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MASTERS DOMINATE SPEEDY TOURNEYSKlovsky took 1 st prize with 4]/2

points while Shapiro, Tonkonogy and Bonineach ended with 4. Isaac Rozic avenged hisFuturity loss to Joe Felber by defeating himfor the A prize (3 I/2-1 I/2). Ryan Margate was

Masters at workl. Klovsky, Hill andTonkonogy analyze pos.It.Ion

top 8 at 3'/2-1]/2 beating A player, AdalbertShlesinger, in the fmal round. Of the four Dplayers, Dave Randall, John Manning andSebastian Goyzueta finished with 2-3 todivide the prize.

JOSENHANS SWEEPS13TH SPEEDY

The 13th Queens Speedy Open onJune 2nd again attracted 6 masters amongthe 26 players.

Danny Josenhans (2234), the lowestrated of the six, won all 5 of his gamesincluding victories over Klovsky (2410),Shapiro (2326) and Zuckerman (2466) whohe defeated in a crucial 5th round encounter.Zuckerman and Klovsky tied for 2nd placewith 4 while Bonin (2459) and Tonkonogy(2385) drew with each other in the finalround after wirming 3.

The A prize was shared byShlesinger (1854) and Rozic (1967) with 3.Ryan Margate (1670) took the 8 prize with 3including an upset win over Rozic. JohnManning (1244) also scored 3 to win the D

prize.Ed Frumkin directed all three events.

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ZUCKERNIAN TOPSllTH SPEEDY OPEN

Once again, five masters were amongthe 34 participants in the club's llth SpeedyOpen, a G/10 five round event held on March24th.

International Master Bemard Zuckerman(2474) took top prize with an almost perfect scoreof 4]/2. His lone draw was against AnatolyTonkonogy (2373), who tied for second placealong with International Master Jay Bonin(2467), Bemard Hill (2274) and John Burke(2083), all with 4 points.

The A prize was split 3 ways betweenEdgar Cimafranca, Sr. (1973), Julio Bemal(1876) and Joseph Tan (1827), each with 3points.

Sherman Boim (1638) took the 8 prizewith 3 points, followed by John Morgan (1735),Rick Diaz (1643) and Ryan Margate (1639), eachwith2l/2.

The C prize was shared by RichardNewman (1561) and young AndrewHellenschmidt (1479). The latter upset EdgarCimafranca, Jr. (1891) and Marc Chemoff (1734)along the way.

Up-and-coming 11-year old DavidWigglesworth (1170) raised his ratingconsiderably on his way to the D prize with 3points including wins over Chemoff and MiaImmerman (1731). John Marming came insecond with 2.

KLOVSKY WINS 12THSPEEDY OPEN26 players turned out on April 2lst for

the 12th Queens Speedy headed by six masters,the same 5 who participated in the llth Speedy(Zuckerman, Bonin, Klovsky, Tonkonogy andHill) along with Danny Shapiro.

The action really started in round 3 withShapiro defeating IM Jay Bonin and Anatolydrawing with Zuckerman. Round 4 was verydecisive with Klovsky topping Shapiro, Boninbeating Zuckerman and Tonkonogy stopping JoelSalman. In the final round, Klovsky andTonkonogy drew quickly while Bonin defeatedCimafranca, Jr. and Shapiro conqueredZuckerman.

Sam Curchz\ck, Publisher

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WIECK WINS SPRING OPENRon Wieck (2188) is on a roll. After

sweeping the Queens Summer Open andWinter Open and sharing lst place in the2nd Queens Futurity, he proceeded to taketop prize in the recent Spring Open. Held toa draw by Ed Frumkin, he won his other 4games including impressive victories overBernie Hill (2239) and Joe Felber (2106).He clinched the title in the fmal round withhis win over Isaac Rozic (2104).` Ed Frumkin (2100) took 2nd place

with 4 points including the draw with Wieckand another against Hill.

