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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) 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 ~f7 24.0-0 tLl162S. iIb1 tLldS26.Af1 gS! 81Z. . . . 7~ Wt-.- ~ - - . . !§M.a..- """"'.'. '" !§M.!§M" ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ 5 ~ U 4 . . 3... .\WI.!§M U!§M rii . ~ . ~ . B fa - 1~ a bed e f 9 ho 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) 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 21.iId1 . ! . - . "" 7~. 6'. ..... ... .. - .!§M U ~ ~ ~ 8 .. -.. ! . ~ - ~ 3.~..i.nlt). . 2~. ...n~. ~ lId8 1~ .:~ ~ a bed e f 9 h 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) Seattle, Washington Class (1) 2006 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 <strong>Northwest</strong> <strong>Chess</strong> Benoni Taylor Bailey (1669) Matthew Yang (1551) Seattle, WashingtonClass (1) 2006 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) Seattle, Washington Class (2) 2006 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 NM Harley Greninger (2240) NM Curt Collyer (2201) Seattle, WashingtonClass (2) 2006 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) Seattle, WashingtonClass (2) 2006 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
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