Arkansas Chess News. Upcoming Events: March 10-11: Arkansas Open; Fayetteville. March 31: Rolling Pawn #2: Harding University

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1 Arkansas Chess News Winter 2012 Contents: ACA Board and Membership Info Pg 2 Website: Little Rock Fall Seasonal pg 3 Arkansas Memorial Pgs 4-6 Denker Report Pg 7 Calendar Pgs 8, 9 Invitational Pg 10 Upcoming Events: March 10-11: Arkansas Open; Fayetteville March 31: Rolling Pawn #2: Harding University March 31: National Scholastic Chess Championship Qualifer Tournaments: Denker, Polgar and Barber: Harding University, Searcy Ark. See Calendar for more details

2 ACA Board of Directors President -Steve Paulson Vice President & Scholastic Director-Richie Kohl Secretary & Newsletter Editor -Stan Carter Treasurer-Tom Taylor Club Representative Board Members Searcy-Tom Taylor Little Rock -Devon Holder Fort Smith -Tyler Madsen Fayetteville -Les Kline Hot Springs Kirk Petty Batesville Jack Sanders Jonesboro Famous Taylor Little Rock Chris Harrison Newsletter submissions: : 195 Bluff View Drive, Batesville AR Annual ACA membership dues are $10 for adults and $5 for Juniors. Support Arkansas Chess Pg 2

3 Little Rock Fall Seasonal Oct 22, Little Rock Pair Player Name Total Round Round Round Round Num USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) Pts TONY DAVIS 3.5 W 14 W 7 D 2 W 3 AR / R: >2123 N:2 2 MAX ASHER FRIEDMAN 3.5 W 16 W 8 D 1 W 6 TN / R: >1740 N:3 3 MAGNUS AARTUN 3.0 W 13 W 15 W 4 L 1 AR / R: Unrated->2056P4 N:3 4 JAMES LONG 3.0 W 9 W 12 L 3 W 8 AR / R: >1995 N:2 5 HAYDEN HENSON 3.0 B L 6 W 13 W 7 AR / R: 695P9 -> 942P12 6 FAMOUS C TAYLOR 2.5 H W 5 W 12 L 2 AR / R: > DAVID MCPHERSON 2.0 W 11 L 1 W 10 L 5 AR / R: > ROBERT W KERR JR 2.0 B L 2 W 11 L 4 AR / R: > KENNETH W EDDY 2.0 L 4 L 13 B W 15 AR / R: > CHARLES R MCCALLISTER 2.0 L 12 B L 7 W 14 WV / R: > REUBEN DONAR 2.0 L 7 W 14 L 8 B AR / R: 894P23-> CHARLES M NIGGEL 1.5 W 10 L 4 L 6 D 13 AR / R: > RONALD C SANDERS JR 1.5 L 3 W 9 L 5 D 12 AR / R: > LENDELL TERRENCE ROBERTS 1.0 L 1 L 11 W 15 L 10 TX / R: > JAMES RAY VICK 1.0 B L 3 L 14 L 9 AR / R: 784P23-> RYAN STAMPKE 0.5 L 2 H U U AR / R: 1195P5 ->1195P6 Pg 3

4 Arkansas Memorial 2012 November 19, 2012 Batesville AR Pair Player Name Total Round Round Round Round Num USCF ID / Rtg (Pre->Post) Pts JAMES LONG 4.0 W 6 W 4 W 2 W 5 AR / R: >1991 N:2 Q: > CHARLES M NIGGEL 2.5 H W 5 L 1 W 4 AR / R: >1710 Q: > STEPHEN J PAULSON 2.5 H W 6 L 4 W 8 AR / R: >1410 Q: > STAN CARTER 2.0 W 7 L 1 W 3 L 2 AR / R: >1600 Q: > KENNETH W EDDY 2.0 W 8 L 2 W 7 L 1 AR / R: >1400 Q: > RONALD C SANDERS JR 2.0 L 1 L 3 W 8 W 7 AR / R: >1341 Q: > JAMES RAY VICK 1.0 L 4 W 8 L 5 L 6 AR / R: 780 -> 781 Q: 832P16-> 828P20 8 AXEL PINARD 0.0 L 5 L 7 L 6 L 3 AR / R: Unrated-> 387P4 Q: Unrated-> 433P4 The reason they call it chess, is that all the four-letter words were taken. Source Unknown If you don t win, it s not a great tragedy - the worst that happens is that you lose a game. Bobby Fischer Don t even mention losing to me. I can t stand to think of it. Bobby Fischer Pg 4

