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It’s 2010! Happy New Year!!It’s 2010! Happy New Year!!It’s 2010! Happy New Year!!It’s 2010! Happy New Year!!
In this issue: Updated Email list
Updated rating list Annotated games and puzzles ICA tournament announcement USCF-rated tournament announcement from Downers Grove Chess Club
Reminder -- Next CICL event: Spring Business Meeting – April 14, 2010 (3½ weeks before the playoffs)
January 2010 Volume 53.3
The Chicago Chess Player
The The The The Official Official Official Official BulletinBulletinBulletinBulletin of of of of the the the the ChicagoChicagoChicagoChicago Industrial Industrial Industrial Industrial Chess Chess Chess Chess League League League League
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CICL Officer Contact List League President Tony Jasaitis C:(708) 903-6423
Spring Business Meeting 3.5 Weeks Before Playoffs (April 14, 2010)
Season Playoffs Second Saturday of May (May 8, 2010)
CICL Open Second Saturday of May (May 8, 2010)
League Awards Banquet First Friday of June (June 4, 2010)
Table of Contents 3
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Officer Contact List 2 Contents of Issue 3 Downers Grove Chess Club USCF-rated tournament announcement (3-6-2010) 4 ICA USCF-rated tournaments announcement (including blitz tournament) 5 Updated EMAIL Alias list 7 A couple of puzzles (from William Shehan) 9 A Missed Opportunity (game annotated by Marty Franek) 10 Game from Kirishi, Russia, 2009 (annotated by Sergey Bystrov, submitted by Dennis Leong) 12 CICL team standings by division as of January 19, 2010 15 CICL Match Results – beginning of season to press time 16 CICL Ratings as of press time 29 CICL Top Ten Lists 33
USCF Tournament Announcement 4
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Attention USCF Members!! Here is another tournament for your consideration: March 6, 2010. Downers Grove Chess Club Tournament. 4-SS G/61 plus 5 sec delay. Fairview Village, 200 Village Drive, Downers Grove, IL 60516. Entries: Entry fee is $5, pay cash (no checks) at the door. Prize: 50% of EFs will be returned as cash prizes. First Round: 8:30am Bring clocks, sets provided. Registration: maximum number of players is 48, advanced registration is advised. Send email with your name, phone number, and USCF number to Brian Smith, [email protected] Or leave info on (630) 983-9316. Onsite registration: 8:00 to 8:20 am Info: http://dgcc.home.att.net/ Free parking, but park only in a space marked for visitors. "200 Village Drive" is the "Village Apartments" building. Enter its main entrance, and tell receptionist you are there for the chess tournament. USCF rated, USCF membership required. Multiple sections possible. Players may take a half-point bye, in any one round except the last round. Junior players (under sixteen years) rated 900+ are welcome, and must be accompanied by a parent throughout the day. Sorry, but we do not accept junior players rated under 900.
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Illinois Chess Association Presents: February 6, 2010
CHESS TOURNAMENT To benefit the ICA Warren Junior Scholars and the Chicago Blaze
Saturday, February 6 Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue; Chicago, IL Student Union, Alumni Hall
Campus Map: http://www.neiu.edu/IMAGE_BANK/GettingToNEIU/helioweb.jpg Vending Machines available for snacks and drinks; bring your own lunch or bring in from nearby eateries. Free on-campus parking on 3rd and 4th floors of indoor campus parking garage only. All other campus parking is $5. USCF membership required.
4 Round SS G/40 USCF-Rated 3 Round SS G/60 USCF-Rated Schedule: Registration and Check-In: 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Anyone not registered by 9 a.m. will receive first-round bye. Round 1 for both divisions: 9:30 a.m. All other rounds ASAP. Entry Fee: $20 if received by Feb. 2; $25 later or on-site. (For players entering the both the daytime and blitz tournaments, combined entry fee is $35 in advance; $40 on site). Includes free 90-day ICA membership. Prizes: No performance prizes, but all participants receive a Chicago Blaze t-shirt or cap. All players will also be entered for a chance to win a 1-hour lesson with a player from the Chicago Blaze, Chicago’s U.S. Chess League internet chess team. Send entries to: Glenn Panner, 21694 Doud Ct. Frankfort IL 60423. Include player’s name, USCF membership number, phone and email. Make checks payable to Chicago Blaze Chess. Do not send cash. For more information, contact Andi Rosen at [email protected]. All proceeds benefit the Illinois Chess Association Warren Junior Scholar Program and the Chicago Blaze. Special thanks to the Northeastern Illinois University Chess Club for hosting this event.
