Chess Nuts
Newsletter of the Alachua County Scholastic Chess Association
Vol 3 No 2 December 1995
Chess Nuts is a publication of the Alachua County Scholastic Chess Association, a division of the Gainesville Chess Club, a non-profit organization. Its mission is to encourage and support scholastic chess in Alachua County.
Mack & Ben Tyner, Editors
George Pyne, Scholastic Chess Advisor
Joel Calvani, Tournament Director, Advertising
Cindy Makes U.S. Proud
by George Pyne
Sao Lourenco, Brazil was the site of the 1995 World Youth Chess Championship. 262 girls and boys, the best from their respective countries, participated in six sections: Boys under 14, under 12, and under 10, and Girls under 14, 12 , and 10. Cindy Tsai of Gainesville, Florida represented the United States in the girls under 10 category. The tournament took place from October 17 to October 28.
In Cindy's division, 37 girls from 35 different countries competed for eleven rounds, one round per day. Cindy finished with 7½ points which earned her fifth place. Just ahead in a tie were three girls with 8 points, and Alina Motoc of Romania, who won with 8½ points. Cindy said she enjoyed playing in the World Championship and learned a lot. She was particularly pleased about meeting FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and obtaining his autograph.
Cindy is a product of the Gainesville Chess Club's "chess in the schools" program, which started four years ago. She played in her first chess tournament in the second grade, and took her first chess lesson that summer before third grade. Cindy's meteoric rise in the chess world can be attributed to four factors: talent, supportive parents, good coaching, and lots of hard work.
Cindy Tsai (center front) is given a gala sendoff at the Gainesville airport on the way to The World Youth Championship in Brazil. Cindy's teacher, Mrs. Rodrigue, and Principal, Dr. Richardson, stand immediately behind Cindy, along with the members of the Hidden Oak Chess Club.
For the past 2½ years Cindy has received chess lessons from many of the best teachers in this area. Her first coach was George Pyne and later she played practice games against her chess advisor at Hidden Oak elementary, George Rottman. German master Arno Nolting took over as her needs grew. She now receives weekly instruction from National Master Tim Hartigan. Recently Grandmaster Gabriel Schwartzman teamed up with Master Hartigan in preparing Cindy for the World Championship.
Cindy is now looking forward to next year's championship in Spain. She would be competing in an older section, girls under 12, and will need to raise her U.S. rating to qualify. If Cindy represents the U.S. in 1996, she will get to meet many of the same girls from this year's tournament and reestablish old rivalries and create new friendships.
Many businesses and individuals were involved in the "Send Cindy to Brazil Fund". Cindy wishes to thank them all for their generosity: the United States Chess Federation, Barnes and Noble Bookstore, the City of Gainesville, Holbrook Travel, Dr. Benet and Associates, Gainesville Chess Club, Florida Chess Association, Burger King, Robert and Dale Kaplan-Stein, Weigold family, Taiwanese Association of North Florida, Steigman family, Donald and Carolyn Jackson, George Rottman, Bob Bender, Mr. and Mrs. David Vowell, Glen Behr, Joel Calvani, Target Stores, Winn-Dixie, Publix, Target Copy Centers, Dorn's Liquors, Rosella Kelly, Ryerson family, Authentic Copy Center, Albert and Lorraine Losch, Footlocker, Dee Zurburg, Crime Prevention, Watson Realty, Dr. Paul Witte, School Superintendent Bob Hughes, Harley-Davidson, B & B Office Supply, Sears, Steve Chamberlain, Coca-Cola, Five Star Pizza, Oaks Mall, Sayah Farah, Jenny Franklin, Nena Galeas, Jarita Hwang, Jennifer Ko, Michu Liu, Goti Mulersman, Val Oppenheim, Kwai-Lee Shen, Mike and Carolyn Oyenarte, Dr. and Mrs. Benchimol, Renaissance Printing, Adele Pyne, Jan Benet, Athletic Attic, Class Act for Dogs, Gale Insulation, Nature's Table, Oaks Veterinary, Chief Waylon Clifton, ROCK 104, Susan Boche, and Michael Smallpage.
Results of the World Youth Championship, Girls age 10
Rank Name Country Score
(11
games)
1 MOTOC,ALINA ROMANIA 8.5
2 PAHTZ, ELISABETH GERMANY 8.0
3 TSERETELI, TAMARA GEORGIA 8.0
4 TUITEBAEVA, KAZAKHISTAN 8.0
DINAZA
5 TSAI, CINDY USA 7.5
6 SACHDEV, TANIA INDIA 7.0
7 ANANYA, SARKAR INDIA 7.0
8 MECHTCHEVIAKOVA, RUSSIA 6.5
E
9 SEIRALIEVA, FIZZA AZERBIAZHAN 6.5
10 SEBAG, MARIE FRANCE 6.5
11 SAMAGANOVA, A KIRGIZSIA 6.5
12 CHEREDNECHENKO, O UKRAINE 6.5
13 KISS, EMESE HUNGARY 6.5
14 GU, XIAOBING CHINA 6.0
15 LUJAN. CAROLINA ARGENTINA 6.0
16 GERASSIMOVICH, BELARUS 6.0
OLGA
17 GUTSKO, UKRAINE 5.5
ANASTASIYA
The Five United States players at the World Championship
Left to right:: Vinay Bhat, age 11, of California, placed 4th in the boys under 12. A.J. Steigman, of Florida, placed 18th in boys under 10. Irina Krush, of New York, rated 2110, had to withdraw from the girls under 12 because of illness. CINDY TSAI, of Gainesville, Fla. finished 5th in the girls under 10. Harry Akopyan, of California, finished 18th in boys under 14.
18 ALCIVAR, INGRID ECUADOR 5.5
19 SOLIC, KRISTINA CROATIA 5.5
20 ROHACKOVA, SVK 5.5
VERONIKA
21 BALKKIEWICZ, POLAND 5.5
ELZBIETA
22 FERNANDES, DIANA PORTUGAL 5.5
23 CAPUANO, BRAZIL 5.5
ALESSANDRA
24 DIAZ, MAIRA LUISA VENEZUELA 5.0
25 STANKOVIC, JOVANA YUGOSLAVIA 5.0
26 ELAMRI, SANAE MAR 5.0
27 NIELSEN, ANNE DENMARK 5.0
28 ECHEVESTE, NADIA URUGUAY 5.0
29 SEGERS, HILDE BELARUS 4.5
30 SIERRA, JULIA ESPAGNA 4.5
PINA
31 FANTINI, SILVINA ARGENTINA 4.5
32 MANENGUATSE, MOZAMBIQUE 4.5
CHIVAVI
33 KOS, VERONIKA SLOVAKIA 4.5
34 BEJARANO, LEGNA BOLIVIA 4.0
35 DINKOVA, INNA BULGARIA 3.5
36 ARAUJO, BEATRIZ BRAZIL 3.0
37 BASCOPE, NATALI BOLIVIA 1.5
World Championship Traps
by Garry Kasparov*
Already many long years I play chess, I find sometimes chances to set traps. This I think is best part of game, watching hungry opponent take bait. So to you kids from Gainesville I give good advice: probably think that when I am worse in championship match, I resigning right away. Not so! All times try few little traps first- here two examples from recent games with Anand: Trap #1, from game 9, after 8 draws- Now watching closely this position, hopelessly lost already I appear being , ahead in material, but facing 3 passed pawns. I make little sideways move with queen (Qe6), carelessly offer up free rook on a8. Can Anand take rook? Rook is delicious bait. After 35 Qxa8 what is being black's next great move? I give you hint: MATE IN 2! (This problem easy, you find answer fast, if not I hope maybe you are next challenger to play title match. Then not so many draws, winning quickly only!)
