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MONTANA Chess News The Montana Chess News is published for the Montana Chess Association, an affiliate of the US Chess Federation. The MCA is committed to promoting the game of Chess in Montana ssociation through education, competition, and providing forums of discussion. Subscription via membership in the MCA is available Since 1935 for the following: $6 per year regular and $3 per year junior. Published by Lone Wolf Publishing. PO Box 3984 Missoula, MT 59806 (406) 251-6228 http://www.montana.com/lonewolf/ May-June 1996 Vol. XXI Issue 3 From the Editor: Hello everyone. As you all know by now, Les Brennan, has retired from publishing the MCA Newsletter. His efforts have been appreciated by all who have received it over the years, and I only hope that I can continue on in publishing the same high quality newsletter that we have come to expect. Since I am new at this, you may notice some changes from time to time, while I work on 'getting it right'. Graciously, Sherwood Moore is assisting UCCC CUed Ciuh Claui/tpUmldp me in production of this newsletter, so do not forget to thank him for his continual timmm^lhhlu and goMi work for the MCA. It is my desire, to produce an informative and useful newsletter. For this reason, I hope to introduce some new items which will be implemented in the next issue. They are: WonU Cluut^imlup g(um 1- 9 - A Classified Ad section, where you can advertise any old equipment or books (Chess related) that you would like to sell. Or perhaps issue a challenge for a match! All proceeds will go into improving the MCA newsletter. The cost will be 10 cents per word with a Modbm Towummt amcHm^^ minimum charge of $2.00 per ad. All The location of the 1997 Montana • 1"^ Michael Runge i ads will appear in two issues of the State Open was selected to be • 2"^^ Robert Martin MCA newsletter. So, here is your Billings. opportunity to clean out that old Les Brennan was given the 1996 The State Closed is being held in equipment that you do not use MEMBER OF THE YEAR award. For Butte on September 21^ & 22™*. The anymore, while saving your fellow all your hard work for the MCA in the playing site is the War Bonnet Inn. chess players some cash. Of past, we thank you Les. Those who have qualified, please course, being new at this, i would Three motions were presented to the notify Sherwood Moore no later than really appreciate any feedback that membership for changes in the BY• August 31, 1996, if you will or will you might have, including some LAWS. not be playing. The alternates need ideas to make our newsletter better. • Enlarging the Montana State not respond at this time. One area where I am really looking Closed tournament from 6 for help is in the annotation of players to 10. Passed by a vote The MCN now has a games. If you would like to annotate of 17 to 7. WWW Site!!! one of your games for inclusion in • Making this change retroactive the newsletter, please feel free to do to this years Montana Closed. so. This is one area where I feel that Passed by a vote of 15 to 8. For those of you who are connected to the information superhighway, it is important to get as diverse of an • Moving the Montana State Open please note that the Montana Chess opinion as possible. Since everyone to the 2"^ weekend of June. News now has a WWW site. You has there own playing style, we After a sfiort discussion, it was can reach it at the following address: could all learn from each other, and decided that the membership improve our game in the process. In would vote on three dates. A http://www.montana.com/lonewol this issue I have included games ballot will be included in the f/chess.htm annotated by both Greg Nowak and November-December MCN. The (please note that there are no spaces in this Paul Motta. Their playing styles are dates will be in May or June, address) vastly different, and I hope you enjoy excluding Mother's Day, looking into their heads to see what Memorial Day, and Graduation The site will include information they were thinking. Day weekends. about upcoming chess events in Montana and an Internet Edition Minutes of the 61"* Qualifiers for the Montana State Closed of the Montana Chess News. It Montana State Cfiess will also feature links to other Association Business MichaelJensen • Previous Years Champion chess sites on the Internet and a Michael Long - Grand Prix Winner 30.029 pts Meeting 7^ special section featuring Jan Johansson - 2"" Grand Prix Winner 29.366 pts Montana Chess Players. If you Greg Nowak - 3^ Grand Prix Winner 27.952 pts would like to be included, then The following members Zygmond Mayer • 4^ Grand Prix Winner 25.366 pts please send a short biography of were elected