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GAMES

Epishin,V (2658) - Lahno,K (2486) [E18]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (1), 28.12.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.g3 Bb7
5.Bg2 Be7
6.Nc3 0-0
7.0-0 Ne4
8.Bd2 f5
9.Re1 Bf6
10.Qc2 d6
11.Rad1 Nxc3
12.Bxc3 Be4
13.Qa4 Qe8
14.Qxe8 Rxe8
15.Bh3 Bb7
16.Nd2 Nd7
17.e4 g6
18.Bg2 Rab8
19.f4 Kf7
20.e5 Bxg2
21.Kxg2 dxe5
22.fxe5 Bh8
23.d5 h6
24.Nf3 Nc5
25.Nd4 a5
26.dxe6+ Nxe6
27.Nc6 Rbc8
28.Rd7+ Kf8
29.b4 a4
30.Red1 Bg7
31.R1d5 Ra8
32.a3 Kg8
33.Ne7+ Kh7
34.Rd1 Rad8
35.Nc6 Rxd7
36.Rxd7 Kg8
37.Ne7+ Kh7
38.Nd5 Kh8
39.Nxc7 Nxc7
40.Rxc7 Bxe5
41.Bxe5+ Rxe5
42.Rc6 Re2+
43.Kf3 Rxh2
44.Rxg6 Rc2
45.Rxh6+ Kg7
46.Rc6 Rc3+
47.Kf4 Kf7
48.Kxf5 Rxg3
49.Rxb6 Ke7
50.Ke5 Kd7
51.Ra6 Rxa3
52.Kd5 Ra1
53.c5 a3
54.Ra7+ Kc8
55.b5 Kb8
56.b6 Rd1+
57.Kc6 Rd3
58.Rh7 Rd8
59.Rb7+ 1-0
 

Hebden,M (2560) - Conquest,S (2545) [D30]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (2), 29.12.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 c5
4.cxd5 exd5
5.Bg5 Be7
6.Bxe7 Nxe7
7.dxc5 Qa5+
8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.e3 Qxc5
10.Be2 0-0
11.0-0 Bg4
12.Rc1 Rfd8
13.Nd4 Bxe2
14.Qxe2 Qa5
15.Nb3 Qb4
16.Rfd1 Rac8
17.h3 h6
18.Rc2 Qb6
19.Rcd2 Nb4
20.Nd4 Rd7
21.Qg4 Rcd8
22.e4 Rd6
23.e5 Rg6
24.Qh4 Re8
25.Ncb5 Nbc6
26.Nd6 Rf8
27.b3 Nxe5
28.Qxe7 Qxd6
29.Qxb7 Rg5
30.f4 1-0
 

Gormally,D (2471) - Hebden,M (2560) [C91]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (3), 30.12.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.d4 d6
9.c3 Bg4
10.Be3 exd4
11.cxd4 d5
12.e5 Ne4
13.h3 Bh5
14.Nc3 Bb4
15.Nxd5 Bxe1
16.Qxe1 a5
17.a3 a4
18.Ba2 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Ng5
20.Kg2 Ne6
21.Rd1 Qh4
22.f4 Na5
23.f5 Nc4
24.Bxc4 Ng5
25.Be2 Qxh3+
26.Kg1 Nf3+
27.Bxf3 Qxf3
28.Ne7+ Kh8
29.Rc1 Rfe8
30.Rxc7 b4
31.Qxb4 Qg4+
32.Kf1 Rab8
33.Qxa4 Qh4
34.Qc6 Qg4
35.b4 Qd1+
36.Kg2 Qg4+
37.Kh2 Qh4+
38.Kg1 h6
39.f6 Qg4+
40.Qg2 Qd1+
41.Kh2 gxf6
42.Ng6+ 1-0
 

