chess in indiana vol xvii no. 2 june 2004

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Volume XVII Number 2

I N S I D E T H IS I S S U E :VanolBrooks Challenge Match ...Challenge Companion #6... Play it Forward ...Blaine's 5012..Collection ofThought ...Bloomington Tornado .... Scholastic Chess... ZCC Open... Bughouse ...

Coach Zabawa retires ..... and lots more, see Contents, page 3

Photo: Joe Peterson

No, that's not young GM Magnus Carlsen collecting a medallion from ISCA president GaryFox; it's look-alike Alek Jansen who shared the Under 1700/Class D prize with Keith Schumanin the Challenge Companion #6 tournament. USCF rated 1328 and Indiana grade 3 champion,Alek is also a rising star in scholastic chess.


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I I I I Chess In IndianaEditor: Ken HamiltonPrinter/Publisher: Bill Corbin - UN PrintingContributors: Jay Carr, Aaron Dean, David Frey, RandyMiller, Dennis Monokroussos, Scott Reisinger, Steve StepProofreading: R.D. CrazeeContributing Photographers: Miltiadis Constantine, AaronDean, Ken Hamilton, Joe PetersonIfI've for otten an bod - which is likel - tell me. Ed.

ChampionsIndiana State Champion: Patrick MihelichState Reserve Champion: John K. WortingerChallenge Champion: Dennis MonokroussosMasters/Generations: Masters, Jason Doss. Seniors: WThompson, Sr. Reserve: Jim Longuski. Amateur: LeKistler & Kevin Fyr. Junior: Jeffrey BaumanClass Champions: Masters:Vacant Expert: Ben Inskeep,Walt Thompson, B-Kristopher Williams and Joe SwindC-Andrew Pheasant D-Michael Frydell and RogFerreiraBeginners' Class Champions: E- Jonathon Harrison,Brandon Van Note, G- Christopher Patterson, H- NWilkey, 1- Hillary Williams &Alex Catron, Unrated-MichaPhillipsState Team Champions: "Nd4" (consisting of: Mike HerGlenn Snow, Jay Carr, Tom Harris)State Quick Chess Champion: Jim MillsState Blitz Champion: Josh BousumState Junior Blitz Champion: Jimmy HildebrandState Scholastic Champions:HS Champion: Patrick Mihelich9th & Under Champion: Cameron Donis6th & Under Champion: David Witwer3rd & Under Champion: Aravind Subramanian9th & Under Junior Varsity Champion: Corey Roell6th & Under Junior Varsity Champions: Ryan RobyGrade Champions: Grade 12: Vacant Grade l1:AntonioDelgado/James Young Grade 10:Matthew Fouts Grade 9: WillWeber Grade 8: Miltiadis Constantine Grade 7: Kyle Kasper Gr6: Gabriel GriggsGrade 5: Fengyee Zhou Grade 4: YoukowHomma Grade 3: Alek Jansen Grade 2: Yushi Homma Grade 1Nicholas JansenKindergarten: Samuel SuttonTeam Champions:High School: South Vigo HS (Terre Haute)8th & Under: Tecumseh MS (Lafayette)6th & Under: Canterbury School (Fort Wayne)3rd &Under: Sycamore School (Indianapolis)

If you joined ISCA or renewed your membership insummer months - including at last year's Championshiin September - remember you will need to renew onbefore this year's State Championships in order to playour most prestigious tournament!

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President.s MessagePresident's Message, 611104Logansport was again the site of the Vano-Brooks ChaIlenge Match, with DennisMonokroussos prevailing over title holderseen here accepting theplaque and-needlessto say, the

winner'scheck! Itwas apleasure towitness thisexciting, 5-game battle between the two topplayers in Indiana. Dennis has generouslycontributed a fuIl report, with a detailedanalysis of the second match game (see page5 in this issue).The 2004 State Championship is in the finalstages of planning and board approval. Wearemaking several improvements, increasingprize funds and grand prix points; . Thetournament will be held in the same roomlocations at the Indiana Convention Centerand RCA Domewe occupied last year. If youhaven't played in the state championship inthe past couple of years you don't know whatyou have missed!. The downtown location inthe heart in Indiana is ideal for this historical,premier Indiana chess event of the year, withample parking across the street and a plethoraof fast food places in the nearby CircleCenter Mall..The annual meeting of members is heldbetween rounds on the second day. It isimportant that you attend; last year, besidethe election of officers, we debated andapproved a revised membership duesstructure and agreed to launch the ISCAtour; you can find the details on our website,http://indianachess.org.. Dave Frey hasdevoted many hours to getting the tour upand running, even including games played onthe Internet Chess Club.. The project is nowin the final testing stages, while Dave worksout the bugs and developing reports that wiIlbe viewable on the web site. We are going toset the official start date for the 2005 ISCAtour at July 1st, 2004 and it will continue tiIlthe end of June 2005with awards being givenat the 2005 state championship to thewinners. More tour news will be provided inthe September issue of Chess In Indiana,which wiIl be before the annual meeting.Let 's give Dave a big thank you for his workon the web site -and for holding his firsttourney in Lebanon, as a newly-fledgedTournament Director!.Gary J Fox, ISCA [email protected]

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ContentsContents2 Who's who in ISCA3 This page ...5 Games from Logansport13 Play it Forward14 Blaine's 50/218 Collecting your thoughts ...19 Bloomington Tornado21 Scholastic Chess22 ZCC Open25 Mind Games!26 Goodbye Mr. Chips (7)27 Solutions, and winners28 Tournament AnnouncementsEditor's Comments ....March issue errata - or as I only know ofone egregious error, should I say erratum? InMarch, this very column suggested membersvisit ISCA's website at www.isca.org. Sorry,it's indianachess.org..... as Dave Frey gentlypointed out to me after spotting mymistake.Diagrams - FinaIly I've found a way togenerate better diagrams - similar to thosefound in just about every book or majormagazine (rather than the bitmap images thatprevious issues of ClI include) - that can betransmitted electronically to our publisher'sdigital printing machinery. I got help fromMig (chess journalist Michael Greengard)who was interested in my "Play-it-Forward"pages and did his best to show me how easyit was to generate diagrams in HTML via aweb page. Hmmm. Then US ChessLife editorKalev Pehme told me that Chess Life doesn'tuse MS Word (which I use to produce ClI)but more sophisticated, expensive, softwarecaIled "Quark Express 6." Their softwarehelps them move diagrams around in a way Ican't (unless I revert to bitmap images). ButKalev did suggest a couple of tricks I am stiIlworking on....FinaIly, I had an enjoyable exchange ofemails with Frederic Friedel of ChessBase.Long and the short of it, Frederic noted thatFritz 4 diagrams can be copied to Word andare the type you see in this issue. I am veryappreciative for the quick, friendly andhelpful responses I received from theseleaders in the chess community.1M John Donaldson emailed Joe Riegseckerasking for help in obtaining data on a BobbyFischer simul held in Indianapolis on May21, 1964. John found the J.G.WhiteCoIlection in Cleveland for Indiana chessmagazines in that period to no avail. Joepassed word around and Roger Blaine said hemight have old copies buried in boxes

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Editor's Commentssomewhere but it would take time to digup. Lester VanMeter said he recaIledevent, but was inNiles at the time "playina barber shop against all comers" but thoAndy Soforic took Bobby out to dinner,maybe Ed Sweetman might rememsomething about the event. I pursued tleads but didn't hit gold until I caIledIndianapolis Star and asked them tothrough their archives - which they did,quickly, and produced the result ofexhibition given by Bobby at the IBUnion HaIl on Massachusetts Ave.Bobby, 21 at the time, played 50 gawinning 48 during a lecture and exhibi"He lost to Stasy Makutenas and drewJoe Coperus of the Indianapolis Chess CThe games took about 3 hours."John was delighted to receiveinformation (maybe he was writing a booan article - he didn't say). We were glaprovide it, another example of friends inchess community wiIling to help each oout! Perhaps we stimulated some interethe Star in this event, as 4 weeks lateApril 24 a photo and article on the simulunder the . "Flashback."

Recognize any of Bobby's opponents?Relics of the event still exist. Jay Carr wr" .. .. A few years ago I was driving back fa tournament with NM Mike Wiseman amentioned recaIling that when we first plain Junior HS (1975 or 76), his Shelbyvteam had this one board that was so worndark squares all had light patches in tcenter from years of use. Mike said THwas the board and pieces Bobby Fischerplayed some games on when he visited Ifor a simul and stayed at the home of Micoach, Paul Fisher (last I heard Paul is livin Texas) along with another visitor, RoByrne."End of story? Tales of Bobby Fischer kcropping up...June, 200
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President's MessageMore places to play chess in the Indy area!Don Urquhart, well-known ISCA memberwith years of play at the expert level inCalifornia and Indianapolis, runs OCCC- theOrange Crush Chess Club. Maybe Don is aDenver Broncos fan - I don't know; I doknow that besides the CiCi's Road RunnerMonthly tournament on the first Sunday ofeachmonth Don has starteda new club at theFree Methodist Church, 2302 W. Morris.St.(Go South on Harding off Rte.70, hang aright on Morris (you'll see a Village pantryon the SW corner) go thru the second light -that'll be Belmont - go a couple more blocksand there you are). The club meets on Fridaynights from 6 - 9 p.m. Don also plansmonthly tournaments there on Saturdays. T 0learn more, call Don at 317-634-6259. BTW,Don says he is considering running anInsanity Tournament in August, somethingthat hasn't been done in the Midwest for 30years! It's crazy alright- 10-12 games atstandard times over 48 hours .. . if you'reinterested in this kind of marathon event, callDon, he needs to know well in advance ifthere's enough interest in it.And now there's Web Director Dave Freywho is starting a monthly series oftournaments at the Ramada Inn in Lebanon(exit 139 off Rte.65, visible from thehighway). His first, on May 22, was a bigsuccess, and we have a report on it in thisissue. He is also hoping to hold weeklymeeting of the Zionsville Chess Club there.This is another great playing site - you cancall or email Dave for more information (seepage 2 for contact info).Letters: I love. letters like this - from JayCarr. 3/14/04: "Wanted to let you know I gotmy latest issue on Saturday. As usual, it wascompletely devoured before I did anythingelse yesterday. Good job! I was pleased tosee some 'meaty' annotations by Mr.Monokroussos in there too. He is clearly aserious player. 0)I take exception to Roger's (Blaine - seeMarch issue) comments that G/60 is a'nonsense' activity and 'unpleasant.' I haveenjoyed several 5-round G/60's at Glendale.There is a certain freedom when you play agame knowing it will only last 2 hours atmost - you focusmore, you get up and watchother games less, adrenaline flows freely, etc.To each his own, I guess. No one wouldargue that the quality of the chess played atQ/60 will be equal to that played under theslower time controls (which I prefer as well,just not his impractical open-ended timecontrols that can go on 'forever' - my'favorite' is probably 40/2, SD/60) but to callit nonsense goes too far."In March, Allan Casada wrote me about agame he had seen in Chess Informant #81; it

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Contentsimpressed him so much he wondered if oneof our master-level members would like toannotate it (Kupreichik analyzed it in ChessInformant, but apparently Allan would likeeven more commentary). Well, it is certainlyan unusual game, however, while I welcomehearing from members about their favoritegames, I doubt I'll get many offers to provideuswith an in-depth understanding of it!V. Kupreichik (2453) - A. Sokolov (2509)BadWorishofen, 2001l.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 h5 4.d4 h4 5.dxc5Bg4 6.gxh4 Nc6 7.cxd6 exd6 S.Bf4 Qxh49.Nbc3 Bxe2 10.Nxe2 g5 1l.Be3 Qxe412.Rg1 Qb4+ 13.c3 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qxa215.Rxb7 Nf6 16.Nc1 Qa5 17.Rxg5 d5lS.Nb3 Qxc3+ 19.Bd2 Qb2 20.Bb5 RcS21.Qe2+ Ne4 22.Rxd5 Qb1+ 23.Nc1 Bb424.Bxc6+ Rxc6 25.RbS+ Ke7 26.Bxb4+Ke6 27.Re5+! Kxe5 2S.Bc3+ Kd6 29.Rxb1Nxc3 30.Qd3+ Kc7 31.Qg3+ 1-0Stop Press NewsSteve Steppe, SCI's Executive Director,reports that Sarah Selby won the 1st. annualGirl's State Championship tournament heldin Indiana. Thirteen girls competed in theevent, which was completed on May 22 at theBrebeuf School in Indianapolis.Sarah, a fifth grader from Terre Haute with aUSCF rating of 1029, won all four of hergames, beating runner-up Chelsie Biby, a 9th.grader from Anderson and Emily Pressler, a10th grader from Goshen.Krista Selby,with a rating of 1364was the #1seed, but lost a crucial second-round game toChelsie Biby.and thereby the championshipto her sister.As a result of her fine performance, Sarahwill represent our state in the Annual SusanPolgar National Invitational Tournament forGirls, which will be held during the U.S.Open Championship in Fort Lauderdale, setfor August 8 -13, 2004. She will face stiffopposition from older, and more experiencedplayers, but we are sure she will give a goodaccount of herself.I tried to obtain a photo and an interview withSarah, but I was unable to reach her parents -probably the family is off on vacation! I hopeto be able to provide a follow-up report in theSeptember issue.Everybody went to the Chicago Open?There's always a good contingent of ISCAmembers to be found at the Memorial Dayweekend tournament- but our two top playershad other plans. Dennis Monokroussos istaking a break from tournament competitionand JasonDoss headed off to Dallas to act asTournament Director at the Texas StateChampionships. But John Easter tells me DanHronchek, a Bloomington player, went 6 andI and tied for first place in the U 1400sectionin Chicago, winning a handsome cash prize!

