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your misfortune! h e r e a r e s o m e e x c i t i n g e v e n t s s l a t e d t h a t s h o u l d k e e p y o u r c h e s s J o i n t s l i m b e r d u r i n g M o n t a n a ' s d r e a d e d w i n t e r m o n t h s . T h e F i v e - V a l l e y s F r e e z e -O u t , t h e M i d w i n t e r O p e n a n d t h e V a l e n t i n e O p e n s h o u l d p r o v i d e h e a l t h y c h a l l e n g e for t h e I n t r e p i d t r a v e l e r s . B u t t h e r e a r e o t h e r w a y s to p l a y s e r i o u s c h e s s a t h o m e , too. E v e r t h i n k a t w u t p l a y i n g a one -o n - o n e r a t e d m a t c h , o r h a v i n g t h r e e f f i ends over for a r a t e d q u a d ? S o m e do It a l l t he t l me l ( See page 2)

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What's New 1 9 9 4 T u r k e y O p e n : - report by Sherwood Moore -

Although the Turkey Open was only half the size of last year's tournament. It had plenty of fireworks. Greg Nowak won the $100 F i r s t Prize. Mike J e n s e n took second, to win $50 . Romie Carpenter finished third, winning $25 . BUI McBroom had a great tournament, finisliing fourth and wimiing $2 5 for Best Under 1900.

Dave Shughfirt, A rman Goplen and Ron Er i ckson each won S5 by dividing equally the Best Under 1900 2nd Prize. J o h n R a y b u m . Robert Raja la and C a r l Jacobs each won 311 .67 by dividing the prize pool for 1st and 2nd Under 1700 and 1st Under 1500 ($15. $10 & $10). Emmet Goforth and Lyle Petersen each took home $2.50. shar ing the 2nd Under 1500 Prize ($5).

A rman Goplen won the plaque for Biggest Upset when he let Greg Nowak off with a draw In the first round. Due to lack of time on both sides, the score sheets are incomplete. A n n a n and Greg both queened pawns on their 6 l 8 t move. A rman checked Greg with his rook on his 63 rd move. Greg lost his queen to the rook. However, with both flags iianging, Arman accepted Greg's draw offer.

In the second round. Dan McCourt stood toe-to-toe with Paul Motta. Dan wasn't able to play Sunday, but he was in good form Saturday.

With time controls of G/2 , I was expecting someone to c la im "Insufficient Losing C l i ances . " As it turned out, no one raised the i ssue , although two of the time forfeits would have been Justified c la ims. In the third round. Dave Shugtiart was iooldng for a ruling on "Insufficient Prawjqg C l i ances " against Paul Motta. 1 told h i m I had tried to c la im "Insufficient Winning Chances " before, but 1 couUn't find it listed either.

Thanks to Thad Suits for stopping in and being Houseman. Also Thanks to B i l l McBroom, Romie Carpenter and Mike Jensen for the help in cleaning up.

B i l l i n g s I n v i t a t i o n a l : Action Chess was the great attractor for eight eastern Montana players who got together at the spur of the moment for a one-day round robin at Zygmond Mayer's house. Zygmond, having home-court advantage, deviated from his usucd modus operandi and played what many would refer to as normal or solid chess, i.e. the Goring and Dan ish Gambits. Zygmond scored 7.5 out of 8, winning the first prize of $20 . Jo l in C . Thompson followed close l>eiUnd with 7 points, winning $5 . Er ie l Mayer scored draws with Long and Brennan. picking up more rating points. When Eriel 's rating gets up where it belongs. It won't hurt so much to lose or draw with h im (I. for one. a m doing a l l I c an to h e ^ his rating cl imb - ed.}I

M a t c h e s , e t c . : There are several ways to play rated chess when there isn't anything officially going on. Any two rated players can decide to play a onc-on-one match, any time and anywhere. They c an decide how many games to play, what time controls to u se ( for lu l l K, Q/30 is the fastest time control allowable) and how often to play the games. The only restrictions eire that their rating differential cannot be greater than 400 points and the report (to U S C F ) must be validated by a certffied tournament director OT by a notarized statement signed by both players. Mike J e n s e n and Pau l Motta recently played a match and David Duke and Zygmond Mayer are currently engaged in a match . Les B r ennan and Kip U m e s a n d have played several matches. These aren't usual ly highly publicized doings, but they should serve to demonstrate that anyljody c an play rated chess whenever they want to. Do you have someone who lives nearby who may be willing to engage one-on-one. vls-a-vis, tete-a-tete for the match of al l time, the clash of the titans, the chemipionship of the universe? It could be j u s t a phone cal l away! What's the worst that c an happen? 50 points max imum can chemge hands from any Individual match. This is true whether there were four or a h imdred games played. So, If you agree to a hundred game match and lose al l 100 games, you will probably lose 50 points and your opponent wiU gain 50 points. Empir ical ly , though, four or s ix games are al l that are necessary. Players c an gain or lose up to 50 points f^ycj\ match is played, limited by this: no player may go up or down more than one rating c lass within a three year period solefy through match play. Go ahead, arrange a rated match. They are fun and you play better chess when there are time limits and rating points on the Une. Oh. and send in some of the good games!

By extension, any club-level T D c an direct any tournament, anywhere, anytime, advertised or not. Just as long a s there are fewer them 50 players. With Just a few more phone cal ls , a smal l tournament, quad, round robin, or Swiss can be Euranged for the following weekend. You don't have to l>e a T D to organize a tournament. You merely have to be one to direct it.

So. don't sit around waiting for someone else to dictate your chess acUvlty. Pul l your own strings euid make your Ideas come alive 1 Make some phone cal ls and get something going. Fll be waiting by the phone! - ed.

B l i z z a r d Q u a d : Zygmond Mayer and David Duke (who a r e c u r r e n t l y engaged in a six-game match) made some phone cal ls and arranged a four -man quad. Once they saw how easy that was, they t h o u a i t they might even do the same on a monthly bas is . This event was held In Mayer's house (only two tables were needed) and lunch was even served to Uie guests (Italian cuisine).

Zygmond was the highest rated player and . true-to-form. came in first place, but not perfectly. David Duke got a draw with Zygmond in a game that ended with some difficult tactical problems a nd not m u c h time to analyze them. Look for a win for either side in this game. There could be one. but it was unclear at the time.

Y u l c t i d e O p e n : The Bozeman event attracted 16 players and provided some interesting games. One sal ient feature of this tournament was a controverBlai Invocation of the " insufficient losing C h a n c e s " rule, which resulted in a fair amount of on-the-spot rule book perusa l . The T D was called upon to make some difficult Judgments. TE>s or Emyone who might ever want to take advantage of the protection this rule provides should learn all they c an Etbout it now.

