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Memorial Day Classic Los Angeles Open October 6-8, 2006 $8,000 Prize Fund (Based on 200 Players, 50% of Each Prize Guaranteed) R ank & File JULY=AUGUST 2006 VOLUME XXIX, NO. 4 $3.00 Sevillano, Wojtkiewicz top Memorial Day Classic Los Angeles Open October 6-8, 2006 $8,000 Prize Fund (based on 200 players, 50% of each prize guaranteed) at the LAX Hilton 5711 W. Century Blvd.,Blvd., LosLos AngelesAngeles CACA Open 90045 1st: $1400 Five Rounds — Swiss System 2nd-5th: $700-$400-$300-$200 3-day schedule 40/2, SD/1; 2-day schedule rounds 1-2 G/75 U2200: $600-$300-$150 Entry Fees: U2000: $600-$300-$150 $68 if received by 10-5, $78 at door SCCF membership required of rated state residents ($14, Amateur jr. $9) (Under 1800/unr) Registration: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, 8:30-10 a.m. Saturday $600-$300-$150 Rounds: 3-day 7 p.m., 11-5:30, 10-4:30; 2-day 10:30- U1600: $500-$250-$150 1:30 Saturday (G/75), then merges U1400: $400-$250 Entries: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Place #1, U1200: $150 Los Angeles, CA 90038 Unrated: $150 HR: $94 single or double. (310) 410-4000. Be sure to (Unrated may win Unrated prize onlyu in this section) mention Western Chess. Parking $7/day On-line entry, advance entry lists: www.westernchess.com LAO Scholastics LAO Hexes October 8 October 8 5-SS, G/45 3-SS, G/90 REG: 8:30-9:15, RDS: 9:30-11-1:00-2:30-4. 6-PLAYER SECTIONS BY RATING, $$40-20-10 EACH SECTION. EF: $16 IF RECEIVED BY 10-5, $20 AT DOOR. EF: $20 IF RECEIVED BY 10-5, $25 DOOR. ON-LINE ENTRY: WWW.westernchess.com. REG: 9:30-10:15 A.m., Rds 10:30-1:30-4:30. 2 RANK & FILE JULY-AUGUST 2006 Around the Nation from the 33 games that she played. National Open The National Open Blitz Cham- Grandmasters Aleks Wojtkie- pionship was won by Grandmaster For complete results and stand- wicz, Lubomir Ftacnik, Varuzhan Merab Gagunashvili, who scored ings from all the events, visit the Akobian, Nikola Mitkov and Merab 11½ points to secure the title from Las Vegas International Chess Fes- Gagunashvili tied for first with 5 last year’s joint winner Varuzhan tival website at www.lvchessfestival. points each at the 2006 National Akobian, who finished just a point com. – USCF news release Open, part of the Las Vegas Inter- behind in second. national Chess Festival held at the Grandmasters Walter Browne Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and Susan Polgar both gave simul- SCCF Election June 16-18. taneous exhibitions on the Thurs- Six members will be elected to Going into the final round there day before the tournaments. Walter the SCCF Board of Directors this were no less than 13 players tied at Browne conceded just 3 draws out of year. Ballots with candidate state- the top of the standings. This en- 23 boards and did not lose a game, ments are included in this issue. sured that there was a lot of fighting while Susan Polgar gave up just one You may vote either by mailing your and aggressive chess played in the fi- loss, to Allan Crow, and four draws ballot to the address indicated, or in nal round as a draw assured nobody of a big payday. Six of the top seven boards ended in decisive results, an unusual feat in such a tournament, and hence we had a five way split at the top. Aleks Wojtkiewicz was CONTENTS awarded the Edmondson Cup on tie- breaks. A total of 695 players participat- AROUND THE NATION ........... .........................................................3 ed in the main National Open tour- nament, which contained sections LINA GRUMETTE from the Open down to the Under MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC ..........................................5 1200. Only Santiago Lunas (Under 1600), Robert Clarke (Under 1400) SUPER STATE SCHOLASTICS ...............................................9 and Aaron Asay (Under 1200) were able to go through the entire tourna- LOS ANGELES COUNTY OPEN .......................................11 ment with perfect scores. TACTICS There were other events going on as part of the Las Vegas Internation- by TIM HANKS ................................. .....................................................................12 al Chess Festival, including the pres- HERE & THERE tigious Susan Polgar World Open Championship for Girls. This event Club news, local tournaments, was run in cooperation with the Su- scholastic events and more .............................................................................15 san Polgar Foundation. Winner of the Under Age 21 section was none THE LONG VIEW ........................................................................................19 other than Batchimeg Tuvshintugs, famously remembered for her upsets STATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS .................21 over various Grandmasters at the UPCOMING EVENTS ...............................................................................22 recent US Championships. All the section winners were awarded com- CHESS QUIZ ................................................ .......................................................24 puter systems for their efforts. 3 RANKANK & FILEILE JULYULY-A-AUGUSTUGUST 20062006 person at the Southern California Youth Chess Championships can be Open Labor Day weekend. found at http://www.fide.com/news/ Southern California Chess download/WY06_Regulations.pdf. – USCF news release Federation World Youth Chess U-18 Boys President RonRon RezendesRezendes Salvijus Bercys NY 2501 Vice President Joe Hanley Championship Alex Lenderman NY 2496 Secretary ChuckChuck EnseyEnsey Igor Schneider NY 2421 Treasurer John Hillery FIDE has just released the de- Mackenzie Molner NJ 2383 Executive Board tails for the 2006 World Youth Chess Joel Banawa CA 2381 Randy Hough Championship scheduled for Octo- Nshan Keshishian U-16 Boys Elliot Landaw ber 18-29 in Batumi, Georgia. The Robert Hess NY 2403 tournament will include the age Daniel Ludwig FL 2338 Mike Nagaran categories Under 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, Evan Ju NJ 2221 Rick Aeria and 18. The deadline for registra- James Critelli CT 2203 John Surlow Francis Chen CA 2177 Ivona Jezierska tion has been set for August 18th. Sarkis Agaian NY 2177 David Saponara The players listed below have quali- U-14 Boys fied to play in this year’s event. The Rank & File top players by rating in each age Marc Arnold NY 2242 Alexander Heimann PA 2177 Editor JohnJohn HilleryHillery category are considered the official Mark Heimann PA 2146 835 N. Wilton Pl. # candidates. In addition, Alex Lend- Michael Lee WA 2141 Los Angeles CA 90038 erman qualifies by right as the win- Victor Shen NJ 2139 [email protected] ner of the Gold medal in the Under Jeffrey Haskel FL 2139 Michael Thaler NY 2123 Publisher DavidDavid ArgallArgall 16 Male section of the 2005 World Christian Tanaka CA 2113 Youth Championships in Belfort, Contributing Editors France. U-12 Boys Jack Peters Players may qualify to represent Ray Robson FL 2213 Tim Hanks Parker Zhao NY 2208 Al Pena the United States by being estab- Daniel Naroditsky CA 2003 lished as one of the three highest Michael Yang MN 1965 Contributors rated candidates by peak post-tour- Zachary Young NY 1962 Chuck Ensey nament rating in the previous 12 Christopher Heung FL 1957 Randy Hough Chris Roberts months ending with events includ- U-10 Boys Philip Voron ed in the April Rating Supplement. Darwin Yang TX 1943 Jerry Yee This year they may also qualify by Brian Luo WI 1937 Karen Payne Lucas Van Beuzekom FL 1799 being within 50 rating points or less Fernando Spada TX 1779 from the third qualifying spot from Fernando Mendez, Jr. TX 1760 Subscriptions/Address Changes either 2006 or 2005 (see below for Aleksandr Ostrovskiy NY 1757 Randy Hough, Membership Secretary 2005 3rd place ratings by category). Brennen Lee AZ 1753 P.O. Box 205 A player may also qualify by per- Kevin Bu MN 1735 Monterey Park CA 9754 Eric Zhang CA 1726 sonal right by achieving a medal at (626) 282-742 Eric Liao NJ 1705 [email protected] the World Youth in a previous year Jonathan Chin TX 1700 Atulya Shetty MI 1690 or by achieving a Gold Medal at Rank & File — ISSNISSN 8750-9648750-964 USPSUSPS Sam Schmakel IL 1688 the previous Pan American Youth 738-230, published bimonthly by the Festival. The coaches scheduled for Continued on page 19... Southern California Chess Federation, 300 this year’s team are Michael Kho- Ballista, La Puente CA 9744. Periodical darkovsky – Head of Delegation, Photos: Cover, pp. 8, 9: Lola Nunn. Pp. postage paid at Industry, CA. POSTMAS- Aviv Friedman, Joel Benjamin, 6, 7: Al Pena. P. 16, 17, 18: San Diego TER: Send changes of address to SCCF, Chess Club. and John Fedorowicz. Regulations PO Box 205, Monterey Park CA 9754. in PDF format for the 2006 World Subscriptions: $4 adult, $9 junior. Copyright © SCCF 2006. One-time only publication rights have been obtained from Advertising Rates: Full page $80, half page signed contributors. All other rights are $45, 1/4 page $25, 1/8 page $15, back cover (3/4 SCCF Online page) $80. (All rates are for camera-ready copy.) hereby assigned to the authors. Th e opinions Flyer insert $50 (advertiser must supply fl yers). The SCCF Web expressed are strictly those of the contribu- 50% discount for tournaments requiring SCCF tors and do not necessarily refl ect the views membership. Display ads should be sent to the page is located at: of the SCCF, its offi cers or members. Editor, fl yers to the Publisher (addresses at right). Payment should be sent with order to the Editor. www.scchess.com SCCF reserves the right to reject any advertising. 4 RANK & FILE JULY-AUGUST 2006 2006 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic Burbank Hilton May 19 – 21, 2006 XIIIIIIIIY hough problems finding a site made it necessary to move the 9r+l+-trk+0 T2006 Memorial Day Classic off the Memorial Day Weekend 9+pwqn+pzpp0 (and shorten it to five rounds), it still attracted a respectable turnout of 114. The 44-player Open section was quite strong, 9p+-+-+-+0 with one GM and five IMs.
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