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L2004 Oregon Open DisplaysEmerging Young NW TalentBy Jerry Ramey,OCF PresidentThe Oregon Open is always an exciting tournament with many excellentgames and often with a surprise or two. To me, the most pleasant surprise of the2004 tournament was the number of junior players participating. About one thirdof the participants in this tournament were under the age of 20. They didn't do toobadly either!The clear winner of the Open s~on was 17-year-old Oleg Zaikov ofEugene.He finished with 5.5 points with five wins and a last-round draw with RogerMartin. Of course, Oleghas been playing against the Masters and Experts for a fewyears, so they know what to expect from him. The performances of two young(used to be) 1800 players were what surprised the older guys this time.Blake Phillips (Tigard) and Blake Salisbury (Clatskanie) both had exceptionaltournaments. Between the two of them, the young giant-killers knocked offfive Masters! Phillips' only loss was to Zaikov, and Salisbury's only dings werefrom Zaikov and Phillips. Better keep an eye on the two Blakes from now on. OtherJuniors who played well in the Open section were Landon Brownell of Corvallis,Keegan Knutson from Longview, Brian Esler of Portland, and Adi Lanka and theWyde brothers, Benjamin and David, all from Mercer Island.The youth movement also struck in the Reserve section. Tying for firstwith DavidYoshinagaofTigard was 15-year-oldFedya Kleshchevof Eugene. Bothhad 5.5 points. Without the benefit of being able to accept a draw in the last round,Fedya had to grunt out an endgame vs. Jason Evers of Bend to claim his share of .first prize.Youngsters Howard Chen (Longview) and Josh Rankin (Corvallis) tied for. fifth and also tied for the U1600 prize. A nine-way tie for seventh includedjuniorsDrew Serres (Salem), Marcus Robinson (Portland) and Zane Mowery (Eugene).Zane, who has played chess for only two years, performed,well above his 1299rating and won the U1400 prize. .I believe the <strong>Northwest</strong> is becoming one of the hotbeds in the country forproducing high-level young players. It speaks well for the various clubs and programsand for the quality of chess being played here. The Future is bright!!The GamesModern Benoni: Four PawnsNM Nick Raptis (2316)Ben Lin (2138)Eugene, Oregon Open (1) 20041.d4lbf6 2.c4 e6 3.lbc3 c5 4.d5 exd55.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 iLg7 8.lbf30-0 9.iLe2 lle8 10.e5 lbfd7 11.0-0dxe5 12.fxe5lbxe5 13.iLf4 iLg4 14.lbxe5 iLxe2 15.flxe2 iLxe5 16.iLxe5lbd7 17.flb5 lbxe5 18.flxb7 llb819.flxa7 iIxb2 20.'8'a4 iIb4 21.'8'c2lbg4 22. iI f3 flb8 23. iIg3 lbxh224.11h3 lbg4 25.iIf1 iIe3 26.lbd11!.xh327.g.xh387~. HI. .i.i ...6. . .i. s. ~..U~...