July - September 2007

From Your Editor’s Desk
Already, the 61st Annual New Jersey Open shown above has just finished
as we ready Atlantic Chess News for our
readership. With TD Ken Thomas at the helm directing, this year’s 61st Annual New Jersey Open drew a record-breaking
215 entrants across all 4 sections including a handful of re-entries. GM Alexander Stripunsky captured clear 1st Place in
the Open section scoring 5/6, Nikita Panasenko & your Editor shared 1st & 2nd in the U1900 section with 5/6, Long Xu
dominated the U1600 with 5½/6, & William L. Chen with took top honors with 5/6 in the U1300 section respectively!
Steve Ferrero, Editor
Email: [email protected]
www.NJSCF.org or www.njoychess.com
Joe Ippolito, President
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Listed below are the NJSCF chairmen, officers,
and board members along with their addresses,
and email addresses for your convenience.
Please keep in mind that many of these people
donate their time in the form of meetings (usually
on Saturdays / Sundays several times per year)
and also during the year promoting chess in NJ to
make your chess playing experience as rewarding
as it can be!
I encourage all comments, criticisms, and
recommendations of what you’d like to see ACN
transform into since it has been and always will
remain a publication BY the chess-playing
community FOR the chess-playing community
within NJ!
Contents
Breaking News! ……………………………………………………………
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Upcoming Tournaments Throughout NJ & Pennsylvania ……….
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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey …………………………………
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From Our President by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF ………………….
Page 5
Games From Around The State by Steve Ferrero ………………….
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Scholastic Spotlight by Joe Ippolito, Pres. NJSCF ………………….
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Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game – Part II by Terese & David W. Hatch
Page 12
Budapest Gambit - Farajarowicz Variation by James R. West ….
Page 15
Beating Masters With The Blackmar-Diemer by Lev D. Zilbermints
Page 17
Chess Gems by Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. ………………………………..
Page 19
Stranded On A Desert Island … by Ken Calitri ………………………
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Tips For Chess Organizers! by Daren Dillinger………………………
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Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero …………………………..
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Games From Around The State (continued) by Steve Ferrero …..
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Elena Didita – Scholastics Committee
[email protected]
George Phoenix - Trustee
[email protected]
Executive Board
Joe Ippolito - President
43 Oak Road, Boonton Township, NJ 07005
973-402-0049
[email protected]
Roger Inglis - Vice President
49-A Mara Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034
973-794-4601
[email protected]
Glenn Petersen - Secretary
44-D Manchester Court, Freehold, NJ 07728
732-252-8388
[email protected]
Ken Thomas - Treasurer
115 West Moore Street, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
908-852-0385
[email protected]
NJSCF Board Members
Aaron Kiedes - Technology
4 Seymour Terrace, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
973-343-3260
[email protected]
Anthony Cottell - Past President
334 Ninth Street, Carlstadt, NJ 07072
201-438-6140
[email protected]
Bill Bluestone - Disabled & Handicapped Chess
PO Box 552, Metuchen, NJ 08840
732-603-8850
[email protected]
Bill Coburn - Seniors Chess
85 Jamestown Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
908-604-2680
[email protected]
Bill Cohen - Clearinghouse
29 Hickory Street, Metuchen, NJ 08840
732-548-8432
[email protected]
Craig Gross - Trustee
776 Evans Drive, Apt. 3C, Hillsborough, NJ 08844
856-905-0196
[email protected]
Dean Ippolito - Collegiate
141 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
908-534-4318
[email protected]
Hal Sprechman - Scholastics Committee
198 Overbrook Drive, Freehold, NJ 07728
732-577-1457
[email protected]
Henry Feltman Jr. - Publicity
856-845-5094
[email protected]
Herman Drenth - Past President & Ethics Committee
235 Roosevelt Avenue, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
201-797-9043
[email protected]
James Mennella – Ethics Committee
8 Magnolia Avenue, North Plainfield, NJ 07060
[email protected]
Joe Lux - Membership
627 Summit Avenue, Apt. 17A, Jersey City, NJ 07306
201-792-1606
[email protected]
Leo Dubler III - Corporate Funding
146 West Centennial Drive, Medford, NJ 08055
856-396-0961
[email protected]
Leroy Dubeck - Nominating Committee
932 Edgemorr Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
856-428-0304
[email protected]
Michael Somers - Parliamentarian
29 Oakland Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ 07006
973-228-7039
[email protected]
Mike Goeller - Webmaster
[email protected]
Mike Khodarkovsky – Masters Affairs
80 Jesse Court, Montville, NJ 07045
973-299-0932
[email protected]
Noreen Davisson - Scholastics Committee
[email protected]
Peter J. Tamburro, Jr. – Tournament Publicity &
Columnist
22 Budd Street, Morristown, NJ 07960
973-984-3832
[email protected]
Rick Costigan - Nominating Committee
927 Belmont Avenue, Haddon Township, NJ 08108
856-854-2376
[email protected]
Ronald Groseibl - Bylaws
[email protected]
Dr. Francis Schott - Finance Committee
311 Cantrell Road, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
201-445-1743
[email protected]
Steve Ferrero - Atlantic Chess News Editor
PO Box 337, Glen Gardner, NJ 08826-0337
908-537-0878
[email protected]
E. Steven Doyle - Tournaments
17 Stonehenge Road, Morristown, NJ 07960
973-538-1697
[email protected]
Todd Lunna - Masters Affairs
36 Maple Drive, Colts Neck, NJ 07722
732-946-7379
[email protected]
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Columnists This Issue:
Daren Dillinger
James R. West
Joe Ippolito
Ken Calitri
Lev D. Zilbermintz
Peter J. Tamburro, Jr.
Steve Ferrero
Terese Hatch & David W. Hatch
Breaking News!:
GM Alexander Stripunsky just won the 61st Annual
New Jersey Open held in Somerset, NJ scoring 5
out of 6 to lock up clear 1st place while an 8-way
tie availed itself for the top NJ title at 4½/6!
New Jersey’s own IM Dean Ippolito turned the
tables against none other than GM Alexander
Shabalov in an extraordinary queen and rook vs
two rooks and a knight late middlegame to reel in
the full point in the New England Masters 2007!
Upcoming Tournaments Throughout New Jersey & Pennsylvania
October 20 Hamilton Chess Club Quads
November 10 Kids R Kool - K-12
3RR 40/80 15/30 15/30. Full K. Ray Dwer Recreation Center 392
Church St. Groveville, NJ 08620 Quads open to all EF $10. $25 per
Quad. Reg: 9-10:30/am. Rds. 10:30/am-1:30/pm-4:30/pm NJ State
Chess Federation, no dues magazine Subscription per year, OSA NS
NC W.
Church of the Little Flower, 110 Roosevelt Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ
07922. In 3 Sections: High School Championship, open to High School
age. 5SS, G/30. Grade 6 to 8, open to Grades 6-8. 5SS, G/30. Grades
K-5, open to Grades K-5. 5SS, G/30. ALL: EF: $20 by 11/5, $25 at site
by 9:45 am. Trophies to all who finish event. Two byes allowed (rds.
1-4) if rec’d. with EF. ENT: Ken Thomas, 115 West Moore St.,
Hackettstown, NJ 07840. INFO: Ken Thomas (908) 763-6468,
[email protected]. NS, NC, W.
October 20 King’s Chess Club Quads
Morning quads and afternoon quads, G/30, K-12, Bethlehem Church,
758 Route 10, Randolph, NJ. EF: None. Reg: 9-9:20 am., 1st rd. 9:40.
Medal to each quad winner. Info: Bethlehem Church 973-366-3434 or
Bob McAdams 973-694-3988, [email protected].
November 10 Greater Cherry Hill Chess Swiss / Quad
Cherry Hill Public Library, 1100 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, NJ
08034. Reg.: both events 9:30 to 10:00! QUADS: 3RR, G/60. Pre-reg.
online for $15, $20 at site. $$ 40 to winner. Rds.: 10-12:15 -2:30.
SWISS: 5SS, G/30. Pre-reg. online for $25, $30 at site. 1st Prize
$100, 2nd Prize $75: BOTH GUARANTEED, Exp./A ($60), B ($60),
C($60); D/E/Unr.($60), Class $$/30. More than one player/section for
prize. Rds.: 10:30-11:45-1-2:15-3:30. ***ALSO, KIDS U800 SWISS-4
GAMES/G45 LIMITED TO 1ST 30 TO REGISTER. TOP 5 WIN TROPHIES.
Pre-reg.at www.eventbrite.com/event/73628224. For more info: visit
www.greaterchchess.com or contact Dan Herman (856) 287-2393 or
[email protected].
October 20 Viking Kids K-8 Swiss U1200 in 12 Player Groups
5SS, G/30, Stardust Diner, 28 Rt 46, Hackettstown NJ 07840. Open to
1199 & under. EF: $20 if mailed by 10/15, $25 at site by 9:45am.
Prizes: Trophies to all. Rds: 10am, then ASAP with a lunch break. 2
byes allowed (rds 1-4) if rec’d with EF. ENT: Aaron Kiedes, 4 Seymour
Terr,
Hackettstown
NJ
07840.
INFO:
Ken
908-763-6468
[email protected]. NS NC W.
October 27 Viking Last Saturday Quads
Courtyard Marriot, 15 Howard Blvd, Mt. Arlington, NJ at Exit #30,
Route #80. 3RR, G/90. EF: $20. $$G $40. 3-0 plays free next month.
Rds: 10-1-4. Info: Ken Thomas, cell 908-763-6468 or [email protected].
Ent: Before 10am at site. NS, NC, W.
October 27 Viking K-8 Kids Kwads
(Limited to K-8), 15 Howard Blvd, Mt. Arlington, NJ at Exit #30, Route
#80. 3RR, G/30. EF $15. Trophy to first each quad or $30 & other
prizes. 3-0 plays free next month. Rds: 10:30 them asap. Info: Ken
Thomas, cell 908-763-6468 or [email protected], Ent: Before 10:30 am
at site. NS, NC, W.
October 28 Westfield Scholastic Quick #5
5SS Game/10. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J. Sections
k-2, 3-5, 6-12 gold medal to first, silver medal to second, bronze
medal to third. EF: $10 Reg.: 3:30-4:00 p.m. Rounds 4:15, 4:40,
5:05,
5:30,
5:55
p.m.
(tiebreaks).
Info:
http://www.westfieldchessclub.com/ please bring identification to
enter the building. Todd Lunna 732-946-7379.
October 28 Westfield Quads (Also Same Format For Nov. 10)
3 RR Game/45, Full k. Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield, N.J.
Prizes $50 to first in each section EF: $20, $15 Members. Reg.: 2-2:15
p.m.
