Steve Ferrero, Editor Email: [email protected]

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

From Our President by Roger Inglis, 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. An Upside Down Opening by Terese & David W. Hatch ...... Page 12 Please keep in mind that many of these people th donate their time in the form of meetings (usually 5 Annual Susan Polgar Invitational... by Eve D. Zhurbinskiy ... Page 15 on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) Nimzo-Indian Defense / Dutch Defense by James R. West …...... Page 16 and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your chess playing experience as rewarding by Ken Calitri ...... Page 20 as it can be! Newark Gambit – The Antidote To 4.Bc4... by Lev D. Zilbermints. Page 21 I encourage all comments, criticisms, and Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. …………………………...….. Page 22 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!

Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee 198 Overbrook Drive, Freehold, NJ 07728 Advertising Rates: 732-577-1457 Approx. 3½” x 1” Box $25 Per Issue [email protected] Approx. 3½” x 2¾” Box $50 Per Issue Executive Board Henry Feltman Jr. - Publicity Approx. ½ Page Box $175 Per Issue 856-845-5094 [email protected] Approx. Full Page Box $300 Per Issue Roger Inglis - President 49-A Mara Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 Herman Drenth - Past President & Ethics Committee Approval of content for any and all advertisements 973-794-4601 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 are at the sole discretion of the Editor and NJSCF [email protected] 201-797-9043 Executive Board. All ½ page and full page [email protected] Michael Somers – Vice President advertisements are conditional based on available 29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 James Mennella – Ethics Committee space in Atlantic Chess News. We offer a 10% 973-228-7039 8 Magnolia Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 discount for advertising in two consecutive [email protected] [email protected] issues, 15% discount for four consecutive issues. Bill Bluestone – Secretary / Disabled & Joe Ippolito – Past President Handicapped Chess 43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005 PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840 973-402-0049 Analysis Of Games: 732-603-8850 [email protected] Most games are analyzed with the [email protected] Joe Lux - Membership assistance of the extensive and exhaustive Ken Thomas - Treasurer 627 Summit Avenue, Apt. 17A, Jersey City, NJ 07306 chess playing programs, Fritz 11, Rebel II 115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 201-792-1606 Chess Tiger 13.0, or Chess Genius© 908-852-0385 [email protected] [email protected] 5.028A and Books© add-on Lawrence Constance - Trustee 384 W. Hudson Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631 program running on an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 NJSCF Board Members 201-568-1506 GHz PC with 2GB of RAM running [email protected] Aaron Kiedes - Technology Windows XP Professional. We welcome all 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 Leo Dubler III - Corporate Funding comments, criticism, and feedback from 973-343-3260 146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055 readers and don’t forget to submit your [email protected] 856-396-0961 [email protected] games to me from the tournaments! Anthony Cottell - Past President 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072 Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee 201-438-6140 932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 Sponsorship Levels: [email protected] 856-428-0304 st Gold $100/year (ACN Sent 1 Class) [email protected] st Bill Coburn - Seniors Chess Silver $50/year (ACN Sent 1 Class) 85 Jamestown Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 Mike Goeller - Trustee Bronze $25/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) 908-604-2680 [email protected] Out Of State $15/year (ACN Sent 1st Class) [email protected] Mike Khodarkovsky – Masters Affairs NJ Regular $10/year (ACN Sent Bulk Mailing) Bill Cohen - Clearinghouse 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045 Outside U.S. $25/year (ACN Mailed Economy) 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 973-299-0932 732-548-8432 [email protected] [email protected] Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee Columnists This Issue: Dean Ippolito - Collegiate [email protected] Eve D. Zhurbinskiy 141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 James R. West 908-534-4318 Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. – Tournament Publicity & [email protected] Columnist Joe Ippolito 22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 Ken Calitri Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee 973-984-3832 Lev D. Zilbermints 311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 [email protected] 201-445-1743 Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. [email protected] Rick Costigan - Nominating Committee Roger Inglis 927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108 E. Steven Doyle - Tournaments 856-854-2376 Steve Ferrero 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 [email protected] 973-538-1697 [email protected] Ronald Groseibl - Bylaws Cover Photo Details: [email protected] Your Editor snapped this cover photo of the Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor tournament winner, Israeli GM Sergey Erenburg, [email protected] nd PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337 during the 2 New Jersey Futurity International George Phoenix - Trustee 908-537-0878 Tournament held at the Dean of Chess Academy [email protected] [email protected] in Branchburg. GM Erenburg also won this event Glenn Petersen - Trustee Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs last year and how he has even surpassed last 44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 year’s results of 6½/9 with an impressive 7½/9 732-252-8388 732-946-7379 scoring six wins and 3 draws! [email protected] [email protected] Here he is shown during his last round game against the strong IM Mikhail Zlotnikov. 2

Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey

Oct 11 - Princeton Day School Nov 9 - Westfield Quads 650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, in each section. Medals to all. Sections: FUTURE MASTERS N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 and CLOSED begin 10:45 (must preregister). FUTURE members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 MASTERS G/60 3 rounds (Players K-12 over 1200), CLOSED p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. G/45 4 rds. (K-12 over 1000), ALL OTHER SECTIONS Onsite www.westfieldchessclub.com. reg: 11:30-12:30. 4 Rds.: 1, 2, 3, 4pm (times will be accelerated if possible) G/30: OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), Nov 9 - Wizards of the Mind Chess Tournament Reserve (K-12 U-800), Novice II (K-8 U-600), Novice I (unrated www.wizardsofthemind.com. 15 Center Street, Springfield, NJ K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OF 07081. 3 sections. Trophies to top 5 in each section. Open: 3 PLAYERS G/30, rated, 3 rounds. Info and Register online: SS rounds, Game/45, Reg. 1-1:20, Rounds start 1:30pm. www.pds.org/chess. Inquires to Bonnie Waitzkin. U1200: 4 SS rounds, Game/30, Reg. 1-1:20, Rounds start [email protected] Registration $30 (On-site $40). 1:30pm. U700: 4 SS rounds, Game/30, Reg. 9-9:20am, rounds

start 9:30am. EF: 25 mailed by 11/01/2008, $30 on-site. Mail Oct 18 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads entries to: 15 Center Street, Springfield, NJ 07081. Make 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, checks payable to: "Wizards of the Mind." Bring chess sets and Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. clocks. $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 Nov 15 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads Subscription per year, OSA NS NC W. 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center,

Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. Oct 19 - GPP: 10 (Enhanced) New Jersey $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm- GAME 10's GALORE #1 (QC) 2 sections (Open and U2200). 4:30/pm NJ State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Dean of Chess Academy, 1161 Route #202, Branchburg, NJ Subscription per year, OSA NS NC W. 08876 (near Chubb Lane) GRAND PRIX SECTION: (Top-10 entries by regular rating) 10-RR, G/10 $300, G$$ 100-100-100. Nov 23 - New Jersey K-12 Grade Championship U2200 SECTION: 10RR OR 10SS based on entries. G$$ 90% A State Championship Event! 5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 of EF collected returned in prizes. 1-2-3 get 50%-30%-20%. Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738. Student Life Center, BOTH SECTIONS: Rounds 11am then ASAP with a break. No use Parking Lot #7 or #6; 4 miles from Garden State Parkway exit Byes: $33 if mailed by October 13, $36 online at 109. 13 Sections: Play only in your grade! MORE TROPHIES! entryfeesrus.com, $39 at site. Reg.: 10-11am, October 19. Grades K-6: Trophies to top 10 individuals, top 5 teams - top 3 Entries to Ken Thomas 115 W Moore St, Hackettstown NJ from each school/grade; 50% of players receive trophy or medal! 07840. Contact Ken at Cell 908-763-6468 or [email protected]. Grades 7-12: Trophies to top 5 individuals, top 5 teams. Rds.: NS NC W. 10am and ASAP. EF: $30 by 11/16, $50 at site. USCF mem req'd. Reg.: 8-9:00 am. After 9:00am 1/2 pt bye rd 1. Info: 732 259-3881, [email protected] Ent: Please make checks Oct 25 - Viking Last Saturday Quads payable to NJSCF and send to NJSCF, PO Box 1511, Jackson, NJ Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset Exit 12, 08527. Entries must include name, grade, school, date of birth, Route #287. In 4 player Quads. G/90, Regs.: before 9am, USCF ID # & expiration, mailing address, phone number & entry Rds.: 9-12-3, EF Top quad $30, lower Quads EF is $20 or $30. fee, please include email address. The 1st Place player and team Prize: Top quad is $80, Lower quads between $40 and $80. from NJ in each grade will be recognized as the NJ Champion for Prize is based on the number of players paying $30. Player that grade! Chess sets and boards will be provided! paying $20 may win only $40. Info: Ken Thomas, [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. No electronic Nov 29 - Viking Last Saturday Quads Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset Exit 12, Oct 26 - Westfield Swiss #54 (QC) Route #287. In 4 player Quads. G/90, Regs.: before 9am, 5 Rd. SS game/15 full K (QC) Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Rds.: 9-12-3, EF Top quad $30, lower Quads EF is $20 or $30. Westfield, N.J. $500 Guaranteed $125,$85,$50 under Prize: Top quad is $80, Lower quads between $40 and $80. 2100,under 1850, under 1600, under 1350 $60 each. Entrance Prize is based on the number of players paying $30. Player fee: $35,$25 members. Rounds: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. paying $20 may win only $40. Info: Ken Thomas, Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379 www.westfieldchessclub.com. [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. No electronic

Nov 2 - GPP: 10 (Enhanced) New Jersey Nov 30 - GPP: 10 (Enhanced) New Jersey Same Format As Oct. 19 Listing Above. $33 if mailed by GAME 10's GALORE #3 (QC) 2 sections (Open and U2200). October 28, $36 online at entryfeesrus.com, $39 at site. Reg.: Dean of Chess Academy, 1161 Route #202, Branchburg, NJ 10-11am, November 2. Entries to Ken Thomas 115 W Moore 08876 (near Chubb Lane) GRAND PRIX SECTION: 9RR, St, Hackettstown NJ 07840. Contact Ken at Cell 908-763-6468 G/10, All Masters will be in top section, which will be a 9SS if or [email protected]. NS NC W. necessary. $300, G$$ 100-100-100. U2200 SECTION: 10RR OR 10SS based on entries. G$$ 90% of EF collected returned Nov 2 - Westfield Quads in prizes. 1-2-3 get 50%-30%-20%. BOTH SECTIONS: 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, Rounds 11pm then ASAP. No Byes: $33 if mailed by N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 November 26, $36 online at entryfeesrus.com, $39 at site. members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 Reg.: 10-11am, Nov 30. Entries to Ken Thomas 115 W Moore p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. St, Hackettstown NJ 07840. Contact Ken at Cell 908-763-6468 www.westfieldchessclub.com. or [email protected]. NS NC W.

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

Branchburg Chess League Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Club & Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Branchburg Chess League Academy Ventnor Library Dean of Chess Academy 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406 6018 Hudson Avenue ** New ** 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 West New York, NJ 07093 Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Meets Fridays 7:00pm Contact: Atilio Rodriguez 201-926-3680 Email: [email protected] League Membership Required: $25/year Email: [email protected] Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm

Meets Saturdays 1:30pm –5:00pm (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** Free Scholastic Instruction Available! Plainsboro Chess Club Dumont High School Kenilworth Chess Club Plainsboro Library 101 New Milford Avenue Kenilworth Community Center 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536 Dumont 07628 Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 www.dumontchessmates.com Contact: Greg Tomkovich Email: [email protected] Contact: Lawrence Constance Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm 201-568-1506 Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Livingston Recreation & Parks Email: [email protected] Princeton Landing Chess Club Contact: Thomas McKenna Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm st Dumont Scholastic Chess Club Meets 1 Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only) (for kids 7+) Dumont High School 6:00PM – 8:00PM

101 New Milford Avenue Rutherford Chess Club Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club Dumont 07628 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318 www.dumontchessmates.com (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330 Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) Contact: Lawrence Constance Contact: T. McKeen [email protected] 201-568-1506 609-926-5909 Summit Area Chess Club 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm Myrtle Avenue Email: [email protected] (Recreation Center At Memorial Field) Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm Mendham Chess Club Summit 07901 Garabrant Center Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Elmwood Park Chess Club 4 Wilson Street Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From 182 Market Street Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945 Toms River Chess Club Elmwood Park 07407 Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River Contact: Roy Greenberg Meets Thursdays 7:00pm Email: [email protected] PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 st Meets 1 Thurs. Of Each Month During The Wayne Township Chess Club TD: Ron Groseibl Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm Board Of Education Building 22-50 Maple Avenue Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Fairlawn 07410 Metuchen Chess Club Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 Meets Sundays 1:00pm Metuchen – Edison YMCA Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm Lake Street, Metuchen 08840 Greater Somerset County Chess Club Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 West Orange Chess Club 40 Pike Run Road Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Valley Way) Contact: Anand Mishra 302-632-7460 Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191 Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Website: www.gsccchessclub.org Community Chess Club ** New ** Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 Email: [email protected] Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm 511 Station Avenue Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight

Hackettstown Chess Club Haddon Heights 08035 Contact: Christopher Orapello Westfield Chess Club Hackettstown Community Center Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place 293 Main Street Email: [email protected] Contact: Todd Lunna Hackettstown 07840 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M- 2124 Audonon Ave., So. Plainfield 07080 Contact: Harold Darst HH_CCC/ Bill Cohen (TD) 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 Meets To Be Determined 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen 908-852-5925 Monmouth Country Chess Club Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm Monmouth County Library Headquarters Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm (except certain major holidays) 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Willingboro Chess Club Hamilton Chess Club Willingboro Kennedy Center Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. Email: [email protected] 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Mercer County Road, Route 609 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Willingboro 08046 Groveville 08620 Morris County Industrial Chess League Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm Website: www.hamiltonchess.org Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June) Wizards of the Mind International Chess Academy 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 ’ Contact: Mark Schwartzman Contact: 201-833-1741 New Jersey Children s Chess School Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com 17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410 “Geller Kids” Chess Camp 917-841-5589 Contact: 201-797-0330 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill (North Newark) 07104 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Woodbury Chess Club Email: [email protected] Presbyterian Church Website: www.kidschesscamp.com South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 n July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm Contact Steve Ferrero at [email protected] if you would like your chess club listed for free!

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

I am honored to be assuming the presidency of the nd New Jersey State Chess Federation. As I take over This year’s 2 New Jersey Futurity International Tournament was held during the week beginning July 7th from Joe Ippolito I find the NJSCF in fine shape. Our at the Dean of Chess Academy in Branchburg. Michael flagship event, the World Amateur Team East held Khodarkovsky (Chief Organizer), both Dawn Ippolito and each President’s Day weekend in February is setting her father transporting the players to and from the train new attendance records almost every year. Will this station and hotel as well as graciously providing the Dean be the year we finally exceed 300 Teams? Our of Chess Academy as the playing site to host the event, scholastic tournaments are also doing well and just and the Int’l. Chess School proved instrumental in co- sponsoring this important NJSCF tournament. set an attendance record of their own this year. Our other tournaments including the New Jersey Open Last year’s winner, GM Sergey Erenberg, hailing from nd are doing well and are growing. We just held the 2 Israel has returned to defend his title! We have photos New Jersey International Futurity, a great event that I from that 10-player invitational event and some games hope we can continue to host. The New Jersey right here in Atlantic Chess News! We also have some Knockouts, of the US Chess League, are about to great photos from this year’s World Open Tournament from that were being played through the July start their second season. The Knockouts just th missed the play-offs last year but gave all that 4 holiday. There was a stunning upset of GM Sergey Kudrin during his recent simul in Belle Mead on June 29th! watched some exciting games to enjoy. All in all We’ll try to share that game with you perhaps in the next chess in New Jersey seems to be alive and well. issue. That is not to say we cannot improve, we can and I hope we will. One problem that we face is dwindling club memberships in some of the local clubs. Small membership numbers can threaten a club’s existence, when a club closes its doors, we all lose. Clubs are the grass roots of chess activity; without the clubs were would chess be? What clubs need most of all is members, so please support your local club!

