Fischer Random Chess decides the winner of Wilkinson s Fischer Fantastique Fun Tourney! Stew Wilkinson

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1 Chess Chatter Newsletter of the Port Huron Chess Club Editor: Lon Rutkofske October 2014 Vol.33 Number 9 The Port Huron Chess Club meets Thursdays, except holidays, from 6:30-10:00 PM, at Palmer Park Recreation Center, 2829 Armour Street, (NE corner of Garfield Street and Gratiot Ave 1 mile North of the Blue Water Bridge) Port Huron, Michigan. Everyone is welcome. All equipment provided. Website: Fischer Random Chess decides the winner of Wilkinson s Fischer Fantastique Fun Tourney! Stew Wilkinson On September 4, 2014 the PHCC held a fun event, celebrating Bobby Fischer s 1963 U.S. Championship! Alan Gregg combined his knowledge of Bobby Fischer history and trivia with his prowess in speed chess to win the coveted trophy, despite the challenges of seven other PHCC members. Allen Gregg and Bill Wingrove face off in the Fischer Random Chess sudden death blitz game. The one night tournament honored Bobby Fischer and his amazing 11-0 record in the 1963 United States Chess Championship. Club members had to find the move that Bobby played in five positions from 1963 and then answer ten quiz questions about Bobby and the 1963 tournament. The positions and quiz challenged many PHCC members, but not Bill Wingrove! Dr. Bill aced the puzzles and missed only one quiz question. Certainly this annoyed the tournament director. However, he was pleased to have contestants fall for gambits in the quiz, mistaking Larry Fine (Larry of Three Stooges ), Hikaru Sulu (Navigator of the Star Trek s Enterprise), and Benito Mussolini ( Il Duce Dictator of WWII s Fascist Italy) for chess players. Special mention goes to newcomer Kevin Britton and 2103 scholastic champion, Nathan Allen. They both arrived late and had limited time on the puzzles and the quiz. Kevin, nonetheless, solved three of the five puzzles, better than everyone save Bill Wingrove and Matt Morabito! After the intrepid warriors completed the 2014 Fischer Fun Chess Championship Trophy written section, they each played two G/15 speed games stating from opening positions Bobby Fischer played in his

2 masterpiece (KID, Caro-Kann, Spanish, King s Gambit, Najdorf Sicilian). Each puzzle or quiz answer was worth two points. Each speed game win was worth five points with a draw or bye worth three points. The two highest scores would meet in one winnertake-all game in Fischer Random Chess. Matt Morabito, Alan Gregg and Bill Wingrove were tied at 28 points each! The two finalists would be those who came closest to guessing the amount of Fischer s prize money for winning the 1963 U.S. Championships which was $2000. Alan conferred with Bob Barker and wrote down $501. Matt s guess of $10,000 seemed logical. Bill Kreskin Wingrove chose $2500 to join Alan in the finals! The Fischer Random Chess position to start the G/15 finale seemed balanced, but one quirk could have favored White. White had a Bishop on h1 and Black s Queen began the game at a8. Bill with White chose not to play an early fianchetto and Alan went on to win from a dominant position. Thanks to all who participated and congratulations to Alan Gregg, Bobby Fischer 1963 US Championship tournament winner! Bobby Fischer 1963 U.S. Championship Tournament Crosstable Player Puzzles Quiz G/15#1 G/15#2 Random Chess Playoff Total Alan Gregg Bill Wingrove Matt Morabito* Lon Rutkofske Gerrit Beneker Noel Bedy Kevin Britton Nathan Allen *Gregg and Wingrove were chosen finalists by coming closest to Fischer s prize winnings In the 1963 tourney U.S. Championship Quiz Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer was born in: A.New York City B.Chicago C.Toronto D.the back seat of a Greyhound Bus E. Detroit 2.During the 1963 U.S. Championship, Bobby Fischer was just: 2

