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Games from the Portland Masters

Modem

LM Harmon (2198)Radu Roua (2155)

PortlandMasters (1) 2006

1.d4~e6 2.~f3 d6 3.c4g64.~e3 Ag7S.h3 e5 6.dS ~ee77.e4 15S.exfS ~9.Ad3 ~h41 0.g3 ~+ 11.ttxf3 ~1612.g40-013.tte2c614.AgsttaS1S.Jl.d2!rb616.h3ttaS17.0-0-0exdSlS.cxdSAd719.~bl Ilab820.Jl.bSa6

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IrregularFM Oleg Zaikov (2365)FM Nick Raptis (2300)


1.a3 g6 2.~f3 Ag7 3.g3 ~f6 4.Ag20-0 S.O-Od6 6.d3 ~e6 7.b4 e5 S.Ab2h6 9.~bd2 Jl.e6 10.~b3 "d711.IlelIlae812.~fd2 ~h713.c4 ~g5 14.bS~dS15.~aS~h3+ 16.~fl e617.bxc6bxc61S.tta4dS19.~db3~gS20.~c5ttd621.~e6fxe622.~gl Ile723.IlflIlef724.Ilael hS2S.exdSexdS26.k3fld727."xd7 Ilxd728.Jl.b4 Ile829.h4~gf7 30.Ah3 Af8 31.Ilc8 Jl.xb432.axb4 ~d6 33.IlaS ~f7 34.Ilel ~fS3S.~b3 ~d4 36.~xd4 exd4 37.IlalIlee7 3S.bS ~16 39.Ila6 ~f7 4O.Ila4~d6 41.Ilxd4 ~b5 42.Ila4 Ilb743.Ilc8 0-1

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Ruy Lopez ChigorinNM Carl Hsessler (2209)NM Morgan Griffiths (2263)

PortlandMasters (2) 20061.e4e52.~f3~c6 3.Ab5a64.Jl.a4~16S.o-o Ae7 6.Ilel b5 7.Jl.b3 0-0 S.h3d6 9.e3 ~aS 10.Ae2 eS 11.d4 tte712.~bd2 Draw

PetroffNM Landon BrowneD (2265)LM Clark Harmon (2198)

PortlandMasters (2) 20061.e4 eS 2.~f3 ~16 3.d4 ~e4 4.~xeSdS S.Ad3 Ad6 6.0-0 ~d7 7.tte2 tte7S.~d7 Jl.xd7 9.c4 e6 10.eS Ae7 11.Ilel 0-0-0 12.Jl.xe4 dxe4 13.~e3 1514.dSttxeS1S.AgS IldeS16.Iledl h617.h3 "d6 lS.g3 gS 19.dxe6 "xe620.Ilaeltte621.~bSJl.xb522..xbSa623.tleS Ilh724.tta7 1-0

Queen s Gambit AcceptedNM Morgan Griffiths (2263)Matthew Fleury (2144)

PortlandMasters (3) 20061.d4 dS 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 eS 4.~f3 exd4S.Jl.xc4 ~c6 6.0-0 Ae6 7.Jl.xe6 fxe6S.~gS ttd7 9.tlfh5+ g610.tlfh3 0-0-011.ttxe6 h6 12."xd7+ Ilxd7 13.~e6Ae7 14.~d2 ~16 lS.a3 Ilea 16.~g7IlgS17.~e6 IleS1S.~g7 IlgS19.~e6Draw

Benko Gambit

LM Clark Harmon (2198)FM Oleg Zaikov (2365)

PortlandMasters (3) 20061.d4 ~16 2.e4 eS 3.dS bS 4.exbS a6S.bxa6 g6 6.~e3 Axa6 7.e4 AxflS.~l Jl.g79.~f3d610.g30-011.~g2~bd712.Ilel"a513.eS~g414.exd6exd6 ls.Af4 Ilfbs 16.Ile2 ~geS17.~xeS ~eS lS.Jl.xeS Jl.xe5 19.Ile 1ilb420.a3 Ild421.!fb3~g722.ilce2ileS

Tune 2006

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23.!fb7 Ile724.ffbS Ild32s.~b5 ild726.f4 ildS 27.ttb7 A16 2S.~e7 ~gS29."e6 Ad4 30.~b5 "a4 31.~d6ffb3 32.~c4 Ildl 33.d6 ~g7 34."e4hS35."e7 Ilgl+36.~h3"f337.~eSJl.xeS 3S.ttxe5+ ~h7 39."gS Ilxd640.fS gxfS 41.Ilf2 "g4+ 42."xg4hxg4+ 43.~h4 ~g6 44. Ilxc5 il 1645.ileS ildl46.Ilgs+~h647.iIxg4 ildS48.ilgf4 ilIJ6 49.b4 ~g6 SO.g4 ild351.gxf5+ ~16 s2.Il4f3 Ild4+ 53.Ilf4ild354.Il2f3 ild2SS.~g3 Ilb8S6.h3Ilgs+ S7. ilg4 IlaS mate

French Winawer

Radu Roua (2155)NM Landon BrowneD (2265)

PortlandMasters(3) 2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.~e3 Ab44.ll)ge2dxe4 5.a3 Jl.xe3+6.~c3 b6 7."g4ll)16S.tlxg7 IlgS 9."h6 Ab710.AgS ilg611."h4 ~bd7 12.AbS a6 13.bd7+~xd7 14.dS exd5 lS.0-0-0 "hS

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FM Nick Raptis (2300)NM Carl Haessler (2209)


1.d4b6 2.lL1f3.0.b73.g3.0.xf34.exf3d55.Ag2 e6 6.0-0 g6 7.c4 c6 8.lL1c3Ag79.cxd5 cxd51 0."8a4+ <!>fB11..0.f4ffd7

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FrenchAdvance

Matthew Fleury (2144)NM Landon Brownell (2265)

PortlandMaste-;~(4) 20061.e4 e62.d4d53.e5 c54.c3ffb6 5.lL1f3Ad7 6.Ae2 .0.b5 7.c4 dxc4 6.0-0 lL1c6

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21c8 3O.1ha7lIxc4 31.h3 h5 32.c;tIe2lL1g1+33.1Jd31Ic7 34.lIa8lL1xh3 0-1

Vienna Game

Carl Haessler (2209)Clark Harmon (2198)


1.e4 e5 2.lL1c3lL1f63.f4 d5 4. fxe5lL1xe45.lL1f3Ag4 6.d3lL1xc37.bxc3 c5 8.Ae2lL1c69.Af4 Ae7 10.0-0 Ae6 11."e1h6 12.lIb1 "d7 13.d4 c4 14."g30-0-0 15.a4 g5 16.Ae31Idg8 17.lIb5a618.lIb2lL1a519.lIa1 g420.lL1d2h521."e1 h4 22..0.f1 Ad8 23.!lb1 lIfB24.Af41Ih525."e1 Ac726."e31Ig827.lIbb1 Ad8 28.lIa2 llf529.lId1.0.c7 30.g3 Ad8 31.Ag2 hxg3 32.hxg3lIh533.lL1f1 lIgh8 34.11b1 lL1c635.lIab2lL1a5 36.1Ia2 "e8 37."c1 "fB38.'tJb2 b6 39."b4lL1c6 4O."b2lL1a541.lL1e3 lIh2 42."b4 "e8 43.lIab2lL1c6 44.1ra3 Ac7 45.lIxb6 Axb646.1Ixb6<!>c747.1rc51Ixg2+48.<!>xg2a549.lIa6 1-0

Queen's Gambit AcceptedNM Morgan Griffiths (2263)FM Nick Raptis (2300)

PortlandMasters (4) 20061.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.lL1f3 c6 4.e3 lL1f65.hc4 e66.0-0 lL1bd77.lL1c3b5 8.Ad3a6 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6lL1xf612.bxc3Ad613.Ag51rc714.lIe1 Ab715.c40-0 16."c2h617.Axf6gxf618.c5Ae719."8d2<!>g720.lIab1 llfd821.lIb6 Ac8 22.lleb1 lla7 23.Ae4 Ad724.'tJb215 25.Ad3 Af6 26.ha6 Ae827.g3 Ild528.t1fb4 Ild829.1rc4 Ilda830.a4 Ad7 31.a5 Ac8 32.hc8 "xeS33.!la4 lIxa5 34.!lxc6 !ld8 35.llb7<!>g636.1ld7 lla1 37.L1 L1+38.<!>g2'tJb8 39.ffb7 1rfB 4O.c6 "a3 41.'tJb81Jg742.lL1e5he543.1rxe5+<!>g644. Ild8 1rd3 45. Ilg8+ <!>h5 46.g4+<!>h447.!lg3+ 1rxg3+ 48.hxg3 mate-

Reti

Oleg Zaikov (2365)Radu Roua (2155)

Portland Masters (4) 2006

1.a3d52.lL1f3c53.c4d44.b4 1rc75.g3e5 6.d3lL116 7.Ag2 Ae7 8.0-0 0-09.lL1bd2h610.lL1b3lL1bd711.Ad2Ad612.lL1h4 lIe8 13.lL115AfB 14.e4 dxe315.lL1xe3 Ilb8 16.lL1a5 lL1b6 17.Ac3Ad718.b5 1rc819.lIe1 Ad620.1la2lL1g421. llae2lL1xe3 22.lIxe3 1623.f4

Tune 2006

23...Ag4 24.1rc2lL1d725.Ad5+ <i'h826."g2 lle727.Axb711c728.Ad5 21m29.lL1c6lIee8 30:Af3 Axt3 31."xf3lIa8 32.15lL1b633.h5 "d7 34.1Ie4Ac7 35.llh4 lL1a436.Ad2 <!>h737.1Iee41Ih838.1leg4lL1b239.21g6ffxd34O.Axh6"xf3 41.lIxg7 mate

Benko Gambit

Clark Hannon (2198)Morgan Griffiths (2263)

PortlandMasters (5) 20061.d4lL116 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6g6 6.lL1c3Axa6 7.e4 Axt1 8.<bxf1d69.lL1f3Ag710.g30-o 11.<!>g2~bd712.lIe1 1ra513.e5lL1g414.exd6 exd615.Af41Ifb8 16.lle2 ~ge517.Axe5lL1xe518.lL1xe5he519.lIc11Ib420.a3 1ld421.'tJb3"a622."b51Ic423.1rxa6 lIxa6 24.lIec2 hc3 25.lIxc3Ild426.b4cxb427.axb4lIxd528.11b3lIb629.lIc71If530.h3h531.1Ic4~32.g4 lIe5 33.f4 IId5 34.<!>f3hxg4+35.hxg4 <!>e736. IIc7+ <!>1637. lIe3 g5

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38.lIe4 IId3+ 39.ebe2 IIb34O.lIee1gxf441.ilxf1+c;t>gs42.IIc41I6xb443.IIfS+~g6 44. IIcxf4 Draw

Owens DefenseRadu Roua (2155)NM Carl Haessler (2209)

PortlandMasters (5) 20061.84 b6 2.d4 Ab1 3.Ad3 e6 4.~f3 d6S.0-0~d76.~gS h6 1.tlhSg6 8."h31ff69.~f3iLg110.a4a611.c4"d812.aScS13."g31fc114.axb6"xb61S.eScxd416.exd6~gf617.~bd20-0 18.b4~h519.tlh4 !fxd6 20.~e4 "c1 21.~g3 ~df6 22. lIaS iLxf3 23.gxf3 eS 24.lIe1 IIfe8 2S.~hS ~xhS 26.Ad2

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Sicilian Grand Prix Attack

NM Landon Brownell (2265)FM Oleg Zaikov (2365)


1.84cS 2.~c3 g6 3.f4 Ag1 4.~f3 ~c6S.AbS ~d4 6.~d4 cxd4 1.~e2 !fb68.Ad3~f69.0-00-0 10.b3

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13.cxd3 d6 14.!f82 iLe6 1S.D2 "as16.'lI12"dS 17.lIae1 lIaeB 18.15IIc219.Aa1"Axt5 20.~xf5 "xf5 21.Axd4"xf2 22..i.x12 86 23.Axa1 iIxd2 24.a4I!xd32s.lIb1 lIeB 26.b4 lIaS 21..i.b6I!xa428.g3IIda329.lIbc1 iIa130. ebg2I!xc131.I!xc1 iIxb432.Ac1 iLeS 0-1

Benko Gambit

Matthew Fleury (2144)FM Oleg Zaikov (2365)

PortlandMasters (6) 20061.d4 ~f6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.a4 bxc4S.~c3 d66.84 Aa6 1.f4 ~bd1 8.~f3 g69.aSAg110.eSdxeS11.fxe5~g412.e6~deS13.!fa4+ebf814.Ae2151S.0~0~d316.Axd3cxd311.iLf4

11...Axc3 18.bxc3 !fxdS 19.h3 hS20.hxg4hxg421.~e5D122."a2ebg123."xdS iLxdS 24.~xd3 IIhc82S.iLeS+ c!>h626.~f4 A84 21. IIfd1gS28.~dS IIc6 29.~xe1 %1x8630.lId6iIxd6 31.Axd6 IId8 32.lId1 IId133.c!>t2lIb1 34.lId2 iIbS 3S.AeS c4 36.iLf6f431.iId8 g3+ 38.ebe1 ebhS 0-1

French

NM Carl Haessler (2209)NM Landon Brownell (2265)

