chess in indiana vol xviii no. 4 dec 2005

8/2/2019 Chess in Indiana Vol XVIII No. 4 Dec 2005

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Volume XVIII Number 4

N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :State Championship Crosstable, page 14, Indiana State Blitz Winners, page 13, Who's who in ISCA, page 2;President's message page 3, Tournament Announcements, back cover.

Photo: Bob BantaF M E mory A . T a te , J r., w in n er o f the 6 4 th A n nu a l In d ia na S ta te C he ss C h am p io ns hip , c on gr atu la te d b y IS CA P res ide nt G ary Fo x


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President's Message CHESS in IndianaEditor's CommentsDecember 1,2005Happy Holidays everybody! Thanks for your confidence in allowingme to serve as president for another year. Congratulations to ournewly elected officials of the board. Dave Frey decided to put his webhat on again to serve as our director for the site. He has already

changed over to the new web siteand has added several newfunctions. We are looking atSWitchingto a new host do to ourexpansion; the current one isholding Dave back from allowingthe functionality needed toprovide our membership the bestweb service possible. TerryPerkins has stepped up to be ourVP this year; look out, he maybeasking for volunteers to help out insome projects we are looking atdoing, Terry will "get 'er done."Bob Banta is our new Editor; Bob

has a lot of experience as a technical writer with many years ofexperience and will add some new ideas to the magazine. We have anew Membership director! Sean Hollick, being fairly new to chess, hisleadership is very visible. Sean jumped in to the realm of TO andrelaunched the Glendale Mall tournaments. Look to the back of themagazine for details of upcoming events to the Indianapolis area. Lastbut not least is Drew Hollinberger; he is a new director-at-large. I amsure with his chess powers, Drew will be a strong influence to theboard. Thanks also to the new Cabinet members. I will introduce themin the next issue.Thanks to all the out-going director/cabinet office holders: KenHamilton, Terry Winchester, Josh Bousum, Joe Riegsecker, Nate Criss,Brandon Pherson, Scott Reisinger and Jay Carr .Your past and I'm surecontinued dedicat ion to Indiana Chess is appreciated and the work forchess over the past years will leave a void difficult to filLOn behalf ofthe ISCA board, we thank each and every one of you very much.I am pleased to announce our agreement with affiliate SCIis beingrenewed. This includes the Boy's and Girl 's State IndividualChampionships as well as the Scholastic State team championships.Steve Steppe is one of our directors-at-Iarge and president of the SCIboard. I want to thank Steve and the SCI board for there effortstowards promoting and running Scholastic Indiana Chess events anddedication towards Indiana Chess as a whole.I also want to thank Bob Banta and Dave Frey, right out of the startinggates; they have been working very hard at bringing us this issue andthe website. They put in many hours of volunteer work to bring usthese vital functions donated to service our members. The next timeyou see them give them a big "thank you" and a pat on the back forwhat they do isinvaluable to ISCA and our membership.

Gary J Fox, [email protected]'s Who in ISCA 2President's Message " " 3Editor's Comments " " 3Indiana State Chess Championship " " 4Confessions From a Former Editor. " "" " 16Games from the Kokomo Open " 16{SCAWebsite Update 18Editor's Odds and Ends 20Upcoming Scholastic Tournaments 23Tournament Announcements 24D ec em b er, 2 005

"Please allow me to introduce myself .. . rr is the opening line of afamous Rolling Stones' tune and it seems appropriate here as welLI have the distinct pleasure of assuming editorship of CHE SS in Inafter a very successful three year tour of duty by Ken Hamilton. Tabout a tough act to follow, Ken brought an unmatched degree ofprofessionalism and dedication to editing this magazine. On behalthe ISCA membership, I would like to thank Ken for his years of Iservice and wish him all the best in his editorship "retirement."As for me, some of you may know me as a native Hoosier playingover-the-board tournaments since 1971. I started playing in USCFtournaments as a member of the Broad Ripple High School chess tin the early seventies. The seventies were heady times for chess inU'.S, due to the boom after the Fischer versus Spassky match in 197VllhenI played in the State High School Team Championship in 19there were over 100 teams participating in the tourney. It seems likyesterday that I remember playing Shortridge High School when MGant and Spiro Bereveskos used to mow through teams like butter.I was pleasantly surprised to run into Spiro after the passage of so30years at the ISCA State Blitz Championship in Kokomo.Ihad the pleasure of helping to edit T h e H oos ie r Ch es s J o ur n al alongwith Roger Blaine on the floor of Gary Deuser's horne back in the lseventies. I played in tournaments while a student at IndianaUniversity in Bloomington and then relocated to Los Angeles in 19where I was lucky enough to play in the 1983 US. Open in Pasaden(got to watch Korchnoi play!) . Living in Los Angeles provided lotsplaying and spectator opportunities. I had the pleasure of watchingU.S.Championship in Long Beach where Jeremy Silman and JackPeterson commentated on games being played by Kamsky,Christiansen, Benjamin, and other famous players.In 1994I moved to El Paso, Texas and, for several years, playedtournaments in the Southwest including the National Open in LasVegas (one of the most enjoyable tournaments you will ever play itrust me). I relocated back to Indianapolis in late 2000 and have beeplaying in tournaments on and off over the last few years.ISCA is moving into a new era with the departure of ISCA'swebmaster, Nate Criss, and the return of Dave Frey as our presentwebmaster. Dave has done an outstanding job of creating amultifunctional ISCA website (www.indianachess.orgl and this isspresents a tour by Dave of the new website.I invite all readers to e-mail me ([email protected]) with anysuggestions/comments/criticisms about this publication. I thoughtediting this publication would be easier than this first issue has beefor me; I attribute that to my having to overcome a learning curve wChessBase and Fritz. I would like very much to include content in tmagazine that you would like to see as well. Because tournamentresults are now available via the USCF website and via hyperlink fthe ISCAwebsite, there is little reason to print cross tables here. Thonly notable exception is that ofthe State Championship which wilcontinue to be published here as an official record.One area that the ISCA Board of Directors has been looking intorecently is the availability of CHESS in Indiana from the ISCA websiThere are various schools of thought both pro and can on the idea.Both camps have merit, but I support democracy in action whichmeans if you feel strongly about keeping this publication in hard coformat or strongly about moving it to the websi te as an Adobe Acro(.pdf) file, e-mail the ISCA Board of Directors and let them know yoopinion.

