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Northwest ChessFebruary 2006, Volume 60,2 Issue 692
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The Seattle Chess Club was the siteof the Challengers' Cup and the SeattleCity Championship on Martin LutherKing k weekend. Thirty-three playersparticipated,though tw(}-Dan Mathewsand NM Nat Koons-played in both the EnglishCup and the Championship. Ricky Setzler (2026)
. The four-round Challengers' Cup NM Nat Koons (2233) ,was dominated by 2026-rated Ricky Seattle, WAChallengers Cup (2) 2006Selzler. He beat the onlytwo Masters in 1.c4 c6 2.~13 d5 3."c2 ~16 4.g3 g6the eventas wellas the third-rated player. 5.Ag2 Ag7 6.0-00-0 7.d3 as 8.~bd2A draw with Curt Collyer, the number ~a69.a3A1510.Elb1"d6four seed, gave Ricky three-and-a-halfpointsand a ticketto theWashingtonStateChampionship. Ignacio Perez finishedsecond, losing onlyto Ricky en route to a3-1 score.
Sicilian Kalashnikov
Ignacio Perez (2198)Ricky Setzler (2026)
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Ignacio Perez (2198)Josh Sinanan (2046)
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Latvian Gambit
Geoffrey Gale (2048)Clint Ballard (1928)
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Koons, the top player in both theCup and the City Championship, suf-fered an upset in the first round of theChampionship to H.G. Pitre and neverrecovered. With LM Viktors Pupolsgiving up a draw to Steve Fabian inround one and then doing the Saturday-bye two-step, the door was open forthird-ranked Blake Salisbury of Oregonand he burst through, scoring 4.0/5, onepoint ahead of Pupols, Pitre, Fabian,who trekked over the Cascades to play,and Darren Wu.
February 2006
King s Gambit Accepted
H. G Pitre (1848)NM Nat Koons (2233)
Seattle, CityChampionship (1) 2006
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QGD Semi-SlavLM VIktors Pupols (2216)Steve Fabian (1682)
Seattle, City Championship (1) 20061.d4ll)f62.c4c63.ll)f3 d54.flc2e65.e3Ad6 6.ll)c3 a67.a4dxc48.hc4ll)bd79.0-00-0 10.h3e511.ftd1 "c712.a5Ab413."a4hc314.bxc3e415.ll)d2b516.axb6~617."a5"a718.Ab3fte819.c4 ftb820.Aa3ll)bd721.Ad6ftb6 22."&2 c5 23.dxc5 ftc6 24.Aa4ftxc5 25.hc5 flxc5 26."a3 figS27."d6 ttle5 28.d>f1 hh329.gxh3"h4 Draw
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LM Viktors Pupols (2203)H. G Pitre (1848)
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<' Slav ExchangeBlake Salisbury (2065)LM Viktors Pupols (2203)
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The Reserve section of the City Joh~ Homicide (1438)Championship was tightly fought about DaVIdKelly (1272)40% of the games were drawn. T~coman Seattle, CityReserve (4) 200DSteveBuckcoastedthroughthefirstfour 1.e4e62.d4d53.e5c54.c3ttlc65.ll)13rounds to a one-point lead. In the final Ad7 6.iLe2 ttlge7 7.ttla3 ttlg6 8.ttlc2round he encountered a roadblock in the as 9.0-0 iLe7 10.iLb5 ll)cxe5 11.a4person of Nathan Lee. The two shared ttlxt3+ 12.ffxf3 Axb5 13.axb5 c4 14.first-second on 3.5 points. The slew of ttla3 b6 15."d1 0-0 16.b3 cxb3 17.
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EnglishSteve Buck (1769)Nathan Lee (1550)
Seattle, CityReserve (5) 20061.c4 c5 2. ttl13 ttlc6 3.ttlc3 ttlf6 4.g3 d65.Ag2 e66.0-0 iLe7 7.d4cxd48.ttlxd4Ad79.b3a610.Ab20-0 11."d2ffc712.ftfd1 ftab8 13.ftac1 lIfd8 14.e4ll)xd4 15.1!!fxd4"c5 16."xc5 dxc517.e5 ttle8 18.ttle4 Ac6 19.Aa3 b620.iLb2 ftbc8 21.ttld6 ttlxd6 22.exd6f!xd6 23.f!xd6 Axd6 24.f!d1 Ae725.hc6 ftxc626.f!d7 Af827.iLe5f628.Ac 7 h6 29.a4 as 30.iLb8 h5 31.f!b 7iLd6 32.d>g2 Wh7 33.h4 Wg6 34.f4Axb8 35. f!xb8 Wf5 36. f!d8 g6 37. W13e5 38.f!d5 f!e6 39.fxe5 fxe5 4O.d>e3d>g4 41. We4 Wxg3 42. f!d3+ Wxh443.Wd5 f!e8 44.Wc6 g5 45.Wxb6 g446.d>xc5 g3 47.Wb6 g2 48.f!d1 Wh34.9.c5 d>h2 50.c6 g1=tt+ 51.ftxg1Wxg152.Wxa5h453.Wb6h3 0-1 .
lIeB 15.a4 g5 16.Ag3 16 17.c4 dxc418.hc4ttlxc419.ftxc4 ftxc420.ttxc4~xg3 21.hxg3 tlc8 22.lIc1 tlxc423. ftxc4 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25. ftM Ad326.ll)e1 Ac427.ll)c2 f!a828.f!b2Wf729.f3 d>e7 30.Wf2 q"d631.d>e1 h532.Wd2 iLf1 33.ll)e1 f!a3 34.e4 g435.ftc2 b4 36.ftb2 b337.d>c3 fta138.ll)d3 gxf3 39.gxf3 hd3 40.Wxd3f!g141.f!xb3 ftxg342.d>e3 f!g1 Draw
EnglishSteve Buck (1769)Eric Thorsen (1500)
Seattle, CityReserve (2) 2006
1.c4d62.g3e53.Ag2 154.ll)f3ttlf6 5.d3Ae76.ttlc3 c67.0-0 0-0 8.a3a59.f!b1ttlbd710.Maxb411.axb4ttlb612.Ae3e413.ll)d4"e814.1!!fb3ll)bd715.ttle6ttlc5 16.bxc5 iLxe6 17~cxd6 hd618.dxe4ll)g419.Ad4c520.ttlb5hg321.fxg3 cxd4 22.ll)xd4 Ad7 23.ttlxf5Axf5 24.exf5 ll)e3 25. f!f2 ttlxg226.Wxg2ffc6+27.Wg1 f!ac828.ttxb7ttxc4 29.ttb3 1!!fxb330.f!xb3 f!fd831.e4 h5 32.f!e3 f!d1+ ~3.Wg2f!cc134.e5 1-0
Center-Counter
Nathen Lee (1550)Eric Thorsen (1500)
Seattle, CityReserve (4) 20061.e4 d5 2.exd5 ttlf6 3.ttlc3ll)xd5 4.Ac4ll)b6 5.Ab3 Af5 6.d4 e6 i.ll)ge2 h68.Ae3 Ae7 9.ffd2 ttlc6 10.ffd1 ffd711.ll)g3 iLg6 12.ll)ce4 ll)d5 13.Ac1ll)f6 14.ttlxf6+iLxf615.c3 e5 16.dxe5'ttxd1+ 17.hd1 ll)xe5 18.ttlh5 ttld3+19.Wf1 ttlxc120.ttlxf6+gxf621.ftxc10-0-0 22.iLg4+ Wb8 23.f!d1 c524.Ae2 Wc725.13a626.d>f2b5 27.a3c4 28.f!he1 d>c6 29.f4 d>c5 30.ftxd8f!xd8 31.f!d1 lIxd1 32.iLxd1 iLf5
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33.We3 a5 34.Ae2 M 3S.axb4+ axb436.cxb4+ d>xb437.<;Pd4d>b338.Axc4+<i>xb239.Axf7 Wc2 40.h3 Wd2 41.g4Ac8 42.<1>e4 <1>e243.<1>d5<i>f344.15Wg3 45.Wd6 c;t>xh346.Ah5 <;Ph447.d>e7d>g548.Wf7 Aa649.We7Ac4so.Wf8 Ae2 51.Wg7 A13 52.Wf7 Ae2 53.d>e7 A1354.d>f7 Ae255.d>g7 A1356.Wf7 Ae2 57.We7 A13 Draw
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American Chess Bulletin, June-December 1904,Volume 1. A monthly record. or the Rews and Games or Rational and International Importance edited and
published by Hartwig Cassel and Hermann Helms.Reprint by Publishing House Moravian Chess, Czech Republic.
by Russell (Rusty)Miller
My interest in chess history causedme to purchase this book. TheAmericanChess Bulletin, which was to run until1963, got started because of the Interna-tional Masters' Tournament, won byFrank J. Marshall, held at CambridgeSprings, Pennsylvania, in 1904. Volume1,Number 1 is 40 pages and is all aboutthe.Cambridge Springs event. First, eachof Marshall's fifteen games, all with afew notes by him, appear. The notationis, of course, the oldkind, descriptive (R-Q7 QR-Kt, PxP, K-R). All 120 gamesplayed in Cambridge Springs are in thisfirst issue of the magazine, though therounds are not in order and onlyMarshall's are annotated. Also includedis a one-page summary of Marshall'scareer plus much information about
people who helped make the CambridgeSprings event happen. Even the namesand towns of the people who brought thesets, boards and clocks used in the tour-nament are available.
