Round 6| Bogle Wins

By Joe Boyd
05.06.08


Bill Bogle and Ken Duff dissecting the game

Bill Bogle, last year's Spring Swiss winner, repeated his success this year, winning the 2008 Spring Swiss after beating Ken Duff in the final round. Close behind was Jonathan MacDonald who finished in second place after defeating Liam Keith-Jacques to finish just half a point below the top spot. The other prize winners included Blair Taylor, who secured the Best Under 1800 prize with his win against me, Jamie Kennedy, who won Best Under 1600, and Rick Daigle, who picked up the Most Improved prize after performing some 220 point above his pre-tournament rating. The Best Under 2000 prize was shared between Liam, Ken, and Neil Davis.

This year's Spring Swiss was something of a standout for a couple of reasons. For one, we saw some great play by some new, promising players! Secondly, this was the first Saint John Chess Club tournament to make use of the Bronstein delay time-control. In only a few games did it play anything like a contributing factor, but in those games it was interesting and exciting to see the dynamic at play. I think it is a positive thing that each player has the opportunity to win or lose the game "on the board" rather than through flagging (provided they can find the right moves in a matter of seconds) - though there were some things that a lot of people missed about the more traditional time control of 40 moves in two hours and sudden death in an hour (eg. that moment of reprieve once the 40th move is made). All in all, I think that most players prefer the traditional method, as more time means a higher-quality game, and I don't think anyone is interested in using the Bronstein delay in weekend tournaments where we have the luxury of six-hour rounds (40/2hrs + SD/1hr will be the time-control for the NB Open this month), but we did get all games finished by the midnight deadline and still saw some high-quality play, so the experiment seems generally to have been a success. I am interested in hearing feedback about it in advance of the August Knights tournament (a four-week Monday night tournament in August), and have posted a thread on the forum so that everyone can have their say.

Congratulations to all the prize-winners of the 2008 Spring Swiss!

CFC crosstable with updated ratings.

A Rapid Tournament will take place on Monday.
Round 1, Spring Swiss 2008, May 5
Bill Bogle
1-0
 Jamie Kennedy
Brian Ossinger
0-1
 Jonathan MacDonald
Liam Keith-Jacques
1-0
 Robert Speight
Brandon Belding
0-1
 Neil Davis
Ken Duff
1-0
 Michael Zeng
Shivam Sardana
0-1
 Blair Taylor
Joe Boyd
1-0
 Parth Kalia

Round 2, Spring Swiss 2008, May 12
Neil Davis
½-½
 Bill Bogle
Jonathan MacDonald
1-0
 Ken Duff
Liam Keith-Jacques
1-0
 Blair Taylor
Jason Welch
0-1
 Joe Boyd
Jamie Kennedy
1-0
 Michael Zeng
Brandon Belding
1-0
 Shivam Sardana

Round 3, Spring Swiss 2008, May 19
Bill Bogle
1-0
 Jonathan MacDonald
Rick Daigle
0-1
 Neil Davis
Ken Duff
1-0
 Jamie Kennedy
Blair Taylor
1-0
 Brandon Belding
Rob Speight
0-1
 Jason Welch
Michael Zeng
1-0
 Shivam Sardana

Round 4, Spring Swiss 2008, May 26
Joe Boyd
0-1
 Bill Bogle
Neil Davis
0-1
 Liam Keith-Jacques
Jonathan MacDonald
1-0
 Blair Taylor
Jason Welch
0-1
 Ken Duff
Jamie Kennedy
½-½
 Rick Daigle
Michael Zeng
0-1
 Brandon Belding

Round 5, Spring Swiss 2008, June 2
Liam Keith-Jacques
0-1
 Bill Bogle
Neil Davis
0-1
 Jonathan MacDonald
Ken Duff
½-½
 Joe Boyd
Blair Taylor
1-0
 Rick Daigle
Brandon Belding
1-0
 Jason Welch
Shivam Sardana
0-1
 Jamie Kennedy

Round 6, Spring Swiss 2008, June 9
Bill Bogle
1-0
 Ken Duff
Jonathan MacDonald
1-0
 Liam Keith-Jacques
Joe Boyd
0-1
 Blair Taylor
Jamie Kennedy
1-0
 Brandon Belding
Jason Welch
0-1
 Neil Davis
Rick Daigle
1-0
 Michael Zeng

Bogle, Bill (2188) - Duff, Ken (1795) [B90]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Rg1

The Freak Attack variation of the Sicilian Najdorf. Apparently Josh Waitzkin, the prodigy who was the subject of the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer used this on occasion. More recently, Vassily Ivanchuk successfully employed this opening against Kasparov in 2002.

