Robert Kratzat wins Watertown Chess Club Holiday Invitational Tournament

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Watertown Chess Club

WCC member Robert Kratzat won the non-rated 2014 Holiday Invitational Tournament in December with a score of +2-0=2. Mr. Kratzat was awarded a 1st round half point bye as is custom for club players involved in the club championship semi-finals. He succeeded in scoring two wins and a 3rd round draw against invitee Andrew Colwell, who scored +2-0=1 to claim 3rd place. The Holiday Invitational Tournament traditionally invites local area non-member chess players to the club. The cross table follows:

 

2014 WCC Invitational Tournament
2-Dec 9-Dec 16-Dec 23-Dec
Rating      round 1    round 2        round 3    round 4      Total
Plyr # Players Full Name member/seed      Score
1 Kratzat Bob WCC-2 1713    H bye    W6     D3    W5 3.0
2 Klug Don WCC-1 1772    H bye    Hbye     W6    FW3 3.0
3 Colwell Andrew Non-Mbr-3 1694    W8    W5     D1    F2 2.5
4 McIntyre Frank Non-Mbr-8        UNR    L6    W8     L5    W8 2.0
5 White Linval WCC-6 1225    Bye    L3     W4    L1 2.0
6 Kunz John WCC-4 1439    W4    L1     L2    D9 1.5
7 Brock Tom WCC-5 1317    U –    U –     W8    L4 1.0
8 Flynn Mike Non-Mbr-7 1090    L3    L4     L7    D6 0.5

 
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KISTLER OUTLASTS PRIETO TO WIN 5TH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Watertown Chess Club

[pgn]
[Event “WCC 2014 Championship “]
[White “Prieto, Adolfo”]
[Black “Kistler, David”]


1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nge2 Ne7 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nh5 a6 13. Nxg7 axb5 14. Nh5
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 b4 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Ra6 19. c3 Ng6 20. Qh6
bxc3 21.
Nxc3 Qe8 22. h4 e4 23. h5

  {White needs to redirect the Black pieces away from the kingside.} (23.
Nb5 {The Knight on b5 attacks the backward “d” pawn.} 23… Qf8 24. Qxf8+
Kxf8 25.
h5 Ne5 26. Bf4 Re7)

 23… Ne5

{…and now the momentum turns to the Black side.}

24. Bf6 Ng4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Bd8 Qe5 27. Qh4 Bd7

 (27… f4 { A better alternative,} 28. Rf1 Bf5 29. h6 {to keep the black
“h” pawn at
bay})

28. a5 Ra8
 (28… f4 {is still better.})

 29. Bg5 h6 30. Bc1 Kg7 31. Ne2 e3
( 31… f4 32. Re1 Raf8 33. Ra3 e3)

32. fxe3 Nxe3 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2 f4 35.
Ra4 ??
(With less than 3 minutes left on his clock, White commits a huge blunder.)
 35… Bxa4 0-1
 White resigns the game & match[/pgn]

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KLUG and KISTLER WIN Jefferson County Title

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Watertown Chess Club

KLUG and KISTLER WIN Jefferson County Title

Ken Chamberlain takes Open Title

Don Klug, a category two player tied expert player Dr. David Kistler for the 2014 Jefferson County Chess Title on October 25th with a score of +2-0=2.  Kenneth Chamberlain, a Syracuse area player scored +3-1=0, to claim a share of first and win the Open Section of the Jefferson County Title. Klug gained a first round draw against Kistler that propelled him to share the title. A fourth round win against Carthage area player Robert Kratzat clinched the title. A third round win by Kistler over Chamberlain seemed to lock up first for Dr. Kistler, but the 4th round combination of an Adolfo Prieto –Kistler  draw and the Klug win created a logjam for first. Dr. Kistler felt that his second round win over Robert Kratzat was his best game of the tournament. It involved a speculative and risky sacrifice move of 16….Bxf6. Kistler questioned the move himself as either blunder or brilliant? Let the reader make the call. The game follows:

[pgn]

[Event “2014 Jefferson County Championship”]
[Site “Watertown, NY”]
[Date “2014.10.25”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Kratzat, Robert”]
[Black “Kistler, David”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C02”]
[WhiteElo “1718”]
[BlackElo “2119”]
[Annotator “Klug,D”]
[PlyCount “72”]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8.
b3
 (8. Nc3 {threatens 9. Bb5 or Na5}) 8… Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 {
Solid! White cannot block his Queen from holding the d4 pawn.} 10… O-O 11.
a3
Be7 12. b4 Bd7 13. g4 Nh6 14. h3 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6  {Blunder or Brilliant?}
({
A. Fritz suggests} 15… Rxf6 16. g5 Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxg5 {
calling the position even.}) ({B. The move …} 15… gxf6 16. Nc3 Bd6 {
looks natural, keeping material even, BUT White would hold a significant
positional advantage. Black’s king looks exposed.}) 16. g5 Bxg5 ({the line}
16… Nxd4 17. gxf6 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Bb5+ 19. Ke1 gxf6 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Nh4 {
seems inferior to the text.}) 17. Nxg5 e5 18. Qc2 e4 19. Qc5 Qc7 {
taking aim at g3.} ({If Black trades Queens} 19… Qxc5 20. dxc5 Nf5 21. Kg1
h6
22. Nc3 Ncd4 23. Bg4 hxg5 {the game seems even.}) 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxe4
Nf5 {attacking g3!} 22. Rg1  {not White’s best choice.} (22. Nf3 Rae8 23.
Qd3
Ng3+ 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Nbd2 Bf5 26. Qc4 Bxh3+ 27. Rxh3 Qxh3+ 28. Ke1 Qh1+
29.
Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 {draw}) 22… Rae8 23. Qd3 Ne3+ 24. Ke1 Bf5 25. Qb3  {
White is certainly feeling the pressure, but  Fritz sees giving up the Queen
with…} (25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Nxb4 28. Rc1 {
The Knight on b4 should not  be taken.} (28. axb4 Qc2 29. Rd1 Qxb2 30. Nf3
Qxb4+) 28… Nc2+ 29. Kd2 Rc8 30. Ne4 Qa5+ 31. Bc3 {leading to a White a
fortress. After Black moves his Queen White has a threat on g7 by moving 32.
d5}) (25. Qd2 Nc2+ 26. Kd1 Nxa1 27. Bxa1 Bxb1 28. d5 Bg6 29. f3 Ne5 30. Ne6
Rxe6 31. dxe6 Rd8 32. Bd4 Qd6) 25… Nc2+ {
with the White Queen out of the way Blacks forces overwhelm.} 26. Kd1 Rxe2
27.
Qd5 Qe7 28. Bc3 Nxa1 29. Bxa1 Bxb1 30. Bc3 h6 31. Nf3 Qe4 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33.
Qxe5
Qxe5 34. dxe5 Rc2 35. Ba1 Rd8+ 36. Ke1 Rc1+ {37. White resigns} 0-1

[/pgn]

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