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Volume IX Number 4

I N S I D E T H IS I S S U E :1996 Indianapolis/Scarborouqh. Peace (james

The Arts Garden at Indianapolis' new Circle Centre Mall Hosted This Year's 24thAnnual Competition.~ - Indianapolis/Scarborough Peace Games' * -More from Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld!-ames from the Bob Rice MemorialJ .. - Crosstables from the US Junior Open &Mid America Open~ - Indiana 500


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= ~ 1 1 = = = = = = C = h = e = S S = I = n = I n = d = i a = n = a = S = t a = f f = = = = = = ~ I )Editor: Jay A. CarrPrinterlPublisher: Bill Corbin - UN PrintingVideophotography Technology: John R. CraneScholastic Editor: Drew HollinbergerColumnists: Sam Shapiro, James Huston, Drew HollinbergerContributors: GM Eduard Gufeld, Harold Henderson, LesKistler, Roger Blaine, Rick Roberts (Indiana 500), JoeRiegsecker, Dave Barker, Phil Degen, Jason Doss, Tom Cook,Union Federal Savings Bank, Randy Pals, Joe AlfordCartoonists: Isaiah Scott, Tom CookBindery Crew: Drew Hollinberger, Susan Hollinberger, JohnCrane, Scott Day, Bill Corbin, Rick Roberts, Doug ToddContributing Photographers: Roger Blaine, Jay A. Carr, JohnCrane, Les Kistler, Rick Roberts

I I I I ~ I S C A C h a m p i o n s ~Indiana State Champion: Emory TateMasters Invitational Champion: Peter BereolosClass Champions: M/E-Wes Smith, A-Michael Stern,Jacek Martynow, C- Sanjay Patel, D-Jeffrey Byrd, E-ShawIrish, Scholastic E-Brian Lemke, Scholastic F-Robert BentlScholastic U799-Michael East.State Team Champions: "Fort Wayne" (Nick Adams, MFetcho, Dennis Geisleman, & Adnan Mohammad)State Reserve Champion: Mark R. FrankState Reserve Team Champions: "The Four Fish" (SoBend! Mishawaka) Dan Watson, Terry Harris, MVidulich, Ed Camp.HoosierTour Champions: (1995) Master- Josh BousuExpert - Josh Bousum; Class A - Phil Meyers; Class B - DoTodd; Class C - Mike Vidulich; Class D - Mike Nelson.ISCA SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS:HS Champion: Jim Dean (trophy), Erik Lentz8th Grade & Under Champion: Drew Hollinberg(trophy), Justin Spack5th Grade & Under Champion: Nathaniel BoggsHS Team Champion: Twin Lakes High School8th &Under Team Champion: Eastwood MS, Indianapolis5th & Under Team Champion: Calumet Region MontessoIndividual Grade Champions: 12th - Jim Dean, l lth - ELentz, 10th - Andy Alexander, 9th - John Boyer, 8th - DrHollinberger, 7th - Justin Spack, 6th - NicHolas Tonetti, 5tJason Hamilton, 4th - Shad Arteaga, 3rd - Nathaniel Bog2nd - Larry Stropes, 1st - Raphael Diehl-Simel, K - SarCotterSCI SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS:High School: Arun Sharma (trophy), Jim Dean9th & Under: Andrew Chi (trophy), Drew HollinbergePatrick Maier9th & Under Junior Varsity: Brian Rathbun6th & Under: Logan Davis, Jeffery Studtman6th & Under Junior Varsity: Thanh Higgins, Eric Lehman3rd Grade & Under Champion: Mike MunsonHS Team Champion: Anderson Madison Heights9th & Under Team Champion: Terre Haute South Vigo HJr. High Team Champion: Woodrow Wilson JHSElementary Champion: Dixie Bee ElementaryPrimary Champion: Orchard Country Day SchoolCITY, CLUB, & REGIONAL CHAMPIONS:Terre Haute Adult Chess Club Champion: Steve SteppeTerre Haute City Champion: Craig StaufferOrchard Country Day Sch. Club Champion: Stefan BurnSouth Bend Chess Club Champion: Dan MooreMichigan City Chess Club Champion: Harold HendersonEvansville Chess Club Champion: Vernon VixGambold Middle School Club Champions: 8th GradeMark Charboneau; 7th Grade - Gary Cooper; 6th GradeRalph McPeak

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IE ditorial:Jaanary 17, 1996"lore Rambling from your Editor:I thought it was a cool idea ...

An ISCA member recently wrote me concerning the 1995"Game of the Year" awards, saying something like "Youhaven't given up on the Game of the Year, have you?" Well, I"WOuldreally hate to drop the idea, which I thought would begreeted with some enthusiasm. Alas, I received only one (!)vote that I did not actively solicit (or, more accurately, pleadfor). This, counting a few others that I nagged, badgered, andharassed others to get, did not really amount to enough of arepresentative sample.A Serious Apology

I would like to apologize to the readership for the delay inpublication for this issue. Various and sundry problems(technical and otherwise) too numerous to mention serve onlyas an explanation and not an excuse for the big gap betweenthis and the last issue. I can only say that I will try to publishfuture issues in amore timely manner. Several members havepledged to help me in the future, and for this I am grateful.Bad News

It is also with regret that I report the demise of my trusty"Chess in Indiana" camera, which did not survive beingdropped by butterfingers here during my recent vacation in theRocky Mountains. The next issue will be pretty bare of piesunless some of you help me out until I buy a new one.Postive News

Well, with all the "bad stuff' out of the way, I would like toencourage all to play in as many events as possible in 1997.Let's make it a banner year for ISCA events. Good luck to allin the upcoming U.S. Amateur Team Championships.Congrats to Emory Tate and Mark Frank, who, respectively,captured the Open and Reserve State Championships for 1996.There's "tons 0' stuff" in this issue to look at. Lot's of neat

games and neat mates. (Check out the final position of Fazli-East on page 8 or the amazing end to Cloud-Newbanks onpag~ ~9. Grandmaster Gufeld has another article on page 17,detailing some interesting simul experiences he's had over theyears. And, ifyou're looking to buy or sell real estate, look nofurther than Andy Soforic's advertisement on page 26.(Support our advertisers!!) Until next time ...

Jay A. Carr

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I CONTENTSFEATURES:1996 Indianapolis vs. Scarborough Peace Games

by Jay A Carr , 41996 Bob Rice Memorial........... . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . 91996 Terre HauteGrand Prix & Jr. Open..... 13HoosierTour Standings........................... 15A Simul of Five Stories... . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . 17

by Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld"Class B Technique"

by Dan Watson...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 19William Ambrose Radspinner

by Mark Frank......... 27"Man, You Gotta See... 28DEPARTMENTS:Scholastic Chess

by Drew Hollinberger. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . 24Tournament Crosstables... 32Postal Chess

by James Huston.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 20Adventures in Chessby Sam Shapiro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . ... 25

Indiana Plays Chess"Games, Games and More Games"...... 29

The "Indiana 500" ... ... ... ... 51USCF Annual Convention... . . . . . . 31

by Dan Burg

Indiana State Chess AssociationPatron Memberships:

Gold Card Memberships:Kurt BridghamJoe AlfordIndianapolis Scholastic Chess Conference

(in memory of Brad Pavey)Bill CorbinJay A. Carr

Bronze Card Memberships:Bob LambrechtJoe SpanglerKenneth SimsRemember that there are other ways to help

support chess in Indiana that do not require a financialcontribution. You may also start a club, help sponsor orcoach a scholastic club (the legions of scholastic players inIndiana outnumber ISCA members at least six to onel), orhold a tournament in your town.


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1996Indiana polis/Scarborough

Peace Gamesby Jay A. Carr

This summer, Indianapolishosted the 24th edition of the annualIndianapolis/Scarborough (Canada)Peace Games competition. Withanother win this year, Indianapolisclosed the overall gap to 14 wins to 10wins in favor of the Canadians.Unlike last year, the Americans wononly two of the three divisions,soundly defeating the internationalfoes in both the adult and cadetdivisions but suffering a rather poorresult in the Junior division.

The participants on theAmerican side this year were: AdultSection - Jim Dean, Bernard Parham,Don Urquhart, Tony Criscimagna,Randy Gilliland, and David AI-Khatib; Junior Section - AndyAlexander, Drew Hollinberger, ErikLentz, Todd Kennedy, MarvinJohnson, and Philip Schaust; CadetSection - Jeremy Fazli, Brent Castle,Matt McKee, David Hedriana, YuriSmith and Tom McCleary.

Outstanding Individualperformances were turned in byJeremy Fazli, (6-0!) the "MVP" of theevent (if such an award were giiven),Bernard Parham (5-1), TonyCriscimagna (5-1), Matt McKee (4.5-1.5), and Jim Dean (4-2). On theCanadian side, Junior Players RaduButan and Warren Dutton each scored6-0 to lead the massacre in thatdivision. Drew Hollinberger's twowins accounted for all but one of ourvictories in this division.

Of note were two siblingswho played for Canada in the cadetsection, sister and brother Hasmik andTigran Petrosian. Yes, the latter wasnamed after the former worldchampion, and went 5-1, leavingJeremy Fazli the only Hoosier player Iknow of who can (truthfully) state thathe has beaten Tigran Petrosian!

There were a lot ofentertaining games played, especiallyin the Adult Division and we present

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some of them here, with briefintroductions.Canada's AI Hutchinson misses arelatively simple tactical trick basedon his overworked b7-Bishop whichallows Jim to win a pawn, andeventually, the game. I'm not surewhat Black had in mind with23 ... Re2, It looks like he was tryingto similarly overwork Jim's Queen ond2, but of course after 25. Bxf6, it'sclear that that just doesn't work.itJim Dean (2210)tAl Hutchinson (2039)Owens Defense

1. e4 b6 2. Ne3 Bb7 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2Nf6 S. Nge2 u s 6. exdS exdS 7. 0-0Be7 8. d4 Qd7 9. Nf4 Na6 10. Qe20-0 11. Be3 e6 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. NeSQe7 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 IS. Qxa6 Qd716. Qd3 Bb4 17. a3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3Rae8 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. f3 BbS 21.Rfe1 QfS 22. e3 Be4 23. BgS Re2 24.Rxe2 Bxe2 2S. Bxf6 Bxf3 26. Rf1Qxf6 27. Bxf3 Qd6 28. Qf4 Qe6 29.ReI f6 30. QfS Rd8 31. Qe6+ Qxe632. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. e4dxe4 3S. Rxe4 Ke6 36. Re6+ KfS 37.dS KeS 38. Kf2 g6 39. Ke3 rs 1:0Bernie plays his favorite 2.e5?!against the Scandinavian Defense.The result is a remarkablemiddle game which become almostcompletely closed when Black's31 ... Qf8 robs his g7 -Bishop of itsonly flight square.it Bernard Parham (2103)t Brian Smith (1796)Scandinavian Defense

1. e4 u s 2. e s e6 3. QhS Ne6 4. f4 g6S. Qh3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. d4 0-0 8.g4 b6 9. Qg2 f6 10. h4 r s 11. gS Re812. hS Kf7 13. e3 NaS 14. Be3 Ne4IS. Bg1 c6 16. b3 NaS 17. Nbd2 bS18. a4 a6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Nb3 Bb721. NcS Qe7 22. as Rad8 23. Ra2Be8 24. Be2 Rh8 2S. Nh4 Rdg8 26.Qh3 Bf8 27. Bd1 Bg7 28. Rah2 Bf829. Qf3 Bg7 30. Rh3 Qd8 31. R1h2Qf8 32. h6 1:0

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it Donald Urquhart (2100)tMaurice Smith (1662)Pirc Defense1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Ne3 g6 4Bg7 S. Nf3 c s 6. dxeS QaS 7.QxeS 8. Qe2 0-0 9. Be3 QaS 10Ne6 11. 0-0 a6 12. Qf2 u s 13.Qb4 14. Rab1 u s IS. a3 Qd6 16Qb8 17. exf6 Bxf6 IS. NxdS Qb7Nxf6+ exf6 20. BeS ReS 21.Be6 22. Qxf6 RadS 23. rs BdSfxg6 hxg6 2S. Rbe1 Rxe1 26. RQd7 27. NeS 0:1Criscimagna's provocative gamline against the Winawerdividends here, although it's cBlack did not play the best defeThe finale is an entertaining Khuntit Tony Criscimagna (1799)t Brian Lamb (2001)French Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Ne3 Bb4 4.dxe4 S. Qg4 Qxd4 6. 0-0-0 rs 7.Bd6 8. Bf4 Bxf4+ 9. Qxf4 Qb6QgS Kf7 11. Be4 Ne7 12. Nh3 N13. Qf4 h6 14. Nxe4 gS IS. NexhxgS 16. NxgS+ Kf6 17. Ne4+IS. NgS+ Kg6 19. Bxe6 NaSBxeS Raxe8 21. Rhel Nae6 22. RKg7 23. Qg3 Rh6 24. Qe3+ 1:0it David Al-Khatib (1722)t Romeo Soriano (1865)Nirnzo-Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.0-0 S. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nf3S. a3 exd4 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bdS 11. exdS exdS 12. Be2 Ne6 13Re8 14. 0-0 BfS IS. ReI Re7Qb3 RaeS 17. Bfl Bxh3 IS. RRxe7 19. QxdS Be6 20. QhS BfSRd1 gS 22. u s NeS 23. NxeS R24. d6 Bd7 2S. e4 Re4 26. Qf327. Qe2 Kg7 2S. g3 Bg4 29. QBxd1 30. gxf4 Bg4 31. d7 Qd8fxgS hxgS 33. Qd4+ f6 34. Q1:0Jim's stalwart a-pawn stormsqueenside, forcing Soriano towith the exchange to spare fu

