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CANADA'SCANADA'S CHESSCHESS MAGAZINEMAGAZINE FORFOR KIDSKIDSDECEMBERDECEMBER 20092009 number 100number 100

SCHOLAR’S MASCHOLAR’S MATE: 100th ISSUE!!TE: 100th ISSUE!!

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Magazine Info 4How To Read Chess 6Letters To Kiril 7Chess Camps 12Ed & Alec 13Chess Challenge 14Canada Top Ten 15Tactics 101 16Combo Mombo 17Regional Top 10’s 18Top Girls 22

Mate in 1 24Mate in 2 25Mate in 3 26Lily’s Puzzler 27News 28WYCC Results 30Who’s The Goof? 31Kiril’s Kontest 32Kiril’s e-mail 47Tournaments 48Solutions 51

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CORRALLING KNIGHTS 8Kiril’s Klass Trapping Pieces Part 1

DID YOU KNOW ... ? 23Chess Trivia With Your Host Biff the B

ELVIS AND THE JAILBIRDS 34Kiri l's KornerThe Invisible Pawn Part 2


It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

WHITE KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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Answers to Kiril’s Kontest (#99) . . .Note: In Triple Loyd A. Kd5, the position is impossible inreal chess. The bishop at a8 should be at b7.

Yinshi Li North York, ON

Hi Yinshi,Thanks for entering my contest. Your answers were

all correct, but I’m sorry to say that somebody elsewon the drawing for the t-shirt. Maybe you will winnext time! My new contest is on page 33.

In triple loyd part A (see the diagram), the positioncould happen in a real game. When you’re a pawn likeme, you always think about a promotion!

Kiril

LETTERSTTOO

KIRIL

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WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVE?

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Sometimes there is no way out for a wandering knight.

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German grandmaster SiegbertTarrasch is famous for manychess sayings. One of the bestknown says that: “A knight onthe rim is dim.”

The rim means the side of theboard and knights have lessfreedom to move there. Thatcan often lead to trouble, as inposition # 1. The knight has nosafe squares to run to and getstrapped by 1.b4!

Because of their impressivejumping powers, knights are notso easy to catch in the middleof the board. But it can happen.Example #2 is from the SteinitzVariation of the French Defence:1.e4 e6 2.d4 e5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5Ne4? (4...Nfd7!) 5.Nce2. Blackmust be very careful here. The standard move 5...c5?would lose to 6.f3! Ng5 7.h4, trapping the helpless knight.(Also bad is 5...h6? 6.h4! The best defence is 5...f6though white still stands better after 6.Nf4! )

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Diagram #3 shows how a knightcan get caught behind enemypawns. Black decides to capturethe white a-pawn with 1...Nb4?!2.Kd2 Nxa2? but soon discoversthat the knight has no escaperoute. White replies 3.c3! andthen brings the king over to takethe knight. (3...b5 4.Kc2 b4 5.c4a5 6.Kb3 c6 7.Kxa2 1-0)

Knights frequently get trappedin corners. This is where theirmobility is smallest. In #4, thewhite king helps to keep theknight boxed in. After 1.Kd2!white captures with the rook.

#5 is a typical case where aplayer wins the exchange (R forB or N) but gets a knight stuckin the corner. The opening wasa Nimzovich Defence: 1.e4 Nc62.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4(A better move is 4...e5!) 5.Nc3Bxf3 6.Nxd5 Bxd1 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Bxc2 9.d5 Nd4.Black will have two pieces for a rook now if the knightcan be captured. A sample line is 10.Bf4 e5! 11.dxe6 e.p.(11.Bxe5? Bb4#) Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Bg6!14.exf7 Bxf7 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.Bb5 Nge7 17.a3 Kd7 18.Rhd1Rxa8 and black has a material edge.


The king traps the knight byhimself in example #6. 1.Kg7!(1...Kb3 2.Kxh8 Kc4 3.h4 Kd54.h5 Ke6 5.Kg7 and the h-pawnpromotes.)

In position #7, the white queentakes care of business on herown with 1.Qd5. And the knightis lost.

