Steve Ferrero, Editor Email: Ferrero@cyberdude · 3 Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey July 19 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation

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Steve Ferrero, Editor Email: [email protected]

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n k Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, and board members along with their addresses, and email addresses for your convenience. Please keep in mind that many of these people donate their time in the form of meetings (usually on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year) and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your chess playing experience as rewarding as it can be! I encourage all comments, criticisms, and recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it has been and always will remain a publication BY the chess-playing community FOR the chess-playing community within NJ!

Contents Cover Photo Details …………………………………………………....... Page 2

Upcoming Tournaments Throughout NJ & Pennsylvania ………. Page 3 Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey ………………………………… Page 4

From Our President by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF …………………. Page 5

Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero …………………. Page 5

Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game, by Terese Hatch & David W. Hatch Page 13

Chess In The Schools Already Legalized by Rosalyn B. Katz ....... Page 15

Scholastic Spotlight by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF ………………... Page 16

Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 by James R. West …... Page 17

Reporting On The Scholastic Championships by Noreen Davisson Page 19

Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. …………………………...….. Page 20

Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero ………………………….. Page 23

Games From Around The State (continued) by Steve Ferrero ….. Page 24

Executive Board

Joe Ippolito - President

43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005 973-402-0049

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Roger Inglis - Vice President 49-A Mara Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034

973-794-4601 [email protected]

Glenn Petersen - Secretary

44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728 732-252-8388

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Ken Thomas - Treasurer 115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840


NJSCF Board Members

Aaron Kiedes - Technology

4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 973-343-3260

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Anthony Cottell - Past President 334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072


Bill Bluestone - Disabled & Handicapped Chess

PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840 732-603-8850

[email protected]

Bill Coburn - Seniors Chess 85 Jamestown Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920


Bill Cohen - Clearinghouse

29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 732-548-8432

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Dean Ippolito - Collegiate 141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889


Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee 311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450


E. Steven Doyle - Tournaments

17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 973-538-1697

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Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee [email protected]

George Phoenix - Trustee [email protected]

Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee

198 Overbrook Drive, Freehold, NJ 07728 732-577-1457

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Henry Feltman Jr. - Publicity 856-845-5094

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Herman Drenth - Past President & Ethics Committee 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407


James Mennella – Ethics Committee

8 Magnolia Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060 [email protected]

Joe Lux - Membership

627 Summit Avenue, Apt. 17A, Jersey City, NJ 07306 201-792-1606

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Lawrence Constance - Trustee 384 W. Hudson Avenue, Englewood, NJ 07631


Leo Dubler III - Corporate Funding

146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055 856-396-0961

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Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee 932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034


Michael Somers - Parliamentarian

29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 973-228-7039

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Mike Goeller - Webmaster [email protected]

Mike Khodarkovsky – Masters Affairs

80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045 973-299-0932

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Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee [email protected]

Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. – Tournament Publicity &

Columnist 22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960


Rick Costigan - Nominating Committee

927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108 856-854-2376

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Ronald Groseibl - Bylaws [email protected]

Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337


Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs

36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 732-946-7379

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Cover Photo Details: Your Editor snapped this cover photo of during the Viking Last Saturday Quads being held at Somerset Ramada Inn during the afternoon of April 26th. The event was run by TD Ken Thomas. Michael Kagel (left) on the move against Arthur Shen while Andrew Ding (top right) squares off against Eric N. Liao during round 2. Meanwhile, Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (standing) observes the rather tense battle taking place over the chessboard.

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Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey July 19 - Hamilton Chess Club Quads 3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwier Recreation Center, Bldg. 392, Groveville, NJ 08620. Quads open to all EF: $10. $25 per Quad. Reg.: 9-10:30/am. Rds.: 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm NJ State Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA NS NC W. July 20 - 2008 Westfield Swiss #52 (QC) 5 Rd. SS game/15 full K (QC) Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. $500 Guaranteed $125,$85,$50 under 2100,under 1850, under 1600, under 1350 $60 each. Entrance fee: $35,$25 members. Rounds: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379 www.westfieldchessclub.com. July 26 - Viking Last Saturday Quads Somerset Ramada Inn, 60 Cottontail Lane, Somerset Exit 12, Route #287. In 4 player Quads. G/90, Regs.: before 9am, Rds.: 9-12-3, EF Top quad $30, lower Quads EF is $20 or $30. Prize: Top quad is $80, Lower quads between $40 and $80. Prize is based on the number of players paying $30. Player paying $20 may win only $40. Info: Ken Thomas, [email protected] / cell 908-763-6468. No electronic scoresheets. NS, NC, W. July 27 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. Aug 3 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. Aug 9 - Greater Cherry Hill Chess Swiss, Quad, & Kids Swiss See www.eventbrite.com/event/115817413 for details. Or, contact Dan at [email protected] or (856) 287-2393. Aug 10 - 2008 Westfield Swiss #53 (QC) 5 Rd. SS game/15 full k (QC) Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. $500 Guaranteed $125,$85, $50 under 2100,under 1850, under 1600, under 1350 $60 each. Entrance fee: $35, $25 members. Rounds: 2:45-3:25-4:05-4:45-5:30 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. Aug 17 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com. Aug 24 - 2008 Westfield Quads 3 RR game/45 full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Prizes: $50 to first in each section. Entrance fee: $20, $15 members. Registration: 2-2:15 p.m. Rounds: 2:30-4:20-6:10 p.m. Info: Todd Lunna 732-946-7379. www.westfieldchessclub.com.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Your Editor played in the 2008 National Open in beautiful Las Vegas for the first time this year! Actually, I decided to visit a good friend of mine residing just outside of Phoenix, Arizona and we took the 287 mile trek up to Las Vegas to play. In my humble opinion, this was the best run large chess event that I have ever played in. I hope to make the annual pilgrimage to play in Las Vegas every year! I snapped this photo as we were entering Las Vegas on June 6th.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero I snapped this photo from the balcony of the El Cortez Casino Hotel that we stayed in off the “strip” located instead on Fremont Street.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Some action taking place during the second round at the 2008 National Open.

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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)

Branchburg Chess League Branchburg Chess League Dean of Chess Academy 1161 US Hwy. 202N, Branchburg 08876 Contact: IM Dean Ippolito 908-534-4318 Meets Fridays 7:00pm League Membership Required: $25/year Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** Dumont High School 101 New Milford Avenue Dumont 07628 www.dumontchessmates.com Contact: Lawrence Constance 201-568-1506 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Email: [email protected] Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Dumont Scholastic Chess Club Dumont High School 101 New Milford Avenue Dumont 07628 www.dumontchessmates.com Contact: Lawrence Constance 201-568-1506 384 West Hudson Ave., Englewood 07631 Email: [email protected] Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm Elmwood Park Chess Club Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. 182 Market Street Elmwood Park 07407 Contact: Roy Greenberg PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 TD: Ron Groseibl 22-50 Maple Avenue Fairlawn 07410 Meets Sundays 1:00pm Greater Somerset County Chess Club

40 Pike Run Road ** New ** Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Contact: Anand Mishra 302-632-7460 Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:00pm –5:00pm Hackettstown Chess Club Hackettstown Community Center 293 Main Street Hackettstown 07840 Contact: Harold Darst 111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 908-852-5925 Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm (except certain major holidays) Hamilton Chess Club Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. Mercer County Road, Route 609 Groveville 08620 Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 Website: www.hamiltonchess.org Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm International Chess Academy 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666 Contact: 201-833-1741 17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410 Contact: 201-797-0330 Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250 Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm Kenilworth Chess Club Kenilworth Community Center Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Contact: Greg Tomkovich Email: [email protected] Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight

Livingston Recreation & Parks Contact: Thomas McKenna 19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 Meets 1st Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only) 6:00PM – 8:00PM Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330 Contact: T. McKeen [email protected] 609-926-5909 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm Mendham Chess Club Garabrant Center 4 Wilson Street (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945 Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Email: [email protected] Meets 1st Thurs. Of Each Month During The Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm Metuchen Chess Club Metuchen – Edison YMCA Lake Street, Metuchen 08840 Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm Mizpah-Haddon Hts. Lodge #191

Community Chess Club ** New ** Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge #191 511 Station Avenue Haddon Heights 08035 Contact: Christopher Orapello Email: [email protected] http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/M-HH_CCC/ Meets To Be Determined Monmouth Country Chess Club Monmouth County Library Headquarters 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372 Email: [email protected] Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Morris County Industrial Chess League Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960 Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June) New Jersey Children’s Chess School “Geller Kids” Chess Camp 862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill (North Newark) 07104 Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927 Email: [email protected] Website: www.kidschesscamp.com Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm

