April 2013 - Northwest Chess!
April 2013 - Northwest Chess!
April 2013 - Northwest Chess!
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68.Ke2 Kg8 69.Kf2 Kg7 70.Be2 Kg8<br />
71.Kf3 Kg7 72.Bd3 Kg8 73.Bc2<br />
White has been preparing extremely<br />
methodically, but the final<br />
breakthrough is already good enough<br />
without further ado. 73.e5<br />
73...Bd8 74.Rh1 Bb6 75.Ra1 Bb7<br />
76.e5 dxe5<br />
76...fxe5 77.Bf5 Kg7 78.Rh1<br />
Kg8 79.Rh6 is not much of an<br />
improvement.<br />
77.Bf5 Kf8 78.Rh1 Kg8 79.Ke4 Bd8<br />
80.Rh7 Bc8 81.Ra7 Bxf5+ 82.Kxf5<br />
Kf8 83.d6 Ke8 84.Rh7<br />
84.Ke6 Kf8 (84...f3 85.Rf7 Ba5 86.d7+<br />
Kd8 87.Rf8+ Kc7 88.d8Q+) 85.Ra8<br />
f3 86.Rxd8+ Kg7 87.d7 f2 88.Rg8+<br />
Kxg8 89.d8Q+ Kg7 90.Qxf6+<br />
84...f3 85.Ke6 Kf8 86.Kd5 f5<br />
87.gxf5 f2 88.Rh1 g4 89.Ke4 g3<br />
90.Kf3 Bh4 91.b6 e4+ 92.Kg2 e3<br />
93.b7 e2 94.b8Q+ Kf7 95.Qa7+<br />
Kf8 96.Qb8+ Kf7 97.Qc7+ Kf8<br />
98.Qc8+ Kf7 99.Qe6+ 1–0<br />
And so... Nick Raptis became the <strong>2013</strong><br />
Oregon State <strong>Chess</strong> Champion with 7.5<br />
points.<br />
Nick Raptis holding the State Championship trophy.<br />
Photo credit: Sean Tobin.<br />
Errata<br />
We printed the wrong diagram at<br />
the top of page 14 in the printed<br />
version of the March <strong>2013</strong> issue in<br />
the Richard Gutman vs. Daniel Gay<br />
game. Here is the correct diagram<br />
with the conclusion of the game the<br />
way it should have been presented.<br />
36.Kf3<br />
36.Kd4 g5 37.c4=<br />
36...Ke6 37.Kg4 Kd5 0–1<br />
*****<br />
We also put the wrong diagram in the<br />
first game from the Oregon Games<br />
in the Daniel Gay vs. Corey Russell<br />
game on page 7 of the printed version<br />
of the March <strong>2013</strong> issue. Here is the<br />
correct diagram.<br />
These diagrams will be correct in the<br />
color online version in two months.<br />
Our apologies for the errors.<br />
.Idaho Games<br />
All 60 games from the event are<br />
available to view online at http://<br />
www.idahochessassociation.org/<br />
idahoclosed<strong>2013</strong>games.asp. Java is required<br />
to view them. We present a sample here.<br />
Lucas Knoll (1060) –<br />
Kurt Douglas (1751) [B50]<br />
Idaho Closed Twin Falls, ID<br />
(R1), Feb. 16, <strong>2013</strong><br />
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 e6 4.Nc3<br />
Nc6 5.d3<br />
5.d4 transposes into more normallooking<br />
Sicilian lines, and is probably<br />
White’s best.<br />
5...Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bb5 Bd7<br />
8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0<br />
9.Bxc6<br />
9...a6<br />
9...Nd4! 10.Bxf6 (Or 10.Bxd7 Nxf3+<br />
11.gxf3 Nxd7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7; Very bad<br />
for White is 10.Nxd4 cxd4 11.Bxd7<br />
dxc3–+) 10...Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Bxf6<br />
12.Bxd7 Qxd7 gives Black an edge.<br />
10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Rfe1 h6 12.Bxf6<br />
Bxf6 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7<br />
15.Rad1 Rc8 16.Nf3<br />
16.Nde2 Rc6=; 16.Nce2 Qb6 17.c3=<br />
16...Bxc3 17.bxc3 Bb5 18.Re3<br />
18.Qxd6 Qxd6 19.Rxd6 Rxc3³<br />
18...Qa5 19.a3 Rfd8 20.Nd4 Bc4<br />
21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Qf4<br />
[Diagram top of next page]<br />
22...Qe5<br />
22...e5! 23.Qg4 Rg8 (23...g6 24.Nf5<br />
Be6 25.Qh4+-) 24.Qh5 Be6 (24...<br />
Qd8 25.Nf5±) 25.Nxe6 fxe6 26.Rg6<br />
and White still has attacking chances,<br />
for example: 26...Rgf8 (26...Rc7 is<br />
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