Our New First Grade Champion!

After becoming the New York State 1st grade champion, does Felix now have his sites on the entire USA?

Success in Saratoga!

Our hero.

Rev. Marijian Procyk, chess mentor, and Dr. Mark Mieth, his humble driver,

with Felix Ling NYS 1st Grade Champion 2007

FELIX (YUANFEI) LING , who recently turned 7, entered his first USCF rated tournament-The New York State K-8 Championships- this weekend in Saratoga Springs, NY and he came home with a trophy as big as he is! (Quite frankly, it was so big,it was hard to get into the SUV he was riding in.) He scored 4/7 in the combined first and second grade section which tied him for third overall in that section. He, however, was the top first grader in the state on tie breaks. His provisional rating is now 799. I am certain that that number will quickly climb and he will accumulate many more awards in the near future.

Other notable side lights from ths weekend are:

REV. MARIJAN PROCYK having the opportunity to play 3 FIDE titled players in the Empire State Open and finishing a very respectable 3/6 in the Open section and increasing his rating closer to the master level. He also found a new Chinese Buffet restaurant that he likes, but, alas, no mango pudding.

The only other WNY local scholastic player, THOMAS HAHN, from Stella Niagara Education Park, performing admirably in the challenging 5th grade section with a 3/7 score. (The top player in that section is rated 1800+)

Merry Christmas to all!

I just wished to take this opportunity to wish one and all a very

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!

From "the chessdoctor"

PS: I will not be able to be at the regular Wegmans Wednesday chess session tomorrow 12/26/07.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CHESS TRAINING CLASSES

MAIN PLACE MALL - UPPER LEVEL 390 MAIN STREET BUFFALO, NY 14202 MALL POLICY STATES ALL STUDENTS MUST BE SUPERVISED AT ALL TIME WHILE DURING MALL HOURS BY GUARDIAN OR PARENT. REGISTER NO LATER THAN 9:30AM CLASS STARTS PROMPTLY AT 10AM UNTIL 2PM CLASSES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 2ND THRU 8TH GRADE. STUDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO PARTICIPATE IN CHESS CLUB AT THIER SCHOOL. ENTRY FEE: $10 PER STUDENT PER DAY OR $30 FOR 3 DAYS. BRING CHESS SET, CHESS BOARD, NOTEBOOK AND PENCIL. BEGINNERS, FEMALES AND HOMESCHOOLERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. ADVANCE NOTICE BY EMAILING ARCANGEL8CHESS@YAHOO.COM. TEACHERS, PARENTS ARE WELCOME TO HELP BE TEAM LEADERS TO LEARN HOW TO MANAGE THEIR CHESS CLUB AT SCHOOLS.

BUFFALO BLIZZARD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS REMINDER

KENMORE COMMUNITY CENTER 135 WILBUR AVENUE, (ELMWOOD AND MANG) KENMORE, NY 14217 REGISTRATION: 8am till 9am LATE ARRIVALS MUST TAKE ONE HALF POINT BYE! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 2007 CANADIAN RATED PLAYERS, FEMALES AND HOME SCHOOLERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REGISTER. 5 ROUNDS, SWISS FORMAT, USCF RATED OPEN TOURNAMENT, NO ELIMINATION ROUNDS ONE THRU FOUR: GAME 45, FINAL ROUND 5 GAME 60. ROUNDS BEGIN AT 10AM, 11:45AM, 1:30PM, 3:15PM AND 4:45PM. ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE CHESS BOARD, CHESS SET, WRITE NOTATIONS, CHESS CLOCK AND PENCIL. CHESS GEAR VENDOR SOPHIA LEWIS WILL BE ON SITE FOR HOLIDAY TIES, GIFTS, CHESS EQUIPMENT AND CHESS BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE. CASH PRIZES IN ALL SECTIONS BASED UPON 20 ENTRIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1ST PLACE: TROPHY AND $150, 2ND PLACE $90, AND 3RD PLACE $60. LEVELS OF PLAY ARE: OPEN SECTION, U1600, U1400 AND U1200. ENTRY FEE $25 ADVANCE BEFORE DECEMBER 22ND OR $35 (USD) CASH AT THE DOOR, NO CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS. CAN PRE-REGISTER BY EMAILING ME COMPLETE INFORMATION WITH FULL NAME, CURRENT USCF ID NUMBER, CURRENT USCF RATING, ADDRESS AND CONTACT NUMBER. EMAIL ME AT ARCANGEL8CHESS@YAHOO.COM. ALL CHECKS MAILED TO ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY, BLIZZARD CHAMPIONSHIPS, 60F GUILFORD LANE, BUFFALO NY 14221. GROUP DISCOUNTS FOR 6 OR MORE FROM SAME CLUB OR SCHOOL.

KEN-TON SCHOLASTIC CHESS LEAGUE RESULTS

The Ken-Ton Chess League has completed its 2nd week of competition. The Chess League meets every thursday night from 6pm till 8:30pm at the Kenmore Community Center, 135 Wilbur Avenue, Kenmore NY 14217. All ages and levels of play are encouraged to participate. Beginners, females and home schooolers are encouraged to participate. Expert Rated Chess player, Douglas Dubose gave all the students personal time for chess improvement before their matches. We applaud Douglas Dubose and Tony Kimbourgh for thier time and talent offered to our students. This week saw First grader and Home Schooled, Samantha Rodriguez take the lead in competition. She is currently in first place with a total of 932 points. All players begin the league with 900 points. Points are deducted or added based upon thier opponents club rating. Match play saw Samantha Rodriguez defeat Jessica Lester 7th grader, Andrew Lester 8th grade defeated Frankie Rodriguez 4th grade, Katie Czerwinski 5th grade defeats and upsets Trevor Cohn 4th grade, and Eric Lubas 8th grade defeats Nick Czerwinski 7th grade. Undefeated players with a 2-0 record are as follows: Samantha Rodriguez, Andrew Lester and Eric Lubas. Excused players were: Benjamin Havey, Beatrice Havey, Evan Hayes and Alex Segelhurst. Total Point Leaders as of Week 2 (12/20/2007) 1.Samantha Rodriguez (932) 2.Andrew Lester (931) 2.Eric Lubas(931) 4.Katie Czerwinski(916) 4.Benjamin Havey(916) 6.Trevor Cohn (900) 7.Frankie Rodriguez (869) 8.Nick Czerwinski (867) 9.Beatrice Havey(884) 9.Evan Hayes (884) 9.Jessica Lester (884) 9.Alex Segelhurst (884) Week 3 starts on Thursday, December 27, 2006. Doors open at 6pm, lessons start at 6:30pm and matches follow the lessons. If you would like to participate, or start a Chess Club at your school contact the Chess Ambassador at arcangel8chess@yahoo.com. The ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY wishes everyone a Happy, Wonderful and safe holiday. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Scenes from SCIO

One of the 12 happy students from Scio

The winners of the K-6 section Justin Wedge, Mason Windus, and Z Wang Advanced Winner Holden Bernstein with Tournament Director Garry Reynolds Cody Hennard, 2nd place Advanced with "the old woodpusher" Third Place Advanced Nico Alvarado

Fourth in Advanced

Dillon Smith

I just was sent some pictures from the unrated scholastic tournament that was held in the Southern Tier on Saturday, December 1st. So it's time to do the report of the Scio Unrated Chess Tournament.