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Editor's CommentsFinally, an unabashed space-filler- the100 players living in Indiana (we thcurrently members of the USCF. Mostmembers ofISCA ...Here it is! The top 100!1.. Emory Tate 232. Dennis Monokroussos 233 Jason Doss 234 Dennis Gogel 225 Nicholas Adams 226 John FitzPatrick 227 James H. Dean 228 James Mills 229 Peter Thompson 2210 Craig Stauffer 2211Lester Van Meter 2212Thomas Charles 2113Anatoly Goldman 2114Todd Thomas 2115 Mike Herron 2116 Donald Reents 2017 WilliamWeakley 2018Aric Kumaran 2019.Joshua Riddell 2020.Peter Hess 2021 Patrick Mihelich 2022Dennis Geisleman 2023 JoshuaBousum 2024 DonaldUrquhart 2025 Bernard Parham 2026Ben Inskeep 2027 VernonVix 2028 Scott Bent 2029 Ronald Powell 2030 Jay Carr 2031 Glenn Snow 2032 Gary Deuser 2033Kevin Fyr 2034DouglasMiddleton 1935 James Stephen Cates 1936 Bernard L. Parham 1937 Garrett Smith 1938 Leslie Kistler 1939Robert Gandy 1940Rev. Michael Gant 1941 Eric Isaacson 1942 John L. Easter 1943 A. Smith Ogunmefun 1944 Cameron Donis 1945 Bruce Delaney 1946 Edward Buffie 1947 Judith Rippeth 1948 Wayne Friedman 1949 Matthew Fouts 1950David Rockhill 1951 Joseph Alford 1952 ThomasHarris 1953 Paul Zelinski 1954Edward Ross 1855 RonaldWerhnyak 1856George Fowler 1857Walt Thompson 1858Donald Gunther 1859Carl Corvin 18Continued, page 26

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Games from LogansportDennis Monokroussos and Jason Doss faced off in a five-gamematch for theVano/Brooks Challenge Championship March 12-142004 at the Four Counties Chess Center rt.

Inaugurated in 2001, the ChallengeChampionship named in honor of ISCA Hallof Fame members Ed Vano and DonaldBrooks was first won by FM Emory Tate; inEmory's absence Jason Doss defeated JohnCole for the title in 2002. No match was heldin 2003, but in 2004 Dennis Monokroussoswon the Preliminary Tournament for theright to challenge the champion.Jason and Dennis, both highly-rankednational masters, fought a hard battle withDennis emerging the winner. Here is Dennis'commentary on the match, together with hisdeep analysis of the second game.Game 1: In the first game, I tried somethingdifferent: the Old Indian. I'd never played itbefore, but it seemed interesting and Iprepared it a litt le before the match. (Verylittle - I don't think I played so much as abullet game with it.) As it turned out, Dossplayed into a line that is quite good for Black,but his poor reaction was followed by twopoor decisions in turn by me. Properdecisions at either moment (moves 6 and 7, Ithink) would have given me an edge, butinstead I went for a Benoni-type structure,one which, because of the seemingly slightbut in fact significantly different White pawnstructure, gave him an enduring advantage.Nevertheless, the position wasn't hopeless,and fairly late in the game I could haveequalized after his 25.h3 with cxb3. I wasafraid of 26.f4, and Jason was of the sameopinion, but we were both wrong: 26...Ned727.Qc4 (27.Nxd6? Qb4 is clearly better forBlack) b2 28.Rxb2 Nxe4 29.Rc2 Nxg3+30.Rxg3 Nf6 and Black is doing fine. Failingto take my chance, Doss closed out the gamestrongly, and I was in a deep hole: down 1-0and with him getting draw odds for thematch!

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Jason Doss (2357) - DennisMonokroussos (2331)[A53] Old Indian DefenseVanolBrooks Challenge Match(1)

[Ken Hamilton]l.d4 Nf6 2.e4 d6 3.Ne3 eS 4.dS BfS S.f3 e46.e3 exf3 7.gxf3 g6 S.e4 BeS 9.Be3 Bg710.Qd20-0 I1.Nge2 eS 12.Ng3 ReS 13.Be2a6 14.0-0 Nbd7 IS.Khl bS 16.exbS axbS17.BxbS Ba6 IS.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.Rf2 NeS20.Rgl QaS 21.Qe2 RaaS 22.NbS RedS23.b3 RabS 24.a4 e4 2S.h3

2S...Qb4 [25...cxb3 26.f4 Ned7 27.Qc4 b228.Rxb2 Nxe4 29.Rc2 Nxg3+ 30.Rxg3 Nf6=per Dennis, Jason and Fritz 8] 26.bxe4Nxe4? 27.Bd4 Na3? 2S.NfS NxbS 29.axbSKfS 30.Bal QxbS 31.Qd2 Qd7 32.Qf4 BhS33.Qh4 gxfS 34.Bxf6 Bxf6 3S.Qxf6 fxe436.Rg4 ReS 37.Rfg21-0All the photos in Logansport were taken byJoe Peterson - many, many thanks Joe- Ed.

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Dennis Monokroussos (2331)- Jason Doss (2357)[B77] Sicilian Defense-DragonVanolBrooks ChallengeMatch (2)

[Dennis Monokroussos]Down 0-1, spotting draw odds in a smatch, the decision to playa sharp line wWhite was easy: good chances of achievi1-1 score at the risk of an 0-2 scoutweighed small chances of a 1-1 scwith strong chances of being down .5-l.e4 eS 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4S.Ne3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be4 0-0 S.Bb39.f3Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 I1.Bxd4 bS 12.h413.hS up to this point we had blitzed ouour moves, but at this point Jason said "OI'm out of book" and proceeded to thinkabout 13 minutes. Oddly, after the gameinformedme that the next fewmoves wergiven by Peter Heine Nielsen in his bookthe Accelerated Dragon and that his plan...e6, .. .Bc6 and ...d5 busted my line? CoNielsen have really analyzed the positionbadly? I don't have Nielsen's book and dintend to get it just to answer this questbut I'll at least offer some conjectures hersuppose that Doss knew exactly what to pup to here, and was "outof book" in the sethat he had to try to remember, mgenerally, a plan. Or perhaps Doss confuour game with another position in which...e6, . ..Bc6 and ...d5 plan is appropriatereally doesn't seem to work in the gametheory that would let a very strong GMNielsen off the hook as well. Whatevertrue explanation, the plan Black chose ingame leaves White with a large advanta[13.a4 is more common, but I had prepathe move in the game.] 13...e6 14.a4 14...b

[This is a relatively rare position, but mumore common than the text is 14...bx15.Nxa4 Rb8 (15. ..Bxa4; 15.. .Bc6 16.hxhxg6 17.0-0-0 Rb8 18.Bc3 d5 has occurin a couple of games - is that what Doss wthinking of?) 16. bxg6 hxg6 17.Be3 wclearly better for White in the gameIvanov-Taleb, Moscow 2003. (17.Bc3! mbe even betterJ ] IS.Ne2 [I conside15.Nb5 but ultimately rejected it: I'm ntrying to play on the queenside, I'm not goto win the d6 pawn, and if he plays Bxb5

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Games from Logansporthave to worry about Black's a-pawn if! castlequeenside.] 15.. .Bc6 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.0-0-0d5 Reaching the position he(mis)remembered. But how can this be goodfor Black? Black has no counterplay againstthe White king while White has a variety ofstandard hacking approaches at Black's king;most obviously an h-file pile-up. [17 . ..Qe7was a more defensive-minded approach in theonly other game I've found with this posi tionthrough my 17th move, but it didn't workeither. IS.Be3 RfdS 19.Bh6 Qf8 20.Nd4 Bd721.g4 RacS 22.Kbl RcS 23.Rh4 ReS 24.RdhlBxh6 2S.Rxh6 Qg7 26.Ne2 NeS 27.Nf4.RcS2S.Qh2 Kf8 29.Nxg6+ fxg6 30.RhS+ Kf731.Rh7 BcS 32.Qf4+ Ke7 33.gS 1-0, SeemanTarvo (244S ) - Pirttimaki Timo (2246),Finland 2001] 18.Qg5 Diagram

Here comes the kingside attack! It's not bad,but even stronger is IS.eS. I considered this,but it reminded me of a position in the moresedate Classical French. Too bad! Theresemblance is only superficial, and Whitewill gain a huge advantage here. Forexample: IS .. :Nd7 19.f4 Qe7 (19...Nb6 is adesperate bid for counterplay, but it loses byforce: 20.Qe3 Nxa4 21.Qh3 Re8 22.Qh7+Kj8 23.Bxa4 Bxa4 24.Bc5+ Re7 25.Qh8+Bxh8 26.Rxh8+ Kg7 27.Rxd8 Rxd828.Bxe7+-) 20.g4 and the ideas of an h-filebuild-up and the fS break leave Black with alost or nearly lost position. 18...dxe4 Asurprising move, but a good one: Black isn'tafraid of ghosts along the d-file. On the otherhand, this brings my Bb3 back to life, andthat's what makes the difference now.19.Nf4! White's threatening all sorts of funthings now: Nxg6, Nxe6, maybe Bxe6, Qh4sometimes - even Qxg6 in some lines! I thinkfrom the postgame chit-chat that we bothliked our positions at this point, and I thinkthis reflects something of our distinctiveattitudes: I'm generally happiest with theinitiative, especially a king-hunting initiative,while Doss professes a relative lack ofconcern with king safety, presumably havinga strong faith in the resources of a generallysound position. It seems to me that games 2- Sof our match exemplified these attitudinaldifferences, and while I wouldn't draw anyconclusions about which view is (more)

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correct, my assessment of what was going onin this game was the more accurate one.[19.BcS NdS 20.Qg3 exf3 21.gxf3 Qf6(21...Re8 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23 . Qh2 j5 24.Nf4+-)22.Nd4 RfcS] 19 ...Nh7 Best and the move Iexpected. Unfortunately, I also saw the bestreply ...but didn't play it! [19. ..NdS 20.Nxe6QxgS+ (20 .. jxe6 21.Qxg6 Rf6 22.Qh7+ Kj723.Bxd5 Bxd5 24jxe4 Bc4 25.Bxf6 Qxf626.Rd7+ Kj8 27.Rxg7 Qxg7 28.Qh8++-)21.NxgS Bxd4 22.Rxd4+-; 19...BdS trying toshore up e6 and to neutralize the Bb3 isn't abad choice, though 20.Qh4 NhS (20...ReB21.Bxd5 exd5 22.g4 wins) 21.Bxg7 Qxh422.Rxh4 Kxg7 23.NxdS exdS 24.BxdS RadS25.Rxe4 Nf6 26.Red4 gives White a winningendgame.] 20.Qg4 [20.Qxg6!! fxg621.Bxe6+ Rf7 and I stopped looking, notrealizing just how much material I couldgobble up here! Indeed, after (21...KhB22.Nxg6#) 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rxh7 White isat least clearly better. Black has lots ofchoices, but White is on top in every case:23 ...Qxd4 (23.. .Q/8 24.Rxg7+ Qxg7 25.Bxg7Kxg7 26.Ne6+ KgB 27.Nd4 Bxa4 2Bjxe4 Re829.Rel+-; 23...Qg5 24.Rxg7+ Kj8 25.g3+-)24.Rxd4 exf3 2S.gxf3 KgS 26.Rxg7+ Kxg727.Nxg6 and White is a healthy pawn upafter either capture, though I'm not 100% surethat it's a win.; 20.Rxh7 was a jokey move Ilooked at a little, but I recognized that20 Kxh7 refuted it simply enough. a)20 QxgS 21.Rxg7+ KhS 22.Rhl+ QhS23.Rxg6+ Kh7 24.RxhS#; b) 20 ...Bxd421.RhS+!!+- 2l...KxhS bl) 2l...Kg722.Qh6+ Kf6 23.Qh4+ KeS 24.Nxg6+ fxg62S.Qg3+ Kf6 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Rxd4 eS2S.Rd1; b2) 2l...KxhS 22.Nxg6+ fxg6(22...Kg7 23.Ne7+ Kh7 24.Rhl#) 23.Qh6+KgS 24.Qxg6+ Bg7 2S.Bxe6+ Rf7 26.Qxf7+KhS 27.Rhl++-; 22.Nxg6+ fxg6 (22...Kg723.Ne7+ Kh7 24.Rhl#) 23.Qh6+ KgS24.Qxg6+ Bg7 2S.Bxe6+ Rf7 26.Qxf7+ KhS27.RhI++-; 21.Nxe6 QxgS+ 22.NxgS+ KgS]20. ..Bxd4 21.Nxe6 [21.Nxg6 is tempting butno good: 2l...Be3+ 22.Kbl QgS 23.Ne7+Kg7 24.Nxc6 Qxg4 2S.fxg4 Nf6] 21. . .Be3+ ?Diagram .

