THE ✵The Newsletter of NYC Scholastic Tournament Chess ✵ Vol. 1 • Number 3 • April 2010 Newstand Price: $3.95 Published by

P laying Chess Your Whole Enjoying Chess at Any Age L ife: C hess is one of those few activities that can be l earned and enjoyed at any age. It can stay w ith us our whole life, as a hobby to learn f rom and have fun with. Many of our regular T ri-State players and w inners have started chess at a very young age. S ome are as young as 3 or 4 years old. Many of the greatest players of all time like Bobby F ischer or Gary Kasparov were child prodigies or kids that showed an ability or talent to learn a difficult sport, game or skill, and became a dvanced players at a very young age. One of t he most famous chess prodigies was Sam R eshevsky who learned chess when he was 4 ------Continued on page 6 ------

Sam Reshevsky 1920, Age 9

Tri-S tate Chess & Kasparov: Presi dent of Tri-State Chess Meets former World

Champion Gary Kasparov It isn't every day that you get to hang out with one of the greatest chess players of all time. But that's exactly what Tri-State Chess Prez Mark Kurtzman was doing at the The 44th Annual Greater New York Team and Individual Chess Championship two months ago. Tri-State Chess joined

forces with the Foundation to provide Kasparov's latest

books which he signed at our country's oldest USCF rated scholastic chess

tournament held at the New Yorker Hotel. Kasparov is not just a former world champion but is regarded by many as Mark Kurtzman & Kasparov the greatest chess player OF ALL TIME. Part of the reason was his exceptional rise to the top of the chess world at C O N T E N T S such a young age and his keeping of the world PLAYING CHESS YOUR WHOLE LIFE pg. 1 championship title and highest chess ranking for so TRI-STATE CHESS & KASPAROV pg. 1 many years. Chess players that play in United pg. 2 States Chess Federation and FIDE (the worldwide LOOKOUT! AHEAD pg. 2 chess association) are rated on a scale of 0 to about CHESS & CELEBRITIES pg. 3 THE FRIED LIVER ATTACK pg. 4 2900 with higher numbers assigned to better PUZZLERS pg. 7 players. Kasparov has had the #1 rating in the CLASSIFIEDS pg. 8 world longer than any other player TOURNAMENT & GRAND PRIX RESULTS pg. 9 ------Continued on page 4 ------

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The game, created by , uses a special setup

where both white and black pawns are setup like a regular game but white's other pieces are randomly placed on rank 1 with the placed somewhere between the rooks and bishops are placed on opposite-colored squares. Black then imitates exactly where white's pieces were placed and the game begins with normal chess rules and white's first move. A typical game setup is shown on the right in Diagram 1.

ONE Possible Start in FISCHER The "randomness" of setting the white pieces can be done RANDOM CHESS with complex rolling of dice or with a high-end . The clock, shown below, known as the DGT 960, LOOKOUT! Possible : is sold by Tri-State Chess at their concessions and store. How to Avoid Stalemate When You

are Ahead in the Endgame When you are "ahead" in a chess game, especially during a tournament, it is exciting to think you might win. But be careful! The challenge now is to stay ahead and win the game by checkmating your opponent.

Even if you work hard and come to the endgame with a and king and your opponent just

has a king WARNING!! the game is not over. If DGT 960 you are not careful, all your sweat and hard work

spent creating an advantage in material could be ------Continued on page 6------lost if you allow a stalemate to occur.

THE CHESS EXCHANGE A stalemate is a tie or a "draw," and is usually a mistake made by the player who is just about to ©2010 Tri-State Chess win! About 20%, yes 1 out of every five

Publisher: Mark Kurtzman beginner section games played in our [email protected] tournaments end this way. How can you avoid this from happening? Simple…make sure there Editor in Chief: Daniel Taubenblat is a free square for your opponents king to move [email protected] to each time you complete your move. Or…you

can move your pieces closer and closer to the

The CHESS EXCHANGE publishes quarterly. enemy king each time being sure to give a Single copies are available by mail for $3.95 + $1.00 in the process. If the move you play is with postage/delivery. One year subscriptions are $17.95 check, it can never be a stalemate position. This including postage & delivery. way you can guarantee a every time For ad rates contact Mark Kurtzman: and make sure your hard work pays off by 䗮m [email protected] winning.䗮

