Volume 43, Number 1 COLORADO STATE CHESS ASSOCIATION January 2016 COLORADO CHESS INFORMANT Year in Review Volume 43, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2016 From the Editor Another year of chess in Colorado is in the record books and an even more exciting year lies ahead. There are just so many op- portunities to play chess that the upcoming schedule is stocked to overflowing. This issue has a brief review of what happened last year with a The Colorado State Chess Association, Incorporated, is a number of fine articles from a few of the events in 2016, and Section 501(C)(3) tax exempt, non-profit educational corpora- along with them is a listing of the winners from some of the larg- tion formed to promote chess in Colorado. Contributions are er tournaments in Colorado. tax deductible. Since I’m talking about articles, when I attended the Member- Dues are $15 a year or $5 a tournament. Youth (under 20) and ship meeting last year I had the honor, of noted author John Wat- Senior (65 or older) memberships are $10. Family member- son come up to me and remark that he really enjoys the maga- ships are available to additional family members for $3 off the zine. Needless to say I was thrilled to hear him say that, because regular dues. what we are doing with the Informant is even appreciated by a talented writer like himself, and that speaks volumes about chess ● Send address changes to Ann Davies. in Colorado and its players. I also remember when Paul Coving- ● Send pay renewals & memberships to Randy Schine. ton took his tour across America to attend chess events, he also ● See back cover for EZ renewal form. received kind words from chess players about our magazine. The Colorado Chess Informant (CCI) is the official publication Keep up the great work everyone, because we are certainly being of the CSCA, published four times a year in January, April, noticed! July and October. May Caissa be with you. Articles in the CCI do not necessarily reflect the views of the CSCA Board of Directors or its membership. Fred Eric Spell k CSCA Board of Directors CSCA Appointees President: USCF Delegates: In This Issue Richard “Buck” Buchanan Richard “Buck” Buchanan 3. News From the CSCA Board [email protected] [email protected] 4. Colorado Chess Hall of Fame Randy Canney Vice President: Paul Covington Christofer Peterson [email protected] 6. 2015 Winter Springs Open Richard “Buck” Buchanan [email protected] CCI Editor: 13. My Games at the Winter Springs Open Vibi Varghese Fred Eric Spell Secretary: 14. Games From the Colorado Open, Part II Ann Davies [email protected] Richard “Buck” Buchanan [email protected] Colorado Chess Tour: 20. Tuesday Night Chess Paul Anderson Treasurer: Jackson Chen Randy Schine [email protected] 22. Fall Classic in Denver Brian Wall ® [email protected] 28. Chess Detective NM Todd Bardwick Correspondence Chess: Junior Representative: Klaus Johnson 29. D00 Queen’s Chigorin Variation Colin James III Jackson Chen [email protected] 30. Tactics Time Tim Brennan [email protected] Scholastic Chess: 32. Simul’s With GM Timur Gareyev Members at Large: Todd bardwick Brain Wall [email protected] 34. World Championship 2016 Joseph A. Fromme, Jr. [email protected] Webmaster & Tournament 37. Colorado Chess Club Directory Clearinghouse: Zachary Bekkedahl 40. Upcoming Colorado Tournaments [email protected] Rick Nelson [email protected] Informant Article Submission Deadlines: January issue - December 1 / April issue - March 1 July issue - June 1 / October issue - September 1 On the cover: (Email articles to [email protected]) “Shuffle Chess” by Keith McFarland © 2016 Colorado State Chess Association Page 2 www.ColoradoChess.com Volume 43, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2016 The CSCA Board met at Todd Bardwick's house on November 8, 2015. All members were present except Zach Bekkedahl, whose child was ill, and Chris Peterson, who was in New Mexico but joined the meeting by phone. Todd gave a detailed report on Scholastics, including the upcoming State tournament at the Tivoli in February. Todd requested that the CSCA no longer require membership of all players in the tournament, and a motion to this effect was passed unanimously. Various technical matters were discussed about the spreadsheet the Secretary uses to keep track of memberships and us- ing Paypal to collect money. TDs should know that when memberships are sold the money should be sent to Randy and the information on the players to Ann. Their mailing addresses will be on the website. Randy Schine moved that CSCA help the Denver Chess Club financially with an upcoming tournament. The tournament he had in mind was the MLK in January, but it later changed to the Denver