Rds.:
2:30-4:20-6:10
p.m.
Info:
http://www.westfieldchessclub.com/ please bring identification to
enter the building. Todd Lunna 732-946-7379.
November 3 Princeton Day School
650 The Great Road. Sections: FUTURE MASTERS G/60 (Players K-12
over 1300), CLOSED G/45 (K-12 over 1000), all other sections G/30. 4
rounds: OPEN (Players K-12 U-1000), RESERVE (K-12 U-800) NOVICE
II (K-8 U-600), NOVICE I (unrated K-6), K-1 (unrated) NO SCORE K-1.
Info and Register online: http://www.pds.org/page.cfm?p=549.
Inquiries to [email protected] EF: $30 On-site registration $40.
Reg.: 11:30-12:30. Rds.: 1, 2, 3, 4pm. (times will be accelerated if
possible). FUTURE MASTERS and CLOSED begins 10:45 (must
preregister). PLAQUES to top three teams and top five in each section.
Medals to all.
November 4 Ernesto Labate Grand Prix (Grand Prix Pts: 30)
5 Round Swiss Game/40 Westfield Y, 220 Clark Street, Westfield N.J.
$2000 Gtd: $650-$350-$250-$150-$100 U2200: $200 U2000 $150
U1800: $100 Best game prize $50 (Judge Ernesto Labate) EF: $75,
$60
by
October
28th
Reg:
9:30-11:30
a.m.
Rds:
12:00,1:35,3:10,4:45,6:20 p.m. early EF: Todd Lunna, 36 Maple
Drive, Colts Neck, New Jersey 07722. Make checks payable to
Westfield Chess Club please bring identification to enter the building.
www.westfieldchessclub.com Todd Lunna 732-946-7379.
Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero
Dragan Milovanovic (left) and IM Mikhail Zlotnikov early
on in the New Jersey Open! Dragan spun off a
spectacular game to bring home the full point in this
encounter.
November 10 Union County K-12 Open
Trophies Galore - Church of the Little Flower, 110 Roosevelt Ave.
Berkeley Heights NJ 07922. In 3 Sections Union HS Championship:
5SS, G/30, Open to High School. Union Grade 6 - 8 Championship:
5SS, G/30, Open to Grades 6-8. Union Grade K - 5 Championship:
5SS, G/30, Open to Grades K-5. ALL: EF: $20 by 11/05 $25 at site by
9:45am. Trophies to all, Top in grade is County Champion. 2 byes
allowed (Rds 1-4) if rec’d with EF. ENT: Ken Thomas, 115 West Moore
St. Hackettstown, NJ 07840-2233. INFO: Ken Thomas, (908) 7636468. [email protected]. NS NC W.
November 17 Viking 4-County Open (GPP: 20 Enhanced)
4SS, G/90 (rds 1-2 G60 G75), STARDUST DINER, 28 RT 46,
Hackettstown, NJ 07840. EF: $35 if mailed by 11-12, $45 at site by
9:45am. $$GTD: $250-150-150-100-100. 75 minimum to top A, B, C,
D, E/F. 75 each. No duplicates/pooling. call for details. Top Hunterdon,
Morris, Sussex, Warren are Champs (play-off required). Rds: 10-12-36. 2 byes allowed (rds 1-3) if rec’d with EF. ENT: Ken Thomas, 115 W
Moore ST Hackettstown, NJ 07840-2233. INFO: Ken 908-763-6468
[email protected]. NS NC W.
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Chess Clubs Throughout New Jersey (listed alphabetically by club name)
Bloomfield Chess Club
Bloomfield Civic Center
84 Broad Street, Bloomfield 07003
International Chess Academy
185 Court Street, Teaneck 07666
Meets Fridays 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Contact: 201-797-0330
Contact: Diana Tulman 201-287-0250
Contact: Fred Sharpell 973-696-1748
Contact: 201-833-1741
17-10 River Road, Fair Lawn 07410
Chess Club Of Greater Somerset County
Pheasant’s Landing Restaurant
311 Amwell Road, Hillsborough 08844
Restaurant Phone# 908-281-1288
www.pheasantslanding.com
Meets Mondays 6:00pm – 11:00pm
(Fair Lawn)
Email: [email protected]
Website:
http://home.att.net/~nwalthall/GSCC/
http://home.att.net/~nwalthall/cjcl/
Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Contact: Greg Tomkovich
Contact: David Fulton 908-672-4792
** Largest In NJ!! **
Dumont Chess Mates
Dumont High School
101 New Milford Avenue
Dumont 07628
Contact: Harrison Coleman
25 Beacon Street, Haworth 07641
Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Dumont Scholastic Chess Club
Dumont High School
101 New Milford Avenue
Dumont 07628
Contact: Harrison Coleman
25 Beacon Street, Haworth 07641
Meets Mondays 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Elmwood Park Chess Club
Elmwood Park Municipal Bldg.
182 Market Street
Elmwood Park 07407
Contact: Roy Greenberg
PO Box 487, Elmwood Park 07407
TD: Ron Groseibl
22-50 Maple Avenue
Fairlawn 07410
Meets Sundays 1:00pm
Hackettstown Chess Club
Hackettstown Community Center
293 Main Street
Hackettstown 07840
Contact: Harold Darst
111 Moore Street, Hackettstown 07840
908-852-5925
Meets Mondays 7:30pm – 11:00pm
(except certain major holidays)
Hamilton Chess Club
Ray Dwier Recreation Bldg.
Mercer County Road, Route 609
Groveville 08620
Contact: Ed Sytnik 609-758-2326
Website: www.hamiltonchess.org
Meets Wednesdays 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Hillsdale – Montvale Chess Club
Montvale Municipal Building
Memorial Drive
Montvale 07645
Contact: Gerald Freel
78 Magnolia Street, Pearl River, NY 10965
Contact: Stephen Ohayon
18 Cardinal Court, Montvale 07645
Contact: Gerald Freel
78 Magnolia Street, Pearl River, NY 10965
Meets Wednesdays 7:00pm
Fee: $14/Year Club Membership
Kenilworth Chess Club
Kenilworth Community Center
Boulevard, Kenilworth 07033
Plainsboro Chess Club
Plainsboro Library
641 Plainsboro Rd., Plainsboro 08536
Contact: Viraf Kapadia 609-799-4368
Email: [email protected]
Meets Sundays 1:15pm – 4:45pm
(Recommend Calling First Before Going!)
Princeton Landing Chess Club
Contact: Chuck Denk 609-720-0595
Meets Sundays 3:30pm – 5:30pm
(for kids 7+)
Email: [email protected]
Meets Thursdays 8:00pm – Midnight
Rutherford Chess Club
176 Park Avenue, Rutherford 07070
Livingston Recreation & Parks
Contact: Thomas McKenna
19 North Ridge Road, Livingston 07039
Meets 1st Thurs. Of Month (Summer Only)
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Meets Fridays 7:30pm (except holidays)
Mays Landing P.A.L. Chess Club
Oakcrest Estates Clubhouse, Oakcrest Drive
(Off Black Horse Pike) Mays Landing 08330
Contact: T. McKeen [email protected]
609-926-5909
Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 2:00pm
Contact: Simon Thomson 908-522-6543
Mendham Chess Club
Garabrant Center
4 Wilson Street
(1/8 Mile North Of Traffic Light From
Black Horse Inn), Mendham 07945
Contact: Lucy Monahan 973-543-2610
Email: [email protected]
Meets 1st Thurs. Of Each Month During The
Summer 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Metuchen Chess Club
Metuchen – Edison YMCA
Lake Street, Metuchen 08840
Contact: Bill Cohen 732-548-8432
Meets Fridays 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Monmouth Country Chess Club
Monmouth County Library Headquarters
125 Symmes Drive, Manalapan 07726
Contact: Jim Mullanaphy 732-294-9372
Email: [email protected]
Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 1:00pm
Morris County Industrial Chess League
Honeywell Corporate Headquarters
Colombia Road, Morris Township 07960
Contact: Gordon Pringle 908-464-0757
Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm (Sept. – June)
New Jersey Children’s Chess School
“Geller Kids” Chess Camp
862 DeGraw Avenue, Forest Hill
(North Newark) 07104
Contact: Arkady Geller 973-483-7927
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kidschesscamp.com
Meets Fridays 6:30pm – 9:00pm
July – August on Weekdays 9:00am – 5pm
Northfield & Ventnor Chess Club
Ventnor Library
6500 Atlantic Ave., 2nd Fl., Ventnor 08406
Site Phone: 609-823-4614
Contact: Gerry Sakura 609-601-1268
Email: [email protected]
Meets Tuesdays & Saturdays 1:00pm
(Also Inquire About Backgammon!)
Contact: Bill Hotaling 201-998-7318
Summit Area Chess Club
Myrtle Avenue
(Recreation Center At Memorial Field)
Summit 07901
Meets Mondays 7:00pm – 10:30pm
Toms River Chess Club
Town Hall, Washington St., Toms River
Contact: [email protected]
Meets Thursdays 7:00pm
Wayne Township Chess Club
Board Of Education Building
Hamburg Tpke & Church Lane, Wayne
Contact: Anthony Buzzoni 973-694-8943
Meets Thursdays 7:00pm – 10:00pm
West Orange Chess Club
Degnan Park Field House (off Pleasant
Valley Way)
Alyssa Drive, West Orange 07052
Contact: John Hagerty 973-736-3433
4 Karam Circle, West Orange 07052
Meets Tuesdays 8:00pm – Midnight
Westfield Chess Club
Westfield YMCA, Ferris Place
Contact: Todd Lunna
2124 Audonon Ave., So. Plainfield 07080
Bill Cohen (TD)
29 Hickory Street, Metuchen
Contact: Todd Lunna 732 946-7379
Meets Sundays 2:30pm – 8:00pm
Willingboro Chess Club
Willingboro Kennedy Center
429 John F. Kennedy Way,
Willingboro 08046
Contact: Curtis Warner 609-871-5700
Meets Saturdays 10:00am – 3:30pm
Meets Tuesdays 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Wizards of the Mind
30 Church Mall, Springfield 07081
Contact: Mark Schwartzman
Website: www.wizardsofthemind.com
917-841-5589
Meets Saturday & Wednesday Nights
Woodbury Chess Club
Presbyterian Church
South Broad Street, Woodbury 08096
Contact: Henry Feltman 856-845-5094
Meets Tuesdays 7:00pm
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Contact Steve Ferrero at [email protected] if
you would like your chess club listed for free!
