From: "jay hack" <jay.hack@execnet.com>
Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
Subject: chess news        3/4
Date: 26 Jul 92 00:43:57 EST
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The field of American titled players was augmented by numerous
foreigners, including the thee Polgar sisters from Hungary, GM
Psakhis from Israel, and a variety of others we lesser lights only
read about in Chess Life.  If chess were more popular and the
tournament had been better attended, there would have been a lot of
"Hey! isn't that _______________?" heard throughout the Hunter
cafeteria.  There hadn't been such a collection of GM's at one
place in New York since the press room at the first game of the
World Championship in 1990.  The field was so strong that in round
1, GM's Yermolinsky and Byrne and GM's Bisguier and Dlugy were
paired against each other.  Ashley ended the tournament with a
performance rating of 2881 and Dlugy with 2869!

Sergei Kudrin's no show after having pre-registered was a boon to
me. I signed up for the open section knowing that I would get blown
away in virtually every game.  I decided that I had at least a
50-50 chance of playing a titled player so it was worth the few
extra dollars to play up to the top section.  I knew that if there
were an odd number of players I would get a first round full point
bye, so I would play a GM in round 2.  When the pairings were
posted, there I was at the bottom, with the famous "Bye - see TD"
next to my name.  Sofia Rhode, one of the TD's, apologized, but I
said I was perfectly happy to get a GM in round 2.  A few minutes
later, she came to me and said that Kudrin had not shown up.  She
asked me if I minded playing Sofia Polgar on Board 4.  Did I mind?
Don't be ridiculous!  A legitimate tournament game against one of
the few chess players with an international reputation outside the
chess world.  And one who I knew would play an orthodox Sicilian as
white so I could play the Scheveningen which I had been studying.
I actually played book moves through about move 14, and had a
reasonable position through about move 18, and then I fell apart.
And by the last round, I actually forced my opponent, who outrated
me by 800 points, to give up the exchange in order to stop mate in
6 which I saw in a speed game.  Unfortunately, so did he, and he
ended up winning.  I castled queen side on the wall chart twice and then
added another zero in round 7 for good measure, but it was worth
the entry fee.  I strongly recommend it to other fish.

                                   USA TODAY

                     July  16, 1992, Thursday, FINAL EDITION

HEADLINE: A game growing across the board

     Chess  is making moves on the USA's youth.

   Educators and  chess  fans across the country are trying to make
chess  a part of school life, and using the sport as a way to hone
thinking skills and keep kids off the streets.
   Saturday, in New York's Central Park, the U.S.  Chess
Federation holds what it's calling the world's largest  chess
expo. The U.S.  Chess  Festival's Charity Chessathon event is for
beginners and is expected to draw 5,000 kids for free  chess
games, T-shirts and competition.    The world's youngest  chess
grandmaster, 15-year-old Judit Polgar of Hungary, will be there,
playing 40 competitors at a time.    Federation spokesman Dan
Edelman says, ''We're out to debunk the intimidating image of
chess.  The U.S.  Chess  Federation's motto is 'Push pawns, not
drugs.' ''    Evidence of  chess'  inroads:    -  Chess
instructors from the Manhattan  Chess  Club School have taught more
than 3,000 kids in New York City schools since the volunteer
program began in 1986. ''Many of the poorest neighborhoods in the
city have little or no extracurricular activity,'' says Russ
Garber, vice president of the Manhattan  Chess  Club. ''We provide
the  chess  sets and books. Our volunteers teach during school
hours and after school.''
   - Professional New York  chess  coach Sunil Weeramantry says a
tournament he oversaw last year had a record 1,100 kids in the
National Elementary School Championships.
   - New York state Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has asked the state
to develop a model  chess  curriculum. A similar effort is under
way in New Jersey, he says.
   - In Boston, more than 2,000 kids have learned  chess  in The
Games Project/ Chess  Makes Kids Smart program, which teaches at
more than 100 sites, including rec centers, clubs, summer camps,
juvenile detention facilities, libraries and city parks.
   - In Garden Grove, Calif., Robert M. Snyder runs the nation's
largest private youth  chess  club, with 125 members ages 7-15 who
meet weekly to play; when he founded the club in '83, it had 10
members.
   - Monday in Washington, D.C., the U.S.  Chess  Center opens. The
non-profit center aims to teach high-risk children to play  chess
in after school and school programs.


                                   USA TODAY

                     July  16, 1992, Thursday, FINAL EDITION


HEADLINE: Young Hungarian checks in as the world's queen of  chess

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