1 Contents Cover Photo Details …………………………………………………...... Page 2 Upcoming Tournaments Throughout NJ & Pennsylvania ………. Page 3 n k Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey ………………………………… Page 4 Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero …………………. Page 5 Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, World Youth Championship In Vietnam by Anna R. Matlin ...... Page 7 and board members along with their addresses, and email addresses for your convenience. Book Review: The Genius & Misery Of Chess by Michael V. Polito Page 9 Please keep in mind that many of these people 2008 NJ Grade School Championship ... by Hal Sprechman ...... Page 10 donate their time in the form of meetings (usually Chess: Fest And Film by Terese & David W. Hatch ...... Page 11 on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) th and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to Reporting On The 39 Annual Nat’l. Chess Congress by J. Mucerino Page 13 make your chess playing experience as rewarding What It’s Like Being Married To An IM by Dawn Ippolito ...... Page 15 as it can be! Book Review: How Life Imitates Chess by James R. West …...... Page 16 I encourage all comments, criticisms, and Anand vs Kramnik – A One-Act Chess Play by Ken Calitri ...... Page 17 recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it has been and always will Reporting On The Scholastic Grade Champ. by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. Page 19 remain a publication BY the chess-playing Newark Gambit – The Antidote To 4.Bc4... by Lev D. Zilbermints. Page 21 community FOR the chess-playing community Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. …………………………...….. Page 22 within NJ! Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero ………………………….. Page 23 Games From Around The State (continued) by Steve Ferrero ….. Page 24

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856-396-0961 Windows XP Professional. We welcome all Aaron Kiedes - Technology [email protected] 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 comments, criticism, and feedback from 973-343-3260 Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee¹ readers and don’t forget to submit your [email protected] 932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 856-428-0304 games to me from the tournaments! Anthony Cottell – Trustee¹ [email protected] 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072 201-438-6140 Mike Goeller - Trustee Sponsorship Levels: [email protected] [email protected] st Gold $100/year (ACN Sent 1 Class) Bill Cohen - Clearinghouse Mike Khodarkovsky – Masters Affairs Silver $50/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045 Bronze $25/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) 732-548-8432 973-299-0932 Out Of State $15/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) [email protected] [email protected] NJ Regular $10/year (ACN Sent Bulk Mailing) Dan Herman - Trustee Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee Outside U.S. $25/year (ACN Mailed Economy) [email protected] Dean Ippolito - Collegiate 141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. – Tournament Publicity & 908-534-4318 Columnist Columnists This Issue: [email protected] 22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 Anna Matlin 973-984-3832 Dawn Ippolito Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee [email protected] 311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Hal Sprechman 201-445-1743 Rick Costigan - Nominating Committee James R. West [email protected] 927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108 Joseph J. Mucerino, Jr. 856-854-2376 E. Steven Doyle - Tournaments¹ [email protected] Ken Calitri 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 Lev D. Zilbermints 973-538-1697 Ronald Groseibl - Bylaws [email protected] [email protected] Michael V. Polito Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor [email protected] PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337 Steve Ferrero 908-240-5519 Terese Hatch & David W. Hatch Glenn Petersen - Trustee¹ [email protected] 44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728 732-252-8388 Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs Cover Photo Details: [email protected] 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 732-946-7379 I snapped this photo of Jennie S. Liu (left) and Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee [email protected] one of our columnists, Anna R. Matlin, during 198 Overbrook Drive, Freehold, NJ 07728 732-259-3881 the Viking Last Saturday Quads held in ¹ Denotes NJSCF Past President th [email protected] Somerset on September 27 at the Ramada

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Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey

Jan 4 - 2009 Westfield Quads Feb 8 - ICA Winter 2009 Open Championship 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, GPP: 10 N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 Bergen Academy, 200 Hackensack Ave, Hackensack NJ members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 07601. Open To All Ages With Rating >1400 4SS G/60 U. S. p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. Chess Federation Membership Required, Prize Fund ($$ b/40) www.westfieldchessclub.com. 1st - 3rd $300, $250, $200, U2000, U1800, U1600 each $100. Jan 5 - Feb 2 - Hackettstown Winter Swiss Best Under 13 Years Old $75, Best Over 65 Years Old $75. 5SS, 40/90, additional 40/60 or SD 60-Players Choice. Prize Fund Will Not Be Reduced Below 70%. Reg Ends at 9 Hackettstown Community Center, 293 Main St, Hackettstown, Late Entrants Will Receive 1/2 Point Bye For Rnd 1. EF: Adv NJ. EF: $10, Jrs or Srs $7. Winner gets DOUBLE prize, trophy (pmk. By Feb 4th) $40, AT Site $45. GMs Free Entry. Make or chess books (selected from the USCF catalog, remaining EF: and/or USCF membership checks payable to: International top 40%, trophy or chess book). Reg.: 7-7:30PM. RDS.: Chess Academy. INFO 201 287 0250 or 201 833 1741, Email: 7:30PM Mondays. 908-852-5925. ENT: Harold J Darst, 111 W [email protected] (Web Site Entries: www.icanj.net). Rds.: 9:30 Moore St., Hackettstown, NJ 07840. (908) 852-5925. WCL AM, 11:45 AM, 2:15 PM, 4:30 PM. ENT: Diana Tulman, 28 Canterbury Lane, New Milford, NJ 07646. NS NC W. JGP.

Jan 11 - 2009 Westfield Quads *** A Heritage Event! *** 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 February 14 – 16 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 Celebrate The 60’s ! p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. th www.westfieldchessclub.com. 39 Annual World Amateur Team & US Team East Jan 16-19, 17-19, or 18-19 41st Annual Liberty Bell Open GPP: 80 Enhanced 39th Annual - Celebrate the 60's! 6SS, 40/2, SD/1. Parsippany Hilton, 1 Hilton Ct., Parsippany, N.J. 07054. Chess Rate valid until 7SS, 40/2, SD/1 (3 day option, rds 1-2 G/75; 2 day, rds 1-4 1/16. Reserve early 973-267-7373 or 1- 800-HILTONS. G/40). U900 Section plays 1/18-19 only, G/40. Sheraton City Morris/Essex train to Morris Plains 1.5 miles. Open to 4- player Center Hotel, 17th & Race Sts., Philadelphia 19103. $$20,000 teams with one optional alternate. Team average (4 highest b/320 paid entries (U900 Section counts 1/3, GMs ½), else in ratings-2008 Annual Rating list) must be under 2200, no more than proportion, except minimum 60% of each prize guaranteed. In 1000 points between 3rd & 4th board if team average over 2000. 2006 to 2008, the tournament had over 320 paid entries each EF: $140 postmarked by 2/5/09. $180 after or at door. - all teams, year and the $20,000 projected prize fund was increased. In 8 any changes at site $25 charge. Check out official website sections. Open: $2000-1000-500-300-200, 1st clear or on www.njscf.org. Prizes: 1-5th Place teams, plaque and 4 digital tiebreak $100 bonus, 2300-2399 $800-400, U2300/Unr $800- clocks; Top Team (Denis Barry Award) U2100, 2000, 1900, 1800, 400. FIDE. Under 2100: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1900: 1700, 1600, 1500, 1400, 1300, 1200, 1000 each plaque and 4 $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1700: $1000-600-400-300- Digital Clocks; Top college team (same school) 4 Digital Clocks & 200. Under 1500: $1000-600-400-300-200. Under 1300: $700- plaque; Top HS team (grades 9-12 same school), Top Middle 400-250-150-100. Under 1100: $700-400-250-150-100. Under School (grades 5-9 same school), Top Elementary School (grades 900: $150-100-50, trophies to top 8. Unrated may enter any K-6 same school), Top 2 Scholastic Teams (mixed schools okay) section, but may not win over $50 in U900, $100 in U1100, (Collins Award), Mixed Doubles (2 males, 2 females-no alternates), Seniors (all players over age 50), Military, each plaque $200 U1300, $300 U1500, $400 U1700, or $500 U1900. Top 5 & 4 Digital Clocks to top team; Company Team (same employer) sections EF: 4 day $99, 3 day $98, 2 day $97 mailed by 1/8, all Old Timers Trophy (all players over 65), Family (4 family $100 online at chesstour.com by 1/13, $105 phoned by 1/13 members), State teams-CT, DE, MD, MA, NJ, NY, (Benjamin (406-896-2038, entry only, no questions), $120 (no checks, Award), PA, VA, NC, Canada, Ethel Collins Perseverance (lowest credit cards OK) at site. GMs free, $80 deducted from prize. scoring scholastic) each plaque top team; Best Player 1-4 and top U1300, U1100 Sections EF: All $20 less to rated players. U900 alternate, All 6-0 scores each Digital clock. Biggest Individual Section EF: $27 mailed by 1/8, $28 online by 1/13, $30 phoned upset each round Engraved Cross pen; Entry fee refunded to team by 1/13, $40 at site. All: FREE TO UNRATED. Unofficial with Best "Chess related" name, Sunday night- Best "Chess uschess.org ratings based on 4 or more games usually used if Related costumes or gimmick-1960's theme"-gourmet dinner for otherwise unrated. Special 1 yr USCF dues with Chess Life if four. Reg. 9-12 Sat 2/14. Rds. 1-7:30, 11-6, 9-3:30. Special paid with entry: online at chesstour.com $30; mailed, phoned Events!! Surprises and special give-aways each round. Sunday or paid at site $40. Mailed entry $3 less to PSCF members. Re night-Bughouse $20 per team-cash prizes, Sunday Morning- 960 entry (except Open Section) $80. 4-day schedule: Reg ends Tournament 8AM-Two Person team event $20 per team-prizes per Fri 6 pm, rds 7 pm, 11-6, 11-6, 10-4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg entries. HR: Parsippany Hilton, chess rates expire 1/16/2009. ends Sat 10 am, rds.11-2:30-6, 11-6, 10-4:30. 2-day schedule: Rates $117 (up to 4 in room) 2nd hotel now attached to Hilton also Reg ends Sun 9 am, rds 10-12-2-4-6, 10-4:30. Under 900 up to 4 in room $112 per night-Hampton Inn--includes breakfast for schedule: Reg. ends Sun. 9 am, rds 10-12-2-4, 10-12-2. Bye: 4 each day. For help forming teams and more information contact [email protected]: Chks payable to NJSCF, mail by 2/01 to: all, limit 3, must commit before rd 3 and have under 2 pts. HR: E.Steven Doyle, 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960. $93-93-93-93, 215-448-2000, reserve by Jan 2 or rate may (Include Team name, Captain, players full names, USCF increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633 Expiration, ID numbers and ratings in board order). Include SASE or reserve through chesstour.com. Ent: Continental Chess, for confirmation if wanted, No registered or certified mail accepted. Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Questions: 845-496-9658, NS, NC, W. WCL JGP. 2009 USAT Playoff is scheduled for March www.chesstour.com. $15 service charge for refunds. Advance 21, 2009 on ICC. More details will be posted soon. entries will be posted at chesstour.com. WCL JGP. 3

Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)

Branchburg Chess League Livingston Recreation & Parks Plainsboro Chess Club Branchburg Chess League Contact: Thomas McKenna Plainsboro Library Dean of Chess Academy 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Meets 1st Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only) Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 6:00PM – 8:00PM Email: [email protected] Meets Fridays 7:00pm Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club League Membership Required: $25/year (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330 Princeton Landing Chess Club Contact: T. McKeen [email protected] Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 Dumont High School 609-926-5909 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm 101 New Milford Avenue Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm (for kids 7+) Dumont 07628 www.dumontchessmates.com Mendham Chess Club Rutherford Chess Club Contact: Lawrence Constance Garabrant Center 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 201-568-1506 4 Wilson Street Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945 Email: [email protected] Summit Area Chess Club Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Myrtle Avenue Email: [email protected] (Recreation Center At Memorial Field) Elmwood Park Chess Club Meets 1st Thurs. Of Each Month During The Summit 07901 Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm 182 Market Street Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Elmwood Park 07407 Metuchen Chess Club Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm Metuchen – Edison YMCA Contact: Roy Greenberg Toms River Chess Club Lake Street, Metuchen 08840 PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 TD: Ron Groseibl Meets Thursdays 7:00pm Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm 22-50 Maple Avenue Wayne Township Chess Club Fairlawn 07410 Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191 Meets Sundays 1:00pm Board Of Education Building Community Chess Club Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 Greater Somerset County Chess Club Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 511 Station Avenue 40 Pike Run Road Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Haddon Heights 08035 Contact: Anand Mishra 302-632-7460 Contact: Christopher Orapello West Orange Chess Club Website: www.gsccchessclub.org Email: [email protected] Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Email: [email protected] http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M- Valley Way) Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm HH_CCC/ Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Meets To Be Determined Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 Hackettstown Chess Club 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Hackettstown Community Center Monmouth Country Chess Club Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight 293 Main Street Monmouth County Library Headquarters Hackettstown 07840 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Westfield Chess Club Contact: Harold Darst Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 Email: [email protected] Contact: Todd Lunna Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm 2124 Audonon Ave., So. Plainfield 07080 908-852-5925 Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm Bill Cohen (TD) Morris County Industrial Chess League 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen (except certain major holidays) Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 Hamilton Chess Club Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June) Willingboro Chess Club Mercer County Road, Route 609 Groveville 08620 Willingboro Kennedy Center New Jersey Children’s Chess School Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 429 John F. Kennedy Way, “Geller Kids” Chess Camp Website: www.hamiltonchess.org Willingboro 08046 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 (North Newark) 07104 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm International Chess Academy Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 Email: [email protected] Contact: 201-833-1741 Website: www.kidschesscamp.com Wizards of the Mind 17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410 Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 Contact: 201-797-0330 July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm Contact: Mark Schwartzman

Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm 917-841-5589 Ventnor Library Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Club & 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406 Academy Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Woodbury Chess Club 6018 Hudson Avenue Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Presbyterian Church West New York, NJ 07093 Email: [email protected] South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Contact: Atilio Rodriguez 201-926-3680 Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 Email: [email protected] (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm

Meets Saturdays 1:30pm –5:00pm Free Scholastic Instruction Available!

Kenilworth Chess Club n Kenilworth Community Center Contact Steve Ferrero at Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 [email protected] if you would like your Contact: Greg Tomkovich chess club listed for free! Email: [email protected] Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight

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Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero ‚ | Ì

Once again, we have plenty of photos from the monthly Viking Last Saturday of the Month Quads from Somerset. We also have photos to share with you from TD Ken Thomas’ new Game/10 Galore Grand Prix Tournaments held at the Dean of Chess Academy. Atlantic Chess News has finally obtained the game score from the Greater Somerset Chess Club simul that was performed by GM Sergey Kudrin where one of the local players checkmated the super-GM! Columnists Kevin Emmanuel Chen and Tom Stanics covered the recent ICA Fall Open Championship in Hackensack played October 12th and Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero snapped many photos to share with our readers. From the Viking Last Saturday of the Month Quads held in th Somerset on September 27 , we have Junlin Yi (gray shirt) and Leon Wu (writing on scoresheet) vs Mike Dufermont while Lou Sturniolo can be seen in the background during his game.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Eve D. Zhurbinskiy faces off against Michael Bogaty during TD Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads in Somerset held October 25th at the Somerset Ramada Inn.

Michael fended off a potent attack and eventually Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero prevailed in this encounter. Also from the Viking Last Saturday of the Month Quads held in Somerset on September 27th, we have Jennie S. Liu (in white) and Anna R. Matlin during their games while their opponents happened to step away from the boards briefly.

= In Memoriam – Herman Chiu, 1953 - October 18, 2008. Chiu was a USCF master, and was Oregon chess co-champion in 1988, tied with Mike Montchalin. He had numerous other chess victories including an eight-way tie for first in the 2004 St. Louis Open, a three-way tie for first in the 1993 Southern Idaho Open, tied for first in the 2001 Western Idaho Open and Arkansas Open, clear first in the 2000 Normal, Illinois, April Open, clear first in the March 2000 Shoquoquon Open in Iowa and the Greater Peoria Open in Illinois. He played in the 61st New Jersey Open during September 2007 Labor Day weekend which turned

Photo provided courtesy of Thomas Stanics & Kevin Emmanuel Chen out to be the last tournament he would get to play in. He From the ICA Fall Open Championship, Hana Itkis will be missed by many. reaches for a piece against Arthur Feuerstein. 5 Kimberly Ding (1472) George W. Radshewsky (1526) 3rr Hamilton Quads, Hamilton, TL 40/80 15/30, Rd. 2, July 19, 2008, ECO B35 Sicilian Defense – Accelerated Fianchetto – Modern 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 Nxe4 9.Nxc6 [Nxe4 Qxd2+]

Photo provided courtesy of Thomas Stanics & Kevin Emmanuel Chen From the ICA Fall Open Championship held in Hackensack on October 12th, we see Polly P. Wright standing near James R. West and FM Yefim Treger (left).

Greater Cherry Hill G/10 Round Robin – Section 1 9...Bxc3 Cherry Hill, NJ – December 7th [9...Qxc3 10.Qxc3 Nxc3 11.Bd4 Bxd4 12.Nxd4 Na4]

10.Nxa5 Bxd2+ 11.Bxd2 O-O 12.Be3 e6 13.Nb3 Bd7 14.Rd1 Bc6 15.Bd5 [15.Bd3 Rfc8 16.Na5 Nc5 17.Nxc6 Nxd3+ 18.Ke2 Rxc6 19.cxd3 Rac8 20.Rc1 Rc2+ 21.Kd1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Rc5 23.Re1 Rd5 24.Rxe7 Rxd3+ 25.Ke2]

15...Rfc8 16.Bxc6 Rxc6 17.c3 a6 18.Rd4 Nf6 19.Rb4 b5 20.Nd2 Nd5 21.Rd4 Nb6 22.Nb3 Nc4 23.Bc1 Rd8 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Bxd2 e6 26.Be3 d5 27.Ke2 Rdc8 28.a4 bxa4 29.Rxa4 Rb8 30.Rb1 [30.Ra2]

30...Rxc3 31.Bd4 [31.bxc3 Rxb1 Rxa6]

31...Rc6 32.Rba1 Ra8 33.b4 Rc4 34.Kd3 Rb8 35.Rxa6 [35.Rb1 h5 36.Rxa6 Rcxb4 (36...f5 37.Ra4 Rb5 38.Bc3 Kf7 39.Ra5 Rxa5 40.bxa5 Rc7 41.a6 Ra7 42.Ra1 Ke7 43.Bd4 Ra8 44.a7 Kd7 45.Rc1 g5) 37.Rxb4 Rxb4 38.Ra8+ Kh7 39.Rh8#]

35...Rcxb4 36.Rc6 R4b7 37.Bf6 h5 38.Rac1 Rb3+ 39.Ke2 R3b5 40.Be5 Ra8 41.Rc8+ Black Resigns

Greater Cherry Hill G/10 Round Robin – Section 2 Cherry Hill, NJ – December 7th

Photo provided courtesy of Thomas Stanics & Kevin Emmanuel Chen From the ICA Fall Open Championship, we have NM James R. West (background left), Kenneth J. Chieu (foreground left), while GM Alexander Stripunsky (gray sweater) dukes it out against GM Sergey Kudrin.

