Watertown Chess Club

Robert Kratzat (1- 1=0) won game two of the first round of the 2016 Championship semi-final match against Don Klug on Tuesday night. Mr. Kratzat held draw odds, thus the win propels him to the Championship round match against #1 seed Adolfo Prieto. Mr. Prieto won his match against#4 seed Paul Archibald 1-0 on Nov 8^th.  The four game match begins next Tuesday Nov 22^nd thru Dec. 13^th. Mr. Prieto holds draw odds in this match. Following are the two games between Mr. Kratzat and Mr. Klug.

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[Event “WCC Semi Final Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2016.11.08”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Klug, D C.”]
[Black “Kratzat, Robert”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D05”]
[WhiteElo “1673”]
[BlackElo “1710”]
[PlyCount “53”]
[EventDate “2016.11.08”]
[EventType “match”]
[EventRounds “2”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. Bd3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 (6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7
8. Nc3 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5) 6… Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. e4 {(-0.24)} (9.
b4 Bd6 10. b5 Na5 11. Bb2 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc4 15. Qe2
Nxb2 16. Qxb2 {(-0.35)}) 9… e5 10. h3 Be6 11. Qe2 $2 {(-0.47)} (11. Ng5 h6
12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. b4 Bb6 14. b5 $11) 11… Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ng5 Rad8 14.
Nxe6 Rxe6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Ng5 $6 (17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
Bc4 Re5 20. Qf3 Rf5 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 17… Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 (18… Nf4 19.
Bxf4 exf4 20. Qc2 $11) 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bh4 Rde8 $4 (20… Red6 21. Bf5 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 g5 24. Bg3 Ne7 25. Bc2) 21. Bf5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1
Qe7 24. Rd7 $1 {Diagram [#]} Qc5 $4 {(+6.70)} (24… Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f3
{(+2.24)}) (24… Qf8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Rc7 Nd8 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29.
Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rd7 Ne7 31. b4 {(+4.26)}) (24… Nxd7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Be4 Nd8
27. Qd1 Kf8) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qg4+ Kf8 27. Qh5 {with mate in 5} 1-0

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[pgn][Event “WCC Semi-Final Championship”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2016.11.16”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Kratzat, Robert”]
[Black “Klug, D C.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A00”]
[WhiteElo “1710”]
[BlackElo “1673”]
[PlyCount “123”]
[EventDate “2016.11.16”]
[EventType “match”]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be7 (4… Bd6) 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c4
c6 8. Nc3 Bd6 (8… Qc7) 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5
13. O-O Bf5 14. Be2 $2 (14. f4 Bc7 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Bd4 Rad8) 14… Qxd1 (14…
Qe7 15. Qb3 Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1) 15. Rfxd1
Rad8 16. Na4 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Bc2 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 {Diagram [#]} Bb3 (19…
Rd2 20. Kf1 Bb3 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Ke1 Ra2 23. b5 cxb5 24. Rc8+ Nf8 25. Nc5 Ra1+
26. Kd2 Ra2+ 27. Ke1 Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Ra2+ {1/2-1/2}) 20. Nd3 Be6 21. Kf1 Kf8 22.
Ke1 Ke7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. Bf3 h6 (24… Nd7 25. Nd3 Nf6) 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Kd6 27. Kd2 b6 28. Nd3 Bf5 29. Nb2 Be6 $11 (29… Be4 30. Ke2 Bxf3+ 31. gxf3 {
(-0.30)}) 30. Kc3 Nd5+ 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 (31… Kxd5 32. f3 f5 33. Kd3 g5 34. Nc4
c5) 32. g3 f5 (32… Ke5 33. Kd3 Be4+ 34. Ke2 f5) 33. h4 g5 (33… Ke5 34. Nd3+
Ke4 35. Ne1) 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. f4 gxf4 36. gxf4 Be4 37. Nc4+ Kd5 38. Ne5 Kd6 (
38… Bg2 39. Nd7 Ke6 40. Nf8+ Ke7 41. Ng6+ Kd6 42. Nf8) 39. Nf7+ Kd5 40. Ng5
b5 $2 (40… c5 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Nh7 Bf3 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Nh7 Bg2) 41. Nh7 Bb1
42. Nf6+ Ke6 43. Ne8 Kd7 44. Ng7 Kd6 45. Kd4 a6 $2 (45… Be4 46. Ne8+ Ke7 47.
Nc7 Kd7 48. Na6 Kd6 49. Nc5 Bd5 50. a4 bxa4 51. Nxa4) 46. Ne8+ Kd7 47. Nf6+ Kd6
(47… Ke6 48. Nh7 Kd6) 48. e4 fxe4 49. Nxe4+ Bxe4 50. Kxe4 c5 51. bxc5+ Kxc5
52. Ke5 a5 53. f5 b4 (53… Kc6 54. Ke6 b4 55. axb4 a4 56. f6 a3 57. f7 a2 58.
f8=Q a1=Q 59. Qc8+ Kb6 60. Qb8+ Kc6 61. Qd6+ Kb7 62. Qe7+ Kb6 63. Qc5+ {(+0.28)
}) 54. axb4+ axb4 55. f6 b3 56. f7 b2 57. f8=Q+ Kc4 58. Qc8+ Kb3 59. Qb7+ Kc2
60. Qc6+ Kb1 (60… Kd1 61. Qf3+ Kc2 62. Qe2+ Kc1 63. Qc4+ Kd2 64. Qb3) 61. Kd4
Ka2 62. Kc3 {Black resigns} 1-0

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Adolfo Prieto cruised through the Watertown Clubs Fall Classic Tournament with a score of 4-0 to clinch first place in the club standings and claim the number one seed in the 2016 Watertown Chess Club Championship. The position of the three remaining seeds remain undecided, although Robert Kratzat and Don Klug have qualified. The top four players in the clubs season long tournament standings will play two rounds of knockout matches to decide the 2016 Club Championship, scheduled for November 8^th thru December 20^th. Concurrent to the club championship matches will be the annual Invitational Championship. Local non- member chess players are invited to play in the 4 round event beginning November 22nd.