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page3
Anka, Koons and L.eeTie in Flannon Memorial
Clark F{armon was a long-time member of the
Portland ChessClub, thus the Club felt it could honor
his memory with a tournament. Unfortunately, the
timing of the tournament conflicted with the Evergreen Empire Open in Tacoma. This was the only
time that GM Emil Anka, a gmd friend of Clark
Flarmon, could come and play. As it turnod, Anka
could start only with round three (due to other commitnents), entering the tournament wift I l/2 points.
GherryHill, Revisited
MurlinVamer musesabout the Kds & GeezersU.S. Open
page4
USCFAnnualDelegates'Meeting
page 6
at Grossroads
RickySelzlerDominates
Now to the results: GM Anka did win the three
g:rmeshe played, but NMs Nat Koons and Michael
[.ee were able to tie for first place with the sameend
resltof 4%points. Koons and L,eedrew their round
four game, then followed this up by winning their
last round matches.Nick Raptis was the lucky (or
unlucky,dependingon one'sperspective)playerwho
had to play the GM ur the last round. He hung in
there for quite a uhile: it was the las gameto finish.
NM Elliott Neff rcportson the WABlitz Championship
page9
The U-2000 pnzes u'ere split between Robert
Herrera and Stere Surak *rth four points each. In
the U- 1700categon.tlrehonorsuent to Brett Becker
and Joel Porter *rth 2% pourtseach. I feel that Joel
drd extrernely well in this strong tournament (average rating of 1778)to achievean evenscore.The U1400 prizes were split betweentwo young players,
Samir Sen and Jason Lin. A total of 43 players
showed up for the tournament. Hopefully the Portland Chess Club can repeat this tournament in the
future and avoid scheduling conflicts.
Dnyton HanisonannotatesseverclWAOpen games
page12
Courtesvof Neil Dale
USCFGrosstables
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Gamesfrom the WA Open
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Bellevue, WA
back cover
The SeattleSluggershave an even scoreafter
two matchesin U.S. ChessLeagueplay. Theteam
openedwith a 1.5-2.5lossto the BostonBlitz, the
soledecisivegamebeinga boardfour lossby NM
Michael l,ee. The secondmatchwent much better
asIM Eric Thngborn,FM SlavaMikhailuk,andNM
JoshSinananscoredwins in a 3.5-0.5rout of the
Miami Sharks. GM GregorySerperhastwo draws
on boardoneversusfellow GMs. Slavahasscored
l% points. FM LorenSchmidthada drawon board
threein the first match.
topscorersin CherryHill
On the Gwer: Northwest's
(fromleft) NM MichaelLee (6.5),CorbinYu (6.0),andAndy
May (7.0). Photoscourtesyof MichaelAtkinsand the 2OO7
U.S.Open
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Cherry Hillo Revisited
by Murlin Vamer
nother August, another U. S. Open: however, not another town.
The 108'hU. S. Open retumed to the New Jerseysite of the 103'd,
I
\Ctrerry Hill. We visited the samehotel, although with a new rurme,
and the highest room rate ever for an Open. This area of New Jersey is a
random patchwork of disorganized suburbs. I chose to stay in nearby
Maple Shade. My cost for both motel and rental car was less t}an would
have beenthe cost for a room at the site. And I had a kitchen! This was my
tenth Open in a row and I'm finally getting smarter about these things.
(Ioo bad my chessplay doesn't get any smarter.) For those who care and
havenl already lmked it up on the Internet, there was a seven-waytie for
first this year: GM Alexander Shabalov,GM Boris Gulko, GM Sergey
Kudrin,IM Benjamin Finegold,GM Michael Rohde,IM Michael Mulyar,
and Anton Del Mundo each scored7.5/9.
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play the garnes,and it is just rude when an opponent pulls this on you. Finally, we have Murlin
Varner (1530) (that's me!). I managedto score
3.5/9, just a little below my averageperformance
at the Open. As mentioned above, my first four
opponentsweregeezerslike me, excspt with higher
ratings. I managed to obtain two draws, with
Roger Smith (MO, 1773) ud Clive Usiskin (NJ,
1700). The gamewith Clive was a rematchof the
seventhround of the 2003 Open in los Angeles.
Clive won that one, so I got a little revengethis
time. ln the final five rounds, I played the kids,
breaking even. My loss in the sixth round was to
Gabriel Tkach (PA, I140), my only upset loss of
the event. Happily, for him, he went on to win
first in classE, collecting51000. He didn't send
me a gratuiqv. In the final round. I playedmy first
opponent from outside the Western Hemisphere,
as I drew withNing Hou, a voung grrl from China
Theturnout was nothing special. Actually'.it was rather bad. Excluding houseplayers, there were onll' 405 ertrants among the four different
schedules.This is the lowest sincethe eventwas held in Hawaii ten years
ago. This turnout was over ninety'playersbelow the2002 eventat Cherry
Take mv Rooks!
Hill and almost fifty entrants below the average over the past ten years.
For a site within a few hours drive of over onethird of all USCF members.
Kingb GambitDeclined
this was pretty bad. (This year's eventwas almost 25o/obelowlast year's Dan Mayers(1937)
event in Illinois.)
JordannaWilliams(1721)
I suspectthat the low turnout was greatly relatedto the return visit to
CherryHill, U.S.OpenO) 2007
New Jersey,as well as the high room cost. This Open could be called the 1 1 4 " 5 r J
"Kids and GeezersOpen." If you took away the playersover 50 and under 6.4)xe59e 7 7.d4 3.,d6a.At+ 6xe4 9.Ac4 -0.e6
20, therewould not be many left. The kids were there, becausethey hadn't 10.9b3 Wna+ 11.g36xg3 12.Axs3€le4+
beentherefive yearsago, and the geezers(like me) were therebecausethey
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go every year, regardless. To illustrate, my first four opponentswere all,
(or
last
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50
so they appeared),and my
five were under
like me, over
THECHESS
HOUSE
(actually, only one appearedto be over l5). Our Northwest contingent
Servrnothe chesscommuniw srnce1972
underscoresthis young/old trend, leaning waaaay to the young side.
First, lets go over the old guys. Highest scoring was Dan Mayers
( I 899) from [daho, with a scoreof 5.5/9. Dan has beengoing to the Open
for many years and always does well. Among his accomplishmentsthis
year were a win over Charles Bouzoukis (2277) of Delaware and draws
with Lorand Kis (PA, 2207) and Stanley Yang (TX, 2082) Dan's only
losses were to master-rated players. Also scoring 5.5 was Oregonian
Herman Chiu (2026). Herman has been on a temporary assignmentin
Pennsylvaniaand stayedon this summerto play in a few eventssuch as the
World and U S Opens. Herman accomplished draws with trryo masters
(Zaldnr Fayvinov, PA,2200 and Robert Rowley,A2,2208). and his only
Iosseswere also to masters.
Next we have David Fulton (1800), an Oregonianrecently relocated
from Pennsylvania. David had other reasonsto be in the area, but found
time to play in the Open as well. When I talked to him at the Harmon
Memorial in Portland earlier this summer,he wasn't sure he'd be able to
play, but I was glad to seethat he worked it out. David scored five points.
includng a draw with Carl Flarmon in round four (more on Carl below).
SadlX David was denied his last game when his opponent decidedto take
offearly without informing the directors. Most of us go to thesethings to
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tance,yet they only manageda total of NM MichaelLet(22221
3l entrants,only ten morethanour little PauloSantana(2051)
remotecornerof the country.