Illinois Blitz Championship Sponsored by the Illinois Chess Association
Saturday evening, February 6 Northeastern Illinois University
5500 N. St. Louis Avenue; Chicago, IL Student Union, Alumni Hall
Illinois Blitz Championship Open
6 Double Round SS G/5 USCF-Rated Campus Map: http://www.neiu.edu/IMAGE_BANK/GettingToNEIU/helioweb.jpg (continued on next page)
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Vending Machines available for snacks and drinks. Free on-campus parking on 3rd and 4th floors of indoor campus parking garage only. All other campus parking is $5. USCF membership required. Format: 6-round, G/5 (double rounds--12 games) USCF rated. One section unless there are more than 100 players. If more than 100, sections will be U1600 and Open. Schedule Registration and Check-In: 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Anyone not registered by 6 p.m. will receive first-round bye. First round will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. Entry Fee: $20 if received by Feb. 2; $25 later or on-site. (For players entering the both the daytime and blitz tournaments, combined entry fee is $35 in advance; $40 on site). Includes 90-day free ICA membership. Prizes: Fifty percent of entry fees collected will be returned as prizes. Send entries to: Glenn Panner, 21694 Doud Ct. Frankfort IL 60423. Include player’s name, USCF membership number, phone and email. Make checks payable to Chicago Blaze Chess. Do not send cash. For more information, contact Andi Rosen at [email protected]. All proceeds benefit the Illinois Chess Association Warren Junior Scholar Program and the Chicago Blaze. Special thanks to the Northeastern Illinois University Chess Club for hosting this event.
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Email Directory
CICL EMAIL ALAIS DIRECTORY (Officers in red)
Alias Sends to what entity Actual people mailed (@chicagochessleague.org) AMARS AMA Associate-type Captain Rob Eaman (primary), Fred Furtner AMATS AMA Company-type Team Captain Fred Furtner(primary), Jalal Masiti Banquet Banquet Chairperson Katherine Zack BCBS Blue Cross Blue Shield team captains Aaron Burgess (primary), Sonny Mata BigE Midway CC Enterprise team captain William Shehan BlueKnights Blue Cross Blue Shield team captains Aaron Burgess (primary), Sonny Mata BPMLX BP/Molex Captains Vic Zaderej (primary), Dan McGowan BPMolex BP/Molex Captains Vic Zaderej (primary), Dan McGowan Bulletin Bulletin Editor Marty Franek Captains All CICL Captains (each Captain named elsewhere) Chairman East East Division Chairman Adam Muhs Chairman North North Division Chairman Jim Thomson ChairmanWest West Division Chairman Irwin Gaines Chairmen All CICL Chairmen (as listed above) CharlieWard Retired Ratings Chairman Charlie Ward CICL All CICL members registered* (everybody in this table) Citadel Citadel Group Captain Adam Muhs, Jason Sensat CITGR Citadel Group Captain Adam Muhs, Jason Sensat DGCC Downers Grove CC Captain Brian Smith DownersGroveCC Downers Grove CC Captain Brian Smith Dragons Lucent Dragons Captain Dan Eustace DRGNS Lucent Dragons Captain Dan Eustace DRW DRWCaptain Eugene Gorodetskiy, Lyle Hayhurst East All East Division Members (all East Division team contacts) Enterprise Midway CC Enterprise team captain William Shehan Excaliburs Excalibur Captain David Lee EXCLB Excalibur Captain David Lee FERMI Fermilab Captain Lenny Spiegel Fermilab Fermilab Captain Lenny Spiegel Forks Walgreen Associate-team Captains Naseer Ansari, Norm Hughes Friends Retired Members still in contact Joe Brozovich, Ruben Reyes, Charlie Ward GAMBT Hewitt team captains Ayman Ghaibeh (primary), Charles Bergmeier Games Game Editor Tom Friske
