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1 Alabama Chess Spring 2011 Alekhine - Feldt, White to Play. 1

2 Letter From the Editor Greetings! Well, you might have noticed that the last issue was so jam-packed with articles that there wasn t even room a letter from the editor. Fine by me! I d rather get out of the way and let the chess players of Alabama do more of the talking. But this time, I can at least introduce our contributors for this issue. We have three annotated games from players at quite different rating levels, so it is interesting to see the different way these players think through their games. Stephen Adams (rated 1822) has submitted his first ever article to the antics. Way to go, Stephen! Keep up the good work, and as Journey would say, Don t stop believin. (Also, don t stop annotatin.) Doug Strout (rated 1636) has come back for more; this time, he shows us a come-from-behind victory against William Blackman. Finally, your humble editor (rated 2171), though unsuccessful at the recent Castlechess Grand Prix tournament at Emory, did play one very instructive game there, and I now present that game here. Changing the subject, let s not forget that Alabama s biggest scholastics event--the State Scholastic Chess Championships--took place this March. Gerald Larson, the chief Tournament Director (and our Scholastics VP), has recounted the event for us. It sounds like it was a big success! And it wouldn t be the Spring issue of the Antics without an article devoted to the annual Queen of Hearts tournament. So, Alabama s most active TD, Caesar Lawrence, gives us a report on this year s QoH results. Thanks so much again, guys, for all your contributions to this issue. One more thing: here is a word of sympathy and support for all the Alabama chess players who have suffered because of the severe weather outbreak earlier this year. I hope you are recovering well. Kindest regards, Scott Varagona Solution to the problem on the cover: Alekhine played 15.Nf7!!, threatening both Nxd8 and Qxe6. What followed was 15...Kxf7 16.Qxe6+! Kg6 (...Kxe6 17.Ng5 mate) 17.g4 Be4 18.Nh4 mate. Contents: Stephen Adams at the 2010 Georgia Class Championship by Stephen Adams page 3 The Dance of the Bishops and Knights by Scott Varagona page Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championships by Gerald Larson page 8 39th Queen of Hearts Chess Tournament Report by Caesar Lawrence page 8 Strout - Blackman by Doug Strout page 9 Tournament Life Announcements page 11 2

3 Stephen Adams at the 2010 Georgia Class Championship annotations by Stephen Adams Editor s note: Here s a warm welcome to one of Alabama s best up-and-coming talents, Stephen Adams, who has graciously submitted a very nice game to the Antics. Keep an eye on Stephen: over the last four years, his rating has increased about 400(!) points. (An average increase of 100 points per year? Wish I could do that...) I have faced Stephen twice over the board; the impression I got from those encounters is that Stephen is a good-natured young man who really enjoys playing and learning more about chess. So, here is some unsolicited advice, Stephen: If you love chess, if you spend a lot of time with the game, and if you are patient with yourself, then everything else will fall into place. Let s watch Stephen at work in the following game. Particularly interesting to me is the ending, which features a battle between a White knight and some doubled Black passed pawns. Stephen s tricky piece sacrifice pays off when White, under pressure, misses a none-too-obvious defense. Below are Stephen s annotations, followed by some remarks of my own in footnotes. Ferrante,Chris Adams,Stephen (1993) (1763) Jerry Gray Memorial (GA Class Ch), e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 Nf6 Perhaps better was 3...dxe4 4.Bxe4 Nf6 gaining a tempo on the bishop. 6...Nc Qb6 A multi-purpose move: it applies additional pressure to d4, stops White from developing his dark-squared bishop, and discourages f4. 8.Bc2 Be7 9.Kh1 Moving his king off the diagonal to play f Nf8 I wanted to move the knight out of the way to play Bd7. 10.b3 Bd7 11.f4 cxd4 I need to move my knight to b4 and take off White's better bishop. 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.Na3 Nxc2 14.Nxc2 g6 4.e5 White takes space and now has a powerful pawn in the center. 4...Nfd7 Usually in the Advance French, Black develops his knight to e7 where it can spring to f5. However, a knight on d7 cramps Black and isn't very useful. 5.c3 c5 I counter White's center and attempt to pressure it. 6.Ne2 White correctly refrains from developing his knight to f3 so he can push f4 to counter any f6 breaks. I realize castling kingside would be dubious so I give up that plan and try to solidify against any f5 advances. However, this makes Nf8 look rather silly. 3

