TEXAS KNIGHTSThe official publication of the Texas Chess Association

Volume 48 Number 6 PO Box 501 Helotes TX 78023 July-August 2007

Houstonrsquos TH Rogers team national K-5 championsBrownsvillersquos Americo Paredes team are co-champions

Front Tristan Lim Victoria Zhang Vincent Zhang Tommy Williamson Michael HuangBack Martha Jenkinson (THR club founder and organizer) NM Jeff Ashton (coach) Story p 16

A Message from the President Treasurerrsquos Statementhelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 3TCA Advance Motions and Bylaws Amendmentshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 4Texas State and Amateur Championshipshelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 8Texas Action Championshiphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip14Community Day in San Angelo Lewisville chess in education workshop helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 15Houston Brownsville teams top Elementary K-5 National Championshiphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip16Warren Harper equal first at US Cadet Championshiphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip17San Antonio City Championshiphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip18Red River Shootout ndash Texas bests Oklahoma 22-20helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip 21US Championship Two from Texas make IM norms helliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphelliphellip26

Members Your 2007 TCA ballot is enclosed

TEXAS CHESS ASSOCIATION wwwtexaschessorgPresident Michael Simpson 316 W 12th St Ste 310 Austin TX 78701 512-779-5122 msimpsongmailcomVice-President Clemente Rendon PO Box 4988 Brownsville TX 78523 crendon44hotmailcomSecretary Drew Sarkisian 8100 Cutler Ridge Pl Austin TX 78749-2834 drewsarkisiangmailcomTreasurer Barb Swafford 2709 Longhorn Trail Crowley TX 76036-4719 roundsie1dot11netnetEditor Selby Anderson PO Box 501 Helotes TX 78023 210-695-2324 schachliedyahoocomWebmaster Peter Kappler pkapplergmailcom Tournament Clearinghouse Clemente Rendon crendon44hotmailcom Postal Chess Mario Leal mlealspamcopnetTexas Chess Association is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit corporation dedicated to promoting chess in TexasMembership Dues (annual) Regular $10 Junior (18 and under) or Student $750 Foreign Canada and Mexico$1250 others $1750 Patron $25 (receives 1st class mailing and Hall of Honor listing) Family $15 Non-subscribing $5 Club $25 (includes one free frac14 page ad a year) Scholastic Club $10 Foreign Club $40Send to TCA Treasurer 2709 Longhorn Trail Crowley TX 76036-4719 Give name address city state and zipcode also phone and e-mail (optional) Contributions beyond membership fees are tax deductible

TCA Hall of HonorEnrico Accenti familySelby AndersonLynne BabcockGerald Barnes familyJames E BerryJoe BradfordClarence Callaway JrJohn T CampbellMichael E CarpenterSan Benito CISDGW Church JrEdward Cotham familyBradley CunninghamDr Raymond DuqueRheanna English familyJose Espino familyMichael FeinsteinJose J GuajardoEdward Guetzow

JP HyltinToshio ImaiGeorge C John familyPeter KapplerJohn KoltsTom KuznierzMichael LangerPatrick Glen LeePatrick C LongJohn MansonForrest Z MarlerMark MarshallMark E McCueGeorge A MotaKan MuirJohn NivenRobert NobbitJohn PattyRobert B Potter

Tim RedmanJames RohrbaughLuis SalinasDrew SarkisianJose Luis SilvaMichael SimpsonAlex StandnykRobert SturgeonClatton SwaffordRodney J ThomasHarmon ThroneberryLouis ThurstonRick ToeniesGordon WeintraubAndrew Widener familyWilliam R WilliamsDavid Williamson

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Contributors this issue Jeffrey Ashton Frank Berry Tom Braunlich Tom Crane Franc Guadalupe Alexey RootLuis Salinas Jennifer Shahade Robert Sturgeon uschessorg Greg Wren

Game annotations if not attributed are a collaboration of NM Selby Anderson and Fritz 532

Send submissions by e-mail to schachliedyahoocom or mail to PO Box 501 Helotes TX 78023 (include phone)Deadline next issue Aug 15 All contents of Texas Knights 2007 by the Texas Chess Association Inc No part maybe reproduced in any way without express consent of the editor Ad rates $50page $35half $20quarter $1line

Correction to May-June 2007 In Langer-Plunkett (p 10) Blackrsquos 26th should be hellipNe5 not hellipNe3 (See p 21)

A Message fromthe PresidentThe month of June which I anticipated would be busybetween the National Open and the various TCA dead-lines for suggesting bylaws bidding for tournaments andelecting officers has become even more busy for me atwork Thus forgive me for a short message this time

Ive received some e-mails and comments from peoplewho disagree with me about class prizes While my posi-tion is not carved in stone I want to give people whowant to change my mind some advice Im 46 years oldGod willing Ill be 47 in August In my entire life I havenever changed my mind because someone called me stu-pid I think those who know me best will confirm I gen-erally have an open mind will listen to opposing view-points and will make sure those viewpoints are heard byothers But your arguments need to be directed at thematter at hand not the person arguing the other side Itsnot persuasive to attack people who disagree with youand besides its just rude As Yogi Berra might say Ifyou think ad hominem attacks are persuasive yourecrazy

Nuff said about that

I personally am excited to announce that the 2009 StateScholastic Championship will be held in the valley SanBenito ISD in conjunction with the McAllen ConventionCenter and Visitors Bureau will be holding the tourna-ment More details to be announced as we get closer tothe tournament

There are a slew of suggestions for changing the bylawsall of which will be considered at the annual businessmeeting at the Southwest Open The most important mat-ter for discussion however will be the Scholastic Com-mittees suggestions for amending the rules governing thedivision of the various sections of the Scholastic Tour-nament This is actually old business because it wasraised at the Scholastic meeting in March thus it will bediscussed before any new amendments

Speaking of the SWOpen please note that the top prizesat this tournament are guaranteed We are also advertis-ing the tournament in Mexican websites of interest tochess players as we anticipate that the location may be

convenient for Mexican players Im looking forward toplaying more bad chess at this tournament to match myhorrible woodpushing from the National Open (AlthoughI beat Christiansen this year No not Larry ndash his wifeNatasha) By the way if anyone with an interest in aes-thetics can explain why the Stardust was demolished butthe New Frontier and Circus Circus remain standingplease contact me immediately

And last but certainly not least congratulations to fellowAustinites Joe Bradford and Michael Langer for theirimpressive performances at the US Chess Champion-ship each of them achieving IM norms By the time thenext issue of TK comes out well know whether Joe hasbeen awarded the IM title on the strength of his perform-ance Of course now that hes retired and playing in tour-naments from Gibraltar to Canada it will only be a mat-ter of time

Thats all for now ndash see you in Brownsville

Michael M Simpson

TCA Treasurerrsquos ReportJune 13 2007

Sept 1 2006 checking account balance $ 1058481Income

SW Open fee and memberships ndash Sept 2006 $ 42650Texas Grade Tournament ndash Nov 2006 70500Paypal acct memberships 706-107 less fees 19970Paypal acct memberships 107-607 less fees 6458September memberships 40400October memberships 30300November memberships 14250December memberships 12000January memberships (incl Texas Masters) 20500February memberships 11250March memb (some monies in state checking ac)46100April memberships 20750May memberships (incl Teams StateAmateur) 95750Region 2 2007 scholastic tournament ndash 107 17900Region 5 2007 scholastic tournament ndash 207 23100Region 6 2007 scholastic tournament ndash 207 30500Region 7 2007 scholastic tournament ndash 207 15500Contribution from Julie Blasingame 1500Contribution from Robert Nunnally

for Texas Polgar Invitational 20000Texas Knights back issue request 300Total $ 539678

(Continued next page)

4

ExpensesTexas Knights Sept-Oct issue $ 90000Texas Knights Nov-Dec issue 119498Texas Knights Jan-Feb issue 107589Texas Knights March-April issue 121506Texas Knights May-June issue 91315mailing charge - Nelda Rogers 2449James Widener - Webmaster - Sept 2006 80000TCA Affiliate membership with USCF (2 years) 8000bank charge 300Anjali Datta 2006 Polgar attendee 60000Darwin Yang - 2006 World Youth attendee 59900Ellen Dai - 2006 World Youth attendee 59900Sylvia Yang - 2006 World Youth attendee 59900Evan Xiang - 2006 World Youth attendee 59900Ellen Xiang - 2006 World Youth attendee 59900Texas HS champion entry to Texas StateAm 5500ldquoSeed moneyrdquo to begin 2007 state scholastic 100000Event Insurance for 2007 March 2007 93900Texas Masters Tournament ndash 107 100000Chess In Education Workshop ndash 307 50000Texas Polgar Invitational prize fund 20000Total $ 1349557June 13 2007 checking account balance $211523Savings account balance $3390790

Respectfully submittedBarbara Swafford

Mexia ISD Chess Club(50 miles south of Dallas)

2006-07 Match Record 3-3Mexia is willing to play anyhigh school 6-man team in

the Houston to Dallas toTemple triangle

Contact us atEpaynemexiak12txusSponsor Mr Eddie Payne

TCA Advance Motions(in order received)

Five (5) motions by Luis Salinas1 Move that the Dallas Chess Club be awarded $1000to run the Texas Masters (This tournament will proba-bly be run in January at UTD)

2 Move that until TCA or USCF establishes a train-ing program that the World Youth Qualifiers fromTexas have their entry fees reimbursed by TCA forthe following tournaments Texas Masters TexasState and Amateur and Southwest Open (This shouldcome from the proceeds of the state scholastic and not thegeneral fund Note that the Texas Masters reimbursementis more expensive than the rest)

3 Bylaws change Move that until TCA or USCFestablishes a training program that the World YouthQualifiers from Texas have the right to play in theChampionship section of Texas State and Amateur

4 Bylaws change Article VI Section 2 C 1Current Amendments of Bylaws that relate directly toJunior Chess may only be approved by an affirmativevote of at least two-thirds of the voting Members Dis-cussion of other proposed Bylaws changes may be heldand a straw poll may be taken but all other Bylawschanges shall be voted on at the Annual Meeting

Proposed Amendments of Bylaws that relate directly toJunior Chess may only be approved by an affirmativevote of at least two-thirds of the voting Members pro-vided that the Motions to amend these Bylaws have beensubmitted for publication in the Janusry-Febuary issue ofTexas Knights and Submitted to the Webmaster at thesame time Otherwise an affirmative vote of at leastthree-fourths of the voting Members is required Discus-sion of other proposed Bylaws changes may be held and astraw poll may be taken but all other Bylaws changesshall be voted on at the Annual Meeting

5 Bylaws change Article VI Section 1 D 1Current For the amendment of these Bylaws an affirma-tive vote of at least two-thirds of the voting Membersshall be required Motions to amend these Bylaws have tobe submitted for publication in the JulyAugust issue ofTexas Knights and submitted to the Webmaster at thesame time

Proposed For the amendment of these Bylaws anaffirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the voting

5

Members shall be required provided that Motions toamend these Bylaws have been submitted for publica-tion in the July-August issue of Texas Knights andsubmitted to the Webmaster at the same time Other-wise an affirmative vote of at least three-fourths ofthe voting Members is required

What I am trying to do in Motion 4 and 5Make bylaws motions on advanced agenda easier to

pass than those not on the advanced agendaAlso for the SWO membership meeting it seems like

publication is required for bylaws changes but in theJunior Chess meeting it is not

Two (2) motions by Michael Simpson1 I move that the Region Map of the TCA website bealtered or replaced to accurately reflect the newlycreated Region IX2 That the list of counties in Region IX and otheraffected counties be verified and corrected if neces-sary to accurately reflect the counties in each regionafter the creation of Region IX pursuant to the intentof the movant who proposed creating Region IX

Nine (9) advance motions from TCABylaws Committee (Bob James chair)

1 Bylaws change Article V Officers Section 4 TermMake the present paragraph Section 1 and add the

following paragraph [as Section 2]Elected or appointed board members may be removedfrom office due to non-performance of duties by a 23vote of the board Non-performance shall be con-strued to mean a) failure to attend meetings or b)repeated failure to participate in e-mail discussionsrelated to business conducted by the board A motionto remove may be made by any board member andsuch motion shall document the alleged non-performance of duties Voting shall commence withinthirty days of any such motion and may be conductedelectronically or at any regular or special meeting ofthe board If a board member so removed is electedby the entire TCA body the board shall elect anothermember of TCA to take hisher place If the boardmember so removed is an appointed board memberthe president shall appoint another TCA member toreplace that person

Rationale This provides for a way to remove a boardmember who is not fulfilling his responsibilities

2 The following amendments are made for the purposeadding the Webmaster to the TCA Board of DirectorsSince so many people get their information off of theweb the Webmaster needs to be considered in the samecategory as the Editor of Texas Knights

2(a) Amend Article IV Board of Directors Section 1Composition

Current The Board of Directors shall consist of thePresident Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer whoshall be elected by the membership eight Regional Di-rectors representing each region of Texas (as specified inAppendix I) who shall each be appointed by the Presi-dent the Editor of Texas Knights who shall be appointedby the President and the immediate past President ThePresident shall be Chairman of the Board

hellipby adding ldquoand the Webmasterrdquo after the phraseldquothe Editor of Texas Knightsrdquo

Proposed The Board of Directors shall consist of thePresident Vice-President Secretary and Treasurerwho shall be elected by the membership eight Re-gional Directors representing each region of Texas (asspecified in Appendix I) who shall each be appointedby the President the Editor of Texas Knights and theWebmaster who shall be appointed by the Presidentand the immediate past President The President shallbe Chairman of the Board

2(b) Amend Article V Officers Section 1 Titles

Current The Officers of the Association are the Presi-dent the Vice-President the Secretary the Treasurer theEditor of Texas Knights and eight regional DirectorsThese officers shall perform duties as prescribed by theseBylaws and the parliamentary authority adopted by theAssociation

hellipby adding ldquothe Webmasterrdquo after ldquothe Editor ofTexas Knightsrdquo

Proposed The Officers of the Association are thePresident the Vice-President the Secretary theTreasurer the Editor of Texas Knights the Webmas-ter and eight regional Directors These officers shallperform duties as prescribed by these Bylaws and theparliamentary authority adopted by the Association

2(c) Amend Article V Officers Section 5 Duties andResponsibilities of Officers B Vice-President

Current 3 The Vice-President shall regularly advise theEditor of Texas Knights of all scheduled Texas tourna-

6

ments The Vice-President shall also receive officialtournament results prize handouts and crosstables oftournaments from Texas organizers to forward to theEditor of Texas Knights

hellipby adding ldquoand the Webmasterrdquo after all instancesof the words ldquothe Editor of Texas Knightsrdquo

Proposed 3 The Vice-President shall regularly advisethe Editor of Texas Knights and the Webmaster of allscheduled Texas tournaments The Vice-Presidentshall also receive official tournament results prizehandouts and crosstables of tournaments from Texasorganizers to forward to the Editor of Texas Knightsand the Webmaster

2(d) Remove Section 6BB Webmaster The Webmaster shall maintain a websitefor the Association The TCA officers may authorizecertain designated Webmasters to charge an extra $100per TCA memberships other than Non-subscribing andwhere the payment is accepted on a secure Web serverthat accepts credit card purchases as a handling fee Thewebsite shall be updated as soon as possible with finan-cial data and minutes provided by Board members

hellip and create Section 5 G The Webmaster

G The Webmaster1 The Webmaster shall maintain a website for theAssociation The website shall be updated as soon aspossible with financial data and minutes provided byBoard members2 The content of the website shall emphasize newsmaterial of tournament activity games problemsfuture tournament announcements articles and itemsof general chess interest3 The Webmaster shall publish the financial state-ment provided by the Treasurer at the annual mem-bership meeting in the next issue of Texas Knights

3 Amend Article VII Section 4 Bylaws Committee

Current A The Bylaws Committee shall be a standingcommittee consisting of three to five voting Membersappointed by the President except for the Chairman whowill be the Immediate Past-President

hellip by striking ldquo except for the Chairman who will bethe Immediate Past Presidentrdquo and adding ldquo thePresident shall designate the Chairmanrdquo

