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BookNote

Russians vs.Fischer

by Dimiby Plisetsky and Sergey Voronkov,translated by Ken Neat

published by Everyman Chess, he,462 pages. @2oo5. Retail $35.00.

by Robert A. Karch

~ epic work. In the words on the coverslip, '1:hisbook chronicles the struggle

f the lone American genius BobbyFischer to overcomethe mightySovietchess ma-chine, which featured the combined efforts of manyof the greatest chessminds of the 20th century."Every game played against a Soviet opponent isgiven, often analyzedm detail, starting with thegames of the 1965 Capablanca Memorial. Forthis event,FischerneededU.S. State Departmentapprovalto relayhis moves by radio.

While Fischer had early developed a hatredforthe "Russian cheaters," by 1964the directorsof Sovietchesshad acquireda "Fischercomplex."The Sovietsdecidedto make a scientific study ofFischer'sgames,and theypolledtheir Grandmas-ters. ViktorKortchnoi:Fischer aims for openingsetups that bring enduring pressure in themiddlegame and on into the endgame. LevPolugaevsky:a strong preference for the King'sIndian Defense as Black. YefimGeller: Fischeroften played 1.e4 and the Ruy Lopez as White.In 1970, Kortchnoi said that Fischer's openingplay was insufficiently solid, being largely de-signedfor weaker opponents.

Unlikethe Americans, the Soviets took theirchessvery seriously. When Mark Tairnanovlostto Fischer6-0 iritheir Candidates Match, he wasstripped of his titles, not permitted to have hisarticlespublishednor to perform as a pianist.

One long chapter (pp. 249-271) is devotedto a thoroughanalysis of Fischer's play againstall opponents. Tigran Petrosian (Fischer's nextopponent m the 1971 Final Candidates Match)gave the report covering the opening as Whiteand Black,Fischer'screativityinthe middlegame,and his endgame. This did little good forPetrosian, who lost the match 2.5-6.5.

Another long chapter (pp. 335-380) coversm detail the games and scandalous allegationsabout Fischer's chair during the 1972 WorldChampionship Match in Reykjavik, Iceland.Fischerwon 12.5-8.5. He offeredto playa returnmatch in Texas or Las Vegas the following year,

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Russians vs. Fischerpage 3

Zaikov Wins Oregon Openpage 4

Tournament Adspages 8,30,31

Fun In the (Part-Time) Sunpage 10

USCF Crosstablespage 17

Angels at the SCCpage18

News from Spokanepage19

Holler's Chess Columnpage22

The Tarot Customer, Part IIIDonEmighconcludesa chessmystery

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Chess Coaching to Some PurposeDr. Leo Stefurakon the missionand audienceof the chesscoach

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Firsts in the WCL and NWCpage27

Chess in the Moviespage28

Northwest ChessCalendarof Upcoming Eventsback cover

On the Cover: 2004-2005 Spokane City Champion FM DavidSprenklesquares off against Curt Collyer, this year's challenger in roundone ot a best-or-four match. Photo by Randy Countryman

but this plan was squelched by the Soviet authorities. The return matchwith Boris Spassky did not occur until 1992 in Yugoslavia and was alsowon by Fischer. The thirty games are given, but with little commentary.

Overall, the authors give an objective survey of the events and person-alities involved, as seen from the Soviet perspective and, in some cases,using material previously in governmental records and declared "secret" atthe time. The book makes for fascinating reading. Recommendedfor anyfanofBobbyFischerandhisgames. .

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Zaikov Wins Oregon Open (Again!)by Neil Dale

With five points out of six pos-sible, Oregon Champion NMOlegZaikov claimedclear first

place in the 2005 Oregon Open. He gaveup two draws on his way to the title: inthe secondroundto SteveTisinger and inthe fifth round against NM Nick Raptis.He defeated Mike Morris, who had ledthe tournament with four wins going intothe final day, in the last round. Morrishad drawn FM JohnReadeyin round fiveand his loss dropped him into a seven-way tie at 4.5 points. BesidesMorris andReadey, others who tied for secondthrough eighth were Raptis, FM RaduRoua, NM Harley Greninger, MichaelMacGregor,and LandonBrownell. Theyall shared some prize money, but clearfirst gave Zaikov $550.

Two ClassAplayers, GeoffGale andScott Smyth, scored four points, as didExpert Ben Lin. Altogether, the Opensection attracted 52 players.

The Reserve section had 54 players,but did not have a clear winner. Fourplayers tied for the top spot with fivepoints each: Bill Gagnon, Daniel Gay,David Hendricks, and David Yoshinaga.They took home $180 apiece. StephenBuck, Marcus Robinson, and DanStevens garnered 4.5 each, but, unfortu-nately, finished out of the money. An-other point of interest was that this Or-egon Open had more femaleplayers thanany before. The ladies numbered half adozen. The highest finisher among themwas Karen Marcjan with 3.5points, plusprize money in the U1400 category.

The tourament was back in the Port-land Metro area this year, at Mount HoodCommunityCollege,a better sitethan thegym location a couple of years ago. Ex-cept for somefirst day glitches regardinglightingand air-conditioning,things wentwell. The tournament was sponsored bythe Portland Chess Club; Lewis Richard-son and Neil Dale directed.

Ruy Lopez Clof#!dEthan Peake (1786)Michael Morris (2073)

Gresham, Oregon Open (1) 2005Annotationsby FM Chuck Schulien1.e4e52.lt1f3lt1c6 3.Ab5a64.h4lt1f65.0-0 ll.e7 6.lle1 b5 7.ll.b3 0-0 8.e3d6 9.d4ll.g4 10.d5lt1a511.ll.e2lt1e8

11...e6 isthe mainline,offeringfasterand safer counterplay in the center.

12.lt1bd2 g6 13.h3ll.d7 14.lt1f1 lt1g715.ll.h61516.exfSll.xt517.ll.xt51Ixts18.lt1g31lf719.lt1e4lt11520.ll.g5lt1c421.b3lt1b6

Up to now, I likeWhite's play. Here,simply 'iVd3,planning e3-e4 to shore upthe d5-pawn, looks good. Instead, Whiteprovoked complications and lost controlover the position.

22.he7 fiJxe7 23.lt1fg5 111524.lt1e6ffd7 25.g4?11lf7 26.lt14g5lt1exd5 27.~ffxe6 28.lt1g5ffe7 29.lt1e41lf8

29...ttJf43O.c4bxe4?

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This exchange opens up b3 forWhite's Queen.31.bxe4lt1f4 32.ffb3 <t>h833.llad1lt1d7 34.lle3lt1f6 35.ffe2 lt1xe4 36.ffxe4 ffh4 37.fff3 e4 3s.ffg3 ffxg3+39.fxg3 fiJxh3+4O.<t>g2lt1g5

~8 ~ ~ -- m- ~ ~7~-..,6'. . .'rI5~.. .4 ~~.'.~rI. ~ WM3~. ~ U

2~~ ~ ~~~1~ ~:~.

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Black has better chances in theendgame, though White can probablymake a draw with correct play.41 .lIds h6 42. lIaS <t>g743.llxa6 <t>f644. lIaS <t>e645.llb5 lIaS 46.a3 e647.1lb6

On 47.1lxg5!? hxg5 48.1lxe4+ <t>d749.lle3<t>e7,White'squeensidepawnsaretargets.

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47...~d7 48.llb7+ <;Pe649.llg7?!

Toooptimistic,49.ilb6 offersa drawby a repetition.49...<t>f650.lle71la6 51. lIeS d5

The battle is essentially over: Blackhas coordinatedhis pieces and connectedhis pawns.52.exd5 exd5 53.llec3 <t>e554.llSe6lIaS

54. ..1lxe6 5S.1lxe6 e3 S6.a4 d4

55.<t>f2

s5.1lxg6 d4 s6.ilea offersWhite80m:counterplay.55...lt1e6 56.llb6lt1e557.<t>e2? d4?

S7...ttJa4 (Morris)SS.lle4 lt1a4 59.<t>e1lt1xb660.lle6lt1d5 61.llxg6 llxa3 62.1lxh6 d3 63.llh5+ <t>d464.g5 e3 65.g6 lla1 mate

Pirc Austrian Attack

Drew Serres (1961)FM John Readey (2339)

Gresham, Oregon Open (1) 2005Annotationsby Drew Serres1.e4 g6 2.d4ll.g7 3.lt1e3 d6 4.f4 lt1165.lt1f3 0-0 6.ll.d3 lt1a6 7.0-0 e5 S.dSllbS9.ffe2lt1e710.ll.d2?1

10.a4 is the main line. The move Ichose allows Black to play b7-bS.10...b5111.b3

11.ttJxbSttJxbS 12.ll.xbS ttJxe4 13.'iVxe4ilxb5 14.ll.e3ll.xe3 1S.bxe3ll.f516.'iVe2ilb2+; 11.ll.xbSttJxbS12.ttJxbSttJxe413.ttJxa7 ttJxd2 14.ttJxd2ll.d7+11...a6

There is no need to play.. .a6 right now,Blackshouldplay11...b4112.ttJa4ll.d713.ilae 1(13.ttJb2? ttJfxdS14.exdSll.xb2+).

12.llae1ll.g4

12...b4!?

13.h3ll.xt3 14.ffxf3 e6 15.dxe6lt1xe616.lt1e2ffb6

After 16...dS! 17.eS e4 18.exf6, Imissed 1S...\i'xf6 {Fritz 8} during my

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calculations.I lookedat Black taking theBishop right away, 18...cxd3, but thatlosesto 19.fxg7dxe2 20.gxf8='8'+.17.c4!

8 - -. -.~- ~ - ~7~. .,..6,Wlt .. ,~~. ~ ~5~'.. .4 f3.R ~U ~3~ f3.2f3.. .~. f3.~1~. a:=

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This move really hinders Black'squeensideplay. The other idea is that itstops him from advancing in the center.

17...b418.g4

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This move may becomea problem ifBlack can open up the position, but it'shard to see how Black can break openthe center or the kingside. FRITZ8 givesthe line 18.fSlLlc719. '8'g3lLld720.lLlf4lbeS 21.iLc2:t, but I prefer 18.'8'g3, in-tending '8'h4.18...~d719.Itf2

19.'8'g3!?19...Itbe8 20.h4 '8'd8 21. Ith2?!

21.gS21...'8'f6 22."h3 ~d4

22...'8'b2 may have given me a bitof trouble. When attacking, I'd have tobeverycareful with my King. This sug-geststhat preventingthe Queen from en-teringmypositionearlierwas a goodidea.23.hS?!

23.lbc1!makesit veryhard for Blackto find a plan. White can then graduallybuildup the pressure. [23.gSlLlxe2+24.Itexe2 \'fa 1+ 2S.Ile1'8'd4+ 26.~hH:]23...~xe2+ 24. Ilexe2 '8'e7

8 . .&..~7~...,.,6'. . .,.5~.. .f3.4 .f3..f3.~f3..3~f3...t. ...2f3.-' ~:. [fW. - . -1~

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After 24...'8'd4+ 2S.cctg2 {FRITZ8}2S...gS, my King is going to come undersome unwanted pressure, which meansmy kingside play will be more compli-cated. I am still a little better, but Blackdoes have a few more counterchances.

2S.gS?!

I don'tknowexactlywhy I didn'tplay2S.eS! I thinkthe reasonwas that I didn'tsee a follow up after 2S...gS [{FRITZ8}26.h6 iLh8 27.iLxh7+! ~xh7 28.'ti'd3+ ~g8 29.h7+ ~g7 30.'8'h3 '8'e6(30...fS 31.'8'h6+ ~f7 32.gxfS) 31.fS,winning]. So I may have played 25.g5 tostop Black from playing 25...g5, but nowBlack gets his Bishop out.2s...iLd4+ 26.iLe3?

26.~h1

26..."e627.'8'h4iLxe3+ 28.Itxe3 Ite729. Iteh3 Itfe830.hxg6

There are many plans to choosefromand I choseone of the few incorrect ones.I had the option of playing '8' g3, It f2, oreven~h1. Here is a sample line:30.Itf2lLlf831.'8'g3 as 32.hxg6 fxg6:t.

30...fxg631.f5?

At this point, I had under ten min-utes and John had under five. This is thereason for someof the moves ahead. Anyof the other variations shown for Whitewould have been better.

31...gxf5?

31...'ti'eS

32.g6?

32.exfS 'ti'e1+ 33.'8'xe1 Itxe1+ 34.~f2 Ita1 3S.~f3lLleS+ 36.~f4lLlxd3+37.Itxd3 It f1+ 38.It f3 ismuchbetter forWhite, his Rooks and King are more ac-tive, while the Black King is trapped onthe back rank.

32...fxe433.gxh7+ ~h8 34.iLe21!g7+3S.Itg3 Itee736.Ithg2"eS

36...'ti'f6!?

37.Itxg7 Itxg7 38."d8+ ~xh7 39.'8'h4+ ~g8 40.'8'd8+ ~h7 41.iLg4-+

Now that the time control had beenreached, I realized that I didn't have aperpetual. IfI played 41.'ti'h4+ ~g8 42.'ti'd8+, he'd play 42...lLlf8 and I'd haveno more checks. The idea of 41.iLg4 isto get somethingagainst the Black King.

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41..."81+?

Readey had a faster winwith the fol-lowing variation, 41...lLlf6 42.Ith2+~g6 43. Itg2 ~f7 44.'ti'c7+ ~f8 4S.'8'c8+ lLJe846.Itf2+ Itf7.

42. ~h2 "f6 43."e8 "14+

43...'8'e5+!? 44.'8'xeSlLJxeS 45.iLf5+

~h646.iLxe4 Itxg2+47.~xg2=f

44.~h1"11+4S.Itg1lLJf6?45...'8'f7 46.'8'xe4+ cbh8=f

46.'8'e6?

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After 46.'8'f8! {FRITZ8},White is ac-tually better. I hadn't considered thismove,but it forces Blackto sachis Queenfor the Rook and Bishop: 46...'ti'xg1+(46...'8'f2?? 47.iLfS+ '8'xfS 48.'ti'xg7mate) 47/!>xg1 Itxg4+ 48.~f1 Ilf4+49.~e2.

46...'8'f4 47.iLf5+ cbh8 48."xf6 "13+49.~h2 "f2+??

After this move the game is drawn,John missed his chance to go into a win-

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Ding endgame via 49...1We2+ 50.~h31Wh5+51.1Vh4 1Wxh4+52.~xh4 ilxg1.5O.ci>h3"f3+

50...1Wxg1?? 51.1WfS+ItgS52.1Wh6mate

51.ci>h2??

51.~h4 1W12+(51...1Wf4+ 52.~h3)52.c;j;>h3

51..."12+??

The same move was still good for theWID.

52. c;j;>h3Draw

After all the complications, it tumsout that neither side can make progress.

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Ben Wyde (1912)Drew Serres (1961)

Gresham, Oregon Open (2) 2005AnnotatioDs by Drew Serres1.84 c5 2.~f3 d6 3.b3

An interesting move for the Sicilian,and one that hasn't received much atten-

tion. I don't know why it hasn't beenplayed more often, it seems just as goodas any other sideline for White.

3..lt)f6 4.~c3 a6 5.&4 e6 6.Jlb2 ~c67.d4

After this move, the game tums intoa very strange open Sicilian, with theBishop on b2 instead of e3 or g5.

7...cxd4 S.~d4 Jld7 9.g3

9.Jle21?

9...tlb6 10.~xc6 bc6 11.Jlg2 Jle712.0-0 O-O-O?I

I don't think I chose the best plan-the Kingbelongsonthe kingside;it isveryexposed on this side of the board. Myidea was to start a counterattack on thekingside,butWhite's attack on the queen-side is much faster.

13."e2 h514.a5 "c7?!

I had to play 14.Qc5 to slow downthe queensidepawns.

15.b4! d5

[15...1Wd71?16.Itfb1:t]

16.85 ~d7 17.b5 axb5 1S.~5 bb519."xb5 "c6

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[19...1Wc4?20.1Wxc4+dxc4 21.Itfb1llJc522.h3 Itd7 23.Itb5 Itc 724.Axc5Axc525.Axb7+1+-]20."e2 ~c5

[20...1Wa61?21.c4:t]21.a6?1:t

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There is nothing wrong with thispawn sacrifice, but Ben had a strongermove. 21.Itfb1 would've given me aharder time than the text, e.g., 21...1Wa622.1i'e3 1i'c4 23.Jld4llJa6 24.Jlf1 1i'c625.Jlb5 1Wc726.Jlb6, winning.21...~xa6 22.c41

The point of White's last move.22...llJc7 23. Itfc1 Jlc5 24.cxd5 exd525.Jla3 b6 26.Jlh3+ Itd727.bd7+q",xd72S.1i'c2 ~86?

After 2S...ItaS, White is still win-ning, but it might have given better sur-vival chances.

29."15 ci>ea30.Itab1?

The Rookneeds to be on the a-file, itshould go to a7 after which Black hasdifficulty findingmoves. [30.Axc5 bxc5(30...llJxc5 31.Ita7 ItfS {FRITZ8} 32.Itxc5 bxc5 33.1Wb11Wcs34.'iVb5+~d835.'iVb6+ ~e8 36.1Wd6)31.Ita7 Itf832. Itca1, winning]

30...h4 31.g4?1

Later in the game, this gave Ben afewproblems. It does stopme fromopen-ing the h-file, but now the King is out inthe open. [31.Axc5llJxc5 32. Ita 1hxg333.hxg3 d4 34.f3 'iVb7 35.Ita3 llJe636.Itca1]

31...h3 32.bc5 ~xc5 33. Itxb6tt.

Ben was downto a fewminuteshere;so he tried to simplifythe position. [33.f3Ith6 34.Ita1 Ite6 35.1Wh71Wc736.ItaS+ ~d7 {FRITZ8} 37.f4 Itg6 38.1i'xh3, winning.]

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33..."xb6 34.1Ic8+ q",e71

The only move to stay in the gamIn try to holdonto the material,I'll eve!tuaDy end up in Zugzwang, e.g., 34.1Wd835.1Wxc5Ith436.f3.

35.1IxhSlhd3?

{FRITZ8} 35...llJe4 36.'iVxh3(36. It1llJd2 37.'iVxg7 llJxf1 38.'iVg5+ ~139.~xf1 'iVb1+ 40.~e2 1We4+)36.'iVxf2+37.~h1 'iVf438.1i'f11Wxe5

36.Itf1lhf437.1Ixg7lhe2+38.q",h1 d39.1i'g5+ q",f84O."15??

On the last move of the time controBen walks into a mating net. After 411Vd2, there isno mate threat. OnceWhi1manages to get his Rook into play, he rngood chances to win, e.g., 40...'iVa6 4"'iVd1llJc342.'iVe1.

4O...tlb7+41.f3 tlb21 0-1

There is nothing White can do to stollJg3 and 'iVg2, e.g., 42.Itf2 (42.c8c;t>g743.'iVC4llJg3+44.hxg31Vg2 matE42...'iVc1+ 43.Itf1 'iVxf1mate.

