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Opening for WhiteAccording to Kramnik,

1.ll)f3: Volume laby GMAlexander Khalifman

published by.Chess Stars Verlag, pb., 308 pages,clear diagrams. @2006. Retail $27.95.

by Fred Kleist

Beginning in 2000, GM Alexander Khalifinan put outa series of books, five in all, under the rubrik Opening for White According to Kramnik: 1.1l1j3. The

concept was to provide the reader with an integrated open-ing repertoire, that of Vladimir Kramnik, supplemented,wheneverno praxis by Kramnikwas available, by lines cho-sen by Khalifinan. The first volume dealt with the Old In-dian, the Anti-Griinfeld, and the King's Indian. It was 239pages long.

This new editiontakes a much more detailed look at thechosen lines and amounts to some 600 pages in two books.Volume1a containsthe Old Indian,theAnti-Griinfeld(1.ftJf3'Df6 2.c4 g6 3.'Dc3 d5 4.cxd5'Dxd5 5.'ti'a4+), and early de-viations in the King's Indian as well as the line 1.'Df3 'Df62.c4 g6 3.'Dc3 JJ..g74.e4 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.JJ..e2e5 7.0-0 'Dbd7(7...exd4, 7...ftJa6, and 7...'Dc6 appear in Volume lb). As.withthe original, the English translation leaves somethingtobe desired, though it is much improved.

Note that the 5.'ti'a4+ Anti-Griinfeld occupies but a minorplace in Kramnik's repertoire.Much more often, he will befoundplayingsomeversionof theExchange Griinfeld. In addition,the first editionoffered the alter-native Anti-Griinfeld 5.e4'Dxc36.dxc3, representatives of whichI've been unable to find amongKramnik's games.

There is huge amount oftheory to work through and, . . .though there is some explana- IWestern DIvIsiontion as well as helpful chapter-end conclusions, this is not likethe Everyman Starting Out se-ries. If you are rated Expert orabove, willing to work hard toimprove your openings, and in-terestedinthis repertoire,thengetthis book, otherwise leave it ontheshelf. .

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Book Note: Opening for White According toKramnik, 1.q)f3: Volume 1a

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USCL Final Standingspage 3

Collyer Wins Eastern Washington Openpage 4

Tournament Adspages6,14, 15

Sluggers MakePlayoffs In USCLpage 7

Northwest Chess Calendarof Upcoming Events

back cover

On the Cover: Winners of the Open section of the PugetSound Open held October 21-22 at the TCC in Tacoma. (L) AllenSmith scored 3.5/4. (R) H. G. Pitre finished second on three points.Niles Desmarais won the Reserve section with 3.5/4. Photocourtesy of Ed M'Pherson.

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Collyer Wins Eastern Washington OpenJulian, P. Weyland Tie for Second-Third

by Kevin Korsmo

National Master Curt Collyer, the top seed, won the 2006 Eastern Washing-ton Open played September 16-17, 2006. He scored 4.5 in the five-roundevent to edge out John Julian and Phil Weyland by one-half point. Collyer

drew with Julian in the final round. He had defeated #2 seed Steve Merwin in the

fourth round to take a half-point lead into the final round. Weyland had battledback from a first round upset draw to have a shot at sharing the title, but settled fora draw with Dave Rowles in board two action in the final round.

A key game was the third round meeting between Julian and Merwin that fea-tured an exciting French Defense. The two battled long into the night before agree-ing to a draw with each having only a few minutes to play. Collyer had the onlyperfect score after the first day's action.

Collyer's victory over Merwin in round four maintained his half point edge overtwo challengers heading in to the final round. Phil Weyland's tactics derailed Kalinaand left Julian and the young Weyland tied for second after four rounds.

There were a total of 34 players competing in this year's event for the $800guaranteed prize fund. Collyer won $150 for his victory. Julian and Phil Weylandeach won $100 by tying for the second and third prizes. Rowles, Michael Cambareri,and Chris Kalina split the $100 in Class A prizes with 3.5 scores. Rob Martin ofHelena, Montana, and Niles Desmarais of Chelan, Washington, took home the $100in Class B prize money with scores of 3.5. Mead High School's Kevin Baker scored3.0 to win the $65 Class C first prize, while another high school student, Ken Erickson,took the $35 second prize with a 2.5 score. Ron Weyland of Post Falls, Idaho, andfather of Phil, took the Class D prize with a 3.0 score. The second place prize inthat section was shared by Ryan Ackerman, Pat Kirlin, and newcomer Chad Coles.The top upset (for a game not involving provisionally rated players) prize of $50went to Dave Griffin for his first round draw with Phil Weyland - a time scrambleRook -and-pawn endgame that saw both players in constant danger fending off matethreats while setting traps of their own.

French Advance

Steve Merwin (2068)John Julian (2029)

Spokane, Eastern Wash. Open (3) 2006Annotationsby SteveMerwin1.e4e62.d4d53.e5c54.c3lL\c6 5.lL\f3Ad76.Ad3?!

6.Ae2 is probably best, and 6.dxc5is also playable, with the idea 6...Axc57.b4 Ab6 8.b5. However, with 6.Ad3White declares his intention to offer thed-pawn and Black is almost obligated toaccept.6...cxd4 7.cxd4 !lb6 8'lL\c3 lL\xd49.li)xd4 !lxd410.0-0 !lb6!?

10...1+¥xe511.11e1 1+¥b812.lL\xd5leadsto sharp, but heavilyanalyzed, lines

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which tend to favor Black, while 10...a611.1+¥e2lL\e712.11d1CL\c613.Axa6also leads to interesting play. Black'schoice, however, which White had notseen prior to this game, is perhaps themost straightforward way to questionwhether White's pawn sacrifice is justi-fied.

11.~h,1lL\e712.f4 g613.a3?!

Hoping to develop the Bishop withb2-b4 and ~c1-b2, but this plan is pre-ventedby Black's reply.Better is 13.'8'e2Ag714.Ae3d415.Ag1.