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Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club Ventnor Library 6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406 Site Phone: 609-823-4614 Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268 Email: [email protected] Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm (Also Inquire About Backgammon!) Plainsboro Chess Club Plainsboro Library 641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536 Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368 Email: [email protected] Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm (Recommend Calling First Before Going!) Princeton Landing Chess Club Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm (for kids 7+) Rutherford Chess Club 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070 Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318 Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays) Summit Area Chess Club Myrtle Avenue (Recreation Center At Memorial Field) Summit 07901 Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543 Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm Toms River Chess Club Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River Contact: [email protected] Meets Thursdays 7:00pm Wayne Township Chess Club Board Of Education Building Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943 Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm West Orange Chess Club Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant Valley Way) Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052 Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052 Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight Westfield Chess Club Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place Contact: Todd Lunna 2124 Audonon Ave., So. Plainfield 07080 Bill Cohen (TD) 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379 Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm Willingboro Chess Club Willingboro Kennedy Center 429 John F. Kennedy Way, Willingboro 08046 Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm Wizards of the Mind 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081 Contact: Mark Schwartzman Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com 917-841-5589 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights Woodbury Chess Club Presbyterian Church South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096 Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094 Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm

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From Our President by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation

K Ø Â This “President’s Message” will have the combined emotions of sadness and happiness. During the past 4 years I have had the pleasure of being in the esteemed position of “President” of the New Jersey State Chess Federation. These years have been an honor and pleasure in serving the needs of chess in the state. My years have seen accomplishments as well as “not there yet” programs. The new team of officers coming in have been fixtures in state chess for many years and bring with them a direction and focus to make our chess even better. The new team is: • Roger Inglis, President • Mike Somers, Vice President • Ken Thomas, Treasurer • Bill Bluestone, Secretary Please welcome and extend all the support for this group of energetic individuals. In the meantime, just a few things that have made my term a rewarding experience: • Atlantic Chess News – on time, expanded, and new

themes, thanks to Steve Ferrero • NJSCF. Org Website – you can go here for up to date

information on tournaments, stories, and top-notch chess memorabilia thanks to Aaron Kiedes

• Scholastics – improving all the time with record numbers of

young players getting involved in chess thanks to Hal Sprechman.

• NJSCF Tournaments – many people involved here in the

success of these first class events, with special Note to Steve Doyle and the USATE.

• NJSCF Board – this highly dedicated group volunteers

many hours of their time to make chess “happen” in the state

• Executive Board – Roger Inglis VP, Glenn Petersen,

Secretary, and Ken Thomas, Treasurer who made my term as smooth as possible.

• You the Chess player – your enthusiasm for chess has

made NJ a showplace in the country – thank you! We have many new members on the New Jersey state board, and I would extend an invitation to any of you who would like to get involved. We have several upcoming noteworthy events – Futurity in July, check for particulars at www.NJSCF.org, and the New Jersey Open in September. To everyone, good chess and look forward to seeing you at a chess event.

Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero

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I’ve just recently returned from Las Vegas having played in the National Open (U2000)! We have included more games from a variety of tournaments. We’ve also included games from the Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament held in Somerset on May 4th at the Ramada Inn. Although this was a fast-paced event with all games played at sudden death in 30 minutes, TD Ken Thomas always makes these events a lot of fun this time around by even giving away $.05 for every point to the victor in any upsets that occur in each round! The TDs also very graciously advertised and delivered on their promise to pickup any New York players from the nearby train station and shuttle them back at the conclusion of the event – not something one sees at anyone else’s tournaments that I can recall. I would strongly urge any local New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania players of all strengths to consider playing in these grand prix tournaments if you’re within reach of Somerset, New Jersey. You’ll have a lot of fun and may even have the honor of squaring off against a grandmaster!

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Willie Collins (reaching for piece) during the Viking Last Saturday Quads in Somerset on April 26th while Tim Hall (standing) watches the action in the top two quads.

Viking Last Sat. Quad#1 – Somerset, NJ – Apr. 26th

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Your Editor was smoked in the second quad (below) winning zero games for the day! Look for my comeback in my next several events! To my opponents’ credit, Ari, Andrew, and David all played superbly well against me and very deservedly brought home the full point in our games.


Young Kavinayan P. Sivakumar spun off a stunning upset against a strong FIDE Master (FM) during the recent Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament run by TDs Ken Thomas and Aaron Kiedes. This youngster seems to be getting stronger by the week! Further evidence of his strength can be seen in his game shown below. Your Editor also conceded a recent loss to young Kavinayan so I can personally attest to his phenomenal rise in strength of recent. “Kavin” as he is more commonly known by his close friends, frequently participates in events throughout New Jersey so none of our precious, hard-earned rating points are safe anymore! Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (1834) FM Thomas Bartell (2427) 5ss Asian-American Grand Prix, Somerset, Rd.1, TL G/30, May 4, 2008, ECO B23

Sicilian Defense – Closed Variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.O-O Nxb5 7.Nxb5 d5 8.exd5 a6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.d4 c4 11.Qe2 b5 12.Re1 O-O 13.Qxe7 Bf5 14.Qe2 Re8 15.Ne5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Qf2 f6 18.Nf3 Rxe1+ 19.Nxe1 Re8 20.Bd2 Bg4 21.Nf3

21...Bxf3 22.gxf3 f5 23.c3 Kf7 24.Kg2 a5 25.Re1 Rb8 26.Qh4 Qd7 27.Qf2 Rb7 28.a3 Bf6 29.h4 Qd8 30.Kh3 Re7 31.Rxe7+ Kxe7 32.Qe3+ Kf7 33.Be1 Qd5 34.Kg3 Qd8 35.Kh3 Qd7 36.Kg3 Kg7 37.Qe2 Kh6 38.Qe3 Kh5 39.Kh3 Qd8 40.Qf2 Qe7 41.Qg3 Qe2 42.Qf2

Qd3 43.Qg3 b4 44.axb4 axb4 45.Qf2 b3 46.Qg3 h6 47.Qf2 Be7 48.Qg2 Qc2

49.Qg4+ Black Resigns


Eric N. Liao (1849) Steve Jesseph (1794) 3rr Viking Last Saturday Quad, Somerset, Rd. 1, TL G/90, May. 31, 2008, ECO B33

Sicilian Defense – Pelikan & Sveshnikov Variations 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.O-O e4 17.Nf4 Bd7 18.Bc2 Be5 19.Nfd5 Ne7 20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Qh5 Ra7 22.Qh6 Bc6 23.Nf4 Rf6 24.Qg5 Qf8 25.Rad1 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Ng6 27.Qg5 Rg7 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Ne5 30.Qe3 Nf3+ 31.Kh1

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31...Rxg2 32.Kxg2 Qg7+ 33.Kh1 Rh6 34.Qf4 Rxh2+ 35.Qxh2 Nxh2 36.Kxh2 Qh6+ 37.Kg2 Qg5+ 38.Kh2 Draw Agreed


Kevin spun off a fantastic game below in New York at the 7th Annual New Yorker and also went on to later defeat a Master in the next round which we also have here! Sam Barsky (2113) Kevin Emmanuel Chen (1734) 7th Annual New Yorker, New York, Rd. 1, TL G/50, June. 14, 2008, ECO D03

Torre Attack 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O c5 8.c3 a6 9.Ne5 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.Bg3 b5 13.f4 Bb7 14.Qg4 d4 15.f5 c4 16.f6

16...Bxf6 17.Rxf6 Nxf6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qf5 20.Qh4 cxd3 21.Nd6 Qd5 22.e4 Qc6 23.Rd1 Rad8 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Rxd3 Qb6 26.Bf2 e5 27.h3 Rd7 28.Rg3 Qe6 29.Be1 d3 30.Bd2 Rd6 31.Rf3 Rfd8 32.b3 a5 33.Qg4 Qxg4 34.hxg4 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.c4 bxc4 37.bxc4 Rc8 38.Bxa5 Rxc4 39.Ke1 Ke6 40.a3 f6 41.Kd2 Rc2+ 42.Kd1 Rxg2 43.Bb4 Rd7 44.a4 Rb7 45.Ba5 Ra7 46.Bd2 Rxa4 47.Re3 Ra1+ 48.Bc1 Rg1+ 49.Kd2 Raxc1 50.Rxd3 Rc4 51.Re3 Rxg4 52.Rf3 Rd4+ 53.Kc3 h5 54.Rh3 h4 55.Rh1 Rd8 White Resigns


Kevin Emmanuel Chen (1734) Daniel Lo Lowinger (2210) 7th Annual New Yorker, New York, Rd. 2, TL G/50, June. 14, 2008, ECO B06