CherryHill, U.S.Open(3) 2007
Now for the more youthfi.rlNorth- 1.c4 c5 2.68 b6 3.e4 d6 4.g3 gb7
westerners,
whichincludesthesix money 5.492 Oto o.6se2 eG7.o-o a6 8.f4
winnersfrom our area. Top scoringwas {lc7 9.h3Ae7 10.946c6 11.fi Ad7
who 12.4e3 Af6 13.a3Ad4 14.8 d2Axd+
Andy May (2068)of Washington,
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had an excellenttournament,scoring7/ 15.tlxe3Ae7 16.Eabl Ed8 17.Os3
9. Andy lostto a coupleof mastersin the O-O18.f5Ae5 19.f6
fust five rounds,thenfinishedstrongwith
four straightwins, beatingmastersRyan
Milisits (TX, 2221)andNormanRogers
(PA, 2281)in the final two rounds. For
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we
find
Washingtonian
Michael
Herman Chiu (20ffi)
Ler. (2251),scoring6.5 points. If you
AshleyCarter (1820)
readthe blog on the USCF websiteby
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abcd€fgh
Ms. Marshall,you
t.6ta c6 2.g3d5 3.492 Arc a.o-o eo would have readthat she only lost one 19...47s62o.Ahs 0,azzt.fxsT EfeS
s.d4.0.d66.abd2 otat z.cq o-o B.b3 game,to a "boy." Michael was that 22.WhGEe7 23.s5 b5 24.6e2 Uc6
e5 9.cxd5cxd5 10.dxe5Axe5 11.-9.b2 "boy." Michael pretty well performed
Ve7 12.o,d4a6 13.€lc2-0.e614.4f5 accordingto his ever-increasing
rating(he EeeS28.h4bxc429.4h3 694 30.9h5
Axrs ts.Slxfs€le6 16.9h3 Eteg tz. gainedsevenratingpointsfromthistour- 1 - 0
Eacl heg4 18.9xe6fxe619.e4
nament).His onlv losseswereto a pair
of players rated over 2400, Michael
Sicilian MaroczyBind
Mulyar(CO,2428)andAmonSimutowe Amon Simutowe(2456\
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(TX, 2455).
NM MichaelLer.(2222}
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CherryHill, U.S.Open(4) 2007
ctotrd
1.d4Af6 2.c4 c5 3.4ftt cxd44.6xd4
Andy May (2050)
S.hc3 As7 6.ea hc6 7.4e3 6s4
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NM Ryan Milisits (2236)
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CherryHill, U.S.Open(8) 2007
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areasofthe countryin termsofattendance
at the Open. Compare,if you will, to
someother clustersof three stateswith
rouglrlythreetimesthemembership
of our
threestates:Michigan,Indianaand lllinoishad a total of only 12players,and
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+t .Aas E(ocs+2.6c3 Ekc443.Axoz half-point byes, scored4-2 againstsix
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Ac5 52.6e2h653.6ffi bc8 #.&cA JasonLuchanG.IY2029). As a result,
of first ClassC
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72.E;e5+ 1-O
joined
Fulton at five points. TheseinGrilnfeld Fianchetto
Darren Wu ( I 900)
At six points, we find Corbin Yu Corbin Yu (2089)
cludeWashingtonians
(2054)of Oregon.Corbinreallyhadhis NM Elliott Liu (23321
andDakotaDixon (1794),andldahoans
(1862),Kenrick Barkell
shareofhighly rated opponents,facing
CherryHill, U.S.Open(3) 2007 DanielTaylor
( I 784)and(frequentWashingtonvisitor)
five with ratingsbetween2307 and2399.
Luke Harmon (1590). Darrenlost his
Corbin defeatedDaniel Shapiro (NY,
O-O5.c4 d5 6.cxd56xd5 7.d4 AbG
2326\ anddrew with MackenzieMolner
first gameandhis last, but no others,and
c6 11.Ag5
(NJ, 2325) and Elliott Yu (CA, 2307\ 8.6c3 Oc6 9.d5Oa5 10.e4
hada realnicerun againsta stringoffive
cxdS12.exd5h6 13.9f4 0iac414.Ve2
In thefirst round Corbinhadoneofthose
expertsin a row, with wins over George
bxb2 15.Hxb20a4 16.6xa4 $.xb2
(NJ,2050)andJonathan
Cohen
moments, 17.axb2g518.4c1
why-did-we-travel-so-far?
AxeO Maxfield
e619.dxe6
(NJ,2059)anddrawswith TenzingShaw
whenhe defeatedNathan Lee of Wash(lL,2l2t), DonaldDanlag(CA, 2036)
ington (more on Nathan later). Two
Northwest youthsjoined Mayers and
andJohnMcArthur(l.IY,2032). Dakota
z&.
finishedhis tournamentstrongwith three
Chiuat 5.5points,EthanPeake(1908)
L"m "T, L%
straightwins to closeout his five polnts.
of Oregonand Megan Lee (1571)of
Kenrick scoredfour of his five wins
Washington. Ethan had a good run in
rords 5-8 againsta collectionof experts,
againstexperts,andhced only oneplayer
ratedlowerthanhe. ThisearnedKenrick
defeatingMatthewGrinberg(VA 2050)
and Michael Ztang (CA, 2068) while
$250as a shareof 3rd4thClassB. Luke
finishedwith threepointsin the last four
dxawingwith Jeftey Flaskel(FL, 2130)
rounds(two wins, two draws)againsta
andJohnRinaldo(CA, 2056),who,I bestring of ClassA players,and received
liwe, hasa win overBobbyFischersome
in ClassC.
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USCF Delegates'Meeting
The situation of the USCF is improring so said USCF PresidentBill Goichberg. Not only did
ov€xallmemb€rshiprisebetwrenMay 2006andMay 200'7ftom80,623@81,827,but adult membership(when the "Young Adult'' caegoy is included)ap'pearedo hare risenaswell. The latter Goichberg
atuibued b tte "inErnet duessale" fPosthoc, ergopropter hocl. Indeed,alftough the "financial
impacof the duessalewas . . . slightly negative," the federationshoved an operatingincome of about
tr,m0.
ExecutiveDirector Bill Hall posied that more "conact" with meflkni-tournment activitv, $e
MSA ratingspages,Chas Lifeonline, and, potentially, penonal web-pageson the USCF sie-is the
tey o memberreention. He alsodisplayeda worrisome graphshowinga very high membenhip peak
Thewolorryerpeakshave
atagelOandtwomuchlorverpeaksjustafteragezlOandjustbeforeage6O.
been deoeasing in height and adavncingin age over recent years-a graphic illustration of Murlin's
"Kids and Geezers"concept.
VP of Finance Joel Channing said that the USCF was still in recoveryand that the surplus was
largely due to an accountingchange. He also noted the frequentpresenceof a "cash flo,v gap"which
requiresthat the USCF carry a $150,000line of credit.
The rest of the reporn were generallyupbeat. Someexamples:
O
Peo'pleare respondingto the new-look Chx Life, ChessLife for Kidsis one of few fourcolor chesspublications for children, Chas Life Online featurestimely and lively reportingDaniel Lucas, Direcor of Publications
t
B€ss€lKok, whosebid for the FTDE Presidencywasbackedby the USCF, is now
chairman of FIDE Global Chesswhich will manageand market the World ChampionshipClay lGlleher, FIDE Vice-President
Continued on p. 2I
6
September 2OO7
SicilianKalashnikov
DanielTaylor(1874)
NM DenisStrenzwilk(2201)
CherryHill, U.S.Open(3) 2007
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everyround. RemqnberAbbyMarshall, ally an awardlike that, don't be so gulltheonewho lost to MichaelLre andtied ible). Wth a ratingbelow1200,it would
Andy May for top expert? Her tourna- usuallytake a few roundsto face somementstartedwith a full point bye. As an onewith a lower rating. Ifone hassome
expert,I cannotrmaginethat shewasthe successin theearlyrornds,it mightnever
6mgo.BzE(ouz
sr.hsE(zoo
ez.9oz lowestratedplayer in her schedule,and happerr.It neverhappelredfor Sompotbo
6973:l.6nzEw s4.EtrEzuoss. therefore believe this shows another becausehe did havesuccess,a lot ofit,
Oos Axos 36.exd5
Eot sz.Elf2Elez screw-up.This wasthe smallestOp€nin againstthosehigherratedplayers,draw3s.gf4 E(uetgg.9xf6+698 +o.E(ts nineyears,I wouldexpectbenerofa staff rngwith FrankVogel(RI, 1666)and de1-0
feating Walter Schreiner(Afl, 1700),
of NTDs.