Ruy Lopez BreyerMichael Morris (2073)NM Radu Roua (2210-FIDE)

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1.e4e5 2.~f3lhc6 3.Jlb5 a64.h4lht5.0-0 b5 6.Jlb3 Jle77.Ite1 O-OS.h:d6 9.c3lhbS 10.d3 c5 11.lhbd2 g6 1~lhf1lOh513.Jlh6lOg714.lhe3lhd715c;t>h2lOb616.d4c417.Jlc211c71S.d!Jld719.g4f620.Itg1 Itf721.1Id2Itafl22. Itg2 Jld8 23.Itag 1 lOc8 24.lO15

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24...Jlxf5 25.gxf5lOe7 26.lOh4 g5 27lOf3~h8 28.h4lhg8 29.hxg5lOxh6 30gxh6lOh5 31.lOh4lOf4 32.Itg4 Itel33."e3 "e7 34.lOg6+ hxg6 35.fxgllOxg6 36.Itxg6 f5 37.1Ig3 "h4+ 38"xh4 bh4 39.exf5 Axf2 40.It1g~Jlc541.Jle4 Itef842/.t>h3 Itf643.c;t>hoIIt6f7 44.Itg7 Itf6 45.c;t>h5Ae3 46It7g6 Jlc1 47.b3 a5 48.bxc4 bxc4 49

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Ilxt6 iIxf6so.11g6 llf8s1.16Ad2S2. 26.1IxtS~h7 27. lIeS lld8 28.1IxhS+AfSe453.Ae6e3S4.f71Ixf7ss.Axf7 <!>g829.iIxd8 matee256.IIg8+ ~h7 57.l1g7+ <!>h858.<!>g61-0

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French Winawer

Michael Morris (2073)NM Harley Greninger (2245)

Gresham, Oregon Open (3) 2005Annotationsby Michael Morris1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS3.tDc3Ab4 4.eS cS S.a3Axc3+ 6.bxc311aS 7.Ad2 tDe18.1Ig40-0 9.tD131510.1JfhS1Ia4 11.Ad3 c412.Ae2f413.Ad111e814.1Ixe8 iIxe81S..!.xt4 tDd7 16.tDgS tDb6 17.Ag4tDc6 18.0-0 tDa4 19.Ad2 h6 20.tDh3<oth721.f4 g6 22.Af3 a6 23.g4 tDe724.Ag211fB2S.tD12Ad726.tDd111f727.11b1 b5 28.h311afB 29.tDe3?

I should have played the mysterious29.11a1 and followed up with 30.tDe3.The next note shows why.29...Ac6

Harley and I both thought that the f-pawnwas immuneto capture. However,29...%i!xf430.1lxt41Ixt431.l2JxdSl2JxdS32.AxdSlDxc31

30.J!be1 lhb6 31.11e2 tDa4 32.11e12tDb6 33.h4 Ad7 34.Ah3 Ac8 3S.<!>h2.!.d7 36.hSgxhS37.gxhStDbc838.l1g2lhb639.J!fg1 l1g840.tDg4 iIxg441.iIxg4lha8 42.11g6 tDc7 43.15 1-0

Sicilian Kan

Drew Serres (1961)Benjamin Lin (2124)

Gresham, Oregon Open (3) 2005

1.e4 e6 2.d4 cS 3.tD13cxd4 4.tDxd4 a6S.Ad3 tDf6 6.tDc311c7 7.f4 Ab4 8.0-0 d6 9.1If3 Acs 10.Ae3lhc6 11.lDxc611xc6 12.11ae1 0-0 13.1fh3 eS14.15dS1S.tDxdSl2JxdS16.exdS1IxdS17.<!>h1Axe318.iIxe311a719.1fh4e420.Axe411c421.11f411d422.16g623.J!d3 ffxb2 24.11d1 hS 2S.1IgS AfSNorthwest Chess

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30...Ad4! 31.11e 1 Axe3 32. 11xe3 dS Gresham,OregonOpen (5) 200533.tDcS1Ie7 34.1Ic31fh4 3S.g311h3 '

36.<!>g1Ag4 37.1Id2 A13 38.1112hS Annotations by William Gagnon39.1Ixt3 exf3 40.1Ixf31115 1.e4eS2.tD13d63.d4exd44.tDxd4tD16

4O...h441.'iVhS+llh642.1IxdS hxg3 i~7C:t~6.Ae2 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.A1343.ffd3+ l1g644.hxg311xg3+45.ffxg3 .iIxg3+ 46.<!>f2 White loses his nerve. When he

41.tDd311c642.tDb411c1+43.<!>g2d4 played 8.~13, he was looking for 9:eS,44.1Id311xd345'tDxd3llc2+ 46.<!>13~ut couldn~ see.throughthe'compl1ca-11xa2 47.h3 <!>g648.b4 <!>1649.tDeS. nons when It arrIved.11a3+ SO.<!>f2<!>e6S1.b5 11b3 S2.g4 9...tDc610.tDxe7+1Ixe711.Ags1Ieshxg4S3.hxg4ItxbS54.tDd3<!>dSSS.15 12..!.xf611xf6 13.11e1 tDeS14.Ae2<!>e4S6.~e211aSS7.tDf2+<!>t4S8.<!>d3llfe8 1S.tDdS AxdS 16.1IxdS c6 17.<!>f3S9.tDe4 lla3+ 0-1 1Id2 b5

I was planning 18.c4, freezing thebackward pawn on d6.

18.b311g619.1311e6

Among class players, it is the blun-der that decidesthe game. I thought thiswas the blunder. 20.f4 should win theKnight. As with move 9, I lost my nervewondering what I would do after 20...ffh6, pinning the pawn.20.IIad1

Now the threat is real.

20...11ae8? 21.f411xe4 22.fxeS "xeS23.A1311c5+ 24.<!>t1a6 2S.iIxe6

Sicilian

Landon Brownell (2120)Michael Morris (2073)


Annotations by Michael Morris1.e4 cS 2.tDc3 tDc6 3..!.bS tDd4 4.tD13tDxbs S.tDxb5 a6 6.tDc3 d6 7.d4 cxd48.1Ixd4 eS 9.1Id3 h6 10.Ae3 tDf611.tDdS tDxdS 12.1IxdS1Ic7 13.0-0Ae614.1Id2h71S.b3Q-0 16.c4<!>h717'tDe1 fS 18.exfS .!.xt5 19.tDd3 as20.tDb2 II 1621.tDa411g6 22.<!>h1"c623.13e424.f4bS2S.tDb611a626.tDdsA16 27.cxbS 1IxbS 28'tDc7 1fb7 29.tDxa6 Axa1 30.1IxaS

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NM Radu Roua (221O-FIDE)Drew Serres (1961)

Gresham, Oregon Open (4) 2005Annotationsby Drew Serres1.d4 tD162.tDc3 dS 3.13?!c5 4.e4 dxe4

4...cxd4 S.ffxd4lhc6 6.Ab5 e6 7.exd5exd5 8.Ag5 Ae7 9.0-0-0 0-0S.dS exf3 6.ttlxt3 A15?

This is too slow, I needed to get myKingoutof the centerquickly,e.g., 6...g67.Af4 Ag7 8.Ac4 (8.~b5 0-0 9.~c7

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~h5 10.tDxa8 ~xf4 11.1Id2 1Id6+)8...0-0 9.0-0 ~e8! 10.1Ie200

7.Af4 a6 8.a4

8.Ad31? hd3 9.1Ixd3 g6 10.0-0Ag711.11ae1 00

8...e6 9.Ac4 Ad6 10.Axd611xd6 11.0-OexdS12.11e1+?1

12.l2Jxd5tDxd513.hdS:f:

12...Ae613.tDxdstDxdS14.AxdS"e7

14...0-0!? 15..!.xe6ffxd116.11axd1fxe617.~g5tDc618.l2Jxe6 ll1519.11d711f7 20.Itxt7 <!>xfl21.~cS:f:

1S.IIa3?

Thisgivesmea fewchancesto holdtheposition. 15.~e510-016.~wwldendthe game at once.

1S...0-0 16.11ae3"d7?

A blunder in a bad position. [16.. .1IdB17.iIxe6 fxe6 18.he6+ c;Ph819.1Ixd8llxd8 20.~g5 llf8 21.tDf7+ llxfl 22.Axfl tDc623.Ad5:f:]17.iIxe6 1-0

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"When ahead in material, tradepieces, not pawns"2S..J!xe626.h3

26.l!e1 l!xe1+ 27.c;t>xe1tWg1+ 28.~e21Vxh2 wins the h2-pawn.

26...g6 27.l!e1 dS 28.l!xe6 fxe6

Now White plays to trade Queens.

29.Ag4 eS 30.fff2 ffd6 31.ffa7 cS32.ffa8+ c;t>g733.'fIb7+ c;t>h634.fff71!'fd83S.g3 e4 36.Ae6 ffd6 37.fff4+

White thinks he has an "easy" win.

37.,.1!'fxf4+38.gxf4d4 39.f5 c;t>gS40.fxg6hxg6 41. c;t>e2b4 42. c;t>f2c;t>f443.Ac4as 44.AbS gS 4s.Ac4 g4 46.h4 g3+47.<!>g2<!>g448.hS <!>xhS49.<!>xg3<!>gSso.Ae6 f651.Ac4 c;t>f552.Ab5 g553.Ad7 e3 54.Ab5 ct>f555.Ad3+ ct>e556.ct>g4ct>d5 57. ct>f5c;t>d658.ct>e4c;t>e659.Ac4+ ct>d660. t!>fs c661. ct>e6a462.bxa4 <!>b663. c;t>d5<!>a564. ct>xc5

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64... c;t>xa4??

FRITZfinds 64...d3 6s.Axd3 e2 66.iLxe2 b3for a draw! 67.axb3 is stalemate.

65.<!>xd4 <!>a366.<!>xe3 <!>b267.Ab3<!>c3 68. ct>e4 <!>b2 69. c;t>d4 c;t>a3 70. ct>c4

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Ruy Lopez BerlinMichael Morris (2073)FM John Readey (2339)


1.e4 eS 2.llJf3llJc6 3.Ab5liJf6 4.0-0liJxe45.d4llJd66.llxc6 dxc67.dxe5liJf58.1!'fxd8+c;t>xd89.llJc3 h6 10.h3liJe711.h3llJg612.l!ad1+<!>e813.a3h714.lIfe1 Ae6 15.llJd4 l!d8 16.liJxe6fxe6 17.l!xd8+ <!>xd818.l!d1+ ct>c819.f4 h5 20.g31!f8 21.llJe2 c5 22.<!>g2b6 23.lIf1 <!>d724.Ad2 <!>c625.Ac3<!>d526.<!>f3liJh8 27.l!d1+ <!>c628.c;t>e4liJf729.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4liJh6 31.l!g1 a532.a4Ad833.Ad2h734.Ae3Ad835.liJc3h736.Ac11!d837.Ae3l!f838.Ac1 IId839.Ae3 Draw

Northwest Chess

French Steinitz

Drew Serres (1961)Mike Janniro (2121)

Gresham, Oregon Open (5) 2005Annotations by Drew Serres1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.liJc3liJf6 4.e5liJfd75.f4 c5 6.liJf3liJc6 7.Ae3 a6 8.ffd2 b59.dxc5 Axc5 10.Axc5l1Jxc5 11.1!'f121!'fe7

11...tWb6is the main line, but 11...'fiJe7has been played a few times withfairly good results.12.Ad3 Ab713.0-0 l1Jxd3

Black will be able to castle only bygetting rid of this Bishop. Playing ...g7-g6 or ...h7-h6 to prevent Axh7 severelyweakens the kingside. [13...0-0? 14.Axh7+! c;t>xh71S.llJg5+ c;t>g616.f5+<!>xg517.tWf4+<!>h518.g4+ <!>h419.l!f3 exfS 20.<!>g2fxg4 21.l!h3 mate]14.cxd30-0 15.liJe2!

After this, the Knight will take up adominant position on d4.15...liJb4 16.l!fd1 lIac8 17.a3liJc618.liJed4

18.l!ac1!?

18,..l1Jxd419.l1Jxd4lIc720.lIac1 iIfeB21.ffd2 h6

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22. iIxc 7?!

22.b4 tWd723.liJb3:t

22...1!'fxc723.~e2?

Now I'll be forced to either play d4or let Black play d4. Better was 23.tWf2tWcS24.iIe1 iIc725.f5.

23...'fIb6+

23.,.tWc5+!?24.d4 tWc2

24.d4.

24.<!>f1?d4

24...a525.iIc1

2S.b4

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25...b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.iIxc8+ Axc828.liJc1 b6 29.b3 'fibs 30.h3 1!'ff1+31.<!>h2g632.~a2'f1b133.~Af1?

33,..Ab5 34.1fc2 1ff1 35.1fd2 (35.g3?? Ae2 36.1fc31ff2+ 37.<!>h1Af3+)3S,..1fb1 36.1fc21ff1

34.ffc2"e135.liJc6"e336.~7+f837.1!'fc5?!

37 .1fc7 is similar to the game, except.on this square, the Queen protects e5.

37...1!'fxf4+ 38.<!>g1 ~g7 39.ffc8 h54O.h4

40.tWg8+ <!>h641.1fh8+ <!>g542.llJg8 'fiJe3+43. <!>xf11fc1+4O...1!'fxd4+4V!>xf11!'fd3+

After 41...1!'fa1+ 42/tPe2 (42.121fa7+) 42...1fxe5+ 43.<!>d21fd4+ 44.c;t>e2 1fg4+ 45. <!>f1 1fd 1+ 46. <!>f21fxb3, White has a piece for three pawns,but the King can't escape from the checks.If Black tries to push his pawns, theymight become too weak.

42.<!>g1 '8e3+ 43/!>f1ffd3+ Draw

King s Indian Classical

NM OlegZaikov (2331)MichaelMorris


Annotations by Michael Morris1.d4liJf6 2.c4 g6 3.liJc3 Ag7 4.e4 d65.liJf3 0-0 6.Ae2 e5 7.0-0 liJc6 8.d5liJe79.b4liJh510.iIe1 1511.liJg5liJf612.Af3 as 13.b5 b6 14.Ab2 <!>h815.~e6Axe616.dxe6f417.~d5h518.g3fxg319.hxg3 iIeB 20.Ag2~h721.1!'fd2liJg8 22.f4 g5 23.15Ah6 24. iIe2liJhf625.iId1l1Jxd526.cxd5g427.1!'fe1liJf628.Af1 h4 29.gxh4liJh5 30. iIg2 iIg831.Ae2liJf4

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Fun in the (Part-time) Sunby Murlin Varner

The 2005 edition of the US Openwas heldthis past August in Phoe-nix at the Arizona Biltmore Re-

sort. This is a very nice, albeit expen-sive, location. The room rate was a rea-sonable discount from the usual off-sea-son rates, and they waived the resort andhousekeepmgfees. The roomswerenice,the grounds immaculate,and the employ-ees were, for the most part, helpful andfriendly. The restaurants, on the otherhand, werevery pricey,an indicationthata crowdof chessplayers is not their usualclientele, with hit-or-miss service. (I'llgiveoneexample. The menuat the "mod-eratelypriced" restaurant starts withmacaroni and cheese for $19 and goesup from there.)

The resort was located quite a wayfrom any alternative eating locations; sothis was not a good site to be without acar. Walking was not a viable alterna-tive. When it wasn't too hot to walk any-where, it was too rainy; often it was both.The resort did offer a shuttle to a nearby(and rather upscale) mall, where manyrestaurants were available within a shortwalk, but the shuttle ran only from 10a.m. to 6 p.m., limiting its usefulness tothe midday meal. Since all the restau-rants inthe resortwereclosedby 10p.m.,I found that I had to change my habitsfrom earlier Opens, inasmuch as I preferto havemydinneraftermygame. I endedup eatUlginfrequently and losing aboutten pounds. (Don't worry, I found those

pounds again once I got home.) I knowsome others took some trips to the near-est Safeway or Trader Joe's and hired ataxi back to the resort with their consum-able contraband.

That said, I have done some re-searchon the sitefornextyear and it looksas if it will work better for the on-footchess player. The hotel is within a largemall complexwith many restaurants andthe ones within the hotel are somewhatmore reasonably priced with later hours.I shall therefore try again to avoid thecar rental cost in Chicago next summer.This will still leave me at the mercy ofthe summerweather in Illinois,whichcantrend towards heat, humidity and thun- Center-Counterderstorms; so wish me luck. Gabriella Rader (1334)

Now on to the toumam t() Th Josephine Valenzuela (1813-AZ)werethreeschedulesfor:e ~n ~: Phoenix,Polgar(1)8/201year, the usual9-day plus a 6-day and a 1.e4d52.exdStl)f63.tl)c3/J)xdS4.,a,(5-day. The Denker (high school champi- tl)b6 S.Ab3 tl)c6 6.tl)f3,a,g4 7..fLxfions) and Polgar (all-girl invitational) q;d7 8.,a,b3 e6 9.h3 ,a,f5 10.0-0 ".events, each a six-round swiss, wereheld 11.d3h612.tl)e4 "f713.,a,e3IIe81.concurrent with the Open. There were Axb6 axb6 1S.,a,a4 q;c8 16.Axc6 bx(many side events as well. Twenty-two 17.tl)eS"e718.c3q;b719."a4b521Northwest players competedinthe Open, 1Jb3 gS 21.a4 Axe4 22.dxe4 "cS 2:with four additional players playing in tl)d31Jb6 24.aS "a6 2S.tl)b4 "a8 21some of the other events only. A total of a6+Q;a727.c4IIb828."e3+c529.tl)c455 people competedin the Open, 157of "c630.tl)eS"e831.lIfd1.Ad632.tl)~them from the host state. "c6 33.eS Draw

The Northwest representativesto thePolgar were Taylor Bailey (OR) andGabriella Rader (WA). Forty-eightgirlstook part in this event. Taylor finishedina tie for 20th place with a 3-3 score.Gabriellatied for 31st witha scoreof2.5-

3.5. Both finishedahead of theirseeded positions,which is always asign of a successfultournament. Tayloralso played in theOpen. Gabriellaplayed inthe Sonor-an Desert Swiss,one of the sideevents, scoring 1.5points.

Octo ber 2005

JtCarl A. Haessler

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Blackmar-Diemer Declined

Taylor Bailey (1376)Emillia Stuart (UO3-AR)

Phoenix, Polgar (4) 20

1.d4 d5 2.84 tl)f6 3.f3 tl)c6 4.e5 tn.S.tl)c3 e6 6.f4 g6 7.tl)f311g7 8.b39.ll.a3fxe510.fxeSllf811.lLxf8 Eb12."d2 Elxf313.gxf3 "h4+ 14.Q;e!lxd4 1S.!lxd4 tl)xd4 16.f4 tl)b6 1llg111d718.llg3tl)f519.llh3hS2llbSll.xbs 21.tl)xbS ~d7 22.Eld3e23.tl)d4 IIf8 24. Q;d2 tl)h4 2S.Q;ttng226.Elg1llW4+ 1-0

Blake Salisbury (OR) and DaviWyde (WA) participated in the Denkeand both finished inthe top ten, out of 4players. Blake tied for seventhwith fO1points and David tied for tenth with 3.points. Davidmanagedtogivethe fourtlplace finisher, Master Nicholas Yap (California, his only loss of the event.

