SPECIAL EDITION APRJL /Tira

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KARPOV-KORCNNOI SET FOR JULY use? — Bafoiio City, PhilliT^ines, has "been decifn^ated as the site for the '.forld'Champ—

ionshir) match between the current champion, A.natoly K a r o o v , and the challenp-er, Viktor

K o r c h n o i , Bapnio City was the second choice of both f l a y e r s , Karoov's first choice

"bein^ HamburfT, German Federal Re^uhlic, and Korchnoi's heinf: Graz, A.ustria. After c o n ­

sultation with the or.Tanizers, President I-Ux ^ w e of the World Chess Federation fixed

the befrinnin^ of the match as S u n d a y , 16 J u l y ,

Karpov's readiness was demonstrated in the recently completed GM tournanent in

B u ^ j n o , Yugoslavia where he finished errual first with former Vtorld Champion Boris

Spassky over a field of sixteen including Tal ( U S R ) , Hort ( C Z E ) , Larsen (DSN), Htlbner (G?R), Portisch (HU]I) and Byrne (USA) amongst o t h e r s .

K o r c h n o i , of co u r s e , recently defeated Siiassky in a match which earned for him

the right to challenge Karoov. Subse-^uently, he placed second at Wi jk aan Zee, N e t h ­

e r l a n d s , a half point behind P o r t i s c h ,

S T A T E T 0 U R N A K E : : T A::NGUi;CSr:si-'T sponsor - 'Wyoming Chess Association

WYOCTNG OPCTI May 2 7 - 2 9 , l978

P l a c e : Cravrford Room, Natrona County Public Library, 307 E . 2nd, Casper, VfY. Reg: 8:00am, :iintry Fee = S2

Roun d s : 6RSS 40/2hr (20/hr) 9:00am,3:00pm/9:00am,3:00pm/9:00ara,3:00pm

Member: U S Ghesr, ?eden.tion Memberrrhii) required, may join at s i t e .

P r i z e s : Tronhies for 1st and V^oming Junior CharnT>ion,

Co-Bir: Ton KcClew, Tim P f a u , Steve Smith,

Entry: Tom KcClew, 4l9 Trigood, GasTDer, >rf f^2601 N o t e s : IJyoming P l a y e r s ' Meeting x-ixW be held to discuss details of establishing an

official U3CF State Affiliate Or,r-anization and oossible functions thereof.

STATE TOURI'TAMZIt.'T AI:N0UI:C5ME^:T

43RD MONTANA STATE CHAIPIONSKIP

STJonsor - Montana Chess Association

May 1 3 - 1 4 , l978

Place: Student Union B u i l d i n g , M o n t , College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte,

Reg: 9:00-10:00am, Entr;,^ Fee = ;;5 Pj^ r;3 Junior a d v a n c e , S7 ^ -5 a t s i t e . Rounds: 5RSS 50/2hr 10 :00an, 2: 30pm, 7:00pm/9 : 30an, 2:00r)n.

Member: US Chess Feder-^tion membership re'-uired, ma?r join at s i t e .

P r i z e s : £40 1 s t , •;25 2 n d , 515 3rd, S20 Top Under I5OO, SI5 Top Under 13OO & Trophies

to too Montana P l a y e r s , Dir: -Indy Shuck Asnt, Bir; Bill Lynch

Entr:/: Gordon S h u c k , Rt //I Box ,-;-a04, './hitehall, MT 5>'759. N o t e s : No d e t ^ . i l s yet on Ban-uet/Bur.inerrr; Meeting,

The or,'Tn.niaerG ^-oologize f o r selecting Mother's Day as a tournament d a t e . By the ti-^e thin was realised i t wa:: t o o late to halt Chess Life & Review publicity so we are stuck for this o n e .

