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 Read these New Articles by West Michigan Chess Players!
FM Seth annotates Motor City Open game
Safal Bora wins 2012 Michigan Class28 games. Newest: FM Seth annotates!
FLYER: 3-March Ludington Scholastic
January Chess Chatter from Lon Rutkofske (Port Huron Chess Club)
NM Hassen. NEW: 2 videos from MattAll of Matt's games from Vegas
King's Island: FM Seth earns 2700+ performanceNEW: Seth annotates 3 games!!
2011 Michigan Correspondence (as of 13-Jan-2012)Fisch guarantees share of 1st!; Sawaski qualifies for *US* correspondence finals!!; New game notes: Sawaski-Endsley and Endsley-Sawaski!
Michigan Senior: Fisch wins!NEW: 25 games with notes from Douglas Fick!
January Lansing - Tigre, Evgeny sweep sectionsGames
Sawaski: The Road of an Electronic Knight, Part 22007 Electronic Knights Prelims
Dr. Tony Palmer and Joshua Posthuma co-author article in October Chess Life for Kids (p. 18)
NEW: Fall Lake Effect Chess! (8 MB PDF)

 West Michigan Chess News
Safal Bora wins 2012 Michigan Class
 
Safal Bora prepares for his Round 4 game against current Michigan champion Atulya Shetty as their two proud fathers look on.  Safal held Atulya to a draw, then beat tough East Side master Ariel Levy to win the tournament.  Atulya overcame his round 1 "band bye" to take clear 2nd.  Remarkably, Safal has now gained rating points in seventeen straight tournaments.  Anyone want to bet that he won't be a master soon?
  Photo Credit:  Rose Homa
 

You can find games here:

http://www.westmichiganchess.com/Shared%20Documents/2012/01%20-%20Jan/2012michiganclass.htm

You can find Tournament Director Jeff “Ironman” Aldrich’s USCF Rating report here:

http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?201201151462.0-12936317

 
 
Hassen earns NM title (and more!?) in Vegas
West Michigan alum Matt Hassen earned his National Master title at the 2011 North American Open in Las Vegas.   You'll find our report--including Matt's video annotations of his first two rounds--here:
 
 

Sawaski 2007 Electronic Knights Champion

 

Newberry's James Sawaski has won the United States Chess Federation's 2007 Electronic Knights Championship!! Details to follow!

 

 
  		 

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 West Michigan Chess Events
1/28/2012
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2/12/2012
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2/18/2012
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3/3/2012
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3/11/2012
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3/17/2012
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Grand Rapids
3/24/2012
Holland Junior Open (hold the date!)Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
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4/15/2012
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Lansing
5/11/2012
Great Lakes Open $3,500 prize fund!Use SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
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 Solution
Black to Play
Solution: 1…Bxd4! 2 Rxd4 (2 Kh1  Nf2+ 3 Kg1 Nxd1+ 4 Kh1 Nf2+ 5 Kg1 Nxe4+ 6 Kh1 Nf2+ 7 Kg1 Ng4+ 8 Kh1 Qh4 is much worse for White) 2...cxd4 0-1, Alexander Deatrick - Joe Meyer, Vandenburg Cup, 2010.  [Contributed by Peter Chen and Michael Chen]