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GAMES

Kramnik,V (2807) - Shirov,A (2723) [C11]
Amber2003 Blindfold Monaco (3), 17.03.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7
5.f4 c5
6.Nf3 Nc6
7.Be3 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 0-0
10.0-0-0 a6
11.Qf2 Bxd4
12.Bxd4 b5
13.Be3 Bb7
14.Bd3 Nb4
15.Bd4 Rc8
16.Kb1 Qa5
17.a3 Nc6
18.f5 Ndxe5
19.Bb6 1-0

Kramnik,V (2807) - Bareev,E (2729) [D11]
Amber2003 Blindfold Monaco (5), 20.03.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 a6
5.Nc3 b5
6.b3 Bf5
7.Ne5 h6
8.g4 Bh7
9.Bg2 e6
10.0-0 Be7
11.f4 Nfd7
12.cxd5 Nxe5
13.d6 Qxd6
14.dxe5 Qc7
15.Ne4 0-0
16.Bb2 Nd7
17.Rc1 c5
18.g5 hxg5
19.Nxg5 Bxg5
20.Bxa8 Rxa8
21.fxg5 Nxe5
22.Qd4 f6
23.Qf4 1-0

Topalov,V (2743) - Ljubojevic,L (2570) [B48]
Amber2003 Rapid Monaco (7), 22.03.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Be3 a6
7.Qd2 Ne5
8.0-0-0 Nf6
9.f4 Nc4
10.Bxc4 Qxc4
11.e5 Nd5
12.Nxd5 Qxd5
13.Kb1 b5
14.Qf2 Bb7
15.Nf3 Qc6
16.Rd3 b4
17.Rhd1 Bc8
18.f5 Be7
19.f6 gxf6
20.exf6 Bxf6
21.Ng5 Bxg5
22.Bxg5 f5
23.Qd4 Rf8
24.Qg7 Rf7
25.Qg8+ Rf8
26.Qxh7 Rf7
27.Qg8+ Rf8
28.Qg6+ Rf7
29.Rd6 Qe4
30.Rxe6+ Qxe6
31.Qxe6+ dxe6
32.Rd8# 1-0

 

 

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Volume 2 Issue 12                                                   March 23rd, 2003
In This Issue

Position of the Week

New At Chessville
NAG Annotations
The Chess Oracle
New York Masters Game of the Week
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net
 

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Position of the Week


[FEN "1knK4/n7/3N4/2N5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

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The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade.  This week's exciting game:

(4) Ehlvest,J (2702) - Stripunsky,A (2648) [A25]
47th
New York Masters New York (4), 11.03.2003

Playing Today: "So, what's your Elo rating, mister?"  Children who play chess make me nervous. Maybe it's remembering all those old pictures of young Sammy Reshevsky in his sailor's suit, trouncing miles of grown ups twice his size and six times his age.  Maybe it's because every once in a while, one of the kids will surprise you and turn out to be the next World Champion."  Read the latest Perry the PawnPusher story by Rick Kennedy.

NAG Annotations: Forum Host Kelly Atkins clears the air about these Numeric Annotation Glyphs.  "Their purpose is to indicate a common annotation idea with a small symbol instead of a long text explanation. Just as “??” is quicker and easier to write than “Horrible blunder that throws the game away”, NAG’s serve the same purpose."

Chess Web Site Reviews:  Alexandra Kosteniuk, Artful Dodger's Chess Chat, The Chess Variants Page, Dr. Unclear, Goddesschess, Mr. Mip's Chess Palace, The Retrograde Analysis Corner, Tigerchess, and Uncrowned Kings.  What do they all have in common?  Of course, we think Chessville is one of the best chess-related web sites you can ever want, but there are other sites out there.  Here are more than two dozen of the most interesting and varied sites we've visited, along with our assessment at that time.

Today's Site Review:  The Chess Oracle - Chess News from around the World

Printable Score Sheet: One of the best ways to improve is to record your games and then analyze them afterwards.  Just load these files into your browser, and hit the print button!   Front   Back

Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.
 

NAG Annotations
by Kelly Atkins

No, this article isn't about your mother-in-law's latest rant.