Slav Gambit

Robert Brady (1952-VA)Blake Salisbury (2063)

Phoenix, Denker (3) 200

1.d4dS 2.c4c6 3.tl)c3 tl)f64.tl)f3 dxoS.e4 bS6.,a,gSb4 7.eS? bxc38.exf6ex110-1

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Dutch LeningradBlake Salisbury (2063)Andrew Kobalka (1938-08)


1.d4 fS 2.g3 gS3.Ag2 ~16 4.~13 Ag7S.O-O0-0 S.b4 as 7.bS dS8.Ab2 1fe89.c4 cS 10.a4 bS 11.1fb3 cS 12.dxcSdxcS 13.~eS iIa7 14.~cS ~xcS 1S.bxcS ilaS 1S.~c3 AeS 17.~dS bdS18.cxdS ~h8 19.ilab1 1fc820.iIfd11fc7 21.e3 ilb8 22.1fc4 iIa723.Ac3~e8 24.bg7+ ~xg7 2S. ilb3 ~dS2S.1fc3+ ~g8 27.iIdb1 1;n 28.13 c429.il3b2 b5 30.axbS1fb6 31.~h1 a432.e4 a3 33. iIa2 1fcs 34.Af1 ilxbS35.i:!xb5~36.1fxc4 1fxc437.bc4~dS 38.Ad3 fxe4 39.fxe4 ~16 40.~g2~e541.~~d442.Ab1 ~b543.ilg2~c344.ilg1

8...~7' ~ - ~,, ~ - ~6 .~. .,~5~ .~..4 . .~. ~3 - .~~, - -'*u2 . . . ~1 ~.i.. . ~uv:

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44...~c445.~e3 ~b3 46.~d3 8247.Axa2+ ~2 48.iIb1+ ~a4 49.<t>c4<t>aSSO.eSilc7S1.iIa1 e6S2.<stc5exdSS3.i!xa2 mate 1-0

Here is my second-round gameagainst second-seeded Nicolas Yap ofCalifornia.I believethat 17.1fd2isanov-eity(although17.1fb3 withthe sameideahasbeenplayedbeforea couple of times).To be fair to my opponent, he did beatme with colors reversed in the US Openlater that day!-D. Wyde

King s Indian Classical

David Wyde (2032)NM Nicholas Yap (2248-CA)


1.d4 ~16 2.c4 gS3.~c3 Ag7 4.e4 dSS.~13 0-0 S.h2 eS 7.0-0 ~cS 8.dS~e79.~e1 ~d710.Ae3 fS11.13f412.A12gS13.a4aS14.lt1d3bS1S.b4axb41S.~bS~1617.1fd2g418.Ah4hS19.1Ixb4 g3 20.aS bxaS 21.1Ib3 ~gS 22.AgS1Id723.Axf6 i:!xf624.ilfc1 ~h425.Af1 gxh2+ 2S.~h1 ilgS27.lt1e1

Northwest Chess

1fe7 28.1fc3 Ah3 29.%!xaSilxaS30.1fxaS ilg3 31.1Ia71IgS 32.1f12

32...bg2+ 33.bg2 ~g2 34.~g2 h435.ilf1 A16 36.~c3 h3 37.~e1 .g738.~ ilg639.c!>xh2<!>f84O.ilg1 Wh641. ilxgS 1IxgS 42.1fg1 1fhs 43.1fg4Ah4 44.1Ixh3 Ag3+ 45.~g3 fxg3+46.<t>xg3.f4+ 47.<t>12.d2+ 48.<t>f11fc349.1fc8+ 1-0

Fajarowicz GambitDavid Wyde (2032)Josh Bakker (2132-MA)


1.d4~162.c4eS 3.dxeS~e44.a3~cSS.~13 dSS.exdSbdS 7.~bd2 Af58.e3.e7

8...1f16 is the normal move, whenWhite gets a better endgamewith 9.lt1xe4be410.Ad3Axf311.1fxf31fxf312.gxf3. However,the game moveconfusedme and I played the slightly weak gamecontinuation.

9.Ae2 0-0-0 10.~e4 be411.1fa4gS12.0-0?

Castling into it. 12.c5, whenWhiteis only slightly worse, is perhaps best.

12...g413.lt1d2??

8 ... . I7 .- mu..,,~ - - .6 ... . ~5~. . .4"'.~..t.,~3 . . D.D ~.i.D~ ~1~

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Allowing the beautiful double Bishopsac that 13.lt1e1 would have prevented.

13...bh2+ 14.~xh2 .h4+ 1S.~g1bg2 1S.~xg21fh3+ 17.~g1 g3-+18.Ag4+

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Other moves also lose quickly.

18....xg4 19.~g2 gxf2+20.~xf2 ~eS21.ile1lt1d3+22.~f11fh3+ 0-1

As stated above, many playersplayed in the side events, includingthreewho did not participate in the Open.These were Megan Lee (WA)both daysof quads, and Julianna and Lucca RaderofWA, who both played in the US OpenScholasticandboth daysof Quads. AdamWeissbarthtiedfor fourth inthe U S OpenBlitz (out of 54), scoring ten points outof twelve. Herman Chiu and I played inthe annual Action Swiss, which was wonby Dan Meyers of Idaho, 4-0. I alsoplayed in both days of the quads, manag-ing to tie for the win in my quad the sec-ond day. (I didn't manageto scorea pointthe first quad. Sigh.)

The top Northwest player at theOpen this year was GM Gregory Serper(WA), who finished in a tie for eighthplacewith sevenpoints. Gregstartedwithfour wins, including a win over DavidVigorito of NV, who finished with 7.5.In roundfour, Greg sufferedhis onlyloss,to eventual co-champion GM VadimMilov. GM Serper rounded out the tour-nament with two more wins and twodraws. ..

Sicilian Kan

FM Daniel Rensch (2425-AZ)GM Gregory Serper (2583)

. Phoenix, Us. Open (6) 2005

1.e4 cS 2.lt113e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lt1xd4 asS.~c3 1fc7 S.Ae3 Ab4 7.1fd2 lt1168.Ad3 dS9.exdS~dS10.lt1de2 ~e311.1fxe3 ~cS12.0-0-0 Ae7 13.~b1Ad714. f4 0-0-0 1s.Ae4 ~b8 1S.bc6Axcs 17.~d4 Axg2 18.ilhg1 AdS19.ilxg7 A1620.ilgg111b621.~dSiIxdS 22.c3 ilhd8 23. iId3 bd424.cxd4 ilxd4 2S.iIgd1

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2s..JIxd326."xb6 Ilxd1+ 21.<1>e2El8d2+ 28.c;tb3 Eld3+ 29.<1>e4Ild4+3O.<be3 1l4d3+ 31.<1>e4El3d232.a4Eld6 33."aS El6dS 34."b6 Eld635."aS Il6dS36.1!b6 El1d4+31.c31Ixf438."g1 hS 39."g3 Eldd4 4O.aSh441.1fg8+ ~a1 42."gS Ilf543..e3ElfdS 0-1

QGD Exchange

GM Gregory Serper (2583)FM Matthew Beelby (2333-CA)

Phoenix, Us. Open (7) 20051.d4 dS2.c4 e6 3.~e3 ~f6 4.exdS exdSS.AgslLe 1 6.e3 e6 1."c2 ~bd1 8.lJ..d30-0 9.~13 Elea 10.h3 ~fS 11.lLf4 ~g612.lLh2lLd613.lLxd6"xd614.0-0-0b61s.g4lLb116.g5~d717.h4eS18.hS~gfS

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19.~b1 llae820.g6fxg621.hxg6exd422.gxh1+r;Ph823.~d4 111624.lLf5 a62S.Eldg1 Eled8 26.~ee2 ~eS 21..e11-0

The next Northwesterner was CarlHaessler (OR), finishingwith six points,good enoughto tie for 37th. Carl startedwith two wins before also being pairedagainst GM Milov, with a similar resultas above. Two more wins were followedby a loss to GM Igor Ivanov of UT.Haessler wrapped up his tournament withtwo more wins wrapped around a loss tohigh schooler Alisa Melekhina (2056,PA), who just barely missed gaining oneof the US Championship spots availablefor women at the Open.

Nimzo-Indian

GM Vadim Milov (2704-BUL)NM Carl Haessler (2241)

Phoenix, Us. Open (3.6) 20051.d4 ~f6 2.c4 e63.~e3lLb4 4.e30-0S.lLd3c56.~ge2d5 1.cxdScxd48.exd4~d59.o-0~610.lLe2 b611.1Id3g612.a3lLe 113.lLh6 Ele8 14.Ilae 1lLb 1

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1S.lLa4 Ele8 16.Elfd1 lLfS 11.bfSElxf818.1Ig3~ee119.lLe2lJ..a620.h4~f6 21.~f4 ~edS 22.~fxdS ~xdS23.tl)e4 1Ie124.1IgS "f42S.g3"xgS26.hxgS~g 121 .lLb3 h6 28.1lxc81lxc829.~d6 Eld8 30;gxh6+ <1>1831.~e4<1>8132.lle11533.lLxdSfxe434.lLxe4~f63S.lle11lxd436.EIxa1lLc431.h1Ild838.a4 1-0

Sicilian KopecNM Carl Haessler (2241)Alan Anderson (2022-AZ)

Phoenix,us. Open(7) 2005

1.e4eS2.tl)13d63.e3tl)f6 4.lLd3lLg4S.lLe2 tl)e6 6.h3bf3 1."xf3 g6 8.0-0 lLg1 9.d3 0-0 10.~d2 bS 11.~b3tl)d1 12.lLe3 b4 13.d4 bxe3 14.bxe3exd4 1S.exd4 Elc8 16.Elae1 tl)b4 11.lJ..b11!b6 18."e2 dS 19.eSe6 20.h4Elc621.a3 llxe122.llxe1 ~e623."d3tl)db8 24.~eS ~e1 2s.lLgS Ele826.lLe2 ~ee6 21.Elb1"e1 28.llb1 "e829.lLa4 111830.lLe3 "d8 31.g3 "e832.hS tl)aS 33.Elxa1 tl)c4 34.h6lLh835.14~e6 36.Elb1 tl)6aS 31.Elb1 "a838.lJ..d2Elb839.lLxaS~aS4O.g4~41.gS "a1 42.<bf2 Elxb1 43."xb1~a3 44."b4 tl)e4 45.1!bS "as 46.tl)d7"dB 41."86 tl)d2 48.k2 ~c449.<be2tl)as SO.lLd3~b3 S1.<be3tl)a5 S2.1!bs tl)c4+ s3.lLxc4 dxc4 54."e6 1-0

Next comes Michael Lee (WA),alsowith six points. Michael won his firstround, then was held to a draw by ClassAplayer DouglasStanley of MD. Show-ing there is no justice in chess, Michaelwas paired in the third round with GMIvanov, who had taken an HPB in roundone. Ivanovtreated Michael the same ashe had Carl. Lee scored 1.5 in the nextthree games as well, before finishingstrongly with three straight wins. His fi-nal round winwas over CalifornianMas-ter Elliott Liu (2269).

EnglishMichael Lee (2021)GM Igor Ivanov (2527-UT)

Phoenix, Us. Open (3.6) 2005

1.c4fS2.tl)e3tl)f63.g3eS4.lLg2 ~e6S.d3lLb46.e3lLxc3+1.bxc30-0 S.tl)e2d69.0-0 e4 10.d4ti)aS 11.eSdS12.h4~ 13.ti)f4b614.exb6axb61S.a4"d716.13"e6 17.Elf2lLd1 1S.fxe4~e419.1Lxe4fxe420.Elfa2h621."hS El15

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22."06 Elf623.1!hSlLe624.1lf2llafB2S.Elaa2"d126.~g2 El1521."d1gS2S."hS ElSf629.hxgSIlxgS 3O.1Ih4lLg4 31. <bg1 "g1 32. Elh2 Wh1 33. ct>f2

ElhS 34."xhS lLxhS 3S.Ilxhs "g436.ElxdSe631.EldS"d13S.lJ..a3 0-1

EnglishMichael Lee (2021)Elliott Liu (2246-CA)

Phoenix, Us. Open (9) 2005

1.c4 8S2.ti)e3 ~e6 3.g3 g64.lLg2lLg1S.83d6 6.~ge2 151.d4 tl)f6 S.O-O0-09.b3 ti)hS10.dSlt)e1 11.f4 gS 12.lLb2It)g613.lL13 tl)f614. fxgS tl)d11S.h4 h616.hSlt)hS 11.gxh6lLxh61S.e4 f419.gxf4 cct>h120.Elf2 exf4 21.tl)bS tl)f7

22.'O1>f1tl)deS 23.lLx8S~eS 24.tl)ed4lLh3+ 2S.cct>e21!h426.~e1 tl)g4 21.lLxg4lLxg4+ 2S.lt)f3 ElaeS29.tl)e6ElfeS 30.1!h1 "16 31.<1>d3lLxe6 32.dxe6bS33.Ele1"xe6 34.lt)d4 bxe4+3S.bxe4 "eS 36."g2 ElgS31."f1EleeS38."e21339.tl)xf3 Elg34O.Elg1lLg141.Ele1 ElbS42."e3 "as 43.Elcc2lLh6 44." d4 El1845. ~e2 "xh546."xa1+ Elf741."xf7+ 1-0

Again at six points, we find DavidArganian (WA). David had as rough ~start as Michael. After winning in th(first round (the first round almost pet'fectly ran according to theory), he wa!held to a draw by unrated Alan Himbe'of FL, and then followedthat with a los:to Class A Jared Taylor of ArkansasArganian scored 4.5 in the final six, ineluding a draw with Master Fran!Thomally (2217) of CA.

Benko Gambit

David Arganian (2021)Ryan Sherwood (1495-AZ)

Phoenix, Us. Open (1.9) 200,

1.d4 tl)f6 2.c4 eS 3.dS bS 4.a4 tWa5'S.lLd2 b4 6.13 g6 1.e4 d6 s.lLgSlLg'

Northwest Che~

9.~d2~bd710.~h3~b611.~b3tta6

12.aS ~bd7 13.Ae2 ~eS 14.~f2 h61s.Ae3~fd716.f4tl)xc417.Ac1 Axb218.Axb2ttlxb219.tte2c420.ttxb20-021.ttd4e522.dxe6fxe623.,Axc4 ttoo24.,Axe6+ <!>h72s.AdS tte2 26.ne1tta2 27.0-0 nxf4 28.Axa8 Aa629.~d3 iIxf1+30.Jlxf1ttxb331.nf7+ttxf7 32.AdS ttf6 33.ttxa7 tta1+34. <!>f2tt16+ 35. c;f}e3AbS36.1!Pb 7 Aa437.ttxb4 Ae2 38.1!Pb2ttxb2 39.tl)xb2~c5 40. ~c4 ~b3 41.a6 1-0

Rounding out our collection of North -westerners at six points is EduardoDaroza (OR). Eduardo should have hadno doubt as to where the tournament was

being played, as his first four opponentswere all ftom Arizona. Daroza defeatedthree of those Arizonans, but unratedDomingo Paragas got the best of him inround two. Eduardo's last five opponentswere all rated higher than he, yet he onlylost one of those games. In those finalrounds, Daroza defeated expertSuphachai Leeisaranukul (I think myspell check just blew a fuse on that name.)of CA and master Nawrose Nur (remem-ber this name) of NY, and drew with ex-pert Andrew Rea of who-knows-where(The USCF site gives "AE" as his state.1 have no idea what that means.), andmaster Robert Rowley of AZ in the finalround.

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French Classical

Eduardo Daroza (2008)FM Robert Rowley (2229-AZ)

Phoenix, Us. Open (9) 2005

1.e4e6 2.d4dS 3.~c3~f64.AgS Ae7S.eS~fd76.,Axe 7ttxe77.ttd2 0-0 8.f4eS 9.ti)f3 ti)c6 1O.dxeS~xc5 11.Ad3f6 12.0-0 fS13.~e2 a6 14.~ed4 Ad71S.e311ac816.Ae2 ~ 17.~e6 bxe618.tte3aS19.c4 nb820.b3eS21.exdSexd522..1\d3h623.L1 nfc824.nfd1Ae62S.g4g626.gxf5gxf527.<!>h1 <!>h728.ng1 d4 29.tte2 AdS 30.h3 ng831.<!>h2ilxg1 32.tlxg1 ng8 Draw

Leading our group at 5.5 points isBlake Salisbury (OR), finishing in a tiefor 84th. Blake sufferedonlytwo losses,both to masters, Michael Mulyar of CO(2464) in round four and PedramAtoufiof AZ (2323) in the final round. Blakefaced two other masters during the tour-nament,drawingwithboth DanielRensch

of AZ (2429) and Matthew Beelby of CA(2333). In the second round, Salisburyhad one of those why-did-we-travel-so-far moments, when he defeated fellow Or-egonian Richard Banner. 1 don't imag-ine this is their first meeting by any means,although that happens ftom time to time.

Caro-Kann Panov-Botvinnik

FM Matthew Beelby (2333-CA)Blake Salisbury (2063)

Phoenix, US Open (8) 2005Annotations by FM Chuck Schulien1.c4 e6 2.e4 dS 3.exdS exdS 4.d4 ~e6S.~3 e66.~f3~f6 7.Ad3 Ae78.cxdSexdS9.h30-0 10.0-0Ae611.Af4nc812.ne1 h6 13.a3 ~aS 14.~eS ~e41S.tte2ttb616.Axc4dxc417.dS?

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White goes for a combination, butBlake has an excellent answer. 17.~g6was a better way to utilize the lineup ofpieces along the e-file.

17...tl)xdS18.tl)xd5.Axc;tS19.~d7ttg6!20.Ag3 nfe8 21.nad1 Ae6 22.nd4,Axd7

ExcJ1angjng in this case allows Whiteto gain control over the key lines. After22..:815 23.~eS Af6 Black is in control.

23.nxd7 AeS 24.ttxe8+ nxe8 2S.ilxea+ <!>h726.<!>h2bS

26...'Bc6 prevents White's maneu-ver.

27.neS

White has equalized the position.27...1!Pb628.ilxf7 Ad4 29.ne2 ttg630.nd7 ttd3 31.nee7 as 32.Af4 b433.axb4 axb4 34.Ae3 AeS+ 3S.g3 tt1536.nb7 b3 37.nb6 Axb2 38.nc7ttdS39.ilxh6+ <!>g84O.nc8+<!>f741.ne7+Draw

David Wyde (WA) is next with 5.5points. David started out with two winsand then met Nicholas Yap (remember

him ftom the Denker?). Yapwas victori-ous this time. In round five, David drewwith Californian master Joel Banawa.(Banawa got his revenge on the North-west in the next two rounds, defeatingHerman Chiu in round six and Daroza inround seven.) Wyde had his hometownexperience in round seven, defeating fel-lowWashingtonianJP Cenninaro. Davidfinished with two draws, including onewith master Nawrose Nur (rememberhim?).

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David Wyde (2032)NM Nawrose Nur (2246-NY)

Phoenix, Us. Open (8) 8/2005

1.d4~f62.c4g6 3.~e3dS4.Af4Ag7S.e30-0 6.exdS~xdS 7.~dS ttxdS8.,Axe7~c6 9.~f3 A15 10.Ae2 nae811.Ag3~b4 12.0-0~c213. ne 1ffxa214.Ad3 ttxb2 1s.Axfs gxf5 16.nb1tta317.ilxb7aS18.na7 nfe819.Ae7ttb3 20.AxaS ttb8 21.na6 ttbS22.na7 Draw

The aforementioned Herman Chiu(OR) is next on our list with 5.5 points.Herman started out with three wins, in-cluding a victory over Adam Weissbarthin roundthree. Aftera lossto masterPietaGarrett, Herman drew with master Rob-ert Rowley in round five. (Rowley likesto draw with Northwesterners, 1 guess.See Daroza, above.) Followinghis meet-ing with Banawa, as mentioned above,Herman finished with a win and twodraws, including a draw with that NYmaster,NawroseNur. (Idon't expectNurwill want to attend any Northwest eventsin the near future.)