HELENA OPEN Tournament Reoort

March 25-26, l978 Director: Bruce Thompson

Place Name R a t i n g RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 RD5 Score Tie-Bre^

M / S 1 Doug Klaucke 1658 W21 W18 W9 W4 D2

Tie-Bre^ M / S

2 rferc Isyrm WY 1947 W6 va4 D5 l'a3 Dl 4-1 9i/l6i

3 Jim Magorian 1568 W7 D13 va8 W5 D8 4-1 9* / l 5 4 Ken Shinn 1615 W27 W15 LI w9 4-1 84-5 Bob Jordan 151T W28 W12 D2 L3 WI3 3 i - l i 9 i 6 Andy Shuck 1317 L2 W23 W22 DI5 va4 3 i - l i 7 /13 7 Sam Hoomiratana 120 1 * L3 >;25 D14 \iie \a3 34-1* 7 / I 2 i 8 Bill Lynch 1660 LI 9 VJ30 W26 vai D3

34-1* 6

9 Howard Hoene 1488 W29 va7 LI \-ao L4 3-2 10 le Kip Stubberud 1775 LI 2 W29 Wl9 L9 W21 3-2 8 11 Matthew Guthrie 1322 W22 L4 W21 L8 W20 3-2 7 i 12 Walt Duncan 1296 \no 1-5 L20 W26 Wl9 3-2 7 13 Craig Selman 1322 W20 D3 \a6 L2 L5 2 i 10

14 Michael Foster 1344 W23 L2 D7 \n6 L6 2 4 -2i 9 i

15 Jack Reddy 1504* W30 va9 U D6 L7 2 i 9 16 Noushin Khalifar 1363* W24 D26 LI 3 LI4 W25 24-2i 3k 17 Gordon Shuck 1562 D26 L9 W27 W20 WD 24-li 4 18 Bruce Thompson 1341 V/25 LI L3 L7 W30 2-3 9 19 Coyle Long 1263 W8 LI 5 LIO W28 LI 2 2-3 20 Tom Laceky NON LI 3 W28 ;n2 LI 7 Lll 2-3 &i-/i2i 21 Dave Mouat \ff 1225 LI W24 Lll V/23 LIO 2-3 8 22 Don Norrid NON Lll W27 L6 L25 W28 2-3 5J-/10 23 Doug Brock NON LI4 L6 W30 L21 W26 2-3 ^ / 9 24 Dan. Petersen NON LI 6 L21 L28 Bye W27 2-3 4 25 riark Laceky NON LI 8 L7 D29 W22 LI 6 14-3i

Bi 26 Gary Ritchie 1069* DI7 D16 L8 LI 2 L23 1-4 Bi 27 Jim Toth 1212* L4 L22 LI 7 W30 L24 1-4 6i 28 Nerssi Khalifar 912* L5 L20 W24 LI 9 L22 1-4 6 29 Gene Hackett NON L9 LIO D25 WD WD 4 - 2 i

30 Bob Powell 823* LI 5 L8 • L23 L27 L18 0-5

ks

P r i z e s : 1st Place Troohy + $40 - Doug Klaucke 2nd Place Trophy - Marc Lynn. 2nd Place SIO EA. - Marc Lynn, Jim Magorian, Ken Shinn 1st Under I5OO Troohy - Andy Shuck 2nd Under I5OO Trophy - Sam Hoomiratana

- 1st Under 1300 Trophy - Walt Duncan 2n.d Under I3OO Trophy - Jack Reddy

* Marked ratings were calculated by hand from results of Butte Copper King's Goen and were used for tjairing purooses o n l y .

Since the lutte Cc^-^er King's O-oen had not yet been rated in time for the April Rating Suorilement, the hand calculated ratings used at Helena HT.11 again be used for pairi.ng -DurnoGes at State Tournament unlesn t h e nlayers involved can by that time bring with them a Chess Life & Review mar^.zine showing their actual rating in the uoper right hand corner of the mailinr l a b e l . Statev;ide, very few ratings have changed since the last I-fontana list printed in J a n u a r y , so a new list will probably not be printed until the June isrue of I»tontana Chess N e w s ,

«• * * * **-X-J(-* * * * *

'JOTICE * Dae to scheduling of the U.S.Chamnionshio, "Jalter Browne has cancelled or curtailed most of his soring tour ^nd it would aooear highly unlikely that vie vdll be a b l e to have -n exhibition i n Icntans,.

