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Mississippi Tournament Action!
In June we’re lucky to have two Mississippi
tournaments. On June 21 David
Newell is hosting a tournament in Kosciusko. June 27-28 Albert Hinson has a tournament in Brandon. Please support both tournaments by
attending if you can.
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USCF News
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USCF had a board meeting in Crossville, TN May
24-25. There are audio recordings
on the USCF web site.
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After listening to some of the audit recordings
of the meeting, it looks like USCF is getting into better financial shape
than it has been the last few years.
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Games Wanted
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us your game or article and we’ll be happy to publish it!
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Ali Morshedi Wins Paul Morphy Open
By Douglas Stewart
Ali Morshedi, an expert from Texas, Paul Morphy Open
May 9-11 in Biloxi. Ali had three
wins and 2 draws against an A player, 3 experts, and one master for a
performance rating of 2352!
Section winners were:
Open: Ali Morshedi
U2000: Romel Batistil
U1800: Bijan Khalegi, Jerry McLemore
U1600: Darin Lunderman
U1400: Marcus T Tanner
U1200: Joshua Lee, Judge Maygarden
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Opening Theory – Grunfeld Defense
By Douglas Stewart
A large class tournament isn’t always a kind place to
try out a new opening for the first time, but I did just that recently in
Biloxi at the Paul Morphy Open.
I had mixed results. I lost
one game and drew the other, although I wasn’t upset with my position out
of the opening in either one. What
was interesting is my opponents both avoided the main line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bc Bg7 6. Bc4 c5
I came to the conclusion I would probably avoid this
opening against lower rated players and only play it against high rated
players. It is a solid opening, but
it makes things a little easy for White in the opening.
(Games are on the next page)
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Opening Theory – Grunfeld Defense (continued)
White: Nelson Presiados (1691)
Black: Douglas Stewart (1797)
2003 Paul Morphy Open
Round 1 - May 9, 2003
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6.
Be2 c6 [ 6... c5 is best, although .. c6 is fine ] 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qb3 dxc4
9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nfd5 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5!
15. bxc5 Na4 16. Qb4 Nxc5 17. Be2 [ 17. dxc5 ? Bxa1] 17... Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1
19. Rbxc1 b6 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. a4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 e5 24. d5 Qd7
25. Qc4 Rd8 26. Qc6 Bf8 27. Qc2 Ba3 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qb3 Qd6 30. Be2 a5 [
30... e4 !? 31. a5 = ] 31. Bb5 Bb4 32. Bc6 Kg7 33. Qc4 Bc5 34. Rb1 Bb4 35.
Qg4 Rc7 36. Qc4 [ 36. h4 !? f5 37. Qg3 Rf7] 36... Rc8 37. Qa6 Rb8 38. Rc1
Bc5 39. Bb7 Qd7 40. Bc6 Qd6 41. Qe2 Ba3 42. Rb1 Bc5 43. h3 h6 44. Qg4 Rd8 45.
Qe2 Rb8 46. Kh1 f5 47. Qb2 Ba3 48. Qa1 Kf7 49. Rb3 Bc5 50. Qb1 Bb4 [ 50...
e4 51. g3 = ] 51. Qd3 e4 52. Qe2 Qc5 53. Rb1 Qd6 54. Rc1 Bc5 55. Rc4 Qe5
56. Qd2 Qa1+ 57. Rc1 Qe5 58. Qc3 Qxc3 59. Rxc3 Rd8 60. Kg1 g5 61. Kf1 Rd6
62. Ke2 Kf6 63. Kd1 Ke5 64. Ke2 Rd8 65. Rc1 Rd6 66. Rf1 Rd8 67. f3 exf3+
68. gxf3 f4 69. e4 Rd6 70. Rd1 Be3 71.
Kd3 Bc5 Despite the opposite color bishops, White
manged a win with Black under severe time pressure 1-0
White:
Bijan Khalegi (1784)
Black:
Douglas Stewart (1797)
2003
Paul Morphy Open
Round
4 - May 11, 2003
1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 [ 6... c5 7.
cxd5 Qxd5 8. e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Rb1 Be7 13.
Bxe7 Kxe7 = ECO ] 7. e3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Na5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O O-O
12. Rb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Be4 b6
18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bf3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Qa4 22. Bg5 Qd7 23. Bh6 Rd8
24. Bg4 Qd6 25. Qc2 Nb7 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe4 Qb8 29. Bf3 Nc5
30. Qd5 Qd6 31. Qa8+ Qb8 32.Qc6 Bg7 33. Bf4 Qd8 [ 33... Be5 34. Bg5 ² ] 34. Bg4 h5 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Bc7 Qc8 37. Qb7
Qxb7 38. Bxb7 Be5 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40. Kf1 Nd3 41. a3 f5 42. h4 Kf7 43. Ke2
Ne5 44. Bd5+ Kf6 45. f3 Nd7 46. Kd2 Nc5 47. Kc3 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. g3 h4
50. gxh4+ Kxh4 51. Kd4 Kg3 (51... Kg5 ²) 52. Ke5 ?! (52. e4 is a much tougher try. Black will have to work a lot harder to
draw, probably sacrificing the knight for a pawn on e8 and trying to run
the queenside to grab the a3 pawn as quickly as possible ] 52... f4 53.
exf4 Nd3+ = now it is an easy draw 54. Kd6 Nxf4 55. Be4 Ne2 draw was agreed
a few moves later 1/2-1/2
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Upcoming Tournaments
Because nothing compares to tournament competition!