The whole book is 148 pages longand the reproductionis not the best. Someof the diagrams are small and unreadable,as is some of the print. The followingheadings that I have made will give onean idea of what is in the volume: GameScores (from Cambridge Springs, Chi-cago vs Twin Cities, City of London CC,Coburg, Hastings, Manhattan vsFranklin, Rice Gambit, St.Louis ChessCongress, Sylvan Beach, Western ChessTourney), Tabulated Tourney Scores,Portraits and Groups (some of these areclear; some are not), Matches and Tour-naments, Miscellaneous [such as Chess
Club Directory (nothing in Washingtonor Oregon listed) a poem, Chess in SanFrancisco, obituary (only one and nonames given or any information for thatmatter other than being the fathers ofMarshall and Showalter), publishers an-noUncementson 6 pages and muchmore],Problems and End Games.
Quite interesting that there are adsfor a SteamshipLine,a hotel,a NewYorkCity Cafe, and a cigar company. TheAmerican Chess Company was sellingchessmen and boards plus a few chessbooks-Morgan s Chess Digest, CooksCompendium and Happern s Sympo-sium-in one ad. It would be nice topurchase more volumes,but they are notcheap. And they must be purchased fromEurope, as no dealer in the USA stocksttwm. .
Oregon Chess FederationPresents
2006 Oregon High School ChampionshipMarch 18th& 19th,2006
At ChessWays, 1626 Willamette St, Eugene OR 97401Contact Jerry Ramey (541) 232-0328; [email protected]
Championship: Winner qualifies for the DENKER National Tournament ofHigh School Champions and is declared the Oregon High School Champion.Winner's Cup & Denker Scholarship, 4 Places, UI600, U1400 & U1200 trophies.
OPEN to all Oregon high school players. Registration limited, so pre register.
FORMAT: 5 Rds, G/120, (or TD may choose 3 Rds, G/60 & 3 Rds, G/120, or accel. pairing).
FEES: $25 advance registration, $30 at site. Checks payable to ChessWays; Mail to:1626 Willamette St, Eugene OR 97401. USCF and OCF membership required.
REGISTRATION: Sat.8:30-9:30AM. Play begins at 10:00AM.
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The Seattle ChessClub institutes
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Schedule
Sat., March 11
Sat., April 9'1
Sun., May 7 ($10EF)
Sun., June 11
Sat., July 8
Sat.,August 19 ($10EF)
Sun., September 17
Sat., October 7
Sat., Nov. 17 ($10EF)
Sun., December 10
TC: GIS
Reg.: 11:30a-12:30p
1st Rd: 1:00
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RatingsThe SCC will set up and main-
tain a rating system. Initial ratingswill be based on USCF ratings.
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Format: 12-24 games Holland System (Preliminary &
Final Round-Robins); if fewer than 12 players, then
2xRR with prizes for 1st and bottom half
Example 1: 30players + three 10-player RRs+ top 4from each to 12-player Final A RR,next 3 from each to9-player Final BRR,and bottom 3 from each to 9-playerFinal C RR
Example 2: 12 players + two 6-player 2xRRs+ top 2from each to 4-player Final A 2xRR,next 2 from eachto 4-player Final B2xRR,and bottom 2 from each to 4-player Final C 2xRR
Prize Fund and Prizes: at least 80%of total EFsminus
$15; token prizes to winners of preliminary RRs, 40-I
50%of prize fund to winner of Final.A, 20-30%to win-ner of Final B, 10-20%to winner of Final e
Example 1: 30 players @$5 + $$108+ $6 to winner ofeach preliminary RR, $50 to winner of Final A, $25 towinner of Final B,$15 to winner of Final C
Example 2: 12 players @$5 + $$40 + $4 to winner ofeach preliminary RR, $18 to winner of Final A, $8 towinner of Final B,$6 to winner of Final C
Entry Fees: $5 (March, April, June, July, September,
October, December) or $10 (May, August, November);
those who are not members of the see must pay anadditional $1 tournament-membership fee
SeattleChess Club, 17517 15 Ave NE, Seattle WA98155
Info: 206-417-5405, 206-242-7076, [email protected]
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Like several other well-known running backs, including Jim Brown, BarrySanders, Priest Holmes, and Curtis Martin, the Seahawks' ShaunAlexandersacrifices to Caissa. "I just love what chess is all about. To me, it is just a
great strategy game," he explainedto N. Y.TImesreporter Dylan McClain. To provehis devotion to Caissa and because he believes that "[p]artof being successful islearning how to think," he donated $7500 to sponsor an America's Foundation forChess [AF4C] in~lass chess program at Seattle's Madrona Elementary School. AsAlexander explained, "When I first learned of this program, 1 knew this was aunique approach to teaching children important skills that will help them make theright moves in school and in life. I also knew that I wanted to support AF4C inproviding this innovative educational tool to the teachers and students in some ofour most challenging classrooms."
Sprint Communications, which has suported the Shaun Alexander Foundationsince 200I by providing free wireless equipment and service, sponsored a chesstournament for Madrona's 150 second and third graders, i.e., those in the AF4CFirst Move program. Held on Monday, January 23, the event featured a first prizeof an all-expenses-p8idtrip for four to Hawaii to see Shaun play in the 2006 ProBowl on February 12. .
Photo courtesy of America's Foundation for Chess and Sprint
Tournament winner Gerume Malaku (L) takes on Shaun Alexander (R)
Eugene Chess ClubReport
By Phil Carson
The Eugene Chess Club meets Thurs-day nights 7pm at 1626 Wtllamette Streetin Eugene at the Veteran's Club on thesecond floor in the Chess Ways Studio.Club president is the irrepressible GlennRomprey. Club telephone number is 541-653-2529.
The club is a casual affair, everybodyis on a first name basis, all ages are wel-come. Games are unrated. Weekly clubladder games are played for standings inthe club. The usual time control is gamein sixty minutes. However, do not let thelack of ratings or short time controls foolyou into believing that fighting chess isn'tavailable here.
The following game is an exampleof the play you may find at the EugeneChess Club. This game was played atthe WInter Theo'sCozmic tournament, agame-in-30 format and notation kept un-til the last five minutes. The winner ofthe game was the winner of the tourna-ment at a perfect 5-0.
Two Knights' DefenseJonathan-Phil
Eugene, Winter Theo sCozmic 2005Annotations by Phil Carson1.e4 e5 2.ttlf3 ttlc6 3.iLc4 ttlf6 4.ttlg5d5 5.exd5 ttla5 6.iLe2?! ttlxd5 7.d4 h68.ttle4 exd4 9.0-0 ttlc6 10.11e1 iLe611.iLb5 ttlf612.ttlbd2 iLe713.ttlxf6+iLxf6 14.1Ixe6+!? fxe6 15.iWh5+rJ;;e716.b3 ttd5 17.iLa3+ rJ;;d818.tte2? d319.bd3 lLxa1 20.iLc4 "e5 21."d1"d4 22."e2 e5 23.ttlf3 "14 24.g3 ttf625."d3+rJ;;c8 1-0{time} .
From the Business Manager:Northwest Chess could use a few donations to help cover expenses, including librmysubscriptions. Even small donations are helpful. Donations of $15 or more to the"knighthood" willbe listed in the magazine for a period of one year after the donation isreceived.
