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Vivacity’s July-10 Newsletter |
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In this issue:
- Chess News from around the world and around the block
- Chess Stories: serious and with a smile
- Bits of Chess Wisdom
- Test Your Tactical Skills
- Vivacity’s Chess Center
- List of upcoming chess events.
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1. CHESS NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
- World Chess News:
- watch the latest episodes at
www.worldchessnews.com
NATIONAL NEWS:
- 2010 National Open Championship, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 10-13, 2010
- The 2010 National Open attracted near 700 players from over twenty countries, from Mongolia to
Mexico. The winner was GM Timur Gareev. Gareev is the first clear winner at the National Open
since 1989.
Complete results are posted at
vegaschessfestival.com/results/2010/
VIVACITY NEWS:
- June 6, Q-Chess, Mayfield Village, OH;
listed are winners in each section:
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- Section A: AARON TIAN (9th grade, Hudson High School, Hudson)
- May 3 – June 7, Hershey Tournament, Concord, OH
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1st: ONUR KARDZHALA
2nd: CHASE SCOTT
3rd: SONYA ANUFRIYENKO |
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1st: JACK HANSON
2nd: ASHLEY JOYCE
3rd: ANDREW DENMAN and SUCHITA RAJAN |
- June 13, Q-Chess, Mayfield Village, OH;
listed are winners in each section:
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- Section A: AARON TIAN (9th grade, Hudson High School, Hudson)
- Section B: GRAYSON PARKER (1st grade, Hillcrest Elementary, Richfield)
- June 14-18, June Camp, Mayfield Village, OH
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1st: DOMINIC MAYHEW (K, Mercer Elementary, Shaker Hts.)
2nd: SUCHITA RAJAN (3rd grade, Hershey Montessori, Concord)
3rd: ALEXANDER GROEN (2nd grade, Hershey Montessori, Concord)
- June 20, Q-Chess, Mayfield Village, OH;
listed are winners in each section:
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- Section A: PAVEL CABART (Cleveland Clinic)
- Section B: ROMAN KOWALYSKO (11th grade, Hawken, Gates Mills)
- Section C: VIJAY SASTRY (2nd grade, Hudson Montessori, Hudson)
- June 27, Q-Chess, Mayfield Village, OH;
listed are winners in each section:
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- Section A: JONATHAN BOTEK (5th grade, Gilmour Academy, Pepper Pike)
- Section B: VIJAY SASTRY (2nd grade, Hudson Montessori, Hudson)
- Section C: SUCHITA RAJAN (3rd grade, Hershey Montessori, Concord)
For a complete list of the results of Vivacity’s tournaments go to: www.vivacityinc.com/chess/Results.htm
After every rated tournament individual ratings are updated, the USCF periodically updates ratings on its web site: www.uschess.org/msa/MbrLst.php
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2. CHESS: SERIOUS AND WITH A SMILE
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Do you have an interesting or funny story related to chess? If so, I would like to hear it.
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I want to hear your stories or stories about people you know.
Any chess story involving kids that will put a smile on someone’s face. Some practical advice
that will help another player reach or even exceed his or her potential at the chessboard.
I want to know what drives one student to excel at chess when so many others lose interest or
fail to advance. Why are so many girls playing and succeeding at chess when a generation ago
they were few and far between? How does an inner-city chess club find so much success when there
is so much turmoil around them? Etc. etc. etc.
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Doodle by Gary Gifford
Gary is the editor for UON (Unorthodox Openings News), quarterly electronic
magazine. He is the author of a cartoon/word play book (The Bermuda Pie-Angle)
and co-author with Davide Rozzoni and Bill Wall of a chess book: "Winning with the
Krazy Kat and Old Hippo".
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Computer of the future – a merger of biological
and non biological intelligence
The German engineer and computer pioneer Konrad Zuse was born one hundred years ago - on June 22, 1910, in
Berlin. He is considered the inventor of the world's first programmable computer, and the first high-level
programming language. Let us to pause and consider how far we have come in a single human lifetime – and
where the development of computers is leading.
