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E KOPIECRI WINS `98 CIIAMPI0NSHIP

d Kopiecki won the 1998 version of the Queens Chess ClubChampionship in the fall with a draw against Isaac Rozic in thefinal round of the seven-round tournament. Kopiecki' s effort

eared him $450.

It's the second year in a row Kopiecki has won the title, though lastyear he had to share it with Jay Bonin. Bonin didn't play this year.Kopiecki won with 6 points, while Rozic settled for second for thesecond year in a row with 5.5 and received $200. Ed Frumkin andBrian Lawson tied for third with 5, and each won $50.

In a last round battle for the A prize, Tyrell Harriott defeated MarkCrawford to finish with 5 and won $80. Armand Kelley also finishedwith 5 and took home the 8 prize of $100. Kenny Schemitz won the Cprize and $70. Ryan Lewis-Bradley scored 4 points to win the D prize.

Queens Club Champions (Margarct Tictz Era)1991 Steve Goldstein, Bemard Hill, Anatoly Tonkonogy1992 Anatoly Tonkonogy1993 chatoly Tonkonogy1994 Edgar Cimafranca Jr., Joe Felber1995 Brian Lawson1996 Ed Frunkin1997 Jay Bonin, Ed Kopiecki1998 Ed KopieckiL999 ???????c!

(All point totals are out of seven rounds with the exception of `96,which was eight rounds.)

QUEENS TEAM WINS AT `99AMATEUR TEAM EAST

"A Simple Plan: Saving Major

Pieces," a teani comprised of JoeFelber, Ed Fnmkin, Jay Kleinman,and Tyrell Harriott, won the Under2000 class prize at the `99 U.S.Amateur Teani East in February.The team scored 4 of 6 at thetournament, which is held eachyear in Parsipanny, New Jersey.

En route to the class prize, theteam knocked off a couple ofsignificantly higher rated teanis."Chess in the Schools 2" and "No

Snazzy Name", each team havingthree Masters, both were upset by"A Simple Plan," which boasted

two Experts and two A players.

EN PASSAVTPeter Bierkens cut through thefield with four wins in theNovember G/45 Open to win $76.Tyrell Harriott earned $38 for his3-win perfomance. KennySchemitz took the Under 1500prize of $38 with his score of 2.5.

Nenad Vulicevic scored 3.5 of 4in the Winter Open to win firstplace and $200 in the annualSwiss. Bernie Hill scored 3points to take second and $ 100.Julio Bemal scored 3.5 in theUnder 1800 Section and won$100. Charlie Gisondi tooksecond with 3 and won $50.Terrence Spann scored 2.5 to takefirst in the Under 1400 Section.

Nenad Vulicevic scored 4.5 of 5in the February 5th Speedy Opento take clear first. Erez Kleinfinished second with 4.

Bernie Hill scored a perfect 3 inthe February slow Swiss to winthe $10 first prize. Jay Kleinmanhad 2 points to take the $5 secondprize. Alfonso Diaz also had aperfect score in the Februaryslow Quad, which ranconcunently with the Swiss, andwon $10.

In the March 5th Action Octo,Bernie Hill, excellentlyexploiting the hole left by thecurrent Futurity players, scored aperfect 3 once again and tookhome the $35 first prize. RaduOlaru, Charlie Gisondi, KennySchemitz and newcomers

Norman Sutton and Wendy Watsonall scored 2 points and took home $3each.

There was somecontroversyat the endof this one.Suffice it tosay "no losing chances" claims needto be made BEFORE your flag fans,not after. In fact, one might say thatafter your flag has fallen, your losingchances have increased to 100%.

J'ADOUBEIn the last issue we noted Jay Boninhad been honored by the New YorkState Chess Association for winningthe championships of the Marshall,Manhattan, and Queens clubs, and forwinning the State Championship.Believe it or not, we omitted one ofJay's titles and for that we makeaniends. Jay also won thechampionship of the Nassau ChessClub in his chess year to end all chessyears.

UPCOMING EVENTS

MARCH 19-APRIL 16QUEENS AMATEUR (INDER2000) 5-SS

AVRIL 23QUEENS SPEEDY OPEN G/ 105-SS

APRIL 30-MAY 21QUEENS SPRING OPEN 4-SS

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FUTURITY UNDERWAYAnother Queens Futurity is wellin progress as we go to press. Tenplayers are battling it out in around robin. The tournament isthe only Queens Club event whichis FIDE-rated, and the past fivefuturities have produced 1 8 newFIDE-rated players. This year'sFuturity is scheduled to finishApril 23rd. Complete coverage inour next issue.

GAMESIf you played a particularlyexciting game that others mayenjay or learn from, send them tot%t#ou#]te:ton#an#s:S.Withor&±without corrrmehis ,can be given toJay Kleirmanat the Club orsehi via e-mailto i avbekav@f lol.com.I,---_-

Here' s the hard-fought draw thatdecided the championship.Isaac Rozic (2076) - Ed Kopiecki(2040) [C47]Queens CC Rd.7, 1998

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf64.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-00-010.8g5 c611.Qf3 Re812.Qf4(Diagram)12 h3 led to draws in bothAdamson-Trubman('96 WorldOpen)and Georgiev-Yusupov(Linares, `97).

