** Atlantic Chess News – Fall 2004 **

Official Publication Of The New Jersey State Chess Federation $2.00

Photo provided courtesy of Herman Drenth

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From Your Editor’s Desk
In the latest saga involving Bobby Fischer, a letter posted on the Internet dated October 15, 2004 from his recently acquired
attorney in California has already begun addressing some of the alleged violations with the US government that has revoked
Fischer ’ s passport. In reading the letter, it would appear to imply that the destruction of his passport may have been
performed by the government on questionable legal grounds. On October 27th, Fischer appears to still be in Japanese custody
in Ushiko, Japan at the time of this writing. Fischer has written to Thordur Oskarrson, the Icelandic Ambassador in Japan,
pleading his innocence and asking for asylum. We’ ll try to provide an update as new information comes in on the former World
Champion.
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This issue’ s ACN features a handful of photos from the New Jersey Veteran ’ s Home at Paramus , a “ roadmap“ of the NJSCF s
direction by our President, a very nice endgame column by Brian Katz, an in-depth analysis of the Sicilian Defense by NM James
R. West, and annotated games from our own Peter J. Tamburro, Jr.! One of our past presidents, the energetic, Herman Drenth
discusses all that the NJSCF has been doing for Veteran ’ s Chess. Our President also profiles two of our younger generation’ s
scholastic players with this issue’ s Scholastic Spotlight column! Also, one of our readers turned columnist, offers an interesting
perspective on tournament chess entry fees well worth reading.

Most games are analyzed with the assistance of the extensive and exhaustive chess playing programs, Fritz 8, Rebel II Chess
Tiger 13.0, or Chess Genius 5.028A and Grandmaster Books  add-on program running on a Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz PC with 512
megabytes of RAM running Windows XP Professional. We welcome all comments, criticism, and feedback from readers and
don’ t forget to submit your game to me from the tournaments!

Steve Ferrero, Editor

Email: Ferrero@cyberdude.com

For New Jersey State Chess Federation Info:

www.NJSCF.org or www.njoychess.com
NJSCF President: Joe Ippolito
 Gary Prince
92 Circle Drive, Oakridge, NJ 07438

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mailto:chess@websong.com

Glenn Petersen , Secretary

44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728
732-683-9885
chesslies@aol.com
Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers, and board
members along with their addresses, and email addresses Hal Sprechman , Scholastic Committee
for your convenience. Please keep in mind that many of 198 Overbrook Drive, Freehold, NJ 07728
these people donate their time in the form of meetings 732-577- 1457
HSprechman@aol.com
(usually on Saturdays/Sundays several times per year) and
also during the year promoting chess in NJ to make your Herman Drenth , Past President & Ethics Committee
chess playing experience as rewarding as it can be! 235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07047
Phone: 201- 797-9043 Fax: 201-797-2844
Hermaril@aol.com
I encourage all comments, criticisms, and recommend-
ations of what you’d like to see ACN transform into since it Joe Lux
has been and always will remain a publication BY the 627 Summit Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306
chess-playing community FOR the chess-playing 201-653-0807
community within NJ! JoeLuxChess@aol.com

Ken Thomas
New Jersey State Chess Federation
115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
908-852-0385
Joe Ippolito, President
ACN@goes.com
43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005
973-4 0 2-0049
Ippy1@aol.com Leo Dubler III , Corporate Funding
146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055
Roger Inglis , Vice President 856-396-0961
LBDIII@aol.com
60-A Dafrack Avenue, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
973- 263-8696
NJoyChes@optonline.net Leroy Dubeck , Nominating Committee
932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Anthony Cottell , Past President 856-428-0304
334 Ninth St. , Carlstadt, NJ 07072 lwdubeck@aol.com
201-933 -1160
acabonack@yahoo.com Michael Somers , Parliamentarian
29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
Bill Bluestone, Disabled & Handicapped Chess 973- 228 -7039
Hammer1@aol.com
PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840
732-603-8850
bbluestn@corus.jnj.com Mike Khodarkovsky
80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045
Bill Coburn , Seniors Chess 973- 299-0932
85 Jamestown Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 mailto:MKhodarkovsky@yahoo.com
908-604-2680
W.coburn2@verizon.net Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. , Columnist
22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
Bill Cohen , Clearinghouse 973-984- 3832
29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840 PTamburro@aol.com
732-548 -8432
chessuu@yahoo.com Rick Costigan
927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108
Craig Gross , Trustee 856-854- 2376
776 Evans Drive, Apt. 3C, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 RCSTGN@aol.com
856-905-0196
Dojoone@yahoo.com Ronald Groseibl , Treasurer
ronaldp@cybernex.net
Dean Ippolito , Collegiate
141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889 Steve Ferrero, ACN Editor
908-534 -4318 PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 -0337
dean@deanofchess.com 908-537-0878
Ferrero@cyberdude.com
Dr. Francis Schott, Finance Committee
311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Todd Lunna, Masters Affairs
201-445- 1743 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722
FHSandBWS@aol.com 732-946-7379
tlunna@msn.com
E. Steven Doyle, Tournaments
17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960 Tom Bartell , Collegiate
973- 538 -1697 36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722
esdoyle@aol.com 732-946-7379

George Phoenix, Trustee

Perrito_chess@yahoo.com
 Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey
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Photo provided courtesy of Herman Drenth
Helmut Dusedau (L) who resides at the New Jersey
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 Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)
Bloomfield Chess Club Hillsdale – Montvale Chess Club New Jersey Children Chess School
Bloomfield Civic Center Montvale Municipal Building Upper Montclair, Glen Ridge
84 Broad Street, Bloomfield 07003 Contact: Arkady Geller
Contact: Fred Sharpell 973-696-1748
Memorial Drive ** New Information ** 862 De Graw Avenue, Newark 07104
Meets Fridays 7:30pm – 10:00pm Montvale 07645 Meets Unknown
Contact: Gerald Freel
Chess Club Of Boonton ** New ** 78 Magnolia Street, Pearl River, NY 10965 Princeton Landing Chess Club
Contact: Stephen Ohayon Contact: Chuck Denk 609 -720-0595
Rockingham Coffee Lounge 18 Cardinal Court, Montvale 07645 Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm (for kids
404 Main Street, Boonton 07005 Contact: Gerald Freel 7+)
Contact: Wil Arguedas 78 Magnolia Street, Pearl River, NY 10965
Email: letsplaychess@wildmail.com Meets Wednesdays 7:00pm Rutherford Chess Club
Meets Sundays 2:00pm Fee: $14/Year Club Membership 176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070
Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318
Chess Club Of Greater Somerset County International Chess Academy Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays)
Pheasant’s Landing Restaurant 185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666
311 Amwell Road, Hillsborough 08844 Contact: Diana Tulman 201-833-1741 Summit Area Chess Club
Restaurant Phone# 908-281-1288 51 Bernard Court, Fairlawn 07410 Myrtle Avenue
www.pheasantslanding.com Meets Sundays 10:00am – 3:30pm, (Recreation Center At Memorial Field)
Contact: David Fulton 908-672-4792 Tuesdays 6:15pm – 8:00pm, Wednesdays Summit 07901
Email: d.fulton@att.net 6:00pm – 9:00pm Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543
Website: Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm
http://home.att.net/~nwalthall/GSCC/ Kenilworth Chess Club
http://home.att.net/~nwalthall/cjcl/ Kenilworth Community Center Toms River Chess Club
Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm – 11:00pm Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033 Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River
Contact: Greg Tomkovich Contact: aaikin@comcast.net
Dumont Chess Mates ** Largest In NJ!! ** Email: GTomkovich@aol.com Meets Thursdays 7:00pm
Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight
Dumont High School
101 New Milford Avenue West Orange Chess Club ** New **
Dumont 07628 Livingston Recreation & Parks
Contact: Thomas McKenna Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant
Contact: Harrison Coleman
19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039 Valley Way)
25 Beacon Street , Haworth 07641
Meets Unknown Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052
Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433
Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club 4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052
Dumont Scholastic Chess Club
Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight
Dumont High School
101 New Milford Avenue (Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330
Dumont 07628 Contact: T. McKeen t- mcKeen@comcast.net Westfield Chess Club
Contact: Harrison Coleman 609-926-5909 Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place
25 Beacon Street, Haworth 07641 Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm Contact: Todd Lunna
Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm 2124 Audono n Ave., So. Plainfield 07080
Mendham Chess Club Bill Cohen (TD)
Elmwood Park Chess Club Garabrant Center 29 Hickory Street, Metuchen
Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg. 4 Wilson Street Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379
182 Market Street (1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm
Elmwood Park 07407 Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945
Contact: Roy Greenberg Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610 Willingboro Chess Club
PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407 McMon4@msn.com Willingboro Kennedy Center
TD: Ron Groseibl Meets 1 st Thurs. Of Each Month D uring The 429 John F. Kennedy Way,
22-50 Maple Ave nue Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm Willingboro 08046
Fairlawn 07410 Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700
Meets Sundays 1:00pm Metuchen Chess Club Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm
Metuchen – Edison YMCA Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Hackettstown Chess Club Lake Street, Metuchen 08840
Hackettstown Community Center Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432 Wizards of the Mind
293 Main Street Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm 30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081
Hackettstown 07840 Contact: Mark Schwartzman
Contact: Harold Darst Monmouth Country Chess Club www.wizardsofthemind.com
111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840 Monmouth County Library Headquarters 917-841-5589
908-852-5925 125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726 Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights
Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm (except Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732 -294-9372
certain major holidays) Email: jmull@aol.com Woodbury Chess Club
Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm Presbyterian Church
Hamilton Chess Club South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096
Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg. Morris County Industrial Chess League Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094
Mercer County Road, Route 609 Honeywell Corporate Headquarters Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm
Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960

