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Editor - Les Brennan. P.O. Box 2464 Colstrip. MT 59323 (4061748-2154

M O N T A N A CHESS^NEWS Montana Chess News is published by the MONTANA C H E S S ASSOCIATION, an amiiate of the U. S. C H E S S PEDERATION Promoting Chess Excellence by Education and Competition Membership / Subscription = S6 / yr regular. S3 / yr junior

J . MICHAEL JENSEN WINS 1994 MONTANA STATE OPEN

& UCCC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

SKOVRON WINS MONTANA ACTION AND QUICK C H E S S CHAMPIONSHIPS

Z. MAYER WINS MONTANA BLITZ CHAMPIONSHIP

1994 MONTANA S T A T E ACTION AND Q U I C K C H E S S

CHAMPION

J I M SKOVRON

1994 MONTANA S T A T E BLITZ C H E S S

CHAMPION

ZYGMOND MAYER

1994 MONTANA S T A T E SENIOR C H E S S

CHAMPION

JOHN C. THOMPSON

1994 MONTANA S T A T E GRAND PRIX CHAMPION

JAN JOHANSSON

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What's New \

^>U«f;^i^*fJiit?t:4jfeli^MjlnHt.^iriM Zygmond Mayer brought the meeting to order at 9:00A.M.. 5/28/94. The first issue brouglit up was the matter of a petition to officially change the month of the State Open to J u n e in order to avoid confUct with Mother's Day. Universities graduation ceremonies and Memorial Day weekend. Alter some discussion, this was voted down and several other similar ideas were offered, with a majority finally endorsing the idea of planning aU future Montana State Opens for tlie weekend before the Memorial Day weekend.

The MCA treasury report was not presented, mainly because there wasn't enough time, but for the tjenefit of those wishing to know the raw details. MCA had S870.00 at the 1993 State Open and S I 0 9 8 . 0 0 at the 1994 State Open. MCA membership bounces around 80 paying members average, and the membership dues provide about S480.00/yr . E a c h newsletter costs about S70.00 1S29.00 stamps (about 100 newsletters go out. we recently gEiined 12 new members, so the figures are never really staticl. S28 .50 printing costs and about S I 0 . 0 0 personal expenses - gas money, etc. I have the newsletters printed up in Miles City.) S ix newsletters cost about 8420.00. so MCA dues cover the cost of the newsletters (if. of course, everyone remains up-to-date.) and a little more. The State Open generates about S200 -300 for the treasury.

The second i ssue d i scussed was time controls used in MCA Grand Prcc events, resulting in a majority of those present voting to require MCA Grand Prix events to have a time control no faster than 30/90 . G / 1.

MCA ofiicers were then elected : President: Da\1d Duke. Vice President: J i m SkovTon. Eastern VP: Paul Arnot. Western VP: Michael J e n s e n . Secretary/Treasurer: Les BrenuEui.

Next, Michael Long otTered a new idea for the format of the State Closed, to wit: a ten man Swiss. The majority of those present were enamored of the thought and voted it in. And that's all there was time for. Whew!

MEMBERS* F O R U M : Outre! That is the reaction some members are having to the news of the new State Closed tbrmat. II you would like to talk to the members atxjut what you feel will or won't work regarding the State Closed, or Einy other MCA matter, please feel free to use the newsletter. Any letters addressed to MCA membership (absent of offensive languagel will be included in a section called "Members' Forum". Please try to keep letters reasonable in length.

^^22SSSi23H2S522B^B Dear members, the MCA Board of Directors wants your opinion. Next year's Montana State Closed will be expanded from a six person round-robin to a ten person Swiss . The memtiership p r e s en t^^ it the annua l bus iness meeting decided that the MCA board members should determine how to fill tiie lour newly^P

created positions. The present system of qualifying for the Closed Is as follows:

1. The reigning State Champion is automatlccdiy seeded.

2. The top two finishers in the MCA Grand Prix are seeded.

3. The top three Montana resident finishers in the State Open are seeded.

Since there will now be four new seeds, one solution would be to seed the State Champion, the top four MCA Grand Prix finishers and the top five finishers from the State Open. Another solution would be to emphasize MCA Grand Prix participation by seeding the State Champion, the top five MCA Grand Prix finishers and the top four finishers from the State Open.

The Board of Directors will vote on August 14. 1994 (The week before the first MCA Grand Prix tournament in BUlings). We welcome your input. Including any new and creative ideas on how to quality the four new places In the Montana State Closed. - David Duke

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*94 U C C C CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONSHIP SECTION

'94 MT ACTION CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP N A M E R T G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T O T

1 S k o v r o n 1 8 0 9 W 8 W 3 Ji

L2 W4 W d W9 W5 6

Z. M a y e r 2 0 1 7 W l L3 W8 D5 X - 5.5 McKenna 1 7 5 9 w d i i W2 w a F- 5

4 D. Duke 1 7 5 8 L2 W £ L I L3 W6 W8 4 5 Hansen 1 7 2 0 H - H~ H- H - W9 D2 L I 3.5 6 B r i d g e s 1 4 1 3 L 7 W £ L3 W9 L I L 4 W9 3 7 S u i t s 1 9 4 9 W Q L 2 L 4 W8 U - U - U - 2 8 E. M a y e r 1 2 1 6 L I L 6 w c L 7 L2 L3 L 4 1 9 Doulas 1 1 4 2 L 3 i L 4 L8 L 6 L5 L I L 6 0

N A M E / RTG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T O T

1 Jensen 1 9 3 5 1 0 u 1 1 1 4

2 Caipenta'1852 0 1 0 1 1 u 3

3 Moore 1 6 5 3 1 0 1 1 0 u 3 4 McCourt 1 7 3 4 U 1 0 u 1 u 2

5 McBfDoml6l5 0 0 0 u 1 u 1

6 Gissetoeckl302 0 0 1 0 0 u 1

7 Nowak 2 2 4 9 0 u u u u u 0

'94 MT QUICK CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP N A M E R T G 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T O T

