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1 Contents Cover Photo Details …………………………………………………...... Page 2 Upcoming Tournaments Throughout NJ & Pennsylvania ………. Page 3 n k Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey ………………………………… Page 4

From Our President by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF …………………. Page 5 Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, and board members along with their addresses, Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero …………………. Page 5 and email addresses for your convenience. Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game, by Terese Hatch & David W. Hatch Page 13 Please keep in mind that many of these people donate their time in the form of meetings (usually Chess In The Schools Already Legalized by Rosalyn B. Katz ...... Page 15 on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) Scholastic Spotlight by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF ………………... Page 16 and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your chess playing experience as rewarding Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 by James R. West …... Page 17 as it can be! Reporting On The Scholastic Championships by Noreen Davisson Page 19 I encourage all comments, criticisms, and Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. …………………………...….. Page 20 recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it has been and always will Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero ………………………….. Page 23 remain a publication BY the chess-playing Games From Around The State (continued) by Steve Ferrero ….. Page 24 community FOR the chess-playing community within NJ!

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Aaron Kiedes - Technology Windows XP Professional. We welcome all 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee 973-343-3260 932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 comments, criticism, and feedback from ’ [email protected] 856-428-0304 readers and don t forget to submit your [email protected] games to me from the tournaments! Anthony Cottell - Past President Michael Somers - Parliamentarian 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072 29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 201-438-6140 973-228-7039 Sponsorship Levels: [email protected] [email protected] st Gold $100/year (ACN Sent 1 Class) Bill Bluestone - Disabled & Handicapped Chess Mike Goeller - Webmaster Silver $50/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840 [email protected] Bronze $25/year (ACN Sent 1st Class)

732-603-8850 Out Of State $15/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) [email protected] Mike Khodarkovsky – Masters Affairs 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045 Regular $10/year (ACN Sent Bulk Mailing) Bill Coburn - Seniors Chess 973-299-0932 Outside U.S. $25/year (ACN Mailed Economy) [email protected] 85 Jamestown Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 908-604-2680 Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee Columnists This Issue: [email protected] [email protected] James R. West Bill Cohen - Clearinghouse Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. – Tournament Publicity & 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 Columnist Joe Ippolito 732-548-8432 22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 Noreen Davisson [email protected] 973-984-3832 Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. [email protected] Rosalyn B. Katz Dean Ippolito - Collegiate 141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 Rick Costigan - Nominating Committee Steve Ferrero 908-534-4318 927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108 Terese Hatch & David W. Hatch [email protected] 856-854-2376 [email protected] Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee Cover Photo Details: 311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Ronald Groseibl - Bylaws [email protected] Your Editor snapped this cover photo of during 201-445-1743 [email protected] the Viking Last Saturday Quads being held at Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337 Somerset Ramada Inn during the afternoon of E. Steven Doyle - Tournaments th 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 908-537-0878 April 26 . The event was run by TD Ken [email protected] 973-538-1697 Thomas. [email protected] Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs Michael Kagel (left) on the move against 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee Arthur Shen while Andrew Ding (top right) [email protected] 732-946-7379 [email protected] squares off against Eric N. Liao during round George Phoenix - Trustee 2. Meanwhile, Kavinayan P. Sivakumar [email protected] (standing) observes the rather tense battle Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee taking place over the chessboard. 2

Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey

July 19 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm- 4:30/pm NJ State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA NS NC W.

July 20 - 2008 Westfield Swiss #52 (QC) 5 Rd. SS game/15 full K (QC) Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. $500 Guaranteed $125,$85,$50 under 2100,under 1850, under 1600, under 1350 $60 each. Entrance fee: $35,$25 members. Rounds: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379 www.westfieldchessclub.com.

July 26 - Viking Last Saturday Quads Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset Exit 12, Route #287. In 4 player Quads. G/90, Regs.: before 9am, Rds.: 9-12-3, EF Top quad $30, lower Quads EF is $20 or $30. Prize: Top quad is $80, Lower quads between $40 and $80. Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Prize is based on the number of players paying $30. Player Your Editor played in the 2008 National Open in beautiful Las Vegas for the first time this year! Actually, I decided to visit a good friend of mine residing just paying $20 may win only $40. Info: Ken Thomas, outside of Phoenix, Arizona and we took the 287 mile trek up to Las Vegas to [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. No electronic play. In my humble opinion, this was the best run large chess event that I have scoresheets. NS, NC, W. ever played in. I hope to make the annual pilgrimage to play in Las Vegas every year! I snapped this photo as we were entering Las Vegas on June 6th. July 27 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Aug 3 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Aug 9 - Greater Cherry Hill Chess Swiss, Quad, & Kids Swiss See www.eventbrite.com/event/115817413 for details. Or, contact Dan at [email protected] or (856) 287-2393.

Aug 10 - 2008 Westfield Swiss #53 (QC) Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero 5 Rd. SS game/15 full k (QC) Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, I snapped this photo from the balcony of the El Cortez Casino Hotel that we stayed in off the “strip” located instead on Fremont Street. Westfield, N.J. $500 Guaranteed $125,$85, $50 under 2100,under 1850, under 1600, under 1350 $60 each. Entrance fee: $35, $25 members. Rounds: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Aug 17 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Aug 24 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Some action taking place during the second round at the 2008 National Open. 3

Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)

Branchburg Chess League Livingston Recreation & Parks Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Branchburg Chess League Contact: Thomas McKenna Ventnor Library Dean of Chess Academy 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Meets 1st Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only) Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 6:00PM – 8:00PM Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Meets Fridays 7:00pm Email: [email protected] League Membership Required: $25/year Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm

Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330 Dumont High School Contact: T. McKeen [email protected] Plainsboro Chess Club 101 New Milford Avenue 609-926-5909 Plainsboro Library Dumont 07628 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536

Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 www.dumontchessmates.com Mendham Chess Club Email: [email protected] Contact: Lawrence Constance Garabrant Center Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm 201-568-1506 4 Wilson Street (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From

Email: [email protected] Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Princeton Landing Chess Club

Email: [email protected] Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 Dumont Scholastic Chess Club Meets 1st Thurs. Of Each Month During The Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm Dumont High School (for kids 7+) Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm 101 New Milford Avenue Dumont 07628 Rutherford Chess Club Metuchen Chess Club 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 www.dumontchessmates.com Metuchen – Edison YMCA Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318 Contact: Lawrence Constance Lake Street, Metuchen 08840 Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) 201-568-1506 Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm Summit Area Chess Club Email: [email protected] Myrtle Avenue Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191 (Recreation Center At Memorial Field)

Community Chess Club ** New ** Summit 07901 Elmwood Park Chess Club Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm 182 Market Street 511 Station Avenue Elmwood Park 07407 Haddon Heights 08035 Toms River Chess Club Contact: Roy Greenberg Contact: Christopher Orapello Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 Email: [email protected] Contact: [email protected] TD: Ron Groseibl http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M- Meets Thursdays 7:00pm 22-50 Maple Avenue HH_CCC/ Fairlawn 07410 Meets To Be Determined Wayne Township Chess Club Meets Sundays 1:00pm Board Of Education Building Monmouth Country Chess Club Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Greater Somerset County Chess Club Monmouth County Library Headquarters Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm 40 Pike Run Road ** New ** Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Email: [email protected] West Orange Chess Club Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Contact: Anand Mishra 302-632-7460 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Email: [email protected] Valley Way) Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm Morris County Industrial Chess League Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 Hackettstown Chess Club Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Hackettstown Community Center Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight

293 Main Street Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June) Hackettstown 07840 Westfield Chess Club Contact: Harold Darst ’ Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place New Jersey Children s Chess School Contact: Todd Lunna 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 “Geller Kids” Chess Camp 2124 Audonon Ave., So. Plainfield 07080 908-852-5925 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill Bill Cohen (TD) Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm (North Newark) 07104 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen (except certain major holidays) Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Email: [email protected] Hamilton Chess Club Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. Website: www.kidschesscamp.com Mercer County Road, Route 609 Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm Willingboro Chess Club Groveville 08620 July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm Willingboro Kennedy Center

Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Website: www.hamiltonchess.org Willingboro 08046 Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm International Chess Academy Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 Contact: 201-833-1741 Wizards of the Mind 17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 Contact: 201-797-0330 Contact: Mark Schwartzman Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm 917-841-5589 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Kenilworth Chess Club n Kenilworth Community Center Woodbury Chess Club Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Contact Steve Ferrero at Presbyterian Church Contact: Greg Tomkovich [email protected] if you South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Email: [email protected] would like your chess club listed for Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight free! Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm 4

From Our President Games From Around The State by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation by Steve Ferrero K Ø Â ‚ | Ì

This “President’s Message” will have the combined emotions of sadness and happiness. During the past 4 years I have had the I’ve just recently returned from Las Vegas having played pleasure of being in the esteemed position of “President” of the in the National Open (U2000)! We have included more New Jersey State Chess Federation. These years have been an games from a variety of tournaments. We’ve also honor and pleasure in serving the needs of chess in the state. included games from the Asian-American Grand Prix My years have seen accomplishments as well as “not there yet” th programs. The new team of officers coming in have been Tournament held in Somerset on May 4 at the Ramada fixtures in state chess for many years and bring with them a Inn. Although this was a fast-paced event with all games direction and focus to make our chess even better. The new played at sudden death in 30 minutes, TD Ken Thomas team is: always makes these events a lot of fun this time around by even giving away $.05 for every point to the victor in any • Roger Inglis, President upsets that occur in each round! The TDs also very • Mike Somers, Vice President graciously advertised and delivered on their promise to • Ken Thomas, Treasurer pickup any New York players from the nearby train station • Bill Bluestone, Secretary and shuttle them back at the conclusion of the event – not something one sees at anyone else’s tournaments that I Please welcome and extend all the support for this group of can recall. I would strongly urge any local New Jersey, energetic individuals. New York, and Pennsylvania players of all strengths to In the meantime, just a few things that have made my term a consider playing in these grand prix tournaments if you’re rewarding experience: within reach of Somerset, New Jersey. You’ll have a lot of fun and may even have the honor of squaring off against a • Atlantic Chess News – on time, expanded, and new grandmaster!

themes, thanks to Steve Ferrero

• NJSCF. Org Website – you can go here for up to date information on tournaments, stories, and top-notch chess memorabilia thanks to Aaron Kiedes

• Scholastics – improving all the time with record numbers of young players getting involved in chess thanks to Hal Sprechman.

• NJSCF Tournaments – many people involved here in the success of these first class events, with special Note to Steve Doyle and the USATE.

• NJSCF Board – this highly dedicated group volunteers many hours of their time to make chess “happen” in the state

• Executive Board – Roger Inglis VP, Glenn Petersen, Secretary, and Ken Thomas, Treasurer who made my term Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Willie Collins (reaching for piece) during the Viking Last as smooth as possible. th Saturday Quads in Somerset on April 26 while Tim Hall • You the Chess player – your enthusiasm for chess has (standing) watches the action in the top two quads.

made NJ a showplace in the country – thank you! th Viking Last Sat. Quad#1 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26 We have many new members on the New Jersey state board, and I would extend an invitation to any of you who would like to get involved.

We have several upcoming noteworthy events – Futurity in July, check for particulars at www.NJSCF.org, and the New Jersey Open in September.

To everyone, good chess and look forward to seeing you at a chess event.

5 Your Editor was smoked in the second quad (below) Qd3 43.Qg3 b4 44.axb4 axb4 45.Qf2 b3 46.Qg3 h6 winning zero games for the day! Look for my comeback in 47.Qf2 Be7 48.Qg2 Qc2 my next several events! To my opponents’ credit, Ari, Andrew, and David all played superbly well against me and very deservedly brought home the full point in our games.

Viking Last Sat. Quad#2 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26th

49.Qg4+ Black Resigns Young Kavinayan P. Sivakumar spun off a stunning upset against a strong FIDE Master (FM) during the recent Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament run by TDs Ken Thomas and Aaron Kiedes. This youngster seems to be Please Subscribe To Atlantic getting stronger by the week! Further evidence of his Chess News For Only $10/year! strength can be seen in his game shown below. Your Editor also conceded a recent loss to young Kavinayan so I can personally attest to his phenomenal rise in strength th of recent. “Kavin” as he is more commonly known by his Viking Last Sat. Quad#3 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26 close friends, frequently participates in events throughout New Jersey so none of our precious, hard-earned rating points are safe anymore!

Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (1834) FM Thomas Bartell (2427) 5ss Asian-American Grand Prix, Somerset, Rd.1, TL G/30, May 4, 2008, ECO B23 Sicilian Defense – Closed Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d5 8.exd5 a6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.d4 c4 11.Qe2 b5

12.Re1 O-O 13.Qxe7 Bf5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Ne5 Nxd5 Eric N. Liao (1849) 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qf2 f6 18.Nf3 Rxe1+ 19.Nxe1 Re8 Steve Jesseph (1794) 3rr Viking Last Saturday Quad, Somerset, Rd. 1, TL G/90, May. 31, 2008, ECO B33 20.Bd2 Bg4 21.Nf3 Sicilian Defense – Pelikan & Sveshnikov Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nfd5 Ne7 20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qh5 Ra7 22.Qh6 Bc6 23.Nf4 Rf6 24.Qg5 Qf8 25.Rad1 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Ng6 27.Qg5 Rg7 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Ne5 30.Qe3 Nf3+ 31.Kh1

21...Bxf3 22.gxf3 f5 23.c3 Kf7 24.Kg2 a5 25.Re1 Rb8 26.Qh4 Qd7 27.Qf2 Rb7 28.a3 Bf6 29.h4 Qd8 30.Kh3 Re7 31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Qe3+ Kf7 33.Be1 Qd5 34.Kg3 Qd8 35.Kh3 Qd7 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.Qe2 Kh6 38.Qe3 Kh5 39.Kh3 Qd8 40.Qf2 Qe7 41.Qg3 Qe2 42.Qf2

6 31...Rxg2 32.Kxg2 Qg7+ 33.Kh1 Rh6 34.Qf4 Rxh2+ Kevin Emmanuel Chen (1734) 35.Qxh2 Nxh2 36.Kxh2 Qh6+ 37.Kg2 Qg5+ 38.Kh2 Draw Daniel Lo Lowinger (2210) 7th Annual New Yorker, New York, Rd. 2, TL G/50, June. 14, 2008, ECO B06 Agreed th Modern Defense Viking Last Sat. Quad#4 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Be3 d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Na3 Nbc6 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd6 Qf4 18.Rfd1 Bxa2 19.g3 Qg4 20.Rd7 Rfe8 21.Qd3 Bb3 22.Rd2 Rad8

Kevin spun off a fantastic game below in New York at the 7th Annual New Yorker and also went on to later defeat a Master in the next round which we also have here!