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9 Peake,Ethan 17891779 (1616)(1601) Wl610 You, Sean 14321428 (1288)(1290) L211 Gregson,Cameron 12741249 (1173)(1153) B12 Becker,Brett 16061585 (1464)(1434) Wl713 Stump,Kari WA 1529 1499 (1323)(1290) Wl414 Le Grove,Jeremy 654 688 (514) (551) L1315 Davey,Brent 1458 1412 (1418)(1361) Ll16 Fernandez,Matt 13871355 (1165)(1136) L917 Song,Tian 10581091 (1127)(1129) L12
SCC January Tornado 1/8 TO: Fred Kleist1 MurlinVarnerJr 1500 1520 D12 WlO2 Darby Monahan 1503 1518 Wl3 D33 Kamran Hughes 1668 1661 "9 D24 MichaelWang 1544 1531 Dl0 L65 Megan Lee 1518 1529 we B6 Eric Thorsen 1497 1510 Wl4 "47 SterlingKolde 1485 1479 D11 Wl28 Peter O'Gorman 1817 1800 L5 Wll9 Jennifer Apacible 1427 1424 L3 Wl4
10 WilliamU 1323 1326 D4 Ll11 Edward Strong 921 964 D7 L812 Peter Meisner 1224 1209 Dl L713 Ben Speakmon 1041 1037 L2 B14 Samuel Meisner 1067 1044 L6 L9
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PCC December Quads 12/6-1/9 TO: Michael Morris1 Raptis, Nick 2330 2342 -"""" 4.02 Haessler, Carl 2248 2251 L - " "" 3.03 Morris,Michael 2138 2127 L L - "D 1.54 Alpernas, Gregori 1957 1952 L L L -" 1.05 Banner, Richard 1800 1800 L L D L - 0.51 Kaiser, Brian WA 1668 1719 - " "" 3.02 Becker,Brett 1603 1624 L - "" 2.03 Stump,Karl WA1525 1529 L L -" 1.04 Yoshinaga, David 1733 1700 L L L - 0.0SCC Package Express 12/23 TO:FredKleist1 GeorgeFan (1414) (1430) -""" 3.02 BonnieYost (1034) (1108) L -"" 2.03 StephenWeller (1256) (1213) L L -" 1.04 Chris Babcock (915) (891) L L L - 0.0
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Gresham Open 1/7-81 Serres, Drew 1989 20252 Raptis, Nick WA 2342 23353 Haessler, Carl 2251 22434 Roua, Radu 2208 21985 Gutman, Richard 2085 20926 Morris, Michael 2127 21227 Tisinger, Steve 2049 20428 Daroza, Eduardo 2019 20109 Phillips, Blake 1997 2005
10 Foster, Raleigh 1868 191711 Ramey, Forrest 1845 188512 Gale, Geoffrey WA 2062 205313 Sinanan, Joshua WA 2050 205314 Alpernas, Gregori 1952 194615 Buck, Stephen WA 1834 184116 Dillingham,Gregg WA 1645 169017 Prochaska, Peter 2200 220018 Bishop, Alan CA 2041 202519 Peake, Ethan 1783 178920 Banner, Richard 1800 180021 Knutson, Keegan WA 1792 179822 Hosford, Michael WA1775 177823 Prentice, Gregory WA1803 181324 Gay, Daniel 1810 182925 Bannon, David 1786 178826 Jacobi, Gunther 1756 175827 Chen, Howard WA 1803 182428 Lundin, Robert 1720 172629 Levin, Scott 1550 161330 Bailey, Taylor 1472 151431 Fernandez, Matthew 1245 138732 Rosell,John WA 1855 184733 Yoshinaga, David 1700 170034 Midson, Tony 1264 130035 Yang, Muchen 1272 128736 Ball, Larry 1876 183937 Becker, Brett 1624 160638 Sinclair, Paris 1584 155839 Wentz, Dale 1531 151640 Markowski, Gregor 1375 139241 Reiner,Gerald WA 1573 155142 Burns, Elden 924 92043 Figone, Nick 1523 151944 Taylor, Michael 1591 159145 Sage, Glenn 1566 151046 Petersen, George 1325 1279
TD: Fred Kleist"2 we D3 "4 3.5Ll Wll WlO "3 3.0"6 "9 D1 L2 2.5D11 D7 "6 Ll 2.0L8 L6 B WlO 2.0L3 "5 L4 B 2.0B D4 P U 1.5"5 Ll P U 1.0WlO L3 U U 1.0L9 B L2 L5 1.0D4 L2 U U 0.5
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Challengers' Cup1 Ricky Setzler2 Ignacio Perez3 Curt Collyer4 David Bragg5 Geoffrey Gale6 Clint Ballard7 Matthew Wilson8 Nat Koons9 Eduard Shamilov
10 Dan Mathews11 Joshua Sinanan
Seattle City Championship 1/13-15 TO: Fred Kleist1 Blake Salisbury OR 2059 2060 "9 D4 W7 X D2 4.02 Viktors Pupals 2200 2200 D4 B B "3 D1 3.03 HGPitre 1802 1822 "6 B B L2 B 3.04 Steve Fabian 1680 1732 D2 Dl L6 B "7 3.05 Darren Wu 1676 1691 B L6 B "7 B 3.06 Nat Koons 2229 2216 L3 "5 "4 P U 2.07 Dan Mathews 1741 1709 B B Ll L5 L4 1.58 Matthew Wilson 1743 1754 U "9 U U U 1.09 StevenTaki 1675 1660 Ll L8 U U U 0.0
Reserve1841 1831 Wl61629 1642 B1556 1558 Dl01510 1538 we1500 1500 D131454 1496 W71288 1375 L61710 1668 L41561 1544 B1325 1427 D31424 1414 D141252 1267 B1305 1323 D51098 1175 D111313 1280 B1432 1400 Ll
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Peter Petrovich Lapiken1907-1983
By Rossen (Rusty) Miller (Chelan, WA), 60s. His results tended to decline afterTom Kalaris, 1M John Donaldson (Ber- about 1962, probably, in part, due to thekeley,CA), and back issuesof Northwest lack of serious competition in Montana,Chess and its predecessor The Washing- perhaps partly due to age. He was per-ton ChessLetter, and witb editorial assis- haps best known for his performance attanceandgameanalysisbyMikeMurray the U.S. Open in Long Beach in 1955(port Townsend,WA). U.S. Open infor- where he narrowly missed beatingmation from Jack O'Keefe. Sannny Reshevsky(the gamewas drawn)
Dr. Peter PetrovichLapiken was a strong ~d drew with. the event's Winner GMchess player who lived in the Northwest !,hcolas Rossolimo.from 1958until 1972, and quite likelythe A man of many talents, Lapiken wasstrongest player ever to reside for any a master at bridge as well as chess. Helength of tinie in the state of Montana. was also a concert level classical violin-He was born in Riga, Latvia, on July 1, ist who knew an amazing number of1901,of Russian parents. His father was scores by heart. Dr. Lapiken was thea RussianOrthodoxpriest andhe had two consummate gentleman. We've comeolder siblings, Nicholas and Irene. across many stories where he displayed
The familymovedfrom Latvia to the his co~y, pro~ssionalis~ and s~rts-far eastern Russia in 1915 and then to manship. At ~cial OCCasIOns,La~l~enHarbin, China, in 1916,where Lapiken's was often the hfe of the pa~, reclt~gfather found a position as a priest servic- from memory ~y poems, WIttylyn~s,ingthe city's large Russian population. It etc:, fro~ a vanety of authors and his-was there that Lapiken was educatedand tonc penods.in 1931graduated from the Harbin Insti- In the somewhat less cultured venuetute of Oriental and Commercial Sci- of the chess club in the back of Hansen'sences. He worked as a detective for the Famous Ice Cream in Missoula, MurrayFrenchpolice,he being fluent in Russian, remembers Lapiken chuckling while re-Chinese (Mandarin), and French. In citing the limerick:1935, he left with most Europeans and Thereoncewas a lass from Madrasmoved to Shanghai until 1939 when he Whohad a magnificentassemigrated to the U.S. He played in the Notlikeyouthink.WashingtonState Championshipin 1939 Soft;,roundand pip!<and the Mechanics' Institute Champion- Withfourlegsandlorgears andate grassship in 1940. He was attending schoolatu.C. Berkeleywhen the war started.