Bob Banta, [email protected]

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CHESS in Indiana43.Kh2 intending to interpose Bg2 which might draw 42.Qd5angling to meet 42. ..Qc2, attacking both f2 and the knight, with43.Nd2. 42.Qc8(!) instead of 42.Qd5 is completely winning42. .Qel! one blow after another. Now 43.Nd2 does no good43.13 Qe3+! Diagram

Oops. He overlooked this in-between move. He'd been countingon 31.Nxe8(?) Qxg4 hitting the rook 31...Qc7 32.Nxe8 Kxe8another material imbalance. It may seem like Black is still in thegame with three pawns for the bishop, but watch how quickly mypieces take over the board 33.Rcl Qd7 34.Nd2 Nb7 3S.Ne4 Rf736.Qb3 KfS 37.BbS Qe7 38.Rc8+ Kg7 now we enter the tragicportion of the game, at least from my point of view. A coupleplayers suggested afterwards that 39.NgS is an easy win, but it 'snot that simple because of39 ...NcS. then 40.Qe3 Rf8 or 40.RxcSbxc5 41.Nxfl Kxf7 and Black is hanging in there. however if I'mcareful I have to be winning with my active pieces. 39.Re8 Qc740.Qxe6?? Diagram

Amrrrg. Throwing away some very good play up until this point.I remember looking at 40. ..Qcl + 41.Bfl and seeing no danger.Surely the knight on b7 can't be a factor in the attack? After all, Ionly need one tempo to play 42.Re7 and win. Even looking backnow though, I have to admit that this is an amazing swindle thathe pulls on me. Once again 40.Ng5 is not as easy a win as somethought because of 40 ...Nc5 (i.e. 41.Nxe6+ Nxe6 42.Qxe6? Qcl+43.Bfl QcS--maybe 42.Rxe6 wins, but it's tricky). But again ifI'm careful I have to be winning with my active pieces. 40.Qxe6does allow unnecessary counter play, it doesn't actually spoil thewin because 42.Qc8(!) instead of 42.Qd5 is completely winning40 ...Qcl+ 4l.Bfl NcS! of course now that it's too late, I seeeverything. The queen is attacked, so there's no time for 42.Re7which I had been counting on. and on 42.Nxc5 Qxc5, I'm up abishop for two pawns but can't defend the f2 square, so I loseeither by 43.Re7 Qxf2+ 44.Khl Qxf1+ 4S.Kh2 Qf6 or by 43.Bc4Qxf2+ 44.Khl Qel + 45.Kg2 Rf2+ 46.Kh3 Qhl + 47.Kg4 Rf4+!48.gxf4 Qg2++ (or 48.Kg5 h6++). only after the game did I findD ec em b er, 2 00 5

another great move. not so good is 43 ...Nxe4 44.Qxe4 Qxg3+45.Bg2 when I'm still alive 44.Kh2 there's nothing else. on44.Nf2 RxS or 44.Kg2 Qxf3+ 44. ..Nxe4 45.Qxe4 Qxe4 46.fxe4Rxfl so he's regained his piece and is two pawns up in the rookand pawn ending. I know quite a few players who would resignhere, especially after mangling such a gorgeous position. Butrook endings and fighting to the bitter end are two of mystrengths as a player. And watch what happens! 47.Kg2 RJ748.Rd8 Rc7 49.a3! a very good move. now I threaten 50.Rxd6and ifhis rook leaves the 7th rank I have 50.Rd7+ and 51.Rxa7.The worst thing would be 49.Rxd6(?) Rc2+ 50.Kf3 Rxa2 wherehis two connected passers win easily 49. ..Rc2+ 50.Kh3 Rc45I.Rxd6 Kh6 52.Rd7 as? Diagram

I think maybe this is where his win disappears. I'm pretty surethat 52...Ra4 is a winner because S3.Rd3 Rxe4 is two pawns upagain, and 53.Re7 Rxa3 54.RxeS leaves him with two distantconnected passers which I imagine would have to eventuallytriumph 53.Rb7 Rxe4 54.Rxb6 Re3 55.a4 Re4 56.Rb5 Rxa457.Rxe5 Ral 58.Re7 Ra3 59.Ra7 a4 Pretty amazing save forme. The final position is a book draw. After 60.Ra8 Ral 61.Ra7a3 62.Kg2 he has two tries to win. The first is to push the pawnto a2 to keep my rook on the a-me, then march his king over tosupport the pawn. The problem is that his king has no cover fromchecks, so whenever his king gets anywhere near the a-pawn I

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CHESS in Indianajust check forever with the rook. The second try is to leave the Nick Adams (2254) - Ken Hamilton (1627) [E4pawn at a3 so that the king can march over and hide on a2. The 64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 20problem is that my rook can capture a kings ide pawn after the [Ken Hamilton}king leaves since the a-pawn is still on a3 - then the rook returns l.d4 Nf6 2.e4 e6 3.Ne3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 S.Bd3 dS 6.a3 Bxto the a-file, I create a kingside passed pawn and draw easily 7.bxc3 b6 RedS exdS 9.Ne2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 Il.Ng3with it. Yz-Y2 12.Ne2 Nd6 13.f3 ReS 14.g4 Diagram

Rd 5: Ben Inskeep (left) versus Bernard Parham Sr (far right) Photo: Bob Banta

Ben Inskeep (2021) - Leslie Kistler (1976) [B85]64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005

1.e4 eS 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Ne3 a6 6.Be2 e67.Be3 Be7 S.O-O Qc7 9.a4 Nc6 10.f4 0-0 1l.Bf3 NaS 12.Qd3Ne4 13.Bel Bd7 14.b3 Na5 15.Ba3 Rac8 16.Nde2 Rfe817.Radl d5 Diagram

IS.Bxe7 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe7 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Rd2 Be6 22.Qe3b5 23.axb5 axbS 24.Ng3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Rd7 26.Rdf2 KhS 27.f5e5 28.Nh5 Qb6 29.Khl RgS 30.Re2 Rd4 31.Qe3 Rg5 32.Ng3Qd8 33.Qe3 b4 34.Qe5 Nb7 35.Qc6 Na5 36.Qa6 Rdl 37.ReelRd6 3S.Qb5 Rd4 39.Ral RdS 40.Qxb4 Ne6 41.Qb7 Na542.Qa6 Rg4 43.e4 Nxb3 44.cxd5 Nxal 45.Rxal Kg7 46.Nh5+1-0

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Ihad a long think here, considering 14... c5. But if White doeschoose to exchange on c5 Iould see no advantage from it. Othe other hand, Ihought White's 14.g4 was rather extravagantand so Iought a way to punish it 14...Qh41S.Ng3 Nf616.Kg2Ihad planned to transfer this knight to g6 via 8 . Question is,does it have a future in a kings ide attack or is it better offcontrolling e4? 16...h6 with the idea ofNh7 > g5 17.Ra2 g618.Bd2 BeS!? with designs on White's king 19.h3 Nh5!?20.Qel? [20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.Qel Qg5 22.e4 Qg6 23.Qh4 dxe424.fxe4 hxg4 25.Bxh67; 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.gxh5?? Bxh3+ - 1 + ;20.gxh5 Qxh3+ 21.Kf2 Qh2+ 22.Kel Qxg3+ 23.Rf2 Bf5 -/+;20.Bel Nxg3 21.Bxg32] 20...Nf4+! Diagram

