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GAMES Adams,M (2720) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B85] 1.e4 c5 Akopian,V (2693) - Svidler,P (2747) [C88] 1.e4 e5 Iordachescu,V (2634) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B80] 1.e4 c5 Shabalov,A (2623) - Macieja,B (2653) [B41] 1.e4 c5 Macieja,B (2653) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B23] 1.e4 c5
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Volume 3 Issue 5
February 1st, 2004 In This Issue “Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe something inside them was superior to circumstances.” - Bruce Barton
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!
(2/1) A new Ask the Tiger! column, from GM Nigel Davies. Your chance to pick the brain of one of the world's leading GMs, chess teachers, and authors! From opening repertoires to high finance, Morras to Colles, Karpov & Miles, two rooks or lone queens, Nigel has an opinion or a quip about it all. Read his latest Ask the Tiger! (2/1) Chessprint for 2004.02.01 "for the sheer joy of chess" (2/1) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle
(1/28) An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Two: Steve Ryan continues your personally guided tour of the fascinating and yes - exciting - world of Correspondence Chess (CC). "Naturally, for the orderly conduct of a game, at least in an organized league, you need rules of play. If you and Uncle Harry decide to have your own private match then “anything goes” and it usually does..." Or start at the beginning with Part One. (1/28) Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards -- 2002-2003: A fascinating genre of chess composition - the Proofgame. The composer has given the FINAL position of a theoretical game, reached in X moves from the game-array. You, the solver, are asked: What was the game score?
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The Queen's Indian
No one really knows how the game of chess began. Many surmise that at the core is the Persian game Chaturanga, which means “army” in Sanskrit. A few historians have noted the similarity to the Chinese game Xiangqi. However, the common wisdom has been that it derived from India where it flourished in later centuries. The rules for chess in early India had several important differences from today’s rules, among them that pawns could only move one square for their first move. Controlling the center with pawns, therefore, took more effort. Thus, the Indian defenses were born, called so because it was the pieces that sought to control the center instead of the then less mobile pawns. The Indian defenses entered modern mainline theory at the turn of the twentieth century, championed by players like Alekhine. Because Black’s pieces get into the game so early, the Indian defenses often involve sharp counterattacks (or, at least as sharp as you can get for d4 openings). The Queen’s Indian Defense is no exception, led by the early fianchetto of the Queen’s bishop, fearlessly fixing its sights on the most common hideout of the White king before the king even gets there. It begins with the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6... Read Mike's complete review of
The Queen's
Indian Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney A fascinating genre of chess composition - the Proofgame. The composer has given the FINAL position of a theoretical game, reached in X moves from the game-array. You, the solver, are asked: What was the game score? Check out the top prize winner: 1st Prize
The promoted Knight describes a continuous hexagon, screening against the bQ's check at the midpoint. It returns to its promotion square to be captured there. The play unfolds so naturally one almost overlooks that something astonishing is occurring! 1.a4 d5 2.Ra3 Bh3 3.Rb3 Kd7 4.Rb6 axb6 5.f4 Rxa4 6.f5 Re4 7.f6 Re6 8.fxe7 f5 9.e8=N Bc5 10.Nd6 Bd4 11.Ne4 Qh4+ 12.Ng3 Qe4 13.Nh5 g5 14.Ng7 Nf6 15.Ne8 Rhxe8. Check out all the other winners: Gianni Donati 50th