1 S k o v r o n 1 8 9 2 W6 WS W3|d4 B - D2 W 7 5 2 Z. M a y e r 2 0 2 8 W7 WG W5|l3 W4 D l B - 4 . 5 3 D. Duke 1 4 3 0 B - L I W2 m L5 4 4 Hansen 1 7 2 0 W5 L3 B - p i L 2 W7 W 6 3.5 5 B r i d g e s 1 4 1 3 L4 L I L2 W7 w e B - W3 3 6 E. M a y e r 1 2 1 6 L I L2 WTiB- L5 L3 L 4 1 7 Doulas 1 1 4 2 L2 B - LGILS L3 L4 L I 0

'94 U C C C CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SATELLCrE SECTION I

N A M E R T G 1 2 T O T

1 D. Shughart 1 8 0 0 1/1 2

2 J . P r o t i c 1 9 6 7 0 / 0 0

'94 U C C C CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SATELliTE SECTION II

'94 BLITZ CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP N A M E RTG 1 2 3 T O T

1 J . P r o t i c 1 9 6 7 1 l | 2 2 D. McCourt 1 7 3 4 0 1 1

3 S. Olszewski 1 2 7 7 0 0 1 0

59TH MONTANA STATE OPEN N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 T O T

1 M. J e n s e n 1 9 3 5 W 2 1 W I S W 6 D 2 W 7 4 . 5 2 S. S m i t h 2 1 0 3 W 9 W 1 2 W 3 D 1 0 5 4 3 Z. M a y e r 2 0 4 5 W 1 7 W I O L 2 W 4 W 8 4 4 J . J o h a n s s o n 2 0 4 6 W2C W 8 0 1 3 L 3 W 9 3 . 5 5 T. S u i t s 1 9 4 9 D 1 9 W 1 8 0 7 w n D 2 3 . 5 6 J. T h o m p s o n 2 1 0 0 D 1 8 W 1 9 L 1 W 1 7 W 1 3 3.5 7 P. M o t t a 2 0 1 7 W23 D 1 4 0 5 W 1 3 L 1 3 8 M. L o n q 1 8 2 9 W I G L 4 W 2 1 W I S L 3 3 9 D. Hansen 1 7 2 0 L 2 W22 W 2 6 W I O L 4 3

1 0 J , S k o v r o n 1 8 0 9 W 2 8 L 3 W 1 4 L 9 W 2 0 3 1 1 D. Duke 1 7 6 1 W 2 6 L I 3 W 1 6 L 5 W 1 7 3 1 o L. Brennan 1 8 8 0 W 2 2 L 2 L I 7 W 2 3 W 1 8 3

R. M a t o u s 1 8 9 8 W27 w n D 4 L 7 L 6 2 . 5 R. E r i c k s o n 1 7 6 3 W25 0 7 L 1 0 D 1 8 0 1 5 2.5

N A M E R T G R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 T O T

1 5 K. L imeson | l 7 3 0 W24 L 1 W 2 5 L 8 0 1 4 2.5

1 6 C. Walker 1 1 2 7 3 L 8 W2C L 1 1 W 2 1 0 1 9 2.5

1 7 R. M a r t i n 1 1 5 1 3 L 3 W 2 £ W 1 2 L 6 L 1 1 2

1 8 G. Shuck 11712 D 6 L 5 W 1 9 D 1 4 L I 2 2

1 9 L. Polcari 1 1 4 2 5 D 5 L 6 L 1 8 W 2 7 0 1 6 2

2 0 S. S c a r f f | 1 6 6 3 L 4 L I 6 W 2 2 W 2 5 L I O 2

2 1 T. Bridges j 1 4 0 4 L I W 2 4 L 8 L I 6 W25 2

2 2 0 . Price 1 1 3 6 1 L I 2 L 9 L 2 0 W 2 8 W 2 6 2

2 3 M. M a r t i n e z | l 4 3 3 L 7 L 2 5 W 2 8 L I 2 W 2 4 2

2 4 N. Doulas 1 1 4 2 L I 5 L 2 1 0 2 7 W 2 6 L 2 3 1.5

2 5 C. Jacobs | l 2 3 7 L I 4 W 2 3 L I S L 2 0 L 2 1 1

2 6 E. M a y e r ! 1 1 4 9 L11 W 2 7 L 9 L 2 4 L22 1

2 7 C. Stauber 1 1 3 7 9 L I 3 L 2 6 0 2 4 L 1 9 0 2 8 1

2 8 P. A r n o t 1 1 2 4 2 L 1 0 L 1 7 L 2 3 L 2 2 D 2 7 0 . 5

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R E C E N T GAMES \ J e n s e n 1935 C a r p e n t e r 1852 JCCC C l u b C h a m p i o n s h i p 4/14/94 R o u n d 1 M o d e r n D e f e n s e

I . d 4 g 6 2 . 6 4 BgZ 3 . N f 3 c 6 4 . Nc3 d 5 5. e5 N h 6 6 . h3 f 6 7. B f 4 0 - 0 8 . Q d 2 N f 7 9 . 0 - 0 - 0 f e 5 1 0 . Ne5 N d 7 I I . N f 3 e5 1 2 . d e 5 N d e 5 1 3 . Ne5 Ne5 1 4 . K b ! Q f 6 1 5 . Be3 B e 6 1 6 . R e l Q f 7 1 7 . B d 4 N d 7 1 8 . B g 7 KgZ 1 9 . Bd3 b 5 2 0 . N d l a 6 2 1 . Qc3 Kg8 2 2 . Q c 6 B f 5 2 3 . B f 5 Q f 5 2 4 . Ne3

f"ack resigns.