Clint Ballard(WA)completesour setat 5.5 points. Clintjust about provedthatratings really work. He beat the peoplehe was expectedto beat and lost to thosehe was expected to lose to, with one ex-ception. In the fifth round, Ballard drewwith NJ expert Hana Itkis. This gaveClint 3.5 after five, he went on to splitthe rest, losing to an expert and masterbefore defeating a class B and an over-performing class C. And, unlike thosementioned above, Clint defeated his un-rated opponent, Liber Teixido (AZ), inround four.

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Next we haveAdamWeissbarth withfivepoints,goodfur a tie fur 127th. WhenI started writing this article, Adam wasstill considered to be a Washington resi-dent, but by the time I finished,the USCFlisted him as residing in AZ. (Ed.-Weissbarth moved to Arizona in June

after completing his studies in statisticsat the UW) I guess he 1ikedit down there.Adambeganwithtwo wins, includingde-

~ .-£eatingGeorgeKrauss of OH (1800), -. .somethingI couldn't do. After suffering ,.'.'the loss to Chiu, mentioned above, . .Weissbarthwenton a draw rampage, tak- 5 ~ ,., .It).~ four in a row. The~ draw was 4. ..~.8~~ B~ Wyde of Washin~n, another 3 ~ . . 8 m~-reg1on ~h-up. AWIDan~a l~s 2 8 D ~ II . ~finished out his tournament, fteemg him 1 --~ ~ : R ~to concentrate on relocation Plans ~ ~ M ~. a bed e f 9 h Also at 4.5 was Richard Bann~

Also at five points was Ben Wyde 20.Axf6Axf621.lt)h5Ae722.ll~fxg7 (OR). RichardstartedoutjustabovetIJ(WA). Ben started out with 2.5 out of 1623.lt)15 dxe4 24.'IIh6 Af8 2S./t)xf6+ break in his schedule and got to playthe first three. (His draw was against a <ithS 26.IlxdS IlxdS 27.'IIgS Ad5 sub-800 player in his first round. Afteplayer listedas unrated, but I believehim 2S.fxe4 AfT 29./t)xh7 1-0 avoidingthe largestpossibleupset oppoto be a European player with a fair TheNorthwesthad three playerswho tunityo~all the~orthwest players,hetheamount of experience. His name is listed managed to break even with 4.5 points, met ~alisbury m the second .round, .jas Frans Vreugoenhil,a slight change of tying for l82nd. The first of these is our mentJ.~nedabove.Bannercontmued.WIIspellingftomaplayerwho appears in my Editor, Fred Kleist (WA). Fred started a typIcal US Open sequence fo~mtd~database a few times.) Wyde's win in out hot, winninghis first three. Thethird ofthepackp~yersofanalternatmgw.;round three was over Californian expert win was overmaster HenryTerrieofNH. lo.sspattern WItha few draws thrown IVanessa West (2032). After a loss to a The reward for a great start is tougher Like Daroza, more than half of Bm,melMichigan expert, Ben reeled off three opponents, and in round four Fred's opponentswereftomthestateofArizol1draws, the first two with masters Jerome tougheropponentwas eventualthirdplace Finishing the 4.5 group, we haHanken ofCA (2200) and Loal Davis of finisher,Greg Shahade(2444,NY). Fred StephenBuck(WA).Where RichardwMO (2222), before the one with held a draw with Greg, leaving him just above the break, Stephen was jlWeissbarth, mentioned above. Ben fin- among the elite of the tournament. His below. His first round opponent wished with a win and a loss to wrap up next opponent was master Sonny 26l6-rated Alex Wojtkiewicz of Mhis plus score. Kamberi (2360, AZ). This was the be- Sadly, Stephen did not pull the ups

Polish DefenseClint Ballard (1943)Anthony Sherwood (1644-AZ)

Phoenix, Us. Open (3.9) 20051.d4 b5 2.lt)13 Ab7 3.Af4 a6 4.lt)bd2It)f6S.e3e6 6.Ad3 d67.c3lt)bd7 S.'IIe2Ae7 9.0-0 h6 10.e4 cS 11.eSlt)dS12.Ag3 'IIc7 13.exd6 Axd6 14.Axd6'IIxd6 1S.lt)e4 'IIc7 16.lt)xcS It)xcs17.dxc5lt)f4 1S.'IIeS "xeS 19.1t)xeSbg2 2o.Ilfd1 16 21.lt)g6 It)xd322.~g2lt)eS 23./t)xhS<ite724.f4lt)c42S.lt)g6+ Wf7 26.lt)h4 gS27.fxg5 hxgS2S.lt)13 /t)xb2 29.Ild7+ <itg6 30.Ild6It)a4 31.c6 /t)xc3 32.Ilxe6 b4 33.lt)d4It)d534.Ild6lt)c 735. /t)e6lt)b5 36.IldSlla737.lld7llas 38.llf1 as 39.llg7+~hS 4O.1lxf6 1-0

Sicilian NajdorfFrans Vreugoenhil (2177)Ben Wyde (1912)

Phoenix, Us. Open (2.9) 20051.e4c52.lt)f3d63.d4cxd44./t)xd4lt)f6S.lt)c3 a6 6.AgS e6 7.f4 'IIc7 S."13 b59.0-0-0 b41 0./t)ce2 D711.Axf6 gxf612.lt)g3 It)d7 13.fS eS 14.lt)b3 lIcs1s.Ad3 as 16.«i>b1 a4 17.lt)d2 a31S.bxa3bxa319.Ac4Aa620.Ab31rb621.lt)e2 fi'b4 22.c3 ttb6 23.llc1 Ah624.Ilc2 "e3 2S."xe3 Axe3 26.lt)f1D6 27.c4lt)cS 2S.lt)c3 Ass 29.lt)g3h5 3O.h4lIb831./t)d5 Ads 32.Ilc3 /t)a433.llc2lt)cs 34.llc3lt)a4 3s.Ilcc1It)cS36.~c2IlgS37.llh3 Draw

Sicilian HungarianBen Wyde (1912)Vanessa West (2024-CA)

Phoenix, Us. Open (3.9) 20051.e4c5 2.lt)f3d63.d4cxd44.1rxd4lt)c6S.Ab5 Ad7 6.Axc6 Axc67.lt)c3lt)f6s.AgS e6 9.0-0-0 Ae7 10.<itb1 0-011.Ilhe1 "as 12.1rd2 "b6 13.lt)d4IlacS14.g4lIfdS1S.13 'IIa616.h4 b517.lt)ce2 fi'b71S.lt)g3 eS 19.1t)df5dS

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gjnning of the end, I am afraid, as Fredbegan a string of four straight losses.After Kamberi, Fred was rewarded withan even higher rated player, BIas Lugo(2430, FL). The slidecontinuedfor twomore rounds, before Fred finally wonagain to reach an even score. His eighthroundlosswas an interesting,albeitshort,game. I trust he includedit inthis report.

Sicilian

Fred Kleist (2033)NM Hal Terrie (2200-NH)

Phoenix, Us. Open (3.9) 20051.e4 cS 2.lt)f3 e6 3.b3lt)c6 4.Ab2lt)f6S.eSlt)dS 6.c4lt)c77.lt)c3 Ae7S.lt)e40-0 9.Ad3lt)eS 10.h4 1511.exf6 /t)xf612.lt)fgS h6 13."b1 It)d414.lt)xf6+Ilxf6 1s.Ah7+ ci>fS 16.Ad3 'IIc717.lt)h7+<itgS1S.Axd4cxd419.tl)xf6+Axf6 20.'IId1 b6 21.'IIg4 Ab7 22.0-0Ass 23.f4 Af6 24. Ilae1 Ilca 2S."h3'lidS 26.hS a5 27.Ae4 Axe4 2s.Ilxe4a4 29.'IId3 axb3 30.axb3 "c7 31."b1"c5 32.g4 "b433.'IIc2 bS34.d3 bxc435.bxc4 dS36.Ilxe6 dxc437.dxc4 "a33S.'IIe2 'IIa4 39.cS "d7 40.Ile1 d341.lleS+ IlxeS 42."xeS+ "xeS43. IlxeS+ ~fT 44. Ile 1Ad4+ 45.«i>g:1hcS46.Ild1 1-0

Sicilian Grand Prix

David Kurfman (1602-AZ)Fred Kleist (2033)

Phoenix, Us. Open (8) 200.1.e4c52.f4dS 3.Ab5+ Ad7 4."e2dxeoS.lt)c3lt)c6 6./t)xe4lt)d4 7.lt)d6 mate

Northwest ChE

Buck also fell into that loss-win patternfor the first four rounds before unleash-ing a string of three draws, with expertsManolito Ferrer (2120, CA), DonaldDanlag (2044, CA) and unrated SergeyMyltsev (AZ). Those pesky unrateds!Buck finished by goingback to that loss-win pattern for the final two rounds.

A, EnglishGM AlexanderWojtkiewicz(2607-MD)Steve Buck (1747)

Phoenix, US Open (1.5) 20051.lbfJc5 2.c4lbf6 3.lbc3tl)c64.d4cxd4S.lbxd4 d6 6.g3 e6 7.Ag2 Ad7 S.o-oAe79.b3 0-0 10.Ab2 IteS 11.tl)db5AeS 12.Aa3dS 13.cxdSexdS 14.lbxdSAxa3 1S.lbxa3lbxdS 16.AxdS tWe717.lbc2 ItdS 1S.e4 Ad7 19.tWhS g620.ffh6 tl)eS 21.lbe3 tl)t3+ 2v.flh1lbd223.Itfe1tWf624.tWt4tWxf42S.gxf4Itfe8 26.lbc4tl)xc4 27.bxc4 b6 2S.c!>g2Ae6 29.Itad1 bS 30.Ac6 Axc431.Axe8 ItxeS32. Itd2 as 33.fJ a434.a3ItbS 3S.Ited1 c!>g7 36.ItdS Itb637.It1d6 Itb7 3S.ItSd7 ItbS39.Itc7Ab3 40.Itd4 hS 41.h4 Itb642.c!>g3Ac4 43. EIcs Ite6 44. tS gxf5 4S. ilxt5~h6 46.ItcS Itg6+ 47.c!>t2 Itb648.Itd1 Ae649.ItgS 1-0

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At 3.5 points, tied for 308th, we findJ.P. Cenninaro (WA),Carol Kleist (WA),and Aaron Boonshoft (OR). Cenninarotook a half point bye to start the eventand followedthat witha draw against thatother humble reporter, Jerome Hanken.Following a win over a class C player,J.P. drew with expert Walter Buehl (2065,NY) and beat expert Paul Yee (2056,NM). This was to be the last points forJ.P., however, as he withdrew before theninth round, having suffered three lossesm a row.

London System

J. P. Cerminaro (1826)Paul Yee (2038-NM)

Phoenix, US Open (5.9) 2005Annotations by J. P. Cerminaro1.d4lbf6 2.tl)f3 g6 3.At4 Ag7 4.e3 0-0 S.h3 d6 6.lbbd2 c6 7.c4 tWb6S.tWb3tWc79.cStWdS10.cxd6exd611.Ae2dS12.0-0 tl)hS 13.Ah2 1514.Itac1 ~hS1S.tl)eSlbf6 16.tl)df3 tl)bd7 17.tWc2lbxeS 1S.lbxeS lbd7 19.tl)d3 "e720.At3lbf6 21.tWcS "xcS 22.tl)xcStl)e4 23.Axe4 fxe4 24.b4 a6 2S.84 It fl26.Itb1 AtS 27.bS axbS 2S.axbS b629.tl)xe4!

8 .. ..t.. . I7~. .....6 -,~ ~,~- ~ ~ m!5~8.'. .4 . ~!i)."~ ~ ~3~. u.82 . . ~8~1 ~:. .:«1"

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29...dxe4 30.bxc6 Ita6 31.dS Acs32.EItd1 Ita233.Ag3 c!>gS34.d6 Itaa735.Itd2<!.>f836.Itbd1 c!>e837.ItdSA153s.AM hS39.IteS+ c!>t840.1!xt5! gxf541.d7 ItaS42.c7 1-0

There was only one player with a 4.0score, good for a tie for 252nd, and thatwas yours truely. My goal is usually tobreak even or better, so I did not accom-plish that this year. Considering how Istarted out, it could have been a lot worse.

. I started out by losing to Alisa Melekhina.(So did Carl Haessler, but that's wherethe similarityof our results ends.) I thendrewwith976-ratedDouglasSelbyof IN,not to be confused with father DougSelby,wholost to StephenBuck in roundnine. I finallybroke into the win columnby beating 935-rated Michael Shaw of Carol got her first point when herAZ. This is notable because Shaw fin- secondroundopponentfailedto showup.ished a full point ahead of me, scoring Heplayed later in thetournament,sothere4.5 points in the final fiverounds! (He is musthave beena good reason,but I neverrated much higher now.) I proceeded to asked. She then followed with a drawlose my next three games, badly. Back withAmanda Mateer (1825,AZ). Ihopeto the 900-rated players, I was victim- I won't be causing any family strife, butizedwithanotherdraw,this timeby Bran- this is interestingbecauseMateer defeateddon Jones (921, AZ). My goal out of Fredin round seven, on her way to a 5.5reach, I finishedwithtwo wins over class point finish. After absorbing three lossesC players. Thank goodness they didn't in a row, Carol finished with wins in thepair me with any more 900 players! seventh and ninth rounds.

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Aaron took a couple of byes alongthe way (The first for no points. the sec-ond for a half-point. I don't understandhow they give out HPBs...), and scoredwins in rounds four, six and nine. Hissixth round win was overWashingtonianJ.P. Cerminaro III, another case of"Why'd we travel so far?" Boonshoftgained enough rating points to move intofour figures, so congratulations.

TayorBailey(OR)tiedfor 35Othwith3 points. She gained her points with afull point bye in round three, and victo-ries over Richard Van Riper (916, AZ)and Stephen Lupton (1224, CA). Al-though there was only a handful of play-ers from New Hampshire at this Open,Taylor managed to play two of them,back-to-back. Unfortunately, she didn'tbeat eitherof them, but maybe next time.

Center-Counter

Stephen Lupton (1224-CA)Taylor Bailey (1376)

Phoenix, US Open 0 2005Annotations by SM Chuck Schullen1.e4 dS 2.exdS "xdS 3.lbc3 "as 4.d4c6 S.tl)f3 Ag4

S...~f6 is more flexible, reserving thechoice for Bishop move. That's why thegeneral principal, "Knights before Bish-ops" exists.

6.Ae2 tl)f6 7.0-0

7.~eS makes sense to me.

7...e6 S.a3?!

Wunpy!

S...Ad6 9. Ite1 tl)bd710.lbgS A15I?

A reasonable decision, guarding e6.

11.h3?

Playing a3, h3: waste of time andweakening squares. [11.Ad3 Ag412.Ae2]

11...h6! 12.tl)f3 gS!?

Black could first castle, but this isbasically correct. White did three thingswrong to justify this attack: 1) wastedtime in the opening, 2) weakened hiskingside with h3. and 3) placed piecespassively (Ae2).

13.Ad3

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Fmatly, he gets the idea, but it is al-ready a very dangerous situation.13...Axd3 14.1Ixd3 0-0-0 15.<;Ph1

15.llJd21?, planning llJc4 or llJe4,is interesting.

15...g4 16.llJg1 gxh3 17.1Ixh3 lIdg818.1'te2

18.llJe4l? "frxe1 although, it mightbe no worse than the game. Let's con-sider... (18...llJxe4 19. 1'txe4llJf6 simplyfavors Black, just a tempo behind thegame.) 19.1lJxd6+ Black's king must visita dark square. 19...<;pc7 20.llJxf7 withmultiple big threats. 20..."frxf2 21.llJxh81'txh8 22.Ae3 it's a game!

18...1'tg619.llJe4llJxe420.1!xe4 lIhg8

Double trouble!

21.g311d5

Beautifulpin, but also, centralizationand coordinationof the black pieces. Thisreallyhelpsbefore launchinga big attack.

22.1Ig2 Axg31

Ready, aim, fire!23.13

23. fxg3 1'txg3 leaves the WhiteQueen overworked and the White Kingexposed.23...Af424.1If1

24."frxg6 1'txg625.Axt4 as there isno instant mate: 25..."frh5+ (25...llJf6 isa simple way to continue) 26.Ah2

24...lIxg1+ 25.llxg1 llh5+ 26.llh2llxh2 mate!

John Rader (WA) finished with only2.5 points, yet he gained more ratingpoints than any other Northwest playerat the Open (over 1O0!). John would havescored more points, but he took a HPB inround seven and then withdrew from thetournament. Rader's two wins were over

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players rated a class above him, winningin the third round over Shelby Lohrman(1579, NY) and in the fifth round overJohn Williams (1480, AZ).

Ephriam Harnsberger (OR) finishedwith two points to tie for 411tho Comingin with a 910 rating, Ephriam defeatedDaniel Ginsburg (669, Rl) in the fourthround and Ruben Henderson (1306, AZ)in the seventh round, adding over 30points to his rating. (IfEphriam had beenpaired against me, I'm sure it wouldhaveended in a draw. His rating is in thatrange.)

J.P. Cerminaro ill (WA), playing inhis first USCF-ratedtournament,finishedin a tie for 434th, with 1.5 points. He

took a HPB in round four and defeatedAlex Modellof NY (550) in round seven.His first provisionalrating is 756, but wecan probably expect this to go up in thefuture.

Twenty-two is a very good turnoutfor the Northwest. We have seldom, ifever, had that many for an Opento whichI have attended. If we get many more,writing the article will likely maim me.(This one is quite late due to my usualproclivity toward procrastination.) Butgo ahead and try. I'm planning to be inIllinois next summer, would like to seeall of you there, too. Perhaps I can re-cruit an assistant for the article to keepfrom wearing myself out. Any volun-teers? .

USCF Delegates' Meetingby Fred Kleist

This year's USCF delegates' meeting was more upbeat than last year's. PresidentBeatriz Marinello'sreport cited a profit of $1,009,000, the hiringof a new ExecutiveDirector(BillHall,TN), and the move to Crossville, Tennessee, along with the attendant start of con-struction of the new USCF offices as accomplishments. The main problems for the newboard (BillGoichberg- 3941 votes, Greg Shahade - 3694, Joel Channing - 3358, RobertTanner- 3179plusholdoversMarinelloand DonSchultz)to tackleare fallingmembership(down 15,000 in the past three years), moving the USCF to more of an informationbrokerposition, and reducing the divisiveness of chess politics. The Executive Directorannouncedthat his administration would be an open one, i.e., mistakes (e.g., the ballotmixupand theinvalidAugust rating supplement) would be acknowledged and dealt with. He also detailed,with the help of the chief architect, the plans for the new USCF officebuilding,approx. 5000sq. ft., in Crossville. (Some delegates expressed misgivingsabout the dual-use conferenceroom/employeebreak-room and the amount of availableparking.) From the Finance Commit-tee report, we leamed the major sources of the USCF's 2004-2005 profit:$375,000 from thesale of the NewWindsor, NY,officebuilding;$264,000 due to the land donation fromthe cityof Crossville; and $350,000 from the outsourcing of the book and equipment sales to theChess Cafe (though about half of this money is yet to be received). A conservative budget,estimating a Joss'of $24,000, though a slight profitwas expected, was readilyapproved.

