Showing posts with label Midwest Masters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midwest Masters. Show all posts

Monday, November 8, 2010

Best game prize: 1982 Midwest Masters

The Midwest Masters tournaments are one of Helen Warren's great legacies.  Here's Erik Karklins's amazing game that won the best game prize in the inaugural event.  Look for notes to this game (based on the gracious loser's annotations in the Illinois Chess Bulletin) in the December 2010 Chess Life!


Friday, February 12, 2010

Andrew Karklins miniature

Here's a beautiful miniature by Andrew Karklins from one of Helen Warren's Midwest Masters tournaments.  His victim, Kurt Stein, is another Chicagoland master.

White's 12th move allows Black to force mate in the finest Romantic fashion.