J e n s e n 1935 N o w a k 2249 UCCC C l u b C h a m p i o n s h i p 4/21/94 Round 2 F r e n c h D e f e n s e

I . 6 4 6 6 2 . d 4 d 5 3. Nd2 N c 6 4 . c 3 N f 6 5. 65 N d 7 6. Bd3 aS 7. N g f 3 a 4 8 . 0-0 N b 6 9 . R e l B d 7 10. N f l Qb8 I I . Ng5

11 . B e 7 1 2 . N x h 7 Q a 7 1 3 . N g 5 C 1 4 . Qg4 a3 1 5 . b 4 Qa4 1 6 . Ne3 Na.' 1 7 . f 4 Qc6 1 8 . B d 2 Na4

1 9 . f 5 Nb2 2 0 . fe6 Be6 2 1 . B f 5 B g 5 2 2 . Qg5 Rg8 2 3 . Be6 Qe6 2 4 . N f 5 g 6 2 5 . R f l K d 7 2 6 . N h 6 Rg7 2 7 . Rf6 Qe7 2 8 . Raf l Rf8

• 1

2 9 . e 6 + Ke8 3 0 . e x f 7 + Kd7

3 1 . R e l Q x e l 3 2 . B x e l B l a c k r e s i g n s .

M c C o u r t 1734 Moore 1653 U C C C Club Championship 5/5/94 Round 4 French Defense

I . 6 4 e 6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e5 c5 4 . c 3 N c 6 5 . N f 3 Q b 6 6 . Bd3 c d 4 7. c d 4 B d 7 8 . 0-0 N d 4 9 . N d 4 Qd4 1 0 . Nc3 QeS I I . R e l Q b 8 1 2 . Nd5 Bd6 1 3 . Q g 4 K f 8 1 4 . B d 2 e d 5 1 5 . Qd7 B h 2 1 6 . K h l N f 6 1 7 . B b 4 Kg8 1 8 . Q f 5 B d 6 1 9 . B c 3 Q d 8 Diagram next c o l u m n . . .

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2 0 . Re5? Bxe5 2 1 . Bxe5 h 5 2 2 . Rel Ng4 2 3 . B g 3 h 4 2 4 . BeS Ne5 2 5 . Re5 Rc8 2 6 . Rd5 R c l 2 7 . K h 2 Qc7 2 8 . f 4 Q b 6 2 9 . Qe4 Rc8 3 0 . ReS gS 3 1 . B c 4 Q f 6 3 2 . Rg5 K g 7 3 3 . b3 Rhe8 3 4 . Q f 3 Re7 3 5 . Q g 4 Re4 3 6 . Bd5 Q f 4 3 7 . Q f 4 R f 4 3 8 . Bb7 Rc2 3 9 . Ra5 R f f 2 4 0 . a 4 Rfd2 4 1 . Bf3 Rc7 4 2 . K h 3 Rd4 4 3 , B d 5 Rc3 4 4 . Kh2 Rd5 4 5 . Rd5 Rb3 4 6 . Rd7 Ra3 4 7 . Ra7 g 5 4 8 . a5 g 4 4 9 . Ra8 Ra2 5 0 . a 6 h 3 5 1 . a7 Rg2 5 2 . K h l Ra2 5 3 . Rb8 Ra7 5 4 . Rb4 f 5 White resigns

Shughart 1800 Protic 1967 UCCC Championship Satellite 5/5/94 Round 1 Philidor's Defense

1 . e 4 6 5 2 . Nf3 d 6 3 . B c 4 Nc6 4 . d 4 Bg4 5. Qd3 Bf3 6 . Q f 3 N f 6 7. dS Nd4 8 . Qd3 a6 9 . c 3 b 5 1 0 . c d 4 b c 4 1 1 . Qc4 Ne4 1 2 . Q.c6 K 6 7 1 3 . f 3 N f 6 1 4 . 0 - 0 Ra7 1 5 . R e l N d 7 1 6 . de5 f 6 1 7 . 6 d 6 K f 7 18. d c 7 Q c 7 1 9 . Q e 6 K g 6 2 0 . Qe8+ Black resigns.

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Po lcar i 1420 Suits 1949 59th Montana State Open 5/28/94 Round 1 King's Indian Attack

0

. . N f 3 N f 6 2 . d 3 g 6 3 . g 3 d 5 4 . N b d 2 BgZ 5. Bg2 0 - 0 6 . 0 - 0 c 6 7. e 4 d e 4 8 . Ne4 Re8 9 . h 3 N a 6 1 0 . Be3

1 0 . . . Nxe4 1 1 . d x e 4 B x b 2 1 2 . Qxd8 Rxd8 1 3 . Radl B e 6

1 4 . Rxd8 Rxd8 1 5 . R b l 8 a 3 1 6 . RbZ RdZ 1 7 . RdZ BdZ 1 8 . BaZ N b 4 1 9 . Bc5 N c 2 2 0 . Ba3 N a 3 2 1 . Ne5 Be8 2 2 . Nd3 f 6 2 3 . f 4 B f Z 2 4 . e 5 B c 4 2 5 . N c 5 f e 5 2 6 . f e 5 B a 2 2 7 . B c 6 N c 2 2 8 . K f 2 N d 4 2 9 . B d 7 K f 7 3 0 . Ke3 N e 6 3 1 . B e 6 B e 6 3 2 . N e 6 K e 6 3 3 . K f 4 gS-t-

3 4 . Kxg5 Kxe5 3 5 . g 4 Kd4 3 6 . K h 6 e5 3 7 . Kxh7 e 4 3 8 . g 5 e3 3 9 . g 6 e 2 4 0 . g 7 e l - Q Oraw agreed.

J o h a n s s o n 2045 Scarff 1663 59th Montana State Open 5/28/94 Round 1 French Defense

1 . e 4 e 6 2 . d 3 d 5 3 . Nd2 B c 5 4 . N g f 3 N f 6 5. g 3 b 6 6 . e5 Ng4 7. d 4 8 e 7 8 . c 3 f 6 9 . N h 4 Nh6 1 0 . N d f 3 N f 7 n . e f 6 B f 6 1 2 . Bd3 Nd7 1 3 . 0 -0 0 - 0 1 4 . Qc2 N g 5

1 5 . Nxg5 Bxg5 1 6 . B x h 7 + K f 7 1 7 . Q g 6 + Ke7 1 8 . B x g 5 + N f 6 1 9 . Q x g 7 + K d 6 2 0 . N g 6 Black resigns.