All the King's Men

Games - Gifts - Chess 62 S. Broadway - Pitman, NJ 08071-1429 “Games From Around The State” Continued On Page 8 856-582-8222 6 During the second round, I noticed that it smelled like smoke. World Youth Championship In Vietnam Somehow, no one else was aware of it. I was really by Anna R. Matlin confused until the next day, when we all learned that the AC had broken down. The room was really hot, especially since it was the day of the double-round and we were playing in the morning. The hosts put in a huge effort, though, and the issue was fixed in a day.

B q P Ñ Though the free day is designed for rest and relaxation, it

always throws me off. Last year and this year I lost the Half the world away and half awake, I was playing blitz with seventh round badly because I just felt out of it. Anyway, we Sarah and Jonathan Chiang as well as Caroline Zhu while went souvenir shopping and had fun bargaining with the Darwin Yang (all from Texas) sat off to the side. We were on locals—who were pretty easy to talk to, actually. the cold, tiled floor of the airport in Ho Chi Minh City, trying to I was somewhat frustrated by the fact that the majority of my occupy ourselves as the visas were being granted to each games resulted in draws, even though they were still well- family. A member of the Vietnamese organization had fought. I had four draws in a row between the second and greeted us warmly with beautifully arranged flowers -- a sixth rounds. Finally, however, I pulled myself together and bouquet for each player. ended up winning rounds nine and ten. I drew the eleventh against Peru. When each person received a visa, we were ushered into a coach bus and I fell asleep without any trouble. It was We attended the closing ceremony—all pressure was off and 2:00AM when we were woken up and led out to take pictures sleep wasn’t really an object at that point. Again, they had a for the tournament ID cards (no offense, but the timing was good mix: awarding of medals and performances. The USA not exactly perfect). I was really surprised upon receiving my won two individual medals and three team medals. Congrats ID that it actually looked like me in the photo and not just like to Sam Shankland from California and Darwin Yang from some lethargic blob. Everyone was really tired and, I’m Texas on their bronze medals and to the winners of the team pretty sure, had no other desire than to climb into a bed and medals, in sections Girls U8, Boys U12, and Boys U18. sleep for a day and a half. However, our hotel had We spent our last day saying goodbye to everything: the little overbooked and some of the coaches and members of the shops near our hotel, the South China Sea, the little market a US delegation were denied a room. Did I mention that it was block away. We visited the huge statue of Jesus Christ on almost 4:00AM by now? Those without rooms were taken to their highest mountain. It’s a lot like the Brazilian statue a nearby hotel. My mom and I were really lucky to have except larger, but it’s perched on a smaller mountain. I met obtained one of the first keys and I felt really bad for the some Buddhist monks in their temple and rang this really cool people who had to go through so much red tape. bell plastered with people’s wishes (on paper).

The next day we got up earlier than expected and went I’m looking forward to Turkey in 2009, which is going to take downstairs to the Mezzanine floor to eat some breakfast. It’s place in the same region as the 2007 World Youth. weird—our perception of breakfast is so different from theirs. Here are some of my statistics and games: At home we get up every morning and eat cereals, or a biscuit, or oatmeal. The Vietnamese like to eat noodles, Round Opponent Color I played with Result soups and other foods that we expect for dinner. Luckily, the 1 Iran Black 0-1 hotel was made to accommodate tourists and the buffet was 2 Israel White 0-1 made up of a mix of Vietnamese and European cuisine. 3 Armenia Black ½-½ There was always a station with two professional Vietnamese cooks making omelet after omelet for a long line of people. 4 Philippines White ½-½ 5 Vietnam Black ½-½ The tournament hall was about twenty minutes’ walk from our 6 Singapore White ½-½ hotel and we decided to visit it before the start of the 7 Latvia Black 1-0 tournament along with Daniel Naroditsky and his mom. I had 8 Taiwan White ½-½ expected it to be really hot but I had not realized it would also 9 Kazakhstan Black 0-1 be extremely humid. After trekking the seemingly endless distance to the tournament hall, we hailed a cab back to the 10 Sweden White 1-0 hotel and reveled in the lobby’s air conditioning. 11 Peru Black ½-½

We decided not to attend the opening ceremony because we You may notice that I ended up with 6 draws which is very unusual. were still exhausted from the long trip and I needed a lot of rest before the first round. Instead, we watched about half an The team was trained by six awesome coaches: Michael hour of it on the national TV channel (they had a variety of Khodarkovsky (head of delegation), Sam Palatnik, Aviv channels, including Disney and Cartoon Network), Friedman, John Federowicz, Dmitry Gurevich, and Armen broadcasted live. I liked it better than the opening ceremony Ambartsoumian. The kids on the team came from all over in Turkey last year because they mixed speeches in with the United States. Here is a list: performances. Among the celebrity visitors were Ms. USA 2005 and the cast of famous Vietnamese pop stars. Don’t Forget To Play In The The day of the first round arrived with an unusual opponent for me: Iran. I was hoping for no hostility and it turned out World Amateur Team Which Is that she was the “smiliest” girl I played the entire tournament. Being Held In Parsippany, NJ!! February 14th - 16th 7 Name State advancing in the center. After that, I tried attacking the h2 Jonathan Chiang, Boys U8 Texas pawn, but I couldn't break through and offered a draw. Tommy He, Boys U8 Texas 35...Rb6 36.Bc1 Bd6 37.Rb3 Kf7 38.e3 d3 39.f3 f5 Raymond Sun, Boys U8 Texas 40.Rf1 Ke6 41.Bd2 Be5 42.Bc3 Bxc3 43.Rxc3 Ra7 44.f4 Jeevan Karamsetty, Boys U10 Texas Kd7 45.Kf2 Kc7 46.Ke1 Rh6 47.Rh1 Rh3 48.Rb3 Kb6 Christopher Wu, Boys U10 New Jersey 49.Rb2 Rd7 50.Rg2 Rd6 51.Kd2 Rg6 52.Kc3 Kc7 Darwin Yang, Boys U12 Texas 53.Kd2 Kd7 54.Kc3 Ke7 55.Rb1 Rb6 56.Rbb2 Kf6 Alex Ostrovskiy, Boys U12 New York 57.Kd2 Kg6 58.Rb1 Kh5 59.Rbg1 Kg4 60.Rf1 Rbh6 Alexander Velikanov, Boys U12 Wisconsin 61.Rff2 Rb6 62.Rg1 ½–½