Epishin,V (2658) - Conquest,S (2545) [E91]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (4), 31.12.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.Nf3 0-0
6.Be2 Bg4
7.Be3 Nfd7
8.0-0 Nc6
9.g3 Nb6
10.b3 e6
11.Rc1 d5
12.cxd5 exd5
13.exd5 Ne7
14.Bg5 f6
15.Bd2 Nbxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5
17.Ne1 Bxe2
18.Qxe2 Qd6
19.Qc4 Kh8
20.Nd3 Rad8
21.Rfe1 c6
22.Nc5 Nb6
23.Qe2 Rf7
24.Bf4 Qd5
25.a4 g5
26.Bd2 Qf5
27.Ne6 Rg8
28.a5 Nd5
29.a6 Bh6
30.axb7 Rxb7
31.Rxc6 Nf4
32.Nxf4 gxf4
33.Qe6 Qxe6
34.Rcxe6 Rxb3
35.Rxf6 Bg5
36.Rf5 1-0
 

Rogers,I - Lane,G [B32]
Australian Championship Adelaide University (3.1), 31.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nb5 d6
6.c4 Be7
7.Bd3 Nf6
8.N1c3 a6
9.Na3 0-0
10.0-0 Be6
11.Nc2 Qd7
12.Nd5 Bd8
13.b3 Rb8
14.Qe2 Re8
15.Bb2 Bxd5
16.cxd5 Ne7
17.Ne3 Bb6
18.Nc4 Bc5
19.Rac1 Ng6
20.Qf3 Rbc8
21.g3 b5
22.Na5 Ne7
23.a3 Nexd5
24.exd5 e4
25.Qd1 exd3
26.Bxf6 gxf6
27.b4 Bb6
28.Qxd3 Rxc1
29.Rxc1 Qg4
30.Rc2 Re5
31.Nc6 Rh5
32.Ne7+ Kf8
33.Nc8 Qh3
34.Nxb6
           Qxh2+
35.Kf1 Qh1+
36.Ke2 Re5+
37.Qe3 Qh5+
38.Kd2 Rxe3
39.Kxe3 Qe5+
40.Kd3 Kg7
41.Rc6 f5
42.f4  Qe4+
43.Kc3 Qe3+
44.Kc2 Qxg3
45.Rxd6 Qxf4
        0-1
 

Conquest,S (2545) - Nielsen,P (2626) [A06]
Hastings Premier (5), 01.01.2004

1.Nf3 d5
2.b3 Bg4
3.e3 Nd7
4.Bb2 e6
5.Be2 Ngf6
6.d3 Bd6
7.Nbd2 c6
8.a3 a5
9.h3 Bxf3
10.Nxf3 0-0
11.0-0 b5
12.Qd2 b4
13.Ra2 Qb6
14.Rfa1 Qb7
15.Qd1 Rfb8
16.g3 Ne8
17.Nd2 Nc7
18.c4 bxc3
19.Bxc3 Nb5
20.Bb2 c5
21.Rc1 Qa7
22.Bf1 a4
23.Qg4 g6
24.Be2 Qa5
25.Ba1 Nxa3
26.Bc3 axb3
27.Bxa5 bxa2
28.Ra1 Rxa5
29.Rxa2 Rb4
30.Qf3 Ra8
31.Kh2 Rbb8
32.Qh1 Nb5
33.Rxa8 Rxa8
34.d4 Rb8
35.dxc5 Nxc5
36.Qa1 Nc7
37.h4 h5
38.Kg2 Ne8
39.Qa5 Bf8
40.Bb5 Nf6
41.Nf3 Nce4
42.Ne5 Nd6
43.Bd3 Rc8
44.Qa7 Nfe8
45.Qb6  ½-½
 

