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Matikozyan Wins Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic

2 RANK & FILE JULY-AUGUST 2005

27th Annual

Southern California Open

September 3-5, 2005

$10,000 Prize Fund!(based on 200 players, 60% of each prize guaranteed)

at theLAX Hilton

5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90045Six Rounds — Swiss System

3-day schedule 40/2, SD/1; 2-day schedule rounds 1-3 G/1

Entry Fees: $81 if received by 9-1, $97 at door

Under 1400 or unrated (may play in either section): $66 by 9-1, $80 door

On-line entry: www.westernchess.comSCCF membership required of rated state residents ($14, jr. $9)

On-Site Registration: 8-9:30 a.m. 9-3 (3-day), 8:30-9:30 a.m. 9-4 (2 day)

Rounds: 3-day 10:30-5 Sat. & Sun, 10-4:30 Mon.; 2-day 10-12:15-2:30 Sunday (G/60), then merges

Entries: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Place #1, Los Angeles, CA 90038

HR: $89 single or double. (310) 410-4000, mention chess. Parking $6/day

More details, advance entry lists: www.westernchess.com

Open1st: $1700 + T

2nd-5th: $1000-$800-$450-$300U2400: $400U2300: $200

U2200: $600-$300U2000: $600-$300

Amateur(Under 1800)

1st: $750 + T2nd-5th: $400-$200-$150-$100U1600: $500-$300-$200-$100

U1400: $300-$150U1200: $100

Unrated: $100(Unrated may win Unrated prize only in Amateur section)

Best Game Prize: $25 (both sections eligible)

SCO ScholasticsSept. 4

5-SS, G/45

REG: 8:30-9:15. RDS: 9:30-11-1:00-2:30-4. EF: $16 IF RECEIVED BY 9-1, $20

AT DOOR. ON-LINE ENTRY: WWW.west-ernchess.com.

SCO Action SwissSept. 5

5-SS, G/30

$$500 B/40, ELSE PROPORTIONAL

REG: 9-10 A.m. RDS: 10:15-11:30-12:45-2:30-3:45.

EF: $20 IF RECEIVED BY 9-1, $25 AT DOOR.

SCO HexesSept. 5

3-SS, G/90

6-PLAYER SECTIONS BY RATING. $$40-20-10 EACH SECTION. EF: $20 IF RECEIVED BY 9-1, $25

DOOR. REG: 9:30-10:30 A.m. RDS 10:45-2-5.


CONTENTSAROUND THE NATION ........... .........................................................3LINA GRUMETTE MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC ................... ..............................5SUPER STATE SCHOLASTICS ................................................ 9TACTICS

by TIM HANKS ................................. ..................................................................... 11HERE & THERE

Club news, local tournaments, scholastic events and more ............................................................................. 14THE LONG VIEW ........................................................................................ 22SCCF NEWS ...................................................................................................... 24

UPCOMING EVENTS ............................................................................. 26CHESS QUIZ .............................................. ....................................................... 28

CONTENTSAROUND THE NATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321ST ANNUAL U.S. AMATEUR TEAM

WEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5WESTERN CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . . . . . . 10TACTICS

by Tim Hanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12HERE & THERE

Club news, local tournaments, scholastic events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS . . . . . . 19GAMES FROM RECENT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 21THE LIGHTER SIDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24UPCOMING EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26CHESS QUIZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Around the Nation

New ED NamedThe United States Chess Fed-

eration, better known as the USCF, now headquartered in Crossville, Tennessee, has completed a seven-month nation-wide search for a new Executive Director. Out of a field of several applicants, five were invited to the initial interviews in March in Berkeley, California. The field was narrowed to two finalists. Final in-terviews were conducted in Minne-apolis, Minnesota on May 21st and 22nd, where the Executive Board selected Bill Hall as the new Execu-tive Director.

Hall is a former Tennessee state scholastic chess champion and has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an avid believ-er in the value of chess in schools, both as an after school activity and as a part of the mathematics cirric-ulum. He is committed to providing quality service to the membership including the expansion of web-re-lated services and a focus on the general promotion of chess.

Hall says, “Coming from a ru-ral Tennessee community, chess was a major factor preparing me and allowing me the opportunity to attend a school like MIT. Chess has tremendous value in personal, cognitive, and social development. I want to expose as many people as possible to the benefits and fun of chess.” Bill Hall can be reached at: (931) 787-1234, ext. 189 or by email at: [email protected] or [email protected]. — USCF news release

2006 U.S. Chess Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship returns to San Diego from Febru-ary 22 through March 5, 2006 and will be held at its new permanent home at NTC Promenade. The Championship was brought to San Diego last year by America’s Foun-dation for Chess and the NTC Foun-dation and will be one of the first signature events to inaugurate the new Special Event Center at NTC Promenade.

The tournament will feature a 64-player field, composed of 19 seeded players (as determined by

the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating List), 43 tournament qualifiers (two of which being online) and two wild cards selected by the AF4C. The seeded players include the de-fending U.S. Champion, Hikaru Nakamura; Women’s Champion, Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess Café.com Grand Prix winner, Aleks Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior Champion; eight top-rated Overall players, and six top-rated female players from the rating list.

Forty-one players, with eleven spots reserved for woman play-ers, will qualify from eight top U.S.


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Southern California Chess Federation

tournaments in the period March through December 2005. The break-down of the qualifying spots and the tournaments will be as follows:

March 23--27 – Foxwoods Open; Chicago Open – May 27-30; Na-tional Open – June 10-12; World Open – June 30-July 4; U.S. Open

– August 6-14; American Open – No-vember 25-27; National Congress – November 25-27; North American Open – December 26-29.

A new qualifying process will see one spot decided by the player who accumulates the highest score from playing in as many (or all) of the qualifying tournaments. After each tournament, the latest placing for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be posted on the dedicated U.S. Cham-pionship website.

Again there will be an online event of all 2005 US State Champi-ons. The 50 State Champions (split into two conferences of East and West) will compete in an online event held over two weekends—the first, with each conference split into two zones, being a double-round all-play-all to determine four winner, who will then go forward to the knockout ‘Final Four’ Weekend, played under supervised conditions. This event will take place in October.

A new online event will see the winners of the Denker High School Championship, the Super National Championships, the Polgar Girls Championship and the U.S. Cadet Championship playing a similar styled online event on the ICC for one spot.

For more information about the U.S. Chess Championships or the events surrounding the 2006 games, please visit www.uschesschampion-ship.com. — AF4C news release

HB Global Chess Challenge

With the largest attendance in a decade, and the largest prize fund ever, the “HB Global Chess Chal-lenge” was the event to beat this year. Over 1500 players came to Minneapolis May 18 to 22, compet-ing for a prize fund of $500,000.

The powerful Open section, with 50 GMs topping a 267-player field, saw Georgian GM Zviad Izoria take first place with 7½-1½. His victims included GMs Alexander Beliavsky, Ilya Smirin, and Victor Mikha-levski. Izoria’s victory was worth $50,000.

Other section winners included Andrew Cunanan (U2200), Karl Ochoa (U2000), Southern Cali-fornian Vaughan Heussenstamm (U1800), Todd Freitag (U1600), John Thomas (U1400), and Ynocen-cio Pujols (Unrated).

There are conflicting reports as to whether this event will be held again. While 1509 players (plus over 100 re-entries) ought to be regarded as a success, the (somewhat unre-alistic) predictions of 4000 made by tournament promoter Maurice Ashley failed to materialize, and the sponsors unquestionably had to absorb a six-figure loss.

Photos: Cover, 6 (col. 2): John Hillery. 6 (col 3), 9, 10, 16: Lola Nunn. 19, 20: Jay Stallings. 23: Al Pena.


The 2005 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic, held at the LAX Hilton May 28-30, had a decent turnout of 123, despite

the drain from the “monster” HB Global tournament the previ-ous week. No fewer than six IMs competed in the 51-player Open section.

Taking home the Championship trophy with a 5½-½ score was IM An-dranik Matikozyan. Initially ranked third, he defeated numbers one (IM Enrico Sevillano) and two (IM Melikset Khachiyan) before drawing in the final round with IM Jack Peters. Sevillano and IM Vladimir Mezentsev tied for second at 5-1, while Peters, Khachiyan, and top Expert Carlos Garcia (all 4½-1½) shared the remaining place prizes.

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24. h5 bxa3 25. bxa3 Qxb6 26. hxg6 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 fxg6 28. f7+ Kg7 29. fxe8N+ Rxe8 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Qc7 Qe6 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 1–0

Another strong contender for the best-game prize was Matikozyan’s sacrifical attack against master Reynaldo del Pilar. Notes by Los Angeles Times chess columnist Jack Peters.

IM Andranik Matikozyan (2565) – Reynaldo del Pilar (2294)

Memorial Day Classic, Los Angeles 2005

B54 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Sozin Attack1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4.

d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bc4 Similar to the Sozin Attack

against the Najdorf Sicilian, except that Black has delayed ... Ng8-f6.

6. ... b5 7. Bb3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Nc5 9. Re1 Bb7

Most consistent, although del Pilar later suggested 9. ... Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7. If 9. ... Nf6, White can at-tack with 10. Bd5!? or 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd5!?.

10. Bd5!? exd5 Accepting the challenge. Black

could decline the sacrifice by 10. ... Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7, with near equality.

11. exd5+ Be7 Too dangerous is 11. ... Kd7 12.

b4! Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. c4 Kc7 15. Qxa4. Also 11. ... Ne7 12. Bf4 Qd7 (worse is 12. ... b4? 13. Nf5) 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15 c4 gives White substantial compensation.

12. Nf5

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Memorial Day Classic

In other action, class section win-ners included Bobby Hall (U2000), Jak Jonz and Jared Tan (U1800), Jaime Cacho (U1600), and Michael Taylor (U1400/unrated).

Side events also did well. In the 56-player Scholastic, sections were won by Cheston Gunawan and Juan Eugenio Cacho (son of Jaime). Robby Adamson topped the Quick (G/10), Alessandro Steinfl the Ac-tion (G/30), and Richard Henderson the Hexes (G/90).

John Hillery directed, with the assistance of Elie Hsiao and Randy Hough.

IM Jack Peters received the Best Game prize for his win over youth-ful star Max Landaw.IM Jack Peters (2461) – Max

Landaw (2107)Memorial Day Classic, Los

Angeles 2005C11 FRENCH DEFENSE, Steinitz

Variation1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3


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12. ... Bc8!? A good decision. Clearly 12. ...

Kf8? fails, to 13. Qg4 Bf6 (or 13. ... g6 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Bg5) 14. Bf4. The plausible 12. ... Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Kd8 leads to confusing complica-tions after 14. b4 Bf6 15. bxc5, such as 15. ... Bxc3 16. Bd2! or 15. ... dxc5 16. Ne4! Bxg7 17. Nxc5 or 15. ... Bxg7 16. c6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bg5+ Kc8 19. Ne4!, but White always has more pieces working than Black.

