Volume 01 March 2017

Even pawns can

make a storm.
Volume 01 March 2017

FEATURING
 Negros Chess Journal Issue No. 1

2017 Negros Island Chess Aficionados

Published by: Pawn Storm

Bacolod City, Philippines

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Looking Back:
Pawn Storm History

Pawn moves in life:

FM Sander Severino

DMAXimum Corner
By IM Oliver Dimakiling

Humorous Alan
By Alan Severino

Chessboard Today,
Boardroom Tomorrow

QuoteChess

La Combinaciones

Finale:
The Endgame

Padayun nga Pagtikang!

Tournament Results

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 DMAXimum Corner

DMAXIMUM
CORNER

FIDE ID 5202248
Title: International Master
Federation: Philippines
Fide Elo Rating: 2404
Highest Elo Rating: 2500 (July 2007)
Born: 1980 (Age 37)
Ranking: World #2113, Asia #236, Philippines # 15

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 DMAXimum Corner

Severino, Sander (2367) - Gomez, John Paul (2510) [D02]

Philippine International Chess Championship, 07.12.2014

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 [The Slav--JP's pet defense against d4.]
4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 [Another possibility would be:]
[5...Bh5 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nh4]
6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bb4 9.Bd2 00 10.a3 Ba5
[10...dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bd6 12.00 e5 This line changes the complex-
ion of the game and promises a fight!]
11.cxd5 exd5 12.00! Re8 13.Rfd1

Position after 13. Rfd1

[13.b4 Bc7 14.Rfe1 Nf8 15.e4 Ne6 (15...dxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4

17.Rxe4 Rxe4 18.Qxe4 Qd6 19.g3 Rd8 20.Be3) 16.exd5 Nxd4
17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Qe3 looks interesting--with chances for both
sides.]

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13...Bc7 14.Rac1 Nf8 15.Na4 Ne6 16.h4! [Stopping Ng5e4.]

16...Ne4 17.g3 Nxd2 18.Rxd2 g6 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 h5
21.Rc1 Bd6 22.Rdc2 Qe7 23.Kg2 Kg7 24.Rc3 a5 25.a4 f5 26.Rh1
Rf8 27.Rc2 Rf6 28.Qd1 Bc7 29.Rc3 Bd6 30.Rc2 Re8 31.Be2 Bb8
32.Bf3 Qb4 33.Rc3 Re7 34.Qb3 Qd6 35.Qb6 Qc7 36.Qxc7 Bxc7
[This game was roughly equal all throughout. Both players
played cautiously from the get-go & the draw was a likely out-
come.]

Severino, Sander (2344) - Short, Nigel D (2697) [A40]

12th BCC Open, 14.04.2012

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nf6 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nbd2 [Similar

structure to the London System sans the Bishop on f4...]
6...Qc7 7.00 Bd7 8.Qe2 h6 9.a3 g5 10.g3 [too cautious?!]

IM Sander Severino with GM Nigel Short

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[10.dxc5 Generally, when the opponent attacks on the flank, it's

important to create counterplay in the centre! 10...g4 11.Nd4
Bxc5 12.Nb5 Qe5 13.b4 Bb6 14.Bb2]
10...000 11.dxc5 e5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 f5
15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.Qxe5 Qf7 17.Nd4 Rxd4! [Good practical deci-
sion by GM Short--sacrificing the exchange to gain control of the
light squares.]

Position after 17. Rxd4!

18.Qxd4 Bg7 19.Qd3 Rd8 20.Qe2 Re8 21.Qd1 Qc4 22.f3 f4

[22...Ba4 a bit tricky! 23.Qd2 but not (23.Qd6 as it loses to
23...Bf8) 23...Re2 24.Qd6 Re6]
23.Re1 Qxc5+ 24.Kg2 Rd8 25.Qe2 g4 26.Qf2 gxf3+ 27.Kg1 Bf8
28.b4 fxg3 29.hxg3 Qh5 30.Bf4 Qh3 31.Rad1 [White can now
have a sigh of relief as he is able to regroup his pieces & com-
plete his development!]
31...Be7 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.c4 Bb6 34.c5 Bd8 35.Rd1 Be7 36.Rd2
h5 37.Qf1 Qe6 38.Kh2 h4 39.Qh3 hxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Qxh3+ 41.Kxh3
Bf6 42.Kg3 Bc3 43.Rd1 a5 44.Bd2? [Oops! After solving all his

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problems in the middlegame & having a better position in the
endgame, White blunders! Time trouble, maybe?!]
[44.b5 Bxb5 45.Kxf3 Not so clear if White can win this one or
Black can hold a draw but a bigger chance for White esp with a
material advantage. Carlsen likes to grind positions such as this
one!]
44...Ba4 [He missed this & the game ends peacefully!]

