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ShelbyLymanOn chessheadhunting early with 12 N-KR4, which issoon followed by the pseudo-sacrifice NxfiPlSeveral hammer blows later, he causesFeuerstein to resign with 24 B-B7 which threatens the black queen and mate (by25Q-N6).BEGINNER’S CORNERHint and explanation: The king-and-pawn endgame is aWin for white.♦ • ♦ #Five years ago, I had occasion to meet a 12-year-old New Jersey chessplayer, who amazed me with his talent and confidence.Now at 17, Kenny Regan has just gained an international reputation.In the recent Marshall Chess Club International tournament, Regan finished spectacularly by beating grandmasters Leonid Shamkovich and Arthur Bisguier and thus gained an International Master norm.According to tournament director Bill Goichberg, Regan is “the most original,reckless, aggressive, and unpredictable of our juniors; he never plays a dull game.His results are also wildly volatile and hisMarshall performance reads like a fairy tale.Shamkovich was co-winner of the tournament with Andy Soltis who scored his first QxRch etc. grandmaster norm. But that great achievement by Soltis did not protect him from Regan who inflicted on him his only Joss!*»ReganFeuerstein1.P-K4P-QB42.P-QB3N-KB33.P-K5N-Q44.P-Q4PxP5.PxPP-Q36.N-KB3N-QB37.B-QB4N-N38.B-QN5P-QR39.BxNchPxB10.N-B3P-R311.Q-B2B-K312.CM)P-N313.N-KR4PxP14.PxPN-B515.NxP!PxN16.QxPchK-Q2 (a)17.R-QtchN-Q318.N-K4B-Q419.PxNK-Bl20.RxB!PxR21.PxPBxP22.QB6ehK-Nl23.B-B4chKR224.B-B7ResignsIf 16____B-B2, then 17 QxPch Q-$2; 18MM* * ♦ *Solution to BEGINNER’S CORNER: Whitetrades heavy pieces with 1 RxNch KxR; Typical of Kenny Regan is his play in 2 Q-B3ch QxQ; 3 KxQ. After . . . K-K3; 4SOLVE-IT. Against admittedly weak re- K-N4, black cannot defend both sides of thesistance'by Arthur Feuerstein, Regan goes board.SOLVE-ITAFTER 14....N-B5FEUERSTEINdo no 90 o x ax nx dxmQR QN OB Q K KB KN KRREGAN REQAN RIPS!BEGINNER'S CORNERSOLTISdo NO 80 O X 8X NX dXQR QN QB Q K KB KN KRREGANREGAN SIMPLIFIES A WINS
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Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Sat, Mar 12, 1977
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