13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nh5 Bf5 Probably better than 14. ... Bf6

15. Qf3. 15. Qd4 f6 16. Ne2 White has an active position but

no forced win. He wants to bring his Knight to the weak squares e6 and f5.

16. ... Nd7 It seems that Black can survive

16. ... Qd7 17. Neg3 Bxc2 18. Nf4 Kf7.

17. Qf4 Bg6 18. Nd4 Bf7?? Spoiling a good defense. Also 18.

... Bxh5? 19. Ne6+ Kf7 20. Nxd8+ Rxd8 21. a4 should win for White, as Black cannot easily finish devel-opment. But 18. ... Kf7! 19. Ne6 Qc8 20. Ng3 Qc4 is far from clear.

19. Qg4 Crushing. White an-

ticipates 19. ... Bxh5 20. Ne6+ Ke8 21. Qxh5 mate.

19. ... Qa5 20. Bh6+!, 1-0

After 20. ... Ke8 21 Ng7+ or 20. ... Nxh6 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Nc6+, Black must drop a huge amount of material.

IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) – Max Landaw (2107)


B10 CARO-KANN DEFENSE1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4.

cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Na6 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. Qxb3 a5 11. Ne5 a4 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. 0–0 Qb6 14. Nc3 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Rfe1 Qb7

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17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 19. d6+ 1–0

IM Melisket Khachiyan (2570) – Show Kitagami (2067)


B09 PIRC DEFENSE1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4.

f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5

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9. ... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qd7 13. Qxg4 cxd4 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. f5 Kxg7 16. Qxd4+ Kg8 17. Bh6 e6 18. fxe6 Qxe6+ 19. Kd2 Qf7 20. Rhf1 1–0

IM Vladimir Mezentsev (2493) – Stoil Jotev (unr.)


C54 GIUOCO PIANO, Closed Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5

4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0–0 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb3 a6 9. Nc4 Ba7 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Ne3 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Ng4 Ng6 15. Nf5 Kf8 16. Qf3

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16. ... Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Qh3 exd3+ 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Qxh7 1–0

IM ENRICO SEVILLANO

PETERS AND MATIKOZYAN FACE OFF IN THE LAST ROUND

IM VLADIMIR MEZENTSEV


Show Kitagami (2067) – IM Jack Peters (2461)


A04 ENGLISH OPENING1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4.

d3 g6 5. 0–0 Bg7 6. e4 Nge7 7. c4 d6 8. h3 0–0 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. a3 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nd5 bxc4 15. dxc4 e4 16. Nh4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nd4 18. f3

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18. ... e3 19. Bxe3 f4 20. Bf2 Bf6 0–1

Reynaldo Del Pilar (2294) – Carey Milton (2036)


C52 EVANS GAMBIT, Compromised Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5

4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. 0–0 dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nge7 12. Ba3 0–0 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxc7 Nd5 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qd4 f6 18. Rfe1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qh6

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20. Ng5 d6 21. Bc4+ Nxc4 22. Qxc4+ Be6 23. Rxe6 Rac8 24. Qb3 Rc3 25. Qxc3 Qxg5 26. Rae1 Qf5 27.

Prize WinnersOpen

1st: IM Andranik Matikozyan, 5½-½; 2nd-3rd:, Im Enrico Sevillano, IM Vladimir Mezentsev, 5-1; 4th-5th: IM Jack Peters, IM Melikset Khachiyan, 4½-1½; U2400: Carlos Garcia, 4½-1½; U2200: 1st-2nd: Takashi Kurosaki, Philipp Perepelitsky, 4-2; 3rd: Drake Wang, Julian Landaw, Francis Chen, Ryan Richardson, Sargis Hakobyan, 3½-2½.

Premier1st: Bobby Hall, 5-1; 2nd-3rd: Derek Tan, Andrei Deocampo, 4½-1½;

4th: Ricardo Mora, Brian Ofalla, Mike White, 4-2.Amateur

1st-2nd: Jak Jonz, Jared Tan, 4½-1½; 3rd-4th: Peter Joseph, Hai Hoang H Le, Carlos Morrison, Sevan Toroussian, Michael Yee, 4-2.

Reserve1st: Jaime Cacho, 5½-½; 2nd-3rd: Julie Timokhina, Billy Slupik, 4½-1½;

4th: Nathaniel Lagemann, Krishna Kaliannan, 4-2.Booster

1st: Michael Taylor, 5-1; 2nd-3rd: Roel Sanchez, Brendyn Estolas, 4½-1½; U1200: Holly McRoberts, Tym Belanger, 4-2

Scholastic Open: Cheston Gunawan, 4-1.Scholastic Reserve: Juan Eugenio Cacho, 5-0Quick: 1st: Robbie Adamson, 9½-½; 2nd: David Kerman, 7-2.Action: 1st: Alessandro Steinfl, 4½-½; 2nd-4th: Lonnie Neal, David Ba-

ran, Henry Castro, 3½-1½.Hexes: 1st: Richard Henderson, 3-0; 2nd-3rd: Ted Roth, Konstantin

Kavutskiy, 2-1Blitz: Jamie Schloss, 8-2.

Qg3 d5 28. Re7 Qf6 29. h4 d4 30. R1e6 1–0

IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) – IM Andranik Matikozyan (2565)


B22 SICLIAN DEFENSE, Alapin Variation1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5

Nc6 5. Qc2 dxc5 6. Be3 e5 7. Na3 h6 8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nc4 a6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nfxe5 Bxe4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bf4

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14. ... bxc4 15. Ng6 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxh8 Qd3 18. Qxd3 cxd3 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 c4 21. Kd2 Kf8 22. Rab1 Kg8 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rb4 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Rab1 Nd7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf4+ Ke7 29. Re4 Nc5 30. Re5 Kd6 31. f4 Bd5 32. Ke3 a5 33. Rb5 Rc8 34. Rxa5 d2 35. Ra1 Nb3 36. Ra6+ Rc6 37. Rxc6+ Kxc6 38. Ke2 Bxg2 39. Re3 Kc5 40. Kd1 Kd5 41. f5 h5 42. h4 Bh1 43. Ke2 Be4 44. c4+ Kd4 0–1

IM Andranik Matikozyan (2565) – IM Melikset Khachiyan (2570)


C54 GIUOCO PIANO, Closed Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.

c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0–0 0–0 7. Re1 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Ne7 14. h3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Nh5 Kh8 18. g4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nf5 g6


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21. Nf6 Qd8 22. h4 Ng8 23. hxg5 Nxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Qh3+ Kg8 26. Qh6 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qg7 28. Qxg6 1–0

Mike Carr (1956) – Brian Ofalla (1914)


A38 ENGLISH OPENING1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c5 4.

Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0–0 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 0–0 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Bc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. b3 f5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. Nf3 Qc6 21. Kg1 fxg3 22. hxg3

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22. ... Rxf3 23. exf3 Qxf3 24. Kh2 Rd5 25. Qc4 e6 0–1

Robby Adamson (2390) – Carey Milton (2036)


C60 RUY LOPEZ, Barnes Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6

4. 0–0 Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4

b4 11. a5 0–0 12. h3 Rb8 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Rd1 Qd6 17. Nbd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf3 c5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bh6 Rfc8 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Rad1

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23. ... Nc3 24. bxc3 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxc4 b3 28. Qc6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rh1+ 30. Kxh1 b2 31. Qf6 b1Q+ 32. Kh2 Qg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rh1+ 35. Kxh1 1–0

Lina Grumette 1908-1988

Many players today may not have made the acquaintance of Lina Grumette. The loss is theirs. As a tournament player and organizer, chess promoter, and inveterate skittler, she was the most beloved woman in American chess.

In 1953, Lina and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she ran a public relations firm. After the death of her husband, Lina decided to open a chess club in her Hollywood home. “The Chess Set” began as a meeting place for Lina’s many friends in show business, but soon attracted more players who appreciated Lina’a unparalleled hospitality. Lina encouraged and befriended most of the masters in the area, and welcomed those who were just visiting southern California. She hosted a series of Futurity tournaments in the 1970’s and 80’s that introduced two generations of masters to international play.

Lina was very proud of the Chess Set Educational Trust, a non-profit organization that she set up to promote chess. With its backing, she organized the first Memorial Day Classic in 1980. Ignoring many warnings that Los Angeles wasn’t ready for a big-money event, Lina soon made the Memorial Day Classic a success.

The Chess Set Educational Trust also ran programs for youngsters, and, with the help of Chevron, for teenage alcoholics. Lina persuaded corporations to contribute when most chess organizers said it couldn’t be done.

Lina gained world-wide fame at the first Fischer-Spassky match in 1972. When Fischer forfeited the second game of the match, most fans expected him to quit. Lina, who had known Fischer since he was a teenager, talked to him privately for several hours. Somehow she persuaded him to play, and he went on to become World Champion. (Lina’s own account of their conversation: “But I’m right,” Fischer said. “So be right -- and be ruined!” Lina replied.)

Lina Grumette died in 1988. She is greatly missed by all those who knew her.

Brian Ofalla (1914) – Bobby Hall (1944)


B96 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Najdorf Variation1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.

Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 Qc5 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 b5 12. 0–0–0 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. g3 0–0–0 15. Bh3 Nd4 16. Kb1 c4 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Nxc4 f5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nf3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6 Nd2+ 25. Kc1 Ne4 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Re3 Nxd6 28. Ra3 Ra8 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. Bg2 e5 31. Ra3 f4 32. Bh3+ Kc7 33. Rxa6 f3 34. Ra7+ Nb7 35. Kd1 Kb6 36. Ra3

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Super State Scholastics

This year, for the first time, the SCCF High School, Ju-

nior High, and Elementary Championships were combined in a single event. The “Super State Scholastics,” held May 6-8 at the Hilton Costa Mesa, had a fine turnout or 241.

In the High School section, ninth-grader Francis Chen de-feated four experts and master Tatev Abrahamyan to take first place with 7-0. Next at 6-1 came pre-tournament favorite Abra-hamyan, followed by Kaitlin Kirk, Harut Keshishian, Julian Landaw, Anthony Ong, and Jer-emy Stein (all 5-2). Chen will represent Southern California in the Denker Tournament of High School Champions in Phoenix in August, while Abrahamyan will be invited to the Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls.

In other action, Jared Tan swept the Junior High section with 7-0, followed by Allan Sung was second at 6-1. The Central Valley Lions, led by Tan, won the team prize.

Michael Yee won the Elementa-ry Championship (grades K-6) with another 7-0 score. Vincent Huang took second prize with 6-1.

In the Primary (K-3), Brendyn Estolas and Danil Fedunov tied for first place with 6-1. Fedunov won his first six games before losing to Estolas. Omar Wiseman had 5½-1½. All three prizewinners compete for the AAA Chess Club, which earned team titles in the Primary, Elemen-tary and High School sections.

Maadhav Shah topped the one-day K-1 section with 5-0. The K-3 under-550 section Christian Borao,

Orion Burl and Liam Fairweather tie with 5-1. Each defeated one of his rivals and lost to the other.