The decisive "ime oi t h e Heler?- Cr>er} came i.n' the fourth round. Stubberud and

Lynch had been upset in the first.round by V/alt Duncan and Coyle L o n g , renr^ectively,

and Bob Jordan had held toD rated Fiarc Lynn to a draw in Round 3 , so the winner of this game would go into the final round with a half ooint lead.

MPIITE: Ken Shinn MT ( 1 6 I 5 ) B L A C K : Doug Klaucke HT ( 1 6 5 8 ) SICILIAN DETEITSIi;

1 . e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3- c4 a6 4 . Nc3 Qc7 5- d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7* Bd3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nc6 9 . 0 - 0 Ne5 1 0 . Bf4 Nf6 1 1 . Qd2? I':xc4 1 2 . 3xc7 :yxd2 (Black's Knight would be t r a p ­ped if White did not have to soend a move to protect his rook.) 1 3 . Rfel d5. ' 1 4 . Radl Ndxe4 1 5 . 3xe4 Nxe4 1 6 . Rxe4? (uhitc is trving to exmloit Black's Ql sruare and his failure to ca s t l e , b u t he is a temoo removed from G U C C O S S . ) dxe4 17- Nc6 0 - 0 1 8 , Ne7+ Kh8 1 9 , Bb6 Re8 2 0 . h4 h6 2 1 . 3c5 b 5 2 2 . g4 Bb7 23- g5 R^-d8 2 4 . Rel h5 2 % g6 f6 2 6 . a4 Rd7 2 7 . axb Rexe? 2 8 . bxa 3xa6 2 9 . Bxe7 Rxe7 3 0 . Rxe4 Bd3 3 I . Re3 3xg6 3 2 . c4 e5 33, f4 e4 34- c5 f 5 35- c6 Rc7 3 6 . Rc3 Be8 3 7 . Kf2 Rxc6 and Black went on to -̂rin-Notes by Klaucke and Lynch,

In the final r o u n d , Klaucke had the "-/hite nieces a,'~ainst Lynn, and when Magorian

ruickly drew arairst Lynch, Dour offered a dravj in a sunerior nosition v/-hich T'larc

a c c e p t e d ,

;miTE: Bob Jordan ITJ} ( 1 5 I 7 ) BL.\CK: Craig Sel.m^n MT ( l 3 2 ? ) R l ^ LOPEZ

1 . P-K4 P-K4 2 , N - K B 3 N-'^,B3 3 . B - N 5 P-QR3 4 , B-R4 N-KB3 5- 0 - 0 B-K2 6. R-Kl P-0,N4 7 . B-N3 0 - 0 8 . P-B3 P-Q3 9 . P-KR3 N - N l 1 0 , P-''^4 PxP 1 1 , PxP P - B 4 1 2 , QN-a2 P-B5 13- B-B2 QN-02 14- N - B l P-KR3 I 5 , N - N 3 R-Kl 1 6 , B-02 N - B l 1 7 . QR-Bl P-QR4 1 8 , B-Nl B - N 2 l 9 -P_Q5 N - N 3 2 0 . N - B 5 3-QBl 2 1 , N / 5 - r ) 4 B-02 2 2 , P-0K3 PxP 2 3 . OxP P-R5 2 4 - Q-N2 N-K4 2 % NxIT PxN 2 6 . N - B 3 B-Q3 2 7 . P-QR3 C^K2 2 8 , B - N 4 BxB 2 9 , QxB OjcQ 3 0 . PxQ QR-Bl 3 1 - RxR BxR 3 2 , R-QBl N - Q 2 3 3 - R-B7 P-B3 3 4 . B-n3 B-R3 35- RxN R-Rl 3 6 . R-B7 P-R6 3 7 . B-Nl B-Bl 3 8 . B-R2 K-Bl 3 9 . N-Q2 B-R3 4 0 . N - N l P-N3 4 I . P-Q6 K-Kl 42. NxP Resigns 1 -0

