** Atlantic Chess News – Fall 2003 **

Official Publication Of The New Jersey Chess Federation

President’s Welcome
by Herman Drenth

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for being patient with the NJSCF while we worked on getting the
ACN back on track. We have had a series of problems mostly involving illness on the part of people trying to edit the
paper. Please remember that this is mainly the work of volunteers who give their time while many of us play chess.

We intend to get out (4) issues per year and will send out issues to all three thousand or so USCF members residing in
New Jersey for the first year. In the future, the ACN will be also offered on the Internet. In the meantime, you can
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My thanks to Steve Ferrero for offering to edit the ACN and hope you enjoy this issue!

Introduction From Your New ACN Editor

Let me introduce myself for those of you who I may not have had the pleasure of meeting in person. My name is
Steve Ferrero and I frequent the Hackettstown Chess Club and consider myself an avid, fellow tournament player like
many of you. I am a class “A” player occasionally touching into the Expert class over the last 20 or so years that I
have been playing over-the-board chess. I will be taking up the duties of publishing and serving as Editor-In-Chief for
each issue of Atlantic Chess News. We anxiously hope to improve in upcoming months and welcome any and all
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comments, criticism, and feedback from all readers and don’t forget to submit your game to me from the
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NJSCF President: Herman Drenth

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 I encourage all comments, criticisms, and
recommendations of what YOU would like to see
Well, once again the venerable Glenn Petersen ACN transform into since it has been and always
ran a very efficient and enjoyable 57th Annual will remain a publication BY the chess-playing
New Jersey Open tournament this year. community FOR the chess-playing community
Although the turnout wasn’t overwhelming, within New Jersey!
personally, I had a fantastic time even though I
did not place among the winners! Some nicely Please feel free to submit games to me via email.
annotated games from this event are brought to All games should be submitted to
you from none other than our own Peter J. Ferrero@cyberdude.com
Tamburro.

First place winners of this year’s 57th Annual New

Jersey Open tournament were Gennadiy Zaitchik,
Vikram Premkumar (U2000 Section), Samir New Jersey Chess Federation
Elbehirry (U1800 Section), Mario Moreno,
Thomas J. Mendola , & Emma Ellis (3-way tie in Herman Drenth, President
U1600 Section), & Serghei Melnicov (U1400 235 Roosevelt Avenue
Section). There were approximately 157 total Elmwood Park, NJ 07047
players with all sections combined! Hermaril@aol.com
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In future issues of ACN, there’ll be a “Problem
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Games From Around The State
by Steve Ferrero

This was my own game from the final round of the 57th
Annual 2003 New Jersey Open (Under 2000 Section) fought a
Torre Attack against the Under 2000 winner. Vikram played a
fine game and demonstrates fine attacking skill in the
following game:

Round 6, Time Control 40/2, SD/1 9-1-03

V. Premkumar (1990) – S. Ferrero (1925)
d4 Nf6
Nf3 e6
Bg5 c5 Torre Attack
e3 Qb6
Qc1 Be7
So far, all book for both sides
Nbd2 According to Rebel II, 5) c3
fortifying the center would keep
Vikram playing book
d5 Rebel II feels that 6) …, cd is more
to the point
c3 Or 7) c4 getting ready to open the
c-file targeting Black’s undevelop-
ed queen bishop on the back rank
was another viable idea
Nc6 8) …, cd trying to get a handle on
white’s center may be more precise
Bd3 Bd7 Again, 9) …, cd may be better
dc Bxc5 Rebel II prefers: 9) …, Qxc5, O-O,
Ng4, Nb3, Qb6, Bxe7, Nxe7, e4,
de, Bxe4, Nf6, Bd3, Bb5, Qc2,
Bxd3, Qxd3, O-O assessing the
position White: +.26 Depth: 14
indicating a slight edge for white
b4?! Much stronger was Rebel II’s
recommendation: Bxf6, gxf6, Nb3,
Bd6, O-O, Ne5, Nxe5, Bxe5, Qc2,
f5, Nd4, Bg7, f4, O-O, Rf2, Qd8
with White: +.32 Depth: 14
Bd6 Black may be slightly better now
Ke7!? This was a rather brash attempt by
me to shelter the king relying on
the central pawn mass and to
connect black’s rooks for action on
either side of the board.
However, 15) …, e5
was both straightforward
and good.
e4 16) b5 looks stronger
de
Bxe4 Bc6 Rebel II prefers: 17) …,
Qc7, g3, Rac8, Qh6, b6, a5,
Qxc3, axb6, axb6, Rac1,
Qxb4, Rxc8, Rxc8, Qxh7,
Bb5, Rd1 with Black: +.64
Depth: 14
a5 White is trying to divert
black’s queen from it’s
active b6 post. 18) Bxc6
was also quite viable now
Qc7
Qe3 Bxe4 Black starts to slip. There
was no rush to put the
bishops back in the carrying
case just yet. 19) …, Rac8,
Rfd1, Bxe4, Qxe4, Qxc3,
Nd4, Be5, Qxb7+, Rc7,
Qe4, Rb8, Nf3, Qxb4,
Qxb4+, Rxb4, Nxe5, fxe5
would perhaps have
retained a small advantage
for black

