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GAMES

Naiditsch,A - Mainka,R [C78]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (7.3), 05.02.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 b5
6.Bb3 Bb7
7.d3 Bc5
8.a4 0-0
9.Nc3 b4
10.Nd5 Na5
11.Bg5 Be7
12.Nxe7+ Qxe7
13.Ba2 h6
14.Bd2 d5
15.Nh4 Qc5
16.Nf5 Bc8
17.Qf3 Bxf5
18.Qxf5 Nc6
19.Bxh6 Nd4
20.Qg5 Ne6
21.Qg3 Rfe8
22.exd5 Nxd5
23.Rae1 1-0
 

Swathi,G (2297) - Davies,N (2502) [C91]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (6.17), 01.02.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 0-0
9.d4 Bg4
10.Be3 exd4
11.cxd4 Na5
12.Bc2 c5
13.h3 Bh5
14.Nbd2 cxd4
15.Bxd4 Nc6
16.Nb3 Qd7
17.Bxf6 Bxf3
18.Qxf3 Bxf6
19.Rad1 Qc7
20.Bb1 Bxb2
21.Qd3 Be5
22.f4 Bxf4
23.e5 g6
24.exd6 Qb6+
25.Kh1 Rad8
26.d7 Bb8
27.Qd5 Qc7
28.Kg1 Ne5
29.Nc5 Nc4
30.Ne4 Qh2+
31.Kf2 Ba7+
32.Ke2 Qxg2+
33.Kd3 Qxh3+
34.Kc2 Qh2+
          0-1
 

Short,N (2702) - Inarkiev,E (2606) [B33]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel (10.1), 05.02.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bf4 e5
8.Bg5 a6
9.Na3 b5
10.Nd5 Be7
11.Bxf6 Bxf6
12.c3 0-0
13.Nc2 Bg5
14.g3 Be6
15.h4 Bh6
16.Bh3 Bxd5
17.Qxd5 Qb6
18.0-0 Ne7
19.Qd3 a5
20.a3 Rfd8
21.Rfe1 g6
22.Rad1 Ra7
23.Bf1 Rb7
24.b4 Rc8
25.Ne3 Rc6
26.Re2 Rbc7
27.Ng4 Bg7
28.Rc2 h5
29.Nh2 axb4
30.axb4 d5
31.exd5 Rd6
32.Qxb5 Qxb5
33.Bxb5 e4
34.c4 Rb7
35.Nf1 Nf5
36.c5 Rxb5
37.cxd6 Nxd6
38.Rb1 Kf8
39.Rc5 Ke7
40.Nd2 f5
41.Rc7+ Kf6
42.Nc4 Nxc4
43.Rxc4 Bf8
44.Rc6+ Ke5
45.Rxg6 Rxd5
46.b5 1-0
 

Ganguly,S - Barua,D [C17]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (5.1), 2004

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 c5
5.dxc5 d4
6.a3 Ba5
7.b4 dxc3
8.bxa5 Qxd1+
9.Kxd1 Ne7
10.Bb5+ Bd7
11.Rb1 Bxb5
12.Rxb5 Nbc6
13.Bg5 a6
14.Rb3 Nd5
15.Rxb7 h6
16.Bc1 Nxe5
17.Ke2 Nc6
18.Nf3 Nxa5
19.Rb1 Nc6
20.Rd1 0-0-0
21.Nd4 Kc7
22.Be3 Rb8
23.Nxc6 Kxc6
24.Kd3 Rhd8
25.Rxb8 Rxb8
26.Bd4 Rd8
27.Rb1 f6
28.Kc4 Rc8
29.Rb3 h5
30.Bxc3 h4
31.Ba5 Rh8
32.Rb1 Rh5
33.Rb8 Rf5
34.Rc8+ Kd7
35.Ra8 Rxf2
36.Ra7+ Ke8
37.Kb3 Rxg2
38.c6 Ne7
39.Ra8+ Kf7
40.c7 Rg5
41.Bb4 Rb5
42.Rf8+ 1-0
 