During the war, Lapiken eventuallyended up in Army Intelligencewhere heworked as a translator. He returned toBerkeley and completed his PhD inSlavic languages in 1949. He taught forseveral years at UCLA, then left to takea positionteachingRussian and Frenchatthe University of Montana in Missoula.He spent summers and his retirement inSan Francisco.
Lapiken never married. He also didnot play serious chess except in the sum-merswhenhewasn't teaching. He playedinnumerous u.S. Opens inthe 1950sand12
National and InternationalResults
Some of Lapiken's results that wehave been able to find:
1930's Twice (two years run-ning) chess champion of Man-churia, China.
1939 Accordingto Hugh Enoch-son who won the event, Peterplayed in the 1939WashingtonState Championship.'
1953 California Opentied for 1-2, out of - 80 players; bril-liancyprize
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Hollywood Club Championship6th/18
Herman Steiner Masters Tour-nament, 5th/12
1954 2nd Pan-American Chess
Congress, 8-9 out of -80 play-ers, behind Arthur Bisguier,Larry Evans, Nicolas Rosso-limo, Herman Steiner, JamesSherwin, & Isaac Kashdan.
California Open, 1thplace
1955 California Open, 4-8thoutof - 100players
US Open Long Beach Tied 52-10 score 6.5/12 drew withReshevsky and Rossolimo
1956 u.S. Open OklahomaCitytied 34-44 score 6.5/12
1958 U.S. Open(Rochester)251htied 16-32 with 1.5/12
1959 U.S. OpenOmahatied44-58thscore 6.5/12
1960 U.S. Open St. Louis tied23-38 score 1.5/12
i961 u.S. Open San Francisco,Lapiken is 13th on thecrosstable, scoring 8/12 with150 players
1962 U.S. Open San Antoniotied 12-19, scoring 8/1
1963 U.S. Open Chicago, score9/13
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1964 U.S. Open Boston
1968 u.S. OpenSnowmass/As-pen, Colorado
1969 U.S. Open Lincoln, Ne-braska
1913 U.S. Open Chicago
Lapiken in the NorthwestFor many years, the Northwest main-
tained its own rating system. It generallyused the same formulas to compute rat-ings as did the USCF, but rated many
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events not covered by the national body.Regional events, including those spon-sored by non-affiliated organizations,were usually rated. National events (e.g.,the 1966 U.S. Open in Seattle) were s0me-times rated if they bad a strong Northwestconnection. Northwest ratings tended toroughly reflect USCF ratings, but sincethey covered a different set of events andwere more current, they were rarely iden-tical, and a rated "Master" in one systemcould be an "Expert" in the other.
..Lapiken's Northwest rating in June,
1958, Washington Chess Letter (WCL)was 2015. That rating reflectedhis winof the InJandEmpire Open,heldApril 19-20 in Spokane, by a score of 5.5/6 overtwenty-six other players. He beat EgenJaensah, drew Gordon Cornelius, beatGeorge Priebe, F. H Weaver of Seattle,Dr. David Groenig and Dr. Griffith Par-ker, all of whom, saveWeaver,wereftomSpokane. The only player on the cross-table that is recognized as still active intournamentplay is Pat Hickeyof Seattle.
Lapiken's August rating was 2127NW. The change stems probably fromhis first place win on tie-break of theeighteenplayer Idaho Open.Equalinghis4-1 score were Viesturs Seglins and JimMcCormick both of Seattle. Lapikenbeat Dr. Groenig again, defeated HaroldHughart of Albany, OR, Viktors Pupolsof Seattle, drew Ben Greenwald of SaltLake City, UT, and drew with Seglins.He also won the twelve-player MontanaOpen at 5-0. The crosstable supplied byBill Lynch records that Lapiken beatTheo. Stalmach, H. Wendel, H. L.Meury, Adam Smith (who finished 2nd)and James Sheirie. There were 22 play-ers in other sectionsinthe eventheldMay3-4 at Great Falls, the 23rdtime the eventwas held.
..The February rating for him is 2194
NW. The December WCL reportson thefirst Northwest States Open held inMissoula,Montana,on November26-29.Richard Schultz of Seattle won 6-0.Lapikenplacedeighthon tie-breakat 3.5.He beat Ralph Hansen of Missoula, beatBuz Eddy of Seattle, drew JamesMcCormick of Seattle, beat John Bartoof Great Falls, lost to second place fin-
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isher Olaf Ulvestad of Seattle, and to The September Chess Life has theHerman Hesse ofBethleham, Pennsylva- crosstableforthe U.S. Open heldAugustIDa,who finishedthird. Lapiken won the 13.25 in San Antonio, TX. Lapiken fin.1959 Montana Open. ished with 8-4, good for 17'hplace in the
1111 field of 144. He beatA. Goddard, lost toThe April, 1960,NW Rating list has C fidalgo, beat T. Jenkins, drew USCF
Lapik listed. ly "Maste "with SI. etaIy Marshall Rohland of WI, lostenber ~unpHeasa USC: rated to k. Castle, beatA. M. Gardner, beat V.n
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f Radaikin of CA, beat G Kane, beat T.m e J.IQNIll r, Issue 0 Lux, lost to the tournament winner 1M
Chess Life. AntoniaMedina (10-2) of Caracas, ~-1111 ezuela, drew J. Sullivan, and beat F.
The January issue of WCL sees Street. The write up on the story saysLapiken, spelled"Lapikan," rated 2168. Lap~en was a Master. The gameagainstIt was not possible determinewhat event ~edina reached a Rook-v~.-~ook-and-caused this drop. Possibly,it mighthave Bishop endgame at the expll'atlonof thebeen an Idaho or Montana'event that the first time control. Medinaeventuallywonrating director receivedbut whichdidnot ~r ninehours o~play. Lapiken's:USCFappear as news in the WCL. rating was 2167 m December,which re-
The September WCLreportson 1961 :rs ~slseOpen result and we don'tU.S. Open held in San Francisco. The we.story followsthe adventuresofNW play- 198.ers, including Lapiken. He lost to Pal The May WCL reports on28th An-Benko in round four, Robert Byrne in nual Montana Open won by Dr. Peterround six,Arthur Bisguierin roundelven, Lapiken 5-0 overthirteenother players inand Zoltan Kovacs in round twelve, fin- the top section. He beat R.G Turner ofishing with 8-4, along with Ivars Kalispell,1.8. Spauldingof Helena,EllakDalbergs of Portland and lim Papp of Billings, lohn Barto of GreatMcCormick of Seattle. Falls and Dr. Adam Smith of Butte as
The November WCL reports Dr. , listed on th~ crosstable supplied to thisLapiken placed second with 4-1 in the report by B~ Lynch. T~-two play-Montana Open in Helena, Montana, on ers took ~art m the B S~on mthe eventMay 5-6. Forty-six players, in three sec- held April 27-28 at Kalispell.tions, participated. Ellak Papp took first September's WCL reports on NWat 4.5. The crosstable supplied by Bill players in 1963 u.S. Open held in Chi-Lynch does not list first names or home cago, August 11-23, at the Hotel Bel-towns as later tables do, but we learnthat mont. The November Chess Life has theLapiken beat Merierding, Smith, drew crosstable. Lapiken lost in the only up.Albert and BerkoH:then beat Roney. set in round one to David Edwards. He
beat RobertFranklin,DonnRogosin,Ben1.12 Carter of Berkeley, CA, and Harold
The May WCL reports on the 27th Stanbridge. He drew in rounds six andMontana State Championship held at sevenwith EdwardFonnanekofBerwyn,Butte, Montana, April 28-29. Lapiken IL, and with Gordon Dunham of Chi-topped the 4-1 score group on tiebreak, cago. He then lost to GeorgeBerry,beatbut took third behind Don E. Devere of John J. Pyne, beat Arthur Spiller of CA,Helena and Peter Irwin of Missoula who drew with Milan Mamic, whodrew eightscored4.5. Lapikendrewwith both win- games and lost none in the event, ofners. More-information from crosstable Leighton,AL, beat Roy Malletand endedsupplied by Bill Lynchwas Lapiken beat with a draw against GM Arthur BisguierEllak Papp of Billings, lames Sheire of to finish with 9-4, tied for 11-18thplace,Butte andWallyAlbertof MissoulaThere the same score as future GM Duncanwere twenty-four players in the top sec- Suttles. Jim McConnick scoredthe besttion and twenty-two in the "B" event. In of the NW players at 9.5 (drawing withthe July WCL, Lapiken (again spelled GM Lombardyinthe last round).Russell"Lapikan")appearedwitha NW ratingof Miller played in the 1963U.S. Openand2164. might have met Lapiken there. He does
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Endgame Mrestrofrom Vancouver
by 1M Eric Tangbom
Peter Biyiasas dominatedNorthwesttournaments in the 1910s. He alsoheld his own against the world's
eliteplayers in internationaltournamentsat this time. He could play the endgamelikethe very best. Ironically,he shares abirthdaywith Capablanca. In the follow-ing game, it's hard to find Black's deci-sive mistake. -
BO2GM Peter BiyiasasMosheKhatena
Pasadena, Us. Open 1983Annotationsby 1MEric Tangbom1.e4 ~f6 2.d3
Peter often played quiet openings toget out of the books.2...e5 3.f4 exf4 4.Axf4 d5 5.e5 ~fd76.~f3 Ae7 7.d4 0-0 8.Ad3 16 9.0-0fxe5 10.~xe5 ~e5 11.he5 nxt1+12.Wxf1 g6 13.c3 ~c6 14.Ag3 Ad615.1113hg3 16.1Ixg311f6+ 17.1112
White plays intothe endgame,know-ing he will have a lasting advantage.
