Chess in Indiana Vol XIV No. 4 Dec 2001

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Volume XIV Number 4

I N S I D E T H IS I S S U E :~ - Indiana State Championship Results and Games ( begins page 4- Reserve games begin page 14)~ - 2nd Annual Challenge Championship is Coming Soon! (pages 12-13 & 22) MCC Team Challenge (page 16).i-SCA's Top-Rated Players (page 23) President's Message (page 3) & Mailbag (page 3)J .. - Chess Blindness (page 19) Chesterton September Open Games (page 20)Ji - Tactics Gallery (page 9)& Upcoming ISCA Events (back cover) & Challenge Championship Brochure (page 12-13

JASON R Doss -- 2001 INDIANA STATE CHAMPION!Jonathan Lewis (above right) wins Reserve Title on Tie-Breaks; Kevin Krenk (below right - presented with plaque by ISCPresident Gary Fox) first in Beginners open - also on tie-breaks


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I I ISCA DirectorsPRESIDENT: Gary Fox134 Wheatland AveLogansport IN 46947Ph. (219) 722-4965E-mail: [email protected] PRESIDENT: Mike Zabawa647 Geeting DrAnderson IN 46012Ph. (765) 644-1139E-mail:[email protected]: Thomas J. Harris8117 Farmhurst Ln.Indianapolis IN 46236Ph. (317) 823-7498E-mail:[email protected]: Roger E. BlainePO Box 353Osceola IN 46561Ph. (219) 257-9033E-mail:[email protected]: Jay Carr105 Diplomat Ct Apt 2Beech Grove IN 46107Ph. (317) 786-0218E-mail:[email protected] DIRECTOR: Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mail: [email protected]: (files)[email protected]: Wick Deer7875 Cardinal Cove S DrIndianapolis IN 46256E-mail:[email protected]: (files)MEMBERSIDP DIRECTOR: Joseph A. Riegsecker55605 County Road 33Middlebury IN 46540-8740Ph. (219) 825-9218Fax: (707) 929-8950E-mail:[email protected] DIRECTOR: John Cole2525 College AveGoshen IN 46528Ph. (219) 533-5057E-mail:[email protected] DIRECTOR: David Frey2460 Arbor Lake .Ln Apt 821Indianapolis IN 46268Ph. (317) 334-1298E-mail:[email protected]: Steve Steppe53 E. Antler DrTerre Haute IN 47802Ph. (812) 299-5111E-mail:[email protected]

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Editor: Jay A. CarrPrinterlPublisher: Bill Corbin - UN PrintingContributors: Roger Blaine, Pat Baker, Lester Van Meter,Ken Hamilton, Les Kistler, George Kamber, Dan FeinsteiJosh LewisProofreading: Tom Cook, Jay Carr-Contributing Photographers: Lester VanMeter, Tom CookLes Kistler

I I ~ ISCA Champions ~Indiana State Champion: Jason DossState Reserve Champion: Jon LewisClass Champions: M- John Cole IE-Josh Bousum, A-KFyr, B-Ben Inskeep, C- Garrett Smith & Jesse BenderJames Longuski, E - Jason CrismoreState Team Champions: "Nd4" (consisting of: Mike HeGlenn Snow, Jay Carr, Tom Harris)State Quick Chess Champion: Bernard Parham (Sr.)State Blitz Champion: John ColeState Blitz Reserve Champion: Bernard Parham (JT.)State H.S. Blitz Champion: John Dale BeetyISCA SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONS:HS Champion: John Cole9th & Under Champion: Curtis "Tyler" Anderson6th & Under Champion: Cameron Donis3rd&Under Champion: Daniel Ryker9th & Under Junior Varsity Champion: Matthew Krause6th & Under Junior Varsity Champion: Kevin KrenkGrade Champions: Grade 12: Michael Hade Grade 11: VaGrade 10: Jeff Bauman Grade 9: Michael Honderich Grade 8Jonathan Lewis Grade 7: Mark Bauman Grade 6: Michael HarGrade 5: Cameron Donis Grade 4: Evan Hanley Grade 3: DanRyker Grade 2: Alex Pappas Grade 1:Mitchell BroughtonKindergarten: Alek Jansen Pre-kindergarten: David RykerTEAM CHAMPIONS:High School: Terre Haute South Vigo HS (Terre Haute)9th & Under: Michigan City JHS (Michigan City)8th & Under: Goshen MS (Goshen)6th & Under: Edgelea Elementary (Lafayette)3rd & Under: Canterbury School (Ft Wayne) & OrchSchool (Indianapolis)PATRON MEMBERS: Gold: Joe Alford & Kurt BridghaBronze: Ken Hamilton

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President's Message: (121512001)1 would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a wonderful and happyholiday season. This fall has beenextremely busy for me and thatincludes several activities ISCAhas been working on. Our WebSite is under construction; thisproject, led by David Frey (ournew Web Director), has manynew enhancements and benefitsfor our membership. The IndianaState Chess Hall of Fame is nowin place and you can get moreinformation about that listed laterin the magazine. The 2002Indiana State ChallengeChampionship is in motion anddates are set for the Preliminariesin January and Finals in March. 1would like to thank Wick Deerfor his assistance. He will bedirecting the Preliminaries and the Challenge Companion #3 at the Glendale Mallsite. Glendale Mall is a nice site, and if you have not played chess there I highlyrecommend itRafDe winner for Challenge Championship clockI would like to congratulate Richard Neely. He is the proud winner of the GardeDigi tal Chess Clock. Richard lives in Three Rivers, Michigan, and acquired hist icket at one of the Middlebury tournaments directed by Joe Riegsecker. Thanksto Joe for his help in distributing tickets. On behalf of the Indiana State ChessAssociation 1 would like to thank everyone that supported the ChallengeChampionship. The rafIle cleared $288 which will go to the prize fund of the2002 Challenge Championship.Big Thanks go to Tom ByersTom served onthe Board of Directors for the past two years, and due to changesin the structure of the board he lost his director at large seat Tom is verydedicated to Indiana Chess and you could always count on him when a volunteerwas needed. The next time you see Tom give him a firm handshake and a pat onthe back but be careful he will give you an earful if you stick around too long.Gary FoxPresident, [email protected]

Editor's Comments, Issue Contents, & Other News:On the Cover:Jason Doss, back home again in Indiana af ter a lengthy sojourn in Texas, tookhome the title in the 60th Annual Indiana State Championship. Jonathan Lewiswon the Reserve trophy on tiebreaks over Mark Neff & Nathan Keith; KevinKrenk & Victor Legaspina (not pictured) tied with s - o in the Beginners Open,with Kevin taking 1" on tiebreaks.This Issue's Contents:Most of this issue's coverage relates to the State Championship, although we alsohave worthy material from Lester VanMeter, George Kamber, and Ken Hamiltonon other events and items of interest. We've included a page of positions from thestate tournament to let readers 'match wits' with the participants in this year 'sevent. Hope you enjoy the positions.Places to Visit:Be sure to log in frequently to Indianachess.org for all the latest news andcrosstables of Indiana Events. Ifyou hold an event, no matter how big or small,make sure you write a paragraph or two for Joe Riegsecker or David Frey, ourISCA Web Director to include in the news section. It' s also a great place to keeptrack of your rating &tournament results.ISCA Class Championships:John Cole won the Master/Expert section. Other winners were: Expert-JoshBousum, A- Kevin Fyr, B-Ben Inskeep, C- Garrett Smith & Jesse Bender, D-

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James Longuski, and E- Jason Crismore. We'll try to provide some oftheir gfrom this event in a future issue.

Mailbag:FromMike Herron. Indianapolis"Whatever comes out of these gates, we'll have a better chance of survivalwork together ... " Hey Jay, I 've watched "Gladiator" on tape one time too1guess. (l can always count onMike to include a cool quotation or subjecin his e-mails.: -editor) I think it's great to see the magazine comingregularly again. Another good job. 1should mention, though, that just in caswere wondering af ter playing thru my game vs. Josh (pg 6, CNI Sept 2001)9th move was actually Nfd7(!) and not Nbd7(?), since Josh would cheerfullyplayed lO.h4(!) and crushed me on ...Nbd7(?). I 'm sure that the other point cas a result of your innate modesty, (Hah/! -editor) but that Nd4 team should4 match points and the minnows etc only 2. S (page 4, CNl Sept 2001) . Goodat state! Luke: "1...1 don't believe it!" Yoda: "and that is why you fail. .. "GM Blatny (At the time ofMike's e-mail.GMPaveIBlatnywas.scheduled.tplay in the State Championship, but the events of9-1I-200I left him strain theParis airport and unable to attend - editor) i sjust the same as 1800'sdifferent in your mind -Mike .FromKeith Swedo, IndianapolisIt was indeed a pleasure seeing you again at that last tournament fA Gle. GI30 tornado - where Keith, a strong expert, playedfor thefirst time in a15years! - editor). It fel t like old times that night, losing sleep over errorson the chess board. Thanks a lot for sending me the back issues. You are dogreat job as editor! Congratulations on your game against Garrison (page 172001 CNI). We get to play moves like Ng3+! once in a lifetime ifwe are l-KeithFrom Roger Blaine. OsceolaThose of you around Ohio and Indiana whose paths have been crossed binimitable and irrepressible Senior Master Emory Tate (in backgammon as wchess!) may f ind amusing the following anecdote pos ted yesterday (11111Grandmaster Larry Evans (d.b.a. Chesstours) on the misc. chess newsgroup ousenet (Thegame occurred in the IfJi' Annual Western States Open in RNV- editor)"An Amazing CheckmateRound five featured one of the shortest master games on record whenAlexander Yermolinsky mated an experienced opponent in only nine moves.could this happen on such a high level? Most players resign a move soinstead of allowing themselves to get checkmated.' Ihad a win and two draws against this grandmaster under my belt. Maybedidn't have enough respect for.his chess,' explained Emory Tate inthe postmorAlas, he overlooked that 7 ...NxdS 8. QxdS Nc6 9. e4 d6 is perfectly satisfacfor Black."White: ALEX YERMOLINSKY Black: EMORY TATEBenoni Defense 2001 1.d4 cS 2. dS e6 3. Nc3 exd5 4. Nxd5 Ne7 5. Bg S hBh4 Qa5+ 7. c3 Nf5? 8. Qa4! Qxa4 9. Nc7 mate!FromDick Arnold. IndianapolisHi Jay and Roger, Dick Arnold, been absent from the Indy chess scene for asix years but just put my renewals to ISCA and USCF in the mail yesterday.not know if either of you remember me. (l rememberyou won the only gamplayed ...grrr... -editor) Roger, we were once on a Team that won some prizetournament at Tech 1think-we were the Anteaters or some such? Jay, we croswords once before you got your astronomical rating-may have been at ASoforic's eastside mall thing-I do believe itwas a Center-Counter that wentwrong though I do not recall which direction. My main reason for writing iconcern over the trend to have so many G/60 or G/90 tournaments. Now, 1fadmit to being an old dude (54) who may have front lobe damage from Nabegin with BUT gentlemen-it just does not seem like Chess to me. Or if youhave a SD, how about something like 30170 and then SD/60? I can see wherecan have a whole tournament in one day but 1even notice this Wick Deer feis running his Eastgate Swisses in the same format? Now there is one nigweek, at G/90, you might be there for three hours max-but you have alrdevoted that night to chess so why not devote a bit more time and have areasonable time control?Just my two-cents worth. Looking forward to playing again and remember Idrive just about anywhere to find a reasonable time control. Best Wishes -DThanks to everyone for writing and e-mailing. If you have an opinioncomment about Indiana Chess, don't be shy - write to Chess in Indmagazine...-editor

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60th Indiana StateChess Championship

by Jay Carr

The 60thedition of ISCA'sflagship event was one of the best inrecent memory. I can't recall forcertain now who it was who startedhinting early in the year that weshould get our ducks in a row earlyfor the State Championship (I suspectit was Joe R. ), but the stateorganization was well-served by theresults. Relentless publicity andreminders by everyone involved hadus in a position to enjoy our bestattendance in years. Pre-registered

entries were coming in at a healthypace, and everyonewas optimistic.Like everyone else in thecountry, however, our lives and planswere violently interrupted onSeptember 11th by the terrorist attackson our nation - just four days beforethe scheduled start of the StateChampionship. Many wonderedwhether or not playing would beappropriate, but ISCA president GaryFox stepped up to the plate as leadersshould and sent the following mass e-mail the weekbefore the tournament:

"I have received many e-mails and phone calls asking if theState Championship is still scheduledto happen. I have also had discussionswith Wick Deer and other directors.Wick has relayed to me that he toohas had discussions with others. Weboth feel strongly that the StateChampionship should continue asscheduled. ISCA and the organizer,Wick Deer, (mainly Wick) have spenttoo much time and resources to turnback now and cancel. Frankly, wedon't have a budget like the NFL orMajor League Baseball to be able toafford to cancel. But lets put all ofthat aside.Myself and Wick both agreethat if we would cancel the StateChampionship, we would be showingChess in Ind iana

the terrorists that attacked the US theyhave won by once again disruptingour lives and ruining something we(ISCA) have worked hard to have.I would like to take this astep further and dedicate having thisState Championship in remembranceof all of the lives that were lost a fewdays ago. Lets play chess againstterrorism."Couldn't have said it better, Gary.One of the great things about bigtournaments - especially the StateChampionship - is that players thathaven't been seen in years often comeout of the woodwork. This year it wasgood to see Jason Doss back in town(or in the state I should say) inaddition to Ed Buffie, who roaredback to a 3.5 score after a first roundupset loss to Garrett Smith, Bob Banta(who recently returned to Indianaafter living in California for quitesome time) and even the ReserveSection's Gordon Simons and NorbertMathews, the latter of whom's nameI'd always seen on ISCA lists but hadnever sighted at a tournament before.Hopefully the 'rude reception' givenhim by the players in the ReserveSection won't prompt him intoanother long absence. There is alsoanother 'class' of players who neverquite disappear, but don't play oftenwho still show up for theChampionship, perhaps because of theprestige of the event and theopportunity to face. strong opposition,players like Mike Wiseman, NickAdams, Glenn Snow, and TerryLeMaster to name a few.Often the Championship is a stage forup and coming players to signal their'arrival' to the state's elite. This year'snew star in the Open was PatrickMihelich who, facing five expert orabove players in a row, still managedan even score with a couple of upsetsalong the way.The Reserve Section was a three-waytie between Mark Neff, Nathen Keith

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and Jon Lewis. Jon won the tittrophy on tie-breaks. His risebeen of meteoric proportions inpast year. I played him in Au2000 at a Chesterton Open at wtime his rating was 892(!) andstruggling to win the last gamfinish in the round I thought, "Dthat kid's underrated." I'm notwe've found out yet how underreither...