4 15.Ba3 Bb5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rf3 Nd7 Probably the wrong move. I should've just traded off the bishop and tried to use the c-file. 18.Nc3 Now the bishop's limited scope is displayed Rac8 19.Qd2 Rc7 20.Ne3 25.Nce3 I suppose he wanted to retreat the knights to reposition his rook Kc8 26.Nb2 He wants control of c5. However, I will gladly trade that d7 knight off Kb8 27.Na4 Rhc8 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.Rxc5 Bb5 Nxd5+ is now a serious threat. f5 with the threat of Qg5+ was also possible Qc6 I counter this threat while pressurizing the c-file. 21.Rc1 The threat of Nxd5+ is renewed. Trading pieces works perfectly for me considering I'm in a cramped position. 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Kxc7 32.Qc3+ Kd7 33.Qc5 Qc6 34.Qxc6+ bxc6 35.a3 Preparing to play b4 in case of...a c Kd8 22.Nc2 To be honest, it is difficult to find the purpose of this move. Perhaps g4 threatening f5 was better. If White can undermine the e6 pawn, it's an easy win a5 I stop Nb4. 23.Nd1 I still don't understand what would prompt my opponent to retreat his knights Qa6 24.Rc3 Bc6 I don't want to lose my control of the c-file. This also sneaks in the mate threat of Qf1. 4 After analyzing the position for around 15 minutes, I conclude that the knight cannot catch the pawn. If 36. dxc5 d4, then

5 a) 37. Nc2 d3 38. Ne3 d2 39. Kg1 Be2. b) 37. Nd1 Be2 38. Nf2 (38. Nb2 d3 39. Nc4 Kc6 and the king invades the dark squares) 38 d3 39. Ne4 39 Kc6 and my better king position will prevail. 1 c) 37. Ng4 d3 38. Nf6+ Kc6 39. Ne4 Kd5 40. Nd2 Kd4 and the superior king position wins again. 36.Nc2 a4 37.b4 Bd3 38.Ne1 cxb Nxd3 bxa3 40.Nb4 Editor s Notes: 1. But after 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 Kd5 42.Nd2, questions still remain to be answered. How can Black make further inroads with his king while keeping an eye on the c6-passed pawn? 42...Kd4?? 43.c6! wins for White, for example Bd1, repositioning the bishop to a4, is a better choice, although the computer thinks this leads to an even game at best. 2. This sacrifice is tricky, but perhaps objectively stronger would have been 38...c4 39.Kg1 Be4 40.Kf2 Kc6 41.Ke2 c3. 3. I don't think...a2 wins because of the following variation: 40...a2 41.Nxa2 Kc6 42.Kg1 Kb5 43.Kf2 Kc4 44.Ke3 Kb3 45.Kd3 Kxa2 46.Kc2 Ka1 47.Kc1. This same drawing idea for White will come up again in a moment. 4. White can still barely hold on after this move, but a more straightforward defense would have been 43.Na2!! Kc4 44.Ke3 Kb3 45.Kd3 Kxa2 46.Kc2 Ka1 47.Kc1 h6 48.g3 h5 49.h4 Ka2 50.Kc2 Ka1 51.Kc1= Kc7...a2 wins also, and would've been played if Nc Kg1 Kb6 42.Kf2 Kb5 43.Nc2 4 Kc4 I have two pawns so the important thing is that my king arrives first. 5. Now White is lost. But there was a miracle save in 44.Ke3!. The idea is to sacrifice the knight, but lure Black s king onto the a-file (where it will be cornered) at the same time. Here are the possibilities: a) 44...Kb3 45.Kd3 Kb2 46.Kd2 a2 47.Na1!! (I wish I could say I found this one, but no, it was Fritz) 47...h6 48.g3 h5 49.h4 a3 50.Nc2 a1q 51.Nxa1 Kxa1 52.Kc1 Ka2 53.Kc2=; b) 44...Kc3 45.Nxa3 Kb3 46.Kd2 Kxa3 47.Kc3 Ka2 48.Kc2 a3 49.g3 h6 50.h3 h5 51.h4 Ka1 52.Kc1 Ka2 53.Kc2=; c) 44...a2 45.Kd2 a1q 46.Nxa1 Kxd4 47.g3 looks like Black's only chance to play for a win, but this is somewhat risky and probably the game is still drawn with best play. 44.Nxa3+ 5 Kb3 45.Nb1 Kb2 46.Nd2 a