Modern Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 e6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Be3 d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.Na3 Nbc6 13.Qe2 Nd5 14.Rad1 Qf6 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd6 Qf4 18.Rfd1 Bxa2 19.g3 Qg4 20.Rd7 Rfe8 21.Qd3 Bb3 22.Rd2 Rad8

23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qe3 Rxd2 25.Nxd2 Qd1+ 26.Kg2 Bd5+ 27.f3 Qa4 28.Qc5 Be6 29.Ne4 Qd1 30.Qe3 Qa1 31.Qe2 Bd5 32.Nc5 f6 33.Nd3 g5 34.Nc2 Qa6 35.Qd2 Bf7 36.Ne3 Ne7 37.Nc5 Qb5 38.Ne4 Bd5 39.Nxd5 Qxd5 40.Qxd5 Nxd5 41.Kf2 b5 42.Nd6 a6 43.Nb7 f5 44.Nc5 a5 45.Ne6+ Kf6 46.Nd4 b4 47.cxb4 Nxb4 48.Ke3 Ke5 49.Nb5 a4 50.Nc3 Nd5+ 51.Nxd5 Kxd5 52.Kd3 h5 53.h3 Kc5 54.Kc3 g4 55.fxg4 fxg4 56.h4 Kb5 57.b4 Kc6 58.Kc4 Kb6 59.b5 Ka5 60.Kc5 a3 61.b6 a2 62.b7 a1(Q) 63.b8(Q) Qa3+ 64.Kd4 Qe7 65.Qe5+ And White Went On To Win

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Boris Privman (facing camera) waits for Victor Shen to make his move during the Viking Last Saturday Quads in Somerset this past April 26th.

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Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Michael Polito (light blue) in a tense endgame against Kevin E. Chen. Meanwhile, TD Ken Thomas (Hawaiian shirt), mulls over his move against Theodore Mann during the Viking Last Saturday Quads in Somerset on April 26th.

Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes At the beginning of round 1 in the Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament held in Somerset on May 4th.

Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky Some scholastic players get ready to start their games during the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack on May 11th. Regular events are run by Diana Tulman of the International Chess Academy.

Asian-American Grand Prix – Somerset, NJ – May 4th

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Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky More scholastic players in the midst of battle over the chess board during the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack on May 11th.

Viking Last Sat. Quad#1 – Somerset, NJ – May 31st


Steve Jesseph (1794) Kavinayan P. Sivakumar (1830) 3rr Viking Last Saturday Quad, Somerset, Rd.2, TL G/90, May. 31, 2008, ECO A17

English Opening 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.Qxc3 e5 9.b3 h6 10.Bb2 Be6 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 d5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Rac1 c6 19.Rcd1 Rfd8 20.f4 Rac8 21.Kf2 c5 22.Ke3 c4 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bd4 cxb3

25.axb3 Nc8 26.Rc1 a6 27.Rc7 Nd6 28.Bc5 b5 29.Rc6 Nb7 30.Bd4 Rd6 31.Rc8+ Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Nxd8 33.f5 Nc6 34.e5 Kf8 35.Ke4 Ke7 36.Bc5+ Ke8 37.b4 h5 38.h3 g6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4 gxf5+ 41.gxf5 Kd7 42.Kd5 Nd8 43.Bb6 Nb7 44.e6+ (44.f6 $1 Ke8 45.Kc6 Kf8) 44...fxe6+ 45.fxe6+ Ke7 46.Kc6 a5 47.Kxb7 axb4 48.Bc5+ Draw Agreed


Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Your Editor (red hat) being fed to the lions in the first round was paired against GM Michael A. Rohde! Seated next to me is GM Sergey Kudrin (top right) during his game against Vladimir Polyakin in the Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament held in Somerset on May 4th.





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Photo provided courtesy of Ilya & Lev Krasnovsky Several young players concentrate on their next move in the 2008 ICA Spring Championship in Hackensack on May 11th.


Steve Jesseph (1794) Zdenak Zeman (1800) 3rr Viking Last Saturday Quad, Somerset, Rd. 3, TL G/90, May. 31, 2008, ECO D04

Colle System 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Ne4 5.Nbd2 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 Bxd3 7.cxd3 e6 8.O-O Bd6 9.a3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Qb3 Nd7 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qb2 f6 16.Nd4 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Nb6 18.Qd2 Qd7 19.Nb3 Na4 20.Bd4 a6 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.Bxc5 Bxc5 23.bxc5 Qa4 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.axb4 Rc6 26.d4 Rfc8 27.f3 b6 28.Kf2

bxc5 29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.dxc5 Kf7 31.Ra1 Rc6 32.f4 Ke7 33.g4 Kd7 34.h4 Kc8 35.Ke2 Kb7 36.Kd3 e5 37.Rf1 Re6 38.h5 Kc6 39.fxe5 Rxe5 40.Rf5 a5 41.Rf4 axb4 42.Rxb4 Kxc5 43.Rb7 Rg5 44.h6 Rxg4 45.Rxg7 Rh4 46.Rxh7 f5 47.Rh8 Kc6 48.h7 Kb7 49.Rd8 Rxh7 50.Rxd5 Rf7 51.Rd4 Kc6 52.Ke2 Rf6 53.Kf3 Rg6 54.Ra4 Kd5 55.Ra5+ Ke6 56.Ra6+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Kf6 58.Ra6+ Draw Agreed

Thomas Stanics (1430) William H. Bybel (1798) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO B30

Sicilian Defense 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.O-O Ne7 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 Ng6 8.Be3 c4 9.Re1 Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.e5 Bd7 14.h4 O-O 15.g4

c5 16.h5 Ne7 17.Bh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.exf6 Rf7 20.Ne5 Black Resigns

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Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Kevin Emmanuel Chen (left) and Dan Tecker duke it out during round four in the Asian-American Grand Prix Tournament held in Somerset on May 4th. Serge Adelson (1866) Brian D. Meinders (1980) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U2200, Somerset, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A26

English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Rb1 Ne7 12.b4 Nxd5 13.cxd5 a6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Nd2 h5 16.Nb3 Ba4 17.Rc4 Rc8 18.Qb1 Bb5 19.Rc2 Re8 20.Na5 b6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Rxc6 h4 23.Rfc1 hxg3 24.hxg3 f5 25.Qc2 Bh6 26.Re1 f4 27.Bh3

27...fxg3 28.f3 g2 29.Kxg2 Be3 30.Qc4 e4 31.Be6+ Rxe6 32.dxe6 Qg5+ 33.Kh3 d5 34.Qxa6 Re8 White Resigns

Greater Somerset County Chess Club Quad#1 – Branchburg, NJ – June 22nd

Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Another happy winner, Nivedhitha Sivakumar, holding her newly won trophy at the side of her proud mother during the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in Somerset.

Greater Somerset County Chess Club Quad#2 –

Branchburg, NJ – June 22nd

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero David Grasso (near left) concentrates on the move against Ari Minkov. Meanwhile, Boris Privman (top middle) waits with arms folded for Victor Shen’s (middle right) reply. James R. West (top left) ponders his move against Gerry Bailleau (top right) during round 1 of Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads fought April 26th at the Ramada Inn located in Somerset.

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Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Willie Collins (left) ponders his next move while Allen Parrish (right) jots down his move during the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in Somerset. Kimberly Ding (1354) Edward J. Sytnik (1711) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO C42

Petroff Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bf5 9.Nbd2 Nd6 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Bf4 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Ne4 13.Nfd2 f5 14.f3 Nb4

15.Qe2 Nxc2 16.fxe4 fxe4 17.Rac1 Nxe1 18.Bxc7 Nf3+ 19.gxf3 exf3 20.Nxf3 Qd7 21.Be5 Qg4+ 22.Qg2 Qxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Rac8 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Ne1 Bh4 26.Bg3 Bxg3 27.hxg3 b6 Draw Agreed

Viking Last Sat. Quad#1 – Somerset, NJ – June 28th

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Gregory Matthew Nolan (facing camera) surprisingly ended up winning this game as his opponent’s flag eventually fell in a completely winning position! This game was played at the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in Somerset.




q N k “Games From Around The State” Continued On Back Cover

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Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game: A Response From Black by Terese and David W. Hatch

