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Letterto the Edltor, WCFBoard Meetlng page 3 DavidCollyer Memorlal page 4 fournamentAds Soprefhoughts on the pages7,8,14,15 flpryoeehof SprbE USCFCrosstables page 9 The world becomes so different so quickly at this time of year. Changescatch- unaware: that cherry tree, resting in Leapln'LePrechauns ing us page winter dormancy last week, riots this week 10 in pink; the catalogues suddenly focus on outdoor barbeques, swimsuits, lawn furni- Pupols4ollyer,WA GhamPlonshlP ture-suddenly, winter begone! page11 Sometimeschanges in people,too, burst Report Kleist's report NWGP upon us. Example: Carol page 12 ("Extra, Extra, Extravaganzal") in Feb- ruary's Northwest Chess. Over the years, I must have read ten or more of her articles, No rthwestCDess Calendar but I never noticed before what a lively and of UPcomlngEvents thoroughly engagingwriting style she has. back cover Look a the deft turns of phrase- and espe- ciallythose strong, colorful, vigorous verbs: On the Gover: WA Championshipphoto montrage. "slice off a whole Rook;" "storming the (clockwisefrom upperlefl) LM MktorsPupols (l) vs. FM John grag! (r), King's castle in a most alarming way;" "a Readey(r), title, NM NatKoons (l) vs. FM David NI 'the (l) vicious Bishop;" has made her- fgnacidPerez(l) vs. MichaelMacGregor(r), FM PaulBartnon Queen (l) vs. FM NickRaptis nice home;" "devouring a pawn;" "a v!. tttvtMichael Lee (r), NMCurt Collyer self a photosby ErlcHolcomb flourish of pins" (pure inspiration, that!); (r),TD Fredl(eist. Arrangementand "taunting the poor Knight on f6;" "jealous 1l31lO7 of its light-square counterpart;" "the Bishop WCF Bocrrd Mccllng on a8, his nefarious . . deeds accom- O'tflccrc?rcront Pres.Geotf Gole,V'P. Duone Polich, Sec. Gory Dorfner,Ireos-Rob-' ert Allen,T.C. Don Molhews,NWC Rep. obsenl, S.D. Dovid Henddcks,NWC BJv{- Bic plished, offers himself up and dies a glori- Holcomb ous hero's death.' In her prose,the pieces lhe meetingwoscoled to orderol7:37 prn.Iheminuleswerereod &opproved. fairly thrum with life and vitality. Oficen Roporfr: preldent $1500owed lhe wcF for losfyeor's slole chompionshipslillhos nof been If my chess-playing sang like her writ- poid. Fred Kleisfwill be lhe TDfor lhis yeor's sfole chompionshp. Looking.intothe ing, I'd be a Master! bossibilityof broodcosfing fhe gomes over lhe inlemet. Mr. Dorfnersuggested folk- ing to Clint Bo1ordobouf it, seeingos he did if for his Slugfeslevenl. 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Cortinued on page 13 Northwest Chess April 2OO7 3 I)onaldsonoKoons Top s3-PlayerCollyer Memorial by Kevin Korsmo TTtop seedsIM JohnDonaldson andNM Nat Koonsshared fint placein for the Spokane Chess Club website (ttww. I the FifteenthDave Collyer Memorialtourname,ut in Spokaneon Feb spokanechessdub.org)from his tournamentvis- I ruary 24-25,2007. Ttre two championsdrew in their fourth round its overthere. match and finishedat 4,5. Four playersfinished at 4.0 to tie for third and The went alsosaw the returntotoumarnent claimthe Expertand Class A prizes: PaulBartron, John Julian, Chris Kalinq play of JohnStanfield. Stanfiel{ a manytime and David Rowles. North Dakotastnte champion in the 1980s,has The first day's action endedwith Donaldson,Kmns, and Expert Josh lived in Watervillesince the eirdof tbat decade. Sinananleading the 53-playerfield with perfect3.0 scores.Sunday monring His last toumamentwas a 1990 went run by saw Koons and Donaldsonhook up in a Slav tbat, at its conclusion,had DaveCollyer in the Collyer basemeirt!He made Donaldsontwo pawnsup, but havinga hard time finding good squaresfor his return to the royal gamelook easy,winniqg his pieces.Sinanan best€d Curt Collyer'sEnglish in a lengthygame to main- his firsttrpo rnatchesbefore drawingwith C,ollyer tain his perfectscore and sole possession offirst placeheading into the final in the third round. We hopeto seeJohn back in round. the statechess sce,ne. Josh followed that up by playng a long girme on board one against A tcal of $ 1600in priresuas auar&d again Donaldsonin the ffnal round. It becamea must win gamefor the IM when this year. The SpokaneChs Club andtre Gary Koonsoutmaneuvered Chris Kalina in a Bishop.and-pawne,ndgame to fin- YounkerFoundation again jointly sponsoredthe ish at 4.5 andclaim at leastsecond place. The boardone contest went down toumey. to its final minutesand an electronicclock was put in placewhen Sinanan The Collyer weekendkicked off with claimedinsufficient losing chances. Donaldson played a nice e,lrdgameand Donaldsonglirng his armuallecture, well at- wonthe encountor.While that gamewas in its final mom€nts,the boardfive tendedas always,atAuntie's Bookstoreon Fri- e,ncounterbet\ile€n GeoffGale andDavid Rowlesdevolved into an old fash- day, February 23. T}na,twas followed by a si- pieces ionedtime scrarnblethat saw captured flying offthe board and the multaneousexhibition. The IM quickly worked poor mechanicalclock taking quite a poundingfrom the two chessvsterans. overthe field, scoringI 64 