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Unkel Vile, WA Master 

Class Winner 

Washington Class Games & More

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Janna!! 2007 

Letter to the Editor 

page 3 

Pupols Wins WA Master Class 

page4 

Kleist 

Your report of Slugfest is incredibly 

stupid 

You did not publish time control 

You did not publish prize fund 

Cling [sic] Ballard is a rotten writer 

and should be edited 

You are a rotten editor 

J~~ 

Tournament Ads 

pages22, 23 

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Book Note: Starting Out: Queen's 

Gambit Declined 

Robert Karch examines a new opening book 

page 18 

Dear james, 

I am sorry that Northwest Chessdoes not meet your 

exacting standards. I am charged with putting out a 24- 

to 32-page issue each month and am constantly scrambling 

for material. Rarely do I receive a complete article 

of any length greater than two or three pages, rather I 

must piece'together most longer articles. 

The article in question was extracted from Clint's 

blog on the Slugfest7 web site. I did not notice mention 

of the exact amount of the first place prize, but I found 

it on the story in Chesslift Online. GM Mikhalevski received 

$5000 for first place, the only place prize, GMC 

Berry received $600 for winning the Best Game (or rather 

Most Popular Game), and 1M Preuss received $400 for 

losing said game. Of course, the non-local players received 

food and lodging, but I don't know if appearance 

fees were distributed. 

I'm always a bit hesitant about putting in dollar 

amounts for prizes, as I feel it tacky and think it detracts 

from the chess and competative aspects of an article. 

After all, do people really care that much if Ralph Random 

won $250 as opposed to $175 Do they want to 

know that only one writer during my tenure as editor 

has ever charged for an article and that the charge was 

$5~ for a one-pager 

Oh yes, the time control was apparently 40/2 and 

SD/1. I found that bit of information on a blog entry 

that was primarily concerned with the Seattle Sluggers 

... T ~ u.'I- . ........ ... 

Bishops Boooonanza 

page20 

Northwest Chess Calendar 

of Upcoming Events 

back cover 

On the Cover. LM Viktors Pupols breezed through 

the MasterlExpert section of the Washington Class. After 

defeating the only Expert he faced (Rd 1), he had three 

wins and two draws against a Master field. Only Michael 

Lee, one of the three Expert winners, faced as many 

Masters. Photo courtesy of Carol Kleist. 

rather than the GM Slugfest. As to Clint Ballard's ability as 

a writer, I'll not comment other than to say that he has a 

very livelyand enthusiastic style which makes some readers 

feel that they are there with him. Perhaps the facts that you 

desire are hidden away or ignored, but that's hardly a tragic 

flaw. His blog entries were severely pruned as well as replanted 

by me and I'm not sure what other editing was required. 

Did I miss some grammatical errors Some logical 

inconsistencies 

Concerning my own abilities as editor, you're probably 

a better judge than I. 

Best Wishes for the New Year, 

"Frett"~ei.st

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Unkel Vik Wins Master Class 

X-three-way tie, A-A. May, B-K. Warrier, C-P. Placek, D-F. Qu 

Games 

by Gary Dodner 

The WashingtnClass Championshipwas held at the North Seattle Community 

CollegeonNovember 24-26. There were 119players in all. On behalf of the 

WCF Board of Directors, I want to apologize to all the junior players who 

played in the tournament and their parents as well as to the adult players for the 

delays in sta.rtingthe rounds and for other problems that we had. As ChiefTD, it 

was my responsibility to see to it that things ran smoothly and that the rounds 

started on time. One of our problems was that we were short handed. The twoTDs 

who wereto be there to help out were unable to make it and there were no other TDs 

available on such short notice. The WCF Tournament Coordinator is new to the job 

and is still learning howto do it right. Youhave my word that the WashingtonOpen 

will be a better organized tournament. On Sunday, we had a bad snow storm. We 

will take the weather into consideration for next year's Washington Class when we 

start planningit. We would liketo thank our vendor, Tim Tobiason, for being here 

and we hope that he will be back next year for the Washington Open. 

The winners were: 

111 

2811/111Under 2300 

111/2811 

1"1Under 2100 

111 

2811 

111Under 1900 

111 

2"/1"1Under 1700 

111 

2811/1"1Ultder 1500 

111 

2" 

1"1Ul300ll"1 U1200 

Master 

Vtktors Pupols 

Curt Collyer & Harley Greninger 

Expert . 

Lucas Davies, Michael Lee, 

Ricky Selzler 

Howard Chen, Noam Davies, 

Geoff Gale, David Rupel 

Class A 

Andy May 

Arie Milner 

Sebastian Baker 

Class B 

Krishnan Warrier 

Kerry Xing & Matthew Yang 

Class C 

Philip Placek 

Eric Woodlief & Bryan Yue 

Class D 

SarahMay' 

JeffOmori 

Frank Wessbecher & Casey Xing 

WA BUtz Championship 

1"1 Nat Koons $60 

2811 Nick Raptis & Elliot Neff $24 each 

1"1Bottom Half Sterling Kolde $36 

2811Bottom Half Tim Tobiason $24 

There were 108 players in the Thanksgiving Scholastic - 46 in the K-3 

section, 51 in the 4-6, and 11 in the 7-12. TD David Hendricks. 

Grades K-3 

1It Luke Harmon, 2ndJustin Yu, 3MChandler Moy, 4thAugie Johnson, 

5111Jonah Lee, 6thVIShnu Sarukkai, 'J'h Jacob Jensen, 8111Sam LeBlanc, 

Grades 4-6 

1- Yun Teng, 2adAdam Ellner, 3MCarl Hannon, 4th Robert Kephart, 

5111Matt Song, 6thDonovan Zhao 

Grades 7-12 

1- Jeremy Kohlenberg, 2adConan So, 3rdAviv Caspi 

.Frank Qu scored 5.5, one half point more than May, but was a Junior medal player. 

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$500 

$250 each 

$216.67 each 

$37.50 each 

$300 

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$300 

$150 each 

$300 

$150 each 

$150 

$100 

$75 each 

--- ~nn,.,. 

Sicilian Scheveningen 

Eric Woodlief (1571) 

August Piper (1546) 

Seattle, Washington Class (1) 2006 

Annotations by Eric Woodlief 

1.e4 e5 2.tl)f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.tl)xd4 tl)f6 

5.tl)e3 a6 6.Ae2 e6 7.Ae3 Ae7 8.0-0 

0-09.lId211e710.a3 - 

10.84 was better, because it stops 

...b7-b5. . 

10...b5 11.f3 Ab7 12.ilfd1 tl)bd7 

13.lIae1 tl)e514.lIe11 

Prevents.. .CDe4,because now the 

Rook on dl controlsthe semi-opend-file. 

14...tl)e415.Axe411xe4 

Not 15...bxe4, it takes too long to 

mount an attack against b2 and the c3- 

Knight is fairly well placed. 

16.tl)b3 

Threatening CDa5or lId4- Ired 1. 

16...lIe717.1If2 

White fights for control9fb6. 

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f7~..tDd718.a4! 

Threatens to win a pawn Onb5 and 

jfBJackrespondswith b4, thenWhite gets 

to exploitthe position of Black's Queen. 

Unfortunately,18...b4 isforced,since18... 

Ac6 allows White to trade off Black's 

best piece (the light-squared Bishop). 

18...b4 

18...bxa4 19.tDxa4 would give up 

the b6-square. Another way is 18...Ac6 

19.axbS axbS 20.tDd4 b4 21.tDcbS 

Axbs 22.ttJxbS. 

19.tDe2 lIac8 20.c3! 

White has realized full development 

ofhis pieces. 

20...bxc3 21.1lxc3 "d8 

Black was probably trying to avoid 

21..."b8 22.Aa7 "a8 23.tDaS, but at 

least he still has a Rook on the c-file. 

22.1Ixc81fxc823.lIc1 "d824.tDed4 

24...tDeS 

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24...dS 2S.exdS (If 2S."d2 eS 26. 

tDfS d4 27.ttJxe7+ "xe7 28.Af2 "e6 

29.tLJaSAa8, Blackhas achieved a protected 

passed pawn.) 2s...AxdS 26."d2 

(26.tDd2 tDcS=F) 26...Ad6 27.tDfS 

Aba+ 

2S."c2 lIe8 26."c7 "xc727.lIxc7 

Aa8 28.lIa7 tDc4 

Black will eventually place his 

Bishop on dS, the c4-Knight will block 

his Bishop. 

29.Ac1 dS30.exdSAxdS31.1Ixa6Af6 

32.tDbS!! 

This is the only way to immediately 

exploitBlack'sback rank limitations.The 

idea is to stop Black's counterplay of 

...lIb8 as well as threaten tDc7 or tD3d4 

and b2-b4, where White will have two 

connected passed pawns and the game. 

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(Eventually at a depth of 27, SHREDDERby Dennis McGuire 

10 evaluates this move as best by a halfpawn, 

which is significant.) 

32...ttJxb233.tDc7 lId8 34.tDxdS exdS 

34...i!xdS 3s.Axb2 Axb2 36. 

i!a8+ lId8 37.1!xd8mate 

35.Ae3! 

The simplest way to force either a 

winning endgame or the trade of Black's 

best piece, the f6-Bishop. 

35..Jlea 

3S...d4 36.tDxd4lIxd4 37.Axd4 

Axd4+ 38.~f1 and White would reach a 

textbook winning endgame. 

36.Ad4 Axd4+ 37.tDxd4X- 

Both sides have passed' pawns, but 

White has a well-placed blockader, his 

passer is not blockaded, and it is farther 

from Black's King than Black's passed 

pawn is from White's King. 

37...tDd3 

Threatening mate-in-one. 

38.h3lIe1+ 39.Wh2 g6 

Black can no longer stop the pawn 

on a4 from queeningwithout giving up a 

piece. White's plan is i!a8+ with as-a6- 

a7-tDc6(or tLJbS)-i! moves-a8=". The 

d4-square isthe best possiblesquare ftom 

whichto blockadewith a Knight,because 

it is only one move away from protecting 

a7, which frees the Rook to either check 

or attack something else while threatening 

to queen. 

4O.lIa8+Wg7 41.aSlIa1 42.a6tDb4 

Black gives white that "something 

else" to attack. 

43.a7 lIa6 44.lIb8 lIxa74S.lIxb4 

c!>f646.lIb6+ WgS 

46...~eS 47.tDc6+; 46...~e7 47. 

tDc6+; 46...~g7 is best (safest), but appears 

to waste time. 

47.Wg315 48.h4+ 

Creating a mating net. 

48... WhS 

48...~h649. tLJxt5+~h5 SO.~h3 gxf5 

S1.g4+ fxg4+S2.fxg4 mate 

49.Wh3 Ita4 SO.g4+ fxg4+ S1.fxg4+ 

Wh6S2.tD15 mate 

~cg~~ 

Ernst Rasmussenand I returnedftom 

the tournament in the blizzard of '06! I 

was coming hot off the 4 of 6 score and 

tie for fourth at the Western States Open 

and entered this tournament with high 

hopes. I played well the first day, winning 

the first two of the six games. Saturday 

morning I was up and ready for a 

tough match. I knew whomever I would 

be fucingwouldhavealso wontwo games 

and this match would be critical.to advance 

to board one. These "Swiss System" 

tournaments get tougher as they 

progress, but I really.felt physically and 

mentally up to the challenge. 

My opponent, Frank, was already 

sitting at the board, behind the White 

pieces. He was very serious, all business. 

I sat down, extendedmy hand and 

got a hesitant hand~haJce,absolutelypenetrating 

stare, and no smile. 

The game had already begun, without 

a piecebeingmoved. Dadeeyesbored 

into me and caused me to start fumbling 

with the clock and adjusting my pieces 

among other attempts to conceal the uneasiness, 

not to mentionthe absolutecold 

sweat I had fallen into. 

Frank brought me out of it with the 

confidentpush ofhis d-pawntwo squares 

and a slap to the clock. Whack!Whack! 

Whack! The moveswerecomingfast and 

furious, as we were obviously making 

moves we had played hundreds of times 

before. We entered the Bogo-Indian Defense 

and within minutes arrived in fresh 

territory. 

I happen to likethe Bogo-Indianand 

enjoy playing an attacking game from 

Blacks' queenside, aiming at Whites' 

kingsidecastled position. I also welcome 

the wild games which develop following 

Blacks' castling to the opposite side of 

the board, invitinga frontal assault ftom 

Whites' pawns and pieces. 

Now Frank went into a deep think. 

It always makes me feel good when I 

cause the opponent to pause. I hope that 

I have posed difficult problems for the 

adversary and it may well be the point 

wherea mistakeis made. Minutespassed, 

and then came anotherpush of that d: 

pawnto the fifthrank. I lookedat that 

pawnfor a longtime. I wentintoa sort

of trance, staring at it, mesmerizedby it. shook my hand vigorously, thanking me 

Gradually I could feel that tingIe of ex- for playing his son. I learned that Frank 

citementjust beginningto surge through has only been playing for a year and a 

my whole being. Yes, my opponent had half and that no.. .his dad doesn't play 

made a mistake. All of a sudden there him any more! 

was some extremely wonderful hippity- I lost my next two games after this, 

h~pping available to that d7-horse of maybe my confidencewas shaken. Ernst 

mme.With Black on the move,that won- and I decidedto maketracks for PT since 

derful Knight came to life, j~ping first the snow was really coming dow:.. As 

to c5 ~«;l then m~t ~autJ.fully to b3 we were leavingthe tournament, Frank's 

whereIt forkedWhites Queenand Rook. dad gave a hearty wave and said his son 

Onmovefifteen,I snapped offthat Rook, had a perfect five of five scoregoing into 

~ theex~e ofKnightfor~ook. the last round. He was proud of that 

I sawmyselfcoastmg to an easy WIDand young lad, and by golly, I was too! 

the moveontothe covetedboard one.Top . 

of the heap. The person to beat! Ah, to Now, the game: 

bask in victory! 

Bogo-Indian 

In chess, as in:life, one must be carefulto 

notunderestimatethe competition's Dennis McGuire (1240) 

Frank Qu (1244) 

resources, especially when one has an Seattle, Washington Class (3) 2O(J6 

obvious advantage. Frank was unfazed 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.ttl13 iLb4+ 4.iLd2 

by my brilliant play and began pressing "e7 S.a3 Axd2+ 6."xd2 b67.tLlc3Ab7 

his pawns and pieces into my position. 8.e3d69.Ad3tL1bd710.e40-0-0 11. 

At first glance, all seemed well with the 0-0 h6 12.tLlbS~b8 13.dS tLlcs 14. 

Blackpieces. Immediatethreats by White iIfe1 tLlb31S.!lb4tL1xa116.iIxa1 

were parried and exchanges took place. 

Whenthe dust settled,however,therewas 

a White pawn dangerously close to my 

King, and Franks' Queen and remaining 

Rook were threatening checkmate. I 

poured over the position before me, examining 

every nuance starting with the 

most ridiculous looking moves to those 

which seemed most logical. It did not 

take too longto understand the hopelessness,the 

sheerdisaster beforeme. Where 

did I go wrong How could I misplay 

this winninggame My head was swimming 

when I looked up and saw the 

doublewide grin which had replaced 

Frank's poker face. 

I lookdownat the position,hopingto 

find that miraculous move that will allowmeto 

play on, as wellas givemetime 

to choke back and conceal the anger at 

myselffor being so stupid! When finally 

the range of emotionhad subsided, I look 

back up at the grinning face and take the 

hand that is offered. I got a firm, confidenthandshake 

as I tipped over myKing. 

I could only wish that 50 years ago I 

played chess like Frank. I have a feeling 

the chessworldmay be hearinga lot more 

someday from this young sixth grader! 

Frank's dad rushed up and gave his 

sona congratulatorypat onthe back, then 

16...a6 17.tLlbd4 eS 18.tLlc6+ Axc6 

19.dxc6 "e6 20.a4 as 21."bS "c8 

22.b4 ~a7 23.cS dxcS 24.bxcS Rhe8 

2S.cxb6+ cxb6 26.iIb1 "c727."a6+ 

~b8 1-0 

QGD Slav 

Ricky Selzler (2132) 

NM Harley Greninger (2240) 


1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.tLlf3 tLl164.e3 AfS 

S.tLlc3 e6 6.tLlh4 Ag4 7.13 AhS 8.g3 

Ae7 9.tLlg2 tLlbd7 10.tLlf4 Ag6 11. 

tLlxg6hxg6 12.f4 !lb6 13.cS "c7 14. 

iIb1 bS15.b4aS16.Ad2axb417.iIxb4 

tLle418.tLlxe4dxe419.a4bxa420.iIxa4 

0-0 21.Ag2 f522.iIxa8 iIxa823."b3 

~f7 24.0-0 tLl162S. iIb1 tLldS26.Af1 

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27.Ac4 gxf4! 28.exf4 A16 29.Ae3 

tLlxe3 30."xe3 lId8 31."b3 Axd4+ 

32.~g2 Axcs 33.Axe6+ ~16 34.lIc1 

"d6 3S."c4 Ae3 36.Ag8 iIxg8 0-1 

London System 

Gerry Neufahrt (2000) 

LM Viktors Pupols (2203) 


1.~f3 d52.d4e6 3.Af4Ad64.~e5tL1e7 

S.e3 tLlg6 6.Ag3 tLlxeS 7.dxeS Ae7 

8.Ad3 cS 9.c3 tLlc6 10.tLld2 Ad7 11. 

