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GAMES Akopian,V (2700) - Kramnik,V (2770) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Zhang Zhong (2644) - Svidler,P (2747) [B31] 1.e4 c5 Bareev,E (2714) - Shirov,A (2736) [E05] 1.c4 e6 Akopian,V (2693) - Sokolov,I (2706) [C95] 1.e4 e5 Adams,M (2720) - Bareev,E (2714) [C07] 1.e4 e6
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Volume 3 Issue 3
January 18th, 2004 In This Issue
"The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in
which direction we are moving."
from the editor...
Chess Award -
Vote for Top Chess Sites A message from GM Maurice Ashley: Hi All, I hope you are having a wonderful new year. Just wanted to pass on the word that I will be appearing in a very important documentary called America: Beyond The Color Line that will air on PBS February 3-4. It will be hosted by Harvard Dean and intellectual notable Henry Louis Gates and will feature the likes of Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman, Jesse Jackson and others. I will be appearing on the second day when the story of my work with Harlem kids will be covered. The documentary will air at 9 p.m. both days in New York, but you should check your local listings for the times in your area. Here is a website with some more information. Enjoy. All the best, Maurice White to move and win - Find the
Solution See all of the fine products at Chess Discounters, including: For Beginners; Chess Clocks; Chess Software; Chess Computers; Chess Books; Chess Sets and Boards; Videos and DVDs; Chess Cases and Combos; For Clubs and Schools. Be sure to check out their specials!
(1/18) Lessons Learned: Annotated master games, with a twist. The master who lost the game, is writing the annotations! You'll learn what went wrong, and why. You'll see up close and personally the process of analyzing your own losses. And you'll see for yourself the Lessons Learned by the master from his or her loss. In this debut column, GM Alexei Bezgodov takes a look at his game with GM Evgeny Najer in the 56th Russian Championship, 2003. This column is sponsored by Chess eXpress Ratings; learn more about CXR in this Review, by someone who actually uses their service. (1/18) The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 3: IM Andrew Martin's famous Bits and Pieces column for January spotlights a little-known move-order which sidesteps a lot of the main lines and enables Black to deal with early aggression on his own terms. Today IM Martin looks at the line beginning 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 e6
(1/18) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (1/18) Chessprint for 2004.01.18 "for the sheer joy of chess" (1/17) Free Download: A pgn database containing 1430 Latvian Gambit games ranging from 1620 to 2002. Use these games as a study aid to supplement The Latvian Gambit Revisited, by Prof. Nagesh Havanur. See the Latvian in the hands of Greco, Saint Amant, Blackburne, Tarrasch, Spielmann, Tartakower, and Nimzowitsch, as well as more contemporary masters, including Hector, Sokolov, Karklins, and Aagaard. Or maybe you want to know how to win when you face it as White, then you can see how it was dealt with by the likes of Bisguier, Yudasin, Ivanov, and McShane. You'll even find Viktor Pupils' famous win with the Latvian against a young Bobby Fischer in the 1955 US Championship. Find this 278-kb zipped pgn file on our Game Collections by Opening page.
"This book is designed for those players who wish to improve
their endgame play, and are not afraid to put in some work. The author,
Ian Snape, is a relative newcomer to the realm of chess publishing,
but he does a decent job of covering essential knowledge about chess endings
considering the rather limited page count..." (1/14) The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 2: Compiled and with original contributions by Professor Nagesh Havanur. "The Latvian Gambit is one of the most exciting and fascinating openings for the Black player..." In
Part 1 we
looked at the following variations:
Now in
Part 2 we will look at:
Also read
John Elburg's
analysis on the Latvian Gambit. This article first appeared
in the 5/2003 issue of
Chess Mail Magazine,
and is reprinted here by permission of the Publisher, author and Senior
International Master of Correspondence Chess Tim
Harding, also well known for his Chess Cafe column,
The
Kibitzer. Most aspiring players hear two pieces of advice over and over again: study master games, and analyze your own games, particularly your losses. In Lessons Learned we have combined these two pieces of advice, bringing you annotated master games, with a twist. The master who lost the game, is writing the annotations! You'll learn what went wrong, and why. You'll see up close and personally the process of analyzing your own losses. And you'll learn the lesson learned by the master from his or her loss. These games are annotated for the improving intermediate player, approximately ELO 1700-2100. Our first Lesson is from GM Alexei Bezgodov of St. Petersburg, Russia. Currently rated 2550 by FIDE, the 33-year old GM Bezgodov vaulted into prominence near the end of 1993, sharing 1st-2nd place in the Championship of Russia, and became an IM 6 months later. In 1999, at age 30, he placed 2nd in a strong Championship of Russia, defeating such players as Alexander Lastin and Alexander Grischuk in the knockout format, finally losing the finals match to Konstantin Sakaev, earning the GM title in the process. Also in 1999 he began writing for the famous Russian-language chess magazine '64', and has since written for periodical and internet-editions including, in 2000, an issue of "Monthly News" for Kasparov's now-defunct site. His chess writing has received much acclaim for its high quality. This month's Lesson begins...