13...11c814.'fIe1 a615.11b1

15. b4 is not playable because of 15.. .1+¥d4.

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15...Ag7

15...CL\f5!, preventing White's nextmove, is better. A pawn ahead, Blackwould welcome elimination of the light-squared Bishop with 16.Axt5 gxf5 andhis King could stay parked on e8 withlittle to worry about.

16.Ae3 'fId8

16...d4 17.Ag1 0-0 was also play-able, but apparently the prospect of aWhite Knight on e4 looked too ominous.17.'8'f20-0 18.Ab6 'fIe8 19.Ad4 f620.'fIg3

White is still struggling to findenough compensation for the pawn jetti-soned with his sixth move.

20...CL\c6?!

20...CL\f5 immediately doesn't quitework due to 21.Axf5 fxe5 (not 21...exf522.exf6 Axf6 23.Axf6 11xf624.11xd5)22.fxe5 gxf5 23.CL\xd5exd5 24.e6 'fUg625.exd7 11cd8 26.1+¥b311xd727.11bd1

and White will eventually recover the d-pawn with an equal game. However,20...fxe5 21.Axe5CL\f5! was Black's best

chance to secure an advantage.

21.exf6 Axf6

After 21...CL\xd4!22.fxg7 ~xg7 23.f5 exf5 24.lL\xd5 '8'e6 25.CL\f4¥Wf7,de-spite Black's somewhat loose King, Whiteis still unable to demonstrate compensa-tion for the Pawn.

22.Axf6 11xf6 23.15 Draw

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Larsen S OpeningNM Curt Collyer (2213)Steve Merwin (2068)

Spokane, Eastern Wash. Open (4) 2006Annotations by NM Curt Collyer1.b3 eS 2.Ab2 tlJc6 3.e3 tlJf6 4.c4 d6S.d3 Ag4 6.tlJf3 dS! 7.iJ..e2 d4

I think 7...e4 is more interesting, butthere is nothing wrong with this.8.e4 Axt3 9.hf3

Who could predict the starlit futureof this Bishop!9...Ab4+ 10.tlJd2 Ac3 11."c1 hb2

8J(~.. -...7 %.- ...~.." - ~ -.5.. ...4.~.~..3~~.~..i..2~. ~ n~~1 . mil ~ .:1.. - ~ .

a bed e f 9 h

This seemed a rather strange deci-sion. White's Bishop on b2 was mis-placed, but now the Queen is positionedto support the queensideadvance b3-b4.Here, Merwin proposed a draw. How-ever, it seemedto me that White's posi-tion is the more dynamic; that is, it hasmorepotentialenergythan Black's, whichis rather static.

12."xb21!fe713.a3aS14.Ae2

Maybe White will play f2-f4 some-day.14...hS?

In my opinion, this is too optimistic;Black shouldjust castle and keep thingssolid.

1S.0-0 gS

Preventingf2-f4, but now White be-gins work on the queenside. Black'skingside advances come back to haunthim later on.

16.b4! b6

16...axb4 17.axb4 l!xa1 18.l!xa1'iYxb419.'iYxb4 tlJxb4 20.l!a8+

17.l!fc1

16...b6 has weakened the c6-square.I was now contemplating playing c4-cS

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and responding to ...b6-bS with a3-a4,breaking through.17...tlJd7

Fighting for the c5-square.18.Ad1

Threatening to pop out to a4.18...a419.tlJf1

Time to work on the other side; thef5-square is beckoning White's Knight.19...h4

PreventingtlJg3.20."d2!?

Preparing to target the overextendeda-pawn.20...tlJd8 21.Ac2 c6

The only way to save the a-pawn.22."d1 bS 23.cxbS cxbS

8.. ... ..7~.....6....~ - -5~'~ --4'~ -~.. j}Iu - ~ ~

3..& .~. ..~.. ~~~U i{Q

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24.Ab1!

The Bishop is moving to the MoneyDiagonal. White has a clear ad-vantage.24...tlJe62S.h2!

There it is!2S...0-026.l!c6 l!ac827. l!ac1l!xc6 28. l!xc6 tlJb8

The Rook had to be drivenback, but 28...tlJd8?? 29.l!g6+~h7 30.'@hS mate would haveended the game abruptly.29. I!c2 tlJf4 30.g3 hxg3 31.hxg3tlJe632."g4

Black's light squares are in-defensible.

32...~g7 33.tlJh2 tlJd7 34."fS"16 3S.tlJg4!

Winning material.3S..."xfS 36.exfS tlJd8 37.I!c7!tlJf6 38.tlJxeS I!e8

Losing another pawn, butBlack is practically in Zugzwang.

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39.tlJxf7I!e1+ 4O.~g2 tlJe841.I!d7tlJxf7 42.I!xf7+ <;Ph643.I!b7 I!a144.Af7 tlJd645.I!b6 ~g7 46.Ae6 tlJe847.I!xbS I!xa348.I!aS I!a149.bS I!b1SO.Ac4tlJc7S1.I!a7 1-0

Slav ExchangePhillip WeylandChris Kalina

Spokane, Eastern Wash. Open (5) 2006Annotations by Phillip Weyland1.d4 dS 2.c4 c6 3.cxdS cxdS 4. tlJc3 tlJc6S.Af4 AfS 6.e3 e6 7.tlJf3 tlJf6 8.a3 a69.b4bS10.hbS!

8"~. _-lid~ ~ -7~. ....6'...'. .5~.i.. .t..4 ~ M ~

.U - ~3 ~ ~~..." ~ u ~.. .. ~~Wt~ ~ U i[(;

1~a bed e f 9 h

Not 10.tlJxbS axbS 11.hbS '@b6.10...axbS11.tlJxbS I!c812."a4tlJd713.tlJc7+ I!xc714.hc7"xc71S.I!c1tlJb6

Even after 1S...tlJb8, 16.tlJeS picksup the piece.16.I!xc6 tlJxa4 17.I!xc7 Ad6?? 18.I!~+1~ .

