ESS NEWS JULY-AUGUSr l*?82 VOLUME "SET ISSUE 4

JIM LOY RECLAIMS SOI£ POSSESSION OF MONTANA TITIE

MSU OPEN

Place:

Registration;

Rounds:

Time Control:

Pri zes:

Director:

TURKEY OPEN

Place:

'Registration;

Sponsor - Montana Chess Association Sept. 25-26, 1982

Rounds:

Time Control;

Prizes:

Director:

Notes:

1st Floor, Wilson H a l l , MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT 59715-8:30-9:30am, Sept. 2 5 . USCF and MCA membership required. Entry Fee = $5

Adult, $3"50 Junior. Advance entries to address below. 5 Round Swiss System. 9:30am,2:OOpm,?:OOpm / 10:00am,2:00pm. 45 moves / 2 hours, then 25 moves / hour thereafter.

Trophies 1st, 2nd, Under I5OO - 1st, 2nd.

Jim Chester, k23 H. l6th, Bozeman, MT 59715.

Sponsor - University-Community Chess Club November 6-7, 1982

Room 3 6 2 , Social Science Bldg., U n i v . of Montajia Campus, Missoula, MT 9: 0 0 - 9 : 30am, November 6. USCF membership req'd, MCA membership req'd except for new players. USCF - $20 A d u l t , $10 Junior, $5 tournament; MCA - $4 A d u l t , $3 Junior; USGF+MCA - $20 Adult, $10 Junior, $9 tourn-ament. Entry Fee = $5 Advance, $8 at door. Advance entries to address below. New players free, Masters free, cndidate masters \. 5 Round Swiss System. 9 : 3 0 a m , 2 :OOpm,7:OOpm / 9:0 0 a m , 2 :OOpm. 30 moves / 90 minutes, then 25 moves per hour thereafter. Trophies 1 s t , 2 n d , 3ni; Awards 1 s t under I6OO, l̂ J-OO, 1 2 0 0 . William H . McBroom, 2 3 2 1 Raymond A v e . , Missoula, MT 5 9 8 0 2 . No smoking.

USCF - International Grandmasters Lajos Portisch of Hungary and Eugenio Torre of the P h i l -

ippines scored 8 | - ^ to win the I 9 8 2 Men's Interzonal Tournament, held August 10-19 in Toluca, M e x i c o . International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, of the USA, finished just one

point behind the leaders in a tie for fourth with Lev Polugaevsky and Artur Yusupov of the

USSR and Igor Ivanov of Canada. Former World Champion Boris Spassky held third place with

an 8-5 score. Portisch and Torre now qualify for the candidates' matches leading to the

World Championship in 1984.

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Time pressure on the announcement of the MSU Open (and the remodeling of the editor's base-

ment) has pushed all games and annotations into a future issue. Crosstables of recent

events can be found on page 2 . Fortunately, we have some excellent material from our new reigning state champ to fill the void - Loy's page returns in triplicate to fill out this

ssue. Hopefully we can glean a selection of superior games from the Championships and

Opens for the fall issue.

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PI Name Rate RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 TOT

1 Donnell Hunter 1582 D4 W5 WI7 W14 W2 4.5 2 John Hay 1456 W14 W16 W3 W7 Ll 4.0 3 James Fletcher 1322 WI3 WI7 L2 W4 W7 4.0 4 M . McCafferty 1324 Dl WIO W8 L3 W14 3.5

Robert Radtke 1171 DIO LI W18 WI7 w6 3.5 o Dave Shughart 1396 W18 W12 L7 WI5 L5 3 . 0 7 Steve Saroff 1301 W9 Wll W6 L2 L3 3 . 0 8 Tim Hovet 1212 L12 WI9 L 4 Bye WI5 3 . 0 9 Ron White NON L7 WI3 LIO Wll W12 3 . 0

