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A big thank you to Meredith Schreiber, Powells' manager,for making us feel welcome and seeing to our every need whilechildrenplayed chess and parents prowled for bargains and greatbooks. Bruce, her wonderful assistant, helped set things up andofferedadvice on parking and general logistics during our visit.I'd also liketo personallythank Michal Drannen,Powells' eventscoordinator, who helped arrange the event. Local artist DennisPetersen also donated his fantastic triple weighted chess sets,which added a great deal to the ambience of the day.
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Book Note: Children and ChessNeilDalelooks at Alexey Root's teachers'guide
IS.1&3"C 7 6.Ae3 a67.g3d68.Ag2 Ad79.0-0 lO1610.tDxc6 Axc6 11.a4 Ae712.a5 tDd7 13.f4 0-0 14.g4 11fe81S.gSAf816.iI13 g617.iIh3 Ag7 18."g4JIaca 19.1!f'h4~f820.Ab6 "d721. Eld1"e 722. IiIhd31523. iIxd6 Axc3 24.bxc3Axe42S.Axe4fxe426. "e1 e527..e41!xc328.Ad8 trf7 29. II16" c4 30."xb 7iIxc2 31."xa6 "cS+ 32.~h1 exf433."d6ilxh2+Draw .r From the BusinessManager. -..,When sending payments or other mate-rial to the business manager. please re-member to always include the BM's name(Eric Holcomb). PMB number and streetaddress. Northwest Chess is optional.Games and letters to the editor should
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Children and Chess,A Guide for Educators
by Alexey W. Rootpublished by Teacher Ideas Press in 2006
pb., 136 pages, $25.00.
by NeilDale
Yes, the former Northwest chess playerhas authored a book. For those who arenewer readers of Northwest Chess,Alexey Root (nee Rudolph) was a veryactive junior player in the Northwest inthe 1970s. She later movedto Californiaand taught high school in the late 1980s.She was the U.S. Women's Champion in1989, and since 1999 has been on thefaculty of the Universityof Texas at Dal-las (yes, at that famous collegiate chesspowerhouse). She is married to 1MDougRoot and now resides in Denton, Texasand is active in local chess circles. Shehas taught at chess camps, has been avolunteer chess teacher at her children'sschools, and has taught chess-relatedcourses at UTD.
Now about the book. It definitely iswhat the title implies, a guide for chessteachers and coaches on the scholasticlevel. It supports the concept that chessinstructionhas a positive influenceon im-proving overall academic achievements.Ample previous studies in this area are
quoted. This book shouldalsobe requiredreading for school administrators, whocontrol the purse strings and oftenare thedecision makers as to whether chessshould be a part of the curriculum. But Ithink that the best part of this book isthat it is a very well-organizedteachingtool.
It is set up in such a way with de-tailed teaching plans and learning objec-tives, that even a teacher who is barelyfamiliar with the game of chess could doa good job of teaching the basics. Ofcourse, that brings up the question whysomeone who does not know the gamewould be interested in teaching it. Expe-rienced players will also find the lessonplans and teachingtechniquesquite help-ful and it will make their job of teachingchess so much easier. This is a well-thought-out and scholarly book with apractical approach.
The book is available at Amazon.comand ttom the publisher (www.lu.com,findthe book and use code F238). You can
also order it byphone at 800-225-5800..
Annotated Games
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
FM David Bragg (2200)Skylor Fryberg (1870)
Seattle,Match (3) 2005Annotations by FM David Bragg1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3.lOc3 dxe4 4.13
I played this against Bob Fergusonat the Apropos #2 (see NWC, Feb 2005,pg 11, for Bob's annotations). I don'texpect to play this too often in the future,as I was rather disappointed with the p0-sition after the opening in both games.4...exf3 S.lOxf3 lOf6 6.Ac4 e6 7.0-0Ae7
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A major question was where to putmy Queen's Bishop. 8.AgS is the rec-ommendedmove. I chose8.Af4 to deterc5, since the Bishop and Knight carrythreats againstthe Blackqueenside(llJc3-b5-c7+xa8).8.Af4 0-0 9."e1 b510.Ad3
I thought that 10.2lb3 would leavethe Bishop out of play, and that it couldbe a target for Black's advancing queen-side pawns.10...Ab711.iId1 lOa6 12.lOe4 lOdS?13.lOegS! lO16
The London tournament of 1922 was atop class event. The games from thistournamenthit the world chess headlinesof the day. Amongthe openingsregularlyplayed against a variety of black defenseswas White's formation of 1.d4, 2.tbf3and 3.Ji.f4, subsequentlynamedthe Lon-don System. Nevertheless, this openinghas been referred to as a Slav in reverse,the old man's bad habit, and the business-man's opening.
