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My USCF Rating is 2039 (Class Expert/Candidate Master)
FIDE Rating
Best Tournament Result
I'm in the book "Improve Your Chess" by GM Jonathan Tisdall
My USCF Rating is 2039 (Class Expert/Candidate Master)
FIDE Rating
Best Tournament Result
I'm in the book "Improve Your Chess" by GM Jonathan Tisdall
Tournament Games
Tournament Games
Positions from My Tournament Games
Answers are below problems.
Positions from My Tournament Games
Answers are below problems.
Level 1: Trivial
Level 1: Trivial
Black to Move
Hayward Keith (2329) - Mallett (1972)
1994 Dallas CC Tournament G/30, Round 3
Dallas, TX 11/31/94
Black to Move
O' Hanley, Jim (1369) - Mallett (1955)
Houston Classic I, Round 2
Houston TX 10/10/92
Black to Move
Shipman, Judy (1738) - Mallett (1983)
CalChess Labor Day, Round 2
San Francisco, CA 9/1/02
8... Ne3+ -+ won the queen and Black mated on move 35
8. Bxf3 Qd2 won a piece.
34... Nf3+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Rxh2#) Nd2+ 0-1
Level 2: Easy
Level 2: Easy
White to Move
Mallett (1955) - Brooks, Mark (1682)
Houston Classic I, Round 3
Houston, TX 10/10/92
Mate-in-3 Black to Move
Thrush, Tom (2140) - Mallett (2019)
Cornell Fun-in-the-Sun, Round 2
Ithaca, NY 9/5/87
38. Nc6! 1-0
Black resigned because of 38... Ra8 / 39. Nxd8 Rxa5 / 40. Nb7+
Everybody slid to the right with 37... Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Rfg4 0-1
Level 3: Easy
Level 3: Easy
White to Move
Mallett (1948) - Rowland, Roger (2200)
Sept Syracuse Open, Round 1
Syracuse, NY 9/27/86
White to Move
Kochanek, Kevin - Mallett (2038)
Cornell 1-Round-a-Week, Round 1
Ithaca, NY 2/20/88
20. Re3 f4 (20... Qxd4 is best but quickly loses the queen after 21. Rg3) 21. Rh3 Qxd4 22. Nxh7 Qxf2+! 23. Kh1! 1-0
9. Ne5 Qd6 10. Nxc6 a6 (10... Nxc6 11.e5) 11. e5! +- and the rest of the game went 11... Qd7 12. Nxb8 Qxb5 13. Nxb5 Rxb8 14. Nxc7+ 1-0
Level 4: Easy
Level 4: Easy
Black to Move
Subramony, Harihar (1610) - Mallett (1985)
Reno Western Sands, Round 6
Reno NV, 10/21/01
White to Move
Mallett (1985) - Fingal, Eric (1786)
1st Santa Cruz Invitational, Round 6
Santa Cruz, CA 3/30/03
White to Move
Mallett (1992) - DeJean, George (1809)
Dallas CC Tournament G/30, Round 3
Dallas, TX 3/8/91
35... Bxd4 36. Qxd4 (36. Rxd4 Qf1#) 36... Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 0-1
51. Nb7+ Ke8 52. Nc7+ Kf7 53. Bxd7 1-0
13. e6! Bc8 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. fg +- opens the f-file, e.g. 15... Nf8 16. ef+ Kxf7 17. O-O+ and White has nothing developed.
Level 5: Moderate
Level 5: Moderate
White to Move
Mallett (1947) - Ballad, John (1861)
15th Annual BIlly Watt Memorial, Round 1
North Carolina 4/23/94
Black to Move
Chaffin, James (1800) - Mallett (1961)
Land of the Sky VII, Round 1
North Carolina 2/4/94
White to Move
Mallett (1955) - Schatz, Larry (1955)
Houston Classic I, Round 5
Houston TX 10/11/92
22. f3! Qe7 23. Qh2 f6 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ (25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Ne6! would have been even quicker) 25...Ke8 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Ng6+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ 1-0
9... Nxd2! (9... Nxg5? 10. Nxg5 dc?? 11. Qh5! -+ This is the key thing to see) / 10. Nxd2 (10. Qxd2? Bb4) dc 11. Bxh7 Qxg5 -+
14. f4! is the only good move here. The game continued 14... Nd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. e5 Rb8 17. exd6 Nf6 (17... Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nf6 19.Nb3 Qxd6 20. Be3 e5 21. Qd2) 18. Nf3 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Ne5
Level 6: Moderate
Level 6: Moderate
Black to Move
Fingal, Eric (1786) - Mallett (1985)
1st Santa Cruz Invitational, Round 1
Santa Cruz, CA 2/2/03
Black to Move
Antczak, David (1722) - Mallett (1961)