The highlightof interimChess Ute editorGerald Dullea'sreport was the discussion of 1MTImTaylor'shard-edged article about his chess experience in Hungary. DulleaexplainedthatTaylorhad received a contract witha no-editclause froma prioreditor. EditorGlenn Petersonhad wished to negotiate the no-edit clause, but his health problems had pushed Dullea intothe editor's chair. With Taylorthreatening to sue and not much materialon hand, Dulleafaceda deadline and chose to use the article with minimalediting. Carl Haessler noted that he hadreceived no complaints from parents or students. His comment received light applause.Dulleasaid that he'd be more careful inthe future in lightofthe criticismof Taylor'sarticleandof the cover featuring GM Hikaru Nakamura and Foxwoodsgambling chips.

The LifeMember Assets committee reported a balance of just over $500,000 after thesale of the New Windsor building and pledged $100,000 towards the new building. TheChes-in-Education committee reported that, under the "No Child Left Behind" law, chesseducators could become "designated providers"of "Supplemental Educational Services" andthus be eligibleto receive up to $2000 per childfrom TitleI schools in their third year without"adequate yearlyprogress" in test scores. The Scholastic committee willsoon offerinforma-tion on books for students and teachers via the USCF website.

Amongthe measures that came up before the delegates was a proposal to do away withthe "Economy Scholastic" (no magazine) membership. The compromise finallyadopted wasthat, inthe absence of a separate scholastic magazine, the Economy Scholastic membershipwould continue as a promotionalmembership. The Executive Board could discontinue it ifaseparate bi-monthlymagazine were established. Another important measure closed a 1oop-hole in prize guarantees. Now the "based-on" prizes from all sections of a multi-sectiontournament willbe summed. Ifthe sum is $500 or greater, then at least 50% of each prizemust be paid out.

Octo ber 2005 Northwest Ches

ir USCF Crosstables(qqqq) indicates Quick Rating

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Hot as Hades 718-29 TD: Carol Kleist1 Sinanan, Joshua 2055 2057 Wl2 B W7 2.52 Pham, Huy 1841 1841 W7 we u 2.03Fryberg,Skylor 1850 1863 B WlO U 1.54 Piper, August 1513 1517 U B we 1.55 James, Mark 1009 1060 B Wl3 U 1.56 Kleist, Fred 2041 2042 U Wl1 U 1.07 Le, Dan 1277 1324 L2 1f12 L1 1.08 poyneer, Thomas 1070 1117 Wl3 L2 L4 1.09 Thorsen, Eric 1468 1572 U B D12 1.0

10 Darby, Michael 1905 1893 B L3 U 0.511 MeMn, Michael 1259 1258 B L6 U 0.512 Fan, George 1607 1579 L1 L7 D9 0.513 Weller, Stephen 1351 1284 L8 L5 U 0.0

1 Le, Dan 1246 1277 W3 1.02 Thorsen, Eric 1300 1468 W4 1.03 Weller, Stephen 1378 1351 L1 0.04 poyneer, Thomas 1076 1070 L2 0.0

SCC July Quads1 Sinanan, Joshua2 Mathews, Dan3 Hickey, Patrick4 Binz, Kevin

1 Manber, Devon2 Charleston, Scott3 Wang, Michael4 Piper, August

1 Kolde, Sterling2 Mathews, Dan3 Charleston, Jay4 Hjerrild, Steven

7/23 TD: Fred Kleist2023 2035 - W W W 3.01757 1759 L - W L 1.01802 1797 L L - W 1.01879 1867 L W L - 1.0

1569 1627 - W W l' 3.01487 1518 L - W W 2.01501 1491 L L - W 1.01566 1515 L L L - 0.0870 967 W3 W4 W3 3.0

1759 1760 W4 W3 U 2.01047 987 L1 L2 L1 0.0886 861 L2 L1 U 0.0

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Columbia Cup 7123-24 Richland,WA TD: DavidGriffin1 Readey, John 2339 2338 W28 Wl6 WlO "6 D3 4.52 Collyer, Curt 2201 2199 "30 D3 W9 D7 WlO 4.03 Havrilla,Mark ID 1909 1956 "25 D2 Wl7 W5 D1 4.04 Bragg, David 2212 2201 "23 W21 L6 Wl1 D8 3.55 Merwin, Steven 2082 2077 Wl8 D9 we L3 Wl2 3,56 Salisbury, Blake OR 2033 2047 1f13 Wl2 1'4 L1 D7 3.57 Kalina, Chris 1996 1999 "29 D17 1f15 D2 D6 3.58 Julian, John 1965 1972 "31 "22 L5 W23 D4 3.59 Middaugh,Jon 1903 1914 1'26 D5 L2 Wl8 "20 3.5

10 Chiu, Herman OR 2024 2026 1f14 Wl1 L1 "22 L2 3.011 Dippre, Marc 1822 1829 "27 L10 1f13 L4 Wl7 3.012 Schmidt, Martin 1793 1794 "34 L6 Wl4 "25 L5 3.013Tanner,SteveOR 1601 1609 L6 W32 Lll "27 "25 3.014Ainslie, Jim 1588 1615 L10 Wl9 L12 1129 "26 3.015 Rivera, Joe 1477 1552 B W33 L7 D21 W23 3.016 Weyland, Phil ID 1859 1844 W32 L1 D18 L20 W28 2.517 Benson, Dustin 1725 1742 "20 D7 L3 W28 Lll 2.518 Fabian, Steve 1670 1685 L5 W27 D16 L9 W30 2.519 Walton, John 1300 1656 L22 L14 1'31 W30 D21 2.520 Barrington,Craig 1546 1677 L17 W24 D28 Wl6 L9 2.521 Grigsby,Jack 1935 1905 "24 L4 L23 D15 D19 2.022 Chen, Howard 1738 1744 Wl9 L8 1'29 L10 U 2.023 Anderson,Mark ID 1717 1714 L4 W26 "21 L8 L15 2.024 Countryman, Zach 1483 1467 L21 L20 L27 W32 "31 2.025 Weyland, Ronald ID 1355 1401 L3 W30 W33 L12 L13 2.026 Akopov, Michael 1334 1340 L9 L23 W34 W33 L14 2.027 Marc]an, Cezary 1249 1312 Lll L18 1124 L13 W33 2.028 Korsmo, Kevin 1718 1699 L1 W31 D20 L17 L16 1.529 Griffin,David 1495 1476 L7 W34 L22 L14 B 1.530 Pitre, Bill 1713 1664 L2 L25 W32 L19 L18 1.031 Piatt,John 1388 1363 L8 L28 L19 W34 L24 1.032 Marcjan, Karen 1270 1251 L16 L13 L30 L24 W34 1.033 Terrill, Michael OR 1362 1296 B L15 L25 L26 L27 0.534 Alderson, Ian 672 672 L12 L29 L26 L31 L32 0.0

Corvallis Open 8120-211 Brownell, Bryant 19032 Foster, Raleigh 17113 Zlatnik, Sean 15364 Brownell, Landon 21165 Rankin, Josh 1586

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TD: Roger Brownell1933 W9 "2 "41751 Wl3 L1 W61552 L4 Wl2 B2093 W3 W5 L11584 Wl2 L4 WlO

we W5 5.0"9 1'4 4.0Wl1 1'9 3.5"6 L2 3.0B L1 2.5

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6 Richardson, Lewis 15837 CascioIe, Gary CA 8688 Brownell, Roger 15419 Encke, Michael 1430

10 Yue, Calvin 91811 Button, Mitchel 118612 Johnson, BenJI 121913 Still, Lisa 1380

D7 L2 L4 Wl2 2.5D6 L9 D12 Wl1 2.5B B L1 U 2.0Wl1 W7 L2 L3 2.0Wl3 L5 B B 2.0L9 Wl2 L3 L7 1.0L3 Lll D7 L6 0.5L10 U U U 0.0

1565 1f111016 B1539 WlO1421 L1

991 L81159 L61170 L!51339 L2

PCC Game-in~ 7130 TD: Komelijs Dale1 Un, Benjamin 2129(1918) 2131(1923) we2 Raptis,Nick 2306(2207)2293(2193) Wl13 Smyth, Scott 1969(1875) 1976(1880) 1f124 Field-Eaton, Colin 1864(1606) 1907(1688) Wl55 Hedlund, Kirk 1536(1438) 1598(1494) L66 Goshen, Matthew WA 2021(1885) 2007(1867) "57 Banner, Richard 1800(1601) 1800(1600) D198 Stump, Karl WA 1486(1301) 1496(1323) L19 Chen, Howard WA 1744(1482) 1726(1469) Wl6

10 Arun, Adltya 1597(1514) 1604(1521) "2011Dale,Kornelijs 1500(1356)1509(1369) L212 Kudva, Vlkram 1448(1385) 1449(1383) L313 Richardson, Lewis 1600(1504) 1588(1490) Wl714 Kaiser, Brian WA 1613(1521) 1604(1507) Wl8

.15 Bailey,Taylor 1373(1217) 1371(1219) L416 Wang, Eddie 1245(1169) 1254(1166) L917 Petersen, Alexander 891 (856) 920 (877) L1318 Kudva, LIsa 1300(1300) 926 (852) L1419 Petersen, Dennis 1320(1232) 1304(1208) D720 Hamsberger, Ephriam 947 (873) 910 (834) L10

1'9 D3 "4 3.5L4 Wl4 WlO 3.0Wl3 D1 B - 3.0112 "6 L1 3.01120 1'9 Wl4 3.0WlO L4 D7 2.5D14 Wl1 D6 2.5D16 Wl9 Wl5 2.5L1 L!5 Wl7 2.0L6 Wl2 L2 2.0Wl9 L7 Wl6 2.0Wl7 L10 Wl 2.0L3 D15 U 1.5D7 L2 L5 1.5Wl8 D13 L8 1.5D8 1f20 Lll 1.5L12 Wl8 L9 1.0L15 L17 "20 1.0Lll L8 L12 0.5L!5 L16 L18 0.0

Seatalr Open 7/29-31 TD: Fred Kleist1 Bragg, David 2201 2210 "28 W39 "9 WlO D4 4.52 Sinanan, Joshua 2035 2055 "41 D38 "26 W21 W7 4.53 Salisbury, Blake OR 2047 2048 W32 L9 W33 1125 Wl3 4.04 Kalina, Chris 1999 2019 "34 "40 1124 B D1 4.05 Wyde, David 2048 2037 D16 W27 D25 1'29 De 3.56 Arganian, David 2021 2028 Wl7 D25 W38 L7 "21 3.57 Darby, Michael 1875 1905 "20 Wl1 B 1'6 L2 3.58 Weyland, Phil ID 1844 1856 W36 L24 Wl9 1'20 D5 3.59 Lanka, Adi 1861 1905 W4tS "3 L1 W11 D10 3.5

10 Collyer, Curt 2199 2186 W31 Wl3 D21 L1 D9 3.011 Gale, Geoffrey 1951 1939 W33 L7 W30 L9 "22 3.012 Brewster,Robert BC2034 2013 B L30 W34 D28 W33 3.013 Schemm, Michael 1997 1987 1f44 L10 1'36 W18 L3 3.014 O'Gorman, Peter 1~ 1800 D49 D19 B D15 "35 3.015 Wilson, Matthew 1700 1711 L38 1f41 B D14 W36 3.016 Guo, Alex 1657 1686 D5 L43 "49 D27 1125 3.017 Lee, Nathan 1529 1578 L6 B 1'23 D26 "27 3.018.VanWeerdhuizen,Lane 1542 1611 L21 W37 "39 L13 "26 3.019 Omori, Michael 1450 1524 B D14 L8 "44 1'28 3.020 Fan, George 1501 1607 L7 W32 "40 L8 W39 3.021 Julian, John 1972 1969 Wl8 1f22 D10 L2 L6 2.522 Hickey, Patrick J 1797 1790 1'45 L21 B W30 Lll 2.5230sseward, Peter 1018 1189 L27 D34 L17 1'42 "41 2.524 Shamilov,Eduard 2172 2164 1'29 118 L4 U U 2.025 Pitre, H G 1827 1819 1f47 D6 D5 L3 L16 2.026 Monkhouse, Neale BC 1756 1730 8 1'42 L2 D17 L18 2.027 Buck, Stephen 1769 1744 1123 L5 B D16 L17 2.028 Shankland, Adam 1703 1693 L1 B "42 D12 L19 2.029 loli,Mark 1689 1687 L24 W49 W44 L!5 U 2.030 Fletcher, Christopher 1624 1639 B Wl2 Lll L22 B 2.031 Vamer, Murlin 1573 1529 L10 L44 "45 L36 "47 2.032 Nelson,James 1607 1600 L3 L20 B 1'49 B 2.033 Piper,August 1515 1513 Lll 1'45 L3 1f46 L12 2.034 Homicide,John 1395 1385 L4 023 L12 B "46 2.035 Inglis, David 1438 1445 L39 "47 B D40 L14 2.036 Osseward, J P 1385 1405 L8 1146 L13 W31 L15 2.037 Lee, Gregory 889 954 L40 L18 L41 B 1f44 2.038 Roper, David 2278 2262 Wl5 D2 L6 U U 1.539 Havrilla,Mark ID 1956 1913 W35 L1 L18 D41 L20 1.540 TalO,Steven 1703 1675 W37 L4 L20 D35 U 1.541 Yang, Matthew 1423 1406 L2 L15 W37 D39 L23 1.542 Omori, Jeffrey 1187 1175 B L26 L28 L23 "49 1.543 Hosford, Michael 1782 1792 U Wl6 U U U 1.044 Delaittre, Nicole 1342 1296 L13 W31 L29 L19 L37 1.045 Guo, Anthony 1174 1132 L22 L33 L31 L47 B 1.046 Kolde, Sterling 967 984 L9 L36 1'47 L33 L34 1.047 James,Mark 995 1009 L25 L35 L46 1f45 L31 1.048 F.ryberg,Skylor 1850 1850 B U U U U 0.549 VanWeerdhuizen,Dave1079 1078 D14 L29 L16 L32 L42 0.5

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Wash. Sr. Open 8/6-7 Tacoma,WA TD: Gary J Dorfner1 Buck, Stephen 1744 1768 .6 .5 112 D3 3.52 Pitre,H G 1819 1822 .5 W3 Ll.4 3.03 Rasmussen, Ernst 1800 1791 "4 L2 .6 Dl 2.54 MIdson,Tony OR 1411 1438 L3 ., 1f5 L2 2.05 Etlngher,Constantine 1492 1469 L2 Ll L4 "6 1.06 Dorfner,Gary 1252 1229 Ll L4 L3 L5 0.0

pee Sunday Qu8ds 8/21 TD:KomeIljsDale1 Peake,Ethan 1779 1790 - 1f 1f 1f 3.02 Taylor,MIchael 1581 1589 L - 1f. 2.03 Larson, Andrew 1502 1489 L L -" 1.04 Diamond,Noeh 1245 1229 L L L - 0.0

Great Auntie's Open 8/27-28 TD: David Griffin1 Bartron, Paul 2138 2141 Wl4 Wll D3 .5 D22 Julian, John 1973 1992 W19 W18 D5 W3 Dl3 Herbers, Patrick 1938 1947 Wl5 W12 Dl L2 we4 Havrilla,MarkID 1913 1903 1121 D8 D20 D14 Wl25 Kalina,Chris 2019 2011 D9 W13 D2 Ll W146 Cambarerl, Michael 1783 1768 80 W9 D7 L8 W197 Beyena!,Haluk MT1793 1802 .24 80 D6 W17 UO8 Martin,Robert MT 1764 1772 1f28 D4 D17 1f6 L39 Attwood,Adam 1656 1676 D5 L6 1123 D18 Wl7

10 Chow, Alex 1443 1472 Ll2 W30 L14 1125 W1811 Rowles, David 1899 1897 x Ll 8 W15 U12 Carpenter,Romie MT1805 1800 WlO L3 80 1121 L413Anderson, Mark ID 1713 1722 1f26 L5 Wl9 a U14 McCourt,Daniel MT 1670 1682 Ll "25 WlO D4 L515McBroom,WilliamMT 1577 1580 L3 1124 a Lll .2316 Doulas,Nick MT 1305 1309 L18 L21 8 W30 .2517 Walton, John 1766 1667 D25 1122 D8 L7 L918 Brendemihl,Steve 1710 1679 W16 L2 D21 D9 Ll019Tamang,Stephen NY1665 1661 L2 1f26 L13 XO L620 Griffin,David 1474 1500 .23 a D4 U U21 Countryman, Zachary 1459 1464 L4 Wl6 D18 L12 D2422 Blue,Alton 1405 1389 a L17 D26 PO "2823 Blue, Benjamin 1311 1305 L20 1128 L9 1126 L1524 Waugh, James 1261 1266 L7 L15 1128 a D2125 KIrlin,PatrIck 1301 1284 D17 L14 1f30 Ll0 L1626 Baker,Ted 1226 1215 Ll3 L19 D22 L23 W3027 Korsmo, Kevin 1699 1700 W30 U U U U28 Bethmann,Samuel 667 667 L8 1.23 L24 8 L2229 StrIpes, James 1530 1530.. U U U U30 Blue, David 561 557 L27 Ll0 L25 L16 L26

Spokane Championship Match 8/27-28 TD: David Griffm1 Sprenkie, David 2284 2292 112 D2 112 2.52 Collyer,Curt 2172 2164 Ll Dl Ll 0.5

Oregon Open 9J3.5 TD: KomeIljsDaleReserve

1 YOII/tinaga,David 1765 17832 Gay, Daniel 1742 17553 Henc:lrIcIcs,David WA1643 16654 Gagnon,WlDiam 1600 16575 Buck,Stephen WA 1783 17466 Stevens, Daniel 1670 16957 Robinson, Marcus 1647 16558 Hann, Anthony 1721 17019 Taylor,Michael 1836 1628

10Avila,Thomas WA 1548 156211 Addis, Sean 1466 149112 Tanner, Steve 1609 158613 Hedlund,KIrk 1598 159514 Becker, Brett 1604 158915 Wentz, Dale 1513 153116 Larson, Andrew 1499 151217 Levin,Scott 1489 155018 Etlngher,Constan WA1481 146019 Hong,Albert ID1503 151820 Encke, Michael 1421 153321 Marcjan,Karen WA 1250 133222 Hong,Brian ID1297 142023 Dietz,Arliss 1539 150124 Maxwell,Wray 1470 146925 MIdson,Tony 1438 142926 Bailey,Taylor 1446 141627 Porter, Nathan 1343 136228 Cohen, David 1302 134029 MarcJan,Cezary WA 1310 136730 Walton,John WA 1667 157331 Ulrich,Friedrich 1600 159532 Lee,Nathan WA 1578 1537

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Angels at Seattle Chess Clubby August Piper and Carol Kleist

Do angelsexist? We at the see nowknowtheydo,because several of them recently materialized, bearing giftsto help our club. In alphabetical order they are:

David Bragg: Not being content with organizing the

. library,generouslysubsidizingprizefunds,and helpingwith Iclean up during and after tournaments,helpingother mem- Ibers and players, David gave up his whole lunch hour atwork to removeobstacles to space for the Seafair Tourna-ment.

