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WAChampionship& Premier Second Weekend, February 18-20

Slava Champion Again, 7-2Ignacio Wins Premier, 8-1

, by H. G Pitre

Round Five

The players are fresh for the battle,havinghad a weekto prepare. Un-fortunately for Bill Schill, some

major family real estate business tran-spired during that time. Maybe it hasaffected him and he loses to Nat Koons.By the way, just before the start of thisround, Nat presented me with a very weU-prepared challenge of the board and setthat Bill was preparing to use. After read-ing the challenge and the rule book andeven using rulers and calipers that he pro-vided, I was able to conclude reasonably,and Nat could see that Schill's set fitwithin the standards allowed for size andcolor and contrast of the board and thepieces. Wow!! These guys want to win,or at least have the proverbial "level play-ing field." Harley Greninger and SlavaMikhailuk keep apace with wins. MattFleury uncorks an early and decisive se-ries of blows to Ricky SeWer's King.

In the Premier,Ignacio Perez is heldto a draw and Mike MacGregor wins topull withina half-pointofIgnacio. MarkRyanbeats BenWydein a gamein which,unfortunately,heplayedwithWhite whendue Black. I observed this error about25 minutes into the game. I checkedtherule book and consulted with one playeron the players' committee. The FIDErules under which we were playing givethe arbiter much discretion. I chose notto intervene. Later, I asked Wyde aboutthis. The players all had their pairingsfor the entire tournament, and I thoughtthey would have made preparations fortheir opponents knowing the color due.But no, he hadn't looked into it. In theMay-Kalina game, I thought Andyhad avery promising attacking position, but, alittle later, Chris was totally winning.Might be worth lookingat it again.4

Grano-Slav

FM John Readey(2331,2.0)NM Nick Raptis (2334,2.5)

Tacoma, WA Championship (5) 2006

1.~13 d52.c4c63.e3 ~f64.~c3g65.d4Ag7 6.Ae2 0-0 7.0-0 ~bd7 S.Ad2dxc4 9.Axc4 b5 10.D3 a6 11.e4 b412.~a4~e413..!.xb4a514..!.a3~d615.ile1 ile816.~e5~ 17.dxe5~f51S."13 "c7 19.ilae1 Axe520.f!xc6.!.xh2+ 2V!>h1"f4 22."xf4.!.xf4 23.~b6 ilb8 24.~c8 ilexc8 25.f!xcS+ilxeS 26.g4 ~d4 27.Axe7 ~3 2S.axb3 Ad2 29.ild1 ile2 3O.Af6 h531.«!>g2«!>h7 32. «!>f3«!>h633.gxh5 gxh5 34.Ad4 «!>g635. ilg 1+ «!>f536.ilh1 «!>g637.l1g1+ c;!ns 38.ilh1 Draw-

Dutch

NM Harley Greninger (2228, 3.0)LM Vddors Pupols (2200, 1.0)

Tacoma, WA Championship (5) 2006Annotations by LM Viktors Pupols1.d4 f5 2.g3 ~f6 3.Ag2 e6 4.~f3 b65.~e5 e6 6.~d2 Ab77.c4

Two rounds later Raptis played thestronger 7.0-0 'Be7 8.e4.7...f!Jc7S.~df3c59.0-0exd410."xd4d611.~d3e512."e3~g4

Black can win a piece here: 12...e4,then 13...~g4.

13."g5 g6 14.h3 Ae7 15.f!Jd2 ~f616."c3 e4?

17.~d4 exd31S.lt~b5f!Jd7

18...f!Jd819..!.xb7 ~bd7 20..!.xa8f!Jxa821.~e7+

19..!.xb70-0

19...'iYxb720.~xd6+hd621.'iYxf6

20.AxaS d5 21.exd3 ~a6 22.Axd5+~xd5 23.exd5 "xb5 24."e4 "xe425.dxc4Af626.ilb1 ~e527.ild1 nc82S.b3 ~e4 29.Ab2 h7 30.f3 ~g331.d6 Ah4 32.d7 ilaS 33.Ae5 f434.Ae7Ad835.ile1 c!>t736.ileShe737. ilxas «!>e7 38. ild 1 1-0

Sicilian Dragon YugoslavNM Nat Koons (2229, 2.5)FM William Schill (2247, 3.0)

Tacoma,WAChampionship(5) 2006Annotationsby FM William Schill1.e4e52.~13d6 3.d4exd44.~d4~f65.~e3 ~e6 6.13g6 7.Ae3 Ag7 S."d20-0 9.Ac4 Ad710.0-0-0 "a5

10...'iYb8NEXTTIME!

11.h4 ilfc812.Ab3~e513.g4~c4

13...ne4?! 14.h5? (14.g5! ~h5 15.f4!:t) 14...ilxd4! 15.Axd4~3+14..!.xc4 ilxe415.~b3 "a6?!

This scores better than the alterna-tives. 15...1Ve7hasbeenplayeda lot, anddone poorly. Was the mistake even ear-lier than this?

16..!.h6

There are no examples of this in mas-

s ... ... ter games in the NIC database.~ ~. 16 diou h67 .t.Wlt- .. . ...AX, - - ~6 . . ..~ Another possibility is 16...II.xe317.5 ~ . ... bx~3Ah8, ~ut I do not like positions in4 . 8 ... ~ which my King is already almost mated!3 ~ .l£1.l£1D 8 [18.«!>b1II.e8(18 !.xg4 19.e5)19.h52 iD <? iDji~ 'iYe420.hxg6 fxg6 21.'Bh2, winning.]1 .'.., . .:= 17."xh6 ilxe3

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have a defense, but it wins flatly. 'complete' evacuation!Mav 2006 Northwest Chess

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18..:@a3+ 19.<bb1 I1c820.h5 I1c621.hxg6 fxg6 22.g5 CDh523. I1xh5 gxh524.g6 is winning for White, though per-haps it's best to just leave with 19.<bd2.19.h5

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Black could try to stop the g4-g5-g6idea by 19...Ae8, but White gets in firston the h-file, i.e., 20.g5 /l)xh5 21.ilxh5gxh522.11h1 l1e823."xh5. 19...11e820.hxg6 fxg6 may be the line that savesBlack, e.g., 21.g5 I1xc3 22. I1d2.20.hxg6fxg621.g5 Axb322.exb31lfxb323. I1d3

23.gxf6 "xe3+ 24.<bb1 "b3+ 25.<ba1 "a3+=

23...CDh5?

This only hastensthe loss. 23... l1e824.<bd2 /l)xe4+!? almost works, i.e.,25.fxe4 "b2+ 26.<be3 "b6+ 27.<bf3(27.11d4!! I1xe3+ 28.<bf4e5+ 29.<bg4wins) 27... I1f8+ 28.<bg4 I1f4+!! 29.<bxf4 "f2+ 30. I1f3 (30.<bg4 "g2+31.11g3 "xe4+) 30...e5+ 31.<bg4"g2+ 32.11g3 "xe4+ 33.<bh3"xh1+34.<bg4 "e4+.24. ilxh5 1lfa3+25.<bd21lfb2+

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26.<be1??'ifc1+ 27.<bf2 gxh5 and28.g6 is impossible.Northwest Chess

26...1lfb1+ 27.lit>e2gxhS 28.g61lfb2+29. ild21lfb5+ 3O.1;f2 hxg6 31.1lfxg6+1;ta 32. I1dS??

32.'ifh6+ lit>g833.11d5

32...1lfb2+ 33.cotg3h4+ 34.lit>h3 1-0

An excellentgame by Nat; he playedso well it is hard to pinpoint Black's los-ing move! Was it ...l1xe3? or ..."a6maybe?

Grllnftld Exchange

Matt Fleury (2122, 1.5)Ricky Selzler (2105, 0.0)


1.d4 CD162.c4 g6 3.lDc3 dS 4.exdSlDxdSS.e4 tflxc3 6.bxc3 Ag7 7.Ac4 eS 8.lDe2lDe6 9.Ae3 0-0 10.ile1 ffe711.h4ild8 12.hSlDaS 13.Ad3 b6 14.ffd2D71S.hxg6hxg616.Ah6AfB17..Axt8lit>xf818.ilh8+lit>g719.ffh6+Iit>16 20.e5+Iit>e621.ffh3+15 22.Axf5+gxf523.ilh6+lit>dS 24.lDf4+ lit>c425.1lfd3mate

EnglishSM Siava Mikhailuk (2438, 3.0)Adi Lanka (1932, 1.5)

Tacoma, WAChampionship (5) 20061.e4 eS 2.lDe3 e6 3.d4 d6 4.f4 lDd7S.lDf3 lDgf6 6.e4 Ae7 7.Ae2 0-0 8.0-0 exd4 9.lDxd4 lDeS 1o.Af3 as11.Ae3 l1e8 12.Af2 Af813. lIe 11lfb614.lDb31lfb41S.tflxeSdxeS16.eSlDd717.1lfd3 /l)b6 18.b3 a4 19.1De4 Ae62o.Ah4axb321.axb31lfxb322.lDgSg623.tflxe6 iIxe6 24.15 gxf5 1-0

Sicilian Grand Prix

Andy May (1876, 1.0)Chris Kalina (1977, 1.5)

Tacoma, WA Premier (5) 2006

AnnmationsbyCbris~a1.e4

This was the first surprise out ofAndy, who is normally a 1.d4 player.

1...eS 2.lDc3lDe63.f4 d64.lDf3 Ag4?!

And what exactly is this Bishop do-ing here? It would be better on d7S.iLb5 ile8 6.h3 Ad7

It would have saved time to go herein the first place. I was not enthusiasticabout capturing on t3 and giving Andythe two Bishops in this position. Some-thing tells me that may have led to a short,one-sided game in favor of White .

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7.a4 e6 8.0-0 Ae7 9.eS 161

While the idea behind this is to pres-sure e5, I should be severely punished onthe light squares. Not to mention that Ihave yet to castle!

1O.lDh4lDh6 11.exd6 bd6 12.Ae40-013.15

This move does not win material, asthere is always... CDe6-eS,hitting the c4-Bishop, followed by ...lit>g8-h8.

13...lIe8 14.d3 ~f7 15.fxe6 Axe616.be6 ilxe6 17.ffg4 ffd7 18.lD15lDfe519.ffg3

I am facedwith a tough decision. DoI put the Bishop on b8 and menaceWhite's Queen, or do I pull him back tof8 to defendthe kingside. I finally chose£8,sincetherewas a possibilitythatWhitecould play Ae 1-h6. In addition,the restof my pieces are freed up, though Whitehas a nice square for his Knight on f3.19...AfB 20.lDe4 coth821.Ae3lDe7

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Opposingthe beast on f5. The pawnon c5 is defendedtactically. .22.b3?

.Losingmaterial at once. Better wasmoving the a-Rook to dl or the Bishoptod2.

22...~xfS 23.Ilxf5 trutd3!

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The e4-Knight is now in take, and if24.cxd3, then 24... 1Ixd3. The Queen andRook work together to hit e3 and e4.

24.Ilhs

The Knight on e4 cannot be captureddue to 2S.1Ig6, threatening mate on h7as well as the e4-Rook.

24...ltles2S.Ilf1tre8

Wmningat least an Exchange.

26.Ilh4ltlg6 27.Ilff4ltlxf4 28.trxf4IleS?1

Unnecessary. Why not 28...gS 29.tDxf61Ig6 30.1Ixh7+ 1Ixh7 31.'L1xh7gxf4, winningmore material.29.Ad2 15?

The idea is to try to apply pressureon the e-file. However, I missed thatAndy's reply hits h7 twice!

3O.tDgSIle1+ 31.tbh2 h6

Looksliketheonlymove. If32.WxfS,then 32...Ad6+, when33 'lIe2+ mates.

32.Ac31

Agoodtry for White. This is the bestplace for this piece.Again, I found whatI feltwas the onlymove,32...Ilc6, de-fendingh6. This has to makeWhite thinkaboutaneventual...AfB-d6. Thoughnotimmediately, since it loses a piece toIlh4xh6+xd6.

32... Ilc633.AeS IlxeS34.ltlf7+1Ixf735.1Ixe5

I still cannot play ...Ad6; so I breakthe pin and threaten it with 3S...tbg8.Black's trouble is over and the rest isjusttechnique.

3S...tbg8 36.1Ic3 111637.trc4+ tre638.trd3 trd6+ 39.trxd6 hd6+ 4O.g3Aes 41. Ilc4 W 42. tbg2 tbe6 43. tbf3tbdS44.g4 Il1645.h4gS46.tbe3Ad4+47.tbf3 fxg4+ 48.tbxg4 Ilf4+ 49.tbh3Ilxh4+ SO.tbg2 AeS s1.Ilxh4 gxh4S2.tbh3 Ag3 0-16

Sicilian Accelerated DragonMike MacGregor (2185, 3.0)Geoffrey Gale (2047, 3.0)


1.e4 c5 2.ltlf3ltlc6 3.d4 cxd44.ltlxd4g6 S.trutc6 bxc66.trd4ltl16 7.ltlc3 Ag 78.eSltlg8 9.Af41!b6 10.0-0-0 ffxd411.Ilxd4ltlh612.Ile4ltlg413.Ag31514.Ile1 0-0 1S.Ac4+e616.f4gS 17.h3gxf418.hxg4fxg319.gxf5 Ilxf520.Ad3Ilxe521.Axh7+tbf722.Ilef1+tbe723.Ag6 Ilfs 24.Axfs exfS2S.IlxfS dS26.Ilf3 AeS 27.Ilh7+ tbd6 28.IlfB Ad429.Ild8+ tbe6 30.tbd2 Ilb8 31.Ilc71-0

King s Indian ClassicalElston Cloy (1964, 0.5)Ignacio Perez (2202, 4.0)


1.d4ltl16 2.c4 g6 3.ltlc3 Ag7 4.e4 d6S.ltlf3 0-0 6.Ae2 eS 7.0-0 ~a6 8.Ile1c69.Aft exd410.trutd4~g411.h3t1fb612.hxg4t1fxd413.trf3.e514.Af4ffe71S.gsltlcs16.Ilad1 AeS17.trg3Axf418.trxf4treS 19.trd2 ~e6 20.trxd6tlfxgS21.trd2 ~f4 22.g3ltlh3+ 23.tbg2trxd2 24.Ilxd2 ltlgS 2S.f4'L1e6 26.Iled1 Ile8 27.Ae2 ~cS 28.Af3 as 29.Ild6 a4 30.eS Ae6 31.Il6d4 Ila6 32.ltle4 ~xe4 33.Axe4 Ilb6 34.Il1d2Ilb43s.c5 Ilxd436.Ilxd4 Ila837.Ilb4Ila738.a3 Draw

Goring GambitFM David Bragg (2200, 1.5)Kevin Binz (1870, 2.0)

Tacoma, WA Premier (5) 2006Annotations by FM David Bragg1.e4eS 2.d4exd4 3.c3dxc34.trutc3ltlc6S.Ac4 ltlf6 6.~f3 d6 7.1Ib3 trd78.'L1dS?

8.AgS tDaS 9.11b4 tDxc4 10..xc4(10.Axf6?'L1xb211.Wxb2gxf612.tDdSAg713.~xf6+? tbeTf) 10...Ae7 and Idon't have enough for the pawn, but thiswould have been better than the gamecontinuation.

8...Ae7 9.ltlxe7 .xe7 10.0-0 0-011.lLgS h6 12.lLh4 Ilb813. lIfe 1~eS14.truteSdxeS1S.Ilad1 bS16.Af1?1

Since the b-pawn was pinned, therewas no hurry to move the Bishop.

16...gS17.lLg3 ~hS?1

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This move seems to waste time. Theknight works well helping to cover cen-tral squares. Perhaps Kevin was con-cerned I would play 18.f3 and 19.Af2.18..e3 cS?

18...c6 controls d5, while the Queenprotects a7.

19.Ilds trutg3 20.trxg3

20.hxg320...1621.ffc3 c4 22.IlxbS

The point.22...Ae623.Axc4?