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Sluggers Clinch Playoff Spotwith Tw0 Match es to Go!

Ed.-Notes to the games as well asround and game descriptions are extracted

from Clint Ballard s running commentaryto the matches, appearing on the Slugfestwebsite. The Game-of-the-Week is selectedby the USCL President 1M Greg Shahade.

The Sluggers coasted in the secondhalf after their fast start, scoringtwo wins, two draws, and two

losses (or 12Yz-ll Yzingamepoints). Theteam scored both of its wins against theMiami Sharks (3Yz-Yz in.Week 6 and 2Yz-1Yz in Week 8). The second victoryclinched a playoff spot. The team closedout September by falling 1-3 to the NewYork Knights in Week 5. In Weeks 7 and9, the Sluggers faced the San FranciscoMechanics, drawing the first match andlosing the second, 1Yz-2Yz. They finishedthe regular season with a lackluster drawagainst the dallas Destiny.

Round 5 (25 Sept.)New York Knights (White on Bds.

1 & 3) va. SluggersThings were going pretty much as

planned with the Sluggers having betterpositions on all three remaining boardsafter Slava's quick draw as Black. Itwasn't clear if we had enough to win onany of these boards, but all we needed todo was to not lose any and just win onefor a 2 Yz-l Yz win.

Unfortunately, relaying movesthrough a single computer is a big handi-cap and I had a bad feelingabout it whenwe had to resort to it for the secondweekin a row. Sure enough,due to all the con-fusion on how much time was left, etc.,either our players rushed their moveswhen they didn't have to or they fell solow on time that they had to make anyold move. It's much better to know thatyou have 30 seconds left, than to havefour minutes and not be aware of it.

This is all on me'for not making surethe Internet was reliable enough. Itseemedfine and it was, until it got a two-

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minute lag. Very bad. Our first matchloss and certainlyall due to me. The play-ers all achieved very good positions andat worst we should have drawn the matchwith good chances for a 2.5-point win.

Sicilian ScheveningenGM Pascal Charbonneau (2500)GM Gregory Serper (2570)

US Chess League (5.1) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.e4 eS 2.lL1f3e6 3.d4 exd4 4.lL1xd4a6S.Ad3 b6 6.0-0 Ab77.lL1c3d6 8.f4lL1169.coPh1lL1bd710.'fff3Ae711.Ad20-012.'ffg3lL1eS 13.fIae1 lL1fd714.lL1f3lIe8

Serper 's game looks pretty balanced,but those White center pawns could causesome problems.

8 .. J1iW1-.~~ - 8) .....~ m7~ i.i

Am mA-, ~6_. .-. ~{8 ~ ..5~-..

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2 8~8m "8~ .U_~iik

1~. a.:.<it>a bed e f 9 h

1S.15exfS 16.exf5lL1xd3 17.exd3 lIe818.lL1e4Af819..1tc3Axe420.dxe4lL1eS21.'ffg4 1622.Ad4 'ffe 7 23.AxeS bxeS24.b3 lIb8 2S.lL1d2lIM 26.'ffd1 IiId427.h3 'ffb7 28.'ffe2 'ffb4 29.lIe2 dS30.IiIfe1 Ad6 31.exdS IiIxe232.IiIxe2IiIxdS 33.lL1e4 Ag3 34. IiId2 Af43S.'ffe4 {Time} 1-0-

Reti

1M Eric Tangborn (2465)1M Irina Krush (2445)

US ChessLeague (5.2) 2006Annotations by Clint Ballard1.c4e62.lL1f3dS3.g3dxe44.'ffa4+ lL1d7S.Ag2 a6 6.'ffxe4 bS 7.'ffe2 Ab7 8.0-0 eS9.b3Ae710.Ab2 A1611.lL1e3lL1e712.lIad1 lIe8 13.e30-0 14..~g$

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AxgS1S.Axb7 IiIb8 16.Ag2 A1617.d4exd418.lL1e4AeS19.lL1gS~g620.~f3

Eric has mysteriously maneuveredlL1e3-e4-gS-f3. He did it with threats; soit didn't cost him four moves. I guessmaking Black move her Bishop to e5 andKnight to g6 put them on squares thatwill later cost her some time.

20...d3 21.lIxd3 fIe8 22."d2 Axb223.'ffxb2'ffe724.~d4 b42s.fIfd1 ~1626.~e6 as 27.f4 'ffb6 28.~eSlL1e729.~h1 ~edS30.~ 'ffc531.'ffd4xd432.IiIxd4~g433.lIe1 ~dxe334.IiIxe3~e3 3S.~xe3 fIfd8 36. IiIxd8+ IiIxd837.Ac6 lId2 38.~c4 IiIxa239.h4 f64O.~aS coPf741.~e6 fIxa4 0-1

Granfeld Exchange1M Jay Bonin (2354)FM Siava Mikhailuk (2438)

US Chess League (5.3) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.d4lL1162.~f3 g6 3.e4Ag7 4.~e3 dSS.exdS ~xdS 6.e4 ~xe3 7.bxe3 eS8.Ab5+ ~e6 9.0-0 exd4 10.exd4O~O11.Ae3 Ag4 12.Axe6 bxe613.IiIe1'ffaS14..d2'ffxd21S.~d2 2lfd816.~b3 as 17.IiIxe6a418.~eS Axd419.Axd4IiIxd420.f3 fIe821.IiIxe8+Axe822.lIe1 a3

Slava zoomed to an endgame wherehe has Rook+Bishop vs. Rook+Knightwith five pawns each. Somehow, Slavais the one with an advanced pawn, but itis blocked by White's pawn on 31.23.~b3 fId8 24.2le7 Ae6 2S.lIa7Axb3 26.axb3 IiId1+ 27.~f2 fId2+28.coPg3a2 29.M Draw

EnglishMichael Lee (2102) .