Jack Hatfield: The good works of this hardworkingangel are almost too numerous to list also: he originated theidea of buying the club's new, comfortable chairs; joinedthe Board of Directors; created the clock raftle held duringthe Seafair tournament; assumed the job of club treasurer;and paid for several physical improvements to our club.

Donaton of hard-earned prize money from tour- :naments: David Bragg, Mark James, Dan Mathews,Dr. Arthur Murray and other similarcontributors.

Donators of Supplies: Jack Hatfield and KerryVan Veen, also David Roper, donor of books to the li-brary, as well as the Anonymous provider of chess sets.

This angels' list wouldn't be completewithout a men-tion of the long-servingand dedicated Board of Directors,which performs the myriad tasks of running this organiza-tion. If other angels were to swoopdown and pitch in theywould be much appreciated!

October 2005 Northwest Chess

I

Spokane's Lively Chess Scene

by David Griffin

August Adjeeb QuadsThe August Adjeeb Quads, a staple

of the Spokane Chess Club, started onAugust 4 and ended on August 25. Thetop seeds dominated the quads, earning7.5 out of a possible 9 points. Twoof thethree top seeds,PhilWeyland(1862) andBen Blue (1244), made it through withperfect scores. The winnersin each quadwon fifty dollars.

In the top quad, Weyland, highestrated by nearly 300 points, dominatedhisquad with a perfect 3-0. Other results inthe quad wereZach Countryman(1428),1.5;Dave Griffin (1476), 1.0; and JamesStripes (1568), 0.5.

In the second quad, the ratings fromtop to bottomwereonly 170points apart.This was by far the most competitivequad in the event. VernJohnson (1376)won with a score of 2.0. Vern defeatedAlton Blue (1409) in a must-win third-round game. Blue finished with a scoreof 1.5. Other scores in the quad wereRonWeyland(1470), 1.5; and Pat Kirlin(1300) 1.0.

In the bottom quad, Ben Blue (1244)blew his competition away, scoring 3-0.Other scores in the quad were Ted Baker(1216),2.0; JimWaugh (1224), 1.0; andDavid Blue (565), zero.

Qualchan QuadsOnAugust 13, the Qualchan Quads

were run in conjunctionwith the SpokaneCity Contenders Championship. Theeight players came from three differentstates. Four of themwerefromWashing-ton and two from Idaho. The two fromOklahomawerejust travelingthroughthearea. The top quadcamedownto a battleof the Palouse as John Walton (1656) ofPullmandefeated Mark Anderson(1714)of Moscow in the third round to win thequad and fifty dollars for first. AlexRelyea (1800) of Norman, Oklahoma,finished with 1.5 and James Stripes(1568) of Spokane finishedwith 0.5Northwest Chess

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In the bottom quad, Ron Weyland 17...tlh518.g4"xg419.1Ixa5Axc4(1401) of Post Falls, Idaho, ran away 20.ltg5

with the quad with a pe~ect 3-0. R?n Allowing Black to simplify.collectedfifty dollars for his efforts. J1I11Waugh (1224) of Spokane scored 2.0,' 20..."e2+ 21."xe2 Axe2 22.h5 ~d7Zach Countryman (1467) also of Spo- 23.Ae6 ~f6 24.lthg1 ~xh5kane scored 1.0. Nita Patel (1395) of 24...Axh5 25.ltxg7+ ~h8-+ is noNorman, Oklahoma, finished with zero. serious threat.

25. f3 lte8 26.Wf2

This move made no sense to me.

26..JIxe6 27.ltxh5 b3 28.lta5 Aa629.lta3 b2 30.ltxe3 ltxe3 31.ltb1ltb3

31...Ad3 32.1Ixb2 lte2+ winsmoresimply, but there is no danger in leavingthe Rooks on.

32.ci>e1 Ad3 0-1

Semi-S/av Noteboom

James Stripes (lS68)Alex Relyea (1800-0K)

Spokane, Qua/chon Quads (3) 2005

Annotations by AlexRelyea1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.~f3 e6 4.~e3 dxe4

The characteristic position of theNoteboom.

5.a4 Ab4 6.Ad2 ~f6

6...a5, transposing to main lines, ismore precIse.7.e3 Axe3 8.Axe3 b5

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9.g3

This is probably a mistake, since itmakes for a White square weakness, aswellas a loss of time. Accordingto FRITZ8, White should play 9.axb5 exb510.b3.

9...0-0 10.Ag2 a5 11.axb5 exb512.b3?! ~d513."e2 b414.bxe4

Giving up two pieces for the Rook.

14...~xe3 15.~g5 "xg5 16.Axa8Aa6 17.h4

Better is H.e5.

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Spokane CityChampionship

ContendersThe Spokane City Championship

Contenderstourney was held onAug. 13-14at Gonzaga University. Fiveof the sixeligible players were able to take part.The five players who participated in theround robin event were Curt Collyer,John Julian, Pat Herbers, Phil Weyland,and Adam Attwood. There were severalupsets throughout the weekend, at leastone upset in every round. Not only didJulian defeat Collyer, but the last roundsaw Weyland defeat Julian as well asAttwood draw Collyer in the final gameof the round robin. Collyer and Julianboth finished first with 2.5-1.5 scores.They playeda G/I0 match which Collyerwon 3-1.to put him back into the CityChampionship match against DavidSprenkle..

Participants earned p~aces in thetourney by victoriesit;l,.Spokane ChessClub events and their standings in theclub Grand Prix.

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French Tarrasch

Adam Attwood (1617)Phillip Weyland (1853)Spokane Championship Contenders (1) 2005

1.84 e6 2.d4 d5 3.~d2 a6 4.c3 c5 5.e5~c6 6.lOdf31rb6 7.~e2 ~h6 8.Axh6gxh6 9.l1b1 Ad7 10.a3 "a5 11."d2c4 12.~f4 b5 13.Ae2 b4 14.axb4~b4 15.0-0 ~c6 16.~h5 l1b8 17.~16+ coPd818."f4 Ae8

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English RubinsteinPat Herbers (1948)Curt Collyer (2186)Spokane Championship Contenders (1) 2005

1.c4 ~16 2.~c3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5~xd5 5.Ag2 ~c7 6.~f3 ~c6 7.d3 e58.0-0 Ae7 9.b3 Ae6 10.Ab2 "d711.l1c1 1612.~e4lOa613."d2 0-014.h4 l1ac8 15.'I1>h2l1fd8 16.l1fd1b6 17.~c3 ~ab4 18.Aa3 h6 19.~e1a6 20.~a4 "a7 21.Axb4 ~xb422."b2 AfS 23.Ah3 Axh3 24.'I1>xh3"e7 25.c;th2 b5 26.~c3 "e6 27.e4"g4 28.a3 ~c6 29. 'I1>g2~d4 30.f3"e6 31.~d5 l1xd5 32.exd5 "xd533.b4 l1d8 34.bxc5 Axc5 35. l1d2~b3 36.lldc2 lOxc1 37.1lxc1 'I1>h838."c3 Ad4 39."c6 "a2+ 40.llc2"xa3 41."c7 "d6 42."17 "d743."g6 b4 0-1

Benko Gambit

Phillip Weyland (1853)Collyer Curt (2186)Spokane Championship Contenders (2) 2005

1.d4 ~16 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.f3 e65.dxe6 fxe6 6.e4 bxc4 7.Axc4 d58.Aba c4 9.Aa4+ Ad7 10.~c3 Ab4"n

11.~ge2 dxe4 12.0-0 Ac5+ 13. 11."c1"e712.Ag51613.Ae3exd5coPh10-0 14.fxe4 lOg4 15.llxf8+ 14.Axc5"e5 15.Ae3 0-0 16.exd5"xf8 0-1 lle817.~g4 "e718.Ac4d619.'I1>f2

f5 20.Ag5 "c7 21.Ab5 0-1King s Indian

Curt Collyer (2186)John Julian (1969)Spokane Championship Contenders (3) 2005

1.~f3 ~16 2.c4 g6 3.~c3 Ag74.d40-0 5.Af4 d6 6.e3 ~bd7 7.h3 "e88.Ae2 e5 9.Ah2 c6 10.0-0 "e7 11."c2 ~e812.b4f513.llac1 g514.c5d5 15.~xe5 ~xe5 16'Axe5 Axe5 17.dxe5 "xe518."d2 f419."d4 "xd420.exd4 Af5 21.b5 ~g7 22.llfd1llfe8 23.Af3 l1ad8 24.lld21le7 25.'I1>f1~e8 26.Ad1 ~16 27.bxc6 bxc628.Aa4Ad729.lle11lxe1+30.coPxe1llb8 31.a3 '11>1732. 'I1>d1 h5 33.f3 'I1>g634.lle2 l1e8 35.llxe8 Axe8 36.lOa2a5 37.lOc1 g4 38.hxg4 hxg4 39.~b3coPh540. coPe2~h4 41. ~f2

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41...lOe4+ 42.fxe4 dxe4 43.~c1 e3+44.coPg1 f3 45.gxf3 gxf3 46.lOd3 coPg347.~f1 Ad7 0-1

Nimzo-Indian

John Julian (1969)Phillip Weyland (1853)Spokane Championship Contenders (5) 2005

1.d4 lOf6 2.c4 e6 3.~c3 Ab4 4.f3~h5 5.~h3 c5 6.d5 "h4+ 7.~f2"xc4 8.e4 Axc3+ 9.bxc3 "xc3+10.Ad2 "16

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EnglishCurt Collyer (2186)Adam Attwood (1617)Spokane Championship Contenders (5) 2005

1.c4 e5 2.lOc3 ~c6 3.g3 g6 4.Ag2Ag7 5.e4 ~ge7 6.lOge2 0-07.0-0 d68.d3 f5 9.~d5 ~xd5 10.cxd5 ~e7 11.Ae3 c6 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.d4 fxe4 14.Axe4d515.Ag2e416.llc1"b617."d2 Aa618.l1fd1 ~f519.~c3 Ad320.lOa4 "b5 21.~c5

21...Axd4 22.~xd3 Axe3 23.fxe3exd3 24."xd3 "b6 25.llxc6 "xe3+26. coPh1 llad8 27. l1c3 "xd3 28.l1cxd3 d4 29.Ah31lb8 30.b3 ~e3 31.llc11lf232.1lxd41lxa233.lld3~f534.Ag2 l1e8 35.Ad5+ ~g7 36.Ac4l1e737.llf1 l1e3 38.l1d7+ ~h6 39.Ag8 ~g7 40.Ac4 Draw

Auntie's OpenThe secondAuntie's Open was won

by Paul Bartron and John Julian, each ofwhom finished at 4-1 after reaching adraw in their fifth round game. Bartronwonhis fourthround match against ChrisKalina, while Julian defeated defendingchampionPat Herbers to set up the cham-pionship showdown. Each took home$100 for his efforts.

Herbers shared the under 2000 prizewith Mark Havrilla. They both scored3.5 and split the $75 prize. AdamAttwood and Alex Chow shared the $75under 1700 prize with 3.0 scores. NickDoulas of Great Falls, MT, won the $75prize in the under 1400 category. YoungAlex Chow turned out to be the big win-ner of the day, pocketing an additional$75 for having the biggest upset. Thatvictory (a margin of 267 points between

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opponents) was the only upset victory ofthe entire tourney. There were nine up-set draws.

The tournament, played in conjunc-tion with the City Championship matchon August27 and 28,2005, drew 27 en-tries and was once again played atAunties Bookstore in downtown Spo-kane. Seven of the players hailed fromMontana,withthe furthesttravelers com-ing from Bozeman and Great Falls.

Modem

Chris Kalina (2019)Adam Attwood (1617)

Spokane, Aunties Open (1) 8/2005

1.d4 g6 2.tbf3 Ag7 3.e4 d6 4.Ac4 c6S.a4'flc7 6.c3 eS 7.tbgS tbh6 0.Ae30-0 9.f3 tbd7 10.'fld2 tbb6 11.Ab3exd4 12.cxd4 dS 13.aS tbc4 14.Axc4dxc4 1S.tbh3 Axh3 16.gxh3 gS 17.AxgS'fld6 10.tbc3 11aeO 19.0-0-011e6 20.eS 'flb4 21.11hg1 tbfS 22.'flf4 tbe7 23.tbe4 tbg6 24.tb16+ ~hO2s.ffg4 c3 26.11g2 'flxaS 27.bxc3'flxc3+ 20.11c2 'fla1+ 29.~d2 'flaS+30.~c1'fla1+31.~d2'flaS+ Draw

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Slav Defense

John Julian (1969)StYeBrendemihl (1710)


1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tbc3 dxc4 4.e4 bSS.a4 b4 6.tbce2 tb167.tbg3 e6 O.Axc4Aa6 9.Axa6 tbxa6 1O.tbf3cS 11.AgSh612.Axt6'flxf613.'fld3 tbc714.0-0cxd4 1S.11ac1 Ad6 16.eS AxeS 17.tbe4'flfS 10.tbxeS 'flxeS 19.f4 'flaS20.11cs 'flb6 21.aS 'flbO 22.fS tbdS23.fxe6 fxe6 24. 11co+'flxco 2S.tbd6+~dO 26.tbxcO 11xco 27.'flxd4 11c720.'fleS 11eO29.h3 gS 30.'fld4 11d731.11e1 b3 32.'fld3 tbf4 33.'flxb311d234.11d1 11xd1+ 3S.'flxdH ~e736.~h211bO 37.'fld4 1-0

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London SystemDavid Griffin (1474)Mark Havrila (1913)


1.d4 dS 2.tbf3 tbc6 3.Af4 Ag4 4.e3tb16 S.h3 AhS 6.Ae2 e6 7.0-0 Ad68.tbeS Axe2 9.'flxe2 AxeS 10.AxeStnxeS 11.dxeS tbd7 12.f4 c6 13.tbd2!fb614.b3 gS1S.~h2hS16.c40-0-017.cxdScxdS10.tbf3g419.tbgS IiIhf8

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20.11fe1 f6 21.tbh7 11hO 22.tbx16tbxf6 23.exf6 gxh3 24.gxh3 11h62S.'flb2 11fO 26.'fleS 11hxf6 27.11ac1+ ~d7 20.ffxhS11f5 29. 'flh7+118f7 30.'flhO 11fO31.'flc3 "dO 32.11g1 11Sf7 33.'flcS 11h7 34.11g311fhO 3S.'flxa7 11xh3+ 36.11xh311xh3+37.~xh3 flho+ 30.~g2 'flb2+39.~f3 'flxc1 40."xb7+ ~eO 41.'flbS+ ~f8 42."bO+ ~f7 43."b7+~16 44. 'flb4 'flf1 + Draw

VonHennig-Schara GambitJohn Julian (1969)Pat Herbers (1948)

Spokane, Aunties Open (4) 2005

1.d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3.tbc3 cS 4.cxdS cxd4S."xd4 tbc6 6.'fld1 exdS 7."xdSAd7 0.'fld3 Acs 9.tbf3 tbge7 10.e3tbb4 11.'flb1 0-0 12.a3 tbbdS 13.tbxdS tbxdS 14.Ad3 Ag4 1S.tbeSAhS 16.Axh7+ ~hO 17.g4 "gS 10..fS16 19..xgS fxgS 20.Ag6 11aeO21.AxeO AxeO 22.b4 Ad6 23.Ab2tbf6 24.h3 tbe4 2S.0-0 AxeS 26.AxeS tbd2 27.f4 tbxf1 20.11xf1 AbS29.11c1 Ac630.fS 11eO31.Ad4 a632.~f2 ~gO 33.~g3 ~f7 34.h4gxh4+ 3S.~xh4 11hO+36.~gS 11h337.a4 1-0

Sicilian DragonSteve Brendemihl (1710)Alex Chow (1443)


1.e4 cS 2.tbf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tbxd4tbf6 S.tbc3 g6 6.Ae3 Ag7 7.Ac40-0 0.f3 tbc6 9."d2 Ad7 10.0-0-011bO11.~b1 bS 12.tbdxbS tbeS 13..e2.aS 14.tba3 'flxc31S.Ab3 'flaS16. Ad4 Ae6 17.Ac3'flc7 18.AxeSdxeS 19.Axe6 fxe6 20.b3 11fc021.c4as 22.11d2 Ah6 23.11b2 tbd7 24. tbbS11xbS 0-1

-Dutch

John Julian (1969)FM Paul Bartron (2138)


1.d4 fS 2.c4 tb16 3.tbc3 b6 4.AgSAb7 s.Ax16 exf6 6.e3 g6 7.tbf3 Ab40.11c1 .e7 9.a3 Axc3+ 10.11xc3 d611.Ae2 tbd7 12.0-0 ~f7 13.cS dxcS14.b4 ~g7 1s.ffc1 AdS 16.bxcSbxcS 17.dxcS Draw

October 2005

Spokane CityChampionship

Defending champion FM DavidSprenkledid not need to go into overtimethis year, defeating former championCurt Collyer 2.5 to 0.5 to retain his titleas City Champion. Sprenklewonboth ofhis games with white and drew the onlygame he played with the black pieces.This match was a replayof the 2004pair-ing. In that event, Sprenkle won the fi-nal game to force a playoff in which heeventually triumphed.

The City Championship, a staple ofthe Spokane chess scene in the 1960s,lapsed in the early 1970s until it wasbrought back in 2001 by Dave Rowlesand Dawn Field. The event has beenplayed at Aunties Bookstore since therevival. Dave Griffin took over directingthe event this year. Collyer was thechampion in 2001-2002-2003.

Birds OpeningFM David Sprenkle (2284)Curt Collyer (2186)

Spokane, CityChampionship (1) 2005

1.g3 dS 2.f4 g6 3.tbf3 c6 4.Ag2 .b6S.c4 tb16 6.d4 Ag7 7.tbc3 0-0 O.tbeS11d8 9.cS .c7 10.0-0 bS 11.cxb6axb6 12..b3 e6 13..!.e3 'fla714.Af2Ab7 1S.e4 tbbd7 16.Ah3 tbf8 17.fSexfS 10.exfS tb6d7 19.11ae1

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19...tbxeS20.dxeS11e821.Axb6.b822.e6 fxe6 23.16 1-0

Dutch LeningradCurt Collyer (2186)FM David Sprenkle (2284)

Spokane, CityChampionship (2) 2005

1.d4 fS 2.tbf3 tb16 3.c4 g6 4.tbc3 Ag7S.e3 0-0 6.Ae2 d6 7.b4 cS O.bxcSdxcS 9.Ab2 tbe4 10.11c1 "b6 11.

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Holler'sG 3I'r1. e s

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by Robert HoUer

We've all probably noticed thatthe last couple NorthwestChess II1~zines we have re-

ceivedin the mail have been skinny. Fora while now I have been thinking aboutwriting some sort of article in order tohelp out. SeeingFred Kleist's commentsin the section, "Greetings from the Edi-tor," finally made me act. I decided thatmy first articlewouldgiveout a big thankyou. This thank you goes to BillGagnon(OR) for all the hospitality that he givesto a group of individualsthat gather oncea month at his house in order to have afun and exciting little tournament whichis game-in-30.

