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Donaldson,HaesslerTop Collyer Memorial
RecordNumber Participates
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record totalof 67 playerscompetedin the l6th Dave Collyer Memorial tourney in Spokaneon February23-24,2008. IM John
L
lDonaldson and NM Carl Haesslersharedfirst placewith 4.5 scores
in the five-roundevent. Eachreceived$262.50for sharingfirst and second
place. Third place (4.0) was sharedby NM David Bragg. Chris Kalina,
JoshSinanan,and Michael Wang. Sinananalso was the top Expert, while
Kalina and Wangtoppedthe ClassA category.Eachof the four won $ I 00.
A
A
facility hadseveralamenitiesandan on-sitefood
vendorwaspresentto makesandwichesandserve
homemadesoup. The usualassortmentof cookies and coffee was supplementedwith fruit and
veggie trays and cakesbrought in to celebrate
birthdaysand specialoccasions.This version
of the Collyer Memorialmay havebeenthe most
fun of all! The location already has been reservedfor next year's tourney. The eventwas
sponsoredby the SpokaneChessClub and the
Gary YounkerFoundation.
While early round upsetswere common,the first day's action saw the
top four boards(Donaldson,Bragg, Haessler,and Sinanan)finish with perfect 3.0 scores.The quartethadto work hardthe first day. Chelan'sDesmarais
twins, Cyrus and Niles, kept Donaldsonand Bragg playing late into the
'r>
CJR
secondround. Third round saw Elston Cloy pushingDonaldson,whom he
The Collyer Memorial, which honorsthe
had drawn in the tourneysix yearsearlier,and Haesslerand David Rowles memory of my old TacomaChessClub teamplayinglateinto theevening.
mate David Collyer and his good friend Gary
The top four met in Sundaymorning'sfourth round. Donaldsonbested Younker,is rny favorite toumamentto play in.
Sinanan,while Haesslertopped Bragg. The two winners reacheda quick It is hardto imaginea friendliereventandbefter
draw in the final round and headedoffto a copy shopwith Dave Collyer's chanceto catchup rvithold fricnds.I uould like
collectionof oldNorthwestChessmagazines!Meanwhile,MissoulaExpert to particularlythankSteveN{enrin.JudgeKevin
Greg ("the Octopus")Nowak, a half point back of the leadersenteringthe Korsmo and Ellen Colller lbr their efTortsin
final round, battledBragg with hope of tying for first. It was not to be, as makingtheColll er Memorialpossibleeachyear.
Bragg reboundedfrom his round four defeatto deny Nowak the shareof
I rvould also like to thank Ellen and Carl
anotherCollyer title. The final gameof the tourneywas a thriller completed Haesslerfor spendingthree hours with me at
long after most playershad left the venue. Michael Wangedgedbirthday Kinkos at the end of the tournamentxeroxing
boy Mark Havrilla in a tight endgamebattlethat endedin a Queen-vs.-Rook old copies of the Wa.shington(lhess Letter and
endingwith both playershaving undera half minute on their clocks. While
the spectatorswere few by that time, all werecaptivatedby the endingof the
contest.
HOUSE
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The Class B prizes were split by Alex Chow Cyrus Desmarais,and
CaseyFleck, each of whom scored3.5. The ClassC prizes went to local
playersRyanAckermanand Dave Griffin with 3.0 scores.LeslieCameron
of Moscow,Idaho,scored3 .5 to win the $ I 00 first prize in the ClassD and
undercategory.Brett Thomas-Dejohngof Missoula scored3.0 to take second in that class. Leslie and Brett eachsawtheir ratingssoarmorethan 100
points from the weekend'sperformances.
S€rvingthe chesscommunity since 1972
The tournamentsaw quite a few upsets,but the prize winnerswere extraordinary. Bill Spencerof Helena, Montana, scoreda 688-point upset
victory in the final round. Yakima's Robbin Arnett pulled off a 651 point
upsetin Round Two. Eachreceived$100 for their efforts.
In addition to the guaranteedprize fund, there were door prizes every
round. The GaryYounker Foundation sweetenedthe prize fund by offering
$200 for a perfect score and another $100 for the best performance by a
player l8 or younger. Michael Wangpocketedthe latter prize with his 4.0
scorebestingAlex Chow and Cyrus Desmaraisby one-halfpoint. With the
addeddonations,a total of $1,750was paid out to this year's participants.
The tourneywas played in the conferencecenterof St.Anne's Children's
Center. The rental fee for the site was a donationthat was usedto purchases
pajamasand socks for men staying at the house of charity. The spacious
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19.exd5
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was
better
for White
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13...0a5 14.3.d3.Q.b7is considered
in Spassky-Petrosian
from their
5.930Jc66.492 6c7 followedby to be moreaccurate.15.d5(? according
1969WorldChampionship
match.
5 6 . e 5A c 4 1 7 . W t 4
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Berkeley2005. The 17.Wt4
and Yasserhadgreatsuccess
uith 5.e4 is Sharavdorj-Atalilq
17.e5AdB 1B.Axb7
6xb7 19.4d4
in his rouneerdars. The text is thepre- TurkishGM believesthat 17...hOZ is
astheexclusion
of ...8c8 and 96 20.f4Ec5 21.WegAOg 22.t5as in
fened clroicein the ()7rorirtg.fir II'ltite strong(!).
Warsaw2005,may
Accorclinglo k'unmik seriesand Pritch- H,fe.l favors Black. Seehis exhaustive Bocharov-Bologan,
notesin ChessInformant 93, game364. well bestronger.
ett'snew bookon the Enslish.
5...e6
ta.Etet EcB
17...EfeB
5...4xc3 6.bxc396 T.e4transposes 14...6a5 givesWhitetheadditional'
optionof t5.9'tt, which he would not
into the ExchangeGrunfeld.
have had a move before. The Bishop
6.e4
might look modeston its original square,
The main line of the Semi-TarraschbutWhitehasd4-d5 comins.
variationof the Queen'sGambit,which 1 5 . d 5
Bobby Fischeremployedfor Black on
morethanoneoccasion.6.e3cxd47.exd4
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suggestionof Bondarevsky.
tested
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18.9f5
met by 9...b6and 9.a3 by 9...cxd4. In
A
AAA
both cases,White is unableto obtain his
It was hard to choosebetweenthe text
maximumIQP position.
and 18,4n4. 18.e5was anothermove
6...6xc3 7.bxc3cxd4 B.cxd4AO++
that I considered,trying to put a Knight
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on d6 but didn't seehow to do it. For
example,18...4d819.9xb7WxbT20.
6n+ so 1zO,..he6
21.Wg3s6 22.4f5is
just whatWhitewants)21.gg3 €h8 22.
6tgbe6.
Tacoma ChessTimes
Played to guard the dark-squares
aroundBlack's King, but 21...b522.h5
Oc4 might havebeena bettertry in view by Gary Dorfner
of what happens.If 21...9xd5 ,then22.
fJf
he TCC G/ I 0 toumamentwas held
exd5WO723.beS is strong.
ut the club on JanuaryI lth. There
I
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wereeightplayersinall. Thewin18...s6
22.h5 h6 23.hx96fxg6
ners were: top half :lst Nhon Do, Paul
This is necessary
as 18...Ec719.
