Download - Chess in Indiana Vol XV No. 1 May 2002

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I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :r 3 J - Games and results from the Cballenge Championship Cycle (coverage begins on page 4)~ - Indiana State Champ Jason Doss interviewed (page 10)'* - Gregory Kaidanov's visit to Crawfordsville (page 12)i.-Annotated games by Doss, Cole, and other ISCA members (page 15)J .. - Tactics Gallery (page 14), Hall of Fame (page 3), Mailbag (page 3), Book Reviews (page 21) &More!., - Upcoming ISCA Events (back cover) & ISCA's Top rated players (page 23)

(Top Jason Doss vs. John Cole inthe Challenge Championship match, bottom left Cole as H.S. Champion; bottom center 9'" Grade &Under Champion Ben Inskeep - showhere winning the Challenge Companion tournament; bottom right 6th Grade & Under State Champion Jon Kelly)


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I I ISCA DirectorsPRESEDENT:Gary Fox134 Wheatland AveLogansport IN 46947Ph. (219) 722-4965E-mail: [email protected] PRESIDENT: Mike Zabawa647 Geeting DrAnderson IN 46012Ph. (765) 644-1139E-mail:[email protected]: Thomas J. Harris8117 Farrnhurst Ln.Indianapolis IN 46236Ph. (317) 823-7498E-mail:[email protected]: Roger E. BlainePO Box 353Osceola IN 46561Ph. (219) 257-9033E-mail:[email protected]: Jay Carr105 Diplomat Ct Apt 2Beech Grove IN 46107Ph. (317) 786-0218E-mai1:[email protected] DIRECTOR: Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mail: [email protected]~ail: (files)[email protected] :Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mai1:[email protected]: (files)MEMBERSffiP DIRECTOR: Joseph A. Riegsecker55605 County Road 33Middlebury IN 46540-8740Ph. (219) 825-9218Fax: (707) 929-8950E-mail:[email protected] DIRECTOR: John Cole2525 College AveGoshen IN 46528Ph. (219) 533-5057E-mail:[email protected]: Steve Steppe53 E. Antler DrTerre Hau~e IN 47802Ph. (812) 299-5111E-mail:[email protected]: Thomas Byers430 10th StLogansport IN 46947-3535Ph. (219) 722-1137E-mail:[email protected]

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Editor: Jay A. CarrPrinterlPublisher: Bill Corbin - UN PrintingContributors: Ken Hamilton, Roger Blaine, Les Kistler, JohnCole, Jason Doss, Paul Wick, Tom Cook, Gary Fox, NateCriss, Kris WilliamsProofreading: Ken Hamilton, Jay CarrContributing Photographers: Jay Carr, Ken Hamilton, TomCook, Les Kistler

I r t J ISCA Cham pions ~Indiana State Champion: Jason DossState Reserve Champion: Jon LewisClass Champions: M- John Cole IE-Josh Bousum, A-KevinFyr, B-Ben Inskeep, C- Garrett Smith & Jesse Bender, D-James Longuski, E - Jason CrismoreState Team Champions: "Nd4" (consisting of: Mike Herron,Glenn Snow, Jay Carr, Tom Harris)State Quick Chess Champion: Bernard Parham (Sr.)State Blitz Champion: John ColeState Blitz Reserve Champion: Bernard Parham (Jr.)State B.S. Blitz Champion: John Dale BeetyISCA SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS:HS Champion: John Cole9th & Under Champion: Ben Inskeep6th & Under Champion: Jon Kelly3rd& Under Champion: Kyle Calabria and McClain Bishop9th & Under Junior Varsity Co-Champions: Seth Grimes,Travis Geisel6th & Under Junior Varsity Co-Champions: ScottSchmelzer, Casey Lecklider, Brandon RatliffGrade Champions: Grade 12: Michael Hade Grade 11: VacantGrade 10: Jeff Bauman Grade 9: Michael Honderich Grade 8:Jonathan Lewis Grade 7: Mark Bauman Grade 6: Michael HarrisGrade 5: Cameron Donis Grade 4: Evan Hanley Grade 3: DanielRyker Grade 2: Alex Pappas Grade 1: Mitchell BroughtonKindergarten: Alek Jansen Pre-kindergarten: David RykerTEAM CHAMPIONS:High School: Anderson HS (Anderson)8th &Under: Honey Creek MS (Terre Haute)6 th&Under: The Orchard School (Indianapolis)3rd&Under: The Orchard School (Indianapolis)

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President's Message: (4/30/2002)A second year's Challenge

Championship has made 1h e pages ofhistory. Congratulations to Jason Doss ournew champion. The runner up John Colewill be going off to college this fall andthis may be the last Indiana title he will becompeting for in the next few years. Goodluck in college and don't forget to comeback to Indiana when you are done. Sendus some of your Grandmaster victories topublish in the magazine.

Congratulations to Anders Larsson for winning the Indiana StateQuick and Blitz Championships. Anders is half way there in becoming Indiana'sfir st Grand Slam Champion. All he has to do now is win the Class and The StateChampionship. The remaining two will not be an easy task. Good Luck!It seems that chess is on an upswing in Indiana. A slow upswing but wewil l take it. One indicator is the growing number of USCF affiliates. Thenumber has practically doubled since last year. You ca n check this out onthe USCF web site looking for clubs in Indiana.We are in the final stages of planning this years State Championship.ISCA is going to be running the show and we have some exciting news! TheState will be held in September on the 21st and 22nd at the IndianaConvention Center and RCA Dome in the hear t of Downtown Indianapolis. Weplan on increasing the prize fund and Grand Prix points to make thispackage attractive to all of our membership. Mark you calendar!Gary FoxPresident, ISCAgaryjfoX@juno.

Membership Approves the Indiana State ChessI Hall of Fame

by [SCA President, Gary FoxThe Indiana State Chess Hall of Fame was approved by the generalmembership at last September's annual meeting. Tom Harris and Gary Fox

drafted this program and now it is a permanent part of our By-Laws. It wasformed to honor persons that have dedicated their lives towards the game ofChess. Persons either in their performance of; or by organization, inspiration, andpassing knowledge of Chess can be eligible to receive this outstanding award. TheIndiana State Chess Hal l of Fame shall be displayed and maintained on the ISCAweb site.Becoming a historical part of the hall of fame can he accomplished two ways.

Playing performance by winning state titles or membership nomination. Severalrequirements need to be met in order to achieve nominat ion. 25+ years of serviceto chess, nominated by an ISCA member with at least one page describing hisservice to chess, current board of directors passing his or her nomination with a %vote approval, and at the annual membership meeting nominations must pass witha simple major ity. Playing performance is the direct way to be famous. If youhave achieved 4 Indiana State Chess Championship tit les or consecut ively 3Indiana State Chess Championship titles you are in. Another way to become apartofthe'hall of fame is to become a Grand Slam Champion, which requires, withinone calendar year, winning the titles of the State Championship, ClassChampionship, Blitz Championship and Quick Championship.

Nonnally nominations are limited to only one living and two deceasedpersons per year. This year before the 2002 membership meeting nominations forliving individuals are set to ten and the number is unlimited if the person isdeceased. Ifyou know ofan individual who has contributed many years of his lifeto chess and feel he should be recognized for his or her efforts then submit hisname to a board director with the requirements listed above. Indiana wants torecognize these individuals and is very proud of them. The nominat ions deadl ineis set to one month before the annual membership meeting/State Championship.

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Editor's Comments, Issue Contents, & Other News:SLA ("standard lateness apolozy"):I apologize for the big gap between issues.This Issue's Contents:Most of this issues coverage relates to the Challenge Championship cycle. A lotof material was left on the cutting room floor. I hope to have a feature in the nextissue chronicling Indiana teams at the US Amateur Team Championship, but nowthat seems so long ago ... The Donley Open was also recently concluded whichwe hope to have coverage of in the next issue. We've also included some bookreviews in this issue. I'd appreciate some feedback on whether or not readerswould like this to be a regular feature.Places to Visit:. Be sure to log in frequently to Indianachess.org for all the latest news andcrosstable of Indiana Events. Ifyou hold an event, no matter how big or small,make sure you write a paragraph or two for Joe Riegseeker or David Frey, ourISCA Web Director to include inthe news section. It's also a great place to keeptrack of your rating & tournament results.Donley Weekend Update:New to Indiana, master Anders Larsson has wasted little time in making a namefor himself. He won both the State Blitz Championship and the QuickChampionship in convincing fashion. Ben Inskeep added another victory to hisrecent string of successes by tying for first in the Donley Open with Boyd Reed ofIllinois. Each took home $250.00

Mailbag:

From Drew Hollinberger, BloomingtonHi Jay, Iwas looking through the 'Tactics Gallery' in the last issue and wasdismayed to find I couldn't solve my own problem! (see p.9 CNI Dec 2001)(Psstl Drew! Qf2! @- editor)From Bill Corbin, CarmelJay - I read through the (Dec 2001) issue . .. it's a good one! Good interest, a bit ofhistory, games ... You da man [and probably are cursed to do this as long as youwant ISCA to have a competitive product . .. 1 (Well, J don't know about that,but thanks! - editor)From Ken Hamilton, IndianapolisHi Jay, The December edition of Chess in Indiana arrived in time for the theholidays and is one ofyour very best Iparticularly like the What's-the best-movefeature on page 9 - it must have taken some time to produce (several people havealso commented to me in person that they liked this feature, and we'll try tocontinue it infuture issues - editor). The only mistake Inoticed was the "Latebreaking news" on the back page - but all you have to do is to get Blatny to visitus next September and all will be in order! (That one's on me; [forgot to pre-prtnt the "Return Postage Guaranteed" notification on the back and asked theprinters if they could use the bottom of the last issue. Of course. that doesn'tmean I wouldn't enjoy the chance toface Mr. Blatny next year .. .. -editor)Regards, KenFrom Gary Fox, LogansportIeceived the magazine today and you did a spectacular job. Ihink you outdidyourself once again. Thanks for your kind words and editing.Later, GaryFrom Joe Riegsecker, MiddleburyJay- Received the new issue today. Nice!From John Cole, GoshenJay-Here are the annotations, fmally! Just got the (latest) magazine a few daysago. High quality work as usual. I especially l ike the u. to move" problems,especially the Inskeep-Harris problem, which was very aesthetic.Cheers, JohnFrom Mike Herron, IndianapolisHey Jay,Would you believe I never even realized I missed a win in that round I State(Championship) loss until I opened your magazine? What an illuminatingpublication. Perhaps I should spring for Fritz, so Icanfind these things myself.

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2002 Challenge Championship CycleProvides Thrills, "Controversy"&A New Champion!

byJayCarrLike a lot of great ideas, the concept of an "Indiana ChallengeChampionship" seemed such an obvious one I wondered why wehadn't been doing it all along. Loosely modeled after the oldFIDE World Championship Cycle (with zonal tournaments, aninterzonal, and finally candidates matches with a worldchampionship match at the end), one of th e ChallengeChampionship's main purposes was to encourage and rewardaffiliation with ISCA.To continue the FIDE analogy, the ISCA affiliates are theequivalent of "Zones" with each one sending its champion, or atleast a representative to the Challenge Preliminaries, whichroughly correspond to the Interzonal & Candidates matches. Theplayer still standing at the end would face the defendingChallenge Champion (or current State Champion as happenedthis year) in a match.

Last year (the innangural season of the ChallengeChampionship) the preliminaries were rather small, with CraigStauffer coming out on top and earning the right to face then StateChampion, FM Emory Tate, in the Championship Match. Emoryinvoked his >200 point rating advantage and won 3-0. Attemptswere made to contact Tate to secure his participation in defendingthe title this year, but with deadlines passed and no response - notto mention some doubts about Indiana residency - according tothe rules of the Challenge Championship, our current StateChamp, Jason Doss was next in line to assume the role of"defending champion" and to play the winner of the preliminariesin this year's match. Jason graciously cancelled his plans toattend the National Open in Las Vegas and duly headed up toLogansport the second weekend in March. But we're gettingahead of the story. First was the Challenge ChampionshipPreliminaries weekend ...