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Groveville 08620
Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326 Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757
Meets Unknown Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June)

Mt. Laurel Chess Club

Borders Book Store
4010 Dearborn Circle, Mt. Laurel 08054
Contact: Craig Gross 856-905-0196
Email: Dojoone@yahoo.com
Meets Thursdays 6:00pm – 10:30pm
Contact Steve Ferrero at Ferrero@cyberdude.com
if you would like your chess club listed for free!

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From Our President
by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation
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The New Jersey State Chess Federation is recognized as one of
the most respected and best organizations of its kind in the
United States. What makes us that good is a host of exceptional
volunteers, innovative programs to foster chess, and of course
- you, the chessplayer who supports our ventures. I would like
to take this time to highlight some of the NJSCF sponsored
activities:
- Atlantic Chess News published quarterly
- US Amateur Team East Tournament
- NJ Elementary, Junior High School, High School, Grade
School Championship Tournaments
- New Jersey Open
- NJ Junior Championship
- Chess Fest (over 100 youngsters were not only able to
play Expert to Master level volunteers, they received
chess shirts, sets and boards, and partake in a "human"
chess game
- Our official website:– www.njscf.org
- Free tournament life announcements in Chess Life for
many of our New Jersey chess clubs
- Veterans Programs (Chess sets and instruction given to
Vet hospitals throughout New Jersey)
- Chess sets and boards given to military personnel
overseas
- Chess booth at the New Jersey Teachers Convention in
Atlantic City
- Financial support for male and female representatives
to the Denker Tournament
- Supported legislation for the implementation of chess
into NJ curriculum
- Chess College of the Year Award
The list could continue, but you can see that we are deeply
involved in NJ chess. We also do not want to sit back on our
laurels but continue new venues in the state. These would
include:
- Purchasing Sensor Boards for state run tournaments
- Chess Outreach program where all clubs in the state
will be visited by members of the NJSCF board to share
ideas
- NJ hosting a US Open or a National Scholastic event
- NJ "Legends" tournament. Invitational for those
regulars you always see at events in the state
- Scholastic Grand Prix
- Futurity
- Resurrect New Jersey versus New York Scholastic
Challenge
- College Event
- Coach of the Year Award
As I stated earlier, we have a group of dedicated volunteers who
work diligently to make chess "happen" in the state. They give
up Saturdays throughout the year to meet to map a direction for
the betterment of chess. You are welcome to attend any of these
meetings! You can contribute with your input or just listen and
have a cup of coffee. If you have ideas on chess please contact
one of the representatives listed in this ACN, or during the Chess
Outreach visitation, a NJ sponsored tournament, or at one of our
regular meetings. Also, if you would like to "volunteer" for any
of our endeavors, we can definitely use your assistance.
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So in closing, I would just like to say, "Thank You" for your past
and continued support. You do have a voice toward the
improvement of chess in New Jersey. You, as chessplayers, can
help us simply by subscribing to the Atlantic Chess News (still
only $8 for the year). Good chess to you all and hope to see you
at one of our tournaments!
Katzparov’s Corner
by Brian “Katzparov””Katz
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Rook + Knight’s Pawn + Rook’s Pawn vs Rook
Last issue we looked at a surprise move in an endgame by Black,
which was able to win, when at first glance it looked as if White
should at the very least be able to obtain a draw.
This time I would like to share a Rook + Knight’ s Pawn + Rook’ s
Pawn (Both pawns on one side of the board) vs. Rook, where a
surprise shot by Black is able to save a lost game, due to a hasty
pawn advance by White.
This particular type of endgame can be quite difficult to win in
its earlier stages. In many cases, if the defending side can
blockade one of the pawns, the game can be saved.
What I would like to share with you; is a position that I had from
a 30 minute game on the ChessBase Playchess Server. Earlier on,
I misplayed a Rook and Pawns ending which should have been
easily drawn. I had given up a pawn to a Rook, expecting to
immediately win a pawn back with my Rook. The only problem
was that the Rook that had just taken my pawn was now
defending the pawn that I was going to take. Blunder !! Oh well,
we all make them. I then could not prevent the loss of another
pawn. We then reached, as mentioned above, a Rook + Knight’ s
Pawn + Rook’s Pawn vs. Rook endgame.
Knowing that this particular ending can be quite difficult to win,
I chose to play on. My opponent played it well, or perhaps I just
didn ’ t offer the best resistance. Nevertheless, we reached a
point, where my opponent had a winning position, but rushed a
pawn advance, throwing away a nicely played ending.
Many won Rook endgames are thrown away by prematurely
advancing a pawn to the 7th rank. With a pawn advanced to the
7th rank, (in this case White) White’s King may have trouble hiding
from checks from the side or from behind. Also, not knowing our
basic King and Pawn endings can cost many a game. A simple
King and pawn ending is now thrown away by not allowing the
King to oppose the enemy King when necessary. If we have not
all done this at one time, then we have probably witnessed this
at one time or another at a club or a tournament.
That is one of the points of this article: Botching a won Rook and
Pawn ending to a surprise shot, due to hastily advancing a pawn
to the 7th rank. As mentioned, often times the winning sides ’ ’ King
needs to be able to hide in front of that pawn without getting
stuck in the corner or on the back rank. White’s King getting
stuck on the back rank is not an issue here, but hiding from
checks is.
First, as most of us already know, in a standard K+P vs K ending,
the defending side’ s King must be able to oppose the enemy King
when the King and the Pawn are on the 6 th rank as shown below.
Black on the move loses and White on the move draws.
It’s important to just know these positions. This can save you
from unnecessarily having to calculate a position, especially
when you are in time trouble.
Not to insult anyone with such a basic position; most of us know
the features of this position when it is in front of us or when we
are actually playing this King + Pawn vs King ending. The
problem for some of us; is when exchanging into an ending like
this.
Having this King + Pawn ending from diagram 1 ingrained in
your mind can prove most helpful.