Sam Barsky (2113) Kevin Emmanuel Chen (1734) 7th Annual New Yorker, New York, Rd. 1, TL G/50, June. 14, 2008, ECO D03 Torre Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.c3 a6 9.Ne5 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qe3 Rxd2 25.Nxd2 Qd1+ 26.Kg2 Bd5+ Nd7 12.Bg3 b5 13.f4 Bb7 14.Qg4 d4 15.f5 c4 16.f6 27.f3 Qa4 28.Qc5 Be6 29.Ne4 Qd1 30.Qe3 Qa1 31.Qe2 Bd5 32.Nc5 f6 33.Nd3 g5 34.Nc2 Qa6 35.Qd2 Bf7 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.Nc5 Qb5 38.Ne4 Bd5 39.Nxd5 Qxd5 40.Qxd5 Nxd5 41.Kf2 b5 42.Nd6 a6 43.Nb7 f5 44.Nc5 a5 45.Ne6+ Kf6 46.Nd4 b4 47.cxb4 Nxb4 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Nb5 a4 50.Nc3 Nd5+ 51.Nxd5 Kxd5 52.Kd3 h5 53.h3 Kc5 54.Kc3 g4 55.fxg4 fxg4 56.h4 Kb5 57.b4 Kc6 58.Kc4 Kb6 59.b5 Ka5 60.Kc5 a3 61.b6 a2 62.b7 a1(Q) 63.b8(Q) Qa3+ 64.Kd4 Qe7 65.Qe5+ And White Went On To Win

16...Bxf6 17.Rxf6 Nxf6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qf5 20.Qh4 cxd3 21.Nd6 Qd5 22.e4 Qc6 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Rxd3 Qb6 26.Bf2 e5 27.h3 Rd7 28.Rg3 Qe6 29.Be1 d3 30.Bd2 Rd6 31.Rf3 Rfd8 32.b3 a5 33.Qg4 Qxg4 34.hxg4 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.c4 bxc4 37.bxc4 Rc8 38.Bxa5 Rxc4 39.Ke1 Ke6 40.a3 f6 41.Kd2 Rc2+ 42.Kd1 Rxg2 43.Bb4 Rd7 44.a4 Rb7 45.Ba5 Ra7 46.Bd2 Rxa4 47.Re3 Ra1+ 48.Bc1 Rg1+ 49.Kd2 Raxc1 50.Rxd3 Rc4 51.Re3 Rxg4 52.Rf3 Rd4+ 53.Kc3 h5 54.Rh3 h4 55.Rh1 Rd8 White Resigns

Viking Last Sat. Quad#5 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26th Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Boris Privman (facing camera) waits for Victor Shen to make his move during the Viking Last Saturday Quads in th Somerset this past April 26 .

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7 Asian-American Grand Prix – Somerset, NJ – May 4th

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Michael Polito (light blue) in a tense endgame against Kevin E. Chen. Meanwhile, TD Ken Thomas (Hawaiian shirt), mulls over his move against Theodore Mann during the Viking Last Saturday Quads in Somerset on April 26th.

Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes At the beginning of round 1 in the Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament held in Somerset on May 4th.

Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky Some scholastic players get ready to start their games during the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack th on May 11 . Regular events are run by Diana Tulman of the International Chess Academy. 8

25.axb3 Nc8 26.Rc1 a6 27.Rc7 Nd6 28.Bc5 b5 Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky 29.Rc6 Nb7 30.Bd4 Rd6 31.Rc8+ Rd8 32.Rxd8+ More scholastic players in the midst of battle over the Nxd8 33.f5 Nc6 34.e5 Kf8 35.Ke4 Ke7 36.Bc5+ Ke8 chess board during the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack on May 11th. 37.b4 h5 38.h3 g6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 gxf5+ 41.gxf5 Kd7 42.Kd5 Nd8 43.Bb6 Nb7 44.e6+ (44.f6 $1 Ke8 Viking Last Sat. Quad#1 – Somerset, NJ – May 31st 45.Kc6 Kf8) 44...fxe6+ 45.fxe6+ Ke7 46.Kc6 a5 47.Kxb7 axb4 48.Bc5+ Draw Agreed

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Viking Last Sat. Quad#3 – Somerset, NJ – May 31st

Viking Last Sat. Quad#2 – Somerset, NJ – May 31st

Steve Jesseph (1794)

Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (1830) 3rr Viking Last Saturday Quad, Somerset, Rd.2, TL G/90, May. 31, 2008, ECO A17 English Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.Qxc3 e5 9.b3 h6 10.Bb2 Be6

11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Rac1 c6 19.Rcd1 Rfd8 20.f4 Rac8 21.Kf2 c5 22.Ke3 c4 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bd4 cxb3

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Rfc8 27.f3 b6 28.Kf2

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bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.dxc5 Kf7 31.Ra1 Rc6 32.f4 Ke7 33.g4 Kd7 34.h4 Kc8 35.Ke2 Kb7 36.Kd3 e5 37.Rf1 Re6 38.h5 Kc6 39.fxe5 Rxe5 40.Rf5 a5 41.Rf4 axb4 42.Rxb4 Kxc5 43.Rb7 Rg5 44.h6 Rxg4 45.Rxg7 Rh4 46.Rxh7 f5 47.Rh8 Kc6 48.h7 Kb7 49.Rd8 Rxh7 50.Rxd5 Rf7 51.Rd4 Kc6 52.Ke2 Rf6 53.Kf3 Rg6 54.Ra4 Kd5 55.Ra5+ Ke6 56.Ra6+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Kf6 58.Ra6+ Draw Agreed

Thomas Stanics (1430) William H. Bybel (1798) th 6ss 65 Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO B30 Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky Sicilian Defense Several young players concentrate on their next move in 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Ne7 the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack on 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 Ng6 8.Be3 c4 9.Re1 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 th May 11 . 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.e5 Bd7 14.h4 O-O

15.g4 Viking Last Sat. Quad#6 – Somerset, NJ – May 31st

c5 16.h5 Ne7 17.Bh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.exf6 Rf7

20.Ne5 Black Resigns

Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Kevin Emmanuel Chen (left) and Dan Tecker duke it out Another happy winner, Nivedhitha Sivakumar, holding her during round four in the Asian-American Grand Prix newly won trophy at the side of her proud mother during th th Tournament held in Somerset on May 4 . the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4 Serge Adelson (1866) in Somerset. Brian D. Meinders (1980) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U2200, Somerset, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A26 Greater Somerset County Chess Club Quad#2 – English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense Branchburg, NJ – June 22nd 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Rb1 Ne7 12.b4 Nxd5 13.cxd5 a6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Nd2 h5 16.Nb3 Ba4 17.Rc4 Rc8 18.Qb1 Bb5 19.Rc2 Re8 20.Na5 b6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Rxc6 h4 23.Rfc1 hxg3 24.hxg3 f5 25.Qc2 Bh6 26.Re1 f4 27.Bh3

27...fxg3 28.f3 g2 29.Kxg2 Be3 30.Qc4 e4 31.Be6+ Rxe6 32.dxe6 Qg5+ 33.Kh3 d5 34.Qxa6 Re8 White Resigns

