Bloom Trail

Niles North will be attending the Knights of the Round Table( Bloom Trail) tournament this weekend. We are bringing 10-18 players to this tournament, which will be good practice for the freshmen. I'll keep you tuned on how it goes. :)

Annotated Game From Stevenson Tournament

Well.. it's 2 a.m. on Monday morning and I have two english projects and a physics lab to do, so I decided to annotate my last round game from the Stevenson tournament instead of doing all that... So, I hope you all enjoy it. This was the last round game from the tournament.




(1) Thariath,Michael - Day,Andrew [B07]
Stevenson Tournament, 28.10.2006
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 0-0 6.Qd2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.0-0-0 Ne8??





The position was roughly equal before this blunderous move. Black undevelopes, and allows white to obtain an initiative in the kingside. 9.h4 f5 10.Bh6?! Better was: [10.Bg5!! Bf6 (10...Ndf6 11.h5) 11.Bh6 Bg7 12.h5 This variation would be better for white, since white has managed to push the h-pawn and also maintains the initiative and an attack.] 10...f4 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.g4 Ndf6 13.Bh3



The idea of this move was to play g4, then place the bishop on g4, after which trading the bishop for either black's knight or light-squared bishop would be advantageous. 13...a5?! Black cannot attack on the queenside, because all of black's pieces are stuck on the kingside, and white can easily close up the queenside. 14.Nge2 a4 15.g5 Nh5 16.Bg4 a3 17.b3 b6 Black really can't do anything, because white's pawn on d5 severely cramps black, and white has a huge initiative. 18.Bxh5 gxh5 19.Rdg1 Kg6 20.Nd1



The idea of this move was to play Nf2-d3, and then maybe sacrifice a knight on f4, taking advantage of black's awkwardly placed king. 20...Qd7 21.Nf2 Ba6 22.Rh2!? Although white still retains an advantage, better would have been to play 22. c4, after which black cannot trade knights, and white can still sacrifice on f4. The c4-pawn also could have helped prevent black from gaining any counterplay in the queenside. 22...Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Ra5 24.Nd3 Ng7



Black must now try to activate all of his pieces to try and gain some counterplay. 25.Nb4 Rc8?! This move gives white a solid advantage, and a crushing initiative. 26.Nc6! Rc5 27.Qa6!


White is threatening Qxc8, and after black takes the queen, Ne7+ gives white a clear advantage. 27...Rxc6 One of black's only options. Black also could have played Kf7, but after g6, white's open g-file will provide vast amounts of counterplay. 28.dxc6 Qxc6?? Simply drops the rook on c8. 29.Qxc8 Qc3 30.Qh3?? White was in severe time trouble, and simply was fatigued. [30.Rf1!! Kf7 31.Kd1 Qa1+ 32.Ke2 Qxa2 33.Qxc7+ This variation prevents black from getting any perpectual checks, since the f-pawn is protected by the rook, and white is on a light square.] 30...Qa1+ 31.Kd2 Qxg1 And a draw was agreed. 1/2-1/2

Meet 3 (Niles North @ Maine South)

So far no one has posted anything about our meet against Maine South, so i guess its my job to deliver the news...
On Friday October 27, 2006 Niles North experienced its first loss of the season. The Niles North vs. Maine South meet went to Maine South. The results:
B1 Ilan .............. 0
B2 Ben .............. 5.5
B3 Rasesh ........ 10
B4 Mike T ........ 0
B5 Igor ............. 8
B6 Oscar........... 0
B7 Tom ............ 3
B8 Philip .......... 0

Final Score: Niles North - 26.5
Maine South - 41.5
Congratulations Maine South

This was a pretty big loss for Niles North, but not one without merit. From every experience we go through as a team we learn more about ourselves, regardless of the score. This meet has been an eye opening experience and a devastating loss, but always we endeavor to look on the bright side. Coash K, who was unable to attend this meet, was so stricken with grief that he resolved to change a couple of rules and now declares mandatory attendance to meets (he blames our loss on the absence of boards 3 and 5). Through every struggle our determination grows and we as a team become more prepared to put everyhtign on the line for the 2007 IHSA state championships.

Stevenson Tournament

We Just Finished Playing The Stevenson Tournament. We Played some Hard Teams. Not having our regular boards 3 and 4, We moved up our boards 5,7 and 8. Our board order was:
1-Ilan
2-Ben
3-Mike
4-Igor
5-Oscar
Our first team match was against Deerfield, where all of our Boards Swept with a Total of 40 points to 0.
Our second match was against Stevenson, which we would have lost were it not for Oscar's draw on board 5.
Our third match was against Evanston - a very breath taking match in which everyone would die of the suspence. Niles North Handled it carefully and won the tournament.
Evanston tied Stevenson for second place.
For the open we brought a few kids and they did fairly well. Thomas Dykes (Niles North) tied for first.
As one of our first tournaments we did well, winning the team tournament and having Tom tied for first in the open. I also want to thank Stevenson for hosting this wonderful tournament.
-Good Job Team-

Upcoming Tournaments/Meets

This Friday we have an away meet versus Main South. Also this saturday Niles North will be probably attending the Stevenson 5-board tournament.