45.Bxc3 Bxd1 46.bxa5 Kd7 47.Kf2

Severino, Sander - Torre, Eugenio (2552) [A41]

1nd Manila Philippines, GMA Cup, 21.11.2006

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4?! [El Eugenio sometimes play unusual lines

esp with Black to stay out of theory & relies on his legendary ex-
perience to outplay his opponents but such is not the case
here...Sander was up to the challenge & outplayed the 'Legend'!]
3.Nbd2 c6 4.e4 d5 5.c3 Nf6 6.h3 Bh5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxe4
[Interesting here would be:]
[8.e6! fxe6 9.Be2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 White gives up a
pawn but it will take some time for Black to organize his pieces
as he is so tied up!]
8...dxe4 9.g4 Bg6 [9...exf3 10.gxh5 Qd5 11.Rg1 Nd7 12.Rg3
gains an extra pawn plus the Bishop pair!]
10.Nh4 Qd5 11.Be3 [11.Bg2 Nd7 12.Qe2 & the pawn on e4
simply falls!]
11...e6 12.Ng2 Nd7 13.Nf4 Qa5 14.h4 f6 15.Nxg6 [15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Nxe6; 15.Nxe6 fxe5 16.Qb3 Bf7 17.000 b5 18.Bg2]

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15...hxg6 16.Qb3 000 17.Qxe6 [White gains material & the

rest is just a matter of technique]

Position after 17. Qxe6

17...Ba3 18.Qb3 Be7 19.exf6 gxf6 20.000 f5 21.gxf5 gxf5

22.h5 Bd6 23.h6 f4 24.Bd2 Rde8 25.Be2 e3 26.fxe3 fxe3 27.Be1
Bf4 28.h7 Qf5 29.Rh5 Qe4 30.Qc2 Qe6 31.d5 [finally! this was
possible a few moves earlier]
31...cxd5 32.Rhxd5 Nf6 33.Rc5+ Kb8 34.Qf5 Bc7 35.Bg3 [Very
alert! Sander has a very good tactical eye.. .]
35...Bxg3 36.Rd8+ Rxd8 37.Qxe6 Nxh7 38.Qxe3 [38.Rb5 threat-
ening Bf3 thus ends the game quickly]
38...Bd6 39.Rf5 Rhe8 40.Qf3 Rf8 41.Kc2 Rxf5 42.Qxf5 Nf8 43.Bf3
Rd7 44.b4 a6 45.Kb3 Rc7 46.c4 Be7 47.c5 Nd7 48.Qf4 Nf8
49.Bg4 Nh7 50.Be6 Ng5 51.Bg4 Nh7 52.Qe5 Nf6 53.Be6 Nh7
54.Bd7 Bf6 55.Qd6 Bg7 56.Bf5 [Well played game against the
Maestro! The sun is certainly shining up there--Sander!] 10

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 HUMOROUS ALAN

I
By Alan L. Severino

have briefly tutored several youngsters and a few older

chess lovers, including my nephew, now FIDE Master
Sander Severino, and I try to instill moral values and discipline
every chance I get. Recently, I came up with an original
anecdote which I intend to use in explaining to my future chess
students the meaning of true wealth. This short story should be
entertaining or, at least, interesting to you. I hope it would be
memorable, particularly to those who love or even adore the so-
called root of all evil, money.

The wealth of two chess players

Two souls, both chess players, faced St. Peter at

the Pearly Gates. The saint asked the first one, a
reed-thin, white-haired chess master, What have
you done?

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The master said, I love chess and have taught it to
many young kids, knowing that the game can help
them prepare for the future. I always reminded my
students of the spirit of sportsmanship and good
manners in playing chess or any other game. I
offered free lessons to talented but poor chess
enthusiasts. Time and again, I kept telling them to be
humble in victory and gracious in defeat, and to pray
to the Almighty before every tournament game so
they will be able to do their best.