Jarod Pamatmat, Boys U12 Texas David Adelberg, Boys U12 Arizona Atulya Shetty, Boys U12 Michigan Daniel Naroditsky, Boys U14 California Sam Shankland, Boys U18 California Daniel Ludwig, Boys U18 Florida Matt Parry, Boys U18 New York Alisha Chawla, Girls U8 California Sarai Guillen, Girls U8 Texas Reva Singh, Girls U8 New York Hannah Liu, Girls U8 Texas Simone Liao, Girls U10 California Margaret Hua, Girls U10 Missouri Caroline Zhu, Girls U12 Texas Sarah Chiang, Girls U12 Texas Alena Kats, Girls U14 New York Anna R. Matlin, Girls U14 New Jersey Katherine Wu, Girls U14 Virginia Jennie S. Liu, Girls U16 New Jersey Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero During the September 27th Last Saturday of the Month Karsten McVay, Girls U16 New Jersey Quads, Steve Jesseph (facing camera) concentrates Here is one of my games from the tournament: intently during his first round game with Eric N. Liao. Eric prevailed suffering only a draw to your Editor in round 3. Khalikyan Astghik (Armenia) Anna R. Matlin (USA) “Games From Around The State” continued from page 6 11ss World Youth Championship, Vung Tau, Vietnam, Rd. 3, TL 40/90 SD/30 + 30sec Inc., Oct. 23, 2008, ECO A05 Mark Kernighan (2221) Reti Opening Kenneth J. Chieu (2115) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0–0 e6 5.c4 Be7 6.b3 d6 West Orange – Kenilworth Match, Kenilworth, Oct. 16, 2008, ECO E34 7.Bb2 0–0 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qc2 Nimzo-Indian Defense – Classical – Noa Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.e3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qc7 12.Qb1 Qb8 No, I wasn't playing copycat with her. cxd4 8.cxd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Qe2 a6 This opening doesn't really generate action naturally, and I 13.Bb2 Na5 14.Bd3 b5 15.Ne5 0-0 16.e4 didn't want to blow up my position, so I ended up waiting for her to trade white-squared bishops so I could play d5. Playing d5 right away results in a bad bishop on b7. 13.Qa1 Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Bf8 15.a3 a5 16.d4 Qa7 17.dxc5 bxc5 this move was correct. It opened the b-file to attack white's pawn and also opened b6 for other pieces. [worse is 17...dxc5 leads to a symmetrical pawn structure. Black wants to have a pawn on the d-file to advance if white trades light-squared bishops.; worse is 17...Nxc5?? 18.Bxf6±] 18.Nb1 Ne8 19.Nc3 Nc7 20.a4 Ra8 21.Nb5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 this was a critical moment for white because it determined her pawn structure for the coming endgame. Either pawn was fine but this gave me an open center. 22...Be4 Awesome bishop! 23.Nd2 Bxg2 *sigh of relief* finally! 24.Kxg2 Qb7+ 25.Kg1 d5 26.Nf3 f6 this 16...Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Qxc4 Bb5 20.Qc2 Bxf1 really doesn't weaken black's position. 27.Qb1 Nb6 21.Kxf1 Qb8 22.e5 Rc8 23.Qe2 Nd5 24.Qxa6 Rc2 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 28.Qd3 d4?! not the best move. It weakens c4 and e4. 26.Bxc1 h6 27.Qd3 f6 28.f4 fxe5 29.dxe5 Qc7 30.Bd2 Qf7 31.g3 29.Nd2 e5 30.Nc4 e4 31.Qc2 Nxc4 32.Qxc4+ Qd5?! Kh8 Qh5 32.Kg2 Qe8 33.Qf3 g6 34.f5 gxf5 35.Bxh6 Kh7 36.Bf4 Kg6 or Qf7 were better. 33.Ba3 Qxc4?! 34.bxc4 [better is 37.h4 Qa8 38.Kh2 Qa4 39.Kh3 Qd4 40.h5+ Kh7 41.h6 Qa1 34.Rxc4 Rd5 35.Rdc1 Rad8!? 36.Kf1±] 34...Rdb8 now 42.Kh4 Qg1 43.Qh5 Nxf4 44.gxf4 Qh2+ 45.Kg5 Qg3+ 46.Kf6 black's slightly better, but not enough to win. 35.Rb1 my Qg8 47.Qf7+ Kh8 48.Qxg8+ Kxg8 49.Kxe6 Kh7 50.Kxf5 Kxh6 first plan was to blockade the b-pawn with a rook and try 51.a4 Kg7 52.a5 Kf7 53.a6 Ke7 54.a7 Kd7 55.a8Q Kc7 56.Qa6 White Went On To Win 8 Book Review: The Genius And The Misery Of Chess As I read the book I pondered upon the premise for by Michael V. Polito inclusion and wondered why such as Emanuel Lasker and Aron Nimzovich were not included in the vignettes of genius and why people such as Carl Walbrodt were included. Was it because they did not suffer “misery” and there is actually joy in chess? N × Â It would have added to the appreciation of the book to know the selection rationale so the reader could Book Review: The Genius And The Misery Of Chess Author: Zhivko Kaikamjozov find some thematic unity. I did like the inclusion and Pages: 224 (Softcover) ISBN-13#: 978-0-9791482-3-1 recognition of present day women masters such as Publisher: Mongoose Press Judit Polgar and Maia Chiburdanidze, in contrast to List Price: $19.95 (2008) their gender being absent among masters of the Intelligence, abstract visualization, creativity and past. A good case is made in several of the perseverance are some of the qualities that the vignettes that this is not due to talent but social champion chess player possesses. In our current change. times, we believe by nurturing these talents it will lead to financial success and happy lives. Zhivko This book is also not meant as a chess tutorial. Kaikamjozov endeavors to show that in chess this is While an example or two of each master’s game is not always the case. Through a series of 48 presented, there is usually no accompanying vignettes he takes a retrospective look at some analysis. No reason for the selection of the games genius players of the past and then at some recent presented is given but I would hope that any chess super talents. Many of the lives of those in the particular game is reflective of a master’s unique past did not have happy endings. Some of the style. For me to comment further on this would misery that befell them was due to their own actions require that one could recognize an individual’s style and some due to the circumstances of life and the through a representative game, but I am afraid that times, such as war or disease. Some of the misery for the bulk of chess players, guidance is required. was due to the innate stress of the game. I suspect The book does have interesting stories and at the that there is a message to present day masters that very least is entertaining. For those who enjoy if one does not learn from the past, then you may reading about chess and bathing in the aura of repeat its outcomes. Success in chess does have its genius this book may be for you. For others they will risks. find the book superficial. “The Genius and the Misery of Chess” is a trip to the past, a visit to the present, This book is not a scholarly work. You will not find and one might say an imaginative hope for the any footnotes or specific references to support the future. stories and, in fact, the stories may be flawed to some degree. As an example, on page 144 the author states that Bobby Fischer lived the life of a IM Bryan G. Smith (2513) GM Giorgi Kacheishvili (2649) hermit during his stay in Iceland. He also said “It 6ss 39th Nat’l. Congress, Phil., Rd. 6, TL40/2 SD/1, Nov. 30, 2008, ECO B19 would be far-fetched to look for any practical benefits Caro-Kann Defense – Classical – Spassky Variation from Iceland’s hospitality”. This reviewer visited 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Reykjavik in Iceland in 2005. During this visit I Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O inquired of several shopkeepers on Fischer’s Be7 13.Kb1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.Ne4 O-O-O 16.g3 c5 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.Nxf6 Bxf6 19.d5 exd5 Draw Agreed whereabouts. They pointed out to me where he ate lunch and where he usually took walks. Unfortunately for me, I did not encounter Fischer but this cosmopolitan living is hardly the lifestyle of a hermit. As for the practical benefit derived from Iceland’s hospitality Fisher found refuge. Isn’t this a practical thing? As for Iceland the world was focused on this small and beautiful nation undoubtedly deriving increased business and tourism. A list of further reading suggestions is given at the end of the book and perhaps the author’s quoted passages are found within these readings.

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Sparta Middle, and Sparta High School. Tom Murray does 2008 New Jersey Grade School Championship a great job promoting chess in Sparta! by Hal Sprechman In the past we have had to combine 11th and 12th grade sections but not this year! In 11th grade we had 22 players and in 12th grade we had 16 players.

q Ì N The New Jersey individual and team champions are listed below:

Grade Individual Six years ago I had an idea for a tournament and a Kindergarten Jai Narayanan location to hold it. The USCF has a grade school st 1 Grade Aravind Kumar championship in December of each year in which children nd 2 Grade Rishi Rajendran play only others in their grade. The NJSCF hosted this rd 3 Grade George Didita tournament more than 10 years ago. Since our scholastic th 4 Grade Christopher Wu tournaments are held in March and April I thought that a th 5 Grade Yuvik Umapathy tournament held in November might be successful. I Maxim Farberov chose the Sunday before Thanksgiving so that it could be th 6 Grade Alexander Ross Katz held on that same day each year (we already have a Andrew Ding contract for November 22, 2009). th 7 Grade Kavinayan Sivakumar

8th Grade Xiaoming Wang The first tournament in 2003 was a success with 236 th children attending. In 2006, we had a record 300 children 9 Grade Andrew Ng 10th Grade Dov Hochsztein attending, and last year, attendance went down to 289. th Over the years, feedback has been very positive. Our 11 Grade Marc DiCostanzo greatest challenge has been getting started on time. In Max Osmulski 12th Grade Joshua Block that respect, I have made several changes. Our time for registration has changed to between 8:00am and 9:00am Grade Team and at every scholastic tournament we now provide chess Kindergarten Helen Morgan, Sparta sets. Several years ago, I laminated 180 board numbers 1st Grade Princeton Day School, Princeton so we would save additional time and always have 2nd Grade Rafael J. Cordero, PS 37, Jersey City enough board numbers for this tournament (or so I 3rd Grade Helen Morgan, Sparta thought). 4th Grade Moriah School, Englewood 5th Grade Our Lady of Sorrows, South Orange For this year, I decided to make a concerted effort to 6th Grade Community Middle School, Plainsboro process registrations as I received them (beginning in late 7th Grade Montgomery Upper Middle School, October/early November). There was one thing I Skillman neglected to do -- I never looked at the total number of 8th Grade Eisenhower Middle School, Freehold registrations that I had processed thus far. Last year’s pre- 9th Grade Bergen County Academies, registration was about 225. Early Friday evening before Hackensack Sunday’s tournament, I thought there must be a bug in the 10th Grade Torah Academy, Teaneck software because we had a total pre-registration of 350. I 11th Grade Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft left a message for the people at Brookdale because they 12th Grade The Frisch School, Paramus had the room set up for 325. The bottom line – The 2009 NJ Grade School Championship will be held at attendance was up by over 33% to 395 and we had a Brookdale Community College on November 22nd. We will great tournament! Special thanks go to the tournament have a separate room for Kindergarten and 1st Grade directors who made it possible – Lawrence Constance, which will save time for the players as well as their Noreen Davisson, Ed Forman, Roger Inglis, Aaron Kiedes, parents! Joe Lux, Jim Mullanaphy, Mike Somers, and Diana Tulman. Don’t Forget To Play In The Please Convince Your Friends To World Amateur Team Which Is Being Held In Parsippany, NJ!! ’ Subscribe To New Jersey s February 14th - 16th Atlantic Chess News For Only

$10/year! The NJ Primary/Elementary Championship will be held at Brookdale Community College on March 1st. The NJ High Most children were from New Jersey but New York, School Championship will be held March 7th and 8th at Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Maryland were also Rutgers, Busch Campus Center and the Junior High represented. I believe the largest organized group came School Championship will be held at Rutgers on March from one of the furthest places in New Jersey – Sparta 8th. with about 55 children participating from Mohawk, Alpine, 10