For the past couple years, my father,Bruce,and I havebeenattendingthis littletournament. It isa great way to relaxfrom a tiring day at work or school. Billgraciouslyprovides drinks for whomeverwants one and a lot of the snacks. Oncein a while, some of the rest of us bring asnack to share with the group. Bill alsoputs forth time in order to send an e-mailto the attendeesof this event, sets up hiscomputer program that uses the officialUSCF ratingadjustment(the starting rat-ing a person receives is 1500 and it ad-justs accordingly depending on how theperson does,just as if a person played ina USCF-rated tournament), and to topthat all off:he givesa rideto the fewplay-ers who wait patiently up the street nearthe 24-Hour Fitness. What a gentlemanwho really cares about chess!

Here are the three games I played inthe month of August, enjoy. . .

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I have to givea lot of creditto myopponentwhoplayedtoughinthemiddlegamejust to end up giving away thegame.22

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Robert Holler (1662)Gilbert (1382)

Portland, Gagnon ~August G/30 (J) 2005

1.d4 ~f6 2.~f3 g6 3.~c3 Ag74.Af4

Last book move.

4...~a6

As we can see, my opponent wantedto leave book.

S.e4 cS

This move gives me over a pawn ad-vantage. The position calls for 6.e5, butI was looking for a space advantage andplayed 6.dS. [5...dS 6.eSltJhS 7.Ac1;t]6.dS

6.e5!? ltJh5 7.Ae3 cxd4 8.'ffxd4:t

6...d6 7.lId2 ~c7 8.Ah6 0-0 9.JLxg7<!>xg710.Ac4 bS 11.~xbS ~bS 12.lLxbs ~xe413."d3 ~f614.0-0

14.'ffc3 'ffb6 1s.Ac4 'ffb4=

14...a6

14... ilb81?

1s.Ac6 ilb8 16.b3 AfS 17. 'ffxa6JLxc2 18."e2 Ae4 19."d2 "c8

19...e6!?

20.~gS= AfS 21.ilfe1 h622.1tJf3

22..:t!!rc7

22...Ae4 23.'ffc3e5 24.ilad1+23.~h4 Ac8 24.Ile2 eS 2S.Ilee1

Asyoucansee,timepressurequicklygets into the mix with 0/30. Better is25.f4.

2s...IlM 26.g3 Ild4 27.lIb2 "as27...ltJxd5!? 28.JLxd5 ilxd5

28.Iled1 Ah3

28...Ad7 29.f4 JLxc6 30.dxc6

29. Ilxd4 cxd4 30.M lIb6 31.a4 ~e432.aS and eventually 1-0

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My opponent gave an edge right backto me during our blitz late middlegame toearly endgame. I stopped notation due tothe clock, but was able to win.

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Brian and I both played a solid gamehere. It came down to the wire with the

clock and was a fun endgame.

Queen Pawn

Brian Marsh (1498)Robert Holler (1662)

Portland, Gagnon ~August G/30 (2) 2005

1.d4 d5 2.~f3 ~c6 3.AgS g6 4.e3Ag7 S.AbS Ad7 6.tt1bd2 lL1f67.c30-0 8.JLxc6 JLxc6 9.~eS "d610.f4

Gives Blackback the slightedge, butis an interestingway to hold the center.10...~d7 11.~xc6 bxc6 12.0-0 cS13.15 gxf5 14.Ilxt5 cxd4 15.exd4 c516.dxcS "xcS+ 17.c,th1 e6 18.~b31!fb6 19. Ilf3 ~eS 20. ilh3 1112

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Have to stop the threat of mate after21.'ffh5.

21."hS "fS 22.~d4 "g6 23."xg6

Uh-oh, giving up the slight attackthat White didhave. Timepressure couldhave been the reason for this:

23...hxg6 24.Af4 ~g4 2S. ilf3 eS 26.h3 exd4 27.hxg4 dxc3 28.bxc3 andeventually0-1

LeavingBlackwith an advantagedueto the isolated c-pawn and the stackedg-pawns. Timepressure was mountingforboth sides, but I won the game.

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This was an interesting game inwhichmyopponentmoveda littlefast. InG/30,hehadupto a fourteen-minutetimeadvantageat onepoint. Sadly,movingquicklycanhave its problems.

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Private detective Jack Diamond has been hired asa bodyguard by the paranoid Erfische, contenderagainst S for the World Chess Champion-ship. He is indebtedforthisjob toMadam Desemone,his landlady and Tarot card reader, who has foretoldto the nervous E1jische that there will be darkforeesto overeome ifhe is to win the championship. Thus thestage is set inpart Ifor adventure (Augustissue),fol-lowed in part II (September.issue) by the narrow es-cape of E1jischefrom death by poison. Their adven-tures continue and are concluded in this final install-ment of the humorously written story by longtime chessplayer Don Emigh, told in the first person from theperspective of Jack Diamond

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TI e bus stopped a block away from the Fon-tanelle, where Erfishe was staying. He gothis key at the desk and we walked up the

five flights to his floor. He didn't trust elevators.The hall, when we left the staircase, was dimlylighted, as most hotel halls are, but as the hallstretched down the length of the building, to-ward the fire exit sign, it actually became dark.The fire exit sign hung there at the'end like a redeye in a keyhole.

"Something isn't right," Erfishe muttered, aswe advanced with slowing steps. "It's totallydark at the end of the hall. It isn't supposed tobe. What happened to the light?"

We approached cautiously. 1had my pen-light out as we crept along, looking for the lightfixture that had to be there.

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"Ah, hat I..." 1nearly fell over something,something just high enough and sharp enoughto put a real dent in my shins. 1dropped the pen-light, of course, and it spun along the carpet,flashing light off the walls. Erfishe brushed pastme at a gallop, heading for the stairs.

"Come back," 1haissed in a loud whisper. "Itripped over a stool, but 1 got the light fixturehere, right above me. 1think there's a bulb miss-ing."

As Erfishe retraced his steps, 1retrieved thepenlight and pointed it at the fixture on the wall.He saw that a bulb had been taken out.

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He gasped, "Who took it? It's part of the plot! There'sonly one lightbulb missing on this whole floor, Diamond-and it's the bulb at my end of the hall, the bulb close to myroom! Something's going on here!"

He suddenly wheezed with a sound like a rupturedvacuum pump. "Look!" Even in the dark, 1could feel himpointing down the hall. A feeble sliver of light hadabruptly shot out into the hallway from a door ajar at oneof the rooms. "My God, Diamond! That's my room!There's somebody in there!"

We tiptoed toward the door as I unlimbered my .38.Erfishe had hired me to protect him., and I intended to dojust that. We stopped outside the door to listen. There wasa rustling sound, a short pause, and then the sound of asliding drawer. A chair scraped as it was being moved.

"Get him., Diamond! Get Him! We've got him cor-nered!" Erfishe's hot breath poured down the back of myneck.

Professionally, I had never had occasion to make themaneuver, but now was the time to kick a door open.Shock and surprise are what you need. I reared back,cocked my foot waist high, and gave the door a tremen-dous kick with the bottom of my foot. The door bangedinward against the doorstop and, unfortunately, came re-bounding back just as fast. It slammed shut against thedoorjamb and I heardthe decisiye click ofthe lock.

"Get down!" Iyelled, "He'll be firingthrough the door!" Ipowered my shoulderinto Erfishe and weboth went sprawlinginto the hall. We werehelpless out there,what with Erfishetangled in his coat andme patting aroundtrying to find 'my .38.1 kept waiting forsomething awful tohappen, but it didn't.

The door openedonce more-only thistime, wide. I looked

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up from the floor and saw a small woman outlined inthe doorway. She was wearing a gray uniform witha gray cap and a white apron. She was holding afeather duster. She didn't say a thing.

We got to our feet. "Who are you?" Erfishe de-manded.

"I'm the maid," the woman said. "I was cleaningthis room No one was here."

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"Well, I'm here now," Erfishe said. "Maybe I be-lieve you and maybe I don't. This is tha sort of thingthat looks legit, until you dig into it. Why are all thelights out in this end of the building?"

"Not in the building, sir, only this hallway. Alight was burned out; so I got a stool from the linencloset so I could reach the bulb. See?" She took a lightbulb from a pocket in her apron. "I'm going to giveit to maintainance. They keep track of these." Shesmiled. "I'm through with your room, sir. You cango in now."

By this time, I was back in control of things."Thanks, miss," I said.

I was deep in the big chair by the window andErfishe was sitting on the edge of the bed, holding hisforehead in his hands. He mumbled some words thatI guess I was supposed to hear, but it was more likehe was talking to himself. He said, "I'm going to can-cel. There's too much going on around here. I can'tplay chess under these conditions." He raised hishead. "DiiUJlond, I'm getting you a room across thehall. I want you to stay here at the hotel until tomor-row morning, and then we go to the airport. I'm get-ting outta here!"

Like I said, I don't know much about chess, but atleast I knew enough to ask, "But what about thematch with Boris S ? Isn't everybody wait-ing?"

"Let' em wait," he said savagely. "Maybe they candig up some sucker willing to play ring-around-the-rosey with Boris, but it won't be me! They know Icouldcrush S , him or anyone of them That'sall I care about. I might play if they get some otherplace for the match, and if they guarantee that therewon't be any harrassment, and if they jack up themoney another five hundred G's. Maybe I'Qconsiderthat. But I won't play here. Not in this town. Theycan't make me!... I'll call down for another room"

The hours that followed were strangely spent, in-deed. Erfishe refused to leave the hotel room, and Ihad to stay there with him. We played Five-CardBezique when he wasn't standing at the drapes look-ing down into the street, or listening at the door when

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someone passed by in the hallway. Twice we hadsandwiches brought in. You may not believe this, butboth times he waited until I had taken a coupl' a bites.

Around ten o'clock in the evening, he dug out achess set and a chess board out of his suitcase and saidhe wanted to go over some things by himself, and thathe would see me in the morning. That was swell byme. It'd been a long day.

At the airport the next morning, standing in thecheck-in line, Erfishe reached into his coat pocket andpulled out a fistful of silver and paper money.' Hefound a hundred dollar bill in the jumble, and pickedit out and handed it to me. He said, "Take this, Dia-mond. Lord knows I owe you a lot more. You riskedyour life twice for me yesterday, pushing me awayfrom the door like that, and tasting the sandwiches.But, believe me, the Federation will reschedule thematch with S ; they have to. After I smashhim, whenever that is, I'll settle up with you."

"Sounds fair to me," I said. Certainly, our littleadentures hadn't cost me a dime. He'd paid for ev-erything, even the bus fares.

My last sight of the man was of his round blackhat and his wide shoulders as he shuffled with astream of people down a boarding ramp toward anairplane. I heard from him six months later, just ashort note. He stated, matter-of-factly, that he wasnow chess champion of the world. "Please find en-closed," he wrote, "a bank draft for a thousand dol-lars." He rambled a bit about how he was sure someof the chess players in Leipzig were out to get himHe wrote that Madame Desemone and me were theonly friends he'd ever found in New York. I thought,all in all, he came off a little sad.

I split the money with Madame Desemone. Afterall, if it hadn't been for her, I wouldn't have got thecase. The money sure made her eyes pop. "Jackie,"she said, flashing that huge smile, "you pro'ly don'know dis, but I've always bin in love wi' you."

We closed the offices early and went over toLouie's where we celebrated with dinner and im-ported beer. .

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Chess Coaching to Some Purpose

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byDr.LeoStefurak,President,ChessMatesFoundation are well served when they feel (not just t~ink) that.. d P f .all f using their minds is enjoyable and rewardIng.The MIssIon an ro esslon sm 0 . . .. 6. Chess is a game and chess. specIfiCally. ISa

Chess Coaching children's game. Children know this. One of the1. Coaches are privileged to instruct elementary arts of chess coaching is to give the game of chess

school students. Chess coaches love the game of chess back to children. This means. at least in part. thatand have spent years developing their chess ability. chess coaches should connect with the understand-Chess coaching and instruction of young students are ing abilities of their children as well as the emotionalwonderful opportunities for chess playing adults to and competitive 'competencies' of their students.

sh.ar.etheir ~nthusiasm for t~e game with a ready and 7. Children learn by example. Your studentswIllIng audIence of developIng players. are watching you. Your students are smarter than

2. As with all true professions. it is important to you know. And they perceive not just their chessplace the interest of your clients. i.e.. your students. coach teaching chess. but also all other aspects of yourabove those of your own. Ultimately. chess instruc- interaction with your world and with them. To be ation is effective and worthwhile when a coach em- teacher is to set an example for students.

pathizes with the learning needs of students and acts 8 'Chess is an ocean from which a gnat mayto generat~ unde.rstandi~g and comprehension rather drink' or in which an elephant may bathe' (old In-than seeking to Impose It. dian proverb). Chess can be many

3. It is useful to seek the greatest The wholeartof teachingis only things to many people. let chess be toinstructional good for the greatest theartof awakeningthenatural your students what they need andnumber of students. Chess instruc- curiosityof youngmindsfor the want it to be. Lead your charges totion in a school setting implies the in- purpose of satisfying it afterwards. the water - show them many. manystruction of groups of students rather -AnatoleFnwce ways to get there - and let themthan one on one instruction. What is drink in their own way.

good ~or.g~oup l~arning. is sometim~s n,ot apparent 9. Chess is not the easiest of games to play or tofro~ mdIV1dua~I~struCtIon. There ISa group e~u- teach. A chess coach would do well to inspire stu-catIonal dynamIc that emerges from the cooperatIon dent confidence in playing chess. "Yes.chess is hard.between coach~s .and .students. and among students but we are more than equal to the task.- Chess doesthemselves. A rISIng tIde can hft all boats. not need to be made any harder than it already is.

4. Chess coaching cannot anticipate eventual and An important alternative perception to generateindividual student outcomes or involvement. All stu- among your students is that. instead of being, hard.dents in a group are in the intellectual. protective. chess is interesting - very interesting. Chess is anand emotional care of the chess instructor. Coaches ocean. take your students every week for a guidedwould do well. for group instructional purposes. to cruise - see the sights. taste the exotic nature of for-be 'blind' to the tournament attendance or other ex- eign ports. and bring them back safely to play in theirpressed chess involements and non-involvements of own backyard (or swimming pool).students in settings outside. of chess club. It is im- 10. And. please enjoy yourself while teachingportant not to create two tIers of students - those and playing chess. Chess coaching is a joy and a privi-who go to tournaments and those who do not. All lege. Make it your honor and your pleasure to dostudents are 'first-class' citizens of chess club regard- what you love and love what you do.less of their commitments outside of chess club.

hi d h. . Child-Centered Chess Coac ng an t e5. Chess coaches are entrusted wIth generatIng . .a 'life of the mind' for their students. Chess as an art. Art of KnoWIng Your Audiencescience. and sport has an interdisciplinary potential 1. Children are not small adults. The world into make learning and thinking fun. As with medi- mind and emotion which children inhabit is dimen-cine. chess instruction should 'do no harm.' Students sionally different than the world which adult chessNorthwest Chess Octo ber 2005 25

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coaches occupy. Chess is abridge. which chess coaches and justice. Chess is ajust and fair game. Use chessare privileged to cross. into the world of childhood. to elaborate your students thinking about sportsman-

2. Know thyself and know thy students. Stu- ~hip a~d social relatio~s. Two ches~ players interactdents have different abilities and perceptions than m.a mIcrocosm o~ SOCI~ty~nd pohtIcs. Chess, as aadults. The attentional span of children is shorter, reduced sy~tem mlrron~g hfe,. can help stude.n~stothe emotional sensitivities of children are greater. and express theIr sense of faIrness m good competItIon.the learning capabilities of children are more expe- 7. Let your students direct your instructionalrientially and concretely driven. agenda. Coaches feel a responsibility to provide sub-

3. Chess is an .abstract game. And the mental stant~al instructional content ~ir~c~ed towards im-manipulation of this 'representation' is one of the provIng chess perfo~ance. ThISISI~por:tant. Moregreat learning objectives of chess instruction. Chil- Im~rtant. howev~r. ISto genera~e motIvation and en-dren are learning to think and thinking is an abstract thuslasm for plaYIng and s~dYIng the ~ame. It mayprocess. It is important. however. not to place the often be valuable to curtaIl or abbrevIate preparedcart before the horse: do not presume thinking - ~essonsto .allow studen~sto I?laychess ~nd to put youract to generate and direct it. There are deep correla- mstructUlonal suggestIons Into practIce.tions between chess and life and a chess coach can 8. Children are actors and agents making changehelp illuminate and explain chess by reference to in and taking charge of their mental and physicalchildhood experience. The hands-on nature of chess worlds. It is often observed that children havecan serve to be a learning tool by means of which 'shorter' attention spans than adults. This may be anchildren come to 'internalize' their own seeing and incomplete understanding of the phenomenon. Chil-thinking processes. dren perceive and attend actively. Passive attention

4. Psychologists use an equation. P-MxA, to ex- in child~en may w~ll seem le.ss important to. thempress the multiplicative relationship between per- than actIvely pursuIng the tOpIC.The value chIld~enformance (P). motivation (M) and ability (A). Your ~lace .on doIng may ~ften be gre~ter than on passIvestudents have abilities in chess. Chess can be 'ac- hstemng. When thIs happens gIve your students acessed' by a plethora of chance to practice theirlearning styles and intellec- The wholesecretof thestudyof natureliesin learninghowto form of ~activeattenti~n'tual approaches. And one useone'seyes.- GeorgeSlUJd by plaYIng chess. doIngway for chess coaches to po- . . ch~s~problems, or pur-tentiate student ability is to motivate students. Stu- SUIngsome other engagIng actIvIty.dents do not know their own strengths. By a posi- 9. Chess is a discipline of the mind. This disci-tive. confident and optimistic instructional style, p,line involves self-control. meta-thinking and achess coaches can allay any 'performance anxiety' on motivated approach to life and learning. The chessthe part of their students and allow them to realize coach is an intellectual leader who provides an ex-that thinking has a vast upside (in contrast to the of- ample of personal discipline for students to emulate.ten perceived downside which students know all too Students possess great personal and intellectual en-well by 'mistakes' on tests and quizes). ergy and the. art of chess instruction involves giving

5. Make chess a way for children to be right, no student~ examples of intellectual c~ntrol a~d directedmatter what. Consider a maze: unless various routes expressIon so that they can perceIve theIr own po-are taken and found to be 'dead-ends.' progress will tential for focu~ed effort a~d outc~mes. Chess games,not be made.. Chess learning. like maze solving. is a per~onal experIences. and ImmedIate examples suchprocess of accepting 'dead-ends' for what they are as simultaneou1splay a~ewa~s to show students what- signposts to the goal. In a very important sense. they are capable of doIng wIth and through chess.children are always right. Children sincere in their 10. Two-thirds of the primate brain is devotedexpression are providing an indication of their ap- to visual perception. Students are good at seeing. theyprehension and understanding. [Asa poor example: have practiced it their whole lives. Go with youra functional computer is hardly considered to be strength and your students' natural strength! Chess'wrong' when it expresses an 'output' - the com- instruction begins with the art of seeing andputer may be incomplete or incorrect to our mind progresses to the art ofthinking. I recommend teach-but its output is dependent on the input given to it.] ing chess in a two-step manner. See. then Think!

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"Firsts" from the Pages of theWashington Chess Letter and Northwest Chess

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by Russell (Rusty)Mlllerfirst published NWCJuly 1985

The Brat Issue of the WashingtonChess Letter (Vol. 1, No.1) was No-vember 1947, published by the Se-attle YMCAunder the auspices ofthe Washington State Chess Federa-tion with a cover price of $.10 percopy. Cost for a year was $1.00.

