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JULY-AUGUST 2005 VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 4 $3.00

Matikozyan Wins
Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic
 27th Annual

Southern California
Open
September 3-5, 2005

$10,000 Prize Fund!

(based on 200 players, 60% of each prize guaranteed)

at the
LAX Hilton Open
5711 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90045
1st: $1700 + T
Six Rounds — Swiss System
2nd-5th: $1000-$800-$450-$300
3-day schedule 40/2, SD/1;
2-day schedule rounds 1-3 G/1 U2400: $400
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SCO Scholastics SCO Action Swiss SCO Hexes

Sept. 4 Sept. 5 Sept. 5
5-SS, G/45 5-SS, G/30 3-SS, G/90
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 Around the
Nation

New ED Named 2006 U.S. Chess the October 2005 U.S.C.F Rating
The United States Chess Fed- Championship List), 43 tournament qualifiers
eration, better known as the USCF, The U.S. Chess Championship (two of which being online) and two
now headquartered in Crossville, returns to San Diego from Febru- wild cards selected by the AF4C.
Tennessee, has completed a seven- ary 22 through March 5, 2006 and The seeded players include the de-
month nation-wide search for a new will be held at its new permanent fending U.S. Champion, Hikaru
Executive Director. Out of a field of home at NTC Promenade. The Nakamura; Women’s Champion,
several applicants, five were invited Championship was brought to San Rusudan Goletiani; the 2004 Chess
to the initial interviews in March in Diego last year by America’s Foun- Café.com Grand Prix winner, Aleks
Berkeley, California. The field was dation for Chess and the NTC Foun- Wojtkiewicz; the 2005 U.S. Junior
narrowed to two finalists. Final in- dation and will be one of the first Champion; the 2005 U.S. Senior
terviews were conducted in Minne- signature events to inaugurate the Champion; eight top-rated Overall
apolis, Minnesota on May 21st and new Special Event Center at NTC players, and six top-rated female
22nd, where the Executive Board Promenade. players from the rating list.
selected Bill Hall as the new Execu- The tournament will feature Forty-one players, with eleven
tive Director. a 64-player field, composed of 19 spots reserved for woman play-

CONTENTS
Hall is a former Tennessee state seeded players (as determined by ers, will qualify from eight top U.S.
scholastic chess champion and has
a bachelor’s degree in mathematics
from the Massachusetts Institute
A ROUND THE ATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
N
of Technology. He is an avid believ-
er in the value of chess in schools,
both as an after school activity and
21ST A NNUAL CONTENTS
U.S. A T MATEUR EAM
as a part of the mathematics cirric- WEST . .THE
AROUND ........................................ ............ 5
NATION ........... .........................................................3
ulum. He is committed to providing
quality service to the membership WESTERN
LINA GRUMETTECLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS . . . . . . . . 10
including the expansion of web-re-
lated services and a focus on the
TACTICS
MEMORIAL DAY CLASSIC................... ..............................5
general promotion of chess. by Tim Hanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hall says, “Coming from a ru- SUPER STATE SCHOLASTICS ................................................ 9

ral Tennessee community, chess H ERE & THERE

TACTICS
was a major factor preparing me
and allowing me the opportunity Club
by TIM Hnews, local tournaments,
ANKS ................................. ..................................................................... 11

to attend a school like MIT. Chess

has tremendous value in personal,
scholastic
HERE & THERE events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
cognitive, and social development. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
Club news, local tournaments, QUALIFIERS . . . . . . 19
I want to expose as many people scholastic events and more............................................................................. 14
as possible to the benefits and fun G AMES FROM RECENT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
of chess.” Bill Hall can be reached THE
THELONG LIGHTER VIEW SIDE ........................................................................................ 22
................................ 24
at: (931) 787-1234, ext. 189 or by
email at: bhall@uschess.org or SCCF NEWS ...................................................................................................... 24
UPCOMING EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
execdir@uschess.org. — USCF
news release
UPCOMING
CHESS QUIZ EVENTS ............................................................................. 26
............................................ 24
CHESS QUIZ .............................................. ....................................................... 28

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tournaments in the period March HB Global Chess
through December 2005. The break- Southern California Chess
down of the qualifying spots and the
Challenge
tournaments will be as follows:
Federation
With the largest attendance in a
President Ron Rezendes
March 23--27 – Foxwoods Open; decade, and the largest prize fund
Vice President John Hillery
Chicago Open – May 27-30; Na- ever, the “HB Global Chess Chal- Secretary Chuck Ensey
tional Open – June 10-12; World lenge” was the event to beat this Treasurer Randy Hough
Open – June 30-July 4; U.S. Open year. Over 1500 players came to Executive Board
– August 6-14; American Open – No- Minneapolis May 18 to 22, compet- Nshan Keshishian
vember 25-27; National Congress ing for a prize fund of $500,000. Elliot Landaw
– November 25-27; North American The powerful Open section, with Mike Nagaran
Open – December 26-29. 50 GMs topping a 267-player field, Rick Aeria
A new qualifying process will saw Georgian GM Zviad Izoria take John Surlow
David Saponara
see one spot decided by the player first place with 7½-1½. His victims
Dennis Steele
who accumulates the highest score included GMs Alexander Beliavsky,
Rank & File
from playing in as many (or all) of Ilya Smirin, and Victor Mikha- Editor John Hillery
the qualifying tournaments. After levski. Izoria’s victory was worth 835 N. Wilton Pl. #
each tournament, the latest placing $50,000. Los Angeles CA 90038
for this Qualifier Grand Prix will be Other section winners included rfeditor@westernchess.com
posted on the dedicated U.S. Cham- Andrew Cunanan (U2200), Karl
pionship website. Ochoa (U2000), Southern Cali- Publisher David Argall
Again there will be an online fornian Vaughan Heussenstamm Contributing Editors
event of all 2005 US State Champi- (U1800), Todd Freitag (U1600), Jack Peters
ons. The 50 State Champions (split John Thomas (U1400), and Ynocen- Tim Hanks
into two conferences of East and cio Pujols (Unrated). Al Pena
West) will compete in an online event There are conflicting reports as Contributors
held over two weekends—the first, to whether this event will be held Mike Carr
with each conference split into two again. While 1509 players (plus over Chuck Ensey
Randy Hough
zones, being a double-round all-play- 100 re-entries) ought to be regarded
Mike White
all to determine four winner, who as a success, the (somewhat unre- Jay Stallings
will then go forward to the knockout alistic) predictions of 4000 made Larry Smith
‘Final Four’ Weekend, played under by tournament promoter Maurice Karl Yee
supervised conditions. This event Ashley failed to materialize, and Lola Nunn
will take place in October. the sponsors unquestionably had to
A new online event will see the absorb a six-figure loss. Subscriptions/Address Changes
winners of the Denker High School Randy Hough, Membership Secretary
Championship, the Super National P.O. Box 205
Monterey Park CA 9754
Championships, the Polgar Girls
(626) 282-742
Championship and the U.S. Cadet randallhough@yahoo.com
Championship playing a similar
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one spot. 738-230, published bimonthly by the
For more information about the Southern California Chess Federation, 300
U.S. Chess Championships or the Ballista, La Puente CA 9744. Periodical
Photos: Cover, 6 (col. 2): John Hillery. postage paid at Industry, CA. POSTMAS-
events surrounding the 2006 games, 6 (col 3), 9, 10, 16: Lola Nunn. 19, 20: Jay
please visit www.uschesschampion- TER: Send changes of address to SCCF,
Stallings. 23: Al Pena.
PO Box 205, Monterey Park CA 9754.
ship.com. — AF4C news release
Subscriptions: $4 adult, $9 junior.

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 2005
Lina Grumette

Memorial Day
Classic
T he 2005 Lina Grumette Memorial Day Classic, held at the
LAX Hilton May 28-30, had a decent turnout of 123, despite
the drain from the “monster” HB Global tournament the previ-
Another strong contender for the
best-game prize was Matikozyan’s
sacrifical attack against master
ous week. No fewer than six IMs competed in the 51-player Open Reynaldo del Pilar. Notes by Los
section. Angeles Times chess columnist Jack
Taking home the Championship trophy with a 5½-½ score was IM An- Peters.
dranik Matikozyan. Initially ranked third, he defeated numbers one (IM
Enrico Sevillano) and two (IM Melikset Khachiyan) before drawing in the IM Andranik Matikozyan (2565)
final round with IM Jack Peters. Sevillano and IM Vladimir Mezentsev tied – Reynaldo del Pilar (2294)
for second at 5-1, while Peters, Khachiyan, and top Expert Carlos Garcia (all Memorial Day Classic, Los
4½-1½) shared the remaining place prizes. Angeles 2005
B54 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Sozin
In other action, class section win- Attack
ners included Bobby Hall (U2000), Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4.
Jak Jonz and Jared Tan (U1800), Be3 a6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bc4
Jaime Cacho (U1600), and Michael Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 0–0 13. 0–0–0 Similar to the Sozin Attack
Taylor (U1400/unrated). b5 14. h4 Nb4 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. f5 against the Najdorf Sicilian, except
Side events also did well. In the exf5 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. that Black has delayed ... Ng8-f6.
56-player Scholastic, sections were Qf2 Qa5 20. Qg3 b4 21. Bb6 Qb5 22. 6. ... b5 7. Bb3 Nd7 8. 0-0 Nc5
won by Cheston Gunawan and Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 9. Re1 Bb7
Juan Eugenio Cacho (son of Jaime). Most consistent, although del
Robby Adamson topped the Quick
XIIIIIIIIY Pilar later suggested 9. ... Nxb3 10.
(G/10), Alessandro Steinfl the Ac- 9r+-+r+k+0 axb3 Bb7. If 9. ... Nf6, White can at-
tion (G/30), and Richard Henderson 9+l+-+p+p0 tack with 10. Bd5!? or 10. Bg5 h6
the Hexes (G/90). 11. Bd5!?.
John Hillery directed, with the
9pvLn+-zPp+0 10. Bd5!? exd5
assistance of Elie Hsiao and Randy 9+q+-+p+-0 Accepting the challenge. Black
Hough. 9-zp-+-+-zP0 could decline the sacrifice by 10.
... Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7, with near
IM Jack Peters received the Best
9zP-+-+NwQ-0 equality.
Game prize for his win over youth- 9-zPP+-+P+0 11. exd5+ Be7
ful star Max Landaw. 9+-mKR+-+R0 Too dangerous is 11. ... Kd7 12.
IM Jack Peters (2461) – Max b4! Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. c4 Kc7
Landaw (2107)
xiiiiiiiiy 15. Qxa4. Also 11. ... Ne7 12. Bf4
Memorial Day Classic, Los 24. h5 bxa3 25. bxa3 Qxb6 26. Qd7 (worse is 12. ... b4? 13. Nf5) 13.
Angeles 2005 hxg6 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 fxg6 28. f7+ b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15 c4 gives
C11 FRENCH DEFENSE, Steinitz Kg7 29. fxe8N+ Rxe8 30. Rd7+ Re7 White substantial compensation.
Variation 31. Qc7 Qe6 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. 12. Nf5
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Ng5+ Kh6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 1–0

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 XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqk+ntr0 IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) – Max 9rsn-wqk+-tr0
Landaw (2107)
9+l+-vlpzpp0 Memorial Day Classic, Los 9zpp+lzp-vlp0
9p+-zp-+-+0 Angeles 2005 9-+-zpp+p+0
9+psnP+N+-0 B10 CARO-KANN DEFENSE 9+Lzp-+-sN-0
1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4.
9-+-+-+-+0 cxd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 b5 7. 9-+-zP-zPn+0
9+-sN-+-+-0 Bb3 Na6 8. 9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 Nf3 Nc5 9. 9PzPP+-+PzP0
d4 Nxb3 10.
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 Qxb3 a5 11. 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy Ne5 a4 12. xiiiiiiiiy
12. ... Bc8!? Qf3 Rc8 13. 9. ... Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.
A good decision. Clearly 12. ... 0–0 Qb6 14. c3 Qxb5 12. Nxe6 Qd7 13. Qxg4
Kf8? fails, to 13. Qg4 Bf6 (or 13. ... Nc3 g6 15. cxd4 14. Nxg7+ Kf7 15. f5 Kxg7
g6 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Bg5) 14. Bf4. Bg5 Bg7 16. IM ENRICO SEVILLANO 16. Qxd4+ Kg8 17. Bh6 e6 18. fxe6
The plausible 12. ... Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Rfe1 Qb7 Qxe6+ 19. Kd2 Qf7 20. Rhf1 1–0
Kd8 leads to confusing complica- XIIIIIIIIY
tions after 14. b4 Bf6 15. bxc5, such
as 15. ... Bxc3 16. Bd2! or 15. ... dxc5 9-+r+k+-tr0 IM Vladimir Mezentsev (2493)
16. Ne4! Bxg7 17. Nxc5 or 15. ... Bxg7 9+q+lzppvlp0 – Stoil Jotev (unr.)
16. c6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Bg5+ 9-+-+-snp+0 Memorial Day Classic, Los
Kc8 19. Ne4!, but White always has Angeles 2005
more pieces working than Black. 9+p+PsN-vL-0 C54 GIUOCO PIANO, Closed
13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nh5 Bf5 9p+-zP-+-+0 Variation
Probably better than 14. ... Bf6 9+-sN-+Q+-0 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
15. Qf3. 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 0–0 7.
15. Qd4 f6 16. Ne2 9PzP-+-zPPzP0 b4 Bb6 8.
White has an active position but 9tR-+-tR-mK-0 Bb3 a6 9.
no forced win. He wants to bring his xiiiiiiiiy Nc4 Ba7 10.
Knight to the weak squares e6 and Bg5 Re8 11.
f5. 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. Rxe7+ Kxe7 Ne3 Ne7 12.
16. ... Nd7 19. d6+ 1–0 Bxf6 gxf6
It seems that Black can survive 13. Nh4 Be6
16. ... Qd7 17. Neg3 Bxc2 18. Nf4 IM Melisket Khachiyan (2570) 14. Ng4 Ng6
Kf7. – Show Kitagami (2067) 15. Nf5 Kf8 IM VLADIMIR
17. Qf4 Bg6 18. Nd4 Bf7?? Memorial Day Classic, Los 16. Qf3 MEZENTSEV
Spoiling a good defense. Also 18. Angeles 2005
... Bxh5? 19. Ne6+ Kf7 20. Nxd8+ B09 PIRC DEFENSE
Rxd8 21. a4 should win for White, 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. XIIIIIIIIY
as Black cannot easily finish devel- f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 9r+-wqrmk-+0
opment. But 18. ... Kf7! 19. Ne6 Qc8 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 9vlpzp-+p+p0
20. Ng3 Qc4 is far from
clear. 9p+-zplzpn+0
19. Qg4 9+-+-zpN+-0
Crushing. White an- 9-zP-+P+N+0
ticipates 19. ... Bxh5 20.
Ne6+ Ke8 21. Qxh5 mate. 9+LzPP+Q+-0
19. ... Qa5 20. Bh6+!, 9P+-+-zPPzP0
1-0 9tR-+-mK-+R0
After 20. ... Ke8 21
Ng7+ or 20. ... Nxh6 21. xiiiiiiiiy
Qg7+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ 16. ... Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Qh3
Kxe7 23. Nc6+, Black exd3+ 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Qxh7 1–0
must drop a huge amount PETERS AND M ATIKOZYAN FACE
of material. OFF IN THE LAST ROUND

