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Steven J Szpisjak

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A01		Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (2 games)

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STEVEN J SZPISJAK (born Dec-08-1966, 58 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Steven J. Szpisjak became a National Master in 1989. He later became an Original Life Master. He reached his peak USCF rating of 2343 in January 1997. Szpisjak tied for first with four other players at the 1993 Illinois Open. He won the Illinois Senior Open in 2017 (tied with International Master Angelo Young), 2018, 2020 (tied with Angel Angelov), 2021, and 2022. He scored 4-2, tying for 4th-10th (and finishing fifth on tiebreak) at the 2021 Irwin National Tournament of Senior State Champions. He tied for first with five other players at the 2023 U.S. Senior Open (Jesse Kraai won on tiebreak). Szpisjak was a member of the chess team at Marmion Military Academy, which won Illinois High School Class A Championships (for smaller schools) in 1982, 1983, and 1984. Szpisjak taught chess at various schools as part of the Warren Junior Scholar Program from 1994 to 2000, including a three-year stint at Evanston Township High School during which that school won two state titles. Since 2000 he has been a math tutor and chess coach at Glenbrook South High School. Last updated: 2024-07-15 07:47:30

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page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Chachere vs S J Szpisjak   0-1 70 1982 Midwest Masters D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted 2. S J Szpisjak vs M Brooks   0-1 40 1982 Midwest Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 3. C Kus vs S J Szpisjak   0-1 37 1982 Midwest Masters B33 Sicilian 4. S J Szpisjak vs A C Chow   0-1 32 1982 Midwest Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 5. E Schiller vs S J Szpisjak   ½-½ 47 1982 Midwest Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. M Zelkind vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 21 1984 Midwest Masters B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. S J Szpisjak vs S Hudson   0-1 52 1984 Midwest Masters A17 English 8. P Pelts vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 21 1984 Midwest Masters B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 9. E Schiller vs S J Szpisjak   ½-½ 54 1994 95th US Open B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. S J Szpisjak vs M Ardaman   0-1 58 1996 US op A56 Benoni Defense 11. A Wojtkiewicz vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 60 1996 Mid West Class op A04 Reti Opening 12. A C Chow vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 50 1996 Oak Park Master Challenge D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 13. A Karklins vs S J Szpisjak   0-1 53 1996 Chicago Open C02 French, Advance 14. D Filipovich vs S J Szpisjak   0-1 60 1996 Chicago Open A05 Reti Opening 15. S J Szpisjak vs J L Watson   0-1 46 1997 US Masters E77 King's Indian 16. J Yedidia vs S J Szpisjak   ½-½ 32 1997 US Masters D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. S J Szpisjak vs D Cavitt 1-0 23 1998 Chicago Open C02 French, Advance 18. R Byrne vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 57 1998 26th World Open A81 Dutch 19. Y Schwartz vs S J Szpisjak   1-0 24 2000 28th World Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 20. C Kingrey vs S J Szpisjak   ½-½ 41 2000 28th World Open C02 French, Advance 21. S J Szpisjak vs O Adu 0-1 29 2000 28th World Open C14 French, Classical 22. J E Amador vs S J Szpisjak   0-1 32 2000 28th World Open A03 Bird's Opening 23. M Dougherty vs S J Szpisjak   ½-½ 56 2000 28th World Open D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 24. S J Szpisjak vs A Hahn   1-0 28 2000 28th World Open A13 English 25. S J Szpisjak vs S Sobel   1-0 33 2001 102nd US Open D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 31

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Dec-03-03    Bears092: As I said a few days ago, this guy is the coach of one of my high schools main chess rivals. We have a match against them this Friday. In case some of you don't know, our team matches consist of the top 8 boards of both teams playing each other. Whoever wins the board 1 matchup gets 12 points, board 2 gets 11, board 3 gets 10, and so on. If there's a draw, the points are split. So far this season, both my school and his are undefeated. I play 3rd board for our team, and I played their first board earlier this year in a rapid tournament (45/0), and battled him to what should have been a draw, but I dropped a piece in time pressure. However, they graduated 4 of their top 8 boards last year, while we gained a freshman to play board 5 for us. So this should be an easy win, right? Not quite. Our first board player (1800+ strength) will not be in attendance for the match. So everyone on our team will have to move up a board to accomodate the loss. I'll give you guys the results as they come. Apr-19-05    lopium: Still waitting for the results. Apr-19-05    hintza: Don't fret, he will give us the results as they come. It might be a couple more years yet, but <Bears092> won't let us down! Having said that, I am somewhat doubtful that he will post anything here ever again. His last post was in November! Apr-19-05    yoozum: Yeah, I too want to find out what happened. This is partially because my high school team is the champion of our league in Massachusetts. Apr-22-07    Bears092: We got crushed by them pretty bad (only taking a couple games out of the 8), but we got the last laugh at the end of the season. We finished 10th overall in the state, and they got 15th. (Both being very good results in a competitive state) I always follow through on my promises. Apr-22-07    WannaBe: was it a corrsp. match? (took 4 years to finish? =)

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