Z. Mayer 2045 Skovron 1809 59th Montana State Open 5/28/94 Round 2 Grob*s Attack

1 . g 4 d5 2 . B g 2 e 5 3 . d 4 e 4 4 . c 4 c 6 5. Nc3 B d 6 6, c d 5 c d 5 7. Nd5 Qa5 8 . Nc3 N f 6 9 . h 3 N c 6 1 0 . Bd2 Q b 6 1 1 . g 5 Nh5 1 2 . e 3 g 6 1 3 . Ne4 B e 7 1 4 . B c 3 B f 5 1 5 . d 5

1 5 - 0 - 0 ? 1 6 . d x c 6 b x c 6 I Z . N f 6 + Nxf6 1 8 . g x f 6 Bc5 1 9 . Q f 3 B b 4 2 0 . Qxc6 Bxc3 2 1 . Qxc3 Rac8 2 2 . Q d 4 Qa5 2 3 . b 4 QcZ 2 4 . Ne2 R f d 8 2 5 . Qh4 Qc2

2 6 . 0 - 0 Black resigns.

J e n s e n 1935 Thompson 2100 59th Montana State Open 5/28/94 Round 3 Queen's Pawn Opening

1 . d 4 N f 6 2 . c 4 e 6 3 . g 3 d 5 4 . N f 3 d c 4 5. Qa4 BdZ 6. Q c 4 B c 6 7. B g 2 Nbd7 8 . 0 - 0 8 d 6 9 . Nc3 0 - 0 1 0 . Qd3 e 5 1 1 . d 5 Nc5 1 2 . Q c 4 b 5 1 3 . NbS B d 5 1 4 . Q c 2 Re8 1 5 . Be3 Q.e7 1 6 . R f c l N f e 4 1 7 . Nd2

1 7 . . . f 5 1 8 . Bxc5 Black resigns.

S. Smith 2103 Z. Mayer 2045 59th Montana State Open 5/28/94 Round 3 Closed Sicilian

1 . e 4 c 5 2 . Nc3 a6 3 . f 4 N c 6 4 . N f 3 d 6 5. g3 B g 4 6. Bg2 N d 4 7. 0 - 0 Q d 7 8 . d 3 N f 6 9 . Be3 N f 3 1 0 . B f 3 g 6

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Smith - Mayer cont.

U . e5 B f 3 1 2 . Qf3 HgA 1 3. e d 6 e d 6 T 4 . Nd5 Q c 6 1 5 . B d 2 B g 7 1 6 . R a e l K f 8 1 7 . f 5 B d 4 1 8 . Kg2 Ne5

1 9 . B h 6 + K e 8 2 0 . c 3 K d 8 2 1 . B g 5 + f 6 2 2 . B x f 6 + K d 7 2 3 . Q e 4 Rhe8 2 4 . f x g 6 h x g 6 2 5 . c x d 4 c x d 4 2 6 . Q d 4 Q c 2 + 2 7 . Rf2 Qxd3 2 8 . BeS Qd4 2 9 . B d 4 R e l 3 0 . N b 6 K c 6 3 1 . Na8 Re8 3 2 . R c 2 + Black resigns.

Jensen 1935 Smith 2103 59th Montana State Open 5/29/94 Round 4 Dutch Defense

1 . d 4 f 5 2 . c 4 N f 6 3 . g 3 g 6 4 . Bg2 j 7 5. N f 3 d 6 6 . 0 - 0 0 - 0 7. Nc3 c 6

8 . b 3 Qe8 9 . Ba3 h 6 1 0 . Qc2 g 5 1 1 . R a d l Na6 1 2 . N e l Qh5 1 3 . f 3 f 4 1 4 . e 4 f g 3 1 5 . hg3 Q g 6 1 6. Ne2 Nh5 1 7 . Qd2 Bd7 1 8 . N c 2 Rf7 1 9 . Rf2 e 5 2 0 . d e 5 d e 5 2 1 . Q d 6 Q d 6 2 2 . B d 6 Re8 2 3 . Ne3 B f 8 2 4 . g 4 N f 4 2 5 . N f 4 g f 4 2 6 . N f 5 B f 5 2 7 . e f 5 Rd7 2 8 . Rfd2 Red8 2 9 . B b 4 Bc5 3 0 . K h 2 Rd2 3 1 . Rd2 Rd2 3 2 . B d 2 B b 4 3 3 . B e l Bc3 3 4 . Ba3 c 5 3 5 . B f l b 6 3 6 . Bd3 Nb8 3 7 . B e 4 K g 7 3 8 . Kh3 N d 7 3 9 . B e l K f 6 4 0 . K g 2 K g 5 4 1 . Kh3 N f 6 4 2 . B c 6 h 5 4 3 . gh5 Nh5 4 4 . Be4 Ng3 4 5 . B d 3 N f 5 4 6 . K g 2 N d 4 4 7 . K f 2 K f 6 4 8 . B e 4 Ke7 4 9 . B a 3 K d 6 5 0 . Bd3 a 6 5 1 . B e l b 5 5 2 . c b 5 ab5 5 3 . Ba3 K c 6 5 4 . B e 4 K b 6 5 5 . B d 3 b 4 5 6 . B e l NbS 5 7 . Ke2 N d 4 S 8 . K f 2 K c 6 5 9 . B e 4 K d 6 6 0 . B d 3 N e 6 Draw a g r e e d .

S u i t s 1949 Duke 1761 59th Montana State Open "'29/94 Round 4

ig's Indian Defense

1. d 4 N f 6 2 . c 4 g 6 3 . Nc3 B g 7 4 . e 4 d 6 5. f 3 0 - 0 6. Be3 c 5 7. dS Na6 8 . Rcl Nc7 9 . Bd3 a 6 1 0 . a4 B d 7 1 1 . Nge2 Rb8 1 2 . Qd2 b 5 1 3 . aS b c 4 1 4 . Bc4 NbS I S . Na4 N c 7 1 6 . Nb6 Bb5 1 7 . b3 Nd7 1 8 . N d 7 Q d 7 1 9 . 0 - 0 Bc4 2 0 . b c 4 Rb2 2 1 . Rc2 Rfb8 2 2 . R f c l Ne8 2 3 . Nc3 Q b 7 2 4 . Na4 Rc2 2 5 . Rc2 Qc7 2 6 . R c l N f 6 2 7 . Bg5 h 6 2 8 . B f 6 B f 6 2 9 . N b 6 BgS 3 0 . f 4 B f 6 3 1 . Qd3 Re8 3 2 . Q h 3 Kg7 3 3 . R b l

3 3 . . . Bc3?? 3 4 . Q x c 3 Kh7 3 5 . Q h 3 e 6 3 6 . g 4 edS 3 7 . N d 5

3 7 . . . QxaS?? 3 8 . N f 6 + B l a c k r e s i g n s .