Here in the Northwest, the LondonSystemis condemnedby someand lovedby others. But, if the truth be known, itis a solid opening that is easy to play, ef-fective, time tested, and is a completeopening systemno matterwhat Black de-cides to throw at it.
Youngplayers find the simplicity ofthe London System welcome, as it'seasier to play with a plan. Also, the ideasand plans of the games ofGMs, IMs, andMasters who play the London Systemmay be followed as a cohesive whole.From the very first move, a beginningplayer will understand the importance ofthe center, developing pieces, when andhow to attack from a given position, andwhen to head to the endgame. The Lon-don System has good points and follow-ers include Grandmasters.
"The London System is one of White'smost dependable openings, promising rapiddevelopment and a solid pawn formation.There are also real possibilities for akingside attack, which has attracted play-ers such as Hodgson, Kasparov and Yusu-pov."-GaryLane .
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A New Kid on the Block,: UWCC Holds'First USCF -rated Tourney in Years
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by H. G Pitre
Twelve players participated in theUniversity of Washington Spring Open,held April 22 and 23. Fourplayed in theunrated one-day Booster Section, whichwas won by Dr. Marvin Hayami, classof'?3, with a 3-0 score. He donated hisfIrStprize of a $20 certificate of HaagenDazs Ice Cream products back to theprize fund. And those who tied for sec-ond received $10 each after Brian Ma-son also donated his share.
The other eight players were sched-uled for four games in the USCF-ratedOpen section over the weekend with fIrstplace being taken by Nat Koons, a morerecent graduate of the UW. He receivedmore than $50 in gift certificates fromZoe's Cafe, The Mix Ice Cream Shop,Haagen Dazs, and Starbuck's, all busi-nesseson UniversityWayNE (a.k.a.,"theAve"). Pleasethank our supporters if youare in the neighborhood some time. Ato-tal of approximately $150 went to play-ers, who, apart fromKoons, consisted ofPeter O'Gorman, Dymitr Mozdynie-wicz, Ethan Gottlieb, David Inglis, andCatherine Smith.
The Universityof WashingtonChessClub hopes to hold an event that wouldattract you to play in it. It might be inOctober when the football team is play-ing an away game. Let the club knowwhat it would take to get your support.Go to the website at www.students.wash-ington.edu/chessuw/orcontact the offic-ers at [email protected].
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Rather than defending the pawn by1...~7, Catherine prefers to play ac- 33...<!>d3tively.
Marvin Hayami and I thought that29. ..b3 was safer for Black.
30.~c3 ~d5 31.<!>d3a3 32.ct>e2
The more natural 32.<i!>d2<i!>c433.<!>c2<i!>d534.<i!>d3<i!>e535.<i!>d2~e4 39.h4(35...~d536. ~e1 <i!>c437.e4fxe438.g4hxg4 39.hxg4 <i!>d440.<i!>e2~d5) 36.~e2 <i!>d537.~ <i!>e538.h4 ~e6 39.<otx4<i!>f64O.e4 fxe4 41.<i!>xe4or 41.g4hxg4 42.<i!>xg4also leads to a draw, astheBlack King has time to eliminate theh-pawn and then return to blockade thea-pawn.32... ct>c4 33. <otx2
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It seems that 33.<i!>f2begins White'stricky bid to win. Out in the hallway,thinking that maybe Black was going towin, I was excitedly drawing commentsfrom players and spectators about the
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positon. Brian Mason, UW Chess Clubco-President, quickly could see the stale-mate that I hadn't considered.
33...~c3wins a tempo versus theidea played in the game; so White musttake the draw after 34. ~e 1 ~b2 35.<i!>d2<i!>xa236.<i!>c2<i!>a137.~c1 ~a238.~c2.-ed
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This unforseen move happened whileI was out in the hallway. Black has onlytwo moves to choose from, and incred-ibly one move wins and one loses. IfPe-ter had played any of the expected moves,a stalemate is the likely result (39.g4hxg440.hxg4 a2; 39.<i!>b3a2 40.<i!>c2 h4).Was this misanalysis on this new Hou-dini's part?
39...a2
The wrong way!
Towin, Blackmustchoose39...~a240.g4(not40.~c1 ~b341<i!>b1a2+42.~a 1~a3, when White is the one to getmated in the corner)40...hxg441.h5g342.h6 g2 43.h7 g1=!¥ 44.h8=!¥, whenshe is likely to win the Queen ending.-ed.
4O.g4 hxg441.h5 1-0
Showing one of the fascinatingtrapsin chess. Black queens first, but White:~turn to queen is decisive. Catherine, forher part, was truly deserving of the mostcongenialplayerinthetourney. .
