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Winter 2006 Issue MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 1 www.mochess.org Volume 33 Number One—Winter 2006 Issue Serving Missouri Chess Since 1973 MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 2 2005-2006 MCA Officers and Board of Directors Region 1 (St. Louis) Treasurer William H. Wright 449 W. Jefferson Ave., Apt. B St. Louis, MO 63122 President Ed Baur 7138 Lindenwood St. Louis, MO 63109 Aaron Dubin 702 Stifel Ridge Court Town and Country, MO 63017 Region 2 (Kansas City) Secretary Ken Fee, Jr. 1537 Baker Liberty, MO 64068 Bob Holliman P.O. Box 1871 Independence, MO 64055-0871 Wayne Bartlett P.O. Box 417 Oak Grove, MO 64075 Region 3 (Rest of State) Membership Chair Charles Ward 2400 Cimarron Drive Columbia, MO 65203 Milton Garber 3131 Williamsburg Way Jefferson City, MO 65109 Vice President Selden Trimble 11830 State Route BB Rolla, MO 65401 Membership and Subscriptions The Missouri Chess Bulletin is the official quarterly publication of the Missouri Chess Association. MCA membership includes a subscription to the MCB. E-members receive their MCB via the internet (no printed copy). Include e-mail address with dues. Annual Membership Rates Regular $10 E-Member $5 Scholastic $7 Affiliate $9 Patron $25 Please send address changes and memberships to Charles Ward, 2400 Cimarron Dr., Columbia, MO 65203 Layout and design by Ken Fee and Bryon McLaughlin Missouri Chess Winter 2006 Page 2 MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 3 Table of Contents Missouri Champions and Ratings Page 4 From the Editor Page 5 Board of Directors Minutes Page 6 GM Kaidanov in Kansas City Pages 7-8 Missouri K-12 State Championship Pages 9-10 Chess Strategy by Bob Holliman Pages 11-13 From the Pawn Shop by Loal Davis Pages 14-19 When Humans Used to Play Postal Chess Pages 20-21 Games from Missouri Players Pages 22-25 Missouri Chess Clubs Page 26 Missouri Tournament Life Page 27 2006 Missouri Open in Kansas City Page 28 “The pin is mightier than the sword.” - Reinfeld Missouri Chess Winter 2006 Page 3 MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 4 Missouri Top 50 Rated Players Missouri Champions 2005 MO Open Champion 1 MICHAEL A BROOKS 2449 2 CHARLES LAWTON 2363 Bob Holliman 3 KENNETH E JONES 2315 4 THOMAS G GOSSELL 2213 5 JAMES S ELLIS 2200 6 RONALD G LUTHER 2200 7 LOAL W DAVIS 2200 8 KENNETH P. THOMAS 2181 9 ALAN J ERLEBACHER 2162 10 BOB HOLLIMAN 2159 11 ANDREW J WITTE 2152 12 FRANK A CHRESSANTHIS 2139 13 JAMES F MCLAUGHLIN 2137 14 JAMES R VOELKER 2136 15 ROBERT MERTON JACOBS 2114 16 ROBERT L ZWEIBEL 2093 17 TODD A FLOWERDAY 2090 18 ROY D WOLFSKILL 2090 19 GARY M WHITE 2085 20 ZEBEDEE FORTMAN III 2075 2005 MO Quick Champion 21 AARON S DUBIN 2059 22 ROBERT F SUTTER JR 2058 Ron Luther 23 SCOTT R MOORE 2055 24 WALDO ODAK 2050 25 KING P CHRISTIAN 2045 2005 MO Class Champions 26 DANIEL R HUFF 2044 Master/Expert -- Zeb Fortman III 27 JAMES S BAUMLIN 2038 28 RANDY W GIMINEZ 2034 Class A -- (anonymous) 29 PETER E MOSCATELLI 2026 30 JEREMY M VOLKMANN 2022 Class B -- Nathan Swinger 31 PAUL W CORNELISON 2017 Class C -- Barry Walker 32 RILEY M SHEFFIELD 2001 33 JAMES A DAVIES 2000 Class D -- Cody Ruggles 34 KEVIN DALE JOHNSON 2000 Class E -- Chris Ivy 35 FREDRICK SADOOGI 1998 36 THURMAN L NEWBILL 1995 Class F -- Arjun Khurana 37 DAVID A SIMONS 1980 38 RICHARD T HARPER 1978 Unrated -- Jared Bray 39 STEPHEN E RANDOLL 1967 40 PANAGIOTIS MASSOUROS 1961 41 TONY SONG 1958 42 EDWARD T KUEFLER JR 1954 43 MICHAEL A BENOIT 1950 44 STEVEN D BANGE 1936 45 JACK B WINTERS 1925 46 GARY FREEMAN 1920 47 DANIEL A JUENGEL 1917 48 CARL M BENDER 1915 49 KEVIN GUO 1913 50 SERDAR AYKENT 1907 2005 MO HS State Champion Joseph Garnier 2005 MO HS Team Champion Rockhurst - Kansas City Missouri Chess Winter 2006 Page 4 MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 5 From the Editor by Ken Fee E-Mail Comments and Games in ChessBase to [email protected] he Winter 2006 Issue is my scholastic tournament! The general idea is to first issue as MCB editor. place your King into a position where it cannot THere is some personal infor- move. Sorry, I do not remember the names of the mation for those who do not know players.1.Rc4+ Kb6 2.Rc6+ Kxc6 Draw! me. I am married to Yvonne with Interesting enough, the White rook can check the one seventeen-month old daughter, King around the board, and if the Black King Mallory, and another daughter, Kendra, due in takes the rook, the game is drawn! I have even May. I run The Chess Club in a shopping mall had similar positions on the ICC in which my and teach English at Oak Park High School both opponent has messaged me after the game over in Kansas City. Our club website is www.power- and over, “Oh my God! What a lucky B_st_rd.” pawn.net. Finally, I have been involved in chess since 1969 either as a scholastic player, chess coach, tournament director, or player. 