Z, Mayer 2045 Johansson 2046 59th Montana State Open 5/29/94 Round 4 Nimzowitsch Defense

1 . e 4 Nc6 2 . d 4 d 5 3 . e d 5 QdS 4 . N f 3 e 5 5. d e 5 Q d l 6 . K d l B c 5 7. Nc3 B f 2 8 . NdS 8 b 6 9 . Be3 Be6 1 0 . N b 6 a b 6 1 1 . Bb5 N e 7 1 2 . R f l 0 - 0 1 3 . Bc6 Nc6 1 4 . b 3 RaS 1 5 . B f 4 B g 4 1 6 . K c l B f 3 1 7 . Rf3 N e 5 1 8 . Rg3 Re8 1 9 . K b 2 Rd5 2 0 . Re3 f 6 2 1 . Rael K f 7 2 2 . R 1 e 2 b 5 2 3 . g 4 h 6 2 4 . h 4 c 6 2 5 . g 5 hgS 2 6 . h g 5 Re7

2 7 . g f 6 g f 6 2 8 . Rh2 Ke8 2 9 . Rh6 Nd7 3 0 . Rg3 RfS 3 1 . Bd6 Re2

3 2 . Rg7 K d 8 3 3 . Rh8+ Re8 3 4 . B e 7 + K c 7 3 5 . Rxe8 Rf2 3 6 . Bc5 Black res igns

J o h a n s s o n 2046 Hansen 1720 59th Montana State Open 5/29/94 Round 5 Relffson's Gambit

1 . 6 4 e5 2 . d 4 e d 4 3. Nf3 d5 4 . Q d 4 B e 6 5. Nc3 c 5 6. BbS Nc6 7. Q a 4 Ne7 8 . e d 5 BdS 9 . NdS QdS 1 0 . 0 - 0 Ng6 n . B g S f 6

1 2 . Radl Q x d l 1 3 . R x d l fxgS 1 4 . Bxc64-

1 4 . . . K67 1 5 . Q e 4 + K f 6 1 6 . Bd7 N f 4 1 7 . Qe5+ Black resigns.

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L o n g 1829 J o h a n s s o n 2110 M o n t a n a S t a t e O p e n 5/28/94 R o u n d 2 F r e n c h D e f e n s e Annotations by Jan Johansson

.. e4 e6 2. d4 d5

Michael and I have met five t imes in t o u r n a m e n t s a n d f o u r t imes we have been test ing different variations of the French, In our first encounter I tried as White 1 - e4 e 6 2. d 3 and in the three last games Michael has tried as White the Advance, the Tarrash and now the Exchange variation. 3. ed5 edS 4. Bd3

A drawtsh line, 4. c 4 would add some fire. 1 actually expected Michael to add some fire, sooner or later. 4... Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. h3 h6 7. Nf3 Qf6>?

Until now everything is old and rather boring. This homecooked move (7.Qf6) is an idea I t r ied s o m e time ago for the first t ime a g a i n s t L e s Brennan in a similar s i t u a t n n . 8. 6e3 Nge7 9. Nbd2 Bf5

this line it is no problem for Black to ' le off his "bad bishop". 10. Qc2

9 3

Witfi ttie plan 11 ...Qg6, to force White to trade bishops. 11. g4 Bd3 12. Qd3 0 - 0 - 0 13. 0 - 0 - 0 Ng6 14. Kb1 Nf4 15. Bf4 Bf4 16. R h e l Rhe6

T h e b a t t l e of the only o p e n l ine begins,17. Re2 Re2 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. Kc1 f6 20. Re1 Kb8 21. b3 a6 22. Kb2 Na7 23. Nfl Nc8 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Q e 7

26... Qg8! (Throwing out the net to catch the white queen) 27. Qxf6? Her majesty walks rtght into the trap 27... Ne4 The back door closes! 2 8 . Qxh6 Rd6 29. Qh5

And now Black could have trapped the white queen with 2 9 . . . 018!! with the threat Rh6, and to get out she has to pay a high price (30. Rxe4 dx84 3 1 . NeS Bxe5 32. dxeS R d l and Black shoukjwin). 29 . . .Nf6 30. Qh6 Ng4 31. QhS Nf6 32. Qh6 Ne4 33. Qh5 Qf8

With the nasty threat 34... Rh6 35. Qg4 r^xf2&Nd3+. 34. Ngl Rc6!? With 19 minutes left for 12 moves Black tries to complKate the situation, seeing that the natural 35. Re2 fails because of 3 5 . . . Rh6 36. 0 f 3 Rf6 with the threat Bc1+. etc. 35. f3? Rh6! 36. Qg4 Nxf2 !

37. Resigns. (because of i.e. 37. Qg2 Nd3+ winning the rook.

J a n J o h a n s s o n is the 1994 M C A G r a n d Prix C h a m p i o n

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N EGATIVE IMMORTALITY • is better than NO

IMMORTALITY? ( FROM T H E MIND OF JAMES R. LOY )

D o y o u r em em b e r the I m m o r t a l S h o w e r of Copper G a m e ? As I r eca l l , the spectators s h o w e r e d the p layers

with copper co ins . T h e players survived the attack, and even were able to Inflict some injury upon a couple spectators . But Maybe it was j u s t one of my dreams . I wonder. Th is may or may not be that game.

Th i s game was publ i shed in Lar ry Evans ' co lumn, in C h e s s Life. Ron Er i ckson doesn't like the game, rs it may be h i s t i c k e t to A l e s e n t s k y a n I m m o r t a l i t y (the eternal fame of having lost the most famous game of a l l time). My apologies to Ron . but I mus t seize t h e r e c i p r o c a l A n d e r s s e n i a n i m m o r t a l i t y . B e s i d e s , I 've discovered an interest ing sequel to this game, which 111 show you here.