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23.1!xb8 1!xb824.Axc4:i:

23...Ilxb524.AxbS Ilc8

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2S..aS?! Ilc226.b3.cs27.Ilf12S...trcS26.a4

26.WxcS Ilxcs 27.a4 Ilc2 28.Ilb1Aa2?! 29.Ila1 Ilxb2? 3o.Ilxa2

26...ffxe3 27.fxe3lLb3! 28.tbf2 tbf829. Ile2 Ac2 30.Ild2 Axe4 31.b3 tbe732.g3 as 33.tbe2?1 Ilc2

Better was 33... IIc1 34.Ad3 (34.IId1? lLf3++) 34...lLdS 3s.Ac2, espe-cially as I was short of time.34. IIxc2 Axc2 3s.lLc4 tbd6 36.tbd2Ae4 37.tbc3 tbcs 38.lLe2lL15 39.lLf3Ae64O.Ae4Ag441.h8 Draw

Kevin refuses to place any pawns onlight squares; therefore, I have nothingleft to play for.

Phi/idor

Mark Ryan (1877, 0.5)Ben Wyde (1973, 3.0)


1.e4 d6 2.d4 ~16 3.~c3 ~bd7 4.tDf3eS S.Ac4 exd4 6.trutd4 g6 7.0-0 Ag78.AgSh69.Ah40-0 10.IIe1c611.a4f!Jc712.'8'd2 dS13.exdS'L1b614.Ab3

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~bxd5 15.~xd5 ~d5 16.Axd5 cxd517.ilad1 Ad7 18.ile7 a6 19.b3 ilfe820.lIde1 lIxe7 21.Axe7 ile822.c3Axa423.h3 ilxe1+ 24."xe1 Axd425.cxd4 .!.xb3 26."e3 .!.a4 27."xh6"c8 28.Ad6'fi'f5 29.h4 f630.1ff8+~h731."17+ ~h6 32.Af8+ ~h5 33.tl'h7+~g4 34. f3+ ~f4 35.Ah6+ g5 36.g3+1-0

Round SixSlava takes the sole lead in the Cham-

pionship for the first time as he defeatsJohn Readey and Greninger draws Schill.Nick Raptis has been rising through theranks, too, tagging Ricky Selzler with asixth loss. Ricky is feeling greatly upsetand is pleading just to be pennitted to quit.I did talk with him about his being thestate representative to the Denker tour-nament this summer, and how we wouldfeel proud of him then, and just to hangin there. John Readey also offered a con-structive, humorous perspective to thesituation, and together with Ricky's fa-ther counseling him, we would see Rickyplaying the last three games of the tour-ney. Adi Lanka gets a draw to cool offNat Koons a bit.

In the Premier, Perez re-establisheshis one-point lead as MacGregor is heldto a draw by Elston Cloy.

GronfeldNM Nick Raptis (3.0)Ricky Setzler (0.0)

Tacoma, WA Championship (6) 2006Annotations by NM Nick Raptis1.d4 ~f6 2.&4 g6 3.~e3 d5 4.Af4

There have been many famous gamesin this line between Anatoly Karpov andGarry Kasparov.

4...Ag7 5.~f3 0-0 6.e3 e5 7.dxe5 "a5

This is the main line.

8.lIe1 ~e4

S...dxc4is best. Many masters haveplayedS...lDe4againstme,with lessthanstellar results.

9.Ae5

Exchangingdark-squared Bishops isWhite's best. 9...16 is not possible, asthe d5-pawn hangs.9...Axe510.~e5 ~xe5

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This leaves White well on top. And pieces cannot get orga.ni.zed.in time and .this is the rC3:S°nthe line is unplayable. will lose.11.exd5 ild812.~c4 ffe713.b4~ca6 13...ile614.~b3 .!.xf2+?14.b5~c515.d6!

Thebest! 1f15...exd6, 16.lDd5winsthe Queen. Sacking the Exchange wasBlack's only option if he wanted to playon, but the position is still lost.15..."d716.~d5 1-0

EnglishFM John Readey (2.5)SM Slava Mikhailuk (4.0)

Tacoma,WAChampionship (6) 20061.~f3 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~e3 d5 4.ffa4+.!.d7 5.ffb3 dxc4 6.ffxc4 Ag7 7.e4 0-08.e5Ae69.!fb5~d510."xb7~e311.ffxa8 ~xa2 12.ffxa7 ~c6 13.ffc5~cb4 14.Ae2 ~d3+ 15.iLxd3 ffxd316.ffe3 ~b4 17.ffxd3 ~d3+ 18.~f1Ac4 19.~g1 Ad5 20.h4 h5 21.~h2Axf3 22.gxf3 Axe5+ 23.~g2 e5 24.f4~4+ 25.~f3 ~d3 26.~e3 lId827.ila4 Ag7 28.b3 Ah6+ 29.~f3 ilb83O.lIa3Ag731.ila7 ilxb332.~e2Af633.ild7~f4+34.~d1 ilf335.d3 Z!xd3+36.llxd3~3 37.~e2 tDxc1+38.llxc1iLxh4 39.i!xc5 ~g7 40.f4 e6 41.~f3~f642.~g2Ae143.~3Ab444.ilb5Ac345.~e4~g7 46.ilb7 Ae147.ilb1Ah4 48.ilb7 ~f6 49.ilb5 g5 50.f5exf5+ 51.ilxf5+ ~g6 52.ila5 Ag353. ila8 15+54.~ Ae5 55. ila6+ Af656. ilb6 h4 0-1

French Tarrasch

FM William Schill (3.0)NM Harley Greninger (4.0)

Tacoma,WAChampionship (6) 20061.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.~d2 c5 4.exd5 exd55.~gf3 ~f66.Ab5+ Ad77.ffe2+ Ae78.~e5 0-0 9.~xd7 ~bxd7 10.dxe5Axe511.0-0 ile812."f3lDe513.tl'h3

After 13.Ve3 lIe814.AxeSAxf2+15.ilxf2 llxe3 16.bxe3tl!VxeS,the White

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81Z. II B.~. ~&-.&. 8-.&61 B BZ. ~5...t..11.. ...3!8llJ.. ..lE'n~. -~~u ~ -

m ."~" - .~-a bed e f g h

14...tWb615.lDxe5fixeS:+:

15.ilxf2 ~eg416.~d4?!

16.ilf4!

16...~ 17.~xf2 11e4 18.c3 ~g4+19.~g1 ile1+20.Af11Jf621."f3'1fx1322.~ ild1 23.b3 ~e3 24.Ab2 ileaDraw

During the game, I did not see theidea 25.a4!? llxa1 26.Axa1 ~d1 27.c4with a slight plus.

Ruy Lopez Schliemann

Adi Lanka (1.5) .

NM Nat Koons (3.5)Tacoma, WA Championship (6) 2006

Annotations by NM Nat Koons1.e4 e5 2.~f3 ~c6 3.Ab5 15

An impulsivemove.After playing it,I startedthinkingaboutthe variations,andthen I remembered:oh right, they're notvery good.

4.~c3 ~f6 5."e2

After 5.exf5 e4 6.lDg5 d5 7.d3,Black is struggling to keep it together.Nevertheless, Adi's choice has a certainspecial merit: the last critical games inthis line were both Capablanca vs.Marshall, 1909(!!).

5...~d46.~d4exd4 7.exf5+

7.e5! lDg4S.h3!

7..."e7?

Marshall played 7...Ae7, and stoodbetter. Now Black loses a pawn.

8.!lxe7+ Axe7 9.~e2 a6 10.Ad3 c511.e3 0-0 12.exd4 cxd4 13.~xd4 Ac514.~e2 b515.a3Ab716.0-0 ilae8

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Black clearly has some compensa-tion, but tries a little too hard to win.

17.b4 Ab6 18.~c3 ~hS 19.93 ~f620.h3 ~e4 21.lDxe4 Axe4 22.Axe41!xe423.g4Ad4?

Just kicks the White Rook where itwants to go.

24.iIa2 iIe2 2s.iIc2 g6 26.iIc7 iIf727.d3gxf5 28.Ah6 iIfe729.AgS iIg730.Ah6 iIge7 31.AgS iIf7 32.Ah6Draw

Draw agreed(?). White is clearly better. '-Reti

LM Viktors Pupols (1.0)Matt Fleury (2.5)


1.~13 ~f6 2.g3 cS 3.c4 e6 4.Ag2 dSS.b3 ~c6 6.Ab2 Ad6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e3iIe8 9."'e2 d4 10.exd4 cxd4 11.d3 eS12.~bd2 iLg413.a3 as 14.iIfe1"'d71S."'f1 h6 16.'>th1 iIe7 17.~g1 iL1518.13iIfB 19.~e4 ~xe4 20.fxe4 Ae621."e2 1522.ex15Axf5 23.iIf1 iIef724.AdS iLe6 2s.iIxf7 1txf7 26.Axe6'fIxe627.'>tg2 iIf628.~13iLc729.~d2~e 730.~e4 iI f7 31. iI f1 iIxt1 32."xf1'fIb6 33."d1 ~15 34.iLc1 "g6 3S.Maxb4 36.axM Ad8 37.cS '>th7 38.'>tg1'fIa639.'fI13 g640.g4~g7 41.1fh3 hS42.gxhS gxhS 43.Ad2 "a1+ 44.'>t12'fId145.bS"'c246."13Ah4+47.'>te21Vb148.~d6 1-0 {time}

8...lDxd4

Alsopossible, and maybe better,was8...Acs 9.~fS (forced) 9...be3 10.~xe3 1Vxf4.

9.Axd4 iLcs

Whynot 9...'fIxf4?10.Axcs t!i'xcS11.t!i'f3 iIb812.0-0-0bS13.eSAb714.1tg3 ~hS1S."g4g616.iIhf1 ~g717.1te2

Now White has a very solid positionwith a choice between a kingside attackand a positionalgame focussedon the d7-weakness.

17...0-0

8 - . -..18)~ 18) R7~.i..'.'.i6'.5~,. =4..D~3~ ~.i...28D8."'.8~1~

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18.g4

Much better was simply 18.~e4,since Black can't allowthis Knight to getto f6, the trade would be forced and thiswould PREVENT ...d7-d6. There is noneed to control f5 with a pawn, that isthe duty of the Bishop.18...iIfd819.~e4

One move too late.

19...Axe4 20.Axe4 d6 21.exd6 iIxd622.iIxd6 "xd6 23."d2 "xd2+24.'>txd2

White thinks that this will be acakewalk, a mopping-up operation onBlack's queenside pawns. However, hehas misconceived horribly!24...'>tf8 2s.iId1 '>te726.'>tc3

Wasting a VITAL tempo. Now herecomes the Knight!26...iIc8+ 27.'>td3 iIc728.c3

Giving Black a target, not a goodidea.

28...~e8 29.'>tc2 ~d6 30.iL13 M

Sicilian Paulsen

Mark Ryan (1.5)Andy May (1.0)

Tacoma, WAPremier (6) 2006Annotationsby Mark Ryan1.e4 c5 2.~13 ~c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.~xd41Vc7S.~c3 e6 6.Ae3 a6 7..tLd3 ~f6

8.f4? A minority attack!What a bad move!Now Black has a 31.'>tb3 bxc3 32.bxc3 iIcs 33.iLe2 as

few differentways to win a pawn. 34.a4 ~e4 DrawNorthwpst Chpss M;:Iv?OOI-i

Philidor

Geoffrey Gale (3.0)Ben Wyde (3.0)

Tacoma, WA Pre1flier (6) 2006

1.e4 d6 2.d4 ~f6 3.~c3 ~bd7 4.f4 eSS.~13 exd4 6.1txd4 c6 7.iLe3 dS8.exdSiLcs 9.1td3 1te710.~d4 ~g411.~151tf6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.iLxcslDxc5 14.~d6+'>tfB1S.1td2!fe7+ 16.iLe2~e317.'>t12 ~dS 18.~xc8 iIxc8 19.iL13~e620.g31tc5+21.'>te1 ~d422.iLxdScxdS 23.1td3 lDxc2+ 24.1txc2 d4 2S.iId1 dxc326.bxc3!fe3+27.1te2"xc3+28.'>t12 1tcS+ 29.'>tg2 "c6+ 30.!f131tc2+ 31.1t12 "e4+ 32.'>th31tfS+ 33.'>tg21te4+ 34.'>th3 1tfS+ 3S.'>tg21te4+ Draw

Ruy Lopez OpenIgnacio Perez (4.5)Kevin Binz (2.5)


1.e4e52.~13~c6 3.iLb5a64.iLa4~f6S.o-o ~xe4 6.d4 bS 7.iLb3 d5 8.dxeSiLe6 9.1te2 iLe7 10.iId1 0-0 11.c4bxc4 12.iLxc4 ~b8 13.~c3 ~xc314.bxc3 1Jd7 1s.iLd3 cS 16.1tc2 h617.iLf41tc6 18.!fd2 15 19.exf6 iLxf620.~e51tc821.~g6 iIe822.iLc2~23.!fd3 !fc6 24."g3 iLn 2s.iLxh6~eS 26.~xeS AxeS 27.iLf4 "f628.AxeS "xeS 29."xeS iIxeS30.iId2iIae831.'>tf1 iIhS32.h3ltheS33.iLd3iISe6 34..tLe2 iIb8 3s.iLf3 iId636.ltad1 iIbd8 37.'>tg1 '>tfB38.g4 gS39.'>tg2'>tg740. '>tg3c;tx()41.h4 gxh4+42. '>txh4 d4 43.cxd4 iIxd4 44.ltxd4cxd4 4S.iLe2 '>teS 46.'>tg3 iLxa247.iLxa6ltf848.Ad3'>tdS49.lta1 iLb3SO.iIaS+ 1-0

Birds OpeningElston Cloy (1.0)Mike MacGregor (4.0)


1.g3~f6 2.iLg2 dS3.f4e64.~13cS S.d3~c6 6.0-0 Ae7 7."e1 iLd7 8.e4 ttb69.~c3 dxe4 10.dxe4 0-0-0 11.iIb1~d4 12.~xd4 cxd4 13.~d1 iLbS14.%lf3 d3+ 1S.iLe3 d2 16."12 "as17.iLxa7lDxe418.iIc3+ 1txc319.iLxe4trc4 20."f3 "xa2 21."e3 1txb122..tLxb7+ '>td723.iL13!fxc2 24."d4+'>te82S.!fxg7ltf826."eS"d327.~e3iLd628.!fhS iIc829.'>tg2ltc13O.'>th3%le131.iLb6Ad732."gSiLe733."aS

Q

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Ad6 34.11g5 Ae7 35.1185 e5+ 36.g4,!,d6 37..a8+ We7 38.lbd5+ .xd539..xd5 exf440.'!'e5 lIe641.wg2lIe8 42."g5+ WfS 43.'!'f2 IIg6 44..a5 1545.h3 h5 and eventually Draw

"\

ViennaGame

Chris Kalina (2.5)FM David Bragg (2.0)


ADnotadIJIIsby IC8I8Ia(CK) &:FM Bngg (DB)1.84 e5 2.lbe3 d6 3.'!'c4 lbe6 4.lbf3.Ag4 5.d3?

CX Better is 0-0.

DB S.h3

5...lbd4 6.lbxe5?

CX 'fhreaten1qgLegall'smate. lhada hallucinationthat I had captured a pieceon e5 instead of a pawn. In fact , thisthought did not occur to me until aboutmove 11! David simply plays 6...dxeS,which leaves him up material.6...dxe5

DB 6...lLxd1??7..Axr7+We78.lbdSmate

7..xg4lbxe2+8.Wd1lbxa1

9..15

CX Though I am completelybustedhere, 9.1Vhsis a better try for some playin the position.

DB 9.@hS @e710.'!'g5 (10.~dS@d6 (10...g6) 11.~b6 axb6 12.'ffxf7+~d813.,!,g5+ ~ftR=) 10...~f6 11.~dS~xh51 (11...@d6? 12.~f6+ gxf6 13.tfxr7+1Jd814.Axr6+) 12.lLxe7.!.xe713.~e7+ Wd714.tLllcasLfR=

9 f6 1o.1'fxf6lbxf6 11..!.e3 c6

CX It was about here that I countedpieces and realizedthat I was down a fullRook and that the Knight on al was go-ing to get out of jail. (12.&3)

DB 12.~d2bS13.'!'b3~3+

12...b513..!.a2a5 0-1

CX It is time to pull the plug aJ1(call it an early day.

DB 14.~d2 b4 15.axb4 axb4 16L1 bxc3+ (16...b3) 17.bxe3 Ad6 18lLx17+ ~ 19.L8 La

Round Seven

Sundaymorning.Nick Raptis lwmoved into a tie for second and holds ontca drawagainstSlavs. AdiLankaco~up witha fanasticgameagainstGreningeJand wins. Ricky fInally gets on thescoreboard with a draw against Viktors.Nat Koons is still trying for a high place-ment and comesthrough with a win OVelReadey.

