200701 - Northwest Chess!
200701 - Northwest Chess!
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<strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Chess</strong><br />
Janna!! 2007<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
page 3<br />
Pupols Wins WA Master Class<br />
page4<br />
Kleist<br />
Your report of Slugfest is incredibly<br />
stupid<br />
You did not publish time control<br />
You did not publish prize fund<br />
Cling [sic] Ballard is a rotten writer<br />
and should be edited<br />
You are a rotten editor<br />
J~~<br />
Tournament Ads<br />
pages22, 23<br />
USCF Crosstables<br />
page16<br />
Book Note: Starting Out: Queen's<br />
Gambit Declined<br />
Robert Karch examines a new opening book<br />
page 18<br />
Dear james,<br />
I am sorry that <strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Chess</strong>does not meet your<br />
exacting standards. I am charged with putting out a 24-<br />
to 32-page issue each month and am constantly scrambling<br />
for material. Rarely do I receive a complete article<br />
of any length greater than two or three pages, rather I<br />
must piece'together most longer articles.<br />
The article in question was extracted from Clint's<br />
blog on the Slugfest7 web site. I did not notice mention<br />
of the exact amount of the first place prize, but I found<br />
it on the story in <strong>Chess</strong>lift Online. GM Mikhalevski received<br />
$5000 for first place, the only place prize, GMC<br />
Berry received $600 for winning the Best Game (or rather<br />
Most Popular Game), and 1M Preuss received $400 for<br />
losing said game. Of course, the non-local players received<br />
food and lodging, but I don't know if appearance<br />
fees were distributed.<br />
I'm always a bit hesitant about putting in dollar<br />
amounts for prizes, as I feel it tacky and think it detracts<br />
from the chess and competative aspects of an article.<br />
After all, do people really care that much if Ralph Random<br />
won $250 as opposed to $175 Do they want to<br />
know that only one writer during my tenure as editor<br />
has ever charged for an article and that the charge was<br />
$5~ for a one-pager<br />
Oh yes, the time control was apparently 40/2 and<br />
SD/1. I found that bit of information on a blog entry<br />
that was primarily concerned with the Seattle Sluggers<br />
... T ~ u.'I- . ........ ...<br />
Bishops Boooonanza<br />
page20<br />
<strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> Calendar<br />
of Upcoming Events<br />
back cover<br />
On the Cover. LM Viktors Pupols breezed through<br />
the MasterlExpert section of the Washington Class. After<br />
defeating the only Expert he faced (Rd 1), he had three<br />
wins and two draws against a Master field. Only Michael<br />
Lee, one of the three Expert winners, faced as many<br />
Masters. Photo courtesy of Carol Kleist.<br />
rather than the GM Slugfest. As to Clint Ballard's ability as<br />
a writer, I'll not comment other than to say that he has a<br />
very livelyand enthusiastic style which makes some readers<br />
feel that they are there with him. Perhaps the facts that you<br />
desire are hidden away or ignored, but that's hardly a tragic<br />
flaw. His blog entries were severely pruned as well as replanted<br />
by me and I'm not sure what other editing was required.<br />
Did I miss some grammatical errors Some logical<br />
inconsistencies<br />
Concerning my own abilities as editor, you're probably<br />
a better judge than I.<br />
Best Wishes for the New Year,<br />
"Frett"~ei.st
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