Below, see a cool stalemate puzzle:

White has to allow black to be able to make a legal move. Otherwise black is stalemated and -3-

C hess & Celebrities: Fa mous People Who Have Pl ayed Chess So metimes when we are playing a tough gam e we think only about how easy it would be for Kramnik or

Ka sparov or other world champions. We stud y the great names of chess like M orphy, Alekhine, Lasker and Bo tvinnik and ask "What would Bobby Fis cher do in this situation?" Yet chess ha s also been played by people who are no t chess pros. In fact, chess is enjoyed by many who are not great at chess at all! It i s played and enjoyed by people not fam ous for how they play chess but who were famous for other reasons. Many stars, celebrities, scientists, politicians and athletes continue to become involved wi th chess.

On this page we put together some photos of chess players who are and were famous for other reasons. Try to match each nam e to a photo. You will be amazed that so many famous stars, musicians, athletes, sci entists, and politicians play or have played chess.䗮

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Place the number in the

small square in each 1. Nicholas Cage 8. David Oistrakh photo by choosing from 2. Madonna 9. Kobe Bryant the 14 names below. ID 3. Michele Obama 10. Julia Roberts and name the chess 4. Charlie Chaplin 11. Benjamin Franklin player in each photo. 5. Albert Einstein 12. Ben Affleck 6. Barack Obama 13. David Letterman 7. Bill Gates 14. Chris Rock

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T ri-State Chess & Kasparov (----Continued From Page 1----)' and had the highest rating in the world continuously from 1986 to 2005, over a nineteen year period. In the 1999-2000 FIDE ra tings lists he achieved the highest rating ever of 2851.

B orn in 1963 (he is still only 47!), his father was Jewish and his mother Armenian. Gary's original name was Gary Weinstein but after his father died when he was seven, he took on his mother's la st name Kasparyan and changed it to Kasparov.

H e was a true chess "prodigy" or child genius, training when he w as 7 at the Young Pioneer Palace in Baku and, at 10 at Mikhail B otvinnik's chess school under the famous coach Vladimir M akogonov. By the time he was 17 he became a , tw ice tied for first place at the USSR Chess championships and w hen he was 21 became the highest rated player in the world (2710) the youngest ever to do that. At 22, he became the yo ungest ever world champion after playing a famous match Kasparov at age 11 with , also of the former USSR.

In 2005 after having coached Valdimir Kramnik who went on to become world champion and , the y oungest number one ranked player, Kasparov retired from chess. Since then he has been active in Russian politics a nd has been writing a series of books about great games of the past called "". This was the book series he was signing at the NY Team & Individual championship as he just introduced his separate volume on

Bobby Fischer.

W hen asked about meeting with Kasparov, Mr. Kurtzman said: " It was very exciting being in the presence of such a n awesome chess legend! We look forward to more visits by Gary in the future…” 䗮  T he Fried Liver Attack

W e all learn what not to do in the opening…Don’t move the f …Don’t move your queen early, etc. But what about something we can do, to start off with a quick attack? Well, there is no sure fire method of

de stroying your opponent in just a few moves, but there is a highly successful attack that can be launched e arly called the Fried Liver Attack! A B C D E F G H

T he attack is based upon sacrificing on the weak 8 8

poi nt in black’s position (the f7 square) early on to 7 7

draw the black king into the center. It can only 6 6

work against the 2 knights defense. 5 5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4 4

3 3

Diagram 1 on the right the starting moves of the 2 2 2 kni ghts defense: 1 1 ------Continued on page 5------A B C D E F G H

DIAGRAM 1

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White now breaks A B C D E F G H Black has to deal A B C D E F G H one of the opening 8 8 with Nxf7 which will

8 8

rules of moving the 7 7 Black’s Queen

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same piece more

6 6 and and yet it

than once and th 6 6 5 5 is only the 4 move

moves 4. Ng5. 5 5 of the game!