The ending in diagram #8 ismore complicated. White givesup the f-pawn to trap the knightwith the bishop. 1.f7! Kg7 2.Be7Kxf7 3.Bb4! The white king nowmarches over to do the dirtywork. 3...Kf6 4.Kf2 Kf5 5.Ke3 e56.Kd3 e4+ 7.Kc2 Kf4 8.Kxb1 Kf39.Kc2 e3 10.Kd1 Kf2 11.Bc5! 1-0

Arabian master Al-Aldi usedexample #9 over 1100 years ago!Black could draw if the king andknight where not so awkwardlyplaced near the corner. Whitewins by 1.Rd1! Kb8 2.Ka6! Nc5+3.Kb6 Na4+ 4.Kc6 Nc3 5.Re1Ka7 6.Re3 Nb1 7.Rd3! The blackknight is corralled. One way forwhite to win now is to bring theking back and capture the knighton b1. See page 50 for moreanalysis.

Let’s finish off this lesson witha fun problem where the knightscorral a king. Notice the fancyhoofwork near the corners! It’swhite to move in diagram #10and mate in 7 moves. solution page 50

So long, partners!

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X-RAYS

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BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 51

Hello, medical students.An x-ray is a move that attacks two pieces along the same

line. After the first piece (usually a K or Q) moves away, theone behind it is taken. This tactic is also called a skewer.

In this diagram, Black to play can win the exchange withthe x-ray 1...Bg6! The bishop attacks the white queen andaims through her at the rook on b1. 2.Qb3 Bxb1

White to move has their own x-ray, but they must firstremove the guard on b6. 1.Rxb6! axb6 2.Qc8+ Ke7 3.Qxh8

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GRADE 7GRADE 71 BENDZSA Matthew 1271 NL2 PETERS Jeremy 1096 NS3 CROWELL Iain 1085 PE4 ZHANG MaoMao 1064 NL5 WANG Jeffrey 1017 NS6 MAITZEN Owen 1015 NS7 SCOTT Nicholas 1013 PE8 HINK Ian 946 PE9 ROBERTS Jennika 885 NB

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Stalemate has not alwaysbeen a draw. When chess wasinvented in India 1500 yearsago, a stalemate counted as awin. But after the game cameto Europe in the 14th century,the rule changed.

Everyone agreed that a stalemate should not bea victory, but they could not agree what the newrule should be! For several hundred years, variouscountries had different stalemate rules.

In Spain, during the 1700’s, a stalemate countedas a half victory (½ for the winner, 0 for the loser).

In France, a player in stalemate forfeited theirturn, and the opponent got two moves in a row.

The rule in England until 1808 was totally weird:the player who got stalemated won the game!

Italy decided that a stalemate should be a draw,and eventually it was their rule that was acceptedby the entire world.

Can you imagine the effect on basic endgames ifa stalemate still counted as a win!?

A STALEMATE is one particular kind of draw. It happens when aplayer has no legal moves and is not in check. Other types of draw are repeating the same position three times,

playing 50 moves without a capture or pawn move, not havingenough material for mate, or simply agreeing to a draw. Thesedraws should not be called “stalemate”.


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LLIILLYY''SS PPUUZZZZLLEERRHI BOYS AND GIRLS!!It’s time again for the old

SWITCHEROO! Your goal isto put the black king in mateby having two pieces changeplaces with each other.Switch any 2 pieces. Colours

do not matter. You can switchwhite with white, black withblack, or white with black. Youcan even switch a king.

The resulting position mustbe legal. (Both kings can notbe in check, and no pawns onfirst rank.) Good luck!

S W I T C H E R O O SS W I T C H E R O O SSWITCH THE PLACES OF ANY TWO PIECESSO THAT BLACK IS IN CHECKMATE. solutions page 51

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CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

B.C. JUNIORThe 2009 British Columbia JuniorChess Championship was heldon November 14-15 in Vancouverwith 16 players. The winner wasfifth grader Janak Awatramani(Vancouver), with 4½ points outof 5. Tying for second place at3½ were defending champ TanrajSohal, John Doknjas, and YimingHan.

VICTORIA JUNIORThe 9th annual Victoria Junior

Chess Championship was held onDecember 6. The champions inthe three grade groups were:

K-3 Matthew Geng4-7 Jason Cao

8-12 Joshua Wild

FIDE WORLD CUPCanadian champion Jean Hébert (Montreal) travelled to Siberia last

month for the FIDE World Cup, a seven round knockout tournamentwith 128 elite players from around the globe. Unfortunately, he lost inthe first round against Russian grandmaster Peter Svidler.

