UON May-Aug 2009 Issue 24 - Asigc

May – Aug 2009 UON 24
Contents
Intro and Chess Cartoon ….. ii
Sometimes even strong players play 1. a4 – Davide Rozzoni …… 1
The White Hippo – Ben Spink …… 2
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Revisited – Gifford …… 20
Myers vs. Lamarche …… 27
Mike Surtees/Revolutionary Opening Theory (R.O.T.) – Davide Rozzoni …… 30
Basman’s Chess Inheritance – Davide Rozzoni …… 34
Tayler Opening [C44] – Peter Bieker & G. Gifford
A special thanks to: Davide Rozzoni, Ben Spink, Mike Surtees, and Peter Bieker for their contributions to this issue;
and to the late Hugh E. Myers for his annotated game (Myers – Lamarche, page 27). Also a special thanks to the
anonymous individual who submitted that game to Davide Rozzoni.
Cover “Chess Pins” by G. K. Gifford*
UON 24 © July 2009 by Gary K Gifford.
Please forward UON comments, games, and article submissions to: penswift@yahoo.com
* The pins shown are from my collection, which was made possible by chess playing and chess-pin collecting friend,
Anatoliy Utis. Some of the pins were electronically duplicated for the cover, i.e., I actually have just one copy of
each pin shown. - gkg