There were a few things about the
At four points were Oregonians Charlesl{atherill (tW 1553)andAlbert
dirwtion ofthis tournamentthat bothered Marcus Robinson(1833)and Taylor Makatenas(NJ, 1449). Sompothreme. Ofcourse,I amonly a localTD, so Bailey(1645),NathanLee (1741)of ceived$500ashis shareof 2d-3d Class
rnaybeI am not up on all the nuancesof Washingtonand anotherof our frequent E. After this and other recentperforbeing an NTD. One problernwas that visitors from ldaho. Carl Hermon rulnc€s,Sompothwill no longerbecomthey didn't use alphabeticalpairing ( 1446). IVlarcuswasa drawmasterat the petingfor ClassE prizesas his rating is
sheets. When you are trying to find a Oper! playrng eight. The most signifi- nowjust shortof 1500.
nameamong 200 boards, these sheets cantwas in the first roundwhenhe drew
Finally,at threepointswe fird Washreally help, and shouldhavebeenused. with Master CharlesBouzoukis(DE, ingtoniansSarah May (1481) and
Additionally,the crosstablesweresome- 2277). Taylor usedonly half as many Darryl Wu (1399). Sarahstartedout
timessortedby rating andsometimesby draws, her best being with Jonathan great with a win in ttre first round over
score.I foundsortingby scoreto bemore Lamdanof New Jersey(1920). I men- Ankur Bakshi(NJ, 2022),andthendrew
difficuhtouse,especially
sincethes@res tioned earlier Nathan'sopeninground with ThomasMcCumiskey(VA, 1860)
includedhalf-point byes for roundsnot gamewith CorbinYu. His first six rounds in roundthree. Shewas evenafter four
yetcompleted.Finally,in lmking through wentin thefashiontypicalof a largetour- roundstheir struggledto the end with a
thecompldedcrosstable,
tlrcrearea num- narnentfor someonewith a rating near steadydiet of high Class B opponents.
berofstrangebyeswhereno byesshould the middle,alternatinglossesto sigrufi- Darryl didn't face a lower rated player
havebeenawarded.I considersuchbyes cantlyhigherratedplayerswith winsover until the last round, in a large part beto be thedirectorcovenngfor somesort substantiallylowerratedplayers.Nathan causehe defeatedRoger Smith (MO,
of scre*'-up.DaruelTa1'lor's
resultsare changedthat patternin roundssevenand 1773\n roundtwo. ln roundsfive and
onesuchcase Daruelscoredfive points, eight,drawingwith New Jerseyites
Kevin six Darryl had back-to-backdrawswith
butsrh half of ttrm canreorer theboard Dresher( 1940)andTimothyHall (2000). JamesCanty(MI, 1664)andJohnFrank
He tmk HPBsrn rounds2, 3 and5. He Carl managedto scorehis four points (PA,1706).
won rn roundsoneandthree(includinga while hcing only onelower ratedplayer
There were other eventsto discuss
defeatof 2200ratedDenisStrenzwilkof the entire tournarnent. He was also a aswell. TheDenkerTournament
of State
Maryland) and lost in round six. This drawmaster,staying even with Donna
High SchoolChampionshad a rerord
gave him 3.5/6. Roundsevenshows Alarie (MA, 1778),David Fulton (OR,
from 48
turnout, with representatives
Danielreceivinga full point bye. I know I E00,anotherwhydid-we-travel-sofar?
statesand D. C. The eventwas won by
this is not in my L,ocalTD handbook. I pairing),JaniceChen(UT, 1767)(lf thaa
Warren Harper of Texaswith 5.5/6.
can only assumethat there was some nameseemsfamiliar. it is becauseI menAndy May was Washington'srepresenmajor,uncorrected
screw-upinvolvinghis tionedthat I had drawn with her in last tative and tied for 6ft with 4/6. Andy
pairing. This is not Daniel'sfault, by any year'sarticle.)(Like you haveany reascorcdtwo significantdraws,with Nichomeans,but the directorsat a national sonto remember
lastyear'sarticle.),and las Yap (CA, 2300) in round two and
we,ntshoulddobeuerthanthis,especially GordonBarrstt(t{V, 1720).Carl finished
DanielYeager(PA, 2341) in roundsix.
sincetherearebyeslike this in just about with a win over Eve Zhurbinskiy(NJ,
Ethan Peakerepresented
Oregon.Ethan
1670)andw:!sre- scored3.5/6to tie for l3s place. In the
with $75 final round EthandefeatedJaysonLian
Alten Snirlr warded
for his shareof 4h (2089) of New Jersey.Way to treat the
ChessLessors ClassD.
hosts,dude! What I like aboutthis type
Joining me at of tournamentis all theseplayersget to
USCFA Plnyen 3.5 points was mestand competewith their conternpo.
2006PuqaSoundChmrpion SompothSupa- raries from aroundthe U. S., with little
thanasinkasaemrisk ofplaying someorrforthe umpteenth
(1159)of Oregon,time, as is oftenthe casein local tournawinnerofthelong- ments. I mean,whereelse can you do
(2rrl 2r0-r7rb . ckRnreRinv@
NET estsumameaward what Daniel Taylor, Idaho'srepresentacomcAsT.
(no thereis not re- tive, did and play oppon€ntsfrom both
16.0xe7+ElxeT17.4g5 Eoz tg.t+
Hm+ 19.6h1 6cA Zo.€c1 ext421.
AxtO gxf6ZZ.Uxt+ UOA23.gxc4 bxc4
24.Elf,r6h8 2s.gh6 gfa 26.{lh4 Us7
27.Eg Eklz zs. ExgT6xs7 29.993+
Northwest Chess
September 2OO7
7
the496andthe50d.statein tlresametour- lUe1+ 45.$M EaB,lo.Elb7a347.9xb3 14.Amg16 r5..9.ffih6 16.EladlAf4
nament? Especiallywhenyou consider 9a5 as.Ab1 Ea7 49.Exa7 9xa7 fl.ge Aos ta.Axds Oxd519.rUc4
the eventwas in New Jersey! Daniel so.Uldl€s7 s1.Uns€lxo+52.9n2+ 6uo zo.Uc2Ads 21.9Jclab6 Draw
€ta ss.Ulhs+
$7 54.$fss+6s7
scored2.5/6 andtied for 32'd.