The winner of the event, Boris Gelfand (Israel), qualifies for thecandidate matches which will determine the challenger for the 2011World Chess Championship.

Meanwhile, world champion Viswanathan Anand (India) will defend histitle this spring against current challenger Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria).The 12 game match will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, starting April 5.The prize fund is 2 million Euros (over 3 million dollars). Not bad for afew games of chess, eh?

MANITOBA JUNIORThe Manitoba Junior took place

November 15 in Winnipeg. Thenew champion, with 4 points outof 4, is Paolo Araullo (Somerset).The runner-up was Igal Raihmanand Leah Green placed third.

ALBERTA JUNIORSix players took part in the 2009

Alberta Junior Championship onNovember 9th in Calgary. Firstplace went to 9th grader DavidZhang (Calgary) with 4½ pointsout of 5 games. There was a tiefor second place between ReginaKalaydina and Yuekai Wang.

WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPThe 2009 World Youth Chess Championships took place in November

at Antalya, Turkey. 1299 kids from 90 different countries participatedthis year, including 20 Canadians (13 boys and 7 girls).

The big news maker for Team Canadawas Richard Wang. The seventh gradestudent from Edmonton came in thirdplace in the under 12 years old section.An awesome performance!

Eric Hansen from Calgary also had anoutstanding result, scoring 7 points out of11, and tying for 14th place in the under18 section. Other Canadians with a plusscore in the open sections were DavidZhang (Calgary), Karoly Szalay (Ottawa),Yuanchen Zhang (Toronto), and DezhengKong (Vancouver).

Our top scorers in the girls competitionwere Alexandra Botez (Vancouver) whotied for 20th place in under 14, with 6½points, and Jiaxin Liu (Unionville ON),who had 6 points in the under 8 group.

See page 30 for all the Canadian resultsand the top three players in each section.Next year’s WYCC will be held in Greece.

QUEBEC YOUTHThe 2009 Quebec Youth Chess

Championship was contested by52 players on November 27-29in Montreal. The winners were:

<10 HongRui Zhu<12 Nicholas Johnson<14 Laurent Allard<16 Seymour Gelet

WORLD JUNIORThe World Junior Championship

took place from October 22 toNovember 4 at Mar del Plata,Argentina. There were 84 players,including 17 grandmasters! The“junior category” means under 20years old.

The winner on tiebreak pointswas Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ofFrance. The runners-up wereSergei Zhigalko (Belarus) andMichal Olszewski (Poland).

Canadian junior champion RajaPanjwani (Kitchener) was unableto attend.In the separate Girls Under 20

Championship, first place went toBetul Yildiz (Turkey).

RICHARD WANG

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OPEN under 8 OPEN under 8 (129 players)1 GHOLAMI Aryan Iran 92 VASUDEVA Tanuj USA 8½3 TABATABAEI Mohammad Iran 8½

48 ZHANG Yuanchen Canada 677 WAN Kevin Canada 5

OPEN under 10 OPEN under 10 (146)1 BAI Jinshi China 92 KARTHIKEYAN Murali India 93 ZHANG Han Yu China 9

36 KONG Dezheng Canada 6½75 GRAIF William Canada 5½

OPEN under 12OPEN under 12 (130)1 CHENG Bobby Australia 92 DUDA Jan-Krzysztof Poland 8½3 WANG Richard Canada 8½

QIAN Jack Canada 4

OPEN under 14OPEN under 14 (138)1 CORI Jorge Peru 92 DRAGUN Kamil Poland 8½3 SAI Krishna India 8½ 59 ZHANG David Canada 661 KAMINSKI Thomas Canada 5½

ITKIN David Canada 4

OPEN under 16OPEN under 16 (119)1 SETHURAMAN S.P. India 92 VIDIT Santosh India 93 LAGARDE Maxime France 8

45 SZALAY Karoly Canada 682 WANG Jesse Canada 5

OPEN under 18OPEN under 18 (104)1 MATLAKOV Maxim Russia 92 SALGADO LOPEZ Ivan Spain 8½3 PIORUN Kacper Poland 818 HANSON Eric Canada 752 KAMINSKI Victor Canada 5½83 ME Kevin Canada 4½

GIRLS under 8GIRLS under 8 (83) (out of 11)1 CHU Ruotong China 9½2 PALAKOLLU Samritha USA 8½3 LI Yunshan China 8½31 LIU Jiaxin Canada 6

