chess in indiana vol xiv no. 2 may 2001

8/2/2019 Chess in Indiana Vol XIV No. 2 May 2001

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Volume XIV Number 2

~ - Deeply Annotated Games by Tate, Stauffer, Cole, Dean, Herron - some of Indiana's best players!'~ - U.S. Amateur Team Championship Midwest (page 4)'i' -Emory Tate wins the first Indiana Challenge Championship (page 12)i.-Cole Triumphant at the Challenge Companion Tournament (page 15). J .. - Long Time Coach & Supporter of Indiana Chess, Nelson Weaver, profiled (page 19)~ - Upcoming ISCA Events (back cover) & ISCA's Top rated players (page 23)

A Busy SPRING FOR INDIANA CHESS!(Clockwise from upper left: "The Rat Takes the Cheese" (John Langreck, FM lim Dean, 'coach' Mark Silva, FM Todd Andrews, Aaron Dean) winsthe USAT MW, "Kistler's Team" (Kevin Fvr, Ron Yoder [not pictured}, LesKistler, Josh Bousum, John Cole) a dark horse 2nd place finisher atUSAlMW,. John Cole (left vs, Josh Bousum) is the "toast" of the Challenge Companion tournament with a 5-0 sweep), FM Emory Tate (left,

presented a plaque by ISCA president, Gary Fox) wins 1st Challenge Championship Match,


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I I ISeADirectors= ",,=port IN 46g.~7?:.. ,219' 722-4985~-mail: [email protected] PRESIDENT: Mike Zabawa647 Geeting DrAnderson IN 46012Ph. (765) 644-1139E-mail:[email protected]: Thomas J. Harris8117 Farrnhurst Ln.Indianapolis IN 46236Ph. (317) 823-7498E-mail:[email protected]: Roger E. BlainePO Box 353Osceola IN 46561Ph. (219) 257-9033E-mail:[email protected]: Jay Carr105 Diplomat Ct Apt 2Beech Grove IN 46107Ph. (317) 786-021.8E-mail;[email protected] DIRECTOR: Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mail: [email protected]: (files)[email protected]: Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mail:[email protected]

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Editor: Jay A. CarrPrinterlPublisher: Bill Corbin - UN PrintingContributors: Roger Blaine, John Cole, Josh Bousum, KenHamilton, Les Kistler, Harold Henderson, George Kamber,Emory Tate, Craig Stauffer, Jim Dean, Steve SteppeProofreading: Ken Hamilton, Tom Cook, Jay CarrContrIbuting Photographers: Les Kistler, Jay Carr, KenHamilton, Tom Cook

I I ~ ISCA Champions ~Indiana State Champion: Emory TateState Reserve Champion: Josh LewisClass Champions: MJE-Josh Bousum, A-Vacant, B-JeffQuerner, C- Bruce Jackson, DIEIUNR-Tom Byers, UlOOO -Richard WeaverState Team Champions: "Nd5" (consisting of: Mike Herron,Glenn Snow, Aaron Dean, Tom Harris, Jay Carr)State Reserve Team Co-Champions: "MCC Hammers"(consisting .of : Tom Black, Pat Baker, Patrick Mihelich, andRandy Julian),State Qnidi Chess Champion: Bernard Parham (Sr.)State IlfiEl>Champion: John ColeState Blitz Reserve Champion: Bernard Parhsm (Jr.)State H.S. Blitz Champion: John Dale BeetyISCA SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS;HS Champion; John Cole9th & Under Champion: Curtis "Tyler" Anderson6th & Under Champion: Cameron Donis3rt! & Under Champion: Daniel Ryker9tb & Under Junior Varsity Champion: Matthew Krause6th & Under Junior Varsity Champion: Kevin KrenkTEAM CHAMPIONS:High School: Terre Haute South Vigo HS (Terre Haute)9th & Under: Michigan City JHS (Michigan City)8th & Under: Goshen MS (Goshen)6th & Under: Edgelea Elementary (Lafayette)3rd & Under: Canterbury School (Ft Wayne) & OrchardSchool (Indianapolis)

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President's Message:

hope everyone had awonderful Memorial holiday weekend. Iam pleased to announce the upcoming 60thannual 2001 Indiana State ChessChampionship has been awarded to theEastgate Chess Club. The Championship isgoing to be held in. our State Capital thisyear and we expect it to be close to thebiggest championship ever. Wick Deer, ourHistorian/Publicity Director, is the chieforganizer and director for the big event,

I would also like tocongratulate Emory Tate for winning theChallenge Championship match againstCraig Stauffer. Next year we will only beable use a fraction of the grant money from

USCF to support the Challenge Championship. To drum up some money we aregoing to have a raffle ofa $120 GARDE digital chess clock, which is a replica ofwhat Emory and Craig used at the match. nie drawing will take place just beforethe fifth round at the State Championship. Get your tickets I for $3, 3 for $5 or 8for $10. Expect to see some changes to the Challenge Championship so we canachieve the purse that was offered last year.A couple of other proj eels we are working on is the Indiana StateChess Hall of Fame which is currently under development and will be housed onour web site; and, I will be proposing a new directorship for our board of directorsat membership meeting coming in September, Joe Riegsecker our membershipdirector is currently doing the work of keeping ow - web site up to date andtracking our memberships. After September with the approval from the generalmembership we will add Web Director to om ~ed board. Lets give Joe abig THANK YOU - and keep up the good. .. -ark..Gary J 'FoxPresident, [email protected]

Mailbag: (keep those cards & letters coming_.)FromWray McCalester (Columbia City):I enjoyed and appreciated receiving the copy of Chess in Indiana. I am long sincefinished playing in tournaments but still enjoy the game. For a number of years Iplayed and organized tournaments inWisconsin. Infact, Bernard Parham (he wasan "A" player then, I think) played in a tournament of mine in the ear ly eighties. Ialso had a short stint as editor of the Wisconsin magazine, Badger Chess, in 1982-83, contributed to Wisconsin Chess News 1978-82 and even wrote a couple ofarticles for Chess Life, so I do understand the effort that goes into producing achess magazine. Thank you for your efforts to produce a fine magazine.

Enclosed find my check for ISCA membership for myself and a youngfriend of mine recently interestedin chess. I have been trying to encourage him toenter a tournament and maybe receiving }'OUr magazine will tempt him to dojustthat,

Best of luck with your fine m

From Lester Van Meter (Indianapolis)Jay, Your memory must go way back. (see page 4, Feb 2001 CNI) The positafter 1. e4 e5 2. NfJ Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 has never appealed to me, ethough I have played it . Ithas been seen in my praxis much more often with meBlack, as for example in my first win against a master , Jeffrey Kastner. Perhayou were thinking of my game against Petrison from the 1979 Indiana StChampionship (We didn't play each other in the 1978 Championship.) as theresome similar features. Jolm prepared a nasty surprise in the opening just forand the entire story of this game can be found in The Hoosier Chess JournVolume I,Number III.TIre hare bones score with the punctuation as in the notes in HC] followVanMeterPetrison 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5.00 Bg4!? 6.h:5?! 7. d4! Qf6! 8. dxe5 Qg6! 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nh4! Qe6 11. hxg4 bxg4g3


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Hoos ie rs Impr,essive a ta U.S . Amateur

Team M. idwestC ham p io nsh ip in

Chicago Jay Carr

Arlington Heights, IllinoisAmong the most popular

national championship events that theUSCF sanctions are the U.S. AmateurTeam Championships. The Midwestversion has found a home in Chicagofor the past 8 years or so and naturallyhas regularly drawn a largecontingent of Hoosier players, makingthe event a fixture on many of ourcalendars.This year, 1996 USATchampionship team members JimDean and John Langreck came upwith yet another powerful line-up,teaming with PM Todd Andrews andJiars older brother, Aaron, to formthe top-rated entry this year. They setup camp on table number one andnever moved the whole weekend,scoring 5 straight match wins thenagreeing to four quick draws in thefinal round to clinch first place.

Their opponents in the finalround? An 'all-star' Hoosier team,comprised of John Cole, JoshBo1!lSUIIl.Les Kistler, Ron Yoder, andKevin Fyr. This team played arguablythe toughest schedule of any team inthe tournament, but managed to onlygive up one drawn match prior to thefinal round.

Two other Indiana teamst o o k home prizes. The perenniald4 " team reunited their originale-np (Indy's Mike Herron, Glennw Jay Carr, & Tom Harris) andse d a 4-2 match record good

~ zh for the top U2000 prize. The_ -:. g "Have You Seen my-- - - team from Anderson (Mike~ - . athaniel Greene, Chris.:""""""-~ ~ eve FWb) garnered the top

- ~ o i l : ! h a solid performance

(Hoosiers (l-r} Steve Fulp, Chris Reyes,Nathaniel Greene, and Michael Reisingercomprised "Have You Seen My King? ")

Okay ... how about some games?JUn Dean's crucial 5th round win overYuliy Kleban of 'the Russian Team'was described in Chess Life, but herewe have the game score with detailedcomments by Jim. One moment I willalways remember from this year'sevent will be Jim walling into theskittles r o om . afteJ' the co mpletio n o fthis 'epic strnggle'l\itbjusl: a hint of aswagger, reassur ing those of us whohad assumed E: 'IDlS a drawthat "N o. I w on. it Y ulIT -K lehau ' _ -: ').tThLjnn Deaa "_._B!Sicilian Defense 35""

(amwtatiJ 3 J 1 1 I.M es l.NB ~c6 3.d~ CJi1Il.,t ~5:xd4Nf6 5.Ncl d6 6i..Bc4!\\'bite chooses an ag gr es si ve line thatcan lead to many interesting setupsfor both sides.6..Qb6Also common is 6 ...e6. This move(...Qb6) aims to remove white'spowerful knight from d4 and gain adevelopment tempo in doing so.However, white will later gain thattempo back when the black queenmust retreat to c7.7.Nb3This move is quite common, but whitehas many other options as wellincluding: 7. Nxc6, 7. Nde2, and 7 .Ndb5. The ambitious 7.Be3!? is also

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possible (gambiting the b-pawn), butthink that black should be in gooshape in that line if he handlesproperly.7.e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Be2This bishop will likely be forced bacat some point and white decidescommit a bit early. Usually thbishop will move onto the hI-a8diagonal via f3 after an f4 pushRetreating the Bishop to d3 rathethan e2 is also possible and waplayed in the recent Grandmastegame, Ye-Gulko .9...Be7 to.Qd2Phew! This was my first indicationthat my opponent's understandingthe Open Sicilian was a bit foggyQd2 is not a blunder, however, it doenot make sense with this setupGenerally Qd2 is played earlyClassical/Rauzer lines after 6. Bg5White then looks to castle queensidequickly and put pressure on bl~ck dpawn 'With threats of exchanging of6. Black will often capture back Withe g-pawn and accept a structure thamight look "ugly", but offers manlong-term advantages. Former WorlChampion Botvinnik helpepopularize such ideas from the blackside.to ... a6 11.f4 b5 12.a3This is a move that many Sicilianplayers. love to see in such variations.Timing is important in all opeSicilians and I would have considered12. BD rather than 12.a3.12..Bb7 13.Bf3 0--0 14.g4I had a feeling that he would throwthis out there quickly. His reluctanceto commit to castling on either sidwas a clue that he was waiting for m

