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COMING SOON - 1ST IN KELANTAN - AMATUR KELANTAN@9 MEI 2009

Buat pertama kalinya di Kelantan, akan diadakan kejohanan catur Kelantan Amatur pada 9 Mei 2009. Maklumat lanjut akan dimaklumkan dari masa ke semasa di laman catur stonemaster.info. Segala pertanyaan boleh hubungi Encik Baharuddin - 0142929201.




BENGKEL LATIHAN CATUR DI KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN@17 JANUARI 2009

Tahun depan, akan bermulanya beberapa aktiviti sukan catur di Kelantan. Bermula dengan satu bengkel latihan catur dijangka akan diadakan di Sekolah Menengah kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 2 Kuala Krai, Kelantan.

NAMA : BENGKEL LATIHAN CATUR KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN

TARIKH : 17 JANUARI 2009 (SABTU)

TEMPAT : SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN SULTAN YAHYA PETRA 2 KUALA KRAI

YURAN : RM15 SETIAP PESERTA

MASA : 10 PAGI HINGGA 5 PETANG

FASILITATOR : MOHD FADLI BIN ZAKARIA

JAMUAN TENGAHARI DISEDIAKAN

SIJIL PENYERTAAN AKAN DIBERIKAN KEPADA PESERTA YANG HADIR

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How to force him to do it?

Selfmate in five

A second selfmate and not too easy despite the relatively few pieces. It’s reasonable to suppose that Black’s five moves will be to push both his pawns to the seventh rank, but it isn’t easy to see how to arrange White’s pieces to force the mate.

Problems selected and annotated by John Nunn.
The solutions to all puzzles will be published at the end of the series (after January 1st).
Please do not send in solutions after each problem is published.

