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2003 Georgia
State Championship
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Kid Chess instructor IM-Elect
Stephen Muhammad won the 2003 State Championship with an exciting
draw against the dangerous IM Rashid Ziatdinov of Florida.
The event was held at the Georgia Tech Student
Center May 16-18, the first time it has not been at the Atlanta
Chess Center since 1995. The 114 players broke by one the previous
record for number of participants.
Contributing to this number was a contingent of Kid Chess
instructors. In addition to Muhammad there was IM Carlos Perdomo,
who was in the hunt to defend his co-championship from 2002 until he
lost to Muhammad. Perdomo ended up in second place by himself with 4
points, a 1/2 point behind Muhammad.
New Kid Chess Instructor FM Todd Andrews tied for
third place with 3.5 points.
Kid Chess President Justin Morrison, playing in
the Open Section, met with success—his 3 points was good for a tie
for fifth place amongst Georgia players. Also in the Open Section,
Richard Francisco finished tied with Morrison, managing a draw along
the way against IM Ziatdinov and handing Morrison his only loss. In
the Under 1800 Section, Brian Kostrinsky tied for 6th with 3.0.
Congratulations to all of these Kid Chess instructors for their
fine performances in the intense competitive atmosphere of the
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Summer is Almost
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This Month In
Kid Chess News
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Where
to Buy your Chess Supplies |
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KidChess.com has
arranged with www.Cajunchess.com
to make chess shopping easy for you. You can easily order chess
merchandise through the Kidchess.com link to Cajunchess.
If you are not comfortable ordering
online or if you just like to handle merchandise before you buy it,
Kid Chess recommends the Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A E. Ponce de
Leon Ave in Scottdale. Call 404-377-4400 for ACC details.
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Kid Chess Summer Camps |
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June 16th-20th :
Holy Redeemer School,
Alpharetta
June 23rd-27th : Queen of Angels School,
Roswell
July 14th-18th : Queen of Angels School,
Roswell
July 21st-25th: Mt. Bethel Elementary
School, East Cobb
Kidchess Summer Camps represent our best and most popular
programs. Camps features
a variety of activities which include:
- Regular Chess Tournament,
- Blindfolded Chess Tournament,
- Bughouse Chess Tournament,
- Speed Chess Tournament,
- obstacle courses,
- several chances to play top instructors,
lots of play, lots of instruction, and lots of fun!
Each camper will receive at least one trophy with the
opportunity to win more. Each camper will also receive a
t-shirt, and scorepad. A minimum of 5 instructors will
be present at all times (usually more) including:
F.I.D.E.
International Master-Elect and current Georgia Co-Champion;
Carlos Perdomo, International
Master and current Georgia Co-Champion;
Justin Morrison, former
3 time GA State High School Champion (1976-78) and former High
School Champion of The Southeastern United States (1976);
Todd Andrews,
FIDE Master;
Kazim Gulamali,
World-record Bughouse Champion;
Jim Mundy,
Popular Emory Castle Camp Instructor;
Jared Radin, former
GA State Champion;
as well as experienced chess instructors Alexis Fairweather,
Irah Chandler, Lee Miller, Charles Curry, Fred Judson, Bill Noyes,
Gale Elfer, Phyllis Abbott, and others.
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$250 |
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Full day (9 am-5 pm), without
lunch: |
$235 |
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Morning Session (9 am-1pm), with lunch: |
$150 |
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Morning Session (9 am-1pm), without lunch: |
$135 |
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Afternoon Session (1 pm-5 pm):* |
$135 |
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Summer Camp space is reserved on a first come first served
basis. If you have any
questions, or wish to register, please call Gale Elfer at 404-875-7137
or email gale@kidchess.com. For more information please visit us
at www.kidchess.com.
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Fall
Kid
Chess Classes!
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The Fun-With-Chess Program by Kid Chess is now accepting
fall registration. Register now for Fall 2003.
(Space is limited. First Come, First Served.)
articipation in Chess has been shown to increase test scores in reading and math. Chess helps develop critical thinking, problem solving
abilities, memory, attention span, patience, and sportsmanship.
Kid Chess classes feature tournaments with trophies, laser-pointer and computer-guided instruction, chess clocks, large boards and pieces, blindfolded chess, and 4-way
chess.
