1 i ANA ESS NEWS

VOLUME 31 - ISSUE 1

KIP STUBBERUD TOPS 85 POSTAL, SWEEPS VALENTINE OPEN

PHILLIPS & SHL̂ GHART TOP TURKEY TOURNAMENT

G.K.FIELDING BLOWS IN FROM CANADA TO TAKE CHINOOK TOURNEY HONOR

BILLINGS OPEN

Place: Registration:

Rounds: Time Control: P r i z e s : Information: Notes:

CROCUS OPEN

Place: Registration:

Sponsor - Montana Chess Association March 21-22, 1987

Plaza Office Bldg. Conf. Room, 1629 Ave. D., B i l l i n g s , MT 59102. 8:30-9:00am, March 21. USCF/MCA membership required. Entry fee = $5 New members fr e e .

5 Round Swiss System. 9:30am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm / 9:00am, 2:00pm. 30 moves / 90 minutes, then 20 moves / hour thereafter. GLORY!? Any prof i t w i l l be applied to the Montana Open f a c i l i t i e s . B i l l Lynch, 4245 Palisades Park Dr., B i l l i n g s , MT 59106. 652-2063 No Smoking, Room i s at the bottom of a f l i g h t of s t a i r s .

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Sponsor - University-Community Chess Club April 4-5, 1987

Rounds: Time Cont P r i z e s : Informsti Notes:

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Room 362, Social Sciences Bldg,, Univ,of MT Campus, Missoula, MT. 59802 8:00-9:00ara, April 4. Advance r e g i s t r a t i o n i s advised. Players arriving a f t e r 9:00ara may not be paired u n t i l Round 2. USCF/MCA/Other State mem­bership required. Entry fee = $5 advance, $8 at door. 5 Round Swiss System. 9:30am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm / 10:00am, 2:00pm. 40 moves / 2 hours, then 20 moves / hour thereafter. Trophies - 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Medals - Best of C l a s s ( e s ) , Romie Carpenter, 2340 55th #2 MicEoula, MT 59803. No Smoking. No Computers,

52ND MONTANA OPEN Sponsor - Montana Chess Association May 16-17, 1987

Place: Registration

Rounds: P r i z e s : Information: Notes: Qualifying:

23rd Floor, B i l l i n g s Sheraton Hotel, 27 N. 8:00-9:00am, May 16, Advance reg i s t r a t i o n State membership required. (Complimentary Entry fee = $10. * Hotel re g i s t r a t i o n $39 single / $39 double.

5 Round Swiss System. 40 moves / 2 hours. Trophies - 1st, 2nd, Senior, Junior. Award B i l l Lynch, 4245 Palisades Park Dr., B i l l i No Smoking. No Computers. Top 3 Montana f i n i s h e r s w i l l j o i n current Montana Grand Prix finishers in Montana CI

27th S t . , B i l l i n g s , MT 59101 appreciated. USCF/MCA/Other MCA membership to new players) by May 2 recommended. Rates =

20 moves / hour thereafter, s - Best of C l a s s ( e s ) . ngs, MT 59106. 652-2063

State Champion and top two osed Championship Playoff,

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Ron Erickson won tne 1st section of the UCCC 1st Winter Open with a perfect score of 3. In the bargain he upset Matt Guthrie who had returned to Missoula for the holidays. Ted Catton and B i l l McBrooin tied lst-2nd in section I I where the points were spread around a bit more.

Guthrie vs. Erickson RD 2 Modern Defense [by transposition from Bird's) 1.P-KB4 P-KN3 2.N-KB3 B-1J2 3.P-K4 P-Q3 4.P-Q4 P-QB4 5. N-QB3 B-KN5 6.P-Q5 N-Q2 7.P-KR3 BxiJ 3. QxB P-QR3 9.P-KR4 N-KR3 10.P-lcrJ4 P-KB3 11B-Q3 N-KB2 12.B-K3 P-KN4 13.0-0 (af t e r the game. Matt allowed K-Q2 was best) PxP 14BxP 1VQ2-K4 15.Q-K3 P-KR4 16.P-Kni3 PxP i7.BxNp R-KNl 13.K-Rl Q-Q2 19.R-KB5 0-0-0 20.P-QN4 (White sees no hope on the kingside and begins an attack) NxB/Q6 (clearing the way for what follows) 21.PxN (This must be wrong--RxN/6 looks better. I f Black plays B-Q5 then White's RxP keeps him equal. Better for Black would be N-KB7+ where he holds on to a sl i g h t edge.) B-Q5I 22.Q-B1 RxB (The point of a l l this i s because of the mate at KR3 the Rooks i s pinned.) 23.PxP PxP (All the pins are s t i l l there, but safety f i r s t . Black could have won the Queen with R-KN8+—for a Rook and Bishop-- but he would have had a shattered center) 24. Q-QR3 RxR 25.PxR QxBP 0-1. (iNotes by the winner.)