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devestation at the hands of thecombination of the a-pawn and dark-squared Bishop. There's still muchwork to do, however, and Jim deftlyherds White's outnumbered army tothe center.ftRomeo Soriano (1865)1Jim Dean (2210)Sicilian Defense

1. e4 es 2. Nf3 d6 3. Ne3 Nf6 4. d4cxd4 S. Nxd4 Ne6 6. Be4 Qb6 7.~'b3 e6 S. 0-0 Be7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. il4a6 11. as 0-0 12. Bb6 QbS 13. f4~d7 14. Bd4 bS IS. axb6 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 IS. Bd3Bi6 19. Radl as 20. rs a4 21. Nd2a3 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24.bill Rxa3 2S. NbS Ra4 26. Nxd6RfaS 27. Rfl Ral 2S. Nbl RdS 29.:XfS Bl.i'S 30. exfS Nd7 31. Nd2 Ra232. Ne4 Kf8 33. Rf4 Ke7 34. Ne3Ra1+ 3S. Kf2 NeS 36. Re4 Kf8 37.Ke2 ReI 3S. Kd2 Rgl 39. -g3 Rg2+4 - 0 . Re2 Rgl 41. Ne4 Kg7 42. h3 Ra143. Ke3 Ra3 44. Nf2 ReS Scoresheetstops at this point. 0:1Bernie's 12 ...Nxf2 shatters White'sdefenses (13 . Rxf2 Rad8! Is alsohopeless for White) and Black'sfollow up is a real tactical tour deforce, ending with a nice extendedfork theme.ft Al Hutchinson (2039)1 Bernard Parham (2103)Ruy Lopez

1. Nf3 Ne6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb5 Nd4 4.Ba4 Qf6 5. c3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Qg6 7.d4 Nf6 S. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qf5 Bc5 10.0-0 0-0 11. Bxd7 Bxd7 12. Qxd7Nxf2 13. Qf5 Nxe4+ 14. Khl RadSIS. Qf3 Rd3 16. Qe2 RfdS 17. Bf4Rdl IS. h3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf'I Rd1 20.Qxd1 Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Nxd1 22. Nd2Qc2 23. Nb3 Be3 24. Rxd1 Bxf4+0:1it Brian Smith (1796)1 Don Urquhart (2100)Modem Defense

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 S.Nc3 0-0 6. 0-0 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 d5 S. BxdSQxd5 9. Nc3' Qa5 10.h3 RdS 11. Ne2 c5 12.c3 Nc6 13. Qe1 Be614. dxc5 Qxc5 15. b3RacS 16. Bb2 Bd5 17.Nh2 e5 IS. Ng4 f5 19.Ne3 Bf7 20. Rd1 b521. RxdS+ RxdS 22.Qc1 f4 23. Nc2 Qd524. ReI f3 2S. Ne3Qd2 26. Ng3 fxg2 27.Kxg2 Qd7 2S. Rdl Qb7 29. RxdS+NxdS+ 30. f3 Ne6 31. Ne4 Nf4+ 32.Kh2 Qd7 33. Qfl Be6 34. Ng4 Bf5112:112Criscimagna unleashes more audacity(15 ... Nxh3+!?!?) which succeedswhen White apparently does not putup the best resistance. It makes forinteresting chess, though.it Maurice Smith (1662)1 Tony Criseimagna (1799)Kings Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0 e5S. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 c6 10. Qc2 Qc711. Rad1 Nc5 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3Nh5 14. Bd3 Nef4 15. Ne2 Nxh3+16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. Rfe1 f5 IS. Ng5QcS 19. Nxh3 f4 20. Nhxf4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 23. BflQg4+ 24. Bg2 RafS 25. Re2 c5 26.Kf1 Bd4 27. Rdd2 h5 2S. e5 h4 29.Bd5+ KhS 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. e6 h332. e7 ReS 33. Qa4 QcS 34. Bxb7scoresheet becomes unclear at thispoint. Black won the game, however.0:1it Brian Lamb1 Randy GillilandEnglish Opening

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. b3 Qd7 S.Nge2 f5 9. d4 Bf7 10. 0-0 Nge7 11.Kh2 g5 12. Bb2 0-0-0 13. d5 Nb4 14.a3 Na6 15. Nb5 KbS 16. f4 gxf4 17.exf4 RbgS IS. b4 h5 19. h4 Ng6 20.Bh3 RdeS 21. Ra2 e4 22. Bxg7 Rxg7

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(David AI-Khatib (L) in action in the1996 Peace Games. photo by Barker)

23. Qd4 RegS 24. Qxa7+ KcS 2QaS+ NbS 26. Ned4 Ne7 27. Na71:0

White doesn't pay proper attentionhis King in the center as Al-Khatfinds an impressive break througleading to another solid win.it Chris Takov (1996)1 David AI-Khatib (1722)English Opening

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4.d6 5. Bb2 0-0 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 NbdS. d3 a5 9. a3 axb4 10. axb4 Rx11. Qxal Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13.Qb6 14. b5 Nc5 15. h5 Bf5 16. hxNcxd3+ 17. exd3 Nxd3+ IS. KdNxf2+ 19. Kd2 Nxhl 20. Bxhl Qf221. Ne2 Bh6+ 22. Kdl Qfl+ 23. NQxh1 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. b6 Qe4 2Qa2 Bg4 27. c5+ Kg6 2S. BBxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 30. KxBxc1 0:1Dean plays the "Shredder Attackagainst the Pirc, with 4. Be3, 5.and 6. Qd2 and proceeds to pBlack's kingside through tshredder. Watching Dean aWiseman play this variation isinstructive glimpse into brute for(I'm sure Jim would say "Hardcore"chess.itJim Dean (2210)tMaurice Smith (1662)Pire Defense

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Ne3 g6 4. Be3Bg7 S. f3 b6 6. Qd2 Ba6 7. Bxa6Nxa6 S. Nge2 eS 9. 0-0-0 exd4 10.Nxd4 ReS 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Bh6 0-013. h4 Nf6 14. hS NxhS IS. RxhSBxh6 16. Qxh6 gxhS 17. NfS 1:0Parham used his unorthodoxy to goodeffect in the games against theCanadians, who were less "prepared"to face the outrageous 2. Qh5?! Linesthan us Hoosiers. More pretty movesin this game (23. Rxh6!) and anothersmashing win for Parham..ftBernard Parham (2103)tRomeo Soriano (1865)Irregular KP Opening

l.e4 eS 2. QhS d6 3. Be4 g6 4. Qf3Nf6 S. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbe3 0-0 7. d3Be6 S. h4 Bxe4 9. dxe4 Qd7 10. Bg5Qe6 11. 0-0-0 Nbd7 12. Ng3 h6 13.Bd2 bS 14. exbS a6 IS. b6 exb6 16.h5 b5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 IS. exd5 Qf619. Qa3 Ne5 20. Qe3 Na4 21. Ne4QdS 22. hxg6 f5 23. Rxh6 fxe4 24.Qh3 Rxf2 25. RhS+ 1:0.ftDon UrquharttChris TakovFrench Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3e5 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Ne6 7. 0-0 Be7 S.ReI 0-0 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nfl Qe7 11.Qe2 as 12. h4 e4 13. d4 b4 14. e3 f515. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 NdS 17. Bh3Ra6 IS. Bf4 Qe6 19. Nh2 h6 20.Ngf3 Ne4 21. Ne5 Qb7 22. Qh5 Bf623. Nhg4 Nf7 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Qg6+ KhS 27. Qxf6+Kh7 2S. Bg2 Ra7 29. Qg6+ KhS 30.Bxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe5 32.Bxe5+ KgB33. Qg6+ 1:0An incomplete scoresheet robs us, of.seeing the full game in this interestingencounter (big surprise - with theopening being a From's Gambit!).Randy seems to weather the stormokay, but then the scoresheet stops..ftRandy Gilliland (1811)tAl Hutchinson (2039)Froms Gambit

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1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Be4 0-0 7. 0-0Ne6 S. d4 Ne4 9. Ne3 Ng5 10. Be2 f511. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. e4 Qh4 13. e5Bb4 14. a3 BaS 15. Be3 RadS 16. h3Bxh3 17. Be4+ KhS IS. Rf4 QgS 19.Qe2 Bg4 20. Qf2 Ne7 21. Ne4 QhS22. Ng3 Qh4 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. NxfSScoresheet stops at this point, with thenext move being 24...Rf2. Perhaps itcontinued 24...Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2, butafter that, who knows? 0:1.ftDavid Al-Khatib (1722)iBrian Lamb (2001)Kings Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Ne3 Bg7 4. e4d6 5. Nge2 0-0 6. f3 eS 7. dxeS dxe5S. Be3 Be6 9. QxdS RxdS 10. Nd5Bxd5 11. exd5 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13.g4 Nb4 14. Kf2 Nd3+ 15. Kg2 Nxb216. RbI Ne4 17. BgS b6 IS. Ne3 NaS19. NdS NxdS 20. BxdS Nf4+ 21.Kg3 RxdS 22. h4 Bf8 23. BbS Rd224. Rh2 Rd4 2S. a4 Be5 26. h5 gS27. h6 f6 2S. Re2 Nb7 29. Rbe1 as30. RbI Nd6 31. Rbe1 Kf7 32. Ra1Nxb5 33. axb5 Kg6 34. Rh2 a4 3S.RbI Rd3 36. Re2 a3 37. Ra2 Ne6 3S.Rfl Nd4 39. Kg2 Rb3 40. Rff2 Nxb541. Kg3 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Rb2+ 43.Rxb2 axb2 44. Ke3 0:1.ftMaurice Smith (1662)iBernard Parham (2103)Queens Gambit Accepted

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ne3 e6 4. a4b6 5. e4 Ba6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Be2 Nf6 S.0-0 Be7 9. h3 h610. NeS bS 11. axbSexb5 12. f3 0-0 13. Be3 Qe7 14. f4b4 IS. Na4 Nxe4 16. Bf3 fS 17. ReIReS IS. Ng6 Bb7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe720. Qe1 Bd5 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. NeSBdS 23. Bf2 as 24. Bh4 Qf7 25. Qe3Ne6 26. Rfe1 a4 27. Bf2 Qg6 2S.Qg3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Nxd4 30. Nd7Ra6 31. Ne5 a3 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33.Bf2 Nb3 34. Red1 Ra2 35. Nf3 e3scoresheet becomes unclear at thispoint. 0:1.ftBrian Lamb (2001)iDon Urquhart (2100)English Opening

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1. e4 g6 2. Ne3 Bg7 3. g3 e5 4.Ne6 S. e3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7exd4 S. exd4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5Nxd5 exd5 11. Be3 0-0 12. Qd213. 0-0 BfS 14. Ne3 Be4 15. f316. Bf2 hS 17. h3 Qa5 IS. a3 R19. Rfd1 a6 20. b4 Qe7 21. Na422. Rae1 Qb7 23. Bfl Na7 24.NbS 2S. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Be6Nb2 Qd7 2S. a4 Nd6 29. Bxa6 b5axb5 Qa7 scoresheet becounclear 1:0Tony finds yet another outragmove (S...Bxf2+!?) but doesn't qpull it off this time..ftChris Takov (1996)iTony Criscimagna (1799)English Opening

1. e4 e5 2. Ne3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4.Be5 S. d3 0-0 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 fgxf4 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Ng4+ 10.Ne3 11. Bd5+ KhS 12. Qe1 Q13. Kd2 Qxf4 14. Be4 Na6 IS.Nb4 16. Nd1 Nxe4+ 17. Ke3 NIS. Bxd5 Qd4+ 19. Ke2 Qxd5 20Qe5 21. bxe4 bS 22. Qe3 Qb4Be3 Qa4+ 24. Kd2 bxe4 25.Qa6 26. Nxe4 Be6 27. Ne2 Bxe4dxe4 Qxe4 29. Qd3 Qe6 30. R1:0.ftAI Hutchinson (2039)iDavid Al-Khatib (1722)Caro-Kann Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 BfS 4.Bxd3 S. Qxd3 e6 6. Be3 QaS+Nd2 Nd7 S. Ne2 Ne7 9. g4 Ng6h4 e s 11. e3 e4 12. Qe2 Be7 13NgfS 14. f4 f5 15. gxf5 0-0-0 16. fNxe6 17. a3 Rdf8 IS. rs NgS0-0-0 h6 20. Nf4 ReS 21. Ng622. NxhS RxhS 23. Rdfl Rf8Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Kd1 Nd7 26.QdS 27. Rhg1 QeS 2S. Qh2 Rxf5Nxg5 RxgS 30. Rxg5 hxg5 31.g6 32. Rxg5 gxh5 33. Rxh5 Qe6Kd2 1:0.ftJim Dean (2210)iChris Takov (1996)French Defense

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Ne3 Nf6 4. BgSBe7 S. eS Nfd7 6. h4 eS 7. NbS f6 S.exf6 Nxf6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Nf3 0-0 11.c3 exd4 12. Nbxd4 NeS 13. Qe2 Qb614. g3 Bd7 IS. Bh3 RaeS 16. NeSBa4 17. Qe2 as IS. 0-0 Nfd7 19.Rfe1 NxeS 20. BxeS Bd7 21. Rab1Bf6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. f4 Ne4 24.Kg2 RefS 2S. Nf3 Rg6 26. NgS NxgS27. hxgS h6 2S. Qd3 BeS 29. gxh6 .~f4 30. Re2 gxh6 31. Bxe6+ Kg732. BfS RgS 0:1One of the most entertaining games 'ofthe event. Parham wins material butit seemed like Black would never runout of checks. This game remindedme a little of the Doss-Parham"infinite check" game from 1994' sMasters Inviational.ItBernard Parham (2103).t Brian Lamb (2001)Irregular KP Opening

1. e4 e6 2. QhS Nf6 3. Qh4 us 4. d3c5 S. e3 Ne6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. BgS Be7S. Nbd2 Bd7 9. 0-0-0 d4 10. exd4cxd4 11. Kb1 eS 12. ReI bS 13. Be2Be6 14. Nb3 Qb6 IS. Rxe6 Qxe6 16.NxeS Qa6 17. ReI Bxb3 IS. axb3ReS 19. Nf3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxc1 NdS 21.Qg3 Bd6 22. Qxg7 Nb4 23. QxhS+Kd7 24. BgS Qa2+ 2S. Ke1 Qa1 +26. Kd2 Qxb2+ 27. Kd1 Qxb3+ 2S.Kd2 Qe2+ i9. Ke1 Qb1+ 30. Bd1Nxd3+ 31. Ke2 Qb2+ 32. Nd2 Nf4+33. Ke1 Ne6 34. Bg4 Qe1+ 3S. Ke2d3+ 36. Kxd3 Qa3+ 37. Ke2 QaS 3S.Qf6 1:0This was Den's favorite game of theevent.

