** Atlantic Chess News – Winter 2004 **

Official Publication Of The New Jersey State Chess Federation

From Your Editor’s Desk

A big “Thank You!” is owed to my girlfriend, Mary, for laboring endlessly in assisting me with the folding, sorting,
sealing, & stamping with the Fall ACN mailing! It turned out to be a rather monumental task of getting it out the door
– and all by hand since virtually every aspect of the mailing had to be completed manually!

As I sit to write this issue of ACN during a usually joyous holiday, I’m saddened to have to report that several
chessplayers in our fold have passed away. Melvin “Mel” Rappaport was the person who introduced me to the
NJSCF’s board and convinced me to accept the position of ACN Editor just a short time ago. Sadly, Mel passed away
from us November 29 th, 2003. Ken Thomas of Hackettstown wrote the following kind words describing Mel. “I am
sad to tell you that Mel Rappaport passed away from us (November 29th) about 10:30 am. His beloved wife, Cynthia,
called me this morning and told me that he passed on in the ambulance enroute to the Hospital. Mel, as we all know,
was a great chess enthusiast. A great description of Mel was once told me by Chess master Andrew Kellemen.
He said that Mel was always there and a part of the chess tapestry that made chess interesting and enjoyable. That is
most true. Mel played in almost every event that I ever organized and always had something to contribute. He was
helpful and never dull. I will miss him as will New Jersey chess.”

Brian McCarthy informed me of John Fincken’s passing. I fondly remember John from Bayonne tournaments in the
late 1980’s where he would occasionally make an appearance to play in Fred Pilanski’s well organized quads. I give
you Brian’s kind words about John herewith. “I regret to inform the chess community of the passing of a good friend
and chess Master, John Fincken. He enjoyed chess, music, traveling, and loved his wife and son very much. He was
rated 2300 as a teen and part of a New Jersey generation to replace the legends before them. Sadly his life ended all
too soon at 38 following a heart attack. He was a great fan of chess theory and Anatoly Karpov was his favorite
player. Inspired by his hero and some home preparation we had done on the phone, he played the best novelty of
his career and the game he was most proud. He always wanted this game in Chess Life. I had told him that when I
gave a simul, I didn't like to be attacked since the defense needs to be more accurate and he chose the Benko
Gambit. He was stunned by the offer of a draw and accepted immediately, leading to a hero's write-up in the local
paper. However, when he called and computers were used, black can really think about playing o n! Please read
further comments at my web page http://www.geocities.com/bmcc333/jfincken.html”. On page 4, I present John’s
game with none other than former World Champion GM Anatoly Karpov!

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It has also just come to my attention that Denis Barry, long-time NJSCF Board Member passed away on December
20 th, 2003. Unfortunately, I had not the pleasure of knowing Denis personally. Many who knew Denis knew him as
an icon when it came to organized chess. I’ve read and heard of his many fine qualities and wish I could have had the
opportunity to have known him. Ken Thomas writes the following of his long friendship with Denis. “Denis and I were
old friends dating back to 1964. I believe Denis organized the Raritan Valley chess league about that time. He would
visit John Mazio's Barber Shop in Manville and play (and mostly beat us all). We all loved Denis! I remember he
came during the holidays and helped us drink John's homemade anisette. He attended the Michael and Stephanie's
Hungarian Bar in that town where we played matches in the back room. Mike Gabor served us huge cheeseburgers
with the hottest peppers that you could imagine as we washed them down with co ld drinks and had wonderful times.
I remember the hilarious 5-minute games he played the witty Alex Tobias. The dialog played out like a Soupy Sales
rerun! Denis was the "life of the party" at those events.

He introduced our club members to the other central NJ clubs. Denis met us at The Singer Halle club in Plainfield
which later moved and went on to become the Westfield Chess Club. I remember he pulled off getting Robert
Wachtel (not yet NJ Champ) to play against us in a simul, in a store front, on Main Street in Manville. At that time
“Bobby” had just beaten "the great" Leroy Dubeck and we were excited to play him.

As far as I know, Denis played an active role in organizing the NJSCF around this time. I use to see him at the East
Brunswick Chess Club also. He was very active in the State Championship where I played at least once in the 1960's.

I went away to school in 1967 and returned in 1972. Denis was always encouraging me (and others) to be involved
and organize events. He watched my family grow up and always asked about my daughter and son. He cared about
people. We cared about him. When I called him about a week ago he said that other friends had called, including
many from NJ. I hope these friendly calls comforted him. We will miss Denis Barry very much.

Our prayers and heartfelt wishes go to our dear friend, Doris and the rest of Denis' family. Ken Thomas & family”

Most games are analyzed with the assistance of the extensive and exhaustive chess playing programs, Rebel II Chess
Tiger 13.0 or Chess Genius 5.028A and Grandmaster Books  add-on program running on an AMD Athlon
Thunderbird 1733 Mhz PC with 512 megabytes of RAM running Windows 2000 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-In-Chief

Email: Ferrero@cyberdude.com

For New Jersey State Chess Federation Info:

www.NJSCF.org or www.njoychess.com
NJSCF President: Herman Drenth

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Listed below are the NJSCF board members, their
addresses, and email addresses for your
convenience. Please keep in mind that many of
these people donate their time in the form of
Bill Bluestone, Disabled & Handicapped Chess
meetings (usually on Saturdays/Sundays several PO Box 552
times per year) and also during the year Metuchen, NJ 08840
promoting chess in New Jersey to make your 732-603-8850
bbluestn@corus.jnj.com
chess playing experience as rewarding as it can
be! Bill Coburn, Seniors Chess
85 Jamestown Road
I encourage all comments, criticisms, and Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-604-2680
recommendations of what YOU would like to see
W.coburn2@verizon.net
ACN transform into since it has been and always
will remain a publication BY the chess-playing Hal Sprechman, Scholastic Committee
community FOR the chess-playing community 198 Overbrook Drive
Freehold, NJ 07728
within New Jersey!
732-577-1457
HSprechman@aol.com
Please feel free to submit games to me via email.
All games should be submitted to Justin Koehler, Collegiate Chess
38 Park Street #14F
Ferrero@cyberdude.com Florham Park, NJ 07932
732-887-4032
New Jersey Chess Federation Justin.Koehler@TFN.com

Herman Drenth, President Leo Dubler III, Corporate Funding

235 Roosevelt Avenue 146 West Centennial Drive
Elmwood Park, NJ 07047 Medford, NJ 08055
Hermaril@aol.com 856-396-0961
Phone: 201-797-9043 Fax: 201-797-2844 LBDIII@aol.com

Joe Ippolito , Vice President Leroy Dubeck, Nominating Committee

43 Oak Road 932 Edgemorr Road
Boonton Township, NJ 07005 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
973-402-0049 856-428-0304
Ippy1@aol.com lwdubeck@aol.com

Roger Inglis, Treasurer Michael Somers, Secretary

60-A Dafrack Avenue 29 Oakland Avenue
Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034 West Caldwell, NJ 07006
973-263-8696 973-228-7039
NJoyChes@optonline.net Hammer1@aol.com

E. Steven Doyle, Tournaments Peter J. Tamburro, Jr., Columnist

17 Stonehenge Road 22 Budd Street
Morristown, NJ 07960 Morristown, NJ 07960
973-538-1697 973-984-3832
esdoyle@aol.com PTamburro@aol.com

Glenn Petersen, Managing Director Ronald Groseibl, Ethics Committee

44-D Manchester Court 221 Anderson Street
Freehold, NJ 07728 Hackensack, NJ 07601
732-683-9885 201-678-0257
chesslies@aol.com ronaldp@cybernex.net

Steve Ferrero, ACN Editor-In-Chief Todd Lunna, Masters Affairs

3 Pine Bluff Road 36 Maple Drive
Glen Gardner, NJ 08826 Colts Neck, NJ 07722
908-537-0878 732-946-7379
Ferrero@cyberdude.com

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Feb. 22, Mar. 7, 21 Elmwood Park Chess Club Match
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Feb. 23 - Mar. 22 35th Bergen County Closed Championship
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Clarion Hotel Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Route 70 West (near
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Feb. 29 & Mar. 7 Westfield Leap Year Swiss
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Feb. 29 New Jersey State Elementary Championships
5SS, G/30. Brookdale College, 765 Newman Springs Road,
Lincroft, NJ 07701. Student Life Center, use Parking Lot #6; 4
minutes from Garden State Parkway exit 109. 2 Sections:
Elementary (K-6) & Primary (K-3). ALL: Trophies to top 10
individuals, top 5 teams. Elementary & Primary: Top 3 in each
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EF includes 1 year memb. to NJSCF for NJ state residents.
Reg: 8-9:30 am. After 9:30 am, half-point bye for round one.
Info: 732-259-3881, hsprechman@characterkings.org. Ent:
New Jersey State Chess Federation (NJSCF), c/o Glenn
Petersen, 44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728. Entries
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Mar. 6-7 New Jersey High School Championship
5SS, G/90. Rutgers Univ. – Busch Campus Ctr., 604
Bartholomew Rd., Piscataway, NJ 08854. Call 732-683-9885
for directions. 2 Sections: High School Championship (9-12) 5
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 Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey
Bloomfield Chess Club
Bloomfield Civic Center
84 Broad Street
Bloomfield 07003
Contact: Fred Sharpell
973-696-1748
Meets Fridays 7:30pm – 10:00pm
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Dumont High School
101 New Milford Avenue
Dumont 07628
Contact: Harrison Coleman
25 Beacon Street
Haworth 07641
Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Contact: Harold Darst
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908-852-5925
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Montvale Public Library
Grand Avenue
Montvale 07645
Contact: Gerald Freel
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Contact: Stephen Ohayon
18 Cardinal Court
Montvale 07645
Meets Wednesdays 8:00pm
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862 De Graw Avenue
Newark 07104
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 appears to be here. White
Remembering John Fincken appears to be on top after: Qc2
by Steve Ferrero Nb6 Nd1 Qb5 Bd2 Nc4 Bc3 Bh6
Ng1 Bg7 f4 Nb6 Nf3 Na4 Bxf6 exf6
White: +.86 Depth: 14
Here’s the game that my long-time friend, Brian McCarthy
was kind enough to forward to me. GM Anatoly Karpov vs 14) Nb6! Here’s that TN!
Master John Fincken from a simultaneous exhibition played in
New York 1995:

15) Rc2 Rebel II does not care for Rc2 at all

and prefers: Qd3 Nfd7 Rc2 Qa6
GM Karpov Simultaneous Exhibition Qxa6 Rxa6 Ne1 Nc4 Rb1 Ndb6 b3
GM Anatoly Karpov – Master John Fincken Na3 Bxa3 Rxa3 Nb5 Ra5
New York 1995: Benko Gambit White: +.58 Depth: 14
1) d4 Nf6
2) c4 c5 Na4! Black continues to cut White’s
3) d5 b5 advantage despite still not having
4) cxb5 a6 recovered the gambit pawn!
5) bxa6 g6
6) Nc3 Bxa6 16) e5 Rebel II also did not care for e5
7) e4 Bxf1 and prefers to step the queen out
8) Kxf1 d6 So far, all book for both sides of the pin with: Qd3 Qa6 Qxa6
according to Rebel II Rxa6 e5 Nd7 exd6 Nxc3 bxc3 exd6
Bf4 Nf6 Rd1 Ne4 c4 Ra3
9) g3 Oddly enough, this move is White: +.28 Depth: 14
nowhere to be found in
Rebel II’s opening library. Nxc3 Or …, dxe5 Nxe5 Nxc3 Rxc3 Ne4
9) Nf3 apparently is listed as the Re3 Bxe5 Rxe4 Bxb2 Bxb2 Rxb2
book move Rxe7 Qc3 a4 Qf6 Qe1 Rxf2+ Qxf2
Bg7 Qxe7 which appears to transpose

10) Kg2 Perhaps another alternative was
Rebel II’s suggestion: Bg5 O-O
f3 Qb6 Rb1 Na6 Nge2 Nb4 a3 Na6
Rg1 Rfb8 Nf4 h6 leaving White with
the upper hand
White: +1.18 Depth: 14
O-O
11) Nf3 Rebel II was looking at: Bg5 Qb6
Rb1 Nbd7 f3 Ne5 Nh3 h6 Be3 Nc4
Qe2 Nxe3+ Qxe3 Nd7 Nf2 Rfb8
White: +1.12 Depth: 14
Nbd7
12) Re1 Rebel II recommends: Qc2 Qa5
Bg5 Rfb8 h3 Qc7 Rhf1 c4 Nd4 Qb6
Ndb5 Ra5 a4 h6
White: +1.06 Depth: 14
Qa5 Rebel II prefers: Qc7 Bg5 Rfb8
Rb1 h6 Bd2 Nb6 b3 Ng4 h3 Ne5
17) bxc3 Rebel II strongly recommends
instead: Rxc3 dxe5 Nxe5 Ne4 Re3
Bxe5 Rxe4 Bxb2 Bxb2 Rxb2 Rxe7
Qc3 a4 Qf6 Qe1 Qd4 Re8+ Rxe8
Qxe8+ Kg7 with a roughly level
game due to the extra gambit
pawn still in White’s pocket.
White: +.04 Depth: 14
Nd7
18) e6 fxe6
19) dxe6 Ne5 Rebel II likes: Nf6 Ng5 Qa4 Bd2
Nd5 Rac1 Qc6 f3 Ra3 Qe2 Qa4 Nf7
Rxa2 Rxa2 Qxa2
White: -.16 Depth: 14
20) Nxe5 Bxe5 GM Karpov offered to split the
point to a stunned John Fincken
who immediately accepted!

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Nxe5 Bxe5 a4 Bd4
White: +.86 Depth: 14
13) h3 Rfb8
14) Re2 Rebel II’s turning point in the game At:
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Opening Forum: Sicilian Najdorf 6) Be3
by Life Master James R. West
This game was played on 8/16/03 at the Marshall Chess C lub
with a time limit of Game/60.
Dmytro Kedyk (2418) - Jim West (2201) G/60 Marshall CC
August 16th 2003, New York: Sicilian Najdorf Variation
1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 d6 3) d4 cxd 4) Nxd4 Nf6 5) Nc3 a6 6) Be3
Perhaps I should have followed the game Lukin - Khasanov,
USSR 1983 which continued 13) ..., Nb6 14) Kb1 Rb8 15)
Nd5 Bxd5 16) exd Qc7 17) Rg4 "with a double-edged
position", according to Nunn. In this way, I would have
overprotected d5 and forced my opponent to recapture on
that square with a pawn.
14) Kb1 Nb6 15) Qf2 Nc4 16) Bxc4 Rxc4 17) Nd5 Bxd5 18)
Rxd5
Now White has advantageously captured on d5 with a piece.
18) ..., f5 19) Nd2

White wants more than the position that would arise after 19)
gxf Nxf6 20) Qg3 Rf7 21) Rdd1 a5 when Black has attacking
chances of his own.

19) ..., Rc6 20) exf Rxf5 21) Ne4 Nf4 22) Bxf4 Rxf4 23) Rgd1
Qf8

Black has light-square weaknesses which White has exploited

successfully by posting his pieces on the central d5 and e4
squares. On the other hand, White's weak f3 pawn is an
inviting target.

This variation was first popularized by GM Robert Byrne.

6) ..., e5 7) Nb3 Be7 8) f3 Be6 9) Qd2 O-O 10) O-O-O Nbd7

11) g4 b5 12) g5 Nh5

24) Qe2
White might have considered swapping weak pawns by 24)
Qd2 Qf7 25) Nxd6 Qe6 26) Ne4 Rxf3 but the black bishop
becomes active in this line.

24) ..., Rxf3 25) Nf6+ Rxf6 26) gxf Qxf6

I was happy to give up the exchange, getting two pawns in
return as well as ridding myself of the white knight.
27) R5d2 Rc4 28) Qd3 Qe6 29) Re2 h6 30) b3 Rf4 31) Qe3
Qc8 32) Rf2 Rxf2 33) Qxf2 Qc3
The black knight looks out of play on h5, but it slows down
White's kingside pawn storm and is prepared to occupy f4 at
the right moment.

13) Rg1

Instead, the game Byrne - Fischer from the 1971 Manhattan

Blitz Tournament saw the sharp continuation 13)Nd5 Bxd5
14) exd Rc8 15) Bh3 Rc7 16) Na5 Nb8 17) Bg4 Nf4 18) h4 f5
19) gxf Bxf6 20) Bb6 Rxc2+ 21) Qxc2 Qxb6 22) Nc6 Rf7 23)
Nxb8 Qxb8 24) Kb1 Rc7 25) Qb3 Ne2 26) Qe3 Nf4 27) Rc1 h5
28) Be6+ Kh7 29) Qe4+ g6 30) Rhg1 Kh6 31) Rc6 Rxc6 32)
dxc Qb6 33) Rc1 Nxe6 34) Qd5 Nc7 35) Qxd6 Bg7 36) Qe7
Kh7 37) a3 a5 38) Rd1 Qxc6 39) Rd7 Ne6 40) Rd6 Qxf3 41)
Qxe6 Qf5+ 42) Ka2 e4 43) Qe7 Kh6 44) Rd7 Qf6 45) Qxf6
Bxf6 46) Rd5 e3 47) Rd3 e2 48) Re3 Bxh4 49) Rxe2 Bg3 50)
Kb3 h4 51) a4 bxa+ 52) Kxa4 h3, White resigns.

13) ..., Rc8

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34) Rd3
At this critical juncture, White begins to play inaccurately. Endgames, Openings, Or Middlegames?
The right way to proceed is to force Black to find moves by by Angelo DePalma, PhD
34) Qa7 Kf8 35) Qxa6 Qf3 36) Rg1 Qf2 37) Qa8+ Kf7 38)
Qd5+ Kf8 39) Rg3 Qe1+ 40) Kb2 b4 41) Rf3+ Bf6 42) Qd6+
Great players say that the proper way to study chess is first
Kg8 43) Qe6+ Kh8 44) Qh3 Kh7 45) Qf5+ Kh8 46) Qc8+ Kh7
to master endgames. It’s tempting to take shortcuts,
47) Qc4 e4+ 48) Rxf6 gxf 49) Qf7+ Kh8 50) Qxf6+ Kh7 with
however. My friend Harold Darst, who directs the
an extra pawn and at least a draw in hand by perpetual
Hackettstown Chess Club, correctly laments that if you reach
check.
a lost position by move seven no endgame manual on earth
34) ..., Qc6 35) Qf5 Qh1+ 36) Kb2 e4 37) Qd5+ Kh8 38) Rd1
can help you. I should know, having recently lost a game in
Qf3
10 moves.