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Mr. van businesses, faith communities and the children and der Werve was looking for chess playing “men who are 50 families of Monmouth County.” This event, which and up” to come to the Marshall Chess Club in New York attracted over 140 youngsters on September 27, 2008, City on October 6, 2008 to play chess “slowly and quietly” was held at the Convention Center in Asbury Park, NJ. during the filming of the opening scene for his short film Organized by Hal and Barbara Sprechman, the event was tentatively entitled, “Number Twaalf” (it being his 12th open to children ages 5 to 18 and is designed to spark film). During filming I asked him why he wanted only children’s interest in the game of chess. Simultaneous males over 50-years-of-age and he told me because he exhibitions were given by local masters and experts wanted the opening scene to have a “nostalgic feel” to it. I including Wayne Pineault, Hal Sprechman, Andrew Ng, asked his assistant what the film will ultimately be called Todd Lunna, Michael Goeller, and Tom Bartell. Scott and she told me a subtitle for the film will be named by Mr. Massey gave a blindfold exhibition on three boards and van der Werve at a later date. The press release explains Jim Mullanaphy delighted both children and their parents it this way: “The film is about the parallels between chess with his engaging banter, lively chess instruction and his and piano. Guido van der Werve, who is a classically musical skills in trumpeting the call to “Attack!” GM trained composer, built a chess table which also functions Maurice Ashley gave an insightful lecture to parents, as a mechanical piano. He wrote a composition based on fielded questions, and spoke movingly about how he got a chess game and the opening of the chess game will be hooked on chess. During the Q & A session, Mr. Ashley played in this scene of the film in the Marshall Chess Club. was asked by one parent what life lessons he’s learned The notes generated from the chess piano will be from chess and he responded, “patience and focus” and, accompanied by a 9-piece string ensemble.” Mr. van der in this world of instant gratification, he described what he Werve’s classical composition for the film is titled “The calls “deferred gratification.” He said for him deferred King’s Gambit Accepted” and Mr. van der Werve and GM gratification means having the discipline to give each Leonid Yudasin did indeed play the KGA on the chess game the opportunity to evolve and the patience to piano while the orchestra played Mr. van der Werve’s develop your pieces toward the goal of reaching a winning beautifully somber musical composition. When each position as opposed to pressing for the immediacy of that move of a chess piece was pressed down on a square, win. Another parent asked him to recommend a good the chess piano played a predetermined musical note chess book and he recommended the classic Irving composed specifically for that moment. We will not Chernev book, Logical Chess: Move by Move. When pretend to know the premise or theme or plot of this short asked to recommend a chess playing computer program, film, but some of Mr. van der Werve’s work can be seen Mr. Ashley said “ChessMaster” rather than “Fritz or on his website www.roofvogel.org and we do look Rybka” because “it doesn’t help you or your child to play forward to seeing the completed project. We did garner against a chess program that can beat a grandmaster.” an appreciation for how much time and energy it takes to All in all, good advice indeed from GM Ashley. film a movie scene. Everyone involved worked tirelessly Distinguished author and current president of the for over eight hours to set up, rehearse and film the 12- renowned Marshall Chess Club, Dr. Frank Brady, was minute opening scene. A 10-person film crew, cameras, also on hand and opened the ceremonies with remarks camera crane, crane tracks, sound recording equipment, about strengthening a child’s foundation through life skills film recording equipment, still cameras, lights, computers, education, the historical significance of Asbury Park to a 9-piece string ensemble, and 18 chess players crammed chess, and about an upcoming movie based on his book into the upstairs playing room of the Marshall Chess Club about Bobby Fischer, Profile of a Prodigy. For photos and and all worked in unison and harmony to help create Mr. info about Prevention First and Chess Fest 2008, you can van der Werve’s avant garde . . . uh . . . brilliancy! 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Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Guido van der Werve (left) and GM Leonid Yudasin The filmmakers added to the excitement of the day at the chess piano during the filming of Mr. van der as they prepared for the shoot at the Marshall Chess Werve’s new film taken at the Marshall Chess Club. Club.

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch The string ensemble taking direction from Mr. van The filmmakers shown filming the opening scene at der Werve at the Marshall Chess Club. the Marshall Chess Club.

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Columnist David W. Hatch (front right) can be Here we have one of the filmmakers at the controls observed participating while he plays the black during the filming at the Marshall Chess Club. pieces at the Marshall Chess Club.

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th Only two sections experienced a very modest decline, Reporting On The 39 Annual National while all of the others, especially the lower sections, had Chess Congress Tournament increases. There were so many entries that some of the by Joseph J. Mucerino, Jr. lower boards of the two-day schedule had to play in another room!

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Being Held In Parsippany, NJ!! IM Bryan Smith Wins National Chess Congress! th th February 14 - 16 th 39 Annual National Chess Congress Here is the list of winners: (November 28-30) PHILADELPHIA – Former Pennsylvania State Champion Premier: Bryan G. Smith, 5.5 IM Bryan Smith upset two Grandmasters and drew Top PA: Bryan G. Smith, 5.5 another to take a clear first place in the Premier Section of th Top NJ: Mackenzie S. Molner, & Thomas Bartell, 4.5 the 39 Annual National Chess Congress, held over Thanksgiving weekend, in Philadelphia. While none of our U2200: Arthur Shen, 5.5 representatives at the recent Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Top PA: Lorand Bela Kis, 5 Germany, entered this event, the field was still strong, with Top NJ: Arthur Shen, 5.5 seven GMs and numerous other titled players. Smith has been on a roll, as he tied for first place at the King’s Island U2000: Sebastian Gueler, Michael Williams, & Open only two weeks prior to this event, defeating GM Adonis Turner, 5 Darmen Sadvakasov and drawing GM Alexander Top PA: Michael Williams, & Adonis Turner Shabalov there. Top NJ: Daniel Karbownik, & Christopher Wu, 4.5

Smith started out with a win over veteran master Denis U1800: Albert Freeman, 5.5 Strenzwilk, and followed up by beating two of the Top PA: Steven Mc Laughlin Jr., 4.5 strongest juniors in Pennsylvania, WFM Alisa Melekhina Top NJ: Donald Anthony Carrelli, & and NM Alexander Heimann. Then he mowed down GMs Andrew Paul McCurdy, 4 Leonid Kritz and Sergey Erenburg back-to-back, before drawing GM Giorgi Kacheishvili in the final round to take U1600: Guy Colas, 6 the top prize. It was an impressive performance! Tying Top PA: Yiqun Alex Ying, Calvin Baldwin, Lucas Knight, for second with five points each were Kacheishvili, David Blumin, & Gregory Whitehorn, & Canadian IM Zhe Quan, and NM Daniel Ludwig. Marc Meola, 4.5 Shabalov started out 3-0, but then drew Erenburg, lost to Top NJ: Thomas Stanics, 5 Kacheishvili, and drew IM Alex Lenderman.

th U1400: Randall O. McEvilly, 6 Not only was the 39 Annual National Chess Congress Top PA: Randall O. McEvilly, 6 strong, it was huge! There were 581 players entered, up Top NJ: Timothy R. Priestley, 4.5 almost a hundred from last year. There was one fewer section this year (there was no unrated section), but let us U1200: David Grigoryan, 5.5 compare the number of entrants from last year to this Top PA: David Grigoryan, 5.5 year: Top NJ: Daniel Zhu, 4.5

2007 2008 Difference U1000: Amar Shah, 5.5 Premier* 64 69 +5 Top PA: Sean Rich, & Yasasvi Hari, 4 U2200 45 58 +13 Top NJ: Amar Shah, 5.5 U2000 59 65 +6 U1800 75 77 +2 U800: Daniel Recalde, Shiling Zhao, U1600 80 78 -2 Vishal Srisai Gumidyala, Allan Gorbulsky, & U1400 63 55 -8 Yumiko Kakutani, 5 U1200 41 77 +36 Top PA: Allan Gorbulsky, 5 U1000 37 41 +4 Top NJ: Daniel Recalde, & Vishal Srisai Gumidyala, 5 U800 16 43 +27 U600 14 39 +25 U600: Zsofia DeCredico, Paul Moffatt Kuhn, Unrated 15 N/A N/A Kyria Sample, & John Peterson, 5 Top PA: Kyria Sample, & John Peterson, 5 *Open to those rated 2000 or higher (or under age 18 Top NJ: Paul Moffatt Kuhn, 5 rated 1800 or higher).

13 Here’s that upset game we promised in the last issue of Atlantic Chess News from the June 29th simul performed by GM Sergey Kudrin which was won by the provisionally rated Alex Romayev of Bridgewater.

GM Sergey Kudrin (2601) Alex Romayev (1068P) Greater Somerset County Chess Club Unrated Simultaneous Exhibition, Belle Mead, June 29, 2008, ECO C03 French Defense – Tarrasch Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.c3 f6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.O-O Nge7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Bc2 Nf5 11.Qd3 Nce7 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.g4 e5 14.gxf5 Bxf5 15.Qd1 Bh3 16.dxe5 Qc8 17.e6 Qc6

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Shown above is John Mullanaphy having fun with the kids at the 8th Annual Asbury Park Chess Fest 2008 held September 27th at the Convention Center in Asbury Park.

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Westfield G/45 Quads #89 – Quad#1 th Westfield, NJ – December 7 Photo provided courtesy of PK Sivakumar An elated Alex Romayev is shown in the foreground holding his book prize for defeating GM Sergey Kudrin (seated on table) in the Greater Somerset County Chess Club Simul held on June 29th.

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What It’s Like Being Married To An International Master Not being at his level, it amazes me his by Dawn Ippolito dedication to the art of chess. He carefully dissects each game as if he were a scientist in search of a cure. He maintains an extensive chess library and keeps all of his analysis in q Ì N perfectly chronologically filed folders. Some people have teased him about his need to see every variation through to the end; even those It’s 1am and the phone on the pillow next to me that he knows will never lead anywhere. Dean begins to ring. I hesitate for a moment before will not take the chance that someone will find answering and offer up a prayer, “Please God, something that he missed looking at. let him have won so that I can go back to sleep”. You see, I am very fortunate to be married to a brilliant, passionate, talented International Master of chess; one who is on the brink of achieving his lifelong goal of gaining his Grandmaster title. If he wins, he is short but sweet. If he loses, well….

