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Greetings!

I hope this months edition finds everyone enjoying the beginning of spring.

Normally, the games I include here dont reach a long endgame. This Benko Gambit from Golden Knights Semifinal 18Ns02 is an exception. James noted in his email when submitting that hed only seen this rook, knight, and h-pawn versus rook endgame once before in his (long) career. So I thought Id include it for the instructional value. Enjoy!

In this skirmish, Blacks sacs a knight early in a speculative attack on Whites king. However, Black is not developed enough to quickly use Whites shattered kingside. So White counters by forcibly evicting Black from the center. Whites pieces swirl around Blacks king, sweeping him toward the center of the board for a mate-in-one.

In Passing

Ive recently been notified of the passing of several members of our correspondence chess family.

Mr. Lewis Hucks of Tacoma, Washington passed away on March 1, 2020. He carried a CC rating of 1833.

Mr. Charles Greger of Mayer, Arizona passed away on March 6, 2022. He had a CC rating of 2105.

Dr. Rose Marie Stutts of Tuscaloosa, Alabama passed away on February 8, 2022. She carried a CC rating of 1406. Of note, Dr. Stutts was awarded the Hometown Hero by WVUA23, a local TV station, for her work as the director of the Freedom Chess Academy. Dr. Stutts started the charity in 2010 whose purpose was to teach chess to elementary and middle school youth at local schools and YMCAs. In 2010 she collaborated with the University of Alabama to provide a class to students at the university focusing on learning to teach kids the positive role chess can play in their lives. Ultimately Dr. Stutts aimed to have chess added to the West Alabama public school curriculum.

This sly, strategic game spoke to me as an example of the accumulation and conversion of small advantages. A small slip by White at 11.Re1 allows Black to win a tempo by near-forcing Whites rook back to f1. In doing so, Black cemented his knight onto e4. He quickly parlayed that into a passed c-pawn in a rook and knight endgame. Take a look at the instructive way Patrick continuously repositions the knight with threats, to keep it in position to support the pawns advance and never give Black a chance to mount a defense. No fireworks, but clarity and force.

Closing out the month, the following game does feature some fireworks! As my comments would not do this game justice, Ill let Mr. Kuspas notes speak for themselves.

Next month, more games!

Regards,

Larry

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Day three of The American Cup featured one win in each of the Championship Brackets. GM Leinier Dominguezwon as Black againstGM Levon Aronianin Group A and FM Alice Lee defeated WGM Tatev Abrahamyanin Group B.

In the Elimination Brackets, GMsRay Robson andWesley Soknocked out GMs Sam ShanklandandJeffery Xiongin Group A. In Group B,IM Stavroula Tsolakidouand WGM Katerina Necomva eliminated IM Anna Zatonskih and FM RuiyangYan, respectively. Thus, 12 of the initial 16 players remain in the tournament.

How to watch?

The first day to feature Elimination Brackets essentially had four simultaneous events: a Championship Bracket in Groups A and B and an Elimination Bracket in Groups A and B. The two Championship Brackets featured four boards that played only one game today at the classical time control of 90+30.

The two Elimination Brackets also consisted of four players each, but these sections featured rapid chess games at the 25+10 time control. In the event of a tied score, which did occur, two tiebreak games would be played at the 10+5 time control.Day three indeed featured yet another tied score after that and spectators were treated to two armageddon games, one in Group A (which Robson won as White) and the other in Group B (which Nemcova won as Black).

The decisive game in the Group A Championship Bracket, Aronian vs. Dominguez, featured a win with the black pieces in a 5.Nc3 Petroff, considered to be White's most ambitious line these days. White essayed the move 12.Ng5, sending his opponent into an approximately 26-minute think.

They followed Borisek-Bogner 2018 until Aronian's 14.Bb5N, after which Dominguez felt that Black is already better. "All my pieces are going to the center with tempo ... Maybe it's not lost, but it's certainly a very nice position right from the opening," he said.Dominguez suggested 14.g4 may have been better and figured that his opponent seemed to have confused his opening lines.

In a sharp, opposide-side-castling position, Dominguez was faster, and after the slow move 21.g3 he broke through on the dark squares to abruptly end the game on move 28.