PortlandMasters (6) 20061.e486 2.~f3dS 3.~c3 ~f6 4.eS ~fd7S.~e2 cS 6.~f4a6 1.b4 cxb4 8.d4 tt)c69..i.d3 ~b6 10.h4 Ae1 11.iIh3iLd112.%1g3g6 13.~h3 "c1 14.c!>t10-0-0 1S.~hgS %1dfB16."e2 ~a5 17.a3

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11...h6 18.~h3 ~bc4 19.tt)d2 AbS20.hS gS 21.a4 ~d2+ 22.Axd2 Axd323.iIxd3 ebb8 24.c3 b3 2S.f4 "c426.fxgS b2 21. %1b1"a2 28.!fd1 ~c429."c2 hxgS 30.g4 iIhg8 31.~e2 1532.exf6 Axf6 33.~f2 eS 34.~d1 iIf73S.~e3 exd4 36.cxd4 lIe8 31.ebd1iLxd4 38.~fS ~a3 39.lIxd4 ~xc240. ebxc2 iIc8+ 0-1

Pirc

NM Morgan Griffiths (2263)Radu Roua (2155)


1.d4 ~c6 2.~f3 d6 3.e4 tt)f6 4.~c3 g6S.Ae3a66.!fd2~g4 1.AgSh68.Ah4iLg1 9.h3 ~f61 0.0-0-0 bS 11.iLd3 0-0 12.eS~h113.A84ilb114.~dSgS

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Portuguese AttackFM Nick Raptis (2300)LM Clark Harmon (2198)


1.84 eS 2.ilbS ~f6 3.tt)c3 ~c6 4.ti:}ge2Acs S.O-O 0-0 6.d3 a6 1.Axc6 dxc68.ile3 Axe3 9.fxe3 "e1 10.ti:}g3iLg411."d2 lIad812.h3 ilc813.1If3 IId614.lIaf1 ti:}e81S."f2 g616.ti:}ge2ti:}g117.ebh2bS18.g4hS19.gxhS~hS20.tt)g3 ~g3 21."xg3 gS22.lIg1 lIg623.d4 ebg1 24."xeS+ "xeS+ 2S.dxeSIIh8

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QGD TarraschLM Clark Harmon (2198)Matthew Fleury (2144)


1.d4dS2.c4e63.~fJc54.cxdSexdSS.g3~ 6.Ag2 ~f6 7.0-0 Ae7 8.~ 0-09.AgS cxd410.~4 h6 11.A14 1fb612.~c6bxc613.~"a514. l1c1 Ad71S.b3 l1ac8 16.1fc2 cS 17. ~c3 Ae618.Ad2 "a6 19.11fe1l1fd8 2O.e4dxe421.~e4 c4 22.Ac3 cxb3 23.axb3 ~dS24.1!Pb2~ 2S.f!xc3 f!xc3 26.1fxc31!Vb627.1feS lIdS 28.1!Pb2l1bS 29.~d2Ac530.11e2aS31.1fc2

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French Steinitz

Radu Roua (2155)FM Nick Raptis (2300)

PortlandMasters (7) 20061.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.lbc3lb16 4.eSlb1d7S.lbce2 cS 6.c3lbc6 7.14 1fb6 8.lb13Ae7 9.a3 as 10.11b1 0-0 11.Ae3 1612.dxcShcS13.hcS ~c514.lbed4Ad7 1s.Ad3 Ae8 16.Ac2lbe4 17.0-0 Ahs 18.1fd3 fxeS 19.1bxeSlbxeS20.fxeS f!xt1+21.f!xt11fxb222.lbxe61fxc3 23.1fxc3lbxc3 24.lb14lbe2+2S.lbxe2he226.11b1 b527.c;t>12Ac428.c;t>e3111829.Ad3 d4+ 30.c;t>e4Afl31.11d1b432.axb4axb433.c;t>xd4l1d8+34. c;t>cSl1b8

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3s.11d2 b3 36.11b2 c;t>f837.c;t>d4c;t>e738. c;t>c3l1c8+ 39. c;t>b4h6 40. l1e2 AdS41.A1S l1a8 42. l1d2 l1b8+ 43. c;t>c3Ae6 44.he6 c;t>xe645. l1e2 l1bS 46.c;t>b2l1xeS 47.1112 l1bS 48.1113c;t>eS49.11fl gS SO.g4 11b4 S1.h3 1114S2.l1h7 1112+S3.c;t>b1111654.c;t>b2c;t>14

SS.11b7 c;t>g356.f!xb3+ q.,g2 S7.q.,c2111358. 11b61bh3 S9.C4td2~g3 60.We3c;t>xg4+61.q.,12 q.,hS 62.q.,g2 11a363.c;t>h2g4 64. 11b2 C4th46s.11c2 hS 66.11b2 11a467.11c2g3+68.~g2q.,g469.11b2 h4 70.11b1 h3+ 71.q.,g1 h2+ 72.c;t>h1 c;t>h3 0-1

Sicilian Grand Prix Attack

NM Landon Brownell (2265)NM Morgan Griffiths (2263)


1.e4 d6 2.lbc3 g6 3.14 Ag7 4.lb13 c5S.Ab5+ Ad76.hd7+ 1!!fxd77.0-o~c68.d3~16 9."e1lbd4 10.~xd4 cxd411.~e2 1!!fc612.c3 dxc3 13.bxc3 0-014.1113 1fa4 1S.15 11ac8 16.Ae3 dS17.eS ~d7 18.d4 1!!fc219.11c1 1!!fxa220.11a1 1!!fc421.11xa7 1!!fbS22.11a1lla8 23.11b1 "c6 24."h4 111e82S.Ah6 Ah8 26.11h3 118227.lb14 11c2

28.Ag7 hg729."xh7+C4tf830.~e6+1xe6 31.1fxg6 11xc3 32.1111 11c1

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1/2 ~0 1 1/2 1/2 l/2 20.25

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Nick Raptis2335

1/2 1 0 1 1 1 1 5.5 2348 27.752305

Landon Brownell2237

1/2 crt> 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 2265 23.000000

Oleg Zaikov2364

0 1 crt> 1/2 1 1 1/2 1 5.0 2366 22.502391

2147 12263

2198 02210

2233 02208

2242 02192

2125 02149

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Owens DefenseOleg Zaikov (2365)Carl Haessler (2209)

PortlandMasters (7) 20061.e4b62.d4Ab7 3.lOc3 e64.lO13 lOe7S.dS lOg6 6.h4 Ae7 7.hS lOm 8."d4I1g8 9.h6 gxh6 10.Axh6 lOg6 11.0-0-OcS 12."e3eS 13.d6A1614..Ac4lOh81S.l1hSlOc616.lOdS 11c817.II15 I1g618.tDxf6+1lxf619.AgS iIxf520.Axd81Ixf321."xf3 iIxd822."16 1-0

The following two games wereplayed outside of the tournament.

Queen :soIndian

LM Clark Harmon (2198)Paul Enright (2155)

Portland Masters (x) 2006

1.d4 lO162.c4 e6 3.lO13b6 4.g3 h6S.b3Ab4+ 6.Ad2 JJ..e7 7..!.g2 c6 8."c2dS9.0-00-0 10.l1d1 lObd711.a4 lIeS12.aSAb713.b4c514.dxc5bxc51S.b5d416.Af4 11e817.e3 Axf318.Axf3 eS19..!.gS h6 20.Axf6 Axf6 21. 1Ia3 "e 722.lOd2 g6 23.AdS c;t>h724.l1b1 Ag72S.b6 axb6 26.a6 dxe3 27.fxe3 1528.a7l1a8 29.ba8 I1xa8 30."a4 "d631.l1d1 "c7 32.lOe4 lOm 33.lOc3 e434. lOdS"d6 3S.IiIb3 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen

Matthew Fleury (2144)PlluJ Enright (2155)

Portland Masters (x) 200~1.e4 c5 2.lO13e6 3.d4 cxd44.tbxd4 tbc6

IS.1&3"C 7 6.Ae3 a67.g3d68.Ag2 Ad79.0-0 lO1610.tDxc6 Axc6 11.a4 Ae712.a5 tDd7 13.f4 0-0 14.g4 11fe81S.gSAf816.iI13 g617.iIh3 Ag7 18."g4JIaca 19.1!f'h4~f820.Ab6 "d721. Eld1"e 722. IiIhd31523. iIxd6 Axc3 24.bxc3Axe42S.Axe4fxe426. "e1 e527..e41!xc328.Ad8 trf7 29. II16" c4 30."xb 7iIxc2 31."xa6 "cS+ 32.~h1 exf433."d6ilxh2+Draw .r From the BusinessManager. -..,When sending payments or other mate-rial to the business manager. please re-member to always include the BM's name(Eric Holcomb). PMB number and streetaddress. Northwest Chess is optional.Games and letters to the editor should

~ Nar be mailedto the BM. ~8

Children and Chess,A Guide for Educators

by Alexey W. Rootpublished by Teacher Ideas Press in 2006

pb., 136 pages, $25.00.

by NeilDale

Yes, the former Northwest chess playerhas authored a book. For those who arenewer readers of Northwest Chess,Alexey Root (nee Rudolph) was a veryactive junior player in the Northwest inthe 1970s. She later movedto Californiaand taught high school in the late 1980s.She was the U.S. Women's Champion in1989, and since 1999 has been on thefaculty of the Universityof Texas at Dal-las (yes, at that famous collegiate chesspowerhouse). She is married to 1MDougRoot and now resides in Denton, Texasand is active in local chess circles. Shehas taught at chess camps, has been avolunteer chess teacher at her children'sschools, and has taught chess-relatedcourses at UTD.

Now about the book. It definitely iswhat the title implies, a guide for chessteachers and coaches on the scholasticlevel. It supports the concept that chessinstructionhas a positive influenceon im-proving overall academic achievements.Ample previous studies in this area are

quoted. This book shouldalsobe requiredreading for school administrators, whocontrol the purse strings and oftenare thedecision makers as to whether chessshould be a part of the curriculum. But Ithink that the best part of this book isthat it is a very well-organizedteachingtool.

It is set up in such a way with de-tailed teaching plans and learning objec-tives, that even a teacher who is barelyfamiliar with the game of chess could doa good job of teaching the basics. Ofcourse, that brings up the question whysomeone who does not know the gamewould be interested in teaching it. Expe-rienced players will also find the lessonplans and teachingtechniquesquite help-ful and it will make their job of teachingchess so much easier. This is a well-thought-out and scholarly book with apractical approach.

The book is available at Amazon.comand ttom the publisher (www.lu.com,findthe book and use code F238). You can

also order it byphone at 800-225-5800..

Annotated Games

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

FM David Bragg (2200)Skylor Fryberg (1870)

Seattle,Match (3) 2005Annotations by FM David Bragg1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.lOc3 dxe4 4.13

I played this against Bob Fergusonat the Apropos #2 (see NWC, Feb 2005,pg 11, for Bob's annotations). I don'texpect to play this too often in the future,as I was rather disappointed with the p0-sition after the opening in both games.4...exf3 S.lOxf3 lOf6 6.Ac4 e6 7.0-0Ae7

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A major question was where to putmy Queen's Bishop. 8.AgS is the rec-ommendedmove. I chose8.Af4 to deterc5, since the Bishop and Knight carrythreats againstthe Blackqueenside(llJc3-b5-c7+xa8).8.Af4 0-0 9."e1 b510.Ad3

I thought that 10.2lb3 would leavethe Bishop out of play, and that it couldbe a target for Black's advancing queen-side pawns.10...Ab711.iId1 lOa6 12.lOe4 lOdS?13.lOegS! lO16

Oooops!Havetogobadc! [13...llJxt4?14.Axh7+~h81S.'iVh4AxgS16.llJxgSg6 17.2lg8+ ~g7 18.llJxe6+ fxe6 19.'ffh7+ ~f6 20.i!xt4+ ~gS21.'iVh4mate]

Continued on page 17

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Holler's' ChessColumn

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London BridgeStill Standing Strong

by Bruce and Robert Holler

The London tournament of 1922 was atop class event. The games from thistournamenthit the world chess headlinesof the day. Amongthe openingsregularlyplayed against a variety of black defenseswas White's formation of 1.d4, 2.tbf3and 3.Ji.f4, subsequentlynamedthe Lon-don System. Nevertheless, this openinghas been referred to as a Slav in reverse,the old man's bad habit, and the business-man's opening.

Here in the Northwest, the LondonSystemis condemnedby someand lovedby others. But, if the truth be known, itis a solid opening that is easy to play, ef-fective, time tested, and is a completeopening systemno matterwhat Black de-cides to throw at it.

Youngplayers find the simplicity ofthe London System welcome, as it'seasier to play with a plan. Also, the ideasand plans of the games ofGMs, IMs, andMasters who play the London Systemmay be followed as a cohesive whole.From the very first move, a beginningplayer will understand the importance ofthe center, developing pieces, when andhow to attack from a given position, andwhen to head to the endgame. The Lon-don System has good points and follow-ers include Grandmasters.