Greater Somerset County Chess Club Quad#1 – nd Branchburg, NJ – June 22 Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero David Grasso (near left) concentrates on the move against Ari Minkov. Meanwhile, Boris Privman (top middle) waits with arms folded for Victor Shen’s (middle right) reply. James R. West (top left) ponders his move against Gerry Bailleau (top right) during round 1 of Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads fought April 26th at the Ramada Inn located in Somerset.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Willie Collins (left) ponders his next move while Allen Gregory Matthew Nolan (facing camera) surprisingly Parrish (right) jots down his move during the Asian- ended up winning this game as his opponent’s flag American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in eventually fell in a completely winning position! This game Somerset. was played at the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in Somerset. Kimberly Ding (1354) th Edward J. Sytnik (1711) Viking Last Sat. Quad#2 – Somerset, NJ – June 28 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO C42 Petroff Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Nd6 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Bf4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Ne4 13.Nfd2 f5 14.f3 Nb4

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15.Qe2 Nxc2 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Rac1 Nxe1 18.Bxc7 Nf3+ 19.gxf3 exf3 20.Nxf3 Qd7 21.Be5 Qg4+ 22.Qg2 Viking Last Sat. Quad#4 – Somerset, NJ – June 28th Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Ne1 Bh4 26.Bg3 Bxg3 27.hxg3 b6 Draw Agreed

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“Games From Around The State” Continued On Back Cover 12 Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game: the Foxy Openings DVD explains, can effectively be used against Queen Pawn Openings, King Pawn Openings, the A Response From Black King’s Indian Attack, and the English, Reti and Catalan by Terese and David W. Hatch flank openings.

Black’s Starting Position Q P Ì

The Old Indian Defense

The Best of Lone Pine 1971-1980 by John Grefe and Dennis Waterman is a wonderful collection of stories and games taken from the international tournament known simply as “Lone Pine.” Held in the frontier town of Lone Pine, California from 1972 to 1980, the international tournament’s millionaire benefactor, Louis D. Statham, lured seasoned grandmasters as well as up and coming juniors to the desert to play in the strongest recurring Swiss tournament in the U.S. In reading through this book, we came across several remarkable games employing the Old Indian Defense – an opening system From this position, Black is ready for counterplay along for Black which is not seen all that much in opening play. the e-file with … Re8 followed by …Bf8 as well as The opening dates back to 1853 with the game Cochrane queenside expansion beginning with … a5. – Mahescandra, Calcutta. A search of our ChessBase database found 12,000 games played after 1990, The Old Indian Defense had its heyday in the pre-WWII however, when it came to finding a systematic theoretical era. Perhaps because of its latent transpositional qualities, collection devoted entirely to this opening, we counted the the Old Indian lured the hypermodernists Chigorin, number of books on the fingers of one hand. A book Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Reti, Bogoljubov and search for “old indian defense” on Amazon.com, turned up Schlechter into its camp, and even more orthodox players titles like, Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay: The such as Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall were Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars, but this has showing a penchant for it. By the 1950s, Rashid nothing to do with chess. Not finding much in the way of Nezhmetdinov, David Bronstein and Alexander Kotov text books, to aid us in our research, we are relying upon were experimenting with more aggressive piece a 120-minute DVD produced by Foxy Openings (#6) placement in the Old Indian. In his commentary to the entitled Anti-Flank Openings/Old Indian Defense and Eric Averbakh–Kotov, Zurich 1953 game, Bronstein said Kotov Schiller’s 58-page monograph, The Janowski–Indian played the opening “impromptu” after having it played Defense.1 While current databases indicate that this low- against him in the previous round by Petrosian. Bronstein profile opening system is being played at the highest referred to the Averbakh–Kotov game as “the most levels, it also appears from the lack of systematic beautiful game of the Zurich tournament.”2 This game, theoretical coverage that it has been flying below the radar with its intuitive queen sacrifice followed by 13 checks, for some time, losing out in the inevitable popularity won a brilliancy prize in the 1953 Zurich International contest to the aggressive King’s Indian Defense, and Chess Tournament. being usurped by the advocates of the Pirc. But the great thing about the Old Indian Defense is that it is a complete Yuri Averbakh and practical defensive system and fodder for any player Alexander Kotov looking for a surprise weapon against an unprepared Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953, ECO A55 Old Indian Defense opponent. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 0-0 The Main Line 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 The Main Line Old Indian Defense is an easy opening to 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3 learn; it can be a very useful system against a wide array Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 of White openings. It is a model of sensible pawn and 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 piece placement and prudent defensive positioning that 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6 30.Ne2 builds to a timely counterattack. The basic opening Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 position can be reached by different move orders and, as Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 1 For further study see www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/janowski- Rfg7 47.Bg5 Rxg5+ 48.Kh4 Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 a46g.htm; and Yriola and Tella, An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black, Gambit Publications, 2001: Ch. 31, pp. 240-250; Asa Hoffman Chess Gladiator, R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8 0-1 International Chess Enterprises, 1996: pp. 30-31 and 66-67; and Rashid Nezhmetdinov Nezhmetdinov’s Best Games of Chess, Caissa Editions, 2001. These are not repertoire books on the OID but they do contain examples of 2David Bronstein, Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953, Dover Publications, practical play, theory and analysis. 1979: p. 159 13 Yet to complete his development, perhaps White is taking The Old Indian’s greatest strength may lie in its ability to the Old Indian for granted, assuming it has no sting. adapt to so many White opening choices. In the Csom - Quinteros game from the 1975 Louis D. Statham Lone 11…Qd7 12.0-0-0 Bxd5 Pine tournament, Black uses the Old Indian Defense Black has methodically completed his development. With against a Catalan-type of setup. 12…Bxd5 Black eliminates White’s only well-placed piece and begins to amass his pieces on the queenside. Black’s Istvan Csom knights take up permanent residency on the queenside Miguel Quinteros where they will soon terrorize White’s king. Louis D. Statham Lone Pine Tournament, Lone Pine 1975, ECO A55 Old Indian Defense 13.exd5 Nb4 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Be7 White dare not play 14.Bxb4 because 14…axb4 15.b3 g6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.h3 Bf8 10.e4 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.c5 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Nh3 0-0 18.Nf2 Ra3 19.Ne4 Rfa8 exd4 13.Nxd4 dxc5 14.Nxc6 Qb6 15.Nd5 Qxc6 16.e5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 and White is still woefully underdeveloped.