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From Our President
Games From Around The State
by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation
by Steve Ferrero
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Since our last issue of ACN, the summer was filled with
much high-level chess. Our state hosted a very
successful US Open in Cherry Hill, a Futurity, the New
Jersey Open with one of the highest turnouts in years,
and the United States Chess League (USCL). The
USCL has seen our team draw two matches thus far
against formidable teams from around the country.
This team is anchored by Joel Benjamin, Dean Ippolito,
Evan Ju, Mackenzie Molnar, and Mikhail Zlotnikov. So,
who says the summers are slow in the chess world.
Games still pouring in from the recent 108th Annual US
Open from Cherry Hill await you as you turn the pages!
Also, you will find some games and plenty of photos to
enjoy just in from the 61st Annual New Jersey Open held
in Somerset over this past Labor Day Weekend.
IM Dean J. Ippolito (2472)
GM Alexander Stripunsky (2686)
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6ss 61 NJ Open, Somerset, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, Sep 3, 2007,ECO D07
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Chigorin Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.e3 e5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2
Bxc3 7.Bxc3 exd4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nb5 Qg5
11.h4 Qh6 12.Nxc7 Bg4 13.Qb3 Rad8
The summer seems to have been a foreboding of what
to expect for the coming year of chess in New Jersey.
We’ve got our regular servings on scholastic chess with
the kickoff of the Grade Level Championships, more
casual chess and tournaments being played at local
clubs, schools seeing the light and incorporating chess
into their after-school programs. We’ve got some
innovative plans to use our recently state purchased
sensor boards. You will see these in prominence at
state run tournaments. The New Jersey Teachers
Convention in Atlantic City, the largest teachers’ event
in the country, will once again see the NJSCF’s
presence with not one, but two booths. Could this be
one of the reasons that schools in the state are seeing
more interest in chess?
14.Qxb7 Rd6 15.Nb5 Re6 16.Bc4 Rxe3+ 17.Kf1 Qf4
18.Bxf6 Qxe4+ 19.Kg1 Re2 20.Bg5 Bc8 21.Nd6 Qc5
22.Be3 Qxd6 23.Qb5 Rc2 24.Qa4 Qd3 25.Kh2 Rc4 White
Resigns
Finally, I would like your comments on the revitalized
appearance of the Atlantic Chess News.
Steve
Ferrero, our editor, has been working very hard to
make the issues more attractive and interesting to you
– our readers. Also, please note the NJSCF Board
Directory on the first page of the issue. We’ve listed
members with their emails, phone numbers, or
addresses for you to contact them with your concerns,
improvements,
or
acknowledgements
of
this
hard-working group of volunteers to make chess in New
Jersey the best it can possibly be. You can go to our
website, www.NJSCF.org to find out what is going on in
the chess community. You can also find out when our
meetings are being held so that you can join us.
In closing, the New Jersey State Chess Federation is
looked upon by the rest of the state federations as a
benchmark of what should be going on in chess. You
have made this happen and look forward to your
continued support throughout the coming year.
Don’t Forget To Play In The
Viking 4-County Open Which Is
Being Held In Hackettstown, NJ!!
November 17th
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
The last round pairings in the NJ Open showed (front left to
right) GM Alexander Stripunsky & IM Dean J. Ippolito square off
while (rear left – right) Thomas J. Bartell faces off against the
experienced IM Anatoly Volovich.
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Ken Thomas’ Viking Last Saturday Quads from Mt.
Arlington on August 25th saw over 40 players
including the scholastic players in the Kids Kwads.
Results from the quads are below.
Tournament directors are encouraged to forward
copies of their crosstables to us at Atlantic Chess
News for reporting of their tournaments’ results from
across the state.
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A rather unusual pairing came forth in the final round
pitting longtime player, Brian Katz (top) against the young
Alexander Ross Katz (no relation) in the Open section of
the 61st Annual New Jersey Open.
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Boris Privman (right) faces off with the Black pieces
against Daftani Marajudin in round 6 of the 61st Annual
New Jersey Open!
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A visually impaired player, Henry Olynik (right) from White
Plains, New York, shown using a Braille chess set
competes against Dario Alfred Dell ’Orto in the final round
of the 61st Annual New Jersey Open on September 3rd.
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
Here, players from the U1600 section shown during the
final round battling for their final places in the New Jersey
Open. Everyone had fun in this perennial event.
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Players in the U1900 section of the 61st Annual New
Jersey Open getting their games underway in the final
round.
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Although GM Alexander Stripunsky from New York took
clear 1st Place scoring 5/6 in the Open section of this
year’s New Jersey Open, the 8-way tie for the title of top
New Jersey player included the following players scoring
4½/6: IM Anatoly Volovich (winning the title on tiebreaks),
FM Thomas J. Bartell, IM Mikhail Zlotnikov, FM Ilye Figler,
IM Edward William Formanek, Victor C. Shen, & Jayson
Lian. You may reference the crosstable below to see all
of the participants in this section.
And in the U1900 section we have the following final crosstable.
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IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (2413)
Dragan Milovanović (2249)
st
6ss 61 NJ Open, Somerset, Rd. 3, TL 40/2 SD/1, Sep 2, 2007,ECO A25
English Opening vs King’s Indian w/…Nc6 w/o early d3
1.c4 e5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Be6
7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 Qd7 9.Re1 Nge7 10.b4 O-O 11.b5 Nd8
12.Qb3 Kh7 13.a4 Bh3 14.Bh1 f5 15.a5 Ne6 16.b6 axb6
17.axb6 Nc5 18.Qc2 c6 19.Be3 Ne6 20.Ra1 d5 21.Rxa8
Rxa8 22.Na4 e4 23.dxe4 fxe4 24.Nh4 d4 25.Rd1 Rf8
26.Bg2 Bxg2 27.Nxg2 c5 28.Nf4 Nxf4 29.Bxf4 Qc6 30.Rb1
Nf5 31.Qd1 e3 32.f3 d3
33.Qxd3 Qxa4 34.Kg2 Qc6 35.Bxe3 Nxe3+ 36.Qxe3 Re8
37.Qd3 Bd4 38.e4 Ra8 39.Qe2 Qa4 40.Rd1 Qb3 41.Rd2
Qxb6 42.e5 Re8 43.f4 Qc6+ 44.Qf3 g5 45.Qxc6 bxc6
46.Kf3 Ra8 47.h4 Kg6 48.hxg5 hxg5 49.Kg4 gxf4 50.gxf4
Ra1 51.Rh2 Rg1+ 52.Kf3 Rc1 53.Rg2+ Kf7 54.Ke4 Rxc4
55.Kf5 Be3 56.e6+ Kf8 57.Ra2 Rf4+ 58.Ke5 Rd4 59.Ra8+
Ke7 60.Ra7+ Ke8 61.Kf6 Rd5 White Resigns
Daniel Stark (1882P)
Paul R. Joseph (1885)
st
6ss 61 NJ Open, Somerset, Rd. 5, TL 40/2 SD/1, Sep 3, 2007,ECO B23
Closed Sicilian Defense – Lines w/o g3
1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d3 e6
7.O-O Nge7 8.Qe1 O-O 9.Qh4 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Bxd4+
11.Kh1 d5 12.Bb3 b6 13.f5 exf5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Nxd5 Kh8
16.Nxf6 h5 17.Nxh5 gxh5 18.Qxh5+ Kg7 19.Qh6
Checkmate
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Ola Osanyinjobi (1947)
Victor C. Shen (2248)
12.Ngf3 Qe6 13.c4 Nd7 14.Rc1 f4 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.Bc4
fxe3 17.fxe3 c6 18.Qe2 Bh6
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 4, TL SD/1, Aug. 2, 2007,ECO B22
Sicilian Defense – Alapin’s Variation
1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Nc3
Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Bg5 Nb6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6
11.Bb3 Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Ne4 Bg7 15.a4 Bf5
16.Nc5 Rb8 17.Nc3 Na8 18.a5 b6 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Re1
R7d8 21.Rxe7 Qf6 22.Re5 Qh4 23.g3 Qf6 24.Rxa7 Rb4
25.f4 Qb6 26.Ra6 Qb8 27.d6
19.Rce1 Rf7 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 21.Bd3 Qg4 22.e4 Be6
23.Bc4 b5 24.h3 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Qh5 26.e5 e6 27.cxb5
cxb5 28.d5 Re8 29.Qxb5 Rb8 30.Qe2 Nf8 31.d6 Nd7
32.Bd4 Nb6 33.Rb1 Rfb7 34.Qf2 Nd5 35.Rxb7 Rxb7
36.Nh2 g5 37.Ng4 Bg7 38.Qf3 Qg6 39.Rc1 Qe8 40.Nf6+
Bxf6 41.exf6 Qg6 42.f7+ Black Resigns
Ola Osanyinjobi (1947)
Gerald Larsen (2127)
27…Bxe5 28.fxe5 Nb6 29.g4 Bc8 30.Rxb6 Rxb6 31.Nd5
Rbxd6 32.exd6 Qxd6 33.Ne4 Qa6 34.Ndf6+ Kg7 35.g5
Qb6 36.Nc5 Qd6 37.Nce4 Qf4 38.d5 Bf5 39.Qd4 Kf8
40.Nxh7+ Ke7 41.Qf6+ Kd7 42.Nc5+ Kc8 43.Qa6+ Kc7
44.Qc6+ Black Resigns
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 6, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 2, 2007,ECO B22
Sicilian Defense – Alapin’s Variation
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2
cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.h3
Bh5 12.c4 Qd6 13.a4 Rd8 14.a5 Nc6 15.a6 b6 16.Bg5
Rac8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Re1 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nxd4
Donald Donlag (2036)
Thomas S. Levine (1850)
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 7, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 3, 2007,ECO D85
Grunfeld Defense – Exchange Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.g3
O-O 7.Bg2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.e3
Be6 12.Rb1 Bxa2 13.Rxb7 Na5 14.Rb4 Bd5 15.Re1 Be4
16.Qa4 Bc6 17.Qa2 Bd5 18.Qe2 Rc8 19.Ba3 Nc4 20.Ra4
Qd7 21.Qd1 Nb6 22.Ra5 Nc4 23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Bxe7
Rfe8 25.Bc5 Qd7 26.Qd3 Rxc5 White Resigns
20.Bb7 Rc5 21.Qd3 Qc7 22.Re4 Nf5 23.Qc3 Nd6
24.Rg4+ Kf8 25.Qxf6 Rf5 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qh4+ Kd7
28.Rd1 Qc5 29.Rgd4 Kc7 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Qe7+ Kb8
32.Qe8+ Black Resigns
Dean W. Brown (1458)
Anthony P. Andrews (1800)
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 8, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 4, 2007,ECO A15
English Opening (by transposition)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Re8
7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nb6 10.b3 c6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4
g5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Bg4 15.Bxf6 Bxd1 16.Bxd8
Raxd8 17.Raxd1 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Nd7 19.Nc7 Re7 20.Rxd6
Rc8 21.Nd5 Black Resigns
Final Position
Clive Usiskin (1739)
Alan Kobernat (2000)
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 7, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 3, 2007,ECO A80
Dutch Defense
1.d4 f5 2.Nd2 Nf6 3.e3 b6 4.Ngf3 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O
7.Be2 d6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Ng5 Qd7 10.Bc4+ d5 11.Be2 Ne4
“Games From Around The State” Continued On Back Cover
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support, as well as Michael Khodarkovsky who
helped take her game to the next level. Some of
her favorite tournaments that you can catch her
in are the World Amateur Team East, NJ Junior,
Susan Polgar Invitational, and the All Girls
Nationals. Anna also recommends the following
chess books to improve your game – Kasparov’s
My Great Predecessors, and Dvoretsky’s
Endgame Manual.