3 A.20 years old B.A freshman at Michigan State C.Five feet six inches tall D.17 years old E.A hunk, a hung o burnin love! 3.He finished second in the 1963 U.S. Championship: A.GM Sammy Reshevesky B.IM Marion Morrison C.NM Noel Bedy D.GM Larry Evans 4.The 1963 U.S. Championship was played in: A.New York City B.Lon Rutkofske s garage C.Washington D.C. D.Las Vegas E.Chicago 5.Bobby Fischer defeated this player in the last round to go 11-0: A.Dr. William Wingrove B.Dr. Anthony Saidy C.Dr. No D.Dr. Richard Kimball E.Dr. Rubin Fine 6. Bobby Fischer s style was already being compared to that of: A.Mikhail Botvinnik B.Alan Gregg C.Alexander Alekhine D.Jose Capablanca E.Al Kaline 7.Bobby s quickest win (17 moves!) in the 1963 shootout was against: A.Larry Fine B.Donald Byrne C.Pal Benko D.Robert Steinmeyer E.Hikaru Sulu 8.This 1963 contestant never won a U.S. Championship Title: A.GM Larry Evans B.GM Pal Benko C.Boris Spassky D.GM Art Busguier 3

4 E.GM Sammy Reshevsky 9.Bobby Fischer respected the dynamic, individual style of: A Vassily Smyslov B.Matt Morabito C.Boris Spassky D.Benito Mussolini E.Victor Korchnoi 10.This former World Student Champion was eligible but was absent from the 1962 U.S. Championship: A.Father Guido Sarducci B.Father Damian Karras C.Father William Lombardy D.Godfather Vito Corleone E.General Oberst Herr Gerrit Beneker Port HuronTimes Herald gives the PHCC some Love! 4

5 Members Games Please send me what you consider your best games, annotated or not, so that I might be able to showcase them. The following games represent contests that have been available at the time of this printing. them to me or give them to me personally, if you wish. Majority of analyses is done by Fritz 12, unless otherwise indicated. Jones,G. Avery (1667) - Gregg,Alan (1958) [B08] Pirc Defense Classical System 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (1), [GREGG,ALAN] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.e4 h6 6.Bh4 c6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nbd Qa5 11.Rab1 Qh5 12.Bg3 Qxf3 13.gxf3 e5 14.Ne2 Nh5 15.Bh2 g5 16.c Rfd1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 gxf4 19.Kh2 Bf6 20.Rg1 Nf8 21.Rbd1 Ng6 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nc1 Bh4 24.Kg2 Be7 25.Be2 Rdg8 26.Kh2 Nh4 27.Rxg8+ Rxg8 28.Rg1 Bg5 29.Nd3 Re8 30.Rd1 Kc7 31.Nc5 Re7 32.Nd3 b6 33.Ne1 Ng6 34.Ng2 Bh4 35.Nxh4 Nxh4 36.Kh1 Rd7 37.Rxd7+ Kxd7 38.Kg1 Kd6 39.Kf1 f6 40.Kg1 a5 41.Kf1 b5 42.Bd1 c5 43.Ke2 c4 44.a3 Kc5 45.b4+ Kb6 [45...cxb3] 46.Kd2 Ng6 47.Ke1 h5 48.Kd2 h4 49.Ke2 Nf8 50.Kd2 Ne6 51.Ke2 Ng5 52.Kf1 Nxh3 53.Kg2 Ng5 54.Kh2 axb4 55.axb4 Kc6 56.Kg2 Kd6 57.Be2 Ke6 58.Kh2 f5 59.exf5+ Kxf5 60.Kg2 e4 61.fxe4+ Nxe4 62.Bxc4 bxc4 63.b5 Nc5 64.f3 Na4 65.Kh3 Ke5 66.Kxh4 Nxc3 67.b6 Kd6 68.Kg4 Nd5 69.Kf5 c3 70.b7 Kc7 71.Ke4 Kxb7 72.Kxd5 c2 73.Ke4 c1q 74.Kf5 Qe3 75.Kg4 Kc6 76.Kg5 Qxf3 77.Kf5 Qe3 78.Kg4 f3 79.Kh4 f2 80.Kg4 f1r 0 1 5