HEDGE HedgeHog Captains Tonv Jasaitis (primary), Michael Rauchman, Mack Smith
HedgeHogs HedgeHog Captains Tonv Jasaitis (primary), Michael Rauchman, Mack Smith
HewittGambits Hewitt team captains Ayman Ghaibeh (primary), Charles Bergmeier Hornet Midway CC Hornet team captain Cris Abney Internet Webmaster Marty Franek JUDO Midway CC Hornet team captain Cris Abney Kings Motorola Kings Captain Nik Goncharoff Knights Motorola Knights Captain Jim Thomson LOYLA Loyola Captains Ulysses Acevedo (primary),William Adams Loyola Loyola Captains Ulysses Acevedo (primary),William Adams continued on next page…
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Email Directory (continued)
CICL EMAIL ALIAS DIRECTORY (Officers in red)
Alias Sends to what entity Actual people mailed (@chicagochessleague.org) MKING Motorola Kings Captain Nik Goncharoff MKNGT Motorola Knights Captain Jim Thomson North All North Division Members (all North Division team contacts) Northwestern Northwestern University Captains Garrett Ullom (primary), Ben Wang
NWEST Northwestern University Captains Garrett Ullom (primary), Ben Wang
Officers All CICL Officers (each Officer highlighted in red, incl. Chairmen) Pawns SSCC Pawns Captains Ray Fabiionas (primary), David O’Dell President The Head Cheese Tony Jasaitis Publicity Publicity Chairman Matt Vail Ratings Rating Chairman Art Olsen RogueSquadron AMA Associate-type Captain Rob Eaman (primary), Fred Furtner Rooks Argonne Rooks Captain Bob Hill (primary), Dave Baurac RubenReyes Retired Bulletin Editor, Contributor Ruben Reyes
SaintCharles St Charles CC Captain Jeff Wiewel
Secretary CICL League Secretary Jerry Thomas
Skewers Walgreen Company-team Captain Steve Levenson, Tom Friske
SKEWR Walgreen Company-team Captain Steve Levenson, Tom Friske
STCCC St Charles CC Captain Jeff Wiewel
TornadoSnakes AMA Company-type Team Captain Fred Furtner(primary), Jalal Masiti
Treasurer CICL League Treasurer Paul Freidel
Trophy Trophy Chairman Mia Pillarella
Tyros Lucent Tyro Captain Chuck Dobrovolny (primary) Dave Hahne, Bob Buchner
UOP UOP Captain Art Olsen
web webmaster Marty Franek
West All West Divison Members (all West Division team contacts)
YorktownWildcats SSCC Yorktown Wildcats captains Len Weber (primary), Patrice Connelly
YRKTN SSCC Yorktown Wildcats captains Len Weber (primary), Patrice Connelly
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Here are a couple of chess puzzles from William Shehan, one easy and one not so easy: White to Play and Win
That was the easy one. The next one requires a few more moves: White to Play and Win (the quickest way):
Capablanca, while sitting at dinner with Alekhine told him of an old man who approached him and some other grandmasters and claimed he could beat anyone at chess within 12 moves. Capablanca
and co pooh poohed this of course so the old man challenged him to a game. Capablanca confidently sat down and after a little while was checkmated in 12 moves. He tried a different opening and the same thing happened. All of the other GMs went the same way. No matter what they tried all games ended in a 12 move defeat. "So what happened?" asked Alekhine. "Well, we killed him, of course" replied Capablanca. Submitted by William Shehan. Solutions to the puzzles on page 11.