Q P Ì The Old Indian Defense The Best of Lone Pine 1971-1980 by John Grefe and Dennis Waterman is a wonderful collection of stories and games taken from the international tournament known simply as “Lone Pine.” Held in the frontier town of Lone Pine, California from 1972 to 1980, the international tournament’s millionaire benefactor, Louis D. Statham, lured seasoned grandmasters as well as up and coming juniors to the desert to play in the strongest recurring Swiss tournament in the U.S. In reading through this book, we came across several remarkable games employing the Old Indian Defense – an opening system for Black which is not seen all that much in opening play. The opening dates back to 1853 with the game Cochrane – Mahescandra, Calcutta. A search of our ChessBase database found 12,000 games played after 1990, however, when it came to finding a systematic theoretical collection devoted entirely to this opening, we counted the number of books on the fingers of one hand. A book search for “old indian defense” on Amazon.com, turned up titles like, Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay: The Enlisted Soldier Fighting the Indian Wars, but this has nothing to do with chess. Not finding much in the way of text books, to aid us in our research, we are relying upon a 120-minute DVD produced by Foxy Openings (#6) entitled Anti-Flank Openings/Old Indian Defense and Eric Schiller’s 58-page monograph, The Janowski–Indian Defense.1 While current databases indicate that this low-profile opening system is being played at the highest levels, it also appears from the lack of systematic theoretical coverage that it has been flying below the radar for some time, losing out in the inevitable popularity contest to the aggressive King’s Indian Defense, and being usurped by the advocates of the Pirc. But the great thing about the Old Indian Defense is that it is a complete and practical defensive system and fodder for any player looking for a surprise weapon against an unprepared opponent. The Main Line The Main Line Old Indian Defense is an easy opening to learn; it can be a very useful system against a wide array of White openings. It is a model of sensible pawn and piece placement and prudent defensive positioning that builds to a timely counterattack. The basic opening position can be reached by different move orders and, as

1 For further study see www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/janowski-a46g.htm; and Yriola and Tella, An Explosive Chess Opening Repertoire for Black, Gambit Publications, 2001: Ch. 31, pp. 240-250; Asa Hoffman Chess Gladiator, International Chess Enterprises, 1996: pp. 30-31 and 66-67; and Rashid Nezhmetdinov Nezhmetdinov’s Best Games of Chess, Caissa Editions, 2001. These are not repertoire books on the OID but they do contain examples of practical play, theory and analysis.

the Foxy Openings DVD explains, can effectively be used against Queen Pawn Openings, King Pawn Openings, the King’s Indian Attack, and the English, Reti and Catalan flank openings.

Black’s Starting Position

From this position, Black is ready for counterplay along the e-file with … Re8 followed by …Bf8 as well as queenside expansion beginning with … a5. The Old Indian Defense had its heyday in the pre-WWII era. Perhaps because of its latent transpositional qualities, the Old Indian lured the hypermodernists Chigorin, Tartakower, Nimzowitsch, Reti, Bogoljubov and Schlechter into its camp, and even more orthodox players such as Emanuel Lasker and Frank Marshall were showing a penchant for it. By the 1950s, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, David Bronstein and Alexander Kotov were experimenting with more aggressive piece placement in the Old Indian. In his commentary to the Averbakh–Kotov, Zurich 1953 game, Bronstein said Kotov played the opening “impromptu” after having it played against him in the previous round by Petrosian. Bronstein referred to the Averbakh–Kotov game as “the most beautiful game of the Zurich tournament.”2 This game, with its intuitive queen sacrifice followed by 13 checks, won a brilliancy prize in the 1953 Zurich International Chess Tournament. Yuri Averbakh Alexander Kotov Candidates Tournament, Zurich 1953, ECO A55 Old Indian Defense 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6 30.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5 44.Kxg5 Rf7 45.Bh4 Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 47.Bg5 Rxg5+ 48.Kh4 Nf6 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 R3g6 51.Qb8+ Rg8 0-1

2David Bronstein, Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953, Dover Publications, 1979: p. 159

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The Old Indian’s greatest strength may lie in its ability to adapt to so many White opening choices. In the Csom - Quinteros game from the 1975 Louis D. Statham Lone Pine tournament, Black uses the Old Indian Defense against a Catalan-type of setup. Istvan Csom Miguel Quinteros Louis D. Statham Lone Pine Tournament, Lone Pine 1975, ECO A55 Old Indian Defense 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.g3 e5 6.Bg2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.h3 Bf8 10.e4 a6 11.Rd1 b5 12.c5 exd4 13.Nxd4 dxc5 14.Nxc6 Qb6 15.Nd5 Qxc6 16.e5 Nxe5 17.f4 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qb6 19.Bxa8 c4+ 20.Kh2 Ng4+ 21.hxg4 Bxg4 22.Rh1 Rxa8 23.Qe4 Re8 0-1 In their book, 1971-1980 The Best of Lone Pine, authors Grefe and Waterman said: “The depth, imagination, unexpectedness and power of Black’s combination rank it among the best ever played.”3 The Janowski Variation The signature move in the Janowski Variation of the Old Indian is 3…Bf5 which develops the queen bishop quickly, stakes a claim in the center and challenges White for control of e5 if White elects to play in classical style by occupying the center with pawns. First played by Richard Reti in 1922 (Gruenfeld - Reti, Bad Pistyan 0-1), David Janowski gave this line notoriety when he used it in his game against Alexander Alekhine in the 1924 New York International Tournament. Janowski’s opening play was sharply criticized by Alekhine in the notes to his book on the 1924 New York International Tournament: “Such openings represent sporadic attempts, easily refuted as to position and possessing merely a superficial similarity to the systems of development scientifically evolved during later years.”4 Unfortunately, Alekhine’s genius oftentimes labeled otherwise legitimate openings as unplayable. In this recent game from the 2006 UKR Championship between Strelnikov and Kislinsky, Black gets off to a very fast start and gets fully developed long before White, belying the Old Indian’s reputation for being a passive, slow-developing opening. Strelnikov, Sergey (2319) - Kislinsky, Alexey (2445) [A53] UKR-Championship, Semifinal, Alushta, 2006 Janowski Variation 1.d4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qf2?! An interesting nuance in this position deviating from the usual Qd2 or Qd1; the text move facilitates queenside castling and does not block in the dark squared bishop. 7…Be6 8.Nd5!? One move later and White falters; expending a valuable tempo, he overextends this knight when he should be completing his development with Be3 and 0-0-0. 8…Nd7 9.Bd2 a5 10.Bc3 Nc5 11.Qc2 3 John Grefe and Dennis Waterman, The Best of Lone Pine, RHM Press, 1981: p. 111 4 Alexander Alekhine, The Book of the New York International Chess Tournament 1924, Dover Publications, 1925: p.70

Yet to complete his development, perhaps White is taking the Old Indian for granted, assuming it has no sting. 11…Qd7 12.0-0-0 Bxd5 Black has methodically completed his development. With 12…Bxd5 Black eliminates White’s only well-placed piece and begins to amass his pieces on the queenside. Black’s knights take up permanent residency on the queenside where they will soon terrorize White’s king. 13.exd5 Nb4 White dare not play 14.Bxb4 because 14…axb4 15.b3 g6 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Nh3 0-0 18.Nf2 Ra3 19.Ne4 Rfa8 20.Nxc5 dxc5 and White is still woefully underdeveloped. 14.Qe2+ Be7 15.Bxg7 0-0-0 15…Nxa2+ is more forcing because, with White’s kingside pieces still undeveloped, it flushes the king out to the center where it has no protection. 16.b3 Bg5+ 17.f4 One alternative, 17.Kb1 Rhe8 18.Qf2 Qf5+ 19.Ka1 a4 20.g4 Qg6, only underscores White’s desperate predicament. 17…Bxf4+ 18.Kb2 Rhe8 19.Qf3 f5 20.Bc3 Bh6 21.Bd4 White could have saved a tempo for defense by playing this move one move sooner. 21…Bg7 22.Ne2 Re4 23.Qc3? With nerves totally frazzled, White folds under the pressure. The only chance to stabilize the position is to try to beat back the menacing knight with 23.a3 23…Rde8 24.Bxg7 Rxe2+ 25.Bxe2 Rxe2+ 26.Kb1 Ne4 27.Qd4 Nxa2 28.Rd3 Nb4 29.Rh3 Nc2 30.Qb2? White’s last chance to play on is 30.Rxh7 Nxd4 31.Rh8+ Qd8 32.Rxd8+ Kxd8 33.Bxd4. 30…Na3+! 31.Qxa3 Qxg7 32.Qa1 Nd2+ 33.Kc2 Nf1+ 34.Kd1 Rd2+ 0-1 35.Ke1 (or Kc1) Qxa1 mate. It may not be as distinguished as the King’s Indian Defense and it may not be as cutting-edge as the Pirc or Modern; its name may sound anachronistic and its first few moves are passive and slow-developing; in the past 30 years there has been very little published theory on it. But, despite all this, the Old Indian Defense is being played by such noteworthy practitioners as Jonathan Speelman, Alexander Morozevich, John Fedorowicz, Kamran Shirazi, Larry Christiansen, and Asa Hoffmann. The Old Indian’s best attributes are its solid pawn formation, its efficient piece placement, the element of surprise on an unprepared opponent and its adaptability against an array of White openings. So, try experimenting with Ye Olde Old Indian. Think of it as a door thrown open, not a clock turned back.