Studying openings or middlegames is tempting because you

get immediate results. But eventually, if you and your
opponent are fairly evenly matched and play halfway
decently, the better endgame player will win. The ability to
recognize a won or lost ending several moves in advance will
be worth many points over your playing career. Here’s a
simple example.

White, Eric Mark, is three pawns down and obviously losing.

However, Queen and pawn endings are very tricky. In these
situations the player who is down material should make every
attempt to keep the Queens on the board. If Black plays
carelessly he may fall into a perpetual check, lose a couple of
pawns, or even get checkmated!

39) Rd3??
This move loses, but after 39) Re1 Bf6+ 40) Kc1 Be5 41)
Qa8+ Kh7 42) Qxe4+ Qxe4 43) Rxe4 Bxh2 Black obtains a
favorable endgame similar to Byrne - Fischer above.

39) ..., Qf6+ 40) Rd4 Qxd4+! 41) Qxd4 Bf6 42) Kc3 d5 43)
a3 Bxd4+

An easier win was to be had after 43) ..., e3 44) Qxf6 gxf 45)
Kd3 d4.

44) Kxd4 g5 45) c4 dxc 46) bxc bxc 47) Kxc4 Kg7 48) Kd4
Kf6 49) Kxe4 a5 50) a4 h5 51) Kf3 Ke5 52) Ke3 g4

Unfortunately for Eric he was in very bad time trouble and

played

36) Qd7 Qe6+ 37) Qxe6 fe6 -+

and Black’s three extra pawns forced White’s resignation on

move 40.

The next example is a bit more subtle, involving the ability to

recognize a lost ending six moves down the road.

Best Wishes To ACN & NJSCF

Even though I have not played as accurately as I should, this In 2004!
ending is still a win for me by one tempo.
53) Kf2 Kd4 54) Kg3 Kc4 55) Kh4 Kb4 56) Kxh5 Kxa4 57) … Bill Bluestone
Kxg4 Kb3 58) h4 a4 59) h5 a3 60) Kg5 a2 61) Kg6 a1=Q 62)
Kh7 Qf6 63) h6 Qg5 White resigns

In the 26 moves leading to this position Clayton Crawford had

thoroughly outplayed me. I could look forward to him bringing

Visit www.njoychess.com up his king and slowly strangling me on the Q-side. So I tried
something…