She also offers some
insightful tips on improving your game which
include analyzing your own games (whether it’s
with Fritz or a coach), reviewing your tactics,
and just trying to uncover your mistakes and
correct them.
Scholastic Spotlight On Anna Matlin
by Joe Ippolito, President New Jersey State Chess Federation
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If the name Anna Matlin looks familiar, it should.
She was our special writer in the last ACN issue
on how it felt to be playing in the Susan Polgar
Invitational. So we thought it would be a special
tribute to actually see how this young talent got
started in becoming one of the top female
players in the state.
Our Columbia Middle School 7th grader, a
straight “A” student enjoys math, science, and
reading. She particularly likes tennis and sports
in general. Anna’s lofty chess goal is to make
the US Women’s Olympiad team. For those of
you that have seen Anna in action, you know
that it will be just a short matter of time before
she realizes her goals. For those of you that
have never seen her in action, here is one of her
favorite games from the NJ Junior where she
defeats an opponent rated over 100 points
above her.
Karsten McVay (1898)
Anna Matlin (1780)
NJ Junior, Apr.29, 2007,ECO E48
Nimzo Indian Defense – Rubinstein Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nge2
Nbd7 7.O-O c6 8.a3 Bd6 9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bd3
e5 12.Qc2 h6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.b4 a6 15.Bb2 Be6 16.Na4
Nxa4 17.Qxa4 e4 18.Bb1 Bc4 19.Nc3 Rfe8 20.Qc2 a5
First, we have to realize that this young Berkeley
Heights resident is only 12 years old. She is
nationally listed at #17 in the Top 50 for her age
group, and #4 in the Girls Under 13. She has a
cadre of over 50 trophies by virtue of her playing
approximately 90 rated games per year. Her
awards seem endless but she is most proud of
her 1st Place finish in the All Girls Nationals 8
and Under, and 1st Place in New Jersey for 5th
grade.
Anna started playing chess at the age of 6. As
Anna puts it, “My dad taught me how to move
the pieces, followed by the tactics and
strategies. Then I joined the Wizards of the
Mind Chess Club.” Here, Anna gives credit for
her success to Mark Schwartzman, who taught
her all of the basic principles and really taught
her to enjoy the game. She also includes her
parents for her success for their steadfast
21.Nxe4? Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Nxe4 23.g3 Bxg3 24.fxg3 Qxg3
White Resigns
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game is no guarantee of avoidance. For example, after 1.d4
d5 2.e4 e6 White can play 3.Be3 tempting Black to submit to
3...dxe4 leading into 3.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3; in the Caro-Kann
Defense 1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 the BDG can be reached with 3.Nc3
and if …dxe4 4.f3; and in the unusual Veresov Opening, after
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4, again, the BDG has been reached.
Rethinking The Queen’s Pawn Game – Part II
by Terese and David W. Hatch
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The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit has an interesting and
entertaining history, a fervent following and a multifaceted
reputation. Its detractors will call it dubious for White and its
devotees will label it dangerous for Black. Its following is
fanatical and depending upon which blog or book or
magazine you are reading, the BDG has been called both
spurious and sound. Much like the Colle, the Grob, the St.
George and the New York Yankees, the Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit is loved by its fans and mocked by its critics as it is
both one of the most misunderstood and maligned of chess
opening systems and one of the most feared.
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3
“At amateur level, all openings are sound.”
Lombardy
A gambit is an opening ploy in which one side graces the
other side with the gift of a pawn. The gambit injects
excitement into the game as early as the second move; it
unbalances the position; it immediately puts the question to
the opponent to make a critical decision; and it gives the
gambiteer a chance to steer the game into a direction he
wishes it to go. While gambits are not for the weak-kneed or
the faint-of-heart, neither should one be too cavalier about
playing a gambit. As Siegbert Tarrasch said, playing a
gambit “to acquire a reputation of being a dashing player
[comes] at the cost of losing a game.” Not all grandmasters
had the same opinion as Tarrasch. As Jose Capablanca
pointed out, there is honor in playing and accepting a gambit.
When confronted with Frank Marshall’s taunt in the original
Marshall Gambit game of 1909, Capablanca intuitively
declared, “I felt that my judgment and skill were being
challenged by a player who had every reason to fear both. I
considered the position and then decided that I was honor
bound, so to speak, to take the pawn.” But perhaps it is the
inspirational words of Theodore Roosevelt that best captures
the philosophy of a gambit: “It is not the critic who counts,
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or
where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit
belongs to the man who . . . at the best, knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at
least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never
be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory
nor defeat.”1
The history of the BDG dates back to the early 1880s when
American Armand Edward Blackmar introduced his analysis
of the opening moves 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3 in an article he
wrote for a chess magazine. The sacrificial concept of this
opening along with its uncharted theory and the tactical
opportunities the gambit produced inspired and confounded
chess players until the turn of the century when an antidote to
the lethal BDG appeared in the form of a counter gambit:
3…e5. (An example of how Black usurps all of White’s
initiative is Walter v. Baum, 1984: 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3 e5
4.fxe4 Qh4+ 5.Kd2 Nf6 6.Bd3 Nxe4+ 7.Bxe4 Qxe4 8.dxe5
Bg4 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O-O+ 0-1).
Then, in 1932, a
significant theoretical novelty appeared by way of German
tactician, Emil Joseph Diemer, who breathed new life into the
opening by interpolating the move 3.Nc3 before f3 to counter
the 3…e5 refutation. From 1932 to 1959, Diemer enjoyed
enormous success with the BDG, and the strategy and
tactics of the gambit forced players of the Black pieces to
develop a variety of creative countermeasures. A century
after Blackmar and 50 years after Diemer first played it,
another resourceful American, Charles Diebert, again gave
credibility and respect to the BDG by fearlessly employing it
at the highest levels against opponents like Silman,
Benjamin, Gulko, Kudrin, Rohde and Bisguier. Today, the
BDG still enjoys success and notoriety in club, tournament,
correspondence and OTB theme tournaments where some
configuration or another of the BDG is being accepted,
declined, deferred or avoided.
One opening that is a gambit in the boldest sense of the word
is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. In the Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit, White intends to play in true gambit style by willingly
forfeiting a pawn with no intention of recouping it. White’s
follow up plan is to take control of open files for his rooks and
long diagonals for his bishops. To be fair, however, Black is
not totally without compensation. Accepting the pawn in the
BDG will give Black an immediate material advantage. His
goal will be to consolidate his position with an eye toward
using that extra pawn to his advantage in the endgame.
The following games give us a sense of (as Diemer said)
“playing for mate from the first move.”
Armand Edward Blackmar
Farrar
New Orleans, 1882
The genesis of the BDG.
The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is an anomaly in chess
opening theory. The paradox of this opening is that, at first
blush, White appears to be sacrificing a center pawn when in
fact it is the sacrifice of the pawn on f3 that defines this
gambit. On its face the sacrifice appears to be unsound and
the games that usually ensue are played out in a
swashbuckling style capable of producing wild, Tal-like
sacrifices and tactics. Black can try to avoid the BlackmarDiemer by playing a quieter, closed opening such as the
French Defense or the Caro-Kann Defense, however, the
BDG is so transpositional that even shifting to an e-pawn
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3 exf3 4.Nxf3 e6 5.Bd3
For the price of a pawn White has a substantial lead in
development. Black has expended time and given up space.
5...Nf6 6.c3 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Ne4
White’s queen and bishops are raking the board, his rook is
on a half-open file and his knights are in position to initiate a
winning textbook combination.
9...0–0 10.Neg5 hxg5 11.Nxg5
White’s attack is pure and his plan is simple and
straightforward.
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6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 h6 9.Bf4 c6 10.Kh1 0–0
11.Qd2 Re8
Black’s position is cramped; his bishop on c8, which is locked
in by the pawns on e6 and c6, looks particularly dismal. At
the cost of a mere pawn, White has completed his
development and his pieces have scope and mobility. This is
a position that BDGers are born for.
12.Bxh6
It doesn’t take much prompting for White to start sacrificing
material in order to launch a swift and dangerous attack.
Objectively, any computer worth its megabytes will rate this
move as unsound, but that totally misses the swashbuckling
spirit of the BDG.
12…gxh6 13.Qxh6
As with most BDG games, White has now come to the point
of no return and must continue the attack by striking first
before Black has a chance to consolidate his pieces and
benefit from his huge material advantage.
11...Bd7?
11...g6 was necessary here.
12.Rxf6! Bxf6 13.Qh5 Re8 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Nxf7#
13...Bf8 14.Qh4 Bg7 15.Ne5 Qe7?
Emil Josef Diemer
Stefan Weinmann
Baden Baden, 1980
15...c5 was Black’s last opportunity for counterplay as after
16.Ne4 Nxe4 (16...cxd4? does not work because of 17.Nxf6+
Nxf6 18.Rf3) 17.Qxe4 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qg5 not only has
White’s attack dissipated, he is down material and must
defend against numerous threats.
The BDG almost always lends itself to a quick kingside attack
for White. This game is a good example of how White’s
knights can wreak havoc in the BDG. Take note in this game
how White’s knights have command of the board and are in
complete control of the game.
16.Rf3 Nf8
16…c5 now would not work because 17.Rg3 Ne4 18.Qxe4 f5
19.Qf4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 Qc5 21.Qxc5 Nxc5 22.Bc4 Kf8
23.Ng6+ Kf7 24.Rf1 Bxc3 25.Rxf5+ wins.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 6.Bc4
Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Qe1 b6 9.Qh4 Qd7 10.h3 Ba6 11.Ne5
Qe8 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.Bh6 Nh5 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.Nd5 f6?