Proposed A The Bylaws Committee shall be a stand-ing committee consisting of three to five voting Mem-

bers appointed by the President except for theChairman who will be the Immediate Past-President the President shall appoint the Chairman

Rationale There is no specific reason to have the Imme-diate Past President as the Chair of the Bylaws Commit-tee and this gives the President more flexibility if thereare reasons why the Immediate Past President can notserve in that capacity

5 Move the following sections from Article III SectionI (Voting Membership Categories) to Article III Sec-tion 2 (Non-Voting Membership Categories)

Sections C D E

Relabel the categories within the sections appropriately

Amend Article III Section 4 Rights and Privileges ofMembers by adding a new section B to read

B Voting Members shall be defined as any member ofa ldquoVoting Membership Categoryrdquo who has reachedthe age of 16

Amend Article III Section 4 Rights and Privileges ofMembers

Current B All Voting Members except for Junior Tour-nament Members are entitled to vote at meetings of thegeneral membership and participate in all activities andtournaments sponsored by the Association except thatsuch events may require an entry fee All Voting Mem-bers may hold office in the Association if duly elected orappointed

hellip by striking the words ldquoexcept for Junior Tourna-ment Membersrdquo and making this section Section CThe resulting paragraph should read

C All Voting Members except for Junior TournamentMembers are entitled to vote at meetings of the gen-eral membership and participate in all activities andtournaments sponsored by the Association exceptthat such events may require an entry fee All VotingMembers may hold office in the Association if dulyelected or appointed

Rationale This addresses concerns raised at the SpringMeeting regarding the voting age of members

6 Amend Article IX Tournaments Section CC Texas State Chess Championship This tournamentshall be held simultaneously with the Texas AmateurChampionship in May This tournament shall be re-

7

stricted to players with a United States Chess Federationrating of at least 2000 with exception made for the TexasHigh School Champion or co-Champions Any playerwith a Fide rating of at least 2000 may also play in thistournament Only a Texas resident may win the title ofTexas State Champion or any other state title listed be-low This is a Major Eventhellipby adding ldquo and World Youth Qualifiers fromTexasrdquo after ldquoTexas High School Champion or Co-Championsrdquo The resulting paragraph would readC Texas State Chess Championship This tournamentshall be held simultaneously with the Texas AmateurChampionship in May This tournament shall be re-stricted to players with a United States Chess Federa-tion rating of at least 2000 with exception made forthe Texas High School Champion or co-Championsand World Youth Qualifiers from Texas Any playerwith a Fide rating of at least 2000 may also play inthis tournament Only a Texas resident may win thetitle of Texas State Champion or any other state titlelisted below This is a Major EventRationale This is based on Luis Salinasrsquos advance mo-tion and puts it into wording for the bylaws

7 Amend Article IX Section 3 Paragraph EE A ldquoPriority Rotation Schedulerdquo will begin in 1995 forTCA Tournaments This rotation schedule will give ahigher priority to a city making a comparable bid and insome cases this higher priority can result in an automaticaward of the tournament to a bidding city That is thecity which has had a longer time since hosting a tourna-ment may be awarded the tournament without a vote iftheir bid is reasonably comparable to other bids made forthat tournament If there are multiple cities (or affiliateswithin the same city) who have somewhat equal lengthsof time since hosting the tournament only those citiesrsquo(or affiliatesrsquo) bids will be included on the ballot in theJuly-August issue of Texas Knightshellip by adding in the sentence Bids that are not rea-sonably comparable will not be considered for vot-ing after made for that tournament and be-fore If there are multiple Proposed wording

E A ldquoPriority Rotation Schedulerdquo will begin in 1995for TCA Tournaments This rotation schedule willgive a higher priority to a city making a comparablebid and in some cases this higher priority can resultin an automatic award of the tournament to a biddingcity That is the city which has had a longer time

since hosting a tournament may be awarded the tour-nament without a vote if their bid is reasonably com-parable to other bids made for that tournament Bidsthat are not reasonably comparable will not be consid-ered for voting If there are multiple cities (or affiliateswithin the same city) who have somewhat equallengths of time since hosting the tournament onlythose citiesrsquo (or affiliatesrsquo) bids will be included on theballot in the July-August issue of Texas Knights

Rationale This prevents an issue of a bid not being rea-sonably comparable from being considered

8 Replace Article IV Board of Directors Section 5Powers and DutiesCurrent The Board of Directors shall have general man-agement and supervision of the affairs of the AssociationAll appointments and actions of the President shall besubject to review and approval by the Board of Directors

Proposed The Board of Directors shall have generalmanagement and supervision of the affairs of the As-sociation All appointments and actions of the Presi-dent shall be subject to review and approval by theBoard of Directors The Board of Directors may atany time authorize spending of up to ten percent(10) of the bank account on discretionary itemswith a majority vote of the total Board The Boardmay also authorize total annual discretionary spend-ing up to thirty percent (30) of the bank accountwith unanimous Board Member approval All discre-tionary spending must be reported by the Secretary tothe Webmaster within five working days after themeeting

Rationale This is the Gaiffe Amendment referred to theBylaws Committee from last yearrsquos Fall meeting We arereporting it out as originally proposed Currently there areno spending limitations placed upon the Board This pro-posal will cap annual Board spending to 30 of the cur-rent bank account funds without membership approval

9 Advance Motion That the Bylaws Committee betasked with looking into rewriting the Bylaws andadding a Constitution

Rationale Many people have commented on problemswith the Bylaws This gives the membership a chance toexpress their opinion on whether or not we need a com-plete rewrite of the Bylaws and a Constitution for theorganization

GM Hernandez wins Texas State ChampionshipGM Gilberto Hernandez Guerrerro 37 won his firstTexas state championship title this Memorial weekend inHouston A three-time Mexican national champion whobecame a grandmaster in 1995 he is currently head coachof the UT-Brownsville chess program which producedthis yearrsquos Southwest Collegiate champions

The UTB website says Hernandez has been the high-est-rated player from Mexico from 1992 until the presentrepresenting Mexico seven times at the olympiads Hehas won over 40 international tournaments and helped totrain some of the top players in the world including thecurrent 1 on the FIDE list Viswanathan Anand

Hernandez scored five wins and two draws finishinga point ahead of the field His only opposition came notfrom major titled players who found other events for thatweekend but from up-and-coming Houston players likeMorshedi (2nd with 5-2) and Harper (who had actual 3rdplace with 45 and took the U2400 prize)

PRIZE WINNERSCHAMPIONSHIP 1st GM Gilberto Hernandez 60($58290) 2nd Ali Morshedi 50 ($29145) 3rd LarryMoss Clarence Yeung 40 ($7287 each) U2400 WarrenHarper 45 ($17487) 1st-2nd Expert Mark DejmekJohn Hendrick Jeffrey de Jesus Anton Solovyov ShawnNoland 40 ($13990 each)AMATEUR 1st-3rd Artur Safin Alexander StegerLeo Bonnell 60 ($27202 each) 1st-3rd Class B DanilSafin Jeff Feng Danny Chen 50 ($20402 each) 1stClass C Robert Noblitt 45 ($29145) 2nd-3rd Class CMichael Huang Eric Zhang Samuel Yang ThejasPrasad Andy Wang 40 ($4372 each) 1st-2nd U1400Austin Jiang David Cerise 40 ($21859 each) 1stU1200 Turner Corbett 30 ($23316) 2nd-3rd U1200Dennis Wang Sid Venkataraman 25 ($3643 each)U1000 Quintin Noland 25 ($17487) Unrated HarishKrishnarao 30 ($11658)

The Amateur ended in a three-way tie with ArturSafin Alexander Steger and Leo Bonnell each scoring 6

Chief TD Franc Giuadalupe adds ldquoWe had 24 entiresin the Championship section (two juniors) and 104 en-tries in the Amateur (with 60 juniors over 65 or handicapndash mostly juniors) so the payoff was 5829

ldquoFour players in the Championship section did notlose any games Hernandez Harper Yeung and Moss(two byes)

ldquoShortest game in the Championship Hernadez-Plun-kett second round ten movesrdquo (See below)

GM Gilberto Hernandez

Sicilian Defense B23Gilberto Hernandez 2678Robert Plunkett 2148

Texas State Championship (2)1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3Bb5

A mildly provocative move after2Nc3 because of Blackrsquos next3hellipNd4 4Bc4 d6

Black does better with 4hellipe6giving the bishop a hard time Whitespeculated an Exchange after 5Nge2Nxe2 6Qxe2 a6 7a4 Qa5 8d3 b59Bb3 Ne7 100-0 Nc6 11axb5and a draw resulted in Keskinen-Hartikainen Finland 20055Nge2 e5

Fedorowicz played 5hellipNf6 and

6hellipg6 but only drew an expert in lastyearrsquos World Open The text is awhite flag in the opening debate60ndash0 Nf6 7d3 Be7 8Bg5 Nxe4

Black spills a piece9Nxe4 d5 10Nxd4 Black resigns

Fritz gives 10cxd4 11Bb5+Kf8 12Bxe7+ Qxe7 13Ng3 Qb4 14c4 15Qa4 sectsect 1ndash0

Our Texas Tal narrowly escapes be-coming Texas toast

Sicilian Dragon B72Mike Sheaf 2058Ali Morshedi 2300

Texas State Championship (2)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 g6 6Be3 Bg7 7Qd2Ng4 8Bg5 h6 9Bh4 Nc6 10Nb3Be6 11f3 Nf6 120ndash0ndash0 a5 13a4

After 13Nd5 Bxd5 14exd5 a4Black was better in Nevostrujin-Tiv-iakov Elista 1996 The text offersBlack an edge in pawn structure with13hellipBxb3 14cxb3 but it would beharder to work up any dynamic play13hellipRc8 14Kb1 Ne5 15Bb5+ Bd716 Qe2 0ndash0 17Bxf6 Bxf6 18Nd5Bg7 19Bxd7 Nxd7 20Qb5 Nc5XABCDEFGHY8-+rzq-zrk+(7+p+-zppzl-6-+-zp-+pzpamp5zpQznN+-+-4P+-+P+-+$3+N+-+P+-2-zPP+-+PzP1+K+R+-+Rxabcdefghy

Whitersquos opening experiment hasshut down the usual Dragon com-plications Ali is not inclined to themeek but solid 20b6 21Rd2 e622Ne3 Nc5 23h4 Qc7 =21Nxa5 Ra8 22Nb6

22Nxb7 Nxb7 23Qxb7 Rb8 22Ra6 23Nac4 Ne6 24Rhe1

24Nd5 Qe8 25Ncb6ordf24Nd4 25Qd7 Qb8

Speculating on an attack sinceWhites light square domination con-tinues with queens off eg 25Qxd7 26Nxd7 Rc8 27Ndb6 N26Qxe7 Qa7 27Qxd6 Nc6 28Qc5Ne5 29Rd5

Also good is 29Nxe5 Rxb6 30Rd5 (forced but holds like superglue) hellipBxe5 31Rxe5 Ra8 32a5ee29Nxc4 30Nxc4 b6 31Qe3 Rxa432Na3 Rc8 33Red1 Rc3XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-+k+(7zq-+-+pzl-6-zp-+-+pzpamp5+-+R+-+-4r+-+P+-+$3zN-zr-zQP+-2-zPP+-+PzP1+K+R+-+-xabcdefghy

34 bxc334R1d3 Raxa3 (34Rxd3 35

Qxd3 b5 (35Rb4 36e5) 36Rxb5Qg1+ 37Ka2zz) 35bxa3 Qxa3 36e5 Qb4+ 37Kc1 Qa3+ 38Kd2+-Rxd3+ 39Qxd3 Qb4+ 40Ke2 7734Rxa3ndash+ 35Kb2 Qa4 36Qd3Qb4+ 0ndash1

Closed Sicilian B26Larry Moss 2200Lorenzo Gaskill 2036

Texas State Championship (2)1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3g3 g6 4Bg2Bg7 5d3 d6 6Be3 e6 7Qd2 Nge78Bh6 0ndash0 9h4 Nd4 10Bxg7 Kxg711h5 Ng8 12f4 Rb8 13Nf3 Bd714Nd1 f5 15c3 Nxf3+ 16Bxf3 Bc617Nf2 Draw

Dutch Leningrad A88Warren Harper 2291Quaitermes Williams 2003

Texas State Championship (2)1d4 f5 2Nf3 Nf6 3g3 g6 4Bg2Bg7 50ndash0 0ndash0 6c4 d6 7Nc3 c68b3 Ne4 9Bb2 Na6

This knight never does find amission I prefer 9hellipNxc3 10Bxc3Qc7 11Qc2 Nd7 with later optionsto play hellipe5 or hellipNf6

10Qc2 Nxc3 11Bxc3 Qc7 12Rad1Bd7

12e5 13dxe5 dxe5 14Qb2Re8 15b4 e4=13Rfe1 Rae8 14e4 fxe4

14f4 15d5 Bxc3 16Qxc3 Bg4=15Qxe4 Bf5 16Qh4 h6

16Bf6 17Ng5 e6 18g4 Qe719f4 h6 20gxf5 hxg5 21Qh6 gxf522fxg5 Qg7 23Qxg7+ Bxg7 24h4e5 25h5XABCDEFGHY8-+-+rzrk+(7zppzq-zp-zl-6n+pzp-+pzpamp5+-+-+l+-4-+PzP-+-zQ$3+PzL-+NzP-2P+-+-zPLzP1+-+RzR-zK-xabcdefghy

17g4 g5 18Qh5 Bd7 19h4 Qc820Nh2 gxh4 21Qxh4 Rf4 22Rxe7Rxe7 23Qxe7 Bxg4 24Rd3 Qd725Qh4 Qf5

5Bf5 26Qxf4 Bxd3 27Ng4s26Rg3 h5

26Bh5 27Qd8+ Qf8 (27Kh728d5 Bf8 29dxc6 bxc6 30Bxc6ŒŒ)28Qa5 d5 29Bd2ccedilccedil27f3 Bf6

27Qd3 28fxg4 Bxd4+ 29Bxd4 Qxd4+ 30Kh1 Qa1+ 31Nf1Rxf1+ 32Bxf1 Qxf1+ 33Rg1 Qf3+34Kh2 Qf4+ 35Qg3yy28Qh3 1ndash0

Ruy Lopez C99Mark Dejmek 2190William Molina 2080

Texas State Championship (2)1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3Bb5 a6 4Ba4Nf6 50ndash0 Be7 6Re1 b5 7Bb3 d68c3 0ndash0 9h3 Na5 10Bc2 c5 11d4Qc7 12Nbd2 cxd4 13cxd4 Bd714Nf1 Rac8 15Bd3 Nc6 16Be3 d5

17exd5 Nxd5 18dxe5 Nxe3 19Nxe3 Nb4 20Be4 Rfd8 21Qe2 Be622a3 Nd5 23Nxd5 Bxd5 24Bxd5Rxd5 25Red1 Rcd8 26Rxd5 Rxd527Rd1 Rxd1+ 28Qxd1 Bc5 29Qd5 Qa7 30e6 Bxf2+ [30fxe6 31Qxe6+ Qf7 32Qxa6 Qd5 33Qa5]31Kf1 fxe6 32Qxe6+ Kf8XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-zk-+(7zq-+-+-zpp6p+-+Q+-+amp5+p+-+-+-4-+-+-+-+$3zP-+-+N+P2-zP-+-zlP+1+-+-+K+-xabcdefghy

33Ne5 1ndash0

Colley System D05Jeffrey DeJesus 2106Brad Sawyer 2185

Texas State Championship (2)1d4 Nf6 2Nf3 e6 3e3 c5 4Bd3 d55c3 Be7 60ndash0 b6 7Ne5 0ndash0 8Nd2Bb7 9Qf3 Nbd7 10Nxd7 Qxd7 11Rd1 Bd6 12Qh3 e5 [12hellipRfd8]13Bxh7+ 1ndash0

Sicilian Scheveningen B82Ali Morshedi 2300Gilberto Hernandez 2578

Texas State Championship (3)1e4 c5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 d6 6Bc4 Qb6 7Nb3 e68Be3 Qc7 9f4 a6 10Qe2 Be7 11Bd3 b5 120ndash0

