2006 KCC Summer Tourney, Round Three

Demetrick-Tomkovich
Black to play and win.

Moldovan-Kernighan
Black to play and win.

Wojcio-Moldovan
White to play and at least draw.

There were several interesting games played last night, not all of which were officially part of our Summer Tournament. The most interesting position occurred in the game Demetrick-Tomkovich (see first diagram above), where Black uncorked a classic Dragon combination to win the game. Meanwhile, in Moldovan-Kernighan, White resigned as the only way to prevent a nice finish by his opponent (see second diagram). And in Wojcio-Moldovan, White was down the Exchange and two Pawns but could have gotten at least a draw (see third diagram).

Ten-year-old chess sensation Anna Matlin arrived too late to play a Game-60 match in the Summer Tournament and so accepted the kind offer of a Game-15 contest with NM Scott Massey. Though Anna says she devotes little time to studying openings (something we will have to change), she has certainly been getting lessons on the rare Nimzovich Defense from the members of our club. In this game, Massey developed a winning attack and was up a pawn, but both players were in severe time pressure. In the end, with Anna having just hung her Queen, both flags fell simultaneously and the game was recorded a draw.