In the Pretnier, the big showdown,MacGregor-Perez, finally arrives thisround. Ignaciovirtually clinchesvictoryby defeatingMichael. GeoffGale defeatsAndy May in a nice attack.

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user IP GG MM BW DB CK AM KB EC MR Total U:OC: S-BFIDE

2202 1 1 1 1 1/2 1 1 1/2 1 8.0 2220 33.s8()()()()

IffreyGale2047 0 0 1/2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5 2071 22.7521S9

,el MacGregor2185 0 1 W 1 0 1 0 1 1/2 1 5.5 2171 21.752190

1973 0 1J2 0 ci> 1 1/2 1/2 1 1 0 4.5 1982 17.s80000

David Bragg2200 0 0 1 0 W 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 4.5 2200 16.752287

. Kalina 1977 1;: 0 0 1/2 0 W 1 1/2 1 1 4.5 1985 16.252090 2

18760 0 1 1/2 1/2 0 1 1/2 1/2 4.0 1898 15.25

()()()()

1870 0 0 0 0 1J2 1/2 0 1 1 3.0 1876()()()()

1964 1;: 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 1/2 0 W 1/2 25 1942 12.002162 2

1877 0 0 0 1 0 0 1/2 0 1/2 ci>. 2.0 1863 7.252079

10 May 2006 Northwest Chess

lEnglish

SM Slava Mikhailuk (5.0)NM Nick Raptis (4.0)


1.c4 eS2.lbe3lbe6 3.lbf3lbf64.g3 dSS.exdS lbxdS 6.Ag2 lbb6 7.0-0 Ae78.a3Q-09.b4h610.lIb1 f611.d3"d712.lbe4lbdS 13.Ab2 lIad8 14."e2lIfe8 1S.lbed2 Draw

King s Indian Four Pawns AttackMatt Fleury (2.5)FM William ScmU(3.5)

Tacoma,WAChampionship (7) 2006Annotationsby FM William Schill1.d4lbf6 2.c4 g6 3.lbe3 Ag7 4.e4 d6S.f4 0-0 6.lbf3 eS 7.dxeS "as 8.Ad2"xeS 9.b4 ttb610.Ad3lbe611.lIb1Ag412.ll)a4 "e713.h3Axt314."xf3aS1S.bSll)b4

1S...ll)d4!?16.'fff2ll)d717.Ae3eS!?

16.a3?

16.Axb4? axb417.l!xb4lbd7+

16...lbxd3+ 17."xd3 b6 18.Ae3lbd719.0-0 lIae820.lIbe11Ifd8 21."e2

21.Ad4 ?? ll)eS

21..."b7 22.lIfd1 "e7!?

Fishingto get the Rook off the f-file.23. lIds e6 24.lId2?!

8 .III ...7~ ......6. .....5,,.8.. .4lD.8.8~ .3 ,; . m.82 ."'11.8-l' MJi ~ ~~ U . ~

a bed e f 9 h

24.ildd1lbcS2S.~cSdxcS26.eS

24..:lbcs 2s.lbxcs dxcS 26.lIcd1Ad4FF 27.Axd4 cxd4 28.lIxd4 lIxd429.lIxd4 "xf430."d3!fe1+ 31.Wh2"f4+32.Wg1 Wg733.!ff3"xf3

After 33...\'fc7!, Black is winning:the White King is unsafe and Black cancontinue to improvehis position.

34.gxf3 eS 3s.lId6 lIxc4 36.lIc6?!lId4 ?!

36...ila437.l!xb6l!xa3 38.ila6 gS39.Wg2hS40.b6f641.b7 ilb3

37.lIxb6lIa438.l'Ia6l'Ixa339.<;1>g2gS40.b6 a4??

4O...f641.b7 ilb342.ila7Wg641.lIaS!= Draw

41...ilb3 42.ilxeS f6 (42...lIxb643.ilxgs+ Wf6 44.ilaS) 43.ilaS (43.ile7+ Wg6 44.b7 a3)

Modern Benoni

NM Nat Koons (4.0)FM John Readey (2.5)

Tacoma, WA Championship (7) 2006Annotations by NM Nat Koons1.e4 d6 2.d4 lbf6 3.f3 g6 4.e4 Ag7S.ll)e3 0-0 6.lbge2 c5 7.dS e6 8.AgS

White has made the mistake of play-ing an opening he knows of but does notactually know. Perhaps it would be agood idea to play S.Ae3 0-0 6.ll)e2 idea6...eS 7.dS e6 8.lbee3!? exdS 9.exdS and

10.lbd2! In this case, both White Knightsfind useful squares.

8...h6 9.Ae3 exdS 10.exdS a6 11."d2hS12.ll)e1lbbd713.Ae2lbeS14.0-0ll)h71s.lIb1 1516.b4b617.bxeS bxc518.ll)b3ll)f6 19.h3 fxe4 20.fxe4 lIb821.Af4lbfd722.wh11Ib4!

8 -i.Wi -... - - .7~ BAAB [I6'. . B'.m '8 ~5~ ~8 ..4 . B8m .3~lDm B B828B ..i.B8B1~:B .:B<3;

a bed e f 9 h

A turning point: White has been un-able to execute the key lbaS-e6 idea, andnow discovers the planned 23.a3, kick-ingthe Rookback, runs into23...lbc4! 24.'iVe1lbxa3!, relying on 2S.'iVxa3Axe3.After this, Black has the initiative on thequeenside.

23.AgS lIxt1 + 24.lIxf1 ttb6 2s.Ah6ll)f7 26.Axg7 Wxg7 27.'@f4ll)deS28.!ff6+ Wg8 29.ll)d2 "d8 3O.!fxd8+lbxd831.lIb1 lIxb1+ 32.lbexb1 Wg733.Wh2?

Bad endgame play! The text forcesBlack to play the useful 33...h4!, fixingthe kingside in a favorable manner.

33...h4 34.Wg1 Wf6 3S,ll)a3??

This (3S.<;1>f2,please) permits theBlack King to reach f4, after which, bar-ring tricks, Black must win.

3S...WgS 36.lbac4lbef7 37.lbb6 Ab738.Wf2 Wf4 39.Af3lbgS 40.lbbe4lbdf7 41.lbb2 lbeS 42.lbbe4 lbxe443.lbxe4 ll)f7 44.eS lbxeS 4s.lbxd6b846.Ae2 as 47.ll)bS AxdS48.lbc3Ae6 49.b6 c4 0-1

Heading into the seventh round,Slaw and I weretiedfor first place. Play-ingWhite against the #10 seed, I plannedto play aggressively in hope of gaining afull point. Aggressive play, however, isa two-edged sword.-Greninger

London System

NM Harley Greninger (3.5)Adi Lanka (2.0)

Tacoma, WA Championship (7) 2006AnnoaatiIoI by NM Greuiog8- (JIG) & .l.aDka (AL)

1.d4lbf6 2.ll)f3 g6 3.lbc3 d5 4.Af4 Ag7S.e3 0-0 6.Ae2 c5

HG Slavs played 6...b6!? againstme in a previous tourney, which endedina hard-fought draw. Schillprefers 6.. .e6and disdains this whole variation forWhite-I rememberhimcallingit "crap."7.lbesll)e6

HG 7...exd4 8.exd4 e6 9.0-0 ll)fd710.ile1 ~eS11.AxeSAh6(11...AxeS12.dxeS;;!;)12.lbbSll)e6 13.Ad6 lIe814.Ag3;;!;Balashov-Gufeld,USSRCham-pionship 1969 (1-0,65).8.h41!

HG In keeping with my pre-gameplan. 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 'iVb610.~c6bxc611.lba4'iVaS12.e3lbd713.b4'iVd814.!Vd2eS1S.Ah6 Axh616.'iVxh6 ile817.lIfe1;;!;Hebden-Nunn,Hastings 1996(1-0, 37).8...hS

HG Putting the brakes on White'searlyaggression. 8...cxd49.exd4!fb61 O.lbxc6 bxc611.ll)a4 'iVaS+12.e3ll)d713.hS h614.Ag4 151S.b4 'iVd816.Ae2Axe2 17.\'fxe2:i:Simik-Pereyra Arcija,Roque Saenz Pella 1997 (Draw, 58).9.f31!

HG Loosens the White K-side. Itwas still not too late to castle.

AL Weakens the dark squares toomuch.

Ir-.:-~;

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9...cxd410.exd41Jb6

AL 1O...~d7, preparing for the...e7-e5 break, is better.11~~xc6 bxc6 12.~a4 "a5+ 13.c3~d7! 14.b4 "d8 15.~c5

HG 15.g4 e5 16.dxe5 lLIxe5 17.gxh5 gxh5 18.Axe5 Axe5 19.f4 hf420.tWd4Ag3+ 21.~d2 and White maylive to play another day.15...~xc516.bxc5"a517."d2 ile8

6

HG Here I thought for a good halfhour.The more I analysed,the less I likedmy position.18.<!>12

AL He might as well castle, ifhe'sgoingto put the King on the a7-g1diago-nal.

HG Here are some other possibili-ties:

18.0-0 e519.dxe5 Axe5 20.Axe5ilxe5 and because of the unpro-tected Bishop on e2, White cannotnow play tWd4~18.ild1 e519.dxe5 Axe5 20.Axe5%!xe521.ffd4 ile7 22. ~12 tWxa2wins easily enough~

18.g4 e5 19.dxe5 Axe5 20.Axe5ilxe5 21.ffd4 ile7 22.~f2ilb8-+.

18...e519.Axe5 ilxe5!?

AL Why not?

HG Very bold. I anticipated thisfrom my young opponent. Several play-ers were watching our game and it wassimplytoo hard for youth to resist. 19...Axe520.dxe5 ilxe5 21.ffd4 ile722.ilhe 1 and Blackhas a safe, lasting edge.20.dxe5 Axe5 21.ffe3!

.HG ,After this I felt like I was backin the game.21...Axc322."e8+?

12

HG Premature! 22.I!ac1 Ab2(22...d4 23.tWe8+ ~g7 24.ffxc6 I!b8 25.Ac4:i:) 23.tWe8+~g7 24.tWxc6I!bS25.1Vxd5is good for White.

22... <!>g723.ffxc6 ilb8(??)

AL 23...Ab7 24.tWxb7ffxe5+ 25.~g3(25.~f1 I!eS26.I!e1 ffa327.I!e2Ad4) 25...Ae5+ 26.~h3 tW12,winning.

24.lIab1 Ad4+ 25.<!>g3

~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ -7. - _i-.i.

" ..i4 . - . ~ .~ - ~ if(,

~ ~ ~3~ - -~~2~. ii..~.1~: ...:

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25..."d2!!

HG This is what I missed. Nothingshort of brilliant, this busts White imme-diately. I could have resigned here butwanted to giveAdi the opportunityto fin-ish solvingthe problem. 25...I!xb126.I!xb 1 iYxa2 27.tWb5and White is stillbreathing.26."88

HG 26.I!xbS Ae5+ 27.~12 iYd4+2S.~f1 Ag3mates!

26.tWe7 I!xb1 27.I!xb1 !Vxe22S.!VxeSAe5+ 29.~h3 !V12mates!

26.lIbd1 !Vxe227.%!xd4!Ve5+,win-. ,nmg.

26.I!be.1 Ae5+ 27.~f2 ffd4+ 28.~f1 Ag3 mates!

26.iYxd5I!xb127.ilxb1 Af2+, win-. ,nmg.

26...g51

HG Threatening mate on the move.27.~h2

HG 27.hxg5 !Vxg5+28.~h2 !Vh4mate.

27...gxh428.g3

HG 2S.I!hg1 I!xb129.ilxb1 !Vf4+30.~h1 Ae5wins.

2S.I!bg1 I!b229.!VxeS!Vf4+30.g3I!xe2+ 31.~h3 (31.I!g2 iYxg3 mate)31...!Vxf3and again, it's curtains!

2S,..hxg3+ 29.~g2

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HG 29.~xg3!Vg5+30.~h2!Vh4+31 .~g2 !V12 mate

29...Ah3+ 0-1

AL Wmningthe Queen.

HG Adijoins Dlegand MichaelLeein my own "Junior Hall of Fame"-youngsters who impress me over theboard. Ricky most likely deserves to beon this list, but didn't reach form untilround seven of the event.

French Tarrasch

Ricky Setzler (0.0)LM Vddors Pupols (2.0)

Tacoma, WA Championship (7) 2006Annotations by Ricky Selzler1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS

I have been banging my head againstthis opening for years now. AgainstGreninger, I flopped around in a Wmawer,so this time I decided to play the Tarraschfor the first time.

3.lLId2 e5 4.exd5 exd5 5.lLIgf3 c4!?

Interesting, but it somehow does notseem correct to lock up the center likethis. It does, however, avoid the isolatedpawn.6.Ae2 Ad6 7.0-0 ~e7 8.b3 exb3?!

A hard decision to make, but S...b5would have been met by 9.a4 with a clearadvantage.9.axb3 0-0 1O.e4 ~be6 11.~b1 AfS12.~a3lL1b413.Ad2 ~ee6!

A good move, preventing the loss ofa piece to 14.e5.14.Ae3 Af4?!

I don't like this move because it is

simply attacking air.

15.g3 Ah6 16.~e5 a5 17.lLIg4 Ag518.f4 Ae7 19.~e3 Ae4 20.~b5 I!e821."d2 Am 22. lIfe 1 g6 23.Af1 ffd724.Ag2 b6?

a bed e f 9 h

8 x. ..K..~!. 8

7~. .'ii.i.i 76 .~. .i.65",,~.i. .4 .~D.t.D .43~~m ~ ~ ~

3~ - ~ U. ij ..i.~2

1~ .. fi ~~-~~a bed e f 9 h

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A move made in time pressure. Bet-ter mighthave been 24...15, with a fairlylocked position.25.lDxd5! bd5 26.cxd5 llxe1+ 27.l1xe1lDa728.d6 lld8 29.lDxa7 "xa730.d5 bd6 31.~h1 b5 32.h1 111833."c3f634.11e6ffc735."xc7 bc736.Axf6 W 37. lle7+?

At this point, we were both in timetrouble and I decidedto make this move.The position looks won for me, but it isstillunclear what is the best path. I think37.Ac3, simply stopping ...a5-a4 andthreatening various things such as 1116+and maybe d5-d6, would have goodchances.

37...~xf6 38. llxc7 a4 39.bxa4 bxa44O.11a711c841.h411c1+42.d>h211d143.l1xa4lDxd5

The ending is starting to lookdrawn,but there is still play left based on thedifferences between the Knight and Bi-shop. In this situation, the Knight is usu-ally ok: all the play is on one side of theboard, which means that great mobilityis not needed.

44. lla6+ ~g7 45. lla7+ ~g8 46.11d7lDe347.11xd1lDxd148.g4lDe349.lL13d>g750.g5?!

It is better to keep trades down. Sim-ply walking the King over is better.50...lDf5 51.~h3 h6 52.lLe4 lDd6S3.Ad3 hxgS54.hxgSlDf7SS.d>g4lDd6S6.~13 ~ S7.~e3lDe8S8.~d4lDg759.~eSlDh5 60.lLe2lDg7 61.lLc4+~e 7 62.lLb3lDe8 63.lLc2 ~f7 64.~d5lDc7+ 6S.~d6lDe8+ 66.~d7lDg7 67.iLb3+ ~18 68.~d6lDh5 69.~eS ~e770.lLd1lDg771.Ag4~72.Ad1 ~e773.lLc2 ~7 4.lLb3+ ~e 775.Aga lDfS76.lLa2lDg777.lLb3lDh578.15

I finally put an end to that.

78...gxf5 79.~x15lDg3+ 80.d>f4lDhS+81.~eSlDg782.lLa2lDh583.lLb3lDg784.lLdSlDhS85.~ d>1886.lL13lDg7+87.~f6d>g888.lLdS+ d>fS89.lLf7lD15

Only move! Close doesn't cut it inchess.

9O.g6lDg791.Wg5 We792.Wh6 Wf6?