"g4 g612.h4 hS 13."e2 a614.tLlf3 bS 

1s.Af4"b6 16.lIg1 b4 17.c4 dxc4 

18.Axc4tL1aS19.Ad3AbS20.b3 

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21...iIxd3 22.lIxd3 c4 23.lId6 Axd6 

24.exd6 c3 2S."c2 "cS 26.tLld4"dS 

27.tLlxbs"xbS 28.1'3tLlc629.~ .~d7 

3o.iId1 iIa831.g4hxg432.fxg4aS33. 

hS gxhS 34.1Ih7 tLld83S.gxhS a4 36. 

1Ig7"xhS 37:"16 tLlc6 38.Ilh1 "f5 

39."xfS exfS 40.~e2 axb3 41.axb3 

lIa2+ 42.~d3 tLlaS 43.e4 fxe4+ 44. 

~xe4 tLlxb3 4S.~dS tLld2 46.iIh7 

lIaS+47.~d4 lIf5 0-1 

Catalan 

NM Curt Collyer (2201) 

Elston Cloy (1955) 

. Seattle,WashingtonClass(1)2006 

Notes by Drayton Harrison & FRITz 

1.d4tL1f62.tLlf3 e63.c4 dS4.g3 Ae7S. 

Ag2 0-0 6.0-0 b6! 7.tLlc3tL1bd78.cxdS 

exdS9.tLlesAb710."a4tL1xeS11.dxeS

ltle812.lId1 e613.e4bS14.1Ib3d41S. 

ltle2 eS 16."xbS tfb6 17."d7 Ad8 

18.ltlf4Ac819.ffa4ltle720.Ad2ltle6 

21.ltldS "b7 22.lIae1 Ad723."a3 

Abs 24.f4 Ab6 2S.~h1 lIte826."f3 

"a627.Af1 Axf128.I!xt1!"xa229. 

fSltld8 3O.lIa1 "xb2 

31.Ah6! 1Ixes 32."f41Ixd5 33.exdSd3 

34.f6! g6 3S."e3 ltlb7 36."e7 d2 

37."xb7 lId8 38."e7 "xa1 39.1Ixa1 

1-0 

Ruy Lopez &hliemann Deferred 

Noam Davies (2042) 

NM Michael MacGregor (2209) 


1.e4eS 2.ltlf3ltle6 3.AbS a6 4.Aa4 15 

S.d3fxe4 6.dxe4ltlf6 7.0-0 d6 8.Axc6+ 

bxe6 9."d3 Ag410.c4 Ae711.ltle3 

0-0 12.ltle1 ltlhS 13.f3 Ae6 14.ltle2 

Ag51S.~e2Ae716.iId1 "e817.Ad2 

gS 18.ltle3ltlf4 19.~4 gxf4 20.~e2 

1If6 21.a4 1'fhs 22."e21Jf7 23.~h1 

lIg8 24.~e1 lIfg6 2S.b4 Ah4 26."f1 

Ag3 27.h3 Axe1 28.Axe1 lIxg2 

29.1'fxg21Ixg230.~g2 Axh3+ 31.c!>12 

Ae632.~e2Axc4+33.~d2 0-1 

FrenchAdvance 

Megan Lee (1565) 

Kerry Xing (1670) 

Seattle, WashingtonClass (1) 2006 

1.e4e62.d4dS3.eS eS4.e3 ~e6S.~f3 

1'fb6 6.a3 c4 7.Ae2 ~aS 8.~bd2 Ad7 

9.0-0 h6 10.h3 0-0-0 11."e2 Ae6 

12.a4 ~b8 13.Ad1 iIe8 14.b4 exb3 

1S.~~c416.aS"a617.~e1 AbS 

18.~d3~e319.~bcS~e220.~6+ 

Axa6 21.Axe2 lIxe3 22.~e1 Axf1 

23.~xf1 ~e7 24.Ad2 lIe42S.Ad3 

lIe7 26.a6 ~e6 27.ltlf3 Ae7 28.axb7 

iIxb7 29.Aa6 lIb6 30.~e2 Ab4 

31.Ae3 ~aS 32.Ad3 lIe8 33.Ad2 

Axd2 34.~xd2 ~b3 35.~b3 lIxb3 

36.iIa6 iIec337.Ah71Ib2+ 0-1 

Northwest 


Benoni 

Taylor Bailey (1669) 

Matthew Yang (1551) 


Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRrrz 

1.d4~f62.~f3g6 3.c4Ag7 4.~d6 

S.84 0-0 6.Ae2 ~bd7 7.0-0 

White has an interesting, but unclear 

gambit: 7.eS dxeS 8.dxeS~g4 9.e6 fxe6 

10.AgS e6 11.0-0 ~gf6 12.lIe1 'Wie7 

13.Af1 (1MAndrew Martin). 

c5! 

The d7-Knight slows Black's 

counterplay. If he wanted to play ...e7- 

eS, he should have played it one move 

earlier. 

8.dS iIe8 9.AgS ~fB 

Black couldn't play 9...e6 because 

of the d7-Knight. Now he has misspent 

two tempi and White builds a comfortable 

edge. 

10."d2.A.d711.h3"e712.lIab1 iIadB 

13.Ad3 hS14.b4 b61S.bxeS dxc516. 

Af4 "c817. ~e5 ~6h 718. ~d7 iIxd7 

19.a4e6 

20.lIbS 

20aS!bxaS 21.lIb8 

20...lIb7 21.lIfb1 ~d7 22.Ah6 Af6 

23.Af4 Ag7 24.lISb3 "d8 2S.~bS 

~eS 

Having squandered several opportunities 

to play a4-aS, White gradually lets 

Black equalize, and then gain a small advantage,befureblunderingthe 

gameaway. 

26.Ae2 1Id7 27.Ah6 Ah8 28."e1 f6 

29.Af4~f73O.Ae3 Ag731.o4! hxo4 

32.dxe6 iIxe6 33.Axo4 iIxe4 34.Axd7 

"xd735."f1 ~hgS36.AxgS~S37. 

iId1 "e6 38.~d6 lIh439.iIe3 

~xh3+ 40.~g2 ~f4+ 41.~g1 "04+ 

42.1Ig3'tth543.f3 iIh1+44.c!>121Ixf1+ 

45.~xf1 tth1+46.~f2"xd147.~e4 

January 2007 

~d3+ 48. ~g2 "e2+ 49. ~h3 "f1 + 

SO.~h2 ~e1 S1.~d2 "12+ S2.~h3 

"xd2 S3. iIxg6 ~f7 54. iIg" ~xf3 

SS.iIg2 "f4 s6.iIg3 ~gS+ 57.~g2 

"xe4 S8.aS "e2+ 59.~h1 ~f3 

60. iIxg7+ ~xg7 61.axb61'fh2 mate 

London System 

LM Vddors Pupols (2203) 

FM Nick Raptis (2299) 


1.d4 dS 2.~f3 ~f6 3.Af4 g6 4.e3 Ag7 

S.e3 0-0 6.h3 b6 7.Ae2 D7 8.~bd2 

~bd79.0-o~ 10.~dxe411.~d2 

eS 12.Ah2 "e7 13."e2 15 14.dxeS 

Axe5 15.AxeS ~xeS 16.~e4 ~f7 

17.iIfd1 iIfd818.iIxd8+ iIxd819.iId1 

~g7 Draw 

Slav Exchange 




1.d4 dS 2.~f3 e6 3.e3 ~f6 4.Ad3 Ao4 

S.c4~bd76.cxdSexd5 7.~c3e68.1Ib3 

Axf3 9.gxf3 "b6 10."xb6 ~xb6 

11.iIg1 a612.~e2g613.b3Ad614.h3 

iIe8 1s.Ab2 ~e7 16.iIae1 iIe6 

17.iIe2 iIhe818.lIge1 ~fd719.~b1 

lIxe2+ 20.lIxe2 iIxe2+ 21.Axe2 gS 

22.Ac1 ~ 23.e4 Af4 24.h3+ ~g7 

2S.~c3 ~f6 26.~d3 ~h5 27.~e2 h6 

28.~c3 Ae 729.Ac5ltld7 3O.exdSexd5 

31.A15 ~b8 32.Aa7 ~c6 33.Ac5 b6 

34.Aa3 as 3S.Ae8 bS 36.AeS b4+ 

37.~d3ltld8 38.Ag4 ~g6 39.Ac8 ~ 

4O..i.xe6fxe641.a3 bxa342..Ax&1~f4+ 

43.~4+ Axf4 44.AfB Ac7 45.~e3 

~hS 46.~d3 ~g6 47.~e3 h548.Ae7 

~fS49.AcS~g650.Ae7 Ab6S1.Ad6 

~15 52.~d3 Ad8 S3.~c3 f654.~d3 

~ 55.~e3 ~e8 56.Ae5 ~d757.f4o4 

58.hxg4 hxo4 S9.f3 gxf3 60.xf3~c6 

61.15 exfS 62.~f4 ~bS 63.Ad6 D6 

64. ~xfS Axd4 6S.~e6 AeS 66.Af4 

~e6 67.Ae1 Ab6 68.~eS d4 69.~e4 

~bS 70.~d3 Ac5 71.Ad2 Draw 

Griinfeld Modem Exchange 

NM Nat Koons (2283) 

David Rupel (2056) 


1.~f3 dS 2.d4ltlf6 3.c4 e6 4.~c3 g6 

S.exdS ~xdS 6.e4 ~xe3 7.bxe3 Ag7 

8.Ae3 0-0 9."d2 "as 10.iIb1 b6 

11.lIe1 h612.Axa6 ~ 13.Ah6 

7

"h5 14.bg7 coPxg715.~e5 Ilae8 

~resov 

16.0-0 11fd817.f41618.~d3c519.fS 

Matthew Warburg (1300) 

g520."e3c421.~1 ~e722.~13"e8 

Casey Xing (1238) 

23.11ce1"d724.g4h525.~g5hxg4 

26.e5 I1h827.~e6+coPf728.~g5+coPf8 


29.exf6 exf6 30.~e6+ ~f7 31.~xe7 1.d4~162.~c3d5 3.~13e64.Ag5Ae7 

11xe7 32.1Ie6+ 1Ixe6 33.fxe6+ coPe7 5.~e5 ~bd7 6."d3 h6 7.AM a6 8.0- 

34. Ilf4 ile635.d5 ild6 36.ilxc4 ilxd5 0-0 c5 9.e3 c4 10."d2 tlJ'e7 11.Ag3 

37.ilxg4 l1e5 38.ilxe5 fxe5 39.l1g7+ 

coPxe640. ilxa 7 Ile8 41. ila6 ilxc3 Draw 

Catalan Closed 

Thomas Thongmee(1421) 




1.d4d52.c4e63.~13~164.~c3e65.g3 

Ad6 6.Ag2 0-0 7 .0-0 ~bd7 8.b3 ile8 

9.Ag5 h6 10.Ad2 e5111.ile1 exd4 

12.~d4 dxc4 13.bxe4 ~e5 14."b3 

Ac5 15.~f3 

15.e3 .axd4 16.exd4 1Wxd417.Af4 

tlJfg4=F 

15...~ 16.ll.xrJ"xd217.ilad1"g5 

18.~a4 Af8 19.M "e5 20.Ild3 "as 

21.Iled1 AfS 22.il3d2 ilad823.ilxd8 

ilxd8 24.Ilf1 Ae425.be4 ~e4 26. 

1Ie2 I1d2 27.tIJ'xe4tlJ'xa4 28.tIJ'b1 b6 

29.ttb3 tlJ'xb330.axb3Ilb2 31.e3 ilxb3 

32.ile1 8533.11e2a434.coPt1a335.coPe1 

.1tb4+ 36.coPd1ilb1+ 37.coPe211b238. 

~d1 a2 39.ile1 Ild2+ 4O.~e1 Ile2+ 

41.coPd1Ilxe1+42.coPxe1a1=1!+43.coPc2 

"c3+44.~d1"d2 mate 

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon 

Carl Hannon (1165)" 

Jeff Omori (1314) 


1.e4 e5 2.~13 ~e6 3.d4 exd4 4.~xd4 . King;YIndian 

" 

g6 5.~c3 Ag7 6.Ae3 ~16 7.Ac4 0-0 David Rupe} (2056) 

8.13 a6 9."d2 b5 10.Ab3 e6 11.0-0-0 H d Ch (1898) 

D712.ildg1 d5 13.~e6 be6 14. owar en . 

exd5 ~d5 15.~xd5 bd5 16.bd5 Seattle, WashingtonClass (3) 2006 

"xd5 17."xd5 exd5 18.ild1 ilad8 1.d4 ~16 2.c4 g6 3.~e3 Ag7 4.e4 d6 

19.ild2ilfe820.Af4d421.ilhd1 ild5 5.~ge2 0-0 6.~g3 e5 7.d5 e6 8.Ae2 

22.ild3 ilfS 23.Ag3 ile2 24.il1d2 

ilxd2 25.coPxd2Ah6+ 26.coPd1Ae3 

exd59.exd5Ile810.0-0~bd711.Af4 

~e5 12."d2 a6 13.Ag5 "e7 14.f4 

27.coPe2b4 28.b3 ila5 29.Ad6 ilxa2 ~~!1§.~J'1616"-$.xf6 ~xf6 17.fxg6 

30.Axb4 ilxe2+ 31.Ad2 ilb2 32.b4 

11a233.coPd 11b234.be3 dxe3 35. 

ilxe3 ilxb4 36.Ile2 as 37.ila2 11b5 

38. ~e2 coPg739. coPf2coP1640.h4 h5 

41.11a4 g5 42.hxg5+ coPxg543.coPg3 

coPg~44.f41645.11a3 coPf546.coP13 coPe6 

47.coPg3 coPd648.~f3 coPeS49.11a4 

11b3+50.~ coPb 51.11a2 a4 0-1 

8 

Ad6 12.f4 Ab4 13.a3 ttle4 14."e1 

~e3 15.axb4 ~xd1 16."xd1 ~xe5 

17.f5"e7 18.be5 16 19.Ag3 exfS 

20.1Wh5+"f7 21."13 0-0 22.Af4 ~h8 

23.h3 lIe6 24."h5 lIe7 25.g4 "f7 

26.1Ih4 "g6 27. I1g1 flh7 28.Ae2 g5 

29.bg5 fxg5 0-1 

King;YIndian Four Pawns 


Lucas Davies (2182) 


1.d4 ttl16 2.c4 g6 3.~e3 ilg7 4.e4 d6 

5.f4 0-0 6.~13 e5 7.d5 e6 8.Ae2 exd5 

9.exd5 Ag4 10.0-0 ile8 11.e5 dxe5 

12.fxe5 ttlfd713.Ag5 WaS 14.e6 fxe6 

15.h3 Axf3 16.Axf3 ~e5 17.~e4 

~f3+ 18."xf3 ilf8 19."g4 Ilxf1+ 

20. Ilxf1 Wb6 21.d6 ttla6 22. Wxe6+ 

~h8 23.A16 c4+ 24. ~h1 1-0 

Sicilian 

FM David Bragg (2209) 

Michael Lee (2163) 


1.e4e52.~13d6 3.d4exd44.~d4ttl16 

5.f3 e5 6.tlJb5 a6 7.ttl5e3 ile78.Ac4 

0-0 9.Ae3 ~e6 10.a4 Ae6 11.~a3 

ttlb412."d2 d5 13.exd5 ~fxd5 14.0- 

0-0 ttlxe3 15."xe3 Ag5 16.Ilxd8 

be3+ 17.ild2 0-1 

fxg618.Ad3 g519.l1ae1 Ad720.Ag6 

Ilxe1 21."xe1 Ae8 22."e6+ ~h8 

23.ilxf6 Axf624.Wxf6+Wg725.Wxg7+ 

~xg7 26.be8 ilxe8 1-,0 

Sicilian Kan 

Paul Bartron (2140) 



1.e4 e5 2.ttl13 e6 3.d4 exd4 4.~xd4 a6 

5.e3 We7 6.ile3 ttl16 7.ttld2 b5 8.a4 

bxa49."xa4 Ab710.Ae2 h711.0- 

00-0 12.f4d613.il13~bd714.Ilfc1 

11fc815.b4~b616."a5~c417.lIxe7 

ilxe7 18.~xe4 Ilxe4 19.e5 tlJd5 

20.Ad2 dxe5 21.fxe5 bb422.Ila4 

Ilxd4 23.cxd4 ilxd2 24. Ilb1 ttle3 

25.bb7 Ilb8 26.Ilab4 as 27. Il4b2 

~128.Ilxb1 a429.~Ae330.Ae4 

bd4+ 31.~f3 Ilxb1 32.bb1 be5 

33.h3 f5 34.Aa2 ~f7 35.~e3 ~f6 

36.~d3 g5 37.~e4 Ad6 38.coPb5a3 

39.~e6 Af8 40.~b5 g4 41.hxg4 fxg4 

42.~c4 h5 43.~d3 h4 44. ~e3 Ad645. 

