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March 9th, 2003 In This Issue Position of the Week New At Chessville New York Masters Game of the Week chessKIDS academy The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Pablo's Chess News New On The Net Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [FEN: 1r2k1r1/pbppnp1p/1b3P2/8/Q7/B1PB1q2/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21] White to move and win - Find the
Solution The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade Balogh Counter Gambit Part 3: IM-CC Keith Hayward's look at this unusual Black Gambit opening, when White plays an early exf5. Endorphins: Another Perry the PawnPusher Story by Rick Kennedy 75 Chess Problems by John Thursby. Another free eBook! More of The Mad Aussie's Historical Chess Trivia Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess Kelly's Quotes: New Additions Part 5
The Tuesday Night Masters is a 4 Round action chess tournament (game/30). It is limited to players rated above 2200. One U2200 player will have a chance to qualify each week, by finishing first U2200 in the Marshall Chess Club's Thursday Night Action. To ensure GM participation, this event runs on sponsorship and donations, to be added to every prize fund along with the entry fees. At the moment more than $300 is added to each prize fund, which results in first prizes often over $400. The list of past participants reads like a veritable Who's Who of the New York chess scene, along with plenty of visitors: GM Maurice Ashley, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Pavel Blatny...read more. Today's game, annotated by IM Greg Shahade...
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Stripunsky,A (2648) -
Schmaltz,R (2628) [C41] The matchup we have all been waiting for! The two GM’s finally meet in the final round. GM Roland Schmaltz needs to win with the black pieces against a strong GM like Alexander Stripunsky, a very difficult task. I recall a few similar situations before where players needed to defeat Stripunsky with the black pieces. Yudasin got a worse position after 15 moves and thus agreed to a draw. Maurice Ashley was in the same spot but went down in flames to Stripunsky’s attack in that game. If anyone could take Stripunsky out, Schmaltz could do it….
1.e4
d6 Yeah,
everyone knows it’s a great idea to play the Philidor
Defense when you are in a must-win situation! Actually the
Philidor is known as one of the most passive
openings in chess. Strange that Roland decided against playing the Sicilian
in this must win-situation, especially since Roland stated that he was going
all out for the win.
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chessKIDS academy "chessKIDS academy offers FREE online interactive lessons, quizzes and games for kids, two chess computers for you to play, and a resource center for parents and teachers of kids who play, or would like to play, chess, including a scholastic chess download pack to enable any school to run a chess club." So says the "About Us" page; let's take a closer look... chessKIDS is well organized and easy to navigate, with links to different sections within the site always on the left of the page. Although the home page uses white text on a black background, which I found a bit hard on the eyes. On other pages though the site switches to a white or gray background with black text - much easier to read! The syllabus describes the learning objectives of each "grade" (these have nothing to do with grades in US schools). Grade one's objectives include: (1) How to set the board up the right way round; (2) How to set the pieces up correctly; (3) The names of the pieces; (4) How the pieces move and capture; (5) Understanding that White moves first and the players then take it in turns to move. There are separate pages with advice and resources for parents (with recommendations about how to use chessKIDS, as well as other resources along with book and software suggestions) as well as for schools ("chessKIDS academy's Scholastic Chess Package is specially designed to provide YOUR school with everything it needs to run a successful chess club" along with free lesson material. The free lesson material is a great interactive online way to teach kids the rules of chess, as well as help them hone their skills with endgame drills, tactics puzzles, etc. "Chess Movies" demonstrate Fool's Mate, Scholar's mate, and mate with two rooks. The library contains chess books, like "Chess Lessons for Schools", "chessKIDS Guide to the Openings", and so forth. All this and more is in the Kid's Zone, including a pair of java-based chess program the kids can play against, and another on which kids can play against each other. Links, privacy policy, terms of use, contact information, and a message board round out this excellent site. This is one of the best chess sites designed expressly for kids that I have seen on the internet, and I highly recommend it to kids, parents, and coaches alike. Visit the
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Championship Dominance: Emanuel Lasker played in 24 matches between 1889 and 1921 (eight of them for the World Championship) remaining undefeated until the final match, the 1921 title match against Jose Capablanca. Championship Goose Egg: Prior to World War 2, American Frank Marshall was the only player who failed to win any of the World Championship games that he contested. He lost to Emanuel Lasker in 1907, with a score of +0, =7, -8. All other players who have played matches for the World Championship prior to World War 2 recorded at least one victory. Here are the complete records for all of the players who took part in a world championship match between 1886 and 1937: Alexander Alekhine 140 games 5
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Chessville Weekly reader Arie Talmi
wrote in recently reminding us about another of Anderssen's most famous
games: The Evergreen Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4
7.0-0 d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6
14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Bxd3 Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3
20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 and now we've reached the diagrammed position.
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From His Newest Additions Part 5 Tactics are it. People under 2000 shouldn’t study anything else. You need to work on the ability to count and calculate. – Mig Greengard Why do I want to give chess lessons? – Bobby Fischer (on why he didn’t have a chess trainer) Hey, play better. What else are you going to do? It’s a sport. There’s no affirmative action program for native-born Americans. – Mig Greengard (on American chessplayers who complain about the Russian players who’ve immigrated to the US and win most of the tournaments) Play over every game you see in any magazine or book. I do mean "every" game. Give up sleep if you have to. Then play more games. – Keith Hayward (on how to improve) A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking. – Source Unknown Those who can't hear the music, think the dancer is mad. – Source Unknown I firmly believe that chess can help children develop mental disciplines, analytical skills, strategic thinking skills, and will help children excel in schools and in life. – Susan Polgar Tarrasch's play was razor-sharp, and in spite of his devotion to this supposedly scientific method of play, his game was often witty and bright. He was a great opening theorist, vastly superior to Emanuel Lasker, for example, who was a coffeehouse player. – Bobby Fischer Winning isn't everything, but losing sucks! – Source Unknown The separation of Strategy and Tactics is like the separation between Space and Time. There really isn't a difference, but it sure makes it easier to talk about them. – Jason Varsoke It's far more important not to do anything stupid than to create brilliant combinations. – Larry Evans
GAMES Linares Leko,P - Radjabov,T (8) 02.03.2003 1.e4 e6 Kramnik,V - Ponomariov,R ((9) 03.03.2003 1.e4 e5
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