Tempting, expected .. .and losing. [2l.. .Bd7!was an amazing resource, after which Whitehas to prove equali ty. Again, that was a move

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I saw (though I don't remember how fadvance I saw it - not that far!) butassumed I'd have to have- something- agit! That sort of feeling comes with experiand deserves some degree ofnevertheless, Ronald Reagan's old line sapropos: "Trust, but verify." White has aof attractive-looking possibilities here,Black is at least slightly better in every22.Rxd4 (22.Nxd8 Bxg4 23.Nxj7 B24.Kbl Rxj7 25.Bxj7+ Kxj7 26.Rxh7+27.Re7 Bg5; 22.Qxe4 Bxe6 23.Bxe6 Bxb+; 22.Qxg6+ jig6 23.Ng5+ Kg7 24.RxKf6 25.Rxd4 Kxg5 26.Rhxd7 Qb6-+; 22looks like a winner at first sight, but aBlack has a stunning rejoinder: 22..Every Black piece is under attack buRaS, but nevertheless, all the key squarecovered and Black has enough time to cWhite's threats while White is preservingown attacked pieces. 23.Rxd4 Nxh3 24.NRaxd8 25.gxh3 exj3) 22...Bxe6 23.RBxg4 24.RxaS RxaS 2S.fxg4; 2l...Bxb2+very interesting move I didn't consider aAt first, the computer (Shredder S incase) is impressed, but work it through afinds a refutation: 22.Kxb2 Qf6+ 23fxe6 24.Rd6 NgS 2S.f4 QfS (25...26.Rxe6+-) 26.Rxe6! !+- Qxg4 27.Rx22.Kbl Qf6 [22...Qe7 also loses: 23.Nd4what I intended, but (23.Rd6 is even stronthough both win: 23 ...Bxa4 24.Qh325.Rxe6 Qf7 26.Rxg6+ KhB 27.Bxj23 ...QgS 24.Qh3 QhS 2S.QxhS26.Nxc6+-] 23.Qh3 Diagram

and now, because of the tactical poinmove 2S , it's all over. [23.Rxh7+-suggested by Kevin Fyr after the game, aalso wins, though not as clearly.; 23.Rd6another move I considered a little, andalso good for White, though inferior toother two options. 23 ...fxe6 24.Rxc6(24...RaeB 25.Bxe6++-) 2S.Bxe6+26.Rc7+ Nf7 27.Qxe4 and White is bebut nothing decisive is in sight.] 23 ...[23. ..NgS 24.NxgS Qg7 (24...RfdS 2S.BxKf8 (25...Kg7 26.Qh6#) 26.Nh7+hopeless.) 2S.Ne6 fxe6 (25...Qh6 26.Qgcrushing.) 26.Qxe6+ Rf7 27.Qxc6 R2S.Rd6 is catastrophic.] 24.NxfS R25.Rd6 And the dual threats of Rxc6

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Games from LogansportRxg6+mean that Black is dead lost. 2S..Qg726.Rxc6 exf3 27.gxf3 Bd4 Diagram

The remammg moves aren't particularlyinteresting. White could have won morequickly, but my primary focus wasn't onwinning quickly but on winning easily.Accordingly, my motivation was to trade offBlack's heavy pieces, onlymaking sure not tolose the f-pawn or generally giving him tookingside counterplay. I coped with thosetasks well enough, and, happily, leveled thematch.2S.Qh6 Off go the queens. [28.Qg4was just such an attempt to win more quickly,but seeing 28...Kh8 I more or less stoppedlooking, perhaps seeking to justify the lazymove played in the game. However, (28...Bf6lets Black continue to resist for a while, albeitat the cost of nearly total passivity.) 29.Bxt71is a nice tactical blow that wins on the spot!]2S..Qxh6 29.Rxh6 Kg7 30.Rh4 BeS 31.RcSBf6 32.Rhc4 BdS 33.RcS NgS 34.f4 Nh33S.Rd4 Off go the rooks. 3S...Bb6 36.RxfSKxfS 37.Rd7 fS 3S.Rd6 And with Black'skingside pawns leaving the board, the curtainwas drawn. [38.Rd6 Bc7 39.Rxg6 Ke740.Re6+ Kd7 41.Rf6 Nxf4 42.Rxf5 andwhilethe game could continue for many moves, theactual execution of the winning plan wouldpresent no difficulties at all.] 1-0

Game 3: With White, my opponent played anunusual line. He played an Exchange Slav ofsorts, but with his queen's bishop locked onthe inside of the pawn structure instead of toits usual square, f4. Early on I was surprisedby his 10.Be2 instead of the more natural10.Bd3, when I intended to pursue the typicalisolated queen pawn position after 10... e511.dxe5 Nxe5 l2.Nxe5 Bxe5. If White nowcastles, Bxh2+ fails (13.0-0 Bxh2+ l4.Kxh2Ng4+ l5.Kg3! and Black doesn't haveenough for the piece and won't be able toprevent White from consolidating) but13... d4 leaves Black with a small edge.Nevertheless, I think this would have beenbetter than the passive text, after which I wasable to take over the initiative. There weresome minor inaccuracies from both sidesafterwards, but the trend was alwaysfavorable for Black, and eventually White's

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lack of space, poor king and undevelopedkingside eventually cost him the game. 2-l!

Photo: Joe PetersonDennis has a rueful smile, Jason a happy oneover the ending position of Game 1

Jason Doss, (2357)-Dennis Monokroussos (2331)

[Dll] Slav DefenseVane/Brooks Challenge Match (3)(Ken Hamilton)l.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 S.cxdS

cxdS 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.Nc3 e6 S.Bd2 Bd6 9.Rc10-0 10.Be2 Ne4 1l.Na4 fS 12.g3 gS 13.RflDiagram

l3.h3 is the natural rejoinder. Perhaps Jasonwas worried about l3 ...f4 but I think 0-0would have held. 13...g4 14.Ngl Bd7 IS.Nc3NaS 16.Qdl bS 17.Nxe4 dxe4 IS.dS eS19.b4 Nb7 20.Qb3 as 21.a3 Kg7 22.BdlRa6 23.Ne2 Qe7 24.Nc3'axb4 2S.axb4 Bxb426.Nxe4 Bxd2+ 27.Nxd2 NcS 2S.Qbl Ra329.Be2 RfaS 30.Qc2 RcS 31.Qbl Qd632.e4Nxe4 Diagram

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Probably one of the inaccuracies Dementions in his commentary; fxe4somewhat better, with the threat of Nfollowed by Qxd5 33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.RBxcS 3S.Qxe4? Fritz gives Qb2 as best, bpoor best as White would eventually peafter 35...b4. 3S...BfS 36.QxfS Whiteonly 2 safe squaresfor his queen - g2 andwith the same ending as in the g36...Qb4+ 37.Kdl Ra1+ 0-1Game 4: Eager to face more bad Nieideas (see the note to game 2, move 1repeated my play from game 2, but Dpreferred a Taimanov that turned intScheveningen, with my queen sligunusually placed on d2 instead of, e.g.(heading to f2 or g3). Nevertheless, whecontinued to play for tactical tricks insteaseizing what activity he could, he rapfound himself in a completely lost positiomight have had even more accurate optthrough the first 25moves (20.f5 followeKhl and Rgl(+) is one effectivesuggested by Jason after the game) but hplayed 26.Qg6 instead of the ridicu26.Qc4??, the match would have endefour games. Even after that, I had swinning chances, as we took turns makgood moves and hideous blunders throthe time control at move 40. At that poihad only a minimal edge, which he wasto neutralize without too much difficulthad thus clinched a tie in the match, butgiven away an easy win. The news got woas I lost the coin flip for the second time,would have Black in the deciding game.Dennis Monokroussos (2331)-

Jason Doss (2357)[B85] Sicilian DefenseVano/Brooks Challenge Match (4)[Ed. + Dennis Monokroussos (DM)]l.e4 cS 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4S.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 S.Qd29.f4 d6 10.0-0 0-0 1l.a4 Bd7 12.Nb3 R13.aS RfeS 14.Bb6 QbS IS.Radl BfS 16h6 17.g4 eS IS.gS Nh719.gxh6 gxh6 20.Be6 21.NdS Bg7 22.fS BxdS 23.QxdS24.Qxf7+ Diagram

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Games from LogansportIt's hard to believe that White does not winthis game 24 ..KhS 2S.B13 Re7 26.Qc4?Diagram

Throwing away a pawn and most of hisadvantage. Fritz gives 26.Qg6, followed byKhl, Qg2 and Qe2 (clearing the king andqueen off the g file in anticipation of Black'sRgS) maintaining a stranglehold on theposition .26 ...NxaS 27.Qb4 Nc4 2S.NaSNxaS 29.Bxa5 Rd7 Jason took only a minuteon this move, apparently considering29 ...Rxc2 too risky. 30.Rd2 bS 31.Qa3 Atthis point Dennis had 11 minutes left beforetime control at move 40, and Jason well overan hour. 31...dS 32.exdS Rc4 [32. .. e4 wouldhave equalized - DM] 33.Qe3 e4 34.Be2NxdS 3S.RxdS RxdS [Now 36.Bxc4 iscrushing. Unfortunately, I missed that after36 ... Bd4 (36 ... b xc4 is better but Black'sgame is positionally hopeless after 37.Bc3) Ihad the nice but not particularly hard to findcrosspin 37.Bc3, when it's all over. -DM]36.f6 BfS 37.Bxc4 RhS 3S.Qe2 RgS+39.Khl bxc4 40.Bc3 A nice move to haveavailable with less than a minute left beforetime control; Black responds with anominous-looking move of his own on theother long diagonal. 40 ...Qb7 41.f7+Diagram

It would seem that White could have wonthe e-pawn after 41.Rf4 e3+ 42.Qf3 [41.Rf4looks promising initially, but it's a deadend:Black equalizes after 41...e3+ 42.Qf3 Qxf3+43.Rxf3 e2 44.Re3 BcS 4S.h3 (the computerinitially says 4S.ReS+ is winning. Keepgoing, however, and you'll see that afterChess In Indiana

4S. .. Kh7 46.h3 Rg3 47.Rxe2 Rxh3+ 4S.Kg2Re3 49.Rxe3 Bxe3 SO.Kf3 BgS S1.f7 Be7 it'sBlack who is clearly better) Rgl + 46.Kh2elQ 47.Rxel Rxel 4S.Bxel Bd4 49.b3 cxb3SO.cxb3 Bxf6 -DM] 41...Kh7 42.Qe3 QdS43.Rel Rg4 44.h3 Rh4 4S.Bf6 RhS46.Qxe4+ Qxe4+ 47.Rxe4 Rxh3+ 4S.Kg2RhS 49.Rxc4 Kg6 SO.Rc6 as S1.Bc3+ Kxf7S2.Ra6 Bb4 S3.Bxb4 axb4 S4.Rb6 RcS Andhere they shook hands on a draw. Yo-YoGame S: I was very happy to see Doss playthe Pseudo-Tromp, as it, unlike, say, the realTrompowsky, isn't even the least bitdangerous - Black has almost no problemsequalizing against it. Still, we did at leastreach a very interesting position, in which Igave him a passed pawn and some chances tonibble at my queenside in return forheadhunting opportunities at the White king.The position remained sharp and relativelybalanced through the first 31 moves, at whichpoint I believed (and analysis has borne out)that he needed to play 32.g3 Qh3 33.Qf1,when the game will probably end in a draw -though play remains. Needing a win to keephis title, he chose instead a move that wasmuch less drawish, but only by virtue ofallowing me an immediate forced win.Happily, then, I had won the match 3.S-1.S.None of the games was perfect, by anymeans, but that's how it goes for humanopponents who are more or less evenlymatched and playing dynamic chess.Winning this match is hardly a guarantee of apermanent, top spot in Indiana chess. Nextyear, between Jason Doss, John Cole and anyof the young up-and-comers the Vano/BrooksChallenge Championship title will be wideopen ... dam it!

Dennis takes a breather ...Jason Doss (2357)-

Dennis Monokroussos (2331)[DOO ] Pseudo- TrompowskyVano/Brooks Challenge Match (S )

[Ken Hamilton]l.d4 dS 2.BgS h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.c3 Qb6 S.QclBfS 6.Nd2 Nd7 7.Ng13 e6 S.e3 Ngf6 ThePseudo-Tromp has its merits, but in this caseWhite has gotten zilch out of the opening.

