September Jenifer Woods Memorial Chess Tournament - Rochester NY

Pawnmaster's Chess Notes

by David "Pawnmaster" McDuffie



19 players including 4 'chess masters' and 2 'experts' competed at the Rochester Chess Center, this past Saturday, Sept 8th, in the Jenifer Woods Memorial Chess Tournament.



The tournament was won by NM Matt Parry who scored 4 out of 4, collecting $150 for his efforts. Tied for 2nd - 4th sharing the 2nd & 3rd place prises totaling $150 were FM Igor Nikolayev, FM Isay Golyak and Luka Glinski, an expert. They each scored 3 points.



Buffalo's native son, David "Pawnmaster" McDuffie, won the class prize of $80 and finished tied for 5th place overall with 2 1/2 points. Other players from Buffalo, NY competing in the tournament were NM Lionel Davis, finishing with 2 points and Michael McDuffie "Buffalo's Chess Ambassador", who finished with 1 point.



The Archangel Chess Academy, headed by Mr. McDuffie, will be sponsoring a chess tournament for youth this Friday, Sept 14th, from 3-6pm at the Main Place Mall (2nd floor, 390 Main St. in downtown Buffalo, NY.)



There will also be a US Chess Federation Grand Prix Event - 'The Alliance for Quality in Education's September Buffalo Open Chess Tournament, held this Satursday, September 15th, 2007, starting at 9am on the 2nd floor of the Main Place Mall. Go to http://www.uschess.org/ for details.



Below is the exciting 3rd round game featuring 'the Pawnmaster', playing white vs. Frederic Harris, playing black.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10.Ne7 Ne7 11. Bf6 gf6 (white created a weakness in black's position, now where will black's king hide...), 12.c3 f5 13.Bd3 fe4 14.Be4 d5 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Nc2 Qc7 17.g3 Rd8 18.00 Rg8 19.Re1 Ng6 20.Kh1 e4 21.Bg2 Ne5 22.Nd4 Bc8 23.a4 Qb6 (white is looking to stretch black's defensive forces by attacking in the center and now on the sides...), 24.ab5 ab5 25.Qh5 Nd3 26.Re2 Rg7 27.f3 Kf8 28.qh4 Re8 29.fe4 b4 30.Rf1 bc3 31.bc3 Ne5 32.Nf5 Bf5 33.ef5 Qa6 34.Ref2 Ng4 35.Rf4 Ne3 (black falls for the bait, Nf6 is recommended instead...), 36.f6 Nf1 37.Qh6 Ng3 38.hg3 Re1 39.Kh2 Ke8 40. Qg7 Qe6 41.Qh8 Kd7 42.Rb4 Qf5 43.Rb7 Kc6 44.Bd5 1-0 (black resigns due to the forced loss of the queen or checkmate ! )