Nxe5 17.f4 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qb6 19.Bxa8 c4+ 20.Kh2 Ng4+ 14.Qe2+ Be7 15.Bxg7 0-0-0 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Rh1 Rxa8 23.Qe4 Re8 0-1 15…Nxa2+ is more forcing because, with White’s kingside In their book, 1971-1980 The Best of Lone Pine, authors pieces still undeveloped, it flushes the king out to the Grefe and Waterman said: “The depth, imagination, center where it has no protection. unexpectedness and power of Black’s combination rank it 16.b3 Bg5+ 17.f4 among the best ever played.”3 One alternative, 17.Kb1 Rhe8 18.Qf2 Qf5+ 19.Ka1 a4 The Janowski Variation 20.g4 Qg6, only underscores White’s desperate predicament. The signature move in the Janowski Variation of the Old Indian is 3…Bf5 which develops the queen bishop quickly, 17…Bxf4+ 18.Kb2 Rhe8 19.Qf3 f5 20.Bc3 Bh6 21.Bd4 stakes a claim in the center and challenges White for White could have saved a tempo for defense by playing control of e5 if White elects to play in classical style by this move one move sooner. occupying the center with pawns. First played by Richard 21…Bg7 22.Ne2 Re4 23.Qc3? Reti in 1922 (Gruenfeld - Reti, Bad Pistyan 0-1), David With nerves totally frazzled, White folds under the Janowski gave this line notoriety when he used it in his pressure. The only chance to stabilize the position is to try game against Alexander Alekhine in the 1924 New York to beat back the menacing knight with 23.a3 International Tournament. Janowski’s opening play was sharply criticized by Alekhine in the notes to his book on 23…Rde8 24.Bxg7 Rxe2+ 25.Bxe2 Rxe2+ 26.Kb1 Ne4 the 1924 New York International Tournament: “Such 27.Qd4 Nxa2 28.Rd3 Nb4 29.Rh3 Nc2 30.Qb2? openings represent sporadic attempts, easily refuted as to White’s last chance to play on is 30.Rxh7 Nxd4 31.Rh8+ Qd8 32.Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.Bxd4. position and possessing merely a superficial similarity to the systems of development scientifically evolved during 4 30…Na3+! 31.Qxa3 Qxg7 32.Qa1 Nd2+ 33.Kc2 Nf1+ later years.” Unfortunately, Alekhine’s genius oftentimes 34.Kd1 Rd2+ 0-1 labeled otherwise legitimate openings as unplayable. 35.Ke1 (or Kc1) Qxa1 mate.

In this recent game from the 2006 UKR Championship It may not be as distinguished as the King’s Indian between Strelnikov and Kislinsky, Black gets off to a very Defense and it may not be as cutting-edge as the Pirc or fast start and gets fully developed long before White, Modern; its name may sound anachronistic and its first belying the Old Indian’s reputation for being a passive, few moves are passive and slow-developing; in the past slow-developing opening. 30 years there has been very little published theory on it. Strelnikov, Sergey (2319) - Kislinsky, Alexey (2445) But, despite all this, the Old Indian Defense is being [A53] played by such noteworthy practitioners as Jonathan UKR-Championship, Semifinal, Alushta, 2006 Speelman, Alexander Morozevich, John Fedorowicz, Janowski Variation Kamran Shirazi, Larry Christiansen, and Asa Hoffmann. 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Qxd4 The Old Indian’s best attributes are its solid pawn Nc6 7.Qf2?! formation, its efficient piece placement, the element of An interesting nuance in this position deviating from the surprise on an unprepared opponent and its adaptability usual Qd2 or Qd1; the text move facilitates queenside against an array of White openings. So, try experimenting castling and does not block in the dark squared bishop. with Ye Olde Old Indian. Think of it as a door thrown open, not a clock turned back. 7…Be6 8.Nd5!?

One move later and White falters; expending a valuable tempo, he overextends this knight when he should be completing his development with Be3 and 0-0-0.

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Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 White has a slight advantage here. by Life Master James R. West 17.f3 Nh5 18.Be3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Kf2 Kf8 23.Ke2 Ke7 n Ì Ê Ñ 24.Kd3 Kd6 25.a4 Kc6 26.Nd2 Ng7 27.Nc4 f6 28.f4 Ne6 29.f5 Nf8 30.Bf4 Nd7 31.g4 b5 International Master Robert Hess likes to play 32.axb5+ axb5 33.Nd2 c4+ 34.Kc2 gxf5 5...Qd6 in the exchange variation of the Ruy 35.gxf5 Be7 Lopez. Here are a couple of his games in this line, one against me, the other against grandmaster Alexander Stripunsky.

James R. West (2200) IM Robert L. Hess (2349) 4th New Yorker June Open, New York, June 18, 2005, ECO C68 Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O- O Qd6

The game is now equal.

36.Nf3 Nc5 37.e5 Kd5 38.exf6 Bxf6 39.Bxc7 Ke4

Instead Black could have obtained a slight edge by 39...Nb3.

40.Nd4 Bxd4 41.cxd4 Nd7 42.Kc3 Kxf5

43.Kb4 Ke4 44.Be5 Nxe5 45.dxe5 Kxe5 6.d4 46.Kxb5 Kd5 47.h4 Draw Agreed

In My 60 Memorable Games, Bobby Fischer gives this as White's best because 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 c5 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Qe2 O-O-O is equal while 6.Na3? b5! "strands the knight."

6...exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Be6 9.Be3 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 b6 11.Nc3 g6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Nf6 15.Rd2 Bg7 16.c3 O-O

GM Alexander Stripunsky (2608) IM Robert L. Hess (2492) Foxwoods Open 2008, Rd. 9, Mashantucket, CT, March 19-23, 2008, ECO C68 Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O- O Qd6 6.a4

The idea behind this move is to play 7.Na3 without allowing 7...b5.

17 6...f6 7.Na3 Bg4 8.Nc4 Qd7 9.Ne3 Be6 10.d4 Of course, Black refuses to swap queens exd4 11.Nxd4 Bf7 12.Nb3 O-O-O because he has all the winning chances in the middle game, due to White's precarious king position. 46.Qf5 Re5 47.Qf7 Re2 48.Qf5 Bd4 49.g4 c5 50.Qf8+ Ka7 51.Qf4 Rb2 52.g5 Rb1 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kh4 Qg2 55.Nh3 Rh1 56.Qg4 Qe2 57.Qf4 Qe7 58.Qf5 Re1 59.Kh5 Qe2 60.Kh4 Qe7 61.Nf4 Re5 62.Qf6 Qh7+ 63.Qh6 Qe4 64.Qh5 Re8 65.Kg4 Rh8 66.Qg6 Rh4+

13.Qe2 Nh6 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.Bd2 Rhe8 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Qg4 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Re1 f5 20.g3 fxe4 21.Re3 h5 22.Rae1 h4 23.Rxe4 hxg3

67.Kxh4 Qxf3 68.Nd3 Bg1 69.a5 Bh2 70.Qf6 Qxd3 71.g6 Qg3+ 72.Kh5 Qe5+ 73.Qxe5 Bxe5 74.Kh6 b6 75.g7 Bxg7+ 76.Kxg7 bxa5 77.Kf6 Kb6 78.Ke6 a4 White Resigns

24.hxg3 White wisely avoids 24.Rxg4?? gxh2+ 25.Kg2 Rxe1 26.Rh4 Rg1+ 27.Kf3 Rf8+ which wins for Black. 24...Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Qg7 26.Kg2 Kb8 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Ne6 Rd7 29.b3 Re7 30.Re3 h5 31.Qc4 Rf7 32.Nf4 h4 33.Rf3 Qf5 34.Qe2 Re7 35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Nh3 hxg3 37.fxg3 Re8 38.Nf2 Qh5 39.Qf5 Qh6 40.Qf6 Qc1 41.c4 Re1 42.Kh3 Re8 It is an easy win for Black after 79.bxa4 Ka5 80.Kd5 Kxa4 81.Kxc5 a5. 43.Kg2 Bc5 44.Qc3 Qb1 45.Qd3 Qe1