Now Black's King is moreexposed Bartron, & Dray'ton Harrison 4.0; botg6
hss 20.Wt+
AeS21.Unanszz.Wsg and his secondrank is rulnerable.
tom half lst StephenBuck 3.0, 2nd Eric
leavesWhitewith a stronsinitiative.
Holcomb
2.0.
24.Wc1
19.Ws4EcdS
The President'sCongresswas held
26-27. Therewere 14 playersin
on
Jan.
Oneideaof keepingtheQueenonthe
The
winners were: lst PaulBartron
all.
h3-c8diagonalis to controld7 ascanbe
#1 Mike MacGregor$44,
Group
$73,
seenin thevariation19,..4b420.Axb7
#2
Group
Jeff
Lowther $41, Group #3
WxbT 21.e56xa2 22.Hd7 Ec7? 23.
David
Meliti
& Logan MacGregor
ExcTWxcT24.Wa4,picking
up a piece.
18.50
each.
24....Q.c8?!
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The WashingtonWoodPushers- UnJoshwasrunninglow on time. More
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stubbornwas 24...€hz 25.WnZWgz. der 1800was held on Feb. 9-10.There
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were only 6 players.The winners were:
2s.ad4Ergzo.9oz&nt zt.Ect
lst Eric Holcomb $35, lst Group #l
Anthony Whitt $23, lst Group #2 AuBlack's offside Knight really tells.
A)
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5He has no satisfactoryanswerto White
The 2008Air ForceTournamentwas
invadingwith his Rooksalongthe c-fiIe.
,'': .'l A', g A
held at McChordAir ForceBase.There
27...We5
were 8 plal ersin all. The u innersw'ere:
2 A
AA
I st StevenHerbert.2nd Dale Bateman.
$.? F?
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HH
and3rd RobertKarch.The only two chilelgh
won
drenplayeda match.AIex Stephens
2l.
The
winners
all
received
trophies.
Anotherpossibilityhere,andmaybe
an improvement,was 20.8e3. The idea
The 2008 PierceCounty Leaguewas
is to prepareAg5 and usethe Rook for
held
on Fridays in February. Six teams
f\n
t4 \ /\
the attack.Also, on e3, it is neverpotenofthree playerscompeted.The Drunken
tially hangingafter ...Axd5.
Ifu ights- (Drayton Harrison, Eric Wade,
,\N
AA
and Alex Nikolskyy) and the Warriors
2O...6a5?
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(Bartron, Holcomb, and Gary Dorftrer)
e'elEr
This is the first real mistakeby Josh,
tied for 1st.Therewasalsoa tie on Board
who hasplayedvery well up to this point.
One between Bartron and Mike MacThisstopsWhite'side4butafter. . . Gregor. Both ties will be broken by a
Instead. 20...4b4 21.s':xb7WxbT 22.
ExdB ExdS 23.Ws5(23.e5We7) 23... 28.wc3!
playoffmatch. Holcomb took the Board
Ee8 24.e5 was only slightly better for
TWoprize,while ConnieEtingher topped
. . . the upcoming ending is unten- Board Three. TD for all of the above
White. The problem with the text is that
I
events:GaryDorfner.
Black really never hasthe possibility to able for Black.
trade on d5 in a satisfactorvwav.
z8...Eteg
24,8c1 Ec8 25.Exc8 Exc8 26.
Wg+ trOA 27.ad4 \^,asan attractivealtemative. The idea behindthe text is to
grabthe long diagonalanddoubleRooks
on the c-fi|e.
u t.::" ul , I
ra
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eg
21.w't4
Or 28...-€.d7
2
9
.
he6! with a
A strongalternativewas 21.h5, for
winningending.
gd6
(oneof
example,21...9rd5 22.exd5
the reasonsI played Wf4 was to avoid
giving Black this blockadingsquare,but
it doesn't solve all of his problems)23.
Uh4 Exet+ 24.H,xe'lWxd5 25.hxg6
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An Interviewwith New WA Chess
Champion,GM GregorySerper
by NM Nat Koons
That s very interesting.
Yeah, . . . many kids get interestedwhen they seesome
Firstoff,congratulations
Horu
onwinningthechampionship.
do youfeel aboutthetournanent?How did it gofor you?
combination,or someFool's Mate or something,but the big. . . [D]espitethe result,the tournamentwasn't easy,be- gestimpressionof my life in chessis how you checkmatethe
*u, fighting:and.ofcourse,I'm happyi*on lonelyKing whenyou haveKing andRook'
.uu."
"ulryon.
(laughs)
the tournament,but it wasn't an easywalk.
How wouldyou evaluateyour ownpla1,in the lournament'?
I can guaranteeyou if I ever have King and Rook versus
Well, it wasn't perfectplay, becauseI had mistakeshere lonely King, you can bet I will know how to checkmate!
you
and there, but, fortunately for me, my opponentsmade more
Youmusthm,emadeprettyrapid progress.I understand
mistakes. Actually, that's hou'it works: you can never beat attendedthe Botvinnik-Kasparov
School,at leastfor q little bit.
anyoneif he doesn'tmakeany mistakes'
. . . fw]hen I wasacceptedto the school,I wasalreadyone
I thinktherewasa lot of attention
focusedon that lastround of the best,maybethe best,junior player in the SovietUnion.
gamewithlgnacio.Howdoyouprepare,howdoyou tuneyoursel/' That sessionwas for the bestten or twelvejuniors and,at that
upfor a strttgglelike that?
point, I was one of the oldest and. naturally,I was the strongestplaverin theschool.Of course,
. . . [U]sually beforethe last round,
it gaveme a greatboost,because,
when you havea very irnpoftantganre,
if yOU CAn tAlk
thii,,Euit
Empire,,j
hozoi"lliJiil',i;.'
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time, gotmy International
I
Masnicesituation.Usually,,whenI play the Soaiet Union was called, you
ter.title,.l
got
my
World
Junior
somebody2200-2300| desperatelyCAn
find SOme bright SpOtS . . . When
a
think"How am I goingto beathim? n,nnl non n l.)) ,*rl srir^n,l+ +n l;-A - titleand,verysoon,I became
a
yua are a kid, it's dfficult to
HowdoI bear
him?,,but
thistimethe
betterplace
draw was enoughfor me. So all I
haveto do isjust to play chess.and
how on earth he can beatme? I mean,I play someone25002600, of course,I'll be nervous,I'll preparesomething,but
this time . . . it's a very unusualsituation . . . I don't recall
when I was in a situation like this, playing someone22002300 and all I needto do is makea draw.
find
ffiffi*#.
l"u, myinitial
progresshad nothing to do with
Botvinnik-Kasparov
the
school, because,at first, I achievedeverythingon my own.
Welt,how didl,ou achievethat? Wasit justself-studv?Did
plu1.-?I{hat was
t,ouhavea coac'h,or wasit a lot of tournament
vourmethodforimproving?
