Gens Una Sumus!
~Dr. Kurt Alfred Adler, son of the late Alfred Adler
1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News
2) Shulman wins US Championship
3) Donaldson wins Calgary International
4) Dutch Team Championship by Rene Olthof
NM Michael Aigner writes:
The field for the 2008 US Cadet (under 16) Championship has been announced by FM Tom Brownscombe. This 8-player invitational round-robin will take place side-by-side with the US Junior Championship from June 14-17 at the Anatoly Karpov International Chess School in Lindsborg, Kansas.
- 1. FM Darwin Yang, age 11, TX, 2231
- 2. NM Gregory Young, age 13, CA/N, 2213
- 3. Patrick Tae, age 15, TN, 2180
- 4. Conrad Holt, age 14, KS, 2109
- 5. Alex Markovits, age 14, OH, 2090
- 6. Deepak Aaron, age 13, NY, 2082
- 7. Richard Tuhrim, age 14 NY, 2080
- 8. Andrew Shvartsman, age 14, NJ, 2073
- High School K-12: Boglarka Erdos (from Hungary), Steven Zierk, FM Danya Naroditsky and Jeff Young (Zierk and Young qualify for Denker playoff)
- Junior High K-8: Mukund Chillakanti and Isaac Zhang
- Elementary 4-6: Yian Liou
- Elementary 4-5: Qijie "Jack" Zhu, Kyle Shin, Vikram Ganesh, Hemang Jangle and Jessica Zhu (no relation between the Zhu's)
- Primary K-3: Tanuj Vasudeva.
1. Yury Shulman-7
2. Alexander Onischuk-6.5
3. Sergey Kudrin-6
4-6. Josh Friedel, Eugene Perelshteyn and Varuzhan Akobian-5.5
7-10. Alexander Ivanov, Benjamin Finegold, Boris Gulko and Julio Becerra-5.0
11-14. John Fedorowicz, Dmitry Gurevich, Gregory Kaidanov and Alexander Shabalov-4.5
15-18. Daniel Ludwig, David Pruess, Jesse Kraai and Alexander Yermolinsky-4.0
19-22. Larry Kaufman, Michael Langer, Dean Ippolito and David Vigorito-3.5
23. Sam Shankland-2.5
24. Sergey Galant -1.5
Anna Zatonskih won the playoff over Irina Krush by the narrowest of margins to take the title of 2008 US Women's champion. Her only loss was to MI member WIM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs.
Final Standings of 2008 US Womens Championship
1-2. 7.5 Anna Zatonskih and Irina Krush
3-4. 6.0 Tatev Abrahamyan and Katerine Rohonyan
5. 5.5 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
6. 4.5 Tsagaan Battsetseg
7. 3.5 Iryna Zenyuk
8-9. 2.0 Esther Epstein and Chouchanik Airapetian
10. 0.5 Courtney Jamison
Calgary International (6) 2008
10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 d5 13.exd5 Nfxd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bf3 Nf4 is about equal.;
10.Bf3 d6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Nd5 Nfxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Be4 Bxe4 15.Rxe4 Qc8 16.c3 Qf5 17.Rxe7 Nc2 18.Ra2 Rae8 19.Re2 ½–½ Brook-Donaldson,Stillwater 1995. 10...Qb6+ 10...d5 11.e5 Ne4 was another possibility but I preferred the following check which causes some confusion in White's position. 11.Kh1 d6 11...d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nd4 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 Lengyel,B -Silman, Budapest 1994, with balanced play, is another way to treat the position. 12.Ra3 Igor played this move after a long think. White wants to eventually play Re1 or Qe2 followed by Be3 and then sit on d5 and b5 but for the moment feels the need to fortify the Knight on b3.12.g4 Nxg4! 