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When we were dating and during the early years of our marriage, I would often go to tournaments and sit outside the hall waiting for Dean to make a trip past me. I would offer him food from the picnic basket I packed and many times spend six hours on pins and needles. I feel all of Dean’s victories and defeats as acutely as if But Dean is also brilliant in his ability to “see they were mine. I can sense when things are things” over-the-board. He has great instincts going well and when it is better to not ask any and uses them to his advantage. It is rare that questions. But with the arrival of our two he will not be able to create a new line that is children, I do not have the luxury of traveling stronger than what anyone has played before. with him as often. Our late night phone And his memory is just as impressive -- for conversations take the place of me sitting in the chess that is. Where he may have left his car hall with the one exception that I can not see his keys or the fact that he has to stop for milk might face when he comes through those doors. I can occasionally find his memory somewhat missing, tell a lot just by the set of his mouth but recently, however. But you take the good with the bad. as the hours tick by without the call, I long for And in this case, Dean’s chess “goodness” the days when I could see the board and the outweighs the innocent forgetfulness in clever way he eliminated his opponent. everyday life.

Dean is the Head Instructor of our chess Yes, I have been to some exotic locations with instruction company. That responsibility does Dean due to chess and chess has given my not afford him much time to study and prepare family many opportunities that we would not for major tournaments as other IMs would. He otherwise have. But sometimes, when a juggles teaching, childcare, family, and tournament lies in the balance of one game, I tournament preparation. In an ideal world, Dean wish Dean played something a little more would get the chance to study eight hours a day, innocuous like Go Fish! but alas, he makes due with what time he gets. 15

Book Review: How Life Imitates Chess handle defeat will determine how successful, or by Life Master James R. West unsuccessful, you will be as a chessplayer. So it was instructive to me when Kasparov described how he had handled it. In fact, all chess teachers might do well to have n Ì Ê Ñ their students read this book. It explains how

Book Review: How Life Imitates Chess chess is a mixture of art and science, and the Author: Garry Kasparov difference between tactics and strategy, in Pages: 224 (Hardcover) ISBN-10#: 1-59691-387-8 understandable ways. One word of caution: if ISBN-13#: 978-1-59691-387-5 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA you can't find this book in the chess section at List Price: $25.95 (2007) your favorite bookstore, try looking in the Before reading How Life Imitates Chess business and investing area, which is where I [Bloomsbury, 2007, 224 pages], I was skeptical found it. The reason for this is because, in about Garry Kasparov's basic premise that life addition to being a learning tool for imitates chess. For me, the chessboard has chessplayers, Kasparov's book can also help always been a parallel universe, separate and those of you who are trying to get ahead in the apart from the real world. I was somewhat business world. Kasparov cites bad business reassured when, in the preface, Garry answered decisions made by Pan Am and AltaVista, as this question "So, Mr. Kasparov, how does life well as farsighted ones made by General imitate chess?" by saying, "It doesn't!" As the Electric and Boeing. author further explains, his book is not about how learning chess can make you better at A great deal of the book's easy readability is due making decisions but "about the tools chess to the fact that its English translation was done gave me to analyze and improve my thinking by Mig Greengard, who writes a popular blog by and my decisions in all situations." name of The Daily Dirt Chess Blog. Greengard's informal and casual style of writing Kasparov's book might have just as easily been prevents How Life Imitates Chess from titled How Chess Imitates Life or, as Yogi Berra becoming stodgy and boring. The chapters are might have called it, How Life Imitates Chess the right length, neither too long nor short. They and Vice Versa. In an ingenious way, Garry might make for good homework assignments, gives example after example from real life where one a week, for your chess students. decisions were made that bear a striking resemblance to those made by chessplayers during a game. Or is it the other way around? Chess for Veterans The NJSCF has decided to provide chess equipment Some of these examples include those made by to the Veterans in the various hospitals in NJ. We are asking the chess players to assist us in this Winston Churchill, Emanuel Lasker, John Kerry, project by either donating a computer chess game and the French cavalry at the Battle of set that you no longer use, but is in good condition, Agincourt. George Washington and Ulysses or make a donation. (not tax deductible). Grant are also mentioned briefly. Anyone wishing to donate a chess computer game should contact Herman Drenth at: 201-797-9043 But, for us chessplayers, the really interesting or [email protected]. Financial donations may be parts of the book occur when one of the all-time sent to our Treasurer, Ken Thomas made out to the great world champions reveals what was going NJSCF, 115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ through his mind when he played against the 07840. Please signify “Veterans Fund” on the check. likes of Anatoly Karpov and Tigran Petrosian. Thank You. How did Garry respond to adversity when he lost three straight games to Karpov? How did Garry Your Advertisement Could finally defeat Petrosian after losing his first two Appear Here For Only $25 ! games against the Armenian? As an occasional chess teacher, I tell my students that how you Email: [email protected] 16

opinion. Roberto Duran was a living legend, but quitting in Anand vs Kramnik – A One-Act Chess Play the famous ‘No Mas’ match against Sugar Ray Leonard by Ken Calitri tainted a reputation forged from hands of stone. During the 1996 WCC match in the Big Apple – Vishy Anand quit on himself and his team. I remember a poignant order by Nigel Short’s wife to her husband before a critical game versus Ø q K Speelman in their second candidates match, “Nigel at the

end of the game come out of the room with your shield or on Well it was not a big surprise Vishy Anand beat Vladimir your shield!” Anand got into a clinch with Kasparov, leaned Kramnik in Bonn, Germany. Although I was rooting for over and whispered, “I just want to finish on my feet.” How Kramnik, I do admit Anand was slightly favored before the nice. As Kasparov said, “There is something psychological match. Only his psychological frailty, a stigma leftover from there.” when assessing Vishy’s chances in a pre-match his 1996 WCC match with Kasparov, precluded him from interview.

being the odds on favorite in Vegas, even if the pundits were A one-act play took place in Bonn in the form of a 12 game too proper to say it. match for the World Chess Championship. Both players, Over the years I have become a big Kramnik fan. Although I especially Kramnik in defeat, showed themselves to be rooted for the ‘old man’ in the 2000 WCC match, I was classy sportsman and very worthy chess representatives to amazed how Kramnik boxed Kasparov’s ears off. The ex- the world. The coverage of the match was phenomenal with champ later repeated what tired old fighters say after losing, real time and live video coverage. As Boris Spassky is fond “I just couldn’t get my punches off.” Two wins and one Berlin of saying it was “a festival of chess!” Unfortunately, it quickly Defense later Kramnik was World Champion and Karpov’s reminded us of a World Series where one team jumps to a 3- successor as the boa constrictor of positional chess. 0 or 3-1 lead or a Super Bowl when one team comes in flat and are 20 points behind at half-time. If that is what we want Kramnik’s decision not to give Kasparov a chance for chess to be then why not shorten it to 8 games (rapid tie revenge reminded everyone of the Alekhine & Capablanca breaks only please) and call it a day? Let them slug it out. dispute that deprived chess of a monumental rematch. Let’s face it World Championship chess is no longer about Luckily for Kramnik two matches against Leko and Topalov epic matches. restored his sporting reputation. Kramnik showed guts in coming back to tie Leko and by beating Topalov in Toilet Anand is going to be a great champion and wonderful Gate the Russian bear turned into a Russian Prince. ambassador for chess. My homey, Vladimir Kramnik will Kramnik also carried himself with amazing grace when he challenge again. He has heart, talent, and judging by the accepted the decision to forfeit a point, almost costing him anguish on his face in game nine when a win slipped away the victory. In Elista, if Topalov destroyed his sporting he will maintain his drive. Ultimately this piece isn’t about reputation, Kramnik’s came full circle. Newly married to a them. It is about a one-act play. The Bonn match will be gorgeous French journalist, in revitalized health, trim and fit, written about in chess magazines, but there won’t be a and playing to his full powers, Kramnik reminded me of classic book written by ‘Raymundo’ Keene or Yasser Capablanca in his heyday when he was the Rudolph Sierawan that you can curl up with for hours and re-read over Valentino of chess. the years. Titanic matches played over 24 games on a stage in Moscow or Seville are a thing of the past, thanks in great Vishy Anand is one of the most popular players in the world. part to Kasparov’s break away from Fide in 1993. He is warm, and well-rounded, and one of the game’s greatest natural talents. He excels in all chess formats and Recent WCC matches of shorter lengths have had peculiar his results speak for themselves – he is a winner. With that features. Brissago was a cat and mouse affair and the Elista said he has always reminded me of other great natural match ended when it was just heating up. Matches of 16, 18, sporting talents who didn’t quite live up to expectations. I am and 20 games seem to capture the aura of a 24 game match. dating myself but names like Ilie Nastase, Barry Bonds Sr., Korchnoi’s Semi-final Candidates wins in 1977 and 1981 are and Lanny Wadkins come to mind. These were sportsmen good examples. The 1993, 1996, and 2000 WCC matches who had such natural talent they never had to work hard at were not fraught with drama; the loser’s form influenced that, being great, they just were. They reached significant heights but there are enough games for players to get in a groove or of success, but never reached their full potential. For recover from a bad patch; time for drama to build and a story whatever reason, call it laziness, a lack of toughness, to develop. Maybe the success of live internet video arrogance, or emotional focus, they had psychological coverage seen in Bonn will provide revenue that far underpinnings that were not made of cement. outweighs the cost of the venue, making longer matches possible. Anand has risen to the summit playing dazzling chess with countless tournament victories. Yet I cannot imagine him A one-act play every two years is an empty proposition for winning a twenty-four game match against any former world chess purists. If the future length of a WCC match is not at champion except for Steinitz and Euwe. I have strong least 16 games, I suggest a yearly world championship doubts he would be able to beat Keres, Korchnoi, Short, tournament where the top two finishers (from one large field Kramnik, or Topalov. I would have taken reasonable odds or two separate fields) play a match of 8, 10, or 12 games. that if the recent match with Kramnik was 24 games long, Then, we can judge a great chess player like they do in other Kramnik would have eventually broken Anand down to win. sports, by their ability to win and prove their dominance with repeated victories and in doing so they will become as Does this mean Anand is not a great chess player? No. He Muhammad Ali liked to gleefully shout “the greatest of all is a great tournament chess player, but not a great match time!” player and winning one 12 game match doesn’t change my 17 Westfield G/45 Quads#88 – Quad#9 Greater Cherry Hill Swiss / Quads – Quad#3 Westfield, NJ – August 3rd Cherry Hill, NJ – August 9th

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Reporting On The NJ Scholastic Grade Championships by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.