GIRLS under 10GIRLS under 10 (83) 1 MAMMADZADA G. Azerbaijan 10½2 IVANA Maria India 8½3 HOJJATOVA Aydan Azerbaijan 8½62 GIBLON Melissa Canada 4½

GIRLS under 12GIRLS under 12 (106)1 KHADEMALSHARIEH S. Iran 102 STYAZHKINA Anna Russia 9½3 GORYACHKINA A. Russia 8½58 GIBLON Rebecca Canada 5½

GIRLS under 14GIRLS under 14 (100)1 EFROIMSKI Marsel Israel 92 LACH Aleksandra Poland 93 SARANYA J. India 8½31 BOTEZ Alexandra Canada 6½

GIRLS under 16GIRLS under 16 (100)3 CORI Deysi Peru 102 ARABIDZE Meri Georgia 8½3 PAIKIDZE Nazi Georgia 861 KAGRAMANOV Dalia Canada 596 LAM Karen Canada 3½

GIRLS under 18GIRLS under 18 (61)1 GIRYA Olga Russia 8½2 TSATSALASHVILI Keti Georgia 8½3 OZTURK Kubra Turkey 848 Jasmine Du Canada 4½

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We received 3 correct solutions to October’s contest.1 Mate in 1 1.Rd6#2 Mate in 2 1.Rxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5# 3 Maze Qd1-e2-d3-e4-h4-g3-d6-a3-b3xg84 Loyd A.Kd5 B.Kd1 C.Kh1 (Rg4#)The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is :

Wayne Einarsson of Winnipeg, Manitoba

WELCOMEWELCOME TOTO MYMY CONTEST !CONTEST !Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the nextpage? Mail me your answers if you do.One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.White moves first in the mate problems.In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”before, here are some examples:

In a CHESSMAZECHESSMAZE only one whitepiece moves. In this maze, it’sthe white rook. The object is tocapture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the rook can be taken. Drawa line to show the path of therook. This is a Maze in 18. Thatmeans you should get the king ineighteen moves or less.

The TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD was inventedby Sam Loyd, a famous chesscomposer. They are called triplebecause there are three parts. Inpart A, you place the black kingon the board so that he is incheckmate. In part B, place him instalemate. For part C, put theblack king down so that Whitehas a mate in 1. solutions page 51

KIRIL'S KONTESTKIRIL'S KONTESTMail entries to: 3423 St. Denis #400 Montreal, Quebec H2X 3L2or e-mail to: [email protected] Deadline : January 15

Only the white ROOK moves.Capture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the rook can be taken.

MAMATE IN 1TE IN 1

CHESSMAZE IN 21CHESSMAZE IN 21 TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD

MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2

PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :A CheckmateB StalemateC Mate in 1


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The mystery continues . . . on a cold and grey Canadianmorning. As the snow flies, a police van arrives outsidethe prison walls. The gate opens, and the guards leadKiril in.

The cold wind was there to greet him. It blew thecap right off his head. When Kiril tried to catch it, hetripped over his chains and bumped his runny nose onthe frozen ground. Ow!

Kiril looked up and saw someonevery big looking down at him. It wasJumbo Pawn, the prison guard.

“Hi, Kiril. Welcome to your newhome. From now on, your nameis number 47. Follow me.”

Jumbo took the prisoner to hiscell, gave him a kleenex, andlocked the door.

Life in prison really stunk. The bread was always staleand the water had a funny taste. But the worst thingwas working on the rock pile. Every day meant anotherten hours of sweat and blisters. What a pain!

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K I R I L’ SORNER


In case you missed our last episode, here’swhat happened in part one: Kiri l was walkingdown the street and someone gave him abag with the stolen Blue Lunar Chess Setinside. The police arrested Kiri l for stealingit! At his trial, the judge found him guilty andsentenced Kiri l to ten years in chess prison.


The weeks went slowly by and Kiril made friends withthe other inmates. His best pals were Larry and Moe.Sometimes they got to play chess together.

Moe Pawn was in jail for chess misconduct. Once in atournament, he stuck a rook up his opponent’s nose!Another time he set off a firecracker at chess club, andalmost blew up half the building!

Larry was a computer nerd. His favourite crime washacking into chess programs. He liked to give them avirus that lets the pawns move backwards!

