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| By Alex Dunne | |
| December 13, 2013 | |
Tom Biedermann
NOVEMBER RESULTS Trophy Quads Lance Schuttenhelm 12Q09 6-0 Walter Muir Steven Stepanic 12W26 4-2 Joseph Hawkins 12W26 4-2 Timothy Weil 13W23 6-0 John Collins Jack Shaw 12C06 5-1 Swift Quad Nianthony Martinez 13SQ10 6-0 ABSOLUTE PLAYERS If you are rated over 2200 and would like to play in the 2014 Absolute Championship, now is the time to send in your bid. There is no entry fee, and the prize fund will be determined later. Remember, the Absolute is the only USCF event where computer use is legal. If you would like to contribute to the Absolute fund, send in your clearly marked contribution to me or USCF, PO Box 3967, Crossville, TN 38557. NO DEAD MAN'S DEFENSE IN USCF In international correspondence play there is an unpleasant form of play known as the Dead Man's Defense. The idea is to play quickly at first, gaining a lot of reflection time that then enables the player to delay making any moves for a considerable length of time hoping that the opponent will die or become disinterested and drop out. This technique does not, or should not, work in USCF correspondence chess. When your opponent is late (7-10 days) and a repeat is sent, contact me. I will send a late notice to the offending player. This Late Report carries the possibility of forfeiture, and that will get the game restarted. Too frequent tardiness may also lead to a forfeiture. You do not have to suffer the Dead Man's Defense. Quote: if anyone tells you he is playing a correspondence game against Capablanca with the aid of a ouija board, edge quietly toward the nearest exit. == Malpass, Bluff Your Way in Chess LEARN CHESS BY MAIL ! Lessons given by mail, telephone, ICC - many different ways. I specialize in players rated 800-2100 who would like to improve their game. Contact me for information. Alex Dunne, 324 West Lockhart St., Sayre, PA 18840 or [email protected] Chess booklet for sale: 2004 Golden Knights Championship -- booklet of the 57th USCF CC Championship -- $10.00 postage paid. 35 pages, 90+ games THE ABSOLUTE CORRESPONDENCE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES CHESS FEDERATION 1976-2010 is now available at McFarland Publishers and Amazon for $45.00 and also Kindle at $16.49 NEW! 2006 Electronic Knights Championship ebook. 190 games some annotated, all the crosstables, bios of the top three, list of all the finalists, ChessBase format, .pgn notation and Microsoft .pdf format. $4.00 postage paid for the disk, $2.00 sent to you via email. Hard copy $10 postage included. Tired of exhausting endgame technical wins? Overwhelmed by subtle middlegame stratagems? Want some excitement in your chess? Looking for some quick ways to win your games ? Then try these - December's MINIATURE GAMES An interesting trap starts up the feast. SICILIAN DEFENSE (B30) 7150 Black knows the kingside attack is coming; Black sees the attack coming; Black falls under the attack. QUEEN'S PAWN GAME (D00) 7151 PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE (C41) 7152 NIMZOVICH DEFENSE (B00) 7153 MODERN DEFENSE (B06) 7154 PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE (C41) 7156 NIMZOVICH DEFENSE (B00) 7157 PETROFF DEFENSE (C42) 7158 FRENCH DEFENSE (C05) 7159 SCOTCH OPENING (C47) 7160 SICILIAN DEFENSE (B22) 7161 FRENCH DEFENSE (C15) 7162 KING's INDIAN DEFENSE (E61) 7163 Little slips can add up to a big fall. ENGLISH OPENING (A32) 7164 Beware the Recording error ! Even Masters fail. SLAV DEFENSE (D10) 7165 This is how miniatures looked in the 1800's KING'S GAMBIT (C33) 7166 It helps to know your book CARO-KANN (B11) 7167 White develops and centralizes all his pieces quickly and methodically with a bad result. SICILIAN DEFENSE (B29) 7168 Here is the young Alexander Alekhine (at ten years of age) on the wrong side of an attacking miniature. SLAV DEFENSE (D11) 7169  OBITUARYJerome Bibuld was born June 9, 1928, died October 22, 2013. A 1600 rated player, Jerry used to remark that since 1500 was the average rating, he was a relatively strong player. Jerry contributed many photographs to Chess Life and was a dedicated civil rights champion. NIMZOINDIAN DEFENSE (E52) 7170 |