.f t Don Urquhart (2100).t Al Hutchinson (2039)Philidor Defense

1. e4 es 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Ne6 4. BbSexd4 S. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxe6 Bxe6 7.Ne3 Nf6 S. BgS Be7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10.Rhe1 ReS 11. eS Bxf3 12. exf6 Bxd113. fxe7 Qd7 14. Nxd1 e6 IS. Re3 dS16. Rg3 Qe6 17. Bf6 g6 IS. Qh4 QfS19. Rf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 hS 21. Ne3Kh7 22. Nf5 Rg8 23. Nd6 b6 24.Nxf7 RaeS 2S. QgS RgeS 26. Qb6+

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1:0Gilliland's Bird's Opening soarsagainst Smith. White gains moremaneuvering room, and Black's27 ... Rc8? Leaves White with a clearcut Rook penetration to a7 whichturns out to be impossible to parry.

ItRandy Gilliland (1811).tMaurice Smith (1662)Birds Opening1. f4 u s 2. b3 cs 3. e3 Ne6 4. BbSBd7 S. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb2 a6 7. Bxe6Bxe6 S. NeS Qe7 9. 0-0 g6 10. Qe2Bg7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. a4 0-0 13.Na3 e6 14. d3 Rad8 IS. Rae1 RfeS16. e4 bS 17. axbS axbS IS. e4 b4 19.NbS d4 20. eS Nd7 21. Nd6 Re7 22.Ra1 RaS 23. RxaS+ QxaS 24. Ra1QbS 2S. Bel Nb6 26. Qe4 Re7 27.NbS ReS 2S. Ra7 RdS 29. Rb7 QaS30. Rxb6 Qa1 31. Qe1 Bh6 32. Kf1Qa2 33. Qd1 Qa1 34. g3 RaS 3S.Nd6 Ra2 36. RbS+ BfS 37. Ne4Rxh2 3S. Kg1 Qa2 39. Nd2 Rh3 40.Kg2 RhS 41. Qf3 Qe2 42. Qfl 1:0ItBrian Lamb (2001).tJim Dean (2210)Dutch Defense

1. e4 rs 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Ne3Bg7 S. d4 0-0 6. BgS d6 7. Qd2 Ne6S. Nf3 Bd7 9. Bh6 eS 10. Bxg7 Kxg711. dxeS dxeS 12. 0-0 Be6 13. NdSb6 14. Radl e4 IS. Nf4 Qe7 16. Nd4Bxe4 17. Qe3 NeS IS. b3 Bg8 19.Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Nfe6+ Bxe6 21.Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Nxe7 RaeS 23. NbSRe2 24. ReI Rxe2 2S. Re7+ Ned726. Rd1 Ke7 27. Ne3 Rb2 2S. Rxb7Ke6 29. Bfl NeS 30. Na4 Re2 31.Be4+ Rxe4 32. bxe4 Nd3 33. Nb2Nxb2 34. Rxb2 ReS 3S. Rb4 ReS1:0

.f t Chris Takov (1996).tBernard Parham (2103)English Opening1. e4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Qf6 4. Ne3e6 5. b3 g5 6. b4 b6 7. Bb2 gxh4 S.Rxh4 Ne7 9. e3 Rg8 10. Qh5+ KdS11. 0-0-0 d6 12. d4 Ke7 13. dxe5dxeS 14. Nge2 Nd7 15. Nf4 KbS 16.

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Nd3 Qe6 17. Na4 Ng6 IS. Rhh119. Bh3 Nf6 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. NNgS 22. Bg2 e4 23. Nf4 Nxf4gxf4 Nh7 2S. f3 Nf6 26. fxe4 fxe4RdS Be7 2S. Rxg8 Qxg8 29. NxBg4 30. Qd2 Nxe4 31. BeS+ Kb7Bxe4 Ba3+ 33. Ke2 RdS 34. QBf5 3S. Ke3 Qxg2 36. Bxg2 Rd37. Ke2 Rxe3+ 3S. Kd2 Rg3 39. RhS 40. Ke2 BeS 41. Bf3 Bg4Bxg4 hxg4 43. Rh7+ Ka6 44. BbS4S. exbS+ exbS 46. b4 Bb6 47. RBd4 1:0Tony's "seat of the pants" pcontinues and only White's brain fin an exchange-up endgame alloBlack to triumph. Still mentertaining chess!ItAl Hutchinson (2039).tTony Criscimagna (1799)Sicilian Defense

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 es 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nexd4 S. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. B0-0 S. f3 Ne6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 R11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h5 Ne4 13. BxRxe4 14. hxg6 fxg6 IS. 0-0-0 a6e5 dxe5 17. Ne6 QaS IS. NxfS K19. Bh6 Rd4 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7Qh6+ Kg8 22. a3 Be6 23. Qg5 Q24. Rhe1 Rxd1 + 25. Rxd1 e4Nxe4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Bxe4 2S. Qd229. QdS+ QxdS 30. RxdS+ Kf7Rd2 Kf6 32. e4 Be6 33. Rf2+ K34. Kd2 Kg4 35. Re2 Kg3 36. RxKxg2 37. Re7 gS 3S. Rxh7 g4Ke3 Kf1 40. Rg7 Bf3 41. Kf4 K42. Rd7 Be6 43. Rd6 Bf3 44. b4 K4S. Rd2+ Be2 46. a4 g3 47. RxeKxe2 4S. Kxg3 Kd3 49. e5 Ke4b5 axb5 st. e6 bxe6 S2. as Ke5Kf3 b4 S4. a6 Kb6 SS. a7 Kxa7Ke3 Kb6 0:1ItMaurice Smith (1662).tDavid AI-Khatib (1722)Kings Indian Defense

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6 3. Ne3 Bg7 4.d6 S. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0-0S. BgS h6 9. Be3 as 10. a4 Nh7dxeS NxeS 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. QxRxdS 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Nd5 Rd7Rd2 Nf6 17. f3 Kh7 IS. Rad1 Bx19. exd5 BfS 20. Bb5 RddS 21. R

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Bd6 22. Rde1Kg7 23. Be5 g524.h3h5 25. Bxd6 exd6 26. Re7 Rab8 27.Re7 g4 28. hxg4hxg4 29. Ree7 gxf330. Rxf7+ Kg6 31. Rg7+ Kh6 32.~i'3 RgS33. RxgSRxgS+ 0:1Andy Alexander shows maturity indefending a difficult position and isthe only Hoosier player to draw blood- albeit only half a point - against theCanadian juggernaut, Guidi.Alexander finally has to give up apawn, but only after doing so allowshim into a Q+N+P endgame wherehis practical drawing chances hadmarkedly improved.ft Steve Guidi (1824)t Andy Alexander (1838)Giucco Piano

1. e4 e5 2. NfJ Qf6 3. Be4 Be5 4. d3h6 5. Be3 d6 6. Ne3 Ne7 7. h3 0-0 S.Qe2 Be6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. 0-0 e6 11.Rad1 Bb6 12. d4 ~adS 13. d5 exd514. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16.Rxd5 Qe6 17. Rfd1 Nf6 IS. Bxb6axb6 19. Rb5 Qxa2 20. Rxb6 Rd721. Nh4 RfdS 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. e4Kh7 24. e5 NeS 25. Qb5 g6 26. Ne3Nf6 27. fJ Qe7 2S. exd6 Rxd6 29.Rbxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31.Qxb7 Kg7 32. Nd5 Nd7 33. b4 Nf634. Kh2 Nxd5 35. exd5 Qf6 36. Qe6Qf4+37. Kh1Qxb4 3S. d6 h5 39. d7h4 40. Qe4 Qd6 41. dS=Q Qxd8 42.Qxe5+ 1/2:112

A pretty level game most of the way,in spite of some opening difficulty byblack. Black gets a hint of playtowards the end, but not enough toscore the full point.ft Heru Riwanto (1607)t Drew Hollinberger (1539)English Opening

1. e4 e6 2. Ne3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxe3 4.bxe3 b6 5. Bg2Ne6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Ne2Nf6 S. 0-0 0-0 9. d4 d5 10. exd5Nxd5 11. Ba3 ReS 12. ReI Rb8' 13.Qe2 Qd7 14. e4 Ndb4 15. Bxb4Nxb4 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 as IS.a3 Na6 19. Ne3 e6 20. Qa4 Qe7 21.Kg1 RedS 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 b524.Qe4Nc5 25. Qc2 exd5 26. Nxb5Rxb5 27. a4 Rb4 2S. Qxe5 Qxe5 29.

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Rxe5 Rxa4 30. Rfe1 g631. Rd1 Ra232. Rexd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 a434. Kf1a3 35. Ra5 Kg7 36. f4 Kf6 37. Ke1Ra1+ 3S. Kf2 a2 39. Kg2 h5 40. e4ReI 41. Rxa2 Rxe4 42. Kf3 Re4 43.Ra5 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ 45. Kh3Re2 46. Ra3 Re6 47. Kh4 Re2 48.Kh3 1 1 2 : 1 1 2Another rare high point for ourJuniors team.ftMichael Fleischman (1713)t Todd Kennedy (1490)French Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3Bd6 5. e3 Ne6 6. NfJ Bg4 7. Be3Qd7 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Qe2 0-0-0 10.h3 Bh5 11. 0-0-0 Bg6 12. Rde1 f613. Nh4Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g5 15. NhfJh5 16. Nfl RdgS 17. N3d2 f5 IS. fJf4 19. Bf2 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21.RxhS Rxh8 22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. QfJRgS 24. Qh3 Kd8 25. Bh4 Qxg2 26.Qe6 Rg6 27. Qf7 Qg4 2S. NfJ Rg729. Qxd5 Qxh4 30. Qxd6+ exd6 31.Nxh4 Rg4 32. NfJ Kd7 33. N1h2Rg2 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Nxg1 Ke636. NgfJ Kf5 37. Kd2 Nd5 3S. e4Ne3 39. b3 Nd8 40. Kd3 Nf7 41.Nh4+ Kg5 42. N4fJ+ Kf5 43. Nh4+Kg5 44. N2fJ+ Kg4 45. Ke4 Ng5+46. Nxg5Kxg547. NfJ+ Kg4 4S. e5d5+49. Ke5Kxf3 50. b4 Kg3 51. b5fJ 52. c6 bxe6 53. bxe6 f2 54. e7fl=Q 55. eS=Q Qf4+ 56. Ke6 Qf5+57. Kd6 QxeS58. Ke5 Qf5+ 0:1The only difficult game of Fazli'sweekend. White's 31. Bg3? allowsJeremy back into the game, with hisadvanced, passed d-pawn dictatingthe action. When White is finallyable to capture it, she does so with thewrong piece and a lost ending is theresult.ft Hasmik Petrosian (1100)tJeremy Fazli (1500)Two Knight's Defense

1. e4 e5 2. NfJ Nc6 3. Be4 Nf6 4. d4exd4 5. Nxd4 Be5 6. Nxe6 bxc6 7.0-0 0-0 S. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bb7 10. e5g5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg3 Qxb2 13.Nd2 d5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Bxe7 RaeS16. Bg3 Qg7 17. ReI RfeS IS. NfJBd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bd6 Rxe1+