White has played 120-0-0 withg4-g5 to follow In this game therook lift in front of the pawn chainfails to make a dent against Her-nandezrsquo accurate defense12hellipBb7 13a3 0ndash0 14Rf3 b4 15Na4 bxa3 16bxa3 Rab8 17Rd1Ba8 18Rh3 g6 19Qe1 Ng4 20Kh1Nxe3 21Qxe3 Rfe8 22f5 Bf8 23f6

Fritz prefers the pawn grab23fxg6 hxg6 24Bxa6 Ne5 25Qe2Bg7 26Nc3e Given the loosenessof Whitersquos pieces and pawns Irsquod sayBlack has good compensation23Ne5 24Rh4 Nxd3 25Qxd3Rec8 26Nac5 [26Rc1] 26dxc527Qh3 Qe5 28Rxh7 + 28Qxf6

0ndash1

French Winawer C19Robert Plunkett 2148Shawn Noland 2074

Texas State Championship (3)1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3Nc3 Bb4 4e5 c55a3 Bxc3+ 6bxc3 Ne7 7a4 Qa58Qd2 Nbc6 9Nf3 f6 10Bd3 c411Be2 fxe5 12Nxe5 Nxe5 13dxe5Nc6 14Ba3 Nxe5 150ndash0 Nf716Rfe1 Bd7 17Bb4 Qc7 18Qd40ndash0ndash0 [18Qe5=] 19Qxa7 b620Qa8+ Qb8 21Qxb8+ Kxb8 22a5 Kb7 23axb6 Ra8 24Rad1

White is angling for 24hellipKxb625Bxc4 Maybe he is writing off theb-pawn prematurely compared to24Bc5 Kc6 25Be3bull24Kc6 25f4 Rhe8 26b7 Rab827Ra1 Rxb7 28Bg4 Rb6 29Ra7Rb7 30Ra5 Rb5 31Rxb5 Kxb532Ra1 Kb6 33g3 Nh6 34 Bh3Ng8 35Bd6 Ne7 36Be5 g6 37Bd4+ Kb5 38Ra7 Bc8 39Bf6 Nf540Kf2 Nd6 41Be5 Nb7 42 Ra8Nc5 43Bd4() [43Ke3Dagger] 43Bd7[43Ne4+ 44Ke3 g5=] 44Rxe8Bxe8 45Bxc5 Kxc5 46Bxe6 Ba4[46d4 47cxd4+ Kxd4 48g4 c349f5 Ke5 50Ke3] 47Ke3 Bxc248g4 Be4 49g5 Bb1 50Bg8 d4+51cxd4+ Kb4 52Kd2 Be4 53h4Kb3 54Kc1 Kc3 55d5 Kd4 56d6Bf5 57Bxh7 Ke3 58Bxg6 1ndash0

Sicilian Dragon B72Gilberto Hernandez 2578Warren Harper 2291

Texas State Championship (4)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 g6 6Bc4 Bg7 7h3 Nc6

8Be3 0ndash0 9Bb3 Nxd4 10Bxd4 a5110ndash0 Bd7 12a4 Bc6 13Qd3 Nd714Bxg7 Kxg7 15Rfe1 Nc5 16Qd4+ e5 17Qd2 Qe7 18Bd5 Draw

Petroffrsquos Defense C42Robert Plunkett 2148Anton Solovyov 2113

Texas State Championship (4)1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nf6 3Nxe5 d6 4Nf3Nxe4 5d4 d5 6Bd3 Nc6 70ndash0 Be78c4 Nb4 9cxd5

The line with 9Be2 preservesmore positional tension and has ahigher winning percentage (~ 60)9Nxd3 10Qxd3 Qxd5 11Re1 Bf512g4

This looks like a beginner errorbut itrsquos actually a theoretical lineThe older stuff is 12Nc3 Nxc3 13Qxc3 Be6 [13c6 14Bh6 Rg8 (gxh6 15Re5 Qd7 16Rae1 Be6 17d5 cxd5 18Rxe6) 15Re5 Qd7 16Rae1 Be6 17Ng5 0ndash0ndash0 18Nxf7||Browne-Bisguier US 1974] 14Qxc7Bd6 with compensation12Bg6 13Nc3 Nxc3 14Qxc3 f615Bf4 Kf7 16Qxc7

16Re3 c6 17Rae1 Rhe8 18Qb3= Klimakovs-Pokorny 200616Rhe8 17Re3

17Qc3 Qd7 (17h5=) 18Qb3+Kf8 19Qe6sup2 Karjakin-AndreikinOropesa del Mar 200117Rac8 18Rxe7+ Rxe7 19Qxc8Qxf3 20Qc4+ Re6 21Qc7+ Kg822d5 Re8 23Be3 Be4 24Kf1Qh1+ 25Ke2 Qxa1 26d6 Qxb2+27Kd1 Bf3+ 0ndash1

QP Modern A42Lorenzo Gaskill 2036Paul Chaplin 2128

Texas State Championship (4)1e4 g6 2d4 Bg7 3Nf3 d6 4c4 e55Nc3 Nc6 6d5 Nce7 7Be2 f5

White gets in trouble trying toplay this like a Kingrsquos Indian asBlack saves at least a tempo in nothaving to reposition his KN for this

thrust Better is 7Bd3 f5 8exf5 gxf59Ng5 Nf6 10f4 with unclear play80ndash0 Nf6 9Nd2 0ndash0 10f3 f4 11b4g5 12c5 Rf7 13a4 Bf8 14Ba3 Ng615Nc4 h5 16Qb3 g4 17Ra2 g318h3XABCDEFGHY8r+lzq-zlk+(7zppzp-+r+-6-+-zp-znn+amp5+-zPPzp-+p4PzPN+Pzp-+$3zLQzN-+PzpP2R+-+L+P+1+-+-+RzK-xabcdefghy

18Bxh3 19gxh3 Qc8 20Rc1Nh4 21cxd6 Qxh3 22Bd1 g2 23Ne2 [23Be2 Qh1+ 24Kf2 Qh2agraveagraveagraveagraveagraveUumlUumlQh1+ 24Kf2 Qf1 0ndash1

Dutch Leningrad A81Drew Sarkisian 2163Quaitermes Williams 2003

Texas State Championship (4)1d4 f5 2g3 Nf6 3Bg2 g6 4Nh3Bg7 50ndash0 0ndash0 6c4 d6 7d5 c5 8Nc3 Na6 9Nf4 Nc7 10Rb1 Rb8 11a4 Qe8 12f3 g5 13Nh3 h6 14f4 g415Nf2 Qg6 16Ra1 h5 17e4 h4 18Ra3 hxg3 19hxg3 Nh5 20Ne2 b621Re1 a6 22Qd3 b5 23axb5 axb524b3 bxc4 25bxc4 Nf6 26e5 Nd7

Forcing hellipe6 but it leavesBlacks pieces in disarray Better is26Nfe8 27Qc3 Kh7 28Bb2 Rh8 =27Ra7 Rb7 28Rxb7 Bxb7 29e6

Despite a helpful exchangeBlack still has cramped quarters forhis minors

29Nb8 [29Nb6 30Qb3Nca8Ucirc] 30Nd1 Nba6 31Ne3 Nb4

Often in the Benoni setup suchas we have a knight at b4 is more ofa show horse than a war horse Fromthis perch he can safely observe hiskings demise

32Qb1 Nca6 33Bd2 Ba8 34Nc3Bd4 35Nb5 Bg7 36Kf2 B

Black is already busted as hecannot organize to challenge the h-file ndash a consequence of Whitesspace advantage36Bh8 37Rh1 Bb7 38Rh4 Bf6

Black doesnt have a good movebut better is 38Bg7 39Rxg4 Qh740Rh41139Rxg4 1ndash0

Kingrsquos Gambit C35Shawn Noland 2074William Molina 2080

Texas State Championship (4)1e4 e5 2f4 exf4 3Nf3 Be7 4Bc4Nf6 5d3 d5 6exd5 Nxd5 7Bxd5Qxd5 8Bxf4 0ndash0 90ndash0 Bg4 10Nc3Qd8 11Qe1 Bd6 [11Nc6 12Qg3Bxf3 13Qxf3 Bc5+ =] 12Qg3 Bxf4[12Bxf3 13Rxf3 Nc6 14Raf1Nd4=] 13Qxg4 Be3+ 14Kh1 Nc6[14Nd7] 15Rae1 Bh6 16Nh4Qg5 17Qh3 Rae8 [17Nd4 18Nf3Nxf3 19Qxf3 c6 20Re2] 18Ne4Qd8 [18Qh5 19g4 Qa5 20Nf5Re6 21g5 Rxe4 22Rxe4 Bxg5 23Qg2RR] 19Nf5 Bg5 [19Re6 20Nc5 Rxe1 21Nxh6+ gxh6 22Rxe1] 20Qg4 Bf6 21Re3 Nd4[21Ne5 22Qe2 Nd7 23Qh5 Rxe424dxe4 g6 25Qh6EacuteEacute 21Re522c3 Kh8 23Rh3 g6 24Nh6 Kg725d4 Re6 26Qf4ƒƒ]XABCDEFGHY8-+-zqrzrk+(7zppzp-+pzpp6-+-+-zl-+amp5+-+-+N+-4-+-znN+Q+$3+-+PzR-+-2PzPP+-+PzP1+-+-+R+Kxabcdefghy

22Nxf6+ Qxf6 23Rxe8 Rxe8 24Qxd4 1ndash0

Sicilian B20Paul Chaplin 2128Gilberto Hernandez

Texas State Championship (5)1e4 c5 2Na3

This occurred in Zvjaginsev-Khalifman (Russian chp 2005) USchampion Alex Shabalov has report-edly played it many times2hellipe6 3Nf3 a6 4c4 Nc6 5Nc2 Nf66Qe2 Qc7 7g3 b5 8b3 [8d3] 8bxc4 9bxc4 Rb8 10Bg2 d6 110ndash0Be7 12d3 0ndash0 13Bd2 Nd7 14Bc3Bf6 15Bxf6 Nxf6 16Rfb1 Bd7 17Ne3 Rb6 18Nc2 Rfb8 19Rxb6Rxb6 20d4 [20Qe1aring] 20cxd4 21Ncxd4 Nxd4 22Nxd4 g6 23Rc1 e524Nb3 Ba4 25Bf3 Bxb3 26axb3Rxb3 27c5 dxc5 28 Qxa6 Rxf329Kg2XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-+k+(7+-zq-+p+p6Q+-+-znp+amp5+-zp-zp-+-4-+-+P+-+$3+-+-+rzP-2-+-+-zPKzP1+-zR-+-+-xabcdefghy

29Rxf2+ 30Kxf2 Nxe4+ 31Kg1Qd8 32Qe2 Qd4+ 33Kg2 Nc3 34Qc2 Nd5

34Qe4+ 35Qxe4 Nxe4 36Ra1Kg7 37Ra7 Kf6 38Rc7 Ke6j35Qf2

Surprisingly Fritz can find noforced mate if White takes the pawn35Qxc5 Ne3+ 36Kf3 e4+ 37Kf4Ng2+ 38Kg4 Qd7+ 39Kg5 h6+(39hellipQd2+ 40Kf6 Qd8+ 41Ke5 Oacute)40Kxh6 Qh3+ (40hellipQd2+ 41Qg5FF) 41Kg5 Kh7 42Qc8 Qxh243Qc7 Qh6+ 44Kf6 Qg7+ 35Ne3+ 36Kg1 Kg7 37Re1 Ng438Qxd4 cxd4 39h3 Ne3 0ndash1

Sicilian Dragon B79Mark Dejmek 2190Robert Plunkett 2148

Texas State Championship (5)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 g6 6Be3 Bg7 7f3 0ndash08Qd2 Nc6 9Bc4 Bd7 10h4 Qa5110ndash0ndash0 Rfc8 12Bb3 Ne5

12Rab8 13Kb1 b5 14h5 Nxh515g4 Nf6 16Nf5 has led to somenice White victories13Kb1 Rab8

After 13hellipNc4 14Bxc4 Rxc415Nb3 Qc7 Gellerrsquos 16Bd4 is stillbest Langer-Feldberg Chicago 2004continued 16hellipBe6 17g4 a5 18a4 b5 19Nxb5 Qb8 20Nc3 Rb421Qf2 Bxb3 22cxb3 Rxb3 23g5Nd7 24Nd5 e5 25Be3 Nc5 26Bxc5dxc5 27Rc1 Ra7 28Rxc5 d14Bh6 Bxh6 15Qxh6 Rxc3 16bxc3 b5 17h5 Nc4

17Nxh5 18Rxh5 gxh5 19Rh1timestimes18hxg6 fxg6 19Rd3 e6 20Ne2Qa3 21Qc1 Qc5 22Ka1 Ne5 23Rdd1 a5 24Qg5 Rf8 25f4 Qe3

25a4 26fxe5 axb3 27cxb3Qxe5 28Qxe5 dxe5 29Rd6 plusmnplusmn26Rxd6 Nf7 27Qxf6 Nxd6 28Bxe6+ Bxe6 29Qxe6+ Nf7 30f5g5XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-zrk+(7+-+-+n+p6-+-+Q+-+amp5zpp+-+Pzp-4-+-+P+-+$3+-zP-zq-+-2P+P+N+P+1zK-+-+-+Rxabcdefghy

31Rxh7 Kxh7 32Qg6+ Kh8 33f6Lights out If 33hellipRg8 34Qh5+

33hellipQxc3+ 34Nxc3 1ndash0

Sicilian B51Gilberto Hernandez 2578Mark Dejmek 2190

Texas State Championship (6)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3Bb5+ Nd7 4d4Ngf6 50ndash0 cxd4 6Qxd4 e5 7Qd3h6 8c4 a6 [8hellipBe7] 9Bxd7+ Bxd710Nc3 Be7 11a4 0ndash0

11hellipb6 prevents Whitersquos next12a5 b6 13axb6 Qxb6XABCDEFGHY8r+-+-zrk+(7+-+lzlpzp-6pzq-zp-zn-zpamp5+-+-zp-+-4-+P+P+-+$3+-zNQ+N+-2-zP-+-zPPzP1zR-zL-+RzK-xabcdefghy

14Be3 Qb7Of course the b-pawn is poison

However 14hellipQb4 makes it hardfor White to uncoil and strike15h3 Bc6 16Nd2 Rfd8 [16hellipQb4]17b4dBf8 18Rfb1 Qe7 19Ra2Rdb8 20Nd5 Nxd5 21exd5 Bd722Ra5 [or 22c5] 22hellipg5 23c5 f524c6 Bc8 25f3 g4 26hxg4 fxg427fxg4 Bxg4 28Rxa6 Bf5 29Rxa8Bxd3 30Rxb8 Bxb1 31Nxb1 Qh732Nd2 Qd3 33Nf1 1ndash0

Kingrsquos Indian Averbach E73Warren Harper 2291Ali Morshedi 2300

Texas State Championship (6)1d4 Nf6 2c4 g6 3Nc3 Bg7 4e4 d65Be2 0ndash0 6Bg5 h6 7Bh4 Nbd78f4 c5 9d5 b5 10cxb5 a6 11b6Qxb6 12Rb1 g5 13fxg5 Nxe4 14gxh6 Bf6 15Bxf6 Ndxf6 16Bd3Bf5 17Qf3 Bg6 18Nge2 Qb4 19a3Ng5 20Qg3 Qg4 21Bxg6 fxg6220ndash0 Qxg3 23Nxg3 Rab8 Draw

Dutch Leningrad A87Anton Solovyov 2113Larry Moss 2113

Texas State Championship (6)1d4 f5 2g3 Nf6 3Bg2 g6 4Nf3Bg7 5c4 d6 60ndash0 0ndash0 7Nc3 Qe88d5 a5 9Rb1 Na6 10a3

10Be3 Bd7 11b3 (11a3 a4 xPr Nikolic-Vizhmanavin Tilburg1992) 11helliph6 12Bd4 g5 copyC Han-sen-Susan Polgar Veistrup 1989

