011 - Leland, Thank you for putting on a Christmas Party for the CCC. It was a lot of fun. I appreciate your leadership in running the club, and am thankful I have a place to play chess on a weekly basis. Here is my game against SM Rangarajan. He had me dead to rights after 15 moves. Your suggestion of the "trick move" 15 ... Rxf6! accomplished the purpose of tricking Karthik into stopping his attack. Had he continued with the unnatural looking 16. Bg5 I would have shared the same fate that 13 others experienced yesterday against him. Thanks also for your "encouragement."  I wonder if that had anything to do with the upset? lol Happy holidays, Dave