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More fixnn J a m e s R. Lpy. P. 10.

Romie Ca rpen t e r looks at a n interesting Turkey Open game in the light of age-old maxims on defense (wWch.to many of us, is a n aUen landscape with few signposts). P.6

Montana Chess News

U C C C 2 N D F A L L O P E N 10 / I 3 . 2 0 , 2 > / 9 4

N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 T O T

1 W. McBroom 1617 W 7 X 2 W 5 3 I S. Moore 1 6 9 6 W 6 F 1 W 9 2 3 J . Rayburn 1561 D 9 L 6 W 7 1.5 4 M. Jensen 2 0 3 3 W 5 U " U - - 1

5 D. Gross 1 2 0 4 L 4 W 9 L J 1 1

6 T. Randolph 1 1 7 8 L 2 W 3 L 8 7 R. Cain 1 163 L 1 W 8 L 3 1

8 E, Gofor th 1 1 2 4 U " L 7 W 6 1

9 B. Fe t s che r UNR D 3 L 5 L 2 0.5

B I L L I N G S G / 3 0 R R I N V I T A T I O N A L 11 /12 /94^

T U R K E Y O P E N 1 1 / 5 ,

N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 T O T

1 Nowak 2 1 8 0 D 7 W 9 W 2 W 5 W 6 4.5 2 J ensen 2 0 3 3 W 4 W 3 L 1 W 9 W 5 4 3 Ca rpen te r 1 8 0 7 XI 5 L 2 W 8 D 4 W 9 3.5 4 M c B r o o m 1 6 1 7 L 2 W 7 W14 D 3 D 8 3 5 Mo t t a 2 0 0 0 W11 D13 W 6 L 1 L 2 2.5 6 Shughart 1 8 3 8 W12 D 8 L 5 W 7 L I 2.5 7 Goplen 1701 D l L 4 W11 L 6 W 1 0 2.5 8 E r i ckson 1 7 1 9 W14 D 6 L 3 D12 D 4 2.5 9 Shuck 1 713 W 1 8 L I W 1 0 L 2 L 3 2

1 0 J a cob s 1 2 1 4 L I 3 W11 L 9 W14 L 7 2 1 Rayburn 1561 L 5 L 1 0 L 7 BYE W 1 4 2

, 2 Ra ja la 1 553 L 6 L I 4 W18 D 8 D17 2 1 3 McCou r t 1 7 5 8 W 1 0 D 5 L I 6 U - - U - - 1.5 1 4 Go fo r th 1 1 2 4 L 8 W12 L 4 L I O L l l 1 1 5 Pe t e r sen 1 3 5 7 F 3 W18 U " U - - U - - 1 1 6 Su i t s 1 922 U " U - - W13 U " U " 1 1 7 Moore 1 6 9 6 U " U - - U - - U - - D12 0.5 1 8 Amundson 9 5 9 L 9 L 1 5 L 1 2 U - - U - - 0

U C C C 3 R D F A L L O P E N 1 1 / 0 ,1 7 , 1 2 / 1 ; 9 4

N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 T O T

1 Dan McCourt 1 7 5 8 W 6 W 5 D 9 2.5 2 Wi l l iam McB room 1 6 1 7 BYE W 8 W 5 2.5 3 Emmet Gofor th 1 1 2 4 L 4 W 6 W 7 2 4 Gregory Nowak 2 1 8 0 W 3 U - - U " 1

5 John Rayburn 1561 W 7 L 1 L 2 1

6 Dale Gross 1 2 0 4 L I L 3 W 8 1

7 Tony Randolph 1 1 7 8 L 5 X I 0 L 3 1

8 Ryan Cain 1 163 W 1 0 L 2 L 6 \

9 Romie Carpente r 1 8 0 7 U " U - - D 1 0.5 1 0 Burke Fe t s che r w l 4 0 0 L 8 F 7 U - - 0

W h a t O p e n i n g g i v e s g o o d c h a n c e s f o r a n i n i t i a t i v e " o n t h e w i n g " ? ( a n s w e r : p. 9 )

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N A M E R T G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 T O T

1 Z. Mayer 2 0 4 5 X 1 1 1 1 1/S 1 1 6.5 2 Thompson 2 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 3 Greer 1 9 0 9 0 0 X 1 0 1 1 1 4 4 Brennan 1831 0 0 0 X 1 1 T/5 1 3.5 5 Duke 1 7 5 ^ 0 0 1 0 X 1/5 1 1 3.5 6 Long 1 8 4 7 V5 0 0 0 15 X 15 1 2.5 7 E. Mayer 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 VE X 1 2

8 Kennedy 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

D E C E M B E R B L I Z Z A R D Q U A D 1 2 / 3 / 9 4

N A M E R T G 1 2 3 4 T O T

1 Z. Mayer 2 0 0 0 X j l / 5 i j i j 2.5

2 D. Duke 1805 1/5 X 1/5 1 2

3 L. Brennan 1 7 2 9 o|l/5 X 1 1 - 5 4 E. Mayer 1 4 0 0 O l 0 ol X 1 0

Y U L E T I D E O P E N 1 2 / 1 0 / 9 4

N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 R4 T O T

1 Johansson 2 1 1 3 W 1 0 W 9 D 2 W 3 3.5

2 Z. Mayer 2 0 0 0 W13 W 8 D l W 6 3.5

3 Ca rpen te r 1 9 1 3 W 1 2 W 4 D 7 L 1 2.5

4 Hearn 1 753 W16 L 3 W14 D 8 2.5

5 Brennan 1 7 2 9 D15 L 6 W11 W12 2.5

6 S c a r f f 1 6 1 7 D 7 W 5 W 9 L 2 2.5

7 Kuba 1 9 1 7 D 6 W15 D 3 U - - 2

8 Duke 1 8 0 5 W14 L 2 D12 D 4 2

9 Ba ines UNR W11 L 1 L 6 W13 2

1 0 Long 1 7 0 0 L I L11 W16 W14 2

1 1 A r n o t 1 255 L 9 W 1 0 L 5 W15 2

1 2 P r i c e 1331 L 3 W16 D 8 L 5 1.5

1 3 Shuck 1698 L 2 L I 4 W15 L 9 1

1 4 E. Mayer 1 302 L 8 W13 L 4 L 1 0 1

1 5 Wolberd UNR 0 5 L 7 L I 3 LIT 0.5

1 6 Amundson 1 1 5 2 L 4 L I 2 L 1 0 U - - 0

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Recent Games McBroom 1617 Cain 1163 UCCC 2nd Fall open 10/13/94 Round 1 King's Indian Attack

