200701 - Northwest Chess!

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+
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QGD Slav
Ricky Selzler (2132)
NM Harley Greninger (2240)
Seattle, Washington Class (1) 2006
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
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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)
Seattle, Washington Class (1) 2006
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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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