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Leko,P (2722) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B33]Linares Chess Tournament (11),
02.03.2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6
10.Nd5 f5
11.Bd3 Be6
12.0-0 Bxd5
13.exd5 Ne7
14.Qh5 e4
15.Be2 Bg7
16.c3 Rc8
17.Nc2 Rc5
18.Ne3 f4
19.Nf5 0-0
20.a4 Nxf5
21.Qxf5 Qe7
22.axb5 axb5
23.Qxf4 Rxd5
24.Rfd1 Re5
25.Qe3 f5
26.Qb6 f4
27.Qxd6 Qg5
28.f3 e3
29.Ra7 Kh8
30.Qd7 Rg8
31.Qh3 Qg6
32.Rad7 Rh5
33.R7d6 Bf6
34.Rxf6 Qc2
35.Qxh5 Qxe2
36.g4 Qf2+
0-1
Shirov,A (2737) - Vallejo Pons,F (2663) [D87]Linares Chess Tournament
(11), 02.03.2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5
8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 0-0
10.0-0 Bd7
11.Rb1 a6
12.dxc5 Na5
13.Bd3 Qc7
14.f4 Rfd8
15.c6 Qxc6
16.Bb6 Bg4
17.Bxd8 Rxd8
18.Qc2 Nc4
19.Nd4 Qc5
20.Bxc4 Qxc4
21.Rbc1 Bxd4+
22.cxd4 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 Rc8
24.Qb1 Rxc1
25.Rxc1 b5
26.Rc7 Be6
27.h3 Qd6
28.Qc1 b4
29.f5 gxf5
30.Qg5+ Kf8
31.Ra7 Qd1+
32.Kh2 Qd6+
33.g3 Qd8
34.exf5 Bxa2
35.Rxa6 Bd5
36.Qd2 Qc8
37.Rb6 Qxf5
38.Rxb4 e6
39.Kg1 Qe5
40.Kf2 Qf5+
41.Rf4 Qb1
42.Qc3 Qb6+
43.Ke2 h5
44.Rb4 Qa6+
45.Ke3 Qd6
46.Kf2 Ke7
47.Qd4 Qc7
48.Rb2 Qc1
49.h4 Qh1
50.Qb4+ Kd7
51.Qb5+
1/2-1/2
Radjabov,T (2656) - Topalov,V (2735) [E04]Linares Chess Tournament (11),
02.03.2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5
4.g3 dxc4
5.Bg2 a6
6.0-0 b5
7.Ne5 Nd5
8.e4 Nf6
9.a4 Bb7
10.axb5 axb5
11.Rxa8 Bxa8
12.Nc3 c6
13.Bf4 Be7
14.Qa1 Nbd7
15.d5 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 cxd5
17.exd5 Bxd5
18.Bxf6 Bxf6
19.Bxd5 exd5
20.Re1+ Kf8
21.Qa3+ Be7
22.Qa7 g6
23.Nxb5 d4
1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G (2830) - Topalov,V (2735) [C88]
Linares Chess Tournament (13), 04.03.2004
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 Nd7
11.c3 Nc5
12.axb5 axb5
13.Rxa8 Qxa8
14.Bc2 b4
15.d4 bxc3
16.bxc3 Nd7
17.Nf1 Bf6
18.d5 Ncb8
19.h4 Nc5
20.Ng3 Bc8
21.Ng5 h6
22.Nh5 Be7
23.Nh3 Qa2
24.Re3 g6
25.Rg3 Nbd7
26.Bxh6 Bxh4
27.Rg4 Be7
28.Bg5 Bxg5
29.Nxg5 f5
30.exf5 gxh5
31.Rg3 Nf6
32.Ne6+ Kf7
33.Rg7+ Ke8
34.Nxc7+ Kd8
35.Ne6+ Ke8
36.Nc7+ Kd8
37.Ne6+ Ke8
38.Nc7+ ½-½
Najer,E (2602) - Kulaots,K (2541) [B86]
Cappelle La Grande Cappelle la Grande (8), 05.03.2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 Nf6
4.Nc3 cxd4
5.Nxd4 a6
6.Bc4 e6
7.Bb3 Nbd7
8.f4 Nc5
9.0-0 Nfxe4
10.Nxe4 Nxe4
11.Kh1 Be7
12.f5 e5
13.Ne6 fxe6
14.Qh5+ Kd7
15.fxe6+ Kc7
16.Rf7 Kb8
17.Be3 g6
18.Qh3 d5
19.Bxd5 Qxd5
20.Rxe7 Nd6
21.Bb6 Nb5
22.Qe3 Rd8
23.Bxd8 Qxd8
24.Qxe5+ Qd6
25.Qxd6+
Nxd6
26.Re1 a5
27.Rxh7 Ra6
28.Rg7 Nf5
29.Rxg6 Ne7
30.Rg7 Nf5
31.Rf7 Bxe6
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I remember as a kid (and a serious chess enthusiast) how
exciting it was to read the games collections of the great players.