5 Ark Memorial 2012; Batesville , Round "2"] White "Niggel, Chuck" Black "Eddy, Ken [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.d3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.Re1 Nc6 9.a3 a5 10.b3 e5 11.Bb2 Bd8 12.Qc2 Qh5 13.e3 Ne7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Rxa1 16.Rxa1 D g5?! += ( 16...f4 11: exf4 exf4 18.gxf4 Bh3 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.Ng5 Qg4+ 21.Kh1 Nc6 22.Qb3 Nd4 23.Qa2 c6 24.Qa7 Qxf4 = ) 17.h4 gxh4 18.Nxh4 Ng6 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.f3 f4 21.exf4 exf4 D 22.Ne2?! =+ :-0.54 ( 22.gxf4 12: Qh4 23.Qf2 Nh5 24.Ne2 Nxf4 25.Nxf4 Qxf4 26.Qd4 Qxd4+ 27.Bxd4 Bf5 28.Ra3 Re8 29.f4 Re1+ 30.Kh2 c6 31.Kg3 = ) 22...fxg3 23.Nxg3 Qg5 D 24.Ne4?! =+ :-1.48 ( 24.Qf2 : Ng4 25.Qe2 Qh4 26.Nf1 Ne5 27.Ra8 Bf6 28.Ne3 b5 29.d4 Nxc4 30.Nxc4 bxc4 31.Qxc4+ Kh8 = ) 24...Nxe4 25.fxe4?? Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rf2 27.Bf1 Qe1 0-1 We don't have such dogs in the Soviet Union. Mikhail Botvinnik (upon seeing a rare breed while on a walk with Euwe in England in 1936) No, I suppose your people have eaten them all. Max Euwe (this caused a rift with Botvinnik that lasted for years, but was eventually healed) If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. Source Unknown Pg 5

6 Sanders, Ron -- Long, James Ark Memorial, Batesville E61y 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Move out of book: Be2 70% Qc2 23% h3 7% 7...c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 a6 D 12.a4?! = :-0.18 ( 12.Nd2 13: Ne5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Qc2 Kh8 15.a3 Bd7 16.b4 Qc7 17.Nde4 b6 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Rab1 Rab8 20.Nxf6 Bxf6 = ) 12...Ne8?! += :+0.70 ( 12...Nh5 12: Ra3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Nf6 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Nd2 Bg4 17.Qf2 Nd7 18.Nb3 Qb4 19.Rc1 = ) 13.Qc2 Ndf6 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rfe1 e5 D 16.Ne4?? -/+ :-2.30 ( 16.dxe6 11: fxe6 17.Bg6 Bc6 18.e4 e5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bd7 21.h4 Bg4 22.Nd2 Nf6 23.hxg5 hx += ) 16...Nxe4 17.Bxe4 f5 18.Bd3 e4 19.Bxe4 fxe4 D 20.Qxe4?? --+ :-6.51 ( 20.Nd2 13: Kh8 21.Nxe4 Bf5 22.f3 Qd8 23.Rac1 Nf6 24.Rf1 a5 25.Kh1 Qb6 26.Qd3 Nxe4 27.fxe Bf5 ( 20...Bf5 14: Qe7 Rf7 22.Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.e4 Bg6 24.e5 Rd8 25.Re3 Kg8 26.Ra2 Qb4 27.b3 Bb1 28.Ra Bf5 29.exd6 Nxd6 30.Bxd6 Rxd6 --+ ) 0-1 Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity. Bobby Fischer (on Morphy) I once heard of a murderer who propped his two victims up against a chessboard in sporting attitudes and was able to get as far as Seattle before his crime was discovered. Robert Benchley Pg 6