CHALLENGE PRELIMINARIES WEEKENDThe number of participants this year increased to 18, partly

due to some new 'automatic' qualifying options. Essentially,anyone winning a state championship title in 2001 was eligible toenter the preliminaries. Additionally, winners of the"Companion" tournaments, by virtue of their victory, also becameeligible to participate. This year's lineup was daunting, led byNM John Cole (who won one of the Companion events last yearand also the State Blitz Championship), and including many other'big guns' of Indiana chess. Quick Champion Bernard Parham, 3of the 4 members of "Nd4" (the 3-time defending State TeamChamps), Josh Lewis (Reserve State Champion), and severalwinners from the Indiana Class Championships (including formerState Co-Champ, Josh Bousum). Affiliate representativesincluded Denny Geisleman, Steve Cates, Nate Criss, Doug Todd,Cameron Donis, Gary Fox, Aaron Dean, Drew Hollinberger &Jeff Querner,

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The strength of the preliminaries inevitably 'weakened' thecompanion tournament. Former State Champ NM Mike Wisemanhad his way with the outrated field and swept to a 5-0 score. Hewill be a force to be reckoned with in the next cycle.

The location of the preliminaries weekend was the GlendaleMall in Indianapolis. The community room hosted theCompanion tournament and the Challenge Preliminaries were

(Sonny Jones [faCing camera] vs. Nathaniel Greene in the Companion tournament-photo by Tom Cook) settled into space provided by Parham's "ChessAcademy Parham" office space at the mall.

The format for the preliminaries tested the endurance of thecompetitors. With a G/90 time control, four rounds in a day iexhausting enough. In an 'average' G/90 tornado, one usually hathe luxury of an 'easy game' or two. There weren't many to be hadin this field though. Even in round 1for example, players GaryFox & Jason Crismore pushed their much-higher rated opponents(Jay Carr & Tom Harris, respectively) to the edge beforesuccombing. Eventually, however, round 1ended with no upsetsand the favorites edged closer to the coveted victory - and a matchwith Jason Doss (who later in the day arrived to spectate the

(director Wick Deer [seated] arbitrates round disputeGeisleman, Parham, &Carr look on -photo by Tom Cook)action - and perhaps to scout the competition ... ).

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Round 2 saw John Cole win a hard-fought game against hisfrequent rival in Indiana scholastic chess, Steve Cates. Mike

Herron emerged victorious against Dennis Geisleman in arematch - with the same result - of their game in last year'spreliminaries. Aaron Dean edged out Josh Bousum in their gametojoin the leaders at 2-0. The start of the third round was delayedbecause of a 'controversy' in my game with Parham. With my kingin danger of falling into a mating net and unable to prevent aperpetual check, Inoted that the position on the board hadappeared three times. Bernie disagreed, and TD Wick Deer wassummoned to see who was right. Wick determined that theposition had indeed occurred three times, at which point Berniethen argued that Ihad made the claim incorrectly, after startinghis clock instead of prior to stopping the clock (the letter of thelaw on this is clear and Bernie was right so Wick said "Continuethe game."). )t soon became clear that my opponent was notinterested in a draw in any way, shape or form and when theposition threatened another inevitable repetition, he sacrificedmaterial in a gamble that I would run out oftime before I was ableto checkmate him. As it turned out, I delivered checkmate withample time remaining and found myself in the rare circumstanceof being happy that the earlier dispute was not ruled in my favor -one of the strangest 'incidents' I've had in over 25 years oftournament play.When this game was finally decided, the field was left with a"Final Four" of 2-0 scores. On board 1, John Cole would battlewith Aaron Dean, while board 2 featured a battIe of teammateswith Mike Herron against me. Both of these games went to thehigher-rated player but both were hard fought as all four playersknew the stakes.The final round matchup of Herron - Cole would determinethis year's champion. That game featured another outing forMike's "new opening" and the higher-rated Cole found it difficultto make any progress and a draw was agreed. Tie-breaks workedout in John's favor, however, and he was named the Challengerfor this cycle.Following area few games from the Preliminaries.

ftNate Criss (1877) vs. t Gary Fox (1565)King's Indian Defense A42Che ss in In dia na P a g e 5

l.NO e6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Ne3 Bg7 S.e4 es 6.Be3 b6 7.Be2 Ne6

(The 'Final Four ' o f the prelimnaries:Herron vs. Carr. photo by Tom Cook)S.d5 Bxe3+ 9.bxe3 NbS 10.Nd2 Nd7 1l.Qa4 Bb7 12.0-0 Ngf13.Bh6 RgS 14.f4 Nh5 IS.e5 Qe7 16.e6 fxe6 17.dxe6 Nhf6IS.exd7+ Nxd7 19.BO Bxf3 20.Nxf3 0-0-0 21.NgS Qb722.Rael Nf6 23.Ne6 RdeS 24.Qdl Kb8 2S.QO Qxf3 26.Rxf3Ng4 27.Bg5 h6 2S.Bh4 Nf6 29.h3 Nh7 30.Rfe3 KeS 3US gxf32.Rf3 NgS 33.BxgS hxgS 34.RxfS g4 3S.M Kd7 36.Nf4 Rg737.g3 e5 3S.NdSKe6 39.Rf6+ Kd7 1-0

ftJosh Lewis (1746) vs. tJeff Quemer (1750)Sicilian Defense B38l.e4 eS 2.Ne2 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 exd4 S.Nxd4 Ne6 6.Be3 Nf7.Ne3 d6 S.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.Qd2 ReS 11.f3 Nd7 12.RfdlNeS 13.Nxe6 bxe6 14.BxeS Qe7 IS.Bd4 e5 16.Be3 Rd8 17.eS dIS.exdS exd5 19.NxdS Qd7 20.Nb6 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Rxd222.Bxd2 RbS 23.Be4 e4 24.Be3 Bf8 2S.b4 exf3 26.gxf3 as 27.a3axb4 2S.axb4 Bh6 29.Ra7 Bb7 30.Nd7 Be3+ 31.Kg2 1-0

ft Gary Fox (1565) vs. t Cameron Donis (1631)Scotch Opening C45l.e4 e5 2.NO Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 BeS S.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nxd47.exd4 Bb4+ S.Ne3 Qe7 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Bd7 1l.Nd5 Qh412.Nxb4 0-0-0 13.Qc1 h6 14.NdS e6 15.Ne3 Nf6 16.dS KbS17.Bf4 Be8 lS.Bg3 Qh5 19.Bc4 Qg6 20.0 h5 21.Qe3 h4 22.Bf2b6 23.dxe6 Bxe6 24.Rfdl QhS 2S.Nd5 NxdS 26.BxdS Bd727.Qa3 BeS 28.Rael Bb7 29.Bxb7 Kxb7 30.Rxd6 h3 31.g4 QeS32.Bg3 QgS 33.Rc3 Rxd6 34.Qxd6 Rd8 35.Qc6+ Ka6 36.Ra3+QaS 37.Rxa5+ Kxa5 3S.Bel+ Ka6 39.h4 Rd2 40.Bxd2 f541.bS# 1-0

ftMike Herron (2040) vs. tJay Carr (1985)Nimzovich-Larsen Opening A80(comments by the editor)I.NOMike and I had played five times prior to this game. White had

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lost EVERY GAME.L.fS 2.b3New to Mike's repertoire.2..d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.e3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.c4 e69.Qe2 Na6 10.a3 c5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rfel Qc7 13.e4 Rae814.Radl fxe4 15.Nxe4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Ng4! 17.NbS Qb8 18.Bxg7Kxg7 19.Nbxd6 Rd8 20.Qc3+ KgS 21.Nxb7 Qxh2+ 22.Kfl Rd723.Bc2 Rdf7 24.Rd2 Qh1+I agonized over this move for way too long. I kept giving myselfdeadlines like, "Okay, by the time you're down to 10 minutes, youhave to decide between 24 . .. Qhl & 24 ... Rxb7" I couldn't resistplaying the text. [o24 ...Rxb7 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.Nxg3 Rbf7 27.Ne4Nc7]25.Ke2 Qxg2 26.Nbd6 Rf3 27.Qd4 e5[27 ...Nxf2 28.Nxf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kdl Rxd2+ 30.Qxd2 Qxd2+31.Kxd2 Rd8 32.Rxe6 Nc7 33.Re7 Rxd6+ 34.Kc3 Rc6 3S.Be4Re6 36.Rxc7 Rxe4 37.Rxa7; 27 ...Re3+]28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Kdl Ne7 30.Qb7[I totally miss the point of his Qb7 (although by now it's alreadyover). I was more worried about 30.Qc6 Ne6 3 1.Nf7 +]30 ...Ne6 31.Kel Nd4 32.NgS Nxf2 33.Qxh7# 1-0

.:fr.JasonCrismore (1372) vs. 1rew Hollinberger (1846)French Defense CIS1.d4 d5 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qg4 Kf8 S.e5 c5 6.NO Ne7 7.BgSNbc6 S.BbS Bxc3+ 9.bxe3 QaS 10.RbI Qxc3+ 1l.Bd2 Qxe2(I'll see YOU in Logansport!" John Cole & Jason Doss. photo by Tom Cook)

..12.RcI Qxa2 13.0-0 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd21S.NO Qb4 0-1.:fr.Drew Hollinberger (1846) vs. tJosh Bousum (2050)

Sicilian Defense B70l.e4 c5 2.NO d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 S.Nc3 g6 6.BgS Bg77.BbS+ Bd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10.0-0-0 0-0 1l.f4 QaS12.Rhel h6 13.Bh4 e5 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Qd2 exf4 16.Qxd6 Qxd617.Rxd6 gS IS.Bfl RfdS 19.Redl BfS .20.Bb6 Bxd6 21.BxdSBeS 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Nd5 Ng4 24.h3 Ne3 25.Nxe3 fxe3 26.e3Bf4 27.Rel ReS 28.Nc5 b6 29.Nd7 Re6 30.e5 BxeS 31.Nxe5RxeS 32.Kdl f5 33.Ke2 f4 34.g3 Kf7 3S.Rt1 RfS 36.Kd3 0-1Chess in Indiana Page 6

ft Cameron Donis (1631) vs. 1rew Hollinberger (1846)Spanish Opening C68l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxe6 dxc6 S.h3 Bd6 6.d3 h6 7.0-o Qf6 8.d4 Ne7 9.c3 Ng6 10.a3 Nh4 11.Nxh4 Qxh4 12.f4 exf413.e5 Be7 14.Bxf4 BgS IS.Bh2 Qe4 I6.Nd2 Qe3+ 17.Rf2 Bh418.g3 Bxg3 I9.Bxg3 Qxg3+ 20.Rg2 Qe3+ 21.Khl Qxh3+22.Kgl gS 23.Qel Be6 24.Rh2 Qg4+ 2S.Rg2 QfS 26.Ne4 0-0-027.Rf2 Qg4+ 28.Rg2 Qf4 29.Nf6 BdS 30.NxdS cxd5 31.Qe2Qh4 32.Rfl 0-1ftDrew Hollinberger (1846) vs. 1ennis Geisleman (2093)Caro Kann Defense BI0

1.e4 c6 2.d3 e5 3.NO d6 4.g3 fS 5.Bg2 fxe4 6.dxe4 Nf6 7.0-0("How should I play against Cole?" - Aaron Dean &Drew befor

round 3. Photo by Tom Cook) Bg4 S.Rel Nbd7 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 Qc711.Nc4 g6 12.Qc2 0-0-0 13.NgS NfS 14.Nti Be6 lS.Nexd6+Bxd616.Nxh8 Qg7 17.Nxg6 hxg6 IS.Be3 b6 19.Qa4 Qc7 20.b4KbS 21.Rael DeS 22.e4 cS 23.bxcS Bxe5 24.Rbl Ne6 25.Qb3Nd4 26.Qb2 Ng4 27.a4 Rf8 2S.aS Bb7 29.axb6 axb6 30.h3 Nxe331.Rxe3 Qf7 32.Qa2 g5 33.Rt1 g4 34.hxg4 QgS 35.Rfel Qxg436.Rd3 Qh5 37.Qa4 0-1

ftMike Herron (2037) vs. 1John Cole (2219)Nimzovich-Larsen Opening AOSI.NO Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.e3 0-0 S.Be2 c5 6.d4 exd47.exd4 dS 8.0-0 Ne6 9.Rel b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.a3 ReS 12.Bd3e6 13.Nfl Ne714.NeS Nf5 15.Ne3 Nxe316.Rxe3 Ne4 17.0 Nd618.a4 Re8 19.Rel Qc7 20.Qd2 NfS 21.BxfS exf5 22.Nd3 Bf623.e3 Qd7 %-%

.:fr.JayCarr (1985) vs. 1ernard Parhsm Sr. (2065)King's Gambit Accepted C35l.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.NO Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ S.Kf1 d6 6.d4 Qf67.Nc3 Ne7 8.e5 Qh6 9.Nb5 Na6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Nxh4 Qxh412.Nxd6+ Kd7 13.Nxf7 R.f8 14.QO g5 15.Ne5+ Kc7 16.Bxa6

