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First Impression: In first picking up this book I was struck by how thin it was, especially for a Gambit book, which are often noted for their detailed analysis and encyclopedic approach. I played the Classical Dutch for about 20 years so I was excited to see what Williams had to add on the subject. I recently finished reading Pinski’s Classical Dutch book. Although that book was done in good classic Everyman style, I was left wanting. The problem is that certain openings/defenses, like the Classical Dutch, cannot be well covered by examining only master and grandmaster games. Common and very natural moves (played by the average club player) are often brushed over, and in some cases completely ignored. That book left me feeling unprepared for my average opponent’s opening moves. Williams’ approach is quite didactic. I have read many Gambit books and this one stands out by itself on the amount of educational narrative. I was very pleased by this and I hope this trend continues in future Gambit books... Read more of Keith's review of
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International Chess Master, Andrew Martin, achieved a new World Record last Saturday, 21st February, at Wellington College Crowthorne, when he played 321 chess players all at the same time. The previous world record for the highest number of simultaneous chess games was 310, achieved 8 years ago in Sweden. To qualify for the world record Andrew had to beat at least 80% of his opponents. His score on the day was: 294 wins, 26 draws and just one loss. The only opponent to beat Andrew was Talal Shakerchi, an executive with one of the event’s sponsors, Meditor Capital Management Ltd. The attempt proved to be both mentally and physically demanding for the Chess Master. Commenting on the day, Andrew Martin said: “With the degree of concentration I required, I lost all sense of time. It is almost like losing a day out of my life. But it was worth it for the wonderful sense of fulfilment and achievement. Every single opponent seemed to be playing at their very best and there were hundreds of difficult games.” Read more about IM Martin's
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Princely Hi-jinks: Prince Andreas Dadian (1850-1910) was a Georgian prince who was an "amateur" player as well as being a patron of the game at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. He claimed to have beaten many masters, but in fact he paid these masters to "collaborate" in producing games which the Prince won. When the great Russian player Mikhail Chigorin declined to participate in one of these "collaborations", Dadian stopped Chigorin from competing in the 1903 Monaco tournament, as he was the tournament organizer. Soviet Hi-jinks: The 12th USSR championship at Moscow in 1940 finished in a tie for first between Bondarevsky and Lilienthal. Mikhail Botvinnik finished =5th. He complained that the tournament had been played under very noisy conditions, where the hubbub from the audience could be clearly heard by the players. He was also hindered by the fact that some of his opponents smoked during games. Originally a play-off match between Bondarevsky and Lilienthal was to be conducted to determine a winner, but instead an "Absolute Championship" over 20 rounds was held in Leningrad and Moscow in March/April 1941, featuring the top 6 players. As this included Botvinnik, it was believed that senior sports officials had arranged the tournament to give Botvinnik a chance to redeem himself. To stop spectator noise, the sports official Snegiryov arranged for members of the police to be standing in the aisles during the tournament. One spectator was ejected for "hooliganism". Botvinnik won the "Absolute Championship" and the tournament was never held again. Submit your trivia to the
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Kasparov,G (2830) - Kramnik,V (2777) [E12] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 0-0 10.Bd3 c5 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Nd2 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Nf6 16.a4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Bb4 18.Nf3 Qe7 19.h3 h6 20.Qe3 a5 21.Rdc1 Ne8 22.Ne5 Nf6 23.Nf3 Ne8 24.Ne5 Nf6 25.Nc4 Rc6 26.Qg3 Nh5 27.Qe3 Nf6 28.Rc2 Rdc8 29.Rac1 Qd8 30.Qe2 Bf8 31.Qe3 R8c7 32.Qe2 Rc8 33.Ne5 R6c7 34.f3 Nh5 35.Rxc7 Rxc7 36.Rxc7 Qxc7 37.Qc2 Qd8 38.Bf1 Bd6 39.Qf2 Qg5 40.h4 Qf4 41.g4 Ng3 42.Nd3 Nxe4 43.fxe4 Qxe4 44.Qg2 ½-½
