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1 B i l l Lynch 1720 W28 W18 Wi5 W8 W4 5-0 2 Tim O'Connor ID 1518 W20 W17 L8 W5 W9 4-1 3 Merv Mecklenberg 1357 L19 W20 W17 Wll W8 4-1 k Gordon Shuck 1577 W24 W14 D7 W6 LI 3 i - i i 5 Mike Jenson NON Wll W13 D6 L2 W15 3 ^ - i i 6 Roland Brodnlak 1552 WIO W22 D5 L4 W16 3 | - l i 7 Matthew Guthrie 1556 LI 7 W26 D4 W14 W13 3 | - l | 8 Kip Stubberud 1771 W16 W9 W2 LI L3 3-2 9 Louis Partney 1323 W27 L8 W22 WIO L2 3-2

10 Ray Anderson UNR L6 W21 W18 L9 W17 3-2 11 Anthony Mattina 1305 L5 W25 W19 L3 W22 3-2 12 August Shaver NON L14 W24 W26 LI 3 W18 3-2 13 John Hay 1350 W23 L5 D14 W12 L7 ? ? 14 Terry M i t c h e l l 1262 W12 L4 D13 L7 W23 2^-2^ 15 Andy Shuck 1444 W25 W19 LI D16 L5 16 Goyle Long 1213 L8 W27 W23 D15 L6 17 Don Norrid 1 0 8 3 W7 L2 L3 W21 LIO 2-3 18 Neale Sikveland 1326 W21 LI LIO W19 H 2 2-3 19 Duane Hildenstab UNR W3 LI 5 LU LI 8 W24 2-3 20 Lyle Peterson UNR L2 L3 L21 W28 W27 2-3 21 Benny Shieh WY NON LI 8 LIO W20 L17 W25 2 - 3 22 Mlchal Moncur WY 6 9 3 Bye L6 L9 W24 LU 2 -3 2 3 Ray Jorgenson UNR LI 3 W28 L16 W25 L14 2 -3 24 Doug Brock 1127 L4 L12 L 2 7 W26 L19 1-4 2 5 Derrick Watson NON LI 5 LU W28 L 2 3 L21 1-4 26 Jeremy Blanchard NON jBye L7 L12 L24 D28 1-4 2 7 Evan Caster NON LIO LI 6 W24 LF LF 1-4 2 8 Boyd Wlmmer ID 1150 LI L23 L25 L20 D26 2 ^ 2

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*********** RD4 BDl B i l l Lynch(1720)-Kip Stubberud( 1771) SICILIAN 1 e4 c 5 2 N f 3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 N f 6 5 Nc3 g6 6 Bc4 a Bg7 7 Bb3 b Nc6 8 N4e2 c a6 d 9 Bg5 e b5 f 10 B x f 6 B x f 6 £ U (^5 h Bb7 12 Qxf7+ Kd7 13 Qe6+ 1 Kc7 14 Nd5+ Kbl 15 N x f 6 e x f 6 16 0-0-0 Re8 17 Qxd6+ Qxd6 18 Rxd6 Rxe4 I 9 Nc3 Rf4 J 20 f 3 Kc7? 21 Rhdl k Ne5 22 Ne2 Rh4 23 h3 Rf8 DIAGRAM 1 24 g3! Rh6 m 25 f 4 B f 3 26 fxe5 Bxe2 2 7 Rel fxe5 28 Rxa6 n Rf7 29 h4 Rh5 30 Bg8 g5 31 Ra7+ Kd6 0 32 Bf7l gxh4 33 Bxh5 Bxh5 34 Rxh7 Bg6 35 Rh6 Rf6 36 gxh4 Kc6 37 h 5 Bf5 38 Rh8 Rf7 39 Re8+ K f 6 40 Rlxe5 Kg5 41 Rg8+ Kh6 42 Rxb5 Rf6 4 3 Rgl Rd6 44 Rxf5 R5g5 ^5 Rd4 Rlg4 46 Rg7+ Rh8 47 Rg8+ Resigns. 1-0. a My f a v o r i t e move against a l l l i n e s of the S i c i l i a n . I t i s not considered best here, but serves to move the game out of