I can attest that it was a very well attended and run event- It was well worth the drive. Mr. Garry Reynolds "the old woodpusher" has been putting on these events twice a year. This event also was aided by Ms. Karen Insley the director of the Scio Central Chess Club. Both did a marvelous job.

A total of 44 students from Western New York and Pennslyvania participated. They ranged from 1st to 12th grade.

The winners in the K-6 section were: 1st Justin Wedge a sixth grader from Bradford, PA, 2nd Mason Windus a 6th grader from Scio, NY, 3rd "Z" Wang a 6th grader from Olean, NY.

The winner of the Advanced section (7-12) was Holden Bernstein an 11th grader from Olean who had a perfect 5-0 score. There was a 4 way tie for 2nd between Cody Hennard (4th grader from Bradford, PA), Nico Alvarado (7th grader from Bradford, PA), Dillon Smith (7th grader from Scio, NY), and Rory Burke (11th grader from Canisteo-Greenwood, NY). On tiebreaks as determined by performance score, 2nd went to Hennard, third to Alvarado, and 4th to Smith.

The buzz of the tournament, however, may have been the play of Felix Ling, a first grader from Amherst who played in the Advanced section and had a +2-3 score as he beat first an eleventh grader then a 12 th grader in rounds 1 and 2. His loss in round 3 was to another 11th grader- the tournament winner, and had had a winning position but missed going up a whole rook and instead traded queens. In round 4 he lost a hard fought game to another 11th grader. Such play earned him the nickname "The Little Asian Tiger." Perhaps if he continues to apply himself, he just might become a Tiger Woods-like prodigy on the chess board.

KLCC BUFFALO OPEN GRAND PRIX RESULTS

Private David Evans, Jr.

Died May 23, 2003

During Iraqi Operation Freedom

Here are the results from the Kellogg Leadership for Community Change Buffalo Open Grand Prix Tournament. Total attendance was 39 players, a new high for the year. The Kellogg LCC Tournament was dedicated to one of Buffalo's soldiers who died in Iraq, a Kensington HS graduate David Evans, Jr. For more information about the local hero can be found at http://www.militarycity.com/valor/256662.html

New York State Senator Antoine M. Thompson stopped by and took photos with some of the winners and the players. Senator Thompson is currently working with the family members to raise money for the David Evans, Jr. Scholarship Fund as well as to increase awareness of the benefits of chess.

Contributions for this worthy cause were accepted by his father, David Evans, Sr. Each person who donated to the fund were given a Blockbuster raffle ticket. The WINNING TICKET was #740217. The winner should contact me for their prize. Results from the David Evans, Jr. Memorial Section were as follows: 1st Place and undefeated (5-0), for his 3rd tournament this year - Aaron Mc Duffie; 2nd Place went to Kingman Bassett III, and 3rd Place & Top Female was Bethany Cates. Top upsets were Bridget Smith defeating Julius Spencer (529) for a total of 214 points in Round 3 and Victoria Stauffiger also defeating Julius Spencer for a total of 159 Points in Round 5. In the Mayor Byron W. Brown Section (Grades K-3), 1st Place and Undefeated for his second tournament this year (4-0-1) - Trevor Cohn; 2nd Frankie Rodriguez, and 3rd Shannon Smith. Top upset was Samantha Rodriguez defeating brother Frankie in a disparity of 537 points! This occurred after she got mad when he captured her queen. The message is: "Don't Mess With Samantha's Queen!"

The Kellogg Grand Prix Section had a tie for 1st Place between NM Lionel L. Davis and Rev. Marijan Procyk. 3rd Place was also a tie this time between three players- David "Pawn Master" Mc Duffie (Baltimore, MD), Luka Glinsky (Erie, Pa) and Mark Clark (Bemus Point, NY). Thomas Warner captured the most upset points (294) in Round 3, when he defeated 13 year old Aquino Inigo (2041), a new Canadian visitor. It was in that same round where Marijan Procyk drew with National Master Lionel L Davis (rating difference of 143), Vince Woodard drew Mark Clark (difference of 201). While in Round 2, David "Pawn Master" Mc Duffie defeated Mark Clark with a differential of 211 points. I also would want to welcome the other Canadian and first time visitor Michael Prysiazyny (1772). The Senator Antoine M Thompson Section was once again won by Evan Ashton with an undefeated 4-0 score. Evan hasn't been defeated since winning the Mayors Cup back in June 2007. Evan had his picture taken with Senator Thompson. A four way tie for 2nd Place took place with a new player Jerome Barton, along with John Campbell, David Biddle and William Rich. Adam Schunk had the largest upset point when he defeated Steven Baer who was rated 440 higher than him. Other noteable surprise results were William Rich defeating Dr. James Paul (192 point difference) and then also over Chess Gear Vendor Sophia L Lewis (237 difference), Phillip Laugeman besting David Biddle (403 point seperation), and Lee Smith had an upset win over Sophia L Lewis (a 234 point disparity). Sophia, however, was the Top Female for the November Grand Prix. New chess players were Michael Gerow and Jerome Barton. The next tournament will be THE BLIZZARD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS! 5 Rounds, Game 45 & 60, SWISS, Saturday, December 29th, 2007. Sections are Open, U1600, U1400 and U1200. All sections have the same CASH AWARDS based upon 20 entries of 1ST PLACE $150, 2ND PLACE $90 AND 3RD PLACE $60. Advanced entry fees are the same $25 (USD) before December 22nd, or CASH $35 (USD) AT 135 Wilbur Avenue, Kenmore Community Center, Kenmore NY. Registration closes at 9:15am, First Round starts at 10am. All checks and registration must be mailed to ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221. Include full name, current id number, current rating and section. Can also email me at arcangel8chess@yahoo.com. ALL LATE ARRIVALS MUST TAKE 1/2 POINT BYE.