4 4

(Diagram 2) 4. …d5 (Diagram 3) 4 4 3 3 Because the attack

This is blacks only 3 3

is against f7, the 2 2 real way of stopping 2 2 weak point, it is 1 1 the fork by 1 1 possible to do it. A B C D E F G H temporarily blocking A B C D E F G H DIAGRAM 2 the . DIAGRAM 3

A B C D E F G H 5. exd5 Nxd5!? This moves looks A B C D E F G H . 8 8

8 8 (Diagram 4) correct…for the

7 7

simple recapture of 7 7

6 6 the d pawn, but it 6 6

5 5 allows 5 5

4 4 6. Nxf7 The 4 4 3 3 which

3 3

exposes the black 2 2

2 2 King. (Diagram 5) 1 1 1 1 A B C D E F G H A B C D E F G H DIAGRAM 4 DIAGRAM 5

The idea is that The only way for black to save the and A B C D E F G H after Black 8 8 get out of check is to play: 7. …Ke6 and

captures the this is a very dangerous move to have to play.

7 7

night, white White now has a very easy game and can 6 6

will then play develop and attack at the same time with moves 5 5

7. Qf3+ and like Nc3 and d4. While black is suffering with 4 4 attack the a centralized King and poor choices to complete

knight on d5 at 3 3 development.

the same time! 2 2

1 1 One game continued: A B C D E F G H 8. Nc3 Nb4 9. Qe4 Bc5 10. a3 and black had to lose either the knight on DIAGRAM 6 b4 or the d5 square!

䗮 Playing Chess Your Whole Life (----Continued from page 1-----) -6- and came to the US to play simultaneous exhibitions (him playing many adults all at the same time).

M Wusheinc heand w eaves 9n hepla tyirangve laend ianscrtosrums tehent UalSs opl aaryie ngthi nmgsor teha that onen ove carn 1,do500 for ga a mveersy a lndong onl timy elos. tM 8us gaicm aends. chess seem to f Rite tsogehevtshekyr cwontelli nueandd a rteo ofpltaeyn teilnjl heoye pad sbyse dt heaw saaym ien pe1992rson. at heMa aybege ofthe 80 be hastvi cansge plofa yethids ccheomssbi fneord 76 int yeeraersst! i s G randmaster who managed to make a career out of both. He has 1997 games listed in c hessgames.com from 1938-2007 and several variations are named after him including the well known Sicilian T aimanov variation. As a piano player he is part of the Philips compilation Great Pianists of the 20th Century. He is s hown below giving a in St. Petersberg. At age 84 he continues to play chess and the piano.

So, if you are at the ripe old age of 10 playing a high-level first grader and complaining how these young kids are getting so good at chess, don't forget-you have a long way to go. Play at home a game with Mom or even better your grandfather. Chess can be enjoyed by anyone young or old. 䗮 

F ischer Random Chess (----Continued from page 2------)

A nother version of Fischer Random Chess involves players taking turns placing pieces on the back rank! The boa rd is set with pawns in their usual place (ranks 2 and 7). White then places "non-pawn" pieces one by one on t he 1st rank using their own strategy.

Black moves by dropping a piece on his 1st rank hoping to counter white’s last move.

W hen all moves are over and the final setup is done, the two sides have completely different setups! G ame play begins and the pieces are moved as in regular chess.

W hether you use a clock as a setup tool or not, Fischer random chess does satisfy its creator's goal. You cannot u se the four knights, or Guioco Piano, or openings when playing this type of game. Most of the know ledge about the openings that you might have even acquired from cannot be used against your o pponent. The game is a true equalizer and strips out the advantage of opening preparation. 䗮 -7-

You are the white pieces and it is your Solutions in the move. Find out how you MUST next issue! checkmate black in the number of moves given.