Moen,A (2239) - Acs,P (2593) [E32] 33rd Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (3), 29.12.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 0-0
5.e4 d5
6.e5 Ne4
7.Bd3 c5
8.a3 Ba5
9.Bxe4 dxe4
10.dxc5 Nc6
11.Bf4 f5
12.exf6 Qxf6
13.Nge2 e5
14.Be3 Nd4
15.Qa4 Nxe2
16.Qxa5 Nd4
17.Nd5 Qh4
18.Qc3 Qg4
19.Bxd4 exd4
20.Qxd4 Qxg2
21.0-0-0 Qg5+
22.Kb1 Kh8
23.Rhg1 Qh6
24.Rg3 Bf5
25.Ne7 Be6
26.Ka1 Qf6
27.Nd5 Qxd4
28.Rxd4 Bg8
29.Rxe4 Rxf2
30.Re7 Rf7
31.Rge3 Rc8
32.Rxf7 Bxf7
33.Re7 Kg8
34.Rxb7 Bxd5
35.cxd5 Rxc5
36.d6 Rd5
37.d7 Kf8
38.Rxa7 h5
39.Ra8+ Ke7
40.d8Q+ Rxd8
41.Rxd8 Kxd8
42.Kb1 1-0
 

Ronchetti,N (2201) - Piscopo,P (2321) [B40]
46th It Reggio Emilia ITA (2), 28.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.c3 d5
4.e5 Qa5
5.Bd3 Nc6
6.Qe2 Nge7
7.0-0 Ng6
8.g3 Be7
9.h4 Qc7
10.Re1 0-0
11.h5 Nh8
12.Bc2 f6
13.d4 cxd4
14.cxd4 fxe5
15.dxe5 g6
16.Nc3 Rxf3
17.Nb5 Qb6
18.Qxf3 Qxb5
19.hxg6 hxg6
20.Bd3 Nd4
21.Qe3 Qb4
22.Kg2 Nf5
23.Qe2 Bd7
24.a3 Qa4
25.Rh1 Rf8
26.Bf4 Bc6
27.Rh2 d4+
28.Kh3 Bd5
29.Kg4 Qe8
30.Qf1 Qf7
31.Qh3 Ne3+
32.fxe3 Qf5+
33.Bxf5 exf5#
        0-1

 

 

 

Past issues of The Chessville Weekly can be viewed at our archives.

Volume 3  Issue 1                                                         January 4th, 2004

In This Issue

The Hippopotamus
Rises From the Swamp

An Introduction to Correspondence Chess

The Italian Gambit

Great Players Kit

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia
Online Chess League's
Winter 2004 Tourney

New At Chessville

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"There are no secrets to success.  It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure."
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A while back Pete Blanchette told you all about the Chess eXpress Rating service that his club uses.  If you're going to be in the Gastonia, NC area on Saturday, January 17th, you can try it out for yourself.  Pete will be hosting the 1st EVER CHESS EXPRESS OPEN, a 5-round Swiss system Rapid tourney (Game/30).  Contact Pete for more information, or see the tournament announcement.
 

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Last week we asked you to tell us what you thought was the Top Chess News Story of 2003.  The poll is now closed, the votes have been tabulated, and here's what you had to say:

47% felt the collapse of the World Championship Reunification Plan was the top chess news story.  Second, with 18% was the USCF facing possible financial collapse, and the resulting shakeup in their leadership.  Tied with 9% each were the Kasparov-Computer matches ending in draws (fitting somehow that this story ended up in a tie) and Hikaru Nakamura eclipsing Bobby Fischer's record for the youngest ever US GM.

The poll may be closed, but there's still plenty of time to add your point of view.

Position of the Week








White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

Online Chess League's
Winter 2004 Tourney

Registration Closes: 14th January 2004
Lineups Round One Due: 20th January 2004
Round One Pairings Available: 21st January 2004

Are you looking for a slow time control team tournament?  Are you unsatisfied with other online tourneys you have played in?  If you answered "YES!!" to either of those questions, then we have the tournament league for you!  The Online Chess League was founded for players like you - players who prefer slow time controls and healthy competition, as well as the chance to meet many great people.  If you're looking for a team, no problem!  We'll find you a slot.  If you are already a member of a team, then sign up your team today!

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New At Chessville

(1/4)  The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp: 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.  In this first of three games he looks at Serpik-Blatny, US Open Los Angeles  2003.