This is incorrect and should lose.Huso Hadzic pointed out that if White'sBishop gets to d7 and Black is on themove,Black losesbecause of Zugzwang:

Northwest Chess

all four of the squares the Knight canmoveto are covered. But with the BlackKing on fS, ~f8-g8 is possible (or, if theWhite King is on h7, there is always asquare for the Knight ), and the draw isheld.- VIktors Pupols

93.~h7lD15 94.lLc4lDg79S.h2lD1596.lLd1lDg7 97.Ag4lDe8 98.lLd1??

Remarkably, I have a win with 98.lLd7! lDg7 99.~h6!! and Black has nomoves. I was just too tired to find thiswonderfulending. This endingis so com-plex, I am not sure if Black could have,or could not have, preventedthis fate. I'llpass the torch to any of you endgameexperts out there to take up the challengeof finding a draw for Black. May youhave mercy on our souls.

98...lDg7 99.lLc2lDhS 100.~h8lDg7101.<bg8lDe6102.~h8lDg7 Draw

Sicilian Grand Prix Attack

Andy May (1.5)Geoffrey Gale (3.5)

Tacoma,WAPremier (7) 2006

1.e4cS 2.lDc3lDc6 3.f4g6 4.lD13lLg7S.lLb5 lDd4 6.0-0 e6 7.e5 a6 8.lLd3lDxf3+ 9."xf3 dS 10.b3 lDe7 1UPh1"c712.a4b613.Aa3.1\.b714.11fe1 hS15.b4 c4 16.lLf1lD15 17.d3 cxd3 18."xd311c819.lLb2lLfS20.lDd1hb421.c3 lLc5 22.h3 h4 23.h3 0-0 24.lLe2 11fd8 2s.lLg4 ba3 26.lLxf5lLfS27.lLg4 "c4 28."13 lLh6 29.15 gxf530.lLxf5 exf5 31.1IhS "f4 32.e6 llc733.exf7+ llxf7 34.11a2 "g5 35. "e2"g3 36.lD12d4 37.lIg1lLf4 38.lDg4"xh3+ 0-1

Sicilian

Ben Wyde (3.5)Elston Cloy (1.5)

Tacoma, WAPremier (7) 2006Annotations by Ben Wyde1.e4 c5 2.b3lDc6 3.lLb2 e6 4.lD13

Mav 2006

Usually I wait to decidebetweenlD13'or lDe2 with 12-f4,but the f4lines aren'tgood unless the Black pawn is on e5; sotlJf3 is right.4...lDf6 S.1&3 d6 6.lLb5

Developingthe Bishop and stopping6...lDd4.

6. ..lLd7 7.bc6

I still can't allow ...lDc6-d4.

7...bc6= 8."e2 !fb6?1

The Queen's out of place on b6.9.0-0 e5 10.d3lLe7 11.lDd2 0-012.lDd1lIfe813.c4"c714.lDe3g61S.f4!exf4

I was expecting 1S ...lD h S .

16.l1xf4lDhS17.lI12"d7?

This move doesn't do much to de-fend the kingside.18.lD15?!

18.11af1, winning.18...lL16?

His position is hard to hold, but thisimmediately loses a pawn

19.1Dh6+~g7 20.1Ixf6 /t)xf&21.lDg4lIeS

The only move to hold a piece.22.lDxeS dxeS 23.beSlIe8

23..."e6 is slightly stronger.24.lLb2 Ile62s.Ilf1 h626.1lxf61lxf627."12 "'e6 28."'xf6+

28."xc5 is stronger,but simplifyingISeasy.28..."xf6 29.lLxf6+ ~ 30.~12 hS31.~e3 g5 32.h4 gxh4 33.lDf3lLd734.lDxh4 ~gS 3s.lDf3+ ~f6 36.d4cxd4+ 37.~xd4lLe6 38.a4 ~e7 39.b416 40.g3 ~d6 41.aS a6 42.lDe1 ~c643.lDd3 b6?

1~

~-

This drops a second pawn, butBlack's already lost.44.axb6! ct>xb645.lbf4! Af7 46.lbd5+c;Pc647.lbxf6 c;Pd6

Bringing the King in.48.lbdSlJ.eS 49.e5+ c;Pc6SO.lbf4 c;Pd7S1.c;PcS c;Pc7 s2.lbdS+ c;Pb7 S3.c;Pd6c;PcS54.lbf6Ag6 SS.e6 1-0

Sicilian Dragon YugoslavMike MacGregor (4.5)Ignacio Perez (5.5)


1.e4c52.lb13d63.d4cxd44.lDxd4lbf6S.lbc3 g6 6.Ae3Ag7 7.130-0 S.Ac4lbc69.ffd2lJ.d710.o-o-0ffaS11.Ab3llfc812.c;Pb1lbe513.h411ab814.lJ.gsbS 1S..Axf6 exf6 16.lbdS ffdS 17.hSlbc41S.ffe1 as 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.ffh4a421.lJ.xc4bxc422.ffh7+Wta23.11h2llcs 24.g411xdS 2S.exdSc3 26.b3ffb627.lbf5lJ.xf52S.gxf5ffc529.c;Pa1 axb330.ffhS+ bhS 31.11xhS+ c;Pg732.11xba bxc2 33.11c1 ff12 34. lIeS ffd235.11ee1 c;Ph636.fxg6fxg637.11g1 gS38.11gf1~g639.a4"40.~a2ffxd5+41.c;Pa3ffc4 42. lIfe 1 dS 43. llxc2 d444.11e4 ffdS 0-1

QGD RubinsteinKevin Binz (2.5)Chris Kalina (2.5)

Tacoma,WAPremier (7) 20061.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.lbf3 lbf6 4.lbc3 e6s.AgSh76.e3lbbd77.ffc2 h6S.lJ.h40-0 9.Ad3 dxc4 10.lLxc4 b5 11.Ad3b412.lbe4lJ.b713.lLxf6lLxf614.lbd6ffc71S.~7ffxb716.0-0 llacS17.ffa411c71S.a3c519.axb4cxd420.exd4lbb6 21.ffaS lIdS 22.11fd1lbc4 23.lLxc411xc4 24. lldc1 11xb42S.ffxa711xb226.ffxb7 11xb727.11ab1 llbd72S.g3lLxd429.lbxd4 llxd430.11b7lld1+ 31.lIxd1 llxd1+ 32.c;Pg2 gS33. 1Ib4 c;Pg734.h4 c;Pg63S.hxgS hxgS36.~f3 f5 37.11bS lIe1 3S.11aS g4+39.~g2cbr640.11b5 IId141.ilaS~e742.11a6~f643.11a511dS44.lIa6c;PeS45.c;Pft lld246.~e111c247.1Ia4c;Pds48.~1 1Ic449.11aS+c;Pd4S0.lIbSeSS1.lIaS ~e4 s2.lIbS IIc3 S3.~e2llc2+ 54.~1 ~d4 SS.lIaS f4 S6.gxf4exf4S7.lIa4+ llc4 SS.lIa3 13S9.~g1llc360.11a4+c;Pd3 61.11xg4 IIc1+ 62.~h2~e263.lIa411d164.~g3 IIg1+65.~h2 IIg2+ 66.~h1 ilxf2 67.lIa2+

14

~e3 6S.11a3+ c;Pf469.~g1 llb270.lIaS ~e3 71.11eS+ c;Pd272.~12 1Ib373.1Id8+ IId374.11xd3+ ct>xd37S.~Draw

Sicilian Sozin

FM David Bragg (3.0)Mark Ryan (2.0)

Tacoma, WA Premier (7) 2006Annotations by FM David Bragg1.e4c52.ll)e2lbc6 3.lbbc3 d64.d4cxd4s.lDxd4lbf6 6.Ac4e6 7.lJ.e3lJ.e 7S.g4?lDxe4?

S...liJxd49.lJ.xd4eS10.gS(10.lJ.b5+Ad7 11.iLe3 [11.lJ.xd7+'ti'xd7 12.iLe3lbxg4RR 13.'ti'f3 lbxe3 14.'ti'xe3 fSAngelov-Peev, Sunny Beach 2004 (0-1,39)] 11...lJ.xb5 12.liJxbS'ti'aS+ 13.lDc3lDxe4+)10...exd411.gxf6lJ.xt6(11...dxc312.fxe7'ti'xe7 13.bxc3 'ti'xe4+ 14.'ti'e2'ti'xe2+Minir-Beenish, Sivakasi 1999(0-I, 55) ] 12.lDdS.9.lDxe4dS10.Ab5! dxe411.lDxc6bxc612.ffxdS+

12.lLxc6+ iLd7 13.lJ.xaS'ti'xaSwasalso possible, but I was playing with thegeneral idea that when ahead, eliminateyour opponent's chances, inthis case, hisQueen. My followingplay may not havebeen that inspiring, though.12...c;PxdS13.lLxc611b8

14.0-0-0+

14.Af4Ab4+! 1S.c3 IIb616.lLxe4iLe7 17.0-0-0+ ~eS 1S.iLe3 lIa619.~b1 doesn't win the Exchange, butWhite is a pawn ahead and Black's posi-tion looks awful! How will he developany of his pieces? 14.lLxa7 1Ib41S.c3IIxb2 16.0-0-0+ ~c7 17.~xb2 ~xc6also wins the Exchange, and White'spieces are on better squares, but I dido'twant to give up the b-pawn. Perhaps Ichose the worst continuation!?

14...c;Pc71S.Af4+c;Pxc616.lJ.xbSlJ.b7

Mav 2006

16...lJ.a617.lJ.xa7iLe2 is whatI I

pected. Mark was concerned that I WOlgive back the Exchange, when the que.side pawns would be too much.17.lJ.xa7 lIaS 1S.lJ.d411xa2 19.1J.xf620.~b1 lIaS21.Ah6Ad622.11hc;Pc7 23.h3lJ.eS 24.Af8?!

24.Ae3iLdS 2S.c4iLc6 26.iLd4

24...AdS2S.c4Ac6

2S...lJ.xc4? 26.%lc1 %la427.nx&/

26.lJ.a3 1Ia427.11c1 Ad42S.lIc2.A129.h4 f530.g5Aa6 31.h5c;Pd732.lId1eS 33.g6 hxg6 34.hxg6

34.h6 Ab7 3S.h7 lIaS stops tJpawn, temporarily.

34...~e635.lIg1 1-0

Black has no way to stop the pawso he resigns.

Round Eight

A brutal miniature in a Slav, aJjNat's rise is stopped by Slava. Raptwins against Pupols setting up some BApossible outcomes which could lead totie and a playoff, even if Slava wins tlChampionship. And after playing a vellong game and going from a winning p<sition to a draw, Schill loses to Selzler.

A short draw with Chris Kalina seal

the Premier title for Ignacio.

EnglishAdi Lanka (3.0)Matt Fleury (3.0)

Tacoma, WAChampionship(8) 2001

1.c4 8S2.g3lDc6 3.lJ.g2 g64.lbc3lJ.giS.e4 d6 6.lbge2Ae6 7.d3 tfd7 S.lbd!lDce79.f4c610.lbdc3lJ.h3 Draw

Slav ExchangeSM Siava Mikhailuk (5.5)NM Nat Koons (4.0)

Tacoma,WAChampionship(8) 2ootAnnotationsby SM SiavaMikhailuk1.c4 c6 2.lbc3 dS 3.cxdS cxdS4.d4

The Exchange Slav gives White aslight advantage in a symmetricalposi-tion. I had a one-point lead going to theeighth roundand wantedto play that kindof position.4...lbf6 S.Af4lbc6 6.e3

Northwest Chess

Vasser Seirawan used to play thismove order with success. White devel-ops his queensidefirst, trying to put pres-sure on Black.

6...a6?!

This seems too slow. 6...AfS looksmore natural. However,I understandthatBlack wants to keep b5 under control.7.D.c1

White is already ahead in develop-ment and Black has to be careful.

7...Ag4?

This is a mistake.7...Af5, or even7.. .e6, was better.0.131

Forcing Black to move the Bishopagain. White is better.O...AfS 9.e4!

The most enetgetic. I have a devel-opment edge and I am trying to open upthe position. 9...dxe4 is probablybest forBlack, even though after 1O.d5e5 (onlymove) 11.dxe61¥xd1+12.ilxd1 exf413.exb7 llbO 14.ba6, White has threepassed pawns.

9...Ag610.trb3

At first, I considered10.e5, but didn'tsee anything specific after 10...fi)gO.White is better, but it's harder to capital-ise with a closedcenter. The text attacksb7 and dS. Black is almost lost.

10...tL)a5

Or 10...tLIxd411.Wfxb7e612.ba6threatening,amongothermoves,Af4-e 7.11.tra4+tL)e6

Best for Blackwas 11...b5, but after12.tLIxb5axb513.bb5+ tLId714.lle7tLIe6 15.llxd7 llxa4 16.llxdS+ ~xdO17.ba4 White has a winning position.

8 x. mu.- .I. --~. - -7m......6. .~. 8J.g5m....

4". D~. g3m~ .~.21~D~..~ .<~~1. II =i.~':

a bed e f 9 h

Northwest Chess

12.~5~d513.D-xe61 b5

There was no defense, for example:13...bxe614.trxe6+andWfaS; 13...Wfd714.Ab50r 14.exd5bxe615.dxe611e6+16.~f2 with many threats.14.D-xa6! 1-0

If 14...bxa4, then 15.Ab5+ lId716.Ls mate.

QGD Semi-Slav

FM John Readey (3.5)NM Harley Greninger (4.5)

Tacoma,WAChampionship (8) 2006Annotations by FM John Readey1.tL)f3tL)f62.c4c63.tlk3 d54.e3 e65.b3

White delays d2-d4, but the openingwill most likely transpose into a Semi-Slav anyway.5... tL)bd76.tre2 Ad6 7.Ab2 b6 0.exd5

I try to demonstrate that 7...b6 hascreated a weakness.

0...exd5

8

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..t ~7 , ......6 -.~ . . a., ..5. .......g3~ ~ ~ DltJ.2rE'~"D 0 ~ ~m m~~ . ". . ~ ~

a bed e f 9

9.tL)d4

I thought since I don't have a pawnsitting on d4, maybe I can use the squareto attack c6. I spent a long time lookingat 9.tLIxd5exd5 10.lIe6 Wfe711.WfxaS0-0 12.lle1 tLIe513.d4Af514.1Ixf8+Axta 15.dxe5 bxe5 16.Axt6 gxf6, butconcluded that Black was better in thisline.

9...Ab7 10.tL)fSAfS

Black is not at all troubled by beingforcedto undevelopthe d6-Bishop.Mean-while, the White Knight will end up inthe less-than-desirable g3-square.

11.Ae2 g612.tL)g3 Ag713.Aa3?!

I should just complete my develop-ment.

13...eS14.0-0 0-0 15.d4 D.eS

Mav 2006

Black is slightlybetter (and I was al-ready short on time).16.11ac1 cxd417.exd4

17.Axta llxe3 10.bg7 llxe2 19.Axt6Wfe7

17...11eO10."d1 a619.A13

h looks like Black can't exploit thelackof coordinationofWbite's piecesandthe game drifts to equality.19...D.e620.tL)ce2Ah6 21. D-xc8"xc822.Ac1 AfS23.Af411c624."b1 Aa325.Ac1 Ad626.AgS11c2 Draw

French Tarrasch

FM William Schill (4.0)Ricky Selzler (0.5)


Annotations by FM William Schill1.e4 c5 2.tL)13tL)c6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d55.exdS exd5 6..\\b5 Ad6 7.0-0 tL)ge7O.dxcS.\\xcS 9.tL)bd20-0 10.tL)b3.\\b611.Ad3 tL)f512."c2 g6 13.Ag5 "d614.D.ad1 f615.Ac1 tL)e516.Ae2tL)g417.h3 tL)eS10.tL)fd4Ac719.Af4Ad720."d2 D.adO21.~ Axf5 22.tL)d4Ad723.Ag3 a624.D.fe1 .\\c8 25.cot>h1trb6 26.Af1 D.fee 27.11e3 Ad7 20.D.de1~c429..Axc4dxc430.11e7 ilxe7

30...Wfe5?31.ilxd7! ilxe1+ 32.Wfxe1ilxd733.WfeS+

31'D-xe71!fcS

8 . II...7~'..t.a.,6'. . .,.Wl1- ~5 ~ - . .4 .'rli R ~3~ 02fjW ma W8~u - u ~

~a bed e f 9 h

32.Axc7?1

We both saw 32.Wfe2Ae5! How-ever,we missed32.1Ie3Ae5 (32 Axg333.11xd7!) 33.11g7+! ~xg7 34.tLIf5+AxtS35.Wfxe5.