Michael Acevedo, Nahum Del-gado and Matthew Mullen shared first place in the K-6 under-900 sec-tion, all with 6-1 scores.

Joe Hanley organized and di-rected for chess4children.com

Ryan Field received the $100 Best Game prize (donated by David Lucky) for his upset of Derek Tan.

Ryan Field – Derek TanSuper States Championship, Costa Mesa 2005C99 RUY LOPEZ, Closed Defense

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 0–0 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ne3 Rfc8 18. Bd2 Na6 19. g4 Nc5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Qd2 f6 23. Be3 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf7 25. h4 Kh8 26. Kg2 Nc7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. h5 e4 29. Nh4 Re5

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30. Ng6+ hxg6 31. hxg6 Qxd5 32. Qe1 Be7 33. Qh1+ Kg8 34. Rxd5 Nxd5 35. Qh7+ 1–0

Tatev Abrahamyan – Harut Keshishian

Super States Championship, Costa Mesa 2005

B07 PIRC-ROBATSCH DEFENSE1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3

Nbd7 5. f3 e5 6. Qd2 Be7 7. 0–0–0 0–0 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Ne8 10. Kb1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. h5 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxg5 14. f4 Bf6 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Ng3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Qb8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Qe2 b3 22. cxb3 axb3

FRANCIS CHEN WITH HIS CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY


23. a3 Na4 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Be7 27. Rg1 g6

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28. e6 Bf6 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Bg7 32. Nh6+ Kf8 33. Ng5 Qe5 34. Re6 Qxb2+ 35. Bxb2 Bxb2 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Rfxf6 Nxf6 38. Rxf6 Nc3+ 39. Kb2 Nxe2 40. Rxf7+ 1–0 After 10+ more moves

Anthony Ong – David BennettSuper States Championship,

Costa Mesa 2005E13 NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE,

Classical Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.

Qc2 0–0 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 d6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. 0–0–0

Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Qc7 14. e4 Rfe8 15. Nd2 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Qc2 Nxg4 18. Rhg1 Nge5 19. Rg2 c4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rac8 22. b3 Ne5 23. Bf6 g6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. f4 Ree8

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26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. d6 Qd8 29. d7 1–0

Ryan Field – Vanessa WestSuper States Championship, Costa Mesa 2005

B57 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Leonhardt-Sozin Attack1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.

Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. 0–0 Be7 10. a4 0–0 11. a5 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Nd4 a6 17. g4 Nxa5 18. g5 Ne8

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19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. f5 exf5 21. Nd5 Bf8 22. b4 Qa4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qxf5 Rd7 27. Bd3 f6 28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Nxd7 Bg7 32. e5 1–0

2ND-PLACE FINISHER TATEV ABRAHAMYAN

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36. ... Kc5 37. Rc3+ Kd4 38. Rd3+ Kc5 39. Ke1 e4 40. Rd7 Nd6 41. Rxh7 Nc4 42. b3 Ne3 43. Kd2 Ng2 44. Re7 Rd8+ 45. Kc1 e3 46. Bg4 e2 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Bxe2 b4 50. Kb2 Ne3 51. Bd3 Rh8 52. h4 Rg8 53. a3 bxa3+ 54. Kxa3 Rxg3 55. h5 Kc3 56. Ka4 Nxc2 57. Bxc2 Kxc2 58. b4 Kc3 59. Ka5 Kc4 60. h6 Rg5+ 0–1

Tym Belanger (1136) – Daniel Bagliazo (1326)


B20 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Closed Variation1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4.

d3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 0–0 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 h5 12. Nh4 Nde5 13. f4 Nxc4 14. dxc4 e6 15. Rf1 Bd7 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Ne4 Qb8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6 b5 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Qg2 Be8

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24. Rf5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Nf7 26. Qxh5+ gxh5 27. Rxh5+ Nh6 28. Rxh6# 1–0

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Tacticsby NM Tim Hanks

The Developing Sacrifice is a com-mon tactical motif, especially

encountered in the opening when an opponent sometimes flounders carelessly. This is not the same as a gambit but more an attempt to

“punish” an opponent who violates the economy of basic opening prin-ciples. The immediate objective of the developing sacrifice is to gain time, which will lead to further mostly positional advantages. For example, take a look at position no. 1, J. Polgar vs Shirov, where the game is still generally in the open-ing phase. Black is slightly behind in development, and both Kings are uncastled, and the position seems solid. White changes all of this with a clever “developing sacrifice.”

Position No. 1

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White seizes a strong initiative beginning with 1. c4! The game continued 1. … bxc4 2. Ba4+, which gains time and allows White to create good active pieces. Black continued with 2. … Nd7 3. N2c3! This basic developing move puts Black in a predicament since it

forces considerable time to analyze and formulate the proper continu-ation plan. For example, 3. … f5, … Ne7 or … h6 for Black all have set-backs that offer White the chance to regain her pawn and still sustain strong piece activity and positional dominance. The best move is prob-ably 3. … Rb8, preventing 4. Nb5; however, White would still have good compensation and a comfort-able initiative for the pawn. So Black chose 3. … Ke7? with hopes of stagnating the White piece activ-ity and removing the annoying pin at d7. Polgar quickly pounces on this mistake. Can you find the win-ning reply? See Position No. 2.

Position No. 2

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4. Nxd6! (regaining the pawn with horrific tactical threats) Qxd6 (if 4. … Kxd6, then 5. Ne4+ Kxd5

(or 5. … Ke7 6. d6+ forking K+Q) 6. Qf7+ Kxe4 7. Bc2+ Kd4 8. Be3#) 5. Ne4 Qxd5 6. Bg5+ Ndf6 7. Rd1 Qb7 8. Rd7+ Qxd7 9. Bxd7 h6? (again we see the difficulty with defending, even for the elite) 10. Qd1! 1-0

In the next game, between two legends (Nimzovich vs Alapin, 1914) we witness how greed can be cost-ly. 1. e4 e6 (the solid and reliable French Defense, named so in 1834 when a French team defeated the British in a correspondence match) 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 (bet-ter is 4. Bg5 or e5) Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6. White has a great lead in development and the Black Queen is ill-posted in the center. With such advantages, how would you proceed?

Position No. 3

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9. Be2 (Of course! Naturally, a developing sacrifice) 9. … Qxg2 (too greedy) 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2 e5.


Position No. 4It’s White to move. With a large

lead in development, how would you continue?

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12. 0-0-0! (With such a large advantage in development, White can justify another developing sac-rifice(!) with true confidence.) 12. … exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6?? … and just like that the game is quickly over. See Position No. 5 where White has a one-mover that’s a true knock-out! Can you find it?

Position No. 5Black lags considerably in devel-

opment. All of White’s pieces are working. Can you find the winning tactical combination to finish the game?

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14. Bf6!! Qxf6 (there is no de-fense) 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Qd8+ Bxd8 18. Re8#.

In our final example on the de-veloping sacrifice motif, enough can-not be said about the power of this tactical methodology when prop-erly executed. Here, the opening is

somewhat unorthodox, (Hoffman vs Petroff, Italian Game, Warsaw 1844) and certainly the moves are not up to current day theory. How-ever, the game holds a serious and worthy distinction in the history of the “unexpected move.”

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 (6.

… d5 is preferred by modern theory) 7. Bd5

Position No. 6

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Hoffman – Petroff

Black continued 7. … Nxf2 (a de-veloping sacrifice) 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ 9. Kg3 (9. Kf1 is probably best; however, White may have feared 9.

… b6). 9. … cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne7 11. Ng5? (a mistake that will be refut-ed brilliantly) Nxd5 12. Nxf7.

Position No. 7

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White is attacking the Black Queen and Rook and figured on 12… Kxf7 13. Qxd5+ Ke8 14. Qxc5 with a material advantage. However, Black responds with the truly unexpected move 12. … 0-0!! — easily one of

the most creative and diabolical cas-tling moves in chess history. The game continued 13. Nxd8 (What else? If 13. Qxd5, then 13. … Rxf7 and White must concede his Queen to avoid an early mate. But the game is over anyway as Black now forces mate.) 13. … Bf2+ 14. Kh3 d6+ 15. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6+ 18. Kg5 Rf4+ 19. Kg4 h5+ 20. Kh3 Rf3#

These games have demonstrated some dangers that abound when one flounders in the opening and seeks material gains over prudent and sensible development. The slightest loss of time can prove to unrecover-able and disastrous. The developing sacrifice (which typically involves a Pawn, but can involve pieces as well) is a powerful weapon that belongs in your arsenal and should never be underestimated.

Improving your ability to calcu-late and visualize positions takes practice. Problem solving will help in this development. Work to avoid moving the pieces when solving problems to strengthen your over the board play.. The following exer-cises will test your tactical aware-ness. Be alert, play sharp and always remember to do your safety check. Enjoy, good luck and happy solving! Solutions on page 24.

Problem No. 1. White to play. Black threatens 1.

… Rb8, so what would you do?

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a. Black is better. b. White is better.c. The position if equal and


offers chances for both sides.

Validate your choice with a vari-ation.

Problem No. 2.

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It is White to move and both sides have dangerous passed pawns. How would you proceed?

a. The game is unclear with winning chances for both sides.

b. White is winning.c. Black is winning.Prove your answer with a varia-

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Position No. 3

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a. h6 is correct and the game is roughly equal.

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Problem No. 4.

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It’s White to move with a strong passed pawn. Does Black have coun-ter-chances? This problem will test your tactics as well as your nerves – so what would you do?

a. 1. d7 is correct and White will win.

b. 1. d7 is incorrect and Black will win.

Prove your answer with a variation.

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Anthony Ong – Elston He Los Angeles County Open,

Monterey Park 2005D87 GRUENFELD DEFENSE,

Exchange Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.

cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0–0 10. 0–0 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 Nc4 16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Kg1 cxd4 18. cxd4

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18. ... Rxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh2 Qxa1 21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ Ke8 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. Qd5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Nd5+ Kg5 29. Qxe7+ Bf6 30. Nxf6 Qe5+ 31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. Nxh7+ Kf4 33. Nf6 b5 34. g3+ Kg5 35. Ng8 a5 36. Kg2 b4 37. h4+ Kxg4 38. Nf6# 1–0

Danyul Lawrence – Ron Hermansen

Los Angeles County Open, Monterey Park 2005

E81 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE, Saemisch Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.

e4 d6 5. f3 0–0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. 0–0 Rb8 14. h3 Qc7 15. Qc2 Ned7 16. b3

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16. ... Qa5 17. Rab1 Nh5 0–1

Eduardo Ortiz – Ryan Richardson Los Angeles County Open,

Monterey Park 2005E17 ENGLISH OPENING

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Nc3 0–0 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh3 Ra8 13. Nh4 Nh5

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14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rc7 Bxd5 17. Rxd7 Bxh4 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. e4 Bxa2 20. Qxh5 Be7 21. d5 b5 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Rc7 Bxb2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rc2 Rf8 26. Qc7 Bd4 27. Rxa2 1–0

Los Angeles County Open

April 23-24, 2005This now-traditional event had

an excellent turnout of 70 players (close to capacity). Initially ranked third, master Ron Hermansen swept the field to finish with 5-0. Next at 4½-½ were Eduardo Ortiz and Rog-er Dellaca.