Dreev,A - Gallagher,J [E81]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (5.4), 2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.f3 0-0
6.Nge2 c5
7.d5 e6
8.Ng3 exd5
9.cxd5 h5
10.Be2 Nh7
11.Be3 a6
12.a4 h4
13.Nf1 Nd7
14.Bf2 f5
15.exf5 gxf5
16.f4 Re8
17.Ne3 Bd4
18.Nxf5 Bxf2+
19.Kxf2 Rf8
20.g4 hxg3+
21.hxg3 Rxf5
22.Rxh7 Kxh7
23.Bd3 Nf6
24.g4 c4
25.Bxf5+ Bxf5
26.gxf5 Qb6+
27.Kf3 Qxb2
28.Qe1 Rg8
29.Qe7+ Rg7
30.Rh1+ Kg8
31.Qd8+ Kf7
32.Qc7+ Kf8
33.Qc8+ 1-0
 

Motwani,P (2537) - Howell,D (2304) [D02]
Gibraltar Masters (7.14), 02.02.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.g3 Bg7
4.Bg2 0-0
5.0-0 d5
6.Ne5 Nfd7
7.f4 c5
8.Nxd7 Nxd7
9.dxc5 Nxc5
10.Qxd5 Qb6
11.Be3 Qxb2
12.Nd2 Na4
13.Qb3 Bd4
14.Nc4 Bxe3+
15.Nxe3 Qxb3
16.axb3 Nc3
17.Kf2 a6
18.Ra5 Rb8
19.Rc5 Nb5
20.Nd5 Re8
21.Nc7 b6
22.Rxb5 axb5
23.Nxe8 Bf5
24.Nc7 Bxc2
25.b4 Ba4
26.Bc6 Rc8
27.Bxb5 Bb3
28.Rc1 f6
29.Rc3 Bf7
30.Nd5 1-0
 

Harikrishna,P (2582) - Sandipan,C (2524) [E63]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (7.1), 2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nf3 Bg7
4.g3 0-0
5.Bg2 d6
6.0-0 Nc6
7.Nc3 a6
8.b3 Rb8
9.Nd5 Nh5
10.Bb2 e6
11.Ne3 f5
12.Qc1 f4
13.Nc2 e5
14.dxe5 dxe5
15.Rd1 Qf6
16.b4 b5
17.cxb5 Rxb5
18.a4 Rb6
19.Rd5 fxg3
20.hxg3 Qf7
21.a5 Nxb4
22.Rc5 Nd3
23.exd3 Rxb2
24.Qxb2 e4
25.d4 exf3
26.Bf1 Nf4
27.Bc4 Be6
28.Qb3 Ne2+
29.Kf1 Re8
30.Bxe6 Rxe6
31.Ra3 Bf8
32.Qxf3 Bxc5
33.dxc5 Qxf3
34.Rxf3 Re4
35.Rf6 Nc1
36.Rxa6 Rc4
37.Ne3 Rxc5
38.Ra8+ Kg7
39.a6 Ra5
40.Ra7 Nb3
41.Rxc7+ Kh6
42.a7 Nd4
43.Ng4+ 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 3  Issue 6                                                         February 8th, 2004

In This Issue

The Unexplored Sicilian
with IM Andrew Martin

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

Rose's Rants

New At Chessville

Excuses and Fear

Pablo's Chess News

Intro to CC Part Three New On The Net

Position of the Week

 

"The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." - Pearl Buck

World Championship in Composing for Individuals 2001-2003

The WCCI is organised with the authority of the FIDE PCCC, and is open to all composers from all member federations of the FIDE.  The WCCI comprises the following sections: a) Two-movers, b) Three-movers, c) More-movers, d) Endgame studies, e) Helpmates, f) Selfmates, g) Fairies, and h) Retro problems

Composers are invited to submit their top-quality compositions for the WCCI.  In each section a composer may send a maximum of six problems, published during the years 2001-2003. Corrected problems or versions may participate if they were likewise published during these years. Problems from the 6th WCCT may compete since the results were published in 2001, but entries for the 7th WCCT may not compete. Joint problems are not allowed. It is not permitted to send problems for somebody else.