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18 On February 24, 2008, the New Jersey State Chess Federation Reporting On The Scholastic Championships held the Primary (grades kindergarten though third grade), by Noreen Davisson Elementary (grades kindergarten through sixth grade) and Junior High School Championship (seventh through ninth grade) at Brookdale Community College. 297 students, representing 110 schools competed. In the Primary and Elementary sections, trophies were awarded to the top fifteen individuals and the top Ø Ì Q five teams consisting of two or more students from the same

On March 15 and 16, the New Jersey High School school. In the Junior High section, trophies were awarded to the top ten individuals and the top five teams. Championships were held at Rutgers University. Over 200 students participated in three sections. In the Varsity section, 20 In the Primary section, 126 children representing 61 schools five-player teams competed for the Father Casimir trophy. In the competed. The children finished the day with perfect 5-0 scores. Junior Varsity section, 10 four-player teams competed. The These three are considered co-champions. Based on tie breaks, Booster section had 67 students competing for individual honors. Mariya Oreshko a third grader from Joseph D. Sharp Elementary In the Varsity section, the Watchung Hills High School team School was awarded the first place trophy. Roman Rychkov of (Jayson Lian, Jennie Liu, Charlie Lian, Michael Wu and Richard Sharon Elementary School received the second place trophy. Greletski) finished with a perfect 5.0 score. Three teams tied for Nikhil Vassireddi, a third grader from Cranbury School got the second place with four points. In tie-break order, these teams third place trophy. Fourteen children finished with a score of 4-1. are Bergen County Academy (Austin Wang, Johnson Pau, In tiebreak order, they are Sujay Uppalapati a second grader Jonathan Chan, Jayenth Mayur and Anan Pattiburaman), from Chilton Elementary, Arjun Rajkumar, a second grader from Manalapan High School (Kyle Fitzsimmons, Alexander Amaya, Red Oaks School, Vishan Ramanathan, Antin Demko, Alexander Josh Wishman, Kevin Ge, Matthew Colen and Jiho Kim) and Tse, Kyle Garrison, Matthew Lim, Ryan Hoang, Daniel Jiang, Holmdel High School (Harrison Lim, Steven Guo, Patil Neelay, Douglas Wellenmeyer, Kyle Russo, Charles Dai, Elie Kapengut and Samritha Palakollu. Sas Ponnapalli and Ari Terjanian). Five teams tied for fifth place with 3 points. In tie-break order, they were Sparta High School Princeton Day School led the Primary team competition, scoring (Michael Sobin, Bryce Bartling, Kyle Ross, Scott Vander Veen 11.5 out of a possible 15 points. Cranbury School followed and Steven Matchett), High Technology High School (Junho closely with 11 points. Helen Morgan finished in third place with Kim, Bryan Oakes, Scott Lindeman, Sujoy Gayen and Matthew 9 points, beating the Philadelphia school on tie breaks. Village Sherbert), Christian Brothers Academy 1 (Paul Schepel, Drew School finished in fifth place with 8 points. Meyer, Mark Azuolas, Max Osmulski and Stephen Krachie), Cherry Hill High School West (Sam Wittman, Andrew Pelimsky, In the Elementary section, 96 children representing 42 schools Jin Meyong Lee, Cameron Rotblot and Saagar Sethi) and competed. Garrett Chu, a sixth grader from Elysian Charter Monmouth Regional High School (Thomas Casper, Ryan School was the clear winner with a perfect score. Daniel Chai, a Jakuboski, Dominic Debonis, Anderson Huh and Yuri Patterson). fifth grader from Dugan Elementary finished with 4.5 points. 15 In tenth place, with 2.5 points was Toms River North High School students finished with a 4-1 result. Fifth graders William Chen (Sohan Jain, Matthew Buenvenida, Seth Lipper, Suresh Prakash and Richard Davisson from Village Elementary School and and Yun Tang). Shongum Elementary School respectively finished third and fourth. Aravind Kumar, a kindergartener from Orchard Hill In the Junior Varsity section, Holmdel High School (Ruozheng Elementary School was awarded fifth place. In tiebreak order, Guan, Brian Chin, Joseph Galaro and Emily Fu) finished in first Brice Huang, Gregory Gabovich, Eric Michael Ham, Maxim place with 4.5 points. In second place with 4 points was Tom Farberov, Samuel Sokolin, Shivani Shanmugudas, Daniel River High School East (Jason Morejon, Daniel Miller, Amar Warszaski, David Grosh, Kevin Sturr and Viren Chan Sawent Shah and Matthew Finklestein). Four teams tied for third place also scored 4 points. with 2.5 points. In tie-break order, they are Bound Brook High School (John Cespedes, Jonathan Guerrero, Eric Specian, Village School was the top Elementary team, scoring 14 out of a Freddie Shaker and Alejandro Yera), Dunellen High School possible 20 points. Laura Donovan School finished in second (Nicholas Kovalevich, Owen Harshaney, Matt Lohrey and Stefan place with 10.5 points. Tewksbury Old Turnpike School finished Jones), Livingston High School (Andrew Dennis, Eric Levitch, in third place with 10 points, beating John P. Faber and Alpine Dillon Cislo and Raza Fahim) and Monmouth Regional High School on tiebreaks. School (Andrew Kurtz, Christopher Hoppe, Anthony Dyson and Kyle Clarke). Two teams tied for seventh place with 2 points. In In the Junior High section, Andrew Ng of Marlboro Memorial tie-break order, they are Christian Brothers Academy (John Middle School led the field with the only perfect score. Eleven Keale, Brian Stahl, Alex Zangari and Mark Barath) and Mountain students followed with four wins. In tie break order; these are Lakes High School (Andrew Humphries, Ian Rathkey, Sara Ho Robert Milman of Columbia Middle School, Mackinley E Tan of and Dan Yang). In ninth place, with 1.5 points was Middlesex Harrington Middle School, Jordan Lerner of Princeton Day Country Academy (Ryan Gossiaux, Saahithi Karuturi, Joseph School, Cesar Flores of Ocean Middle School, Grant Oen, Peter Dinardo and Kauhsal Pahrik). In tenth place, with 1 point was Schepel, Suraj Mudichintala, Alex Dominguez, Chris Avarella, the team from Union County Vo-Tech (Enoc Jose Nunez, Nikhil Noah Marinelli and Sean McCann. George, Kyle Douglas, Ananth Rao and Taylor Kelly). In the team competition, Marlboro Memorial Middle School In the Booster section, Andrew Ng topped the field with a perfect finished on top with 15 out of a possible 20 points. Sparta score. Alexander Katz, Parag Srivistava, Ankit Raghuram, Middle School was a close runner up, with 14 points. Maxwell Flores and Michael Bender, all with 4 points, followed Eisenhower Middle School came in third with 13 points. him closely. Nick Ibacache, Joseph Brennan, Ethan Sturm, Princeton Day School and the Lincoln School rounded out the Ashutosh Ailani, Arjun Mayur, Derek McIntosh, Chang Yang, top five with 10.5 and 10 points respectively. Gregory Proulx and Richard Ebright finished with 3.5 points.

19 Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.

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In chess, there is the Theory of the Second Chance. You can be getting mopped up by your opponent, but you have to keep alert to that momentary lapse that all chess players, even grandmasters, are prone to.