16.Nc6
17.Rh3 c5 18.Rf1 cxd4 19.Rff3
White intuitively presses on with his attack knowing his
positional advantage is his only chance to secure the win.
19...dxc3?
Objectively, Black must forego winning more material and
concentrate on keeping the position as level as possible with
19...Ne4 20.Qxe4 dxc3 21.Qh7+ Nxh7 22.Bxh7+ Kh8
23.Nxf7+ Qxf7 24.Bg6+ Kg8 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Bh5+ Ke7
27.Rf7+ Kd6 28.Rd3+ Ke5 29.Rxg7 cxb2 and although White
still has an advantage, his initial attack has been repelled.
20.Rfg3 Ng6 21.Bxg6 Qd6 22.Bd3
Not 22.Bxf7+? because the pawn is poisoned and after
22...Kf8 23.Re3 cxb2 leads to a winning position for Black.
22...Kf8 23.Qg5 Ng4?
If 23…Ke7 24.bxc3 Rh8 and Black can at least play on.
24.Ng6
Black must have been hoping to swindle White into playing
24.Nxg4?? when capturing this knight would cost White the
game after 24...cxb2 25.Rf3 b1(Q)+ 26.Rf1 Qxf1+ 27.Bxf1 e5
and Black’s material advantage should be enough to win.
16...Rf7? 17.Ncxe7+ Kh8 18.Nxg6+ Kg8 19.Nge7+ Kh8
20.Nxf6 1-0
Charles Diebert
John F. Burke
US Amateur Team, 1987
24...fxg6??
This move opened the floodgates. 24…Kg8 would have been
no better as the science of computer technology shows us 19
forced moves leading, mercifully, to checkmate: 24...Kg8
25.Rxg4 cxb2 (25...fxg6?? leads to instant demise in 4
26.Qxg6 Qxh2+ 27.Rxh2 Re7 28.Rh8+ Kxh8 29.Qh7#)
26.Rh8+ Bxh8 27.Nxh8+ Kf8 28.Ng6+ Kg8 29.Ne5+ Kf8
30.Qh6+ Ke7 31.Qh4+ f6 32.Rg7+ Kd8 33.Nf7+ Kd7
34.Nxd6+ Re7 35.Qa4+ Kc7 36.Qc4+ Kd8 37.Rg8+ Kd7
38.Qb5+ Kxd6 39.Qb4+ Kd5 40.Bc4+ Kc6 41.Bb5+ Kd5
42.Qc4+ Ke5 43.Qc5+ Kf4 44.Qd4+ Kf5 45.Bd3#.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4
After Diemer breathed new life into the BDG with 3.Nc3, a
veritable cornucopia of defenses emerged. Black steers
clear of the Hubsch Gambit (3…Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4) in order
to keep an important defender on the board.
4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6
Black selects the Euwe Defense.
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25.Rf3+ Bf6 26.Rxf6+ Ke7 27.Rh7+ Kd8 28.Rf8+ 1-0
Instead of getting distracted with 28.Qxg4 cxb2 29.Rf1 Bd7
30.Bxg6 Rg8 and still having to work for the win, White chose
the correct continuation with 28.Rf8+ as 28…Nf6 29.Qxf6+
Qe7 30.Qxe7#.
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
Here, we see players in several sections shown, some
deep in thought during this year’s New Jersey Open
during the final round.
11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.0–0 Rb8 Bxc2 14.Bxc6+
What followed after 13...Bxc2? was pretty uncomfortable for
Black as 14.Bxc6+ pretty much gave White clear sailing
(Roger Gotschall).
Roger Gotschall (1410)
Anila Shah (1789)
2007 US Open - Cherry Hill, NJ
Mr. Gotschall graciously provided us with his comments for
this game.
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5
It seems that we got off of the beaten path when Black
played 4...e5. I was expecting 4...exf3 or 4...Nf6 (Roger
Gotschall). Off the beaten track indeed. We found this
position in only two games in our BDG mega database,
Lemke – Morjan (Corr. 1984 1-0) and lovejudges – CyniK
(ICC 1998 0-1). Obviously, the merits of 4…e5 have yet to
be determined.
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
5.d5 Bb4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 exf3 9.Nxf3 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Nxd5?
Danny Balter (left) shown in round six slugging it out with
Nikita Panasenko in the U1900 section of the 61st Annual
New Jersey Open. Nikita and your Editor shared 1st & 2nd
place respectively with 5/6 each scoring 4 wins and 2
draws.
I think Black had the advantage until 10...Nxd5? After that
White had a pretty good grip on the center with 11.Bxd5 or
11.Qxd5. (At that point I thought Black's best response was
11...c6) (Roger Gotschall).
14…bxc6 15.Qxc2 Qd5 16.Bxa7 Rb7 17.Bf2 0–0
18.Rfe1 f6 19.Rad1 Qc4 20.Re4 Qf7 21.Nh4 Rfb8 22.Nf5
Rb2 23.Qd3 Rxa2 24.Rg4 Kh8 25.Rxg7 Qe8 26.Qh3
Rxf2
26...h5 only holds off mate for a few more moves 27.Qg3 Qf7
28.Rxf7 Rg8 29.Qxg8+ Kxg8 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Rd8#.
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27.Qxh6# 1–0
All in all, the BDG is simply fun to play. It has been a long
time favorite of mine (Roger Gotschall).
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White might have tried 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 hoping for
31...Qxb4?! 32.Rea3, but 31...R8d3 maintains Black's
edge.
Opening Forum: Budapest Gambit Fajarowicz Variation
30...Qc5 31.b4 axb4 32.Qb2 R8d3 33.Rxd3 Qg1+ 34.Kg3
Rxd3+ White Resigns
by Life Master James R. West
It is interesting to note that White's rook and bishop stayed
parked on their original squares!
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Game #2
Sandi Hutama (2219)
James R. West (2200)
In March 2007, while playing in a tournament at the Polgar
Chess Center in Queens, I bought “The Fighting
Fajarowicz” [Chess Digest, 1996, 228 pages] by Tim
Harding. One advantage to purchasing a book in person
rather than on-line or by mail is that it affords you the
opportunity to browse before buying. My shopping spree
has already paid dividends, as I have defeated a couple of
masters and drawn another with the Fajarowicz after the
opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4. There has
also been a draw against a master who declined the
Budapest Gambit with 3.d5.
3rr Mt. Arlington Quads, TL G/90, April 28, 2007,ECO A51
Budapest Gambit Declined
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Bc5 4.e3 O-O
(4...d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.Be2 cxd5 8.cxd5 Bf5 9.O-O
a6 10.a4 Nbd7 was equal, however, it was 0-1 in 41
moves, Bekmuhkamedova-Vo, Bratislava 1993)
5.Nc3 c6 6.g4
(6.Bd3 cxd5 7.cxd5 a6 8.a3 b5 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bb2 Re8
11.Nge2 d6 12.Ng3 Bb7 13.Qb3 Nbd7 14.h3 Rc8 15.O-O
with a small advantage for White although 0-1 in 72
moves, Pixton-Monokroussos, Internet Chess Club 2000)
The Fajarowicz Variation is to 1.d4 what the Philidor
Counter Gambit is to 1.e4, namely fighting chess! You will
not find many positional moves in these sharp lines.
6…cxd5 7.cxd5 Qa5 8.Bg2 d6 9.g5 Ne8 10.Nge2 f6 11.h4
b5 12.Bd2 b4 13.Ne4 Na6 14.gxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxf6+ Rxf6
16.Ng3 Bd7 17.Ne4 Rg6 18.Bf3 Rf8 19.h5 Rh6 20.Rg1
Bb6 21.Ng5 Nc5 22.Be2 Bd8
Game #1
Mark Kernighan (2215)
James R. West (2200)
3rr Hamilton Quads, TL 40/80 15/30, April 21, 2007,ECO A51
Budapest Gambit – Fajarowicz Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nc6
6.Qc2 d5 7.exd6ep Bf5 8.Qd1 Qxd6 9.e3
(9.a3 Bxd2+ 10.Bxd2 O-O-O 11.Qc1 Rhe8 12.b4 Nd4
13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be3 Qe5 15.Bf4 Rd1+! 16.Qxd1 Qc3+
17.Bd2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Qxa1+ 19.Qd1 Qxa3, 0-1, ZiewitzHagen, Schleswig 1963)
9…O-O-O 10.Be2 Qf6 11.Qb3 Nc5 12.Qd1 Nd3+ 13.Bxd3
Bxd3 14.a3 Bxd2+ 15.Nxd2 Ne5 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Nxc4 Bxc4
18.Qg4+ Kb8
23.a3 Bxg5 24.axb4 Qd8 25.bxc5 Bh4 26.Rg2
Black now seizes the opportunity to force a draw by
perpetual check.
26...Rxf2 27.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 Qg3+
30.Kh1 Bf5 31.Ra4 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Draw
Agreed
Game #3
FM Ilye Figler (2300)
James R. West (2200)
Marshall Chess Club, TL G/30, July 29, 2007,ECO A51
Although material is even with bishops of opposite colors,
Black has a huge plus due to his lead in development.
Budapest Gambit – Fajarowicz Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Nxd2
6.Nbxd2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxd2+
19.Kf2 Rd6 20.Re1 Rhd8 21.Qf3 Bb3 22.e4 Rd3 23.Re3
Bd1 24.e5 Qb6 25.Qg3 g6 26.h4 a5 27.Kg1 Bc2 28.Qf2
Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Bf5 30.a4
(7...Bf8!? 8.Qc2 g6 9.Qc3 Bg7 10.Ne4 Nxe5! 11.Nxe5
Qe7 12.f4 d6 =/+, Vol-Glaskov, Moscow 1990)
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5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nd2
8.Qxd2 Qe7 9.Qc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Re8 11.Rd5 b6 12.e3 Bb7
13.Bd3
White avoids the trap 6.Nf3?? Nxf2! 7.Kxf2 Bg3+!!
(13.Be2 Rad8 14.O-O Nb8 15.Rc1! Bxd5 16.cxd5 d6
17.Bb5 Rf8 18.e4 a6 19.Bd3, Smyslov-Steiner, Groningen
1946 when Smyslov recommends 19...Rfe8!? 20.e6 fxe6
21.dxe6 c5 22.Bc4 as Black's best try, a position which
Fritz 8 evaluates as = after 22...Rc8)
6...Bf5 7.Ngf3 Bc5?!