6....h5 7.Bg5 e6 8.Qd3 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.f4 Ng4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qg3 Ndf6 13.h3 h4 14.Qe1 Nh6 15.Qxh4 Bd7 16.Qf2 0-0-0 17.g4 Ne8 18.Nb3 Kb8 19.Qb6 Ka8 20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Qxa6+ Kb8 22.Qb6+ Ka8

23.Qa6+

While this certainly does the job, Fritz offers an amusing idea: 23.Nd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 with mate in three.

Kb8 24.Na5 1-0

Replay | Comment

MacDonald, Jonathan (2147)- Keith-Jacques, Liam (1997) [B90]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3

The Adams Attack, several times employed by Fischer.

e5 7.Nde2 b5 8.g4 b4 9.Nd5 Bb7 10.Bg2 Nxd5 11.exd5 Nd7 12.c4 h5 13.g5 h4 14.Be3 Be7 15.Qd2 a5 16.0-0 g6 17.f4 exf4 18.Qd4 Rh7 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.Nd4 Rc8 21.b3 Rh5 22.Nf3 Nxf3+ 23.Rxf3 Rh7 24.Re1 Kf8 25.Qe4 Kg8 26.Bd4 Bxg5 27.Ref1 Qe7 28.Qxe7 Bxe7 29.Re1 Bg5 30.Rf2 Kf8 31.Re6 Be7 32.Rxg6 a4 33.Rg4 Ke8 34.Be4 Rh5 35.Bf5 Rc7 36.Rg8+ Bf8

37.Bg7

Here 37.Bg4 would maintain White's edge by preventing the check.

37...Rg5+! 38.Rg2 Rxf5 39.Bxf8 Kd7 40.Re2 Ba6 41.Re7+ Kc8 42.Re8+ Kd7 43.Bh6 Rc8 44.Rxc8 Bxc8 45.Bd2 axb3 46.axb3 Rf3 47.Bxb4 Rxb3 48.Bxd6 Kxd6 49.Rxc8 Rxh3 50.Rc6+ Kd7

51.Kg2

After 51.Rf6, White's attack is clear.

51...Rc3 52.c5 Ke7

Needed was52...Rg3+ 53.Kh2 and with Rc3 or Rd3 it looks dead drawn.

53.d6+ Kd8 54.Rc7 f5 55.Kh2 f4 56.c6 f3 57.Rd7+ Ke8

Missing the last chance to draw: 57...Kc8

58.Re7+ Kf8 59.c7 Rc2+ 60.Kg1 Rg2+ 61.Kf1 Rc2 62.d7 Rc1+ 63.Kf2 Rc2+ 64.Kxf3 Rc3+ 65.Re3 h3 66.d8Q+ Kf7 67.Rxc3 h2 68.Qd7+ Kg6 69.Kg2 h1Q+ 70.Kxh1 Kf6 71.Rf3+ 1-0

Replay | Comment

Boyd, Joe (1777) - Taylor, Blair (1782) [B15]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 e6 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Qd3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nd7 10.Be5 Nf6 11.Qf4 Qa5+ 12.c3 Qb6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.b4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Nxc3 16.Bxg7 Rg8 17.Bxh6 Nxe2 18.Qxe2 Bxb4+ 19.Bd2 Bxd2+ 20.Qxd2 Rxg2 21.Ne5 Ke7 22.Qf4 Rf8 23.Rc1 Rg7 24.Nc4 Qb4+ 25.Ke2 b5 26.a3 Qa4 27.Qd6+ Ke8 28.Ne5 f6

29.Rxc6??

I had calculated a forced variation that wins for White, forgetting that everything is forced only after Black takes the rook. Taking with the knight, of course, is better: 29.Nxc6. Better still is 29.Rhg1

29...fxe5 30.Qb8+ Kf7 31.Qc7 Qxd4 32.Rd1 Qe4+ 33.Kf1 Qg2+ 34.Ke2 Kg8 35.Rxd7 Rxf2+ 36.Ke3 Qf3# 0-1

Replay | Comment

Kennedy, Jamie (1465) - Belding, Brandon (Unrated) [A06]

Spring Swiss
09.06.2008


1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 c6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 0-0 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Na2 e5 10.d3 Re8 11.b4 b5 12.c5 Bc7 13.0-0 Ng4

14.Nd4 Ndf6

14...Nxh2 15.Nxc4 Qh4 would have been better for Black.- J.Kennedy

15.Nxc6 Qd7 16.Na5 d4 17.h3 Nh6 18.Bf3 Nd5 19.exd4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Ra7 21.c6 Qd8 22.Bxa7 Qg5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Qf3 Qe6 25.Qe3 Be5 26.Rae1 Qxa2 27.d4?

Brandon isn't going to let this blunder go unpunished!