10 Bill McBroom 1446 D5 lA W9 WI3 — 2.5 11 Dan Britt 1487 W20 L7 LI 4 LF WIS 2 . 0 12 Brian Hattel 1407 W8 l 6 LI 5 W20 L9 2.0 13 Gary Fisher 1377 L3 L9 Bye U O W20 2.0 14 Steve Votruta 1207 L2 W18 Wll Ll L4 2.0 15 Ron VandeVen 1153 LI 7 W20 W12 L 6 LB 2.D 16 Robert Taylor 1368 WI9 LF 1.0 1? Larry Austin 1364 WI5 L3 U IF LF 1.0 18 Thomas Mastad 1291 l 6 LI 4 L5 WI9 LF 1.0 19 Guido Riley 883 U 6 L8 120 U 8 WI7 1.0 20 Philip Reno NON Lll LI 5 WI9 L12 LI3 1.0

UCGG MIDSUMMER OPEN July 24-25. 1982

PI ilame Rate RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 TOT

1 Stewart Sutton 1852 W26 WI5 WIO W3 D6 4.5 2 Dan Britt 1487 W33 D24 W18 W9 W12 4.5 3 Tim O'Connor I 8 5 I W5 W4 Wll Ll W7 4.0 4 Tim E i c h h o m 1421 W36 L3 W30 WI3 W9 4.0 5 James Fletcher 1322 L3 W36 W21 W25 WIO 4.0 6 Tony Mattina 1771 W32 W23 L9 W15 Dl 3.5 7 C . landgraver 1510 D29 W16 W24 W8 L3 3.5 8 John Barto 1457 WI7 D19 W14 L7 W18 3.5 9 Dan Bain UNR W25 W12 w6 L2 lA 3 . 0

10 John Hay 1456 W28 W27 Ll W23 L5 3 . 0 11 Doug Brock 1357 W37 WI3 L3 L12 W25 3 . 0 12 Bill McBroom 1446 W34 L9 W20 Wll L2 3 . 0 13 Don Norrid 1542 W20 U l W26 L4 W23 3 . 0 14 Al Williams 1541 D18 W29 L8 WI9 D I 6 3 . 0 15 Lyle Petersen 1443 W35 LI W27 L6 W26 3 . 0 l 6 Otto Grosse 1267 D31 L7 W33 W29 D14 3 . 0 17 Mark Zylawy . 1112 L8 L21 Bye W22 W29 3 . 0 18 Tim Hovet 1212 D14 W31 L2 W24 L8 2.5 19 Steve Votruba 1199 W21 D8 L23 L14 W31 2.5 2 0 Steve Olson 1226 LI 3 W37 U 2 D30 W34 2.5 2 1 Gregg Ford 1503 LI 9 WI7 L5 D28 W33 2.5 22 Bill Egger UNR L24 D33 W35 L I 7 W32 2.5 23 Brian Hattel 1407 W30 l£ W19 LIO L13 2.0 24 Dave Shughart 1355 W22 D2 L7 U 8 D28 2.0 25 Ron White 1444 L9 W34 W28 L5 Lll 2.0 26 M . McCafferty 1324 LI W35 L I 3 W27 L I 5 2.0 27 Guido Riley 951 Bye u o LI5 126 W30 2.0 28 Sherwood Moore 1000 LIO Bye 125 D21 D24 2.0 29 Stewart Riley 1212 D7 L14 W31 L I 6 L I 7 1.5 30 Jason Lanktree UNR L23 W32 L 4 D20 127 1.5 31 Tom Booth 1625 D I 6 LI 8 L33 W36 L I 9 1.5 32 Mark Wood 1287 L 6 L30 W36 D34 L22 1.5 33 Robert Radtke 1171 L2 D22 L16 Bye L21 1.5 34 Phil Reno UNR LI 2 L25 W37 D32 L20 1.5 35 R• Johnston UNR LI 5 L26 L22 W37 D36 1.5 36 Sam Egger UNR L4 L5 L32 L31 D35 .5 37 Mike Humes UNR Lll L20 L34 F35 WD 0

PI Name Rate RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 TOT

1 Mike Jensen 1801 W8 W9 W3 W4 4.0 •2 D . Shughart 1355 L4 WIO W5 W3 3 . 0 3 John Hay 1411 WIO W4 Ll L2 2,0 4 Dan McGourt 1432 W2 L3 W9 Ll 2.0 5 Tony Mattina 1771 ~ w6 L2 W9 2.0 6 Matt Guthrie 2080 — L5 W8 W7 2.0 7 J. Fletcher 1011 L9 D8 WIG L6 1.5 8 Bill McBroom 1398 Ll D7 L6 WIO 1.5 9 Brian Hattel 1430 W7 Ll L4 L5 1.0

