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GAMES

Akopian,V (2700) - Kramnik,V (2770) [B90]
Corus Chess Tournament 2004 Wijk aan Zee, NED (1), 10.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 Ng4
7.Bg5 h6
8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7
10.h3 Ne5
11.f3 Nbc6
12.Bf2 Be6
13.Qd2 Nxd4
14.Bxd4 Qa5
15.a3 0-0
16.h4 Ng6
17.hxg5 hxg5
18.b4 Qc7
19.Ne2 f6
20.Bb2 Bf7
21.Nd4 d5
22.exd5 Qe5+
23.Be2 Qxd5
24.0-0-0 Rfc8
25.Bd3 Ne5
26.Be4 Qa2
27.Nf5 Nc4
28.Qc3 Rc7
29.Rh7 Qxb2+
30.Qxb2 Nxb2
31.Rxg7+ Kf8
32.Rh1 1-0
 

Hurn,R - Hebden,M (2549) [C88]
Welsh International Newport (1), 07.01.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.a4 Bb7
9.d3 d6
10.Nbd2 Qd7
11.Nf1 h6
12.c3 Rfe8
13.Ne3 Nd8
14.axb5 axb5
15.Rxa8 Bxa8
16.Nf5 Bf8
17.N3h4 Ne6
18.Re3 d5
19.Rg3 Kh8
20.exd5 Bxd5
21.Bc2 Bb7
22.b4 c5
23.bxc5 Nxc5
24.Bb2 g5
25.c4 gxh4
26.Nxh4 bxc4
27.d4 exd4
28.Bxd4 Qxd4
         0-1
 

Howell,D (2304) - Cobb,C (2406) [C02]
Welsh International Newport (4), 10.01.2004

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.e5 c5
4.c3 Nc6
5.Nf3 Bd7
6.Be2 Nge7
7.Na3 Ng6
8.Nc2 Be7
9.g3 0-0
10.h4 cxd4
11.cxd4 f6
12.Bd3 fxe5
13.h5 e4
14.hxg6 hxg6
15.Nh4 Bxh4
16.Rxh4 exd3
17.Qxd3 e5
18.dxe5 Bf5
19.Qd1 Nxe5
20.Nd4 Nd3+
21.Kf1 Nxf2
22.Qb3 g5
23.Rh5 Bg4
24.Rh2 Bd1
25.Qxb7 Ng4+
26.Ke1 Nxh2
27.Kxd1 Rf1+
28.Kd2 Rb8
29.Qxa7 Qe8
30.Kc2 Qe4+
31.Kc3 Rxc1+
32.Rxc1 Qe3+
          0-1
 

Rowson,J (2541) - Epishin,V (2658) [E36]
Hastings Premier (9), 05.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 d5
5.a3 Be7
6.Nf3 Nbd7
7.Bf4 c6
8.e3 Nh5
9.Be5 0-0
10.h3 Nxe5
11.dxe5 g6
12.0-0-0 b5
13.cxb5 cxb5
14.Bxb5 Bb7
15.Nd4 Rc8
16.Qa4 Rc5
17.g4 Ng7
18.Kb1 a6
19.Be2 Qc7
20.f4 Rb8
21.Na2 Bc8
22.Rc1 Qb7
23.Nb4 a5
24.Rxc5 Bxc5
25.Qxa5 Bb6
26.Qa4 g5
27.Qd1 gxf4
28.exf4 Bd7
29.Qd2 Ba5
30.Rc1 h6
31.Rc5 Bxb4
32.axb4 Qxb4
33.Qc3 Qxc3
34.Rxc3 Rb4
35.Rd3 Bb5
36.Nxb5 Rxb5
37.Rd4 Rb8
38.b4 Ne8
39.Kb2 Kf8
40.b5 Ke7
41.Ra4 Nc7
42.h4 Rb7
43.g5 h5
44.Ra5 d4
45.Bc4 Ne8
46.Kb3 Ng7
47.Bd3 Nf5
48.Bxf5 exf5
49.Kc4 Rd7
50.Kd3 Rd5
51.Ra7+ Ke6
52.Kc4 Rd8
53.Ra6+ Ke7
54.Rd6 Rc8+
55.Kb4 Rc1
56.Rxd4 Rh1
57.b6 1-0
 