Game 9
World Championship Match
White Black
Anand Kasparov
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7
8. a4 Nc6
9. Be3 O-O
10. f4 Qc7
11. Kh1 Re8
12. Bf3 Bd7
13. Nb3 Na5
14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Qd3 Rd8
16. Rd1 Bc6
17. b4 Qc7
18. b5 Bd7
19. Rb1 Axb5
20. Nxb5 Bxb5
21. Qxb5 Ra8
22. c4 e5
23. Bb6 Qc8
24. fxe5 dxe5
25. a5 Bf8
26. h3 Qe6
27. Rd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 Qg6
29. c5 e4
30. Be2 Re5
31. Qd7 Rg5
32. Rg1 e3
33. d6 Rg3
34. Qxb7 Qe6
Figure 1: Position after 34. ... Qe6, Answer on back.
Supposing now you are playing world champion, even old decrepit world champion defending title five times already now, he offers rook forking with your knight, how long are you looking at position? Here you are, I give you trap number two.
Game 11
World Championship Match
White Black
Anand Kasparov
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 g6
6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6
9. Bc4 Bd7
10. O-O-O Ne5
11. Bb3 Rc8
12. h4 h5
13. Kb1 Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4
15. N4e2 b5
16. Bh6 Qa5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Nf4 R8c8
19. N3d5 Qxd2
20. Rxd2 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Kf8
22. Re1 Rb8
23. b3 Rc5
24. Nf4 R8c8
25. Kb2 a5
26. a3 Kg7
27. Nd5 Be6
28. b4 axb4
29. axb4 Rc4
(diagram on next page)
Figure 2: Position after 29. ... Re4. White (Anand) to move and lose!
Even Karpov will be seeing such easy trap as this! Anand, forgetting this not 5 minute game down at chess club, studying position one minute only, pouncing on rooks with knight to b6, is living to regret fast move. Do not read hint following, work on puzzle first! Try 5 minutes, you see it? No? Now I give hint then: you having two pieces attacked already, see can you move one away giving check and reaching safe square. Next can you move other piece away to safety, leaving hungry knight? Then thinking sacrifices and powerful discovered check, you find out all rest moves of pretty trap. (Answer on back page.)
*Editor's note: authenticity of article suspect.
An Introduction To Tactics And Combinations
Part 1
by Eric Shen
It was nearly a century ago when Teichmann quoted that, "Chess is 99% tactics." Although this is clearly hyperbole, it is safe to say that Teichmann wasn't far off.
Tactics are exploited in nearly every imaginable fashion by all sorts of players. Whether you are the average club player playing a blitz game, a haphazard bughouse player, or a grandmaster of great caliber, you are almost always using tactics of one kind or another.
Tactics are often only regarded as the brilliant moves which lead to a remarkable checkmate or win of a piece after a tremendous series of moves. But the truth is much more subtle than that. When was the last time you played a two move cheepo and won? How often do you play a series of moves to improve your own position or to leave your opponent's in shambles? Tactics are often a series of moves which either help in a gain of material, checkmate, or the achievement of a better or winning position.
Alexander Kotov once stated that the three pillars of chess wisdom are: "The combination, the ability to calculate variations rapidly and accurately, and finally the understanding and creative application of strategic principles. This chess wisdom enables the master to respond pertinently (relevantly) to the two basic questions constantly facing him: what to do and how to do it. The first involves strategy, the second tactics."
You may decide that your position is not the way you like it. You may want to place your knight on an outpost square a few squares away. That would be the strategy. Then to get it there you may constantly create threats with the knight which might not win any material in a forced manner but achieve your goal of getting it to the outpost square. That would be the tactic. The strong player would also notice the subtle changes in the position as the knight moves to its destiny. Those changes may be weaknesses of your opponent which you have discovered may be exploited by the great placement of the knight. This may also result in a combination by building onto your opponent's weakness.
There are many types of tactics: Stalemate, improvement of your position, destruction of opponent's position, winning of material, queening/promotion, cheepos, and of course checkmate. Or you may play a combination of them. These are the fundamental types of tactics. The main focus will be on the combination side of tactics.
Tactics are played for many reasons. The obvious one is to win, but a truly awesome tactical combination can really stun a crowd of spectators and leave them in vast awe at your abilities. Tactics are also great for a "show" game to present for others. They are also a way to let you know that you have won the game for sure when the tactic has been calculated to its full potential and that you can now relax and reflect. And of course, playing clever tactics is a lot of fun.
Tactics can be strengthened in many ways: A good way is to take a rather tough combination and to spend ten to fifteen minutes on it. Then write down all of your calculations and state what was the move which your intuition told you was correct and all of the reasons for choosing your move. In this way you can quickly recognize key positions and patterns for mate. Another technique is to study several much simpler combinations all with the same theme or position to quickly develop tactical vision. This helps in recognizing many different positions quickly and enables you to see them in every light. This is a great way to play speed chess and to see some "hidden" patterns which will be covered next issue of Checkmate!.
Here is one example of tactics. White to move appears to have a completely hopeless position. Your job is to find a way to force a stalemate. The Answer will be provided on the back page. Have fun!
Lazdis-Zemitis
Riga, 1936
The Eight Queens
subimitted by Ben Tyner
Can you find a way to arrange eight queens on this chessboard so that none of them attack any of the others, without any other pieces, pawns, or kings on the board? Answer on back page.
Figure 3: Draw 8 queens such that they don't attack each other.
Florida North Regional Scholastic Championship
by George Pyne
Make your plans now to play in the Regional Scholastic Championship February 3, 1996 at Metcalfe Elementary School (1905 NE 12th St). There will be 4 Sections:
1. Primary (K-3) with trophies for the top 4 teams and top 8 individuals; also for the top Kindergartner, 1st, and 2nd graders and top unrated.
2. Elementary (K-5) with trophies to top 4 teams and top 10 individuals; also for the top 4th grader and top unrated.
3. Middle School (K-8) with trophies to top 2 teams and top 4 individuals; also for the top 6th and 7th graders and top unrated.
4. High School (K-12) with trophies to top team and top 2 individuals; also top unrated.
Trophies will be increased in any section with larger than expected attendance.
There will be 5 rounds, with games at 10 am, 11:15 am, 1 pm, 2:15 pm and 3:30 pm. Each player will have 30 minutes to finish the game (G/30) and all players will play all rounds. (no eliminations). Registration is $10 if received before 1/31/96, and $20 thereafter or at the site; site registration will be open from 8:30 - 9:30 am.
USCF membership is required.