(1) Najer,E - Bezgodov,A [D24] My loss to an excellent GM from Moscow, Evgeny Najer, one can say consists of two parts. First I prepared badly for the game using an incomplete database and already from the opening got a very difficult (maybe even lost) endgame. However, later I managed to entangle the game by a surprise king activation. But when the rescue seemed just round the corner I committed an error which made my opponent's task so much easier. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 I should say before this Championship of Russia I almost never played the Accepted Queen's Gambit. It was a 'surprise' for my opponents who prepared for other openings. Due to my unexpected opening repertoire I managed to win in the first round against Vladimir Epishin (ELO 2643), who - playing White - used a very dubious novelty. This game with Najer was played in the third round and the player could now expect this opening from me. Maybe I should have been more sly and 'changed the record'? Now I can think so but then I believed (as it turned out without good reason) in the quality of my home preparation. 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3!
The simplest and perhaps the best move! White develops the pieces in the quickest way in the best classical traditions, without haste to get back the pawn. Read all of the month's Lesson Learned!
This month's column was sponsored by...
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you'll find that you have numerous statistics (not only a rating) that
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Review of CXR, by
someone who actually uses their service, Pete Blanchette.
Chess Endings Made Simple This book is designed for those players who wish to improve their endgame play, and are not afraid to put in some work. The author, Ian Snape, is a relative newcomer to the realm of chess publishing, but he does a decent job of covering essential knowledge about chess endings considering the rather limited page count. The book is designed around the presentation of patterns, concepts and plans rather than relying on memorizing or calculating long-winded endings. The book also aims to focus on those areas where the scope for improvement is likely to be the greatest. The book itself is split into two distinct parts. Part One concentrates on the 'theory' whilst Part Two contains 100 exercises to solve. The actual exercises are taken from real games, no compositions here. For once this is a good thing, as many books on endgames contain many examples of contrived positions to demonstrate the concepts... Read the full review of
Chess
Endings Made Simple. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS RISES
Gufeld,E (2475) - Gaprindashvili,N (2365) [B00] In our final game we are again treated to the unique style of Nona Gaprindashvili. She outwits Gufeld completely in a blocked position. 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 e6 6.c4
Gufeld told me once at Hastings ( 'ASTING ) that he never enjoyed playing against women, 'MOI FREEEENNNNDDD OI CANNOT TAKE THAYME SERIOUUUUSLYYY' - I LOVE WOMAN TOOOO MUCH......." That's roughly what he said anyway. 6...Ne7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Re1 d6 9.Be3 Nd7 And now he will have to fight himself again because big Nona is clearly up for it. Returning to the chess I don't think that the upcoming blocked centre worries Black at all. In fact Gaprindashvil is delighted that the pace of the game slows down giving her ample time to get organized. Read part three of IM Martin's look at The Hippopotamus. See also...
The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 1
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia The Three Swedish Musketeers: The 3 Swedish masters of the 20th century - Erik Lundin, Gideon Stahlberg and Gosta Stoltz - were nicknamed the "Three Musketeers" by Swedish chess fans. The Swede and the Dutchman: The Swedish GM Ulf Andersson and the Dutch GM Gennadi Sosonko played each other 32 times in international chess tournaments. The results of their games were +0, -0, =32. Every one of their games was drawn. Thanks to Jan Lindstrom of Sweden for this piece of trivia! Submit your trivia to the
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GAMES Kramnik,V (2777) - Van Wely,L (2617) [B77] 1.e4 c5 Svidler,P (2747) - Bareev,E (2714) [C10] 1.e4 e6 Kramnik,V (2777) - Svidler,P (2747) [B97] 1.e4 c5 Kramnik,V (2777) - Zhang Zhong (2644) [A17] 1.Nf3 Nf6
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