6 Rutkofske,Lonnie (1819) - Morabito,Matthew (1809) [B20] Sicilian Defense 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (1), g3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.h3 Nc6 5.d3 e6 6.Nf3 Be Re1 Qc7 9.c3 b6 10.Nbd2 Ba6 11.Nf1 Rad8 12.Qc2 Ne5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.c4 Rd7 15.Nh2 Rfd8 16.Bf1 b5 17.b3 bxc4 18.bxc4 Rb8 19.Bd2 Rdd8 20.Nf3 Rb6?? 21.Ba5 Nd7 22.Bxb6 axb6 23.a4 Nb8 24.Qc3 Nc6 25.Reb1 Bf6 26.a5?? bxa5 Diagram XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+k+( 7+-wq-+pzpp' 6l+n+pvl-+& 5zp-zp-zp-+-% 4-+P+P+-+$ 3+-wQP+NzPP# zP-+" 1tRR+-+LmK-! xabcdefghy 27.Qa3 Be7 28.Rb3 Rb8 29.Nd2 Bd6 30.Rxb8+ Qxb8 31.Rb1 Qa7 32.Be2 Bc7 33.Qa4 Qa8 34.Bd1 g6 35.Nf3 Kg7 36.Ne1 Nb4 37.Qa1 Qd8 38.Qa3 f5 39.exf5 exf5 40.Bf3 Qd4 41.Rd1 g5 42.Be2 Bc8 43.Nf3 Qd8 44.Qb2 Qf6 45.Qd2 h6 46.Ne1 Bb7 47.Qe3 Qd6 48.Bf3 f4 49.Qe2 Diagram XABCDEFGHY ( 7+lvl-+-mk-' 6-+-wq-+-zp& 5zp-zp-zp-zp-% 4-snP+-zp-+$ 3+-+P+LzPP# 2-+-+QzP-+" 1+-+RsN-mK-! xabcdefghy 49...Bxf3 50.Nxf3 ½ ½ Wingrove,William (1667) - Bedy,Noel (1606) [C94] Ruy Lopez:Breyer Variatino 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (1), e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c h3 Nb8 10.d3 c5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nbd7 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Be3 Bf8 16.Qd2 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.d4 Nxe3 19.Rxe3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 exd4 22.Bb3 Nf6 23.Rd1 Rc6 24.Rd3 Bc5 25.Qf4 Qd6 26.Qf3 Rc7 27.Nf5 Qe5 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qc5 30.R1d2 Re1+ 31.Kh2 Qe5+ 32.g3 g6 33.Rd6 Rcc1 34.Rxa6 Rh1+ 35.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 36.Kxh1 Qe1+ 37.Kg2 Qxd2 38.Rxf6 Qxb2 39.Rxf7 Kh8 40.Rb7 Qe2 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Bd5 Qd3 44.Bf3 ½ ½ Gregg,Alan (1958) - Rutkofske,Lonnie (1819) [C00] French Defense 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (2),