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21. Qxe1 RdS 22. Be5 Qg4 23d4 24. Qe5 Rd7 25. h3 QhQxa7 Be8 27. QbSRdS 2S. Qe29. Be4 Be6 30. Qxe6 ReS 31Rxe6 32. Bxh4 Rxe4 33. Bg334.Be5 d3 35. Rd1 Be436.f4 dKf2 Rxa2 3S. Be3 gxf4 39.Bb3 40. RbI Rxd2+ 41. Ke142. Rxb3 Rg3 43. Rxg3+ fxgKf1 f5 45. Kg2 f4 46. Kf3 KfKg2 Ke6 48. h4 Kf5 49. Kh3 hKg2 Kg4 51. Kf1Kf352. Kgl gKh2 Kf2 54. Kh3 gl=R 55.Rb156. Kh3 Rhl# 0:1"FRIED LIVER" Black comewith a very dubious move ininfamous variation - 8 ... Bc5??gives back the piece whilesuffering with the disadvantagehis king position. Jeremy finhim off with an artistic mate imiddle of the board.ftJeremy Fazli (1500)t Michael East (UNR)Two Knights Defense

1. e4 e5 2. NfJ Ne6 3. Be4 NNg5d5 5. exd5Nxd56.Nxf7KxQfJ+ Ke6 S. Nc3Be5 9. Bxd5+10. Qf7+ Kd6 11.Ne4#1:

(final position Fazli vs. East)Another miniature. The foworld champion's namesake falla cheapo which is one of the pillathe Matrix system's deferecommendation against the GPiano. 4. Nxe5?? Just plain losesft Tigran Petrosian (1200)tJeremy Fazli (1500)Giucco Piano

1. e4 e5 2. NfJ Ne6 3. Be4 NNxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2 6. NBxd6 7. Qh5+ g6 0:1

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"Small But Strong ... "1996Bob Rice Memorialby Jay A Carr

Over the weekend of Julyl7th & 18th Fort Wayne hosted theBob Rice MemorialJThree RiversOpen. After some problems with lastyear's event getting rated, there was.speculation about whether or not thisyear's attendance would suffer, and itdid. When I registered, I asked TDDan Steininger, "How's the turnout?"He replied "Small, but strong ... " andhis assessment was right on themoney. The players who did play,however, were a pretty strong lot,including three masters fromMichigan (Kamberi, Rajlich, &Calton) and one from Ohio (Salman).Young Andrei Zaremba, (also ofMichigan) who was also an invitedparticipant to this year's MidwestMasters, and David Hater joined thevisitors from the north.

Before the tournament, afterregistration and before the first roundpairings were posted, Zaremba andKamberi treated the other participantsto a dazzling display of 1 minutespeed chess games (How do they dothat!??) which had the rest of usshaking our heads in awe.

We have not received thecrosstable from this event yet (please,don't let this be a repeat of last year'sproblems), but I thought we'd sharesome of the neat games from thisevent.

I Round 1Doug Todd has rapidly moved up theratings ladder since his return totournament chess in early 1995. Withhis opening repetoire replete withboth well known and unusualgambits, rarely does he play a"boring" game. Here he whips up anattack against Sonny Kamberi thatlooks like it just might topple the NM,but White finds the crushingdefensive resource of 15. Nxe4!! afterDoug's l4 ... g5 leaves a criticalsquare guarded only once. Only after15. Nxe4!! Did Black realize that

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15 gxf4 is met by 16. Qxg4!(16 Qxg4 17. Nf6+).

ft Sonny Kamberi (2235):t.Doug Todd (1800)Elephant Gambit1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 dS 3. exdS Bd6 4. d4e4 S. NeS Nf6 6. BbS+ Nbd7 7. e40-0 S. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10.0-0 QfS 11. Ne3 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2Ng4+ 13. Kg1 QhS 14. Bf4 gS

IS. Nxe4 fS 16. NxgS Rf6 17. Qf3Rh6 IS. Nh3 Rg6 19. Bxe7 Rf8 20.d6 Rf7 21. Rfe1 Qh4 22. ReS+ Kg723. Rae1 Nf6 24. RSe7 Qxd4 2S. Nf4Ne4 26. NhS+ Kf8 27. Rxf7+ Kxf72S. QxfS+ Nf6 29. Re7+ Kf8 30.QeS+ NeS 31. QxeS# 1:0Andrei plays the following game at"lightning" speed, pursuing athematic attack in a King's Indian.

ftDon Vicarel (1650):t.Andrei Zaremba (2150)Sicilian DefenseI 1. e4 eS 2. d4 ~xd4 3. e3 dxe3 4.Nxe3 e6 S. Nf3 d6 6. Be4 Ne6 7. 0-0

Be7 S. Qe2 Bd7 9. Rd1 a610. Bf4 eS 11. Be3 Nf6 12.Rae1 0-0 13. h3 h6 14. NdSNxdS IS. BxdS ReS 16. a3KhS 17. Rd2 f5 IS. Rde2f4 19. Bd2 gS 20. Bxe6Bxe6 21. Nh2 Kg7 22. Bb4Rf6 23. Rd2 Rg6 24. Ng4QfB 2S. f3 hS 26. Nf2 Qf627. b3 RhS 2S. Qd3 g4 29.fxg4 hxg4 30. Nxg4 Qh431. Nh2 Rg3 0:1

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ft Bill Calton (2225):t.Phil Steinen (2080)Old Indian Defense1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Ne3 Nbd7 4eS S. f4 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. Be2 eS. Nxd4 NeS 9. Bf3 ReS 10. 0-011. ReI as 12. b3 e6 13. Kh114. Bb2 Bd7 IS. g4 h6 16. gS h17. fxgS Nh7 IS. Rg1 g6 19. h420. Qd2 NfB 21. hS Nee6

22. NdbS exbS 23. NdS QeSNf6+ Bxf6 2S. gxf6 gS 26. RxgNxgS 27. Bd4 Nxf3 2S. Qg2+ Q29. Qxf3 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg4+Qxg4+ Bxg4 0:1Vasik ("Vas") RajIich, spends overminutes on his 9th move, not befamiliar with 8. .. d5 in the LowentSicilian, but picks the move mfavored by theory. Then I err wl2 ... Kf8? Where 12 ... Ke7 isrecommended move. The rest ofgame is not without a few land mifor White, but they were easy enouto spot for him to go 2-0.(Dennis Geisleman vs. Andrei Zaremba)

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it Vasik Rajlich1Jay CarrSicilian Defense1. e4 cs 2. Nf3 Ne6 3. d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 eS S. NbS a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Ne3 dS 10.NxdS Qxe4+ 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Ne7+Kf8 13. Be2 Nxe2+ 14. Kf1 Bh3 is,BeS+ Ne7 16. f3 Bxg2+ 17. Kxg2Qg6+ 18. Kf2 Qe6 19. Qxe2 Qxe720. Rae1 g6 21. Ba3 Qb6+ 22. Kg2Qf6 23. Qe7 QgS+ 24. Kf1 Re8 2S.Rg1 Qf6 26. Bd6 Qe6 27. Kf2 f6 28.Rgd1 e4 29. Qxb7 e3+ 30. Kg1Qxa2 31. Re7 1:0It's Knights vs. Bishops after thedifficult opening for Geisleman, andby the time most of the material canbe liquidated, the Ohio master has aneasilywon endgame.it Dennis Geisleman (2080)1 Nachum Salman (2220)Veresov Opening

1. d4 Nf6 2. BgS e6 3. Nf3 dS 4. e3eS S. Ne3 Qb6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. RbIBg7 8. BbS+ Ne6 9. 0-0 e4 10. e4 0-011. ReI a6 12. Bxe6 bxe6 13. eS fxeS14. dxeS f6 IS. Qd2 Bd7 16. b4 Qe717. exf6 Rxf6 18. Na4 Raf8 19. NeSBe8 20. Re2 Bh6 21. Qe1 Qg7 22.NeS Bf4 23. g3 BxeS 24. RxeS Rxf22S. Qe3 Qf6 26. RgS+ Kh8 27. QeSQxeS 28. RxeS Rxe2 29. Nxe6 Re830. Rbe1 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32.Rxe6 d4 33. Rxe6 d3 0:1

IISome complex tactical situations ariseearly in this game, but things settledown after some exchanges and theplayers agree to a draw.

it David Hater (1990)1Josh Bousum (2130)French Defense

1. e4 e6 2. Ne3 dS 3. Nf3 d4 4; Ne2e s S. e3 Ne6 6. exd4 exd4 7. Qa4BeS 8. b4 Bxb4 9. Nexd4 QaS 10.BbS Bd7 11. Nxe6 bxe6 12. QxaSBxaS 13. Ba4 Nf6 14. e5 NdS IS.Ba3 Re8 16. 0-0 e s 17. Bxd7+ Kxd718. Rfe1 Bb4 19. Bxb4 exb4 20. g3

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h6 21. Kf1 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2In a race of pawn phalanxes,exchange-up Bill Corbin can't quiteput away Fort Wayne's DanSteininger. The post mortemconclusion was that White needed toplay 3 1 . f6! Instead of 31 . g6.

it Bill Corbin (1800)1 Dan Steininger (1875)Larsens Opening1. Nf3 dS 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 BfS 4. e3Ne6 S. Be2 e6 6. a3 Bd6 7. d4 Qe7 8.e4 dxe4 9. bxe4 Bxbl 10. Qxb1 b611. 0-0 0-0 12. NeS BxeS 13. dxeSNd7 14. Bf3 QeS IS. Bd4 Nxd4 16.exd4 Qxe4 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. Qe4QdS 19. QxdS exdS 20. f4 c s 21.Rfd1 e4 22. r s Kf8 23. Kf2 Rb8 24.g4 bS 2S. ReI as 26. gS b4 27. e6Nb6 28. axb4 axb4 29. exf7 Kxf7 30.Ra7+ Kf8 31. g6 hxg6 32. fxg6 b333. Rf7+ Kg834. Ree7 b2 3S.Rxg7+ Kh8 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Reg7+ Kf8 38.Re7 Kg8 39.Reg7+ Kf8 40.Rf7+ 112:112

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Qe6 17. Ne1 Re8 18. N1e2 KfRae1 Rb4 20. b3 Rxb6 21.Qxb6+ 22. Kh1 h6 23. Na4 Qae4 Ne8 2S. Qd3 BgS 26. Re2 BdNae3 QeS 28. NdS bS 29. Ra1 aRe3 bxe4 31. Rxe4 QbS 32.Rb8 33. b4 a4 34. f4 Bd8 3S. R36. fxeS fxe4 37. Nef4 dxeS 38.Bf6 39. Nxf6 Nxf6 40. Qd6+ KgRe7 a3 42. Ne6 Qxb4 43. R7eS44. Nd4 a2 4S. Ne2 Qb2 46. N47. RSe2 Qb1 48. Qa3 BfS 49.Ng4 SO. Re2 Nf2+ st. Kg1 NdReel Nxe1 S3. Qxe1 Qd3 S4.Rb2 SS. Qxd3 Bxd3 S6. Rxe3S7. Re3 BdS S8. Ne2 Be4 S9. N112:112Steinen, probably playing the touschedule in the event, continuperform well, holding the powSalman to a draw.(below - Vasik Rajlich (seated) ponders has Kamberi looks on)

After some pregame "trash talk"Rajlich andyoung Zarembaplay aBoleslavskyvariation which turns intoa heckuva game, with Zarembagaining an early exchange, butRajlich fighting back hard.

itAndrei Zaremba (2150)1 Vasik Rajlich (2230)Sicilian Defense1. e4 e s 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4Nf6 S. Ne3 a6 6. Be2 eS 7. Nb3 Be7S. 0-0 0-0 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 Nbd711. f3 Nb6 12. Qd2 ReS 13. as Ne414. Bxe4 Rxe4 IS. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bb6

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it Nachum Salman (2220)1 Phil Steinen (2080)Old Indian Defense1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Ne3 Nbde4 e s S. Be4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7.exd4 8. Qxd4 Nb6 9. Be2 Be6Rad1 Nfd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qf6 13. b3 NeS 14. NxeS dxeSQeS e6 16. a4 Nd7 17. Qb4 ba s QgS 19. Nb1 bS 20. Qd221. Rxd2 Nf6 22. f3 Rfd8 23.Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Kf8 2S. Kf2 KeKe3 NeS 27. g3 Nd6 28. e3 BxbNa3 RdS 30. Rb2 Ne4+ 31.

