32nd Chicago Open
32nd Chicago Open Backgammon Tournament
Memorial Day Weekend
May 24 – May 28, 2012
[Rosemont, Illinios]
Rd 5 IM Irina Krush (2500)-WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (2350) {U.S. Womens Championship}
[King's Indian Defense] With this win, IM Krush scored 4/5 and sole possession of first place.
47th Capablanca Memorial
GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2725) took the lead after the first round defeating GM Viktor Laznicka(2693).r3kb1r/ppq1nppp/2n1p3/3pP3/2P5/4BN2/PP2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b KQkq c3 0 121. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. Qe2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Be7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Be4 Rfd8 18. Rac1 g6 19. Rc2 Qa5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. a3 Rc2 24. b4 Qa4 25. Qe4 Rc3 26. Qb7 Kf8 27. Nd4 Rxa3 28. Nc6 Bg5 29. g3 Rc3 30. Nxa7 Be7 31. b5 Bc5 32. Nc8 Qd4 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. exd6 Qxd6 35. Rb1 Qd3 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Qa7+ Ke8 38. Qa1 Rb3 39. Rd1 Qxb5 40. Qh8+ 1-0230noc2c4 The 47th Capablanca Memorial started and as is customary includes both top Cuban players with elite foreign GMs. There are two tournaments, the Elite group as well as the Premier.
Scientific Checkers Made Easy
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..There is an old saying; A man with out a hobby is only half of a man”. Few hobbies can compare with checkers. No pastime has a more colorful background. This ancient game, with a history as old as the pyramids, offers entertainment,fellowship,and mental exercise. No game can offer more, And so to all the checker fans I commend this book. It is my earnest hope that each reader may feel himself an active and enthusiastic member of our great fraternity-local,national,and international-and may aggresively cooperate in promoting and supporting the game,in furthering tournaments and championship matches,and doing missionary work among his nonchecker-playing or dilettante friends to create a larger,keener,and better organized checker-minded public. And now, ” Let’s play checkers.”
King’s Court {The Original Game of SuperCheckers}
The board is 8×8 with the squares rotated 45 degrees. The central 4×4 area forms the King’s Court. The starting setup places the green and orange pieces on the 48 squares surrounding the Court. The opening moves have both players enter a piece onto the Court from opposing sides (no jumping yet). From that point on, a piece must be present on the Court at all times –otherwise the player loses. Pieces move as in Checkers except they all move as Kings (no restrictions on direction). Jumps are again as in Checkers, except that you can jump your own pieces as well (without capturing them, of course). Contents: game board, 48 game pieces, instructions.
The Personality of Chess
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..In the Appendix you will find-in addition to the rules governing the game,and related material-
an extensive bibliography of leading works on Chess. It follows that whether you know much or nothing
about Chess, this book offers you the opportunity to explore more fully specific areas of interest.
The Personality of Chess is not planned as continuous narrative,the context of each chapter necessarily
depending on the preceding text. Proceed to read as you please, with the comforting assurance that not
only do we not persume to exact from you a pro chess verdict, but we do not even impose a prescribed reading sequence upon you.
I.A. HOROWITZ
P.L.ROTHENBERG
New York City [January,1963]
CHEQUERO
CHEQUERO…to the pleasure and challenge of an old favorite,checkers has been added the zesty,spirited action of the new “sliding -rows” giving the play a new dimension of excitement and skill. Just when your opponent says ” A ha! Now I have you”,-you slide-a -row and capture HIM. Adding up the heartiest fun for the whole family in many a year..
{Aggeravation Game 1964}







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