Open. Much discussion was about the desira- bility of getting a GM to play and give a simul. People were concerned that the recent visit of Timur Gareyev wound up costing the DCC a bundle. Randy suggested that Wesley So be invited. After a long discussion the motion failed by a narrow margin. In a discussion of the Tour, the point was made that so far only 11 people have paid the fee to participate in it. A motion was made and passed to extend to Feb. 1 the time when players can join and receive points from already-played events. I am concerned that this lack of interest may spell the end of the Tour, and if that happens we will certainly lose members. We talked about upcoming tournaments. Zach has proposed to hold the Class and Closed events in northern Colorado. Current plans are the Class at UNC in Greeley on March 26-27 and the Closed at the Ft. Collins Country Club on April 22 – 24. The idea was proposed to hold the Senior Championship as part of a “50/50” tournament with two sections, one for those above age 50 and the others for those below. Those aged exactly 50 can play in “either section or both.” (Guess who made that motion.) We looked at holding this on May 14-15 in a south Denver hotel. We also discussed holding the New Mexico match online to minimize costs. We will be contacting the New Mexico state organization to see what their feelings are on this idea. I proposed our next meeting be on Sunday, January 10. Details will be announced later. I also made a few more online motions after the meeting. I will report on those after they are voted on. It was pointed out to us that the decision we made about removing the requirement that Scholastics Championship play- ers be CSCA members was in violation of the By-Laws. This motion has therefore been retracted. It will still be a re- quirement that these players join the CSCA, if only for the tournament. Todd Bardwick has proposed a way to deal with this requirement through the tournament entry fees. As stated earlier, I made two motions to the Board to be discussed and voted on by e-mail. Question # 1, to no longer give Tour points to tournament directors, passed by a vote of 3-2, with Brian and Randy voting no and Chris and Jackson abstaining. The second, to again require that players in the Closed have played at least 6 rated games in the year prior to the tournament, failed 1-5, with me voting yes and Jackson abstaining. Richard “Buck” Buchanan CSCA President www.ColoradoChess.com Page 3 Volume 43, Number 1 Colorado Chess Informant January 2016 Colorado Chess Hall of Fame Alexander Fishbein Alexander Fishbein moved to Colorado at the age of 11, and Induction ceremony held September 4, 2015 almost immediately began dominating the Colorado chess scene. He won the Colorado Open Championship in 1985, 1987 and Article submitted by Randy Canney 1988, and the Colorado Closed Championship in 1987. In 1985, The Colorado State Chess Association is proud to honor the he won the first Arnold Denker Tournament of High School Champions. In the 1990’s, Alex won tournaments in Stavanger, inaugural inductees into the Colorado Chess Hall of Fame in Norway, and Herning, Denmark and shared first place in several recognition of their significant contribution to chess in Colorado. major Opens in the United States, including the World Open and The inaugural class members are: National Open. He was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1992. Richard “Buck” Buchanan Since 2012, he has regularly appeared in Grand Prix Alexander Fishbein tournaments in the Eastern United States and has finished first or Royal Franklin equal first several times. He now lives in New Jersey with his Christine Hendrickson wife and three children. John Howell Dr. J. Juan Reid Royal Franklin John Watson Royal Franklin was a stalwart of the CSCA during the formative years of the Fischer boom. Royal served as the President of Richard “Buck” Buchanan CSCA for the year 1975-76 and was the USCF Regional Vice Since moving to Colorado in 1977, Buck Buchanan has been the President during that time as well. He also was the editor of the heart and soul of Colorado chess. Over the last four decades, he CSCA Bulletin from 1976-1978. Royal was a leader in the move has tirelessly given in every imaginable way to Colorado chess toward getting chess organizations recognized as non-profits, and the CSCA. He has held every leadership role in the CSCA, which has helped such organizations tremendously. Royal was including a decade long stint as President from 1991-2002, the author of a booklet called “Chess Organizations and 501 (C) many years as Vice President since 1984, many years as (3)”, which he supplied distributed around the country.