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Welcome to the Luverne Chess Association website.  Here you'll find information on upcoming tournaments, find great new links to other chess websites, and check out our recent and current sponsors.  The "Contact" icon will bring up phone numbers and email addresses of website editors and other chess players.  Have fun!

For a flier on the 3RD ANNUAL LUVERNE CHESS FESTIVAL and information about the Luverne Chess Club, click on the What's New link.

GAME OF THE MONTH

W:Hikaru Nakaruma (2580)
B:Alexander Stripunsky (2553)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 dxc4 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Bxc4 Bb7 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.e4 Ng4 14.h3 A natural move. The next move is a shocker. 14...h5! 15.Ba2 Qg3!! Wow! 16.Nd1 Nde5 Kh1! Black's queen is suddenly trapped! Black isn't finished yet, though. 17...Bxf2! 18.Rxf2 Forced. 18...Rd8! 19.Be3 Bxe4. It's now a full scale assault! 20.Kg1 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Bxf3 and white resigns.