Erickson-Shughart RD 3 Nimzowitsch-Larsen/Bird's l.b3 d5 2.f4 Bf5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Nc5 5.e3 e6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.h3 0-0 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 Re8 10.0-0 Qd7 (while not obvious at t h i s point, a tempo i s l o s t ) 11. Nh4 Re7 12.He2 Rae8 13.Bf6 (breaching the fo r t r e s s ) gxf6 14.Nxf5 (producing isolated TRIPLED Pawns) exfS 15.Ng3 Bc5 16.Nh5 Qd6 17.Ng3 (This manoeuvre was unnecessary given that he wanted to play 16.Qh5 followed by 17.Nh5. Luckily, for White the loss of tempo didn't affect the final outcome.) Qe6 IS.Khl d4 19.exd4 Bxd4 20.c3 Bc5 21. Qh5 Rd7 22.Nf5 KhB 23.Nh6 Bf8 24.f5 Qe2 25.Rf3 Bxh6 (...Qxd2 wins for Black) 26.Qxh6 Rg8 (Always aggressive, Dave threatens mate) 27.Qxf6+ (too la t e ! ) Rg7 28.Rg3 1-0

Catton vs. Gluick RD 3 Alekhine's Defense l.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Be2 f6 8.0-0 h6(9 of 16 half moves have been made with Pawns, but White has the better development) 9.Nh4 Bxbl 10.Bh5+ (an interesting intermezzo) g6 ll.Rxbl gxh5.12.Qxh5+ Kd7 13.f5 Qe8 14.fxe+ Kd8 15.Qxe8 Kxe8 16.exf (the e a r l i e r pseudo s a c r i f i c e gave up a piece for three Pawns. Now White has 2 connected passed pawns on the 6th rank--and a Rook behind one of them) Kd8 17.Ng6 Nc6 18.Nxf6 Ne7 19.d5 Nc8 20.Bxh6 RxhS 21.Nd7 Rh8 22.f7 Ng6 23f8=Q+ Nxf8 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Nxf8 Ke7 26.Rfl Na5 27.Rf7+ Ke8 28.Ng6 Nd7 29.Rxd7 1-0

Hovet vs. McBroom RD 3 Petrov's Defense l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Hf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Rel f5 9.c4 c6 10.Bd2 Nd7 ll.Nc3 NdfS 12.Bg5 (the Bishop could have gone here in a single move) Nxg5 13.Nxg5 Bxh3+ (White overlooked the theme of this variation) 14.Kfl Bf4 15.Ne6 B xe6 l6.Rxe6 Ne4 (containing the Rook) 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Nxe4 fxe4 19.Bxe4 (White gives up the piece for a Pawn and a passed Pawn) dxe4 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Rxe4 Qh4 22.Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Rac8 24.Re7 Rcl+ 25.Rxcl Bxcl 26.Rxb7 Be3 27.Rxa7 Bxd4 28.Rb7 Bxf2 (During the game Black ruled out the actual shorter win 28...Rxf2+ 29.K any Rxb2 because he saw 30.Rd7 simultaneously threatening the Bishop and a backrank mate. He missed the obvious 30...Bf6 which holds everything. The lesson i s to d i s c i p l i n e yourself to analyze beyond your opponent's apparent parries) 29.Ke2 Bg3 30.a4 RbS 31.Rxb8+ Bxb8 32.b4 Kg8 33.Kf3 Kf734.Kg4 Ke6 35.h4 Kd5 36.Kg5 Kc4 37.h5 Ba7 38.Kf4 Kxb4 39.h6 g6 40Kg5 Be3+ 41.Kg4 Bxh6 42.Kh3 Kxa4 43.Kg2 Kb4 44.Khl Kc4 45.Kg2 Kd4 46.Kf3 Be2 47.Kg2 Ke4 48.Kg3 h6 49.Kg4 h5+ 50.Kh4 Kf4 51.Kh3 g5 52.Kg2 g4 53.Kh2 h4 54.Khl Kf3 55.Kh2 g3+ 56.Khl g2+ 0 -1

Report by B i l l McBroom: Crosstables may be found on page 6.