10 Ron White UNR L3 L2 L7 LB 0

UCCG 2ND SUMMER July-August, : 1982

1 Mike Jensen 1884 W14 WI3 W3 W2 4.0 2 Gregg Ford 1503 W9 W4 W6 Ll 3 . 0 3 Bill McBroom 1446 WIS W7 Ll W6 3 . 0 4 Bob Radtke 1171 W12 F2 Wll W8 3 . 0 5 Bob McKean 1641 — WI5 W9 W7 3 . 0 6 Sam Egger UNR WIO WI7 12 L3 2.0 7 Guido Riley 951 Bye L3 WI3 L5 2.0 8 Bill Egger UNR LI3 W14 WIO L4 2.0

9 J. Fletcher 1322 12 W12 L5 WI7 2.0 10 Ron White 1444 l 6 W18 L8 WI5 2.0 11 Dan McCourt 1432 — WI6 L4 W14 2.0 12 John Hay 1456 L 4 L9 WI6 WI3 2.0 13 Brian Hattel 1407 W8 Ll L7 U 2 1.0 14 D . Shughart 1355 Ll L8 WI7 Lll 1.0 15 Doug Brock 1357 — L5 W18 LIO 1.0 16 Dave Collett UNR — Lll U 2 W18 1.0 17 Gary Fisher 1351 iBy L6 L14 L9 .5 18 S. Moore 1000 L3 FIO U 5 F16 0

UCCC CHAMPIONSHIP 4/29-5/27. 1982

PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOT

1 Matt Guthrie 2073 X 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 2 Mike Jensen 1900 0 X 1 1" 1 1 3.5 3 R. Carpenter 1637 F F X 1 1 1 3.0 4 Bob McKean I60B 0 ^ 0 x 1 1 2.5 5 Dan McGourt 1432 0 0 0 0 x 1 1.0 6 Dennis Burke 1647 F 0 F F F X 0

MONTANA CHAMPIONSHIP July 24-25, 1982

PI Name Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 TOT

1 Jim Loy 1861 X 1 1 i 1 1 4.5 2 Matt Guthrie 2060 0 X 1 1 1 i 3.5 3 Bill Lynch 1867 0 0 X 1 i 1 2.5 4 Kip Stubberud 1926 i 0 0 X i 1 2.0 5 Mike Jensen 1897 0 0 i i X 1 2.0 6 Darren Stacey 1519 0 ^ 0 0 0 X .5

RIM ROCK OPEN August 28-29, 1982

PI Name Rate 1 2 3 ^ 5 6 TOT

1 Bill Lynch 1867 X 1 1 1 1 1 4.5 2 Andy Shuck 1786 0 x 0 1 1 1 3.0 3 Gordon Shuck 1769 0 1 x 0 1 1 3.0 4 Dave Shughart 1459 ^ 0 1 x 0 1 2.5 5 Dan Joelson 1788 0 0 0 1 x 1 2.0 6 Mark Kalal 1158

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0 0 0 0 0 X 0

THE BEST P L A Y E R El/ER

W h o ujas the g r e a t e s t p l a y e r ever? S e v e r a l p l a y e r s are c a n d i d a t e s , like M o r p h y ,

S t e i n i t z , L a s k e r , C a p a b l a n c a , A l e k h i n e , B o t u i n n i k , F i s c h e r and K a r p o u . Each w a s

the b e s t in the w o r l d at some t i m e . A n d e a c h had some fatal flaw w h i c h p r e v e n t e d

p e r f e c t i o n .

M o r p h y had a very short c a r e e r in w h i c h he m a i n l y d e m o l i s h e d A n d e r s s e n and was

a v o i d e d by S t a u n t o n , two of the a l l - t i m e g r e a t s . We c a n ' t really till if he w a s

a s g o o d a s t h e o t h e r s b e c a u s e o f l a c k o f d a t a .

S t e i n i t z won m a n y m a t c h e s a n d t o u r n a m e n t s and lyas W o r l d C h a m p . But he lost a lot of

c h e s s g a m e s .

