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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 "Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication." - Roger Staubach [FEN "1knK4/n7/3N4/2N5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] White to move and win - Find the
Solution The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade. This week's exciting game:
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Ehlvest,J (2702) -
Stripunsky,A (2648) [A25]
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With Analysis by IM Greg Shahade
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!
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F. J. Prokop, 1929
Frantisek Josef Prokop, 1901-1973, Czech problem composer (also used the
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1.Nd7+ Ka8 2.Kc7 Nb5+ (if 2...Nc6 3.Nxc8 and mate
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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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