a4? 11) b5 was called for Qxe4

Ne5? Black misses his chance! 11) …,

Rc8 would have cemented black’s
advantage! Rebel II offers the
following possible line of play:
Qb1, Ne5, O-O, Nfg4, Rc1, Qc7,
h3, Nxd3, Qxd3, h6, Qd4, hxg5,
Qxg4, f6 with Black: +.74
Depth: 14

Nxe5 Bxe5
Nf3 Bd6
Bxf6 gxf6
O-O

h5? This misjudgement marks the

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 turning point of the game. My
plan was to initiate a direct Be5 Forced to avoid imminent
attack using the open g-file with material loss from white’s
rooks on both the h & g files. multiple threats of: Rxe6+
This plan was ill-conceived and and Nxf5+
far too slow to succeed as NM Todd
Lunna pointed out to me in the Rde3 Kf7 Black’s best was probably
post mortem. Rebel II’s 26) …, Rd5, Nxf5+, Kf7, c4,
recommended way to maintain the Bxh2+, Qxh2, Qxh2+,
balance was: 20) …, Rac8, b5, Kxh2, Rxf5, Rxe6, Rc8,
Rhg8, Kh1, Qxc3, Qxb7+, Qc7, Re7+ but black’s goose is
Qe4, Rg7, b6, axb6, a6, Kf8, a7, cooked here anyway as
f5, Qh4 with equality Vikram quickly
demonstrates!
Rfd1 White might perhaps do even
better with a6 . Play might then Nxe6! Ouch!
continue: …, Qc6, Qe3, b6, Nd4,
Qd5, c4, Qxc4+, Nf5+, Kd7, Nxd6,
Kxd6, Qf3, Qxb4, Rad1+, Kc5,
Qxf6 and white stays on top

Rad8 Trying to get the queens off the

board eases black’s task of holding.
Accordingly, Rebel II recommends:
21)…, Qc6, Qxc6, bxc6, Rd2, c5,
b5, Rhd8, c4, Bc7, a6, Rxd2, Nxd2,
Rd8, Nb3, Be5, Re1 slightly in
white’s favor. White: +.34
Depth: 14

Rd3 White’s idea is a direct buildup on

the d-file with the heavy pieces.
However, getting in 22) a6, bxa6
first followed by Rd3 may well be
even stronger Kxe6
f4 Rd5
f5? This move ultimately ends up fxe5 Rxe5
loosening Black’s otherwise safe Qg3 Rf8
king and might well be considered Rxe5+ fe
the losing move! 22) …, Qg6+ Rf6
Bf4 offering to remove the Qe8+ Kd5
rooks was called for at this c4+ Kd4
juncture Rd1+ Ke4
Qxh5 f4
Qh4+ Or even 23) Qe2, Rhg8, Re1+ Kd4
Re1, a6, Nd4, Kf6, Kh1, Qf3+ Incredibly, Rebel II
Be5, Qe3, Bf4, Qh3, Rg5, unearths a Mate In 13 here
g3, Be5 as offered by Rebel with 38) Qd1+!, Kc3, Qf3+,
II would also be effective Kxb4, Rb1+, Kxc4, Rc1+,
for White Kb4, Rxc7, Rc6, Rxb7+,
f6 Kc5, Qc3+, Kd5, Rd7+,
Nd4 a6? I was concerned on putting Rd6, Qd3+, Kc5, Qxd6+,
the brakes on White’s Kb5
advancing queenside Qe7??
pawns. White has nastier Re4#
threats in store though!
24) …, Be5 was mandatory
here to stay in the game to
continue the fight!
There might follow: Re1,
Kf7, Red1, Rd5, Ne2, Rxd3,
Rxd3, f4, Nd4, Qc4, Qh3,
Ke7, Qf3, Kf8 and black’s
king is doing more walking
than fingers through the
yellow pages!