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MATE IN ONE MATE IN TWO 1 1  1.Rh8 mate  1. Bf1 b5 A B C D E F G H

2. axb6# A B C D E F G H  1.Rh5 mate (!) 8 8

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(If black moves Ka6, then 4 4 2.Nc7# Qxb7#) 3 3

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Columbia Grammar & Prep School Friday Chess Tournaments JUNE 2010 5 West 93rd Street NYC Between Central Park West and Columbus Aves. www.kidschess.com SUN 6 SAR ACADEMY CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP IX Sophia Rohde [email protected] (212) 749-6200 x151 655 West 254th Street - Riverdale, NY SUN 11 www.TriStateChess.com [email protected] (718) 645-5896 PS 9 CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP I

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P.S. 6 PS 116 SAR Academy Chess 44th Greater NY January 18, 2010 January 24, 2010 Championship VIII Scholastics 158 players 89 players January 24, 2010 AKA The NYC K-1 116 players Championships גELAN JUSTIN AGUS 4.0 K-2 Rate SAM POZNER 4.0 January 30-31, 2010 Primary BLAKE AVIV 4.0 Championship 850 Players ELIE FARAH 4.0 SEAN SOOKRAM 4.0 KYLE MILLER 4.0 3-8 Rated THOMAS JOHNSON 4.0 Reserve High School Varsity Reserve EFRAIM HERSTIC 4.0 MARC TYLER ARNOLD 4.5 LUCA NICHOLAS SCOPPETTA-STERN 4.0 Open 1 ALIYA LIPTON 4.0 CHRISTOPHER CHAN 4.0 TIBOR JOSEPH ROTHSCHILD 3.5 High School Junior Varsity Primary JOHN J KENNEDY 5.0 Open 2 JAMARI LEE 4.0 Classic ARJUN GARG 4.0 High School Novice BEN COHEN 4.0 NovicE EUGENE YE 5.0 ROMY VASSILEV 4.0 Open 3 MEYER LEVINSON-BLOUNT 4.0 ARVIS CHEN 5.0 KAI KRONBERG 3.0 Open Beginner Junior High Varsity MATTHEW ZAFRA 3.5 Open 4 BENJAMIN COLE 4.0 ALEKSANDR OSTROVSKY 4.5 SPENCER GORDON-SAND 3.5 THOMAS KNOFF 3.0 JOSHUA COLAS 4.5 NIGEL BRYANT 4.5 Championship JEHRON BRYANT 4.5 NITAI D LEVE 3.0 P.S. 6 RICHARD JACOB TUHRIM 3.0 PS 116 Junior High Junior Varsity Browning February 28, 2010 ZACHARY REIG FILLER 5.0 February 20, 2010 F e b r u a r y 2 1 , 2 0 1 0 69 players Junior High Novice 144 players CARLOS RONQUILLO 5.0 44 Players

K-2 Rated Elementary Varsity Swiss A K-1 ERIC ZHANG 4.0 ISAAC BARAYEV 5.0 Lower Lab Tournament TAKAYUKI ISHIKAWA CALDER WILSON 4.0 ALEXANDER TROY SPINNELL5.0 3.5 February 7, 2010 Primary 3-8 Rated HENRY SHUSTER 3.0 Swiss B ATTICUS YOUNG-CHANG LEE 4.0 64 players PAUL LEDONq 3.0 Elementary Junior Varsity ANTOINE LEONELLI CARLO BERNSTEIN 4.0 RYAN SHEEHAN 3.0 KIRKLAND JOBE 5.0 4.0 K-1 Reserve ALEXANDER MILLER 3.0 BOAZ POSNER 3.5 ETHAN KWOK 4.0 Elementary Novice Open 1 DASHAWN CLARK 5.0 Primary Browning Classic ARTHUR ELGHOUAYEL 3.5 JADEN CARNEY 5.0 ALEXANDRA MANN 5.0 KAELYN HA 4.0 March 7, 2010 A U S T E N M O D I C A R A T T R A Y 4 .0 Open 2 CATHERINE YE 4.0 Reserve 35 Players Open Primary Varsity