L a s k e r w a s c o n s i d e r e d lucky at the t i m e . He was the p e r f e c t p s y c h o l o g i c a l p l a y e r ,

o f t e n f i t t i n g h i s game to h i s o p p o n e n t s ' s t y l e s . He h e l d the W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p

for 27 y e a r s . But m o s t p e o p l e c o n s i d e r iviorphy and C a p a b l a n c a to have bean b e t t e r

c h e s s p l a y e r s .

C a p a b l a n c a w a s the p e r f e c t c h e s s p l a y i n g m a c h i n e who a l m o s t n e v e r lost a g a m e . He

l o s t 35 g a m e s in his l i f e . He w a s c o n s i d e r e d u n b e a t a b l e until he w a s soundly

t r o u n c e d by A l a k h i n e for the W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p . He p l a y e d for d r a w s , s e e m i n g l y

a f r a i d to l o s e g a m e s . So he had m a n y m e d i o c r e r e s u l t s ,

A l e k h i n e b e a t the u n b e a t a b l e C a p a b l a n c a . And from then on w a s truly great h i m s e l f .

Few p e o p l e c o n s i d e r him b e t t e r than C a p a b l a n c a . Some d o .

B o t v i n n i k h e l d the W o r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p for a long t i m e , c o n s i d e r i n g that he lost the

t i t l e t h r e e t i m e s . T e c h n i c a l l y , he w a s a s good a s any of the b e s t . But he was not

a s a w e - i n s p i r i n g as C a p a b l a n c a or F i s c h e r .

C a l c u l a t i n g b a c k w a r d s in t i m e , F i s c h e r w o u l d h a v e the h i g h e s t rating e v e r . H i s

g r e a t e s t s t r e n g t h m a s his r a v e n o u s h u n g e r for v i c t o r y . But h i s n e u r o s e s k e p t h i m

from b e i n g p e r f e c t .

I f s too e a r l y to tell a b o u t K a r p o v . H e ^ s a m o n g the b e s t e v e r . He d o m i n a t e s c h e s s

t o d a y . But i t ' s i m p o s s i b l e to tell if he''s b e t t e r than the o t h e r s .

I'd g u e s s t h a t F i s c h e r , C a p a b l a n c a , L a s k e r and m a y b e K a r p o v are a b o u t tied for the

b e s t , w i t h F i s c h e r b e i n g my f a v o r i t e .

E x c e l s i o r P a w n :

I o n c e q u e e n e d a p a w n on the n i n t h m o v e :

1 e 4 d 6 2 d4 N f 6 3 Nc3 g6 4 f4 c5 5 dxc5 Qa5 6 cxd6 Nxe4 7 dxe? Bg7 8 ad8+ QxdB

9 e x d B a +

M a y b e t h i s i s a r e c o r d . H e r e ' s one that w o u l d h a v e been s h o r t e r if W h i t e had not

r e s i g n e d :

? - B r u e n i n g , 1 9 0 7 : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 Bf4 cxd4 5 BxbS dxc3 6 Be3 cxb2 0-1

W h i t e r e s i g n e d b e c a u s e 7 Bxb2 Bb4+ w i n s the q u e e n . O t h e r w i s e the p a w n q u e e n s .

Here°s a s i m i l a r o b n o x i o u s p a w n :

R u s a k o v - l / e r l i n s k y , POoscow 1 9 4 7 : 1 e4 e5 2 c3 Wc6 3 d4 l\Jf5 4 Bg5 h6 5 Bh4 g5 6

Bg3 e x d 4 7 e5 d x c 3 B e x f 6 c x b 2 9 Q e 2 + Q e 7 ! ! I 10 f x e 7 B g 7 ! 0-1

UNTRAP

I r e c e n t l y r e c e i v e d q u i t e a s h o c k . I've won s e v e r a l g a m e s w i t h the f o l l o w i n g trap

(not n e c e s s a r i l y the same o p e n i n g m o v e s ) :

1 e 4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 Bq4 4 d3 Nc6 5 B x f 7 + K x f 7 6 Ng5+ c o m i n g out a pawn ahead?

U/ell, I f i n u l l y lost o n e , b e c a u s e 6...Qxg5l w i n s e a s i l y . D o p s .