Main Place Mall December Tournament

On this past Saturday, December 8, there was a tournament in Main Place Mall in Buffalo organized by Michael Mc Duffie "the Chess Ambassador".

Master Lionel Davis and yours truly shared 1-2 place. Here are some positions from my games:

1. 1:0. M.P.-Michael Prysiazyny Black played in this position 17. …Nd3. How good or bad was that move? Game finished in 11 more moves. 2. 0:1. Aquini Inigo-M.P. Black is pawn up but he is to lose the a-pawn in next move. What should black play? 3. draw. M.P.-Lionel Davis After 26.Nd3 Qf6 Black offered draw. He was low on time. Was I justified to accept it? 4. 0:1. Tom Warner-M.P. After 19...Nd5 20.Bd2 what move would you play? Evan Ashton won all four of his games in the Under 1600 Section. Congratulations!

A full report likely will be provided by Mr. Mc Duffie in the near future.

Chess.com

Did you have chance to look at this web page? http://www.chess.com/ You could play games there, but there are many things just to look around.

SARDINIA SATURDAY QUICK GET IN!

There is yet another event you can be involved in this Saturday. Here is the information from TD Tom Warner:

QUICK CHESS TOURNAMENT Sat. Dec 1st at the Sardinia Community Center, 12320 Savage Rd, Sardinia,NY Must be a USCF member to play(can join at tournament) 2 Sections: Adults: 3SS G 29, EF $20 RDS: 10,11,12 Prizes based on entries Scholastic- Round Robin- play as many games as possible in 3hrs! EF: $10 Games start at 10am. Trophy for 1st place. All Scholastic players will receive a prize! For Info call Tom Warner 716-496-5230

Marijan's Move in "All of WNY is out to get Marijan!"

VS

It has been 11 months of our experiment in which we were playing two simultaneous correspondence games, one as white one as black, against the right good Reverend Marijan Procyk. Our moves have been the most popular choice of our readership. Each reader can nominate moves and can use any outside assistance to derive the move-except for the use of a computer engine. Meanwhile Marijan is not allowed to look at the comments. Rather he will email his moves, after I update these boards. Marijan has won the game in which we had tried a King's Indian Defense against a 4 pawn's attack. It's Marijan's move in the remaining Caro Kann variation game. As white we have gone 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11.Be3 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Qa5+ 13.Nd2 Bxc5 14. 0-0-0 0-0 15.Ngf3 Qc7 16. Rhg1 b5 17.g4 a5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Rxg5 a4 20. Rdg1 g6 21. Ne5 Bd4 22. Nxg6 fxg6 23.Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Rh6+ Nh7 25.Qe4 Rfd8 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 a3 28. Re7 Bxb2+ 29. Kd1 Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Bc3 31. Rg3 Rxd2+ 32. Kc1 Bf6 33. Qe4 Rad8 34. Rd3 R8xd3 35.cxd3 Rxa2 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Draw offered with move Qd7+

As black it was 1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. d5 0-0 7. Nf3 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9.a4 e6 10.Be2 axb5 11. Bxb5 exd5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Bh6 Bg7 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Kd2 Nc6 22.Kc3 h5 23. Rhe1 f6 24.Re8 Ne5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.a5 Ra8 27.a6 Ra7 28. b4 Kf7 29. bxc5 Ke7 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Kb4 g5 32. Rd6 f5 33. Rb6 resign 1-0

Syracuse Event December 1st

I received the following email and was asked to publicize it so I will comply:

Please share the attached tournament entry form with your chess club members. The 1st annual Samuel Calthrop Chess Championship will carry the title for Onondaga County Chess Champion. There are divisions for adults, juniors, and youth with 1st-3rd place trophies and many door prizes. We hope your club will be represented at this event. 1st Annual Rev. Dr. Samuel Calthrop Chess Championship - Saturday, Dec. 1st http://www.mmuus.org/news&events/samuel-calthrop-chess-championship.html Anton Ninno, Event Coordinator Samuel Calthrop Chess Championship May Memorial UU Society 3800 E. Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13214 office: 315-479-9073 home: 315-479-9073

BUFFALO BLIZZARD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

WHAT: OPEN USCF RATED WINTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS HOW: 5 ROUNDS, SWISS FORMAT (NO ELIMINATION) WHERE:KENMORE COMMUNITY CENTER 135 WILBUR AVENUE, KENMORE NY 14217 WHEN:SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29TH, 2007 REGISTRATION: 8:15AM TILL 9AM ROUNDS START Rd 1-10AM, Rd2-11:45AM, Rd3-1:30PM, Rd4-3:15pm and Rd5-4:45pm. TIME CONTROLS: GAME 45 FOR ROUNDS 1, 2, 3 & 4. GAME 60 FOR FINAL ROUND 5. SECTIONS AND PRIZES BASED UPON 20 ENTRIES: OPEN TO ALL USCF MEMBERS OR JOIN AT THE SITE. OPEN: Trophy and $150 for 1st Place, 2nd $90, 3rd Place $60. U1600: Trophy and $150 for 1st Place, 2nd $90, 3rd Place $60.

U1400: Trophy and $150 for 1st Place, 2nd $90, 3rd Place $60. U1200: Trophy and $150 for 1st Place, 2nd $90, 3rd Place $60. Entry Fees: $25.00

NO CHECKS OR CREDIT CARDS ON SITE!

Advance registration: Must include section of play, full name, current USCF ID number, current USCF rating, and full payment. NO REFUNDS! Make checks payable to Archangel 8 Chess Academy, Blizzard Championships, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221 and must be postmarked no later than Saturday, December 22nd, 2007.

