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Sep-Oct 2007 Illinois Chess Bulletin Contents Page 2 Table of Contents e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm Ica Supporters Features Patron members Dennis Bourgerie Lawrence S Cohen Marvin Analysis with IM Young ................... 25 J Johnson Hector Hernandez Douglas White Glenn Panner Jeffrey L Smith Gary Andrus 2007 Colias Report...................... 6 Peter M Spizzirri Korchnoi in Las Vegas ........................ 28 Gold club members Frank Harvey Daniel Nibbelin Roy Benedek departments Editor’s Desk .......................... 4 Century Club President’s Podium ........................... 5 Bill Brock Samuel Naylor Carl Dolson Road Warrior ..................................... 36 Michael E Aaron Sevan Muradian Chess from the Middle...................... 35 ICA Calendar ...................................... 38 Corporate North American Chess Association E-ICB Home Page www.ilchess.org/e.htm Illinois Chess Bulletin Information Page 3 About the ICA and ICB e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm Illinois Chess Bulletin e-ICB Contributors President Chris Merli Published online six times per year. IM Angelo Young 1206 Watersedge Road Copyright 2006 Illinois Chess As- FM Albert Chow Champaign, IL 61822-8100 sociation. Jim Egerton (217)778-3334 Pete Karagianis [email protected] Next Deadline: October 15, 2007. Geoff Caveney Chris Merli Metro V.P. Submission Guidelines Len Weber Mike Zacate Ron Suarez Send all e-ICB submissions to: Downstate V.P. Pete Karagianis Advertising Rates David Long [email protected] Contact the ICA President at: Secretary Only electronic submissions will be [email protected] Vacant accepted. The preferred format is for e-ICB advertising rates. .cbh or .pgn file for games, .doc There is a $20 design-charge for all Treasurer file for articles. advertisements that are not cam- Carl Dolson era-ready or pre-made in .jpg for- 6021 N. Wickwood Road ALL SUBMISSIONS mat. Allow additional time before Peoria, IL 61614 including advertisements should deadline for design and placement. [email protected] have the subject “ICB Submission” Payment must accompany the ad. in the e-mail. Membership Secretary Membership Information Jeff Smith Pictures Wanted! 19439 Lakeside Lane The Illinois Chess Bulletin (ICB) is Bloomington, IL 61704 Have a digital camera? Take it to published by the Illinois Chess As- (309)378-2078 your next tournament and send sociation (ICA). ICA membership [email protected] the photos to the ICB! A picture includes a subscription to the ICB. says a thousand words. Preferred Memberships marked 1st receive ICA Tour Statistician format for all digital images is .jpg, their magazines first class. Mem- Vince Hart but others are accepted. berships marked “P” also received a [email protected] plaque. Affiliates receive discounted Editorial Staff advertising rates, event advertising on the ICA website, and the right to Editor in Chief: Pete Karagianis run tour events. Games Editor: IM Angelo Young, Further information on membership FM Albert Chow rates and benefits can be found at: HTML Replay www.ilchess.org/membership.htm All games found in the ICB are available for online replay: http://ilchess.org/eICB/e.htm Illinois Chess Bulletin Editor’s Desk Page 4 From the Editor’s Desk e-ICB http://ilchess.org/e.htm unless you start sending me some, It took me three hours on an old by Pete Karagianis it won’t happen. word processor to annotate the game, checking my analysis by Please, for Walter’s sake, annotate hand (my family didn’t have a PC As you browse your game and send it to me. Or back then) then more time to print t h r o u g h t h e don’t annotate it and send it to me. it off, mail it to Bill, receive his re- September/Oc- Just get it here! turn snail mail, review it, edit it, tober e-ICB, I print again, send to Bill again, re- hope you will Two issues ago I instituted a con- ceive again, finalize, and mail to the notice a few test for a free ICA membership to ICB. And in return I got... slight tweaks. As the year wears on, whoever submitted the best article, I hope to make significant material game, or photo for any given issue. the satisfaction of my first ever and aesthetic changes to both the That’s six free memberships per published game. It was awesome. overall layout and content of the Il- year. You know how many member- It was much better than a free ICA linois Chess Bulletin. ships I’ve had to pay for? membership or a contributor’s fee or, heck, nachos even. While playing at the third install- Zero. ment of the Billy Colias Master Invi- There was my name, in print, and tational tournament (an