Take today’s game. US Master Steve Pozarek is simply outplaying his opponent. Pozarek’s fifteenth move is a 22.Rxd3??.Rxd3 23.h3! Qf2! 24.Qxf2! Nxf2+ 25.Kh2?! gem as it interferes with the protection of Black’s knight on h4? 26.Bc2!? Rd5 27.Be3 Bc5?? 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Ne6 g4. No matter what Black does, he’s at a disadvantage: Rxf7 30.Nxc5 Rxf4 31.Re1 Kg8 32.Bg6 Rf8 33.Kg1 a5 15...Nf6 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Qd3 b5 18.Bxf7+ Qxf7 19.Qd8+ 34.Rf1 Rf6 35.Bc2 Black Resigns Bf8 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Qd3; 15...Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.exf7+ Kh8 19.Qxf2 and in both cases, White is The US Amateur Team East at Parsippany is known for its clearly winning. upsets. Today’s game is an A-rated player trapping a talented young master in 27 moves from the Black side of Then, it happens. The master has a momentary lapse. a Bird’s Variation of the Ruy Lopez…an achievement all Rather than playing 20.h3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd3 22.Qf3 by itself. (where the queen now has a good square to occupy), he goes with 20.Rf3, which makes things harder. The lapse Your Advertisement Could lasts another two moves, however. 22.Rxd3?? is a fatal oversight. His best course at this point would have been: Appear Here For Only $25 ! 22.Qe6! Nf2+ 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 24.Be3 Qxb2 25.Rd1 Qe2 26.Bxa7 Rd6 27.Qe5. Email: [email protected] Black is then presented with the second chance and to win, no less, not just draw! With 22...Nf2+ 23.Kg1 John Mullanaphy’s early aggression seemed to rattle Ms. th (23.Qxf2 Qxf2 24.Be3 Qxb2 is an ugly win for Black) Ross. At her critical 12 move, she played a dubious 23...Nh3+ 24.Kh1 (24.Kf1 Qg1#) 24...Qg1 it’s mate! pawn advance. Instead, piece play and an exchange sacrifice was called for: 12.Bg5 f4 13.Qh5 Bb4 14.Nf3 Your Advertisement Could Bxe1 15.Rxe1 Qa5 16.e5 Ng6 17.e6 Rf5 (17...d5 18.e7 Re8 19.Bxf4) 18.h4 d5 19.Re2 (19.Qg4 Re5!) 19...Qc5 Appear Here For Only $25 ! 20.Qg4 Rf7 21.h5 Nf8 22.h6 and White’s attack is ferocious.

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We would like to thank Bill Townsend for inputting the game scores of hundreds of games and sending them to Mullanaphy then takes over the attack and picks the right us each year. We are truly spoiled by his generous effort. idea moves. Although 24…Qg7 25.Nxh4 Bd8 would have been more forceful, his inversion of the moves brought Stephen J. Pozarek (2198) about the same result and a noteworthy win against a Gregory S. Shaffer (1760) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.1, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO D45 strong master. She resigned because if 27.Rg1 Bf7 traps the queen. Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Slav Defense 5.e3 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.f4 Qc7 14.e5 Ng4 15.e6! h5 Please Subscribe To Atlantic 16.exf7+ Kh8 17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Ng5 b5 19.Bb3 Rad8 20.Rf3 Chess News For Only $10/year! Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd3

20 Laura R. Ross (2251) Moldovan then wraps it up and scores the point to end an John L. Mullanaphy (1953) exciting game. 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.1, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO C61 Ruy Lopez – Bird’s Defense John Moldovan (1804) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0–0 Bc5 Steve Jesseph (1802) 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 d6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Bf4 0–0 10.Nd2 f5? 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.2, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO A15 11.Bb3+ Kh8 English Opening (by transposition)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e3 Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.0–0 Ng7 12.b4! a6 13.Rab1 Bf5 14.Ne5!? Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nf5 16.Bg5 Nd6 17.f3 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nxe5 19.Bxe5? 0–0 20.e4 Nc4 21.Bg3 b5! 22.Rfe1? Qd7? 23.exd5! cxd5 24.Nxd5! Qxd5 25.Rxe7 Rfd8 26.Bf2 Ne5 27.Qe2! Nc6 28.Re4 f5 29.Re6 Nxd4 30.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kf1 Rd6 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Qxe8+ Kg7 34.Qe7+ Kh6 35.Re1! Qxb4 36.Qf8+ Kh5 37.g4+!

12.e5?! Ng6! 13.Qf3 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 g5 15.Qf3 d5 16.Qh5 Be6 17.Nf3?! Rg8 18.h4 gxh4! 19.c3 dxc3 20.bxc3 Rg4 21.Bd1 Qe7 22.d4 Bb6 23.Be2 Rag8 24.Bf1 Bd8 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Bd3 Rf4 White Resigns.

We have another great fighting game from the US Amateur Team East. Both players handle the opening well and it becomes a tense struggle that no doubt consumed a great deal of time.

For example, some obvious moves aren’t that good. The 37...fxg4?? 38.Re5+ g5 39.Qf7+? Kh6? 40.Qf8+ Kh5 capture on e5 should have been with the pawn on move 41.fxg4+ Kxg4 42.Qf5+ Kh4 43.Qxg5+ Kh3 44.Qg3# 1–0 19 and followed up by Ne2, Nd4 and the follow-up with the minority attack that he initiated on move 12. On move 22, Over the years, we have enjoyed Steve Stoyko’s attacking both players suffer a lapse, underestimating the play, even when we were on the other side of it. He just usefulness of exd5. John Moldovan then corrects that builds up his pieces’ development, gathers them in the momentary lapse to gain an edge. He then dodges the direction of your king, and then you get mated with some attractive looking 27.Qb3!? Qxb3 28.Rxb3 Nc6 29.Re4 f5 kind of sacrificial attack. He’s a master of position play as 30.Rh4 Ne7! and Black can hold. well, so either way you’re in for a tough game.

Moldovan then goes after Jesseph with an interesting kingside display. The closer the game gets to the time control at move 40, both players must have been under considerable pressure trying to find all the checks and their consequences.

Moldovan comes up with a dandy with the inspired 37.g4+ and Jesseph misses the one move that would save him: 37...Kg5! 38.h4+ Kxh4 39.Qh6+ Kg3 40.gxf5 Qc4+ 41.Kg1 Qc5+ 42.Kh1 Qf2 43.Qg5+ Kxf3 44.Rb1 Rd2 45.Rb3+ Ke4! 46.Qg4+ Ke5 and White has no continuation.

Then, one move short of the time control (isn’t it always the way?) White misses 39.fxg4+ Qxg4 (39...Kg6 40.Qf5+ Kg7 41.Re7+ Kg8 42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qxh7#; 39...Kxg4 40.Qf5+ Kh4 41.Qxg5+ Kh3 42.Qg3#; 39...Kh4 40.Qf2+! Kxg4 41.Qg3+ Kh5 42.Qxg5#) 40.Qxd6and wins.

But that’s OK, because Black also has one move before Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero time control and he misses 39...Rg6 40.Qxh7+ Rh6 Young Corbin Mills (facing camera) plays for the win 41.fxg4+ Qxg4 42.Qf7+ Kh4 43.Qf2+ Kh5 44.Qf7+ and it’s during a multi-game match with Nivedhitha Sivakumar a draw. during Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads April 26th in Somerset. This youngster’s skills are improving quickly!