Once again, thanks are owed to the city of Monterey Park for provid-ing a new playing site at Sierra Vista Park. Randy Hough directed for the SCCF.

Prize Winners1st: Ron Hermansen, 5-0; 2nd-

3rd: Eduardo Ortiz, Roger Dellaca, 4½-½; U2200: Ike Miller, Marian Nita, Carlos Garcia, Gregg Fritch-le, Danyul Lawrence, 4-1; U2000: Vaughan Heussenstamm, 3½-1½; U1800: Nisha Deolalikar, Daniel Al-vira, Colin Field-Eaton, Gary Ware, 3-2; U1600: Danil Fedunov, 2-2; U1400/unr: Roel Sanchez, 1½-3½; Scholastic: 1st: Sunil Deolalikar; 2nd: Alex Yee; 3rd: Sandy He; 4th: Terrence Sun; 5th: Katherine Peng.


Santa Monica Bay Chess Club

It was proof that miracles still occur, according to Eion Faelten the winner of this year’s club champi-onship commenting on his coming ahead in a strong field. The $1,000 prize fund was probably the rich-est club championship prize in the county if not the state.

Faelten did have some breaks and there were the usual upsets, yet it all came down to a dramatic final game in round 7; Ron Frasco only needed a draw with he white pieces to win the prize, but was playing for more at the start.

The tournament ended April 18. There were eighteen players in the seven-round championship.

Tournament winner Faelten also received the Best Game prize for his win over Ron Frasco. Ron Frasco – Eion FaeltenSMBCC Championship, Santa

Monica 2005C41 PHILIDOR’S DEFENSE

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 0–0 8. 0–0–0 Nc6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qxd6

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Be4 a5 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rh7 Qg5 39. Rb7 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ 41. Kc3 Qe1+ 42. Kd3 Qf2 43. Kc4 Qc5+ 44. Kd3 a4 45. c4 a3 46. Kc3 Qe5+ 47. Kd3 Qb2 48. c5 Qb5+ 0–1

The club holds tournaments year round and meets Mondays at Joslyn Park 633 Kensington Road, Santa Monica, 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. For more information call Pete Sa-vino at (310) 827-2789. – Mike White

La Palma Chess ClubMike Henebry and Chris Roberts

tied for first with 3½-1½ in the top section of La Palma Chess Club’s 24-player “Remembering a Famous C-Player, Albert Einstein”, a 5-round Swiss. In the Einstein section, 1st Place went to William Martino, 4-1; best “B” Mike Brady with 4-1, best “C” Orlando Jaimes Guzman with 3-2, and newcomer Brenda Nardi won the D/E/unr trophy with a fine score of 3½-1½.

The La Palma Chess Club meets 6:00 p. m. to 11:00 p. m. Fridays in Central Park, 7821 Walker St. For information, call Mike Henebry (714) 761-5988, Mike Brady (562) 867-8248, or Leigh Hunt (714) 635-0448. Details on LPCC schedule and its Grand Prix can be found at http://www.lapalmachess.741.com – Chris Roberts

Caltech Beats MIT in Internet Chess Match

On April 24, 2005, the Caltech Chess Team defeated MIT in an 8-board chess match played on the In-ternet Chess Club. The match was the second of two between Caltech and MIT.

In 2003, Caltech beat MIT 5-3 in a match of the same format of this year’s contest.

In Sunday’s match, MIT jumped off to an early lead by scoring two quick wins. But Caltech kept the pressure on in the six remaining games, earning four wins and two draws, and winning the match 5-3 once again.

The Caltech team consisted of players Patrick Hummel ‘06, Eugene Yanayt ‘06, Karl Yee (staff), Howard Liu ‘06, Joshua Gutman ‘06, Ed-ward Perepelitsky ‘07, Phillip Pere-pelitsky ‘07, and Zeb Rocklin ‘08. The MIT team they defeated is one of the toughest college teams in the country. The Caltech Chess Team is composed of members of the Caltech Chess Club. Further information, including games from the Caltech-MIT match, can be found on http://www.its.caltech.edu/~citchess/. – Karl Yee

Joshua Tree May OpenOn May 7, twelve players com-

peted in this monthly event. Tying for 1st and 2nd with 4-1 were Joel Johnson and Kermit Norris. Class pries went to Alex Gojich (A), Wil-liam Waddell and Tom Bulone (B), Keith Motschman (C), and Mark Haughwout (2nd C). Mark Muller directed.

Chess for Success Scholastic

This new tournament, held May 7 at Westwood Charter School, at-tracted 25 players. Section winners included Lillie Schacter, Brendan Gallagher, Gwendolyn Lee, and Justin Hekmat. Ivona Jezierska di-rected.

Orange County OpenMay 7-8

This new event, held at the Hilton Costa Mesa in conjunction with the Super States Scholastics, had a slightly disappointing turn-out of 61. Joel Banawa, IM Me-likset Khachiyan, and IM Enrico Sevillano tied for first with scores of 3½-½. Leonid Furman, Joshua Gutman and Christopher Slupik tied for best expert, and Barry Laza-rus and Louie Rivera split the Class A prize.

Charles Poovakan swept the Amateur (under-1800) section with


5-0, a point ahead of Vaughan Heus-senstamm and David Cody Oldham. Class prizes went to Jeff Lindley and Frank Olson (best under-1600) and Danny Machuca and Holly McRob-erts (under-1400). John Hillery di-rected.

IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) – Michael Casella (2361)

Orange County Open, Costa Mesa 2005

B22 SICLIAN DEFENSE, Alapin Variation1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3

Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0–0 Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. a4 e6 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b5 16. Qd4 Nf6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Qd3 0–0 19. Ra5 Rfb8 20. Nd2 Bd8 21. Raa1 Bb6 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. Nd4 Qe4 25. Rfe1 Nd5 26. Bg5 Qxe2 27. Rxe2 f6 28. Nxe6 Rd7 [28. ... fxg5 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1] 29. Bd2 Re8 30. Rae1 Rde7 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Nf4 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Nc7 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Ke2 Nxa6 36. Be3 b4 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. c4 Nc5

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David Cody Oldham (1758) – Alan Avins (1743) Orange County Open, Costa Mesa 2005C33 KING’S BISHOP’S

GAMBIT1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4

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Barry Lazarus (1811) – Show Kitagami (2067)


B09 PIRC DEFENSE1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4.

f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nf2N

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Craig Clawitter (2134) – David Rocklin (1920)


A08 KING’S INDIAN ATTACK1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4.

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Exposition Park Chess Club

Section winners at the monthly free tournament on May 8 were Dan

IM MELIKSET KHACHIYAN, JOEL BANA-WA, IM ENRICO SEVILLANO


Wong, Robert Flom, and Vincent Buffington, Nes Samland and Lee St. Thomas (tied). On June 5, section winners were Donald Bolt, Bertram Buggs, Ken Philipson, and William Wong. The Exposition Park Chess Club meets at 1 p.m. every Sunday at the Exposition Park Branch Li-brary, 3665 S. Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles. For information, call the library at (323) 732-0169 or send a message to the club secretary at [email protected]. Web site: http://chess.expoparkla.com/

Arcadia Chess ClubThe “Spring Open,” ending in

April, saw David Argall and Larry Stevens tie for first with 5-1. Class prize winners included Robert Goldberg and Dave Matson (A), Jeff Schroeder (B), Robert Head (C), and Danny Machuca (D/E/U).

The Arcadia Chess Club meets 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Mondays in the Senior Citizens building, 405 S. Santa Anita Ave. For information, call Fred Brock at (626) 331-1638 or Mel Clark at (626) 447-9355.

LA MastersWinners of the weekly “L.A.

Masters” tournaments in April and May were: April 11: Melikset Khachiyan, 3½-½; April 18: Melik-set Khachiyan, 4-0; April 25: Varu-zhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan, Mick Bighamian, Craig Clawittter, 3-1; May 2: Varuzhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan, 3½-½; May 9: Varuzhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan, 3½-½. May 16: Melik-set Khachiyan, 4-0.

The Los Angeles Chess Club plans to hold these events, inspired by the long-running New York Mas-ters, every Monday evening at 7 p.m. The LACC is located on the second floor of 1514 Santa Monica Blvd., above Javan restaurant. For information, call Mick Bighamian at (310) 795-5710 or send a message to [email protected]. Web site: www.lachessclub.com.

Costa Mesa OctosTwenty-eight players showed up

for the May 21st Costa Mesa Octo. This was the first Octo at the Chess Center’s new location, the Odd Fel-lows/Rebekah Hall at 2476 Newport Blvd. Like any new location there are pluses and minuses. On the plus side there is much more room. With the Octos drawing more players it was hard to accommodate all the play-ers comfortably at the old location. The new location has much more room for players and spectators. On the minus side the air conditioning leaves something to be desired. This is an old building whose air condi-tioning consists of four ceiling fans, one of which doesn’t work. Fortu-nately, we are close to the ocean and a nice cross breeze comes through in the evening.

In the top section Mike Za-loznyy won with a perfect score of 3-0. Second place was won by Danyul Lawrence at 2-1. The sec-ond section had ten players and was won by Jason Garfield with the only other perfect score of 3-0. Second and third was a four way tie among Gary Ware, Ronald Hoff-man, Arnold Baldwin and Donald Bolt Jr., all at 2-1. In the bottom section there were also 10 players. I had an unusual event occur in this section; first through third place was a three way tie among Brenda Nardi, Grant Yosenick and Alexan-der Kaliannan, all at 2½-½. Alex-ander was the lowest rated player in the section at a pre-tournament rating of 966. He defeated play-ers rated 1355 and 1444, and drew with a 1468 player. Grant was the eighth rated player in the section at a pre-tournament rating of 1010. He defeated players rated 1444 and 1302, and drew with a 1541. This was a great performance for these two young players who are students of master Takashi Iwamoto.

The next Octo will be June 25. – Mike Carr

West Valley Chess Club

Luis Villa-Giusti won the Chaba Mehes Memorial at the West Val-ley Chess Club, ending in May. Dan Wong, Michael Yee, Greg Clark and Manuel Cruz won class prizes. The West Valley Chess Club meets 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays in the West Valley Jewish Community Center, 22622 Vanowen St. For in-formation, call John Price at (818) 363-1379 or Duane Cooper at (818) 999-0837.

West Covina Chess Club

Eddie Concepcion, Rolando Gae-tos and Richard Polhamus won their sections in the Springtime Woodpushers tournament at the West Covina Chess Club, ending in May. The West Covina Chess Club meets 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tues-days and Thursdays in the Senior Center, 2501 E. Cortez St. For in-formation, call Richard Williams at (626) 339-5188.