17...1Ixf2+ 18.Wxf2 Ag4 19.~d2l'b8+ 20.Wg3 AfS 21.Ab5
White's advantage lies in his betterBishop.
21...~e7 22.11e1 11f7 23.Ae8 l1g724.lLa4c625.Ad1 Ad726.~f3~f5+
27.Wf2 11e7 28.1lxe7 ~xe7 29.We3Ag4 30.~f4 Axf3 31.Axf3 Wf732. c;fle5~fS 33.g4 ~h4 34.Ae2 We735.Wf4 Wf6 36.g5+ q;e7 37.Af1 ~f538.Ad3 ~g7 39.q;e5 ~e6 4O.h4 ~f841.Ae2 ~d7+ 42.q;f4 q;d6 43.Ag4~f8 44.Ae2 ~e6+ 45. q;g4 ~g7 46.Ad3 q;e6 47.c4
White wants to open up the positionfor his Bishop.47...b6 48.b4 q;d6?1
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Black should have tried 48...dxc449.hc4+ 1;;e7 50.Ag8 ~e6 51.hh7rtm 52.h5 gxh5+53.~h5 q;g7 54.Ae4~d4, although this is better for White.49.c5+ bxc5 50.bxc5+ q;e6
Now Black has a weakness on theQueenside as well as the Kingside.
51.c;flf4 ~h5+ 52.q;f3 ~g7 53.q;g4~h5 54.Af1 ~g7 55.Ah3 q;e7 56.c;flf4~e6+ 57.q;e5 ~d8 58.Af1 ~f7+
59.q;f4 ~d8 6o.Ad3 ~e6+ 61.q;e5~g7 62.Ac2 ~h5 63.Ad1 ~g3 64.Aa4 q;d7 65.q;f6
White had to see his 11st move be-fore playing this.65...~f5 66.h5 ~xd4 67.h6 ~e668.Ad1 ~xc5 69.q;g7 q;e7 70.q;xh7Wf7 71.Ah51
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The key move-alternatives lose!
71...~e6 72.Axg6+ q;f8 73.Af5~xg5+ 74.Q;g6 ~f7 75.h7 Q;e7
Giving up the g1-square loses out-right, although Black would not have aneasy time after 75...d4 76.~f6 c5 77.Ad3.
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Now White will use Zugzwang toWID.
76...c5 77.Ag6 ~h8 78.~xh8 Q;f879.Af5 c4 80.Ae6 c3 81.Af5 ~f782.Ad3 a5 83.Ac2 d4 84.Ab1 8485.Ac2 83 86.Ad3 ~f8 87.Ag6! 1-0
Good booksto studyto get better atthe endgame: Capoblanca s Best ChessEndings by Chemov and Rook EndingsbyMednis. .
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not rememberfor~, ~ut thinks ey. section had twenty-two players, with 62meet som~wh~re In hi~ c~ess plaYIng players in the whole event. Dickdays. Lapiken s NW rating m September Vandenburg, editor of the Idaho Chesswas 2195. Bulletin describedLapiken inthe Marchi18.. April issue, supplied by Bill Lynch, as
The May WCL coversthe 29thMon- "one of the top players inthe country,and
tana Open won by Ted Brown o~Mi~- [he]. holds a USCF master '.s rating. Thisarticleis a workinprogress. I'vesoula (who won the ~lass B sectJon m ~.iken seems to slack off ~li~e play- used version 23. The years 1965-1983 as1963) at 4.5/5. Lapiken was second, mg m local tournaments, which ISeasy to wellas a numherofgames,includingdrawstopping the 4-1 score group on tiebreak. do when rating and reputation are not at withReshevskyandRossolimoas wellasaHe lost to Brown in round three and beat stake." Lapiken was electedPresident of loss toFischerwillappearin up comingis-Jack Fitts of Great Falls,Wasyl Jarosz of the MCA for the next year at the annual mes.-the editor
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meeting held during the event. Other in-formation from crosstable supplied tocompilers by Bill Lynch.
The April NW rating for Lapiken(this time spelled "Laplkan") was 2173.Lapiken played in 1964 U.S. Open inBoston,Massachusetts. .
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Holler's ChessColumn
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by Robert Holler
A: y of you readers ever tried on-linecorrespondencechess?A feweople told me they tend not to
play correspondence chess, because ittakes so long to completejust one gamein the mail. The Internet is a better wayto play correspondencechess, if you don'tlike the wait for 'snail mail.' I play cor-respondencechess on the Internet ChessClub (ICC). It is a great way to spendtime working on positions that you usu-ally don't have enough time to work onin face-to-facechess tournaments and al-lowsyou to practice openingsbeforeyouplay them elsewhere. Those are just acouple of the benefits. Even if you don'twant to join an Internet chess site, youcan always just e-mail another personyou know and start a correspondencegame that way.
Here are a few of my recent corre-spondencegames from ICC. My oppo-nents' namesmay be oddbut that is whatyou would expect from online chess. Ihaveseenvery fewpeopleuse their actualnames online. Enjoy. . .
This was a solid game from the begin-ning. The pawns for both sideslockedupand the a-file opened.
Benko Gambit
Robert Holler (1928)ozziejoe (1864)Internet, ICC Spring Quarter Final 2005Annotations by Robert Holler1.d4 ~16 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.~f3lLb7S.a4 "as+ 6.lLd2 b4 7.lLgS d6 8.~bd2 ~bd7 9.h3 g6 10.e4lLg7 11.lLd3 0-012.0-0 liae813.lie1
Last book move.
13...eS14.~b3
Blocks the pawn on b4.14..."c71S.1Wd2
White prepares the a5-advance.1s...lLc8 16.aS ~hS 17.a6 ~b8 18.lia216 19.1Le3 fS
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Attacks the pawn chain. Not 19...lLxa6 20.liea1 'Wb621.liaS, equal.20.1Wc2f4
Black gains space.21.lLd2 lLf6 22.~aS lif7 23.lLe2~g7 24.~b7 fua6 2S.~aS ~b8 26.~h2 hS 27.1Wd3lLd8 28.liea1 'fIe729.~f3 lIetS 30.~b3 a6 . . . Draw
After playing for awhile, my oppo-nent offered a draw. I declinedhis offer,but then offeredmyself when I didn't seeany progress.After further analysis whenthe game was over, my opponent had aslight edge. I don't think he had anythingforcing from the final position.
Here is a short game that was goingalongjust fine until my opponent's 18th,and even worse, 20tli move.
Sicilian DragonRobert Holler (1928)Fluid-x (1902)Internet, ICC Spring Quarter Final 2005
Annotations by Robert Holler1.e4cS 2.~f3 ~c63.d4 cxd44.~xd4d6 S.~c3 g6 6.lLbSlLd7 7.lLe3lLg78.0-0 ~16 9.f3 0-0 10.'fId2 a6 11.lLc4~aS12.lLd3 lic813.lIad1'f1c714. life 1 ~c41S.lLxc4 1Wxc416.lLh6lIcs 17.lLxg7 '1Pxg718.~b3 lIhS
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18...licc819.eS dxeS 20.lixeS19.~dS
19.94!? lih4 20.eS dxeS 21.'W1219...~xdS 20.exdS '1P16?