Matthew Herman (2172)US Chess League (5.4) 2006

1.e4 eS 2.~e3 b6 3.e4 ~6 4~g3 Ab7S.Ag2 ~16 6.lL1ge2e67.0-0"jt.d3 .!fe7 9.f4 ~bd7 10.a4 g6 11.h3 hS12.Ae3 Ag7 13.Af3 eS14.Ag2 Ae6

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1S.fS as 16.~dS AxdS 17.exdS IIgO10.~c3 0-0-0 19."d2 IIde020.fxg6fxg621.~e4 ~e4 22.Axe4Af6 23.g4hxg4 24.hxg41Ut4 2S. III7 "dO 26.gSilg3 27.~g2Af4 20.Axt4exf429."xf4lIeS 30.~f2 "xgS 31.lIg1 "xf4+32.%iIxt4g533.lIf7 1If834.flxta+~35.c!>g3~dO 36.~g4 ~d7 37.Af5 lIe238.Axd7~xd739.~xgSIIxb240.lIg31If2 41.~g6 ~e7 42.~h7 III7+ 43.IIg7~44.llxf7+c!>xf7 45.~hO Draw

Round 6 (4 Oct.)

isn't typical, especially after exposingyour King. However, GM-level chess isabout the exceptionsto the general rules.The Bishop on f2 supports the Queen onh4, which stuffs any hope that Whitemight have had of winningan extra pawnfor his piece. Now he has to trade Queensor lose a Rook.

24."xh4 Axh4 2S.g3Af6 26.c3Ac627.~d4 Axd4 20.cxd4.!.bS 29.IiIxtO+11xf830.~g2 Itf6 31.Ab1 ~f7 32.h4~f5 33.ilxf5 exf5 34. IteSAd3 3S.~Ae4+36.~f2bS37.hS Itb6 0-1

all the heavy pieces on the board, a per-petual might still be possible for Becerra,but I have a feeling that Serper will insiston a Queen trade.

32...lIg6 33.~h2 lld434.Ae1 IId33S.~h4 lIe6 36."17 "e4 37."fS+"xf530.~

Serper has traded Queensand shouldbe able to grind out a win.

30.. .gS 39.g4 fxg3+ 40.~xg3 cct>g641.~g2 hS 42.~f1 Itb343.Ad2 IIb244.Ae3h445.Itc1 ile446.lIc6+~f547.llxb6 ilxa448.~e3+~e449.IIc5IiIab450. ilxgS ilxb5 S1.ilg4+ ~d3 S2.AdO ~e2 s3.Axh4 Itb1 54.Ite4 1-0

Sluggers va. Miami SharksTonight was more like the normal

Sluggers. Last week, going into the timecrunch, we had drawn one game and hadgood to very good positions on the threeother boards, but only managed to drawone and lost the other two. This week, wehad the same situation, but we came outwith three wins.

EnglishFM John Readey (2331)1M Alejandro Moreno Roman (2437)

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Commentsby Clint Ballard1.~f3 ~f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Ag2Ab7S.O-OcS 6.~c3Ae 77 .d4 cxd4 O."xd4d69.ild1 a610.AgS~bd711."d2"c712.b3~c513.llxr6 ilxf614.Itac1h71S."e3 0-0 16.~d4 hg2 17.~xg2"b7+ 10."f3 "xf3+ 19.~xf3

French Steinitz

1M Bias Logo (2447)1M Georgi Orlov (2580)

US ChessLeague (6.2) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.e4e62.~f3dS 3.~c3~f64.eS~fd7S.d4 cS 6.dxcS ~c6 7.Af4 Axcs 0.Ad3169.exf6"xf610.AgS "f711.Ah4 h612."e20-0

Georgi has managed to get castled John's King is on f3! No worriesfirst, has his Queen and Rook on the half th?ugh, he recaptured the Queenwith hisopen f-file, plus he is the only one with King and automatically centralized it.center pawns. Nottoo shabby, especially 19...ItfcO 20.e3 Itc7 21.~e2 ItacOconsidering he is playing Black and it is 22.f4 ~d7 23.~d3 dS 24.cxdSAb4move 121 2S.~de2 Aa3 26.l!b1Ab4 27.l!bc1

13.a3~f614.0-oAd71S.Itae1~hS Aa3 20.Itb1Ab4 29.Itbc1Aa316.~eS~eS17."xeSa610.~e2gS 30.Itb1 Draw

. This is not defensive.Clearly,Georgi. John acci~en~ly repeated his posi-ISon the offense and assesses the situa- 11onfor the third tIme and ended up withtion as safe for a kingside pawn storm! a draw.

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Caro-Kann

GM Gregory Serper (2570)GM Julio Becerra (2624)


Commentsby Clint Ballard1.c4 c6 2.e4 dS 3.exdS cxdS4.cxdS ~f6S.~c3 ~dS 6.~f3 e6 7.Ac4 ~c6 0.0-0 Ae7 9.d4 0-0 10.Ite1 ~f611.a3 b612.dS ~aS 13..11a2 exdS 14.b4 ~c41S.~dS ~dS 16.Axc4Ab 717 .AxdSAxdS10.ilxe7"xe719.WxdS

Two pieces for a Rook! That's whatwas at the end of the d5-induced rainbowfor Serper.19...ItfdO 20.Wb3 Wd6 21.Ae3 lIacO22.h3 h6 23.bSWdS 24.1Wb2Itd62S.a4Itc4 26.WeS 1627.WeO+~h7 20.~d21Ib429.We7f530.~f3f431.Ad2 Ite432.Wxa7

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EnglishJose Cabrera (2077)Michael Lee (2102)


Commentsby Clint Ballard1.c4~f6 2.~c3 g6 3.g3Ag7 4.Ag2 0-0 S.~f3 d6 6.0-0 eS 7.d3 ~c6 o.IIb1as 9.a3 ~d4 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 c612.bSAg4 13.Ae3 ~+ 14.exf3Ae61S.bxc6 bxc6 16.f4 Itco

This game lookslikeit's beingplayedon a smaller board: White's Rook on bIis the only piece either side has on the a-and b-files. Probably not that uncommon -in an English Opening, but still a strangesite in the early middlegame.