Rublevsky,S (2655) - Asrian,K (2599) [B12] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nxd4 e6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Bd3 d4 10.a3 Ba5 11.b4 Bc7 12.Ne4 Bxe5 13.Qh5 Qc7 14.f4 Bd6 15.Bb2 Ne7 16.0-0 Bxf4 17.Bxd4 Nf5 18.Bc5 Ba6 19.Rxf4 Qxf4 20.Rf1 Qh6 21.Rxf5 Qxh5 22.Nd6+ Kd7 23.Rxh5 Raf8 24.b5 Bc8 25.Rh4 Kc7 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Bxa7 Rhd8 28.Be4 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rcd8 30.Rxh7 R8d2+ 31.Kg3 Ra2 32.Bc5 Rc1 33.b6+ Kb7 34.Rxg7 1-0
GRAND OPENING! Polgar Super Chess Center Home of the 4-time Women’s World Champion & 3-time Olympic Champion Susan Polgar Sunday, March 7, 2004 The Celebration will start at 2 PM The Official Opening Ceremony will start at 4 PM Many chess celebrities and media will be attending! Snacks and refreshments are provided! 103-10 Queens Boulevard Forest Hills, NY 11375 Telephone: 718-897-4600 ------------------------------------------------------------- Dos Hermanas V on ICC For the fifth time, ICC is hosting the annual Internet Chess Tournament "Ciudad de Dos Hermanas". The cash prize fund has been increased this year and now amounts to EUR 6,100 (about $7,750), plus ICC membership prizes. Entry is completely FREE. You don't even need to be a paying member of ICC to play. Starting March 6, there will be 12 Swiss-system qualifying tourneys. You can take part in all of them. Qualifier winners and 20 best-scoring other players advance to the knockout finals. The time control is 8 2. Last year 67 GMs and 103 IMs took part in a field of 1,117 players from 75 countries. Even if you are not aiming at winning a prize, this tournament gives everyone the chance to meet world top class players! Rules and entry forms are here (click the graphics on the right). Make sure to register early; your registration is valid for all qualifiers, but you do not need to play all. This event is sponsored by the Dos Hermanas City Council, the Municipal Foundation for Sport of Dos Hermanas, EDAMI (Miguel Illescas Chess School), and The Internet Chess Club.
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Luke,G (1800) - Margulis,I (2259) 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 6.Bf4 d6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.0-0 Na4 12.Rfc1 b5 13.Nd2 Nb6 14.cxb5 Nbxd5 15.c4 Nxf4 16.exf4 0-0 17.Re1 Qc7 18.Qc3 Bb7 19.Nb3 Rae8 20.Qa5 Qd7 21.Rad1 Ba8 22.Be2 Rc8 23.Qd2 Ne4 24.Qe3 Rfe8 25.f3 Nf6 26.Bf1 Kg7 27.a4 Kf7 28.Rd2 e6 29.Red1 d5 30.Nxc5 Qd6 31.Nd3 Qc7 32.c5 Kg8 33.c6 a6 34.Ne5 Qd6 35.Rc2 axb5 36.axb5 Qb4 37.Qd4 Qxd4+ 38.Rxd4 Re7 39.Rb4 Ne8 40.b6 Nd6 41.Ba6 Rf8 42.b7 Rc7 43.Nd7 1-0 allAfrica.com: Ace Tarrasch Advice for the Middle Game The Chess Drum - The Death of International Chess
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The Wit & Wisdom of Nigel Davies The question any chessplayer has to answer with this and other openings is whether you'd REALLY be willing to play such positions for Black. If not, and it's not a dead draw, then you should be happy to play it for White. It would be very unwise for a writer to say everything he knows about an opening he plays; Gallagher gave up the King's Gambit after his book because everyone was ready for him. I often write about things I don't play or don't intend to play again, but tell the whole truth as I see it at the time. You're right about post-mortem analysis - it's usually charged with emotion and not done very seriously. Away from the tournament very few people analyze seriously .... except professionals. Yes, it's usually the case that the perceived mistake follows several moves in which the wrong plan was chosen; often it's a question of frustration creeping in. For finding things like this Fritz and Shredder are useless, maybe worse than useless because they mislead players with the huge number of variations they churn out. There is one very important question you must ask when analyzing a game; where did the position go from being tenable to lost? And Fritz / Shredder are not always very useful in this. Most strong players advocate exactly the right thing -study annotated games, analyse things for yourself (including your own games), study endgames and PLAY. But who is doing this? Hands up everybody!
GAMES Kasparov,G (2830) - Vallejo Pons,F (2663) [D45] 1.d4 d5 Kramnik,V (2777) - Topalov,V (2735) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Vescovi,G (2633) - Areshchenko,A (2564) [B52] 1.e4 c5 Rublevsky,S (2655) - Filippov,V (2609) [B22] 1.e4 c5 Lautier,J (2676) - Vaganian,R (2623) [D31] 1.d4 d5
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