JANUARY W80 VOLUME: Y ISSUE i

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY OPEN

LYNCH WINS THANKSGIVING OPEN

Sponsor - MT Chess Assoc. January 1 2 - 1 3 , I 9 8 O Place:

R e g i s t r a t i o n :

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Time C o n t r o l : P r i z e s : D i r e c t o r :

Room I - I 5 4 Wilson H a l l , MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT 59715 . ( D i r e c t i o n s w i l l be posted a t the MSU Student Union B u i l d i n g . ) 9 : 0 0-9i^5am Saturday, January 1 2 t h . E n t r y Fee = $ 5 . 0 0 A d u l t , $ 2 . 0 0 J u n i o r . Montana Chess A s s o c i a t i o n and US Chess Federation membership r e q u i r e d , may j o i n a t s i t e . MCA - $ 3 A d u l t , $2 J u n i o r . USGF - $20 A d u l t , $10 J u n i o r , $ 2 . 5 0 P a r t i c i p a t i n g J u n i o r . COMBINED - $ 2 0 A d u l t , $ 1 0 J u n i o r , $ 4 P a r t i c i p a t i n g J r . 5 Round Swiss System ( A l l p a r t i c i p a n t s play f i v e games, except byes may be req u i r e d w i t h an odd number o f p l a y e r s . ) 1 0 :00am , 2 : 3 0 p m , 7 : OOpm/lOi00am,2:30. 50 moves / 2 hours per p l a y e r , then 2 5 moves / hour t h e r e a f t e r . Trophies - 1 s t , 2 n d , 1 s t J u n i o r , Jim Loy, 1207i E. Main, Bozeman, MT 59715.

************* SEE BACK PAGE FOR ADDITIONAL TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS ! M M J! i M ! M i I ! I ! ! M M M M !! I M !!!

************* USGF - Andras Adorjan and Zol t a n R i b l i , both o f Hungary, who t i e d f o r t h i r d place i n the Riga I n t e r z o n a l Tournament a l s o played t o a 3 - 3 deadlock i n a p l a y o f f match. This r e s u l t was q u i t e s a t i s f a c t o r y t o Adorjan who had the b e t t e r Sonnenbom-Berger t i e break a t Riga and thus earned the r i g h t t o p l a y Robert Hlibner o f West Germany i n the q u a r t e j > f i n a l s o f the Candidates Matches.

The complete q u a r t e r - f i n a l p a i r i n g s f o l l o w : 1 C31 V i c t o r Korchnol ( S w i t z e r l a n d ) 2 Ol B o r i s Spassky (USSR) 3 GM M i k h a i l T a l (USSR) 4 GM Robert Hiibner (FRG)

C34 Ti g r a n P e t r o s i a n (USSR) 04 Lajos P o r t i s c h (Hungary) GM Lev Polugaevski (USSR) GM Andras Adorjan (Hungary)

The matches i n the q u a x t e r - f i n a l s are won by the the p l a y e r who has the lead a f t e r 10 games, and the s e m i - f i n a l s w i l l p i t the winner o f Korchnoi-Petrosian against the win-ner o f Tal-Polugaevski and the winner o f Spassky-Portisch against the winner of Hubner-AdorJan.

************* USGF - Despite the r a t h e r poor performance o f the American r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s i n the Men's I n t e r z o n a l Tournaments and the f a i l u r e o f any Americans t o q u a l i f y f o r the p l a y o f f s , there was one very promising r e s u l t . Diane Savereide of Santa Monica, GA placed f i f t h a t the Women's I n t e r z o n a l i n A l i c a n t e , Spain w i t h a score of 11-6, which i s by f a r the best r e -s u l t by an American woman i n many years. As a mat t e r of f a c t , Diane was the s t a r of the second h a l f o f the tournament as she scored seven p o i n t s i n her l a s t e i g h t games - i n the process d e f e a t i n g three Soviet p a r t i c i p a n t s who f i n i s h e d 1 s t , 3rd and 4 t h .