Ihad not expected White's 20.Qel? and therefore my 20. ..Nf4came as a surprise to both of us! Ihought Black would now wwithout much difficulty but my material advantage was smalland White had compensation for the loss of his queen 21.exf4Rxel 22.Rxel Bd7 23.ReS Qf6 24.Ral e6 2S.Rael ReS MaybIhould have avoided the exchange of rooks, but at this pointcould find no clear strategy to follow 26.f5 g5 27.Nh5 Qd828.h4 f6 29.Rxe8+ NxeS 30.hxg5 hxg5 As for most of thepreceding half dozen moves, Fritz considers the position moreless equal. 31.f4 gxf4 32.Bxf4 c5 33.Bg3 Kf7 34.Nf4 Nd635.Ne6 Bxe6 36.fxe6+ Ke7 37.Bxd6+ Qxd6 38.Bf5 exd4

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CHESS in Indiana29.Qh4 Bg6 30.RdS Qc7 31.Qc4 b6 32.h4 maybe b4 made alittle more sense, but I was hoping to develop kingside threats32 ...Rd7 33.hS Bbl 34.Bg4 Rxd5 35.QxdS Qe7 36.Bf3 Bc237.Qc4 BfS 38.Qf4 Bd3 39.BdS Qd7 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.Qe542.hxg6+ Bxg6 43.Be4 Qd4 44.Bxg6+ fxg6 4S.Qe7+ Qxd4 wobviously better 45. ..Qg7 46.Qe2 Qd7 47.QeS c4 48.Qe4 b549.a4 a6 50.Kg1 Qc7 S1.Qe6 b4 S2.Qxa6 c3 Diagram

39.Rhl Diagram

Now I debated Qxa3 -which Fritz gives as winning for Black - orQf4, which only draws. QeS was another stronger possibility. Iwas now trying to achieve a perpetual-while retaining someprospects of a mate (on Qh2) if White made a wrong step.39. ..Qf4 [39. ..Qxa3 40.Rh7+ Kd6 41.Rd7+ Ke5 42.e7 Kf443.eSQ (43.Rxd5 Qb2+ 44.Kh3 Qxc3+ 45.Kh4 Qel+) 43 ...Qb2+44.Kh3 Kf3! With time running out Ijust couldn't see this far.. ..45.Be4+ dxe4 46.Qxe4+ Kxe4 47.Rxd4+ Ke3] 40.Rh7+Kd6 'is-'is. Draw agreed, with the 40 move time control just about up forboth of us.Ken Hamilton (1627) - Ben Inskeep (2019) [D45]64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005

[Ken Hamilton]1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 S.Nc3 Nbd7 6.cxd5 Moreusual, and better, is Bd3 6... exdS 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qc2Re810.e4 Premature, ReI is better 10...dxe4 1l.Nxe4 Nxe412.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bd3 h6 14.h3 NdS15.a3 Qf6! Diagram

White has been outplayed. The isolated d pawn, as well asWhite's bishop pair, will soon be in danger. 16.Be4 Be6 17.Be3RadS 18.Rfel Nf4 19.Bxf4 Bxf4 20.g3? Forcing the Blackbishop to go to a square where it wants to go. Better was b4 withthe beginning of the minority attack 20. ..Bc7 21.Kg2 Bb622.Radl Bxd4 Inlosing a pawn White's only consolation is anend to Black's bishop pair. 23.Nxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Qxd425.Rdl Qe5 Best. 25 ....Bxh3+ 26.Kxh3 Qxe4 27.Qxe4 Rxe42S.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Rd7 and White recovers the (second) pawn withbetter chances for a draw 26.Bf3 BfS 27.Qb3 Re7 28.Qb4 c5Decembe rf 2005

Apparently winning 53.bxc3 bxc3 54.QU c2 5S.Qcl Qc3[55...Qc4 56.aS h5 57.a6 Qa2 winning easily; 55. ..hS 56.KflQc4+ 57.Kel Qxa4 5S.Kd2 Qd4+ 59.Kxc2 Qxf2+ also winningquite easily; this was the line I expected Ben to play] 56.KflKg8 S7.a5 Qd3+ 5S.Ke1 Qc3+ 59.Ke2 Qb3 60.Kd2 Qb4+61.Kxc2 Qxa5 62.Qxh6 QfS+ 63.Kc3 Qxf2 64.Qxg6+ Kf865.g4 and after a few moves draw agreed %-Yz . The Queens wexchanged and Black held the opposition. Having used almostof the maximum five hours allotted we were the last to fmish,unfortunately delaying the start of the second round. Adisappointing beginning for Ben.

Bob Banta (1886) - Nick Adams (2254) [A42]64thAnnual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005[Bob Banta]

l.c4 g6 2.Ne3 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Nc6 S.Be3 eS 6.Nge2 exd47.Nxd4 Nge7 S.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Qd2 Rb8 Il.Radl Qe812.Rfel Nxd4 13.Bxd4 f6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Bc4+ Diagram

15. Bxc5 is better followed by Ba3 and Nd5 eyeing Ne7.15...Kh8 16.Bxc5 b6 17.Be3 Nc618.f3 Qe2 is better 18...Ne519.Bb3 Bfl keeps pressure on a6 19...g5 c5 is better. Timepressure starts to creep into the game affecting both sides'

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CHESS in IndianaTommy Rohrbaugh (2002) - Mike Herron (2105) [D64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2

l.d4 dS 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 S.BgS 0-0 6.cxdS exd7.Qc2 c6 S.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 h610.Bh4 ReS 11.0-0 Nh512.BQxe713.Rabl Nhf614.b4 b615.Rfc1 Bb716.Na4 Ne417.Bxe4 Qxe41S.Nd2 Qg419.Qd3 Re6 20.g3 hS 21.Nc3 h22.Qe2 Qg6 23.Nf3 hxg3 24.hxg3 Qg4 2S.Nh4 Qh3 26.QfiQg4 27.Qe2 QgS 2S.Qd3 Rh6 29.QfS Qe7 30.Qf4 Qd631.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Ng2 gS 33.Nel Kg7 34.Nd3 RhS 3S.Kg236.a4 ReS 37.Rh2 Ba6 3S.bS Bb7 39.Rbe2 eS 40.Ne2 e44I.Nb4 Rh8 42.Nc3 Kf7 43.Ral Ke6 44.aS Rh7 4S.axb6 a46.Ra7 NfS 47.Na4 Rhd7 48.f3 Rh7 49.Rcl Rhd7 50.Ne5+Diagram

judgment. 20.NdS Rf7Diagram

White has a clear advantage at this point. My next move throwsthe advantage to Black. 21. Bd4 or Nb4 are stronger than Nxb6.21.Nxb6 exb6 22.Bxf7 Nxf7 23.Qe2 Black is marginally better.23...Be6 24.Qc7 Ne5 2S.b3 BfS 26.Bxb6 ReS 27.Qa7 Bb4 Rc6is stronger 2S.Re2 Rfl is more correct 2S...QbS 29.Rfl Re3 isbetter 29..Ne6 30.a4 Nxa7 Black is winning 31.axbS NxbS32.Rb2 Rd8+ or Ral are stronger 32. ..aS 33.RdS+ RxdS34.Bxd8 Kg7 35.Bb6 Be3 36.Rbl Bb4 Diagram

