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Texas Knights TEXAS KNIGHTS The official publication of the Texas Chess Association Volume 53, Number 1 P.O. Box 501, Helotes, TX 78023 Fall 2011 GM Sadorra wins SW Open WIM Patrycja Labedz faces GM Julio Sadorra in the final round Houston hosts US Junior and Senior Open ………………………………………………………........... 3 Kolty II Conference on Chess in Education…………………………………………………………........ 4 Laredo Invitational………………………......………………………......…………………......…………. 6 77th Southwest Open…………………………………………………………....………………………….. 9 San Antonio City Championship; Summer Slammer…………………………………………………. 30 TCA Fall Minutes………………………………………………………….....…………………………... 35 San Antonio Fall Open………………………………………………………………………………........ 37 TEXAS CHESS ASSOCIATION www.texaschess.org President: Clemente Rendon, P.O. Box 3267, Brownsville, TX 78523-3267; [email protected]. Vice-President: Lakshmana Viswanath, 2009 Manzanares Dr., Laredo, TX 78045; [email protected]. Secretary: Binny Nanavati, [email protected] Treasurer: Barb Swafford, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036-4719; [email protected]. Editor: Selby Anderson, P.O. Box 501, Helotes, TX 78023; 210-695-2324; [email protected]. Webmaster: Peter Kappler, [email protected]. Tournament Clearinghouse: Eugene Kohnitz, [email protected]. Texas Chess Association is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting chess in Texas. Membership Dues (annual): Regular $10, Junior (18 and under) or Student: $7.50. Foreign: Canada and Mexico $12.50, others $17.50. Patron: $25 (receives 1st class mailing and Hall of Honor listing). Family: $15. Non- subscrib- ing: $5. Club: $25 (includes one free ¼ page ad a year). Scholastic Club: $10. Foreign Club: $40. Send to TCA Treasurer, 2709 Longhorn Trail, Crowley, TX 76036-4719. Give name, address, city, state and zip code; also phone and e-mail (optional). Contributions beyond membership fees are tax deductible. TCA Hall of Honor Selby Anderson John Kolts Eddie Rios Sanjay Annigeri R. Lynn Leone family Luis Salinas Clarence Callaway, Jr. Patrick C. Long Wayne Sampson Michael E. Carpenter Mark E. McCue Jose Luis Silva George W. Church, Jr. Tony Meza James Stallings Raymond Doo Jerry Milburn Clayton Swafford family Ed Erwin Rade Milovanovic Harmon Throneberry Charles Fricks George A. Mota Lou Thurston Edward Guetzow John Niven Bret Treadway Bob James family Tim Redman Lakshmana Viswanath family Peter Kappler Clemente Rendon William R. Williams ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Contributors this issue: Chess Life Online, Franc Guadalupe, Eddie Rios, Alexey Root. Game annotations if not attributed are a collaboration of NM Selby Anderson and Fritz 6. Send submissions by e-mail to [email protected], or mail to P.O. Box 501, Helotes, TX 78023 (include phone). Deadline next issue: Dec. 15. All contents of Texas Knights 2011 by the Texas Chess Association, Inc. No part may be reproduced in any way without express consent of the editor. Ad rates: $50/page, $35/half, $20/quarter, $1/line. Cover photo: Franc Guadalupe 2 Kudrin wins Senior; Michaelides wins Junior By Franc Guadalupe of Harper-Michaelides, Ng - Bob The 2011 U.S. Senior Open ended Shao, and Jarod Pamatmat - Dipro as expected, with top seed Sergey Chakraborty resulted in three draws Kudrin at the top of the leader board, giving the 18-year old Michaelides among the 74 participants, with 5.5 clear first, a $500 check, Champion's points in six games. The last round Plaque, and a spot at the 2012 U.S. draw with second seeded IM Joseph Junior Closed! And, the icing on the Bradford clinched clear first for the cake for Matthew was that his out- Grandmaster who, for his efforts, standing performance earned him 33 won the $1,250 first place prize. rating points which made him a Na- The World Senior Champion- tional Master. ship spot was won by local master Larry Englebretson who finished in a Caro-Kann B13 three-way tie for second place, half- Warren Harper 2416 Matthew Michaelides a-point behind Kudrin, with Yefin Matthew Michaelides 2178 US Junior Open 2011 for the Championship, all with five Treger and Thomas Braunlich. points in six games. Chen won first Since Larry was the only one among 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 place on tie-breaks. The U11 pro- the three players who is over age 60, Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.cxd5 duced a clear Champion, Tianming he earns the prestigious spot. Larry, Nxd5 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nb6 10.d5 Xie, 5.5 points, who finished half-a- Yefin, and Tom won $600 each. For Nd4 11.Qd1 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13. point ahead of four other players - final standings, including prizes, Be3 Bc5 14.b4 0–0 15.bxc5 Nxf3+ Jeffrey Tao, Dex Webster, Anthony please go to Cajun Chess. 