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to castle before he let his intentions beknown. Also, he had that 'twinkle inhis eye' that a lot of players get whenthey think they're doing somethingreally good. On the serious sidethough, it is an advance to be takenseriously and black has to be preparedto "fight fire with fire."14...Rfe8Thi's move may look like a bit of aletdown after my heroic speech aboutfighting fire with fire. However, thisis a multi-purpose preparation move.It clears out the f8 square fordefensive manuevering purposes. Forexample, black may play BfB-g6-Bg7,and perhaps Nd7 -Nf8 if needed todefend against an h-file battery (Aftera possible rook lift and queentransfer). Also RfeS is a deterrent forany fS advances white might consider.as the e-file might open up with therook in good position to c au se r nmb 'l: ein the center.15.g5 Nd7 16.M Nb6!Black looks to make a fumrnbleminor piece exchange ( T i t L L - e r u : :...Nc4) with this mcxe and .bemiltowards an open ~on whereblack's two bishops will. fflmrinatewhite's minor pieces. It is a 1 S < Jimportant to notice hem,- ..-hire"s queenplacement on d2 has become mo:re ofa target than anytlring else,17.Bxb6[17.Be2 Na4! lS.Nxa4 bxa4 19.Ncl(19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxc2+)19 . . .NaS+ White's position is veryunpleasant here.]17...Qxb618.1}-O-(JBlack faces a very important decisionhere. The battle lines are drawn.White will try to crash through withhis kingside advances, and clearlyblackwill try to open it up on thequeenside frrr a simultaneous king-hunt. IreaDy wanted to play 18...a5but was :annOled lJ y the possible whiteresponse. 19.Nd~. I analyzed thecontinuation 19..hl 20. Na4followed by _L Kro 3Ifu:;r a qneenretreat and was ~ wttb. wIlat Isaw. However if seems i J l i m : t ~for an ending with 2 n . . .Qxd4~ miglnbe the most Ie\~l..Jheaded! lrnY m goChess in :Indiana.

about things. Black appears to be abit better with the two bishops in thatline.18 b4[18 aS 19.Nd4 b4 20.Na4 Qxd42LQxd4 Nxd4 22.Rxd4 eS!+]19.axb4 Qxb4[19 Nxb4 20.hS RacS 21.Kbl=;19 aS!? An interesting ideasuggested by Ted Langreck, 20.bSNb4~]20.h5 a5 2Lg6 fxg6,Poor decision on my part. Iwashaving trouble calculating all thevariations after 2Lg6, . so I bailed outwith this ...fg6, ... h6 defensive idea.In retrospect, going for it with 21. ..a4!looks best. [21...a4! 22.gxh7+(22.gxj7+ Kxj7 23.Nd4 a3 24.Nb3Na5-+) 22...KhS 23.h6 gxh6 24.Nd4a3 2S.Nb3 axb2+ 26.Kxb2 Bf6 27.e5NaS!-+]22.hxg6[22.h6? a41-+]22..h623.Rh5!?For reasons beyond my explanation, Ididn't see this move coming. Thethreat of 24. Rb5 is very annoying. Iwanted to play 23...Bf6 so that Icouldanswer 24. RbS with 24 ...Bxc3!, but24. NbS looked like a very good replyto 23 ..Bf6. I wound up thinking for ahealthy 25-30 minutes andIIl IiICO~ed ..2:L.1l4.[ 23 . . . B f i6 7 24.Nb5 a4 25.QxM N);Jb426.N3d4t]24.Rb5 axb3!My opponent played 24. Rb5 quicklyand seemed startled when Ihammeredout 24 ...axb3. What did he think Iwas thinking about when Itook allthat time on move 23?25.Rxb4 Nxb4 26.Qd4!Argh! White finds what appears to bethe best move. Clearly white had tomove the Queen to make room for hisking, and this move, which puts alittle pressure on my knight, looksbetter than the alternatives.[26.cxb3?? Ral+ 27.Nbl Rc8+28.Qc3 Na2+-+; 26.Rel?? Ral+27.NbI bxc2-+; 26.Nbl?? Na2#]26 bxc2[26 d5!? 27.cxb3 eSoo I strongly

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considered this idea which wohave led to complete mayhem, bcouldn't calculate all the possibiliand since this was an important gfor the team Ididn't want to blowmatch on a tactical whim.]27.Qxb4[27.Rhl dS! 2S.b3 Bc5!! 29.Q(29. Qxc5?? Nd3+i-+) 29...dxe4-+]27...cxdlQ+ 28.Kxd1 Rab8Iiked my position here, but Iwadisappointed that I didn't have"crush" somewhere in there. Amy time was starting to get low anneeded to rush to make move 40sticky position.29.Qc4 d5?Dumb. The idea of opening it upthe center is not bad, but Ishohave gone ahead with my first instiwhich was to play the obvi29 ...Bf6. Ian play this ...dS advaon the next move when Iwill be beprepared to handle the resultpositions. This decision really cohave been an unfortunate turnpoint if my opponent had startedplay this ending with the spiritKarpov here. Iwas near the S minmark at this point, desperately tryto make it to move 40 before Iuithe position any further. [29 ...30.Bg4 d5!]30.exd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5! e32.Nxd5The rule that queens usually wbetter with knights than they do wbishops applies here (Rooks onother hand generally work better wbishops). Ibelieve that Capablan(?) or someone of importancewritten a bit on this concept.32 Rbd8 33.Kc2 Kh8[33 Rc8?? 34.Nxe7+ +-]34.Nxe7?White should keep the knight onboard here. The position can ebecome quite dangerous for blackwhite has time to advance the f-paf4-f5-f6. Black will have threatsthe meantime because of the oboard, but it is very unclear.team analyzed this endingGiordano's pizza for quite some tand both sides were requesti

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takebacks constantly. Todd Andrewsand John Langreck liked white, butTed Langreck and I held finn thatblack was still playing for the win.E-itlle.r way, this is a very instructiveending to look at.34...Rxe7 3S.b3Iwould hate to play white in thisposition. How does white find a safehome for his king where he won'thave to deal with threats on everymove? Forget about it. Iam not100% sure, but I think that withaccurate play from both sides, thisshould be a strategic win for black.35...Red7 3ti .Qe4 Rd4 37..QeS R4d5A little shuffling inorder to make it tomove 40.3:S.Qe4 Re5+ 39..KlJ2 HbS'What's it gonna be? The f pawn orthe b pawn? Should be both. it isvery hard to suggest moves for white.Notice the passed h pawn plays animportant role in winning possibleK+2 P'S vs K+2 P's endings.40.Qe7 Reb5Finally to move 40. 40 . ..Rf5 was alsovery possible, looking to double andthen grab the f-pawn first was to beconsidered. But because of theexposed king, he will not be able tostop me from getting both, regardlessof my move order.41.Ke2 Rxb3 42.fS Rf3Ordinarily in such endings itmight bedangerous to separate the rooks likethis. However here the rooks canconnect very easily, and one rook caneasily make a check getting out of apossible fork that may occur later on.43.Qf7 Rd8!!The start of a funny Zugzwang.White can only move his king in thewrong direction, and white's queendoesn't want to leave because Iwillplay either rf8 (if he doesn't cover f8)or simply Rxf5 (if he doesnt cover f5).44.Kb2Re8!This could get embarrassing forwhite. The king could literally bechased into al (and possibly mated!)if he doesn't give up the f-pawn hereand make a queen move.45.QdS[45.Kbl Rf2 46.Kal Rcl#; 45.Ka2Chess in Indiana

Rb8 46.Ka.l Ra3+ 47.Qa2 Rxa2+-+]4S...Rf2+Allowing the rooks to connect on thef-file.

(The anti- climactic last roundGrandmaster drawsl)46.Kb3 Rf8 47.Ke3 R2xf5 48.Qe4Rf3+ 49.Kd2 Rd8+ SO.Ke2 Rf651.Ke3 Rfd6 52.Qf5 Re6+ 53.Kb4RbS+ 54.Ka5 Re1Big trouble.S5.QeS Reb1The connecting of the rooks allows forthe threat of ...Ra8++, and if thequeen covers a8, then black will have...Rfl. White resigned here and TheRat took the Cheese that round by ascore of 2.5-1.5. 0-1Certainly, o ne of the main stories ofth e weekend was the gritty "Kistler'sTeam- which, after the first roundseemed to win ~eIJ' match by 2.5-1.5.A crucial d:I:aw in one of thosema1clteswas Josh Bousnm's vs. muchhigher-rated Dominik Pedzich.ftJosh Bousum (2020)t1M Dominik Pedzich (2371)King's Indian Defense E84

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7S.O 0-0 6.Be3 Ne6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nge2RbS 9.Ne1 eS lO.dS Nd4 11.Nb3Nxb3 12.axb3 Nb5 13.0--0-0 f514.Be2 Nf6 15.b4 Qe7 16.Rhgl fxe417.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.fxe4 Qh4 19.94Bd7 20.Rg2 Rf4 21.Bxf4 exf4 22.Bf-JQgS 23.Qf2 RaS 24.Rd3 Qe7 2S.gS

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Rf8 26.h4 ReS 27.Rgl c5 28.dRxe6 29.b3 Qe5 30.Qa2 b5 3RxeS+ 32.bxeS QxeS+ 33.Q+ 34. dl 3S.

36.Qd1 Qf2 37.Qd2 QeS+ 38.QQb4 39.Qd2 QeS+ 40.Qc2 Y Z - Y ZRon Yoder, though originally lion "Kistler's Team's" entry fomade a surprise visit on Sundaycontributed two smooth victoriesthe team's effort. Here's one of theiRon Yoder (1940)tDimitry Mirkin (1950)London Opening A46

1.d4 Nf6 2.NO e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3S.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nbd28.Qe2 Bd7 9.h3 e4 10.Be2 bS 11as 12.0-0 b4 13.axb4 axb4 14.RxQxa8 1S.NeS bxe3 16.bxe3 N17.dxe5 Ne8 18.e4 Ne7 19.Qg4 R20.Bh6 g6 21.f4 Qa7+ 22.Khl Q23.BgS Bxg5 24.QxgS Re8 2S.Qe2 26.Rel f6 27.exf6 Qxe2 28.QQxe3 29.Qg7# 1--0Mike Herron, who gained USA T fain 1999 with his draw (with Blacvs. Grandmaster Sergey Kudrnearly took home the board one prthis year with his solid +4performance. Twice he savedteam from 'disgrace' by scoringonly point or half-point in a matThe following game, which seemedgo on forever, shows great fightspirit and an iron will.