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Bxe4 32. Nxe4 bxe4 33. Rb7+ Rd734. a6 Kd6 3S. Rb2 112:112Kamberi shows some endgameexpertise in exploiting Black'swrecked pawn formation.it Sonny Kamberi (2235)t David Hater (1990)RuyLopez

1. e4 eS 2. NfJ Ne6 3. BbS a6 4. Ba4Nf6 S. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 bS 7. Bb3 d5S. dxeS Be6 9. Nbd2 NeS 10. e3Nxb3 11. Nxb3 Be7 12. Bf4 0-0 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 f6 15. Re1 fxeS16. BxeS Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 IS.Qe2 RaeS 19. Qe6 Bd7 20. Qxd6exd6 21. RxeS Rxe8 22. ReI Kf7 23.RxeS Bxe8 24. f4 Bg4 2S. Kf2 Kf626. h3 Bd1 27. g4 hS 28. Kg3 hxg429. hxg4 gS 30. Nd2 Be2 31. NfJgxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Bb1 33. a3 as 34.Nh4 b4 3S. axb4 axb4 36. NfS Ke637. KgS Be4 38. Ne3 Kf7 39. Kh6BfJ 40. gS Be4 41. Nfl Bb1 42. Ng3Bd3 43. NhS BbS 44. g6+ 1:0In a game featuring battling longpawn chains, Bousum keeps his coolin time pressure and finds a step bystep way to penetrate into Black'sposition.

itJosh Bousum (2130)tMurray Newcomb (2140)QP Opening1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 gS 4.BeS Rg8 S. Qd3 dS 6. rs Nd6 7.Qxh7 Rg6 8. g4 c s 9. e3 Rb6 10.Qd3 e4 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Ne3 e6 13.Bg3 a6 14. Bg2 NbS IS. Nge2 Nxe316. Nxe3 Qb6 17. RbI QaS 18. h4gxh4 19. Rxh4 bS 20. a3 Bb7 21. e4Rxh4 22. Bxh4 Ne7 23. eS Ng6 24.Bf6 b4 2S. Ne2 Be6 26. axb4 Bxb427. e3 Qa2 28. Qe1 Bf8 29. f4 as 30.Ra1 Qb3 31. r s Ne7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33.Nf4 Bd7 34. Qb1 a4 3S. Ng6 Be6 36.Nxf8 Kxf8 (see diagram) 37. Qh7Ra7 38. Qg7+ Ke8 39. Qh8+ Kf740. gS Qxb2 41. g6+ Nxg6 42. Qg7+Ke8 43. Qxg6+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ Ke84S. Qf8+ Kb7 46. Qb4+ Qxb4 47.exb4 Kb6 48. Kd2 Kb5 49. Ke3 Rb7

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SO. RbI Rxh1 st. Bxh1 Be8 S2. BfJa3 S3. Be7 Bg6 S4. Bg4 Bf7 SS. Bd1Bg6 S6. Bg4 Bf7 S7. BeS Ka4 S8.Bd1+ KbS S9. Be2 Be8 60. Bh7Black's flag fell. A nice performanceby Bousum, who was himself in timepressure. 1:0

Round 4Bill vs. Bill sees Corbin get an earlyexchange lead, but suffering fromsome dark-squared weaknesses, whichCalton does a good job of exploiting.it Bill Corbin (1800)iBill Calton (2225)Larsens Opening

1. NfJ dS 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3Bg7 S. Be2 0-0 6. d4 b6 7. 0-0 Bb78. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. e4 es 10. ReI e611. NeS exd4 12. exd4 dxe4 13.Nexe4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 IS. Ba3QgS 16. fJ BdS 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18.Qd3 Bh6 19.Re2 Nf6 20. Nd6Rd8 21. Re8Rxe8 22. Nxe8NhS 23. Qe2Bg7 24. Nxa7Bxd4+ 2S. Kh1Ng3+ 0:1Jer ry Crouch,who had a finetournament, heredefeats SteveRosenberg in anunusual Sicilian.

1. e4 eS 2. d3 Ne6 3. NfJ e6 4. NedS S. Bf4 d4 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. g3 Be7Bg2 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 10. NeS NxeS 1BxeS Ng4 12. Bf4 eS 13. Bd2 Qb14. b3 Qg6 IS. fJ Nh6 16. f4 Bg4 1Qe1 Bd6 18. Qf2 QhS 19. Rae120. BfJ Rf8 21. rs Bxf3 22. QxNg4 23. Qg2 Be7 24. h3 Ne3 2Bxe3 dxe3 26. g4Qf7 27. QfJ a6 2Qxe3 Bb6 29. Kg2 Qe7 30. Qe1 Ba31. Rd1 bS 32. e3 Qb7 33. Kf3 Rae34. Qb2 Qa8 3S. d4 exd4 36. exdexd4 37. Nxd4 Re3+ 38. Kf2 Qxe39. Qe2 Qf4+ 40. NfJ Be7 41. RbQg3+ 42. Kf1 Rxf3+ 0:1Zaremba's kingside gets a little looas Kamberi cruises to another victoryit Sonny Kamberi (2235)tAndrei Zaremba (2150)Sicilian Defense

1. e4 c s 2. NfJ d6 3. d4 exd4 4. NxdNf6 S. Ne3 a6 6. f4 eS 7. Nf3 Nbd78. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0 Qe7 1Qe1 b6 12. Khl Bb7 13. fxeS dxeS14. Qg3 Rfe8 IS. Bh6 Bf8 16. Nh4Kh8 17. BgS Qe6 18. NfS Re6 19.Rf3 Ng8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Rafl f6 22Bd2 gS 23. QhS Ree8 24. h4 gxh42S. Rb3 Qe6 26. Rxh4 Re7 27. NxeQxe7 28. Be4 rs 29. Bxg8 Nf6 30.QxfS Nxg8 31. QhS Qd6 32. Be3Be6 33. Qf7 Bg7 34. Rg4 Bf6 3S.Rxg8+ Rxg8 36. Rxf6 Be8 37.Qxg8+ Kxg8 38. Rxd6 bS 39. Rxa6bxa4 40. Rxh6 a3 41. bxa3 Bf7 42

it Steve Rosenberg (1500)tJerry Crouch (1550)Sicilian Defense

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a4 Kg7 43. as Be4 44. a6 Bxa6 4Rxa6 Kf7 46. NdS Ke8 47. Ra1:0

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Rajlich finally puts an end toSteinen's strong run defendingadroitly in a King's Indian Attack.it Phil Steinen (2080)t Vasik Rajlich (2230)Kings Indian Attack

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d30-0 S. e4 eS 6. 0-0 Ne6 7. e3 d6 8.Nbd2 bS 9. Nh4 Bb7 10. f4 b4 11.Qe2 Ng4 12. Ne4 e6 13. h3 Nh6 14.Ne3 dS IS. exdS exdS 16. NxdS bxe317. Nxe3 Nb4 IS. Qb3 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxd3 20. Rf3 Qe2+ 21. Qxe2Nxe2 22. RbI Ne1+ 23. Kf2 Nxf3 24.Kxf3 RabS 2S. Na4 e4 26. Be3 Rfd827. ReI Rb4 2S. NeS Bxb2 29. Re2Bf6 30. fS Bxh4 31. Bxh6 Be7 32.Be3 RdS 33. Ne4 RxfS+ 34. Ke2 ReS3S. Kf3 Ra4 36. Bd4 Ra3+ 37. Ne3ReaS 3S. Ke4 fS+ 39. Kf4 gS+ 40.Ke3 Bd6 41. Kf3 RdS 42. Be3 Rd30:1It's a full-scale invasion of White'scastled King as Salman winsrelatively early vs. Bousum with aDutch Defense.

itJosh Bousum (2130)t Nachum Salman (2220)Dutch Defense

1. e4 r s 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 eS 4. d4exd4 S. Qxd4 Bb4+ 6. Ne3 d6 7. Nf30-0 S. 0-0 Ne6 9. Qd3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3QeS 11. e3 QhS 12. b3 Ne4 13. Qe2Bd7 14. Bb2 RaeS IS. Qe2 NeS 16.Rfel Ng4 17. Rfl Nxh2 IS. Rfe1Ng4 19. Rfl Be6 20. Nh4 gS 0:1

I had an interesting game in round 4,especially after being able to win anexchange at the cost of allowingWhite a very scary pawn formation.With a little luck, though, I was ableto win.

it Andre Jaworowski (1840)tJay Carr (1970)English Opening

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1. NfJ es 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2Bg7 4. 0-0 Nc6 S. e4 Nf66. Ne3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 S.BgS Qd7 9. Qd2 Bh3 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Bxh3Qxh3 12. NdS 0-0-0 13.Nxf6 exf6 14. a3 hS IS.b4 h4 16. bxeS hxg3 17.fxg3 Nd4 IS. exd6 Nb319. Qb4 Nxa1 20. QeS+KbS 21. Qe7+ KaS 22.RbI Rd7 23. QeS Ne224. ReI Nxa3 2S. Qxa3Qe6 26. e4 Qxd6 27.Qxd6 Rxd6 2S. d4 b6 29.Kf2 Kb7 30. Ke3 as 31.RbI Re6 32. eS Ke7 33. exb6+ Rxb634. Re1+ Kd7 3S. h4 a4 36. Nd2 a337. Ra1 RaS 3S. Nbl Rb3+ 39. Kf4a2 40. Nd2 Rb2 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 0:1

Round SRajlich & Kamberi play a Panovattack on board one, eventuallydrawing.it Vasik Rajlich (2230)t Sonny Kamberi (2235)Caro-Kann Defense

1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. exdS exdS 4. e4Nf6 S. Ne3 e6 6. NfJ Bb4 7. exdSNxdS S. Bd2 Ne6 9. Bd3 0-0 10. 0-0Be7 11. a3 Bf6 12. Qe2 h6 13. RadlNxe3 14. Bxe3 Ne7 IS. Qe2 NdS 16.Qe4 g6 17. NeS Bg7 IS. f4 b6 19.Rf3 Bb7 20. Nxg6 ReS 21. NeS fS22. Qe2 Nxe3 23. bxe3 Bxf3 24.Qxf3 BxeS 2S. fxeS Qe7 26. Be4RaeS 27. QxfS Rxe4 2S. Qg6+ KhS29. Rd3 RgB 30.Qxh6+ Qh7 112:112Calton tries hard to crack Salman'sposition to get back into the money,but there just weren't many targets toshoot at.it Nachum Salman (2220)t Bill Calton (2225)Queens Gambit1. d4 dS 2. NfJ Ne6 3. e3 Bg4 4. e4eS S. dxeS d4 6. Be2 Bb4+ 7. Kf1dxe3 8. Qxd8+ RxdS 9. Bxe3 Bxf310. Bxf3 NxeS 11. a3 Nxf3 12. gxf3Bd6 13. Ne3 BeS 14. ReI Kd7 IS.

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(Calton(L) & Salman begin their marathon gNa4 a6 16. BgS Bf6 17. Rd1+ KIS. RxdS+ KxdS 19. Rg1 g6 20. NKeS 21. Bel Ne7 22. Ne4 Bd4Kg2 NfS 24. Rdl eS 2S. b4 b6Rd3 Kc7 27. Bf4+ Ke6 2S. Ng329. NxfS gxf5 30. bxeS KxeScxbS axbS 32. Rb3 RaS 33. Bd2 R34. Bb4+ Kb6 3S. Kg3 BeS 36.Bxb4 37. axb4 Ke6 3S. KeS f4Re3+ Kb6 40. Rb3 Ra2 41. KRxf2 42. h4 Rh2 43. KgS Rg2+Kh6 Rh2 4S. hS Rh4 46. KgS R47. f4 Ke6 4 S . rs KdS 112:112Zaremba finishes a respectable outwith a win over solid DeGeisleman. One spectator remakedthe unusual position late in the gawhere both white Knights wpinned to white Rooks by Bishops.itAndrei Zaremba (2150)tDennis Geisleman (2080)Nimzovich Defense

1. e4 Ne6 2. d4 eS 3. e3 d6 4. BBd7 S. Ne2 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Bdxe4 S. Bxe4 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6d5 Ne7 11. 0-0 0-0 12. e4 Ng6Nbe3 Be7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 IS. a316. Qd2 Ra6 17. Qe3 ReS IS. e519. b4 r s 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 g5Qe4 Rh6 23. g3 Kh8 24. Rf2 b6Raf1 bxeS 26. bxe5 Qe7 27.e6 BeS 2S. NbS Ba6 29. Ned4 Q30. Qxe5 Bxe5 31. Nxe7 BxflNxeS Be4 33. e7 Ba6 34. Rd2 K3S. Kg2 Kf7 36. Nxg7 f4 37. NBxa3 38. NxgS+ KeS 39. gxf4 K40. Nde6 1:0

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1996 US Junior Open&

Terre Haute Grand Prixby Jay A Carr

A huge gathering of chessplayers met at the RoseHulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute over the weekendof June 14 & June 15. Held at the end ofthe Castle Chess Camp,the Terre Haute Grand Prix has a reputation for being a"cosmopolitan" -type tournament as Indiana events go, withcoaches and relatives of the "campers" often participating. Thisyear was no exception as a lot of new blood, including aGrandmaster (Rosendo Balinas) an International Master (CalvinBlocker) and several other masters, including one of the highestrated women players in the country, Beatriz Marinello of NewYork. The winner was "none of the above," however, as Illinois'2300+ Bem Tyehimba powered his was to a 5-0 victory, includingan upset victory over Blocker in the final round.