2005 San Diego County Championship

Sixty-five players showed up to try to win $3,000 in total prizes at the annual San Diego County Championships, which were moved up a month from early June to May 14 &15th to try for better atten-dance. The move seemed to work and we will stick with this new date for next year. The only disap-pointment was in the Reserve Sec-tion (U1600), where only 10 players bothered to enroll. The other two sections, Open and Premier, had 27 and 28 players, respectively. Cyrus Lakdawala was the Best Player from San Diego County, but he was tied by two out of county players who also scored 4 points, Enrico Se-villano and Marian Nick Nita. All three players took home $266 each. Oddly, each one of them took a bye


in a different round that might have kept them from taking a shot at a clear first place. Bruce Baker also took one bye and missed win-ning any money, although he scored 3½. Dimitry Kishinevsky and Ron Bruno also scored 3½ and split the BU2200 prize for $100 each. Jesus Orozco was BU2100 for $200. In the Premier Section (U2000), Ben Bar-quin won his first four games, drew the last one, won $300 and finally pushed his rating over 2000. The draw came with Felipe Camacho, who won Second Place with 3½ and $150. Felipe was lucky to draw that game, for most of the game he was in big trouble. Thomas Victory scored 4 points along with John Anderson and they split a pooled prize for $187 each for BU1900/1800. David Oldham won $175 for BU1700 with 3 points. In the Reserve Section, David Brown took First Place for $200 with 4½, Santiago Lunas was Second Place with 4 for $100, Ro-lando Garciagutierrez was BU1500 with 3½ for $100 and Rafael Prieto was BU1400 with 3 for $100. Prizes in this section were reduced some-what based on the low turnout, but the other sections were paid as ad-vertised. – Chuck Ensey

San Diego Chess ClubFifty-six plus eleven house play-

ers made for a decent turnout at the annual 5 round Spring Swiss. The Open Section was won by Bruce Baker (4½), followed by Adam Corper, Robert Richard and Rick Aeria, all with 3½. Adam won the Club Championship in April and attained a Master rating. He also gave a simultaneous exhibition against the entire club, as is the tradition for the Club Champion, and also for new masters. He is now in the middle of a match with Bruce Baker, the highest rated club mem-ber now that Cyrus Lakdawala has retired from our Wednesday night chess sessions. Anyway, back to the Spring Swiss: Tim McGuiness continued his strong play in his bid for a higher rating and was the

Best Under 2000. In the Premier Section, table tennis legend Fred Borges slammed his opponents with 4 wins in a row, losing only the last game to Franco Alejandrino, a much higher rated player. Franco and Fred tied for first with Robert Defore, all with 4 points. BU1800 was split between Damani Fair and Shaun Sweitzer, BU1700 was Rob-ert Draper and BU1600 was Julian Rodriguez, all these players scored 3 points. In the Reserve Section, Rolando Garciagutierrez won first with 4½, followed by Tom Kuhn, David Hall and Karen Kaufman, all with 3½. – Chuck Ensey

Here is a game from Round 4:

Dimitry Kishinevsky (2177) – Bruce Baker (2256)

Spring Swiss, San Diego, 5/11/05E15 Queen’s Indian Defence

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne5 Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. 0-0 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Rac1 Nc6 14. e4 Nb4 15. e5 Nd3 16. Rb1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 g6 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Qd1 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ng3 Ba6 22. Re3 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Ndxf1 Rc4 26. Rd3 f5 27. Ne3 Rc6 28. Qf3 Qb5 29. Rbd1 Rfc8 30. Ne2 Nb6 31. b3 Kh8 32. Kg2 R6c7 33. R3d2 Rg8 34. Kh1 a4 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Rc8 37. Ne1 Qa6 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 axb3 40. axb3 Ra8 41. Nc2? (Kg2 and White might hang on) Ra2 42. Rd2 Nc4! 43. bxc4 dxc4 44. Nc3 bxc3 45. Re2 Kg8 46. Kg2 Ba3 47. Kf3 Bc1 48. Ne3 Bd2 49. Nxc4 c2 50. Rxd2 c1=Q 51. Rxa2 Qxc4 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rd8 Qd3+ 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kg3 g5! 56. Rd7+ Kg6 0-1

Gambito OpensThe May Super Gambito (#223)

was unusual for two reasons: 1) we had a four way tie for first place and 2) IM Cyrus Lakdawala was not in the winner’s circle. Cyrus lost his second round game with Pablo Pena and then drew with Bruce Baker in the next round, so it was obvi-

ously not his day and he withdrew. Bruce tied for 1st with Robert Rich-ard, Raoul Crisologo and Leonard Sussman. Each of the four winners won $75, as did Thomas Victory for BU2000. Alex Garcia-Betancourt won 2nd U2000 for $25. In the Re-serve Section, Chuck Ensey won 1st for $75 and Shaun Sweitzer was 2nd for $25. Arthur Taylor won BU1600 while Daniel Grazian and Patrick Edwards tied for 2nd U1600.

The Best Game Prize winner from one of our more famous play-ers, Carey Milton:

George Spellman (1934) – Carey Milton (2032)

Gambito Open #223, Rd 2, 5/07/05

A45 Trompowsky Attack1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Be2

c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 c4 7. b3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Qc2 bxc3 10. Qxc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Ngf3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. Bh4 gxf3 15. Bxd8 Bxd2+ 16. Kf1 fxe2+17. Kxe2 Ba6 18. bxc4 Nb4 19. Qb2 Bxc4+ 0-1

In the June Super Gambito, Cyrus Lakdawala got his groove back and won all four games to take first place. We used the McMahon paring system for the first time at a Super Gambito and it seemed to work well. We have been experimenting with this system for over a year now, about every other week in the regu-lar Gambito Opens. Masters and Ex-perts were given 3 bye points to start with, Class “A” players 2 points, B’s 1 point and C’s 0. All players play in one section instead of having two sections, but with the bye points it is more like a Class tournament, ex-cept you don’t have the problem of having uneven sections and needing lots of house players. Players typical-ly play other players close in rating to themselves, which makes it more enjoyable for most players. In return for getting the bye points the higher rated players must play each other instead of beating up on lower rated players. The bye points do count in the final standings, but a higher rat-ed player can’t win a lower section,


as usual. It sounds confusing, but if you think of it as just a regular big Open where three rounds have al-ready been played and there were no upsets, then it makes more sense. Bruce Baker won Second Place. Leonard Sussman was BU2200, Ron Bruno 2nd U2200, Richard Jensen BU2000, Carey Milton 2nd U2000, Esteban Escobedo BU1800, Keith Bresee 2nd U1800, Gene Arnaiz BU1600 and Rolando Garciagutier-rez 2nd U1600. – Chuck Ensey

Here is the Best Game Prize Winner:

Bruce Baker (2302) – Dimitry Kishinevsky (2159)

Gambito #226, Rd 3, 7/02/05B75 Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav

Attack 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.

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Master-Junior Simul Features Past & Current State HS

Champs!For the first time since its 21st

century revival, the Southern Cali-fornia Master-Junior Simul invited

a former Ju-nior to play as a Master. The 2003 State High School C h a m p i o n , Minas Nor-danyan, had enjoyed good success on the Junior side of this unique event, and was eager to step to the other side of the board.

The Mas-t e r - J u n i o r Simul, a popu-lar event in the early 1980’s, has be-come an eagerly awaited event for many of today’s young chess stars in Southern California. Held during Spring in four of the past five years, the M-J Simul involves 4 teams, each consisting of a master and 4-6 promising junior players. The Mas-ter plays simultaneously against the Juniors of the other team, and, of course, vice-versa. When four Ju-niors team with a Master, such as this year, each round has a total of eight possible points (one for each Junior and 4 for the Master). Af-ter the morning round, the teams that won face each other in the af-ternoon, as the teams that lost the morning round face each other. Tro-phies go to the top two teams and medals are given out to all players. Additionally, each Master recogniz-es the game of one of his opponent’s as the Best Game.

Besides Nordanyan, there were three Masters who were returning to play again. As they walked into the California Youth Chess League Training & Tournament Center, the looks on their faces told me that all of them knew that every game would be a tough battle!

In the first round, Larry Smith’s team took 5½ points from Mark Reeve’s team. While Mark was not happy with his slow start (2-2), hindsight (a week later) gave him

the pleasure of knowing he had beaten the 2005 State High School Champion (Francis Chen). Abra-ham White and Jared Tan had each grabbed a point off Reeve, while Jeremy Stein scratched a half-point from Larry Smith. The other match saw young Nordanyan go 4-0, while Expert Julian Landaw managed to beat Master Ron Hermansen. Team Nordanyan had won the match 5-3.

After a wonderful lunch at Mac-aroni Grill (players and guests), the Masters decided to teach the Ju-niors a lesson, taking 15½ out of 16 points in the afternoon round! The only draw was earned by Francis Chen against Minas Nordanyan. Larry Smith’s team won that match and totaled 10 points on the day to earn 1st Place. Team Nordanyan took 2nd with 8½. With Hermansen and Reeve perfect in their match, it was a 4-4 draw. Team Hermansen finished with 7 points, ½ clear of Team Reeve.

Best Game prizes went to: Fran-cis Chen (Nordanyan), Jeremy Stein (Smith), Jared Tan (Reeve), and Ju-lian Landaw (Hermansen).

The key game for Smith in the afternoon round was his battle with the highest-rated Junior, Julian Landaw. On only the 11th move of the game, after Julian had stumbled into a trap, he lost his Queen for two pieces, Smith’s victory seemed to be

FIRST ROUND ACTION AT THE 2005 MASTER-JUNIOR SIMUL


sealed. Landaw had no intention of giving in easily and the game’s re-sult was in question for almost 30 more moves!

Smith-LandawM-J Simul, Valencia, CA, 2005C25 BISHOP’S OPENING

(Notes by Larry Smith)1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 While not as “critical” or “cor-

rect” as 2. Nf3, White plays the Bishop’s Opening here to try to keep the game out of more current theoretical channels.

2. ... Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Qg4 This old-fashioned move is

White’s best chance for an edge out of this opening.

4. ... Qf6? This move is an old trap, and

leads Black into perilous waters. Ju-lian said afterwards that he knew this was bad, shaking his head as if to say “Why’d I do that?” Better are 4. ... g6 or 4. ... Kf8 and the threat of ... d5 at least forces White to retreat his Queen. White may be slightly better after that but nothing more.

5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Now Black is faced with the

dual threats of Qxg7 and Nxc7+. Furthermore, his Queen will be ha-rassed and possibly trapped!

6. ... Kf8 7. Nh3 Qd4 If 7. ... d6 8. Nxf2 wins a piece. 8. d3 Now the BQ is encircled and c3

is threatened. 8. ... d6 Some computers will play 8. ...

Bb6 (guarding c7) 9. c3 Qc5 10. b4 Qd6, but this is hardly inspiring for a human player.

9. Qf3 Bxh3 10. Rf1! A key move, preventing a Black

... Qf2. The mate threat gives Black no time to save his Queen.

10. ... Be6 11. c3 Qg1 Black sells the Queen as dearly

as possible. The game is now over -- right?