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Chess In The Schools Already Legalized by Rosalyn B. Katz

N p Ó The world of chess and the game itself, has given me a great deal of joy over the years. How else can a no-longer eighty-nine pound aggressive person beat the hell out of a 325 pound football player? I’ve seen the game change and enhance lives - especially the lives of youngsters who thrive on brain exercises encouraging thought. We didn’t get what we wanted. We wanted the legislature to mandate chess in the schools in New Jersey. We wanted to force the schools to provide chess instruction to ALL the kids in the second grade: no matter how gifted; how wild; how different each youngster. They thought we were fanatical and crazy. We were. Many obstacles prevented our lofty goals. Getting in our way were constraints such as budget, time, instructor availability, apathy, priorities…on and on. We didn’t get what we wanted, but we got something. We got:

• A formal bill recognizing chess as a viable and valuable subject

• Recognition of the validity and substance inherent in our position

• Legislation on the books, with a statement and vehicle to be used in the future

• Cohesion and unity among our various chess clubs • An influx of very strong players and talented instructors • Noticed.

The realization that we are indeed a powerful voting block, when combined with parents, teachers, friends and family members was a surprise. This document will explain what we did, how we did it, what the benefits, constraints and long-range effects were. Our hope is that this will help you reach even further, by putting chess into all the schools in your state. Making chess available to ALL of our kids is certainly in keeping with the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND rationale. So here we are, fifteen years later, and now others plan to carry the ball even farther. Any way that I can help, just call.

New Jersey Statute Chapter 35 of Title 18A Chess in the Schools

Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Chess increases strategic thinking skills,

stimulates intellectual creativity, and improves problem-solving ability while raising self-esteem;

b. When youngsters play chess they must call upon higher-order thinking skills, analyze actions and consequences, and visualize future possibilities;

c. In countries where chess is offered widely in schools, students exhibit excellence in the

ability to recognize complex patterns and consequently excel in math and science; and

d. Instruction in chess during the second grade will enable pupils to learn skills which will serve them throughout their lives.

2. Each board of education may offer instruction in chess during the second grade for pupils in gifted and talented and special education programs. The Department of Education may establish guidelines to be used by boards of education which offer chess instruction in those programs.

3. This act shall take effect immediately.

In January of 1993, in response to the efforts of the New Jersey State Chess Federation and 3,500 chess players, the above bill was passed to introduce chess as a viable subject in New Jersey second grade classrooms.

Value Brief The backlash against flat-line brain waves and plugged-in kids make it mandatory for educators to support the push for “Chess in the Schools.” Kids who play chess do better in school. We understand the importance of the basics – reading and math. Close positive correlations are shown in the areas of: math, reading, science and music.

• Chess can only enhance the effort toward the basics AND clearly increases skills in test-taking.

• Those who participate in tournament play, develop test-taking abilities and “nerves of steel.”

• Collins Kids Chess Team members were amazing test takers. To my knowledge, each took the SAT’s but once. Even those youngsters who were NOT great students had nerves of steel, and were terrific test-takers.

Critical thinking skills, cause and effect issues, analysis and strategy are dramatically increased through the game of chess. Every state publishes a ranking of schools with criteria including math scores, competency scores, and, SAT results. Your local real estate agents usually have these statistics. If scores are higher where chess programs exist, that might be worth noting. Feel free to use any quotes above, and, whatever documentation you uncover from credible sources. Editor – Rosalyn Katz has dedicated enormous amounts of time and persevered overcoming many obstacles spearheading the effort to finally make chess in the schools a reality. We all owe her a great deal of thanks for this. The information for her book listed below should prove invaluable to those trying to accomplish this in their home state. Make it Legal – Lobby for Chess by Rosalyn B. Katz

Copyright © 2008 by Rosalyn B. Katz ISBN: 0-9633866-9-7 Illustrator of Zaria: Doina Paraschiv Editor: Glenn Petersen Published by: The New Jersey State Chess Federation: (NJSCF) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of chess. We worked diligently to get this legislation passed. We are happy to provide Make it Legal to support the chess in the schools effort. The NJSCF publishes an award winning quarterly magazine, Atlantic Chess News (ACN).

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Scholastic Spotlight On Patrick Falco by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation

K Ì Ø Chess has often been described as the “great equalizer”! It crosses over all boundaries to stage two people in combat over the chessboard. There are special instances where budding chess players will ward off any obstacles to play this heralded game. Such is the case of this issue’s Scholastic Spotlight – Patrick Falco.

Patrick at the age of 4 was running, playing sports, and even skiing. At this point one of those obstacles, dystonia, became a life-changing event. Dystonia is a movement disorder characterized by sustained, powerful, involuntary muscle spasms. This affects different muscles as well as speech, described as a short circuit between the brain and muscles. There is no cure for dystonia! Patrick was now using a wheelchair to move around. Instead of letting this condition get to him, Patrick found other outlets for success, and one of them was chess. Patrick’s school teacher bought him a chess set which had each piece marked on how it moved. Soon Patrick was loving the game and even teaching his mom. Next came an article in the Star Ledger about chess tournaments for children. Mom felt that chess would offer a great opportunity and began making calls and emails and discovered that “all roads” led to Dean of Chess. Patrick took one of Dean’s classes and is now a regular at his tournaments.

Patrick is very bright and does very well in school. He is extremely social, outgoing, and friendly. He loves all types of sports, especially baseball, hockey, football, and soccer. He is a huge fan of the Yankees and the Devils and enjoys attending their games. He is also part of a

power wheelchair soccer team (you can see him in action in a short video about power soccer at http://www.youube.com/watch?v=1Qn12Hd11 . His team is being sponsored by the NY Red Bull MLS team. He can ski using an adapted ski called a sit-n-ski. He loves to talk about sports and you will find that he is very knowledgeable on the subject. Patrick also enjoys reading Chess Life magazine for kids. He plays chess on his laptop and on his PSP. He would love to meet more children in northern New Jersey who are interested in chess so they can play with each other. He has even signed up for www.freechess.org so that he can play his friend on the Internet. Patrick is currently taking lessons with Rich Napoli. They have a great chemistry together and it seems Patrick is absorbing everything like a sponge that Rich can teach him. It is a great privilege to spotlight Patrick Falco. He is a terrific inspiration to anyone that has an obstacle to overcome. If you’re ever feeling yourself spiraling down, just see Patrick and his energy will boost you up.

Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes Some very happy scholastic players show off their winning trophies in the Asian-American Scholastic Tournament held May 4th in Somerset. These were from the U1200 and U500 sections of the tournament.

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Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 by Life Master James R. West

n Ì Ê Ñ International Master Robert Hess likes to play 5...Qd6 in the exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez. Here are a couple of his games in this line, one against me, the other against grandmaster Alexander Stripunsky. James R. West (2200) IM Robert L. Hess (2349) 4th New Yorker June Open, New York, June 18, 2005, ECO C68 Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6

6.d4 In My 60 Memorable Games, Bobby Fischer gives this as White's best because 6.d3 f6 7.Be3 c5 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Qe2 O-O-O is equal while 6.Na3? b5! "strands the knight." 6...exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Nb3 Be6 9.Be3 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 b6 11.Nc3 g6 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.Rxd5 Nf6 15.Rd2 Bg7 16.c3 O-O

White has a slight advantage here. 17.f3 Nh5 18.Be3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Kf2 Kf8 23.Ke2 Ke7 24.Kd3 Kd6 25.a4 Kc6 26.Nd2 Ng7 27.Nc4 f6 28.f4 Ne6 29.f5 Nf8 30.Bf4 Nd7 31.g4 b5 32.axb5+ axb5 33.Nd2 c4+ 34.Kc2 gxf5 35.gxf5 Be7

The game is now equal. 36.Nf3 Nc5 37.e5 Kd5 38.exf6 Bxf6 39.Bxc7 Ke4 Instead Black could have obtained a slight edge by 39...Nb3. 40.Nd4 Bxd4 41.cxd4 Nd7 42.Kc3 Kxf5 43.Kb4 Ke4 44.Be5 Nxe5 45.dxe5 Kxe5 46.Kxb5 Kd5 47.h4 Draw Agreed

GM Alexander Stripunsky (2608) IM Robert L. Hess (2492) Foxwoods Open 2008, Rd. 9, Mashantucket, CT, March 19-23, 2008, ECO C68 Ruy Lopez – Exchange Variation 5)...Qd6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.a4 The idea behind this move is to play 7.Na3 without allowing 7...b5.