Heroesof the London System

The Londontakes on the Tarrasch

~London System

NM Gata Kamsky (2345)Arruda Marcos (UNR)

TImisoara, World Youth Ch. 1988

1.d4 tbf6 2.tbf3 dS 3.Ji.f4 e6 4.e3 eS5;c3 tbc6 6.tbbd2 Ji.e7 7..1\d30-0 8.h3iLd69.tbeSbeS10.dxeStbd711.tbf3fS 12.exf6 '8xf6 13.iLgS '8f7 14.'8e2g6 1s.iLh6 c4 16.iLe2 l1e8 17.h4

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The London takes on the Kings Indian

London System

GM Artur Yusupov (2595)FM Maxwell Fuller (2380)

Esbjerg 1980

1.d4 tnf6 2.tnf3 g6 3.Af4 Ag7 4.e3 d6S..1\e20-0 6.h3 tnbd77.0-0"e8 8.c4eS 9..i.h2 tne4 10.tnbd2 tnxd2 11.'8xd2e412.tbe1'8e713.ft)e2tnf614.l1ae1 hS1S.tna3AfS16.eSd517.tnbSl1fe8 18.'8aS tne8 19.e6

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19...b6 20.'8a4 "'e6 21.'8b3 a6 22.tne3 l1d8 23.Af4 Af6 24.f3 gS 2S.iLh2 exf3 26.Axt3 g4 27.bdS "'xe3+28.<.t?h1gxh329.l1ee1 hxg2+30.bg2'8gS 31.tne4 '8g6 32.tnxf6+ tnxf6 33.'8f3 iLe4 34.l1xe4 tnxe4 3S.'8xe4'8xe4 36.Axe4 l1xd4 37.l1g1+ <.tf838.he7 l1e8 39.hb6 11c4 40.Af3l1e641.b4 1-0

London System1M Arnaud Payen (2415)NM Daniel Gross (2370)

New York, Fan Adams Int'l (6) 1999

1.d4 tbf6 2.tbf3 g6 3.iLf4 Ag7 4.e3 d6S.h3 0-0 6.Ae2 tnbd7 7.0-0 1feS S.Ah2 eS 9.c4 tne4 10.tnbd2 tnxd2 11.'8xd2 e4 12.tne1 '8e7 13.tne2 fS 14.'8aS tbf6 1S.eS gS

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16.cxd6cxd617.tba3 bS18.ffb4 tbeS19.hbS f4 20.heS "xeS 21.1Ixd6Aa622.l1fe1 [email protected] 2S.lle71ff1+ 26.llxf1 Ilxf1+27.<.t?h2l1xd6 28.bd6 lle1 29.tbe2lle2 30.tbb4 Ad3 31.tDdS lle2 32.Ilxa7 An 33.Aes Axes+ 34.dxeSAxg2 35.tDf6+<.ttS36.e6 1-0

The King WalkThe London vs. the Double Fianchetto

The readers need to understand Mr.Stubbs dared Robert to play the London,because he said he was going to crush itwith the double fianchetto.

London SystemRobert Holler (1580)David Stubbs (1423)

Port/and, Oregon Open (6) 2003

1.d4 tbf6 2.Af4 b6 3.tDf3Ab7 4.tbbd2g6 S.e3 Ag7 6.Ad3 0-0 7.c3 d6 8.h4eS 9.hS tbxhS

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"The London System is one of White'smost dependable openings, promising rapiddevelopment and a solid pawn formation.There are also real possibilities for akingside attack, which has attracted play-ers such as Hodgson, Kasparov and Yusu-pov."-GaryLane .

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A New Kid on the Block,: UWCC Holds'First USCF -rated Tourney in Years

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by H. G Pitre

Twelve players participated in theUniversity of Washington Spring Open,held April 22 and 23. Fourplayed in theunrated one-day Booster Section, whichwas won by Dr. Marvin Hayami, classof'?3, with a 3-0 score. He donated hisfIrStprize of a $20 certificate of HaagenDazs Ice Cream products back to theprize fund. And those who tied for sec-ond received $10 each after Brian Ma-son also donated his share.

The other eight players were sched-uled for four games in the USCF-ratedOpen section over the weekend with fIrstplace being taken by Nat Koons, a morerecent graduate of the UW. He receivedmore than $50 in gift certificates fromZoe's Cafe, The Mix Ice Cream Shop,Haagen Dazs, and Starbuck's, all busi-nesseson UniversityWayNE (a.k.a.,"theAve"). Pleasethank our supporters if youare in the neighborhood some time. Ato-tal of approximately $150 went to play-ers, who, apart fromKoons, consisted ofPeter O'Gorman, Dymitr Mozdynie-wicz, Ethan Gottlieb, David Inglis, andCatherine Smith.

The Universityof WashingtonChessClub hopes to hold an event that wouldattract you to play in it. It might be inOctober when the football team is play-ing an away game. Let the club knowwhat it would take to get your support.Go to the website at www.students.wash-ington.edu/chessuw/orcontact the offic-ers at [email protected].

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Annotations by H. G Pitre1...0-0-0

Rather than defending the pawn by1...~7, Catherine prefers to play ac- 33...<!>d3tively.

2.11xe6.1lb43.Ag5 Axc34.bxc3 11hf85.Axt6 11xf66.llxt6 gxf6 7.<otx111d58.~e2 11e5+ 9.ct>d3<!>d710.c4 ct>d611.11d1 11a5 1V,tc3+ <!>e613.<!>b311e514.11d3f515.11e3

Probably 15.!!d8 was better, but itseems Peter can't lose after 15.!Ie3.

15...1lxe3+ 16.fxe3 <!>e517.<!>c3<!>e418.<!>d2a5 19.<!>e2c6 20.<0tx2b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.<!>e2'b4 23.<!>d2a4 24.ct>e2h5 25.ct>d2ct>d526.ct>d3ct>c527.g3 <!>d528.h3 <!>c529.c3 bxc3

Marvin Hayami and I thought that29. ..b3 was safer for Black.

30.~c3 ~d5 31.<!>d3a3 32.ct>e2

The more natural 32.<i!>d2<i!>c433.<!>c2<i!>d534.<i!>d3<i!>e535.<i!>d2~e4 39.h4(35...~d536. ~e1 <i!>c437.e4fxe438.g4hxg4 39.hxg4 <i!>d440.<i!>e2~d5) 36.~e2 <i!>d537.~ <i!>e538.h4 ~e6 39.<otx4<i!>f64O.e4 fxe4 41.<i!>xe4or 41.g4hxg4 42.<i!>xg4also leads to a draw, astheBlack King has time to eliminate theh-pawn and then return to blockade thea-pawn.32... ct>c4 33. <otx2

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It seems that 33.<i!>f2begins White'stricky bid to win. Out in the hallway,thinking that maybe Black was going towin, I was excitedly drawing commentsfrom players and spectators about the

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positon. Brian Mason, UW Chess Clubco-President, quickly could see the stale-mate that I hadn't considered.

33...~c3wins a tempo versus theidea played in the game; so White musttake the draw after 34. ~e 1 ~b2 35.<i!>d2<i!>xa236.<i!>c2<i!>a137.~c1 ~a238.~c2.-ed

34.~<i!>c2 35.e4fxe4+36.~e4ct>b237.<!>d3 <!>xa2 38.<!>c2 <i!>a1

8....7~. . .6....5... .i4....3%'~.... ~£3,,,' ~ . U.si?. .1.. . .a bed e f 9 h

This unforseen move happened whileI was out in the hallway. Black has onlytwo moves to choose from, and incred-ibly one move wins and one loses. IfPe-ter had played any of the expected moves,a stalemate is the likely result (39.g4hxg440.hxg4 a2; 39.<i!>b3a2 40.<i!>c2 h4).Was this misanalysis on this new Hou-dini's part?

39...a2

The wrong way!

Towin, Blackmustchoose39...~a240.g4(not40.~c1 ~b341<i!>b1a2+42.~a 1~a3, when White is the one to getmated in the corner)40...hxg441.h5g342.h6 g2 43.h7 g1=!¥ 44.h8=!¥, whenshe is likely to win the Queen ending.-ed.

4O.g4 hxg441.h5 1-0

Showing one of the fascinatingtrapsin chess. Black queens first, but White:~turn to queen is decisive. Catherine, forher part, was truly deserving of the mostcongenialplayerinthetourney. .

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USCF Crosstables(qqqq) indicates Quick Rating

see MarchTornado 3/5 TD:FredKleist1 Manber, Devon 1707 1724 W8 W5 W2 D4 3.52 Mathews, Dan 1747 1755 W4 W3 L1 W7 3.03 VanWeerdhuizen, Lane 1646 1652 W7 L2 W5 W6 3.04 Piper, August 1613 1626 L2 W7 W6 D1 2.55 Lessler, Peter 985 1141 W6 L1 L3 W8 2.06 Wang, Michael 1507 1468 L5 W8 L4 L3 1.07 Etingher, Constantin 1459 1450 L3 L4 W8 L2 1.08 KoIde, Sterling 1468 1398 L1 L6 L7 L5 0.0

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Match Seattle1 Bragg, David2 Gale, Geoffrey

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1 Edwards, Gary2 Buck, Stephen3 Mathews, Dan4 Wu, Darren5 Maider, Tate6 Lee, Nathan7 Nelson, James8 Chase, Warren9 Piper, August

10 Yang, Matthew11 Shanldand, Adam12 Blumenthal, Gabriel13 Omori, Michael14 Wang, Michael15 Van Veen, Kerry16 Monahan, Darby17 Thorsen, Eric18 Etingher, Constan19 Homicide, John20 Wu, Darryl21 Chiriac, Francis22 KJeist, Carol23 Kolde, Sterting24 Anderson, Larry25 lordanov, Stoyan

3/8-29 TD: Carol KJeist2200 2209 5.02032 2022 1.0

TD: Carol KJeistW7 W8 2.5W6 u 2.0H W11 1.5W12 u 1.5H WlO 1.5L2 u 1.0L1 U 1.0H L1 1.0U u 0.5H L5 0.5H L3 0.5L4 u 0.5u u 0.0

TD: Fred KJeistW2 W4 W7 4.0L1 Wl3 W8 3.0Wl1 Wl2 W9 3.0D7 L1 WlO 2.5D8 D10 W13 2.5D13 D14 Wl2 2.5

D4 H L1 2.0D5 D9 L2 2.0Wl5 D8 L3 2.0B D5 L4 1.5L3 B H 1.5Wl4 L3 L6 1.0D6 L2 L5 1.0L12 D6 8 1.0L9 U U 0.5

W23 we D2 D6 W9 4.0Wl6 W7 D1 D5 W6 4.0WlO H D13 W8 8 3.5H D5 H Wl4 Wl2 3.5W24 D4 Wl2 D2 Dll 3.58 B Wl1 D1 L2 3.0Wl9 L2 H W22 8 3.0W25 L1 W23 L3 W19 3.08 H W24 Wl3 L1 3.0L3 H Wl6 D23 W21 3.0Wl8 D17 L6 8 D5 2.5Wl5 H L5 Wl7 L4 2.5H Wl4 D3 L9 D15 2.5H L13 W20 L4 W22 2.5L12 H D19 W20 D13 2.5L2 D19 L10 W25 H 2.0B Dll H L12 U 2.0Lll L24 W25 L19 W23 2.0L7 D16 D15 W18 L8 2.0H H L14 L15 W25 2.0D22 H H H L10 2.0D21 H H L7 L14 1.5L1 W25 L8 D10 L18 1.5L5 Wl8 L9 U U 1.0L8 L23 L18 L16 L20 0.0

Daffodil Open Tacoma 4/22-23 TD: Gary Dortner1 MacGregor,Michael 2190 2196 W9 W8 H W3

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Tune 2006

2 Bartron, Paul3 Gale, Geoffrey4 Lee, Michael5 Buck, Stephen6 Mathews, Dan7 Lee, Nathan8 Butler, David9 Walloch, Stephen

10 Wu, Darren11 Karch, Robert12 Homicide, John13 Wu, Darryl14 Lee, Megan15 Etingher, Constantin16 Morris, Brandon

2100 20981982 19972105 20961742 17521861 18631656 16801710 17031748 17291706 16981731 17221424 14351251 12391517 15001432 1447

332 332

UW Spring Open 4122-231 Koons, Nat 2242 22492 O'Gorman, Peter 1828 18303 Mozdyniewicz,Dymtr 2050 20414 Pitre,H G 1823 18295 Gottlieb,Ethan 1187 12386 Smith, Catherine 1485 14597 Inglis,David 1427 14198 Yang,Tlen Han 1069 847

April Showers1 KoIde, Sterling2 Mathews, Dan3 Watts, Peter4 Thongmee, Sansem t5 KJeist, Fred6 Chase, Warren7 Mayer, Carol8 Fan, George9 Poyneer, Thomas10 Cohen, Eryn11 Huchala, Andrew12 Huchala, Thomas13 Rosell, John14 Darby, Michael15 Milener, Gene16 Weller, Stephen17 McGee, Donald18 Chiriac, Francis19 Zhu, Hanlin

Seattle 4f7-281413 14771833 18381351 13911277 13812006 20071575 15541515 15191525 15521066 1083890 946750 773

1300 11211878 18801965 19271425 14011285 1245972 948931 929395 395

Inland Empire Open Spokane1 Mathews, Dan 1838 18612 Herbers, Patrick 1954 19453 Weyland, Phil ID1886 18874 Rosell, John 1880 18845 Chow, Alex 1696 17186 Griffin,David 1606 16247 Steinocher, Kirk 1920 19188 Carpenter, Romie MT1800 18009 Martin,Robert MT1728 1733

10 Catton, Theodore MT1721 170111 Attwood,Adam 1695 169612 Downes, John 1725 171213 Korsmo, Kevin 1663 165914 McCourt,Daniel MT1650 164615 Mangiaracina,Mar 1619 161016 Countryman, Zachary 1573 160117 McBroom,WilliamMT1553 152818 Homicide,John 1411 142419 Baker,Ted 1399 144220 Waugh, James 1177 124021 Walton, John 1593 160822 Weyland, Ronald ID1439 139023 Etingher,Constantin 1436 143224 Batman, James 1300 133325 Ackerman,Ryan SC1023 110926 Dittman,William 628 84427 Weyland,Annette ID1069 107528 Melkonyan,Oganes 1300 113929 Johnson, Vern 1289 122230 Spencer,William MT 426 448