Ahmad Wigglesworth (1850) had anoutstanding toumarnent upsetting Joe Felber(2106), Julius Kador (2000) and JohnGrubea (1984). His only losses were toFrumkin and Rozic,

The under-1800 section wasdominated by RIck Diaz (1702) who sweptall 5 games including a decisive final roundmatch with David Wigglesworth. Therunner-up prize went to Florante Villaneuva(1716) who ended with 4.

The C prize was shared by DavidWigglesworth (1539) and Henry Milerski

( 1509), each with 3 I/2.Sharing the D prize with 2]/2 were

Lou Sacripante (1283), 8-year old DanielGrant (1084), Hari Atma (1168) andChristos Pamboukes (U).

Ed Frumkin directed.

The L.I. ConnectionHarold Stenzel and Joel Salman

Leon Lusterman, Ed!.for

FROM THE EDITOR...Chess popularity has

apparently reached an all-time highin this country, and it is especiallygratifying to see the ever-increasinginvolvement of elementary schoolchildren. More and more, the schoolsare emphasizing the importance ofchess in the development of leamingskills. The number of young playerscoming to our own club is bothunprecedented and welcome.

At the same time, the caliberof chess in the U.S. is definitely onthe rise. There is no doubt that muchof this is attributable to the infl.ux ofoustanding players from the formerSoviet Union such as Kamsky,Gulko, Gurevichr Yermolinsky,Kaidanov and Dlugy as well as ourown Klovsky and Tonkonogy.

The number of tournamentsof all forms taking place isstaggering. Unfortunately, the onething that is missing is the inter-clubcompetition of years ago. On thelocal scene we had the MetroplitanChess League, in which our cluboften fielded three or four teamsagainst the likes ofthe Marshall,Manhattan, Commercial All-Stars,Kingsmen and Bronx-Yonkers clubs.We did quite well in the league,while at the same time usuallydominating th-e defunct Long IslandChess League. Among the stalwartsof our top team were masters BernieHill and Matthew Green along withJoe Balint, Charles Rehberg, JuliusKador, E. Schuyler Jackson, SidneyFreed, Morris Schreier and BenAleck. Many of these names maybe unfamiliar to most of you.

It is good that we now havethe amateur team tournaments, but arevival of the "Met League" wouldbe most welcome.

HILL IST IN MARCH QUADThe March Quad (3/9-3/23 consisted

of six quads with the following winners:

I Bemard Hill (2270) 2]/2

Jay Kleinman (1837) 1 I/211 Ahmadwigglesworth (1782) 2

Marc chemoff(1734) 2Ill Ryan Margate (1568) 2[/2

Florante villaneuva (1729) 1 I/2

Mia Immerman (1711) 1]/2IV William Lord (1500)V David wigglesworth (1490)

Lou Sacripante (1297)VI Daniel Grant (1074)

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Marian Waxman, (left) takes on GaryFriedman as Jim Pantina observes

12TH QUEENS OCTO RESULTS3/31-4/14

I Alejandro BeltranTulius KadorBernard Hill

11 Rich NewmanHenry MilerskiEugenio LopezFrank Drazil

Ill Lou SacripanteHari Atma

Hari Atma d.Isplays his first winning check

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CLUB OFFICERSPresident a Tournament Director

Edward Frumkinlst Vice Presic]ent Frank Drrazil2nc] Vice President Alex ElanSecretary Marvin GlasserTreasurer William LordPublicity Leon Lustermanlfembers at Large Tulius Kador

Anatoly TonkonogyKurt KalmringMarian Waxman

UPCOMING EVENTS

6/9-6/23 June Quad 3-RR

6/30 2nd G/25 0cto 3-RR

7/7-8/4 QUEENS SUF"ER OPEN 5-SS(Open & Under 1800 Sections)