10b3 Bd7 11Bb2 c6 12Nd4Nc5 13a3 Rc8 14Ba1 g5 (14Qf7=) 15b4 axb4 16axb4 Nce4 17Nxe4 Nxe4 18Nxf5 ƒƒ Tunik-Gagarin Smolensk 199110Nc5 11b4

11Nb5 Qd8 12b4 axb4 13axb4Nce4 14Nfd4 e5 15dxe6 c6 16f3cxb5 17fxe4 Nxe4 18Bxe4 fxe4 19Rxf8+ Qxf8 20Nxb5middot Illescas-Mellado Spain 199111axb4 12axb4 Nce4 13Nxe4Nxe4 14Qd3 Ra2 15Nd4 e5XABCDEFGHY8-+l+qzrk+(7+pzp-+-zlp6-+-zp-+p+amp5+-+Pzpp+-4-zPPzNn+-+$3+-+Q+-zP-2r+-+PzPLzP1+RzL-+RzK-xabcdefghy

16 dxe6White should play a tempo move

that leaves the a1ndashh8 diagonalblocked 16Nb5 Qe7 17Rb2 (ex-pelling the intruder 17Bxe4 fxe418Qxe4 Bf5) with f2-f3 ande2-e4 in the offing Play might pro-ceed 17Ra6 18f3 Nf6 19e4 (19Rb3) 19f4 20g4 b6 21Rb1 Bb722Bb2 Rfa8 23Ra1=16Bxe6 17Qb3

White could still show the in-truders to the door but itrsquos not aseasy 17f3 Nf6 18Rb2 Ra4 19Nxe6Qxe6 20e4 fxe4 21fxe4 Ng4 (21Re8 22c5) 22Rxf8+ Kxf8 23Rb1Qf6 qqqor 23Rc2 Rxb4 q17Ra8 18Bxe4 fxe4 19Nxe6Qxe6 20Be3 Rf5 21Rfd1 Rh5 22Rd5 Be5 23h4 c6 24Ra5 Rf8XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-zrk+(7+p+-+-+p6-+pzpq+p+amp5zR-+-zl-+r4-zPP+p+-zP$3+Q+-zL-zP-2-+-+PzP-+1+R+-+-zK-xabcdefghy

Whitersquos king is under seriouspressure On 25Rd1 Qh3 there isnothing better than to sac the Ex-change on e5 and slowly get cookedWorse is 26Bg5 h6 27Be7 Rf728Bd8 Rhf5 29Bb6 c5 etc25Kf1 Bxg3 26Rxh5 gxh5 27Ke1Bxh4 28Ra1 Qh3 29Ra3 Qh2 30Ra7 Bxf2+ 31Kd2 Qg3 32Rxb7h4

32Ra8 ends it as White canrsquotcounter the threat of 33hellipBxe3+34Qxe3 Ra2+33b5 Bxe3+ [33c5XX] 34Qxe3Qxe3+ 35Kxe3 cxb5 36 Rxb5 Rc837Kxe4 Rxc4+ 38Kf3 Kf7 39Rd5Ke6permilpermil Draw

French Tarrasch C06Lorenzo Gaskill 2036Shawn Noland 2074

Texas State Championship (6)1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3Nd2 Nf6 4e5Nfd7 5Bd3 c5 6c3 Nc6 7Ne2 Qb68Nf3 cxd4 9cxd4 f6 10exf6 Nxf6110ndash0 Bd6 12Nc3 a6 13a3 0ndash014Bg5 Bd7 15Bh4 Be8 16Na4Qa7 17b4 [17Re1 Bh5 18Rxe6

Bxf3 19gxf3 Qxd4 20Bg3 =]Nxd4 18Nxd4 Bxa4 19Nb3 Bxb320Qxb3 Qd4 21Bg3 Bxg3 22hxg3Ng4 23Rad1 Qe5 24f3 Qe3+ 0ndash1

Closed Sicilian B26Larry Moss 2200Gilberto Hernandez 2578

Texas State Championship (7)1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3g3 g6 4Bg2Bg7 5d3 d6 6Be3 Rb8 7Nge2 Nd480ndash0 b5 9Qd2 b4 10Nd1 a5 11Nc1 e6 12c3 bxc3 13bxc3 Nc6 14Ne2 Nge7 Draw

Alekhinersquos Defense B02Paul Chaplin 2128Warren Harper 2291

Texas State Championship (7)1e4 Nf6 2e5 Nd5 3Nc3 c6 4Nf3d6 5Bc4 Nxc3 6dxc3 d5 7Bd3Bg4 8Bf4 e6 90ndash0

9h3 Bh5 10g4 Bg6 11Qe2 =9Nd7 10c4 dxc4 11Bxc4 g5 12Bg3 h5 13h3 h4 14Bh2 Bh515Qd3 Be7 16Nd4 Nb6 17f3

17Bb3 g4 18hxg4 Bxg417Bg6 18Qc3XABCDEFGHY8r+-zqk+-zr(7zpp+-zlp+-6-znp+p+l+amp5+-+-zP-zp-4-+LzN-+-zp$3+-zQ-+P+P2PzPP+-+PzL1zR-+-+RzK-xabcdefghy

18hellipBb4 0ndash1

Petroffrsquos Defense C42Mark Dejmek 2190Anton Solovyov 2113

Texas State Championship (7)1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nf6 3Nxe5 d6 4Nc4Nxe4 5Qe2 Qe7 6Ne3 c6 7b3 Na6

8Bb2 Be6 9g3 d5 10Bg2 0ndash0ndash0110ndash0 h5 12Re1 Qd7 13c4 h414cxd5 cxd5 15Na3 hxg3 16fxg3Nc7 17Rac1 Kb8XABCDEFGHY8-zk-zr-zl-zr(7zppznq+pzp-6-+-+l+-+amp5+-+p+-+-4-+-+n+-+$3zNP+-zN-zP-2PzL-zPQ+LzP1+-zR-zR-zK-xabcdefghy

18Rxc7The quiet 18Nac2b holds an

edge but a chance to go to b5 withtempo is very tempting If 18hellipKxc719Be5+ Bd6 (19hellipKb6 if Blackwants more) 20Nb5+ Kb8 21Nxd6Nxd6 22Bxg7 Rhe8 and Black is noworse than equal18Qxc7 19Nb5 Qa5 20Bxe4dxe4 21Be5+ Kc8 22Rc1+

22Bc7 Qxd2 23Bxd8 Qxd8 sup222hellipKd7 23Rc7+ Ke8 24Nc4Qxa2 25Qxe4 Qxb326Nbd6+ Bxd6

26Rxd6 27Bxd6 27Kd8 --27Nxd6+ Bxd6 28Bxd6 Qd1+ 29Kg2 Qxd2+ 30Kf3 Kd8 (30hellipQxd631Rc8+ =) 31Bf4 Qd1+BB27Bxd6 Rd7 (Diagram) DrawXABCDEFGHY8-+-+k+-zr(7zppzRr+pzp-6-+-zLl+-+amp5+-+-+-+-4-+N+Q+-+$3+q+-+-zP-2-+-zP-+-zP1+-+-+-zK-xabcdefghy

Five tie for G30 title at Texas Action ChampionshipSelby Anderson

The Texas Action Championshipdrew 34 players on a Fiesta Saturdayto the Texas Neurosciences InstituteThe absence of strong Austin playerssuch as Langer was a surprise Asthe only master I found my handsfull with expert Arthur Macaspacfrom Killeen I essayed the Saemischattack in the Nimzo-Indian and got abad ending with passive pieces allround With a little help in the finalminutes I freed my bishops and got amenacing attack but his two knightsand rook threatened mate in one andI had to take a perpetual The crowderupted in a rare show of applause

There was a five-way tie for firstthat included Selby Anderson(2206) Arthur Macaspac (2082)Anthony Guerra (1854) Ju Ahn(1655) and Gabriel Guerra (1589)all scoring 4-1 and receiving $100(1st+2nd+U2100+U1900+U1700)5Abiram Viswanath won $60 for topU1500 with 35 and Murtaza Aara-stu won the $40 U1300 prize with 2Preston Garcia Malachi Burroughand Timothy Shanks tied for topUnrated with 20 for $1333 each

Junior book prizes went toGabriel Guerra Abiram ViswanathNathaniel Lozano Raul Flores andMalachi Burrough

Martin Gordon directed theevent held Apr 28 at TNI A total of$640 was paid out in prizes or 80of the advertised total based on 40full entries

English Opening A34Nathaniel Lozano 1483Selby Anderson 2206

Texas Action 2007 (1)1c4 c5 2Nc3 Nf6 3g3 d5 4cxd5Nxd5 5Bg2 Nc7 6Qa4+

6Nf3 is the main line The texttries to throw off Blackrsquos rhythmwhile the Bg2 is not yet screened6hellipBd7

Probably best is 6Qd7 7Qxd7+Nxd7 8Nf3 e5 9d3 Ne6 =7Qb3 Nc6

Nunnrsquos Chess Openings is atodds with Fritz over the merits of7Bc6 8Bxc6+ Nxc6 9Qxb7 Nd4(5- NCO) 10Rb1 e5 11Nf3 Bd6120ndash0 0ndash0 13d3 Rb8 14Qxa7Ncb5 15Nxb5 Nxe2+ 16Kg2 Rxb517Bg5 Qb8 18Qxb8 MM(Fritz)8e3

This position had just come up inour Thursday blitz game() afterwhich I pointed out that 8Qxb7Rb8 fails to 9Qxc6 Maybe hewas worried about 8hellipNd4 butBlackrsquos comp is elusive after 9Rb18e5 9Nf3 Be7 100ndash0 Rb8 11a4Be6 12Qd1 Bc4 13Ne2 Bf6 14b3Bxe2 15Qxe2 e4 16Rb1 exf3 17Qxf3 0ndash0 (17Ne6) 18Ba3 Ne6

Better is 18Ne5 19Qf5 Nd3Now White almost climbs back intothe game19d4 Re8 20d5 Ng5 21Qf4

21Qf5 Ne7 (21g6 22Qc2Nb4 23Qxc5 Be7ldquo) 22Qg4 Nxd523Rbd1 Nxe3 24fxe3 Qe7icirc21Re4 22dxc6 [22Qf5 Ne7II]22Rxf4 23exf4 Ne6 24cxb7 Qc725Rbc1 g6 26b4 c4 27a5 Nd4 28Rfe1 Nb5 29Re3 c3 30Ra1 c2 31Rae1 Nxa3 32Re8+ Kg7 33Rxb8Qxb8 34Rc1 Bb2 35Rxc2 Nxc236a6 Nxb4 37Kf1 Nxa6 0ndash1

English Opening A20Lu Gao 2137Lakshmana Viswanath 1556

Texas Action 2007 (5)1c4 e5 2e4 Bc5 3Nc3 d6 4Nge2c6 5d4 exd4 6Nxd4 Qf6 7Be3 h58Be2 Nd7 9Qd2 Ne5 10h3 Bb4

11f4 Ng6 120ndash0 Bd7 13f5 Ne514Bg5 Nxc4 15Bxc4 Qe5 16Kh1f6 17Bf4 Qc5 18Bxg8 Rxg8 19Nb3 Qb6 20Bxd6 Bxd6 21Qxd60ndash0ndash0 22Qc5 Qa6 23Nd5 Rge824Ne7+ Kb8 25Qd6+ Ka8 26 Nc5Bc8 27Nxa6 Rxd6 28Nc7+ Kb829Nxe8 Rd7 30Nxc8 Kxc8 31Rfd1 Re7 32Nd6+ Kc7 33Rd4Rd7 34Rad1 c5 35Nb5+ Kc6 36Rxd7 1ndash0

Jesse Lozano winsSACC championshipThe title of club champion waspassed from last yearrsquos five-headedhydra (Anderson Vergara StanleyDeLeon and Valdez) to recent SouthSan HS grad Jesse Lozano His Junerating put him over Expert topping asweet month He is currently lookingat UT-Brownsville for this fall

Caro-Kann B18Jesse Lozano 1990Mitch Vergara 2073

SACC Championship (5)1e4 c6 2d4 d5 3Nc3 dxe4 4Nxe4Bf5 5Ng3 Bg6 6h4 h6 7Bd3Bxd3 [7Qxd4] 8Qxd3 Nf6 9Nf3Nbd7 10Bd2 e6 110ndash0ndash0 Qc7 12Kb1 0ndash0ndash0 13c4 Kb8 14Bc3 Bd615Ne4 Nxe4 16Qxe4 Nf6 17Qe2Rhe8 18Ne5 Ka8 19f4 c5 20dxc5Bxc5 21g4 Qe7 22Ba5 Rd4 23g5Ng8 24Rxd4 Bxd4 25Rd1 Bxe526Qxe5 hxg5 27fxg5 f6 28Qb5 a629Qb6 Rc8 30Be1 fxg5 31Bf2Kb8 32Qa7+ Kc7aacute33Qf7 34Bd6+ [34 Bb6+ Kc6 35Bf2 Kc736Bg3+ Kc6 37Rd6+ Kc7 38Qb6+Kb8 39 Rd7+ and mate next]34Kd8 35 Be7+ [35hxg5 Ke836Re1A] 35 Kxe7 [35Ke836Bxg5 (36Qxb7 Nxe7ndash+) 36Qf3 =] 36Qxb7+ and 1ndash0

Chess on display San Angelo Community DayCommunity Day April 28th at theSunset Mall was a great successWith a track meet soccer tourna-ment and various other events in thecity the mall was packed with kidsfrom across the state We had set upa large chess set that drew thecrowds to our booths and we handedout over 700 USCF brochures aswell as flyers that gave informationabout Chess Buddies the San An-gelo Chess Club and the TexasChess Association

A high point was when the Lub-bock Estacado Tract team stoppedby and filled a table for a quickgame Play was fast and they allreceived free ice cream couponsfrom the local Baskin-Robbins

Local players Tony CarrizalesLogan Sturgeon Brittany Jaime andClaudia Ponce were on hand to playthe crowd Tony was a big hit on thebig chess set and Logan decimatedopponents with inappropriate butcrowd pleasing ldquoKa-bamrdquos whichbrought many more challengers to

try to shut him down It was fun andall challengers walked away withice cream coupons With much

media exposure we are hoping tosee more kids at our summer chesscamp ndash Robert Sturgeon

Lewisville ISD to host chess in education workshopby Alexey RootAs many Texas Knights readersknow the first Chess in Educationworkshop in conjunction with a StateScholastic was held March 17 2007The next TCA Chess in Educationworkshop will be March 2008 alsoduring the state scholastic If you areinterested in presenting or attendingin March 2008 please email AlexeyRoot arootutdallasedu

March 2008 is a long way offbut fortunately there is a Texas chessin education program offered sooneron Aug 16 According to program

organizer Michael Bowden the Kas-parov Chess Foundation is scheduledto present regarding the use of chessas an academic tool (See wwwkasparovchessfoundationorg)

This is a rather ground breakingevent for the Lewisville district aschess is used rather disjointedlyLewisville ISD has 60 campuses29 of which are sending a represent-ative James Stallings director of theUniversity of Texas at Dallas chessteam will make opening remarksTexas State Representative DiannePatrick has indicated she will attend

this is significant because of hereducation committee memberships

If you are able to attend wewould be delighted to have yourinterest Perhaps you will find theprogram or the dialogue that it es-tablishes of interest in other statescholastic chess efforts

Please contact Michael Bowdenltbowden_msbcglobalnetgt if youhave questions Should you wish thedistrict sponsor is Dr Penny Red-dell redellplisdnet AssistantSuperintendent Curriculum Instruc-tion and Assessment Services

Houstonrsquos TH Rogerswins K-5 national titleCo-champs Brownsville Paredes____________________________________________

A fifth grade team from HoustonrsquosTH Rogers Elementary triumphedat the National K-5 ElementaryChampionship held June 9-11 inNashville Tenn They scored 185points and finished first on tiebreaksCongratulations to the team MichaelHuang 55 pts Vincent Zhang 50Thomas Williamson 40 and Victo-ria Zhang 40 Kudos also to clubsponsor Martha Jenkinson and fifthgrade coach NM Jeffrey Ashton