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4 . g3 N f6 5. Bg2 Be6 6. NbdZ d5 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Ngf3 Bc5 9. 0 - 0 de4 10 . de4 0 - 0 11 . c3 Qd7 1 2 - Q c 2 Rad8 13. b4 Bb6 14 . b5 Ne7 15 . Ne5 Qe6 16 . Ng4 Ng4 17 . h3 Ne5 18 . a4 Rd6 19 . Ba3 c 5 20 . bc6 Rc6 2 1 . Nf3 N f3 2 2 . B f3 Qh3 2 3 . Bg2 Qd7 24 . Rad i Qe6 2 5 . e5 Rc7 2 6 . R f e l R fc8 2 7 . Rd3 Nf5 28 . Qd2

28.. .RC4? 29 . BdS Qg6 30 . Bxc4

3 0 . . . N x g 3 ! 3 1 . Bx f7+ ! ! K x f 7 3 2 . Qf4+ NfS 3 3 . K f l K g8 34 . R f3 h6 3 5 . Qx f5 Q c 6 36 . Qf7+ Kh7 3 7 . B f8 Rc7 3 8 . Qf5+ Kg8 39 . Bd6 Qc4+ 4 0 . Qd3 Qxd3+ 4 1 . Rxd3 Rf7 4 2 . Re2 h5 4 3 . e 6 Rf4 44 . e7 Rh4 4 5 . e8=Q Kh7 4 6 . Rg3 Rg4 4 7 . Qh5 Kg8 4 8 . Re8 Mate .

Fe tscher UNR Rayburn 1561 UCCC 2nd Fall open 10/13/94 Round 1 SlcJtlan Defense

1. e 4 c 5 2. N f 3 e6 3. d4 cd4 4 . Nd4 a6 5. N c 3 N c 6 6. Be3 N f6 7. Be2 Bb4 8. f 3 0 - 0 9 . 0 - 0 Qc7 10 . a3 Bc3 11 . b c3 Na5 12. Qd3 b5 13. Nb3 Nc4 14 . a4 Ne3 1 5. Qe3 ba4 16. Ra4 d5 17 . R f a l Bb7 18 . ed5 Nd5 19 . Qc5 Qc5 2 0 . Nc5 N c3 2 1 . Nb7 Ne2 2 2 . K f 2 N c 3 2 3 . Ra6 Rac8 24 . Nd6 Rc7 2 5 . R c l Nd5 2 6 . c 4 Nb4 2 7 . Ra3 Rd8 2 8 . c 5 K f8 2 9 . Rc4

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^ B B" 3 0 . Ra8+! Rd8 3 1 . Rxd8+ Ke7 32 . Rb8 Nd3 3 3 . Ke3 Nc5 34 . Rb5 Kd6 35 . Kd4 e5 3 6 . K c3 f5 37 . Kb4 Nd3 38 . K c3 N c5 3 9 . R b l g5 4 0 . R c l e4 4 1 . f e 4 f e 4 4 2 . Kd4 Nb3 4 3 . Ke4 Rc4 4 4 . Rc4 Nd2 4 5 . Kd3 Nc4 4 6 . K c 4 K e5 4 7 . K d 3 K f 4 4 8 . Ke2 hS 4 9 . K f 2 h4 5 0 . g3 Kg4 5 1 . gh4 gh4

5 2 . K g 2 h3 5 3 . K g l K f 3 5 4 . K f l Draw.

Moore 1696 Fetscher UNR UCCC 2nd Fall open 10/27/94 Round 3 Fried Liver Attack

1. e 4 e5 2. N f3 N c 6 3. Bc4 N f6 4 . Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 (diagram)

6. Nx f7 Kx f7 7. Q f3+ K e 6 8. N c3 Nb4 9. Qe4 c 6 10 . 0 - 0 b5 11 . Bb3 Na6 12 . d4 Qd6 13 . f4 N c 7 14. fxe5 Qd7 15. Qf5+ Ke7 16. Bg5+ Ke8

17 . e6 Qxe6 18 . Rae l Q x e l 19 . Q f7 Mate.

Goplen 1701 Turkey Open 11/5/94 Sicilian Defense

Nowak 2180

Round 1

1. e4 c 5 2. N f3 N c 6 3. d4 c d 4 4 . Nd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 N f6 7. Bb3 Bd7 8. 0 - 0 Nd4 9. Qd4 Qc7 10 . h3 Be7 11 . Be3 B c6 12 . R ad i 0 - 0 13 . f 4 Nd7 14 . f 5 e5 15 . Q c4 Qa5 16 . Cie2 N f6 17 . Bg5 Rac8 18 . B f6 B f6 19 . Qg4 Q c 5 2 0 . K h2 Q e 3 2 1 . R f3 Qg5 22 . Qg5 Bg5 2 3 . Rfd3 g 6 2 4 . f g6 hg6 2 5 . Rd6 Kg7 2 6 . R6d3 Rh8 27 . BdS Rc7 2 8 . Bc6 b c6 2 9 . Rd7

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29. . .Rhc8 3 0 . Rc7 Rc7 3 1 . Na4 K f6 3 2 . N c5 K e 7 3 3 . Rd3 B e l 3 4 . b4 B f 4 3 5 . g3 Bg5 3 6 . a 4 f5 3 7 . h4 3c1 3 8 . Rf3 f4 3 9 . g f4 Bf4 4 0 . Kh3 6 d 2 4 1 . c 3 B e l 4 2 . Rg3 K f 6 4 3 . Rf3 B f4 4 4 . Nd3 g5 4 5 . hg5 Kg5 4 6 . N f4 e f4 4 7 . K g 2 Re7 4 8 . Rd3 Re4 4 9 . K f 3 Rc4 5 0 . a5 a6 5 1 . K f 2

51 , . . c5 5 2 . Rd5+ Kg4 5 3 . Rxc5 Re4 54 . c 4 Rd4 5 5 . b5 ab5 56 . cb5 Rd2 5 7 . K e l Rg2 5 8 . a6 Rg l 59 . Kd2 f3 6 0 . a7 f 2 6 1 . a 8 - Q f l = Q (a f ew more moves were made and a Draw was agreed - t he last moves were p r e t t y hard t o dec ipher , re f l ec t ing t ime panic on both s ides ).

