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Changescatch- unaware: that cherry tree, resting in Leapln'LePrechauns ing us page winter dormancy last week, riots this week 10 in pink; the catalogues suddenly focus on outdoor barbeques, swimsuits, lawn furni- Pupols4ollyer,WA GhamPlonshlP ture-suddenly, winter begone! page11 Sometimeschanges in people,too, burst Report Kleist's report NWGP upon us. Example: Carol page 12 ("Extra, Extra, Extravaganzal") in Feb- ruary's Northwest Chess. Over the years, I must have read ten or more of her articles, No rthwestCDess Calendar but I never noticed before what a lively and of UPcomlngEvents thoroughly engagingwriting style she has. back cover Look a the deft turns of phrase- and espe- ciallythose strong, colorful, vigorous verbs: On the Gover: WA Championshipphoto montrage. "slice off a whole Rook;" "storming the (clockwisefrom upperlefl) LM MktorsPupols (l) vs. FM John grag! (r), King's castle in a most alarming way;" "a Readey(r), title, NM NatKoons (l) vs. FM David NI 'the (l) vicious Bishop;" has made her- fgnacidPerez(l) vs. MichaelMacGregor(r), FM PaulBartnon Queen (l) vs. FM NickRaptis nice home;" "devouring a pawn;" "a v!. tttvtMichael Lee (r), NMCurt Collyer self a photosby ErlcHolcomb flourish of pins" (pure inspiration, that!); (r),TD Fredl(eist. Arrangementand "taunting the poor Knight on f6;" "jealous 1l31lO7 of its light-square counterpart;" "the Bishop WCF Bocrrd Mccllng on a8, his nefarious . deeds accom- O'tflccrc?rcront Pres.Geotf Gole,V'P. Duone Polich, Sec. Gory Dorfner,Ireos-Rob-' ert Allen,T.C. Don Molhews,NWC Rep. obsenl, S.D. Dovid Henddcks,NWC BJv{- Bic plished, offers himself up and dies a glori- Holcomb ous hero's death.' In her prose,the pieces lhe meetingwoscoled to orderol7:37 prn.Iheminuleswerereod &opproved. fairly thrum with life and vitality. 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Pleaselog on toyour l6 io 20 girlsfor fhe SusonPulgor Quolifier Tournomenf. information or Flnoncicl report About $2000wos mode on fhe WA ClqssScholoslic & fhe WA PayPalamunt for mone Junioropen combined. Thiswill help poy expensesfor fhe wA sfole chompionship b manageyour subscriptions. & Premier. Cortinued on page 13 Northwest Chess April 2OO7 3 I)onaldsonoKoons Top s3-PlayerCollyer Memorial by Kevin Korsmo TTtop seedsIM JohnDonaldson andNM Nat Koonsshared fint placein for the Spokane Chess Club website (ttww. I the FifteenthDave Collyer Memorialtourname,ut in Spokaneon Feb spokanechessdub.org)from his tournamentvis- I ruary 24-25,2007. Ttre two championsdrew in their fourth round its overthere. match and finishedat 4,5. Four playersfinished at 4.0 to tie for third and The went alsosaw the returntotoumarnent claimthe Expertand Class A prizes: PaulBartron, John Julian, Chris Kalinq play of JohnStanfield. Stanfiel{ a manytime and David Rowles. North Dakotastnte champion in the 1980s,has The first day's action endedwith Donaldson,Kmns, and Expert Josh lived in Watervillesince the eirdof tbat decade. Sinananleading the 53-playerfield with perfect3.0 scores.Sunday monring His last toumamentwas a 1990 went run by saw Koons and Donaldsonhook up in a Slav tbat, at its conclusion,had DaveCollyer in the Collyer basemeirt!He made Donaldsontwo pawnsup, but havinga hard time finding good squaresfor his return to the royal gamelook easy,winniqg his pieces.Sinanan best€d Curt Collyer'sEnglish in a lengthygame to main- his firsttrpo rnatchesbefore drawingwith C,ollyer tain his perfectscore and sole possession offirst placeheading into the final in the third round. We hopeto seeJohn back in round. the statechess sce,ne. Josh followed that up by playng a long girme on board one against A tcal of