Diagram 1
Black on the move loses . White on the move draws. Both sides
need to be able to oppose the other King.
Below is the actual position that could have occurred from my
game, had I (as Black) exchanged into it. Knowing the above
position helped to prevent me from exchanging into a lost
position.
Diagram 3
One fairly simple plan is to play the White Rook to c5 to shield
the b5 pawn so that it cannot be pinned by Black’ s Rook after
White’s King drops back to a5, and it can advance to b6. White
then has many threats. As in the following line: White should be
able to win without too much trouble at all.
1.Rc5 Kb8 2.Ka5 Rg3 3.Rh5 Rg1 4.Rh8+ Kc7 5.b6+ Kc6 6.a7 Ra1+
Kb4 7.Kb7 Rb8+ and White promotes the pawn. There are other
wins as well.
However, White rushed the pawn advance to a7 giving us the
following position.

Diagram 4
I then missed the saving move as I rushed and played ... Rh8?
Of course, 1. ... Rg6!! Was the drawing move, as the Rook cannot
Diagram 2 - White Wins be taken because of Stalemate.
4.Kb5 Kb8 [4. ... Ka8 5.Ka6 (NOT 5.Kb6? because of 5. ... Kb8 and
Black has the opposition and draws.) 5. ... Kb8 6.Kb6 Kc8 7.c7 Or,
6. ... Ka8 7.Kc7 or 7.Kc5 wins even faster. Not 7,c7?? Stalemate!]
5.Kb6 Kc8 6.c7
Had I exchanged into this ending, I would have lost the game, as I
would have reached the position in diagram 1 with Black on the
move.
Remember these positions as we look at the actual game.
It can be a real shame when you are playing well and winning,
only to throw it away at the end, to a surprise shot. While it may
not be such a surprise shot when looking at it in analysis, or
from a diagram, as is the case here, but during a game,
(especially when a clock is ticking), can often be quite a different
story, as we all know. It can also be a real shame to have the
surprise shot and not see it. You don ’ t always get a 2 nd chance to
play the game saving move. Diagram 5

Below is the Rook ending that I, as Black, was in. White is

winning quite nicely. It is White to move. For The .PDF Electronic Version Of
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My opponent, completely unaware, returned the favor and played
Ka6??...
Diagram 6
Black’s King is in a Stalemate position. That now allows Black to
play a surprise Rook sacrifice 1. ... Rh6!! I shouldn’ t say surprise,
as most of you will probably see it rather quickly, but many of us
still miss moves like this during a real game -- especially,
while the clock is ticking away; only to hear it from our friends
after the game “You could have saved the game with ...!!” You
then slump into your chair in disbelief. I am sure we have all
been victims of this. I know I have!
Diagram 7
I then played the correct and game saving ... Rh6!! You don’ t
always get a second chance like this.
The Black Rook cannot be taken without allowing Stalemate, and
now White’ s Rook is pinned to its King. White’s King now has two
legal moves to play. If we went back to the previous position,
with White’s King on b6, he would then have four possible King
moves. That same type of position can still be obtained by White
with Kb6. Black cannot take the Rook either, since White
recaptures with the King leaving Black with ... Kxa7 and losing.
After Kb6 and a move like Rg6 to maintain the pin on the Rook,
White would then have the option of playing his King to c5 or c7.
’ Pawn + Rook’s Pawn vs Rook ending. Also, Mark Dvoretsky’ s
Kc5 just allows Black to check from the side. If White s King
retreats too far back after a series of checks, Black could then
take the a7 pawn and easily hold the position to a draw. Kc7
allows checks from the side as well. Ka6?? allows Black to take
the Rook and it is Stalemate if White takes back.
That leaves White with one reasonable attempt. 2.Ka5 ...
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Diagram 8
Now, if we refer back to our original first two diagrams we can
see that if Black takes White’s Rook, we would exchange into
Diagram 2, which would be lost for Black after the following:
2. ... Rxc6?? 3.bxc6 Kxa7. White would then win with 4.Kb5 as
mentioned earlier.
Now, Black has to do something with his Rook, since his King
now has moves and there is no longer a stalemate.
2. ... Rh5! pinning the b5 pawn prevents White from making any
progress. The stalemating tactic is always there if White’s King
goes back to the 6th rank.
If the King drops back to either a4 or b4, it will be hit with many
checks from the side. And as mentioned earlier, if the King
travels too far back, its a-pawn will fall and the position will be
drawn.
One try for White is to play Ra6, but then Black just keeps the pin
on the b5 pawn until the King drops back. Then that gives rise to
more checks from the side or back. Black will be able to hold the
draw from this position as well.
The other try is for White to try and bring his King to the 7th rank
with 4.Kb6 Rh6 5.Kc7 Rh7+
1.a7 Rh8 2.Ka6 Rh6 3.Ka5 Rh5 4.Kb6 Rh6 5.Kc7 Rh7+ 6.Kd6 Rh6+!!
[NOT 6. ... Kxa7?? 7.Rc7+!! Rxc7 8.Kxc7 Ka8 9.Kb6 Kb8 10.Ka6 Ka8
11.b6 Kb8 12.b7 White wins.; NOR 6. ... Rxa7?? as White can force
a win with 7.Rc8+ Kb7 8.Rc7+ Kb6 9.Rxa7 Kxa7 10.Kc6 Kb8 (10. ...
Ka8 11.Kc7 Ka7 12.b6+ Ka8 13.b7+) 11.b6 Ka8 12.b7+ ]
However, Black, just continues to check White’s King around the
board and White cannot make any real progress.
Here was a case where not realizing the possibility of throwing
away a won position by hastily advancing a pawn to the 7th rank,
cost White the win after playing a “difficult to win” ending very
well.
In addition to that, Black, who was able to come up with a nice
stalemating tactic, also could have thrown away the draw, by
exchanging into a lost King and Pawn ending.
There are many endgame books that cover the Rook + Knight’ s
most recent addition to his wonderful line of books, is his
“Dvoretsky’ s Endgame Manual”. In this new book, he covers
aspects of this very type of ending very nicely. One would do
well to refer to that excellent work.
Think Clearly – Play More Chess!
Bill Bluestone