And who should they edge outon tiebreak points but another Texasteam Americo Paredes Elementaryfrom Brownsville led by FernandoSpada (55 pts) also scored 185 toleave four New York teams in thedust including the legendary HunterSchool

Then in seventh place anotherBrownsville team Garden Parkrsquos topboard was Fernando Mendez wholike Spada is an All-America Teammember rated in the 1800s

Congratulations to all Texasteams who competed in this event

Notes by Michael HuangI finished undefeated (three draws)and scored an individual 5th place(17th on tiebreaks) This game wasplayed in Round 2

Dutch Leningrad A85Michael Tran 1198Michael Huang 1516

2007 National K-5 Elementary1d4 f5 I play the Dutch and this ismy favorite game of the tournament2c4 Nf6 3Nc3 g6 I prefer the Len-ingrad Variation 4Bg5 Bg7 5Nf30ndash0 6e3 Usually the bishop is fi-anchettoed to the strong h1ndasha8 di-agonal 6d6 to prepare e5 7Be2Qe8 80ndash0 Nc6 Normally not reallynecessary I overattack the squaree5 9Qb3 What is this I havenever seen this queer queen move Itblockades Whites normal queensideexpansion (a3 b4 c5) 9Qf710Bxf6 Unwillingly surrenders thebishop pair 10Bxf6 11Nd5 e612Nc3 Why not take my Bishop12Rb8 Defends the pawn on b7once I move my bishop 13Nb5 a614Na3 Why does White do thisWhite sees that his plan does notwork so he tries to make it lookconsistent 14e5 The pawn thrust is

finally played 15d5 This does gainsome space on the queenside butallows Black to attack on the oppo-site wing 15Ne7 16Nc2 h6 17Nd2 What is White doing At first Ithought White would have playedfor f4 stopping my space gain but17Qg7 18e4 I give this move aquestion mark because it foreveroutlaws f4 and allows Black a freehand on the kingsideXABCDEFGHY8-zrl+-zrk+(7+pzp-zn-zq-6p+-zp-zlpzpamp5+-+Pzpp+-4-+P+P+-+$3+Q+-+-+-2PzPNzNLzPPzP1zR-+-+RzK-xabcdefghy

18f4 When the position is closedplay on the side your pawns pointWhile Whites pawns point to thequeenside he has no real way ofbreaking through One thing to pointout if White tries c5 Black must notcontinue hellipdxc5 because d6+ winsa piece And Blacks pawns areaimed menacingly at the throat ofWhites king 19f3 Played to try tostop kingside Progress 19g5 20h3h5 This is why this is my favoriteDutch position Black gets his dreamDutch while White is traveling atsnails pace on the other side the c7d6 e5 f4 g5 and h5 is a dreamcome true With so much space theend should be near 21Kf2 Trying toflee into the queenside 21g4BOOM The power of the two bish-ops is shown the Black bishops arepoised for action 22Rg1 gxh3 Sad-ly White overlooks the mate withthe active bishop on f6 and the sleep-ing monster on c8 23gxh3 Bh4+24Kf1 Bxh3+ 25Rg2 Qxg2 0ndash1

Ju and Harper Win US Cadetsby Jennifer Shahade

uschessorgEvan Ju and Warren Harper bothpulled through in their final games ofthe Cadet Championship (TampaJune 17-21) to tie for first with 710in the prestigious National Cadet(age 16 and under) Championship

Fifteen year-old Evan Ju is fromNew Jersey and is coached by GMJoel Benjamin Ju is slated to play onthe New Jersey Knockouts in theUS Chess League this fall

Warren Harper is 16 and hailsfrom Houston Texas Both areranked second in their age group onthe June 2007 Top 100 rating lists

In the final round Jeffrey Haskelplayed an unorthodox opening (1Nf3 2c3 and 3d3) against WarrenHarper

Inverted Hanham A04Jeffrey Haskell 2121Warren Harper 2295

US Cadet Championship1Nf3 c5 2c3 Nf6 3d3 g6 4e4 d65Nbd2 Nc6 6a3 Bg7 7b4 0-0 8 d4cxd4 9cxd4 Bg4 10Bb2 d5 11e5Ne4 12Be2 Nxd2 13Qxd2 f6 140-0 fxe5 15Nxe5 Nxe5 16dxe5Bxe2 17Qxe2 Rf4 18Rad1 e6 19Rd4 Rxd4 20Bxd4 b6 21Qg4 Qd7XABCDEFGHY8r+-+-+k+(7zp-+q+-zlp6-zp-+p+p+amp5+-+pzP-+-4-zP-zL-+Q+$3zP-+-+-+-2-+-+-zPPzP1+-+-+RzK-xabcdefghy

The endgame looks slightly un-pleasant for White (due to Blackscontrol over the c-file and Whiteslsquobadrsquo bishop) but should be drawishbecause of Blacks weaker king andsoft spot on e622Rc1 Rc8 23Rxc8+ Qxc8 24h4Kf7 25Qf4+ Ke8 26Qg4 Kd7 27h5

A mistake allowing Black towin a pawn with Qc1+ and Qh6 andnot giving White enough compensa-tion [White can play it safe with27Qf4 when the repetition with27hellipKe8 28Qg4 = is likely ndash SKA]Qc1+ 28Kh2 Qh6 29Qf3 Ke830a4 Qg5 31Qc3 Qxh5+ 32 Kg3Qg5+ 33Kh3 Qh5+ 34Kg3 Bf8 35f3 Be7 36Kf2 Kf7 37a5 Qh1 38axb6 axb6 39Bxb6 Qh4+ 40g3Qxb4 41Qxb4 Bxb4 42Ke3 h5 43f4 g5 44Bd8 Bc5+ 45Ke2 gxf4 46gxf4 Kg6 47Kf3 Kf5 48B h4 Ba349Bd8 Bc1 50Bg5 h4 51 Bxh4Bxf4 52Bf2 Bxe5 53Bc5 Bc354Ke3 e5 55Bd6 e4 56Bc7 d4+57Ke2 Ke6 58Bb6 Kd5 59Bc7d3+ 60Kf2 Bd2 61Bb6 Kc4 62Ba7 Kb3 63Bd4 Kc2 64Bb6 e3+65Kf3 e2 66Bf2 e1=Q 67Bxe1Bxe1 68Ke4 d2 69Ke5 d1=Q 70Ke4 Bg3 71Kf5 Qf3+ 72Ke6 0-1

Evan Jus game against Alec Getzwas an inspired effort

Kingrsquos Indian E61Alec Getz 2161Evan Ju 2262

US Cadet Championship1Nf3 g6 2c4 Bg7 3Nc3 d6 4d4Nf6 5Bg5 O-O 6e3 h6 7Bh4 Qe88Bxf6 exf6 9Be2 f5 10O-O Nd711Rc1 Nf6 12Nd2 Ne4 13Bf3 Ng514g3 Nxf3+ 15Qxf3 c6 16b4 Bd717Nb3 Qc8 18a4 g5 19Rfe1 Qc720a5 Rae8 21Qd1 Re6 22d5 Rg6

XABCDEFGHY8-+-+-zrk+(7zppzql+pzl-6-+pzp-+rzpamp5zP-+P+pzp-4-zPP+-+-+$3+NzN-zP-zP-2-+-+-zP-zP1+-zRQzR-zK-xabcdefghy

23Nd4 f4 24a6 fxe3 25fxe3 c5 26Ndb5 Qb8 27bxc5 dxc5 28 axb7a6 29Na3 Qxb7 30Qd3 Qc7 31Nab1 h5 32Kh1 h4 33gxh4 gxh434Rg1 Bg4 35Rcf1 Qe5 36Qe4Qh5 37h3

Getz should have tried 37d6Black cant take the pawn because itleaves the bishop on g4 loose Whiteis ready to jump in with Nd5 andearn some counterplay37hellipBxh3 38Rxg6 fxg6 39 Rxf8+Kxf8 40d6 Be5

A nice display of the superiorityof a pair of bishops on an openboard41Qa8+ Kg7 42 Qb7+ 0-1

Evan Ju heads the standings ontiebreak There was no playoff Al-though the relevance of tiebreaks ina double round robin is not highEvan should be proud of his domi-nance in the early half of this eventand his recovery when things didnrsquotgo his way Talk about fightingchess ndash Evan had ten decisive games

Final Cadet Standings1-2 Evan Ju 70

Warren Harper3 Robert Lau 654 Alec Getz 405 Thomas Riccardi 356 Jeffrey Haskel 30

San Antonio City ChampionshipGregg Stanley Don Sutherland andAndy Smith tied for the 2007 SanAntonio Chess Championship heldJune 23-24 at TNI They each won$13333 splitting the combined 1st-2nd and U2200 prizes The trophywent on tiebreaks to first-time citychampion Gregg Stanley who drewAnderson in the last round

All four masters fell by the way-side starting with John Patty whowithdrew after a first round loss toyoung Eric Lu (1650) Larry Mosswithdrew after back-to-back drawsin 3 and 4 against Dale Dike andMartin Gordon Then Anderson whohad a first round draw with AvinashThangirala (1660) and an abortivelybrief draw with Stanley after a weakmove in the English Lastly JoseSilva thought the last round was atfour and overstayed watching a US-Mexico soccer match on TV Hisblunder cost him a forfeit to Suther-land but Silva took it in good stride

Randall Schwarz and StevenYoung tied for U2000 with 40 ($50each) Avinash Thangirala finishedwith 35 to win the U1800 prize of$100 Austin Jiang and Joshua How-ell both scored 30 to share theU1600 and U1400 prizes winning$75 each David Pacheco was topunrated with 20 for ($50)

TD Martin Gordon awardedPlanet Chess shirts to players whowon the biggest upset in each round

Rd 1 Eric Lu (1650) over JohnPatty (2200)Rd 2 Josh Howell (1309) over Ste-ven Young (1828)Rd 3 Avinash Thangirala (1660 )over Michael Haskins (1910)Rd 4 David Pacheco (433) overCharles Foltz (1750)Rd 5 Bryant Davis (unrated) overCharles Foltz (1750)

A total of 54 players competed June23-24 at the Texas NeurosciencesInstitute Martin Gordon directed forthe San Antonio Chess Club

Closed Sicilian B23Avinash ThangiralaSelby Anderson 2200

SA City Championship (1)1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3f4 e6 4Nf3 a65g3 d5 6e5 Nh6 7Bg2 Nf5 80ndash0h5 9Ne2 Qc7 10d3 Be7 [10f6]11Bd2 f6 12exf6 gxf6 13Bh3 Bd7[13e5Ouml] 14Bxf5 exf5 15Nh4 0ndash0ndash0 16Nc3 Qd6 17Be1 Rdg818Kh1 d4 19Na4 Nb4 [19Bd8]20Bxb4 Bxa4 21Bd2 Bc6+ 22Kg1Qd5 23Qf3 Qd7

23Qxf3 24Nxf3 h4 25Kg2Rg7 26Kf2 hxg3+ 27hxg3 Rh3 28Rg1 Kd7 29Rae1 Bd6 30Re2 Bd531Nh4 Be6Egrave24Qe2 Rg4 25Rae1 Bd8

25Rxh4 26Qxe7 Qxe7 27Rxe7 Rg4 28Be1=26Rf2 Rhg8

26Rxh4 27gxh4 Rg8+ 28Kf1Qg7 29Qe6+ Kb827Kf1 Bd5 28a3 Qh7 29c4 Bf7

29dxc3 30bxc3 Rxh4 31c4Rhg4 32cxd5 h4 33Qe6+ Kb8 34Qd6+ Qc7 35Qxc7+ Bxc7 36gxh4=30b4 cxb4 31Bxb4 Bc7 32Bc5[32Qb2jj] 32Rxh4 33gxh4 Qg634Rg2 Draw

Kingrsquos Indian E99Gregg Stanley 2049Randall Schwarz 1907

SA City Championship (3)1c4 g6 2Nc3 Bg7 3d4 Nf6 4e4 d65Nf3 0ndash0 6Be2 e5 70ndash0 Nc6 8d5Ne7 9Ne1 Nd7 10f3 f5 11Be3 f412Bf2 g5 13Nd3 Nf6 14c5 Ng615Rc1 Rf7 16Qc2 g4 17cxd6 cxd618Nb5 g3

This pawn sac for dark squaredominance was used in Taimanov-Najdorf Zurich Interzonal 195319hxg3 fxg3 20 Bxg3 Bh6 21Nc7Rb8 22Bf2 Nh5 23Ne6 Bxe6 24dxe6 Rg7 25Bxa7 Ngf4 26Nxf4Nxf4 27g4XABCDEFGHY8-zr-zq-+k+(7zLp+-+-zrp6-+-zpP+-zlamp5+-+-zp-+-4-+-+PznP+$3+-+-+P+-2PzPQ+L+-+1+-zR-+RzK-xabcdefghy

27hellipQh4Equal is 27hellipRa8 and Black is

assured of winning the Exchange inreturn for his pawns 28Be3 (or 28Bf2 Nxe2+ and hellipBxc1) 28hellipNh3+29Kh2 Bxe3 30Kxh3 Bxc1 31Rxc1 h5 with kingside perp likely28Qc8+ Qd8 29Bxb8 Nxe2+ 30Kf2 1ndash0

Center Counter B01Joshua Howell 1309Selby Anderson 2200

SA City Championship (3)1e4 d5 2exd5 Qxd5 3Nc3 Qd64d4 a6 5Nf3 Nf6 6Be2 Nc6 70ndash0Bg4 8Re1N (Diagram)

This milk-toast move actuallyhas some poison I was surprised tofind that only 8Be3 and 8h3 arecovered by Michael Melts in hismonograph on 3hellipQd68e6

The problem with 80ndash0ndash0 is9Ng5 Be6 and now 10d5 upsetsthe apple cart 10Nxd5 11Nxe6fxe6 12Bg4 Nxc3 13Qxd6 Rxd6

14bxc3 Nd8 15Bf4 and althoughBlackrsquos pawns are ugly as sin and heis fighting against an active bishoppair Fritz awards Black equalityMy money is on the White side

That leaves 8h6 preparinghellip0-0-0 However White has acanned attack with a3 b4 and b5 ndashwhich explains why the ldquosaferdquo ideais 8hellipe6 preparing hellipBe7 and hellip0-09Bg5

Soon after making my move Istarted to worry about 9d5 and wasrelieved when Howell played thetext After 9d5 Nb4 (not 9hellipexd510Bxa6+) 10dxe6 Bxe6 11a3 Nc612Qxd6 Bxd6 13Bc4 0ndash0 14Bxe6fxe6 15Rxe6 W and White is a solidpawn ahead90ndash0ndash0 10Be3 Bxf3 11Bxf3Nxd4 12Qxd4 Qxd4 13Bxd4Rxd4 14Rad1 Bc5

Black went on to win 0ndash1

Modern Defense B06Jesse Lozano 2046Gregg Stanley 2049

SA City Championship (4)1e4 g6 2d4 Bg7 3Nc3 d6 4Be3 a65Bc4 Nc6 6Nge2 e5 7f3 Nge7 8g4h5 9g5 b5 10Bb3 Bh3 11Qd2exd4 12Nxd4 0ndash0 130ndash0ndash0

Overlooking a Noahrsquos Ark trapBest is 13Nxc6 Nxc6 140-0-0 Na515Nd5 Nxb3 16cxb3 White workstoward Bd4 and Nf6+ but Black hashellipBe6 and Bxd5 to stop that planXABCDEFGHY8r+-zq-zrk+(7+-zp-znpzl-6p+nzp-+p+amp5+p+-+-zPp4-+-zNP+-+$3+LzN-zLP+l2PzPPzQ-+-zP1+-zKR+-+Rxabcdefghy

13hellipNxd4 14Bxd4 Bxd4 15Qxd4c5 16Qf6 c4 17Rxd6 Qc7 18Rxa6

This gives Black an f4 check thatpicks White apart Fritz prefers 18Bxc4 bxc4 18Rhd1 Rhe8 Auml18hellipRxa6 19Qxa6 cxb3 20axb3Qf4+ 21Kb1 Qxf3 22Re1 b4 23Nb5 Qf2 24Rd1 Qxh2 25Qa5Qe2 26 Rd8 Qxe4 27Rxf8+ Kxf828Qd8+ Kg7 29Nd6 Qe1+ 30Ka2Nd5