PENDAFTARAN/REGISTRATION - KEJOHANAN CATUR AMATUR TERBUKA UNITAR 2009 YANG PERTAMA@1/2/09 (AHAD) - CHAMPION US 100 DOLLA

PENDAFTARAN / REGISTRATION

1. Khairul Azam Mastuki / 10-08-73 / N.R. 1454 - PAID

2. Ahmad Firdaus Bin Mohamad Rodzi / 03-06-1990 / N.R. 1514

3. Mat Zaki bin Yeop / 27-2-58 / N.R. 1568 - PAID

4. Mohd Firdaus bin Ahmad Johari / 17-2-85 / N.R. 1650 - PAID

5. Mohd Faizal Mukhtar / 09-09-81 / N.R. (tiada)

6. Mohamad Hazman Jazimin bin Said / 08-07-83 / N.R. (tiada) - PAID

7. Lee Boon Why / 24-06-82 / N.R. 1558 - PAID

8. Andrew Ooi / 17-09-70 / N.R. 1507 - PAID

9. Ahmad Eizran Ezra / 18-3-89 / N.R. 1632

10. Mohd Rohamafami bin Hasan / 13-12-76 /N.R

11. Rizal Kamaludin / 11-09-88 / N.R

12. Ahmad Elias / 02-03-79 / N.R

13. Yusof bin salam / 04-08-83 / N.R

14. Abd Rahim bin Rais / 05-02-74 / N.R - PAID

15. Ustaz Zainal Abidin Mat Noor / 23-11-69 / N.R. 1506

16. Mohd Nazmul Hasan /N.R

17. Fikri bin Saleh / N.R. 1402- S.K Bukit Jelutong

18. Anis Fariha binti Saleh / N.R. 905- S.K Bukit Jelutong

19. Aminur Nirza Azrin / N.R. 1201- S.K Bukit Jelutong

20. Nur Faqihah Aminuddin / N.R. 1061 - S.K Bukit Jelutong

21. Aina Farzana Che Azemin / N.R. 1056- S.K Bukit Jelutong

22. Affan Amrish Mohd Jalani / N.R. 1093- S.K Bukit Jelutong

23. Muhd Irfan - S.K Bukit Jelutong

24. Muhd Ihsan - S.K Bukit Jelutong

25. Veronica Shalini A/P Charles Paul/ N.R 1269

26. Nur Nabila Azman Hisham / 11-01-1997 / N.R. 1630

27. Nur Najiha Azman Hisham / 06-01-1999 / N.R. 1446

28. Muhammad Noor Azam / 11-10-99 / N.R.1240 - PAID

29. Zainoor Ikmal Maisarah / 13-09-2002 - PAID

30. Muhammad Bukhari Mohd Sulkifly - Sulkifly Family

31. Muhammad Zuhairi - Sulkifly Family

32. Nurul Adlina - Sulkifly Family

33. Nurulhana Syuhada - Sulkifly Family

34. Muhammad Zulfikri- Sulkifly Family

35. Haslindah Roslan /24-11-70 / N.R. 1465

36. Irwan bin Mokhtar/ 08-08-79/ N.R. 1566

37. Syed Remizan Syed Sobri/

38. Roshan Singh / N.R. 1520

39. Kabir Singh / N.R. 1187

40. Haziq bin Mohammad Hussin / 2-2-94 / N.R. 1238

41. Mohd Faizal bin Roslan / 11-1-98 / N.R. 1602

42. Munir Azmi B. Mohamed / 27-1-87/N.R 1475

43. Mohd Faisal bin Zakaria/

44. Encik Zulkifly/

45. Razali bin Hamzah / 11-9-74 / N.R. 1566

46. Mohamed bin Ismail / 14-4-72 / N.R. 1451

47. Mohamad Alias b. M.Anuar / 13-5-85 /

48. Mohamad Hafiz b. Rahmad / 22-5-83 /

49. Zainal Abidin bin Mohd Ham / 13-1-75 /

50. Abdul Hadi b. Mohd Anuar / 5-2-90 /

51. Syazrin Abd. Rahman / N.R. 1495

52.Janet Chan Chooi Po / 30-8-92

BENGKEL LATIHAN CATUR DI KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN@17 JANUARI 2009

Tahun depan, akan bermulanya beberapa aktiviti sukan catur di Kelantan. Bermula dengan satu bengkel latihan catur dijangka akan diadakan di Sekolah Menengah kebangsaan Sultan Yahya Petra 2 Kuala Krai, Kelantan.

NAMA : BENGKEL LATIHAN CATUR KUALA KRAI, KELANTAN

TARIKH : 17 JANUARI 2009 (SABTU)

TEMPAT : SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEBANGSAAN SULTAN YAHYA PETRA 2 KUALA KRAI

YURAN : RM15 SETIAP PESERTA

MASA : 10 PAGI HINGGA 5 PETANG

FASILITATOR : MOHD FADLI BIN ZAKARIA

JAMUAN TENGAHARI DISEDIAKAN

SIJIL PENYERTAAN AKAN DIBERIKAN KEPADA PESERTA YANG HADIR

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COMING SOON - 1ST IN KELANTAN - AMATUR KELANTAN@9 MEI 2009

Buat pertama kalinya di Kelantan, akan diadakan kejohanan catur Kelantan Amatur pada 9 Mei 2009. Maklumat lanjut akan dimaklumkan dari masa ke semasa di laman catur stonemaster.info. Segala pertanyaan boleh hubungi Encik Baharuddin - 0142929201.

The Inaugeral KL Open is a Big Success

Top seeded Grandmaster Anton Filippov of Uzbekistan today emerged winner of the inaugural Raja Nazrin Shah Challenge Trophy at the Kuala Lumpur Open Chess Tournament.

Filippov received RM10,000 for the win in the Open category at the six-day tournament, which attracted 140 participants from 11 countries.

The field included eight International Grandmasters, nine International Masters or 2,400+ rated players, one Women Grandmaster and two Women International Masters.


China's Wang Rui who lost out on tie-break to finish second was still a happy winner as he completed the requirements for the International Master title with his fine performance.


Just half a point behind the winners, in third to sixth places respecively, were Grandmasters Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam), Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia), Magesh Chandra Panchanathan (India) and Intenational Master Sadikin Irwanto (Indonesia).

Vietnam National Champion Nguyen Van Nuy also achieved the International Master title with his excellent performance at the KL Open.


A total RM45,000 prize money in cash was awarded to winners by the Raja Muda of Perak, Raja Dr Nazrin Shah, himself a strong chessplayer in his university days, and his sister Raja Dato' Seri Azureen.


FIDE General Secretary and ASEAN Chess Confederation President Ignatius Leong and of course KLCA President Edmund Santhara spoke at the Closing and Prize Giving Ceremony.

While Mr Leong congratulated the KLCA President and Masterskill CEO on his excellent work both in Malaysia and at ASEAN level, Mr Santhara confirmed a long term sponsorship of the KL Open by Masterskill and reminded the audience that the KLCA, as a registered sports body under the Malaysian Sports Council, was committed to youth development and would be taking chess nationwoide in this context as a Nation Building CSR (corporate social responsibility) project.