And so the months went slowly by. Every night Kirildreamt about the things he missed: soft pillows, pizza,and especially his mom.

Then one summer afternoon, Jumbo said, “Hey, 47,I want you to meet your new cellmate.”

Kiril couldn’t believe his eyeballs when he saw whowas standing there. ELVIS PAWNSLEY, the King ofRock’n’Roll.

“Gee, Elvis, I thought you were dead.”Elvis laughed when he heard that! “No sirree, Kiril,

I was just staying out of sight for a while.”“But, Elvis, what are doing here in jail?”“That’s a long story, Kiril.

I was caught in a trap.Someone took somethingthat belonged to a friendof mine, and I was tryingto get it back for them. Assoon as I took it though,the police were waiting forme.”

Kiril felt sad for Elvis. Buthe was glad too. Now hehad another friend to playchess with!

1. e4 e52. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 !?

ELVIS GAMBIT

Once called the EvansGambit, this sacrifice isnow named for the king.The idea is to gain time forquickly building up a bigpawn centre.

4. . . . Bxb4

5. c3 Ba5

6. O- O Nf6

7. Ba3

Elvis always plays for theattack. Here he preventsKiril from castling.

7. . . . Bb6 ?

Better was 7...d6. Buteven then, Kiril has someproblems after 8.d4.

White ELVIS PAWNSLEYBlack KIRIL the PAWN

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THE KING


8. d4 exd4 9. Qb3 ! Threatening mate on the

weak spot f7.9. . . . d5A better defence is the

ugly 9...d6 10.Bxf7+ Kf8. 10. exd5 Na5Kiril was hoping to save

himself with this fork. Hedidn’t see that the opene-file was death row.

11. Re1+ Be6 Running by 11...Kd7 losesto 12.Ne5+!

12. dxe6! The king sacks his queen!

12. . . . Nxb3 Kiril can’t resist the offer.What else could he do?

WHITE TO MATE IN 6

Elvis saw the mate rightaway. But he didn’t play ityet. He paused a littlewhile so they could enjoythe moment. And then ...13. exf7+ Kd7 14. Be6+ Kc615. Ne5+ Kb5 16. Bc4+ Ka5 17. Bb4+ Ka418. axb3#

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Number 47 and Number 3 (that’s Elvis) had a gameeveryday after that. And # 47 lost them all! That’s whyElvis called Kiril his good luck charm!Well, at least Kiril had Moe and Larry to beat.

It was a chilly rainy morning at the rock pile when Elvisfirst told him about his plan to escape. “Kiril, I’ve gotta get out of this place! I have an idea

how to do it, but I’ll need help. What do you say?”“Gee, Elvis, I don’t know. Won’t we get in trouble?”“Well, there is a risk. But I’m going no matter what. It’s

very important. And if you come along, I promise to helpclear your name. I know you’re innocent. Trust me.”“Gee, Elvis, I don’t know.”“It’s now or never, Kiril.”“Okay, I’m with you! I’ve smashed enough rocks.”“Great, here’s the plan . . . ”

Step one was to convince Jumbo Pawn to let themhave a party in the jail. With cold pop, hot pizza, andlive rock’n’roll! Step two was to get a band together.The tricky part was step three.

So they started with step two. Elvis thought Kiril wouldmake a good drummer. And they got Larry and Moeto play guitars. With the king on vocals, this band wasready to jam!


1. e4 e52. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 !?

Pawnsley always openswith the Elvis Gambit.

4. . . . Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O - O d6

Jumbo’s move is betterthan Kiril’s 6...Nf6.

7. d4

7. . . . exd4 When Elvis was on trial,Judge Mudd laid down thelaw with 7...Bb6 ! You knowwho won that game.

8. cxd4 Bb6 Against 8...Nf6, the Kingplays 9.e5 dxe5 10.Ba3!

9. Nc3 In return for his b-pawn,Elvis rules the centre andleads in development.

9. . . . Na5 Jumbo wants to get rid ofthe dangerous bishop onc4. The pin 9...Bg4 is metby 10.Bb5! 10. Bg5!

Elvis ignores the threatand brings out his otherbishop with tempo. 10. . . . Ne7

Pushing 10.. . f6 is not asgood as it looks. Both B’sare hanging, but following11. Bf4, Jumbo is the guywith problems. (11...Nxc412.Qa4+! Bd7 13.Qxc4) 11. Bxf7+!?