In Russia in a b o u t 1 9 7 0 , L e o n i d S t e i n got h i m s e l f into the

d i a g r a m m e d p r e d i c a m e n t . I think he did t h i s to sbw off

b e c a u s e he knew that it was a d r a w . P e r h a p s you'd like to

try i t b e f o r e I show you the s o l u t i o n ( u p s i d e - d o w n at the

b o t t o m of t h i s p a g e ) .

THE C L A S S I C B I S H O P S A C R I F I C E

T h i s i s the s a c r i f i c e of a B i s h o p on h7 a g a i n s t a c a s t l e d

k i n g (h2 if y o u ' r e B l a c k ) . It is f a m o u s and p r e t t y c o m m o n .

H e r e is a c r u d e game w h i c h is the e a r l i e s t k n o w n e x a m p l e of

t h i s s a c :

Greco 1 6 1 9 : 1 e4 e6 2 d4 I\Jf6 3 Bd3 N c 6 4 Nf3 B B 7 5 h4 O-G 6 eS Nd5 7 Bxh7+ (the s a c ) 7 . . . K x h 7 8 Mg5+ BxgS 9 hxgS Kgfl ID Qh5 fS 11 g6 Refl 12 Q h 8 + +

S o m e t i m e s the s a c r i f i c e w o r k s and s o m e t i m e s it d o e s n ' t . I've won s e v e r a l

p r a c t i c e g a m e s with i t , s o m e of w h i c h I s h o u l d h a v e l o s t . The f o l l o w i n g game

i s f a m o u s and won a b r i l l i a n c y p r i z e . But it s e e m s to be f l a w e d :

C o l l e - O ' H a n l o n , N i c e 1 9 3 0 : 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 e3 c5 4 c3 e6 5 Bd3 Bd6 6

N b d 2 N b d 7 7 Q-0 0-0 6 Re1 ReB 9 e4 dXB4 IQ IMxe4 Nxe4 11 Bxe4 cxd4 12 Bxh7-f?

K x h 7 13 NqS-*- K q 6 (13...Kgfl d r a w s but 1 3 . , . K g 6 w i n s , U u k o u i c ) 14 h4 RhB?

( A c c o r d i n g to U u k o v i c , 1 4 . . . f 5 ! w i n s ) 15 R x e 6 + ! ! Nf6 ( 1 5 . . . f x e 6 16 Q d 3 +

U u k o v i c ) 1 6 hS-t- Kh6 17 Rxd6 Qa5 18 M x f 7 + Kh7 19 Nq5+ KqB 20 Qb3-*- 1-0

A FArODUS V A R I A T I O N

W h e n G r a n d m a s t e r s d o n ' t w a n t to p l a y c h e s s , they play s h o r t d r a w s c a l l e d

G r a n d m a s t e r D r a w s . S o m e d r a w s h a v e l a s t e d l e s s than ten m o v e s . These can come

in h a n d y if you n e e d to rest up f o r the n e x t g a m e . But m a n y p e o p l e d o n ' t like

t h e s e n o n - g a m e s . In the early s i x t i e s , FIDE p a s s e d a law s a y i n g it was i l l e g a l

to a g r e e to a d r a w in f e w e r than 3D m o v e s . B u t you c a n ' t keep the g r a n d m a s t e r s

d o w n . They got t h e i r q u i c k d r a w s in o t h e r w a y s . H e r e ' s one w a y :

1 d4 N f 6 2 c4 q6 3 IMc3 dS (The G r u n f e l d D e f e n s e ) 4 Bc4 Bq7 5 e3 c5 (One of the

m a i n v a r i a t i o n s . In t h e s i x t i e s , t h i s w a s o f t e n a s i g n a l t h a t B l a c k was willing

to d r a w ) 6 d x c 5 Qa5 7 cxdS? (And t h i s m e a n t that White w a n t e d a d r a w ) 7...NxdSi

B Q x d 5 Bxc3-f 9 bxc3 Q x c 3 + 10 Ke2 Qxa1 11 Be5 Qc1 12 BxhB Be6 13 Q x b 7 Qc2+ 14 Kf3 (14 Ke1 Q c 1 + d r a w s ) 1 4 . . . Q f 5 + 15 Ke2 Q c 2 + w i t h a draw by r e p e t i t i o n of

p o s i t i o n .