Taking away Nf6+ (30hellipNg8)31Nb5

On 31Nxf7 Black can accept theexchange of knights as the queenchecks are not so dreadful (31hellipKxf7 32Qxd5+ Qe6 33Qb7+ Qe734Qf3+ Bf5PP) Fritz likes 31hellipQd2 32Nd6 Qxc2 33Ne8+ Kf734 Nd6+ Ke6 35Nb5 Qc5 131331Qe5 32Nd6 Qe6 33Ne8+ Kh734Nd6 Qe7 35Qb8 Be6 36Ne4 h437Qh2 h3 38Qg3 Bf5 0ndash1

Closed Sicilian B24Larry Moss 2200Martin Gordon 1928

SA City Championship (4)1e4 c5 2Nc3 Nc6 3g3 d6 4Bg2 e65d3 Rb8 6Be3 b5 7Qd2 b4 8Nd1Bb7 9f4 Nf6 10Nf3 Ng4 11Bg1Nf6 12Be3 Ng4 13Bg1 Nf6 14h3Nd7 15Bf2 a5 160ndash0 a4 17a3 b318cxb3 Na5 19Qc3 Nxb3 20Rb1Ba6 21Re1 Qa5 22Bf1 Rg8 23Qxa5 Nxa5 24Nc3 Nb6 25Nd2[25d4 =] 25hellipg5 26fxg5 Rxg5XABCDEFGHY8-zr-+kzl-+(7+-+-+p+p6lzn-zpp+-+amp5zn-zp-+-zr-4p+-+P+-+$3zP-zNP+-zPP2-zP-zN-zL-+1+R+-zRLzK-xabcdefghy

27b4 axb3 28Nxb3 Nc6 29h4 Rg630Kg2 Be7 31d4 Bxf1+ 32Rxf1c4 33Nd2 d5 34 exd5 exd5 35Rb5Bxh4 36Rfb1 Nd7 [37hellipBd8] 37Rxb8+ Ndxb8 38Nxd5AcircBg5 39Nxc4 Nd7 40a4 Bd8 41Nf4 Rg542d5 Na5 43Nxa5 Bxa5 44Rb5Bd2 45Kf3 Ne5+ 46Ke2 Nc4 47Kd3 Bxf4 48gxf4 Rg2 49Bc5Nb2+ 50Ke4 Nxa4 DrawXABCDEFGHY8-+-+k+-+(7+-+-+p+p6-+-+-+-+amp5+RzLP+-+-4n+-+KzP-+$3+-+-+-+-2-+-+-+r+1+-+-+-+-xabcdefghy

Moss was presumably in timepressure when he accepted the offerFritz says White is winning after51Bd4 h5 52Rb8+ Kd7 53 Rb7+If Black doesnrsquot give up the f-pawnWhitersquos passed d-pawn is a menace

Kingrsquos Indian E83Eric Lu 1650Jose Silva 2202

SA City Championship (4)1d4 Nf6 2c4 g6 3Nc3 Bg7 4e4 0ndash0 5f3 d6 6Be3 Nc6 7Qd2 e5 8d5Nd4 9Bd3

9Nge2 forcing hellipNxe2 is theantidote to Blackrsquos idea Or wouldSilva sac the d6 pawn with 9hellipc5c5 10Nge2 Nh5 11f4

Castling was best11hellipexf4 12Nxf4 Qh4+ 13Kd1Ng3 14Re1 Qxh2 15Kc1 Nh5 16Nxh5 Qxh5 17Bf4 Qg4

Silva is most comfortable whensacrificing The routine 17Be5Nisalmost certainly best but look at theway Black controls the dark squaresthe ghosts of his center pawns

18Bxd6 Re8 19Bxc5 Bd7 20Bf1Qh4 21Bxd4 Bxd4 22Bd3 Be523Rf1 Rec8 24Kc2 Qe7 25Qf2

25Rac1 a6 26Kb1 or 25hellipb526cxb5 Bxc3 27bxc3 Rab8 28Rb1Qa3 29Rb2 Rc5 30Kb1 Rxc3 31Qf4 25hellipb5 26d6

Clearing d5 for the knight26hellipQe6 27c5 b4 28Nd5 Bxd629Nf6+ Kg7 30Nxd7 Qxd7XABCDEFGHY8r+r+-+-+(7zp-+q+pzkp6-+-zl-+p+amp5+-zP-+-+-4-zp-+P+-+$3+-+L+-+-2PzPK+-zQP+1zR-+-+R+-xabcdefghy

31Qd4+31Bc4 Rxc5 32Qxf7+ otilde

31hellipKg8 32Kb132Kb3 Rxc5 33Bc4 Rxc4 34

Qxc4 Rc8 35Qd5 Rc5 1313Rxc5 33Bc4 Rac8 34Rxf7 Qxf735Bxf7+ Kxf7 36Qd2 Be5 37a4a5 38g4 Ke7 39Ka2 Rc2 0ndash1

Sicilian Dragon B79Selby Anderson 2200Dale Dike 2006

SA City Championship (4)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 g6 6Be3 Bg7 7f3 Nc68Qd2 0ndash0 9Bc4 Bd7 100ndash0ndash0Qa5 11Kb1 Rfc8 12Bb3 Ne5 13h4 Nc4

13hellipRb8 was played in Dejmek-Plunkett Tx Chp 2007 (p 12)14Bxc4 Rxc4 15Nb3 Qc7 16h5

16Bd4 Be6 (16a5 17Bxf6Bxf6 18Nd5) 17h5 a5 18a4 b5(18Rb4 19hxg6 hxg6 20Rh4)19Nxb5 Qb8 20Nc3 Rb4ƒ16Nxh5

16Rxc3 17bxc3 Nxh5 18Bd4Nf6 19Rhe1paraNCO17g4 Nf6 18e5 Nxg4 19Nd5 Qd820Bg5 f6

20Bf5 21Na1 f6 22Nxf6+exf6 23Qd5+ qq21Nxf6+ exf6 22Qd5+ Kh8 [22Kf8 23fxg4IcircIcirc] 23Qxc4

23fxg4 would be a legitimatebrilliancy (a) 23hellipQg8 24Rxh7+Qxh7 25 exf6 Bf8 26Rh1micromicro (b)23Bxg4 24exf6 Qc7 (24 Bxf625Qf7) 25Rde1 Rxc2 26 fxg7+Qxg7 27Kxc2NtildeNtildeXABCDEFGHY8r+-zq-+-zk(7zpp+l+-zlp6-+-zp-zpp+amp5+-+-zP-zL-4-+Q+-+n+$3+N+-+P+-2PzPP+-+-+1+K+R+-+Rxabcdefghy23Nxe5 24Rxh7+

24Qh4 h5 25Bf4 Qc7 26Nd4Rc8 = What follows is a swindle24Kxh7 25Rh1+ Bh6 26Qh4fxg5 27Qxh6+ Kg8 28Qh7+

28Nd4 Kf7 29f4 Qh8 30Qxh8 Rxh8 31Rxh8 gxf4228Kf8 29Nd4 Rc8 [29Nf730Qxg6 Qe7OslashOslash] 30Qh8+ Ke7 31Qg7+ Nf7 32 Re1+ 1ndash0

English Opening A28Gregg Stanley 2049Selby Anderson 2200

SA City Championship (5)1c4 e5 2Nc3 Nc6 3Nf3 Nf6 4d4exd4 5Nxd4 Bb4 6Bg5 Bxc3+7bxc3 Ne5 8e3 Ng6

I overthink 8h6 is a main linewersquove discussed in blitz games9Qf3 Draw

Benoni A43Andrew I Smith 2024Jesse Lozano 2046

SA City Championship (5)1d4 Nf6 2Nc3 c5 3d5 d6 4e4 g65Be2 Bg7 6Bf4 0ndash0 7Nf3 a6

7hellipNa6 and hellipNc7 is preferredby theory with Whitersquos pawn at c28a4 Bg4 9h3 Bxf3 10Bxf3 Nbd711Qd2 Re8 120ndash0 Rb8 13a5 Qc714 Be2 Rbd8 15Bg5 Rc8 16f4 c417Bf3 e6

Black struggles for counterplayIf 17hellipb5 18axb6 Qxb6+ 19Kh1Daggerand the b2 pawn is poisoned (Dagger)18dxe6 Rxe6 19Kh1 Nc5

19hellipRce8 20f5 Re5 is aboutequal (21Bf4 Rxa5)20Bxf6 Bxf6 21Nd5 Qd8 22 f5gxf5 23exf5 Re5 24Rae1 Bg5

24hellipBh4 25Rxe5 dxe5 26Qe2Nd7 27f6 Nxf6 28Qxe5 Nxd5Bxd5 Rc7 29Qf4 ||25Qd4 Rxe1 26Rxe1 Qxa5

26Nd7 27Qg4 Kh8 28Nb6Nxb6 29axb6 Bf6 30Bxb7 Rb8 31Bd5 Qxb6 32Bxf7 oacuteoacute27c3 Nd3 28Re4XABCDEFGHY8-+r+-+k+(7+p+-+p+p6p+-zp-+-+amp5zq-+N+Pzl-4-+pzQR+-+$3+-zPn+L+P2-zP-+-+P+1+-+-+-+Kxabcdefghy

28hellipQc528Ne5 29Rg4 Qa1+ (29hellip

Nxg4 30Qxg4EumlEuml) 30Kh2 Qc1 (30Nxg4+ 31Qxg4 Qc1 32h4bullbull)31Ne7+7729Ne7+ Bxe7 30Rg4+ Bg5 31Rxg5+ Kf8 32Qg7+ Ke8 33Qg8+Ke7 34f6+ Kxf6 35Qg7+ 1ndash0

TX bests OK in 5th Annual Red River Shootoutby Tom Crane

The Fifth Annual Red River Shootout was held April 222007 in Davis Oklahoma This annual event pits playersfrom Texas against players from Oklahoma The way theevent is conducted players register on-site the morningof the event with respective players from each state listedhighest to lowest rating then the lists are put side by sideand the pairings are made It is a two round head-to-headmatch with each player playing each color one in themorning and the opposite in the afternoon The eventwas rejoined for the fifth consecutive year with Texasprevailing by a 22-20 count at the end of the day As withthe last two events the winner was not determined untilthe last three games of the match thus signifying the realbeauty of team competition all games matter Playerswith a 2-0 score from Texas were Austen Green MarcosRoye Jr Tom Crane and Harold Loftin Players whohave been to all five events includes Carmen ChariezPaul Huspeni Aurelio Gonzalez and Tom Crane

Each of these events has been competed in best spiritand highest standards of conduct one would expect from

any chess competitor or at any event Nary has there beena single dispute or harsh word uttered (other than the$amp heard when a player blunders) This spirit is atribute to the players who have represented both statesover the five-year history of this event with which I amproud to have been associated

As the event looks to celebrate its Sixth year of com-petition in 2008 look for information regarding the dateand location Please note that this is open to anyone fromeither state that has a USCF rating And lastly let us notforget to thank the founders of this event Jim Hollings-worth and Tom Nichols

_____________________________________

Parting thoughts by Frank BerryldquoWhen you play for a team you have the unanimous sup-port of your teammates and the struggle is absolutely un-compromisingrdquo ndash GM Eduard Gufeld

ldquoThe fights are so viscous because the stakes are sosmallrdquo ndash Henry Kissinger (regarding academic politics)

OKLAHOMA City Rating Score Rating TEXAS City1 Tom Braunlich Tulsa 2138gt2136 1 ndash 1 2098gt2100 Kevin Fleming Mansfield2 Jim Berry Stillwater 1985gt1986 1 - 1 2003gt2002 Ben Wheeler Dallas3 Tom Nichols Pauls Valley 1954gt1939 0 ndash 2 2019gt2033 Austen Green Arlington4 Mike Crockett Tulsa 1922gt1925 1 ndash 1 1963gt1960 Courtney Jamison Plano5 Judson Temple OKC 1871gt1883 5 ndash 15 1897gt1885 Fred Pennington Arlington6 Raymond Griffin Tulsa 1841gt1863 2 - 0 1836gt1814 Julie OrsquoNeill Fort Worth7 Frank Berry Stillwater 1839gt1815 0 ndash 2 1800gt1826 Frank Adams Copperas Cove8 Mike Tubbs Lawton 1800gt1800 1 - 1 1800gt1800 Aurelio Gonzales Watauga9 Julien Miller OKC 1725gt1753 2 - 0 1765gt1738 Carmen Chairez Arlington10 Bran Whitcomb Tulsa 1686gt1713 2 - 0 1690gt1663 Tom McCaslin Haltom City11 Milt Strain Moore 1667gt1660 1 - 1 1579gt1587 Paul Huspeni Keller12 David Flinchum Tulsa 1665gt1654 1 - 1 1519gt1533 M I Roye Sr N Richland Hills13 Bruce Wells Ardmore 1594gt1598 15 ndash 5 1459gt1454 Fred Burklow Fort Worth14 Steve Kecskemety Earlsboro 1573gt1571 1 ndash 1 1456gt1458 Ken J Smith Colleyville15 James Hill 1531gt1521 0 ndash 2 1403gt1416 M I Roye Jr N Richland Hills16 Roger Baxter OKC 1562gt1576 2 ndash 0 1350gt1332 Chris Thompson Fort Worth17 Skip Fritze Norman 1363gt1380 5 ndash 15 1353gt1335 Miguel Roye N Richland Hills18 Anthony Tuttle 1378gt1234 0 ndash 2 1379gt1402 Tom Crane N Richland Hills19 Jerry Coffee Ardmore 1200gt1207 0 ndash 2 1254gt1248 Harold Loften Jr Fort Worth20 Hans Chen Stillwater 977gt1042 2 - 0 1102gt1044 Helen Jamison Plano21 Tommy Simpson Kingston 905gt 882 5 ndash 15 918gt 941 David Wroe Denton

Team captain Final score 20 ndash 22 Texas wins

Notes by Tom Braunlich

QGD D31Kevin Fleming 2098Tom Braunlich 2138

Red River Shootout (11)1d4 d5 2c4 e6 3Nc3 c6 4e4 dxe45Nxe4 Bb4+ 6Nc3 c5 7dxc5[7Be3] 7Qxd1+ 8Kxd1 Nf69Nb5 Na6 10f3 Ke7 [100-0š]11Bf4 Bxc5 12a3 Rd8+ 13Kc2Nh5 [13e5 14Bxe5 Bf5+ 15Kc3doesnt work] 14Be5 Bd7 [14f615g4 fxe5 16gxh5 Bd7 is good andwhat I intended but then I misevalu-ated it and played something elseVery confused thinking here and alot of wasted time] 15b4 f6 16Bc3Be3 17Re1 Bh6 18Nd4 Kf7[18e5] 19c5 e5 [19Nc720Bc4 Nf4not] 20Bc4+ Kf8 21Nde2Ba4+ [21Nc7] 22Bb3 Bb5[22Bxb3+ 23Kxb3 b6b] 23g4Nf4 24Nxf4 Bxf4 25Nh3AgraveBd3+26Kb2 Nc7 27Nxf4 exf4 28Bc2Bxc2 29Kxc2sup2 Nd5 30Re4 Ne3+31Kb3 Rd3ldquo 32Rd4 Rd833Rxd8+ Rxd8 34Rc1 b6[34Rd3rsquo] 35c6 b5 36Bd4rsquoa637c7 Rc8 38Rc6 Nd5 39Rxa6Rxc7 40Bc5+ Kf7 [40Ke8P]41Kc2 Rb7 42Kd3 and White soonwon on time 1ndash0