(1967 Indiana State Champion Bernard Pa- a near miss for the titl e thi s year)

The Open section was won byEnrico Sevillano who swept thewith a 5-0 score. For a momelooked like John Cole might holdto a draw in round 3, but John figave in to the relentless presSome of us were talking withafter that game and Jim Dean saSevillano, "He's a really topponent 'cause as long as thanything left to try (even in drapositions) he'll keep coming at yJim was the next to go down agthe 1M in round four, and fiBernard Parham suffered the sfate in round 5. Bernie's game sto be enjoying a renaissance laand his strong play in this tournamwas not a surprise to many. I'mmost Hoosiers were rooting for hithe last round. I know I was. JDoss, due to a prior obligation, h1I2-ptbye in the 4th round and nhad to face Sevillano (who, as aYorker, was ineligible for the titlehis way to a 4.5/5 score and thetitle - a lot of us would have likesee that matchup.Here are some games from the ev

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39. Chris Savage 1724 LlS 138 D34 U- U-40. Christian Bechtold 1228 L6 L21 H- 133 L2941. David Amich UNR Ll8 L27 H- 137 L2842. FM Emory Tate 2409 F32 U- U- U- U-

Reserve SectionOpen Section 9/15-9/16/01; Indianapolis, TD: Wick Deer9/15-9/16/01; Indianapolis, TD: Wick Deer PI. Name Ratng.Rd.l Rd2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.S

PI. Name Ratng.Rd.l Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Sc. 01. Mark Neff 1542 W58 W60 D19 W30 W1301. IM Enrico Sevillano 2566 W19 Wll W5 W4 W3 5.0 02. Nathen Keith 1421 W61 W35 Wll W17 D502. Jason Doss 2340 W12 W15 W14 H- WI0 4.S 03. Jon Lewis 1411 W62 W6 W7 DIS W1203. Bernard Parham (Sr.) 2044 W34 W29 W31 WI0 Ll 4.0 04. Terry Winchester 1619 D34 W63 D9 W21 W1904. FM Jim Dean 2216 W21 W16 W23 Ll D7 3.5 05. William "Sonny" Jones 1608 W28 D24 W26 W31 D205. John Cole 2180 W27 W18 Ll W17 D8 3.5 06. Mike Vidulich 1573 W42 13 W27 W40 W2006. Donald Urquhart 2020 W40 D31 LI0 W22 W13 3.5 07. Fred Sanders 1514 W45 W21 13 W25 W2207. Aaron Dean 2000 W36 LlO W38 W19 D4 3.5 08. Cameron Donis 1483 L54 W53 W63 W42 W2308. James Stephen Cates 1963 D28 W37 DI7 W23 DS 3.S 09. Matthew Miller 1447 W47 030 D4 W50 W1509. Ed Buffie 19S8 L29 W33 W27 D12 W14 3. S 10. Daniel Feinstein 1177 Lll W51 W36 W38 W1710. Mike Wiseman 2221 W20 W7 W6 13 L2 3.0 11. Ryan Velez (KY) 1624 WI0 W22 L2 D19 W33II. Josh Bousum 2035 W35 L1 H- W21 D12 3.0 12. Charles Carroll 1517 W70 W64 W24 D13 L312. Bob Bantai 1834 L2 W35 W16 D9 Dll 3.0 13. Rishi Agrawal 1494 W59 W54 W25 D12 Ll13. Mike Herron 2072 L23 D22 W29 W20 L6 2.5 14. Terry Meeks 1243 LlS W48 DI6 W32 W3114. William Aramil 2069 W33 W32 L2 D18 L9 2. S IS . Jonathan Portugal 1664 W14 032 W43 D3 L915. Glenn Snow 2022 W39 L2 Ll9 W36 D23 2. S 16. Mark Frank 1625 133 W58 DI4 W43 D2416. Les Kistler 1977 W24 L4 Ll2 W27 DI9 2.5 17. Dave Schwartz 1511 W44 W50 W40 L2 LIO17. Jay Carr 1942 037 W30 D8 L5 D24 2.5 18. Frank Owens 1496 X71 L43 W49 L22 W3018. Troy Tricker 1904 W41 LS W24 Dl4 U- 2.519. Nate Criss 1889 Ll W34 WlS L7 D16 2.520. Boyd Reed 1780 LlO 036 W37 L13 W34 2.521. Craig Hines 1754 L4 W40 H- Lll W35 2.522. Drew Hollinberger 1741 L2S D13 W28 L6 W26 2.523. Patrick Mihelich 1733 W13 W25 L4 L8 D15 2.5

(a view of the top boards in round 2: Left side of table (i-r)- Troy Tricker, Jim DDon Urquhart, Glenn Snow, right side - John Cole, Le s Kistler, Nick Adams, JasDoss)19. David Carter 1410 W46 W56 Dl Dll L420. Gerald Thomas 1400 L63 W59 W46 W37 L6

(firs t round battles between Patr ick Mihelich (I) and Mike Herron (foreground) and 21. James Stokley 1393 W55 L7 W64 L4 W42Josh Bousum (I) and Brandon Heuer (background); a strolling Chris Johnson surveys 22. AndrewWang 1383 W67 Lll W65 W18 L7the action in the tournament hall) 23. David Konnert 1348 LSO W47 W67 W35 L824. Thomas Pickett 1316 W51 D5 L12 W34 D1624. Josh Lewis 1714 LI6 B- Ll8 W38 DI7 2.5 25. Andrew Pierce 1266 W66 W37 Ll3 L7 W4325. Todd Thomas 2128 W22 L23 W32 U- U- 2.0 26. Byron Chen (IL) 1240 H- D49 LS W48 W4526. Tom Harris 1921 D30 W28 H- U- L22 2.0 27. Jon Kelly 1226 L30 W61 L6 W62 W5027. Roger Blaine 1743 L5 W41 L9 Ll6 W37 2.0 28. David Witwer 1161 L5 L67 W59 W49 W3928. Ben Inskeep 1656 D8 L26 L22 D30 W41 2.0 29. Nih Msemaji 1155 135 L62 W47 W46 W4029. Garrett Smith 1596 W9 13 LI3 134 W40 2.0 30. Chris Johnson 1657 W27 D9 W32 Ll Ll830. Nick Zehner 1297 D26 LI7 136 D28 W38 2.0 31. Jerry Hill 1500 W53 D33 W34 LS Ll431. Nick Adams 2226 W38 D6 13 U- U- 1.5 32. Randle Woods 1429 W48 D15 130 L14 W5432. Doug Todd 1887 X42 Ll4 L25 D35 U- 1.5 33. Tom Byers 1177 W16 D31 135 W54 LII33. Terry LeMaster 1738 L14 L9 135 W40 H- 1.5 34. Evan Hanley 1171 D4 W69 131 L24 W5534. Steve Caputi 1728 13 Ll9 D39 W29 L20 1.5 35. Gordon Simons 1600 W29 L2 W33 L23 U-35. Brandon Heuer 1724 LIl LI2 W33 032 L21 1.5 36. Julie Vizcaino 1600 W41 L40 L I O W60 U-36. Ken Hamilton 1720 L7 D20 W30 LI5 u - 1.5 37. Peter Innes 1564 W65 U5 W60 UO U-37. David Frey 1441 D17 L8 L20 W41 L27 1.5 38. William Stanley 1483 L60 W70 W62 LI0 U- 238. Andy Porter 1799 L31 W39 L7 L24 130 1.0 39. Mike Seal 1400 L64 W44 L50 W61 L28 2Chess i n Ind ia na Page 5 De cember 2 00 1


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40. E.G. Wright 1296 xn W36 LI7 L6 L29 2.0 10. Jason Donhardt 1184 W58 W38 LI D14 W3341. Alex Santiago 1161 L36 L66 L53 W59 W62 2.0 11. Michael Honderlich 1177 W43 W22 W6 03 LI42. Alex Pappas 1141 L6 W55 B- L8 L21 2.0 12. Sam Dragan 1062 W62 D36 W8 LI W3443. Anthony Woods 1106 W52 W18 LI5 LI6 L25 2.0 13. Jonathan Gingerich 0954 W50 W16 L5 W31 D14.44. Tom Hicks 1098 LI7 L39 W51 W63 N- 2.0 14. Jeffrey Atwood UNR D33 W15 W36 DI0 D1345. Nei l Shah 1098 L7 L52 W57 W64 L26 2.0 15. Ary Avnet UNR 039 LI4 W59 W32 W246. Stanley Whittlesey 0950 LI9 W57 L20 L29 W60 2.0 16. Ken Tuttle 1167 W44 L13 W33 L24 W4247. Vernon Dudley 0908 L9 L23 L29 W70 W63 2.0 17. Jason Crismore 1157 W29 W25 W31 L2 L348. Mike Cochran 0887 L32 LI4 W58 L26 W64 2.0 18. Parker Snowden 1154 W45 W26 L2 L25 W4349. Chris Shin 0842 D69 D26 LI8 L28 W57 2.0 19. -Alexander Zience 1070 W60 L31 W40 L26 W4450. Jerry McLimans UNR W23 LI7 W39 L9 L27 2.0 20. Chris Richardson 1039 W48 L9 W57 W42 L751. Kris Williams UNR L24 LID L44 W58 W61 2.0 21. Brett Paul Romine 0996 W51 L4 W58 L8 W4652. Tim Webb 1525 L43 W45 H- u - u - 1.5 22. Michael Miller 0987 W65 L11 W44 W30 L853. Les lmel 1064 L31 L8 W41 D55 u - 1.5 23. JunChen 0955 L31 W60 W43 L9 W4754. Sarvabhauma Karri (OH) 0973 W8 L13 H-- L33 L32 1.5 24. Jonathan Chao 0926 L30 W61 W55 W16 L955. A 1. Varner 0649 L21 L42 B- D53 L34 1.5 25. Cameron Snyder 0924 W68 LI7 W53 W18 L556. Joseph Smith 1631 W57 LI9 u - u - u - 1.0 26. Jonathan Keefe 0888 W53 LI8 W51 W19 L657. Paul Wick 1211 L56 L46 L45 W65 L49 1.0 27. Remington Zience 0799 W70 L3 L30 W60 W5458. Steve Fulp 1128 LI LI6 L48 L51 W65 1.0 28. Nick Donis 0734 L4 W63 W38 L6 W3759. John Fallon 0998 LI3 L20 L28 L41 W70 1.0 29. Bryan Dodd 0653 LI7 W50 L7 W53 W3860. Brett Keiling 0931 W38 LI L37 L36 L46 1.0 30. Charistopher Kleck UNR W24 L6 W27 L22 W4061. Luke Fallon 0850 L2 L27 W70 L39 LSI 1.0 31. Henry Lanham UNR W23 W19 LI7 L13 W4162. Brandon Hardwick 0798 L3 W29 L38 L27 L41 1.0 32. Steven Campbell 1069 W61 L8 W41 D34 LIS63. James Fulp 0785 W20 L4 L8 L44 L47 1.0 33. Patrick McWeeny 1020 014 W39 LI6 W36 LIO64. Dylan Dale 0681 W39 L12 L21 L45 L48 1.0 34. Robert Jackson 0863 L9 W62 W46 D32 LI265. Josh Williams 0547 L37 B- L22 L57 L58 1.0 35. Bill Burton 0608 L37 W70 D39 LI5 W4866. David Jackson UNR L25 W41 u - u - u - 1.0 36. James Dulin, Jr. UNR W41 D12 LI4 L33 W5667. Bill Morgan UNR L22 W28 L23 u - u - 1.0 37. Mark McClintock 1073 W35 W42 L4 L7 L2868. Joe Riegsecker 1500 H-- u - u - u - u - 0.5 38. Jessica Wright 0994 W52 LIO L28 W45 L2969. David Anderson 1416 D49 L34 u - u - u - 0.5 39. Clint Jackson 0846 D15 L33 D35 L47 W6370. Norbert Matthews 1103 LI2 L38 L61 L47 L59 0.0 40. Chris Tucker 0793 L2 W48 LI9 W63 L30