Well, you see,I did havea coach,and.actually,if you can
Okay,fair enough.Canwe nvitchto moregeneralquestionstalk aboutthis"Evil Empire,"how the SovietUnion wascalled,
now? Lets talk aboutyour backgrounda little bit. I{ho intnt- you can find some bright spots. . . when you are a kid, it's
ducedyou to chess,howdid vouget into it originallv?
dimcutt to find a bettei place . . . Because,can you imagine,
Oh, it was my grandfather. . . it's kind of a funny story. when I wasacceptedto the Botvinnik-KasparovschooleveryH e t a u g h t m e . . .h o w t o m o v e t h e p i e c e s . a
. .t t h e a g e o f f i v e t h i n g w a s p a i d : l m e a n a i r f ahroet,e lf,o o d . . . [ T ] h i s t w o - w e e k
or six, but I wasn't interestedat all, it wasj ust a board game, session(we hadfour sessionsper year)was free and you canone of many. And then my grandfather... [said],"Okay. notevenimagineanythingsimilarhere.
here'sthe position,you have a King and Rook, and I have a
Right,right.
King. Beat me." I tried. but I couldn't checkmatehim, be[l]f you havethe desire,when you are a kid in the
cauGljustmovedthepiecesaroundtheemptyboard;ofcourse,
SovietUnion, youjust choosea subjectand all doorsareopen
if you ion't know how to do it, you can.t win.
foryou. Youcanfindacoach.Youneverworryaboutmoney
Right.
or anything. The only thing you need is just desire. So, as I
And then he turnedthe board,he got the Rook and King said,my grandfatherjump-startedmy desire. I loved chessa
for himself, I had this lonely king, and I was so impressedby lot. and I signedup for, actually,four chessclubs; so I had
this precision of how you cut the opponent'sKing rank by four coaches. . . [E]very club had a sessiontwo times per
rank, file by file. I don't know; somehowit was like a small week; still. it was not enoughfor me . . . So basicallyevery
miracle for me, and that's how I got interestedin chess,and singleday of the week,I had a sessionwith a differentcoach.
my grandfathertaught
me the notation,sothat'show it started. . . [But] the most importantthing is how you work on chess,
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because.even if your coachis Kasparov,unlessyou work on
chesson your own, there is no chancefor progress. But, of
course,I am very thankful that I had excellentcoaches.becauseif vou don'thavea good guidanceby a strongcoachand
you u'ork in the wrong direction,then all your hard work can
be fruitless.
Right
The only thing I really regretis that I did not havea computer.becauseno one in my family playedchess. I mean,my
grandfatherplayed chess.but . . . it's difficult to extrapolate
his strength,
butI believehewould be like a 1700-1800player.
Of course,for a beginner,it's great,but at somepoint I needed
somebodystrongerthan him. As I said,I attendedall of these
classes,but it wasn't enough. . . I worked on chessliterally
five or six hoursper day. BecauseI didn't lrare any sparring
partner,I playedagainstmyself and that's kind of stupid,you
just tum the boardand you play againstrourselfand
you are World Championyou havemany,many enemies;actually when you are . . . just a strongplayeqyou naturallybeat
so many players:you havea bunchof enemies.To the bestof
my knowledge,Tal neverhad any enemies.He was one ofthe
nicestguys around. So hejust resigned.
Nice.
So it's funnv. l5 vears later. I achievedmv dream. As I
said,my dreamwasto becomeWorldChampion,but I achieved
only part of it. I becameWorld Junior Co-Champion,and
EuropeanJunior Champion. And at that point, I thoughtmy
prospectswere very bright,becauseI thought."Okay,that's
my generation,and I am the leaderof my generation."By the
way, when I becameWorld Co-Champion,I tied for first with
lvanchuk,Gelfand and Lautier. So I knew those guys were
going to dominatethe chessand I was one of them.
So I thought it would be great. But. unfortu_
youknowailyourideas.
so,uu.i"iuy.lriuanar'ze
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If I'd had a computer,it would fhavebeen]nruch
The
,-'l besttwo yeais were crossedout. of course,
Tal
neaer had_
easier,I would fhave played] againstthe conrffiu-" a Grandmaster,I evenplayed in the
' '5.
puterandthat'show modernGrandmastersany enemle,
He
Knockout World Championship,but at the
carfson.Nakamura-that'showtheyachie'e
Ifyouwanttobecome
besttimerwasgone.
7U4S One Of the niCeSt
suchrapidprogress.I didn.t havea conr_
have to be world rop
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guys around.
puter: I did the best I coutd. So the short
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beingakid
I
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Short "Okay, then mv goal is to be absolutelythe bestat chessthat I
term,longterm. . . whutdoyou hopetheJiture holdslitr vou? can." And the best I could achieve . . was Top-50 in the
. . . [W]hen I was a kid, of course.my goal $ as to be the world for a coupleof years:I won the World Junior ChampiWorld Champion,I was very ambitious.but. umm. (chuckles) onship;I qualifiedfor thetop 16 (in theKnockoutWorldChampionship). So it's probablymy bestachievement.But now the
it's funny. I drew a picture. . . andtherewerefwo chessplayers
'One
on the chessboardind I put somemarkson the picture.
6f time is gone. So now it would bejust day dreamingfor me to
\\as Tal. At that tlrink aboutit.
theplayersin thepicturewasnte.andone!ru_\
point,it wasthe70sandThl wasoneof thestronsest
plal'ersSo. for no* my goal is to just enjoy chess. . . I tell my
I mean.he [had been]World Chanrpion.. . and I put . . . or.l friendsthat when you u." a proiessionil th"r, playerand yol
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the demoboard. . . " l -0." thatnreansI beat all
you haveto playthe bestmove
plal ing fbr resultgsometimes
n o t t h em o s ti n t e r e s t i n g m o v e .b. .u t . . . I w a n t t o p l a y s o m e
(lailshs)
gamemavbean importantgame.and I want to sacrificemy
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(luughs)
was the last round of this qualificationtournamentand two
playersfromeachgroupqualifiedforthefinal.
And l'mplayNot to u,ork it out . . . No needto calculate.don,t care
ing Tal, and I'm in a must-win situation. And I havea totally aboutresult. Justto sacrifice,and seewhat happens.Sothat,s
winning position, and my pawn is on the seventhrank . . . I my stageright now, I just want to enjoy chess. Not some
grabbedit andI'm nervous,becausenot even,dar'1ou arebeat- ,up.r_ai,per
goals,just io enjoy chess.
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ing Tal, especiallyin blitz, he was World Charlpion in blitz.
I hn'e tlov'noneof thequestions
I waspreparingto askyou'
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and. . .I don't know what would've happened.but, fortunately,Taljust resigned.I still had like 40 secondsand . . . this Many chessplayers,when they get asked,"What's your best
*Well, I hopeI will play such
totally winning position,but I couldn't queenmy pawn. But gameyou everplayed?"answer,
Butforme,inl993,thisquestionwasclosed,
Talwasanextremelyniceguy,
Imeanheu.asunique,peopleagameoneday."
playedthis gamewhere I sacrificedall my
indeed,
because,
I
saidthat he was actuallyalien. becauseno one else . . . When
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didn't havethings to do, but to play chess
all of the day . . . [O]f course,this fight,
Communist systemversus the Western
world, fted to] more interest for chess. .