in lessthan two hours Rowlesfinished nicely andwon with a few secondto spare. It was an excit- time. ing endto the tournament! The weirt attracted53 playersthis year. Oneofthose playerswas B.G (call him Bert or call him Jerry) Dennison,a rstired teacherfrom Tyler, THECHESS HOUSE Texas. The Collyer toumeyma*ed his first Washingtonchess tournament Servingthe chesscommunity since 1972 andmade it the 49e statein which he hasplayed. Bert needsonly to play in the WyomingOpeir (scheduled April 28-29)to completea fifty-state chess tour. The touruLmentalso servedas a surprisereunion for Dennisonwhen Spokaneplayers Altoq Ben, and David Blue enteredthe tourney. They formerly lived in Tyler and knew Dennisonfrom playing at the Tyler chess club. It really is a small chessworld out there! Detmisonmade his tournam€Nrtexperience all the more enjoyableby sharingthe Class B prize. His 3.5 scoretied with Alex Chow and Dan Mafhews. ProfessorBill McBroom(3.0) of Missoulawon the ClassC prize chos$s6h. combo3,clookt €l€cFonicch6i8, softirare m andhigh schoolerKeir Ericksonplaced second in the classwith his 2.5 score. book, dvd's,toaching iupplbr prire 6warda,cheas for Gducation The classD was won by Dr. Ward Chow. Secondplace in the D and scc€gsorlee,boaadi, piec€g undercategory was sharedby RyanAckermaqnewcom€r Khai Le, andold vstcranJim Waugh. The biggestupset prize wentto youngsterDavid Blue for ddeating a player nearlytwice hts742 rating! The secondlargest upset prize went to Pat Kirlin with a 456 point upset. The Collyer codinued to be a worldwideeveirt when Jerry Morton re- ryC tumedfrom Moscow,R.ussi4 to play. Jerry has spentthe last trro yearsin wwwchessHouse.com Ikeakhstan and receirtlymoved to Moscow. This year markedthe third consecutiveCollyer he has floum halfway around the world to participatein! 1-800-3484749 Jerry describedMoscow as "chessheaven" and he regularly sendsphotos April 2W7 Northwest Chess This past FebruaryI hadthe oppor- White hastrn'o better choices: 16...4xc117.Eaxc1 ExbT 18.c6 tunity to makea trip to fte Northwestand A) 12.Ag5l wasthe favoriteofthe EcZ lg.ExOT ExdT 20.cxd7Uxd721. oombinetwo of my frvorite activities- lateAlor Wojtkiewica whoused it to win Eht Uez 2.9$s6 23.9d6 EreB24. mecting frie,nds playing with old and two miniatures after 12...c5 13.dxc5 tsoz 6n 25.9a4as 26.8d/ W,cszt. chess. My first stop was the Portland Axc5 14.Axe4! lUc7 15.$.*rz+ 6rre t s. EtUsUros z8.cxbsEcg zg. Euz a4 30. ChessClub uilrcretheroughtreatnent bxa4 E(c43l.Exb6 Exa+ gZ.Ea6 l4 I Ae4andnow: receivedinthe simul provedan e:(cellent Yusupov-Beitar,Thessaloniki (ol) 1988, wake-upcall. Onething I leamedfr,om Al) 16...6e5 17.9';t4 hxe4 is the garnethat soldrne m 12.Axe4 and my gamewith Mchael Morris was that 18.Ocxe4f519.ge2 698 20.0xc5 1-0 16.dxc5,br4 asGM Mihai l\,Iarin'poids after 1.d4dS z.eA e6 3.Ac3 c5 4.cxd5 Wqitkiewicz-Bcerra ldarshallMasten, out in his errcelleNrtCD for ChessBasem exdSS.bf,t 6c6 6.936f6 7.4s2 Ae7 NewYork2003. the Catalan,Black shorld play 17...bxc5l 8.O-OO-O 9..g.g5 cxd4 10.Axd4 h6 11. A2) 16...4,G4 17.6cxe4f5 1 8.8e2 18.4929e719.8d26t0 asin Cvitan- -0.e9Ee8 1zT{4,Black mustplay 12... g6 lg.AuZ+ 6gs 20.6d6 e5 21.Axb7 Botgo, Porto San Giorgro 1997, wheir AazgUictaet playd 12...6e5?, when 1-0 Wojftiewicz-Zatdinov, Philadelphia Wbite hasnsrd to nothing. 13.Axd5 AxOSt +.AxOsAm 15.-e.xb7 1998. 17.8b1 Axtt t0.Axag Axe2 17.4g2 left White a safepawn up, but Black won!). Then Black'sbest is likely 12...h6,but af- The questionthat Wbite has to de- 13.Axd5 leadsto a rnore or less forced ter 13.OgXe4 hxe4 14.4\xe4AfO 15.c5 cide is wba endingoffers the mostpros- drawafter 13...41xd5 14.gxd5 Ab4 15. hos t o.agas 17.9;t1$cz t s.gdz E(fde pects:with Quoeirs,Rook andBishop or Uug Axos 16.Uxd5Atrs tz.9xos 19.V ar&A20.3xb4 Ea8 21.cxb6 Wxb6 Rookand paum? I probablydid not make Elaxdsls.Efidl Ato tg.trozAsd re- 2..9xe7 6xez E.hc5White hada big the right decision.An importantalt€rna" gainingthe pawn. in Beliavslry-Mitkov, Panor- tirrchere is 17.9m grdti2l 8.lU)62El67 mo 2001 (via manytranspositions). 1e.c6E(c7 2o.cxd7 Uez zt.Ehz Ehs 1nt 1q6 niglrtin Spolcanervem much 22.Ead1 ElcxdTwith a ending better,as I wm all 16games in the simul B) If 12.Ag5l is not to your taste, Queen soonto arise. in about an hour and a half. Things did anothergood move is 12.0e5, played not go as easily during the Collyer Me- many times with successby Dmitry 17...E;xb718.c6Ec7 19.cxd7ExOZ morial. All my orpponentsput up stiffre- Gurevichand Alexander Veingold. 20..0.e3 sistanceand I was happyto tie for first. 12...c,5 20.4a3 was played in Adamski- game, My most interesting at leastfrom Peten€n,Copeotagen 1995, br$ I though a theoreticalstan@oint, was with Paul This move is necessaryto free Black'sposition. Inst€ad 12...4xe4 13. theBishop should frce Black'squeenside Barnon of lbcoma a tnre chessaficio- pawnsi. nado who loves poshnortemsalmost as tlxe4 Uc7 14.4f4 Ad6 I s.Axao Uxao muchas the garresthemselves.