Wl1 W5 8 D6Wl4 W6 W4 L1B W13 L3 Wl1Wl2 L2 WlO D7Wl6 L3 Wl5 D2B D10 we D5Wl5 L1 L7 Wl2L1 L15 B Wl4H D7 L5 Wl5L2 D12 Wl4 L4L5 Dll Wl3 L8B L4 L12 Wl6L3 Wl6 Lll L9L8 W9 L6 L10L6 L14 H L13

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March Winds Seattle 3/3-311 Milener, Gene 1360 1396 82 Darby, Michael 1961 1965 WlO3 KJeist, Carol 1553 1555 U4 Chiriac, Francis 901 905 85 Cherski, Artour 1005 1677 U6 Hubbell, Larry 1679 1676 Wl37 Fan, George 1548 1525 Wl18 poyneer, Thomas 1051 1066 D99 Thongmee, Thom. TX 1442 1426 D8

10 Weller, Stephen 1297 1292 L211 McGee, Donald 977 972 L712 Zhu, Hanlin 395 395 H13 Thongmee, Sansem 1300 1277 L6

Seattle Spring Open 3/31-4/21 Raptis, Nick 2353 2366 W32Selzler, Ricky 21082112 Wl13 Rosell, John 1859 1884 L14 Collyer, Curt 2182 2181 Wl45 Bartron, Paul 2108 2095 D66 Wilson, Matthew 1754 1806 D57 Pupals, Viktors 2200 2200 WlO8 Fabian, Steve 1716 1749 W129 Li, Jerry 1579 1641 D13

10 O'Gorman, Peter 1825 1828 L711 Fletcher, Christopher 1650 1641 L212 Gale, Geoffrey 2022 1987 L813 Cloy, Elston 1943 1922 D914 Mathews, Dan 1821 1811 L415 Bond, Robert 2004 1987 H

Reserve186618651716 17401811 18151691 1706135215351618163616001610155815671626 16601502 15111724 16981689 1671167316661522 15251492149415391509151015081409 14001401 14111266 1251

905 931155515091433 140616991668

753 746

TD: H G PitreW6 W3 W2 W4W8W6L1W5W7L1D4W8W58 D3L1L4W7W8L2L1 L2 L7 BL3L5W6UL2B L5L3

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TD: Carol KleistWl9 W4 B W6 3.5B Wl6 W8 U 2.5H Wl9 Wl4 U 2.5Wl7 L1 8 Wl5 2.5U B W9 U 1.5U H Wl8 L1 1.58 Wl2 U U 1.5Wl4 B L2 U 1.5U H L5 Wl7 1.5U H Wl6 U 1.5U U H Wl9 1.58 L7 Wl9 U 1.5B D14 U U 1.0L8 D13 L3 U 0.5U U B L4 0.5H L2 L10 U 0.5L4 U H L9 0.5U 8 L6 U 0.5L1 L3 L12 Lll 0.0

~ TD: David GriffinH D2 Wl8 Wl2 W8 4.0D16 D1 Wl4 W9 D5 3.5W23 D13 8 WlO D4 3.5II W16 W13 05 03 3.5W29 Wl9 D9 D4 D2 3.5H U W26 Wl7 W243.5Wl7 D14 W21 B U 3.0W22 011 8 W23 L1 3.0W24 Wl5 D5 L2 B 3.0L19 W29 W24 L3 W23 3.0W20 D8 H D13 D15 3.0Wl8 D21 B L1 D16 2.5W27 D3 L4 D11 D19 2.5W25 D7 L2 D16 D18 2.5W30 L9 B D21 D11 2.5D2 L4 Wl9 D14 D122.5L7 W20 8 L6 L21 2.5L12 W25 L1 W28 D14 2.5WlO L5 L16 W25 D13 2.5L11 L17 W22 B W27 2.5W28 D12 L7 D15 Wl7 2.0L8 L28 L20 W26 W29 2.0L3 W27 W28 L8 L10 2.0L9 W30 L10 W27 L6 2.0L14 L18 W30 L19 W28 2.0U H L6 L22 W30 1.5L13 L23 W29 L24 L20 1.0L21 W22 L23 L18 L25 1.0L5 L10 L27 D30 L22 0.5L15 L24 L25 D29 L26 0.5

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l16 Chen, Irving17 Marcjan, Karen18 Wei, Alva19 Saver, Keith20 Larus-Stone, Nicholas21 Davis, Benjamin22 Clarfeld, Molly-Rose23 Strong, Edward24Wu,William25 Slivka, Max26 Bakke, Bob27 Ifrim, Raluca28 Wessbecher, Francis29 Budzianowski, Jaan30 Ma, Kevin31 Grabar, Svetlana32 Zhou, Jason33 Qu, Frank34 Guo, Anthony35 Gelb, Nicolo Rain36 Siripurapu, Anshu37 Fisher, Thayer38 Hilfinger, Jack39 Nelson, Evan40 Turski, Robert41 Yu, Justin42 Zhang, Leon43 Oratz, Josh

WA Junior Open1 Goo, Alex2 Lee, Nathan3 Inglis, David4 Li,William5 Shankland, Adam6 Apacible, Jennifer7 Bleich, Travis8 Solomon, Bryan9 Jensen, Michael

10 Lee, Christian11 Manber, Devon12 Oseran, Zachary13 Rader, Gabriella14 Gottlieb, Ethan15 Chan, CaMn

Bellevue 4/291760(1193) 1774(1302)1636(1218) 1656(1318)1419(1237) 1445(1293)

1344(998) 1388(1166)1698(1414) 1692(1406)1418(1128) 1431(1175)1357(1292) 1358(1282)

1129(924) 1146(975)894(876) 1048(970)724(724) 1198(1136)

1685(1428) 1660(1398)1510(1383) 1489(1336)1400(1325) 1370(1293)\1238(1110) 1252(1122)12711446() 1266(1319)

TD: David HendricksW35 W33 W6 W5 4.0W22 W20 n7 ni 4.0W31 D29 n4 n2 3.5W38 n6 D12 n5 3.5W2i n8 W7 Li 3.0W9 W8 Li W26 3.0W37 W32 L5 W25 3.0W43 L6 W41 W27 3.0L6 W43 W34 n7 3.0L29 W38 W36 n9 3.0W36 D14 W29 L2 2.5W23 n9 D4 L3 2.5L16 D28 W35 W29 2.5W40 Dll L3 W32 2.5D28 W25 W33 L4 2.5

12 Tune 2006

935(865) 1109(1030)1299(1177) 1274(1146)1121(1016) 1111(1008)1120(1021) 1111(1016)1111(1041) 1102(1021)1006(815) 1021(841)871(816) 878(827)917(717) 930(773)724(595) 857(736)259(248) 459(448)908(908) 1149(1032)665(665) 1074(987)777(777) 1209(1150)

1111(1071) 1166(1105)1057(1089) 1026(1013)1074(978) 1051(958)698(665) 874(783)

1249(1065) 1180(1013)1259(907) 1162(838)1068(805) 1027(773)963(963) 904(883)929(813) 902(774)887(837) 861(795)765(756) 741(721)615(573) 597(553)635(839) 694(772)553(553) 455(362)741(741) 349(324)

n3 L4 D28W39 W27 L2W42 L5 D32W4i L12 W24W26 L2 L25L5 B BL2 W42 L27L12 L4i W39L33 W35 L19B L15 W20L20 W3i W30W30 L17 W22D15 D13 D16no D3 LllL27 W39 L26L3 L26 W40W34 L7 D18W24 Li L15L32 W37 L9Li L24 L13Lll W40 Li0L7 L34 W43L4 Li0 W42L17 L30 L23L14 L36 L31L19 W23 L8L18 L22 L38L8 L9 L37

W33 2.5L9 2.0D28 2.0Li0 2.0W37 2.0W38 2.0W41 2.0W34 2.0W36 2.0L7 2.0L6 2.0L8 2.0D18 2.0L13 1.5D31 1.5D30 1.5L14 1.5L16 1.0L23 1.0W42 1.0L24 1.0L20 1.0L2i 1.0W43 1.0B 1.0L22 1.0L35 0.0L39 0.0

see Tornado1 Warren Chase2 Fred Kleist3 Kamran Hughes4 MichaelWang5 Patrick Hickey6 Stephen Buck7 Glen Ossiander8 SterlingKolde

4130 TD: Fred Kleist1554 1643 L6 W8 W5 W2 3.02007 1991 W7 W6 D3 Li 2.51703 1720 W8 D5 D2 D6 2.51525 1577 D5 D7 D6 W8 2.51777 1761 D4 D3 Li W7 2.01751 1748 n L2 D4 D3 2.01675 1662 L2 D4 W8 L5 1.51477 1441 L3 Li L7 L4 0.0

see Novice 5/6 TD: Carol Kleist1 Alva Wei 1111 1187 W9 W4 W22 Tristan Sun 1043 1097 W8 W3 Li3 Stoyan lordanov 746 907 Wi0 L2 W74 Menaka Narayanan 900 932 W7 Li B5 Karen Schmidt 664 804 ni D6 n26 Teresa VanHorn 1026 994 n2 D5 D87 Trevor Johnson 579 622 L4 B L38 Thomas Huchala 1121 960 L2 no D69 Madhavi Narayanan 810 797 Li B Li0

10 Tony Valley OR 961 895 L3 L8 W911 Jarva Dodge 873 754 L5 L12 B12 VoicuAlbu 0 648 L6 ni L5

W5 4.0W6 3.0W8 3.0no 2.5Li 2.5L2 2.0ni 2.0L3 1.5n2 1.5L4 1.0L7 1.0L9 1.0

Plus Score Swiss Seattle 5/13-14 TD: Fred Kleist1 Michael Lee 2096 2101 W2 D3 W4 W5 3.52 Patrick Hickey 1761 1799 Li W9 W3 W4 3.03 Peter O'gorman 1830 1827 W9 Di L2 W6 2.54 Elston Cloy 1942 1925 W6 W7 Li L2 2.05 Dan Mathews 1845 1827 L8 D6 W7 Li 1.56 Sterling Kolde 1441 1452 L4 D5 W9 L3 1.57 Constantin Etingher 1400 1400 B L4 L5 x 1.58 Fred Kleist 1991 1997 W5 U U U 1.09 Francis Chiriac 929 925 L3 L2 L6 F 0.0

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SCC April Quads 4115 TD: Carol Kleist

I[ 1 Selzler,Ricky 21122145 -www 3.02 Koons, Nat 2241 2242 L - x w 2.03 Raptis, Nick 2371 2349 L L - W 1.04 Rosell,John 18841878 L F L - 0.0

1 Omori,Michael 16661667 - D x D 2.02 Hickey,Patrick 1776 1767 D - L W 1.53 Mathews, Dan 1830 1833 F W - D 1.54 Chase, Warren 1567 1575 D L D - 1.0

1 Maider, Tate 15351536 - L W W 2.0

2 Etingher, Constantin 1404 1436 W - L W 2.03 KoIde, Sterling 1406 1415 L W - D 1.54 Torkelson, Alan 1435 1403 L L D - 0.5

1 King,Ryan 12931336 - W W W 3.02 Weller,Stephen 12921285 L - W W 2.03 Wei,Alva 1147 1121 L L - W 1.04 Kineke,Jack 441 441 L L L - 0.0

1 Cohen, Eryn 826 890 - x W W 3.02 Saver, Keith 1156 1120 L - W W 2.03 Johnson, Trevor 600 582 L L - W 1.04 DeVesci,Olivia 436 191 F L L - 0.0

PCC April Quads 414-24 TD: GregoriAlpernas1 GregoriAlpemas 19982031 - W W W 3.02 Michael MOrris 20952096 L - W W 2.03 MikeJanniro 2094 2079 L L - W 1.04 RichardBanner 1800 1800 L L L - 0.01 Gunther Jacobi 1760 1758 ,.. D D W 2.02 Robert lundin 1727 1723 D - D X 2.03 Brett Becker 1550 1595 D D - W 2.04 Sean O'ConnellWA 1580 1556 L F L - 0.0PCC Game-in-60 4/29 TD: Kornelijs Dale

1 Harmon, Clark 2218(2245) 2227(2253) W8 no W4 D2 3.5

2 Pupols, Viktors WA 2204(2209) 2217(2218) n7 ni W3 Di 3.5

3 Raptis; Nick WA2349(2212) 2341(2207) n3 W6 L2 W5 3.04 Roua, Radu 2201(2051) 2195(2042) n4 n2 Li ni 3.0

5 Goshen, Matthew WA20O5(1874) 2006(1876) n5 W7 n6 L3 3.06. Pritchett, Pete 1862(1628) 1872f\645) n8 L3 W9 n2 3.0

7 Porter, Nathan 1505(1351) 1543(1400) W23 L5 W2i no 3.08 Davey, Brent 1400(1334) 1439(1377) Li n9 W22 n6 3.09 Becker, Brett 1595(1431) 1607(1444) B n3 L6 n7 2.5