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Moving this piece twice is inaccurate. Black should play
7...O-O with a lead in development.
15.b4 c5 16.Rh3
8.e3 O-O 9.Be2
Black answers 16.Rd6 with 16...f6 giving a slight
advantage to White.
White could have exploited Black's 7th move by 9.b4! Qf6
10.Ra2.
16...cxb4 17.axb4 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Rc8 19.Qd4 d6 20.e6
fxe6 21.dxe6
9...Qf6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bd2 Rfe8 13.h4 h6
14.h5 a5 15.Bc3 Qe6 16.Qa4 Ra6
White misses 21.Qe4 g6 22.h5 exd5 23.Qxd5+ Qe6
24.Qxe6+ Rxe6 25.Rg3 which is approximately equal.
21...Nc6 22.Bxh7+?! Kh8
Capturing the bishop looks risky, but Black should win
after 22...Kxh7 23.Ng5+ Kh6 24.Qf4 Ne5.
23.Qe4 d5 24.Qxd5 Qxb4+ 25.Kf1 Qa5 26.Qe4 Qa1+
27.Ne1 Ne5 28.f4 Rc1 29.fxe5 Rxe1+ 30.Kf2 Rf1+ 31.Kg3
Qe1+ 32.Kg4 Qd1+ 33.Kg5
On 33.Rf3 Rxf3 34.gxf3 Qg1+ 35.Kh5, a drawn queenand-pawn ending is the result after 35...Rxe6 36.Bg6
Rxg6 37.Qxg6 Qxe3.
33...Qd8+ 34.Kg4 Qd1+ 35.Kg5 Qd8+ Draw Agreed
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17.Rh3 Bb4!
I had counted on this move to take the sting out of 18.Rg3.
18.Rc1 Bxc3+ 19.Rxc3 Rb6 20.Rb3?
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White must play 20.b3, but Black is already better
because of White's poorly placed queen.
Game #4
Lorand Kis (2207)
James R. West (2203)
20...Bc2 21.Bd1 Rxb3 22.Bxc2 Rxb2 23.Kf1 Rd8 24.Rh4
Qf6 25.Kg1 Qc3 26.Bf5 Qb3 27.c5 Qxa4 28.Rxa4 Rb5
29.Rc4 Rd5 30.g4 Rbxc5 31.Re4 Rd8 32.Kg2 Kf8
6ss NJ Open, Somerset, TL 40/2 SD/1, Sep. 2, 2007,ECO A51
Budapest Gambit – Fajarowicz Variation
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 d6
An easier win is 32...b5 followed by 33...b4.
33.Rf4 Rd6 34.Kg3 Rf6 35.Re4 Ne7 36.Bd7 Rd6 37.Ba4
b5 38.Bb3 a4 39.Ba2 Rc2 40.Bb1 Rb2 White Resigns
(4...Qh4?! 5.g3 Qh5 6.Bg2 Qxe5 7.Nf3 Qh5 8.O-O d6
9.Nd4 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.e4 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 O-O 13.Bf4
+/- and 1-0 in 62 moves, Flear-Bellon, Bern 1991)
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6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf3 c6 10.g5 Nd5 11.Bd3
Nbd7
Defeating Masters With The Blackmar-Diemer
by Lev D. Zilbermints, Chess Champion of Essex County
11…Qc7 was seen in Lev D. Zilbermints – Ivan Kaplan,
25th Nassau Class Championship, 6/18/2007. That game
continued 12 Bxg6 hxg6 13 Nxd5 cxd5 14 0-0 Bd6? 15
Qxf7+! Qxf7 16 Nxf7! Rxh3 17 Nxd6 Ke7 18 Nxb7 Nc6
19 c3 Rah8 20 Bf4 R8h4 21 Kg2 Rd3 22 Rf3 Rxf3 23
Kxf3 Kd7 24 Nc5+ Ke7 25 Re1 Nd8 26 Bc7 Nf7 27
Rxe6+ Kf8 28 Nd7+ Kg8 29 Re8+ Kh7 30 Nf8+, Black
Resigns.
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As faithful readers of Atlantic Chess News know, I have
been playing the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit (BDG) since
1991 in tournaments, blitz, correspondence, and on the
Internet. I have had some nice wins over strong masters,
thereby proving the skeptics wrong. Below you will find
two of my games against masters, plus a few in the notes,
played recently.
12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.0-0 Qe7 A classic BDG
position has arisen. Black’s pieces are all hunched
around his King, while White goes on attacking. Believe it
or not, this position is very common in the Teichmann
Defense.
Lev D. Zilbermints (1981)
Mark Kernighan (2200)
Westfield Quads, June 3, 2007, ECO D00
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 This is Diemer’s improvement
over the original 3.f3?! as proposed by Armand Edward
Blackmar. The point is that after 3.f3 e5! Black has a
great game, whereas White has to struggle for equality.
3…Nf6 4.f3 White’s 4th move constitutes the BlackmarDiemer Gambit.
15.Kg2! A subtle move, the point of which is to prevent
…Qg3+ and to protect the h3-pawn. Most people will play
something else here, leaving the g3-square vulnerable. I
think prophylactics before the final attack is important.
After all, White does not want to face a possible …Rxh3 or
…Qg3+, right? 15…Nb8 16.c4 dxc4 17.Be4 Here, the
idea is to hit the b7-square and bring the Bishop into the
game. 17…Nd7 18.Bd2 Rh4 19.a3 0-0-0 20 Bxb7+ Kb8
21.Be4? I missed 21.Qg3! here, winning a Rook for a
Bishop. 21…e5 22.Rae1 f5 23.gxf6ep gxf6 24.Qg3 Rh8
25.dxe5 Nxe5 26.Bc3 Bg7 27.Bf3 g5 28.Re4 Rd3
29.Rxc4 Qd6 30.Rb4+ Kc8 31.Bxe5 fxe5 32.Bg4+ Kd8
33.Bf3 Rf8 34.Re4! Rd2+ 35.Kh1 and eventually 1-0.
Now 4…e5 is no longer possible, as 5.dxe5! attacks the
knight on f6. Sure, that does not stop Black from playing
the Elbert Countergambit (that is it’s name), but it does
lose very quickly after 5.dxe5 Nd7 6.Nb5 Kd8 7.Bg5+ f6
and White wins a pawn or two. 4…exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4
Black’s 5th move constitutes the Teichmann Defense.
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Other tries:
a) 5… c5 Kaulisch Defense 6.d5 e6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.dxe6
fxe6 9.Bc4 a6 10.a4 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.Re1
g6? 14.Bxa6! Nd4! 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4
bxa6?? 18.Qa8+ Kc7 19.Qa7+ Kd6 20.Bf4+ e5 21.Bxe5
Qxe5 22.Rxe5 Kxe5 23.Re1+ Kd5 24.c4+ dxc4 25.Rd1+
Kc6 26.Qxa6+ Kc7 27.Qa5+ Kb8 28.Qxd8 Black Resigns
Lev D. Zilbermints – Grant Oen, Westfield G/30, 6/10/2007
My next opponent was a lot stronger and somewhat
arrogant. We have played before, years ago, and while I
managed to beat him in a few games, he usually came out
the winner. But this time, things turned out differently!
Watch how the contest develops:
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b) 5…g6 Bogoljubow Defense 6.Bc4 e6? 7.0-0 Bg7
8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Qe1 0-0 10.Qh4 Qe8 11.Nb5 Nb6 12.Nxc7
Qd8 13.Nxa8 Nxc4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bd7 16.Rad1
Qc8 17.Bxf6 Bd8 18.Rd8 Bxf6 19.exf6! Qxd8 20.Qh6
Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Black Resigns Lev D. Zilbermints –
Eugene Vetter, Freeport, Long Island, G/70, 6/28/2007.
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Lev D. Zilbermints (1999)
Ernest Colding (2234)
Westfield G/30, June 10, 2007, ECO D00
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit – Euwe Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nc3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6
constitutes the Euwe Defense. It was recommended in the
1950’s by former World Champion Dr. Max Euwe, after
whom it is named. 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 c5 The
last move is not that common. Out of over 2 million
games, I could only find 17 games with it in the German
www.chesslive.de online computer database. 9.dxc5
Here, other moves are possible:
a) 9.Qe1 a6 10.d5!? exd5 11.Nh4 c4 12.Nf5 cxd3
13.Nxd5 0-0 14.Nfxe7+ Kh8 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Rxf6! Be6
17.Qh4 Bxd5 18.Rh6! Be4 19.Rh5 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxb2
21.Rf1 Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2 Qxc2+ 23.Kh1 d2 24.Rd5 Rae8
25.Qb4 a5 26.Qh4 Qc1 27.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 28.Rh5+! Black
Resigns
Really, I have no idea why Colding played this move,
giving up the Queen for two Rooks. Perhaps, as the flow
of the game showed, he did not analyze deep enough.
Me, I calculated that after 16…Qa3 17.Re3 Qa5 18.Bf6
gxf6 19.Ne5 Black has real problems with development.
Admittedly, I analyzed only part of the above-cited
variation; the rest was found during the typing of this
article.
D. Kaczmarczyk – Blasius Nuber, 19th Salzburg
Schwarzsach Open – B, 2004.08.21.
b) 9.d5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bg5?? 11.Nxg5! exd5 12.Nxf7
Qb6 13.Qe1+ 1-0, Stefan Nussbaum – Frank Entz,
Bernkastel – Kues SJR – ch U20, 1996.
17.Rxb2 Nxb2 18.Bc1
9…Nxc5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 Here the database gives only
three games with this move order. White emerged the
victor in one game while Black won the two remaining
games.
Mind you, in one game White resigned
prematurely! 11.Qe2 a6 This move is not in the
database. Previously seen was 11…Qb6, as in Ertel – G.
Schuh, correspondence 1998.
That game continued 12.Be3 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 a6 14.Nbd4
0-0 15.c3 Nd5 16.Bf2 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.c4 Nf4 19.Qc2
Ng6 20.b4 Nd7 21.c5 Bf4 22.Ne2 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
24.Bg3 b6 and White prematurely resigned.
Sure, he is a pawn down, but so what? He could still fight
on and draw the game. Personally, I have fought back
from worse odds and prevailed! Though it must be said
that my games were over-the-board, not postal!
