Archive for June 14th, 2009

#513 Summer Tourney – Round 1

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Top seed Mark Kernighan, Ian Mangion, Don Carrelli, David Pawlowski, Greg Tomkovich & Joe Renna lead the 2009 Kenilworth Summer Tourney after the opening round of play. Each has 1 point.

I opened with a dreadful draw against Max Sherer but have annotated it for you along with Joe’s & David’s wins. Here’s the replay page & zipped PGN.

Hopefully a higher % of games will be submitted in the weeks to come. Last year, we got 65 of the 81 scores.

Maybe we should just be putting the cream of the crop online & publishing a weekly in-house bulletin with the complete set of games. Comments are welcome.

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#512 Solution To & Game From #506

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
The solution to the puzzle in post #512 is 1…Bxg3! &, if 2.hxg3 (Nxg6 is best.), then 2…Rxg3! idea 3.fxg3 Qxg3+ & mate next.

Here’s the complete game & analysis in java-replay & PGN.

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Edward Winter’s Chess Explorations (22)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

The entire subject of prodigies in chess is fascinating from many standpoints, but, as the Editor of Chess Notes observes, no book has yet given it in-depth treatment. While marvelling at the exploits of such Wunderkinder as Capablanca and Reshevsky we should spare a thought for some truly obscure youngsters also praised by journalists for their exploits, whether real or dubious.

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Chinese Championship – a pictorial review

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

China is an emerging super-power – in chess. The 2009 Championship brought forth a sixteen-year-old winner, one of the strongest female players in the world is a fifteen-year-old grandmaster. The championship was overshadowed by event deciding game defaults, but sweetened by some great photography and beautiful portrait impressions by GM Ye Rongguang.

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