vmiTE: Jack Redder MT ((1504)) BLACK: Ken Shinn MT ( 1 6 1 5 ) KING'S INDIAN

1 . P - 0 3 4 N - K B 3 2 . N-QB3 P-KI-I3 3 . N - K S 3 B-N2 4 . P-Q4 0 - 0 5 , P-K4 P-Q3 6. B-K2 P - K 4 7. P-Q5 0N-Q2 8 . 0 - 0 N - 3 4 9 . P - K R 3 N / 4 X P 1 0 . NxN NxN 1 1 . B-Q3 N - B 4 1 2 . B-B2 P-KB4 1 3 . R-Kl P-QR4 1 4 . P-"N3 P - 3 5 I 5 . B-N2 B-B4 1 6 , P-KR4 B-N5 1 7 . P-N3 PxP 1 8 , PxP BxN 1 9 . 0-02 P-K5 2 0 , B xB KxB 2 1 , R-31 0_K2 2 2 , Q - K 3 Q-K4 23- K-R2 B - N 5 2 4 . R-34 RxR 2 5 . O^R OjcQ 26. PxQ P-K6 2 7 - K-N3 B-R4 2 8 . P-B5 P - K 7 , 2 9 . PxP PxP 30. K-B2 R-Blch 3 1 . K-N2 K-B3 3 2 . R-Kl P-KN4 3 3 . PxP KxP 3 4 . R-Nl R - 3 8 35- RxR PxR=Q 3 6 . KxQ B-N3 3 7 . BxB KxB 3 8 . K-K2 K-E4 3 9 . K-K3 K - K 4 4 0 , K-Q2 K-Q5 4 1 . K-B2 N-K5 4 2 , K-N2 N-B3 4 3 . P-QR3 NxP 4 4 . PxN KxP 4 5 . Resigns 0 - 1

* * * * * * - K - K - J i - - K * * *

Montana State Univercity entered two teams in the Chess oortion of the ACU-I

Intercollegiate Regional Tournament held in Missoula, MT ^ e b . 1 1-12, 197-8. Jeff

Markle and Jim Loy cor-bined for Team I and Howard Hoene w?s joined by alternate

Lon Doll on Team II when George Temole chose not to partici'^ate.

Colleges from all over the Northwest were reorenented at this tournament, which

would advance only one team to the national f i n a l s . A team from Oregon State U n i v ­

ersity took the coveted ton s c o t , MSU Team I did very w e l l , however, finishing in

third place with Markle scoring 3-J^l-i" ( 6 t h Place Individual) and Loy scoring 3 - 2 (loth I n d i v i d u a l ) , Lon Doll played w e l l , scorinr 2-g^2-^, but Hovfard Hoene had a bad

tournament and Team II did not place vjell,

Montana U n i v e r s i t y , host of the tournament, could not field a team, and was

reiiresented by Danny Dutton o n l y , who olayed v;ell but did not have a chance to

rrualify f o r the finals.

**-s^^-->f*-j^ *

SUBSCRIBE TOO.AYi * SI,00 brin,^ y o u six is-ues of Montana Chess Nev-'s, one every two

mo n t h s . Send your r i . O O to 'Jilliam M. Lynch, 1144 Harvard A v e , , B i l l i n g s , LH? 59102.

LARAMIE SEMI-CLaSS Tournnment ReT)ort Aoril 1-2, 1978 Dir: Tom McClew

SECTION I

Place Name Ra ting RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 Score Prizes

1-2 Robert Jordan CO 2 0 5 9 i;2 L3 W4 W5 3 - 1 $25 1-2 Bill Lynch 1 6 6 0 Ll W5 H3 W6 3-1 $25 3 - 4 Steve Smith 1 9 2 5 W6 va L2 L4 2 - 2 3 - 4 Bruce Johnsor) ',/Y 1624 L5 W6 Ll W3 2 - 2 5 - 6 Robert Blair VJY 1770 W4 L2 L6 Ll 1-3 5 - 6 Doak Heyser CO I 6 3 2 L3 L4 N5 L2 1-3

