As I mentioned in my post from earlier this week, I am more than happy to see August become a distant memory. As if my 9 wins during the month wasn’t bad enough, the stress of other things caused me to stop writing my recaps for the Sinquefield Cup mid-tournament. Fortunately, only six days into September and my record is already showing signs of recovery. So far, September has blessed me with 5 wins out of 7 games including an excellent victory last night that I will probably have to annotate for a future edition of Campfire Magazine since it put me back over the 1000 ELO mark for the first time since middle of the Summer.
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[Event “Live Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2015.09.05”]
[White “1025”]
[Black “AmishHacker”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “1025”]
[BlackElo “1000”]
[TimeControl “15|10”]
[Termination “AmishHacker won by checkmate”]
1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Bg5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.O-O f6
11.Qd3 f5 12.Nb5 a6 13.Nc3 Qe7 14.a3 O-O 15.b4 Nb6 16.b5 a5 17.a4 f4 18.h3 h5 19.Qg6 Bh6 20.Qxh5 Nc4
21.Nh4 Qb4 22.Na2 Qxa4 23.Qg6 Qxb5 24.Qxe6+ Kh7 25.Qg6+ Kg8 26.Nc3 Qb2 27.Nxd5 Qxd4 28.Nxc7 Rae8 29.Nxe8 Nxe5 30.Qxg7+ Bxg7
31.Nc7 Qd8 32.Ne6 Qxh4 33.Nxf8 Bxf8 34.Rab1 f3 35.Kh2 Qg5 36.g3 Qd2 37.c4 Nxc4 38.Rbd1 Qe2 39.Rde1 Qc2 40.g4 Nd2
41.Rc1 Qe4 42.Rfe1 Qf4+ 43.Kh1 Bb4 44.Re8+ Bf8 45.Re6 Nb3 46.Rb1 Nd4 47.Rg6+ Kh7 48.Rbb6 Qc1+ 49.Kh2 Qf4+ 50.Kh1 Ne2
51.Rgf6 Qc1+ 52.Kh2 Qg1# 0-1
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I am also anxiously awaiting the worldwide release of Pawn Sacrifice in a couple of weeks and remaining hopeful that it will arrive at one of the many theaters here in San Antonio. If not, it might be worth driving to a nearby city to see it.