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COLORADO CHESS: School chess season to start soon

By Todd Bardwick, Special to the Rocky

Published October 3, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.

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Today's chess diagram

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The Denver Scholastic Chess Series kicks off the chess season Oct. 18 at Colorado Community Church. Dates for the series: Oct. 18, Nov. 15, Dec. 6, Jan. 17, Feb. 7, March 21 and April 11.

The DSCS is complemented by the Colorado Springs Scholastic Chess Series, which starts Saturday.

Divisions for the DSCS are by grade: K-3 Unrated, 4-6 Unrated, 7-12 Unrated, K-3 Rated, 4-6 Rated and 7-12 Rated.

The Unrated Divisions are appropriate for children with limited tournament experience in the beginning of their chess careers. After doing well in the Unrated Divisions, they can move up into the Rated Divisions, where they are required to join the U.S. Chess Federation and vie with experienced players.

For a list of scholastic chess tournaments on the Front Range and details on each series, go to ColoradoMasterChess.com.

Today's diagram shows the exciting finish from the Colorado Springs Family BBQ tournament over the summer by the two top finishers in the 4-6 Rated Division in the 2007-2008 DSCS.

ColoradoMasterChess.com

Chess diagram

25.Qxc6 White has a material advantage, but Black has a dangerous attack on the dark squares in front of the White king. 25...Rfc8 26.Qf3 Rxc3 27.Qe2 Qa5 28.Qa6 Qe5 29.Qe2 Re3 30.Qf2 Ba3 31.c4 Rbxb3+! 32.axb3 Rxb3+ 33.Ka2 Rb2+ 34.Kxa3 Rxf2 Winning the queen, but 34...Qc3+ 35.Ka4 Qb4 is mate. 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.Bd3+ g6 37.Rb1 Qa5+ 38.Resigns