Atlantic Chess News - January thru March 2009 Color

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n k Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, and board members along with their addresses, and email addresses for your convenience. Please keep in mind that many of these people donate their time in the form of meetings (usually on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your chess playing experience as rewarding as it can be! I encourage all comments, criticisms, and recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it has been and always will remain a publication BY the chess-playing community FOR the chess-playing community within NJ!

Contents Cover Photo Details ………………………………………………….......

Upcoming Tournaments Throughout NJ & Pennsylvania ………. Page 3 Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey ………………………………… Page 4

Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero …………………. Page 5

Spotlight On The Hamilton Chess Club by Lou Sturniolo ............ Page 6

Bird’s Opening – Part I – From’s Gambit by Dr. Michael Koblentz Page 7

Book Review: Chess Gems by Kevin Emmanuel Chen ................ Page 11

Scholastic Spotlight On Richard Davisson by Joe Ippolito ......... Page 13

Westfield Spring Scholastic Chess Tournament by Todd Lunna . Page 14

World Amateur Team Endgame Analysis by James R. West …... Page 18

Appreciating Your Contributions To Chess by Ken Calitri ........... Page 19

Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. …………………………...….. Page 21

Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero ………………………….. Page 23

Games From Around The State (continued) by Steve Ferrero ….. Page 24

Executive Board

Roger Inglis - President

49-A Mara Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 973-794-4601

[email protected]

Michael Somers – Vice President 29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006

973-228-7039 [email protected]

Ken Thomas – Treasurer / Seniors

115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 908-852-0385

[email protected]

Bill Bluestone – Secretary / Disabled & Handicapped Chess

PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840 732-603-8850

[email protected]

NJSCF Board Members

Aaron Kiedes - Technology 4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840


Anthony Cottell – Archivist 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072


David Jungblut – Trustee Oakcrest High School

1824 Dr. Foreman Drive, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 (School) 609-909-2600

(Cell) 609-513-8237 [email protected]

Dean Ippolito – Collegiate / Masters Affairs 141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889


Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee 311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450


E. Steven Doyle – Tournaments 17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

[email protected] Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee

[email protected]

Glenn Petersen – Archivist 44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728


Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee

66 Cromwell Lane, Jackson, NJ 08527-4687 732-259-3881

[email protected]

Henry Feltman Jr. - Publicity 856-845-5094

[email protected]

Herman Drenth - Ethics Committee 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407


James Mennella – Ethics Committee 8 Magnolia Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060


Joe Ippolito – Trustee 43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005


Joe Lux - Membership 627 Summit Avenue, Apt. 17A, Jersey City, NJ 07306


Lawrence Constance – Clearinghouse / Parliamentarian

384 W. Hudson Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631 201-568-1506

[email protected] Leo Dubler III - Corporate Funding

146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055 856-396-0961

[email protected] Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee

932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 856-428-0304

[email protected] Mike Goeller - Trustee [email protected]

Mike Khodarkovsky – US Chess League 80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045


Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee [email protected]

Ronald Groseibl – Public Relations [email protected] Roz Katz - Trustee

20 Schindler Drive Rockaway, NJ 07866


Stephen Dick - Clubs 62 South Broadway Pitman, NJ 08071


Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337


Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722


Denotes NJSCF Past President

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Cover Photo Details: I snapped this photo of Michael Bogaty (front), while Maryia Oreshko ponders her move against Michael V. Polito, during the final Viking Last Saturday Quads held in Somerset on December 27th at the Ramada Inn.

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Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey

Apr 26 - 2009 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. May 2 - ATKM 1st Saturday Kids G/30 Swiss (K-8) For info. and registration, go to http://YourChessSet.com/KidsSwiss. For more info e-mail Stephen at [email protected] or call 856-582-8222.

May 2 - Garden State Scholastic Prevention First, 1405 Route 35, Ocean, NJ 07712. Primary: open to K-3: 4 SS, G/30. Trophies to 1st-5th place; Medals to all others. Scholastic Swiss: open to K-12; 4SS, G/30. Scholastic Quads: open to K-12 G/60 Quads. Trophies to 1st and 2nd each quad. All EF: $15 if rec'd by 4/25, $20 on site. Reg.: 9-9:45 am. Rds.: 10 and ASAP. Info: Hal Sprechman, 732 259-3881, [email protected]. Ent: Please make checks payable to Character Kings and send to Hal Sprechman, P.O Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527. Please indicate section. May 3 - 2009 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. May 9 - Princeton Day School 650 The Great Road. Plaques to top 3 school teams and top 6 in each section. Medals to all players. Sections: FUTURE MASTERS and CLOSED begin 10:30 (must preregister). FUTURE MASTERS: G/60, 3 rounds (Players K-12 over 1200), CLOSED: G/45 (K-12 1000-1200) 4 rds. ALL OTHER SECTIONS. 4 Rds.: 1, 2, 3, 4pm. (times will be accelerated if possible) G/30: OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), Reserve (K-12 U-800), Novice II (K-8 U-600), Novice I (unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE K-1 (unrated). PARENTS OF PLAYERS G/30 rated, 3 rounds. Info and Register online: www.pds.org/chess. Inquires to Bonnie Waitzkin. [email protected]. Pre-registration $30 (On-site $40:11:30-12:30). May 9-10 - New Jersey Junior Championship A State Championship Event! 5SS, G/100. Brookdale Community College, 765 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738, Larrison Hall 116-117, use Parking Lot #2; 4 minutes from Garden State Parkway, Exit# 109. OPEN: (K-12) Trophies to top 10. Top High School player from NJ awarded entry to Denker Tournament of HS Champions. Top female player from NJ awarded entry to Polgar Invitational Tournament. RESERVE: (U1400) Trophies to top 10, U1300, U1200, U1000, Unr. ALL: Entry fee: $30 if received by 5/2, $45 at site. NJSCF memb. req $8, OSA. Reg.: Sat.9-10am, Rds.: 10:30-2:30-6:15 Sat., 10-2 Sun. ENT: NJSCF P.O. Box 1511, Jackson, NJ 08527 Make checks payable to NJSCF. Info:Hal Sprechman, 732-259-3881, [email protected]. NS, NC, W. WCL JGP. May 17 - 2009 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. May 21 - ATKM 3rd Thursday Quads 3 RR G/30 t/d5, Quads are grouped by rating. All the King's Men Chess Shop, 62 S Broadway, Pitman NJ 08071. Prizes: $25 1st per quad. Unrated cannot win more than $10.EF: $12, $10 ATKMCC members. Unrated (i.e. players with NO rating whatsoever, provisional or otherwise) $7, $5 ATKMCC members.Reg.: 6:15 - 6:45 PM. Rds.: 7-8-9 pm. INFO: Stephen Dick, [email protected], 856-582-8222. All: Visa/MC/Disc OK w/$1 paid surcharge. Bring a clock!

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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)

All the King’s Men Chess Club ** New ** All the King’s Men Chess Shop 62 S. Broadway Pitman, NJ 08071 Contact: Stephen Dick Website: YourChessSet.com/ChessClub Email: [email protected] Club Phone: 856-582-8222 Meets: Tuesdays 11:00am – 3:00pm, Sundays 1:00pm – 5:00pm Thursdays 7:00pm – 11:00pm

Battle Of The Minds Chess Club ** New ** Pemberton Community Library 16 Broadway, Browns Mills 08015 Contact: Ramnarine Mahadeo 609-724-4582 Email: [email protected] Meets Most Sundays 2:00pm – 5:00pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Branchburg Chess League Branchburg Chess League Dean of Chess Academy 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 Meets Fridays 7:00pm League Membership Required: $25/year Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** Dumont High School 101 New Milford Avenue Dumont 07628 Contact: Lawrence Constance 201-568-1506 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dumontchessmates.com Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Elmwood Park Chess Club Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. 182 Market Street Elmwood Park 07407 Contact: Roy Greenberg PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 TD: Ron Groseibl 22-50 Maple Avenue Fairlawn 07410 Meets Sundays 1:00pm Greater Somerset County Chess Club 40 Pike Run Road Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Contact: Anand Mishra 302-632-7460 Website: www.gsccchessclub.org Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm Hackettstown Chess Club Hackettstown Community Center 293 Main Street Hackettstown 07840 Contact: Harold Darst 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 908-852-5925 Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm (except certain major holidays) Hamilton Chess Club Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. 392 Church Street (Mercer County Road, Route 609) Groveville 08620 Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 Website: www.hamiltonchess.com Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm International Chess Academy 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 Contact: 201-833-1741 17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410 Contact: 201-797-0330 Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm

Jose Raul Capablanca Chess Club & Academy 6018 Hudson Avenue West New York, NJ 07093 Contact: Atilio Rodriguez 201-926-3680 Email: [email protected] Meets Saturdays 1:30pm –5:00pm Free Scholastic Instruction Available! Kenilworth Chess Club Kenilworth Community Center 575 Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Contact: Greg Tomkovich Email: [email protected] Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight Livingston Recreation & Parks Contact: Thomas McKenna 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 Meets 1st Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only) 6:00PM – 8:00PM Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330 Contact: T. McKeen [email protected] 609-926-5909 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm Mendham Chess Club Garabrant Center 4 Wilson Street (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945 Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Email: [email protected] Meets 1st Thurs. Of Each Month During The Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm Metuchen Chess Club Metuchen – Edison YMCA Lake Street, Metuchen 08840 Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191 Community Chess Club Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 511 Station Avenue Haddon Heights 08035 Contact: Christopher Orapello Email: [email protected] http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M-HH_CCC/ Meets To Be Determined Monmouth Chess School & Club ** New ** YMCA (next to the diner) 51 Monmouth Street, Red Bank 07701 Contact: Dr. Michael Koblentz 732-219-0916 / 732-614-0738 Email: [email protected] Website: www.monmouthchess.com Meets Sundays 12:00pm – 6:00pm Monmouth County Chess Club Monmouth County Library Headquarters 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Email: [email protected] Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Morris County Industrial Chess League Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June)

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[email protected] if you would like your chess club listed for free!

New Jersey Children’s Chess School “Geller Kids” Chess Camp 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill (North Newark) 07104 Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kidschesscamp.com Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Ventnor Library 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406 Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Email: [email protected] Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Plainsboro Chess Club Plainsboro Library 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536 Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Princeton Landing Chess Club Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm (for kids 7+) Rutherford Chess Club 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Summit Area Chess Club Myrtle Avenue (Recreation Center At Memorial Field) Summit 07901 Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm Toms River Chess Club Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River Meets Thursdays 7:00pm Wayne Township Chess Club Board Of Education Building Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm West Orange Chess Club Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Valley Way) Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight Westfield Chess Club Westfield YMCA (Parking Off Ferris Place) 220 Clark Street, Westfield 07090 Bill Cohen (TD) 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm Willingboro Chess Club Willingboro Kennedy Center 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Willingboro 08046 Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm Wizards of the Mind 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 Contact: Mark Schwartzman Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com 917-841-5589 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Woodbury Chess Club Presbyterian Church South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm

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Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero

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We have several new clubs that have formed. Please look for these in the clubs listing on page 4. Also, we have a new columnist, Dr. Michael Koblentz, whom I’m proud to introduce to our readers as he debuts in this issue with an exciting column on the From Gambit. You’ll also find that this issue’s Atlantic Chess News is donned with many photos from the popular World Amateur Team Tournament as well as from the active Westfield Chess Club. The Westfield Chess Club set a new club record for their G/45 quads on March 29th attracting 58 participants! We’ve included a sharp, tactical struggle between Joseph W. Lux and Mauricio Camejo from this event which kept me on the edge of my seat. This is an excellent club to visit – you won’t be disappointed. I now consider the Hamilton Chess Club amongst my regular places to play nowadays so I couldn’t resist snapping a few shots at that club to share with our readers. It’s that time of year again – we have games from the recently past World Amateur Team Tournament from Parsippany! Without further ado, here they are below. We’ll start off with a nice round one miniature won by FIDE Master Daniel A. Yeager. FM Daniel A. Yeager (2351) George P. Berg (2082) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 1, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 14, 2009, ECO A57 d4 vs President Obama, Check Please

Benko / Volga Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qc2 Na6 6.a3 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Nb4 8.Qc1 Qa4 9.b3 Qxb3 10.axb4 cxb4 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nd4 Black Resigns

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero

Mark D. Kernighan (far left) awaits William J. Freeman’s reply during their round one encounter in the Westfield G/45 Quads held January 4th. Gregory Matthew Nolan reaches for a piece against Peter Radomskyj while TDs Bill Cohen (left) and Pat Mazillo look on.

Matthew Derek Meredith (2068) Michael J. Knatz (1902) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 1, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 14, 2009, ECO B33 I Can See Russians From My Board vs #^ (Mate With Initiative) Sicilian Defense – Pelikan & Sveshnikov Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 Ne7 12.Nc2 f5 13.Nxe7 Qxe7 14.exf5 O-O 15.Ne3 Bb7 16.Be2 Rfd8 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Rac8 19.O-O Rc5 20.Qb3 d5 21.a4 e4 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra6 d4 24.cxd4 Rxf5 25.Qh3 Rfd5 26.Bg4 Rxd4 27.Bf5 h6 28.g4 R4d6 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Re1 Bxb2 31.Rxe4 Qf6 32.g5 Qc3 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.gxh6+ Rxh6 35.Qg4+ Kf6 36.Rg8 Qc1+ 37.Kg2 Ke7 38.Qe4+ Kf6 39.Qf3

39…Be5 40.Rg3 Bxg3 41.Bc2+ Bf4 42.Qc6+ Kg7 43.Qc3+ f6 44.h3 Be5 45.Qc8 Rg6+ 46.Kf3 Qf4+ 47.Ke2 Qc4+ White Resigns Edward A. Frumkin (2005) Kevin Mo (1949) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 1, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 14, 2009, ECO A16 King Of Queens vs Knights Who Say Mate English Opening – 1…Nf6 with …d5 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.e4 e5 9.Nge2 Nd7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Be3 Bg4 12.f3 Be6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.f4 Qd7 15.f5 gxf5 16.exf5 Bxf5

17.Bxc5 Bg6 18.Be3 Rae8 19.Rab1 a5 20.a3 b6 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Nd4 23.b5 Re7 24.Nd5 Re6 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Nef4 Ree8 27.Ra1 Rc8 28.Ra7 Qd8 29.Bh3 Black Resigns “Games From Around The State” continued on page 10

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Spotlight On The Hamilton Chess Club by Lou Sturniolo

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The Hamilton Chess Club presents an active, high quality, congenial chess playing venue for residents of the Garden State in the Trenton area. The club’s regular Wednesday night activities commence at about 7:30 PM at the Ray Dwier Recreation Center at 392 Church Street in Groveville, New Jersey 08620. Someone will answer the phone (609-585-9655) during Wednesday meeting hours, or Saturday Quads. New members are always welcome. Dues are a mere $10.00 per year, and members get to participate in a variety of activities, including the USCF-rated Hamilton Club Championship, simultaneous exhibitions, blitz, 30/30 games, bughouse, and various other events. The club's membership has represented over a dozen countries in recent years, with members ranging in age from elementary school to about 80. Several ladies are also active members. So, all of you lady chess players out there looking for a comfortable environment to play chess - this is the place for you! The Hamilton Chess Club’s most prominent current player is NM Dragon Milovanovic, who has won the Hamilton Club Championship in most recent years. Other prominent club members have included Pete Peterson, Robin Cunningham, and Mike Colucci. The club is run by its Executive Committee, which is composed of Joshua David Hill, Nord Winnan, Chris Ward, and Ed Syntik. USCF members throughout New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania know of the Hamilton Chess Club because of its popular monthly Saturday Quads, which are open to all and USCF rated. Ed Syntik runs these events, and for a pittance ($10.00) players enjoy three games played at time controls (40/80, then consecutive 15/30 with no sudden death) that hearken back to the 1960’s. These time controls recall the good old days, before the chess world got into, perhaps too much of a hurry. Be forewarned! While rare, a couple of players recently played a game that went over 100 moves, and lasted close to 7 hours! If you are in the area, you simply can’t go wrong by visiting and joining this friendly chess venue. And if you are not in the area, trek down to the Hamilton Chess Club by 10:30 and enjoy one of their monthly Saturday quads (see Chess Life or Atlantic Chess News for dates and details). We thank Ed Syntik for providing the following history below of the Hamilton Chess Club. It seems Ed has been running these Saturday quads for close to a quarter of a century now…thanks Ed! [Editor – All of the history of the Hamilton Chess Club was graciously provided & penned by Ed Sytnik] Let us start with how Hamilton Chess Club began. In 1980, Charlie Clements ran the first (in the city of Groveville) USCF chess quads. Although the time controls were 40/60 and 30/30 people came to play in them. This gave him and Tom Kondash, Ed Paul, Tony Lukin, Tom Small, and Kristina Kaye the idea of forming the Groveville Chess Club. The Township of Hamilton wanted groups and organizations to meet at the Ray Dwier