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9.Be2 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 l1.c4 cS 12.a313.Qc3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 lS.Nd216.Bg3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 a4 lS.Bdl eS 1Bh7 20.Bc2 fS 21.Radl In order to retaintitle Jason must win this game. Here hehis sights on pushing his d-pawn througvictory, but it's a long-range shot. This isanyone's game to win. 21...Ra6 22.Rfel23.Nbl QdS 24.Qd2 h4 2S.d6 KhS 26Nb6 27.Qe2 QgS 2S.NbS BgS 29.b3 a30.Bxb3 Nd7 31.gxh4 Qxh4 32.Qb2? 3would have provided a better flight squareWhite's king 32 ...Rf6 Suddenly Blackthreatening a mating attack. Nowsuggests 33 f4 as the best defense. 3333...Bf7 34.Rd2? Diagram

Now White is truly doomed, but Blacwinning even after the better 34.Ke2 B3S.Kd2 Qxf2+ 36.Kc3 Qxb2+ 37.KBxd1. 34. ..Qh1+ 3S.Ke2 BhS+ 36.13 Bxand mate next move. 0-1So the final result was 3.S -1.S in favoDennis Monokroussos. In September 2Jason lost -by the narrowest of margins -title of State Champion on tiebreaksPatrick Mihelich. I have no doubt that Jawho had the misfortune to come down wbad cold during his match with Dennis, isfeeling too happy about dropping two twithin a six month period. So depend upoJason will be out for blood in the S

Joe PetersonTo Gary Fox- thanks for reviving theChallenge Match-and manning the displayboard .... Ed.

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Games from LogansportWhile the Challenge Match wasbeing played Kokomo ExpertJosh Bousum was busy winningthe Challenge Companion #6,qualifying the winner to play inthe next Preliminary Tourneyto decide the challenger for theVano/Brooks title in 2005.

Photo: Joe PetersonJosh Bousum receiving his prize fromISCA president Gary J.Fox.Josh Bousum - Nathaniel Criss

[DIS] Slav DefenseChallenger Companion #6,3.14.2004

[Nathaniel Criss]1.e4 Nf6 2.Ne3 e6 3.d4 dS 4.N13 Nbd7?!Josh comes out on top in the move orderbattle. I'm used to playing Slav/Semi Slavpositions where White plays e3 with the darksquared bishop behind the pawn chain. AfterJosh's next move I realize that I'm gettinginto unfamil iar territory. NCO gives Bbd7 the?! mark. I agree; if Black wants to get play e6and a6 are better alternatives. S.exdS exdS6.Bf4 QaS My idea here was to lure thebishop back behind the pawn chain to get aposit ion with which I was more famil iar. Thiscosts way too much time later on when thequeen is forced to retreat. 6....e6 is a farsuperior move. 7.Bd2 e6 8.e3 Bb4 9.Bd3 0-010.0-0 Qd8 I knew I had to move the queeneventually, and rejected Qb6 as I thought theb-pawn would need to move to free the c8bishop. 1l.Rc1 Diagram

Now Josh has developed all his pieces togood squares while I am totally

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underdeveloped. was incrediblyuncomfortable in this POSItIon and startedusing up a lot of time. 11. ..a6 12.NeS Bxe3?13.Bxc3 as A futile attempt to keep White'sbishop off the a3-fS diagonal. 14.b3 Ne4IS.Bb2 f6 16.N13 Nb6 17.Ba3 Rf7 Thismove loses material by force; but Re8 isn'tmuch better as after that the rook has nouseful squares. I chose Rf7 as it seemed themore active of the two. 18.Qe2 a4 19.Bb4 fS20.NeS Rf6 Diagram

Take note of Josh's technique from this pointforward. It's impressive - invade on the c-fileand make it impossible for Black to developthe c8 bishop without losing material.21.Qe7Qxe7 22.Rxe7 axb3 23.axb3 f4 24.13 fxe3 If24 . ..Ng5 then White can play Be7. 2S.fxe4dxe4 26.Bxe4 NdS 27.BxdS exdS 28.Ree1BfS 29.Be7 Re6 30.RxfS Rxe7 31.Re1 Joshdidn't make a bad move the whole game,outplaying me from start to finish. A very11UJ11Ullll)S I;;,'l.I1


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Games from LogansportNg4 12.Bcl Ngxe5 13.Bf4 Bh3 14.Nxe5Bxe515.Bxe5 Nxe516.Nd2 Qa5 Diagram

I was proud of this move and thought it wonby force during the game because White isvirtually in zugzwang. The f- file is going toopen up and a heavy piece is going to land onf2 if White doesn't take drastic measures. If Iwere made of silicon (no, not the type PamelaAnderson is made of) I'd have known that thesimple, immediate fS probably leads to aquicker win. 17.Bfl Bxfl 1S.Kxfl f5 19.exf5Rxf5+ 20.Kg2 Ng4 Diagram

White resigned. If 21.Qxg4 then ...Qxd2+isn't pretty. However, the threat of Ne3 ishard to deal with; 21.Nc4 Qc3 22.Rel Rf2+23.Kgl Qxc2 is one of several possible butugly lines, but there are enough tactics in thisposition to keep Fritz busy for almost a wholeminute that win more material. 0--1

Photo: Joe PetersonLooks like Nate has just played the move hewas proud of .. .and, gloating, awaits Roger'sreturn to the board.

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This game is a humdinger:Garrett Smith - Kevin Fyr[B90] Sicilian Najdorf

Challenge Companion #6,3.14.2004[Ken Hamilton + Ftitz 8 J

l.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf65.Nc3 a6 Kevin opts for the Najdorfvariation- his favorite line. 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 S.f3Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 b5 1l.g4 b412.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 as 14.Kbl Qc7 15.h4Nfd7 16.h5 Nb6 17.g5 Nc4 IS.Bxc4 Qxc419.96 Nd7 20.h6 fxg6 Not hxg6? 21.Qh221.hxg7 Rf7 22.Qh2 Rxg7 23.Qh3 Nf624.Qe6+ Rf7 Now the game is entering acomplicated tactical phase (at least, to me. .. )so - time to look at Fritz. 25.Bg5 Fritz optsfor 2S.Rd3, protecting the 3rd. rank againstan advance of Black's pawns to a4 and b3.Garrett's move threatens Bxf6, followed byRxh7 or Qxd6. 25...QcS? I don't know whosescoresheet I'm looking at, but it shows a ?after this move, and rightly so, as it overlooksthe vulnerability of the as pawn. [2S...NxdS26.RxdS BxgS 27.NcS Be7 -not dxcS? RdS+- 2S.Ne4 RcS with a winning advantage -Fritz] 26.Nxa5! Nxd5 Fritz gives 26. ..NeS aswell as 26. ..NhS as yielding rough equality,but considers 26 ...NxdS a blunder,particularly after 27.QxdS BxgS.2S.Rxh7 Ra7(played) or 27 ....RxaS 2S.QxaS BxgS29.Rxd6 QfS But what do you think? Whitecertainly looks winning to me. 27.Qxd5Bxg5 2S.Rxh7 Raa7 29.Rdhl Qc5??Diagram

Kevin's idea was threefold - threatenexchange of queens, protect pawns on d6 andb4, and avoid loss of queen after 30.RhS+.What he didn't see was a move, obvious toFritz though not necessarily to a mere mortallike me, 30.Qe6! which wins outright.Necessary was 29.. .Bf6, though White wouldretain a clear advantage after 30. Nc6,picking up the b4 pawn.30.RhS+ "I think thereason I missed the obvious 30.Qe6 waspsychological. I had only counted on himplaying 29. ..Bf6 and me responding 30.Nc6,and so was spending all my dwindling timeon that. When 29 ...QcS appeared I was soshocked I played the first two non-losingmoves I saw, 30.RhS+ kg7 31.QxcS??" GS30 ...Kg7 Now Qe6 again wins outright but

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Garrett lets Kevin off the hook 31.Qxc532.Nc6 Ra6 33.Nxe5 Rf5 34.Nd735.Rf8+ Ke6 36.Rxf5 Kxf5 37.Nxc5pawns up it looks like White has excwinning chances 37 ...Rb6 3S.Nd339.Rh4 Bd2 40.Rh2 Bf4 41.Re2 g5Rh6 43.Nxb4 Rh1+ 44.Kb2 Rfl 4Bc1+ Not 4S...Rxf3? 46.Nd4+ 46.Kc3 RSo the Black b pawn has been traded fWhite f pawn; but it's 3 passed pawns a1, and the race is on! 47.Kb4 Be3 4S.49.a5 g3 50.a6 Kf4 Not SO.Bf2 Sl.aS2.aS+Q gl=Q S3.Qf8+ Kg4 S4.Ne4+Bxa7 Not Sl...g2 S2.aS=Q gl=Q S3KgS S4.Rg2+ ! Qxg2 SS.QgS+ winninBlack queen. (Fritz). 52.Nxa7 Rf2 53.R54.RgS Rxc2 55.Nb5 Ke3 56.Nc357.Rf8+ Kg4 5S.Nd5 Re2 Not SSS9.Ne3 gl=Q 60.RgS+ Kf2 61.Rxgl62.RgS Kxe3 63.RcS (Fritz) - with a prowin 59.RgS+ Kf3 And not S9...KfS? 60Rxg2 61.Ne3+ 60.Kb5 ReI 61.Rf8+62.b4 glQ 63.RgS+ Kf2 64.Rxgl Rxlost my concentration after we went topawn-up endgame because I assumedresign soon. I know that Kevin playschess, and one thing bullet teaches yhow to create desperate chances inpositions. Therefore I should notrelaxed once I got to the endgame .." GSPostscript: "Garrett played very wecompletely outplayed me in the middle-gbut I had a few drawing tricks, even 2down ... "KF"It's unfortunate to have one of myplayed middle-game and endgames opublic knowledge, but I guess I shocomplain ..!" GS.Well, Garrett , not many players would hconstructed a game as beautifully as youit's a shame we often regard with horrogame where we miss a crushing win andforget about all the good work we did tocreate the chance. I know the -

Photo: Joe PetersonGarrett pondering J5.h4

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Games from LogansportIn the following game Garrett finishes off hisopponent in ruthless fashion:Dan Bryant - Garrett Smith[A48] King's Indian DefenseChallenge Companion #6,3.13.2004

[Ken Hamilton]l.d4 Nf6 2.N13 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.e3 d65.Nbd2 0-0 6.Rcl Nbd7 7.h3 c6 S.c3 QeS9.Be2 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 I1.Bh2 e4 12.Nd4QdS 13.g4 ReS 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Nd6 Re716.NxcS RxcS 17.0-0 c5 IS.Nb3 Rd719.Qc2 Qe7 20.Rcdl Nfd5 21.a3 f5 22.c4Nf6 23.Rxd7 Nfxd7 24.Rdl Qf6 25.Rd2Ne5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Nc1 BfS 2S.Qdl Rc629.Khl Bd6 With 30.f4! White couldmaintain approximate equality, but.... 30.Qglf4 31.b3 13 32.Bfl Qc3 Diagram

White's ruined 33.Rdl Qc2 34.Rel Qd2Amusingly Black has threatened to pick offeither the knight or the rook, and now thebishop must be sacrificed. 35.Bg2 fxg2+36.Kxg2 Qb2 37.a4 Nd7 3S.Re2 Qf6 39.KflNe5 40.Qg2 N13 41.Rc2 Be5 Dan shouldhave given up several moves ago - he has nochance. 42.Ne2 Qd6 43.Rcl Qd2 The queenreturns for more plunder on the secondrank .... 44.g5 Bb2 45.Rbl Qc2 0-1Garrett took on Cam Donis in the last round-they didn't waste much time ....

Garrett Smith (1970) -Cameron Donis (1870)

[B33] Sicilian Pelikan VariationChallenger Companion #6 (5), 3.14.2004

[ Ken Hamilton]l.e4 c5 2.N13 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf65.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 S.Na3 b59.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 I1.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7 14.c3 Bg7 15.Qh5 e416.Bc2 0-0 17.Rael QcS IS.Khl So far, allfollowing book (per Fritz). Cam and Garretthave taken a combined 9 minutes betweenthem. IS ...Nxd5 19.Bxe4! Nf4? 20.Qxf5Qxf5 21.Bxf5 b4 22.cxb4 Bxb2? 23.Nc4Bc3 24.Re4 Nd5 25.Rh4 Nxb4 26.Bxh7+Kg7 27.Nxd6 Nxa2 2S.Bbl Nb4 29.Rc4Nd530.Rc5Black must lose a piece, so resigns.