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27) Nxe3?!
Objectively not the best move. I should have brought my
knight back to d2, after which the game would probably be
drawn, but my opponent would have all the winning chances.
27) …, Rxe3? 28) Rxe3 Rxe3??
Do you see why this is a blunder? The first rook capture was
bad because, after I recaptured and Clay takes back with his
pawn he no longer has an advantage. Now white wins.
29) Rxe3 de 30) Kd1 Kd6 31) Ke2 Ke5 32) Kxe3 +-
White has not only garnered an extra pawn. Even though
White’s doubled Q-side pawns can never force a passed pawn,
White’s K-side majority guarantees a passed pawn and
victory. Black resigned several moves later.
Games From Around The State
by Steve Ferrero
Brian Katz (1919) - Vinko Rutar (2106) 57th Annual NJ Open,
August 30, 2003, Somerset: Benoni Defense
1) d4 c5 2) d5 Nf6 3) c4 e6 4) Nc3 exd5 5) cxd5 d6 6) e4 g6
7) Nf3 Bg7 8) h3 0–0 9) Bd3 Re8 10) 0–0 c4 11) Bc2 b5 12)
a3 a6 13) Be3 Bb7 14) Qd2 Nbd7 15) Rfe1 Qc7 16) Rad1 Nc5
17) Bd4 Nfd7 18) Bxg7 Kxg7 19) Qd4+ f6 20) Re3 Ne5 21)
Ne1 Re7 22) f4 Nf7 23) Nf3 Rae8 24) Rde1 Nd7 25) Kh2 Qc5
26) Qd2 Nb6 27) Nd4 Nd8 28) f5 Nd7 29) fxg6 hxg6 30) Rg3
Re5 31) Nf5+ Rxf5 32) exf5 Ne5 33) Rxe5 dxe5 34) Rxg6+
Kf7 35) Qh6 Ke7 36) Qg7+ Nf7 37) Qxf6+ Kd7 38) Qxf7+
Re7 39) Qg8 Qf2 40) Rd6+ Black Resigns
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Mike Laverty (1866) – William Nowottny (1287) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Winter Swiss, Jan. 19, 2004:
Sicilian Defense - Smith-Morra Gambit
1) e4 c5 2) d4 cxd4 3) c3 dxc3 4) Nxc3 Nc6 5) Nf3 d6 6) Bc4
e6 7) O-O Be7 8) Qe2 Nf6 9) Rd1 e5 10) h3 O-O 11) Be3 Na5
12) Nxe5 Qc7 13) Nb5 Qb8 14) Nf3 Nxe4 15) Ba7 Rxa7 16)
Qxe4 Nxc4 17) Qxe7 Ra5 18) Nxd6 Nxb2 19) Rdb1 Nd3 20)
Nxc8 Qxc8 21) Qxb7 Qc2 Draw Agreed
Eric Mark (1927) – Pat Walker (1952) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Winter Swiss, Jan. 19, 2004: Latvian Gambit
1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 f5 3) Nxe5 Qf6 4) d4 d6 5) Nc4 fxe4 6) Nc3
Qg6 7) Nd5 Qf7 8) Nc3 Nf6 9) Bg5 Bf5 10) Ne3 Bg6 11) Bc4
Qd7 12) Bxf6 gxf6 13) Ned5 Bg7 14) Qe2 Kd8 15) O-O-O c6
16) Nf4 d5 17) Nxg6 hxg6 18) Bb3 Qd6 19) h4 Nd7 20) Kb1
f5 21) f3 Nf6 22) fxe4 fxe4 23) Rdf1 Kc7 24) g4 Raf8 25) h5
gxh5 26) gxh5 a6 27) Na4 Nxh5 28) Rxf8 Qxf8 29) Nc5 Ng3
30) Rxh8 Qxh8 31) Qg2 Nf5 32) c3 Qh4 33) a3 Kd6 34) Qg6+
Qf6 35) Qe8 Nxd4 36) cxd4 Qxd4 37) Nxb7+ Kc7 38) Qe7
Kb6 39) Nd6 Qxb2 Checkmate
Bill Manekas (1864) – Paul R. Joseph (1730) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Winter Swiss, Jan. 19, 2004:
Sicilian – Kan - Maroczy Bind
1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 e6 3) d4 cxd4 4) Nxd4 a6 5) c4 Nf6 6) Nc3
Qc7 7) Be3 Bb4 8) Bd3 O-O 9) Rc1 d5 10) cxd5 exd5 11) O-O
Ng4 12) Nf3 Nxe3 13) fxe3 Bxc3 14) Rxc3 Qb6 15) exd5
Qxe3+ 16) Kh1 Qh6 17) Ne5 Qd6 18) Nxf7 Qe7 19) Bxh7+
Kxh7 20) Qh5+ Black Resigns
Larry Cesare (1611) – Basil Alsamari (1335) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Winter Swiss, Jan. 19, 2004:
Old Indian Defense
1) d4 d6 2) c4 e5 3) dxe5 dxe5 4) Qxd8+ Kxd8 5) g3 Be6 6)
Bg2 c6 7) Nd2 a5 8) Nf3 f6 9) O-O Na6 10) b3 Kc7 11) a3
Ne7 12) Bb2 Nc8 13) Rfd1 Nb6 14) Ne1 a4 15) bxa4 Nxc4
16) Nxc4 Bxc4 17) Nd3 Bb3 18) Rd2 Bxa4 19) Bh3 Bd6 20)
Rc1 Rhd8 21) e4 Bb5 22) Rc3 Bxd3 23) Rcxd3 Nc5 24) Re3
Na4 25) Ba1 Bc5 26) Red3 Nb6 27) Kg2 Rxd3 28) Rxd3 Rxa3
29) Rxa3 Bxa3 30) f4 Bd6 31) Kf3 Nd7 32) Be6 b5 33) h4 c5
34) h5 c4 35) f5 h6 36) g4 Nb6 37) g5 b4 38) gxf6 gxf6 39)
Bb2 Kc6 40) Bc1 Bf8 41) Be3 c3 42) Bxb6 Kxb6 43) Ke3 Ka5
44) Kd3 Ka4 45) Kc2 Ka3 46) Bb3 Draw Agreed
Ed Koss (2031) – Steve Ferrero (1965) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Fall Quad, Dec. 22, 2003: Vienna Game
1) e4 e5 2) Nc3 Bc5 3) Bc4 Nf6 4) d3 d6 5) f4 Bxg1 6) Rxg1
Bg4 7) Ne2 exf4 8) Bxf4 Nbd7 9) h3 Be6 10) Bxe6 fxe6 11)
Qd2 e5 12) Bg5 h6 13) Bh4 Nc5 14) O-O-O Ne6 15) Qb4 g5
16) Bf2 b6 17) Ng3 Nf4 18) d4 Nd7 19) Be3 Qf6 20) Rgf1
O-O-O 21) Bxf4 exf4 22) Nf5 Rhe8 23) d5 Nc5 24) Rfe1 Nxe4
25) Rxe4 Qxf5 26) Rxe8 Rxe8 27) Qa4 Qe4 28) Qxa7 Qxg2
29) Qa8+ Kd7 30) Qc6+ Kd8 31) Qa8+ Kd7 32) Qa4+ Kd8
33) Qa8+ Kd7 Draw Agreed
Jeff Chiesa (1531) – Rich Buschgans (1783) TL40/90 30/1
Hackettstown Winter Swiss, Jan. 19, 2004: Reti Opening
1) Nf3 d6 2) e4 Nf6 3) Nc3 g6 4) Bc4 Bg7 5) d4 O-O
6) O-O Nc6 7) Bg5 Nxe4 8) Nxe4 d5 9) Bxd5 Qxd5 10)
Re1 Bg4 11) c3 e5 12) dxe5 Qxd1 13) Raxd1 Bxf3 14) gxf3
Nxe5 15) Kg2 h6 16) Bf6 Rfe8 17) Bxg7 Kxg7 18) f4 Nc4
19) b3 Nb6 20) Nc5 Rxe1 21) Rxe1 Nd5 22) Nxb7 Nxf4+
23) Kf3 Ne6 24) Na5 Rd8 25) Nc4 Rd3+ 26) Re3 Rd1 27)
a4 Rh1 28) Kg2 Rd1 29) b4 Ra1 30) a5 Rc1 31) Ne5 Nf4+
32) Kg3 Nd5 33) Rf3 Rxc3 34) Rxc3 Nxc3 35) Nc6 Nb5 36)
Kf3 Kf6 37) Ke4 Ke6 38) Nd8+ Ke7 39) Nc6+ Kd6 40) Nd8
f5+ 41) Kd3 Kd5 42) Nf7 h5 43) h4 Ke6 44) Ng5+ Ke5 45)
f4+ Kxf4 46) Ne6+ Kg4 47) Kc4 a6 48) Kc5 f4 49) Kc6 f3
50) Nxc7 Nxc7 51) Kxc7 f2 52) b5 axb5 53) a6 f1R 54) a7
Ra1 White Resigns
Steve Geftic (1166) – Nathan Ash (1001) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
Konstantinopolsky Opening
1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) g3 Nf6 4) d3 g6 5) Bg2 Bg7
6) O-O O-O 7) Re1 d6 8) Bg5 Bg4 9) Nc3 Qd7 10) Qd2
Nd4 11) Nxd4 exd4 12) Nd5 Nxd5 13) exd5 Rfe8 14) Re4
Rxe4 15) dxe4 c6 16) Re1 Re8 17) f3 f6 18) Qxd4 fxg5 19)
Qxa7 Bxb2 20) fxg4 cxd5 21) Rb1 Bc3 22) Rb3 Bd2 23)
Qd4 Ba5 24) Qxd5+ Kh8 25) Qxa5 Qxg4 26) Bf3 Qh3 27)
Rxb7 g4 28) Qc3+ Re5 29) Qc8+ Black Resigns
Vegeniy Gershov (2321) – David A. Collins (2021) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
Pirc Defense - Austrian Attack 6) e5
1) e4 g6 2) d4 Bg7 3) Nc3 d6 4) f4 Nf6 5) Nf3 O-O 6) e5
Nfd7 7) h4 c5 8) h5 cxd4 9) hxg6 hxg6 10) Qxd4 Nc6 11)
Qf2 Re8 12) e6 fxe6 13) Bd3 Nf8 14) Qh4 Qa5 15) Bd2
Qh5 16) Qxh5 gxh5 17) O-O-O Bd7 18) Ng5 Nb4 19) Be2
Bxc3 20) bxc3 Nd5 21) Bxh5 Rec8 22) Rh3 Nf6 23) Be2 e5
24) Rg3 exf4 25) Bxf4 Ng6 26) Bd2 Kg7 27) Bd3 Ne5 28)
Ne4+ Nfg4 29) Be2 Rg8 30) Rf1 Raf8 31) Bf4 Ng6 32)
Bxg4 Bxg4 33) Rxg4 e5 34) Bxe5+ dxe5 35) Rxf8 Rxf8 36)
Nc5 Rc8 37) Nxb7 Rxc3 38) Nd6 Rc6 39) Nc4 Re6 40) a4
Kf6 41) Ne3 Rd6 42) Rb4 Nf4 43) Rb7 a6 44) a5 Ne2+ 45)
Kb2 Nd4 46) Rb6 Rc6 47) c3 Rxb6+ 48) axb6 Nc6 49) Nc4
Ke6 50) g4 Kf6 51) b7 e4 52) Kc2 Kg5 53) Kd2 Kf4 54)
Na5 Nb8 55) c4 Kxg4 56) c5 Kf3 57) Ke1 Black Resigns
Nick Naraghi (788) – Aaron Kiedes (858) Viking Last Saturday
Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
Pirc Defense - Classical System
1) e4 d6 2) Nf3 g6 3) d4 Bg7 4) Nc3 Nf6 5) Bb5+ c6 6)
Ba4 O-O 7) O-O e5 8) dxe5 dxe5 9) Nxe5 Nxe4 10) Nxe4
Bxe5 11) Bg5 Qd4 12) Qd3 Qxa4 13) Rfe1 Bf5 14) Qb3
Qxb3 15) axb3 Bxb2 16) Ra2 Re8 17) Nf6+ Bxf6 18) Bxf6
Rxe1 Checkmate
Nick Naraghi (788) – Ashwilo Rellai (927) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
The Fred Opening
1) e4 f5 2) e5 Nc6 3) Nf3 e6 4) Nc3 d6 5) exd6 Bxd6 6)
Bb5 Nf6 7) d4 O-O 8) Bg5 a6 9) Ba4 b5 10) Bb3 Qd7 11)
O-O Ng4 12) Bh4 Na7 13) Ng5 Bxh2+ 14) Kh1 Nc6 15)
Nxe6 Re8 16) Nc5+ Qf7 17) Bxf7+ Kxf7 18) Qd2 b4 19)
Nd5 Be6 20) Nxc7 Rac8 21) Nxe8 Rxe8 22) Nxe6 Rxe6 23)
d5 Rd6 24) dxc6 Rxd2 25) c7 Rxc2 26) Bg3 Bxg3 27) fxg3
Rxc7 28) Rxf5+ Kg6 29) Rf4 Ne5 30) Re1 Nd3 31) Re6+
Kg5 32) Rd6 Rc1+ 33) Kh2 Nxf4 34) gxf4+ Kxf4 35) Rd3
Ke4 36) Rf3 a5 37) Kg3 Rc2 38) Rf4+ Ke5 39) a3 Rxb2 40)
a4 b3 41) Kg4 Rc2 42) Rf5+ Ke6 43) Kg5 h6+ 44) Kf4
Rf2+ 45) Ke4 Rxf5 46) Kd3 Rc5 47) g4 b2 48) Ke4 b1Q+
49) Kf4 Qe1 50) g5 Rf5+ 51) Kg4 Qf1 52) Kh5 Rxg5+ 53)
Kh4 Qh1 Checkmate
Calvin Mitchell (1378) – Justin Roach (1565) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
Irregular King’s Pawn Opening
1) e4 d6 2) Be2 Nf6 3) Nc3 c5 4) h3 g6 5) g4 Bg7 6) d3
Nc6 7) f4 Qa5 8) Qd2 Nd4 9) Nd5 Nxc2+ 10) Kd1 Qxd2+
11) Kxd2 Nxd5 12) Kxc2 Nb4+ 13) Kd1 b5 14) a4 Ba6 15)
Nf3 bxa4 16) Rxa4 Bxd3 17) e5 Bc2+ 18) Kd2 Bxa4 19)
exd6 Rd8 20) Ke3 Rxd6 21) b3 Bc6 22) Bc4 Bd4+ 23) Ke2
Nd5 24) Bd2 O-O 25) f5 Rfd8 26) Re1 Nc3+ 27) Bxc3 Bxc3
28) Rc1 Bb4 29) Ne5 Rd2+ 30) Ke3 Bd5 31) fxg6 hxg6 32)
Rf1 Bxc4 33) bxc4 f6 34) Nxg6 R8d3+ 35) Kf4 Bc3 36)
Nxe7+ Kg7 37) Nd5 Bd4 38) Re1 Rf2+ 39) Ke4 Rxh3 40)
Ne7 Bc3 41) Nf5+ Kf8 42) Re3 Rxe3+ 43) Kxe3 Rxf5 44)
gxf5 a5 45) Kd3 Bd4 46) Kc2 Ke7 47) Kb3 Kd6 48) Ka4
Ke5 49) Kxa5 Kxf5 50) Ka4 Ke4 51) Kb3 Ke3 52) Kc2 Ke2
White Resigns
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Justin Roach (1565) – Rich Buschgans (1691) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, January 31, 2004, Hackettstown:
Pirc Defense - Holmov System
1) e4 d6 2) d4 Nf6 3) Nc3 g6 4) Bc4 Bg7 5) Nf3 Nc6 6)
O-O Nd7 7) Be3 Nb6 8) Be2 O-O 9) Qd2 Bg4 10) h3 Bxf3
11) Bxf3 Nc4 12) Qd3 Nxe3 13) fxe3 e5 14) d5 Nb4 15)
Qe2 a5 16) a3 Na6 17) Qb5 b6 18) Bg4 Bh6 19) Rae1 Nc5
20) Qc4 a4 21) Nb5 Bg7 22) b4 axb3ep 23) cxb3 h5 24)
Bd1 Qh4 25) Nxc7 Rac8 26) Nb5 Nxe4 27) Qb4 g5 28)
Bxh5 Rc2 29) Re2 Rfc8 30) Bxf7+ Kh8 31) Bh5 Bh6 32)
Rxc2 Rxc2 33) Bf3 g4 34) Qxe4 Bxe3+ 35) Qxe3 gxf3 36)
Qxf3 Qg5 37) Qf8+ Qg8 38) Qh6+ Black Resigns
Steve Ferrero (1972) – Rich Napoli (2000) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, TL 40/80 SD/40 January 31, 2004,
Hackettstown:
Larsen’s Opening – King’s Indian Variation
1) b3 Nf6 2) Bb2 g6 3) Nf3 Bg7 4) g3 O-O 5) Bg2 d6 6)
d4 Nbd7 7) O-O e5 8) dxe5 Ng4 9) c4 Ngxe5 10) Nxe5
Nxe5 11) Nc3 h5 12) h3 h4 13) g4 c6 14) e3 Qe7 15) Qe2
f5 16) f3 Be6 17) Rae1 Rae8 18) Nd1 fxg4 19) fxg4 Qg5
20) Nf2 d5 21) cxd5 cxd5 22) Bd4 b6 23) Bxe5 Bxe5 24)
Nd3 Bd6 25) Rxf8+ Rxf8 26) Rc1 Bf7 27) Rf1 Qe7 28) Qd2
Re8 29) Rf3 Bg3 30) Nf4 Bxf4 31) exf4 Qc5+ 32) Kh2 d4
33) Rd3 Rd8 34) Be4 a5 35) g5 Qd6 36) Qf2 Qc5 37) Kg2
Bd5 38) Rxd4 Bxe4+ 39) Rxe4 Qc3 40) Re2 Black
Resigned As His Flag Was About To Fall
Richard Harry (1870) – Pat J. Walker (1955) Viking Last
Saturday Quad, TL 40/80 SD/40 January 31, 2004,
Hackettstown:
Vienna Game
1) e4 e5 2) Nc3 Bc5 3) Nf3 d6 4) Bc4 Nf6 5) O-O Bg4 6) d3
Nc6 7) Be3 Nd4 8) Bxd4 Bxd4 9) Qe2 Nh5 10) Nd5 c6 11) c3
Bb6 12) Nxb6 axb6 13) Qe3 Nf4 14) d4 Qf6 15) dxe5 dxe5
16) Rfd1 O-O 17) Bf1 h5 18) h3 Nxh3+ 19) gxh3 Bxf3 20)
Re1 g5 21) Be2 g4 22) hxg4 hxg4 23) Kf1 Kg7 24) Red1 Rh1
25) Ke1 Bxe2 26) Kxe2 Rh3 27) Qxb6 Qf3+ 28) Kd2 Qf4+
29) Kc2 Qxe4+ 30) Kb3 Qa4 Checkmate
Pat J. Walker (1955) – Bill Manekas (1865) Hackettstown
Winter Swiss TL 40/90 30/1 30/1, February 2, 2004, Round 5,
Hackettstown:
Alekhine’s Defense – Maroczy Variation
1) e4 Nf6 2) d3 d5 3) e5 Ng8 4) d4 c5 5) c3 Nc6 6) Nf3
Bg4 7) h3 Bxf3 8) gxf3 e6 9) h4 Nge7 10) Bh3 Qb6 11)
dxc5 Qxc5 12) Be3 Qb5 13) b3 Nxe5 14) Bf1 Qc6 15) Bd4
Nd7 16) a4 Nf5 17) Bb5 Qc7 18) Nd2 Qf4 19) Bxd7+ Kxd7
20) Qe2 Nxd4 21) cxd4 a6 22) Qd3 Bb4 23) Rd1 Rac8 24)
Rg1 Rc3 25) Rg4 Rxd3 26) Rxf4 f5 27) Ke2 Rxd2+ 28)
Rxd2 Bxd2 29) Kxd2 h5 30) Kc3 Ke7 31) Kb4 Rc8 32) Ka5
Rc6 33) b4 Kf6 34) b5 axb5 35) axb5 Rd6 White Resigns
Clayton Crawford (1741) – Steve Ferrero (1972)
Hackettstown Winter Swiss TL 40/90 30/1 30/1, February 2,
2004, Round 5, Hackettstown:
Polish Opening
1) b4 Nf6 2) Bb2 g6 3) e3 Bg7 4) Nf3 b6 5) Be2 Bb7 6)
c4 a5 7) a3 d6 8) d3 e5 9) Nbd2 Nbd7 10) Qc2 axb4 11)
axb4 Rxa1+ 12) Bxa1 Qa8 13) O-O O-O 14) Bb2 c5 15) b5
Qb8 16) e4 Qc7 17) Ra1 Ra8 18) Rxa8+ Bxa8 19) Qa4 Bb7
20) Qa1 Qb8 21) h3 Qa8 22) Qxa8+ Bxa8 23) Nb1 Nf8 24)
Nc3 Ne6 25) Na4 Nd7 26) Nd2 Bh6 27) Nb3 f5 28) f3 Be3+
29) Kf1 f4 30) Bc3 Kf7 31) Bd2 Bxd2 32) Nxd2 Nd4 33)
Nb1 Kf6 34) Nbc3 Kg5 35) Bd1 h5 36) Kf2 Bb7 37) Ne2
Ne6 38) g3 fxg3+ 39) Kxg3 h4+ 40) Kg2 Nf4+ 41) Nxf4
exf4 42) Kf2 Kf6 43) Nc3 Ke5 44) Bc2 Nf6 45) Na4 Nd7
46) Nc3 Kf6 47) Kg2 g5 48) Ne2 Ke5 49) Nc3 Kd4 50)
Ne2+ Ke3 51) Kf1 And White Resigned