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Did you know that the NJSCF was founded in about 1885? We were the second state federation founded. Unfortunately, the NJSCF was temporarily discontinued during the Second World War and so Virginia lays claim to the second oldest continually operating state federation. New York is the oldest. My point in mentioning this is: We have over 100 years of history to be proud of. Let us find our history and preserve it for the future! Speaking of our past; we use to play a scholastic match against Photo provided courtesy of Kevin Emmanuel Chen New York State. I hope to renew this rivalry. I have This year’s US Amateur East Tournament winner, Hanon st other dreams for chess in New Jersey that I hope to W. Russell, displays his 1 place trophy scoring 4-0-2 while TD Ken Thomas congratulates him. share with you in the future. So stay tuned to find out what those dreams are. GM Sergey Erenburg took top honors in the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament winning 1st place nd Win Well, Lose Well, & Play Well! $1,300. GM Leonid G. Yudasin locked 2 place with 5 6.5/9 winning $900, while GM Jaan Ehlvest took home 28.Kh3 h5 29.Bf3 g6 30.g4 hxg4+ 31.Kxg4 gxf5+ 32.exf5 rd $500 for 3 place scoring 6/9. GM Semion “Sam” Palatnik Rf2 33.Qd4 Bxf5+ 34.Kg3 Rff1 Draw Agreed grabbed 4th place for $150 scoring 5/9 while a 3-way tie th for 5 place with 4/9 included NM Mackenzie Molnar, IM Your Advertisement Could Milos Skecic of Serbia, and IM Alfonso Almeida Saenz from Mexico each split the $150 equally. Appear Here For Only $25 !

Longtime Star Ledger columnist, Pete Tamburro Jr., very generously provided the $300 Brilliancy Prize which went Email: [email protected] to GM Erenburg for his spectacular sacrificial win over IM Dean J. Ippolito.

NM Evan D. Ju (2297) GM Leonid G. Yudasin (2632) 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 1, TL G/90 + 30sec Increment, July.7, 2008, ECO B96 Sicilian Defense – Najdorf Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 b5 9.O-O-O b4 10.Nce2 Nbd7 11.Kb1 Bb7 12.Ng3 Be7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Nb3

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero GM Jaan Ehlvest ponders his move with the black pieces during round seven of the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament on July 10th.

15...g5 16.fxg5 Ne5 17.Qe2 Nfg4 18.Nf1 hxg5 19.Bg3 a5 20.Nbd2 Bf6 21.Nc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Ne5 23.Ne3 Bg7 Please Subscribe To Atlantic 24.Bb5+ Kf8 25.Ng4 Ba6 26.Bxa6 Qxa6 27.Qxa6 Rxa6 28.Nxe5 Bxe5 29.Bxe5 dxe5 30.Rd7 Rh4 31.Rf1 Rf4 Chess News For Only $10/year! 32.Rxf4 exf4 33.Kc1 Kg7 34.Kd2 Kf6 35.Ke2 Rc6 36.Rd2 g4 37.h3 gxh3 38.gxh3 Ke5 39.Kf3 f5 White Resigns

IM Alfonso Almeida Saenz (2419) IM Dean J. Ippolito (2484) 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 1, TL G/90 + 30sec Increment, July 7, 2008, ECO D43 Semi Slav Defense 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.g3 Nd7 8.Bg2 Bb4 9.Qb3 a5 10.a3 Be7 11.e4 a4 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Nxa4 Qa5 17.Nc3 O-O 18.Qe2 b5 19.h3

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Serbian IM Milos Skecic (facing camera) trying to hang on against GM Semion “Sam” Palatnik to a draw during round three of the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament on July 8th. GM Palatnik was able to convert the full point with his very active rook and pawns vs IM 19...b4 20.axb4 Qxa1 21.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 22.Kh2 Be6 23.f4 Skecic’s two minor pieces. Bxb4 24.f5 Bd7 25.Qxc4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rb8 27.h4 Rb2 6

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Rising star, NM Mackenzie Molner (facing camera) may The local Dean of Chess Academy crowd getting ready to have had somewhat the favorable position against strong play their weekly Friday night league games catches some New Jersey IM Dean J. Ippolito but ultimately lost. This of the late finishing action on the last day of the 2nd New game was played on July 10th during round seven of the Jersey Futurity International Tournament. Shown above is 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament. NM Mackenzie Molner squaring off against GM Jaan

Ehlvest (facing camera) during the final round nine. IM Dean J. Ippolito (2484) GM Jaan Ehlvest (2671) GM Leonid G. Yudasin (2632) nd 9rr 2 NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 2, TL G/90 + 30sec Increment, July 7, 2008, ECO E62 GM Jaan Ehlvest (2671) King’s Indian Defense 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 4, TL G/90 + 30sec Increment, July 8, 2008, ECO D59 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O c6 Queen’s Gambit Declined - Tartakower Defense 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qc5 11.Nb3 Qb4 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.Nc3 h6 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.a3 Qb6 14.b4 Ne5 15.Bb2 Be6 16.Na4 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Be2 Qd8 17.Qe2 Re8 18.f4 Ned7 19.Qd3 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6+ Be6 12.O-O c5 13.Qa4 Draw Agreed

21.Bd4 Rf8 Draw Agreed

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Mexican IM Alfonso Almeida Saenz’ (facing camera) demonstrated impressive technique with his active rook, , and pawns to triumph against Serbian IM Milos Skecic in round five on July 9th of the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Your Advertisement Could Chief Organizer, Michael Khodarkovsky (left), presents the Appear Here For Only $25 ! 1st prize $1,300 check to repeat winner, GM Sergey Erenburg of Israel who spun off a stunning 7.5/9 performance in the 2nd New Jersey Futurity Int’l.! GM Email: [email protected] Erenburg also snared the Brilliancy Prize for a sparkling sacrificial win over IM Dean J. Ippolito. 7

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David Hatch The packed playing site at another successful 2008 World th Photo provided courtesy of Kevin Emmanuel Chen Open in Philadelphia played over the July 4 holiday. One of our columnists, Kevin Emmanuel Chen, stands in People travel from all corners of the globe for the front of the Freedom monument during the 2008 World opportunity to play in this annual event organized by the Open in Philadelphia. Continental Chess Association (CCA) headed by Bill Goichberg.

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David Hatch German GM Art Yusupov writing down his move during Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David Hatch one of his games at the 2008 World Open in Philadelphia German GM Art Yusupov (far left) amidst his game played over the July 4th holiday. against GM-elect Josh Friedel during the 2008 World Open. Meanwhile, IM K. Rathnakaran (orange shirt) from India squares off against Czech Republic GM Jiri Stocek (far right).

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David Hatch GM Alexander Ivanov (facing camera) gets ready to begin at the 2008 World Open in Philadelphia played over the July 4th holiday. GM Alex “The Yerminator” Yermolinsky is shown on the left as he waits for his opponent to arrive. Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David Hatch The action gets underway at the 2008 World Open!

