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 Read these New Articles by West Michigan Chess Players!

Her Name is Clara
Quick Unrated Team Match in Grand Haven
2010 Michigan SeniorUPDATED: New games from Greg Bailey, Lon Rutkofsky
NEW FEATURE! Games and Positions by Player
Coach Fisch annotates two 2004 Absolute USCF correspondence games
Port Huron Chess Club: August Chess ChatterGames
Spring 2010 Lake Effect Chess (8MB)Games with PGN
July Calvin18 Games
Spring Lake Summer Chess Camp
Seth Annotates! 2010 World Open
Remembering Toshio Imai3 games with notes by Dr. Tony
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2010 Bottom HalfCzuhai on his showdown with Shetty!
Dr. Tony Palmer: Queen vs. Rook

 West Michigan Chess News

 July Calvin

Eugene Brumley and Ratko Bojanovic
Eugene Brumley and Ratko Bojanovic, Common Ground 2010
  Photo Credit:  Joel Halloran

Ratko Bojanovic took clear First in the Open Section, scoring 3.5/4 at the July Calvin College Challenge on July 10, 2010. Eugene Brumley and Robert Callaway tied for 2-3 with 3/4, while John Drexel, Allen Wickering and Tim Clark tied for 4-6 with 2.5/4. Juniors Isaac Zylstra and Clara McGrew played well to score 2/4, and Haotian Jiang earned two tough draws against higher-rated players to finish 1/3.

Six players contested the Scholastic Section, with Yash Pandya taking First Place with 4/5. Joshua Posthuma was Second with 3.5/5, and Judson Hughes was Third with 3/5.

Thanks to Katy Ford for directing both Sections.  Katy's USCF Rating report is here.

18 games are available on site. 

 
Spring Lake Summer Chess Camp
Dr. Tony Palmer Simul
 
Report by Andy Catlin and Joe Singerling
Photos by Joe Singerling
 
St. Joseph Chess Expert Dr. Tony Palmer gave a simultaneous exhibition at Joe Singerling's Spring Lake Summer Chess Camp.  Tony let each kid choose whether to start with White or Black.  The kids had a great time, even though Tony only suffered a single loss in twenty games, to Sara Patton.  For her fine effort, Sara won a certificate for an hour free lesson with "Doctor Tony."
 
   Sara Patton
Sara Patton plays an endgame well to take a full point from Dr. Tony Palmer.
  
Hylens
Camp Co-Champions Benjamin Hylen and Andrew Hylen
 
 Josh
Josh Posthuma is a strong player from the Holland area.
  
Josh
Joshua Vandermeulen discovers the move he should have made.
  
White to Move
Sara Patton - Dr. Tony Palmer
White to Play and Win
Sara found the fine moves 38. fxg6! hxg6 (If 38...Qxc3 then White checkmates with 39. Qxh7+ Kf8 40. Qf7#) 39. Rc6! and White won the endgame. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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White to Play
White to Play

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 Solution

White to Play
Solution:
Sara found the fine moves 38. fxg6! hxg6 (If 38...Qxc3 then White checkmates with 39. Qxh7+ Kf8 40. Qf7#) 39. Rc6! and White won the endgame, 1-0.  Sara Patton - Tony Palmer, simultaneous exhibition at Joe Singerling's Summer Chess Camp, Spring Lake 2010.