-JD is stronglymet by 16.c5! White stops 20...96?! ...c6-c5permaneifly, grabs space, gains 2o...Exdl+ 21.Ekd1Vcz ?29.e4 Catalan control of d6 and shutsinthe Bishopon was only slightly better for White in IM John Doneldson(24661 b7. Black's :tcc€ssto d5 doesn'tprovide Minero Pineda-JuanJime,nez, San Jose trlVIPaul Bartron (2f10) enoughmmpeirsation. Note that 16... 2001,yes this is our Juan! Spokou, CollyerMemorial(3) 2M7 bxcS17.dxc5 6xc5?? fails to 18.9b4 tle719.Eac1. 21.c5 bxc5 22.Axc5 ExOf + 23.Uxd1 Annotntionsby IM John Ilonddson Eea 1.brcbffi 2.g3ds 3.fu2 e64.o€ 9.e7 13.Axf6l Alffi 14.hss Axgs 15..0.)67 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.9.c2 b6 S.b3 Ab7 Elc715.dxc5 9.Ed1huoz 10.6csElcg t1.e4dxe4 16.9e4 is alsopossible, but doesn't %'ffi2 promiseany advantageagainst best play. | "/%,% L"%, %'%.t"lffit ', "ffi "'%, L%^zffiL"1ffiL 'rr%, ,,%,% mt%L'ffi gffi^%L"m.L % .rrffi, t"%.%% '"ffi, ^%% ,,,ffi %A"ffi.L''%i %L% %% i m %'"1& E:%V''% ^'ffi %6m,ffiil %L%%l L%.V%. %^'% %'"ffi L%V%. "',ffi| 24.b4 q9 I felt that afterZ+.9xa7Ua5 25.4e3 12.Orxe/- A €fgh Vxa226.M Eag zz.gfl .9.d4 Black Tb naturallookiag cortinuatiqr and would have adequatecounterplay. For the most commonly-played move, but 16....gf6?! exarnple,28.gxd4 Exd4 29.b5 Ed2 Northwest Chess April 20[17 5 fl).b6 Exf2 3t .lUxn HrOl + 32.€s2 md squaresand fied to take advantageof 9xAo AxoO38. EkdGUla7+ 39. 6f1 it's unclearbon'White cm nrakeprqgr€ss. Black's awkrvardly-placedIfuight and Ebo+o.Exl6gxb6 andBlack is win- 2+..fixdt+ 25.Exd1 ilez ze.&xezzl Bishop. nmg. 17.b4cr&4 h[aybe26.E xa7! Ltbl ZZ.a+wasa 18.c5!? 36...E1ed837.9a3? more challerging cominuation. If 27... If 1S.a
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IISCF Crosstables (qqqq)indicares Rating Quick 12 Baker,Ted 1407 1369 t2 L15 tn8 L6 X20 2.O Rdcd Gtl, l('|agm Spolone 114 TD:-Davkl Griffin 13 Waugh,Jarnes 1384 1393 r.3 m6 In7 L5 IJ6 2.O 1 Baker,Ted 1396 1407 trr 1.0 14 Chouq'Ward 1346, 134-7 u u lt19 lf]16 Ir7 2.O 2Ackannan,Ryan SC 1314 1345 13 1.0 15 Kirfin, L11 L18 lr19 2.0 3 Wq,fard,Ronald ]D 1473 14/.7 L2 0.0 16 Weyland,AnnettelD 1198 1176 L5 L13 r20 Lla t718 2.O 4 Weyhlld,Annetle lD 1211 1198 11 0.0 17 Griffn,Davkl 1511 1461 rre L:] L13 I€ E 1.5 1 Korsrno,]Gvin (1615)(1631)a2 12 v v u 2.O 18 Blue,DaviJ 671 742 L6 Ll1 L12 1715 L16 r.0 L14 If20 L15 1.0 2 Grffin, tlarftl (1442)(1421) Ll L1 r,3 r. m 2.O 19 Engdhard,Raymond BO U2 LL7 \a I 3 Bal(er,Ted (1304X1345) u lr5 l|2 u u 2.O 20 Baker,Joel CA 259 t't L5 r,16 L19 L12 o.o , 4weltland,Ronald lD(1290X1262)u u u r,2 t2 0.0 Fesilival of Chess: Elile Eight Seafb 3117 TD: Sira Narayanan 5W€ybnd,AnnettelD(t151)(1138) u L3 u u u 0.0 1 Netr,Eflkft 2265Q158) n75(2166,1 fl5 n3 D6 D2 3.0 TOC Tormdo lre TD: @ry Dorfner 2 Readey,John 2310(7,37217311(?'33€,| L? ra 13 or 2.5 23€D(r979)2291(1985) lt8 L1 W n6 2.O l Pibe,HG 178(t8211n0(1671) D3 m D2 n6 3.0 3 lGons,Nat D6 L2 D5 w8 2.0 2Desmarais,Niles 176(171n17U(17O91 lf6 trs Dl D3 3.0 4 Bragg,David ?2osej42l 202(2134) 2110(20E9)Ll D8 D{ v7 2.O 3 Desrnnab,Cyrus 1588(1534)1619(1573)D1 16 w5 D2 3.0 5 Ffeury lvhthew 2103(21201 D4 tt Dl L:t 2.0 4Holcornb,Eb 15O5(14Stg)1518(1500)E L1 tr6 lYs 2.5 6 WFe, David 2O47(7nlzffi(JTn) n2 L6 D8 L5 1.5 5 Grc, Anthony 1393(1059)1368(105r)B Lil I.3 L,t 1.0 7 Selder,Ricky 214€,(1962)2140(1s58) 2101(19/m)L3 D5 D7 L4 1.0 6 lGchedorfer, David 1320(1320)1299(1282) w r,3 Lt L1 0.0 8 Sinanan,Jchua 2111(1950) FCG Ganp-in-fl! 1127 TD: GregoriAlpernas SOC January Qrads 1l2O TD: Fredl{eiet 'f t Holler,Roben 1700(1638)1735(1659)lne mo w2 D{ 3.5 Simnan,Jchua 2o76 2M -wrr 3.0 2 Pibe,H G wA177o(1671)1n3(673, m1 trs L1 n1o 3.0 2 Hidcy, ffiid( 1738 lTlO L-rt 2.0 3 Banrer,Richard 1811(1611)1802(1606)D16 D12 lr17 r||' 3.0 3 itanber, Devon 1856 1W LL-w 1.0 4 loutson,Keegan 1798(1600)1793(1604)aL7 al. D7 D1 3.0 4 il&athews,Dan 1742 1718 LLL- 0.0 5 Frbsen,Daniel 1602(1148)1619(1512)!'22 r'2 rrr rB 3.0 t Omod,Mlchad 1652 1660 -DTD 2.O 6Arun,Aditya 1686(1542)1664(1518)Ll{ r2o D12 r1l 2.5 2Gdieb, Ethan 1499 1518 D-LT 1.5 7 Sharp,Anslin 1609(1494)1612(1491)tns r21 D{ L:l 2.5 3 Wanier,Krishnan 1719 l7U LII-D 1.5 8 Tayfor,Michael f 768(1705)1737(167) D12 D18 1116 L5 2.o 4 Lessler,Pder 1562 1554 DLD- 1.0 9 Becker,Brett 1663(1372)1626(1340)D18 Lt6 Y2L DL2 2.O -rDr 10 Porter,Natran 1509(1359)1504(1361)r2o L1 tf18 L2 2.0 1 Torfcbon,Alan 142 MTA 2.5 11 DieE,Arfiss 1521(137711514(1373)L2 rle lrls L6 2.0 2 Etingher,Con€tantin l4{n 14OO L-DD 1.0 12 You,Sean 164(1U1)1523(1391) Da D3 D6 De 2.0 3 ttlonahan,Darby l5l7 1508 DD-U 1.0 13 Davey,Brent 1432(1377)1425(1366)u L1s y20 nt6 2.O 4 Larus-Slone,Nicholas 1141 i150 LDU- 0.5 14 Hofler,Bruce 1225(11ffi)1285(1219)w6 L{ Ls a2t 2.O 1 Ooley, Drdin 1277 13r'.7 -Drr 2.5 15 Boonshoft,A 1037(937)1165(1075)L? tt13 L1l r1e 2.O 2 \tu, Jrdin 1218 124,4. D-Wtf 2.5 16 Kim,lsmc 14218(1351)1.163(1358)D3 l|9 LB L13 1.5 3 ttlanion,Jimrry 1063 1050 LL-Ir 1.0 17 Porter,Joel 1394(1239)1381(1225)tA lfi22 rB D18 t.5 4 lpesb, Nate aa 794 LLL- 0.0 l8TanquaryJ 1211(1086)1269(1138)De DB L10 D17 1.5 l9Warg, lGvin 1293(121311255(1170)L1 Ll1 Y22 L15 1.0 tUA Ghalbqprc'Gup Playoff 1ln TD: Fredl(dst Z) LeGrove,Jeremy 1049(993)1041(982) L1o L6 Lts a22 1.0 I Bragg,David 2295 2212 - rrr Dr 2.5 21 Muflins,Michael 968(966) 948(948) B ,.7 Le r.1. 1.0 2 Cdlyer,Curt 2218 2212 nL - Du 1.5 z2 Croucher,Bryce /t91(/|91) ,191(,(91) L5 LL? LLg L2O 0.0 3 Gale,@offrey 1965 1973 DL DU - 1.0