SECTION II

Place Name Rating RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 Score Prizes

1 ftwid M. Landers CO 1455 v/5 D3 W2 W4 34-i S50 2 'Da.n Finucane '.'ff 1585 W3 W4 Ll W6 3-1

S50

3 Tim Pfau ^Pf 1444 L2 Dl W6 W5 24-li 4 Russell Hansen V/Y 1499 W6 L2 W5 Ll 2-2 5 Gary Bagstad CO 1401 Ll W6 L4 L3 1-3 6 Alan Cunningham V/Y 1 4 2 1 L4 L5 L3 L2 0 - 4

ECTION III

Place Name Rating RDl RD2 RD3 RD4 Score Prizes

1 Rodney Weikum '.-fC HOK W9 D4 W7 W2 $67 2 - 3 Roy Livin,q:ston V/Y 1397 Wll V/7 W3 Ll 3-1 S25 2 - 3 Ira Rosenholtz WY 1295 \aA W6 L2 W4 3 - 1 $25 4-5 David Hayes V/Y 1296 Dl W6 L3 4 - 5 Peter Sr-genberrer CA NON L4 ••ai DIP ;;8 2-i^li 6 - 9 Ted Mcl'-Iahon vrf 1312 W8 L3 L4 vao 2-2 6 - 9 Arthur Birkby l-ff 1294 WIO L2 Ll \aA 2-2 6 - 9 Loren Teroening '.-Tf NON L6 va4 w9 L5 2-2 6 - 9 James Lannan. 'iiJY 1298 Ll ';a2 L8 W13 2-2

10-12 John Huenefeld NON L7 i a 3 Dll L6 1 0-12 James Silver V/Y 1145 L2 L5 DIO Bye l 4 - 2 i 1 0-12 Comer Moore >nf 1245 i a 3 L9 D5 ;;D 1-i-i*

13 Daniel Lewis iff NON L 1 2 LlO WI4 L9 1-3 14 Jonathan Blesi Iff NOIT L3 L8 L I 3 L7 0 - 4

VffllTE: Bill Lynch MT (I668) BLACK: Robert :^ordon CO (2059) SICILIAN DEI^ENSE

1, P-K4 P-0B4 2. N-KB3 P-K3 3. P-Q4 PxP 4. NxP P-qR3 5- N - q B 3 Q-32 6. 3-K2 N - K B 3 7.

B-KN5? B - N 5 8 . 0 - 0 N-B3 9 . B-B3 N - K 4 1 0 . N/4-K2 0 - 0 1 1 . P-QR3 B - B 4 1 2 . N-Bl N - B 5 1 3 .

N - 0 3 B - Q 5 1 4 . Q-Kl NxNP 1 5 . NxN BxN 1 6 . 'Q-Bl NxP 1 7 . BxN Q-R4 1 8 . BxPch KrB l 9 . N - Q 3

0-B4 2 0 . R-Nl P-0;-I4 2 1 . R-N3 B-Q5 2 2 . R-N4 P-K4 2 3 . P-QB3 P-QR4 24- R-N3 QxN 2 5 . R-Ql

Q-B5? 2 6 . Q-Nlch K-Nl 2 7 . PxB PxP 2 8 . RxNP R-Kl 2 9 . P-KR3 P-Q3 30. B - B 4 R-R3 31. H-N6

P-Q4 3 2 . R-03I Q-K7 3 3 . RxB? (overlooking the 0 protecting the R on R3) RxR 34- R-N8

R-B3 3 5 . Q-N7 Q-K3 36. RxRch RxR 3 7 . '>-R7 Q-KSch 3 8 . K-R2 P-Q6 39. QxP??? O^Q 0 - 1

V/HITS: Roy Livin.-^ton 7/Y (l397) BLACK: Rod Weiloim Vff (UNR) SICILIAN DEFENSE

1. P-K4 P-QB4 2. N - K B 3 N-KB3 3, N-Q33 ( 3 - P-K5 L:-Q4 4. P-Q4 PxP 5. QxP is better)

N-0;B3 4- P-Q4 P-Q4.*' (excellent) 5. KPxP KNxP 6- N - K 4 PxP 7. NxP N / 4 - N 5 8 . B - O N 5 ?