KLCC DECEMBER BUFFALO OPEN GRAND PRIX

WHEN: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2007 WHERE: MAIN PLACE MALL (UPPER LEVEL) FREE PARKING UNDER MALL 390 MAIN STREET, BUFFALO NY 14202 REGISTRATION: 8:15AM TILL 9AM LATE UNPAID ARRIVALS MUST TAKE 1/2 POINT BYE! WHAT:USCF OPEN RATED GRAND PRIX (10 POINTS ENHANCED) TOURNAMENT WHAT: 4 ROUND SWISS FORMAT (NO ELIMINATION) TIME CONTROL: ROUNDS 1 & 2 GAME 45, ROUNDS 3&4 GAME 60 ROUNDS START AT 9:30AM, 11:15PM, 12:50PM AND 2:50PM SECTIONS AND AWARDS: GRAND PRIX: GUARANTEED 1ST PLACE $250 AND 2ND $150.00, Name published in Chess Cafe/USCF Grand Prix listings. U1600 based upon 20 entries: Trophy and $150, 2nd Place $90, 3rd Place $60. SCHOLASTIC (2 GRADE TO 4TH) Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners. SCHOLASTIC (5th GRADE TO 8TH) Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners. Advanced Entry fees: MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2007. Grand Prix: $ 40(USD) vs $50 CASH ONLY AT SITE. U1600: $30(USD) VS $35 CASH ONLY AT SITE. SCHOLASTICS: $15 (USD) VS $20 CASH ONLY AT SITE. CHECKS MADE PAYABLE TO: ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY 60F GUILFORD LANE BUFFALO, NY 14221 Registration must include the section to participate, full name, current USCF rating, current USCF ID number, contact phone number and payment. ADVANCE REGISTRATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! CHESS VENDOR: CHESS GEAR BY SOPHIA LYN LEWIS OF BALTIMORE MARYLAND, WILL HAVE CHESS SUPPLIES AND CHESS T SHIRTS FOR PURCHASE.

KENTON CHESS CLUB MEETS TONITE!

KENTON CHESS CLUB 135 WILBUR AVENUE KENMORE, NY 14217 HOSTED BY ARCHANGEL 8 CHESS ACADEMY AND KENTON YOUTH & RECREATIONAL DEPARTMENT MEETING DATES: EVERY THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER TIME: DOORS OPEN AT 6PM UNTIL 8:30PM ANNUAL FEE $10 FOR KENTON RESIDENTS, NON RESIDENTS WITH CHESS BOARD $10, NON RESIDENTS WITHOUT CHESS SET $20 AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN A NEW CHESS SET. THIS CLUB IS FOR ALL AGES (CHILDREN WITH SUPERVISION AND ADULTS). LEVEL OF PLAY IS CASUAL OR RATED GAMES. WE ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A CHESS LEAGUE FOR THE MIDDLE HIGH STUDENTS. STUDENTS IN 3RD GRADE TO 8TH GRADE. MINIMUM TEAM MEMBERS OF 2 ARE WELCOMED. UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION RULES ARE ENFORCED! IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY AND WANT TO LEARN THIS IS ALSO THE PLACE TO COME AND LEARN.

AQE NOVEMBER BUFFALO GRAND PRIX RESULTS

36 chess players came out to the tournament this past Saturday. One special guest was Felix Yuanfei Ling from Guangdong, China. He is a 6 year old, who not only plays chess well, but writes neat algebraic chess notations. While visiting the Grand Prix, Felix had the opportunity to play the following players for experience: Lorena James (3rd grader), Samantha Rodriguez(100), (1st grader), Corey Washington (7th grader), Julius Spencer (5th grader), Kingman Bassett (4th grader) and Malik Ferguson(543) (4th grade). His only loss was to Malik by means of a scholar's mate! A mating pattern, I doubt, he will ever lose to again. Felix will be rewarded with a special trophy as November's "Best Unrated Player" from the Archangel 8 Chess Academy. In the Senator Antoine M Thompson Section (1st graders - 4th) 1st Place winner - Frankie A Rodriguez,(566) Home Schooled with an undefeated 4-0 2nd Place - Doshlynn M Romer (218) 3rd Place - Daja Vu D. Romer (388) Mary Ruth Kapsiak Section (5th - 8th Graders) 1st Place winner - Aaron J Mc Duffie,(886) Casey Middle School with an undefeated 5-0 2nd Place - Jacob Bennett (631), 4th grader from Stella Niagara Education Park 3rd Place (Tie) Malik Ferguson (543), 4th grader School #53 & Urban Knights Chess Club and Kingman Bassett, 4th grader, and new USCF member. Paul Turecki U1600 Section Undefeated 4-0, Evan Ashton, (1535), Clarence High School, and newly elected president of the Clarence Chess Club. This is his 5th win for 2007! 2nd Place (Tie) David Biddle (1437) and Ryan Madden (963) Pioneer School Top Female U1600 was Sophia Lynn Lewis (1375), Baltimore MD, wh is also the chess vendor for the Archangel 8 Chess Academy and Buffalo Open Grand Prix tournaments. Mayor Byron W Brown Grand Prix Section 1st Place (Tie) National Master Lionel L Davis (2217), Buffalo, NY and Glenn S. Westcott (1662) Hamburg NY. 3rd Place (Tie) Rev. Marijan Procyk, (2072) Buffalo, NY and David "Pawnmaster" Mc Duffie (1880), Baltimore MD. The full cross table is available at http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200711101691 The next Buffalo Open Grand Prix will be on Saturday, December 8th, 2007. Advance entries are greatly appreciated.

No Wegmans this Saturday 11/10

Reminder that there is a tournament in Buffalo this Saturday morning and afternoon, therefore there likely will not be normal Wegmans Saturday chess action that evening. I for one will be going to the Main Place Mall event and not Wegmans Saturday night. Nov. 10 AQE Buffalo Open Monthly Grand Prix GPP: 10 Enhanced New York 4SS, Time controls: Rds. 1 & 2 G/45 Rds. 3 & 4 G/60 Prizes: 1st-2nd Gtd. $250-150-100, Class $75. Reg.: 8:30AM-9:15AM, Rds.: 9:30-11:20-1:10-3:30 EF: $50. U1600 EF: $35, $150-90-60, ALL PRIZES EXCEPT 1st & 2nd in OPEN, BASED ON 20 ENTRIES. Scholastic EF: $15, Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place. Adv Ent/Info: Archangel 8 Chess Academy, arcangel8chess@yahoo.com, 60F Guilford Lane, Buffalo, NY 14221. Hope to see you in Buffalo.

Pattern Recognition

Harish had asked that I post this online game of mine. The background story is that at a prior Wegmans Wednesday he had defeated me with a similar "trap" in which he gave up his bishop in order to open up the rook file in front of my castled king. His queen came out to that file and checkmate was unavoidable. To show you that it is not just young Felix who quickly can remember patterns in chess, I offer you this game. Note that after 12...Qh5 the game is over. White has no way of stopping checkmate, he kindly allowed the checkmate, however, and then swore at me in some Slavic language.