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Photo provided courtesy of Kevin Emmanuel Chen As the July 4th festivities unfold outdoors, here we observe the action unfolding inside at this year’s World Open!

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero IM Dean J. Ippolito (facing camera) deep in thought against IM Mikhail Zlotnikov during round three of the 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament. IM Zlotnikov prevailed in this encounter played during round three on July 8th. This illustrious international event was run at the Dean of Chess Academy July 7th – July 11th.

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10 GM Leonid G. Yudasin (2632) IM Milos Scekic (2459) 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 8, TL G/90 + 30sec Inc., July.10, 2008, ECO B12 Caro Kann Defense – Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Qb3 Nd7 7.Nd2 Ne7 8.f4 f6 9.Ngf3 fxe5 10.fxe5 h6 11.h4 c5 12.Qxb6 axb6 13.h5 c4 14.Nh4 b5 15.Be2 Bh7 16.Bg4 Nf5

17.Bxf5 exf5 18.O-O Be7 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Rxf5 Nf8 21.e6 Rd8 22.Re1 Nxe6 23.Bf2 Ng5 24.Ree5 Nf7 25.Rxd5 Ra8 26.a3 Nd6 27.Rfe5 Kf7 28.Ne4 Rhd8 29.Rxe7+ Kxe7 30.Bh4+ Ke6 31.Re5+ Kd7 32.Nxd6 Black Resigns

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Israeli GM (facing camera) fought GM nd Semion Palatnik to a draw during round seven of the 2 New Jersey Futurity International Tournament on July 10th.

GM Sergey Erenburg (2597) IM Alfonso Almeida Saenz (2419) 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 7, TL G/90 + 30sec Inc., July.10, 2008, ECO C55 Two Knights Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 d6 7.a4 Be6 8.a5 Bxc4 9.dxc4 a6 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nd5 Nh7 12.b4 Bg5 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Qd3 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Bc3 Na7 17.c5 f5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.h4

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20...Rxf3 21.Qxf3 Bxh4 22.Qe4 Bf6 23.f4 Nc6 24.Qg6 Bh4 q N k 25.Re4 Bf6 26.Re2 Ne7 27.Nxe7 Qxe7 And Black Resigns “Games From Around The State” Continued On Back Cover

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An Upside Down Opening by Terese and David W. Hatch Q P Ì

In business, we often hear the term “the hedgehog and the fox concept” used when referring to the maxim of “being the best.” The business world adopted the concept from the famous 1953 Isaiah Berlin philosophical essay, The Hedgehog and the Fox. Berlin based his essay on an illuminating fragment of verse from the Greek poet Archilochus: “The fox knows many things, but the Fischer’s play in this game so impressed Andersson, that hedgehog knows one big thing.” According to Berlin, he later became a prominent exponent of the Hedgehog foxes are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and himself. The resurgence of the Hedgehog in the 1970s hedgehogs relate everything to a central, all-embracing (which had not been seen with regularity since the 1920s), system. This metaphor is not meant to be judgmental. and its rise in popularity can be traced directly back to this Rather, it articulates an attitude and a perspective that, in game. the clash of ideas, it does not have to be the case that in order for one idea to be true, the other must be false. It’s Much like our observation on the Old Indian Defense in okay to be a fox. It’s okay to be a hedgehog. our last column here, we did not find a great number of

books devoted to the Hedgehog. Author and widely

acknowledged expert on the Hedgehog, Mihai Suba,

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greatly from player to player and country to country and

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fianchetto to some lines of the Paulsen, Taimanov or

Maroczy Sicilian. In other words the Hedgehog is an The late chess teacher and author, Ken Smith, gave upside down opening where what you get is not what you sound opening advice to the average player when he said see, but what it may become (e.g. a Maroczy for White to know your opening better than anyone else. The that is not a Maroczy for Black, etc.).”1 Because it tends metaphor of the hedgehog and the fox embraces this to be categorized as a sub-variation in the Symmetrical same theory. A realistic goal for studying chess openings English or the Sicilian for instance, the Hedgehog is often should be to have an understanding of what you can be given the respectability of being labeled as a reversed best at. While it simply is not possible for the average Najdorf or a Taimanov or a Queen’s Indian vs. the Colle, chess player to know every opening (the fox concept), the London, Torre, et al. But the Hedgehog can stand on its average player should have a thorough understanding of own spines as Mr. Suba goes on to explain: “The his own particular opening repertoire (the hedgehog Hedgehog’s principal quality is its spirit of provocation; it concept). defies many dogmas relating to space, time and For those of us who fall into the central, all-embracing appearance.”2 Some of the axioms that will become category, the aptly named Hedgehog Defense is the apparent when studying the Hedgehog are (1) whoever epitome of an opening “system.” It is a resilient opening in has command of the 5th rank will usually get the upper which Black’s pieces and pawns go to predetermined hand; (2) Black must maneuver his pieces constructively squares though not always in the same move order or run the risk of running out of moves and drifting; (3) depending, of course, on what White is doing. Black’s White must find a way to make progress without development is slow but resolute. Knights go to f6 and d7, overextending; and (4) as Andrew Martin says: “The Bishops are on e7 and b7 and pawns are on a6, b6, c5, Hedgehog system of defense describes the idea of d6, e6, f7, g6 (or g7) and h7. The Hedgehog is most often playing on three ranks, setting up a flexible defensive employed against the English; it also arises from various formation and waiting for the opponent to run aground Sicilian defenses as well as the Queen’s Indian Defense. against the hedgehog spines.”3 It is also possible for White to adopt a Hedgehog setup. From the diagram below compare the position on the top, which is a typical Hedgehog for Black in the Symmetrical English, with the position on the bottom from Fischer- 1 Mihai Suba, The Hedgehog, B.T. Batsford, London, 2000: Forward 2 Mihai Suba, The Hedgehog, B.T. Batsford, London, 2000: p.13 Andersson, Siegen 1970, an exhibition game in which 3 Fischer opened with 1.b3, the Nimzo-Larsen Attack. http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_bits_pieces/040417_Martin_Hedgehog.html

12 The Hedgehog has the potential to generate dynamic play Segal, Valery (2405) - Stoyko, Stephen E. (2315) [A47] and create unbalanced positions. Its development is slow New Jersey, 1992 but efficient; the opening position is cramped but economical; the notion of playing on three ranks appears 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 e6 6.0–0 conciliatory but is a shrewd strategy. Combining Ken’s Be7 7.c3 cxd4 8.exd4 0–0 9.Re1 d6 10.Nf1 Nbd7 Smith mantra to know your opening better than anybody Both sides have completed their development. White has else and Isaiah Berlin’s maxim to have an understanding a slight edge due to the open lines for his bishops and is of what you can be best at, may make this upside down, intending to attack on the kingside. Black has set up the what-you-get-is-not-what-you-see system a viable choice standard Hedgehog formation with his pieces poised on for you. three ranks, ready to counter any White attack. In fact, there are no weaknesses for White to exploit. Morris, Walter (2380) - Stoyko, Stephen E. (2330) [B44] Virginia Open, 1996 11.Ng3 Re8 12.Qe2 Nf8 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Ng6 15.Bc1 Bf8 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Black could also continue in the spirit of the Hedgehog Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Be3 with 15...a6 without fear of a White attack on his king. For b6 12.Rc1 Ne5 13.f4 Ned7 example 16.Ng5 b5 17.Nh5 Bd5 18.h4 Bxa2 19.Nxf6+ Steering the game to a Hedgehog formation. gxf6 (19...Bxf6 20.Nxh7 Bxh4 21.Qh5 Bd8 22.Be4 d5 23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Qf7 25.Qxf7+ Kxf7 26.Rd3 Bc4 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.g4 27.Rf3+ Kg8 28.Ng5 Bxg5 29.Bxg5 a5 30.Bf4 with an The obvious way to capitalize on Black's three-rank- equal position.) 20.Nxh7 Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Bxg6 fxg6 defense is by grabbing space. 23.Qxg6+ Kh8 24.Qh6+ Kg8 25.Rd3 Bf8 and the best that White has is a perpetual check.

