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Oregon Chess Champion Steven Breckenridge to Play for Reigning No $3.95 Volume 66 No. 10 Issue No. 777 October 2012 Oregon Chess Champion Steven Breckenridge to play for reigning No. 1 team at Texas Tech University Northwest Chess On the Cover: October 2012, Volume 66-10 Issue 777 Two-time defending Oregon Closed Champion Steven Breckenridge ISSN Publication 0146-6941 from Gresham, Oregon, is headed to Lubbock, Texas, to play chess Published monthly by the Northwest Chess Board. for the reigning No. 1 team at Texas Tech University. Steven caught Office of record: 3310 25th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98144 the attention of TTU’s new program director, Al Lawrence, based on POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: Northwest Chess, PO Box 84746, his 7-2 performance at the 2012 U.S. Open in Vancouver, WA, as well Seattle WA 98124-6046. as his previous successful chess and academic performances. Steven Periodicals Postage Paid at Seattle, WA USPS periodicals postage permit number (0422-390) will be coached by GM Alexander Onischuk, the #3 ranked player in the United States. Breckenridge’s games from the U.S. Open against NWC Staff Dmitry Gurevich and Mark Pinto are presented on pages 18-20. He Editor: Frank Niro, generously shared his personal notes and insights from his game vs. [email protected] GM Gurevich. The US Open was his last tournament in the area be- Assistant Editor: Jeff Roland fore moving to TX. More details concerning his decision to accept [email protected] the scholarship offer, as well as some insights and games from the Publisher: Duane Polich, 2012 Oregon Closed event, held this past February, can be found in [email protected] the Oregon News section beginning on page 35. For the third month Business Manager: Eric Holcomb, in a row, the NWC cover photo was taken by Jeffrey Roland. [email protected] Board Representatives David Yoshinaga, Josh Sinanan, Northwest Chess Business Manager Editor Grisha Alpernas, Marc Kramer, Eric Holcomb Frank Niro Jeffrey Roland 1900 NE 3rd St, STE 106 PMB 361 2265 E. Clifton Drive Editors Emeritus Bend, OR 97701-3889 Meridian, ID 83642-1578 Russell “Rusty” Miller [email protected] [email protected] Frederick K. Kleist www.nwchess.com Entire contents copyright 2012 by Northwest Chess. All rights reserved. Published opinions are those of the contributors and do not necessar- Northwest Chess Knights ily reflect the views of the editor or The North- Please donate today to help Northwest Chess! west Chess Board. Northwest Chess is the official publication of the chess governing bodies of the Patrons, 2010-2012 states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. 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Publication Title: NORTHWEST CHESS. 2. Publ. No.: 0146-6941. Oregon News by Frank Niro.............................................35 3. Filing Date: 9/13/2012. 4. Issue Frequency: Monthly. Washington Challengers Cup - Announcement................39 5. No. of issues Published Annually: 12. 6. Annual Subscription Price: $25.00. 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication: c/o Book Review by IM John Donaldson.................................40 Duane Polich, 3310 25th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98144. Contact Person: Western Idaho Open - Tournament Flyer.........................45 Duane Polich, Telephone 206-852-3096. 8. Complete Mailing Address of the Headquarters or General Business Office of the Publisher: PO Box Dr. Ralph Hall Northwest Grand Prix by Murlin Varner...46 84746, Seattle WA 98124-6046. Seattle Chess Club Tournaments and Events.................47 9. Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor: Publisher: Duane Polich, 3310 25th Ave S., Seattle, WA Upcoming Events.....................................................Back Cover 98144; Editor: Frank Niro, 2265 E Clifton Dr, Meridian, ID 83642; Managing Editor: Eric Holcomb, 1900 NE 3rd St STE 106 PMB 361, Bend, OR 97701-3889. 10. Owner: Washington Chess Federation, PO Box 84746, Seattle WA 98124-6046. 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and other Security Holders owning of holding 1 percent or more of total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages or Other Securities: None. 12. Tax Status: has not changed. 13. Publication Title: NORTHWEST CHESS. 14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: September 2012. 15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: Average No. No. Copies of Copies Each Single Issue Issue During Published Preceding 12 Nearest to Months Filing Date a. Total Number of Copies 810 775 b. Paid Circulation 1. Mailed Outside-County Paid 389 395 Subscriptions (PS Form 3541) 2. Mailed In-County Paid 197 194 Subscriptions (PS Form 3541) 3. Paid Distribution Outside the 0 0 Mails (carriers, etc.) 4. Paid Distribution by Other 21 16 Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g., First-Class Mail) c. Total Paid Distribution 607 605 d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution 1. Outside-County (PS Form 3541) 0 0 David Yoshinaga, pictured above, was re-elected Presi- 2. In-County (PS Form 3541) 0 0 dent of the Oregon Chess Federation for the next two 3. Mailed at Other Classes Through 23 0 the USPS years and will remain a NWC Board rep. He tied for first 4. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution 117 100 place in the Reserve Section of the 2012 Oregon Open Outside the Mail Championship. Coverage of the event begins on Page 4. e. Total Free or Nominal Rate 140 100 Distribution Photo credit: Brian Berger f. Total Distribution 747 705 g. Copies not Distributed 63 70 h. Total 810 775 Expanded U.S. Open i. Percent Paid (15c/15f x 100%) 81 86 Coverage Begins on 16. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the Oct 2012 issue of this publication. 17. Certified by: Name and Title of Editor, Publisher, Page 14 Business Manager or Owner: Duane Polich (Publisher). Date: 9/13/2012. Northwest Chess October 2012 Page 3 Six-way Tie At 2012 Oregon Open The 2012 Oregon Open held Labor Day Weekend at Mt. The signature move of the King’s Indian defense. Hood Community College in Gresham ended in a six- way tie in the Open Section at 4.5-1.5. The co-winners 3.Nc3 d5 were Nick Raptis of Portland, Roland Feng of Seattle, Michael MacGregor of Tacoma, Matthew Sellers of Changing gears and adopting the Gruenfeld setup. 4.Bf4 Michigan, Nathan Lee of Issaquah WA, and Paul Bartron is Informant opening classification D82. of Tacoma. 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 The Reserve Section ended in a two-way tie at 5-1 be- tween David Yoshinaga, Oregon Chess Federation Presi- 5...0-0 is the other main option here. 5...c6 is also play- dent of Tigard, and Takuma Sato-Duncan of Portland. able. This was the 62nd time the event was held. It has been held continuously since 1948 with the exception of a few 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Nf3 years during the 1950s. Grisha Alpernas of Lake Oswego was the chief tournament director. 42 players were in the Open Section and 47 players competed in the Reserve Section. Nick Raptis is now a six-time champion of the Oregon Open. Raptis won the event outright in 2009 & 2011 and was a co-champion in 2001, 2006 and 2010. His victory moves him into a tie with Georgi Orlov and Viktors Pu- pols for the most Oregon Open victories. Coming into this year’s event, he was tied with Arthur Dake and John Donaldson who each won the tournament five times. Roland Feng, born in 2000, became the youngest co-win- ner in Oregon Open history.
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