BRAINS AND BRAWN

Melvin Fowler v. Jim Brown

Bills center Melvin Fowler #67 is widely regarded as the best chess player on Buffalo's roster. And while most of his teammates don't devote the same amount of time to the game as he does, they might be a bit more respectful of his talents on the board if they knew the name of his top playing partner.

Pro Football Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown is Fowler's most ardent adversary when it comes to the game of chess. The two met during Fowler's second year with the Cleveland Browns where Brown was still a consultant to the club.

"That's how we got to start playing each other," said Fowler. "Our friendship kind of developed around the board.

You can read the whole article here: http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=5397

Best wishes to Mr. Fowler over the board and on the gridiron. LET'S GO BUFFALO!!!

KENTON CHESS CLUB MEETS

KENMORE COMMUNITY CENTER 135 WILBUR AVENUE, KENMORE NY 14217 EVERY THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER FOR WEEKLY COMPETITION, RATED GAMES, AND CHESS CLASSES. THURSDAY NIGHTS STARTING AT 6PM TILL 8:30PM BRING YOUR CHESS SETS, BOARDS, AND CLOCKS. FOR NON RESIDENTS WITH A CHESS SET THERE IS A $10 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. NON RESIDENTS WITHOUT A CHESS SET, THE FEE IS $20 BUT YOU WILL RECEIVE A BRAND NEW CHESS SET, BOARD, AND TOTE BAG. NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER CHESS HOME IN THE NORTHTOWNS AREA!

AQE NOVEMBER BUFFALO OPEN GRAND PRIX

It's too cold to play outside anymore, so come in from the cold and join us this

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2007 at MAIN PLACE MALL, 390 MAIN STREET, BUFFALO NY 14202 for the

AQE NOVEMBER BUFFALO OPEN GRAND PRIX FREE PARKING UNDER THE MALL 4 ROUNDS, SWISS FORMAT, ENHANCED GRAND PRIX GRAND PRIX OPEN SECTION GUARANTEED 1ST & 2ND PLACE $250.00 & $150.00. U1600 SECTION CASH AWARDS FOR $150-$90-$60 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD PLACE BASED UPON 20 ENTRIES. GRAND PRIX SECTION ENTRY FEE $40 BEFORE NOVEMBER 5TH VS $50 CASH AT SITE. U1600 SECTION ENTRY FEE $30 BEFORE NOVEMBER 5TH VS $35 CASH AT SITE. SCHOLASTIC SECTION TROPHIES AND PRIZES FOR 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD PLACE. ENTRY FOR SCHOLASTICS $15.00 CASH ONLY AT SITE.

The results of last month's tournament can be found here: http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200710205571

See You In Sardinia Saturday!

The results are here: http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200711038861 and http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200711038871

Tom Warner TD extraordin

air is again having a tournament in Garry Kowsparov territority this Saturday. Here is his announcement:

QUICK CHESS TOURNAMENT Sat. November 3 at the Sardinia Community Center, 12320 Savage Rd, Sardinia,NY Must be a USCF member to play(can join at tournament) 2 Sections: Adults: 3SS G 29, EF $20 RDS: 10,11,12 Prizes based on entries Scholastic- Round Robin- play as many games as possible in 3hrs! EF: $10 Games start at 10am. Trophy for 1st place. All Scholastic players will receive a prize! For Info call Tom Warner 716-496-5230

NEW KENTON CHESS CLUB!

THE KENTON YOUTH DEPARTMENT IS FORMING A NEW CHESS CLUB THAT WILL MEET ON THURSDAYS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AT THE KENMORE COMMUNITY CENTER, 135 WILBUR AVENUE, KENMORE, NY 14217.

THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 1, 2007, AND WE WILL BE GATHERING INPUT FROM THE CHESS COMMUNITY REGARDING FUTURE CHESS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES. A CHESS LEAGUE WILL FOLLOW ON THE NEXT 3 THURSDAYS. THERE WILL BE A USCF RATED SECTION AND A NON RATED SECTION.

THERE IS NO COST TO RESIDENTS OF THE KEN-TON AREA WHO HAVE A RESIDENT CARD. FOR NON KEN-TON RESIDENTS THE FEE IS $10 PER YEAR.

COME AND JOIN, AS ALL MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE A NEW STAUNTON CHESS SET, BOARD, AND TOTE BAG! ALL LEVELS AND AGES ARE WELCOME.

RSVP BY EMAIL TO MICHAEL MC DUFFIE AT ARCANGEL8CHESS@YAHOO.COM.

AQE OCTOBER BUFFALO GRAND PRIX

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, 2007 MAIN PLACE MALL (2ND FLOOR) 390 MAIN STREET BUFFALO, NY 14202 (FREE PARKING UNDER MALL) CHECK IN NO LATER THAN 9AM, ANNOUNCEMENTS START AT 9:15AM. FIRST ROUND STARTS AT 9:30AM, LATE ARRIVALS MUST TAKE 1/2 POINT BYE. 1ST ROUND 9:30AM, 2ND ROUND 11:20AM, 3RD ROUND 1:10PM AND 4 ROUND 3:30PM. ROUNDS 1&2 GAME 45, ROUNDS 3& 4 GAME 60. WHAT: 4 ROUNDS, SWISS FORMAT, ENHANCED GRAND PRIX (10PTS) OPEN SECTION GUARANTEED FIRST PLACE $250.00 AND 2ND PLACE $150.00, OTHER CASH PRIZES BASED UPON 20 ENTRIES. U1600 SECTION: BASED UPON 20 ENTRIES, 1ST PLACE TROPHY AND $150, 2ND PLACE $90 AND 3RD PLACE $60. SCHOLASTICS SECTION: TROPHIES FOR 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD PLACE. BEGINNERS RATED SECTION: GRADES 1ST AND 2ND (SURPRISE PRIZES) ENTRY FEE OPEN $50 CASH ONLY AT THE SITE ENTRY FEE U1600 $35 CASH ONLY AT THE SITE ENTRY FEE SCHOLASTICS AND BEGINNERS $15 CASH ONLY AT THE SITE. The results for this event can be found at: http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200710205571

Chess anyone ?

Who's playing chess nowadays and where and when?

Saturday Wegmans Sign Up Sheet

In order to minimize the chance that players may show up on a Saturday and not find anyone else there, please comment below if you will be at Wegmans this Saturday and at what time you expect to be there.