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bxa6 17.QxaS fJ 18.Qxa7+ KdS 19.9xf3 g4 20.Ke2 gxf3+21.Kd3 Qf2 22.Bg5 BfS+ 23.Kc3 Qxe2+ 24.Kb4 Qxb2+ 2S.Ke4Be6+ 26.Kd3 BfS+ 27.Ke4 Qb5+ 2S.Ke3 Qa5+ 29.Ke4 Be6+30.Kd3 Qa3+ 31.Kd2 [o31.Kc2!] 31...Qb2+ 32.Kd3 BfS+33.Ke4 QbS+ 34.Ke3 QaS+ 3S.Ke4 no score was kept after thispoint; as noted above, eventually Black gambled by sacrificingmaterial to avoid a perpetual and got mated before White ran outoftime 1-0

:itMike Herron (2037) vs. tJosh Lewis (1746)Nimzovich-Larsen Opening A06I.NfJ Nf6 2.b3 dS 3.Bb2 e6 4.e3 Bd6 S.Be2 e5 6.d4 b6 7.Nbd20--0 S.O-O Nbd7 9.e4 Bb7 10.Rel Re8 H.NeS exd4 12.NxdNxd713.Bxd4 Qh414.g3 Qh61S.Bb2 Nf6 16.BfJ Rfd8 17.exdNxdS 18.Qe2 BeS 19.Ne4 Nxe3 20.Nxc5 Bxf3 21.Qxe3 Qxe22.fxe3 Be2 23.Rfel Rd2 24.Ne4 1-0

:itGary Fox (1565) vs. tJay Carr (1985)Sicilian Defense B24

l.e4 cS 2.Ne2 Ne6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 S.Nbe3 d6 6.d3 e6 7.0-0Nge7 S.Be3 Nd4 9.Rb1 Nee6 10.a3 QaS 11.Bf4 eS 12.Bd2 QdS13.NdS Be6 14.Nee3 hS IS.Be3 f6 16.h3 Qd7 17.fJ g5 18.Kh2 1119/02; Indianapolis, TD: Wick DeerNe7 19.Nxe7 Qxe7 20.f4 g4 21.fS gxh3 22.Bxh3 Bf7 23.Qd2QfS 24.M b6 25.bxcS dxeS 26.a4 Bh6 27.Rb2 Kd7 2S.a5 Bxe3 PI. Name Pre Post Rd. 1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 s e .29.Qxe3 Qd6 30.NbS Qe6 31.Rfbl Rhb8 32.axb6 Rxb6 01. JO M Coleu 2219 2226 WI0 W3 W8 D2 3.533.Nxa7 Rxb2 34.Nxc6 Rxb135.Nxd4 exd4 36.Qd2 Ra2 37.Bg2 02. Mike Herron 2037 2064 W6 W12 W9 Dl 3.5Rbb2 3S.Qh6 Ke7 0-1 03. Stephen Cates 2030 2040 W18 L1 W14 W7 3.004. Josh Bousum 2050 2043 W14 L8 Wll D5 2.505. Doug Todd 1856 1882 L7 W18 W12 D4 2.5

:itBernard Parham Sr. (2065) vs. t Doug Todd (1851) 06. Josh Lewis 1746 1760 1.2 W16 D18 W14 2.507. Bernard Parham (Sr.) 2065 2055 W5 L9 W10 L3 2.0Pirc Defense B0708. Aaron Dean 2018 2025 W15 W4 Ll U 2.009. Jay Carr 1985 1991 W16 W7 L2 U- 2.0

1.e4 d6 2.QhS Nf6 3.Qh4 e5 4.Nf.3 Ne6 S.Be2 Bg4 6.d3 Qd7 10. Nate Criss 1877 1884 LI W13 L7 W16 2.011. Drew Hollinbergcr 1846 1842 LI2 W15 14 W17 2.07.Nc3 Bxf3 S.Bxf3 Nd4 9.Bdl g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.f4 Ne6 12.Ne2 12. Dennis Geisleman 2093 2075 Wll 1.2 L5 U- 1.00-0-0 13.e3 h6 14.Qg3 Rdg8 IS.Bb3 e6 16.Be3 e5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 13. Tom Harris 1934 1923 W17 LI0 U- U.. 1.018.Radl e4 19.dxe4 Nxe4 20.Qf4 f521.e5 Rf8 22.Bd4 gS 14. Jeff'Querner 1750 1732 14 W17 13 16 1.015. Cameron Donis 1631 1622 L8 Ll 1.16 W18 1.023.Qcl Qb5 24.Be6+ KbS 25.c4 Qc6 26.cxd6 Nxd6 27.Bd5 Qc7 16. Gary Fox 1565 1569 L9 L6 W15 1.10 1.028.Qe3 ReS 29.Ng3 RhfS 30.Rfel NeS 31.Re2 f4 32.Nh5 Bh8 17. Jason Crismore 1372 1363 113 1.14 B.. L11 1.033.Rdel Rf5 34.g4 fxg3 3S.Nxg3 NfJ+ 36.Bxf3 Rxf3 37.Qxf3 18. Garrett Smith 1726 1700 13 L5 D6 LIS 0.5Bxd4+ 38.Kg2 Rxe2+ 39.Qxe2 Qg7 40.Nf5 Qf6 41.Nxd4 Qxd4 ** . becomes 2002 Challenger (on tie-breaks)42.QeS+ Qxe5 43.Rxe51-0

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:itJosh Lewis (1746) vs. t Gary Fox (1565)Caro-Kann Defense B15

l.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Ne3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 S.Ng3 Bg4 6.fJ BhS7.Be4 Bg6 S.Nle2 e6 9.Nf4 Bd6 10.e3 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Bd3 1119/02; Indianapolis, TD: Wick DeerNbd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Re1 h5 16.BgS Qb8 17.h3 PI. Name Pre Post Rd.1 Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Sc.01. Mike Wiseman v-> 2229 2231 W26 W4 W24 WI0 W6 5.0Bxe4 18.fxe4 Nb6 19.QfJ Nd7 20.Rf1 f6 21.e5 BxeS 22.dxe5 02. William "Sonny" Jones 1557 1604 021 W37 W9 W8 W7 4.5Nxe5 23.Qe3 Qd6 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Rxf6 0-0--0 26.Bf5 Nd7 03. Roger Pederson (NY) 1900 1900 W28 W18 D8 D6 W13 4.027.Rxe6 Qd5 28.Rf1 Rhg8 29.Qe4 Qxe4 30.Rxe4 KbS 31.Bxd7 04. Jason Fried 1454 1505 W32 L1 W28 W15 W10 4.0Rxd7 32.ReS Rd2 33.Rf2 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 RhS 3S.Re7 1-0 05. Nick Zehner 1382 1453 W44 L6 W17 W23 Wll 4.006. Chris Savage 1722 1738 Wl5 W5 Wll D3 Ll 3.507. Nathaniel Boggs 1548 IS49 D37 W30 W13 W12 L2 3.S

:itDennis Geisleman (2093) vs, t Mike Herron (2037) 08. Nathaniel Greene 1544 1564 W16 W20 D3 L2 W19 3.5Trompovsky Opening DOl 09. Charles Carroll 1480 1475 030 W31 L2 W26 W16 3.510. Don Thomas 1548 1549 W22 W40 W23 11 L4 3.011. Wick Deer IS17 1505 W45 W17 16 W25 L5 3.01.d4 Nf6 2.Ne3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.exd3 Be7 12. Ryan McCleary 1493 1473 1.17 W27 W19 L7 W30 3.013. David Schwartz 1446 1449 W27 W42 L7 W20 13 3.07.f4 e6 S.NfJ h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 mn-n 0-0 l1.Rbl c5 12.dxcS 14. Russell Greene 1423 1380 142 W32 W22 LI6 W33 3.0Bxe5 13.Qe2 Be7 14.a3 ReS 15.Rbe1 Re8 16.Khl Qa5 17.Ndl 15. Anthony Woods 1246 1301 16 W45 W18 14 W29 3.0Rc7 lS.Ne5 Nxe5 19.fxeS Nh7 20.Bg3 Qa4 21.Rxf7 Kxf7 16. Mark Wolanski 1115 1254 L8 W33 W40 W14 19 3.017. HeinHa 1101 1228 W12 LII L5 W42 W25 3.022.Nc3 Qd7 23.Nxd5 QxdS 24.Qh5+ g6 2S.Qxh6 RhS 26.Rfl+ 18. Cody Cogswell 1601 1565 W43 L3 LI5 D21 W37 2.5KeS 27.Qxg6+ Kd7 2S.Bf4 NfS 29.Qg4 KeS 30.d4 Qe4 31.Rd1 19. Joseph Peterson 14S0 1426 D31 W21 LI2 W37 L8 2.5Rh40-1 20. Paul Wick 1301 1296 W33 1.8 W42 Ll3 021 2.521. Brandon Pherson 1251 1296 D2 LI9 W36 D18 D20 2.522. James Hicks 1181 1191 LlO W41 Ll4 W32 023 2.5Chessin Indiana Page 7 May 2002


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THE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKENDSeven weeks after the hotly contested preliminaries, a secondgathering occurred in Logansport. Thirty-two players fromaround the state gathered to play in the companion tournament 3/8-3/9/02; Logansport, TD: Gary Foxwith hopes for a berth in the next Challenge Championship Cycle, PI. Name Pre Post Rd.l Rd2 Rd.3 Rd4 Rd5 Sc.and to watch some high-level chess. 01. Ben Inskeep*** 1841 1888 W13 W15 W9 W2 D6 4.5Jason Doss and John Colebegan their match Friday night with 02. Jay Car r 2000 2000 W18 W11 W4 L1 WI0 4.0an interesting draw. Particularly amusing was the post mortem in 03. Nathaniel Criss 1865 1864 W32 D7 W25 D5 Wll 4.004. Drew Hollinberger 1842 1846 W29 W17 L2 W12 W14 4.0which a few soundbites went "I thought I was better here ... " 05. Bernard Parham. II 1809 1863 W19 W26 D6 D3 W9 4.0

"Really? I thought Iwas winning!" Saturday provided two more 06. Tom Harris 1900 1900 W16 D14 05 W17 01 3. 5draws, one of the 'grandmaster' variety and another that was 07. Jason Fried 1584 1660 W27 03 W14 L9 W15 3.508. Kristopher Williams 1202 1308 W31 L25 DIS W20 W17 3.5played to the bitter end. Interesting things were happening in the 09. Bernard Parham (Sr.) 2012 2000 W12 WlO 11 W7 L5 3.0Challenge Companion tournament, though. Upsets abounded. 10. Garrett Smith 1764 1756 W21 L9 W18 W13 L2 3.0JoshBousum lost to Bernard Parham (Jr.) in the secondround and 11. Andrew Pheasant 1570 1566 W22 L2 W19 W24 13 3.012. Thomas Rosenbaum 1348 1410 19 W28 W26 14 W22 3.0then again to the surprising Thomas Rosenbaum, who gained a 13. Chad Doran 1187 1250 Ll W29 W27 110 W23 3.0healthy 62(!) rating points in the event, and also nearly defeated 14. Roger Blaine 1700 1700 W28 D6 L7 W2S 14 2.5top seededBernard Parham (Sr.) in the first round. Keep your eye 15. Charles Carroll 1513 1497 W24 LI D8 W16 L7 2.516. Tom Byers 1150 1159 16 D21 W30 115 W24 2.5on him. Parham Sr. did not avoid the upset in round 3 when 17. Joseph Peterson 1426 1403 W23 14 W22 L6 18 2.0(above right: Parham vs. Parham -youth is served. This time. @) 18. Stanley Whittlesey 1175 1157 L2 W23 LI0 122 W29 2.0Chess in In dia na Page 8 May 2002