EITAN GENGER 3.0 KAI KRONBERG 3.5 RISHI RAJENDRAN 5.0 Open 3 JONATHAN WONG 3.0 Swiss A MATTHEW ABRONS 3.0 Championship ARJUN GARG 3.0 Primary Novice BENJAMIN J ALEXANDER EGOL 5.0 PATRICK FLOOD 3.0 KADHIR ANDRES PILLAI 2.5 ALTMAN-DESOLE SAMUEL BERNARDI 5.0 DANIEL AARON KNOPF3.0 ALEXANDER TROY SPINNELL 2.5 Open 4 3.5 ANDREW D BERGER 2.5 JACK SPRINGER FARLEY 2.5 Primary K-1 Classic Swiss B KYLE MILLER 5.0 ESZTER MORVAY 3.0 MAXWELL MENIN PS 116 Open 3 GABRIEL RISKEVICH 5.0 ALISA KIKUCHI 3.0 |4.0 KAI KRONBERG 3.0 March 21, 2010 Open KEVIN K YAN 4.0 121 players Open 4 THOMAS KNOFF 3.0 Championship Hunter Tournament KADHIR ANDRES PILLAI 2.5 K-1 March 7, 2010 ALEX PAIVA 4.0 Columbia Grammar KYLE MILLER 4.0 101 Players Primary March 19, 2010 MICHAEL Y ACKERMAN 4.0 117 players

QUAD Reserve Carlsen Quad LIAM GLASS 2.5 GABRIEL JOSEPH 4.0 HARRISON MATTHEW SMART 2.5

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Championship Classic Section Championship RESERVE KASSA KORLEY 2.5 CLAY PAPANEK ERICBERNE MARTINEZ 4.0 EITAN GENGER 4.0 Reserve Section

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MICHAEL WYSOKOWSKI 4.0 COLE FRENCH 4.0 3rd Grade DANIEL KOGAN 4.0 JEFFREY FRADKIN 3.0 BOOSTER JAKE KALIMIAN 3.0 Primary KUWAR CHOPRA 4.0 ADAM CROMAN 3.0 ZACHARY LIEB 4.0

FRANCISCO RAMOS 4.0 nd 2 Grade Novice NOAH FAWER 3.5

ADAM CROMAN 4.0 st 1 Grade Beginner BLAKE AVIV 4.0 JACOB KADOE 4.0 BENJAMIN COLE 4.0 Kindergarten BLAKE MARGOLIS 3.5 BOAZ POSNER 3.5

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For every section of each Top 25 Grand Prix point leaders will be listed in each newsletter. Grand Prix Point tournament the top five Standings can always be f ound online at our website. At the end of the season, the finishers will get the following top five players with the most Grand Prix points will be presented with: "Grand Prix" points: GIANT $$-CASH-$$ certificates to be used at Tri- Grand Prix State stores in the amounts of: Section Points Rank Awarded/ 1st $500 BONUS Certificate • 2nd $350 BONUS Certificate (Finish) Tournament 3rd $250 BONUS Certificate • 4th $150 BONUS Certificate 1st Place 10 5th $100 BONUS Certificate PLUS:

2nd Place 6 A special personalized Grand Prix engraved plaque 3rd Place 4 Plaques and a book prize of the players choice also 4th Place 2 will be awarded for 6th - 1Oth place finishers 5th Place 1 These awards will be presented at the first 2010-11 tournament

As of 4/10/2010 OUR UPCOMING PLACE NAME(S) GPRIX POINTS Tournaments

1st Lee, Jamari 18.53 PS 158 CHESS 2nd Cole, Benjamin 18.00 CHAMPIONSHIP XII 3rd-7th Croman, Adam 10.00 SUNDAY MAY 16, 2010 Haberman, Jonathan 10.00 1458 York Ave (E. 77th-78th) Levinson-Blount, Meyer 10.00 New York, NY Martinez, Ericbern 10.00 Sookram, Sean 10.00 SAR ACADEMY 8th-9th Davis, Diante 9.86 CHESS Lieb, Zachary 9.86 CHAMPIONSHIP IX 10th Wysokowski, Michael 9.17

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Lipton, Aliyah 8.00 www.TriStateChess.com Ramos, Francisco 8.00 Schoenberg, Preston 8.00 [email protected] Shiminovitch, Theo 8.00 21st-22nd Beloborodova, Anna 6.67 (718) 645-5896 Rodda, John 6.67 23rd Poloner, Benjamin 6.00 24th-25th Greenwald, Jacob 5.00 Tri-State Schoenberg, Grant Chess 5.00