~e4h346.gxh3 gxh347.~ h248.~g2 

Af4 49.Ab3 e5 50.Ad5 e4 0-1 

Queen;YIndian 


Martin Schmidt (1760) 


Notesby Drayton Harrison & Fritz 

1.d4 tlJ162.c4 e6 3.tlJf3 b6 4.g3 As6 

5.We2 ilb7 6.Ag2 e5 7.0-0 Ae7 8.b3 

d59.e3dxc410.bxc40-0 11.Ab2ttlbd7 

12.ttlbd2 exd4 13.exd4 "e7 14.Ilae1 

Ilae815.ilfe11Wb816.1Wb1"a817.a3 

ilfd818.h3 ttlb8 

~ 

...... 

7." 

6. ..... 

- ~ ~ 

5~.8... 

48.8.8.. 

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2 . 1'108. 

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This undevelopingmove m an equal 

position is tactically careless. 

19.1le3 

19.d5!! h6 (19...li:)a6 20.li:)g5! g6 

21.dxe6!fxe6 (21...Axg2 22.exf7+~g7 

23.I'Ixe7+-) 22.I'Ixe6+-; 19...llc720. 

tLJg5h6 21.Axr6 hxg5 22.Axe 7 I'Ixe 723. 

tLJf3f624.tLJd4e525.'iff5+-; 19"'tLJbd7 

20.dxe6 fxe6 21.1lxe6:1:)20.llcd1 tLJa6 

21.dxe6 I'Ixd2 22.exf7+ ~ 

Axf3 24.1lxe7+ ~xe 7 25.'ifg6 +- 

19...tLJc620."a1lt)a5 21.~h2lt)e4 

23.llxd2 

Piece exchangesshould favor Black, 

since White has the hangjng pawns. 

22.~e4 Axe4 23.d5 Axf3 

23...exd5!24.cxd5(24.Axg7~) 

24...llxc1 25.'ifxc1 1Wxd5= 

24.Axf3 +- ~c4 25.1lxc4! 

25.d6!+- ~'ifb826.dxe7 

25...llxc426.dxe61Ic8 !=27.exf7+ 

~xfl28.Axg71115 29.11a2 

29...b5 

There is an amazing defense 29... 

'ifc2! 30.Ah5+ ~xg7 31.llxe7+ ~h6 

32.lle6+ ~xh5 33.g4+ g534.'ifxc2 

I'Ixc2 35.~g3 lld3+ 36.f3llh2!!=. 

30.Ag4! "c2 31.Ae6+! ~xg7 32. 

Axc4 'ifxa2 

If32...'ifxc433.1lxe7+ ~g834.tWb2 

'ifd4 35.'ife2, Black's king is too exposed. 

33.1lxe7+ ~f6 34.1lf7+ ~g6 35.Axa2 

1ld236.Ae61le237.luI51ld238.lld7 

1Ixf2+ 39.~g1 1-0 

cxd4 9.1Ixd4 It)bc6 10.Ab5 Ad7 

11."g411xe5+ 12.lt)e2 0-013.0-0 

It)g614.h4 "d615.Ad3e516."g315 

17.h5lt)ge 718.c4 dxc4 19.Axc4+ Ae6 

20.Ah6 1lf7 21.llad1 AdS 22.lt)c3 

"xh6 23.~dS ~dS 24.hdS "xhS 

2S.Axt7+ "xfl26.llfe1 lle827.lld2 

h628.lled1 Ile7 29."h3lt)d4 30.c3 

It)e6 31.lldS It)f4 32.lld8+ ~h7 

33."e3 a6 34.g3lt)h3+ 35.~g2lt)gS 

36.1ladS"ea 37."cSl&438.1Ic4 11fT 

39."d3llc7 4O.lld7"a241.1ft3 Ilxd7 

42.11xf5+ct>h843. i'lxd7lt)f6 44.1ld8+ 

It)g8 45:8xeS "c4 46."dS "xdS+ 

47.1lxdslt)f648.lId8+ ct>h749.llbS b5 

50.1lb6lt)dS s1.lIxa6 ~c3 S2.llaS 

It's very dangerous for the White 

:Kingto be on the b-file, but, as it turns 

out, White could have survived the at- 

This Knight has moved seven times tack. It was too complicated to calculate 

and is exchanged for a Knight that has over the board. Sveshnikov sUggests 13. 

moved three times-four tempi have tlJa4 followed by 14.b3. 

dissappearedftomthe board! In addition, 13...ltb814.b3 eS1S.Ae3c416.Ad4 

White now has pressure on the d-file. 

19.dxeS Ab7 20.Axc4 bxe421.llxe4! 16. 'fIxd6 does not help White, i.e., 16... 

.as! 17.Ad4cxb318.axb3Axb3!19.cxb3 

dxe4 22.Ilxd8ltfxd8 23.ffxc4 

1lxb3 20.r,!,>c2tlJxe4!! 

The Queen is stronger than the Rooks. 

23...lId1+ 24.Wh2.!.xf3 2s.gxf3Axe5+ 

26.f4 Ae7 27.ffe4 lIad8 28."xe7 

1I1d729.fff6lIdS30.Wg2 1-0 

Sicilian Kan 


ADenSmith (1830) 


1.e4 eS 2.~13 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.~xd4 a6 

S.Ad3 ~f6 6.ffe2 Ac5 7.~b3 Aa 78. e5 

~dS 9.0-0 1'fh410.g3 .h3 11.~1d2 

0-0 12.~e4 h6 13.~d6 ~e6 14.e4 

~de 71S.Ae4 hS16.Ag2 ffg4 17.A13 

ffh318..!.xhS~f519.~exf520.Af4 

lIe8 21 .A13 d6 22.Ag2 ffh 7 23.lIad 1 

dxeS 24.Axe6 bxe6 2S.ffxeS Ab7 

26.ffe7 Aba 27.ffxb7 Axf428.ffxe6 

Ae529.lIfe1ltec830.ffb7 Axb231.c5 

ffg6 32.lId6 ffg4 33.ffdS Af6 34.1Id7 

1If83s.1Ixr7ltfd836.ltd7+Wh737.e6 

f438.ffe4+Wh639.ltxd8ltxd840.~ 

lId141.Ilxd1 ffxd1+42.Wg2fxg343. 

hxg3 ffd8 44.~e6 "e8 45.ffd5 1-0 

Pirc 150 Attack 


NM Ignacio Perez (2241) 


Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRrn 

1.e4g6 2.d4Ag7 3.Ae3 d64.~e3 ~f6 

S.130-0 6.ffd2 ~e6 7.0-0-0 eS 8.dS 

~d4 !9.~e2 c5 1O.dxe6bxe611. ~d4 

exd4 12.Axd4 Ae6 

13.Wb1 

ffe7! 17.~dS! bdS 18.exdS lIfe8 

19.Wa11 c3 20.ffgS! h6 21.ffh4 gS 

22.ffg3 ffaS 23.Ad3 

23..xd6!! prevents a3, e.g., 

23...lId824..a6. In the game,thetbreat 

of ...tlJf6xdS-b4 is unanswerable. 

23...ffa3 0-1 

English 

Brian Opalewski (1726) 

Andy May (1952) 



1.~13 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Ag2 Ab7 

S.o-o Ae7 6.b3 0-0 7.Ab2 cS 8.~c3 

dS 

White is not occupyingthe center; so 

Blackstakes outhis owncIann. Whynot 

9.e3 dxc4! 

Usual is 9...lL\c6,but White has several 

ways to get a small edge, e.g., 10.d3, 

10.cxdS, and10..e2. 

10.bxc4 ~c6 11..e2 IIc8 12.lIfd1 

ffe713.~b51 ffb814.d3 ltfd81S.h3 

ltd716.d4a617.~c3 

17...exd418.exd4lL\aS19.~eS 

According to FRITz,19.dS isthe only 

move-thatkeeps equality, i.e., 19...tlJxc4 

20.dxe6ltxd1+21.ltxd1lL\xb222.exf7+ 

Wxf723.ffxb2. 

19...ltdc720.dS~e421.tlJxe4 Ilxc4 

22.lIac1 eS 23.Af1 

23.d6!Ad8 24..xe5 Axg2 2S.~xg2 

.b7+ 26.tlJdS! ltxc1 27.Axc1 h6 28. 

Ae3= 

23. ..ltd4 24. Ilxd4 exd4 2S..xe 7 dxc3 

26.Axc3 

Better is 26.ltxc3 ltxc3 27.Axc3 

tlJxdS 28..eS .xeS 29.he5, when 

White's Bishoppair willobstruct Black's 

:Kingin the pawn-downendgame,affording 

some hope of a draw. 

26...tlJxdS27.ffe1 tlJxc328'ltxc31lxc3 

29.ttxc3ttd6 

In Queen endings, it's important to 

centralize the Queen. In addition, this 

threatens d5. 

3O.Ag2 

ExchangingBishopsjust helpsBlack. 

3O...Axg2 31.Wxg2 fIb8! 

Not 31 cS 32.ttxcS bxc5 33. 

~f3, as White's :Kinggets to the c-pawn 

first 

32.a4b5! 33.!Ib4g6 34.g4 ffb7+ 35.13 

h6 36.Wh2 ffc7+ 37.Wg2 ffc2+ 

38.Wg3 ffxa4 39..e7 .d44O..e8+ 

Wg7 41.ttc6 b442..xa6 b3 43..bS 

b2 44.Wg2 0-1 

Nimzo-Indian Classical 


Chris Fletcher (1641) 



1.d4 ~f6 2.e4 e6 3.~c3 Ab4 4..c2 

0-0 S.a3 Axc3+ 6..xc3 ~e4 7..c2 15 

8.~f3 b6 9.e3 Ab710.Ae2 d611.b4 

~d712.Ab2 ~f6! 13.h3.e814.cS! 

ltca 1S.ltc 1bxcS 16.dxeSdxcS17.bxcS 

AdS 18.Aes!fe719.0-0 lIb820.Ac4 

ltb721.AxdstlJxd522.c6ltb523..a4 

ltbb8 24.Ad4 ~b6 2S..aS .17 

26.~eS flhs 27.~d7! tlJxd728.cxd7 

cS 29.Axcs f430.exf4 lIfd8 31..xa7 

~cS 32.ltxcSlta8 33..c7 

33.ttxa8 

33...1'1f7 34.ltd1 ffe73S..c8 ltxa3 

36.ltc7Wf737.ffb7.f638.ltcalta1 

39.1lxa1 .xa1+ 4O.Wh2.f6 41..c7 

eS 42..xd8 ffxf4+ 43.Wg1 .d2 

44. .e8+ Wf6 45.d8=.+ 1-0 

. Caro-Kann 

Michael Omori (1646) 

Arik Milner (1800) 


1.e4 c6 2.c4 dS 3.exdS cxdS 4.exdS ~f6 

S.~c3 ~dS 6.Ac4 ~c3 7.dxc3 ffxd1 +

;of 

S.~xd1lL1c6 9.Ad2 Ag4+ 10.f3.AhS 

11.lLIe2Q-o-o12.lLIf4lL1es13.Ae2Ag6 

14.lLIxg6hxg61S.~e616.Ae3a617.h3 

lLIc61s.11ad1Ad619.11d2lZ\e720..!.c4 

b5 21.Ab3lL11522.Af2 Af423.11xd8+ 

11xds24.11d111e82s.g4lL1e726.a4lL1c6 

27.axb5axb52s.Ad411hs29.11h1 Ae5 

30.Af2 A1631.f4lL1d832.c4 bxc4 33. . 

Axc4h734.gS Ad6 35.lJ.e3 llh4 36. 

.!.a6+ lLIb737. lld1 Axt438.Af211xh3 

39..!xb7+~7 4O.11d7+~c641.1lxt7 

Axgs 42.Ad4 llh2+ 43.~b3 ~dS 44. 

Axg7 0-1 

Sicilian English Attack 


Stephen Buck (1718) 


1.e4cS2.lLIf3d63.d4cxd44.lLIxd4lL116 

S.ll5c3a66.h3 e6 7.f3lL1c68.1'Id21'1c7 

9.0-0-0bS10.a3Ab711.g4h612.h4 

lLId713.h2lL1de514.f4lL1xd41S..!xd4 

lLIc416..!xc41'1xc417.11he10-0-0 1S.15 

e519..!xeS1620.Ag3h721.lLIdsAxdS 

22.1'IxdS1'IxdS23.exdSllhe8 24.11e6 

Af82S.c311xe626.dxe6h727.hS~b7 

28.~c2 ~c6 29.b4 as 3O.Ah2 lIaS 31. 

~b2a432.~c211d833.11c1 ds34.11d1 

~b735.~d3~c636.11e111c837.Ag1 

lld8 38..!.a7Ad6 39.d4Ae5+40.11xe5 

fxeS+41.~xeSllc842.Ac511eS43.e7 

~d7 44.16gxf6+45.~ llc846.gS hxgS 

47.h6 g4 48.h7g3 49.~g7 g2 SO.h8=1'I 

llxhs S1.~xhS g1=1'1s2.Axg1 ~xe7 

53.~g7~e654.Ad4 1-0 

-Pire 


NicholasLarus-Stone(1134) 


Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRITz 

1.e4d6 2.d4lL1163.lLIe3g64.Ae3 Ag7 

s.lLIf3Ag4 6.Ae2lL1bd7 7.h3 Axf3 8. 

Axt3 cS 9.1'Id2exd41 0.Axd4lL1eS11. 

0-0-00-0 12.Ae2 a6 13.f4lL1e6 14. 

Ae3bS1S.h4b416.lLIdSlLIxe417. 1'Ie1 

as 1S.hSa4 19.ll)xb4 

+- 

19.hxg6hxg6 2o.Ab6 'iVcs21.AbS 

19...lLIxb420. 1'Ixb4lL1g321.11he1 a3 

22.Ad4 axb2+ 23.1'Ixb2 lLIxe2+ 24. 

llxe2 Axd4 2S. 11xd41'IaS 26.IIxe7 

ffxa2 

26... llfbS=F 

27. llxd6 ffxb2+ 2S.~xb2 llfb8+ 29. 

~e111a1+30.~d211bb1 31.h611d1+ 



32.~e3 ~f8 33.11xd1 llxd1 34.11e2 

llf13S.g411xf436.gS U1537.11g2~e7 

38.~d4 ~d6 39.11g4 llb5 40.c4 1115 

41. cote4 coteS 42.11 f4 

6... 

8 ~ 8 

7 ~ ~ i 

~ . .Ai 

5 - ~ Un 5 

~. 

4 ~ - I::.~...&-~ _w- 

. . 

~ 4 

3~ ~ ~ ~ 3 

42... 11xgS 

. . . .2 

------------ 

8 bed at 9 h 

Black needed to calculate that the 

pawn ending is a draw. Black holds the 

opposition and shuts in the White King 

in the comer: 42...11xf4+43.~xf4 cotxc4 

44.~eS ~eS 4S." ~d6 46.~xf7 cotd7 

47.~g7~e7 48.~xh7~f7 49.~hS ~f8. 

43.11xf7 llhs 44.11xh7 cotd64S.cotf4 

~e646.11h811h4+47.~gS11xc448.h7 

~f749.11fs+~xf8s0.hS=1'I+ 1-0 

Tho Knights 

Bryan Yue (1195) 



1.e4 eS 2.lLIf3lL1e63.Ac4lL116 4.lLIgS 

dS S.exdSlLIaS6.AbS+ e6 7.dxc6 bxe6 

8.Ae2 h6 9.lLIh3 Acs 10.d3 Axh3 

11.gxh3lL1dS12.0-01lh413.Af31'1xh3 

14.e3 Ad6 1s.Ag21'1h4 16.1'If3 0-0 

17.1'Ig31'1xg318.fxg311ae819.a3lL1b3 

20.11a2 lLIxe1 21.11xe1 fS 22.lLId2 

Acs+ 23.~h1 Ae3 24.b4 lld8 2S.c4 

lLI1626.Axe6 llxd3 27. llee2 l1fd8 

28.lLIf3 lld1+ 29.~g2 e4 30.lLIh4 gS 

31.AdS+ 118xdS32.h3 l1g1+ 33.~h2 

lldd134.g4Af4mate 

English 

LM Viktors Pupols (2203) 

NM Nat Koons (2283) 



1.lLIf3eS 2.c4 lLI163.g3 g6 4.b3 JJ..g7 

S.Ab2 0-0 6.Ag2lL1e67.0-0 dSS.exdS 

lLIxdS9.Axg7 ~xg71 0.d4 1'IaS 11.e4 

lLI1612.dsllds13.lLIbd2lL1bS14.1'Ie2 

1'Ie7 1s.11fd1 Ag416.lLIc4 Axta 17. 

