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Mar-Apr 2007 MARCH2007 APRIL IN THIS ISSUE .*%8&45$-"44"//05"5*0/4'30. *."/(&-0:06/( 5)&$0"$)4$03/&38*5)7*/$&)"35 '."-#&35$)088&*()4*/0/ i50*-&5("5&w 5)&30"%8"33*03 "/%.6$).03& ILLINOIS CHESS BULLETIN Illinois Chess Bulletin Contents Page 2 Table of Contents e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm Ica Supporters Life Patron Members Helen Warren James Warren Todd Barre Features Century Club Patron Members Michael Aaron Kevin Bachler Bill Brock Lawrence Cohen Vladimir Djordjevic Sometimes a Draw is OK ..... 6 William Dwyer In Memory of Victor George by Vince Hart Thomas Fineberg Thomas Friske Samuel Naylor IV James Novotny A Master’s Notes on “Toilet Gate” ... 12 Daniel Pradt Randall Ryner Frederick W Schmidt, Jr. Pradip Sethi Games from the ICCA Individual . ...... 8 Scott Silverman Bill Smythe Kurt W Stein Phillip Wong Gold Card Patron Members Todd Barre Clyde Blanke Jim Brontsos departments Phil Bossaers Aaron Chen Chess-Now Ltd. David Cook Joseph Delay John Dueker Editor’s Desk .......................... 4 Fred Gruenberg David Heis Vincent Hart Steven Klink Richard Lang Mark Marovitch Games from IM Young ............. 10 Mark Nibbelin Alex Pehas Joseph Splinter Michael Sweig James Tanaka Robert Widing Road Warrior ..................................... 18 Patron Members ICA Calendar ...................................... 22 Bacil Alexy Adwar Dominic Amodei Roy Benedek Roger Birkeland Jack Bishop Foster L Boone, Jr. Dennis Bourgerie Robert J Carlton Mike Cronin Tom Duncan Brian Dupuis Charles Fenner Gregory Fischer Shizuko Fukuhara Fulk Alan Gasiecki David Gerber Walter Griesmeyer Seteven Hansen Frank Harvey Special Web Feature S.E. Henderson, Jr. Hectory Hernandez Daniel G Iovin Timothy Just Richard Karpes Replay the “Toilet Gate Notes” section! Steven Klink Thomas Knoedler Richard Lewis Michael Lobraco Kenneth Marshall Gary Martin Every game fully analyzed by FIDE Master Albert Daniel Modes Clarence J Moore David B Mote Chow Cecil Rhymer Eric Rose Keith Rose Ray Doyle Satterlee Garret Scott http://ilchess.org/eICB/e.htm Ely Sollano Walter Showa Ronald J Suarez John Tums Michael Zacate Illinois Chess Bulletin Information Page 3 About the ICA and ICB e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm Illinois Chess Bulletin e-ICB Contributors President Chris Merli Published online six times per year. IM Angelo Young 1206 Watersedge Road Copyright 2006 Illinois Chess As- FM Albert Chow Champaign, IL 61822-8100 sociation. Vince Hart (217)778-3334 Pete Karagianis [email protected] Next Deadline: April 15, 2007. Les Kistner Chris Merli Metro V.P. Submission Guidelines Mike Zacate Send all e-ICB submissions to: Advertising Rates Downstate V.P. 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Editor in Chief: Pete Karagianis Further information on membership Games Editor: IM Angelo Young, rates and benefits can be found at: FM Albert Chow www.ilchess.org/membership.htm HTML Replay All games found in the ICB are available for online replay: http://ilchess.org/eICB/e.htm Illinois Chess Bulletin Contents Page 4 From the Editor’s Desk e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm by Pete Karagianis this event on page eight, and even mail inbox full of articles, pictures, more can be found online for replay games, analysis, anecdotes, etc. at the e-ICB home page. I would like every ICA member to Hello once contribute a game or two, or a fun- IM Angelo Young has also sent again, ICA ny story- seriously! I’ll fit it in! The us more of his always intriguing members. The miracle of the online format is that games, including a recent victory Spring season there are only space constraints as over NM Alex Betanelli. always brings time and your willingness to submit with it some allow. Still, I would love to see even more of my favorite chess-related activi- contributions. I would like an e- *Sigh.* ties, including but not limited to: the Linares/Morelia chess festival, All Games OK, I won’t repeat myself too the US Amateur Team events sta- much. The Editor’s Desk is begin- tioned throughout the country, and, are available ning to sound more and more like of course, continued discussion of a broken record. Send! ICBEditor@ Kramnik-Topalov, computer cheat- for replay online: gmail.com. ing in general, and the ultimate, now infamous “Toiletgate” scandal ilchess.org/eICB/e.htm Send! that marred the unification match. _PDK Oh, wait... that doesn’t usually hap- pen. Unfortunately, the incidents And now my favorite picture from surrounding the Championship the US Amateur Team... the win- match marred the beauty of the ners- AKA The Repeat Offenders: game of chess as a whole. Fortu- nately, however, our own Games Editor FM Albert Chow revisits the play of the match and reminds us how intriguing the games actually were. Also on tap is the latest installment from High School Chess Coach Vin- cent Hart, chronicling his teaching experiences and offering valuable insights into the game and tourna- ment play. Recently, the ICCA Individual Championships took place, in which hearty high school competitors knocked it out against each other over the board to determine the ICCA Individual Champion. You can find some selected games from courtesy Les Kistner Illinois Chess Bulletin Podium Page 5 So You Think You're The Only Chess Player Who Is Struggling To Keep Up With Main Line Opening Theory? You're wrong! There are many like Secrets of Opening Surprises is a true you, players who love a snappy game revolution in chess publishing, but the of chess, but who only have a limited concept is so straightforward that amount of time to prepare. 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