7 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Be2 b Bb7 6.c4 Bf6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.h3 Ng8 10.d4 Nge7 11.Rc b4 e5 13.b5 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 a5 17.Rfd1 Bc8 18.Bf3 Ra7 19.Nd5 Be6 20.Ne3 Ng6 21.a4 Qg5 22.Kf1 Ne5 23.Be2 Raa8 24.Rc3 f5 25.exf5 Bxf5 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Kg1 Rc8 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.Re3 Re8 30.Bf1 Qd7 31.Rde1 Qf7 32.f4 Ng6 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Nxc7 Qe4 36.Qxe4 Bxe4 37.g3 Bc2 38.Ne8 Bxa4 39.Nxd6 Nf8 40.c5 bxc5 41.Nf7+ Kg8 42.Bc4 Bxb5 43.Nh6+ Kh8 ½ ½ Gregg,Alan (1958) - Rutkofske,Lonnie (1819) [C00]French: Unusual White 2nd moves This was the previous game with annotations by Fritz PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (2), [Fritz 12 (30s)] 1.e4 e6 2.d3 last book move 2...d6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Be2 b Bb7 6.c4 Bf6 [6...Nf6 7.Nc3²] 7.Nc3 Nc6 [7...Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.Nd4²] 8.Be3 Nh6 [8...Bxc3!? 9.bxc3 Nf6²] 9.h3 Ng8 10.d4 Nge7 11.Rc1 [11.Nh ] ± 12.b4 e5 [12...Nxb4? 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Bxf3 15.exf6 Bxe2 16.fxe7 Bxd1 17.exd8Q (17.exd8N?! Bh5 18.Rb1 Nxa2 19.Nxa2 Rfxd8²; 17.exd8R?! Rfxd8 18.Rcxd1 c5+-) 17...Raxd8 18.Rfxd1+- (18.Nxd1?! f5 19.Bg5 Rd7±) ] 13.b5 [13.Nd5!?±] 13...Nxd4² 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Qxd4 a5 [16...Ng6 17.f4²] 17.Rfd1 Bc8 [17...Ng6 18.Nd5±] 18.Bf3 [18.e5 Nf5 19.Qf4 dxe5±] 18...Ra7 [18...Bb7 19.Nd5±] 19.Nd5 [19.e5 Nf5 20.Qd3 Be6+-] 19...Be6 [19...Nxd5 20.cxd5 Qg5 21.Kh1²] 20.Ne3 [20.e5 Nf5 21.Qf4 Nh4±] 20...Ng6 21.a4 [¹21.c5 bxc5 22.Rxc5±] 21...Qg5³ 22.Kf1 Ne5 23.Be2 Raa8 [23...Nd7 24.Nd5³] 24.Rc3 f5 [¹24...Nd7!?=] 25.exf5± Bxf5 26.Nd5 Qd8 27.Kg1 Rc8 [27...Be6 28.f4 Ng6 29.Bf3+- ] 28.Rg3 [28.Re3 c5 29.Qd2 Be6+-] 28...Kh8 [28...Qd7 29.Bh5 Bg6 30.f4+-] 29.Re3 [29.f4 Ng6 30.Re3 Bd7+-] 29...Re8± 30.Bf1 Qd7 31.Rde1 Qf7?? [¹31...Be6±] 32.f4+- Ng6 [32...Nd7 33.Ne7 Nc5 34.Nxf5 Rxe3 35.Nxe3+- (35.Qxe3?! Qxf5 36.Qe8+ Qf8 37.Qxf8+ Rxf8=; 35.Rxe3 Qxf5 36.Re7 Qf8±) ] 33.Rxe8+ Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Nxc7 Qe4 36.Qxe4 [36.Qxb6 h6 37.Nd5 Nxf4 38.Qxd6 Nxd5 39.cxd5 Qd4+ 40.Kh2 Be4+-] 36...Bxe4 37.g3 [37.Ne8 Bc2 38.Nxd6 Bxa4+-] 37...Bc2? [37...Nf8 38.Ne8 Nd7 39.Nxd6+-] 38.Ne8 [¹38.Nd5!? Bxa4 39.Nxb6 Bd1+-] 38...Bxa4 [38...Nf8+-] 39.Nxd6 Nf8 40.c5! bxc5 41.Nf7+ Kg8 42.Bc4 [¹42.Ne5 Ne6 43.Bc4+-] 42...Bxb5= 43.Nh6+ Kh8 ½ ½ Bedy,Noel (1606) - Jones,G. Avery (1667) [D11] Slav Defense 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (2), d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Ne5 Qxb3 7.axb3 e6 8.Nxg4 Nxg4 9.Be2 Nf6 10.Nc3 Bb Na2 Bd6 13.c5 Bc7 14.b4 a6 15.Nc3 e5 16.b5 exd4 17.exd4 Re8 18.bxa6 Nxa6 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.f3 h6 21.Bd2 Nh5 22.Rfe1 Kf8 23.Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.b4 Bf4 25.Bxf4 Nxf4 26.b5 cxb5 27.Nxb5 Kd7 28.Nc3 Kc6 29.Kf2 Nd3+ 30.Ke3 Nb4 31.Kd2 g6 32.Re1 Ra7 33.g3 a5 34.Rd1 h5 35.f4 f6 36.h3 ½ ½ Morabito,Matthew (1809) - Wingrove,William (1667) [B25] Closed Sicilian 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (2), Nf3 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.e4 e5 7.Nc3 Nge7 8.Nd5 h6 9.c3 b6 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.Be3 Bd7 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd d5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Rb1 Kb8 17.b4 h5 18.f4 Bg7 19.bxc5 dxc5 20.d6 Qe6 21.e5 Rc8 22.Bd5 Qe8 23.Qf3 Bc6 24.Bxc5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Qc6 26.Qxc6 Rxc6 27.Rfc1 Rd8 28.Be3 Rxc1+ 29.Bxc1 f6 30.Bb2 fxe5 31.fxe5 Bf8 32.Rf1 Bh6 33.Rf3 Bd2 34.e6 Bb4 35.e7 Rg8 36.Rf Morabito,Matthew (1809) - Gregg,Alan (1958) [A13] 2014 PHCC Rated September Mini-Swiss Port Huron (3), Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 c Be7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.b Bb2 Bf5 9.d3 Nbd7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Re1 Bh7 12.e4 Nc5 13.Ne5 dxe4 14.d4 Nd3 15.Nxd3 exd3 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4 Bf6 19.Qxd3 Qd7 20.Rae1 Rfe8 21.Qe3 Rxe4 22.Qxe4 Rd8 23.Qf4 Diagram 7