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:i tTam Nguyen (2170)iMike Herron (2080)Caro-Kann Defense B12(annotations byMike Herron)My opponent is arising star whoimpressively defeated a master in theprevious round.l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3This used to be the main line thateverybody played. Now Isee a lot ofthe ultra-aggressive 4. Nc3 and 5. g4or the Nigel Short 4. ND and 5. Be2method.4..Bxd3 S.Qxd3 e6 6.Ne2 Qb6Ieally like this line for Black Aftermy pet 4...Bf5 line, this is my favoriteCaro-Kann variation.7.a3I'm pretty sure that nobody has playedthis against me before, but it makessense. He intends to play b4 at somepoint, which restrains my qneensideplay significantly.7..c5An alternative is ...Qa6 aiming fur aqueen exchange.8.c3 Nd7 9.Q..-.flNe nu n~1l ..cxd4 Nc6A fairly ty-p ical thisvariation. except that ~'5 M pawngives him an atnrir:aIIr agressivequeenside posture.12.Nbc3a6Keeping his pieces off b5, andintending to answer 13. b5 with13 . ..Na5 14. bxa6 bxa6 with ...Nc4 tofollow.13.Rbl Qc7Still intending to meet 14. b5 with..NaS and ...Nc4.14..Brl2 Nb6A disadvantage of the b4 plan forWhite is clearly the hole that gapes onc4.15.f4An excellent reaction. After f5, thekingside and cente-r will be unsafe formy King, and castling queenside alsolooks dangerous because of the b5push.lS ...g6My idea is that now inorder to play f5he must play g4 and expose his Kingon the open file.Chess in Indiana

16.g4 Nc4 17.fS Bg7?!This is really not a good square forthe Bishop, as the coming tacticsreveal; however, it's not easy tosuggest alternatives either. PerhapsI7 ...gxf5.(below: ''Nd4,'' The Indy-based team and twot ime defending Indiana Team Champs revertedto their orginal l ine-up this year. ( top to bottom,right side of table) Tom Harris. Jay Carr. GlennSnow. Mike

21.Na4!A very resourceful idea that muddiesthe waters, creates so manpossibilities, and makes thingscomplex enough that Ihave a chancto go wrong. He's pretty luckthough, as I'm fairly certain he didn'see this when he played 20. Nxg6O~ 21. Qxd2? he is a piece down afte

18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Nf4Menacing no fewer than threewinning captures: on e6, d5, and g6.19... Qd7!This prevents the first two threats, butseemingly ignores the third. ActuallyI'm setting a cunning trap and hopingfar 20. N x o u 6 .20.Nxg6?This is to o impatient and reckless,With 20. Rf2, 20. Bcl, o r 20. Ral hehas a very pleasant position. Themove he plays seems at first glance towin outright since Ican't recapturethe Knight and seems on secondglance to lose outright after my reply.In fact, it unleashes a maelstrom ofcrazy tactics, hanging pieces, andcomplex subvariations that probablylose for White with best play, but inpractice give chances for both sides.20...Nxd2!During the game, I thought this wonoutright. Ididn't see his reply, whichjacks the compications up to a newleveL Of course 20. ..hxg6? just losesafter 21. Qxg6+ Kd8 22. Bg5+ Kc823. Rf7.

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2L.hxg6. On 21. Nxh8 he's alsdown a piece for two pawns afte2L.Nxfl! 22. Qxh7 (if 22. RxfBxh8) 0--(4) '-21.Nxf1?!This should win, so there's technicallynothing wrong with this move, bu21... Qc7 looks clearer. BasicallyWhite is in the same situation as thmove before where he has to go dowa piece, except he has the possibilityof 22. Nc5 and 23. Nxe6. But thashouldn't change much. Still, thmove Iplayed is okay. It's alwaybetter to take the active fl-Rookwhich ca n go to f7 rather than thpassive b I-Rook. During the gamefor some reason I looked only a2LQd8, which is bad, and no2LQc7.22.Nb6Probably best 22. Nxh8 would givme a second chance to play ...Qc7which would leave me up a piece fotwo pawns. Also after the move hplays, he has the unique chance tsimultaneously attack an opponent'sQueen, both Rooks, and Knight!

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22...Qd8Although my Queen, both Rooks, andKnight are under attack, Iam up aRook and Bishop right now so Ididh ' at sacrificing my Queen with_ ..JJxg6 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Rxfl. Iwould have a Rook, Bishop andKnight for Queen and pawn, but 1wasn't sure if it was a win - plus Ithought Iwas winning the gamewithout the queen sac.23.Nxa8Looks best. It gives me the mostchance to go wrong.23...Qg5?!And Ido. The complications justdefeated me in this position. Isawduring the game that 23 ...Qxad? lost,but I made analysis errors on each ofthe other three possibilities.[23...hxg6 wins after 24.Qxg6+ Kd725.Qxg7+ Ne7! 26.Rxfl (or 26.Nb6+Kc6 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Rxf1 Rg829.Qf7 Rxg4+ s o . x : Nc7 31.RcJ+Kb6 if 32.Rxc7 Qd5+!) 26 ...Rg827.Qh7 Rxg4+ 28.Khl Rg8 29.Rt7Re8 but 1 just couldn't calculate all ofthat accurately during the game.;23 ... Nd2 also wins (I think). Mymiscalculation in this line was that Ithought 1was lost after 24.Nxh8 Nxbl25.Qxbl Bxh8?? 26.Qxh7 but insteadof 25 . ..Bxh8??, I can play 25 ...Qh4!with an easy win. I won't try to writeall the analysis here, but 23 ...Nd2probably wins also. Finally, I thoughtthat the move I played, 23 ...Qg5, ledto a won ending with two pieces for aRook, but I overlooked his 26th movewhich makes the ending extremelyunclear.]24.Nxh8.Qe3+My idea is that after the queenexchange, I'll pick up the Knight onh8 and win the "two pieces vs. Rook +pawn" ending. One small problem.25.Qxe3 Nxe3 26.Rb3!I totally missed this when I played23 ...Qg5?! My intended plucking ofthe h8 Knight isn't going to happen -i.e. 26 ...Nc4 27. Rh3 Bxh8 28. Rxh7,snaring the Bishop and staying anexchange up.26. . . , .Bh6~An excellent move. This prevents hisChess in ~ndiana

Rook from swinging over to thekingside, give me three active minorpieces, and menaces his d4 and e5pawns. A terrible mistake would besomething like 26 . ..Bxh8? 27. Rxe3which trades my active Knight on e3for his stranded one on h8, and loses.So who is better in this endgame?White is up the exchange and a pawnbut Ican attack his central pawns and,most importantly, take advantage ofthree centralized active pieces battlinghis almost comically misplacedKnights. 1think Black's actually a bitbetter.27.b5My opponent suggested after thegame that perhaps he should havetried to maintain his central pawnssomehow. But 27. Rd3?! looks likethe only way to try this, and after27 Nxg4 1have everything my way.27 Nxd4 28.bxa6 bxa6[Of course not 28...Nxb3'n where29.axb7 queens thepaw:n..]29.Rb8+ Kd7 30.h3 NfJi+ 31.Kf2Nxe5Another picturesque positionl He'sstill up material., but tb.e comparisonof his Knights to my Knights is fairlystriking.32.Rb7+ K06 33.Rc1+ Kd6 34 ..Rxb7d4!Not wasting any time to defend theBishop. "Passed pawns mnst bepushed!"35.Nf7+Finally, after ten moves with bothKnights in their comers, one of thememerges. The problem with 35. Rxh6is that after 35 ...N3xg4+ 36. hxg4Nxg4+ 37. Ke2 Nxh6 1would have allthe winning chances despite beingdown a Knight for two pawns.35...Nxf7 36.Rxf7 d3 37.KelForced - to stop the pawn.37...Nc438.Rf1Guarding the potential queeningsquare of dl, ready to sacrifice ifneeded.38...Kc6?!Another crucial position. Thequestion is whether I can win with thedirect 38 ...d2+ 39. Ke2. One thing Idid wrong is 1 kept focusing on

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39 ...Nb2 when his Knight escapwith 40. Nb6 and after 40 ...dl=Q41. Rxdl Nxdl 42. Kxdl Whitebetter. 1 think that I do win wi39 ...Ne3! though, but tcomplications are long and mindboggling. [38 ...d2+ 39.Ke2 N(39 ...Nh2 40.Nb6 dlQ+ 41.RxdJ+Nxd1 42.Kxdl ) 40.Rbl dlQ41.Rxdl+ Nxdl 42.Kxdl (42.Nb42 ...Kc6 and things are very uncleaIcalculate here at home that after 4Kxdl Kc6, I can capture the Knighand stop his charging kings ide pawnand King with one single movespare to win. But I'm only about 90sure now even after home analysiAnd 42. Nb6 is just as complex. Smaybe Imissed a win here, but it suisn't obvious.]39.h4Starting up the kingside pawns. Hhopes that the time Ispend capturinhis wayward Knight will let his pawnspeed along.39...Be3Now 39 ... d2+ 40. Ke2 Ne3 runs in41. g5!. Possibly 39 . ..Bd2+ is bettethan my move, however.40.g5White seems to have the betterthings now.40...Kb7He used all but 40 seconds of his twhams thinking time, while I had ovtwo minutes remaining.41.g6 Bd2+!A game-saving refinement. [O41...Bh6? White wins with 42.Rt7Kxa8 43.g7 d2+ 44.Ke2 But after thcheck, White must either block hRook as in the game or try 42. KdBh6 43. Rf7+ Kxa8 44. g7 Ne3+! 4Kel d2+! 46. Kxd2 Nf5+! 47. KxdBxg7! with a draw.]42.Kf2 Bh6 43.Rgl Bg7 44.Rdl?!I still don't understand this. His lachance to play for the win is 44. hKxa8 45. h6 Bxh6 46. g7 Bxg7 4Rxg7 Nxa3 48. Ke3 when he'll end uwith Rook vs Knight and pawn, andhe can't win, he can sure make msuffer a lot.44. ..d2 45.h5 Kxa8Finally! This poor forgotten beast ha