(1/4)  ReviewThe Great Players Kit from Convecta, reviewed by our resident expert Kevin Bidner.  The “Great Players Kit” is a collection of the games of former World Champions Capablanca, Tal, Botvinnik, Lasker, and Alekhine and are aimed at intermediate and advanced players.  This is the second installment in his series of reviews of Convekta products.  Says Kevin, "...lo and behold, there is a terrific solution to maximizing your time and learning experience in studying the games of the masters."

(1/4)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

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

(1/3)  Review: The Italian Gambit by Jude Acers and George Laven, reviewed by Allan Savage.  "When I received this manuscript to review, I almost fell off my chair. Jude Acers!! Talk about a blast from the past! Of course everyone knows Jude has been taking on all comers at the Gazebo in the French Quarter of New Orleans for nearly 30 years. But how many remember that even before that, Jude was a strong master, played matches with Fischer and Browne (1960s), and toured the country giving lectures and simultaneous exhibitions? As far as chess writing, he authored the legendary annotations to Grandmaster Chess (1975), the book of the 5th Lone Pine tournament..."

(1/3)  An Introduction to Correspondence Chess, Part One:  Steve Ryan begins your personally guided tour of the fascinating and yes - exciting - world of Correspondence Chess (CC).  "This series of articles will not teach you how to play chess, but they will give you some insight into how a CC club operates since the major rules of the game remain the same.  The “different” rules merely accommodate the peculiarities encountered in the mode of transmitting the moves and the unique nature of correspondence play."

(1/1)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:  Aix les Bains ch-FRA Elite 2003 Tournament.  Lautier, Bacrot, Dorfman, Bauer, Sokolov, etc.  66 games in a 13 kb zipped ChessBase file.

(12/30)  The Study of the Opening - Part Four:  Continuing the journey of exploration of opening study with Diego Acosta and Tony Hahn, begun in Part OnePart Two, and Part Three:  "In the first two parts of this article we discussed the importance of gathering games from top-level practice to learn the ideas about your repertoire openings.  In Part Three we systematized the repertoire taking into consideration the ECO codes.  Now we'll finish outlining the process as we see it."

(12/30)  What's In A Name?:  Another Kennedy Kids story, from the creative mind of Rick Kennedy.  "Mary was arranging the pieces on the chess board. "I learned this one from my friend, Georgie," she said.  "What kind of a chess name is 'Georgie'?" I skoffed. "Nobody in chess is named 'Georgie.'"  "Actually," she said, appearing a bit miffed, "Georgie is a great chess player."  She had to be kidding. "Right! Georgie Kasparov. Georgie Karpov. Georgie Fischer. Georgie Polgar.  They're all chess greats!"  That silenced her, for the moment...  Read the whole story, What's In A Name?
 

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

The Hippopotamus Rises From the Swamp

I'm sure that the Modern Defence would be a lot more popular if Black could avoid the more aggressive White systems.  I'm thinking of the Austrian Attack where White plays with an early f2-f4, or the very popular modern idea with Nf3, Be3,Qd2 and a quick Bh6, the so-called 150 attack.  Yes, these blunt variations are a real threat.

In this short article I'm going to suggest 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.

1.e4 b6!?  The Queen's Fianchetto Defence has a very poor reputation, quite unjustified in my opinion, but as I say, we are tinkering with the move order.

2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3  Most White players go 3 Bd3 automatically, doubtless expecting 3...e6.

3...g6!  Now that we have lured the Bishop to d3, the Double Fianchetto or Hippopotamus system becomes much more acceptable.

4.f4  White tries to blow Black away.

4...f5!








But this is the excellent reply which quite takes the initiative away from White.  We move now to the recent Los Angeles Open Tournament where innovator Blatny will demonstrate the potential of Black's fourth move...

This is the first of three parts in IM Martin's look at The Hippo.  See also his other fine opening expositions in Bits and Pieces.
 

The Italian Gambit
by Jude Acres & George Laven
Reviewed by FM & ICCF-IM Allan Savage

The following review first appeared in Squares, and is reprinted by permission of Squares and Chessco.