6 The Dance of the Bishops and Knights by Scott Varagona dark square bishop has become stronger in the absence of his White counterpart Ng6! 12.Bg3 Nde5 13.Nc2 Bg5! Villarreal (1894) Varagona (2171) [A56] Castlechess Grand Prix, I had mixed results at my first Castlechess Grand Prix at Emory, but at least I can say I won a very nice game in round one. If I were a good enough chess player to write a whole book about chess strategy, then in my chapter about bishop vs. knight battles, this game would be "Exhibit A." 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Be f4 Of course, there is no reason to let White follow through with his knight maneuver so easily. Meanwhile, my own knight on e5 is as lovely as ever. But he isn't just sitting there looking pretty; he also hits the c4-pawn, which fits in well with Black's queenside play (...a7-a6 and...b7-b5). 14.b3 a6 15.Bh5!? A creative maneuver. Now e2 is cleared for the queen, to support a knight on e Qe7 16.Qe2 Bd7 17.Ne3 Bxe3+! It seems too soon for White to play this move. Now there is a danger that Black will take control of the e5- support point, perhaps occupying that square with a powerful knight. 7...exf4 8.Bxf4 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Ng4 Preventing any e4-e5 ideas and at the same time heading for e Nge5 11.Ne1? As proud as I am of my g5-bishop, that knight has to be destroyed. If it got to f5 I would probably have to play...bxf5, after which exf5! would improve White's game considerably. My g6-knight would be driven back, and White s formerly passive c3-knight would move to e4, pressuring d6 and f6. 18.Qxe3 b5 19.Be2 Rab8 20.Rab1 Rb7 21.Qf2 Rfb8 I know White has the two bishops, but I don't care because the position is fairly closed. Besides, my e5- knight is better than either of White's bishops. My queenside offensive is picking up speed, too. Backing down from the fight over e5. Instead, White intends to regroup by Ne1 c2-e3, claiming the f5- square for his own knight. However, that is a long way to go and in the meantime, Black can untangle his pieces and solidify his control of e5. In a prior game of mine with this same opening, Alex Weiner chose 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 dxe5, with a roughly equal position. The e5-outpost no longer exists, but Black's 6

7 After...Nh8, it seemed White was having trouble coming up with something productive to do. Finally he decides to bring his remaining knight to e3 and then jump to f5. However, Nf5 does not pack the same punch it used to; I will simply play...bxf5, confident in my superior knights. My kingside is still safe, and my queenside attack continues Ra8 29.Ra1 Rba7 30.Qd2 Ra3 31.Ne3 Ng5 32.Bxg5 hxg5 33.Nf5 Bxf5 34.Rxf5? In what is already a strategically lost position, White drops a pawn right away. 22.h4!? I like this. White realizes his game is going badly and he wants to do something drastic to turn things around. The threat is h4-h5-h6, weakening my kingside dark squares. Then, after Bg3-h4, the once ineffective g3-bishop would become very powerful. Black can stop White's idea by playing 22...h6, but after 23.h5 Nf8 24.Bxe5! dxe5 (forced, because of 24...Qxe5? 25.Qxf7+), my wonderful e5-knight is gone and my f8-knight is passive. Hmm h6! 23.h5 Nh8!! 34...Rxb3! 35.Qc2 c4 36.axb3 Rxa1+ 37.Kh2 Qa7 38.bxc4 Qg1+ 39.Kg3 Qh1! 40.Kf2 Qe1+ 41.Ke3 Ra A shocker. It's not everyday one can play the move...nh8 and be proud of it--but here, this move meets the needs of the position perfectly. Since the knight holds f7, Black can answer 24.Bxe5 with 24...Qxe5!, keeping e5 open for a piece. At the same time, the h8-knight is headed for e5 after...f7-f6. And what's more, after...f7-f6 is played, it will be practically impossible for White to break through on the kingside. How nice that the e5-knight should play a part in the final mate! I have always been fascinated by bishopversus-knight battles, so this victory made me extra proud. 24.Bh4 f6 25.Qg3 Kh7 26.Qe3 Nhf7 27.cxb5 axb5 28.Nd1 7