L e y - E r i c k s o n 1989 M o n t a n a S t a t e O p e n

1. 04 85 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 (conservative) 4. d4 ed4 5. Nd4 Nge7 6. Bg5 Bg7 (not so good)

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9. Nf6+ (Black probably tell for the t r a p b e c a u s e he e x p e c t e d t h e reasonable 9. B x e 7 , regaining the queen) 9... Kf8 10. Bh6+-f

If you're interested in deja vus (And who Isn't?) , here is a game from Chernev 's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess :

H o p k i n s - Ainateur L o n d o n 1932

1 . e4 e 5 2 . N f 3 N c 6 3 . d 4 e d 4 4 . Nd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 g 6 6 . BgS Bg7? 7. NdS Bxd4 8 . Qxd4!! Nxd4?? 9 . N f 6 + K f 8 1 0 . B h 6 + +

P.S. Sorry I missed this year 's Open. I was in L.A, at the District

9 Checker Championships, where I surprisingly took first place in

division B. It just shows the truth of that old saying: "I'd rather be

playing checkers." Jim Loy

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HY PLAY CHESS? J o h n C h a r l e s T h o m p s o n looks b a c k

" W h y do y o u w a n t eve rybody to p lay c h e s s ? " A s h l e y H a l e a s k e d me.

T h a t s t r u c k me a s a s t r a n g e q u e s t i o n . E v e r s i n c e I h a d l e a r n t the m o v e s o f t h e g a m e , i n the B o y s D i v i s i o n o f the D a l l a s Y M C A . I h a d t a k e n it for g ranted that everybody s h o u l d p lay c h e s s .

I t a u g h t s e v e r a l o t h e r b o y s h o w to play, they t augh t o t h e r s , a n d we fo rmed a c l u b a n d preva i l ed on the D a l l a s c i t y c h a m p i o n t o be o u r c o a c h . E v e r y S a t u r d a y a f te rnoon , for s e v e r a l h o u r s , a dozen or so of u s c o u l d be found a t t h e Y , a b s o r b i n g strategy a n d t ac t i c s from the c h a m p i o n . A l l a n A n d e r s o n .

T h i s w a s in 1926 . T h e Y h a d a m e n ' s c h e s s c l ub but we boys were a l l owed to p lay . 1 m a d e s l o w progress u n t i l I a c q u i r e d a c o p y o f N i m z o w i t s c h ' s mas te rp i ece . "My S y s t e m . " T h i s i s the f inest c h e s s book I have ever r e ad . I w o n the D a l l a s c i t y c h a m p i o n s h i p in 1 9 3 0 a n d w a s s e c o n d i n t h e T e x a s s t a t e c h a m p i o n s h i p i n 1932 .

f ^However, m y p r o g r e s s a s a p l a y e r h a s a l w a y s b een ' e c o n d a r y to m y love o f p r o m o t i n g t h e game. I

m d e d the p r e s e n t T e x a s C h e s s A s soc i a t i on a n d its l i i a i n event , t h e S o u t h w e s t O p e n , i n 1 9 3 5 a n d bo th a re s t i l l going s t rong .

1 a m t h e p e r s o n m o s t r e s p o n s i b l e for g e t t i n g t h e S w i s s S y s t e m a d o p t e d w o r l d ­wide , after g iv ing d u e c r e d i t to G e o r g e K o l t a n o w s k i w h o t o l d u s a b o u t it.

I n t h e e a r l y y e a r s o f t h e S o u t h w e s t O p e n , w h i c h i s a l w a y s p l a y e d o n L a b o r D a y w e e k e n d , we d iv ided the p l a y e r s into g roups . E a c h g r o u p p l ayed a r o u n d - r o b i n w i t h i n Itself , t h e w i n n e r s g r a d u a t i n g in to the c h a m p i o n s h i p flight, the s e c o n d p l a y e r s i n to C l a s s A . t h i r d into C l a s s B . a n d s o on . T h i s m e a n t t h a t w e h a d to p l ay a r o u n d 15 g a m e s in three d a y s . W e b r o u g h t George to Da l l a s for a s e r i e s of e x h i b i t i o n s a n d to ld h i m of o u r prob lem. H e told u s a b o u t t h e S w i s s a n d we u s e d It in t h e S o u t h w e s t o p e n In 1 9 4 2 . S e v e n g a m e s in t h r e e d a y s ! It w a s l ike h e a v e n .

^ I ^ C A h a s u s e d the S w i s s ever s i n c e . T h e n , in 1947 we i o u g h t the U n i t e d S t a t e s C h e s s F e d e r a t i o n O p e n

l O u r n a m e n t to C o r p u s C h r i t a . T e x a s a n d nad 8 7

1 consider adoption of the Swiss and the Elo

rating system to be the most important

developments for the good of chess in the twentieth century,"

John C. Thompson

p layers , by far the biggest c h e s s t o u r n a m e n t on record . I w a s a U S C F V i c e - P r e s i d e n t a t the time a n d i n c h a r g e o f t h e t o u r n a m e n t . K o l t a n o w s k i w a s t o u r n a m e n t d i rec to r a n d read i ly ag reed to u s i n g the S w i s s . L a t e r I read a n ar t ic le by the Austr£di6m m a s t e r C . J . S . P u r d y in w h i c h he s a i d , " W h e n I r e a d tha t they h a d p layed a t o u r n a m e n t i n T e x a s w i t h 8 7 p layers In 14 d a y s , I

w o n d e r e d if it were a m i s p r i n t or i f t h e T e x a n s were s u p e r m e n after a l l . "

T h a t w a s t h e f i r s t n a t i o n a l t o u r n a m e n t to use the S w i s s a n d i ts u s e s p r e a d a l l over the wor ld . I c o n s i d e r adopt ion of the S w i s s a n d t h e E l o r a t ing s y s t e m to be the m o s t impor tant deve lopments for t h e good o f c h e s s i n t h e twent i e th c en tu ry .