10 Peake, Ethan 1839(1646) 1820(1625) n9 Li n7 L7 2.011 Banner, Richard 1800(1536) 1800(1539) W20 L2 n5 L4 2.0

12 Arun, Aditya 1720(1519) 1711(1508) W2i L4 W20 L6 2.0

13 Kudva, Vikram 1465(1312) 1458(1310) L3 L9 n8 n9 2.014 Midson, Tony 1366(1358) 1338(1328) L4 L20 W23 W2i 2.015 Porter, Joel 1279(1167) 1286(1175) L5 W23 Lll W22 2.016 Carney, Dirk 1596(1517) 1571(1490) B W22 L5 L8 1.517 Terrill, Michael 1399(1231) 1390(1226) L2 n8 Li0 L9 1.018 Li, Devin 1013(1032) 1003(1009) L6 L17 L13 B 1.019 Horton, James 992(990) 984(976) Li0 L8 B L13 1.020 Huang, Jonathan CA 918(933) 957(957) Lll n4 L12 L23 1.021 Ruiz, Gabriel CA 708(604) 705(602) L12 B L7 L14 1.022 Seto, Leandro NV 598(403) 596(401) B L16 L8 L15 1.023 Schmitt, Phillip 1300(1300) 1065(1020) L7 L15 L14 W20 1.0

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Northwest Open Tacoma 3/12 TD: Gary Dortner1 Michael MacGregor 2181 2194 W4 W7 W2 B W5 4.52 Paul Bartron 2101 2108 Wl3 we L1 WlO W4 4.03 Dan Mathews 1755 1762 B B D11 D8 Wl2 3.04 Stephen Walloch 1719 1748 L1 Wl4 Wl5 W7 L2 3.05 Alex Guo 1661 1711 D10 W6 we B L1 3.06 Michael Wang 1468 1522 B L5 B Wl4 Wl1 3.07 Geoffrey Gale 2049 2031 Wl4 L1 B L4 Wl3 2.58 David Butler 1722 1710 Wl6 L2 L5 D3 B 2.59 Anthony Guo 1127 1259 Wl1 L10 L13 B Wl5 2.5

10 Bobby Ferguson 2173 2157 D5 W9 B L2 U 2.011 Stephen Buck 1797 1753 L9 Wl3 D3 D12 L6 2.012 Nathan Lee 1629 1618 B D15 B D11 L3 2.013 Constantin Etingher 1450 1452 L2 L11 W9 B L7 2.014 John Homicide 1404 1401 L7 L4 B L6 Wl6 2.015 Eric Holcomb 1509 1500 B D12 L4 D16 L9 1.516 Andrew Evenson 1406 1344 L8 B B D15 L14 1.5

OSCF State Championships Beaverton 4/1 TD: Sudhakar Kudva1 CorbinYu 1840(1723) 1903(1763) WlO 'R8 11'2 1f5 4.02 Ethan Peake 1819(1601) 1839(1646) "9 W3 L1 "6 3.03 AndyMay WA1925(1733) 1923(1726) "7 L2 D4 'R8 2.54 DanielGay 1814(1536) 1824(1565) L8 W6 D3 W9 2.55 Raleigh Foster 1958(1567) 1937(1564) L6 WlO W7 L1 2.06 Marcus Robinson 1768(1622) 1784(1619) 1f5 L4 we L2 2.07 Steven Breckenridge1598(1488) 1613(1487) L3 "9 L5 WlO2.08 DrewSerres 1980(1692) 1950(1662) 1f4 L1 L6 L3 1.09 TaylorBailey 1522(1349) 1515(1340) L2 L7 WlO L4 1.0

10 MichaelTaylor 1533(1358) 1498(1314) L1 L5 L9 L7 0.0Class C

1 David Breckenridge1550(1448) 1600(1497) 11'92 lane Mowery 1533(1384) 1545(1403) L53 Austin Sharp 1510(1441) 1518(1438) 1f74 Nathan Porter 1499(1335) 1505(1351) D65 Sagar Rotithor 1441(1205) 1474(1296) W26 Carson Hannibal 1355(1291) 1401(1308) D47 KevinOliver 1318(1229) 1334(1231) L38 Cameron Gregson 1255(1153) 1285(1160) Wl29 Sean You 1481(1393) 1455(1353) L1

10 VikramKudva 1464(1338) 1442(1312) Wl111 AlbertHong WA 1384(1137) 1329(1100) L1012 Muchen Yang 1279(1037) 1220(995) L8

Class D1 Justin Hooker 1315(1187) 1396(1294)2 DanielFriesen 1381(1267) 1376(1266)3 Isaac Kim 1219(1120) 1302(1217)4 MitchelButton 1269(1147) 1282(1178)5 Joel Porter 1242(1084) 1279(1167)6 Caleb Kesey 1071(974) 1217(1133)7 James-Paul Cumming 856(909) 1104(1106)8 Sarah May WA 1251(1151) 1253(1162)9 KevinWang 1178(1088) 1192(1105)

10 Matthew Fernandez1392(1237) 1355(1207)11 BrianHong WA1301(1358) 1272(1310)12 DavidKim 1293(1236) 1258(1199)13 Joseph Tanquary 1148(994) 1202(1075)14 Bryce Eng 1210(1107) 1194(1101)15 AlexPiatski 1107(1013) 1149(1075)16 CaMn Yue 1085(1022) 1121(1061)17 Christopher Uu 1100(1024) 1119(1054)18 YunTeng WA 974(897) 1025(957)19 Rohan Vora 1067(961) 1080(992)20 Dana Hannibal 1002(930) 1041(971)21 Tlan Song 1200(1195) 1135(1117)22 BenjaminPikus 1122(1030) 1094(1001)23 Byron Bean 1121(1148) 1075(1079)24 MichaelRiches 1157(1079) 1076(1004)25 Jessie Uu 1026(1026) 977(943)26 Drew Coughlin 1166(1105) 1083(1020)

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TCC Gl60 418 TD: Gary Dortner1 BillMcGeary 2192(2177) 2197(2189)2 MichaelMacGregor 2194(2202) 2190(2193)3 Patrick Hickey 1776(1776) 1786(1782)4 Geoffrey Gale 1987(1855) 1983(1859)5 MichaelTaylor OR 14981314() 1497(1315)6 AnthonyGoo 1259(907) 1248(902)

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W5 D3 W4 3.5W9 "6 W7 3.0D10 D1 D5 2.5we WlO L1 2.5L1 we D3 2.5Wl2 L2 WlO 2.5Wl1 Wl2 L2 2.0L4 L5 Wl1 2.0L2 D11 Wl2 1.5D3 L4 L6 1.5L7 D9 L8 0.5L6 L7 L9 0.0

Wl6 "9 Wl3W22 L6 W20Wl1 L5 Wl4Wl5 L7 W22W26 "3 L6"25 "2 1f5Wl4 W4 L8Wl7 D20 W7W24 L1 D19L13 Wl9 Wl5L3 L15 1f26Wl8 L13 Wl6WlO Wl2 L1L7 Wl8 L3L4 Wl1 L10L1 W26 L12L8 W21 "23L12 L14 1f25"23 L10 D9"21 D8 L2L20 L17 W24L2 W25 L4L19 "24 L17L9 L23 L21L6 L22 L18L5 L16 L11

W3 1f2 D4"5 L1 W6L1 D4 "5"6 D3 D1L2W6L3L4L5L2

W6 4.0we 3.0WlO 3.0Wl3 3.0Wl7 3.0L1 3.0Wl2 3.0L2 2.5W20 2.5L3 2.0Wl9 2.0L7 2.0L4 2.0"22 2.0W23 2.0"21 2.0L5 2.0"26 2.0L11 1.5L9 1.5L161.0L14 1.0L15 1.0D25 0.5D24 0.5L18 0.0

W5 3.5W4 3.0W6 2.5L2 2.0L1 1.0L3 0.0

May 4th Massacre Spokane TD: David Griffin1 John Julian' (1872) (1867) Wl1 W7 "2 D52 Alton Blue (1417) (1478) Wl2 W4 L1 we3 Alex Chow (1232) (1432) WlO D5 D4 W74 Patrick Herbers (1913) (1900) W6 L2 D3 WlO5 Zach Countryman (1503) (1520) Wl3 D3 D10 D16 Ted Baker (1305) (1308) L4 Wl3 D11 Wl27 Ronald Weyland ID (1309) (1316) we L1 W9 L38 William Dittman (0) (1142) L7 Wl2 Wl3 L29 Benjamin Blue (1106) (1124) Wl4 L10 L7 Wl1

10 Adam Attwood (1697) (1663) L3 W9 D5 L411 James Waugh (1256) (1230) L1 Wl4 D6 L912 Annette Weyland ID (1097) (1062) L2 L8 Wl4 L613 David Blue' (597) (599) L5 L6 L8 Wl414 Jacob Hagen (0) (203) L9 L11 L12 L13

Taxing Quads Spokane 4/~27 TD: David Griffin1 Patrick Kirlin 1347 1386 - L W W 2.02 AltonBlue 1334 1379 " - "L 2.03 RonaldWeyland ID 1469 1439 L L - W 1.04 Ted Baker 14211399LWL-1.0

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1 BenjaminBlue 1238 1233 - W L W 2.02 James Waugh 1164 1177 L - "w 2.03 Annette Weyland ID 1081 1069 W L - L 1.04 Ryan Ackerman 0 1023 L L 11'- 1.0

Pierce County Open1 Paul Bartron2 Darren Wu3 Michael Wang4 Michael MacGregor5 Megan Lee6 Stephen Buck7 David Hendricks8 Scott Charleston9 John Homicide10 Jay Charleston11 Dan Mathews12 Eric Holcomb13 Darryl Wu14 Philip Nesser15 Constantin Etingher

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Spolc~e Re~ort

Mathews Wins Inland EmpireJulian Club Champ; Blues Boys Grab Tax Refund

Julian Repeats as ClubChampion

by David Griff"m

john Julian won his second straightSpokane Club Championship andSpokane Wmter championship with

a score of 4.5. His only draw came to thesecond seed, Pat Herbers who finishedsecond overall in the event with a scoreof four points. This is John's thirdstraight club championship and his ninthoverall. JohnDownes,David Griffin,andAlex Chow finishedin a three way tie forthird overall with a score of 3.5 a piece.VernJohnsontook the Ul400 award withtwo points. Johnson also managed thebiggest upset of the event. There weresixteen players and a houseman for theevent. Along with cash prizes NWCmagazines were awarded as well to someof the winners.

King s Indian FianchettoPatrick Kirlin (1274)Zachary Countryman (1652)

Spokane, Winter Championsip (1) 2006

1.c4lDf6 2.lDc3 g6 3.g311g7 4.11g20-0 S.e3 d66.lDge2 lDbd77. 0-0 eS 8.d4lDhS 9.d5 1510.e4 f411. ~h 1f312.llxf3Ilxf313.lDg1 Ilf714.lDh3 h61S.f4exf416.gxf4 1!h417.'8'f3lDes 0-1

French Classical

Zachary Countryman (1652)John Julian (1996)

Spokane, Winter Championsip (2) 2006

1.e4e6 2.d4dS 3.lDc3lD164.11gS ile75.eSlDfd7 6.llxe7!Vxe7 7.f4a6 8.lDf3c5 9.1!d2lDc6 10.dxc5 !lxcs 11.0-0-0 lDb6 12.g4 ild7 13.ile2 0-0-014.lDd4~b81S.lDb3!Vb416.a3!1e717.!le3lDc8 18.lDcs d4 19.1Dxd7+Ilxd720.!ld3 Ilhd821.lDe4f622.eXt6gxf6 23. Ilhe 1 lDb6 24.Af3lDdS 2S.15lDe5 26.1!b3 lDe3 27.fxe6 lDxf328. Ilxe3 dxe3 29. Ilxd7 '@xd730.exd7e231.!lxf3e1=!1+32.!ld1!1xe433.b3!Vc634..f1 iIxd7 35.!ff4+ !fd6 0-1

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London SystemDavid Griffin (1560)Hugh Brodie (1695)

Spokane, WinterChampionsip (4) 20061.d4d52.lDf3lD163.Af4e64.e3 c5 S.c3lDc6 6.ile2 cxd4 7.exd4 ile7 8.lDbd2a69.0-0b510.lDe5lDxe511.llxesAd712.f4 !lb6 13.g4lDxg4 14.bg4 161S.lDf3 fxeS 16.lDxe5 gS 17.AhS+ ~d818.fxgS Ilg8 19.1Df7+~c7 20.h4 e521.!le2e422.Ilf411.e623.Ilaf1 Ilaf824.!lh2 ~b7 2S.~h1 !fc726.lDeSIlxt427.Ilxt4b428.!lc2 Ilc829.!lb3~a7 30.Ae2 bxc3 31.bxc3 !fxc3 32.'8'xc3 Ilxc3 33.~g2 Ilc2 34.~f2 11.a33s.Il1611c8 36.Ilf7+ ~a8 37. Ilxh7Ac138.g6Afs39.Ilh8+~b740.g7e3+41.~g3 Ilxe2 42. Ilb8+ ~xb8 43.g8='@+ Ac8 44.'@xdS 11.b745.lDc6+~c7 46.!lc4 Ile1 47.lDa5+ ~b8 48.lDxb7e249.~f211.d250.lDc5 Ilc151.'@b3+~c8 52.!Vb7+~d8 S3.!fd7 mate

Taxing Quadsby Kevin Korsmo

The Taxing Quads shaped up Blueas father Alton and son Ben bothwontheir sections. Alton Bluefin-

ished2-1 and tied for first in QuadA withPat Kirlin. Each won $25 for his efforts.Ben Blue and Jim Waugh won Quad Bwith respective 2-1 scores and likewiseshared the $50 quad prize. Every playerin the event won at least one game.

Inland Empireby Kevin Korsmo

Dan Mathews of Edmonds won the2006 installment of the InlandEmpire Open on April 29-30.