OjcN.*- 9 . Q-K2 0-K4 1 0 . P - O 3 ? (A nice idea v;ould be 1 0 . P-B4 (now Black must guard

his Q3 to avoid N-Q6ch) Q-Cyl 1 1 . B - Q B 4 '^Ql 1 2 . 0 - 0 and after I 3 . R-Ql "Jhite will

have at least some comTiensation, ) NxPch 1 1 . OxN QxB and H a c k went on to win. 0 - 1

Notes by Steve Smith - This wac the decisive rame in Section I I I ,

VJHI?::;: R o b e r t ^ o r d o n CO ( 2 0 5 9 ) 3 L A C K : R t e v e S m i t h ( l 9 2 5 ) ErOLI^'H O P E N I N G

1 . P'^SA P - K 4 2 . N - C B 3 P - K B 4 3 . P - K N 3 N - K 3 3 4 - 3 - N 2 3 - K 2 5. P - K 3

P - K 5 6 . P - 0 3 F x P 7- Q x P P - Q 3 8 . K> I - K 2 N - 3 3 9 . P - N 3 N - K 4 1 0 . Q - 3 2

0 - 0 1 1 . 0 - 0 Q - K l 1 2 . N - Q 5 B - Q l 1 3 . 3 - N 2 P - B 3 1 4 . N x N c h B x N I 5 . 0R-Q,1 B - K 2 1 6 . Q - B 3 R - B 3 1 7 . N - B 4 R - R 3 1 8 . P - K R 3 P - K N 4 l 9 . N - Q 3 B - B 3 2 0 . Q - B 2 P - N 5 2 1 . P - K R 4 Q - K 2 2 2 . Q-K2 B - Q 2 2 3 . R-Q2 R - K l

2 4 . R / l - Q l B - B l 2 5 . N - B 4 R - Q l 2 6 . B - q R 3 B - N 2 2 7 . B - B 5 P - N 3 2 8 .

B -QR3 B - N 2 2 9 . 3 - N 2 P - B 4 3 0 . B x B O x B 3 I , 3 x N B x B 3 2 . N - O 5 0 - K B 2

3 3 . P - Q R 4 R - N l 3 4 . Q -Q3 R - K 3 3 5 . Q - B 2 K - N 2 3 6 . R -Q3 R - N 2 3 7 . 0 - Q 2 n-N3 3 8 . K - N 2 K - N l 3 9 . R-Kl Q - B l 4 0 . P - K 4 P x P 4 1 . RxP R - K B 2

4 2 . N - K 3 P - K R 4 4 3 . R x B ? P x R 4 4 . R - Q 8 RxPch'' 4 5 . O^R O^R 4 6 . N - Q 5 Q - K B l 4 7 . Q - K 3 Q - B 6 c h 4 8 . O ^ Q P x Q c h 4 9 . K x P K - B 2 5 0 . N - B 7 P - K 5 c h

5 1 . KJCP R X P 5 2 . N - N S R x P 5 3 . N x P R - N 5 5 4 . N - B 8 R x P c h 5 5 . K - 3 5 R x Q R P 5 6 . R e s i g n s 0 - 1

t e v e S m i t h CO ( l 9 2 5 ) 3 1 A C K : B i l l L y n c h m ( 1 6 6 8 ) V I E N N A G A M E

1 , P - K 4 P - K 4 2 . N - 0 3 3 N - K 3 3 3 . B - B 4 N - B 3 4 . P - Q 3 B - K 2 (N5 o r B 4

a r e b e t t e r s r u a r e s ) 5. P - B 4 P - Q 3 6 . P - B 5 N-QR4 7 , B - K 3 N x B 8 .