. [T]hen it was Kasparov vs. Karpov, titanic fight, Kasparov was supposeto be
a "new guy" for a "new system" and
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abcdelgh
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What is wrong in the chessworld?
But. now. I don't seeany fight on the
streetshereanymore. And, let's face it,
mostof thepeopledon't urderstandchess,
and if you don't understandchess,you
cannot enjoy chess. I just rememberI
knew the rules of chess.but- before I
could enjoy checkmatingthe lonely King,
I did not enjoychessat all. Soyou need
to know somethingaboutchess.Sochess
is not going to be, never going to be, a
main spor-t.Sounlesswe havesomething
behind chess . . . like when Kasparov
played this IBM computer,then everyin chess.So we need
onewas interested
somethingbehind chess.that's the only
thing that could savechess,in my opinion.
And the cheating problem is very
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very
bad for chess,andagainI don't know
just (regarding)the llorld Championship,
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solution
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startedplayingchess.it was--everyone "You are cheating;you cannotjust beat
saysit 1ry45-"1[6GoldenAge of Chess" two super Grandmasters6-0, 6-0 back
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and I totally agree.because,at that point, to back." And that's the problem, you
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people knew the top chessplayers and see,the ageofinnocence in chessis gone,
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probablythey could recognizeyou on the andyou're nevergoingto get it back. And
streetin the SovietUnion. And today,. . I don't know how to fight it, becauseif
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. if some guy on the street asks me, you use these metal detectors, it's like
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FebruarT22-23,2008
Roseburg
OregonHigh SchoolTeamChampionship
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VARSITY CHAMPIONS
S'1eEValleyEarlyCollegeAcademy
PortlandChristian
CoquilleHighSchool
PleasantHillHighSchool
SherwoodHighSchool
SunsetHighSchool
JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONS
no entries
OaklandHighSchool
CoquilleHighSchool
CottageGroveHighSchool
WillametteHighSchool
SunsetHighSchool
OPEN CHAMPIONS
International
Schoolof Beaverton
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
MatthewChhay
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP
The DallesWahtonkaHighSchool
INDIVIDUAL SPORTSMANSH I P
CarsonViles
For the first time in our 41-year history, we
officially awarded championship titles in every
OSAA classificationin Varsity and JV.
Siletz
Portland
Coquille
P l e a s a nHt i l l
Sheruvood
Portland
For the first time, every team registered online.
No paper registrationsthis year. Not onet
For the first time, a lA team participated in
our event. Siletz Valley Early College Academy
fourrd our organization online, attendedthe tournament and played very welll
Oakland
Coqutlle
CottageGrove
Eugene
Portland
For the first time, we allowed any five Oregon
students in grades 6-12 to form a team and participate in the Open division.
Beaverton
HS
Sheruvood
T h eD a l l e s
For the first time, a homeschoolteam played
iu the newly formed Open division.
HS
Wrllamette
ALL $TATE AWARDS (PerfectScore or Undefeated)
W r l s o nH S
MarcusRobinson
JeremyLegrove
S u n s eH
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DanielFriesen
S u n s eH
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Chris Griffin
SherwoodHS
MichaelRiches
SherwoodHS
Zack Gentle
T h e D a l l e sW a h t o n k a
HS
P l e a s a nHt r i H
l S
JacobShadwick
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DavidGarcia
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CalebKesey
CottageGroveHS
OmarFlores
P l e a s a nHt i l lH S
JesseQuinn
PortlandChristran
StevenKoch
RyanHarding
PortlandChristian
BLITZ GHAMPION
DylanGardner
MOTHERBOARD BUGHOUSE WINNERS
International
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WillametteTeamA
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DEDICATED SERVICE AWARDS
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Alan Svehaug
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PeggyPloem
Century
Kris Field-Eaton
ShenroodHS
MarkStephens
HS
Marshfield
DaveSwanston
HS
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DarrinHenry
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MarkClaiborne
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20 YEAR. ffSTEVE HAIYKE LEADERSHIP AWARD'
MikeWolfe
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StephenRunion
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For the first tinre, we presented Sportsmanship awards to both a team and an individual.
For the first tinre, we recoSnized coachesfor
their dedication and support of our organization
f o r 5 , 1 O a r r d 2 0 y e a r so f s e r v i c e . A t o t a l o f 1 0 5
years of hard work supporting Oregon High School
Chesst
F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e , w e p r e s e n t e de v e r y f i r s t
place team player with a medal to commemorate
t h e t e a n r ' so u t s t a n d i n ga c h i e v e m e n t .
For the first time, we played Motherboard
Bughouse,which has never been done in a tourrrarrrerrt
setting. It was so popular, we'll do it again
nextyearl
For the first time, we presented scholarships
to tlre yourrgesttop finishing player in each section (a $450 value) from our sponsor The Intert r a t i o n a lC h e s sS c h o o l .
Which brings me to another first . . . we had a
s p o l l s o ro f o u r e v e n t l
Tlrirtl'-llille teams and 200 players from
arourrd tlre state arrived to dobattlehead-to-head
( l i t e r a l l l ' ) , b e c a u s e ,a s w e a l l k n o w , c h e s si s t h e
sport of the rrrind. Think chessis just for geeks?
You nrust have nrissedthe basketball,football, soccer, track, swimming and softball players in our
TournamentNotes
midst. Virttrally every player competes in other
br Kate Taylor
sports as wellt Not only do you need mental
2008 shall be rememberecl as tlrc' \'c'dr of firsts stamirra and endurance fot chess, you need the
physical attributes as well. If's not easyto stay on
Northwest Chess
May 2008
1.1.
yovr game for eight long hours. Buf that's exactly what our students did. Competitive chess
players are the best and brightest stndents in the
statewith leadershipqualities and a desireto winr
jtrst sick. I know this will affect my team. But if we
wirr, it's gof to be right." In fhe end, Carsonfound it
wasrr'tan error at all,just a misunderstandingof how
the points were awarded. This kind of persorralinIt takes dedication and study to win at chess. tegrity and horror are to be admired and valued.
Perseveranceand a will to win. We saw all of that
There were nlally close matches and games.
and so much more in Roseburg.