Stephen Chrictophe Memorial Tacorna 1127-2BTD: Gary Dorfner NewPeninsula/West Sound Club! 1 MacGregor,Mike 2171 2175 D9 ||1o wa na n3 4.5 2 Raptis,Nk;k 2287 nffi n |16 E D3 Ds 3.5 KitsapGounty Ghess Club 3 Sinanan,Jchua 2076 2W rro m1 lfs D2 Ll 3.5 4 Ballard,Clint 1g)3 1915 s x Ll r15 ||13 3.5 MeetsThursdays 7pm-9pm 5 Pupols,Mlrtors 224.6 7,237 x rrls r,3 E D2 3.0 6 Bailron,Paul 2117 2110 vll L2 D7 rre E 3.0 680Lebo Blvd., Bremerton, WA 98310 7 Ffeck,Casey 1W7 1814 r,2 m{ D6 D11 D9 2.5 8 Wblker,AndrervNJ 1713 1732 E p rn6 L1 r15 2.5 4-5rd. G/29 USCF Swiss per month, $20 EF, 9 Mathervs,Dan 1742 1774 DL n2 s L6 D7 2.5 prizesb/entries, ferry & lateentry discounts, l0 Woodlief,Edc 1il2 lffi L3 L13 B D12 1116 2.5 , 11Holcomb, Erb 1518 1595 m3 r.3 E D? D7.2 2.5 noother dues. See below for details & direclions: I 12 O'Gorman,Pder 1865 1833 Lls L9 mr D1o D1l 2.0 l3smith.Allen LA 184i1 1821 L11 nlo s E Lr 2.0 http://kitsapchess.yoll.net thehi ght@ mwtay.com g 'I t+ Brck, Sephen 1720 17cp L6 L7 L12 D16 1.5 lsWang,Mbhad 1800 l80O wr2 L5 E L{ LB 1.5 16 Etingher,Consilantin 14(X) 1401 B L1 La D1{ L1o 1.5 lTWalloch,$ephen 17291729 F u u u u 0.0 Winter Championship Spokane 1118-2115TD: lGvin Korsmo I Julian.John 1980 1982 rn1 D1o ws 13 |'4 4.5 2 Countryrnn,Zach 1739 1751 rn2 w6 L3 trz tre 4.0 3 Stipes, James 1670 1718 tr13 rn? w2 Ll mo 4.0 4 Chow.Alex 16i12 1664 $15 s H6 rno Ll 3.5 Carl A. Haessler 5 Baker.lGvin 16'13 1619 m6 w2o Ll tn3 E 3.5 L€ssorF.Lecttr€s. E drhllions 6 Copeland,Chris 1562 1559 w1s L:l rA r12 fi13 3.0 7 Blue.Alton 1505 1511 rr2o L9 tf8 r,2 rf1 3.0 I Ackerman,RyanSC 1345 1385 L1o ang L? rn? w11 3.0 9 Downes,John 1715 1700 E n7 r.1o m1 L2 2.5 t SCFtib iloster (5(x')35&7871 10 Korsmo,lGvin 1641 1649 w8 D1 n9 L{ L:t 2.5 gTrrr 11Wq/and,Ron lO 147 14?9 Lt lrla lrls L9 LB 2.O OngonOnreim ssnih6ltfOml.com Northwest Chess April 2W7 9 Dwc @llyer tlemdd $okane U2+6 TD: l(win l(qsm lfiurh10,AIIT 1 Donafdson.John CA 2ffi 24[ji1 |r15 n0 ftr D2 m 4.5 2l(mns, Nd 2W ng ti20 ti2l r1l Dl lr9 4.5 3 Bafion, Paul 2110 2117 r?3a r:15 L1 r!29 At2 4.O 4 Sinargf, Jchm 2W 2107 r32 126 ftt1 lrt r.1 4.O 5 Jdian, Jolf,t 1982 1985 r|:ll L19 n20 r17 l?13 4.0 Leapin' Leprechauns! 6 Rowfes,Davld 18F.21877 r50 L7 ra2 w25 rrl 4.0 7 Co[yer,Crd 212 n1 |116 16 D13 rr n9 3.5 8 Meruin, S[even 2o63 2o41 r35 L29 t:16 D15 r:la 3.5 byKslhylc 9l(dina, Chft 19At 1965 Dt7 ri27 r:t3 r1{ Lil 3.5 l0Weyhnd, Phil lD 1874 1880 l:t9 Lt' D32 r31 nlo 3.5 players and their families, from throrghout 11 Gale,Geofirey 1973 19@ r{2 r30 r.2 116 L6 3.0 T'tfty t2 Cloy,EHon 1959 1947 t:t6 r.31 r35 rla L3 3.0 J- ttre Pacifrc Northwest, attendd this event held f3 $anfidd, Jolh 1915 1912 r37 tao D? D19 r.5 3.0 ,- at the Clatskanie @mmunity Education Center. 14Hanlen,Jhn AKt887 1881 r3a ta8 E r.9 D15 3.0 15lGlde, $erllrB 1848 1859 &1 ;39 r37 D8 Dla 3.0 Tlris was the first tournament for many of the d't'end- 16smi[t,A[€n )41821 1825 Lt r50 rao L1'' r:19 3.0 ees. 17 Flec( Ccey 1798 1813 Dt r28 E r.5 r:il 3.0 18 Mdlprvs, Ilan 17% 1797 D23 ras E r.12 r35 3.0 While pairings wercprqard"the daybeganwith 19 Derr$sm,B G Jr D( 1735 1768 t51 ;5 E D13 t7 3.0 'lucky 2{l Ctrou Alex 1W4 16it8 t2 rr7 r,5 r{3 r3E 3.0 a hrn gafircof chess'where parents and players 21 ftlc Brmm,Willhm MT 1559 1578 L5 r51 B D2o ra1 3.0 fried their luck at chesstPieces zue moved based on the 22 i/fihfiefl, Milla 1877 18E1 E U U tas rGt? 2.5 23 Jensen,J Mlcha€lMT 1845 1825 D18 ia1 t9 r30 ;ta 2.5 luck of a dice roll (l-pawn, Z-KnighL3-Bishop, 24@, Ro'mleMTl8OO lEOl r.7 t2 E 136 ra 2.5 4-Rook S-Queen,6- King). If there are no legal moves 25 tb$rarab, Nlcs 1704 1755 rf3 L3 r3E L6 D32 2.5 26 Ccnbyman, Zacfi 1751 174fl rlt a ra r39 D31 2.5 for apiee, then theplayer skipsaturn. Theonlyway Z lrHin, Robeft Wf 174o l7Z3 Das r,9 taE D3a E 2.5 to win is to capfure the oppolrentsKing. Within ^bout 28 Wailcr, Andrcw NJ 1732 1710 Dr1 r.1z rts D21 B 2.5 29Attlood, Adam 1703 1716 ta9 rE E r3 r.16 2.5 12 moves,players would shout out'checlomate'and 30 Downee,John 170{J 1707 r53 Lt't' E r:t3 L10 2.5 then comeup andclaim apnze. So. . . beforethe tour- 3l Walton,John 1682 1@9 m6 n2 La L10 D26 2.5 3a Erid€on, l(enn€th lD t586 1602 tA ra9 D10 B D25 2.5 namenteven began,we alreadyhad winnerst 33 Sbipes,Jarn6 1718 16i11 L48 L38 E ;51 D36 2.0 34 YounlGr,Jersny 1€i45 1€i44 r3 rf3 E D27 '.17 2.O A mysteriousleprechaun left behind lucky sham- 35 D'eernnb, Cyrus 1619 1617 ta r4t L12 rto L18 2.0 rock coins to asrcrted players who were able to tvrn 36 Engdhad, Da,id 1538 l54O tt2 ra6 E t,l D33 2.0 37 ftlorbn, Jeny 152€ 15?'3 r.13 r53 L15 rt8 I"'22 2.O them in for commemorativeT-shirts of the event. War- 38 \Amer, lludin 1521 1525 Lr'f r33 I.:t5 ra9 ''20 2.O ren Skirvin, 6th grader from Clatskanie Elernentary 39 