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 Show Kitagami (2067) – IM Jack
Peters (2461)
Prize Winners
Memorial Day Classic, Los Open
Angeles 2005 1st: IM Andranik Matikozyan, 5½-½; 2nd-3rd:, Im Enrico Sevillano, IM
A04 ENGLISH OPENING Vladimir Mezentsev, 5-1; 4th-5th: IM Jack Peters, IM Melikset Khachiyan,
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. 4½-1½; U2400: Carlos Garcia, 4½-1½; U2200: 1st-2nd: Takashi Kurosaki,
d3 g6 5. 0–0 Bg7 6. e4 Nge7 7. c4 Philipp Perepelitsky, 4-2; 3rd: Drake Wang, Julian Landaw, Francis Chen,
d6 8. h3 0–0 9. Nc3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 Ryan Richardson, Sargis Hakobyan, 3½-2½.
11. a3 a6 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Premier
Nd5 bxc4 15. dxc4 e4 16. Nh4 Nxd5 1st: Bobby Hall, 5-1; 2nd-3rd: Derek Tan, Andrei Deocampo, 4½-1½;
17. cxd5 Nd4 18. f3 4th: Ricardo Mora, Brian Ofalla, Mike White, 4-2.
XIIIIIIIIY Amateur
1st-2nd: Jak Jonz, Jared Tan, 4½-1½; 3rd-4th: Peter Joseph, Hai Hoang
9-trlwq-trk+0 H Le, Carlos Morrison, Sevan Toroussian, Michael Yee, 4-2.
9+-+-+-vlp0 Reserve
9p+-zp-+-+0 1st: Jaime Cacho, 5½-½; 2nd-3rd: Julie Timokhina, Billy Slupik, 4½-1½;
4th: Nathaniel Lagemann, Krishna Kaliannan, 4-2.
9+-zpP+p+-0 Booster
9-+-snp+-sN0 1st: Michael Taylor, 5-1; 2nd-3rd: Roel Sanchez, Brendyn Estolas, 4½-
9zP-+-+PzPP0 1½; U1200: Holly McRoberts, Tym Belanger, 4-2

9-zP-vL-+L+0 Scholastic Open: Cheston Gunawan, 4-1.

9+R+Q+RmK-0 Scholastic Reserve: Juan Eugenio Cacho, 5-0
xiiiiiiiiy Quick: 1st: Robbie Adamson, 9½-½; 2nd: David Kerman, 7-2.
Action: 1st: Alessandro Steinfl, 4½-½; 2nd-4th: Lonnie Neal, David Ba-
18. ... e3 19. Bxe3 f4 20. Bf2 Bf6 0–1 ran, Henry Castro, 3½-1½.
Hexes: 1st: Richard Henderson, 3-0; 2nd-3rd: Ted Roth, Konstantin
Reynaldo Del Pilar (2294) Kavutskiy, 2-1
– Carey Milton (2036) Blitz: Jamie Schloss, 8-2.
Memorial Day Classic, Los
Angeles 2005 Qg3 d5 28. Re7 Qf6 29. h4 d4 30. 14. ... bxc4 15. Ng6 Bd6 16. Bxd6
C52 EVANS GAMBIT, R1e6 1–0 Qxd6 17. Nxh8 Qd3 18. Qxd3 cxd3
Compromised Defense 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 c4 21. Kd2 Kf8 22.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) – IM Rab1 Kg8 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rb4
4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. Andranik Matikozyan (2565) Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Rab1 Nd7 27.
0–0 dxc3 8. Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Memorial Day Classic, Los Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rf4+ Ke7 29. Re4
Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nge7 12. Ba3 Angeles 2005 Nc5 30. Re5 Kd6 31. f4 Bd5 32. Ke3
0–0 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. B22 SICLIAN DEFENSE, Alapin a5 33. Rb5 Rc8 34. Rxa5 d2 35. Ra1
Qxc7 Nd5 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qd4 f6 Variation Nb3 36. Ra6+ Rc6 37. Rxc6+ Kxc6
18. Rfe1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Qh6 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 38. Ke2 Bxg2 39. Re3 Kc5 40. Kd1
XIIIIIIIIY Nc6 5. Qc2 dxc5 6. Be3 e5 7. Na3 h6 Kd5 41. f5 h5 42. h4 Bh1 43. Ke2
8. Bb5 Qc7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Nc4 a6 11. Be4 44. c4+ Kd4 0–1
9r+l+-trk+0 Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nfxe5 Bxe4 13. Qe2
9zpp+p+-zpp0 b5 14. Bf4
9-sn-+-+-wq0 XIIIIIIIIY IM Andranik Matikozyan (2565)
– IM Melikset Khachiyan (2570)
9+-+-tR-+-0 9r+-+kvl-tr0 Memorial Day Classic, Los
9-+-wQ-+-+0 9+-wq-+pzp-0 Angeles 2005
9+-+L+N+-0 9p+-+-sn-zp0 C54 GIUOCO PIANO, Closed
Variation
9P+-+-zPPzP0 9+pzp-sN-+-0 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
9tR-+-+-mK-0 9-+N+lvL-+0 c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. 0–0 0–0 7. Re1 a6
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zP-+-+-0 8. Bb3 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5
11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. Nh4 Ne7
20. Ng5 d6 21. Bc4+ Nxc4 22. 9PzP-+QzPPzP0 14. h3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. Bb3 Qd7
Qxc4+ Be6 23. Rxe6 Rac8 24. Qb3 9tR-+-mK-+R0 17. Nh5 Kh8 18. g4 Ng5 19. Bxg5
Rc3 25. Qxc3 Qxg5 26. Rae1 Qf5 27. xiiiiiiiiy hxg5 20. Nf5 g6

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 XIIIIIIIIY b4 11. a5 0–0 12. h3 Rb8 13. Bc4 d5
14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Rd1 Brian Ofalla (1914) – Bobby Hall
9r+-+-tr-mk0 Qd6 17. Nbd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 (1944)
9vlp+qsnp+-0 19. Nf3 c5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bh6 Memorial Day Classic, Los
9p+-zpl+p+0 Rfc8 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Rad1 Angeles 2005
9+-zp-zpNzpN0 XIIIIIIIIY B96 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Najdorf
9-trr+-+k+0 Variation
9-+-+P+P+0 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
9+LzPP+Q+P0 9+-+-+p+p0 Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
9PzP-+-zP-+0 9p+-+l+pvL0 Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5 Qc5 10.
9zP-wqn+-+-0 Qxc5 dxc5 11. Nf3 b5 12. 0–0–0
9tR-+-tR-mK-0 Bb7 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. g3 0–0–0 15.
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zpLtR-+-+0 Bh3 Nd4 16. Kb1 c4 17. Nd5 Bg7 18.
9+Q+-+-+P0 Nxc4 f5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bxd5
21. Nf6 Qd8 22. h4 Ng8 23. hxg5 9-zP-+-zPP+0 21. exd5 Nf3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd6
Nxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Qh3+ Kg8 Rxd6 24. exd6 Nd2+ 25. Kc1 Ne4
26. Qh6 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qg7 28. Qxg6 9+-+R+-mK-0 26. Re1 Kd7 27. Re3 Nxd6 28. Ra3
1–0 xiiiiiiiiy Ra8 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. Bg2 e5 31. Ra3
f4 32. Bh3+ Kc7 33. Rxa6 f3 34.
Mike Carr (1956) – Brian Ofalla 23. ... Nc3 24. bxc3 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Ra7+ Nb7 35. Kd1 Kb6 36. Ra3
(1914) Qxc4 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxc4 b3 28.
Memorial Day Classic, Los Qc6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rh1+ 30. Kxh1 Continued on page 10 ...
Angeles 2005 b2 31. Qf6 b1Q+ 32. Kh2 Qg1+ 33.
A38 ENGLISH OPENING Kxg1 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Rh1+ 35. Kxh1
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. 1–0
Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. 0–0 d5 7.
cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 0–0 Lina Grumette
10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Ne4 b6 12. Rb1 Bb7
1908-1988
13. Bd2 Rad8 14. Bc3 Nd4 15. Bxd4
Bxd4 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. b3 f5 18. Nd2
Many players today may not have made the acquaintance of Lina Grumette.
Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f4 20. Nf3 Qc6 21.
The loss is theirs. As a tournament player and organizer, chess promoter, and
Kg1 fxg3 22. hxg3
inveterate skittler, she was the most beloved woman in American chess.
XIIIIIIIIY In 1953, Lina and her family moved to Los Angeles, where she ran a public
9-+-tr-trk+0 relations firm. After the death of her husband, Lina decided to open a chess
club in her Hollywood home. “The Chess Set” began as a meeting place for
9zp-+-zp-+p0 Lina’s many friends in show business, but soon attracted more players who
9-zpq+-+p+0 appreciated Lina’a unparalleled hospitality. Lina encouraged and befriended
9+-zp-+-+-0 most of the masters in the area, and welcomed those who were just visiting
southern California. She hosted a series of Futurity tournaments in the 1970’s
9-+-vl-+-+0 and 80’s that introduced two generations of masters to international play.
9+P+P+NzP-0 Lina was very proud of the Chess Set Educational Trust, a non-profit
9P+Q+PzP-+0 organization that she set up to promote chess. With its backing, she organized
the first Memorial Day Classic in 1980. Ignoring many warnings that Los
9+R+-+RmK-0 Angeles wasn’t ready for a big-money event, Lina soon made the Memorial
xiiiiiiiiy Day Classic a success.
The Chess Set Educational Trust also ran programs for youngsters, and,
22. ... Rxf3 23. exf3 Qxf3 24.
with the help of Chevron, for teenage alcoholics. Lina persuaded corporations
Kh2 Rd5 25. Qc4 e6 0–1
to contribute when most chess organizers said it couldn’t be done.
Lina gained world-wide fame at the first Fischer-Spassky match in 1972.
Robby Adamson (2390) – Carey
When Fischer forfeited the second game of the match, most fans expected him
Milton (2036)
to quit. Lina, who had known Fischer since he was a teenager, talked to him
Memorial Day Classic, Los
privately for several hours. Somehow she persuaded him to play, and he went
Angeles 2005
on to become World Champion. (Lina’s own account of their conversation:
C60 RUY LOPEZ, Barnes Defense
“But I’m right,” Fischer said. “So be right -- and be ruined!” Lina replied.)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6
Lina Grumette died in 1988. She is greatly missed by all those who knew
4. 0–0 Bg7 5. c3 Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7.
her.
cxd4 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4

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 Super State
Scholastics
T his year, for the first time,
the SCCF High School, Ju-
nior High, and Elementary
Ryan Field – Derek Tan
Super States Championship,
Costa Mesa 2005
Championships were combined C99 RUY LOPEZ, Closed
in a single event. The “Super Defense
State Scholastics,” held May 6-8 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
at the Hilton Costa Mesa, had a 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7
fine turnout or 241. 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 0–0 9. h3 Na5 10.
In the High School section, Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4
ninth-grader Francis Chen de- 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1
feated four experts and master a5 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Ne3 Rfc8 18.
Tatev Abrahamyan to take first Bd2 Na6 19. g4 Nc5 20. Nf5 Bf8
place with 7-0. Next at 6-1 came 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Qd2 f6 23. Be3
pre-tournament favorite Abra- Bxf5 24. exf5 Qf7 25. h4 Kh8 26.
hamyan, followed by Kaitlin Kg2 Nc7 27. Rd1 Re8 28. h5 e4
Kirk, Harut Keshishian, Julian 29. Nh4 Re5
Landaw, Anthony Ong, and Jer- XIIIIIIIIY
emy Stein (all 5-2). Chen will
represent Southern California in 9r+-+-vl-mk0
the Denker Tournament of High 9+-sn-+qzpp0
School Champions in Phoenix in 9-+-zp-zp-+0
August, while Abrahamyan will
be invited to the Susan Polgar 9zppsnPtrP+P0
National Invitational for Girls. 9-+-+p+PsN0
In other action, Jared Tan 9+-+-vL-+-0
swept the Junior High section
with 7-0, followed by Allan Sung 9PzP-wQ-zPK+0
was second at 6-1. The Central 9tRL+R+-+-0
Valley Lions, led by Tan, won FRANCIS CHEN WITH HIS xiiiiiiiiy
the team prize. CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
Michael Yee won the Elementa- 30. Ng6+ hxg6 31. hxg6 Qxd5
ry Championship (grades K-6) with Orion Burl and Liam Fairweather 32. Qe1 Be7 33. Qh1+ Kg8 34. Rxd5
another 7-0 score. Vincent Huang tie with 5-1. Each defeated one of Nxd5 35. Qh7+ 1–0
took second prize with 6-1. his rivals and lost to the other.
In the Primary (K-3), Brendyn Michael Acevedo, Nahum Del- Tatev Abrahamyan – Harut
Estolas and Danil Fedunov tied for gado and Matthew Mullen shared Keshishian
first place with 6-1. Fedunov won first place in the K-6 under-900 sec- Super States Championship,
his first six games before losing to tion, all with 6-1 scores. Costa Mesa 2005
Estolas. Omar Wiseman had 5½-1½. Joe Hanley organized and di- B07 PIRC-ROBATSCH DEFENSE
All three prizewinners compete for rected for chess4children.com 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3
the AAA Chess Club, which earned Nbd7 5. f3 e5 6. Qd2 Be7 7. 0–0–0
team titles in the Primary, Elemen- 0–0 8. g4 b5 9. g5 Ne8 10. Kb1 a5 11.
tary and High School sections. Ryan Field received the $100 h4 a4 12. h5 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bxg5 14.
Maadhav Shah topped the one- Best Game prize (donated by David f4 Bf6 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Be3
day K-1 section with 5-0. The K-3 Lucky) for his upset of Derek Tan. Ba6 18. Ng3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 Qb8 20.
under-550 section Christian Borao, Nf5 Nb6 21. Qe2 b3 22. cxb3 axb3