TD: H G PitreW6 W3 W2 W4W8W6L1W5W7L1D4W8W58 D3L1L4W7W8L2L1 L2 L7 BL3L5W6UL2B L5L3
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TD: Carol KleistWl9 W4 B W6 3.5B Wl6 W8 U 2.5H Wl9 Wl4 U 2.5Wl7 L1 8 Wl5 2.5U B W9 U 1.5U H Wl8 L1 1.58 Wl2 U U 1.5Wl4 B L2 U 1.5U H L5 Wl7 1.5U H Wl6 U 1.5U U H Wl9 1.58 L7 Wl9 U 1.5B D14 U U 1.0L8 D13 L3 U 0.5U U B L4 0.5H L2 L10 U 0.5L4 U H L9 0.5U 8 L6 U 0.5L1 L3 L12 Lll 0.0
Plus Score Swiss Seattle 5/13-14 TD: Fred Kleist1 Michael Lee 2096 2101 W2 D3 W4 W5 3.52 Patrick Hickey 1761 1799 Li W9 W3 W4 3.03 Peter O'gorman 1830 1827 W9 Di L2 W6 2.54 Elston Cloy 1942 1925 W6 W7 Li L2 2.05 Dan Mathews 1845 1827 L8 D6 W7 Li 1.56 Sterling Kolde 1441 1452 L4 D5 W9 L3 1.57 Constantin Etingher 1400 1400 B L4 L5 x 1.58 Fred Kleist 1991 1997 W5 U U U 1.09 Francis Chiriac 929 925 L3 L2 L6 F 0.0
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SCC April Quads 4115 TD: Carol Kleist
I[ 1 Selzler,Ricky 21122145 -www 3.02 Koons, Nat 2241 2242 L - x w 2.03 Raptis, Nick 2371 2349 L L - W 1.04 Rosell,John 18841878 L F L - 0.0
1 Omori,Michael 16661667 - D x D 2.02 Hickey,Patrick 1776 1767 D - L W 1.53 Mathews, Dan 1830 1833 F W - D 1.54 Chase, Warren 1567 1575 D L D - 1.0
1 Maider, Tate 15351536 - L W W 2.0
2 Etingher, Constantin 1404 1436 W - L W 2.03 KoIde, Sterling 1406 1415 L W - D 1.54 Torkelson, Alan 1435 1403 L L D - 0.5
1 King,Ryan 12931336 - W W W 3.02 Weller,Stephen 12921285 L - W W 2.03 Wei,Alva 1147 1121 L L - W 1.04 Kineke,Jack 441 441 L L L - 0.0
1 Cohen, Eryn 826 890 - x W W 3.02 Saver, Keith 1156 1120 L - W W 2.03 Johnson, Trevor 600 582 L L - W 1.04 DeVesci,Olivia 436 191 F L L - 0.0
PCC April Quads 414-24 TD: GregoriAlpernas1 GregoriAlpemas 19982031 - W W W 3.02 Michael MOrris 20952096 L - W W 2.03 MikeJanniro 2094 2079 L L - W 1.04 RichardBanner 1800 1800 L L L - 0.01 Gunther Jacobi 1760 1758 ,.. D D W 2.02 Robert lundin 1727 1723 D - D X 2.03 Brett Becker 1550 1595 D D - W 2.04 Sean O'ConnellWA 1580 1556 L F L - 0.0PCC Game-in-60 4/29 TD: Kornelijs Dale
1 Harmon, Clark 2218(2245) 2227(2253) W8 no W4 D2 3.5
2 Pupols, Viktors WA 2204(2209) 2217(2218) n7 ni W3 Di 3.5
3 Raptis; Nick WA2349(2212) 2341(2207) n3 W6 L2 W5 3.04 Roua, Radu 2201(2051) 2195(2042) n4 n2 Li ni 3.0
5 Goshen, Matthew WA20O5(1874) 2006(1876) n5 W7 n6 L3 3.06. Pritchett, Pete 1862(1628) 1872f\645) n8 L3 W9 n2 3.0
7 Porter, Nathan 1505(1351) 1543(1400) W23 L5 W2i no 3.08 Davey, Brent 1400(1334) 1439(1377) Li n9 W22 n6 3.09 Becker, Brett 1595(1431) 1607(1444) B n3 L6 n7 2.5
10 Peake, Ethan 1839(1646) 1820(1625) n9 Li n7 L7 2.011 Banner, Richard 1800(1536) 1800(1539) W20 L2 n5 L4 2.0
13 Kudva, Vikram 1465(1312) 1458(1310) L3 L9 n8 n9 2.014 Midson, Tony 1366(1358) 1338(1328) L4 L20 W23 W2i 2.015 Porter, Joel 1279(1167) 1286(1175) L5 W23 Lll W22 2.016 Carney, Dirk 1596(1517) 1571(1490) B W22 L5 L8 1.517 Terrill, Michael 1399(1231) 1390(1226) L2 n8 Li0 L9 1.018 Li, Devin 1013(1032) 1003(1009) L6 L17 L13 B 1.019 Horton, James 992(990) 984(976) Li0 L8 B L13 1.020 Huang, Jonathan CA 918(933) 957(957) Lll n4 L12 L23 1.021 Ruiz, Gabriel CA 708(604) 705(602) L12 B L7 L14 1.022 Seto, Leandro NV 598(403) 596(401) B L16 L8 L15 1.023 Schmitt, Phillip 1300(1300) 1065(1020) L7 L15 L14 W20 1.0