His 4.0 score edged out five who sharedsecond place with 3.5 scores: Pat Herbers,John Rosell, Phil Weyland, eleven-year-old Alex Chow, and tournament director(!) Dave Griffin. Mathews claimed the$175 first prize by winning both of hisSunday games and overtaking the others

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when the Herbers-Chow and Weyland-Rosell finalroundgamesendedindraws.Each of the five second-placewinners re-ceived $77 as their share of second and

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third places as well as the A and B classpnzes.

Therewere 14draws,all longfought,in the tourney. Mix in quite a few firstand third round byes, and it was easy tosee why there were no perfect scores af-ter the first day. Both the tourney lead-ers andthe class prizegroupswerecloselybunched the whole way, with many of theprizes dependentupon the outcomeofthelast few games.

The Class C prize was shared byZach Countryman,John HornickleofTa-coma, and Bill McBroom of Missoula.Each received $27. The Class D prizeswere claimed by Ted Baker and JimWaugh, who received $40 each. Waughcelebrated his 77th birthday on the firstday of the tourney! He capped the dayby winninghis third round gameand thentied for the class prize the followingday.Way to go Jim!

William Spencer of Helena claimedthe biggest upset prize of $50 by draw-ing a player 820 points higher than him!TedBakercapturedthe secondupsetprize($30) for his first roundvictoryof a playerrated 322 points higher.

Therewere 30playerstakingpart thisyear, including John Downes who par-ticipated in the very first IEO in 1954!The IEO is the oldest of our Spokane'sannual weekendtourneys and one of thelongest running events in Washingtonstate.

Sicilian Smith-Morra

Patrick Herbers (1954)Zachary Countryman (1573)

Spokane, Inland Empire (1) 20061.e4 cS 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.lDxc3 e6S.a3 g6 6.lDf3 11.g7 7.eS lDc6 8.Af4lDge7 9.Ab5 0-0 10.0-0 f6 11.exf&'iIxf6 12.Ad6 a6 13.Aa4 b5 14.Ab:f

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27.Axd4 Axd4 28.lIxd4 lIxd4 29. Wf8 32.lId2 Draw"8'xd4 lId8 30."8' 9 1 "8'xf4 31.lIg3lId2+ 32.Wh3 "8'h6 mate

Ab71s.tlJe41If816.tlJeS"8'c817."8'e2wh818.lIae11Ie819.lIfd1 tlJ1520.tlJe4"8'd821.tlJeS"8'c822.tlJe4 "8'd8 Draw

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Sicilian ScheveningenTheoodre Catton (1721)Ted Baker (1399)

Spokane, Inland Empire (1) 2006

1.e4 eS 2.tlJf3 e6 3.d4 exd4 4.tlJxd4 a6S.tlJe3 "8'e7 6.g3 d6 7.Ag2 tlJf6 8.0-0Ae7 9.Ae3 0-0 10.f4 tlJe6 11.tlJxe6bxe612.a4dS13.e5tlJd714.!le2aS1S.1If3iLb716.Af2lIfe817.tlJd1 eS18.g4d419.lIh3 hg2 20.Wxg2 1621.!le4g6 22.exffi hf6 23.lIaa3 tlJf8 24.e3lIed8 2S.exd4 exd4 26.lIhd3 lIae8

French ExchangeKevin Korsmo'(1663)Phillip Weyland (1886)

Spokane,Inland Empire (2) 20061.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.exdS exdS4.e3 Ad6S.tlJf3tlJe76.Ad3Ag4 7.h3AhS8.AgS169.Ae3 e61 0.tlJbd2 tlJd711."8'e2 Ag612.tlJh4 hd3 13.!lxd3 !le7 14.tlJfStlJxfS1S."8'xfSO-0-0 16.e4g617."8'e215 18.eS f4 19.exd61Wxd620.0-0 fxe321.fxe31Ide822.1If3lIe723.a3 Ilhe824.tlJf1 lIe4 2S.b4 tlJb6 26.bS tlJe427.bxe6 bxe6 Draw

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Dan Mathews (1838)Patrick Herbers (1954)


1.e4 g6 2.e3 Ag7 3.d4 d6 4.Ad3 tlJf6S.tlJe20-0 6.0-0e5 7.f3e68.Ae3 tlJbd79.tlJa3 lIe8 10.Ae2 dS 11.exdStlJxdS12.Af2 b6 13.!ld2 as 14.lIfe1 Aa61S.tlJg3"8'e716.Ab3Ab717.tlJf1exd41Q.>$,xd4tlJ7f619.I!xe8+I!xe820.Ile1lIxe1 Draw

Northwest Chess

QGDSlavRomie Carpenter (1800)AdamAttwood (1695)


1.d4 dS 2.tlJf3 tlJf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 AfSS.Ag2 e6 6.tlJbd2 Ad6 7.0-0 h6 8.b30-09.Ab2tlJbd710.Wh1 Ile811.tlJeStlJe4 12.tlJxe4 he4 13.f3 Ah7 14.tlJxd7 "8'xd7 1S.e4 dxe4 16.bxe4 lIad817.!lb3 'fIe7 18.f4 b6 19.1Iae1 Ae720.eS !ld7 21.lIfd1 lIe8 22.dS exdS23.exdS I!xe124.Ilxe1 exdS2S.hdSAeS26.lId1

Modern

Zachary Countryman (1573)John Rosell (1880)


1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.tlJe3 Ag7 4.Ae3 a6S."8'd2bS 6.h4 hS 7.Ad3 tlJd78.f4 eS

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9.dxeS tlJxeS 10.tlJge2 tlJf6 11.tlJg3tlJg4 12.AxeS dxeS 13.0-0-0 0-014."8'e2 "8'aS 1S.eS Ae6 16.tlJee4 c417.tlJgS exd3 18.1Ixd3 Ac4 19.tlJxhSgxhS 20.fle4 1521.exffi tlJxf6 0-1

EnglishKirk Steinocher (1920)Dan McCourt (1650)


1.c4e52.tlJc3d63.tlJf3 154.d4e4S.tlJg1tlJf6 6.tlJh3 tlJc6 7.e3 g6 8.tlJf4 Ag79.h4tlJe710.Ad2c611.b4dS12.c5 W 13.Ae2Ad714.1Ib3h515.0-O-Ob516.Wc2a517.a3a418."8'b1 tlJeg819.lIdg1 tlJh620."8'f1 "8'e7 21."8'd1 tlJhg4 22."8'e1lIag8 23.hg4 hxg4 24.g3 Ae8 2S.tlJee2 tlJhS Draw

King s Indian FianchettoRobert Martin (1728) .

Alex Chow (1696)Spokane, Inland Empire (3) 2006

1.tlJf3 tlJf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 0-0 S.O-Od6 6.d4tlJbd77.tlJe3 eS8.dxeStlJxeS9.tlJxeSdxeS10.e4Ae611.fle2e6 12.lId1 fle7 13.h3 lIfd814.Ae3tlJd715.b31516.exffiAxf517.tlJe4tlJf818.AgS1Ixd1+ 19.1Ixd1 tlJe620.A:e3tlJd4 21."8'f1 lId8 22.AgS 1If8 23.g4he4 24.he4 h6 25.Ah4 fld6 26.Ag3lId8 Draw

Pirc Austrian AttackDan McCourt (1650)Patrick Herbers (1954)


1.e4 g6 2.d4 Ag7 3.tlJe3 d6 4.f4 e6S.Ae3 tlJf6 6.tlJf3 0-0 7.Ae2 bS 8.b4as 9.a3 tlJg4 10.Ag1 eS 11.fxe5 axb412.axb4 lIxa1 13.flxa1 dxeS 14.dS 1515.AeS

8 -..mfi -..I _""B - ..78 . . . i... ...5.i.~.i.D .~.~.3. ~ .tb.

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1S...fxe416.iLxf8'f1xf817.tlJxe4 flxb4+18. tlJfd2 exdS 19."8'a2 tlJe3 20.W12Ah621.tlJf6+ Wg7 22.tlJxdS "8'f8+ 23.Af3"8'c524.We2 Ae6 2S.!lb2 tlJd726.tlJe3

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/t)c4 27./t)xc4 bc4+ 28.~d1 "d4+29.c;t.e11Jd2 mate-

Pirc

John Rosell (1880)Kevin Korsmo (1663)


1.d4 d6 2.e4 /t)f6 3./t)c3 g6 4.Ae3 Ag75.1fd2/t)g46.Jl.g5h67.AM 0-0 8.f4/t)f69./t)13lIe8 10.Ae2 c6 11.a4 1fc7 12.0-0/t)bd7 13.e5dxe5 14.fxe5/t)d5 15./t)e4f516.exf6exf617.Ag31Jd818./t)d6Ile619.Ad3/t)f820.c4/t)c721.c5/t)d522.liae11txe123.Ilxe1 f524.11ea1fd725./t)e5.txe5 26.he5 1-0

ModemAlexChow (1696)John Rosell(1880). Spokane, InlandEmpire (4) 2006

1.94 g6 2.d;4Ag7 3.~c3 d6 4.f4 ~c65./t)f3 Ag4 6.Ab5 Axf3 7.gxf3 a68.Axc6+bxc69.e5e610.h4h511.1fd3d5 12./t)e:2 Af8 13.Ae3 Ae7 14.Af2~h615.1fc3~d716./t)c1 /t)f517.~b3"b8 18.a31Jb5 19./t)a5 Ilab8 20.b4Ilb6 Draw

Nimzovich Countergambit .

Zachary Countryman (1573)Dan McCourt (1650)

Spokane, Inland Empire (4) 20061.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.dxc6 /t)xc65./t)c3 exf4 6./t)13/t)f67.d4 Ad6 8.Ab50-09.0-0 Ag4 10./t)e2 "c7 11.c4Ilad812.hc6bxc613.1fc2tfb814.b4Ah5 15.~h4 Draw

Sicilian Smith-Morra

Patrick Herbers (1954)Alex Chow (1696)


1.94c52.d4cxd43.c3dxc34.~c3/t)c65.Ac4 e6 6./t)13'8c7 7.0-0 /t)f68.1fe2~g49.g3lLc510.~g2 0-0 11.JJ..b3a612.Af4d613.Ilac1 "e714.h3 Draw

Modem

RomieCarpenter (1800)Dan Mathews (1838)


1.d4 g6 2./t)13 Ag7 3.c4 e6 4.g3 /t)e75.Ag2 0-0 6./t)c3c67.94d5 8.cxd5exd59.e5 Ae6 10.0-0 Ag4 11.h3 JJ..xf312.Axf3/t)d713.11b1'8c714.JJ..f4flb615.g4 Ilfe8 16.Ag2 f5 17.Ae3 '8c718.b4/t)f8 19.b5 /t)e6 20.bxc6 bxc621.Ilc1'8d7 22./t)e2 Ilf823./t)f4/t)xf424.Axf4 fxg4 25.Ag5 gxh3 26.Axh31fxh3 27.be7 11t728.Ad6 Ilf5 29.e6Ilh5 30.13 Ilg5+ 31.~ Ilg2+ 0-1

Sicilian Closed

Kevin Korsmo (1663)Adam Attwood (1695)


1.94 c5 2./t)c3 /t)c6 3.f4 e6 4.Ab5 a65.bc6 bxc6 6./t)13d5 7.e5 /t)e7 8.0-0d4 9./t)e4 /t)d5 10.d3 Ae711./t)fg5 h612.'8h5 g6 13.'8h3 /t)e3 14.Ilf2 /t)f515.g4 /t)g7 16.Ad2" 17.11a11~g818./t)f3 h5 19.95 /t)f5 20./t)h4 1fb621.b3 a5 22.Ilg2 a4 23./t)f6+ ~g7 "'24./t)xf5+ exf5 25.Ilg3 axb3 26.axb3Ila227.Ilc1 Ae628.1fg21fa629.Ilh311a1 30.'8e2 Ilxc1+ 31.bc1 1fa132.~ Draw

Patrick Herbers

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Scholastic News cont'dfrom page 3

Volunteers: The Mod Quads wouldnot have been possible without thethoughtful judging and excellent leader-ship of: Sudhakar Kudva (OSCF Presi-dent), Nonn May (Cornerstone Coach &TD for the 2007 WA State ElementaryChampionship to be held in Vancouver!),Steve Davis (Cornerstone Coach), LindaPeake, Minnie Quiring and Michael Tay-lor. Thanks so much for your helpthroughout the day. A special thanks alsogoes out to all the parents who helped withsetup and cleanup. You certainly madethe day run smoothly. We even had asurprise visit Horn local Chess Master andinstructor, Carl Haessler, who added tothe fun of the day!

Courtesy of Kate Taylor

Crossville, TNOleg Zaikov Takes 1st

The Scholar-Chessplayer Outstand-ing Achievement Awards for 2006 wereannounced on April 21st at the NationalHigh School Championship in Milwau-kee, Wisconsin. These scholarships aregiven to high school juniors and seniorswho excel in academics, chess, and lead-ership. Scholarships are awarded uponmatriculation at an institution of higherlearning. These annual awards are givenby the U.S. Chess Federation and the U.S.

ing the weekend of April 21-23. WIth6.5 out of seven, he won the NationalHigh SchoolChampionship ontiebreaks.There were 368 players in the top sec-tion, and 1465 players in all. Excellentscores of 5.5 were posted by JameyMulligan and Adi Lanka. Ben Wydescored five points. A total of ten Orego-nians and seven Washingtonians playedin the open section. The four lower sec-tions-UI500, U1200, U900, andUNR-didn't attract many Northwest-erners. Two HornWashingtoncompetedin the UI200 and one Horn Oregonin theU900.