Here I offered a draw, concerned about my opponent’s
seeming compensation. Colding replied, “You are asking
me for a draw? Draw declined.” I took a look at the
position, saw that I could win a free piece, and answered,
“Okay, have it your way!” 18…Ba3 19.Nb1! This was the
move that Colding missed. … Rd8 Trying for a cheapo on
d1. 20.Nfd2 0-0 21.Nxa3 Na4 22.Qf3 Nd5 23.Nac4
b5 24.Ba3 bxc3? Here 24…Rfd8 was best. Now White
gets a decisive advantage. 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Qa3+ Ne7
27.h4 c3 28.Ne4 Rd4 29.Nxc3 Rxh4+ 30.Kg1 Nb6
31.Qd6! f6 32.Qxb6 Rc4 33.Qb3 Rc6 34.Ne2 Kf7 35.c4
Rc5 36.Qb6 Rc4 37.Qxa6 Rc6 38.Qb5 Rc2 39.a4 Nd5
40.Nd4 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Re1 42.Qd7+ Kg6 43.Nxe6 Rd1
44.Nf4+ Kg5 45.Nxd5 g6 46.Qe6 f5 47.a5 h5 48.Qe3+
Black Resigns. After saying “I resign”, my opponent tore
up his scoresheet.
There was this case, eleven years ago, when International
Master Angelo Young got cocky trying to win the game
and stalemated me! He had two Queens, a Knight, a
Rook, four pawns, and another one about to Queen. I had
a lone King with nowhere to move. And, oh yeah, the
opening was a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit! I will publish
that game next time.
12.Bxd7+ Ncxd7 13.Rad1 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Qxb2 Uh-oh!
This pawn grab must be similar to the Sicilian Defense:
Poisoned Pawn Variation! 15.Rd3 I had thought about all
kinds of tactics involving sacrifices on f6 and d7, but
everything is too well defended. Thus the text move is
played. 15…Nc5 16.Rb1 Nxd3?
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The editor of the Atlantic Chess News, Steve Ferrero,
gave us a heads up on this game. A strong amateur is
playing “chess pirate”— using a dubious opening to try
and get the edge right off the bat.
Chess Gems
by Peter J. Tamburro Jr.
n q Ä
The old chestnut Balasubramanian pulled out was the
Tennison Gambit, which had a brief spell of popularity in
the late 1800s.
The easiest way to meet this gambit is 3...Nc6 4.Nxe4 Nf6
5.Nbc3 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 Bf5 7.Ng3 Bg6; although, we would
love to see someone try 3...Qd4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bg4
6.Be3 Bxd1 7.Bxd4 Bxc2 8.dxe4 h6 9.Rc1 hxg5 10.Rxc2
Nc6 11.Bb5 0–0–0 12.Be3 (12.Bxc6 Rxd4) 12...Nd4.
There is an old chess saying, “He who takes the queen
knight pawn, sleeps in the streets.”
Well, there are still people taking the b-pawn and still
sleeping in the metaphorical chess streets.
Andrei Grekh proves the value of the old wisdom to Valery
Grinev at the Third Geller Memorial Open held this month
in Odessa in Ukraine.
Black, in the game, could also have gone with 4...Be6
5.Qh5 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.Nbc3 Nf6. Instead, he opted for
sharper play.
The opening is very old time, too. White grabs his space
advantage in the Advanced Caro-Kann with a style we
haven’t seen in a while. Yes, the Advanced Caro-Kann is
played a lot, but those familiar with it will notice White’s
rather ancient attitude.
White had his pitfalls to avoid, too. On move seven, 7.Na4
Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Qd4+ 9.Ke1 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe4+ would have
been embarrassing.
We were not too fond of 7…e4 and even less so of
10…exd3ep, which just helped White’s development.
Better would have been 10…Bb6. However, one really
dubious move was 11…c6. A more energetic try would
have been 11...Qe7 12.Be3 0–0 13.0–0–0 Ng4 14.Bxc5
Qxc5 15.Rhe1 Rae8.
Maybe Black picked up on that, too, and felt he could get
away with taking the b-pawn, and after attacking the rook
on b7 with Nc5, he could then gobble up the h-pawn on
the other side of the board after the rook moved from the
knight attack.
White had a great move up his sleeve: 20.Nb5! Black’s
queen is attacked. There is a mate threat on d7 and White
can even plant the knight on d6 with check. What a
disaster in just one move!
The final nail in the coffin was 13…Qc8?? To get any play
at all, Black had to play 13...Qe7 14.Nd6+ (14.Qxe7+
Kxe7 15.Na3 Nb4 16.g3 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 Ng4) 14...Bxd6
15.Bxa6 (15.Qxa8+ Kf7) 15...Bd7+ 16.Be2 Rb8 17.Qxa7
Rxg2, and it’s still a fight.
Don’t take that queen knight pawn!!
Andrei Grekh (2355)
Valery Grinev (2242)
Thus, White’s choice of openings unsettled Black. We
hope our readers will take note, so this disaster will not
befall them when they’re Black.
rd
3 Geller Memorial Open, Odessa Ukraine 2007, ECO B12
Caro-Kann Defense – Advance Variation
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 e6 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.f4 c5
7.Ngf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Ne7 9.O-O Nf5 10.Bf2 Rc8 11.c3 Qb6
12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 Qxb2
Adit Balasubramanian (2181)
Geoffrey Herman (1973)
th
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 7, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 3, 2007,ECO A06
Tennison Gambit
1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 e5 4.Nxe4 f5 5.Nec3 Be6 6.Na3
Bc5 7.Qf3 e4 8.Qg3 Nf6 9.Nab5 Na6 10.d4 exd3ep
11.Bxd3 c6
14.g4 Ne7 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 cxd4 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Nxd4
a6 19.Rxb7 Nc5 20.Nb5 Black Resigns
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12.Qxg7 Rg8 13.Qxb7 Qc8 14.Qxa6 cxb5 15.Bxb5+ Kf7
16.Qxc8 Bxc8 17.Bc4+ Be6 18.Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.g3 Ng4
20.O-O Rab8 21.b3 Bd4 22.Bb2 Rbc8 23.Rae1+ Kf7
24.Nb5 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Nxf2 26.Nd6+ Black Resigns
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so. The Magician from Riga was a monumental player and
jovial personality, but even more fortunate for the rank and
file he was a first class journalist. This autobiography
written in biography form (Tal as interviewer and
interviewee!), is as honest a book written by a world class
sportsman as you will find. No other chess player before
had included so much of his own private and professional
life while still competing. Then there were the games,
which were presented postscript at the end of each
chapter like a wonderful afterthought, a second book
themselves. In my opinion, this book sets the standard for
which any chess autobiography, biography, or game
collection should be measured by.
Stranded On A Desert Island?
Twelve Modern Chess Books To Pack!
by Ken Calitri
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As a chess player one of my greatest fears is being stuck
on a desert island without chess books. C’mon, be honest,
you’ve had the same uneasy feeling: “I can’t bring my
library on this cruise, so what would I pack in the event
some glassy-eyed Sea Captain sinks the boat?” Having
thought about this at length, I decided on 12 books, 12
Wilson’s if you will -- one for every month just in case no
one has the foggiest notion where you are.
The 1980’s – The Two Kings
4) Chess at the Top by Anatoly Karpov
This game collection covers 1979-1984 when Karpov was
nearly invincible. It includes every game from his 1981
Merano World Championship Match, in which he
dismantled Viktor Korchnoi. Karpov is a very good
teacher; his text annotations are clear and concise and he
limits his analysis to key lines to not overwhelm the
reader. This collection is a self-portrait of his style and
results right before his matches with Kasparov. Most of us
forget that if Karpov had moved 33.a6 in game 41 of the
first Moscow match he would have won 6-1 and we would
probably be considering him the greatest of all time. This
is the perfect book to re-discover Karpov and learn from
his best games.
For the trip, I’m picking the books based on the following
criteria:
1. They must be modern i.e. written after 1970 with
each decade represented equally
2. Variety is the spice of life – you won’t find 12
Informants on the list!
3. All are masterpieces! An overused phrase to be
sure, however, separated into its original form ‘a
master’s piece’ – each book is unique and well
crafted
The 1970’s – End of the Golden Era
5) The Test of Time by Garry Kasparov
This book is similar to “Chess at the Top”. It covers all
major GM events in Kasparov’s career ending with his
Semi-Final Candidates victory over Smyslov in 1984. This
heavily annotated collection brims with Kasparov’s
youthful exuberance, zeal and genius for the game, while
the selected games cover a wide variety of opponents and
openings. Reading this book and “Chess at the Top” will
provide weeks of happy study and will transport you to a
critical juncture in the history of chess, right before they
would begin a titanic struggle for the World Chess Crown.
1) Fischer Versus Spassky Reykjavik 1972
by CHO’D Alexander
I’ve read every book in English on this match and with all
due respect to Robert Byrne and Ivo Nei’s book I keep
coming back to this one as my all time favorite. The late
CHO’D Alexander’s top shelf writing brings the
background drama and games to life like no other book on
this match. His insightful introductions and lengthy
annotations read like short stories. Reading this book you
will think it was an eyewitness account, but in truth
Alexander wrote this book from a hospital bed, making it
all the more noteworthy.
6) Moscow 1985, Karpov versus Kasparov
by Yuri Averbakh and Mark Taimanov
This unheralded match book covers both Moscow World
Championship matches; the aborted 48 game marathon
and the fixed 24 game rematch. This book treats you to 72
chess lessons given by two seasoned Russian
Grandmasters. Not only do you get game introductions
and heavily annotated games, but also the time allotment
for each move as well. Also, you may want to stow away
books on the London 1986 and Seville 1987 matches in
your partner’s suitcase!
2) Simple Chess by Michael Stean
In 1976, GM Michael Stean published this short treatise
on positional chess, which quickly faded out-of-print.
Years ago I read a comment by Euwe, “You will begin
understanding chess when you realize chess is all about
SQUARES.” To punctuate his point, Euwe had an empty
board diagram accompany the quote. His comment was
an epiphany to me, but for me “Simple Chess” was my
“AHA!” moment in chess. Twenty years later, I was
standing in Fred Wilson’s chess book store in NYC. Fred,
over the years, provided consulting to Dover Publishing,
recommending chess books they should republish. That
day he was asking for ideas and I emphatically suggested
to him, “Fred, Simple Chess is an unsung classic!” For
months I kept haranguing Fred until one day he happily
told me, “Simple Chess” would be republished by Dover.
The 1990’s – Long Live the King
7) Five Crowns
by Yasser Seirawan and Jonathan Tisdall
This book covers the final 1990 New York/Lyon World
Championship Match between the two K’s. Seirawan
honed his journalistic chops for over a decade as the chief
contributor for “Inside Chess” magazine. Here Yasser
vividly captures every aspect of the match; the sporting
moments, psychological factors and moves themselves
3) The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
by Mikhail Tal
This colossal book was an instant classic and deservedly
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with clarity, conviction and excitement. The chess was
particularly bloodthirsty and the result could have easily
gone either way. This is a great book and the best one
written on this match. Yasser also wrote ‘No Regrets
Fischer/Spassky 1992’, which is a must for any chess
library.