Entries should be in five copies, A5 size, printed or stamped on uniform diagrams, with the author's name, publication date, award if known, stipulation and full solution clearly written on the front of each diagram, and a brief comment if desired. The algebraic notation is to be used.

Problems should be sent by post (not by email) to the Tournament Director, postmarked not later than 30th June 2004 (30.06.04)

In each section three judges grade the problems, giving points on a scale 0 to 4, with half-points allowed. The sun of a composer's four highest-rated problems is calculated for his final result. The composer with the highest total for his four problems will be declared the champion for that section.

In addition, the PCCC makes the following recommendations:
* Cyrillic names and addresses of composers should be written in Cyrillic capital letters, if possible also translated into Latin letters.
* To help the Director, the source of the compositions should, if possible, include not only magazine and year of publication, but also the month or magazine number and/or the number of the composition.
* If a composition has been computer-tested, this should be indicated with the symbol "C+" or "Co".
* Unusual fairy forms should be explained.

Judges
#2: J. Rice (Great Britain), F. Pachl (Germany), V. Sizonenko (Ukraine)
#3: H. Bartolovic (Croatia), W. Bruch (Germany), V. Melnichenko (Ukraine)
#n: K. Wenda (Austria), H. le Grand (Netherlands), I. Murarasu (Romania)
Studies: V. Neidze (Georgia), M. Roxlau (Germany), G. Telbis (Romania)
h#n: M. McDowell (Great Britain), T. Garai (USA), H. Fougiaxis (Greece)
s#n: J. Gordian (Ukraine), J. Vladimirov (Russia), W. Rosolak (Poland)
Fairy: C. Lytton (Great Britain), G. Evseev (Russia), Y. Cheylan (France)
Retro: I. Vereschchagin (Russia), M. Caillaud (France), G. Donati (USA)
Tournament Director:  Mike Prcic, 2613 Northshore Lane, Westlake Village, CA 91361-3318, USA

Position of the Week








White to move and win - Find the Solution

 

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New At Chessville

(2/8)  The Unexplored Sicilian:  IM Andrew Martin's February Bits and Pieces looks at the "so-called Nimzowitsch Variation", 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6!?  "I believe that the average player has only the vaguest notion of what to do with White."

(2/8)  Chessprint for 2004.02.08  "for the sheer joy of chess"

(2/8)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle

(2/7)  One-Up-Manship:  Another Kennedy Kids story from the creative mind of Rick Kennedy.

"Checkmate!"  I hate it when my brother talks to me that way.  "You're just lucky," I told Jon. "One more move, and I would have checkmated you."

He was walking away from the board, but that stopped him.  "Sure, sure, sure. Maybe you could do something with an extra move. You might even beat me one of these days." He smiled his ornery old smile. "Of course, if you get an extra move, I get two extra moves."

Read One-Up-Manship!

(2/6)  An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Three, by Steve Ryan.  From Part 1 of this series we learned the basic premise of correspondence chess (CC).  In Part 2 we looked at the fundamental rules of CC.  Today we're going to look at some of the "venues" to play CC.

(2/5)  Rose's Rants:  Chessville welcomes a new contributor, Tom Rose.  Tom's a pretty opinionated guy, and he believes that everyone has a right to his opinions!  Meet Tom, and read his inaugural rant, Excuses and Fear.

(2/4)  Gianni Donati 50th Jubilee Tourney Awards -- 2002-2003:  Last week we brought you the Tourney's Place Awards (1st - 9th), now we bring you the 15 entries receiving Honorable Mention.
 

Rose's Rants
with Tom Rose


Who is this Tom Rose guy, anyway?

"I learned to play chess at the age of 13.  I was recovering from a stay in hospital, and played chess with a neighbor for hours every day.  Most of my early chess was with weak players.  I had no-one to guide me properly.  During my school years I studied chess sporadically and unsystematically.  Despite that I played top board for both the school and the local club and became town champion.  I played in a handful of "real" tournaments, but I did not meet strong players often enough.

At University I played little.  After graduating I began to play and study more.  At 25 I began a serious effort to improve and started winning minor places in weekend tournaments.  Finally at the age of 28, after 3 years of steady work, I won an Open tournament against strong opposition.  Next year my grade reached 193 on the BCF (British Chess Federation) scale, equivalent to about 2140 Elo, or about 2220 USCF scale, so in USA terms: a strong expert, or weak National master.