International Master Manuel Aaron - an Asian and Indian chess legend - also graced the occasion as the tournament guest and gave a special simultaneous chess exhibition to a National Junior Selection.

The international level chess tournament was jointly organised by the Kuala Lumpur Chess Association and Malaysian Intellect Development Foundation with the support of the Junior Chamber International, a Worldwide Federation of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs, manged by Intchess (M) Sdn. Bhd. and sponsored by Masterskill University College of Health Sciences.

Champ FM Mok Tze-Meng ..

Tahniah kepada Mok Tze-Meng kerana telah menjuarai kejohanan Juara Pencarian Jaguh Catur Trengganu,seramai 63 perserta yang bertanding untuk kejohanan ini bermula pada 18hb Dec hingga 22hb Dec 2008 selepas mendapat 8 point,FM Mok juga telah membukti dia adalah permain terbaik malaysia setakat ini kerana telah menewaskan permain-permian lain seperti Mustafa suhaidi,Draup HJ Abg Azman,Norazman ismail,NM Kamal Abdullah,Ian Udani,Kamaludin Yussof dan Abdullah Che Hassan,disusuli draw bersama IM Mas Hafizulhelmi dan NM Zarul Shazwan...
No 1 Malaysia IM Mas Hafizulhelmi berkedudukan Naib Juara 7.5,IM Mas hanya mendapat draw bersama FM Mok pada round 8 dan pada pusingan ke 2 juga IM Mas tidak hadir??? ini memberi kemenangan percuma kepada permain Azman Ismail,disusuli tempat ke 3 jatuh kepada permain Filipine Ian Udani 7 point yang belum sempat diuji ketika pusingan akhir ketika bertemu NM Kamal abdullah yang mana handphone NM Kamal berbunyi oleh sedemikian ini diberi kemenangan percuma padanya.Tempat ke 4 jatuh kepada Abdulah Che Hassan 7 point selepas memenangi game akhir ketika bertemu Fazli zakaria,Tempat ke 5 jatuh kepada NM Zarul Shazwan 6.5 point diakhiri draw pada pusingan akhir bersama Mok Tze-Meng,ke6 jatuh kepada NM Kamal Abdullah 6 point yang terpaksa menerima kenyataan ketika bertemu Ian Udani pada pusingan akhir,tempat ke7 permain berpengalaman iaitu WPM Ismail Ahmad 6 point yang menewaskan permain Singapura Mooi Osric Kok Onn pada pusingan akhir,Tempat ke 8 iaitu Kamaludin Yussof 6 point sorang permain handalan Malaysian yang terpaksa akur ketika bertemu IM Mas Hafizulhelmi pada pada pusingan akhir,Tempat ke 9 jatuh kepada Permain handalan Trengganu Fairul Yusoff 6 Point yang juga dapat menewaskan sorang lagi permain trengganu juga Hasyim Jusof pada pusingan akhir sekali lagi merangkul categori best Trengganu,Tempat ke 10 Norazman Ismail 6 points sorang lagi permain berbakat besar yang mengalahkan saya sendiri pada pusingan akhir...

Friday, December 26, 2008
Tanam minat main catur - Raja Nazrin
I found below article regarding the recent KLCA Chess Open at Utusan archive.




KUALA LUMPUR 21 Dis. - Raja Muda Perak, Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah hari ini berangkat menyempurnakan majlis penutup Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008.
Baginda turut menyampaikan Piala Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah kepada peserta dari Uzbekistan yang menjuarai kategori terbuka iaitu Filippov Anton.

Anton membawa pulang Trofi Cabaran Raja Nazrin Shah dan wang tunai RM10,000.
Kejohanan berkenaan yang berlangsung dari 15 Disember hingga hari ini menawarkan hadiah wang tunai berjumlah RM45,000.

Raja Nazrin bertitah, catur merupakan permainan yang menguji kemahiran taktik dan strategi selain mampu mencerdaskan pembangunan mental seseorang individu.

"Kehadiran ramai pemain Grandmasters di Malaysia bagi kejohanan ini merupakan satu perkara yang menggembirakan dan diharapkan lebih ramai rakyat Malaysia berminat untuk mempelajari permainan hebat ini," titah baginda.