OGDOrthodox
55.9xe7+6g6 56.!HhZ+
6gs 57.€lh5l
Sicilian Closed
6t+ ss.Uez€ss 59.9 €h6 60.€lhs+ TaylorBail; (1663)
6s7 1-0
Andy May (2050)
HannahHellwig (1399)
NM NicolasYap (2301)
CherryHill, Polgar (3) 2007
Sicilian Closed
CherryHill, Denker(2) 2007
1.d4d5 2.c4 c6 3.6c3 6to +.6te e0
1.e4c5 2.Od 6c6 3.f4sG+.OrreAgt Andy May (2050)
5.4b5 ad4 6.0-0 A)65 z.bxos os a.es NM Daniel Yeager (2247,
Cherry Hill, Denker (6) 2007
a6 9.Oc3 Ag4 1O.dacxd411.he2 e6
12.6exd4Ae7 13.h3Axf3 14.Exf3 1.e4 c5 2.or36c6 3.f4 s6 +.dB Agt
Ec8 15.Effi UldTr6.9e3 o-o 17.Wd2 5.gbs Ad4 6.0-0 A)ss 2.6*s os g.es
f6 18.exf5A:<f619.Effi Axd4 2O.Axd4 a6 9.4]c.gd4 1o.ae4 Uos t 1.d3 Ah6
olts zt.Aes We7 2zfi E;f7 23.Ee1 12.a4 a5 13.rEle1O-O 14.Afd2 b6
!Ucs+Z+.6h2 E(cf825.{le z E* za.s+ 15.Oc4 €lc6 16.4d2 Ae6 17.b3 fo
5.495 Ae7 6.e3 Ouoz z.Ao3 oxc+
B.Axc4bs 9.Aog ao 1o.Uc2 .e.b711.oo o-O 12.0,e56trs 13.-€.xf6bxf6
14.6e4 h6 15.6xc6 Axc6 16.rElxc6
€lc8 17.Uxc8EaxcS te.Eact EtOg
19.Efd1so 2o.6cs Ec6zt.6us Eocs
?2.ExcGElxcOZg.Ec 1 Excl +24.Oxc1
Aos zs.ag t526.a.e2&g7 27.e4tue/Otrozz.Ees Ena zs.6$ 9co zg.Ao+ 18.exf6effi 19.6ed6 Ad5 2o.Ug3 f5 28.3.xe46ts zg.Axd5 exdS30.4f4
lUc730.Ee5EleT31.WegEtessz.-e.b621 .E ae1 Ead8 22.abs Etea zs.daz 6ts st.Axd5 Aro gz.6xf6 6xf6
Sc6 33.9d4 Vcz sq.Vaz 6n V c7 2+.Olb5€lc6 2s.aa7 9c7 26.6u5 s3.6f1 6e6 34.6e2 6d5 35.€e3 s5
s5.EbezWc636.tr4Ad637.Ees6e++ Elc6 Draw
36.b3a5 37.6d3 h5 38.h49439.t4a4
38.E(1xe4
dxe439.{le3Ed7 40.8c5
40.b4 g3 41.f5 6d6 42.&e4 &e7
The Polgar lnvitational Tournament
Ha4 41.Vxe4Wdt +z.Ec8 ExcS
43.€e5 &n +a.as6e7 45.d6+6d7
Northwest repre4it.9xe6+6 ts 44.Vxd7tEfos+
+s.6sz for Girls also had somegirls
46.f6 6e8 47.&e6 6os +8.fl 6cg
representing
sentatives.Forty-eight
!Ud2+ Draw
49.f8=Ql+6uz so.Uo8 6a6 51.rEla8+
forty statescompstedin this event. Mis6uO Sz.az6c7 53.d8=€lmate
souri, Utah, Texas, Florida, New Jersey
and Washingtoneach had two representatives and New York had three. The cochampionswere Julia Kerr (NY, 2008)
and EuniceRodnguez(FL, I 735). Erica
1.& e6 2.d4d5 3.e5c5 4.c3 Oc6 S.Af,} Barkell came from Idaho to play and
tguo o.ag Eat t.w cxd4 8.cxd4 6h6 cameout evenat 316,totie for 21"t. Sa9.4b2Afs to.9os bas t t.6uaz Ec8 rah May also tied for 21". but should
12.Ec1Exc1+
13.Axc1
6cOt+.6US have had good tiebreakers,as shegot to
play both of the co-champs. Taylor
f6 1s.-9.d2
hs
Bailey of Oregon did them a half point
better,tying for l2d with 3 5 points.
f
Megan Lee outdid herself rn this event.
much like she did in the open. Megan
went undefeated,scoring4.516to tie for
3'dplace. Only her first round opponent
was rated lower than herself. She drex
with JaniceChen(UT, I 768), S.vhraYang
(TX, 1854) and Amelia Wheeless(NC.
1722\,anddefeatedAnnFitch(DE, 601).
JordanaWilliams (LA, 1776) and. in a
abcdefgh
fi nal we-could-just-do-this-at-home
game,
Taylor Bailey (O& 1652).
gxa3
French Advance
Daniel Taylor (1874)
Charles Sonido (1596)
Cherry Hill, Denker (2) 2007
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DanielYeagerof PA won the U. S.
OpenBlitzwith a scoreof lL/ 14. Marcus
Robinsoncollcctedeightpointsto tie for
l2h outofforty participants.Twoformer
Northwestresidentswerepresent,Adam
now of PAandRileyYatesWeissbarth,
Doerr.nowofNJ. Theybothscored9.5/
14to tie for 4m. Adamalsoplayedin the
openscoring3.5pointsbeforen-ithdrawround.
ing pnor to theseventh
A feu final notes:
A
The u'eatherwas betterthis
time.but I still don't recommend
Nerr JerseyrnAugust.
.-)
Thev offered a "quick" schedule. where you still played one
game a night, but the time control
for the first six rounds was G/60.
There were few entrants into that
schedule,giving the higher rated
players a great advantageover
those in the more populated
schedules.It seemedbizarre to me
and I think they shouldn't repeat
this idea.
16.b5
17.bxc6
Axc6 18.4e2a6
19.6a5Ac1 20.6xc6€lxc621.O-O
GiuocoPiano
Axd? 22.Vxd2 lHuo zg.Ad3 Ae7
(1854)
Sylvia
Yang
24.E;b1Yc7 25.Ecl gb6 z6.Wt4ts
(1571)
27.9ss s6 2s.Bf6 Ete zs.Sfss6d7 MeganLee
CherryHill, Polgar (4) 2007
30.h3Uos st.Uoz os 32.9b4 Elb6
A
There are way more Dunkin'
33.hgs E(uss+.4h7 Ae8 35.4f8+ 1.e4e52.4f,| Aco o.Ac+ $,c54.c3bf6
Donuts in Jerseythan Starbucks,
€e8 36.0xg66fz 37.at4 a53s.Efbz 5.d4exd46.cxd49u++ 7. g:d2Axoz+
but they don't have any Krispy
Ae739.Ec5 b440.€lezEha+t .6xhs g.6UxOZd5 9.exd56xd5 1O.O-O
O-O
Kremes.
a4 42.at6 b3 €.Elb2 Wu+ ++.Eus 11.{lc2 Ae6 tz.Efel Ee8 13.a3a6
Continuedon p. 2l
8
Northwest Chess
September 2OO7
SelzlerThkesTwo Titles at WA Blitz!
by NM Elliott Neff
he WCF-sanctioned
WA StateBlitz Cham
pionships(five minutesper side for the
rvholegame!)wereheldon July 21,2007.
Thanks to the efforts of Dan Matthews and Eddie
Chang.the site s'as securedfor this eventat oneof
the most popular places to place chess in
Bellerrue-Crossroads Mall which features a giant woodenchesssst and chessplayers playing at
all hours when the mall is open! The tournament
was planned to have mostly pre-registration and,
with just 35 players pre-registeredon Friday, we
decidedto combine the scholastic and open categories into one section. However, by noon on
Saturday,therewere 66 playerspresent! The mall
scrambledto provide a few extra tables, and the
first round started shortly after 12:30 p.m. The
format w:$ a seven-roundSwiss with two games,
White and Black, per round. The field rvas very
competitive,with thc WA StateChampion lgnacio
Perezthere, trying to add the title of WA State Blitz Champion to his strong performancesthis year. Other strong players
included FM John Readel, NM Nat Koons, FM David Roper, Ricky Selzler,Josh Sinanan(rated over 2700 on the lnternet
ChessClubl). Bruce Kovalsky, etc, etc...therewas even a contingentfrom Bellinghamthat came in for the challenge!