Recreation Center during nights to keep vandalism down, and so a happy marriage between the chess club and Hamilton Township was formed. The club met and still meets on Wednesday nights. To join the club back then was (and today still is) only $10.00 per year. Your membership dues then bought free coffee and donuts for its members, as it still does today! The club started in 1981 and at the end of the first year had a membership of over 50 people. I joined the club in the summer of that year. I had previously joined the Trenton Chess Club and Toms River Chess Club. What makes this club different from some of the others I joined is that their club ladder system is not based on who you defeat in a game to move up, but rather on the club’s own rating and ELO system. Every week it was both position night where you were on the ladder to face your next adversary, and challenge night where you came to play anyone on the list. In 1983, Tom Kondash announced that he was stepping down as the club’s President, so I volunteered to run the club while Tom remained Treasurer. The other officers were Tom Small, Editor of our newsletter and the person who handled the rating of our ladder events, and Kristina Kaye who was our membership officer, publicity director, and person who handled the listing of the club’s events. When I became President I changed the name of the club from the Groveville Chess Club to the Hamilton Chess Club. This was done because the name seemed much more appealing than Groveville. In the same year (1983) Charlie Clements announced that he could no longer run the Groveville Quads. The quads were eventually discontinued due to lack of attendance. But, by the next year, many people complained about missing the quads in Groveville so (after I received my USCF Club TD Certification), I ran my first USCF quads during September 1985. This was also the first year I ran the Club Championship, which was rated beginning in 1986. Our Hamilton Chess Club historic champions are: · Tony Lukin - 1982 & 1983 · William Peterson - 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, & 1993 · Former Canadian Champion of the 1930’s Boris Blumin - 1986 · Paul Neuer - 1988 · Co-champions Larry Epstein & Mike Colucci Sr. - 1990 · Raymond Denize - 1991 · Larry Epstein - 1992 · Robin Cunningham - 1994 · Mike Colucci Sr. - 1995 & 1996 · George Krauss – 1997 & 1998 · Clive Usiskin - 1999 · Co-champions Dragan Milovanovic & Vlad Vainberg - 2000 · And finally, our reigning champion, Dragon Milovanovic in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, & 2008 Over the years, the original six have left the club, thus leaving Tracey Thompson, Kristina Kaye, and myself to run the club. When Kristina stepped aside in 2006, I formed committees to do the jobs that the three of use originally did. Any member from our club may join any committee to help out with its operations so long as the general membership votes them in. And there, folks, is the history of how the Hamilton Chess Club came into existence.

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Bird’s Opening – Part I – From’s Gambit by Dr. Michael Koblentz

B k R Ñ Bird’s Opening Part I – From’s Gambit Bird’s Opening (1.f4) was named for English master Henry Bird (1830-1908) who popularized the opening in the 19th century. In modern times, the strongest players to play 1.f4 on a regular basis have been grandmasters Bent Larsen and Mikhail Gurevich. While 1.f4 fights for center control, it does little to assist piece development and also weakens White’s position slightly. As such, it trails in popularity behind White’s other first moves 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4, and 1.Nf3. From’s Gambit (1.f4 e5), named for Severin From (1828-1895), is the sharpest and riskiest way to play against the Bird, often producing wild games with winning chances for both sides. Other defenses to 1.f4, including the Reversed Dutch (1…d5), the Sicilian Bird (1…c5), and less usual variations, will be discussed in future parts of this article. Although Black gains the initiative with early piece play in From’s Gambit, after accurate defense White’s preponderance of center pawns often leaves Black hard-pressed to justify the pawn sacrifice. In the analysis that follows, any mention of Rybka refers to the Deep Rybka 3 software engine running on a recent vintage quad processor machine. 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 Although this move is the most promising, White could also play 2.e4 transposing to the King’s Gambit, or 2.d3, in both cases with a roughly equal game. 2. d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3

Black already threatened mate in three starting with 4…Qh4+. Dubious is 4.g3, inviting the attack 4...h5! After 4.Nf3, Black now has a choice between two major variations: 4…g5 “Lasker” and 4…Nf6 “Mestel.” Also, the relatively less explored 4...Nc6 seems playable, e.g. 5.d4

Bg4 6.e3 (6.Be3?! Qe7 gave Black good play in Albin-Tarrasch 1903) 6... Qe7 7.Be2 7.c3 f5 8.Be2 (8.Bd3 += Rybka) Nf6 9.Qd3 Ne4 gave Black compensation for the pawn in Olszyski-Bjornsson 2007. Another recent game between two Bird specialists went 4...Nc6 5.d4 Bg4 6.e3 Qe7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.0-0 Rae8 += Taylor-Aigner 2006. The Lasker Variation 4…g5 This variation is named for world champion Emanuel Lasker, although it is believed that he played it only once, in his 1892 match with Bird. Black threatens 5…g4 winning the knight, which cannot move because of mate starting with Qh4+. Also, the attempt to stop the advance of Black’s g-pawn with 5.h3 (played amazingly often in blitz) fails to 5...Bg3 mate! White’s best defense after 4...g5 is 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Bird played 6.Ne5 in the above-mentioned game with Lasker. Then 6...Bxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Nc6 left Black with some play for the pawn and he won the game, but only after some mistakes by Bird. 6. Ne7 7. d4! An important move for White, allowing the queen to enter the game via d3. 7. Ng6 8. Nxg6 If 8. Ng2 (refusing to open the h-file) then Black continues with 8...h5. 8. hxg6

9. Qd3 Defending against Black’s threats of 9...Bxg3+ and 9…Rxh2. 9. Nc6 10. c3 Avoiding the trap 10.e4? Nxd4! winning a pawn, since 11.Qxd4?? Bxg3+ would then lose the queen. 10. Qe7 11. Bg2 Be6!? More common is 11...Bf5 12.e4 0-0-0, or 11...f5, in both cases with complicated play. I have not seen the move

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11...Be6 previously and it follows one of my own correspondence games. 12. e4 0-0-0

13. Be3? White’s play has been good up to this point, so the search for an improvement needs to start here. Obviously, 13.d5? fails to 13...Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Bxg3+, and 13.e5 provides no advantage to White after 13...Bxe5. 13. Rxh2!

A typical shot in this line. The game concluded 14.Rxh2 Bxg3 15.Ke2 Bxh2 16.Nd2 f5! 17.d5 (17.Rf1 Ne5) 17...f4 18.Bxf4 (18.Bf2 f3+) 18...Bxf4 19.Nc4 Bxd5 0-1. White could also not be saved here by 14.0-0 Bc4! 15.Qxc4 Rxg2+ 16.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 17.Kf2 Bxg3+ 18.Kxg3 (18.Ke2 Ne5 -+) Qxe3+ 19.Kg2 Qh3+ 20.Kf2 Re8 -+

The Mestel Variation 4...Nf6 This variation is named for English grandmaster Jonathan Mestel in Tim Taylor’s 2005 book “Bird’s Opening.” It leads to long, complicated forcing lines. 5.d4 Ng4!? Threatening the crude but effective ...Nxh2 followed by ...Bg3+. Of course Black’s knight cannot be dislodged by 6.h3 because of 6...Bg3+. Black’s alternative is 5...0-0 and

now 6.e4 Nxe4 7.Bd3 is recommended by Taylor – returning a pawn for rapid development. Rybka then gives 7...Nf6 8.0-0 c5 9.Bg5. Also possible is 6.e3 or 6.Bg5 Re8 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.a3 h6 9.Bh4? (better is 9.Bxf6) 9...g5! 10.Bf2 Ne4 11.h3 Bf5 and Black won in Nyman-GM Larsen, correspondence 1966. 6. Qd3 Of course not 6.h3? Bg3+ 6. c5 7. Qe4+ Best. White starts a long, forcing variation. 7. Be6 8. Ng5 After 8.d5 Nf6 9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Qb3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Ng4! Rybka evaluates the position as nearly equal at a depth of 20 ply. 8... Bxh2 9. Nxe6 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 fxe6 11. Rxh2 Instead, 11.Qxe6+ Kd8 11... Qg5+ Not 11...Qxh2? 12.Qxg4 +- 12. e3 Nxh2 13. Qxe6+ Qe7 14.Qc8+ Qd8 White spurns the draw by repetition and presses for more. 15. Bb5+ Nc6