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MONTANA STATE JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 1979 Tournament Report Place Name Rating RDl RD2 HD3 RD4 RD5 Score Tie-Bre;

1 L e s l i e Gunderson 1417 WU W2 W3 W5 5-0 2 Ed Sheehan 12S2 W6 W4 L I rf8 W7 4 - 1 8 3 Jaye Mathison 1263 W9 y8 W7 L I W4 4-1 7 k Paul Hughes 1085 W5 L2 WI2 W9 L3 3-2 9 5 Hugh S a f f o r d 861 L4 WI3 Wll W6 L I 3-2 ? i 6 Mike Hoth 992 L2 W12 WIG L5 W6 3-2 6 7 Ty Schulz 976 W12 L I L3 Wll L2 2 - 3 9 8 Mike Stroup 9 4 4 WIO L3 W13 L2 L6 2 - 3 8 J 9 Troy Lemieux 864 L3 L U WIG* L4 y i 2 2 - 3

10 Tom Gates 684 L 8 L9* L6 Bye Wll 2 - 3 5iM 11 Tim Tow 760 L I L5 LF LIO 1-4 6 i / l l l 12 Gary H e w i t t 563 L 7 l 6 L4 WI3 L9 1-4 61/11 13 Don Murray 440 Bye L5 L3 LF — 1-3 2

October 27-28, 1979 Prizes l s t / 2 n d Team 2 n d / l s t Team 3 i d / l s t Team 2nd Team

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Trophies were awarded f o r a l l p r i z e s . *-Played between rounds t o e l i m i n a t e byes. * * - l s t J r . High Team. Ratings l i s t e d are post-event r a t i n g s from USGF cr o s s t a b l e p r i n t o u t .

RDl BD2 Ed Sheehan-Mike Hoth KING PAWN 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f 6 ? 3 Bb5 a c6 4 Bc4 b5 b 5 Bxg8 Rxg8 6 0-0 g5 7 d4 e x d 4 8 Nxd4 c 5 9 Nxb5 a6 10 Rel! c axb5? 11 e5? d Rg6? e 12 e x f 6 + Kf7 13 Qd5+ Kxf6 14 ;ixa8 ^c7 15 Qf3+ Kg7 I 6 b3 Kh6? 17 Bb2? g4? 18 .ixf8+ Kh5 19 Re5+ Rg5 20 Rxg5+ Kxg5 21 Of6+ Kh5 22 Nd2 Bb7 2 3 ^3+ Kh6 24 Qxg4 b4? 2 5 Bg7++. 1-0. a 3 Nxe5! i s a w e l l known t r a p : 3 . . . f x e 5 ? ? 4 t ih5+ K37 5 Bc4+ d 5 ! 6 Bxd5+ Kg6 7 h 4 h5 8 B x b 7 w i n n i n g a t l e a s t a rook, b Or . . , d 5 . c S e t t i n g a t r a p , d 11 Qd5 " i n s a rook, e 1 1 . . . Bb7. Notes by Jim Loy. RD3 3D2 Ed Sheehan-Leslie Gunderson RUY LOPEZ 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 4 Ng5 d 5 a 5 Nc3 dxe4 6 Ngxe4 Nxe4 7 Nxe4 i^dS 8 Nc3? b Qxg2 9 R f l Bg4 10 Bxc6+ b x c 6 11 Ne2 ^ h 2 c 12 d4 0-0-0 13 f 3 Bh3 14 Rgl exd4!! d I 5 Bf4 flb4+ 16 c 3 d x c 3 17 Qxd8+ e Hxd8 18 Bxh2 cxb2+ 19 Kf2 Bc5+ 20 Kg3 bxal=ti 2 1 Rxal Bf5 22 Kg2 Rd2 2 3 K f l Bd6 f 24 Bgl Bh3+ ^ 25 Kel 3b4 26 Rbl? Ht2+ and Black won. 0-1. Notes by J l : ^ Loy. a 4 . . . h 6 . b 8 Qe2 o r 8 Bxc6+. c Watch t h i s Queen get i n t o t r o u b l e and th^.n magically get out. d A Queen S a c r i f i c e ! e What else? f 23...Bd3 trades more pieces. £ 24. ..Bd3.