Svidler,P (2747) - Shirov,A (2736) [C88]
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 10.01.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6
10.a3 Nb8
11.Nbd2 Nbd7
12.Nf1 Re8
13.Ng3 c6
14.Ng5 d5
15.d4 h6
16.dxe5 hxg5
17.exf6 Bxf6
18.Ba2 Be5
19.exd5 Bxg3
20.Rxe8+ Qxe8
21.fxg3 cxd5
22.Kh2 Qe5
23.Qg4 Nf6
24.Qxg5 Re8
25.Qxe5 Rxe5
26.Bf4 Re2
27.Rd1 Rxc2
28.Rd2 Rxd2
29.Bxd2 d4
30.Ba5 Be4
31.g4 Nd5
32.Bxd5 ½-½
 

Kramnik,V (2777) - Van Wely,L (2617) [B77]
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 11.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7
6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 0-0
8.Bb3 d6
9.f3 Bd7
10.Qd2 Nxd4
11.Bxd4 b5
12.a4 a6
13.0-0 Bc6
14.axb5 axb5
15.Na2 Bb7
16.Nb4 Nd7
17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Rae1 Qb6+
19.Kh1 Nf6
20.Bd5 Rac8
21.Re3 Rc5
22.Ra3 Rd8
23.Rfa1 Rd7
24.Bxb7 Qxb7
25.c3 Rc4
26.Qe3 Qc8
27.Ra5 Rb7
28.Ra8 Qd7
29.Qd3 Qc7
30.g3 h5
31.Kg2 Qc5
32.Qd2 h4
33.g4 Nxe4
34.fxe4 Rxe4
35.Nd5 Rxg4+
36.Kh3 Re4
37.Rh8 f6
38.Rxh4 Rxh4+
39.Kxh4 e6
40.Nb4 Rb8
41.Kg3 d5
42.Kg2 Rh8
43.Nd3 Qb6
44.Nf4 g5
45.Qd4 1-0
 

Anand,V (2766) - Akopian,V (2693) [B80]
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (2), 11.01.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 Nc6
7.f3 e6
8.g4 Be7
9.Qd2 0-0
10.0-0-0 Nxd4
11.Bxd4 b5
12.g5 Nd7
13.h4 Qc7
14.Kb1 b4
15.Na4 Bb7
16.Qxb4 Bc6
17.Nc3 Rfb8
18.Qc4 Ne5
19.Qe2 Qa5
20.f4 Ng6
21.Qf3 e5
22.Bf2 Qb4
23.b3 Nxf4
24.Be1 Qc5
25.Bg3 a5
26.Bxf4 exf4
27.Nd5 Bd8
28.Qxf4 a4
29.Rh2 Bxd5
30.exd5 Ba5
31.Qd4 Qa3
32.h5 Bb6
33.Qc3 Ba5
34.Qd4 Bb6
35.Qd3 Re8
36.g6 fxg6
37.hxg6 h6
38.Bh3 Bd8
39.Be6+ Rxe6
40.dxe6 Bf6
41.c3 axb3
42.Qc4 Qa5
43.e7+ Kh8
44.Re1 Be5
45.Qc6 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 3  Issue 2                                                         January 11th, 2004

In This Issue

The Latvian Gambit Revisited

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

Think Like A Grandmaster

New At Chessville

The Hippopotamus Part 2
with IM Andrew Martin

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

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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:

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  • Defense!
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  • Removing the Guard
  • Smothered Mate
  • Underpromotion
  • Vulnerable Back Rank
  • Zugzwang
  • Zwischenzug

(1/11)  Chessprint for January 4, 2004  "for the sheer joy of chess"

(1/10)  Review: Think Like A Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov, Reviewed by USCF Senior Master Jude Acers.  This reprint from the January 1972 Northwest Chess is direct, concise, and every bit as relevant today as it was 30+ years ago.

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(1/08)  The Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!?):  Two looks at this active counterpunching system for Black:

  • First, we offer an overview - The Latvian Gambit Revisited - Part 1, 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..."

  • Next, take a look at John Elburg's analysis.  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.