12...Bd6 13.Qh4 h6 14.Bxf6Qxf6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Rfel Bd717.Ne2 c5 18.c3 Rab8 19.b3 Res20.Radl Rbe8 21.Kfl a5 22.NglRIel+ 23.RIel RIel+ 24.KxelBxh2 25.Nf3 Be5 26.Kd2 Bf4+27.Kc2 8g5 28.g3 8g4 29.Nh2 f530.B Bh3 31.ffl Bf6 32.Nfo 8g233.Nh4 Bxh4 34.gxh4 Be435.Kd2 KI8 36.a3 Ke7 37.b4axb4 38.axb4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Kd640.Ke3 Kc6 41.Be2 Kb6 42.Kd4f6 43.Bh5 Kb5 44.Bf7 Kb445.Bxd5 Bc2 46.Bf7 Be4 47.Bc4Bc2 48.Bd5 Bbl 49.8g2 Ba250.Bh3 Be6 51.Bfl Bb3 52.Be2Bc2 53.Bh5 Be4 54.Be8 Kb355.Bb5 Kc2 56.Ke3 1/2-1/2

And here' s the hard-fought drawthat split third place.Brian Lawson (2034) - EdFrumkin (2036) [814]Queens CC Rd.7, 1998

1.e4 96 2.d4 8g7 3.Nf3 c6 4.c4d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qb30-0 8.cxd5

(Diagram) 8 c5 was the move inRudolf (2195) -Ruchieva (2305)[Warsaw, '92], an eventual Whitevictory. Interestingly, that gametransposed to the curent one from aCaro-Kann, Exchange Variation !

8...Nbd7 9.Bc4 Nb6 10.0-0 Bf511.Ne5 Rc812.Be2 Nfxd513.88Be6 14.Qa3 a6 15.Ne4 Nc4 16.Nxc4RIc4 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Be3 Bxd419.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.RIdl Qxc521.Bxd4 Qxa3 22.bxa3 Be6 23.Be3Kg7 24.Rbl b5 25.Rb2 Rfc8 26.h3Ra4 27.Rcl RIcl+ 28.BxclRIa329.RIb5 axb5 30.Bxa3 K£8 31.KflBxa2 32.Ke2 Bd5 33.g3 Ke8 34.f4 f635.Ke3 8g2 36.h4 Kd7 37.Kd4 h538.Kc5 e5 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Kxb5 Ke641.Kc4 Bfl+ 42.Kc3 Kd5 43.Kd2Ba6 44.Ke3 I/2-I/2

And a decisive battle from the finalround. This game gave the A prize toTyrell Harriott.Mark Crawford (1826) - TyrellHarriott (1882) [AI2]Queens CC Rd.7, 1998

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.8g2 e5 4.Nc3Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Be6 6.. c6is the usual move. 7.Qb3 Na68.d3 Qc8 9.Ng5 Nc5 10.Qc2 Bd711.b4 Ne612.NB Nh513.Nd5Bd8 14.e4 f5 15.exf5 RIf5 16.g4RIB 17.BXB Nd4 18.Qdl NXB+19.Qxf3 Bxg4 20.Qe4 c6 21.Nc3Bf5 22.Qe2 8g4 23.f3 Bh324.Rel Bb6+ 25.Khl Bf5 26.Ne4Bxe4 (Diagram)

27.Qxe4?? [27.dxe4=] 27...Ng3+28.Its2 Nxe4 29.RIe4 Bd4 0-1

Joe Felber submits this from lastyear's Futurity. A Rook sacrificebrings in the point.Andrew Bauer (2130) -JosephFelber (2115)5th Queens Futurity Rd.9, 1998

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe44.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.d4Bf5 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Bxf5 Qa5+ 9.c3Qxf510.0-0 Rg811.Nh4? Qh312.Qb3 Nb6 13.c4 Qxh4 14.Be30-0-0 15.a4 e6 16.a5 (Diagram)

RIg2+! 17.Kxg2 Qg4+ 18.rmlQf3+ 19.Kgl Bd6 20.Rfel Qh321.f4 Rg8+ 0-1

And from the recent AmateurTeam East, here's my first winover a Master.Jay Kleinman (1962) - TomDorsch(2239) [AO8]USATERd.5, 1999

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nfl6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g396 5.8g2 8g7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2d5 8.Rel e5 9.c3 Re8 10.Qe2 d411.c4 a612.Nfl b513.b3 Qb614.Nh4 Nd7 15.f4 f6 16.f5 9517.Nf3 a5 18.h4 94 19.N3h2 h520.Bd2 Nb4 21.Reel a4 22.a3Nc6[22...bxc4?! 23.axb4 cxb3

24.bxc5 Nxc5 This could getextremely dicey for White but I'mnot obligated to accept the 'gift.'Instead, 23 bxc4 declines the piecebut keeps the peace.]23.bxa4 RIa4[23...bxc4 24.Rxc4 Ba6 looks moreenterprising for Black.]24.Rcbl Ba6 25.Qdl Rb8 26.Ra2Qa7 27.Qb3 Kh7?? (Diagram)

A carelessly quick move which leavesa rather large hole. 27.. Kf8 and theganie is still afoot. 28.cxb5 Bxb529.Qf7 Bxd3 30.RIb8 Ncxb831.Qxh5+ K±8 32.Nxg4 c4 33.Nh6+Bxh6 34.Bxh6 Nf8 35.Qg4+ K1736.Q87+1-0

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