16.Ke2 Qf6 17.Rc1 Rad8 18.cxb6 Nguyen, and Sudarshana Jagadeeshi. Rxd1 19.Kxd1 Qf5 20.bxa7 Rd8+ In the U8 Division, Jason Metpally Gruenfeld Defense D76 21.Ke2 Qg4 22.h3 Ng1+ 23.Ke1 and Tristan Ma tied for the Champi- Joseph Bradford 2418 Nf3+ ½–½ onship with 5.5 points. See full re- Sergey Kudrin 2605 sults of the Junior Open on Cajun US Senior Open 2011 QGD D54 Chess and USCF rated results on Matthew Michaelides 2178 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 MSA. Andrew Ng 2223 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0–0 Nc6 US Junior Open 2011 8.e3 0–0 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 Besides these two National events, 11.h3 a4 12.Rb1 Ra5 13.Kh2 e5 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 the Chess Festival had the Not-a- 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.e4 Be7 5.e3 0–0 6.Rc1 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 Senior-Not-a-Junior Open, which Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Be6 18.Bd2 Raa8 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Be2 was open to all but was mainly 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nc4 21.b3 Be6 11.Bf3 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ scheduled to accommodate players axb3 22.axb3 Nxd2 23.Rxd2 Bd6 13.Kxd2 c6 14.Ne2 g5 15.g3 a5 who were not eligible for the other 24.Bf3 Ra3 25.Kg2 Kf8 26.Be2 16.h4 f6 17.Rc3 Ra7 18.Rhc1 Rc8 two events. This event drew 58 play- Rea8 27.h4 Ra2 28.Rbb2 Rxb2 19.a3 Rac7 20.b4 axb4 21.axb4 ers, for a combined attendance at the 29.Rxb2 Ra3 30.Bc4 h5 31.Re2 Nd7 22.e4 dxe4 23.Bxe4 Nb8 24.b5 Festival of 369 players. Ra5 32.Kf1 Rc5 33.Rd2 Ke7 Bd7 25.bxc6 Bxc6 26.d5 Rd8 The Open Section was won by 34.Kg2 Be5 35.f4 Bf6 ½–½ 27.Rd3 Re8 28.Bf3 g4 29.Bxg4 Bd7 Saurabh Deshpande. Julian Hernan- 30.Rxc7 Bxg4 31.Re3 Rd8 32.Nf4 dez and Luis Gonzalez tied for first The road to the U21 Championship Nd7 33.Re7 Ne5 34.Rg7+ Kf8 in the U2000 while Hongbiao Zeng of the U.S. Junior Open was full of 35.Rxh7 Nf3+ 36.Kc3 1–0 was the clear winner in the U1600. excitement. Andrew Ng, 2257, beat A near-record attendance of 237 top seed Warren Harper, 2412, in the For rated results of these events, players competed in the U.S. Junior fourth round. Local expert Matthew please see the USCF MSA.: Open. In the U15 Division, four Michaelides, 2182, then went on to http://main.uschess.org/content/view players, Steven Chen, Andy Shao, defeat Ng in the fifth round to get /11320/636/ into the mix. The last round pairings Andrew Jacob, and Annie Zhao, tied 3 Kolty 2 Second Koltanowski International Conference on Chess and Education by Dr. Alexey Root Cost to attend is $50 per day. The Library and Information Science conference is sponsored by the U .S. degree, Braswell recently wrote and On November 18-20, 2011, thou- Chess Trust and UT Dallas, and received a third grant providing the sands of children, parents, and chess cosponsored by the Texas Chess funds to implement a chess program coaches will arrive in Dallas for the Association. Additional support is through the library curriculum. National K-12. While children play provided by the USCF. Register for 11-12:30 Chess Clubs their rounds, anyone interested in the Kolty 2 Conference at: chess and education may attend the www.utdallas.edu/chess/kolty2 Dennis Raveneau presents how Second Koltanowski International to build a viable chess club, with Conference on Chess and Education U.S. Chess Trust) wrote, “This con- special attention to factors such as (nicknamed the Kolty 2 conference) ference will bring together research creating non-threatening competitive on Friday, November 18 and Satur- in the last decade demonstrating the opportunities for children and secur- day, November 19. The National K- positive effects of chess on stu- ing administrative and parent sup- 12 and the Kolty 2 conference will dents.” port. Retired from the Dallas ISD be at the Hilton Anatole. Included Participants attending these Fri- after 22 years, Raveneau has each participant’s conference fee are day sessions will earn Texas Associ- coached chess at several Dallas access to more than 20 presentations ation for the Gifted and Talented YMCAs, Roger Q. Mills Elemen- and free books (written by Texans (TAGT) clock hours. tary, and G.B. Dealey Montessori Dr. Alexey Root or by Leah Martin Academy. For the past nine years, Dagher). For the latest conference 9-10:30 Academic Chess Raveneau has also been a lead chess information or to register for the Mike Bowden will present how teacher for the Young Arts Institute Kolty 2, please go The University of chess can be taught to develop stu- in Education summer chess camps. Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) Chess dents’ problem solving, anticipation A certified United States Chess Fed- Program Web site of outcomes, and cognitive critical eration (USCF) tournament director, /www.utdallas.edu/chess/, specifical- thinking.
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