Chess For New Jersey Veterans
by Herman Drenth, NJSCF Past President & Ethics Committee
Dr. Frank Schott and I delivered chess sets to the New
Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus on Thursday, October
28. This is a nursing home for veterans from World War
ll, the Korean War, and Vietnam. There are presently 330
heroes living there, many in wheelchairs.
We were greeted by office employees, Susan Pettigrano
and Marie McGregor. They were both very pleasant and
helpful. Marie plays chess and was particularly
interested when Frank and Helmut Dusedau, a patient,
played a game.
Helmut is especially active and loves to play chess.
Although we had to leave after one game, Frank
promised that he would be back soon. Helmut served in
World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the Pacific as an
Intelligence Officer. He is presently 85 years young!
Susan and Marie will inquire as to how many would like
to learn to play chess and after the first of the year will
setup a schedule for Frank to visit. They also are getting
6 computers from the town of Paramus as a donation and
perhaps could use them for the men to play chess.
Games From Around The State
by Steve Ferrero
Presented below for your enj oyment are some nice games from
around the state. Included is a rather bizarre upset of an 1184
player by a player provisionally rated at only 193!
Frank E. Condon (1696)
Farrell B. Kramer (1630)
Dumont Fall Quad, Rd. 1, TL G/90, Oct/ 11, 2004,ECO B32
Sicilian Defense – Flohr Variation
1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) d4 cd 4) Nxd4 Qc7 5) c4 e6 6) Nc3 a6 7) Be3
Nf6 8) h3 Bb4 9) Bd3 Ne5 10) Qe2 d5 11) ed ed 12) O-O dc
13) Bxh7 Rxh7 14) Bf4 Bd6 15) Rfe1 Nd7 16) Nf3 f6 17) Qe4 Rh8 18)
Nd5 Qc6 19) Nd4 Qc5 20) Qg6+ Kf8 21) Ne6+ Black Resigns
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David A. Cole (1985)
James R. West (2203)
Viking Last Sat. Quad, Rd. 2, TL G/90, Oct. 30, 2004,ECO C20
King’s Pawn Game
1) e4 e5 2) d4 d6 3) de de 4) Qxd8+ Kxd8 5) Nf3 Bd6 6) Bc4 f5 7)
Nc3 Nc6 8) Bg5+ Nf6 9) O-O-O Ke8 10) Rhe1 Rf8 11) ef Bxf5 12)
Nxe5 Nxe5 13) f4 Nd7 14) fxe5 Bb4
15) Nd5 Ba5 16) e6 Nf6 17) e7 Rf7 18) Nxf6+ Rxf6 19) Bxf6 gxf6 20)
Bf7+ Kf7 21) Rd8 Bd7 22) e8 (Q)+ Bxe8 23) R/1xe8 Rxd8 24) Rxd8
b5 25) Kd1 Bb6 26) Ke2 c5 27) Rd7+ Kg6 28) Kf3 h5 29) Ke4 b4 30)
b3 Kg5 31) Rg7+ Kh6 32) Rg8 Kh7 33) Rc8 Kg6 34) h4 a5 35) Rg8+
Kh6 36) Kf5 Bc7 37) Kxf6 Black Resigns
Karthik Reddy (193 Provisional)
Ernest E. Beaumont (1184)
Viking Last Sat. Quad, Rd. 2, TL G/90, Oct. 30, 2004,ECO A00
Van ’t Kruy ’s Opening
1) e3 d5 2) Nf3 Bg4 3) Be2 e6 4) O-O Nf6 5) Nc3 c5 6) d3 g6 7) e4
d4 8) Na4 b5 9) Nxc5 Bxc5 10) e5 Nd5 11) Bg5 Qc7 12) Qd2 Bb4 13)
c3 dc 14) bc Bxc3 15) Qc2 Bxf3 16) Bxf3 Qc5 17) Rfe1 Bxe1 And
Black Resigns
David A. Cole (1985)
Richard K. Napoli (2016)
Viking Last Sat. Quad, Rd. 3, TL G/90, Oct. 30, 2004,ECO A05
Reti Opening
1) Nf3 Nf6 2) b3 g6 3) Bb2 Bg7 4) e3 O-O 5) c4 d6 6) Qc2 Nc6 7) a3
e5 8) d3 a5 9) Be2 Bf5 10) Nbd2 h6 11) Nh4 Bd7 12) Nhf3 Bf5 13) N h4
Bd7 14) Nhf3 Draw Agreed
Sandi Hutama (2307)
David A. Cole (1985)
Viking Last Sat. Quad, Rd. 1, TL G/90, Oct. 30, 2004,ECO C41
Philidor ’s Defense - Improved Hanham Variation
1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 d6 3) d4 Nf6 4) Nc3 Nbd7 5) Bc4 Be7 6) O-O O-O 7)
a4 c6 8) Bb3 b6 9) de de 10) Qe2 Qc7 11) Rd1 Nc5 12) Bc4 Bg4 13)
h3 Bh5 14) Bg5 Rad8 15) Bxf6 B xf6 16) b4 Ne6 17) Bxe6 fxe6 18)
Rxd8 Rxd8 19) Rd1 Rxd1+ 20) Qxd1 Bxf3 21) Qxf3 Qd6 22) b5 c5
23) Qd3 Qd4 24) Kf1 Kf7 25) Ke2 Ke7 26) Qxd4 exd4 27) Nb1 Bg5
Draw Offer 28) Na3 e5 29) Nc4 Ke6 30) a5 Bd8 31) a6 Bc7 32) Kf3
h5 33) g4 hg+ 34) Kxg4 Kf6 35) Kh5 g6+ 36) Kg4 Bb8 37) h4 Bc7
Draw Agreed
Continued on back cover
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 Chris would some day like to be a Grandmaster, but for
Scholastic Spotlight On Christopher Wu & Jeffrey Wu now enjoys science and math at school and relaxes
by Joe Ippolito, President NJSCF playing the violin.

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Jeffrey Wu
Jeffrey is a 7 year old from Rutgers Prep that only
learned how to play chess at 5 (only!!). In addition to
possessing an impressive rating, a cadre of trophies, he
also has some impressive titles. He won first place at the
This will be a first for the Scholastic Spotlight column -
2004 New Jersey State Elementary Championship,
not one, but two of New Jersey’ s best and upcoming
placement trophy, as well as a team trophy at the 2004
young players. Our two young prodigies are not only
National Elementary Championships. If you want to see
brothers, but also each other’ s best friend and sparring
Jeff playing just go to one of his favorite tournaments, NJ
partners in the beautiful game of chess.
Championship, US Amateur Team East, World Open, and
Dean Ippolito (his teacher) events. He can also remember
being paired against his younger brother at a tournament.
Jeff would like to thank his parents and his chess teacher
for the progress he has achieved over the chess board.
He also recommends that he has improved tremendously
from going to tournaments, keeping a daily practice, and
taking lessons.
Besides playing chess, Jeff’ s favorite school subjects are
math and music. He is also a big fan of the Yankees and
loves to play the piano.

Christopher Wu (Le ft) and Jeffrey Wu (Far Right) show off their
trophies with their coach/teacher IM Dean Ippolito
Christopher Wu
We’ ll begin with the younger brother, Christopher. Chris
is 5 years old, a kindergarten student in Rutgers
Preparatory School. You’ re now saying, "what
accomplishments has someone this age done in chess"?
The answer is "plenty" as can be attested by his present
accumulation of over 20 trophies. With the trophies
comes a rating of 1041, placing in the 2004 National
Elementary Championship, winning the first cash prize at
the 2004 Northeast Open, and holding his own in a USCF
rated tournament game against Grandmaster Walter
Browne.
The amazing thing about Chris and his meteoric rise so This magazine was printed by:
quickly is that he only learned how to play at age 4. Does
that throw some scares into you on what he will be like in
a few years? He also has some memorable moments
already to look back upon. He was the youngest player in
the 2004 World Open. In round 4 he was paired with the
oldest player - 90 year old Ralph Ashby. A classic old
guard versus the new guard ensued.
Chris fondly gives credit for his success to his parents as
well as his teacher, IM Dean Ippolito. He also makes the
suggestion that if you would like to improve your game,
go to as many tournaments as possible, keep practicing
and take chess lessons as soon as possible.