Results of the Second Annual Jeff White Memorial

The Second Annual Jeff White Memorial-Excelsior 30 Point (enhanced) Grand Prix Tournament "Wall Chart" Results

Open # Name Rating Result 1 IM Ken Regan 2436 4/5 2 NM Gary Ng 2209Canada 3/5 3 NM Eddie Mark 2098 3/4 4 Luka Glinsky 2086 3.5/5 5 Marijan Procyk 2072 2.5/4 5 Sam Copeland 2072 3/5 7 Alex Livingston 1858Canada 2.5/4 8 Bob Shao 1850 2.5/5 9 Harish Srinivasan 1729 2/5

10David Miller 1599 2/5

11Dr James Paul 1369 1/3

12 Evan Ashton 1510 1/4

13 John Dolan 1326 0/4 14 Michael Mc Duffie 780 1/4 Under 1450 # Name Rating Result 1 David Biddle 1430 5/5 2 J Hassler Thurston 1341 4/5 3 Daniel Johnston 1307 3/5

4 John Herowski 1242 2/5

5 Thomas Hahn 1097 1/3 6 George Thurston 1057 2/5 7 Margaret Thurston 716 0/3 8 P. “Doug” Troy 705 2.5/5 9 Adam Shunk 664 1/5 10 Sebastian Liew unr.Malaysia 2.5/5 Saturday Scholastic # Name ID Rating Result 1 Ben Havey 933 5/5 2 Partho Bhattacharya 932 3/5 3 Rael Dolan 710 2.5/5

4 Molly Dolan 354 1/4

5 Ayush Jajoo 319 1/3

6Victoria Stauffiger 316 2/4

7 Ashwin Jajoo 315 0.5/3

8 Frankie Rodriguez 177 3.5/5

9 Samantha Rodriguez 100 0.5/4

The full crosstable with up to date post ratings is available at :

http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?200710142531

Meeting of the Minds!

Question: Who will win when IM Dr. Ken Regan and IM Dr. Danny Kopec face each other this Friday evening at the Niagara Falls Conference Center from 6-10 PM as part of the Niagara Falls Chess Festival and Second Annual Jeff White Memorial-Excelsior Open this weekend?

Answer: We all will! This chess exhibition/symposium "How to Think Like a Chess Master" will be a rare opportunity to see and hear how an Internation Master of chess approaches and plays a chess game. It will include a Game/60 match in which each of these two outstanding players will be in separate rooms in which they will speak out loud each's thought processes in analyzing the position and how each derived the next move. At the conclusion of the game we all will convene in a great hall and have the opportunity to ask them anything we wish. Wow what an opportunity to learn from some of the best in chess!

Attendence to this event is included in your entry fee to the tournament. There is still time to take advantage of the $10 discount on preregistration and the ability to then attend the Friday night chess exhibition/symposium. Just publish your name in the comment section with your USCF # and regular rating by Wednesday 10/10/07 before 11:59:59 PM.

If you can not play in this weekend's tournament, but would like to come just to this exhibition/match/ symposium I would just ask that you make at least a $5 donation to the Education Fund of the children of Jeff White.

The UP TO DATE TLA for JW2

I was asked to reprint the Corrected TLA for this weekend's chess tournament in Niagara Falls, so here it is!

Oct. 13-14, Niagara Falls, New York ChessCafe.com Grand Prix Points: 30 (enhanced) SECOND ANNUAL JEFF WHITE MEMORIAL-EXCELSIOR OPEN

First Presbyterian Church, 311 Rainbow Boulevard North, Niagara Falls, NY 14303. Day 2 will be in the Ballroom of the Quality Hotel & Suites"At The Falls" 240 Rainbow Blvd N.

The most current available online rating will be used for each player. In 5 Sections:

Open: 5SS, 30/60 SD/30 EF: $40 by 10/10/07 $50 thereafter. $$GTD: $600-300-150 and $100 to top U2050. Reg: Sat 830 to 930AM. Rds: Sat 10-130-5 Sun 11- 230

U1850: 5SS, 30/60 SD/30,Open to 1850 & under. EF: $40 by 10/10/07 $50 thereafter. $$b/:$670 in collected entry fees for this section. $200-100-50. & $50 to topU1650. Reg: Sat 830 to 930AM. Rds: Sat 10-130-5 Sun 11- 230

U1450: 5SS, 30/60 SD/30, Open to1450 & under. EF: $40 by 10/10/07 $50 thereafter. $$b/: $670 incollected entry fees for this section. $200-100-50. & $50 for top U1250. Reg: Sat 830 to 930AM. Rds: Sat 10-130-5 Sun 11- 230

Saturday Scholastic Under 1050: 5SS,Game/30, Open to 1050 & under. EF: $15 if registered by 10/10/07$25 thereafter. Prizes: Trophies to top three finishers and also to the top unrated player. Tie breaking procedure will be based on performance score. Reg: Sat 830 to 930AM. Rds: Sat 10-1130-130-3-430.

Sunday Scholastic Under1050: 5SS, Game/30, Open to 1050 & under. EF: $15 if registered by 10/10/07 $25 thereafter. Prizes: Trophies to top three finishers and also to the top unrated player. Tie breaking procedure will be based on performance score. Reg: Sunday 10-1045PM. Rds: Sun 11-1230-145-3-430. ALL: IM & GM free if registered by 10/10/07. No checks or credit cards accepted on site. Only ½ pt available if requested 1 round in advance, however late registrants will be forced to take a first round bye.

ENT: Dr. Mark Mieth 1 Columba Drive, Suite One, Niagara Falls, NY 14305 drmarkmieth@aol.com.

HR: $79/night (716) 282-1212 Quality Hotel & Suites"At The Falls" A portion of each player's entry fee will go to the Education Fund of the Children of Jeff White.

There is still time to take advantage of the $10 discount on preregistration and the ability to then attend the Friday night chess exhibition/symposium "How to Think Like a Chess Master" being given by IMs Kopec and Regan. Just publish your name in the comment section with your USCF # and regular rating by Wednesday 10/10/07 before 11:59:59 PM.

Results of the Sardinia Saturday Events

Congratulations to Partho Bhattacharya who won the scholastic with a perfect 10/10! And to Harish Srinivasan the winner of the Quick Open with a perfect 3/3. The results of the Sardinia Quick Open and Scholastic Events from this past Saturday are now available. Click on the following link and then put SCC OCT QUICK in the Search box and then hit enter http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/

To get the cross-table for the Scholastic section: use the same link above and type in SCC OCT SCHOLASTIC

Who's Name Will Be Engraved Next ?!