32..."xe733.AxdO"xdO 34.~c2"e735.trd5+ cot>g736.tL)e3b537.trd4

At this point I had sevenminutes leftfor the whole game and, even with theincrement, I never had more for the re-maining MANY moves.

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37...hS 38.<hg1 Ae6 39.h4 'ifd740. fYxd7+ bd7 41. f4 tJJt7 42. tbf2 <he643.a4 <hd6 44.axbS

44.aS?! <he6? (44...A15 4S.lbxtS+gxf546.<he3 <hdS 47.<hf3 b4) 45.lLIe2:1::

44...axbS 45.lLIe2 Ae8 46. <he3 <hdS47.g3 AfS 48.lLId4 Ad7 49.lLIf3 AfSSO.lLId2Ae2 SV~:1f1A15 S2 .lLIh2 Ac8s3.lLIf3 A15 54.ti)d4 Ad7 SS.fS Axf5S6.~bS Ad7 S7.ti)d4 gSS8.ti)f3 gxh4S9.~h4

S9.gxh4 <he6 60.<hf4

S9... <heS 60.ti)f3+ <hfS 61.ti)d2 Ae662. ti)e4 AdS 63.lLIf2 Af7 64. <hd4 <hgS65.<he4 Ag6+ 66.<hdS Af7+ 67.<hd6?

67.<he4 is equal. White must be ableto play <hf4 if Black plays... <hxh4 after...hS-h4 and gxh4+, e.g., 67...fS+ 68.<he3 h4? 69.gxh4+ <hxh4 70.<hf4+-.

67...15 68.<heS Ag8 69.<hd4

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Stillfiveminutesonthe clock. UGH!

69...h4! 70.gxh4+ <hxh4

White's Knight is paralyzed andBlack wins.

71.ti)d1 f4 72.ti)f2 <hg373.ti)e4+ <hg274.lLIf6 f3 7s.lLIxg8 12 76.lLIf6 f1=!177.ti)dS !ld3+ 78.<heS 'ifd2 79.<hxc4!lxb2 80.<heS <hf3 0-1-

Dutch

NM Nick Raptis (4.5)LM VIktors Pupols (2.5)\ Tacoma, WA Championship (8) 2006

1.d415 2.g3 lLIf63.Ag2 e6 4.lLIf3b6S.lLIeSe6 6.0-0 Ab7 7.lLId2lIe7 8.e4Ae7 9.exf5 exfS 10."f3 g6 11.Ile1 d612.ti)d3 <hf713.lLIf4Ile8 14."b3+ dS1S.ti)f3 ti)a616.ti)eS+ <hg817.c4 "d618.Ad2Af819.Ilae1 Ile720.exdSexdS21.ti)fd3 Ile7 22.Af4 IId8 23. Ilxe7~e7 24.ti)eS bxe5 25."xb7 IIb8 26.

Mav 2006

"xb8 Ilxb8 27.ti)d3 Ile8 28.dxe5 ti)~29.b4ti)b5 30.iLe5ti)a331.f3 ti)d2 32Ild 1ti)dc4 33.Ad4 ti)e2 34.Af2 ti)2e~35. Ile 1Ag 736. f4 ~g2 37.<hxg2<hr.38.b5 ti)a3 39.b6 axb6 4O.exb6 Ilxe141.~e1Af842.b7 1-0

Sicilian KopecIgnacio Perez (6.5)Chris Kalina (3.0)

Tacoma, WA Premier (8) 200t

1.e4 c5 2.ti)f3 d6 3.c3 ti)f6 4.Ad3 efS.iLc2Ae76.d4cxd4 7.cxd40-08.lLIc~lLIc6 9.0-0 Ad710.I!e1 Draw

Sicilian

Elston Cloy (1.5)Andy May (1.5)


1.e4 cS 2.ti)f3 ti)c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ti)xd4"c75.g311e56.ti)e2"xe47.I!g1 ti)e5

Northwest Ches~

8.iLg2 tLlf3+ 9.~f1 tLlxh2+ 10.~e1 win. Now it's just a simply winningtLlf3+ 11.~f1 b6 12.tLlbc3 tLlh2+ 13. endgame.~e1 tLlf3+14.~f1 tLlh2+ Draw 19..."f620.Ilfe1 Ilae8

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Guioco Piano

Mark Ryan (2.0)Kevin Binz (3.0)

Tacoma, WA Premier (8) 2006Annotations by Kevin Binz1.e4eS2.Ac4tL1c6 3.d3tL1f64.tLlf3iLeSS.O-O 0-0 6.iLgS h6 7.iLh4

This line has acquired the reputationas extremely drawish, but the position tome is already quite interesting. White hasessentially two plans: planting a Knighton c3 and trying to exploit the pin or someidea involving c3 and d4. As 1 began toget a feel for the position, I sensed thatBlack was on the verge of a disadvan-tage (!) with either idea. I ultimately chosethe following centralized approach rec-ommended by the textbooks.

7...d6 8.h3 iLe6 9.iLb3

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The position 1 had foreseen whichbringsBlackto a crisis. Thoughhewouldmuch like to play 9.. .gSto extricate him-self:White can sachis Knightwitha com-pelling attack. Should Black fail to finda constructive plan, White will central-izehis positionand selectoneof the strat-egies mentionedabove. 1believeBlack'sidea, while not necessarilythe only solu-tion, presents White with the most diffi-culties.

9...bb3 10.axb3 ~h8 11.tLle3 Ilg812.1Vd2

Eyes h6. Black's reply, eliminatingthe critical kingside Knight, ensures hima playable position.

12...tLld413.tLlxd4bd414.tLldS gS

14...tLlxe4was the main alternative.I felt like the waters were too dangerousafter 1S.dxe4! ~xh4 16.tLlxc7 ilac8(16...95 17.tLJxa89418.93!) 17.tLJb5.1S.c3 tLlxdS16.exdS iLb6 17.~h1 fS18.f4

The losing move. White would havehad an unpleasant, though not impossible,defensive task after the natural18.f3.

18...exf419.iLf2

After the tactically charged 19.1!xt4,either 19...1Vd7, 19...1Vf8, or even 19...iLe3 would have been sufficient for the

Northwest Chess

Absolutely accurate. Black doesn'tmind the Rook swinging into a7, controlof the e-file carries more weight.21.iLxb6axb622.Ila7 2:1xe1+23.tllxe1Ilb8 24.d4 ~g7 2S."e2 1m 26.~g1!fa 7 27.~f2 !fxe2+ 28.~xe2 g4 29.c4~f6 30.~f2 ~gS 31.b4 hS 32.cS g3+

8

The death knell sounds, as Black'spawns make their rush for the promotionsquares. 33.~f3 is met by 33...h4!, fol-lowedby 34... ile8, threateningbothmateand fatal penetration.

33.~f1 f3 34.gxf3 ~f4 3S.~g2 Ile836.e6bxe637.IIxe7 Ile2+38.~f1 ~xf30-1

Philidor

Mike MacGregor (4.5)Ben Wyde (4.5)

Tacoma, WA Premier (8) 20061.e4 d6 2.d4 tLlf63.tLle3tLlbd74.tLlf3eS S.iLc4 h66.iLe3e6 7.a4aS 8.h3t11e79.1Ve2iLe710.Ild1 tLlf811.dxeS dxeS12.tLlh4g6 13.tLlf3tLle6 14.g4 gS 1S.be6be616.tLld2 Ilb817.tLlf1Ab418.tLlg3 bS 19.tllf3 1Ve7 20.0-0 0-021.axbS Axe3 22.bxe3 exbS 23.iLeStIIxeS 24.tllxf6 ~h7 2s.Ilds fle726.tLlfS.a.xts27.tllxf5+~g828.Ilfd1 2:1b629.~g2 Ile6 30.IIxbS flxe3 31.Ild7tIIe6 32.Ilbb7 Ilf6 33.tllxeS Ilf434.Ild~7t11xe4+ 3S.flxe4 Ilxe4 36.2:1a7a437.e4 2:1d838.2:lxt7IIxc439.2:1g7+~f8 4O.lIh7 ~g8 41.2:1xh6 2:1f442.lIg6+ ~h8 43.lIxgS lId244.IlbSIldxf2+ 45.~g3 1I2f3+ 46.~h4 2:1f747.2:1xf7 1Ixf7 48. lIaS lIf449.lIa7lIb4 SO.~hS 2:1b3S1.IIxa4 ~g7 S2.lIa7+~f8S3.h4 ~g8 54.gS~f8SS.g6~g8 56.~h6 1Ib8 S7.hS ~h8 s8.1If7~g859.2:1f6 2:1b760.~gS Ilb5+61.2:1fSlIb662.h6 2:1e663.h7+ 1-0

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French Wmawer

Geoffrey Gale (4.5)FM David Bragg (4.0)

Tacoma,WAPremier (8) 2006Annotations by FM David Bragg1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.tLle3 Ab4 4.9S c5 S.a3be3+ 6.bxc3 tIIe77.tIIg4tL1e7 8.tllxg72:1g89."xh7 tLlbe6?

9...exd41 0.tLle2 tLlbc6 11.f4 dxc3

10.tlld3Ad7 11.f4ltlf5 12.tLlta1fb613.dxeStllxeS14.2:1b1 a61S.2:lxb7tt)aS16.2:1b4 2:1e8

16...AbS allows the simplifying 17.ilxbS axbS 18.1VxbS+1VxbS 19.bbS+~e7 20.0-0:t

17.tLld4tIIxc3+ 18.tIIxe3 Ilxc3 19.1tlxf5exfS 20.2:1b8+ 2:1e8 21.2:1xe8+ Axe822.Ae3 Ab7 23.Ad4 tLle6 24.e3 ~d72S.c!>f2tLlxd426.cxd4 2:1c827..!.d3 Ilc328..a.xts+~e729.h4 L330.hS 1-0

Round Nine

At 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Slava is apoint ahead of Raptis, and is playingGreningeranotherhalfpoint back. Gren-inger has some chances at a playoff forthe BAP ifhe fightsand beats Slava. Butthen who else has beaten Slava? Afterabout 13 moves, they make peace, withSlava getting the Championship. Evenbeforethat Schilland Pupolshaveagreedto a draw and depart the tourney.WIth awin with the Blackpieces, Raptis can tieSlava for the BAP prize which wouldhave to be settled by a playoff sometimein the followingthree weeks. After someexciting skirmishing with Nat, (well, Isaw some of their analysis afterwards)Nick takes the draw and second place.And Slava gets both big prizes. RickySelzler finishes with a win over AdiLanka. In a longgame, Fleury can't holdhis position against John Readey. Was itbecause of the time control?

In the Premier,Kalina and Cloyhavesometraffic problems o~ton the road 1-5and are a little late. That really markedthe only significantlate starts inthe wholetourney.

1thank the players for their attentionand courtesy that they showedin this re-gard. Self-preservation may rule too, Isuppose. Also we had no cellular phoneinterruptions in the tournament hall. Wehad a centra1doorthat wouldcloseloudly

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if not managed by someone going in orout of the room, and occasionally some-one woud talk too loudly in the hallwayleading into the playing room, but therewere latgely no botherings other thanthese for the players. We did get visitorsand media attention. I hope we as play-ers and organizers will seek to increasethat public exposure wheneverwe can inour chess tourneys.

King s Indian ClassicalLM Vddors Pupols (2.5)FM William ScbiD(4.0)

Tacoma,WAChampionship (9) 2006Annotationsby FM William Schill1.d4lL)f62.c4 g6

"Uncle VIk" finishedtied for secondlast year in this event, this year was a bigdisappointment.

3.lL)c3Ag7

I also finished tied for second lastyear and won six games in the process.The day before this game, I had two win-ning endgames and got just a half pointout of them. I was wanting out of thistournament in a big way.4.e4 d6 S.lL)f30-0 6.Ae2

6.h3eS7.dS~a6

6...eS7.0-0

7.d5! tlJa6 8.Ag5 h6 9.Ah4 g5 10.Ag3 ~xe4!? 11.~xe4 f5 and Whitemust decide which piece to give back tokeep an advantage.7...exd4

I made this my regular choice a fewyears ago, now I have been playing themore aggressive7...~c6 fora whilenow.But, on this particular Monday,I thoughtabout a line in this variation that seemedjust right!8.lL)xd42:1e89.f3lL)c6 10.tlJxc6 bxc611.Ae3 tlJhS 12.g4

8

~...tilI...

7 E E.~.." - . -6 ... ...5 . . . ....8.8.8.3;- ~ .8.289 .i.. ~

~\WJ~ ~1 , _._:L*8 bed e f 9 h

18

It looks as though Vik is thinkingabout the same line for the same reasons!12.f41?~f6 (12...Axc313.bxc3 ~f6 istoo risky for Black.) 13.Af3 2:1b814.b3c5 is a complicated linewith all three re-sults still possible.12...AeS

Only this movejustifies Black's pre-vious move if White plays 12.g4.

13.gxh5 Axh2+ 14.<!>xh2

14.<!>h11Wh4;14.<!>g21Wh415.1th1"g3+ 16.Wf1Ah3mate.

14..."h4+ 15.<!>g1

If White does not want a draw, hecan play 15.<!>g2and lose instead.

1S..."g3+ 16.<!>h1flh3+ 17.<!>g1"g3+18.<!>h1flh3+ Draw

Sicilian

Ricky Setzler (1.5)Adi Lanka (3.5)

Tacoma, WAChampionship (9) 2006

1.e4c5 2.a3g63.d4cxd44.c3d3S.Axd3Ag7 6.tlJf3 d6 7.0-0 lL)f6 8.c4 0-09.lL)c3 lL)c6 10.h3 h6 11.Ae3 Ae612.2:1c1lL)d713.b42:1c814."e2tlJdeS1S.lL)xeSdxeS16.lL)dSlL)d417.'lfb2 1518.Axd4 exd4 19.1L)f4'8'd6 20.lL)xg6fxe4 21.~8 AfS 22.c5 "f4 23.lL)e6Axe6 24.Ac4 Axc4 2S.2:1xc4 d326.tfb3 ~h827 .tfxd3 Ae5 28."g3"f629."g4 2:1g830.'8'xe4 "e6 1-0

Berry AttackNM Harley Greninger (5.0)SM Slava Mikhailuk (6.5)

Tacoma, WAChampionship (9) 2006

1.d4lL)f62.lL)f3g6 3.lL)c3dS 4.Af4 c6S.e3'1fb66.2:1b1 Ag77.Ae2AfS8.h3tlJbd7 9.0-0 hS 10.b4 0-0 11.a4 as12.b5 Draw

King SoIndian Classical

NM Nat Koons (4.0)NM Nick Raptis (5.5)


1.tlJf3lL)f6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Ag7 4.lL)c3 0-0 S.e4 d6 6.Ae2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.tlJxd42:1e8 9.13 tlJc6 10.Ae3 lL)hS 11.lL)xc6bxc6 12.'8'd2 15 13.2:1ad1 f4 14.Axt4lL)xf4 15.'8'xf4 2:1b8 16.'8'd2 cS 17.f4Ad4+ 18.<!>h1 "f6 19.1L)bS 2:1xe420.Af3 2:1e721.b3 Ae3 22.'8'a5 Axt4

Mav 2006

23.Ad5+Ae624.lL)xc7Af72S.Axr.i!xf7 26.g3 Draw-

Pire

Matt Fleury (3.5)FM John Readey (4.0)

Tacoma, WA Championship (9) 2Ot

1.e4 d6 2.d4lL)f63.lL)c3g6 4.lL)f3A~S.h30-0 6.Ae3c6 7.a4lL)bd78.aS"c9."d2 eS 10.dxeS dxeS 11.Ac4 b12.axb6~13.Ab3 I1d814."c1 c1S.lL)g5I1d716.0-oAb717.lL)bS"ci18.Axc5lL)xe419.lL)xe4Axe420."eAb7 21. I1xa7 lL)d5 22.AxdS 2:1xa23.Axf1+ 11xf7 24.lL)xa7 "dS 2S.1Ah6 26."12 e4 27.2:1e1"d7 28."dexf3 29."xd7 I1xd7 30.gxf3 Axf31.<!>12Ad1 32.l1e7 2:1xe733.AxeAxc2 34.b4 <!>f735.Ac5 <!>e636.tlJc<!>dS37.lL)e7+ <!>c4 38.<!>g3 Ad:39.lL)g8Ae1+ 40.<!>f3A15 41.lL)f6h!42.~g2 Ah4 43.lL)e8 Ad744.lL)d6'<!>dS45.lL)b7Ac646.lL)aSh847.<!>h:Ad8 48.lL)b3Ac7+ 49.<!>g1and eventually0-1

1WoKnights' DeftnseAndy May (2.0)Mike MacGregor (5.5)

Tacoma,WAPremier (9)2ootAnnotations by Andy May1.e4 eS 2.lL)f3lL)c63.d4 exd4 4.Ac4lL)f6S.eS dS 6.AbSlL)e4 7.lL)xd4Ac58.0-0 Ad79.Axc6bxc610.f3lL)gS11.f4lL)e412.Ae3 'lfb8 13.b31fb6 14.c3 a5

To stop White from playing b4.