What does that mean?  I played like a journeyman boxer - fit, tough, determined, and equipped with a big punch - but no class.  I had a well-prepared repertoire of simple openings.  I knew basic endings well.  I fought hard in inferior positions.  I rarely made gross tactical blunders, and could spot an interesting tactical blow.  This was enough to beat most of my opponents.  As I plodded along, not blundering, most of my opponents would self-destruct within 40 moves.

Learn More About Tom Rose
 

Excuses and Fear
One of Rose's Rants, with Tom Rose

It has been said that chess players are good at two things, Chess and Excuses.  It has also been said that Chess is where all excuses fail!  Grandmaster Nigel Davies believes that by making excuses (for losing) players "Protect the ego, but inhibit the learning process".  This is very important not only in Chess, but also in whatever you choose to do in life.  Winners do not make excuses.

There seem to be two types of excuse.  I'll call them shallow and deep.  Here are some typical shallow excuses:

  • I was tired that day

  • the light was poor

  • I missed mate in two

  • the ending was so obviously drawn that I got bored and made a mistake

  • it was so noisy I could not concentrate

  • I brought the wrong spectacles

  • the TV in the next room kept me awake last night

  • I am just getting over a cold

  • my opponent crunched his crisps

  • I ran short of time

  • I was tricked into an opening I know nothing about

  • I accidentally picked up the wrong piece and had to move it

  • I was so far ahead I failed to notice that my Queen was en-prise

  • I was distracted by my opponent's nubile physique and fluttering eyelashes

These are obviously pathetic, even if they are true.  They are bad for your development because they do not lead you to find and eliminate the deeper misconceptions and weaknesses that led to these particular errors.

You might bolster the ego-protecting belief that you understand the game better than your opponent.  Maybe you do.  Or maybe your understanding is not that great, but you can't face up to simply being outplayed.  We all understand chess better than we usually play it and that includes your opponent.  A game of chess is a fight.  A loss is a loss.  If you turn up tired, uncommitted, or unfocussed, you DESERVE to lose.  Just be grateful you took up chess and not boxing.

Read more of Rose's Rant on Excuses and Fear!
 

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

The Unexplored Sicilian

Sumets,A (2470) - Shtyrenkov,V (2510) [B29]
Osen I, Alushta UKR (7), 2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6!?








The so-called Nimzowitsch Variation.  I believe that the average player has only the vaguest notion of what to do with White.

3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 Nxc3!

Black can get involved in the complications after 4...e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd5 Qb6:









analysis diagram

And it must be said that this is very attractive.  Ten years ago I would have had no hesitation in recommending this very sharp line, but even a brief search through my database has convinced me that the pawn sacrifice is unsound and that anyone with the same information is quickly going to come to this conclusion.

Hence 4...Nxc3, a solid move, much less commonly played and as we will see, dangerous.  Black's plans include expanding naturally with ...d7-d5 or targeting the e5 pawn.

Read more: The Unexplored Sicilian
 

Intro to Correspondence Chess Part 3
by Steve Ryan

From Part 1 of this series we learned the basic premise of correspondence chess (CC).  In Part 2 we looked at the fundamental rules of CC.  Today we're going to look at some of the "venues" to play CC.

As alluded to previously in this series many “venues” exist that will allow you to play CC with any degree of competitiveness from a casual game with Uncle Harry to attaining titles such as International Master, International Grand Master and even the “world” championship (more on this topic below).  As it turns out, as well as my regular league games in the International E-mail Chess Club (IECC) I have a game going with my neighbour across the street and another with my niece in a different city.  I hope to persuade both of them to join the IECC or at least some sort of “official” organization.  Now don’t misunderstand me here, if you want to stay with private offhand games, then you do exactly that.  If you feel like a little more competition, then you have lots of room for that as well.

Any Internet search will reveal hundreds of sites devoted to CC and I can’t possibly mention them all here.