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THANKSGIVING OPEN '79 Tournament Report November 17-18. 1* Place Name Rating RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 Score

1 B i l l Lynch 1725 WI9 WI3 ^5 W4 W3 2 Roberto Barajas 1614 W14 WIG D3 D5 w6 4 - 1 3 Gordon Shuck 1687 D I 5 W12 D2 W7 Dl 3 t - l i -4 Bob McKinnon 1716 D12 W9 W18 L I '.no 3 | - l i 5 Kip Stubberud 1743 W16 W6 L I D2 D8 3-2 6 Don Kendall ( I 6 0 0 ) W7 L5 W14 WI3 L2 3-2

Don N o r r i d 1246 L6 Bye Wll L3 WI5 3-2 8 Mike Jensen 1456 D18 D I 5 DIG W12 D5 3-2 9 Bob Perry 1152 Bye L4 L12 WI9 W13 3-2

1 0 Kark Laceky 1237 WI7 L2 D8 W18 L 4 2 i - 2 ^ 11 Jack Reddy 1466 L I 3 WI9 L7 D14 W18 2^2-1 1 2 Tony M a t t i n a 1309 D4 L3 W9 L8 D14 2 - 3 13 John Austreng 1212 Wll L I ^15 L6 L9 2 - 3 14 Ray Jorgenson 1255 L2 W16 L6 D l l D12 2 - 3 15 Gary R i t c h i e 1294 D3 D8 L I 3 W16 L7 2 - 3 16 Claude Laubach 1363 L5 L14 WI7 L I 5 Bye 2 - 3 1 7 Andy Shuck 1519 LIO L I 8 L16 Bye V̂19 2 - 3 1 8 Ed Peterson NON D8 y i 7 L4 LIO L l l 1^-31 19 C a r r o l l Salmons 1336 L I L l l Bye L9 L I 7 1-4

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iWl DUi h.ip axuDtaerUQ-uiauae i4 Kg3 Bhl 35 Ra4 h6 36 K f 4 g5+37 3 7 Ke5 Nc2 38 Ra7+ Kg6 39 Ra6+ Kh5 40 Kf6 Nd4 Black Resigns. 1-0 RD3 BD8 Tony Mattina-Bob Perry QUEEN PAWN 1 N-KB3 N-QB3 2 P-Q4 P-Q4 3 P-QB4 N-KB3 4 PxP NxP 5 P-K4 N-B3 6 N-QB3 P-K3 7 B-QII5 P-QR3 8 BxN ch NPxB 9 N-K5 B-Q2 10 0-0 P-KR3 11 B-Q2 N-R2 12 Q-B3 P-B3?? See the DIAGRAM a t r i g h t . 13 Q-R5ch! K-K2 14 Q-B7ch K-Q3 15 N-B4I Mate. 1-0 RD3 BD7 Jack Reddy-Don Norrid ENGLISH 1 P-QB4 P-K4 2 N-QB3 N-KB3 3 N-KB3 P-Q3 ̂ P-Q^ B-K2 5 PxP PxP 6 QxQ BxQ 7 NxP 0-0 8 P-KN3 R-Kl 9 N-KB3 P-i;jJ3 10 B-N2 B-N2 11 0-0 N-Q2 12 R-Kl N-B4 I 3 B-K3 N/4-K5 14 N-QN5 P-QB3 15 N-R3 B-B2 16 N-B2 P-QB4 I 7 N-KN5 P-KR3 18 NxN Njdl 19 R/RI-BI R/RI-NI 20 R/KI-QI N-Q3 21 N-R3 BxB 22 KxB N-B4 2 3 N-B2 NxBch 24 NxN B-R4 2 5 T-QS^J B-Q5 26 R-Q3 R-K3 2 7 R/I-QI R / I - K I 28 K-Bl BxN 2 9 PxB RxP 30 RxR RxR 31 R-Q8ch K-R2 32 R-Q7 K-N3 33 RxRP R-B6 34 R-R6 R-B8ch 35 K-B2 K-B4 36 RxP K-K4 37 R-B6 K-Q5 38 R-Q6ch K-B6 39 R-Q5 K-N5 40 R-Q7 R-QR8 41 R-N7ch K-B6 43 R xP KxP 44 R-N4 R-B7 4 5 R-R4 RxBP 46 RxP R-N5 47 P-N4 P-B5 48 P-N5 P-B6 49 R-R3 K-N7 50 R xP KxP 51 K-B3 K-Q5 52 P-R4 K-K4 53 K-N3 K-B4 5 4 P-K3 R-K5 55 K-R3 RxPch 56 K-N2 K-N3 57 K-R2 K-R4 58 K-N2 KxP White Resigns. 0-1 RD3 BD5 Mike Jenaen-Mark Laceky QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED 1 P-Q4 P-Q4 2 P-QB4 P-K3 3 N-QB3 N-KB3 4 B-N5 B-K2 5 P-K3 0-0 6 B-Q3 P-QN3 7 Q-B2 P-KR3 8 B-B4 B-N2 9 PxP NxP 10 NxN BxN 11 BxBP Q-Q2 12 P-K4 R-Bl 13 PxB RxB 14 Q-N3 QxP I 5 QxQ PxQ 16 N-K2 B-N5ch 17 K-Ql N-B3 18 R-QBl R/Rl-QBl 19 P-QR3 B-K2 20 P-KN3 B-B3 21 B-R6 R-Ql 22 B-N7 R-Q3 2 3 BxN R/3xB 24 RxR RxR 2 5 K-Q2 P-QN4 26 K-Q3 P-QR4 2 7 R-QBl R-B5 28 RxR NPxRch 29 K-B3 P-N4 30 P-N3 PxP 31 KxP K-Bl 32 K-R4 B-Ql 33 K-N5 K-K2 >4 K-B5 K-K3 35 P-QR4 P-B4 36 N-Bl B-K2ch 37 K-N5 B-N5 38 N-N3 B-B6 39 P-B3 P-N5 40 PxP PxP 41 K-B5 B-N5ch 42 K-B6 B-B6 4 3 N-B5ch K-B4 44 KxP P-R4 4 5 N-N3 B-K8 46 K-B6 P-R5 47 PxP BxP 48 P-Q5 K-B5 49 N-Q4 K-K4 50 N-K2 K-K5 51 P-Q6 K-B6 52 N-N3 K-N7 53 K-B7 KxP 5 4 N-B5 B-N4 55 P-Q7 P-N6 56 NxP KxN 57 P-B8=Q BxQ 58 KxB K-B5 59 K-B7 K-K5 6 0 K-N6 K-Q4 61 KxP K-B4 62 K-R6 K-B3 6 3 K-R7 K-B2 64 P-R5 K-B3 65 P-R6 K-B2 Draw.