Nd4 clearly better for Black. Both sides are in extreme timepressure. 37.Kf2 Kf7 38.Ke3 Ne3 Na3! Ral doesn't work due toNc2+ forking the Rook and King. 39.Ral Bxb3 40.Bxa5 BxaS40 . ... Bc5+, 4l. Kd2 Na2 is better, Keeps 3 minor pieces forBlack to try and win a pawn and possibly the game. 4l.RxaS Be6Yz-Yz Diagram

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bxe5 51.dxcS d4 52.cxd6 Bxf3+ 53.Kxf3 Rxa7 S4.Rxe4 Kx5S.exd4 Ra3+ 56.Kg4 Nd7 57.Re6+ Ke7 5S.Nd5+ Kf7 59.RKeS 60.Nxf6+ Nxf6+ 61.Rxf6 Rd3 62.Kxg5 Rxg3+ 63.Kf564.KeS Rb16S.b6 Ke7 66.Rh6 Kd7 67.Kd5 RbS+ 6S.Ke469.Ke5 Rel+ 70.Kb5 Rbl+ 71.Ka6 Ral+ n.Kb7 Ra2 73.KRal 74.b7 Ra2 75.d5 Ral 76.d6 Ra2 77.Rh7+ Kd8 78.d7 R79.RhS+ Kxd7 80.Rh2 Ra3 81.Rd2+ Ke7 82.Rd4 Ral 83.KRcl+ 84.Kb6 Rb1+ 8S.Ke6 Ke6 86.Re4+ Kf7 87.Rc4 Ke788.Ke7l-0FM Emory Tate (2392) - Les Kistler (1976) [BS64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 20

{Les Kistler}l.e4 cS 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 S.Ne3 a6 6.Be4 e67.Bb3 Ne6 S.Be3 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Bd7 11.f4 Qe712.Rhfl NaS 13.f5 Nxb3+ l4.axb3 eS 15.Nf3 Qa5 16.QelQal + 17.Kd2 Qa5 18.BgS dS! Diagram

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CHESS in IndianaQb7? this may already be the losing move, as moving intolike this usually means trouble. on 23. ..Bd7 I can get dangerpressure with Qb6/Nd5/Rbl type-stuff, but Idon't see a cleawin. Maybe his best is 23. ..RbS 24.Ral Ba6 25.Qa3 (25.QclQc6) 25. ..Bb7, hanging in there 24.Rbl Rb8 2S.Qa3! Bxf4true that my knight will be very annoying on dS, but now mbishop gets into play and his rook on b8 is no longer defendthe bishop on e5 26.gxf4 Qe7 27.e51ook at my bishop now27. ..Rb6 best at this point is just to bailout with 27 ...Bd72S.Rxb8+ QxbS 29.Qxc5, although my extra pawn should w28.Qa5! Qb8 Diagram

John Cole ponders his next move Photo: EditorJohn Cole (2338) - B. Parham Sr. (2070) [C61]

64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 20051.e4 e5 2.N13 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0-0 c6 6.Bc4 d67.e3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 Be6 9.Qb3 Qd710.d4 Bxc411.Qxe4 Ne712.d5 Ng6 13.dxe6 bxc6 14.Qd4 f615.f4 Be716.Qc4 Bd817.Be3 Bb6 18.Bxb6 axb6 19.a4 Ke7 20.b4 Rhd8 21.RadlRac8 22.Qd4 Qb7 23.b5 Kf8 24.bxc6 Rxc6 25.NdS Ne726.Nxf6 Diagram

gxf6 27.Qxf6+ Ke8 28.f5 Ng8 29.QgS Qt7 30.e5 h6 31.Qh4Re4 32.Qg3 dxeS 33.Qxe5+ Ne7 34.f6 ReS 3S.Rxd8+ KxdS36.fxe7+ Qxe7 37.Qb8+ Kd7 38.Rd1+ Kc6 39.QaS+ 1-0Mike Herron (2105) - David Witmer (1716) [B24]64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005

{Mike Herron}l.e4 cS 2.Ne3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg21'm told that 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 isgood for White here 4...Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.BgS Be7 7.Bxf6 Bxf68.Nge2 d4 9.Nbl e5 10.Nd2 0-0 11.0-0 the position hasmorphed into a King's Indian Attack type-thing which I don'tplay much 1l ... b5 12.f4 there are a lot of latent tactics on the g2-as diagonal for awhile now (i.e. 12...exf4?? 13.eS wins), but he'scareful to watch for them 12... aS 13.a4 Ba6 14.b3 bxa4 IS.Rxa4Bb516.Ral a417.bxa4 Bxa41S.Nc4 BbSl9.fxe5 NxeS20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Nf4 Rxal?! up until now, Black looks fine.Something like 2l...Qd6 seems equal 22.Qxal Qa8 23.Qb2!D ec em b er, 2 00 5 10

now he can't move his queen, rook, or bishop. Total Paralysi29.Kf2 f6 30.BdS+ Kf8 31.Bc4 and the pin wins 31. .. fxe532.Rxb5 Rxb5 33.Qxb5 or 33. ..Qd6 34.Qb7 is clearly winn33 ...Qxb5 34.Bxb5 Ke7 the more obvious 34. ..exf4 loses tosomething like 35.m g5 36.h4 h6 37.hxg5 bxg5 3S.Kg4 K39.Kxg5 f3 40.Bc6 f2 41.Bg2 3S.fxeS Ke6 36.K13 KxeS 37KfS 38.Be4+ Kg5 39.Bxh7 g6 40.BgS Kb4 41.Be6 gS 42.K1-0

Dwarak Krishnan (2218) - Randy Miller (1955) [D64tb Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 20l.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.N13 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 S.Bf4 bS 6.cS g6 7.e3 BS.h3 BfS 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Be5 Nxc3 1l.bxc3 BxeS 12.NxeS f613.g4 Be4 14.13 Diagram

fxeS 15.fxe4 dxe4 16.Qc2 Qa5 17.0-0 Nd7 18.Qxe419.Rac1 Qa3 20.dxe5 Re8 21.e6 Nf6 22.QeS 0-0 23.Bf324.Bxd5 cxd5 25.c6 Qd6 26.Rxffl+ Rxf8 27.Qxd6 exd6Rc81-0


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CHESS in IndianaDavid Li (1641) - Bob Banta (1886) [B95]

64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Ne3 a6 6.Bg5 e67.Be2 Be7 S.o.-OQe7 9.f4 Bd7 10.Kltl Ne6 lU5 Nxd412.Qxd4 QC513.Qxe5 dxe514.eS Diagram

NgS IS.f6 gxf616.exf6 Bffl17.Ne4 Be6 IS.Bf3 0.-0-0 19.RadlBxe4 20.Bxe4 Rxdl 21.Rxdl Bh6 22.h4 Bf8 23.Bxb7+ Kxb724.Rd7+ Ke6 2S.Rxf7 Bd6 26.Ra7 Nxf6 27.R.xa6+ Ke728.Bxf6 n rs Diagram