When .100 p m rolled around and scoreswere tallied, the surprise winner was Ricky Selzler,earningboth the WA State
JuniorBlitz Champion(under age2l) andtheWA StateBlitz Championtitles rvith a VERY impressivescoreof 12.5/14,three
porntsaheadof secondplace! Thcre was somevery exciting chessplaved that afternoon - players enjoyedthe opportunity to
stroll dosn to the food court shen hungry'- and quite a numberof scholasticplayershad a good time, somcfor the first time
competlngrn a Blitz tournament!
Second-fourthwas sharedby Sinanan,Perez,and Denis Janky with 9.5. In the scholasticsection,Bob Alger, l2th grade,
provedthat his nerveswere strongerthan the rest by his strongfinish of I1.5, closelyfollowed by JaanBudzianowskiwith 10.5
and Darren Hou with ten points. Tied for fourth were Daniel Hua and WesleyYu with 9.5 each. Special congratulationsto
kindergartnerBenjaminYee for scoring
six pointsfrom fourteen!l
With cashprizesin theopencategory
trophiesin the scholasticcategory,and
$100 in gift certificatesdonatedby
Uncle'sGames.this was a very enjoyableevent.Thanksto theplayers'assistancein followingtherequirements
ofthe
facility, keepingthe tableclothsneat.
keepingthe fire lanesclear,etc. CrossroadsMall would like to invitethe Blitz
Championships
backfor nextyearif possible!A very big thank-youto Michael
Cohnfor managingmuchofthe registration andpairings,whileI wasbusycompetrng.Chess4lifewaspleased
to beable
promote
help
hosting
to
chessby
this
event,providingonlineregistrationand
toumamentmanagement.
I
Northwest
Chess
IttM Elliott lfeff (D bottles Josh Sinanan (R) on Board One, while Rickv Selzler
(l,C), the tournament winner, competeson Boanl Tu'o
September 2OO7
9
FCC Garpin60
USCF Crosstables
(qqqq)indicatesQuick Rating
SCC June Quads
1 Sinanan,Jchua
2 Fbury, fvhtthew
3 Calpo,Ber*rmin
4 White, Herbert
I Kolde,Steding
2 Wu, Darrcn
3 Fryberg,SMor
4 illathcrvs,Dan
I Ummel,lgor
2 Hi<*ey,Pdrick
3 Lesshr, Pder
4 Wanier, Krishnan
1 Qu,Frank
2 Lee,lvlegpn
3 \hn \ben, Kerry
4 Spitrer,Timdhy
'l Piper,August
2 Brcnernan,
Jesse
3 Dunhp,Alennder
4 SorU, ttlatthew
5WarE, Pdbk
6 Abbott,Graham
7 Ummel,John
I ilcCree,Donab
6/16
TD: Fred K]eist
2.5
21fi 2162 - D W t l
2.5
2111 2118 D - W W
't.0
1990 1979 L L - W
't3@
0.0
LLL1300
2.O
1867 1876 - W D D
2.O
1 8 1 81 8 3 4 L - r w
1.0
1852 1841 D - L D
1.0
1EE01E66 D L D 3.0
1776 1801 - w t f x
1.5
1772 1770 L - W D
1.0
17ffi 1Tt3 L L - T I
't72'.t't711 P D L 0.5
2.5
1583 1593 - D w Y l
2.5
1 6 ' t 91 6 2 5 D - W W
1.0
1 3 ' 1 61 3 1 4 L L - W
0.0
1 1 7 81 1 4 5 L L L 1515 1572 E V 7 W 2 2.5
't222 1221 tf6 w3 L1 2 . O
660 E29 w{ L2 tv5 2.O
1 0 4 41 0 1 8 L3 E rV7 1 . 5
64't 716 D7 W6 L3 1 . 5
732 736 L2 L5 l,aa 1 . 0
924 887 D5 Ll L4 0 . 5
0.5
89t 849 U E L 6
SCC July Qurds
I CElpo,Benjamin
2lvbCormick,Jamee
3 Fleury ltlatthew
4 Milkrevic,Dragdjub
1 Kdley, Dereque
2 June,Peter
3 Guo,Al€x
4 Fryberg,Sh/or
I Umrnl, lgor
2 Hbkey,Petrbk
3 Wblth€r,Randy
4 Ambler,Dennis
I Buck, Slephen
2 L€sler, Peter
3 Qu, Frank
4 illonahan,Darby
1 Piper,Aqgust
2 Brenernan,Jesse
3 Etngher,Con€tantln
4 Chi, Quentin
I SorU, lhthew
2 Dunhp,Alennder
3 Goodfelloq Robert
4WalB, Pdick
5 Ko€{ic,Mbdrag
6 Abbdt. Graham
TD: Fred Kleist
7t21
3.0
1990 2047 - w w t f
1.5
2204 2200 L - D W
1.0
2117 21'.t0 L D - D
0.5
2164 2145 L L D .
3.0
1978 2001 - w t a w
2.O
1 9 1 01 9 1 4 L - I v X
1.0
1969 1955 L L - I I
0.0
1 8 4 11 8 m L F L 2.5
1 8 0 11 8 1 2 - I V D B
2.O
1729 1757 L - W W
1.5
1800 1E02 D L - I f
0.5
1900 1872 E L L 3.0
1777 1798 - t f w B
1.5
1771 1760 L - D t t
1.5
1668 1672 L D - I f
0.5
1539 1520 E L L 2.5
1 5 0 01 5 1 4 - w D w
2.O
1303 1349 L - W W
1.0
1521 146,3 D L - D
0.5
1 1 5 51 1 5 6 L L D 1 0 5 8 1 1 1 5 H3 W2 W4 3.0
c2. 920 tf6 L1 D3 1 . 5
888 912 L1 II5 D2 1 . 5
716 772 D5 W6 L1 1 . 5
1009 944 D'! L3 D6 ' t . 0
736 7'.t0 L2 L{ D5 0.5
TD: Kontelijs Dale
7f21
FCG July Garne-in60
'l
1859(1636) 1893(1718) ws w6 w7 rf.
Peake,Ethan
vr6 v7
1826(1812) 1844(1821) r1o D{
2 Ball, Larry
ttlo w9 fla
1600(1.45) 1628(15211 L{
3 Porter, Nathan
L1
1910(1765) 1908(1770) w3 D2 rs
4 Surak, $eve
'1846(1770) 1827(174) wa L7 L{
lre
5 Robinson, Marcus
r'2
tl11
1739(1659) 1723(16&l w12 L1
6 Holler,Robert
L2
1641(1467) 1651(1/A0) lv1l Dr5 L1
7 Bailey,Taylor
tr11 lf,lo L3
1506(1333) 1500(1334) ts
8 Dale, Korneliis
1591(1591)1567(1523) L1 Y12 L3 Ls
9Gretran,Janres
L8 v7'2
1308(1219) 123411201) L2 L3
10 Hofler,Bruce
LB w12 L5
5?IJ,(34o) 671(599) L7
11 tt/hck, Brian
Le Lll L1o
876(836) L6
12 Mullins,Michael WA 923(886)
4.0
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
1.0
't.0
0.0
TD: GregoriAlPernas
8Y18
18
13
r19 r13 ||3
1908(1770)1931(1802) trle
1 Surak, $eve
E
1921(1870)1933(1879) ff18 wl? r|
2 Smyth, Scott
r1o
2210(2@7) 2200(1993) rn. rn1 L1
3 Roua, Radu
w1l
1837('1720) 184(1725) w23 w16 L2
4 Esler, Brian
1845(1822) 1838(1809) D8 D7 r13 w12
5 Ball, Larry
lrt7
$4(904) 1756( 1530) w21 lno L8
6 Tezcan. Yaman
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54.6b4 6e8 55.Ahs Ad6 56.496 Marvin Hayami (1827)
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Trevor Johnson(864)
5.492 -€.e76.0-0 O-o 7.d4 d6 8.Uc2 GeorgeFan (1685)
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25.Axe61Uxe6
26.E(d1E(aoazz.Uos Bryan Yue(1453)
David Rupel (2M3)
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8.4a4 o-o 9.4b3 a6 10.6d+ Oc5 Matthew Yang(1757)
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Brian Opalewski(1804)
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Euo e+.6g2. Black'sKing is in a matrngnet.
