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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for August 22, 1992)
It's been a busy summer for chess in New York City. The month-
long U.S. Chess Festival not only began with a bang with the
Game in 10 and 15 Minute Championships and the Third Harvard
Cup, but closed with some fireworks, as well, as dozens of
Grandmasters played 1,000 children in an outdoor simultaneous
exhibiton in Central Park. The Festival's finale was the 1992
U.S. Chess International, an invitational tournament held at
a Manhattan law firm.
Although invitationals in the US often prove newsworthy
simply because they're such a rare breed, this particular
tournament was also important for several other reasons.
First, it was a memorial, named in honor of the late, great
Sammy Reshevsky. But, additionally, there was some top-notch
competition present, including foreign stars Judit and Zsusza
Polgar, former Soviet now Israeli GM, Lev Psakhis and GM
Julio Granda Zuniga from Peru. The American contingent
consisted of GMs Patrick Wolff, Michael Rohde, Joel Benjamin,
Roman Dzindzichashvili, Ilya Gurevich and the principal
sponsor, Dr. Eric Moskow, a National Master. The 2531 average
rating for the ten participants was good enough for FIDE
Category 12 status (even with Moskow's 2240 rating--300
points lower than everybody else.)
What was expected to be a real dogfight, (since the top seven
players were separated by only 25 rating points) turned out
to be a surprising rout for Granda Zuniga. After winning his
first five games, the Peruvian GM drew his final four to
coast to victory with an undefeated 7-2 record. Judit Polgar,
who celebrated her sixteenth birthday on July 23rd, finished
one-half point behind at 6.5-2.5. Benjamin and Psakhis
followed at 5-4, while Zsuzsa Polgar, Dzindzi, Wolff and
Gurevich each achieved even scores of 4.5 out of 9. Michael
Rohde, a legal intern at the law firm of Milbank, Tweed,
Hadley and McCloy, the site of the tournament, trailed with
3-6. Moskow finished last with zero points.
One of the most bizarre games of the year was played in the
fifth round between Rohde and Zsuzsa. The final position
resembles something that one might expect to find in a
problemist's manual.
White: M.Rohde Black: Z.Polgar English Opening
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nh3 g5 7.Ng1 Bg7 8.e3 Nf6
9.h4 Kf7 10.Nh3 Kg6 11.f3 Qe7 12.fxe4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qxe4 14.Bd3 Qxg2
15.Bxf5+ Kxf5 16.Rf1+ Ke6 17.Qh5 Ne5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Qf7+ Kd6 20.Rf6+ Kc5
21.b4+ Kxb4 22.Bd2+ Ka3 23.c5 d5 24.cxd6 Bg3+ 25.Rf2 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Bg4+
27.Kd3 Bd1 28.Bc1+ Ka4 29.Qc4+ Ka5 30.Bd2+ 1-0
Glenn Budzinski
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