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 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. ... continued from page 8
cxd5 Qc7 14. e4 Rfe8 15. Nd2
b5 16. g4 b4 17. Qc2 Nxg4 18. XIIIIIIIIY
Rhg1 Nge5 19. Rg2 c4 20. Bxc4 9-+-+-tr-+0
Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rac8 22. b3 Ne5
23. Bf6 g6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. f4
9+n+-+-+p0
Ree8 9-mk-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+-zp-+-0
9-+r+r+k+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zplwq-+p+-0 9tR-+-+pzPL0
9-+-zp-+pzp0 9PzPP+-+-zP0
9+-+P+-+-0 9+-+K+-+-0
9-zpN+PzP-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+P+-+-+-0 36. ... Kc5 37. Rc3+ Kd4 38.
9P+Q+-+RzP0 Rd3+ Kc5 39. Ke1 e4 40. Rd7 Nd6
41. Rxh7 Nc4 42. b3 Ne3 43. Kd2
9+-mKR+-+-0 Ng2 44. Re7 Rd8+ 45. Kc1 e3 46.
xiiiiiiiiy Bg4 e2 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Rxe2
26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. fxe2 49. Bxe2 b4 50. Kb2 Ne3 51.
d6 Qd8 29. d7 1–0 Bd3 Rh8 52. h4 Rg8 53. a3 bxa3+
54. Kxa3 Rxg3 55. h5 Kc3 56. Ka4
Ryan Field – Vanessa West Nxc2 57. Bxc2 Kxc2 58. b4 Kc3 59.
2ND-PLACE FINISHER TATEV A BRAHAMYAN Super States Championship, Ka5 Kc4 60. h6 Rg5+ 0–1
23. a3 Na4 24. Bc1 Qc7 25. e5 dxe5 Costa Mesa 2005
26. fxe5 Be7 27. Rg1 g6 B57 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Tym Belanger (1136) – Daniel
Leonhardt-Sozin Attack Bagliazo (1326)
XIIIIIIIIY 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Memorial Day Classic, Los
9r+-+ntrk+0 Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Angeles 2005
9+-wq-vlp+p0 Nb3 e6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. 0–0 Be7 10. a4 B20 SICILIAN DEFENSE, Closed
0–0 11. a5 Ne5 12. Be2 Bd7 13. f4 Variation
9-+-+-+p+0 Nc4 14. Bc1 Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4.
9+-zp-zPN+P0 Nd4 a6 17. g4 Nxa5 18. g5 Ne8 d3 Nf6 5. h3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6
9n+-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY 8. Be3 0–0 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. g4 Nd7
11. g5 h5 12. Nh4 Nde5 13. f4 Nxc4
9zPp+-+N+-0 9-+rtrn+k+0 14. dxc4 e6 15. Rf1 Bd7 16. f5 exf5
9-zP-+Q+-+0 9+pwqlvlpzpp0 17. exf5 Ne5 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. Ne4
9+KvLR+-tR-0 9p+-zpp+-+0 Qb8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. gxf6 b5 22.
fxg6+ fxg6 23. Qg2 Be8
xiiiiiiiiy 9sn-+-+-zP-0 XIIIIIIIIY
28. e6 Bf6 29. exf7+ Rxf7 30. 9-+-sNPzP-+0
hxg6 hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Bg7 32. 9rwq-+ltr-+0
9+-sNQ+-+-0
Nh6+ Kf8 33. Ng5 Qe5 34. Re6 9zp-+-+-+k0
Qxb2+ 35. Bxb2 Bxb2 36. Rf1 Bf6 9-zPP+L+-zP0 9-+-zp-zPp+0
37. Rfxf6 Nxf6 38. Rxf6 Nc3+ 39. 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
Kb2 Nxe2 40. Rxf7+ 1–0 After 10+ 9+pzp-sn-+p0
xiiiiiiiiy
more moves 9-+P+-+-sN0
19. Rxa5 Qxa5 20. f5 exf5 21. 9+-+-vL-+P0
Anthony Ong – David Bennett Nd5 Bf8 22. b4 Qa4 23. Bb2 Bb5 24.
Super States Championship, Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qf3 Qc6 26. Qxf5 9PzPP+-+Q+0
Costa Mesa 2005 Rd7 27. Bd3 f6 28. gxf6 Nxf6 29. 9tR-+-mKR+-0
E13 NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE, Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Nxd7 xiiiiiiiiy
Classical Variation Bg7 32. e5 1–0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. 24. Rf5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Nf7 26.
Qc2 0–0 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 Qxh5+ gxh5 27. Rxh5+ Nh6 28.
d6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. 0–0–0 Rxh6# 1–0

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 Tactics by NM Tim Hanks

T he Developing Sacrifice is a com-

mon tactical motif, especially
encountered in the opening when
(or 5. … Ke7 6. d6+ forking K+Q) 6.
Qf7+ Kxe4 7. Bc2+ Kd4 8. Be3#) 5.
Ne4 Qxd5 6. Bg5+ Ndf6 7. Rd1
an opponent sometimes flounders Qb7 8. Rd7+ Qxd7 9. Bxd7 h6?
carelessly. This is not the same as (again we see the difficulty with
a gambit but more an attempt to defending, even for the elite) 10.
“punish” an opponent who violates Qd1! 1-0
the economy of basic opening prin-
ciples. The immediate objective of forces considerable time to analyze In the next game, between two
the developing sacrifice is to gain and formulate the proper continu- legends (Nimzovich vs Alapin, 1914)
time, which will lead to further ation plan. For example, 3. … f5, … we witness how greed can be cost-
mostly positional advantages. For Ne7 or … h6 for Black all have set- ly. 1. e4 e6 (the solid and reliable
example, take a look at position no. backs that offer White the chance French Defense, named so in 1834
1, J. Polgar vs Shirov, where the to regain her pawn and still sustain when a French team defeated the
game is still generally in the open- strong piece activity and positional British in a correspondence match)
ing phase. Black is slightly behind dominance. The best move is prob- 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 (bet-
in development, and both Kings are ably 3. … Rb8, preventing 4. Nb5; ter is 4. Bg5 or e5) Nxd5 5. Nf3
uncastled, and the position seems however, White would still have c5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
solid. White changes all of this with good compensation and a comfort- Nxd4 a6. White has a great lead in
a clever “developing sacrifice.” able initiative for the pawn. So development and the Black Queen
Black chose 3. … Ke7? with hopes is ill-posted in the center. With
Position No. 1 of stagnating the White piece activ- such advantages, how would you
XIIIIIIIIY ity and removing the annoying pin proceed?
at d7. Polgar quickly pounces on
9rsn-+k+ntr0 this mistake. Can you find the win- Position No. 3
9+-wq-+pvlp0 ning reply? See Position No. 2. XIIIIIIIIY
9l+-zp-+p+0 Position No. 2 9rsnl+kvl-tr0
9zpp+Pzp-+-0 9+p+-+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+N+-+0 9p+-+p+-+0
9r+-+-+ntr0
9zPL+-+Q+-0 9+-+q+-+-0
9+-wqnmkpvlp0
9-zPP+NzPPzP0 9-+-sN-+-+0
9l+-zp-+p+0
9tR-vL-mK-+R0 9+-+-vL-+-0
9zp-+Pzp-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
J. Polgar – A. Shirov 9L+p+N+-+0
9zP-sN-+Q+-0 9tR-+QmKL+R0
White seizes a strong initiative xiiiiiiiiy
beginning with 1. c4! The game 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
continued 1. … bxc4 2. Ba4+, 9tR-vL-mK-+R0 9. Be2 (Of course! Naturally, a
which gains time and allows White xiiiiiiiiy developing sacrifice) 9. … Qxg2
to create good active pieces. Black (too greedy) 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2
continued with 2. … Nd7 3. N2c3! 4. Nxd6! (regaining the pawn e5.
This basic developing move puts with horrific tactical threats) Qxd6
Black in a predicament since it (if 4. … Kxd6, then 5. Ne4+ Kxd5

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 Position No. 4 somewhat unorthodox, (Hoffman the most creative and diabolical cas-
It’s White to move. With a large vs Petroff, Italian Game, Warsaw tling moves in chess history. The
lead in development, how would you 1844) and certainly the moves are game continued 13. Nxd8 (What
continue? not up to current day theory. How- else? If 13. Qxd5, then 13. … Rxf7
ever, the game holds a serious and and White must concede his Queen
XIIIIIIIIY worthy distinction in the history of to avoid an early mate. But the game
9rsnl+kvl-tr0 the “unexpected move.” is over anyway as Black now forces
9+p+-+pzpp0 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 mate.) 13. … Bf2+ 14. Kh3 d6+ 15.
4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 (6. e6 Nf4+ 16. Kg4 Nxe6 17. Nxe6
9p+-+-+q+0 … d5 is preferred by modern theory) Bxe6+ 18. Kg5 Rf4+ 19. Kg4 h5+
9+-+-zp-+-0 7. Bd5 20. Kh3 Rf3#
9-+-sN-+-+0 These games have demonstrated
Position No. 6 some dangers that abound when one
9+-+-vLL+-0 flounders in the opening and seeks
9PzPPwQ-zP-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
material gains over prudent and
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9r+lwqk+-tr0 sensible development. The slightest
xiiiiiiiiy 9zppzpp+pzpp0 loss of time can prove to unrecover-
9-+n+-+-+0 able and disastrous. The developing
12. 0-0-0! (With such a large sacrifice (which typically involves a
advantage in development, White
9+-vlLzP-+-0 Pawn, but can involve pieces as well)
can justify another developing sac- 9-+-zpn+-+0 is a powerful weapon that belongs
rifice(!) with true confidence.) 12. … 9+-zP-+N+-0 in your arsenal and should never be
exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6?? … and just underestimated.
like that the game is quickly over.
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
See Position No. 5 where White has 9tRNvLQmK-+R0 Improving your ability to calcu-
a one-mover that’s a true knock-out! xiiiiiiiiy late and visualize positions takes
Can you find it? Hoffman – Petroff practice. Problem solving will help
in this development. Work to avoid
Position No. 5 Black continued 7. … Nxf2 (a de- moving the pieces when solving
Black lags considerably in devel- veloping sacrifice) 8. Kxf2 dxc3+ problems to strengthen your over
opment. All of White’s pieces are 9. Kg3 (9. Kf1 is probably best; the board play.. The following exer-
working. Can you find the winning however, White may have feared 9. cises will test your tactical aware-
tactical combination to finish the … b6). 9. … cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne7 11. ness. Be alert, play sharp and always
game? Ng5? (a mistake that will be refut- remember to do your safety check.
XIIIIIIIIY ed brilliantly) Nxd5 12. Nxf7. Enjoy, good luck and happy solving!
Solutions on page 24.
9r+l+kvl-tr0 Position No. 7
9+p+-+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY Problem No. 1.
9p+n+-+q+0 White to play. Black threatens 1.
9r+lwqk+-tr0 … Rb8, so what would you do?
9+-+-+-+-0 9zppzpp+Nzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-vL-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+r+k+0
9+-+-+L+-0 9+-vlnzP-+-0 9zp-+-+-vl-0
9PzPPwQ-zP-zP0 9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-zpP+Pzp0
9+-mKR+-+R0 9+-+-+-mK-0 9+-+L+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PvL-+-+PzP0 9-+Pzp-+PwQ0
14. Bf6!! Qxf6 (there is no de- 9tRN+Q+-+R0 9zP-+P+-sN-0
fense) 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Bxc6+ xiiiiiiiiy
Kf8 17. Qd8+ Bxd8 18. Re8#. 9-+-+-wq-zP0
White is attacking the Black 9+-+-+-+K0
In our final example on the de- Queen and Rook and figured on 12… xiiiiiiiiy
veloping sacrifice motif, enough can- Kxf7 13. Qxd5+ Ke8 14. Qxc5 with a
not be said about the power of this material advantage. However, Black a. Black is better.
tactical methodology when prop- responds with the truly unexpected b. White is better.
erly executed. Here, the opening is move 12. … 0-0!! — easily one of c. The position if equal and

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offers chances for both sides. Position No. 3 Problem No. 4.
Validate your choice with a vari- XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
ation.
9r+l+-tr-mk0 9-+-+-+-+0
Problem No. 2. 9+pzpq+pzpp0 9+-+-+pmk-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+nzp-+-+0 9-+-zP-+p+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+Nzp-vL-0 9zpQ+-+-+-0
9+R+-zP-+-0 9PzPL+-+-sN0 9P+-zp-+-+0
9-+-+-+k+0 9+-+P+-+-0 9+-+-+pzP-0
9+-+L+-+-0 9-+P+-+PzP0 9-+-trqzP-zP0
9-+P+-zP-+0 9tR-+Q+-mK-0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9+p+-tr-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
9-mKl+-+-zp0 Black to move. It’s White to move with a strong
9+-+-+-+-0 passed pawn. Does Black have coun-
xiiiiiiiiy a. h6 is correct and the game ter-chances? This problem will test
is roughly equal. your tactics as well as your nerves
It is White to move and both b. h6 is incorrect. – so what would you do?
sides have dangerous passed pawns. Prove your answer with a varia- a. 1. d7 is correct and White
How would you proceed? tion. will win.
a. The game is unclear with b. 1. d7 is incorrect and Black
winning chances for both will win.
sides. Prove your answer with a
b. White is winning. variation.
c. Black is winning.
Prove your answer with a varia-
tion.