23. Jeff Hunt UNR 1351 W36 W34 LIO L5 D22 2.524. Michael Reisinger 1534 1546 W35 W25 Ll u - - tj., 2.025. Charles Sutphin 1383 1346 W46 L24 W35 Lll Ll7 2.026. Camden Shoults 1324 1309 LI W44 034 L9 031 2.027. Eddie Labin 1200 1170 L13 L12 W44 L33 W42 2.028. Danny Lovejoy 1193 1173 L3 W43 14 L29 W41 2.029. Mike Cochran 1105 1116 L34 D36 030 W28 LIS 2.030. Steve Fulp 1052 1093 D9 L7 D29 W41 LI2 2.031. Jolm Sayers 1014 1090 DI9 L9 137 W36 026 2.032. AJ Varner 0886 0895 L4 114 W46 L22 W45 2.033. Bob Broughton UNR 1104 L20 LI6 W43 W27 LI4 2.034. David Frey 1455 1429 W29 L23 D26 tj., u - 1.535. Kristopher Williams 1224 1203 L24 W46 L25 u - u - 1.036. Tom Byers 1203 1150 L23 D29 121 131 W44 1.537. Chad Doran 1170 1188 D7 L2 W31 LI9 LI8 1.538. Richard Arnold 1800 1793 W39 L39 u - - u - u - 1.039. Roger Blaine 1701 1709 L38 W38 u - u - u - 1.040. Frank Owens 1400 1400 W41 LIO L16 u - u - 1.041. Mitchell Broughton 0961 0933 L40 L22 W45 130 L28 1.042. Travis Blazer 0909 0932 W14 L13 L20 Ll7 L27 1.043. Josh Hinson 0848 0805 LIS L28 L33 145 W46 1.044. Nicholas Donis 0829 0816 L5 L26 L27 W46 L36 1.045. Alan Stockman UNR 0754 Lll LI5 141 W43 L32 1.046. Jimmy Hildebrand llNR 0418 L25 13 5 132 144 143 0.0

rapidly improving Ben Inskeep knocked him out of the leadegroup.Sunday finally saw a decisive result in the ChallengChampionship match with Jason grinding down Cole in a welplayed game. Meanwhile, in round 4 of the Companion, Inskeecontinued to roll with a win over an over-the-hill magazine editothis left Inskeep with a full point lead on the field and set up a laround match up with Tom Harris, and young Ben showedhis conerves in holding a draw in the final round, thus earning an entrinto the next cycle's preliminaries. There was a spiritcamaraderie and good sportsmanship pervading the weekendcompetition. Tom Harris remarked on the friendly nature of thtournament observing that, "people were congratulating eacother - and meaning it!" Personally, I think the tournament beinheld in conjunction with the match lends a more festive air whicindeed was palpable.Game 5 ofthe match itself wasanti-climatic, as John concedeand early draw, giving the match victory to our current StaChampion, Jason Doss. Congratulations to Jason Doss & BeInskeep.


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(comments based on those of the players)1.e4 c5 2.NfJ Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6The Benko systemS.Nb3 Nf6 6.Ne3 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 S.Bd3 a6 9.a4 b6 10.0-0 d611.f4 Be7 12.QfJ Bb7 13.Qh3 Nb4Jason had been in this position many times before, but this wasthe first time John had played it.14.Nd2!?[Theory recommends 14.Rae I ]14...Nd7 15.Nf3 Ne5 16.Radl d5 17.e5 Ne4 lS.Bd4 Be519.Ne2 g6To prevent White counterplay based on fS20.c3?!This move is inferior for a number of reasons. It weakens b3. Italso allows black to get rid of the white-squared bishop withoutany problems, and White cannot take back on d3 with the pawnand drive away the e4-knight.20..Nxd3 21.Rxd3 a5?!= "Where do I go to learn more about Indiana Chess?""For this move, put 'dumb'" - Jason Doss [Much better was WWW. indianachess. org21...Be7 where Black can play ...NeS at some point.] I.\.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiii~ii'iiiii~ii;iii~~iiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiill22.Re1 Ba6 23.Rdd1 Bc4 24.Ng3 Nxg3 2S.Qxg3 Bb3 26.Ral

19. Eric Berkshire 1165p 1161 L5 W31 Lll L23 W30 2.020. Eddie Labin 1145 1129 L26 L22 W29 L8 W28 2.021. Alan Rosenbaum 1145 1126 LlO DI6 L24 W28 D25 2.022. Richard Coble D&77p IDOl Lli W20 L17 Wl8 L12 2.023. James Fulp 0775 0834 Ll7 L18 B- W19 L13 2.024. Jimmy Hildebrand 0418p 0578 U5 B- W21 Ll1 Ll6 2.025. Victor Zamudio UNR 1292 D30 W8 L3 U4 D21 2.026. Josh Bousum 2060 2031 W20 L5 Ll2 v- V- 1.027. Mike Vidulich 1596 1558 L7 W30 L13 V- V- 1.028. Austen Hildebrand UNR 1017 L14 Ll2 W31 L21 L20 1.029. Dan Hildebrand UNR 0940 LA L13 L20 W30 L18 1.030. Steve Fulp 1082 1028 D25 L27 L16 L29 L19 0.531. Ruben Calista 1313 1231 L8 Ll9 L28 v - V- 0.032. Chad Doran 1187 1250 L3 V- tj.; V.- V 0.0

* * * - earns seeding into the next Challenge Preliminaries(Ben Inskeep [left] holds the draw against Tom Harris in the f inal round)

2ndChallenge Championship Match3/8-3/10/02; Logansport, TD: Gary Fox

Jason DossJohn Cole

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ftJohn Cole (2219) vs. tJason Doss(2344)Sicilian Defense B33 - Match Game *1

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Qd7 27.Bxe5 bxc5 2S.Qf2 c4[Black cannot win the a4-pawn after 28 Rc8 e.g. A) or 29.RaBxa4? (o29 ...Bc4) 30.Real; B) 29.Nd2 29 Bxa4 30.b3]29.Qc5Black is virtually forced to exchange queens, as ifhe allows Whito play Nd4 he's 'toast. '29 ...Qa7 30.Qxa7 Rxa7 31.Nd4 0-0 32.g3 ReS 33.Kf2 K34.g4 Ke7 %-%

ftJason Doss (2344) vs. iJohn Cole (2219)Sicilian Defense B33 - Match Game *2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Ne3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nx7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.M h6 12.NKg7 13.0-0-0 Be6 14.e3 Nd7 15.Bd3 c6 16.Kbl Qb8 17.QxbRaxb81S.Rcl Rhc819.Na4 Be7 20.Rc2 Bg4 21.Nd2 c5 22.dxcNxc5 23.Nxe5 Rxc5 24.Rxe5 BxeS 2S.Nb3 Bb6 26.Rc1 R27.Rxe8 BxeS 2S.Ke2 Kf6 29.Kc3 KeS 30.f4+ Kd6 31.Nd4 Bd32.Be2 BdS 33.g3 Bf6 34.BfJ BdS 3S.b4 Bf6 36.a3 BdS 37.KdBf6 3S.Bdl b6 39.Bb3 a5 40.Kd2 Bxd4 41.exd4 f6 42.Bc2 axb4J.axb4 Bf5 44.Bdl g5 45.hxg5 hxg5 46.Ba4 Bg4 47.Ke3 Bh%-%

ftJason Doss (2344) vs. iJohn Cole (2219)Sicilian Defense B33 - Match Game *4l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.eS dxe5 5.NxeS e6 6.Qe2 Bd6 7.b0-0 S.Bb2 Nbd7 9.f4 Nb6 10.Bd3 NbdS 11.0-0 Nb4 12.NeNxd3 13.Qxd3 Bxe5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.fxe5 NeS 16.Ne417.d3 Bb7 18.Ng5 Rd7 19.Rae1 Ne7 20.Rf2 h6 21.Ne4 Bx22.Rxe4 Nd5 23.d4 cxd4 24.Rxd4 Re7 25.c4 Ne7 26.Rfd2 N27.Rd6 Rae8 28.Kf2 KfS 29.Kf3 Ke8 30.Ke4 NdS 31.R6d3 Nb32.Ba3 Nd8 33.Rg3 g6 34.Rh3 h5 3S. g4 fS+ 36.exf6 N37.Rhd3 hxg4 38.Be7 g5 39.h3 gxh3 40.Rxh3 g4 41.RhS Rd42.Rg2 Rdl 43.Rxg4 Kd7 44.Rg7 1-0

(above: Doug Todd (left] in his round 3 slugfest with Dennis Geisleman -photo byT om Coo k)

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A Chat with the Champ ...byKen HamiltonLast September Jason Doss won theIndiana State Championship title inIndianapolis, scoring 4.5 points in afive-round swiss. Ken Hamiltoncornered the champ in January for aprobing interview ...KH: Jason, when and where did youlearn to play chess?JD: Iwas born inTexas, where mygrandfather taught me the moveswhen I was about ten years old. Ididn't play anymore until I wasthirteen, here in Indianapolis atWestlane Middle School. We had agood team - coach Joe Papiez, then a1700 level player, taught me. Isteadily improved by listening to mycoaches - Papiez and (1967 statechampion) Bernard Parham. Ididn'tuse everything they told me, but Ilistened, and I guess you'd say Icooperated! Later I learned mostly bywatching how masters played, andlistening to their post-game analysis.KH: What books have you foundparticularly useful?JD: As an English student, words aremore important to me than math orstatistics ... .I like books Ican pick up,read and learn from; an early favoritewas Irving Chemev's "Logical Chess,Move by Move." Others may findMCO useful, but I've never used itmuch. Silman's "Re-Assess yourChess," of course, is a great book andIgot a lot out of "How to ThinkAhead in Chess" by LA. Horowitz.KH: He wrote a good book onopenings -JD: He wrote a lot of good books! Ilearned to spot my opponent'smistakes and capitalize on them ... Ibecame a rope-a-dope player (laughs).Actually, I don't have many books;the Dallas Chess Club has tons ofbooks, so I didn't need to buy any.I'm mainly a positional player; I try toset up positions I can control, so pawnChess in Ind iana

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(2001 State Champion Jason Doss - photoby Ken Hamilton)structures are important to me. Twobooks greatly helped my positionalunderstanding, "The SicilianScheveningen -e6 and d6 Systems" byKasparov and Nikitin, and Kmoch'sclassic "Pawn Power in Chess."KH: How long did it take you to getto expert, then master level?JD: Took me about 6 months to go to1500, then 2 more months to get to1800 - due to a lucky streak I had in acouple of tournaments! Another 18 to24 months to get to expert level, thenthe next 3 years to become master.From the time I was at 1900 toattaining master level my middle andhigh school teammate Jim Dean and Ishared Mike Wiseman as our coach.Mike himself got up to about 2400, Ithink -KH: I remember playing a Pireagainst him a few years back -JD: (laughs) Ah, that was dangerous!KH: He played the so-called "150Attack" with Be3 and Qd2 andslaughtered me ...JD: He beat 3 masters - 2 of them1M's - in one tournament with thatline! He's a strong positional player,his superior understanding of a

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KH: Now you're about 2350; how doyou go about keeping up to date - Iguess you' use ChessBase anddownload all the latest games?JD: Not as often as I used to! I use itfor pattern recognition, mainly. Isearch for a particular player orposition and watch for the patterns. Idon't go in for memorizing openings- I'm not a theorist! -but I know myopenings well. Iike ChessBase, but Iactually prefer Chess Assistant -trouble is, not many others use itKH: So you follow the advice ofpeople like Fine and Suetin whorecommend understanding the ideasbehind the openings rather thanmemorizing different lines .. .JD: Yes.KH: Do you practice against Fritz, oruse it for analysis?JD: I've never used a chess playingprogram. Fritz, Junior - I don't findthem interesting. I prefer to use astronger (human) player - and I canfind plenty of them on ICC (InternetChess Club)!

