Chess Life OCTOBER
COLUMNS
18 LOOKS AT BOOKS / OPENINGS FOR AMATEURS The Cult of Tamburro By John Hartmann
18 CHESS TO ENJOY / ENTERTAINMENT The Nerve
By GM Andy Soltis
20 BACK TO BASICS / READER ANNOTATIONS Trapped!
By GM Lev Alburt
44 SOLITAIRE CHESS / INSTRUCTION Averbakh Plays the Averbakh System
By Bruce Pandolfini
46 THE PRACTICAL ENDGAME / INSTRUCTION The Fighting OCBs
By GM Daniel Naroditskyi DEPARTMENTS
6 OCTOBER 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
16 USCF AFFAIRS / NEWS FOR OUR MEMBERS 50 KNIGHT’S TOUR / TOURNAMENT TRAVEL 51 TOURNAMENT LIFE / JULY 71 CLASSIFIEDS / OCTOBER 71 SOLUTIONS / OCTOBER
72 MY BEST MOVE / PERSONALITIES This Month: Heather Flewelling
Annie Wang is already the youngest girl to ever become a USCF master. Now she has won the Girls Under 18 section (at the tender age of 12) of the North American Youth Chess Cham- pionship. Is she our next superstar?
COVER PHOTO BY ANTHONY MONGIELLO 4 October 2014 | Chess Life
24 Cover Story / Annie Wang LEAPIN’ LIZARDS! ANNIE IS THE CHAMP! BY JORGE BARRERA
Among the winners at the 2014 North American Youth Chess Championship, Annie Wang may be the most remarkable: At the age of 12, she won the Girls U-18 championship.
30 Open Events / 2014 World Open
JULY MADNESS BY GM ILYA SMIRIN
GMs Ilya Smirin, Illia Nyzhnyk, and Conrad Holt tie for first at the World Open, with Smirin taking the title in a playoff.
38 USCF Mission / Chuck Ventimiglia
LEARNING FROM A LOSS BY DAVID HOPKINS
Chuck Ventimiglia loves chess, but his greatest opponent wasn’t across the board.
40 Openings / c3 Sicilian BEATING THE SICILIAN IN 21 MOVES OR LESS
WITH THE ALAPIN BY FM ALISA MELEKHINA
1. e4 c5 2. c3: A sweet and simple cure to the Sicilian.
This Spring, Annie Wang at age 11 became
the youngest American girl to
ever become a master. Now she’s also the North American Youth Girls U18 Champion at age 12.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SUBJECTT
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