1S.'8'd315 16.lL)d20-0 17.lL)xe4fxe418."e2 2:1ae819.<!>h1

To getWhite's King offthea7-g1 di-agonal to stop any checks.

19...Ac8 20.2:112'8'a6 21."d2 Ab6

With the threat of c5 .

22.lL)c2 '8'd3 23.'8'xd3

23.1td1 might be a bit stronger.

23...exd3 24.lL)d4 c5 2S.lL)f3 A15

2S...c4, keeping the b6-Bishop alive,would have been stronger.

26.c4 dxc4 27.bxc4 Ae6 28.lL)d2 a4

29.h3 Ad7 30.tlJe4 Ac6 31.lL)gS h632.lL)f3 gS 33.g3 Axt3+ 34. nxt3 l!xe53S. 2:1af1

Northwest Chess

35.Ild1 would have kept the posi-tion about equal.

35...11e4 36.fxg51lxt3 37.1lxt3 llxc438.Ad2 lld4 39.gxh6 c4 40.g4 c341.Axc3d242.Axd21lxd243.g5~h7?

A blunder in time pressure.44.11f7+~g6

44...c;t>h845.g6Ild1+46.c;t>h2Ac5would leadto a ~w, as would44... c;t>g845.g6 Ild1+ 46.c;t>h2Ac5.

45. l1g7+ c;t>h546.h7 ~h4 47.11d7

47.h8=fi'+? c;t>g3is wUming for Black.

47...iIxd7 48.h8=11+ c;t>xg549.1Ie5+1-0

Nimzo-Indian Classical

Kevin Dinz (4.0)Geoffrey Gale (5.5)

Tacoma, WAPremier (9) 2006Annotationsby GeoffreyGale1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.~c3 Ab4

I tried the Nirnzo for only the thirdtime ever.

4.1fc2 ~c6

. I got the ideato playtheZurichVaria-tion from Matt Fleury's article in North-west Chess on the death of descriptivenotation. In it, he annotates a gameagainst Oleg Zaikov in this line.5.~f3 O-O?!

Inaccurate, 5...d6 was better.

6.Ad2?!

He could have secured an edge with6.e4.

6...d6 7.a3 Axc3 8.Axc3 1187 9.e4 8510.d5 ~b8 11.Ad3

11.Ae2 may have been better.

11...~h5

Eyingf4 as wellas preparing to play...17-15.

12.0-0

This walks into ...~f4, but I'm notsurewhat was better. 12.g3and 12.0-0-0 weretwomovesI consideredforWhite.

12...~f4

As planned.

13.11fe1Ag4

An annoyingmove.Northwest Chess

14.11e3

This move looked funny to me.14...a5

WIth the positional threat of. ..a5-a4.I wanted to force b2-M and trade offWhite's first-rank Rook. This proved tobe an important detail in the game con-tinuation.

15.M

I thought this was forced.15 ...axb4 16.axb4 1lxa 1+

Mission accomplished.17.Axa1

This Bishop turns out to be a poordefender of the kingside.17...~d718.Af1 15

Going kingside.

19.~d211g5

This looked aggressive to me: thethreat is 20...~h3+ and if21.gxh3, then21...Ad1+, hitting the Queen, 22.Ilg3fi'xg3+, winning the Exchange.20.c;t>h1

He sees my cheapo.20...~f6

Bringing in reinforcements.21.11a3

If my combination proves correct,then this is the move that sets it up anddeserves a "1." After the game, Kevinsuggested 21. Ilb3 with a slight plus forWhite. I'm not sure I agree.21...fxe4 22.~xe4 ~xe4 23.1Ixe4~g21?

Does this wode? At the time, I thoughtso, but I hadn't wodeedout all the varia-tions.

24."xg2

Chris Kalina and David Braggworked out what seemed to be a refuta-tion. It goes 24.11g3 1lxt2 25.c;t>g1, andnow nothing seems to wode for Black,e.g., 24. Ilg3 1Ixf2 (In the post-mortem,I suggested24...~f4, the ideabeing25.13~g6 26.fi'xg4 (26..xg4 !t'c1 27.c;t>g1.xa1 28..e6+ c;t>h829.Ilxg6 hxg6 30..h3+ c;t>g831.fi'86+ c;t>h732..h3+Wg8) 26 c1. It appears that Black

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getshis pieceback,remainsa pawnup,and, according to Nat Koons, has anedge.)25.~g1.f6 (25...1Ia226.Ilxg2Ilxa1 27.Ilxg4 Ilxf1+ and Blackrunsout of checks.) 26..xg4 Ilxf1+ 27.c;t>xg2iIxa1 28..c8+.f8 29..86+ ~h8 30.1If3 lla2+ 31.~g3 "d8 32..g4 fi'e833.fi'e6 "xe6 34.dxe6.

24...1Ic125.lIg3Ae226.iIxg7+~h827. lbc7 IIg8??

Here, the very much alive HusoHadzic suggested 27...Af3, which alsoworks.

Also1 White has a perpetual in thegame by 28.iIxh7+!!-Elston Cloy.28.1fh3 Af3+ 0-1

Last year, 6.5 points was enoughforMatt Fleuryto winthe Premier.This year,after Ignacio's tear, his OM draw withKalina secured the title with a game togo.

TorreAttack

Chris Kalina (3.5)Mark Ryan (2.0)

Tacoma, WAPremier (9) 2006

1.d4~f62.~f3g63..1\g5.1\g7 4.~bd2d55.e3D-06.Ad3c5 7.c3b68.0-oAa69.Axa6 ~6 10.118211c8 11.e4 cxd412;~d4dxe413.~e4~e414.1fxe4e5 15.~c6 "e6 16.11fd1 16 17.Ae3IIfc818.~d4 1Ic419.b3 11f7 20.~b5lId821.~d611e622.1rb7 AfS23.~e4~c5 24.~xc5 Axcs 25.Axc5 bxc5 .

26.lbd8+ lbd827.1Ixa7"d528.1Ia6~g7 29."e2 h5 30.~f1 h4 31.h3 1532.f3 ~f6 33.~e1 lIeS 34.lId1 1Ic635.1Id2 1-0

Sicilian

Den Wyde (4.5)Ignacio Perez (7.0)

Tacoma, WAPremier (9) 2006

1.e4c52.b3~c63.Ab2 ~f64.~c3e65.~f3 Ae7 6.~e2 d6 7.~g3 a6 8.d4?1

This allows a Queen exchange.Bet-ter is 8.c3.

8...cxd49.~d4 "a5+ 10.1Id211xd2+11.~xd2 Ad7 12.Ae2 0-0 13.lIad1lIac8 14.11he1 llfd8 15.~c1 g6 16.~b1 h517.f3Ae818.c4~d719.~xc6bxc620.f4~c521.Af3lIb822.Aa3h423.~f1 h324.Axc5 hxg225.Axg2dxc526.iIxd8 IIxd8 27.~c2 AfS 28.1182

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.,...

Ah6 29.1112f5 30.~g3 ~g7 31.Af1~ 32.Ad3 Af7 33.tiJe2 ilh834.tiJc3Af8 35.~e2l!h4 36.~c3.!.h6 37.b4cxb4+ 38.~xb4 Af8+ 39.~a5 11h34O.~g3Ac541.ilb2 Ag142.a4Axh243.85+ ~g7 44.Af1 11M 45.tiJe2 g546.~xa6Axt447.~4 ilxt448.l!b1111249.a5l!a2 50.~b6 c5 51.a6 Ah552.ilb5 Af3 53.ilxc5 ila1 54.ilc7+<!>h655.c5 ilxt1 56.c6 ilb1+ 57.<!>a711c1 58.~b7 g4 59.a7 ilb1+ 60.~a8ila161.~b8g362.ilb7 Axc6andeven-tually 0-1

Sicilian Benlro

FM David Bragg (4.0)Elston Cloy (2.0)


1.e4 c5 2.~f3 ~c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tiJxd4~f6 5.~c3 d6 6.Ac4 lIb6 7.Ae3?tiJxd4? 8.lIxd4?!

8.hd4

8...lIxd4 9.Axd4 a6 10.a4 e6 11.0-0Ae712.ilad1 0-0 13.Ab6 Ad7 14.f4ilac815.Ab3 Ac616.f5exf517.ilxf5Ad718.ilff1 Ae619.11d311c620.Ad4~d721.~d5 Ad8 22.ilg3 ~e5 23.c3~g6 24.h3 Ah4 25. ile3 tiJe5 26.~h2Ag5 27.11e2 b5 28.g3 ilcc8 29.~g2~c6 3O.axb5tiJxd4?!

3O...axb531.Ae3 he3 32.ilxe3 butintime,the Knightwillreturnto the strongoutpost e5.

31.cxd4 Axd5?!

The Bishop on b3 is weak, so whytrade offnow? Yes,White loses hisproudKnight,but nowhis light-squaredBishopdominates the center.

32.Axd5 axb5 33.ilf3lLf6 34.e5 dxe535.dxe5Ae736.ilef2Ac537.ilf1 ilc738.e6g639.exf7+~g7 4O.b3Ad441.Mb442.Ac4ile743.ild1 Ac344.11d5?

After 44Jlfd3 ile1, Black wouldhave removed one set of Rooks. Blackshould be able to hold anyway, e.g., after45. ild6, but keeping all the Rooks onseemedto offerthe best chances. My onlyidea at this point was to try to doubleRooks and put one on d8, then exchangeon f8 and check on d8. Black can de-fend, but must notice the threat. Even ifBlack has to give up the Exchange, thewin is not a lock.

44... ilexf7 45. iIxf7+ iIxf7 46.11dBile 747.g4 ~f6 48.~f3 ila7 49.ild6+ ~e750.ile6+<!>ta51.g5 ilf7+52.~g411d753.11e2 11d2 54.11e3 ild4+ 55.~g3ild7 56.11f3+~g7 57.h5Ae5+ 58.~h3gxh5 59.<!>h4h6 60.~xh5 Draw

It will be interesting to see the out-comes of FIDE ratings for the playersinvolved.Will Nick Raptis gain the FMtitle?Adi LankaandAndy May may havenine games total now and get an officialrating, andAdi's is likelyto be prettyhigh.

Survey on Time Control and SiteThe time control and site caused a bit of controversy; so much so that Geoff

Gale called for a survey of the participants. On a scale of 5 (best) to 1 (worst), theresults for the time control were: 5-1, 4-3, 3-5, 2-3, 1-7 (average=2.67). For thesite, the results were: 5-7, 4-5, 3-0, 2-5, 1-2 (average=3.53).

At least two players refused their invitations to the ChampionshiplPremierbecause of the time control (G/120 + 30 seconds per move). Comments from theplayers on the survey: "I like 4012,SD/1 much better." "If ever you get in timepressure, you remain there for the rest of the game." "[I've been] playing all yearon a different time control. It should be the same all year." "Only on one occasionwas this time control annoying." "Liked the time control."

About the site, a UW-Tacoma classroom survey comments were: "Nice place,way too far away: "Nice site, very good lighting. Too bad it's in Tacoma, though'""Do not hold in Tacoma, ever'" "Tacoma is good for me. Good lighting. Comfort-able chairs. Ample table room. Restrooms in close proximity." "The venue wasfine, but both weekends in Tacoma was too much travel time, since the vastmajority of players lived in the Seattle area." "Good and quiet. Clean - goodamenities." Long drive, parking." "Tournaments need to be more centralized soplayers don't have to drive an hour to get there. Lots of players live on Capitol Hill- why not hold the tournament there?" "Don't have tournaments in Tacoma.""[A]n excellent site - much better lighting than [the] Oki Foundation. [But it was]an hour drive for everyone. How about UW-Bothell? Maybe we're pampered, butthe free juice and nuts of previous years were really nice. Here, there wasn't evencoffee."

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And what role did the time control

truly play? Compared to the last year'sevent there were more longer games thisyear. But that could be because of acouple of players who were present thisyear. Readey freely admits he plays longgames, and Ben Wyde also seems to doso. I have made a list below of the play-ers involved in games more than 45 moveslong.

ReadeyPupolsSelzlerFleuryKoonsMikhailukGreningerRaptisSchill

Championship49 56 56 62 7548 58 5610249 62 9210248 7549 5649 56494992

PremierMacGregor 49 53 54 57Bragg 48 57 60 64Wyde 55 63 64 77Cloy 54 55 60 63Peres 48 50 50 64Binz 50 75 77Kalina 52 60 75May 49 52 64Gale 50 63Ryan 53

60 637777

Eleven Championship games, about24%, were long, which is about what Iexpected. In the Premier, there were 18(or 40%), muchhigherthan I was expect-ing. Note that Adi Lanka had no suchlong games and still scored 3.5. So let'sgive the Premier players incentives tosharpen, shorten their games. Or maybejust lessons. Maybethat's whatwasmiss-ing. No.. .Really,myhat goes off to themfor playing so hard over both weekends.

If we wish to keep a high qualitypresent in the games, and still have theplayers play two games a day because ofvarious costs and logistical consider-ations, and if this year's time control wasnot the best balance possible, perhaps wecould make the time control: Primary -40/105; Secondary - SO/25; with 30seconds added per move from the start.This is still faster than 40/2 plus SO/1and, though it offers only 10minutes morein thinking time than did this year's timecontrol, it might be seen as offering a bet-ter compromise that is only a little fasterthan what some think is the classical stan-dard around here but avoids sudden deathis&x:s. .

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Scotch Game

Robert Holler (1717 NWSRS)Mike Riches (1092 NWSRS)

Below are a few of my games from Chess-for-SuccesslIS Championship2006the High SchoolChampionshipthis year, Annotationsby Robert Hollerwhich I was able to finishon four out of 1.e4 eS 2.~f3 ~c6 3.d4 d6 4.dxeSfive with two draws. Enjoy... dxeS S."xd8+ q.,xd8 6.Ac4 ~f6

7.AgS

7.~g5!? ~d4 8.~xf7+ q.,e89.q.,d1(9.~xh8? ~xc2+ 10.q.,d1 ~xa1) 9...~xe410.11e1

7...Ae6 8.Axe6 fxe6 9.~bd2 Acs10.~c4

The isolani on e5 becomes a target.10...Ad6 11.0-0-0 q.,e712.IIhe1IIad8 13.c3 11d7

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By Robert Holler

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a great organization and state tourna-ment. WIthout it, I would not have beenable to compete and win the high schoolchampionship this year, or have had sucha wonderful time all of my other years.The championship was a two-day eventthat took place at the Oregon ConventionCenter (March 300and 4th); which was avery nice setting to hold the tournament.Since my years in elementary school upthrough now, my senior year, I have beenable to compete in this great event. All theyears have been a great learning experi-ence and enjoyable. Chess for Success isan organization dedicated to expandingchess to many students. Thank you once

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Sicilian Alapin

Christopher Kevorkian (1503 NWSRS)Robert Holler (1717 NWSRS)

Chess-lor-SuccessHS Championship2006Annotations by Robert Holler1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 ffxd5 4.d4cxd4 5.cxd4 ~c6 6.~13 ~f6 7.~c3ffaS 8.iLd2

8.d5!? ~b~

8...iLg4 9.~e4 ffd5 10.~xf6+ exf611.iLe2

8 Z.. ...- ~.

u~. . -7 ,.~ ....6 ~.~ . ..5~ ~..~ ~4 ~ ~ ~.i."3~ ~ ~lD.2 8~ m&'~8~U _AU ~

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11...iLxf311...lLd612.0-0+

12.lLxt3 "e6+

12...ffxd4!? 13.ffb30-0-013.1I.e3iLb4+ 14.q.,f1"d7 1S."e20-0 16.11d1a6 17.g31Wh3+18.iLg2"tS 19."13 "c2 20."e2 "tS 21.A13IIad8 22.Ag4

22.q.,g2!? should be considered.22..."dS 23.Af3 "xa2 24.q.,g2 as2s.Axc6 bxc626.11a1"e627.11hd111d5 28.11e1??-

I could seemy opponent was gettingfrustrated with my b4-Bishop.28...Axe1 29.IIxe1 11bS 30.h4 11fb831."d2 a4

Better is 31...ffd5+ 32.q.,g1 11xb2.

