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2011 Club Championship Participants
Crosstable complete on USCF website here: Crosstable. James Long won the 2011 Club Championship. James' only defeat came at the hands of David Luscomb, who unfortunately, had to drop out of the tournament. Ed Karabiev defeated Luscomb (see game here), but Ed was defeated by James making James the Club champion. See the game score between Ed Karabiev and David Luscomb below played April 15, 2011 which created a 3 way tie for first at the time. Please note that 2012 will mark the 40th year of the club. We hope the quality of the opponents and participation for next year's championship is represented as well as this year's. Congratulations to James Long for earning the title for 2011. Please note that James was co-champion in 1999 along with Jim Baumlin.
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[Event "Springfield Championship"]
[Site "Springfield, Mo."]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luscomb, David"]
[Black "Karabiev, Ed"]--known as Ed Rysal
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Brozovich,Joe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[TimeControl "Game/61"]
{614MB, Fritz8.ctg, My PC}
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 e6 5. Ne5 Bh5
6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nc6 bxc6 9. Nxc7+ Ke7 10. Qa3+ c5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12.
Nxa8 Qxa8 13. g4 Bxg4 14. f3 e5 15. fxe4 exf4 16. O-O-O dxe4 17. c6+ Kf6 18.
Qc3+ Ne5 19. Rd5 Qe8 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Rhd1 Bxe2 22. Bh3 Bb4 23. Qxb4 Qxh3 24.
Rxe5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Kxe5 26. Qe7+ Kf5 27. Qxf7+ Kg4 28. Qxg7+ Kh3 29. Rg1 h5 30.
Qg2+ Kh4 31. h3 Qg3 32. Kc1 Qxg2 33. Rxg2 f3 34. Rxe2 fxe2 35. Kd2 Rc8
36. Kxe2 Rxc6 37. c3 Kxh3 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. b3 Rxc3+ 40. Kxe4
Kg3 41. Kd4 Rc2 42. a4 h4 43. Kd3 Rc8 0-1
[Event "Springfield Championship"]
[Site "Springfield, Mo."]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Luscomb, David"]
[Black "Karabiev, Ed"]--known as Ed Rysal
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Brozovich,Joe"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[TimeControl "Game/61"]
{614MB, Fritz8.ctg, My PC}
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Bf4 e6 5. Ne5 Bh5
6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nc6 bxc6 9. Nxc7+ Ke7 10. Qa3+ c5 11. dxc5 Ne4 12.
Nxa8 Qxa8 13. g4 Bxg4 14. f3 e5 15. fxe4 exf4 16. O-O-O dxe4 17. c6+ Kf6 18.
Qc3+ Ne5 19. Rd5 Qe8 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Rhd1 Bxe2 22. Bh3 Bb4 23. Qxb4 Qxh3 24.
Rxe5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Kxe5 26. Qe7+ Kf5 27. Qxf7+ Kg4 28. Qxg7+ Kh3 29. Rg1 h5 30.
Qg2+ Kh4 31. h3 Qg3 32. Kc1 Qxg2 33. Rxg2 f3 34. Rxe2 fxe2 35. Kd2 Rc8
36. Kxe2 Rxc6 37. c3 Kxh3 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. b3 Rxc3+ 40. Kxe4
Kg3 41. Kd4 Rc2 42. a4 h4 43. Kd3 Rc8 0-1