RD3 BDl Kip Stubberud-Bill Lynch CENTER COUNTER 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Nf6 3 Bb5+ a Bd7 4 Bc4 Bg4 b 5 f3 Bc8 c 6 Nc3 Nbd7 7 d 4 d Nb6 8 Bd3 Nbxd5 9 Nxd5 Qxd5 10 Ne2 e5 11 0-0?! e exd5 12 Rel Be7 13 Nf4 Qd6 14 Qe2 g 5 ! f 15 Nh3 h6 16 Bd2 Be6 17 c3 0-0-0 £ 18 Radl Qb6 19 c x d 5 Qxd5+ 20 Be3 Qa4 21 Bb5 Qa5! h 22 Bd4? i DIAGRAM Rxd4! 2 3 Rad4 Bc5 24 Redl Rd8 2 5 Qe5 Bxd4 26 Rxd4 Qb6! J 2 7 Q x f 6 ? k Rxd4 28 N f 2 Rdl+ 29 B f l Rxflf! 30 Kxfl Bc4+ 31 Kgl Q x f 6 32 Ne4 Qd4+ 33 Nf2 Qd2 34 Ne4 Qel++. 0-1 a White cam hold the pawn with 3 c^, theory holds that Black gets s u f f i c i e n t counterplay with the gambit 3...c6 4 d x c 6 Nxc6. b At t a c k -ing the d-pawn and provoking a weakness. (Notes cont'd n