White now has a choice between: A) 16.Qxb7 winning the c6 knight but allowing Black to castle. Then 16... 0-0 17.Bxc6 (17.Qxc6 cxd4!) Rb8! 18.Qd7 (18.Qxa7; 18.Qd5+ Kh8; 18.Qa6? cxd4+) 18...Qf6 19.Nc3 cxd4 20.exd4 Rbd8 (20...Qf4+ 21.Kd1 Qf1+ draws by repetition) 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Bd5+ Kh8 23.Qe7 Qxg2+ and Black had a winning attack in Taylor-Mestel 1978. Better was 23.Qe6. B) 16.Bxc6+ keeping the Black King in the center. Then 16...bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Kf7 18.Qxc5 Rf8 19.Qc4+ Kg6 20. Qd3+ Kh6 21.e4 Nf1+ 22.Kd1+ g5 23.Nc3 Qd7 24.Qh3+ Qxh3 25.gxh3 Kh5 and Black went on to win by holding back White’s central passed pawns while promoting his own K-side pawn in Crick-Taylor 1977. An interesting

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alternative is to win the piece with 19.Qh5+ (instead of Qc4+). Then 19...Kg8 20.Qxh2 Qxh5+ 21.Nc3 Rf2+ 22.Ke1 Raf8 23.Qd6 Rxg2 24.Qd5+ Qxd5 25.Nxd5 Rg1+ 26.Ke2 Rff1 27.c4 Rxc1 28.Rxc1 Rxc1 (believe it or not, all book so far!) and now after the expected 29.c5 Kf7 Black is winning (analysis by Taylor). However, in my own correspondence game (see diagram below) with Steve Crow of the U.K. (Blackcrowman-doctorK 2007), White played the improvement 29.Kd2! forcing 29...Rf1 (White’s beautiful point was 29...Rxc4 30.b3! traps the rook).

The game concluded 30.c5 Kf7 31.e4 Rf2+ 32.Kc3 (White could try 32.Kd3, with the idea that Black's defensive checks along the 3rd and 4th ranks could then be met by Ne3 - but if Black takes the pawn with 32...Rxb2 then 33.c6 Rb8 34.Kc4 Rh8 35.Kc5 h5 36.Ne3 h4 37.c7 h3 38.Ng4 Ke7 39.Ke6 h2 40.Nxh2 Rxh2 41.c8(Q) Rc2+ 42.Kb7 Rxc8 43.Kxc8 Ke6 44.Kb7 g5 45.Kc6 g4 46.d5+ Kxe5 47.d6 g3 leads to an apparently drawn queen ending) 32...h5 33.c6 Ke6 34.Ne3 h4 35.d5+ Kd6 36.e5+ Kc7 37.e6 Rf4 38.Kd3 Kd6 39.b3 Rf8 40.Kd4 draw agreed, both sides can afford nothing better than 40...Rf4+ 41.Kd3 Rf8, repeating the position.


Steven Leverich (white cap) watches while Ari Minkov (olive shirt) concentrates on the move against Leonid M. Fleysher in round one during the Westfield G/45 Quads on January 4th.


6-year old Aravind Kumar (facing camera) appears to be on top of his game as he goes on to win with the white pieces against Mark W. Vander Veen in round one during the Westfield G/45 Quads held January 4th. Eve D. Zhurbinskiy can be seen standing on the far left while Grant Oen (black shirt on right) watches the action in the other quads on January 4th during the Westfield G/45 Quads.

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“Games From Around The State” continued from page 5 Albert Makatenas (1233) Jack Mc Corkell (1542) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 5, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2009, ECO A48 Knights In White Satin vs Chessaholics King’s Indian Defense – East Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.h3 Bg7 4.Bf4 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.c3 Nd5 9.Bh2 cxd4 10.exd4 a6 11.a4 b6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Ne1 Rc8 14.Nd3 Re8 15.Bf3 Ba8 16.Re1 Nf8 17.Nf4 Nf6 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Qb3 N8d7 20.Re2 e5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nd5 Nc5 23.Nxf6+ Bxf6 24.Qc2 Rc8 25.Ne4 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 Rc5 27.Rd1 Qc8 28.Qe2 Bg7 29.Re3 f5 30.Red3 Rc4

31.Qc2 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.Qb3 b4 34.cxb4 Kh8 35.Rc3 Rxc3 36.bxc3 e4 37.c4 Rd8 38.Rxd8+ Qxd8 39.Bf4 h6 40.c5 Bf8 41.Be3 Kh7 42.Qf7+ Black Resigns


Here we have Isara Thanakit (front left), waiting for your Editor to return to the board while Paul R. Joseph (gray shirt) battles Ian Mangion in round one during the Westfield G/45 Quads held January 4th.

Levy Rozman (2036) Steve Jesseph (1697) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 1, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 14, 2009, ECO B23 Sicilian Defense – Grand Prix Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 e6 6.e5 Nge7 7.Ne4 O-O 8.c3 b6 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 a6 11.Bc4 d5

12.exd6ep Nf5 13.Ne5 Na5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Bf3 Nxd6 16.Nxd6 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qxd6 18.Qf2 Nc6 19.Be3 Nb4 20.O-O Nd5 21.Rac1 Rac8 22.a3 Rfd8 23.Nc4 Qb8 24.Rfd1 b5 25.Ne5 Qd6 26.Qd2 b4 27.Qd3 a5 28.axb4 axb4 29.g3 Nxe3 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qxe3 Qd5 32.Qd3 b3 33.Rd2 Rc1+ 34.Rd1 Rc2 35.Rd2 Rc1+ 36.Rd1 Rc2 37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Qxd2 Bxe5 39.fxe5 Qc4 40.Kf2 Qc2 41.Ke3 Qc6 Draw Agreed


John Moldovan (back to camera) shown playing Ilya Zhurbinskiy in round one during the Westfield G/45 Quads held January 4th.


Some players that I cannot readily identify shown playing during the March 29th Westfield G/45 Quads.

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Book Review: Chess Gems by Kevin Emmanuel Chen

N × Â Book Review: Chess Gems Author: Igor Sukhin Pages: 334 (Softcover) ISBN-13#: 978-0-9791482-5-5 Publisher: Mongoose Press List Price: $24.95 (2007) “Chess Gems” is a compilation of combinations throughout the history of chess. Penned by Igor Sukhin, the author takes you through the different periods of chess history, demonstrating a variety of combinations that have been played and some even overlooked by a wide variety of the greatest players of each era. This instructional book is helpful for many players and chess historians. From a historical perspective, the author takes us back to the 9th century where the royal game had somewhat different rules and went under the name Shatranj. But this first chapter is a great introduction from a historical perspective because it enlightens the reader that combinations aren’t limited to modern chess. This chapter emphasizes that combinations can arise from any position. Even though the pieces moved differently, it’s often possible to save the game from what may appear the most dire positions! The remaining chapters in the book follow a steady timeline, taking the reader from the end of the 1400s to the modern day. Many of the great players are included in the timeline, which includes known players like Stamma, Napoleon, Lucena, Philidor, Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik, Tal, Petrosian, Karpov, and Kasparov. This is a nice guide for players looking to sharpen and improve their tactical skills. There are endless possibilities of tactics that can arise from any position. Mr. Sukhin provides us some well-known games throughout history, explaining the background, the reasoning for moves played, the historical perspectives, and the best lines of play if they were not actually given. Then, there are various positions given at the end of each chapter. The exercises given at the end of each chapter are random, and the reader must play from both sides. Each exercise is labeled with a position number, the opponents, the city, the year, the side to move, and any other quick, pertinent information. Since

there are over 1,000 positions given, one can not be expected to find the solution to all of them right away, and there were at least several that just stumped me even after reviewing the position for 15-20 minutes. However, the variety of combinations from the different positions would help any chess player to improve because they encourage the player to look for patterns and details in many of these positions. The book has comments, actual thoughts, and other lines given from the players of the time, whether they were actual participants in the game that was currently being discussed in the book, contemporaries of the players, or future players looking back in time on those games. The only thing about the book that I didn’t like is that sometimes (more likely in a few of the solutions to the end-of-chapter exercises), the actual moves played in the game weren’t consistently distinguishable from the best moves that the player shouldn’t have played. However, the analysis that supported all the lines was very thorough in the complicated positions, and the reader still gets a sense of what to look for and what to do in every position. In short, this book will help many players of all playing strengths and many players looking to brush up on chess history. On a 1 to 10 scale, I would probably give “Chess Gems” a 9, and recommend this book for players rated 1100 – 1900.