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A Zwischenzug! Wild stuff, manypieceshanging. Aslugfest, that's for sure!

20.~h1 hxgS 21."xg5+ ~g7 22.Ag6. "16 23.1Wh6Wh4

Serper pIcked off Becerra's a-pawnand if he can get his queensidepawnsrolling,the winwillbe in the bag. With

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17.fxeSdxeS18.1!b6f1d719./l}a4Ah320.flb3\J15

Michaelnowhas an advantage.Prob-ablynot enoughto forciblywin,butWhitewill have a hard time defending when...h7-h5-h4-hxg3 opens up lines to theWhite King. Cabrera's Queen and Rookare all the way on the b-file, where thereisn't anything else. They look a bit mis-placed to me.

21.13hS 22./l}cS Axg2 23.~xg21!fd824./l}e4 h4 2S.g4 /l}xg4

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More fireworks! Michael looks tohave a lot more power behind his attackthan Georgi's opponent.

26.fxg4h3+'27.~g1\Jxg4+28.tt)g31529.eS+ ~h8 30.1!b4 f4 31.Axt4 exf432.1!fxf4

Michael is also downto two minutes,but his opponenthad to give back a piecefortwo pawns, somaterialis even.Thingsare pretty wild, but in the tactical jungle,Michael should come out fine.

32...flgS 33.1!h4+ Ah6 34.\Jb2+~g83S.\Ja2+ 1!dS 36.1!bf41!f8 37.1!xf8+Axf8 38.1!d4 AxeS 39.~h1 fle340.fla8+~g7 41.\Jb7+ ~h642.1!h4+~gS 43./l}e4+ ~xh4 44.flh7+ 1!hS45.\Jxg6\J13+ 0-1

Round 7 (11Oct.)San Fran. Mechanics VB.Sluggers

A few weeks before this match, 1MEric Tangborn had e-mailed me that hecouldn't play this round. Unfortunately,my slugfestorg e-mail went from beingspotty to not working at all and I neverreceivedthat e-mail

I found out about this around noonon Monday,October 9thand immediatelycontacted both the San FranciscOteamand the league and started getting a newlineup in place. I also notifiedEric aboutmy problem. At 2:42 p.m., Eric gra-

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ciously wrote, "If the league doesn't ap-prove, then I will play." Relieved, I feltthat either the league would approve thelineupI wanted (asthe Mechanicsalreadyhad), or that Eric would be able to play. Iwas also working on alternate lineups asa backup, so all the irons were in the fireand it seemedthat things wouldwork out.

At 2:46 p.m., the commissioner sentme an e-mail saying that he wouldn't al-low the lineup change. I received thiscommunication shortly after midnightwhen I finished work for the day. At thesame time, I read a second e-mail, sent at9:46 p.m., that warned of heavier timepenalties should our lineup be altered.

I carefully read the rules that wereposted on the USCL website. The ruleswere very clear. I felt that we would getthings worked out, most likely with nolineup change at all.

I went back to work until almost 6:00a.m. and then went to sleep. When Iawoke, I was shocked to find out that,well ahead of the deadline (posted as11:59 pm eastern time, revised on Tues-day, October 10th,today to 9:00p.m. ET)that we had to get things settled, ourlineup had been simply mandated to usby the league at 2: 12 p.m. Tuesday.That's almost seven hours ahead of theold deadlineand almost four hours aheadof the revised deadline.

Also added to the new version of therules was the proviso that "The leaguecommissioner has the right to imposepenalties harsher than the ones listed if itis felt they are warranted." [N.B. Anannouncement had been made on Octo-ber jrd that a new version of the USCLrules in question would be posted thefol-lowing week.-Ed.] Consequently, ourBoards Two and Three, played with 30minutes off their clocks. I am convincedthat, with more time, Slava could havedrawn his game, which would have giventhe Sluggers a match win.

~... oftlie1r'eei:Sicilian Scheveningen

1M Josh Friedel (2513)GM Gregory Serper (2570)

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Reti

FM Slava Mikhailuk (2438)1M Vinay Bhat (2463)


1.c4e62./l}13dS3.g3dxc44.\Ja4+/l}d7S.Ag2 a6 6.flxe4 bS 7.fle6 1!b88.d4Ab7 9.fle2 eS 10.0-0 /l}gf6 11.AgS1!e8 12.a4 b4 13.1!d1 exd414.\Jd2fle71S.Af4 \Jb616.aS fla717./l}xd4Axg218.~xg2eS19./l}15exf420.\Jxf4flb8 21.1!d6 Axd6 22./l}xd6+ ~e723.'IIe3+ ~xd6 24./l}e3 bxe3 2S.1!d1 +/l}dS 26.flf3 /l}7f627.bxe3 ~e7 28.e4/l}xe3 0-1

Pirc Austrian Attack

1M David Preuss (2459)FM John Readey (2331)


1.e4 d6 2./l}e3 g6 3.f4 Ag7 4./l}13/l}f6S.eS /l}fd76.d4 eS 7.Ac4 0-0 8.e6 /l}b69.exf7+ ~h8 10.Ae2 exd4 11./l}xd4/l}e6 12.Ae31!xf713.0-0 Ad714.a4/l}b4 1S./l}f3 1!e8 16.Ad4 1!xf4 17.Axg7+~xg718.g31!f619./l}e4/l}xe220./l}xf6 exf6 21.\Jxd6 /l}xa122.1!xa1Axa4 23.flb4 fle8 24.t£>f1 Ae62S./l}d4 /l}dS 26.fld6 a6 27.1!e1 \Jd728.\Jxd7+Axd729.A131!c430./l}e6+be6 31.1!xe6 1!eS 32.1!d6 /l}e3+ .33.~e2 /l}1534.1!d7+ ~h6 3S.~d3 bS36.1!a7 1!eS 37.Ae6 1!e3+ 38.<cPd2