Please send advance registration to: Gainesville Chess Club, P.O. Box 12197, Gainesville, FL 32604. Include Name, Birthdate, gender, school, grade, section desired, address, phone, USCF ID number and rating (if available), entry fee, and USCF membership fee or renewal if applicable. Membership in the United States Chess Federation brings you numerous benefits, including Schoolmates magazine or Chess Life magazine. If you are under 18, you may join USCF as a scholastic member for $10 per year and receive Schoolmates bimonthly; or for $15 you become a youth member and you receive Chess Life, a larger, more in depth magazine. If you are a new USCF member you should add the appropriate membership fee to the entry fee and make your check payable to Gainesville Chess Club; we will forward the USCF dues for you. Call 376-9898 for information. We expect many players from Jacksonville and other cities around us, so this tournament should bring you new challenges!
SunTrust Scholastic Tournament
December 16th
4-SS, G/45. Lakeland Chess Club, Polk Mulitipurpose Center, Southern Ave, Lakeland. 3 sections: K4, K8, K12. Can play up. Rds. 9-11-1-3. Late arrivals paired. $$ Savings bonds and trophies min value $150. EF: $7 advanced, $10 otherwise. Space limited so you might not play unless registered by Dec. 14 l;atest (advance payment not needed) by mail, telephone or E-mail. Send name, USCF No, rating, age, grade, section. Players provide sets and clocks. Ent. Bob Hagenmaier, 1891 18th street, NW, Winter Haven, FL 33881. 941-299-4474. BobHagmr@aol.com. Or call Pat Hendler (941) 688-3323 daytime. NS. NC. W.
1996 Florida Class Championships
January 12-14th
Open to all (even old folks):
5-SS, 35/90, SD/1, (Sat. Rd. 1 G/60). Orlando North Hilton, 350 S North Lake Bvld at I-4 & Rt 436, Altamonte Spgs, FL 32715. $$G 2525. 5 sections. Open: EF: $39. $$ 400-250-125, U2200 $200-100, Unr. $100 (b/3+). U2200: EF: $38. $$ 200-100. U1800: EF: $37. $$200-100. U1600: EF: $36. $$ 200-100. U1400: EF: $35. $$ 200-100, U1200 $100-50. All, EF $10 more after 1/8. Trophies to top in each section. All non-prize winners with plus scores get chess book. Reg. ends ½ hr before 1st rd. 1 at 7 pm Fri (or 10 am Sat at G/60. Entry must indicate: "Fri" or "Sat" for Rd. 1. "2nd chance" $20). Rds. 2-5, Sat 1-6, Sun 9-2. Half-point byes OK if requested before rd. 2.
Scholastic Section:
January 13 only, open to grades K-12. 5-SS, G/30. EF: $8 if rec'd by 1/8, $12 at site. Trophies to top each grade, top schools K-5, 6-8, & 9-12. Reg. 9-10:30. Rds. 11-1-2:30-4-5:30. HR: $55-55-55-55 (by Jan 2). (407 830-1985, (800) 445-8667. Ent: CFCC, c/o Harvey Lerman, 921 Thistle Ln, Maitland, FL 32751, (407) 644-3542 (Info only). NS. NC. W.
Gainesville Kids are "Top of the Class"
by Gay Hale
Teams and individuals from several Gainesville schools took top places at the Southeast Scholastic Grade Championships held November 3-5 in Orlando. "About 36 kids from Gainesville schools went, " said Alachua County Scholastic Chess Coach George Pyne, "And we came back with 37 trophies."
Teams were sent by J.J. Finley Elementary, Gainesville Country Day School, St. Patrick's Catholic School and Fort Clarke Middle School. J.J. Finley took first place in 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade and 5th grade. Gainesville Country Day School took second place in 2nd grade. St. Patrick's School took third place in both 3rd and 4th grades. Ft. Clarke Middle School took first place in 7th grade and second place in 8th grade.
Individuals players also represented Oak Hall, Terwilliger, Westwood Middle School, Eastside High School and the Alachua County Homeschoolers. The winners are listed below by grades.
Grade 1: First Place - Tony Mullersman, J.J. Finley
Second Place - Elizabeth Steen, J.J. Finley
Top Unrated - Patrick Bobeck, J.J. Finley
Grade 2: Third Place - Gideon Teitelbaum, Gainesville Country Day
Fourth Place - Jonathon Primosch, J.J. Finley
Fifth Place - Charles Hale, St. Patrick's
Top Unrated - Lyndsay Primosch, J.J. Finley
Top U1000 - Matthew Benchimol, Gainesville Country Day
Grade 3: First Place - Nathan Moseley, J.J. Finley
Fourth Place - Mark Mullersman, J.J. Finley
Top Unrated - Michael Bobeck, J.J. Finley
Grade 4: Top Unrated - Yoni Teitelbaum, Gainesville Country Day
Top U1000 - Ross Whitney, St. Patrick's
Quick Chess Champion - Christopher Hale, St. Patrick's
Grade 5: First Place - Christopher Olson, Alachua County Homeschool
Second Place - Eric Vince, J.J. Finley
Third Place - Gerard Hale, St. Patrick's
Fifth Place - Zuhair Khandker, Terwilliger
Quick Chess Champion - Gerard Hale, St. Patrick's
Grade 6: First Place - Marly Wilson, Westwood Middle
Fourth Place - Daniel Sarkis, Oak Hall
Quick Chess Champion - Kjell Ryerson, Ft. Clarke
Grade 7: Second Place - Jonathan Orsini, Ft. Clarke
Grade 8: First Place - Britt Ryerson, Ft. Clarke
Third Place - Kris Shrestha, Ft. Clarke
Quick Chess Champion - Britt Ryerson, Ft. Clarke
Grade 10: Fourth Place - Ben Tyner, Eastside High
Quick Chess Champion - Ben Tyner, Eastside High
For many of the players, this was their first US Chess Federation rated tournament. All of the players are to be congratulated for their efforts even if they didn't place. It shows a dedication to chess and courage when young players leave their home field to match up against other players from throughout Florida and southeast Georgia. This was the first Southeast Scholastic Championship held and more than 200 chess players competed.