c An odd l o o k i n g move which i s best according t o theory. I t maintains the a t t a c k on the d-pawn and p r o t e c t s the b-pawn and the Bishop, d White must play 7 Qe2 Nb6 8 Q(13 t o hol d the pawn, but Black achieves an equal game due t o the awkward placement of White's pieces, e Whites essays a gambit hoping t o catch the Black King i n the center, f C a s t l i n g King-s i d e i s taboo anyway, so Black opts t o play a c t i v e l y and s t a r t some Kingside a c t i o n o f h i s own. £ Black has achieved a s l i g h t l y more a c t i v e p o s i t i o n w i t h a pawn p l u s , d i s p r o v i n g White's gambit on move 1 1 . h Not Q x a 2 , when White has a s t r o n g a t t a c k w i t h Rail i I n time t r o u b l e a l r e a d y , White overlooks a combination, j Not 26...Rxd4 2 7 Bd7ch Rxd7 28 QxaS-k What else? Black's discovered check t h r e a t s coming up are h o r r i b l e . RD4 BD8 Claude Laubach-Gary R i t c h i e 1 e 4 c 5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 c x d 4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Bd3 g6 6 0 - 0 Bg7 7 c 3 0 - 0 8 Nd2 Nc6 9 N 2 f 3 d 5 10 e 5 Nd7 11 Nxc6 b x c 6 12 Rel e6 13 Qc2 Qc7 14 Bf4 Nc5 15 h 3 Rb8 16 b4 N x d 3 17 Qxd3 c 5 18 a3 cxb4 I 9 cxb4 Bd7 20 Racl Qb7 21 Nd4 a6 22 Re2 Ba4 2 3 Rte Rfc8 24 Rxc8+ Rxc8 2 5 Rbl Bb5 26 Nxb5 Qxb5 2 7