Plal'e1'5
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Wahtonka went home with that honor. Through- c o n r n r e n t sb y a M a s t e r .
out tlre tournanrent,both over the board and in oncIrt tlte end, we had clear first place winrrers
olt-one interactions,the playerswere helpful, kind, ( b a s c do r r m a t c h a n d b o a r d p o i n t s ) a n d s o n r ev e r y
c o t r s i d e r a t ee, r r t h u s i a s t i ca, n d g r e a t c o n r p e t i t o r s c l o s e t i e s f o r s e c o n d . S o c l o s e t h a t t h e c o m p u t e r
who loved to have fun. Thesequalities stoocltherrr b r o k c i n t o a s w e a t c l u r i n g t h e c a l c u l a t i o n s t T h e
well . . . they tied for secondplacein their division c l o s e s ts e c o n dp l a c et i e w a s i n t h e 5 A V a r s i t yc l a s An awesomeaccomplishmerrtby an awesonlelcanr s i f i c a t i o n . S e p a r a t c db y o n l y a 1 O f ho f a p o i n t . I n
E r r r i eB l a t z h a s d o n e a g r e a t j o b w i t h h i s s t u d o r t s r o l l e s c c l l a r i o , W i l l a m e l l e w o n . I n a n o l h e r , T h e
I n d i v i d u a l s p o r t s m a n s h i pw a s a w a r d c d t o t ) a l l e s . A s s n r o k es t a r t e dt o b i l l o w f r o r n t h e h a r d
CarsonVilcsof Willamette. Carson,while being in- e l r i v e ,w e d e c i d e dt o g i v c b o t h t e a m ss e c o n dp l a c e
terviewed by a Roseburgreporter, realized thcre u'as a r v a r d sa n d m e d a l s t G r e a tj o b t e a m s t B o t h S u n an etror in his score. Carson immediately lcft tc-r s c . (t 6 A ) a n d C o q u i l l c( l r A )w o r r t h c V a r s i t ya n d J V
straighten if out. Nof a big deal,really. Except that C h a m p i o t r s h i p
t i t l e sf o r t h c i r c J i v r s i o n
the error was in his favor and correcting if nrcant
Itt the brand ncw Opor clivisic-rn
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t a k i n g a w a y a m u c h - n e e d e dp o i n t f o r h i s l e a r r r i n t e r e s t i n gm i x o f s c h o o l sa n d " \ , \ ' r l c l c a r c - | "
tearns.
Whetr he reported the error to me, he said, .l fccl G o i n g i n f o f h e f i n a l r o u n d , a n t i c i d l cs c h o o l ,' l ' h e
Sunset High School (Portland) won both the Varsin,and Junior Varsity team chamionships./br Category 6A
1.2
Muy 2008
Northwest Chess
InternationalSchoolof Beaverton,was tied for first
w i t h a h o m e s c h o o lt e a m , U r n p q u a V a l l e y f r o m
Rosebrrrg. Both ended with a match score of 4.5
a n d b o a r d s c o r eo f 2 0 . 5 . O n b o a r d t i e b r e a k st h e y
e r r d e do n l y 4 1 1 0o f a p o i n t a p a r t w i t h I S Bc o m i n g
orrt irr first place and Umpqla Valley in second.
Thesetwo teamswere so evenly nratchedthat they
drew in head-to -head competitiont
O n F r i d a y e v e t r i t t g ,M o t l t c r [ T o a r db u g h o u s e
w a s a n o i s y ,c r a z y , w i l d t i m e t E i g h t t e a m sg a t h ered together to, well, figure out what the heck it
w a s l T h i s i s a l l e w v a r i a t i o n o f b u g h o u s ew i t h
'l'he
five-nrember teams facing off
strongest
p l a y e r i s i r r t h e c e n t e r o n t h e " n r o t h c r b o a r d "a n d
directs his team mates. All regular l''rrghouse
rules
a p p l y . P i e c e sc a n b e p a s s e dt o a n v o n c . a n d t h e y
w e r e t " I n e e da K n i g h t " w a s r e s p o n d c cwl i t h a t o r r e t t t o f K n i g h t s f l y i t t g t h r o u g h t h c a i r a s t e a n r by IM NikolayMinev
t n a t e sr e a c t c dq u i c k l y t o t h e u r g , c r rrtc c l u e s t .W e ' l l 7Tlh. first Women'sWorldChampionVeraMenchik(1906d c f i r r i t e l yd o t h i s a g a r nn e x t y c a r l A l t h o u g h I m a y
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in all women'stournamentsand matchesfiom 1927to 1944.,
c h e s sw a s s a f c l
'oVeraMenchik
Club" and Beyond
you canfind manymoredetailsof her life
If you areinterested,
F o r t h e s c c o u dy e a r , w c u s c c lc r ) l l l p r r l c rp a i r andotherpublications,
andchesscareerin magazines
but this
i n g s t o m a t c h u p t h e t c a r n s . I t a l l n ' c ' r r st r n o o t h l y , is not my intentionhere. In this articleI will try to show an
t h a n k s t o t h e P a i r i n g sT o u r n a r r r c r r[t) r r c c t o r ,A n r y almostforgottenfact of her careerthat changedtoday'schess
C o u g h l i n , w h o w e a r s m a n y l r a l . s i,r r c l r r c l i n tgh c life for all of us. With this ideain mind, hereis what Anne
2 O O 8O F I S C ' | A
r e g i s t r a rb c a n i ca n c lh c r s o r t i n gh a t Sunnucks'Enc'vclopediaof ChesssaysaboutMenchik:
a s t h e N W S R SC o o r c l i n a t o rf o r t r r c g o r r
"The first womaneverto play in the BritishChampionshipand the flrst to play in a mastertoumament,Vera
T h e R o s e b u r gH i g h S c h o o lf a c i l i t l ' u ' a sc a s yt o
Menchik madeher debutin masterchessat Scarborough
find,beautifully maitrtained,anelpcrfcct for play1928u henshescored50%. Thefollowingyearsheplayed
i n g c l t e s sw i t h I o t s o f r o o n r f r . l rl c a r n - lso h a n g o u t
in ParisandCarlsbad,
andit wasin Carlsbadthatthefamous
b e t w e e t rr o t t n d s . R a n d y S n r o l u r s k r " ss c l r o o lw a s
"Vera MenchikClub" wasformed. The invitationto Vera
a n a w e s o m ep l a c e t o h o l d a c l r a r r r p i o r r s hci pv e n t . Menchikto competeamongsuchplayersas Capablanca,
Many thanks fo Rosehur.q
I I i . q l r ,R . u r e l r "sst u d e n t s Eurve.Tartakowerand Nimzovichwas receivedwith
by manyof the masters.The Viennesemaster
a t t d h i s l t a r d - w o r k i n g I r c l p c r s I r r p . l r ' t i c u l a rE, d anrusement
Beckerwasparticularly
of a
scomful,and in the presence
C o u g h l i n , w h o h c l p c c lu ' i t h l o g r s t i c sb o t h p r e - ,
he
that
anyone
who
number
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suggested
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lost to VeraMenchikshouldbe grantedmembership
of
w h o c o o r d i n a l c ci lr - \ l l l e - r er-crgl lrl s t r a t i o np r o c c s sa n d
"MenchikClub." Hehimselfbecame
thefirstmember.
Other
s o r t c d( U a i r c c lc; v c r v o l l cw i t h c a s c o
, r a t l c a s tn r a d e famousplayersrvho laterjoined the club were Euwe,
i t l o o k t h a t w a y t T h c c o a c h e sa n d p a r e n t s w h o
Reshevsky,
SultanKhan, Sir GeorgeThomas,C.H.O'D
a s s i s t e dw i t h j u d g i n g w e r c a l s o a p p r e c i a t c d . A s
Alerander.ColleandYates.
were the pre-awards organizational skills of
"Her greatestsuccess
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was
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in 1929,whenshewas:2ndwith Rubinstein,
at Ramsgate
half a point behindCapablanca
andaheadof Maroczy. In
E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r - e l e c t , J a n r e sH o r t o n h e l p e d
was
in
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3'd
Maribor,
ahead
of Spielmann
andVidmar.
p r e s e n ta w a r d s . A n d , s p e a k i n go f a w a r r l s ,a s p e +4-l:5."