15...Rfd8 16.g5 Ne8 17.Bg2 g6 18.h4 16.Ng5 e5 The focal point of the Hedgehog debate: is White This pawn break effectively serves to neutralize White's controlling space or has he overextended his position? potential for attack on the kingside. White is forced into a

reactionary mode for the next few moves. 18...Ng7 19.Qe1 Rac8 20.Qf2 Qb8 21.Bf3 Nc5 22.Rfd1 Qa8 17.dxe5 Rxe5 The weaknesses created by White's plan to challenge White must move his queen. Black's slow setup are now showing; Black deftly takes advantage of the overextended position. 18.Qc2 Rae8 Black controls the e-file. 23.Qg2 f5! White cannot avoid losing a pawn. 19.Rxe5 White has no choice but to exchange rooks.

19...dxe5 Black repairs his pawn structure while at the same time controlling the center. Inferior is 19...Nxe5 20.Nxh7 Ned7 21.Nxf8 Rxf8 22.Bg5 and Black is left with weak pawns that will be easy prey for White's better placed pieces.

20.Bb5 Rd8 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 White's attack on the rook has resulted in ceding control of the d-file to Black.

22.Qd3 White elects to take his chances in a minor piece endgame.

22...Qxd3 23.Bxd3 Nh4 24.N3e4 24.gxf6 Bxf6 25.h5 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4 White should play 24.f3! and if 24...Bc5+ then 25.Kf1 with equality (analysis by Valery Segal).4 28.Rb3 Nxh5 29.Rxb6 Rf8 30.Rd4 Nhg3 31.c5? e5 32.Ra4 exf4 33.Raxa6 24...Nd5 White's queenside attack has only diverted his pieces White's attempt to defend g2 and hopefully exchange from the defense of his king. knights is easily sidestepped by Black.

33...Qd5 34.Rxd6 Qh5 25.g3 Black's threats are too numerous to counter. 0–1 25.Nxh7 does not win a pawn as 25...Kxh7 26.Nd6+ e4 27.Bxe4+ f5 and White is not able to win back the piece.

4 Hatch and Hatch, The Dogs of War – Practical Play in the Colle System, Pawn Promotions, N.J., 2005: p. 96 13 25...Ng6 26.a3 7.Re1 d6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Be7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 0–0 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.h3 Rfe8 15.g4 h6 16.Nde2 Qb8 17.Ng3 Bf8 18.Qe2 Nc5 19.f4 Nh7 20.Nf1 Rcd8 21.b4 Nd7 22.a3 Rc8 23.Nd2 Be7 24.Nf3 d5

26...h6 Black now takes control of the kingside by advancing his pawn majority and pushing back White's pieces. 25.cxd5 exd5 27.Nh3 f5 28.Nd2 e4 29.Be2 Ne5 30.c4 Nc7 31.b4 If Black's intention was to provoke White into White's only play is to mobilize his queenside pawn overextending his center, a stronger follow-up would have majority. been 25...Qxf4 26.Rcd1 with a more dynamically equal 31...g5 32.Kf1 a5 33.bxa5 bxa5 34.Nb3 a4 35.Nd4 Bc8 game.

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26.e5 Ndf8 27.Qd2 Rcd8 28.Ne2 Ng6 29.Ned4 Nh4 30.Nxh4 Bxh4 31.Re3 Nf8 32.Nf5 Ng6 33.Rd3 Nxf4 Having been outplayed positionally, Black takes a tactical shot.

34.Qxf4 Bg5 35.Qf1 Bxc1 36.Qxc1 Re6 37.Nd6 Rdxd6 38.exd6 Qxd6 39.Qc3 f6 40.Qd2 b5 41.Bd4 White must be careful: 41.Bxd5 Bxd5 42.Rxd5 Qg3+ 43.Kf1 Qf3+ 44.Kg1 Re2 45.Rd8+ Kh7 46.Qd3+ Qxd3 37.Bd1 47.Rxd3 Rxb2 allows Black dangerous counterplay. The pawn is immune from capture by either white piece due to the fork on g4. 41...Kh8 42.Bf2 Qd7 43.Bxd5 Rd6 44.Be4! Rxd3 45.Qxd3 37...Nd3 38.Bd2 f4 Black is still playing for tactical complications, hoping for Black takes advantage of the misplaced White pieces. 45.Bxd3?! Be4 46.Qe3 Bxd3 and Black has regained his 39.Ng1 f2 White Resigns piece.

In this next game, White plays more methodically, 45...Qc7 46.Bxb7 Qxb7 47.Bc5 Qc7 48.Kg2 Qc6+ ensuring that his center is overprotected and not 49.Qf3 Qe6 50.Bf2 Qc8 51.Qe4 Qd8 52.Qc6 Qd3 overextended. Black’s troubles begin when he breaks 53.Qxa6 Qd5+ 54.Kg1 Qd1+ 55.Kh2 Qd2 56.Qc8+ Kh7 prematurely in the center and has to resort to dubious 57.Qf5+ g6 58.Qxf6 g5 59.Qf5+ Kg7 60.Kg2 Qb2 middlegame tactics in an effort to save his game. 61.Qxb5 Qxa3 62.Qb7+ 62.Qd7+ forces mate after 62...Kf8 63.Bc5+ Kg8 64.Qe8+ Bartell, Thomas (2365) - Loncarevic, Robert (2095) Kg7 65.Bd4+ Kh7 66.Qf7#

[A30] th 62...Kf6+- 63.Qc6+ Ke5 64.b5 h5 65.gxh5 g4 66.hxg4 11 North American FIDE Invitational Chicago (Round 6), Qf3+ 2008 Always check—it might be stalemate. 1–0 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0–0 e6 6.Nc3 a6

14 5th Annual Susan Polgar Invitational For Girls - A Great Tournament everything turned out to be fine, because the To Make Friends, Play Chess, & Have Fun! tournament was so well organized. by Eve D. Zhurbinskiy

Besides the tournament, there were side events as well, such as bughouse, puzzle solving, and blitz, in which I scored 4 points out of 5 and tied Q p B } for 3rd place. We also voted for a Miss

th Congeniality, which went to Crystal Qian from It was the fifth round of the 5 Annual Susan Arkansas. All of these events are what makes Polgar National Invitational for Girls at the these six days so fun - you get to hang out, campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, improve your chess, and laugh with friends. Texas. Alexandra Weiner (from Connecticut) and I both had 3 points out of 4. The stakes were high. If one of us won both rounds, then Please Subscribe To Atlantic that person would have a chance to win a scholarship. With two minutes on the clock and Chess News For Only $10/year! a crowd watching, there was a lot of pressure.

As it turned out, I drew that game, and ended up Overall, I really enjoyed coming to the 5th Annual with 3.5 points out of 6. Still, it was a great honor Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls and to represent New Jersey in this prestigious meeting girls who have a similar interest as me - event. The organization of the event was chess! Not a lot of girls play chess, so it was amazing. All of the players and their parents great to see so many young ladies participating were picked up from the airport and driven and also being one of the top players in their directly to the tournament site. The players all state. This event does truly bring together girls got free food and lodging, and parents stayed at from all over America. That is just one of the a discounted price. All of the rounds started on great things about the wonderful game of chess. time, everyone was extremely friendly, and there was a lot of fun involved.