32.Af4 "dS+ 33.q.,g1 IIf8 34.IIa1ffb3 35.Ad6 IIe8 36.IIe1 IIxe1+37.ffxe1 "e6 38.q.,f1 ffxe1+ 39.q.,xe1 lIxb24O.lLa3 IIb3 41.iLc1 a342.q.,d1 a2 43.q.,c2 a1=" 44.q.,xb3ffxc1 0-1

8 .-.----.----.. . ~ -7, " ..6 ~......5~ ~ . ~4 .lD~8."3~ ~ ~lD.2~~ .. ~8~u . u ~1 % '" ' .., ~~ ,,~ ~

a bed e f 9 h

14.Ah4ilhd8 1s.Ag3

Increasing the pressure on the iso-lated pawn on e5.

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15...bS 16.~cxe5 ~xeS 17.AxeSAxeS 18.~xeS IIxd1+ 19.IIxd1IIxd1+ 20.q.,xd1 q.,d6 21.~f7+ q.,e7

22.~gS h6 23.~h3

23.eS!? ~g4 24.~f3 ~xf2+25.q.,eZ!;

23...~xe4= 24.f3 ~cS 2S.q.,d2 ~a426.b3 ~b6 27.~f4 ~dS 28.~xdS+exdS29.q.,e3 c5 30.h4 q.,f631.b4 cxb432.cxb4

32..q.,e5?

32...g6 33.q.,d4 q.,e6 34.f4=

33.g3?33.hSI

33...g6 34.<!>d3d4?

Black is ruininghis position. Betteris 34...h5.

35.f4+ q.,f5 36.~xd4 <!>g437.~e5~xg3 38.~f6 ~xf4 39.~xg6 h5 40.~xh5 ~fS 41. <!>h6<!>f642. <!>h5~t543. <!>h6~f6 44.hS ~f7 4S.<!>g51-0-

Reti

Sean You (1381 NWSRS)Robert Holler (1717 NWSRS)

Chess-for-SuccesslIS Championship2006Annotationsby Robert Holler1.~f3 dS 2.b3 Ag4 3.g3 c6 4.Ag2~f6 S.Ab2 "c8 6.d3 Ah3 7.0-0Axg2 8.<!>xg2~bd7 9.~bd2 ffc710.a3 e6 11.c4 iLe7 12.b4 0-0 13.IIc1 IIfd8 14.~b3 dxc4 1s.IIxc4~b6 16.IIc2 IIac8 17.ffc1 ~fd5 18.~cS Af6 19.~e4 Axb2 20."xb2"e7 21.IIcc1 a6 22.~fd2 ~c7 23.~c5 ~b5 24.~c4

24.a4!? ~d6 25.a5

24...~c4 25. IIxc4 ~d6 26. ilc2 ~tS27.ilc4 ffc7 28.~e4 ~d6 29.~d6"xd6 30.a4 "d5+ 31.<!>g1ilc732.b5axb5 33.axb5 IIdc8 34.bxc6 bxc6

34...1lxc6 35.1lxe6 ffxe6 36.ilb1

35.ffb6h6Draw -

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Old Friends at the U.S. Masters

LM Viktors Pupols

Nostalgic for the days of wine androses and higher ratings, DaveRupel and I journeyed in mid-

March to the U.S. Masters Champion-ship in Hendersonville, N.C. FloridateenagerDanielLudwig,who didnot paythe U.S. Championship qualifying fee,tied for first-fifth with Ron Burnett andBrian Smith, who did pay the fee, andGiorgi Margvelashvili and Andrey Chu-menko. Dr. Miles Ardaman, a NorthCarolina psychiatrist, who plays wierderthan David Bragg, but at a Senior Mas-ter level,ledwithsix fromseven. Unable,or unwilling, to break from Slug-fest-style, he lost his last two games.

Dave and I had the usual litany ofmissed opportunities, three of which fol-low. We both finished on minus two.

Benoni

David Ruper (2072)Russell Potter (2203, VA)

Hendersonvil/e, US Masters (9) 2006

1.d4 lL1162.e4 e5 3.d5 g6 4.lL1e3.a.g75.e4 d6 6.lL1ge2

David's favorite.

6...0-0 7.lL1g3e6 8..a.e2 exd5 9.exd5lIe810..a.f4a611.0-0 h512.f3"e713..a.d3 lL1bd714."d2 lL1e515.lIfe1lL1h716..a.h6 "h4 17.lIe4 "16??

A blunder. 17...Axh618.'ifxh6'ifg519..xg5 i2Jxg520.I!e3 tLJexf3+is inter-esting.

18.Axg7 <!>xg719.f4

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!Z. .7~......6.. - iWi... - - .5. .~....~.no.

3;- ~.t.. ~2 ~n WU .~~U - . 1t;

1 , . . ma bed e f 9 h

19...lL1g4

Black chooses to give up a Rook,ratberthanthe Exchange, i.e., 19...i2Jxd320.iIxe8 'ifd4+ 21.I!e3 tLJxb2.

20.lIxe8 "d4+ 21.<!>f1 lL1hf6 22.Le8

22. lIe4 is a better way of returningthe Exchange.

22...lIxe823.lIe1 h4

23...b5! also causes some problems.

24.lL1ge4 lL1xh2+ 25.<!>e2 lIe8 26.<!>d1lL1xe427.lL1xe4lL1g4

If 27...f5, 28.ltJf21 Now what canBlack do?

28."e3

White should continue 28.tLJxd6tLJf2+ 29.'iVxf21'ifxf2 30.tLJxe8+.

28...f5 29.'iVxd4+ exd4 30.lL1xd6

Last chance to bailout with 30.<!>d2.

Now Black wins the endgame.

30...tLJf2+31.<!>d2 IIxe132.<!>xe1lL1xd3+33.<!>d2 lL1xf434.lL1xb7 <!>f735.lL1d8+ <!>e836.tLJe6 lL1xg237.tLJxd4h3 38.tLJf3g5 39.tLJh2g4 40.lL1f1 f441. <!>e2 tLJe30-1

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Queen Pawn

Crail Jones (2280, NC)LM Vddors Pupols (2204)

Hendersonville,US Masters (3) 20061.d4 e5 2.dxe5 e6 3.lL1e3Axe5 4.lL1e4d5 5.lL1xe5"a5+ 6.e3 "xe5 7."d4"xd48.exd4lL1e69.lL1f3lL1b410.<!>d1lL11611..a.d2 lL1e612.e3 lL1e413..a.e 10-0 14.lL1e5lL1xe515.dxe5.a.d716.f3lL1e517..a.b4 ilfe8 18.Ae3 .a.e6 19.cct>d2lL1d720..a.d3 16 21.exf6 gx1622.g4 lL1e523.Axe5 fxe5 24. ilhf1lIe7 25.f4 e4 26..a.e2 ile827.ilae1ild7 28.<!>e3e5 29.fxe5 ilxe5 30.cct>d4lIee7 31. ilf5 ild6 32.h4 <!>g733.ilef1 h6 34.il1f2 ildd7 35.il16 ile736.A.d1 Ab5 37.Ab3 .a.e4 38.h5Axb3 39.ilg6+ <!>h740.axb3 lIe641.ilff6 ilxf6 42.ilxf6 ilg743.lIf4ilg5 44. cct>e5cct>g845. cct>d6.. n...7~... .. ~ . ~. ~. ?AI5~... .~4rmm...a~.3_~.o.20...1.. . .

a bed e f 9 h

Black is in Zugzwang. He wants tosave the g7-square for a Rook check(...<!>e7,I!g7+) and plays 45...<!>g8-h81

45...<!>h8 46.ilf7 ilxg4 47.cct>xd5l1g5+

8 . . . I7,.. .:.6. . . I5~.~..~4. ....3.~.0 .20...1.. . .a bed e f 9 h

48.ct>xe4?

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Can White do better? [48.~c4 b5+49.c;t>d4as SO.c;t>xe41lxhS]

48... Ilb5 49. Ile 7 c;t>g850. Ilc 7 Ilxb351.c;t>f5 Ilb5+ 52.c;t>g6 Ilb6+ 53/.t15ilb5+ 54. c;t>14Ilxb2 55.e4 a5 56. <1>15a457.<1>f6 Ilb6+ 58.<1>e7a3 59.Ilc1

8 . . ...7~..=.6 BJ§..~- ~ ~ ~5~.. .L14. .L1..3 , . . .2....1. II- -

a bed e f g h

59...a2Black offered a draw, but 59... Ilc6

60.Ii!g1+~h761.~f7 Ilc7+62.~f8 b563.e5 a2 64.e6 Ila7 65.e7 a1=- !!winsfor Black!

6O.Ilg1+ Draw

Dutch LeningradLM Vddors Pupols (2204)Justin Sarkar (2399, NY)Hendersonville,Us. Masters (2) 2006

1.d4 152.g3 ~f6 3.Ag2 g64.b3 Ag7 5.Ab2d6 6.~d2 0-07.e4 fxe4 8.

~xe4 /l)xe4 9.be4 c5 10.~e2 /l)c611.0-0 Ah3 12.Ag2 bg2 13.c;t>xg2cxd4 14./l)xd4 1Ib6 15.c3 /l)xd4 16.cxd4 Ilac8 17.Ilc1 Ilxc1 18.1Ixc1_c6+ 19.<1>g1Il13 20.1Id1 1Ie421.Ile1 Ild322."c1 1Ic623.1Ixc6bxc624.Ilxe7 Ild225.Ac3 llc226.Ile3Ilxa2 27.11d3 llc2 28.Ab4 c5 29.dxc5 dxc5 30.Ad2 Ad4

8 . . ...7 , . . ..6... ...5~ . . .4......n3~L1.:.~2 .IiI n ~1.. - =

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31.b4

White looked only at 31.Ae3 Axe332.ilxe3 a5. White's King cannot leavethe kingside, but the Black King can.Therefore, White attempted to simplify.31...cxb4

Although quite short of time, Blackput White's idea to the test. This appearsscary,but is actuallybannless. After 32.ilxd4 b3 33.Ilb4,

Analysis Diagram

~u have to know that 33...%iIxd234.:!Ixb3 is a draw and that 33...b234.Ae1a5 35. Ilb8+ c;t>g736. Axa5 Ilc1 +37.t.t>g2b1=1V38.ilxb1 ilxb1 is also adraw. Other lines may-and, in fact,do-lose.

32.Axb4 Axt2+ 33.<;tf1 Ab634.h4Ilf2+ 35.<;te1 Ilb2 36.Aa3 %iIg237.11f3h538.Ad6 Ilc239.Il18+~g740.1113 llc6 41.A18+ <;tg842.b3 a543.c;td2 Ad4 44.Ild3 Ilc4 45.1113Ae5 46.Zle3 Af6 47.ct>e2 a448.Wf3

Ilc3 49. Zlxc3 Axc3 50.g4c;t>f751.gxh5 gxh5

52.We4 <1>1653.<;td3Ae1 1-0

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k rthur Dake was not only one of the first American to beat the champion,the greatest players to come out one o~only four tournament losses that

fthe Northwest, but maybe one Alekhine suffered from 1921 throughof the most talented the world has ever 1936.seen. He didn't learn chess until the lateage of 11 in 1921, but within four yearswas a world-class player. Two years af-ter learning how to play, he faced theWorld Champion in a simultaneous, butdidn't put up much of a fight.

Grilnfe/dAlexander AlekhineArthur Dake

San Francisco(simu/) 1929By Eric Tangbom1.d4 ~f6 2.e4 g6 3.~e3 d5 4.e3 Ag75.~f3 0-0 6.Ad2 e6 7.iIe1 Ag4

Not a good square for the Bishop aswill become apparent after White's nextmove. Better are 7...&tJe4or 7...Af5.

8.!fb3 Ae8 9.a4 e6 10.Ad3 ttlbd711.0-0 b6 12.iIfd1

8.. '"iWt- .~(8 ~7'" ~ ......6.......5.... .4 /J./JD. .3 \1Ur"""w.~R~..w..UliJ.

Bali 7~ .aIi' WiD" l\ ~m;,;2 ~~ 7A+ P " 0" '

m 'n' ,,'. '~..1~ ~~. ~a bed e f 9 h

12...Aa6?

Black was still doing fine up to thismove. Better was 12...Ab7.

13.exd5

This leads to a large advantage forWhite.

13...Axd314.dxe6 Ae2?

Caro-Kann Panov-BotvinnikArthur DakeAlexanderAlekhine

Pasadena 1932

By Eric Tangbom1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4

Dake recalledlater that the weekpre-vious to this game he had analyzed thisvaIiation with Alekhine.

4...~f6 5.~e3 ~e6 6.~f3 Ae6?!

A very bad square for the Bishop.Normal here are 6...Ag4 or 6...e6.

7.e5 g6 8.Ab5 Ag7 9.lDe5 !fe810.!fa4 Ad711.0-0 0-0 12.Af4 a613.Axe6 bxe6 14.iIfe1lDh5 15.Ad2iIa7 16.iIe2 Ae8 17.iIae1

8..."'...7 ,,-. .~., . - .

6 ...5~B.~..4.. 0 . ." " . P3~~ . .

2 /JB .IlD/J~1~ fa ~ ~~ . ~ ~

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17...f5?!

It's hard to believe Alekhine couldmake such a bad move.It leads to perma-nent weaknesses. Black would have beendoing fine with a more sensible move.18.lDf3lDf6?

18...Af6 makes more sense

19.iIxe7 Irxe7 20.iIxe7 f4?

Another hard-to-understand move.

This doesn't make any sense. 14... 21 Axf4&tJe4would have been better. .

15.lDxe2 ~b8 16.e7 tWe8 17.e8='8'1-0

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The game is basically over now.21...lDe4 22.Ae5 Ah6 23.&tJxe4dxe4

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During the Great Depression, eco-nomic pressures forced Dake out of pro-fessional chess. After various jobs, heended up working at the department ofmotor vehicles in Portland. One funnyanecdote is that there was a chess playerand later many times Oregon championwho took his driver's license test fromhim in about 1970. Dake flunked him.

After he retired in 1973,he resumedplay, becomingone of the strongestplay-ers of his age until his death in 2000. .

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Passing by LegendsBy Eric Tangbom

V: ancouver 75 was a very special tournament because ofthe participation of Paul

Keres. It was amazing the way hedominated other masters, includingGMs. The first round was a good ex-ample of this.

Philidor Reversed

GM Paul KeresNM Denis ADan

Vancouver International 1975

1.e4 eS 2.~f3 ~f6 3.d3

Now the game followsthe strate-gic plans of the Philidor's defensewith colors reversed.

3...~e6 4.~bd2 AeS S.e3 dS6.Ae2 dxe4 7.dxe4 as 8.0-0 0-09.lfe2 Ite810.~e4 1te711.AgS1118

Getting out of the pin, but thiscan't be good. Better is 11...h6 andif 12.Ah4 then 12...gS. Black hasnothing to fear from 13.~xgS hxgS14.AxgS.e6.

12.~e3 Ae7 13.AbS Ad714.Itfd1 ~b8?

Again, retreating is a bad idea.Black's position becomes critical.Better is 14...Ited8 1s.Axf6 Axf616.~d5 with advantage to White.1s.Axf6 AxbS 16.AxeS Ad8 17.~fS g6 18.Ag7 'lieS 19.ItdS1Ib62o.Ad4 "a6 21."d2 gxfS

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22... Itxd8 will be met by 23.1Wgs+.

22...fxe4 23.Ite1 'fIg6 24.tDh4 lfg42S. Itxe4! 1-0

It's mate in a few moves.

