tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25675736415682699942011-07-31T04:05:02.805-07:00Aditya Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02172726388360123174noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567573641568269994.post-53818984842642031402009-09-12T16:39:00.000-07:002009-09-28T21:57:45.948-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pk1NKzVHmtQ/Sqw3rRLt9AI/AAAAAAAAAAU/we59bmv6z00/s1600-h/iphone_July2009+013.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380736871287354370" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pk1NKzVHmtQ/Sqw3rRLt9AI/AAAAAAAAAAU/we59bmv6z00/s320/iphone_July2009+013.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: left; height: 155px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 213px;" /></a> The New Fremont Chess Club recently concluded a G 90 swiss tournament that ran for 4 Fridays starting from August 14- Sept 11, 2009 (except for August 21). The turnout was rather modest (11 entries), given that the once a week Friday game schedule was sand witched between some high profile weekend tournaments around this time - Central CA Oopen @ Fresno and the Labor day chess @ SFO. Though I could not play in this 4 round swiss, I had the privilege of observing some of the games. The tourament is now rated and you can see <a href="http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200909110261">USCF website </a>for results. <br /> <br /> <div></div><div>Bay area master Richard Koepcke and Hovik Manveleyan locked horns in a interesting duel. Here is my first attempt at&nbsp;annotating a game that I did not play myself. My comments are embedded in the chess viewer below (read my annotations at &nbsp;the bottom as you move the pieces). I welcome your feedback. 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