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level
men players.The first is againstEuwe,the most famous
packageof awards fhat was bigger, both sizewise
member
of the club,whom shebeattwice (Hastings1930/31
and numberwise,than ever beforc . . and amazHastin-es
1931132).The secondis a miniature againstIM
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while White is not readyto take action in
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Comments
by DraytonHarrison
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White is aiming for the Black King 3.q 5.4e3 e5 6.d5 6e7 7.h3AxfS
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As White's Rook threatened
to
the assaulton the Black King by goingto
h4, Black is forcedto takeon c4. However,this allous the Bishopto take a
commandingposition on the important
a2-g8diagonal.
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I think 2O.Ab3!, taking advantageof
the unprotecteda5-pawn, was better. If
Black takeson c4, then 21 .4xa5 threatens both c4 and b7 as well as the b4pawn. Black's position would be very
critical due to the additional threat of
Both playersuere in time touble and
White advancingthe a-pawn with the
hustlingto maketime control, but, after
supportof his Rook at al. Now the Black
move40, White found a crushingdouble
Queenhastime to correcther mistakeby attack.
returning to d8 to protect the aS-pawn.
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23.f3gb6?!
41.4e6Wnsaz.9xc89t3+
Black can't even take the Bishop
back becauseof the threat 43.d7 and
44.EeB. The game is over now, but
Black played a feu' more movesjust in
caseWhite overlookeda silly perpetual
checkor failed to "see" the b4-pawn.
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As the fight was shifting to the control of not only the c5- but also the c4square,Black should trade his darksquaredBishopfor White'se3-Knightso
that White can't usethe c4-outpost.With
both dark-squaredBishopsgone, Black a3.Wg2 WxtOaa.Wn3+ €g7 45.He7+
would not have to worry much aboutthe Etz +o.Exf7+ WxfT 47.Wd7 b3 48.
Blackoffereda drawandWhite deweaknessat f6, King safety,or the long WxrZ+€xn +g.-Q.a6b2 50.3.c4+ €e8
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A fine game played by Elston. A
painful lossfor me, but an insfructiveone
nonethelessin terms of positionalplay:
blockade,centerdominationleadingto a
kingsideattack,control ofkey squaresor
outposts. I believeI learnmore from my
lossesthan my wins, but seriouslyhope
I don't haveto learntoo muchtoo often.
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Blackcouldnot
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Now White gains atempo by attacking the Queen and returns the pawn to
gain control of the important c4-square.
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9'00 *gz Draw
GeoffreyGale(2042,6.5)
Round Nine
Seattle,W4Invitational(9) 2008
QGD Semi-Tarrasch
1.e4c5 2.d4 cxd43.c3dxc34.6xc3
Pirc I50 Attack
ElstonCloy (1958,3.0)
Ac0
s.htg a6 6.4c4 e6 7.O-OhgeT
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FM Paul Bartron (2106,4.5)
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Northwest
Cb.ess
Club Matches with €e3. Black would still havea clear
advantage,but that's better than a piece
down.
Grants PassCC l0-Arcata 8
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0-1
SeattleCC 6-TacomaCC I
ere are two games from the
Arcata-Grants PassChessClub
matchheld on Januarv19. I reo'
resented Board Two on the team. We
played the same opponent, once with
White and once with Black. I think it is
verv fair this way.-{. Russell
1 2 . . . 4 b 01 3 . W x d 8
I didn't seeilly compellingreasonfor
\\'hite to do this. However,he was the
louer rankedplayer; so perhapshe was
tradingto makeit easierto draw. But as
u ill be seen,there'sstill lots of life left in
thisposition.
Alekhine b Defense
NM Corey Russell (2200)
StevenJensen(f890)
CrcscentCitu.Arcqta-GrqntsPassQ.2)2008
1.e4 afo 2.e5 Ads 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ab6
5.f4 dxeS6,fxeSc5 7.d5 gG8.hc3 .€'97
g.At+
White's next seriesof moves is designedto postponeht3 as long as possible,as,for sure,Black will play ...Ag4
r 3 . . . E x d B1 4 . 9 b 5 . e . d 7
French Defense
and weakenWhite's e5-pawn,possibly
\\'hite would have liked to castle
StevenJensen(1890)
evenwinning it.
NM CoreyRussell (2200)
here.but there'sa tactical problem: 15.
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CrcscentCi\l Arcata4rots Pass(1.2)2(t{tx O-O?Dxe5! wins a pawn for Black be- 9 . . . O - O 1 0 . 4 e 2 e 6 1 . W d 2 e x d S
1 2 . c x d 5t r e 8 1 3 . 4 9 5
causeof thehangingBishopon b5.
Annotationsby NM CoreyRussell
1.e4e6 2.b3 d5 3.g.b2
15.:xc6 9xc6 16.c4a5
Puttingthe questionto the Queen,as
u,ere.
it
I was hopingBlack would allow
I am no experton this line. Hou er er.
me
to
trade
his f-pawn for my e-pawn so
White's move can hardly be an ol'ersisht
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my
position, however.
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paredthis. The only way to hold onto the
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fine
Black
is
here.
e-pawn,sould I captureon e4, u'ould be
to supportit with ...f7-t5, but that ueakensthe King positionandcreatesa backward pawn at e6 and a hole at e5. I decidedto declinehis gambitandjust develop my pieces.
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16.4f3 af5
This movedoesimproveBlack'sposition,but I would prefer 16...Q)c4'17.
,a
9c1 he3. It looks more promisingfor
abcdefgh
an advantage,with a well*placedKnight
I rrashappywith my position.feel- disruptingWhite from castling.
I wantedto play 7...t6. Horrerer. rngthe Bishoppairofferedme a smallad- 1 7 . O - Oa 6 1 8 . h 3h 5
White seemedbetterpostedto deal rr rth \antase. After the game,m)'opponent
Necessary,
as 18. ... o,oazZ't19.g4l
the open lines. For example.8.-3-d3'') 'ard he shouldhaveplayed17.a4instead.
Aea20.695 wins materialforWhite.
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good
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a
advantage
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hgoz 20.9h6h e5 21.h95
W n s +6 n n . O - OW e 71 3 .E a ean
1 d rr rththisaswell,viz: 17...9xf318.gxf3 19.Ead1
threatening'19...9xf2+
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him more than compensationfr'rrthc a c z - t r 9 . o - oE d 2 .
' - * e 2 a 4 1 8 . E h d a1 d 7
pawn. I saw a plan that would blunt &e
effectiveness
ofhis piecesandgain *.rnc
Thismovehasa two-foldpurposespace:so I chosethat.
lr 3\tridtradingpiecesunnecessarilr.
and
u'ith
7 . . . d 4B . 6 e 4 f 5 L a f 2 A e 7 1 0 . c 4o x : 3 :. .FEnmorelinesfor my Bishops
:l b5.