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I am not sure what exactly my oppo-nent was trying to pull off here except asuicidal King march.21.lie4 'fIc7 22.'fId4+..t>t5 23.h4 1-0
This was a long game in which my 25thmove had long term punishment alongwith it. . I could've kept the edge, but, asyou will see, I tried to get greedy and wina pawn or two.
Sicilian Pelikan
nosalt (2022)Robert HoUer (1928)Internet, ICC Spring Quarter Final 2005Annotationsby Robert Holler1.e4 cS 2.~f3 ~c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.fud4~16 S.~c3 eS 6.~db5 h6 7.~dS ~dS8.exdS a6 9.dxc6 axbS 10.cxd7+ lLxd711.1fdS 'flc712.lLd2 b413.lLbs lid814.lLe3 lLc6 1S.'fIc4 1fd7 16.lLxc6'fIxc6 17.'fIxc6+ bxc6 18.'1Pe2lLe7 19.lIhd1 0-0
[19...lIa820.a3=]20.lLb6
20.lixd8 lixd8 21.a4 bxa3 22.bxa3lia8=
20...lIdS 21.lIxds cxdS 22.lId1 d423.f416 24.fxeS fxe5 2s.lLc7 lIc8
25..J!e826.lLxeS lIxc2+ 27.lId2 lIcs 28.lLxd4 lIaS 29.b3g5 30.'1Pd3lia831.lIe2 q;f7 32.1112+'Otg633.g4 lId834.'1Pe4hS 3S.h3 lic836.'1Pd5 lid8+37.'1Pc4hxg4 38.hxg4 lic8+ 39.'1PdSlid8+ 4O.'1PeSlIeS 41.lid2 lId842.lLe3lL16+ 43. '1Pe4lIe8+ 44. c!>f3lIa84s.lId6 'Otf7 46.lIb6 lLe7 47.lLd2llxa2 48.lLxb4 lLxb4 49.llxb4 lIb2SO.'Ote4li12 s1.lic4 '1Pe6S2.b4lig2S3.'1Pf3 lIb2 S4.'Ote3 'OteS SS.'Otd3lIh2S6.'1Pc3lIh3+ 57.'1Pc21Ih158.bS'1Pd5S9.1Ic3 '1Pd4?6O.b6lIh7 61.lIb3
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The Ballard Anti-Draw Point SystemMr. Ballard states he is con-
cerned with the prevalence of draws,"particularly in the late rounds, andto White's significant advantage."
First, a draw is as valid a resultas a win or a loss. Not all draws areofthe so-calledGrandmaster variety.Nor are all draws due to lack of ef-fort on the part of the players in-volved. In My60 Memorable Games,Bobby Fischer included five draws.Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal,,among others, included draws intheir best games collections.
As for the prevalence of draws inthe late rounds of tournaments,could the reason possibly be thatplayers. .. [with]likescores... wouldbe similar in playing strength? Andis it not more difficult to win againsta player of equal strength than todraw?
Chess is supposed to be an equalcontest between two players. If theburden is put on White to win by al-lowing him one less point for a winand no ppoints for a draw, the gameis no longer equal.
Mr. Ballard goes on to say,"White willneed to play aggressivelyand get into unclear positions." Notnecessarily. In 1987in Seville,GarryKasparov, one of the most brilliantand resiliant fighters in chess historyhad to winthe last game of his matchwith Anatoly Karpov to retain thetitle of World Champion. Heopenedthe game with theEnglish, 1.C4. I
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can't quote him exactly, but in oneinterview, he said, "When I pushedthe c-pawn forward on the firstmove, Karpov visibly slumped in hischair, because he realized he was infor a long, hard fight." Here is a di-rect quote from the Keene, Good-man, and Spanier book on thatmatch (after3.g3): "Thestyleof com-bat inevitablyintroduced by this reti-cent move forms an immense con-trast to the fierce attempted matingattack launched by Karpov when hehad to win at all costs in Game 24from K-K II, Moscow 1985." Thereare more ways to win a chess gamethan by direct attack. Mr. Ballard,through his artificial and ill-consid-ered scoring system, would not onlydestroy the fairness of the presentsystem, but would reduce the widerange of options inherent in the gameitself.
Mr. Ballard wants chess to be"lively" with "speculative sacrifices,gambits, all-out attacks, a free-for-all, a SLUGFEST!"Mr. Ballardwantseveryone to play in "SLUGFEST!"mode. And to this end, he wants tochange the rules so people will beforced into that style of play. Who isMr. Ballard to say how I or any otherplayer should play? Should not thestyle of play that one adopts be de-termined by each player?
Mr. Ballard goes on to say, "Foropen sections and, certainly, GMevents, I advocate using BAPas THEscoring system." What does Mr.Ballard know about Grandasterchess? Has he ever considered thepossibility that, because GMsrely onchess for their livlihoods, they mayhave a totally different perspective onthe game than that of recreationalplayers? And that their perspectivemay be as valid as his own?
He closes his article by saying,"100%fairness is NOTthe goal." Evi-dently, 0% fairness is. That, and try-ing to force his, in my opinion, one-dimensional and juvenile conceptabout howthe game should be playedon the chess commmunity at large.
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WA Jr. Closed StoryDavidWydeis right, there should
have been six players. I tried to getsix, but only got four. The reasonsthis all came about is as follows:
DavidHendricks, the WCFScho-lastic Director,was to have organizedand directed the tournament, butwas unable to do so. He did not havethe time due to the fact that hecoaches a number of school chessteams and organizes and directsother scholastic tournaments as wellas tournaments for Microsoft ChessClub.
I offered to do the WashingtonJunior Closed for him, and he toldme to go ahead and do it. This wasabout December 3rd or 4th. I ob-tained a list of the highest rated kidsin the state and mailed letters to theones who played in the 2004 Jr.Closed as well as four or five others.
Kevin Binz,Andy May,and MeirLakhovsky e-mailed me that theycould not come. I received those e-mails on December 14th and 15th,two days before the tournament. Idid not have time to contact anyoneelse.
I apologizeto you, David,and theother three players for this. I wasfighting the clock on this and onlyhad two weeks to set it up. I shouldhave talked to DavidHendricks dur-ing the Washington Class. I couldhave approached all of the kids atthat time about playing in the Jr.Closed, seeing as they were playingin the Washington Class.
I like David Wyde's idea abouthaving a meeting about scholasticchess. I will be happy to participatein this meeting, if it can be set up.
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N ort:h'WVest: Grand Prix RulesMurlin Varner, administrator
13329 208th Ave. NEWoodinville WA 98077
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1. Event eligibility
1.1 Eventsmustbeadvertisedas Grand Prix (GP)eventsin the magazine Northwest Chess (NWC) with atleast one paid ad.
1.2 Eventsmust have sections available for all playerS.
1.2.1 Events limitedto masters, amateurs, seniors,juniors, women, club members, residents of spe-cific geographical areas, etc., cannot be consid-ered GP events.
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1.3 Organizers must remit $1 per entrant to the NWCBusinessManager,witha minimumofSi 0 per event.
1.3.1 Players used as "fillers" for a single round arenot counted, nor will they receiveGP points.
1.3.2 Players who never start the event will not becounted.
1.3.3 Allplayerswhoactuallyparticipatein the eventare counted, even those from outside the North-west.
1.3.4 Checks should be made payable to NorthwestChess.
1.3.5 Results, or the USCF tournament ill numbershould be sent by mail or e-mail to the director.
1.3.6 Events for whichpayment is not receivedshallnot be included in the final Grand Prix calcula-tions.
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1.4 Events are encouraged to require OCF IWCF mem-bership from all ORIWA players.
2. Player Eligibility
2.1 Players eligible for prizes must live in Washingtonor Oregon.
2.1.1 Determinationof residencewillbe taken fromthe USCF web site, unless other information isprovidedto the administrator.
2.2 To receivea cash prize, a player must be a currentmember of the WCF or OCF.
2.2.1 The business manager will check the winnersagainst the membership database and deduct thecost of membership from the prizes of all thosecurrently expired or expiring within the first twomonths of the followingyear.
