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May 2017 Seth Talyansky in Montana $3.95 May 2017 Nikolay Minev (1931-2017) Report by John Donaldson Seth Talyansky in Montana Northwest Chess On the front cover: May 2017, Volume 71-5 Issue 832 Seth Talyansky at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park. Photo credit: Roza Kotlyar. (p. 23) ISSN Publication 0146-6941 Published monthly by the Northwest Chess Board. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Office of Record: Northwest Chess c/o Orlov Chess Academy 4174 148th Ave On the back cover: NE, Building I, Suite M Redmond, WA 98052-5164. The Three Amigos. Periodicals Postage Paid at Seattle, WA L-R: Steven Segal, John Goodman, and Mel Gibson hang USPS periodicals postage permit number (0422-390) out during filming of the latest ill-conceived remake of a Hollywood Classic. Photo credit: Philip Peterson. (p. 23) NWC Staff Editor: Jeffrey Roland, [email protected] Games Editor: Ralph Dubisch, Chesstoons: [email protected] Chess cartoons drawn by local artist Brian Berger, Publisher: Duane Polich, of West Linn, Oregon. [email protected] Business Manager: Eric Holcomb, [email protected] Board Representatives Submissions Submissions of games (PGN format is preferable for games), David Yoshinaga, Josh Sinanan, Grisha Alpernas, stories, photos, art, and other original chess-related content Jeffrey Roland, Adam Porth, Chouchanik Airapetian, are encouraged! Multiple submissions are acceptable; please Duane Polich. indicate if material is non-exclusive. All submissions are subject to editing or revision. Send via U.S. Mail to: Entire contents ©2017 by Northwest Chess. All rights reserved. Published opinions are those of the contributors and do not necessarily Jeffrey Roland, NWC Editor reflect the views of the editor or the Northwest Chess Board. Northwest 1514 S. 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Foreign 1 year $ 57.00 Page 2 May 2017 Northwest Chess From The Editor’s Desk I started this issue the day after completing the very difficult 48-page April issue. Why didn’t I rest after that? I just didn’t want to lose the momentum I had going for me after finishing that issue. I also had a lot of material already in hand so why rest? Table of Contents Thank you for submitting material. That really is the secret of what makes our Seth Talyansky at Glacier National Park magazine special, fresh, and new… not to Roza Kotlyar.................................................Front Cover mention personal! From the Editor’s Desk Jeffrey Roland..................................................................3 I had this issue “basically” done on Sunday, Nikolay Minev (1931-2017) April 9 at around 11:00 a.m., only four days John Donaldson...............................................................4 after the submissions deadline (April 5). Honors at Scholastic 9-12 Championship Because I just couldn’t stop… it was so fun to Jeffrey Roland..................................................................6 work on this issue. Idaho Scholastic Chess Adam Porth and Alise Pemsler......................................9 Actually, each issue is different—a true Ethan Bashkansky Earns National Master Title adventure. And this issue, like all others Guy Bashkansky............................................................12 before it, is not the end destination, but part of Chess Bio Advaith Vijayakumar....................................................13 a journey that keeps going and going, much Washington State Girls Championship like we, as chess players, experience in our David Hendricks............................................................13 “chess careers!” Who knows what is coming 1st Annual Neil Dale Memorial for next month’s issue? Nobody knows. I just Brian Berger...................................................................13 have to find out… by doing it!! American Chess Magazine #1 Review Ralph Dubisch...............................................................16 I got super-charged when more than one American Chess Magazine Full Page Ad........................17 person on my team actually told me that the Washington Open, Lynnwood, WA, May 27-29, 2017 front cover was “great!” This was/is music to Full-Page Ad..................................................................18 my ears... I need to hear that! I work in an Oregon High School Team State Championships “editor’s cave” so I value the input I get from Nancy Keller...................................................................19 my team. March 2017 PCC Quad 45 Brian Berger...................................................................20 And I know they were telling me the truth March 2017 PCC Game 60 because at the same time they were raving Brian Berger...................................................................21 about the front cover, they also didn’t like the 82nd Montana Open Seth Talyansky...............................................................23 back cover I had originally chosen—and it was The Kids’ Texas Vacation one of my favorite chess pictures ever, and it Ralph Dubisch................................................................23 was one I took... so there is no “Emperor’s Anthony He Earns FIDE Master Title New Clothes” mentality here! What is on the Xuhao He.......................................................................27 back cover now, is actually my third attempt. 2017 NW Grand Prix Final Report Murlin Varner................................................................28 They respect my editorial decisions, and Seattle Chess Club Tournaments.....................................30 I respect their opinions—and in the end, Upcoming Events..............................................................31 hopefully we get to the best issue. Ralph Dubisch, Duane Polich, and Philip Peterson Philip Peterson..............................................Back Cover Dear reader, please enjoy this issue! Northwest Chess May 2017 Page 3 Nikolay Minev (1931-2017) By IM John Donaldson Few individuals have had as big an Inside Chess in 1988 he turned to his good for the volume on rook and pawn ending impact on the chess world as International friend Nikolay Minev to be one of the in the Encyclopedia of Chess Endings Master Nikolay Minev. Dr. Minev died on key contributors for the new magazine. series. Minev was closely involved in the March 10, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. Minev’s column on tactics proved to be Encyclopedia of Chess Endings project Minev, who was born on November particularly popular as he had a knack for and the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings 8, 1931, in Ruse, Bulgaria, didn’t take writing instructive material that was also series, continuing a longtime relationship chess seriously until he was 15, but made entertaining. with Chess Informant. All told he was the quick progress tying for first in the 1951 While Minev could engage the author of over thirty books on all aspects Bulgarian Championship. He lost the club player he could also appeal to the of chess. playoff but would go on to win the title very strongest. Garry Kasparov gave his Minev was in in his fifties when in 1953, 1965, and 1966. Minev further highest praise to Minev’s 1980 work on he settled in the United States, but that cemented his position as one of the top rook and pawn endings, Ednotopovni didn’t stop him from tying for first in the Bulgarian players of the 1950s and 60s by Endtspili, a portion of which was later 1983 American Open and winning the representing his country in six Olympiads published as A Practical Guide to Rook Oregon Open on three occasions in the where he often played first board and met End Games. This book served as the basis 1980s. Minev taught much more than he the likes of Mikhail Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian, and Bobby Fischer. He was also a member of
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