Lamont A. Rouse (left) prepares to launch his attack with the white pieces in round one against Yaofeng Dong during the January 4th Westfield G/45 Quads. Lamont went on to dominate his section with a perfect 3-0 sweep!

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Shivani Shanmugadis (left) waits for Roman Rychkov’s reply in their round one encounter during the January 4th Westfield G/45 Quads.


Maxim Farberov (left) with outstretched hand reaches for a knight while Daniel Zhu sitting alongside him concentrates on his next move during the January 4th Westfield G/45 Quads during round one.


Ari Minkov (foreground left) dukes it out in round one with Leonid M. Fleysher during the January 4th Westfield G/45 Quads held nearly every Sunday at the Westfield Y.

Joseph W. Lux (2069) Mauricio Camejo (2009) 3rr Westfield Quads, Phil., Rd. 3, G/45, Mar. 29, 2009, ECO D02 Queen’s Pawn Game 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bh5 4.c4 f6 5.g4 fxe5 6.gxh5 dxc4 7.d5 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.e4 c6 10.Bg5 Bb4 11.Bxc4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qa5 13.Rc1 Nxe4 14.Qg4 Nxg5 15.Qxg5 cxd5 16.Qxg7 Rf8 17.Qxe5 Qb6 18.Bxd5 Rf5 19.Qh8+ Ke7 20.Qxh7+ Kd6

21.Bxb7 [Bf3!!, Re5+, Kf1, Nc6, Rb1, Qa6+, Kg2, Rf8, Rhd1+, Kc5, Qc7, Rd5, Bxd5, exd5, Qxb7 +-] Qxf2+ 22.Kd1 Nc6 23.Qxf5 exf5 24.Bxa8 Qf3+ 25.Kd2 Qg2+ 26.Ke3 27.Kf2 Qd2+ 28.Kg3 f4+ 29.Kh4 Qf2+ 30.Kg5 Qc5+ 31.Kxf4 Qe5+ 32.Kg4 Qg7+ 33.Kh3 Ne5 34.Rhg1 Qd7+ 35.Kg2 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Qxh5 37.Rcd1+ Kc7 38.Rg7+ Kb6 39.Rd6+ Kb5 40.Rd5+ Ka6 41.Rd6+ Kb5 42.Rb7+ Kc5 43.Rd5+ Kc4 44.Rc7+ Nc6 45.Rxh5 Black Resigned In View Of White’s Mate In 8

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Scholastic Spotlight On Richard Davisson by Joe Ippolito, Past NJSCF President

K Ì N New Jersey has been home to a great number of talented scholastic players. This issue’s Scholastic Spotlight shines on Richard Davisson, the 2008 champion of the US Amateur East Under 1400 section. Richard is eleven years old. He is a sixth grader at Randolph Middle School. He discovered chess at the age of five, when he heard it mentioned in an episode of Rugrats. He asked his father about it and learned the basics. A year later, he started taking lessons at a Dean Ippolito after-school chess program. Playing in tournaments followed soon after. Since then, Richard has competed in more than 70 tournaments, winning more than 50 trophies. He has finished among the top ten individuals in all four of the Dean of Chess scholastic Grand Prix events. Richard’s proudest chess accomplishment to date has been his 5-1 score at the 2008 US Amateur East tournament. His favorite tournament is the World Amateur Team East. Richard credits his success to his parents, his coach Fred Wilson as well as his teachers, Dean Ippolito and Richard Napoli. A recent example of Richard’s playing style was named the “Game of the Tournament” at the 1st Holland Brook Tournament held on January 25, 2009. (Notes by Fred Wilson) Michael Bender (989) Richard Davisson (1242) 3ss 1st Holland Brook Scholastics, Readington Twp., Rd. 2, Jan. 25, 2009, ECO C57 Two Knights Defense – Fried Liver (Fegatello) Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6? (allows 4. Ng5, attacking f7 twice 3… Bc5 is safer) 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5? (allows the dreaded "Fried Liver Attack", first thought up by Gioachimo Greco in 1616 while cooking dinner, frying some liver--I couldn't make this up! The right move is 5… Na5, which is a gambit if White plays 6. Bb5+, and VERY complicated stuff) 6. Nxf7! Kxf7 7. Qf3+! (all other moves fail) Qf6!? (7… Ke6 preserves the piece, but after 8. Nc3 White has a tremendous attack, which almost no one has ever survived. Richard's very practical move attempts to enter an endgame a pawn down, but with a long game coming up. Incidentally, 7… Kg8?? is a common blunder which allows mate in two!)) 8. Bxd5+ Be6 9. Bxe6+ Kxe6

10. Qb3+? (Greedy! White should trade Queens and NOT go pawn hunting with no pieces out!) Kd7 11. Qxb7 Bc5! (threatening mate!) 12. f3? (He had to castle though after12… Rhf8 Black will win the f2 pawn, though when Black takes it, say after 13. Nc3 Bxf2+ White should just play 14. Kh1, and it's a game)12… Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh3! 14. Qb5 Qg2 15. Qf1 Bf2+!! 16. Ke2?? (White had to take the bishop and lose his rook on h1, with a bad position) Nd4+ 17. Kd3 Qxf3+ 18. Kc4 Qc6+ 19. Kd3 Qxc2#

Garden State Chess League The Garden State Chess League will begin play on March 3rd, 2009 with at least 6 teams: West Orange, Kenilworth, Hamilton, Summit, Newark Sleepless Knights, and Staten Island. Summit’s player pool will include members of Springfield’s Checkmate Chess Club. Dumont and Union County College are considering joining. Morristown is trying to assemble a team. Kenilworth will likely enter a 2nd team. The entry deadline for clubs/teams is 9 p.m., Friday, February 20th, 2009. The $10 per team entry fee must be received by Saturday, February 28th, 2009. Payments should be made payable to John Hagerty and mailed to: 4 Karam Circle, West Orange, NJ 07052. Here are the rules agreed to at the December 4th & December 18th meetings: • Play will run from March 3rd thru June. • Teams will play 1 match per month unless 5 rounds are scheduled.

In that instance, an additional match would have to be squeezed into one of the months.

• The time control will be G/80 • There will be 4 boards per team. • The maximum 4-board average will be 1900.0 • If an unrated player is used, the average of the other players on

his/her team must be 1900.0 or less. • The 2008 USCF Annual Rating List will determine player ratings for

the Winter-Spring 2009 season. • A club may field more than 1 team. • Once a player competes for a team, he is bound to them for the

season. One could not, for example, play for the West Orange's B team in March & get promoted to the West Orange A team in April.

• Games will not be USCF-rated. • Matches will take place at the West Orange CC on the 1st Tuesday

of each month & start at 8 p.m. The paired teams have the option of playing elsewhere (within the given-month, if I remember correctly).

For example: If Kenilworth was scheduled to be the road team vs. Summit in the 1st round they could play at Summit on 3/9 or 3/16, instead of having both teams travel. Elected Officers: • President - John Hagerty • Vice President - John Moldovan (John H. will be the acting Treasurer & John M. will be the acting Secretary) The next GSCL meeting will be at the World Amateur Team East Tournament. A website or blog for the league will soon be in place. Until then, updates will be posted at the Chess Coroner’s blog at: http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/chesscoroner

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Westfield Spring Scholastic Chess Tournament by Life Master Todd Lunna

b P Ó The Westfield Chess Club attracted 21 players to its Westfield Spring Scholastic tournament held Sunday, March 15, 2009 at the Westfield Y. As an established Westfield Y chess teacher and 2004 New Jersey co-state chess champion, I organized and attended to these events to ensure that they proceeded without incident. The tournaments were divided into two events with one event being a USCF-rated event with the other remaining a non-rated event. In the USCF-rated event, trophies were awarded by school grade. Daniel Zhu of Highland Park won all three games to finish with a perfect 3-0 score to capture the 1st place trophy in the grades 6-12 category. Jordan Kovar of Toms River finished with a score of 2-1 for the 2nd place finish in the grades 6-12 category. In 3rd place, also in the grade 6-12 category, we witnessed Ashusotosh Ailani of Toms River finishing with an even score of 1-1-1. Neil Mehta of Jersey City scored 2-1 to claim snag his 1st place trophy on tiebreak in the grade K-2 category while Colby Chen of Westfield who also finished 2-1 locked up 2nd place. Prav Balakrishnan of Edison scored 1-1-1 to take 3rd place in the grade K-2 category. Michael Lim of Far Hills won all three games (3-0) to capture his clear 1st place trophy in the grades 3-5 category while Alex Schwartzberg of Manalapan’s 2-1 was enough to grab 2nd place. Matthew Lim of Far Hills hung in there with 1-1-1 for a respectable 3rd place finish. The players came from as far south as Toms River to as far north as Jersey City. Scholastic events are held to provide young players a venue to gain experience and an opportunity to improve their games. As a Life Master and having reviewed many of these games personally, I consider the quality of the games quite high when considering the ratings of the opposition.