Motta 2000 Turkey Open 11/5/94 Dutch Defense

D. McCourt 1758

Round 2

I . d 4 f 5 2. g4 fg4 3. B f4 N f6 4 . h3 d5 5. Qd3 c 5 6. hg4 c4 7. Qg3 Ne4 8. Qe3 Qa5 9 . c 3 Qb6 10 . Q c l N d 7 I I . f 3 e5 12 . f e4 e f 4 13 . e5 Be7 14 . Bg2 Qg6 15 . B f 3 Nb6 16. Nh3 Bh4 17 . K d l Bg3 18 . N f4 B f4 19 . Q f 4 Rf8 2 0 . Qg3 B f 5 2 1 . Na3 Na4 2 2 . Nb5 Nb2 2 3 . K e l Rd8 2 4 . Nc7 Kd7 2 5 . Nd5 Be6 26 . Nf4 Qc2

2 9 . K g l Q x c 3 3 0 . d 5+ Rxd5 3 1 . Bxd5+ Kxd5 3 2 . Qg2+ K e 6 3 3 . R f l Qd4+ 34 . Kh2 Qxe5+ 3 5 . K g l Qe3+ Draw agreed.

Carpenter 1807 Turkey Open 11/5/94 English Opening

Erickson 1717

Round 3

1. c 4 e5 2. g3 g 6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e 4 d6 5. Ne2 f5 6. d3 N f6 7. Nbc3 c6 8 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 . Rb l Be6 10 . e f5 g fS 1 1 . b4 Q d 7 12 . b5 Nh5 13 . f 4 e f 4 14. B f4 N f 4 15 . R f4 R f6 16 . Nd4 Rg6 17. Q f3 Bd4 18 . Rd4 a6 19 . a4 ab5 2 0 . ab5 Ra3 2 1 . Ne2 c 5 2 2 . Rh4 b6 2 3 . N f 4 R f6 2 4 . Nd5 Bd5 2 5 . Qd5 Kg7 2 6 . R e l Q f 7 2 7 . Q f 7 Rf7 2 8 . B f l Nd7 2 9 . Re6 Ne5 3 0 . Rhh6

30 . . .Nxd3 3 1 . Rxd6! Ne5 3 2 . Rxb6 f4 3 3 . Ra6 Rc3 34 . Rh3 f3 3 5 . Rh4 f2+ 36 . Kg2 N f3 3 7 . Rg4+ K f8 3 8 . Rf4 Ne1+ 3 9 . Kx f2 Rxf4+ 4 0 . gx f4 Nd3+ 4 1 . Bxd3 Rxd3 4 2 . Rc6 Rd4 4 3 . Rxc5 Rx f4 4 4 , K e 3 Rf7 4 5 . b6 Re7+ 4 6 . K d 4 R+d7 4 7 . Rd5 Rb7 4 8 . K c5 Black resigns.

Motta 2000 Turkey Open 11/6/94 French Defense

Jensen 2033

Round 5

1. d 4 d5 2. e4 e 6 3, e5 c 5 4 , c 3 Nc6 5. N f3 Clb6 6. B e2 Nh6 7. Bd3 NfS 8. d c5 B c5 9 . 0 - 0 Qd8 10 . b4 Bb6

27 . Nxe6 Nd3+!? 2 8 . K f l Kxe6

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n . b5 NaS 1 2. a4 B c5 13 . Re l 0 - 0 14. B f5 efS 15 . h4 Qb6 16. Ra2 8e6 17 . Rae2 N c4 18 . Nd4 Rac8 19 . hS h6 2 0 . Nb3 Be7 2 1 . Qd3 Qc7 2 2 . Nd4 Qd7 2 3 . Qg3 Kh8 24 . Ra2 Bd8 2 5 . B f4 Ba5 26 . Na3 Rc7

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Shughart 1838 Turkey Open 11/6/94 Caro-Kann Defense

Nowak 2180

Round 5

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 de4 4 . Ne4 Nd7 5. B c4 e6 6. Nf3 Ng f6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. 0 € 2 Ne4 9. Be7 Qe7 10. Qe4

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10. . .Qb4+ n . Nd2 Qxb2 12 . 0 - 0 Qc3

7. . .Nd5 8. d c 5 B c5 9 . Ne4 Qb6 10 . Nfg5 h6

13 . Bxe6? Nf6 ! 14. Bx f7+ Kx f7 15 . Q f4 Re8 16. N f3 Qa3 17 . g4 Kg8 18 . Ne5 Rf8 19 . Qg5 Nd5 2 0 . R f e l N f4 2 1 . Q h 4 Q c 3 2 2 . Rad i

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22. . .Qh3! 2 3 . Qxh3 Nxh3+ 24 . Kg2 Nx f2 2 5 . Rd2 Nxg4 2 6 . Re4 Nxe5 27 . dxe5 Be6 2 8 . Kg3 BdS 2 9 . Rg4 b5 White resigns.

Shughart 1838 Turlcey Open 1 1 ^ 4 St. George Defense

Rajala 1553

Round 1

Annotations by Romie Carpenter

T h e f o l l o w i n g g a m e i l lust rates quite wel l severa l o f t he ma in . t enan t s of g ood d e f e n s i v e t e c h n i q u e w h i c h s o m e o f o u r membersh ip may f ind usefu l . A nd , in defense of defense, remember V ince L o m b a r d i ' s i m m o r t a l w o r d s : "If t hey don ' t score on you you can ' t lose; y o u can t i e , but y o u c a n ' t l o s e . " . . . J u s t p l e a s e d o n ' t a s k anyth ing about this opening!

1. e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3 . Nf3 bS 4 . Bd3 Bb7 5. 0 - 0 Nf6 6. Nbd2 cS 7. eS 11 .

11. N x f 7 ? I

Whi le in theory th is type of s a c r i f i c e may not be qu i te sound, p rac t i ca l chances have proven to be ra ther g ood due t o the combinat ion o f poo r de fens i ve t echn ique and a na tu ra l p s y c h o l o g i c a l ave r s i on t o de f en se , wh i ch is cha rac te r i s t i c of m o s t p l a y e r s . Wh i l e d e f e n s e is de f in i te l y more d i f f i cu l t t o conduc t t h an a t t a c k . It doe sn ' t have t o be tha t d i f f i cu l t , and knowing that th is dark c loud has a s i lver l ining should help l ift t he psycho log i ca l burden as w e l l .