Assault with a deadlybishop. When Elvis saidcheck, Jumbo almost felloff his chair!

11. . . . Kxf7

12. Nd5

Ganging up on the pin.

12. . . . Nac6

The knight comes back toguard his partner.

13. Bxe7

Clearing the square g5.

13. . . . Nxe7

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Next they went to Jumbo and suggested the party.“Well, guys, the warden wouldn’t like it too much.”Kiril said, “C’mon, Jumbo, don’t be a square.”“It does sound like fun, but ... I don’t think so.”Elvis gave the jolly guard a nudge on his belly. “C’mon,

Jumbo, don’t be cruel. We need a break.” “All right, 3, I’ll make you a deal. We play a game of

chess. If you win, we have the party. But if I win, yougive me your famous blue suede shoes, okay?

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14. Ng5+ Kiril got so excited by thismove, he shouted “check”himself, before Elvis evenlet go of the knight!

Jumbo grinned and said,“Thanks, 47.”

And then he thought foralmost half an hour . . .

14. . . . Kg6 ?

Jumbo liked this bravemove for three reasons. Itattacks the knight at g5, itstops Qh5, and he thoughtthat he could trade knightsnext turn with Nxd5. Buthe missed one little thing.

15. Nf4+! Elvis sacks a knight!

15. . . . Kf6Jumbo gets trapped after15... Kxg5 16.Qh5+! Kxf4(or 16...Kf6 17.e5+ dxe518.dxe5# ) 17.Rae1.

16. e5+! dxe5 17. dxe5+ Kxg5

Now he decides to make arun for it! There’s no wayout with 17...Kf5 18.Qf3! or17...Kxe5 18.Nf7+.

18. Qh5+!The King of Rock’n’Rollloves a good king hunt. Hegives up another knight tostart the chase.18. . . . Kxf4

Do you think the prisonguard will escape?19. g3+ Ke4

Jumbo Pawn breaks forthe queenside. But Elvisis right on his trail!20. Rfe1+ Kd5

(20...Kd4 21.Rac1!)

21. e6+! Kc4(21...Kc6 22.Rac1+ Kd623.Qe5#)

22. Rac1+ Kb423. Rb1+ Ka324. Qf3+ Kxa225. Qb3#

Elvis flashed a smile atKiril as he made his finalmove. Step one of the planwas complete.

Jumbo was smiling too.“Great game, Elvis!”“Thank you very much.”The whole prison got

invited to the big party.Jumbo was the coolest.He took care of getting allthe food! And when Elvisasked him to be in chargeof the lights for the show,he said, “3, it would be anhonour.” He even agreed tolet the band remove theirchains while they played. What a great night it was.

Larry, Moe, and Kiril tookthe stage first. After theystuffed themselves withpizza! Then Elvis joinedthem and took the mike.

“LET’S ROCK!”

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Black gets a quick executionwith 14...Kg8 15.Qb3!

After 14...Ke8 15.Qh5+ Blackhas a choice of four evils:

* 15...Kf8 16.Qf7#* 15...Ng6 16.Nxh7!* 15...g6 16.Nf6+ Kf8 17.Qh6#* 15...Kd7!? 16.Nf7!

and White is much better.

Surprisingly, 14...Kf8 ! wouldallow Black to hold on after15.Qf3+ Nf5! 16.Nxb6 axb617.Nh3 Qf6 or 15.Qh5 Qe8!16.Nxh7+ Rxh7 17.Qxh7 Be6with 2 B’s against R+P.

THEJAILBIRDS


Well, it’s one for the money,Two for the show,

Three to get ready,Now go, cat, go!

The band was jumping and thejoint began to swing. You shouldhave heard them jailbirds sing!Everybody in the whole cell blockwas dancing. Even Jumbo!

The pawns played all of theking’s hits. Their last numberof the night was “You Ain’tNothing But A Hound Dog!” When Kiril hit the final beat,

Elvis gave Jumbo the signalto turn off the lights. Hedidn’t miss his cue.

The crowd started cheering like crazy. “Bravo! More!More! Encore!” They all wanted another song!

But when Jumbo turned the lights back on, the stagewas bare. And he was left standing there, with emptinessall around.

Bugsy the Pawnbeater was the first oneto realize what happened. He stood up onhis chair and announced, “Ladies andgentlemen, Elvis has left the building.”