When I received this manuscript to review, I almost fell off my chair.  Jude Acers!!  Talk about a blast from the past!  Of course everyone knows Jude has been taking on all comers at the Gazebo in the French Quarter of New Orleans for nearly 30 years.  But how many remember that even before that, Jude was a strong master, played matches with Fischer and Browne (1960s), and toured the country giving lectures and simultaneous exhibitions?  As far as chess writing, he authored the legendary annotations to Grandmaster Chess (1975), the book of the 5th Lone Pine tournament, and then virtual silence - until now.

This work is described as "a book bound in two volumes;" I am reviewing the galleys which are both contained in one single spiral bound volume.  Volume one covers what is called The Italian Gambit System.  It starts 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 and now (hold on to your seats) 4. d4!?  This is a very forcing way to reach, by transposition, either (1) the obscure Koltanowski variation of the Giuoco Piano, (2) the Classical Max Lange, (3) the Moller Variation or, (4) the new Miami Variation, a whole new opening.  I was brought up on some of these openings, as many of us were (or should have been), and the opportunity to read a review of their theory and see their critical games is a real treat.

The book is written in Acer's own direct "in your face" style...

Read the rest of Allan's review: Italian Gambit
 

An Introduction to
Correspondence Chess, Part One
by Steve Ryan

Have you ever had a “Pen-pal” relationship with someone where letters went back and forth to some distant destination?  You may have exchanged the latest news, personal information, and similar items.  Correspondence Chess acts much like a Pen Pal system except the primary exchange of “news” or “personal information” consists of chess moves and, ideally, a bit of personal comment on the game and who knows, even a joke or two if the players feel so inclined.  Many don’t, unfortunately, but I feel a bit of “giving out” enhances the game and adds interest.  Your opponent becomes an actual human being this way, not merely someone to beat.

In theory at least you could exchange moves by drum beats, smoke signals, telephone/telegraph, sky writing, semaphore flags, mirror reflections, bouncing lasers off the moon, mental telepathy, messages attached to dirigibles or anything else you can think of.  But all of those have some inherent difficulties, so correspondence chess began with what we can loosely call “postal” chess.

Correspondence games by post began a long time ago and many assertions have come forward as to when and where the first one started.  The grandiose claims that the first one began in the reign of a particular monarch or between OTB clubs in different cities certainly have their spot in history, but so would a game conducted between two villagers a short distance apart, I believe.  No one can say for sure.  Such things tend to get lost in the “mists of time.

Read the rest of Steve's personally guided tour of the fascinating
and yes - exciting - world of Correspondence Chess.
 

Great Players Kit
Reviewed by Kevin Bidner

This is the second installment in the the series of Convekta software product reviews.  The review is on the “Great Players Kit”, which is a collection of the games of former World Champions Capablanca, Tal, Botvinnik, Lasker, and Alekhine.  The products are sold separately (see the Convekta site for international prices) for $29.95 US each or $99.95 for the complete set of five collections.  These products are aimed at intermediate and advanced players.

Everyone knows that all serious chess players must study the games of the great masters.  The problem is… How?  The key to learning from master games is to be able to first see the alternatives they saw, and second understand why they made the decisions they did, and then third, transfer that knowledge into our own decision making.  That is is the goal, right?

Well, we have books available, those are good, but playing out games from books is painfully slow - setting up positions, resetting the pieces for every variation… I have spent hours like this, only to realize that at least 1/3 of my invested time was spent setting up and moving around chess pieces and yet another third trying to remember where I was in the maze of variations.  So yes, books are good, but in this day and age of magical chess software we can do much better right?

OK so we have our chess software, and we can load up entire libraries of free game collections (see Chessville's own Games Collections or the Game Collection Links).  Yes, here we can study the games of the masters, and play out the moves easily, but with no variations, comments, etc.  Now maybe its just me, but when I play through a Capablanca game, I’m just not sure I’m getting all of the subtleties of the game… in fact most of the time I am scratching my head wondering what the hang is going on!  Needless to say, plodding through the books starts to look good again.