"the book", b Poor - too cautious. 7 f 3 preparing Be3 to shore up the Knight at d4 i s pre-ferable. Now, Black forces White to waste time, c Black was threatening Nxe4. Now, he has caught up i n development and has at least an equal game a f t e r 0-0. d Black i s hoping to save a tempo by delaying c a s t l i n g as long as possible. Somewhat l u l l e d by White's 7th and 8th moves he overlooks the dangers on the a2-g8 diagonal and the half open Queen f i l e , e Played to prevent 9...b5. f Not seeing the danger. £ I f e x f 6 11 B x f 7 + K x f 7 12 ^ 5 + . h After B x f 7 + K f l , White loses momentum r e t r e a t i n g the Bishop. _ i A f t e r Be6+ Kd2 14 Nd5+ Kbl 15 Nx f 6 e x f 6 Black may f i n d some counterplay a f t e r Ra2. J A p a i n f u l necessity to avoid the loss of a second pawn, but the Rook becomes enmeshed i n the Kingside pawns, k Missing the oppur-t u n i t y to grab a second pawn with R x f 6 R x f 6 22 Nd5+. 1 A l l of Black's pieces have f i n a l l y come i n t o play with chances f o r an active defense. I almost settled on the passive 24 Nc3 but a f t e r some 25 minutes I found a way to keep the pressure on. m . . . R x h 3 25 Nf4 Rxg3 26 Ne6+, n The move which made 24 g3 deslreable. o Kb6 i s necessary to save the Rook, but PTack i s almost c e r t a i n l y l o s t a f t e r 32 Rxh7 anyway.

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BOBBY FISCHER - THE GREATEST? Dr. Max Euwe BOOK REVIEW Provided with a complimentary review copy of t h i s new book, I was treated to an

i n t e r e s t i n g i n depth comparison of Fischer's a b i l i t i e s to those of the great Champions of the past w i t h p a r t i c u l a r emphasis on Capablanca, Alekhlne and Dr. Lasker, Dr. Euwe, himself a former world champion, provides very thorough analysis of key games ( a l l com-plete games wi t h numerous diagrams) which he feels h i g h l i g h t the comparitive strengths of Fischer and these three players. Also included are some of the games Fischer has play-ed against those former World Champions s t i l l l i v i n g - Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and Spassky. Most experts agree that studying Master games i s a good way to improve ones play. As t h i s book contains games of the world's best players i t i s highly recommended f o r such study, though the complex ajialysis may be best suited to Class C and stronger players. There are a few p r i n t i n g errors, but I found none that could not be decifered. Perhaps the only dlssappolntment was a lack of a d i f l n i t i v e answer to the question asked i n the t i t l e . - WML $8.95 S t e r l i n g Publishing Co., Inc. , New York, I979i Hardcover, English Notation, 202pages.

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Standings t o date i n the 1979 Montana Grand P r i x Championship competition are as followsi 1-2 Marc Lynn, B i l l Lynch 10; > 4 Kip Stubberud, Tim O'Gonner 7; 5 Merv Mecklenberg 5; 6 Gordon Shuck 3; 7-12 Mike Jenson, Jack Reddy, Andy Shuck, Dan Smith, Tom Romine, Ray Anderson 2; 13-14 Roland Brodnlak, Goyle Long 1.

