Chess Life JUNE
COLUMNS
12 LOOKS AT BOOKS / TOURNAMENT BOOKS In Praise of Tournament Books By Pete Tamburro
18 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT Focusing on Photos
By GM Andy Soltis
20 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Time: Your Untapped Resource
By GM Lev Alburt
44 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION A Typical Sicilian Sacrifice
By Bruce Pandolfini
46 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION Blazing A Path
By GM Daniel Naroditskyi DEPARTMENTS
5 JUNE PREVIEW / THIS MONTH IN CHESS LIFE AND CLO
8 COUNTERPLAY / READERS RESPOND
10 FIRST MOVES / CHESS NEWS FROM AROUND THE U.S.
11 FACES ACROSS THE BOARD / BY AL LAWRENCE
14 USCF AFFAIRS / CANDIDATE STATEMENTS 50 KNIGHT’S TOUR / TOURNAMENT TRAVEL 51 TOURNAMENT LIFE / JUNE 71 CLASSIFIEDS / JUNE 71 SOLUTIONS / JUNE
72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES This Month: FM Matthew Bengtson
ON THE COVER
Dr. Ken Regan of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Buffalo, The State University of New York.
COVER PHOTO AND THIS PAGE BY LUKE COPPING 6 June 2014 | Chess Life 22 Cover Story/ Ken Regan
HOW TO CATCH A CHESS CHEATER: KEN REGAN FINDS MOVES OUT OF MIND BY HOWARD GOLDOWSKY An examination of Ken Regan’s anti-cheating work.
31 Openings / Wijk aan Zee
NEW TRICKS BY GM IAN ROGERS We take a look at the openings used at Wijk aan Zee, 2014.
36 USCF National Events / USAT Playoff
“NORCAL HOUSE OF CHESS” HOUSES NATIONAL CHAMPS ONCE AGAIN BY RICHARD FRANCISCO Déjà vu at the U.S. Amateur Team Playoff
38 Scholastics / 2014 National High School Championship
SCORING IN SAN DIEGO BY GM-ELECT DARWIN YANG, 2014 NHS CHAMPION, AND BRYAN HU OF CATALINA FOOTHILLS, NHS TEAM CHAMPIONS It takes a grandmaster-elect to win the exceptionally strong individual championship; Catalina Foothills finds their footing after a near miss in 2013 in winning the team championship.
Dr. Ken Regan’s laptop, “home” of the anti-cheating algorithm he has developed. See the story on page 22.
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