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IM Daniel Fernandez and Denker Champion Warren Harper head the pre-registered list for the 2008 U.S. Class Championship (Houston, July 18-20.) Read more on how you can join the fun in Texas.

Peru’s Julio Granda wins Benasque Chess Tournament in Spain

Peru’s grandmaster Julio Ernesto Granda won the “Villa de Benasque” international chess event in Zaragoza, Spain, on Sunday.

The Peruvian grandmaster brought home the honor after beating Serbian Branco Samljanovic.

A bishop move gave Granda the tournament’s title after achieving 8.5 points. “People paid special attention to this game, because they knew it could be the final game to win the title. I couldn’t waste such an opportunity,” Granda said on a local radio program.

On the other hand, the Peruvian chess player asked for more support from government bodies and corporations to continue making progress in chess.

Granda also congratulated the Peruvian chess team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Pan American Games in Argentina.

News source: ANDINA

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They worked together in Nigel’s home in Greece, and almost got themselves killed in a traffic accident. But Sergey Karjakin, 25 years younger than Nigel Short, completely outmatched him in the rapid chess match in the Academic Puppet Theatre in Kiev, Ukraine. On the final day the youngster won both games to finish with a five-point lead. Illustrated report.
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Playing in a Swiss tournament at the Marshall Chess Club today, I had a final score of 2-0-2, drawing the first two contests at game/30 and winning the next two at 30/90 followed by game/60. Here are the games. My third round opponent won the Under 1600 section at last week’s World Open in Philadelphia.

Round One: Sicilian Defense, Sozin Attack

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Uri Feld (USCF 1719), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Na5 7.Bb3 e6 8.Be3 a6 9.O-O Be7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qf3 b5 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2 Nxb3 14.axb3 Bb7

15.g4 b4 16.g5 bxc3 17.gxf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 O-O 19.c4 g6 20.Bh6 Bg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.f6+ Kg8 23.Qe3 Qc5 24.Qxc5 dxc5 25.Nc3 Rfd8 26.Nd5 Rd6 27.Ra5 Bxd5 28.cxd5 Rc8 29.c4 Kf8

30.Kg2 Ke8 31.Kg3 Kd7 32.Kg4 h6 33.h4 Rb6 34.Rf3 Kd6 35.Rc3 Ra8 36.Ra3 a5 37.h5 g5 38.Rf3 Raa6 39.Kg3 Ra7 40.Kg4 Raa6 41.Kg3, draw.

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Round Two: London System

Eigen Wang (USCF 2064) - Jim West (2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Re1 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 f6 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.b4 Qb6 15.b5 Na5 16.Bd3 Re8 17.Bh6 Bd7

18.h4 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.a4 Bg4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qf4 Bxf3 23.Qxf3 Rad8 24.h5 e5 25.dxe5 Rxd1 26.exf6+ Qxf6 27.h6+ Kxh6 28.Qxf6 Rexe1+ 29.Kh2 Rh1+ 30.Kg3 Rd3+ 31.Kg4 Rd7 32.Qf8+ Rg7 33.Qf4+ g5 34.Qf6+ Rg6 35.Qf8+ Rg7 36.Kf5 Rd1 37.Kf6 Rdd7

38.g4 a6 39.b6 a5 40.f3 Rdf7+ 41.Qxf7 Rxf7+ 42.Kxf7, stalemate.

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Round Three: Sicilian Defense, Taimanov Variation

Jim West (USCF 2200) - Molson Hart (USCF 1549), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 a6 8.N5c3 b5 9.Nd5 Rb8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nbc3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.a3 Be6

14.f3 Nh5 15.Qd2 Re8 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.Kh1 Qh4 18.Bf2 Qd8 19.g4 Nf6 20.Be3 Nd7 21.Rg1 Na5 22.b3 Nc6 23.Bg5 Qc8 24.Be3 Nc5 25.g5 Bxd5 26.Nxd5 Re6 27.Bf1 Rg6 28.Rg3 Ne6 29.Bh3 Qd8 30.Bf5 Ncd4 31.Bxg6 fxg6 32.Bxd4 Nxd4


33.c3 Ne6 34.b4 Rc8 35.Rg4 Rc4 36.a4 bxa4 37.Qa2 Rc6 38.Qxa4 Qc8 39.Qb3 Kh8 40.Ra1 Qb7 41.Qd1 Be7 42.h4 Bd8 43.Qd3 a5 44.bxa5 Nc5 45.Qb1 Qa6 46.Rg2 Qc4 47.Qf1 Qxf1+ 48.Rxf1 Bxa5 49.Ra2 Bd8 50.Ra8 Ne6 51.Rb1, Black resigns.

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Round Four: Dutch Defense

Payam Parhami (USCF 2018) - Jim West (USCF 2200), Marshall Chess Club 7/13/2008

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 a5 5.O-O b6 6.c4 Bb7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd2 O-O 9.Rc1 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Nd2 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 d6 14.e3 Nd7

They worked together in Nigel’s home in Greece, and almost got themselves killed in a traffic accident. But Sergey Karjakin, 25 years younger than Nigel Short, completely outmatched him in the rapid chess match in the Academic Puppet Theatre in Kiev, Ukraine. On the final day the youngster won both games to finish with a five-point lead. Illustrated report.
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For the second straight year, Sergey Erenburg has won the New Jersey Futurity International.

These pix of round 9 are provided to us, courtesy of Atlantic Chess News editor Steve Ferrero.

The first photo shows GM Sergey Erenburg versus IM Mikhail Zlotnikov, a game won by Erenburg. In the next picture, grandmasters Sam Palatnik and Leonid Yudasin play to a draw. The last photo captures the spectators watching NM Mackenzie Molner, as he draws against GM Jaan Ehlvest.

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[Our pedagogical series in which we look at a portion of a game I played the previous week in which some obvious tactic is overlooked. Readers are invited to practice their skill by seeing if they can spot what was missed.]

Horton v Bruned (FM, 2383). Benasque Open 2008, round five, position after White’s move 34.Ba3-b2.

Play now proceeds 34…e4 35.Nxe4 Nxe4 and Black offers a draw.

Should White accept?

Miss Easy Tactics! index

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White to play and win

(Duras, 1927)

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The Chess Match

David McKee

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