29.Rxd6 Kxd6 30.Be3 eS 31.a4 e4 32.Kgl e3 33.Bel e234.Bf2ReS 3S.Bel Rf8 36.Ba KdS 37.b3 Ke4 3S.g4 Kf3 39.gS Rd840.aS Rd1+ 41.Kh2 Kxa 42.a6 elQ 0-1A. Lyrintzis (1719) - L. Van Meter (2207) [DOS]64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 2005

l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 eS 4.Bd3 dS S.b3 Ne6 6.a3 Qe7 7.Bb2Be7 S.o.-o b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.NeS NxeS 1l.dxeS Nd7 12.f4 0.-0.-0 13.Qg4 Rdg8 14.Nf3 e4 IS.Be2 c3 16.Bc1 gS Diagram

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17.QbS gxf4 IS.Qxf7 BeS19.Qxe6 Rg6 20.QfS RbgS 21.QhRxg2+ 22.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 23.Kxg2 NxeS 24.NxeS QxeS 2S.BgKdS 26.Rxf4 d4+ Diagram

27.Bf3 Bxf3+ 2S.Kx.f3 dxe3 29.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 30.Kg4 hS+31.KfS Bd6 32.Rffi Qh3+ 33.Ke4 Qxh2 34.Rael Qxe2+3S.KdS Be7 0-1

Randy Miller (1955) - John Cole (2338) [A3664thAnnual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep 20

l.e4 eS 2.Ne3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 S.e4 Ne6 6.Nge2 0.-0o d6 S.h3 Rb8 9.d3 a610.f4 Bd711.g4 bS12.exb5 axb513.Ng3 NeSI4.fS c4 Diagram

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CHESS in IndianaA. Stamnov (2309) - D. Hollinberger (1919)64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 24 Sep

l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Ne3 BeS 6.B7.Nxe6 bxe6 S.eS Bxe3 9.exf6 Bh610.Qe2+ Diagram

Nxd5 19.exdS Bxf4 20.Rxf4 Ne5 21.Qe4 ReS 22.Rafl Qb6+23.Kh2 Re4 24.Qe2 Rxf4 25.Rxf4 ReS 26.f6 e6 27.dxe6 Bxe62S.Qe4 Qa7 29.Qd4 QbS 30.b3 d5 31.Rf2 b4 32.Qh4 hS33.gxh6 Kh7 34.QgS Re3 3S.Qf4 Qc7 36.Khl?? Nd3 Diagram

0-1T. Rohrbaugh (2002) - D. Krishnan (2218) [DIS]64th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 25 Sep 2005

l.d4 dS 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 a6 S.exdS cxd5 6.Bf4 BfS 7.e3e6 S.Bd3 Bg4 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rcl Ne6 n.h3 BhS 12.a3 0-013.g4 Bg614.NeS NxeS IS.BxeS Nd7 16.Bg3 Nb617.f4 Bxd3IS.Qxd3 f5 19.Rf2 ReS 20.Rfe2 Qd7 21.gS Nc4 22.Nbl Nxb2Diagram

KfSll.fxg7+ Bxg7 12.Qc4 as 13.0-0-0 QgS+ 14.f4 Qg615.Qc5+ Kg816.Bd3 Qf617.Rhel Bf818.Qf2 d519.ReS20.Qg3+ Diagram

Kh6 21.RxfS RxfS 22.Rel Bd7 23.Re5 RgS 24.Qf3 Bg4Rae8 26.h3 Rxe5 27.fxeS+ Qg5 2S.QxgS+ KxgS 29.hxg430.Bxh7 ReS 31.Bd3 Kg3 Diagram

32.Ne2+ Kxg2 33.Nd4 eS 34.Ne6 Re6 3S.BbS Kf3 36.a4B.Qb3 Rxe2 24.Rxe2 Ne4 2S.Bel QbS 26.QxbS axb5 27.Kf2 37.Nd4+ Ke4 3S.Nxe6 fxe6 39.Kd2 Kd4 40.Kell-0RaS 2S.Re3 Bxa3 29.Rb3 Bcl30.Rxb5 Bxe3+ 31.Kg3 b632.Be3 Ra2 0-1D ecem be r, 2 0 0 5 12


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CHESS in IndianaDaniel Ryker and Josh Smith shared top honors for the ReserveSection with 4.5-0.5 each. Two of Ryker's victories follow.Daniel Ryker (1513) - Frank Owens (1471) [B88]64thAnnual Indiana State Chess Championship, 25 Sep 2005

l.e4 cS 2.Nt3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 S.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e67.Bb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nc6 10.Be3 Bd7 1l.fS eS 12.Nf3 Ng413.Bd2 Qb6+ 14.Khl Nf2+ IS.Rxf2 Qxf2 16.NdS Qa717.Nxe7+ Nxe718.Bb4 Nc819.NxeS .

dxeS 20.Bxf8 Bc6 21.Bb4 h6 22.Qd8+ Kh7 23.Bxf7 Nb624.Bg6# 1-0Eric Miller (1406) - Daniel Ryker (1513) [C50164th Annual Indiana State Chess Championship, 25 Sep 2005

l.e4 eS 2.Nc3 BeS 3.Bc4 Ne6 4.Nt3 Nf6 S.O--Od6 6..b3 Be67.Qe2 0-0 8.NdS h6 9.c3 a6 10.b4 Ba71l.d3 bS12.Bb3 a513.d4 Rb8 14.Nxf6+ Qxf61S.dS a4 16.Bxa4 bxa4 17.d:xe6 fxe618.Qa6 Rb6 19.Qxa4 Qg6 20.Qdl Qxe4 21.Be3 Rb7 22.Bxa7Rxa7 23.Qb3 Qg6 24.Khl RbS 2S.a4 dS 26.bS NaS 27.Qb4Nc4 2S.Rfel c6 29.RxeS cxb5 30.Nd4 Nxe5 31.Qd6 Nd732.Nc6 Rb6 33.a5 Rba6 34.Ne7+ Kf7 35.Qxa6 Rxa6 36.Nxg6Kxg6 37.Rel Nc5 38.Kgl Rxa5 39.Rb1 Ne4 0-1

Cole IIWnsIndiana State Blitz Championship!John Cole won the Indiana State Blitz ChampionsbipandDrew HolIinberger took 2nd Place Honors.