Baginda bertitah demikian dalam kenyataan media yang dikeluarkan sempena berakhirnya kejohanan tersebut hari ini.

Hadir sama Canselor Kolej Universiti Sains Kesihatan Masterskill, Raja Datuk Seri Azureen Sultan Azlan; Presiden Persekutuan Catur Malaysia, Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib dan Presiden Persekutuan Catur Persatuan Negara-Negara Asia Tenggara (ASEAN), Ignatius Leong.
Kejohanan Catur Terbuka Kuala Lumpur 2008 disertai oleh 140 pemain dari 11 negara termasuk Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Filipina, Vietnam, India, China dan Myanmar.

Sementara itu, Presiden Persatuan Catur Kuala Lumpur, Datuk Edmund Santhara berkata, persatuan berkenaan komited untuk meningkatkan minat terhadap permainan catur di kalangan belia di negara ini.

"Kejohanan catur yang akan berlangsung pada tahun depan bakal menyaksikan penganjuran yang lebih besar.

"Pembangunan kemahiran catur akan diadakan di kalangan golongan muda melalui kelas dan seminar," katanya.

4th CRC TAIPING OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT
VENUE : CRC Hall, Taiping
DATE : Sunday 21st December 2008
FORMAT : 7 Round Swiss – Computer Pairing
Tie Break : 1. Solkoff 2. S.B. 3. Progressive
Program and Prizes
“OPEN” U-18years U-12years
Reporting 8.00 – 9.15 am 1st RM 500+T RM 100+T RM 100+T
Opening Ceremony 9.30 am 2nd RM 400 RM 80 RM 80
Round 1 10.00 am – 10.40 am 3rd RM 300 RM 60 RM 60
Round 2 10.50 am – 11.30 am 4th RM 250 RM 40 RM 40
Round 3 11.40 am – 12.20 pm 5th RM 200 RM 40 RM 40
Round 4 12.30 am – 1.10 pm 6th RM 120 RM 40 RM 40
LUNCH BREAK 7th RM 120 RM 40 RM 40
(Lunch pax will be served to all participants) 8th RM 120 RM 40 RM 40
Round 5 2.00 pm – 2.50 pm 9th RM 120 RM 40 RM 40
Round 6 3.00 pm – 3.50 pm 10th RM 120 RM 40 RM 40
Round 7 4.00 pm – 4.50 pm
Prize Giving / Closing 5.15 pm
Additional Prizes for the “Open” category : Best Ladies Best Veterans (>50yrs)
1st RM 100+T RM 100+T 2nd RM 80 RM 80
3rd RM 60 RM 60
Additional Prizes for CRC participants Best CRC Players U-12, U18 Open Category
1st RM 100+T Best Player RM 100+T 2nd RM 80 3rd RM 60
There will be 3 categories of play. All 3 categories will run simultaneously. Anybody who is U-12 or U-18 can opt to play at the next level, if he/she wishes but not vice-versa.
A total of 43 cash prizes worth RM 4430 is up for the challenge
REGISTRATION FEE : RM 15 for PICA members, Ladies, Veterans and U-18 players
(inclusive of one lunch) RM 10 for U-12 (born in 1996 or later)
RM 20 for all others
Only the first 200 players will be registered. Registration must be made with payments before 15th December 2008. Kindly contact En. Zaki Mahmood 019-5701307 (PICA) or Mrs. Chow 05-8076882 of CRC Taiping for further enquiries. Payments can be made at CRC Taiping or to “Perak International Chess Association” and sent to 25, Jln. Sri Kepayang, Fair Park, 31400 Ipoh, Perak

Lawak

Champions Crowned at Texas Tech University

Champions Crowned at Texas Tech University

The fifth annual Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls (SPNI) took place July 27 – August 1, 2008 at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the Texas Tech University (TTU) campus in Lubbock, Texas.

To be eligible each state can nominate one talented young female chess player 18-years-old or younger. Another way to earn a berth in the SPNI is by winning the Susan Polgar National Open for Girls or Susan Polgar World Open. Current members of the Susan Polgar All-Star Chess Team also receive automatic invitations. Thousands of girls compete annually in a variety of events to earn the esteemed invitations.

This is the first year that Texas Tech University hosted the event, and it has pledged to do so until 2017! Thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Provost’s office, each player received free accommodation on TTU’s campus at Gordon Hall, as well as three free meals a day at the “Fresh Plate” for the duration of the six-day event. In addition, TTU will award a four-year academic scholarship each year to the highest-finishing player who has not graduated from high school by August.