8) End Game by Dominic Lawson
I think we need to start adding a few books for pure chess
reading pleasure. “End Game” fits the bill. This is an
illuminating prose account of Nigel Short’s odyssey over
several candidate cycles to qualify for a World
Championship Match and his 1993 London World
Championship Match versus Kasparov. Dominic Lawson
was a good friend and advisor to Short so this is an
insider’s eyewitness account. The score was lopsided, but
a closer look reveals it to be as exciting as the “Thrilla in
Manilla”. It’s as good a read as any novel.
Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero
Players in the Open section on day two enjoying
themselves during this year’s New Jersey Open from
September 1st – 3rd in Somerset, New Jersey.
9) The King – Chess Pieces by Jan Hein Donner
Here is another selection for reading pleasure. It is a
compilation of prose articles written for Dutch newspapers
and chess magazines over 25 years by the late Dutch GM
Jan Hein Donner, who was at the top of top of Dutch
chess for twenty years before giving way to Ree and
Timman. This volume won Dutch literary awards and the
English edition expanded Donner’s reputation worldwide.
The stories will have you snorting and chuckling with
every cut and thrust of his journalistic pen. Along the way
you’ll learn a lot about chess. Think of Art Buchwald and
Nigel Short mind melding.
12) San Luis 2005 by Alik Gershon and Igor Nor
I just bought this tournament book and it is worth every
penny! It’s sumptuously produced; over 400 glossy pages,
tons of color photos, in-depth game annotations, player
profiles, round-by-round summaries. Plus, the book is
supple and lies completely flat when opened. This may be
the best tournament book since Zurich 1953. The authors
are not David Bronstein but they’ve given us a Herculean
effort. The San Luis lineup without Kasparov and Kramnik
doesn’t match up to the superstar lineup of Zurich 1953,
but it’s still a formidable group, even if the tournament was
sadly only a double round robin event. Regardless, this is
already one of my favorite tournament books.
The 2000’s – Looking Past, Looking Foward
10) Russian Silhouettes by Gena Sosonko
Here is another selection for reading pleasure. This is a
collection of wonderful nostalgic character portraits of
primarily Russian chess personalities from the Golden Era
of Soviet chess. GM Sosonko has written very human and
honest stories of what it is like to live as a chess player in
the former Soviet Union. We experience the highs of those
who were able to climb to greater chess heights and those
who, for one reason or another, faded to different fates
and in some cases miseries. The publication of this book
was a literary high water mark for chess.
I almost forgot one will need companions on the island so
I decided to bring along some “friends”. Bearing in mind
the need for a social network and decent tournament
lineup I chose the following party animals to come along:
Yasser Seirawan, Jan Timman, Jonathan Rowson, Almira
Schripchenko, Jennifer Shahade, Antonaeta Stefanova,
and Judit Polgar (OK, she doesn’t party but she is the best
player of the lot)!
11) Chess Training for Budding Champions
by Jesper Hall
This instructional book blew me away. It renewed my
interest in the chess learning/training process. It is also
somewhat of a personal account, as each lesson touches
on Hall’s development as player, person, and coach.
There are 15 chapters, each roughly 10 pages in length,
which do not have to read in order. Each chapter contains
an introduction to the learning topic, Hall’s personal
experiences and game(s), references to other games to
further illustrate the topic, a series of exercises, a closing
game, training tips, and further reading suggestions. Each
chapter is a joy to read. This is the first chess book I have
read where I experienced the “flow” feeling similar to a
“runners high”. This is one of my favorite all-time books
and definitely my favorite instructional book.
Photo provided courtesy of Steve Ferrero
IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (right) pondering his move on day two
in this year’s New Jersey Open.
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When dealing with non-chess people negotiating
for chess programs or tournaments in schools or
public libraries, etc., rather than quote chess
related authorities or chess websites about
documentation on how beneficial chess is for
students. Up front it would be good to first
mention citations from academic or other nonchess groups.
Tips For Chess Organizers!
by Daren Dillinger
K Ñ Æ
The magic word to use when negotiating with
motel
people
for
playing
facilities
is
"Convention!" It can be very helpful when
negotiating for playing room rates. If you say
"We are going to have a convention of chess
players come to town for some events and
meetings” rather than say, "We want to have a
chess tournament here." -- not good!
Your Advertisement Could
Appear Here For Only $25 !
Email: [email protected]
The National Association of Secondary School
Principals regularly includes scholastic chess
events on its "National Advisory List of Contests
and Activities".
Also, with the concept of having a convention
you should feel encouraged to approach the
Tourist Development outfit in your local area. I
can verify to you that when I was in Jacksonville,
Florida getting $10,000 of such grant money
was key to us bringing the 1990 US Open and
also the US Championship to that city.
CHALLENGE TO ALL CHESSPLAYERS !
For The Best Chess Game Annotated By
The Player Classes Below Submitted To
Atlantic Chess News, The NJSCF Will
Award The Following:
Your Advertisement Could
Appear Here For Only $25 !
McCormick Award – Masters
Burris Award – Class B & Above
Marx Award – Class C & Below
Father Finley Award – Scholastic
Email: [email protected]
One should consider selecting someone to go
through the local sponsored workshops on
grants. Almost every city or county has this
resource.
Each Winning Submission Will Receive
$200 And An Award Plaque!
New Jersey’s statewide office can be viewed on
the Internet by pointing your browser to:
www.state.nj.us/travel/industry.html
Posted at this Boy Scouts website is a list of
studies that verify chess activities help students
to become self-motivated to plan and think
ahead, as they develop their cognitive thinking
skills that help achieve academic excellence.
The website above does have good info pertaining to grants. But checking with local city
and county government Tourist Development
contacts may prove to be even more helpful.
For additional information, point your browser to:
Especially For Scholastic Chess
Organizers
www.scoutchess.org/dojo/8/v.jsp?p=/benefits
Don’t Forget To Play In The
Viking 4-County Open Which Is
Being Held In Hackettstown, NJ!!
November 17th
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Problem Solver’s Corner - by Steve Ferrero
July - Sept 2007 Problem #1
White To Move And Mate In 2
July - Sept 2007 Problem #2
White To Move And Mate In 2
July - Sept 2007 Problem #3
White To Move And Mate In 2
July - Sept 2007 Problem #4
White To Move And Mate In 3
July - Sept 2007 Problem #5
White To Move And Mate In 3
July - Sept 2007 Problem #6
White To Move And +-
Solutions: Apr. - June 2007 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue for solutions to problems above)
Problem#1: Actually, it is mate in 7 beginning with Rxg7+!, Kh8 (or ... Kxg7, Rg1+, Kh8, Qxf7+!, Bxf7, Nxf7#),
Rdg1, Qg2, R1xg2, Nf6, Qf8+, Ng8, Qxg8#
Problem#2: Unbelievably, White has a mate in 11 beginning with Ba1!!, b5 (... Kxa1 leads to: Kc2! keeping the
enemy king bottled up which forces, b5, c6, b4, c7, b3+, Kxb3, Kb1, c8(Q), a1(N)+ (if ... a1(Q)??,
Qc2#), Kc3, Nc2, Qf5, Ka1, Kxc2, Qa5#), c6, b4, c7, (... b3, c8(Q) mating in 4, b2, Qc3, Kxa1, Qd4,
Kb1, Qg1#), Kxa1 which only prolongs the agony, Kc2 now mates in 7, b3+, Kxb3, Kb1, c8(Q),
a1(N)+, Ka4, Nc2 as the Black king gets corralled in similar fashion to the above line.
Problem#3: The pins available to White are winning. Qb8 pinning the Black rook immediately, d4, Rxg7+,
Qxg7, Qxc7, Ng6, Qxg7+, Kxg7, Rd1, a6, Rxd4, Ne5, Kg2 and White should be able to score the
full point.
Problem#4: Not easy to see but Ba7!! is the winning move because it blocks the rook from getting back to his
first rank to sacrifice for the White remaining pawn. There follows:” ... Kxa7 (... Rxa7??, e8(Q)
+-), Kd4 preventing the Black rook from getting behind the pawn and sacrificing for it, Ra4+,
Kd5, Ra5+, Kd6, Ra6+, Kd7 and Black is out of checks and has to acquiesce to the White pawn
promoting which wins for White.
Problem#5: It is mate in 13 beginning with the following, forcing line of play: Rxb1+!, Kxb1, Ra1+!, Kxa1,
Qa4+, Kb1, Qa2+, Kc1, Qa1+, Kd2, Qxb2+, Kd3, Qc2+, Kd4, Qc4+, Ke5, Qd5+, Kf6, Qf7+, Ke5, Qf5+,
Kd4, c5+ tightening the noose!, Kc3, Qc2#
Problem#6: Black uncorks a truly beautiful mate in 3 beginning with: ... Qg1+, Kh3 (forced), Qdf1+!, Qg2
(forced), Qh1# taking full advantage that the White remains a bystander since it is pinned at the
moment!
Legend:
+- White Is Winning, -+ Black Is Winning, # Checkmate, ! Excellent Move, !! Brilliant Move
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IM Mikhail Zlotnikov (2387)
Gregory Nolan (2190)
Michael Lee (2222)
George Chressanthis (2063)
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 7, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 3, 2007,ECO A30
9ss 108 US Open, Cherry Hill, Rd. 7, TL 40/2 SD/1, Aug. 3, 2007,ECO A34
English Opening – Symmetrical Variation
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 e5
7.d3 Nge7 8.a3 a5 9.Rb1 O-O 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Be3 Rb8
12.Nc2 f5 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 cxb4 15.Nxb4 Nxb4
16.Rxb4 d5 17.Bc5 e4 18.Nxd5
English Opening – Symmetrical Variation
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 e6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5
exd5 7.d4 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 O-O 10.Na4 Ne4
11.Be3 f5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 f4 14.f3 Ng5 15.e3 fxg3
16.hxg3 Qe8 17.g4 Rd8 18.Nc3 h5 19.f4
Bxd5 19.cxd5 b6 20.d6 bxc5 21.Qb3+ Kh8 22.dxe7
Black Resigns
19....Bxg4 20.Qb3 Nh3+ 21.Kh2 Kh8 22.Bxh3 Bxh3
23.Kxh3 Qd7+ 24.Kh2 Qg4 25.Qd1 Qf5 26.Rg1 Bf6
27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Qb1 Black Resigns
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