32.&h2f5 33.Ea8 1-0
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17.Eab1a)e+ra.U+(if 18.
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14.bxbS!c4 ( 14...ga6 15.a4+-)15.
23....6.f5
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6 x c 7 c x d 31 6 . 6 e 1 1
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lines.
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sufferpassivelyfor a long time. Other
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27...bxc328.9xc3t
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28.orxc7Eaz 29.6b5 EaaB 30.Ed6
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9.h5 6e7 10.Ass EgS 11.hxg6hxg6
37...f63S.-e.as??
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38...8c1+ -+ 39.692 fxeS 40.4U++
6fz +l .Ac6 ext4 42. g:d7 fxg3?!
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21.fxeSfxeS22.3.d7Ee7 23.69 4 Ac7
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Black somewinning chances.
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George Fan (1685)
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Matthew Yang (1757)
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Axe2 18.rElxe2
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zo.Errsbs6 21.gf,l Af4 22.Eh6 Es6
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8.4d2
23.Afs Ease 24.s3 Exh6 25.6xh6
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Eg6 26.gxf4Exh6 27.fxe5dxeS28.
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Af6 13.o-oo-o 14.4f3a6
Axe5 Ae8 29.9e3 Ea6 3O.ElxcS+
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September 2OO7
L7
51.4d7 Draw
31.a39s4
32.Uoc9ss+gs.6utElue 8...Agae.ads 9as ro.Ad2o-o
Black continuesdevelopingpieces,
34.c5 E(a635.^€.93fo 36.c6 bxc6 37. 11.4c3??
with an ideaof playing ....ec6. But the
dxc6+Se7 38.c7 Elc63g.tUd7+ 1-O
White hasno time for this move.He inaccuracyon move 15giveswhite some
mustsimplyplay 11.4e2, preparingto time to castlehis krngto safety.
Sicilian Closed
castle;thenhe would only be worse,but 19.&d2??
Colin Southcote.Want(1699)
not lost. Also 11..0.c3iak"s
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Gregg Dillingham(1597)
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only retreatsquarefromthe knight
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11...ald4
square.It appean that white had some
1.4.c52.4€ 6c6 3.93btO+.AgZ OO
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5.6ge2 e56.0-0 Ae7 7.d3O-O8.f4exf4
the openh-fiIe. But before starting an
9.gxf4 6trS tO.hOs Axf4 11.6xe7+ alternativein thesurprising11...4xc3+t
atlack it is muchmore importantto pay
hxe7 12.ajrt4f5 13.9d2 fxe4 14.dx4 exchangingthe "Dragon" Bishopto creattention
to the opponent'spossibilities.
Uuo ts.6d5 gd8 16.E(xf8+rgxf8 ate a powerful center and somegreat
Ufh4
17.Et1Uog te.Ugs .0.e619.tElxe7sqrulresfor his Knights. Black's leadin
[ 1e.o-o!Ac6 (1e...a520..e.d2
gh6
21.f5
-0.e5
22.Vrc
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20.f5
permits
rip
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Axd5 20.Uxd8+ E(xd821.exd5 95 development,
21.EUet E e5 22.c3d5 23.cxd4
22.9ffi €sz 23.g,eo E(us 24.E;n+ centerandgetto White'suncastledKing. (2O...g5
Exe4
24.Exe4
tlxd4+ 25.E,12dxe{
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(21.txs6?tgxg622.
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21
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Ac4
Ae3+
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the dark squares:12.bxc3 e5! 13.fxe5
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peskyKnighton94 can'tbeevicted: 22.9;r2Axr2+23.Exr2ss=l
achievedlst placein the Boostersection [nut
13.h3?
Oe3 14.942 exf415.Ad5
Ad4 19...a5!-+ 20.95lUe721..0.c3dxc3+
anda perfect6-0 score.He neededonly a
16.0xe3(16.bxdacxd417.Mf5!-+; 22.bxc3Ac6 23.Elbel V az z+.g4 AVs
draw,ashewasareadya full point ahead
16.Alxf4??AxR+ 17.gxf3gh4+-+) and 25.eA9.fi z6.{lt€ gd8 27.V xh7+ &t8
of Chenbeforethe last round.
13.4d5is nottobefeared:
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bcxeS 14.Axe5dxes15.U1rc
Sicilian Closed
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to play.For instance:
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can be met by 4.9b5, 3...96by 4.h4,
3..,af6 by 4.e5,and3...a6by 4.g3.
Thetripledisolatedpa\rnsareNOT
3...964.f4
a wealmess,
but a strength!
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An instructiveprinciple of the
fianchettoed
Bishop.EventhoughWhite
hasan attackon the h-fiIe.with a Queen
(worthnineporntsof force)andRook(another five points),*hen the King steps
asidethe Blackpositionis heldtogether
pointsofforce)
b1 theBishop(onl1'three
and there is no mate.This economyof
defensiveforce gives Black an overu'helmingbalanceof attackingforce(two
Rmks. a Queenand both Bishops,versusa Bishopanda Rook)on the restof
the chessboard.Evenwithout the extra
15.4b4 dx€/}?l
piecewon earlier in the game,Black
15...Ee8!l is better.Then16.Uh3f5 would be winning.
17.Ulm h6 andthepressureon e4 is too 28.1UffiEcg Zg.9t1 d5 30.exd5El,xel
much for white to handle.Black would 31.6xe1 9uo sz.6e2 Exc4 gg.6d2
win quickly.
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g6.Elxft
Ee++ 37.6f3 AxAg 38.cxd3
16.dxe4Eeg ttZ.Aog
Ea+ sg.E(c1Elxf4+4o.6xf4 Aoz+
This squarewould not have been 41.6e5 9xc1 42.a49xg5 4it.d66eB
availableafter 15...Ee8.
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Hurt-SheetsoWA Championship l94ll
by IM JohnDonaldson
Hurt's style is of a steadypositional type,the basisof which is to
allow the opponentas little opportunity for potent threats as possible,
coupledwith the vigilant avoidance
ofthreats.
White has the choice brryeen a3-a4
and b4-b5 (queensideattack) and92-94
(kingside attack). He decidesin favor of
the latter, since the crowded position of
the Black piecesmakes satisfactory defenseimpossiblein the long run.
J recentlyboughtthe TheChessCorrcspondentfor 194344 andfoundthe
r| gameHurt-Sheetswith annotations
by FredReinfeld. Hereis a little backgroundmaterialandthe g:rme.
The following game doesn't show
24...&f7
25.9e1uroazo.s+EaB27.