BhF, Allon 15'tt 1504 L10 L15 rS2 W6 ra8 2.0 40 Weytand,Ronald lD 1429 1416 r52 r.13 L16 r35 Aag 2.O won the coveted sportsmanship award (the biggest 41 Ctrow Wad 13/7 13s1 D2A r,23 e r,a2 t2t 2.O Class E Cotbnredotpagel3 42 Copehnd,Chrb 1559 1525 L1'' r52 L6 rr1 Dr3 1.5 lst GregFoster 4{l Bfue,Benpmin 1418 1412 r,25 r34 '/a6 r,20 Dt2 1.5 4f Waugh,Jameo 1393 l37E t26 L:t5 r53 E L23 1.5 2nd John Flett 45 Ackennan,ffin SC 1385 1390 D27 LLA L2A r.22 r52 1.5 3rd ArcherMorgan /5 te, Khal 746 1156 L:]1 1,36 rA3 Dt2 r51 1.5 Class F 47 Gffin, David 1461 1414 r,2t tzo r{9 B u 1.0 OterAryads lst Allison Mitchell 4E Kid0n,ffiid( l2a2 1279 r33 r.lt t 27 LIIT L:r9 1.0 BertNotstim IGvinHolm 49 Bue, David 742 816 r.29 t4a2 ra7 t,fta L40 1.0 Znd ChaseMorgan 5O ifaBiaracha, iilar 1N 1472 L6 L16E U U 0.5 3rd DrakeMorgan BertHrndlhda JohnFlett 51 Balter,Ted 1W 1324 L19 r.21 E r.33 rJ6 0.5 BestAfiitude JoeylGsper 52 Engdhard,Raymond U2 665 rAo rA2 L:tg D{6 Lts 0.5 Class G S3lUathbu,tlaft 629 629 L:to L:t? L{{ E U 0.5 Ist AnthonyGarcia WoddClrssPerformrne Znd EliasCoulson C.onnorThonrd Soc February Qudr 2124 TD: Fnd Kleist 3rd Azaylealay NerrcrGirc Up, NerrcrSurrtnder -xruu I l€e, MlchaeN 220.22211 2.O 4th Jeffrey Clappe TimothyCano 2lie,Gormblc,Jamea 2@72,J{,L-DUn 1.5 Medals Mullins ClabkenieSpirit JesseRenno 3Wary,l$lchael 18(n18OgLD-uD 1.0 Jessica 4 Kleid, Fr€dsid( 19791985uuu-r 1.0 BethanyMullins $erPerfomer KasidyEngen 5 O'Goflmn, P€ier 18291818ULDL- 0.5 Celina Vidos Lerder$ipArerd tt'nnsiltala I Warler, l(bhran 1704 173rJ -rDr 2.5 JosephHeyman Bestl*prrcnun AllisonMtchell 2HrJ Jt is alwaysa greathonorto play zuch tral dark squareswill collapse due to and $.Ebs counter-attackingmy own I a leg€ndaryplayer as Mktors Pupols. Black's powerful Bishop. queensidepawrc. I'"Viktors Pupols"-there is so much 13.Ae5Afs! 31...4xa332.6f0+ inthat name! 13...f6?14.hxg6! needsto be avoided. Now is defended,while QGD SIN 96 White will not bavethe optionof trading LM Viktors Pupols(2237,1.0) tL'% % % Ifuightsafter Black plays ...f7-f6. IYM Curt Collyer (2218,1.0) %L"%'ffiLi''ffiL%. 14.4a4tr 1s.Ab6 E(bsto.6f3 t''ffi%%i % 16.axc8?fxes 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 e.6te 6tO +.6c9 aO 16....9.s4 t "%, "%,gm Vikhaszuchvastopening % %.'"ffi.i this relatively modern line of the Slav '%zffit seernd like a goodpractical try. In frct, it "m,"m it couldbe arguedtlat this smallwaitiag ,ffi* 32...&f7 move has becomethe new main line of A ,L''%."ffi.t I hadcalculatod the following vada- this classicalddeirse. %:i "ffi.L%.% "ffi "ffiLt tion 32...€s7si|.beg+ 6h6 (gl...6h8 5.c5 % s4.EfB mate;3it...6ss 34.6t0+; e+.Etz Thkingup the challenge;somehow I %i,,,ffi%e%am $.xu+ 35.4f6!? AxcS g6.n+95 andf€h hadexpected himtogo forthe Exchange A %"ffi1 a little uneasy.I stoppedmy calculation Variationinstea{ which is an especially after 37.h5, afthougb37...94 is appar- good choice when Black has already ently okay for Black. played the somewhatweakening move White'scryrtrol ofe5 is slipping;stra- It seemedto me that ueatiag almof- ...a7-a6.In fact, I think Orlov defeatedtegically,the positionis alreadydanger- ing net with a single Roolq Knigbt and Readeywith this ideaat the 2006Wash- ous for him. pawn, would be somethingthat Vik just ington Open. mightpull Fnnz hasaditrerentopin- 17.9..e2 off! s...abd/ ion, but I wasnot sobrave. Or perhapsI Now thereis a forcing sequence. was just more pragmatic; I decidedto I knew that Shirov had played 5... 17...4xf3 18.Axf3 e5 19.fxe5fxeS activatemy King instead. Afs before, you see. 2o.dxe5Exe5 21.Elxe5 !Uxe5 22.E;b1 3g.Axds+ 6e6 g+.6t++ 6es 35.E€+ 6..g.f4Ahs E(es23.u+ 6eG 24.E(m "0.h6 6o+g6.he6+6c+ I hadtwo victoriesil this year'sState White was trying to bring his Rook Eventhe King is contributiagto the Championship;in both games I was to e3. queensideassauh. Blach in I played both the Slav, and in 25.Asa 37.ad8-e,ne sB. Ee4+ €bs 3g.Oxtz both I usedthis Knight maneuver.The Axcsao.Ee5 Elc2 41.600+ strategyis very sirnple:grabthetwoBish- Here I decidedto go for the e,nding, ops, consolidatethe positioq enjoy the as White's queensidepawns are vulner- White rushesback to defendf2. slight advantage! able to attach they are too far up the 41.,&M42.6e+ as board. 7.e'a6xt4 The passeda-pawn is too strong; I 25...ad426.Edg 0eZ+ 27. Axe2Uxe2 didnot seeanyway forWhircto ddend. Money in the Bank. 28.tElxe2Exe2 29.a3Eaz 90.607 .s.c1 8.exf4g69.AdS AgZ t O.OOIEIcT11 .gg 31.E(ffi!? 4it.E(e8a4 44.ElOa+6aS /rs.h4 6a2 o-o 12.E(e1Ee8 tr.'s4 Vik playedthisveryquicklyand it is It is very clear that if Black can an interesting idea. I had originally White'sonly hopeis to seekcounter- achievethe pawn break .'e7-e5,this will plannedto now play 31... Exa3 andmeet play on the khgside. be strat€gicdlyfavorable; White's pawn 32.6t0+ with 32...9f/, winning.How- 46...E(c447.6xc5 Ekc5 es.Ehz ag on c5 will be overe)d€ndedand the cen- wer, insteadWhit€ can play 32.8f8+! Contbnted ot page 13 Northwest Chess April 2OO7 11 Oregon Ito:hlngton Masters 2o,o,6 Franett Nrlerrror:ial 1 Haessler,Carl 65.0 