As the cold wind blows, four desperatepawns climb down over the prison wall.Moe forgot to get out of the way and Larrylanded right on his head! Moe got even bykicking him in the butt!

Elvis was the last one on the ground. Hegave Kiril a pat on the back and said,“C’mon, guys, let’s get outta here!”

TO BE CONTINUED . . .

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATE IN 1TE IN 11 1.Ne6#2 1.Rf8#3 1.Rhxe6#4 1.Rd3#

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Kf3 B. Ke1 C. Kc1 (Qf1# )

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Rf7+ (1...Kd8 & Rxc7)2 1.Rc4 (1...Qa5 2.Rxc8+)3 1.Re1 (1...Qf5 2.Rxe8+)4 1.Qc4+ (1...Kg6 2.Qxg8+)

MAMATETE IN 2IN 21 1. Qf2 a2 2.Qf1#2 1. Ra7+ Kg8 2.Rxa8# 3 1. Qxh6+ gxh6 2.Rh7# 4. 1. Rh5 gxh5 2.Rg1#

1. . . . Rfd8 2.Qh8# 1. . . . f5 2.Qh7#

MAMATETE IN 3IN 31 1. Qh5+ g6 2.Qxg6+ (or 2.Bxg6+) 2...hxg6 3.Bxg6#2 1. Re7+ Kd6 (1...Kd8 2.Nc6#) 2.Nb5+ Kc6 3.Rc7# 3 1. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (1...Kh8 3.Qxh7#)

2.Rg1+ Kh8 (1...Kh6 2.Qg5#) 3.Qf6# 4 1. Nh6+ Kh8 2.Qg8+ Rxg8 3.Nf7# “smothered mate”

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLER1 Nc6-Kg8 2 Nc3-Nc6

WHO’SWHO’S THETHE GOOF?GOOF?1. White has 2 queens, no king.2. Black has 3 bishops.3. Black has impossible doubled pawns. To reach a4,

the black c-pawn would have to capture twice, but white is only missing one piece.

4. White is in an impossible check. The last move couldnot be ...f5-f4+ because if the pawn were on f5, whitewould already be in check from the bishop on e4.

CHESSMAZECHESSMAZERh1-f1-f3-e3-e2-c2-c1-a1-a3-b3-b4-d4-d5-h5-h4-g4-g6-e6xe8

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Rxc6+ bxc6 2.Qa7+ Kc8 3.Qxg7 2 1...Rc8

2.Qxb7 Rxc1+ 3.Ke2 Rxh1 2.Qxd8 Rxc1+ 3.Ke2 Ba6+ 4.Nc4 Bxc4#

KIRILKIRIL’S’S KLASSKLASS page 11

diagram #91.Rd1 Kb8 (1...Ka8 2.Kb6 Kb8 3.Rd7) 2.Ka6 Nc5+

(2...Kc7 3.Rc1+ Kb8 4.Rb1 Ka8 5.Kb6 [5.Rxb7? ½-½] a) 5...Nd8 6.Rd1 Ne6 7.Rh1 [or 6...Nb7 7.Kc7 ]b) 5...Kb8 6.Kc6 Ka8 7.Kc7 c) 5...Nd6 6.Rd1 Nc8+ [6...Nc4+ 7.Kc7] 7.Kc7 Na7 8.Rb1

3.Kb6 Na4+ 4.Kc6 Nc3 (4...Kc8 5.Ra1 Nc3 6.Ra8#) 5.Re1 Ka7 (5...Na2 6.Rb1+ Kc8 7.Kd6) 6.Re3 Nb1

(6...Nd1 7.Rd3 Nf2 [7...Nb2 8.Ra3+ Kb8 9.Rb3+] 8.Rd7+ Kb8 [8...Ka6 9.Rd2] 9.Rb7+ Ka8 [9...Kc8 10.Rf7] 10.Kb6 Ne4 11.Rd7)

7.Rd3 (planning Kb5-b4-b3-b2xb1) 1-0(7.Rb3 Nd2 8.Rb7+ Ka6 9.Rb2 Nc4 10.Ra2+ Na5+ 11.Kc5 also wins.)

diagram #101.Nh8+ Ke6 2.Nc5+ Ke5 3.Ng6+ Kd4 4.Nb3+ Kd3 5.Nf4+ Kc2 6.Na1+ Kxc1 7.Nd3#

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