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Tournament Entry Fees - A New Perspective
by Howard Goldowsky
The work GM Maurice Ashley has done to organize the
Generation Chess HB Global Chess Challenge is
revolutionary. He has brought more money to a single
chess tournament than we have ever seen before. Not
only will his tournament boast the largest Open section
prize fund in the history of open chess tournaments, it
will also provide amateurs with fifty place prizes per
section. Compared to the prize distribution of the World
Open, which has only twenty place prizes per section, the
Global Chess Challenge makes the payout in Philly look
silly. Ashley’ s tournament will also provide a “prizes to
cheapest entry” ratio larger than the World Open’s, as the
U1600 to U2200 sections of the World Open only have a
“prizes to cheapest entry” ratio of 103, where by
comparison, the HB Global Chess Challenge will have a
ratio of 190. Both in absolute terms and in relative terms,
your value per dollar spent paying for OTB chess has
gone up.
But it has not gone up by much. Add to your entry fee the
price of food, hotel, airfare, and rental car, and the total
amount of money you will need to dish out to play in the
HB Global Chess Challenge soars. Only if you can hold off
buying a new diamond necklace for your wife, can you
afford to invest the close to $1,000 it will cost you to fly
to Minneapolis in May, to fight for a share of the loot. And
then once you get there, good luck beating the
sandbaggers.
Nevertheless, despite these enormous costs, the entry fee
happens to be the only remaining part of the total that is
not potentially subsidized. At large tournaments it is
possible to receive reduced hotel rates, reduced rental
car rates, and every so often reduced airfare (although
reduced airfare has not been offered for some time).
Hotels offer reduced rates because they know that they
will make more money by selling a lot of rooms at a
reduced cost to a lot of people, compared to charging the
regular rate and having most of the tournament
participants stay elsewhere. In essence, the hotel is
subsidizing our room cost because it wants us to stay
with them and we are giving them a lot of business. So
why can’ t we apply this same principle with other
businesses, to help subsidize the only cost of our chess
tournaments that are not yet subsidized by the market,
our entry fees?
Here’ s one way this might work. When we buy sponsors’
products the sponsors could subsidize our entry fee
proportional to the amount of money we spend on their
products. With modern database technology this is
already happening. Many credit cards already give 1% to
3% back for general purchases. If your regional
supermarket for instance were to sponsor your state
championship next year, and they agreed to subsidize
entries for 1% of retail purchases, then buying $1,000
worth of groceries for the year could reduce your entry
fee by $10. Your supermarket already keeps track of your
purchases on the little orange card you carry around on
your key chain, so why not put their marketing to work?
With only four or five local retailers participating at a
local level, many regional tournaments could actually see
entries become free, and free entries would mean higher
attendance, driving prizes up. What ’ s stopping other
companies, specifically chess retailers, from giving
money back to subsidize tournament entry fees? Wouldn’ t
you pledge your chess book and equipment purchasing
loyalty to ChessCafe, ChessCo, or ChessBase, if you knew
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they were subsidizing your entry fee to the next US
Open? The whole system relies on the ability of sponsors
feeling that they sell more products because of their
association with chess.
Now let’ s discuss the professionals. GM Maurice Ashley
and his prize fund will be making history, but while
everybody is focused on the prize fund, this one-time
payout is not what will be making the biggest long-term
financial impact for professionals. What will make an
impact, and what GM Ashley should be commended for, is
that he has taken the initiative to ask grandmasters to
work for their entry fee. All GMs have been asked to
work for a single hour of their time for their entry,
signing autographs, giving lectures, or analyzing amateur
games. GMs who don’ t abide by this request will have to
pay their own way. This little caveat of the registration
conditions, neatly tucked away in the press release, and
not even mentioned in the tournament’ s full page ad on
page one of the October 2004 Chess Life, is the initiative
that could lead to ubiquitous chess sponsorship. Working
for a tournament organizer is only one small step
removed from working for a sponsor.
What usually happens at large tournaments is that prize
winning GMs are asked to deduct their entry fee from
their prize. Non-prize-winning GMs get the monetary
consolation of a free entry. The same retailers that
subsidize their amateur supporters can also pay for a
GM’ s entry in exchange for his time. For example, a simul
organized by retailers at your local mall or by your local
supermarket is sure to bring in more than a few hundred
bucks in extra sales. A portion of the extra sales could go
towards the GM’ s entry in his next tournament.
Chess has relied on philanthropy for too long. It ’ s now
time for chess to rely on good business. Thank you, GM
Maurice Ashley for leading the way.
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Opening Forum: Sicilian Najdorf 6) Bg5
by Life Master James R. West

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In an article published in the Fall 2000 issue of Empire Chess, I
analyzed a position in the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian
defense that occurs after the opening moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-
O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6
15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1 Final Position

In the key subvariation 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Ne6, Nunn gives

23...Nxe6 24.dxe6 Bxe6 25.Bh3! Qd7 26.Qa8+ Kc7 27.Qa7+ Kc8
28.Qxa6+ Kc7 29.Qa5+ Kc8 30.Rd4! Bxh3 31.Rc4+ Kb7 32.Rxb4+
Kc8 33.Qa6+! Kd8 34.Rb8+ Qc8 35.Qxd6+ Bd7 36.Qb6+ Ke8
37.Qc5 Kf7 38.Rxc8 Bxc8 39.Qh5+ " with a decisive advantage
for White" .

[16.Bh3 b4 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Bxh3 19.Rhe1+ Kd8 20.Qxh3 Qd7

21.Nc6+ Kc7 22.Qh4 a5 23.Kb1 Rg8 24.Rd2 Qg4 25.Qxh7 Qg6
26.Qh4 Qg4 27.Qh7 Qg6 28.Qh3 Qg4 29.Qf1 Rg5 30.Qb5 Qd7
31.c4 bxc3 ep 32.Rde2 c2+ 33.Kxc2 Qf5+ 34.Kc3 Qxf6+ 35.Nd4
Ra6 36.Re8 Rb6 37.Qxa5 Rxd5 38.R1e7+ Bxe7 39.Rxe7+ Qxe7
40.Nb5+ Kc6 41.Qa8+ Kxb5, 0-1, Milovanovic-West, Hamilton
Quad 11/2003].
GM John Nunn regards Perenyi’ s 16.Rg1 as the main line in his
Nunn’s analysis led me to explore 23...Qb6!? 24.Bh3 Kb8 [24...Rf7
book " The Complete Najdorf 6.Bg5" . A critical position is
25.Qh5] 25.Nxf8 [25.Nxc5 dxc5 26.Qg3+ Qc7 27.Bxd7 Qxg3
reached after 16...b4 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Bd7 19.Rg7 [19.Re1+
28.hxg3 Rxf6, followed by ...Bf8 and ...Bd6 ] Bxf8 26.Bxd7 Nxd7
Kd8 20.Rg7 Qa5 21.Nc6+ Bxc6 22.dxc6 b3 23.Re3 bxa2 24.c7+
27.Qf5 Qd8 28.Rf1 h6.
Kxc7 25.Rxf7+ Kb6 26.Rb3+ Qb5! 27.Ra3 Bh6+ 28.Kd1 a1=Q+
29.Rxa1 Qxb2 30.Rxa6+ Rxa6 31.Bxa6 Qa1+ 32.Ke2 Qxa6+ 33.Kf2
Qc4 34.Re7 Qxc2+ 35.Re2 Nd3+ 36.Kg3 Rg8+ 37.Kh4 Bg5+ 38.Kh3
Qxe2, 0-1, Kedyk-West, Marshall Chess Club 11/2003]
19...O-O-O 20.Rxf7 Bh6+ 21.Kb1 Rdf8.

My game against NM Ed Allen at the Toms River Futurity in 1986

saw the continuation 22.Re7 Bg5 23.Rxd7 Nxd7 24.Ne6 Qb6!?
[24...Qa7 25.Nxg5 Rxf6 26.Qg4 Rg8 27.Bd3 h5 28.Qxh5 Nc5
29.Be2 Rf2 30.Re1 Qg7 31.h4 Kb8 32.Qg4 Ka8 33.Qg3 Rgf8
34.Qe3 Qe5 35.Qxe5 dxe5 =, Barten-Neumann, correspondence
1990;] [24...Qb7 25.Nxg5 Rxf6 26.Qd3 Kb8 27.Qxa6 Qxa6
28.Bxa6 Nc5 29.Bc4 Rf2, Schmidt-Scuderi, correspondence
1987, when according to Nunn "Black is at least equal "].]
25.Nxf8?! (better is 25.Nxg5) Rxf8 26.f7 Bf6 27.Qe4 Be5 28.Qxh7
Kb7 29.Bh3 Nc5 30.Be6 Na4! 31.c4 bxc3 ep 32.b3 c2+ 33.Qxc2
Nc3+ 34.Kc1 Qe3+ 35.Kb2 Nxd1+ 36.Ka3, and White resigned. ]
At first glance, White’ s rook and two pawns seem far superior to
} Black’s two minor pieces. In fact, a grandmaster at the Marshall
Atlantic Chess News Now Chess Club told me as much, claiming a win for White, not long
after my Empire Chess article came out. But the more I studied
Available In {Electronic the position, the more I realized the many difficulties facing
} White. If the rook leaves the back rank in order to promote the
(.PDF) Format For Download! f-pawn, White’s king becomes susceptible to mating
possibilities which can be met in three ways. First, White can