41. Stephen Baumann 0785 L36 W49 L32 W62 L3142. Matt Wood 0764 W64 L37 W56 L20 LI643. Julian Keefe 0680 LII W68 L23 W55 LI844. Andrew Retz 0661 LI6 W54 L22 W51 LI945. Garren Seifert 0648 LI8 L53 W64 L38 W6546. Sean McWeeny 0630 L3 W65 L34 W56 L2147. Jon Burton 0623 LI L55 W70 W39 L2348. Phillip Wardell 0464 L20 L40 W64 W57 L3549. Andrew VanHorn 0437 L6 L41 W50 L59 W5750. Clare Ford UNR LI3 L29 L49 W70 W5951. Ben Hi ll UNR L21 W59 L26 L44 W5852. Preston Jackson UNR L38 L58 L63 W68 W6153. Steve Ogle UNR L26 W45 L25 L29 W6254. Burrel Smither UNR L7 L44 W61 W58 L2755. Ken Whitehead UNR L57 W47 L24 L43 W6056. Richard Landis 1027 W63 L2 L42 L46 L3657. Scott Schmeltzer 0776 W55 LI L20 L48 L4958. Tyler Houser 0710 LIO W52 L21 . L54 L5159. Brandon Van Note 0658 L5 L51 LI5 W49 L5060. Sonia Shah 0571 LI9 L23 W65 L27 L5561. Brandon Wachenschwanz 0515 L32 L24 L54 W70 L5262. David Gilliam 0484 LI2 L34 W68 L41 L5363. Lee Netherly 0429 L56 L28 W52 L40 L39

(Steve Fulp sets his clock and prepares to "play on the queenside" (?) vs. Mark Frank) 64. Christina Chao 0155 L42 L48 L45 L65 W6865. Vincent Reuter UNR L22 L46 L60 W64 L4566. Avir Kalva 0774 u - u - u - u - - u - -

71. Chad Doran 1057 F18 u - u - 67. Chris Spaethe 0714 L8 u - u - u - u - -u - u - 0.0 68. Claire Atwood UNR L25 L43 L62 L52 L64n. Chad Maroska UNR F40 u - u - u - u - 0.0 69. Sai Kalva UNR u - tj., u - u - u -70. Jeremy Lay UNR L27 L35 L47 L50 L61Beginners Section 71. Justin Smith UNR u - u - u - u - u -9/15-9/16/01; Indianapolis, TD: Wick Deer

PI. Name Ratng.Rd.l Rd.2 Rd.3 Rd.4 Rd.5 Sc. "Where do I go to learn more about Indiana Ches01. Kevin Krenk 1090 W47 W57 WI0 W12 W11 5.002. Victor Legaspina UNR W40 W56 W18 W17 W4 5.0 The ISCA Web site of course!!!03. Drew Schmeltzer 1103 W46 W27 W9 D11 W17 4.504. Tara Stanton 1189 W28 W21 W37 W5 L2 4.005. Jonathan Risting 1157 W59 W7 W13 L4 W25 4.0 www.indianachess.org6. Joseph Zandstra 1037 W49 W30 LII W28 W26 4.0.07. Ben Goldy 0922 W54 L5 W29 W37 W20 4.008. David Gilliam 0709 W67 W32 LI2 W21 W22 4.009. JonathanHowie UNR W34 W20 L3 W23 W24 4.0Chess in Ind iana Page 6 Decem ber 2001
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ftJohn Cole (2180):l:Roger Blaine (1743)French Defense C02l.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.eS c s 4.e3 Ne6S.NO Qb6 6.a3 f6 7.b4 exd4 S.exd4a6 9.Bd3 r s 10.Nc3 Bd7 1I.Na4 Qa712.NeS Be8 13.Be3 b6 14.Nb3 Be7IS.0-0 BdS 16.Rel Bd7 17.NgSBxgS IS.BxgS Nge7 19.QbS+ Ng620.g4 0-0 21.gxfS exfS 22.QO Nee723.h4 b6 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 2S.Kh2 Be626.Rgl KhS 27.Qg3 NeS 2S.Re6 ReS29.Qg6 Qf7029 ...Qe7 where if 30.Rxe6 Qxh4+31.Kg2 ~e6 32.Qxe6 Qg4+ =30.Rxe6 Rxe6 31.Qxf7 1-0ftJason Doss (234


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I decide to play as if this were anAdvance Variation. This position isvery similar to 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4. I'mstill too much of a patzer to know ifthe white knight being on e2 insteadof b 1 makes any difference for White.But - I'm pretty sure that the knighton d7 hurts Black. In the AdvanceVariation Black wants to castle longand then play on the kingside.Because the knight on d7 prevents thedevelopment on the queen bishop it isvery difficult for Black to castlequeenside.9.Nf4 Be7 10.h4 h6 n.us Nf812.Rh3 Nh7 13.Rg3 NgS 14.NxgShxgS IS.Nh3 Qb315 ... f6 16. Qc2 Rh6 17. Be2 Na5 18Re3 Nb3 19. RbI Bd7 20. Bf3=(Fritz). I guess now Black is ready tocastle long. It is hard for me to find aplan for Black, but White can build upon the e-file and try to bust it open.Because of this I disagree with Fritzand think that White is better here.16.Qxb3 exb3 17.BxgS f6 IS.exf6gxf6 19.Be3 RxhS 20.Bd3 fS 21.0-0-o Bh4 22.Nf4.Bxg3 23.NxhS Bd624.Rhl Bd7 2S.Nf6+ Ke7 26.BgSI resigned here. I missed the resource26 ...Bf4+ but after 27. Bxf4 Kxf6 28.Rh7 Rd8 29. Kd2 Bc8 30. Rh6+ Kf7Fritz ha s White at +1.63.1-0itGlenn Snow (2022)tChris Savage (1724)Bird's Opening A03

l.f4 dS 2.NO es 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Ne6S.e3 e6 6.BbS Bd6 7.Bxe6+ bxe6S.NeS Qe7 9.d3 a s 10.a4 Ba61l.Nd2 RbS 12.0-00-0 13.QO RfdS14.e4 Rb4 IS.Be3 dxe4 16.Nxe4Nxe4 17.Bxb4 exb4 IS.Qxe4 BeS+19.Khl Bd4 20.Rael Bb7 21.QO es22.Qg4 g6 23.h4 Kg7 24.hS Qe72S.Ne4RdS 26.fS Bf6 27.fxe6 RxhS+2S.Kgl Qe7 29.Qf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4Bd4+ 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.e7 Be633.eSQ Bxe8 34.RxeS Kf6 3S.RaSReS 36.RxaS ReS 37.RdS ReS3S.Kf21-OC h e ss i n In d ia n a

it Jim Dean (2216)tLes Kistler (1977)Sicilian Defense B95l.e4 c5 2.NO d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4Nf6 S.Nc3 a6 6.BgS e6 7.Qe2 Be7S.h4 h6 9.Bd2 Ne6 10.Nb3 dS1l.exdS exdS 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.0ReS 14.g4 Bb4 IS.Qg2 d4 16.g5dxe3 17.Bxe3 NdS IS.gxh6 Bxc319.bxc3 Qf6 20.RxdS Be6 21.ReSBxb3 22.axb3 Qxh6+ 23.QgS Re1+24.Kb2 RdS 2S.Bg2 Re2 26.Bh3Rdd2 27.BfS QxgS 2S.hxgS g629.Be4 Ne7 30.Re7 NfS 31.ReS+Kg7 32.RehS 1-0What a game the following was.ft Ben Inskeep (1656)tTom Harris (1900)Sicilian Defense B51

l.e4 e s 2.NO d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 g6S.Be2 Bg7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Rel Ne6 S.d3Bd7 9.Nbd2 bS 10.Nfl a s 1l.d4 b412.Ne3 RbS 13.exb4 exd4 14.Nxd4Nxd4 IS.Qxd4 Rxb4 16.Qdl Nxe417.a3 Rd4 IS.Qe2 Nf6 19.b4 Rh420.Rbl axb4 21.axb4 dS 22.Rdl d423.g3 dxe3 24.gxh4 exf2+ 2S.Qxf2Ng4 26.Qa7 QeS 27.Bb3 BfS 2S.Rb2Qe3 29.Ba4 Qh3 30.Re2 Be431.Rdel BO 32.Re2 Qxh4 33.Rf2Nxh20-1ft Mike Herron (2072)tDrew Hollinberger (1741)Torre Opening D03 .

l.d4 dS 2.NO Nf63.BgS e6 4.Nbd2Be7 S.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 b6 7.eS Be7S.Bd3 Ba6 9.Qe2 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e s1l.e3 Ne6 12.dxeS bxeS 13.0-0 hS14.b3 gS IS.Qe2 Qc7 16.QbS Qd717.Qe2 Qe7 IS.QbS Qd7 19.Qe2Qe7 Yz-Yzft Glenn Snow (2022)tJason Doss (2340)Sicilian Defense B23

l.e4 es 2.Nc3 Ne6 3.BbS NaS!?This maneuver must be a favorite ofIndiana champions. Emory Tateplayed similarly against Jim Dean atP a g e s

the Brainstorm Open in '98 (1. e2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5!?)4.f4 a6 S.Be2 bS 6.eS Bb7 7.BOS.exd6 Qxd6 9.Bxb7 Nxb7 10RbS 1l.Ne4 Qe7 12.Ne2 g6 13.d14.Bd2 Bg7 IS.Be3 f6 16.b317.Bb2 rs IS.Bxg7 Qxg7 19Qxa1+ 20.Kf2 Qg7 21.Nxe622.Qe3 Qd6 23.Ng5+ Ne7 24.Re2S.Ne6 Kf7 26.Ng3 Ne6 27.NgxfS28.Qh3 Qxe6 0-1it Garren Smith (1596)tBernard Parham (2044)Spanish Opening C61--==~=====

l.e4 e5 2.NO Ne6 3.BbS Nd4 4.Nexd4 S.d3 Qh4 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Nd2S.NO QhS 9.e5 Ng4 10.h31l.Rel 0-0 12.Nh2 Qg6 13.BQxh6 14.Ng4 Qg6 IS.QO as 16e6 17.a4 Kh8 IS.Qe4 dS 19.Qfxg6 20.Bb3 Be6 21.Nh2 h6 22Bxh3 23.NgSBg4 24.Nh3 Rae8 0it Todd Thomas (2128)tPatrick Mihelich (1733)Sicilian Defense B23___ ~

l.e4 e s 2.Ne3 Ne6 3.f4 g6 4.NOS.Be4 e6 6.fS Nge7 7.fxe6 fxe6 SdS 9.BbS 0-0 10.d3 Nd4 1l.BgS12.Ba4 bS 13.Bb3 e4 14.dxe4 dIS.a3 exb3 16.exb3 Nxf3+ 17.Qc7 IS.Qe2 Ne6 19.Racl20.Qdl Qf7 21.Kg2 Bb7 22.b423.Be3 Rad8 24.Qel KhS 2SRgS 26.Qg3 g5 27.h3 e5 2S.Rf229.Kf1 Nf4 30.Bxf4 gxf4 31.QQe4+ 32.Ne2 Qd3 0-1it Troy Tricker (1904)tJohn Cole (2180)Bird's Opening A03__ =~==d

l.f4 dS 2.e3 Nf6 3.NO g6 4.Be2S.O-O0-0 6.Ne3 eS 7.d4 exd4 S.eNe6 9.NeS Qb6 10.Nxe6 QH.BO bS 12.a3 a6 13.Na2 as 1Ne4 IS.Be3 Bb7 16.Qb3 Nd6 17Ne4 IS.Rel a4 19.Qe2 BeS 20.g21.Qg2 Bb7 22.Nd3 Rad8 23.Bf224.dxeS fxe5 2S.fxeS Nd2 26.Rxf3 27.Rxf3 d4 2S.Nel Nxf3+

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Championship TacticsGallery

What would you do in the followingpositions? Some are just interesting,but most have an immediate winningcontinuation. Look on page 15 to seewhat actually happened in the games.Positions with Black to move arenoted with "... ???", White to move.just "???"

Inskeep - Harris 33. .. ???

Sevillano-Parham 14. ???

Wiseman - Doss 25 ... ???Chess in In dian a

Snow - Savage 31.???Byers - Sarvabhauma 24.???

Thomas - Todd 31.????Stanley - Feinstein 30 ... ???

Dean - Kistler 31.???Feinstein - Schwartz 12.???