But, lo and behold, there is a terrific solution to maximizing your time and learning experience in studying the games of the masters.  Convekta software has published a set of programs facilitating the study of Capablanca, Tal, Botvinnik, Lasker, and Alekhine.  The programs are a terrific value to any serious student of the game.  Here’s why...

Find out why, read the rest of Kevin's review of the Great Players Kit.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Sandglasses:  Prior to the introduction of mechanical chess clocks in the mid to late 19th century, players would use sandglasses to work out how much time they could spend on their moves.

Bare King:  In early medieval times, one way for a player to win the game was to leave his opponent with a "bare king",  i.e. no other pieces on the board.  This rule survived in Iceland up to the middle of the 19th century.  In some countries the "bare king" was considered an inferior form of victory, and if there was a prize stake for the game, the victor would only get a percentage of it.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Hastings Chess Congress (December 28 - January 5 / ENGLAND)  Vasilios Kotronias joins Vladimir Epishin in the 1st place before the last round

Nielsen,P (2626) - Kotronias,V (2626) [E99]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (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+ 0-1

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

  • Corus Chess Tournament 2004 (January 9 - 25 / NETHERLANDS)  Participants: Kramnik, Anand, Svidler, Shirov, Morozevich, Leko, Adams, Bareev, Sokolov, Akopian, Bologan, Zhang Zhong, Van Wely & Timman

  • Pamplona Tournament 2003 (December 20-28/ Pamplona, SPAIN)  Miguel Illescas wins the tournament (Illescas, Sutovsky & McShane tied in the 1st place)

  • More!

other online chess news resources
The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
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Nielsen,P (2625) - Chuchelov,V (2600) [E11]
Bundesliga (2), 11.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Nb5 Bxb5 13.Qxb5 a6 14.Qd3 b5 15.Rfc1 Qb6 16.Rc2 Rfc8 17.Rac1 Qd8 18.Bc7 Qf8 19.Qe3 h6 20.Ne5 Qe8 21.Nc6 Bf8 22.Ba5 Nc5 23.Nd8 Be7 24.Nxf7 Nb7 25.Qxe6 Rxc2 26.Ne5+ Kh7 27.Rxc2 Nxa5 28.Rc7 Bd8 29.Qf5+ Kh8 30.Rf7 Nc4 31.Ng6+ Kh7 32.Ne5+ Kh8 33.Rf8+ Qxf8 34.Ng6+ Kg8 35.Bxd5+ Qf7 36.Bxf7+ Kxf7 37.Nf4 Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.e4 1-0

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3  Anand, Viswanathan..............  g    IND  2766    0  11.12.69
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5  Shirov, Alexei..................  g          ESP  2736   16  04.07.72
6  Topalov, Veselin................  g        BUL  2735    0  15.03.75
7  Morozevich, Alexander...........  g   RUS  2732   23  18.07.77
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Marshall,F - Rubinstein,A [D36]
Moscow Moscow, 1925

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 c6 10.Qc2 Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 f5 15.f3 exf3 16.Nxf3 Be6 17.e4 fxe4 18.Rxe4 Rad8 19.Re5 h6 20.Ne4 Qb4 21.a3 Qc4 22.Qf2 Bf7 23.b3 Qxb3 [Diagramed Position] 24.Nfd2 Qa2 25.Nc3 1-0
 

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GAMES

Lahno,K (2486) - Hebden,M (2560) [C92]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (6), 02.01.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.c3 d6
9.h3 a5
10.a4 b4
11.d3 Ba6
12.Qc2 Rb8
13.Nbd2 bxc3
14.bxc3 d5
15.exd5 Nxd5
16.Nc4 Nxc3
17.Ncxe5 Nxe5
18.Nxe5 Bb7
19.Nxf7 Rxf7
20.Bxf7+ Kxf7
21.Qxc3 Bf6
22.d4 Rc8
23.Qc4+ Qd5
24.Qxd5+ Bxd5
25.Ba3 h5
26.Bc5 h4
27.Rec1 Rh8
28.Rab1 Rh5
29.Kf1 Bg5
30.Re1 Bf6
31.Rb8 Bc6
32.Rc8 Bxa4
33.Rxc7+ Kg6
34.Ra7 Bb5+
35.Kg1 a4
36.Rb1 Bc6
37.Rb6 Bd5
38.f3 Bb3
39.Be7 Rb5
40.Rd6 Kf5
41.Bxf6 gxf6
42.Raa6 Kf4
43.Rxf6+ Ke3
44.Rh6 Rb4
45.Rxh4 Kd3
46.Rg4 Bd5
47.Ra5 1-0
 