This g a m e h g p p e n e d m a n y times a n d w a s p r o b a b l y p l a y e d so r a p i d l y that it was

o v e r in a few m i n u t e s . But t h e r e ' s an a m u s i n g p u n c h l i n e to this s t o r y . It

h a s b e e n f o u n d (by R a w i e ) that 1 1 . . . Q b 1 ! w i n s for B l a c k .

STDlViP

H e r e ' s a g a m e I won a g a i n s t S a r g o n I I . I t ' s the b i g g e s t stomp I've e v e r s e e n :

1 e4 e5 2 f4 e x f 4 3 Nf3 d5 4 exdS Q x d S 5 Nc3 Q e 6 + 6 Kf2 (rOy f a v o r i t e v a r i a t i o n .

The o p e n e - f i l e is d a n g e r o u s ) 6 . . .Nc6 7 d4 Bd6 8 Bfa5 {Hot d S ? ? ) 8 . . .Qf5 9 Re1->-N e 7 ID d5 B c 5 + 11 Nd4 B x d 4 + ? 12 Q x d 4 Q x c 2 + ? 13 Re2 0-0 14 d x c 6 Nxc6? 15 Bxc6

Q f 5 16 B f 3 ' qS? 17 Md5 Q e 6 (The q u e e n w a s lost a n y w a y ) 18 Nf6+ Kq7? 19 f̂ hS-t- Kq6 20 Q q 7 + Kf5 21 Qxh7-f Q q 6 22 Be4-t- Kq4? 23 h34- Kh4 24 B x q 6 RhB! (Stops the m a t e

for a few m o v e s ) 25 QxhB Bxh3 26 Q h 6 RhBi 27 QxhB Bq4 28 N x f 4 + Bh5 29 BxhS-n-

A N S W E R TO S T E I N ' S S H O W - O F F :

W h i t e d r a w s

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u e e m ^ a q 5uT>t 3L\-\utaoiu Aq) m e a p ; i,D>j g i,ex>| ZP^ P |.q>l l ^ ^ C ^^N l^B Z £PN 9ja \

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B0TUIMNIK''5 BEST GAPOE * L O Y ' S P A G E *

T h i s is one of the m o s t a m a z i n g g a m e s e v e r p l a y e d . C a p a b l a n c a ( p e r h a p s the

g r e a t e s t p l a y e r e v e r ) l o s t four g a m e s in this t o u r n a m e n t , a l l b r i a l l i a n c i e s i

B o t v i n n i k - C a p a b l a n c a , A U R O 1 9 3 6 : 1 d4 N f 6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 (The N i m z o - I n d i a n

D e f e n s e ) 4 e3 d5 5 a3 Bxc3 6 bxc3 c5 7 cxdS exdS 8 Bd3 0-0 9 Me2 b6 10 Q-0 Ba6

11 B x a 6 N x a 6 12 Bb2 ( B o t v i n n i k s a y s 12 Q d 3 ! i s b e t t e r ) 1 2 . . . Q d 7 13 a4 RfeS?

( I 3 . . . c x d 4 ! 14 c x d 4 RfcB B o t v i n n i k ) 14 Qd3 c4? ( l 4 . . . Q b 7 R i u m i n ) 15 Q c 2 Nb6 16

Rael Nc6 17 NqS Na5 18 f3 Nb3 19 e4! Q x a 4 20 e5 (Although B l a c k l o o k s m o d e r a t e l y

s a f e , W h i t e ' s K i n q s i d e a t t a c k i s s t r o n g ) 2 0 . . . N d 7 21 Q f 2 ! q6 22 f4 f5 23

e x f 6 e . p . Nxf6 24 f5 Rxel 25 Rxel ReB 26 Re6! Rxe6 27 fxe6 K q 7 28 Qf4 QeB 29

Q e 5 ! Q e 7 30 B a 3 ! ! J Q x a 3 31 qxhS 32 Qq5+ KfB 33 Qxf6-«- KqB 34 e7 Qc1 +

( P e r p e t u a l c h e c k ? ) 35 Kf2 Qc2+ 36 Kq3 Qd3->- 3 7 Kh4 Qe4+ 38 Kxh5 Qe2+ 3 9 ' K h 4

Q e 4 + 40 q4 Qe1-f 41 Kh5 1-D No p e r p e t u a l c h e c k .

