Saturday, January 30, 2021

2021 US Amateur Team West Championship

I have been playing the 2021 US Amateur Team West ONLINE - National Championship as part of the team Winners 2021. This is a 2-days tournament in the format of g60+10 seconds increment. OUr average team rating is 1899.5, so we are in the 1800+ section. Here is the team - 

  • NM Sriram Krishnakumar (2192)
  • Jaisuraj Kaleeswaran (2086)
  • Ashik Uzzaman (1940)
  • Jaidev Kaleeswaran (1380)
Today was first 3 rounds and tomorrow will be the final 3 rounds.

Game 1: Team Winners 2021 vs Tonight We're Gonna Checkmate Like It's 1989

White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1799

Black: NM Christopher Chabris (2226) / chess.com rating 2326

Date: 30th January 2021

Result: Drawn (1/2 - 1/2)

I missed a completely winning rook endgame with 2 pawns up by making a last-minute blunder although I had plenty of time in my clock while my opponent had few seconds only. The blunder was move#44; instead of g4 I needed to play h6.




Game 2: Team Winners 2021 vs Chess Cookies

White: Lisa Sun (1708) / chess.com rating 1426

Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1810

Date: 30th January 2021

Result: Black won (0 - 1)




Game 3: Team Winners 2021 vs CHECKMATE ASAP - XCELL CHESS CLU

White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838

Black: Sricharan Pullela (1889) / chess.com rating 2020

Date: 30th January 2021

Result: White won (1 - 0)

I particularly liked my middle game combination of sacrificing a rook that my opponent couldn't afford to take. Check out move#20.





Update from Day 2, I lost the 4th round but won the 5th round. 

Game 4: Team Winners 2021 vs CHECKMATE ASAP - Queen Rules

White: Felix Liu (1922) / chess.com rating 2096

Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1839

Date: 31st January 2021

Result: White won (1 - 0)




Game 5: Team Winners 2021 vs Pawn-Z-Scheme

White: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838

Black: Mateo Hansen (1687) / chess.com rating 1615

Date: 31st January 2021

Result: White won (1 - 0)




Game 6: Team Winners 2021 vs Riveting Rooks

White: Kristian Clemens (1997) / chess.com rating 1831

Black: Ashik Uzzaman (1940) / chess.com rating 1838

Date: 31st January 2021

Result: Black won (0 - 1)


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