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been on a8 purgatory for 22 moves.46.Ke2 Kb7 47.Rf1 Kc6 48.Rf7It looks like I've miscalculated and lethim win, but I have one last tacticaltrick up my sleeve.48...Bh649.g7So White wins, right?49Nb2!Nope. Here's my trick The way thiscrazy game has gone, Ihalf expectedhim to go in for 50. g8=Q d1=Q+ 52..Kf2 Nd3+ 53. Kg2 when things(surprise') look complicated andunclear.SO.Rfl"Wimp." 50... Bxg7 Sl.Kxdl NcH 52.Kd3Nd6On 52.._Nxa3 53_Rf7]i have to sac myBishop to stop the h-pawn. It'sprobably still a draw, but I'd rather beWhite in this line.53.Rgl Bb2You know what the really scary,brutal thing is about chess? Afterover 5 hours of exhausting,fascinating play, I nearly chose53 ...Nf5?? here, which would havelost instantly to 54. Rxg7! I wouldhave been an emotional 'wreck if I'ddone this.54.h6We drew at his suggestion. I see norealistic winning chances for eitherside after 54 ...Bxa3 55. Ral Bb2 (on55 ...Nb5 56. h7) 56. Rxa6+ Kd7 S7.h7 because his h-pawn ties my Knightand. Bishop to the blockade at h8.What an. incredible game. This is oneof the coolest games I've ever played.Even though I missed a few chancesthat probably would have won it forme, I am very satisfied and pleasedwith the drawThe following game was played inround 4, die team victory put "Nd4"in position to play for something onthe final day .ifMike Herron (2080)tJosh Riddell (2061)Dutch Defense ABO

(Annotations by Mike Herron)l.d4 fS 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.BgSe6 4.NbCChess in Indiana

d55.c3Idon't see the Stonewall much, so I'mnot sure how to play against it.Maybe I should consider 5. NeS or 5.c4 here.5...Bd6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c4?!My teammates teased me about thisunmercifully after the game ("ohh c3and then c4 - that's how to play it!").During the game I thought theposition of his d7-Knight and d6-Bishop justified the loss of time, but itdoes look silly now. Just 7. BdJ Iguess.7..c6 8.Bd3 O-{I 9.Qc2 Qe8 lO.Bxf6The reason for this is that the Bishopcan get into trouble via h6, gS , f4, etc.after lO ...Nhl or 1O...Ne4 even if Idon't exchange.lO.Nxf6He's just playing easy, thematicStonewall moves, and he's barely usedfive minutes on the clock.11.0--0-0If I play 1L 0-0, he gets a stockkingside attack with 1L.QhS 12...gS,etc.11...Ne4And Black seems to effortlessly havegained the advantage. The e4-Knightis very powerful, and if I ever captureit, the half-open f-file gives him goodplay.12.Nbl b6Threatening to rip open the queensidewith ... cS .13.Ne5Intending to kick his Knight out witha later D. I didn't want to play thisknight move, but I had no other ideas.l3 ...Bxe5Looks good.14.dxe5 Nc5 lS.f4Possibly 15. Be2 may be better.15...Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 a s 17.Rc3 dxc418.Rxc4 c5!Believe it or not, before he played thisI was congratulating myself forweathering the storm and achievingequality. Suddenly I saw that his badstonewall bishop will now dominatethe whole board and in concert withhis mobile 3-2 queenside pawnmajority give Black a nearly winningposition.

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19.Rc3 Bb7 20.Rgl BdS!Excellent! He attacks the a-pawnorder to force me to create weaknein my position. If21. b3, then 2Lopens the a-file; if2l. a3 then 21leaves me with ruinous white-squweaknessese and bS-b4 is coming.21.Nd2This seems to be good. Icover e4ready to play Nc4 if possible, andanswer 2L.Bxa2 with 22. b3 trapthe Bishop.21...Qh5!Who is this guy? Now he threaboth 22...Qxh2 and 22 ...Qe2.22.NflCovering everything for now.try 22.Nc4 loses two pawns22 ...Qxh2 23.Rdl Rfb8 24.Rd2 B25.Rxc4 Qgl +]22..a4!One hammer blow after another.guy is playing incredibly wellblowing me off the board. The poithat he's threatening to take thpawn again followed by Bb3.there seems to be no good way tohim ...23.g4!!This was my best move oftournament, hands down. Here'ssituation: If I do nothing, he takea2 with the Bishop and wins eaon 23. a3 he plays 23 ...Bb3 folloby rooks to the d-file, bS-b4crush; on 23. b3 he plays 23 ...24. axb3 Ral + 25 Kd2 Rfa8massacre; on 23. Qb 1 he p23 ...Be4 24, Qal Qe2 and pillage;Ra3 looks hopeless; and finallyKbl, which would be the mostdefense, loses the Queen to 23. ..Also right now all my pieces aredown to passive static defense,what to do? 23 . g4! ! has tattributes: 1) it cuts off the Queaccess to e2, 2) it defends 112withQueen so the Knight is free to m3) it gives the Knight a pathactivity via g3 and e4, 4) it prev23 ...Bxa2 by attacking his Queenit removes his hold on e4 so that Idefend the a-pawn without creaweaknesses (Kbl), and finallychanges the momentum and

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confidence factor in the game.23._fxg4Of course if one ignores the: P S Y d I D l ' o g i c a J elements, Black'ssition is SIiI1 good on the board in

the long term. He has pawnIOOjorities on both wings which cantarn into passed pawns, plus he's up apawn.24..Ng3 Qf7 25.KblSuddenly the problem of the a-pawnis solved, and my pieces are as activeas his. Definitely worth the price of apawn.25..Bc6 26.Ne4This sets him a dilemma. Should heexchange his wonderful Bishop orshould he allow my Knight to achievenirvana on the awesome de-square?26...Bxe4The right decision. He has to bebetter in the queen & rook endingbecause of his pawn majorities, andhis winning chances dwindleappreciably ifmy Knight gets to d6.27.Qxe4 h5 28.Rd3 Rad8 29.RgdlRxd3 30.Rxd3I lose the rook ending after 30 ..Q~Qf5.30...QfSHe understands that exchanges mngenerally help him because he amcreate passed pawns on both wings,while Ican'tget any at alL31.Qc4!The best chance. Black can't play31...Rd8?? because of 32. e4!(32 ...Qf8 33. Qxe6+). Still, theposition looks hopeless for me withmy Rook pinned and his kingsidepawns looming ominously. However.I saw one little trick that might savethe game ifhe plays a certain move ...31..h4Arid this is it! This certainly lookslike a solid and obvious choice, but ithas the drawback that after a queenexchange, the g4-pawn can beattacked by a Rook and not easilydefended. I thinkg 31... b5 ! is goodbecause 32. Qxb5 loses to 32 ...Rd833. Kc2 h3! so after 32. Qc2 c4 heforces the queen exchange without theweak g4-pawn.32.Qc2 Qe4 33.a3Chess in Indiana

Creating a hole for the King on 31,which is useful in some lines.33...b534.Rd7This is my plan. If he tries to avoidthe queen exchange, Ican get quite adangerous attack. Ithought duringthe game that this drew in all lines,but Imissed one thing ...34...Qxc2+He can play 34 ...Qf5 also, but sincethe rook ending is a win for him,there is no need to do so. He has to becareful about adventures like34 ...Qhl+ 35. K31 Rf5 though, asweith 36. Qxc5 White could win.35.Kxc2This is a very instructive rook ending.I didn't see how he could defend hisg4-pawn, soIhought at the time thatit was a draw, despite his pawnmajorities. Iwas wrong though.35....H.e8?This is his one glorious chance tocapitati:re on his strong play and winthe game, He has two main problemsright now: His Rook is not as active asmine, and there is no apparent way todefend his g4-pawn. There is oneID\'eSOm.e, brilliant move that wipesboth probles away and wins in allf ines easi ly . Ididn't see it eitherdrningth.egmne. Check out 35. ..g5!!36.Rd11It ooks straoge to vountarilyw i : t h . d l : < r w 1lIf Rook f rom such anactire spot, bm there is no ' W H Yfur him to keep his extra pawn ormaintain his menacing kmgsidemajomy. The rook ending is now adraw. This is the trick that I saw wayback at 31. Qc4!36...g3?!After this, most of his advantage isgone. The best way to lose the pawnis 36...Kf7 37. Rgi g3 38. hxg3 h339.. Rhl Rh8 40. Rh2. It's still adraw, but Black's better.37.hxg3 hxg3 38.RgI Rd8 39.Rxg3It's totally even now, and since Jayand Tom had already won, I wouldhave accepted a draw offer here.39..c4?Whoa. Not anymore. This is a seriouspositional mistake that allows myKing to penetrate and attack his

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queenside pawns. He probabassumed that he could anchorRook on d3, when he would be finbut Iwon't let him do that. It's stildraw though.40.e4Preventing his Rook from gettingd3.40...Rd4 41.Re3 g6 42.Kc3 Rd43.Kb4Here comes the King. This wouobviously be impossible with his pawstill on c5. I'm better now, but stnot winning.43...Rb8?This is not good. It's much tpassive. In rook endings, active roand active king are vitally importanHe should try 43 ...Rd2 44. KxbRxb2+ 45. Kxc4 when it looks likecan hold the draw.44.Re2 Kf7 45.Rh2 Kg7 46.Rd2 Rb47.Kc5Active king, active rook.47...Kf7?!He is way too passive. He's juhoping Iwon't find a way to Will. Hcould try 47 ...Rf7 which leaves himpawn down but with an active Rook.48.Kc6 Rb8 49.Kc5 Rb7 50.Rd8A cute trap that he has dangling othere is that ifIry to win the b-pawwith 50. Rd6 Ke7 51. Rb6??,actually lose the game after 51.. .Rxb52. Kxb6 b4! 53. axb4 a3! 54. bxa3and queens.SU. . .M?The final decisive mistake, aftwhich his brilliant victory has beunambiguously transformed intogut-wrenching loss. The last chancis 50 ...Kg7 intending 5l...Rf7 whehe may still have some hope. But n50. ..Ke7? which loses to 51. Rh8! anthe rook exchange.51.axb4 Rc7+ 52.Kb5 c3 53.bxcRxc3No better is 53 ...Ra7 54. Rd2 whemy connected passed pawns will roll54.Kxa4 Rc4 55.Ka5 Rxe4 56.bReIA matter of taste here as to howlose. Some would have playe56 ...Rxf4 57. b6 Ke7 58. Rh8! anthen sacrificed the Rook for the paw

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The way he plays is just Lucena'sposition, which 99% of experts knowcold.S7.b6 Ra1+ 58.KbS Rbl+ 59.Ka6Ra1+ 60.Kb7 RbI 61.Ka7 Ral+62.Kb8 RbI 63.b7 ReIIf he tries 63 ...Ke7, then Irespondwith 64. Rd6, as I would have if hehad made the King move any time inthe last few moves, then 64 ...Rb2 65.Ka7 Ra2+ 66. Ra6 Rb2 67. b8=Q,winning.64.ReSAlso winning are 64. Rd6 and 64.Rd7+.64...Rb165.Re7+On 65 . ..Ke8, 66. Ke8 decides. Whata tough game! I'm very proud of howhard I fought to come back from avery lost position, first with 23. g4!!and then in the rook ending. I tell mychess friends all the time that all rookendings are drawn, and this gameillustrates it well. One mistake costhim the win in the rook ending, thenit took no fewer than five(!) moremissteps to al low Mf to win 1-0John Cole landed a tough assignmentthis weekend: Hold down board 1 on ateam that refused to lose a match -meaning very strong opposition ~eryround. He more thanheld his own,though, with only one loss (vs, ThI{Angelo Young) and going + 1:::4 in hisremaining games. Here's two ofthem:ftJohn Cole (2170).tFlorin Feleean (2500)Modem Defense (B06)