Jubilee Tourney Awards -- 2002-2003
Intro to Correspondence Chess -
Part 2 From Part 1 of this series we learned the basic premise of correspondence chess (CC): “playing a chess game at a distance by the sequential exchange of moves using some particular method of transmitting the moves and employing a chess “language”, “code” or “notation” to describe them.” Naturally, for the orderly conduct of a game, at least in an organized league, you need rules of play. If you and Uncle Harry decide to have your own private match then “anything goes” and it usually does. This disadvantage here concerns the fact that you and Uncle Harry likely do not have any way to settle disputes – no “arbiter” or neutral third party to act in an impartial manner. So, if you want to stay in Uncle Harry’s will I advise you to accept the loss of a game and keep smiling, or join an organized league like the International E-Mail Chess Club (IECC), where nobody has any money (more on the various chess clubs in part 3). All CC organizations will, of course, adhere to the fundamental rules of the game. All the pieces and pawns move the same way under the same conditions. As alluded to in Part 1 any differences arise solely from playing chess at a distance instead of having your opponent directly across from you and a referee near by. In CC your opponent and the tournament director / arbiter could live thousands of kilometres apart or, as it sometimes happens, around the corner from your own house (and you may never know it). Though the different clubs will have variations on these rules they will all concern at least the following subjects:
Interested readers can examine the playing rules of the individual clubs but we can make the following general observations... Read more:
An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Two
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Strong Finisher: Soviet GM Efim Geller is the only player to have lost 5 games in a USSR championship tournament and still win the title. At the 22nd championship at Moscow in 1955, Geller scored +10, -5, =4, to finish =1st with Vassily Smyslov, whom he defeated in a play-off match. Lightning Finish: After a slow start in the 40th USSR Championship tournament, held in Baku in 1972, Mikhail Tal picked up his form in the latter part of the tournament to win with a score of 15/21. He attributed his success to playing a session of friendly lightning games with local masters in the foyer of the tournament hall. Submit your trivia to the
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Corus Chess Tournament
Sokolov,I (2706) - Kramnik,V (2777) [E12]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5
9.e4 Nc6 10.Be3 Be7 11.d5 exd5 12.Rd1 d4 13.cxd4 0-0 14.d5 Nd4 15.Qb2 Re8
16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.Bb5 Bxa3 18.Qxd4 Bc5 19.Qd3 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Rf8 21.Nd4 Qc8 22.h4 Bc5
23.h5 Qg4 24.Nf3 Rad8 25.Rh4 Qc8 26.Bc4 b5 27.Bxb5 Bb6 28.h6 g6 29.Qb3 Qc5
30.Qb2 f6 31.Rf4 Bc7 32.Rc1 Qb6 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.Qxf6 Rf8 36.Qb2 Rc8
37.d6 Qc1+ 38.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Ke2 Rc8 40.Ng5 a6 41.Ba4 1-0
Bologan,V (2679) - Svidler,P (2747) [E60] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.e4 c5 13.Nf3 Nbc4 14.Qc2 b5 15.b3 b4 16.bxc4 Bxc3 17.Bd2 Bg7 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.Rfe1 Rad8 20.h3 e6 21.g4 exd5 22.cxd5 c4 23.Be3 Qc7 24.e5 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Qxe5 26.Bc5 Qxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28.Kh2 Rde8 29.Bxb4 R1e2 30.Qc3 Rxf2 31.Kg3 Rxa2 32.Qf6 Nb7 33.Bf3 Rc2 34.Qa6 Nd8 35.Qxa7 Bb5 36.Qd4 f5 37.gxf5 Nf7 38.fxg6 hxg6 39.Qb6 1-0