2.2.2 Barring unforeseen circumstances, prizes willbe distributed betweenthe January 15thand Feb-ruary 28thof the followingyear.
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3. Prizes
3.1 The prize fund will consist of the funds collectedfrom each state and an amount gainedthrough spon-sorship
3.1.1 Sponsorship is not required for this programto operate.
3.1.2 Current suggested sponsorship level is $1000
3.1.3 The sponsorhas namingrights for the program,which should incorporate the words "NorthwestGrand Prix"
3.2 The prize fund shall be divided into separate poolsfor Oregon and Washington
3.2.1 The sponsorshipmoneyshallbe dividedequallybetween Oregon and Washington
3.2.2 Funds collectedfromtournaments shallbe des-ignated to the state wherein the event was held,regardless of the states of residenceof the partici-pants in the event.
3.2.2.1 Twentypercentof the collectedfundswillbe-come the fee for the administrator.
3.2.2.2 No sponsorship money will be used for theadministrator's fee.
3.2.3 Money within each state's prize pool shall bedivided into thirteen prizes.
3.2.3.1 First place in classes Master, Expert, A, B,C, and D-and-Belowwill receive 10%of theresultant prize fund for each state.
3.2.3.2 Second place in each of the above namedclasses shall receive5% of the prize fund foreach state.
3.2.3.3 The remaining 10% will ~e ~warded to theclass winner with the highest overall pointtotal in each state.
3.3 Ratings for class prizes will be monitoredthrough-out the competitionyear.
3.3.1 The highest official rating throughout the yearwill be used for the purpose of classification.
3.3.1.1 A player's starting rating will be that of theannual (December) rating supplement fromthe previous year.
3.3.1.2 Ratings will be verifiedsix timesthrough theyear, coinciding with the release ofVSCF'sbi-monthly rating supplements.
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Washington State Championship LineupThe 2006 Washington State Championship and Premier
round-robins are being on the weekends of February 11-12 and18-20 in Tacoma at the University of Washington, 210 DouganHall (approximately S 17th St. & S Jefferson Ave.). Roundsbegin at 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on the weekends, and at 1:00p.m. on President's Day, Monday, February 20.
FMSlavs Mlkhalluk Sammamlsh 2438FMJohn Readey Bellewe 2331NMNick Raptis Vancouver 2330FMWIlliamSchill Kirkland 2256NMNat Koons Kenmore 2236NMHarleyGreninger Hoqulam 2228LMVlktors Pupols Poulsbo 2200
5. Changes Matt Fleury Mountlake Terrace 21335.1 Anyand all changesin ~e aboverulesmust be RickySelzler Bainbridge Island 2049
acceptedbytheNorthwestChessBoard. . AdlLanka Mercer Island 1932 .February 2006 Northwest Chess
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3.3.1.2.1 Should the USCF alter the frequency orschedule of the official rating supple-ments, the GP will change to match thenew schedule.
3.3.1.3 During a participationyear,player may moveup one or more classes through official rat-ings changes, but will never move down aclass until the next program year.
4. Points
4.1 Players in a Grand Prix event shall be awardedpoints equal to their scores in the event.
4.1.1 This shall includepoints for full and half-point(
byes.
4.1.2 Players used as fillers and not counted for feepayment as above will not receive points for anyscore in the event.
4.2 Playerswho completetheir schedule shall receiveatwo point bonus.
4.2.1 Players who withdraw or forfeit will not re-ceive the bonus.
4.3 Multipliers will be applied to events with guaran-teed prize funds above a set threshold
4.3.1 The current multiplier levels are as follows
4.3.1.1 Events with guaranteed prize funds of lessthan $500 will have a multiplier of one.
4.3.1.2 Events with guaranteed prize funds of $500to $999 will have a multiplier of two.
4.3 .1.3 Events with guaranteed prize funds between$1000and $1999 willhave a multiplierofthree.
4.3.1.4 Events with guaranteed prize funds between$2000 and $4999 will have a multiplier offour.
4.3.1.5 Events with guaranteed prize funds between$5000 and $9999 will have a multiplier offive.
4.3 .1.6 Events with guaranteed prize funds between$10000 and $19999 will have a multiplier ofSIX.
4.3.1.7 Eventswithguamnteedprize fundsof$20000Of'1llorewill have a multiplier of seven.
4.3.2 Multipliers for events with "based-on" prizefunds will be calculated at half of the advertisedlevel.
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1 Prochaska, Peter 51.5 $97.20 Raptis, Nick 264.0 $163.282 Roua, Radu 37.0 $48.60 Bragg, David 137.5 $81.643 Zaikov, Oleg 34.0 Collyer, Curt 131.04 Haessler, Carl 26.5 Pupols, Viktors 130.05 Harmon, Clark 12.5 MacGregor, Mike 109.5
Experts1 Salisbury, Blake 75.5 $97.20 Gale, Geoffrey 279.5 $328.562 Lin, Benjamin 51.5 $48.60 Bartron, Paul 168.5 $81.643 Brownell, Landon 47.0 Julian, John 1664 Morris, Michael 45.5 Kalina, Chris 1345 Daroza, Eduardo 35.0 Sinanan, Joshua 99.5
Class A1 Serres, Drew 136.5 $97.20 Cloy, Elston 127.0 $163.282 Banner, Richard 133.5 $48.60 Lanka,Adi 112.5 $81.643 Smyth, Scott 128.5 May,Andy 104.54 Gay, Patrick 70.0 Cambareri, Mike 100.55 Alpemas, Gregori 67.5 Lakic, Vlajko 94.5
Class B1 Gay, Daniel 140.5 $194.40 Buck, Stephen 159.5 $163.282 Becker, Brett 136.5 $48.60 Wu, Darren 128.5 $81.643 Hann, Anthony 70.5 Hughes, Kamran 122.04 Arun, Aditya 63.5 Attwood, Adam 115.55 Gagnon, William 63.5 Manber, Devon 95.0
Class C1 Terrill, Michael 97.5 $97.20 Countryman, Z. 144.0 $163.282 Bailey,Taylor 92.0 $48.60 Wang, Michael 115.0 $81.643 Porter, Nathan 56.5 Etingher, Const. 102.54 Midson, Tony 55.0 Piper,August 100.55 Kudva, Vikram 47.0 Lee, Nathan 97.5
Class D and Below1 Wang, Eddie 47.0 $97.20 Wu, Darryl 96.0 $163.282 Porter, Joel 41.5 $48.60 Omori, Jeffrey 85.5 $81.643 Esler, Megan 34.5 Li, William 85.04 Yang, Muchen 25.0 Marcjan, Karen 81.55 Boonshoft,Aaron 24.5 Apacible, Jennifer 80.5
BookNote
Bird's Openingby 1MTimothy Taylor
published by Everyman Chess in 2005pb., 224 pages, $22.95.
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by Robert A. Karch
If the Dutch Defense is a valid openingfor Black, then the Bird is even better forWhite, for he makes the same moves withan extra tempo! Taylor goes on to provehis point through analysis of games andof many typical middlegame andendgame positions.
I found that this opening is quite of-ten played: 22,994 games in my databaseof over three million games. There is awide range of Black replies, the mostpopular being 1...d5 (10,856), 1...lLIf6(3,466), and 1...e5-the dangerousFrom's Gambit (3,430).
In the introduction, Taylor givesseven deeply annotated GM games, illus-trating what can go wrong and why, goodand bad Bishops, placement of theKnights, and, above all, pawn structures.Playing over the games with Taylor's in-sightful commentaries certainly increasedmy understanding of this opening.
CIJapter One deals with the ClassicalBird (1.f4d5 2.lLIf3g6 3.e3 Ag74.Ae2lLIf65.0-0 0-0 6.d3 c5).
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According to 1M Taylor, White'smain idea is to advance the e-pawn to e4.If White succeeds, the two pawns lined upat e4 and f4 will dominate the center, fa-cilitate attacking chances and secure an
advantage. For example, in the line 7.lLIc3d4 8.lLIe4!lLIxe49.dxe4, White hasachieved his objective: pawns on e4 andf4.