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A record breaking total of 390 scholastic players from kindergarten through grade twelve competed for the New Jersey Scholastic Grade Championships at Brookdale College in Lincroft on November 23rd.

In the one day, five round, game 30, tournament, there were upsets galore. In fact, the highest rated player won only seven of the thirteen sections, a bare majority! Perhaps even more astonishing was that the awards Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. presentations were done by 6pm!! Considering that the The New Jersey Scholastic Grade Championships also saw Dario A. Dell’Orto as our 8th Grade champion. array of trophies is incredible, the whole tournament was an organizational masterpiece.

Hal Sprechman seems to get better each year, and a healthy part of that is due to his staff of the usual suspects: Roger Inglis, president of the NJSCF, Mike Somers, vice-president, Aaron Kiedes, web technical expert, Noreen Davisson, scholastic chairman, and a great group of other volunteers: Jim Mullanaphy (the fellow with the horn), Joe Lux, Ed Forman, Lawrence Constance, and Diana Tulman.

[Editor – See Hal Sprechman’s column for additional coverage of this spectacular event and listing of tournament winners] Second graders should take note. The 12th grade winner, Josh Block, last won his grade’s first prize in second grade, the last time he played in the tournament! It has become quite a tradition here in New Jersey. It is not unusual anymore to find A-players and experts running Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. When the smoke cleared in the New Jersey Scholastic around in the lower grades, a sure sign of a bright chess th future in New Jersey. Grade Championships, Andrew Ng emerged as the 9 Grade champion!

Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. From the New Jersey Scholastic Grade Championships, Our 10th Grade champion above in the New Jersey Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (right) proudly accepts his trophy Scholastic Grade Championships is Dov Hochsztein! as our 7th Grade champion! 19

Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. Our 11th Grade champion above in the New Jersey Scholastic Grade Championships is Marc DiConstanzo!

2008 NJ Scholastic Grade Championship – Kindergarten Section Lincroft, NJ – November 23rd

Photo provided courtesy of Peter J. Tamburro Jr. From the New Jersey Scholastic Grade Championships held November 23rd, we have the Frisch School team, winners of the 12th grade team and individual championships: L-R: Dana Neugut (Sr.), Eitan Neugut (Fr.), Elliot Finkelstein (Jr.), Donny Kanner (Sr. and third place individual winner), Josh Block (Sr. and first place individual winner), Boris Zamikhovskiy (Asst. Coach). Photo by Pete Tamburro (Coach).

Here’s the crosstables for the 12th Grade & Kindergarten sections below:

2008 NJ Scholastic Grade Championship – 12th Grade Section Lincroft, NJ – November 23rd

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A22 7.Bxg8 Newark Gambit: The Antidote To 4.Bc4 In A23 7.Ng5 The Philidor Counter Gambit – Part II A24 7.Bg5 by Lev D. Zilbermints A25 7.Nfd2

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A21 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Kd7 Edward Kopiecki - Lev D. Zilbermints Blitz Match, Game 9 of 9 The following game was played only five days after the Marshall Chess Club, New York invention of the Newark Gambit. Kedyk being a strong June 8, 2003 and ambitious master-level player, I figured my new gambit would surprise him. That is exactly what 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5!? 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bxb5+ c6 6.Bc4 happened!! Here is the game. fxe4 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qxe5 Qe7 10.Qa5 g6 Dmytro Kedyk (2344) - Lev D. Zilbermints 11.0-0 Bg7 12.Bg5 Qd6?? 13.Qd8 Checkmate. Friday Rapids

Marshall Chess Club, New York June 13, 2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5!? 5.Bxb5+ c6 6.Bc4 fxe4 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qf5+ Kc7 10.Qxe5+ Kb7 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.0-0 Re8 14.Qg5 Na6 15.a3 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Qxg7+ Re7 18.Qg5 Ng4 19.Qh4 Bf5 20.Rfe1 And Eventually 0-1 In Time Scramble.

9.Qxe5 Bd6 10.Qxg7+ Ne7 11.Bg5 Qf8 12.Qxf8 Rxf8 13.Nd2 Bf4 14.Bxf4 Rxf4 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.Rae1 Rg8 18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.c4 Ndb4?

Here the correct move is 19…Nf6! which I did not find. Black lost in 50 moves, Yair-Zilbermints, 5/29/2008, ICC, 3 0 rated blitz.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5!? 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bxb5+ c6 Starigrad (2028 ICC) – Lev D. Zilbermints (2128 ICC) Internet Chess Club A1 6.Bd3 5 0 minutes blitz June 2004 6...fxe4 7.Bxe4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5!? 5.Bxb5+ c6 6.Bc4 7...d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qxh8 fxe4 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Kd7 9.Qxe5 Bd6 10.Qxg7+ Ne7 Be6 12.Nc3 Qf6 13.Qxf6 Nxf6 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.O-O-O O- 11.Bg5 Qf8 12.Qxf8 Rxf8 13.Nc3 Nf5 14.0-0-0 Ba6 O-O 16.Rhe1 Bd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.f3 Re8 19.Rd2 Nh7 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.Nxe4 Be7 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.c3 Nc7 20 Bf4 g5 21.Bg3 Nhf6 22.Rde2 Bh6 23.Kd1 Kd8 24.c4 g4 19.Nc5+ Kc8 20.f3 a5 21.Rde1 Ned5 22.c4 Nf4 23.g3 25.cxd5 gxf3 26.gxf3 e3 27.Bh4 Kc7 28.f4 Nxd5 29.Bg5 Ng6 24.f4 Na6 25.Ne4 Kc7 26.a3 h6 27.Nc3 Rad8 28.Rd1 Bg7 30.h4 Bxd4 31.h5 Nc5 32.h6 Kd6 33.Rh1 Nd3 34.b3 Rfe8 29.Kc2 Re3 30.d5 Nc5 31.dxc6 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Kxc6 Nf2+ 35.Rxf2 exf2 36.h7 Rh8 0-1, IM Pugno – 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Nd7 35.Kd2 Re8 36.Ra1 Kb7 37.c5 Zilbermints, 3/30/2008, ICC 3 0 rated blitz. Nf6 38.b5 Ne4+ 39.Kd3 Nxc3 40.Kxc3 Ne7 41.Re1 Nd5+ 42.Kd2 Rxe1 43.Kxe1 Nc3 44.g4 Nxb5 45.h4 Nd4 46.h5 7...d5 8.Nxe5 dxe4 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qxh8 Ne6 47.g5 hxg5 48.fxg5 Nxg5 49.Kd2 Kc6 50.Ke3 Kxc5 Be6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Re1 Bg7 14.Qh7 Qf7 15.Rxe4 Nd7 51.Kf4 Nh7 52.Kf5 Kd6 53.Kg6 Nf8+ 54.Kf7 Nh7 55.Kg7 Ng5 56.h6 Ke6 57.h7 Kxh7 Stalemate 16.Be3 Ndf6 17.Rxe6+ Qxe6 18.Qxg7 Qf7 19.Qh8 0-0-0 20.Qh3+ Kb8 21.Nc3 Ne7 22.Re1 Ka8 23.Qf3 Qg7 We’ll continue with our discussion of the Newark Gambit: 24.Bg5 Ned5 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Nxd5 Qxf3 27.Nc7+ Kb7 The Antidote To 4.Bc4 In The Philidor Counter Gambit – Part 28.gxf3 Kxc7 29.Re7+ Kb6 30.c3 Rd6, 0-1/55 on time, III in our next issue of Atlantic Chess News! IM Walaa Sarwat (2386 FIDE) – Zilbermints, 3 0 rated blitz, ICC, 12/27/2007.

A2 6.Bc4 Your Advertisement Could Appear Here For Only $25 ! Here play divides into the following: Email: [email protected] A21 6...fxe4 7.Nxe5 21

The West Orange Chess Club Championship featured an upset Chess Gems of a master, Peter Radomskyj, whose brilliant games have by Peter J. Tamburro Jr. graced this column, by Murray Burn of West Orange.

The game starts out as the exchange variation of the Queen’s Gambit, which you don’t see much since so many people are into such asymmetrical attempts as the King’s Indian, Gruenfeld, Benko, Nimzo-Indian, and even the occasional Benoni. Our hats n q Ä off to Murray Burn for playing in the classical style.