27...Bh2+ 28.Kh1 Rxe3 29.Rxe3 Be6 30.Kxh2 g6 31.axb5 Nf5 32.Re5 Qd2 33.b6 Qxd4 34.Rfe1 Qxf2 35.R1e2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1

Black can draw here with 36....Qd4+

Ng3 37.Re1 Qd4+ 38.R5e3 f5 39.c7 f4 40.Nb3 Qxe3+ 41.Rxe3 fxe3 42.b7 e2 43.b8Q+ Kg7 44.Kf2 Bxb3 45.c8Q Bf7 46.Qf8+ Kf6 47.Bd4+ Kf5 48.Qxf7+ Kg5 49.Qxg3+ Kh5 50.Qff3+ Kh6 51.Qh4# 1-0

Replay | Comment

Welch, Jason (1532) - Davis, Neil (1952) [C40]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.c4 Bc5 6.Ne2 Ng4 7.d4 exd3 8.Qxd3 Bxf2+ 9.Kd1

9....Qf6

9....Bc5 looks killer.

10.Qe4+ Kd8 11.h3 Bf5 12.Qf3 Ne5 13.Qh5 Bg6 14.Qg5 Qxg5 15.Bxg5+ f6 16.Bd2 Nxc4 17.Bc3 Re8 18.Bd4

18....Rxe2! 19.Bxf2 Rxf2 20.Bxc4 Rxb2 21.g4 Rxb1+ 0-1

Replay | Comment

Daigle, Rick (1203) - Zeng, Michael (Unrated) [B20]

1.e4 c5 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 e5 5.Be2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.d3 Nge7 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Qc2 Be5 13.Qc1 Bd7 14.Bf4 Be8 15.Bh6 Bg7 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3

Michael has achieved an excellent position: a space advantage with more mobile peices and attacking chances on the kingside. Here, 18....f5 19.exf5 h5 and White will shortly lose his f-pawn, leaving isolated doubled pawns in the centre while Black's pieces are well-positioned for an attack on the king.

18... Bg6 19.f4 h6 20.f5 Bh7 21.Qc4 a6 22.b4 b5 23.Qb3

23....c4?!

A neat pawn sac with the idea of positioning the queen on b6 for a discovered check (25....d3+), attacking the bishop at e2. Unfortunately (for Black), White has the resource of blocking the check with an attack on the black queen with 26.Bf2, but nonetheless one sees here Michael's firm grasp of tactics and ability to calculate some pretty sophisticated combinations - no wonder he's District 8 champ for grade 5!

24.dxc4 Qb6 25.Rac1 d3+ 26.Bf2 Qc7 27.Bxd3 Rac8 28.Qb2 Qb7 29.Bg3 bxc4 30.Bxc4 Qe7 31.Rfe1 h5 32.h4 g4 33.Qa3 Bh6 34.Rc2 Ra8 35.Bxa6 Qd8 36.b5 Qb6+ 37.Bf2 Qb8 38.Kh1 Bf4 39.Rc6 g3 40.Be3 Qxb5 41.Bxb5 Rxa3 42.Bxf4 Rxa2 43.Bxg3 Rb8 44.Rb1 Kf7 45.Bxd6 Rb7 46.Bd3 Rd7 47.Bf4 Bg8 48.Bc4 Ra3 49.d6+ Kf8 50.Bxg8 Kxg8 51.Rc7 Rd8 52.Rd1 Ra4 53.d7 Raa8 54.e5 fxe5 55.Bg5 Rxd7 56.Rdxd7 Ra1+ 57.Kh2 1-0

Replay | Comment

 
Spring Swiss 2008
Old
Perf
1
2
3
4
5
6
Total
1
 Bill Bogle
2188
2200
+7
=5
+2
+8
+4
+6
5½
2
 Jonathan MacDonald
2147
2142
+14
+6
-1
+3
+5
+4
5
3
 Blair Taylor
1782
1797
+13
-4
+9
-2
+10
+8
4
4
 Liam Keith-Jacques
1997
1980
+15
+3
=0
+5
-1
-2
3½
5
 Neil Davis
1952
1867
+9
=1
+10
-4
-2
+11
3½
6
 Ken Duff
1795
1809
+12
-2
+7
+11
=8
-1
3½
7
 Jamie Kennedy
1465
1626
-1
+12
-6
=10
+13
+9
3½
8
 Joe Boyd
1777
1724
+0
+11
=0
-1
=6
-3
3
9
 Brandon Belding
Unr
1577
-5
+13
-3
+12
+11
-7
3
10
 Rick Daigle
1203
1518
=0
+0
-5
=7
-3
+12
3
11
 Jason Welch
1532
1467
=0
-8
+15
-6
-9
-5
1½
12
 Michael Zeng
Unr
1277
-6
-7
+13
-9
=0
-10
1½
13
 Shivam Sardana
Unr
1124
-3
-9
-12
=0
-7(rf)
w/d
½
14 Brian Ossinger
1535
1747
-2
Withdrawn
0
15 Robert Speight
1433
1365
-4
-0
-11
Withdrawn
0