Raptis,Ni<* ?62.O 2 Roua,Radu 55.0 Collyer,Cutt 141.0 IYorthurest Grand Prix 3 Prochaska,Peter 42.O Koqts,Nd 126.0 4 Brownell,Landon 30.0 Pupols,Mkbrs 118.0 Murlin Varner, administrator 5 Hannon,Clark 18.5 ltacGreger,Mchad 114.5 13329 2oath Ave. NE 6 Zaikov,Ol€ 18.0 Breg, Davil 75.0 Woodinville WA 98077 Erpcrts [email protected] I Daroza.Edurdo 84.5 Gab, Callrery 152.0 2 Phillipe,Bhke 55.0 Brtm. hr 139.0 3 Gufrrnn,Richard 54.5 Lc, ltclrd $.5 4lvlonis,Mictrad 52.5 Strggl Jdll $.5 - 5Alperre, Gregod 37.5 Setd€r,Riffi E7.5 OregonChamp Taylor Bailey 6 Yu.Co6in 34.5 Julan,Jotn @.5 Cbss A WashingtonChamp - Nick Raptis 1 C'ay,Danid 131.0 BuclqSeph€n 21ts.5 2 Banner.Richard 107.0 lvWreur€,Dan 139.5 3 Peake,Ethan 87.5 O'Gorman,Peter 1Sf.0 4 Fder, Raleigh 66.0 Wu, Danen 123.5 he 2006 GrandPrix endedwith a numberof very closeraces. As 5 Senes,Drerv 83.0 Smih. Allen 1V2.O you look doumthe list below,note how manyplaces and money 6 Rotinson,Marcug 73.5 Chen.Hornrd [email protected] winners could have changedwith lessthan l0 points! This in Class B 1 Bailey,Taylor 140.0 Countryman,Zacfnry137.5 cludesthe Oregonoverall winner, where Taylor Bailey dged 2 Becker,Brett 94.5 \llhry, Michael 130.5 Daniel Gay by just nine points. Elsewherein Orego4 Micheel Terrill 3 Porter,Ndran 72.O Lee,Nahan 1?5'0 edgedVkram Kudva for secondplace Class C byjust onepoint and Blake 4 Levin,Scott 59.0 lGlde,$eding 121.0 5 Sinclair,Parb 5-/.5 Piper,Aqust 105.0 Phillips held on to secondExpert by only half a point over Richard 6 Breckenridge,DryH 54.5 Omori,Michael C2.5 Gutman (with Michael Morris just another2 points back of Gutnan.)! Clrsc C InWashingtorn,Dan Mdhews heldoffPeter O'Goman for seoondClass 1 Midson,Tony 94.5 Etingher,Condantln 233.5 2 Tenill,Michael 59.5 Sun,Tris{an 125.5 A by 6.5 points,and Zachery Countrymen took first ClassB by 7 points 3 Kudva,Mkam 58.5 Homiclde,John 124.0 over Mcheel W*9, who was, in tum, only 5.5 points aheadof Nathan 4 Hooker,Justin 4.0 Lee,lvlegan 108.5 Lee. One+ndorc-half poimswere enough to takesecmd place for Tristan 5 DieE,Arliss 4i1.5 ilonahan,Darby 1(B.0 6 Wentz,Dale 42.5 Yang,lt&tthew 1V2.O Sun (overJohn HomicHe) in ClassC andfor Jeftey Omori (overJames Class D and B.dw Waugh) in ClassD. 1 Cohen,David 71.O Wu, Dany{ 110.5 2 Porier,Joel 58.0 Omori,Jefrey 87.5 Congratulationsto all our winners,some nsw, somerepeating. First 3 Petersen,George 45.0 Waugh,James 86.0 placein a classwon $15E.32inWashington and $101.54 in Oregon.Sec- 4 Hende,Rex 30.0 Yu,Justin dl.O ond was good for and respectively.First overall in each 5 Hany,Ken 2A.O Kidin,Patid( 6.5 $79.16 $50.77, 6 Le Grore,Jeremy 26.0 ilay, Sarah G|.0 state(Bail€y and Raptis) receivedan additionalfirst place share. Prizes (terall Leaders have beenseirt out and shouldbe in the handsof the winners as of this 1 Bailey,Taylor 140.0 Raptis,Nick 82.O The final rezultsfor all playerscan be foundon theNWC website. 2 Gay,Daniel 131.0 Buck,Stephen 243.5 Writing. 3 Banner,Richard 107.0 Etingher,Constantin 233.5 We had 550 differeirtchess players involved in oneor moreGP events 4 Becker,Brett 94.5 Gale,Geofirey 152.0 5 Midson,Tony 94.5 Collyer,Curt t43.0 lln2006,an increaseof five over 2005. Ournumberof eirtrieswent up by 6 Peake,Ethan u.5 lt atheyys,Dan 139.5 130 (7yo),howwer, meaningplayers are playing more often. The eirtries 7 Fo6ter,Raleigh 86.0 Bartron,Paul 139.0 per player rosefrom 3.32 n 2005 to 3.53 last year. Therewere a total of 8 Daroza,Eduardo 84.5 Countryman,Zachary137.5 E0 from 2005, 9 Senes,Drew 8:t.0 O'Gorman,Peter 13.0 GP w€Nrts,up one and 13 badmultipliers, the sameas the 10 Robinson,Marcus 73.5 Warp,Michael 130.5 previousyear. Entriesper went rosefrom 22.9 pr eventto 24.3 n2006. 11 Porter.Nathan 72.O Koons,Nat 126.0 Prizesrose by 4.4yon Oregon,and droppedby 3o/oin Washington.We 12 Cohen,Davkl 71.O Sun,Tristan 125.5 reducedtheminimumGrand Prix feeto from lastyear, which had 13 Haessler.Carl 65.0 Lee,Nathan 125.0 $10 $15 'f4 BreclenriQe, $are 64.0 Homiclde,John 124.0 a gteatereffect on the prizesin Washingtonthan those in Oregon,because l5Tenill. Michael 59.5 Wu. Danen 1?'3.5 thereare more small ev€Nrtsbeing held inWashington. Now we look to 2007, which hashit ground There Playerc from Other Stiles the running. were 1 Weyland,Ronald lD 1540 84.5 eightGP events in January,two of whichhad 2x multipliers,and five more 2Weyland,Phillip lD 18S 71.O in February,including the Collyer Memorial,with a 3x multiplier! If you 3 Milner,Aviv CAN 14'18 51.0 havent start€dplayiag yeq you should. 4 itartin, Robert MT 176/. 49.5 5 Tayhr,Michael CA 1625 46.5 6Zhao.Donovan CAN 12G) 45.5 %* wA other Total 7 Gaciu,Mad CAN 176/ 38.5 Master714425 8 Harmon,Luke lD 1Za 3E.0 9 Milner,Arie CAN 1552 37.5 Expert 13 18 5 36 l0Anderson,Mark lO 1750 36.0 ClassA 24 34 15 73 11Harmon, Carl lD '1165 36.0 Class B 23 72 11 106 12 Carpenter,Romb MT 1825 33.5 13McBroom, William MT 1589 32.5 GlassC 33 53 10 96 14Weyland, Annette lD 1232 32.O Glass D-below 58 138 18 214 15 Mulford.Michael GA 1808 30.0 r t2 April 2006 Northwest Chess Washington ChessFederation (WcFyoregon ChessFederation (OCF) Aduft: $258ar (12 issues).Residents of OR and WA receivea l-year membershipin the OCF or WCF. Memb€rsreceive NorthwestCftess vira periodicals mail eachmonth. Junion 817$ar (12 issues)or $10/6 months(6 issues).Must be under age2O at time of expiration. OR/WA residentsonly; statemembership included- Juniorsrwive NorthwestCress eachmonth. 