RD2 BDl Shughart-Phillips SICILIAN

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxdA 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 a6 6 Bc4 e6 7 0-0 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 Bg5 Be7 10 Nf3 Nbd7 11 Rel h6 12 Bh4 g5 13 Bg3 Nh5 14 Nd4 Nxg3 15 hxg3 0b6 16 Nxe6 fxe6 17 0h'̂ + Kd8 18 Of7 Rf8 IP Qxn6 qxf2+ 20 Khl Qxg? Nd: BxdS 22 exd5 Qh4+ 23 Kgl Qf2+ Ih Khl Qf6 25 Qe3 g4 26 Kgl h5 27 Rfl Qe5 28 0d2 Rxfl+ 29 Rxfl Qd4+ 30 Khl g3 31 Rf4 Qxb2 32 Qa5+ Kc8 33 Rf3 Qcl+ 34 Bfl Qg5 35 0c3+ Kb7 36 Rxg3 Qxd5 37 Be2 Ne5 38 Rg7 Qe6 39 Qe2 Rg8 40 Bf3+ Kc8 41 Rxg8+ Qxg8 42 Qh7 Qg5 43 Bb7+ Kd7 44 Bxa6+ Ke6 45 Bc8+ Kf6 46 Qf2+ Kg6 47 Be6 Qcl+ 48 Kh2 Ng4+ 49 Bxg4

hxg4 50 Qe2 Qg5 51 Qe6+ Bf6 52 Qg8+ Kf5 53 Qc8+ Ke4 54 Qb7+ d5 55 Qh7+ Qf5 56 QXf5+ Kxf5 57 Kg3 Ke4 58 Kxg4 Kd4 59 Kf5 Bh8 60 g4 Kc3 White Resigns. 0-1

RD5 BDl P h i l l i p s - E r i c k s o n ENGLISH? 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 g3 c6 4 Bg2 Be7 5 e4 0-0 6 e5 Ne8 7 d4 d6 8 Qg4 g6 9 Bh6 Ng7 10 h4 Re8 11 h5 Nf5 12 hxg6 fxg6 13 0-0-0 Nh6 14 Rh6 Bg5+ 15 Kbl Bh6 16 f4 dxe5 17 dxe5 Qe7 18 Ne4 Bg7 19 Nh3 Rd8 20 Rhl Qf7 21 Nd6 Rd6 22 exd6 Qf5+ 23 Qxf5 exf5 24 Ng5 h6 25 Nf3 Nd7 26 Rel a5 27 Re8+ Kf7 28 Re7+ Kf8 29 Ne5 Be5 30 fxe5 Nxe5 31 Kc2 Be6 32 b3 Re8 33 Rxe8+ Rxe8 34 Kc3 Nd7 35 Kd4 c5 36 Ke3 b6 37 Bc6 Kd8 38 Bd7 Kd7 39 Kf3 a5 40 Ke3 Bf7 41 Kf3 Bh5+ 42 Ke3 Bg4 43 a3 Bdl 44 b4 axb4 45 axb4 cxb4 46 Kd4 Bf3 47 c5 bxc5 48 Kc4 h5 49 White Resigns. 0-1

RD5 BD5 Shuck-Moore SICILIAN 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 d6 3 Ne2 Nc6 4 g3 g6 5 Bg2 Bg7 6 0-0 e6 7 d3 Nge7 8 Nf4 0-0 9 Bd2 e5 10 Na5 Be6 11 a3 Nd4 12 Ne2 Nxe2+ 13 Qxe2 Qd7 14 Ne3 f5 15 exf5 Nxf5 16 c3 Nh6 17 Bd5 Kh8 18 Bxe6 Qxe6 19 f3 Nf5 20 Nxf5 Qxf5 21 g4 Qd7 22 f4 Rae8 23 Qdl Qe7 24 Qe2 Qhl 25 Qg2 Qd7 26 Rael Qd7 27 fxe5 Bxe5 28 Rxf8+ Rxf8 29 Bh6 Bg7 30 Bxg7+ Qxg7 31 Qd5 Qd7 32 Re6 Qf8 33 Kg2 Qf2+ 34 Kh3 Rf3+ 35 Qxf3 Qxf3+ 36 Kh4 QF2+ 37 Kg5 QD2+ 38 Kf6 Qf2+ 39 Kg5 Qxh2 40 Kf6 Qf2+ 41 Kg5 Qxb2 42 Re8+ Kg7 43 Re7+ Kf8 44 Rxh8 Qxc3 45 Rxb7 Qxd3 46 Rxg7 c4 47 Ra8+ Ke7 48 Rg7+ Ke6 49 Rg7 c3 White Resigns. 0-1