The official rules can be found here.

All the players and their families were treated to a special performance of the National Anthem by Lubbock’s own Cactus Cuties (Baylee Barrett, Blaire Elbert, Andi Kitten, and Madeline Powell) at the beginning of the Opening Ceremony. These four young ladies are a YouTube phenomenon. One of their recent renditions of the National Anthem at Texas Tech was viewed by nearly six million people!

The tournament received incredible support by the University as well as the city. Many important guests such as Provost William Marcy, Associate Provost Jim Brink, Chief of Staff to the Chancellor Mr. Jodey Arrington, U.S. Ambassador Tibor Nagy, Lubbock Commissioner Ysidro Gutierrez, Student Government President Lee Bobbitt, Cheri Isett on behalf of her husband Texas Representative Karl Isett, Dean Sheryl Santos, Director of High Performance Computer department Dr. Phil Smith, Senior Staff Writer of the Communications and Marketing Office Cory Chandler, representatives from the Lubbock Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, and many more attended the event.

Puzzle Solving Winners

2008 SPNI Puzzle Solving Championship

The first event completed was the SPNI Puzzle Solving Championship. Forty players took part in this event. Each participant was given thirty minutes to solve ten puzzles, ranging from checkmate in one to checkmate in five. The player who solves the most puzzles correctly wins. In case of a tie, the tie-break would be the time.

Fifteen players solved all ten puzzles correctly:

• Rebekah Liu (CA) 5:26
• Rheanna English (TX) 6:55
• Fiona Lam (MD) 6:56
• Rita Mirchandani (FL) 9:21
• Amelia Wheeless (NC) 12:41
• Sonya Vohra (IL) 13:17
• Shinan Jin (PA) 13:29
• Ashbea Oyadomari (HI) 13:41
• Alexa Lasley (CO) 13:44
• Nisha Deolalikar (CA) 13:47
• Mira Ensley-Field (WI) 16:50
• Hannah Helwig (AL) 18:05
• Morgan Mahowald (MN) 18:42
• Rebecca DeLand (NM) 24:45
• Susan Brown (VA) 25:18

Blitz Winners

2008 SPNI Blitz Championship

The second event completed was the SPNI Blitz Championship. Forty players took part in the five-round Swiss System event.

Top seed Courtney Jamison lost to Janice Chen in round four. This gave Janice a clear lead with 4 out of 4. However, she was lucky to escape with a draw in the last round against Michelle Chen. Michelle was a queen ahead, but lost on time. Since Janice did not have any mating material, the game resulted in a draw. Ashley Carter won her last round game to earn a share of first place.

Here are the top ten finishers:

• 1-2 Janice Chen (UT) 4½
• 1-2 Ashley Carter (MI) 4½
• 3-5 Courtney Jamison (TX) 4.0
• 3-5 Michelle Chen (MA) 4.0
• 3-5 Eve Zhurbinskiy (NJ) 4.0
• 6 Sylvia Yang (TX) 3½
• 7 Rita Mirchandani (FL) 3½
• 8 Sonya Vohra (IL) 3½
• 9 Taylor Bailey (OR) 3½
• 10 Nisha Deolalikar (CA) 3½

Bughouse Winners

2008 SPNI Bughouse Championship

The third event completed was the SPNI Bughouse Championship. Twenty-four teams participated. After five double rounds, the Texan team of Courtney Jamison / Sylvia Yang and Ashley Carter (MI) / Rita irchandani (FL) tied for first with the score of 8/10.

Congratulations to Courtney, Sylvia, Rita and Ashley! Three teams tied for third with 7 points. The youngest team was Alisha Chawla (7-years-old) and Annie Wang (6-years-old). They scored 3½ points.

Here are the top ten finishing teams:

• 1-2 Jamison – Yang 8.0
• 1-2 Mirchandani – Carter 8.0
• 3-5 Ballom – Foley 7.0
• 3-5 Wheeless – Roy 7.0
• 3-5 Oliver – Diaz 7.0
• 6-9 Bailey – Lam 6.0
• 6-9 Mills – Chen 6.0
• 6-9 Barkell – Deolalikar 6.0
• 6-9 Whatley – Farell 6.0
• 10-14 Chen – Hwa 5.0
• 10-14 Zhurbinskiy – Pritchard 5.0
• 10-14 Field – Liu 5.0
• 10-14 Deland – Gossell 5.0
• 10-14 Lasley – Ashbea 5.0

SPNI Top Four

Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls

A record fifty-two players from across the country participated in the main event. The winner of the 2008 SPNI is Courtney Jamison of Texas. After starting out on fire with five straight wins, she took a quick draw in the final round against the dangerous Linda Diaz of New York to clinch the title. The final standings can be found at my blog.