21 His fellow master, Brian Hulse, is an active player as well 17.Bf4 Ra6 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Rbe1 Re8 20.Bh2! Ng8 21.f4 and essays the Modern Benoni. He gets frisky with f6? 22.f5! gxf5 23.exf5 Re5 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Ne6 Bxe6 11…b5, but considering White’s development and space 26.fxe6+ Kh8 advantage, it may have been wiser to play 11..Nd7.

You can tell Stoyko is in a building mode, avoiding exchanges along the a-file. He could have also played 14.Be3 axb4 15.axb4 Bd7 (15...Rxa1? 16.Qxa1 Bd7 17.Qa7 Qb8 18.Ra1) 16.Qd2, but one concludes that he saw more opportunity on the kingside.

27.Qe3! Ne7 28.Rxf6! Nexd5 29.Rxh6+! Kg8 30.Qe4 Nf4 31.Rh8+! Black Resigns

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Hulse closes the queenside with 14…a4 which seems to Anyone wishing to donate a chess computer game take away his only counterplay with 14…axb4, thus should contact Herman Drenth at: 201-797-9043 leaving Stoyko to just concentrate on his kingside or [email protected]. Financial donations may be attacking plans. sent to our Treasurer, Ken Thomas made out to the

NJSCF, 115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ Stoyko then shows the value of redeployment with 20.Bh2 “ ” and the attack with f4 is underway. 07840. Please signify Veterans Fund on the check. Thank You. Hulse then makes a fateful decision with 21…f6. His best practical chance may have been to go with a line that would give White a chance to go wrong. We spent some time on this, so please notice the necessary moves that White needs to make to keep his advantage. It would be very tricky and certainly preferable to sitting there and waiting for the axe to fall: 21...f5 22.e5 Ne7 23.e6 Bc8 24.Bg3! (24.g4? Nexd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.gxf5 (26.Nxf5 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Bc3 28.Qxd5 Bb7) 26...Qb6! 27.fxg6+ Kh8) 24...Bf6 (24...Nexd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Nxf5! Qb6+ 27.Bf2) 25.Bf2 Bb7 26.g4 fxg4 27.hxg4 Nexd5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.f5 Bg5 30.fxg6+ Kg8 31.Qd1 Nc3 32.Qa1 Bd2 33.Bf5 and White is clearly better, having avoided the traps.

After this crisis moment, Stoyko offers his rook three times, and by the last time refusal wasn’t an issue—it would be mate shortly. An instructive and entertaining lesson from the master.

Stephen E. Stoyko (2245) Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Brian Hulse (2207) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.2, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO A65 Kevin Emmanuel Chen (far left) on the attack against Benoni Defense 6.e4 Variation Mihael V. Polito (right) while Theodore Mann (middle) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 readies his next move against TD Ken Thomas during the 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 0–0 9.0–0 Na6 10.h3 Nc7 11.a3 b5!? Viking Last Saturday Quads held in Somerset on April th 12.b4! c4 13.Bc2 a5 14.Rb1 a4?! 15.Nd4! Bd7 16.Bg5 h6 26 . 22 Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero

Apr - June 2008 Problem #1 Apr - June 2008 Problem #2 Apr - June 2008 Problem #3 White To Move And +- White To Move And +- White To Move And Mate In 3

Apr - June 2008 Problem #4 Apr - June 2008 Problem #5 Apr - June 2008 Problem #6 White To Move And Draw White To Move And + - Black To Move And +-

Solutions: Jan - Mar 2008 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: Chigorin - Steinitz, Havana, 1889 Match Game#3: This exciting game continued Bg1! (threatening Bg2 followed by Ra7), Ne6 (if ...Nxb3, Rb7+, Kc8, Ba6 threatens Rc7+ and Rc8#), Rd7! (not Rb7+, Kc8 when Black would be threatening to cut the White rook off to pick up the exchange), Rc6 (the endgame according to Steinitz after ...Ng5+, Kg4, Nxh7, Rxd6, would be lost for Black once Black plays ...Kc7, Rh6, Nf6+, Kf5, Nd7, Bb5, Nc5, Ke5, Nxb3, Rh7+, Kb8, Kd6), Kg4, Rc7, Bc4, Rxc4+, bxc4, Kc8, Rd6, Nc5, Rc6+, Kb8, Rh8 Black Resigned since ...Nb7 would lose to Rxb6. Problem#2: Pillsbury - Lee, London, 1899: Qf3!, Qxf3 (...Qg6, Bxf8, Rb8, Ba3 winning easily), Rg1+, Kh8, Bg7+, Kg8, Bxf6+ with mate to follow on the next move. Problem#3: Schlecter - Meitner, Vienna, 1899: g4+, fxg4 (essentially transposes if ...Kh4), hxg4+ (or fxg4+ also does the trick), Kh4, Qxh6+!!, Qxh6, Kh2! with mate to follow since ...Ne3, Bxe3, ..., Bf2# is looming. Problem#4: ...Ncd4!, Qd3 (not Qa4, b5!, Qxa5?, Ne2+!! Mate in 6, Kh1, Nxf4, Rg1 (or g3, Qc6+, f3, Qxf3+!, Rxf3, Rd1+, Rf1, Rxf1#), Rd1! (deflecting the g1 rook and mating), g3, Qc6+, f3, Qxf3#) , g3, Ng3!! (a staggering conception!), Qxg6 (or Qxd4, Ne2+ picks up the White queen without even giving up the knight), Nde2# Problem#5: Morphy - Amateur, New Orleans, 1858: Morphy gave rook odds in this game! Qf7 (cutting the Black king & threatens Ne4#), Be6 (...Qe7 had to be played), Bxe6, Nxe6, Ne4+, Kd5, c4+, Kxe4 (...Kxc4 had to be played), Qxe6, Qd4? (...Kd3 was necessary), Qg4+ (Fritz 11 actually uncovered a forced Mate in 11 beginning here with: Ke2!!), Kd3 (forced), Qe2+, Kc2, d3+, Kxc1, O-O!# Problem#6: Pilnik - Reshevsky, USA, 1942: Qf2!, Qxf2 stalemate since any other move by Black would give White a winning game!

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move 23 Tom S. Yake (1747) Gregory D. Maxfield (2011) Jack Hutton (1901) Wojciech Blaszczec (1661) th 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A10 6ss 65 Amateur East Ch. U2200, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A25 English Opening English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 f5 6.d3 a5 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 e5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qe8 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.e3 O-O 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.O-O c6 11.Nxf6+ 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Bd8 13.a3 Qg6 14.Ne2 Qh6 Bxf6 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Rfd1 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rad8 18.Qc2 Qd5+ 19.Kg1 Qf3 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.d5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qc3 Be7 20.d4 e4 21.Nf4 Nd5 22.Ne6 19.b4 Be8 20.Nb3 Bh5 21.Rfe1 Bf3 22.Nxa5 Qh5 23.Ra2 Ra6 24.Rb2 Ng4 25.h3 Rh6 26.h4 Bxh4 White Resigns

22...f4 23.Nxf4 Bg5 24.Re1 Bxf4 25.exf4 Rxf4 26.Qe2 Rff8 27.Qxf3 exf3 28.h3 Rde8 29.Re5 Kf7 30.Rbe1 Draw Agreed Final Position

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