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CHESS in IndianaC on fes s io n s F ro m a F o rm er E d ito rI really thought my last issue as Editor was error -free, but as soon as Iflipped the pages I found one .. .Correctly reporting on page 20that CraigHines won the Class B title at Purdue Iwent on to describe Craig as the"Eventual Class An winner. Sorry Craig, you'l l have towait at least a yearto make my misnomer an accurate prediction.Then, at the Championship in Kokomo, Emory Tate looked over theSeptember issue and puzzled over the diagram on page 7 after 18...Na4from his game v. GM Yudasin. Horrors, Ihad posted Black's queen onb8instead of b6 in entering the 15th move; Emory pointed out that thischanged the subsequent analysis somewhat! Thankfully however, theremaining moves are not invalidated and the rest of the game is showncorrectly through to its conclusion.It was a joy to see our most famous Hoosier champion back among usagain. And it's always a joy to play over his games, so with that as anexcuse here's a spectacular one I know you will enjoy. Incidentally, Ifound it on www.thechessdrum.net. a website worth visiting often.FM Emory Tate (2419) - E. Maltese (2221) [B07]

33rd. World Open, 2005l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 h5 6.g5 Nfd7 7.f4 c5S.dS b6 9.Nf3 Ba6 10.0-0 0-0 1l.Nh4 Bd4+ 12.Kh1 Re8 13.fSNf8 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Nxg6 Nxg6 17.QxhSDiagram

Bg7 18.Qxg6 Rf8 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Qh3+ Kg8 21.Be3 QeS22.Rxf8+ BxfS 23.g6 1-0 Diagram

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G a m es fro m th e K o k o m o O p e nKen Hamilton - Terry Perkins [E73]

Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005[Hamilton.Ken]

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 cS 3.dS d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be2 e6 7.dxe6fxe6 S.Bf4 eS 9.BgS Qb6 10.Qd1 0--0 Il.Rdl 0-0-0 was betteand would have given me an important tempo in attacking thepawn 1l ..Nc6! 12.Bxf6 White's position looks good but therenothing particularly threatening here - M was the natural andbest move. But not 12.Qxd6? Rd8 13 d iS Rxd6 14.Nxb6 RxdlBxdl axb6 and Black has won a piece. 12.Brl6 l3.NdS Qd814.Nf3 Bg41S.Nxf6+ Rxf616.QdS+ Ke.0717.h3? I run intotrouble with this. I was overly concerned with Black posting hiknight on d4; 0-0 was the right move, for now n..Bill 18.BxQa5+ picking up the a-pawn. 17...Be6 Missing the opportunity18.Qd2 Black has 18....Qa5+ in response to 18.Qxd6. I preferrto re-position my queen to attack the kingside 18...Nd4 19.Ng5BgS 20.b3 Rf4! An unpleasant move! 21.h4 Qf8! 22.0-0 Rxh4lose the h pawn, but the position becomes complicated ..... 23.g3Rh6 24.f4 Qe7 25.Bg4 RdS 26.[5!? I expected Black would go26. ..Rf8 here - his best move. In fact, I expected it on hisprevious move, when it would have been even better at stoppinmy shenanigans on the f-file 26...gxf5 27.exf5 Diagram

27...Rf8 But now it is too late, and the pendulum begins to swinin White's favor, as the vacated e4 square now becomes athreatening base for his knight. Interesting would have been27...d5 28.Ne4! (anyway) de 29.6+ with a winning position2S.Ne4 d5? Black had to sac the exchange with Rf6 here 29.f6+Rhxf6 30.Nxf6 Rxf6 31.Qg5+ Black is ruined 31. ..Kf7 32.BhS+Ke6 33.cxd5+ Kxd5 34.Rxf61-O

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CHESS in IndianaDennis Geisleman - Nate Criss [CB]

Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005[Ken Hamilton}

l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Ne3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg57.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nf3 Qe7 9.Qd3 h6 10.0-0-0 Ne6 1l.g4 Nb612.gS Bd7 13.gxh6 gxh6 14.Qe3 Taking aim at the h-pawn.Black can try to hang on to it by 14 ...Qf8, when White wouldpile up on it with both rooks, or pushing it on to h5, which looksthe most challenging for White. 14. ..0-0-0 15.Rxh6 Na516.Nd2Rxh6 17.Qxh6 e5 Seems risky; Black decides to open up a filefor an attack on White's king but neglects the hand g files whereWhite can now dominate 18.dxe5 QxeS 19.Qf6 Be8? AllowingNde4! followed by Nd6+ with an obvious advantage. But Whiteapparently misses it . 20.Nb3 Nxb3+ 21.axb3 Rd7? 21...Nd7prodding the White queen and getting the knight into useful playwas much better. Now White seizes the initiative. 22.Bb5Diagram

Even here there was a better move - 22.Nb5 attacking the a-pawnand threatening to occupy d622 ...d4? Black's position isawkward and his f-pawn is in jeopardy, but this exchange sac isunecessary and eventually loses the game 23.Bxd7+ Nxd724.Qh8 Kd8 2S.Ne4 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Nxe5 27.Rxd4+ Ke728.Nd6 Be6 29.Ne4 Kf6 30.Nxe5 Kxe5 31.Rd8 Kf4 32.Kd2 a633.Rffl fS 34.Rf6 Ke5 3S.Rh6 Bf3 36.e4 f4 37.M Be6 38.Rh.8Ke4 39.RdS e5 40.RhS f3 41.Rh4+ KfS 42.Ke3 Ke643.Rh6+Kf5 44.Rxe6 White takes the opportunity to transpose into awinning king and pawns endgame 44. ..bxe6 45.Kxf3 e4+ 46.Ke3Ke5 47.b3 KfS 4S.f4 ext3 49.Kxf3 Kf6 50.Kf4 Ke6 S1.Ke4 Kf652.Kd4 Ke6 53.KeSl-0

Frank Owens - Jean Andre Mas [B23]Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005

[Ken Hamilton}Jean Andre Mas played most of his chess in his native France;now, with an American wife and happily settled in Indiana he hasdecided to take up the game again after an interval of a fewyears. Although unrated, he won 3 games and performed at a1500 level. Obviously with more games under his belt his ratingwill steadily improve; but in this game he gave up a little toosoon! 1.e4 e5 2.Ne3 Ne6 3.f4 d6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2Bxf3 7.Bxf3 Nd4 8.0-0 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qb610.Khl Qe611.Qh3e6 12.f5 eS 13.g4 0-0-0 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nd5 Nb6 16.f6+ AndD ece mb er, 2 00 5

here Black resigned - prematurely. He must have seen 16...Rd17.fxg7 Bxg7 lS.Nxe7+ winning outright; or even 16 KbS17.fxg7 Bxg7 lS.Nxb6 axb6 19.Rxf7 winning. But 16 Qd7could have held out for a while. 1-0

Robert Kaucher - Eric Miller [BOt]Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005

[Ken Hamilton}1.e4 Ne6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Ne3 Qa5 5.d4 Rf5 6.Bd2 00-0 7.Be3? White is soon lost after this - there are too manytactical possibilities in the position to allow for this loss of atempo. Instead, the surprising 7.Nb5! would have led to somewild tactics mostly in White's favor. 7...e5 S.a3? 8.dS was a bibetter. Now White can be torn apart due to the precariousposition of his queen Sexd4 9.Nxd4 Qe5? Nxd4 and White wsoon be a piece down due to the pin on the queen. 10.f4?? Whwould have been [me with the surprising lO.Nxc6 Rxdl +ll.Rxdl (still threatening mate 'Ond8) ..Qf6 12.Rd8+ Qxd813.Nxd8 K:xd8. 10...Qxe3+ White resigns 0-1

Dave Frey - Josh Bousum [A31]Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005[Ken Hamilton]

l.d4 Nf6 2.e4e5 3..Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 fi.a3 Slowand overly cautious. White needs to develop pieces here 6. ..Be7.e3 White is in trouble 7...Qa5+ 8..Qd2 Diagram