12. Rxg1 Bxg1 13. Nxc7 Furthermore, White now picks

up the Exchange and a pawn, leav-ing Black with only two minor piec-es for the Queen.

13. ... Bxc4 14. Nxa8 Instead,

14. dxc4!? Rc8 15. Ne6+ Ke7 16. Nxg7 may be stronger.

14. … Be6 15. Nc7 Bd7 16. Be3

M a y b e 16. h3 right away. De-spite White’s huge ma-terial ad-vantage, the game has entered unfa-miliar territory: a dangerous situa-tion for the person playing several games at once, and one which Black exploits to the utmost.

16. ... h5 17. h3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rh6 19. Ke2

Maybe White should get the Queenside pawns moving with 19. b4 or 19. a4.

19. ... Rg6 20. Qf2 Nce7 Good, unhackneyed thinking ...

what this position needs! 21. Rf1 f5 22. Qxa7 Somewhat risky, reducing the

game to something of an arms race. 22. ... Rxg2+ 23. Rf2 Rg3 24.

Qxb7 f4 25. Nd5 Bxh3 26. a4 Bg4+ 27. Kd2 h4

Black now has serious counter-play, though I still doubted it would amount to much!

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Inadequate is 29. ... Rg2 30. Rxg2 hg 31. Qb6 or Qa7, so Black covers those two squares.

30. Nxf4 I think White can still win after

30. a7 Rg2 31. Rxg2 hg 32. a8(Q) g1(Q) 33. c4, but risky is 30. a7 Rg2 31. a8(Q) Rxf2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33. Kf1 h2 34. Qaxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kf7 36. Qh3 Rxb2. Instead, I was mesmerized by the text move -- being the last move of time control did not help! I quickly saw the sequence 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Rxf4+ Nf6 32. Rxg4 Nxg4 33. Qxc8+ Kf7 34. a7 Rg2+ 35. Ke1 (35. Kc1!? h2 36. Kb1) h2 but did not see how to stop the h-pawn (36. Qh8 Nh6!).

30. ... exf4 31. Rxf4+ Nf6 32. e5!

I finally found this move, open-ing up the h1-a8 diagonal to allow the Q to retreat.

32. ... Rg2+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34. Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 dxe5 36. Rxg4 Nxg4 37. Qxc8+ Kf7

Black errs slightly, but the better 37. ... Ke7 38. Qc7+! (not 39. Qb7+ Kd6!, getting closer to a8) Ke6 39. Qc6+ amounts to the same thing.

38. Qb7+ Ke6 39. Qxg2 1-0And Black resigns in view of 39.

... hxg2+ 40. Kg1! -- another move that in my fatigue it took me awhile to find. Instead, 40. Kxg2?? Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nd5 & Nb6!


Black deserves credit for fighting so hard after a poor opening. While White is objectively winning as early as move 11, Black was absolutely justified in making White prove he could do the job. The fact that this was a team tourney further under-scores this point.

Robert Hurdle sponsored this wonderful event, but it is unclear whether he will be able to so in the future. As a result, the youth chess players of Southern California are hopeful that a generous chess pa-tron will step forward to help cover the costs. Please get in touch with Jay Stallings if you would like more information on how you can help. – Jay Stallings

AAA Summer Scholastic

June 4The AAA Summer Scholastic

in Glendale attracted 108 players. Mher Mikayelyan led the grades K-12 section with 4½-½, his third straight tournament victory. Nich-olas Hammond (5-0 in grades K-7) and Liam Fairweather (5-0 in grades K-3) took top honors in their sections. Harut Keshishian direct-ed for the AAA Chess Club.

Arcadia Spring Scholastics

June 5This new scholastic event at Diver-

sity Educational Center in Arcadia drew 25. First with 5-0 was Cheston Gunawan, followed by Rebecca San-chez, Stephen Porta and Vidhu Gath-ey. Roel Sanchez directed.

Harold Cardinal Valery, M.D.,

Primavera OpenThis new tournament, held June

3-5 at Chess Palace in Los Alamitos,

attracted 40 players. Enrico Sevil-lano took first prize with 5½-½, fol-lowed at 5-1 by Reynaldo Del Pilar. Next came Max Landaw and Bert Navarro, shared third place at 4½-½. Vaughan Heussenstamm, Pirouz Hendi, Peter Van Couvering, Chris-topher Kao, Jayo Cacho and Ferdi-nand Catunao took class prizes.

12th Warner Summer Scholastic

June 5Ryan Polsky won the 69-player

12th Warner Scholastic, held at Warner School in Westwood, with 4-0. Theo Hurley finished second with 3-1. Eric Huang and Rassa Ebrahim won Junior Varsity (grades K-8) sections, while Harry Moses, Jesse Halpern, Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski, Adam Semprevivo, Michael Moradi, Will Bucksbaum, Andrew Liu and Collin Shannon led their Novice (grades K-5) round robins. John Surlow and Vicki Feldmar directed.

Westwood Charter Summer Scholastic

June 11This annual event, held at West-

wood Charter School in Westwood, attracted 50 participants. Boris Kitapzyan swept the Championship (K-12) section with 4-0, followed at 3-1 by Stephen Porta. In the Junior Varsity (K-8), Altabagana Mungun-sar and Dean Tanioka won their sec-tions. Section winners in the Novice (K-5) included Gavin Michaels, Jef-frey Asai, Tyler Hakomori, Batkh-ishig Saikhanbayar, Kento Orii, and Michael Moradi. John Surlow directed.

National OpenWell over 600 players gathered in

Las Vegas June 10-12 for this first portion of the International Chess Festival. Some highlight perfor-mances by Southern Californians:

GM Varuzhan Akobian tied for fifth in the Open with 4½ of 6, qual-ifying for the U.S. Championship. (He also tied for first in the Blitz.) Among those tied for 13th with 4 points were Garush Manukyan, Al-exandre Kretchetov, WIM Sarah Lu (who would have been eligible for qualification if she were not still list-ed under China), and Eugene Yanayt (tied for Under 2300 honors).

Jerry Hanken – GM Varuzhan Akobian

National Open, Las Vegas 2005D30 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED,

Tarrasch Variation1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2

c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rdae1 Rad8 17. e3 Bb4 18. Qc1 c5 19. f3 Bg6 20. Kh1 h5 21. Qa1 Bd3 22. Rg1 Ba5 23. Rd1 Qxe3 24. Na4 Be2 25. Rc1 d4 26. Nxc5 Bxf3 27. a3

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Oh, and one of those tied for first, GM Nick de Firmian, is a native Southern Californian! (The others, also GMs, were Dmitry Gurevich and Dashzeveg Sharavdorj; Dmitry won the blitz playoff.)

In Under 2200, Ike Miller, Me-landro Singson, and Gregg Fritchle tied for third with 4½; Gregg shared the Under 2100 prize. Under 2000 saw Josh Gutman tie for first with 5½; his draw was with Lonnie Neal, who split third with 5 points. And Mark Bellnap tied for sixth at 4½.


Solutions to Chess Quiz

(see page 28)

Milman – Fang, Foxwoods 2005: White mates with the startl-ing Queen sacrifice 1. Qg6+! fxg6 2. hxg6+ Kxg7 3. Rh7# 1–0

Tallaksen – Greet, Gausdal 2005: The Black Queen is overload-ed after 1. Qa4 Qb7 (1. … Qxa4 Rxc8#) 2. Nf6+ 1–0, for both 2. ... Kd8 3. Nxd5+ 2. ... N5xf6 3. Bxb7 lose the Queen to begin with.

Portisch – Berger, Amster-dam 1964: White begins with the demolishing sacrifice 1. Nxh7 Kxh7 (1. ... Bf5 2. Rxf5 gxf5 3. Qxf5 Qxc3+ 4. Kd1 Qa1+ 5. Ke2 Qb2+ 6. Kf3 Ne6 7. Nxf8 Rxf8 8. Be5) 2. Rh5+ Kg7 3. Be5+ f6 4. Rg5 1–0 (Too many pins!)

The Long Viewby John Hillery

Once dubbed the “Koh-i-Noor” of chess, this game is typical of the

period — a slashing attack appears out of nowhere, for defensive tech-nique was little understood even by the best players. The winner should not be confused with La Bourdonnais’ opponent, Alexander McDonnell.

G. A. MacDonnell – BodenLondon, 1861C51 EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nxb4 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Bb5 dxe4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe5 exd3 15. cxd3 Qe8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f4 Nd5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Ng6 Qe3+ 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Qxd3 22. Rad1 Qc2

The Black Queen’s foraging ex-pedition has left Black far behind in development.

23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qf7 Bxh3

Black clears the back rank with gain of tempo in order to answer the threat of Ng3-h5 with ... Rd8-g8. On other moves, say 24. ... Bb7, White’s point is 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nh5 Rg8 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf6 mate.

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Young Jared Tan led the Under 1800 section with a perfect score af-ter five rounds, but lost a tough end-ing, falling into a tie for third place. In Under 1600, Tyrone Liddell tied for second at 5-1, and Julie Timokhi-na, Danil Fedunov, and Tim Turner were in the tie for fifth with 4½.

Douglas Barlett and Ben Slupik scored 5 to share third place honors in Under 1400; Holly McRoberts tied for seventh with 4½. And Alex Kayfetz-Gaum was equal fifth in the Under 1200 group with 4½. In the Scholastic (12 rounds!), Jason Qu was third with 10-2, and Cheston Gunawan took equal fourth with 9½. – Randy Hough

Late News:

SCCF CandidatesExpert Ron Bruno upset the top

seed, IM Jack Peters, in the last round to take clear first, 4-0, in the Southern California Candidates tournament, held June 18-19 at the Chess Palace. Peters, Alaa-Addin Moussa, and Craig Clawitter, at 3-1, took the other three qualify-ing spots, with Reynaldo del Pilar losing out on tiebreaks. Bruno, Pe-ters, Moussa, and Clawitter will join IMs Enrico Sevillano, Melikset Khachiyan, Andranik Matikozyan, and Cyrus Lakdawala in the round-robin finals, July 9-10 and 16-17.

– Randy Hough

USCF ElectionThe USCF recently issued the

following announcement:

Attention: USCF Voting MembersBecause of production problems

during the assembling and binding of the June issue of Chess Life, some of the ballots in the magazine were not person-alized with the voting member’s name and address. There may also have been some cases of voting members who did not receive a ballot in their magazine.

USCF Secretary Don Schultz, Ex-ecutive Director Bill Hall and Director of Publications Glenn Petersen have de-cided that the problems at our printer warrant sending out a new set of ballots to all voting members.

A replacement ballot form is being prepared. It will be printed and mailed out via first class mail as soon as pos-sible.

We’ll update this notice as we have more information.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Contrary to general opinion, this fiasco does not appear to have been the USCF’s fault (one of the ink nozzles was misaligned by the printer). It remains unclear which of multiple ballots will be counted, and what will be done with hand-written submissions. It is reported that the USCF will seek to recover the cost of the supplemental mail-ing ($15-$20 K) from the printer.