Keres played a cliffhanger againstu.S. ChampionWalter Browne in the lastround. He would often get up and walkaround duringhis opponent'smove.At onepoint, I left the tournament room when hewas returning, so I passed him in the hall-way. Rather a special moment for me. Afew moveslater he wonthe game andthe tourna-ment. In twoweeks, Iwould hearthe sad newsthat he haddied of aheart attackat the age of59 on June5th.

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collection ofbest games, Ihave foundvery instruc-tive, whichbrings me toan encounterwith anotherlegend. Dur-ing a tourna-ment manyyears ago,David Bron-stein invitedme into hishotel roomtochat. I dido'tmiss the op-portunity toask him a .very Impor-

tant question: "How can I get better atchess?" I was very interested in what hewould have to say. I was suffering frommediocre tournament results and had noidea what to do about it. However, the an-swer to such a questionis not trivial and hehad no good advice. The conversationturned to other things. However, later as Ileft his room, he told me "Study the gamesof the great masters and really try to un-derstand what they were thinking aboutduringthegame." .

Paul Keres 1916-1975

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Chess is My Lifeby GMViktor Kortchnoi

published by Edition alms in 2005he., 226 pages, includes CDwith 4280 games, $39.95.

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AE k a knowledgeablechess fan tolist the strongest players never to

me world champion and thenames that are going to come up againand again are Akiva Rubinstein, PaulKeres, and VtktorKorchnoi. Change thequestionto the strongest players over 60years old and the list will be EmanuelLasker,VassilySmyslov,and, onceagain,Vtktor Korchnoi. There can be no doubtthat Korchnoi is one of the most uniqueand compelling figures in chess for thelast half century. Fortunately, he is notjust a great player, but a player with aburning desire to share his insights. Thepast few years have seen him share hislegacy through two books of his bestgames (both publishedby Olrns)and twoDVDs produced by ChessBase.

An earlier book with the same title,Chess is My Life, was written by Korch-noi nearly twenty years ago, but it bearslittlerelationto the presentwork which isunique in chess literature. It's not somuchthat it covers all ofKorchnoi's life,ITomhis formative years when he livedthrough the terrible blockade ofLeningradduring the SecondWorldWarto the three epic matches with Karpov.No, what makes this book unique isKorchnoi's ftankness. He tells things ashe sees them and doesn't mince words.For example, when discussing the char-acter of Dutch Grandmaster Jan HeinDonner, whom he clearly despised,Korchnoi quotes Bent Larsen aboutDonner: "Everything that he said wasexceptionally interesting, but it was alluntrue!"

More than a few of Korchnoi's col-leagues ITomhis Sovietdays cornein forharsh criticism, but Viktor Lvovichdoesn't grant himself immunity.He tellsof the traditional "Friends and Rivals"match betweenthe USSR andYugoslaviaheld in Leningradin the summerof 1957.The Yugoslavs complained throughout

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the eventabout the poor serviceand poorfood as well as the difficulty of sleepingthrough the white nights. Gligoric wasthe only one to play well. Korchnoi thenwrites: "He won against me with Black.Apparently,this lossgreatly upset me. Inhis memoirs, Gligoric recalls that on hislast day, accompanying him to the rail-way station, in the conversation I keptreturning to our game and promised tobeat him next time. Frankly speaking,notvery hospitable. . ."

Chess is My Life makes for fascinat-ing reading,as Korchnoitouches upon al-most every important chess event in thelast 50 years, ITomthe SovietChampion-ships, Curacao, the matches withSpassky and Petros ian, to the currentsystem of running the World Champion-ship. Every chess player of a certain ageknows about Tal getting hit with a bottlein a Cuban bar during the 1966 Olym-piad, but here you get the details andramifications. Despite having the abso-lute best score in the Olympiad, 9.5 ITom11, Tal was punished, and how. Twoyears later, just before departing for theOlympiadin Lugano, the team was gath-ered together and at the last moment Talwas told he wasn't going.The beneficiarywas the enigmaticSmyslov,who, on sev-eral occasions, used his "blat"( Russianfor influenceand power) to push his wayto the ITontof the line.

Korchnoi's memories of certainevents differ in detail ITompublished ac-counts. After Korchnoi's defection, So-viet and East European players often re-fused invitationsto eventsin whichVtktorLvovich was a participant. Discussingthe boycott, he writes: "As for the Sovietboycott, its origins were revealed whenRomanishin and Yusupov accidentallyarrived at the tournament in Lone Pine,when I was already there. A multi-stageexchange of telegrams and letters wererequired and finally the central organ ofpower in the USSR, the Communist

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Party, graciously allowed the Grandmas-ters to participate side by side with me inthe tournament. These documents wereredeemed by me ITom the office of theCommunist Party Central Committee in1994.'

However, I played at Lone Pine 1981and I confinned my memories with con-temporaneous published accounts.Yusupov and Rornanishin had arrived inLone Pine on the bus ITom Los AngelesInternational Airport with most of theplayers the day before the first round.There were rumors, but no Korchnoi, atthe players' meeting that evening. Thenext morning, he miraculously appeared.He had arrived at 1:45 a.m. on a Grey-hound bus ITom Los Angeles and waslucky to run into the tournament travelcoordinator Jerry Hanken, who was hav-ing a late night blitz session with fellowMaster James Thinnsen. Hanken tried toget Korchnoi a room, but found that ev-erything was sold out that weekend dueto skiers stopping over on the way ITomLos Angeles to Mammoth Lakes. Fortu-nately, Jerry remembered that Lev Alburthad a double room and the fellow defec-

tor was happy to host Vtktor for the night.So Korchnoi was definitely in Lone Pineafter, rather than before, Rornanishin andYusupov, who were stuck in the middle ofthings. Korchnoi had called the Soviet'sbluff. Would the players be ordered to flyall the way back home without playing?As a practical matter, there was no Sovietofficial willing to make a decision on afew hours notice. That was how the boy-cott was broken and when Korchnoi and

Yusupov played they shook hands. Vtktorwon a very nice game.

Besides the lively writing, there arewonderful photos throughout, chieflyimages ofKorchnoi at different stages ofhis life, ITom when he was a kid to thepresent. Some of them are quite surpris-ing, such as the one with VIktor K. andJimmy Carter-taken not when the latterwas President, but when he was Gover-nor of Georgia. Remember, Korchnoiplayed his Candidate's match withMecking in Augusta. Another plus is theeight annotated games and the high-qual-ity example of chess composition (game9). Garry Kasparov provides the prefaceand St. Petersburg Grandmaster Sergey

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NWChess have enjoyed very muchthe bios of Peter Lapiken. I havepassed copies around to some folksand it's been well-received. Thereare a couple people Isee frequentlywho were Missoula contemporariesof Mr. Lapiken.

Aaron Hitchcock tells me that hewas a sort of "secretary" of thegroup or club that played at Han-sen I s and he is looking though theyears of accumulated "stuff" to seeif he stillhas a box or two of the oldrecords. He knows Ralph Hansen'sson and said he would check to seeifthe Hansen family might also haveold chess records squirreled awaysomewhere.

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Open Reserve (U1700)First $200 First $140Second $130 Second $90U1950 $95 U1450 $65

Unr $20Upset (rds 1-4) $15

Entry Fees: $32 ifrec'd by6j20, $40 at site. see members-subtract 25%. Members of other dues-required CCs in BC,OR, and WA-subtract 12.5%. Unr-free with purchase of 1-year USCF and WCF. Add $1 to any EF for 2-dayschedule.

Registration: Fri. 7-7:45 p.m., S8;t. 9~9:4§, a.m.

Rounds: Fri. 8, Sat. (10 @ Gj64)'-12:30-6':45,Sun. 11-5.

Byes: 2 (Sunday rounds, commit at registration).

MisceUaneous: USCF & WCFmembership req;d, No smok-ing. No computers. ' . . ;'

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RiMay 20 PeC Game-in-60FbSite: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219.Format: 4-rd Swiss. TC: G/60. TO may switch to5SS and G/45if more than 25 entries. EF: $20, $5 disoount for FCC members.Noadvance entries. Prize Fund: $$2001b20. Prizes: $60-40-30,UI800 35, U1500 35. Reg: 9-9:30 am. Byes: One ~-pl bye avail.if requestedat reg. Mise: USCF & OCFIWCF membership req'd,OSA Info: [email protected]. 503-246-2978, www.pdxchess.org.

May 20-21 Southern Oregon Open III. Site: Rogue Community College, 3345 Redwood Hwy, J Bldg.GrantsPass.OR Format: 5-rd. Swiss.TC: 00. EF: $30by 5/18,$35at site. Prize Fund: $$750b/30. Prizes: $200,X 100,A

100, B 100, C 100,DIE 100;Onr 50. Reg: 8-9 am. Rds: Sat 9:30-2-6:30, Sun 9-2. InfolEntries: Wray A. Maxwell, 740 NW 4th St.Grants Pass OR 97526,541-476-5000.

FbJune 1, 8 John Anderson Dual QuadsFbSite: Gonzaga Univ., Herak 121, Spokane WA Format: 2 x 3-RR. TC: G/30. TO may switch to 5SS and G/45 if more than 25entries. EF: $12. Reg: 6:45-7:30 pm. Mise: USCF regular- andquick-rated event. Info: Dave Griffin. 509-928-3260, [email protected].

FbJune 3 TCC G/60#3FbSite: Tacoma CC, 409 Puyallup AveE, room II (2""lIoor),TacomaWA Format: 4-rd Swiss. TC: G/OO. EF: $20. Prize Fuad:$300 bI20. Prizes: $80-70, 02000 60: 01700 50, U1500 40. Reg:9-9:45 am. Rds: 10-12:30-3-5:30. Mise: OSCF & OCFIWCFmembership req'd, OSA NS. NC. EntIInfo: Gmy Dorfaer 8423E 'B' St. Tacoma WA 98445. Make checks payable to [email protected]. 253-535-2536.

Scholastic EventsMay 2006

David Hendricks 425-868-3881 [email protected] Everett, WAJune 2006 .

[email protected]://mysite.verizon.net/kaech BcUinghamWAJuly 2006

[email protected]://mysite.vcrizon.neVkaech BcUinghamWAAugust 2006

1 Hot SummerChessm (1(-12) [email protected]://mysite.verizon.net/kaech BcUinghamWA22 Hot SummerChessIV (1(-12) [email protected]://mysite.verizon.net/kaech BellinghamWA

NOTE: A ' 8 ' in front of the tournament Dame indicates aD OSCF qualifying tournameDt.

USCF NATIONAL ScholasticsFor information on any national event, contact Diane Reese at eventsOuschess.org.July 21-23 U.S Junior Open Dallas TX

27 Washington Open Scholastic

27 Hot Summer Chess I (1(-12)

11 Hot Summer Chess n (1(-12)

..~..Scholastic Summet' Chess Camps w

Cbess4Life BellevueWAElliott Neff 425-283-0549 [email protected]

July 10-14 for K-6Aug 7-11 for K-6

Chess Odyssey various sites OR

[email protected] www.chessodyssey.comJune 19-23 for ages 7-19 Beaverton OR

26-30 for ages 7-19 Portland ORJuly 10-14 for ages 7-19 Portland OR

24-28 for ages 7-19 Portland ORAug 7-11 for ages 7-19 Portland OR

21-25 for ages 7-19 Beaverton OR

WGM Eleaa Donaldsoa various sites WA

[email protected]/elcna_camp.htm. .July 10-14 Elena'sSummerChessCamp BcU

~VUC WA Sammaall. S.mnullm.."WA

17-21 Elena's Summer Chess Camp Red oDdWA Elliott Neff 425-283-0549 [email protected] 7-11 Elena's Summer Chess Camp. Woodin iDeWA June 26-30 Sammarnish Summer Camp 1(1(-12)

14-18 Elena's SullIlru:rChess Camp ."""". Se~ttleWA July31-Aug4 SammarnishSummerCampn (1(-12)

Northwest Chess .\ May 2005

Evergreen School Sboreliae WADanieIIe206-957-1533d1arwa~hool.org www.evcrgm:nschooLorg

June 19-23 for ages 5-826-30 for ages 6-9

July 3,5-7 Siamese (ages 6-15)10-14 for ages 6-917-21 Intermediate (ages 8-13)

Aug 7-11 Advanced (ages 9-15)

1M Georgi Orlov various sites WA

[email protected] www.chessplayer.com!earnps.htmJune 26-30 OrIov Summer Chess Camp Seattle WAJuly 24-28 OrIov Summer Chess Camp Seattle WA

July 31-Aug 4 OrIov Summer Chess Camp Shoreline WA

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May 1006604-111-7148 [email protected]/juniorchess/Keres_1006.hOnl Vancouver Be503-146-1978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORsee (nroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAWray MaxweU 541-476-5000 Gran1s P8SS, ORsee InroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAaG. Pitre hgpitre@)cOlDCast.netwww.nwchess.cOlD Everett WA

June 1006David Griffin 5O9-928-J16Odbgrffo@hoanaiIam www.spoIDI""""""'hcq Spokane WAG. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAG. Dorfner 153-535-1536 ~am www.taalmadteslclubnetfinnoLam TaCOlD8WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORDeDDil HoeDer 541-171-1393 [email protected]""""""""""""""" Newport ORsee (nroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAsee (nroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] Seattle WAwww.lvchessfestival.com Las Vegas NVsee (nroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] Seattle WAG. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com. Tacoma WAsee (nroUne 106-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland ORwww.chessplayer.com " Philadelphia PA

July 2006G. DodDer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org "Portland, ORSCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org " Portland ORClint Ballard clint@slugfestorg www.gmslugfest.com Poulsbo WAwww.chessplayer.com """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" CASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland OR

August 1006I PCC Tuesday Quads begin 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org " Portland ORFb3,1O,17AugustAdjeeb David Griffin 509-928-3260 [email protected] www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA4 TCC lO-Second Tournament G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA5-6 Washington Senior Adult Championship G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA5-13 U.S. Open www.uschess.org/toumaments/2006/usopenl.FIDE Oak Brook IL11,18,25 Tacoma Summer Championship G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAFb12 Qualchan Quads David Griffin 509-928-3260 [email protected] www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA12-13 Spokane City Ch Contenders (!nv.) David Griffin 509-928-3260 [email protected] Spokane WA19 SCC Monthly Blitz (G/5) SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAFb19-20 Tacoma City Championship G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAFb26 8 PCC Game-in-60 503-246-2978 [email protected] Portland ORFb26 SCC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAFb26-27 Auntie's Open David Griffin 509-928-3260 [email protected] Spokane WA26-27 Spokane City Championship David Griffin 509-928-3260 [email protected] www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WAFb27 SCC Sunday Tornado SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA

September 2006Fb2-4 Oregon Open Jerry Ramey OCF President [email protected] www.nwchess.org TBA OR8,15 Tacoma CC Gambit Tmt G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA9 Seattle CC Novice SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAFbl0 SCC Sunday Tornado SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA12 PCC Tuesday Quads begin 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland ORFbl6 SCC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA17 Seattle CC Monthly Blitz (GIS) SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA22,29 TCC Championship (Rds 1-2) G. Donner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA

NOTE: A 'Fb' in front of the date indicatesa Franett MemorialNorthwestGP event A 8 in front of the tournament name indicates an OSCF

qualifying tournament. BoIdracetype indicatesa tournament announcement (m our Future Events Section)or display ad in tIm iIsue.

For scholastic events and summer came.s, see inside back cover

19-22Fb10Fb1020.21Fb21Jb27-29

Paul Keres Memorial"pee Game-in-60see Saturday QuadsSouthem Oregon Open msee Sunday TomadoWashington Open

1,8 John Anderson Dual Quads2,9 TCC Gambit TournamentFb3 Tee Game-in-60 #36 PCC Tuesday Quads beginJblo.11 Newport OpenFbl0 see Saturday Quads11 see Monthly BUu (G/5)16-18 National Open & Polgar Girls ChFb18 see Sunday Tornado23,30 TCC Action TournamentFb23-15 Emerald City OpenFb25 8 PCC Game-in-6030-July 4 World Open

7,14,21,28 TCC Firecracker Swiss8 SCC Monthly Blitz (G/5)Fb8-9 Evergreen OpenFb9 SCC Sunday TornadoII PCC Tuesday Quads beginFbl5 SCC Saturday QuadsFb15-16 Portland CC Summer Open21-23 GM Slugfest Qualifier21-23 Pacific Coast OpenFb28-30 Seattle Seafair Open29 TCC to-Second TournamentFb29 8 PCC Game-in-60

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