Read the article and watch video clips at
www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6446
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3. BITS of CHESS WISDOM
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Opening Under a Microscope:
- Caro Kann: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6 gxf6
- The somewhat unusual type of position is not easy for either side to master and the advantage
goes to players with experience. The most precise move for White was always thought to be 6.c3,
but in one of the lines White goes on to play c3-c4, meaning that a plan involving 6.Nf3 and a
subsequent fianchetto is also a logical one:
www.chessbase.com/cbm/cbm136e/cbm136-03/havlikova_skembris.htm
- Queen’s Gambit, Vienna Variation:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6
- After 6...c5 theory frequently stretches far into the middlegame. But recently 6...h6 has
come into contention – this alternative allows Black to avoid memorizing many variations of the main
line:
www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6443
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4. TEST YOUR TACTICAL SKILLS
Problem #10
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The problem was created by Gary Gifford, and was made available by courtesy of
www.Chessville.com.
Solution will be provided in the next issue.
Problems’ Contest
Please, provide your solutions BEFORE the next issue is published. We will post names of
readers who provide correct solutions. At the end of the contest, the names of the five
best solvers and short stories about them will be posted in the Vivacity newsletter.
Feel free to submit a chess story along with your solution. The most interesting stories
will be also published.
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What is White’s Best Move? Support your answer with a comprehensive analysis.
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Problem #9
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Solution to
Problem #9 (June newsletter):
- Theme:
- knight fork, winning the exchange
- Comment:
- White has a great position with two rooks aligned on the d-file, a good bishop
(especially when compare to black’s), and he has a queen attacking the h7 pawn. His
knight is well positioned too, but is currently under attack. What is white’s best move?
- Solution:
- 29.Ne6! Qb8 [The queen can move to other
squares, but must obviously avoid a5. Note that taking the knight with the pawn
works out badly: 29…fxe6 30.Rxd6! Qxd6 [or if 30...Rxd6 31.Qxh7+ And Black cannot
protect both his rook and queen at the same time.] 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6
33.Bh5! Rg7 34.Qh8+ Ke7 [or 34…Rg7 35. .Qxf6#] 35.Qe8#]
30.Nxd8 and White should win.
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5. VIVACITY CHESS CENTER
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BIRTHDAYS in July
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Vivacity students took part in the following tournaments in June:
- Bellbrook Summer Meltdown, Bellbrook, OH, June 12
- DOMINIC took FIRST Place (K-5 Grade, Novice Section)
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Vivacity students are among the
top 100 in USA in June:
8-YEAR old: BRENNEN
Complete list:
main.uschess.org/component/option,com_top_players/Itemid,371?op=list&month=1006&f=8&h=Top Age 8
11-YEAR old: KENT
Complete list:
main.uschess.org/component/option,com_top_players/Itemid,371?op=list&month=1006&f=11&h=Top Age 11
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Vivacity Chess Center invites players from beginner to Master to visit our Chess Club; everyone is
welcome!!!
For more information go to:
www.vivacityinc.com/chess/Tournaments.htm or call 440-461-3634
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6. UPCOMING CHESS EVENTS:
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JUNE 29- JULY 5, World OPEN, Valley Forge, PA
Info:
www.chesstour.com/wo10.htm
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JULY 4, 11, 18 and 25, Open Q-Chess, Mayfield Village, OH
Info:
www.vivacityinc.com/chess/ChessClub.htm or call: 440-461-3634
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JULY 9-11, Columbus OPEN, Columbus, OH
Info: ohchess.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=302&year=2010&month=07&day=09&Itemid=32
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JULY 12-16, Vivacity JULY Camp, Mayfield Village, OH
Info:
www.vivacityinc.com/chess/ChessCamps.htm
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AUGUST Chess Camps:
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www.vivacityinc.com/chess/ChessCamps.htm
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To view a complete list of upcoming events go to:
www.vivacityinc.com/chess/Tournaments.htm
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