Axf3 bS1S.lLIe3lL1bd719.Ag211acS 

20.11ac1 lLIf821.f4 eS 22.dxe6 lLIxe6 

23.eSlLIeS 24.lLIdS1'IaS 

Tannarv 2007 

2S.1511gxf526.1'IxfSffxa227.11f1l1d7 

28.JJ..e4 lLIf8 29.lLI16 21de7 30.lLIxh7 

lLIg631.lLIgs1'Ixb332.e6lL1d633.ff16+ 

f834.Axg6 ffe3+.35.ccth1lL1e8 36. 

e7+ D.xe737.1'IhS mate 

French Tarrasch 



Seattle, Washington Class .(5) 2006 


1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.lLId2 cS 4.lLIgf3 c41 

S.g3lL1166.eSlLIfd77.h4b5 8.Ah3ffb6 

9.a3lL1e6 10.e3 Ae7 11.0-0 Ab712. 

21e1 h613.b3lL1aS14.b4lL1c61S.a4a6 

16.axbS axbS 17.11xas+ JJ..xa8 18.lLIf1 

ffa719.Ad2lL1b6 20.hS 1'Ia3 21.lLIe3 

lLIa4 22.ffc2 ffb2 23.1'Ixb2lL1xb2 24. 

21a1lL1a4 2S.lLIe11 0-0 26.lLI1e2lL1a7 

27.14 lle8 28.cctf2lL1c8 29.cote2lL1eb6 

30.21f1 Ac6 31.lLId1 Ad7 32.g4 ccth7 

33.21g1 16 34.11e1 lLIa835.JJ..e3lL1e7 

36.~d2 llf8 37.1111 h8 38.lLIe1 fS 

39.lLIg2 g6 40.hxg6+ Axg6 41.gxfS 

AxtS42.AxtS+ 21xfS 43.Af2 21hS44. 

lLIde3lL1e845.151 exfS 46.lLIxdS Ags+ 

47.JJ..e3 llh248.21f2lL1g7 

8.... 7~.. .. 

6. . ~ 

5 ~'~"lJuin 

n ~ m~ 

3 ~ 

~r:--n- 

. 4...uiu 

-. unm - ~ 

2 ~ ~~~ - ~ 

B ~ ~ ~ 

1~ 

8 bed a t 9 h 

49.lLIdf4 

49.11e21lLIe65O..!xgShxgSS1.lLIf6+ 

~g7 S2.dSlLIdSs3.lLIf4! 

49...lLIb6 SO.ccte2lL1d7s1.lLIdSlLIe6 

s2.11xfS Draw 

11

52.llxg5! hxg5 53.liJge3 1lxf2+54. 

~x12 f4 55.liJ15&56.liJd6; 52.1Ixf5 

lIxg2+ 53.~3 cbg6-+ . 

French Ta"asch 





1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.liJd2liJf6 4.e5liJfd7 

5.Ad3 c5 6.c3liJe6 7.liJe2 exd4 8.cxd4 

f6 9.exf6 'ttxf6 1O.~f3 h6 11.0-0 Ad6 

12.~g3O-0 13.11b1 I!d814.l1e1 ~f8 

15.~e5Ad716.~h5t1h417.~f4Ae8 

18.g3"f619.~f3 

King s Indian Attack 

NM Ignacio Perez (2241) 

Michael Lee (2163) 


1.e4 eS 2.liJ13 d6 3.d3 ~c6 4.g3 g6 

S.Ag2Ag76.0-0e67.I!e1 ~ge78.e3 

0-0 9.~bd2 f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.a4 e5 

12.~c4 h6 13.a5 Ae6 14."a4 1Ie7 

1S.a6 b6 16.~a3 dS 17.!1h4 f4 18.d4 

exd4 19.exd4 liJfS 20."hS liJcxd4 

21.~xd4 l1Jxd422.gxf4 IIf5 23.ffd1 

exf4 24.~b5 liJxb5 25.lIxe6 ~d4 

26.l1g6"f7 27.1Ig4

~ 

8.Axc6 Axd2+ 9./l)bxd2 /l)xd2 10. 18.../l)d7!19.exf6/l)xf620./l)eS 46.bxaS1JxaS47./l)e4 1Ia1+ 48.lld1 

Axd7+ffxd711.1Jxd2 1Je6+ 12.1Je3 IfWbitetriestocontesttbec-filethen 1Ig749."xe3 Ilce7 SO.Itd8 ~h8 

0-013.0-0 Ite814.Itfe1 Ad71S.1Jc3 20 It 2 Itfc821 It 2ltle4 22 'iix,8 S1.1JgS1IeS S2.fIh6+ ~g8 53.1rxh3 

1Jc616./l)e51Jxc317.bxc3Ae618.f3f6 . c . ee . ,C + g754.g21555./l)f21Jf456.1lxe8 

19./l)d3 Ac4 20./l)cS b6 21./l)b3 as 1lxc8 23.Itc2 Itxc224.'8xc2 /l)c3.-+. Itxe8 S7. Itd7+ f6S8."h7 1Ie3 

22.Ited1 Ite3 23./l)d2 1lxc324./l)xc4 20...Itfc8 S9.1Jf7+gS60./l)h3+~h461.tlh7+ 

Itxc4 2S. Itac 1 1lxc 1 26. 1lxc 1 Itd8 

Zl.flxc7 I!xd428.Itc2 Itb429.~f7 

Black wins the c-fileand the rest is a 

. . 

1-0 

3O.~e3 bS 31.d3a432.c3 Itc4+ :::rerof technique. She makes It look Barry Attack 

33.d31lxc2 34.xc2M 3S.d3b3 y. NM Harley Greninger (2240) 

36.axb3axb337.c3e638.xb3e5 21.1Jb11Jc722.Ite1 g723.Itb31Jc2 Michael Lee (2163) 

f 39.c3f440. d3hS 41. e2h4 24.1Ja1 /l)e42S.Itb21Jc326.Itd1 Ita7 Seattle WashingtonClass (6) 2006 

42.~ 1543.g3+ hxg3+44.hxg3+ c!>e5 27.f3"e3+28.f1 Itac729.Ite1 Itc1 Notesb D~ n Harrison & FRn:z 

f 45.e3gS46.f4+gxf4+47.gxf4+d5 3O.Itbe2/l)d2+31.1lxd21Jxe1 mate ¥':\oy,;ro ¥':\o_", 4. &... 

II 48.d3cS49.c3Draw 1.d4~f62.~f3g63.'f..KA)d54..a.f4-w7 

. 

King s Indian Fianchetto S.e3 0-0 6.h2 cS 7./l)eS e6 8.h4 /l)fd7 

9.1Jd2 f61 0./l)xd7 /l)xd711.0-o-o "as 

Evans GambIt LM Vddo Pupols (2203) 12.b1cxd413.exd4/l)b614.h5Ad7 

Brran Vue (1195) NM IgnaCIo Perez. (2241) 1S.hxg6 hxg6 16.Ah6 Itf7 17.lLd3 15 

Enc Holcomb (1518) Seattle, WashingtonClass (6) 2006 

Seattle, WashingtonClass (5) 2006 Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRn:z 

18."gS Itea 19."xg6 

/l)a4 21.Ith8+!1 1-0 

1lxc3 20.Ad21 

1.84 eS 2./l)f3 /l)c6 3.Ac4 Ac5 4.M 1.d4 /l)f6 2./l)f3 g6 3.c4 Ag7 4.g3 0-0 

Axb4S.c3Ac56.d4exd4 7.0-0/l)ge7 S.Ag2 d6 6.0-0 /l)bd7 7.ll~c3 eS 8.e3 Kings Indian Smyslov 

8.cxd4 Ab6 9./l)gS dS 10.exdS /l)aS Ite89.b3a610.a4c611.Aa3e412./l)d2 NM Curt Collyer (2201) 

11.d6/l)xc4 12.1Ja4+ "d7 13.1Jxc4 dS13.cxdScxdS14.f3 Ah61S.f4/l)b8 FM NickRapti (2299) 

/l)g6 14.Ite1+ ~f8 1S.dxc7 Axc7 16. 16.h3 Ag7 17.1Je2 /l)c6 18.Itfc1 hS Seattle wa1hingtonClass (6) 2006 

Aa3+g817./l)xf]Axh2+18.xh2h6 19./l)d1 A15 20.b4 1Jd7 21.h2 h4 NotesbYD~ytonHarrison&FRn:z. 

19./l)gS+1Je620./l)xe6Axe621.1lxe6 22.g4 Axg4 23.hxg4 /l)xg4+ 24.h1 ¥':\o &- ¥':\o ¥':\o 

.&. 1IIIr ~ 1IIIr .&. /l)xd42S exd4Axd426 Ita2e327 /l)f1 1.d4g62.~f3.a.y73.c4~f64.~c30- 

wh7 22.=d3 ~he8 23.=xg6+ wg8 

24.1lxe8+1lxe82S.1Jxe8+ 1-0 

1J1528~Aa729A~s/l)xe530'fxeS 

1lxeS . . . 

OS.AgSd66.e3c67.Ae2a68."c2b5 

9.a3 /l)bd710.0-0 Ab711.Itfd1 bxc4 

QGD Sl 

av 

12.Axc4 

1S.Itac1 

cS 

1Jd716.1Jb3 

13.Ae2 cxd4 

/l)fdS 

14.exd4 

17./l)xdS 

/t)b6 

Matthew Warburg (1300) /l)xdS18.Itc2 Itfc819.Itdc1 1lxc220. 

Sarah May (1263) Itxc2 e6 21.h3 Itea 22.Itxea+ 1Ixc8 23. 

Seattle, WashingtonClass (5) 2006 "a4 h6 24.Ad2 eS 2S.dxe5 dxeS 26. 

Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRn:z 1Jb31Jc6 27./t)e1 h728.Af1e4 29. 

1.d4dS2.c4c63./t)c3 /t)f64.Af4a6S.e3 

/l)c2 153O./l)M/l)xb431.Axb4 1Jd732. 

A15 6./t)f3 e6 7.Ad3 Ag6 8.0-0 Ae7 

Ac3Axc333."xc3f434."f611g7135. 

9.Ite1 0-0 10.Axg6 hxg6 11.84 AM 

1Jxf41fxb236.1fc7+1fg737.1Ib6.e7 

12.Ags1Ja513.Ite3 

13.exdScxdS14.Axt6 gxf61S.cxd5 

hc3 16.bxc3'8xd~ Do five connectedpassed pawns give 

13...Axc314.Axf6Axb21S.Itb1 gxf6 ~lack enough ~ompensat~~n ~or two 

16.1lxb2 bS 17.cxd5 cxdS 

pIeces FRITZthinks the posItlonISabout 

equal, but I'm sure Pupols thinks otherwise. 

First, he blockadesthe pawns, then 

i 

he can drive off the Black pieces. 

r 

31./l)b2 Itae8 32./l)d3It5e733.Itac2 

~ d434./l)h2h33s.Af3 Ab836.Itc51Jd7 

37.a5 

Securingthe c5-outpost. 

White seeks safety from perpetual 

37...Axh238.xh21Jd6+39.h11Jg3 check,but the win is nowin doubt. If I 

. remembercorrectly,both sideswere in 

NowMr.FRITZreco~~ w~~. timetrouble. 38.Axa6lha639.1Jxa6 

18.e5 Pupols knew all along, White ISwmnmg. e3 4O.1We2(4O.f1ex1241.xf21Wc5+ 

4O.Itg1"d641.ItdS1Jf642.Itg4Itc7 42.f1'8c1+ with a perpetual) 40... 

18.exd5 43./t)cSb644.axb6"xb645.Itgxd4aS "xa341.fxe3. Best is 38.84 which

[ 

r -= 

moves the a-pawn away from danger, 

mainatins pressure on a6, and keeps the 

e3-square under control. . 

38...hS1 

38...'ffd71 

39~ba6 ba6 4O.1Ixa6 e3 41.fxe3 

"xe342. "d6 gS 43.~h2 11e4 44."16 

g445."g5 g3+ 46.~g3ffd3+47. ~h2 

"xa3 48.ffxhS+ ~g7 49."g4+ 1-0 

](jng s Indian Classical 

Elston Ooy (1955) 



1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 g6 3.~c3lLg7 4.e4 d6 

S.~13 0-0 6.lLe2 e5 7.0-0 ~c6 S.dS 

~a79.~a1 ~d710.lLe31511.13f4 

12.lLf2 gS 13.~d3 lIf6 14.cS lIh6 

1S.cxd6cxd616.lIc1 ~f617.ffb3ffe8 

1S.~bS ffhs 19.1Ixcs+ ~cS 20.h3 

~xe4 21.ffb4 ~g3 22.lLxg3 fxg3 

23.~c 7 lIbs 24.~a6 e4 2S.tOms exd3 

26.hd3~27.lIe1fff72S.ffe41ff8 

29."e7ttxe7 30.Le7 ~dS 31.lLc4 

Wf8 32.1Ie4 ~b6 33.lLb5 dS34.lIeS+ 

cln735.lIdSlIe636.t1lLf637.1Id7+ 

Il1xd7 3S.~xd7 lLd4 39.lLd3 lLf2 

4O.lLe2 q;e7 41.~b8 d4 0-1 

-Scotch 

GeoffreyGale (2019) 

Paul Bartron (2140) 


1.e4 as 2.~13 ~c6 3.d4 exd4 4.~d4 

Acs S.lLe3 ~xd4 6.lLxd4 lLxd4 

7.'lrxd4 fff6s.e5ffg69.~c3~e710.o- 

0-0 "b6 11.1Ixb6 axb6 12.~bS 0-0 

13.Ac4c614.~d6~g61S.11he111aS 

16.Ab3 LaS H.LeS ~e5 1S.lIe1 

Il1g4 19.13 ~f6 20.lIe7 h6 21.lLxt7+ 

q;h7 22.h4 bS 23.hS b6 24.b4 ~dS 

2S.bdS cxdS 26.«!>d2~gS 27.«!>e3 

lIdS 2S.~d4 lLa6 29.«!>xdS q;f8 

3O.1If7+«!>gS31.f41Ic832.~c8~ 

33.~d6+ ~ 34.g4 «!>e73S.«!>eS~dS 

36.gSq;c737.~e8+c;!}dS38.~g7lLb7 

39.gxh6«!>e74O.h7c!>t741.h8=1f 1-0 

. Ruy Lopez Chigorin 


Benjamin Calpo (2018) 


1.8485 2.~13~c6 3.lLbSa64.lLa4l£1f6 

s.o-olLe76.lIe1 b57.lLb3d6S.c3~a5 

9.Ac2 cS10.h3 0-0 11.d4 "c712.d5 

~ 13.b3l£1b6 14.~bd2 c4 1s.lLb2 

g6 16.~f1l£1hS H.l£1e3lLd71S.~d2 

~f4 19.bxc4 bxc4 20.lLa3 15 21.«!>h2 

l£1d322.11f1fxe423.l£1xe4~f424.~g4 

lIfs 2S.l£1h6+ «!>hS26.l£1xfS gxfS 

27.l£1g3 lIgS 2s.lIg1 lIgS29.lLc1 

~bxdS 30.l£1e2 ilg6 31.ll~xf4 ~xf4 

32.g3l£1d333.hd3 cxd334.ffxd3lLe6 

35.lLe3ffc8 36.a4lLc4 37.ffc2lLdS 

38.lIac1lLe4 39.ffb3 fftS 4O.f41IgS 

41.11cd1 1Ics 42.lId2 lLas 43.ilf2 

lLe4 44.ffb4 ffe6 4s.lId2 llcs 

46.iIgd1 lIc647.fxeS dxeS48.lIdS+ 

c;!}g749.11sd7 «!>f6SO.llxe7 1Ia2+ 

s1.ild2 as S2.1Ib7 1IgS s3.ffd7 f4 

s4.lId6+ ilxd6 SS.1Ixd6+ «!>gS 

56.1Ixe5+ 1-0 

-Pirc 

Zachary Countryman (1659) 

Vishnu Warrier (1623) 


1.e4d6 2.d4l£1f63.l£1c3g64.lLd3lLg7 

S.l£1ge2~bd7 6.13eS 7.dSas S.lLe3 c6 

9.ffd20-0 10.lLh6 l£1xe4!11.he4 

ffh4+ 12.g3 1Ixh6 13.1Ixh6 lLxh6 

14.dxc6 bxc6 1S.bc6 lIbs 16.ilb1 

l£1f617.o-olLe61s.lIfd111fc819.lLa4 

dS 20.f4 d4 21.fxeS dxc3 22.exf6 ba2 

23.b3lLxb124.ilxb111b62s.11f1lLgs 

26.1113llxf627.11d3lLd22s.IIds1Ias 

29.lId31Ics30.«!>g21Ic531.~g11Ie5 

32.lIds+ q;g7 33.iId3 lle1 34.~13 

ile2+ 3S.~h3 0-1 

French Advance 

Nathan Lee (1712) 



1.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.eS cS 4.c3l£1c6S.l£113 

ffb66.lLe2cxd47.cxd4l£1h6S.b3l£115 

9.lLb2lLb4+ 10.t1lLd7 11.g4l£1h6 

12.h3lLe7 13.~g2 1Ic8 14.ilf1l£1b4 

1S.l£1c3 a6 16.a3 l£1c6 H.l£1a4 "a7 

1S.b4l£1b819.l£1c3ffb620.l£1a4ba4 

21.ffxa4+ l£1d7 22.11ac1 llxc1 

23.lIxc1 1IdS 24.bS as 2S.b6 0-0 

26.1IxaS ~ 27.«!>h2162S.ilc3 fxeS 

29.dxeSl£1c4 30.ffxdS bd8 31.lLxc4 

dxc4 32.«!>g3bS 33.l£1d4lLb6 34.lI13 

lLxd4 3s.1Ixf8+ «!>xf836.lLxd4 «!>e7 

37.f4 g6 3S.«!>f3«!>d739.«!>e3 «!>c7 

40.«!>e4«!>c641.lLc3 «!>b642.lLb4 «!>c6 

43. «!>d4«!>b644. «!>e4c;!}c645. «!>d4«!>b6 

46. q;e4 q;c6 Draw 

T --- "'nnP7 

Slav Geller Gambit 


Changhe Li (1626) 


Notesby Drayton Harrison & FRnz 

1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.~c3 ~f6 4.l£113dxc4 

S.e3 bS 6.a4 ~d5 

Better is 6...b4! 7.~b1 h6 8.!Vc2 

b3 9.f¥d1 e6 10.~bd2 [10.lLe2 e5 11. 