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KH: Do you playa restricted numberof openings or play whatever you feellike on any given day?JD: In general I do play anything.You'Il almost never know if I'mgoing to play e4 or d4. If myopponent's looking at me funny and Ithink he looks aggressive, I'll play d4.I'll go e4 if he looks like a passivetype. I'm definitely the type of playerwho plays against his opponent halfthe time and the board the other half.I basically play the Sicilian againste4; there's something about it thatmakes me want to play it. As White,if I'm serious and I really want towin, I'm going to play d4, because Iunderstand it much better; if I'mconcerned that my opponent isparticularly well booked-up then I'llinnovate as soon as Ican - Iplaysome odd stuff! (laughs).KH: I hope we're not giving awayany secrets here ... .ill:Ihave no secrets; if players askfor my advice, I'll tell themeverything, even what openings I liketo play; they're not going to beat mebased on that little piece ofinformation. Actually Iike to switchmy openings periodically tosomething I'm bad at - it's one way toimprove. For a while though myratings might go down because I'mplaying openings that don't suit mypersonality.KH: So you're confident in yourgrasp of the openings and yourpositional sense carries you throughthe middle game; how about theendgame?JD: I'm very strong at endings.Another player - Greg Kennedy -used to joke how bad Iwas at endings.I got so mad at being beaten regularlyin the endgame that Istudied severalplayers' works - Reshevsky, Benko,Alburt - and played through themuntil I understood every type ofending I could. Endings ar eimportant, of course, but for example,so is knowing when or when not toChess in In dia na

castle, as well as a concept Iind hardto explain, when to look at theposition rather than moves, and tofocus on ideas. And key in a player'sdevelopment is the ability torecognize "hot points." Watchingpeople play I've often noticed, even in-masters ' games, where they've beenso focused on their desires for, say, akingside attack, that they'll build upon their opponent's strongest pointand fail to notice his weak spot on theother side of the board. You have toknow where the action is supposed totake place, rather than where youwant it to happen!KH: How's your time management?ill: I can't recall being in timetrouble more than 3 times in the last10 years; if anything, I move too fast.I'm always up about 5 minutes - I feelit's my responsibility as a player tohave time left on my clock.KH: How do you ration your time inconsidering alternative, difficultalternatives?ill:Itake the practical approach. Ifound Mednis' book "How Karpovwins" instructive: it explains howKarpov doesn't waste time oncomplicated analysis when a simplerapproach is available.KH: Will you take a shot at makingInternational Master, or even GM?ill: I think I'm not far fromachieving IM level now - but to get itrd have to spend more time onopenings preparation. I'm probablygoing to play in a few upcoming,major tournaments, like the NationalOpen in Las Vegas, and we'll seewhat happens. However, I'll beconcentrating on getting my :MBA atillover the next few years. Yesterdaywas my 25th. birthday and I'm givingserious thought to my future career,besides chess!KH: You're a busy guy, Jason!You've been involved in scholasticchess, coaching an elementary school

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administrator, and I see from youICC "JDoss" finger notes you arhelping develop a new website"Chessaid.com. "JD: Yes, Chessaid.com is in its earlystages - it has several friends of minefrom Dallas, GMs and strong masters-Idon't spend much time on itmainly in helping out with thespelling as they're all native Polishfellows! And Istill hope to do someteaching.KH: I saw you have played thousandsof games on ICC. Has playing blitzhelped your serious chess?JD: Oh, definitely, It helps you tothink quickly- and the quicker you semoves the more you see. And whenyou run into the same positionhundred times you are more preparedto play it over the board .. Idon't playas much as I used to, though.Bughouse is really the most fun - wehad a strong club in Dallas, wherewe'd play Bughouse on Friday nightsfrom midnight to 5 a.m ....It's a whole different game, played ontwo boards - you play on 2 boardswith a partner as a team and when hetakes a piece you can put it on yourboard there's a lot ocorrununication and coordination thagoes on. You know, there arebasically four big centers fobughouse, outside ICC, in the world -Texas, Georgia, Sweden andCalifornia.KH: I'd no idea it was so popular, JayCarr tells me you have had thehighest bughouse rating in the worldon ICC ....JD: (grinning) That's true, at least aone time! ***(cont. on page 22)***

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Grandmaster Gregory KaidanovVisits Indiana

by Jay Carr

How Does a Top Grandmaster Prepare forWinning the 2002 Aeroflot Open? ByPlaying an Exhibition in Crawfordsville,

Indiana of course!One of the top-rated Grandmasters in the United States, GregoryKaidanov of Kentucky, made an entertaining visit to our state inJanuary. Peter Thompson, a USCF Master and Professor ofMathematics at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, arranged the wellreceived lecture and exhibition by Grandmaster Kaidanov. As aWabash alumnus myself, I was more than happy to drive over fromIndianapolis to cover the event for Chess in Indiana magazine.

Kaidanov first played a blindfold bli tz game against Wabash student ,Daniel Smith (pictured above), winning easily when Smith dropped apiece in the early part of the game. Kaidanov then replayed the

moves of the game for the audience (numbering around 100 people)on a demonstration board, explaining his thinking during the game.Afterward, Kaidanov showed an illustrative game he once playedagainst GM Mark Taimanov, where, though down momentarily aChe ss in In dia na Page 12

queen and a knight, Kaidanov still was able to win by seeing 'onemove further ' than his opponent at a critical point in the game. GMKaidanov selected the game, a Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, because itillustrated the interesting battle between play against week pawnsand active play. Active play won out this t ime. After the lecture therewas a brief (5-10 minute) period where he fielded questions from theaudience. Following is a trascript of Gregory Kaidanov's question &answer sessionQ: There are rumors that Fischer is playing again on the internet. Isthis true?GK: The question, if not everybody heard, the question is thatFischer . .. there are rumors that Fischer appeared on the Internet andwhether that's the case. D r u m . . . nobody knows for sure. So, someoneis playing on the internet and claiming that he is Fischer, and somepeople believe it My personal opinion is that that's not true.Somebody is just playing, using (a) computer, and claiming it'sFischer.Q: How many hours a day do you practice?GK: Right now not too many because, 00, Irn uh, I spend a lot oftime teaching and spending time with my family. But, when I wasstudying chess full time it was just ... like (a) normal working day.Between six and eight hours - sometime ten hours. It's like any otherjob - you have to spend a lot of time to get better.Q: What determines your opening?GK: Just taste. And, I think that's true for every chessplayer. Thereare many they go through, so you just have to choose the openingsthat better suit your taste.Q: Does your opponent have anything to do with the opening youmight choose?GK: Uh, Yes. Yes. Yes. I usually look at, in get a chance to look atmy opponents games, I think which will be, which opening will bemost unpleasant for him. (audience laughter)Q: What's your proudest moment inchess?GK: The proudest moment? Probably when I played, uh, WorldChampion Karpov in 1993, 00, first of all, prior, to.get there I had towin my previous three matches. It was (a) knockout tournament,kind of like Tennis tournaments - you play (an) opponent, you win,you advance. So first I played three very strong grandmasters; I wonall three games, and in (the) quarterfinals of the tournament I playedWorld Champion Anatoly Karpov, and we played two games atnormal time control, and we drew both of them. And then we playedtwo games in so-called "active chess," which means we both have 25minutes on the clock, and I drew one of those games and lost theother, so I was knocked out, but it was still a respectable result.Q: What does it take to become a grandmaster and how many arethere?GK: I don't know exactly how many grandmasters are in the world,but, uh, the approximate figure probably (is) about 600. Most ofthem are inactive, which means they don't play anymore because theyretired or they are just playing very rarely. But it is very difficult tobecome a grandmaster. For comparison's sake I can tell you that inthe last five years there is only one player in the United State tobecome a grandmaster. This gives you an idea. And, by the way iwas the African American player Maurice Ashley, and I would say,well, earlier there was a question about what was my proudestmoment as a chessplayer. If I would have to say what was myproudest moment as a chess teacher then I would say this was,

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because I started to work with Maurice when he was (an)International Master, and I think I helped him tremendously tobecome a grandmaster and I was extremely happy to be his coachwhen he became (the) first African American Grandmaster.

(the view from the 'upper gallery' as OM Kaidanov enjoys someconversation and refreshments before the simul)Q: Howald were you when you defeated your first master and whatwas that l ike?GK: Uh, I would have to recalLI probably was about 17 yearsold... yes, and it was a huge thrill. I beat a master who also was atthe time World Correspondence Chess Champion, so he was a verystrong player. And it was a good game, so it was just one of thosemoments which you never forget.Q: Did you know right away when you started playing that you had atalent for it - that this was something you were really going to begood at?GK: I didn't know about talent. I actually never dreamed that I couldbecome (a) grandmaster. As far as my dream, it went only as far asbecoming master. I thought ifI could become (a) master I would be(the) happiest man in the world. But, I just loved to play the gameand I thought if I could become a master it would allow me to playthe game. Because, when I grew up in (the) Soviet Union, this is thekind of'tit le which would allow me to play professionally.Q: What is the longest game you played?GK: I played one game in (the) Soviet Union which, uh , went forsomething like 130 moves. Also, at this time, we had adjournments,which means you play the game, and then you adjourn the game andcontinue it the next day. So, I think we played the game for 3 daysand about 24 hours. (laughter) (The) game ended in (a) draw anyway(laughter) Basically, I had (a) little advantage out of the opening, sofor twenty hours I was pressing my opponent and so (it) was (a) verylit tle reward. Now, last question?Q: When you do practice, do you play against opponents, or youanalyze hypothetical situations that might come up?GK: There are many ways to practice. The number one, the mostimportant part, is to analyze your games, very deeply, to tt y to findwhere your mistakes are. Because When you finish, I guess it's verycommon, it's like if you are a basketball player you look at videotapeafter that, and you have to look at it again and again to see exactlywhere you went wrong. Then you have to determine WHY did yougo wrong, because there is something, there are patterns inyour brainthat have something to do with your style, and you have to find thosepatterns, and the next step is to think how to improve those patterns.So, (it's a) very complex procedure and requires a lot of time.Chess in In dia na Page 13

Thank you very much and now, 1 invite you to the simul.(much applause)Kaidanov completed the 3D-board simul in about an hour and 45minutes, agreeing to a draw in the last game to finish (in a position iseemed dear he would win had he continued - earlier in the gamewasn't so sure). Perhaps not coincidentally, the one draw yielded wasto the nephew of long-time ISCA member, Kurt Bridgham. Therewere only a handful of rated players in the simul. The final act was afour game clock simul with a five minute time control.Unfortunately, none of the four players (chosen by a random drawing)were strong enough to make the clock simul challenging for thegrandmaster.

(above - only one draw was yielded by OM Kaidanov, in the lastgame tofinish)Kaidanov's entire visit to Wabash College was a very well organizedand dignified affair. Well attended by around 100 people for thelecture and maybe 150 at various times during the simul, in whichthe participants were ringed by spectators two to three deep and werealso observed from above by a ring of students & faculty on thesecond floor walkway overlooking the 'atrium' on the first level. Asan observer, I was moved and impressed by the fact that Kaidanov'sappearance drew such a large interest from a basically non-chessplaying community. It really makes one wonder what heightsthe popularity of our game could reach if properly promoted. Withina few weeks of this event, Kaidanov tied for first in one of thelargtest grandmaster tournaments ever held, the Aeroflot Open inMoscow, with over 100 grandmasters participating. ~(below: the simul starts)

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Tactics GalleryReal positions from gamesplayed by Indiana players!

What would you do in the followingpositions? Some are just interesting,but most have an immediate winningcontinuation. Look on page 22 to seewhat actually happened in the games.Positions with Black to move arenoted with "... 1?1", White to movejust "???"

Seifert-Bender 8... ???

Kennedy - Carroll 12. .. 711

Inskeep - Caputi 25 ???C he ss in In dia na

Hamilton - Lewis 34 ... ??? Hill - Snyder 17 ???

Wick - Fansler 27 ??1 Hill - Snyder 18 ???

Criss - Parham 23 ??? Cole - Criss 15... 711

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John Cole AnnotatesFIRST AN "INSTANT CLASSIC"FROM THE US OPEN:ftJohn Cole (2213)1S. Kameswaran (2378)Sicilian Defense B90

(annotations by John Cole)l.e4 c5 2.NO d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be68.0There are three main ways for Blackto handle this position now:. A) Play'his bishop to e7 and castle, delayingqueenside play in favor of king safety.B) Play his knight to d7 and delaycastling in favor of queenside play. C)(The option Iusually choose) Play...h5 to stop g4 permanently and gofor a quick queenside attack. Blackgoes for option A here.8...Be7 9.Qd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 as?!A move recommended by Daniel Kingin his book "Winning With TheNajdorf", The main idea is that after1O...b5 11 . Nd5, there are seriousweaknesses on as and c6 that could beexploited. However, the weaknesseson a4 and bS that are created by thismove have forced most modemplayers to give preference to lO . .. bS.H.BbSStopping ...a4 and perhaps preparingNa4-b6 ifsuch a thing is feasible.1l..Nc6 12.Kbl Qb8?![12. ..Na7 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.g4 (14.BbSNa7 I5.Bd3 Nc6 16.Bb5=) 14...a4I5.Nc1 a3 16.b3 RcS 17.Nle2:!;]

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13.Nd5!I did not know the theory of this lineat the time, but Iind the right movehere, this being the reply that has putthis line out of popularity. This moveessentially splits the board in half,and with a goodly deal of Black'smaterial sequestered on the queenside,this will prove a critical factor in anyWhite kingside attack.13...Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c4 b6A sign that something is seriouslywrong with Black's whole plan.Instead of generating dangerouscounterplay on the queenside, he isforced to play passive moves like thisto avoid material loss.16.g4 Na6 17.h4In contrast, my kingside attack isready to sweep forward and annihilateBlack's defensive bastions.17..Nc5 18.h5 Nfd7 19.Nxc5 NxcS20.g5 f5!?Ihad not even considered this move!My brain was on auto-pilot at thispoint, ready to mechanically play g6,delete all the kingside pawns andmate him a few moves later. Thismove is played under the assumptionthat h6 will be met with ...g6 an d g6will be met with ... h6, keeping thekingside closed. However, 21. g6 h6is met by 22. Bxh6, winning. So,although this move was a suprise, itdoes not change the essentialcharacter of the position (that White'sattack is going to crush him).21.g6 f4As mentioned before, 21.. .h6 is metby 22. Bxh622.Bxc5Ibriefly considered 22. h6 !! ? just forthe sake of craziness, but came backto the real world and played the textmove.22.bxc523.h6Absolutely crushing. The Black kingis totally doomed.23 hxg6[23 gxh6 24.Rxh6 hxg6 25.Rxg6+K:t7 26.Rdgl]