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EnglishMichael Lee (2102)Sam Shankland (2106)


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Round 8 (18 Oct.)Miami Sharks VB.Sluggers

Sicilian Kan

GM Julio Becerra (2624)GM Gregory Serper (2570)


Comments by Clint Ballard1.e4 cS 2.lt)f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lt)xd4 a6S.lt)c3 bS 6.Ad3 d6 7.0-0 It)f6 8.a4 b49.tl)a2 eS 10.lt)b3lt)c6 11.AgS Ae712.Axt6Axt613.Ac40-0 14.AdSAd71S.aS iIb816.Ac4Ae617.fld3hc418.1Vxc4 1Vc8 19.fld3 iId820.lt)ac1

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Serper felt in enough control of theposition to invest a move or two snag-ging a pawn. White does not have any-where near enough compensation for thepawn; it is doubtful Becerra can gener-ate a Miami hurricane with his pieces toblow down Serper's brick house defense.

30.lt)c4 1VbS 31.~f1 Ag732.lt)b61Vxe2+ 33. ~xe2 It)c6 34. iId6 It)eS35.tl)dS iIa836.iIe6lt)f337.lt)xb4iId838.iIxa6lt)g1+ 39.~e3lt)f3 40.~e2It)g1+ 41.~e3lt)f3 Draw

As Greg was repeatingmovesto gaintime, the confusion of all the connectionsand disconnectsmade him lose count andhe inadvertentlyrepeatedthe position. Ordid he look over at Marcel's board andtake one for the team to seal the deal?-

Scotch

FM Siava Mikhailuk (2438)1M Bias Lugo (2447)

US Chess League (8.2) 2006Comments by Clint Ballard .1.e4 eS 2.lt)f3lt)c6 3.d4 exd4 4.lt)xd4Acs S.lt)xc6 bxc6 6.Ad3 d67.lt)c3lt)f68.AgS h6 9.Ah4 aS1 0.fld2 gS11.Ag3It)hS12.0-0-0 Ae613.iIde1 a414.a31Vb81S.eSdS16.f4lt)xf417.Axt4gxf4

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JJCarl A. Haessler

Lessons . Lectures. Exhibitions

USCF Life Master

3- Tune Oregon Champion

In danger of go-ing below 50%pawn moves, Lugoblasts out.. .h6-h5(second move for hpawn) and is nowback to a comfort-able 10/19 movesbeing pawn moves.20.Ae211b6

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1M Lugo shows us why he has the1Mtitle. AIlhis pawn moves have servedto create a solid defensive maze that hisbishops can weave in and out qf, but,unless Slava sacrifices a piece, he won'tbe able to break through. Lugo is gettingready to double up on the open b-file.21.iId1 iIb8 22.lt)xa4 1VaS23.IiId3~d7 24.lt)c3 iIxb2

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Slava started off with a good posi-tion, but all the pawn moves by BIas dis-oriented him and lulled him into a falsesenseof security.Openb-file+ BIasLugo= Rook sac. I thll1k fans in Miami know

this, now Seattle fans know this, too.2S.lt)xdScxdS26.~xb2 iIb8+27.~c1ha3+28.iIxa31Vxa3+29.~d2 iIb4

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There isno escape for Slava fromthehurricane onslaught that is Lugo's trade-mark. I forgot to warn Slavs about need-ing a concrete shelter in case the stormclouds started gathering.30.iIa11Vb2 31.1Vf11VxeS32.AbS+~e733.iIa8 iIf434.1Vg1 d43S.iIe8+~f636.g3 IiIf337.Ae21VaS+ 0-1

With most of the regular Sluggers stillrecovering from the GM Slugfest andMichael Lee being indisposed, we had toscour the entire Northwestto field a team.Marcel has not been that active, but Imade sure he still remembered how the

pieces moved and our lineup was set. Hesaid he was a solid positional player; so,of course, he plays some wild gambit linein the solid positional Benko. I guessthmgs are a bit different in Canada, eh?

Benko Gambit

1M Alejandro Moreno Roman (2437)FM Marcel Milat (2345)

US ChessLeague (8.3) 2006Comments by Clint Ballard1.d4lt)f6 2.c4 cS 3.dS bS 4.cxbS a6 S.f3

e6 6.e4 exdS 7.eS !1Je7 8.!fe2 It)g8

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21...~dM+ 22. iIxM ~xb4+ 23.1WxMhM 24.~xdS tbxdS 2S.g3 ileS

Marcel prevents Moreno from free- Sluggers VB.San FraD. Mechanicsing up his kingside pieces, or at leastmakes things very tricky. It will cost afull pawn to get out of the tangle.26.Ags+ tbe7 27.tbb3 Ae7 2s.Af4+Ad6 29.Ad2 ilb8+ 30.tbe2 AeS 31.Milba832.f4il8a2+33.tbd3ild134.fxeSilaxd2+ 3S.tbe3 ilb2 36.Ag2 iIxh 137.hh1 ilxh2

Marcel shows us that they actuallyknow how to play endgames in Canada,especiallywhentheyare up the Exchange. With mass exchanges about to hap-Miami's Roman did manage to get his 'pen, I have a feeling that doubled pawnspieces out (and exchanged), but the mar- will decide the game.ket price for that lobster was one pawn. 14.~e4 dxe4 1S.1Wxb63S.Ae4 h6 39.bS ilb2 40.Ad3 ilb441. tbf3tbb642.tbe3 tbeS43.Ae2 '.1>dS44.Ad3 tbxeS 4S. tbf3 ilb3 46. tbe3tbdS 47.g4 tbeS 48. tbd2 ilM 49.Ae2ilb2+ 0-1

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The game has turned into a sedatepositionalbattle, Canadian style. Marcelkept trying to give some of his pawnsaway in some sort of Benkonian adven-ture, but Miami's Roman was not in apac-man mood tonight.14.~xd5 ilxa2 15.e6 hd5 16.iIxdSfxe6 17.ilxbS ila1+ 1S.,tbe2 ~e6 19.1Wxc4~16

Marcel finally remembered about hishorse in the g8-stable. He seems ready tocastle kingside of all things. With his Kingsafely tucked away and Moreno's Kingin the Canadian outback, Marcel couldhave an upset in the making.