O-O~e612.~e5 fIe813.~a3exd414. 

~axe4 1Jd5=F Timman-Kasparov, 

Prague 1998 (B~ess)] 10...f¥d5 11. 

lLe2~bd712.0-0 I!.b8!13.~b1 ~e4=F 

Adorjan- Torre, Toluca 1982 (DeFirmiail). 

7.l£1xd5!ffxd5=FS.lLe2lLf5 9.0-0 

Blackis a pawn up, but needsto keep 

White's center from expanding. ,. 

9...e6 

10.l£1h4!! 

White trades off the Black lightsquared 

Bishop and breaks the bind in 

the center. 

1o...lLg6 

Better is 10...lLe4! 11.f3lLd3 12. 

lLxd3exd313.f4 (13.f¥xd3 g5 traps the 

Knight). 

11.~g6 hxg612.lL1312...ffd613.g3 

b414.1Ie2 a515.1Ixc4 

Restoring material equality. White 

also keeps his positional advantage. 

15...lLe716.e4g517.e~ 

Black is getting pushed back as the 

White pawns move forward. White can 

continue to improve his position and 

Black is hard-pressed to find a defense, 

if one exists. 

17...1Id7 18.lLe3 O-O! 19.ilac1 ila6 

20.ffe2 ileS 21.IIfd1 ffb7 22. 

Ae4!+- /t)d7 

~.n...h""'TOQ" 

rhOQQ

Black has no defense. 

23.flhs g6 24.1Ig4 ~b6 2S.t,3 ~dS 

26.AxdS! 

26.llxgS! keeps threats of llxg6 

alive. 

26...cxdS 27.AxgS AxgS 28.1txgS 

lIac629.1td21tc730.lIb1lIc331.h4 

lIc2 32..f4::1: .c3 33.hS! lIb2 

33...gxhS!!34.'iYgS+(34/t!;>g2!intending 

3s.lIh1) 34...~f83S.'iYxhS~e8 

\1 r 

36..h8+ ~d7 37.'iYf6~e8 might be a 

draw. 

Ai 

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34.lIxb2 1txb2 3S.hxg6 fxg6 36.1tf6 

lIe8 37.1txg6+ ~f8 38. ~g2 ~e7 39. 

lIh1 ~d840.1tf6+ ~c841.lIh7 1-0 

Ruy Lopez Exchange 

David Inglis (1405) 




1.e4 eS 2.~f3 ~c6 3.AbS a6 4.Axc6 

dxc6 S.o-o f6 6.d4 exd4 7.~xd4 cS 

8.~f3! 

This does not promise an advantage 

forWhite, if Black plays accurate~y. 

8...Ae6 

More usual is 8.. .'iYxd19. Ihd1, e.g., 

9...Ad6! 10.eS fxeS 11.~xeS AfS 12. 

f!.e1 ~f8= Eged-Dorica, Bratislava 

2002. . 

9.Af4c610.~bd2!~e711.lIe1 ~g6 

12.Ag3 1td7 13..e2 

White prepares a breakthrough with 

e4-eS. Perhaps this idea shows up the disadvantage 

of8...Ae6 vs. 8...'iYxd1. The 

alternative 13.~b3! forces 13...0-0-0 

14.'iYxd7+f!.xd71S.lIad1 and then 1S... 

f!.xd1 16.f!.xd1 Ae7. As more pieces 

get traded, White gets closer to his ideal 

goal of a pure pawn ending where he can 

create a passed pawn on the kingside, but 

Black cannot do the same on the queenside 

due to the doubled pawns. FRITZcalls 

this position equal, but I disagree. 

13...0-0-0 

Black must castle queensideto catch ~d736.1!xa6 f!.xe737.f!.b6 f!.eS38.a4 

up in development.Inprinciple,the Black bxa4 39.~c4, equal. 

King would like to be on the kingside to 33...cS 34.e7 lIe8 3S.lIe6+ ~c7 

stop White's pawn majority in the endgame, 

but that is not possible, e.g., 13... 

36.1!xa6cxb437.cxb41Ixe738.lIa7+ 

Ad6 14.eS fxeS 1S.AxeS ~xeS 16. 38.a4 c3 39.axbS~d7 40. f!.c6 lIeS 

~eSAxeS17.'iYxeSO-O-O 18.f!.ad1::1:. 41. f!.xc3IhbS 42.lIc4I- 

Nnrlh1"A1P!I;t rh 

P!I;!I; 

14.lIad1 1tf71S.eS! 15 

Forced. 

16.~gS 1td7 

.. 

. ~ 

17.~xe6 

7~i~.~ .i 

5~. Di~ 

~ B B - 

4~~.~ 

3~ - - [I 

2 8D8~"~8~ 

1~ _:La = 

a bed e f 9 h 

White should play 17.~c4!! with an 

attack on the Queen, King, light-squared 

Bishop, and even the Rook on h8, e.g., 

17...'8e7 [17...AdS 18.~b6++-; 17.:. 

Axc418.I!xd7 Axe2 19.f!.xd8+ ~xd8 

20.~f7+ ~e8 21.~xh8 +-; 17 e8 

18.lIxd8+ ~xd8 19.'iYd2+~c7 (19... 

~c8 20.~d6+ Axd6 21.exd6 +-; 19... 

~e7 20.'8d6#; 19...Ad7 20.e6) 20. 

'iYd6+!!Axd621.exd6++-] 18.f!.xd8+ 

~xd8 19.'iYd3+~c8 (19...AdS 20.~d6 

f4 21.~gf7++-; 19...~c7 20..d6+ 

'iYxd621.exd6++-) 20.~d6+ ~b8 21. 

~xe6 'fi'xe6 22.'iYxf5 with a winning 

endgame. 

17 xe6I- 18.13Ae7 19..c4 1txc4 

20.~xc4 f4! 21.Af2 lIxd1 22.lIxd1 

lId823.lIe1 ~c724.g3bS2S.~aS 

Loses the c2-pawn and the Knight 

gets trapped on the edge of the board. 

2s...lId2! 26.gxf4 ~xf4 27.Ag3 ~e2+ //" 

28.~f1 ~g3+ 29.hxg3 c4!30.e6lId8! 

30...~b6 wins the Knight. 

31.c3 ~b6 32.b4 Af6 

Removing the blockade. 

33.lIe3 

Criminals who are no longer locked 

down must run!-33.e7 f!.e8 34.lIe6 

~c7 (34...f!.xe7 3S.f!.xc6+ ~a7 36. 

f!.xf6+-; 34...Axe7 3S.f!.xc6+ ~a7 

36.f!.c7+ ~b8 37.f!.xe7 +-) 3s.lIxc6+ 

Tannarv 2007 

38...~b6 39.lIxe7 Axe7 4O.a3 A16 

41. ~e2 .Ab2 42.a4 c3 43.axb5 c2 44. 

~b3c1=1f45.~xc1.f1xc146.f4ct>xb5' 

47 .~13 ~xb4 48. ~g4 ci>c449. ci>t5h6 

5O.~g6 Ab2 S1.g4 ct>dSS2.ct>f5 Ac3 

53.gS hxgS 54.ct>xgS ci>e4 55.15 Ae5 

S6. ci>g4Af6S7.ci>hS cm458.ct>g6ct>g4 

S9.~h7 ci>xf560.~h8 g5+ 0-1 

French Exchange 

BenjaminDavis 0 

Casey Xing (1238) 


1.e4e62.d4dS3.exdSexd54.Ad3 ~f6 

S.~13Ag4 6.c3.!.e77.Af4 0-0 8.0-0 

Ad69.Ag311e810.~bd2c611.ffb3 

b612.lIfe1 Axg313.fxg3~bd714.1fc2 

h6 15.lIf1 1tc716.A1511e717..f1xg4 

~xg4 18.1tb3 11ae819.11fe1 ~e3 

20.~f1 ~c4 21.1Ixe7 11xe722.1tc2 

~d6 23.lIe 1 Draw 

8. B\1Ur- - 

'~moo 0 

6. - i _.t._~. 

,'- 

Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 

Luke Harmon (1229) 



1.e4 c5 2.~c3 ~c6 3.f4 d6 4.~f3 ~f6 

5.d3e66.h2g67.0-o.!.g78.1fe1 ~d4 

9.~d4 cxd410.~d1 0-0 11.b31!fc7 

12.1td2 a5 13.Ab2 "cS 14.~h1 b5 

15.c3tDd716.cxd4Axd417.11c11fb6 

18..f1xd4 .xd4 19.~f2 ~cS 20.~g4 

~xe4 21.1te1 ~cS 22.il13 Ab7 23. 

11h3~g 7 24.lIh6 11h82S.'ffh4lIae8 

26.ild1 ~d7 27.h3 ~f6 28.~f2 ttb2 

29.Af3.!.xf3 3O.gxf3~g8 0-1 

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( q) indi . Qui k 2 Xing, Casey 1239(1204) 1231(1191) L 

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qqq cates C 3 Meisner, Samuel 1019(1025) 1076(1060) L D - w 1.5 

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1 MikhaIevski, VIctor ISR 2661 2664 1f15 W7 L4 D3 1f10 1f9 4.5 Spokane Fall Championship 9/14-10/18 TO: Ted Baker 

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14 Neff, Elliott 

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13 Patrick Kirlin 

14081392 

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15 May, Andy 1952 1946 L1 Lll L12 L7 U U 0.0 14 Ryan Ackerman 12861321 we B L6 L13 Wl82.5 

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1 Raptis, Nick 2297 2305 B WlO D3 W7 W2 W6 W5 6.0 16 Alton Blue 13981389 WlO L4 L2 L19 W212.0 

2 CaIpo, Benjamin CA2O13 2124 B W5 W4 W3 L1 W7 we 5.5 17 Ronald Weyland 1013811350 L2 W20 L15 Lll W232.0 

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11 Lee, Megan. 1539 1569 U U U U we U U 1.0 2 Kevin Baker (1576) (1618) D6 1f17 we W7 3.5 

12 Nlkolskyy, OIekSIY Reserve 625 624 U U L9 U U U U 0.0 3 Kevin Korsmo (1583) (1615) Wl1 1f16 W5 D1 3.5 

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1 Mathews, Dan 1737 1754 D5 W6 L4 1f10 we D2 W3 5.0 4 W~ Chow (1383) (14 1f18 L1 Wl4 Wl1 . 

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2 Torkelson, Alan 1452 1451 1f12 L3 1f15 Dol D1 W9 B 5.0 SCC November Quads 11/1 TO: Fred Kleist 

3 Sun, Tristan 1427 1456 1f16 W2 L1 we D5 W7 B 5.0 1 Cloy,Elston 1935 1955 - W W W 3.0 

4 Gottlieb, Ethan 1330 1350 1f14 B Dll D2 B D1 1f16 4.5 2 Kleist, Fred 2000 1995 L - W W 2.0 

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9 James, Mark 1231 .1236 B Lll W6 B D8 L2 B 3.5 2 Qu, Fra~k 1249 1244 L - D D 1.0 

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Seattle CC Championship 9/8-11/10 TO: Fred Kleist 3 Annette Weyland 10 1232 1211 W6 L4 w52.0 

11

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5 Kleist, Carol 1405 1434 B Wl3 D10 

6 Watts, Peter 1758 1782 .W9 W2 Wl 

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8 Yu, Justin 1039 1060 B B B 

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10 Kolde, Sterling 1672 1658 B 117 D5 

11 Plesha, Joe 1437 1425 B B D3 

12 Babcock, Chris 680 678 B L4 B 

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WA Class Championships Seattle 11/24-26 

