ACN Winter 2013 1 of 12 Famous Taylor Tops Arkansas Memorial Table of Contents Arkansas Memorial 1 Event Calendar 1 Endgame 3 Arkansas Memorial Crosstable 4 ACA Meeting Minutes 5 Srikar Makes Class A 6 Chess Apps for Tablet Computers 7 Two Knights Modern Variation 8 Endgame Answer 11 Club News Bits 11 Blockading the Blob 12 http://arkansaschess.net Event Calendar April 13-14: Arkansas Open: 5SS, G/90 + 30 sec. per move (add on pref or delay). EF: $35 by 4/11, $40 at door. Prizes (b/40): 250-150; A, B, C, D and below each 100 (min. 3 in class or prize 75); Upset 50. Reg. Sat. 8:30-9:15 a.m. Rds. 9:30, 2, 6:30; 9, 1:30. One ½ pt. bye available rds. 1-4. USCF and ACA (or OSA) membership required. Arkansas Chess Association Officers President - Steve Paulson Vice Pres. - Richie Kohl Secretary/Treasurer - Stan Carter ACN Editor - Bill Orton Send games and articles to [email protected]PGN games for this issue: http://www.ozarkia.net/chess/ACN/ACN2013.1winter.pgn .................................................... ........................................................... .................................................................... .................................. ............................................... ................................................. .............................. .................................. ..................................................... ........................................................ ................................................ Famous Taylor won all four of his games to win the Arkansas Memorial in Batesville on November 17. He out-brawled three higher rated players in exciting, fighting games. Charles Niggel took clear second with 3.5 points, having taken a half point bye in round one. Tillman Adkins, Saumil Bansal, and Richard Kohl tied for third with three. Games played by the winner: Kohl,Richie - Taylor,Famous Arkansas Memorial (2) 2012-11-17 (C41 Philidor D) 1 e4 e5 2 nf3 d6 3 d3 be7 4 c3 h6 5 qc2 bd7 6 be2 nf6 7 nbd2 b5 8 nf1 c5 9 ng3 qb6 10 h3 nc6 11 O-O a5 12 re1 b4 13 c4 nd4 14 nxd4 cxd4 15 b3 a4
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ACN Winter 2013 1 of 12
Famous Taylor Tops Arkansas Memorial
Table of ContentsArkansas Memorial 1Event Calendar 1Endgame 3Arkansas Memorial Crosstable 4ACA Meeting Minutes 5Srikar Makes Class A 6Chess Apps for Tablet Computers 7Two Knights Modern Variation 8Endgame Answer 11Club News Bits 11Blockading the Blob 12
http://arkansaschess.net
Event CalendarApril 13-14: Arkansas Open: 5SS, G/90 + 30 sec. per move (add on pref or delay). EF: $35 by 4/11, $40 at door.Prizes (b/40): 250-150; A, B, C, D and below each 100 (min. 3 in class or prize 75); Upset 50. Reg. Sat. 8:30-9:15 a.m. Rds. 9:30, 2, 6:30; 9, 1:30. One ½ pt. bye available rds. 1-4. USCF and ACA (or OSA) membership required.
Arkansas Chess Association OfficersPresident - Steve PaulsonVice Pres. - Richie KohlSecretary/Treasurer - Stan CarterACN Editor - Bill Orton
Famous Taylor won all four of his games to win the Arkansas Memorial in Batesville on November 17. He out-brawled three higher rated players in exciting, fighting games.
Charles Niggel took clear second with 3.5 points, having taken a half point bye in round one. Tillman Adkins, Saumil Bansal, and Richard Kohl tied for third with three. Games played by the winner:
Kohl,Richie - Taylor,FamousArkansas Memorial (2) 2012-11-17
25 … re7 This probably gets a "?!!" - the question mark since it loses, but a double exclam for bravery and boldness! Objectively best was the perpetual check after (25 … nf4+ 26 kg1 qxf3 27 gxf4 qg4+ 28 kf1 qh3+ 29 kg1 qg4+ =) 26 bb4? (26 rd4 +-; 26 ng1 +-) 26 … re4 (26 … nf4+
ACA Meeting MinutesSunday, August 19, Statehouse Convention Center, Little Rock. Taken by Stan Carter.
Steve Paulson opened the meeting at 8:30 a.m. with 9 members present.
Stan Carter read the minutes from the last meeting. Tyler Madsen moved to accept the minutes, David Johanssen seconded and the motion passed.
Al Myatt moved to raise the ACA tourney fees to $50 or $60 on the example bidding forms to let bidders know that they could charge more. Paul Hill seconded. During the discussion it was pointed out that the forms were just guides. Motion passed.
Steve suggested that since the ACA wrote very few checks these days that we combine the secretary and treasurer positions. After discussion, Tyler Madsen moved to combine the two positions. Al Myatt seconded and the motion passed with one dissenting vote. (Paul Hill, who said he was tired of everything being so unanimous.)