Sicilian B34Jim Berry 1985Ben Wheeler 2009

Red River Shootout (12)1e4 c5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4 g6 5Nxc6 bxc6 6Qd4 Nf67e5 Nd5 8Bc4 Qb6 9Qxb6 Nxb610Bb3 Ba6 11Nc3 Bg7 12Bf4 Nc413Bxc4 Bxc4 140ndash0ndash0 Rb8 15e6d6 16exf7+ Kxf7 17Bd2 Rb7 18b3 Rhb8 19Rhe1 h6 20Ne4 Bd521f3 a5 22a4 Ra8 23Bf4 Rb4 24Bg3 Bxe4 25Rxe4 Rxe4 26fxe4Ke6 27Kd2 Be5 28Bxe5 Kxe529Kd3 Rf8 30g3 d5 31exd5 cxd5

32c3 Rb8 33Rb1 Kd6 34Kd4 e5+35Ke3 Rc8 36Kd3 Rf8 37Re1Rf3+ 0ndash1

Sicilian Najdorf B96Austen Green 2019Tom Nichols 1954

Red River Shootout (13)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 a6 6Bg5 e6 7f4 b5 8e5dxe5 9fxe5 Qc7 10exf6 Qe5+11Be2 Qxg5 120ndash0 Bc5 13Kh1Ra7 14Ne4 Qe5 15fxg7 Bxd416Nf6+ Qxf6 17Rxf6 Bxf618gxh8Q+ Bxh8 19c3 Nd7 20Qd3Nf6 21Qe3 Rd7 22Bf3 Nd523Qe4 Nf6 24Qe3 Nd5 25Qc5Rc7 26Qd6 Rd7 27Qg3 Kf828Rd1 Bb7 29Qb8+ Kg7 30b3Bc6 31c4 Nc3 32Rxd7 Bxd733Qd8 1ndash0

English Opening A34Mike Crockett 1915Courtney Jamison 1963

Red River Shootout (14)1Nf3 c5 2c4 e6 3Nc3 Nf6 4e4Nc6 5d4 cxd4 6Nxd4 a6 7Be2Qc7 80ndash0 Be7 9Nc2 0ndash0 10Be3 d611Rc1 b6 12f4 Bb7 13Bf3 Rfd814Qe1 Rac8 15Qf2 Nd7 16Rfd1[16f5] 16Bf6 17Na4 Nc518Nxc5 bxc5 19b4 Nb8 20bxc5dxc5 21e5 Be7 22Rb1 Bxf3 23Rxd8+ Rxd8 24Qxf3 Nc6 25Qe4h6 26Ne1 Bf8 27Nf3 Nd4 28Rb7Qa5 29h3 Qxa2 30Bxd4 cxd4 31Qd3 Qa1+ 32Kh2 a5 33Rb5 Qc334Qd1 Bb4 35Qa4 d3 36c5 d2Flag Im clearly busted - MC 0ndash1

Caro-Kann B10Fred Pennington 1897Judson Temple 1871

Red River Shootout (15)1e4 c6 2f4 d5 3Nc3 dxe4 4Nxe4Bf5 5Ng3 Qd7 6Bc4 Bg4 7Nf3Nf6 8d3 e6 9h3 Bxf3 10Qxf3 Bc511c3 0ndash0 12d4 Bd6 130ndash0 Qc7

14Bd2 Nbd7 15Rae1 Rfe8 16Bd3Nf8 17Nh1 Ng6 18g3 Rad8 19b4b6 20f5 exf5 21Bxf5 Rxe1 22Rxe1 Re8 23Rxe8+ Nxe8 24Be4c5 25dxc5 bxc5 26a3 cxb4 27axb4 Nf6 28Bxg6 hxg6 29Kg2Nd7 30Nf2 Be5 31Ne4 Nf6 32Ng5Qd8 33Bf4 Bxf4 34gxf4 Qd2+ 35Kg1 Qe1+ 36Kg2 Qd2+ 37Kg1

Draw

Sicilian B27Ray Griffin 1841Julie OrsquoNeil 1836

Red River Shootout (16)1e4 c5 2Nf3 g6 3c3 Bg7 4d4 cxd45cxd4 d6 6Bc4 Nf6 7Nc3 0ndash08Bb3 Nc6 90ndash0 Bd7 10Bg5 Na511Bc2 Nc4 12b3 Na3 13Bd3 Rc814Rc1 b5 15Qd2 Qa5 16Nd5Qxd2 17Nxe7+ Kh8 18Bxd2 Nxe419Bxe4 Rxc1 20Bxc1 notationunlcear from here 1ndash0

Notes by Frank Berry

Hungarian Defense C55Frank Adams 1800Frank Berry 1839

Red River Shootout (17)1e4 e5 2Nf3 Nc6 3Bc4 Nf6 4d3h6 5Be3 d6 6h3 Be7 70ndash0 0ndash08c3 Be6 [8d5] 9Nbd2

9Bxe6 fxe6 10Qb3 p9Qd7 10Bb5 a6 11Ba4 b5 12Bc2 d5 13d4 Bd6 [13exd4]14Re1

14dxe5 Bxe5 15Nxe5 Nxe5 16f4 Nc4 17Nxc4 bxc4 18f5 Nxe419Qg4II14Rad8 15dxe5 Bxe5 16Nxe5Nxe5 17Bd4

17f4 Nc4 18Nxc4 dxc4 19Qf3Qc6 20Bd4 17Ng6 18Bxf6 gxf6 19Qh5 Kg720Rad1 Qc6 21Nb3 Nf4

21dxe4 22Bxe4 Rxd1 23Qxd1 Qc4 24Qf3 J

22Qh4 [22Qf3] 22Ng6 23Qg3Rg8 24Nd4 Qb6 25Nxe6+ Qxe626Qxc7 Ne5 27Bb3 Kh8

27Nf3+ 28Kf1 Nxe1 29Bxd5 Qd7 30Qf4 Nc2 31Qd2 Na332bxa3 Qd6 33Kg1 Qxa3 34Qd4o28Kh2 Rc8 29exd5 Qf5 30Qb6XABCDEFGHY8-+r+-+rmk(7+-+-+p+-6pwQ-+-zp-zpamp5+p+Psnq+-4-+-+-+-+$3+LzP-+-+P2PzP-+-zPPmK1+-+RtR-+-xabcdefghy

30Rxg2+rr30Nf3+ 31Kh1 Rxg2 32

Kxg2 Rg8+ 33Kf1 Qxh3+ 34Ke2Re8+031Kxg2+- Rg8+ 32Kf1 Nf3 33Qe3 Rg1+ 34Ke2 Rxe1+ 35Rxe1

1ndash0

London System D02Mike Tuggs 1800Aurelio Gonzalez 1800

Red River Shootout (18)1d4 d5 2Nf3 c6 3c3 Nf6 4Bf4Nbd7 5e3 e6 6Bd3 Be7 70ndash0 0ndash08Nbd2 Re8 9e4 dxe4 10Nxe4Nxe4 11Bxe4 Nf6 12Bc2 h6 13Ne5 c5 14dxc5 Bxc5 15Qf3 Qe716Rad1 a5 17Rd2 Ra6 18Bd3Rd6 19Nc4 Rd5 20Ne3 Bxe3 21Bxe3 Red8 22Rfd1 b5 23Bxb5Bb7 24Qe2 Qc7 25Rxd5 exd5[25Nxd5] 26Bd4 Qd6 27Qe5Bc6 28Qxd6 Rxd6 29Bxc6 Rxc630Bxf6 Rxf6 31Rxd5 a4 32f3Rb6 33Rd2 f5 34Kf2 Kf7 35Ke2g5 36h3 Ke6 37Kd1 Ke5 38Kc2Kf4 39Re2 h5 40c4 g4 41fxg4hxg4 42hxg4 fxg4 43Kc3 Kg3 44c5 Rf6 45Kb4 Kh2 46Rc2 g3 47

c6 Rf2 48Kc3 Rf7 49Kd3 Rc750b4 1ndash0

KI Attack A05Carmen Chairez 1765Julien Miller 1705

Red River Shootout (19)1d3 Nf6 2Nf3 e6 3g3 b6 4Bg2Bb7 50ndash0 d5 6c3 Bd6 7Nbd2 0ndash08Qc2 Nbd7 9e4 dxe4 10dxe4 c511Re1 e5 12Nc4 Bc7 13Bg5 Qe714Rad1 h6 15Bc1 b5 16Ncd2 c417Nh4 Nc5 18Bf1 Rad8 19Nf5Qe6 20b4 Ncxe4 21Nxh6+ gxh622Nxe4 Nxe4 23Rxd8 Rxd8 24Rxe4 Bxe4 25Qxe4 Rd1 26Qc2Qd5 27Bxh6 Qd3 28Qxd3 cxd329Kg2 d2 30Be2 Re1 31Bxd2Rxe2 32Be3 Rxa2 33h4 Bb6 34Kf3 Bxe3 35Kxe3 Rc2 36f3 Rxc3+37Ke4 and White resigned aboutmove 52 0ndash1

Caro-Kann B16Brian Whitcomb 1683Tom McCaslin 1690

Red River Shootout (110)1e4 c6 2d4 d5 3Nc3 dxe4 4Nxe4Nf6 5Nxf6+ gxf6 6c3 Bf5 7Bd3Bxd3 8Qxd3 e6 9Ne2 Bd6 10Bh6f5 11Qh3 Qf6 12f4 [120ndash0ndash0]12Nd7 130ndash0 Rg8 14Ng3 Qh8[14Qg6] 15Bg5 f6 [15Rg6] 16Qh5+ [16Rae1] 16Rg6 17Rae1XABCDEFGHY8r+-+k+-wq(7zpp+n+-+p6-+pvlpzpr+amp5+-+-+pvLQ4-+-zP-zP-+$3+-zP-+-sN-2PzP-+-+PzP1+-+-tRRmK-xabcdefghy

17Be7170ndash0ndash0 = (18Rxe6 fxg5)

18Rxe6 icircicircNf8 19Bxf6 1ndash0

Hungarian Defense C41David Flinchum 1665MI Roye 1519

Red River Shootout (112)1e4 e5 2Nf3 d6 3Bc4 Be7 4Nc3Nf6 5d4 exd4 6Nxd4 Bg4 7Qd30ndash0 8h3 Bh5 9f4 c5 10Nb3 d511Nxd5 Nxe4 120ndash0 Nf6 13Nxf6+Bxf6 14Qxd8 Rxd8 15g4 Nc616c3 Bg6 17f5 Ne5 18Be2 c4 19Nc5 Nd3 20Ne4 Bxf5 21Nxf6+gxf6 22Rxf5 Kg7 23Bxd3 cxd324Bd2 Rac8 25Re1 Rc6 26Re3Ra6 27a3 Rb6 28b4 Ra6 29Rff3Rad6 30a4 R8d7 31Kf1 Kg6 32Ke1 Re6 33Kd1 Red6 34Be1 d235Bg3 Rd5 36Re2 Rd3 37Rfe3Kg5 38Rxd3 Rxd3 39Bb8 a6 40Rxd2 Rxc3 41Rd7 b5 42a5 Kg643Rd6 Kg7 44Ba7 1ndash0

Notes by Tom Braunlich

Nimzo-Indian E36Tom Braunlich 2138Kevin Fleming 2098

Red River Shootout (21)This interesting game features thetheme of overprotection of yourstrong point in the Nimzovicheantradition 1d4 Nf6 2c4 e6 3Nc3Bb4 4Qc2 d5 5a3 Be7 6Bg5 0ndash07cxd5 exd5 8e3 c6 9Bd3 g610Nge2 Nbd7 110ndash0 Re8 12f3Nf8 13Rae1 Ne6 14Bh4 Nh515Bf2 Nhg7 [Better is 15Bf6restraining white from playing e3-e4But black is deliberately playing tocreate a solid position that is hard tocrack moving very quickly to getme into time trouble] 16e4 dxe417fxe4 Nf8 18Kh1 f5 This is along-term weakening but I guess hefelt he needed to do something be-cause otherwise white has a clearplan of attack against f7 startingwith Bc4 19Bc4+ Be6 20d5 Bf721Rd1sup2 An interesting position Itsa struggle here to see if white can

keep a strong pawn wedge in thecenter 21Qc8 22Bb3 [The other-wise desirable move 22Qb3 wouldhave been answered by 22b5 Instead I make a quiet move thatprotects both my bishop and queenagainst various dangerous pins andnow my pawns are threatening toroll] 22cxd5 [22fxe4 23d6wins] 23exd5plusmn Whites d-pawn isnow very strong 23Bf6 24Bd4Nd7 25Ba4 Bxd4 26Rxd4 Re527Qd2 a6 28Nf4 b5 29Bb3XABCDEFGHY8r+q+-+k+(7+-+n+lsnp6p+-+-+p+amp5+p+Ptrp+-4-+-tR-sN-+$3zPLsN-+-+-2-zP-wQ-+PzP1+-+-+R+Kxabcdefghy

Look at that overprotection of mystrong point Nimzovich would beproud And sure enough it leads to awinning position very soon29Nc530Ba2 Ra7 31b4 Nd7 32d6 Thepassed pawn has a lust to expand(Nimzovich) 32Nf6 33Ncd5 Qd8[I was expecting 33Ne4 when Iwas looking forward to 34Rxe4Rxe4 35Nf6+ Kh8 36Nxe4 Bxa2(36fxe4 37Bxf7 Rxf7 38Nxg6+)37Nxg6+ hxg6 38Nf6 winning]34Ne7+ [Winning the exchange butunnecessarily prolonging the gameThere was a thematic win with34Nxf6+ Qxf6 35d7 Qd8 36Rc1Ra8 37Rc8] 34Raxe7 35dxe7Qxe7 36Nd5 Nxd5 37Bxd5 Re238Bxf7+ Kxf7 39Qd1 Qe540Rd7+ Kf6 41Qd6+ Qxd642Rxd6+ Re6 43Rfd1 Ne844Rxe6+ Kxe6 45Rd8 Nd646Ra8 Nc4 47Rxa6+ Ke5 SinceWhite was in some time pressure

(three minutes left) Black playedthis hopeless ending out all the way48Kg1 Kd4 49a4 bxa4 50Rxa4Nd6 51Ra7 Kc4 52Rxh7 Kxb453Rh6 Kc5 54Rxg6 Ne4 55h4Kd5 56h5 Ke5 57h6 Nf6 58Kf2 f459Kf3 Kf5 60Rg7 Nh5 61h7Nxg7 62h8Q Ne6 63Qc8 Ke564Kg4 Kf6 65Qc3+ Kf7 66Kf5Ng7+ 67Kxf4 Kg6 68Qc6+ Kf769Qd7+ Kf6 70g4 Ne6+ 71Kg3Ng5 72Qf5+ 1ndash0

Caro-Kann B13Ben Wheeler 2009Jim Berry 1885

Red River Shootout (22)1e4 c6 2d4 d5 3exd5 cxd5 4c4 e65Nf3 Nf6 6Bf4 Nc6 7Nc3 Bb48a3 Bxc3+ 9bxc3 0ndash0 10c5 b611Ne5 Nxe5 12dxe5 Ne4 13cxb6Qxb6 14Qc2 Bd7 15Bd3 Rac816Bxe4 dxe4 170ndash0 Rc4 18Rfe1Bc6 19Be3 Qa5 20Bd4 Bd5 21Re3 Rfc8 22Qb2 h6 23Rg3 Kh824f4 exf3 25gxf3 Ra4 26f4 Be427h4 Qd8 28Qh2 Rxd4 [28Rxd429cxd4 Qxd4+] 0ndash1

Sicilian B45Tom Nichols 1954Austen Green 2019

Red River Shootout (23)1e4 c5 2Nf3 Nc6 3d4 cxd44Nxd4 Nf6 5Nc3 e6 6Nxc6 bxc67e5 Nd5 8Bd2 Qc7 9Nxd5 cxd510Bc3 Rb8 11Qd2 Bc5 12Rc1Qb6 13b3 Bb7 14Rd1 0ndash0 15Bd4Bxd4 16Qxd4 Qa5+ 17Qd2 Qxa218Bd3 Ba6 190ndash0 Bxd3 20Qxd3Rfc8 21Ra1 Qxc2 22Qxc2 Rxc223Rxa7 g6 24Rb1 Rxb3 0ndash1