Cole - Blaine 29.??? Hollinberger - Inskeep 28. ???

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29.Nxf3 dxc3 30.bxc3 Qxf3 31.Qxf3Bxf3 32.Bd4 Bxg4 33.Kf2 Be634.Ke3 Bb3 3S.Rf1 Bh6+ 36.Kf2Rf8+ 37.Kg1 Rxf1+ 3S.Kxf1 Bf8 0-1One of the more interesting endgamesof the event was won by Parhamagainst former champion Adams.it Nick Adams (2226)tBernard Parham (2044)Queen's Gambit Accepted Dll

l.d4 dS 2.c4 dxc4 3.NfJ c6 4.e3 Be6S.Qc2 bS 6.a4 Nf6 7.axbS cxbS S.b3cxb3 9.BxbS+ Nbd7 10.Qd3 a611.Ba4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 NdS 13.Ba3 g614.NgS Bh6 lS.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe4Kf7 17.Bxb3 N7f6 lS.Qh4 Kg719.0-0 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bxe3+ 21.Kh1Bxd2 22.Bxe6 g5 23.Qh3 Bf4 24.dSh6 25.Rae1 RabS 26.g3 Rb3 27.Bc1Bd6 2S.Qf5 Qc3 29.Re3 Qc430.Ree1 Qd3 31.Qf2 RhbS 32.Re3Qc4 33.Re2 a s 34.Be3 RbI 35.Rfe1Bb4 36.Rxb1 Qe4+ 37.Kg1 Qxb1+3S.Kg2 Qe4+ 39.QfJ Qd3 40.h4Bd6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Bxg5 Qxf3+43.Kxf3 a4 44.Bxf6+ Kxf6

45.g4 a3 46.Bf5 Be5 47.Bd3 Bd64S.Bc4 Rb4 49.Re4 Rb2 50.Re2 RbI51.Ba2 Ra1 S2.Bc4 KgS S3.Ke4 Rg1S4.Kd3 Rxg4 55.Kc3 Rg3+ S6.Kc2Kf4 S7.Kb1 Rc3 SS.Rc2 Re3 S9.Ba2Ke4 60.Rd2 Bb4 61.Rg2 Kd362.Rc2 Bd2 63.Bc4+ Kd4 64.Ka2Bc3 6S.Bb3 Bb2 66.Rd2+ Kc367.Rd1 Kb4 6S.Bc2 Kc4 69.Kb1Bc3 70.Ka2 Re2 71.Kb1 a2+ 0-1it Ed Buffie (1958)tRoger Blaine (1743)Dutch Defense A90

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1.d4 e6 2.c4 fS 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+S.Nd2 0-0 6.NgfJ d6 7.0-0 Bxd2S.Qxd2 c6 9.b4 Qc7 10.Bb2 Ne411.Qc2 e s 12.dxcS dxcS 13.bS Nd714.Rfd1 RbS lS.Ne1 Nd6 16.Qc3NeS 17.Nd3 b6 lS.NeS NxeS19.Qxe5 Rf7

Black appears to be holding thingstogether, but a nifty little combinationis lurking ...20.Qxc7! Nxc7 21.RdS+ Rf822.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.BeS1-Oit Jay Carr (1942)tStephen Cates (1963)Sicilian Defense B23

l.e4 cS 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.BbS Nd4 4.NfJNxbS S.NxbS d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4e5 S.Qd3 a6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Be3 Nf611.h3 RcS 12.Rd1 Be7 13.Qd2 0-014.0-0 Qc7 lS.BgS RfdS 16.Rfe1 bS17.a3 QcS lS.Qe2 h6 19.Bc1 Nd720.Rd2 Nb6 21.Red1 Qc6 22.Re1Nc4 23.NdS Bf8 24.Rd3 Nb6 2S.Rc3Qb7 26.RxcS Rxc8 27.Nxb6 Qxb628.Rd1 Qc6 29.Ne1 Be7 30.c3 Bb331.Nc2 Qc4 32.Re1 Qe6 33.Ne3 Bd834.Qg4 Qxg4 3S.hxg4 g6 36.g3 Bb637.NdS BxdS 3S.exdS Kg7 39.Kf1Rc4 40.fJ a s 41.Bd2 f6 42.Ke2 e443.f4 rs 44.gxfS gxfS 4S.Be3 Bxe346.Kxe3 b4 47.cxb4 axb4 48.a4 b349.Ra1 Rc2 SO.Rb1 Rc4 Sl.Ra1 Rc2S2.Rb1 Yz-Y2State Champion Doss delivers quite abeating to young Aramil.ftJason Doss (2340)tWilliam Aramil (2069)King's Indian Defense E99

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(annotations by Jason Doss)l.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.S.NfJ 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 r s 1112.Bf2 gS 13.Rc1 Nf6?!The normal move is 13...Ng614.cS Ne8?Loss of tempi; ifthe knight wanbe on e8, it could have gone therfirst time on move 9.lS.cxd6 cxd6 16.Qb3 Rf7 17.NdlS.NbS g4 19.Nxa7 g3 20.Bb621.Ne1 Ng6 22.BbS Qe7 23gxh2+ 24.Kh1 Qf8 2S.BxeS26.Nxd6 Qd7 27.Nxf7 Kxf7 28.RThe following game containtournament rarity - the K+2Bcheckmate!ft Patrick Mihelich (1733)tJ im Dean (2216)Sicilian Defense B62

l.e4 e s 2.NfJ Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nf6 S.Nc3 d6 6.BgS e6 7.Be8.Qd2 Bd7 9.0-0-0 h6 10.Be11.fJ b4 12.Nb1 QaS 13.g4 Nxd14.Bxd4 e s lS.Be3 Be6 16.a17.exdS NxdS 18.Bc4 Rd8 19Bxb4 20.c3 Be7 21.BxdS22.Qe2 0-0 23.RxdS QxdS 24Qc6 2S.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 a s 27.h28.Rg1 a3 29.bxa3 Ra8 30.Qb231.Bd2 Qxh3 32.Qb7 Bxa3+ 33RaS 34.Qb6 RdS 3S.QbS+36.Qg3 Qxg3 37.Rxg3 Bd6 38gS 39.Be3 Ra5 40.Kd3 h5 41BfS+ 42.Kc4 Bxb1 43.RxgS44.h6 Bf8 4S.Rg1 Ra6 46.KbS47.Bd4 Bd3+ 48.Ka4 Bc4 49Rxh6 50.RfS Ra6+ Sl.RaS RS2.KxaS Kg6 S3.Kb6 KfS S4Ke4 SS.Kd7 fS S6.Kc6 f4 S7.KdS8.Ke8 Bh6 S9.Bf2 Bd2 60Bxc3 61.Kd6 Bd4 62.Be1 f2 63Bxf2 64.Kc6 Bd4 6S.Kd666.Kd7 Be5 67.Ke7 KfS 68.Kd769.KcS Bc6 70.Kd8 Bd6 71Ke6 72.KdS Bb7 73.Ke8 Bc7 7Kf6 7S.KgS Be4 76.Kf8 Bc6 77Kg6 78.Kh8 Bd6 79.KgSSO.KhS Be5# 0-1

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it Aaron Dean (2000)1ate Criss (1889)French Defense C021.e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.e5 cS 4.c3 Nc6S.NfJ Bd7 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.dxcS BxcSS.O-Of6 9.b4 Be7 10.bS NdS[Of course not 10...Nxe5 l l.Nxeffxe5 12.Qh5+]H.Qe2 Nf7It is standard procedure in the Frenchfor Black to pile up on e5. Usually the,g8 knight makes it to this square viah6 but in this case Aaron's aggressiveplay on the queen side has forced theknight to this square. It may seemlike this is too slow but White hasbeen making pawn moves instead ofdeveloping pieces so Black has timefor this plan.12.Rel fxe5 13.NxeS NxeS 14.Qxe5Nf6 IS.a4 Bd6 16.Qe2 0-0 17.Be3Qc71S.h3 e5This is the type of position that blacktries for in the Advance Variation ofthe French. Black has dissolvedWhite's center and has activated theinfamous "bad bishop."19.Qb2 b6I wanted to prevent any furtherqueenside expansion by White beforestarting my attack. In our post-mortem Aaron didn't think the movewas necessary and thought that Icould continue my play in the center.Aaron is probably right, but I like theresulting position.20.Nd2 Be6 21.Recl Qd7 22.BflDefending the Bxh3 sac. The sacdoesn't work, but it may in the futureand it's probably a good idea forWhite to play this move while he hasthe time.22...Bc7 23.c4 d4 24.BgS Qf72S.Bd3 Nd7 26.Ne4 h6 27.Bh4Black is slightly better after 27. Bd2Nc5.27.RacS 2S.Qa3 NcS 29.NxcS Bd630.Bg3 Rxc5In hindsight I think that Bxc5 mayhave been better.31.a5 Qc7 32.axb6 axb6 33.Qa6 BdSThis is a pretty move but just has thesame result as 33. Qa6 Bc8 34. Qa7Bb7.C h e ss i n In d ia n a

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34.Qa7 Bb7 3S.Qa2 e4 36.Bxd6Qxd637.BflFritz 4.01 says that after 37 ...d3 Black is probably winningthe c pawn.37...Rcf53S.cS+Rather than play this move Iwould have preferred Aaronreach across the board, slapme and then demand myresignation. In the post-mortem Aaron said that whenhe saw this move the c-pawnappeared to have a bow tiewrapped around it.3S...Bd5 39.cxd6 Bxa2 40.Rxa2 d341.fJ 1-0

3S.Kg2 Nxh4+ 39.Kh2 NfJ+[39 ...Qf3!? 40.Kh3 h5 With theof Qg4+ and Qxg6]40.Kg2White offered a draw at this point.40...Ne1+ 41.Kf1 QfJ 42.QQd3+ 43.Kxel Qxc3+ 44.Kf1 Q4S.Kg2 Qxg6 46.Qxa7 Qe8 47.QQdS 4S.Qe4 QgS 49.QfJ QSO.Qe4QgS S1.dS exdS S2.QxdSS3.QaS+ Kh7 S4.Qe4+ g6 SS.e6S6.e7 hxg3 S7.eSQ gxf2+ SS.K

Last year's Reserve Champion, JoshLewis, 'graduates' to the open thisyear and plays one of the event's mostinteresting games.

it Josh Lewis (1758)1ndy Porter (1799)French Defense COO(annotations by Josh Lewis)l.e4 e6 2.NfJ dS 3.e5 e s 4.b4 cxb4S.a3 Bd7 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.c3 BfSS.Qb3 Qc7 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 Ne7H.BbS Nbc6 12.Bxc6? bxc6 13.d40-0 14.0-0 RfbS IS.Qa2 es 16.Rfcl[16.c4~]16...c4 17.Nc2 Rb3 IS.Ne3 Nc619.Nd2 RbS 20.Rcbl RabS 21.RxbSRxbS 22.Qa6? Rb6?[022 ...Ra5 23.Rxa5 Qxa5 24.Qb7]23.Qa3 QbS 24.g4 RbS 25.h4 Ra526.Qcl Rxal 27.Qxal QbS 28.Qa3Na5 29.Qe7 Nb3 30.Nexc4! dxc431.Nxc4 h6 32.Nd6 Qc6 33.Qxf7+KhS 34.gS Nd2 35.g6?[o35.gxh6]3S..QfJ 36.Ne4DQg4+ 37.Ng3 NfJ+

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(Glenn Snow (left) and Nate Criss analyze3'" round game) Qd2+ S9.Kg3 Q60.Qe3 Qc7+61.QSeSl-OMike inexplicably took 'forever'the opening moves of the followgame and yet still lands in trouagainst the imaginative playParham.it Bernard Parham (2044)1ike Wiseman (2221)Sicilian Defense B21

l.e4 c5 2.f4 dS 3.e5 Nc6 4.NfJS.BbS Qb6 6.a4 a6 7.Bxc6+ QS.d3 Bg7 9.Nbd2 Nh6 10.0-01l.Rel f6 12.Qe2 Nf7 13.c3 gS 1NdS IS.fS b6 16.Nfl Nb7 17.g4 NIS.Ng3 Bb7 19.d4 Ne4 20.NhS21.axb5 axbS 22.Be3 c4 23.Nd2 N24.h4 h6 2S.Qh2 b4 26.Racl27.Kg2 Ra2 2S.Rbl BhS 29.NBg7 30.NhS Bh8 31.Rhl R32.hxgS fxg5 33.BxgS hxg5 34.1-0Brandon showed up for day 2 witnew, spiked hairdo - an attemptchange his luck?

