Gens Una Sumus!
John Fedorowicz interviewed by Jennifer Shahade
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9755/556
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
2) Jerry Hanken Memorial Service
3) Arthur Bisguier 80th Birthday
4) Here and There
With half our roster playing in Europe or traveling on business we are going to have to tough it out until reinforcements return.
2. IM John Donaldson (SF) vs IM Dioniso Aldama (ARZ) 1/2-1/2
3. FM Danny Rensch (ARZ) vs FM Daniel Naroditsky (SF) 1-0
4. NM Gregory Young (SF) vs David Adelberg (ARZ) 1-0
Vinay writes:
Hi John,
Turns out I had one shot to win - 32...fxg6 was correct (...hxg6 leads to a forced draw because of the weak h8-square), but after 33. Re4, I have to play 33...Qxe4! 34. Bxe4 Bxc4+ 35. Ka3 and now only 35...Be6!!. I'm down a queen for a rook, but he can't stop ...Bb4+ and ...Bd6+, when I take his Queen and the h2-pawn. After 38...Rb7+ instead of 38...Qb4+, 39.Kc1 is just equal. Turns out the check from a3 doesn't do anything great for me, and just chases his king forward.
As for the endgame, it looks like I defended correctly until my horrible 57...h3 move. He should've won with 58. Bd7 Rxc7 59.Kxc7 h2 59.Bc6 here, when my king is one square away from making it a draw. I saw that, but too late. Instead 57...hxg3 58. Bd7 Rxc7 59.Kxc7 g2 draws, since he can't stop my king from coming in. Oops.
USCL Arizona vs San Francisco (7), 14.10.2009
USCL Arizona vs San Francisco (7), 14.10.2009
I rarely get a chance to watch matches not involving the Mechanics' so this seemed to me a particularly tough loss, but key USCL administrator Arun Sharma says this sort of thing happens at least once a week in the US Chess League!
USCL Arizona vs San Francisco(7), 2009
USCL Arizona vs San Francisco (7), 2009
IM Ricardo DeGuzman and Expert Romy Fuentes tied for first at 4.5 from 5 in the J.J. Dolan G/45 held last Saturday at the MI.
The Fresno Chess Club, led by President Bob Rasmussen, made their annual pilgrimage to the Mechanics' on October 3. Chess Director John Donaldson defeated the visitors 13-0 in a clock simul.
GM soon to be Ben Finegold will give a lecture at the Mechanics' on Tuesday, November 10, starting at 5:15. This event is free to the public. Ben will be in town for a few days and is available for private lessons. Interested parties may contact him at [email protected].
Last Friday through Sunday the Mechanics' hosted the annual meeting of the Ken Whyld Chess Association. Highlights included lectures by GM Ian Rogers (on Cecil Purdy), IM Anthony Saidy (his games with Bobby Fischer), FM Daniel Naroditsky (a presentation of material from his soon to be published book on positional chess by New in Chess), Yakov Susmanovich (the life of Feodor Bohatirchuk), Michael Negele (on the 1100 page book on Emanuel Lasker soon to be published in Germany) and Kerry Lawless (on California Chess Periodicals).
Sunday, 3pm, October 25, 2009
Church of Truth
609 East Orange Grove
Pasadena, CA 91104
Donations for the service and any questions can be sent to Barbara Hanken at 5200 Shearin, Los Angeles, CA 90041; [email protected]
If anyone would like to have something read at the service, they can send their comments to Barbara.
There is a very fine obituary on Jerry Hanken in the Boston Globe, by Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff at http://www.boston.com/ae/games/articles/2009/10/12/chess_notes/
He was U.S. Junior Open champion in 1948 and 1949. In 1949, he also won the strong Manhattan Chess Club Championship in New York. He represented the United States in five Olympiads: Helsinki 1952, Munich 1958, Leipzig 1960, Tel Aviv 1964, and Skopje 1972. Among his numerous tournament successes were first-place finishes in 1950 in Southsea, England; 1954 in Hollywood; 1953 in Vienna, and 1973 at Lone Pine. He participated in two Interzonal tournaments: Goteborg 1955 (where he defeated Boris Spassky) and Stockholm 1962. Also In 1962, he was Bobby Fischer's second at the Candidates Tournament at Curacao. He won National Opens in 1970 (jointly), and in 1974 and 1978. He also captured first place in the first-ever Grand Prix in 1980. He won the U.S. Senior Open in 1989, 1997 and 1998.
For many years, GM Bisguier was hired by the USCF to play in cities and towns throughout the United States, giving simultaneous exhibitions and lectures at schools, hospitals, youth centers, and chess clubs. He played a major role in popularizing chess in this country. In the 1960s, he worked for the magazine Chess Review and later was a regular contributor to Chess Life. In the 1980s, he became a chess columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 1994. His autobiography, "The Art of Bisguier" containing 82 games from the period 1945 to 1960 and humorously annotated by Bisguier, appeared in 2003. The second volume, containing 100 games from 1961 to 2003, was published in 2008. MACA hails the 80th birthday of one of this country's living chess legends; Grandmaster Arthur B. Bisguier. He and his wife, Carol (Collins) Bisguier, also find something else to celebrate in 2009. It's the 50th anniversary of their marriage!
This article originally appeared on the Massachusetts Chess Association (MACA) website - http://www.masschess.org/. George Mirijanian is the Publications Coordinator for this organization.
For more on this video go to: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2009/10/bobby-fischers-visit-to-philippines.html.
An article entitled Abolish Women's Chess Titles, written by Barbara Jepson, appeared in the Wall Street Journal on October 14. Among those quoted are Alexandra Kosteniuk, Irina Krush and Jennifer Shahade. The article can be found at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703298004574457393421190888.html.
Greg Lopez won the Santasiere Friday Night Marathon at the Berkeley Chess Club with a score of 5.5/6. Peter Sherwood was second at 4.5.
Thanks to IM Jack Peters for supplying the following information.
Andranik Matikozyan defeated IMs Enrico Sevillano and Tim Taylor to win this 93-player LA Open , held October 9-11 in Los Angeles.
Final standings:
1. IM Matikozyan - 4½/5
2-4. GM Khachiyan, Kretchetov and IM Peters – 4
5-7. Baghdasaryan, IM Taylor and Kudryavtsev - 3½, etc.
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