A View From Below
by Bill Bluestone
My opponent was rated 1815 and I was 1434 at the time this
game was played. He is an experienced tournament player
and director who was giving himself a vacation from directing
by playing in the US Amateur Team East, the largest team
tournament in the world to my knowledge - bigger than the
Olympiads. It's the one tournament a year I must play in. A
few years before this game was played, he once spent 3
hours at another tournament helping me and another player
analyze a game we had just played to a draw, showing us an
incredible number of missed opportunities for both sides, and
exploring the alternatives we both came up with. Great fun,
and I looked forward to playing him and "learning" another
opening.
What follows is my thought process as the game progressed.
It's fun to relive the game, even though you will be less than
impressed with my chess-playing abilities.
1) e4 e6 Uh-oh, a Philidor. What do I play against this?
Well, keep it simple.
2) d4 c5 What's this, a strange move order to reach a
Sicilian? Okay, I'm still okay with that. I know
the Najdorf, but I've never seen e6 this early.
3) Nf3 Qc7 Man, what gives here? Some kind of Nimzo-
something-or-other? All right, I protected my
d-pawn, let's put him on the defensive.
4) Be3 Nf6 Oh boy, I should have expected that! Do I
capture ...? 5 de Bc5 and I'll have to
recapture, otherwise I'll either lose the e-pawn
or double it ... 6 Bc5 Qc5 7 Nc3 -- no, that's no
good – 7 ... Ng4 8 Qd2 lets me castle Q-side ...
what if he goes 7 ... Nc6 -- wait, he'll try 7...
d5 – he'll get an isolated d-pawn & I'll have
open center files ... lemme try something else
– I don't want to let him develop too quickly! ...
How about 5 e5? Where's he gonna go?
5) e5 Ng4 Idiot! How could you overlook that? Darnit,
he is not going to get that bishop! Screw him –
I'll put it on f4 and try to get something going
from there ... at least the bishop covers h6
when he pulls back the knight.
6) Bf4 g6 Oh heck, now the knight's covered. That could
be pesky, and I don't want to trade B for N ...
but I don't want to allow the knight on f5.
Darn, why don't I think before I move? All
right, I'll wait to push h3, I can always do it, he
has no way to focus on h2 or f2 right now
anyway. Okay, N to c3 or d2 ... should I
support the d-pawn again? Oh boy -- I don't
want to give him a pawn slide to b1 -- on the
other hand, why not block the possible Queen
check or knight pin with c3? So the knight
would go to d2 ... hmmm, is that okay? ... hey,
hey -- Nd2-c4-d6 would really block him up –
yeah, that's it, that's a "plan", huh?
7) c3 Bh6 WHAT THE ...?!? Darnit, he is not going to
reposition that knight with MY help. I'll trade
bishops before I let him do that.
8) Qd2 Bf4
9) Qf4 Hey, this actually looks okay! His knight ain't
goin' anywhere and I have threats Ng5 & Qf7.
9) ... h5 Okay, let's think here ... no, 10 h3 Nh6 only
helps him ... 10 Ng5 f5 and I can't even take
e.p. – rats! BOTH queens are hanging ... 10 dc
Qc4 11 Nd4 does nothing and leaves
the e-pawn hanging ... d5? No. Bb5? No, it
just gets driven back. Bd3? No, it gets driven
11
back anyway. Okay, how about Nd2? Hmmm
... Nd2-e4-f6 might be useful ... well, I have
nothing else right now.
10) Ndd2 cd Oh darn, WHEN will I learn to look at the
opponent's options? I forgot I can't take it with
the knight or I lose my e-pawn. Darn, darn,
darn! I take back with cd and the fox is in the
henhouse for sure ... wait, Ne4 also has the
threat of Neg5 -- that'll fake him out, I can do
Ng6+ and I'll get the pawn back because he'll
have to move the king ... oh hey! ... Ke7 13
Qf6+ -- WHOA! 13 Qf7+ Kd8 14 Qg6 is looking
at 14 Nf7 picking up the rook -- yes!
11) Ne4 f5 So much for that idea. STILL can't do Nf6+
because of the hanging queen. Okay, on with
the plan. Aha -- plus an elementary trap: ...
Kd8 13 Qg5+ and mate next move. He's not
going to fall into it, but it's nice to realize it's
there.
12) Nd6+ Kf8 Okay, can I make anything out of this? Ng5 ...
covers e6 fork, but no way to put 3 pieces on
it, bishop can't even cover it. Push the knight
away now? h3 Nh6 14 what? Plus Nh6 covers
f4 -- I don't want that. Qd4 or Nd4? Too
weak. I've got to follow up -- I'm playing with
3 pieces and he's playing with 2, and his king is
open. I've got to get in there. Is there a
target? Yes ... g6 ... okay, Nh4 dc 14 Ng6+
Kg8 15 Nh8 cb 16 Rb1 ... the pawn won't do
him any good as long I keep the Q on the c1
diagonal, I can cover the queening square
twice ... check it out again ... okay, let's do it!
I don't see what else he can do.
13) Nh4 dc Okay, he's going to try it, here we go.
14) Ng6+ Kg7Uh-uh ... let's look again ... WHOA! Ne8+ and
fork you! Oh ... idiot, the rook stops it.
Hmmm ... 15 Nh8 cb 16 Rb1 Qc3+ 17 Qd2 ...
looks okay. Is there more? Aha! Increase
the pressure: Qg5, then after ... Kh8 I can do
16 Nf7+ Kh7 Qh6# -- no, the dang knight
again! All right, come on, THINK: 15 Qg5 cb
16 Nh8+ Kh8 17 Qh5+ Kg8 and I've got him
... not so good, tho: 17 ... Kg7 18 Qg5+ and
at least I'm still guarding against Qc3+ and
Qc1+ ... darn knight! Oh boy, and I'm leaving
the e-pawn open to the knight. Well, I don't
see anything better, and I've got to force it,
I'm in too deep now. This is fun, though –
great game even if I lose. If he ever gets his
queenside pieces free, I'm dead. Let's look
again, is everything held if I move the queen?
15) Qg5 cb Okay, check everything again ... yes, I can get
back to g5 to cover ... hey, he can't take the
e-pawn, that leaves his h6 open for my queen!
Oh, this is looking MUCH better.
16) Nh8+ Kh8
17) Qh5+ Kg8 He's DEAD! He must be more tired than I
am!
18) Qg6+ 1-0 ... Kf8 18 Qf7# or ... Kh8 18 Nf7#
Wow, I won! What would have happened after 17 ... Kg7 18
Qg5+? I don't have time for 19 Qh5, I have to move 19 Rb1,
then he's on to 19 ... Qc3+ 20 Qd2 Qe5+ 21 Be2 Qc5 (I don't
see any alternative to this) 22 Bg4 fg 23 Nc8 Qc8 24 Rb2 and
White is down only one pawn & up the exchange, with lots of
space for attacking and an opponent with two pieces that will
take 3 moves to develop.
This is one of the most fun games I ever played, and it was
more fun because I won. I'm sure it's full of mistakes,
poorly -chosen alternatives, and unconsidered options on both
sides, but it's why I play chess!