The Latvian Gambit Revisited
by Prof. Nagesh Havanur

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
2.            Fraser  Variation  3.Nxe5 Nc6!?
3.            Main Line  3. Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4
4.            Leonhardt Variation  3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.Nc4

Part Two will look at the following variations:

5.            3.exf5 Variation
6.            3.d4 Variation
7.            Svedenborg Variation  3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5
8.            Mlotkowski Variation  3.Nc3

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
by Alexander Kotov
Reviewed by Jude Acres
, USCF Senior Master

(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.)
B.  Calculate every variation only once—every time the chessplayer has to calculate in tree style he must cover each branch but once.
C.  Look every time for the most fantastic possibilities on the board. This stimulates imagination and assures the recognition of resources.
D.  Remember the Blumenfeld Rule; "When you have finished calculations (variations), look for 1 minute with the eyes of a beginner." Look: do you lose the queen, do you allow mate in one or two?
E.  Always keep score perfectly, even in time pressure.
F.  Write your move clearly before making it on the board without fail.

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!
 

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS RISES
FROM THE SWAMP - Part 2

Hussan,M (2152) - Gaprindashvili,N (2336) [B00]
Dubai op Dubai (4), 18.04.2002

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 Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp - Part 1

 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

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.

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  • FIDE rating list (1st January 2004)  Top 10: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Shirov, Topalov, Morozevich, Polgar, Ponomariov & Leko

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4 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2701 125
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Position of the Week: Solution








Kaidanov,Gregory - Fillipov,Valeri
North American Open Las Vegas (4.1), 29.12.2003


Courtesy of
Chris Bird

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1...Nh3+! 2.Kh1 Ng4 3.Rxf4 [3.Nxg4 Qxg2+ 4.Qxg2 Rxf1#] 3...exf4! [3...Nxe3? 4.Rf3+-] 4.Nxg4 [4.Qxg4 Nf2+] 4...f3! 5.Qe5+ Ka7 6.Bd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Bxd5 8.Ne3 [8.gxh3 f2#] 8...fxg2+ 9.Nxg2 Kb6  0-1


 

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GAMES

DeFirmian - Schlosser
Rilton Cup 2003-2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.f4 e6
7.a4 Nc6
8.Be2 Be7
9.Be3 0-0
10.0-0 Qc7
11.Kh1 Re8
12.Bf3 Rb8
13.g4 Bf8
14.g5 Nd7
15.Bg2 b6
16.Rf3 Bb7
17.Rh3 g6
18.Qg4 Bg7
19.Rd1 Nb4
20.Qh4 Nf8
21.Qf2 f6
22.f5 exf5
23.exf5 fxg5
24.f6 Bxg2+
25.Kxg2 g4
26.Rg3 Bh8
27.Rxg4 Rxe3
28.Qxe3 Bxf6
29.Qf3 Be5
30.Nd5 Nxd5
31.Qxd5+ Kh8
32.Nc6 Re8
33.Nxe5 dxe5
34.Rc4 Qe7
35.Kh1 e4
36.Qd4+ Kg8
37.Qd5+ Kg7
38.Qd4+ Kg8
39.Qd5+ Kg7
40.Re1 e3
41.Rf4 Nd7
42.Rf3 Nf6
43.Qd4 e2
44.Kg1 1-0
 

Nielsen,P (2626) - Kotronias,V (2626) [E99]
Hastings Premier (8), 04.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.Nf3 0-0
6.Be2 e5
7.0-0 Nc6
8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7
10.Be3 f5
11.f3 f4
12.Bf2 g5
13.a4 a5
14.Nd3 b6
15.Be1 Nf6
16.Nf2 h5
17.h3  Kh8
18.Nb5 Neg8
19.b4 Rf7
20.bxa5 bxa5
21.c5 Bf8
22.cxd6 cxd6
23.Rc1 Nh6
24.Rc4 Rg7
25.Qc2 g4
26.Bxa5 Qe8
27.h4 gxf3
28.Bxf3 Bg4
29.Bxg4 Nfxg4
30.Bb6 Qe7
31.Nxg4 Nxg4
32.Bf2 f3
33.g3  Ne3
34.Bxe3 Rxg3+
35.Kf2 Rg2+
36.Kxf3 Rxc2
37.Rxc2 Qxh4
38.Rg1 Rxa4
39.Nc3 Rc4
40.Ke2 Bh6
41.Bb6 Rxe4+
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