CaliforniaChessJournal Volume16,Number6 September/October1916 $4.50 CapablancaScores29-0-3in SanFranciscoSimultaneous By E.J. Clarke hen Jose Raul Capablanca stepped off the Shasta Lim ited at Oakland on April 10, and boarded the ferry for the city by the Golden Gate, he made history personally, as it Wwas his first visit to the Golden Gate. It may have been a matter of clairvoyant knowledge that he was soon to make chess history in San Francisco, but of course, that was hidden from the sight of the normal- visioned committee of chess players from the Me- chanics’ Institute who met the world famous Cuban and escorted him across the bay and to his hotel in San Francisco. The following evening the youthful master made his bow at the Institute, when he faced 32 opponents, among whom were the best players of the bay cities. When Capablanca vanquished his final opponent shortly after midnight, the score stood: Capablanca, won 29, drawn 3. Messrs. Hallwegen, Chilton and Fink were the three who saved the Insti- tute from a whitewash. Chilton, perhaps, had a win, but he thought any old thing would do. It didn’t, and the Cuban got away with a draw. On Wednesday afternoon, Capablanca and Dr. Lovegrove sat down to an exhibition game. The latter offered his favorite Ruy Lopez, with which he de- feated World Champion Lasker several years ago. But the skill of the Pan-American champion was too much for the local expert, and the latter resigned after48 moves. In the evening Capablanca showed his Continued on Page 17 DeGuzmanWinsState Championship CaliforniaChessJournal Table of Contents CalChess Labor Day State Championship DeGuzmanownsthePage3headlineagain ............................................................ 3 Sacramento Chess Club Weekend Swiss #9 ShipmanandMacFarlandsharetopprize ................................................................. 8 Ridgecrest Scholastic It’sinNorthernCalifornia,really,itis ...................................................................... 10 Editor: FriscoDelRosario CalChess Scholastic Quads Contributors: NeilBrennen IMRicardoDeGuzman Firsteventoftheschoolyearpacksthemin ............................................................. 12 IMJohnDonaldson A.J. 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RichardKoepcke JonZierk Page2 CaliforniaChessJournal November/December2002 De Guzman Wins CalChess Labor Day State Championship †††††††† CalChess Labor Day State DmitryZilbersteinwasaclear Championship secondinthe28-playerOpen ¬r~bŒqk~0Âr® sectionwitha41⁄ –1⁄ score.De August 31–September 2, 2002 2 2 ¬∏p0∏p0ıbp∏pp® Master Guzmansaidhisround3win 1 RicardoDeGuzman 5.5 againstZilbersteinwasa“hard ¬0∏p0~pˆn0~® 2 DmitryZilberstein 4.5 game.” ¬~0~p~0~0® 3–6 RonaldCusi 4 ChiefdirectorRichard DavidPruess Koepckesaid150playerswasthe ¬0~P∏P0~0~® MichaelPearson targetattendance,buttheevent ¬~0ˆN0∏PN~0® EricSchiller drew183.JohnMcCumiskeyand Expert CarolynWithgittassisted. ¬P∏P0~0∏PP∏P® 1 IlanBenjamin 5 TheannualCalChessgeneral ¬ÂR0~QKB~R® 2 AlexSetzepfandt 4.5 membershipmeetingwascon- 3–5 JennieFrenklakh 4 ductedovertheLaborDayweek- ∫∫∫∫∫∫∫∫ JuanLuaces end,whereCalChessmembers 8. cd5 Nd5 electedanewboardofdirectors. GennadiyFomin On8…ed59.Bb5Bd710.Qa4, BerkeleyChessSchooldirector Class A Whitehaspressureond5andc6. 