RD5 BD2 Catton-Shughart RETI 1 N-KB3 P-QN3 2 P-QN3 B-N2 3 B-N2 P-Q3 4 P-Q3 N-Q2 5 N-Q2 KN-B3 6 P-K4 P-K4 7 B-K2 B-K2 8 N-Bl N-R4 9 N-K3 N-B5 10 KB-Bl 0-0 11 P-N3 N-K3 12 P-KR4 N-Q5 13 NxN PxN 14 BxP B-B3 15 BxB QxB 16 B-R3 Q-B6+ 17 K-K2 N-B3 18 Q-Q2 Q-B4 19 P-KB3 KR-Kl 20 K-Ql P-Q4 21 P-QN4 Q-B3 22 NxP NxN 23 PxN QxP 24 R-KBl R-K2 25 P-B3 Rl-Kl 26 K-Bl R-K7 27 Q-Ql Q-K4 28 P-Q4 Q-K6+ 29 K-Nl QxBP+ 30 Q-N3 R-K8+ White REsigns. 0-1

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Last f a l l , when we printed the crosstable for the 1985 Montana Postal Tournament a l l games were decided except Jensen-Stubberud with those two deadlocked for the lead at

each. Well, Kip finished out a fine win to take the f i r s t ever Montana Postal T i t l e , and his game with Mike follows with notes provided by the winner:

SICILIAN DRAGON 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 (Mike refrains from playing the Smith-Morra.) d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Be3 Bg7 7 f3 Nc6 ( I wanted to hold off castling as long as possible.) 8 Qd2 Bd7 9 0-0-0 (This was White's l a s t chance to post his KB on c4 where the probable continuation would have been 9 Bc4 Rc8 10 Bb3 Ne5 11 0-0-0 Nc4 12 Bxc4 et c . Mike hopes to save 2 tempi by keeping his KB home u n t i l necessary.) ...Rc8 10 Kbl Qa5 11 Nb3 Qc7 12 g4!? (Here's where the book I was following[Moscow/Miles] l e f t o f f . ) ...h6 ( P r a c t i c a l l y forced. Now i t w i l l be hard for me to c a s t l e . ) 13 Nb5 Qb8 14 N3d4 (N5d4 i s more s o l i d . ) . . , d5! 15 exd5 Nxd5 16 Nf5 (Flashy, but now Black takes the i n i — t i a t i v e . ) . . . g x f 5 17 Qxd5 Be6 18 Qd2 Rd8 19 Qcl Rxdl 20 Qxdl a6 21 Nc3 fxg4 22 fxg4 Bxc3 23 bxc3 Qe5 (White must lose a pawn, so he decides to take the al-h8 diagonal.) 24 Bel Rg8 25 Be2 (Necessary i s h3.) ...Rg8 26 Bb2 Qh3 27 Qd2 Bxg4 cont'd page 6.

TURKEY OPEN

PI Name Rate

1 Robert P h i l l i p s l 6 1 9 2 Dave Shughart 1701 3 Ron Erickson 1743 u firorgt' Lundv 1550

Booth 1657 i. 'led Catton 1580

Sherwood Moore 1418 8 Dennis Petrak 1552 9 Dan B r i t t 1701 10 Lyle Petersen 1501 11 Gordon Shuck 1766 12 Thomas Gluick NON 13 Robert Rajala UNR 14 Jason M i l l e r NON

November 1-2. 1986

RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 TOT

W12 W2 W5 W8 L3 4.0 wio LI W9 W5 W6 4.0 D4 Dll D6 WIO Wl 3.5 D3 DIO BYE V12 U8 3.5 W13 W8 LI L : WO 3.0 W14 D9 D3 BYL VI 3.0 L9 W14 L8 VI3 VI1 3.0 Wll L5 W7 LI D4 2.5 W7 D6 L2 Wll L5 2.5 L2 D4 W14 L3 W12 2.0 L8 D3 W12 L9 L7 1.5 LI W13 L l l L4 LIO 1.0 L5 L12 LF L7 BYE 1.0 L6 L7 LIO WD WD 0

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Judge Gerald K. Fielding from Swift Cur­rent terrorized the Chinook Open

ask Gordon Shuck. The judge pointed out the error Gordon made on the move! We hope our Canadian neighbors continue to attend our tournaments.

"Wild B i l l " McBroom wa.'; thf resident ben-i factor ot I he Ch; iiudk Opni* d"iii> I *• po i -nts on the Grand Prix. Following i s a sampling of B i l l ' s games. I t it; nice to have Robert McKean back over the board.

"Noteworthy Item" - B i l l McBroom has suggested a symbol for resigning a game. I t i s simply a K laying down ! Especially easy for those of us who don't want to s p e l l i t out. Dennis Petrak.

