Michael Serovey of Colorado Springs, Colorado has won a closely contested 2013 trophy quad by a full point over his nearest rival.

 

13Q10

 

Serovey	2130		½1	½0	11	4-2
Ellis	2203	½0		11	0½	3-3
Leach	2100	½1	00		½½	2 ½
Pedersen	2028	00	1½	½½		2 ½

 

 

ENGLISH OPENING (A11)

White: Michael Serovey (2130)

Black: Roger Pedersen (2028)

 2013 Trophy Quad

 

 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.0–0 Bg4 5.c4 e6 6.d3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Be3 Bc5 9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.Nc3 0–0 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Rc8 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Qd2 Rfd8 15.Rc2 Rc6 16.Rfc1 e5 17.d4 Nce4 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.d5 Rcd6 20.e3 h6 21.Qe2 a6 22.Kg2 Qb4 23.a3 Qb3 24.g4 Qb6 25.Qc4 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Qxe4 g6 28.Rc7 Qxb2 29.Rb1 Qxa3 30.Rbxb7 Qf8 31.Qf3 e4 32.Qxe4 Rb5 33.Rxf7 Qxf7 34.Rxf7 Kxf7 35.Qf4+ Ke7 36.Qxh6 Rd6 37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.e4 Rbb6 39.Kg3 Re6 40.e5 Rb3+ 41.Kh4 Rf3 42.Qg8+ Kd7 43.Qa8 g5+ 44.Kxg5 Rxe5+ 45.Kh4 Rf6 46.Qb7+ Ke6 47.Qxa6+ Kf7 48.Qa7+ Kg6 49.Qc7 Re2 50.f4 Rf7 51.f5+ Kg7 52.Qf4 Re8 53.Kg5 Rg8 54.Qd4+ Kh7+ 55.Kf4 Ra8 56.Qd6 Kg7 57.Qg6+ Kf8 58.Qh6+ Kg8 59.f6 Ra5 60.g5 Rd7 61.Qh5 Ra8 62.Qg6+ Kf8 63.Qe4 Rda7 64.Kf5 Kg8 65.Kg6 Rf8 66.Qe6+ Kh8 67.f7 Raxf7 68.Qxf7 1–0

Win and Draw

I went through the chess games that I could find in my score books and elsewhere and then I made a spreadsheet of the highest rated players that I have beaten and drawn in various formats and places. I have posted that below.

Organization	Event Type	Rating	Result	Opponent
USCF	Correspondence Chess	2399	Draw	Daniel Woddard
USCF	Correspondence Chess	2317	Win	Harold Boege
USCF	Over the Board Tournament	1991	Win	Dante Benez
USCF	Over the Board Tournament	2237	Draw	Mikel Peterson
Stan's NetChess	Turn Based Chess	2601	Win	Chachi
ICC	Internet Server Correspondence Chess	2603	Win	Colossus
ICCF	Internet Server Correspondence Chess	2151	Win	Victor Popov
ICCF	Internet Server Correspondence Chess	2389	Draw	Mark Eldridge

Michael R. Serovey, MA, MISM

My New Chess Trophy

Back in 2013 I entered a trophy quad to be played by correspondence chess. We mailed moves to each other. I moved during the course of this event and so did a couple of my opponents. One of them is now in jail.

I managed to finish this section with 3 wins, one loss and two draws. That gave me clear first place.

The trophy below is the first one that I have won since I left Florida in 2013.

 

 

 

Michael R. Serovey, MA, MISM

Cheating in Chess

The chess game below is from the final round of the 2011 Golden Knights Postal Chess Championship. This game concluded not only my last game in this section but also my last game in correspondence chess that I played by snail mail.

The rules of the US Chess Federation (USCF) prohibit using chess engines to help analyze a  correspondence chess game that is still in progress. My opponent used Stockfish 6 to help him decide whether or not to trade rooks and to accept my draw offer. I did not discover this illegal use of a chess engine until after the game was over and I started to look at it with my own engines. I did not file a complaint about this because the use of this engine did not affect the outcome of the game. I got the draw that I wanted.

It is impossible to go into the engine room at playchess.com without using your own engine. Checking to see if someone else has analyzed a given position in the engine room could be considered cheating by a strict interpretation of the rules, but I will allow it because I do that too. What I object to is someone staying there more than a minute. If they are there long enough to get credit for discovering a position, then they are definitely cheating!

Posted below are screenshots of the engine use.

Michael R. Serovey, MA, MISM