Unfortunately, we don't have any games by the winnerexcept his routine defeat of your editor, which I'll include belowfor your enjoyment.

ft Bem Tyehimba (2292)iJay Carr (1981)Sicilian Defense1. e4 e s 2. NfJ Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e s S. NbS a6 6. Nd6+Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd3 Nge7 9. Nc3 0-0 10. Be3 dS 11. NxdSNxdS 12. exdS BfS 13. Qb3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 IS. 0-0-0 QgS+16. Kbl Rac8 17. Bt13 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 QxdS 19. Qxd4 QfS 20.Rd2 QgS 21. f4 Qe7 22. Rhdl bS 23. g3 Rc4 24. Qd6 Qb7 2S.rs Rc6 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Re8.30. b4 Kf8 31. Ra7 ReS 32. Rxa6 RxfS 33. RaS Rf2 34. RxbSRxh2 3S. a4 Rg2 36. as Rxg3 37. a6 1:0Chris Savage also submitted his loss to GM Balinas, which heChris calls "a good example of active vs. inactive pieces."

ft Rosendo Balinas (2470)i Chris Savage (1805)Ruy Lopez1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. BbS a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 S. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2Nf6 7. b3 0-0 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Re612.0-0 Qe713. Khl Nd714. Ne3 Rf61S. NfS Qe6 16. g4 h6 17.Rgl Nf8 18. h4 Nh7 19. Rg2 Qd7 20. d4 Re8 21. Rdl Qc8 22.gS hxgS 23. hxgS Rg6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 2S. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qh31:0The talk of Saturday's rounds, however, was the play of youngPatrick Maier, who scored three consecutive upsets, defeating anexpert, drawing a master, then defeating a master in succession.Unfortunately, his bubble burst the second day, which of coursedoes not take anything away from his remarkable performanceoverall.

ft Patrick Maier (1692)i Eric Grabowski (2235)King's Gambit Accepted

1. e4 eS 2. f4 dS 3. exdS exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 S. Bc4 c6 6. dxc6 N7. 0-0 BcS+ 8. Khl 0-0 9. c3 Bg4 10. d4 Bd6 11. Qel NhSNgl Qf6 13. Qf2 Rae8 14. Ne2 gS IS. Nd2 Qh6 16. Kgl B17. Bxe2 Ng3 18. ReI Qe6 19. hxg3 fxg3 20. QfJ Qh6 21.Qh4 22. Rdl Re4 23. BxgS QxgS 24. Qxe4 hS 2S. QfJ Bf4Rd3 h4 27. Qg4 rs 28. QxgS+ BxgS 29. BfJ Re8 30. Rddl31. ReI Rd8 32. Ne3 bS 33. Nc2 Kf7 34. ReS Rb8 3S. Rae136. Ne3 1:0

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PI. Name Pre Post Rd.l Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 S01. Bern Tyehimba (lL) 2292 2330 W24 Wl6 W5 W7 W2 502. iCalvin Blocker (OH) 2503 2496 Wl3 Wl4 WII WIO LI 403. gRosendo Balinas (CA) 2470 2458 W23 L5 W25 WI5 W8 404. Beatriz Marinello (NY) 2295 2286 W29 Ll5 W31 Wl6 Wll 405. Paul Yavari (MO) 2063 2115 WI2 W3 LI WI3 WIO 406. Eric Grabowski (NY) 2235 2213 WI8 D9 L21 W23 W14 307. Milos Baishanski 2208 2197 W20 D21 W9 LI W17 308. Michael Leali (lL) 2018 2013 D26 W31 W22 W21 13 309. Ed Buffie 1938 1958 W35 D6 L7 W26 W21 3.10. Craig Stauffer 2240 2227 W25 W17 W15 L2 L5 3.II. Josh Bousum 2102 2101 WI9 W28 L2 WI8 14 312. Rubin Miller (OH) 1818 1814 L5 L13 W27 x -- W23 3.13. JeffQuener 1800 1839 L2 W12 W20 L5 W25 3.14. Marvin Rogan (lL) 2021 2020 W34 L2 H-- W29 L6 2.15. Tom Harris 2000 2011 W30 W4 LlO 13 DI8 216. Jay Carr 1981 1972 W27 LI W24 14 D20 2.17. Robert Eberwein 1858 1858 W36 LlO H-- W22 L7 218. Tom Ceterski (Ml) 1795 1820 L6 W27 W33 Lll D15 2.19. Doug Todd 1764 1774 Lll L33 W34 D24 W29 2.20. Ed Dreyling 1754 1776 L7 W32 Ll3 W35 D16 2.21. Patrick Maier 1692 1754 W32 D7 W6 L8 L9 222. Jim Roy 1600 1624 H-- W26 L8 Ll7 W34 223. Chris Savage 1805 1792 L3 W30 W28 L6 Ll2 2.24. Mark Lynch 1799 1790 LI W34 Ll6 DI9 D26 2.25. Steve Steppe 1785 1769 LlO W35 13 W28 Ll3 2.26. Larry Boswell 1723 1711 D8 L22 W36 L9 D24 2.27. Adam Briner 1427 1429 Ll6 Ll8 Ll2 B-- W35 2.28. Martha Ceterski (Ml) 1123 1144 B- Lli L23 L25 W36 2.29. Ed Stackpole 1796 1771 14 W36 H-- Ll4 Ll9 130. David Schwartz 1500 1500 Ll5 L23 132 W36 D31 l.31. Anthony Peppler 1361 1386 W33 L8 14 L34 D30 132. Robert Feldstein (NY) 2049 2000 L21 L20 W30 u - - u - - 133. Kevni Bartow 1897 1856 L31 W19 Ll8 F-- u - - 134. Tom Byers 1520 1503 Ll4 L24 Ll9 W31 L22 135. David Konnert 1309 1293 L9 L25 B-- L20 L27 136. Mark Jacobi 1365p 1283 Ll7 L29 L26 130 L28 0.Hoosier players Milos Baishanski and Ed Buffie turned in the"native" performances, with Buffie's result winning the un2000 prize.

I overheard an enlightening conversation between CaBlocker and his travelling companion as they left Saturday nafter a lucky time-scramble escape by Blocker againstBousum, who displayed good sportsmanship in spite of Blockfrantic moves continually knocking over other pieces. Blosaid to his friend and protege, "see that guy (referring to Bou

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who was on his way out of the building)? He's got class. Learnit. You won't see it in Cleveland!"

Another strong performance was turned in by Missouri'sPaul Yavari, who also visited us for our 1994 State Championshiptournament, he lost only to Tyehimba (who was impressive inseveral endings throughout the event) and defeated GM Balinas.Beatriz Marinello also only lost once, when she was outplayed ina fine strategic game by Tom Harris. Before the game, Tom, Joshand I were talking and I jokingly said to Tom, "I don't want tomake you nervous or anything , but I know 1ve never lost to a'girl' before!" (Before you send those letters, I was only kidding!- ed.) Josh said, "Upma Sharma knocked me out of that club lastyear!" Thus inspired, Tom went on t~ a fine victory, and of coursein a case of "just desserts" I got my come-uppance when I waspaired with Beatriz (a former member of the US Women'sOlympic team) in round four.

The Junior OpenOn the drive down to Terre Haute, I was also excited about seeingsome of the action in the Junior Open. As so often happens withme, however, once I started playing in the Grand Prix event, Iforgot almost everything else. Doug Todd & I were speculatingon the way to the tournament about who would win the under 21section. Having seen Jason Doss' strong play lately, I said I reallythought he might win the whole thing, which would mean a seedinto the next US Junior Invitational - a prestigious event.

Things looked good for Jason early, and after five rounds,he and top-rated Gregory Shahade of Pennsylvania were tied forfirst place, with Shahade having to face Jason's buddy, Jim Deanand Jason facing Upma Sharma in the final round. Since Jasonhad the better tie-breaks, a win would get him seeded into theInvitational, as would a draw plus a win or draw by Dean.Unfortunately, however, things just didn't break quite right forJason who could only draw against Upma, who finished unbeaten(including a draw with Shahade) after a first round upset loss. Totheir credit, Jason and Upma played a "real" game incircumstances where I fear less ethical players who are alsofriends may have concocted a flop of some sort. Indeed, Upmanearly won the game. Another strong performance was achievedby Craig Lawson who gained nearly 60 rating points after a slowstart by finishing with three straight wins.

ftPierre Roustan (1543)tJason Doss (2203)Dutch Defense

1. NfJ d6 2. g3 r s 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. 0-0 g6 S. d3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 0-0 7.e4 eS 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. c3 h6 10. b4 gS 11. bS Ne7 12. d4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 a s IS. Qe1 e4 16. Ne5 BxeS 17. dxe5 Bg418. c4 BfJ 19. Bb2 c6 20. Qc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rf3 22. Qel Qd723. Qd2 Raf8 24. Rae1 Qe6 2S. BaJ R8f7 26. Re3 Ng6 27. RfelRxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nxe5 30. cxdS cxdS 31. Kg2Nc4 32. Rc3 e3 33. Bel Qe4+ 34. Kg1 e2 3S. a4 Qd4+ 36. Re3Nxe3 37. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kg2 d4 39. h4 g4 0:1

Junior Open Under 21 section01. GregoryShahade(PA) 2353 2360 Wll W7 W302. Jason Doss 2203 2218 WI0 W8 D603. Ryan Porter (MO) 2226 2207 W5 W9 LI04. Upma Sharma 2073 2067 L8 WlO W505. Craig Lawson 1586 1643 L3 B-- L406. Jim Dean 2191 2175 L7 Wll D207. Adam Bell (OH) 1990 1962 W6 LI L808. Pierre Roustan (lL) 1543 1586 W4 L2 W709. Christopher Piesert (OH)1528p 1609 B-- L3 W 1110. Nathaniel Criss 1747 1732 L2 L4 B--11. Ryan Ferguson (PA) 2009 1967 LI L6 L9

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In the under 17 section, Ohio's Jacob Chudnovsky had neafive hundred rating point advantage over the field and "cruisea 6-0 victory. The fight for second place was very hard foughhowever, and Indiana's Robert Seipel, who had a remarkablerecord in last year's scholastic events, tied with Greg Weber oIllinois for that spot. Hoosiers Matt Crouse and Aaron Sheetsscored impressively with 4-2 each.WIder 17 (US Junior Open)01. Jacob Chudnovsky (oh) 2361 2364 W29 W14 W18 W12 W302. Robert Seipel 1685 1706 W27 W20 W16 D4 WI003. Greg Weber (IL) 1388 1488 W35 W8 W9 W5 LI04. Thomas Hartwig (MI) 1888 1897 W22 W15 WI0 D2 W1205. CraigCochran(IL) 1659 1654 H-- W17 W13 L3 WI506. Donald Cantrell (MN) 1389 1435 W31 Ll2 W26 W27 W1807. Justin Ceterski (MI) 1767 1711 W30 Ll6 L27 W42 W3208. Barney Getz (IL) 1738 1698 W25 L3 W21 D29 D1609. BryanGast(lL) 1709 1664 W26 Wll L3 Ll6 W2510. Matt Crouse 1628 1622 W28 W25 L4 Wll L211. Aaron Sheets 1330 1350 W40 L9 W39 LlO W2812. Lawrence Wong (CT) 1786 1772 W23 W6 W19 LI L413. John Klein (lL) 1490 1476 D17 W37 L5 D21 W2714. Nathan Keith 1434 1421 W42 LI D30 W17 W2915. MichaelReisinger 1409 1397 W44 L4 W24 D32 L516. Guanyao Cheng (IL) 1384 1442 W43 W7 L2 W9 D817. Andrew Howard 1053 1088 D13 L5 W37 Ll4 W3318. Drew Hollinberger 1588 1561 W24 W32 LI W23 L619. WilliamKo 1490 1492 W33 W34 Ll2 W28 U--20. Brian Davis 1339 1319 W36 L2 L28 W34 W2621. Timothy Shenk 1335 1348 H-- W45 L8 D13 W2322. Eric Porter (KS) 1239 1234 L4 W42 L32 W30 W2423. Greg Brandt (MN) 1206 1200 Ll2 W43 W34 Ll8 L2124. AndrewCain(IL) 1194 1172 Ll8 W36 Ll5 W38 L2225. Dustin Fuller 1183 1194 L8 LlO W44 W39 L926. Brian Rathbun 1142 1135 L9 W44 L6 W43 L2027. Pete Karagianis (IL) 1100 1131 L2 W35 W7 L6 L1328. Thomas Koljatic 1086p 1161 LlO W38 W20 Ll9 Lli29. Jon Lansing (IL) 1332 1328 LI W31 W33 D8 Ll430. Tyson Mowery 1118 1106 L7 W41 D14 L22 L3131. WilL Middlecamp (MN)0987 1001 L6 L29 D41 W40 W3032. Ian Brown 0842 0836 W41 Ll8 W22 D15 L733. Thanh Higgins 1077 1049 Ll9 W40 L29 W37 Ll734. Adam Reveal 0828 0836 W38 Ll9 L23 L20 w3935. Rebecca Stevens 0770 0778 L3 L27 L40 W45 W3836. Devin Imel 0616 0621 L20 L24 L42 B- L4037. Jason Wycoff 0598 0613 X-- Ll3 Ll7 L33 W4338. Joey Dewitt 0544 0588 L34 L28 B-- L24 L3539. Phillip Salaam UNR 0797 H-- H-- Lll L25 L3440. Waylen Fong (CA) UNR 0865 Lll L33 W35 L31 W3641. Frank Kyle (OH) UNR 0800 L32 L30 D31 W44 D4242. Larry Van Ryn (lL) 0843 0838 Ll4 L22 W36 L7 D4143. David Gouache (IL) 0724 0701 Ll6 L23 W45 L26 L3744. Arun Joseph (IL) 0647 0650 Ll5 L26 L25 L41 W4545. Adam Barney (NE) 1128p 0915 U-- L21 L43 L35 L44Top-rated Andrew Chi, a hometown favorite, nearly succeededwinning the under 14 section, but suffered an upset loss toIllinois' Matthew Leali (whose father, an expert, also had a gresult in the Grand Prix event). This kid (Leali) is good, as I



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1996 HoosierTour StandingsW15 5.~=====T=oP=1 O=b=y=c=a=te:go=ry::;=b:::y=R=o:ge=r=B=la=in=e::.=o=ur=A=dm=i=ni=str=a=to=r=Dll 4.W23 4.5W26 4.5 Events Counted:W25 4.5 1. Evansville New Year Open, liB, 4-Mini~ J : : ~2. Southern Indiana Open, 1/20-21, 5-Maxi

4.0 3. Joepye Hoosier Tour Open, 2/3, 4-Maxi4.0 4. S1.Valentines Day Massacre, 2/10, 4-Mini::~ 5. Warsaw Open, 3/9, 4-Maxi4.0 6. Board Madness, 3/9, 4-Mini4.0 7. Take A Chess Break .. , 4/27, 4-Maxi4.0 8. Greg Davis Memorial, 5/11, 4-Mini4.04.0 9. Elkhart Sunday Open, 5/19, 3-Maxi4.0 11. Jousting in July Open, 5119, 4-Mini3.5 12. Brad Pavey Memorial, 7/27-28, 5-Maxi3.53.5 13. August Attack Open, 8/10, 4-Mini3.5 14. State Class Championships, 8/31, 4-Maxi +50%3.5 15. September Open, (Evansville), 9/7, 4-Mini3.53.5 16. Bogart Memorial, 10119-20, 5-Maxi3.0 17. 33rdRegion V. Championship, 10/26-27, 5-Maxi+50%3.0 18. 55th State Championship, 11116-17,5-Maxi+l00%3.03.0 Events not yet tabulated:3.0 10. Three RiverslBob Rice Memorial (F1.Wayne), 7/13-14, 5-M3.0 (no report received yet)~:~ 19. State Team Championship (Bloomington) 12/143.0 Master Points:3.0~:~ :..P.="1. ~P.:;la",-Yr...::e~r~N-"am=.:.e-=::.ev.!.,;e::::n'""t""sp",,o::.:in=ts3.0 Ol. Eugene Zelensky 04 52.03.0 02. Josh Bousum 08~:~ 03. Emory Tate3.0 04. Jim Mills3.0 05.3.0 063.0 .07.