Allan Troy, 1932-2005by IM Jack Peters

Chess master Allan Troy, 73, died May 12 in Tubac, Arizona.

He and his family ran Troy’s Chess Shoppe at the Old Towne Mall in Torrance in the 1960s and 1970s. His store was a popular gathering spot for those who wanted to buy chess books or play speed chess.

Troy, who was born in Tucson but grew up in El Segundo, worked as a manager for Hughes Aircraft and considered chess his side busi-ness. His real love was speed chess, at which he won the California championship in the mid-’60s. He used to sit at a board outside his shop, puffing on a pipe and chuck-ling softly, as he trounced passersby in fast games.

Troy entertained thousands of players and made countless friends. Although he closed his shop and moved to Arizona a quarter of a century ago, he remains a memo-rable part of local chess lore.

Allan Troy – JanushkowskyCalifornia 1964E68 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. 0-0 e5

A popular variation of the King’s Indian Defense.

9. dxe5 The main line begins with 9. h3. 9. … dxe5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b3

Nc5 12. Ba3 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Ne1 Ne6

Allowing infiltration. Simply 14. ... Bf8 maintains equality.

15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Ne2 Nd4? Premature. Not 16. ... Bf8? 17.

Bxe5, but 16. ... c5 and 16. ... a5 are playable.

17. Nxd4 exd4 18. f4 Nf8?! Now Black gets squashed. He

had to try 18. ... c5, although 19. b4! Qb6 (Black can hardly move after 19. ... cxb4 20. e5 a5 21. c5) 20. e5 Qxb4 21. Rxd4 favors White.

19. e5 Bf5 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. h3 Bh6!?

Worth a try, as 21. ... h5 22. Nf3

c5 23. Nh4 gives Black no hope.

22. g4!? The pre-

lude to a Queen sac-rifice. Sim-ply 22. Nf3 c5 23. Nh4 works too.

22. … Bxf4 23. gxf5 Be3 24. fxe6 Rxe6 25. c5 f5 26. Rxd4 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2

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White has three pieces and a bind for the Queen. Black’s Rooks are particularly helpless.

27. … Kg7 28. b4 a6 29. Nf3 h6 30. Bf1 g5 31. Rg2 Rg6 32. e6!

Inviting 32. ... Rxe6? 33. Be5+. 32. … Qe8 33. e7 Re6 34. Bd3

Qh5 If 34. ... f4, most emphatic is 35.

Nxg5! hxg5 36. Rxg5+ Kh6 (neither 36. ... Kh8 37. Rxf4 nor 36. ... Kf6 37. Rg4 holds out long) 37. Bxf4 Qxe7 38. Rd6!, gaining material.

35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Bc4 Rxe7 After 36. ... Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38.

Ne5 Qxh3, White’s pieces swarm with 39. Kg1! (intending 40. Rf2+) e3 40. Ng4+ Kg7 41. Rg3.

37. Bxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rg1 Qxh3 39. Re1+ Kf8 40. Rd7 Qg4

If 40. ... g4 41. Ne5 Qh2+, White evades checks by 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Qc3 44. Kd1! (threatening 45. Ng6 mate) Qa1+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 46. Kd3.

41. Bb3 Qh5 42. Ree7 g4

Or 42. ... Rd8 43. Rf7+. 43. Rh7, Black Resigns.

Allan Troy – Art SpillerCalifornia 1969E00 QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE,

Petrosian Variation1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 Avoiding the Nimzo-Indian, 3.

Nc3 Bb4. 3. … b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 d5

6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 This position usually arises from

the Queen’s Indian Defense. 7. … Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7

10. Bd3 h6 Both 10. ... Ne4 and 10. ... c5 are

acceptable. 11. Bh4 Ne4?? 12. Nxd5! Cleverly gaining a pawn, as 12.

... Bxd5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 pro-tects the Bishop at h4.

12. … Bxh4 13. Bxe4 f5?! Even the sounder 13. ... c5 14.

Rd1 gives Black no compensation. 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxb7 Rb8

16. Bc6 Also 16. Qxf5 wins. 16. … Be7 17. Rc1 Bd6 18.

Qc4+ Kh8 19. Qe6! The rest is brutal. 19. … Nf6 20. Nh4 Kh7 21.

Qxf5+ Kg8 22. Ba4! c6 23. Rxc6 Rf7 24. Bb3 Bf8 25. Ng6 Qd7 26. Rxf6!, Black Resigns.


Date Name Qualifiers

July 3-5 Pacific Southwest Open Andranik Matikozyan Francis ChenJuly 10-25 State Championship Jack Peters Tim Taylor Vanessa West Ike Miller Ron Bruno Michael Casella Charles Van BuskirkJuly 15-18 Pacific Coast Open Varuzhan Akobian Melikset Khachiyan Lernik ManukianAugust 15 Westwood Open Brandon AsheAugust 14-15 San Luis Obispo County John Williams Championship Matt RobertsonSept. 4-6 Southern California Open Ilia Serpik Gregg FritchleSept. 24-26 Los Angeles Open Alexandre Kretchetov Zoran DjoricOctober 31 Halloween Open Roger NormanNovember 6-7 Electoral College Open Cyrus Lakdawala Bruce BakerNovember 25-28 American Open Boris Kreiman Jouaquin Banawa Takashi IwamotoDecember 11-12 6th Annual Joseph Ileto Ron Hermansen Memorial Eduardo Ortiz Christopher Slupik Ryan RichardsonJanuary 15-17 Western Class Enrico Sevillano Championships Eugene YanaytJanuary 30 Westwood Winter Open Takashi KurosakiMarch 13 Century West Open Leonid Furman

March 25-27 3rd Annual Western Pacific Tatev Abrahamyan Open Alaa-Addin Moussa Mike Zaloznyy Craig Clawitter Craig Anderson Gevorg Vardanyan Christian Tanaka Sargis HakobyanApril 9-10 SCCF Senior Open Raoul Crisologo Leonard SussmanApril 23-24 Los Angeles County Open Roger Dellaca Marian Nita Danyul LawrenceMay 7-8 Orange County Open Joel Banawa Joshua GutmanMay 7-8 SCCF High School Julian Landaw ChampionshipMay 14-15 San Diego County Open Dimitry Kishinevsky Ulric Aeria Jesus OrozcoMay 29-31 Lina Grumette Memorial Carlos Garcia Day Classic Stoil JotevJune 4-5 Harold Cardinal Valery, Reynaldo del Pilar M.D., Inc. Primavera Open Nicanor Navarro

Each event qualifies two players (highest scoring Southern California residents not previously qualified) except that 1) In the event of a tie, all tied players will advance; 2) A score of 60% is required to qualify; 3) The SCCF Amateur, SCCF High School and any one-day event will each have one qualifying spot; and 4) All one-day tournaments shall require a 75% score and only one player shall qualify on tiebreak.

2004-2005 State Championship

Seeded into the Championship are 2004 Champion IM Kongliang Deng, three players selected on the basis of rating, and four from the 2005 Candidates Tournament.

Solutions to Tactics by Hanks(see page 12)

Problem no. 1: b. White is better. Norwood – Collier, Isle of Man 1996. White wins beginning with 1. Qd8! i. 1. … Rxd8 2. e7+ Kh8 3. exd8=Q+ and wins.ii. 1. … Qf3+ 2. Kg1! and Black will run out of checks.iii. 1. … Qe1+2. Kg2 Kf8 3. Qd6+ Kg8 4. Qd7 winning.

Problem no. 2: b. White is winning. Piasetski – Rajkovic, Stip 1977. The winning main line goes 1. Be6! Rxe6 2. Rb6 Kf5 3. Rxe6 h1=Q 4. e8=Q Qb1+ 5. Kc3 Qa1+ 6. Kb4 Qg7 7. Re7 and White wins as the White Q+R battery against the exposed Black King and will quickly overwhelm the Black defenses.

Problem no. 3: b. h6 is incorrect. Casella – Ziatdinov, Los Angeles 2001. If 1. … h6, then 2. Nf6! and if i) 2. … gxf6 3. Qh5 fxg5 (what else?) 4. Qxh6+ Kg8 5. Ng6 and mate follows.ii) 2. … Qd8 3. Qh5 (overwhelming the Black Kingside) gxf6 4. Qxh6+ Kg8 5. Ng6 1-0 Problem no. 4: a. d7 is correct. White wins, but not without a vicious tactical counter-attempt by Black. The

main line goes: 1. d7 d3 (if 1. … Qe7 then 2. Qxa5 threatening Qxd2 and d8=Q) 2. Qb3 Rc2! 3. Qa3 (not 3. Qb1, as then 3. … Qe7 is holding on) 3. … Qxf1+ 4. Kxf1 d2 5. Qxf3 Rc1+ 6. Qd1 Rxd1+ 7. Ke2 Rb1 8. d8=Q d1=8+ 9. Qxd1 Rxd1 10. Kxd1 and White wins the resultant King+pawn ending.


2005-2006 State Championship

Seeded into the Championship are the 2005 Champion, up to three players selected on the basis of rating, and four from the 2005 Candidates Tourna-

ment.

Date Name July 2-4 Pacific Southwest Open Burbank July 9-17 State Championship West L.A. July 21-24 Pacific Coast Open Agoura Hills August 13-14 San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo County Championship August 21 Westwood Open Westwood Sept. 4-6 Southern California Open LAX

Each event qualifies two players (highest scoring Southern California residents not previously qualified) except that 1) In the event of a tie, all tied players will advance; 2) A score of 60% is required to qualify; 3) The SCCF Amateur, SCCF High School and any one-day event will each have one qualifying spot; and 4) All one-day tournaments shall require a 75% score and only one player shall qualify on tiebreak.

SCCF Annual Meeting and Election

The SCCF Annual Membership Meeting will take place at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, September 5, at the LAX Hilton, in

conjuction with the Southern California Open. All SCCF mem-bers are encouraged to attend and make their views known.

Enclosed with this issue you will find your ballot for the election of the SCCF Board. Those whose membership is current as of July 31 may vote by mail. Or, you may vote in person on September 5 at the South-ern California Open. If voting by mail, please place your ballot in a blank sealed envelope, and place this in a mailing envelope with your name on the outside. Mail your ballot to: SCCF Ballot c/o Michael Nagaran, 17360 Caminito Canasto, San Diego, CA 92127. Ballots must be postmarked no later than August 31.

All candidates for the Board are entitled to a short statement in Rank & File. The following state-ments have been submitted:

Ivona JezierskaI am running for a position as

a board member on the Southern California Chess Federation Board of Directors because I believe that my experiences, as a competitive chess player as a chess teacher and organizer, will be helpful to the Southern California chess commu-nity. WFM Ivona Jezierska

John HilleryRank & File editor, 1983-1990,

1999-present. SCCF Treasurer 1984-1990, SCCF Vice-President, 2003-present. Organizer of the Southern California Open (2002, 2004 and 2005), Memorial Day Classic (2002-2005), Western Pa-cific Open. I am willing to stand on my record.