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RESERVE SECTION GAMESft Terry Meeks (1243)tJon Portugal (1664)Sicilian Defense B50

1.e4es 2.NO d63.Bd3 Ne64.c3Bg4S.Be2 a6 6.d3 Ne5 7.Nbd2 Nf6 S.h3BhS9.d4 exd4 10.exd4Ne6 1l.Nflvs. Jonathan

Portugal. EdBuffie (left)and Stephen Cates (thenewestHoosier Expert!) are in the background)Qe7 12.Be3 ReS 13.Rc1 Qa5+14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.N3xd2bS 16.Ng3Nb4 17.0-0 Rxe2 lS.Rxe2 Nxe219.e5 Nxe3 20.exf6 Nxfl 21.fxg7Bxg722.NxhSNxd20-1Luke delivers a picturesque mate inthe following game:ft Luke Fallon (850)tNorbert Matthews (1103)Scotch Game C44

l.e4 e5 2.NO Ne6 3.d4 d6 4.dS Nd4S.Be3 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 Nf6 7.Nc3 a6S.O-O-OBg4 9.Qg3 Bxdl 10.KxdlbSll.Bd3 b412.Ne2 g613.Qh3 NhS14.g4Nf4 IS.Nxf4 exf4 16.Bxf4Qf617.Kc1Qxf4+ IS.Kbl a519.Qh4 a4

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(above: (Rishi Agrawal (right)fights to the endagainst Co-Winner Mark Neff. photo by T.Cook)20.BbS+e6 21.Bxe6#1-0ft Rishi Agrawal (1494)t Mark Neff (1542)Queen's Gambit Declined D35

1.d4 dS 2.e4 e6 3.Ne3 Nf6 4.exdSexdS S.NO e6 6.BgS Be7 7.e3 h6S.Bh4 BfS 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-01l.Qb3 Qb6 12.Nd2 Rfe8 13.RaelBd6 14.Qxb6 axb6 IS.a3 bS16.NxbSexbS 17.BxbS g5 IS.Bg3 Bxg319.fxg3 Be6 20.Re7 RabS 21.NORed8 22.h3 Ne8 23.Re3 Nd624.Bxd7 Bxd7 2S.Ne5 Be6 26.Re7Rf8 27.Nd7 Bxd7 2S.Rxd7 RfdS29.Re7 Rf8 30.Rf6 Rbd8 31.ReSKg7 32.Rf2 Ne4 33.Re7 b6 34.Re2RdeS 3S.Rb7 Re6 36.Rd7 Rd637.Rxd6 Nxd6 38.b3 rs 39.Re2 ReS40.RxeS Nxe8 41.Kf2 Nd6 42.Ke2Kf6 43.a4 Ke6 44.Kd3 Ne4 4S.b4Kd6 46.bS Nxg3 47.Ke3 Ne4+4S.Kb4 Ke7 49.a5 Kb7 50.a6+ Ka751.Kb3 Nd2+ 52.Ke3 Ne4 53.Kd3Na3 54.g4 fxg4 55.hxg4 NxbS56.e4dxe4+ 57.Kxe4 Kxa6 58.Ke5 Ne759.d5Nxd560.Kxd5Kb5 0-1

ftTony Woods (1106)tFrank Owens (1496)Sicilian Defense B21l.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.e3 dxe3 4.Nxe3e6 S.NO Be7 6.Be4 Ne6 7.0-0 d68.Qe2 a6 9.Rdl Qe7 10.Bf4 Nf61l.Rael 0-0 12.e5 dxeS 13.NxeSNxe5 14.Bxe5 Qe6 15.Bd3 Qe8

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16.Ne417.Bxg7IS.Qxe419.Qe5+20.Re7+21.Qf4 Qg6 2h5 23.h324.025.hxg426.Kg227.Rh1+ 1-0

ft Mike Vidulich (1573)t Alex Pappas (1141)Pirc Defense B07

l.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.Bh6 Nc6 7.Kxg7 8.Nge2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.01l.g4 h6 12.Ng3 Rh8 13.h414.Be2f5 IS.gxfSgxfS16.NhS+17.Qxh6+Ke8 18.Qg7 RgS19.Qfxe4 20.Nf6+1-0This is one of the most unusual gI've seen lately ...ft Peter Innes (1564)t Andrew Pierce (1266)Reverse Benko(?) A30

I.NO e5 2.e4 a6 3.b4 exb44.QaS.d4 Nf6 6.a3 bS 7.cxbSBb7 8.Rxa6 9.Qb3 BdS 10.Qb21l.Nfd2 QeS 12.e4 bxa3 13.Qe14.Bxa6 Qxa6 IS.Ne3 Nxd4 16Bb4 17.NbS QxbS IS.Qxd4 N19.Qb2 Ne3 20.NO Na4+ 21Nxb20-1ft Jonathan Portugal (1664)t Randle Woods (1429)Italian Game C50

l.e4 e5 2.NO Ne6 3.Be4 Nd4Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 Qf6 6.Qe2 Be5d6 S.Be3 Ne7 9.Bxe5 dxeS 10Ng6 1l.Qe3 b6 12.Qg3 Nf4 13hS 14.h4 Rh6 IS.Qh2 Rg6 1Nh3+ 17.Kf1 QO IS.Nd219.Re3 Rf6 20.Re2 g5 21.022.gxh4 Qf4 23.Qxf4 Nxf4 24Rg6 2S.Kf2Ke7 26.Nfl Bd7 27

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e6 28.Rahl bS 29.Bb3 Nxd3+30.Kf1 Rag8 31.Rd2 e4 32.Bxe4bxe4 33.Nxe4 Nf4 34.Nxe5 Bh3+3S.Kel Rg1+ 36.Rxgl Rxg1+ 37.Kf2Rg2+ 38.Ke3 Rxd2 39.Kxd2 Bd740..Nd3 Ng2 41.Ke2 Nxh4 42.Nf4Ng6 43.NxhS a5 44.Ke3 a4 4S.Kd4f6 46.a3 Be8 47.Ng7 Y 2 - Y Zft Kris Williams (UNR)t Steve Fulp (1128)Italian Game C50

fl.e4 eS 2.Nf3 Ne6 3.Be4 Be7 4.0-0d6 S.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Be3 0-08.h3 Be6 9.NdS Qd7 10.Nxe7+ Nxe71l.BgS Bxe4 12.dxe4 Nxe4 13.Qd3NxgS 14.Nxg5 QfS IS.Ne4 Ng616.Rfel Nf4 17.Qf3 Rad8 18.RadlQhS 19.Qe3 Qg6 20.Qf3 e6 21.eS dS22.Nd6 Qxe2 23.Rxe5 QxeS 24.Nxb7Qe2 2S.Nxd8 Rxd8 26.Rdel Ne627.Qe3 h6 28.Qxa7 Qxb2 29.Qe7

the editor, who appears confused by: a) thegame b) how to work Tom Cook's laptop c)chess ingeneral d) all of the above! - photo byT.Cook) Rf8 30.Rle2 Qb1+ 31.RelNf41-Oft Bill Stanley (1483)tDan Feinstein (1177)Torre Opening A46

(annotations byDan Feinstein&Jay Carr)l.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bg5 Be7S.Nbd2 Bb7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe78.Bd3 r s 9.Ne5 Nxd2 10.Kxd2?! 0-0[lO ...Bxg2 11.Rgl Looked a littlerisky.]1l.QhS d6 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.NgS Nf614.Qh3 g6 IS.f3 a5 16.Rael u s17.Rhfl Ne4+! 18.fxe4 Qxg5 19.e5C h e ss i n In d ia n a

es 20.Rf4 e4 21.Be2 bS 22.Refl Be6This move helps prepare ...b4 bypreventing White from using the a4-square for his bishop. Also, it clearsthe way for ...Ra7 ifdefense along the7th rank becomes necessary.23.Qf3 b4 24.g4 bxe3+ 2S.Kxc3 Qe7Carrying lethal double threats of...Qb4 mate and ...g5, winning therook on f4.26.a3 Rab8Black forsakes the rook and plays formate instead!

27.Rf2 a4!Black has in mind to swing the queenover to a5.28.gxfS exfS29.Rg2 Kh8 30.h4 Qc7!Going to a5 via a7 seemed 'tooobvious.'31.bS Qa5+ 32.b4 axb3+ 33.Kb2c3+34.Kbl bxc2+ 3S.Kxc2 Ba4+36.Kcl Bb3 37.hxg6 Qxa3+ 38.KblBd1+ 39.Rb2 Qxb2# 0-1ft Dan Feinstein (1177)t Dave Shwartz (1511)Spanish Opening C50

l.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.BbS a6 4.Ba4Nf6 S.d4 bS 6.Bb3 exd4 7.eS Ng48.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.NgS+ Kg8 10.Qxg4Nxe5 1l.Qxd4 Nf7 12.Nxf7 Kxf713.QdS+ Ke8 14.Qxa8 c6 IS.0-0Qe7 16.Bf4 d6 17.Be3 Kf7 18.Qa7Bb7 19.Qd4 Be7 20.Qf4+ Bf621.Ne3 Rf8 22.Radl Ke7 23.Bc5Be5 24.Qxe5+ 1-0Moves from the 'TACTICS GALLERY'Inskeep - HarrisTom finds the shortest route to victory after anerve-wracking game: 33...Nxh2! and Whitemust give up the rest of the farm to avoid mate.

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Sevillano - ParhamThe 1M exploits Black's lack of developmentenforcing the following combination: 14. QxRxg7 15. Bf6 Rg8 16. Nd5 d6 (16 ... Re8 sufthe same fate after 17. Bb5) 17. Bb5 Re8 18Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe7 Rxe7 20. Rael Be621.Bxe7 and White went on to cash in his materadvantage.Wiseman - DossThe roof caves in for White after 25 ... Qb6+!Kfl f3 27. Ng3 (27. Nxf3 or 27. Bxf3 mightpostpone the inevitable a lit tle longer but Blasti ll winning after those moves) 27. .. Nf4 WResigns 0-1Byers - SarvabhawnaByers had just played 23. Rf6 and Black hadanswered 23. .. Re6? (the rook was on e8) wh23 ... Be6 would have held out longer. But idiagrammed position, Tom uncorks 24. Qg6which is a mate in three: 24 ... Rel + 25. RxelRxd5 26. Qxf7#Stanley - FeinsteinWhite's extremely vulnerable king position shis fate. 30 ... Qc7! (headed for a5 - Dan saidafter the game that going there via a7 seemedobvioustl) 31. h5?! (31. Bdl holds out long31 ... Qa5+ 32. b4 axb3+ 33. Kb2 c3+ 34. Kbxc2+ 35. Kxc2 Ba4+ 36. Kcl Bb3 etc. etc.Feinstein - SchwartzThings are not quite as bad for Black as theyat first. 12. Qd5 immediately istempting, buBlack has an in between move with Qe7+. Dplayed 12. Nxf7 and Black blundered with12 Kxf7? 13. Qd5+ and the rout was on; si12 Qe8+ 13. Ne5 d6 keeps Black in the gaCole - BlaineJohn played 29. Qg6! which prompted Blackoverburden his Queen with 29...Qf7??, losinimmediately to 30. Rxe6! since the queen carecapture on e6 and guard g7 at the same timInteresting would have been 29... Qe7, whereRxe6 doesn' t quite work due to 30 .. .Qxh4+Kg2 Rxe6 32. Qxe6 Qg4+ with a draw byperpetual. Of course, White can play somethelse creative like 30. Rg4! (instead of30. Reand retain his big edge.Snow-SavageGlenn has the luxury oftemporarily sacriftcinthe exchange with 31. Rxd4! (31. Kf I? Rhl +Ke2 Rxel + 33. Kxel fxe6 and Black still hasome practical chances) 31 .. .cxd4 32. e7! anwins.Thomas - ToddWhite achieves the eviction ofthe black rookc4 and the removal ofthe d5-pawn, resultingthe crumbling of Black's defenses, with 31. BRc8 32. Qf3!Dean - KistlerBlack's king is t rapped. Jim plays 31. Rc8+ K32. Rch8! and Black must give up material tavoid mate.lIollinbereer-inskeepDrew snares the queen by repositioning hi s qwith a mating threat: 28. Qf2! Rf8 29. Ra7

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3rd M.C.C. TeamChallenge

byPMLester VanMeter

The Midwest Chess Center isin its tenth year at its present location,and this year we wished to organize anew event as part of this longevity,Our membership is up to nine thisyear (due to space and logistics we arelimited to ten regular members and Iwonder who will become that tenthperson) and with this talent pool moreteam activity seemed feasible. Theupshot of this was the M.c. C. TeamChallenge Series organized by ourTeam Captain, Tom Black.

We have always enjoyedplaying team matches of our clubagainst another. In the early days wewould play a traditional style match[Purdue was one of our main rivals]over six to ten boards where one teamtraveled to the other's site, and wewould play two rounds, one with eachcolor. Whenever we hosted a team wewould play in the morning providingall the equipment, serve a lunch, andthen play the final round. Onceagainst the Monrovia BishopBouncers we actually played homeand home in one week at each other'sclub site.

Organizing even a "simple"team vs. team match does take quite abit of time and effort to find amutually acceptable date, venue, andenough players to fill the roster. Aswe had played both Purdue and 1.U.separately and our players likedplaying different teams, we settled onthe Team Quad format. By finding asite, and making a firm date, our goalwas to have the teams come to us, soto speak.