8...Qxd2+ Black picks up a pawn here but winning was S...Bb4for if9.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nxd2 Nxd4 10.exd4 Bxd411.Rbl d612.Nf3Bb6 13.Bd3 Bd714.0-0 Be6 15.Nd2 h616.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3Ng4 18.Rbel NeS 19.Be2 Re8 20.e4? A pointless move 20. ..b21.b3 bxc4 22.bxe4 Ke7 23.Rbl Re7 24.Rfel Bd7 25.BdlRheS 26.Be2 dS 27.exdS exdS 28.Rel dxc4 29.Bxe4 f6 Theexchange of pawns has dissipated the tension in the center andwith it much of Black's advantage 30.Ba6 Rd8 31.Nf3 ReS32.Rb7 Now Black's position is becoming uncomfortable32. ..RaS 33.Rxa7 Rxa3 34.NxeS fxe5 35.Rxe5+ Kd6 36.RelNow the game is just about even 36 . ..Ra5 37 .Rdl + Rd538.Rxd5+ Kxd5 39.Be2 Kd6 40.g3 Rb8 41.Ra2 Rb1+ 42.Kf2Draw agreed Y,--v,

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CHESS In IndianaTerry Perkins - William Kuhn [B74]

Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005[Ken Hamilton]

l.e4 cS 2.Nf.3 Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Be2 g6 6.0-0 Nf67.Nc3 Bg7 8.Nb3 0-0 9.Be3 b610.Rbl A rather strange move,but probably indicating White was thinking about Nd5, whenafter the exchange of knights the b-pawn is protected 10...Bb71l.a3 Re8 12.Qcl Re813.Rdl Ne514.f4 Nc4 15.Bf3 Nxe316.Qxe3 Qc7 17.Rbc1 a6 18.Na4 Nd7 19.Nd4 Diagram

Now Black could seize the advantage with 19...e5! whenexchanges would work to his advantage, due to the juxtapositionof the e8 rook and the White queen on e3.19 ...Qc4 20.Ne3 b521.Rd3 Qc5 22.Nee2? Allowing 22 ...e5 winning a piece. ButBlack misses it. 22. ..Qb6 23.c3 Nc5 Looks inviting, but again,...e5! was a winning move. 24.Nb3 Qc7 25.Nxc5 dxe5 26.RcdlBc6 Giving up a pawn for no compensation 27.QxeS e6 28.Qe3a5 29.e5 Strangely, e5 looks like a winner now - but it is Whitewho plays it! 29..Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Bf8 31.Rd7 Qe5+ 32.Khl b433.Qb7 Re7 34.Rxe7 Bxe7 35.Rd7 Rd8? 36.Rxd8+ Bxd837.axb4 axb4 38.Qb8 Qe7 39.cxb4 White now has a virtuallywon game 39...Kg7 40.Qb5 Qa7 41.Qe4 Bb6 42.g4?? Be3??Far stronger was 42. ..Qa8+ 43.Qe4 Qxe4# 43.f5?? Againallowing the mate by Qa8+ 43...Qal +? And again Black misseshis chance to end the game at once. 44.Kg2 exf5 45.gxf5 Qel ?46.f6+ Kh6 47.bS? Allowing Black a perpetual check beginningQf2+ ..Instead, Ng3 would have won, as Black would not havethe perp after47 ..Qf2+ 48.Kh3, with Qh4+ in the offmg47. ..Qf2+ 48.Kh3 Qf3+ 49.Ng3 Bf4 50.Qe3 Qd5 51.Ne2?Instead, 51.Kg4! would have kept White's win alive, for if then5l...Bxe5 52, Qcl + would be curtains 51...Bxe5 52.Qe3+ g553.Ng3 Bxf6 [S3 . ..Bxb2 54.Qe4 QxbS 55.Nf5+ KhS] 54.Qe4QxbS Now White could have played NfS+ with a forced perpafter Kh5 56.Ng3. Instead, Terry, in the knowledge that he hadhad a won game for several moves, tried to win, blundered, didnot record the last few moves, and lost. 0-1

Owens - Kaucher [B50]Kokomo Open, 20 Aug 2005

[Hamilton.Ken]l.e4 eS 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 Ne6 4.Be2 g6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.d3 d5 7.exdSQxd5 8.Be3 e6 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Nb3 Nge7 l1.d4 cxd4 12.Nfxd4Nxd4 DiagramD ece m be r, 2 00 5

Black's queen is over-exposed 13.Nxd4 0--0 14.Bf3. Qd815.Bxa8 Ba616.Ne6 Nxe6 17.Bxe6 Bxfl18 ..Qxf1 Qc7 19.BBlack resigns 1-0

ISCA Website Updateby David FreyBefore I dig deep into the plans for the new websiI'd like to thank Nate Criss for his hard work overpast year. He's given me good feedback on the nesite along with many others, like Gary Fox,SeanHollick and Ken Hamilton.I've taken a page from his ideas by starting out wiwhat we computer nerds call a sandbox kit. This ipretty much the website framework and saves melot of time by using a program togive the sitewhaneeds initially, like security, a pretty look, a way fusers to register for accounts, and so forth. Thewebsite's URL ishttp://indianachess.org/portal/.

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CHESS in IndianaThe two years prior to Nate, I was the ISCA webdirector and I spent a huge amount of time creatingthe old site. Though it was never be completed, I'vepromised my wife I wouldn't spend near the literallyhundreds of hours trying to repeat what I've done.Fortunately, with the sandbox kit, those hundreds ofhours turned into around 12, viola, the site was up.I've had to learn how to add new modules (you canthink of these as new pages) to the site. I will beworking with ISCA's new membership director, SeanHollick by allowing certain neat aspects of the sitethat's only for current ISCA members. These will berestricted as I go, but as of right now, all you need todo is to sign up.Now to the fun stuff: Games Library - Almost done, this will allow any

player to upload PGN notation (this is your gameoutput from your favorite chess program) to thewebsite and let people view your games. This willalso enable our new editor to save the games helists in the magazine, into a downloadable format,or you can view online.

Forums - Already up and already. State / National Standings - You can search the

USCF database to see your current standing byrating in the state. You can search by a variety ofcriteria, like Quick Ratings, only currentmembers, only active members, etc.

Personal Statistics - A current work in progress,but once a week, you get the website to searchthrough USCF's archives to download all yourresults. For example, I can see how many timesI've played a certain player, the result, when itwas. USCF has all the crosstables on its websiteavailable since 1991. I figured it would be neat touse that information into statistics. Here's a fewthings I've been thinking about (these are verysimple to write)o Lifetime Win/Loss/Draw percentageso Highest Performance Ratingo Individual Player Resultso Best tournament by ratingo Highest Rated Player you've won or drawn

Decembe r , 2005

Tournament Announcements - A simple wayan ISCA user to log on and submit a tournamentonline. I'll also work on a way for the site todownload information directly

News Feeds - ChessBase will soon allow me tohook up directly to their site, so we can havesome real, up to date chess news (without medoing any work)

Newsletters - The site already has thefunctionality to submit information to everyone.