Land of the Sky VII, Round 5
North Carolina 2/6/94
23. Nc3! 0-1. Both the b1 rook and the fork on e2 were threatened.
32. Ng4! -+ (only move) 33. Rb1 (33. Re7 Nc6+) Nxf2+ 34. Kd2 Ne4+ 35. Kd3 Nc5+ 36. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1
Level 7: Difficult
Level 7: Difficult
Black to Move
Gilburt, Marvin (1615) - Mallett (2008)
G/45 US Open side tournament 12/8/95
White To Move
Mallett (1975) - Yap, Nicholas (1738)
34th LMERA Sunnyvale Ch
Sunnyvale, CA 10/6/01
Black to Move
Roberts, Frank (1712) - Mallett (1955)
Houston Classic I, Round 4
Houston TX 10/11/92
26... Rh8! 27. Ra2 (27. Rd3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Rf4 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Qh1+ 31. Qg1 Qxf3+ 32. Ke1 Rh1) 27... Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Rf4
28. Ng5 +- Bxg5 (All moves lose for Black, e.g. 28... Rf8 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30. Nxh7) 29. Qxf7+ 1-0
32... Rxe7! +- winning two pieces for a rook 33. Nh6+ (if 33. Nxe7+ 34. Bxe7) gh 34. Rxf8+ Kg7 35. R8f3 Nf4 +-
Level 8: Difficult
Level 8: Difficult
White to Move
Mallett (1992) - Ebstein, Bob (2159)
1991 Dallas CC Tournament G/30, Round 1
Dallas, TX 3/1/91
Black to Move
Parker, Jim (1665) - Mallett (1985)
1st Santa Cruz Invitational, Round 4
Santa Cruz, CA 3/2/03
Black to Move
Munson, Curtis (1896) - Mallett (1983)
CalChess Labor Day, Round 4
San Francisco CA 9/1/22
22. e5 Ng4+ 23. Bxg4 hg 34. Bxd4 cd and the d4 pawn can't be saved. The game continued 25. Ne2 d3 26. Nc3 f6 27. ef+ gf 28. Ke3 and White won the d-pawn and eventually the game.
11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe3 f6 trapped the bishop
25. c5! opens the file. 26. dxc5 Rd2
Level 9: Difficult
Level 9: Difficult
White to Move
Mallett (1955) - Schatz, Larry (1821)
Houston Classic I, Round 5
Houston, TX 10/11/92
White to Move
Mallett (1936) - Rowland, Roger (2176)
Syracuse Open, Round 1
Syracuse, NY 8/9/86
White to Move
Gazit, Oren (1454) - Mallett (1975)
Charles Bagby Memorial, Round 4
San Francisco, CA 7/21/21
32. Nd7! +- The game concluded 32... Kg7 (I think the key line to be calculated was 32... Kf7 33. Rxf8+ Ke7 34. Nxc5! Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Kxf8 36. Nxe4; 32... Rd3 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. Rxd3) 33. Nxf8 Rc6 (33... Rxd8 34. Nxe6+) 34. Nd7 Nd6 35. Ne5 1-0
22. c5! Nxc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Kb3 Kd7 25. Ka4 Kc6 26. Kxa5 g4 27. Bc4 h5 28. Ka6 h4 29. a4 and White quickly queened the a-pawn and won.
36. Rxh8+! with forced mate Kxh8 37. gxf6 Rdd8 (Best play is 37... g5 38. Rh3+ Kg8 39. Bxg5 b5 40. Nb6 Rxb6 41. Bh6 bxc4 42. axb6 Kh7 43. Bg7+ Kg6 44. Rh6+ Kg5 45. Kf3 Rb7 46. h4#) 38. Rh3+ Kg8 39. Bh6 g5 40. Bg7 1-0
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