Thus, in one day we wouldplay three teams, and we could havean added element of competition tosee which team could come out on. top. At the same time we could stillChess in In d ian a

maintain some other elements tomake it attractive and enjoyable. Wesettled upon providing equipment,having a free lunch, and thenproducing a record of the event withresults, pictures, and all of the gameswith some of these annotated forinstruction.By holding one of these everyseason (spring, sununer, autumn, andwinter) we could have a "yearlycompetition" in addition to eachindividual event, guarantee our team

12 matches in a year, have openingsfor teams that would like to play, butfound one event already full (or hadseasonal constraints, such as a schoolor college), and even allow for ourmembers to play in the ones theywereavailable. Hopefully we could get a"tradition" started and find that thesewere events would not only be anongoing activity for our members, butsomething that other Indiana clubswould embrace as well.

The events are not USCFrated as all of the MCC members donot belong. Besides - enjoying chess,and playing for your club with yourfriends transcends "officialtournament chess." [I would add herethat I played in team events with myclub when growing up, before I evenknew that the USCF existed. TheMCC also enjoys having teams inMOTCF, or the ISCA teamChampionship, when we can getthere.] The primary goal is to have agood time, but along with that youshould be able to still enjoy sometense, competitive chess, and meetsome new people, possibly makingsome new friends.

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(Ron West (shown ab;;~T~wns the RoyaCountry Club and the sign aboveSeptember 29 says it all, "WELCOMECPLAYERS!" Ron is an avid player and hebe really thankedfor his part in the sponsoof these events. It couldn't happen withohelp of Ron and his staff at the Country Cvery manageable number for us fevery aspect. The time controquick at 40/60 minutes followesudden death 30, but that still alsome time for some gswashbuckling chess.

A s one would expect gea new event and concept offground has been a growinglearning experience. We could muonly two teams for the first eventwe were able to divide the playerto form four "mini-teams" andgive each player three' games.MCC bested Center Grove incombined event by winning twommatches, and drawing the third.

The second event sawteams, but both the MCC and CeGrove ran into last minute problgetting the full six players. The ISofficers led by Gary Fox (with Mregular, Tom Harris, in the linswept the field.

Enough background!eagerly awaited the third event. ..

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Eastgate maintained the tradition ofthe favorite coming out on top whenthey swept the 3rd MCC CupChallenge held at the Royal Oak

cracked open what looked to (Below:TheMCC: top row- Pat Baker, Brian Cox, JerryBratcher, Rogerio Ferrera, Lester VanMeter;bottom row - PatrickMihelich, TomHarris, Joe

The score was tied beforfollowing game finished, and itthe key to the match. In many wis quite typical of the swashbucplay seen at these evenBaker, Pat - O'DonnBrian

3rdMCC TeamChallenge, September

2001, B801.e4 es 2.lLJf3 d6cd 4.lLJd4 lLJf6 S.a6 The Najdorf. Pat'sis unusual, but Iplayed it extensively aMCC, and even agPat. A very quickcursory look at all oother possibilities fromvery popular opeposition followsdiagram. In addition ttext I have often playBe3 and 6. f4. 6.f3=

Country Club on a beautiful fallSaturday. The host Midwest ChessCenter again came second, but thistime they improved by defeatingBloomington [4-2]. Again being thegracious hosts, the team from CenterGrove brought up the rear.

There was drama up to thelast minute as to who the fourth teamwould be. Eastgate had early onindicated they would play, eventhough their exact roster wasn'tdetermined up until the last minute.Center Grove again had trouble fillingtheir roster. Bloomington was the lastminute addition as they returned to tryand better their performance in June.

Even though the play is notrated, USCF ratings indicated thatEastgate would be the favorites. Theirteam average was 50 points higherthan Bloomington's, and against theMCC they held an advantage of 125points per board over the bottom fiveboards.

In the first round EastgateChess in In diana

VanMeter, Tom Black, Dave Jackson) be aneven match to win 5-1 overBloomington. They followed that upwith another 5-1 victory over theMCC in round two. There wasneverany doubt that they would get pastCenter Grove in the last round, andthey duly registered a 511-11victory.Only one player tasted defeat forEastgate, and that was when BrianO'Donnell took out Fred Sanders inround one. At the time that resultgave Bloomington a 1-0 lead in thatmatch. Eastgate never lookedback...

The drama left for the thirdround was who would come second.The MCC squared off vs.Bloomington with their strongestlineup of the day (Tom Harris hadstarted on board 1 for the MCC in thefirst round, played second, and nowwas on third.). The game pointtiebreak favored the MCC in case of adrawn match [which is exactly whatthese teams had done in June] so thatBloomington had to win.

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[a)6.Ae2 eS 7.lLJb3 Ae7 80-0 9.Ae3 Ae6 10.~d2 lL11.a4 l!c8 12.aS ~c7 13.l!fd[b)6.f4 eS 7.lLJf3 lLJbd7 8.a49.Ad3 0-0 10.0-0=] [c)6.AgS7.14 Ae7 8.~f3 ~c7 9.0-lLJbd710.94 b5 11.Af6lLJf6 1lLJd7 13.h4 b4 14.lZJce21S.lLJg3 g6 16.hS;J;;j=] [d)6.eS 7.lLJb3 Ae6 8.~d2 lLJbd7b5 10.0-0-0 lLJb6 11.b1[e)6.Ac4 e6 7.Ab3 b5 8.0-09.~f3 ~c7 1O.~g3 0-0 11.l LJe8 12.l!ad1 Ad7 1 3.lL J1 314.Ag5=] [f)6.g3 e5=] [g)lLJc6 7.Ae2=] [h)6.h3=] [i)6.A

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e5 7.llJde2=] [j)6.ng1 llJc6=]6 .... b5 [a)6 e6 7.Ae3 b58.g4;J;;/=] [b}6 e5 7.llJb3=] 7.a3N[a)7.Ae3 Ab7 8.g4 e6 9.~d2~a5 10.llJb3 ~c7 11.0-0-0 llJc612.g5 llJd7 13.f4 llJa5 14.f5 b415.fe fe 16.llJa5 ~a5 17.llJb1nc8 18.Ad3 llJc5 19.Ac5 nc520.h4 g6 21.nhf1 Ag7 22.Ac4nc4 23.~d6 Ac8 '0:1, Gal J. -Rodriguez Lopez R. , Szeged 1998It'] [b)7.a4 b4 8.llJa2 a5 9.c3 e510.llJb5 bc 11.llJac3 Ab712.Ae3Ae7 13.~d2 0-0 14.nd1 llJe815.llJd5 Ad5 16.~d5 llJa617.nc1 llJb4 1S.~d2 d5 '1/2,Huberty M. - Alho D. , Singapore1990 Ch World'] 7. ... ,!,b7 S..!.e3llJbd7 9.lWd2 e6 10.0-0-0 '!'e711.g4 llJb6 12.h4 llJfd7 13.g5

We have reached a very typicalposition for the "English Attack"against the Sicilian. This was firstpopularized by GM's Nunn, Short,and Chandler in the 80's. White canpretty much set up his position, andtry to ram home a kingside attack.13 ... llJe5 14.b3 r!c8 15.'!'e2lWc7 16.llJb1 d5 17.f4 llJed718.e5llJc519.


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"Chess Blindness" .Ken Hamilton Ponders a Common Afflict ion . ..

In annotating your games, have youever labeled one of your blunders"Chess Blindness?" Or how aboutfootnoting a game "A comedy oferrors?" Most of us have. It 's akin topunishing ourselves for being stupid;a sharp rap on the knuckles in thehope that we will learn to avoidsimilar mistakes in the future. But it'smore than that. It's also anexpression of denial, particularly ifour game analysis is published forothers to read. It's a way of saying,"Look everybody, I'm normally toogood a player to make such a blunder- I was simply temporarily stricken bythat irritating affiction, chessblindness. " And when we call ourgame "A comedy of errors," we aresaying "This game is so far removedfrom my (our) normal level of playthat it is ajoke ... "Well however bad our blunders maybe ~e made them. We may haveplayed blindly, but it was not due tosome mysterious afiliction. Ourcomedy of errors wasn't a joke; it wasreal. Our bad games, as are our betterones, are simply the way wesometimes play. Let me show you acouple of examples of my own, playedon ICC (the Internet Chess Club -editor). In this first one, I am White:l. d4 dS 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4.Nf3Bb4 S. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3Ne4 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3 fS 10. 0-0 NaS11. cxdS exdS 12. c4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4dxc4 14. Qxc4+ Kh8 IS. a4 Rf6 16.dS Nd6 17. Qd4 Bd7 18. Bb2 Rg6 19.NeS RgS 20. f4 RhS It's easy for anyof us to see, at a glance, that Whitehas a choice between two knightmoves that win outright. I chose a. third, 21. Nxd7 then noticed the blackqueen now protected g7 ... aftermissing a few more, less obvious butstill easy, winning moves I finallyconceded a draw. This was a ISminute, not blitz, game and I hadChess in In diana

several minutes left on my clock whenI played my dumb 21st move, butmaybe it was the clock ticking away,or perhaps my feeling that the gamewas already won, that led me tooverlook the obvious Nxf7+ or Ng6+Playing Black, in the sametournament, I got careless (anotherexcuse?) and lost a pawn after8...Re8. But look what happened. 1.c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 eS 3. e3 dS 4. b3 c6 S.Bb2 Be7 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Re8 9. cxdS cxdS 10. NxdS NxdS11. BxdS Nf6 12.Be4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4Bf6 14. Nf3 Qe7 IS. 0-0-0 b6 16.Qxa8 BfS 17. Qd5 Rc8+ 18. Bc3Qa3#After the game, my opponentcommented that he fell into the trap Ihad set by IS ...b6. Trap? I hadsimply overlooked 16. Qxa8. After16...BfS White would have been finewith 17. Qxe8+ (or Qc6) but kept hisqueen only to lose his king. Stupidity(there I go again) sometimes bringslucky rewards.We know that even our best gameswill include a number of inferiormoves, but how do we avoid blunderssuch as these? We might readJonaathan Rowson's entertaining book"The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" andlearn about "Thinking, Blinking, andLooseness" etc.; or plough throughthe training exercises in "How toThink in Chess" by Przewoznik andSoszynski. Or browse through"Psychology in Chess" by Krogius,particularly the chapter on "SomeDeficiencies of Attention." And, ofcourse, we can study our own gamesand learn from our losses (maybe weshould divide our games into twodatabases, one for memorable gamesand the other for those we wouldsooner forget - and spend more of ourtime examining the latter).However we go about it, our goalshould be to identify a common threadin our mistakes that enables us toidentify a prevalent weakness - and

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then try to correct it. In my casea failure to consider all candmoves. I shudder to think whamust mean for my ability to ananything other than forced linesif I miss a better move in analthe current position, how many oam I missing as I picture the poseveral moves ahead?But how does this particular weaaccount for blunders I made igames shown above? Well, let'sanother look. In the first gameNxd7 was a comparative blundweak move, but it didn't lose aor the strong likelihood ofwinning the game. I ignoredobvious options (I still don'twhy or how) but, unless I sawand rejected them (!) I can reasoattribute it to my failing to conall candidate moves. In the segame IS ... b6 looks like a tyblunder - hanging a piece. Bfact, it's not a bad move, and is jupromising as the candidateIS...Bd7 which (I assume) I dconsider. So, ifI played a goodby accident, was it a blunder?Finally, a game played at theChampionship - where, unlike gplayed on ICC, I can't resort toexcuse that my superficial playdue to limited time. With my to. somewhat in cheek, and. apologies to a fine chessplayer GSnow, I'll label it "A ComedErrors ... "itKen Hamilton (1720)tGlenn Snow (2022)Nimzovich-Larsen A 06

l.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.h35.Qxf3 e51was surprised by this move; Blpawn center looked a littleambitious. Afterwards Glenn tolhe had played too cautiously inprevious game and decided to beaggressive in this one.6.Bb2 e4 7.Bb5+ Nc6***(please turn to page 22)**

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ChestertonSeptember Openby George Kamber

Robert Rasmussen (1805), a I5-yearold student from Niles, Illinois, tookclear first place in the September 22,2001 Chesterton Chess tournament.Hewon all of his games, and playedJof his 4 games against higher-ratedopponents. Hans Herr of CrownPoint, Indiana was the sole secondplace winner with 3 wins and a draw.There were 21 players at the event.

ftLawrence Cohen (1917):lRobert Rasmussen (1805)English Opening (E61)

(annotations by George Kamber)Winner of this game takes first place;Rasmussen is the only player with 3points, Cohen has 2.5 points.l.e4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne3 0-o S.e3 e6 6.Nge2 d6 7.0-0 e5 8.d4Nbd7 9.b3 Re8 10.h3The "bookmove" is 10. Ba3.10...Qe7 1l.e4 exd4 12.Nxd4 NeS13.0 as 14.BgS Bd7 IS.Rel Rad816.Qd2 Qb617.Be3 Be8 18.Qf2?!Allows the black fork next move butgives terrific complications.