Books by Fischer, Larsen, Botvinnik, Geller, and Smyslov come immediately to
mind. Fantastic works of chess literature.
Is it only me then or have we experienced a significant drop
in quality of writing over the past couple of generations? New In
Chess bores me to tears - it's all the same! The games of Anand,
Kramnik, Leko, Adams, even Shirov ..... they don't excite me in the same
way. Maybe the quality of chess is higher but the games seem dry;
there is little humanity in them. The computer reveals itself in the
moves. Yawn.
There are notable exceptions.
Kasparov is a giant all on his own - his books are
marvelous. And I have to admit more than a sneaking regard for the
work of Nigel Short, whose interesting style of play we will feature here...
Short,N (2702) - Prasad,D (2395) [B20]
ch-Commonwealth Mumbai IND (5), 14.01.2004
1.e4 c5 2.b3!?
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
The Snyder Variation, which certainly packs a punch for the
unwary. I think I am going to recommend it to you. It would really be wonderful if White could get the Bishop
working against the Black kingside the whole game through. That must
be the main idea...
Sicilian 2.b3 - The Sicilian Snyder
Variation
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What Makes A Strong Player Strong?
A Rose's Rant, with Tom Rose

My superficially flippant answer to this question is: "He
started young, and stuck at it". And there is a lot of truth in that.
But consider a pretty strong player, and a world-class
player. What really accounts for most of the difference in strength?
Obviously there are many differences. The stronger player
probably works harder at the board. He may calculate variations in a more
disciplined and methodical way. He probably has more fighting spirit. He may
remain calm and perform well under pressure. He envisages future positions
with greater clarity and, when he needs to, can look further ahead. He is
likely to have a better-prepared opening repertoire. These are all
important, but none is enough to explain the gulf in strength.
If you ask the strong player what he does you'll find that
most of the time he is calculating variations. So you go away and read
Think
Like a Grandmaster and try to learn to calculate variations better. And it
does you no good at all, because it is not the mechanics of calculation that
matter most. A grandmaster's superior discipline and method in calculating
is the least of his advantages over you. Yes it is important, but far more
important is what you choose to calculate...
Read all of Tom's latest rant -
What Makes A Strong Player Strong?
Big Brothers
A
Kennedy
Kids
story from Rick Kennedy
Big brothers are cool.
If the boys in my class were as mature as
my big brother Matt, I would probably ignore them only half as much as I do
now.
Still, Matt sometimes gets caught up in
middle school things. Last week was a doozy. He wound up in an
argument with his friend Collin over some girl, and before he knew it, he
had been challenged to an old–fashioned duel!
Luckily for him, he thought fast and chose
the weapons to be used: pawns and pieces at game/60. He also got the
first move. The crowd in the Rec Center the next day
was hushed when the game began.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3
Nf6.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
“Oh, how romantic” whispered my younger
brother, Jon, and he rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue. Last
summer he had tricked me into reading a chapter on the Four Knights in
Zagorovsky’s Romantic Chess Openings – but it turned out to be very
different than I had expected.
4.Bb5 Nd4
“Frankie! My man!” Jon exclaimed, and then
bit his tongue. The pawn sacrifice Collin was offering was pioneered
by American grandmaster Frank Marshall, Jon’s hero. Marshall attacked,
though. Jon was just offensive. Marshall “swindled.” Jon
cheated...
Read
Big Brothers, by Rick Kennedy
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton
Who Am I? #1: I have been award the titles of
International Grandmaster, International Arbiter and International Judge of
Chess Compositions. I competed in my country's national championship
15 times, winning the title outright, and losing a play-off on another
occasion.