8 XABCDEFGHY 8-+-tr-+k+( 7zpp+q+pzp-' 6-+p+-vl-zp& % 4-+-zP-wQ-+$ 3+P+-+-zP-# 2PvL-+-zP-zP" 1+-+-tR-mK-! xabcdefghy 23...Bxd4?? 24.Bxd4 Qxd4 25.Re8+ Kh7 26.Qf Calendar of Events: Note the change for the First Thursday of Each Month. First Thursday of Each Month - Chess Clinics 6:30 to 7:00 PM - $7.50 per person. From 7:00 until 10:00, Players wishing to play games with longer time controls up to G/90 can choose to play match games if they so desire. Participants will be paired randomly and colors will be selected by lot. PHCC club ratings will be used. Players should turn their game scores into Lon, so he can adjust ratings appropriately and showcase the games in Chess Chatter. PHCC SPEED CHAMPIONSHIPS SLATED FOR OCTOBER 9TH The Port Huron Chess Club s 33 rd Annual Speed Championship Tournament will be held on Thursday, October 9 th beginning at 7:00 PM. Registrations will determine the number of rounds and prizes. Entry fee will be $5.00 for adults/$2.50 for juniors. Please contact Lon if you plan to play October USCF Rated Mini-Swiss G/90 one round each Thursday, 10/16; 10/23; 10/30 USCF membership required. EF: $5 Prizes based on entries. A minimum of 4 participants will be necessary to hold the event. Please contact Lon via phone or if you plan to register. Play begins at 7:00 PM. Dues News: While dues are not required for anyone interested in playing at the club, they are required for those competing in tournament play. Annual Dues are $20.00 for adults and $10.00 for those under 19. Dues funds are used to offset miscellaneous expenses not funded by the Recreation Department. Memberships to expire in October 2014: Cody Trombley, Matt Morabito 8

9 PHCC Rating Lists The following list represents only current members of the Port Huron Chess Club. Current USCF ratings were used for members that had them, in order to establish the initial club rating list. The USCF rating format is used as the basis for calculating our club rating list. Members that had no USCF ratings are given a provisional rating based on their performances against regular club members who had USCF ratings. Club rated events will use these ratings for pairing purposes. PHCC Rating List as of 8/28/14 Name Rating Gregg, Alan 1958 West, Tony 1914 Wilkinson, Stew 1907 Rutkofske, Lon 1819 Morabito, Matt 1805 Broyles, Tom 1692 Hartwig, Nathan 1689 Wingrove, Bill 1667 Jones, G. Avery 1667 Bedy, Noel 1606 Beneker, Gerrit 1528 Chan, Jaime 1502 Boucher, Dave 1467 Mariani, Gino 1333 Cody Trombley 1278 Carey, Jay 1000 Nowiski, Adam 969 Allen, Nathan 957 Allen, Zachary 462 USCF Ratings as of 10/1/14 Name Rating Gregg, Alan 1986 West, Tony 1938 Wilkinson, Stew 1880 Hartwig, Nathan 1809 Morabito, Matt 1809 Rutkofske, Lon 1808 Broyles, Tom 1699 Wingrove, Bill 1641 Bedy, Noel 1487 Chan. Jaime 1481 Jones, G.Avery 1444 Boucher, Dave 1332 Trombley, Cody 1277 Mariani, Gino 939P Nowiski, Adam 673P7 PHCC Speed Rating List as of 8/22/14 Name Rating Gregg, Alan 1960 Wilkinson, Stew 1909 Rutkofske, Lon 1864 West, Tony 1826 Hartwig, Nathan 1784 Broyles, Tom 1708 Morabito, Matt 1701 Jones, G. Avery 1590 Wingrove, Bill 1561 Bedy, Noel 1519 Chan, Jaime 1502 Beneker, Gerrit 1500 Nowiski, Adam 1364 Mariani, Gino 1333 Trombley, Cody 1292 Carey, Jay 1000 Allen, Nathan 984 Allen, Zachary 740 9