There were 52 players in this year’s event, from almost every state, which is part of what makes it such a great tournament - you get to meet girls from around the country. I met a lot of new people from all over the U.S., and also some people I hadn’t seen in a really long time, like Courtney Jamison (who won first place) and Sylvia Yang from Texas, who were my teammates in the World Youths in France and the Georgia Republic in 2005 and 2006.

Although this was my first Polgar, for many girls it wasn’t. Ashley Carter from Michigan has even represented her state all five times! Because I never played in this event before, I didn’t know what to expect. I had only played with the 90 Photo provided courtesy of Ilya Zhurbinskiy Eve D. Zhurbinskiy (right) stands next to GM Susan minutes/30 second increment time control at the Polgar at the 5th Annual Susan Polgar National two World Youths I went to, which was a while Invitational Tournament for Girls Tournament held at back. I also didn’t know how it would be like the University of Texas in Lubbock. living in a dorm at a college, and neither did I [Editor: Eve D. Zhurbinskiy was selected to represent New Jersey in this know how it would be like in West Texas. But prestigious event.]

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Nimzo-Indian Defense / Dutch Defense by Life Master James R. West n Ì Ê Ñ

After the opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5, what began as a Nimzo-Indian Defense in the Rubinstein Variation has transposed into a position that could have been reached via the Dutch Defense.

Black has won a pawn. Alekhine wrapped up the victory by sacrificing material to penetrate White's position.

18.Re2 b5 19.Qb3 Qf5 20.Rfe1 Rab8 21.Bc1 a5 22.Re4 a4 23.Qd1 Rbe8 24.Qe2 c5 25.Be3 cxd4 26.Bxd4 e5 27.f4 d6 28.h3 Re6 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Bc5 Rf7 31.Rb1 h6 32.Rxb5 Nd2 33.Rxa4 Qc2 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.Kh1 Rf1+ 36.Bg1 Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 Qc1+ 38.Kf2 Rf6+ 39.Ke3 Nb1+, White Resigns

Following 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Nd2 Qh4 11.f3 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Nc6, the game has arrived at a well-known position.

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Email: [email protected] In Maurer-Donaldson, Liechtenstein 1994, White varied with 14.fxe4 e5 15.d5 Ne7 16.c5 Ng6 17.cxb6 axb6 18.c4 c6 19.a4 Qg4 20.a5 Nh4 21.Bc3 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 bxa5 23.Qf2 Ng6 24.Bxa5 Nf4 25.Kh1 h6, White Resigns [Editor – Doesn’t 25.Bb5 save the bishop since ...Nxd3 26.Qf8+ and White mates]

Let's take a look at how world champions Alekhine and Fischer won from it, playing the black pieces.

In Rabinovich-Alekhine, Moscow 1920, White tried Instead of 13.e4, the game Aloni-Fischer, Netanya 1968 13.e4 fxe4 14.Bxe4 Na5 15.Rae1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Qh5 continued with 13.Rae1 Na5 14.Rb1 d6 15.Be1 Qg5 17.Qa4 Nxc4 16.Qe2 e5 17.e4 fxe4 18.fxe4 Rxf1+ 19.Kxf1 c5 20.Kg1 16 Ba6 21.Bg3 cxd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bxd6 Qe3+ 24.Qxe3 2nd New Jersey Futurity International Tournament – dxe3 25.Re1 Bxc4 26.Rxe3 Bxa2 27.e5 Be6 Branchburg, NJ – July 7th – July 11th

A pawn up, Fischer now wove a mating net, despite the scarcity of material. Westfield G/45 Quads #87 – Quad#1 Westfield, NJ – July 13th 28.Re1 Nb3 29.Ba6 Nc5 30.Be2 a5 31.Bc7 a4 32.Bxb6 Nb3 33.Bd1 Rc8 34.Kf2 Nc1 35.Re3 Rb8 36.Bc5 Rb2+ 37.Kg3 Nb3 38.Bd6 Nd4 39.Bg4 Bxg4 40.Kxg4 Rxg2+ 41.Kh3 Rg1 42.e6 Nf5 43.Rd3 g5 44.Bg3 h5, White Resigns

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Rather than waste a tempo with his queen rook by 13.Rae1, White played more economically in Smyslov- Bronstein, Alekhine Memorial 1956. The game was drawn quickly after 13.Rab1 Ne7 14.a4 Ba6 15.a5 Nc6 16.axb6 axb6 17.Ra1 Na5, Draw Agreed

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18 And let us not forget this year’s 62nd Annual New Jersey Championship held in Somerset at the Ramada Inn over this past Labor Day’s 3-day weekend! TDs Ken Thomas, Noreen Davisson, and Aaron Kiedes organized this monumental event.

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We also have the crosstable from Westfield’s Swiss #52 (G/15) event with the generous prize fund guaranteed in this recurring event! This was held at the Westfield Y on th July 20 . Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Westfield G/15 Swiss #52 st This young 6-year old, Aravind Kumar, tied for 1 place Westfield, NJ – July 20th during the Westfield G/45 Quads held July 13th at the Westfield Y. This rising star has gained over 500 hundred rating points during the last twelve months! None of our precious rating points are safe as he continues to get stronger!

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Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Some of the younger players during round two on July 13th at Westfield Chess Club during Westfield’s #87 Quads! 19 Women In Chess I don’t understand the mindset of male chess players, especially professional ones who still view women chess by Ken Calitri players as inferiors. Women have already proven they can match wits and chips in the poker world no matter how much testosterone the male players emit. Over the past ten years, Judit Polgar bitch-slapped the male chess Ø q K world and has been of the world’s best players (male or