I qualified for the Candidates tournament once, and won
several international tournaments. Apart from my play, my greatest
contribution has been through my writings. I was involved in chess
magazines in my country, but my main work was a multi-volume set on the
endgame. Originally published in 3 volumes, the set was updated to 5
volumes in the early 1980's. Finally, I have also been the president
of the national chess federation as well. Who am !?
Who Am I? #2: I am one of the earliest players
of the "modern" era of chess. At age 19 I compiled a manuscript on
openings, which I sold to a wealthy patron. I did this throughout my
career as a means of making money. At the age of 21, I earned 5,000
French francs for defeating France's 3 top players - Arnault le Carabin,
Chaumont de la Salle and Duc de Nemours.
I then went to England. While there, I began the
practice of giving complete games to illustrate my opening variations.
While nearly all of these games are fictitious, they are lively and
entertaining. I ended up at the court of the Spanish King, Phillip IV,
where I defeated all comers. I went to the West Indies with a Spanish
nobleman, and died there in my mid 30's. My manuscripts were not made
available to the public till after my death. I had an opening named
after me, although the opening is now better known under another name.
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Leko,P (2722) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B33]
Linares Chess Tournament (11), 02.03.2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.Bd3 Be6 12.0-0 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne7
14.Qh5 e4 15.Be2 Bg7 16.c3 Rc8 17.Nc2 Rc5 18.Ne3 f4 19.Nf5 0-0 20.a4 Nxf5
21.Qxf5 Qe7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qxf4 Rxd5 24.Rfd1 Re5 25.Qe3 f5 26.Qb6 f4
27.Qxd6 Qg5 28.f3 e3 29.Ra7 Kh8 30.Qd7 Rg8 31.Qh3 Qg6 32.Rad7 Rh5 33.R7d6
Bf6 34.Rxf6 Qc2 35.Qxh5 Qxe2 36.g4 Qf2+ 0-1
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Results up to March 1, 2004
NN |
Name |
Birthday |
Country |
Rating |
Variance |
1 |
Kasparov,Garry |
13.04.1963 |
RUS |
2786 |
147 |
2 |
Anand,Viswanathan |
11.12.1969 |
IND |
2728 |
157 |
3 |
Kramnik,Vladimir |
25.06.1975 |
RUS |
2701 |
141 |
4 |