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 Anthony Ong – Elston He XIIIIIIIIY
Los Angeles County Open, 9-trl+r+k+0
Monterey Park 2005
D87 GRUENFELD DEFENSE,
9+pwqn+pvlp0
Exchange Variation 9p+-zp-snp+0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. 9+-zpP+-+-0
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 0–0 10. 0–0
9P+-+P+-+0
Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. 9+PsN-vLPsNP0
fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 Nc4 9-+Q+L+P+0
16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Kg1 cxd4 18. cxd4
9tR-+-+RmK-0
XIIIIIIIIY xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-trk+0
Los Angeles County 9zpp+qzp-vlp0
16. ... Qa5 17. Rab1 Nh5 0–1

Open 9-+-+-+p+0 Eduardo Ortiz – Ryan Richardson

Los Angeles County Open,
April 23-24, 2005 9+-+-+-+-0 Monterey Park 2005
This now-traditional event had 9-+nzPPvLP+0 E17 ENGLISH OPENING
an excellent turnout of 70 players 9+-+-+-+P0 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4.
(close to capacity). Initially ranked Bg2 Bb7 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Nc3 0–0 7.
third, master Ron Hermansen swept 9P+-+N+P+0 Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10.
the field to finish with 5-0. Next at 9tR-+Q+-mK-0 Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bh3 Ra8 13.
4½-½ were Eduardo Ortiz and Rog- xiiiiiiiiy Nh4 Nh5
er Dellaca. XIIIIIIIIY
Once again, thanks are owed to 18. ... Rxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxd4+ 20.
the city of Monterey Park for provid- Kh2 Qxa1 21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ 9r+-wq-trk+0
ing a new playing site at Sierra Vista Ke8 23. Nc7+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Kf7 25. 9+lzpnvlpzpp0
Park. Randy Hough directed for the Qd5+ Kf8 26. Qd8+ Kf7 27. Qe8+ 9pzp-+-+-+0
SCCF. Kf6 28. Nd5+ Kg5 29. Qxe7+ Bf6
30. Nxf6 Qe5+ 31. Qxe5+ Nxe5 32. 9+-+p+-+n0
Prize Winners Nxh7+ Kf4 33. Nf6 b5 34. g3+ Kg5 9-+-zP-vL-sN0
1st: Ron Hermansen, 5-0; 2nd- 35. Ng8 a5 36. Kg2 b4 37. h4+ Kxg4 9+-sN-+-zPL0
3rd: Eduardo Ortiz, Roger Dellaca, 38. Nf6# 1–0
4½-½; U2200: Ike Miller, Marian 9PzP-+PzP-zP0
Nita, Carlos Garcia, Gregg Fritch- Danyul Lawrence – Ron 9+-tRQtR-mK-0
le, Danyul Lawrence, 4-1; U2000: Hermansen xiiiiiiiiy
Vaughan Heussenstamm, 3½-1½; Los Angeles County Open,
U1800: Nisha Deolalikar, Daniel Al- Monterey Park 2005 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16.
vira, Colin Field-Eaton, Gary Ware, E81 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE, Rc7 Bxd5 17. Rxd7 Bxh4 18. Rxd8
3-2; U1600: Danil Fedunov, 2-2; Saemisch Variation Rfxd8 19. e4 Bxa2 20. Qxh5 Be7
U1400/unr: Roel Sanchez, 1½-3½; 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. 21. d5 b5 22. Rc1 Bf6 23. Rc7 Bxb2
Scholastic: 1st: Sunil Deolalikar; e4 d6 5. f3 0–0 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rc2 Rf8 26. Qc7
2nd: Alex Yee; 3rd: Sandy He; 4th: c5 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 Bd4 27. Rxa2 1–0
Terrence Sun; 5th: Katherine Peng. 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. 0–0 Rb8
14. h3 Qc7 15. Qc2 Ned7 16. b3

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 Santa Monica Bay Be4 a5 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Rh7 Qg5
39. Rb7 Qg2+ 40. Kd3 Qf1+ 41. Kc3
The Caltech team consisted of
players Patrick Hummel ‘06, Eugene
Chess Club Qe1+ 42. Kd3 Qf2 43. Kc4 Qc5+ 44. Yanayt ‘06, Karl Yee (staff), Howard
It was proof that miracles still Kd3 a4 45. c4 a3 46. Kc3 Qe5+ 47. Liu ‘06, Joshua Gutman ‘06, Ed-
occur, according to Eion Faelten the Kd3 Qb2 48. c5 Qb5+ 0–1 ward Perepelitsky ‘07, Phillip Pere-
winner of this year’s club champi- The club holds tournaments pelitsky ‘07, and Zeb Rocklin ‘08.
onship commenting on his coming year round and meets Mondays at The MIT team they defeated is one
ahead in a strong field. The $1,000 Joslyn Park 633 Kensington Road, of the toughest college teams in the
prize fund was probably the rich- Santa Monica, 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. country. The Caltech Chess Team is
est club championship prize in the For more information call Pete Sa- composed of members of the Caltech
county if not the state. vino at (310) 827-2789. – Mike White Chess Club. Further information,
Faelten did have some breaks including games from the Caltech-
and there were the usual upsets, yet MIT match, can be found on http://
it all came down to a dramatic final La Palma Chess Club www.its.caltech.edu/~citchess/.
game in round 7; Ron Frasco only Mike Henebry and Chris Roberts – Karl Yee
needed a draw with he white pieces tied for first with 3½-1½ in the top
to win the prize, but was playing for section of La Palma Chess Club’s 24-
more at the start. player “Remembering a Famous C- Joshua Tree May Open
The tournament ended April Player, Albert Einstein”, a 5-round On May 7, twelve players com-
18. There were eighteen players in Swiss. In the Einstein section, 1st peted in this monthly event. Tying
the seven-round championship. Place went to William Martino, 4-1; for 1st and 2nd with 4-1 were Joel
best “B” Mike Brady with 4-1, best Johnson and Kermit Norris. Class
Tournament winner Faelten “C” Orlando Jaimes Guzman with pries went to Alex Gojich (A), Wil-
also received the Best Game prize 3-2, and newcomer Brenda Nardi liam Waddell and Tom Bulone (B),
for his win over Ron Frasco. won the D/E/unr trophy with a fine Keith Motschman (C), and Mark
Ron Frasco – Eion Faelten score of 3½-1½. Haughwout (2nd C). Mark Muller
SMBCC Championship, Santa The La Palma Chess Club meets directed.
Monica 2005 6:00 p. m. to 11:00 p. m. Fridays in
C41 PHILIDOR’S DEFENSE Central Park, 7821 Walker St. For
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. information, call Mike Henebry Chess for Success
Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. (714) 761-5988, Mike Brady (562) Scholastic
Qd2 0–0 8. 0–0–0 Nc6 9. f3 Nxd4 867-8248, or Leigh Hunt (714) 635-
10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 c5 12. Be3 Qa5 0448. Details on LPCC schedule This new tournament, held May
13. Qxd6 and its Grand Prix can be found at 7 at Westwood Charter School, at-
XIIIIIIIIY http://www.lapalmachess.741.com tracted 25 players. Section winners
– Chris Roberts included Lillie Schacter, Brendan
9r+-+-trk+0 Gallagher, Gwendolyn Lee, and
9zpp+-+pvlp0 Caltech Beats MIT in Justin Hekmat. Ivona Jezierska di-
9-+-wQlsnp+0 rected.

9wq-zp-+-+-0 Internet Chess Match

9-+-+P+P+0 On April 24, 2005, the Caltech Orange County Open
9+-sN-vLP+-0 Chess Team defeated MIT in an 8- May 7-8
board chess match played on the In- This new event, held at the
9PzPP+-+-zP0 ternet Chess Club. The match was Hilton Costa Mesa in conjunction
9+-mKR+L+R0 the second of two between Caltech with the Super States Scholastics,
xiiiiiiiiy and MIT. had a slightly disappointing turn-
In 2003, Caltech beat MIT 5-3 in out of 61. Joel Banawa, IM Me-
13. ... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rfd8 15. a match of the same format of this likset Khachiyan, and IM Enrico
Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Be2 year’s contest. Sevillano tied for first with scores
h6 18. Bxc5 Qa5 19. a3 b6 20. Bb4 In Sunday’s match, MIT jumped of 3½-½. Leonid Furman, Joshua
Qd5 21. Be7 Qa2 22. Rd1 Qxb2+ 23. off to an early lead by scoring two Gutman and Christopher Slupik
Kd2 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 Qc3+ quick wins. But Caltech kept the tied for best expert, and Barry Laza-
26. Kc1 Qe3+ 27. Kb1 Kf7 28. Bd6 pressure on in the six remaining rus and Louie Rivera split the Class
Qc3 29. Kc1 Qb2+ 30. Kd2 Be5 31. games, earning four wins and two A prize.
Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Bd3 Qa5+ 33. Ke2 draws, and winning the match 5-3 Charles Poovakan swept the
Qxa3 34. Nxf5 Bxf5 35. Bxf5 Qc5 36. once again. Amateur (under-1800) section with

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 39. Nd5 Na4 40. b3 13. Nec7+ Kd8 14. Qf3 Nxh1 15.
Nc5 41. Nxb4 Kd7 42. Qxb7 Bf2+ 16. Kd2 Qb6 17. Qxa8
Nd5 Kc6 43. b4 Ne6 44. Kd7 18. Qd5 Nc6 19. Qe6+ Kd8 20.
Kd3 Ng5 45. f4 Ne6 46. Qh3 c4 21. Ne6+ Ke8 22. Nbc7+
Ke4 Nf8 47. g3 Ne6 48. Kf7 23. Kc2 Qa5
h4 Nd8 49. h5 Nf7 50. XIIIIIIIIY
Kd4 Nh6 51. b5+ Kd6 9-+-+-+-tr0
52. g4 1–0
9zp-sN-zpk+p0
David Cody Oldham 9-+nzpN+p+0
(1758) – Alan Avins 9wq-+-+-+-0
(1743)
IM MELIKSET K HACHIYAN, JOEL BANA- Orange County Open, 9-+p+-zP-+0
WA, IM ENRICO SEVILLANO Costa Mesa 2005 9+-zP-+-+Q0
C33 KING’S BISHOP’S 9PzPK+-vlPzP0
5-0, a point ahead of Vaughan Heus- GAMBIT
senstamm and David Cody Oldham. 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 9tR-vL-+-+n0
Class prizes went to Jeff Lindley and Nf6 5. Nc3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Ng5 d5 xiiiiiiiiy
Frank Olson (best under-1600) and 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Nxf7 Qh4+ 10. g3 24. Ng5+ Kg7 25. Nce6+ Kg8
Danny Machuca and Holly McRob- fxg3 11. Qe2+ Be7 26. Bd2 Qa4+ 27. b3 cxb3+ 28.
erts (under-1400). John Hillery di- axb3 Qxa1 29. Qh6 Qa2+ 30. Kd3
rected. XIIIIIIIIY Qa6+ 31. c4 Bd4 32. Qf8# 1–0
9rsn-+k+-tr0
IM Enrico Sevillano (2611) 9zplzp-vlNzpp0 Craig Clawitter (2134) – David
– Michael Casella (2361) 9-zp-+-+-+0 Rocklin (1920)
Orange County Open, Costa Orange County Open, Costa
Mesa 2005 9+-+n+-+-0 Mesa 2005
B22 SICLIAN DEFENSE, Alapin 9-+LzP-+-wq0 A08 KING’S INDIAN ATTACK
Variation 9+-sN-+-zp-0 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4.
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7.
Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 9PzPP+Q+-zP0 0–0 b6 8. Nh4 Bb7 9. f4 0–0 10. f5
8. exd6 Qxd6 9. 0–0 Be6 10. Bxe6 9tR-vL-mK-+R0 Be5 11. Qg4 exf5 12. exf5 Bf6 13.
Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 xiiiiiiiiy Ndf3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Bxb2 15. Rab1
13. a4 e6 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 b5 16. Bd4+ 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf6 Ng6
Qd4 Nf6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Qd3 0–0 19. 12. Bg5 Qxd4 13. Nxd5 Qf2+ 14. XIIIIIIIIY
Ra5 Rfb8 20. Nd2 Bd8 21. Raa1 Bb6 Qxf2 gxf2+ 15. Kf1 Kxf7 16. Nxe7+
22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. Nd4 Kf8 17. Kxf2 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 h6 19. 9r+-+-trk+0
Qe4 25. Rfe1 Nd5 26. Bg5 Qxe2 27. Ng6+ Ke8 20. Re1+ Kd7 21. Rd1+ 9zpl+q+pzpp0
Rxe2 f6 28. Nxe6 Rd7 [28. ... fxg5 29. Kc8 22. Nxh8 hxg5 23. Nf7 Nc6 24. 9-zpn+-vLn+0
Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1] 29. Bd2 Re8 30. Bd5 Kb7 25. Nd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxc6+
Rae1 Rde7 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Nf4 Rxe2 Kc8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Ke3 Ke7 9+-+p+P+-0
33. Rxe2 Nc7 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. Ke2 29. Ke4 Kf6 30. Bd7 Ke7 31. Bg4 Kd6 9-+-zp-+QsN0
Nxa6 36. Be3 b4 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. 32. b4 Kc6 33. c4 a6 34. Ke5 a5 35. 9+-+P+-zP-0
c4 Nc5 a3 Kb7 36. Bf3+ Ka6 37. b5+ Ka7
38. Ke6 g6 39. Kd7 Kb8 40. a4 g4 9P+P+-+LzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 41. Bxg4 g5 42. h3 c5 43. bxc6 b5 44. 9+R+-+RmK-0
9-+-+k+-+0 c7+ Ka7 45. c8Q bxc4 46. Kc7 1–0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-zpp0
9-zp-+-zp-+0 Barry Lazarus (1811) – Show 18. Bxg7 Rfe8 19. Bh3 Nxh4 20.
Kitagami (2067) Bh6+ Ng6 21. fxg6 1–0
9+-sn-+-+-0 Orange County Open, Costa
9-zpP+-sN-+0 Mesa 2005
Exposition Park
9+-+-+-+-0 B09 PIRC DEFENSE

