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GAMES Akopian,V (2700) - Kramnik,V (2770) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Hurn,R - Hebden,M (2549) [C88] 1.e4 e5 Howell,D (2304) - Cobb,C (2406) [C02] 1.e4 e6 Rowson,J (2541) - Epishin,V (2658) [E36] 1.d4 Nf6 Svidler,P (2747) - Shirov,A (2736) [C88] 1.e4 e5 Kramnik,V (2777) - Van Wely,L (2617) [B77] 1.e4 c5 Anand,V (2766) - Akopian,V (2693) [B80] 1.e4 c5
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Volume 3 Issue 2
January 11th, 2004 In This Issue "Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements." – Napoleon Hill Black to move and win - Find the
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(1/11) The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 2: 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 Andrew looks at the line beginning 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 as in Hussan-Gaprindashvili, Dubai 2002. In the first of three games he looked at Serpik-Blatny, US Open Los Angeles 2003: 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 f4. (1/11) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. This week we're introducing yet another tactical theme for your edification. Our Tactical Training Archive now includes problems in the following areas:
(1/11) Chessprint for January 4, 2004 "for the sheer joy of chess"
(1/10) New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:
(1/08) The Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!?): Two looks at this active counterpunching system for Black:
The Latvian Gambit is one of the most exciting and fascinating openings for the Black player after the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!? according to experts John Elburg and Georgio Ruggeri Laderchi.
This daring defense has had a chequered past. It was the players of the Romantic School in the 16th &17th Centuries who contributed to the early theory of the Gambit. The most well-known of them was Greco and for centuries this opening was called the Greco Counter Gambit, after him. Around the year 1900 a group of Latvian players led by K. Betinš from Riga began an independent research into the gambit and brought it up to modern standards. Over the intervening years many illustrious names have been associated with this opening - Nimzovitsch, Keres, Bronstein, and Spassky to name a few. World Champions Capablanca and Fischer have been on its receiving end. A number of attempts have been made to prove that the gambit is unsound. However, on each occasion it has risen like a phoenix out of the ashes. The present feature offers an introduction to the opening and also presents some of my own analytical discoveries. This system has 8 major variations, depending on White’s acceptance of the Gambit. In this, Part One of the article, we look at: 1.
Greco Variation 3.Nxe5 Qe7 Part Two will look at the following variations: 5.
3.exf5 Variation Before we consider these variations the practical problem of dealing with irregular lines which decline the gambit should be considered. Most Latvian Gambit players feel cheated when they encounter solid moves like 3.d3. Experience, however, shows that such passive play by White only yields initiative to Black... Read all of The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 1 Also:
For more on the Leonhardt Variation, look at this
analysis by John Elburg.
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.
Think Like A Grandmaster (This review was previously published in the January 1972 issue of Northwest Chess, and is reprinted by permission.) Gee whiz. What a book and where do I begin to praise? Let's do it by question and answer: Q. Who is the Author Kotov? A. A USSR great who became famous in 1939 by whizzing through the 1939 Russian Championship, 11.5- 4.5 only to lose to Botvinnik in their last round game. Dynamic, competitive Kotov was immediately awarded the title of Soviet Grandmaster, without provision, only the third player so honored. Moscow Champion in 1941 and twice zonal qualifier for the world title. 4th at Saltsjobaden 1948 and then his great 1952 Saltsjobaden Interzonal win 16.5-3.5, 3 points ahead of Petrosian and Taimanov. In the following Super GM candidates tournament he scored 50% W8-8=12. A munitions engineer during WWII and tireless organizer, Kotov is famous for a series of axioms. They are: A. NEVER
move without thinking. (Exit all speed chess.) Kotov first reached English speaking audiences with his very helpful advice in the early sixties by an Australia Exhibition Tour and series in Chess World. The volume here reviewed is a much simplified attempt to help the student become a tremendously capable analyst. In my opinion it works beautifully. Q. What is the content of the book like? To find out, read the
rest of the
review! THE HIPPOPOTAMUS RISES
Hussan,M (2152) - Gaprindashvili,N (2336) [B00] 1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Many of your opponents will settle for 4.Nf3 and this is a very sensible move. White does not attempt to annihilate Black, settling instead for simple, effective central control and steady development. Yet Black can feel satisfied too, having avoided many of White's more incisive lines of play. Gaprindashvili drags her opponent into the swamp, where the Hippopotamus feels quite at home. 4...Bg7 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 e6!? 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Nbd2 Nd7
Three rows - that's all Black has. White is allowed to set up his pieces more or less as he pleases and Black will react accordingly... Read part two of IM Martin's look at The Hippopotamus. For
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 f4 see:
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Playing Around: The 1886 and 1894 World Championship matches involved games being played in 3 different cities. The 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort was played in New York, St Louis and New Orleans. The 1894 match between Steinitz and Emanuel Lasker took place in New York, Philadelphia and Montreal. Not Playing At All: In 1906, Emanuel Lasker and Geza Maroczy signed an agreement to play a match for the World Champion title. Games were to be played in Vienna, Havana and New York, with the first player to win 8 games winning the match. The match never happened, due to political instability in Cuba, while the Vienna Chess Club wanted to host the whole match. Unfortunately for Maroczy, this was the closest that he ever got to playing in a World Championship title match. Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
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Seagaard Chess Reviews World Chess Network - Larry Evans On Chess: I Remember Bobby RusBase Part Three - New Material from 1966 Annotated Games Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Kudrin-Figler, Las Vegas 2003
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Alexandra Kosteniuk Homepage of WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk. Includes news, games, photo gallery,
etc. Official site of Russian GM. Includes, games, training & photo gallery.
Bobby Fischer Home Page Includes photo gallery, results, games, history, articles, opening
repertoire, etc. of Fischer. Timeline, bio, pics, games, links, more on the 3rd World Champion.
Dan Heisman's Chess Page Excellent site of NM Dan Heisman. Includes instruction, articles, advice,
coaching offer, links, etc. en español, of course, for the Spanish GM Homepage of Russian GM Kaidanov, now living in Lexington, KY. Games,
biography, photo gallery, and information about personal lessons. Official Homepage of GM Jaan Ehlvest. Includes news, bookstore, reviews,
games, annotated games, etc. Web site of IM Jacob Aagard. Articles, training, games, book reviews,
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instruction and tons of book reviews by Silman and others. Excellent collection of articles & miscellaneous thoughts from GM Jon
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articles on improvement, and some of Levitt's games. Huge assortment of articles, interviews, news, photos, games, etc. from
Judit Polgar Kevin Spraggett's Chess Wisdom GM Spraggett's site contains a wealth of advice and chess wisdom, as well
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etc. Site dedicated to the master of attack, by Xplorxplor Fan site devoted to the American World Champion. Lots of tournament and
match information, plus biographical background The Polgar Chess Center - Official Home
on the Web of the ex-Women's World Chess Champion, who runs a chess club
based in Queens, NY. Annotated games by Susan Polgar, and information on
events, simultaneous exhibitions, lectures, and the playing schedule of the
World-famous Polgar sisters - Judit, Susan & Sofia. Homepage of young GM from Azerbajan. Includes news, biography, tournament
results, and game downloads Vishwanathan Anand Chess Pages News, biography, statistics, etc., but this site doesn't appear to have
been updated in a long time. Fan site devoted to Kramnik
GAMES DeFirmian - Schlosser 1.e4 c5 Nielsen,P (2626) - Kotronias,V (2626) [E99] 1.d4 Nf6
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