In another version of the Classicalset-up, i.e., 1.f4 b6 2.lLIf3Ab7 3.e3 g64.Ae2 Ag7 5.0-0 lLIf66.a4! c5 7.d3lLIc68.lLIa30-0 9.c3 d5,
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White plays for queenside pressure beforeembarking on a kingside attack, reachinga well-known Classical Dutch position inreverse, with an extra tempo in hand!
The second major chapter is entitled"White's Queenside Fianchetto." Mostof it deals with b2-b3 positions, but theenterprising Bird/Orangutan, 1.f4 lLIf62.lLIf3 d5 3.e3 96 4.b4 Ag7 5.Ab2 0-06.Ae2,
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as played in Larsen-Dely, also appears.
But the exciting chapter you've beenwaiting for is the "From's Gambit!" 1M
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Taylor, a lifelong Bird specialist,statesthat this highlycomplexgambithasnot beep.refuted.1.f4 e5
If you are not inthe moodto meettheFrom, play 2.e4 and transpose into theKing's Gambit! That will certainly testBlack's knowledgeof opening theory!
2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Axd6 4.lLIf3 g5 5.g3 g4 6.lL1h4lL1e77.d4lL1g6 8.lL1xg6hxg6 9..d3lL1c6 10.c3
Black's attacking strategy has beenbased on aseriesof one-movethreats and,for the preparedplayer,can be easilymet.
10 e7 11.Ag2 Ad7 12.lL1d20-0-013.lL1e4!
Advantage White!
The book includes an index of the 53
complete games as well as an index of thevariations. Highly recommended for theBird specialist and for those who wanttolearntheBird. .
Washington PremierLineup
The Washington Premier, like theChampionship is a ten-player, FIDE-rated round robin. The winner is seeded
into next year's Chatnpionship. For siteinformation, see the Championship lineupon page 18.
FM DavidBraggMike MacGregorIgnacio PerezGeoffreyGaleChris KalinaBen WydeElston CloyMark RyanKevinBlnzAndy May
Bothell 2206Tacoma 2195Seattle 2198Seattle 2062Shoreline 1973Mercer Island 1973Shoreline 1903Seattle 1869Normandy Park 1870Vancouver 1862
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Book Note Chapter 10: Barly DeviationsAfter 4.1Vb3c5 5.dxc5 tLlc6!Black
maintains a flexible pawn structure, im-mediatelygivingthe middlegamea ratherunique flavor.
I enjoyed this well-organized book.Each chapter goes into great detail with
Chapter 4:Romanishen VB. many illustrative games, altogeth~rfifty.Classical lI'ianchetto !hey are deeply ~otated, often mclud-
4.e3 b6 5.Ad3 Ab7 6.lbf3 0-0 7. mg more games m the notes.0-0 d5 reaches a position reminiscentof Recommended for the Queen-a Queen's GambifDeclined, Tartakower pawn defender who wants a viable 81:'variation. ternative to the popular King's Indian
and Slav Defenses. .
Play th e N imzo- In dianby 1MEdward Dearing
published by Everyman Chess in 2005pb., 224 pages, $22.95.
by Robert A. ~h
1.d4 tLlf62.c4 e6 3.tLlc3Ab4 reach-es the starting position for everything inthis book. The author provides a reper-toire for Black against each of White'snonnal responses.
With or without the exchange on c3,Black retains flexibilityto engineera va-riety of pawn breaks, each dependingonhow the game goes. Black aims to setcomplex problems for White from thebegjnning!
Chapter 1: Clas8ical,Romanishen variation
4.1Vc2d5 5.cxd5 1Vxd5
Chapter 2: CluaicalWhite preserves tension with 4.1Vc2
d5 5.a3 Playthen continues5...bc3+6.1Vxc3 tLle4 7.1Vc2 c5, providing excel-lent winning chances with comparativelyless risk than lines with 7... tLlc6.
Chapter 3: Romanishen-PsakhisWtth 4.e3 b6 5.tLlge2c5 Black side-
steps an early exchange of minor pieces,and therebymaximizesdynamicpotentialdeep into the middlegame.
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Chapter S:Leningrad4.Ag51? c5 5.d5 bc3+ 6.bxc3 d6
7.e311Ve71
Chapter 6: 4.f31?And nowthe main line is reachedvia
4...d5 5.a3 bc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd51tLlxd5.
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Chapter 7: SiimischAfter 4.a3 bc3+ 5.bxc3, the author Hollers Gamescont'dfrompage 15
recommends the main line 5...c5 6.e3 f!b7 62.f!b4+ <t>c563.c;Pc3Q;c6 64.tLlc67.Ad3 0-0 8.tLle2 b619.e4 tLle81 <t>c4f!e710.0-0Aa611.f4f51
Chapter 8: Fianchetto4.g3 0-0 5.Ag2 d5 results in a
quasi-Catalan in which the Knight is veryoften misplaced on c3.
Chapter 9: 4.~f3 0-0This has the potential to transpose intothe Queen's Indian.
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65.b7?
After all that strong play, and thepunishmentof an extra pawn,White givesme the draw in a critical position. [65.<t>d41?iIf7 66.<t>e3iIe7+ 67.<t>f3iIf7+68.<t>g3]65...f!e4+ 66.<t>c3 f!xb4 67.<t>xb4Q;xb7 68.<t>b5<t>c769.<t>c5<t>d870.<t>d6 Draw -
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March 2006see 1Dl0line 206-417.~4O5 [email protected]:om www.seattlec:hessc:lub.org Se,ittle WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] www.tacomachessclub.netfinns.com. Tacoma WAsee IDfoline 206-417.S40S dldeist@c:s.c:om www.seattlec:hessc:lub.org Seattle WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORG. Dorther 253-S35-2536ggarychess@aoLc:omwww.taoomacbessdub.netftnns.com Tacoma WAJeff Holmes 541-469-3067 Brookings [email protected] http://clatskaniec:hessclub.tripod.com Clatskanie OR~3-246-2978 portiandc:hessdub@gmaiLc:om www.aboutc:hess.org Portland ORsee Infollne 2O6-417-S40S d1de1st@c:s.c:omwww.seattlec:hessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org " Portland ORsee Infoline 206-417-5405 c:fkleist@c:s.comwww.seattlec:hessdub.org Seattle WAsee Inlollne 206-417-5405 cf1deist@c:s.comwww.seattlec:hessclub.org Seattle WA
April 2006503-246-2978 [email protected] """"""""""""" Portland ORG. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAG. Dorther 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAJeny Weikel 775-747-1405 wackyyld@aoLcom www.renoc:hess.org Reno NVSCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA503-246-2978 [email protected] Portland ORSCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Sesttle WA
May 2006503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORG. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAG. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org ; Seattle WA604-221-7148 [email protected] www.bjdy.comljuniorchessIKeres_2006.html Vancouver BC503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORSCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WASCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAH.G. Pitre [email protected] www.nwchess.com TBA
June 20062,9 TCC Gambit Tournament . G. Dorfuer253-535-2536ggarychess@ao1.comwww.tacomaChessclub.netfinns.com.TacomaWAFiJ3 TCC Game-in-60 #3 G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA6 PeC Tuesday Quads begins 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org Portland ORFiJI0 SCC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAFiJI6-18 Emerald CitY Open SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA23,30 TCC Action Tournament G. Dorfner [email protected] www.tacomachessclub.netfinns.corn.Tacoma WAFiJ25 8 PeC Game-in-60 503-246-2978 [email protected] www.aboutchess.org ". Portland ORFiJ25 SCC Sunday Tornado SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA
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Open Events
February 200618 NSC ScholasticOpen (K,K-3,4-6) Elena Donaldson [email protected] www.chesspiayer.comINSC_reg.htm Shoreline WA18 8 St Valentines Tnmt (rated, K-12) Jerry Ramey 541-232-0328 [email protected] Eugene OR18 Groundhog Gambit (K-3,4-6,7-12) Chris Copeland [email protected] \ Spokane WA18 Brian Essman Memorial (6-9,9-12) Gary 253-535-2536 [email protected] Puyallup WA18 8 Diva Caissa Classic [email protected]://clatskaniechessclub.tripod.com """"""""""""""""" Clatskanie OR20 8 CapitolCityOiessFestival(K-3,K-6,K-12) Eric 503-931-5626 [email protected] www.08cforg Salem OR
NOTE: A 8 in front of the tournament name indicates an OSCF qualifying tournament.For more scholastic events, see inside back cover