The other game, Caruana vs. Sevian, featured a Nimzo-Indian Defense with the novelty Rb1 by Caruana, also on move 14, but this one was sound. A possible shot at a small advantage may have been 19.e5, but the newly-2700-rated Sevian held his own competently, allowed no real chances, and simplified into a drawn rook endgame to secure the half-point.

The Group A Elimination Bracket, on the other hand, had some real fireworks, with an armageddon game as the cherry on top at the end. Starting with the initial rapid play, however, So won a convincing game after his opponent either miscalculated or confused his lines with 11.Nxd4??. After a long sequence, So won two centralized knights for one rook and went on to convert the material advantage with instructive, sit-down-take-notes technique:

What followed after was a heartbreaker for Xiong. Needing a win in the second game, he managed to outplay his must-draw opponent in a slightly better endgame until he was suddenly winning with a tremendous passed a-pawn. Up two pawns ultimately, with the engine giving an evaluation of over +5 at its peak, he fell apart and conceded the draw. With this result, Xiong was the first to be eliminated from the tournament.

The other matchup, between Shankland and Robson, had draws in the first two games and went to the playoffs. Then each player went on to win with the white pieces, first Robson and then Shankland. The score was settled in the armageddon game where Robson allowed counterplay with a timely 26...c5!?, then equality, but quick and perhaps overconfident play by Shankland allowed the younger grandmaster to take the reins and win the game.

Robson, who eliminated Shankland from the tournament, remarked after: "I managed to get away with a win somehow."

The biggest upset of the day had to be 12-year-old Lee's victory over the experiencedAbrahamyan with the white pieces. In a timid Queen's Gambit Declined where White played 4.e3 without developing the dark-squared bishop, Black played overly aggressively and stepped in the wrong direction with 20...Rg6?!, attempting to manufacture an attack that wasn't quite there. After making powerful centralizing moves in response, Lee reflected: "I felt I was better after 23.Rac1, but I didn't think it was that easily winning."

Her opponent tried to force the attack with 24...Bxh3?? and collapsed after the younger master took the free piece and defended accurately.

The other game, Krush vs. Tokhirjonova, started in the Nimzo-Indian Defense and heated up quickly. After a long tactical sequence, Black sacrificed the exchange for the bishop pair and a pawn. On move 37, Black declined a threefold repetition and shortly after won another pawn. After several more moves, the game went to the wire as both players played solely on the increment. Many more moves were made in only 30 seconds each and one very clear win was missed after 49.Qe8?? and 49...Kg7? were played.

Black to move and win:

Not only would Black have won a third pawn with 49...Qxf4, but after 50.Kh1 Qf1+ 51.Kh2, 51...Bd5 wins on the spot, threatening a mate on g2 that cannot be adequately defended. The game, however, ended in a draw, a moral victory for the eight-time U.S. Women's Champion.

The Elimination Bracket in Group B treated viewers to a rarity: four wins by Black. Each player lost with the white pieces in her first game but dealt the counterpunch in the second round, with the black pieces this time, sending both matches into the playoffs.

A very amusing and surprising tactic occurred in the first game between Zatonskih vs.Tsolakidou, which was missed as White had 48 seconds on her clock.

White to move and win:

Tsolakidou won a nice game after playing creatively on the white side of the Catalan, first meeting the standard 4...Bb4+ with an unusual 4.Nc3 (instead of 4.Bd2), and then "self-trapping" her own bishop via 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4!?, although the engine approves. Ultimately, a direct and not-exactly-sound kingside attack (she was mostly worse from moves 24 until a final blunder by her opponent on move 30) finished the game.

On the other board, the playoffs led to an armageddon game that was played simultaneously with Robson vs. Shankland. Yan won the first playoff game, followed by a win by Nemcova, but in the armageddon game, the latter was able to even pull off a win with the black pieces when she only needed a draw.

All Games Day 3

The American Cup is an over-the-board event in St. Louis featuring some of the best grandmasters playing for the United States. Players compete in two distinct double-elimination events for a piece of the $300,000 prize fund.

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When champions go to sleep, what do they dream of? They sure cant be imagining themselves at the top because they are already there. The challenge at the top is not about winning, its about not getting bored with the process. Its been a decade since the Norwegian Grand Master Magnus Carlsen claimed the title of world number one. However, now that he has achieved every known record in the game, there are clearly some signs that chess doesnt excite the legend anymore.