F i r s t a nd f o r e m o s t , when y o u r o p p o n e n t o f f e r s ma t e r i a l , un less y o u see a f o r ced win for him, y o u shou l d ve ry s t rong l y cons ider a c c ep t i n g i t . The reason being tha t t h e r e are on ly t w o way s t o win a chess game ~ e i ther you checkmate y ou r opponen t , or y ou win enough m a t e r i a l s o t h a t y o u e ven tua l l y checkmate h im.

1 1 . . . K x t 7 l

S in ce i t ' s no t at all c l ea r how W h i t e ' s u p com i ng a t t a c k wil l w in , B lack a c c e p t s the mater ia l and s a y s " Thank y o u . " Of c ou r s e , in t h i s p a r t i c u l a r p o s i t i o n , if he doe sn ' t t a ke he' l l d rop a pawn, but t h e a b o v e m e n t i o n e d c r i t i c a l Impor tance o f mater ia l gain appl ies equa l ly t o more vo luntary captures . However , th i s is not a l icense t o go " p a w n h u n t i n g " w h e r e s e v e r a l t emp i are g iven up in return for the mater ia l a cqu i red .

12 . QhS K f8 13 . Be3

1 3 . . . N x e 3 l

Th i s one move i l l u s t r a t e s the two main pil lars of good defense — e x c h a n g e y o u r o p p o n e n t ' s a t t a c k i n g p i e ce s and marsha l at least an equal number o f p ieces for de fense as you r opponen t has fo r a t t a ck . Wh i t e ' s dark square b i shop in th i s po s i t i o n was de f i n i t e l y an a t t a c k i ng p iece s ince B l a c k ' s king cou ld on ly go t o e 7 under pain of BgS+! A n d , when garner ing p i e ces fo r d e f e n s e , r e m e m b e r t ha t t h e k i ng , wh i l e a n o t o r i o u s l y p o o r d e f e n d e r , is s t i l l a d e f e n d e r -espec ia l l y if he can make the last capture . But how in the wor ld , y ou ask, does [the t e x t ] c ap tu re br ing p ieces t o B l ack ' s de fense , s ince it s imp l y o pen s t h e " f " f i l e f o r a check by Wh i t e ' s rook? Ve r y good q u e s t i o n ! J u s t r e m e m b e r : Somet imes (as in th i s pos i t ion) it is more e conom i ca l f o r you r k ing t o scurry over t o his de fenders ra ther t han v i ce ve r sa and the upcom ing c h e c k j u s t d r i ve s h im whe r e he wants t o go anyway . True, it does a c t i v a t e the rook, but as F i s cher succ i n c t l y no t ed : "To get squares , y a g o t t a g i ve squa re s . " A n o t h e r consequence o f this exchange is that it i n d i r e c t l y d e f e n d s B l a c k ' s h 6 while saddl ing Whi te w i th doub led & i s o l a t e d ' e ' p awns wh i c h a r en ' t go ing away and cou ld wel l b e c o m e endgame fodder, (cont inued, p. 12)

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E. Mayer 1244 Brennan 1831 Billings G/30 Invitational 11/12/94 Round 5 Closed Sicilian

1. e 4 c 5 2. N c3 N c 6 3 . B c4 a6 4 . Q f 3 Ne5 5. Qe2 N c4 6. Q c4 d6 7. N f3 N f6 8 . e5 b5 9. Qd3 c 4 10. Qd4 Ng4 1 1 . ed6 ed6 12 . Qe4 Be6 13 . Ng5 N f6

14 . Nxe6 Nxe4 15 . Nxd8 Nx c3 16 . N x f 7 ! Nxa2 1 7 . NxhB N x c l 1 8 . R x c l Be7 19 . 0 - 0 K f8 2 0 . R f e l Re8 2 1 . Re6 B f 6 2 2 . Re8 Ke8 2 3 . R e l K f 8 2 4 . Re6

24 . . . Bxb2 ! 2 5 . Rxd6 a5 2 6 . RaS a4 2 7 . Ra8+ K e 7 2 8 . Ra7+ K d 6 2 9 . Hf7+ K c5 3 0 . Ng5

30 . . . Kb6 3 1 . Ra8 Kb7 3 2 . Ra5 Kb6

3 3 . Ra8 K b 7 3 4 . Ra5 Draw {by

repe t i t i on)

Z. Mayer 2045 Thompson 2100 Billings G/30 Invitational 11/12/94 Round 5

. Goring Gambit

1. e 4 e5 2. N f3 N c 6 3. d4 ed4 4 . c3 d5 5. e d5 Qd5 6. c d 4 Bb4 7. N c3 Bg4 8. Be2 0 - 0 - 0 9. Be3 N f6 10 . 0 -0 Qa5 11 . Qb3

l l . . . B x f 3 1 2 . B x f 3 Nxd4 13 . Bxd4 Rxd4 14. a3

14. . .Bxc3 1 5 . Q^b7-t- K d7 16 . Qc6+ K e 7 1 7 . b x c 3 Rd6 18 . R f e l + Re6 19 . Rxe6 f xe6 2 0 . R e l eS 2 1 . Q c4 Re8 2 2 . B c 6 N d 7 2 3 . Qh4 Kd6 2 4 . Qc4 Q c 5 ?

2 5 . Qx c5 K x c 5 2 6 . B xd7 Rd8 and Black resigns.

Greer 1909 Kennedy 1450 Billings G/30 Invitational 11/12/94 Round 5 French Advance (by transposition)

1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4 . c 3 e6 5. f 4 Nge7 6. N f3 h5 7. dc5 Nf5 8 . b4 Bd7 9 . a 3 Be7 10 . Nbd2 Ne3 1 1 . Qb3 N f l 12 . N f l f 6 13 . Be3 f5 14. h4 0 - 0 1 5. Ng5 QeB 16. Nd2 a6 17 . Ndf3 Rb8 18 . c 4 Bg5 19. hg5 g6 2 0 . cd5 ed5 2 1 . Rd l Be6 2 2 . Bd4 Rd8 2 3 . K f 2 Black's flag falls.

Duke1756 Thompson 2100 Billings Q/30 Invitational 11/12/94 Round 6 English Opening

I . c 4 e5 2. N c3 N f6 3. NfS Nc6 4 . g 3 d5 5. cd5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Be6 7. d3 Be7 8. 0 - 0 0 - 0 9 . Ne4 h6 10. b3 f5 I I . Ned2 N c3 12 . Q e l B f 6 13 . Bb2 Nb5 14 . R c l Qd7 15 . N c4 B c4 16 .

16 . . . e 4 ! 1 7 . Bx f6 e x f 3 18 . B x f 3 Rxf6 19 . Rc5 Nbd4 2 0 . Bd5 Kh8

2 1 . e3 QxdS 2 2 . Rxd5 Nf3+ 23 . Kg2 N x e l + 2 4 . R x e l R d 8 White r e s i g n s .