In our non-rated event, Eric Mikalauskas of Westfield dominated the field winning all three of his games (3-0) coasting to take the 1st place gold medal in the grades 6-12 category while Sam Cravo of Westfield mustered up a 2-1 for a silver medal in the grades 6-12 category. Brian Chen of East Brunswick scored 2-0 to win a gold medal in the grades 3-5 category. Jordan Chen of East Brunswick finished 1-2 and found himself determined to win his playoff game afterwards to win the silver medal in the grades 3-5 category. Meanwhile, William Lu of East Brunswick finished 1-2 to capture the bronze medal in the grades 3-5 category. Alex Borto of South Plainfield lost all three games in winning the gold medal in the grades K-2 category.

Photo provided courtesy of Todd Lunna

Some happy, young winners show off their trophies at the conclusion of the Westfield Spring Scholastic tournament held March 15th at the Westfield Y.

Photo provided courtesy of Todd Lunna

More players from the Westfield Spring Scholastic tournament pose for the camera.

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Westfield G/45 Quads#92 – Quad#1

Westfield, NJ – January 4th

Westfield G/45 Quads#92 – Quad#2 Westfield, NJ – January 4th







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Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Timothy J. Hall (far left), Ari Minkov (black sweater), and Leonid M. Fleysher can be seen during their round three games at the Westfield G/45 Quads held at the Westfield Y on March 29th. Jennie S. Liu swept the field with a perfect 3-0 in this section.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero William J. Freeman (top left), with the White pieces and on the move against FM Boris Privman while Mark D. Kerhighan (top right) faces off against James R. West during their round three games at the Westfield G/45 Quads held at the Westfield Y on March 29th. FM Boris Privman emerged on top when the smoke cleared finishing 2½ out of 3 to take clear 1st place.

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2009 World Amateur Team Tournament Awards Top Team (Dennis Barry Award): Palin Gambit: Give UP 2nd Place: Black's First Move - President Obama 3rd Place: UR Outrated: Give Up 4th Place: Quantum of Soltis 5th Place: 1. d4 Top College Team: Queenside Stimulus Package Top High School Team: Hunter Chess HS Top Middle School: Your Flag Will Fall Writing Our Move Top Elementary School: A Knight to Remember Top Scholastic Team: Mating Season 2nd Scholastic Team: Be Kind Resign Ethel Collins Award: Yes We Can Mate You Mixed Doubles: Team El Buho Seniors (all over age 50): Kings of Queens Military: Ernest Goes to Parsippany Family (4 family members): Beauty & The Beast Old Timers: Carol's Caissan Carousers Company Team: Kotov Personality Top U2100 Team: TH-A Top U2000 Team: Rook Em Dano Top U1900 Team: A Discovered Check Bails Out Top U1800 Team: Watchung Regional HS Top U1700 Team: Bad News Bishop Top U1600 Team: Gettin’ the Bone Top U1500 Team: Is that a book move? MCCC Top U1400 Team: ICA #5 Top U1300 Team: Cool It! Chung it! Wang it! Top U1200 Team: CIS #5 - Curious Case of Joel Benjamin Top U1000 Team: Austin Towers CT: New Britain Prodigies DE: The Day the Chess Board Stood Still MD: UR Outrated: Give Up MA: BU Terriers NJ: 1.d4 NY: Mating Season PA: MMMm VA: TJ-A Best Player: Board 1: FM David Gertler Board 2: IM Dean J. Ippolito Board 3: Libardo Rueda Board 4: Lawrence B. Pugh Top Alternate: Michelle F. Sagalchik All 6-0 Scores: FM Marc Tyler Arnold Robert Hess GM Sergey Kudrin GM Nick DeFirmian FM Nelson Castaneda FM David Gertler FM Andrei A. Zaremba IM Dean J. Ippolito Libardo Rueda Alan C. Price Lawrence B. Pugh Leonard B. Chipkin Biggest Upset: Round 1: Elliot Breslav Round 2: Christian Carney-Titone Round 3: Sriranga A. Dattatreya Round 4: Michael Dufermont Round 5: Maryam Vulis Round 6: Andrew Tham

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Terese and David share with our readership this wonderful photo they snapped at this year’s World Amateur Team Tournament in Parsippany. I recognize longtime TD Glenn Petersen (foreground left) and his teammate Brian Katz sitting alongside him.


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World Amateur Team Endgame Analysis by Life Master James R. West

n Ì Ê Ñ In the final round of the 2009 World Amateur Team East Tournament, I won a difficult minor piece endgame as Black against Christopher Sugino (FIDE 2022).

The first diagram shows the position after Black's 45th move. White played 46.Bxg4 to which I replied 46...Kd4. Instead 46...Nxg4 47.Kxg4 b5 48.Kxg5 b4 49.e5 b3 50.e6 b2 51.e7 b1=Q 52.e8=Q Qg1+ is a draw. But better than 46...Kd4 would have been 46...b5 47.Be6 Kd4.

Next, we look at the position following 59...Ne4+. White played 60.Kg2, avoiding the lost queen ending after 60.Bxe4 Kxe4 61.Kxg4 b5 62.h4 b4 63.h5 b3 64.h6 b2 65.h7 b1=Q 66.h8=Q Qg1+ 67.Kh5 Qh1+.

From the third diagram, play continued 64.h4 gxh3+ 65.Kxh3 Ne4. After the game, my team captain, Steve Ferrero, pointed out that I could have won the h-pawn by 64...Ne4 65.h5 Kg5 66.Bd5 Nf6. Rather than push the h-pawn two squares, White missed 64.h3 forcing the game continuation because now 64...g3 65.h4 Ne4 66.h5 Kg5 67.Bc2 would be drawn.

Finally, take a look at the position after 88...Nc4. Ferrero criticized White's 89.Ba2, but 89.Ke2 Na3 90.Ba2 Kc7 would transpose to the game which concluded 91.Ke3 Nb5 92.Bf7 Kc1 93.Bg6 Na3 when White resigned. [Editor – I now agree, White was already lost at this juncture.]

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Appreciating Your Contributions To Chess by Ken Calitri

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I was moved recently by Chessbase’s extensive obituary on Hugh Meyers, a notable American chess master, opening theoretician, magazine editor and writer. I had the good fortune of having brief contact with Hugh while purchasing a copy of his autobiography ‘A Chess Explorer’ from him a few years back. What struck me sadly about Hugh was the hint of bitterness he had for not achieving more recognition for his pioneering efforts in chess opening theory and publishing. A letter I received from him was tinged with hurt. Hugh’s feelings about the lack of recognition are not uncommon. There have been others who have given their life to chess and in the end they found themselves feeling isolated and dispirited. It is an all too familiar ending to a life devoted to chess. There are many chess personalities throughout the world who I think about often. I don’t know any of them very well personally, but I do have a deep regard for the unique contributions each of them make to chess. So rather than sitting idly on the sidelines this column is dedicated to traveling around the globe and writing the following notes of appreciation to them. Hopefully these words will get to them and touch them in some meaningful way and inspire them keep doing what they do. Jerry Hanken – Chess Journalist When I think of Jerry Hanken, the fictional characters Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan come to mind. Jerry has been regaling us with tournament reports for decades with his friendly down to earth writing style. Over the years, I have come to admire these recaps and his never ending zest for chess. I believe what I love most about Jerry though is his sense of being human. I had the good fortune of meeting Jerry at the US Open in Minnesota around eight years back. I was pestering all the noteworthy players to autograph the official program. When I approached Jerry for his autograph he humbly asked, “What do you want my autograph for? There are stronger players….” I said, “Because you are a living legend. You are what chess is all about.” Well, Jerry signed and I overheard him telling a friend “Did you hear what he said about me? He said I was a living legend!” And I was quite right. It was Jerry’s writing that inspired me to play in a US Open. It was the best tournament I have ever played in. Tiger Hillarp Person – Grandmaster/Author I first read about Tiger Person when he played a match against Jonathan Rowson. The Scottish GM won convincingly, but it was a spirited match by two players

