In response to the mention of the pioneering Afro-American masters in the preceding post, I have been informed that Dr. David Allen, Sr. of Cleveland, Ohio passed away from complications caused by diabetes on November 22, 2019. He was born January 31st, 1960 and was just 59 years old.
Dr. Allen graduated from John Adams High School in 1978 and then obtained Bachelors degrees in both Psychology and Mathematics from Cleveland State University and later obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Capella University's first computer science program. He taught children in the Cleveland school district and worked on computer projects for Cleveland Clinic.
An inspiration to many, David Allen was a teacher, mentor and father to many whether they were related or not. A Life Master with the USCF, for over 20 years he lead scholastic teams to state and national chess titles. He was the 2005 Ohio Co-Champion. He also played on Chess.com under the name RuffumUP.
See Chess Drum articles HERE and HERE. Here is one of his Chess.com games.
[Event "Live Chess on Chess.com"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2018.12.7"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edu2020"]
[Black "RuffumUP (David Allen, Sr.)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
{Closed Sicilian} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {When it comes to the Closed Sicilian it is
impossible not to mention Vassily Smyslov and Boris Spassky, both of whom made
enormous contributions to its theory.} 2... d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 {Normally
white plays 5.d3 Nc6 and then either Spassky's aggressive early f4 followed by
Nf3 or Smyslov's cautious piece development with Be3 and Qd2 followed by
Nge2.} 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 b6 {White can now
play the solid 10.d4. Instead he chooses an enterprising, but risky,
continuation.} 10. f5 {Good for a blitz game, but it's not really sound.}
10... exf5 11. exf5 {This move only helps black's development, so better was
11.Qd2. Note that for black to recapture with the N could lead to some
complications likely to be in white's favor: 11...Nxf5?! 12.Rxf5 and Bxc6 with
two pieces for the R.} 11... Bxf5 { Note that now 12.Rxf5? would lose the
exchange after 12...Nxf5 13.Bxc6 Nxe3} 12. Bg5 Rc8 13. h3 {Creating a serious
weakness. 13.Qd2 was better.} 13... Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 15. Qd2 d4 16. Ne4 {Now
even better than the move played would have been 16...f6 17.Bf4 g5 leaving the
B with no escape squares.} 16... Nd5 {Even after this move black's position is
still overwhelming.} 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Ne3 20. Rfe1 Nxg2 21.
Qxg2 Rfe8 22. g4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Nxg4+ 24. Kg3 f5 25. Ng5 Ne3 26. Nge6+ {This
turns out to be a very bad move. After 26.Rh1 he could have fought on.}
26... Rxe6 27. Nxe6+ Qxe6 {The ending is hopelessly lost for white.} 28. Qb7+
Kh8 29. Rh1 Qe5+ {29...h5 and ...Re8 would have ended the game.} 30. Kf2
{30.Kf3 would have at least avoided the mate in 10 this move allows.} 30...
Ng4+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qf2+ {32...Ne3+ is a quicker mate.} 33. Kh3 Re8
{White can't avoid mate.} 0-1
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