Kid Chess classes are fun for kids and over 90% choose to re-enroll.
Each class professionally taught by one or more of our master-trained Kid Chess instructors.
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Georgia State Closed
Scholastic Championship
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inaugural Closed Scholastic Championship took place at the
Gwinnett Civic Center over Memorial Day Weekend. The top 30
scholastic players from around the state were invited to compete
in this new event.
One of the primary purposes of the two section
tournament was to determine Georgia’s representative to the
Denker Tournament of High School Champions, to be played in August
of this year in Los Angeles. The Denker gathers high school
champions from around the country to play in an elite event at the
same time the US Open Chess Championship is being played.
Georgia’s top-rated scholastic player Kazim
Gulamali won the high school section and will be making the trip
to California. Kazim is having a dreamlike start to his summer: he
also just won the National K-9 Championship in Orlando as well as
the National Bughouse Championship with Benjamin Francis. The
top-rated bughouse player in the world (as rated by the Internet
Chess Club) will be a summer camp instructor for Kid Chess.
Brian Kostrinsky, who was a Kid Chess
instructor last summer, won the K-8 section.
This is the game that Gulamali had to win to
become champion (Click
Here to view June 2003 Kid Chess Newsletter games):
Bennett,K - Gulamali,K [B96]
(5)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nc6
8.Nb3 h6 9.Bh4 Qc7 10.Qf3 Be7 11.0–0–0 Bd7 12.g4 g5 13.fxg5
Ne5 14.Qg3 Nfxg4 15.gxh6 Bxh4 16.Qxh4 Rxh6 17.Qg5 Rg6 18.Qh4 Nf6
19.Be2 0–0–0 20.Rhf1 Nfg4 21.Bxg4 Rxg4 22.Qh3 Kb8 23.Rxf7 b5
24.Nd4 Qc4 25.Nf3 Nxf7 26.Qxg4 b4 27.Nb1 Rc8 28.Qg2 Qxe4 29.Rd4
Qe3+ 30.Nbd2 a5 31.Re4 Qd3 32.Ne1 Qd5 33.Qf2 Nd8 34.Kb1 e5 35.Nd3
Bb5 36.Qf3 Ne6 37.Rxe5 Qxf3 38.Rxb5+ Qb7 39.Rxb7+ Kxb7 40.Ne4 Kc6
41.Nef2 Rh8 42.h3 Rh4 43.c3 bxc3 44.bxc3 Ng5 45.Kc2 Nxh3 46.Nd1
Re4 47.N1b2 Nf4 48.Nc1 Nd5 49.Ncd3 a4 50.a3 Re2+ 51.Kc1 Nxc3
52.Nb4+ Kd7 53.Nc4 Na2+ 54.Kd1 Nc3+ 55.Kc1 d5 56.Nd2 Kd6 57.Nd3
Nb5 58.Nb1 d4 59.Nb4 Kc5 60.Kd1 Rh2 61.Kc1 Rh1+ 0–1
Last year’s Denker representative William Stewart plays
this year’s:
Gulamali,K - Stewart,W [B53](4)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Nbd7 7.Nf3
dxc3 8.Nxc3 a6 9.Bc4 e6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Nc5 12.0–0 b4 13.Rd1
Qc7 14.Na4 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bd6 16.Bg5 Bb7 17.Rac1 Qe7 18.Ne5 Rc8
19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Nb6 Bb7 21.Ned7 Bc6 22.Nc8 Qxd7 23.Nxd6+ Kf8
24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qh5 h6 26.Qh4 Qe7 27.Nc8 Qc7 28.Qxf6 Rh7 29.Rd8+
Be8 30.h3 Qc1+ 31.Kh2 Qg5 32.Qd4 f5 33.h4 Qg4 34.Qd6+ Kf7 35.Qe7+
Kg6 36.Qxe8+ Kf6 37.Qf8+ Kg6 38.Rd3 Qxh4+ 39.Rh3 Qf4+ 40.Rg3+ Kh5
41.Ne7 Qxf2 42.Qe8+ Kh4 43.Ng6+ Kh5 44.Nf4+ Kh4 45.Qh5# 1–0
Brian Kostrinsky shows that frequently a one-pawn advantage can
make all the difference in the world.