Some of our Gainesville Students at the Southeastern Scholastic in Orlando, left to right:
Top Row: Ben Tyner, Callie Tyner
2nd Row: Keith Crosby, Daniel Sarkis, Kris Shrestha
3rd Row: Christopher Olson, Marly Wilson, Britt Ryerson, Kjell Ryerson, Tony Mullersman, Gerard Hale
Bottom Row: Chris Hale, Ross Whitney, Charles Hale, Mark Mullersman, Chris Bevington, Douglas Barlow
Results of The Battle At Buchholz, 10/07/95
Ratings are ACSCA, NOT USCF
Primary (K-2) Section
# Name Team Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
1 Otton, Christopher..........LIT 714 763 W 42 W 10 W 29 W 12 W 7 5.0
2 Teitelbaum, Gideon..........CDS 912 914 W 40 W 55 D 3 W 17 W 8 4.5
3 Hale, Charles...............STP 655 703 W 43 W 21 D 2 W 26 W 12 4.5
4 Chamberlain, Ross...........CDS 804 790 W 58 W 20 L 8 W 38 W 21 4.0
5 Shen, Christine.............WLE 789 803 W 11 W 19 W 9 L 7 W 24 4.0
6 Primosch, Jonathan..........JJF 736 734 W 41 W 49 L 7 X--- W 28 4.0
7 Perea, Alex.................CDS 687 718 W 64 W 37 W 6 W 5 L 1 4.0
8 Mullersman, Tony............JJF 631 675 W 34 W 23 W 4 W 13 L 2 4.0
9 Smith, Brett................JJF 614 614 W 44 W 39 L 5 W 22 W 23 4.0
10 Galeas, Tony................CSC 287 363 W 54 L 1 W 62 W 15 W 14 4.0
11 Steen, Elizabeth............JJF unr. 724 L 5 W 60 W 55 W 29 W 13 4.0
12 Simpson, Lauren.............JJF 832 801 W 33 W 18 W 15 L 1 L 3 3.0
13 Lee, Courtney...............CDS 744 713 W 50 W 38 W 22 L 8 L 11 3.0
14 Edwards, Katie..............JJF 638 591 W 51 L 22 W 57 W 30 L 10 3.0
15 Disabb, Ethan...............LIT 631 604 W 52 W 31 L 12 L 10 W 32 3.0
16 Cunningham, Jenny...........JJF 597 566 W 65 L 28 W 41 L 23 W 46 3.0
17 Hampton, William............HOM 575 594 W 24 D 27 W 28 L 2 D 26 3.0
18 Sahni, Param................HOK 515 517 W 60 L 12 W 58 L 24 W 41 3.0
19 Hintermister, Joshua........MMA 467 464 W 46 L 5 W 42 L 21 W 44 3.0
20 Cain, Andrew................LIT 448 460 W 25 L 4 D 51 W 54 D 27 3.0
21 Phillips, Terry.............LIT 300 361 W 48 L 3 W 25 W 19 L 4 3.0
22 Weseman, Michael............GSP 230 296 W 35 W 14 L 13 L 9 W 37 3.0
23 Ealy, Matthew...............STP 177 235 W 63 L 8 W 47 W 16 L 9 3.0
24 Walker, Wes.................JJF unr. 622 L 17 W 33 W 49 W 18 L 5 3.0
25 Joseph, Brian...............HOM unr. 439 L 20 W 50 L 21 W 58 W 38 3.0
26 Bustillos, Samuel...........CSC unr. 508 D 30 W 56 W 27 L 3 D 17 3.0
27 Cunningham, Andrew..........JJF unr. 385 W 56 D 17 L 26 X--- D 20 3.0
28 Witte, Patrick..............CDS unr. 577 W 32 W 16 L 17 W 37 L 6 3.0
29 Kanter, Brittany............CDS 525 516 W 59 W 36 L 1 L 11 D 33 2.5
30 Alsop, Patrick..............GSP 288 290 D 26 D 32 W 39 L 14 D 31 2.5
31 Cavasini, Joseph............TER 226 250 W 62 L 15 L 48 W 42 D 30 2.5
32 Bobek, Patrick..............JJF 138 186 L 28 D 30 W 36 W 49 L 15 2.5
33 Pardo, Joseph...............NEW unr. 341 L 12 L 24 W 60 W 47 D 29 2.5
34 McManis, Perry..............NEW unr. 214 L 8 D 35 L 52 W 53 X--- 2.5
35 Nicotera, David.............STP unr. 239 L 22 D 34 L 54 W 64 W 55 2.5
36 Hanners, Adam...............STP unr. 241 X--- L 29 L 32 W 50 D 43 2.5
37 Posa, Alex..................JJF 441 413 W 47 L 7 W 63 L 28 L 22 2.0
38 Johnson, Darren.............NEW 439 431 W 53 L 13 W 59 L 4 L 25 2.0
39 Hartwell, Marti.............NEW 54 52 B--- L 9 L 30 L 43 W 60 2.0
40 Avener, Baxley..............JJF unr. 198 L 2 L 59 W 65 L 46 W 42 2.0
41 Prescott, Ashley............TAL unr. 412 L 6 W 46 L 16 W 55 L 18 2.0
42 Kipersztok, Billy...........TAL unr. 311 L 1 W 53 L 19 L 31 W 40 2.0
43 McKinney, Travis............JJF unr. 108 L 3 L 48 D 53 W 39 D 36 2.0
44 Woodyard, William...........TER unr. 120 L 9 L 62 W 61 W 56 L 19 2.0
45 Frick, Angela...............TER unr. 199 L 55 L 58 L 50 W 65 W 56 2.0
46 Nancarrow, Cody.............CSC unr. 369 L 19 L 41 W 64 W 40 L 16 2.0
47 Rush, Bobby.................GSP unr. 248 L 37 W 64 L 23 L 33 W 58 2.0
48 Thomas, Brian...............GSP unr. 426 L 21 W 43 W 31 F--- U--- 2.0
49 Gerston, Jonathon...........LIT 354 315 W 61 L 6 L 24 L 32 D 50 1.5
50 Stephens, Caraline..........JJF unr. 157 L 13 L 25 W 45 L 36 D 49 1.5
51 Herndon, Caleb..............TAL unr. 346 L 14 W 61 D 20 U--- U--- 1.5
52 Boyett, Marcus..............TAL unr. 276 L 15 D 54 W 34 F--- U--- 1.5
53 Welsch, Christina...........NOR unr. 116 L 38 L 42 D 43 L 34 W 64 1.5
54 Henderson, Stan.............GSP unr. 230 L 10 D 52 W 35 L 20 F--- 1.5
55 Peterson, Jennifer..........PKY 481 433 W 45 L 2 L 11 L 41 L 35 1.0
56 Kuhn, Andrew................NOR 112 76 L 27 L 26 B--- L 44 L 45 1.0
57 Collins, Jacob..............LIT 92 91 F--- B--- L 14 U--- U--- 1.0
58 Stephens, Jacob.............JJF unr. 117 L 4 W 45 L 18 L 25 L 47 1.0
59 Kennedy, Dylan..............TAL unr. 358 L 29 W 40 L 38 U--- U--- 1.0
60 Cowart, Travis..............TER unr. 127 L 18 L 11 L 33 W 61 L 39 1.0
61 Carson, Reu.................HOM unr. -31 L 49 L 51 L 44 L 60 W 65 1.0
62 Cunningham, Todd............TAL unr. 125 L 31 W 44 L 10 U--- U--- 1.0
63 Parker, Jeremy..............BRE unr. 138 L 23 W 65 L 37 U--- U--- 1.0
64 Carson, Asher...............HOM unr. -175 L 7 L 47 L 46 L 35 L 53 0.0
65 Sleasman, Lauren............TAL unr. -146 L 16 L 63 L 40 L 45 L 61 0.0
Elementary (3-5) Section
# Name Team Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
1 Tsai, Cindy.................HOK 1374 1386 W 66 W 37 W 25 W 12 W 11 5.0
2 Olson, Christopher..........HOM 1257 1277 W 67 W 38 W 27 W 14 W 8 5.0
3 Tsai, Danny.................HOK 1089 1107 W 93 W 17 W 29 W 31 D 7 4.5
4 Rapczak, Tabey..............STP 1160 1141 W 94 L 39 W 64 W 40 W 20 4.0