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24.Bd7!The crushing cutoff for Black's kingThe simple plan is Be6+ to herd himto the h-file for slaughter.24..gxh6Losing, but all other moves do to[24 ...Bg5 25.Be6+ Kh7 26.hxg7+Kxg7 27.Rdgl QdS (27...Bh6 2S.Qdg5 29.Rxh6 Kxh6 30.RhI+ Kg31.Rh7+ Kf6 32.Qf5#) 28.Qg2+-24 ... gS 25.Qd3 Rf6 26.hxg7 Kxg27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qh8+ K:t7 29.Rh7Kg6 30.Qg7#]25.Rxh6 Kg7 26.Rdhl Bg5[26 ...Rh8 27.RxhS Qxh8 28.RxhRxh8 29.Qg2 with a slow, binevitable, win)

27.Rxg6+!A simply, calculatable win, but it wa thrill to play such a flashy movsince, at this point, a few GMs thhad wandered by were glancing at thgame (perhaps they were wonderinwhy a master was being eviscerateby an "over the hill" junior like me 27...Kxg6 28.Qd3+ Kf6 29.Qf5Ke7 30.Rh7+ Kd8 31.Qxf8+ Kc32.Bc6+

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[32.Bc8+ Kb6 33.Qe8 is a quicker win.However, at this point, with my mindalready set on the winning position Ihadcalculated beforehand, Iknew it was futileto come up with another winning position;one win per game is quite enough. ]32 Kb6 33.QfS BdS[33 Ra7 34.Rxa7 Qxa7 35.Qxg5 Qh7+36.Kcl Qhl+ 37.Kc2 Qh2+ 38.Kb3]34.BxaS QxaS 3S.Qd7A pleasant game for me, in more waysthan one; this endeavor lasted only 2hours out of the alloted six! It also gaveme a score of 6.5/9, which gave me apiece of 2nd U2200 (900 bucksl) 1--0

2 N D - A FEW FROM THE ISCACLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS:

:it Bernard Parham (Sr.) 2053tJohn Cole (2213)Caro-Kann Defense B17(annotations by John Cole)l.e4 c6No, Iaven't given up the Sicilian, but theCaro-Kann seems to have taken its placein my opening repetoire at least as abackup weapon (even the Sicilian can getboring sometimesl), Besides, I had luckagainst Berny with the C-K last time, sowhy not try it again?2.d4 d5 3.NdlIn Parham-Cole Donley Open 2001,Bernard chose 3. eS, with a very tacticalgame resulting where I was able to win.This time, things are much more quiet.3. ..dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7Karpov's line of the Caro-Kann, AlthoughMike Herron's favorite line of 4 ...Bf5seems to promise more equal chances thanthis line, it requires a deeperunderstanding of the positional nuancesthan the move I chose.S.f4?!This move is probably inferior to the mainline given. It may secure the square e5,but White should be developing piecesmore quickly. [5.NgS Ngf6 6.Bd3 e67.Nlf3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe410.Qxe4 Nf6 Il.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 b613.0-0--0 Bb7 14.Kblt]S...Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.N1'3 Bd6 S.Bd3 Qc7Already, Black is attacking White's centrepawns, and White will have to waste timedefending them.9.Ne5 eS[9 ...h5!? 10.0--0 h4 Il.Ne4 h3 12.g3 b6was probably even more dangerous thanChess in Ind iana

the text, and perhaps is the strongestmove]lO.c3 exd4 1l.cxd4 Bb4+Usually, Iwould want to keep this bishop,since it is my "good" bishop. However, Ifelt like Iwould prosper the most from atrade of dark squared bishops, since thatwould make all of those pawns (b2, d4,f4) that much more vulnerable to attack.~11~~~~111~11~~~11

"Then, as if Caissa abruptly smackedme on theforehead, 1thought, 'WhyCAN'T 1 take that pawn?' rr -JohnCole~1~1~11111~1111111

12.Bdl Qb6Putting even more pressure on White'sweak pawns and forcing him to retreat toprotect them.13.Ne2[13.Bc3? Qxd4]13...0--014.0--0 NdS IS.Nc4 Qd8White has managed to drive my queenback, and now he even has a lead indevelopment! However, all of this doesnot compensate for his weak centralpawns, as his pieces are not well-organised and can not concertedly attackanyone point.16.Rcl N7f617.NeS Bd7The game so far has been very pleasant;no tactics at all, just quiet positionalideas!18.a3 Bxd2 19.Qxdl a6!?This prepares the interesting positionalidea of ...BbS, trading of f his good bishop.My doubled pawns would not be weak,and would even control useful squares(a4, c4)20.R1'3 BbS 21.BblOf course, White does not want toacquisce to this plan, and keeps his goodbishop. [21.BxbS axbS 22.Qd3 Qb6+]21 ... Qb6 22.Rb3 Qd6 23.Nc4 Bxe424.Rxc4Now its fairly evident that Black isbetter. Although White has managed toretain his "good" bishop, he has nowherenear the sort of activity that is required tocompensate for his pawn weaknesses.24 ... bS 2S.Rcl Rae8 26.Rfl Ne7 27.Rh3RfdS 2S.g4

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Yikes! Iwas shocked by this move,thrown into a moment of panic. Ithinking, "I can't take the pawn, gSgoing to smack my knight back, anddoes nothing but weaken me!" Then,Caissa abruptly smacked me inforehead, Ihought, "Why CAN'T Ithat pawn?"28 ...Nxg4!It really doesn't deserve an exclam, bgave myself one anyway for havingcourage to play this move againsdangerous attacking player like BernIt looks disastrous, but all it takeslook ahead over a few moves to seeBlack is in no danger whatsoevConsequently, White has simply allohis pawns to be torn to shreds.29.Bxh7+ Kf8 30.Bbi Nh6My knights are perfectly plablockading his isolated pawns wherestand for slaughter. Ibriefly worabout stuff like 31. Rxh6 gh 32. fS,saw Iwas just being paranoid.31.Rffi Net'S 32.Rd3Perhaps 32. Bxf5 NxfS 33. Rd3better, trying to get some pieces offboard, but after 33 ...Rc4 Black ismuch the better .32 ...Rc7A flexible move, allowing more presson the d-pawn or an invasion on the c-33.Ba2 Red7I chose Plan A.34.QaS g6?!I was feeling really paranoid abouton the h-file when I moved my h6 kniso I wanted to put my king on g7 to seany sensitive squares. In retrospect,move only caused more problems thasolved, with lots of pin worries witqueen on c3. IfI was going to .get myto a safer spot, perhaps the odd loo34 ...Ke7 was better, stopping tradideas with Rh8 after a knight m3S.Qd2 Kg7 36.b4 Qb6 37.m Ng4

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Black is absolutely winning, but due tothe difficulties caused on the longdiagonal with my ....g61..,Kg7 miscue,White can prolong his agony,38.Qb2 Nf639.d5!?A very creative attempt at survivaL Whiteis going to lose the pawn anyway, so heensures that the extra pawn will be aweak: dS pawn that can be immediatlyblockaded. However, after Iake thepawn, my efforts can' switch over toattacking the White king, which is veryexposed now. 39 ... exd5 40.Nd4 Nxd441.Rxd4 Qe6 42.Rdd3 Re7 43.Qd2RdeS 44.Bb3 Qel+Ihad calculated out the winning positionachieved on move 48 after 43. Qd2, andso was able to play this move withconfidence.45.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 46.Kt2 RSe2+ 47.Kg3Ne4+ 4S.Kh4 Rfl48...Ri2 isn' t as good, because Iwant thatrook to stay where it is to attack the h-pawn,49.Rdf3 Rxf3 50.Rx13 Rxh2+ 51.Rh3Rt2 52.Re3 Rxf4+ 53.Kh3 d4 54.RelR13+ 55.Kl!;4 Rxb3 0-1 'ftJohn Cole (2218)tNate Criss (1905)French Defense C02

(annotations by John Cole)l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.N13Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.0-0 Nb6?!More usual is 7. . .fxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe59,dxe5 Bc6 1O.Nd2 Qc7 1l.f4 0-0-012.ND Ne713.a3 with a balanced game.S.exf6 gxf6[8...Qxf6? 9.Bg5 Qf7 lO.Rel Bd61LBxh6 gxh6 12,Ne5 Qf4 13.Bh5+ Ke714.g3 gives White a big edge}9.dxc5Winning a pawn, as the h6 knight is underfire,9...Qc710.Na3 a6 11.1:4Breaking up Black's central mass andexploiting my edge in king safety.1l...d4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 eS14.Bh5+ Nt715.Qd5

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15... Bc6?[ILBf5 16,Be3 Rd8 17.Qf3 is alsohopeless, but doesn't lose a piece. }16.Qe6+ Qe717.Bxf1+ 1-0ftJosh Bousum (2040)tJohn Cole (2218)Sicilian Defense B23

(annotations by John Cole)l.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4Last time Iwas in a Sicilian against Josh,he transposed back into the Open Sicilianhere with 3.Nge2. This time, a GrandPrix is in the cards.3...g6 4.NfJ Bg7 5.Bb5In the early days of this line, 5,Bc4 wasplayed with a view towards an earlykingside onslaught However, that movehas been more than defused, and Whitehas turned to this bishop foray torehabilitate the line.5...Nd4The most incisive reply. Other movesallow White an easy game.6.0-0[6.Bd3 d6 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9,c3(9.Nxd4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bxd4 n.es Bg712.d4 0-0=) 9...dxc3 lO,dxc3 0-0 11.0-0b6 with a complicated, unclear game}6.. .Nxb5 7.Nxb5 dS S.exd5 Nf6'?!This move wastes any chance of an edgeBlack has. [8...a6 9,Nc3 Nf6 IO.d4 c4ll.Ne5 NxdS 12.Qf3 e6 with acomplicated game where Black haschances for an edge.]9.c4 0-0 10.d3 e6 1l.dxe6 Bxe6Here, Black has sufficient compensationfor the pawn, but nothing more.12.Khl a6 13.N c3 Qc7 14.Ng5 BfS15.Nge4 RadS 16.Q13 Be6 17.Nxf6+Bxf618.f5Prompting a tactical exchange that simplydefuses the position.lS...Bxc3 19.bxcJ[19.fxe6? fxe6 20.Qe2 Rxfl+ 2LQxflBd4"+119... Bx5 20.Bf4 Qc6 Draw agreed onBlack's proposal 112-112From the King's Island Open, Johnclashes with Indiana's highestrated player:ft Emory Tate (2400)lJohn Cole (2218)Sicilian Defense B80

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1.e4Although this is Emory's main openingmove, Iwas suprised that he played thiagainst me. He did so well against mwith the English in last year's 81. Chmp,felt like the onus would have been on mto prove that Ihad developed a betterepetoire against i t.Lc52.Nc3Going for a Closed or Grand PriSicilian. __2...Nc6 3.Nf3 Nope! We argoing back to the Open Sicilian, excepwithout the choice of the main linNajdarf for Black. However, I amcomfortable in the Scheveningen as wellso this is not a major loss,3 ... d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Be3 Nf7.13Inaugurating the English Attack, a praxideveloped by British players in the 1980against the Scheveningen-Najdorfcomplex.7... a6 S.Qe2!?A very interesting move, departing fromthe normal method of development ofQd2. Is it better than Qd2? Probably noAlthough it does try to rustle up somrandom tactical shots with Nd5, ultimatelythe queen is better on the d filepressuring the d pawn and allowing fremovement of the fI bishop.8...Be79.g4White should have played 9. 0-0-0 firsto stop the central move that I now make.9.. .Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 n.Bt2?!Emory is playing a very eccentric opening1L Be3 is certainly much bettersupporting any g5 push and allowing thqueen to shift along the kingside to helpfuture attack.1l...Be6 12.0-0-0 Rt8 13.h4 b5 14.Kbl0-0 15.h5[15,g5? Nh5 with a powerful outpost on}IS...b4