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Northwest Open Tacoma 3/12 TD: Gary Dortner1 Michael MacGregor 2181 2194 W4 W7 W2 B W5 4.52 Paul Bartron 2101 2108 Wl3 we L1 WlO W4 4.03 Dan Mathews 1755 1762 B B D11 D8 Wl2 3.04 Stephen Walloch 1719 1748 L1 Wl4 Wl5 W7 L2 3.05 Alex Guo 1661 1711 D10 W6 we B L1 3.06 Michael Wang 1468 1522 B L5 B Wl4 Wl1 3.07 Geoffrey Gale 2049 2031 Wl4 L1 B L4 Wl3 2.58 David Butler 1722 1710 Wl6 L2 L5 D3 B 2.59 Anthony Guo 1127 1259 Wl1 L10 L13 B Wl5 2.5
10 Bobby Ferguson 2173 2157 D5 W9 B L2 U 2.011 Stephen Buck 1797 1753 L9 Wl3 D3 D12 L6 2.012 Nathan Lee 1629 1618 B D15 B D11 L3 2.013 Constantin Etingher 1450 1452 L2 L11 W9 B L7 2.014 John Homicide 1404 1401 L7 L4 B L6 Wl6 2.015 Eric Holcomb 1509 1500 B D12 L4 D16 L9 1.516 Andrew Evenson 1406 1344 L8 B B D15 L14 1.5
May 4th Massacre Spokane TD: David Griffin1 John Julian' (1872) (1867) Wl1 W7 "2 D52 Alton Blue (1417) (1478) Wl2 W4 L1 we3 Alex Chow (1232) (1432) WlO D5 D4 W74 Patrick Herbers (1913) (1900) W6 L2 D3 WlO5 Zach Countryman (1503) (1520) Wl3 D3 D10 D16 Ted Baker (1305) (1308) L4 Wl3 D11 Wl27 Ronald Weyland ID (1309) (1316) we L1 W9 L38 William Dittman (0) (1142) L7 Wl2 Wl3 L29 Benjamin Blue (1106) (1124) Wl4 L10 L7 Wl1
10 Adam Attwood (1697) (1663) L3 W9 D5 L411 James Waugh (1256) (1230) L1 Wl4 D6 L912 Annette Weyland ID (1097) (1062) L2 L8 Wl4 L613 David Blue' (597) (599) L5 L6 L8 Wl414 Jacob Hagen (0) (203) L9 L11 L12 L13
Taxing Quads Spokane 4/~27 TD: David Griffin1 Patrick Kirlin 1347 1386 - L W W 2.02 AltonBlue 1334 1379 " - "L 2.03 RonaldWeyland ID 1469 1439 L L - W 1.04 Ted Baker 14211399LWL-1.0
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1 BenjaminBlue 1238 1233 - W L W 2.02 James Waugh 1164 1177 L - "w 2.03 Annette Weyland ID 1081 1069 W L - L 1.04 Ryan Ackerman 0 1023 L L 11'- 1.0
Pierce County Open1 Paul Bartron2 Darren Wu3 Michael Wang4 Michael MacGregor5 Megan Lee6 Stephen Buck7 David Hendricks8 Scott Charleston9 John Homicide10 Jay Charleston11 Dan Mathews12 Eric Holcomb13 Darryl Wu14 Philip Nesser15 Constantin Etingher
Tacoma 516-7 T D: Gary Dortner2098 2113 Wl2 W7 Wl1 W4 4.01697 1675 B WlO W6 W7 3.51577 1625 B D13 WlO Wl1 3.52196 2187 we "6 B L1 2.51500 1508 L10 Wl5 D13 Wl2 2.51748 1737 Wl5 L4 L2 11'13 2.01699 1684 Wl4 L1 we L2 2.01519 1522 L4 11'9 L7 X 2.01437 1435 L11 L8 Wl5 B 2.01153 1257 W5 L2 L3 Wl5 2.01865 1845 11'9 B L1 L3 1.51500 1500 L1 Wl4 B L5 1.51239 1424 B D3 D5 L6 .1.51298 1282 L7 L12 B P 1.01445 1400 L6 ~5 L9 L10 0.0
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Spolc~e Re~ort
Mathews Wins Inland EmpireJulian Club Champ; Blues Boys Grab Tax Refund
Julian Repeats as ClubChampion
by David Griff"m
john Julian won his second straightSpokane Club Championship andSpokane Wmter championship with
a score of 4.5. His only draw came to thesecond seed, Pat Herbers who finishedsecond overall in the event with a scoreof four points. This is John's thirdstraight club championship and his ninthoverall. JohnDownes,David Griffin,andAlex Chow finishedin a three way tie forthird overall with a score of 3.5 a piece.VernJohnsontook the Ul400 award withtwo points. Johnson also managed thebiggest upset of the event. There weresixteen players and a houseman for theevent. Along with cash prizes NWCmagazines were awarded as well to someof the winners.