9-zP-+KzPPzP0
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Chess Club
f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5
9+-+-+-+-0 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Section winners at the monthly
xiiiiiiiiy Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nf2N free tournament on May 8 were Dan

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Wong, Robert Flom, and Vincent
Buffington, Nes Samland and Lee Costa Mesa Octos West Valley Chess
St. Thomas (tied). On June 5, section Twenty-eight players showed up
Club
winners were Donald Bolt, Bertram for the May 21st Costa Mesa Octo. Luis Villa-Giusti won the Chaba
Buggs, Ken Philipson, and William This was the first Octo at the Chess Mehes Memorial at the West Val-
Wong. The Exposition Park Chess Center’s new location, the Odd Fel- ley Chess Club, ending in May. Dan
Club meets at 1 p.m. every Sunday lows/Rebekah Hall at 2476 Newport Wong, Michael Yee, Greg Clark and
at the Exposition Park Branch Li- Blvd. Like any new location there are Manuel Cruz won class prizes. The
brary, 3665 S. Vermont Ave. in Los pluses and minuses. On the plus side West Valley Chess Club meets 6:30
Angeles. For information, call the there is much more room. With the p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays in
library at (323) 732-0169 or send Octos drawing more players it was the West Valley Jewish Community
a message to the club secretary at hard to accommodate all the play- Center, 22622 Vanowen St. For in-
expochess07@yahoo.com. Web site: ers comfortably at the old location. formation, call John Price at (818)
http://chess.expoparkla.com/ The new location has much more 363-1379 or Duane Cooper at (818)
room for players and spectators. On 999-0837.
the minus side the air conditioning
Arcadia Chess Club leaves something to be desired. This
The “Spring Open,” ending in is an old building whose air condi- West Covina Chess
April, saw David Argall and Larry tioning consists of four ceiling fans, Club
Stevens tie for first with 5-1. Class one of which doesn’t work. Fortu-
prize winners included Robert nately, we are close to the ocean and Eddie Concepcion, Rolando Gae-
Goldberg and Dave Matson (A), Jeff a nice cross breeze comes through in tos and Richard Polhamus won
Schroeder (B), Robert Head (C), the evening. their sections in the Springtime
and Danny Machuca (D/E/U). In the top section Mike Za- Woodpushers tournament at the
The Arcadia Chess Club meets loznyy won with a perfect score West Covina Chess Club, ending in
6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Mondays in of 3-0. Second place was won by May. The West Covina Chess Club
the Senior Citizens building, 405 S. Danyul Lawrence at 2-1. The sec- meets 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tues-
Santa Anita Ave. For information, ond section had ten players and days and Thursdays in the Senior
call Fred Brock at (626) 331-1638 or was won by Jason Garfield with Center, 2501 E. Cortez St. For in-
Mel Clark at (626) 447-9355. the only other perfect score of 3-0. formation, call Richard Williams at
Second and third was a four way (626) 339-5188.
tie among Gary Ware, Ronald Hoff-
LA Masters man, Arnold Baldwin and Donald
Winners of the weekly “L.A. Bolt Jr., all at 2-1. In the bottom 2005 San Diego
Masters” tournaments in April
and May were: April 11: Melikset
section there were also 10 players. I
had an unusual event occur in this
County Championship
Khachiyan, 3½-½; April 18: Melik- section; first through third place Sixty-five players showed up to
set Khachiyan, 4-0; April 25: Varu- was a three way tie among Brenda try to win $3,000 in total prizes
zhan Akobian, Melikset Khachiyan, Nardi, Grant Yosenick and Alexan- at the annual San Diego County
Mick Bighamian, Craig Clawittter, der Kaliannan, all at 2½-½. Alex- Championships, which were moved
3-1; May 2: Varuzhan Akobian, ander was the lowest rated player up a month from early June to May
Melikset Khachiyan, 3½-½; May in the section at a pre-tournament 14 &15th to try for better atten-
9: Varuzhan Akobian, Melikset rating of 966. He defeated play- dance. The move seemed to work
Khachiyan, 3½-½. May 16: Melik- ers rated 1355 and 1444, and drew and we will stick with this new
set Khachiyan, 4-0. with a 1468 player. Grant was the date for next year. The only disap-
The Los Angeles Chess Club eighth rated player in the section pointment was in the Reserve Sec-
plans to hold these events, inspired at a pre-tournament rating of 1010. tion (U1600), where only 10 players
by the long-running New York Mas- He defeated players rated 1444 and bothered to enroll. The other two
ters, every Monday evening at 7 1302, and drew with a 1541. This sections, Open and Premier, had 27
p.m. The LACC is located on the was a great performance for these and 28 players, respectively. Cyrus
second floor of 1514 Santa Monica two young players who are students Lakdawala was the Best Player
Blvd., above Javan restaurant. For of master Takashi Iwamoto. from San Diego County, but he was
information, call Mick Bighamian The next Octo will be June 25. tied by two out of county players
at (310) 795-5710 or send a message – Mike Carr who also scored 4 points, Enrico Se-
to mick@lachessclub.com. Web site: villano and Marian Nick Nita. All
www.lachessclub.com. three players took home $266 each.
Oddly, each one of them took a bye

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in a different round that might Best Under 2000. In the Premier ously not his day and he withdrew.
have kept them from taking a shot Section, table tennis legend Fred Bruce tied for 1st with Robert Rich-
at a clear first place. Bruce Baker Borges slammed his opponents ard, Raoul Crisologo and Leonard
also took one bye and missed win- with 4 wins in a row, losing only the Sussman. Each of the four winners
ning any money, although he scored last game to Franco Alejandrino, a won $75, as did Thomas Victory for
3½. Dimitry Kishinevsky and Ron much higher rated player. Franco BU2000. Alex Garcia-Betancourt
Bruno also scored 3½ and split the and Fred tied for first with Robert won 2nd U2000 for $25. In the Re-
BU2200 prize for $100 each. Jesus Defore, all with 4 points. BU1800 serve Section, Chuck Ensey won 1st
Orozco was BU2100 for $200. In the was split between Damani Fair and for $75 and Shaun Sweitzer was 2nd
Premier Section (U2000), Ben Bar- Shaun Sweitzer, BU1700 was Rob- for $25. Arthur Taylor won BU1600
quin won his first four games, drew ert Draper and BU1600 was Julian while Daniel Grazian and Patrick
the last one, won $300 and finally Rodriguez, all these players scored Edwards tied for 2nd U1600.
pushed his rating over 2000. The 3 points. In the Reserve Section, The Best Game Prize winner
draw came with Felipe Camacho, Rolando Garciagutierrez won first from one of our more famous play-
who won Second Place with 3½ and with 4½, followed by Tom Kuhn, ers, Carey Milton:
$150. Felipe was lucky to draw that David Hall and Karen Kaufman, all
game, for most of the game he was in with 3½. – Chuck Ensey George Spellman (1934) – Carey
big trouble. Thomas Victory scored Here is a game from Round 4: Milton (2032)
4 points along with John Anderson Gambito Open #223, Rd 2,
and they split a pooled prize for Dimitry Kishinevsky (2177) 5/07/05
$187 each for BU1900/1800. David – Bruce Baker (2256) A45 Trompowsky Attack
Oldham won $175 for BU1700 with Spring Swiss, San Diego, 5/11/05 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Be2
3 points. In the Reserve Section, E15 Queen’s Indian Defence c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 c4 7. b3 b5 8.
David Brown took First Place for 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a4 b4 9. Qc2 bxc3 10. Qxc3 Bb4 11.
$200 with 4½, Santiago Lunas was g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Ne5 Qc2 Ne4 12. Ngf3 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14.
Second Place with 4 for $100, Ro- Be7 8. Nc3 0-0 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. 0- Bh4 gxf3 15. Bxd8 Bxd2+ 16. Kf1
lando Garciagutierrez was BU1500 0 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. Bf4 a6 13. fxe2+17. Kxe2 Ba6 18. bxc4 Nb4 19.
with 3½ for $100 and Rafael Prieto Rac1 Nc6 14. e4 Nb4 15. e5 Nd3 16. Qb2 Bxc4+ 0-1
was BU1400 with 3 for $100. Prizes Rb1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 g6 18. Rfe1 b5 19.
in this section were reduced some- Qd1 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. Ng3 Ba6 22. In the June Super Gambito,
what based on the low turnout, but Re3 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qb6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 Cyrus Lakdawala got his groove
the other sections were paid as ad- 25. Ndxf1 Rc4 26. Rd3 f5 27. Ne3 back and won all four games to take
vertised. – Chuck Ensey Rc6 28. Qf3 Qb5 29. Rbd1 Rfc8 30. first place. We used the McMahon
Ne2 Nb6 31. b3 Kh8 32. Kg2 R6c7 paring system for the first time at a
33. R3d2 Rg8 34. Kh1 a4 35. Rc2 Super Gambito and it seemed to work
San Diego Chess Club Rxc2 36. Nxc2 Rc8 37. Ne1 Qa6 38. well. We have been experimenting
Fifty-six plus eleven house play- Qd3 Qxd3 39. Rxd3 axb3 40. axb3 with this system for over a year now,
ers made for a decent turnout at the Ra8 41. Nc2? (Kg2 and White might about every other week in the regu-
annual 5 round Spring Swiss. The hang on) Ra2 42. Rd2 Nc4! 43. bxc4 lar Gambito Opens. Masters and Ex-
Open Section was won by Bruce dxc4 44. Nc3 bxc3 45. Re2 Kg8 46. perts were given 3 bye points to start
Baker (4½), followed by Adam Kg2 Ba3 47. Kf3 Bc1 48. Ne3 Bd2 with, Class “A” players 2 points, B’s
Corper, Robert Richard and Rick 49. Nxc4 c2 50. Rxd2 c1=Q 51. Rxa2 1 point and C’s 0. All players play in
Aeria, all with 3½. Adam won the Qxc4 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53. Rd8 Qd3+ one section instead of having two
Club Championship in April and 54. Kg2 Qe4+ 55. Kg3 g5! 56. Rd7+ sections, but with the bye points it
attained a Master rating. He also Kg6 0-1 is more like a Class tournament, ex-
gave a simultaneous exhibition cept you don’t have the problem of
against the entire club, as is the having uneven sections and needing
tradition for the Club Champion, Gambito Opens lots of house players. Players typical-
and also for new masters. He is now The May Super Gambito (#223) ly play other players close in rating
in the middle of a match with Bruce was unusual for two reasons: 1) we to themselves, which makes it more
Baker, the highest rated club mem- had a four way tie for first place and enjoyable for most players. In return
ber now that Cyrus Lakdawala has 2) IM Cyrus Lakdawala was not in for getting the bye points the higher
retired from our Wednesday night the winner’s circle. Cyrus lost his rated players must play each other
chess sessions. Anyway, back to second round game with Pablo Pena instead of beating up on lower rated
the Spring Swiss: Tim McGuiness and then drew with Bruce Baker players. The bye points do count in
continued his strong play in his in the next round, so it was obvi- the final standings, but a higher rat-
bid for a higher rating and was the ed player can’t win a lower section,