Read More: An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part Three
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Championship Beginnings:  In 1920, Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky was given the responsibility of organizing the first USSR championship, which was held in Moscow.  Despite trying circumstances, due to the aftereffects of both World War 1 and the Russian Revolution, he was able to run the tournament, which was won by Alexander Alekhine.  At one stage, the players threatened to go on "strike", due to lack of food and meals.  Ilyin-Genevsky also competed in the tournament, finishing 10th with a score of 7/16.

Championship Persistence:  Yefim Geller, Marc Taimonov, David Bronstein, Lev Polugaevsky and Mikhail Tal are the only players to have played in 20 or more USSR Chess championship finals tournaments.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

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  • German Chess Championships (January 30 - February 7th)
    Alexander Graf wins the German Chess Championship (7.5/9)

  • Gibraltar Chess Congress (January 27 - February 5)
    Nigel Short wins the tournament (8/10) / Games available

  • CCT6 - 6th Programmer´s Computer Chess Tournament (31-1)  Crafty wins the CCT6! / Games available

  • More!

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Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow

1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2786
2 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2728
3 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2701
4 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2698
5 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2689
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2685
7 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2680
8 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2677
9 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2677
10 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2669
11 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2669

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Annotated Games

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David Sands (Washington Times): Charousek-Tchigorin, Budapest 1896; and Charousek-Burn, Cologne, 1898

Chess Siberia - Bonin-Shabalov, 87th Marshall CCC, New York (4) 2003 (Notes by Boris Schipkov

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Position of the Week: Solution

Podzielny,K (2584) - Hayward,K (2105) [B00], EM/CL/Q15-1 email, 24.11.2002

1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 c6 5 Nf3 Nf6 6 Bc4 Bf5 7 Bd2 e6 8 Nd5 Qd8 9 Nxf6+ gxf6 10 Qe2 Bxc2 11 Bc3 Bg6 12 Rd1 Be7 13 d5 cxd5








[Diagram]  14 Bxd5 exd5 15 Bxf6 Rg8 16 Rxd5 Nd7 17 0-0 Nxf6 18 Rxd8+ Rxd8 19 Qb5+ Kf8 20 Qxb7 Be4 21 Qb3 Rd3 22 Qb8+ Rd8 23 Qb3 Rd3 24 Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

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GAMES

Graf,A - Müller,K [A52]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (4.1), 02.02.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e5
3.dxe5 Ng4
4.Bf4 Bb4+
5.Nc3 Nc6
6.Nf3 Qe7
7.Qd5 Bxc3+
8.bxc3 Qa3
9.Rc1 d6
10.exd6 Be6
11.Qd2 0-0-0
12.Nd4 g5
13.Bxg5 Rxd6
14.e3 Nxd4
15.cxd4 Rb6
16.Bd3 Rb2
17.Bc2 Rg8
18.d5 Bd7
19.Bf4 Qxa2
20.0-0 Qxc4
21.Qd1 1-0
 

Schebler,G - Gustafsson,J [A07]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (5.2), 03.02.2004

1.Nf3 d5
2.g3 Bg4
3.Bg2 Nd7
4.d4 e6
5.0-0 Ngf6
6.Nbd2 Be7
7.Re1 0-0
8.e4 c5
9.exd5 Nxd5
10.Nc4 Qc7
11.Ne3 Nxe3
12.Bxe3 Rfd8
13.Qe2 Bf6
14.Rad1 Rac8
15.h3 Bh5
16.Qb5 a6
17.Qb3 cxd4
18.Bxd4 e5
19.Be3 b5
20.Rd2 h6
21.Nh2 Nb6
22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Nf1 Nc4
24.c3 Bg6
25.a4 bxa4
26.Qxa4 Nxb2
27.Qxa6 Nd3
28.Rd1 Qxc3
29.Nd2 Nb2
          0-1
 