D O U B L E C H E C K

I i m a g i n e y o u ' v e h e a r d that d o u b l e check is d a n g e r o u s . W e l l , h e r e are a few

s h o r t e x a m p l e s :

rOeek-7,1855: 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 d x e 4 5 Nxe4 Bg5 6 Q e 2 Bxf3 7

Nf6+-f

N i m z o u i c h - ? , i g i D : 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 I\lc6 3 Bb5 f\lf6 4 0-0 d6 5 d4 N x e 4 6 d5 a6 7

Bd3 N f 6 a d x c 6 e4 9 Rel d5 10 B e 2 ! exf3 11 c x b 7 ! B x b 7 12 B b 5 + +

R e t i - T a r t a k o v e r , V i e n n a 1 9 1 0 : 1 B 4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Mc3 dxB4 4 N x e 4 N f 6 5 Qd3 e5 6 d x e S Q a 4 + 7 Bd2 Q x e 5 8 0-0-0 I\lxe4 9 Qd8 + ! Kxd8 ID Bg5+ 1-0 m a t e next m o v e .

T h a t l a s t o n e w a s e l e g e n t . But it w a s d o n e b e f o r e :

(Ylaczuski-Kolisch, P a r i s 1 8 6 4 : 1 e4 e5 2 Mf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Q h 4 5 Nc3 8b4

6 0 d 3 N f 6 7 N x c 6 dxc6 8 B d 2 Bxc3 9 Bxc3 Nxe4 10 a d 4 Q e ? 11 0-0-D QgS-i- 12 f4!

Q x f 4 + 13 Bd2 Qg4 14 Q d B + KxdB 15 Bg5+ Ke8 16 Rd8++

L E C A L ' 5 S A C R I F I C E

A few w e e k s a g o , I won the f o l l o w i n g p r a c t i c e g a m e :

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 N c 6 3 Bc4 d6 4 Nc3 Bg4 5 0-0 Nd4 6 N x e 5 ! B x d l ? ? ? (6...dxe5 7

Q x g 4 N x c 2 i s n H too b a d ) 7 Bxf7+ Ke7 8 N d 5 + +

The o r i g i n a l p a t t e r n for the a b o v e g a m e w a s p l a y e d in 1750 by L e g a l , P h i l i d o r ' s

t e a c h e r :

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 Bg4 4 Nc3 g6? 5 l\Jxe5! B x d 1 ? ? ? 6 B x f 7 + Ke7 7 Nd5++

I u n d e r s t a n d that this s a c r i f i c e h a s h a p p e n e d t h o u s a n d s of t i m e s in c h e s s

h i s t o r y . I've d o n e i t t h r e e t i m e s .

S H O R T GAIYIE

H e r e ' s a s h o r t g a m e that w a s p l a y e d in a G r a n d m a s t e r t o u r n a m e n t :

P l a c h e t k a - Z i n n , D e c h i n 1 9 7 4 : 1 Nf3 c5 2 b3 Nc6 3 Bb2 Nf6 4 e3 d5 5 Bb5 e6 6

Ne5 Q c 7 7 0-0 Bd6 8 Bxc6 b x c 6 9 f4 0-D ID Rf3i (White h a s the i n i t i a t i v e ,

a c c o r d i n g to P l a c h e t k a ) 1 0 . . . N d 7 11 Rh3 q6? 12 Q h 5 1 ! ! 1-0

B l a c k ' s r e s i g n a t i o n d e s e r v e s some c o m m e n t . 1 2 . . . g x h 5 13 Rg3+ Kh8 14 I\lxf7++. Or 1 2 . . . N f 6 ! 13 N g 4 ! ! ! gxhS 14 N.f6+ KhB ( l 4 . . . K g 7 15 N e 8 + ! Kh6 16 Bg7+ Kg6 17

R g 3 + Kf5 18 Rg5+ Ke4 19 N c 3 + + ) 15 Rxh5 h6 16 Nxd5+ w i n s . All t h a f s

i c c o r d i n g to P l a c h e t k a .