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advance one of the queenside pawns, but this creates
weaknesses in the king position. Second, the white king can
march toward the center of the board, but this allows perpetual
check chances by Black’s queen along the g1-a7 diagonal.
Finally, White can swap queens, but the resulting endgame may
be tenable for Black especially in light of White’ s weak d5 pawn.
I finally had the opportunity to test this line in the final round of
a Game/30 tournament at the Marshall Chess Club on May 29 th
2004 against Dmitro Kedyk (2403). He was trying to avenge his
above loss against me from six months earlier. Here are the
concluding moves: 29.b3 a5 30.h4 Qe8 31.Qe6 Qc8 32.Rg1 Qc5
33.Rg4 Ne5 34.Qe8+ Qc8 35.Qb5+ Qb7 36.Qxb7+ Kxb7 37.Rg7+
Kb6 38.Re7 h5 39.Rh7 Kc5 40.Rh8 Nd7 41.Rxh5 Nxf6 42.Rf5 Be7
43.h5 Nxd5 44.h6 Bf6 45.h7 Bg7 46.Rg5 Bf6 47.Rg8 Nc3+ 48.Kb2
Ne2+ 49.Kb1 Nc3+ 50.Kc1 Nxa2+ 51.Kd2 Bc3+ 52.Kd1 Bd4 53.h8=Q
Bxh8 54.Rxh8 a4 55.bxa4 Nc3+ 56.Kd2 Nxa4 57.Rc8+ Kb5 58.Kd3
Nb2+ 59.Kd4 Na4 60.Kd3 Nc5+ 61.Kd4 b3 62.Rb8+ Ka4 63.Kc4 d5+
64.Kc3 bxc2 65.Kxc2 d4 66.Rd8 d3+ 67.Kc3 Kb5 68.Rd5 Kc6 69.Kc4
Ne6 70.Rxd3 Nc5, and Drawn in 123 moves.
Final Position (Drawn by 50-move rule) which ended with White
Kc5, Rf6; Black Kc8, Nd8}
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R 36.Ne6 Be7 37.Qh6 Re8 38.Qxh7 Black Resigns
Chess Gems
by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.
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Last year ’s New Jersey champion, Albert Kapengut, did not repeat
as the state champ this year, but the GM still plays exciting
chess. His unusual theoretical adventure in this game is one that
players on both sides of the Ruy Lopez will have to study.
The fun starts on move eleven with Bxd5, which virtually forces
Black to sacrifice his queen, which to Thaler’ s credit, he does
against the grandmaster.
Kapengut’ s 14.Qe1 was probably not best. We looked at one line,
but the whole thing needs to be looked at. Black’s threat to
White’s back rank is very serious: 14.Qe3! b4 15.b3 Be6 16.Ne4
Rd1+ 17.Ne1 Nd4 18.Bb2 Nxc2 19.Qe2 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Nxa1 21.Nxc5
Bxc5 22.Qd1 Nxb3 23.axb3 0–0 24.Qc2 Bd4 25.Nf3 c5 26.Nxd4
cxd4 27.f4 and White seems to be getting a little edge.
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Kapengut then, probably realizing he missed his best shot, gets
overly aggressive with 20.Nxb5. Simpler would have been
taking advantage of the knights’ awkwardness in working
together with: 20.Qd4 Ncd3 (20. ... Nbd3 21.b4) 21.a3.
Thaler, in turn misses a possible saving move with 23. ... Bd5!
24.Qa5 c6 and it will be hard to shake that defensive setup.
At that moment, Black’s fortunes fade. Again, White could have
wrapped it up more precisely with: 24.Nc6!! Be7 25.Qc2 Bb5
26.Nxe7 Kxe7 27.Qxc7+ Ke6 28.g4! Kd5 29.Qxf7+ Kd4 30.Qxa2.
Black had better defensive chances with both 25. ... Bb7 26.e6
fxe6 27.Nxe6 Kd7 28.Nxg7 Kc8 and later 27. ... Nf4! 28.Nxg7+ Kd7
29.Qd4 Rg8 30.Nh5 Nxh5 31.Qxd5+ Ke7, but by that time the
vision of the game slipping away probably had its impact.
This is tournament chess at its harrowing best—or worst, if
you’re on the wrong end. Certainly, the opening moves will be
the subject of discussion in the months to come.
GM Albert Z. Kapengut (2397)
Michael Thaler (2036)
2004 New Jersey Open, TL Unknown, September 2004, ECO C81
Ruy Lopez Defense - Open, Howell Attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5
8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Nc5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Bxd5!? Bxd5 12.Nc3
Bc4!! 13.Rxd8+ Rxd8 14.Qe1? Nb4! 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Rd1?! Nxc2
17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Qd2 Nb4 19.b3 Be6 20.Nxb5? Nxa2 21.Nbd4
Nxb3 22.Nxb3 Bxb3 23.Nd4 Bc4? 24.Qc2? Bd5 25.Qc5 Nc3?!
26.Nf5 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Bxg2+? 28.Kxe2! g6 29.Ng7+ Kd7 30.Qd4+ Kc6
31.Qc4+ Kb6 32.f3 f6 33.Qe6+ Kb7 34.exf6 Bh3 35.Qxh3 Bxf6
For the next few weeks, we will be covering the top players’
games from the recent NJ Open. This week we feature one of the
co-winner ’s games.
By move ten, Black, despite White’ s delay in playing d4, is content
in setting up a King’s Indian Defense, and by move ten, both sides
have what they want. White has a strong king bishop, control
and possible eventual occupation of d5 and a coming advance of
f4 for an attack on the kingside. Black, for his part, has good
squares for his knights on e5 and c5 (courtesy of a5), an open
bishop diagonal along h8-a1 and possible counterplay on the e-
pawn with Re8. The game is level but not drawn by any means.
This is why the King ’s Indian positions are popular for both sides
who want to win.
The middlegame is less clear. We're not mind readers, so
whatever either player had in mind around move 13 and 14 is a
mystery. We are curious as to why neither seemed concerned
about: 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Qxd8 Raxd8 16.Nxc7 Nxc4!? 17.Nxe6 fxe6
18.bxc4 Bxc3 19.Bh3 e5 20.Be6+ Kh8 21.Bd5 Bb4 22.f4 exf4
23.gxf4 and White is doing very well on account of the passed
e-pawn, the great bishop and Black’s awkwardly placed
clergyman.
On move 24, White provides an escape square for the king, but it
seems as though the following attack on e6 would have been
more precise: 24.Bh3! e5 25.Be6+ Kh8 26.Rxa2 Qxa2 27.Qxa2
Nxa2 28.Rxd6. Black for his part also doesn't seem too
concerned about the e6 pawn but in the actual game, 25. ... Bf8
seems much better.
A brilliant finish was possible with: 28.Rxa2 Rxa2 29.Qg4 Rxf2
30.Qxe6+ Kg7 31.Rxd4!! cxd4 32.Qe7+ Rf7 33.Qe5+ Kh6 34.Qe8!
Rf2 35.Bf8+ Kh5 36.Qe5+ leads to mate. In fact, everything after
32.Qe7+ leads to mate. It would be a good exercise for our
readers to figure them all out ... but don’ t write us!!
Black could have held on a little longer with: 28. ... e5! 29.Qg4
Rxd2 30.Qe6+ Kg7 31.Qe7+ Kh6 32.Qg5+ Kg7 33.Rxd2 Nc6 34.h5
Qf3 35.Be6 Qxh5+ 36.Qxh5 gxh5 , but it would not have changed
the result.
By move 36, all the horrors of chess nightmares are in full scare
mode: the two bishops controlling the board, the rook on the
seventh, the material advantage and the passed pawn. Black
could have gone home earlier than he chose.
New state co -champ Bartell finishes up with a crisp series of
moves that even has a sense of humor in the final move. He
allows Black to have a “spite check” at f2, but Black knows very
well it is to no avail, so he resigns.
We have to congratulate both players for being in a fighting
mood.
Thomas J. Bartell (2293)
David Grasso (2149)
2004 New Jersey Open, TL Unknown, September 2004, ECO A16
English Opening
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.0-0
Nbd7 8.Rb1 a5 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Ndb5 Be6 12.b3 Ng4
13.Ba3 Ne5?! 14.Qe2?! Ned3 15.Rfd1 Nb4 16.Bc1 c6 17.Nd4 a4?
18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Be3 Nxb3?! 20.Nxa4 Rxa4 21.axb3 Ra2 22.Rd2
Qa5 23.Rbd1 Ra8 24.h4?!Qe5 25.Kh2 c5? 26.Bf4 Qc3 27.Bxd6 Bd4
28.Bh3?! Rxd2?? 29.Bxe6+ Kg7 30.Rxd2 Re8 31.Bh3 Qxb3 32.e5
Nc6 33.e6 Bf6 34.Bxc5 Ne5 35.Rd5 Nxc4 36.Rd7+ 36...Kh8 37.Rf7
Qb5 38.Qf3! Bg7 39.Rxg7! Qxc5 40.Qf7! Black Resigns.
Last time we showed you a game from the NJ Open that Ankur
Bakshi, rated 2007 at the time, lost to IM Dean Ippolito. This time
he plays another opponent rated over 300 points higher and
beats him by laying a sly trap!
It’s another King’s Indian, but this time Bakshi is White and he
plays it very well.
He builds his position very patiently, not opting for immediate
sharp and very complicated lines like: 12.Bxc5 (why he played
Ba3 in the first place) Qxc5 13.Na4 Qa7 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Rad1
Qc7 16.c5 d5 17.Nb6 Rb8 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Rxd5
Bb7 21.c6 Qxc6 22.Qxc6 Bxc6 23.Rxa5 Ra8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.a4
Rb8 26.Bc4 and White has a distinct plus.
However, in tournament play, with the clock ticking, it is a good
idea for players to keep control of their future. Bakshi made an
excellent practical decision. Look at that line: not only do you
have to see fourteen moves ahead, but also deal with all the