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Here is another game played by your bulletin editor in a USCF-rated tournament, but this one is from 2004 and a loss. I picked this one to share because of the lesson I learned from it – USCF masters do NOT play flawlessly all the time. They are masters, not grandmasters. I missed a great opportunity, despite my own flawed opening play, to pull off an upset. Moral: be vigilant against all opponents in all positions – you never know when you might get a gift. Unfortunately, this time I was awed by my opponent’s rating, notoriety and seeding in the tournament. April 17, 2004 Joliet Junior College Tournament Joliet, IL Round 2 board 1 White: M. Franek (Class B) Black: A. Stamnov (Master) TC G/65 - 5 second delay 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 cd 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. B:c4 Bb4 8. 0-0 Nbd7
Through eight moves we are in a standard Slav. According to Rybka, White’s best effort to maintain a slight edge would be 9. Nh4, and evaluates the position after 9.Qe2 as even. It also evaluates the position as even after the move I played: 9. Be3 Well, my master-level opponent had this move played against him by G. Glavinac six years earlier in Skopje, Macedonia, which Alexander won.
Six days earlier, on April 11, 2004 (unbeknownst to me at the time, of course), in this same position, M. Marodi tried 13. Qb1 attacking the b pawn, against J. Halldorsson at Budapest. After Black took on e4, White captured on b7 to maintain the material balance. A wild game ensued which ended in a draw. 13. … Nc:e4 14. Re1 Nd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nf5 17. Re5 (Hey, I’m down a pawn against a master, so I’d better be aggressive, right?) 17. … N:h4 18. N:h4 Ng4 19. Rh5 Qf6?? A gift! Here’s my big chance……
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Unfortunately, I was so concerned about my rook getting trapped that I forgot all about my loose knight on h4, and so… 20. Rc5??? Q:h4 and White resigned. Immediately after I tipped my king, my opponent pointed out to me that his 19th move was a blunder and that Black has no satisfactory reply to 20. Qe2! as Black has NO escape square for his knight. Black has nothing better than 20. … N:h2 21. K:h2 g6 22. Qe5 and both the knight and rook get away, leaving White up a knight for two pawns. Too bad, so sad. (Comments and annotation by your bulletin editor.)
Solutions to chess puzzles (from page 9): Position #1: Bf8 Rxb2 2. Bg7# 1-0
Black insists on the Two Knight's defence, avoiding 4...Bc5 which is mainly the Italian game. Looking ahead, the story of this meeting would be that the significantly staidness of Black's position ruins the nominally passive position of the dark-squared bishop 5.05.05.05.0––––0 00 00 00 0––––0 6.Re1 0 6.Re1 0 6.Re1 0 6.Re1
A necessary prophylactic [In case of 6.c3 Black frees himself 6...d5! 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Nbd2 (9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6
11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 does not succeed due to 12...Nb6 13.Bb3 Bf6 14.Re3 Bg5 15.Rf3 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 Bxd3 with equality) 9...Kh8 followed by f7-f6,Yudasin-Ivanchuk,Riga 1991] 6...d6 7.a4!? 6...d6 7.a4!? 6...d6 7.a4!? 6...d6 7.a4!? Modern method of fighting for the advantage [7.c3 Na5 8.Bb5 a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bc2 c5 avoiding the position, characteristic of the Spanish game, the rest is past] 7...Be6 7...Be6 7...Be6 7...Be6 8.Nc3 8.Nc3 8.Nc3 8.Nc3 [Again, continuation I had to consider the unhasty 8.Nbd2 but in these times, 8.¤c3 is quickly becoming the fashion] 8...Bxc4 8...Bxc4 8...Bxc4 8...Bxc4 [In the 5th round, White fought against