5 Moseley, Nathan.............JJF 1154 1138 W 92 W 16 L 26 W 43 W 32 4.0
6 Musselman, Mark.............STP 1141 1128 W 68 W 89 L 15 W 42 W 29 4.0
7 O'Connor, Patrick...........STP 1125 1128 W 49 W 54 W 28 D 13 D 3 4.0
8 Vince, Eric.................JJF 1082 1092 W 18 W 41 W 32 W 26 L 2 4.0
9 Hale, Gerard................STP 1062 1047 W 95 W 42 L 31 W 46 W 39 4.0
10 Borst, Alex.................TER 1060 1060 W 57 W 40 D 20 W 52 D 13 4.0
11 Edwards, Dan................JJF 1035 1052 W 69 W 45 W 39 W 15 L 1 4.0
12 Armaghani, Sheyan...........GSP 1004 1029 W 70 W 43 W 21 L 1 W 31 4.0
13 Looke, Jonathan.............HOM 978 1000 W110 W 44 W 86 D 7 D 10 4.0
14 Khandker, Zuhair............TER 976 993 W 50 W 62 W 23 L 2 W 48 4.0
15 Joseph, Darnell.............HOM 941 984 W 19 W 64 W 6 L 11 W 35 4.0
16 Farah, Nick.................HOK 725 765 W103 L 5 W 69 W 86 W 26 4.0
17 Barlow, Douglas.............STP 707 773 W 80 L 3 W 50 W 25 W 27 4.0
18 Putnam, Buck................GSP 393 502 L 8 W 81 W 38 W 34 W 52 4.0
19 Osborne, Joel...............JJF unr. 953 L 15 W104 W 41 W 37 W 28 4.0
20 Weigold, Sean...............JJF 902 932 W107 W 96 D 10 W 24 L 4 3.5
21 Wu, Tanya...................JJF unr. 976 W 61 W 34 L 12 D 36 W 53 3.5
22 McNicol, Robin..............GSP unr. 913 W 46 D 52 D 33 D 53 W 54 3.5
23 Whitney, Ross...............STP unr. 896 W 91 W 35 L 14 D 54 W 56 3.5
24 Hale, Chris.................STP 1237 1180 L 48 W 56 W 47 L 20 W 63 3.0
25 Hodes, Chopper..............TER 971 952 W 71 W 63 L 1 L 17 W 64 3.0
26 O'Connor, Ryan..............GSP 926 926 W 72 W 47 W 5 L 8 L 16 3.0
27 Simpson, Heather............JJF 918 899 W 97 W 48 L 2 W 62 L 17 3.0
28 Peir, Gene..................WLE 911 901 W 73 W 65 L 7 W 45 L 19 3.0
29 Joseph, Nadine..............HOM 864 868 W 75 W 74 L 3 W 55 L 6 3.0
30 Disabb, Alexander...........LIT 835 793 L 76 W 97 L 65 W 71 W 67 3.0
31 Chang, Kevin................JJF 820 842 W 98 W 85 W 9 L 3 L 12 3.0
32 Teitelbaum, Yoni............CDS 816 821 W 99 W 76 L 8 W 63 L 5 3.0
33 Rapczak, Trey...............STP 813 798 X--- D 51 D 22 L 48 W 81 3.0
34 Alridge, Michael............TER 804 782 W 78 L 21 W 92 L 18 W 65 3.0
35 Thompson, Alex..............TER 801 793 W100 L 23 W 94 W 65 L 15 3.0
36 Welch, Adam.................TAL 795 794 W 58 L 86 W 49 D 21 D 51 3.0
37 Miller, Laura...............GSP 792 792 W101 L 1 W 67 L 19 W 68 3.0
38 Mullersman, Mark............JJF 792 773 W102 L 2 L 18 W 83 W 72 3.0
39 Hampton, Nirelle............HOM 757 789 W 79 W 4 L 11 W 85 L 9 3.0
40 Bobeck, Michael.............JJF 701 721 W 81 L 10 W 72 L 4 W 80 3.0
41 Nicotera, Joey..............STP 675 689 W108 L 8 L 19 W 76 W 70 3.0
42 Teague, Mark................GSP 667 691 W114 L 9 W 74 L 6 W 85 3.0
43 Hartwell, Katie.............NEW 667 687 W 82 L 12 W 76 L 5 W 78 3.0
44 Hart, Jared.................JJF 664 680 W 83 L 13 L 85 W 74 W 86 3.0
45 Bizub, Marc.................HOK 646 661 W 84 L 11 W103 L 28 W 87 3.0
46 Boudreau, Hal...............TAL 646 659 L 22 W 98 W100 L 9 W 88 3.0
47 Deegan, Brandon.............BRE 601 633 W106 L 26 L 24 W 98 W 60 3.0
48 T'Felt, Nic.................NOR 504 587 W 24 L 27 W 60 W 33 L 14 3.0
49 Auerbach, Kevin.............HOK 444 482 L 7 W113 L 36 W100 W 89 3.0
50 Jensen, Keelan..............LIT unr. 629 L 14 W105 L 17 W106 W 62 3.0
51 Ko, Kaspar..................WLE unr. 870 W 53 D 33 L 52 W 89 D 36 3.0
52 Hampton, Marcie.............HOM 811 803 W 77 D 22 W 51 L 10 L 18 2.5
53 Garmon, Michael.............BRE 779 771 L 51 W107 W 68 D 22 L 21 2.5
54 Cavasinni, Michael..........TER 716 721 W113 L 7 W 70 D 23 L 22 2.5
55 Holder, Jessica.............NEW 640 621 L 86 W 99 W 96 L 29 D 59 2.5
56 Suggs, Katie................NEW 589 607 D 59 L 24 W 66 W 84 L 23 2.5
57 Rajasekhar, Vivek...........NOR 343 392 L 10 W108 D 89 L 60 W 90 2.5
58 Carroll, Robbie.............TER unr. 511 L 36 L 94 D105 W 91 W 92 2.5
Elementary section (3-5) continued
59 Janiszewski, Chris..........STP unr. 575 D 56 L 60 D 71 W 96 D 55 2.5
60 Oppenheim, Abe..............HOK 906 828 L 74 W 59 L 48 W 57 L 47 2.0
61 O'Brien, Patrick............HOM 698 660 L 21 D 75 D 88 L 72 W 98 2.0
62 Bevington, Christopher......STP 648 633 W104 L 14 W 83 L 27 L 50 2.0
63 Peterson, Cassie............HOM 624 620 X--- L 25 W 80 L 32 L 24 2.0
64 Resczenski, Cristi..........WLE 617 623 W105 L 15 L 4 W 75 L 25 2.0
65 Stearns, Jessica............STP 569 593 W 88 L 28 W 30 L 35 L 34 2.0
66 Fiedler, Nicole.............WLE 515 484 L 1 L100 L 56 B--- W 99 2.0
67 Sollenberger, Mark..........TER 507 509 L 2 W102 L 37 W103 L 30 2.0
68 Hardin, Ross................WLE 455 469 L 6 W 79 L 53 W 82 L 37 2.0
69 Shroeger, Jessica...........NOR 245 258 L 11 W114 L 16 L 80 W103 2.0
70 Wu, Lorri...................JJF unr. 512 L 12 W 82 L 54 W104 L 41 2.0
71 Wu, Shuang..................JJF unr. 548 L 25 D 84 D 59 L 30 W104 2.0
72 Maddock, Gregory............BIS unr. 583 L 26 W106 L 40 W 61 L 38 2.0
73 Knight, Stuart..............JJF unr. 383 L 28 L 88 L 81 W 93 W101 2.0
74 Carrick, Christopher........NOR unr. 620 W 60 L 29 L 42 L 44 W100 2.0
75 Bhardwai, Namita............NOR unr. 497 L 29 D 61 D 77 L 64 W105 2.0
76 Murphy, Graham..............JJF unr. 558 W 30 L 32 L 43 L 41 W106 2.0
77 Bright, Christopher.........DUV unr. 484 L 52 D 91 D 75 D 92 D 84 2.0
78 Gregalot, Brian.............STP unr. 537 L 34 D 90 W 91 D 88 L 43 2.0
79 Kinsey, Trey................TER unr. 360 L 39 L 68 D 93 D105 W 95 2.0
80 Magnarella, Courtney........TAL unr. 448 L 17 W 95 L 63 W 69 L 40 2.0
81 Kaplan-Stein, Gracie........CDS unr. 531 L 40 L 18 W 73 W 94 L 33 2.0