Steve opened nominations for the secretary/treasurer position. Upon finding that no one else could be talked into accepting the position, Tyler Madsen nominated Stan Carter and moved to elect by acclimation. Paul Hill seconded and the motion passed.
Srikar Chikkala took second place at the FIDE and USCF rated Thanksgiving Open in Stillwater, Oklahoma, putting his rating well above 1800. Here’s a sparkling 22 move win over a strong Oklahoma master.
Chikkala,Srikar (1750)Langer,Michael (2250)
Ok Thanksgiving Fide (6) 2012-09-00(B22 [B06] Sicilian, Alapin's V (2.c3))
Chess Apps for Tablet ComputersI finally decided to get a tablet, so I bought an iPad mini. My excuse was that I wanted to enter my chess games on a tablet instead of writing. There are several good chess playing programs, with tChess Pro and Shredder (both $7.99) probably the best. Neither works as a score sheet, since they don’t show the full game notation at all times. The best for notation that I’ve found so far is Stockfish, a 99 cent program. It saves all games into a pgn file, downloadable to your computer. Alternatively, you can email each game singly to yourself or a tournament director.
Be sure to ask the TD if recording your game with a tablet is okay. Most directors will probably allow it if they are assured it is in “manual mode,” i.e. that the chess engine is disengaged. You will also need to turn off the sound, opening book, and legal move indicator - it should be a totally “dumb” recorder.
I suggest that players leave the tablet at the game board, as one would with a scoresheet. Also, it may be good etiquette to study the board (rather than the tablet screen) when playing.
Stockfish on iPad mini
The advantages of using an electronic scoresheet are:
1) It is easier and quicker to record moves - by simply tapping or dragging with your finger.
2) Games are ready to load into computer chess databases, including your personal one, for study. No mousing in your games from paper sheets.
For chess analysis, tablet apps can’t replace your chess database. (Serious users tend to use ChessBase on Windows and ExaChess on Mac.) None of the existing tablet Apps are capable of entering variations - only flat games. Hopefully that will change soon. It would be nice to be able to analyze (with a record) on the road.
If you play on FICS, the Free Internet Chess Server, then the App you need is “Your Move.” It lacks the graphical “seek” window of desktop computer clients, but otherwise is very good. - Bill Orton
The last issue of ACN featured the Steinitz-Sveshnikov variation of the Giuoco Piano. We continue our examination of the Italian Game as an opening system for white.
Black has two major choices. On move five he must decide what to do about the attacked knight. (See diagram above.) He can move it to e4 or g4, or he can counterattack with d7-d5. This last is most common and probably best. Later, on move seven, black can defend the knight on c6 by 7 ... bd7 or offer to sacrifice material with the “macho” 7 ... bc5.
Often white forces a “blob” pawn structure on black.
White strategies:1. blockade the blob2. attack on the kingside by advancing the e and f pawns3. attack black’s a-pawn
White tactics:1. the e5-e6 shot2. f5-f6 to destroy black’s king position
Black strategies:1. hit white’s center e5-pawn with ... f7-f62. mobilize the blob, to trade off potential weaknesses
and/or gain space3. attack with pieces on the kingside
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Endgame Answer1 rf8+ re8 2 rf7 re2! (2 … rh8 3 ra7 rh6+ 4 be6 leads to mate.) 3 rg7! The black rook is forced to a less favourable square. 3 … re1 Weak is (3 … re3 4 rb7) 4 rb7 rc1 Another interesting variation is (4 … kc8 5 ra7! rb1 6 rh7! kb8 (6 … rb6+ 7 bc6) 7 rh8+ ka7 8 ra8+ kb6 9 rb8+) 5 bb3!! This move would make no sense if the black rook should be on c2. 5 … rc3! The rook moves to a bad rank. (White also wins in) (5 … kc8 6 rb4 kd8 7 rf4 re1 (7 … kc8 8 bd5 kb8 9 ra4) 8 ba4 kc8 9 bc6 rd1+ 10 bd5 kb8 11 ra4) 6 be6 rd3+ 7 bd5 rc3 (7 … kc8 8 ra7 loses at once.) 8 rd7+! kc8 Or (8 … ke8 9 rg7) 9 rf7 kb8 10 rb7+ kc8 11 rb4! kd8 The first point of the last white move is (11 … rd3 12 ra4) 12 bc4!! The second pointe. 12 … kc8 13 be6+ kd8 14 rb8+ rc8 15 rxc8# 1-0
Club News BitsThe Scarlet Chess Club in Jonesboro plays twice a week: Saturday mornings at the Edge Coffee House on Aggie Rd. at 10 am, and Sunday evening at Barnes and Nobles at Turtle Creek Mall at 5 pm. Our club was started to accommodate the desires of a few college students that had a burning desire for the game of chess. At the present time we are open to the public and accept players of all ages and skill levels. The club draws players and spectators alike.
The Fayetteville Chess Club Championship and Fundraiser was won by Bill Orton. Dave Grisham and Noah Ballinger tied for second and third. Noah won the scholastic prize.