King s Indian FianchettoPatrick Kirlin (1274)Zachary Countryman (1652)
The Taxing Quads shaped up Blueas father Alton and son Ben bothwontheir sections. Alton Bluefin-
ished2-1 and tied for first in QuadA withPat Kirlin. Each won $25 for his efforts.Ben Blue and Jim Waugh won Quad Bwith respective 2-1 scores and likewiseshared the $50 quad prize. Every playerin the event won at least one game.
Inland Empireby Kevin Korsmo
Dan Mathews of Edmonds won the2006 installment of the InlandEmpire Open on April 29-30.
His 4.0 score edged out five who sharedsecond place with 3.5 scores: Pat Herbers,John Rosell, Phil Weyland, eleven-year-old Alex Chow, and tournament director(!) Dave Griffin. Mathews claimed the$175 first prize by winning both of hisSunday games and overtaking the others
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when the Herbers-Chow and Weyland-Rosell finalroundgamesendedindraws.Each of the five second-placewinners re-ceived $77 as their share of second and
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third places as well as the A and B classpnzes.
Therewere 14draws,all longfought,in the tourney. Mix in quite a few firstand third round byes, and it was easy tosee why there were no perfect scores af-ter the first day. Both the tourney lead-ers andthe class prizegroupswerecloselybunched the whole way, with many of theprizes dependentupon the outcomeofthelast few games.
The Class C prize was shared byZach Countryman,John HornickleofTa-coma, and Bill McBroom of Missoula.Each received $27. The Class D prizeswere claimed by Ted Baker and JimWaugh, who received $40 each. Waughcelebrated his 77th birthday on the firstday of the tourney! He capped the dayby winninghis third round gameand thentied for the class prize the followingday.Way to go Jim!
William Spencer of Helena claimedthe biggest upset prize of $50 by draw-ing a player 820 points higher than him!TedBakercapturedthe secondupsetprize($30) for his first roundvictoryof a playerrated 322 points higher.
Therewere 30playerstakingpart thisyear, including John Downes who par-ticipated in the very first IEO in 1954!The IEO is the oldest of our Spokane'sannual weekendtourneys and one of thelongest running events in Washingtonstate.
Volunteers: The Mod Quads wouldnot have been possible without thethoughtful judging and excellent leader-ship of: Sudhakar Kudva (OSCF Presi-dent), Nonn May (Cornerstone Coach &TD for the 2007 WA State ElementaryChampionship to be held in Vancouver!),Steve Davis (Cornerstone Coach), LindaPeake, Minnie Quiring and Michael Tay-lor. Thanks so much for your helpthroughout the day. A special thanks alsogoes out to all the parents who helped withsetup and cleanup. You certainly madethe day run smoothly. We even had asurprise visit Horn local Chess Master andinstructor, Carl Haessler, who added tothe fun of the day!
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The Scholar-Chessplayer Outstand-ing Achievement Awards for 2006 wereannounced on April 21st at the NationalHigh School Championship in Milwau-kee, Wisconsin. These scholarships aregiven to high school juniors and seniorswho excel in academics, chess, and lead-ership. Scholarships are awarded uponmatriculation at an institution of higherlearning. These annual awards are givenby the U.S. Chess Federation and the U.S.
ing the weekend of April 21-23. WIth6.5 out of seven, he won the NationalHigh SchoolChampionship ontiebreaks.There were 368 players in the top sec-tion, and 1465 players in all. Excellentscores of 5.5 were posted by JameyMulligan and Adi Lanka. Ben Wydescored five points. A total of ten Orego-nians and seven Washingtonians playedin the open section. The four lower sec-tions-UI500, U1200, U900, andUNR-didn't attract many Northwest-erners. Two HornWashingtoncompetedin the UI200 and one Horn Oregonin theU900.