82 Yelton, Jeff................TER unr. 343 L 43 L 70 W107 L 68 W 96 2.0
83 Butler, Megan...............WLE unr. 447 L 44 X--- L 62 L 38 W 94 2.0
84 Bustillos, Michael..........CSC unr. 494 L 45 D 71 W 90 L 56 D 77 2.0
85 Phillips, Logan.............LIT unr. 630 W 90 L 31 W 44 L 39 L 42 2.0
86 Adkins, Jared...............TER unr. 680 W 55 W 36 L 13 L 16 L 44 2.0
87 Tyner, Callie...............JJF unr. 544 F--- U--- W101 W 95 L 45 2.0
88 Osman, Tarfa................DUV unr. 550 L 65 W 73 D 61 D 78 L 46 2.0
89 Moberly, Reed...............JJF 753 698 X--- L 6 D 57 L 51 L 49 1.5
90 Winkler, Geoffrey...........TER 644 577 L 85 D 78 L 84 W 97 L 57 1.5
91 Miller, Katie...............GSP 599 554 L 23 D 77 L 78 L 58 W107 1.5
92 Foti, Meaghan...............NOR 459 450 L 5 W101 L 34 D 77 L 58 1.5
93 Downey, Amanda..............TAL 411 371 L 3 L103 D 79 L 73 W114 1.5
94 Otton, Miyuki...............LIT 487 467 L 4 W 58 L 35 L 81 L 83 1.0
95 Johnson, Travis.............NEW 363 330 L 9 L 80 W113 L 87 L 79 1.0
96 Alladi, Amritha.............HOK 239 220 B--- L 20 L 55 L 59 L 82 1.0
97 Coleman, Melanie............NOR unr. 311 L 27 L 30 D108 L 90 D102 1.0
98 Hilton, Gene................STP unr. 321 L 31 L 46 W114 L 47 L 61 1.0
99 Maddock, Caroline...........BIS unr. 215 L 32 L 55 L106 W113 L 66 1.0
100 Suskin, Sam.................JJF unr. 356 L 35 W 66 L 46 L 49 L 74 1.0
101 Prescott, Jessica...........TAL unr. 251 L 37 L 92 L 87 W114 L 73 1.0
102 Stark, Jordanne.............NEW unr. 221 L 38 L 67 L104 D107 D 97 1.0
103 Walker, Stewart.............JJF unr. 266 L 16 W 93 L 45 L 67 L 69 1.0
104 Amini, Omid.................LIT unr. 325 L 62 L 19 W102 L 70 L 71 1.0
105 Alan, Adrian................HOK unr. 300 L 64 L 50 D 58 D 79 L 75 1.0
106 Wood, William...............HOK unr. 285 L 47 L 72 W 99 L 50 L 76 1.0
107 Davis, Jermaine.............DUV unr. 249 L 20 L 53 L 82 D102 L 91 0.5
108 Nimalendran, Rathidka.......CDS unr. 205 L 41 L 57 D 97 U--- U--- 0.5
109 Weseman, William............GSP 754 754 U--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
110 Smith, Branson..............JJF unr. 578 L 13 F--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
111 Hazariwala, Ronica..........TAL unr. 0 F--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
112 Siemann, Justin.............CDS unr. 0 F--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
113 Lathorpe, Scott.............JJF unr. 45 L 54 L 49 L 95 L 99 U--- 0.0
114 Scruggs, Dametrias..........DUV unr. -32 L 42 L 69 L 98 L101 L 93 0.0
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Middle School (6-8) Section
# Name Team Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
1 Shen, Eric..................FTC 1469 1491 W 22 W 10 W 6 W 8 W 5 5.0
2 Ryerson, Kjell..............FTC 1344 1321 W 15 L 8 W 28 W 18 W 16 4.0
3 Kao, Andrew.................FTC 1227 1244 W 28 W 13 W 7 D 5 D 6 4.0
4 Orsini, Jonathan............FTC 1087 1109 W 29 W 12 L 5 W 24 W 10 4.0
5 Wilson, Marly...............WES 1412 1398 W 30 W 11 W 4 D 3 L 1 3.5
6 Rush, Tommy.................WES 1143 1157 W 23 W 21 L 1 W 13 D 3 3.5
7 Joseph, Chris...............HOM 1022 1025 W 35 W 24 L 3 W 21 D 8 3.5
8 Shyy, Albert................WES 938 987 W 32 W 2 W 14 L 1 D 7 3.5
9 Miller, Peter...............WES 1008 984 W 31 D 27 L 18 D 14 W 23 3.0
10 O'Brien, Michael............HOM 990 992 W 16 L 1 W 27 W 23 L 4 3.0
11 Sarkis, Daniel..............OHS 936 928 W 25 L 5 W 15 L 16 W 24 3.0
12 Ip, Jonathan................WES 907 916 W 17 L 4 L 23 W 27 W 18 3.0
13 Tucker, Seth................STP 901 915 W 33 L 3 W 26 L 6 W 25 3.0
14 Wershow, Daniel.............FTC 862 897 D 18 W 20 L 8 D 9 W 26 3.0
15 Davis, Eric.................WES 819 842 L 2 W 32 L 11 W 33 W 21 3.0
16 Braiman, Jerimiah...........WES 408 495 L 10 W 17 W 30 W 11 L 2 3.0
17 Magnarella, Marc............FTC unr. 758 L 12 L 16 W 35 W 20 D 19 2.5
18 Fernandez, Gary.............OHS unr. 991 D 14 W 30 W 9 L 2 L 12 2.5
19 Teague, Ryan................WES unr. 848 U--- W 29 L 21 W 31 D 17 2.5
20 Miller, Danny...............WES 1092 1016 L 27 L 14 W 32 L 17 W 33 2.0
21 Auerbach, Scott.............FTC 838 836 W 26 L 6 W 19 L 7 L 15 2.0
22 Sabawi, Aimon...............WES 832 805 L 1 W 31 L 24 L 26 W 27 2.0
23 LaRocca, Anthony............FTC 788 805 L 6 W 25 W 12 L 10 L 9 2.0
24 Dyer, Michael...............STP 659 671 X--- L 7 W 22 L 4 L 11 2.0
25 Chang, Andrew...............WES unr. 748 L 11 L 23 W 31 W 30 L 13 2.0
26 Quick, Michael..............CSC unr. 727 L 21 W 35 L 13 W 22 L 14 2.0
27 Outman, Nicholas............FTC 754 764 W 20 D 9 L 10 L 12 L 22 1.5
28 Forbes, Ethan...............WES 726 703 L 3 X--- L 2 L 32 D 29 1.5
29 Foti, Jordan................BIS 722 701 L 4 L 19 L 33 W 35 D 28 1.5
30 Mehta, Jason................FTC 834 782 L 5 L 18 L 16 L 25 W 32 1.0
31 Punja, Mohan................FTC unr. 538 L 9 L 22 L 25 L 19 W 35 1.0
32 Kaplan-Stein, Sara..........LIN unr. 641 L 8 L 15 L 20 W 28 L 30 1.0
33 Clark, Nathan...............FTC unr. 683 L 13 F--- W 29 L 15 L 20 1.0
34 Collins, Ben................WES 1022 1022 F--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0.0
35 Reitman-Swiss, Harris.......WES 606 553 L 7 L 26 L 17 L 29 L 31 0.0
High School (9-12) Section
# Name Team Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Total
1 Neville, Jeremy EHS 1090 1130 W--3 W--2 W--4 W--3 L--2 W--4 5.0
2 Tyner, Ben EHS 1251 1234 W--4 L--1 W--3 W--4 W--1 D--3 4.5
3 King, Jon EHS unr. 970 L--1 W--4 L--2 L--1 W--4 D--2 2.5
4 Perry, Matt GHS unr. 670 L--2 L--3 L--1 L--2 L--3 L--1 0.0
Sixty-Eight play in the October 28-29th Gainesville Open!