Bermuda Chess Tournament
(January 15 - 25)
Vescovi,G (2634) - Gelfand,B (2709) [D17] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4 9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6 15.Nxc4 0-0 16.Qe5 Rab8 17.a5 f6 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.Nd2 Rfc8+ 20.Kb1 Nb4 21.Ra4 Nc6 22.Nb3 Kf7 23.Be2 Ke7 24.Rg4 g5 25.Rg3 Kd6 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rh3 f5 28.Rxh7 Rh8 29.Rg7 Rhg8 30.Rxg8 Rxg8 31.a6 bxa6 32.Bxa6 Rh8 33.h3 f4 34.Rd1 e5 35.Bd3 Nb4 36.Be4 Ke6 37.Nc5+ Kd6 38.Nb3 Ke6 39.Bf3 e4 40.Nc5+ Ke5 41.Re1 Kd6 42.Nxe4+ dxe4 43.Rxe4 Rb8 44.h4 gxh4 45.Rxf4 Kc5 46.b3 a5 47.Rxh4 Rd8 48.Rh5+ Kb6 49.Kb2 Rc8 50.Rh6+ Kc5 51.Ka3 Nc2+ 52.Ka4 Nd4 53.Ra6 Rf8 54.Rxa5+ Kb6 55.Ra8 Rf5 56.Be4 Re5 57.Bd3 Nc6 58.b4 Re1 59.Rg8 Ne5 60.Bf5 Rf1 61.Rg5 Rf4 62.g3 Rd4 63.Rh5 Nc6 64.Rh4 Rd8 65.Be4 Nd4 66.Rh6+ Kc7 67.b5 Rb8 68.Bd3 Re8 69.Rh4 Rd8 70.Kb4 Rd6 71.Rh7+ Kb6 72.Be4 Nxb5 73.Rb7+ Ka6 74.Rxb5 Rd4+ 75.Kc5 Rxe4 76.Rb3 Rg4 77.Kd5 Ka5 78.Ke5 Rg8 79.Kf6 Ka6 80.Kf7 Rg4 81.Ke6 Rg8 82.Kf6 Ka5 83.Kf7 Rg4 84.Rf3 Kb5 85.Kf6 Kc6 86.Kf5 Rg8 87.g4 Kd7 88.Rd3+ Ke7 89.g5 Ra8 90.Kg6 Kf8 91.Kh7 Ra7+ 92.Kh8 Kf7 93.Rd6 1-0 Kramnik - German National Team (January 29) Kramnik 2.5-1.5 (1 win & 3 draws) / Games available
Huebner,R (2604) - Kramnik,V (2777) [A46] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 Bb7 6.b3 Nbd7 7.c4 bxc4 8.bxc4 dxc4 9.Na3 c3 10.Nb5 Bb4 11.Qb3 a5 12.Nxc3 c5 13.a3 c4 14.Qb2 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qc8 16.Bf4 0-0 17.Rfc1 Nb6 18.Rab1 Ra6 19.Rb5 Be4 20.Rxa5 Nbd5 21.Qe1 c3 22.Rc5 Qa8 23.Nh4 Bxg2 24.Nxg2 Ne4 25.Rb5 Rxa3 26.Ne3 Qa6 27.Rbb1 Nxe3 28.Bxe3 Ra2 29.Ra1 Qxe2 30.Rxa2 Qxa2 31.Bf4 Qd5 32.f3 Nd2 33.Bxd2 cxd2 34.Qxd2 Qxf3 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.gxf4 Rd8 37.Kf2 h6 38.Ke3 Rd5 39.Rc2 Rh5 40.Kf3 Rh3+ 41.Ke4 f5+ 42.Ke5 Re3+ 43.Kd6 Kf7 44.Rf2 g5 45.Kc5 Re4 46.fxg5 hxg5 47.Kc4 Kf6 48.Kd3 g4 49.Rf1 Kg5 50.Ra1 e5 51.dxe5 Rxe5 52.Ra8 Kf4 0-1
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Chess Siberia Bonin,J (2339) - Shabalov,A (2597) [D46] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.h3 b4 15.Na4 Bd4 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nd7 18.e5 h6 19.e6 fxe6 20.Bc4 Qe7 21.Qg6 Rf6 22.Rxf6 Nxf6 23.Rc1 Rd8 24.Nc5 Bc8 25.Nd3 Rf8 26.Nf4 Bd7 27.Qd3 Rf7 28.Ng6 Qc5 29.Qd4 Qg5 30.Ne5 Re7 31.h4 Qg3 32.Rf1 Nd5 33.Rf3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Be8 35.Rg3 h5 36.Qc5 Rb7 37.Qd6 Nf6 38.Bxe6+ Kh7 39.Bf5+ Kg8 40.Nd3 1-0 Toronto Star: Young Chess Whiz Loves Winning
Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler Mechanics' Institute Chess Room - Newsletter by IM John Donaldson: #176, 01/28/2004: 1) Shipman leads Winter Tuesday Night Marathon; 2) Reno Far West Open; 3) Chess in the News; 4) Here and There FIDE - 74th FIDE Congress Executive Board Minutes and Annexes
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GAMES Iordachescu,V (2634) - Shabalov,A (2623) [B33] 1.e4 c5 Shabalov,A (2623) - Gelfand,B (2709) [B96] 1.e4 c5 Vescovi,G (2633) - Shabalov,A (2623) [C00] 1.e4 c5 Topalov,V (2735) - Bareev,E (2714) [C19] 1.e4 e6 Bareev,E (2714) - Sokolov,I (2706) [D17] 1.d4 d5
Topalov,V (2735) - Anand,V (2766) [B90]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7 9.Qd2
Nb6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nxa4 Nxa4 12.Rxa4 Be7 13.g5 0-0 14.h4 Bd7 15.Ra1 Nc6 16.Rxa6
Qc7 17.Kf2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 19.Be3 Rxa6 20.Bxa6 f5 21.gxf6 Bxf6 22.Qd5+ Kh8
23.Bc4 Be8 24.Be2 Bf7 25.Qd2 Bh5 26.b3 Qe7 27.Kg2 Qf7 28.Rh3 Be7 29.b4 h6 30.b5
Qg6+ 31.Kh2 Qe6 32.Qd3 Be8 33.Qb3 Qc8 34.b6 Bf7 35.Qb1 Qc3 36.Bd3 Rb8 37.Qg1 Bc4
38.Qg6 Bxd3 39.Rg3 Bf6 40.cxd3 Rxb6 41.Bxb6 Qb2+ 42.Rg2 Qxb6 43.Rc2 Bd8 44.h5
1-0 Topalov,V (2735) - Anand,V (2766) [B48] 1.e4 c5
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