Past champions are

• 2007: Julia Kerr (New York) and Eunice Rodriguez (Florida)
• 2006: Abby Marshall (Virginia)
• 2005: Anya Corke (California), Alisa Melekhina (Pennsylvania), Abby Marshall (Ohio)
• 2004: Roza Eynullayeva (Massachusetts)

Nisha Deolalikar

Nisha Deolalikar (CA) was the winner of the Texas Tech four-year Academic Scholarship as the highest finishing player who has not graduated from high school by August. The scholarship must begin the following year at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas.

Linda Diaz (NY) was the winner of the $500 Ursula Foster award as the highest finishing player under the age of 14.

Crystal Qian (AR) won the 2008 SPNI Miss Congeniality award. She received the highest total of votes by her fellow players.

Faith Munoz (TX) was the winner of the SPNI Sportsmanship Award.

Morgan Mahowald (MN) won the biggest upset award, rated 994 she defeated a 1683 rated player in the first round. For her effort, she received a $100 cash scholarship, sponsored by Mr. Dewain Barber and American Chess Equipment. Melanie Newell (MS) scored the biggest cumulative upset.

Randy Wheeless, a devoted Chess Dad (father of Amelia Wheeless), President of the NC Chess Association, Chess Life and Chess Life Online reporter, was the co-winner of the SPNI Parents & Friends Open. He tied for first with my elder son Tommy Polgar. Chess Dad Greg Gossell won the Parents & Friends Unrated Section.

Congratulations to all!

Special thanks to Jerry Perez, Dr. Hal Karlsson, Dr. Rich Rice, Chase Watters, Peggy Flores, Paul Truong, Mr. and Mrs. Grimaud, Randy Wheeless, and all other volunteers for transporting the players and their families from and to the airport. Also special thanks to Chief TD Frank K. Berry for running the tournament and Chess Dad Matt Mahowald for running the Parents & Friends and Bughouse events. This was truly a team effort to provide first class service to all the players and their families.

Over $150,000 in scholarship and prizes were awarded in this event, and an additional $25,000 was budgeted for housing, meals, and organizational cost. This level of support for chess from a University is unprecedented. Once again, special thanks to Texas Tech, the Susan Polgar Foundation, American Chess Equipment, ICC, Lubbock Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, US Chess Trust, and others for sponsoring this fantastic event. I am looking forward to an even bigger and better 2009 SPNI.

Here are a couple of brilliant tactics from the 2008 SPNI:

Chen, Michelle (1762) – Bailey, Taylor (1560)
SPNI Lubbock, TX 29.07.2008

30.Rxh7+! Kxh7 31.Qh4+ Kg6 32.Qg4+ Kh6 33.Bf4+ g5 34.Qh4+ Kg7 35.Qxg5+ Ng6 36.Qh6+ Kf6 37.Bg5+ Kf5 38.Qh5 Nf4 39.Bxf4+ Kf6 40.Qh4+ Kf5 41.c3 (41.g4+ Kxf4 42.Qf6+ Ke4 43.Qe5+ Kf3 44.Qe3#) 41...e5 42.Qh5+ Kf6 43.Qxe5+ Kg6 44.Qg5+ Kh7 45.Qh5+ 1-0

Carter, Ashley (1900) – Chen, Michelle (1762)
SPNI Lubbock, TX 01-08-08

24.Rdf1 Rxb8 25.Nd6 Bxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Red8 27.Nxf7 Rd2 28.Nh6+! gxh6 29.Rf8+ Rxf8 30.Qxg4+ 1-0

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Paul Truong assisted Susan Polgar in the preparation of this column. Susan Polgar is the director of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence (SPICE) at Texas Tech University. For more information, visit www.spice.ttu.edu or email: SusanPolgar@aol.com.

The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.e4) Part 2
by Clyde Nakamura

The starting position of the Omega Gambit.

