2008 WOCC Championship Games

Here are three games played by the top finishers in this year's edition of the club championship. Bryan Cohen submitted his 5th round victory over the always dangerous Bob West and Victor Rosas - our new club champion - submitted his win over Bryan, who finished in second place, and his draw with defending club champion Peter Radomskyj from the final round, enabling him to secure sole possession of first place. I will endeavor to format these in the on-line chess game viewer later this week. I am presently experiencing some technical difficulties with my high speed internet connection at home and only have access from the office. Thanks for your patience and enjoy the games.

West, Robert (1746) – Cohen, Bryan (1858)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. c5 Bg7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bd3 e5 9. de Nxe5 10. Be2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Nxc3 13. Qb3 d4 14. 0-0 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qd3 0-0 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 b5 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. f5 Bc4 22. Qh3 Qe7 23. Rf4 Qg5 24. Bc1 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rh4 d3 27. Rxh5 d2? 28. Bxd2 Rxd2
29. Rg5 Kh8 30. Re1 Rfd8 31. e5 Rd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kf2 Rf1+ 34. Ke3 Bh6 0-1

Rosas,Victor - Cohen,Bryan [D71]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Bg7 5.g3 Nxd5 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 Nf6 8.d5 0-0 9.Nc3 Nfd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Be3 f5 12.Nh4 Kh7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Bxc5 Na6 16.Bd4 Qe8 17.Rae1Nb4 18.Qb1 Ned3 19.Bxg7 Nxe1 20.Bxf8 Nxg2 21.Kxg2 Qxf8 22.Re1 Bd7 23.Re5 Qf6 24.f4
Rf8 25.a3 Na6 26.Qe1 Rf7 27.b4 Rg7 28.Kf2 Rf7 29.Qe3 b6 30.Ne2 Nc7 31.Nd4 Nb5
32. Ndxf5 Bxf5 33.Nxf5 Nd6 34.Nd4 Nc4 35.Qd3+ 1-0


Rosas,Victor - Radomskyj,Peter [A45]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.f3 Nf6 5.d5 Qb6 6.Bc1 e6 7.e4 d6 8.c4 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0
10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.b3 exd5 12.exd5 Ne5 13.Bc2 Nh5 14.0-0 f5 15.Nbc3 Bd7 16.f4 Ng6 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.Ng3 Nh4 19.Re1 Rae8 20.Bb2 Bd8 21.Qf1 Ng4 22.Qd3 Bf6 23.Na4 Qa5 24.Bc3 Bxa4
25.Bxa5 Bd4+ 26.Qxd4 cxd4 27.bxa4 Ne3 28.Re2 Nxc4 29.Rxe8 Rxe8 30.Re1 Ne3 31.Re2 Rc8 32.Bd3 g6 33.Bd2 Nxd5 34.Re6 Rc6 35.Re8+ Kg7 36.Ne2 Rb6 37.Nxd4 Rb2 38.Nb3 Nxg2
39.Kxg2 Nxf4+ 40.Kg3 Nxd3 41.Re7+ Kg8 42.Bh6 f4+ 43.Bxf4 Nxf4 44.Kxf4 Rxa2 45.a5 b6 46.Rxa7 bxa5 47.Nxa5 Rxh2 48.Kg5 Rh5+ 49.Kf6 Rf5+ 50.Ke6 Rf8 51.Nc6 ½-½



Oh, and by the way, here are some scores that I neglected to post from the final make-up rounds of the championship. As you can see from the games above, Rosas v. Radomskyj was drawn and Victor Rosas beat Bryan Cohen. Also, John Hagerty defeated Nicholas Kant, Harvey Susswein defeated Ken Ganning, Paul Corcoran beat Harry Katz and I drew with Leon Hariton. Other reports: Victor Rosas defeated Bob West and Charles Kirck defeated Nicholas Kant. That should bring the reporting up to date. Thanks.

Victor Rosas is 2008 Club Champion!

It's official...Victor Rosas is the new club champion after drawing in his final game with defending club champion Peter Radomskyj to finish with a strong 4 1/2 out of 5 points. Bryan Cohen and Harvey Susswein both had fine tournament performances and finished tied for second with 4 points each. Peter Radomskyj came third at 3 1/2.
Please join me in extending hearty congratulations to Victor and the other strong finishers who made this year's event a memorable one. Full results, some games and the detailed announcement for our next event (double round robin quads to be run by Mr. Charles Hart, tentatively set to start on April 22nd) will be posted this weekend. Thank you.