RD4 BDl Shuck-Fielding SICILIAN 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 e6 3Nge2 Nc6 A g3 g6 5 dA cxd4 6 Nd4 a6 7 Nxc6 bxc6 8 Be3 Bg7 9 BdA f6 10 Bg2 Ne7 11 0-0 RbS 12 Rbl 0-0 13 Qe2 Qc7 lA Rfdl d6 15 bA a5 16 a3 axbA 17 axbA Rd8 18 NaA Bd7 19 Nc3 Be8 20 Na2 e5 21 Bc3 Bf7 22 cA d5 23 cxd5 cxd5 2A Rdcl Qd7 25 exd5 Nxd5 26 Bc5 Bh6 27 BxNd5 Bxd5 28 Rdl Qf5 29 Nc3 KhB 30 Rxd8+ Rxd8 31 b5 Bd2 33 Rb3 Bic3 3A Qxc3 Rdl+ White Resigns. O-I

RD2 BDl McBroom-Fielding SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT DECLINED 1 eA c5 2 dA cxdA 3 c3 Nf6 A e5 Nd5 5 QxdA e6 6 BcA Nc6 7 QeA Nb6 8 Bb3 d6 9 Nf3 Nd7 10 exd6 Nc5 11 Qc2 Bxd6 12 0-0 b5 13 Be3 Bb7 lA Nbd2 Qc7 15 Bxc5 Bxc5 16 NeA Be7 17 Qe2 Qb6 18 Radl Na5 19 Bc2 0-0 20 Ne5 RfaS 21 Rxd8+ Rxd8 22 Rdl Rd5 23 Rxd5 Bxd5 2A QgA NcA 25 Nd7 Qd8 26 Nec5 Qc7 27 b2 Ne5 28 Nxe5 Qxe5 29 Qdl bxc5 30 cA bxcA 31 bxcA BxcA 32 Qd8+ Bf8 33 h3 Qel+ 3A Kh2 Qxf2 35 Bxh7+ Kxh7 36 Qxf8 Bd5 White Resigns. 0-1

RD5 BD2 McBroom-McKean PETROV'S 1 eA e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 dA NxeA A dxe5 d5 5 exd6 e.p. Nxd6 6 Be2 Be7 7 0-0 0-0 8 Nc3 Be6 9 b3 Bf6 10 Bb2 Nc6 11 h3 Ne5 12 Rbl Nxf3+ 13 Bxf3 c6 lA BgA Qd7 15 Bxe6 Qxe6 16 Rel Qd7 17 NeA Bxb2 18 Rxb2 Rad8 19 Nxd6 Qxd6 20 Qxd6 Rxd6 21 cA Rfd8 22 Re7 r6d7 23 Rbe2 Kf8 2A Rxd7 Rxd7 25 gA g5 26 Kg2 Re7 27 Rxe7 Kxe7 28 Kf3 Ke6 29 KeA c5 30 fA gxfA 31 KxfA Kf6 32 hA h6 33 aA a5 3A KeA Ke6 35 h5 f6 36 KfA b6 37 KeA Black Resigns. 1-0

RD3 BD2 Petrak-McBroom DUNST OPENING 1 Nc3 e5 2 dA exdA 3 QxdA Nc6 A QaA d5 5 BfA BbA 6 e3 Nge7 7 Bb5 0-0 8 Nge2 a6 9 a3 Bxc3+ 10 Nxc3 Bd7 11 Bxc6 Bxc6 12 Qb3 Ng6 13 0-0-0 Nxf3 lA exfA Qf6 15 Nxd5 Bxd5 16 Qxd5 QxfA+ 17 Kbl Qf6 18 QdA QxdA 19 RxdA Draw agreed. 5—5.

UCCC 3RD FALL OPEN November. : 1986 UCCC 2ND FALL OPEN 10/9-10/23, 1986

PI Name Rate Rl R2 R3 TOT * PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 TOT

1 Darren Stacey 18A7 L2 WA W3 2.0 * 1 Dave Shughart 1693 X W 1 1 3.0 2 Daniel McCourt 16A0 Wl D3 L5 1.5 * 2 George Lundy 1482 F X 1 1 2.0 3 Dave Shughart 1701 W6 D2 LI 1.5 * 3 Tom Gluick UNR 0 0 X W 1.0 A Daniel B r i t t 1701 D5 LI V6 1.5 •K- A Ron VandeVen 1237 0 0 F X 0 5 George Lundy 1550 DA L6 W2 6 Thomas Gluick NON L3 W5 LA

