The Southwest Chess Club meets each Thursday night at the Hales Corners Village Hall/Police Station, at 5635 South New Berlin Rd, Hales Corners, WI, downstairs Community Room. Club opens at 6 PM, Tournament Games at 7 PM.
In the game regarding the Bird's opening, it looks like white's 6th move leaves the book variations. However, 6.h3 does not look like the best move here.
In my game with Ivan, I found the move 6...Ne4 with the threat of Bh4+, which seems very strong for black. Now, why could I not have found that over the board?!
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For starters, here is a game that helped decide this year's club championship:
Coons,J (1908) - Becker,A (2026) [E19]
SWCC Chp 8-24-06 (6.1), 24.08.2006
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.d4 Ne4 8.Qc2 f5 9.Ne5 d5 10.f3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nd7 12.Bf4 g5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Be5 dxc4 15.e4 Bd6 16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 fxe4 19.Rg4+ Kh8 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Rf6 22.Qe2 b5 23.Rf1 Raf8 24.Ref4 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 Rxf4 26.Qe5+ Kg8 27.Qxf4 a6 28.Qg5+ Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kf8 30.Qh6+ Ke8 31.Qg5 Qf7 32.Qc5 Qd7 33.Qg5 Qe7 34.Qh5+ Kd7 35.Qe2 Qg5 36.Kg2 c5 37.dxc5 Qxc5 38.h3 a5 39.Kh2 b4 40.Qc2 Kd6 41.Qd2+ Qd5 42.Qf4+ Kc6 43.cxb4 axb4 44.Qf8 c3 45.Qc8+ Kb5 46.Qe8+ Kc4 47.Qc8+ Kd3 48.Qa6+ Kd2 49.Qf1 Qd3 50.Qf4+ Kd1 51.Qxb4 c2 52.Qa4 Qd2+ 53.Kg1 Qe3+ 54.Kh2 Kd2 55.Qb4+ Kd1 56.Qa4 Qe2+ 57.Kh1 Ke1 58.Qb4+ Qd2 59.Qe4+ Kd1 60.Qa4 e5 61.a3 Qd5+ 62.Kg1 Qd4+ 0-1
Wijetunge,I(1800) - Grochowski,R (1692) [A03]
Roman Levit Memorial, Milwuakee, WI G/60 (Round 5), 27.08.2006
1.f4 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Be7 6.h3 h6 7.Nc3 a6 8.d3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.g4 Bh7 11.Ng3 Rg8 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Qc7 14.Qd2 e5 15.Bh3 exf4 16.exf4 0-0-0 17.0-0-0 [17.Ne5 Ncxe5 18.Bxe5 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.0-0-0] 17...Bd6 18.Ne2 Kb8 19.f5 d4 20.Kb1 [20.gxh6 gxh6 21.Qxh6 Rh8] 20...Rge8 21.Qe1 Re3 22.Qf2 Nb6 [22...Rde8 23.Rde1] 23.Bc1 Ree8 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Bxh6 Rg8 26.Bg5 [26.Ng5 f6 (26...Nd5 27.Nxh7 Rh8 28.Nf6 Nxf6 29.Bg7) 27.Ne6] 26...Rde8 27.Nd2 Nd5 28.Ne4 Be7 29.f6 Bf8 30.Qf3 Ka8 31.Qg3 Qd8 32.Bg2 Ne3 33.Bxe3 [33.Rd2 Qa5 34.c3 Ne5] 33...Rxg3 34.N2xg3 dxe3 0-1
analysis by Ivan Wijetunge; submitted by Robin Grochowski.
In the game regarding the Bird's opening, it looks like white's 6th move leaves the book variations. However, 6.h3 does not look like the best move here.
In my game with Ivan, I found the move 6...Ne4 with the threat of Bh4+, which seems very strong for black. Now, why could I not have found that over the board?!
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