1 EdwardPerpelitsky 5.5 ElizabethShaughnessyjoinsthe 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd7 Qd7 11. Ne5 2–3 KrisMacLennan 4.5 boardasvicepresident,andJim PierreVachon Eadereturnsinanat-largeposi- Qd6 12. Qa4 4–6 MichaelDaCruz 4 tion.RichardKoepckemovedto Whitehasastrongadvantage. JeffMallett thesecretarypost.Thenewboard willconductitsfirstmeetingat 12…Kf8 13. 0-0 Nc3 14. bc3 g6 BenGross 15. e4 Class B theJimHurtMemorialonThanks- Agoodmove.Whitebindsthe 1–2 PerishantPeriwal 5 givingweekend. center—d5,especially,isnogood 3–5 JoselitoIgarta 4.5 forBlack'spieces. JamieBrett White:RicardoDeGuzman(2514) ConradCota Black:BenHaun(2004) 15…Kg7 16. Nc4 Qf4 17. Qc6 Class C Queen'sGambitDeclined Rac8 18. Rae1 1 AaronGarg 5 NotesbyIMRicardoDeGuzman †††††††† 2–4 JuanVentosa 4.5 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 RichardLee ¬0~r~0~0Âr® FormanyyearsIhaveplayed ChristopherWihlidal theTorreAttackasWhite,but ¬∏p0∏p0ıbpkp® Class D/E thisgameisatypicalQueen's 1 PercivalAdsuara 5.5 ¬0∏pQ~p~p~® Gambit. 2–5 SathvikTantry 5 ¬~0~0~0~0® SimonRubinstein-Salzedo 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e3 b6? RamilYaneza Createsaholeonc6. ¬0~N∏PPŒq0~® AlexanderKwan 7. Bf6 ¬~0∏P0~0~0® InternationalmasterRicardo AfterBlack'srecapturebythe ¬P~0~0∏PP∏P® DeGuzmansavedhisplaceinthe knight,Whitewillbeabletoplay ¬~0~0ÂRRK0® Page3headlineonceagainby Bb5,gainingtimewithacheck. winningtheCalChessLaborDay 7…Nf6 ∫∫∫∫∫∫∫∫ StateChampionshipheldAugust Blackispositionallylost,with 31–Sept.2inSanFrancisco. apermanentweaknessonc6,and DeGuzmanachievedaperfor- WhitehaspreventedBlackfrom manceratingof2645whilemak- correctingitwiththeadvance 1 1 ingascoreof5 ⁄2– ⁄2.FIDEmaster …c5.Whitealsohasagoodknight againstBlack'sbishop. November/December2002 CaliforniaChessJournal Page3 Zilberstein’s Best Endgames from CalChess State Championship 18…Rhd8 19. Re3 Bd6 20. g3 Afterg5,Whitewillhavea 1. c5! Qd5 Astrongmove.Whitegradu- verystronggripontheposition. 1…Qd72.g6Ke8andthen: allygainsspaceonthekingside. 31…Kg8 32. g5 Rf8 33. Ng3 2…Ng63.Qg4+-; 20…Qg4 21. Kg2 g5?! Rfd8 34. Rf7 Qf7 35. Rf7 Kf7 36. 2…Kf83.Qe5+-; 2…Kg83.Rf5ef54.Qe5+- Creatingmoreweaknesses. g6 Resigns 3.Rh1!+-.” Inviewof36…Kg637.Qe6. 22. e5 Be7 23. f4! 2. g6! Ke8 AfterRef3,Whitewilltarget White:DmitryZilberstein(2392) 2…Ng6?3.Qd5cd54.Rf5ef5 thef7-pawn.Whitemightalso Black:MikhailSemionenkov(2007) 5.Rg6!+-. continue24.h3Qh525.g4withf5 NotesbyFMDmitryZilberstein tofollow. †††††††† 3. Qd5 ed5 23…gf4 24. Rf4 Qg6 25. Ref3 Threealternativerecaptures: Rf8 26. Rf2 ¬0~rıb0~k~® a)3…Rd54.Rf7Ng65.Rg7 Ne76.Rh7!Rd7(Rd47.Rgg7+-)7. 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