8 2011 Alabama State Scholastic Chess Championships by Scholastic VP Gerald Larson For the second year in a row, it was a perfect weekend for chess tournaments. The weather was gorgeous, and so was the setting: the beautiful campus of Bayside Academy in Daphne. The last weekend of March also happened to be the peak of the azalea season this year in the Bay area. Without any exaggeration, every yard in Daphne varied between lovely and breathtaking. As a bonus, on the drive down the wisteria was also at its peak in sheets of lavender along the Interstate, while a few days later on the way home the dogwoods made their move. This was only the second time in almost 20 years for the event to be held in the Bay area. Any student of Alabama chess history will recall that Mobile was the frequent home of the State Scholastics during the distinguished organizing career of the late, great Jack Mallory. Many attendees voiced a heartfelt "It's about time!" Indeed. The Alabama Chess Federation owes many thanks to Mr. Eric Nager, Mrs. Sally Kalaris, and many other people at Bayside Academy for their efforts in bringing off a great event. The Team event, held 25 March 2011, had 19 teams and 80 players in 4 sections. The new Alabama Scholastic Team Champions are: Open: Jr. High: Elementary: Primary: Chess Kids Nation (Hoover) W.J. Christian Junior High (Birmingham) The Knight School (Vestavia) Chess Kids Nation and The Knight School The Individual event, held 26 March 2011, had 78 players in 5 sections. The new Alabama Scholastic Champions are: Open: Jr. High: Jeffrey Byrd, Jr. (Birmingham) Joshua Anders and Tyler Anthony (both Birmingham) Middle School: Zhuowei Xu (Birmingham) Elementary: Primary: Logan Mercer (Birmingham) Samson Sands (Birmingham) Byrd, Xu, Mercer, and Sands all posted perfect scores in the event. Mr. Byrd wins the right to represent Alabama at the 2011 Denker Memorial Tournament of High School Champions in Orlando. This is his third year in a row to represent us on the national stage. Kelly Chen scored a respectable in the Open section and earned the ACF nomination to the Polgar National Tournament for Girls. The total domination by Birmingham-area teams and players is unprecedented. Those of us in the rest of the state obviously need to get to work! Again, many thanks to all who helped and all who participated, and congratulations to our new Champions. Here s Gerald Larson hard at work at the Scholastic Championships. Alabama is lucky to have such a dependable Scholastics VP! -Ed 39th Queen of Hearts Chess Tournament Report by Chief TD Caesar Lawrence The Montgomery Chess Club sponsored the 39th Annual Queen of Hearts (QoH). This year, the tournament featured 61 rated players representing 6 states. In the Not Rated Scholastic sections, 17 beginner chess students participated. The 2011 Queen of Hearts Open champion is Wayne Christensen of Simpsonville, SC. He scored 4.5/5 points and clinched the first place honors. The Reserve section winner is Dr. James Westberry of Montgomery, AL. James also scored 4.5 points. 8

9 We are grateful that Dr. Karen Stine (Dean, School of Sciences) and the AUM Division of Continuing Education co-sponsored the 39th Annual Queen of Hearts again this year. Their continuous support for the Montgomery Chess Club has allowed us to make the QoH the second biggest chess tournament in Alabama. The 2011 Queen of Hearts Final Standings: Open (Rating & UNR): 1st: Wayne Christensen (SC) 4.5 points. 2nd: James Richardson, Montgomery, AL 4 points James Linholm, Birmingham, AL 4 points. U2000: Mark Liatti, Auburn, AL 3.5 points Stephen Adams, Birmingham, AL 3.5 points. U1800: Benjamin Levine, Memphis, TN 3 points Adam Shaw, Grovetown, GA 3 points Jerome Flowers, Ashland, AL 3 points Steven Cullifer, Jr, Tallahassee, FL 3 points. Evangel Temple in Montgomery, has organized tournaments since 2009 and is now making more of an effort to reach out to USCF-rated adult players. The opponent here is William Blackman (1919), a strong player who also directs tournaments in the Montgomery area. This game is different from my usual because I end up playing an exchange sacrifice, which is very out of character for me. 1...e5 2.Nf3 d5 William goes for an unfamiliar opening, and I end up scrambling in the early going. 3.exd5 e4 4.Nd4 Qxd5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qe5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.g3 Reserve (Rating: U1499): 1st: James Westberry, Montgomery, AL 4.5 points. 2nd: Prashant Sharma, Foley, AL 4 points Don Halimunanda, Mobile, AL 4 points Alex Szasz, Pelham, AL 4 points. Premier (Rating U1200; K-12): 1st: John Lawrence, Birmingham, AL 4 points. 2nd: Logan Mercer, Birmingham, AL 3.5 points. 3rd: Jaemin Ashley, Montgomery, AL 2.5 points. Novice (Not Rated; K-8): 1st: David Kim, Forest Avenue CC - 5 points. 2nd: James Patterson, Evangel CC - 4 points. 3rd: James Shi, Magic City Chess U points. 4th: Jacob Messina, Forest Avenue CC points. 5th: Juna Kim, Forest Avenue CC - 3 points. 6th: Martha Yin, Forest Avenue CC - 3 points. Possibly a mistake, because I end up losing the castle. h3 seems no better though, because I still cannot O-O. 8...Bh3 9.Bf1 I can't just let the bishop sit unchallenged on h Bxf1 10.Kxf d3 Nc6 12.Bf4 The opening has me in unfamiliar territory, so I will simplify to slow down his potential attacks Qe6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.dxe4 Nxe4 15.Nd4 I chose this route instead of Nxe4 Qxe4, which loses a tempo because of the threat at h Qh3+ 16.Kg1 Ng5 17.Nxc6 bxc6 Chief Tournament Director: Caesar Lawrence Assistant Tournament Director: Doug Strout Sponsor: Montgomery Chess Club and AUM Division of Continuing Education Attendance: 78 Players (61 in Rated Sections and 17 in Not Rated Section) by Doug Strout Strout - Blackman D.L. Strout (1668) W. Blackman (1919) Evangel March Open Montgomery, AL (1), e4 This is a game from round 1 of the Evangel March Open. The Evangel Chess Club, hosted by I can spend time on this simplification because my queen is holding f3. 18.f4 Ne6 19.Qf1 Pushing back the knight gives me time to confront the queen Qf5 20.Qf2 Rab8 21.b3 c5 22.Kg2 Finally 9