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D. Duke 1756 Match Game #2 11/11/94 Macho Grob

Z. Mayer 2000

Round 1

16 . Rb l Rb l 17 . B b l Ba6 18 . Bg5 Qc4 19 . Re l e6 2 0 . g4 Nf4

I . c 4 g5 2. d4 h6 3. e 4 Bg7 4 . Ne2 d6 5. Ng3 c 5 6. d c 5 Qa5 7. B d 2 Qc5 8. N c3 Bd4 9. Qe2 N f6 10 . f 3 Bd7 I I . R b l N c 6 12 . Nb5 Rc8 13 . Nd4 Nd4 14. Qd3 b5 15. Bc3 Ne6 16. B f6 N f4 17 . Qd4 e f 6 1 8 . Q f 6 RgS 19 . Qc3 b c4 20 . Rd l a5 2 1 . Rd4 Rg6

^ i pis 2 2 . Rxc4 Nxg2 ! 2 3 . K d 2 Q f2+ 2 4 . Be2 Rxc4 2 5 . Qxc4 Q,e3+ 2 6 . K d l

26 . . .Qx f3 ! 2 7 . B x f 3 Ne3+ 2 8 . K d 2 Nxc4 2 9 . K c 3 Ne5 3 0 . B e2 R f6 3 1 . R f l R f l 32 . N f l B e6 33 . a3 Kd7 34 . Ne3 K c 6 3 5 . b4 a b 4 3 6 . K b 4 Kb6 3 7 . N c 4 Nc4 3 8 . B c 4 g 4 3 9 . a 4 h5 4 0 . a5 Kb7 4 1 . B f l h4 4 2 . K c 3 f 6 4 3 . Kd4 K c6 4 4 . a 6 Kb6 4 5 . K e3 d5 4 6 . Kd4 de4 4 7 . K e 4 Bd7 4 8 . K f 4 h3 4 9 . Be2 f5 5 0 . B f l B c 6 5 1 . Bd3 Ka7 5 2 . Kg3 Kb6 5 3 . K f 4 Draw.

Z. Mayer 2000 D. Duke 1805 December Blizzard Quad 12/3/94 Round 1 Sici l ian Defense

I . e 4 c 5 2. N f 3 N c 6 3 . d4 c d 4 4 . Nd4 g6 5. Nc6 b c6 6. Qd4 N f6 7. e5 Ng8 8. e 6 N f6 9. e f 7 K f 7 10 . c 4 Bg7 I I . Qh4 Rb8 12 . N c3 Qa5 1 3 . Bd3 Nh5 14. 0 - 0 Bc3 15 . b c 3 Q c 3

2 1 . B f 6 R f8 2 2 . Be7* RgS 2 3 . Q f6+ Draw agreed. *{Zygmond s aw poss ib i l i t i e s w i th

2 2 . Qxh7+ Kx f 6 2 3 . g5+ Kxg5 24 . Qe7+ Rf6 2 5 . h4+, e t c . but he was running out of t ime)

Rayburn 1561 McBroom 1617 U C C C 3rd Fall Open 12/1/94 Round 3 London Sysytem

1. d 4 N f6 2. B f 4 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4 . Be2 d6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nd2 e5 7. Bh2 0 - 0 8 . c3 Re8 9 . Qc2 ed4 10 . ed4 Nb6 11 . 0 - 0 - 0 a5 12 . g4 Nbd5 13 . B c4 Bd7

Now follow along as White trades his queen for two knights and two bishops!

14 , g 5 l b5 15 . gx f6 B f 5 1 6 . Qx f5 gx fS 17 . Bxd5 Rb8 18 . fxg7 b4 19 . c x b4 Rxb4 2 0 . Ng f 3 Qd7 2 1 . N b l Re2 2 2 . Rd2 Rd2 2 3 . N fd2 Rd4 2 4 . Nc3 c 6 2 5 . Bb3 f4 26 . Nf3 Rb4 2 7 . Ng5 Rb3 2 8 . ab3 h6 2 9 . Nge4 Qh3 3 0 . N f 6 Kg7 3 1 . Ng4 h5 3 2 . Rg l hg4 33 . B f4 d5 34 . Be3 f5 3 5 . K b i Qh2 36 . Rg3 Q h l 3 7 . Ka2 K f 7 3 8 . Ne2 Q d l 3 9 . Nd4 f4 4 0 . B f4 Qd4 4 1 . Rg4 Q f2 4 2 . Bd6 Qe2 4 3 . Ra4

43. . .Qd1 4 4 . RaS Ke6 4 5 . Bc5 d 4 4 6 . Bb4 d3 4 7 . Rc5 Kd7 4 8 . Rc4 Qe2 4 9 . Rd4 K c 7 5 0 . Ba5 Kb7 5 1 . Rd7 Ka6 5 2 . B c 3 Kb6 5 3 . Rd6 Kb5 54 . Ka3 Q f l 5 5 . Ka2 Q f 3 5 6 . Ka3 Q f8 5 7 . B b 4 c 5 5 8 . Rd5 Qa8+ W h i t e r e s i g n s .

C a r p e n t e r 1807 McCou r t 1758 U C C C 3rd Fall Open 12/1/94 Round 3 E n g l i s h O p e n i n g

1. c 4 f5 2. g3 N f6 3. Bg2 g6 4 . Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nge2 e5 7. 0 - 0 O-0 8 . d4 d 6 9. b3 a5 10 . Bb2 Re8 11 . Q d 2 e 4 12 . Rae l Nb4 13 . N c l d5 14. a3 Na6 15. Nd5 Nd5 16. cd5 Qd5 17 . f3 Nc5 18 . Qc2 e f3 19 . B f3 Ne4 2 0 . Qc7 Ra6 2 1 . Q c4 Be6 2 2 . Qd5 BdS 2 3 . b4 ab4 24 . ab4 Rb6 25 . Be4 Be4 2 6 . B c3 B f8 2 7 . Rf2 Bb4 2 8 . Bb4 Rb4 2 9 . Ra2 RcB 30 . Ne2 gS 3 1 . K f2 Rbc4 32 . h4 h6 3 3 . hgS hgS 34 . N g l g4 3 5 . Ne2 Rc2 36 . Rc2 Rc2 3 7 . K g l b5 3 8 . dS BdS 3 9 . Nd4 Rg2+

m. mm m m m f

I • H B

Draw ag reed .