event you Hey, I like not spending money. It’s the moves I played, out there for will find covered extensively herein, nice. But c’mon people. A free ICA everyone to see. with contributions from FM Chow, membership! Courtesy of me! Let’s Life Master Len Weber, and soon to go! Should I throw in some nachos Now, all you have to do is type be master Geoff Caveney) an ICA or something to sweeten the deal? moves into an e-mail and press Patron member, Mr. Walter Sowa, I don’t know about mailing nachos, send. Or, even quicker would be approached me and said, roughly, it seems such an endeavor would moving pieces in chessbase, hit- “Hey guy, what happened to all the be futile and violate several health ting CTRL+C, copying them into games?” Walter was referring to and shipping codes, but if that will an email, and pressing send. Very past issues which contained games get me to see some fresh material, simple, and you get the same satis- from every level and multiple tour- some new games in the ICB, I’ll see faction without the postage. naments- games from the readers, what I can do. from the Illinois chess playing audi- Hey, that’s a good line. Maybe I’ll ence, from YOU. I remember way back in the day... use it somewhere else sometime. it must have been almost ten years Despite my many efforts to assure ago now, when I had my first sig- OK, enough whining. There are Walter that anything I received, I nificant upset. I was about 1550 some things to be happy about. As published (always due to lack of con- rated and beat the then-2150-ish I mentioned, we have some marvel- tributions... I have space for more, Herman Chiu in a very nice and tac- ous coverage of Colias 3 (this time people!), he was skeptical. But it is tical Yugoslav game. It was a great new and improved with 2 sections!), true- the games have disappeared. feeling! My first 2000+ victory, and a stylish new cover, and some great I would like to see submissions from even better, local Peoria expert Bill games from Caveney and IM Young. all organizers or players- downstate Naff suggested I annotate it for the Thanks guys for your hard work! or upstate, in the city, the burbs, or ICB. The then-teenager-me said, the country. I would like this facet “Really? They’d want a game from As always, I thank you for reading, of the ICB to return but, unless I a 1500 nobody?” Bill said, “Yes, I’ll decide to start inventing players, even look over it before you send it -PK tournament names, and moves, or if you want.” Illinois Chess Bulletin Podium Page 5 ICA President Chris Merli President’s Podium There are some big changes coming in the ICA. Another critical area in moving At the June 24th ICA meeting we forward in the future will be the ICA approved bidding guidelines for website. Currently Sevan Muradian the major state tournaments. For is the web master and has repeatedly a long time the procedures for bids requested that we replace him. With on state events have seemed to be our increased dependence on the a somewhat mysterious process. I website and interest in even more believe this was simply due to the valuable features like a tournament lack of a formal procedure describing registration section it is very dates, deadlines and judging important that we find someone criteria for tournament bids. Once interested in taking on this task. If approved these procedures will be you are interested in helping the posted on the ICA website so that ICA and have the required skills this in the future tournament organizers would be an excellent opportunity to will have all the information they help the ICA move into the future. need to prepare bids. In addition the board is also working on a revision of the constitution. Headed by Mike Zacate who was there when the ICA first formed, we summarize changes that have been made since the constitution was last submitted to the state and make other corrections and changes that are required by changes in structure of both the ICA and the USCF. We intend to file the new document with the state and to then keep a formal copy of the constitution that Past Issues will be regularly updated. are available As a result you will be able to for download: examine the new constitution online and we will be sending you ilchess.org/eICB/e.htm postcards for voting on the new constitution. Illinois Chess Bulletin 2007 Colias Report Page 6 FM Al Chow, LM Len Weber, Geoff Caveney Submit: 2007 Colias Invitational Report And so it begins. By transposition of moves a normal Round 1, played Friday night on Au- position where the standard QGD gust 17th, saw the following pair- move 12.Qc2 builds tension.
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