I did this, becauseI wantedat leasl '3
g3 b5 20.cxb59xb5+ 21.Ad3
somelines open. I thoughtif I did ncr
captureen passant,then the resullrni
I rras a little surprisedmr opponnet
closedpositionwould favor White. I r='-- pur himselfin a pin sowillingll. but perlieve his kingside attack u'ould come hapshe rvasworriedabout21.€e.l c4.
faster than my queensideattack.
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Forcing Black to defendrr irh rer:rF.'
Loses. White must let the a-pa*-n
22.Wxg7+ €xg7 23Exfs !
A betterplanis 12,93and 13.ng2 fall and get out of the pin immediately'
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23
17.4e3d5 18.695Axg5 19.Axg5f6
20.
ed2 6c5 21.Aaz€nB z2.Htg a,eq
23..,9xf524.he6+ Exe6
Allen Smith (1998)
23.9e3AsS 2a.Es3d4 25.9d2EcB
Nick Pazdenc (1777\
White was going to get his material 26.h4Exc2 27.gb4
The point will soonbe madeclear.
@,
Tacoma,SCC vs. TCC (1.3) 2008
back one way or another,if 24...€96,
25,6c7 wins oneof the Black Rooks.
Annotations by Nick Pazderic
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25.dxe6€t0 zO.Eo6 6ec4 27.ads+
6xd5 2B.Axc4Ae7 29.8b6 Ea7
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than29...8b8??30.Axa6wins a pawn
for White.
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1.e4c5 2.d4cxd43.c3Af6 +.e56oS
s.Afg dO6.cxd46c6 7.4c4 Ao0 e.
Aoszr
Black hasan easykingsidefianchetto
and probableequality. A few yearsback
on ICC, B.AxfTl? was the rage. Now I
neverseeit. Where has it gone?
8 . . . 9 69 . O - OA s 7 1 0 . 8 e 1 O - O 1 1 . h 3
Aosrr
This is the wrong plan. Black's
30.h59.ds31.Ae79xe7 32.Axd5EdB
Black shoulddirectly harassthe key
kingsidepawnswill fall; it's only a mat33.4e6hte g+.Wg4.:-xe6
Ec6
35.fxe6
White
Bishopvia 11...Ob4 or complete
ter of time. Supportinghis queenside
3 6 . h 6s 5 3 7 . 8 f1 E x e 6 3 8 . 9 e +W n z developmentwith tacticalsuppoft,e.g.,
pawnswith 24...€c6 washis bestchance
3 9 . t r f sw g 6 O . h 7P e d 6 4 1 . w f 3d 3 11...4e6 12.695 bxd4 13,AxgOfxg6
at equality,in my opinion.
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Sinanan
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Paul Bartron (2106)
b5
Thcoma,S('('r'rTCC (1.2)2008
This givesWhite a clearlywinning 1 . 4 f 3d 5 2 . d 4 6 t og . c ae 64 . h c 3A e 7
endgame. I do not seeany moves for 5 . 4 9 5 O - O6 . e 3L e 4 7 . A x e 7W x e T
Blackto hold,as38...€e5 39. troO €os B.Wc26xc3 9.Wxc3c6 10.-€.d3
Ad7
40.a5 puts Black in a bind. White can 11.O-O
dxc412.9xc4b6 13.e4.*"b7
thenjust marchhis King to h4, pick off
the loneBlack h-pawnandwin with his
E
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kingsidemajority.
r.t. lh'gr r r
39.Ed5+ €g6 40.axb5axbS41.Exc5
Bozqz.oqHoo<s.€f2Hto++a.€g3
trno +s.€n4Ed6 46.8s5+&ta qt.
€xns H.oz4B.s4Hnzqg.nq 1-o
On Saturday,March l, the Seattle
CC and the ThcomaCC played a sevenboard,G/120 match. Each boardrepresenteda classfrom Master through Class
E. The Tacomanshad White on the oddnumberedboards.The event was organized by Fred Kleist and Gary Dorfner;
Gary also servedas director. A rematch
in Seattleis plannedfor later in the year.
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Weakening,by definition. Black
s h o u l dp l a y . . . 6 0 0 + . W h i t e ' s l i g h t squaredBishop must move or be exchanged.and Black can calmly develop
a strongBishopon f5.
13.6c3 Oxc3?
Black strengthensWhite's position.
Black shouldyet againattackwith the
Knight,e.g..13...dxe514.dxe5€lOU+t S.
Ae+6ogt
14.Axd Ae6 15.We2.€"ds?!
Black putsthe centerin dangerinsofar as an e6-pushbecomespossible- a
push that could, if timed right, dangerAA
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ouslydivideBlack'sforces.Perhaps
the
'l5...dxe516.dxeS
F?
F?.+r
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simple
EcB is better,
abcdelgh
though White still has an advantagein
5
1 4 . E f d 1H , t o gt 5 . E a c 1c 5 . t 6 . d e
x d 5 spaceand,perhaps,mobility
gAA
g6
1 7 . e x d 5a r O r B . g b 3 E O Or 9 . t r d 2
16.Ead1?
E a d B 2 0 . E c d 1g d 7 2 1 . W d 3A x d s
22.9b3 Axc4 23.Vxc4 Exd2 24.
As is oftenthe casein gamesat this
Bxd2 We7 25.ExdB+WxdS26.We2 level,White handsthe advantagebackto
wos zz.o0we4 28.902 h6 29.h3b5 Black
30.a3c4 31.bxc4bxc432.Wb8+€h7 16...4xa2 17.We4?l
33.Wxa7c3 34.Wc7c2 35.Wc3We2
Sicilian Sozin
This is consistent.but it commits
3 6 . h e 1h e 4 3 7 . W x c92x e 1 +3 8 . € h 2
NM Michael MacGrego r (2205)
White
to a refutabledirect assault.
f5
39.f3
Wc3
40.Wxc3
lxc3
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41
€96
NM Nat Koons (2313)
a2.€93
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€f6
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44.94
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17...e6!18.Wga$ds tg.exo6.€"xf3?!
€s3 €d5 46.h4hs o-l
1 , e 4c 5 2 . 4 t 3 d 6 3 . d 4 c x d 4 4 . A x d 4
A t O S . 6 c g a 6 6 . . Q . c 4e G 7 . O - O b 5
This removesan attacker. However,
it comes at a cost. The light-squared
Bishop'sstaturein the centeris now secure, and it presentsa powerful focalpoint of defenseand offense.Moreover,
8.9b39e7 9.a30-O 10.f4aOZr r,tS
e512.ade2hxe4 13.6xe4A-xe414.
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S"roro.6e4 ad7
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Northwest
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Black can play ...Wxd6 and surviveany
sacrificial chop on 96. Lastly, by refraining from the exchange,Black may tempt
White to try the unsoundsac.
20.Wxf3 WxdO 21.$.,e46xd4!
Dangerous,but warranted. More
passiverepliesallow d4-d5! and Black
must go on the defensive.Once again,
White seemsto have a clear path to an
advantage,perhapsa decisive one, but
the dark squaresareequallyavailableto
Black for counterpins!