J. L. (Jack Leonard)Sheets(1904- Sheetsat his best.
h49c7 28.9s3 Ee7zs.6h1 6s8
1980)won a recordsevenWashington
Kingb Indian Classical
StateChampionshiptitles rangingfrom
This is inconsistent.
TheKing should
1932to 1954. I canfind only onetour- James Hurt
fleeto thequeenside,
whrchwouldgreatly
namentwhere Sheetsplayed outsideof J. L. Sheets
increase
the difficultiesof White'stask.
the Northwest, but he did well, second
Il'ashington Championship I 911 30.h5fxg431.Axg EaeggZ.Ea2 Efl
in the Minor Tourneyat Pasadena
1932 Annotationsby Frcd Reinfeld
33.hxg6Axg6
just behindmany-timeNebraskaCham- 1.d4Af6 z.arc
3.c4.€.s74.0c3
96
If 33...hx96, White cantriple his
pionReverend
HowardOhman(8.5 -1.5 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.9b3
forceson theh-file andbring his Knight
to 8-2). Sheetsretiredfrom tournament
Out of place in tlus opening. Black to g-i 1*'t1't
play afterwinninghis last championship,
decisiveeffect.
should
simpll'continuewith ..,6UAZand
but was still involvedin varioussolving
34.tr126ors es.6 e2 a,e7 36.-g.hs
...e5;rn this way he would obtain a good
competitionsuntil the end of his life Atso
sz.Elnz
Arc
often at the top of the NorthwestChess gameand soon dernonstratethe porntlessThis leads to the loss of a pawn.
problernsolving ladderand high up in nessof Ub3.
gd7
Problemistcompetitions.He retiredfrom 6... c6 7. Ae2guo g. o-o 6a6 9. Af4 However, if 37....€.f838.9h3
thepostofficein 1965after36 years.He Asa 10.Erot Etea11.h3Axretz. 39.9xg6 hxg6 40.Exg6+.
servedduringthe SecondWorldWarwith Axtoboz
3S.gh3 6te sg. AxsG hxg6 4O.Exg6
the fleet post office in the Naly.
&e7 41.Af2a542.Vg4
Black's pieces are very poorly
JamesHurt grewup in SanFrancisco placed, his prospects are meager,and the
White has at last broken through and
andspentmostof his life in theBayArea, enemy'stwo Bishops are likely to become Black's collapseis only a matter oftime.
whereheis particularlywell-rememberedtroublesome.
42..3xb4 43.axb4 6oz n+.8n7 Eh8
forthe seriesof L.E.R.A.tournaments
he
13.4e3 EabS 14.9gaHc7 15.a3e6 45.Exh8 Axna a6.6s3 Ent + +t.&g't
organizedin Sunnyvalefor manyyears.
16.9c2f5 17.fue2Eta ta. f4 Ebcs 19. As7 a8.f5 €los cg.f6 6es so.Ans
Hurt wentto collegeat the Universityof
Elas
e5 d5
WashrngtoqstudyingchernicalengineerThepositron
is hopeless.
If 50...bc7,
Black's piecesare so badly placed.
rng and living with his unclein Seattle.
posiDuring his stayin WashingtonstateHurt that he naturally prefers to block the po- 51.EgB6eg SZ.6t+.Instructive
tionplal'bv Hurt.
won four ofthe five statechampionships sition.
he competed
in (1935,1937,1938and 20.c5 6ab8 21.b4 Eteg zz.Eldz at8 5't.f7ds7 52.4f6+ 1-O
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Kleist were
awardedthe OutstandingCareer
Achievernent
awardat the annual banquetthis
year. Previous
Northwestrvinners
of thrs awardare
Rusty Miller in
1990andRobert
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FormerNorthwesternerJohn Donaldsonreceivedthe
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There is an upcoming inBrnational conferenceon Chessin Education o be held in Aberdeen,Scotland,and
Dr. Alexey Root will chair a workshop at next year'sU.S.Open in Dauas-'Tim Redman, Chess-in-Education
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The first substantialorder of businesswasconsiderationof the 2007-08budger It was deferredb the follouing day,
asthe copiesofl the proposedwerelae in beingpassedout. Also deferredwasthe hearingof SamSloan'sappealof decision
of tfieEthicsCommitteeconcerningsaremenshehad madeononeof theUSCF foraduringlastyear'selectioncampaigr.
A sixty-pagepacketof documentswas handedout at the beginning of the meeting,but no one had yet fioundtime o read
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The USCF ScholasticCouncil mustbe consuled if the USCF wishes o allow an ouside organizer b hold national
scholasticevens.
The USCF will no longer give free membershipso U.S. Glvts unlesstiey specinca[y requestsuch (an anti-Bobby
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expenses-tournament expensesbeing $80,000lower and professionalfees,t !0,m0 lower. The Sloan appealtook a litde
longer to consider,but most felt fiat his satements to dre effect drat Beatriz Marinello and Grant Perkshad "commitrd
crimes during the coune of their duites at USCF . . . [were] made with a recklessdisregardfirr their truth or fAb€hood."
However,I was one ofl the handfirl ftat voed to overturn the Ethics Committeeruling, becauseno widence was presened
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Like in Oregon,
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After tltis, the delegatesconsideredsome fifteen o twenty motions. We approvedan accounting change,curing in
half the amount of "life member dues recogr.ized" fior two years. The money w:ls spent in fte past, but not properly
accouned firr at the time. The effect of this measurewill be o lower the USCF's saed income.
Montana and
Wyomrng were t}re
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The delegatesoverturnedlast yrar's rule changerequiring mwes to be writEn do,m only afor dtry had beenplayed.
Playersmay norvreverto writing movesdovn firsg buta "wdten mo,,emay notbe changeduntil after" a move,though not
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The USCF wasenjoined from schedulinga national event "in fie samemetrpolitan areaon the sameweekendasan
establishedregional event." Suchan event is definedas "having at least 75 players . . . on the sameweekendthe previous
yeat."
The 2008 Open
x'ill be held in
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rathergo to Dallas.
OR.) I thrnkI'll
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you will, too.
Especially all you
m i s s i-ntg a d u l t s. .
Somemeasuresthat failed included an attempt o establishan adult membenhip without a subscripionn ChessLife.
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parocipansir theDenkerTournamentof High SchoolChampions.Finally, the Forum OversightCommitteeasked6at
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Mu-*eFallKickd(Kl.3'46;U800l.3,.|.6)rickjorgenscrr@gmail.comwww.chess4lifc.com..........'...............'....MoutlakeTereWA
ChcssMatcsFall Kick-Off (K,l-2,34,5-8) chessmatcs@carthlink.net
uww.chessplayer.com/signuptop1aychess.htm............................
Scattlc WA
TCC Wed. Kids Night
Gary253-535-2536
ggarychcss@aol.com
www.tacomachcssclub.ncfiirms.com.....................
Tacoma
WA
Dccember 2(X}7
I Bryant Fall Classic (K,l-3,4-6)
Kim bryantchcssclub@gmail.com................
.........
SeattlcWA
8 lakeridge Elemcntary(K,1-3,4-6)
Carolyntlassallcarolynhassall@mmcast.net
www.lakcridgechess.org......
.McrcerIslandWA
l 9 TCC Wed.Kids Nght
Gary253-535-2536
ggarychess@aol.com
www.tacomachessclub.ncffirms.com......................
TacomaWA
A I in fmnt of the toumament name indicates sn OSCF quelifying tournrment
Boldfrce type indicatc e tonrrment
announcement (in orr Future Events Section) or display ad in this issme.