8/11 3rd G/25 Quad 3-RR

8/18 3rd G/25 0ct 3-RR

8/25 14th Speedy Open G/10 5-SS

9/1 4th G/25 Quad 3-RR

9/8-9/22 Sept. Quad 3-RR

9/29 Annual Membership MeetingElection of Of f icersLecture or Simultaneous

10/6-11/17 CLUB CIIAMPIONSHIP,7-SS 30/70 SD/60

Joe Felber (Club Champion) inaction

Address all correspondence,news items, suggestions to:

Leon Lusterman, Editor211-35 23rd AvenueBayside, NY 11360

718-229-6794

WIECK AND FRUNIKIN TOPQUEENS 2ND FUTURITY

From Feb. loth to April 21st, 8 experts andtwo A players battled for three prizes and FIDE ratingsat the Queens Chess Club. After 9 grueling rounds thatwent right down to the wire, Ron Wieck and EdFrumkin took top honors with 6-3 scores. Sharing 3rd

place with 5'/2-3]/2 were Brian Lawson and Issac Rozic.Unlike the rather conservative play of last

year's lst Futurity (won by Mitch Fitzko and JoelSalman), the recent event involved much greater dramaand intensity. The final round in which Wieckconquered a red-hot Lawson was decisive.

Whereas last year's event saw 20 draws outof 45 games, there were only 9 this year, with each

layer losing at least twice.Wieck started slowly, with only 1 point after

4 rounds, but then proceeded to win his final 5 games.Lawson had a 4-game streak going until he facedWieck. Last year's co-winner, Mitch Fitzko, playedsome solid games and ended with 5 points. JohnGrubea and Ed Frumkin were the early leaders after 4rounds, but Grubea cooled off and was unable to winanother game.

Lawson showed the greatest improvementhaving finished with 2-7 in the 1994 event. Brian,along with Wieck and Edgar lan Cimafranca, shouldobtain FIDE ratings in the July 1995 list.

The final standings were as follows:1 Edward Frumkin 62 Ronald wieck3 Brian Lawon4 Isaac Rozic5 Mitchell Fitzko6 Edgar I Cimafranca

i.} 7 Joseph Felber5~ 8 John Grubea

9 Silvio Niculescu10 Marian Waxman

The following are some games from the event:£¢wso#-P"ecA rHpri./ 2J/ I. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb44. Bd2 Qe7 5. 8g2 Nc6 6. a3 Bxd2 7 Qxd2 d6 8. Nf30-0 9. 0-0 e510. d5 Nb811. Nc3 a512. b4 Na613.Rfcl Bd714. Qb2 c615. Na4 axb416. axb4 cxd517. Nb6 Rae818. cxd5 8g419. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd721. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. e4 Qxh3 23. Be2 f5 24. Bxa6 bxa625. Rxa6 Rf6 26. f3 Qxg3 27. Qg2 Qf4

28. Qc2 Qe3 29. Kh2 Rh6 30. Kg2 Qg5 0-I

Rozic-Cimafranca (April I 0) \ . d4 e6 2. e4d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. 0-0Nh6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9 b4 Be710. b5 Na511. Nd4 0-0-012 Nd2 f613. N2f3 Nf714. Bf4 9515. exf6 Bxf616.Be3 Qc717. Nb3 Nc418. Bd4 e519. Bxa7 Bxb5 20.a4 Ba6 21. a5 Rd6 22. Qc2 e4 23. Nfd4 h5 24. Nf5 Re625. Rfdl Re5 26. Nfd4 Be7 27. Rdbl Na3

28. Rxa3 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Bxa3 30. Bd4 Rf8 31. Bxe5Nxe5 32. h3 Nd3 33. Rfl Qe5 34. N3d4 94 35. h4 Qf636. Ng3 Qxh4 37. c4 Bd6 38. cxd5 Kd8 39. Ne6

Ke7 40. Nxf8 Kxf8 41. Qc8 Kf7 42. Qe6 Kf843. Qxd6 Qe7 44. Qxe7 Kxe7 45. Nxe4 Nf4 46. RblNxd5 47 Rxb7 I-0

If there was a brillianey prize in thistournament, Brian La[wson would surely be a topcandidate for his win against Rozic in round 2, playedMarch 24th.