Topalov,Veselin |
15.03.1975 |
BUL |
2698 |
171 |
5 |
Polgar,Judit |
23.07.1976 |
HUN |
2689 |
162 |
6 |
Leko,Peter |
08.09.1979 |
HUN |
2685 |
151 |
7 |
Svidler,Peter |
17.06.1976 |
RUS |
2680 |
135 |
8 |
Adams,Michael |
17.11.1971 |
ENG |
2677 |
137 |
9 |
Morozevich,Alexander |
18.07.1977 |
RUS |
2677 |
179 |
10 |
Short,Nigel D |
01.06.1965 |
ENG |
2671 |
149 |
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Jon Edwards' Chess
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Edwards,J (2550) - Milovanovic,M (2430) [C11], Olympiad XIII prelim 4/2,
1998;
Vallejo Pons,F (2663) - Kasparov,G (2831) [B90], XXI SuperGM Linares ESP
(14), 05.03.2004;
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(13), 04.03.2004;
Smyslov,V - Boleslavsky,I [C19/07], Moscow/Leningrad, 1941;
Leko,P (2722) - Kramnik,V (2777) [B33], XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (11),
02.03.2004;
Smyslov,V - Kottnauer,C [B84/06], Groningen, 1946;
Topalov,V (2735) - Shirov,A (2736) [C97], XXI SuperGM Linares ESP (10),
29.02.2004
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Siff-Kashdan, U.S. Open, New York, 1948
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Position of the Week: Solution
1.Kc4 cxd6 [1...Ba6+ 2.Qxa6 Qb5+ a) 2...Rxg7
3.Nc3+ Nxc3 4.Qh1+ f3 5.Qxc2 Qb5+ 6.Qxb5 Nxc2 7.Qxh4+ Rg4 8.Qxg4+ Rf4
9.Qc6+ Nd5 10.Qxd5#; b) 2...c6 3.Ng4 Qb5+ (b) 3...Ne3+ 4.Rxe3+ fxe3
5.Qxc6+ Kf4 6.Qch6+ Kg3 7.Nxe3+ Rxg7 8.Qxg7+ Rg5 9.Qxg5+ Kf2 10.Qxh4+
Kg1 11.Qd1#) 4.Qxb5 cxb5+ (b) 4...Ne3+ 5.Rxe3+ fxe3 6.Qxc5 Nc3 7.Nxe5
Rxe5 8.Nxc3+ Bxc3 9.Qcxe5+ Kf3 10.Qf1#) 5.Kxb5 Rf6 6.Nxf6+ Kf5 7.Qh7+
Rg6 8.Qbxf7 Nxa3+ 9.Nxa3 Nc3+ 10.Rxc3 e4 11.Qhxg6+ Ke5 12.Nc4#; c)
2...Qb6 3.Ng4 Ne3+ 4.dxe3 Qe6+ 5.Qxe6 Bc3 6.Nxc3+ Nxc3 7.Qh1+ f3 8.Nf2#;
d) 2...Qe8 3.Ng4 Qe6+ 4.Qxe6 Ne3+ 5.dxe3 Bc3 6.Nxc3+ Nxc3 7.Qh1+ f3
8.Nf2#; e) 2...Rh5 3.Qxc2 Qb5+ 4.Qxb5 Rxg7 5.Nc3+ dxc3 6.Rdxc3+ Kf3
7.Qf1+ Kg3 8.Qg2#; 3.Qxb5 Rxg7 4.Qxc2 Kf3 ( 4...fxe3 5.Rxe3+ Kf4 6.Rf3+
Kg5 7.Qxf5+ Kh6 8.Qb8 Rh7 9.Qd8 Nd3 10.Qdf6#) 5.Qb7+ c6 6.Nxf5+ Kg4
7.Qd1+ Kxf5 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qc8+ Kd6 10.Qh6+ Rg6 11.Qhf8#; 1...Rxg7 2.Ng4
Rxg4 a) 2...Ba6+ 3.Qxa6 Qb5+ (a) 3...Ne3+ 4.dxe3 Qb5+ 5.Kxb5 fxe3 6.Nd2+