8-+-+-+-+0 My goal as editor in the upcoming issues is to 7+-+-+pmk-0 promote Missouri chess players, clubs and 6-+-+-+r+0 events. While I may add a few interesting items 5+-+-wQ-+-0 from National and International chess news, the plan is to focus on Missouri chess! Previous edi- 4-zpq+-+-+0 tors have cut and paste news items from the 3zP-+-+-+-0 internet which had nothing to do with Missouri 2-zP-+-+-+0 chess. Why? The answer is that they were lack- 1mK-+-+-+R0 ing local material. So my plan is to make the bul- letin a team effort. The MCB should contain xabcdefghy games, tournament reports, and articles from the The stalemate trick even occurs on the three regions of Missouri, and I will strive to work International level. The above diagram is from toward that goal in future issues. Future issues the recent 2005 World Cup in Russia from the should contain one club report per issue, and game Korneev-Miroshnichenko. In the above numerous articles from top Missouri players. position, Black resigned thinking, 62. ... Rf6 63. There is even a rumor that IM Brooks may con- Rg1+ winning the rook! Here is what he missed! tribute an annotated game to the Spring MCB. 62...Rf6 63.Rg1+ Kh7 64.Qxf6 Qa2+ 65.Kxa2 But it is only a rumor for now! b3+ 66.Kxb3 Stalemate. White could have tried Now, to chess! We all have had games in 64.Qh5+ but there is no way to win! which we were losing and planned to resign on Test time! How does White draw the following the next move. Some of us have resigned; others position using the Stalemate trick? Answer in the has fought on ;others have used the stalemate next issue! trick on our opponents. XIIIIIIIIY 8-+r+-+-+0 8-+-+-+-+0 7wq-+-+-+-0 7+-mk-+-+-0 6-+r+-+l+0 6-+-+-+-+0 5sn-mk-+-+-0 5+-+-+-+-0 4-+-+-wQ-+0 4-+-tR-+-+0 3zP-+-+-zp-0 3+-+-+-+-0 2-tR-+-vlP+0 2p+-+-+-tr0 1+-+-+-+K0 1mK-+-+-+-0 xabcdefghy xabcdefghy The above position occurred in a Kansas City Have a great 2006 in chess and life! Missouri Chess Winter 2006 Page 5 MCBwinter2006web.qxp 12/29/2005 3:49 PM Page 6 Missouri Chess Association Board of Directors Meeting The Minutes for October 2, 2005 The meeting was convened at 2:00PM at the UMC Memorial Union in Columbia, Missouri. Members Present: Ed Baur, Bill Wright, Charlie Ward, Milton Garber, Ken Fee, Bob Holliman, Wayne Bartlett, Selden Trimble, and Aaron Dubin. The Minutes of July 17th, 2005 board meeting were reviewed and approved unanimously with one amendment. Amendment: The treasurer should present an annual itemized budget to the board. Wayne Bartlett pointed out that the board should make a budget also. The winter board meeting will be on January 8th at Charlie Ward's home at 2PM. The backup meeting date is January 22nd if the 8th presents bad weather. Treasurer Report: Balance of $3011.79 as of August 31st. We owe Ed Baur for printing of the last bulletin. The report was approved unanimously. Members Report: The Missouri Open brought in twenty-two new/renewed members. Charlie Ward reported that there are currently 231 members. The report was approved unanimously. Election of Officers: Ed Baur was elected as MCA President by a unanimous vote. Selden Trimble was elected as MCA Vice-President by a unanimous vote. Bill Wright was elected as MCA Treasurer by unanimous vote. Ken Fee was elected as MCA Secretary and the MCA Bulletin Editor by unanimous vote. Membership Fees: The board voted unanimously to not change the fees. Old Business: Tournament Schedule: The Missouri Open is scheduled at The Chess Club in Kansas City on September 16th-17th, 2006. The Chess Club is donating the space which would costs $500 to the MCA. Hotel Information will be provided in the flyer. The MCA will give The Chess Club a donation receipt. The Kansas City Open will be held February 18th-20th. The St Louis Open in April sometime -will try to avoid The Kentucky Derby. New Year Open/Kansas City Masters will be held on January 14th, 15th, and 16th. Missouri Class Championships will be held June 10th-11th, 2006 in Columbia, Missouri. Missouri Open Information The board discussed the idea of having two sections in order to avoid first play ties.
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