7 Report from Denker 2011 By Alex Wolf The Denker Tournament of High School Champions pits each state high school champion against each other in a 6 round, 4 day tournament in conjunction with the US Junior Girls Open and the newly formed Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions (the K-8 state champion from each state is invited to play). I represented Arkansas again this year, and Srikar Chikkala was the first ever Barber representative from Arkansas. I entered the tournament hoping to improve on last year's score of 2.5/6, and being almost 300 points higher rated this year I thought my chances of bettering last year's result were good. The first round saw me paired up with NM Joseph Moon from Georgia, and I misplayed a Classical Sicilian Dragon as white and lost fairly quickly. For round 2 I was paired down with Black against the Vermont representative David Ro, rated I essayed my usual Pirc Defense and successfully hunted down his uncastled king. David nonetheless recovered from the loss and won 3 of his last 4 games. The next round saw my most frustrating game of the tournament; I was paired up (slightly) against 1900 Jeffrey Byrd from Alabama. As White we played a Schliemann Ruy Lopez and he quickly developed a threatening attack on my kingside. Nevertheless I was able to parry all his threats and he desperately sacked a piece to attempt to open up my king. The time control was the FIDE-rated 90 mins + 30 second increment and I was under 20 minutes for most of the match, which contributed to my missing his promotional tactic late in the piece up endgame and resigning with about 2 minutes left on my clock. Standing at 1/3 going into the Monday morning round, I knew that as I was situated at the Swiss break point I would play either an expert or a beginner. Luck paired me with the 475-rated Patrick Ellsworth, from the rarely represented District of Columbia. I played a King's Indian/Old Indian hybrid and quickly broke apart the center and won with ease. That night my fifth round pairing was with a strong player who so far had a disappointing score (for him); 2125 Graham Horobetz from Memphis, Tennessee. I've talked and played Graham on ICC and he is known as a prodigious blitz and bullet player, with a quick rating nearly as high as his regular. I was White, and he played the Sicilian Accelerated Dragon. I was able to fix his hanging c6 and d5 pawns, lock in his light-squared bishop, and methodically crush him and convert a winning endgame. In the game Graham only took about 20 minutes, and I could sense he wouldn't look deeply into the position, only using the quick tactical eye that won him so many online blitz games but is insufficient at a slow time control. I had already met expectations for my result, and with no real pressure on me I approached the last round just looking to play solid chess. I had Black against NM Vincent Huang from Southern California, a strong master who has some international youth chess experience. Playing the KID, I achieved a reasonable position out of the opening, attempting to lock up the center and then play on the queenside. However I misplayed a sequence of early middlegame moves that allowed him to entrench a pawn on c5 that cramped my entire game and killed any chances of queenside play. I lashed out on the kingside in vain and stumbled into the endgame two pawns down before capitulating shortly thereafter. I had a great time at the Denker, meeting new friends and visiting old ones and seeing Michael Vilenchuk play superb chess and win the title with 5.5/6. It was a new experience to stay at a hotel physically inside an airport, which had its plusses and minuses (fast food close by but departing and arriving planes to wake you up)! I was proud to represent our state and to see Srikar fight hard in the Barber (which was of nearly equal strength). I hope to play the Denker next year, where it will be in Vancouver, Washington and about 30 degrees cooler than Orlando! Pg 7