Hebden,M (2560) - Rowson,J (2541) [D00]
Hastings International Chess Congress Hastings, ENG (7), 03.01.2004

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.Bf4 Bg7
5.e3 0-0
6.Be2 c5
7.Ne5 cxd4
8.exd4 Nfd7
9.Qd2 Nxe5
10.dxe5 d4
11.Nb5 Nc6
12.0-0-0 Qd5
13.c4 Qxg2
14.h4 Bf5
15.Nxd4 Qe4
16.Nxf5 Qxf5
17.Bd3 Qe6
18.Rhe1 Rfd8
19.Qc3 Rd4
20.Be3 Rxh4
21.f4 Bh6
22.Qd2 Rd8
23.Qf2 Qh3
24.Kb1 Bxf4
25.e6 f6
26.Bxf4 Rxd3
27.Rxd3 Qxd3+
28.Ka1 Nd4
29.Rc1 Rh5
30.b3 Rf5
31.Qd2 Qxd2
32.Bxd2 Nxe6
33.Be3 b6
34.b4 Re5
35.Bg1 Kf7
36.Kb2 Nf4
37.Rd1 Ke8
38.c5 bxc5
39.Bxc5 a6
40.Kb3 Rd5
41.Rc1 Nd3
42.Rc2 Nxc5+
43.bxc5 Kd7
44.Kb4 Kc6
45.a4 h5 0-1
 

Solomon,S - Xie,G [B30]
Australian Championship, 29.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 e6
4.Bxc6 bxc6
5.d3 Ne7
6.Ng5 f6
7.Nh3 d5
8.0-0 Ng6
9.f4 dxe4
10.dxe4 Qd4+
11.Nf2 Ba6
12.Re1 Bd6
13.Qg4 Kf7
14.c3 Qa4
15.e5 f5
16.Qf3 Be7
17.b3 Qa5
18.Be3 Rad8
19.Nd2 Nh4
20.Qh5+ g6
21.Qh6 Qxc3
22.Rac1 Qa5
23.Rc2 Bd3
24.Nxd3 Rxd3
25.Kf2 g5
26.fxg5 Ng6
27.Nc4 Qd8
28.Kg1 f4
29.Bxf4 Rd1
30.Nd6+ 1-0
 

Rogers,I (2658) - Yu,R (2486) [E18] Australian Ch, 12.0029

1.e4 c6
2.Nf3 d5
3.Nc3 Bg4
4.h3 Bxf3
5.Qxf3 e6
6.g3 Nf6
7.Bg2 Nbd7
8.0-0 Ne5
9.Qd1 d4
10.Ne2 d3
11.Nf4 dxc2
12.Qxc2 g5
13.d4 Qxd4
14.Ne2 Qd3
15.Qxd3 Nxd3
16.Bxg5 Bg7
17.b3 Nc5
18.f3 e5
19.h4  Ne6
20.Bh3 Nxg5
21.hxg5 Nd7
22.Bxd7+ Kxd7
23.Rad1+ Kc7
24.f4 Rhf8
25.Kg2 exf4
26.gxf4 h6
27.gxh6 Bxh6
28.Kf3 Rfd8
29.e5 Bg7
30.Ng3 Re8
31.Rh1 Bxe5
32.fxe5 Rxe5
33.Rh7 Rf8
34.Kf4 Re7
35.Ne4 a5
36.Rd3 Rfe8
37.Ng5 Kb6
38.Nf3 Re4+
39.Kf5 Re3
40.Rxe3 Rxe3
41.Ne5 Re2
42.a3 Kc5
43.Rxf7 b5
44.Ke6 Re3
45.Rf3 Rxf3
46.Nxf3 a4
47.b4+ Kc4
48.Kd6 c5
49.bxc5 b4
50.c6 bxa3
51.c7 a2
52.c8Q+ 1-0
 