Kritz,L - Heinemann,T [B90]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (5.4), 03.02.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5
7.Nb3 Be7
8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 0-0
10.0-0-0 Nbd7
11.g4 b5
12.g5 Nh5
13.Nd5 Bxd5
14.exd5 b4
15.Kb1 a5
16.Bb5 Qc7
17.Rhg1 Nb8
18.Rg4 Qb7
19.Ba4 Bd8
20.Qe2 g6
21.Rh4 Ng7
22.Re4 Nh5
23.Rh4 Ng7
24.Bc1 Qa7
25.Rc4 Nd7
26.Re4 Nh5
27.Be3 Bb6
28.Bxd7 Bxe3
29.Bg4 Bxg5
30.Bxh5 f5
31.Rc4 Be3
32.Qg2 Qg7
33.Re1 Bh6
34.Qf2 Kh8
35.Qb6 a4
36.Nc1 a3
37.Qxd6 e4
38.Rxb4 Bd2
39.Rd1 Bxb4
40.Qxb4 Rfb8
41.Qd4 Rxb2+
42.Ka1 Qxd4
43.Rxd4 Rxc2
44.Nb3 e3 0-1
 

Heinemann,T - Graf,A [B40]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (7.1), 05.02.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.b3 b6
4.c4 Bb7
5.Nc3 Nf6
6.e5 Ng4
7.h3 Nh6
8.Bd3 f5
9.exf6 Qxf6
10.Rb1 Bxf3
11.Qxf3 Qxf3
12.gxf3 Nc6
13.Bb2 Be7
14.Rg1 Bf6
15.Be4 0-0
16.Ne2 Rad8
17.Bxf6 Rxf6
18.Rg5 Nf7
19.Rg3 d5
20.Bc2 Nb4
21.Bd1 Nd3+
22.Kf1 dxc4
23.Nc3 Nfe5
24.Ne4 Rff8
25.bxc4 Rd4
26.Rb3 Nxc4
27.Bc2 Nf4
28.d3 Ne5
29.Ra3 Rf7
30.Nc3 Nexd3
31.Kg1 Nc1
         0-1
 

Graf,A - Naiditsch,A [E02]
DEM 2004 Höckendorf (8.1), 06.02.2004

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.g3 d5
4.d4 dxc4
5.Qa4+ Nbd7
6.Bg2 a6
7.Nc3 Rb8
8.Qxc4 b5
9.Qd3 Bb7
10.0-0 Bd6
11.Ng5 Bxg2
12.Kxg2 Be7
13.Bf4 Nh5
14.Nce4 Nxf4+
15.gxf4 Nb6
16.Rac1 h6
17.Nf3 Nd5
18.e3 Rb6
19.Rfd1 g5
20.Nc3 f5
21.Ne5 gxf4
22.e4 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Qa8
24.f3 Rd6
25.exf5 Bf6
26.fxe6 Rg8+
27.Kf1 Bxe5
28.Qf5 Rf8
29.Qh5+ Kd8
30.Qxe5 Re8
31.d5 1-0
 

Davies,N (2502) - Vijayalakshmi,S (2444) [E18]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel (10.16), 05.02.2004

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.g3 b6
3.Bg2 Bb7
4.0-0 e6
5.c4 Be7
6.d4 0-0
7.Nc3 Na6
8.Bf4 Ne4
9.Nxe4 Bxe4
10.Qa4 Qc8
11.Rfd1 c5
12.d5 exd5
13.cxd5 Nb4
14.Ne1 Bxg2
15.Nxg2 d6
16.a3 Na6
17.Rac1 Qb7
18.Ne3 g5
19.Bxg5 Bxg5
20.Qg4 Qe7
21.Nf5 Qf6
22.h4 h5
23.Qxg5+ Qxg5
24.hxg5 Rad8
25.e4 Rfe8
26.Re1 b5
27.b3 b4
28.a4 Nc7
29.Kg2 Kh7
30.f4 a5
31.Kf3  Kg6
32.Rh1 Rh8
33.g4 hxg4+
34.Kxg4 f6
35.gxf6 Kxf6
36.Rxh8 1-0
 