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08. Brad LaGue 06 27.509. Bob Lambrecht 05 26.8Expert Points: 10. Dan Watson 03 23.811. Drew Hollinberger 03 22.0

Pi. Player Name events 20ints 12. Bernard Parham II 02 20.001. Josh Bousum 08 63.5 13. Bill Mammen 02 18.002. Bill Corbin 05 42.5 14. Jamal Choudhry 05 17.003. Tom Harris 06 39.3 15. Charley Zuppann 05 13.504. Les Kistler 03 25.5 16. Bryan Studtman 01 12.005. Doug Todd 05 24.5 17. Frank Owens 05 U.806. Wes Smith 01 24.0 18. Larry Boswell 05 10.507. David Kennett 06 23.0 19. Terry Harris 04 10.5OS. Brad LaGue 05 21.509. Bob Lambrecht "05 20.0 Class C:10. Mike Herron 01 20.0 Pi. Player Name events Qoints11. Bill Mammen 02 lS.0 01. Don Thomas 05 4S.812. Dan Bryant 04 17.0 02. Dan Watson 03 35.813. Dan Steininger 02 17.0 03. Bernard Parham II 02 32.014. Phil Degen 02 16.0 04. Bob Lambrecht 05 26.815. Mike Fetccho 01 16.0 05. Frank Owens 05 17.816. Phil Steinen 01 16.0 06. Kern Templeton 02 14.017. Greg Steele 04 13.8 07. Terry Harris 04 12.8IS. John Easter 03 12.5 08. Fred Sanders 02 11.519. Upma Sharma 01 12.0 09. David Schwartz 03 10.3

10. Jerry Christner 01 10.0Class A: 11. Ed Russell 01 10.0

Pi. Player Name events Qoints 12. Randy Brockman 06 09.501. Bill Corbin 05 42.5 13. David Konnert 06 09.002. Doug Todd 05 24.5 14. Bill Stanley 02 08.503. David Kennett 05 23.0 15. Drew Hollinberger 03 08.004. Brad LaGue 05 21.5 16. Mike Vidulich 03 07.505. Bob Lambrecht 05 20.0 17. Jerry Crouch 02 07.006. Bill Mammen 02 18.0 18. Joe Filipczak 02 06.307. Dan Bryant 04 17.008. Dan Steininger 02 17.0 Class D:09. Greg Steele 04 13.810. Phil Meyers 04 12.5 PI. Player Name events Qoints11. John Easter 03 12.5 01. Bob Lambrecht 05 32.812. Mike Stem 01 12.0 02. Jeffrey Byrd 01 24.013. Jeremy Ford 01 12.0 03. David Konnert 06 10.514. Steve Caputi 05 11.5 04. Jim Ramp 03 07.315. Charley Zuppann 05 ll.5 05. Vernon Dudley 02 06.016. Jamal Choudhry 05 11.0 06. Nathaniel Boggs 01 06.0

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A Simul of FiveStories

by Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld

At least once in his lifetimeevery Grandmaster gave a simul to hisless proficient chess colleagues.Before performing in simultaneousexhibitions every master participatedin the simuls himself. In my homearchive there is a photo of me as achild fighting with then an expertEfim Lazarev, who is today a chess'master and well-known chessjournalist and deputy editor of theUkrainian Sports Newspaper. Thismemorable simul was played in 1951.

However, I'd like to start mynarration with another game fromthe exhibition that was given by anexpert, Pinya Kofman. That was myfirst face-off with an expert and I wasdying to win it. The goal seemedclose as I received a decisiveadvantage:

One can hardly find a simplerposition, and it is obvious that thevictory is just round the corner. Inthose days I tried to win without anyrisk and was fond of simplifyingpositions. I was particularly keen onpawn endings. That's why Idecidedto "kick for the goal."1...Qxg2+? 2. Kxg2 Kxg4 Howeverafter 3. b6!! my opponentdemonstrated an endgame studyvariant.

Many years later, I myself.performed in one of the Asiancountries where chess was revered (Iam not indicating in what particularcountry because of diplomaticconsiderations). In the position withan extra piece, I again wanted to

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simplify my life. There were quite afew unfinished games left. I gaveaway the extra material andtransferred the game into my favoritepawn ending. With my last move, Ieven won a pawn, but - my goodness- my opponent moved his h5-h4 and Ifailed to catch the borderline passedpawn. That was my only defeat in theexhibition.I can attest that thisparticular country has wonderfulchess traditions. On different days ofthe week, various newspapers devotewhole pages to chess. If one of thelocal chess players beats a visitingGrandmaster, the game immediatelyappears in the press.

The next day I lookedthrough' one newspaper, another one,the third one .. there was informationabout the simul, but I could not findthe text of the game mentioned above.Iuspected something fishy and beganto restore the game on the board. Ifailed to understand at what point myh2 pawn disappeared! My right backwho had to detain the left side enemyforward, disappeared without a trace.I finally realized that my opponentturned out to be a bird of one featherwith the popular Russian literarycharacter Ostap Bender (the latterbeing a notorious swindler onceintroduced himself as a chess maestroand tried to make money fromlectures and simuls. During his veryfirst endeavor he was caughtcheating, and was lucky enough tonarrowly escape from the enragedcrowd of chess lovers).

Now let's -voyage overseasfrom distant Asia to Europe. Aboutten years earlier, Maya Chiburdanidzeand I visited France. one day we wereperforming together. I was reading alecture and Maya was giving a simul.Among her opponents there was aFrench minister of geology MessierShovinmore and a young hopeful ofFrench chess. I am not naming theyoung star (later on you will see why).I advised Maya to make two quickdraws with both of them: with thefirst one because of the respect to hisrank, and with the second one - tofacilitate the exhibition.

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After the opening in bothgames, Maya had a small but stableedge. She offered a draw to both othe chessplayers to which ... they bothrefused. As the minister continued towork hard at the board, the youngprodigy was walking around andgiving advice to Maya's otheropponents.

A month before this prodigyhad won a medal in the World JuniorChampionship in his weight (sorryage) category, and many gave him anattentive ear. Although his advicemight have helped other participants,his own position was irreversiblydeteriorating. Then came the momentwhen the young talent himself offereda draw.

Maya consulted me. What todo? -- The draw had been planned buthe position was better. I answered"Mayechka, you have to teach thisyoung man a lesson," and advised heto respond with a famous chessaphorism that originated in tthe 19tCentury. Maya came back to theboard and said, "Had you accepted thedraw when I offered it to you, thenwould have accepted your offer now."In the long r un , Maya scoredvictory. By the way, she outplayedthe minister too.***

Already being a GrandmasterI once had to sit at the other side othe board. This happened in the cityof Banya-Luka, Yugoslavia. LevPolugaevsky and I were giving simuls.Imanaged to complete mine fairlyquickly. Lev, naturally had tougheropponents, and when Icame up, hedid not look quite happy.

Banya-Luka was famous fothe fact that no Grandmasters hadever beaten local chessplayers insimultaneous displays. Very strongInternational and National Mastersused to participate in those simulsthere. Gligoric had played before uand succumbed with the score 14 Y z15 Y z .

Lev had an even score, buhe was awfully tired, and there weremany unclear positions'. Thedecided to cheer my friend up.borrowed a chess set from the

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organizers and set up a position wherePolugaevsky could give a beautifulsmothered checkmate in a few moves.I also put on a hat, and pulled it lowover my face so that he would notrecognize me. Lev came up to mytable and his eyes started shining. Heshowed the winning combination, and

, being quite happy looked under the, hat .. . The joy was reduced toI disappointment, however, thisI psychological shake up helped him toI relax. Lev successfully finished theI remaining games and won the simu1.** *In conclusion, I want toanswer one question ~hat I amfrequently asked. Is it possible tocreate a masterpiece performing asimul?

This position occurred in myI exhibition game in Zaporozhye. AsI you see, White seems to be in trouble.I Here I discovered a fantastic move.Later on I was showing this positionto the students of the Physics andMathematics Department of theMoscow State University. They couldnot find the solution at once. Onlywhen I said: "Geometrical Point," arow of hands went up.1. NeS!!The following variants you can easilyfind by yourself. By the way, thisposition has one more peculiarity. IfBlack would "steal" his own pawn ona6, it can give a most beautifulcheckmate.1....Qxa2!!Here the search for decisive moveswill not be too difficult as well.** * I will tell you about one moreinteresting occurrence. In 1992 Iplayed a simultaneous match with

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clocks against the Malaysian team.One of my opponents was thecountry's ex-champion, Master Gokh.During our game it dawned on me tomake a move that completely changedthe whole theory of the variation.

simultaneous match againstGerman All Star team it wouldhave been appraised?"

By the way, the Informdetermined as best the game betwIvanchuk and Yusupov, played iplay-off not as classic chess, butrapid chess with a shortened tcontrol. .. Well, here we have justmore chess variation on the the"Some are much more equal tothers."

Gufeld - Gokh, Alekhine's DefenseB051. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O! Bxf3 7. Bxf3dxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. ReI Nd7 10. Nd2Qc7 11. Nc4 b5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13.Nd6+ Bxd6

Grandmaster Gufeld also shared wus some of his games from theHawaii International. Here's

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Class B Techniqueby Dan Watson

For almost ten years I havebeen struggling as a chessplayer tobreak the 1600 barrier and achieve a"Class B" rating. Over time, as mylove of chess has grown, my desire toimprove has almost become anobsession. In fact, chess was a factorin my choosing my current job.This has been a breakthroughyear for me, with excellent scores atthree large ISCA tournaments. M yperformaances have been goodenough that I will finally cross that1600 mark. After a lot of soulsearching, I discovered the mainreason that I have improved: I learneda lot of goodchess techniques.The word "techniques" isdifficult to explain, but may be bestdescribed as a way to use your piecesharmoniously, to the best of theirextent in a given position. Even theproverbial blind hog can find the comin a K+R vs. K ending, but a playerwith goodtechnique can do it quickly,efficiently, and won't lose that endingin a time scramble.Below, I will show you threetechniques that I have used this lastsummer. Although unrelated, allthree of them came together to helpmewin the following game:

]lDan Watson vs. tG.G.1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5Be7

When I began this game as a RuyLopez, I was happy - but in the lastfew moves I have entered a variationunfamiliar to me. Just as I was aboutto give up on finding a plan, I

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remembered an opening that I used toplay (from the black side), the King'sIndian Defense, Classical Variation.

Oddly enough, I found a way to obtainsome of the positive features of thewhite side of the King's Indian, eventhough I opened the game with a e-pawn opening! In opening theory forthe above diagram, White plays on thequeenside with a pawn storm, whileBlack tries the 01' f5 pawn push, andkingside piece and pawn play. In mygame, I plan on exchanging myBishop for the Knight on f6, andbelieve that he would rather take withthe Bishop, than leave his King in thecenter, or castle queenside. Becauseof that, his Bishop would be in theway at f6 - he would have to then playeither ...g6 and ...Bg7 or ...Be7 then... f5, both of which give me sometime .... so:8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4!