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1.0 « 1 2

Daniel McCourt Darren Stacey

1695 1847

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Stacey-McCourt DUTCH 1 Nf3 f5 2 cA Nf6 3 A Dennis Vollin 1452 U WD— -X 0

Nc3 e6 A dA BbA 5 Bd2 0-0 6 Qc2 b6 7 g3 Bb7 1 B i l l McBroom 1687 w W L 2.0

8 Bg2 Nc6 9 0-0 Qe8 10 a3 Bxc3 : 11 Bxc3 Ne7 2 Dan B r i t t 1627 L L W 1.0

12 Radl d6 13 c5 Be4 14 Qcl Ned5 15 Nel Qh5

16 f3 Nxc3 17 Qxc3 Bd5 18 Nd3 g5 19 cxd6 cxd6 20 Qc7 Ne8 21 Qc3 f4 22 Qd2 fxg3 23 hx

g3 Rf6 24 e4 Bc4 25 Kf2 Bxd3 26 Qxd3 Qf7 27 Qe3 h6 28 Rcl Ng7 29 Rc6 d5 30 e5 Nf5 31

Qc3 Rg6 32 Rcl Rg7 33 Bh3 gA 34 BxgA Rxg4 35 fxg4 Nxd4+ 36 Kg2 Nxc6 cont'd page 5.

CHINOOi: OPEN October 25-26, 1986

PI Name Rate Rl R2 R3 RA R5 TOT

1 G.K.Fielding 1992 W6 W2 W3 W4 W5 5.0

2 B i l l McBroom 1647 W9 LI D7 W6 W3 3.5 3 Bob McKean 1701 W8 WA LI U7 L2 3.0 A Gordon Shuck 1750 W5 L3 W6 LI V7 3.0 5 Ottf f.rossf U l i U D7 W8 BY LI 2.5 6 Richarc byrd U2l LI WB LA L2 W8 2.0 7 Dennis Petrak 1 B Y D5 D̂^ L3 LA 2.0 8 John Austreng 1299 L3 BY L5 W9 L6 2.0

9 Scot Wilson 1207 L2 L6 BY L8 WD 1.0

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UCCC 2:;D FALL OVi::- cont'd: 37 Oxcf) Rf8 38 Oc2 Qf3+ 39 Kh3 Qf7 U(< OcT Kg7 Oxf" Kx:'

A: He' P'!" A' ( x f AA Hd6 Rxdfi AS exd6 Kf7 A6 Kg: Kpf̂ A" (!" Kxd~ A'-.rf Vtt' r

Kc5 5(' b3 ar 31 Kdl ro 52 p5 hxgS 53 gA g5 5A Rd2 Kd5 Drawn,

VandeVen-Lundv PIRC 1 P-QBA N-KB3 2 N-QB3 P-KN3 3 N-KB3 B-K2 A P-KN3 0-0 5 B-N'2 P-

P-OA PxP 8 PxP P-OA 9 P-QB5 B-KN5 10 P-KR3 BxN 11 BxF P-K3 12 Or-NxOP K-N2 16 NxB it}^ t-W* Vx- "> .y J . h-KA RxP 23 B-'.''. ' - r - ^ -" ; r '• ^

jf^*.* k-K3 RxJ 1 i 1^ ^ ^ • >" ' • f . 11 k i s — 1

OKA 6 P-K3 N-OR"

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PI Name Rate 1 2 3 A TOT

1 B i l l McBroom 1687 X i 1 1 2.5 2 Dave Shughart 1670 i X i 1 2.0 3 Dan McCourt 1695 0 ^ X 1 1.5 A Dan B r i t t 1627 0 0 0 X 0

1 George Lundy 1A82 X 1 1 1 3.0 2 Greg Herron 1327 0 X ^ 1 1.5 3 Ron VandeVen 1237 0 i X 1 1.5 A Richard Gray 1388 0 0 F X 0

Kd8 11 BhA g5 12 Bg3 a6 13 Nc3 Bg7 18 BeA Be6 19 hA gA 20 Bxd5 Bxd5 21

I'l. li.olK)! Ui.r:.U:^l 1 eA e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Iw ̂ Iw-t' in. ' • hw- ' di Htf Oif . Sr\u U) HxHA exdA 11 Ne2 12 P'.- y.r>> \ hxr ̂. I'.

f>eA-» r :rx,.f,. I*, Nxd^ Kf7 17 0-0-0 gxf6 18 fA Hh(. 1" Rhfl m> 20 JxuA \i\.\>h