by Mack Tyner
This tournament, sponsored jointly by the UF chess club and the Gainesville Chess Club, was the first four round slow time control tournament that I have directed. The fine facilities at the Reitz Union on the UF campus were enjoyed by players from a 300 mile radius. Over half (37) of the players were scholastic (Under 18). The event was designed to provide a less expensive afternative for local players who would like to play in a 2 day tournament in town, and avoid the travel and hotel room expense of out-of-town tournaments. As such, the 4 sections were set with rating ranges designed to each reflect one-fourth of the club members. The Open section was the smallest, with only 13 players, and the other sections had 17 or 18 players each.
One surprise was the high calibre of the out of town players. Martyn Corden, a physicist from FSU in Tallahassee, won $225 in the Open section. Kenneth Bachman, of North Palm Beach, won the under 1800. Lance Teague of Ocoee won the under 1400. Unrated Bruce Walther of Ocala won top honors in the under 1100, with Tommy Rush and Christine Shen of Gainesville taking 2nd and 3rd.
The University of Florida Championship trophy was won by Kevin Ley, and Jay King won the Gainesville Chess Club trophy.
Aided by able assistant tournament directors Bev Ryerson and Ben Tyner, TD Mack Tyner had enough time to serve as a "houseplayer", playing games in rounds in which there were odd numbers of players, in an attempt to minimize full point byes. Unfortunately for his rating, however, he was unable to win any of the 5 games he played.
Be sure to circle March 23 and 24, 1996 on your calendar- these are the dates of the next Reitz Union slow time control tournament, which will follow a similar (though not identical) format. We hope to have even more of our serious scholastic players turn out in March. If we can beat FSU in football, surely we can beat them at chess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Crosstable- Gainesville Open- Open Section
# Name Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 1 Corden, Martyn J. 2453 2457 W--9 W--4 W--2 W--5 4.0 2 Kis, Gabor 2084 2108 W-13 W--7 L--1 W--4 3.0 3 King, Jay C. 2033 2050 H--- H--- D--7 W--8 2.5 4 Goins, Steven D. 2051 2051 W--6 L--1 W--9 L--2 2.0 5 Kohler, Llewellyn 1977 1978 H--- H--- W-13 L--1 2.0 6 Ley, Kevin D. 1909 1903 L--4 W-13 D-11 D--7 2.0 7 Gold, Charlie unr. 2024 W--8 L--2 D--3 D--6 2.0 8 Razee, Josiah B. 2068 2026 L--7 W-11 D-10 L--3 1.5 9 Ryerson, Britt 1861 1855 L--1 W-12 L--4 D-11 1.5 10 Weber, David 1720 1742 U--- U--- D--8 W-13 1.5 11 Hopkins, John F. unr. 1771 D-12 L--8 D--6 D--9 1.5 12 Feldstein, Josh W. 1652 1645 D-11 L--9 U--- U--- 0.5 13 Tyner, Mack 1593 1572 L--2 L--6 L--5 L-10 0.0
Under 1800 Section
# Name Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 1 Bachman, Kenneth 1773 1795 W--5 W-14 D--2 W--4 3.5 2 Shen, Eric 1763 1770 W-18 W--8 D--1 H--- 3.0 3 Yang, Ruixin 1488 1523 D-15 W-11 W-12 D--8 3.0 4 Cortinez, Carlos 1608 1608 W--6 D-12 W--7 L--1 2.5 5 Schoenfelder, Adam 1558 1581 L--1 D-16 W-11 L-10 2.5 6 Taylor, Franklin 1456 1484 L--4 D-17 W-16 W-13 2.5 7 Cenzer, Michael 1438 1469 H--- W-15 L--4 W-12 2.5 8 Bradley, Edward 1428 1480 W-10 L--2 X--- D--3 2.5 9 Maliszewski, Joseph 1700 1700 L-14 W-13 L-10 W-16 2.0 10 Ferguson, Kelly 1500 1500 L--8 W-18 W--9 L--5 2.0 11 Ryerson, Kjell 1464 1437 D-13 L--3 L--5 W-18 1.5 12 Wilson, Marly J. 1360 1373 W-16 D--4 L--3 L--7 1.5 13 Suhrer, Eric S. 1276 1288 D-11 L--9 W-18 L--6 1.5 14 Tirado, Ivan G. 1438 1538 W--9 L--1 F--- U--- 1.0 15 Weber, David 1742 1705 D--3 L--7 U--- U--- .5 16 French, Stanley 1671 1599 L-12 D--5 L--6 L--6 .5 17 Tyner, Mack 1572 1567 U--- D--6 U--- U--- .5 18 Caulk, Rex 1273 1240 L--2 L-10 L-13 L-11 0.0
Under 1400 Section
# Name Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 1 Teague, Lance J. 1259 1314 X--- W--2 W--3 W--5 4.0 2 Shrestha, Kris 1330 1339 W-12 L--1 W-10 W-11 3.0 3 Armaghani, Sheyan 1315 1359 W--9 W--7 L--1 W--8 3.0 4 Hanson, Gordon B. 1267 1283 L-10 W--6 W-12 W--9 3.0 5 Martin, Cary 1257 1262 W-16 D-10 W-11 L--1 2.5 6 Caulk, Bill 1076 1180 D-11 L--4 W-13 W-10 2.5 7 Tyner, Ben 1238 1228 W-17 L--3 L--8 W-15 2.0 8 Worcester, James 1202 1209 W-15 L-11 W--7 L--3 2.0 9 Khandker, Zuhair 1167 1161 L--3 W-17 W-16 L--4 2.0 10 Olson, Christopher 1188 1184 W--4 D---5 L--2 L--6 1.5 11 Corr, Robert H. 1185 1179 D--6 W--8 L--5 L--2 1.5 12 Kao, Andrew S. 1166 1163 L--2 W-15 L--4 H--- 1.5 13 Neville, Jeremy 1090 1104 F--- H--- L--6 W-16 1.5 14 Haynie, William D. 1215 1215 U--- U--- U--- W-17 1.0 15 Parnell, Lonnie W. 1213 1200 L--8 L-12 W-17 L--7 1.0 16 Staley, Timothy 1138 1094 L--5 B--- L--9 L-13 1.0 17 Hoffman, Bennett unr. 806 L--7 L--9 L-15 L-14 0.0
Under 1100 Section
# Name Old New 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total 1 Walther, Bruce E. unr. 1342 W--5 W--9 W--7 W--2 4.0 2 Rush, Tommy B. 1047 1092 W-16 W-14 W-11 L--1 3.0 3 Shen, Christine 1017 1024 L--9 W--8 W-16 W-10 3.0 4 Mullersman, Tony 1009 1030 W-13 L--7 W--9 W-11 3.0 5 White, Kevin A. 663 899 L--1 B--- W-14 W--7 3.0 6 Orsini, Jonathan 998 961 L-11 L-12 B--- W-14 2.0 7 Worcester, Joseph 978 983 W-10 W--4 L--1 L--5 2.0 8 Jones, Matthew 870 873 H--- L--3 H--- W-16 2.0 9 Sarkis, Daniel H. 868 895 W--3 L--1 L--4 W-15 2.0 10 Weigold, Sean M. 846 839 L--7 W-13 X--- L--3 2.0 11 Tirrell, Andrew R. 815 899 W--6 W-15 L--2 L--4 2.0 12 LaRocca, Anthony unr. 910 L-15 W--6 H--- H--- 2.0 13 Shuman, Yossi 869 805 L--4 L-10 H--- W-17 1.5 14 Ward, Tim L. 925 889 W-17 L--2 L--5 L--6 1.0 15 Feldstein, Mischa 891 869 W-12 L-11 F--- L--9 1.0 16 Tyner, Callie 831 799 L--2 W-17 L--3 L--8 1.0 17 Moberly, Reed 670 621 L-14 L-16 B--- L-13 1.0
Non-USCF Section