Joe HanleyMy name is Joe Hanley. I am a

teacher of chess, an organizer and director of scholastic and adult tournaments, the owner of Chess Equipment USA, and two websites: www.chess4children.com and www.chessequipmentusa.com. I wish to join the SCCF board to help promote chess.

Chuck EnseyI am asking for your vote to place

me on the SCCF board for another term because I believe this is a nec-

essary organization that can do a lot of good to promote chess in Southern California. Our membership is grow-ing again and our magazine Rank and File has been getting better with each issue thanks to the hard work of the current board members, especially John Hillery. There aren’t a lot a people who are willing to de-vote the necessary amount time to keep this organization running smoothly. Randy Hough has done a great job for many years keeping track of all our members. I am proud to be on the same team with these two fine individuals. As most of you know, John and Randy are the heart and soul of the SCCF. Ron Rezendes and Rick Aeria are two newer mem-

bers that have lots of fresh ideas to take advantage of today’s computer-ized world, and I also support their efforts. I have been promoting chess for the last 5 years in San Diego and our club is one of the largest and best run in the state. I am happy to continue to promote chess in wider areas of Southern California. Thank you for your support.

Randy HoughI’m willing to continue my 24

years of service on the Board if you wish. More important, I strongly urge everyone to vote for Bill Goi-chberg, Robert Tanner, Joel Chan-ning, and Greg Shahade for USCF Executive Board. Ballots must be mailed in by mid-July.


Upcoming Events

July 2-445TH ANNUAL PACIFIC SOUTHWEST OPEN. 6-SS, $$8,000 b/240, half of all prize guar. Choice of 2 sched-ules: 3-day schedule plays all rounds at 40/2, SD/1. 2-day schedule plays first 3 rds at G/1, others at 40/2, SD/1. Burbank Airport Hilton, 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 (corner of Thornton). In 2 sections: Open, $$1400-700-400-300-200, U2200 $600-300-150, U2000 $600-300-150. Amateur, open to U1800/Unr, $$600-300-150, U1600 500-250-150, U1400 400-250, U1200 150, Unr. 150. Unr. may win Unrated prize only. All, EF: $52 if received by 6/30, $62 at site. SCCF memb. required of So. Californians ($14, jrs. U18 $9, includes Rank & File magazine). Reg: 9-10 am (3-day), 8:45-9:30 a.m. (2-day). Rds: 10:30-4:30, 10:30-4:30, 10-4:30 (2-day plays Rds 1,2,3 at 10, noon, 2, then merges). One or two 1/2-pt. byes with advance notice. HR: $92 (818) 843-6000 or (800) 840-6450, mention chess. Parking $8/day. Info: Randy Hough (626) 282-7412, [email protected]. Ent: Santa Monica Bay CC, PO Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. F. GP: 30 State Championship Qualifier.

July 2 VICTORVILLE CHESS QUADS II. 3-RR, G/60. Victor Villa Club House, 13373 Mariposa Rd, Victorville, CA 92395. $$30/quad guaranteed. EF: $8 if rec’d by 6/1, $12 at site. Prizes: cash. Reg: 9:30 a.m. Rds: 10-1-3. Info: Rialto/CCF Chess Club Members receive a $2 discount. TD: Don Cot-ton, 760-245-6598, [email protected]. Adv. Ent: DEC Cuerdon, 1181 W. Banyon St, Rialto, CA 92377, 909-641-4337, [email protected]. NS, NC, W.

July 16JOSHUA TREE JULY OPEN. 5-SS, G/45. Faith Lutheran Church, 6336 Hal-lee Rd., Joshua Tree, CA 92252. $$Top 2 Gtd., other prizes b/30. Open: $200-100. Class A: $75, $50, Class B: $75, $50, Class C: $60, $40, under 1400: $60, $40, UNR: trophy. EF: $35. Reg: 8-9:15. Rds: 9:30-11:30-2:00-3:45-5:30. Ent: Mark Muller, PO Box 502, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277. (760) 367-2311. [email protected]. W. No time delay allowed. GP: 6

July 21-2410TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COAST OPEN. 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds 1-3 G/60), Renaissance Agoura Hills Hotel, 30100 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to the Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles west of Burbank, 12 miles from Malibu, 28 miles from Ventura. Free parking. Prizes $40,000 based on 320 entries; minimum $30,000 (75% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 sections. Open: $4000-2000-1000-600-400, clear winner bonus $200, U2400 $1500, U2300/Unr $1500. If tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play speed game (white 7 min, black 5 min and gets draw odds) for title &bonus prize. FIDE rated. Under 2200: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under 2000: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under 1800: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under 1600: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under 1400: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under 1200: $1600-900-600-400-300. Unrated may play in any section, with maximum prize U2200 $1200, U2000 $1000, U1800 $800, U1600 $600, U1400 $400 U1200 $200; bal-ance goes to next player(s) in line. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $164, 3-day $163, 2-day $162 mailed by

7/13, all $161 online at chesstour.com by 7/18, all $170 phoned by 7/18 (406-896-2038, entries only, no questions), all $190 (no checks, credit cards OK) at tmt. SCCF membership ($14, jrs $9) required for rated Southern CA residents. Under 1200 Section EF: all $40 less. Re-entry (except Open) $80, count as half entries. Advance EF $10 less if paid with $49 USCF dues. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to 6:30pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat 12-7, Mon 10-4:30. 3-day schedule: Reg. Fri to 11am, rds Fri 12-7, Sat 12-7, Sun 10-4:30. 2-day schedule: Reg Sat to 9am, rds Sat 10-1-4-7, Sun 10-4:30. All schedules: Bye all, limit 2, rd 4-6 byes must com-mit before rd 3. HR: $79-79-79-79, 818-707-1220, reserve by 7/7 or rate may increase. Car rental: Avis, 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633. Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Ad-vance EF minus $5 service charge refunded if you withdraw and give notice at least an hour before rd 1. Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-496-9658. Advance entries posted at chesstour.com 7/20. GP: 120. State Championship Qualifier.

July 30COSTA MESA OCTOS. 3-SS, 35/90, SD/30. 8 player sections by rating. Odd Fellows/Rebekah Hall, 2476 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA. EF: $20 advance, $25 at site, $2 disc. to all Southern Calif. Chess Federa-tion members. $$ prizes per entries. Reg. 9:15-10 a.m. Rds. 10:15-2:45-6:45. Info/Ent: Michael Carr, 25601 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. (949) 768-3538. NS, NC.

August 13-14 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHAMPI-

ONSHIP. 5SS, rds 1-3 G/90, rds 4-5 G/120. Cuesta College Conference


Center, Bldg. 5400, Hwy. 1, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403. $$1,075/b30. In 2 sections. Open: $300-150-75, Top U1800 $100. Reserve (U1600/Unr: $200-100-50, Top under 1300 $65, Top Unr. $35. EF: Open $40; Re-serve $35; all $10 more at site. One $5 discount to SCCF, CalChess, or SLOCC. Reg. 8:30-9:30. One ½ bye any rd. requested with ent. Rds. 10-1:30-5 Sat., 9-2 Sun. Ent: SLO Chess Club, 234 Via La Paz, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Info: Barbara McCaleb 805-544-0717, [email protected]. State Championship Qualifier.

August 212ND ANNUAL WESTWOOD OPEN. 5-SS, G/40. Doubletree Hotel, 10740 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90024. $$1500G. In two sections: Open: $400-200, U2200 125, U2000 125. Reserve (U1800) $$200-125, U1600 $100, Under 1400 $75, U1200 $75, Unrated $75 (unr. may win unrated prize only). EF: $47 if received by 8-19, $56 at site; all $5 less to unrated. SCCF memb. ($14, under 18 $9) req. for rated S. CA residents. No checks or credit cards at site. Half point byes: Limit 1, must be req. w/entry. Reg: 8:45-9:30 a.m. Rds: 10-12-1:45-3:30-5:30. HR: $99, 1-800-222-TREE. Inf: [email protected]. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Place #1, Los Ange-les, CA 90038. On-line entry: www.westernchess.com. GP: 10. State Championship Qualifier.

August 27Costa Mesa Octos. 3-SS, 35/90, SD/30. 8 player sections by rating. Odd Fellows/Rebekah Hall, 2476 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA. EF: $20 advance, $25 at site, $2 disc. to all Southern Calif. Chess Federation members. $$ prizes per entries. Reg. 9:15-10 a.m. Rds. 10:15-2:45-6:45. Info/Ent: Michael Carr, 25601 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691. (949) 768-3538. NS, NC.

September 3-527TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFOR-

NIA OPEN. 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges).

LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045. $$10,000 b/200, 60% of each prize guaranteed. In two sections: Open: $$T+1700-1000-800-450-300, U2400 400, U2300 200, U2200 600-300, U2000 $$600-300. Amateur (Under 1800): $$T+750-400-200-150-100, U1600 $$500-300-200-100, U1400 $$300-150, U1200 100, Unr 100. Best game prize $25, all sections eligible. All: half-pt bye available in rds 1-4 if requested with entry, limit 2. SCCF membership req ($14, jr. $9), OSA. No checks or credit cards at door. SCCF Annual Membership Meeting: 2:30 p.m. Sept. 5. Reg: 3-day 8:30-9:45 a.m. 9-3. 2-day 8:30-9:30 a.m. 9-4. Rds: 3-day: 10:30-5 Sat-Sun, 10-4:30 Mon. 2-day: 10-12:15-2:30 Sun., then merges. EF: $81 if received by 9-1, $97 door, U1400 $66 by 9-1, $80 door. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038. On-line entry: www.westernchess.com. HR: $89, (310) 410-4000, mention chess. Parking $6/day. Inf: [email protected]. NS, W, F. GP: 50. State Championship Qualifier

September 4SCO SCHOLASTICS. 5-SS, SD/45. LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd,

Los Angeles, CA 90045. Open to gr. 12-below. In two sections: Open: Trophies to top 5, top 3 U1200, top 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000: Trophies to top 5, top 3 U700, top 2 Unrated. Reg: 8:30-9:15. Rds 9:30-11-1:00-2:30-4. EF: $16 if re-ceived by 9-1, $20 at door. On-line entry: www.westernchess.com. Inf: [email protected]. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wil-ton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038.

September 5SCO ACTION SWISS. 5-SS, G/30. LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045. $$500 b/40, else proportional: $150-70-40, U2100/Unr $80, U1800 $80, Un-der 1500 $80. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038, online at www.westernchess.com.

September 5SCO HEXES. 3-RR, G/90. LAX Hil-ton, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los An-geles, CA 90045. 6-player sections by rating. $$40-20-10 each section. EF: $20 if received by 9-1, $25 door. Reg: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Rds 10:45-2-5. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038, online at www.westernchess.com

2nd Annual Westwood Open

August 215-SS, G/40

Doubletree Hotel, 10740 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90024

$$1500 GuaranteedDetails, on-line entry: www.sesternchess.com

SCCFPO BOX 205MONTEREY PARK CA 9754

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AMSTERDAM, 1964WHITE TO MOVE

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