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After the game, Emory said that he wasdispleased with this move, and preferred16. Nd5. However, this knight willprovide a valuable service in guarding thequeenside, [16.Nd5 A) 16...Nxd5 17.exd5Bd7 18..Be3 (18.Qxa6 f5 19.9xf5 Bxf520.Ed3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qa5 with sufficientcompensation for the pawn) 18...a519.RgI a4 20.g5 BfS with anoverwhelming game for Black; B)16...Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 I8.Be3 (I8.Qxa6Nc5 19.Bxc5 Rxc5 20.Bd3 Qc7 21.Qa4Bg5 with sufficient compensation for thepawn) 18...a5 19.Rgl a4 20.g5 b3 21.cxb3axb3 22.axb3 QaS 23.g6 Rag 24.gxh7+Kh8 with a winning Black attack]16...Nd7At this point, it is appropriate to ask thereader to imagine a position where Whitealready has his queen and bishop on d2and e3 respectively. In this instance,White could now play g5 and forge aheadwith his kingside attack. However, due toWhite's opening miscues, this is obviouslynot occuring.17.h6?!This move simply deadens any hopeWhi te ever had of a kingside attack.White needed to bite the bullet with 17.Be3 and Qd2 later, fixing his pooropening moves and hoping he can survivemy queenside attempts. 17 ... g6 18.Qd2Qc7 19.Rc1 Nc5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.c4This is absolutely necessary, as if Black isal lowed to play ...c4 all is lost for White

21...Rfd8??Black has played a very correct game, andnow it is time for h im to cash in hisadvantage in piece placement with21...bxc3. After the text move, the gameis totally locked and drawn, and requiresno further comment. [21...bxc3 22.Qxc3c4! 23.Be2 (23.f4 Bxg4 24.Bxc4 Bf6 withan edge to Black) 23 ...a5 24.Rhdl BM2S.Qc2 Qb7 with a massive edge toBlack] 22.Qel Rd7 23.Be3 Qd8 24.Qg3Qc7 25.Be2 RedS 26.Rhfl gS 27.Qgl a s28.Rfd1 Rxd1 29.Rxdl Rxd1+ 30.QxdlChe ss in I nd ia na

Qd7 31.Qgl Qd6 32.Bfl Kf8 33.Kc11/2-1/2Here's my contribution - also from theKing's Island Open, where Iwas fortunateto share first in the U2000 Section1t Richard Moran (1926)tJay Carr (1963)From's Gambit A02

(annotations by Jay Carr)1.f4 e5 2.fxe5As a King's Gambit player for the past 16years, Ihad some ideas ready if he played2. e4 here. Trust me. 2 ... d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nt3 g5 5.g3 g46.Nh4 Ne7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Qd3Nc6 10.c3 Qe711.Bg2 Bd7 12.Nd2 0-0-o 13.Nc4[c:; ,13.Ne4(NCO)]13 ... BfS 14.Nxd6+ Rxd6 15.Qc4 Be416.Bxe4 Qxe417.0-0 Ne5! 18.Rf4[18.Qb5 Looks like a try: 18...Rd5 19.Rf4

analysis diagram: after 19. Rf4But, after the amazing 19.. .Nf3+!! 20.exf3Qc2 21.QxdS Qxh2+ 22.Kfl Qh1+23.Ke2 Rh2+ 24.Kd3 Qfl+ 2S.Ke4 Qe2+26.Be3 Qc2+ 27.Ke5 Rh5+ (finally')28.Kf6 Rxd5 Black is winning.]18...Qxf4The 'obvious reply. Somehow, Idon'tthink my opponent had seen it. Iplayedmy reply very quickly and only then beganto see how 'tricky' White's 19th movewould be.19.Qxc7+ Ku7 20.Bxf4 Nc4 21.b3 gS!

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22.Bxd6+[The point of g5 is if 22.Bxg23.Bf4+ Nd6 and Black is up a rofew pawns.]22 ...Nxd6 23.Rfl Re8 24.Rf2 f5Re4 26.Kel Kc6 27.Rfl KdSRe7 29.Kd3 bS 30.c4+For a moment here Ihought Ihadit, as Ihadn't real ized after 30. ..bbxc4+ Nxc4 is impossible dueRxf5+ and it is white who is winntook me a moment to find ...Ke6.30...Ke6 31.exbS Rh732.R12[32.RhI was another possibility,thought after 32 ...Ne4 things wopretty easy for me. After 32. Rrook gets bundled up nicely andfinally has free reign to make progr32 . ..Ne4 33.Rg2 Rc7 34.e3 Rc3+Rc2+ 36.Kf1 Nd2+ 37.Ke1 Nt3+Nxh2+ 39.Kg1 Nf3+ 40.Kf141.Ke2 Ral 42.a4 RbI 43.Rf244.Kd3 Rxb3+ 4S.Kc2 Rxe3Nxd4 47.Rh2 Re2+ 48.Rxe2 Nxe2Here's another "From's Gambit Ththis one from the Southern IndianaftRoger Blaine (1756)tJoe Rottman (1223)From's Gambit AD2

1.f4 eSA lti-year-old rated 1223 knowFrom's Gambit!? And he did! Shock2.fxe5 d6 3.Nt3 dxeS 4.Nxe5 Bd6Bg4 6.e4 Nc6 7.cJ?Too hasty; c3 is a useful move tod4, but right now 7.. d3 is urgentlyto let White's queen bishop out to g7 ...Ne5 8.Be2 Qf6!? 9.d4 Nxf3+Qh4+ 11.Kf1 fS 12.eS Bxt3 13.Q0-0 14.exd6 Nf6 lS.g3 Qh3+ 1Qg4!

I Thought I was finally out of troub16 . Qg2, but Black's innocous-lreply is extremely troublesome.

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17.Kgl Rde8 18.h3 Re1+ 19.Kh2 Rxh1+20.Qxhl Qe2+ 21.Qg2 Qdl 22.Nd2 Re823.Nfl Re224.Qxe2~~~~~~~~~~11~11~lt

"When I made the final move, heexclaimed out loud, "Oh, My Godl!"in the crowded room. " -Roger Blaine11111111111111111t

Qxe2+ 2S.Kgl Ne4 26.Bf4 cxd6 27.Rc1Nfl 28.Bd2 Nxh3+ 29.Khl gS 30.RelQfl Jl.Ne3 Qxd2 32.Ngl Kd7 3J.Kh2g4 34.Rfl Qxb2 3S.Rxf5 Qbl 36.Rt7+Ke60-1From The lllinois Class Championships:ftWilliam Glispie (1466)tRoger Blaine (1756)French Defense C02

White blew some material early in thegame, but overcame the deficit with awild attack and king chase. Poor M r.Glispie tried so hard to do it right, takinglots of time to think - 17 minutes on move26 and 13 more minutes on the next move- and by all rights had me squashed. Buthe fell into an incredible cheap a right atthe end.l.e4 e6 2.d4 as 3.e5 eS 4.0 Ne6 S.NDQb6 6.Qe2? exd4 7.Bd3 fS 8.exf6 Nxf69.0-0 dxc3 10.Nxc3 Nb4 1l.Bb5+?QxbS 12.Nxb5 Nxe2 13.Ne7+ Kd814.NxaS Nxal lS.Ng5 RgS 16.Be3 h6I7.NfJ Ne2 I8.Bxa7 Nb4 I9.Bb6+ Kd720.NeS+ Kd6 21.Be7+ KeS 22.Re1+Kd4 23.NfJ+ Ke4 24.Re1+ Kf5 2S.Nh4+Kg4 26.g3 g5 27.Ngl BeS 28.Bb6! Bxb629.Nxb6 Ne4 30.Ne3+ Kh5 31.f3 Nd332.Re2 Nd6 33.Ng4 Rf8 34.Nxe8 RxeS3S.Rxe6 Rcl+ 36.Kg2 Rc2+ 37.Kh3 Nf73S.Rf6 Nfl+ 39.Nxfl

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39 ... g4+ 40.Nxg4?? NgS#When I made the [mal move, heexclaimed out loud, "Oh my God!" in thecrowded room.0-1From a recent Glendale Tornado:ft Chuck Carroll (2017)tKen Hamilton (1885)Trompovsky Opening A45

(annotations by Ken Hamilton)l.d4 Nf6 ~.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.e3 e6S.Nd2This was the first time I'd faced theTrompovsky so Ihad to spend timeinventing my response. Ididn't fancylosing a tempo by trundling the knightback to f6 soIwapped it.5 ...Nxd2 6.Qxd2 Bd6 7.Bxd6 cxd6By retaking with the pawn Iliminated anoutpost for White's Knight at e5 andopened the c-file8.NO 0-0 9.BdJ fSA little too rambunctious. I had visions ofplonking my knight on e4 as well as usingmy center pawns aggressively. AB the cfile was open, Iidn't expect Chuck wouldcastle queenside, but. ..10.6-0--0 a sI'm sure a developing move like Nc6would have been preferable, but Ihoughtan immediate demonstration on thequeenside might offset a likely onslaughtagainst my king.1l.h4 Nc6 12.a3 Bd7 I3.h5 Rf6Fritz suggests five options for Black, butnot 13...Rf6 as played: h6,b6,Qb6,RcS andRb8. Of those, my choice would be Rb8,threatening b5 and allowing g5! after14.h6. But Ir n angling to contest the h filewith aggressive -and undoubtedly rash-play14.Nh4I'm not sure what Chuck's idea was here.But it's not easy to find the right one, be ith6, RdgJ or something else - maybe13 Rf6 wasn't so bad after all..14 BeSInstead of going about business on thequeenside with, say, RbS I start abuccaneering attack on the h pawn IS.Be2BxhS?Now I played what I thought would be apretty little combination - that soon turnedugly16.Bxh5Rh6

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White has several ways to gain a deciadvantage here, perhaps the best beingopening up a retreat square at g2 forknight. Ididn't see any of this, of courIust thought Iwould get my piece bafter, say, 17.Qe2 Qg5 IS.BO Rxh4 .18.Qg5 is refuted instead by NO.17.Nxf5 exfS BO destroys Blaposition, as does 17.g4 fg IS.Ng219.Nf4 Rd8 (to enable e5) 20.Rhgl R21.Nxe6 ...17.NfJ g6 18.Bxg6Iwould have been less comfortableChuck played g4 here, too: [lS.g419.Rdgl gxh5 20.gxh5+ KhS]18...Rxg6 19.Rh2 Nb8... another move Fritz doesn't considebut Iike it! Ielt my knight had a befuture on f6 and, if White didn't get inone420.Rdhl Rg7At this point I'd taken 38 minutesChuck's 19; as the time control was g60, Ifelt Ihad better continue toadventurously and set White sproblems.21.RhSRh6 looks a li ttle better21...Nd7Assessment time! White's piecescommitted to the kingside, but haveobvious way to proceed; Black's piecesmore flexibly placed, but White's pstructure affords better endgame prosp- or so it seems ...22.Nel Nf6 23.R5h3 Ne4 24.Qe22S.Rlh2Not Qxb5? ... .Nxf225 ...b4 26.a4 Qb6Better was 26 . ...Qd7 27.b3 Qc627;NtJ Nel!?Here either b3, Qc6 or ReS would hgiven Black a distinct edge ...but - Isay adventurously, didn't I? With Whpieces bunched on the other side ofboard, I dumped the knight to unleash

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rooks and a-pawn against White'sunguarded king.28.bx.c3bxc3 29.Qb5I thought this was forced, but I didn't seeQd3 which would have been much betterfor White29...Qxb5 30.axbS a4 31.KblNot a bad move, but it makes sense toswap pieces when you're up in material -so Rg3 was stronger here.3L.RbSUnfortunately the other rook is tied to thedefence of112.32.Ka2 Rxb5 33.KaJ RbII'd planned 33 .... Rb2 - which still mighthave been better- but I didn't have time towork my way through variations like 34.Nel RbI then either Nd3 or Rhl (though,after churning away for a while, now Fritztells me they would likely at least producea draw)- so I thought I'd threaten both thec and the g pawns. And of course, I didn'texpect Chuck would have fallen for34.Kxa4?? Ra7 mate . ..34.Rhl Rxhl 3S.Rxhl Rxg2 36.RgIRxgl 37.Nxgl

