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2012 Electronic Knights Champion
Anthony KainIt's been quite a ride for newly crowned Electronic Knights Champion Anthony Kain. Currently 25 years old, Anthony is now a high school science teacher. He enjoys weightlifting and formal debates, and in correspondence chess he excels. He recently achieves his ICCF International Masters Title and hit 2400 on the USCF CC list for his Senior Master title. Further, he is poised to win the 2014 Absolute Championship as he has an insurmountable lead.
GAME OF THE MONTH
The game of the month features Kain at his craftiest - By playing a waiting game, he dares White to start an attack against his King and when White does so, his game suddenly collapses.
KING'S INDIAN DEFE3NSE (E84)
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 a6
6...e5 is standard in this position, but the text seems to be gaining in popularity lately.
7.Qd2 Nc6 8.Nge2
With Black poised to answer 6. 000 with a quick ....b5, White continues to develop, waiting for the opportunity to start his own attack.
8...Rb8 9.Rc1
Twenty years ago the big names -- Karpov, Beliavsky, Dreev, Mecking favored 9. Nc1 here. In 2015 that move has faded, as have its practitioners. 9. 000 is a viable alternative.
9...Bd7 10.Nd1
Thus repositioning of the Knight became the main line of the Samisch in 2014. Aronian trued 10. d5 here but had to settle for a draw, 10. h4 and 10. g4 have also been played, to little effect.
10...e6 11.Nf2 Re8 12.g4
There have been two other tries here -- 12. h4 h5 13, g3 b5 was Lizaraburu-Magayo, CAD/C22 2011 and 12. g3 b5 as in Gragonian-Sale, Abu Dhabi 2005 both of which ended in draws.
12...h5
The first conflict of the game occurs as far away from the center as possible. It is a prelude to all out war in the center of the board.
13.h3
It is a close decision, but gaining some space on the kingside with 13. g5 is probably better,
13...Ne7
Black continues to play keepaway, waiting for White to over commit himself, It is a dangerous game but one which Kain plays to perfection in this game..
14.Nd3 b6 15.e5
White can resist being aggressive no longer and crosses the boundaries into Black's position. With his King Bishop and passive Rooks, this requires much energy on White's part.
15...Nh7 16.Nef4
After 16. gxh5 Bc6 17. hxg6 Nxg6 18. exd6 Nh4! suddenly White is in trouble, Instead, White should proceed to activate his kingside with 16, Bg2
16...c5!
Suddenly the shakiness of White's game is revealed. After 17. exd6 cxd4 18. dxe6 dxe3 19. exd8(Q) exd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rbxd8 Black has the better ending.
17.dxc5 dxe5 18.Ne2
Rather than go into full defense mode, better may have been 18. Nxh5!? gxh5 19. cxb6 Bc6 20. Qf2
18...b5 19.Nc3?
White misses his last chance to stay in the game with 19. gxh5 and very soon the Black pieces swarm though his center,
19...Bc6 20.Ne4 f5! 21.Nd6 f4 22.Nxe8 fxe3 23.Qxe3 Bxe8 24.Nxe5 bxc4 25.Bxc4 Nd5 26.Bxd5
Or 26. Qe2 Nf4 27, Qe4 Ng5 28. Qxf4 Bxe5 29. Qe3 Rxb2 winning.
26...Qxd5 27.Nd3 hxg4
After 15 moves the initial conflict is resolved in Black's favor.
28.hxg4 Ng5 29.Rf1 Bc6 30.f4 Bd4 31.Qe2 Ne4
Completing the erasure of White's center. Black wins easily now.
32.Rf3 Nxc5 33.Nxc5 Qxf3 34.b3 Bc3+ 0-1
Second place: Michael Buss
SICILIAN DEFENSE (B90)
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Third place: Patrick Ryan
PIRC'S DEFENSE (B08)
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FINAL STANDINGS
Anthony Kain 39.50
Michael Buss 37.20
Patrick Ryan 35,15
Barry Endsley 32.90
Mark Stephenson 32.35
John Procopi 32.25
William Young 30.65
Harold Brown 28.40
Andrew Bussom 27.30
Gerald Fielding 26.65
John Galvin 26.15
Mark Ellis 24.40
Robert Cousins 19.90
Alfredo Gotay 17.00
MARCH RESULTS
Walter Muir
Daniel Whitted 14W36 5-1
Errol Acosta 14W29 5-1
Jesse Van Hine 14W33 5 ½-½
Robert Nolan 14W23 5 ½-½
Andy Hunt 14W32 5-1
David Wright 14W27 5-1
John Nelson 14W38 4 ½-1 ½
Dwayne Hoffman 15W02 6-0
Swift Quad
Alan Bokiev 14SQ07 6-0
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
OBITUARY
John Bradley Fowler born 22 December 1955, died 20 July 2014 of King, NC. John was mainly an OTB players, but he also played CC.
ENGLISH OPENING (A29)
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TWO KNIGHTS TANGO (A50)
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Roger Pedersen neatly dissects Black's game.
SICILIAN DEFENSE (B23)
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SICILIAN DEFENSE (B81)
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Both sides play ambitiously. White sets a trap toward the end only to find it was a counter trap.
SCOTCH GAME (C56)
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Attacking is an art. Here is one worth framing,
CARO-KANN (B12)
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Black offers the queenside in order to gain the kingside.
NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE (E32)
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