Dr. Kistler won an intense first round game, playing the White side of the exchange version of the Ruy Lopez. Kistler slowly built a slight positional edge and then sprung a nice combination to trade down pieces with 24. Ne7+!. White’s capture on 26. Rxd7 landed the White Rook on the seventh rank and forced the loss of the now backward black c6 pawn. Black resigned when White’s King reached Black’s back rank with 62.Kb8, guaranteeing a new White Queen. Dr. Kistler now appeared ready to cruise to a second championship. A second win or two draws would clinch the championship. Mr. Adolfo Prieto, a Category 1 player and the 2008 and 2009 club champion, didn’t seem to get that memo.
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[Event “2011 Watertown Chessclub Championship “]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2011.11.29”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Kistler, Dave”]
[Black “Prieto, Adolfo”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C68”]
[WhiteElo “2046”]
[BlackElo “1900”]
[PlyCount “123”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. Be3 Qc6 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. f3 Be7 12. Qe2 b5 13. Qf2 Bxb3 14. axb3 O-O
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ne2 Rd7 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Nc3 c4 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qd6 22. Rd1 cxb3 23. cxb3 c6 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Kf8 27.
Rc7 Ke8 28. Rxc6 Kd7 29. Rc5 Rb8 30. b4 Rb6 31. Kf2 Rd6 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. f4 g6
34. Re5+ Kf6 35. Rd5 Rc6 36. Rc5 Re6 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kd4 Rd6+ 39. Rd5 Rc6 40.
Re5+ Kd7 41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Rc5 Rd6+ 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Rc6 Rb1 45. Rc2 Ra1 46. Kd4
a5 47. bxa5 Rxa5 48. b4 Ra3 49. Kc5 Re3 50. e5 Re4 51. Rf2 f6 52. exf6+ Kxf6
53. Kxb5 Ke6 54. Kc5 Re1 55. f5+ gxf5 56. gxf5+ Kf6 57. b5 Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rc3 59.
Kb7 h5 60. b6 h4 61. Ka8 Ra3+ 62. Kb8 1-0
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