In some PGN files, especially older ones created before the use of Informant symbols became universally common, you occasionally see odd annotations such as $1, $2, $4, and so on. These are NAG’s - Numeric Annotation Glyphs. Their purpose is to indicate a common annotation idea with a small symbol instead of a long text explanation. Just as “??” is quicker and easier to write than “Horrible blunder that throws the game away”, NAG’s serve the same purpose.  Learn more!
 

The Chess Oracle
http://www.thechessoracle.com

The Chess Oracle - Chess News from around the World

Webmaster John Sharp reports on a variety of chess tourneys, events, and other chess news stories.  Some of his specialties include the 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League), and the German Bundesliga, which regularly features some of the strongest players in the world.

Sharp also covers many other events, providing links to some of the more interesting reports contained on other web sites, a la our own "New On the Net" section below, albeit not quite as comprehensively.

Another excellent feature of The Chess Oracle is the Monthly Chess News, which features a synopsis of each months major chess events and results.  Check out the report for February 2003, which includes Kasparov vs Deep Junior, the Opens in Gibralter, Reykjavik, and Bermuda, as well as the Short-Ghaem Maghami match.  Links to source sites are provided for those desiring more in-depth coverage of the events.

UK Junior chess coverage along with coverage of several UK Chess Clubs, tons of links, and a compilation of links to regular chess columns appearing on the web are also part of the fare at this very well organized site.  John Sharp obviously puts a lot of effort into his site, and I urge you to visit The Chess Oracle today!
 


With Analysis by IM Greg Shahade

(4) Ehlvest,J (2702) - Stripunsky,A (2648) [A25]
47th
New York Masters New York (4), 11.03.2003

4 GM’s were slugging it out for first place in the final round. Yudasin and Wojtkiewicz made things more tense when their game ended in a draw. Yudasin had a chance to simply win a piece for nothing, but shockingly missed it. Although he still had the edge, Wojo was able to recover from this near certain loss, and salvage a half point.

Blatny, Charbonneau and Privman also won their last round games, thus leaving, Yudasin, Wojtkiewicz, Blatny, Charbonneau and Privman with three points. It would all come down to the last round game. Either Ehlvest or Stripunsky would take clear first, or there would be a massive 7 way tie for first place!  See the game & IM Greg Shahade's analysis.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

High-Stakes Correspondence Match: In 1890/91, Wilhelm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin played a 2 game correspondence match, with the winner receiving a prize of $750. Chigorin won the match 2-0. The openings for both games were pre-arranged, with Chigorin playing the Two Knights Defense with Black in one game, and Steinitz defending the Evans Gambit with Black in the other game.

Higher-Stakes Correspondence Match: When the USSR joined the International Correspondence Chess Federation in the mid 1950's, the preliminary rounds for the 2nd ICCF World Championship had already begun.  The ICCF gave a spot in the final to a Soviet player.  The Soviets nominated VV Ragozin, who went on to win the championship with a score of 11/14 (+9  -1  =4).

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     Dos Hermanas Internet Tourney 2003   Vladimir Potkin wins
    
19th Budapest Spring Festival (March 14th - 22nd)
    
1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary)
       
* Read more about March tournaments
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other online chess news resources
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Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events
Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
The Chess Report Another great chess news site
The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
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Review: Mastering Chess Tactics by Neil McDonald
     Endgame Study: S. Isenegger, Schweizerische Schachzeitung 1951
     Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies: Crowning the Attack
     Geurt Gijssen: From New York to Moscow
     Informant: The Most Important Novelty of Vol. 85 by Milan Bjelajac
     Novice Nook by Dan Heisman: King and Pawn vs. King

The Telegraph Chess Club
     Malcolm Pein: Cambridge put Oxford in their place

Washington Times: U.S. Amateur Team East Championships

Independent Bangladesh: 6th United Insurance & United Lease Grand Masters Chess Tournament

Washington Times: Check Her Out, Mate.