Short,N (2702) - Ganguly,S (2541) [C78]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (6.1), 02.02.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 b5
6.Bb3 Bc5
7.a4 Rb8
8.c3 d6
9.d4 Bb6
10.Na3 0-0
11.axb5 axb5
12.Nxb5 exd4
13.cxd4 Bg4
14.Ra4 Qe8
15.Bc2 Nxe4
16.h3 Bh5
17.g4 Bg6
18.Nh4 Nf6
19.Nxg6 hxg6
20.Nc3 Qd7
21.Kg2 Ra8
22.g5 Nh5
23.Qg4 Qd8
24.Be3 Rxa4
25.Nxa4 Ba7
26.Nc3 Qb8
27.Rb1 Rd8
28.b4 Nxb4
29.Be4 c5
30.Nd5 Nxd5
31.Rxb8 Nxe3+
32.fxe3 Bxb8
33.Bd5 cxd4
34.Qxd4 Rf8
35.Qe4 1-0
 

Ganguly,S (2541) - Speelman,J (2578) [B17]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar (7.3), 2004

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nd2 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.Ng5 Ngf6
6.Bd3 e6
7.N1f3 Bd6
8.Qe2 h6
9.Ne4 Nxe4
10.Qxe4 Qc7
11.0-0 b6
12.Qg4 Kf8
13.b3 Bb7
14.Bb2 Nf6
15.Qh4 c5
16.dxc5 Qxc5
17.Bd4 Qa5
18.Bxf6 gxf6
19.Be4 Bxe4
20.Qxe4 Rd8
21.Rad1 Qh5
22.Rd3 Kg7
23.Rfd1 Bc7
24.Rd7 b5
25.h3 Bb6
26.c3 Rc8
27.R1d3 Rhe8
28.Nd4 Kh8
29.Qf4 Rg8
30.Qxf6+ Rg7
31.Nxe6 1-0
 

Bellon Lopez,J (2429) - Chandler,M (2508) [D58]
Gibraltar Masters (7.15), 02.02.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 d5
3.c4 e6
4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bg5 h6
6.Bh4 0-0
7.e3 b6
8.Qc2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6
10.cxd5 exd5
11.g4 c5
12.0-0-0 Nc6
13.h4 cxd4
14.exd4 g6
15.g5 hxg5
16.hxg5 Bxg5+
17.Kb1 Bf6
18.Bd3 Nb4
19.Bxg6 Nxc2
20.Bh7+ Kg7
21.Rdg1+ Bg5
22.Nxg5 Kf6
23.Rh6+ Ke7
24.Bxc2 Qd7
25.Re1+ Kd8
26.Re5 Qg4
27.a4 a6
28.a5 Qxd4
29.Rf5 Ke7
30.Rxb6 Rab8
31.Ne2 Qd2
32.Re5+ Kd8
33.Nc3 Re8
34.Nxf7+ Kc7
35.Rbe6 Rxe6
36.Rxe6 Bc8
37.Re3 Bf5
38.Re7+ Kc6
39.Ne5+ Kd6
40.Rd7+ Kxe5
41.f4+ Kxf4
42.Nxd5+ Kf3
           0-1
 

Rowson,J (2547) - Emms,J (2501) [B48]
Gibraltar Masters La Caleta Hotel (8.7), 03.02.2004

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Be3 a6
7.Qd2  Nf6
8.0-0-0 Bb4
9.f3 Ne5
10.Nb3 b5
11.Bd4 Bb7
12.Qf2 0-0
13.Nc5 d6
14.Nxb7 Qxb7
15.g4 Rac8
16.h4 Nfd7
17.Ne2 Qc7
18.c3 Bc5
19.Kb1 b4
20.cxb4 Bxb4
21.Nc3 Qa5
22.Rc1 Bc5
23.Bxc5 Nxc5
24.Qe3 Rb8
25.Rh2 Rb4
26.Rcc2 Rfb8
27.g5 g6
28.h5 gxh5
29.Rxh5 Qa3
30.Rhh2 Na4
31.Qc1 Nxf3
32.Rhf2 Nd4
33.g6 hxg6
34.Nb5 Rxb2+
35.Rxb2 axb5
36.Qf4 Nc3+
37.Ka1 Rb7
38.Qe3 e5
39.Qg5 Ra7
40.Qd8+ Kg7
41.Qf6+ Kg8
42.Bc4 d5
43.Rh2 1-0

 

 

 

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