10 liberating the h1 rook Nd4 23.Rac1 Rfe8 After making me play the attackers-vs-defenders game at c2, he threatens to strangle my position. My knight is frozen at c3 covering against...re2. His d4 knight has a great outpost. 24.Rhd1 Rb7 now has the opportunity to generate counterthreats h5 35.Ne4 Ra1 36.c4 Better than a4 because I am advancing the passed pawn Rhd1 37.Rc2 I'd like to swap off a rook, but I need the position to be right for it Rac1 38.Rf2 Kf8 39.Kh4 Rd4 40.Re2 Good spot for the rook, holding the base pawns on both sides as well as an open file f5 41.Ng5 Rd6 42.Kh3 Ra6 43.Ne6+ 25.Rxd4 The exchange sacrifice, uncharacteristic for me, but I do pick up the bonus pawn. Down material, I tend to play for the draw, and I will show some very transparent repetition-type behavior later cxd4 26.Qxd4 Qc5 27.Qxc5 dxc5 Big material swaps are supposed to be bad when down material, but I am trying to limit his options in putting the material advantage to use. 28.Rd1 Grabbing the only available open file g6 Freeing his rooks by relieving backrank pressure. 29.Kf2 Relieving the knight of babysitting e Rbe7 30.Rd2 Re1 William begins an attack based on the penetration of my position by the cooperating rooks. Swapping off one of his rooks would be nice, but I don't get that for awhile. 31.Na4 Rh1 32.Kg2 Ree1 33.Nxc5 This begins a brief chase of the king to try for a draw Kf7 44.Ng5+ Kf6 45.Nh7+ Kg7 46.Ng5 Ra1 47.a4 Another simple move to slow the attack Rb1 48.Re3 Rb6 49.Re7+ Kf8 50.Rxa7 R1xb3 51.c5 Rc6 52.a5 Advancing the pawn and hanging c5 in hopes of...rxc5 Ne6+. Doesn't happen though Rb5 53.a6 Ra5 54.Ra8+ Ke7 55.Ra7+ Ke8 56.Ra8+ This entire sequence was carried out by Black with no attempt to save c5. Could Black have saved c5? Should Black have saved c5? 33...Reg1+ 34.Kh3 This escape to h3 greatly slows the Black attack. The White rook is holding the seventh rank, and White I probably would have taken repetition draw, but William does not give it Kd7 57.a7 Rc7 58.Rg8 Offering my Q-side pawns for his K-side pawns Raxa7 59.Rxg6 Ra2 60.Rg7+ Now I can go for the rook Kc6 61.Rxc7+ Kxc7 62.Ne6+ Check fork against g7, which forks f5 and h Kc6 63.Ng7 Rc2 64.Nxf5 Rxc5 65.Ng7 Kd6 66.Kh4 Winning h Rc2 67.h3 He tries to swap h5 for h2, but h5 still falls. Actually, I was the one in time 10

11 trouble here. Under 5 minutes, I stop notating, but the situation is straightforward. After the capture at h5, I have N+3P versus R, and the white K is well placed to escort the pawns. Might not have looked that way moves ago, but this is a winner for White. 1-0 TLAs (See for more details on these and other events!) July 22 GM Mitkov Simul and Blitz Tournament Montgomery, AL July 23 Evangel Chess Challenge Montgomery, AL July 23 Summer Quick Chess Open Mobile, AL July 30 Huntsville Classic Huntsville, AL August 13 Chris Bond Memorial Classic Montgomery, AL August 27 Evangel August Open Montgomery, AL September Alabama State Chess Championship Montgomery, AL 11

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