I p l ayed in the first 16 S o u t h w e s t o p e n s a n d won seven t i m e s ,

s e c o n d s even , th i rd once , a n d fourth once . I w a s e i the r P res ident or S e c r e t a r y - T r e a s u r e r du r ing that t ime.

A m e m o r a b l e S W O p e n w a s 1 9 4 9 , p l a yed i n T u l s a . O k l a h o m a . Moving the t o u r n a m e n t ou t of T e x a s w a s a f ine i d e a s i n c e we a c q u i r e d a n u m b e r of M i d - w e s t e r n p l a y e r s , s e v e r a l o f w h o m c o n t i n u e d to p l a y i n s u b s e q u e n t events .

I h a v e t augh t t h o u s a n d s to p l ay c h e s s but m y a l l - t ime pup i l i s K e n S m i t h . K e n s h o w e d a n ea r l y t a l en t a n d kept do ing better a n d t>etter in the T e x a s t o u r n a m e n t s .

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s o m u c h s o tha t for the 1 9 4 9 t o u r n a m e n t there w a s a g r ea t d e a l o f s p e c u l a t i o n a s to w h e t h e r or not I c o u l d ho ld h i m off a n y longer.

Howeve r , in the T u l s a t o u r n a m e n t bo th K e n a n d I were u n d e r d o g s . T h e favorite w a s Rot)ert S te inmeyer

S t . L o u i s , w h o w a s c o n s i d e r e d one of the strongest p i a y e r s i n the c o u n t r y . I w o n f rom K e n in the fifth r o u n d a n d f rom B o b i n t h e s i x t h , i n o n e of my best efforts.

c r i m i n a l s s t u p i d e n o u g h to c o m m i t c r imes ) .

My c h e s s i n a l l t h o s e p l a c e s w a s m a i n l y of t h e s k i t t l e s va r ie ty , a l t h o u g h 1 p l ayed on the S ingapore t e a m aga in s t s ome invaders , f rom Ma lays ia . 1 th ink .

After S i n g a p o r e , w h e r e I r e t i r ed from Mobil O i l . I w o r k e d for a coup l e o f y e a r s for Occ i den ta l Petro leum in T r i po l i . L i b y a . I gave a c o u p l e of s i m u l s but no s e r i o u s c h e s s .

I s h o u l d m e n t i o n two o the r i m p o r t a n t t o u r n a m e n t s . I n 1 9 4 0 we b r o u g h t the U S C F to D a l l a s . T h i s w a s before adop t i on o f the S w i s s so we d iv ided the players into th ree g r o u p s o f n ine . I w a s i n the s a m e group a s R e u b e n F i n e a n d got a d r a w w i t h h i m in o u r i n d i v i d u a l g a m e a n d t ied w i th h i m for first place. T h e o the r p l a y e r s o f note we r e H e r m a n S t e i n e r . Paci f ic C o a s t c h a m p i o n , a n d W e a v e r A d a m s , c h a m p i o n of New E n g l a n d .

I r e t u r n e d to m y h o m e c i t y o f D a l l a s (actual ly , the s u b u r b . R i c h a r d s o n ) in 1 9 7 3 a n d j o ined the D a l l a s C h e s s C l u b , w h i c h I h a d o r g an i z ed in 1934 a s t h e D a l l a s Y M C A C h e s s C l u b . I w o n t h e c i t y c h a m p i o n s h i p one y e a r a n d began p lay ing in the S W O p e n aga in .

T h e n I rece ived a n

We h a d n i n e p l a y e r s i n t h e f i n a l s a n d F i n e m o w e d u s a l l d o w n .

I n 1 9 4 2 we b r o u g h t the t o u r n a m e n t to D a l l a s a g a i n a n d t h i s t i m e the l e a d i n g p l a y e r s we r e A l H o r o w i t z . H e r m a n S t e i n e r . a n d A b i e Yano f sky . the 17 - yea r - o I d C a n a d i a n c h a m p i o n .

. h a d o n l y e i g h t e e n p l a y e r s s o we m a d e it a f o u n d - r o b i n . H o r o w i t z beat Y a n o f s k y a n d A b i e w o n f rom S t e i n e r . I n m y g a m e w i t h H o r o w i t z I of fered h i m a d r a w o n a b o u t m o v e 2 8 . A l , a l w a y s t h e s o u l o f h o n e s t y , t h o u g h t a m i n u t e t h e n a g r e e d to the d r a w . H e s a i d . " Y o u have t h e bet ter po s i t i on , but I n e e d the e x t r a half -p o i n t . T h i s m e a n s I ' l l have to beat H e r m a n to win first p l a ce . " However . S t e i n e r w a s a l s o a f ine p l aye r a n d w o n f rom A l . t y ing for f i rst p l a c e w i t h Y a n o f s k y . H o r o w i t z w a s th i rd a n d I f our th .

44 In

In 1 9 5 2 m y c o m p a n y t r a n s f e r r e d m e to Ca l ga ry , C a n a d a a n d l a t e r to V e n e z u e l a , T u r k e y a n d S i n g a p o r e ( a b e a u t i f u l c i ty , p r a c t i c a l l y c r ime - f ree b u s e they bea t the l iv ing day l i gh t s o u t of the few

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offer f rom the Internat iona l E x e c u t i v e S e r v i c e C o r p s to w o r k for t h e m i n V e n e z u e l a , w h i c h I did for t w o y e a r s t h e n d i d c o n s u l t i n g work for one o f t h e n a t i o n a l i z e d o i l c o m p a n i e s . No s e r i o u s c h e s s d u r i n g that time.

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W e m o v e d to B i l l ings in 1 9 8 2 a n d I have been b u s y ever s i n c e t each ing c h e s s at the Y M C A and at v a r i o u s e l e m e n t a r y s c h o o l s . T h i s h a s been a lot o f fun b e c a u s e k i d s rea l ly take to ches s .