(annotations by John Cole)1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Ne3 Bg7 4.g3My new way of handling thePirc/Modern complex of openings, butperhaps 4. Be3 was better in thissituation.4 Ne6 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Nee7[6 Nd4 7.Bg2 (7.Bxd4 exd4 8.Nce2d3 9.cxd3 Bxb2 JO.Rbl Bg7 II.Bg2Ne7 I2.Nj3 0-0 13.0-0 f5) 7...c58.dxc6 bxc6 9.h3 Rb8]7.Bg2 f5 S.Nge2 Nf6 9.f3 fxe410.Nxe4??Chess in Indiana

Such incredible stupidity, to justoverlook the .pawn. But from thatpoint, it was as if each of my moveswere made with a large rock off of myshoulders. Iwas already losing, somy moves weren't important!Although I don't recommend justgiving up a pawn in the opening tomake your moves feel easier, it doesmake playing a lot less stressful 10...NfxdS 11.Bg5 0-0 12.Qd2 Nf613.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Rxf6 IS.0-0-0Although Iam down a pawn, Ihaveexcellent compensation for the pawnin the form of better development. Itisn't enough, but it causes someproblems for my opponent.1S... c6 16.f4 Qf8 17.fxe5 dxe5lS.Rbfl Bg4 19.QgS NfS!A superb move, which forces myQueen back into obscurity.20.Rdel Bxe2 21.Rxe2 h6 22.Qd2ReS[22 ...Nxg3 23.hxg3 Rxfl+ 24.Bxf1Qxfl + 25.Rel Qf8]23.Rfel Qc5 24.Kbl Rd6 2S.QclKg7[25 ...Nd4 26.Re4 Kg7 27.c3 Nf528.R4e2 reaches the same position asthe game via transposition]26.c3 Rde6 27.Be4 Nd6 2S.Qe2Nxe4 29.Rxe4Perhaps it is time for me to make ashockingly bold statement (well,maybe not so bold or shocking, but it'sa broad statement). This position is adead draw. Although Black has anextra pawn, White's blockade is toostrong. As our second board JoshBousum said a few weeks afterward,"I haven't seen a blockade that strongsince the Cuban Missile Crisis! "Indeed. 29 ..Qf8 30.Qe2 R8e7 31.M a632.Kcl Qf7 33.Kbl Kb7 34.a3 b535.a4Although it is slightly risky to movemy pawn cover up the board, it isdesigned to stop any black pawnstorms.3S hS[35 bxa4 36.Qxa6 (36.Rxa4?! e4)]36.Kc1 QeS 37.Qe3 Qf8 38.Qe2Kg7 39.Kbl Qf7 40.Kcl Kh7

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41.Kb1To be honest, Ihought about offera draw here, but Ihought it wouldpolite to let my higher-rated opponemn out of ideas.41...Qg7 42.Kc1 Rd7 43.axb5 ex44.Ke2[44.Rxe5 Rxe5 45.Qxe5 Qx46.Rxe5 Rd3 47.Rg5 Kg7 48.Kc2 R49.Kb3 Kf6 50.Kb4 RfS Sl.RxfSKxfS S2.KaS Kg4 53.Kxa6 Kx54.Kxb5 Kxh4 55.c4 g5 56.c557.c6 g3 58.c7 g2 59.c8Q glQ whBlack is slightly better due tobetter King and farther advancpawn. Although it is still probablydraw, Iwanted to go into a ddrawn ending, not an endirequiring any skill.]44 ... Rd5 4S.g4 hxg4 46.Qxg4 Q47.Qe2 Red6 4S.Rxe5 Rd49.Qxd2 Rxd2+ 50.Kxd2 Qx51.R5e4 Game drawn by mutagreement. Phew! %-%ftJohn Cole (2170).1 Mariano Acosta (2273)Pire Defense B07

(annotations by John Cole)l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 NbS.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.0-0 hSA queer move, but it isn't a horribone and puts heavy pressure onfrom the start.S.h3Intending to meet ...h4 with g4.S...b59.a3[9.d5 cxd5 IO.NxdS Nxd5 11.exNf6 12.Nc3 a6 (12 ... b4 I3.Ne2 BI4.c4 bxc3 I5.Nxc3 0-0 I6.Be3 Wa good advantage due to the "sorethumb" on h5.) ]9 ...Bb7 10.Be3 Qc7 1l.Qd2 a6 120-0-0As Les Kistler said, "A very squirreposition!" Well, if squirrels cotalk Iam sure they would agree.Although the positioning of his Kiis odd, to say the least, it isn'tdemonstrably bad. Knowing thatopponent was much more experiencthan I in such "squirrely" positions,decided that circumspection was to****contioued 00 page 20****

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C ra ig S ta uffe r a ndEmory Tate squa re off in

the F ' ir stl nd ianaChal lenge

'C h am p ion sh ip M a tchby Jay CarrLogansport, Indiana

Who can remember the lasthigh-level chess match held inIndiana? AI: , long as I can remember,everything was always tournamentfocused in our state. We hosted the1981 U.S. Championship in SouthBend, but that was not a match, as isthe case for the World Championship.Do we have to go all the way back tothe famous Lasker -Showalter matchof last century (part of which alsotook place in Logansport) to findanother match between strong mastersplayed for stakes in our state?Historians, we await yourcommentary! .

There was an air o fexcitement at the Four County

(Emory Tate (back to camera) vs. CraigStauffer)Counseling Center (site of manyrecent events and pictured {pg. 7}inthe last issue of CN!) as the playersliterally took the stage (albeit amodest one) and Stauffer pushed hise-pawn forward ...

GamelitCraig Stauffer (2200).t Emory Tate (2452)Sicilian Defense B30

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(Emory Tate receives congratulations fromISCA Director, Tom Byers)l.e4 c5 2.NfJ Ne6 3.Bb5One of the most popular of the "Anti-Sicilians" the Rossolimo Variation.3... e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.,114Nxd46 ..Nxd4cxd4 7 ..Qxd4 Nc6&.Bxc6 iJxc6 9.b3Qb6 lO.Be3 Qxd4 H..Bxd4 as

12.Nd2 f6 13.e5 K:f7 14.NfJ c515.Bb2 a5 16.Rfel h6 17.a4 Be718.Bc3 fS 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.c3 Rhd821.b4 axb4 22.cxb4 cxb4 23.Rebl d424.Bxb4 Bxf3 2S.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.gxf3Ra5 27.RbS Rd5 28.Rb7+ Rd729.Rb5 Rda7

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33.Rb3 g5 34.Kg2 Kf7 3S.Ra3 K36.f4 gxf4 37.a5 Ra7 38.a6 K39.K:f3 Rxe5 40.Rdxd3 Rb5 41.R[41.h4+!? Kxh4? (o41...K42.Kxf4=]41...e5 42.Kg2 e4 43.Rc3 f3+ 44.Kf4+45.Kh3Resourceful until the end, Staufferquietly positioned himself so that ohis Rooks can make legal moves.

45 ... Re5 46.Re5!I remember inputting this game iChessbase in the wee hoursSaturday night and thinking, "OoI've misread the scoreshsomewhere," but it's really a caseStauffer trying everything inarsenal, including stalemate defense46 Rxc5 47.Rd5+ Kf6(47 Rxd5?? Is stalemate)48.Rxe5 e3 49.fxe3 fxe3 50.Rc3SI.Kg2 Rg7+0-1

Game 2Craig Stauffer, although doubtlessdisappointed with the final scorethe match, described it as two pregood games and a "lesson." Gatwo wasn't one of the good gamesLeft: with a permanent structuweakness relatively early in the gamBlack never recovers.

itEmory Tate (2452).t Craig Stauffer (2200)Sicilian Defense B55(annotations by Ken Hamilton)In this game, Emory shows howattack with the King ...l.e4 c5 2.NfJ d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.NxNf6 5.0 e5 6.Bb5+ Bd7

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6 ... Nbd7 may be slightly better,subsequently nudging White's Bishopwith ... a6.7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.NfS u s 9.BgS dxe4IO.Bxf6 Qxd1+ 1l.Kxdl gxf612.fxe4

They have followed Salov-Ljubojevic,Buenos Aires 1994; White standsbetter.12 ....Nc6 I3.Nc3 Rg8 I4.g3 0-0-0+I5.K.e2 Nd4+ I6.N:uM bd4I7.Radl Rc4I8.Kf3Providing additional protection to thee-pawn.I8 .. Rg6With the idea of sliding across thesixth rank to attack White's queensidepawns.I9.Rbgl BeS 20.Rg2White's Rook is pushed off gl to abetter square, strengthening hissecond rank ...20... Bd4Hoping perhaps for Rd3, when Blackcan wreck White's pawn structure.2I.NbS Kb8 22.bJ ReS 23.c4a624.Nxd4 exd4Black, outmanoeuvered, gives up apawn ...25.Rxd4 f5 26.exfS RxfS+ 27.Rf4Rgf6 28.RxfS RxfS+ 29.Kg4 Rf6

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30.KgSWith his Rook temporarily tied todefending the second rank, Whiteuses his King to attack, moving theblack Rook off the open f-file.30 . .. Rg6+ 3I.KhS Kc731.. .Rf6 looks better here, protectingthe f-pawn - but g4 threatening g5would maintain White's advantage,which is beginning to resemble astranglehold [31... Rf6 32 g4 h6 33.Re2 Kc7 34. Re7+ Kc6 35. M]32.Rf2 f6 33.Rf4 Rg5+ 34.Kh6 ReS3S.Rxf6Black's game soon becomes hopeless.35 ... Re2 36.b4 Rxa2 37.Rf3 Raj38.Kxh7 as 39.g4a4 40.Rti+ Kd64I.bxa4 Rxa4 42.g5 Rxc4 43.bS ReS44.Kg6 b5 4S.b6 ReI 46.h7 RbI47.Kg7Ke61-0

Game 3

With the result of the following game,Tate clinched victory in the best offive match. There followed somediscussion of whether or not games 4and 5 should be played 'exhibitionsyle' since they would have no bearingon the match. The players made theproposal of instead getting together onSunday to provide some annotationsto be shared with ISCA members inthis magazine. They decided that thethird game was the most worthy ofannotation.

itCraig Stauffer (2200).tEmory Tate (2452)Sicilian Defense B21(annotations by Tate & Stauffer)l.e4 c5 2.d3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc65.c3 d5 6.Be2 Bg4?![6 ....e6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.Be3 b6 9.Khl f5lO.e5 h600]7.Qb3!Tate commented afterward that hedidn'tappreciare how strong a movethis was until after it had been played.