# Name 1 2 3 4 Total 1 Moberly, Robert W W W 3.0 2 Peir, Gene L W W 2.0 3 Grimes, Gerald L L W 1.0 4 Ko, Kasper L L L 0.0
1995 Alachua County Grade Championship
Encounter at Eastside
Saturday, December 9, 1995
Eastside High School
(1201 SE 45th Terr, Gainesville)
Play only in your grade. All sections will be ACSCA rated: K,1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. 5th, 6th, 7th 8th, 9-12.
Entry fee is $5.00 and must be received by Wednesday December 6, 1995. Make checks payable to: Gainesville Chess Club. Please get your entries in early to chess club advisors, or mail to George Pyne, P.O. 12197, Gainesville, Fl 32604 (phone 376-9898). All entry fees will be applied towards trophies and funding of scholastic events. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! Check in begins at 8:00 AM and ends at 8:30 AM. Players arriving after 8:30 will not be allowed to participate. The tournament will be played in grades following a Swiss tournament format. There are no eliminations; all players play all rounds. Entrants with like scores play each other whenever possible. win= 1 point; draw=½point, loss= O points. THE TOUCH MOVE RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED!
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NAME:____________________SCHOOL_________________________GRADE___________
ADDRESS___________________________PHONE________________AGE______________Chess Found To Benefit Old People
by Christopher Olson
For years we have been hearing about the benefits that chess can have for youngsters. Several studies have shown improvements in math and cognitive scores when students are taught chess. Now at long last, comes proof of the benefits of chess in old* people.
Prof. Seymour Butz, of the University of Southern North Dakota, studied a group of U.S. government employees, who, in order to save money, were recently sent home with pay for a week. During their week off, while President Clinton and Congress debated important budgetary matters, these federal employees were trained in the fundamentals of chess by Dr. Butz. At the end of the week, their scores on the NDMPI** were compared to those of a control group, who were locked up for the week in the Watergate hotel, and provided only with a Nintendo device and re-runs of Hawaii Five-0.
To the surprise of the investigators, the chess group all improved their scores, by an average of 26%. The control group, who had some difficulty completing the testing, actually lost points during their week, but remained unconcerned. One employee asked, "What difference does it make? At least now I can reach the princess!"
Dr. Butz, who at the age of 26, is one of the youngest investigators currently studying the effects of aging on the brain, said he feels confident that with a regimen of regular chessplaying, the onset of senility may be delayed well into the 4th decade. He also cited studies of the cardiovacular benefits of chess, which has been found to elevate the heart rate and blood pressure, thus providing aerobic excercise, as well as lowering cholesterol.
So kids, take time to teach your parents to play chess, it will pay off in the long run. You may not have to put them in a nursing home until AFTER you finish college!
*"Old" was defined as "over 30" by Dr. Butz in his study
**North Dakota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
Supporting Chess
by Mack Tyner
In the U.S. most sports have corporate sponsorship. Football watchers have their beer commercials, bass fishermen and baseball players are subsidized by the chewing tobacco people, and tennis by Virginia Slims. Chessplayers don't have many vices, so we can't depend on tobacco or alcohol subsidies.
With the tax year ending, now is a good time to think about tax-deductible donations to your favorite worthy cause. The Alachua County Scholastic Chess Association and the Gainesville Chess Club are non-profit entities, and will provide you with a receipt of your donation, so that you may claim it on your federal tax return. If you would like to direct all or part of your donation for a specific purpose you may do so.
Some possible examples are:
1. Purchase of clocks, sets or T- shirts for a specific school's club.
2. Prize funds at local tournaments.
3. Entry fees for deserving students at out-of-town (or national) tournaments.
4. The Gabriel Schwartzman Fund.
5. Buying chess sets for the new Middle School, which opens next year.
If you would like to make a donation, or inquire about matching funds, please contact the Treasurer at 378-2877, George Pyne at 376-9898, or send checks to P.O. Box 12197, Gainesville, Fl 32604.
Answer to 8 Queens Problem
Figure 4: One answer. Other solutions are also possible.
Answer to Eric Shen's Stalemate Tactics
1. Qf8+ Kf6 2. Qh8+ Kf5 3. g4+! hxg4 4. Rd5+! exd5 5. Qc8+! Qxc8 6. stalemate (White has no legal move).
Answer to Kasparov-Anand Trap #1
Anand being not so careless and fast today, saw 35. QxR?? is big mistake, when I playing 35 ... Rxh3+ forcing 36 gxh3 Qxh3 mate. Game ended when Anand played 35 Kh2, I resign. "Nice try" says young whippersnapper, but you are seeing I am having last laugh in rest of match games!
Answer to Kasparov-Anand Trap #2
Black replies 30. ... Rxb4+ and the continued double rook attack with 31. Ka3 leads to 31. ... Rxc2! Now if white takes the b rook with 32. Kxb4, 32. ... Rxd2 leaves white down 2 pawns. If he takes the c rook with 32. Rxc2, then black plays Rb3+ forcing 33. Ka2 which allows Re3 discovered check, winning rook back (and 2 pawns). Anand resigned after 31. ... Rxc2.