P-K3 ^ P-QN3 B-N2 5 B-N2 B-K2 6 B-Q3 N-QB3 7 P-QR3 P-KR3 8 0-0 P-Q3 9 P-QB4 Q-Q2 10 P-qN4 P-Q4 11 N-q33 P-Q5 12 PxP NxP 13 N-K5 Q-Q3 14 N-K2 NxN+ 15 BxN KH-Nl 16 KB-B3 BxB 17 QxB R-Nl 18 N-B6! R-Ql? See DIAGRAM a t r i g h t . 19 B-K5 QxP 20 R-B2 Q-Q2 21 NxR BxN 22 R-Ql Q-Bl 2 3 R/2-Q2 K-K2 24 Q-B6 P-N4 2 5 B-Q6ch Black Resigns. 1 - 0 ' RD4 BD6 Marfc Laceky-Ed Peterson SICILIAN 1 P-K4 P-QB4 2 B-B4 P-K3 3 N-QB3 N-QB3 4 N-B3 P-QR3 5 P-QR4 N-R4 6 B-R2 P-B5 7 Q-K2 P-N4 8 PxP PxP 9 NxP B-R3 10 BxP! NxB 11 QxN BxN 12 RxR BxQ 13 RxQch KxR 14 N-K5 N-R3 15 P-Q3 B-R3 16 Bril K-Kl 17 B-K3 P-Q3 18 N-KB3 B-K2 19 K-K2 0-0 20 R-QRl R-Rl 21 K-Q2 B-N2 22 RxRch BxR 23 P-QB4 P-KB3 24 P-KN3 K-B2 25 B-N6 P-B4 26 K-K3 PxP 2 7 PxP P-K4 28 B-B7 P-R3 29 N-Q2 K-K3 30 P-q^4 B-N4ch 31 P-B4 PxPch 32 PxP B-K2 33 N-KB3 K-Q2 34 B-N6 K-B3 35 B-Q4 B-B3 36 P-K5 PxP 37 BxP BxB 38 PxB K-Q̂ 39 K-B4 P-K4ch 40 NxP PxNch 41 KxP K-K3 42 K-B4 B-N7 4 3 P-R4 B-B8 44 P-B5 B-Q6 4 5 K-K3 B-N4 46 K-Q4 K-B4 47 K-Q5 B-Q6 48 P-B6 K-N5 49 P-B7 B-R3 50 P-K6 Black Resigns. 1-0 RD5 BD6 Don Norrid-Gary R i t c h i e RUY LOPEZ 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 B-N5 P-QR3 4 BxN QPxB 5 N-QB3 KB-B5 6 0-0 N-KB3 7 NxP 0-0 8 P-Q3 R-Kl 9 N-B3 N-Q2 10 P-Q4 B-Bl 11 P-K5 P-KB3 12 PxP NxP 13 B-N5 B-K2 14 BxN BxB 15 Q-Q3 R-K2 16 K R-Kl Q-Bl 17 RxR BxR 18 R-Kl B-B4 19 N-K4 R-Kl 20 N-K5 B-Q3 21 Q-N3ch B-K3 22 QxP R-Nl 2 3 QxRP RxP 24 QxP R-N3 2 5 Q-R4 Q-B4 26 NxB PxN 2 7 Q-K8ch Q-Bl 28 QxBch K-Rl 2 9 N-Q7 Black Resigns. 1-0 RD5 BD7 Ed Peterson-Jack Reddy ENGLISH 1 P-QB4 P-K4 2 N-QB3 N-KB3 3 P-K4 N-QB3 4 N-KB3 P-Q3 5 P-Q^ PxP 6 NxP B-Q2 7 B-K2 B-K2 8 0-0 0-0 9 B-N5 NxP 10 BxB QxB 11 R-Kl NxN 12 PxN Q-B3 13 B-N4 BxB 14 QxB N-K4 I 5 Q-N3 P-QR3 16 R-K4 Q-N3 17 QR-Kl QxQ 18 RPxQ P-KN4 19 P-B4 P-KB4 20 R-K2 PxP 21 PxP N-Q6 22 R-KBl N-B4 2 3 R-K7 R-B2 24 R / l - K l N-Q^ 2 5 R-K8ch RxR 26 RxRch K-N2 27 N-K6ch K-B3 28 N-N5 R-K2 2 9 R-B8ch K-N2 30 RxP K-N3 31 R-B8 NxP 32 NxP White Resigns. 0-1 RD5 BD8 Tony Mattina-Ray Jorgenson BENONI 1 P-QB4 P-QB4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 P-Q-̂ P-K3 ^ P-Q5 PxP 5 PxP N-Nl 6 P-K4 P-Q3 7 N-QB3 P-QR3 8 B-Q3 B-K2 9 N-K2 B-N5 10 N-N3 N-Q2 11 N-B5 BxN 12 PxB N/1-KB3 13 N-N5 P-QN4 14 Q-K2 P-KR3 15 N-K4 NxN 16 BxN N-B3 17 0-0 0-0 18 R-Kl NxB 19 QxN B-B3 20 Q-KN4 R-R2 21 R-K2 R-K2 22 B-K3 K-R2 23 QR-Kl R / I - K I 24 Q-KR3 Q-Rl 25 P-KN4 QxP 2 6 P-KN5 BxKNP 27 R-Q2 Q-K4 28 R/l-Ql P-KB3 29 BxB BPxB 30 RxP Q-KB5 31 K-Bl R-K8ch 32 RxR RxRch 33 KxR QxR 34 Q-K3 Q-KB3 Drawn, -^i RD5 BDl Gordon S h u c k - B i l l Lynch BIRD'S 1 f 4 d5 2 N f 3 Nf6 3 e3 c 5 4 b3 e6 5 Bt2 Bd6 6 Nc3 a6 7 a4 0-0 8 Ne2 Nc6 9 Ng3 Qe7 10 Bd3 e5? a 11 f x e 5 Nxe5 12 Qe2 Bg4 b I 3 Nf5 Bxf5 14 Bxf5 Nxf3+? 15 Q x f 3 Be5 16 Bxe5 Qxe5 I 7 0-0 b6 18 Q f 4 Rae8 I 9 Bd3 a5 20 Bb5 Re7 21 Rael Ne4? c 22 Qxe5 Rxe5 2 3 d4 c x d 4 ? 24 e x d 4 Re6 25 c4 Nd2?? d 26 c x d 5 Rd6 27 Rf4! Rxd5 28 Rdl Nxb3 29 Bc4 Nxd4! 3 0 Rfxd4 Rc5 e 31 R f l Rc7 32 R4f4 h6 33 Rbl Rb8 >4 h4 Re7 35 Kf2 f Rc7 36 Ke3 Re8+ 37 Kd3 Rd8+ 38 Rd4 Rb8 39 Bb5 Re7 40 Rd7?? Rxd7+ 41 Bxd7 Drawn. £ ^-^ a Probably not good, g i v i n g up a center pawn and weakening the o t h e r , b 12 . . . N x d 3 13 Qxd3 Be3 i s probably best, c B e t t e r i s 21...Qxf4. d B e t t e r i s 25...Nc3. e At t h i s p o i n t Black's game i s probably r e s i g n a b l e . Gordon w i l l win w i t h an advantage l i k e t h i s 9 out of 10 times. But, I decided I needed the p r a c t i c e a t defending i n f e r i o r p o s i t i o n s and chose t o play a t l e a s t u n t i l the time c o n t r o l a t 40 moves, f White might t r y Rf3-R3b3-Bd5 t o capture the b-pawn. £ 4l...Rd8 wins the Bishop. I s t h i s any way t o win a tournament? Yes! Any way you can g et i t , ( A l l game notes by B i l l Lynch.)