Brownell also won the Blitz Champ-ionship,scoring eleven out of twelve.There were 294 players in the six-rounddouble swiss. Wyde had ten points, tie-ing for 5-11th place and Lanka had 9.5,which put him in a tie for 12-17thplace.
Landon Brownellteamedwith DanielRohde (NY) in the Bughouse champion-ships. The team finished in a tie for 2nd-4th. But here is some more great news.Adi and Ben came in first! The teams ofMulligan & Eric Hufnagel and of AlexGlass & Sterling Kolde came tied IOth-21st out of 82 teams.
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Bragg-Frybergcont'dfrompage 8 17...Ilad818.g414.c3liJe7 15.be7 f!lxe7 16.liJe5 h617.liJh3 White rushes to open the position.
An important point to remember is 18...e519.g5liJd7that we cannotplay "Hope" chess: "I willplaya variation with a hole in it, becauseI hopehe willnot play the strongest line."It backfires too often. I have also experi-encedoccasions where my weaker oppo-nent trusts my analysis, and decides notto playa sacrifice, thus saving time onhis clock. Don't trust Masters, theymakemistakes, too. Perfonn your own analy-sis. Sometimesthat sacrifice works!
I wantedto play 17.Ilxf6?, but itjustdoesn't work. With accurate defense,Blackentersa winningendgame,i.e., 17...Axf6 18.'ti'e4 g6 19.1iJexf7(19.liJgxf7iIxf7 20.'ti'xg6+ ~f8-+) 19...iIxf7 20.1Vxg6+(20.liJxe6 'ti'e7 21.1Vxg6+Ilg722.liJxg7 'ti'xg7-+) 20... U,g7 21.'ti'xf6(21.liJxe6 iIxg6 22.liJxe7 Ile8 23.Axg6iIxc7-+) 21...hxg5 22.'ti'xe6+1Vf7-+.Northwest Chess
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Not 20...f!lc6? 21.d5.
21.exd4 We6 22.gxh6 g5?
Black should keep the kingsideclosed by 22...g6! 23.d5. Also interest-ing is 22...Af6 23.hxg7 Axd4+ 24.~g2(24.~h1?!fxf3+).
Mating. Black had planned for 31.Ilg2??'ti'xg2+,winninga piece. .
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In my calculations during the game,I lookedat 20.liJxf7!'ti'e6 (20...iIxf7? 21.1Vxe6and Black can't defend f7) 21.d5exd5 22.'ti'xe7 d4 23.liJxh6+ ~h8 (23...gxh6 24.'ti'h7 mate) 24.Ae4 t¥xe425.1Vxe4Axe426.liJf7+!,but missedthisfinishing touch, seeing only that my
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Peter Petrovich Lapiken1907-1983
By Russell (Rusty) Miller (Chelan, WA),Tom Kalaris, 1M John Donaldson (Ber-keley, CA), and back issues of NorthwestChess and its predecessor The Washing-ton Chess Letter, and with editorial assis-tance and game analysis by Mike Murray(port Townsend, WA). U.S. Open infor-mation from Jack O'Keefe.
Some Lapiken Games-Cont'dNotes by Mike Murray (with FRITZ8),
now of Port Townsend, in October and No-vember of 2005.
I (Mike Murray) left Missoula forSeattle in February of 1968. In the monthbefore I left, Dr. Lapiken and I played aseries of clock games at tournament timecontrol (40 moves in two hours) - not aformal match, but we took the games se-riously. I was a low-rated NW Expert atthe time. I've annotated this game withthe help ofFRITz8.
Black Knights' Tango
Peter LapikenMike Murray
Missoula 1968
Annotations by Mike Murray1.d4 ~f6 2.c4 ~c6
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The Kevitz- Traikovich Defense,nowadays called "The Tango." I used todo very well with it against strong play-ers. Long after I quit playing, 1MGeorgiOrlov publishedhis monograph and laterhis book on it, and recently RichardPalliser has published another; so I sup-pose it's lost most of its surprise value. ,3.d5 ~e5 4..d4 d6
Orlov and Palliser each recommend4.. .It)g6, retainingthe option of develop-ing the Bishop at c5 or M.
5.e4 c5 6..e3 g6
After the game, Lapiken suggestedthe fancifuI6...gS!? ,Book is 6...e6, butthe fianchetto also has to be reasonable.
7.f4lt)eg4 8..e2 eS 9.h3
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10.hxg4
10.'ti'xe4 seems playable 10...'ti'h4+11.<c!?d2~f212.'ti'e1'ti'g313.IIh2Ah614.<c!?e2'ti'xh2 1S.'ti'xf2 Axt4 16.11.xf4'ti'xf4 17.'ti'xf4exf4with a Rook and twoPawns for two minors.
10...~g3 11..13 ~1 12.g3lt)xg3
There was no rush to get somethingfor the Knight. 12. ..Ag7 was better,since if 13.'ti'xh111.xg4.