alternatives. Why dive into possible chaos when you still have
other good moves to play?
One of his good alternatives was to get another rook into the
middle of the board so when the position opened, he would be
completely developed. Only then does he go in for the Bxc5 idea,
probably expecting something like the line above.
Instead his higher rated opponent manages to trap his queen by
Qb4 instead of going to a7.
Younger players should play this queen-up game out, because
it’s an amusing lesson in offering your opponent exchanges
when you know he can’ t afford to exchange because he’ s so far
down in material. And on move 61 the winner has his little jest
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by giving back the queen and ending up material down himself.
Of course, that was only temporary and Black finally resigned.
This is another lesson. When you get an advantage against a
much stronger player, don’ t expect him to give up! And don’ t let
down your guard. You still have a game on your hands.
This game should give all of us hope when we sit down against a
much higher rated player.
Ankur Bakshi (2007)
Mikhail Zlotnikov (2372)
2004 New Jersey Open, TL Unknown, September 2004, ECO E94
King’s Indian Defense (by transposition) - Orthodox 7) ... Nbd7
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0
e5 8.d5 a5 9.b3 Nc5 10.Qc2 c6 11.Ba3 Qb6 12.Rac1!? Bd7 13.Rfd1!
Ne8 14.Bxc5! Qxc5 15.Na4 Qb4?? 16.Qb2! b5 17.a3 bxa4 18.axb4
axb4 19.bxa4 c5 20.Ra1 f5 21.Ng5 Bh6 22.Ne6 Rf7 23.a5 fxe4
24.a6 e3 25.fxe3 Bxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.a7 Nf6 28.Bf3 Bd4 29.Nxd4
exd4 30.Qa2 Bf5 31.Qa6 b3 32.Qb6 Bc2 33.Rf1 Kg7 34.Bd1 Bd3
35.Rf3 b2 36.Qxb2 Bxc4 37.Bb3 Bb5 38.Qa2 Rb7 39.h3 Nd7
40.Bc4 Bxc4 41.Qxc4 Rbxa7 42.Rxa7 Rxa7 43.Qb5 Ne5 44.Rf1
d3 45.Qb8 Rf7 46.Rxf7+ Nxf7 47.Kg1 Kf6 48.Qb2+ Ne5 49.Kf1 Kf5
50.g3 Ke4 51.Qg2+ Kd4 52.Ke1 Nc4 53.Qf3 Ne5 54.Qf4+ Kc3 55.Kd1
Nc4 56.Qf6+ Kb3 57.g4 Kb4 58.g5 Kb3 59.h4 Kb4 60.Qg7 Ne5
61.Qxe5! dxe5 62.d6 c4 63.d7 c3 64.d8(Q) Kc4 65.Qd6 e4 66.Qe5
Black Resigns
There are several old rules of thumb in chess that most players
would do well to remember: look for all checks and captures;
look at all forced sequences; when you’re down in material,
trade pawns, not pieces; look for aggressive counter moves.
There are lots more, but these just mentioned all come into play
in the following game.
Tim Beauchamp, rated several hundred points below his
opponent, goes right after Donnally Miller. What results is a
melee of epic proportions. Right up to the end, both sides had
chances to decide the game in their favor.
In the opening phases of the game, Black seems to suffer from a
lack of aggressiveness, which is unusual considering his higher
rating. On moves six, with Ne4; eight, with Qa5; thirteen, with
Qa5; and on move twenty, with Qh5; Black had opportunities to
go at Black with some fervor. To give one specific line: 8...Qa5
9.exf6 Bxf3 10.fxg7 Bxg7 11.Qxf3 Qxg5 gives much more lively
play.
Then in the middlegame, Black also misses: 21...Bxf3! 22.Qxf3
Qxf3 23.gxf3 h5 24.Kh1 h4 25.Bf4 Nb6 26.Be5 Rh7 27.Rg1 Rxg1+
28.Rxg1 Kd7 29.Rg8 Nc8 with much the better game.
White, in turn, lets Black off the hook by missing a mating attack
on move 24. We make that our additional puzzle of the week.
The answer is at the end of this text.
He again misses a speedier denouement with 26.Rc1! Qd5
27.Rxc6+ Kd8 28.Qb7 and mate to follow. Also, later, 27.Qxd7
Qxb2 28.Qxf7 would have been quicker.
GM Larry Evans often talks of that one saving chance you get
when you’ re losing. It forces us all to keep our heads in the game
to pull the game from the fires of defeat. Here, Black had that
chance with: 37...a5! 38.Rxh5 Bd1 39.Rh7 Bxa4 40.Rxf7 Bb3 and
Black is winning! He also had a long shot with: 43...Rdb7 44.g4?
Bd1 45.Kg3 Rb4 46.d7? Rxd4 47.d8Q Rxg4+ with advantage.
Instead, he traded rooks. When you’re down, keep as many
pieces around as you can. Then, more things can go wrong for
the other guy.
What’s the answer to the mate on move 24? Here you are:
24.Rxc6+!! bxc6 (24...Kd8 25.Rc8+ Kxc8 26.Qc3+ Kd7 27.Qc7+ Ke8
28.Qe7 mate) 25.Qa6+ Kd8 26.Qxa7 Rh7 (26...Nd7 27.Qc7+ Ke8
28.Qc8 mate) 27.Qc7+ Ke8 28.Qe7 m ate.
All in all, this was a very exciting game, and a credit to Tim
Beauchamp, who fought toe to toe with his higher rated
opponent.
Timothy S. Beauchamp (1665)
Donnally J. Miller (1707)
2004 New Jersey Open, TL Unknown, September 2004, ECO D17
Slav Defense - Czech Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Bg5 e6?! 7.e4 Bg4
8.e5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nd5 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Bxd5
Qxd5? 14.0-0 Qa5 15.Ne4 Nd7 16.h4? 0-0-0!!
17.Nd6+? Bxd6 18.exd6 gxh4 19.Bxh4 Rdg8 20.Qd3 Qd5 21.Bg3
h5?! 22.Nh4 Nf8?? 23.Rc5! Qa2
24.Qb5 Nd7 25.Rxc6+! bxc6 26.Qxc6+ Kb8! 27.Qc7+? Ka8
28.Qxd7 Qxb2 29.Be5 Rd8 30.Qc6+ Qb7 31.Qxb7+ Kxb7 32.Rb1+
Kc6 33.Rc1+ Kb6 34.Bf6?! Rhg8 35.Be7 Rd7 36.Rc5? Be2 37.f3
Rh8?? 38.Kf2 Bd1 39.a5+ Ka6 40.f4 Rb8! 41.f5 Ba4? 42.fxe6 fxe6
43.Rxh5 Rb5? 44.Rxb5 Bxb5 45.Ng6 Rb7 46.Nf8 Bd7 47.Nxd7
Rxd7 48.g4 Black Resigns
The US Championship had quite an exciting last round followed
by a playoff for both men’s and women’s titles. Both players,
Hikaru Nakamura of White Plains, NY, and Alexander Stripunsky
of Rego Park, NY, had to win their last round games to achieve
this. Nakamura won the rapid playoff by a score of 2-0 and is
the new U.S. Champion!
Neither one came out of the opening very well, and that is a
testament to their fighting qualities. And what fights!
The young phenom, Nakamura, who turns 17 this December,
displayed a lack of old time chess knowledge. He plays the
advance variation of the Caro-Kann almost like an ancient
version of the advance French Defense. Ibragimov quickly
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establishes an excellent position and quickly threatens to
annihilate the displaced king by utilizing the f-file and the
diagonal attacking f2.
However, Nakamura is not a wilting flower. An attack of his own
blossoms on the Black kingside and we end up with a very
thorny position.
Black defends magnificently and coolly. He does not fall for
22...hxg5 23.hxg5 c5 24.Qg6. He virtually forces White to
exchange queens and closes up the lines of attack. He could have
crowned his success with 35...e4!! The pawns would then
dominate and the restricting move f3 which White plays in
answer to the inferior Kf8 could not then be effective.
The pressure must have gotten to Black as he then misses a
better line with 38...c4! 39.Ra1 Bb8 40.Ra5 Kf6 41.Rb5 Bd6
42.Ra5 Bb8 43.Bh4+ Kf5. The real heartbreaker, though, is that
on move 48 he could have put White’s chances to bed with
48...Bb5!! 49.Kf5 d3 50.Kf6 Ba4!
After that, Nakamura’ s king position and speedy a-pawn backed
up by the rook are simply too much for Ibragimov. Even the
saving attempt with b2 fails: 55...b2 56.Rxb2 d3 57.Rb6+ Kg5
58.Ke1 Kxh5 59.a4 Kg5 60.Kd2.
This is the kind of chess that fans love to see. Next time, we’ll
show you another wild one that Stripunsky pulled out of the fire
to meet Nakamura in the playoff.
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2620)
GM Ildar Ibragimov (2585)
2005 US Champ., San Diego, TL Unknown, Dec., 2004, ECO C02
French Defense - Advance Variation – Paulsen Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4
Nf5 8.Nc2 Qb6 9.Be2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 11.g3 Bd7 12.Bd2 0-0 13.h4
f6 14.g4 Nfxd4 15.Ncxd4 fxe5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.Rh3
Rab8 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Ng5 h6 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qc2
Rf4! 23.Qg6 Rf6 24.Nf7+ Rxf7 25.Qxf7 Kxh7 26.g5 Be8 27.g6+ Kh8
28.Qxc7 Bxc7 29.h5 d4 30.Rf3 Kg8 31.Be1 c5 32.Rc1 Bd6 33.Rb3
Rxb3 34.axb3 Bb5+ 35.Kg2 Kf8?! 36.f3! Bd3 37.Bg3 Ke7 38.b4
cxb4?! 39.Rc8 e4 40.Rg8 Bxg3 41.Rxg7+ Kf8 42.Rf7+ Kg8
43.Kxg3 e3 44.Rd7 e5 45.f4 exf4+ 46.Kxf4 e2 47.Re7 Kf8 48.Re5
a5? 49.Kf3 a4 50.K f2 a3 51.bxa3 b3 52.g7+ Kxg7 53.Re7+ Kf6
54.Rb7 Bc4 55.Rb4 Bf7 56.a4 d3 57.a5 Bxh5 58.Ke1! Ke5 59.a6 Bf3
60.a7 h5 61.Rxb3 Kd4 62.Rb8 h4 63.Rd8+ Kc3 64.Rc8+ Kd4 65.Kd2
h3 66.a8Q 1-0
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Problem Solver’s Corner

