FORMER FEATI WOODPUSHER BEATS 10 GMs IN THE US
by Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
The Featinean publication
March 1997
I was in the Rubberworld Factory in Quezon City preparing for the SLAM-APEC caravan going to Subic when I read the sports section of TODAY broadsheet dated November 24, 1996 about a former FEATI chess varsity player winning the Marshall Open chess tournament in the US. The column “Chess with Manny Benitez” discussed it with a very impressive subtitle “IM Young beats 10 GMs in the US”.
I was surprised and delighted by learning that Young defeated ten highly rated grandmasters in the US and won the Marshall Open in New York. His name is so familiar so I kept that article for clipping.
When I went back to FEATI a week later, I researched old copies of the Featinean if Angelo Young is a former player of FEATI. In the Featinean issue dated July 31, 1989, page 12, it read: “In FEATI, we have produced national prides in the likes of Angelo Young and Ferdie Donguines, who tied Torre for the top spot in the recent National Open to qualify for the RP team that would play in international tournaments representing the country.”
According to Benitez, Young sent him a letter from Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey discussing about his victories. Young was in the US to campaign for a grandmasters title. The ten grandmasters who suffered humiliating defeat in the hands of Young were former US champions Michael Rhodes, whom he defeated twice, and Joel Benjamin in Brooklyn; Roman Dzindzichasvili and Alex Fishbein in the World Open; Pavel Blatny, Alex Shabalov and Alexander Ivanov in Chicago; L. Sokolin and John Fedorowicz, also an ex-champion, in two separate tournaments.
In the early part of 1996, Young produces one of his finest games against Fedorowicz. Let’s witness Young’s upset win.
Fedorowicz-Young
Semi-Slav Defense (D43)
New York 1996
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. 0-0 f5! 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. a3 c5!? 16. d5 c4!? 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e4! Bc5! 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. exf5 Rcf8 21 Bg4 Ne5 22. Bh3 Rhg8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24 Kh1 Ba7 25. f4? Qb6 26. Nc2? Nd3! 27. Rf1 Rxf5! 28. Bxf5 Rxg2!! 29. Qxg2 Qg1!!!
White resigned. After 30. Rxg1 Nf2++! A smothered mate.
Now, who among the present crop of FEATI chess varsity players can surpass or equal this giant of chess? The question still hangs.
Anyway, solve this simple quiz: W: Ka6, Bh4, Nb8, c2, d2; B: Kd5, a3, d4. White to play and win.
Answering this composed problems are intended for both entertainment and deep thinking. If you wish to answer this quiz honestly, please refrain from looking at the answer. For lack of space, the answers are published here. Here it is: 1. Nc6 Kxc6 2. Bf6 Kd5 3. d3 a2 4. c4+ Kc5 5. Kb7 a1-Q 6. Be7 mate.
- March 1997
by Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
The Featinean publication
March 1997
I was in the Rubberworld Factory in Quezon City preparing for the SLAM-APEC caravan going to Subic when I read the sports section of TODAY broadsheet dated November 24, 1996 about a former FEATI chess varsity player winning the Marshall Open chess tournament in the US. The column “Chess with Manny Benitez” discussed it with a very impressive subtitle “IM Young beats 10 GMs in the US”.
I was surprised and delighted by learning that Young defeated ten highly rated grandmasters in the US and won the Marshall Open in New York. His name is so familiar so I kept that article for clipping.
When I went back to FEATI a week later, I researched old copies of the Featinean if Angelo Young is a former player of FEATI. In the Featinean issue dated July 31, 1989, page 12, it read: “In FEATI, we have produced national prides in the likes of Angelo Young and Ferdie Donguines, who tied Torre for the top spot in the recent National Open to qualify for the RP team that would play in international tournaments representing the country.”
According to Benitez, Young sent him a letter from Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey discussing about his victories. Young was in the US to campaign for a grandmasters title. The ten grandmasters who suffered humiliating defeat in the hands of Young were former US champions Michael Rhodes, whom he defeated twice, and Joel Benjamin in Brooklyn; Roman Dzindzichasvili and Alex Fishbein in the World Open; Pavel Blatny, Alex Shabalov and Alexander Ivanov in Chicago; L. Sokolin and John Fedorowicz, also an ex-champion, in two separate tournaments.
In the early part of 1996, Young produces one of his finest games against Fedorowicz. Let’s witness Young’s upset win.
Fedorowicz-Young
Semi-Slav Defense (D43)
New York 1996
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. 0-0 f5! 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. a3 c5!? 16. d5 c4!? 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e4! Bc5! 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. exf5 Rcf8 21 Bg4 Ne5 22. Bh3 Rhg8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24 Kh1 Ba7 25. f4? Qb6 26. Nc2? Nd3! 27. Rf1 Rxf5! 28. Bxf5 Rxg2!! 29. Qxg2 Qg1!!!
White resigned. After 30. Rxg1 Nf2++! A smothered mate.
Now, who among the present crop of FEATI chess varsity players can surpass or equal this giant of chess? The question still hangs.
Anyway, solve this simple quiz: W: Ka6, Bh4, Nb8, c2, d2; B: Kd5, a3, d4. White to play and win.
Answering this composed problems are intended for both entertainment and deep thinking. If you wish to answer this quiz honestly, please refrain from looking at the answer. For lack of space, the answers are published here. Here it is: 1. Nc6 Kxc6 2. Bf6 Kd5 3. d3 a2 4. c4+ Kc5 5. Kb7 a1-Q 6. Be7 mate.
- March 1997
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