P x N 9 . P - K N 4 P - Q N 3 1 0 . Q - B 3 B - N 2 1 1 . R-Ql Q - B 2 1 2 . K N - K 2 P - K R 3

1 3 . N - N 3 ( s m i t h f e l t a-fterwards t h a t t h i s was an e r r o r . ) B - R 3

1 4 . P - Q N 3 0 - 0 - 0 1 5 . K - 3 2 ( B l a c k v/as t h r e a t e n i n g P - Q 4 1 6 . B P x P

B - N 5 ) K - N l 1 6 . P - Q R 4 P - K N 3 1 7 , R - Q 3 ? ( v m i t e is t r y i n g to p r e ­

v e n t P - Q 4 , b u t t h i s d o e s n ' t get t h e job d o n e . In. f a c t t h e p i n

of t h e QB o a w n h e l o s . A t t h e t i n e I was v e r y w o r r i e d b e c a u s e o f

rrrf c r a m p e d p o s i t i o n , w h e r e a s a n a l y s i s s h o w s t h a t B l a c k ' s s e t u p

is f u l l o f p o t e n t i a l - j u s t w a t c h w h a t hapnens.*) P - K R 4 1 8 . F x R P

P x R P 1 9 . P - K R 3 P-Q4.'* 2 0 . K P x P P x P 2 1 . RxP N x R 2 2 . N x N R x N 2 3 . ^ x ^ J . 7TU-J. I T 7 X U '"'xR (if F x R t h e n O x P c h . L o o k at B l a c k ' s B i s h o D s . D o r m a n t a f e w A f t e r W h i t e ' s 1 7 t h -u , x - j > - . i j . j \x ^ -on

m o v e s a g o the?/ a r e noi^r b o t h beautifull.y p o s t e d . } B - N 2 ; 2 4 . O ^ B P

(This l o n e s a Tull R o o k b e c a u s e o f 2 5 - . B - R 5 c h ) B x R 2 5 . P - B 6 R-ICBl 2 6 . Q x P R x P c h 27-

K - N l B - 3 6 2 8 . Q - K 8 c h Q - K l 2 9 , R e s i g n s 0 - 1 N o t e s b y L y n c h ,

-After B l a c k ' s 4 2 n d

W H I T

T H E F O R K T R I C K IN L A R A M I E D a n F i n u c a n e

T h e L a r a m i e S e m i—C l a s s , h e l d on the f i r s t wee'.rend in A o r i l , vjas d i s t i n g u i s h e d

b y t h e n u m b e r o f g a m e s in v;hich t h e F o r k T r i c k a r o s e .

I n B l a i r / L y n c h : 1 . e4 e5 2 . N f 3 d 6 3- B c 4 B e 7 4 . 0 - 0 ? ( B e t t e r is d4.') N f 6 5-R e l ? T h i s is m i s t a k e n as t h e R s t a n d s b e t t e r o n f l . Why n o t the n a t u r a l a n d s t r o n g

5 , . N c 3 ? vj'hite han n.othin.r- to f e a r f r o m t h e s u o e r f i c i a l F o r k T r i c k - 5.-.Nxe4 6 . N x e 4

d 4 7- N x e 5 dxc4. 8 , N x c 4 a n d '.'hite w o u l d b e a c l e a r -navjn u p .

I n H a n s e n / P i n u c a n e , t h e F o r k T r i c k a c t u a l l y h a p o e n e d : 1 , e4 ©5 2 , f 4 exf4 3, N f 3

B e 7 4 , B c 4 H f 6 5 . N c 3 Nxe4,'' T h e .' is r u o t e d f r o m S C O , w h i c h .-^ves as b e s t n l a y 6, N e 5

N g 5 J leadinv'c to a " d e c i s i v e a d v a n t a r e f o r B l a c k " . B u t , B l a c k v;as, a n d i s , m o s t a f r a i d

o f 6 . B x f 7 + K x f 7 7 . Ne5+ Kg8.'- ( EC O ) 8 . -̂ 1̂5 ( N o t E C O ) - (5,..Ng5.'- to b e f o l l o w e d b y g6

s t i l l l o o k s g o o d - E D ) - Hov/ever, t h e ^fnrne c o n t i n u e d 6- Nxe4 d4 7- B x d 4 0;xd4 a n d