Re1! Vikram nicely sets the stage

for all kinds of tactical
fireworks since black’s pawn
shelter has been
compromised!

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Chess Gems
by Peter J. Tamburro
A little note for readers who played but did not submit a
game: there is still time! Just email your game to
PTamburro@aol.com and we’ll look at it.
Today’s game started out interesting. Black played the very
solid Orthodox Defense to the Queen’s Gambit Declined. You
don’t see that much anymore. Our guess is that it’s just out
of fashion.
White made it interesting as well by not playing Bg5 before
e3. That’s a 19th century approach that was abandoned when
Pillsbury started beating all sorts of people with Bg5. In this
approach, White is more patient in bringing about the e4
move for White. It’s a decent system. Here, Black makes it
look unbeatable.
When you play the Orthodox Defense you really need to get
c5 or e5 in at some point. To play 8. …, Nb6 is almost
positionally suicidal. Black needed to play the tempo gaining
8. …, dxc4 (because you wait for the king bishop to move
first).
You can tell after Nb6 that White knew exactly what to do.
His ninth and fourteenth moves were right on the money and
good examples of how to turn your initiative into a big
advantage.
Unfortunately, Black’s play is a good example of what not to
do. When you’re behind in space and development you don’t
make weakening pawn moves like h6 and g5. After that,
Black was a dead duck, and there were many ways for White
to win.
Of course, 17.Nxf7 was cute because Black apparently
overlooked the follow-up bishop move to g6 if the queen
took. White might have wanted to take a longer look at
18.Nxg5+ with the follow-up on e6 as possible. And our vote
on move 20. would have been 20.Ne4 because it would be
thematically akin to the Nxf7 idea. It would threaten Nxf6 and
any recapture would lead to the other bishop coming in on g5
to zap the heavy piece on the diagonal with the Black king.
Black taking with the rook would have been a little trickier but
not much, and we’ll leave that to the reader.
Only one last tip for Black: at least try 21. … Qe7 to see if
your opponent wants a draw. We’re sure he didn’t, but at
least make the offer of repetition of position!
Anatoly Treger - Cristie Ungareanu, 57th Annual NJ Open,
September, 2003, Somerset: Queen’s Gambit Declined –
Orthodox Defense
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nb6?
7.c5 Nbd7 8.0–0 c6 9.e4! dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Qc7
12.Re1 Nf6 13.Bc2 h6? 14.Ne5! Nd5 15.Qg4 g5? 16.Qh5 Bf6
17.Nxf7 Rf8 18.Nd6+ Kd8 19.Qxh6 Qe7 20.Nf5 Qf7 21.Nd6
Qg8? 22.Bh7 Qh8 23.Bxg5 Kc7 24.Be4 Bxd4 25.Qxh8 Rxh8
26.Bxd5 cxd5 27.Nb5+! Kc6 28.Nxd4+ Black Resigns.
One other small note: our game West - Irwin was Jonathan
West, not the national master, Jim West. Sorry for any
confusion.
Today’s game is a frying pan into the fire kind of game. White
is uncomfortable with Black’s version of the Center Counter
Defense and makes a mess of it.
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It is instructive how he does it. Beginners should take note.
For example, 9.dxc6 is far too cooperative. All it does is help
Black develop and then nail down utter control of the d-file
with e5 right after that.
Then White ends up controlling the g1-a7 diagonal, and that
sets up the first mate threat with the idea of h5 and Nh5-g3.
White tries to prevent all this with 18.g4 but Black’s ignoring
the threat on his queen (and then giving it up) gives a
decisive attack. White resigned because he could not stop
Nh3 mate which comes after Kg1.
What could White have done to avoid all this? There are some
band-aids with 5.Be2 or 7.Qe2.
He also could have tried a very trappy system that is not half-
bad even if Black doesn’t fall for them. That would be 5.Nf3
Nxd5 6.c3!?
Black can choose a lot of bad moves here. For example, the
natural 6. …, e6 loses material to 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Bb5 c6
9.Bxc6 Nxc6 10.Qxg4. Other sixth moves don’t fare so well