Saliashvili,A - Kostrinski,B [D94](3)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.exd4 Bg7 6.Nc3 0–0 7.Be2
d5 8.0–0 Nc6 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.c5 Ne4 12.Nb5 Nxc5 13.Rb1
Ne6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Rc1 Qb6 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Na4 Qc7 18.Bb5 Nf4 19.Bxc6
bxc6 20.Nc5 Qc8 21.Nh2 e5 22.Kh1 e4 23.Re1 Re7 24.Rc3 Rde8 25.Bc1
Ne6 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.g4 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Bxd4 29.Qxe6 Rxe6 30.Rc2 Bg7
31.Bb2 d4 32.Rd2 c5 33.Nf1 f5 34.Ba3 Re5 35.f4 Rd5 36.Ne3 Rdd8
37.Nc4 d3 38.Bb2 Bh6 39.Be5 Rd5 40.Kg2 Rexe5 41.fxe5 Bxd2 42.Nxd2
Rxe5 43.Nc4 Re7 44.Kg3 g5 45.h4 f4+ 46.Kg4 e3 47.hxg5 d2 48.Nxd2
exd2 49.Rd1 Rd7 50.Kxf4 Kf7 51.Ke3 Kg6 52.Rxd2 Rxd2 53.Kxd2 Kxg5
54.Ke1 Kf4 55.Kf2 Ke4 56.a3 Kd4 57.b4 cxb4 58.axb4 Kc4 59.b5 Kxb5
60.Kg3 a5 61.Kg4 a4 62.Kh5 a3 63.Kh6 a2 64.Kxh7 a1Q 65.Kg6 Qf1
66.Kg5 Kc5 67.Kg6 Kd6 68.Kg5 Ke5 69.Kg6 Qf6+ 70.Kh7 Qg5 71.Kh8 Kf6
72.Kh7 Qg7# 0–1
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Metro
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The following tournaments are not associated with Kid Chess and may be run differently than our events. Please contact the organizer to discuss details.
June 13-15: Emory/Castle
Grand Prix
5SS, G/120 (2-day sched. Rd. 1 G/90). Cox Hall, 569 Asbury Cir.,
Atlanta. $$6,000 Gtd! 3 sections: Open: $1200-$800-$500, 2200-2399
$650-350, 2000-2199 $500-$200, U2000 $400-150. U1800: $350-$100,
U1600 $250-$100, U1400 $200-$100. U1200: $100-$50, U1000, trophy. EF:
$65 if rec’d by 6/7, $75 at site. 3-day: Reg: 6:30-7:30pm, Rds: 8,
1:30-6:30, 9-1:30. 2-day: Reg: 8:30-9:30am 6/14, Rd. 1 at 10am
(G/90), then merges with 3-day. HR: University Inn, 404-634-7327.
Byes: Max. 2, must commit before Rd. 1. Ent/Info: 561 Seal Pl. #5,
Atlanta, GA 30308. 404-634-0607, tourney@emorychess.org,
online reg. at www.emorychess.org.
7/12, 8/3: Atlanta Chess Center Scholastics.
4-SS, G/30. Atlanta Chess Center, 3155A
East Ponce de Leon Ave, Scottdale, Georgia 30079. In 4 sections:
High School: open to 9-12. Middle School: open to K-8. Elementary:
open to K-6. Primary: open to K-3. All, EF: $11. Ttophies to top 4
each section (based on 10 each section). Reg. 12:15-1 P.M. Rounds:
1st at 1:30, rest as soon as possible. Awards ceremony right after
last round. Enter: Atlanta Chess Center, address above. NS. NC.