A top player from the 1960s has died. William Addison (1933- Of course, it might just be a dull draw if not for a dose of 2008) recently passed away. He was an amateur who performed enterprise by both players. Burn starts off with a not very at the highest levels of US chess. In the 1965-66 US classical 7…Nb4 and Radomskyj is uncharacteristically Championship, he finished fourth behind Fischer (8.5 pts.), conservative with 8.Qd1. We would recommend White playing Reshevsky and R. Byrne (7.5) with a score of 6.5. He was either 8.Qb3 or on move ten, 10.Bxf6! (to remove protection on awarded the IM title in 1967 and played in the Interzonal in 1970 the knight) Bxf6 11.Qb3 as being more testing of Black’s dubious after finishing second in the US Championship that year. knight maneuver.

By move 17, Black is in good, and maybe better shape by a hair. Addison was a very solid player. He could, though, really turn on At this point, as so often happens, the higher rated player may the attacking engine. Today’s game is a sparkling example of his have felt the need to get aggressive, and somewhat more risky, play. to make something out of an even position. Thus, he strikes out with the pawn advance of f4 and f5. He takes many time US champ and grandmaster Larry Evans to the cleaners with a sudden kingside attack reminiscent of This is understandable, and 99 out of 100 players in that Alekhine. situation would have done that. Black should be able to defend that as he has developed his pieces and has a healthy say in the His rook offer on move 24 could not be accepted as after center with those pieces. 24...gxf6 25.Qxh6+ Kg8 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Qxf6 White is winning. The master’s slip-up seems to be move 24, when 24.Nxe4 Qd8 The rook lift on move 28 is a terrific teaching tool for chess 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.fxg6 Qxg6 27.Qc4 would have kept the coaches, and the second rook sacrifice on move 31 could also pressure on the isolated Black f7 pawn. Black could have held, not bring Black any good news as 31...Qxg8 32.Qf6 is mate. This but that is a completely different game. is a beautiful attacking game, elegant in its simplicity. Then, his random-looking 26.b4 overlooks the threat to his rook, May he rest in peace knowing he left an inspiration to all players which has to switch from attack to defense. Burn’s alertness and with his fine games. willingness to play normally loosening moves of his kingside like h5 and g5 then turns the tables and White’s game goes downhill with the acceleration of a bobsled. William Addison GM Larry Evans Peter Radomskyj (2217) USA Championship, New York, Rd. 2, 1965, ECO D46 Murray Burn (1845) Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Slav – Romih Variation West Orange CC Championship, April 15, 2008, ECO D53 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 Queen’s Gambit Declined 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qe2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.e4 e5 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qc2 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Nf6 15.Bg5 h6 Nc6 7.e3 Nb4? 8.Qd1? Bf5 9.Rc1 0–0 10.a3.Nc6 11.Bb5 16.Bxf6!? Qxf6 17.h3 Rb8 18.Rac1 Rd8 19.Rc3 Bd7 Nb8 12.Nge2 c6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd7 20.Nh2 Qe7 21.Qh5 Be8 22.Rf3 Rd7 23.Ng4 Kh7 16.0–0 Qe7 17.Ng3 g6 18.f4 Rae8 19.Rce1 Nb6 20.f5 Nc4 21.Re2 Nd6 22.e4 dxe4 23.Ncxe4 Nxe4

24.Rf6! Qf8 25.Rxh6+! gxh6 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Qf5 Rbd8 24.Rxe4? Qd8 25.Rg4 Kh8 26.b4? h5! 27.Rgf4 g5 28.Rd3! Qh8 29.Rg3+ Kf8 30.Nh7+ Ke7 31.Rg8! Qxh7 28.Nxh5 gxf4 29.Qh3 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Re3 31.Ng3+ Kg8 32.Qxh7 Black Resigns 32.Qg4+ Bg7 33.Nh5 f3! 34.Qg5 fxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Re2+

36.Kf3 Qe4+ White Resigns

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Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #1 Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #2 Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #3 White To Move And ± White To Move And +- White To Move And +-

Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #4 Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #5 Oct - Dec 2008 Problem #6 White To Move And +- White To Move And +- Black To Move And Draw

Solutions: July - Sept 2008 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: This problem comes to us courtesy of Mr. Ernesto Labate of the Westfield Chess Club and we thank him for sharing it with us. Incredibly, White actually can force checkmate in 16 moves here despite the bishop not controlling the color of the queening square. We begin with: Bd7! (the only move that wins), Ke3, h4, Ke4 (...Kf4, Kd4! forces Black to have to retreat behind the passer +-), h5, Ke5, h6, Kf6, Be8! (cutting off the Black king from reaching h8), Ke7, h7, Kxe8, h8(Q) +- Problem#2: St. Amant - Morphy, Paris 1858: Black uncorked ...Bxh3!, gxh3, Rd3! tripling the attack on h3 and cutting off the White queen, Qxd3 (or Bxd3, Qxh3+, Kg1, Qg2#), Nxd3, Bxd3, Qd6+, f4, Qxd3 -+ Problem#3: Morphy - Amateur, New Orleans 1858: Morphy struck with Rxf6!, Bxf6, Rxf6, Rxf6 (or ... Kg8, Rxf8+, Kxf8, Qf6+, Ke8 (...Kg8, e7, Qc8, Qe6+!, Qxe6, dxe6 and White’s passer is unstoppable!), Qh8+, Ke7, Nf5+, Rxf5, exf5 when White will mate with the coming f6), Qxf6+, Qg7, (no better for Black would be: ... Rg7, Nf5, c4, e7), Qd8+, Qg8, e7, Re5 trying to stop the White e-pawn, Nh5, Rxe4 threatening mate, e8(Q), Re1+ (since any capture of the new queen leads to Qf6+ +-), Qxe1, Qxd8, Qc3+, Kg8, Qg7# Problem#4: Capablanca - Levenfish, Moscow 1935: Qh3! launching a kingside attack which was rare for Capablanca, Rc5 (or ... Qb6, Ng4 threatens Nxf6, ..., Qxh7#), Rxc5, Bxc5, Bg5, h6 (or ... g6, Nc6, Qc7, Bxf6, Qxc6, Qh6 +-), Ng4!, Be7 (not ... hxg5?, Nxf6+ leads to mate), Bxf6, gxf6 (or ... Bxf6, Nxh6+, gxh6, Qxh6, Re8, Bh7+, Kh8, Bg6+, Kg8, Qh7+, Kf8, Qxf7#), Nxh6+, Kg7, Qg4+!, Kh8, Qh5, Kg7, Nxf7! and the White knight is untouchable due to the multiple threats!, Rh8, Qg6+ +- Problem#5: A composition from Horwitz and Kling: White begins the fireworks with Ra4+, Ke5 (since ... Kc5, Ra5+ snares the queen), Ra5!, c5 (since ... Qxa5, Nc6+ forking picks up the Black queen and the game), Rxc5!, Qxc5, d4+!, Qxd4 (or ... Kxd4, Ne6+ is a winning fork), Nc6+ and White is winning! This combination beautifully shows motifs involving pins, sacrifices, double attack, and knight forks! Problem#6: A composition from Rinck demonstrating the potent power of a pin combined with a skewer: Ra8! with a direct attack on the Black queen!, Qa2 (... Qxa8, Bf3+ skewering the king and queen) (... Qe6, Ra6+ also skewers to win the Black queen) (... Qd5, Bf3 picks up the Black queen with a pin) (... Qc5, Rc8+ with another winning skewer!) (... Qh7, Bg6!, Qxg6, Ra6+), Rxa4!, Qg8 (... Qxa4, Be8+ with another winning skewer), Ra8, Qh7, Bg6, Qxg6, Ra6+ +-

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move

GM Sergey Erenburg (2634) Ian Mangion (1832) IM Bryan G. Smith (2513) Lou Sturniolo (1443) 6ss 39th Nat’l. Congress, Phil., Rd. 5, TL40/2 SD/1, Nov. 30, 2008, ECO B76 Sy Fish Memorial Tournament, Kenilworth, TL G/30, Oct. 2, 2008, ECO B92 Sicilian Defense – Dragon – Yugoslav Attack – Sicilian Defense – Najdorf – Opovcensky Variation Rauser Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Be7 9.f5 Bd7 10.g4 Bc6 11.Bf3 h6 12.Be3 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.0-0-0 Qc7 15.h4 0-0-0 16.Qf2 Nc4 17.g5 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.Bc4 a5 16.g4 a4 17.h4 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 hxg5 19.hxg5 Nd7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Rxh1+ 22.Bxh1 Rh8 23.Qg1 h6 18.g5 h5 19.a3 Qc7 20.Qf2 Red8 21.Rd2 Rd7 22.Rhd1 Rad8 23.Kb1 Qb7 24.Ka1 Nf4 25.Bxe6 Nxe6 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qe2 Nf4 29.Qf1 Qf5 30.c4 Ne6 31.Qd1 Qf4 32.Bf2

23...Bxg5+ 24.Qxg5 Rxh1+ 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Qc4 27.Qg2 Nc5 28.Nxc5 dxc5 29.a3 g6 30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Qh3+ Kc7 32.Qh7+ Kc8 33.Qh8+ Kd7 34.Qg7+ Kc8 35.Qxg6 Qf1+ 32...Nd4 33.Bxd4 exd4 34.Kb1 Qxh4 35.Qxa4 Qe1+ 36.Ka2 d3 36.Kd2 Qf2+ White Went On To Win 37.Qa8+ Kh7 38.Qe8 d2 39.Qxf7 Qxe4 40.fxe4 d1(Q) White Resigns ------C u t H e r e (Or Photocopy) ------

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