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Garrett played this game pretty soundly,despite taking only 37 minutes on the clock;Cam took 25 minutes - less than a minute amove. Maybe it was because it was the lastround and he was out of the running for aprize. 1-0

Photo: Joe PetersonCam has the white pieces v. Garrett - so thismust have been a skittles room game @

Cameron Donis -Jay (James) Gartland

[C10] French DefenseChallenger Companion #6, 3.13.2004[Ken Hamilton, with Fritz 8 voice-overs]

l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd75.N13 Ngf6 6.Ned2 a6 7.g3 b5 S.Bg2 Bb79.0-0 c5 10.c3 cxd4 I1.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2Bc5 13.f4 Bxd4 14.cxd4 Black has anadvantage, reflecting his better pawnstructure as well as a potentially unassailableblockading spot for a knight on d5 and therestricted scope of White's bishop 14 ... 0-015.g4 b3 or Nf3 would be more effectiveways to develop the White pieces. Now15...Qc7 eyeing c2 and f4 would cause Whiteproblems 15 .Nd5 16.Qel Qc7 now wouldbe even stronger than on the previous move,but... 16..N7b6 Black finds an equally goodcontinuation, threatening to take over the c-file with RcS and occupy c4. White decidesto throw a pawn in order to get his queen'srook over to the kingside in a hurry. 17.a4?Diagram

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Now, after 17...Qc7, White is positionalost.17 ...Nxa4 Is a pawn worth this knightthe rim? I'm not sure . .. IS.Ra3 Nb4 Nowhave 2 knights wandering off center: Blstill has a winning game but RcS was msound. 19.Qe4 Qd5 20.f5 Qxe4+ 21.Nxexf5 22.gxf5 Nb6 Againn, the c-beckoned but James ignored it 23.Rg324.Rf4 N4d5 25.Rfg4 Ra7 26.Nc5 K27.Ne6 Rff7? Diagram

Black would have kept his advantage wRcS, protecting the back rank whthreatening Rc2+2S.Bh6! Disaster stri2S ... g6 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Rxg6 Nc4 31Na5 32.RgS+ Kh7 33.b4 33.RSg4 wcurtains, but both were probably short of t33 ..Nc6 34.NfS+ RxfS not Kxh6, Rh35.BxfS Ncxb4 36.RSg4 KhS 37.Rh4+ R3S.Bg7+ KgS 39.Bxf6+ Kf7 40.Rxh7+ KNeed we go on? White won in a few mmoves. 1-0 Jay is a

strongplayerwith astudied,awesomway ofmakinghis movslowlyraising

his arm like the mechanical grab in anamusement arcade, and selecting the piece,all in slow motion. He beat me inBloomington, maybe I should try i t. i) -Ed.

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IGames from LogansportCameron Donis - Josh Bousum[C12] French Def. (McCutcheon)Challenger Companion #6,3.14 ..2004

[Ken Hamilton]l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.BgS Bb4 S.e5h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bd3Nxd2 10.Kxd2 cS 11.h4 Bd7 12.Qf4 Qe713.Nf3 Bc6 14.Rh3 Nd7 IS.Nh2 0-0-016.Ng4 Diagram

Cameron gained a space advantage in theopening and could have put a damper onBlack's plan to castle queenside by playingRb I at any time over the past few moves;instead, he embarked on a knight manoeuveraimed at f6 that doesn't pay off.16 ...g517.hxg5 hxg5 18.Qf3 Rxh3 19.9xh3 cxd420.cxd4 Qb4+ White's omission to occupythe b file is revealed as a serious mistake21.Ke3 f5 Diagram

Devastating! 22.exf6 eS 23.Rdl Qxd4+stronger than the immediate ... e4 24.Ke2 e425.Qf5 exd3+ 26.cxd3 Re8+ 27.Kf1 Qf428.Qxf4 gxf4 29.Rel Rxe1+ 30.Kxel Kd831.Ke2 d4 Forcing the abdication of White'soverly adventurous king. 0-1Once again Josh Bousum's trusty FrenchDefense wears down the opposition-Kevin Fyr - Josh Bousum[C07] French Defense (Tarrasch)Challenge Companion #6 (4), 3.14.2004[Ken Hamilton, with an eye on Fritz]

l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exdS Qxd5S.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 1l.c3 Qc7Chess In Indiana

12.Bb3 Bd6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rel 0-0 IS.BgSBh2+ 16.Khl Bf417.Bxf6 gxf618.QhS Kh819.93 Bc6+ 20.Kh2 Diagram

Surely it was better to knock the bishop offc6 and eliminate Black's bishop pair?20 ...Rg8 21.Qh4 Bg5 22.QhS Bf4 23.Ne2Bd6 24.Radl RgS 2S.Qh6 Rg6 26.Qh4 Bf327.Bc2 fS 28.Qd4+ BeS 29.Qd7 QcS30.Kgl? Bxe2 Diagram

good enough to win, no doubt - but30. ...Bxg3 won outright.[30 ...Bxg3 31.Rd4Bh2+ 32.Kxh2 Rg2+ 33.Khl Rag8 34.Ng3R2xg3+ 35.Kh2 Rg2+ 36.KhI Rxf2#]31.Rxe2 Rxg3+ 32.Kfl Rxh3 33.Qxb7 Rg8or Rb8! 34.Qg2 Rh2 34.Rd7 A final fling34 ...Bf4 3S.Rd4 Qc8 36.Be4 fxe4 37.Qxe4fS 38.Qg2 White, in a hopeless position anddoubtless in time trouble, is in pieces.38 ...Rxg2 39.Kxg2 Rh2+ 40.Kfl Bc7 Whiteresigns .... 0-1A battle between ISCA's youngest (?) andoldest (?) tournament directors ended in adraw, a good result for Roger as Black

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John Easter - Roger Blaine[A84] Dutch Defense

Challenge Companion #6 (3), 3.13.2004(Ken Hamilton)

l.d4 e6 2.c4 fS 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ S.Nc6 6.Ngf3 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.Nb3 BaS 9.NQxaS 10.Bd2 Qc7 I1.Bb4 Re8 12.Rcl13.Ba3 dS 14.NeS At this point White lobetter, but his a3 bishop belongs on the oside of the board. 14 ...Nbd7 IS.cxdS e16.Nd3 Nb6 17.BcS Nbd7 18.e3 Ne4 19NdxcS 20.NxcS Be6 21.Nd3 Nf6 22.QQe7 23.QcS Nd7 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 2S.NxcS 26.RxcS Kf7 27.a3 Ree8 28.Rbl29.f4 Rea8 30.Kf2 Ra6 31.Bfl Rb6 32.RKf6 33.Kf3 Bf7 34.h3 hS 3S.Bd336.Rcl Rg8 37.h4 g6 38.b4 axb4 39.RxRxb4 40.axb4 Ra8 41.bS Bd7 42.RblSo nothing came of the protracted rmanoeuvering as each side struggled toan effective open file. v,-v,Crosstables for this, and all other events,available at www.joepye.cnc.netiiscaresults are usually posted on ISCindianachess.org.The Beginners' Challenge #2 wasconcurrently with the Companion tournNick Donis took first prize and for once sthe limelight from son Cameron!

Photo: Joe PetersonNick receiving his trophy from presidentGary Fox, with horns thoughtfully provideby director-at-large Tom Byers.A Beginners' Quick tournament was alsowon by Nick Donis.Prizewinners:Companion-I st. Josh BousumClass A - Garrett Smith and Nate CrissClass B- Roger BlaineClass C- Joe Peterson and Jay GartlandClass D- Alek Jansen and Keith SchumanBeginners' Challenge-I st. Nick Donis2nd David ClausClass F -Aaron ReynoldsClass G - Eric SuehoffU600- Caleb Schuman

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Play It Forward -With World ChampionsVisualize how world champs - or theiropponents - finished off these games1. Spassky-Artunian4th.Spartakiad 1967

After 30. Bxh6!31. Nxg732. exf533. Nh534. ?

Nh7f5KhSRgS

Boris Spas sky was a fine sportsman, and agreat, imaginative player. He had BobbyFischer's number- until Reykjavik 1972.2. Spas sky-FischerSiegen Olympiade 1970

After 35. Nd5+36. Rf237. Re23S. ReS+39. ?

KgSNc4Rd6Kt7

3. Spassky-FischerGame 5, World Championship, 1972

After 23. . . . . . . . .. Nh524.RxfS+ RxfS25.RxfS+ KxfS26.Bd1? Nf427.Qc2? ?

Bobby's 2ih. move was simple enough- but how many of us patzers wouldhave given it a second thought?

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4. Bielicki-SmyslovCapablanca Memorial 1964

After 29 Rc4!30. Qb2 ?

Vasily Smyslov won the worldchampionship by beating Mikhael Botvinnikin 1954 - only to lose it in a return match 3years later. Smyslov's refined, positionalstyle is the envy of most who play throughhis games but it was unable to withstand theonslaught of the soon-to-be new championin the following game.5. Tal-Smyslov

Candidates Tournament, Bled 1959

After 17 Qxa2IS. Bc3 Nf619. ?

6. Botvinnik-AlatortsevLeningrad Championship 1934

After. IS. Qe2 Bf5?19. Bxf5 Nxf520. ?

Spassky, Tal and of course Bronstein-brought artistry and imagination to thechessboard; Botvinnik his renowned "Ironlogic" which was barely sufficient to survivein his tied championship match withBronstein in 1951.. . ..

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7. Bronstein- BotvinnikWorld Champ. match, Moscow 195

After 35.dxe536.Rf137. ?

Bxe5QgS

In 1935 Alexander Alekhine lost the wochampionship to Max Euwe. Althoughwas reputably under the influence of alcofor most of the match, he arrived forfirst game stone sober and wearing a ntux.S. Alekhine-Euwe

Championship match, Amsterdam 19

After. 27. Bxe5 fxe52S. Rd7! Bf629. ?

In 1937, a more-or-less teetotaler Alekhobtained vengeance, regaining the wochampionship. But here's a game he los1935.... the so-called "pearl ofZandvoort."9. Euwe-AlekhineChampionship Match 1935 _26th.Gam

ReSb5Kg7Kf6Kg5Rxe7

After 41. Nc642. e743. NdS44. Nb745. Re6+46. Nd647. ?

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Blaine's -0 _Blaine'sS012, orHow ToWin aPrize byplayingwith awoodenboard ...

Photo - and board - Ken HamiltonISCA's historian, Roger Blaine, may not livein the past but he has a strong appreciationfor it - particularly for the days of longertime-controls. His second "50/2" 2-daytournament (the first was Michiana inDecember) was held on April 17/18 at theAmerihost Inn, Plainfield. As a furtherclassic touch Roger awards a prize forplaying the most games with a wooden boardand set. Your editor - who shares Roger'srevulsion for playing on crumpled canvaswith illegible autographs scribbled on theonce-white squares - was gratified to win thisprize with the board and set pictured above(maple and rosewood board, 2.25" squares,Staunton pattern set, 4" king. You can getgood stuff like this from Chesscafe.com,which has teamed up with the USCF to cater,at a discount, to members). It would beimpossible, of course, to return to the dayswhen I played most of my chess, when wewore suits and ties and the air was thick withtobacco smoke (I'm glad to say).In an amazing tum of events Bernie ParhamSr. won the event with a 5 round score of 4.5.1\JM Jim Mills tied for 2nd with tenaciousexpert Glenn Snow, while Jay Carr and NateCriss, with 3.5 points, shared 4th_5th place.Kurt Bridgham also picked up 3.5 points towin the under-1600 prize.To begin at the beginning, round 1 actionincluded the following game: I show it onlybecause it as some bearing on my state ofmind in sitting down to play - see"Collecting thought(s)" page 18...