************* RD5 BDl Gordon Shuck(1577)-Blll Lynch NIMZO-INDIAN 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 a3 Bx c3+ 5 bxc3 c5 6 f 3 d5 7 cxd5 Nxd5 8 Qc2 cxd4 9 cxd4 Nc6 10 e3 Bd7 U Bd2 Rc8 12 Qbl Na5 13 Bb5 Nc6 14 Ne2 0^5+ 15 g3 Qe7 16 Bxc6 Bxc6 17 e4 Nb6 18 0-0 W 19 Be3 Nc4 20 Bf4 0-0 21 Qb4 Ba4 22 d5 a5 23 dxe6 fxe6 24 Qel e5 25 Bel W 26 Rf2 Rxf3 27 Rxf3 Gixf3 28 Nc3 Bc6 29 Ra2 b5 30 Qe2? White Resigns. 0-1 RD5 BD2 Kip Stubberud-Merv Mecklenberg(l357) EVAN'S GAMBIT 1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-QB3 3 B-B4 B-B4 4 P-QN4 BxNP 5 P-B3 B-R4 6 P-Q4 N-B3 7 PxP N-KN5 8 BxP+ KxB 9 N-N5 K-Kl 10 QxN NxP 11 Q-Ql P-Q3 12 P-KB4 N-B3 13 0-0 Q-K2 14 P-K5 B-B4 15 PxP QxP 16 Q-N3 B-N3+ 17 K-Rl Q-B3 18 B-R3 R-Ql 19 R-Kl K-Q2 20 N-B7 B-K3 21 Ci-Ql+ K-Bl 22'NxQR RxN 23 Q-K2 B-Q4 24 B-N2 QxKBP 25 N-Q2 BxP+ 26 KxB RxN 27 QR-Ql Rx^ 28 RxR Q-N5+ 29 K-Bl Q-N8mate. 0-1 RD5 BD3 Louis Partney(l323)-Tim 0'Gonner(l518) GRUENFELD DEFENCE 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 4 P-K3 B-N2 5 B-Q3 0-0 6 N-B3 B-N5 7 P-QN3 P-B4 8 B-K2 N-B3 9 N-K5 Bx B 10 NxN BxQ 11 NxQ KRxN 12 NxB BPxP 13 BPxP PxP 14 NxP NxP 15 R-^1 N-B6 l 6 R-N2 QR-Bl 17 0-0 N-Q4 18 NxN RxN 19 R-K2 P-K3 20 P-KR3 P-N3 21 B-K3 R / I - Q I 22 R-Bl B-K4 23.P-N3 K-N2 24 R/2-B2 R-Q2 25 K-N2 R-Q8 26 RxR RxR 27 B-Q2 R-QN8 28 K-B3 R-N7 29 RxR BxR 30 K-K4 P-B4ch 31 K-Q3 P-K4 32 K-B4 B-Q5 33 B-K3 BxB 34 PxB K-B3 35 K-N5 P-KN4 36 P-QR4 P-B5 37 KPxP NPxP 38 NPxP KPxP 39 Resigns. 0-1 RD3 BD3 Roland Brodiiiak(l552)-Mike Jenson(Na^) GRUENFELD DEFENCE 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 2 P-QB4 P-KN3 3 N-QB3 P-Q4 4 N-B3 B-N2 5 B-N5 P-QB3 6 P-K3 0-0 7 P-KR3 QN-Q2 8 PxP PxP 9 B-Q3 P-K3 10 0-0 Q-N3 11 Q-B2 Q-B3 12 KR-Bl P-QR3 13 N-QR4 QxQ 14 RxQ P-QN4 15 N-B5 NxN 16 RxN N-Q2 17 R-B7 P-B3 18 B-R4 P-K4 19 PxP NxP 20 NxN PxN 21 QR-QBl B-B4 22 BxB PxB 23 P-QN4 P-Q5 24 PxP PxP 25 B-K7 R-B2 26 R-B8ch RxR 27 RxRch B-Bl 28 RxBch RxR 29 BxR KxB 30 K-Bl K-K2 31 K-K2 K-K3 32 K-Q3 K-K4 33 P-N3 P-B5 3^ P-KR4 PxP 35 PxP K-Q4 36 P-N4 K-K4 37 P-N5 K-B4 38 KxP K-N5 39 K-K5 KxP 40 K-B6 K-R4 41 K-B5 K-R5 42 P-R3 K-R4 43 K-B4 K-N3 44 K-N4 K-B2 45 K-R4 DRAWN. i-|

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The fo l l o w i n g are hand calculated ratings from the results of the 3id Copper Kings Open and the Western Montajia Open. They w i l l be used f o r p a i r i n g purposes u n t i l o f f i c i a l r a t -ings are published because the USCF i s temporarily without an operating computer system. Mike Jenson MS MT 1595 Lyle Petersen PD MT 1257 Steve Davis BL MT 1049 Ray Anderson WS MT I363 Ray Jorgenson PL MT 1115 Derrick Watson MS MT 991 August Shaver KS MT 1320 Benny Shieh PW WY 1098 Jeremy Blanchaid MS MT 982 lUke Manley JA WY 1314 Evan Caster MS MT 1093 Dave Vanacek ~ MT 928

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FAIR EXCHAKGE(SJ ? Lynn Grewse My opponent i n round 4 of the Zunday Zugswang 2 w i n g e r s at the Chicago Chess Center was having a f a i r tournament. So f a r , he had beaten a master ( 2 3 0 0 ) , a G player ( I 5 6 5 ) and drawn with a B player ( I 6 9 2 ) , so I was aware of his form before the round started.