Fall 2004 Problem#1 Fall 2004 Problem#2 Fall 2004 Problem#3

White To Move And Mate In 2 White To Move And Mate In 3 White To Move And Mate In 4

Fall 2004 Problem#4 Fall 2004 Problem#5 Fall 2004 Problem#6

White To Move And Mate In 9 White To Move And +- Black To Move And -+

Solutions: Summer 2004 Problem Solver ’s Corner (see next issue of ACN for solutions to problems above):
Problem#1: Rf6, (if ... h5, Rxh5+!, gxh5, Rh6#) Nh3 (trying to delay the inevitable), Rxg6!, Ng5 (or ... hxg6,
Rxh3#), Rg8#
Problem#2: Be1, a5 (or ... K-Any, Bc3, Any, Bb3#), Bb3, Any, Bc3#
Problem#3: Ra6, f5 (or ... f6, Rg4, f5 (forced ... talk about being stuck for a move!), Rxh4+!, Kxh4 (forced),
Rxh6#), Rg3!, hxg3+, Kg2! (Black remains very much still in zugzwang!), Kh4 (forced), Rxh6#
Problem#4: Qxe5+! (A beautiful deflection of the d6 pawn!), dxe5 (forced), Re6#
Problem#5: Nf8!! (the beginning of a staggering sacrificial combination culminating with mate in all
variations!), Rxf8 (if ... Qxd6??, Rg8#) (if ... Qxf8, Rg8+!, Qxg8 (forced), Qf6+, Qg7 (forced),
Qxg7#), Rg8+! (throwing the Rook into the fire), Rxg8 (forced), Qxf6+, Rg7, Qxg7#
Problem#6: From an actual game between two super-GMs. GM David Bronstein - GM Victor Korchnoi:
The game continued: Rh8+, Kg6, Rxh6+!! (exhibiting nice vision to see through all the coming
possibilities!), gxh6 (taking with the King provided no salvation for Black. eg. ... Kxh6, Qh8+,
Kg6 (or ... Kg5, Qh5+, Kf4, Qf5+ snares the Black Queen), Qh5+, Kf6, g5+, Ke7, Qxf3 also wins
Black’s Queen), Qg8+, Kf6 (forced), Qf8+ again picks up Black’s Queen!

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Paul R. Joseph (1774)
Steve Ferrero (1877)
Viking Last Sat. Quad, Rd. 2, TL G/90, Oct. 30, 2004,ECO C40
Latvian Gambit
1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 f5 3) Nxe5 Qf6 4) d4 d6 5) Nc4 fe 6) Nc3
Qg6 7) Nd5 Qf7 8) Nce3 c6 9) Nc3 d5 10) Be2 Nf6 11) O-O
Bd6 12) f3 ef 13) Bxf3 Be6 14) Ng4 Nbd7 15) Nxf6+ Nxf6 16)
Ne2 Qc7 17) h3 O-O-O 18) Qe1 Rde8 19) Qh4 h6 20) Bf4
g5 21) Bxd6 Qxd6 22) Qg3 Kc7 23) Qxd6+ Kxd6 24) Nc3
Rhf8 25) Rae1 Bf5 26) Bd1 Rxe1 27) Rxe1 Ne4 28) Nxe4+
Bxe4 29) Rf1 Rxf1+ 30) Kxf1 c5 31) dc+ Kxc5 32) c3 Kc4
33) Be2+ Bd3 34) Ke1 d4 35) cd Kxd4 36) Bf3 b5 37) Kd2
b4 38) a3 a5 39) ab ab 40) g3 Bf5 41) h4 g4 42) Be2 b3
43) Bd1 Be6 44) Be2 h5 Draw Agreed
Chess for Veterans
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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 hermaril@aol.com, Financial donations may be
sent to our Treasurer, Ron Groseibl made out to
the NJSCF, 22-50 Maple Avenue, Fairlawn, NJ
07410. Please signify “Veterans Fund“ on the
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