Ken Hamilton - Eric MillerBlaine's 50/2, Plainfield, 4.17.2004[E91] Benoni

l.d4 c5 2.dS d6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Ne3 g6 S.e4 Bg76.Nf3 0--0 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Nd2 Re8 9.0--0 Ne5Too aggressive, too soon 10.f4 Neg4 I1.Nf3eS 12.h3 Now Nh6 leads to 13. fe fe 14. Be3followed by Qd2 with a material andpositional advantage, but Eric possibly feared13.g4>g5, overlooking that 13 ...ef 14.g5Bxh3 15.Rf3 Nfg4 provided somewhat morethan a modicum of resistance.... 12 ... exf413.hxg4 Bxg4 14.Bxf4 14.Bd3 protecting thee-pawn was possibly more sound 14...Nxe415.Nxe4 Rxe4 16.Qd2 Bxf3 16 ...Qf6 was farmore forceful 17.Rxf3 Qh4? better was17 .... Bd4+ 18.Khl (not Be3 Rxe3! 19.Rxe3

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Qh4 20.Bf3 f5 -+) Qh4+ Bh2 and Black hasmore play than in the game 18.g3 Bd4+19.Kg2? Sleepy ...19.Qxd4 of course 19...Qe720.Bd3 Rxf4 21.Qxf4 RfS 22.Qh4 Qe723.Rhl and Black resigns 5 moves later. 1-0On arriving in Plainfield I parked at theComfort Inn, a 100 yards away fromAmerihost, by mistake. When I got back intomy car to head for the playing site - itrefused to start. I called AAA on my cellphone then headed for my first round game;during it I got a call from AAA and went tomeet the mechanic at my car; after 20minutes of dickering about it was determinedthat my battery was flat and wouldn't take acharge. So I went back to finish my gamewith Eric Miller and then wait for AAA toreturn with a new battery, at lunchtime.Strangely, I was able to concentratereasonably well despite being somewhatagitated - not to mention out of breath fromtrot ting back and forth between parking lots. Ipassed Glenn in the corridor and told him wewere paired for the next round; aware of mycar problems he grinned and said it might adda new angle on how to prepare to play - aftera disaster! But by now I felt quite calm; thecrisis was resolved. Maybe I was too relaxed,for I was all but tom apart in the opening.Glenn Snow - Ken Hamilton[DOO]Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Blaine's 5012, Plainfield (2),[Ken Hamilton/Fritz}

l.e4 Nf6 2.Ne3 dS 3.d4 dxe4 4.f3 eS [4 ...BfSS.BgS Nbd7 6.Bc4 h6 7.Bh4 Nb6 8.Bb5+ c69.Bxf6 cxbS 1O.fxe4 b4] S.d5 This entirevariation was completely foreign to me.Alekhine 's Defense players hope - just a li ttle- they have surprised their opponents; it 's notcricket to have a surprise flung back in yourface . .. .Glenn told me afterwards S.. ..exf3 wasnormal (normal!) but I replied I wasn'twilling to enter into his left-handed DanishGambit of sorts. S... e3? The? is because Ican't quite remember what I hoped to gainfrom this, other than refusing to open the f-fi le 6.Bxe3 e6 7.BbS+ Diagram

Now to my horror I have been suckered intoa troubling sort of Albin's counter-gambitsituation7 ... Bd7 8.dxe6 fxe6 9.a4? I was

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relieved to see this, rather than a developmove like Qe2 9...Qe7 10.Nge2 BPlaying into White's hands - I must havein a fog 11.axb5 Nbd7 12.0--0 g6 13Bg7? Having almost completeddevelopment plan I released the piece oand suddenly developed a heal thy concernd6 .... 14.Nd6+ KfS 15.Nxb7 NdS 16N7b6 17.Na5 Nb4 Throwing Caution towinds, not that there was much left to thro18.e3 N4d5 Diagram

Round about now my hopes of a shomeaningful prize money began to va19.Ne6 Qe7 20.e4? Nxe4 Glennsomehow overlooked this; I aloverlooked it myself.... 21.Qe2 NHanging on to the c pawn and maintainthe vestige of a threat on the long diag22.Nf4? Not the best; Fritz would go Bfeven Ra6 with a winning advant22...Kf7! Diagram

Uniting my rooks and defending the e-pwith Laskerian aplomb 23.Ra6 White wto nudge the Knight off c4 and be abthreaten an eventual doubling of rooks oa-file, but Rei was a little more di23 ...NeS A nice move. Black is slippingthe hook 24.Rel? Now all I had to doplay Nxc6 and all's well; but I had burne90 of my 120 minutes and maybe saw a gon e6 24 ...Rhe8? Sigh .... 25.Nd4? IGlenn gave a lot of thought to this mwhich looks cute but is a clinker. Perhapwas beginning to run low on time,2S.Qxc5 would have been quite comfortfor him. 2S ...Qd6 26.Ndxe6 Rxe6 27.NQxe6 Not Kxe6? 28.f4 28.Qe4 At this p

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Blaine's 5012I'm actually somewhat better 2S...Qd529.Be3 Qxe4 30.fxe4 Ned7 31.b3 Be532.Re2 To be able to double up on the a-file32...Bd4 33.Bxd4 cxd4 Fritz thinks Black isover a full point ahead.Now if Rd2, Nc434.Rea2 Diagram

Now Fritz gives Ke6 winning, giving up thea-pawn to get the e-pawn. But my time isdown to 8 minutes for the next 16moves andthat line simply didn't occur to me34...NcS?35.Rc6 Back to evens again, per Fritz35...Ke7 36.Raa6 Ncb6 37.Kfl Ne5Comfortably ahead again. Now Glennblunders 3S.Rcxb6?? RfS+ Glenn hadn'tseen this, and I hadn't either, having forgottenabout the Rxb6 threat after moving myKnight from d7. Fritz gives Black a 3 pointlead here. 39.Kel axb6 40.Rxb6 RdS With 3minutes left I begin to go astray 41.Kd2Rd6? Diagram

Still winning, but not the best. Glenn's nextmove shocked me 42.Ra6 Rxa6?? Now it 'sanybody's game. 43.bxa6 Nc6 44.b4 Kd645.b5 I believe I got the last couple movesright - my annotation virtually stopped.Maybe Ne5 holds, but I had screwed thingsup royally and with under a minute left,resigned. A fun game! 1-0So - in an unsettled state of mind I playround 1 and win quite nicely and, havingregained my composure, playas thoughconfused in the next round. Maybe, to quoteGlenn, "Being a little nervous before thegame isn't necessarily indicative of havingthewrong mindset. .."TDRoger Blaine had not planned to play, butwith an odd number of entries filled in theChess In Indiana

field on the first day. He warned me DavidWashburn, whom I was to play next, had tiedhim up in knots ... .David Washburn - Roger BlainePlainfield 50/2 (2), 4.17.2004[C02] French Defense - Advance Var'n.1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb66.a3 Bd7 7.Be2 f6 S.O-Ofxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd610.dxc5 Bxc5 1l.Nxd7 Kxd7 12.b4 Bd613.c4 Be5 14.cxd5 Bxal 15.dxc6+ Kxc616.Bf3+ Kc7 17.Be3 Qd6 IS.Qc2+ KbS19.Qe4 Qd5 20.Bf4+ KcS 21.Rc1+ Qc2+followed by Bxd5 would have won instantly21...Kd7 22.Rdl Nf6 23.Rxd5+ Nxd524.Qd3 And Black was mated after a further16moves. 1-0Ken Hamilton - David Washburn

[B07] Pirc DefensePlainfield 50/2 (3), 4.17.20041.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3e5 6.Bd2 Qb6 7.Nge2 exf4 S.Na4 QdS9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.0-0 Bg4 I1.Qd2 Bxe212.Bxe2 Nf6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Radl d5? fatallyopening a diagonal and a file on his exposedking; Be7 was essential 15.exd5 Nxd516.Nxd5 cxd5 17.Bb5+ 17.Bxb8 wasstronger, when Bb5+ would be instantlylethal 17...Nd7 But Black resigned hereanyway, in face of 18.Rde1+Be7 19.Bd61-0The inn had a little snack area - with freecoffee and orangejuice. A couple of times Isaw Eric Miller there disconsolately drinkinga cup of juice, having lost another gamethrough an impetuous blunder. He is apromising young player from the Fort Waynearea and maybe the long drive to Plainfieldhad taken its toll.. .anyway, in the followinggame he made an unsound sac on h3 butfollowed up in grand style after his moreexperienced opponent went astray.Jim Longuski - Eric MillerPlainfield 50/2 (3),4.17.2004[A43] Irregular Benoni1.d4 c5 2.e3 cxd4 3.exd4 Nf6 4.Bd3 d55.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c3 Bd6 S.O-OQc79.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Rel 0-0-0 1l.a4 h5 12.h3Bxh3? 13.gxh3 g5 14.Kf1 RdgS 15.Ngl g416.h4 g3 17.f3 g2+ IS.Ke2 Bg3 19.Qdl?

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19...Bxh4 20.Nfl gxflQ+ 21.Rxfl Qh22.Ke3 Bg5+ 0-1These two veteran experts butted headsround 2; Tom decides to castle queensidavoid danger on the files but meets hison the diagonals... rather like a boxer circto the left to avoid a left hook and getcaught by a right cross...Tom Harris - Josh Bousum[A04] Closed EnglishPlainfield 50/2 (2), 4.17.2004[Ken Hamilton +Fritz)l.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 e5 4.d3 d6 5.Bg6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.e310.Qe2 g5 11.0-0-0 ReS 12.h3 Ne7 13.e14.Nh2 Ng6 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.g4Nf4 17.Bexf4 18.Qfl Bg6 19.h4 Qa5 20.hxg5 h21.Nf3 Nd7 22.d4 Diagram

22...Nc5! 23.dxc5 Bxc3 24.Nd2? [24.bxcQxc3#; 24.a3 Qa4 25.Rd3 Bg7 26.Nd2 d27.Rb3 Rad8 28.Rhh3 Re6 29.Qdl Rwinning easily] 24...Qxa2 White resigns 0Jay Carrmet up with Kurt Bridgham in ro1, scoring an easy win- but Kurt pickedhis game after that and finished tied withand Nate Criss with 3.5 points.Jay Carr - Kurt Bridgham[A20] English OpeningPlainfield 50/2 (1), 4.17.2004

[Ken Hamilton}1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.Nc3 0-0 5c6 6.Nge2 d6 7.d4 Bg4 S.Be3 Nbd7 9exd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 1l.b3 Ne5? losing a pfor a couple of pawns. Connecting the roby Qc7 or Qa4 was the right way to go 1Nxc4 13.bxc4 Bxc4 14.0-0 c5 15.Bf2 R16.g4 Qc7 17.Rel RfdS IS.Ng3 b5 19.9520.Nce2 NeS 21.Qc2 Bb5 22.Nf523.Ne3 as 24.Nd5 Qa7 Obviouslypreparing c4... 25.f5 Bxe2 26.Qxe2 N27.Nxc7 Qxc7 2S.Qc4 a4 29.Rabl Q30.Bg3 Rb6 Black has done his best tohis only asset - the queenside pawn majorbut to no avail. 31.g6 Qa7 32.e5! Rdbdesperation 33.Bd5 b3 34.axb3 Rx35.Qh4 h6 36.Bxf7+ KhS 37.Bxb3 a3S.Qc4 b2 39.exd6 and Black's gaalready in smoking ruins, now collapentirely after 39...Bxd6? 1-0

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Blaine's 5012Glenn Snow unleashed a brilliant attackagainst Jesse Bender in round 1.. ..Jesse Bender - Glenn SnowPlainfield SO/2 (I), 4.17.2004

[A4S] Colle System[KH and Fritz 8Jl.d4 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 0-0 S.Nc3d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 eS S.b4 ReS 9.Bb2 e410.Nd2 NfS I1.Rbl hS 12.a4 BfS 13.cS dS

14.bS White has gained a lot of space on thequeenside for his pieces, while Black,typically for a King's Indian set-up, pins hishopes on a kingside attack. 14...NSh7 IS.Relc6 16.Na2 Bh6 17.Bc3 Ng4 IS.Nfl Qh419.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Qd2 NgS Diagram

21.Qb2 Black's attack hits like a suddensummer thunderstorm.There is no escapingthe deluge. [21.Khl BtJ 22.Ng3 Bxg2+23.Kxg2 Qh3+ 24.Khl NtJ 2S.Nfl Qg426.Ng3 Nxd2] 21...Nh3+! if 22.gxh3 BDmates 22.Khl Nxf2+ 23.Kgl Nd3 24.Qd2Re6! 24...Nxel wins easily, also, but there'sno rush - the rook can't be saved 2S.Nb4RaeS! Maybe Nxel was a trifle better, butGlenn is in a combinative mood, with all hispieces threatening havoc on the e-file26.Nxd3 exd3 27.Qf2 Best. If 27.Qxd3 BfS27 Qe7 2S.Bd2 Jesse hangs on gamely2S h4 29.Khl Rf6 30.Qgl Be2Diagram

30...h3 looks even more unpleasant forWhite31.h3 Re6 32.b6 a6 33.Qh2 Bxfl34.Rxfl Bxe3 3S.Bxe3 Rxe3 36.Qc7 d237.Kgl There isn't much White can do; alllines lose 37..Rel 3S.Qf4 Qe3+ 39.Qxe3RSxe3 40.Kf2 R3e2+ 41.Kf3 Rxbl 42.RxblReI 43.Rxel dxelQ 0-1

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Usually Black mimics White's moves at hisperil, particularly if a mirrored position hasdeveloped for as many as 10 moves ...TDRoger Blaine proves it ain't necessarily so...David Kennert - Roger Blaine[COl] French DefensePlainfield SO/2 (3), 4.17.2004

[Ken HamiltonJl.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.exdS exdS 4.Nf3 Bd6S.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.BgS Bg4 S.Nbd2Nbd7 9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Qc7 I1.Rael RfeSWhat do they call this? The Parrot Variation?Anyway, Black has just digressed from bookwith RfeS as opposed to RaeS... 12.Re3 Rxe313.fxe3 ReS 14.e4 Black could grab a pawnhere by BxtJ IS.RxtJ de 16.Nxe4 Nxe417.Bxe4 h6 IS. BM Bf4 with an unclearposition 14..dxe4 IS.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 h617.Bd2 Bxf3 IS.Rxf3 The h2 pawn grab isstill on lS ...Nf6 19.Bd3 Bxh2+ Rogerdecides this is the right time for it! 20.KhlBg3 21.Bxh6? Diagram