Chess Gems
by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.
For all you c3-Sicilian fans out there, this game is a real treat.
Jean Marc Degraeve comes up with a creative pawn sacrifice
in the opening against Heimo Loebler in the 19th European
Cup that is well worth remembering.
What makes it special is that it takes White’s advantage of
being a move up and brings it to new heights. Black’s sixth
move has always been known to be too early an exchange in
the center because it allows the knight to come out to c3
without any pinning bishop on b4 (because e6 has not been
played yet). However, the line has been considered playable.
White’s 9th move pawn sacrifice is great because he really
makes no attempt to get the pawn back. Instead, he picks up
tempi with Nb5 and Bf4 and their threats against the queen
and then the rook with the threatened fork on c7. Then, he
takes advantage of the fact that he is castled and Black isn’t.
Black just wants one more move and he’s out of trouble, but
he gets no time. This is a great example of how to use the
initiative in chess.
Aside from not playing cxd4 too early, the only suggestion for
Black might have been to try 15) … Qg4, hoping for 16) Nc7+
Rxc7 17) Qxg4 Nxg4 18) Bxc7 Kd7 and Black can fight on;
however, 16) Qe1! Kd7 17) Nxa7 Rc5 18) Qd2 would end
those dreams.
The ending is quite appropriate. Black still has his precious d-
pawn, but after 21) Rxd5 the open e-file and exposed king on
it allow a check mate on with Rfe1 if Black should take the
queen on c2. Save the rook that could then uselessly throw
itself on the sword of e2, Black’s doubled pawns and bishop
provide an unintentional wall preventing the king’s escape.
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Jean Marc Degraeve – Heimo Loebler, 19 European Cup,
2003: Sicilian Defense
1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) c3 d5 4) exd5 Qxd5 5) d4 Bg4 6) Be2
cxd4?! 7) cxd4 e6 8) Nc3 Qd6 9) d5 exd5 10) 0–0!? Nf6 11)
Nb5 Qd7 12) Bf4 Rc8 13) Ne5 Nxe5 14) Bxe5 Bxe2 15) Qxe2
Rc4?! 16) Bxf6+ Re4 17) Qc2 gxf6 18) Nc7+ Ke7 19) Rad1
Rc4 20) Nxd5+! Qxd5 21) Rxd5 Black Resigns
A reader, Hernando Cortes, sent us a game he played on
Yahoo. We welcome those games as well.
We especially welcome the Budapest Counter Gambit as it
usually develops into an interesting game, and this struggle is
no exception.
White played it a little conservatively at the beginning and
Black got a good development and his pawn back. The game
took a turn for the worst for White when he allowed a
continuation on move fifteen that broke up his castled
position. Black alertly took advantage of the opportunity and
followed it up with the nicely coordinated queen and knight
team.
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Then it became a little dicey. Black should have stuck with his
“team” and played 20) … Nf3! which would have solidified his
advantage due to White’s horrendous light square
weaknesses on the kingside.
White then fought back and came up with an odd idea of
threatening mate on g7 several times; once with 21) Rg1 and
another time with 24) Bb2. This last idea should have been
rejected, but, hey it’s Yahoo. The games go quickly, so
mistakes happen.
What happened next was a case of double blindness. White
thought up the positively awful idea of sacrificing his rook on
d5. Black defended the resulting “attack” with 28) … Re7. It
looked like a good idea, but Kf8 would have given Black a
proper winning position. Do you see the mate White can do
on move 29?
After White missed that, however, it was all down hill for
White and Cortes finished him off rather quickly.
E. D. Hiesa - Hernando Cortes, Yahoo Games, 2003,
Budapest Counter Gambit
1) d4 Nf6 2) c4 e5 3) dxe5 Ng4 4) Nf3 Bc5 5) e3 Nc6 6) Nc3
Ngxe5 7) Be2 0–0 8) 0–0 d6 9) Nd5 a6 10) Bd2 Ne7 11) b4
Ba7 12) Qc2 c6 13) Nf4 N7g6 14) Nd3 Bf5 15) Qc3 Bxd3 16)
Bxd3 Nxf3+ 17) gxf3 Nh4 18) f4 Qd7 19) Kh1 Qh3 20) Be4 f5
21) Rg1 Ng6 22) Bg2 Qh5 23) Bc1 Rf7 24) Bb2 Re8 25) Rad1
Re6 26) c5 d5 27) Rxd5 cxd5 28) Bxd5 Ree7 29) Qc4 Rd7 30)
Bxf7+ Rxf7 31) Qd5 h6 32) Rd1 Nh4 33) Qd8+ Kh7 34) Qd5
Rd7 35) Qxf5+ Qxf5 36) Rg1 Qe4+ White Resigns
We like to see a couple of 1700+ players go after each other
in a King’s Indian Defense. It’s dangerous for both sides!
It’s a sophisticated defense requiring some real understanding
of positional themes. In this game, White picks a plan that
goes against the grain of White’s usual play.
His Bd3 and d5 and f4 idea is not the way to play against the
King’s Indian. The f4 move is bad because exf4 gives Black,
after d5, a fabulous square at e5 for his knight. The bishop on
d3 can be harassed by knights going to c5 and e5.
White’s plan should be with Be3, f3, d5 and b4 and c5. The
White expansion on the queenside is always met be Black
attacking on the kingside with f5 and f5 and g5 and an
aggressive placement of his pieces.
White always seems a little late in this game. For example,
his thirteenth move Bxc5 should have been played two moves
earlier when he had more choices. Mixing it up on the
kingside gave Black the initiative which he used very well with
Ng4.
Some points we can suggest: Black should have considered
14) … Qg5 followed by Nd6. Also, while his sixteenth, Bh6,
was the right idea (hitting e3 and coordinating with Ng4), he
could have played 16) … Rxf1+ 17) Qxf1 Qg5 with a very
nasty threat at e3. The final suggestion is to look at all
squares that you move the piece uncovering the discovered
check. On move 21, Nd1+ gives mate in four because the
queen rook is cut off from protecting the White queen, so
White can resign.
We hope both these players continue to learn about this great
opening. The late Eduard Gufeld book, The Art of the King’s
Indian, would be the place to do some studying.
1) d4 Nf6 2) c4 g6 3) Nc3 Bg7 4) e4 d6 5) Bd3 e5 6) d5 0–0
7) Nge2 Nbd7 8) 0–0 Ne8 9) Be3 f5 10) f4 Nc5 11) Bc2 exf4
12) Nxf4 fxe4 13) Bxc5 dxc5 14) Bxe4 Nf6 15) Bd3 Ng4 16)
Nfe2 Bh6 17) Rxf8+ Qxf8 18) Qf1 Be3+ 19) Kh1 Nf2+ 20)
Kg1 Nxd3+ 21) Kh1 Nf2+ 22) Kg1 Qd6 23) Ng3 Ne4+ 24)
Kh1 Nxc3 25) bxc3 g5 White Resigns
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A chess player by the name of Baadur Jobava this past month
in the European Club Cup stunned grandmaster Eugeny
Bareev with an extraordinary theoretical novelty in the Caro-
Kann Defense.
This game was toddling along main lines when Jobova made
the not very obvious pawn sacrifice 15) d5!? Evidently out to
prove GMs are human, Bareev was not quite ready for this
and thinking for himself got him in trouble.
He chose to take the pawn, virtually forced, but he probably
should have taken with the knight on move 15 rather than
the pawn; although, White may get good chances anyhow.
For example: 15) d5 Nxd5 16) Ne4 (now that the king knight
no longer protects e4 — quite a clever concept) N7f6 17) g4
(another benefit of Ne4, made possible by d5 — very
creative) c4 (can’t just sit there and wait for the attack) 18)
g5 Nxe4 19) Qxe4 c3 (some lethal fork threats coming on c3)
20) Be3! cxb2 21) Bd4 Bc5 22) c4 Bxd4 23) Qxd4 Nb4 24)
Qe5 Qb6 25) gxh6 f6 26) Rhg1! fxe5 27) Rxg7+ Kh8 28)
Rdd7 and it will be mate.
This is our best guess on what White had prepared, and this
had to be a home-cooked novelty. However, it is Bareev’s
goose that gets cooked here. After he takes with the pawn
Jobava (rated 2596; Bareev is rated 2721) comes up with as
pretty a kingside attack as we’ve seen using two knights in
tandem as happens here. The complications are too great to
go into in this column. White’s 25th move is worth the price
of admission, and so are the ever so precise king moves in
the latter stages.
Truly a great game to play over!
Baadur Jobava (2596) – GM Eugeny Bareev (2720), European
Club Cup, 2003: Caro-Kann Defense
1) e4 c6 2) d4 d5 3) Nd2 dxe4 4) Nxe4 Bf5 5) Ng3 Bg6 6) h4
h6 7) Nf3 Nd7 8) h5 Bh7 9) Bd3 Bxd3 10) Qxd3 Ngf6 11) Bd2
e6 12) 0–0–0 Be7 13) Qe2 0–0 14) Kb1 c5 15) d5!? exd5?!
16) Bxh6!! gxh6 17) Nf5 Re8 18) Nxh6+ Kf8 19) Ng5 Qb6 20)
Qf3 Ne5 21) Qg3 Bd6 22) Nf5! Qxb2+! 23) Kxb2 Nc4+ 24)
Kb3 Bxg3 25) h6!! Na5+ 26) Ka4 b5+ 27) Kxa5 Bc7+ 28)
Kxb5! Rab8+ 29) Ka4! Ne4! 30) Rxd5!! Nc3+ 31) Ka3 Nb5+
32) Kb2 Nd4+ 33) Kc3 Black Resigns
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The recent and first annual NJ Grade Championships for K-12
was a rousing success with over 200 entr ants from all over
the Garden State. Today’s game is a final round championship
deciding game for the 11th graders.
The winner, Mitchell Stern, outlasts Nora Mullanaphy in a very
tense struggle. The number of missed opportunities reflects
just how tough tournament chess can be when a trophy is up
for grabs.
Black starts out by giving up a pawn, perhaps encouraged by
White’s not being aggressive enough on the kingside by
keeping her rook on f1 and pushing f4 with proper
preparation. He then gets really speculative and sacrifices his
rook on c3. The idea is common in the Sicilian, but not in
that position because the White king is safely tucked away on
the kingside.
White then gets a little too defensive trying to hold onto the
material. Moves like 20) Qa4 or 21) a4 would have led to
victory. By move 29, Black is in control, yet could have
wrapped it up a little sooner with 29) … Qe2. White could
have held on with 31) f4; however, the try 31) Rxe5 would
have been a disaster, because rather than Rxe5 32) Qb8+,
Black could have played Qxc1!! in reply. After missing f4 the
game is over and Mitchell Stern ends it rather nicely by
focusing on the back rank mating themes.
Nora Mullanaphy - Mitchell Stern, NJ K-12 Championships,
2003: Sicilian Defense
1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 d6 3) Bc4 Nf6 4) Nc3 g6 5) 0–0 Bg7 6) d4
cxd4 7) Nxd4 0–0 8) Be3 Nc6 9) Re1?! Bd7 10) Qf3? Ne5 11)
Qe2 Nxc4 12) Qxc4 Rc8 13) Qb3 b5? 14) Ndxb5 Bxb5 15)
Qxb5?! Rxc3?? 16) bxc3 Nxe4 17) Bd4? Nxc3 18) Qc4 Bxd4
19) Qxd4 Nb5? 20) Qe3?! e6 21) Rab1?! Qa5 22) Qd3 Na3
23) Ra1? d5 24) Qb3 Rc8 25) Re3? Nxc2 26) Rc1 Qd2! 27)
Qb2 d4 28) Re4 d3 29) Rd4 e5? 30) Re4 Rc5? 31) Qb8+? Kg7
32) Rf1 Nd4! 33) Rxe5 Ne2+! 34) Kh1 Rc1 White Resigns
Quite often, beginners ask what the big deal is about the Ruy
Lopez when openings like the King’s Gambit or Danish
Gambit, among others, are around. The answer is really
simple. As your opponents get better you will find that the
gambits don’t work so well as they used to against lesser
players.
The Ruy Lopez, on the other hand, gives lasting pressure
without giving up material. What more could you ask for? You
still get to attack, but you learn to prepare it and thus
become a better chess player.
24) Kd2 and White has the advantage. That may avoid
disaster, but not the outcome.
A possibility that has a bad reputation may have the answer:
8) Qxd5 d6!? (worth a try) 9) exd6 Qb6 10) Bc4 Bxf2+ 11)
Ke2 0-0 12) Rd1 Be6 13) Qe4 Rfe8! (an improvement we
suggest over Rae8) 14) Kf1 Rad8 (doesn’t this seem a better
arrangement of rooks?) 15) Bd3! [15) Ng5? Bxc4+ 16) Qxc4
Bg1!! 17) Qh4 – protecting against the mate — h6 18) Nf3
Bc5] f5! 16) Qe2!! Bc5 17) Bc4 Bxc4 18) Qxc4+ Kg8 19) d7!
Re4! 20) Qd5 Nb4 21) Qxf5 Qb5+ 22) Rd3 Nxd3 23) Qxe4
Nxb2+ 25) Qe2 Qxe2+ 26) Kd3 b5 27) a4 Rxd7+ 28) Kc3
Ne5 29) Ba3 Bxa3 30) Nxe5 Rc7+ 31) Kb3 Bd6 32) Rd1
bxa4+ 33) Kxa4 Be7 34) c4 and White’s active king and
healthy knight will make Black work to draw.
We don’t normally give long variations like this, but we
thought it would be instructive for readers to see how
involved master preparation can get. If you are a real glutton
for punishment, try 16) Qf4 Bc5 17) Ng5 Rxd6 18) Qh4 h6
19) Qh5 Kf8 20) Nh7+ Ke7 and now 21) Bxh6? Qxb2!!
instead of 21) … gxh6? Qh4+ which is good for White.