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Ever since he defeated the Russian Grand Master Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2021 world chess championship, he has been hinting at his retirement. However,Magnus Carlsenalways speaks in riddles. Hence, its quite difficult to predict if hell retire this year or ten years from now. Though the world champion is certainly dropping signs, that its not fun for him anymore.

The most prominent sign is his constant retirement talks. Perhaps he sounded a bit bored from the game, and in a recent interview, he said,Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

Its not just this Carlsens approach to the game has also been quite different lately. In the Oslo Esports cup, he even played the most frivolousopeningthat cannot have a valid explanation against Grand Master Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Taking the advantage of Carlsens sloppy gameplay, the Polish Grand Master claimed the title of the third tournament in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.

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The list doesnt end here. How many times have you seen Carlsen making a blunder? Well, for someone who has only seen him at the Oslo Esports Cup 2022, the answer would be, a lot of times.

While Carlsens journey started with him waiting for the world champion Garry Kasparov, he is showing the same signs himself now. Heres the world champion apologizing for being late to a game.

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Furthermore, the most talked-about moment from the Oslo Esports cup was when the opponent was waiting for Carlsens move and the world chess champion was taking a nap. Though, his one hand was on the mouse, which could mean that perhaps he may be thinking about the moves in deep meditation.

Magnus is that person who has always been excited about chess. However, since last month and so, his approach towards the game has been different. Does that mean he has already made up his mind about retirement? And the bigger question is, will he be defending his world championship title in 2023 or not?

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Things got sketchy for the Atlanta Hawks until Trae Young proved once again that he is a true superstar in this league-leading his team to a 111-110 victory over the Miami Heat. The Hawks were in a back-and-forth affair at halftime but still led 61-54. Miami came out firing in the third quarter, outscoring Atlanta 31-16.

Then came the fourth quarter and, ultimately, Young took over down the stretch.

Before that, though, the Heat stretched their lead to 14 points before the Hawks could mount their comeback.

Young scored 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting getting three more points at the free-throw line. He was accompanied by Bogdan Bogdanovic who scored nine of his 18 points in the final 12 minutes of action.

After struggling to just 10 points in the first half on 28.6% shooting, Young only scored four points in the third quarter hitting 1-of-2 shots and getting the rest at the stripe. He was hounded by a ferocious and varied Heat defense that set out to make things as difficult as possible for a player they knew was fully capable of doing what he did.

The Hawks withstood a 21-0 third-quarter run as well as a 7-3 Heat advantage to begin the fourth.

They outscored Miami 31-16, the same margin of the third quarter, from that point on.

Bogdanovic, Onyeka Okongwu, and Delon Wright took turns digging the Hawks out of the hole they dug themselves into. This was after DeAndre Hunter got tagged with his fourth foul of the evening.

Okongwu had seven points and three boards in the frame, none bigger than this one among three Heat players that he put back up to give the Hawks a two-point lead with just 1:41 to go.

We just didnt give up. We didnt stop fighting They made their run in that third quarter and got going, and it was about our time to make a run, too. via Sarah K. Spencer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wright was all over the place, notching five points and a pair of boards in the stretch while Bogdanovic was hitting three triples for his points and grabbing four rebounds.

That is when Young went to work. He checked in about three minutes into the frame and didnt take his first shot until the 4:17-mark. His first make came shortly thereafter on a tough floater through contact to tie the game up at 101-all.

Miamis Max Strus staked them to a brief 104-101 lead before Young drew them even again on a logo three.

The Hawks played the offense-defense game swapping out Young and Hunter over the final 1:03 but made sure their superstar was on the floor to hit that dagger floater driving against a shuffling P.J. Tucker and an out-of-position Jimmy Butler.

Young had struggled in the first two games, scoring just eight points on 1-of-12 shooting in Game 1 and turning the ball over 10 times in Game 2.

He called this his most fun and challenging series because of the chess match with Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra to which the coach responded, Hes a great playerHe has our full respect, per Hawks.coms Kevin Chouinard.

On Friday, in front of the home crowd, Young managed a disruptive Miami defense with just three giveaways in Game 3 critical with a3-0 hole proving to be insurmountable historically. This series is far from over.

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