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MONTANA STATE PRISON WINTER OPEN Sponsor - MSP Chess Club, Montana Chess Association Date: January 2 6 - 2 ? , I 9 8 O Place: World of Work Room, Education Building, Montana

State Prison Ranch, Box 7 , Deer Lodge, Montana 5 9 7 2 2 . (West of Deer Lodge - See Map at right.)

Registration: See entry blank page 5 . ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. NO LATE REGIST-RATION. NO IlEGISTRATION AT SITE. E n t r i e s must

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be postmarked no l a t e r than Jan. 1 1 , I 9 8 O . Mail to B i l l Lynch. 1144 Harvard Ave., B i l l i n g s , MT 5 9 1 0 2 . ( R e l a t i v e s , close friends or persons on an inmate's regular v i s i t o r s l i s t may not enter.)

Entry: Adults $ 3 . 0 0 , Juniors (under I 9 ) $ 2 . 0 0 . Rounds: 4 Round Swiss System, 9:00am,2:OOpm/9:00am,2: 00pm. Memberships: Montana Chess Association and US Chess Federation membership required, may

j o i n a t s i t e . MCA - $3 Adult, $2 Junior. USCF - $20 Adult, $10 Junior. $ 2 . 5 0 Part-i c i p a t i n g Junior. COMBINED - $20 Adult, $10 Junior, ^i4 F a r t i c i p a t i n s Junior.

Time Control: 2 5 moves/ 1 hour per player, then 2 5 moves / hour thereafter. P r i z e s : Medals per e n t r i e s . (Probably 1 s t , 2 n d ; 1 s t & 2 n d D-S-UNR| 1 s t , 2nd & 3rd Inmate.) Directors: Charles A. Jacobs, J r . & B i l l Lynch. Notes: V i s i t o r s should a r r i v e by 8:30am on Saturday and Sunday for check-in through the

Security gate. They w i l l leave and return as a group f o r meals at ll:00am-12:30pm and 4:00pm-5:30pm. They w i l l leave as a group on Saturday a f t e r :iound 2 but may leave i n d i v i d u a l l y at the completion of t h e i r Round 4 games on Sunday. Intermediate departures and reen t r i e s w i l l not be allowed e i t h e r day. While not playing, inmates and v i s i t o r s may lounge or discuss chess in the adjacent small conference room. Sets and boards w i l l be provided by the MSP Chess Club. V i s i t o r s should bring chess clocks and may also have books and personal e f f e c t s (pens, pencils, keys, wallets -but not, of course, pocket knives.) No food may be brought in through the gate.

************** 4TH COPPER KINGS OPEN Sponsor - Montana Chess Association March 1 - 2 , I 9 8 O Place: Butte Commtinity Center, 2 5 r W , Front. Street, Butte, MT 5 9 7 0 1 , Registration: 9i00-10:00am Saturday March 1 s t , Entry Foe = $ 8 . 0 0 . Montana Chess Associa-

tion and US Chess Federation membership requii-ed, may join at s i t e . KiCA -$3 Adult, $2 Junior (under I 9 ) . USCF - $20 Adult, $10 Junior, $2 . 5 0 Part-i c i p a t i n g Junior. COMBINED - $20 Adult. $10 Junior. $4 P a r t i c i p a t i n g Junior. 5 Round Robin / 5 Round Swiss System. Two 6 man sections determined by 'JJCF ratings plus an open section. ( A l l participants play f i v e games, except byes may be required by an odd number of players.) 1 0 : 0 0 a m , 2 : 3 0 p m , 7:00pm / 10 :00am, 2 : 3 0 p m . 40 moves / 2 hours per player. Then 2 5 moves / hour thereafter, 1st Trophy + $15 & 2 n d - $15 each section. (Trophies are hand carved s t a l l i o n heads cut from semi-precious Onyx,) Andy Shuck, Rt. #1, Box #104, Whitehall, MT 5 9 7 5 9 . Gordon Shuck has offered to Lodge up to seven v i s i t i n g players at h i s home in Whitehall. Those interested should phone or write in advance.

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