Wihnon,Jason (1816) - Chaisson,Terry (1779)Edm International D 110'+30 03.08.2007
18...Bd5 [18...Rd7 19.Rxe6 Rxc7 20.Qh3=] 19.Bxd8² Bxe4?? [¹19...Rxd8 would save the game 20.Qd1 f5±] 20.Qxe4+- Rxd8 [20...Qd2 there is nothing better in the position 21.Bc7 Kh8+-] 21.Qe6+ This is the check that I missed in my analysis at the board when I took on e5 with the bishop Kf8 22.Qe7+ Kg8 23.Qxd8+ Kf7 24.Qe8# 1–0
Round 2 I played a teenager (who are almost always underrated) and achieved the following position. At the time I was sure was it was a winning position but after placing my king in a bad position I was the one forcing the draw.
Wu,Allen (1711) - Chaisson,Terry (1779)Edm International D 110'+30, 04.08.2007
42.c5 h5 43.Kc4 h4 44.c6 Rc8 45.Kd5 h3 46.Rb7+³ Ke8?? Black is ruining his position [¹46...Kf6 and Black can hope to survive 47.Rh7 f4 48.Rxh3 g5=] 47.Rh7± h2 48.Rxh2 Kf7 49.Kd6 Rd8+ 50.Kc7 Rd3 51.Kb7 Rb3+= 52.Kc8 Kf6 53.c7 Rc3 54.Kd7 Rd3+± 55.Kc6 Rc3+ 56.Kb6 Rb3+² [56...Rb3+ 57.Ka5 Rc3±] ½–½
So after 2 rounds I had a disappointing 0.5/2 points. Round 3 I played a decent game against Trevor from Saskatchewan and my 2 connected passed pawns were decisive.
Chaisson,T (1779) - Robertson,Trevor (1581)Edm International D 110'+30, 04.08.2007
34.Kf3 Ra3+ 35.Kxf4 h3 36.Rh1 Rh8 37.f3 Ra2 38.c6± Rg2? [¹38...Ke7 39.Ra1 Rxa1 40.Rxa1 Rh4+ 41.Kg3 Rxb4 42.Ra7+ Kd8 43.Rd7+ Ke8±] 39.b5+- d4 40.Ke4 Rh4+ 41.Kd3 h2 42.c7 Rh3 43.Rbf1 Rh8 44.b6 Rb2 45.Rb1 Rf2 46.Kxd4 Rxf3 47.Rbf1 Rh4+ 48.Kc5 Rxf1 49.Rxf1+ Ke7 50.c8Q h1Q 51.Rxh1 Rxh1 52.Qb7+ Kd8 53.Qxh1 Ke7 54.Qh7+ 1–0
For round 4 I asked my opponent if he wanted to play Saturday evening since the club was open for the grandmaster tournament anyway. He graciously agreed and that was supposed to allow me to start home earlier on Sunday but I ended up having to take the family to the West Edmonton Mall amusement park Sunday afternoon anyway. This is my favorite tournament game I’ve played. I just love the white pawn storm – in fact 11 of my first 17 moves were pawn moves. I thought I played a great game but of course Fritz found many improvements. This brought me to 2.5/4 and into contention.
Chaisson,T (1779) - Sequillion,Aaron (1729)Edm International D 110'+30, 04.08.2007
16.fxg6 hxg6 17.h4 18.Qc2 18...Rdd7 19.h5 gxh5 20.Rxh5 20...fxg5 21.Bxg5 Nf6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nf5 Rh7? [23...c4 24.Qg2+ Rg7 25.Bg4 cxd3 26.0–0–0+-] 24.Qh2 Rxh5 25.Bxh5 Kf8 26.0–0–0 Rh7 27.Rh1 Qd8 28.Qg2 Bg5+ 29.Kb1 Qf6 30.Rf1 Bf4 31.Qg6?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game [¹31.Rg1 and White could have gained the advantage 31...Ne7 32.Qg4+-] 31...Qxg6= 32.Bxg6 Rd7? [¹32...Rh2= would keep Black alive] 33.Rh1+- Kg8 34.Be8 Rd8 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Ne7+ Kf8 37.Nxc6 Rd7 38.Rh8+ Kf7 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Rxd7 Kxd7 41.Nxa7 Ke6 42.c4 Kd7 43.Kc2 Bg5 44.Kb3 Bd2 45.Nb5 Kc6 46.Nc3 Be1 47.Nd5 Ba5 48.Ka4 Bd2 49.a3 Be1 50.b4 cxb4 51.axb4 Bf2 52.Ka5 Bh4 53.Ka6 Bf2 54.b5+ Kd7 55.b6 Kc6 56.b7 1–0
My final round was Sunday morning against Mike Sekuloff and Mike was in the mood to sacrifice. I believe he missed the Bishop retreat 11 …Be6 and later on 19 …Ne4.
Sekuloff,Mike (1680) - Chaisson,T (1779)Edm International D 110'+30, 05.08.2007
10.Bxf7+?? gives the opponent counterplay [¹10.Qe3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3± (11.gxf3?! Qe7=) ] 10...Kxf7–+ 11.Qc4+ Be6 12.Nxe5+ dxe5 13.Qxc5 Qd6 14.Qb5 a6 15.Qe2 Rhf8 16.Be3 Qc6 17.Qf3 Qxe4 18.Qg3 Qf5 19.Bc5 Ne4 20.Rxe4? [20.Qe3 Nd6 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Rxe5–+] 20...Qxe4 21.f3 21...Qf4 22.Qf2 Rfe8 23.Re1 Bd5 24.Be3 Qf6 25.Qg3 Re6 26.b3 b6 27.c4 Bc6 28.Bc1 Rae8 29.Bb2 29...Qf4 30.Qf2 e4 31.Qd4 Qf6 32.fxe4 Qxd4+ 33.Bxd4 Rxe4 34.Rf1+ Kg6 35.c3 Re1 [¹35...Re2 seems even better 36.Rf2 Re1+ 37.Kh2 R8e2–+] 36.Kf2 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1–+ Kf7 38.g3 g5 39.a3 Kg6 40.b4 Rf8+ 41.Ke2 h5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 Rf4 44.c5 Rxh4 45.cxb6 Rxd4! Double attack: b6/e2 46.cxd4 cxb6 47.Kf2 Kf5 48.Kg3 Ke4 49.Kh4 Be8 50.a4 Kxd4 51.a5 bxa5 52.bxa5 Kc5 0–1
I finished at 3.5/5 which I found out later was good enough for shared first with Jason and Allen. Rp=1863 and brought my rating up to 1795.
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