21...Re1+ 22.Bfl Ng4 23.Bd2 SuddenlyWhite's game has gone to the dogs. 23...Qe7!Rxfl also worked: [23...Rxfl+ 24.Rxfl Bf22S.g3 Qxg3] 24.Bxel Qh4+ 2S.Kgl Qh2#0-1Sundaywas a day of dramatic surprises - forme (unfortunately) but more importantly, forthe eventual winner of the Plainfield tourney.As penance for showing you a couple of mywins fromSaturday's play, I will show thefollowing two examples, first how I failed tounderstand the opening and second, how Ifailed to understand almost everyposition Ireached.Walt Thompson - Ken Hamilton

[D9l] Gruenfeld defensePlainfield SO/2 (4), 4.1S.2004[Ken HamiltonJl.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 dS 4.Nf3 Bg7 S.BgSdxc4 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bxc4 h6 S.Bf4 NhS?S...Nb6 would have been more helpful toBlack's development 9.Qb3 0-0 10.NeSNxeS 1l.BxeS BxeS 12.dxeS Ng7 An uglymove. c6 was best, providing space for thequeen. 13.Rdl QeS 14.NdS Be6 BothIS.Qxb7 and IS.Nxc7 win a (net) pawn forWhite lS.e4 BxdS 16.exdS RbS 17.Qc2 e6lS.dxe6 fxe6?! 19.0-0 Qf7 20.Rd3 QfS

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21.Qc3 bS 22.Rf3 b4 23.Qe3 Qg4 24.RRxfS 2S.Bb3 NhS? 2S....Qf4 mightsaved the game 26.h3 Qf4 Because 26now loses to g4. So Black has to give uppawn, and with it, the game 27.Bxe6+Ignoring likelihood of checks fromqueen on Black's second rank; KhS wa2S.QcS Ng3 A last, desperate fling 2Ne4? Everything - Nhl, or NfS, losesgoes down in flames 30.Rxe4 Qxe4resigns without waiting for 31.Qe7+32.Qxf8+ Kh7 33.Qg8# 1-0I was confident I was going to beat Jemy last game, then he throws an oddbmove 2 and I start going wrong - I'mbeaten because I don't find the right wdeal withhis queen on - gulp- a6....Ken Hamilton - Jesse Bender[D06] Tarrasch defensePlainfield SO /2 (S ), 4 . . 1 8. 20 0 4

[Ken HamiltonJl.d4 dS 2.c4 cS 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nc6 SNxdS 6.BbSNxc3 7.bxc3 QaS S.Bxc6+9.Bd2 Qa6 10.Qc2 g6 1l.Qe4 Bg7 1BfS 13.Qf3 hS 14.h3 Be6 IS.Nf4 [ IS.0-16.Ng3 g4 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Qe419.cxd4=]lS ...Bc4 16.dS 0-0 17.dxc6lS.NdS BxdS 19.QxdSRxc6 Diagram

White is lost: unable to castle and gking to safety, queen exposed to attaBlack's rooks, weak pawn on c3 anpawn on d2. A badly mismanaged gamWhite, mesmerized by a queen on,places, a6! 20.g4 Rd6 21.Qf3 RfdSenough, but I expected the killer 21....22.Kxd2 Rd8+ curtains.... 22.Rdl23.0-0 What else? Go down in f23...hxg4 24.hxg4 Rxd2 2S.Ral QdSQd3 27.Qf4 Qxc3 2S.Racl QeS 29.Qe30.Qa3 QeS And a couple of illegible mlater,White resigned. 0-1Brushing off the sackcloth and ashes, onthe important games in the last round....Here's the scene. Parham, Mills and Snall at 3.S, Bousum at 3, Criss at 2.S. Thelikely finish looked to be Mills 4.S, Bou4 and Parham, Snowand Criss tied for 3through Sth.But this is what happened.

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Blaine's 5012Jim Mills had been playing dour, solid chessthroughout, typified by his 6-hour draw withBernie Parham in round 4, where he couldnot find a way to win a rook and knight v.two bishops endgame (I doubt anyone could).He now seemed back to his master-level formafter his long lay-off.Glenn Snow - Jim Mills[B12] Caro-Kann, Fantasy Var.

Plainfield SO /2 ( S) , 4 .1 8 .2 0 0 4[Ken Hamilton]l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3Be6 6.e3 exd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ S.Ne3 Nf69.Bd3 h6 10.0-0 Nbd7 1l.a3 BaS 12.e5 Nd513.Ne4 Be7 If the bishop had retreated to e7after II.a3 it would have saved a move - aswell as protecting both d6 and cS againstoccupation by a White knight. The other sideof the coin is - which is the better square forthe queen - e7, or c7 !b6? 14.Bd2 Qe715.Qel 0-0-0 16.b4 N5b6 16...gS looks amore natural response, answering White'squeenside thrust with the threat of an assaultagainst White's king - as well as threateningNf4 17.Qe2 Bg4 IS.a4 f6 19.b5 c5 Leads towholesale exchanges; the position (to me)looks even more complex after 20.a5 20.e6Qxe6 21.dxe5 Nxc5 22.Nxc5 Qxe2 23.Bxe2Bxf3 24.Bxf3 Rxd2 25.Bxb7+ KbS 26.Bf3Be5 27.Na6+ KeS 28.Bg4+ KdS 29.RadlRd6 30.Ne5 Ke7 31.Rfel Draw agreed. 'h-'hMeanwhile, Nate was staking a claim for aprize:Nate Criss - Walt Thompson

[ A04] Kings Indian AttackPlainfield SO /2 ( S) , 4 .1 8 .2 0 0 4[Ken Hamilton/Nate Criss]

l.Nf3 c5 2.g3 Normally I play 2.b3 here butWalt had outplayed me in that line in a quickgame a few months ago (NC) Ne6 3.Bg2 g64.0-0 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.e4 d6 7.e3 0-0 S.h3RbS 9.Be3 b5 10.Qel ReS I1.Bh6 Bh812.Nh2 e5 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.f4 Nh5 15.Qelexf4 16.gxf4 d5 17.Bf3 Nf6 18.Qg3 dxe419.Nxe4 White can't play the natural dxe4because of Bxh3 (NC) Nxe4 20.dxe4 b421.e5 Qb6 22.Radl Qe7 23.Rd6 Ne724.Bd5 Nf5 Diagram

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overlooking White's response.25.Rxg6+hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Bg7 27.Ng4 I'd alreadydecided on the upcoming blunder Nf6. Betterwas Bxj7; I was so entranced by thecombinative possibilities of a N on f6 that Ioverlooked the defense .. . (NC) Be6 28.Bxe6Rxe6 Now 29.QxfS loses to Bxh6 30.Nf6+Rxf6 - and Black escapes with a piece up29.Nf6+?? Diagram

Apparently forgetting his queen is en prise -allowing 29 ...Rxf6, winningoutright.29 ...Kf8?? 30.Bxg7+ Nxg7 31.Qh7NeS?? Overlooking the fork; Qb7 or Qd8would have held 32.QhS+ Ke7 33.Nd5+Kd7 34.Nxe7 Kxc7 All over bar theshouting ... 35.f5 Re7 36.cxb4 Rxb4 37.e6 f638.Qf8 Rg7+ 39.Kf2 Rf4+ 40.Kel Re4+41.Kdl Black could try to hold on by41...Kd8 42.Qxc5 but decided to resign ratherthan suffer. 1-0

Photo: Ken HamiltonNate Criss kibitzes Josh-Bernie, Glenn andJim in near board, Jesse in Panama hat Bernard Parham - Josh Bousum

[COO]French DefensePlainfield 50/2 ( S ), 4 .1 8 . 20 04[Ken Hamilton]

l.e4 e6 2.Qh5 d5 3.e5 e5 4.f4 g6 5.Qf3 Bd76.c3 d4? 7.Qxb7 Nc6 8.Qb3 g5 9.d3 gxf410.Bxf4 Bh6 1l.Bxh6 Qh4+ 12.Kdl Whitecould have been spared all this had he optedfor 8.Nf3 instead of 8.Qb3 12...Nxh6 13.Nf3Qf4 14.Nbd2 Rb8 15.Qa3 Ng4 16.g3 Qf517.Ke2? Exposing his king after the pawnsnatch on eS - so Kel was the correct move17 Ncxe5 18.exd4 to protect d3 18 ...Nxd3[18 Nxf3! 19.Nxf3 Bb5 20.Bg2 Qe4+

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21.Kdl Qe3 and White is powerless agthe threat ofBxd3] 19.Nh4? Diagram

[19.Nc4 Qe4+ 20.Kd2 Qxf3 21.Bxd322.Be2 Qxd4+ 23.Kcl and Fritz evaluatesposition as equivalent to the material (padvantage. However this would have paout it was certainly better than the mplayed.] 19 ...Qf2+ 20.Kxd3 Bb5+ 21Ne3+ 22.Qxe3 [22.Kc3 cxd4+ 23.Kb4 B24.KcS Rc8+ and mate in a few more mo22.Kb3 Bxfl + 23.Ka4 Bb5+ 24.Kb3 Q2S.QxcS Bc6+ and mate in 2] 22 ... QxeBlack has a queen for two knights,position Josh rightly expected to win. 23Qxd4 Not 23 ...Qxel? 24.Bxb5+ 24.NDiagram

Now 24 ...Bd3+! would end the game25.Bxd3 Rxb2+ with a quick mate26.Kdl (or Kcl 26 . ..Qc3+) Qed324 ...Q25.Kbl 0-0 26.Nd6 Now ...Bc6 is crushbut Josh decides to simplify... 26 ...27.Rhxfl Rfd8 28.Re4If Black goes ..Rb4 here, White is fini(again) 2S...Qa6?? 29.Rg4+ 0-1Josh's shattering loss is a reminder thatthe best among us can have a truly bad dthe office. So, a tribute to his never-sayplay, Bernie Parham won clear first,Glenn and Jim trailing a half-point beand Nate, Jay Carr and Kurt Bridghamfor 4th_6th.with 3.S.This was a fine tournament, conductedaplomb (of course) by Roger Blaine.

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Collecting your thoughts .....Are you ready toplay chess, tothink, when youarrive at thetournament site?Or do you findyourself wonderingif you feel likeplaying, or worse,if you haveforgotten how toplay the game atall? How do yougalvanize your brain to perform at its best?How should you prepare top lay from themoment the clocks are started?I believe preparation has two elements -first the obvious effort to know whatopecings you are going to play (givenreasonable cooperation from youropponents) and to have studied themsufficiently to know something aboutthem The second element, I maintain, ispsychological. I believe you must beeager to play.A game of chess is an examination ofour knowledge and our ability to use it.Just as last-minute swatting rarely helpsin preparing for an examination, so last-minute rippling through the pages ofMCO or NCO is likely to create moreconfusion in your mind than the calm butdetermined mood needed to play goodchess. So far as choice of openings isconcerned, Dennis Monokroussis givesthis advice:"Many players avoid playing theirfavorite openings against a strongerplayer on the grounds that higher-ratedplayers will know those openings betterthan they do. This isn't a particularlybright idea. All the lower-rated playerhas done is handicap himself; thestronger player may quite well remain inher comfort zone. Further, the weakerplayer deprives himself of a learningexperience by making this switch. Heplays an idiotic variation, loses terriblybecause it's idiotic and gains nothingfrom the experience but a chessic blackeye. Play what you know! Suppose youlose? So what! You were expected tolose anyway, but now you've receivedsome very valuable information aboutyour opening and your understanding ofit, that will make you that much tougherthe next time you meet a better player."Of course, such preparation -knowledgedevelopment - involves more thanChess In Indiana

opening study; it must include middleand end-game work as well as practicalplaying experience. We all realize that.But how many of us think about gettingour mind into a state where it is ready forthe arduous hours of planning andanalysis that go into playing a goodgame of chess? If we play physicalsports, do we not spend time stretchingour muscles in readiness to play? If thebrain is likened to a muscle, obviouslythe more time we spend over developingour capability for analysis will befruitful, but besides that, should we nottake what steps we can to enter theplaying hall with a positive attitude? Ithink the answer is - we should.Boris Becker once said that there is littledifference in the ability of the top 100tennis players - winning is more amental than a physical thing.John MacEnroeneeded controversyto get the most,mentally, out of hisgame. Other playerswho complainabout calls andfling racquets oftenfind their behavioraffects their play ina negative way. To each his own ... Justto convince you that I am an absolutenut, as a young man, and a cricketplayerin England, when faced with theprospect of batting against a fast bowlertrying to bounce the ball off my noggin,I would tell myself I was such-and-sucha great player and sallied forth with greatconfidence ... when I played chess in theLondon League and, after a day's workin the City, found myself lacking inconfidence to play a decent game ofchess, I would think of myself asSmyslov 0) to get into a frame of mindwhere I was ready to play calm,calculating positional chess to the best ofmy (poor) ability. I think it helped.Attitude is important. Mike Herron, whocame within a tiebreak hair of winningthe 2003 State Championship, writes: "Idon't feel that putting a lot of pressureon myself before an event sayingsomething like 'I have to get 3.5 or I'llthrow myself off a bridge' is helpful in