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6...f6 7.Na3 Bg4 8.Nc4 Qd7 9.Ne3 Be6 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bf7 12.Nb3 O-O-O

13.Qe2 Nh6 14.Rd1 Bd6 15.Bd2 Rhe8 16.Nc4 Bxc4 17.Qxc4 Qg4 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.Re1 f5 20.g3 fxe4 21.Re3 h5 22.Rae1 h4 23.Rxe4 hxg3

24.hxg3 White wisely avoids 24.Rxg4?? gxh2+ 25.Kg2 Rxe1 26.Rh4 Rg1+ 27.Kf3 Rf8+ which wins for Black. 24...Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Qg7 26.Kg2 Kb8 27.Nd4 Qf6 28.Ne6 Rd7 29.b3 Re7 30.Re3 h5 31.Qc4 Rf7 32.Nf4 h4 33.Rf3 Qf5 34.Qe2 Re7 35.Qd3 Qg4 36.Nh3 hxg3 37.fxg3 Re8 38.Nf2 Qh5 39.Qf5 Qh6 40.Qf6 Qc1 41.c4 Re1 42.Kh3 Re8 43.Kg2 Bc5 44.Qc3 Qb1 45.Qd3 Qe1

Of course, Black refuses to swap queens because he has all the winning chances in the middle game, due to White's precarious king position. 46.Qf5 Re5 47.Qf7 Re2 48.Qf5 Bd4 49.g4 c5 50.Qf8+ Ka7 51.Qf4 Rb2 52.g5 Rb1 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kh4 Qg2 55.Nh3 Rh1 56.Qg4 Qe2 57.Qf4 Qe7 58.Qf5 Re1 59.Kh5 Qe2 60.Kh4 Qe7 61.Nf4 Re5 62.Qf6 Qh7+ 63.Qh6 Qe4 64.Qh5 Re8 65.Kg4 Rh8 66.Qg6 Rh4+

67.Kxh4 Qxf3 68.Nd3 Bg1 69.a5 Bh2 70.Qf6 Qxd3 71.g6 Qg3+ 72.Kh5 Qe5+ 73.Qxe5 Bxe5 74.Kh6 b6 75.g7 Bxg7+ 76.Kxg7 bxa5 77.Kf6 Kb6 78.Ke6 a4 White Resigns

It is an easy win for Black after 79.bxa4 Ka5 80.Kd5 Kxa4 81.Kxc5 a5.

Greater Somerset County Chess Club Quad#3 – Branchburg, NJ – June 22nd

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Reporting On The Scholastic Championships by Noreen Davisson

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On March 15 and 16, the New Jersey High School Championships were held at Rutgers University. Over 200 students participated in three sections. In the Varsity section, 20 five-player teams competed for the Father Casimir trophy. In the Junior Varsity section, 10 four-player teams competed. The Booster section had 67 students competing for individual honors. In the Varsity section, the Watchung Hills High School team (Jayson Lian, Jennie Liu, Charlie Lian, Michael Wu and Richard Greletski) finished with a perfect 5.0 score. Three teams tied for second place with four points. In tie-break order, these teams are Bergen County Academy (Austin Wang, Johnson Pau, Jonathan Chan, Jayenth Mayur and Anan Pattiburaman), Manalapan High School (Kyle Fitzsimmons, Alexander Amaya, Josh Wishman, Kevin Ge, Matthew Colen and Jiho Kim) and Holmdel High School (Harrison Lim, Steven Guo, Patil Neelay, Sas Ponnapalli and Ari Terjanian). Five teams tied for fifth place with 3 points. In tie-break order, they were Sparta High School (Michael Sobin, Bryce Bartling, Kyle Ross, Scott Vander Veen and Steven Matchett), High Technology High School (Junho Kim, Bryan Oakes, Scott Lindeman, Sujoy Gayen and Matthew Sherbert), Christian Brothers Academy 1 (Paul Schepel, Drew Meyer, Mark Azuolas, Max Osmulski and Stephen Krachie), Cherry Hill High School West (Sam Wittman, Andrew Pelimsky, Jin Meyong Lee, Cameron Rotblot and Saagar Sethi) and Monmouth Regional High School (Thomas Casper, Ryan Jakuboski, Dominic Debonis, Anderson Huh and Yuri Patterson). In tenth place, with 2.5 points was Toms River North High School (Sohan Jain, Matthew Buenvenida, Seth Lipper, Suresh Prakash and Yun Tang). In the Junior Varsity section, Holmdel High School (Ruozheng Guan, Brian Chin, Joseph Galaro and Emily Fu) finished in first place with 4.5 points. In second place with 4 points was Tom River High School East (Jason Morejon, Daniel Miller, Amar Shah and Matthew Finklestein). Four teams tied for third place with 2.5 points. In tie-break order, they are Bound Brook High School (John Cespedes, Jonathan Guerrero, Eric Specian, Freddie Shaker and Alejandro Yera), Dunellen High School (Nicholas Kovalevich, Owen Harshaney, Matt Lohrey and Stefan Jones), Livingston High School (Andrew Dennis, Eric Levitch, Dillon Cislo and Raza Fahim) and Monmouth Regional High School (Andrew Kurtz, Christopher Hoppe, Anthony Dyson and Kyle Clarke). Two teams tied for seventh place with 2 points. In tie-break order, they are Christian Brothers Academy (John Keale, Brian Stahl, Alex Zangari and Mark Barath) and Mountain Lakes High School (Andrew Humphries, Ian Rathkey, Sara Ho and Dan Yang). In ninth place, with 1.5 points was Middlesex Country Academy (Ryan Gossiaux, Saahithi Karuturi, Joseph Dinardo and Kauhsal Pahrik). In tenth place, with 1 point was the team from Union County Vo-Tech (Enoc Jose Nunez, Nikhil George, Kyle Douglas, Ananth Rao and Taylor Kelly). In the Booster section, Andrew Ng topped the field with a perfect score. Alexander Katz, Parag Srivistava, Ankit Raghuram, Maxwell Flores and Michael Bender, all with 4 points, followed him closely. Nick Ibacache, Joseph Brennan, Ethan Sturm, Ashutosh Ailani, Arjun Mayur, Derek McIntosh, Chang Yang, Gregory Proulx and Richard Ebright finished with 3.5 points.

On February 24, 2008, the New Jersey State Chess Federation held the Primary (grades kindergarten though third grade), Elementary (grades kindergarten through sixth grade) and Junior High School Championship (seventh through ninth grade) at Brookdale Community College. 297 students, representing 110 schools competed. In the Primary and Elementary sections, trophies were awarded to the top fifteen individuals and the top five teams consisting of two or more students from the same school. In the Junior High section, trophies were awarded to the top ten individuals and the top five teams. In the Primary section, 126 children representing 61 schools competed. The children finished the day with perfect 5-0 scores. These three are considered co-champions. Based on tie breaks, Mariya Oreshko a third grader from Joseph D. Sharp Elementary School was awarded the first place trophy. Roman Rychkov of Sharon Elementary School received the second place trophy. Nikhil Vassireddi, a third grader from Cranbury School got the third place trophy. Fourteen children finished with a score of 4-1. In tiebreak order, they are Sujay Uppalapati a second grader from Chilton Elementary, Arjun Rajkumar, a second grader from Red Oaks School, Vishan Ramanathan, Antin Demko, Alexander Tse, Kyle Garrison, Matthew Lim, Ryan Hoang, Daniel Jiang, Douglas Wellenmeyer, Kyle Russo, Charles Dai, Elie Kapengut and Samritha Palakollu. Princeton Day School led the Primary team competition, scoring 11.5 out of a possible 15 points. Cranbury School followed closely with 11 points. Helen Morgan finished in third place with 9 points, beating the Philadelphia school on tie breaks. Village School finished in fifth place with 8 points. In the Elementary section, 96 children representing 42 schools competed. Garrett Chu, a sixth grader from Elysian Charter School was the clear winner with a perfect score. Daniel Chai, a fifth grader from Dugan Elementary finished with 4.5 points. 15 students finished with a 4-1 result. Fifth graders William Chen and Richard Davisson from Village Elementary School and Shongum Elementary School respectively finished third and fourth. Aravind Kumar, a kindergartener from Orchard Hill Elementary School was awarded fifth place. In tiebreak order, Brice Huang, Gregory Gabovich, Eric Michael Ham, Maxim Farberov, Samuel Sokolin, Shivani Shanmugudas, Daniel Warszaski, David Grosh, Kevin Sturr and Viren Chan Sawent also scored 4 points. Village School was the top Elementary team, scoring 14 out of a possible 20 points. Laura Donovan School finished in second place with 10.5 points. Tewksbury Old Turnpike School finished in third place with 10 points, beating John P. Faber and Alpine School on tiebreaks. In the Junior High section, Andrew Ng of Marlboro Memorial Middle School led the field with the only perfect score. Eleven students followed with four wins. In tie break order; these are Robert Milman of Columbia Middle School, Mackinley E Tan of Harrington Middle School, Jordan Lerner of Princeton Day School, Cesar Flores of Ocean Middle School, Grant Oen, Peter Schepel, Suraj Mudichintala, Alex Dominguez, Chris Avarella, Noah Marinelli and Sean McCann. In the team competition, Marlboro Memorial Middle School finished on top with 15 out of a possible 20 points. Sparta Middle School was a close runner up, with 14 points. Eisenhower Middle School came in third with 13 points. Princeton Day School and the Lincoln School rounded out the top five with 10.5 and 10 points respectively.