either: Both Nc6 and g6 fall to 7.Qb3 and both Nb6 or Nf6 fall
to 7.Bxf7+. The scary thing about all of them is that they
don’t look as bad as they are.
So, what is Black to do? The best answer is 6.c3!? c6! Of
course, then White can play 7.d4 and his game is perfectly
fine.
Jonathan West - Peter Irwin, 57th Annual NJ Open,
September, 2003, Somerset: Center Counter Defense
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 Bg4 6.f3 Bc8
7.a4 b4 8.c4 c6! 9.dxc6? Nxc6 10.Ne2 e5! 11.0–0 Bc5+
12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Bc2 Bd3 14.b3 h5 15.Bb2 h4 16.Bxd3 Qxd3
17.Nc1 Nh5 18.g4 hxg3! 19.Nxd3 Nf4 20.Nf2 Rxh2+ White
Resigns
Oh, how we love to see the Under-1600 crowd playing the
Marshall Counterattack!
Reminiscent of the battling Byrne brothers, the Valersteins
make it a family affair as Black goes after his kin with a
ferocious attack.
We could talk about the theoretical lines and what White
could have played to hold the attack, but what we are
impressed with in this game is that Boris Valerstein could
have gone wrong a whole bunch of times against Roman, but
didn’t.
He chose the right square for his bishop on move 18 and the
right attacking follow-up on moves 19 and 20. Then, taking
with the rook instead of the bishop (which would have only
equalized the game) was something that usually gets
overlooked at this novice level. And, of course, Boris didn’t
miss the well-known (not to Roman, though) queen sacrifice
and follow up mate because of the g3 pawn being pinned by
the bishop on d6.
This was a very crisp game by Black, and White now has to
learn what the defense to all that is.
Anyone with a good NJ Open game is encouraged to send
them to PTamburro@aol.com while the judging is still open!
Roman Valerstein - Boris Valerstein, 57th Annual NJ Open,
September, 2003, Somerset: Ruy Lopez – Marshall
Counterattack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7
7.Re1 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6
12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg2 Qh5
17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Be3 Bf3! 19.Qf1 f5! 20.Nd2 f4! 21.Bxf4
Rxf4!! 22.Re3 Raf8 23.Qd3? Qxh2+! 24.Kxh2 Rh4+ 25.Kg1
Rh1 Checkmate
International Master Mike Khodarkhovsky , a well-known
figure in New Jersey chess both as a player and chess
teacher, played an interesting game in the New Jersey Open
using the Alekhine Defense.
It’s a good opening to select if you want to play for a win.
Unlike other openings where people can play a drawing line
almost against your will, the Alekhine is a very lively system
with possibilities for both sides.
In the game, White picks an odd maneuver by playing the
aggressive 5.Bc4 followed by the passive retreat 6.Be2. He
would have been better off just sticking with Be2.
Khodarkhovsky got a little double edged himself with
10….d5?! and White answered correctly with 11.c5!
Unfortunately for White, it was the last good decision he
made. His 12.gxf3?! was weak and no attempt to put rooks
on the g-file ever came to fruition.
The IM, however, had a plan, and that was the assault on d4;
however, our favorite move was 18.Rfc8!! It is by no means
an obvious move and even leads to the sacrifice of the rook
on c8, but it showed a real appreciation of how open lines,
well placed minor pieces and a broken enemy pawn structure
can lead to victory.
This was a very instructive game by Khodarkovsky as is his
new book an the Gruenfeld Defense. For anyone wishing to be
introduced to this dynamic defense, would find this an
excellent book as it concentrates on studying ideas rather
than memorizing moves.
Stanzill – IM Mike Khodarkhovsky, 57th Annual NJ Open,
September, 2003, Somerset: Alekhine’s Defense
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bc4!? e6 6.Be2 Be7?!
7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.0–0 d5?! 11.c5! Bxf3
12.gxf3?! Nc8 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Qb3 Bf6 15.Rad1 N8e7 16.Rd2
Nf5 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Qa4 Rfc8!! 19.b4 b6 20.Ba6 Ncxd4!