French Tarrasch C03Courtney Jamison 1963Mike Crockett 1922

Red River Shootout (2)1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3Nd2 Be7 4c3 Nf65e5 Nfd7 6Bd3 c5 7Ne2 cxd48cxd4 Nc6 90ndash0 Qb6 10Nf3 f6

11exf6 Nxf6 12Kh1 [12Nf4 0ndash013Re1] 120ndash0 13Ng3 Kh8 14Bb1 Bd7 15a3 Bd6 16Re1 Rae817Qd3 e5 18dxe5 Nxe5 19Nxe5Rxe5 20Rxe5 Bxe5 21Qc2[qq21Be3] 21Rc8 22Qd2 Ng4[22Rxc1+ 23Qxc1 Bxb2] 23h3Nxf2+ 24Kh2XABCDEFGHY8-+r+-+-mk(7zpp+l+-zpp6-wq-+-+-+amp5+-+pvl-+-4-+-+-+-+$3zP-+-+-sNP2-zP-wQ-snPmK1tRLvL-+-+-xabcdefghy

24Qd6 [v24Nxh3 25gxh3Rxc1 26Qg2 (26Qxc1 Qf2+ 27Kh1Qf3+ 28Kg1 Qxg3+ 29Kf1 Bb5+ndash+) 26Bxh3ndash+] 25Qxf2 [25Qg5Bxg3+ 26Qxg3 Qxg3+ 27Kxg3Nh1+ 28Kf3 Rxc1] 25Rxc1 andWhite has no defense against26Bxg3+ 27Qxg3 Rh1+ 28Kxh1Qxg3 0ndash1

QP Opening A47Judson Temple 1880Fred Pennington 1890

Red River Shootout (25)1d4 Nf6 2Nf3 e6 3e3 b6 4Bd3Bb7 50ndash0 Ne4 6Nbd2 Nxd27Bxd2 f5 8Re1 Be7 9e4 0ndash010exf5 exf5 11Ne5 Nc6 12Bc4+d5 13Nxc6 Bxc6 14Qe2 Bd615Qe6+ Kh8 16Bd3 Qd7 17Qxd7Bxd7 18Re2 Rfe8 19Rae1 g620Bg5 Rxe2 21Bf6+ Kg8 22Rxe2Re8 23Be5 Bxe5 Draw offered byBlack 24dxe5 c5 25Ba6 Kf7 26f4Bc6 27c3 Ke6 28Kf2 b5 29Rd2Rb8 30b3 Rb6 [30Bd7] 31Bc8+Ke7 32e6 Rb8 33Bd7 Bxd734exd7 Kd6 35h4 Rd8 36g3Rxd7ndash+ 37Rd1 Re7 38h5 a5

39hxg6 hxg6 40Rh1 a4 [40b4]41Rh8 axb3 42axb3 Kc7 [42d4]43Rg8 Re6 44Ra8 d4 45cxd4cxd4 46Ra7+ [46b4] 46Kb647Rd7 Kc5 48Rd8 Rd6XABCDEFGHY8-+-tR-+-+(7+-+-+-+-6-+-tr-+p+amp5+pmk-+p+-4-+-zp-zP-+$3+P+-+-zP-2-+-+-mK-+1+-+-+-+-xabcdefghy

[48Re4] 49Rb8 [b49b4+ Kc650Rxd6+ Kxd6 51Ke2 Ke6(51Kd5 52Kd3) 52Kd2 Kd653Kc2= (53Kd3 Kd5) ] 49d3ndash+50Ke1 d2+ 51Kd1 Kb4 52Rb7Rd5 53Rb6 Kxb3 54Rxg6 b455g4 fxg4 56Rxg4 Rd4 57Rg8Rxf4 58Kxd2 Kb2 59Rb8 Rd4+60Ke3 Rh4 61Kd2 b3 62Rb7Rd4+ 63Ke3 Rc4 64Kd2 Ka2 65Ra7+ Kb1 66Rb7 Rc2+ 67Kd1 b268Rb8 Rc4 69Ke2 Ka2 70Ra8+Kb3 71Rb8+ Rb4 0ndash1

French Exchange C01Julie OrsquoNeil 1836Ray Griffin 1841

Red River Shootout (26)1e4 e6 2d4 d5 3exd5 exd5 4Bd3Nf6 5Nf3 Bd6 60ndash0 0ndash0 7Bg5 h68Bh4 Nbd7 9Nbd2 c6 10c3 Re811Qc2 Nf8 12Rfe1 Be6 13Ne5 g514Bg3 Nh5 15Nf1 Qf6 16Ne3Nxg3 17hxg3 Bxe5 18dxe5 Qxe519Nf5 Qf6 20Nd6 Re7 21Re3Bg4 22Rxe7 Qxe7 23Nf5 Bxf524Bxf5 Re8 25Qd2 Qe5 26g4Nh7 27f3 Qe3+ 28Qxe3 Rxe3 29Bc8 Re7 30Kf2 Nf6 31Re1 Rc732Bf5 Kf8 33Re3 Re7 34a4 Rxe335Kxe3 Ke7 36Kd4 Kd6 37b4 b638Kd3 c5 39bxc5+ bxc5 40Bc8

Nd7 41a5 Ne5+ 42Kc2 Nc4 43Ba6 Ne3+ 44Kb2 Nxg2 45Ka3Nh4 46Bb7 c4 47Kb4 Nxf3 48Bc8 Nd2 49Bf5 Nb3 50Bc8 Nc5

0ndash1

Diemer Gambit D00Frank Berry 1839Frank Adams 1800

Red River Shootout (27)1e4 d5 2d4 dxe4 3Nc3 Nf6 4f3exf3 5Qxf3 c6 6Be3 Bg4 7Qf2 e68h3 Bh5 9g4 Bg6 100ndash0ndash0 Bb411Nge2 Nbd7Iacute 12Bg2 Nb613Rhf1 Nbd5 14Nxd5 Nxd515Be4 0ndash0 16Ng3 [16Bxg6 fxg617Qg1 Qa5 18Kb1] 16Qa5 17a3 Bd6 [17Bxa3 18bxa3 Qxa3+19Kd2 Bxe4 20Nxe4 f5] 18Bd3b5 [18Bxa3 19Bxg6 fxg6 20Qe1Bb4 21c3 Bd6] 19Ne4 [19Bd2Qa4iquestiquest] 19Bxe4iquestiquest20Bxe4 b4 21Qh4 g6 22Bxd5 cxd5 23Bh6 bxa324c3 axb2+ 25Kd2 Rfc8 26Qf6Qxc3+ 27Ke2 Qc2+ 28Rd2 Qe4+29Kf2 Bf8 30Kg1 Bxh6 31Qxf7+Kh8 32Qf6+ Bg7 0ndash1

Caro-Kann B12Aurelio Gonzalez 1800Mike Tubbs 1800

Red River Shootout (28)1e4 c6 2d4 d5 3e5 Bf5 4f4 e65Nf3 Nd7 6c4 dxc4 7Bxc4 Nb68Bb3 Ne7 9Nc3 Ned5 100ndash0 Be711Bd2 0ndash0 12Qe2 Nxc3 13bxc3Nd5 14Rfd1 Rc8 15c4 Nc7 16Rac1 Na6 17Be3 Kh8 18d5 cxd519cxd5 Rxc1 20Bxc1 Bc5+ 21Be3exd5 22Rxd5 Qb6 23Kf2 Bxe3+24Qxe3 Qxe3+ 25Kxe3 Be6 26Rd6 Bxb3 27axb3 h6 28Nd4 Rc829f5 Kg8 30h4 Kf8 31g4 Rc1 32f6 Kg8 33h5 Re1+ 34Kf4 Rf1+35Kg3 Rg1+ 36Kf3 Rf1+ 37Ke2Rf4 38Nf5 gxf6 39exf6 Re4+ 40Kf3 Re6 41Nxh6+ Kh7 42Nxf7Rxd6 43Nxd6 Nc5 44g5 Nxb3 45Kf4 a5 46f7 Kg7 47h6+ Kf8 48h7

1ndash0

Pirc Defense B09Julien Miller 1725Carmen Chairez 1765

Red River Shootout (29)1e4 d6 2d4 Nf6 3Nc3 g6 4f4 Bg75Nf3 Bg4 6Be3 a5 7Bd3 Na6 8a30ndash0 9h3 Bd7 10e5 Ne8 110ndash0 c612Qd2 b5 13f5 gxf5 14Bh6 e615Bxg7 Kxg7 16Qf4 d5 17Ne2Rg8 18Ng3 Kh8 19Nh4 Qg5 20Qxg5 Rxg5 21Kh2 Nec7 22Nf3Rg6 23Nh5 c5 24Nf6 Be8 25c3 c426Bc2 Nb8 27g4 Bd7 28gxf5Rxf6 29exf6 exf5 30Nh4 Be6 31Bxf5 Ra6 32Rae1 Nd7 33Rf4 Rd634Nf3 h6 35Ne5 Nxe5 36Rxe5and White won on move 70 1ndash0

Correction to May-June issueOn p 10 Langer-Plunkett (LoneStar Open) shows 26hellip Ne5 Themove actually played was 26hellipNe3after which the game makes moresense Here is the correct score

Sicilian Dragon B79Michael Langer 2354Robert Plunkett 2179

Lone Star Open (5)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3d4 cxd4 4Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 g6 6Be3 Bg7 7f3 Nc6 8Qd2 0ndash0 9Bc4 Bd7 100ndash0ndash0 Qa511Kb1 Rfc8 12Bb3 Ne5 13Bg5Rab8 14h4 b5 15Bxf6 Bxf6 16h5Bg7 17Qg5 Rxc3 18bxc3 Qxc3 19Qd2 Qc5 20c3 a5 21f4 Ng4 22hxg6 hxg6 23f5 a4 24Bd5 gxf5 25Nxf5 Bxf5 26exf5 Ne3 27f6 Bxf628Rh5 e6 29Bf3 b4 30c4 Nxc4 31Rxc5 Nxd2+ 32Rxd2 dxc5 33Rd7c4 34Bh5 Rf8 35Rc7 c3 36Rb7Rc8 37Kc2 Rd8 38Bxf7+ Kf8 39Bxe6 Rd2+ 40Kc1 Bg5 41Rf7+Ke8 42Rf5 Rxg2+ 43Rxg5 Rxg544Bc4 Ke7 0ndash1

Solution (back cover) 1Bd6 (1hellipKxd6 2Qd7 1hellipcxd3 Rxd3 1hellipf5 2Nc5 1hellipc3 2Nb4)

IM-pressiveTwo from Austin make IMnorms at US Championship

Michael Langer and Joe Bradfordboth from Austin earned IM normsat the US Championship held May15-23 in Stillwater Oklahoma USSenior champion Bradford alreadyhas three norms so this is his ldquoinsur-ance normrdquo

This is Langerrsquos first normLanger was invited to the USChampionship because he alwaysdrove up the seven hours from Aus-tin for organizer Frank Berryrsquos tour-naments in Oklahoma In that senseMichael Langer is considered a localplayer Michael earned his normwith a last round draw againstDmitry Gurevich

Sicilian Rauzer B64Michael Langer 2315Dmitry Gurevich 2518

US Championship 2007 (9)1e4 c5 2Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4Nf6 5Nc3 Nc6 6Bg5 e6 7Qd2 Be780-0-0 0-0 9f4 h6 10Bh4 e5 11Nf5 Bxf5 12exf5 exf4 13Qxf4 d514Kb1 d4 15Bxf6 Bxf6 16Ne4Rc8 17Nxf6+ Qxf6 18Bd3 Rfd819Be4 Nb4 20g4 Nd5 21Bxd5Rxd5 22Rd3 Re8 23Rhd1 Re2 24a3 Qc6 25R1d2 Re1+ 26Rd1 frac12-frac12

[Final score 45]

Bradford won his last round gameagainst Irina Krush In GibraltarBradford was on board one againstAdams He got a chance to seeIrinas recent excellent form up closeas she crushed Akopian ldquoWersquorerated similarly so Im used to play-ing next to her not against herrdquo

QGD Slav D30Irena Krush 2464Joe Bradford 2424

US Championship 2007 (9)1d4 d5 2c4 c6 3Nf3 Nf6 4e3 e6 5Nbd2 c5 6dxc5 Bxc5 7a3 0-0 8Bd3 Nbd7 90-0 b6 10b4 Be7 11Bb2 Bb7 12Qe2 a5 13b5 Nc5 14Bc2 Nfe4 15cxd5 exd5 16Rfd1Qe8 17a4 f5 18Nf1 Bf6 19Nd4Qd7 20Ng3 Rae8 21Nh5 Bh4 22g3 Bg5 23Bb1

23Qf3 (Fritz) defangs the knightsac and prepares Nf4 Also good is23Nf4 Bxf4 24gxf4 with equalityXABCDEFGHY8-+-+rzrk+(7+l+q+-zpp6-zp-+-+-+amp5zpPznp+pzlN4P+-zNn+-+$3+-+-zP-zP-2-zL-+QzP-zP1zRL+R+-zK-xabcdefghy

23hellipNxf2 24Bxf5Either capture at f2 is answered

with 24hellipBxe3(+) and mayhem24hellipRxf5 25Nxf5 Qxf5 26Bd4Bxe3 27Nxg7

27Bxe3 Nh3+ and 28hellipd4+ etc27hellipQe4 28Qxe3 Nh3+ 0-1

29Kf1 Qh1+ dividedivide [Final score 5]

Bradford retired recently fromthe Texas Department of Transpo-rtation ldquoI used to play chess when Iwas young poor and hungry but itrsquoseven more fun nowrdquo

Alexander Shabalov won theevent with 7-2 followed by Alex-ander Onischuk with 65 The 2003Texas champ Yury Shulman tiedwith Kaidanov and Becerrafor third

ndash Compiled from reports byJennifer Shahade at ushessorg

73rd Annual Southwest OpenAug 31 (or Sept 1) - Sept 3 7 Round SwissHoliday Inn 3777 N Expressway Brownsville TX 78520Rates $69 (reserve by 816 and ask for chess rates) 800-325-7385 or 956-547-1500

$ 5300 prize fund (based on 175 full entries)

1st-3rd Open and 1st-2nd Reserve prizes guaranteed

OPEN RESERVEU2400 Expert Class B Class C U1400 Unrated

First $800 $300 $600 $600 $400 $400 $400 $100Second $500 $300 $300 $100 $100 $100Third $200

Time Controls 4-day 401 SD60 3-day Rds 1-3 G120 Rds 4-7 401 SD60

Schedule 4-day Fri 745 pm Sat 12 - 7 Sun 10 ndash 530 Mon 830 - 33-day Sat 10 - 230 ndash 7 then merge with 4-dayUp to two frac12 point byes available if requested before round 2Byes for both round 6 and 7 not permitted No bye changes after Rd 2 begins

Entry Fees $55 if received by 824 $65 at site TCA membership required osa(Add $1 handling fee for TCA membership which includes Texas Knights)$35 junior (under 19) senior (over 65) full-time college or handicap $45 at siteCounts as frac12 entry toward prize base

Entries payable to Edward Guetzow 1301 North Shore Dr San Benito TX 78586Registration 4-day Fri evening 615 - 715 3-day Sat 9 - 930 am

Cash or check only for on-site registration Registrations which do not indicate a schedule will be placed inthe 3-day schedule Re-entry after round 1 or 2 with half entry fee will be allowed for Reserve Section only

K-12 Scholastic Event (Sat Sept 1) Two Sections Championship and U7505 Round Swiss (no elimination) Rounds 1-3 G30 and Rounds 4-5 G45Registration form online follow SW Open links from wwwtexaschessorg

TCA membership meeting Sunday Sept 2 (time TBA)

For more information contact Ed Guetzow td_edgsbcglobalnet

Texas Chess AssociationPO Box 501

Helotes TX 78023-0501

See inside front cover for TCA membership information

Ali KosovacStrageGems 2001

XABCDEFGHY8-zN-+-+-+(7+-+-+-+-6-+-+-zp-+amp5+-+k+-+-4-+p+-+Q+$3+-+N+-+-2-+-zR-+-zL1zK-+-+-+-xabcdefghy

White to move mate in twoSolution p 25

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PAIDSan Antonio TXPermit No 445