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June 1
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2003 Louisiana State G/29 Championship (New Orleans)
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June 21
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Southern Open (Kosciusko)
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June 27-28
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Magnolia Classic and QC Tournaments (Brandon)
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July 13
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2003 Louisiana State G/60 Championship (New Orleans)
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Aug 29-Sept 1
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2003 Louisiana State Championship (Baton Rouge
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Information about these tournaments can be found at http://www.mcachess.org or http://www.cajunchess.com.
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Contacting the Editors
Douglas Stewart douglas@pobox.com
Warren Porter wbport@bellsouth.net
Feedback is welcome!
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2003 National Elementary
By Douglas Stewart
Mississippi sent some students to the 2003 National
Elementary tournament in Nashville, TN.
Here is one of the games.
White:
Spencer Rinehart (889)
Black: Stephen Hinson (545)
2003 National Elementary
May 11, 2003
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 ?! ( exposes the Queen too early )
3. Nc3 g5? [ 3... Nc6 ] 4. d3 [ 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. dxe5 Qc6 +- ) 4...
Bc5 [ 4 .. Bb4]
5. Nxg5 ?? ( 5. Nd5 Qd6 Nxg5 +- ) Qxf2#
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Mississippians Play – in Arkansas???
By
Douglas Stewart
I’ve played in tournaments in Pennsylvania,
California, New York, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, and
Mississippi, but I’ve never played in Arkansas before. I thought I’d give it a try at the
Little Rock Open May 17-18, figuring it I would probably get to play 5
people I’d never met before.
(Continued on next page)
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Mississippians Play – in Arkansas???
(continued)
First I played our MCA President Richard Crespo in the
first round, later in the day I got Mississippi super scholastic player
Bradley Denton, and then I played Chris Niggel the next day, whom I had met
when he played in (and won) the Mid-Mississippi Open in 1992. So much for meeting new people!
Seriously though, the location (Holiday Inn West) was
great and the tournament was very well run. I would definitely be willing to play there again despite the
long drive.
I left town empty handed, but my opponent in the game
below Bradley Denton managed a tie for 2nd in the entire
tournament with 4 points (3 wins, 2 draws).
White:
Douglas Stewart (1797)
Black:
Bradley Denton (1979)
Little
Rock Open
Round
3 – May 17, 2003
C51:
Evans Gambit: Declined and Accepted without 5...Ba5
1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. a4 a5 6. b5 Nd4 7. c3 [ 7. Nxd4
Bxd4 8. c3 ECO ] Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 Qf6 9. Qxf6 Nxf6 10. d3 d6 11. O-O Be6 [
11... c6 !? 12. Bg5 Ke7 = ] 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 [ 13. Nd2 Rf8 ] 13... Nd7
14. Bxb6
Nxb6
15. Nd2 Ke7 16. Nc4 ?! lends to weakness in endgame [ 16. h4 Rhf8 = ] 16...
Nxc4 17. dxc4 b6 18. f3 g5 19. g4 [ 19. Rad1 !? ] 19... Raf8 20. Kg2 Rf4
21. Rfd1 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Rd3
Rc8
24. Rad1 Rff8 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Ke3 Rd7 27. Kd2 c6 28. Kc2 cxb5 29. cxb5 Rc5
30. Re1 Kf6 31. Kb3 d5 32. Red1 d4 [ 32... Ke7 ³ ] 33. c4 ?!
[ 33. Rc1 is the best option White has ] 33... Rdc7 34. Rc1 Ke7 35.
Rd2 Kd6 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rc1 R5c7 38. Rd3 Kc5 39. f4! White needs space gxf4
[ 39. .. exf4 deserves a look ] 40. Rc2 Rf8 41. Rf2 Rcf7 42. Rff3 Rf6 43.
Rd2 R6f7 44. Rd1 Rd7 45. Rdd3 Rd6 46. Rf2 f3 47. Rfxf3 Rxf3 48. Rxf3 d3 49.
Rf1 Kd4 50. g5 Ke3 [ 50... Kxe4 !? 51. g6 Rd8 ] 51. g6 Rd8 52. g7 Rg8
[ 52... d2 !? 53. Kc2 Kxe4 ] 53.
Rg1 Kxe4 54. Kc3 Kf3 55. Kxd3 draw agreed a few moves later after White
maneuvered his rook to f6 to disconnect Black's king from the black pawn
1/2-1/2
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