with interesting personalities and sharp intellects. It reminded of the title fight between Alexis Aurgello and Ireland’s Jim Watts. Much like them, Rowson and Person, behaved in an exemplary manner toward each other and showed a chess match can be a friendly affair. Tiger has struggled to reach the top echelon, but he is out there still trying. There was an expose on him in NIC years ago that is a must read for anyone wanting to know what the life of developing GM is like. Since then Tiger has written the critically acclaimed ‘Tiger’s Modern’ and switched his repertoire to e4 to make himself more universal. I remember his famous sacrifice of black’s bishop on f5 in the early middle-game for only positional considerations. It smacked of Shirov. Some players fade away when they don’t reach the very top. Others persevere. I am glad Tiger is still persevering. Frank Camaratta – Chess Set Designer, Owner and Founder of the House of Staunton They say cats have nine lives. Frank Camaratta has only used two of them and judging by his success in life it is hard to imagine how he could improve in the next seven. Frank worked at NASA for many years and is a retired Engineer. For decades he has been the world’s leading expert on Staunton chess sets, with a definitive expertise in sets made by Jacques of London. Frank is also a master craftsman of chess sets and he is the owner and founder of The House of Staunton, a maker of heirloom quality chess equipment. If you go to the HOS website you will be awed by the beauty of the sets they manufacture. What impresses me most about Frank is that he is a prolific master craftsman. Most artists tend to be temperamental, but Frank is approachable about his designs and open to ideas for new sets. Some may call it overstatement, but Frank is a national chess treasure. He is an artist and master craftsman at the height of his powers. Dale Brandreth – Chess Book Publisher & Antiquarian/Used Book Dealer I was turned on to Dale Brandreth’s Caissa Editions by Fred Wilson decades ago. Originally starting out in blue cloth editions they turned into the now famous red cloth editions. Sought after by the serious collector, these volumes are usually in limited editions of 500 copies, mostly biographies and vintage tournaments, many available in English for the first time. A few of the classic tournaments include Moscow 1935 & 1936, Bled 1931, Baden Baden 1925, Nuremburg 1895, St. Petersburg 1914, Ostende 1906 and Karlsbad 1907. The editions are pricey, but lavish production and small editions make these a labor of love rather than a road to riches. We are indebted to Dale for bringing these books to life.

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Nigel Short – Grandmasters/Journalist To Nigel Short for globetrotting around the world to play in assorted open events and round robins whether he is in the A or B section. Nigel Short is one of the most underrated players of the past twenty years. Many forget he played the better chess in the first half of the Kasparov match and held him even in the second half. It is too bad there wasn’t a return match. His writing is honest, witty, entertaining, and instructive. I look forward to reading every tournament report he writes. I can’t wait for him to a book on his own games. Once a bit irascible and naughty Nigel becomes more likable with each passing year. Gata Kamsky – Husband, Father, and Grandmaster For coming back out of the shadows and returning to chess and showing everyone that people can change for the better. For giving us a new chess hero to root for when a long lost former champion passed away. For having the common sense to know you only live once and for fighting the good fight in challenging for the world title when your skills are still at their peak. It is heartwarming to see you happy and sharing more chess with us. Win or lose against Topalov, you are our champion. Hanon Russell – Publisher of chess books and Chesscafe.com Hanon, a retired lawyer, is the owner Chesscafe.com and Russell Enterprises which publishes chess books. Hanon at one time also owned the largest collection of chess memorabilia in the world before selling it to fellow American collector David DeLucia. Russell Enterprises has been on a hot streak with Dvoretsky’s Endgame & Analytical Manuals, Game collections by Bologan & Bisguier, and Topalov vs Kramnik by Topalov. Plus they have a series of classic reprints including Lasker’s Common Sense in Chess, Manual of Chess, and St. Petersburg 1909, plus New York 1924 by Alekhine. Hanon is proving books on great tournaments and inspiring game collections are not extinct animals. All I can do is stand up to clap and shout, “Bravo! Bravo!” Jonatahn Rowson – Grandmaster and Author I met Jonathan in 2002 at Bob Long’s Chess Festival in Davenport, Iowa. In addition to attending Jonathan’s entertaining lectures and playing him in a tandem simultaneous, I had the privilege of breakfasting with him several times. I found Jonathan to be an especially warm and thoughtful person. Over the years I have admired his ability to write instructive, engaging and lengthy game annotations. It is obvious that this Champion values capturing the sporting, psychological and educational aspects of every game he annotates for the reader. Although teaching his chess students and his own advanced studies in learning theory keep him from playing more, Jonathan does find time to focus on his chess

writing. In addition to three critically acclaimed books, the most recent being ‘Chess for Zebras”, he is also writing penetrating book reviews for NIC. More than any other writer today, Jonathan is challenging us to think about chess in a more diverse and intellectual way. My secret wish is for Jonathan to play more tournament chess! Next issue I will interview Fred Wilson, owner of Fred Wilson Chess Books, author of numerous chess books and videos, chess teacher and lecturer, entertaining raconteur and a very strong player.

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch More happy players deep in concentration at the 2009 World Amateur Team in Parsippany.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Joe Lux can be seen playing Mauricio Camejo (in red) during the Westfield G/45 Quads held March 29th 2009 at the Westfield Y. Joe prevailed in this encounter in a wild game with two rooks and a bishop vs Black’s queen and knight!



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Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.

n q Ä One of our favorite activities, if not everyone’s, is watching for the biggest upset in the World Amateur Team Tournament. This year we had a bunch. Today’s game is just 13 points shy of being a thousand point upset! At Table 88, Board 4, in the fourth round, the PA Pawn Shoppe vs Knight Maneuvers featured a sudden turnaround as Michael Dufermont, with a 413 rating hung in there to defeat Carrie Goldstein, holder of a 1400 rating. [Editor – Actually, Michael’s rating at the time of this game was technically 662 provisional but the World Amateur Team Tournament was likely using the December 2008 rating supplement for the event.] The game was pretty well-played for the first twelve moves. Then, White made an instructive mistake by playing 13.Re1. We see this often. Many players at amateur levels are reluctant to give up their bishop for a knight because they keep hearing that you should try to keep the two bishops. White should have played 13.Be3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 and the attacked d-pawn is not only supported, but the f-file is open for business, mainly rook business. The rook move led to Black obtaining a winning advantage, but Dufermont wasn’t giving up. There was one chance, and he took it. Black, perhaps a bit overconfident, ignored the necessity of playing 29...Qc7! 30.Rh3 f5, when the mate threat is covered. By move 32 it was too late to play 32...Qc7 as White then wins with 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 (34...Kd8 35.Qxe8+ Kxe8 36.Rxc7) 35.Qh7+. On move 33, Black decided to fall on the proverbial sword as mate could not be prevented, just delayed. It just goes to show that even when you’re winning, you can’t let up, even against someone rated 1,000 points below you. Michael Dufermont (662P) Carrie Goldstein (1400) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 4, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2009, ECO C02

French Defense – Advance Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4 Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0–0 Qc7 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Qd3 Bb4 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bb6 13.Re1? [13.Be3 Nxe3 14.fxe3] 13...Ncxd4 14.a4 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nd4 16.Qg3 g6 17.Ne2? Nc2 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Nxa1 20.Rxa1 0–0 21.Rc1 Qd8 22.Qh3 Bxb5 23.axb5 Rc8 24.Rf1 Rc4 25.Rf3 Rh4 26.Qg3 Rxb4 27.Qh3