Other Stuff includes Player Blogs - You can. havyour own chess column

I'll try to get help files up to help guide people likeKen Hamilton to get the most out of the site. I dooccasionally get requests for lessons, where's a clubat, how do you play chess and so forth. I'lleventuallyget these up, but if anyone is interested in writing usome content, a bio of themselves, or whatever, youcan send itdirectly to me. I'llforward it onto the sitI' d like everyone to take a look at the new site andsign up. Ihope this can add more value to themembership. The site now is quite empty, but gettinplayer interaction is going to he key to making thisgreat site. I can only do so much, and your feedbackis going to be vital to keep it going.For those of you who have wondered (and asked mat State), my wife and Idecided not to move toFlorida due to homes being so darn expensive downthere and job uncertainty. Indiana seems to be ourhome for a while. The next generation of mediocreFrey players will be coming in early April.

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CHESS in IndianaEditor's Odds and Ends

T he M ys te rio us P ow ers o f U nd ev elo pm e ntThe following game took place during the 2001 Indiana StateChess Championship. The game took off like hundreds of otherSicilian Nadjorfs, but starting with 13...Ng8, the game movedinto a direction I had never gone before as Black. Lots of subtlemaneuvering in this game, but once Black's knights start tooccupy solid outposts, White begins to falter.

Les Kistler (1977) - Bob Banta (1834) [B98]2001 Indiana State Chess Championship, 15 Sep 2001

[Bob Banta and Fritz]1.e4 cS 2.Nt3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4Be7 S.Qt3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nc6 10.g4 Bd7 [1O...Bd7] 11.Nb3 0-0-o 12.Bg2 Traditional thinking screams for Black to play 12...h6,but Black continues to hang back and solidify, [12.Bh4]12...RheS 13.Rhel NgS! Diagram

Now begins the Petrosian-like undevelopment of Black's Knight.Watch over the next few moves how many times Black movesthis Knight, probing to either undermine White's pawn storm orfmd a strong outpost to exert some pressure on White. [13. ..h6]14.Bxe7 Ngxe71S.h4 Ng616.Qg3 [16.Qf2] 16...Nge7 17.hS g618.h6?! [IS. e5 is a stronger challenge to Black] lS ..gS! Diagram

This is where the initiative swings to Black. IS...gS!.underminesWhite's kings ide pawn storm as well as create outpost options forthe Knights. 19.fS [19.fxg5] 19...Ne5 20.BO [20.Nd4] 20...Ng8D ecem be r, 2 0 0 5 20

21.Be2 Nf6 Diagram

Black passes on White's h6 pawn. The Knights are beginningshow their authority. 22.Qgl [22.Nd4] 22..Bc6 Prudent playcalls for something like 22. ...Kb8, and tuck the King away beopen battle gets underway. 23.Rd4 [23.Qe3] 23. ..d5 24.NcSBlack has a small advantage after this move. [24.fxe6] 24. ..d[24 ...Qb6] 2S.Rxd8+ [2S.fxe6] 2S...Qxd8 [25...QxdS 26.fxe626.Nxa6 Diagram

Give White credit for mixing things up. But Black chooses adifferent agenda. 26...Nt3 [26...bxa6] 27.Bxt3 [27.Bxf3]27. ..exf3 28.Qc5 Give White credit as he continues to pepperBlack with tactical threats. [2S.Nc5] 28...Nd7 29.Qc4 [29.Qd29. ..exfS 30.Rdl Qe7 30. ...Qb6 is stronger. 31.NbS Diagram


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CHESS in IndianaWhoa, wait a minute? Two knights and a queen hanging aroundBlack's King? That cannot be good, but in this case, Black hasother plans. 31...Qe3+ 32.Kbl Re6 33.gxfS causes Black torethink the wisdom of parking the Rook on e6. 33.Nb4 [33.gxfS]33...Nb6 Diagram

[33 fxg4] 34.Nxc6 (34.QflJ 34...bxc6 3S.Qc3 [35.Qd4]35 Qxc3 36.Nxc3 fxg4 36.... f2, threatening ReI is more lethal.[36 f2] 37.KcI g3 38.Rfl g2 O~I Diagram

"E a g le s D o N o t H u n t Flies!"Last summer I spent a day hanging out with Hnngarian GMEmilAnka. Emil generously spent an hour or two helping me analyzea game I played inMay at the Midwest ChessCenter against JayCarr. Emil is always searching for expressions that convey a chessmessage, for example "Eagles donot hunt flies" which he uses toinstruct his chess students that rooks should not be wasting timeguarding pawns, but rather soaring across the board hunting forbigger prey. The following isa game that doesn't necessarilyillustrate Emil's point, but it was a game filled with sharp tactics.

Bob Banta - Jay Carr [E33JMidwest Chess Center OSMay 2005[GM Emil Anka and Bob Banta]

l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 S.Nf3 d6 6.Bd21}-{)7.a3 Bxc3 S.Bxc3 ReS 9.e4 The main moves here are 9.e3 and9.Rdl. 9 eS= lO.dS Ne7 n.h3 Ng612.Bd2 as 1 2 . c6.!? 13.g3Nd7 1 3 a4!? I4.Be3 b6?! IS.Be2?! IS.Nd2+/= IS Nc516.RdlBd7 17.b3 QcS IS.h4 Nxe4?! DiagramD ece mber, 200 5 21

Emil noted this move is extremely risky and leads tocomplications.19.h5 Bf5 20.g4 Diagram

Now it gets interesting. 20.Bd3 Ng3, 21.Bxf5 Qxf5, 22..Qxf5 Nx5,23.hxg6 !J :xg6, 24.Ke2+/-20 ...Nxf2 Diagram

20 ...Nf4 21.gxfS Ng2+ 22.Kfl Nxe3+ 23.fxe3 Ng3+ 24.Kg2Nxhi 2S.e4!+/-21.gxf5 Nxhi 2L.Nxdl 22.Bxdl Nf423.h622.hxg6?! Diagram


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22.fXg6! fxg6 23.Ng5 Ng3 24.hxg6 h6 25.Ne6+/- 22...hxg6?22...fxg6 23.fxg6 h6+/= 23.fxg6M f5 24.NgS Ng3 25.Bf3 Qd826.Qh2 Diagram

26. ..Qf6 27.Qh7+ KfS 2S.Ne6+ Rxe6 29.dxe6 ReS 29. ..e430Bd4+/-30.Bc6 30.Bg5 Qxe6 31.Bd5+/- 30...Rd8 31.Bg5Diagram

1 - 0Game Summary: Black equalized in the opening and had anormal position until move 18...Nxe4?! -- which was too riskyand gave, after some complications, the better game for White.22.hxg6?! was a reflex move which gave chances to Black tocome back into the game, but Black did not take the opportunityand soon lost the game.De cembe r, 2 00 5

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The Team from Indianapolis, coached by Bernard ParhamSenior.

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