District 112 Scholastic Chess

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Leo's Corner
Leo Vilker runs the Sherwood Chess Club.  He coaches at Sherwood and Lincoln, is a regular at the Saturday morning drop-in sessions at the Highland Park Library, runs rated tournaments in Highland Park for adults and kids, and is the floor director at our Highland Park unrated tournaments.  He is one of the district's most popular coaches.  We've given Leo a free hand to put into this section items he thinks might be of interest to the Highland Park chess community.

Interesting Game at the Library

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Click HERE to see an interesting game at the Highland Park Public Library, along with some other tips and tricks to use during recreational and tournament play.
 

A Bold Opening for Chess Player Magnus Carlsen

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Vladimir Kramnik, former world chess champion and current No. 4, is playing in the first round of the London Chess Classic, the most competitive chess tournament to be played in the U.K. capital in 25 years. Tall, handsome and expressionless, he looks exactly as a man who has mastered a game of nearly infinite variation should: like a high-end assassin. Today, however, he is getting methodically and mercilessly crushed.
 

Skewered Queen: Upset at the N. American Open

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This was one of the biggest upsets at the 2009 North American Open in Las Vegas. The White player was four-time US Champion Alex Shabalov, the Black – 14 year old Daniel Naroditsky from California. White has skewered Black's queen with his bishop. However, Black found a move after which the champ immediately resigned. Click HERE to see the board and find the move, as well as tips on how to avoid a similar situation.

 

A Grandmaster in the Making

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Alex Ostrovskiy from New York is only 13 years old, but he can claim a grandmaster as one of his victims over the chess board. Alex defeated two-time US Open champion Sergey Kudrin at a chess tournament held at Marshall Chess Club in Manhattan. Click HERE to see Alex's board and to try and guess the final move that won him the game.