Duke 1805 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 English Opening

Z. Mayer 2000

Round 1

1. c 4 N f 6 2 . N c3 eS 3 . N f3 e4 4 . Ng5 Qe7 5. f 3 QcS 6. d3 e3 7. Nge4 Ne4 8. Ne4 Qb4 9. N c 3 Bd6 10 . a3 Q c S 1 1 . N d S Q d 4 1 2 . R b l ? (12 .Nxe3) Qh4+ W h i t e r e s i g n s .

Shuck1698 E. Mayer 1302 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 Round 2 Queen's Pawn Opening

1. d4 N f6 2. c 4 dS 3. N f3 Bg4 4 . N c3 B f3 5. g f3 e 6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. c 5 Be7 9 . f4 a6 10 . a3 b6

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Shuck / E. Mayer cont.

n. b4 0 - 0 12 . c b6 c b 6 13 . Bg2 Qd6 14. Na4 b5 15 . Nc5 Rac8 16 . :)-0 BdS 17. Qe2 Ne7 18 . Rae l B c7 19 . Nd3 Nf5 20 . Ne5 Ne4 2 1 . Rc6 Qe7 2 2 . Nf3 Ra8 2 3 . R f e l B d6 2 4 . Bh3 Rfd8 25 . B e l Qd7 26 . Ne5 Be5 27 . fe5 Rac8 28 . Rc8 Rc8 2 9 . Rc8 QcS 30 . B f5 efS 3 1 . f 3 Ng5 3 2 . h4 Ne6 33 . Q d l f4 34. Bd2 fe3 3 5 . Be3 NfS 36 . Qd3 Ng6 3 7 . h5 Nh4 38 . B f 2

3 8 . . . Q c l + 3 9 . K h2 Qf4+ 4 0 . K h l Nx f3 4 1 . B g l Qh4+ 4 2 . K g 2 Ne1 + W h i t e r e s i g n s .

Scarff 1617 Kuba 1917 ^utettde Open 12/10/94 Round 2 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

1. d 4 N f6 2. f 3 d5 3. e 4 d e4 4, N c3 e f 3 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Ne5 NdS 10 . Qf3 c6 11 . gS Bb4 12 . h4 BfS 13 . Bd2 B c3 14. b c 3 Nd7 15 . R f l NeS 16 . deS Q c 7 17 . 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 8 . R f e l hS 19 . B e2 QaS 2 0 . c 4 Qa2 2 1 . Qb3 Q a l 2 2 . Q b l Q b l 2 3 . K b i N c 7 24 . Be3 R d l 25 . Rd l b6 2 6 . Kb2 c 5 2 7 . R a l a6 28 . Rd l Bg4 29 . Bg4 hg4 30 . B f2 Rd8 3 1 . R f l NeS 32 . K c3 g6 3 3 . Bg3 Rd7 34 . Rf4 Ng7 3 5 . Rg4 N fS 3 6 . B f2 Kc7 37 . Rg l Kc6 3 8 . Ra l aS 3 9 . Rb l Nd4 40 . Re l b5 4 1 . cbS NbS 4 2 . Kb3 Rd2 4 3 . R f l Nd4 4 4 . Bd4 Rd4 4 5 . Rf7 a4 4 6 . Ka3 Rh4 4 7 . R f6 Kd5 4 8 . Rg6 KeS 4 9 . RgS Rg4 SO. Rc8 K d 6 5 1 . Rd8 Ke7 5 2 . RgS K f 7 5 3 . RaS RgS 54 . Ka4 D r a w a g r e e d .

Arnot 1255 Long 1700 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 Round 2 Scotch Gambit

1. e 4 eS 2. N f 3 N c 6 3. d4 ed4 4 . B c 4 Bb4 5. c 3 d c 3 6. 0 - 0 Nge7 7. N c3 B c3 8 . b c3 d6 9 . NgS 0 - 0

1 0 . QhS h 6 1 1 . N x f 7 Rx f7 1 2 . Qx f7+ Kh7 13 . f 4 Bd7 14 . Bd3 Kh8 15 . R f3 Q f8 16 . Q f8 Rf8 17. Be3 a6 18 . B d 4 NdS 1 9 . R a f i cS 2 0 . Be3 bS 2 1 . fS N e c 6 2 2 . f 6 gS 2 3 . RgS NeS 24 . B e2 B c 6

2 5 . B xg5 ! hxgS 2 6 . RxgS Bxe4 2 7 . Rh5+ K a 8 2 8 . Rf4 BdS

2 9 . Rg5+ K f 7 3 0 . Rg7+ KeS 3 1 . Re7 M a t e

P r i c e 1331 Duke 1805 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 Round 2 Orangutan Opening

1. NfS N f 6 2. b4 b 6 3 . c 4 e6 4 . a3

4.. .Bb7 5. e3 c 5 6. b5 dS 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb2 0 - 0 9 . Be2 Nbd7 10 . 0 - 0 Qc7 11 . d3 Rad8 12 . Nbd2 Bd6 13 . h3 d c 4 14 . d c 4 NeS 1 5 . NeS BeS 16 . BeS QeS 17 . Qc2 Rd7 18 . N fS Qe4 19 . Qe4 Ne4 2 0 . NeS Rd2 2 1 . B f3 RfdS 2 2 . N c 6 B c 6 2 3 . b c 6 fS 24 . Rad i RcS 2 5 . Be4 R d l 2 6 . R d l fe4 2 7 . Rd6 K f7 2 8 . Rd7 K f 6 2 9 . c 7 D r a w a g r e e d .

Z. Mayer 2000 Johansson 2113 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 Round 3 French Defense

1. e4 e6 2. c 4 dS 3 . edS edS 4 . d 4 N f6 5. BgS Be7 6. N c3 c 6 7. N fS 0 -0 8 . BdS Nbd7 9 . 0 - 0 d c 4 10 . B c 4 Nb6 1 1 . Bb3 Bg4 12 . R e l NfdS 13 . Be7 Ne7 14. h3 Bh5 15 . ReS BfS 16 . Qf3 N g 6 17 . Re4 Nd7 18 . Rd l N f 6 19. Re3 QaS 20 . dS Nh4 2 1 . Qf4 Ng6 2 2 . QfS RadS 2 3 . RgS

23. . .Nxd5 24 . NxdS c xdS 2 5 . BxdS KhS D r a w a g r e e d .