13..xg3 i1.g7 14.f5 gxf5 1S.gxf5 i1.f616..13 Ah4+
It was tempting to force the King tomove, but better was 16...Ag517.lt)d2Axd2+ 18.Axd2 'ti'h4+ 19.'ti'f2 'ti'xf2+20. <c!?xf2MS 21 .It)f3 and B lack has thematerial edge.
17.<c!?d1IIg8 18.lt)e2 b5 19.cxb5 a6
Trying to open it up before White canconsolidate. It's a strange position -Black is sacrificing and attacking on bothwings, while White's King calmly strollsabout in the center-Dr. Lapiken wasnever afraid to put his King at risk. FRITZthinks things are about equal.
The b-pawn eventually becomes abone in the throat, and Black should havejust snatched it up with 20...'ti'xb6.21.~bc3 i1.b5?
There was still time to grab the Pawnwith 21...'ti'xb6.
22.b7 IIb8 23.~b5 axb5 24.~c3 b4
24..J!xb7 2s.AxbS+ <r!:tf826.~h6+<c!?e7 might have been a little,better, butBlack's game is deteriorating.25.i1.b5+ <c!?e726.16+
The point is to gain a tempo by at-tackingthe Bishop,but the immediate26.It)e4, putting extra pressure on Black'sKing, is even better.
26...i1.xf6 27.lt)e4 Itg1+
No better was 27...Ah8 28.11.c6IIg6 29.il.gS+ f6 30.<c!?e2fxgS 31.IIf1and Black is totally helpless.28.<c!?e2.h8
Or 28...Ah8 29.11.gS+ IlxgS 30.~xg5.
29.i1.c6 .g7 30.a4 i1.h4 31.i1.h6
Black can't take the Bishop, becausethe Rook hangs, but this move throwsaway White's advantage. Correct was31.'ti'h3, when it will be hard to fend offthe Queen and the passed Pawn.
For a seriousattack,the QueenandBishopjust aren't enough. Blackneedsto keep the Rook on the board. Good
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32.!'txg1 1!rxg1 33.1!rf5
Now, it's all over unless Black canturn a few checks into something good. Icouldn't fmd anything. Thirty-six yearslater, neither could FRITz.
A blunder. After 13...<.tg8 14..e2.e5 15.1Lc6!Ib8 16.!Ifb1, White hasonly a slight edge.14.bc5 !Ixb5 15..d8+ 1-0
Some Mike MurrayMemories
One Hansen s (the Missoula chessplayers' hangout) anecdote which I re-member:
Lapiken occasionallyhad back prob-lems, and this particular evening, it wasobvious he was in some discomfort. Hesat ramrod straight in his chair and prac..ticedextra precise and controlled move-
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mentswhen it was his turn. He was play-ing somebo<h:,prettygood, possibly Wal-ly Albert, and a spectator who shall re-mainnameless(except.his namewas JohnHammond) stood behind Lapiken, en"'grossed in the game. Unfortunately, thespectator had a fresh cup of hot coffee.As said spectatorbecame more and moreengrossed in the game, he leaned furtherand further over Lapiken's shoulder,eventually tilting the cup enough that astream of the hot liquid poured downLapiken's back. Lapikenjerked up andaway, which, of course, was the wrongthing to do with a bad back. We helpedhim remove his suit-coat, which hadtaken the brunt of the coffee, while thespectator sputtered and stammered pro-fuse apologies.
Ever the gentleman, Lapiken, teethclenched in pain, said only, "It's all....right Just get away from....me."
An hour later, it was pretty much for-gotten.
Another anecdote, nothing special,just something I remember:
Doc and John Hammond and I
carpooled to the Montana Open in 1966,which I believe was in Billings. We tookLapiken's car. I don't believe John knewhow to drive or ifhe did, neither Doc norI wanted to let him. It was a long driveback after a five-round weekend Swiss. I
was wasted and Lapiken ended up driv-ing the whole way. I remember complain-ing to him that, since I was almost 40years younger than he, why was he theOnewith the endurance? He just laughed,but was obviously pleased.
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Michael Jensen Memories
I grew up in Missoula when Dr.Lapiken was here and would be morethan happy to send you a few things Ihave relating to him. As of two weeksago, I am Montana's current State ChessChampion. Back then, I would go downto a back room in Hansen's Ice Creamparlor as a boy where Dr. Lapiken andthe other chess greats gathered to play onweekends on huge glass-covered chess-boards. Dr. Lapiken would dress up ina suit and some would smoke cigars, etc.Occasionally, I got to play him, which
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was a big thrill for me. He was a mostimpressive person that I greatly re-spected. I believe that I do have some ofhis game scores from a 1965 MontanaState Tournament that he won. (I wasJunior Champion that year.)