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as usual. It sounds confusing, but if a former Ju-
you think of it as just a regular big nior to play as
Open where three rounds have al- a Master. The
ready been played and there were 2003 State
no upsets, then it makes more sense. High School
Bruce Baker won Second Place. Champion,
Leonard Sussman was BU2200, Ron Minas Nor-
Bruno 2nd U2200, Richard Jensen danyan, had
BU2000, Carey Milton 2nd U2000, enjoyed good
Esteban Escobedo BU1800, Keith success on the
Bresee 2nd U1800, Gene Arnaiz Junior side of
BU1600 and Rolando Garciagutier- this unique
rez 2nd U1600. – Chuck Ensey event, and was
Here is the Best Game Prize eager to step
Winner: to the other
side of the
Bruce Baker (2302) – Dimitry board.
Kishinevsky (2159) The Mas-
Gambito #226, Rd 3, 7/02/05 ter- Junior FIRST ROUND ACTION AT THE 2005 M ASTER-JUNIOR SIMUL
B75 Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Simul, a popu- the pleasure of knowing he had
Attack lar event in the early 1980’s, has be- beaten the 2005 State High School
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. come an eagerly awaited event for Champion (Francis Chen). Abra-
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 many of today’s young chess stars ham White and Jared Tan had each
Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. g4 in Southern California. Held during grabbed a point off Reeve, while
Qa5 11. h4 h5 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. Bh6 Spring in four of the past five years, Jeremy Stein scratched a half-point
Ne5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. gxh5 Nxh5 the M-J Simul involves 4 teams, from Larry Smith. The other match
16. f4 Nc6 17. Rg1 Rh8 18. f5 Ne5 each consisting of a master and 4-6 saw young Nordanyan go 4-0, while
19. Be2 Rc8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Rg5 promising junior players. The Mas- Expert Julian Landaw managed to
Nf6 22. Qf4 Qf8 23. Rdg1 Nh7 ter plays simultaneously against beat Master Ron Hermansen. Team
XIIIIIIIIY the Juniors of the other team, and, Nordanyan had won the match 5-3.
of course, vice-versa. When four Ju-
9-+r+-wq-tr0 niors team with a Master, such as After a wonderful lunch at Mac-
9zpp+lzp-mkn0 this year, each round has a total of aroni Grill (players and guests), the
9-+-zp-+p+0 eight possible points (one for each Masters decided to teach the Ju-
Junior and 4 for the Master). Af- niors a lesson, taking 15½ out of 16
9+-+-sn-tR-0 ter the morning round, the teams points in the afternoon round! The
9-+-+PwQ-zP0 that won face each other in the af- only draw was earned by Francis
9+NsN-+-+-0 ternoon, as the teams that lost the Chen against Minas Nordanyan.
morning round face each other. Tro- Larry Smith’s team won that match
9PzPP+L+-+0 phies go to the top two teams and and totaled 10 points on the day to
9+-mK-+-tR-0 medals are given out to all players. earn 1st Place. Team Nordanyan
xiiiiiiiiy Additionally, each Master recogniz- took 2nd with 8½. With Hermansen
es the game of one of his opponent’s and Reeve perfect in their match, it
24. Rxg6! Nxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kxg6 as the Best Game. was a 4-4 draw. Team Hermansen
26. h5+ Kg7 27. Qg3+ Kf6 28. Nd5+ Besides Nordanyan, there were finished with 7 points, ½ clear of
Ke6 29. Nd4+ Kf7 30.Qg6# 1-0 three Masters who were returning Team Reeve.
to play again. As they walked into Best Game prizes went to: Fran-
the California Youth Chess League cis Chen (Nordanyan), Jeremy Stein
Master-Junior Simul Training & Tournament Center, (Smith), Jared Tan (Reeve), and Ju-
Features Past & the looks on their faces told me that lian Landaw (Hermansen).
all of them knew that every game The key game for Smith in the
Current State HS would be a tough battle! afternoon round was his battle with
Champs! In the first round, Larry Smith’s
team took 5½ points from Mark
the highest-rated Junior, Julian
Landaw. On only the 11th move of
For the first time since its 21st Reeve’s team. While Mark was not the game, after Julian had stumbled
century revival, the Southern Cali- happy with his slow start (2-2), into a trap, he lost his Queen for two
fornia Master-Junior Simul invited hindsight (a week later) gave him pieces, Smith’s victory seemed to be

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sealed. Landaw had no intention of 13. ... Bxc4 14. Nxa8
giving in easily and the game’s re- Instead,
sult was in question for almost 30 14. dxc4!?
more moves! Rc8 15.
Ne6+ Ke7
Smith-Landaw 16. Nxg7
M-J Simul, Valencia, CA, 2005 may be
C25 BISHOP’S OPENING stronger.
(Notes by Larry Smith) 14. …
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Be6 15.
While not as “critical” or “cor- Nc7 Bd7
rect” as 2. Nf3, White plays the 16. Be3
Bishop’s Opening here to try to Maybe
keep the game out of more current 16. h3 right
theoretical channels. away. De-
2. ... Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Qg4 spite White’s
This old-fashioned move is huge ma-
White’s best chance for an edge out terial ad- MASTERS & SPONSOR: MARK REEVE, LARRY SMITH, ROBERT
of this opening. vantage, the HURDLE, RON HERMANSEN, MINAS NORDANYAN.
4. ... Qf6? game has
This move is an old trap, and entered unfa-
leads Black into perilous waters. Ju- miliar territory: a dangerous situa- Inadequate is 29. ... Rg2 30. Rxg2
lian said afterwards that he knew tion for the person playing several hg 31. Qb6 or Qa7, so Black covers
this was bad, shaking his head as if games at once, and one which Black those two squares.
to say “Why’d I do that?” Better are exploits to the utmost. 30. Nxf4
4. ... g6 or 4. ... Kf8 and the threat of 16. ... h5 17. h3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 I think White can still win after
... d5 at least forces White to retreat Rh6 19. Ke2 30. a7 Rg2 31. Rxg2 hg 32. a8(Q)
his Queen. White may be slightly Maybe White should get the g1(Q) 33. c4, but risky is 30. a7 Rg2
better after that but nothing more. Queenside pawns moving with 19. 31. a8(Q) Rxf2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ 33.
5. Nd5 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 b4 or 19. a4. Kf1 h2 34. Qaxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qxc8+
Now Black is faced with the 19. ... Rg6 20. Qf2 Nce7 Kf7 36. Qh3 Rxb2. Instead, I was
dual threats of Qxg7 and Nxc7+. Good, unhackneyed thinking ... mesmerized by the text move -- being
Furthermore, his Queen will be ha- what this position needs! the last move of time control did not
rassed and possibly trapped! 21. Rf1 f5 22. Qxa7 help! I quickly saw the sequence 30.
6. ... Kf8 7. Nh3 Qd4 Somewhat risky, reducing the Nxf4 exf4 31. Rxf4+ Nf6 32. Rxg4
If 7. ... d6 8. Nxf2 wins a piece. game to something of an arms race. Nxg4 33. Qxc8+ Kf7 34. a7 Rg2+
8. d3 22. ... Rxg2+ 23. Rf2 Rg3 24. 35. Ke1 (35. Kc1!? h2 36. Kb1) h2 but
Now the BQ is encircled and c3 Qxb7 f4 25. Nd5 Bxh3 26. a4 did not see how to stop the h-pawn
is threatened. Bg4+ 27. Kd2 h4 (36. Qh8 Nh6!).
8. ... d6 Black now has serious counter- 30. ... exf4 31. Rxf4+ Nf6 32.
Some computers will play 8. ... play, though I still doubted it would e5!
Bb6 (guarding c7) 9. c3 Qc5 10. b4 amount to much! I finally found this move, open-
Qd6, but this is hardly inspiring for XIIIIIIIIY ing up the h1-a8 diagonal to allow
a human player. the Q to retreat.
9. Qf3 Bxh3 10. Rf1! 9-+-+-mkn+0 32. ... Rg2+ 33. Ke1 Rg1+ 34.
A key move, preventing a Black 9+Q+-sn-zp-0 Kf2 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 dxe5 36. Rxg4
... Qf2. The mate threat gives Black 9-+-zp-+-+0 Nxg4 37. Qxc8+ Kf7
no time to save his Queen. Black errs slightly, but the better
10. ... Be6 11. c3 Qg1 9+-+Nzp-+-0 37. ... Ke7 38. Qc7+! (not 39. Qb7+
Black sells the Queen as dearly 9P+-+Pzplzp0 Kd6!, getting closer to a8) Ke6 39.
as possible. The game is now over 9+-zPP+-tr-0 Qc6+ amounts to the same thing.
-- right? 38. Qb7+ Ke6 39. Qxg2 1-0
12. Rxg1 Bxg1 13. Nxc7 9-zP-mK-tR-+0 And Black resigns in view of 39.
Furthermore, White now picks 9+-+-+-+-0 ... hxg2+ 40. Kg1! -- another move
up the Exchange and a pawn, leav- xiiiiiiiiy that in my fatigue it took me awhile
ing Black with only two minor piec- to find. Instead, 40. Kxg2?? Ne3+
es for the Queen. 28. a5 h3 29. a6 Nc8 41. Kf3 Nd5 & Nb6!

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 Black deserves credit for fighting attracted 40 players. Enrico Sevil- GM Varuzhan Akobian tied for
so hard after a poor opening. While lano took first prize with 5½-½, fol- fifth in the Open with 4½ of 6, qual-
White is objectively winning as early lowed at 5-1 by Reynaldo Del Pilar. ifying for the U.S. Championship.
as move 11, Black was absolutely Next came Max Landaw and Bert (He also tied for first in the Blitz.)
justified in making White prove he Navarro, shared third place at 4½- Among those tied for 13th with 4
could do the job. The fact that this ½. Vaughan Heussenstamm, Pirouz points were Garush Manukyan, Al-
was a team tourney further under- Hendi, Peter Van Couvering, Chris- exandre Kretchetov, WIM Sarah Lu
scores this point. topher Kao, Jayo Cacho and Ferdi- (who would have been eligible for
nand Catunao took class prizes. qualification if she were not still list-
Robert Hurdle sponsored this ed under China), and Eugene Yanayt
wonderful event, but it is unclear (tied for Under 2300 honors).
whether he will be able to so in the 12th Warner Summer
future. As a result, the youth chess Scholastic Jerry Hanken – GM Varuzhan
players of Southern California are Akobian
hopeful that a generous chess pa- June 5 National Open, Las Vegas 2005
tron will step forward to help cover Ryan Polsky won the 69-player D30 QUEEN’S GAMBIT DECLINED,
the costs. Please get in touch with 12th Warner Scholastic, held at Tarrasch Variation
Jay Stallings if you would like more Warner School in Westwood, with 4- 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2
information on how you can help. 0. Theo Hurley finished second with c5 5. 0-0 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7
– Jay Stallings 3-1. Eric Huang and Rassa Ebrahim 8. b3 Bg4 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Ne5 Bh5 11.
won Junior Varsity (grades K-8) Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe1
sections, while Harry Moses, Jesse Qe7 14. Nc3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16.
AAA Summer Halpern, Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski, Rdae1 Rad8 17. e3 Bb4 18. Qc1 c5 19.
Adam Semprevivo, Michael Moradi, f3 Bg6 20. Kh1 h5 21. Qa1 Bd3 22.
Scholastic Will Bucksbaum, Andrew Liu and Rg1 Ba5 23. Rd1 Qxe3 24. Na4 Be2
June 4 Collin Shannon led their Novice 25. Rc1 d4 26. Nxc5 Bxf3 27. a3
The AAA Summer Scholastic (grades K-5) round robins. John XIIIIIIIIY
in Glendale attracted 108 players. Surlow and Vicki Feldmar directed.
Mher Mikayelyan led the grades 9-+-trr+k+0
K-12 section with 4½-½, his third
Westwood Charter 9zp-+-+pzp-0
straight tournament victory. Nich- 9-+-+-sn-+0
olas Hammond (5-0 in grades K- Summer Scholastic 9vl-sN-+-+p0
7) and Liam Fairweather (5-0 in
grades K-3) took top honors in their June 11 9-+-zp-+-+0
sections. Harut Keshishian direct- This annual event, held at West- 9zPP+-wqlzP-0
ed for the AAA Chess Club. wood Charter School in Westwood,
attracted 50 participants. Boris 9-vL-+-+LzP0
Kitapzyan swept the Championship 9wQ-tR-+-tRK0
Arcadia Spring (K-12) section with 4-0, followed at xiiiiiiiiy
3-1 by Stephen Porta. In the Junior
Scholastics Varsity (K-8), Altabagana Mungun- 27. … Ng4 28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2
June 5 sar and Dean Tanioka won their sec- h4 30. b4 hxg3+ 0 – 1
This new scholastic event at Diver- tions. Section winners in the Novice
sity Educational Center in Arcadia (K-5) included Gavin Michaels, Jef- Oh, and one of those tied for first,
drew 25. First with 5-0 was Cheston frey Asai, Tyler Hakomori, Batkh- GM Nick de Firmian, is a native
Gunawan, followed by Rebecca San- ishig Saikhanbayar, Kento Orii, Southern Californian! (The others,
chez, Stephen Porta and Vidhu Gath- and Michael Moradi. John Surlow also GMs, were Dmitry Gurevich
ey. Roel Sanchez directed. directed. and Dashzeveg Sharavdorj; Dmitry
won the blitz playoff.)
In Under 2200, Ike Miller, Me-
Harold Cardinal National Open landro Singson, and Gregg Fritchle
tied for third with 4½; Gregg shared
Valery, M.D., Well over 600 players gathered in the Under 2100 prize. Under 2000
Primavera Open Las Vegas June 10-12 for this first
portion of the International Chess
saw Josh Gutman tie for first with
5½; his draw was with Lonnie Neal,
This new tournament, held June Festival. Some highlight perfor- who split third with 5 points. And
3-5 at Chess Palace in Los Alamitos, mances by Southern Californians: Mark Bellnap tied for sixth at 4½.