~. 3~. . .~2~.'ii. . .. 1 ~ .tL).:=a bed e f 9 h27...flg3+ 28.flg2 flxg2+ 29.c;t>xg2lbe5 30.lbc3 c;t>f831.11f211d4 32.a4c;t>e733.a511d3 34.lbb511b3 35.lba7lla3 36.lbc8+ c;t>d8 37.lbd6 c;t>e738.lbb7 c4 39.d6+ c;t>d7 40.a6 c341.1!c2 1-0Jtjme)Sicilian PelikanJosh Rankin (1437)Micah Smith (1721)Eugene, Oregon Open (1) 2001.e4 c5 2.lbf3lbc6 3.d4 cxd44.lbxd'lbf6 5.lbc3 e5 6.lbdb5 h6 7.lbd6'iLxd6 8.flxd6 fle7 9.flxe7+ c;t>x10.iLc4 d6 11.f4 iLe6 12.iLb3 lbd,13.c;t>d1lbg414.iIe1lbxh215.lbd5'hd5 16.iLxd5 iIac8 17.c3lbc6 1Bfxe5 dxe5 19.iLe3 iIhd8 20.Ac5'c;t>e821. c;t>c2b6 22.iLa3 lbg4 23iIad1 b5 24.iId3lb16 25.Wb1 as 26iIed1 iId727.iLxc6 iIxc628.iIxd'lbxd7 29. iId5 iIb6 30.Ad6 1631.iLc'iIc6 32.Axa5 llc5 33.11d3 llc4 34iIg3 c;t>f735. iIe3 lbc5 36.iLb4 lbal37.b3 iIc738.iLa5 iId7 39.c;t>c2lbc40.Ab6 lbe6 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa.iIb7 43.a5 c;t>e744. iId3 g6 45.c'lld7 46.a6lbc7 47.a711xd348.Wxd:lba8 49.iLc5+ c;t>d750.Wc3 f5 51c;t>b4fxe4 52.Ae3 h5 53.c;t>b5Wd681~. . . .78. . . I6 . . ...5~W. .rlh -..~.~ ~.~m~4 ~3~..LS....- .. .LS.~.z2 ~ .. . . 1.a bed e f 9 h54.c5+ c;t>c7 55.iLd2 c;t>b7 56.c6-Wxa7 57.c;t>c5 c;t>b8 58.Ac3 WC:59. AxeS e3 60.c;t>d4 e2 61.iLg3 g!62.c;t>e3 e1=!f+ 63.iLxe1 c;t>c7 64iLa5+ Wxc6 65. c;t>e4 g4 66.g3 Wdl67. c;t>f5c;t>e7 68. c;t>g5c;t>f769. c;t>xhc;t>g770. Wxg4 Wg6 71. c;t>f4c;t>1672Ad8+ Wg6 73. c;t>g4c;t>g774. c;t>g5c;t>75.c;t>16c;t>e876.iLa5 c;t>f877.g4 c;t>g78.g5 Wf8 79.g6 Wg8 80.g7 1-0-PetroffDaniel Gay (1626)Josh Rankin (1437)Eugene, Oregon Open (2) 200,1.e4 e5 2.lbf3lb16 3.lbxe5 d6 4.lbf:lbxe4 5.d4 d5 6.iLd3 iLe7 7.0-0 lbcl8.11e1 iLg4 9.c3 f5 10.h3 Ah5 11lbbd2 0-0 12.'8'b3 lba5 13.fla4 cl14.lbe5 b5 15.!fc2 flc7 16.lbdf:iJ.xf3 17.t))xf3 iJ.o6 18.t))g5 t))xf2
-.III8K.. ...7 ~..-~""- @'j-6 .~...5 ~.~.~~I'd never seen this one before, but ithas been played.5.tiJc3 Ab7 6."c2 hf3 7.gxf3 c5?This creates a big hole at b5 anddoesn't complementhis remaining darksquaredBishop.8.d5 e5 9.f4 tiJg4?!Interesting, but dubious.10."e4"h411.ttf3The computerthinks 11.lLJd1 is a lotbetter than 11.'iVf3,evaluating at +1.50.Here is a sample linethat it believes best11...f512.'iVxf5Ad613.'iVg5'iVxg514.fxg5 e4 and White's winning.11...d6 12.tiJb5 ll)~6 13.'@g3 "xg314.hxg3 16 15.Ah3 ll)h6 16.e4 tiJf717.Af5 h68 So. ... ~r7~.6.,.- ...- - - ?Ii ~5 ",,"Z.J-1':"\- ~-..t~. - ~4 .~.~D.3. ""~. Du ~ u ~1~ m m .:2 n~ .n~AllofBJack'spawnsrestricthisBishop! 28...hd3+ 29."xd3 exf4 30.Ad518.e2Ae719.Ad2 d820.b4tiJc7 g731.%1e1a332."e2"d433.%1d121.tiJxc7 xc7 22.bxa5 bxa5 "xb2+23.%1hb1 exf4 24.gxf4 %1hb833...