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Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.

n q Ä In chess, there is the Theory of the Second Chance. You can be getting mopped up by your opponent, but you have to keep alert to that momentary lapse that all chess players, even grandmasters, are prone to. Take today’s game. US Master Steve Pozarek is simply outplaying his opponent. Pozarek’s fifteenth move is a gem as it interferes with the protection of Black’s knight on g4. No matter what Black does, he’s at a disadvantage: 15...Nf6 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Qd3 b5 18.Bxf7+ Qxf7 19.Qd8+ Bf8 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Qd3; 15...Bc5+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Bxf2 18.exf7+ Kh8 19.Qxf2 and in both cases, White is clearly winning. Then, it happens. The master has a momentary lapse. Rather than playing 20.h3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd3 22.Qf3 (where the queen now has a good square to occupy), he goes with 20.Rf3, which makes things harder. The lapse lasts another two moves, however. 22.Rxd3?? is a fatal oversight. His best course at this point would have been: 22.Qe6! Nf2+ 23.Rxf2 Qxf2 24.Be3 Qxb2 25.Rd1 Qe2 26.Bxa7 Rd6 27.Qe5. Black is then presented with the second chance and to win, no less, not just draw! With 22...Nf2+ 23.Kg1 (23.Qxf2 Qxf2 24.Be3 Qxb2 is an ugly win for Black) 23...Nh3+ 24.Kh1 (24.Kf1 Qg1#) 24...Qg1 it’s mate! Of course, then the moment passed. Pozarek gets back on track and the universe returns to its natural order. It’s a good lesson. Look at every position with a fresh face and maybe someday you will see the opportunity to make good on the Theory of the Second Chance. We would like to thank Bill Townsend for inputting the game scores of hundreds of games and sending them to us each year. We are truly spoiled by his generous effort. Stephen J. Pozarek (2198) Gregory S. Shaffer (1760) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.1, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO D45

Queen’s Gambit Declined – Semi-Slav Defense 5.e3 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 0–0 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.f4 Qc7 14.e5 Ng4 15.e6! h5 16.exf7+ Kh8 17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Ng5 b5 19.Bb3 Rad8 20.Rf3 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Bd3

22.Rxd3??.Rxd3 23.h3! Qf2! 24.Qxf2! Nxf2+ 25.Kh2?! h4? 26.Bc2!? Rd5 27.Be3 Bc5?? 28.Bxc5 Rxc5 29.Ne6 Rxf7 30.Nxc5 Rxf4 31.Re1 Kg8 32.Bg6 Rf8 33.Kg1 a5 34.Rf1 Rf6 35.Bc2 Black Resigns The US Amateur Team East at Parsippany is known for its upsets. Today’s game is an A-rated player trapping a talented young master in 27 moves from the Black side of a Bird’s Variation of the Ruy Lopez…an achievement all by itself. John Mullanaphy’s early aggression seemed to rattle Ms. Ross. At her critical 12th move, she played a dubious pawn advance. Instead, piece play and an exchange sacrifice was called for: 12.Bg5 f4 13.Qh5 Bb4 14.Nf3 Bxe1 15.Rxe1 Qa5 16.e5 Ng6 17.e6 Rf5 (17...d5 18.e7 Re8 19.Bxf4) 18.h4 d5 19.Re2 (19.Qg4 Re5!) 19...Qc5 20.Qg4 Rf7 21.h5 Nf8 22.h6 and White’s attack is ferocious. After that the best she could do was equalize with 17.c4 dxc3 18.bxc3 g4 19.Qh6. Mullanaphy then takes over the attack and picks the right idea moves. Although 24…Qg7 25.Nxh4 Bd8 would have been more forceful, his inversion of the moves brought about the same result and a noteworthy win against a strong master. She resigned because if 27.Rg1 Bf7 traps the queen.



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Laura R. Ross (2251) John L. Mullanaphy (1953) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.1, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO C61

Ruy Lopez – Bird’s Defense 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.0–0 Bc5 6.d3 c6 7.Ba4 d6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Bf4 0–0 10.Nd2 f5? 11.Bb3+ Kh8

12.e5?! Ng6! 13.Qf3 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 g5 15.Qf3 d5 16.Qh5 Be6 17.Nf3?! Rg8 18.h4 gxh4! 19.c3 dxc3 20.bxc3 Rg4 21.Bd1 Qe7 22.d4 Bb6 23.Be2 Rag8 24.Bf1 Bd8 25.Kh1 Qg7 26.Bd3 Rf4 White Resigns. We have another great fighting game from the US Amateur Team East. Both players handle the opening well and it becomes a tense struggle that no doubt consumed a great deal of time. For example, some obvious moves aren’t that good. The capture on e5 should have been with the pawn on move 19 and followed up by Ne2, Nd4 and the follow-up with the minority attack that he initiated on move 12. On move 22, both players suffer a lapse, underestimating the usefulness of exd5. John Moldovan then corrects that momentary lapse to gain an edge. He then dodges the attractive looking 27.Qb3!? Qxb3 28.Rxb3 Nc6 29.Re4 f5 30.Rh4 Ne7! and Black can hold. Moldovan then goes after Jesseph with an interesting kingside display. The closer the game gets to the time control at move 40, both players must have been under considerable pressure trying to find all the checks and their consequences. Moldovan comes up with a dandy with the inspired 37.g4+ and Jesseph misses the one move that would save him: 37...Kg5! 38.h4+ Kxh4 39.Qh6+ Kg3 40.gxf5 Qc4+ 41.Kg1 Qc5+ 42.Kh1 Qf2 43.Qg5+ Kxf3 44.Rb1 Rd2 45.Rb3+ Ke4! 46.Qg4+ Ke5 and White has no continuation. Then, one move short of the time control (isn’t it always the way?) White misses 39.fxg4+ Qxg4 (39...Kg6 40.Qf5+ Kg7 41.Re7+ Kg8 42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.Qxh7#; 39...Kxg4 40.Qf5+ Kh4 41.Qxg5+ Kh3 42.Qg3#; 39...Kh4 40.Qf2+! Kxg4 41.Qg3+ Kh5 42.Qxg5#) 40.Qxd6and wins. But that’s OK, because Black also has one move before time control and he misses 39...Rg6 40.Qxh7+ Rh6 41.fxg4+ Qxg4 42.Qf7+ Kh4 43.Qf2+ Kh5 44.Qf7+ and it’s a draw.

Moldovan then wraps it up and scores the point to end an exciting game. John Moldovan (1804) Steve Jesseph (1802) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.2, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO A15

English Opening (by transposition) 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.e3 Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.0–0 Ng7 12.b4! a6 13.Rab1 Bf5 14.Ne5!? Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nf5 16.Bg5 Nd6 17.f3 Nd7 18.Bf4 Nxe5 19.Bxe5? 0–0 20.e4 Nc4 21.Bg3 b5! 22.Rfe1? Qd7? 23.exd5! cxd5 24.Nxd5! Qxd5 25.Rxe7 Rfd8 26.Bf2 Ne5 27.Qe2! Nc6 28.Re4 f5 29.Re6 Nxd4 30.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kf1 Rd6 32.Re8+ Rxe8 33.Qxe8+ Kg7 34.Qe7+ Kh6 35.Re1! Qxb4 36.Qf8+ Kh5 37.g4+!