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7 e60[7 dxe4 8.Ng5 Bxe2 9.Qxf7+ K10.Qxg7 Nf6 11.Kxe2 exd12.Kxd3!+-; 7...BxO 8.Qxb7 (8.BxBishop Pair) 8...Nd4 9.cxd4 Bx1O.Kxe2 dxe4 Il.dxe4 cxd4 12.QcKf8 l3.Na3 d3+ 14.Kf3 Rc8 15.Qd2 16.Bxd2 Bxb2 17.Radl Q18.Nb5 Qc2]8.Qxb7 Nge7 9.QbS?![9.Qb3;!;]9...Rc8! lO.h3[olO.Nbd2; 10.Qxc5? Nd4-+]lO...Bxf3 1l.Bxf3 d4 12.c4[12.0-0 dxc3 l3.Nxc3 O-O!]12..0-0 13.a3 e5 14.0-0 Qd6

IS.Be2?[l5.b4!? cxb4 A) 16.c5 Q(16...Qc 7 17.axb4 Rb8+) ;16.axb4!? 16...Rb8 l7.fxe5 Bx18.Qa6 f5 19.b5 fxe4 20.Ba3 Q21.Nd2! (21.Bxe7? Qf4 22. QQh2+ 23.Kf2 Rxj3+ 24.Kel Bg25.Kd2 Qxg2+ 26.KcJ Rx/21...Qf4 22:Nxe4 Qh2+ 23.Kf2 Rx24.Kxf3 Rf8+ 25.Ke2 Qxg2+ 26.RRxf2+ 27.Nxf2 Bg3 28.Rfl N29.Qe6+ +-]I5 ...f5!White has wasted too much time.16.Bf3 fxe4

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[l6 ...exf4!? 17.b4!]17.Bxe4 Nf5 18.b4 Nee7 19.Bd2 Ne320.bx.c5 Qe6 2l.Rf2[2L c3 Nxfl 22.Bd5 Nxd5 23.cxd5Qe8]

(position after 21. Rf2)

21. ..a6?![21...Nc2 22.Ra2 Rb8 A) 23.Rxc2!?Rxb5 24.cxb5 Qb3 25.Bb4 Qxbl +26.Kh2 At) 26 . ..RbS 27.c6 Nc8 28.c7(28.Bd5+ Kh8 29.Be6 e4) ; A2)26...exf4 27.c6; B) 23.Bb7! ]22.Qb6 Re6 23.Bxe6 Nxe6 24.Nc3?!dxc3![24 ...Nc2? 25.Nd5! Nxal 26.Qxc6Qxc6 27.Ne7+ Kh8 2S.Nxc6]25.Bxe3 exf4 26.Bxf4 Bd4 27.Bg3 e22S.Re1 Qe3[28 ...Qe2 29.Qxc6 Bxf2+ 30.Bxf2Rxf:2 (30...Qxj2+ 31.Khl Qf1+32.RxJ1 RxJ1+ 33.Kh2 c1Q 34.Qd5+Kg7) ]29.Qxe6 Qxe1+ 30.Kh2

30 Rxf2?![30 Qgl+ll 31.Kxgl Bxf2+ 32.Bxf2clQ+ 33.l


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Kibitzer's CornerBy Ken Hamilton

Challenge ChampionshipCompanion TournamentTwo entertaining games from round 3of the March 3-4 ChallengeCompanion Event:In which Jay runs out of gas on move20... and Josh gets a second wind.

. :f r. Jo sh B o usum (2 02 0)1Jay Carr (920)Sicilian Defense Be5(annotations byKen Hamilton)l.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc40-0 8.(l..-(la6 9.Bb3 d6 10.h310. f]would be the more familiar wayof opposing Black's Dragonformation, but Josh is looking to playf4.10.Na5 1l.f4 Nxb3 12.Nxb3 b513.Qe2White begins to go astray. Althoughthis move looks good, connecting theRooks and preparing Radl fallowedby e5, Black can grab the advantagehere 'with 13...b4; and Black alsostands better after 13...Bb7. 13. e5,keeping control of the d-file, wouldhave been better.13...Bb7[But why not... 13 ...b4 14.Nd5 NxdS15.exd5 Bxb2 16.Rabl Bc3 17.Bd2Qb6+ followed by Bf6 and as?]14.Qf3Taking two m.oves to get to f]makes13. Qe2 look even worse. And Joshmust have nerves of steel to opposedthe Bishop with his Queen on thesame diagonal; Ja y could not takeadvantage of this by 14...Nxe4? 15.Nxe4 f5 as he would remain a piecedown after 16. Nf6+.. However, after14...b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd.5 eO !wins the battIe of the diagonal andpockets the d-pawn,14...Rc8Despite delaying playing ...b4, BlackCh e ss in In dia na

is maintaining an advantage that Fritzequates roughly to being a pawn up.15.Bd4 b4Finally! And not a moment too soon -or too late, though White may havedone better with 15. a3.16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.exd5Rxc2My first impression here was that Jayerred in snapping off the c-pawn, asf5 and a powerful attack along the f-file looked too dangerous to ignore.Well ...Iwas wrong.

19.f5 Qb6+[19....e5 also offers Black winningchances,partioulady after 20.f6+Kh8 2iILQe3 Rxb2 22.Qh6 Rg8though 20. fxe6 eventually seems tolead to a draw after 20 ... fxe6 21. Qd3Qd6+ 22. Qd4+ Qxd4 23. Nxd4Rxfl+ 24. Rxfl Rxb2 25. Ne6+ Kh626. Rf4 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Bxd5+.]20.Khl a s...and this is where Jay went wrong.The right move, which it seems bothJay and Imissed was 20 ...Kg8! (thankyou, Fritz). Black has gained a tempoversus the line actually played - sothat f6 is no longer played with check,and after 21. f6 exf6 22. Qxf6 Bxd5and White will soon resign. Whitecould try 21. Rae 1 but after Qd8Black keeps the upper hand. [20 Kg82Lf6 exf6 22.Qxf6 Bxd5]21.f6+ exf6 22.Qxf6+ KgS 23.Nd4Thanks to the loss of that wretchedtempo White's Knight moves to d4with unstoppable threats of eithertaking on c2 or going to e6 or f5.23 ...Rxg2 24.Kxg2 Bxd5+ 25.Kh2Re826.RaclHere Jay gave up, presumably bylaying down his King and not by

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hurling his a-pawn across the room ..(I did consider the latter option formoment - editor )1-0

The following. game is all about a trathat didn't work - but did!ftFrank Owens (1455):tChuck Carroll (1499)French Defense C07

l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.c3 Nc5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd8.0-0 0-0 9.Rel Bg4White's position is a trifuncomfortable; 10. Bxc6 woulrelieve the pressure on d4, and coulbe followed by h3, or Nfl intendingNe3 or Bg5 - all good developmenoptions better than the move playewhich does nothing to free hdormant queenside pieces.lO.Qe2 cxd4 1l.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd412. cxd4 was better, opening the fifor White's Queen and keeping guaron el.12..e5 13.Nf5 Re8Setting a trap?14.Rxe8+

14... Qxe8?! IS.Nxd6Taking the bait - correctly!15...Qe1+ 16.Nfl Be2White, stunned by Black's last movmisses the x-ray defense provided bhis Rook - but I imagine Chuck waequally horrified ifhe spotted it ..17.h3??17. Bg5! reveals the flaw in the trap17 ...Qxal 18. Qxe2 Qxfl+ 19. Nxedxe4 20. Qxe4 and wins easily.17...Qxf1+ 18.Kh2 Qxf2 19.Bd2White has been pushed around for

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few moves and with this move,blocking his defense of g2, he falls onhis own sword; by Qf5, though apawn down, he might have haddrawing chances in an endgame withopposite colored Bishops ...in fact,almost any move was better than themove played.19...Bf3I have a feeling Frank was assurprised by this move as much as hewas by 16 ...Be2; but this time, there'sno escape.20.Rgl Ng4+ 21.Khl Qg3 22.Bf4Qxh3+A neat ending to a game that Chuckwill enjoy playing over every now andagain, but one that may stimulate bothplayers to carry their analysis one stepfurther in critical situations.O-l r J J

1/1/1/1/1/'.~I/I/I/I/'_;#/#/.I'/I/I/.l/I/I7/'/#/I'/I/,I/1/.I1~ A few more games from the ~~ ~~ Challenge Companion, two ~i ~j annotated by tournament winner i~ John Cole I'iJ,/I/.I/I/I/.I'/I/I/I/I/#.Il'1Z1YI'/I/I/I/I/I/ .W/I/I/I/.I/I/I/I/.J.

From Ronnd 2:ftRoger Blaine (1700)t10hn Cole (2160)Bird's Opening A03

(annotations byJohn Cole)1.f4 d5 2.NfJ Nf6 3.b3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7S.e3 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.0-0 Ne6 8.d3 b6Roger and I have had many games inthis line, and it seems at this point Ialways play something different Iremember playing 8 ... a6 here once,and 8...Qd6 has also been played.9.Qel Bb7 lO.Nbd2 Qe7 Il.BdlRad812.g3No offense to Roger, but how cananyone stand such a passive opening?Although White isn't worse here, itcertainly doesn't seem like a funposition to play. I guess Roger justhas a taste for such formations.12.Ne8 13.Bxg7 Nxg7 14.e4 dxe4IS.Nxe4I think that IS. dxe4 is just slightlybetter, but Black is definitely better ineither case.IS. ..Nf5 16.Ne3 Ned4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4C h ess in In dia na

18.a4 Qe6 19.Qe4 Qd7 20.Qe3 f5!Blocking any remaining obstacles onthe vulnerable long diagonal.21.Kf2 Qe6 22.Rg1 Rf6

A queer-looking move, with an evenweirder looking point: Re6! For somereason, this maneuver reminds me ofa piece of artillery moving into astreet to blast away at th e enemysoldiers. I find better things to dothan complete this plan, however.23.Nb5 a6 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Qd2Re8 26.Be2 eSBringing in all of my pieces for thefinal attack.27.fxeS Rxe5 28.Qd1 f4White is simply toast .29.BfJ fxg3+ 30.Rxg3 Re3 31.Kg2Rfill 0-1

From Round 4:ftJohn Cole (2160)tBernard Parham (Sr.) 2025London Opening D02

(annotations byJohn Cole)l.d4I wasn't in the mood for anotherSpanish Bird1 .115 2.NfJ c.6 3.Bf4And I certainly wasn't in the mood fora Slav.3 ...Nd7 4.e3 bS S.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2Iastead, I have chosen to play chess,not opening moves. Although thisisn't the most precise way to go aboutthings, it is the most comfortable wayagainst a guy you have a 1-4 lifetimerecord against!6...Nb5The weirdness begins.7.Bg5 h6 S.BM gS

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And continues ...(Tim Berryman (L) vs. George Kamber atChallenge Companion)9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3However, for his slightly aeratpawn structure, Black has the twbishops. The c8 Bishop is a popiece, however, and White shoustand slightly better here.10 ...Bg7 11.e3 Qb6 12.Qe2 a6 13.Bb7 14.0-0 e6Now Iam sure that White has at leaa moderate advantage. The b7 Bishois a ridiculous piece, and castlinkingside for Black is going toslightly dangerous.IS.Rfe1 Bf6 16.exdS cxd5 17.a4Seeking to fix a weakness on tqueenside in the form of the a-pawn.17 ...bxa4 18.Rxa4 0-0 19.Ra2 Rfe8Forced, since he needs the Knightis to defend the kingside.20.Nh2 Bg7 21.NdfJShifting the firepower to the kingsidarena.21.Nf8 22.Ne5 f5This is dangerous. ALthoughblunts some of the attacking pieces,White is able to crack open this pawstructure the exposure to the blacKing will be that much worsHowever, Black needs to takegamble like this, as White will wingiven no resistance.23.g4 f4Farther they go, but the less covthey provide ...24.Nhf3 Re8 25.g3 fxg3 26.fxg3My "weaknesses" are an illusion, anthe newly opened f-file will be Blackdownfall.26 ..RabS 27.RfI Qd6 2S.Bbl B29.Kg2 Rb6 30.Qe2 Rb7 31.b4Giving the a-Rook access to t

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kingside fun.31...Bd732.Ng6Finally launching the attack, but isBlack really toast? As some analysisshows later, probably not.32...BbS 33.Rf2 Rf7?