The Brat EcIitor was LawrenceW. Tare of Everett, WA.

The Brat Postal Editor was NeilF. Power of Snohomish.

The Brat Circulation Manaaerwas Richard P. Allen of Seattle.

The lead story in the first issuewas: "Joachim, Sheets Tie In State,1947 State Championship."

Firat mention of 1M GeorgeKoitanowaJd in WCLwas in the firstissue. He was reported to have givenhis 2nd simultaneous exhibition inEverett with no losses and twodraws, Neil Power and Larry Taro.

The first game printed in WCLwas J oachim- Tweeddale from theWashington State Championship of1947.

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1.e4e52.~f3~c6 3.Ab5a64.Aa4~f65.0-0 b5 6.Ab3 d6 7.~g5 d5 8.exd5~d5 9.~xf71/xf7 10..f3+ ~e6 11.~c3 ~ce112.d4 Ab7 13.f!e1 c614.f!xe5+ 1/d7 15..g4+ 1/c7 16.~e4~g617.f!f5Ac818.f!f7+1/b619..g3Ae6 20.f!f3 Ae7 21.~c3 Ah4 22.~d5+ .Axd523..g4 Axf3 24.gxf3.f625..!.e3 h5 26..d7 f!ad8 27.d5+ c528..!.xc5+ 1-0

eI-. "This game is the one now re-ceiving most consideration for thebrilliancy prize! The original sacri-fice on the 9th move is now consid-ered unsound."

The top players on the Brstpostal rating list were Bever 1200,

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J.Cerretalli 1250, Dr. F. DePaula1250,J.Fb1neganI300,A.Guthrie1362, A. Knight 1219, R. Merk 1250,C. Moore 1226, A. Norman 1261, N.Power 1250,H.Reade 1250,J.Run-ning 1250, H. Seely 1250, and L. W.Taro 1300.

The first mention of OlafU1vestad, future 1M,was in the firstissue of the WCL. He was conduct-ing a class at the Seattle YMCA CCand was the WCF Tournament Di-rector.

The fbst Letter to the Editorappeared in the February 1948 is-sue ofWCL from A. C. Holman.

Dear Mr. Taro,

congratulations on the new

Washington Chess Letter. Long mayit live and grow!

With all the new books, newissues of old ones, and all the

many chess publ.i,c:;ations,I some-times wonder whether we mere

players and readers can absorb it

all, especially games and annota-tions.

Certainly, a publication bythe local association seemsdesirable so that on~ can keep intouch with ones chess friends,

postal and personal, and theirstyle and strength as shown bytheir games.

Your statement of newsworthyitems is well conceived. However,

there is one thing you left out,that is letters to the Editor,

they are inevitable, and some

will be worth printing.

The fbst mention of the Presi-

dent of the WCF was of Edward L.Arnold. He was also a member of athree-man committee to hold toUr-naments in Western USA to selecttwo masters to take part in 1948 USChampionship. !

The Brat mention of circula-t~n &glue was in March 1948, a fig-ure of about 50. This was half thenumber needed to put out the 12-page issues.

The first mention of HighSchool Chess was in Feb. 1948 is-sue. "A state high school tourna-ment is struggling to get startedunder the able direction of Mr. Holt,who will appreciate information ofschool organization elsewhere.BeUarmine, Stadium and LincolnHigh Schools have been very activein the last few months."

It was announced in Apri11948WCL that the Firat Annual PugetSound Open would be held May 30& 31. The May issue gave more de-tails. Entry fee was $1.50 with firstprize $15 guaranteed. An Editorialin the July issue by Lawrence Tarocalled the tournament "the first BIGTIME chess tournament ... held inthe Pacific Northwest." For therecord, it was a 12-player, 6-roundSwiss won by Jim Schmitt, a 19-year-old from Portland 6-0.

The first election of WCF of-Bcers was reported in July 1948,Pres-Lawrence Taro, V-P-JohnNourse, Sec- Richard Allen, Tres- W.H. 'RR1Piah. ' .

Your Mailing LabelYour mailing label is evidence of membership. The firSt line of

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QGD SlavRobert Holler (1662)Jerry Reiner (1568)

Portland, Gagnon s August G/30 (3) 2005

1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tnc3 tnf6 4.tnf3 iusS.1!fb3 1!fb6 6.cS 1!fxb3 7.axb3 g6S.Af4 tnbd7 9.h3 Ag7 10.e3 0-011.Ae2 Ae4 12.0-0 Axf3 13.Axf3 hS14.b4 a61S.lIa2 q;,h716.lIfa1 Ah617.Ag3

17.Axh6 <t>xh6 1S.bS19.bxa6 bxa6 20.lIxa6::t

17...gS? 1S.bS cxbS 19.tnxbS .

19.tnxdS tnxdS 20.hdS, winning.19...tne4 20.tnc7 lIacS 21.tnxdStnxg3 22.fxg3 e6 23.tnc3 g4 24.hb7he3+ 2S.<ith2 IIbs 26.c6 Axd4

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Chess in the Moviesby Bob Basalla

published by TPI Wonderworks, pb., 422 8.5x11 pages. @2005. Retail $34.95.

by Russell (Rusty) Miller examples of chess in the movies. Basalla

a . th 1.,1. .' book has a witty writing style.ess In e lY.l.OVleSISa newfrom the vanity press division of We ~ve all seen the.chessboard setBob Long's Chessco. The tome up wrongm ads and moVIes.Basallahas

contains over 200 diagrammed positions found a lo~of these and ~es the ~rec-II abS in a clear, three-column format. tor, the major characters m the moVIeand

who they are played by and often givesmore information about the actors.Basalla notes, ". . . about one sixth of allBest Picture nomineesmake use of chesssome way or the other!"

The chapter titles are: 'Opening Re-markslEarly Development,' 'Goals of theGame,' 'Rules of Play,' 'MiddlegameOb-servations,' 'Endgame Caveats,' 'Ac-knowledgments,' 'The Movie Listings,''Post-Game Analysis,' and 'Colophon.'The 'Rules of Play' covers "possiblemeanings and symbolic content."'Middlegame Observations' explores"why are there so many references tochess." 'Post-GameAnalysis' consistsoflistings such as actresses who played inchess scenes.

This is a very interestingbook and itwill take me a lot of time to read it all. Iwill certainlyadd it to mychessreference-book shelves. .

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The author says, "Think of this bookas everything you always wanted to knowabout chess references in movies-andmore." The book sure does that and youwon't view movies the same way again.There are writeups about more than 2000movies. Some are like The Bishop Mur-der Case (1930), taking more than a fullpage, and Searching for Bobby Fischer(1993), more than two pages. Some in-formation is just the title such as "&hachdem Teufel German title for Beat theDevil."

Bob Basalla started this project in1980's when he was editor of The Cleve-land Chess Bulletin and did reviews asfiller material. He knew he had a winner,when he got more connnents on the moviebits than the other content of the bulletin.Frank Brady did some articles in ChessLife & Review in 1978 that had about 60

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A one-section, seven-round Swiss held on Friday evenings with a timecontrol of 35/100 and 25/60). The prize fund is 75%of the entry fees.

First 23%Seeend 16%12000 9%11800 8%11600 1%11400 6%Inrated 3%Endurance 3%

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Byes: 4 (1 in rds 5-7, commit by 10/19). Miscellaneous:USCF memb. req'd. No smoking. No computers.

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Entry Fees: Adult (over 20): $24 if rec'd by 11/17, $32 at site. Junior(under21): $16 ifrec'd by 11/17,$24 atsite.25% discount to SCC mem-bers or 12.5%discount to members of other dues-req'd CCs in BC,OR, & WA. Unrated players FREEwith purchase of 1-yrUSCF& WCF.Make checks payable to SCC.

Registration: Fri.91247-7:45 pm or Sat. 9/259-9:45 am.

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rhOctober 15-16 Portland Fall OpenFbSite: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219.Format: 2-section [Open & Reserve (U1800)], 5-round Swiss. TC:Sat 40/90, SD/6O;Sun 40/2, SD/l. EF: $30 if received by 10/12,$35 at site. $10 discount for PCC Members. Prize Fund: $$650 b/40. Prizes: Open:$150-100,U2oo0 $75. Reserve: $100-75,U16oo$50, UI400 $50, U1200/UNR $50. Reg: Sat., 9-9:30 am. Rds:Sat 10-2-ASAP,Sun IO-ASAP.Byes: 1\\'0 Y2-pt.byes avail. if requestedat reg. Mise: USCF & OCF/WCF membership req'd, OSA.Entries: See site address. Info: [email protected],503-246-2978 www.aboutchess.org.

rhOctober 22-23 Puget Sound OpenFbSite: TacomaCC, DTI Soccer Store Bldg, Rm 11 (2nd Floor), 409Puya1lupAveE, Tacoma WA. Format: 5-round Swiss. TC: 40/90,SD/60. EF: $25 advance, $35 at site. Jr. $20 advance, $25 at site.Economy (no prize money) $10. UNR free (to play for first place$, pay regular EF). Prize Fund: 67% offutl-paying EFs. Prizes:250/0,U2oo0 (3 equal groups}-150/0,140/0,13%. Economywinner-certificate + free Boon. EF to a future event Reg: 9-9:45 a.m.Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7, Sun 10-3 or ASAP.Byes: Two Y2-pt.byes avail.if declared in advance Mise: USCF, WCF/OCF memb. req'd,OSA. NS. NC. Ent/Info: Gary Dorfner, 8423 E 'B' St, TacomaWA98445; 253-535-2536 or 253-627-3731; [email protected];www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com.Make checkspayableto TCC.

rhOctober 29 PCC Game-in-45FbSite: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219.Format: 5-round Swiss (TD may switch to 4SS and G/60 if under25entries). TC:G/45. EF:$20atsite. $5discountforPCCmemb.

No advance entries! prize Fund: $$200 b/20. Prizes: $60-40-30,UI800 35, UI500 35. Reg: 9-9:30 a.m. Byes: One half-point byeavail. if requested at reg. Mise: OCF/WCF and USCF membreq'd, OSA. Info: [email protected].

November 5-6 Grants Pass Open xxxnSite: Rogue Community College, 3345 Redwood Hwy, "r Bldg,Grants Pass OR Format: 5-round Swiss. TC: G/120. EF: $30in advance, $35 at site Prize Fund: $$1095 b/30. Prizes:$2oo+trophy-loo, X/A lOO+trophy-50,B/C l00+trophy/50, D &Under 80-40, UNR 50-25, trophies for first place in each section.Reg: Sat., 8-9 a.m. Rds: Sat 9:30-2-6:30, Sun 9-2. Byes: 1\\'0 Y2-pt. byes avail. if requested at reg. Mise: USCF & OCF/WCFmembership req' d, OSA. EntlInfo: Wray A. Maxwell, 740 NW4th Sf, Grants Pass OR 97526; 541-476-5000.

FbNovember 12 TCC G/60 #5FbSite: Tacoma CC, DTI Soccer Store Bldg, Rm 11 (2nd Floor), 409Puya1lupAveE, Tacoma WA. Format: 4-SS. TC: G/6O. EF: $20.Prize Fund: $$300 b/20. Prizes: $80-70, U2ooo $60, U17oo $50,U1500 $40. Reg: 9-9:45 a.m Rds: 10-12:30-3-5:30. Mise: USCF,WCF/OCF memb. req'd, OSA. Y2-K.NS. NC. Ent/Info: GaryDorfner, 8423 E 'B' St, Tacoma WA 98445; 253-535-2536;Ggarychess@ aol.com; www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com.Makechecks payable to TCC.

FbNovember 13 PCC Sunday QuadsFbSite: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th, Portland OR 97219. Format:3-RR. TC: 0/120. EF: $15, $5 discount for PCC members. Noadvanceentries! Reg: 9:30 am. Mise: OCF/WCFandUSCF membreq'd, OSA. Info: [email protected] 503-246-2978www.about-chess.org.

More Scholastic EventsDecember 2005

17 NSC ScholasticOpen (K,K-3,4-6) Elena Donaldson [email protected] www.chessplayer.comINSC_reg.htm Shoreline WA27-29 Chess Odyssey Holiday Camp Pete 503-504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com " Beaverton OR

, January 20062 ChessOdysseyWinterTermbegins [email protected] ,PortlandareaOR5 Winter Olympics Team Tmt (K-12) Pete 503-504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com ,. HiUsboroOR14 WAScholasticAction Ch (6-8,9-12) Randy Kaech [email protected] .http://whsca.org TBA WA16 8 Martin Luther King Jr. Classic (K-12) Helen Noonan [email protected] HiUsboro OR21 8 Buckman Scholastic (K-12) Mike Whetter 503-244-3183 mwhetter@comcastnet Portland OR21 Ollie LaFraniere Memorial Classic (K-8) Jon Licht 360-754-6472 [email protected] " Olympia WA22 Chess Odyssey Parent/Child Workshop Pete 503-504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com """""""""""""'" Beaverton OR27-28 WAHS State Individual Ch Randy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org TBA WA

February 2006Randy Kaech [email protected] .http://whsca.org TBA WARandy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.net/kaech """"""""""""".""""" Ferndale WAElena Donaldson [email protected] www.chessplayer.com/NSC_reg.htm Shoreline WAEric 503-931-5626 erichannibal@comcastnet www.oscf.org " Salem ORRandy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org TBA WA

March 2006Julie 503-520-8960 julie@Chessforsuccess. www.chessforsuccess.org PortIand ORRandy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org TBA WAKudva [email protected] www.oscf.org Beaverton ORJon Licht 360-754-6472 [email protected] Olympia WAJon Licht 360-754-6472 [email protected] ..""""""""""""""""'.""""""""""""""'" Olympia WAPete 504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com , Beaverton OR

r~ 4 WAMS/JHS State Individual Ch11 Chess Jam 2006 (4-12)19 NSC ScholasticOpen (K,K-3,4-6)20 8 Capitol City Chess Festival (K-3,K-6,K-12)

24-25 WAHigh School State Team ChJr

34 Chess for Success State Ch (K-12)4 WA MS/JHS State Team Championship11 8 Cooper Mtn!Whitford Sch (K-12)18 St. MichaelQueen's Quest(K-S,girlsonly)18 WA Girls OpenlPolgar Qualifier (K-12)21-23 Chess Odyssey Spring Break Camp

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Open EventsOctober 2005

G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 gg&[email protected] www.taoomachessclub.netfinns.oom """" Tacoma WA

see Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAJerry Weikel 775-747-1405 [email protected] Reno NVNeil Dale 503-256-5233 pdxchess@aoLcom www.aboutchess.org Portland ORG. Dorfber 253-535-2536 gguyches!@aoLam www.taromachesscluhnett1nrw.oomTacoma WANeil Dale 503-256-5233 pdxchess@aoLcom www.aboutchess.org PortIand ORsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA

November 2005503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org """""""""""'" Portland, ORDavid [email protected]""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" SpokaneWAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536gg&[email protected] TacomaWAsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAWray MaxweD 541-476-5000 Grants Pass ORsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfuer [email protected] TacomaWAG. Dorfber 253-535-2536 gg&[email protected] .TacomaW ANeil Dale 503-256-5233 pdxchess@aoLcom www.aboutchess.org Portland ORDavid [email protected]"""""""""" , SpokaneWAsee Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAH.G. Pitre [email protected] www.nwchess.com BeDevue WAH.G. Pitre [email protected] www.nwchess.com BeUevue WAKG. Pitre [email protected] www.nwchess.com BeDevue WANeil Dale 503-256-5233 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org """"""""""""'" Portland, OR

December 2005G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536gg&[email protected] ,.. TacomaWAsce Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattIechessclub.org SeattIe WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536gg&[email protected] TacomaWASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattIechessclub.org SeattIe WANeil Dale 503-256-5233 [email protected] """""""""""""" Portland ORG. Dorfuer 253-535-~536gg&[email protected] TacomaWANeil Dale 503-256-5233 [email protected] Portland OR

April 200614-16 Far West Open Jerry Weikel 775-747-1405 [email protected] """""""""""""'" Reno NV

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14,21,28 TCC Championship (Rds 4-6)21,28 see Championship (Rds 5-6)14-16 Western States OpenFb15-16 Portland FaD OpenFb22-23 Puget Sound OpenFb29 pee Game-in-45Fb29 see Saturday Quads

1,8,15,22,29 Portland CC ChampionshipFb3,10,17TurkeyQuads4 TCC G/15Chmp.4 see Championship (Rd 7)5-6 Grants Pass Open XXXD .

Fb6 see Sunday Tornado11,18 TCC G/30 ActionFb12 Tee G/60 #5 NOTEFORMATCHANGEFb13 pee Sunday QuadsFb19 2nd Spokane CC G/1OFb19-20 Rain City Adult & Junior

. 25-26 WA Class Chess Fest-Chess 96025-26 WA Class Chess Fest-Class BlitzFb25-27 Washington Class ChampionshipFb26 PCC Game-in-60

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19 Chess Odyssey Parent Orientation Pete 503-504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com " Beaverton OR22 NSC Scholastic Open (K,K-3,4-6) Elena Donaldson [email protected] www.chessplayer.comlNSC_reg.htm , Shoreline WA23 83rd Soa:c:r~ ScholasticQd (K-12) Sudhakar 503430-5744 www.aboutchess.org """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Portland OR24 Kickoff Tournament (4-12) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.netlkaech Bellingham WA29 St. MichaelUl000 & Over 900 (K-3,4-8)Jon 360-754-6472 jonjerrie@comcastnet """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" Olympia WA

November 20056 8 4th Socoer~ SchdasIicQd (K-12) Sudhakar 503430-5744 www.aboutchess.org """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Portland OR7 Alpha Tournament (4-12) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.netJkaech """"""""""""'" Sedro-WoolleyWA11 8Youth Spirit Tmt Amy Coughlin [email protected] www.oscf.org """""""""""""' , Portland Area OR12 Chess Odyssey OR Grade-LevelCh Pete 503-504-5756 [email protected] www.chessodyssey.com Portland OR12 Knightmare's Gauntlet (K-6) Mary Clarfeld [email protected] Shoreline WA12 WAMS/JHS & HS Miniteams Randy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" TBA WA12 InterMat Candidates Quads (invitation) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" TBA WA19 8 Eugene Fall Classic Scholastic (K-12) Jerry Ramey 541-232-0328 [email protected] www.chessways.com Eugene OR19 Chess Mates' Fall Kick-Off [email protected] Seattle WA25 Washington Class Scholastic David Hendricks DavidCHenricks@comcastnet www.nwchess.com BeIlevue WA28 Beta Tournament (4-12) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.netJkaech Lynden WA

December 20053 Bryant Fall Classic (1(.1-3,4-6) Dave [email protected] www.bryantschool.org """"""""""""""""""""""'" Seattle WA3 Intermat Toumament (invitation) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org TBA10 8 BuckmanScholastic(K-12) MikeWhetter503-244-3183mwhetter@comcastnet""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" PortlandOR10 Lakeridge Elementrary (K,1-3,4-6) www.cmiregistration.comiuser/org/category.jxp?id=5644&org=216 """""""""""'" Mercer Island WA10 WA Class Action - JHS, MS, & HS Randy Kaech [email protected] http://whsca.org TBA WA17 8 Hillsboro Holiday Classic (K-12) Helen Noonan hnoonanhams@comcastnet """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" HiIlsboro OR

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