Brownell also won the Blitz Champ-ionship,scoring eleven out of twelve.There were 294 players in the six-rounddouble swiss. Wyde had ten points, tie-ing for 5-11th place and Lanka had 9.5,which put him in a tie for 12-17thplace.

Landon Brownellteamedwith DanielRohde (NY) in the Bughouse champion-ships. The team finished in a tie for 2nd-4th. But here is some more great news.Adi and Ben came in first! The teams ofMulligan & Eric Hufnagel and of AlexGlass & Sterling Kolde came tied IOth-21st out of 82 teams.

Chess Trust and are intended to encour-

age high school students who promOte apositive image of chess. Congratulationsto the winners and a special thank you tothe twenty-nine students who applied.

In order of finish the 2006 Scholar-

Chessplayers are:

Oleg Zaikov OR $2000Alexander King TN $1000Ankur Bakshi NJ $700Kevin Dim WA $500Peter Tu TX $400Thomas Gossell MO $200Adam Holmes NC $200

To apply for the Scholar-ChessplayerAward, you must be a current U.S. ChessFederation member and submit five cop-ies of a completed application form, highschool transcript showing all courses andgrades, a letter of recommendation Horna teacher, a letter of recommendation Horna chess coach, an essay of no more than500 words describing the positive influ-ence that chess has had on your life, anda recent photograph. The deadline for thenext award, the 2007 Scholar-Chess-player Award, is March 1,2007.

Courtesy ofUSCF

Milwaukee, WISpecial congratulations to all the

Landon Brownellwho lives in Or- NorthwestplayersI havementioned.egonas wellas Arizonawason firedur- CourtesyH.G PitreandUSCF

Bragg-Frybergcont'dfrompage 8 17...Ilad818.g414.c3liJe7 15.be7 f!lxe7 16.liJe5 h617.liJh3 White rushes to open the position.

An important point to remember is 18...e519.g5liJd7that we cannotplay "Hope" chess: "I willplaya variation with a hole in it, becauseI hopehe willnot play the strongest line."It backfires too often. I have also experi-encedoccasions where my weaker oppo-nent trusts my analysis, and decides notto playa sacrifice, thus saving time onhis clock. Don't trust Masters, theymakemistakes, too. Perfonn your own analy-sis. Sometimesthat sacrifice works!

I wantedto play 17.Ilxf6?, but itjustdoesn't work. With accurate defense,Blackentersa winningendgame,i.e., 17...Axf6 18.'ti'e4 g6 19.1iJexf7(19.liJgxf7iIxf7 20.'ti'xg6+ ~f8-+) 19...iIxf7 20.1Vxg6+(20.liJxe6 'ti'e7 21.1Vxg6+Ilg722.liJxg7 'ti'xg7-+) 20... U,g7 21.'ti'xf6(21.liJxe6 iIxg6 22.liJxe7 Ile8 23.Axg6iIxc7-+) 21...hxg5 22.'ti'xe6+1Vf7-+.Northwest Chess

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Knight was attacked. FRITZpreferred23.liJf5 Uxf5 24.Axf5 d4 25.f!ih4+ f!lh626.'ti'g3 1Vh5 27.liJf4 Ad6 28.liJxh5bg329.liJxg3+-. After the moveplayed, Black is better.20...exd4

Not 20...f!lc6? 21.d5.

21.exd4 We6 22.gxh6 g5?

Black should keep the kingsideclosed by 22...g6! 23.d5. Also interest-ing is 22...Af6 23.hxg7 Axd4+ 24.~g2(24.~h1?!fxf3+).

23.liJhxg5bg5 24."g3 ~h8 25.liJxg5f6 26.lLe41fb6 27.ibb 7f!1xb728.lfJxe6Ilg8 29.liJg7 ~h7 3O.Ilf2 ~xh6

Black had a nice idea, but missedWhite's 31st.

31.Ilf4 1-0

Mating. Black had planned for 31.Ilg2??'ti'xg2+,winninga piece. .

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In my calculations during the game,I lookedat 20.liJxf7!'ti'e6 (20...iIxf7? 21.1Vxe6and Black can't defend f7) 21.d5exd5 22.'ti'xe7 d4 23.liJxh6+ ~h8 (23...gxh6 24.'ti'h7 mate) 24.Ae4 t¥xe425.1Vxe4Axe426.liJf7+!,but missedthisfinishing touch, seeing only that my

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Part IV

Peter Petrovich Lapiken1907-1983

By Russell (Rusty) Miller (Chelan, WA),Tom Kalaris, 1M John Donaldson (Ber-keley, CA), and back issues of NorthwestChess and its predecessor The Washing-ton Chess Letter, and with editorial assis-tance and game analysis by Mike Murray(port Townsend, WA). U.S. Open infor-mation from Jack O'Keefe.

Some Lapiken Games-Cont'dNotes by Mike Murray (with FRITZ8),

now of Port Townsend, in October and No-vember of 2005.

I (Mike Murray) left Missoula forSeattle in February of 1968. In the monthbefore I left, Dr. Lapiken and I played aseries of clock games at tournament timecontrol (40 moves in two hours) - not aformal match, but we took the games se-riously. I was a low-rated NW Expert atthe time. I've annotated this game withthe help ofFRITz8.

Black Knights' Tango

Peter LapikenMike Murray

Missoula 1968

Annotations by Mike Murray1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 ~c6

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The Kevitz- Traikovich Defense,nowadays called "The Tango." I used todo very well with it against strong play-ers. Long after I quit playing, 1MGeorgiOrlov publishedhis monograph and laterhis book on it, and recently RichardPalliser has published another; so I sup-pose it's lost most of its surprise value. ,3.d5 ~e5 4..d4 d6

Orlov and Palliser each recommend4.. .It)g6, retainingthe option of develop-ing the Bishop at c5 or M.

5.e4 c5 6..e3 g6

After the game, Lapiken suggestedthe fancifuI6...gS!? ,Book is 6...e6, butthe fianchetto also has to be reasonable.

7.f4lt)eg4 8..e2 eS 9.h3

Doc says, "Show Me!" Capturing enpassant was a prudent alternative.18

9...lt)xe41

10.hxg4

10.'ti'xe4 seems playable 10...'ti'h4+11.<c!?d2~f212.'ti'e1'ti'g313.IIh2Ah614.<c!?e2'ti'xh2 1S.'ti'xf2 Axt4 16.11.xf4'ti'xf4 17.'ti'xf4exf4with a Rook and twoPawns for two minors.

10...~g3 11..13 ~1 12.g3lt)xg3

There was no rush to get somethingfor the Knight. 12. ..Ag7 was better,since if 13.'ti'xh111.xg4.

13..xg3 i1.g7 14.f5 gxf5 1S.gxf5 i1.f616..13 Ah4+

It was tempting to force the King tomove, but better was 16...Ag517.lt)d2Axd2+ 18.Axd2 'ti'h4+ 19.'ti'f2 'ti'xf2+20. <c!?xf2MS 21 .It)f3 and B lack has thematerial edge.

17.<c!?d1IIg8 18.lt)e2 b5 19.cxb5 a6

Trying to open it up before White canconsolidate. It's a strange position -Black is sacrificing and attacking on bothwings, while White's King calmly strollsabout in the center-Dr. Lapiken wasnever afraid to put his King at risk. FRITZthinks things are about equal.

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The b-pawn eventually becomes abone in the throat, and Black should havejust snatched it up with 20...'ti'xb6.21.~bc3 i1.b5?

There was still time to grab the Pawnwith 21...'ti'xb6.

22.b7 IIb8 23.~b5 axb5 24.~c3 b4

24..J!xb7 2s.AxbS+ <r!:tf826.~h6+<c!?e7 might have been a little,better, butBlack's game is deteriorating.25.i1.b5+ <c!?e726.16+

The point is to gain a tempo by at-tackingthe Bishop,but the immediate26.It)e4, putting extra pressure on Black'sKing, is even better.

26...i1.xf6 27.lt)e4 Itg1+

No better was 27...Ah8 28.11.c6IIg6 29.il.gS+ f6 30.<c!?e2fxgS 31.IIf1and Black is totally helpless.28.<c!?e2.h8

Or 28...Ah8 29.11.gS+ IlxgS 30.~xg5.

29.i1.c6 .g7 30.a4 i1.h4 31.i1.h6

Black can't take the Bishop, becausethe Rook hangs, but this move throwsaway White's advantage. Correct was31.'ti'h3, when it will be hard to fend offthe Queen and the passed Pawn.

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32.!'txg1 1!rxg1 33.1!rf5

Now, it's all over unless Black canturn a few checks into something good. Icouldn't fmd anything. Thirty-six yearslater, neither could FRITz.

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Here's a rather uneventful game heplayedagainstthe Northwest's own MikeFranett.

King s Indian AttackPeter LapikenMike Franett

Chicago, u.S. Open 1973

1.e4 e5 2.~f3 e6 3.d3 ~e6 4.g3 g65.Ag2Ag76.0-0~ge77.!'te1 d68.c30-0 9.d4 e5 10.dxe5 dxc5 11.Ae3 b612.1Ie1 1!re713.b4 ~d8 14.bxe5 bxe515.1Ia3 ~e6 16.~g5 ~xg5 17.iLxg5Ae6 18.~d2 Ilfd8 19.iLf1 1620.iLe3iLf8 21.~c4 ~e8 Draw

A brace oflosses to the well-knowncorrespondence player, Ignas Zalys, whowon a couple of Golden Knights (corre-spondence) tournaments years ago.

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1.g3 g6 2.~f3 iLg7 3.Ag2 ~f6 4.0-00-0 5.d3 d6 6.~bd2 ~bd7 7.a4 Ilb88.e4 e5 9.~c4 ~c5 10.b4 ~e6 11.c3b6 12.1!re2 iLb7 13.h3 ~h5 14.1!rb3<.th8 15.~e3 1!re8 16.Ile1 f5 17.exf5gxf518.~f1 1f1719.Ilb1 ~f6 20.~h4bg2 21.~xg2 Ilbe8 22.1Id1 ~d523.iLd2 f4 24.e4 ~e7 25.g4 1Ig626.iLe1 ~g5 27.<.th2 ~xh3 28.<.txh31Ih6+ 29.~h4 ~g6 30.<.tg2 ~xh4+31.<.tg1 1Ig6 32.f3 h5 33.<.tf2 hxg434.fxg4 e4 35.dxe4 Ilxe4 36.iLb2bb2 37.Ilxb2 Ilxe1 38.'itxe1 Ile8+39.<.td211e440.<.te3 ~f341.Ilf2 ~e542.'tWd4.e1+ 43.<.te2 Ilf844.Ilxf41!re2+ 45.~d2 !'txf4 46.1!rxf4 .xg447..f8+ <.th7 48.1Ib8 1Ig7 49.<.tb3.17' 50.<.te3 ~e6 51..b7 .g7+ 52.

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pears to win another Pawn and providean escape hatch for the Knight. Betterwas 17 a5, but it's ugly after 18.iLxd6.

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Lincoln, u.S. Open 19691.e4 e5 2.~f3 d6 3.d4 /Df6 4.~e3~bd7 5.iLc4 iLe7 6.h3 e6 7.Ae3 1!re7 The stinger. White threatens to pile8.a4 0-0 9.1!rd2 b6 10.0-0 Ab7 up on the pinned Knight with ~d5, or11.iLe2 a6 12.!'tfb1 d5 13.exdS cxd5 ~h1, or both. Black is busted.14.dxe5 ~e41S.~dS ~xd2 16.~xe7 19.../Da5~xb1 17./Dxa8 ~e3 18.bxe3 IIxa8 .19.Ad4 !'te8 20.~d2 Ile7 21.iLd3 Toprotect dS. U~o~~ly, a piece~e5 22.~e4 ~xa4 23.~xb6 ~xb6 drops, and the Knight ISstill pmned. The24.Axb6 !'txe3 25.iLd4 Ile7 26.e3 rest is slaughter.Ile827.!'tb1 !'te728.!'ta1 !'te829.f4 20.b4 exb4 21.exb4 /De6 22..xa2f6 30.iLxa6 iLxa6 31.!'txa6 fxeS" ~xb4 23..a4+ .d7 24..xb4 ~h732.be5 <.tf8 33.c0!>f2g6 34.c0!>f3<.tf7 25.~dS 0-0 26.Ah6 IIfe8 27..d43s.Ad4 <.te8 36.<.te4 <.tf7 37.g4 !'te7 !'te5 28.iLf4 !'tee8 29.h4 bS 30.Ah338.Ila7 Ile6 39.Ae5 !'tc4+ 40.co!>d3 1!rd8 31.Ag5 /DxgS 32./Df6+ co!>f8Ilc6 41.c4 <.te6 42.iLd4 iLd6 43.<.te4 33.hxgS !'te7 34./Dd7+ «i!?g83s.1Ixd6!'txc4 44.f5+ 1-0 a5 36.e5 a4 37.e6 a3 38.exf7+ IIxf7

39.1!rxg6+ 1-0Next is a nice gameagainst long-timeUSCF bigwig Marshall Rohland. Here's a miniature which Lapiken

lost to fonner Washington State Cham-pion Viesturs Seglins.Sicilian Closed

Peter LapikenMarshall Rohland

Snowmass/Aspen, u.S. Open 1968Annotations by Mike Murray1.e4 eS 2.~e3 ~e6 3.g3 g6 4.Ag2iLg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 eS 7.~h3 ~f6

The Knight is probably more effec-tive on e7. For example, 7.. .exf48.gxf44Jge7, or 7...4Jge7 immediately.