8 2012 Calendar March 10-11: Arkansas Open; Fayetteville, 5ss, G/ sec. Site: Days Inn, 2402 N. College Ave., Fayetteville AR 72703; (479) Hotel Rates: 1 King $52 + tx (1-2), 2 Queens $60 + tx (1-2) Tournament Details: 5SS, G/ spm (seconds per move); add-on or dely, preferred. G/2 if no digital clock available to either player. EF: $35 by 3/08, $40 at door. Prizes (b/40):1 st $200, 2 nd $150, A, B, C, D/E each $100 (min. 3 in class or prize is $75), Unrated $50, Upset $50. Reg. Sat. 8-9 a.m. Rds. 9:30, 2, 6:30; 9, 1:30. ½ pt. bye available Rds TD: Les Kline (USCF ), Affiliate: Fayetteville Chess Club Contact Info: 801 N. Rush Dr., Fayetteville AR 72701; (479) ; USCF and ACA (OSA). March 31: Rolling Pawn #2: Harding University USCF rated. 1 section: 4 Swiss, G60. Registration is 9-9:30 am. Round 1 starts at 10am. Lunch break at 12-1pm. 4 Rounds Game 60: EF: Open $25. $20 if pre-register ($5 Discount). Harding University Students w/valid ID: $10 Prizes: Open 1 st Place Overall $200 Guaranteed. 1 st U1600 $100 Guaranteed. U1200 Trophy to 1 st. USCF membeship required (Available at Tournament). Free Wi-Fi and coffee for all participants. Site: Harding University at Searcy in the Liberty Room. Mention you are here for chess tournament and receive 10% off Hotel room at the Heritage Inn at Harding University (). Contact info: Richie Kohl. Pg 8

9 2012 Calendar, continued March 31: National Scholastic Chess Championship Qualifer Tournaments: Denker, Polgar and Barber: Harding University, Searcy Ark. Denker Grade 9 th -12 th male or female : 2012 Arkansas Scholastic Chess Championship. Students must be in grades Swiss Sys. pairings, G/45 (45 minutes on each clock). The first place finisher qualifies for the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. Entry fee: $15. USCF membership required, may be purchased at the tournament. Registration: 8:30-9:15am. First round at 9:30, remaining rounds as soon as possible, thirty minute lunch break between rounds 2 and 3. May combine with Polgar and Barber based on participation. Susan Polgar K- 12, female only Arkansas Scholastic All Girls Chess Championship. Girls grades k-12, cannot turn 19 before July 29, Swiss Sys. pairings, G/45 (45 minutes on each clock). The first place finisher qualifies for the Susan Polgar Girl s Invitational in Lubbock, Texas. Entry fee: $15. USCF membership required, may be purchased at the tournament. Registration: 8:30-9:15am. First round at 9:30, remaining rounds as soon as possible, thirty minute lunch break between rounds 2 and 3. The All Girls Chess Championship may be combined with the Scholastic Chess Championship if fewer than 5 girls participate. Barber grade K-8 male or female: 2012 Arkansas Scholastic Chess K-8 Championship. Students must be in grades k-8. 5 Swiss Sys. pairings, G/45 (45 minutes on each clock). The first place finisher qualifies for the Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions. Entry fee: $15. USCF membership required; may be purchased at the tournament. Registration: 8:30-9:15am. First round at 9:30, remaining rounds as soon as possible, thirty minute lunch break between rounds 2 and 3. May combine with Denker & Polgar based on participation. SCHOLASTIC (CAAS) DISCOUNT: Scholastic teams of 5 8 players will receive a registration rate of $50 for the team. Teams must be members of CAAS, must pre-register by March 26 th and must pay the registration fee in a single cash or check payment on site. All team members must have a current USCF memberships. Food Court and Cafeteria available on site. Discounted rooms available at Harding University s Heritage Inn. Contact the Heritage Inn at (501) and ask for the chess discount. Info and pre-registration: Richie Kohl (501) , richdkohl@yahoo.com Early August: Arkansas Championship November 17: Arkansas Memorial Pg 9

10 Stan Carter 195 Bluff View Dr. Batesville AR DREAM HOMETOWN QUADS BEEBE, AR Pair Player Name Total Round Round Round Round Rtg (Pre->Post) Num Pts PAUL J HILL 3.0 * W 2 W 3 W > FAMOUS TAYLOR 1.0 L 1 * W 3 L > CHAD STALEY 1.0 L 1 L 2 * W > MATTHEW RICE 1.0 L 1 W 2 L 3 * 735 -> Pair Player Name Total Round Round Round Round Rtg (Pre->Post) Num Pts JARED S TAYLOR 2.0 * L 2 W 3 W > DEVON NATHANIEL HOLDER 2.0 W 1 * L 3 W > JOSH PRUETT 2.0 L 1 W 2 * W > CHUCK NIGGEL 0.0 L 1 L 2 L 3 * > Pg 10