Master/Expert 

1 Pupols, Viktors 2203 2240 

2 Greninger, Harley 2240 2256 

3 Collyer,Curt 2201 2221 

4 Peres, Ignacio 2233 2239 

5 MacGregor, Michael 2181 2185 

6 Raptis, Nick 2315 2306 

7 Koons, Nat 2301 2291 

8 Bragg, David 2205 2200 

9 Davies, Lucas BC 2182 2178 

10 Lee, Michael 2159 2169 

11 Selzler, Ricky 2131 2137 

12 Rupel, David 2047 2052 

13 Davies, Noam BC 2042 2046 

14 Gale, Geoffrey 1967 1978 

15 Chen, Howard 1893 1906 

16 Wu, Darren 1807 1829 

17 Bartron, Paul 2141 2117 

18 Cloy, Elston 1955 1957 

19 Calpo, Benjamin CA 2043 2022 

20 Jiang, Louie 1848 1787 

21 Neufahrt, Gerry 2039 2016 

22 Smith, Allen LA 1845 1848 

23 Rozenfeld, Yevgeny 2036 1989 

Class A 

1 May, Andy 

2 Milner,Aviv 

1897 

BC 1417 

1956 

1643 

W2 

L1 

3 Baker, Sebastian 1720 1769 Wl2 

4 Gay, Daniel OR 1859 1854 W6 

5 Opalewski, Brian 1726 1802 W7 

6 Omori, Michael 1622 1631 L4 

7Polich,Duane 1939 1918 L5 

8 Banner,Richard OR 1832 1818 B 

9 Wilson, Matthew 1810 1805 D17 

10 Ummel, Igor 1640 1686 D13 

11 Manber, Devon 1792 1783 Wl6 

12 Gaciu, Vlad 1764 1706 L3 

13 Hosford, Michael 1829 1800 D10 

14 O'Gorman, Peter 1834 1807 H 

15 Bond, Robert 1968 1972 B 

16 Grant, Peter OR 1944 1707 Lll 

17 Caluza, Severo BC 1834 1800 D9 

Class B 

1 Warrier, Krishnan 1626 1747 

2 Xing, Kerry 1719 1737 

3 Yang, Matthew 1675 1749 

4 Lee, Nathan 1670 1713 

5 Countryman, Zach 1677 1707 

6 Hendricks, David 1644 1706 

7 Fletcher, Christopher 1641 1677 

8 Li, Changhe 528 1805 

9 Lessler, Peter 1465 1558 

10 Rasmussen, Ernst 1788 1775 

11 Buck, Stephen 1734 1720 

12 Kelly, Brian 1697 1702 

13 Bailey,Taylor OR 1891 1666 

14 Kolde, Sterling 

15 Allen, Robert 

1797 

1788 

1778 

1749 

16Li, William 1502 1492 

17 Schmidt, Martin 1760 1734 

18 Wang, Michael 1579 1556 

19 Lee, Megan 1563 1529 

20 Milener, Gene 1398 1377 

21 Dillingham, Gregg 1637 1594 

22 Kriewall, David 1639 1615 

1 Placek, Philip 

2 Woodlief, Eric 

3 Vue, Bryan 

4 Marcjan, Karen 

5 Teng, Yun 

Class C 

1590 1672 W4 

1592 1615 W25 

1195 1453 W23 

1366 1506 L1 

1374 1478 B 

D6 WlO D3 

L3 L7 Wl2 

D4 L3 U 

W12 W5 Wl1 

B DllL2 

L2 Wl3 B 

B L4 L1 

L1 D8 L7 

L7 B L5 

B L9 U 

B U U 

TD Gary Dortner 

W21 D6 02 W5 117 

Wl1 D3 D1 Wl2 D6 

Wl8 D2 D4 Dll W9 

Wl7 D9 D3 Wl3 WlO 

Wl3 L10 W21 L1 Wl9 

W23 D1 W9 D10 D2 

B D12 Wl4 we L1 

Wl9 W22 L10 L7 B 

Wl5 D4 L6 W22 L3 

Wl6 W5 we D6 L4 

L2 Wl9 D22 D3 W13 

B D7 Wl5 L2 Wl6 

L5 B Wl7 L4 Lll 

B B L7 L15 W21 

L9 W23 L12 Wl4 X 

L10 B B W23 L12 

L4 B L13 W21 D18 

L3 B W20 B D17 

L8 Lll W23 W20 L5 

B L21 L18 L19 W23 

L1 W20 L5 L17 L14 

B L8 DllL9 F 

L6 L15 L19 L16 L20 

Wl1 W4 W5 W3 

W7 Wl7 W6 W4 

D13 W9 Wl4 L1 

D5 L1 Wl3 L2 

D4 Wl2 L1 B 

B B L2D8 

L2 Wl6 W9 Wl4 

L9 D10 Wl2 D6 

we L3 L7 Wl6 

L15 D8 D16 Wl7 

L1 L14 D17 Wl2 

Wl6 L5 L8 L11 

D3B L4B 

B Wl1 L3 L7 

WlO U U U 

L12 L7 D10 L9 

B L2 Dll L10 

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W6 4.5 

L1 4.0 

Wl2 4.0 

L3 3.5 

D11 3.5 

Wl5 3.5 

Wl8 3.5 

L2 3.5 

D7 3.5 

L5 3.0 

Wl9 3.0 

Wl7 3.0 

L8 3.0 

W20 3.0 

L14 2.5 

L9 2.5 

L13 2.0 

L16 1.5 

D23 1.5 

U 1.5 

D21 0.5 

W7 6.0 

D3 4.5 

D2 4.0 

Wl1 3.5 

B 3.5 

Wl3 3.5 

L1 3.0 

B 3.0 

D10 3.0 

D9 3.0 

L4 2.5 

Wl4 2.0 

L6 2.0 

L12 2.0 

U 1.5 

B 1.5 

U 1.5 

Wl1 WlO L4 W6 Wl2 W5 5.0 

Wl9 B L5 W7 Wl4 D4 4.5 

Wl3 L5 Wl7 Wl1 D10 we 4.5 

W22 D7 Wl D14 D5 02 4.0 

Wl6 W3 W2 D12 D4 L1 4.0 

B B Wl5 L1 Wl7 Wl2 4.0 

Wl5 D4 D10 L2 Wl3 B 3.5 

Wl7 B L12 Wl5 Wl1 L3 3.5 

Wl8 L12 Wl3 L10 D15 Wl6 3.5 

X L1 D7 W9 D3 U 3.0 

L1 W21 Wl6 L3 L8 Wl8 3.0 

D14 W9 we D5 L1 L6 3.0 

L3 Wl9 L9 W21 L7 B 3.0 

'D12 B W20 D4 L2 U 3.0 

L7 W20 L6 L8 D9 Wl9 2.5 

L5 Wl8 Lll X B L9 2.5 

L8 W22 L3 Wl8 L6 U 2.0 

L9 L16 Wl9 L17 W21 L11 2.0 

L2 L13 L18 B W20 L15 2.0 

H L15 L14 B L19 B 1.5 

F Lll x L13 L18 U 1.0 

L4 L17 F F B U 1.0 

Wl3 W2 W6 B B 5.0 

W9 L1 W3 D4 WlO 4.5 

Wl2 D6 L2 Wl6 W7 4.5 

W25 we Wl3 D2 B 4.0 

B W23 L 7 Wl2 Wl3 4.0 

Puget Sound Open 10121-22 TD: Gary Dortner 

Open 

1 Allen Smith LA1847 1864 

2 H G Pitre 1826 1842 

3 

4 

Joseph Eversole 1906 1909 

David Fulton PA 1800 1800 

5 Michael Wang 1572 1593 

6 Peter O'Gorman 1885 1850 

Reserve 

W2 D3 .!5 

L1 B .6 

.6D1.4 

B W6 L3 

B B L1 

L3L4L2 

B 3.5 

W3 3.0 

L2 2.5 

L5 2.0 

.4 2.0 

U 0.0 

1 Niles Desmarais 1742 1766 W11 117 D2 ..6 3.5 

2 StephenBuck 1706 1717 W5 D3 D1 we 3.0 

3 David Kr1ewa11 1621 1639 W12 D2 D4 117 3.0 

4 Cyrus Desmarais 

5 Eric Holcomb 

1582 1588 

1518 1528 

we 

L2 

06 D3 

WlO Wl1 

os 

D4 

2.5 

2.5 

6 William Li 1525 1521 Wl3 D4 B L1 2.5 

7 DanielVanWyk 1660 1636 W9 L1 Wl3 L3 2.0 

8 Constantin Etingher1408 1400 L4 Wl3 Wl2 L2 2.0 

9 Ian McPherson 962 990 L7 L11 WlO Wl22.0 

10 Daniel Nikolskyy 114 191 Wl4 L5 L9 B 2.0 

11 Michael Yocom 1495 1469 L1 W9 L5 L2 1.0 

12 Michael Mullins 1020 988 L3 Wl4 L8 L91.0 

13 Oleksiy Nikolskyy 

14 Patrick Smith 

547 

100 

747 

100 

L6 

L10 

L8 

L12 

L7 

U 

11111.0 

U 0.0 

Tacoma Open 11/11-12 TD: Gary Dortner 

1 Nick Raptis 2307 2312 W3 .6 W2 117 D5 4.5 

2 TonyWeller 0 2223 we .5. L1 Wl1 Wl2 4.0 

3 Stephen Buck 1700 1734 L1 WlO Wl2 D5 x 3.5 

4 Eric Woodlief 1571 1592 L5 we D10 Wl2 W13 3.5 

5 Paul Bartron 2140 2141.4 L2 W9 D3 01 3.0 

6 H G Pitre 1851 1864 Wl1 L1 L1 1110.9 3.0 

7 Allen Smith LA 1821 1845 W12 D9 .6 L1 r 2.5 

8 Brian Hong 1441 1425 L2 L4 B D13 1111 2.5 

9 Mike MacGregor 2209 2181 Wl3 D7 L5 B L6 2.0 

10 Andr. Walker NJ 1715 1694 Wl4 L3 04 L6 B 2.0 

11 Gee. Petersen 1302 1314 L6 Wl4 Wl3 L2 L8 2.0 

12 Canst. Etingher 1400 1400 L7Wl3 L3 L4 L2 1.0 

13 OleksiyNidskyy 849 866 L9 L12 Lll D8 L4 0.5 

14 Albert Hong 1422 1390 L10 Lll U U U 0.0 

November Rains Seattle 1113-17 TD:Caroi Kleist 

1 DavidKelly 

2 Dan Mathews 

1395 

1755 

1410 

1763 

B 

U 

W11 

B 

W5 

.9 

2.5 

1.5 

3 

4 

Sterling KoIde 

Cecil Baxter 

1672 

1683 

1690 

1672 

U 

U 

B 

B 

we 

WlO 

1.5 

1.5 

5 StephenWeller 1223 1217 W12 B L1 1.5 

6 Andr. Girardeau-DaIe1129 1179 B .9 U 1.5 

7 JustinYu 1066 1082 B Wl2 U 1.5 

8 Larry Hubbell 1739 1723 U B L3 0.5 

9 George Fan 1631 1593 B L6 L2 0.5 

10 Eric Thorsen 1508 1497 U B L4 0.5 

11 Thomas poyneer 

12 Donald McGee 

1047 

927 

1040 

901 

B 

L5 

L1 

L7 

U 

U 

0.5 

0.0 

sec Novice 11/18 TD: Carol Kleist 

1 Grant Anderson 1001 1098 we W6 W2 117 4.0 

2 Peter Schmidt 978 1032 W5 .4Ll W3 3.0 

3 Logan MacGregor 1066 1033 L4 we .6 L2 2.0 

4 

5 

Jarva Dodge 

Chris Babcock 

754 

678 

805 

776 

W3 L2 

L2 B 

D7 D5 

we D4 

2.0 

2.0 

6 Trevor Johnson 651 687 W7 L1 L3 B 2.0 

7 Karen Schmidt 793 748 L6 B D4 L1 1.5 

6 Mark James 1236 1133 L1 L3 L5 B 0.5 

SCC November Tornado 11/19 TD: Fred Kleist 

1 SterlingKolde 1690 1797 W9 W6 .5 W3 4.0' 

2 August Piper 1576 1622wo 03 D7 .!5 3.0 

3 Dan Mathews 1763 1764 W4 02 .6 L1 2.5 

4 George Fan 1593 1621 L3 DO W9 W7 2.5 

5 Mark Briggs 1685 1691 we W9 Ll L2 2.0 

6 Patrick Hickey 1682 1643 W7 L1 L3 DB 1.5 

7 Joel Taylor 1516 1510 1.6 we D2 L4 1.5 

8 Constantin Etingher 1400 1412 L5 L7 WO D6 1.5 

9 Benjamin Calpo 

0 Tristan Sun 

2124 

1458 

2043 

1436 

L1 

L2 

L5 

D4 

L4 

L8 

110 1.0 

L9 0.5 

PeC November Quads 1117-28 TD: Gregori Alpernas 

1 Charles Hill 1736 1745 .5 W2 W3 L4 3.0 

2 Brett Becker 1610 1623 .6 Ll .4 03 2.5 

3 Richard Banner 1818 1800 04 .6 L1 D2 2.0 

4 Arliss Dietz 1500 1532 03 D!5 L2 Wl 2.0 

5 Jonathan Fortune WY 1500 1500 L1 04 .6 D6 2.0 

6 Peter Ashenbemer 0 1265 L2 L3 L5 D5 0.5

-- 

-= 

6 Church!U, Sam 

7 Varner, Murlln 

8 Hong, Brian 

9 Thongmee, Thomas 

10 Inglis, David 

11 GottlIeb, Ethan 

12 Fan, George 

13 Hou, Darren 

14 Scott, Ryan 

15 Piper, August 

16 Holcomb, ErIc 

17 Monahan, Darby 

18 Etlngher, Constantin 

19 Marcjan, Cezary 

20 Breneman, Jesse 

21 Wu, Darryl 

22 Wei, Alva 

23 VanVeen, Kerry 

24 Chen, Irving 

25 Piper, August 

BC 1576 1562 W1.1 we D3 Ll L7 W20 3.5 Book Review 

1518 1521 B D19 D16 W5 .6 L3 3.5 

1425 1434 W24 L6 L4 D21 W1.9 W1.5 3.5 

1422 1427 .22 L2 D20 B W1.7 B 3.5 

1404 1434 W20 B D17 B W1.5 L2 3.5 

1351 1396 L6 B .24 D17 B W1.6 3.5 

1621 1573 D18 L3 1)14 W20 L5 W21 3.0 

1541 1512 W21 Ll B L4 W1.4 L5 3.0 

1308 1369 D16 D17 D12 Wl8 L13 B 3.0 

1622 1547 B B W22 D16 Ll0 L8 2.5 

1541 1505 D14 W18 D7 D15 L3 L11 2.5 

1500 1500 D19 D14 Dl0 Dll L9 D18 2.5 

1412 1400 D12 L16 W19 L14 D21 D17 2.5 

1255 1270 D17 D7 L18 W24 L8 B 2.5 

1129 1132 Ll0 B D9 L12 X L6 2.5 

1299 1295 Ll3 B B DB D18 L12 2.0 

1180 1157 L9 L23 L15 B B B 2.0 

1479 1448 L3 .22 L5 U U U 1.0 

1223 1183 L8 B Lll L19 P U 0.5 

1622 1547 L2 L4 U U U U 0.0 

Class D & Under By Robert A Karch 

1 Qu, Frank 1244 1374 W29.4 .26 WlO WI B 5.5 

2 May, Sarah 1370 1387 W18 W20 Ll0 W29 W21 W4 5.0 

Starting Out: 

Queen'8 Gambit 

Declin ed 

by GMNeilMcDonald 

published by Everyman Chess, 

pb., 292 pages, 02008. Retail $23.95. 

The QGD has a venerable history and it has been 

34 Hong,KatIe Omori,Jeffrey 1271 811 1347 1100 W25 B Ll Wl6 W28.6 B Wl2 B WlO .9 L2 4.5 4.0 successfully ... employed by Capablanca, Alekhine 

S ky F . ' 

5 Sun,Tristan 1438 1408 .22 W7 D6 L9 D13 X 4.0 Botvinnik, PetroSIan, pass , ISCer, b Karpov, 

6 Xing, casey 1366 1368 we .21 D5 L4 W14 D11 Kasparov 

7 Wessbecher, Franc 1114 1166 

and Krarnnik, all World Champions. Accord- 

1130 L5 L29 W27 .26 Wl7 4.0 . . , 

8 Llu, Zachary 967 1129 L6 B D11 Wl6 B W22 4.0 mg to the author, the QGD IS to a large extent lheory 

9 Hannon, Luke ID 1248 1266 D16 1132 W1.5 W5 Ll L3 3.5 

10 So,Ernest 1227 1252 W13 Wl4 W2 Ll L4 B 3.5 

proof" HoweverOM ' McDonaldfeelsthathehasbeen 

. . 

- If> ,::. 

29 Hu, Jiayl 424 1077 Ll W25 W7 L2 L12 L16 2.0 "LIf3 "LIf6 3.c4 e6 4."LIc3 Ae7 5.Ag5 "LIbd76.e30-0 7. 

30 Ma, KevIn 1264 1159 L7 Ll7 L31 B L19 B 1.5 flc1 c68.'9!fc2dxc49.Axc4lt)d510.Axe7\i'xe711.0-o 

31 Grabsr, Svetlana 1186 1193 L21 B 1130 P U U 1.5 

32 Yu Justin 1087 1020 B L9 L16 L24 L25 1133 1.5 b6 . ThiSremoves suppo rt ~ .lor the c6-pawn. Tbe author 

33 U,'Justin 553 543 B L26. Ll2 L18 B L32 1.5 states that this is the number one way for Black to screw 

Thanksgiving Scholastic Grades Seattle 11/24 

K-3 TD: David Hendricks . Up.. 

The gamecontinued 12 

1 LukeHannon ID 1229(1378) 1248(1382) W28 W5 113 W2 we 5.0 It)xd5 (OJ course, if 12... 

2 Justin Yu 1082(757) 1087(846) W23 W11.4 Ll W7 4.0 exd5 the double attack 

3 ChandI* Moy 595(595) 726(717) Wl8 W15 Ll W29 Wl6 4.0 ., . 

4 VIShnuSarukJgfJ 584(574) 692(649) Jf35 Jf37 L2 "28 Jf1.3 4.0 6 13,~d3 WinSa pawn) and 

5 AugleJohnson 573(549) 688(680) W36 Ll W30 W27 Wl4 4.0 12...cxd5 alIowedthe White 

6 JonahLee Be 147(144) 441(399 ) .43 L9 W17 W22 .21 4.0 5 

. 

7 Samuel Leblanc Qu 

the "Ith 

0(0) 840(723) W26 Wl6 D21 WlO L2 3.5 4 een to penetrate to ,- 

8 Jacob Jensen BC735(718) 771(753) .45 .20 Wl2 D14 Ll 3.5 rank via 13.Ad3h614.\i'c7. 

9 Trevor Johnson 687(548) 665(546) L17 W6 W32 D12 .23 3.5 

Wh . II 

10 Andy Cao 573(542) 619(577) W34 W27 D14 L7 W25 3.5 Ite eventua y won on 

11 Justin U 450(393) 553(499) W31 L2 D25 1132 W24 3.5 1 move 42. (The author states 

12 NathanielYee 354(341) 532(506) W33 W13 L8 D9 W29 3.5 

that Whi uld ha 

13 IlyaTsernelchman 824(824) 753(729) W39 L12 .22 W21 L4 3.0 ~ CO ve won 

14 Eric Uu 755(705) 698(664) W30 W29 Dl0 D8 L5 3.0 After 11 b6 much earlier, except for one 

15 16 DanielHou HenryWhitlock KY~475) 0(0) 597(562) 571(545) W24 .44 L3 L7 Wl9 W26 W1.5L3 L16 W30 3.0 careless move') . 