[33 ...Nd7 34. xg5 Nf6 (34...hxg5??35.Ne7+ Qxe7 36 . Qh 7#) 35.Ne5 hxg536.Qg6 Qe7 (36 ...Rj8 37.Kgl Ne438.Bxe4 dxe4 39.Rxj8+ Qxj8 40.Rj2Qd6 41.Rp Rxp 42.Qxp+ Kh743.Qg6+ with a draw by repitition)37.Rxf6 Qxf6 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Rf2Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Reb8 41.Ng6+ Kf742.Qh5]34.Nxf8K.xf8 35.Qh7 Bxd4A blunder, but Black was toast in anycase.36.Nxd41-O.:ft.]ayCarr (1930).t William "Sonny" Jones, Jr. (1640)Falkbeer Counter Gambit C32(annotations by Jay Carr)1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf65.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Be3!?6. ND is the more common move.6 Bd6[6 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3 8.ND Qh5?!(oS ...QeJ) 9.hxg3!]7.NfJ Qf6New to me. [7...0-0]8.Qd4[8.Bb5+ gets very complicated 8... c69.dxc6 bxc6 lO.Qd5]8...Qe79.Ne5[9.Qxg7!? Rf8]9...BfSl0.Bb5+ Kf811.Nd2 QM+[At the board, I expected 1L .BeSthinking Icould answer safely with12.Qd3? (012.QC4 Bxe3 J3.Nxe4Bxf4-+ J4.Nxp QxP 15. 0-0 g5Che ss in In d ia n a

16.Rae 1 With at least somecompensation, . but surely notenough?) But after 12...Nd6! Blackappears to have a decisive advantage.I only looked at 12 ...Ng3 to threatenthe Queen, where white has l3. BxcS- which also threatens Black's Queen.13.Qe2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 NxbS-+]12.g3 Nxg3 13.Bf2 Qe7 14.hxg3 f615.0-0-0 fxeS 16.Qc3 a6 17.Ba4 b518.Rdel!

18... Nd7 19.Qe6 Kf7 20.Bb3 as21.NfJ[Startlingly playable is 21.RhS!? ]21...a4[21...h622.fxe5!]22.fxe5 axb3 23.e6+ Kf6[23 ...Kg6 24.Nh4+ Qxh4 Thispossibility made me nervous at theboard because of the possibility of thethe b3-pawn Queening, but it turnsout Ihave no worries .. 2S.gxh4 bxa226.h5+ Kg5 2TRegl +]24.Qe3+ Ne5 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Rxf5+Kxf527.Bd4?[27.Nd4+ Is a forced mate. 27 .. .Kg528.Qf3 Rf8 29.RhS+ Kg6 30.Qg4+Kf631.Qg5#]27..Bxg3 28.Qd3+ Kg4 29.Qe4+Bf4+ 30.Be3 Ra4 31.Rgl + Kh332.Ng5+ QxgS 33.Qh1+ Bh234.RxgS Rg4 35.RhS+ Rh436.Rxh4+ Kxh4 37.Qxh2+ Kg438.Qf4+ Kh3 39.Bf2 Kg2 40.Qg3+Kf141.Kd2A rarity: A quiet king move threatensan unstoppable mate in one. 1-0****continued from page 22***

had a tie, and the first time thatanybody under the age of 30 has helda piece of it. "

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Following is an earlieplayoff game between the cchampions:.:ft.Brandon Heuer (1564).tHarold Henderson (1749)Sicilian Defense B53

(annotations by Harold Henderson)The first game of playoff #2 -- twgames, each player gets each coloone time.l.e4 eS 2.NfJ d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxda6 S.Nc3 Ne6 6.Qa4[6.Qdl is usual here.]6..Bd7 7.Qb3 b5 8.NgS e6 9.BeBe7 to.NfJ Nf6 1l.Be2 0-0 12.0Ng4 13.Ndl Nxe3 14.Nxe3 Re8 lS.eNaS 16.Qdl Be6 17.Bd3 Bb18.Ng4 Ne4 19.b3 Nb2 20.Qe2 Nxd21.Qxd3 Qa5 22.b4 Qe7 23.RfeQe4Black is too ready to exchange awahis advantage. [23...Qc6 24.Nd2 BgS2S.D]24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Nd2 Re7 26.fJ Bg27.Re2 Rfe8 28.Rac1 d5 29.exd5Otherwise Black p lay s ... d4 next.29...Bxd5 30.g3 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 Rxe32.Rxe3 Rxe3 33.Ne5 f6?[33. ..Rc7 Black must prevent Whiteknight from becoming so active34.Nd3 Kf8 3S.NcS Rc6 36.f4 anthis looks drawish tool]34.Nd7 Bxf3 35.Ne5 BdS 36.NxaRajBoth players have 39 minutes left.37.Ne7 Rxa2 38.Rxa2 Bxa2 39.NxbKf7 40.Nc7 Ke7 41.b5 Kd7 42.bgS??Imagining that he can hang onto athose kingside pawns. [42 ...Kc43.Ne8 Kxb6 44.Nxg7 seems a bbetter for Black than the game44 ...Kc6 4S.Ne8 f5 46.Nf6 h6 47.Ngh5 48.Nf6 h4 49.gxh4 And Black maactually have chances even aftegiving up his bishop for the forwarh-pawn -- but not in this timcontrol!]43.Ne8! Ke6 44.Nxf6 Bbl 4S.KfKxb6 46.K:f3Bf5[46...Bg6]47.Ne4 h6 48.Nd6 Ke6 49.Nf7Draw agreed on White's proposal.

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Player Profile:Nelson Weaver

By Ken HamiltonAll of us contribute in some way tochess in Indiana; some by attaininghigh rankings and a nationalreputation, some by organizing dubsand tournaments, or running theISeA, some by coaching and othersby simply playing and competing.Some of us have made extraordinarycontributions to thegame and theirstories are worth telliag, Here is oneof them.* * * * * * . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Nelson Weaver doesn't playchess anymore. Some years back heattained a rating around 1600, enoughto enable him to help school kids inMonticello, Indiana analyze theirgames and discover where they wentwrong . His involvement with chesswas primarily as a teacher, not aplayer. Now in his mid-sixties andretired f r om . Roosevelt Middle School,where his dunes as Gmdan.ce Directorentailed acting as counselor ito ave!six hundred students, Nelson looksback, with justifiable pride, on somethirty years extra-curricula service aschess coach for the township'selementary, middle and high schools.

He first developed an interestin chess when in college, where hemajored in mathematics, a roommatetaught him the moves. Always a keencheckers player,. Nelson enjoyed themore complicated challenges of chessbut, as a middle school math teacherand basketball coach he had little timefor the game. But, in 1971, his schoolprincipal allowed faculty to teach anysubject of their choice for two, half-hour sessions a month ...

Chess was now once againpart of Nelson's daily life - at home,where his son was fast learning howto play and at work, where he had

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already taught dozens of kids theelements of the game. After BobbyFischer won the world championshipin 197 2 there was no shortage of kidsanxious to play in the extra-curriculachess program Nelson started thefollowing year.

Soon Weaver introduced hisstudents to tournament play, takingfour-player teams to compete againstother schools in the state as well ascompetition in adult tournaments. Sobegan years. of loading kids into a vanand traveling to compete in five-games-all- tn-ene-day tournaments,followed by the long drive homewhich always seemed to grow shorteras his teams began to notch upvictories. IfBobby Fischer's triumphsparked the growth of scholastic chessthroughout the country, Nelson isquick to point out that another BobFischer, a highly-successful TerreHaute high school chess coach, wasthe leader in organizing scholasticchess tournaments at both state andnational levels and that he and others,including Bernard Parham - one thefirst african-american to attain masterrank, and whose dynamic teachingmethods helped Weaver inspire acompetitive spirit in the late seventiesand early eighties, particularly inelementary school children - shouldbe recognized as the major

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contributors (Nelson Weaver. pictured awith former student Reid Hanway atMonticello Public Library) to the explosof chess throughout Indiana's.schools.

Nelson's kids began towell in competition, not throustudying opening theory or readbooks on tactics and strategy, for swas not his style, but becausetaught them to work hard at thgame over the board, exploiting thcommon sense rather than thmemory. He sought out tournamenfor them to play in as often as twicmonth, and set up a running, ladchampionship where kids cochallenge each other not only aschool but also before - and Nelwould be there, five days a weekseveral years before his nexpanded duties as Guidance Direcforced him to reduce ladder gamesthree days a week.

Due to the efforts and vartalents of people like Weaver, FischParham and others by the eeighties Indiana becamepowerhouse of scholastic chess.1981 Nelson's eighth grade-anunder team won the Midwest Oscholastic tourney and the schampionship. Prevailing on the locommunity for financial suppoWeaver took his team, including sKevin, to the Nation

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Championships in Minneapolis - andwon; of the top eight teams four werefrom Indiana, and Roosevelt becamethe smallest school ever to win anational title.