to serve as Paul Motta - in "State Open'' Order of Finish yourself, and a picture to Lone officers of the MCA for the Keven Smith • 2"" in "State Open" Order of Finish Wolf Publishing, PO Box 3984, 1996-1997 term. Romie Carpenter - 3^ in "State Open" Order of Finish Missoula, MT 59806. You can David Duke • 4^ in "State Open" Order of Finish also email the bio and picture file President - Jim Skovron William McBroom - S'" in "State Open" Order of Finish if you wish. The email address Executive V.P. - Mike is [email protected] Jensen Western V.P. - Michael Martinez The alternate for the Grand Prix is Eastern V.P. - Zygmond Mayer Roamie Carpenter. The alternates I Secretary/Treasurer - Sherwood from the State Open order of finish Moore are: An interesting note from outside of unauthorized new edition of his government has indicted him and Montana.... renowned chess classic "My 60 issued the arrest warrant, which is Memorable Games", for deliberately valid all over the USA, was to bOBBY FISCHER MAKES HIS making erroneous changes in the prevent him from returning to the MOVE IN ARGENTINA (Press text itself and for never having paid USA to get access to his enormous Release from Argentina) him royalties for the book. He also file on the first so-called world attacked the motion picture championship match between company Paramount, producer of the Karpov and Kasparov so that he Bobby Fischer returned to Buenos hit film "Searching for Bobby could write a book proving that that Aires, Argentina after 25 years and it Fischer", saying he never received "a match was prearranged move by was as if he had never left. At a penny" from the film. He also move. press conference on June 19 in the mentioned a CD-ROM, "Bobby Argentine capital, the World Chess Fischer Teaches Chess", that had After making these impassioned Champion was received by hundreds been made using his name remarks, Fischer answered of journalists and chess fans, many unlawfully. He strongly criticized US questions from the press for nearly of whom had come from all over the Secretary of Commerce Mickey an hour. In explaining the concepts world. It was apparent from Kantor for not protecting his behind Fischerandom Chess, Fischer the feeling of anticipation in the intellectual property rights in direct said that although the rules are room before he arrived that the contradiction with Kantor's position basically the same as those of Fischer mystique is alive and well. on Red China, which Kantor has traditional chess, each game begins denounced for alleged violations of from a different starting position, The object of the conference was to international copyrights. Fischer randomly chosen by the publicize the launch of Fischer's new angrily accused the U.S. government Fischerandom Chess Computerized game, Fischerandom Chess, and to of a double standard and disgusting Shuffler, making creativity and chess announce the match of hypocrisy in this regard. He made talent more important than analysis Fischerandom Chess between the point that his new, improved and memorization. He also pointed Philippine Grandmaster Eugene Torre version of classical chess will out that due to such long hours in and two-time Argentine champion eliminate the large amount of front of the computer screen and International Master Pablo Ricardi study and analysis that are involved with books, many top young players which begins July 12. Both players in chess. He stated that many today, such as Kamsky, Kramnik and attended games are Anand, wear thick glasses. He also the conference and displayed prearranged before the players begin mentioned that all of the study enthusiasm regarding the match and the game, and that even the so- necessary to play conventional the new game. called world championship matches chess made it into hard work, and between Russian players Kasparov that he had got into chess in order to Before taking questions from the and Karpov had been prearranged, avoid work! assembled press, Fischer spoke out and that this would be impossible in on several topics. He apologized for Fischerandom Chess. With many people wondering about bringing up subjects unrelated to the future of chess after the IBM Fischerandom Chess, and he then Fischer also ridiculed the U.S. computer Big Blue beat Garry began a counterattack on several government for indicting him and Kasparov earlier this year, Fischer's companies that he claimed had been issuing a federal arrest warrant in his statement that computers would be defrauding him of huge amounts of name for his alleged violation of an at a considerable disadvantage in money as well as trying to destroy executive order by then President Fischerandom Chess received a his image.