female). With alarming regularity now top women players Many years ago I was in Fred Wilson’s chess bookstore beat their male competitors, although usually in major haggling over a scarce volume when Fred mentioned my open tournaments rather than elite round robins. The lack favorite chess player had been in a few weeks before. “I of opportunity for women to play in top round robin events love Judit Polgar!” I exclaimed, “She is the only woman in allows the illusion of male superiority to continue. the world I would leave my wife for. Why didn’t you call me?” Fred looked at me earnestly and said, “Your wife Bobby Fischer said women were weak and could spot any must be pretty special.” “She is”, I said hesitantly, “But women in the world knight odds. Gary Kasparov said Fred, you haven’t met her, how would you know?” Fred, “There is something physical there.” I believe this with a straight face, replied, “For any married guy the conjecture by Kasparov is much less true than the coy number of women they would leave their wife for would be statement he made about Amanda’s chances of taking his in the thousands.” Exclam! chess crown back in 1996, “There is something psychological there.” I have read other comments, Since then there has been a starburst of attractive, predominantly by Eastern European players, mimicking articulate, and intelligent women chess players on the Kasparov’s sentiments. I don’t know about you, but I world scene. All are young enough to be my daughter so haven’t seen much visual evidence in the business or now I paternally root for them. Besides, I am still faithful to sporting world where a women’s menstrual cycle has kept Judit whom I admire immensely and will always be a big them from excelling and reaching the highest levels. Take fan. She may play less often because of marriage and a look at the super strong performance of the top women family, but she is as fierce as ever on the chess board. players in this year’s US Closed Chess Championship. No quarter asked for; none given. Women also succeed in many areas of chess. Susan I find women’s chess interesting. Much like women’s Forbes is a successful chess journalist and author of tennis there is more chance for random results and their numerous books. Carol Jarecki has been a respected play is less stereotyped than the men. Don’t get me chess arbiter for years. Jennifer Shahade is a wrong, I find the international chess scene more championship chess player, journalist, Web Editor, and intoxicating than men’s tennis, but there is a boys club at author. I loved her highly entertaining and well-written the top of the rating list, which has resulted in the same book about women in chess titled “Chess Bitch”. De players being invited to every major tournament. Women Knudson is a renowned pioneer chess organizer at the are competitive in open tournaments, but to see them grass roots level. More recently, Susan Polgar, former showcased you must follow women’s only tournaments Women’s World Chess Champion, and self-proclaimed and this I do avidly. Chess Ambassador promoting Girl’s Scholastic and Call me crazy but a women’s tournament with the Women’s chess throughout the US (and the World), following players gets me excited: Stefanova, Poginina, became Chairman of the Chess Federation. Ushesina, Krush, Kosteniuk, Cmilyte, Lahno, Koneru, I had the pleasure of losing to her in a simultaneous Scripchenko, Cramling, Zhukova, Kosintseva, Muzychuk, exhibition at the US Open several years ago. She is a Sebag, and let’s not forget the Chinese players! Give me role model for both women and men. a 12+ player round robin like this and I will pass on a Looking back, I would have given my right pinky when I men’s tournament, where 60% of the games are a Slav or was 14 to meet girls who played chess. As it happens, my Classical Nimzo-Indian, and if you are lucky the other 40% wife learned how to play but retired shortly afterwards – aren’t the Grunfeld, Marshall, or latest variation of the muttering something about my patience and attitude. If I Sicilian. I admit I don’t play these openings, but aren’t you had run off with Judit, she would have become tired of tired of seeing the same variations trotted out every beating me and relegated me to entering her games in tournament? ChessBase, letting me watch her analyze as long as I Momentary digression, but is there a tournament made her tea. organizer with steel cujones who would put together this On the positive side, I don’t mind losing to a 10 year-old tournament: Kamsky, Nakamura, Morozevich, girl (ok - it happened once but I avenged the loss two Radjabov, Karjakian, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Polgar, months later), because being a father you know it rocks Sutovsky, Person, Short, Carlson, Rowson, Adams, their world. On the flip side, two years ago I lost to a cute Bologan, and Nepomniachtchi. I know I missed some college coed at the US Team Tournament, losing didn’t good players, but this would be a shoot-out at the OK bother me, but her total disinterest in having me show her Corral. Eight squares away from each other emptying where I was winning in the post mortem did. I am their guns as we get to witness the last one standing! Oh absolutely sure if this happened thirty years ago I would yeah, I almost forgot the scoring system: 2 points for a have found her attitude completely beguiling! win, 0 for a draw, -1 for a loss.

20 5…fxe4! I include this game for its historical interest, as it Newark Gambit: The Antidote To 4.Bc4 In was very poorly played. My opinion is that White panicked The Philidor Counter Gambit – Part I and did not see 9.Bd5! by Lev D. Zilbermints 6.dxe5 Nxe4 7.Qd5 Qd7 8.Qxa8 Nc6 9.Qxc6?? Best is 9 Bd5! winning. 9...Qxc6 10.a4 b4 11.0-0 Ba6 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Nb5 dxe5 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 c6 17.Rad1 cxb5 0-1. Ñ r N

Jean Hebrard - Christian Jester For many years, devotees of the Philidor Counter-Gambit, Picardy Correspondence Championship, France, 1987 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5!? have had to contend with the 5...fxe4! 6.Nxe5?! dxe5! 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Qxe5 Bd6! 9.Qe6+ annoying 4.Bc4 line, which develops the king’s bishop, Kc6 10.Qd5+ Kb6 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qg5 Ng4! 13.Qxg7 Bxh2+ targets the weakened Black kingside, and prepares tactical 14.Kh1 Be5! [threatening ...Qh4+! with mate to follow – tricks for White. It also discourages the capture, 4.fxe4, for Editor] 15.Qg5 Qxg5 16.Bxg5 Bxd4 0-1. after 5.Nxe5! Black’s position begins to crumble. Of course, assuming the Black player knows what he is doing, it is There exist three other games, played in 1983, 1987, and possible to survive the tactical threats. Some games: 1988. All transposed from the Strautins Variation of the Latvian Gambit. I will cover these three games in the Newark 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Qh5+ g6 Gambit Declined. 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Kf7 9.c3 Bg7 10.Qh7 Nd7 11.Qh3 Ne5 12.Qg3 Nd3+ 13.Ke2 Nh6 14.h3 Nf5 15.Qh2 Bxd4 16.Be3 ORIGINAL NEWARK GAMBIT GAMES: Be5 17.Qg1 Nxb2 18.Qc1 Qd3+ 19.Ke1 Nxe3 0-1, Gerolt Unger - Ernst Grobe, ICCF World Championship, Edward Kopiecki - Lev D. Zilbermints correspondence 1971. Blitz Match, Game 4 of 9

However, the classic 19th century game P. Von Bilguer (the Marshall Chess Club, New York author of the Von Bilguer chess tome, which lasted until the June 8, 2003 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bc4 b5!? 1920s!) - Tassilo Heybrandt und von der Lasa (usually known as von Lasa) Match 1, Berlin 1837, went 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 Nf6 7.Qe5+ Be7 8.Nxe7 Qxe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.Bb3 c6 11.0-0 Rg8 12.Rd1 Bh3 13.g3 h5! 14.d3?

5.Bxg8 Rxg8 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nc3 b4 9.Bg5+ Ke8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.0-0-0 f4! 12.Rhe1 Kf7 13.h3 h6 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.e5 c6 16.exd6 cxd5 17.Re7+ Kg6 White’s Flag Fell

14...h4! 15.Nd2 hxg3 16.hxg3 Bg4 17.Re1 Nbd7 18.Nf1 Rh8 19.Nh2 Rxh2 20.Kxh2 Rh8+ 21.Kg1 Bf3! White Resigns

Now for some of the earliest games with the Newark Gambit. Be warned though, that the original move sequence was 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 b5 (Latvian Gambit - Strautins Variation) 4.Bb3 d6 5.d4

George Dinu (2295 ELO) - Petre B. Popescu , Romania, PBP Tournament, 1995 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 b5 4.Bb3 d6 5.d4 fxe4 6.Nxe5?! dxe5 7.Qh5+ g6?? 8.Qxe5+! Qe7 9.Qxh8 Be6 10.Nc3 Bxb3 11.axb3 Nf6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Bg5 c6 14.Nxe4 which led to a 1-0 in 39 moves.

Ouwerkerk, NA – Zagt, A We’ll continue with our discussion of the Newark Gambit: Netherlands Theme Correspondence Tournament, 1982 The Antidote To 4.Bc4 In The Philidor Counter Gambit – Part 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 b5 4.Bb3 d6 5.d4 Nf6!? This is an II in our next issue of Atlantic Chess News! interesting alternative to the stronger and more complicated 21 Chess Gems ruins, the Nazi smashed the pieces to the floor in by Peter J. Tamburro Jr. recognition of defeat.

After the war, Joe had little time for serious chess. First helping his critically ill father with the family business and then marrying and raising a family of n q Ä his own, Joe had priorities that came before chess.