Winning a nationalchampionship brought Coach Weaverand his team more than recognition -a state Senate resolution ofcongratulations, an article in thearea's newspaper listing their victoryas one of the year's most noteworthysporting achievements - it enhancedRoosevelt's overall reputation forexcellence and inspired the principalof Twin Lakes High School to askNelson to expand his program toinclude students from ninth to twelthgrades. .. Eventually the kids whowon the junior high nationals won thestate high school championship in1985. Before long, Robert Stockwell,the principal of MeadowlawnElementary School, asked CoachWeaver for help in starting a chessprogram. Though not a chessplayerhimself, Stockwell approached theformation of an elementary schoolclub with enormous enthusiasm andsoon enrolled nearly a hundred kids inthe program. Weaver expanded hisafter-school hours club, with up toabout ten kids from Meadowlawn,twenty from Roosevelt and ten fromTwin Lakes attending any givennight. The high school players actedas assistant coaches in analyzinggames with the Meadowlawn kids(one of Coach Weaver's rules was thathis students learned notation as soonas they learned the moves! - and berequired that they kept the scores ofall of their tournament games and atleast one of their practice games persession for analysis purposes). In1991Weaver's sixth graders, allMeadowlawn graduates, won theScholastic Chess of Indianaelementary school levelchampionship.

In the years immediatelyprior to his retirement in 1998, CoachWeaver's Middle and High schoolteams each won an ISCA sponsoredstate championship - with most of theC he ss in In dia na

players having started their chesscareers in the MeadowlawnElementary School program.

By encouraging kids toimprove by thinking for themselveswithout the use of opening books andcomputers Nelson said they developedan ability to concentrate that aidedtheir regular curriculum studies. Isuspect he had been more interestedin helping boys and girls develop aspeople than as players; perhaps that iswhat the best coaches, in all schoolsports, seek to do... I'll end bygiving you a glimpse of Weaver'scoaching style, and with a commenton the future prospects of chess inMonticello.

A boy on one of Nelson'schampionship teams had lost everygame before the final round, and histhree team-mates were beginning tofeel the pressure of making up for hiscontinued poor play. Nelson, notingthat the boy was moving too quickly,took him aside, not to give him adviceon choice of openings or a refreshercourse on piece development, butsimply to tell him that it wouldencourage the rest of the team if theysaw that his game had not finishedearly and that he was hanging in foras long as possible. Result - the kidstopped playing impetuously, spentadequate time on every move, andwon his game. That's a happyconclusion, but not the end of thestory. The boy so enjoyed his new-found ability to explore a position ingreater depth that he went on tobecome one of the strongest playersonthe team,

Near the end of my interviewwith Coach Weaver one of his formerstudents, Reid Hanway, wandered in,fresh from a baseball game. Reid, whostarted playing in elementary school,is now a star player on Twin LakesHigh School chess team and recentlyscored well in the National ScholasticChampionships in Kansas City. Hehas been invited to participate in aninternational gathering under theauspices of the World Scholar

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Athletic Games, where the emphwill be not on competition bupromoting understanding betwstudents of high skill levelsacademic excellence. But therenot be many more players like ReMonticello schools for a while,since Coach Weaver's retirementchess program has sufferedtournament competinon shareduced. People like Nelson Wecome few and far between.

****continued from page 11**the best plan for me here.13.b3Kb814.Qel

Getting the Queen out of the vis-awith d8-Rook, and putting her owill put more pressure on Blqueenside dark squares.14...RdfS 15.Qf2 Ne8 16.dxe517.fxe5Although it gives me pweaknesses, just sitting there wallow Black to open the kingsBesides, it gives my pieces lots ofsquares to occupy (f5, d4, f4).17...Nxe5 18.Nd4 Nd6 19.Nf20.Rfdl!Not an exclam for the strength omove, but for my instincts tellingthat the g7-pawn was poiso[20.Nxg7? Rfg8 21.Ne6 Qc8 22.h4 23.g4 Nxg4! 24.hxg4 Q25.Khl h3 26.Bf3 Qg2+ 27.Bhxg2+ 28.Kgl Rhl #]

20...g6 21.Nxe7 Qxe7 22.Bc523_Rd2 Qe6 24.Rfl Rhf8 25.Nef726.Rfl Ne527.Rfdl Yz-YzIn an individual event, I mightplayed on in the hopes that I wscrew up before he does. Howevdecided not to risk our team's hand just turned in the half-point.

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"B IC YCL e" H oldsIn n au g ura l E v en t(Report submitted by Van Piercy)

Bloomington. Indiana.The recently fnmredBloomington Indiana Onmmmi::tyYouth Chess League (BICYCLe). anon profit organizationdel.'eted toyouth chess, held its first county wideyouth tournament at Binfordelementary school on Sat .umay,February 17, 2001. Over 70 childrenregistered for the event Players weredivided into threegrade divisions: K-2 ; 3-5, and 6-8. . Players were notrequired to reccsd games but theywere provided sooresheets andwelcomed to used them. The gameswere G/30 5/SD.

The event was BICYCLe'sfirst and was not USCF rated.BICYCLe founder Steve Volandirected the tournament. Instead ofthe planned five round Swiss, therewas only time and nerves enoughamongst all concerned during the dayfor four rounds. AssistantTournamern Directors and VolunteerMonitors spent much time on the da yexplaining to paTIicipan1s: and theirparents how to read. the paamgsheets, how to castle, what : a ~bye:-~meant, adjudicating game positions,and keeping anxious spectators, notalways successfully, out of thetournament hall (i.e., the schoolcafeteria). The day was filled withhotly contested games, interestedparents, heartbreak, triumph, and awarm, tournament ending awardsceremony. The first place winners inthe K-2 category were L Logan Ray(provisional 123.5), 2. Patrick Piercy(84/), 3.. David Ti~"6I t i (provisional1100); in the 35 C


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all it does it would have been better totrade it for the Knight when it was onc6.22 ... Kb7 23.Bc1 RgB 24.Be3 Red825.Rbl Qe726.Qcl?Looks aggresive toward h6, butTACTICS fly now.26...Ng4+! 27.Kbl Qh4 28.f6+ Kh8...Rg6 can be played now since thewhite Bishop has to come back to g2anyway.29.Bg2 Rg6Fritz found 29 ...Ne2!! here - a killermove.30.Bf2??Bxd4 or Qel offer some hope ofdefense.30 ...Nxf2+! 31.Kgl Ne2+ and Whiteresigns. Nice tactics by Newbanks!0-1From April Chessterton Swiss:ftJonathon Portugal (1731):lJohn Cole (2161)GruenfeJd Defense D80

(annotations by George Kamber)l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Ne3 dS 4.e3 Bg7S.h3 0-0 6.NfJ cS 7.Be2 exd4 8.exd4Ne6 9.0-0 dxe4 10.Bxe4 b6 ll.Be3Out of book position in my database,with 11. a3 being the move playedhere before, probably to keep Blackfrom placing a Knight to stay on d5(Nc6-b4-d5 maneuver).. 1l .Bb7 12.NeS NaS 13.Be2 Re814.Rel NdS 15.NxdS QxdS 16.BfJQxa2 17.Bxb7 Nxb7 I8.RaJ Qxb219.Rxa7 Nd6 20.Rxe7 NfS 21.Ra7Qc3 22.Qal Qc2Probably not the best move here, buthigher rated Cole does not want toallow a queen trade and end up in adrawish endgame.23.Qbl Nxe3 24.fxe3 Qd2 25.Qe4Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Re2 27.Qe4 Rec828.QfJPortugal is Iowan time. 28. Raxf7complicates the game again.28... Rel 29.Rxcl Qxc1+ 30.Kh2Qc4 31.Qf6 and both players agree toa draw here. Y Z - Y Z

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ftJustin Fieser (914):lJeff Hilliard (1601)King's Indian Defense(annotations by George Kamber)l.d4 Nf6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6S.BgS c5 6.dS h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3QaS 9.fJMy database shows 9. BdJ playedhere several times, but that runs intocomplications with 9...Nxe4 10. Bxe4Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3, etc.9... O---Q 10.Bd3 NbS ll.Nge2 Na612.a3 Ne7 13.Bf2?!Preserves the Bishop, but looks like itloses a pawn.13..Nf414.0-0The Knight attacked g2 as well as e2.If White takes on f4 then ...Bxc3+pockets a pawn.14.Nxe2+ IS.Nxe2 Bxb216.Ra2Saving the a-pawn.16 .Bg7 17.Bel Qb6 18.Bc3 Bxc319.Nxc3 Bd7 20.Bc2 Ne8 2LQd3Nf622.f4!The correct idea here, to open files forthe Queen, Bishop, and Rook andattack on the kingside. With thecurrent pawn structure queenside playwould be difficult.22...Nh7?Placing the Knight right on theattacked square .. oh, well, it is the 5thgame of the day and wew are all tired.23.e5 fS 24.exf6 Nxf6 2S.Qg6+ Kh826.Qxh6+ KgB 27.fxg5 and Blackresigns; if he moves the Knight he ismated. 1-0ilonathon Portugal (1731)t]ay lechnick (1725)Dutch Defense A85

(annotations by George Kamber)1..d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.NfJ Be7S..e3 0 - - - - 0 6.Bd3 c6 7.Qc2 dS 8.Bd2Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Nb6 10.cS Nbd7ll.Rdgi b6This should get wild - each sideattacking on opposite wings ...12.g4Yes, he wants to give this pawn awayso the Rook has the open file toattack!

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12...Ne4 13.gxf5 exfS 14.Rg2 bxe5IS.Rhgl Bf6Guarding the g7-square nicely16.h4 c4 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.NgS Bxg519.Rxg5 Rf7 20.QdlCould White have played 20. Nxe4here, followed by Qxc4, with a nicpin at f7?20 ...Nf6 21.Ne2 h6 22.Rg6 Bf523.Rxh6 Ng4! 24.Rxc6 Nxf2 25.Qc2Nd3+What a nice spot for the Knight,attacking b2. And a nice tricky wayof getting there!26.Kbl Rb8 27.Be3 Qxh4 28.NclQh328 . ..Nxb2 can also be played, but thilooks less risky and is still strong.29.Rd6 Qxe3 30.Qh2 Qh3 31.Qxh3Bxh332.Nxd3If he doesn't take it then Black canplay ...Nxb2, Bxb2, c3..but this giveWhite two connected passed pawns.32..exd3 33.Rxd5 Rfl +RbiS is stronger, but time is runningout and this wins too.34.Rxfl Bxfl 35.RfS Bg2 36.RgSBfJ 37.d5 Rb7 38.KclPerhaps instead 38. Re5 to prevent thenext move, but the two passed pawnsshould eventually decide things.38 ..e3! 39.RfS d2+ 40.Bxd2 exd2+41.Kxd2 Rxb2+And White eventually resigned. I dnot have the last moves. 0-1

Harold Henderson & Brandon Heuertied for first in this year's eventHarold writes:"After almost a month off, Brandonand I played the second game of ousecond two-game playoff last night(April 24). The game, unrated byagreement, ended in an agreed drawAfterwards, we agreed to share the2001 Michigan City title as cochampions. (You could call it"draw by exhaustion. ") This is thefirst time since we started holding citychampionships in 1989 that we have*****continued on page 17*****

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