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achieving my optimum results. I tthat my relaxed attitude of just playmy best, fighting all the way, and hafun is the attitude that gives me myresults."Glenn Snow comments: "I think thisneglected area of preparation for mosus. I personally haven't given it mthought and have often been inwrong mindset to start the game. Inote that I believe being a little nervbefore the game isn't necessaindicative of having the wrong mindsNervousness is like stage-fright -generally a passing affliction most finactors experience.At the highest levels of the gpsychological preparation isBotvinnik was among others who lto take a stroll before play to clearmind. His awareness of the importaof attitude was evidenced by entrieshis diary; Kasparov mentions in "Great Predecessors II" that beforeeleventh match game with Bronsteinchampion noted "Malice and composuLet's go! I need a win."In "Psychology in Chess" Krogwrites: " .... auto-suggestion can hpointing out the need to struggle "agaadverse emotions by means of sorders to forget them and . .. counbalance them by thinking absomething happy and pleasant ... to lforward to."Spassky was noted for his insistencegetting sufficient sleep before playduring adjournrnent analysis - anrecall seeing Jason Doss stretchedasleep between rounds in a lotournament. ..Then there's the story of DaBronstein spending 40 minutes befmaking his first move ...As we all know, Bobby Fischer wthrough agonies of argument and sdoubt before allowing himself toshepherded aboard a planeReykjavik, and once there engagedvarious objections about the playconditions until he was finally - bythird game! - in a fit state of mindplay. But then - oh boy!Mental preparation: does it make seto you? Write and let us have yothoughts.Ken Hamilton

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Bloomington Tornado

Photo: Ken HamiltonA clearly imperturbable TD John Easter organizes his firsttournament - a 4-round tornado - in Bloomington, while JamesGartland takes a at the first-round s .

Planned for five g/60 rounds the tournamentstart was delayed in the hope that more thanthe dozen who showed up on time would beincreased by late arrivals; when it becameevident that further entries were doubtfulJohn reduced the rounds to four, the first ofmany sensible decisions he will make as atournament director! The tournament washeld in Bloomington's History Society'sbuilding, an imposing edifice on E. 6th Streetoff Walnut - an excellent location boasting alarge, mostly empty free parking lot onweekends and within a short walk of a varietyof restaurants.Ed Buffie, the top-rated player at about 1940,duly won the tournament though not withouta tough struggle with James (Jay) Gartland.

Jay Gartland - Ed. Buffie[B88] Sicilian Defense, SozinBloomington Tornado, 04.03.2004

[Ken Hamilton, +Fritz 8]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf65.Ne3 d6 6.Be4 Ne6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 0-09.Kh1 a6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Nxb3 12.axb3 e513.Nde2 Bd7 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Bxf6 Bxf616.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Qe7 18.Ne3 Rae819.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Qd3 Qe6 21.Rd2 Bg522.Re2 Rd7 23.Nd5 b5 24.Qg3 Bf4 25.Qg426.f6 is a nasty threat to meet. Jay has theupper hand in this game so far. 25. ..KfS 26.f6g6 27.g3 Diagram

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Nxf4 now is plainly winning. I'm sure Jaydidn't expect Black's next move, whichallows the bishop to retreat safely 27 ... h528.Qf3 Bh6 29.Ne7 Rxe7 30.fxe7+ Kxe731.Rf1 RfS? Out of the frying pan, into thefire . .. f5 was needed 32.Qf6+ Kd7 33.RdlKe7 [33 ...b4 34.Kgl h4 (34...h4 35.Qxe5Qb6+) ] 34.Qe7+? Jay is letting Ed off thehook, again ...34.c4 was much stronger,threatening to open the file for White's rooks34 ...Qd7 35.Qxd7+ Kxd7 36.Rd5 Ke6 37.c4bxe4 38.bxc4 Re8 39.Re2 f5 40.e5 thestraightforward exf5+ was better 40 ...Rxe5Fri tz here gives BfS with advantage to Black.41.Rdxe5 dxe5 42.exf5+ Kxf5 43.Rxe5 Bd244.Kg2 Ke4? a5 was necessary - now Whitehas Rc6, winning. But both players wereshort of time, as I recall, and so far as I couldsee, didn't have my access to Fritz .... 45.Kfl?as 46.Ke2 Bb4 47.Re8 Kf5 48.h3 Bd649.Ke3 Bb4 50.Re4 Bel 51.g4+ hxg452.Rxg4 Fritz gives hg+, followed by Kf3 as

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winning ... 52 ... g5 now Fritz gives 53Bb4 54.Rfl+ Kg6 as a winning line, buand Jay agreed to a draw, whichprobably a fair result. Jay thought hewinning for much of the game, and indhe was. The draw enabled Ed to finish3.5 points versus my 3.0 out of 4 -become doubly indebted to Jay, who hanme my loss! 'h-'hI came away with few game scores ofthough I'm sure future tournaments -hopes to run one every other month - wilincreased attendance and higher averatings. Perhaps we will see Jason DossDrew Hollinberger, both currently at LUwell as Jay Carr and other LU. alumnfuture tournaments. And next time mJohn will be able to sit in, too! BTW,tourney was generously sponsored byGame Preserve on Fountain Square.them!Ken Hamilton-Stephen Volan[A40] Irregular Queen's PawnBloomington Tornado (I), 04.03.2004

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Bf4 e6 5.e6.e5 h6 7.h4 Ne7 8.Qb3 Nd5 9.Bd210.Na3 Ne6 11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.exd6 e13.Bd3 Bd7 14.Nb5 Re8 15.Rde1 d5 16Na5 17.Qdl a6? 18.Nd6+ KfS 19.NNxeS 20.Ne5 Nd6?? 21.Nxg6+ 1-0Stephen hopes to improve his 1180 ratinggaining experience in the Chicago Open;was one of two players who joined ISCAthe spot - we'll make sure yourpublished game is a win, Stephen!My next opponent was rated about 1550;will be moving up!Jay Gartland - Ken Hamilton[B03] Alekhine's Defense

Bloomington Tornado (2), 04/03/2004[Ken Hamilton, plus Fritz analysis]

l.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nb6 5.Bg4 6.Bf4? An unusual move wcontributes to the bust-up of White's posior the loss of a pawn 6... dxe5 7.Bxe5 o.... Qxdl + 8.Kxdl Bxf3+ 9.gxf3 e6 witcomfortable game for Black 7...Ne6 S.Nxe5 9.Nxe5 Bxe2 10.Kxe2 White hasthe ability to castle - but actually, by ReIKfl he hasn't lost a move unless he is oblito subsequently tuck his king onto gl. 10Of course, it's tempting to play f6, dislothe knight and take the c pawn, but inAlekhine's the c pawn is often a worryWhite and a trap for Black, who must beto the possibility of Qa4+ winning a piI1.Rel Be7 with an even game ...but Fsays ... c5 is modest ly better [1l...c5 12.dBxc5 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.Nd3 Bd4 15.N12.Kfl 0-0 13.Qd3? worried about th

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Bloomington Tornadopawn - bur allowing Black an obvious riposte13...c5 14.Re4 putting the rook on anuncomfortable square 14...fS IS.Rf4 Diagram

IS BgS a strong move winning a pawn, butl5 Bf6 was actually better (of course, Ididn't consider it) [15. ..Bf6 l6.Qe2 g5 17.Rf3Qxd4 l8Re3 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Nxc4 20.Rxe6Qxb2 21.Qxb2 Nxb2 22.Nc3 Nd3 23.Rbl b624. 5 a6 and Black, two pawns up, iswinning] 16.Rf3 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 cxd418. ra3 Bf6 19.Re1 BxeS I'm not sure thiswas a good decision 20.RxeS Kf7 21.Rd3Rfd8 21.M? probably a waste of time; Whiteis concerned that after ....Kf6 f4 is met by g5but these concerns were not well founded1l ..Ra.c8 23.b3 Diagram

Here I became obsessively concerned withthe threat ofNb5, which in a sense ultimatelyproved my undoing. Instead Fritz gives23... d7 as winning:23 ..a6 [23. ..Nd7 24.RelNc5 25.Rddl Kf6 26.f4 Ne4 27.Rd3 e528.fxe5+ Kxe5] 24.f4 [24.Rel Rd7 25.Nc2Rcd8] 24 ...Rc6 Again, Nd7 was better[24 ...Nd7] 2S.Nc2 The beginning of myundoing ... . I simply didn't envisage the knightmoving back - so fixated had I been on theghostly threats of Nb5 2S ...Nc8 BecauseR6d6 is met by c5 26.Rxd4 Rcd6 27.Rxd6Rxd6 28.Re2 Ne7 29.Kf2 Ng8 30.Nel Nf631.Nf3 Ne4+ 32.Ke1 Kg6 33.NgS h6?34.Nxe4 fxe4 3S.g4 Rd4 h5 was muchbetter, allowing the Black king to get tof536.Rd2 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 hS 38.gxhS+KxhS? Kf5 was far better, when Whitewould have had to work harder for a win39.Ke3 Kxh4 40.Kxe4 Kg4 it's really allover. I've managed to bring about a lost pawnChess In Indiana

ending. 41.b4 gS 42.fxgS KxgS 43.KeS Asomewhat deflating ending to an interest inggame with ideas from both sides, and one Ienjoyed very much. Jay Gartland is a coolcustomer - he had a won game againsttournament winner Ed Buffie beforeblundering in a pawn ending and conceding adraw. 43 ...Kg4 44.a4 Kf3 4S.bS axbS46.axbS Black resigns 1-0Another KID comes to a violent end .....

Ken Hamilton - Scott Alber[A56] King's Indiana DefenseBloomington Tornado (3), 04.03.2004

l.d4 g6 2.c4 cS 3.dS Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 S.e4 Nf66.Be3 Nfd7 7.Qd2 NeS 8.Be2 0-0 9.Bh6Re8 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.f4 Ned7 12.Nf3 Nb613.0-0-0 Na6 14.eS BfS IS.Nh4 Qd716.NxfS+ QxfS 17.g4 Qc8 18.h4 Nc7 19.hSRg8 20.hxg6 fxg6 2l.fS Kf8 22.Rxh7 Ne823.Qh6+ Ng7 24.e6 1-0Brian O'Donnell is a family physician inBloomington; rated 1556 But I suspect he haslimited tournament experience. He alsojoined ISCA at the tournament: thanks Brian!- see you next time.J. Brian O'Donnell- Ken Hamilton[D30] Queen's Indiana defenseBloomington Tornado (4),04.03.2004[K en Hamilton, and some Fritz]

l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 dS 3.c4 e6 4.e3 b6 S.cxdSexdS 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.0-0 Bd6 8.b3 0-0 9.Ba3Bxa3 10.Nxa3 Qe7 I1.Qcl cS 12.NeS cxd413.exd4 Rc8 14.Qb2 Nbd7 IS.Rfel Qb416.NbS NxeS 17.RxeS I was surprised hetook with the rook - dxe5 would havereunited his pawns, with a potential base for aNat d6 17 ... a6 18.a3 o rs 19.Nc3 Qd6 20.h3preventing the irritating Ng4, but Bf5 wouldhave been OK 20..Nd7 21.Re3 Re8 22.Qe2Rxe3 23.fxe3 I was happy to see this - Brianin one stroke creates a weakness on g3 andon e3. [23.Qxe3] 23 ...Rc8 24.Ndl Qg3Maybe not the best, but I don't know there isanything wrong with cteating a ghost threaton el and inviting White to grab the a6pawn .. .I expected 25.Qf3 when I could haveplayed 25 ...Qel+ 26.Qf1 and afterexchanging queens spent the rest of the 14minutes remaining on my clock (this wasgame/60) maintaining control over the c file,controlling e4 via Nf6 and hoping for achance to do some damage with my bishopvia a6 or c8. I would probably have sought toavoid the exchange of queens, however, as Ithought I had better chances of winning bytactics. 2S.BfS [25.Bxa6 Bxa6 26.Qxa6 Rc227.Qf1 Nf6 and unfortunately White canprobably hold on for a draw] 2S...Rc726.Nf2 Nf6 27.Rfl? If anywhere, the rookbelongs on e l. I think Brian's plan was toattack fl via Bd3, when after a possibleexchange of knights on e4 the bishop could

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occupy c4. This is why I played 2827 ...Re3 28.Bd3 bS I was aiming as muche3 as b3, which is why I demurred takinb3- I was planning Ne4 now which I thogave White bigger problems - but I resh

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