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Georgia State
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This game decided the
championship (Click
Here to view June 2003 Kid Chess Newsletter games)::
Muhammad,S (2445) - Ziatdinov,R (2498)
[D35] (5), 18.05.2003
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 Be7
8.h3 0–0 9.e3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nf8 11.0–0–0 a5 12.Kb1 a4 13.g4 a3
14.b3 Be6 15.Rc1 Qa5 16.g5 N6d7 17.h4 Rec8 18.Ne5 Nb6 19.Bf5 c5
20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.g6 h5 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Qd3 Rac8 24.Ne2 Rxc1+ 25.Nxc1
Qb4 26.Qd4 Nc4 27.Ncd3 Nd2+ 28.Ka1 Qc3+ 29.Qxc3 Rxc3 30.Rd1 Rc2
31.f3 Bxh4 32.e4 dxe4 33.Bxd2 exd3 34.Nxd3 Nxg6 35.Kb1 Rc7 36.Rh1
Rd7 37.Kc2 Rd5 38.Bb4 Rf5 39.Bxa3 Ra5 40.Bb2 Rxa2 41.b4 Ra6 42.Nc5
Rc6 43.Kb3 b6 44.Ne4 b5 45.Bd4 Rc7 46.Nd6 Bg3 47.Nxb5 Rb7 48.Rxh5
Rf7 49.Rg5 Rxf3+ 50.Kc4 Kf7 51.Na7 e5 52.Bc5 e4 53.Nc6 Kf6 54.Rh5 e3
55.Nd4 Rf2 56.Rh3 Bf4 57.b5 Ne5+ 58.Kd5 Nd3 59.Ba7 Rd2 60.Ke4 Nf2+
61.Kxf4 Nxh3+ 62.Kxe3 Rb2 63.b6 Ng5 64.Kd3 Ne6 65.Kc3 Rb1 66.Kc2 Rb4
67.Kc3 Rxd4 68.b7 Rd8 69.b8Q Rxb8 70.Bxb8 Kf5 71.Kd3 Kg4 72.Ke4 g5
73.Bd6 ½–½
Here is the battle
between two of the top Kid Chess instructors and last year’s
co-champions:
Perdomo,C (2456) - Muhammad,S (2445)
[E92]
(4), 18.05.2003
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 h6
8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Nd4 Nbc6 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Nxc6
bxc6 14.f4 Ng4 15.Bd4 Qe7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kh7 18.0–0–0 c5
19.Qd5 Qe3+ 20.Qd2 Bb7 21.Bxg4 Qxd2+ 22.Rxd2 fxg4 23.Rf1 Rae8 24.g3
Bf3 25.Rdf2 Re3 26.Kd2 Rfe8 27.Nd5 Re2+ 28.Kc3 Bxd5 29.cxd5 R8e3+
30.Kc4 Re4+ 31.Kb5 Rb4+ 32.Kc6 Re7 0–1
Summer Camp instructor
and newly-minted master Richard Francisco takes on Kid Chess
president Justin Morrison.
Francisco,R (2201) - Morrison,J (1962)
[D35]
(2), 17.05.2003
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 0–0
8.Bd3 c6 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0–0 Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxh4 12.Bc2 g6 13.Qd2 Kh7
14.f3 Be6 15.Nf4 Bf6 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.Qd3 Bg7 18.e4 Nb6 19.b3 Qc7
20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Kh1 Rd8 22.e5 f5 23.f4 h5 24.Bb1 Bf8 25.Qh3 Qf7
26.g4 fxg4 27.Qxh5+ Kg8 28.Qxg4 Bg7 29.f5 gxf5 30.Rxf5 Rg6 31.Qf3
Qe6 32.Rf4 Rg5 33.Rf1 Nd7 34.Rh4 Nf8 35.Bf5 Qe7 36.Rg4 Bh6 37.Rfg1
Rxg4 38.Qxg4+ Bg7 39.Ne2 Nd7 40.Nf4 1–0
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Summer camp instructor
and state high school champion Kazim Gulamali defeats former GCA
President, former USCF President, and current candidate for USCF
Executive Board Don Shultz:
Schultz,D (2000) - Gulamali,K (2121)
[B92]
(3), 17.05.2003
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7
8.Be3 Be6 9.0–0 0–0 10.f4 Qc7 11.Bf3 b5 12.f5 Bc4 13.Rf2 b4
14.Na4 Nbd7 15.Nd2 Bb5 16.c4 Qa5 17.Nb6 Nxb6 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Bxb6 Bxc4
20.Na5 Qb5 21.Nxc4 Qxc4
22.Rc1 Qb5 23.Bc7 Ne8 24.Rfc2 Bg5 25.Rb1 Be3+ 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.Rxc5
Qxc5 28.Rc1 Qe3 29.Ba5 Rb8 30.Rc4 Nf6 31.Bxb4 Rbc8 32.Qxd6 Rcd8
33.Qc5 Qd3 34.b3 Rc8 35.Qg1 Rxc4 36.bxc4 Rb8 37.Be1 Qxc4 0–1
Showing that ratings aren’t
everything, Morrison draws a player rated more than 200 points
higher.