21.Bxc8 Nxf3+ 22.Kh1 Rxc8! 23.Qa6 Rf8 24.Ne2 Be5 25.Ng3
Qh4 26.Kg2 Nxe3+ 27.Kxf3 Nxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxb4 29.cxb6
axb6 30.Rd3 h5 31.Rb3 Qg4+ 32.Ke3 Bd4+ 33.Kd2 Qf4+
34.Re3 Qxf2+ 35.Re2 Qf4+ 36.Kd1 h4 37.Qd3 Rc8 38.Rc2
Rxc2 White Resigns
We had a great struggle at the NJ Open between two former
Denker champs (National High School Champs): “old man”
Dean Ippolito and his younger counterpart, Tom Bartell.
This time, “youth” triumphed by playing a very fine strategic
game, and, in so doing, won the $50 Best Played Game Prize
awarded by the NJSCF.
The defense Tom Bartell used is known as the Leningrad
Dutch. We don’t recommend it to most casual players
because you need more than a casual knowledge of chess!
When White started pushing his queen side strategy, Bartell
used a proper combination of queen side counters and a key
counter in the cente r. As a result the center became a war
zone and Black’s forces prevailed. Mr. Bartell is to be
congratulated for his calm in being pressured by an IM.
A few notes: If 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxd6 Bh3! Also, we were a
bit curious if Black could play 23 … Bc4 first before playing
d5. One could well imagine the pressure as the game moved
toward the time control, so Black could have been a bit more
efficient with 38 … Qf1+ 39.Kxf1 d1=Q+ (now the queen is
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guarding the rook on d8—an important nuance) 40.Kg2 Bc4
and the weak squares as well as the White king are gobbled
up with the queen and bishop.
However, the way chosen was clever in its own way, and in
one sense showed even more imagination, though taking
longer. Any way you look at it, real chess players would be
proud to have played this game, and it is certainly most
deserving of the prize.
A bit of news: The Atlantic Chess News is being revived after
a year’s hiatus. The new editor is Steve Ferrero, and if you
wish to submit copy to him, you can find the necessary
information on the state website at www.njscf.org
IM Dean Ippolito – NM Tom Bartell, 57th Annual NJ Open,
September, 2003, Somerset: Dutch Defense
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0–0 0–0 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3
Qe8 8.d5 Na6 9.Rb1 Bd7 10.b4 c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b5 cxb5
13.cxb5 Nc5 14.a4 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nfe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Bb2
Qf7 18.e3 e5 19.Ne2 Be6! 20.Ba3 [20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxd6
Bh3] 20...Rfd8 21.b6 axb6 22.Rxb6 Qa7! 23.Rb4 d5 [23 ...
Bc4] 24.Bb2 Qc5 25.Rb7 Bf7 26.Qa1 Qc2 27.Bxe4 Qxe4
28.Nc3 Qc4 29.Nb5 d4 30.Rc1?! Qd5 31.Rbc7 Rxc7 32.Nxc7
Qf3 33.exd4 exd4 34.a5 d3! 35.Bxg7 d2 36.Rd1 Bb3 37.Qf6
Qxd1+ 38.Kg2 Qe2?! [38 ... Qf1+ 39.Kxf1 d1Q+ 40.Kg2 Bc4]
39.Qxd8+ Kxg7 40.Qd4+ Kh6 41.Qh4+ Qh5 42.Qb4 Qe2
43.Qh4+ Kg7 44.Qd4+ Kf7 45.Qd7+ Qe7 46.Qxd2 Qxc7
47.h4 Qc6+ 48.Kh2 Be6 49.h5 Qf3 50.hxg6+ hxg6 51.Qc2
Kg7 52.Qc7+ Kh6 53.Qc1+ Kh5 54.Qb2 Kg4 55.Qd4+ f4 0-1
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4 in room). For help forming teams and more information contact
Roger Inglis 973-263-8696 or RWIJ@optionline.net or
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Team name, Captain, players full names, USCF Expiration, ID numbers
and ratings in board order). Include SASE for confirmation if wanted;
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Problem Solver’s Corner by Steve Ferrero

(Chess Diagrams All With Forced Wins To Solve)

October Problem#1 October Problem#2

White To Move And Mate In 2 White To Move And Mate In 4

October Problem#3 October Problem#4

White To Move And Mate In 2 White To Move And Mate In 5

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(Chess Diagrams All With Forced Wins To Solve)

October Problem#5 October Problem#6

White To Move And Win White To Move And Win

October Problem#7 October Problem#8

Black To Move And Win White To Move And Win

Solutions For Fall 2003 Problem Solver’s Corner (see next issue of ACN):