Part 1 of this article covers the Omega Gambit Accepted

Omega Gambit Declined

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4

Black can decline the gambit by playing:

• 2...d6

• 2...e6

• 2...g6

• 2...c6

• 2...c5

• 2...d5

• 2...e5

2…d6 This is probably the most frequently played declined line. This move combined with a Black king-side fianchetto is most often played.

Evilone(1915)-Xbluebolt(1935)
Internet Chess Club 11/1/97 Game 3m + 6s

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6

This is the most common declined line against the Omega Gambit. It now transposes into orthodox lines.

4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g5

Fritz8 gives 8.Be3 as better. I agree with Fritz8. White should just continue to develop and castle queen side.

8...Nd7 9. Be3 Nac5 10. Qd2 f5 11. gxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O

Castling queen side is a better strategy because Black's game is geared for a king side attack. It will be a lot more difficult for Black to mount a queen side attack.

12...Bg7 13. h4 Nb6 14. b3

I cannot allow Black to post a N at my c4 square, otherwise I will have serious problems defending my queen side castled position.

14...h5 15. Nf3 a5 16.a4 Nbd7 17. Bh6

I needed to trade off my dark squared B to weaken Black's king side. I intend to launch a full scale attack on Black's king side.

17...Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bh3 Bg4 21. f3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3

Black's game is getting weaker and weaker. There are now more weaknesses in Black's game. His g6 square will actually be difficult to defend.

22...Qe7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rhg3 Rg8 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Kh7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 b6 29. Rg5 Qf6 30. Qd3 Kh6 31. R1g3 Raf8 32. Kd1 Rg7 33. Ke2 Rfg8 34. Qe3 Qf4 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rg2 Rf8 37. Kd3 Rf6 38. Re2 Rg8 39. e7

39. Kc4 Kg7 40. c3 Kf8 41. Reg2 c6 42. dxc6 Ke7 43. Rxh5 Rxe6 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. h5 Re3 46. Rh6 Re5 47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Ke7 49.Rgxg6 d5+ 50. Kb5 Rxg6 51. hxg6 Kf6 52. Rh8 Re3 53. c7 Rc3 54. Kxb6 Kxg6 55. Rd8 Rc4 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. b5 Rxc7 58. Kxc7 Black is lost.

39... Re8 40. Re4 Kg7 41. Rg2 Kf7 42. Rge2 Rf5 43. Kd4 Rf6 44. c3 Rf5 45. b4 axb4 46. cxb4 Kf6 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 c5+ 49. Kc4 Re5 50. Rxe5 dxe5 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7

52. Rd2 Kd7 53. a6 Ra8 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Rb2 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rd4+ 57. Kxc5 Rc4+ 58. Kxc4 g5 59. Kd5 gxh4 60. Rb8 e4 61. e8=Q#

52... Kxd7 53. Rxe5 Rxe7 54. Rxe7+ Kxe7 55. a6 g5 56. hxg5 h4 57. a7 h3 58. a8=Q h2 59. Qh8 1-0

Evilone (1905) – JustPlainEd (2000)
Internet Chess Club 11/2/97 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4

Here Fritz8 suggested 5.f4 but I like to surprise my opponent with an early g4.

5...O-O 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5 Bxd4 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 e6 12. O-O-O

White is now fully developed and ready to attack. I intend to first play Rdf1 then f5 then f6. And I can also do a R lift with Rf3 after playing Rdf1.

12...Ne7 13. Rhg1 c5 14. Rdf1 b5 15. Ng3

I cannot push f5 right away because Black has 3 pieces guarding the f5 square.

15...b4 16. Nb1 c4

The question is whose attack will strike first White's king side attack or Black's queen side attack. I believe White will get in his attack first because Black is not fully developed on the queen side.

17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5

I threatened to play Nxg7 followed by Bd4+. It appears that Black has to take out my N at f5.

18...Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. Rf3 Nxe3?

I do not believe Black has time to do this.

21. Rxe3

The following line also works. 21. Rh3 f6 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. g6+ Ke8 24. Rxe3+ Kd7 25. Qxg7+ {+- 8.34}

21... Bd4 22. Rh3 Be3+ 23. Kd1

My R is hanging but my opponent faces mate in 1.

23...h6 24. Qxh6 1-0

Evilone (1941)-DoctorHeart (1905)
Internet Chess Club 1/25/04 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Be3

Black has one more chance to take the gambit pawn at e4.

3...g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd7 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. O-O Nexd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. d4

I needed to put a lock on my center position by ensuring that my pieces in the middle are guarded.