I h a v e p l ayed In v a r i o u s t o u r n a m e n t s s p o n s o r e d by t h e M o n t a n a C h e s s A s s o c i a t i o n a n d won the s t a te c h a m p i o n s h i p once, t y i n g for first on anothe r o c c a s i o n . I s t i l l m a k e it to T e x a s eve ry y e a r to p l a y i n t h e S o u t h w e s t O p e n , u s u a l l y wi th fairly respectab le resu l t s .

1 h a v e been u n s u c c e s s f u l i n get t ing a n adu l t c h e s s c l u b go ing i n Bi l l ings but w i l l c o n t i n u e trying. T h e n e w P r e s i d e n t of t h e M o n t a n a C h e s s A s s o c i a t i o n , Dav i d D u k e , l i v e s h e r e a n d m a y be ab le to s t imu l a t e interest.

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J o h n C . Thompson user Master Emer i tus

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UPCOMING EVENTS ALL MCA GRAND PRIX EVENTS WILL B E A D V E R H ^ D AS:

AN MCA GRAND PRIX EVENT

UCCC MIDSUMMER OPEN JULY 16, 17, 1994 $225 (in Chess Digest gift certificates) GUARANTEED

Room 362. Social Science Building, University o( Montana, Missoula. MT. 5 Round Swiss. Time control: G/2, Rounds: 9:00am, 1;30pm, 6:30pm, 8;30am, 1:00pm. Registration : 8:00 - 8:30am July 16. EF$15 if rec. by 7/14, $25 at site. $$G 225 {in Chess Digest gift certificates) - 1st $100 2nd $50, 3rd $25, <1700 $15, <1500 $15. Biggest Upset $20 (Botfi players must have nonprovisional rtgs). MCA membership required ($6), other states OK. No smoking, No computers. Wheelchair accessibte. Cancellations received by 8:00am 7/16 {by calling 406 - 243 - 2843) entitled to full refund. For advance registration or info,

contact; William H. McBroom, 2321 Raymond Avenue. Missoula, MT 59802 (No Phone Entries)

RIMRGCK OPEN AUGUST 20, 21, 1994

At the home of Zygmond Mayer, 4415 Rimrock Road, Billings. MT 59106. 4 Round Swiss. Time control: 30/90. G/1. Rounds: ^ 00am, 2:30pm, 9:00am, 2:30pm. Registration : 8:00 - 8:30am August 20. EF$15 if rec. by 8/18, $20 at site. Prizes: 80%

irn of entrance fees (If under 12 entries - two classes, if 12 or more entries - three classes.). MCA membership required ($6), ouer states OK. No smoking, Noconputers. For advance registration or info, contact: David Duke, 4 Wakefield Dr.

Billings, MT 59102. (406)655 - 0586

BEARTOOTH MOUNTAIN OPEN SEPT. 17, 18, 1994 $500 GUARANTEED

Cook Cjty Fireball, Cook City, Montana. 6 Round Swiss. Time control: G/1 (Full K). Rounds: 9:00a.m., 1;00p.m., 7:00p.m., 9:00a.m., 12:00p.m. Registration; 8:00 - a:45a.m. Sept. 17. EF$20 if received by 9/12, $25 at site. Juniors 50% $$G 500-1st $150, 2nd $50 Top A $50, Top B $50, Top C$50, Top D $50, Top E $50, Biggest Upset $5 (Both players must have nonprovisional ratings). MCA membership required ($6). other states OK. No smoking, No corrputers. A L S O : Hypoxia Blitz Friday night. 9/16 Winner takes all! {G/5) Starts at 9:00p.m. at the All Seasons Hotel. EF: $5 No memberships required. All Seasons Hotel: (406) 838-2251 rooms: $50 double. For Information/Registration: John Kennedy, Box 2307, Colstrip, MT 59323 (406) 748^449

UCCC TURKEY OPEN NOVEMBER 5, 6, 1994 $255 GUARANTEED

Room 362. Social Science Building, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 5 Round Swiss. Time control: G/2, Rounds: 9:00am, 2:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:30am. 1:00pm. Registration : 8:00-8:45am Nov. 5. EF$15 if rec. by11/3, $20 at site. $$G 255 -1st$100 2nd $50, 3rd $25, <1900 $25 - $15, <1700 $15 - $10, <1500$10-$5, Plaque for Biggest Upset (Both players must have

^•"•nprovisional rtgs). MCA membership required ($6), other states OK. No smoking. No computers. Wheelchair accessible, advance registration or info, contact: Shenwood fotoore, 453 Minnesota, Missoula, MT 59802 (406) 728-1695

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ALTERNATES FOR T H E CLOSED

N o date as yet has been set for the Closed because of the natural difficulty associated with getting six people together at the same't ime (Maybe it'll be easier to get ten people together). But . if and when the date is set, provision will be made for alternate players, as things do happen and sometimes one or two

of those qualified for the Closed will not be able to make it.

FINAL MCA GRAND PRIX POINT STANDINGS

A s o f the S t a t e O p e n 5 / 2 9 / 9 4

1. Johansson....59.26 2. Brennan 55.70 3. Nowak 50.02 4. Z. Mayer 41.69 5. Long 36.88 6. Motta 35.40 7. Jensen 34.21 8. Duke 24.59 9. Skovron 19.08

The sbc MCA members qualified for the Closed this year are 1. Greg Nowak (The State Champ is seeded first)

Alternates for the sole State Champion are the fourth and fifth place (etc.) finishers in the State Open, i.e.:

1, John C . Thompson 2. Paul Motta

2. J a n Johansson (Top MCA Grand Prix finisherl 3. Les Brennan (Second MCA Grand Prix finisherl

The third and fourth place (etc.) MCA GP finishers are alternates for MCA G P seeds, i.e.:

1. Michael Long 2. Paul Motta

4. Michael Jensen (First place finisher ^ State Open) 5. Zygmond Mayer (Second place finisher @ State Open) 6. Thad Su i ts (Third place finisher (a) State Open)

The fourth and fifth place (etc.) State Open finishers qualify as alternates for the top tliree place

1. J o h n C . Thompson 2. Paul Motta

When figuring place finishers at the State Open, nonresidents and the two MCA Grand Prix seeds are ignored, as wefi as the Montana State Champion.

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