926-0GOIA ****************35 EST 11J I: ~ ~ , 1I,II,I"I"I"III",I,I..I"'..I,!."II II,I,I..,II,,I,1,I ~ June 2005 Washington Chess Federation 605 $3.95 Oregon Chess Federation , , Clatskanie wins Oregon High School Team Championship Raptis, Zaikov Tie in Oregon Championship! Emigh, Fleury, Rowan, Stefurak and More! ,. Ifyou'd likeyour games annotatedbra senior Northwest Chess master, send them to our Games Editor: Greetings from June 2005, Volume 59,6 Issue 684 FM Chuck Schulien theEditor '. ISSN Publication 0146-6941 [email protected] This is likely the last Published monthly by the Northwest Chess Board. 0f- Subscrivtion Information issue with extensive scho- ~1.-:. fice of record: 2420 S 137 St, Seattle WA98168. ;+. NorthwestChess is a benefitof membershipin lastic content until Septem- L POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes to: eitherthe Oregonor WashingtonChessFedera- ber or October. Thanks to Editor's Northwest Chess, PO Box 84746, tions. 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Some of these got their Don EmighvisitsPeachcroft'sWorld entry fees back: Drew Serres (OR, U2000, 6.5/9, 18th-28th, page 14 $354.55), Chouchanik Airapetian (WA, U2200, 6.0, 21st- 39th,$300), Morgan Griffiths (OR, U2200, 6.0, 21"t-39th, Clatskanie Wins State! $300), and Job Thykkuttathil (WA, U1600, 6.0, 24th-49th, page 16 $300). Others with plus scores included: Colin Field-Eaton Scholastic News (OR, U1800, 6.0, 34th-50th,$188.89), GM Grigory Serper (WA,Open, 5.5, 50th-73th,$20.84), Steve Brendemihl (WA, page 19 U1800, 5.5), Carl Haessler (OR, Open, 5.0), Ed Daroza (OR, Scholastic Checkup with Dr. Leo U2200, 5.0), Michael Darby (WA, U2000, 5.0), and Gre- Dr. Leo discusses sportsmanship gory Prentice (WA, U1800, 5.0). page 21 Tacoma, W A Chess Lessons with a Cattle Prod The Tacoma CC is moving. The new site, as of Friday, Improving Your Chess with NM Tom Rowan June 3, is at 409 PuyaUup Ave E in the DTI Soccer Store page 23 building. The club will meetonthe second floor in Room 11. The site is about two blocks fromTacoma Dome Transit Cen- Movie Review ter. "Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine" Mike MacGregor wonthe Tacoma City Championship, page 25 held over five Fridays in April, with a score of 4.5/5. Steve Matt's Musings Buck, Larry Anderson, and Carl Nighswonger tied for sec- ond-fourthat threepointsapiece. Nighswongerwastops Ul700 Matt Fleury discusses a gambit vs. the Veresov in the twelve player tournament. page 26 Physiology of Psychological Warfare Bozeman, MT page 27 Montana chess player Eric Hongisto, who plays in some of the larger Spokane events, is an art professor at Montana 55-50-45-40-35-30 Years Ago State. He recently won a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship page28 award ($37,000). Game from the Inland Empire Open page 29 Seattle, WA Tournament Ads Adam Weissbarth was thetop-scorer at 3.5/4 in the Plus- Score Swiss, held on the weekendof April 30-May 1. Others pages 3D, 31 with plus-scores in the eleven-player event were: FM David The Northwest Chess Calendar Bragg (3.0), Geoffiey Gale (2.5), Michael Darby (2.5), and of Upcoming Events SkylorFryberg(2.5). Weissbarthalso wonthe six-player May back cover Tornado, scoring 4/4, ahead of Bragg and the top section of the May Quads (2.5/3) ahead of Bragg and NM Curt Collyer. He scored + 1=2 against Bragg in the three events and beat Collyer in the Quad. Fryberg won the lower section of the On the Cover: The Clatskanie High School chess team May Quads and the only Quad held in April, both with 3-0 with their trophy. Front row (from left): Michael Taylor, Blake scores. The eight-playerApril Tornado was won by NM Nat Salisbury. Back row (from left): Mike Moran, Thomas Kyle- Koons,whoscored4-0. Millward, and Tim Robinson. Photo by Kate Taylor 4 Tune 2005 Northwest Chess ...- Raptis and Zaikov Win 2005 Oregon Championship By Clark Hannon English The 2005 Oregon Championshipwas heldon the weekendsofApril 15-17andApril Mike Janniro'(21JO) 22-24 at the Portland Chess Club quarters. The last two years, Zaikov has domi- NM Roger Martin (2205) nated the field. This year, Raptis had the championship in the bag, but faltered near Portland, Oregon Championship (1) 2005 the end and lost to Ben Lin.