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I KentWA9E03G7940 .. \- -5::HHt:"-rrrrr--r--rrrrr ---2 Special thanks to everyone WCFMeethgcant'dfwn page 3 I-qnechaunscant'dftm page I0 who helpedmake our tournament Sccrclc4n Sfillupdolingtheorchives.Hove o trophy of all) for kindnessand a success,Clatskanie Park & Rec, lol of reseorch left to do yet. Putfing togelher considerationof his opponents, o lournoment colendor & lrying to moke sure his LegendProducts (for the use of lhol lhese WCFlournomenfs ore held eoch can-do attitude and his coutage their Kings lndian and Alegria yeor. Also,in lhe processof tpdoting fhe fisfof pressure. chessclubs in the sfole. Willbe getfing o new under triple weighted sets),Amy Cough- loplop & prinfer & will be sel up fo send sfuffin on line. Hqve new Swiss-Sysprogrom. Willolso In ClassF, the top three fin- lin, Gretchen Moore, Paulette gel registrolionprogrorn from Ki* Winges& put ished in a tie for first which we Vidos, Warren Taylor. Michael it on compuler. tried to breakby blitz. The players Taylor, Melody Skirvin, Elizabeth NWClushelrmanoeen Grond Prhwillslillbe held without donolions. Willstill lry & solicif remained tied; so we used Nichols,Clatskanie School District, donolions. Thepdze tund is$1000. Willsend tiebreaks. Nevertheless,all three ClatskanieChief, Northwest En- repod ouf in Feb. Discusseddoing USCF/WCF scholosficfournomenh. Ihese would be Gl6O playersare considercd co-champi- graving. Fultano's Pizza,Subway duol+oted evenfs. ons. In all classes,medals were andourchessplayers'families. I Old lurlnerl: Andy Moy islhe StoteHigh School Chorn- given to thosewho scoredthree or pion for 207 & willrepresenf Woshinglon in fhe more points without receiving a Pupolslollwr cant'dfrorn page 1I DenkerTournomenl. trophy. Discussedlhe Slole Chompionship& Pre- 4g.Ekhz6ut so.ssa2 51.EaT mier. llwill be heldon Feb.lGl I & Feb.I 7-19. The "Never Give Up, Never New Buslnesc: I queening Surrender' award is basedon the briefly calculated the Discussedlhe WA Open. Slilllooklng for o pawn, but realized there is something sife. A mofion wos mode by Mr. Polich fo prize yeor- rcputation of the Tlatskanai Indi- simpler. odopl similor tund lo losf $8000 ans,a fierce and tenacioustribe. guoronleed, 4-sectionformol. 2d by Mr. 51...E(c4! Dorfner,possed. whose name survives in the name ll wos suggesledlhotthe WCFshould lrylo of our town - Clatskanie. The Now White will haveno counterplay get non-profitstofus & moinloin il. with the kingsidepawns. Discussedlhe WA€R Molch. winner of this arard was down to Discussedfhe WA SeniorOpen. just a King, when his opponent sz.Eloz+6c2 53.Ea7€uz s+.E[uz+Meefingodjourned ot 9:lO pm stalematedthe game. €a3!0-1 t qa,f J. D44ltot,fu. Northwest Chess April 20o,6 13 aooooooooooooaoooooooaaao Ita ' a ?n0TWeekends .-: ! Novice: May5, Aug.25, Nov.4 : Address ! QuaOs: Apr.27., June 16, July : 1751715AveNE 2L, Aug 18, 15, 13, I Z Sept Ost. a SeattleWA 98155 . Nov.3,Dec.8 o Infoline oa Tomados: Apr.29, June 3, July . 2064t7-5405 aI a 7-,July29,Aug.26,Sept3O,_^ _ Oct ^ o [email protected] ' Addressfor Entries 3 2L,Nov.18, Dec.9 --'- SCCTnmt Dir . : Pfus€ooreSwiss-May t2-L3. . 2420S r37 St 1a-o o_o SeattleWA 98168 i EmeraldCity-June 22-24. . OO F Apn2r SCC Satuday QuedsF I SeafairOpen-August 10'12. : Fomd: 3-R& 4-plyr sctions by rating. TC: G/120. BF: $6 (+$5fte for non- ao SCC).Prias Fre emryfor finue $rd- Reg: 9:00-9:45a.m. Rds: 10:00-2:15- SeatUeFall Open-Sept. 2L-23. . o--o? ASAP.Illi*: USCT,WCF'/OCF me'nb. req'4 OSA. NS,NC. a-a i Ertravaganza-November9'10. o FApr. 29 SCCSundaylbmedoF aa ao o a oao oartaa aoaaaaoa Formd: 4-SS. TC: G/64. EF: $15 1+35fee for non-SCC). Prizcs: lst3s%o,2nd ooaoa TF/o, BffiromHatr lst 22yot2fr 167o($ I 0 from eachEF gioesto prize fund). Rcg: lO:3& I I : 15a.m. Rd$ I I :30-I :504: 105: 30. Misc: USCF,WCF/OCF m€mb. rcq'4 May 4 osa Ns,Nc. SCC G€n€ralMeeting and Election - Mey 5 SCC Novice SCCBoard 7:30p.m. Formd: 4-SS. Op€nto U1200and unrated. TC: Gfl5. EF: $10b' 512,$15 at site.(20olo disc.for SCCmem., l09o menr of otherdues-req'd CCs in WA O& &BC). Primr: Membenhips(SCC, WCF, Plrrs-$,s(ore SrAZiss USCF).Rcg:9-9:45a Rd$ 10-12:45-3:306.Byc: MryU2a3 I (Rd 3 or 4ommit at reg.). Mirc USCTmemb. req'd. N$ NC. A one-section,four-round Swisswith a time control of G/ re5 (or G/roo+3o sec.per move). Tte prizesare based on at -oottttjoo^ ta -a' to. least eight entries. Nine out of ten -.tt , %ora 9lfurna rn@a --u ^.t doctonsagnee. . . .. Srt O ti .d cooh"heedspley better cness. SFr(o(o o 4-(O o' '1 .iTherefuietheSCC Board lssiliklnga 3.5 $6o I blowfrrmorccomfuftttrissummer!'. ot 3.(O $ss i {es,1ou frcar[itfim rryfrt i tf..