18Nd3 19.Ne6 e5Fritz 6.0 suggests 19...Qb4 as better.20.Na4Fritz thinks that 20. Qd2 gives an, equal position.C h e ss i n In d ia n a

20.Nxf2! 21.Nxb6 Nxh3+ 22.Bxh3Bxe6 23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.Bd2After all the fireworks, it looks nowlike White wins back a pawn for anequal game.24NhS 2S.Kg2 BeS 26.f4 Bd427.Bxa5 Nf6 28.Kf3 Rf8 29.RcelNhS 30.Kg4 Kg7 31.fS Rde8 32.a4Be5 33.Nd7Now the game gets complicatedagain!

33Bxg3 34.Nxf8 exf5+ 3S.exf5Bxel 36.Ne6+!Now Black is in trouble, losing hisbishop unless he tries for Rxf6, whichalso ends up dropping a piece.36Kh6 37.Rxel gxfS+ 38.KxfSNg3+ 39.Kf4 Nh5+ 40.KfS Ng3+41.Kf6Both players are nearly out of timehere, but the clocks do have a five-second delay, so they keep slugginganyway.41RgS 42.Bd2+ Kh5 43.Ng7+ Kg444.Kf7 Rd8 4S.Re7 hS 46.Ne8 h447.Nf6+ Kf3 48.Re3+The score is lost with the timescramble, but the black pawneventually gets to h2 and ready toqueen beforeWhite trades his rook forit. Black then goes on to win thisgame, and take first place. A longhard tactical battle for first place. 0-1ftJon Lewis (1411):lJonathon Portugal (1664)Sicilian Defense (B94)

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the Indiana State ChampioReserve Section, attacksaggressivelybut fails to win.l.e4 c5 2.NO d6 3.d4 cxd4 4Nf6 S.Nc3 a6 6.BgS e5 7.Nb38.Nd2 bS 9.NOWhite has taken 'the long way'as he could have simply movedonmove7!9...Be7 10.Qd2 0-0 1l.Rdl12.Be2 Qe7 13.a3 Rae8 14.h4IS.hS h6 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Nh7 18.g4 Ndf6 19.NgSBfS 20fxe6?20...Bxh6, eliminating the Qfrom the attack is better.21.Qe3 d5 22.Qg3 Nxe4 23dxe4 24.e3 NgS 2S.h6 Kh7 26Be7 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Bdl29.Be2 Qd2+ 30.Qxd2 NO+ 31Rxd2+ 32.Kc1 Bg5 33.Bxe4+34.Bg6 Rxf2+ 3S.Kbl Nd2+ 36e4 37.RhS Bf4 38.ReSThreatening Rc8 mate, but Bxh6Black's problems.38...Bd6 39.Re6 Ne4 40.Bxe4 R41.Kal Rf2 42.gS Bxa3 43.g6These last two pawn moves arestrong.

(position after 43 . g6)43...Bb2+ 44.Ka2?After 44. Kb1 the position isunclear ...White has good threats.44 Bxe3+44 Bcl+, then ...Bxh6 eliminatwhite threats again.4S.Kbl Nd2+ Faster was 45...46. Kc1 Rf1 mate.46.Kel Nb3+ 47.Kbl Rb2# 0-1

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ft Doug Todd (1887)t Brandon Heuer (1724)Sicilian Defense B50l.e4 e s 2.NfJ d63.Ne3 Nf6 4.e5dxe5 S.Nxe5 a66.a4 Nbd7 7.Ne4e6 8.d4 Be79.dxeS Bxc510.Nd6+ Ke711.Nxe8+ Rxe812.Be2 Nb613.Bd2 NbdS14.NxdS+ QxdS1S.Bd3 I Qe5+16.Qe2 Qxe2+17.Kxe2 Re718.Rhd1 Rd819.aS NdS 20.c3 h6 21.Ra4 Ba722.e4 e s 23.axb6 Nxb6 24.Rxa6Nxe4 2S.Bb4+ BeS 26.BxeS+ RxeS27.Ra7+ Ke8 %-%ft Ed Buffie (1958)t William Aramil (2069)King's Indian Defense E98

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 g6 3.Ne3 Bg7 4.e4 d6S.NfJ 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Ne6 S.dSNe7 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Nd3 r s 11.Bd2Rf7 12.Re1 f4 13.Bg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4hS 1S.Qd1 Bf8 16.eS NeS 17.fJ gS18.exd6 exd6 19.Nf2 Rg7 20.h3 Nf621.a4 Qb6 22.b4 Qd8 23.NbS a624.Na3 Qd7 2S.Re3 Ne7 26.Qe2 Ng627.Rel Nh4 2S.Re7 Qe8 29.Rxg7+Bxg7 30.Bel Qg6 31.Qe2 Rf832.Nd3 Rf7 33.Bxh4 gxh4 34.Re8+Bf8 3S.Ne4 Nh7 36.Ndxe5The Buffie's scoresheet didn'tdifferentiate which of White's Knightsstruck first, and Arami1's scoresheetwasn't available at the time of thiswriting.36...dxeS37.NxeS Qb6+ 38.Kh2 Re7[better was 38...Re7 39.Qc4 Rxe5?(039...Qdo) 40.d6+ Kg7 41.Rc7++-]39.Ne4 Rxe4 40.Qxe4 Qf2 41.d6+Kg7 42.Re7+ KhS 43.Qe3+ Kg844.d7 NgS 4S.d8Q Qb6 46.KhlNxh3 47.Qxf8+ Kxf8 48.Qh8# 1--0C h es s i n In dia n a

The following was a much anticipatedmatchup - featuring the highest-ratedfamily duo in Indiana.

(The Dean-Dean post mortem was the Eiticketatiraction of the skittles room)

ft Aaron Dean (2000)t Jim Dean (2216)Sicilian Defense B22l.e4 e s 2.e3 dS 3.exdS QxdS 4.d4Nf6 S.NfJ Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Ne6S.Na3 exd4 9.NbS Qd8 10.Nbxd4Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Be713.Rdl Qb614.QbS+ QxbS IS.NxbS0-0 16.BgS a6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd6bS 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Rd7 Rfe8 21.RadlRad8 %-%ft Drew Hollinberger (1741)t Tom Harris (1900)Sicilian Defense B62

l.e4 c5 2.NfJ d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4Nf6 S.Ne3 Ne6 6.BgS e6 7.Be2 Bd78.Qd2 Be7 9.f4 a6 10.BfJ Qe7 11.0-0-0 Re8 12.Rhel bS 13.eS b414.NebS axbS 1S.NxbS QbS 16.exf6gxf6 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 IS.Nxd6+ Ke719.NfS+ Kf8 20.Qxd7 Ne7 21.Qd6Qxd6 22.Nxd6 RbS 23.Ne4 Bg724.Rd7 NdS 2S.Nd6 hS 26.Rxf7+Kg8 27.Rxe6 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Bb629.Rg6+ Kh7 30.Rxh6+ Kxh631.Nf7+ 1--0

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ft Enrico Sevillano (2566)t Bernard Parham (2044)Scotch Opening C45l.e4 e s 2.NfJ Ne6 3.d4 exd4 4.NQh4 S.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Qxe4 7.NKd8 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Qd4 10.Nge7 11.QhS g6 12.Qh6 Rg8 13.Qg7 14.Qxg7 Rxg7 IS.Bf616.NdS d6 17.BbS Re8 18.Bxe6 b19.Nxe7 Rxe7 20.Rae1 Be6 2Kd7 22.Bxe7 Kxe7 23.fS24.RxfS RbS 2S.b3 es 26.RhS27.e3 Kf6 28.Re3 Kg6 29.Rh430.Rb4 es 31.Rb7 d4 32.Rg3+33.Rxe7 ReS 34.RxeS Bxe8 3S.K111111111111111111

''He (Sevillano) is a really toopponent 'cause as long as theANYTHING left to try (evendrawish positions) he'll keep comatyou. " -JimDean111111111111111111

KeS 36.exd4+ exd4 37.Rg738.Rxh7 Ke4 39.Ke2 a s 40.RKe5 41.Kd2 fS 42.g3 a4 43.bBxa2 44.aS Be4 4S.Rh6 1--0The following win clinched the 2title for Jason Doss. CongratulatiJason!ftMike Wiseman (2221)tJason Doss (2340)Sicilian Defense B20

l.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2S.c3 e5 6.d4 Ne6 7.dS Nee7 S.a9.fJ Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Na312.Ne4 f4 13.aS gS 14.g4 Nf6 ISexb4 16.exb4 hS 17.b3 bxg4 18.bNxg4 19.fxg4 Bxg4 20.Qd321.Nd2 Bd7 22.Bb2 Ng6 23.a624.Rfel g4 2S.Bhl Qb6+ 26.Kf27.Ng3 Nf40-1

****don't forget to visit****www.indianachess.org

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Indiana Chess is Called to the Challenge!by ISCA President, Gary FoxThe Indiana State Chess Association started a new program last yearcalled the Indiana State VanolBrooks Challenge Championship. Thisprogram was developed to honor state champions from the past,recognize and strengthen Indiana State Chess Association affi liatesand make the best effort to bring the top players of the state tocompete for the Indiana State Challenge Championship title. Thisprogram just like any other needs the support of the membership tobecome strong and grow.

Chess players throughout the state have the opportunity toget involved with chess at the state level. The ChallengeChampionship was designed to entertain players of all strengths bybeing able to observe the competitive prel iminaries and match, whileplaying in the companion tournament. During the preliminaries clubmembers can cheer on their champion, and show support for the clubthey attend each week. If an affiliate doesn't have a strong chessplayer to send, recruitment is a possibility. The affi liate, if possible,can ask Garry Kasparov to play for them. The main reason to allowout of state players to participate was for the clubs close to Indiana'sborder with out of state members. Indiana is trying to build a team ofaffil iates, and affil iates can build a club as a team.This past year I have heard of clubs holding championships,so they can send their best player. The Donley Chess Center, the clubI attend, championship awards its champion with an entry into thechallenge championship. However your club works it out, this yearthe competition is going to be stronger than last. The Indiana StateBoard of Directors made changes to increase the competition byallowing selected current state champions to enter representing theirtitles. Clubs have had time to prepare for the championship, andState Champions have earned their way in.

The matchup between chess players of this caliber issomething whichhas rarelyhappened in thestate of Indiana,The only othertime a match hasoccurred onrecord, excludinglast year, was thematch betweenShowalter andLasker back in1892 inLogansport. 1 .W .

Showalter of Kentucky at that (Emory Tate (above.at letj) won the firstIndiana Challenge Championship over Craig Stauffer (right)) time was theU.S. Champion, and Emmanuel Lasker of Berlin, Germany, was awell-known world master. They came to Logansport because of therailroad. Logansport was a major stop for the Pennsylvania Railroadline from New York to Chicago and a junction for the Wabash andVandalia railroads as well. Lasker and Showalter split by winningone game each. Last year Craig Stauffer of Terre Haute won thehonors to take on the 2000 State Champion Emory Tate ofMerrillville. Tate won the first three games to take the match and thefirst Challenge Champion title of the year 2001.

Last year the Indiana State Chess Associat ion kicked off theChallenge Championship with a bang using money granted to thestate organization from the United States Chess Federation whichresulted in a purse of $850. This year the grant money for theChe ss in In dia na Page 22

challenge is only a fraction of what it was. Due to this shortcothe Indiana State Chess Association had to go to the membershisupport using a raffle of a digital chess clock - a replica of thatwas used by last year's competitors. The membership respondedthe Indiana State Chess Association approved the funding foyears challenge championship with a purse of$42S!

The Indiana State Chess Association Board of Directodetermined to take chess to another level. By bringing youhistorical event, this gives you the opportunity to pursue chessfinest moment. Head to head competition between chess playlike the World Series or the NBA f inals, Match competit ionyou the chance to learn about the competitors, take sides, and rothe person you would like to see victorious. Join in the fun!competition is for you and needs you to make it successful.