Today’s game is a dandy Ruy. White builds up with the typical Our readers in the past have sent us their opinions on such
themes: solid pawn center, bishops on c1 and c2 aiming at lines, so we welcome any of our analysts out there to
the king side, the knight maneuver from b1 to d2 to f1 to g3 contribute, because we could be wrong in any number of
to (eventually) f5, the sacrifice of the king knight on g5—it’s spots!
all here. We might mention that in some lines the g3 knight
has to sacrifice itself on f5 to help break open lines to the Golubev - Pribyl, 2004 1) e4 c5 2) Nf3 Nf6 3) e5 Nd5 4) Nc3
king, but you get the idea. e6 5) Nxd5 exd5 6) d4 Nc6 7) dxc5 Bxc5 8) Qxd5 Qb6 9) Bc4
Bxf2+ 10) Ke2 0–0 11) Rf1 Bc5 12) Ng5 Nd4+ 13) Kd1 Ne6
The build up gives White a great position as is often the case 14) Ne4 d6 15) exd6 Bxd6? 16) Nxd6 Rd8 17) Bf4 Nxf4 18)
in the Ruy Lopez. White manages to finish Black off with a Qxf7+ Kh8 19) Qg8+! Black Resigns
very pretty combination. We should point out that if 38) …
Kxe6 39) Nxg7+ wins and if 38) … Kf6 39) Nd6+ wins. The NJ Grade School Champions Are Shown Below:
rook sacrifice on f3 on move 36 highlights just how important
an exposed king and open lines to that king can be. Kindergarten 6 th Grade
Jeeva Karamsetty VA 5.0 James Arsenault NJ 4.0
Kulaots, K - Tallaksen, G, Norway, 2003 Benjamin Rabinowitz NY 4.0 Allen Bryant NJ 4.0
Teddy Katz NY 3.0 Gunjan Roda NJ 4.0
Ruy Lopez Closed – Breyer – Borisenko Variation
Sarah Ascherman NY 3.0 Surinder Moonga 4.0
1) e4 e5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) Bb5 a6 4) Ba4 Nf6 5) 0–0 Be7 6) Re1 Nicholas Sobolov NJ 3.0
b5 7) Bb3 d6 8) c3 0–0 9) h3 Nb8 10) d4 Nbd7 11) Nbd2 Bb7
12) Bc2 Re8 13) Nf1 Bf8 14) Ng3 g6 15) b3 c6 16) a4 Bg7 1 st Grade 7 th Grade
17) Bg5 h6 18) Be3 Qc7 19) Qd2 Kh7 20) h4 Ng4 21) h5 Andrew Jiang NJ 5.0 Vlad Ungureanu NJ 5.0
Nxe3 22) Rxe3 exd4 23) cxd4 c5 24) hxg6+ fxg6 25) Rc1 Eric Liao NJ 4.0 Dana Neugut NJ 4.0
Rac8 26) e5 dxe5 27) dxc5 Nxc5 28) Qe2 Qb8 29) Ng5+ hxg5 Arthur Shen NJ 4.0 Moshe Shulman NJ 4.0
30) Qh5+ Kg8 31) Bxg6 Ne6 32) Rxc8 Rxc8 33) Bf7+ Kf8 34) Michael Ginsburg NJ 4.0
8 th Grade
Bxe6 Rc1+ 35) Kh2 Qe8 36) Rf3+! Bxf3 37) Qxf3+ Ke7 38)
2 nd Grade Tran King NJ 4.0
Nf5+ Kd8 39) Qa8+ Black Resigns Arie Milner NJ 5.0 Sean O'Donnell NJ 4.0
A. Rabinowitz NY 4.0 Yoni Adler NJ 4.0
We got a kick out of reading GM Alex Baburin’s internet daily, Dina Shimanovich NJ 4.0
Chess Today, because it contained a miniature played Nicholas Trieu 4.0 9 th Grade
between masters this month that had already been played William Alston NJ 5.0
before (Unzicker - Sarapu, Siegen, 1970)! Those things 3 rd Grade Emma Ellis NJ 4.0
Levy Rozman NJ 4.5 Johnny Belkin NJ 3.0
happen in chess—even to masters.
Mark Mirtchouk NJ 4.5 Nathan Baum NJ 3.0
Michael Sun NJ 4.0
The wacky line that led to this is a particular favorite of ours Anna Matlin NJ 4.0 10 th Grade
because we remember Boris Spassky defending the White William Xu NJ 4.0 Jacob Schwartzman NJ 4.5
side from Black’s attack in a student Olympiad many years Benjamin Jiang NJ 4.0 Volody Takhistov NJ 4.0
ago. Boris had to figure it out over the board, but a pile of Jacob Bujko NJ 3.5
analysis has been done since and both sides have to be able 4 th Grade
Udit Gupta NJ 5.0 11 th Grade
to go almost 30 moves deep. H. Swaminathan NJ 4.0 Mitchell Stern NJ 5.0
Aviv Milner 4.0 Nora Mullanaphy NJ 3.0
Black sacrifices his d-pawn to develop an attack on f2 and Mark Berns NJ 4.0 Jose Beltran NJ 2.0
both sides skate on the edge of disaster. It reminds us of Eve Litvak NJ 4.0
Staunton's old remark, “I don’t see how either player can
save the game.” 5 th Grade 12 th Grade
A. Shvartsman NJ 4.5 David Gursky NJ 5.0
Yakir Forman NJ 4.0 Sean O’Hara NJ 4.0
How could Black have avoided disaster? According to theory, Kelvin Yao NJ 4.0 Dustin Foster NJ 3.0
the answer is 15…Rd8! This is then followed by 16) Bd3 Bxd6 Zachary Neugut NJ 4.0
17) Qh5 f5 18) Nxd6 Qxd6 19) Qxf5 Qxh2 20) Qf7+ Kg8 21) Jennie Liu NJ 4.0
Bg5! Rg8 22) Be3! Qxg2 23) Kc1 Qh3 (to defend against Qh5) Jayenth Mayur NJ 4.0