21 b. Lj 21 .Nc- e x l ^ 2J K b i kc!- 2A NxfA BxfA 25 RxfA a5 2 6 UDtl keo 27 gA ho 2b Iw Kgt> 29 h5+ Kg5 30 Rf5+ KhA 31 RlfA Kg3 32 Rxf6 Rxf6 33 Rxf6 d5 3A Rxb6 cxb6 35 cxd5 Black Kesigns. i

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UCCC 15T FALL OPEN 9/18-10/2, 1986 McBroom-McCourt GORING GAMBIT 1 eA e5 2 Nf3

Nc6 3 dA exdA A c3 Nf6 5 e5 NeA 6 Qe2 f5 7 ex f6 e.p. d5 8 NxdA NxdA 9 cxdA BbA+ 10 Bd2 0-0 11 BxbA Rxf6 12 Nd2 Re6 13 0-0-0 Nc3 lA Qxe6+ Bxe6 15 Bxc3 a5 16 Nf3 bA 17 BxfA BgA 18 Rhel Qf6 19 Re3 aA 20 Rdel c6 21 Bd3 Bxf3 22 gxf3 QfA 23 BbA QxdA 2A Re8+ Rxe8 25 Rxe8+ Kf7 26 Re7+ Kf6 27 Bc3 Qxc3+ 28 bxc3 Kxe7 29 Bxh7 Kd6 30 Kb2 Kc5 31 Bd3 Black Resigns. 1-0

Shughart-McBroom PETROFF DEFENSE 1 eA e5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nxe5 d6 A Nf3 NxeA 5 Qe2 Qe7 6 d3 Nf6 7 Bg5 Ngd7 8 Nc3 Qxe2+ 9 Bxe2 h6 10 Nb5

lA 0-0-0 Nb6 15 dA Bf5 16 Rhel Nfd5 17 Nxd5 Nxd5 Ne5 Be6 22 d5 Bxe5 23 Bxe5 dxe5 2A dxe6+ Ke7 25

Rxe5 Rad8 26 exf7 Kxf7 27 Red5 Rxd5 28 Rxd5 Ke6 29 Rd3 Drawn. ^-^

Gray-Lund y PIRC 1 P-QBA N-KB3 2 N-QB3 P-KN3 3 N-B3 B-N2 A P-KN3 0-0 5 B-N2 P-QBA 6 P-QA PxP 7 NxP N-B3 8 0-0 N-KN5 9 P-K3 NxN 10 PxN P-Q3 11 BxP NxP 12 Q-B3 N-R6+ 13 K-N2 R-Nl lA BxB QxB 15 N-Q5 Q-Q2 16 B-K3 RxP+ 17 K-Rl P-K3 18 N-B6+ BxN 19 QxB Q-Ql 20 Q-RA QxQ 21 PxQ R-Nl 22 P-B5 PxP 23 PxP R-QB7 2A B-QA R-N5 25 B-K3 R5-QN7 26 B-BA NxB 27 RxN RxP+ 28 K-Nl R7-N7+ 29 K-Bl R-QR7 30 K-N2 RR7-Q7 31 R-RA R-Q2 32 R-Nl K-N2 33 P-R5 RxP 3A P-R6+ KxP 35 R-RA+ R-KRA 36 White Resigns. 0-1

UCCC 3RD SUMMER OPEN 8/28-9/11, 1986 Gray-Moore ENGLISH 1 P-QBA P-QBA 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 N-QB3 P-KA A P-KN3 N-B3 5 P-Q3 B-K2 6 B-N2 P-Q3 7 0-0 0-0 8 P-K3 B-K3 9 P-QN3 Q-Q2 10 N-KN5 N-Ql 11 P-QA BPxP 12 PxP PxP 13 NxB NxN lA N-Q5 N-B2 15 NxB+ QxN 16 R-Kl N-K3 17 B-N5 R/Rl-Kl 18 BxN QxB 19 BxP N-Ql 20 RxR RxR 21 B-Q5 P-Q6 22 R-Bl R-K7 23 Q-Bl Q-N7 24 R-Kl RxR 25 Qxr Q-K7 26 Q-Bl N-K3 27

BxN PxB 28 P-QR4 Q-B7 29 Q-Kl K-B2 30 Q-K4 Q-B8+ 31 K-N2 P-Q7 32 Q-B3+ K-N3 33 Q-NA+ K-B3 34 Q-B3+ K-K2 35 Q-N7+ K-B3 36 Q-B3+ Drawn. M

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1986-87 MONTANA GRAND PRIX: The early leader i s G.K.Fielding of Canada whose f i r s t place in the Double Point Chinnok Open gives him 20.80 points. Kip Stubberud i s right behind with 20.60 points. Ron Erickson holds third place with 18.31 points t a l l i e d over 3 events. Rounding out the top ten are: 4. Bob P h i l l i p s - 16.48; 5 B i l l McBroom -14.56; 6 C.Canfield - 14.42; 7 D.Britt - 13.63; 8 J . Thompson - 13.30; 9 BtlcKean -10.40 and B.Hammel - 9.31. Competition concludes with the 1987 Montana Open.

PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 TOT

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POSTAL WINNER cont'd: 28 Bfl Qh5 29 Rgl Rg6 30 Rg3 Be6 31 Bg2 Rxg3 32 Bxc6+ bxc6 33 hxg3 Qhl+ 34 Bel h5 (Black now threatens Qd5. Naturally, White cannot withstand a Queen trade.) 35 Qa5 Bc4 36 a3 Qd5 37 Qc7 Qb5+ 38 Bb2 f6 39 Qc8+ Kf7 40 Qh8 Be6 41 Qh7+ Ke8 42 Qh6 Qfl+ ( I invested a I4C card to see i f Mike would trade Queens.) 43 Bel Qb5+ 44 Bb2 Qg5 45 Qxg5? (Qh7 offers the only r e s i s t a n c e , but not Qh8+ Bg8 and Che White Queen i s locked away for l i f e . ) ...fxgS 46 Kcl Kd7 47 Be5 Bc4 48 Kd2 Ke6 49 Bc7 h4 50 gxh4 gxh4 51 Ke3 Kd5 52 Bh2 h3 53 Bgl Bfl 54 Kf2 Bg2 55 Ke3 Kc4 56 Kd2 Kb5 57 Kc3 Ka4 58 Kb2 e5 59 Bh2 e4 60 Bd6 e3 (White resigns - I f 61 Kc3 Bfl and l ^ i t e i s in zugswang. Or 61 Kcl Bf3 62 c3 Kb3.) 0-1

Kip also writes: "On one of my cards I'd sent: "Tv^/as' the Dragon's footprint that you saw Bits of s c a l e , piece of claw Too close you are to his e v i l l a i r The beast i s awake, so beware ... BEWARE!"

and of course Jensen replied: " " I , S t . George, a paragon of virtueand j u s t i c e s h a l l be undaunted by *:idings of th i s foul beast I"

Who says postal chess i s d u l l ? "

Crosstable from UCCC 1ST WINTER OPEN reported on page 2:

PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 TOT PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 TOT

1 Ron Erickson 1743 X 1 1 1 3.0 1 Ted Catton 1580 X 1 1 0 2.0 2 McCourt ( B r i t t ) 1639 0 x(0 ) l 1.0 2 B i l l McBroom 1643 0 X 1 1 2.0 3 Matt Guthrie 2109 0 1 X U 1.0 3 Thomas Gluick 1289 0 0 X 1 1.0 4 Dave Shughart 1743 0 0 U X 0 4 Tim Hovet 1432 1 0 0 X 1.0

* * B r i t t withdrew a f t e r round 1 and McCourt entered s t a r t i n g with round 2.

Colst r i p Chess Enthusiast Les Brennan s a l l i e d forth to the Bison Open in Fargo, North Dakota where h i s t r a v e l s were rewarded with confrontations with four "A" players, two of whom he bested. Les submitted the following nice game from that event; Les Brennan (1602)-Somner Sorenson (1996) VIENNA GAME 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-QB3 N-KB3 3 P-B4 P-Q3 4 B-K2 N-QB3 5 P-Q3 N-Q5 6 N-B3 NxN 7 BxN B-Q2 8 0-0 B-K2 9 N-K2 0-0 10 Q-Kl P-B3 11 B-K3 N-N5 12 BxN BxB 13 P-B5 BxN 14 QxB P-Q4 15 Q-N4 Q-Q3 16 R-B3 P-Q5 17 R-N3 Q-B3 18 B-Q2 K-Rl 19 R-R3 R-KNl 20 RxP+ KxR 21 Q-R5+ Q-R3 22 BxQ PxB 23 P-B6 BxP 24 R-KBl R-N3 25 P-KN4 K-N2 26 Q-B5 R-Ql 27 P-KR4 R-Q3 28 R-B2 R-K3 29 K-Bl K-Rl 30 Q-R5 K-Nl 31 R-N2 K-Bl 32 P-N5 PxP 33 PxP B-N2 34 R-B2 K-K2 35 K-K2 R-Q3 36 K-Q2 P-QB4 37 P-QB4 PxP e.p. 38 KxP P-R4 39 K-B4 P-N3 40 R-B3 K-Bl 41 Q-N4 B-B3 42 RxB! Black Resigns.

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