17 Jack Doughty 0(0) 534(451).9 L21 L6 W42 .27 3.0 The Tartakower Defense involves the Black 

18 Cao Ully 0(0) 471(435) L3 L26 1136 W40 W28 3.0. . ,::. 1":\ If> 

19 Andrew Choe 0(0) 455(440) L22 W43 L16 W37 W31 3.0 queenslde fianchetto (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3."LIc3 "LIf6 4.Ag5 

20 Caleb Jolly 0(0) 430(418) .40 L8 L27 1133 W343.0 Ae7 5.e30-06.lt)f3h67.Ah4b6), .. 

which signals a sig- 

21 Mac Mowat 688(461) 654(477) W25 W17 D7 L13 L6 2.5 nifi 

fth I ' gh uared B . 22 Neal Sivaclas 738(714) 592(566) Wl9 D32 Ll3 L6 1139 2.5 cant activatIon 0 e I t-sq ISh op. Whether 

23 Jonathan TImbrook 0(207) 451(287) L2 W36 .42 D24 L9 2.5 or not White allows this is the subject of a full chapter. 

24 DerekWu 414(405) 428(397) L15 W35 W31 D23 L11 2.5 

Quesn ' 1_ ed d red . . Wh ~ I 

25 Ian Kelly-Hedrick 0(0) 414(359) L21 .41 D11 W38 Ll0 2.5 ons aslll an answe are. y, .lor exam~ e, 

26 KevlnQlu 540(488) 492(409) L7 W18 L15 L31 .452.0 shouldBlackplay...b6and...Ab7before...lt)bd7;which 

27 AlexisTrombley 0(0) 394(366) W38 Ll0 .20 L5 L17 2.0 

T --, ~1V\'7 

7 

2 

Northwest Chess

,~ 

101 

r I 

I 

,) 

28 Ryan Moore 

29 Ravi Smith 

30 Ben Highum 

31 Dillon Svenson 

32 Kyle Hayes 

33 Jonathan Wysong 

34 Jack Hassall 

35 Haley Mowat 

36 Nick Highum 

37 Madison Martin 

38 Grif Hawblitzel 

39 Benjamin Mecham 

40 Anna Kooperberg 

41 Rachel Choe 

42 Michael Park 

43 Alan Moore 

44 Kyle Trombley 

46 Jack Brunell 

0(0) 387(371) 

0(0) 384(368) 

0(0) 381(367) 

0(0) 354(316) 

0(0) 329(288) 

0(0) 265(254) 

0(0) 255(245) 

0(0) 220(208) 

0(0) 211(153) 

0(0) 166(176) 

100(100) 108(100) 

0(0) 202(187) 

0(0) 100(100) 

0(0) 100(100) 

0(0) 100(100) 

0(0) 100(100) 

0(0) 100(100) 

0(0) 100(100) 

Grades 4-8 

1 YunTeng 

2 AdamEllner 

1361(1191) 1374(1239) B 

859(859)1045(1008) 114 

3 DonovanZhao BC 1209(1163) 1179(1134) 1129 

4 Carl Harmon ID 1164(1244) 1156(1224) L2 

5 Robert Kephart 1068(1139) 1082(1137) 1137 

6 MatthewSong 1036(955) 1030(958) 1139 

7 Alex Kane 858(566) 824(754) 1138 

8 Jahaan Ansari 1110(916) 1063(882) 1135 

9 Craig Colegrove 964(604) 952(713) 1145 

10 Dennis Ling 876(810) 917(876) 1131 

11 Nicholas Xing 680(626) 785(731) 1128 

12 Francis Chiriac 921(841) 934 (860) 1140 

13 MichaelDrucker 0(0) 894(849) 1118 

14 MadhaviNarayanan793(760) 833(823) 1146 

15 KateTokareva 0(0) 826(775) 1121 

16 Jacob Rosenthal 731(784) 821(791) 1133 

17 AlexYang 0(0) 819(845) 1130 

18 MenakaNarayanan820(812) 808(799) L13 

19 Alex Dunning 738(762) 791(799) 1151 

20 TaylorWilliams 750(819) 757(831) 1147 

21 Curtis Ellis 778(753) 752(736) L15 

22 RobertGoodfellow 615(580) 712(637) 1150 

23 Robert Zhang 495( 471) 603(566) 1132 

24 LeonZhang 454(362) 562(509) 1149 

25 MatthewLau 989(945) 886(871) 1136 

26 WilliamLundgren 896(724) 877(738) 1148 

27 Lalith Devireddy 0(0) 732(708) D42 

28 Jack Counihan 0(0) 541(512) Lll 

29 Alec Glassford 295(295) 410(410) L3 

30 Alexander Paulsen 838(756) 662(643) L17 

31 TiffanyChen 0(0) 638(566) L10 

32 NathanialSolum 0(0) 483(453) L23 

33 Kenny Martin 0(0) 468(467) L16 

34 Brian Kooperberg 0(0) 321(398) 1143 

35. Tom Hansen 290(285) 331(335) L8 

36 Daniel Nikolskyy 191(750) 316(658) L25 

37 BrandonMorris 283(207) 294(236) LIS 

38 RadleighAng 0(0) 293(376) L 7 

39 Zachary Moore 278(258) 239(233) L6 

40 MatthewSong 100(100) 158(160) L12 

41 Thomas Hassall 707(700) 621 (603) 1144 

42 DanielWu 529(518) 493(476) D27 

43 Jack HawbliIzeI 323(319) 229(266) L34 

44 Samantha Song 0(0) 118(107) L41 

45 PatrickSmith 100(100) 100(1OO):r:.9 

46 TeddyTimbrook 0(607) 189(511) L14 

47 Robin Rounthwaite 0(0) 226(239) L20 

48 TylerMoore 0(0) 146(161) L26 

49 Josh All Ebrahlmi 0(0) 100(100) L24 

50 JakeMakowski 0(0) 100(100) L22 

51 Tristan Svenson 0(0) 

Grades 

100(128) 

7-12 

L19 

1 Jeremy Kohlenberg1285(1285) 1380(1333) 114 113 

2 Aviv Caspi 1308(1094) 1321(1151) 119 we 

3 Conan So 1211(1149) 1266(1199) 115 L1 

4 DavisZhao 993(912) 1113(1034) L1 117 

5 JerryLing 973(945) 976(930) L3 1110 

6 BlakeRassilyer 1334(1283)1293(1238) D7 1111 

7 PuneetDewan 1133(1083) 1079(1016) D6 L4 

8 Nat Mayer 1140(931) 1114(930) 1110 L2 

9 David Parkinson 848(813) 826(780) L2 B 

10 John White 0(0) 722(583) L8 L5 

11 Sam Herkes 641(0) 544(239) B L6 



L1 1134 1140 L4 L18 2.0 

1142 L14 1137 L3 L122.0 

L14 1133 LIS 1143 L152.0 

Lll 1139 L24 1126 L192.0 

1141 D22 L9 Lll D382.0 

L12 L30 1135 L20 11412.0 

L10 L28 1145 1141 L20 2.0 

L4 L24 L33 1144 11432.0 

LIS L23 L18 B 1142 2.0 

X L4 L29 L19 11402.0 

L27 B D39 L25 D322.0 

L13 L31 D38 1145 L22 1.5 

L20 1144 L28 L18 L37 1.0 

L32 L25 B L34 L331.0 

L29 1145 L23 L17 L36 1.0 

L6 L19 1144 L30 L35 1.0 

L16 L40 L43 L35 B 1.0 

L8 L42 L34 L39 L26 1.0 

1120 1110 1112 

D15 1127 1126 

L19 1131 1124 

1118 1121 1120 

1141 1119 1114 

1111 L14 1123 

1125 L12 1132 

L16 1140 1122 

D22 1123 1116 

1117 L1 . D29 

L6 1147 1115 

1124 117 L1 

L26 1141 1119 

1134 W6 ,LIS 

D2 D22 L11 

we D26 L9 

L10 D25 1136 

L4 1142 1147 

113 LIS L13 

L1 1133 L4 

1146 L4 1148 

D9 D15 L8 

W42 L9 L6 

L12 1128 L3 

L7 D17 1127 

1113 D16 L2 

1130 L2 L25 

1139 L24 D41 

1151 1150 D10 

L27 1146 L31 

1149 L3 1130 

1148 1137 L7 

1135 L20 1140 

L14 L36 1145 

L33 1144 1138 

1138 1134 L17 

1144 L32 1150 

L36 1139 L35 

L28 L38 B 

B L8 L33 

LIS L13 D28 

L23 L18 W51 

L47 D51 1146 

L37 L35 1149 

L50 B L34 

L21 L30 L43 

1143 Lll L18 

L32 1149 L21 

L31 L48 L44 

1145 1.29 L37 

L29 D43 L42 

D2 we 

D1 D3 

116 D2 

119 L6 

L8 B 

L3 114 

1111 1110 

115 L1 

L4 1111 

B 

L7 

L7 

L9 

T;anu;a-ru 

115 5.0 

119 4.5 

11144.0 

11124.0 

L1 4.0 

11134.0 

11264.0 

D1l3.5 

L2 3.5 

W253.5 

D8 3.5 

L4 3.0 

L6 3.0 

L3 3.0 

11353.0 

D173.0 

D163.0 

11293.0 

11323.0 

11363.0 

11373.0 

11313.0 

11333.0 

11343.0 

L10 2.5 

L7 2.5 

11412.5 

11422.5 

L182.5 

11432.0 

L222.0 

L192.0 

L232.0 

L242.0 

L152.0 

L20 2.0 

L212.0 

11482.0 

11502.0 

11472.0 

L271.5 

L281.5 

L30 1.5 

D451.5 

D44 1.5 

11511.0 

L40 1.0 

L381.0 

B 1.0 

L391.0 

L460.5 

116 4.5 

B 3.5 

117 3.5 

we 3.0 

119 3.0 

L1 2.5 

L3 2.5 

L4 2.0 

LIS 2.0 

11112.0 

L10 1.0 

see December Tornado 12/3 

1 Raptis, Nick 2306 2309 

2 Roper, David CA 2247 2250 

3 KoIde,Sterling 1778 1809 

4 Smith, Allen LA 1848 1857 

5 Mathews, Dan 1764 1773 

6 Hickey, Patrick 1643 1655 

7 Monahan, Darby 1500 1519 

8 Hayami, Marvin 1853 1827 

9 Watts, Peter 1783 1789 

10 Fan, George 1573 1577 

11 Etingher, Constantin 1400 1400 

12 SUn, Tristan 1408 1404 

13 Pitre, H G 1801 1779 

14 Hughes, Kamran 1646 1610 

15 Smith, Evan 235 368 

16 Song, Matthew 1030 1020 

TD: Fred Kleist 

113 115 119 B 3.5 

B 1114 114 W6 3.5 

L1 1112 1113 119 3.0 

B 1111 L2 1113 2.5 

1112 L1 1110 B 2.5 

Dll 1115 118 L2 2.5 

L9 1116 1114 B 2.5 

1110 L9 L6 1115 2.0 

117 118 L1 L3 2,0 

L8 B LIS 1114 2.0 

D6 L4 D15 B 2.0 

LIS L3 1116 B 1.5 

B B L3 L4 1.0 

1116 L2 L7 L10 1.0 

B L6 Dll L8 1.0 

L14 L7 L12 B 0.5 

see December Quad 12/9 TD: Fred Kleist 

1 Kelley,Dereque 1963 1958 - W D 11 2.5 

2 Hickey, PatrIck 1655 1650 L - D 11 1.5 

3 VanVeen, Kerry 1448 1475 D D - U 1.0 

4 Torkelson, Alan 1451 1440 L L U - 0.0 

TCC G/100 12/2 TD: Gary Dorfner 

1 Rasche, David MO 473 1485 114 112 113 W5 4.0 

2 MacGregor, Michael 2185 2172 115 L1 116 113 3.0 

3 Pitre, H G 1826 1801 116 Dol L1 L2 1.5 

4 Buck, Stephen 1720 1700 L1 D3 L!5 W6 1.5 

5 Etingher, Constantin 1400 1400 L2 L6 114 L1 1.0 

6 Goo, Anthony 1395 1403 L3 W5 L2 L4 1.0 

Start/no Out: Queen's Gambit Declined 

way should he recapture after (White pJays) cxd5, why 

exactly does he need to get the h7-pawn out of the way 

of a future 'ffc2, and what is the significance ofhangfflg 

pawns vis-a-vis piece activity Basically, if Black defends 

passively in the QGD, he can get crushed against a 

modem, up-to-date opponent, as the author clarifies with 

numerous games. 

Lasker's Defense continues, after 7.Ah4 (ftom the 

previous paragraph) with 7...tDe4, intending an exchange 

of pieces and aiming for the endgame. There are various 

plans for White and Black. However, in general, the 

Lasker is consideredas giving Black an uphill fight. The 

Classical continues 6.fl)f3 fl)bd7, also known as the Orthodox 

Defense. 

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There is a famous trap in the Cambridge Springs, in 

which Black varies "slightly" from the main line: 1.d4 d5 

2.c4 e6 3.fl)f3 c6 4.fl)c3 fl)f6 5.11g5 fl)bd7 6.e3 "a5 

7.fl)d211b4 8.'ffc2 0-0 9.11d3 dxc4 0-1 Grabuzova- 

Godena, 2004 online blitz. The author confessesthat he 

once fell into a version of this trap as a young, inexperienced 

pJay. As did I (your reviewer) at an OTB Seattle 

tournament sometime in the 1970's. 

Another substantial chapter discusses the Exchange 

Variation, the minority attack, and other ideas. 

In the final chapter,White pJays 4.11f4. 

The book concludes with an Index of Variations,and 

a list of 50 complete games. 

This is a thoughtful and well-prepared presentation 

of the QGD. If you open 1.d4 or if you pJay 1...d5 in 

reply, this is a handy learning reference. ffigbly recommended 

for players rated 1450- 1950. . 

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Bishops Boooonanza! 

by Kate Taylor 

Fifty-four players and their families. from throughout the 

Pacific Northwest, attended this event. Players. organizers 

and some parents dressed in costumes to play... including 

the tournament director who started as a caterpillar 

with many hands. went through a pupa stage and turned 

into a butterfly just in time for awardst 

Immediately following registration. while we waited 

for the pairings to be set. the day began with -Lucky 

Chess.- Lucky Chess is a variant of chess in which dice are 

used to determine movement. If a one is rolled a pawn 

may move. 2-Bishop. 3-Knight. 4-Rook.' 5-Queen. 6-King. 

If a piece cannot make a legal move. then the player loses 

a turn. In order to win. the King must be captured. It takes 

about 25 moves. but eventually someone will yell -Checkmatet- 

The winner was then allowed to choose a prize. 

The rest of the players continued until another King was 

captured. We played this variation of chess for a half hour 

with lots of players winning great prizes before the tournament 

even begant 

Throughout the tournament. whenever the TO saw 

someone doing something right she gave them a secret 

word to say to the Pirate at the concessions table. Upon 

hearing the correct word. the pirate would say -Arghhh. - 

and then would open a treasure chest and allow the selection 

of just one item (a Hershey's kiss). Some players tried 

to figure out the secret word in order to steal the Pirate's 

treasure. None were successful and many were driven 

mad! as they tried throughout the day to figure out the 

codet The secret word changed and was never the same. 

(I'd made arrangements with the pirate to accept only 

words that ended with the -e- sound and once a word had 

been used it wasn't good any more.) 

Between rounds. everyone played on the giant chess 

set (with some pieces actually coming alive) or spent time 

on one of our four computers or ran outside to play basketball 

or football. 

At the end of the day. we had a rowdy game of 

bughouse with children and parents. 

Results 

Ocular Openators 

1stPlace Vikram Kudva 

2nd Place AlexPiatski 

3rd Place Carson]. Hannibal 

Electric Eeeeeeeks (Class E) 

1stPlace Mason Dirickson 

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3rd Place 

Joshua Jackson 

Andrew Maldonado 

Freaky Frights (Class F) 

1st Place Philip Weiss 

2nd Place Robert Gutknecht 

3rd Place Oscar Wu 

Medals For 3+ Wins 

Leandro Seto. Casey Ford. 

Priya Kudva. Luis Mendivil 

Grumpy Ghosts (Class G) 

1st Place Kyler Stole 

2nd Place Antonio Maldonado 

3rd Place Vitaly Bourenin 

. Medals For 3+Wins 

Alex Kaltenthaler. Greg Foster. 

Jesse Egelston. Alik Bourenin. Brett Horton 

Hairy Hobgoblins (Class H) 

1st Place Craig Still 

2nd Place Celina Vidos 

3rd Place Angelo Maldonado 

Medals For 3+ Wins 

Eric Cho. Daniel Linnell 

Friendly Faminators (Friends" Family) 

1st Place - Boris Piatski 

Other Awards 

Never Give Up. Never Surrender - Lynn Siltala (Lynn 

had only a King left. She didn't give up. didn't surrender 

and ended with a draw due to stalemate.) 

Best Clats1amieKid - Kiersten Sermino (This 3rd grade 

student helped set up. clean up and posted pairings. . . 

which was a frightful experiencet) 

BestNotation- Dana Hannibal (I'll bet her coach likes 

her best with such easy to read notation t) 

Didn't See It Coming - Alex McCaUister (This was 

Alex's first tournament. which can be a challenging experience 

for anyone... he received a pair of binoculars to 

help him with board vision.) 

Sportsmanship- Philip Weiss was kind and considerate 

to all of his opponents all day. He asked if he could 

help the TD several times during the day and even took a 

new tournament player under his wing to help him figure 

out what and when to do things. In one of his last 

games of the day. Philip won and said to his opponent 

-That was the hardest game of my lifet You're such a good 

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Outstanding All Around - Priya Kudva (priya was gracious 

and kind to all of her opponents throughout the day. 

She's a winner in more ways than one!) 

Best Costume - Craig Still &.Joshua Jackson (Two 

chefs, cooking up a bit of chess!) 

When Pigs Fly (made me laugh) - Vitaly Bourenin - 

Vitaly tried to claim touch move because his opponent 

made a bad move and threw his head on his King. "Can I 

claim touch move if my opponent touched his King with 

his forehead" I asked his opponent if it was his intention 

to move the piece with his forehead. . . he said no. So.after 

a giggle or two, the claim was denied. Goofy kid. 

Best Handshake - Mitchell Linegar 

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day. Jacob kept a smile on his skeleton's face.) 

Bughouse 

1st Place Super Zombie Ninja Guys 

2nd Place Devil Parents 

Other Teams 

Halloween Queens. Crab Cakes. Super Killers. 

Camo Pirates. Dancing Blubber Nuggets. 

Treasure Chest Maniacs. The Chessinators. 

All Day. Skinny Skeletons 

Special Thanks to Flowers &.Fluff for free coffee coupons. 

Subway for the great lunch. Liz Brown of Northwest 

Engraving for the spoooktacular trophies. Fultano's Pizza. 