20.~gS ~dS 21.~xe6

Cute. This looks like it wins some-thing. However, Marcel is prepared forit and forces Roman to sac the Exchangeand get into an endgame.

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. Sicilian Rossolimo

NM Nat Koons (2223)Jose Cabrera (2077)

US ChessLeague (8.4) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.e4 eS 2.~f3 d6 3.AbS+ ~e6 4.0-0Ad7 S.ile1 ~16 6.e3 eS 1.d4 exd4 S.exd4 ~xd4 9.~d4 exd4 10.hd1+flxd711.1Wxd4

Nat appears to have a comfortableadvantage with a better center, central-ized Queen and an isolated d-pawn towork: against.

11...Ae7 12.eS dxeS 13.1WxeSileS14.AgS

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Round 9 (23 Oct.)

EnglishGM Gregory Serper (2570)1M Josh Friedel (2513)

US ChessLeague (9.1) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.c4 eS 2.g3 ~16 3.Ag2 e6 4.d4 exd4S.ttxd4 dS 6.~f3 Ae6 7.~gS ~bd7S.~xe6 fxe6 9.1We3~eS10.exdS exdS11.0-0 i!eS12.M~ee413.~d21Wb6

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get to the second rank as compensation,but it doesn't seem like enough.1S...axb6 16.a3 Ae1 17.Ab2 0-0 1S.ilae1 ilfdS19.iIxc8 ilxc8 20.ile1

Greg decided to trade off one pair ofRooks and put the other Rook right onthe c-file, perfectly willing to go into aBisbop-pair-vs. -Bisbop-and- Knightendgamewhere his opponenthas two setsof isolated doubled pawns. Serper is ef-fectively a pawn or more up.20...i!e621.tbf1 c;tm22.c!>e1g523.h3hS24.c!>d28....7~.....6 ~K".. ~i8J B ' -.. ,.

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Serper decides not to win a pawn andgo into an opposite-colored-Bishop end-game and is now down to eight minutes.

24...ilxe12S.he1 tbg626.tbc3b527.Ae3tbf52S.h7 Ad629.tbd4eS+30.tbe3 ~dS+ 31. tbb3 g4 32.hxg4+ hxg433.e3 Ae7 34.Af1 b6 3S.hbS c;!.>e636.Ae2 tbd6 37.a4~e1 38.aS bxaS 39.Ae5+ tbe6 40.ho4+ '.1>1641.b5 ~dS42. c!>c4~b6+ 43.hb6 Axb6 44. c;!.>dSa44s.Ad1 a346.Ab3tbf547.tbc6h748.b6 Abs 49. tbdS tbg4 SO. '.1>xe4tbgSS1.f4+<!>f6S2.tbdS 1-0

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US Chess League (9.2) 2006Comments by Clint Ballard1.d4 d6 2. ~f3 Ag4 3.e4 ~16 4. ~e3 e65.h3 AhS 6.04 Ag6 1.ffe2 dS

I think this achieves full equality andexposes g2-g4 as being a bit early. Notethat Georgi is offering his b-pawn.S.exdS ~dS 9.~e4 ~d7 10.Ag2 e611.c4Ab4+12.tbf1 ~S1613.~g3Ae714.11.f4 1WaS1S.~h4~b616.gS~fd7

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Commentsby Clint Ballard1.tL1f3dS 2.c4 d4 3.g3 tL1c64.Ag2 eSS.d3 Ab4+ 6.Ad2 as 7.0-0 tL1f68.tL1a30-09.tL1c2.1\cS10.a3e411.dxe4tL1xe412.Ae1 a413.AM ile8

John's opponent had to spend a lotof time to find 13...ile8, which seems tohave stopped all ofJohn's threats, for themoment. Black still has weak pawns ond4 and a4 as longterm thingsto dealwith.

14.hcStL1xcS1S.tL1fxd4 tL1aS16.tL1e3ila6 17.tL1bSAd7 18.ttc2 ttc8 19.ilad1 ilh6 20.h4 tL1ab3

John simply took the weak d4-pawn.Black had abandoned it to post a Knighton b3. Too bad for Black, John's King is

on the kingside; so the b3-Knight seemsa bit out of play.

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Sicilian DragonSam Shankland (2106)Michael Lee (2102)

US ChessLeague (9.4) 2006Commentsby Clint Ballard1.e4 c5 2.tl)f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44. tL1xd4tl)f6S.tl)c3 g6 6.Ae3 Ag7 7.13tl)c6 8.ttd2

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Score PR Score PR Score PRSerper +3=1-0 2829 +1=2-2 2440 +4=3-2 2613Orlov +1=0-0 2923 +1=0-1 2455 +2=0-1 2611Tangborn +1=0-1 2402 +1=0-1 2456 +2=0-2 2430Mikhailuk +1=1-1 2413 +1=1-1 2392 +2=2-2 2403Readey +0=3-1 2279 +2=0-0 2789 +2=3-1 2449MUat +1=0-1 2396 +1=0-1 2396Koons +3=0-0 2572 +1=0-0 2623 +4=0-0 2585Lee +1=1-0 2339 +3=0-1 2338 +4=1-1 2338

Pis BAP Ave Sig5.5 11 .611 .4782.0 5 .667 .6252.0 5 .500 .5003.0 6 .500 .4003.5 6 .583 .4291.0 3 .500 .5004.0 9 1.000 1.0004.5 11 .750 .688

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0-09.Ac4Ad710.0-0-0 ilb811..1\b3tl)aS 12.h4 bS 13.<i'b1 tl)c4 14.hc4bxc4

Michael declines a draw for the sec-ond time, the first was shortly after thegame started. He has managedto get theBishop pair and an open b-file with aRook on it

1S.~a1 ttc7 16.hS 11fc8 17.g4ttaS18.11b1

Michael's opponent seemsto wantanearly draw as he offered another one.18...ilb419.Ah6 Ah8 20.a3

Michael's opponent showsus whyheis one of the top 14-year-oldsinthe coun-try. He manages to defuse Michael's at-tack before it reallygets going full steam.