He played in only 2 rated events in his life, both at We encourage chess players and non-chess players the US Amateur Team East. On both occasions he alike to read this wonderful and historically teamed with brother Frank and his son Steve, and at fascinating tribute to a father of the Greatest the second one, in 1989, joined by good friend Gene Generation, written by his son, US master Steve Salomon, the Pozarek team won the prize for best Pozarek: result by a Family – a fitting tribute to a wonderful

family man.” “August 2008 saw the passing of Joe Pozarek at age 93. Joe is not known in today’s chess circles, L. Krause because his hey-day, along with that of his brother Joe Pozarek Frank, was back in the late 30’s and early 40’s, long Camp Crowder, Missouri 1943, ECO C31 before the establishment of USCF Ratings and big King’s Gambit – Falkbeer Counter Gambit open tournaments. After conquering what 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 competition there was in Jersey City/Hudson County Nf6 7.d4 Bg4 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.h3 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 O-O 11.Nd2 in those days, the brothers crossed the river to play Re8 12.b3 Nbd7 13.Bb2 a5 14.O-O-O Nb6 15.g4 e3 at Marshall’s Chess Club which was then the center 16.Nf3 Bxf4 17.Rhf1 Nxc4 18.bxc4 Rb8 19.g5 Ne4 20.Ne5 for America’s strongest players and where Frank Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qb6 22.c3 Nxc3! 23.Qc2 Nxd1 24.Rxd1 e2 25.Qxe2 a4 26.Qc2 Qe3+ 27.Qd2 Qb6 28.Qc2 a3 Marshall himself still played and directed. Speed 29.Bxa3 Qe3+ 30.Qd2 Qxa3+ White Resigns chess in those days was 10-second chess, and the weekly tournaments were open to all comers. On their first visit, the unknowns from New Jersey were Your Advertisement Could given odds of a Knight, but after Frank beat Fred Appear Here For Only $25 ! Reinfeld and Joe beat Reuben Fine, these odds were not offered again. At one of the later 10 second tournaments, one of the participants was Email: [email protected]

Emanuel Lasker. Another time it was Jose Capablanca. Joe played – and of course lost – to both, but, it is quite possible that he was the last person alive to face those two great Champions over-the-board.

The game given here is not from any tournament or major club match, but the tension and the stakes may have equaled or exceeded any such occasion. It was played at Camp Crowder in Missouri in 1943, where German POW’s were being held. Having joined the army, Joe was stationed there. L. Krause was a die-hard Nazi officer who boasted about being a strong chess player and who, even in captivity, was determined to prove the superiority of the master race. Joe was known as the top player among the GIs, and with both Americans and Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Germans looking on, the battle was under way. The IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (facing camera) studies the position during his encounter with IM Milos Skecic of Serbia during German began aggressively, and Joe countered with nd round seven of the 2 New Jersey Futurity International equal aggression. At some point, perhaps around Tournament. IM Skecic ultimately won this game played move 14, Krause pointed to his position and on July 10th. I work only five minutes away from the Dean announced “This is the Siegfried Line”. Joe charged of Chess Academy so I was one of the fortunate ones to forward with his next move and replied “Here comes catch the afternoon action during every day of this Eisenhower!” A few moves later, with his position in International event!

22 Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero

July - Sept 2008 Problem #1 July - Sept 2008 Problem #2 July - Sept 2008 Problem #3 White To Move And +- Black To Move And -+ White To Move And +-

July - Sept 2008 Problem #4 July - Sept 2008 Problem #5 July - Sept 2008 Problem #6 White To Move And +- White To Move And +- White To Move And +-

Solutions: Apr - June 2008 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: This is astonishing yet virtually forcing! Kb8, Rb2+, Ka8 (with a temporary shield from the Black checks. Watch how this technique brings home the win.), Rc2, Rf6+, Ka5 (Not ...Kb5?, Kb8 wins on the spot), Kb8, Rb2+, Ka7 (squeezing the Black king out yet exercising caution against allowing Black to sacrifice his rook to queen his own f-pawn), Rc2, Rf5+, Ka4, Kb7, Rb2+, Ka6, Rc2, Rf4+, Ka3, Kb6, Rb2+, Ka5, Rc2, Rf3+, Ka2, Rxf2! (forcing Black to accept due to the pin!), Rxf2, c8(Q) and White will ultimately prevail in the queen vs rook ending with all the pawns off the board. Problem#2: A creation from none other than Troitsky: c6, b2 (trying to give up the bishop for White’s dangerous passer also fails: ...Be4, c7, Bb7, Bg2!, Ka7, Bxb7, Kxb7, Kd8 and wins since the White pawns promotes), c7, b1(Q) (or ...Bg6+, Kd8, b1(Q), c8(Q)+, Ka7, Qc7+, Ka8, Bg2+, Be4, Kc8 and White mates), c8(Q)+, Ka7, Qc7+, Ka8, Bg2+, Be4, Qh7! (a stunning cross pin to double attack the Black bishop!), Kb8, Bxe4 threatening to pickup the Black queen as well as looking to mate Black on b7. Problem#3: Batuyev - Simagin, Riga, 1954: Black had just finished playing ...e2? oblivious the the danger. White struck back hard with a mate in 3 beginning with Qg1+, Kd2, Qc1+, Kd3, Qc3 Checkmate. Problem#4: Here we have a nice composition by Votruba: The White minor pieces seem scattered but this is just an illusion. White’s pieces are beautifully coordinated as White uncorked Be1+, Kc5 (or ...Kb5 and ...Ka4 would lose the queen to Nc3+. Also, ...Kb3, loses the queen to Nd2+), Bf2+, Kd6 (...Kd5 gets the Black queen forked from the other side of the board with Nf6+), Bg3+, Ke7 (any other king move gets the queen picked off to a fork), Bh4+, Kd6 (the only saving grace for Black to keep his queen), Bg3+ and White secures a fantastic draw as the sequence of Black king moves starts anew! Problem#5: Morphy - Mongredien, Paris, 1859: Watch how the incredible Paul Morphy takes advantage of the overworked Black queen with Nxf6 (with a discovered attack on the Black queen), Qxf6, Rhf1, Qd8, Rxf8+, Qxf8 (Note that the Black bishop is unprotected and the Black queen is tied to defending the back rank), Qb4! (a shocking attack on the Black bishop and queen!), Qc8, Qxb7! deflecting the Black queen for a back rank mate threat and the game is won easily by White. Problem#6: Black has a resource. ...Nxe3!, Qxe3, Bxe3, Rxd5, Bxf2+, Kxf2 (or Bxf2, Rxd5, Be3, Rd1+, Kf2, Kf8 -+), Rxd5, Ke3, Rd3+, Kf4 -+ since Black keeps all the extra material.

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move

IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (2370) NM Mackenzie S. Molner (2396) NM Evan D. Ju (2297) GM Sergey Erenburg (2597) 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 8, TL G/90 + 30sec Inc., July.10, 2008, ECO A26 9rr 2nd NJ Futurity Int’l., Branchburg, Rd. 4, TL G/90 + 30sec Inc., July 8, 2008, ECO B12 English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense Caro Kann Defense – Advance Variation 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nf3 f5 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 f6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Rb1 O-O 9.b4 h6 10.b5 Ne7 11.c5 Be6 7.Nf4 fxe5 8.Nxe6 Qe7 9.Nxf8 exd4+ 10.Be2 dxc3 12.Bb2 g5 13.a4 Ng6 14.a5 d5 15.a6 bxa6 16.bxa6 c6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qd3 Nf6 13.Qxc3 Nbd7 14.Be3 Ne4 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Ba1 Rab8 19.Na2 Nd7 20.Qa3 Rxb1 15.Qb3 b5 16.O-O-O Ndc5 17.Qa3 a5 18.Bd4 Ne6 21.Rxb1 Rb8 22.Rxb8+ Qxb8 23.Nd2 Qb5 24.Nb3 19.Qe3 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 Nc5 21.Bd3 Qxe3+ 22.fxe3 g5

23.Bxb5 cxb5 24.Rxd5 Rc8 25.Rxg5 O-O 26.Kb1 Rf2 27.h4 b4 28.Rc1 a4 29.Re5 a3 30.b3

d4 25.Nac1Bf8 26.Qa5 Nxc5 27.Qxb5 cxb5 28.Na5 Nxa6 29.e3 dxe3 30.fxe3 And Black Went On To Win 30...Nd3 White Resigns

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