-f i hure:we?e gottrg to buy fltn- : 2-S $18 7 hfocfrfugarrairufor tfrectu6t 3 Entty Fee* $25 if rec'd W 5/9, $gO at site. SGC membelr- o' strbtract $4. Members of otlrer dues-required CCs in BC, OR, 1 Fourmembershave pledged financial n.p j and WA-subtract $2. r^ forthispmjecl.You can giveYOURcon- '. ; RqLtratlon: Sat. lO- 1O:45. tdbution,in anyamount, to Fred,Carol, o .. nrrgus[ oranyotherBoardmember. .o Roundn: Sat. 11-3:30, Sun. 11-3:3O. ol Byor: 1 (Sunday rouJrds, commit at registration). 1.- G*tirG"JII ta o'.j ttrcellaaeous: USCF & WCF membership reqU. No snok- -oo^ ing. No computers. ^ at' "looooooo t4 April 2OO7 Northwest Chess Flpn 2&129 Inland EmPire OPenF Future Events SI|cl:Gonzaga 4 SchoenbergCtr, Rm. 201, N 900 Pearl St, Spo- F indicdes e Ctrirtopher Memoriel NW Grand Prir event kaneWA. Formet 5-rd. Swiss.TC: G/120. BF: $26 ifrec'dby 4127,831 at site;ul8, $5 less. Prize Xbnd: $$750gtd (Classprizes trAprit 1{-15 Datrodil OpenF U5 per class). Prize$ $17-125-100,A 50-25,B 50-25,C 50-25, SI|c;:Tbcoma CC, Rm. lf (2nd floor), 409 Puyalftp Ave, Tacoma DIryUNR 50-25,Ups€t 50 (both ptyn n€edestab. rtgs). Reg: Sht. IVA X'omet 5-rd. Swiss.TC: G/120. EX':$30adv., $40atsite; 8:30-9:30am. Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7,Sun 9-l:30 (or lsln). Byes: jrs $20 adv., $25 at site; Eoonomy(no prize money) $12; free for gn r7-gtbye ayail.for rds I a if rcquesedbefore end ofpreoedind IJNR dpurch USCF & WCF/OCFmemb; LINR may play for lst rd. Micc: USCFmenbership req'd. Director reservesthe right to dregular EF. Prize hnd: 67% of fullaaying EFs. Prizes: 257q useclass pairings in the final rcund- Cofree3il1snecks prwided. Top Third l57q Middle Third l47q Botom Thtud 13% (If fewer Entrier: SpokaneCC, c/o David Grim4 PO Box 631, Spokane than 9 fuU-payers,there will be 2 goWs). Econ. winner: certifi- Valley WA 99037. Info: 509-928-3260 weekdays; dbgrft@ ce and $10 disc. on eoon entry to fifire went. Rcg: Sbt.9-9:45 hotmail.com. a.m" Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7(or amr), Sun l0-3 (or nsar). Byes: Tbo Vrfi.,fic avail.forrds 14 if requestodinadvance.Mis$ USCF 19-20 Dafiodil OpenF and WCF/OCF membenhip req'd. NS, NC. EnUhfo: Tacoma FMey TacomaCC, Rm. f l (2nd flmr), 409 Puyallup Ave, Tacoma CC c/o GaryDorher, 8/.23E'B' St TaoomaWA 98445; 253-535- Sltat WA. X'omrt 5-rd. Swiss. TC: G/120. EX': adv., at site; 2536, [email protected]. S30 $40 jn $20 adv., $25 at site; Economy(no prize money) $12; free for UNR dpurch USCF & WCF/OCF memb; IINR nay play for lst FApril2t PCC Gamein-608 dregular EF. Prize Xtmd: 67% of full-paying EFs. Prizes: 257q Sita: Portland CC,8205 SW 24th Ave, PortlandOR 97219. Top Third l57q MddleThird l47q BottomThtud13% @fewer Fomet 4-rd Swiss. TC: G/60. TD may sn'itch to 5SSand C/45 than 9 fu[-payers, there will be 2 gorps). Eoon. winner: oertifi- if more then 25 entries. EF: $20, $5 dis@untforPCC members. cateand $10 disc. on econ.entry to future went. Rcg: Sat.9-9:45 Noadvanceentries. Prizelbnd: $$20O/b20. Prizcs: $60-40-30, a.m. Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7(or mar), Sun l0-3 (or nsap). Byes: Tbo Ult00 35,U1500 35. Rcg: 9-9:30am. Byes:One %-pt. bye arail. %-pt byesavail. for rds la if rcquestodin advance.Mir: USCF if requestedat reg. Misc: USCF& OCFAilCF membershipreq'd, and WCF/OCF membershipreq'd. NS, NC. Ent/Info: Tacoma OSA Info: [email protected],503-246-2978, www. CC c/o GaryDorher, 8/.23E'B' St, Thoma WA 98445; 253-535- pdxchess.org. 2536, [email protected]. 32nd PauI Keres Memorial May 18-21,2OO7 at the Hungarian Cultural Centre,728 Kingswa-;r, Vancouver BC Threesections: Open (7 rds),U2000 (6 rds),U I 600(6 rds) Prizesbased on entries(Unrated players eligible for prizesonly in Open) Entry Fees: Open $130by 5/11,$150 at site. EF Discounts: 50or6-bornafter 5l2Ol87 or U2000 $110by 5111,$125 at site. before 5120142.2solrF,DE-rated w/o titles. Ul600 $90by 5/11,$100 at site. FREE-titledplayers. Surcharge: $25for playersin the Openwho havenever been rated above 1999. Time Gontrol: Gl12O+ 30 sec./moveor G/150 Registratlon= OpenFri. 3-5 p.m. U2000ru1600Fri.3-10p.m.; Sat. 9-9:30 a.m. Rounds: 5:30(Open only), 10-5, 10-3:30, 9-nsep Byes: half-pointbyes may be requestedfor all but the last round Hiscellaneous: CFCrated. Openalso FIDErated. Setsand boardsprovided. BGGF General Meeting: betweenrounds on Saturday Entries: BritishColumbia Chess Federation, PO Box 15548,Vancouver BC VOB-583,CANADA Infiormation: StephenWri g ht, swright2@tel us. net, 6U-221-7 1 48 Northwest Chess April mO7 15 Open Events April2lX)7 l+15 CrrantsPass Open Rich Duron 541-5824712 CrrantsPass OR Ff4-f5 Defiodil Opcn G. Dorfrer ZB-Si$2Sb grrychcss@oLom wnmffi Trcomr WA 20-22,28-29 OregonChunpionships Clar{ ScholasticChess Camps April2fl17 9-12 M Orlov Spring Break Camp (K-8) 206-363-6511chess64@comcaslnet www.chessplayer.com/camps2007.htm...... SeattleWA 9-12 TOPSSpring Break Camp Mark Morales206-325-4079 [email protected] www.whsca.org/tatops.doc...... 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