Carpenter 1913 Kuba 1917 Yuletide Open 12/10/94 Round 3 English Opening

1. c4 e5 2. g3 N f6 3. Bg2 dS 4 . c dS ^ NdS 5. N c3 N b 6 6. N fS N c 6 7. 0 - 0 Be6 8. d3 Be7 9 . Be3 NdS 10 . NdS BdS 11 . Qa4 0 - 0 12 . Rae l f 6 1 3 . ^ Rc3 a6 14 . R f e l Rf7 1 5 . a3 KhS 16 . Nd2 Bg2 17 . Kg2 fS 18 . Qb3 Rf6 19 . f 4 e f 4 2 0 . B f 4 Nd4 2 1 . Qb7 Ne2 2 2 . Be7 Qe8 2 3 . BeS N c 3 2 4 . B f6 B f 6 2 5 . b c3 Rb8 26 . R e l Q d 8 2 7 . Q c 6 RcS 28 . Qe6 h6 2 9 . Qa6 RcS 3 0 . N fS

A n s w e r f rom p ,3 : B i r d ' s O p e n i n g

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Carpenter / Kuba cont.

30. . .Qd5 3 1 . ReS Kh7 3 2 . QaS Qa2 3 3 . Kh3 RdS 3 4 . RhB Kg6 3 5 . QeS Q f7 36 . Nh4 Bh4 3 7 . Q f7 K f 7 3 8 . Kh4

At this point (diagram) Romie (White), having w 3 minutes left on the clock, invoked The protective umbrella of the " Insu f f i c i en t l o s ing chances " rule here, and after some deliberation wi th the expert level players in attendance, the decision was made to observe the progress of the game a while longer so as to see if White could make progress in the direction of a win.

It was important to determine if Whi te wou ld s imply use a s ta tegy o f e m p l o y i n g d i l a t o r y t a c t i c s intending t o run B lack ' s cloci< out.

This was the thrust of Romie's claim - to require Black to demonstrate progress. Turns out the board was reduced to a clear draw.

IA little jewel from the past | Jan Johansson Samuli KakI 8/16/86 Helsinki Relffson Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d4 ed4 3. NfS Nc6 4. BbS Bc5 5. 0-0 Nge7 6. Ng5!? 0-0 7. QhS h6 8. Nf7 Rf7 9. QcS KhS 10. Bc4 d6 11. QhS Rf6 12. BgS Rf8 13. Bh6 g6 14. Qh4 1 - 0

oesn't Kip Limesand remind you of Paul Morphy? It's not the way he looks. He doesn't play with h is

ig^ back to the board. He doesn't have the same ar i s tocrat ic contempt for h i s opponents . He doesn't have the same tubercular cough. Maybe it 's the bril l iant moves that come UteraUy spewing out of his finger-tips. They don't literally spew all the time. They don't L . S . most of the time. Some of the time? This mssy be the orify exanqie:

White: Kip (Morphy) Umesand Black: Jim (Duke of Brunswick) Loy MSU Chess Club 1993 Annotations by Jim Loy

1. e4 eS 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3

5. Bc4 (From the Goring Gambit to the Danish Gambit) c x b 2 6. Bxb2

6...Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6

8. 0 - 0 0-0

t±t± tx±

9. e5 Ng4 10. NdS Bc5 11. h3

11 . . .Nxf2 (Hey, if I'd known he is good, I wouldn't have gotten into this) 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 d6

14. Nfe+I gxf6 (14...Kh8 1 S.NgS is scary)

m m

15. exf6 BfS 16. Q d 2 Khe 17. Qh6

17...RgS 18. Bxf7 Q f S

19. Qh5 Bg6

i

20. Bxg6 Rxg6

21. f7+ Rg7

m mmt

2 2. Bf6!

22...Ne5 23. NgS

Black resigns. (See?)

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Shughart / Rajala continued., .(from p.6)

14. txe3 Ke7 15. Qf7+ K d 8

16. Q x g 7

T h i s w i n s b a c k s o m e ma te r i a l , bu t a l so opens t h e f i le l ead ing t o W h i t e ' s mona r c h and s ince B lack a l ready has him pre t ty wel l bo res i gh ted w i t h two b i shops and the queen, th is pawn cou ld turn ou t t o be no t h i ng more t h an a "G r e c i a n G i f t . "

1 6 . . . R e S 17. Nf6 Re7 18. QfS

1 8 . . . R e S ?

One prerequ is i te for p lay ing good defense is the abi l i ty t o suf fer pat ient ly . Here B lack may have had a p s y c ho l o g i c a l whee l c o m e o f f . A f t e r 18. . . K c 7 19 . Ne8+ Rxe8 2 0 . Qxe8 N c 6 f o l l owed by s ome th i ng like . . .Bxe3+ & .. .Qd4 Black may be w i n n i n g . In any e v e n t , it w i l l d e f i n i t e l y be h is t u r n t o s t a r t hav ing all t he f un — wh i ch is t he i nev i t ab le r eward f o r pa t i en t and success fu l de fense .

P s y c h o l o g i c a l l y , a v e r y impo r t an t po in t t o r e m e m b e r at t i m e s l i ke t h i s i s : "If y o u r o p p o n e n t ' s a t t a c k r e a c h e s i t s m a x i m u m and y o u ' r e s t i l l a l i ve , t h e n y o u s h o u l d be in g o o d s h a p e ! " . o r in o t h e r w o r d s , t h e worm is about t o tu rn .

[Editor's note: The game Motta / Carpenter (Chinook Open, 1994) in the Sept., Oct.

MCN provides a good example of patience in surviving an attack and ^ coming out ahead] ' The third pillar of good defense (not i l lustrated by th is game) is t o avo id weakening pawn moves around your king if at all possible.

Good luck, and never lose s i gh t o f t h e f a c t t h a t if y o u r opponen t c hoo se s t o a t t a ck you r k i n g , t h e n h e ' s " g o t t a g i v e squares" which could come back t o haunt him later. The game cont inued 19. Qxe8 Kc7 20 . Qg8 Be3 2 1 . K h l BgS 2 2 . NeS Kc8 23 . Nd6 Kc7 24 . Nb7 Qb7 25 . Rad i Nc6 26 . Qh7 RdS 27 . Be4 Qb6 28 . Rd6 Kc8 2 9 . Bc6 d c6 3 0 . Qd3 Be7 3 1 . RdS BdS 3 2 . RfS Qc7 3 3 . g4 Qe7 3 4 . RhS K c 7 3 5 . Rh7 Kb6 36 . Re7 Be7 37 . QeS Bc5 38 . Qh6 Bd4 39 . g5 BeS 4 0 . g6 Bb2 4 1 . g7 Bg7 4 2 . Qg7 Kc5 4 3 . h4 e t c . and Black resigns. - RC.

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