20...ilcb8 21.gStL1xe422.fxe4 11a4

Michael's Knight sac was based onpurely positional considerations. WithWhite's dark-squared Bishop entombedon h6, Black's Bishop on h8 would besuper strong without the Knight on f6.Now Michael has doubled on the a-fileand has the long diagonal. Incredible.At13, Michael already has GM-level con-centration, as he stays focused at theboard pretty much the entire game.

23.11hd1 Ag4 24.tl)xa4 ttxa4 2S.c3Axd1 26.ttxd1 ttd7 27.ttf3 Axd428.cxd4

Michael trades off his dark-squaredBishop for White's menacing Knight. Ifhe keeps his back rank safe, White's ma-terial edge will, I hope, be optical. Aha,Michael also gets the b3-square for hisRook with tempo on the Queen. Maybehe planned this back in his deep think?28...11b329.ttd1tta430.~a2ttbs31.d5ild332.ttc21533.gxf6exf634.ilc1 11b33S.hxg6 hxg6 36.eS ~f7 37.ilg1 lld338.e6+ ~e7 39.ilxg6 1WxdS4O.11g7+~e6 41.tte2+ tteS 42.ttg4+ ~d5 43.ilxa7tte844.11aS+ 1-0

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QGD Semi-Slav1M Jacek Stopa (2512)GM Gregory Serper (2570)


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King s Indian FianchettoFM Andrei Zaremba (2354)FM Marcel Milat (2345)


1.d4lDf6 2.lDf3 g6 3.e4 Ag7 4.g3 0-0S.Ag2 d6 6.lDe3e6 7.0-0 !VaS 8.lDd2 'fIhS 9.e4'fIxd 1 10. iIxd 1lDa6 11. lDb3 ile612.dS Ag4 13.f3Ad7 14.ile3 eS1s.Af1 iIfe8 16.iIab1 Ae817.Ah3Ad7 18.Axd7lDxd7 19.f4 b620.lbe1 lDe7 21.lD1e2 iIabS 22.a4

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NM Nat Koons (2223)NM Keaton Kiewra (2239)


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January 20075,12,19 TCC New Year Quads G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAfb6 TCC Tornado G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA7 TCC Sunday Blitz G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAfb7 SCC Sunday Tornado SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WAfb12-14 Seattle City Championship see fnfoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattiechessclub.org Seattle WAfb18,25 Spokane ee Winter Championship David Gritrm 509-928-3260 dbgrffn@hotmaiLcom www.spokanechessclub.org Spokane WAfb20 Seattle CC Saturday Quads SCC Infoline 206-417-5405 [email protected] www.seattlechessclub.org Seattle WA26 TCC Annual Membership Meeting G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WAfb27-28 Stephen Christopher Memorial G. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA31 TCC Wednesday Night Blitz O. Dorfner 253-535-2536 [email protected] WA

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November 2006Jerry Ramey 541-232-0328 [email protected] Eugene ORKate Taylor [email protected] http://www.oscforg """"""""""""""""""""""'" Portland ORRandy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.netlkaechl Bllrlington WAGary 253-535-2536 [email protected] www.tacomachessclub.netfmns.com Tacoma WA425-868-3881DavidCHendricks@comcastnet www.whsca.orglThanksgiving06.doc Seattle WA

December 20062 Intermat 2006 (Annual WA-BC K-12 match) Karen Dixon [email protected] BellevueWA2 Richland Rook Roundup [email protected] www.chesschampions.org Richland WA2 Sunny Hills State Qualifier (K-6) Elliott Neff 425-283-0549 [email protected] www.chess4life.com Sammamish WA2 Bryant Fall Classic (K. 1-3, 4-6) [email protected] """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" Seattle WA3 8 Soccer Season Quad #4 Sudhakar president@oscforg www.oscf.org " Portland OR9 Black Knight Joust (K-3,4-6,7-12) James Stripes 509-251-2737 jdstripes@comcastnet Deer Park WA9 Lakeridge Elementary (K,I-3,4-6) www.lakeridgechess.com Mercer Island WA9 WHSCA Mini Teams (5-12) http://www.whsca.org/toumannounce.html Shoreline WA16 8 Hillsboro Holiday Classic (K-12) Helen 503-628-7305 hnoonanhams@comcastnet www.oscforg Hillsboro OR16 Skagit Chessfest (K-4,5-8) Randy Walther [email protected] http://mysite.verizon.net!kaech/ Sedro-Woolley WA16 Ridgefield Holiday Extravaganza (K-12) Steve 360-887-8315, [email protected] Ridgefield WA20 TCCWed.KidsNight (K-12) Gary253-535-2536ggarychess@aol.comwww.tacomachessclub.netfmns.com TacomaWA

January 2007e Ollie LaFf&oiereMemeftal CANCELLEDJaR Lieht 369 7S~ 6472 [email protected]""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" Olympia W.".13 State Qualifier (K-6) Elliott Neff 425-283-0549 [email protected] www.chess4life.com Tacoma WA13 Whatcom Cty Championships (K-12) Randy Kaech [email protected] http://mysite.verlzon.netlkaechl Lynden WA13 Meridian Park (K, K-3, K-6) www.chessplayer.com/mrp.htm Shoreline WA13 Chess Pentatbalon (5-12) http://www.whsca.org/toumannounce.html Lynnwood WA15 8 Martin Luther King Jr. Classic (K-12) Helen 503-628-7305 hnoonanhams@comcastnet www.oscforg """"""""""""""""""" Hillsboro OR

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