37...fxg4?? 38.Re5+ g5 39.Qf7+? Kh6? 40.Qf8+ Kh5 41.fxg4+ Kxg4 42.Qf5+ Kh4 43.Qxg5+ Kh3 44.Qg3# 1–0 Over the years, we have enjoyed Steve Stoyko’s attacking play, even when we were on the other side of it. He just builds up his pieces’ development, gathers them in the direction of your king, and then you get mated with some kind of sacrificial attack. He’s a master of position play as well, so either way you’re in for a tough game.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Young Corbin Mills (facing camera) plays for the win during a multi-game match with Nivedhitha Sivakumar during Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads April 26th in Somerset. This youngster’s skills are improving quickly!

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His fellow master, Brian Hulse, is an active player as well and essays the Modern Benoni. He gets frisky with 11…b5, but considering White’s development and space advantage, it may have been wiser to play 11..Nd7. You can tell Stoyko is in a building mode, avoiding exchanges along the a-file. He could have also played 14.Be3 axb4 15.axb4 Bd7 (15...Rxa1? 16.Qxa1 Bd7 17.Qa7 Qb8 18.Ra1) 16.Qd2, but one concludes that he saw more opportunity on the kingside. Hulse closes the queenside with 14…a4 which seems to take away his only counterplay with 14…axb4, thus leaving Stoyko to just concentrate on his kingside attacking plans. Stoyko then shows the value of redeployment with 20.Bh2 and the attack with f4 is underway. Hulse then makes a fateful decision with 21…f6. His best practical chance may have been to go with a line that would give White a chance to go wrong. We spent some time on this, so please notice the necessary moves that White needs to make to keep his advantage. It would be very tricky and certainly preferable to sitting there and waiting for the axe to fall: 21...f5 22.e5 Ne7 23.e6 Bc8 24.Bg3! (24.g4? Nexd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.gxf5 (26.Nxf5 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Bc3 28.Qxd5 Bb7) 26...Qb6! 27.fxg6+ Kh8) 24...Bf6 (24...Nexd5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Nxf5! Qb6+ 27.Bf2) 25.Bf2 Bb7 26.g4 fxg4 27.hxg4 Nexd5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.f5 Bg5 30.fxg6+ Kg8 31.Qd1 Nc3 32.Qa1 Bd2 33.Bf5 and White is clearly better, having avoided the traps. After this crisis moment, Stoyko offers his rook three times, and by the last time refusal wasn’t an issue—it would be mate shortly. An instructive and entertaining lesson from the master. Stephen E. Stoyko (2245) Brian Hulse (2207) 6ss World Amateur Team 2008, Parsippany, Rd.2, TL 40/2 SD/1, Feb. 16, 2008, ECO A65

Benoni Defense 6.e4 Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 0–0 9.0–0 Na6 10.h3 Nc7 11.a3 b5!? 12.b4! c4 13.Bc2 a5 14.Rb1 a4?! 15.Nd4! Bd7 16.Bg5 h6

17.Bf4 Ra6 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Rbe1 Re8 20.Bh2! Ng8 21.f4 f6? 22.f5! gxf5 23.exf5 Re5 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Ne6 Bxe6 26.fxe6+ Kh8

27.Qe3! Ne7 28.Rxf6! Nexd5 29.Rxh6+! Kg8 30.Qe4 Nf4 31.Rh8+! Black Resigns

Chess for Veterans The NJSCF has decided to provide chess equipment to the Veterans in the various hospitals in NJ. We are asking the chess players to assist us in this project by either donating a computer chess game set that you no longer use, but is in good condition, or make a donation. (not tax deductible). Anyone wishing to donate a chess computer game should contact Herman Drenth at: 201-797-9043 or [email protected]. Financial donations may be sent to our Treasurer, Ken Thomas made out to the NJSCF, 115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Please signify “Veterans Fund” on the check. Thank You.

Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero Kevin Emmanuel Chen (far left) on the attack against Mihael V. Polito (right) while Theodore Mann (middle) readies his next move against TD Ken Thomas during the Viking Last Saturday Quads held in Somerset on April 26th.

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Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero

Apr - June 2008 Problem #1 Apr - June 2008 Problem #2 Apr - June 2008 Problem #3 White To Move And +- White To Move And +- White To Move And Mate In 3

Apr - June 2008 Problem #4 Apr - June 2008 Problem #5 Apr - June 2008 Problem #6 White To Move And Draw White To Move And + - Black To Move And +- Solutions: Jan - Mar 2008 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above) Problem#1: Chigorin - Steinitz, Havana, 1889 Match Game#3: This exciting game continued Bg1! (threatening

Bg2 followed by Ra7), Ne6 (if ...Nxb3, Rb7+, Kc8, Ba6 threatens Rc7+ and Rc8#), Rd7! (not Rb7+, Kc8 when Black would be threatening to cut the White rook off to pick up the exchange), Rc6 (the endgame according to Steinitz after ...Ng5+, Kg4, Nxh7, Rxd6, would be lost for Black once Black plays ...Kc7, Rh6, Nf6+, Kf5, Nd7, Bb5, Nc5, Ke5, Nxb3, Rh7+, Kb8, Kd6), Kg4, Rc7, Bc4, Rxc4+, bxc4, Kc8, Rd6, Nc5, Rc6+, Kb8, Rh8 Black Resigned since ...Nb7 would lose to Rxb6.

Problem#2: Pillsbury - Lee, London, 1899: Qf3!, Qxf3 (...Qg6, Bxf8, Rb8, Ba3 winning easily), Rg1+, Kh8, Bg7+, Kg8, Bxf6+ with mate to follow on the next move.

Problem#3: Schlecter - Meitner, Vienna, 1899: g4+, fxg4 (essentially transposes if ...Kh4), hxg4+ (or fxg4+ also does the trick), Kh4, Qxh6+!!, Qxh6, Kh2! with mate to follow since ...Ne3, Bxe3, ..., Bf2# is looming.

Problem#4: ...Ncd4!, Qd3 (not Qa4, b5!, Qxa5?, Ne2+!! Mate in 6, Kh1, Nxf4, Rg1 (or g3, Qc6+, f3, Qxf3+!, Rxf3, Rd1+, Rf1, Rxf1#), Rd1! (deflecting the g1 rook and mating), g3, Qc6+, f3, Qxf3#) , g3, Ng3!! (a staggering conception!), Qxg6 (or Qxd4, Ne2+ picks up the White queen without even giving up the knight), Nde2#

Problem#5: Morphy - Amateur, New Orleans, 1858: Morphy gave rook odds in this game! Qf7 (cutting the Black king & threatens Ne4#), Be6 (...Qe7 had to be played), Bxe6, Nxe6, Ne4+, Kd5, c4+, Kxe4 (...Kxc4 had to be played), Qxe6, Qd4? (...Kd3 was necessary), Qg4+ (Fritz 11 actually uncovered a forced Mate in 11 beginning here with: Ke2!!), Kd3 (forced), Qe2+, Kc2, d3+, Kxc1, O-O!#

Problem#6: Pilnik - Reshevsky, USA, 1942: Qf2!, Qxf2 stalemate since any other move by Black would give White a winning game!

Legend: +- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move

Tom S. Yake (1747) Wojciech Blaszczec (1661) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U1800, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A10

English Opening 1.c4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 a5 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 e5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Qe8 11.d4 e4 12.Nd2 Bd8 13.a3 Qg6 14.Ne2 Qh6 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.d5 Ne5 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Qc3 Be7 19.b4 Be8 20.Nb3 Bh5 21.Rfe1 Bf3 22.Nxa5 Qh5 23.Ra2 Ra6 24.Rb2 Ng4 25.h3 Rh6 26.h4 Bxh4 White Resigns

Final Position

Gregory D. Maxfield (2011) Jack Hutton (1901) 6ss 65th Amateur East Ch. U2200, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, May.26, 2008, ECO A25

English Opening vs King’s Indian Defense 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 f5 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.e3 O-O 9.Ne2 Ne7 10.O-O c6 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.b3 Be6 13.Bb2 Qd7 14.Qd2 d5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Rfd1 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rad8 18.Qc2 Qd5+ 19.Kg1 Qf3 20.d4 e4 21.Nf4 Nd5 22.Ne6

22...f4 23.Nxf4 Bg5 24.Re1 Bxf4 25.exf4 Rxf4 26.Qe2 Rff8 27.Qxf3 exf3 28.h3 Rde8 29.Re5 Kf7 30.Rbe1 Draw Agreed

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