***(,ChessBlindness"-continuedfrom page 19)***Now I considered 8. Qg3 but thought my queen would enmisplaced.8.Qe2 Nf6 9.0-0 Bd6 10.d4I looked at three other candidate moves - c4 , d3 and Bxce; thera fourth I didn't consider, f3. All, I think, were better than d4,I subsequently allow to block my QB's diagonal.10...cxd4Now 11. Bxd4 would have kept the diagonal open, but I recall(unfounded) concerns that after an inevitable exchange on c6would threaten to roll with cS.1l.exd4 0-0 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.c4 Re8If there were such a disease as "Chess Blindness" my nextwould be a good example of it. I was looking for a set-up onattacking dS and threatening NbS and RcI. My queencomfortably observing hS, preventing Black's knight from gettif4. Maybe I got my move order reversed, or maybe I thoughtwould want to preserve his pawn structure, but instead of 14.played14.cxd5?...and was unpleasantly surprised to see I had opened another ato f4 for his knight.. .14...Nxd5 15.Nd2 Nf4I doubt White's game can be saved. 16. Qdl is met by 16 ...Re16. Qe2 by ...QgS, both lines yielding a winning attack, thanksweakness of my king's position, where h3 has become a juicy tSo I played ...16.Qg4...and was promptly shocked by. ..16... h517.QdlNow it is Glenn's turn to go a little astray ...17...Qg5?[Instead, 17...Nxh3+ would have won outright. 18.gxh3 (or if 1Qh4) 18...QgS+ 19.Khl Qf4 20.Nf3 exf3]18.g3(had I not obligingly enticed Black's pawn to hS I might have havailable for my queen here)18...Nd3Much better was ...Nxh3+ with multiple threats. But I am stillpressure and have no option but to play 19. Nxe4. Unfortunatefound another move first and didn't even consider Nxe4. ("strikes again?). We looked at Nxe4 in the skittles room and Gconvinced me that Black would have retained a winning edge;I'm not so sure, e.g. 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21. Qf3.19.NtJAs I played this move I saw, with a sinking feeling, that aftequeen exchanges my knight would be trapped by f6.19 ...Nxb2 20.Nxg5 Nxdl 21.Raxdl f6 22.Rc1 fxg5 23.Rxc60-1

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ISCA Top 100 List(As ofDecember 2001 Rating Supplement and December ISCA membership status)

Rank Last name First name Rating i n : Rank Last name First name Rating i n :1 DOSS JASON 2357 CHJU{LOTTESVILLE 51 BLAINE ROGERE 1756 OSCEOLA2 WISEMAN MICHAELD 2220 GREENFIELD 52 QUERNER JEFFREY J 1750 TERRE HAUTE3 COLE JOHN 2218 GOSHEN 53 ALKHATIB DAVID 1742 CAMBY4 ADAMS NICK 2213 FORT WAYNE 54 EVANS BILL 1739 BLOOMINGTON5 DEAN JAMESH 2202 FORT WAYNE 55 HEUER BRANDON 1735 MICmGAN CITY6 STAUFFER CRAIG 2200 TERRE HAUTE 56 LEWIS JOSH 1731 GOSHEN7 THOMAS TODD 2120 FORT WAYNE 57 DILLON BEN 1729 SOUIHBEND8 GEISLEMAN DENNISH 2093 FORT WAYNE 58 HAMILTON KENNETH 1728 INDIANAPOLIS9 PARHAM BERNARD 2075 INDIANAPOLIS 59 SHENK DAN 1718 GOSHEN10 FETCHO MIKE 2053 FORT WAYNE 60 INSKEEP BEN 1716 INDIANAPOLIS11 HERRON MIKE 2050 INDIANAPOLIS 61 STEPPE STEVEN J 1708 TERRE HAUTE12 BOUSUM JOSHUA 2040 KOKOMO 62 BOSWELL LARRY 1707 TERRE HAUTE13 URQUHART DONALD 2036 INDIANAPOLIS 63 OBRADOVIC ZIJO 1701 MISHAWAKA14 DEAN AARON 2015 INDIANAPOLIS 64 MEYERS PHILLIP 1700 KOKOMO15 SNOW GLENN 2013 BEECHGROVE 65 SCHWAIGER ANTHONY 1700 FORT WAYNE16 POWELL RONALD 2013 FORT WAYNE 66 KENNEDY SOLOMONE 1695 INDIANAPOLIS17 CATES JAMES STEPHEN 2009 ANDERSON 67 HANWAY REID 1687 MONTICELLO18 DEUSER GARY 2003 INDIANAPOLIS 68 BRADLEY RICHARD 1682 BLOOMINGTON19 KISTLER LESLIE 1973 MISHAWAKA 69 PARHAM BERNARD 1682 LAFAYETTE20 BUFFIE ED 1962 BLOOMINGTON 70 HAVENS JLEE 1681 FORT WAYNE21 CARR JAY 1955 BEECHGROVE 71 SPALDING JAMES 1680 KOKOMO22 GANT REV MIKE 1914 INDIANAPOLIS 72 HENRY PAUL 1677 CARMEL23 TRICKER TROY 1912 INDIANAPOLIS 73 SAVAGE CHRISTOPHER E 1677 NOBLESVILLE24 CRISS NATHANIEL 1905 FISHERS 74 CAPUTI STEPHENP 1673 INDIANAPOLIS25 ALFORD JOSEPH 0 1900 LAKE STATION 75 SMITH GARRETT 1670 WESTFIELD26 HARRIS THOMASJ 1900 INDIANAPOLIS 76 SWINDLER JOE 1667 EVANSVILLE27 ZELINSKI PAULB 1900 SOUIHBEND 77 NILES DAVID 1665 EVANSVILLE28 CORVIN CARL 1892 CARMEL 78 EBERWEIN ROB 1660 TERRE HAUTE29 ZABAWA MIKE 1880 ANDERSON 79 LYRINTZIS ANASTASIOS 1648 WEST LAFAYETTE30 BANTA ROBERT 1874 INDIANAPOLIS 80 JOHNSON CHRIS 1643 WEST TERRE HAUTE31 FYR KEVIN 1855 GRANGER 81 FILIPCZAK JOE 1641 INDIANAPOLIS32 TODD DOUGLASL 1851 INDIANAPOLIS 82 CASSIDY TOM 1640 TERRE HAUTE33 MIHELICH PATRICK 1851 CARMEL 83 DUDLEY UNDERWOOD 1638 GREENCASTLE34 BENCE JONATHAN 1848 INDIANAPOLIS 84 BLACK TOMD 1637 GREENWOOD35 HOLLINBERGER DREW 1846 BLOOMINGTON 85 WORTINGER JOHNK 1624 FRANKFORT36 PORTER ANDY 1838 NEW ALBANY 86 PORTUGAL JONATHAN 1623 CHESTERTON37 MCCALESTER WRAY 1835 COLUMBIA CITY 87 WEST RONALDH 1618 GREENWOOD38 HOWELL RODNEY 1812 INDIANAPOLIS 88 SMITH JOE 1614 INDIANAPOLIS39 SCHMUCKER VIVIANS 1800 GOSHEN 89 BRIDGHAM KURTP 1612 CRAWFORDSVILLE40 SHAPIRO SAMUEL 1800 SOUIHBEND 90 FRANK MARKR 1611 INDIANAPOLIS41 LEMASTER TERRY 1799 ALBION 91 WINCHESTER TERRY 1606 EVANSVILLE42 OXLEY JAMIEG 1788 FORT WAYNE 92 LEWIS JON 1603 MICmGAN CITY43 IDNES CRAIG 1782 EVANSVILLE 93 CHRISTNER JERRY 1601 INDIANAPOLIS44 KAMBER GEORGE 1778 CHESTERTON 94 VIZCAINO JULIE 1600 UPLAND45 HENDERSON HAROLD A 1774 LAPORTE 95 SIMONS GORDON 1600 GREENWOOD46 TEMPLETON KEME 1773 WESTFIELD 96 HERRON DAVIDK 1596 INDIANAPOLIS47 CLOUD VERN 1769 SOUIHBEND 97 DONIS CAMERON 1588 ELKHART48 HARRIS EDWIN 1764 FORT WAYNE 98 VIDULICH MICHAEL 1579 GRANGER49 BRYANT DANIELJ 1761 MISHAWAKA 99 FOX GARYJ 1578 LOGANSPORT50 BALDWIN MARTIN 1759 ELKHART 100 JONES WILLIANIA 1572 INDIANAPOLIS1M. NEFF MARKJ 1566 FARMLAND

Don't Miss The Upcoming Challenge Championship Preliminariesand Companion Tournament on January 19th in Indianapolis!!

Don't Forget the Indiana State Scholastic Individual Championships on January 26th in Anderson.Don't Let Your ISCA Membership Lapse! - Only Current ISCA Members Are Listed Above!

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State ChampionshipsUPCOMING INDIANA EVENTS:

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Saturday, January 19-March 10,2002. Indiana State VanolBrooks Chal lenge Championship Series, Indianapol is and Logansport . Download the tournament flySaturday, January 26, 2002. Indiana State Scholastic Individual Championship, Anderson.Saturday, April 6, 2002. Indiana State Scholastic Team Championship, Terre Haute.Friday, April 12, 2002. State Adul t and Junior Blitz Championships, Logansport. Details to fol low.Saturday, April 13, 2002. State Quick Championship, Logansport. Details to fol low.For more information on these ISCA sanctioned state championships, check the complete listing below

Complete ListingWednesday, December 19. CHANGED TO DECEMBER 31!!!! Entry deadline for the Indiana State VanolBrooks Challenge Championship. Download thetournament flyer or e-mail [email protected], December 31. Entry deadline for the Indiana State VanolBrooks Challenge Championship. Changed from December 19. Download the tournament flyemail [email protected], December 31. State individual scholastic championship entries must be postmarked by this date to earn the early entry discount Visit Scholastic ChessIndiana for entry forms.

2002Friday, January 4. All state individual scholastic championship entries must be postmarked by this date. Visit Scholast ic Chess ofIndiana for entry forms.Saturday, January 5. Angola. Unrated, Adult and scholast ic sections. Visit the web page for more information.Saturday, January 5. CANCELED!! CANCELED!! Fort Wayne 1st Saturday Open. 4SS, Rd 1 G175, Rds 2-4 G/90. IPFW, 2101 Coliseum Blvd, Walb StudentUnion Bldg, Cafeteria. $$325 b/30. Is t -Znd $100-50, U2000 $45, U1800 $40, U1600 $35, U1400 $30, U1200IUnr. $25. EF: $20, $10 U/18. Reg: 9:30-9:15. Rds:12-3-6. Ent: Dan Steininger 3318 Walden Run, Fort Wayne, IN 46815, 219-486-9350. NS,NC.Saturday, January 12. State Scholastic-Individual Regionals. Various locations. Organized by Scholastic Chess ofIndiana.Saturday, January 19. Indiana State VanolBrooks Challenge Championship Prel iminaries. Glendale Mall , Indianapolis. Download the tournament flyer or [email protected], January 19. The Challenge Companion #3. Indy. Glendale Shopping Center Community Room, Basement of Glendale Shopping Center, Basement StaNear Sam Goody. 5-SS, G/60. Registration 8:30-9:00 a.m. Rounds: 9, II, 1,3 and 5. $500 Prize Fund based on 40 entries. Entry Fee $15 in advance. $20 at the doofffor Youth and Scholastic Players. Entries or questions to: Wick Deer, 7875 Cardinal Cove S Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46256. (317) 845-0666 (No cal ls after 9:00) omail [email protected] or download the tournament flyer.Saturday, January 26. State Scholast ic-Individual Finals, East Side MS, Anderson. Organized by Scholastic Chess ofIndiana.Saturday, January 26. Chesterton. Details later. Info: [email protected], February 2. Middlebury. UIOOIIUNR. Middlebury Public Library, 116 N. Main St ., Middlebury, IN 46540. 5-SS, G/45. EF:S4. Reg. 8:30-8:50am. RdASAP. Sets, boards, and clocks provided. Info: Joe Riegsecker at joepyelco,concentric.net or (219) 825-9218 or visit the Joepye Chess Club. NS, NC.Saturday, February 9. Middlebury. U14011UNR. Middlebury Publ ic Library, 116 N. Main St ., Middlebury, IN 46540. 5-SS, G/45. EF:S4. Reg. 8:30-8:50am. RdASAP. Se4, boards, and clocks provided. Info: Joe Riegsecker at [email protected] or (219) 825-9218 or visit the Joepye Chess Club. NS, NC.Saturday, February 9, 2002. The Orchard School Spring 2002 Scholastic Chess Tournament. 615 W 64th St., Indianapolis. 4 sections K-3, K-6, K-8, K-12. 5 rouswiss system, USCF rated, proof of membership required. Registrat ion 8 - 8:45 a.m., round 1begins at 9:00 a.m. TROPHIES for top 10 individuals and top 5 team$10 entry fee prior to Feb. 6, $15 after and on site. Mail or e-mail entr ies to Steve Risting, 53 ION. Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46220 or RistingSR(co,aol.comEntries must include name, section, grade, school, USCF number and expiration date. Questions? E-mail RistingSRlaJ,aol.com or call 317-251-2049.Saturday, February 16. Middlebury. Open. Middlebury Publ ic Library, 116 N. Main St., Middlebury, IN 46540. 4-SS. Rds. 1&2 G175. Rds. 3&4 G/90. EF:$4. R8:308:50am. Rds. 9, ASAP. Sets, boards, and clocks provided. Info: Joe Riegsecker at [email protected] or (219) 825-9218 or visit the Joepye Chess Club. NNC.Friday-Sunday, March 8-10. Vano/Brooks Chal lenge Championship. Download the tournament flyer or e-mail [email protected], March 8-10 or Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10. The Challenge Companion #4. Four County Counseling Center, 1015 Michigan Ave, LogansporSS, 40/90, 20/30. lst Rd on Saturday G175. Reg: Fri. 6-7 pm, Sat. 8:30-9:30am. Rounds: Fri: 7:30 Sat: 10, 1,5 Sun: 10,2:30. Entry Fee: $28 rcvd 3/6, $35 at Site.Place $200, U2300 $125, U2100 $100, U1900 $100, UI700 $100, UI500 $100, U1300 $100. Based on 36 entr ies. Info/Ent: Donley Chess Center, Clo Gary J FoxWheatland Ave., Logansport , IN 46947, 219-722-4965. Download the tournament flyer or e-mail [email protected].

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