27...Rxb5 28.Qh6 Rb1+ 29.Kf2 Rb2?? 30.Rh3 Re8 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 32.Rf3 f5 33.exf6ep g5 34.Qg7 Checkmate Our favorite contributor, by far, of games is Rich Fireman. He never sends a dull one and most of them are games he lost. Try and find that rare chess player these days. Today’s game is a doozy! Rich, a veteran player, is matched against Stuart Finney, a strong expert at 14 years of age. With the permissible rashness of youth, he tries to blow Black off the board. Moves like h3 and g4 before castling are a sign of aggressiveness, to be sure, but what’s the hurry? Fireman, as Black, is uncharacteristically timid in his response. We would have expected something like this to teach the lad a lesson: 8...cxd4! 9.Nxd4 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Qd2 a6 12.0–0–0 b5 13.g5 b4 14.gxf6 bxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxf6 and Black’s counter has succeeded. Then, White gets timid with his play. Go figure. Much better, in place of 12.Ne2 was the immediate and thematic 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.dxc5! and Black’s in trouble. Fireman consequently launches a counterattack with 15…a5 with the idea of 16…Na4, but he could have saved a crucial tempo by playing 15…Na4 16.c3 b4! and his attack has more force. The decisive moment comes on move 24. Black goes with the fatal (to him) Qb6, which just completely ignores White’s dangerous attacking possibilities. He needed desperately to play 24...e5! 25.Ne2 c2 26.Kxc2 Nb4+ 27.Kb1 Ba6 to stay in the game. After White’s 25.hxg6, there are no saving moves:25...Nc7 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.Ne5+ dxe5 28.Qh5+; 25...f5 26.gxf6 (26.Bxf5 Qb4 27.Kb1 Qa3) 26...exf6 27.Be6+ Kf8 28.Rh8+ Ke7 (28...Bxh8 29.g7+ Bxg7 30.Ng6#) 29.Rh7. The White onslaught is unstoppable. He could have the more accurate 28.g6+! Kg8 (28...Kf6 29.Qe1 Bxd5 30.Qh4#) 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.Qh1+ Bh3 31.Qxh3+ Bh6 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Qf7#. As we have said

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many times here, it’s often more practical to just pick a winning line and go with it. For those of you who want to learn from games that attack kings this would be a good one. Stuart S. Finney (2099) Richard Fireman (1901) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 6, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 17, 2009, ECO B06

Robatsch Defense – Pseudo-Austrian Attack 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be3 Ngf6 7.h3!? 0–0 8.g4 Ne8?! 9.Qd2 Nc7 10.f5!? Re8?! 11.0–0–0! b5 12.Ne2?? Nb6 13.Nf4 Bb7 14.fxg6 hxg6 15.d5 a5?! 16.h4 Na4 17.c3 b4 18.Qc2 Qd7! 19.Bh3 bxc3! 20.b3 Nb2 21.a4 Nxd1 22.Qxd1 Na6?! 23.g5 Qc7 24.h5

24...Qb6?? 25.hxg6 Bc8 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.Be6+ Bxe6 28.Nxe6 Rh8 29.g6+ Kg8 30.Rxh8+ Bxh8 31.Qh1 Black Resigns

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Here we have FM Thomas Bartell (foreground left) during his round three game with FM Stephen E. Stoyko during the second day of the World Amateur Team Tournament. Bartell eventually brought home the full point. Scott Massey (alongside Stoyko) ponders his move with the white pieces while teammate Edward J. Allen heads into battle.

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch You simply had to be immersed in the excitement of this year’s World Amateur Team Tournament to fully appreciate that this event is like no other. Call it a dare if you will – Play in this event once and you’ll be back every year!

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch Here we are as the games get underway during this year’s World Amateur Team Tournament run jointly by the NJSCF and USCF. As a longtime, faithful participant in this annual event for over twenty years, this remains THE number one team tournament in the country for this Editor!

Photo provided courtesy of Terese & David W. Hatch One can still almost feel the energy during one of New Jersey’s largest events. Over 280 teams came from all corners of the country to play in the World Amateur Team Tournament. Like clockwork, Steve Doyle and his staff pulled off yet another successful team event with this year’s World Amateur Team.



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Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero

Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #1 Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #2 Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #3 Black To Move And -+ Black To Move And Draw White To Move And +-

Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #4 Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #5 Jan - Mar 2009 Problem #6 Black To Move And Mate In 3 White To Move And +- White To Move And +- Solutions: Oct - Dec 2008 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: Black - Bigelow, New York 1935: Play continued c3, dxc3, Bxf7+!!, Kxf7 letting the queen go since Bigelow apparently

expects to produce a replacement queen shortly, Qxd8, cxb2+, Ke2, bxa1(Q) and now Bigelow falls into the receiving end of a combination known as a boomerang, Ng5+!, Kg6, Qe8+, Kh6, Ne6+, g5, Bxg5#

Problem#2: Keres - Laurentius, Correspondence 1934: White uncorked Bxf6!, Bxf6 (or ... gxf6 leads to a mate in four for White:

Qh5+, Kg8, Qg4+, Kf7, Qg7+, Ke8, Nc7#), Rd7+, Ne7 (or ... Kg8, Qxf6!, gxf6, Rg7#) (or ... Kg6, Rxg7+!, Bxg7, Qg4+, Kf7, Qxg7+, Ke8, Nc5+, Kd8, Qd7#) (or ... Ke8, Rxb7, Ne5, Nxg7+!, Bxg7, Rxg7 +-), Rxe7+!, Kxe7, Qxg7+, Kd6, Qc7+, Kd5, Qc5#

Problem#3: Keres - Book, Kemeri 1937: Another Paul Keres gem. Here Keres has several pieces en prise but to no avail to his opponent as we shall soon see. Be4 threatening mate, g6 (or ... h6, Qg6, Re8, Qh7+, Kf8, Bg6+ +-), Bxg6, hxg6, Qxg6+, Kh8 (or ... Bg7, Re7 +-), Ne7! threatening mate, Bxe7, Rxe7! Black Resigned in light of ... Qxe7, Bxd4+ would wrap matters up rather convincingly.

Problem#4: White plans on ramming his b-pawn into the White camp to deflect the Black c-pawn whereby Black will then lose his

important d-pawn. b4, Kd7, b5, cxb5, Kxb5, Kd6, Kb6, Kd7, Kc5, Ke6, Kc6, Kf5, Kxd5 +-. Note that Black would still need seven moves to promote to a queen whereas White would only need five moves.

Problem#5: Cvetkov - Amateur, 1938: a5! the only move which can force the win for White. If Black is allowed to play ... a5, the

White king would not be able to gain entry into the Black position and would have to settle for a draw despite having a central passed pawn. Now, Black has little choice. ...bxa5 would lose quickly since White need only walk his king to the a-file and pickup the doubled a-pawns and tempo the Black king away from the c-pawn which would next fall. ... Kd7, Ke2, Kd6, Kd3, Kd7, Kc3, Kd6, Kb3, Kd7, Ka4, Kd6, Kb5, Kc7, axb6, axb6, Ka6, Kd7, Kxb6, Kd6, Kb5 +-

Problem#6: This is a composition by Georg Walker: Black must keep a watchful eye on the White passer by staying in the square of

the pawn as well as defending the critical a4 and d4 squares. ... Kf7, Kf2, Ke6!, Ke2 (or Ke3 allows Black to grab the opposition immediately with Ke5), Kf6! distant opposition, Kd2, Ke6, Kc2, Kd6, Kb2, Kc6, Ka2 (or Ka3, Kb5), Kb6!, Ka3, Kb5 and White can make no further progress.

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move

Rahul K. Swaminathan (2097) Aravind Ponukumati (1837) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 1, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 14, 2009, ECO C53 Four Good Mates vs TJ-B Giuoco Piano 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Re8 10.Nbd2 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Ne4 Bb6 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Qd2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nde7 16.Kh2 Qf5 17.Qe2 Ng6 18.Rg1 h6

19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Rxg6+ Qxg6 21.Rg1 Kg7 22.Rxg6+ fxg6 23.h4 Rf8 24.h5 g5 25.Ng3 Rf4 26.d4 exd4 27.Qe6 Rh8 28.Nf5+ Rxf5 29.Qxf5 Nd8 30.Qg6+ Kf8 31.Qf6+ Black Resigns

Dragan Milovanovic (2277) FM Jon Jacobs (2312) 6ss World Amateur Team, Parsippany, Rd. 6, TL40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2009, ECO B00 Hamilton Chess Club vs Obama Rules According To Doyle Owen’s Defense 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nd2 e6 4.Ngf3 d6 5.Bd3 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Re1 g6 8.Nf1 Bg7 9.Ng3 O-O 10.c3 c5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 a6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.h3 Rc8 15.Rad1 Qc7 16.Nh2 Rce8 17.Bb1 cxd4 18.cxd4 f5 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.d5 f4 21.Bxf4 exd5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Nh5 Nxf4 25.Nxf4 Be4 26.Bxe4 Rxe4

27.Nxg6 Qe8 28.Nf4 Kh8 29.Qxd6 Nc5 30.Nf3 Qf7 31.g3 Qxa2 32.Qxb6 Qb3 33.Qxc5 Black Resigns

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