USCFNATIONAL
Scholastics
For informationon any nationalevenqvisit wrvur.uschess.org
Nov.16-1E
NationalYouthAction
Saint Louis MO
Dec.7-9
Northwest Chess
NationalK-l ?CollegiateChampionship
Ausust 2OO7
Houston TX
23
OpenEvents
20-Ocl8
fu21-23
21,28
28
fu29
fu29
tr29-30
FfO
Spokrne Fall Championship
Seattle Frll Opcn
(rds l-2)
TCC Championship
SCC Chanpionship (rds 3)
E PCC Game.in-60
TCC Quads
Erstern WashingtonOpen
SCC SundayTornrdo
2,9,162330 PCC Championship
(rds 36)
5,12,1926 TCC Championship
3,19,26 SCC Chemplonship(rds 4{)
6
PCC SaturdayQuads
Wrshington Scnbr Open
6-7
7
Fall Back to Kells
12-14 Western States Open
Pf3-14 Portland Fall Open
fu2G21 Bcn Dclson Thematlc NEw EvENr
fuZl
8 PCC Game'in{O
fu27-28 Pugct SoundOpen
September2007
Ilavif Griffm ffi'92f'Jzffi Ogim@nomailccn
wwr.spokrncchcssdub.dg..-..Spohne WA
SCC Infoline 2M417-54O5 clkleist@cs.comwww.scatthchessclub.org..............
Sertth WA
www.tacomachcssclub.nctfirms.com
253-535-2536ggarychess@aol.com
TacomaWA
SCC Infolinc 206,417-5405cfthist@cs.comwww.scrttbchcssclub.org..............
Seotth WA
503-246-2978portlendchessclu@grnailcom www.pdrcbesscorn....................
Porthnd OR
wwr,trcomachessclub,nctfinns.corn,........
253-535-2536ggarychess@aol.corn
TecornaWA
Dovil Grifn ffiqegzffi
dbgrith@hmnellcn nryw-drtrchcssduhorg ......Spokrm WA
SCC Infoline 206-f1?-5405clkleb@cs.cornwww.scrttlcchessclub.org..............
Serttle WA
October 2fiI7
portlandchessclub@gmail.com
www.frxchess.com
..............
503-246-2978
PortlandOR
253-535-2536ggarychess@aol.com
www.tacomachessclub.nedirms.com
TacomaWA
SCC Infoflne 2M411-54O5 clklcb@cs.com www.serttlechessclub.org..............
SeattlcWA
gmail.com www.$xchess.com .....
503-246-297I portlandchessclub@
. Portland OR
253-535-2536 ggarychess@ao1.corn............
Tacomr WA
Michael Kent 2{5-295-3335 egilken@yahoo.com
... Seattle WA
Jerry Weikel 115-147-llOS wrckyykl@rolcom www.rcnocbess.orgArlo-.-............Reno IYV
503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@gmail.com www.pdrchesscorn
Portland OR
SCC Infoline 2(lf,4l1-5405 cfklebt@cr.corn wr"r'.seetthchessclub.org.............. Scrttle WA
rww.pdrcbessqom ....................
503-246-2978 portlandcbessclu@gmrilcom
Porthnd OR.
Trcoma WA
253-535-2536 ggarychcss@aol.comwww.tacomachessclub.ncdir','s.com
November 2fi17
2
TCC QuickChcss(G/15)Champ
253-535-2536 ggarychcss@ol.com www.tacomachessclub.nctfirms.com
Tacoma WA
PCC SaturdayQuads
w*v.Sxchess.com ..............
3
503-246-2978portlandchessclub@gmail.com
Portland OR
SCC SaturdayQuads
WA
SCC Infoline 206417-5405 c{klcist@cs.comwww.scattlechcssclub.org....................Scattle
&3
4
SCCNovicc
WA
SCC Infolinc 206417-5405 cfkleist@cs.comwww.scattlechcssclub.org..........,.........Seatt|c
6
PCC TucsdayQuadsBegin
503-246-2978portlandchessclub@gmail.comwww.Sxchess.com..........................
PortlandOR
9
TCC Bliu Championship
253-535-2536 ggarychcss@aol.comwww.tacomachcssclub.nctfrrms.com
Tacoma WA
WA
SCC Infoline 206417-5405 clkleist@cs.comwww.scattlechessclub.org....................Seattle
F9-10 Extravaganza
...........................
503-246-2978portlandchcssclub@gmail.comwww.pdxchess.com
PortlandOR
futl
8 PCC Game-in60
253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.comwww.tacomachcssclub.netfirms.com
Tacoma WA
&17-18 TacomaOpcn
WA
SCCSundayTomado
SCC Infoline (206) 417-5405 cfkleist@cs.comwww.seattlechessclub.org..................Seattle
Pl8
.... WA
to be announccd
fu23-25 WashingtonClassChampionships
www.tacomachcssclub.ncdirms.com
30
TCC QuickChess(Gi30)Champship 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.com
Tacoma WA
Ileccmber 2{D7
PCC SaturdayQuads
... Portland OR
I
503-246-297E portlandchcssclub@gmail.com www. Sxchc ss.com .
4
PCC TuesdayQuad TmtsBegin
PortlandOR
503-246-2978 portlandchcsscl
ub@gmail.corn . www. $xchess. com
TacomaWA
7,142128 TCC JingleBell Swiss
253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.comwww.tacomachcssclub.netfirms.com
. .......SeattleWA
SCC SaturdayQuads
SCC Infoline 206411-5405 clkleist@cs.comwww.scattlcchessclub.org.......
F8
WA
SCC SundayTornado
SCC Infolinc 206417-5405 cfkleist@cs.comwww.seaftlechessclub.org....................Seattle
&S
Tacoma WA
253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.comwww.tacomachessclub.nctfirms.com
tr15-16 ChristmasCongress
www.Sxchcss.com...........................
503-246-2978portlandchessclub@gmail.com
PortlandOR
fu15-16 PortlandWinterOpen
NOTE: A'P'in frcnt of ttc dre indcahs a Harnnn Menrmid Notftw€st GP errcnt A I h frut of the tdrmanEnt nart indicahson OSCF'
qualfying burnanrent Boldfoe tlAe bdhab s burnlnr€nt onnorDerEnt (in our Funre Evenb Sectin) or disflry ad in thb bue.
ScholasticEvents
9
19
22
23
8 SoccerScasonQuads
TCC Wcd.Kids Night
ScholasticTmt
8 SoccerSeasonQuads
6
24
27
28
ScholasticTmt (K-3y'-6)
TCC Wed.Kids Night
TenacePark Fall Tmt (K-8)
I BishopsBooooonanza
A 8 h frut
of lhe bumsrnnt
September2l[7
...PortlandOR
tony@chcssvision.net
www.oscf.org
Tony 503-8E0-0581
ggarychess@aol.com
www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com................
TacomaWA
Gary253-535-2536
www.chessplaycr.com/signuptoplaychess.htm
MerccrIslandBoys&GirlsClub.....MerccrIslandWA
www.oscf.org
....PortlandOR
Tony503-8804581tony@chessvision.nct
October 2fi)7
wwwchessplaycr.com/signuptoplaychess.htm
.......BellevueWA
chess64@comcast.net
ggarychess@aol.com
www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com................
TacomaWA
Gary253-535-2536
www.chess4life.com/chess-event/tournaments.....Mtlake
TerraceWA
MichaelBehar425-745-2020
.. ClatskanieOR
clatskaniechessclub.tripod.com
Kate Taylor503-728-3754
kaletaylor@clatskanic.com
nane indicacs an OSCF qualifying burnlnetrt
BoHface tlpe indicates I SourtrsnFnt announcsnent (in arr Futurt
Er,enb Sectirn) or dblay ad in thb bue
For more Scholastic evenis.'see inside back cover