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 Young Jared Tan led the Under
1800 section with a perfect score af- The Long View
ter five rounds, but lost a tough end- by John Hillery 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qf7 Bxh3
ing, falling into a tie for third place.
In Under 1600, Tyrone Liddell tied
for second at 5-1, and Julie Timokhi-
na, Danil Fedunov, and Tim Turner
O nce dubbed the “Koh-i-Noor” of
chess, this game is typical of the
period — a slashing attack appears
Black clears the back rank with
gain of tempo in order to answer
the threat of Ng3-h5 with ... Rd8-
were in the tie for fifth with 4½. out of nowhere, for defensive tech- g8. On other moves, say 24. ... Bb7,
Douglas Barlett and Ben Slupik nique was little understood even by the White’s point is 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26.
scored 5 to share third place honors best players. The winner should not Nh5 Rg8 27. Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf6
in Under 1400; Holly McRoberts be confused with La Bourdonnais’ mate.
tied for seventh with 4½. And Alex opponent, Alexander McDonnell. XIIIIIIIIY
Kayfetz-Gaum was equal fifth in the
Under 1200 group with 4½. In the G. A. MacDonnell – Boden 9r+-tr-+-mk0
Scholastic (12 rounds!), Jason Qu London, 1861 9+-zp-sNQzp-0
was third with 10-2, and Cheston C51 EVANS GAMBIT DECLINED 9-zpp+-zp-zp0
Gunawan took equal fourth with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5
9½. – Randy Hough 4. b4 Bb6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. 9+-+n+-+-0
d3 O-O 8. Nc3 h6 9. Be3 Nxb4 10. 9-+-+-zP-+0
Ne2 Nc6 11. Ng3 d5 12. Bb5 dxe4 9+-+-+-sNl0
USCF Election 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe5 exd3 15.
9P+q+-+PmK0
cxd3 Qe8 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f4
The USCF recently issued the Nd5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Ng6 Qe3+ 9+-+RtR-+-0
following announcement: 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Rfe1 Qxd3 22. xiiiiiiiiy
Rad1 Qc2
Attention: USCF Voting Members 25. Re2! Qxd1 26. Nh5 Rg8
Because of production problems The Black Queen’s foraging ex- 27. Nxg8 Rxg8 28. Re8, Black
during the assembling and binding of pedition has left Black far behind in resigns
the June issue of Chess Life, some of the
development.
ballots in the magazine were not person-
alized with the voting member’s name
and address. There may also have been
some cases of voting members who did Late News: Solutions to Chess
not receive a ballot in their magazine.
USCF Secretary Don Schultz, Ex- Quiz
ecutive Director Bill Hall and Director SCCF Candidates (see page 28)
of Publications Glenn Petersen have de- Expert Ron Bruno upset the top
cided that the problems at our printer seed, IM Jack Peters, in the last Milman – Fang, Foxwoods
warrant sending out a new set of ballots
round to take clear first, 4-0, in the 2005: White mates with the startl-
to all voting members.
A replacement ballot form is being
Southern California Candidates ing Queen sacrifice 1. Qg6+! fxg6
prepared. It will be printed and mailed tournament, held June 18-19 at the 2. hxg6+ Kxg7 3. Rh7# 1–0
out via first class mail as soon as pos- Chess Palace. Peters, Alaa-Addin
sible. Moussa, and Craig Clawitter, at Tallaksen – Greet, Gausdal
We’ll update this notice as we have 3-1, took the other three qualify- 2005: The Black Queen is overload-
more information. ing spots, with Reynaldo del Pilar ed after 1. Qa4 Qb7 (1. … Qxa4
We apologize for any inconvenience. losing out on tiebreaks. Bruno, Pe- Rxc8#) 2. Nf6+ 1–0, for both 2. ...
ters, Moussa, and Clawitter will Kd8 3. Nxd5+ 2. ... N5xf6 3. Bxb7
Contrary to general opinion, join IMs Enrico Sevillano, Melikset lose the Queen to begin with.
this fiasco does not appear to have Khachiyan, Andranik Matikozyan,
been the USCF’s fault (one of the and Cyrus Lakdawala in the round- Portisch – Berger, Amster-
ink nozzles was misaligned by the robin finals, July 9-10 and 16-17. dam 1964: White begins with
printer). It remains unclear which – Randy Hough the demolishing sacrifice 1. Nxh7
of multiple ballots will be counted, Kxh7 (1. ... Bf5 2. Rxf5 gxf5 3. Qxf5
and what will be done with hand- Qxc3+ 4. Kd1 Qa1+ 5. Ke2 Qb2+
written submissions. It is reported 6. Kf3 Ne6 7. Nxf8 Rxf8 8. Be5) 2.
that the USCF will seek to recover Rh5+ Kg7 3. Be5+ f6 4. Rg5 1–0
the cost of the supplemental mail- (Too many pins!)
ing ($15-$20 K) from the printer.

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 c5 23. Nh4
Allan Troy, 1932-2005 gives Black
by IM Jack Peters no hope.

C hess master Allan Troy, 73,

died May 12 in Tubac, Arizona.
He and his family ran Troy’s Chess
22. g4!?
The pre-
lude to a
Shoppe at the Old Towne Mall in Queen sac-
Torrance in the 1960s and 1970s. rifice. Sim-
His store was a popular gathering ply 22. Nf3
spot for those who wanted to buy c5 23. Nh4
chess books or play speed chess. works too.
Troy, who was born in Tucson 22. …
but grew up in El Segundo, worked Bxf4 23.
as a manager for Hughes Aircraft gxf5 Be3
and considered chess his side busi- 24. fxe6
ness. His real love was speed chess, Rxe6 25. c5 f5 26. Rxd4 Bxf2+ Or 42. ... Rd8 43. Rf7+.
at which he won the California 27. Rxf2 43. Rh7, Black Resigns.
championship in the mid-’60s. He XIIIIIIIIY
used to sit at a board outside his Allan Troy – Art Spiller
shop, puffing on a pipe and chuck- 9r+-wq-+k+0 California 1969
ling softly, as he trounced passersby 9zpp+-+-+p0 E00 QUEEN’S INDIAN DEFENSE,
in fast games. 9-+pvLr+p+0 Petrosian Variation
Troy entertained thousands of 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3
players and made countless friends. 9+-zP-zPp+-0 Avoiding the Nimzo-Indian, 3.
Although he closed his shop and 9-+-tR-+-+0 Nc3 Bb4.
moved to Arizona a quarter of a 9+P+-+-+P0 3. … b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qc2 d5
century ago, he remains a memo- 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3
rable part of local chess lore. 9P+-+-tRL+0 This position usually arises from
9+-+-sN-mK-0 the Queen’s Indian Defense.
Allan Troy – Janushkowsky xiiiiiiiiy 7. … Be7 8. Bg5 0-0 9. e3 Nbd7
California 1964 10. Bd3 h6
E68 KING’S INDIAN DEFENSE White has three pieces and a Both 10. ... Ne4 and 10. ... c5 are
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 bind for the Queen. Black’s Rooks acceptable.
4. Bg2 0-0 5. d4 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nf3 are particularly helpless. 11. Bh4 Ne4?? 12. Nxd5!
Nbd7 8. 0-0 e5 27. … Kg7 28. b4 a6 29. Nf3 h6 Cleverly gaining a pawn, as 12.
A popular variation of the King’s 30. Bf1 g5 31. Rg2 Rg6 32. e6! ... Bxd5 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 pro-
Indian Defense. Inviting 32. ... Rxe6? 33. Be5+. tects the Bishop at h4.
9. dxe5 32. … Qe8 33. e7 Re6 34. Bd3 12. … Bxh4 13. Bxe4 f5?!
The main line begins with 9. h3. Qh5 Even the sounder 13. ... c5 14.
9. … dxe5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. b3 If 34. ... f4, most emphatic is 35. Rd1 gives Black no compensation.
Nc5 12. Ba3 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Re8 Nxg5! hxg5 36. Rxg5+ Kh6 (neither 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxb7 Rb8
14. Ne1 Ne6 36. ... Kh8 37. Rxf4 nor 36. ... Kf6 37. 16. Bc6
Allowing infiltration. Simply 14. Rg4 holds out long) 37. Bxf4 Qxe7 Also 16. Qxf5 wins.
... Bf8 maintains equality. 38. Rd6!, gaining material. 16. … Be7 17. Rc1 Bd6 18.
15. Bd6 Qd8 16. Ne2 Nd4? 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Bc4 Rxe7 Qc4+ Kh8 19. Qe6!
Premature. Not 16. ... Bf8? 17. After 36. ... Re4 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. The rest is brutal.
Bxe5, but 16. ... c5 and 16. ... a5 are Ne5 Qxh3, White’s pieces swarm 19. … Nf6 20. Nh4 Kh7 21.
playable. with 39. Kg1! (intending 40. Rf2+) Qxf5+ Kg8 22. Ba4! c6 23. Rxc6
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. f4 Nf8?! e3 40. Ng4+ Kg7 41. Rg3. Rf7 24. Bb3 Bf8 25. Ng6 Qd7 26.
Now Black gets squashed. He 37. Bxe7+ Kxe7 38. Rg1 Qxh3 Rxf6!, Black Resigns.
had to try 18. ... c5, although 19. b4! 39. Re1+ Kf8 40. Rd7 Qg4
Qb6 (Black can hardly move after If 40. ... g4 41. Ne5 Qh2+, White
19. ... cxb4 20. e5 a5 21. c5) 20. e5 evades checks by 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43.
Qxb4 21. Rxd4 favors White. Ke2 Qc3 44. Kd1! (threatening 45.
19. e5 Bf5 20. Qf2 Ne6 21. h3 Ng6 mate) Qa1+ 45. Kd2 Qb2+ 46.
Bh6!? Kd3.
Worth a try, as 21. ... h5 22. Nf3 41. Bb3 Qh5 42. Ree7 g4

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 2004-2005 State Championship

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

Date Name Qualifiers March 25-27 3rd Annual Western Pacific Tatev Abrahamyan
July 3-5 Pacific Southwest Open Andranik Matikozyan Open Alaa-Addin Moussa
Francis Chen Mike Zaloznyy
Craig Clawitter
July 10-25 State Championship Jack Peters
Craig Anderson
Tim Taylor
Gevorg Vardanyan
Vanessa West
Christian Tanaka
Ike Miller
Sargis Hakobyan
Ron Bruno
Michael Casella April 9-10 SCCF Senior Open Raoul Crisologo
Charles Van Buskirk Leonard Sussman
July 15-18 Pacific Coast Open Varuzhan Akobian April 23-24 Los Angeles County Open Roger Dellaca
Melikset Khachiyan Marian Nita
Lernik Manukian Danyul Lawrence
August 15 Westwood Open Brandon Ashe May 7-8 Orange County Open Joel Banawa
Joshua Gutman
August 14-15 San Luis Obispo County John Williams
Championship Matt Robertson May 7-8 SCCF High School Julian Landaw
Championship
Sept. 4-6 Southern California Open Ilia Serpik
Gregg Fritchle May 14-15 San Diego County Open Dimitry Kishinevsky
Ulric Aeria
Sept. 24-26 Los Angeles Open Alexandre Kretchetov
Jesus Orozco
Zoran Djoric
May 29-31 Lina Grumette Memorial Carlos Garcia
October 31 Halloween Open Roger Norman
Day Classic Stoil Jotev
November 6-7 Electoral College Open Cyrus Lakdawala
June 4-5 Harold Cardinal Valery, Reynaldo del Pilar
Bruce Baker
M.D., Inc. Primavera Open Nicanor Navarro
November 25-28 American Open Boris Kreiman
Jouaquin Banawa Each event qualifies two players (highest scoring
Takashi Iwamoto Southern California residents not previously qualified)
December 11-12 6th Annual Joseph Ileto Ron Hermansen except that 1) In the event of a tie, all tied players will
Memorial Eduardo Ortiz
Christopher Slupik
advance; 2) A score of 60% is required to qualify; 3) The
Ryan Richardson SCCF Amateur, SCCF High School and any one-day
January 15-17 Western Class Enrico Sevillano event will each have one qualifying spot; and 4) All one-
Championships Eugene Yanayt day tournaments shall require a 75% score and only one
January 30 Westwood Winter Open Takashi Kurosaki player shall qualify on tiebreak.
March 13 Century West Open Leonid Furman

Solutions to Tactics by Hanks

(see page 12)
Problem no. 1: b. White is better. Norwood – Collier, Isle of Man 1996. White wins beginning with 1. Qd8!
i. 1. … Rxd8 2. e7+ Kh8 3. exd8=Q+ and wins.
ii. 1. … Qf3+ 2. Kg1! and Black will run out of checks.
iii. 1. … Qe1+2. Kg2 Kf8 3. Qd6+ Kg8 4. Qd7 winning.

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

Problem no. 3: b. h6 is incorrect. Casella – Ziatdinov, Los Angeles 2001. If 1. … h6, then 2. Nf6! and if
i) 2. … gxf6 3. Qh5 fxg5 (what else?) 4. Qxh6+ Kg8 5. Ng6 and mate follows.
ii) 2. … Qd8 3. Qh5 (overwhelming the Black Kingside) gxf6 4. Qxh6+ Kg8 5. Ng6 1-0

Problem no. 4: a. d7 is correct. White wins, but not without a vicious tactical counter-attempt by Black. The
main line goes: 1. d7 d3 (if 1. … Qe7 then 2. Qxa5 threatening Qxd2 and d8=Q) 2. Qb3 Rc2! 3. Qa3 (not 3. Qb1, as
then 3. … Qe7 is holding on) 3. … Qxf1+ 4. Kxf1 d2 5. Qxf3 Rc1+ 6. Qd1 Rxd1+ 7. Ke2 Rb1 8. d8=Q d1=8+
9. Qxd1 Rxd1 10. Kxd1 and White wins the resultant King+pawn ending.