References and sources:Mechanics Institute Newsletter by
Various Washington Chess Letter andNorthwest Chess Letter and North-west Chess
California Chess Journal 2005.3 (Fall2005) article by John Donaldson
California Death Index on Ancestry.comwebsite
The Shkurkin Far East Files, 6025 PinkArbor, San Pablo CA 94806-4147, website has the following:
*On July 16, 1942, in California, aCertificate of Naturalization14906691 was issued to PeterPetrovich Lapiken, then 35 yearsold.
*A Membership Book and WorkingCard for the Building ServiceEmployee's Union Local 87, SanFrancisco, California, 1942, wasissued to Peter Lapiken.
*Army of the United States Docu-ment appointing Private Peter P.Lapiken, 39025469, to be Corpo-ral (Temporary), Battery B, 52ndEA. Tng. Bn. Dated 5 Novem-ber 1942.
* Certificate. "Headquarters WesternDefense Command and FourthArmy. Counter IntelligenceCorps. This is to certify that Pe-ter P. Lapiken has successfullycompleted the course of instruc-tion in the c.LC. PreliminaryTraining SchooL" Dated 21March 1943.
* Extract from Special Orders 1141dated 12 June 1943 on PPL'sgraduation from the SeventhCourse at the Military Intelli-gence Training Center, CampRitchie, Maryland.
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* Extract from orders of Hq Euro-pean T of Opns USA, dated 13 .May 1945, posting 2nd Lts AUSto EAD. [PPL is on the list]
* Shipping Ticket to Antwerp Bel-gium from Lt. P.P.Lapiken: I eaCan Meat, I ea Knife, I ea Fork,I ea Spoon. [No date.]
* Restricted list of personnel in theUS Group Control Council (Ger-many) (Rear) dated 12 August1945. [Peter P. Lapiken, 2nd Lt.is among those listed.]
* Extract from Special Orders 1J45dated 23August 1945from Head-quarters US Group ControlCouncil (Germany). [One of theorders includes PPL.]
*"Office of Military Government forGermany (US). Formerly USGroup Control Council (Ger-many). Pass 115."Issued to PeterP. Lapiken, 2nd Lt., 30 October1945. With photograph.
*Extract from Special Order 17dated7 January 1946 from Headquar-ters, Switzerland Leave Center,US Army, concerning seven-daysleave(furlough)forAmericanper-sonnel. [PPL is among thosegranted leave.]
* Extract from Special Orders 137dated I3 February 1946, Officeof Military Government for Ger-many US. [The list includesPPL.]
* Appointment of PPL to SecondLieutenant, Military Intelligenceas of 4 April 1946, dated 5 De-cember 1946.
* "War Department General Staff.Intelligence Division. Memoran-dum for All Military IntelligenceReserve Officers." July 1946.
* "Headquarters SixthArmy. Memo-randum for All Military Intelli-gence Reserve Officers." Dated20 December 1946.
* Navy Department. ResignationDocument of PPL dated 26 No-vember 1948. Describes PPL asan Assistant Professor of Russianin US Naval School (Naval In-telligence) at Anacostia DC, born7.7.1907 in Riga, Russia. Origi-nal and a copy.
* Undated letter from War Depart-ment General Staff IntelligenceDivision, asking PPL to fill inPersonal History Statement
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* Undated official letter from theWhite House with expression ofgratitude to PPL for the servicein the Armed Forces.
* Letter from Veterans Administra-tion in San Franciscodated 1May1946, denying PPL's claim fordisability pension based upon ac-tive service in the US ArmedForces in World War II.
* "Notification of Transfer ofRecords" re Disability Compen-sation of PPL, dated 6 December1950. Records forwarded to LosAngeles. !
* "Honorable Discharge from theArmed Forces of the UnitedStates of America of Peter P.Lapiken 02 026 392 2d Lt MIUSAR," dated I April 1953.
*"EnlistedRecordofLapikenPeterP."
*Blackand white negativephotocopyof Official Transcript of Record,University of California, Berke-ley, ofPPL for 1940-1941.
* University of California, Programof the Final Examination for theDegree of Doctor of Philosophy
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* Degree of Doctor of PhilosophyConferred by the Regents of theUniversity of California, Berke-ley, to PPL on 18 June 1953.Original and two Xerox copies.
* list "Publications of Peter PLapiken," 3 typewritten copies.
* Folder "teacher:" complete, de-tailed Curriculum Vitae PPL.Describes formation, interestsand work. Different official docu-ments, connected with the teach-ing work at the different univer-sities, including on a constantwork at the university Montanaas Assistant Professor, The Uni-versity of Montana, State Capi-tol, Helena.
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