Watertown Chess Club

Watertown Chess Club Members,

The Fall Tournament begins Oct 8th, this Tuesday thru Nov 12th. Make-up dateNov 19th. This is a round-robin affair. Lets make it a competitive and robustly well attended affair.

Players who have committed to playing in the Club Fall 2013 Tournament are: Dr. Kistler, Mr. Prieto, Mr. Kratzat, Mr. Klug, Sgt. Shepherd and I believe Mr. Kubis. Sgt. Shepherd is unavailable Oct 8th. Dr Kistler is unavailable Nov 5th & 19th.

This is the last rated weeknight tournament of the season. ANYONE Else playing?? Don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

Remember we have the Jefferson County Championship scheduled at the Red Cross on Saturday, Oct 19th ; entry fee $23. Have heard that we will have out of town players joining us from Saranac Lake. This will be a nice tournament. Last weekend club event till next year. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by either.

Don Klug, TD

Hou Yifan is World Champion

Sept 20.2013 – In a desperate last-ditch attempt to take her opponent out of book, reigning champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine played a rather bizarre Najdorf Defense, but to no avail. The 19-year-old challenger Hou Yifan soon obtained a pleasent edge and used precise play to wrap up the game and won the 2013 Woman’s World Championship 5.5-1.5 (4-0=3).

Anna Ushenina employed the bizarre variation of the Najdor in hopes of taking Hou Yifan out of her preparation. Despite the early games giving the Ukrainian player everything she wanted from the opening, it became clear, game-by-game, that these opening advantages did not exist anymore. Ushenina started suffering in the Keres Attack of the Sicilian. Trying to avoid that she employed 6…Nbd7 in her Game 7. Yifan followed the game Ponomariov-Topalov, Thessalonica 2013 and obtained a pleasant edge. Black’s crippled pawns were simply not compensated. With precise play, the Challenger was able to wrap up the game and the championship in forty moves.