Morrison,J (1962) - Sant'Ana,E (2169)
[A45]
(5), 18.05.2003
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nd2 d5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.c3 c5
8.Ngf3 Nc6 9.Nb3 0–0 10.Be2 f6 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.0–0 h6 13.Qc2
cxd4 14.cxd4 e5 15.dxe5 Ndxe5 16.Nbd4 Bd7 17.Rfe1 Re8 18.Qd2 Qf7
19.b3 g5 20.Bb5 Rxf3 21.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Ne5 23.Rxe5 Rxe5 24.Bxd7
Qxd7 25.Re1 Qe6 26.Re3 Kf7 27.Qd4 Rxe3 28.fxe3 b6 29.Kf2 h5 30.Qh8
Kg6 ½–½
FM Todd Andrews takes on and
defeats one of the top junior players not just in Georgia, but the
US.
Andrews,T (2332) - Cheng,X
(2057) [E97] (4),
18.05.2003
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4
Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 h6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 fxe4 15.Bxe4
Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Qc8 17.Qg4 Rf5 18.Qh3 Rh5 19.Qg4 Rf5 20.c5 Qxe6 21.cxd6
cxd6 22.Bb2 b6 23.Rad1 Qxa2 24.Rd2 Qb3 25.Re3 Qf7 26.Nxd6 Rf4 27.Qd7
Qf8 28.Bxe5 Rxb4 29.g3 Bxe5 30.Rxe5 Nf5 31.Nxf5 gxf5 32.Rde2 Re4
33.Rxf5 Rxe2 34.Rxf8+ 1–0
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Cajun
Chess:
Georgia Peach Open
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July 26: Georgia Peach Open
Scholastic Event
In addition to a large adult event, this
tournament is holding a scholastic event on July 26. All rounds
will be game/30. The entry fee for the scholastic section is $25
if paid by 7/18 or $35 on the tournament site. Registration will
be Saturday, 7/26 from 8-9:30 a.m, and the round times are
11-1-2:30-4-5:30. The scholastic players will play in a separate
room from the adults. 50 trophies will be awarded!
Hotel information: DoubleTree Buckhead
Hotel, 3342 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta 404-231-1234.
Tournament freebies: Free chess
board. Free chessmen, Free scorepad
& Free pen to all players who pre-register; Free
chess clock to player who travels farthest to the tournament.
Entry: Cajun Chess, 7230 Chadbourne Dr., New Orleans, LA
70126; on-line reg. and printable EF at www.cajunchess.com. Info
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Chess
Essentials and Tactics Corner
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chess, certain themes appear over and over again. Recognizing these themes
and knowing when they apply to your situation is one of the keys to chess
improvement. (Click Here
to view June 2003 Kid Chess Newsletter games):
Koltanowski,G - Price,H [D46]
Ramsgate schev Ramsgate (1), 1929
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0–0 0–0
8.e4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Re8 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bd3 a6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Nfg5 h6
15.Qh5 Rf8 16.Nf3 c5
A fairly common theme is the bishop sac on h6. In this
position notice that most of Whites pieces are pointed at or positioned on
the kingside, while most of Black's are on the queenside. This is
frequently a perfect opportunity for the bishop to destroy the black
king's pawn cover by taking the pawn on h6. 17.Bxh6 gxh6 18.Qxh6 f5
19.exf6 N5xf6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qg6+ Kh8 22.Ng5 Bd5 23.Rfe1 cxd4
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24.Re4 Bxe4 Forced. 25.Bxe4 Rc8 26.Qh6+ Kg8
Now White has a mating net set up. Tactics
Question 2: What is White's most efficient next move?
27.Bh7+ Kh8 28.Bf5+ Kg8 29.Bxe6+ Rf7 30.Bxf7# 1–0
Remember, conditions must be right for the
bishop/h6 sac to work. Often, you won’t be able to calculate out all the
way to mate, but if most of your pieces are poised to attack and most of
his are nowhere near the king, don’t think, DO!
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Newsletter designed and produced by Daniel Lucas, danluc@mindspring.com, 770-338-5803
Web-based newsletter rendered by Bill
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August
2003