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Joyce Jillson Memorial Prizes
The family of the late Joyce Jillson, an enthusiastic tournament player and astrologer for the Los Angeles Times, donated several special prizes in her memory. FM Alexandre Kretchetov of Irvine earned both the Brilliancy prize (Kretchetov - Adamson)  and Best Positional Game honors (Kretchetov – Hansen), $100 each, Roxas Acosta of San Diego, who has apparently been studying rather than playing for the past eight years, easily won the $400 prize for largest rating gain by an established player, picking up 484 points as he zoomed from 1086 to 1570 by going 8-0 in the Under 1600 section. In 2008 the Jillson Memorial prizes will total $1,400!

 

Kretchetov,A  - Adamson,R  [A40]

American Open Los Angeles (7), 25.11.2007

 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Bxd4 7.Bd3 d6 8.0–0 Nf6 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Qe2 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Ng5 Ne5 14.f4 Nc6 15.e5 Ne7 16.Be3 b6 17.Rad1 d5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.f5 a6 21.f6 axb5 22.fxe7+ Kxe7 23.Rf7+ Ke8 24.Rxg7 Rf8 25.Qxb5+ 1–0

 

Kretchetov,A ) - Hansen,E  [E92]

American Open Los Angeles (6), 24.11.2007

 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.0–0 h5 12.f3 Bh6 13.Bf2 Na6 14.b3 Bd7 15.a3 f5 16.Rb1 Qe7 17.Qc2 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Bd3 Qe7 22.b4 axb4 23.axb4 c6 24.c5 cxd5 25.Nxd6 Qe6 26.b5 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 e4 28.fxe4 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Nxc5 30.Qxd5 Qxd5 31.exd5 Rd8 32.Nc4 Ne4+ 33.Kg1 Rc8 34.Rb4 Bf8 35.d6 Rd8 36.Rb3 Rc8 37.Rbf3 Bg7 38.d7 Rd8 39.Rd3 Bf8 40.g3 Bc5+ 41.Kg2 1–0