%1e7ismoreaccurate. For some4.0..This loses a pawn, but otherwise reaso~ I thought he could play 34.1Wxe7White doubles on the b-file.and WID.I completelymissedmate-in-one.25. %1xb8 xb8 26. %1b1+ a7 34.ttxb2 axb2 35.%1e1 Ae5 36.h43. OiL..~27.Axa5 %1b828.%1xb8xb829.Ag6 f637.%1f1 %1a738.%1f3 %1a339.21~01i. .~~ tiJd8 30.f3tiJb7 31.Ac3 Ad8 32.e5 %1xa3?111. iii = tiJa5 33.ha5!Now the pawns are secure and Blacka bed e f 9 hwill win with his two passed pawns.19.tiJe6 tiJxd3 20.tiJxc7 tiJxe1 21.ttd1 The ending is won.Better is 39. %1b3.hc7 22.ttxe1 %1ae823."f2 %1e4 33...Axa5 34.e6 Ad8 35.f5 b739...bxa3 40.c2 Ad4 41.Ae4 e524.Ad2 tiJc4 25.b3 tiJxd2 26."xd2 36.g4 Ae7 37.h5 c738.Ae842.Ah7 f3 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 f4Af4 27."d3 %1e328."c2 Ag3 29. d8 39.Ac6 c7 40.g6 Ad8ttd2 %1fe830.f1f731.b4 g632. 41. f7 1-045.g6 f5! 0-1a4bxa433.c4%1e1+34.%1xe1 %1xe1+35."xe1 Axe1 36.xe1a3 0-1Sicilian Richter-RauzerSlav Geller GambitNM Nat Koons (2232)Blake Phillips (1870)Eugene, Oregon Open (3) 2004Annotations by Blake Phillips1.e4 c5 2.tiJf3 tiJc6 3.tiJc3 d6 4.d4Queen s Indian PetrosianBlake Phillips (1870)Jerry Weikel (2037)Eugene, OregonOpen (2) 2004Annotationsby Blake Phillips cxd4 5.tiJxd4 tiJf6 6.Ag5 e6 7."d21.d4 tiJf6 2.c4 e6 3.tiJf3 b6 4.a3 a5 Ae7 8.0-0-0 a6 9.f4 Ad7 10.tiJf3 h611.Axf6 gxf6 12.b1b5 13.g3 "c714.Ah3 %1e815.lLJe2 a5 16.tiJed4tiJxd417.tiJxd4 b4 18.%1hf1?!Pointless, since he plays it to el nextmove.18...ttc5 19.%1fe1 %1c720.%1e3 0-021.%1c1 %1fc822.c4 a4 23.Ag2 f5!?24.exf581.K.."'....~.7 ~ _A_'~.- ?Ii0'. ~ -~~ - ~ 6 ~5~ lit.~..4'-~" - ~ U n ~.3~ ~ .~ ~~.n~ n~.U2~nU - mt1 ~.~W!l@'j~~1~'&(~ ~ ~.Ahna bed e f 9 h24...Af6??24...e5 25.tiJe2iLxf5+26.Ae425. %1d3??25.fxe6! Axd4 26.%1d3 and Black'sdown in material, i.e., 26...Axe6 27.%1xd4'iVb6.25...e5! 26.ll)b5 ht5 27.li:Jxc7 %1xe728.g4 ?NM Oleg Zaikov (2316)Blake Salisbury (1830)Eugene, Oregon Open (4) 20041.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.tiJf3 tiJf6 4.tiJc3dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5ll)d5 7.a4 e6 8.axb5tiJxc39.bxc3cxb510.tiJd2Ab711.h4Ae712.h50-013.'flfg4tiJd714.tiJxc4bxc4 15.Ah6 Af616.hg7 1-08 z~. @'j--~ mu..~7 "" m.. .'E. 5. . D.~64 ..D ...38D. .2... =..t.:D~m10'a bed e f 9 hFrench TarraschPatrick Gay (1609)Fedya Kleshchev (1396)Eugene, OregonOpen (5) 20041.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.tiJd2 tiJf6 4.e5 tiJfd75.f4 e5 6.c3 Ae7 7.tiJe2 0-0 8.tiJf3tiJc69.g3 b510.Ag2 b411.%1b1 Aa612.0-0 'flfa5 13.%1a1 bxc3 14.bxc3Axe2 15.'flfxe2 ttxc3 16.Ab2 'flfa517.dxc5 tiJxc5 °18.%1fe1%1ac819.94'@b4 20.f5 'flfxg4 21.16 gxf6 22.exf6Ad6 23.h1 h8 24.%1g1 %1g825.'8'e3 tiJe4 26.Af1 'flff4 27.'@xf4tiJf2 mate~PIlla ch.. IIIIr maIIIn1JI8bll8D1lPLEASE .....1\
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