Felix, The Jeff White Memorial Cup, and Partho The Dolan Girls: Molly, Callie, and Rael taking their turn posing with the trophy

In 2006 GM Jaan Ehlvest was the innaguaral Jeff White Memorial Chess Champion. Who will be it the winner this upcoming weekend? Another titled player such as IM Ken Regan (or IM Kopec if we can convince him to play in the tournament), a local expert such as Procyk, or Glinsky?

Perhaps it will be someone who has yet to preregister. There is still time to do so. Just publish your name in the comment section with your USCF # and regular rating and you can take advantage of the preregistraion $10 discount and the Friday night chess exhibition/symposium "How to Think Like a Chess Master" being given by IMs Kopec and Regan.

Although, these aspiring young people pictured above may not get his or her name on the trophy this year. In coming year's who knows? Personally I would not be at all surprised to see anyone of them succeed in chess.

Niagara Falls Chess Festival

It is less than 2 weeks away and there is still time to take advantage of the early registration discount for the Second Annual Jeff White Memorial 30 point (enhanced) Grand Prix Tournament. This event will take place in the cataract city on Saturday and Sunday October 13 and 14th. Day One will be at the First Presbyterian Church on Second Street (the old Rainbow Boulevard North) while Day Two will be in the Ballroom of the Quality Hotel and Suites on Second Avenue.

The two day tournament wil be in 3 sections: Open, U1850, and U1450 and will be a 5 round Swiss with each game lasting up to 3 hours. For scholastic players Under 1050 rating they can choose to play in either the Saturday or Sunday (or both) one day tournaments which are 5 round Swiss with games lasting up to one hour.

Early entry Fee is $40 for the two day tournament and $15 for the one day scholastic tournaments. All entry fees will increase by $10 for those who register after 10/10. A portion of all entry fees will go to the education fund of Jeff White's children. Last year we were able to raise $500!

Guaranteed Prize pay out is as follows: in the Open: 1st $600, 2nd $300, 3rd $150, and $100 for top Under 2050, in the Under 1850 and Under1450 sections prize pay out will be: 1st $200, 2nd $100, and 3rd $50 based on $670 collected in entry fees with also $50 for top Under 1650 and top Under 1250. The scholastic players will be competing for trophies for first, second, and third places.

Also remember that your early paid entry allows you and a guest to attend the Friday evening chess exhibition match and symposium "How to Think Like a Chess Master" by International Masters Dr. Danny Kopec and Dr. Ken Regan. This will be held in the Niagara Falls Conference Center on Old Falls Street between Second and Third Streets.

Interesting Endgame

White to move. The only way white can win is to trap the knight and win the knight and promote the pawn. Can it be done? My trainer GM Petr Kiriakov gave me this problem and I was allowed to move pieces to solve this. So you could try the same.

The New World Champion

Vishy Anand of India has captured his second World Championship and is the undisputed World Chess Champion. Barring any further FIDE shenanigans he will defend his regained title in a head to head match with Vladimir Kramnik next year. The next challengers/candidate series will began next year and the winner of that is to face Topalov in a head to head match. The Topalov-Candidate Match winner will then face the Anand-Kramnik Winner. Sounds simple doesn't it?

12th Arkport Open-Marijan's Games

It was good to play in 12th Arkport this past Saturday, September 22. Thank you, Harish, for driving David and me. Final result for me was fine, although I hoped to play at least 2 games with higher rated players, but in order to do that you need to win each game.

The full cross table for the tournament is at http://main.uschess.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,201/ and then type in 12th Arkport

I managed to win first one. Play with pawns at the end was nice. Worl - Procyk

Second game was a draw against Shao, who is fast improving. He was pawn up, after inaccuracies in my opening play, but I fought hard to secure draw, which you can see from the following game. Wrong color Bishop and a-Pawn up is a theoretical draw. I was putting of to learn Nimzo-Indian (mainly I tried to avoid it), but now I need to do something about that. Procyk - Shao

Third game was a strange one. I played against 1200+, but I had feeling he was much stronger. He made big mistake in 10th move, loosing a piece, so all was over in 13. Zhow - Procyk The best game was my last game with Craig A La Salle (2141) who is a fine player from Rochester. I only used about half an hour in this game because I had played a similar game on line just a few days ago. By transposition we reached the same position after 17 moves as I had had in the on line game. It was pure chance that I got to play it again in Arkport. Although the 18th move went differently, it did not matter as white was in command by then anyways. We can first look at the on line game. Procyk - Ichibanov And now let us look at game from Arkport which brought me a share of 1st place. Procyk - La Salle If you have any question about some particular move in these games against La Salle or Ichibanov, I can probably provide an answer. La Salle asked me after the game where he went wrong, and Ichibanov wrote: "Did I miss any way out after 17 d6? I looked long and hard but failed to find a successful defense." Possibly it was all over at that point. What do you think?

My Games at Arkport Open

It was very nice tournament at Arkport with 35 players. Congrats to Marijan who won the tourney with 3.5/5 and to Bob Shao and Tom Warner who shared the U1800 class prize with 2.5/4. Also to David Biddle who tied first for U1600 class prize. It will be good to see their games as well. For me, although I only obtained only 2/4, I was glad I played 3 players who were atleast 200 above my rating and I managed to win one of them(although I was lucky after a piece blunder). The two games that I lost were very interesting games where I fought hard but did not manage to hold. According to my calculations my rating should go up a little. My first game was an easy win, nothing much interesting. I am posting my games from round 2,3 and 4. Round 2 Harish Srinivasan vs Robert Feldstein Round 3 Dygert vs Harish Srinivasan Round 4 Harish Srinivasan vs James Hiltunen

The Return of Tom Warner Tournament Director!

I just received the following from the much respected Mr. Thomas Warner:

QUICK CHESS TOURNAMENT Sat. October 6 at the Sardinia Community Center, 12320 Savage Rd, Sardinia,NY Must be a USCF member to play(can join at tournament) 2 Sections: Adults 3SS G 29, EF $20 RDS: 10,11,12 Prizes based on entries Scholastic- Round Robin- play as many games as possible in 3hrs! EF: $10 Games start at 10am All Scholastic players will receive a prize! For Info call Tom Warner 716-496-5230

The Coveted Arkport Open is this Saturday

The 12th Annual Arkport Open is this Saturday. It is a 6 point Grand Prix event and will be run by Rochester Chess Center's Ron Lohrman at The Arkport Village Hall, 6 Park Ave. Arkport, NY 14807. (Arkport is 5 miles north of Hornell, NY.)