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 SCCF Annual Meeting and Election bers that have lots of fresh ideas to

T
take advantage of today’s computer-
he SCCF Annual Membership Meeting will take place at ized world, and I also support their
2:30 p.m. on Monday, September 5, at the LAX Hilton, in efforts. I have been promoting chess
conjuction with the Southern California Open. All SCCF mem- for the last 5 years in San Diego and
bers are encouraged to attend and make their views known. our club is one of the largest and
Enclosed with this issue you will find your ballot for the election of best run in the state. I am happy to
the SCCF Board. Those whose membership is current as of July 31 may continue to promote chess in wider
vote by mail. Or, you may vote in person on September 5 at the South- areas of Southern California. Thank
ern California Open. If voting by mail, please place your ballot in a blank you for your support.
sealed envelope, and place this in a mailing envelope with your name on
the outside. Mail your ballot to: SCCF Ballot c/o Michael Nagaran, 17360 Randy Hough
Caminito Canasto, San Diego, CA 92127. Ballots must be postmarked no I’m willing to continue my 24
later than August 31. years of service on the Board if you
wish. More important, I strongly
All candidates for the Board essary organization that can do a lot urge everyone to vote for Bill Goi-
are entitled to a short statement in of good to promote chess in Southern chberg, Robert Tanner, Joel Chan-
Rank & File. The following state- California. Our membership is grow- ning, and Greg Shahade for USCF
ments have been submitted: ing again and our magazine Rank Executive Board. Ballots must be
and File has been getting better mailed in by mid-July.
Ivona Jezierska with each issue thanks to the hard
I am running for a position as work of the current board members,
a board member on the Southern especially John Hillery. There aren’t
California Chess Federation Board a lot a people who are willing to de-
of Directors because I believe that vote the necessary amount time to
my experiences, as a competitive keep this organization running
chess player as a chess teacher and smoothly. Randy Hough has done
organizer, will be helpful to the a great job for many years keeping
Southern California chess commu- track of all our members. I am proud
nity. WFM Ivona Jezierska to be on the same team with these
two fine individuals. As most of you
John Hillery know, John and Randy are the heart
Rank & File editor, 1983-1990, and soul of the SCCF. Ron Rezendes
1999-present. SCCF Treasurer and Rick Aeria are two newer mem-
1984-1990, SCCF Vice-President,
2003-present. Organizer of the 2005-2006 State Championship
Southern California Open (2002,
2004 and 2005), Memorial Day
Classic (2002-2005), Western Pa-
S eeded into the Championship are the 2005 Champion, up to three players
selected on the basis of rating, and four from the 2005 Candidates Tourna-
ment.
cific Open. I am willing to stand on
my record. Date Name
July 2-4 Pacific Southwest Open Burbank
Joe Hanley
July 9-17 State Championship West L.A.
My name is Joe Hanley. I am a
teacher of chess, an organizer and July 21-24 Pacific Coast Open Agoura Hills
director of scholastic and adult August 13-14 San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo
tournaments, the owner of Chess County Championship
Equipment USA, and two websites: August 21 Westwood Open Westwood
www.chess4children.com and www. Sept. 4-6 Southern California Open LAX
chessequipmentusa.com. I wish to
join the SCCF board to help promote
chess. Each event qualifies two players (highest scoring Southern California
residents not previously qualified) except that 1) In the event of a tie, all
Chuck Ensey tied players will advance; 2) A score of 60% is required to qualify; 3) The
I am asking for your vote to place SCCF Amateur, SCCF High School and any one-day event will each have
me on the SCCF board for another one qualifying spot; and 4) All one-day tournaments shall require a 75%
term because I believe this is a nec- score and only one player shall qualify on tiebreak.

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 Upcoming
Events

July 2-4 July 16 7/13, all $161 online at chesstour.com

45TH ANNUAL PACIFIC SOUTHWEST JOSHUA TREE JULY OPEN. 5-SS, G/45. by 7/18, all $170 phoned by 7/18 (406-
OPEN. 6-SS, $$8,000 b/240, half of Faith Lutheran Church, 6336 Hal- 896-2038, entries only, no questions),
all prize guar. Choice of 2 sched- lee Rd., Joshua Tree, CA 92252. all $190 (no checks, credit cards OK)
ules: 3-day schedule plays all rounds $$Top 2 Gtd., other prizes b/30. at tmt. SCCF membership ($14, jrs
at 40/2, SD/1. 2-day schedule plays Open: $200-100. Class A: $75, $50, $9) required for rated Southern CA
first 3 rds at G/1, others at 40/2, Class B: $75, $50, Class C: $60, $40, residents. Under 1200 Section EF:
SD/1. Burbank Airport Hilton, 2500 under 1400: $60, $40, UNR: trophy. all $40 less. Re-entry (except Open)
Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 EF: $35. Reg: 8-9:15. Rds: 9:30- $80, count as half entries. Advance
(corner of Thornton). In 2 sections: 11:30-2:00-3:45-5:30. Ent: Mark EF $10 less if paid with $49 USCF
Open, $$1400-700-400-300-200, Muller, PO Box 502, Twentynine dues. 4-day schedule: Reg Thu to
U2200 $600-300-150, U2000 $600- Palms, CA 92277. (760) 367-2311. 6:30pm, rds Thu 7 pm, Fri 7 pm, Sat
300-150. Amateur, open to U1800/ muller29@adelphia.net. W. No time 12-7, Mon 10-4:30. 3-day schedule:
Unr, $$600-300-150, U1600 500-250- delay allowed. GP: 6 Reg. Fri to 11am, rds Fri 12-7, Sat
150, U1400 400-250, U1200 150, Unr. 12-7, Sun 10-4:30. 2-day schedule:
150. Unr. may win Unrated prize July 21-24 Reg Sat to 9am, rds Sat 10-1-4-7,
only. All, EF: $52 if received by 6/30, 10TH ANNUAL PACIFIC COAST OPEN. Sun 10-4:30. All schedules: Bye
$62 at site. SCCF memb. required 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day option, rds all, limit 2, rd 4-6 byes must com-
of So. Californians ($14, jrs. U18 1-3 G/60), Renaissance Agoura Hills mit before rd 3. HR: $79-79-79-79,
$9, includes Rank & File magazine). Hotel, 30100 Agoura Road, Agoura 818-707-1220, reserve by 7/7 or
Reg: 9-10 am (3-day), 8:45-9:30 Hills CA 91301 (US-101 to Reyes rate may increase. Car rental: Avis,
a.m. (2-day). Rds: 10:30-4:30, 10:30- Adobe Road exit). Adjacent to the 800-331-1600, use AWD #D657633.
4:30, 10-4:30 (2-day plays Rds 1,2,3 Santa Monica Mountains, 26 miles Ent: Continental Chess, PO Box
at 10, noon, 2, then merges). One or west of Burbank, 12 miles from 249, Salisbury Mills NY 12577. Ad-
two 1/2-pt. byes with advance notice. Malibu, 28 miles from Ventura. vance EF minus $5 service charge
HR: $92 (818) 843-6000 or (800) Free parking. Prizes $40,000 based refunded if you withdraw and give
840-6450, mention chess. Parking on 320 entries; minimum $30,000 notice at least an hour before rd 1.
$8/day. Info: Randy Hough (626) (75% each prize) guaranteed. In 7 Questions: www.chesstour.com, 845-
282-7412, randallhough@yahoo.com. sections. Open: $4000-2000-1000- 496-9658. Advance entries posted at
Ent: Santa Monica Bay CC, PO 600-400, clear winner bonus $200, chesstour.com 7/20. GP: 120. State
Box 205, Monterey Park, CA 91754. U2400 $1500, U2300/Unr $1500. If Championship Qualifier.
F. GP: 30 State Championship tie for first, top 2 on tiebreak play
Qualifier. speed game (white 7 min, black 5 July 30
min and gets draw odds) for title COSTA MESA OCTOS. 3-SS, 35/90,
July 2 &bonus prize. FIDE rated. Under SD/30. 8 player sections by rating.
VICTORVILLE CHESS QUADS II. 3-RR, 2200: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Odd Fellows/Rebekah Hall, 2476
G/60. Victor Villa Club House, 13373 Under 2000: $2500-1200-600-400- Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA.
Mariposa Rd, Victorville, CA 92395. 300. Under 1800: $2500-1200- EF: $20 advance, $25 at site, $2 disc.
$$30/quad guaranteed. EF: $8 if 600-400-300. Under 1600: $2500- to all Southern Calif. Chess Federa-
rec’d by 6/1, $12 at site. Prizes: cash. 1200-600-400-300. Under 1400: tion members. $$ prizes per entries.
Reg: 9:30 a.m. Rds: 10-1-3. Info: $2500-1200-600-400-300. Under Reg. 9:15-10 a.m. Rds. 10:15-2:45-
Rialto/CCF Chess Club Members 1200: $1600-900-600-400-300. 6:45. Info/Ent: Michael Carr, 25601
receive a $2 discount. TD: Don Cot- Unrated may play in any section, Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, CA
ton, 760-245-6598, Doncotten@aol. with maximum prize U2200 $1200, 92691. (949) 768-3538. NS, NC.
com. Adv. Ent: DEC Cuerdon, 1181 U2000 $1000, U1800 $800, U1600
W. Banyon St, Rialto, CA 92377, 909- $600, U1400 $400 U1200 $200; bal- August 13-14
641-4337, chessnut48@aol.com. NS, ance goes to next player(s) in line. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CHAMPI-
NC, W. Top 6 sections EF: 4-day $164, ONSHIP. 5SS, rds 1-3 G/90, rds 4-5
3-day $163, 2-day $162 mailed by G/120. Cuesta College Conference

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 Center, Bldg. 5400, Hwy. 1, San Luis LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Open to gr.
Obispo, CA 93403. $$1,075/b30. In 2 Los Angeles, CA 90045. $$10,000 12-below. In two sections: Open:
sections. Open: $300-150-75, Top b/200, 60% of each prize guaranteed. Trophies to top 5, top 3 U1200, top
U1800 $100. Reserve (U1600/Unr: In two sections: Open: $$T+1700- 2 Unrated. Grade 6/below U1000:
$200-100-50, Top under 1300 $65, 1000-800-450-300, U2400 400, Trophies to top 5, top 3 U700, top
Top Unr. $35. EF: Open $40; Re- U2300 200, U2200 600-300, U2000 2 Unrated. Reg: 8:30-9:15. Rds
serve $35; all $10 more at site. One $$600-300. Amateur (Under 1800): 9:30-11-1:00-2:30-4. EF: $16 if re-
$5 discount to SCCF, CalChess, or $$T+750-400-200-150-100, U1600 ceived by 9-1, $20 at door. On-line
SLOCC. Reg. 8:30-9:30. One ½ $$500-300-200-100, U1400 $$300- entry: www.westernchess.com. Inf:
bye any rd. requested with ent. 150, U1200 100, Unr 100. Best admin@westernchess.com. Ent:
Rds. 10-1:30-5 Sat., 9-2 Sun. Ent: game prize $25, all sections eligible. SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N. Wil-
SLO Chess Club, 234 Via La Paz, All: half-pt bye available in rds 1-4 if ton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Info: requested with entry, limit 2. SCCF
Barbara McCaleb 805-544-0717, membership req ($14, jr. $9), OSA. September 5
bmccaleb@calpoly.edu. State No checks or credit cards at door. SCO ACTION SWISS. 5-SS, G/30.
Championship Qualifier. SCCF Annual Membership Meeting: LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd,
2:30 p.m. Sept. 5. Reg: 3-day 8:30- Los Angeles, CA 90045. $$500
August 21 9:45 a.m. 9-3. 2-day 8:30-9:30 a.m. b/40, else proportional: $150-70-40,
2ND ANNUAL WESTWOOD OPEN. 5- 9-4. Rds: 3-day: 10:30-5 Sat-Sun, 10- U2100/Unr $80, U1800 $80, Un-
SS, G/40. Doubletree Hotel, 10740 4:30 Mon. 2-day: 10-12:15-2:30 Sun., der 1500 $80. Ent: SCCF, c/o John
Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90024. then merges. EF: $81 if received by Hillery, 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los
$$1500G. In two sections: Open: 9-1, $97 door, U1400 $66 by 9-1, $80 Angeles CA 90038, online at www.
$400-200, U2200 125, U2000 125. door. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, westernchess.com.
Reserve (U1800) $$200-125, U1600 835 N. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles
$100, Under 1400 $75, U1200 $75, CA 90038. On-line entry: www. September 5
Unrated $75 (unr. may win unrated westernchess.com. HR: $89, (310) SCO HEXES. 3-RR, G/90. LAX Hil-
prize only). EF: $47 if received by 8- 410-4000, mention chess. Parking ton, 5711 W Century Blvd, Los An-
19, $56 at site; all $5 less to unrated. $6/day. Inf: admin@westernchess. geles, CA 90045. 6-player sections
SCCF memb. ($14, under 18 $9) req. com. NS, W, F. GP: 50. State by rating. $$40-20-10 each section.
for rated S. CA residents. No checks Championship Qualifier EF: $20 if received by 9-1, $25 door.
or credit cards at site. Half point Reg: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Rds 10:45-2-5.
byes: Limit 1, must be req. w/entry. September 4 Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery, 835 N.
Reg: 8:45-9:30 a.m. Rds: 10-12- SCO SCHOLASTICS. 5-SS, SD/45. Wilton Pl. #1, Los Angeles CA 90038,
1:45-3:30-5:30. HR: $99, 1-800-222- LAX Hilton, 5711 W Century Blvd, online at www.westernchess.com
TREE. Inf: admin@westernchess.
com. Ent: SCCF, c/o John Hillery,
835 N. Wilton Place #1, Los Ange-
les, CA 90038. On-line entry: www.
2nd Annual

Westwood Open
westernchess.com. GP: 10. State
Championship Qualifier.

August 27
Costa Mesa Octos. 3-SS, 35/90, SD/30. 8
August 21
player sections by rating. Odd Fellows/ 5-SS, G/40
Rebekah Hall, 2476 Newport Blvd.,
Costa Mesa, CA. EF: $20 advance, $25 Doubletree Hotel, 10740 Wilshire
at site, $2 disc. to all Southern Calif.
Chess Federation members. $$ prizes per
Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90024
entries. Reg. 9:15-10 a.m. Rds. 10:15-
2:45-6:45. Info/Ent: Michael Carr,
25601 Chrisanta Drive, Mission Viejo, $$1500 Guaranteed
CA 92691. (949) 768-3538. NS, NC.
Details, on-line entry: www.sesternchess.com
September 3-5
27TH ANNUAL SOUTHERN CALIFOR-
NIA OPEN. 6-SS, 40/2, SD/1 (2-day
schedule rds 1-3 G/60, then merges).

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