Yahoo News: Mobile Phones Offer New Challenge for Chess Players

Correspondence Chess News- LATEST ISSUE (86):  VIEW  PDF

About.com Chess - Openings - Introduction to 1.d4

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #131, 3-19-03

The Chess Drum - South Africa & India Building Chess Bridges

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Walter Penn Shipley (John S. Hilbert)

     Interview: GM Mikhail Golubev
     Young Marshall (John S. Hilbert)

World Chess Network
     John Henderson is The Scotsman
     Larry Evans On Chess: War Without Bloodshed

RusBase Part Two - New Additions for 1982, 1983

Annotated Games

New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade

David Norwood: Kramnik-Topolov, Amber Blindfold, 2003

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Mulyar-Nakamura, Bermuda 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Pachman-Fischer, 1959

Jack Peters (LA Times): Besson-Geller, Cappelle la Grande 2003

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MagnateGames - A problem each day
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Position of the Week: Solution

F. J. Prokop, 1929

Frantisek Josef Prokop, 1901-1973, Czech problem composer (also used the pseudonym
A. Sedlacek) he wrote an account of the chess life
of O. Duras, mainly concentrating on his career as a player but including 73 compositions.

1.Nd7+ Ka8 2.Kc7 Nb5+ (if 2...Nc6 3.Nxc8 and mate next with 4.Ndb6) 3.Nxb5 and mate next with 4.Nb6.
 

 

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A sophisticated aesthetic sense and appreciation of chess beauty go hand in hand with top class play. – Jonathan Levitt

Chess is so inspiring that I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. – Wilhelm Steinitz

A man that will take back a move at chess will pick a pocket. – Richard Fenton

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Satisfaction only comes from a game that is well played from beginning to end. – John Donaldson

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GAMES

Ljubojevic,L (2570) - Anand,V (2753) [B19]
Amber2003 Rapid Monaco (5), 20.03.2003

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Bf5
5.Ng3 Bg6
6.h4 h6
7.Nf3 Nd7
8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 Ngf6
11.Bf4 e6
12.0-0-0 Be7
13.Ne4 Nxe4
14.Qxe4 Nf6
15.Qe5 a5
16.Kb1 a4
17.c4 0-0
18.Bd2 Qb6
19.Bc3 Bb4
20.c5 Qb5
21.Bxb4 Qxb4
22.a3 Qb3
23.Nd2 Qd3+
24.Kc1 Rfd8
25.Nf3 Qb3
26.Qe2 Rd5
27.Ne5 Rad8
28.Rh3 Qa2
29.Rhd3 Nd7
30.f4 Nxe5
31.fxe5 Qc4+
32.Kb1 Rxd4
33.Rxd4 Rxd4
34.Qxc4 Rxc4
35.Rd8+ Kh7
36.Rd7 Rxc5
37.Rxb7 Rxe5
38.Rxf7 Rxh5
39.Rf4 Ra5
40.Re4 e5
41.Rc4 Kg6
42.Rxc6+ Kf5
43.b4 axb3
44.Kb2 e4
45.Kxb3 e3
46.Rc2 Re5
47.Re2 Ke4
48.Kc4 Rf5
49.a4 Rf2
50.Re1 Rxg2
51.Ra1 Rc2+
52.Kb3 Rc8
53.a5 e2
54.Kb4 Kf3
55.a6 Kf2
        0-1

Van Wely,L (2668) - Ivanchuk,V (2699) [D27]
Amber2003 Blindfold Monaco (5), 20.03.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 e6
5.Bd3 dxc4
6.Bxc4 a6
7.0-0 c5
8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.Qxd8+ Kxd8
10.Ne5 Ke7
11.Be2 Bd7
12.Bf3 Ra7
13.Rd1 Rc8
14.b3 Bd6
15.Nc4 Bc5
16.Ne5 Bd6
17.Bb2 Be8
18.a4 Nc6
19.Nc4 Bc5
20.Nc3 b6
21.Nxb6 Rb8
22.a5 Kf8
23.Nca4 Bb4
24.Rac1 Nxa5
25.Be5 Rab7
26.Bxb7 Rxb7
27.Rc8 Ke7
28.Ra8 Nd5
29.Nc8+ Kd7
30.e4 f6
31.Bg3 Bh5
32.f3 Bc5+
33.Nxc5+ 1-0

 

 

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