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^^^^^^e^e************** MONTANA'S RATED PLAYERS - SEPTEMBER, 1982 **************************

Matt Guthrie MS 2060 David Prouty M S 1501 Mark Wood HL 1303

Kip Stubberud HL 1926 Russell McGord B L 1493 Neale Sikveland FP 1285

Mike Jensen MS 1897 Coyle Long BT 1478 Ron White MS 1281

Bill Lynch BL 1867 Jack Magee BT 1476 Lawrence Dunkin GF 1281

Jim Loy BZ 1861 Richard Park GF 1470 Stephen Margrave MS 1275

Bill Greer AL 1861 Bill McBroom M S 1467 Susan Pounds BZ 1273 Ken Shinn B L 1809 Dave Shughart MS 1459 Dale Gross MS 1244

James Magorian H L 1799 John Barto GF 1457 Robert Radtke MS 1239 Andy Shuck WH 1786 James Chester BZ 1456 Chuck Borland BZ 1236

Anthony Mattina MS 1781 Daniel McGourt M S 1451 Steve Votruba MS 1234

Joe Lovett M S 1771 Daniel Britt MS l4i+9 Tim Hovet MS 1223 Gordon Shuck WH 1769 Lyle Petersen PD 1424 Matt Janke BZ 1219

Joe Wingaid BZ 1745 Tim E i c h h o m BZ 1421 Lance Semenza MS 1207 KJsith B a y e m BZ 1691 Dexxick Watson M S 1420 Craig Stoup BZ 1205 James Ostby FR 1688 James Fletcher MS 1417 Brian Alley BT 1203 Chuck Hauptmann BL 1687 Gary Wendel BT 1417 Gary Hewitt BZ 1200

Robert Jordan BZ 1670 William Rogers GF 1412 Thomas Mastad MS 1199 Fred Betz BL 1662 Terry Mitchell G L 1407 Ronald VandeVen MS 1190

Romie Carpenter MS 1659 Luther Henley r M S 1404 Richard Stuckey MS 1189 Ted Salverson M S 1644 David Stacey H L 1404 Mark Zylawy MS 1177 Dennis Burke M S 1641 James Bush BT 1401 Jason Anderson MS 1167

Tom Booth PL 1613 Dan Polette BZ 1398 Dan Marsh MS 1142

Roger White su 1613 Ron Erickson M S 1396 Kevin D a m e AB 1104

Bob McKean MS 1611 Tim Montler M S 1394 Jay Ketch MS 1084

James McGormack BT 1598 Lawrence Austin MS 1393 Kelley Beasley DL 1067 R a y Jorgenson PL 1594 Matt McCafferty MS 1385 Mike Chester BZ 1066

Don Norrid HL 1566 Frederick Sherwood H L 1382 Phillip Reno MS 1055 Mark Hagenston BT 1548 Robert Taylor M S 1371 Robert Motley M S 1049

Dallon Thomas B L 1547 James Skovron M S 1369 Paul Haugan M S 1018

Leslie Gunderson MH 1545 Steve Saroff MS 1366 Sosha Perrln MS 1016

Duane Hildenstab HL 1545 Charles A h e m MS 1362 Sherwood Moore M S 1000

John Wyrzykowski BL 1535 Brian Hattel M S 1362 David Lilly HL 997 Mark Laceky H L 1531 Gary Fisher M S 1346 Darrin Gilchrist BZ 962

Tom Romine BL 1520 Robert Perry KS 1320 Guido Riley MS 883 Darrin Stacey HL 1519 Steve Olson H L 1317 Greg Buls MS 877 Albert Williams M S 1514 Charles Chapman BL 1315 Scott Purl M S 875 Gregg Ford M S 1503 Samuel Stem M S 1308 Paul Zylawy M S 827 John Hay M S 1502 Randolph Hagen MS 1305

MS=Missoula,HL=Helena,BL=Billings,AL=Ashland,WH=Whitehall,BZ=Bozeman,FR=Froid,PL=Plains,

SU=Superior,BT=Butte ,MH=Manhattan,GF=Great Falls,PD=Paradise,GL=Glendive,KS=Kalispell,

FP=Fort Peck,AB=Alberton,DI=Dillon.FP=Fort Peck.

Ratings include all events through the end of May I982. Montana Championship, Midsummer Open, Rimrock Open, and a couple of UCCC events are not yet published.

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