It is a single section 4 round Swiss Event Games 1&2 are G/60 while 3&4 are G/90. Round Times are 10-12-215-530. Registration is from 9-945AM and costs $25 to enter. For more information call (607) 295-9858.

Report of the September Buffalo Grand Prix

1st grader Samantha Rodriguez receiving her ‘Buffalo Bank’

fromArchangel 8 Chess director Michael McDuffie.

Greater Buffalo Saving Bank provided the banks for kids.

Dakaylah Winfield, Bethany Cates and Najalah Habeeb awarded trophies from

Archangel 8 Chess Academy director Michael McDuffie, ‘the Chess Ambassador’.

Pawnmaster’s Chess Notes 9/17/07 By David “Pawnmaster” McDuffie Players from places far and wide like Thorold, Ontario, Erie, PA, Niagara Falls, Rochester as well as Buffalo area players gathered at the Main Place Mall this past Saturday, Sept 15th for the Alliance for Quality in Educations’ September Buffalo Open. Close to 100 people, including on-lookers and family members gathered to participate in this 10 point(enhanced) USCF Grand Prix event. Winning the 1st place trophy and $250 in the ‘Open Section’ was Buffalo’s NM Lionel Davis, who as a youth learned chess at the fabled Inner City Chess Club on Fillmore & Ferry. Sharing the $150 second place prize was Luka Glinsky, an 11th grader from Erie, Pa and Tony Kimbrough, a local adult player who frequents places like ‘Spot Coffee’ in downtown Buffalo. In the ‘Reserve Section’ two area youth players Evan Ashton, from Clarence High, and Yakun Hu, from Amherst Central, tied for 1st place . John Johnson, of Rochester, and David Biddle, from Tonawanda tied for 3rd. The Beginners’ Section saw 5th grader Julius Spencer edge out Miles James, a 1st grade student who learns chess at the Jefferson Avenue Library on Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm. Virgina McArthur a 5th grader from Ontario, Canada finished 3rd. Buffalo’s School Board President Mary Ruth Kapsiak, sponsored the Scholastic Tournament in which all players received a "Buffalo Bank" (a coin bank shaped as a buffalo which were donated by the Greater Buffalo Savings Bank). Reciving trophies were Ryan Madden, Aaron McDuffie, and Adam Schunk who finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively. Trophies for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place Girls were won by Bethany Cates, Najalah Habeeb and Dakaylah Winfield.

Here’s a couple of games from the Scholastic Tournament:

Austin Kossow vs. Garrett Fryer

1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bc6 dc6 5. Ne5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Bc5 7. Qe4 f6 8. Nc6 1-0 (Black resigns because of the forced loss of his queen.) For the interactive viewer click below: http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1190069032

Bethany Cates vs. Najalah Habeeb

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Ng5 Nf6 5. Nf7 Qe7 6. Nh8 Qd6 7. Nf7 Qd4 8. d3 Qf2# (Black wins by focusing on her goal despite her rough start!!) For the interactive viewer click: http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1190069336

Report of 9/8 Rochester Grand Prix and Announcements

Pawnmaster’s Chess Notes By David “Pawnmaster” McDuffie

19 players including 4 ‘chess masters’ and 2 ‘experts’ competed at the Rochester Chess Center, this past Saturday, Sept 8th, in the Jenifer Woods Memorial Grand Prix Chess Tournament.

The tournament was won by NM Matt Parry with a perfect 4/4. He collected $150 for his efforts. Tied for 2nd-4th and sharing the 2nd & 3rd place prizes totaling $150 were FM Igor Nikolayev, FM Isay Golyak, and expert Luka Glinski. They each scored 3 wins and 1 loss. Buffalo’s David “Pawnmaster” McDuffie, won the class prize of $80 and finished tied for 5th place overall with 2 wins, 1 draw & 1 loss. Other Buffalo chess players competing were NM Lionel Davis who scored 1 win, 2 draws & 1 loss and Michael McDuffie, ‘Buffalo’s Chess Ambassador’, who finished with 1 win & 3 losses.

Below is the exciting 3rd round game featuring ‘the Pawnmaster, playing the white pieces vs. Frederic Harris., playing black. 1.e4 c5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.d4 cd4, 4.Nd4 Nf6, 5.Nc3 e5, 6.Ndb5 d6, 7.Bg5 a6, 8.Na3 b5, 9.Nd5 Be7, 10.Ne7 Ne7, 11.Bf6 gf6 (white created a weakness in black’s position, now where will black’s king hide?), 12.c3 f5, 13.Bd3 fe4, 14.Be4 d5, 15.Bf3 Be6, 16.Nc2 Qc7, 17.g3 Rd8, 18.00 Rg8, 19.Re1 Ng6, 20.Kh1 e4, 21.Bg2 Ne5, 22.Nd4 Bc8, 23.a4 Qb6 (white is looking to stretch blacks defensive forces by attacking in the center and now on the side). 24.ab5 ab5 25.Qh5 Nd3, 26.Re2 Rg7, 27.f3 Kf8, 28.Qh4Re8, 29.fe4 b4, 30.Rf1 bc3, 31.bc3 Ne5 32.Nf5 Bf5, 33.ef5 Qa6, 34.Ref2 Ng4, 35.Rf4 Ne3 (black falls for the bait, Nf6 is recommended instead), 36.f6 Nf1, 37. Qh6 Ng3, 38.hg3 Re1, 39. Kh2 Ke8, 40.Qg7 Qe6, 41. Qg8 Kd7, 42.Rb4 Qf5, 43.Rb7 Kc6, 44.Bd5 black resigns due to the forced loss of his Queen. To replay the game click on the link below:

http://chess.maribelajar.com/chesspublisher/viewgame.php?id=1189550589

The Archangel Chess Academy, headed by Mr. McDuffie will be sponsoring a chess tournament for youth this Friday, September 14th, from 3-6pm at the Main Place Mall. There will also be a US Chess Federation Grand Prix Event - ‘The Alliance for Quality in Education’s September Buffalo Open Chess Tournament, held this Saturday, September 15th, starting at 9am on the 2nd floor of the Main Place Mall.

To contact David “Pawnmaster” McDuffie, for questions or more chess information email http://www.blogger.com/pawn.master@hotmail.com