BARDWICK: Check in with GIs by donating chess set

By Todd Bardwick, Special to the Rocky

Published May 4, 2008 at 3 p.m.

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Rich Monroe vs. La Moyne Splichal from a game at the Denver Chess Club last September.

The Denver Chess Club is offering new chess sets to our military servicemen and women stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

If you would like to donate a chess set in your name, send a tax-deductible check for $20, made out to "Denver Chess Club," to Rich Monroe, 2680 Big Bear Drive, Sedalia, CO, 80135.

The Rocky Mountain USO has agreed to provide free shipping for the chess sets.

For an additional $5, you can send a special postcard (supplied by the club) with a chess theme along with your personalized message.

The Denver Chess Club holds tournaments throughout the year and rated games regularly on Tuesdays (7-10 p.m.) at the First Avenue Presbyterian Church (First Avenue and Acoma Street).

Monroe can be reached at 303-814-0661 for questions on the chess set donation program or information on the Denver Chess Club.

Here is a nice game by Monroe against La Moyne Splichal from a game at the Denver Chess Club last September.

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Bg4 5.h3Bh5 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0-0 Ne7 8.Bg5 f6 9.Bh4 Nbc6 10.Nc3 Qd711.Re1 0-0-0 12.Qd2 g5 13.Nxg5 fxg5 14.Bxg5 Bxe215.Rxe2 Rhg8 16.Kh1 Qf5 17.Bxe7

Monroe (1432)

Splichal (1621)

Position after 17. Bxe7

The game continued 17 . . . Rxg2! (Threatening 18 . . . Qxh3 mate)18.Kxg2 Rg8+ 19.Kh1 (19.Kf1 Qh3+ 20.Ke1 Rg1 mate or20...Qh1 mate) 19 . . . Qxh3 mate

Todd Bardwick is a national chess master; he can be reached through his Web site at www.ColoradoMasterChess.com.

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