£alt+so#-Rozl.c 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf64. 8g5 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Nf3 Be6 8. e30-0 9. Bd3 h610. h4 Nbd711. 0-0-0 b512. Kbl b413.Ne2 Re814. Ng3 8g415. Rcl b316. axb3 Qb617.Bxf6 Bxf618. Ng5 hxg519. hxg5 Bxg5 20. Bh7

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Kf8 21. Bf5 Bdl 22. Rcxdl Nb8 23. 8g4 96 24. e4 81`625. e5 8g7 26. e6 Bxd4 27. exf7 Kxf7 28. Rh7 8g7 29.Bh5

Re6 30. Qf5 Rf6 31. Bxg6 Kg8 32. Qc8 Bf8 33. Nf5Rxg6 34. Rh8 1-0

Former \^/inner Fitzko Ponders

FROM THE ARCHIVES -During the time that Bernie Hill was

winning the Queens Chess Clubchampionship year after year, he was alsobusy playing board 1 for our top team in theMetropolitan Chess League.

A member of our club forapproximately 33 years, Bernie earned hisMaster title way back after coming in 2ndfor two consecutive years in the veryprestigious Marshall Club championships.

Bernie has been a Life Master formany years and during his long career hasenjoyed several victories over former U.S.champion Amold Denker. Among the othermasters and grandmasters that have fallen toBernie are Leonid Shamkovich, EdmarMednis, Walter Browne, James Sherwin,Bemard Zuckerman, Jack Collins andWaiter Shipman, to mention a few-.

In our club's victory over theManhattan Chess Club in April of 1972, Hillplayed Black against veteran master RudyB lumenfeld. `

Blumenfeld Hill1. P-K42. P-Q33. N-Q24. KN-835. P-KN36. B-N27. 0-08. R-K19. P-K5

10. N-B111. P-KR412. PxP e.p.13. N-K314. N-N415. N-N516. NXB

P-K3P-Q4P-Q84N-Q83N-83B-K20-0P-QN4N-KIP-QR4P-84BxPR-R2K-RIR-K2PxN

strenghtening Black' s center17. N-8318. N-Q219. N-N320. P-8421. PxP22. B-Q223. N-R524. BXN25. Q-8326. p-N327. QR-NI

stoppingOf P-QN4

28. B-Q2

P-K4N-82Q-Q3NPxPP-Q5P-R5NENB-Q2R-N2P-R6N-R3 !

White' s counterplay

R-QB1to threaten 8-83

exchanging white's KB andweakening White's K side29. Q-Q330. B-K431. K-N232. a-8533. BXB

B-K3R ( 1 ) -ENI

R-K82R-QN2

facilitating Black's upcomingP-84 !

QXBP-84R-K2

R ( 2 ) -KIQ-Q83N-N5

39. QR-Q140. B-QB141. BXQRP

P-R3P-Q6

Desperation ! IN-87

42. B-N243 , RXN44. BxP45. P-KN446. P-N547. 8-8348. BXR

with R-K7 next or P-Q7. Thesame thing would happen ifWhite would have played 8-83on move 46.

49. Resigns

Noteworthy is Black ' sstrenghtening of his centerand complete stopping ofWhite's possible counterplayon the QN file.

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Final Position

Life Master Bernard Hill

SO PROUDLY WE HAILWe, at the Queens Chess Club,

have many players who merit our praise.Life Master Bemard Hill, who was

our club champion for many years, is listedin the April issue of Chess Life as 12thamong the top 50 seniors in the U.S. Of23 masters on the list, he is rated a notchabove former U.S. champion AmoldDenker.

On the other end of the agespectrum,11-year old David Wigglesworthrates among the top under 12-year oldplayers in New York State and has all themakings of a rising star.

And fmally, among the top 50rated players in New York State, two ofour members, Rafail Klovsky and AnatolyTonkonogy, are listed.

We have lots to be proud of.