B l a c k is a c o m f o r t a b l e T-in.HD u o a n d f i n a l l y won., '/hite v;as n o t i m o r e s s e d w i t h t h e F o r k

T r i c k , hov;ever, f o r in the n e x t r o u n d B a g s t a d / H a n s e n w e n t 1 , e4 e5 2 , N f 3 N c 6 3. N c 3

N f 6 4 . Be/.? d6? a n d B l ' c k f i n a l l y w o n . •

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S 2 5 - 0 0 Sndrame Bill Lynch

In the final round of the Laramie S e m i - C l a s s , all /-ames were comoleted except

m:r own vfith Doak Keyser of Colorado, If I could win. I vrould split C50 with Expert

Robert Gordon of C o l o r a d o , After five hours we had reached the cosition shown at the

l e f t . Is my Bishoo better than the Kniglit? M a y b e , but I thou/rht I saw a way to force

Black's K i n g back after the oieces were pone:

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4 9 . BxJIch KxB 5 0 . P-R4-' K-B3? (a) 5 I . K-04 K-N2 5 2 , K-K5 K-N3 5 3 . p_N5 K-N2 (b) 5 4 . P - R 5 K-B2 5 5 , K -Q4 (c) K-N2 5 6 , P-R6ch K-R2.*' (d) 5 7 . K-K5 K-N3 5 8 , KxPT P - Q 5 5 9 . P-R7.'' KxP 60, K-B7r P-S6 6 1 . P-N6ch K-R3 6 2 . P-N7 P-QT 6 3 . P-N8=q K-R4- (e) 6 4 . K—B6 Black R e s i / m s . K—B6 restores the mate threat and if 6 4 - -.,K-R5 6 5 , Q-N4ch vans the Black P a w n .

(a) In light of what f o l l o w s , probably

better is P-Q5ch 5 I , K-^3 K-B5 5 2 , P - N 5 P-K4 5 3 . P-N6 P-K5ch 5 4 , KxP P-K6 5 5 . P-N7 P-K7 5 6 . P-N8=Q F-K8-Q 5 7 . 0-N5ch

K-B6 5 8 . Q-Q5ch with a hard ending in.

which '-Jhite has winning chances but has

to avoid losing his pawn or giving Black a oeroetual check,

(b) 5 3 - - , K - R 4 ? 5 4 . K-B6,' P - q 5 5 5 . P - N 6 P-Q6 5 6 , P-N7 P-0,7 5 7 . P-N8=Q P - 0 8 = Q (XxP? 5 8 . n-N5ch and OxP) 5 8 , 0 - N 5 m a t e ,

( c ) I haven''t yet found the win. P-R6 is f a s t e r .

(d) Here Heyser offered a draw, vrhich I nearly/- accepted, a n t i ­

cipating K-K5 K - N 3 , K-q4 K-R2 e t c . B u t , I decided I didn't

want to drav; and then have Fordon come over and show me how I could have won,

thought for another I5 minutes and finally found the right p a t h .

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A word of exol^^nation - you will have noticed the advertisement of CYBER :i3!T"^RPRISii?^, a first f o r '"tontana Chess Nevra. I am not gung ho on Tiromotin.g future advertisements,

but running ads does helo to defray the cost of oroducing the nevjsletter and means

extra p a g e s , extra g a m e s , and extra articler; for y o u the r e a d e r s . Let me hear a little

feedback so I'll know what the general f e e l i n g is about future advertising n o l i c y .

Acknowledgement - I would like to recognise the kindness of K r . Gordon Greene of

COPYAID TRA::SFr:RS, 1 0 7 6 S , LaCienega B o u l e v a r d , Los .-Angeles, CA 9 0 0 3 5 who sent me

free samoles of his products which produced the diagrams you see in this newsletter.

I had b e e n searching for a simple way to produce diagrams since the first issue, and

now that I've found one you can count on s e e i n g man5'' more in the f u t u r e .

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