Great! My plan worked. The Bishopon f6 is somewhat embarassed,especially because of the Knightretreat to e7 and not d4. I would callthis the technique of using openingknowledge. You see, even though Ididn't play the white side of the KID,I was able to cross over some of theknowledge. That is why it is

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important to play games of openingthat you don't play!10... 0-0 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. b4 a5 13Bxd7 Qxd7Just to show you - Black hadzwischenzug here: 13 . .. axb4! becaustwo pieces would be attackesimultaneously. I didn't claim thigame to be perfect - just instructive.14. a3 Nf4 15. h3 Be7 16. Ne2 Nxe17. Qxe2 f5

From move ten to here, I thoughtwas doing well: I was able to getlittle work done on the queensidbefore the f5 push. Now, I needednew idea, but first, permit me tdigress ...A couple of years agoaccidentally (?) pilfered a friend'"Blitz Chess" magazine under thguise of borrowing, and readfascinating article on computer chesOne diagram, taken from a boocalled Pawn Power in Chess by HanKmoch, hit me like a ton of brick(Since that time, I found out thatcertain FIDE Master and currenISCA State Champion holds that booin high regard, so I quickly gotcopy!)The aforementioned diagram:

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From this I learned technique #2:Vacating the Square. This is from the

th8 game of the 1932 match betweenBogolyubov vs. Spielmann. Whiteplays1. d5! cxd5 2. e5! R6d7 3. Nd4 with agreat advantage.Hans Kmoch calls this type of move a"sweeper." You sweep the pawnforward, (to a place where he mayormay not get captured) for the sake ofletting your piece obtain thepreviously occupied sqaure. This isalso called "vacating the square."18. el.i'5! Qxf5 19. Nd2 Bh4 20. Ne4Be7 21. f3

After 18. exf5, it looked like I gaveBlack a dangerous attack down thehalf-open f-file, but "au-contraire!"Now I have an excellently postedKnight (that cannot be removed bypawn or Bishopl), and the f-file isshut down. I believe that more thanmakes up for the kingside dark-squareweaknesses (or "homesidemelanopenia" as Hans Kmoch wouldsayl) I can return to my queensideplans.21...Qg6 22. rubl axb4Admitttedly, Black helps me here inopening files on the queenside. Myrooks may not have been on theproper files - but they are now!23. axb4 b6 24. b5 Bh4(see diagram at top of next col.)Now, obtaining the a-file would begood for either side. From there,either one can make threats on the

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backward c-pawns and/or the backrank. I would like to play Ra2 andRbal to double my rooks, but for meto try it now changes "Hoosier" to"Hoser,,: 25. Ra2? Rxa2 26. Qxa2Rxf3 ! At this time, I recalled a rooklifting technique from the master ofopen files himself, Aron Nirnzovich.In his classic book, My System, I hadfound this:

In this game, Nirnzovich beat anamateur soundly:1. Rh7! Be8 2. Rdhl Rxh7 3. gxh7Rh8 4. Ng6+ Bxg6 5. fxg6 Ke6 6.Rh5, winning.Nimzovich called this third techniqueConversion of the File into a PassedPawn. The threat of me doing thisdown the a-file gave me a greatadvantage. My Knight would go toc3, the newly vacated b5, and thenattack the a-pawn's "stopsquare" ona7 or hit c7 and attack a8. Myfollowing rook lift causes myopponent to abandon the a-file:25. Ra6! Rac8 26. Rbal h6Now that I have secured the a-file,Black blunders in a difficult position.

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27. Ra7 Qf7? 28. Nxd6eventually 1-0So, in conclusion, start adding mgood techniques to your game,you will add points to your ratiWho knows, write me a fan letterChess in Indiana and I might egive you a few Class-B CaiMorsels in the next issue!

All readers are encouraged to sengames and or stories for inclusion iChess in Indiana. -edI was fortunate to host Dan Watson(and a few others )the weekend othe 55th State Championship here iIndianapolis. Afterwards, I receivea letter from Dan with this articlsaying something like: "I figuredthe best way to thank you for you_hospitality was to contributesomething for the magazine." Alast I've hit upon a way to get morpeople to contribute material! !I'd still like to encourage organizersand directors that are not currentlyusing the carbonless copscoresheets and sending copies tmyself or Harold Henderson to inpuinto our Indiana Games Database.In just over a year, our database hamore than doubled from just ove2,000 games to the current level oabout 5,200. We'd be happy tshare a copy of the database or thgames from a specific tournamentor player to anyone who contributesgames or personal game collectionsto the project.Doesn't anyone want a free book?

I am incredulous that noone junior player responded to mquery in last issue's Land oOpportunity column. When I waskid, I'd have jumped at a chance tget anything free related to chess.guess no one cares enough tmoisten a stamp and mail meletter? The offer still stands!

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Postal Chessin Indiana by James Huston

There are three rules that Ihave posted in my notebook where Ikeep the written part of my games. Ihave them there to remind me of whatI need to do each time I get a postcard. It was easy enough to make therules but it is altogether different tofollow them. The rules I try to live byare:1. Always double check the postcardbefore mailing it, checking fornotational errors, to guarantee thereare no mistakes. There are noguarantees that this will work 100%of the time, but it will cut down on themistakes.2. Go over every game from thebeginning and check the boardposition against the post-a-logs. Thisis to ensure that you do not have amistake on the log. I have caught acouple of mistakes like that recently.3 . NEVER take your opponent'srating for granted. You shound neversneer at an opponent that is ratedlower than you are, and you shouldnot be in awe of a higher-ratedopponent. Remember, the lower-ratedplayer will have nothing to lose.

Rule number three is thefocus of this issue's column. I havebeen playing postal chess now for sixyears. In that time I have playedsome very good games, and I havealso played quite a few bad games. Insome of the losses that I have had, Itook the rating of my opponent forgranted, especially when they wererated lower than I was. In the samelight, I have beaten a few higher-ratedplayers because I did not take theirrating for granted.

It is natural for us to look ata person's rating and expect to win orlose just by what their rating is. I wasat a tournament several years agowhere I was the second highest ratedplayer in my section. The person who

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was rated just aboveme came to me afterour second roundgames had finished(we were both 2-0)and asked me if Iwould consider adraw when we met

in the fourth round. We were alreadyso certain that we were going to winour third round game that we agreedon a grandmaster draw. Guesswhat...we both lost our third roundgames. We were so sure that wewould win our games because wewere the highest-rated players. Servesus right. (I realize now that fixing thegame before it is played was wrong,but I did not know that at the time. Iwould not agree to something like thatnow.)

When you stop and thinkabout it, most of us have some type ofopening assistant to help us in ourgames. In postal chess it is legal toconsult books or databases whenplaying the opening. That is the onlytime it is allowable to use a computerin postal chess. Once the computerhas to start thinking it is consideredcheating ifyou use a computer.

In the following game I takemy opponent's rating for granted,which was the wrong thing to do. Iwas also experimenting with a newopening and got onto unfamiliarground shortly after coming out ofbook.

. ft Larry Mazzarella (1200)t]ames Huston (1400)APCT Class C/D PreliminariesBrieger's Defense1. d4 d5 2. e4 Bf5 3. Qb3 e5 4. Qxb7Nd7 5. Ne3 exd4 6. Nxd5 Bd6 7. e4Ne5 S. Qe6+ Bd7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10.Qxa8+ Ke7 11. Qd5 Nf6 12. Qxd4Nexe4 13. NO RdS 14. Be2 Be6 15.Kfl Bg3 16. Qe3 Nxf2 17. hxg3Nxhl 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. Bf4 Nxg3+20. Bxg3 Qxg3 21. Qxa7 Ne4 22.ReI Bh3 23. Qgl Bg4 24. Qe3 Kf825. Qxe4 Resigns 1-0It should be noted that Mr.Mazzarella, the lowest rated player inthe section, went on to a 6-0 score.

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In this game I played mynormal game. I just ignored therating of my opponent. Oh, to be ableto do that all the time!ftJames Huston (1485)t Taylor (1674)92TD4B3USCF Team ChampionshipFour Knight 's Game

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Ne6 4Be4 BeSS. d3 h6 6. 0-0 d6 7. h3 a6S. a4 0-0 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd511. exd5 Ne7 12. e3 Nexd5 13. Bxd5Nxd5 14. Qb3 Ne7 15. Qxb7 RbS 16Qxa6 Rxb2 17. Rabl Rxbl IS. RxblNf6 19. Kf1 g5 20. Qe4 Bb6 21. d4e4 22. Nh2 d5 23. Qh5 Qd6 24. Ng4RaS 25. Ne5 Bxd4 26. Ng4 Bb6 27Kg1 h5 2S. Nh2 Bxf2 29. }Uf2 Qxh230. Qxd5 e3+ 31. Ke2 ReS 32. BelReS 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Rb5 Kg6 35Rxe5 Qxe5 36. Qe6+ f6 37. Qe4 Ne738. Qd3+ Kh6 39. Qxe3 Qd6 Y z - Y z

I hope these examples wilhelp you in your postal playing oeven in your o.t.b. play. The sameholds true for both versions of ouroyal game.

Please send all games,questions, or comments to:

James H. Huston, 1704Whitcomb Ave., Lafayette, IN 47904-165 ~

More Postal Action!!My thanks to Phil Degen, whocontributed the following fascinatinggame and also to Sam Shapiro, whoseinstallment of Adventures in Chessfits in with the postal theme. -editor

. f t Gerald Smith (2000)t Phil Degen (UNR)Dutch Defense

Vinnotations by Phil Degen)This was my first correspondenceeffort. It was an experiment todetermine if the pace would bore me,but instead I found myself excited byeach game as it would progress.Smith was the highest rated player in

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the section and he played a gambitthat can be dangerous for Black.1. Nf3 fS 2. e4I looked it up in a gambit book byKeene who rated it 4 stars (out of 5)as favorable for White. First played byLisitsin vs. Botvinnik to counter theworld champion's Dutch Defense.2 ... fxe4 3. NgS eS 4. d3 Nf6 S. dxe4This seems contrary to the gambitspirit. Ihought 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2,but White wants to make way for Bc4.By the way, 4 ...exd3? would bringgreat pain for Black on the whitesquares.S... h6 6. Nf3 Nc6Can Black already have a lead indevelopment?7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d6 9. Bc4?9. h3 has to be played first, but 9. NMlooked like the best exploitation ofBlack's weak white squares.9... Bg4 10. 0-0 Nd4 11. Be2 Nxe2+12. Qxe2 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd7This move gave me options to castleeither direction and also threatenWhite's queenside pawns and e-pawn.I traded down pieces believing thenight was better than the Bishop.14. Qe3 Bxf3 IS. Qxf3 0-0lack could have won a pawn with15...Qa4 16. Rfel Qc2 17. Racl Qa418. Qf5 0-0 19. f4 and White's Bishopecomes a powerful attacker. I didn'tant that to happen.16. Qe2 Qe6 17. Rfe1 Rf7 18. a3afS 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rd2 hSSince Black controls the f-file with f2s the primary target, I devise a plano bring my Knight to g4 or try tocreate weaknesses for White's pawns.1. h3 gS 22. Qd3his piece has moved five times anndt's still not on a good square. IfBlackries g4 now then 23. Qg3 followed by4. Qh4 and it's "in my face."2 ... Rg7 23. g3 Kh7 24. Kg2he white King breaks the pin on the-pawn, but now it's backward.4 ... h4 25. g4 Nd7!his horse is headed for f4 via c5 withtempo on the white Queen or f8.hen it gets to f4 it will control d3,2, g2, h3, & d5. It will be backed upy the doubled Rooks and a Queenntrolling the a7-g1 diagonal.6. b4 Rf6 27. a4 Rgf7 28. Re3

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Forced. If 28. Rfl and 29. f3, his g3-square is targeted. Black's Queeninfiltrates via e3 then f4, etc. Whitecannot stop this because of the knightthreat checking on f4.28. a6White's problems would lessen if thequeens could be forced off the boardwith Qb5.29. Qc4 NfS 30. Qb3 Ne6 31. asNf4+White has moved his Queen to auseful diagonal and will clear hisBishop to b2 to make room for aqueenside pawn advance. What elsecan he do? Black's good Knight hasarrived.32. Kg1[32. Kh2? Qb5 33. KgI Nxh3+ 34.Rxh3 Qd7 35. f3 Rxf3 36. Rxf3 Rxf337. Rg2 h3!-+]32. .. Qc6I was forced to decide betweenmaintaining the a7-g1 diagonal orswitch to an attack on e4 and maybeg4.33. Bb2 KgSSadly, this move was required beforea cute sacrifice could be made. MyQueen could get pinned aftercapturing the e-pawn. [33 ... Nxh3+34. Rxh3 Qxe4 35. Qd3!]34. ReI!Now the Queen protects h3 and the e-pawn is still protected.34 ... Qe8 3S. c4? Qe6White still wants to attack the pawnchain at d6, but not the white Queenis pinned on b3 and the pawns onwhite squares are attacked on bothflanks.36. Bel Nxh3+! 37. Qxh3 Rf3 38.Qf1If 38. Qg2 then 38 ...h3 39. Qfl R7g440. Kh2 Rg4 and it's headed to g2.White's Queen is the only defender.The other pieces are blocked out.38 ... Qxg4+ 39. Qg2 Qe6 40. eS?White has no time for this. He shouldplay the horrible-looking 40. Re3 toremove an attacker, but this createsmiserable doubled pawns and stilldrops the pawn on c4.40 g4 41. exd6 exd6 42. Qh1 h3Seeing the King and Queen on gl andh l respectively is most unusual, butwhere can the lady go? The pawn on

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g4 is untouchable and it's headed forg3 next.0:1[43. Qh2 g3 44. f

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