8.0-0 Ag4 9.1!rd2 ~d4 10.~f2 h511.h3 iLe6 12.~cd1 exf413.gxf4 iLh614.c3?!

Did Lapikenjust blunder a Pawn?14...Axf4 15.1Ie1 ~e2?

But Black wants more. After 15...1Lxe1 16.!Ixc14Jc6, does White haveenough compensation?

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Snowmass/Aspen, u.S. Open 1968Annotations by Mike Murray1.e4eS2.~f3/Dc6 3.d4 exd44.~d4~f6 5.~c3 iLb4 6.~c6 bxc6 7.1!rd41!re78.iLd3 dS

8...iLc59.'@a4~g4 seemsbetter.9.0-0 c510.iLbS+ <.tf811..d1 Axc312.bxc3dxe413..1ta3!'tb8??

A blunder. After 13...<.tg8 14..e2.e5 15.1Lc6!Ib8 16.!Ifb1, White hasonly a slight edge.14.bc5 !Ixb5 15..d8+ 1-0

Some Mike MurrayMemories

One Hansen s (the Missoula chessplayers' hangout) anecdote which I re-member:

Lapiken occasionallyhad back prob-lems, and this particular evening, it wasobvious he was in some discomfort. Hesat ramrod straight in his chair and prac..ticedextra precise and controlled move-

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mentswhen it was his turn. He was play-ing somebo<h:,prettygood, possibly Wal-ly Albert, and a spectator who shall re-mainnameless(except.his namewas JohnHammond) stood behind Lapiken, en"'grossed in the game. Unfortunately, thespectator had a fresh cup of hot coffee.As said spectatorbecame more and moreengrossed in the game, he leaned furtherand further over Lapiken's shoulder,eventually tilting the cup enough that astream of the hot liquid poured downLapiken's back. Lapikenjerked up andaway, which, of course, was the wrongthing to do with a bad back. We helpedhim remove his suit-coat, which hadtaken the brunt of the coffee, while thespectator sputtered and stammered pro-fuse apologies.

Ever the gentleman, Lapiken, teethclenched in pain, said only, "It's all....right Just get away from....me."

An hour later, it was pretty much for-gotten.

Another anecdote, nothing special,just something I remember:

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carpooled to the Montana Open in 1966,which I believe was in Billings. We tookLapiken's car. I don't believe John knewhow to drive or ifhe did, neither Doc norI wanted to let him. It was a long driveback after a five-round weekend Swiss. I

was wasted and Lapiken ended up driv-ing the whole way. I remember complain-ing to him that, since I was almost 40years younger than he, why was he theOnewith the endurance? He just laughed,but was obviously pleased.

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I grew up in Missoula when Dr.Lapiken was here and would be morethan happy to send you a few things Ihave relating to him. As of two weeksago, I am Montana's current State ChessChampion. Back then, I would go downto a back room in Hansen's Ice Creamparlor as a boy where Dr. Lapiken andthe other chess greats gathered to play onweekends on huge glass-covered chess-boards. Dr. Lapiken would dress up ina suit and some would smoke cigars, etc.Occasionally, I got to play him, which

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was a big thrill for me. He was a mostimpressive person that I greatly re-spected. I believe that I do have some ofhis game scores from a 1965 MontanaState Tournament that he won. (I wasJunior Champion that year.)

References and sources:Mechanics Institute Newsletter by

John Donaldson #260 & 263

Tom Kalaris [email protected]

Mike Murray, Port Townsend formerlyMontana

Jack O'Keefe [email protected]

Mike Jensen, Montana

Bill Lynch [email protected]

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California Chess Journal 2005.3 (Fall2005) article by John Donaldson

California Death Index on Ancestry.comwebsite

The Shkurkin Far East Files, 6025 PinkArbor, San Pablo CA 94806-4147, website has the following:

*On July 16, 1942, in California, aCertificate of Naturalization14906691 was issued to PeterPetrovich Lapiken, then 35 yearsold.

*A Membership Book and WorkingCard for the Building ServiceEmployee's Union Local 87, SanFrancisco, California, 1942, wasissued to Peter Lapiken.

*Army of the United States Docu-ment appointing Private Peter P.Lapiken, 39025469, to be Corpo-ral (Temporary), Battery B, 52ndEA. Tng. Bn. Dated 5 Novem-ber 1942.

* Certificate. "Headquarters WesternDefense Command and FourthArmy. Counter IntelligenceCorps. This is to certify that Pe-ter P. Lapiken has successfullycompleted the course of instruc-tion in the c.LC. PreliminaryTraining SchooL" Dated 21March 1943.

* Extract from Special Orders 1141dated 12 June 1943 on PPL'sgraduation from the SeventhCourse at the Military Intelli-gence Training Center, CampRitchie, Maryland.

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* Extract from orders of Hq Euro-pean T of Opns USA, dated 13 .May 1945, posting 2nd Lts AUSto EAD. [PPL is on the list]

* Shipping Ticket to Antwerp Bel-gium from Lt. P.P.Lapiken: I eaCan Meat, I ea Knife, I ea Fork,I ea Spoon. [No date.]

* Restricted list of personnel in theUS Group Control Council (Ger-many) (Rear) dated 12 August1945. [Peter P. Lapiken, 2nd Lt.is among those listed.]

* Extract from Special Orders 1J45dated 23August 1945from Head-quarters US Group ControlCouncil (Germany). [One of theorders includes PPL.]

*"Office of Military Government forGermany (US). Formerly USGroup Control Council (Ger-many). Pass 115."Issued to PeterP. Lapiken, 2nd Lt., 30 October1945. With photograph.

*Extract from Special Order 17dated7 January 1946 from Headquar-ters, Switzerland Leave Center,US Army, concerning seven-daysleave(furlough)forAmericanper-sonnel. [PPL is among thosegranted leave.]

* Extract from Special Orders 137dated I3 February 1946, Officeof Military Government for Ger-many US. [The list includesPPL.]

* Appointment of PPL to SecondLieutenant, Military Intelligenceas of 4 April 1946, dated 5 De-cember 1946.

* "War Department General Staff.Intelligence Division. Memoran-dum for All Military IntelligenceReserve Officers." July 1946.

* "Headquarters SixthArmy. Memo-randum for All Military Intelli-gence Reserve Officers." Dated20 December 1946.

* Navy Department. ResignationDocument of PPL dated 26 No-vember 1948. Describes PPL asan Assistant Professor of Russianin US Naval School (Naval In-telligence) at Anacostia DC, born7.7.1907 in Riga, Russia. Origi-nal and a copy.

* Undated letter from War Depart-ment General Staff IntelligenceDivision, asking PPL to fill inPersonal History Statement

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* Undated official letter from theWhite House with expression ofgratitude to PPL for the servicein the Armed Forces.

* Letter from Veterans Administra-tion in San Franciscodated 1May1946, denying PPL's claim fordisability pension based upon ac-tive service in the US ArmedForces in World War II.

* "Notification of Transfer ofRecords" re Disability Compen-sation of PPL, dated 6 December1950. Records forwarded to LosAngeles. !

* "Honorable Discharge from theArmed Forces of the UnitedStates of America of Peter P.Lapiken 02 026 392 2d Lt MIUSAR," dated I April 1953.

*"EnlistedRecordofLapikenPeterP."

*Blackand white negativephotocopyof Official Transcript of Record,University of California, Berke-ley, ofPPL for 1940-1941.

* University of California, Programof the Final Examination for theDegree of Doctor of Philosophy

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* list "Publications of Peter PLapiken," 3 typewritten copies.

* Folder "teacher:" complete, de-tailed Curriculum Vitae PPL.Describes formation, interestsand work. Different official docu-ments, connected with the teach-ing work at the different univer-sities, including on a constantwork at the university Montanaas Assistant Professor, The Uni-versity of Montana, State Capi-tol, Helena.

"The American Contract Bridge Lea-gue Certificate of Life Master toDr. Peter P. Lapiken" 1969 andaccornpanyingletteh

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FhJuly 15-16 Portland Summer OpenFh.Site: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219. For-mat: 2-sec., 5-rd. Swiss., TC: Rds 1-3 40/90, SD/30; Rds 4-5 40/2,SD/I. EF: $30 by 7/12, $35 at site. $10 discount for PCC mem-bers. Prize Fund: $$650 b/40. Prizes: Open: $150-100, U200075. Reserve (U1800): $100-75, UI600 50, U14oo 50, U12oo/unr50. Reg: 9-9:30 a.m. Rds: Sat 1O-2-ASAP,Sun IO-ASAP.Byes:Two Y2-pt.byes avail. if requested at reg. Mise: USCF & OCFIWCF membership req'd, OSA. Info: [email protected], 503-246-2978, www. pdxchess.org. Entries: PortlandChess Club, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219.

FhJuly 22 Summer LightningFhSite: Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E Main, Spokane WA 99206.Format: 1 (or 2) x RR. TC: G/I0. EF: $11 (Can be paid at theClub to Dave Griffin or day of tournament). Prize Fund: 100%Reg: 10-10:30pm. Mise:USCFquick-ratedevent. Coffee&snacksprovided Info: Adam Attwood, [email protected].

JJCarl A. Haessler

Lessons .Lectures .exhibitions

USCF Life Master

3-Time Oregon Champion(503) 358-7871

ssmith61540 aoI.com

Chess4Life Bellevue WA

ElliottNeff [email protected] 10-14 for K-6Aug 7-11 for K-6

Bryant Elementary Seattle WAElliottNeff [email protected]

July 17-21 for K-12Sammamish Sammamish WA

ElliottNeff [email protected] 26-30 SammamishSummerCampI (K-12)

July31-Aug4 SammamishSummerCampII (K-12)Evergreen School Shoreline WAOanielle206-957-1533dlarway@evergreenschooLorgwww.evergreenschooLorg

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 Intennewate (ages 8-13)

Aug 7-11 Advanced (ages 9-15)

Annie Wright Elementary Tacoma WA

Elliott Neff 425-283-0549 [email protected] www.chess4life.comJuly 24-28 for K-12

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Open EventsJune 2006

www.lvchessfestival.com Las Vegas NYsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland ORwww.chessplayer.com Philadelphia PA

July 2006G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dormer 253-535-2536 [email protected] www.tacomachessclub.netfinns.comTacoma WAsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland, ORsee Infoline 206-4i7-54O5 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org , Portland ORClint Ballard clint@slugfestorg www.gmslugfest.com Poulsbo WAwww.chesstour.com ; AgouraHillsCASCC 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 20061 FCC Tuesday Quads begin 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland ORFb3,1O,17AugtistAdjeeb David Griffin 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmaiLcom www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA4 TCC 10-Second Tournament G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA5-6 Washington Senior Adult Championship G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA5-13 U.S. Open www.uschess.org/tournaments/2006/usopenl.FIDE Oak Brook IL11,18,25 Tacoma Summer Championship G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAFb12 Qualchan Quads David Griffin 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmaiLcom www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA12-13 Spokane City Ch Contenders (!nv.) David Griffin 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmaiLcom www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA19 SCC Monthly Blitz (G/5) SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAFb19-20 Tacoma City Championship G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAFb26 8 FCC 6ar!1e-in-60 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORFb26 SCC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAFb26-27 Auntie's dpen David Griffin 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmaiLcom www.spokanechessclub.org 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.seattlechessclub.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. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA9 Seattle CC Novice SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAFblO SCC Sunday Tornado SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA12" FCC Tuesday Quads begin 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.pdxchess.org Portland ORFb16 SCC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA17 Seattle CC Monthly Blitz (G/5) SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA22,29 TCC Championship (Rds 1-2) G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA

NorE: A 'Fb' in front of the date indicatesa Franett Memorial Northwest GP ewnt A 8 in front of the tournament name indicates an OSCF

qua6fying tournament. BoIdfaootype indicates a Iournament announooment (m our Future Events Section)or display ad hi this issue.

16-18 National Open & Polgar Girls ChFb18 see Sunday Tornado23,30 TCC Action TournamentFb23-25 Emerald City OpenFb25 8 pee Game-in-603D-July4 World Open

7,14,21,28 TCC Firecracker Swiss8 see Monthly Blitz (G/5)Fb8-9 Evergreen OpenFb9 see Sunday Tornado11 FCC Tuesday Quads beginFb15 see Saturday QuadsFbI5-16 Portlandee Summer Open21-23 GM Slugfest Qualifier21-23 Pacific Coast OpenFb28-30 Seattle Seafair Open29 TCC lO-Second TournamentFb29 8 FCC Game-in-60

Scholastic EventsJune 2006

Randy Kaech 360-384-2792 [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech Bellingham WAJuly 2006

Randy Kaech 360-384-2792 [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech Bellingham WAAugust 2006

I Hot Summer Chess ill (K-12) Randy Kaech 360-384-2792 [email protected] http://mysite.,,,erizon.net/kaech Bellingham WA22 Hot Summer Chess IV (K-12) Randy Kaech 360-384-2792 [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech Bellingham WA

NO1:E: A '8' in front of the tournament name indicates an oseF qualifying tournament.USCF NATIONAL Scholastics , .

For infonnation on any national event, contact Diane Reese at [email protected] 21-23 U.S Junior Open' Dallas TX

For scholastic summer came.s, see inside baclicQl1ltr

27 Hot Summer Chess I (K-12)

ll. Hot Summer Chess II (K-12)

Documents

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