I think Chuck probably thought the gamewas in the bag at this point, but I wasconvinced I had winning chances.37...e5I couldn't push my h-pawn throughwithout the support of my king, so I triedto lure the Knight up the board where Icould attack it and maybe gain a tempo-even at the cost of a pawn ..38.NO e4 39.Nh4 Kt7 40.Nxf5 h541.Kxa4 Kf6 42.NgJ Kg5 43.NxhSFiguring he had to give up his knight forthe pawn sooner or later, Chuck chosesooner [43.Kb5 h4 44.Nhl Kg4 45.Kc6KB 46.Kxd6 Kg2 47.Kxd5 Kxhl 48.Kc4Kg2 49.d5 h3 draws, as does 44.Kc6hxg3 45.fg Kg4 46.Kxd6 KB 41 Kxd5Kxe3 48.g4 Kd2]43...KxhS 44.Kb4At first ,Kb5 looks a draw: 44.Kb5 Kg445.Kc6 KB 46. Kxd6 Kxf2 47.Kxd5Chess i n In dia na

Kxe348.Kc4 Kd2 49.d5 Kxc2 50.d6 Kb251.d7 c2 52.d8Q clQ+ 53.Kb5 but then... e3, winning; or 53.Kh4 Qc3+ 54.Ka4Qa3+ 55.Kb5 Qd3+ wins.44...Kg4 4S.Kxc3 KtJ 46.Kdl KxflChuck resigned here. I imagine he was alittle stunned at the sudden reversal offortune.0-1And final ly, Paul Wick submitted thefol lowing Big Upset from the March

Glendale Tornadoft Bernard Parham (Sr.) (2065)1aul Wick (1237)Sicilian Defense B20

l.e4 eS 2.Qh5 e6 3.f4 Nf6 4.QO d6 5.g4h6 6.h4 Ne6 7.c3 Nh7 8.d3 Be7 9.QflBd7 10.Be3 Nf6 l1.Be2 Qb6 I2.Na3Qxb2 I3.Rbl Qxc3+ 14.Kf1 QxaJlS.Rxb7 Nb4 16.Qg2 Be6 17.Re7 BdS18.Rxe6 Nxc6 I9.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rxhl21.Qxhi Ng8 22.fS NeS 23.Qh8 Kf824.f6 gxf6 25.g6 Nxg6 26.Bh6+ Ke727.Qxg8 Rb8 2S.NO Be7 29.Qh7 Qxa230.Be3 Rb2 31.eS Nxe5Though way ahead inmaterial, Black stillmust be cautious - e. g. 3L .Rxe2 32. exf6Kxf6?? 33. Bg5+ Kf5 34. Qh3 mate!32.NxeS dxe5 33.Bxe5+ Bd6 34..Bxd6+Kxd6 35. Qxti Rxe2 36. Qf8+ Kd737.Qti+ Kd6 38.Qf8+ Kd5 39.Qd8+KeS 40.Qe7+ Kd4 41.Qd7+ Ke3 42.Qb5Qa1+ 43.Qbl Qxbl# 0-1

***(Cont. from page 14)***Solutions from Tactics Gallery

Seifert-Bender Glendale Tornado 11/171200 ISolution - as played 8 .... d3. If 9.e5 Qf4 wins.Evan Seifert played Bxd3 and gave up Qr andthen N on b l.,Kennedy-Carroll Glendale Tornado 10/20101Solution - as played 12 .... Nxe5 wins a secondpawn and the game, after (as played 13. Qh5). If13. Nxe5? Be8 14.Ndf3 Bxf7 IS. Nxf7 Rg8 16Nxd8 Kxd8.Inskeep-Caputi Glendale Tornado 10/Z0/01Solution (as played) 25. Rxe6 fxe6 Z6.Bxc6+Ka6 Z7.Qd3+ b5 Z8.Qxb5++Hamihon-Lewis Glendale Tornado 10/20/01Solution, as played 34 . .. . Bel + 35.Kxcl Rxe3 36.Resigns, because 36. QcZ Qal+ 37.Qbl Qc3+QcZ Rel++ or 36. QdZ Qal+ 37.KcZ Qxa2+38.KdI Qbl + 39.Qcl Rei wins Q. Analternative solution is 34 ...... Rxe3 35.Qxe3Be I+winning.

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Wick-Fansler Glendale Tornado 10Solution, 27. Rxd5!Qe6 28.Rxa5 Qxa2Rxa5 30.Nxb4; Black still a pawn upis still in the game. Played was27. Nx(Rxf4!) 28.Rd3 R.xf4 29. Nc5? (Nb6 wkept Paul in the game a little longer)White suffered for several more movgiving up.Criss- Parham Sr. Glendale TornadoSolution, as played, 23.Ng5! Berni23 . .Nxf4 when 24.f7 forced his reEqually useless wa s 23 .... Nxg5, whemates or wins the queen.Seifert-Bender Glendale TornadoSolution, as played, 8 ..... d3. If 9.e10.Qe3 Qxc4 Ll.exdti+ Be6 12.dxcwinning easily. Evan played 9.Bxd39.... QxbZ lost the rook, then soon the gaParham Sr.-Fisher Glendale10/20/01 Solution, as played, 40.h4resigned as Kc6 is met by 41.Nd4+ wpiece.Hill-Snyder Glendale TornadoJerry couldn't resist 17.Nxa7+ Kd8 - bWas more forcing: .... Kb8 18.Nxc7 R19.Bf4! sets up killer pins onthe e-f ile ab8 diagonal,HilI-Snvder Glendale TornadoJerry played 18.h6, al lowing Cameron tthe defence with 18..... d6, thougeventually won. Here 18.d6 Qxd19.Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bxb7 wins a piecegame.Cole-Criss Indiana Class Ch ,Solution- Black's best chance to continuthough his game is lost, is 15 ... Bf5,play might well go 16.c6 Rb8 (Rd817.cxb7 Qxb7 18.Bxf7+ Qxf7 19.Q20.Qxa6 Rg8 21.Nb5 Bh3 22.Qe6+Qxd7 Kxd7 24.Rdl+ Kc6 25.g3.played 15 .... Bc6 and resigned after Q17.Bxf7+

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Book ReviewsWe received several review copy books from Everyman Chess here atthe CN! offices since our last issue. Two are reviewed here, plus a"reader's favorite." I 'd like to make this last a regular feature in CNImagazine. Ifa reader has a particular favorite book that he wouldlike to review, even if it has been out awhile, we'd love to share histhoughts on it with the readership. Kris Williams will lead us off inthis category.

READER'S FAVORITE:Stonnmg the BarricadesBy Larry ChristiansenGambit Booksreviewed by Kris WilliamsWhen you walk through your neighborhood bookstore, looking atchess books, or any other books for that matter, the first thing thatyou notice is the title. As superficial as it may seem it is true. Thatis what first drew me to thisbook. Ever since, the inside ofthe book has captivated me andleft me in awe. This book isclassified as a game collection,and it lives up to that distinction.By my count, it has 80 full, well-annotated games in it, all with acertain attacking flair of someform or other, ranging from greatattacks blundered away, toKasparov, Shirov, or Tal-likesacrif icial orgies that would blowyour mind. The only problemwith all these well-annotatedgames is that some of thevariations are about ten moves too deep for a 1200 player like me. Itis common in this book to see ten move calculations (with sub-.variations in between) two or three times a game.My favorite chapter was probably the first, entitled "Evolution of anAttacking Player." It is an extremely interesting autobiography of thecurrent United States Champion. The chapter's mere 22 pages getacross a world of .information, and it even included some obscurefacts about the Church's Chicken tournaments held in the late 70sand early 80s. The chapter also had some interesting games withChristiansen playing games against some of the past worldchampions, including Karpov and Spassky.My least favorite chapter was probably the chapter enti tled "How Notto Attack." This chapter was rather boring to me. It was because Ido not like to see a good attack ruined or wasted. This chapter mighthelp some people avoid game-losing blunders, but I do not think ithelped me in this department. From what I have seen and heard inmy day, positional players are somewhat opposed to attack andattacking books, but this book has more than its fair share ofpositional games. (As a matter of fact, I would say around 75% ofthese games in which attacks occur, are the fruits of positional labor.)Some of the most noted positional players of all time (e.g. Karpov,Petrosian) have great attacking games that arose from 30 or so movesof dry positional play. Therefore, there is no excuse for a dry,positional player to dismiss this book based on its generalization asan attacking-chess book.

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Overall, this is one of the best books I have ever read. Though it hone or tw o points that one could complain about, (e.g. extravaganvariations), I would easily give the book a nine on a scale of ten.would recommend this book to anyone that wants to see a greattack or someone that wanted to see a collection of (mostly) superbplayed games. I deeply hope that a new book by GM Christiansewill be released soon.NEW BOOKS:Mastering The MiddlegameAngus DunningtonEveryman Chess $19.95(reviewed by Ken Hamilton)Angus Dunnington is a BritishInternational Master who hasauthored several books,predominately on openings, thathave received mixed reviews - onbalance more favorable than not."Mastering The Middlegame" is awell-produced book of 144 pagesset in easily readable format withplenty of diagrams. Comprised ofsix chapters: "Attacking the King;Defending; Opening Lines; Usingthe Pieces; Using the Pawns and Further Ideas;" too many of its 1pages are given over to Contents, Introduction and "Summary" pagthat do little more than help pad it out.Each chapter includes sub-headings - for example, with"Attacking the King" are "The King in the Centre, CastlingOpposi te Wings, Eliminat ing Defenders" and -somewhat strangely!"Stay Alert!" Each game starts from a diagram - I only found ogame where the opening moves were shown - and each has at leatwo diagrams, often four, enabling one to play through many of texamples in one's head, though more can be gleaned from this boby setting up the positions and playing them out. The textsprinkled with barely memorable "Tips" and "Warnings." At the eof some chapters, but, puzzlingly, not all , Dunnington gives four qudiagrams, and each chapter ends with a four-line summary, e.g.rook on the seventh rank can be devastating, The queen's versatiliallows for special sacrificial options not available to other piecePatience is the key when holding bishops against knights," and "Tinitiative is paramount in opposite-coloured bishop middlegames."was disappointed the diagrams had no "W" or "B" at their sideindicate who which side was on move; it meant that I had to consuthe text to find out - a minor irritation, perhaps, but a surprisinomission nowadays.Dunnington has done a conscientious job in selecting and annotatingames demonstrating certain themes, and if you play through theyou're bound to learn something useful. However (due, for examplto the addition of "Further Ideas" which could have been folded inother chapters and thus appears as an afterthought) I got timpression the book was put together too hurriedly. In fact, I fouits approach to middlegame methodology inadequate, with littattention given to how to go about position judgement and planninAs there aren't yet any reviews in the Amazon, Barnes & Noble aBorders websites I would recommend not buying it on the web unmore reviews than mine are available and, preferably, until you cvisit a bookstore and examine it. Each of these websites list the bobelow its cover price.

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You won't master the middlegame by merely reading this book; asKotov points out in his superb (but alas now out of print) "Play LikeA Grandmaster" one must play hundreds of games to be able tounderstand positional play ... but it's not a bad read. However, thereare several other books you might consider, among them Silman's"ReAssess Your Chess" (of course!), Watson's marvelous "Secrets ofModem Chess Strategy" as well as Nimzowich's "My System" and,finally, another timeless classic, Pachman's "Modern ChessStrategy," all, with the exception of Watson's book, obtainable atcomparable or lower prices from Amazon.com - where you ca n alsocheck out readers ' reviews.French ClassicalByron JacobsEveryman Chess 2001176 Pages; FAN(reviewed by Nate Criss)French Classical by Byron Jacobs isthe kind of chess book that Iike toread. It contains over 70 completegames by leading grandmasters.ALL of them are annotated veryclearly by Jacobs. Unlike othermajor works on the French theannotations in this book do notconsist mostly of variations insidecurly braces which are inside other variations contained insidebrackets inside the parenthesized main sub-variation which areharder to fol low than this run-on sentence.The annotations in this book are book are a good combination ofprose and theory. A good example is the following comments of theposition occurring in Almasi-Anderson, Ubeda 1997. After l.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.BgS dxe4 S. Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.NfJ b68.Bc4 Bb7 9.Qe2 c6 10.0-0-0 Qc7 1l.Rhel Nd7 12.Kbl 0-0-013.Ba6 Bxa6 "Black has tinkered with a number of different movesin this position but the respective strategies are basically the same.White exchanges light squared bishops then tries to engineer acentral breakthrough with c2-c4 and d4-dS. Black on the other hand,will try to restrain d4-dS and perhaps even attack the d4 pawn with asubsequent ... f6-f5 and ... Bf6."This Book covers more than just the topical Burn variation. It alsocovers all of the mainlines including 1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. Nc3 Nf64.e5 and 4. BgS Be7 5. e5 Nfd7. My favorite part of the book was the20 page chapter on the McCutcheon variation (4 .... Bb4). Ihave afeeling that the McCutcheon is going to soon replace the Burn as thetopical line.I am slightly disappointed that this book lacks an "Index ofVariations" however it makes up f

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