RD4 BD3 M. 3pinosa(1247)-L. Crewse ( l 6 7 l ) SICILIAN 1 e 4 c 5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 e5 6 Ndb5 d 6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 Be6 9 Bc4 a Rc3 10 Bxf6 gxf6 11 Bxe6 fxe6 12 Qh5+ b Ke7 13 0 - 0 - 0 c b5 14 Ne2 Qa5 15 Kbl Na7 d 16 c 3 b4 17 Nc2 b x c 3 18 Nxc3 Rxc3 e I 9 bxc3 Nb5 20 c4l f Nc3+ 21 Kb2 £ Bh6!I h 22 a 3 l DIAGRAM Rb8+ i 2 3 Nb4 Rxb4+ 24 axb4 Qp^\M 2 5 Kc2 Na4 j 26 Kd3 Nc5+ 2 7 Ke2+ Qxc4+ 28 Kel Qxe4+ 29 Kfl Qg6 DRAW

Offered by Black, being very short of time and not r e a l l y want-ing to face both rooks. However, the passed d and a pawns could give Black winning changes, a A lemon. 9 Nc4 intending 10 Ne3 i s better. Black i s happy i f B x e 6 . b The l o g i c a l followup but now White's Queen i s misplaced on h 5 . c Gastleing i n t o i t . d Applying pressure f o r the

coming melee, e This must be played immediately, f White plays very good defense. This pawn soon l e t s him run to the Kingside. 5 I f Kcl Nxa2+ soon lands White i n a mating net. h A very neat way to develop my Bishop on an agresslve diagonal. I f 22 Qxh6?? Rb8+ 23 Kbl Nxa2mate. 1 Black misses a win here. From the diagram, 22....Na4+i and 2 3 Kal Qc3+ 24 Ka2 Qb2mate or 2 3 Kb3 Qc3+! 24 Kxa4 Qxc2+ 2 5 Ka5 ( 2 5 Kb4 Rb8+ 26 Ka5 Qc3+ 2 7 Ka4 Qxc4+ 28 Ka5 Qb5mate) Qxc4! 26 Rbl Bd2+ 2 7 Rb4 Qb5mate or 2 3 Ka2 Qc3 24 Rbl Qxc2+ 2 5 Kcl Bd2! and White i s helpless against Be3+ ( 2 6 Qe2:? Be3+ 2 7 Rb2 Bxb2+ 28 Ka2 Nc3mate or 26 Rb7'*- Kd8! 2 7 Rhbl Bc3+ 28 R7b2 Bxb2+ 2 9 Rxb2 Qxb2mate)-ED. j The Bishop I s s t i l l taboo because of Qc3+ and Qb2mate . Black i s now short of time because of looking f o r the mate that I s t i l l think was i n the po s i t i o n somewhere, k My opponent wrote down Ke2?? on his scoresheet but then saw the mate. I t ' s too bad sometimes that once w r i t t e n a move doesn't have to be played (ha,ha). ^^^.^j^^^^^^^^^

The following people have new o f f i c i a l ratings appearing i n the Feb,-Apr. 1979 L i s t : Mare Lynn ME WY 1964 Gordon Shuck WH MT 1569 Duane Hildenstab HL MT 1248 Steve Smith GA WY i 9 6 0 Jack Fleming GA WY 1497 Mark Laceky HL MT 1207 Bob Burley GA WY 1753 Andy Shuck WH MT 1471 Chuck Chapman BL MT 1121 Dan Finucane LA WY 1752 Howard Hoene BZ MT 1459 Don Norrid HL MT 1119 Kip Stubberud HL MT 1744 B i l l P i t r e GF MT 1454 Doug Brock HL MT 1103 Bob McKinnon GF MT 1716 Jack Reddy HL MT 1434 Jim T l n d a l l BL MT 1095 Doug Klaucke BL MT 1707 Sam Hoomiratana BL MT I38O Alex Healy WR WY 1089 Bruce Johnson CA WY 1673 Claude Laubach CT MT 1363 B i l l M i l l e r BL MT 1014 B i l l Lynch BL MT 1658 Dallon Thomas BL MT 1356 Spencer Gtone BL MT 9 0 3 Bob Jordaji FB MT I 6 0 9 Tom Romine BL MT 1353 Clark Kochivar BL MT 874 Ron Horton BL m 1590 Tony Mattina MS MT 1335 Dan McCord BL MT 758 Jim Loy BZ MT 1588 John Hay MS 1311 Dennis NeCord BL MT 753 Rod Weikum CA WY 1588 Gary Ritchie BL MT 1284 Matthew Guthrie MS MT 1578 Otto Grosse GF MT 1267

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