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Gary Dorfner (1155)
25.hxg7€xg7 26.&92 Wg6 27.Ent
Chris Edwards(937)
Ec2 28.Wf4 Hxb2 29,trh4 h5 30.94
Tacoma,
SCCvs. TCC(1.7)2008
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1.e4c6 2.d4 at6 3.eSaOS 4.4f3 d6
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Constantin Etingher (1560)
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Perhaps24.txe5 would have beena
better choice, if only becauseit stopsthe
formation of a massivepawn chain and
becauseit makesthe gamea little more
unstable. Nonetheless.White is losing
and in time pressure
27.€h1 ae6
27...4t5 would haveforcedthe exchangeof White's Queen.
28.9f3 Exdl 29.Exd1 EdB 30.Eet
W c 5 3 1 . A o t W o s 3 2 . W t 2A x c 3
33.bxc3Wo2 3+.Wgtas
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Benjamin Calpo (2018,4.5)
Michael Hosford (1878, 1.5)
Seattle, WAInvitational (9) 2008
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5.9b3 6oz o.6tg h6 7.o-o a)e7B.h3
1- O 1 1 . a b d 2
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6a5 15.Ac2We716.4s3c5 17.4e3
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c x d 4 1 8 . c x d 4E a c B 1 9 . b 3E I O AZ O .
John Hornickle (1310)
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c6 2.d4 d5 3.6c3 dxe4 4.6xe4 26.9b1 sxh427.6xh4EgB+2B.Eg3
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6 t q + 1 . c 4 W x g 2 +4 2 . V x g 2 6 x g 2
h o s z o . 6 e 3h x e 3 2 t . E , x e 3
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SteveBuck (1769)
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by GMJohn Emms,GMGlennFlearand lMAndrewGreet.
and lost one' The analpublishedby Everymanchess, pb.,336pages,o 2008.Retail$2s.95
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far deeper than my
by Robert A. Karch
preparationat the time, and would be worth the effort for anyone uanting to play White in this line.
\f, /hat is a DangerousWeapon? Usually, it fits into one
VY ormoreoftheseoverlappingcategories:
Guioco piano and Evan's Gambit
(1) Moves that createcomplex,original positionsfull
of razor-sharptacticsand rich positional ideaswhere
creative, attacking play is rewarded; moves which
are new' rare or very fresh, leaving plenty of scope
for research.
(2) Moves that are highly ambitiousor which aim for
total domination.
(3) Moves that havebeenpreviouslyignored,discarded.
or discreditedby theory perhapsunfairly soor maybe
for the wrong reasons.
(4) Movesthat arevisually shocking;moveswhich seem
to contradictthe laws of the game.
Tacticallychallengingfor over-the-boardplay. Howeveq
GM Flear,who wrote this chapter,seemsto have found somethine favorablefor Black in the defense.
Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense
1.e4e5 2.68 6cO S.AOS6oa
In the two main continuations,
4.Q)xd4(2,325games,W42%)
and4. 9-a4(125, 57vA),GMFlear
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C50: 104games,also64o/ofor
White. This brought back memories ofmy 1973Seattlematchwith
future GM Yasser Seirawan,
whichhe won 4-2:hewasthen 13.
We discoveredthat we sharedthe
samebirthday, March 24th,along
Centre Game
Somegood stuff here: l0l pages!
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Other chapterslook at the ExchangeRuy Lopez, the Four
Knights, the Three Knights and Scotch, Goring Gambit,
Bishop'sOpening,andthe Vienna. I stronglyrecommendthis
book for thosewanting a fresh look at both sidesof 1,e4 e5!
By the way, Everyman Chesspublishesan e-book,
AAA
A A A dosnloadableversion of their new books! All are priced at
5 I 9.95;buy nine andthe tenth is free. The list oftitles includes,
amongothers,the famous Starting Out series,theDangerous
;fi;M V;' tffiil; ;;.' i ol'?*"0 thatwethreeincluded llTapons series,and the W'inningChessseriesby GM Yasser
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fxe6 Gaprindash-vili
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ing andstrongchessand,like Menchik,
soonbecamea desiredparticipantin
men'smajor invitationaltournaments.
Below arepresented
only a very small
partofNona'svictoriesagainstmasters.
Sicilian Grand Prix
GM Nona Gaprindashvili
AlexanderBlagidze
Tblisi 1963
GeoBa Chompionship,
1.e4c5 2.6c3 6c6 3.f496 4..Q'b5!?
Usualis 4.4f3 Ag7 S.Aca.
16.exd5Etg O-t
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Dresden 1950
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GM Nona Gaprindashvili
Rudolf Servaty
Dortmund 1974
'1.e4
c5 2.4't3 6c6 3.da cxd44.6xd4
s6 5.c4 As7 6.4e3 6t6 z.AcS 69+
B.9xs4 6xd4 9,9d1 e5 10.4b5! O-O
11.9e21?
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17.9f6!! 1-0
Insteadof 9.cxdS6xd3 10.Wxd3
Wxd5 with approximatelyequalchances.
'10.a3
6 c 6 1 1 . c x d S9 x d 5
9...O-O
12.Oc3 6xc3 13.bxcgWoO 14. E,b1 b6
1 5 . 8 e 1 . Q . e 61 6 . 4 0 3 E a e S 1 7 . E b s l
A remarkableidea. By transferring
this Rook to e-fiIe, White achievesvery
stronginitiative in the centerand against
the kingside.
The point of S'hite's tactical idea.
17...6a5 1B.Ebesl 6c6 19. H5 e2 A-d7
Wrong was 17..Q.h6?
f6. After the text,
20.d5!oa521.Aes AtO 22.9149xe5
thereis no defensea-eainst
1B.gh6.
23.9xe5 Wxa3 24.8e3 WcS
Black is alreadylost.If for example
Queen'sGamhit Accepted
24...g6,then
25.WnStt
GM Nona Gaprindashvili
GM Maxim Dlugl'
EE*
Brussels1987
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.4f3 a6 4.e3 eG
5.Axc4 c5 6.We2!?
A variationintroducedby S. Furman.
r3.
l l l
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BAF?
An interestingidea,usedfor the first 6...af6 7.dxc5Axc5 B.O-OWc7 9.e4!
a_l .E- g
time in thisgame.Thecommon11.9d2
The point of the r ariation.White
AAA
is alsoconsidered
a goodcontinuation.
achievesmore spaceand befterchances.
rfgh
11...9h4
9 . . . 4 c 6 1 0 . e 5a d 7 1r : f 4 b 5 1 2 . 9 b 3
*xh7 26.9h5+ 1-0
Pytelrecommended
11...6xb5 12. A e 7 1 3 . 6 O d 2 € c St 4 E a c l h x b 3 1 5 . 25.s'xh7+
't6.Lfd4 .:-xd4
cxbSd6 but. in my opinion,after 13.4c4 hxng Aoz
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Black is alreadrin trouble.If 16... 27.$:xs7€xg7 28,8s3+€t0 zS.WgS
12.Axd4 exd4 13.9xd4 Wxe4 14. gb617.g.e3!
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24 WAOpenScholastic
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USCFNATIONAL
Scholastics
For informationon any nationalevent,visit www.uschess.org
July25-28
US JuniorOpen
LindsborgKS
Nov.7-9
NationalYouthAction
BrownsvilleTX
Dec.12-14
NatinalK-l2lcollegiateGhampionship
KissimmeeFL
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