13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 Nxc2 is a well-known trick that even Bobby Fischer once fell into in a similar position against Viktor Kortchnoi. 12... Bd7 An alternative scheme of development is 12...Rd8 13.Bf3 e5 while12...Be6 allows White to play 13.Nd4. 13. Bf3 Rac8 14.Bd2 Be6 The somewhat unwieldy position of the Rook on a3 is balanced by Black having to spend two tempi to get his light-squared Bishop to its proper diagonal. 15.Re1 Rfd8 16.Be3 Qc7 16...Qa6 was another possibility but Black goes for a more standard piece placement. 17.Nd4 Bc4 18.Qd2 18. Ndb5 Bxb5 19.Nxb5 was another possibility while 18.b3 Ba6 only weakens White on the c-line. 18...e5 19.Ndb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 d5 20...exf4 21.Bxf4 Nd7 22.Bg4 (22.Bxd6 Ne5 23.Bxc7 Rxd2 24.Bxe5 Bxe5µ) 22...Ra8 23.Bg5 Re8 was a viable alternative. 21.b6 Qc4 This was the most aggressive move but 21...Qb8 was also quite playable. 22.exd5 Nfxd5 22...exf4? 23. Bg1 Nfxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Rd3 wins for White.23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Rd3 e4 25.b3 Bc3!? Igor and I were both under the impression that 25...Qb4 26.Qxb4 Nxb4 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxe4 was better for White. In my analysis I saw the two White Bishops lined up on the e-file but only examined 28...Re8 and after 29.Bf2 rejected the line but in fact the in between move 28...Bc3 would win material! 26.bxc4 Bxd2 27.Bxd2 27.Rxd2 Nxe3 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Rxe3 exf3 30.gxf3 would draw but Igor understandably wanted to win as he was a half point behind in the standings. 27...exd3 28.Bxd5 dxc2 29.Kg1 a4 The immediate 29...Rxc4 30.Bxc4 Rxd2 fails to 31.Bb3. 30.Kf1?? Getting low on time Igor blunders. 30. Bc1 Rd6 31.Re2 Rxb6 (31...a3 32.Bxa3 Rxd5 33.cxd5 c1Q+ 34.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 35.Kf2 Rd1 36.Re7 Rxd5 37.Rxb7 is not what Black wants.) 32.Rxc2 Rb1 33.Kf2 b5 34.Be3 bxc4 (34...b4 35.Ra2 a3 36.c5) 35.Bxc4 Kg7 36.Bd3 Rxc2+ 37.Bxc2 Rb4 is likely a draw.30...Rxc4 31.Bxc4 Rxd2 32.Be2 a3 33.Ra1 a2 0–1There is no defense to ...Rd2-d4-b4-b1.
Results final round Meesterklasse
LSG 2 - Schrijvers Rotterdam 4 - 6
LSG - HMC Calder 7 - 3
HSG - Hotels.nl 7,5 - 2,5
ESGOO - Homburg Apeldoorn: 5 - 5
HWP - Utrecht: 4,5 - 5,5
Final Standings Meesterklasse
1. HSG 18-67
2. Schrijvers Rotterdam 14-53½
3. Hotels.nl 12-47½
4. HMC Calder 10-45½
5. ESGOO 10-45
6. LSG 1 8-46
7. Utrecht 8-42½
8. Homburg Apeldoorn 7-44½
9. HWP Sas van Gent 3-35½
10. LSG 2 0-23
HSG won the Dutch team championship for the first time in its 121 year old history. The previous titleholder Hotels.nl from Groningen were no match. On board one Magnus Carlsen made his debut in the Meesterklasse with a convincing win over Jan Werle.
HWP (Sas van Gent) and LSG 2 relegate, BSG (Bussum) and Voerendaal will play in the Meesterklasse next year.
Jan-Willem de Jong and Rafael Fridman scored an IGM-norm.
Topscorers with 7 out of 9 were Jan-Willem de Jong and Pascal Vandevoort.
HSG-Groningen 2007-08 (9.1), 17.05.2008
HSG-Groningen 2007-08 (9.6), 17.05.2008
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