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Problem Solver’s Corner
(Chess Diagrams All With Forced Wins To Solve)

Winter 2004 Problem#1 Winter 2004 Problem#2 Winter 2004 Problem#3

White To Move And Mate In 3 White To Move And Mate In 3 White To Move And Mate In 3

Winter 2004 Problem#4 Winter 2004 Problem#5 Winter 2004 Problem#6

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

Solutions: Fall 2003 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue of ACN for solutions to problems above):
Problem#1: Mate In 2 Qxh6+!, gxh6 (…, Kg8, Qxg7#), R2xh6#
Problem#2: Mate In 5 Qf8+!!, Kxf8 (…, Kh7, Qg7#), Ra8+, Qb8, Rxb8+, Bc8, Rxc8+, Rd8, Rxd8# nicely
putting the pawn on f6 to close the mating net!
Problem#3: Mate In 2 Qxc6+!!, bxc6 (forced), Ba6# Note how effectively the bishop pair removes all the
black king’s flight squares.
Problem#4: Mate In 4 Rh7, Kxh7 (…, Kf8, Qxg7+, Ke7, Qf6+, Kf8, Rh8#), Nf6+, Bxf6, Rh1+, Bh3, Rxh3#
Problem#5: Qxd7!, Rxd7, Re8+, Kh7, Be4+, g6, Rxd7, Kg7 since the bishop is trapped anyway, Rxb7,
Qd6, Bxc6, Qxc6, Ree7 +-
Problem#6: Qh5, f6, g6, h6, Be3, Qxf3, Rxf3, Bxf3, Qxf3, bxc3, bxc3, d5, Qxd5, Rbd8, Qe6, Rd1+, Kf2 +-
Alternate Solution: Bxg7+, Kxg7, Qh6+, Kh8, g6, fxg6, fxg6, Rf7, gxf7, Rf8, Ne2, Rxf7, Nd4,
Qe4, Ne6, Qxf3, Rxf3 +-
Problem#7: …, Rxe3!!, Rxe3, Rxe3, Kxe3, Qxf4!! (A beautiful tactical shot!), Kf2 (Kxf4?, Bh6#), Ne5, Qf1,
Nfg4+, Kg1, Nxf3+, Kh1, Bxb2 - +
Problem#8: e6, Qxc5, Nf5+!! (unleashing a discovered attack upon black’s queen!), Qxf5 (forced), Qxf5,
Bxe6 (gxf5?, exd7 and white’s queen pawn cannot be stopped from queening), Qc5, Kh7,
Qa7, Nf4, Qxa6, Ne2+, Kh2, Nc3, Qa5, b4, Qxb4, Nxa2 +-

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