8...Nd7?! after 9.a5 Nc5 10.Nd5 Kh8 11.d4 (deserving attention is the unhasty 11.c3 ) 11...exd4 12.Nxd4 Black lets slip a little relief of the position 12...Bf6?! (stronger 12...Nxd4 13.Qxd4 c6 14.Nxe7 Qxe7 15.Bf1 Rfd8 with a not great advantage for White) 13.c3 Be5 14.Bf1 arises a position where Black has an insufficiency in space but his forces do not have simple play; 8...Qd7 9.a5 a6 (9...Nd4 is better for White after 10.Ng5 Bxc4 11.dxc4 h6 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Krits-Faibisovich,Differdange 2008) 10.h3 h6 (White gets an advantage after 10...Rfe8 11.Ng5 Bxc4 12.dxc4 Nd4 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Qe6 15.b3 h6 16.Be3 Anand-Carlsen,Reykjavik 2006) 11.Bd2! prepares the move 12.¤d5 (11.Nd5?! Bxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 Ildiz-Anna Rudolfo,Plovdiv 2008) 11...Rae8 12.Nd5 Bd8 13.Bb3 Nh7 14.Ba4 White got better chances in the game Almazi-Harikrishna,Reggio Emilia 2007; 8...Nd4!? 9.Nxd4 (subtle 9.h3!? ) 9...exd4 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qd7 13.Qf3 Rfe8 14.Bd2 Bf6 Black has no complaints] 9.dxc4 9.dxc4 9.dxc4 9.dxc4
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Supposedly, Black dreamed about f7-f5, forgetting about his queenside [The prophylactic 11...a6 was vitally necessary] 12.Bxc5! 12.Bxc5! 12.Bxc5! 12.Bxc5! Not great exchange operation, guaranteeing White supremacy on the queenside 12...dxc5 13.a6 b6 14.Nb5 12...dxc5 13.a6 b6 14.Nb5 12...dxc5 13.a6 b6 14.Nb5 12...dxc5 13.a6 b6 14.Nb5
Now, it is necessary to defend the a7 & c7 pawns which noticeably fetters Black's pieces 14...Bd6?! 14...Bd6?! 14...Bd6?! 14...Bd6?! Black is planning c7-c6 which will require Black to retreat his knight from the c6-square. However, this path is very slow and with the bishop on d6, this occupies the the central highway and gives him a not very stable position [Investing in 14...f6 after 15.Nh4! (Undangerous is 15.Qxd8 Bxd8; in case of 15.c3 necessary to consider the reply 15...Na5!?) 15...Nd4 16.Qh5 Kg8 17.c3 Nxb5 (not 17...Nc2 18.Red1 Nxa1 19.Rxd8 Bxd8 due to 20.Qd1 and the knight is lost) 18.cxb5 leads to a position where the advantage of the White knight over the Black bishop is obvious although Black gets to keep material equality] 15.c3 15.c3 15.c3 15.c3 Ne7 Ne7 Ne7 Ne7 Black continues to carry out his planned earlier idea of regrouping, not noticing a tactical trick 16.Qd2 Nc8 16.Qd2 Nc8 16.Qd2 Nc8 16.Qd2 Nc8
Not only Black can't take the pawn but he's also pinned too 26...Rd8 27.h3! 26...Rd8 27.h3! 26...Rd8 27.h3! 26...Rd8 27.h3! There is no hurry, important to cover the first rank [27.Ne1 Kg8 and now the uncareful 28.Nc2?? due the weakness of the first rank 28...Ne8! leads to a catastrophe] 27...h6 28.Kh2!? 27...h6 28.Kh2!? 27...h6 28.Kh2!? 27...h6 28.Kh2!? White is cunning [28.Nh2 … Nf1–e3 draw is no worse] 28...Kh7 28...Kh7 28...Kh7 28...Kh7
[28.¢h2 proves useful in the variation 28...Kg8 29.Nh4 Kh7 (29...Rd7 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.Qc8+) 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.Qxe7 and Black is not successful in taking the White rook with check] 29.Ne1! 29.Ne1! 29.Ne1! 29.Ne1! the simplest [29.Nh4 g6 the knight will have to go back] 29...Qe6 30.Qc6 Qe7 31.Rd5 Ne8 32.Rxb5 29...Qe6 30.Qc6 Qe7 31.Rd5 Ne8 32.Rxb5 29...Qe6 30.Qc6 Qe7 31.Rd5 Ne8 32.Rxb5 29...Qe6 30.Qc6 Qe7 31.Rd5 Ne8 32.Rxb5
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