2006 Midwest Class/US Open Games/Analysis

By Ilan Meerovich..

Meerovich,Ilan (2000) - Mc Nally ,Dan (1940) [A40]
2006 Midwest Class (5), 15.10.2006

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 The English Defence 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3

5...c6 6.Bg2 I should have played Bd3, Since the Bishop on g2 had no target on the closed diaganol and movedback to f1 later in the game.

[6.Nc3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 Bf6 10.Bc2 a6 11.Qd3 Ne7 12.Re1 Nd7 13.Bf4 Nf8 14.Be5 Bxe5 15.Rxe5 Ne6 16.Rae1 Ra7 17.f4 g6 18.Qd2 Ng7 19.f5 f6 20.R5e3 gxf5 21.Ne2 Qd6 22.Nf4 Kf7 23.h4

Ng6 24.Ne6 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Kxe6 27.Qe3+ Kf7 28.Bxf5 Re7 29.Qh6 Nf8 1-0 andersson-Ljubovejic Amber-Blind Rapid tournament ] 6...d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.0-0 Be7 Black's weaknesses are the C file, and c6 square in particular 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Bf4 a6 [10...Nbd7 11.Nb5 0-0 12.Rc1 White has control of the C file. 12...Rc8 13.Bc7 Qe8 14.Nd6] 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.Rfc1 Rc8 13.Bf1 Ra8 14.Na4 Ra7 15.Rc2 0-0 16.Rac1 b5 [16...Re8 17.Rc7 Rxc7 18.Rxc7 b5; 16...Rb7 17.Rc8 Qxc8 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Bxa6] 17.Nc3 [17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 e5 I did not really like this position for me, Black has a passed pawn too, and the position is unclear.] 17...Nb6 18.a4 b4 19.Na2 Na8

Undevelopment [19...a5 20.Bc7; 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Rxc4 Nd5 22.Be5 f6 23.Bf4 a5 24.Rc6 Was probably better then what happend in the game] 20.Rc6 Nd7 21.Bxa6 g5 22.Bd2 Qa5 [22...Nb8 This was his plan, I think, but It did not work because I have Rc8 Here.] 23.Bb5 Nc7 24.Nxb4

24...Nxb5 25.Nxd5 Qxa4 26.Nxe7+ Kg7 27.Qe3 h6 28.h4 He had about 5 minutes left in this position. 28...Nb8 29.R6c4 Qa6 30.hxg5 Rxe7 31.Bb4 Nd6 32.Qe5+ f6 33.Qxd6 Qxd6 34.Bxd6 Diagram Conclusion:Black should have played 7.. exd5 and try to attack the isolated d4 pawn. After 7..cxd5 white should be positionally better. 1-0

Kurczynski,Ray (1586) - Thariath,Michael (1210) [B76]

US Open (3), 09.08.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6

9.0-0-0 d5

Thematic move in alot of sicilians. Usually if black is allowed this move He is atleast equal 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Qc7

14.Qc5 [14.Qxa8 Bf5 15.Qxf8+ Kxf8 Is complicated and black needs to know theory.] 14...Qb7 15.Bd4 Bf5 16.Qb5 Qc7 17.Qc5 Qb8 18.Ba6 Qf4+ 19.Kb1 [19.Be3 White seems fine after Be3, 19...Qa4 20.Qc4 Bxc2 21.Qxa4 Bxa4 22.b3 Bc6] 19...Rfc8!

20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.Qb4 [21.Qxc8+ Bxc8 22.Bxa7 Qc7 23.b4 Qxa7 24.Rd8+ Bf8 25.Rxc8 Qb7 26.Rc4 e6 27.c3 Qa6 28.Rd4 Qe2] 21...Bxc2+ 22.Ka1 Bxd1 0-1

Meet 1(Glenbrook South @ Niles North)

Board #: GBS NN
Board 1: 6 ...... 6
Board 2: 0 ..... 11
Board 3: 0 ..... 10
Board 4: 0 ..... 9
Board 5: 4 ..... 4
Board 6: 0 ..... 7
Board 7: 0 ..... 6
Board 8: 5 ..... 0

Total: ... 15 .. 53

Great start to the season guys; I'm glad to see most of the team attended the first meet here at home. Great job to those that played today!

Post the First

Match vs. GBN on friday for A team... thursday vs. niles west for B team. Yea, we have two teams which provides us with hope for the future. So, come check us out or see us in action in our first tournament in two weeks.