St. Peter smiled and pointed the good soul to a

golden door. Inside were former world chess
champions American Bobby Fischer, Russian Tigran
Petrosian and Cuban Raoul Capablanca waiting to
play with him.

The second soul, a stout, be-mustached

grandmaster exclaimed, Wow, that really is
heaven!

Without waiting for the usual question, he proudly

declared, I had amassed millions of dollars from
chess tournaments, chess books and exhibitions. I
built a mansion with a living room as wide as a city
plaza and servants quarters as big as a church.

St. Peter replied, Yes, but the Divine Internet shows

that you also put up illegal gambling dens with chess
clubs as fronts. You played, in more ways than one,
with 8 lady chess masters. You mated them on and
off the chessboard, made them your mistresses and
pushed them around like your 8 pawns. And whats
worse, you played with your pocket chess set during
the burial ceremony for your wife.

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The poor soul nervously
stammered, I..I b-bought
a lot of jewelry and several
cars! I have a BMW for
Mondays, a Mercedes for
Tuesdays, a Ferrari....
St. Peter interrupted, So?
Were you able to bring
them with you?
Looking down dejectedly,
the remorseful
grandmaster shook his
head. The guardian-saint
again pointed, this time to
a smoking-hot, black door
and shouted, Get the hell
out of here!
Through the ominous-
looking door the sinful
grandmaster walked and
through the thick smoke,
he could hardly see the
chess set on a chess table
waiting for him. His jaw
dropped as he saw that
every chess piece was 3
times larger than a square
of the chessboard and the
64 squares were, instead
of just two colors, in all the
7 colors of the rainbow.
Beneath the oversized
chess pieces, he noticed
that the chessboard was
True
wealth is
not what
things you
have, but
what you
are.
star-shaped. His sharp
grandmasters mind
immediately realized the
hell that he was in. For all
eternity, amid the stifling
heat and dense smoke, he
would be playing the most
complicated game ever
with chess pieces that are
too big for the multi-
colored squares of a star-
shaped chessboard.
Knowing how extremely
difficult it would be, he
could only wail like a baby.
This story was written with
inspiration from the saying
which I revised a little,
True wealth is not what
things you have, but what
you are.
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 By: Marvin Ting

Chess is a game of
honesty. It requires calculation,
moves, analysis, interpretative
skill, resilience and practice.
Nothing is hidden on the board.
The less you know of the game,
the easier it is to overestimate
your own strengths; or
underestimate your
weaknesses.

younger twenty-something friends

For me, Chess is life
and every game is
like a new life. Every
Chess player gets to
live many lives in one
lifetime. Eduard
As I get ready to leave my
forties I am in a unique position
to study the Life Endgame,
perhaps to the chagrin of my
awash in newfound freedom and
dreams.
The games of youth can
bring you an unrivaled joy and an
inspirational view of the world,
whether you are winning or losing.
Every loss can be spun up to be a
learning experience, and so
written off as a win of sorts. Things
arent as personal when you are
moving at the speed of a twenty-
five year old if a challenge goes

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 The laws of Chess do not permit a free choice:
you have to move whether you like it or not
- Emanuel Lasker
I look one move ahead... the best!
- Siegbert Tarrasch
First-class players lose to second-class players because
second-class players sometimes play a first-class game
- Siegbert Tarrasch
Weak points or holes in the opponent's position must
be occupied by pieces not pawns
- Siegbert Tarrasch
In Chess, as it is played by masters, chance is practically
eliminated
- Emanuel Lasker
The passion for playing Chess is one of the
most unaccountable in the world
- H.G. Wells
The older I grow, the more I value Pawns
- Keres

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 The sign of a great Master is his ability to win
a won game quickly and painlessly
- Irving Chernev
Those who say they understand Chess, understand nothing
- Robert Hubner
One bad move nullifies forty good ones
- Horowitz
Every Pawn is a potential Queen
- James Mason
I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one
- David Levy
Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self image and
self esteem
- Saudin Robovic
When you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the
world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your
counselor in war
- Aristotle
Pawns: they are the soul of this game, they alone
form the attack and defense
- Philidor

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 FINALE
Even the best grandmasters in the world have had to
work hard to acquire the technique of rook endings.

- Paul Keres

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