16...Nd7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Qb3 a5 19. d6+ Be6 20. d5 a4 21. dxc7 Qxc7 22. Qb5 Bf7 23. Nxf7

This line was suggested by Fritz8.

23. Nxg6 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 25. Ne5 Bxd5 26. Qd3 Re7 27. Rac1

= 0.19 White

23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Rxe8+ Kxf7 26. Rxa8 Be5 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Qd8+ 1-0

If 28...Kg2 or 28..Kf7, 29.Qf8+ and checkmate.

2…e6 This could lead to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.

Evilone (1953) – Estes (1891)
Internet Chess Club 9/1/97 Game 10m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. e5

The N chase variation. It could transpose into an Alekhine's Defense type of position.

3...Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 d5 6. c5 Nc4

I do not believe that the N at c4 will be a factor in this game. I do not intend to castle queen side so this N could actually be on a useless square.

7. f4 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Qe7

Better is 15...Ra7.

16. Nxf7 O-O

If 16...Qxf7 17.Bg6 and Black's Q drops.

17. Qg6 1-0

If 17...Qxf7 18.Qh7+ mate, If 17...Rxf7 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ mate. If 17...Qh4 18.Qh7+ Kxf7 19.Bg6+ Ke7 20.Qxg7+ Kd8 21.Qxf8+ and should White should win easily.

2…g6 This also leads to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.

Evilone (2013)-Danny (2040)
Internet Chess Club 11/16/97 Game 5 m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6

Another N chase variation. That is very interesting.

3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 N6d7 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 dxe5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O exf4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc1 Nxa5 16. Qc3+

Black's N drops.

16...f6 17. Rxa5 b6 18. Rd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Nd4 Kh8 21. Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxf4 e5 23. Nd5

According to Fritz8 I missed the following line which wins: 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Rxd7 {+-5.00 Fritz8}

23... Nc5 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. Rdf2 f5 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5+ Ke6 31. Qe5+

I missed the following easy win: 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8

31... Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Rxf8 1-0

2…c6 I have no games with this move, however the following line can be played: 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or Nb6). Black’s game may be a bit cramped so this line may not actually be good for Black.

2…c5 This is probably a good line for Black to play. The moves 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or Nb6) 5.d5 are playable for Black.

2…d5 This line is the second most played declined line in the Omega Gambit.

A. Vaisser – D. Anic
ch-Fra, Auxere 1996

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d5

An interesting Omega Gambit Declined line.

3. exd5 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. h4 g6 14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Nxe6

A really interesting N sac. Fritz8 suggested the move 18.Bxf5. Not really sure which move is better. Black cannot play 18...Nxg3 because he drops a piece after 19.Nxd1 since both the N at g3 & the B at b7 will be hanging.

18...fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 20. Rxe6 Qxh4 21. Bxf5 Qxf4 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rae1 1-0

The game is over since Black cannot prevent the 24.Bg6+.

2…e5 This is an interesting counter gambit that occurred in the first known Omega Gambit game Warren-Dr. Selman 1936. In that game White played 3.dxe5 Nxe4 and got into trouble. White could instead play 3.Bd3 guarding the e-pawn and if 3…exd4 White has 4.f4 transposing into the Halasz-McDonnell Gambit, which is a good gambit to play for White.

Warren – Dr. Selman
Fernpartie NED 1936

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e5

It appears to be a reverse Elephant Gambit position (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5) but White has arrived at the position one move too early, so the tactics in this position are different.

3. dxe5 Nxe4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3

?? White had to guard his f2 square with Be3, otherwise Black has that same cheapo like in the Budapest Defense where Black plays Nxf2, Kxf2, Bxg6+ winning White's Q.

6...Nxf2 0-1

Conclusion

The Omega Gambit Declined does not necessarily give White an opening advantage. Some of the declined lines transpose back into regular orthodox opening lines. However some of declined lines lead to some very interesting opening board positions...

Further References to the Omega Gambit

Eric Schiller's chess books

Unorthodox Chess Openings Vol 2
Gambit Chess Openings
A Gambit Repertoire For White

GM Gary Lane of Opening Lanes at www.chesscafe.com

October 1999 article: The Omega Gambit
August 1999 article: Who is Afraid of the Bo
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Opening%20Lanes

Tim McGrew of The Gambit Cartel at www.chesscafe.com

December 2004 article: The Omega Gambit
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#The%20Gambit%20Cartel

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