gy rn,,; NORTHWEST -=~ y ~ ~125.-m)O.1.A i MIKE MAC(]REG()I~ ~HESS December 2004 II,!"I"I"L,II!",I,!.,I"/"I,I",II""II,I,I",II,,I,!.I ess Federation 412 $3.95, ",on OII;f;UO '-'0011;33 'ederation Boris Spassky in Reno WAVs. BC, 1954 Washington Open Peachcroft, Rowan, Stefurak and More! - Northwest Chess Ifyou'd like yourgames annotatedbya senior master, send them to our Games Editor: Greetings from December 2004, Volume 58,12 Issue 678 FM Chuck Schulien the Editor ~ ISSN Publication 0146-6941 [email protected] Il Published monthly by the Northwest Chess &ard. Of' Subscripuon Informauon As you may notice, ,.+..L .- flce of record: 2420 S 137 St, Seattle WA98168. the expected reports on NorthwestChess is a benefitof membershipin Editor's POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: eitherthe Oregonor WashingtonChessFedera- the Western States Open Northwest Chess, PO Box 84746, tions. 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Bests Washington, Again the Northwest Chess meeting in Tacoma on October page 4 26, 2003, board members decided to initiate an "Orga M .zers' Grand Prix" to reward chess promoters and A Christmas Story, Part II organizers who sign up a large number of WCF and OCF DonEmighlooksat Peachcroft'sWorld members. The rules were a little vague, so I have adopted the followingscoringsystemfornow: . page 6 Memberships of more than $10 (adult, full-year junior) Northwest News count as a full point regardless of whether it's a new member- page 7 ship or a renewal. It would be too difficult to go back at this point and award extra credit to new memberships, but it's some- thing that could be considered for next year. Family, tourna- 50 Years Ago in the WAChess Letter ment and.6-month junior memberships count as 112point. Credit page 8 goes to the club or organization sponsoring the event (where applicable), but I also report below the name of the primary Beating the Offbeat organizer/promoter for each club, who also deserves a great Improving Your Chess with NM Tom Rowan deal of the credit. Credit is not given for an individual's own page 10 membership, nor do I take credit for memberships/renewals obtained as part of my job as business manager. WCF Minutes The results below are for the first year (October 26, 2003 page 11 to October 26,2004), however I strongly suggest that we ex- tend the first time period until the end of 2004, and use calen- USCF Crosstables dar years thereafter. The prizes (and who will contribute them) page 12 have not yet been determined. I would suggest that Northwest Chess itself award at least two memberships as prizes. Sug- Christopher NWGP Report gestions are welcome. As you can see, it's currently a very page 15 close race between the WCF and the Portland Chess Club (with the outstanding efforts of Neil Dale)!! The Seattle Chess Club Scholastic News (with the outstanding efforts of the Kleists) is not too far be- page 16 hind!! With the WA Class Championships coming up the WCF will 'likely win the race, but perhaps the state organizations Book Review: Alex and the belong in a separate category from the local clubs. Kent McNall Wednesday Chess Club also signed up a renewing member at his first event (as a spon- page 18 sor), but it's not yet recorded as I don't yet have the check. Scholastic Checkup with Dr. Leo Organization Individual Points Dr. Leo discusses visual imagination WCF 74.0 Portland Chess Club Kornelijs Dale 72.0 page 19 Seattle Chess Club Fred & Carol Kleist 56.0 OCF/Chessways Jerry Ramey 23.0 Tournament Ads Tacoma Chess Club Gary Dorfner 20.5 Chess Odyssey Peter Prochaska 9.0 pages 22,23 GP Prize Fund Christopher & Miller 7.0 Murlin Varner 4.0 Peninsula Chess Club 1.0 The Northwest Chess Calendar Orca/Columbia PTA 1.0 of Upcoming Events Stephen Christopher 1.0 Linda Noble 0.5 back cover On the Cover: Former World Champion Boris Spassky considers his replyduring the $100-per-board simul held in con- Flash!the Prior lead to fromthe Washington the WCF, 76:74. Class, the PCC bad wrested. I~~~~~~ withthe Western States Open in Reno. Photo by Gary Northwest Chess Decem ber 2004 3 L~ 'B.C. Bests Washington 6-4 Washington Increases Average Rating by 200 Points, Falls by Same Score as in 2003 Schmid Benoni 9...~g6 10.h4 ~h6 11.Ah5 lWf6 French Exchange 12.~b5 c;t>d713.~e6 ~f414.~bxe7 1M Eric Tangborn (2472) ~xe6 15.~xe6 f4 16.g4 c;t>e717.g5 NM Brian McLaren (2246) FM Oliver Schulte (2435) NM Elliott Neff (2263) "f518.gxh61We4+ 19.c;t>d2Axe620. Bellingham, WA vs. BC Match (J) 2004 dxe6 lWd4+ 21. c;t>e2ffxe4+ 22. c;t>b1 Bellingham, WA Ys. BC Match (4) 2004 1.d4 ~f6 2.~f3 e5 3.d5 g6 4.~e3 Axh6 23.ile1 .xe6 24.Af3 ilad8 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.~d2 ~f6 4.~gf3 Ag7 5.e4 0-0 6.a4 d6 7.Ae2 e6 8. 25.Ad5 .g6+ 26.Ele4 f3 27.Axh6 ~e6 5.g3 Ae5 6.Ag2 0-0 7.0-0 a5 0-0 exd5 9.exd5 ile8 10.Ag5 h6 .xh6 28.lWxf3 ilhf8 29.lWe2 ilf4 8.e3 dxe4 9.~xe4 ~xe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.Ah4 g5 12.Ag3 ~h5 13.~d2 30.ilxt41Wxf4 31.lWh5ilf832.ffxh7+ 11.1Ic2a412.Ad21Wf613.11fe1 Ag4 ~xg314.hxg3 ~d715.ila3 ~b6 16.