Michael Taylor - pairings coordinator. Elizabeth Nichols 

- Assistant. Queen &.King Kudva (Lisa &.Sudhakar) - 

Judges, Warren Taylor - concessions. Gretchen Moore - 

registration. Paulette &,Gretchen -lunch specialists. Legend 

Products for the use of their fabulous triple weighted 

chess sets and Clatskanie School District. A thank you 

goes out as well to the parents and kids of the Clatskanie 

chess club - you make our club great! 

Join us at our next Clatskanie special event-The 

Mystery Scholastic onJanuary 20. 2007. Players will solve 

puzzles and mysteries between rounds which will enable 

them to find a hidden treasure somewhere in the building. 

One of our most popular events and sure to be a LOT 

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USCF Life Master 

3-Tune Oregon Champion 

Carl A. Haessler 

Lessons.UJctures.ExhibItions 

(503) 358-7871 

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Seattle Spring Open 

March 23-25or March 24-25 

Address 

17517 15 AveNE 

Seattle WA98155 

Infoline 

206-417-5405 

ctkleist@cs.com 

Address for Entries 

see TmntDir 

2420 S 137 St 

Seattle WA 98168 

Atwo-section Swiss(4 rounds - Open, 5 rounds - Reserve) 

with a time control of 40/2 and SD/1 (two-day Reserve schedule 

- Round 1, G/64). The prize fund of $750 is based on 40 

paid entries, 5 per prize group. 

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Championship Reserve (U 2000) 

First $140 First $100 

Second $100 Second $70 

U2200 $75 U1800 $50 

U2000 $40 U1600 $40 

U1400 $30 

U1200 $25 

Unrated $15 

Plus Score Pool - $100 

Entry Fees: $32 ifrec'd by 3/21, $40 at site. Unrated-Free 

with purchase of l-yr USCF& l-yr WCF, see membel8- 

subtract 25%. Members of other dues-required CCs in BC, 

OR, and WA-subtract 12.5%. Add $1 to any EF for 2-day 

echedu1e. 

RegI8tratIoD: OpeD-Sat. 11- noon; Reserve-Fri. 7-7:45pm, 

Sat. 9-9:45am. 

Rounds: Open-Sat. 12:30-6:45, Sun. 10-4; Reserve-Fri. 8, 

Sat. (10 @ G/64)-12:30-6:45, Sun. 10-4. 

Byes: 1 in Open, 2 in Reserve (Sunday rounds, commit at 

registration) . 

MJaceUaneous: USCF & WCF membership req'd. No smoking. 

No computers. 

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: 2007 Weekends : 

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Nov. 4 . 

17,Apr.21,June16,July21,Aug. 18,Sept 15, Oct.13, Nov.3, Dec. 8 

. Tornados: Jan. 7, Feb.4, Mar. . 

: Novice: Feb. 3, May5, Aug.25, : 

: Quads: Jan. 20, Feb. 24, Mar. : 

: 11, Apr. 1, Apr.29, June 3, July: 

: 1, July 29, Aug.26, Sept. 30, Oct. : 

. 21, Nov. 18, Dec. 9 . 

:. Seattle CityCh":'January12-14. 

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: Seattle Spring Open-March 23- : 

25. . Plus-Score Swiss-May 12-13. . 

: Emerald City-June 22-24. 

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: Seafair Open-August 10-12. .: 

Seattle Fall Open-September. 

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21-23. . 

: Extravaganza-November 9-10. 

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fh Jan. 20, Feb. 24, Mar. 17 

see Saturday Quadsfh 

Format: 3-RR, 4-plyr sections by rating. TC: GI 

120. EF: $6 (+$5 feefor non-SCC). Prizes: Free 

entry for futme quad Reg: 9:00-9:45 a.m. Rds: 

10:00-2: 15-ASAP. Mise: USCF, WCF/OCF 

memb. req'd, OSA. NS, NC. 

fh Feb. 4, Mar. 11,Apr. 1 

see Sunday Tomadofh 

Format: 4-SS. TC: G/64. EF: $15 (+$5 fee for 

non-SCC). Prizes: 1st 350/0.2nd 270/0.Bottom 

Half 1st 220/0.2nd 16% ($10 from each EF goes 

to prize fund). Reg: 10:30-11:15 a.m. Rds: 

11:30-1:50-4:10-6:30. Mise: USCF, WCF/OCF 

memb. req'd, OSA. NS, NC. 

February 3 see Novice 

Format: 4-SS. Open to U1200 and unrated. TC: 

Gn5. EF: $10 by 9n, $15 at site. (20% disc.for 

SCC mem., 10% memoof other dues-req'd CCs 

in WA, OR, & BC). Prizes: Memberships (SCC, 

WCF, USCF). Reg: 9-9:45a. Rds: 10-12:45- 

3:30-6. Byes: 1(Rd3 or4--commitatreg.). Mise: 

USCF memb. req' d. NS, NC.

Future E'vents 

Fb indicates a Christopher Memorial NW Grand Prix event 

FbJan 18,25; Feb 1,8,15 Spokane Winter Champ.Fb 

Site: Herak (Rm 121), Gonzaga U, Spokane WA. TC: G/120. 

EF:$16. Reg: 6:30-7:15 p.m. Rds:7:15p.m Mise:USCFmembership 

req'd. Info: David Griffin 509-928-3260; dbgriffin@ 

hotmail.com 

FbJan 27-28 Stephen Christopher Mem.Fb 

Site: Tacoma CC, Rm. 11 (2nd floor), 409 Puyallup Ave, Tacoma 

WA. Format: 5-rd. Swiss. TC: 40/90, SD/60. EF: $30 adv., $40 

at site; jrs $20 adv., $25 at site; Economy (no prize money) $12, 

free for UNR; UNR may play for 1st w/regular EF. Prize Fund: 

67% of full-paying EFs. Prizes: 25%, Top Third 15%, Middle 

Third 14%, Bottom Third 13% (If fewer than 9 full-payers, there 

will be 2 groups. Econ. winner: certificate and free econ. entry to 

future event. Reg: Sat. 9-9:45 am. Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7, Sun 10-4 

(or ASAP).Byes: Two Y2-pt.byes avail. if requested in advance. 

Mise: USCF and WCF/OCF membership req'd. NS, NC. Ent! 

Info: GaryDorfner, 8423 E 'B' St,Tacoma WA98445 (make checks 

payable to TCC); 253-535-2536, ggarychess@aol.com. 

FbJanuary 27 

PCC Game-in-60Fb 

Site: Portland CC, 8205 SW 24th Ave, Portland OR 97219. 

Format: 4-rd Swiss. TC: G/60. TD may switch to 5SS and G/45 

if more than 25 entries. EF: $20, $5 discount for PCC members. 

No advance entries. Prize Fund: $$2001b20. Prizes: $60-40-30, 

U1800 35, U1500 35. Reg: 9-9:30 am. Byes: One Y2-pt.bye avail. 

if requested at reg. Mise: USCF & OCFIWCF membership req' d, 

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OSA. Info: portlandchessclub@gmail.com, 503-246-2978, www. 

pdxchess.org. 

FbFebruary 3 

TCC QuadsFb 

Site: Tacoma CC, RID.11 (2nd floor in the DTI Soccer store bldg), 

409 Puyallup Ave E, Tacoma WA. Format: 3-RR. TC: 40/90, 

SD/30. EF: $20. Prize Fund: $$200 b/16. Prizes: $50 each Qd. 

Reg: 9-9:45 a.m. Rds: 10-2:30-7. Byes: None. Mise: USCF and 

WCF/OCF membershipreq'd. NS, NC. EntlInfo: GaryDoIfner, 

8423 E 'B' St, Tacoma WA98445 (make checks payable to TCC); 

253-535-2536, ggary-chess@aol.com. 

FbFeb 24-25 Dave Collyer MemorialFb 

Site: Schoenberg Center, Room 201, Gonzaga U., N 900 Pearl St, 

SpokaneWA(SW comer of campUs- 1 blk E of DivisionlRuby 

couplet off DeSmet Ave). Format: 5-rd. Swiss. Class pairings 

may be used in last rd. TC: G/120 (G/60-rd I of Sleep-In Option). 

EF: $27 ifrec'd by 2/23, $33 at site; ul9-$5Iess. Telephone entries 

accepted. Sleep-In: Start play at noon. Prize Fund: $$1,600 

gtd: Prizes: $325-200-125, X 100,A 100-75, B 100-75, C 100-75, 

DIEIUNR 100-750, Biggest Upsets (estab. rtgs only) 100-50.;Class 

prizes b/5 per class; classes (and class prizes) may be reconfigured 

if fewer than 5 class entries. Reg: 8:30-9:30 a.m All who play in 

the 10:00 rd must check in by 9:30. Late arrivals may not bepaired. 

Mandatory Players' Mtg 9:45 a.m. Sleep-In plyrs may reg. till 

11:40 a.m. Rds: 10-(12)-2:30-7,9-1:30 (or ASAP).Byes: One Y2- 

pt bye avail. if requested by end of preceding rd. Sunday bye must 

be requested by end of rd 3. Side Events: 1MJohn Donaldson Talk 

(6 p.m.) and Simul (6:45 p.m.) at Aunties Bookstore, W 402 Main 

Ave, on February 23. Mise: Coffee and cookies provided. NS, 

NC, W. Entries: Spokane CC, clo Kevin Korsmo, N 9923 Moore, 

Spokane WA99208-9339. Info: 509-466-0530 evenings or weekends; 

509-477-2871 days. www.spokanechessclub.org. 

St:. Valent:ine Chess Tournarn.ent: 

When: February 17th 9AM 'til 4PM 

Where: ChessWays, (Inthe Veterans' Memorial Bldg.) 1626 Willamette, Eugene. 

Qualifier: For OSCF State Championship. 

K-12 Section: Open to grades K-12. Five rounds. G/35. 

., Threeto fiveplace trophieseach section. Teamand OutstandingTrophies. 

., Maybe divided intoK-5and 6-12sections,depending on numbers. 

USCFmembership required for all (join/renew on-site). 

Novice Section: For beginners K-8. No membership required. 

"Three place Trophies each section. Team and Outstanding Trophies. 

., May be divided into 2 or more sections, depending on numbers. 

Check-In and Registration: 8-9AM; Mtg.9AM; Games begin at 9:30AM. 

Pre-register today! Contact Jerry Ramey, 541.232.0328, j-adoube@efn.org 

Entry Fees: Rated sections $20 pre-registration, $25 at site. Novice sections 

$15 pre-registration, $20 at site. Bring:Clock ifyou have one. Sets supplied. 

Latecomers: lh-point bye for round one. Make checks payable to ChessWays. 

Mail entries to 1626 Willamette, Eugene OR 97401.

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Spokane ee Winter Championship 

sec SaturdayQuads 

TCC AnnualMembershipMeeting 

8 pee Game-in-60 

Stephen Christopher Memorial 

TCC WednesdayNightBlitz 

Open Events 

January 2007 

Da\'id Grift"m 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmailc:om www.spokanechesscluhorg Spokane WA 

SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.com www.seattlechessclub.org 

Seattle WA 

G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.taoomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@grnallcom www.pdIchess.com Portland OR 

G. Dorfner ~2536 gguyches!@aoLam www.taaJmachessdub.netlimaam Tacoma WA 

G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.taoomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

Febuary 2007 

2.9.16,23Picrcc County Chess League 

G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfiirns.com.Tacoma WA 

3 see Novice see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.c:om www.seattleehesscluhorg Seattle WA 

3 TCe Quads G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

Fb4 see Sunday Tornado NOTE DATECHANGE see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.com www.seattlechesscluhorg 

Seattle WA 

4 TCC Sunday Blitz 

6 PCC Tuesday Quad Tmt Begins 

10-11.17-19 WA Championship & Premier 

Fb17 8 PCC Gamc-in-60 

17-18 TCC Under 1800 

23 1M John Donaldson Talk & Simul 

Fb24 see Saturday Quads 

24-25 15th Dave Collyer Memorial 

28 TCC Wednesday Night Blitz 

G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@gmail.com www.pdxchcss.com Portland OR 

Dan Mathews 425-778-7482 dthmathews@hotmail.com 

Seattle WA 

503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@gmail.com www.pdxchess.com Portland OR 


K Korsmo 509-466-0530 kmkorsmo@comcast.net www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WA 

see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.c:om www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA 

K Korsmo 509-466-0530 kmkorsmo@ccmcast.net www.spokanechessclub.org.. Spokane WA 


March 2007 

2 Picrcc County Chess League G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

Fb3 TCC Quick G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.com.Tacoma WA 

4 TCC Sunday Blitz G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

6 PCC Tuesday Quad Tmt Begins 503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@gmail.com www.pdxchess.com Portland OR 

9 TCC Quick (G/15) G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

FblO-11 Tacoma CC Northwest Open G. Dorfuer 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

Fbl1 see Sunday Tornado see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.com www.seattleehessclub.org Seattle WA 

16,23.30 TCC Spring Swiss G. Dorther 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.oomwww.tacomachessclub.netfinns.oom.Tacoma WA 

Fb17 see Saturday Quads see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.com www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA 

Fb17-18 Portland Winter Open 503-246-2978 portlandchessclub@gmail.com www.pdxchess.com Portland. OR 

Jb23-25 Seattle Spring Open see Infoline 206-417-5405 cfldeist@cs.com www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WA 

NOI'E: A 'Fb'in front of the date indicatesa Franett Memorial NorthwestGP ewnt A 8 in front of the tournament name indicata an OSCF 

qualifying tournament. 

1IoIdface. type indicates a touroameot 8IIDOIIIK'mIeDt (m our Future Ewnts Sedioo) or dBpIay ad in this hsue. 

Scholastic Events 

January 2007 

various Chess for Success Regional Tmts Julie Young info@chessforsuccess.org www.chessforsuccess.org various OR 

20 8 Mystery Scholastic Kate Taylor katetaylor@clatskanie.com http://clatskaniechessclub.tripod.com Clatskanie OR 

20 Purdy Panther Open (K-3.4-6) Jane Hansen jane&shane@yahoo.com www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com Purdy WA 

20 Medina Elementary Tmt (K.1-3,4-6) Marianne Mowat mgmowat@msn.com www.signup4chess.com MedinalBellevue WA 

20 King's Way Chess Tmt (K-3.4-6.7-12) Trish Seydlitz 360-885-7965 trishseydlitz@hotmail.com Vancouver WA 

20 Winterfest Scholastic James Stripes JDStripes@comcast.net www.spokanechessclub.org Deer Park WA 

20 Beginners Tournament Elliott Neff 425-283-0549 WWW.chess4life.com Bellevue WA 

24 TCC Wed. Kids Night (K-12) Gary 253-535-2536 ggarychess@aol.com www.tacomachessclub.netfmns.com TacomaWA 

26-27 WA State HS Individual (9-12) Kirk Winges wa_ratings@nwsrs.org www.whsca.orgITA-HSIndivid2007/html Lynnwood.WA 

27 NW Gradc-LevcITmt (K.l,2.3.4.5.6.7/8) Joe Roseto jroseto@comcastnet http://www.signup4chess.com Seattle WA 

27 Scholastic at Meridian Park (K-6) www.chessplayer.comlSignuptoPlayChess.htm Shoreline WA 

27 John Muir Scholastic (K.1-3.4-6) www.chessplayer.comlSignuptoPlayChess.htm Kirkland WA 

27 John Muir Blitz (1-6) www.chessplayer.cornlSignuptoPlayChess.htm Kirkland WA 

February 2007 

3 UCDSSdJoI8IIiclK.K-3.~;K-3(U800),~(U900)] www.chessplayer.comlSignuptoPlayChess.htm " Seattle WA 

3 Washington Hoyt Challenge (K-3.4-6) ScoUMacDooa1d ~000l www.cbibdla.CIXJ]/--dIibdIaI~wahoyt... Tacoma WA 

3 International Chess Jam 2007 (K-12) Randy Kaech kaech@verizon.net http://mysite.verizon.net/kaechl Femdale WA 

3 Seaview Classic (U800.K-3.4-6.7-8) 425-771-5259 mrsnowak@comcast.net.www.chessplayer.comlSignUptoPlayChess.htm...EdmondsWA 

3 Blitz at UCDS www.chessplayer.com/SignuptoPlayChess.htm Seattle WA 

9-10 WHSCA High School Team www.whsca.org/TAStateTeam2007 .html Issaquah WA 

10 TCC Scholastic Bughouse Gary 253-535-2536ggarychess@aol.comwww.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com TacomaWA 

10 Knightmare'sGauntlet(K.1-3.4-6;K-8Qds) http://signup4chess.com/ """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" Shoreline WA 

14 TCC Wed. Kids Night Gary (253)535-2536 ggarychess@aol.com www.tacomachessclub.netfmns.com Tacoma WA 

17 8 Diva Claissa Classic Kate Taylor katetaylor@Clatskanie.com http://clatskaniechessclub.tripod.com Clatskanie OR 

19 8 Pres. Day Capital City Chess Festival Eric Hanniba1503-931-5626 erichanniba1@comcast.net """""""""""""""""""""""""""",Salem OR 

NOTE: A ' 8 ' in front of the tournament name indicates an OSeF qualifying tournament. 

For more scholastic tournaments, see inside back cover

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