Kotronias,V (2626) - Hebden,M (2560) [C96]
Hastings Premier (5), 01.01.2004

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.c3 d6
9.h3 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Re8
12.dxe5 dxe5
13.Nxe5 Bb7
14.Nd2 Bd6
15.Ng4 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Bxe4
17.Bg5 Qxg5
18.Bxe4 Rad8
19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Rxe8 Rxe8
21.Qxd6 Re6
22.Qd3+ Rg6
23.f4 Qxf4
24.Rf1 Qc7
25.Rf5 Nc4
26.Rd5 Qe7
27.b3 Nb6
28.Re5 Qd6
29.Qf5 Qd1+
30.Kf2 Qd2+
31.Kf3 Qd1+
32.Kf2 Qd2+
33.Re2 Qd5
34.Re5 Qd2+
35.Kf3 Qd1+
36.Kg3 Qd6
37.Kh4 Nd7
38.Re8 Nf6
39.Nxf6+
          Qxf6+
40.Qxf6 Rxf6
41.Re5 c4
42.Rh5+ Kg8
43.Rc5 Rf2
44.bxc4 Rxg2
45.cxb5 axb5
46.Rxb5 f6
47.a4 Kh7
48.a5 Kh6
49.Rh5+ Kg6
50.Rc5 Kh6
51.Rh5+ Kg6
52.Rc5 Kh6
        ½-½
 

De Firmian,N (2553) - Seeman,T (2429) [B15]
33rd Rilton Cup Stockholm SWE (3), 29.12.2003

1.e4 g6
2.d4 Bg7
3.Nc3 c6
4.f4 d5
5.e5 Nh6
6.Nf3 f6
7.Bd3 Bg4
8.0-0 0-0
9.Kh1 fxe5
10.dxe5 Nd7
11.h3 Bxf3
12.Rxf3 e6
13.Ne2 Nc5
14.Be3 Qe7
15.Bxc5 Qxc5
16.Qd2 Rae8
17.Raf1 Nf5
18.g3 Nd4
19.Nxd4 Qxd4
20.c3 Qa4
21.a3 c5
22.Qe2 c4
23.Bb1 Rd8
24.Rd1 Qc6
25.h4 b5
26.Rd4 Rf7
27.h5 gxh5
28.Rf2 Bf8
29.Qxh5 Rg7
30.Rh2 Rdd7
31.f5 exf5
32.Bxf5 Rc7
33.e6 Bc5
34.Rg4 Kf8
35.Qh6 Ke8
36.Rxg7 1-0
 

Bellini,F (2503) - Ronchetti,N (2201) [B20]
46th It Reggio Emilia ITA (4), 30.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Bc4 Nf6
 5.Nc3 d6
6.d3 Be6
7.Nge2 Be7
8.0-0 0-0
9.f4 exf4
10.Nxf4 Bxc4
11.bxc4 Nd7
12.Ncd5 Nde5
13.Nh5 Re8
14.Qe1 Bh4
15.Qe2 Re6
16.Nhf4 Rh6
17.Ne3 Bg5
18.g3 Rf6
19.Nf5 Qd7
20.Qh5 Bh6
21.Nd5 Re6
22.Nxh6+ Rxh6
23.Qxh6 gxh6
24.Nf6+ Kf8
25.Nxd7+
          Nxd7
26.Rf5 Rd8
27.Rh5 Nb4
28.Rxh6 Nxc2
29.Rf1 Ne3
30.Rf3 Ng4
31.Rxd6 Ke7
32.Rd5 1-0

 

 

 

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