Kf4 7.Qh6+ Rgg5 8.Qf1+ Kg3 9.Qg1+ Kh3 10.Qh2+ Kxg4 11.Q2xh4#) 4.Kxb5 Rh5
5.Rg3 Nxa3+ 6.Nxa3 Nc3+ 7.dxc3 hxg3 8.Qe1+ Kf5 9.Qxe5+ Kxg4 10.Qd1+ f3
11.Qe4+ Kh3 12.Qh1#; b) 2...Nxa3+ 3.Nxa3 Ba6+ 4.Qxa6 Qb5+ 5.Nxb5 f3
6.Nf2+ Kf4 7.Qh6+ Rfg5 8.Rxf3#; c) 2...Ne3+ 3.dxe3 Ba6+ 4.Qxa6 Qb5+
5.Kxb5 fxe3 6.Rxe3+ Kf4 7.Re4+ Kxe4 8.Nd2+ Kf4 9.Qf3+ Kg5 10.Qh6#;
3.Rxd4+ Nxd4 4.Nc3+ Nxc3 5.Qe1+ Kf3 6.Qbd1+ Kg2 7.Qxg4+ Kh2 8.Qexh4#;
1...Bxa1 2.Ng4 Ba6+ 3.Qxa6 Ne3+ 4.Rxe3+ fxe3 5.Qxe3+ dxe3 6.Rxe3+ Kf4
7.Qah6+ Rg5 8.Qhxg5#; 1...Bd5+ 2.Qxd5+ Nxd5 3.Nc3+ Naxc3 4.Rxd4+ Nxd4
5.Qh1+ f3 6.Qb1+ Kf4 7.Qxf5+ Nxf5 8.Nxd5+ Nxd5 9.Qxf3#; 1...Nc1 2.Ng4
Ba6+ ( 2...Nxa3+ 3.Qaxa3 Ba6+ 4.Qdxa6 Qb5+ 5.Qxb5 Ncxd3 6.Qxd3+ Nxd3
7.Qxd3#) 3.Qxa6 Qb5+ 4.Qxb5 Ne3+ 5.dxe3 Kf3 6.Qd1+ Kg2 7.Rd2+ Ne2
8.Qxe2+ Kh1 9.Qf1#; 1...Nxa3+ 2.Nxa3 Rxg7 ( 2...Nc1 3.Rxd4+ cxd4 4.Qb1+
d3 5.Q1xd3+ Nbxd3 6.Qdxd3+ Nxd3 7.Qxd3+ Kf3 8.Nd1#; 2...Ba6+ 3.Qxa6 Rxg7
4.Ng4 Qb5+ 5.Nxb5 f3 6.Nf2+ Kf4 7.Qh6+ Rfg5 8.Rxf3#) 3.Qh1+ f3 4.Qxh4+
Rg4 5.Qxg4+ Rf4 6.Qdg6+ fxg6 7.Qxg6+ Rf5 8.Qxf5#; 1...Nxa1 2.Ng4 Ba6+
3.Qxa6 Qb5+ 4.Qxb5 Rh5 5.Nf2+ Kf5 6.Qd7#; 1...f3 2.Nd5 Ba6+ 3.Qxa6 Qb5+
4.Qxb5 Nxa3+ 5.Nxa3 Nxd5 6.Qe1+ Ne3+ 7.Rxe3+ dxe3 8.Qbxe3#; 1...Qd8
2.Qxd8 Nxa3+ ( 2...Ba6+ 3.Rxa6 Bxa1 4.Qxc2 Kf3 5.Qd1+ Ke4 6.Qxh4 Rxg7
7.Qdh1+ Rg2 8.Qxg2#; 2...Rxg7 3.Nc3+ Bxc3 4.Qh1+ Rg2 5.Qxg2+ f3 6.Qg4+
Rf4 7.Qxf4+ Kxf4 8.Qxh4#; 2...Bxa1 3.Nd1 Nxa3+ 4.Qxa3 Ba6+ 5.Qxa6 Rf6
6.Nf2+ Kf5 7.Qaxf6#; 2...Nc1 3.Qdxg8 Ne1 4.Rxd4+ cxd4 5.d3+ Nbxd3
6.Qxb7+ Kxe3 7.Qg1+ Ke2 8.Q8g2+ Nxg2 9.Qaxb2+ Nxb2+ 10.Qxb2#; 2...Bd5+
3.Nxd5 Nxa3+ 4.Nxa3 Nc1 5.Qd1 Nbxd3 6.Nc3+ dxc3 7.Qd5#) 3.Qxa3 Nc1 4.Ng4
Ncxd3 5.Qxd3+ Nxd3 6.Nc3+ Bxc3 7.Qh1+ f3 8.Nf2+ Nxf2 9.Qdxh4+ Ng4
10.Qhxg4+ Rf4 11.Qhxf3#; 1...Kf3 2.Nxc2+ Nxd3 3.Ne1+ Kf2 4.Nxd3+ Ke2
5.Nc3+ Nxc3 6.Qdxe5+ Rxe5 7.Qe1+ Kf3 8.Nxe5#; 1...Ne1 2.Rxd4+ cxd4 (
2...Kf3 3.Nxf5+ Nbd3 4.Rxd3+ Ke2 5.Nc3+ Nxc3 6.Qdxe5+ Be4 7.Qxe4+ Nxe4
8.Qbd1+ Kf1 9.Qxe1#) 3.Nc3+ Bxc3 4.Qgxe5+ Rxe5 5.Qxd4+ Bxd4 6.Qab1+ Ned3
7.Qh1+ f3 8.Qxh4+ Rg4 9.Qxg4+ Nf4 10.Qb1+ Nc2 11.Qxc2#; 1...Qe8 2.Ng4
Ba6+ ( 2...Qb5+ 3.Kxb5 Nxa3+ 4.Nxa3 Nc3+ 5.Rxc3 c6+ 6.Kb6 Nd5+ 7.Qbxd5+
cxd5 8.Qe1#) 3.Qxa6 Qe6+ 4.Qxe6 Ne3+ 5.dxe3 Bc3 6.Nxc3+ Nxc3 7.Qh1+ f3
8.Nf2#; 1...h3 2.Nxc2 Ba6+ 3.Qxa6 Qb5+ 4.Qxb5 f3 5.Re3+ Kf4 6.Rxf3+ Ke4
7.Qe3+ dxe3 8.Raxe3#] 2.Nc3+ Nxc3 [ 2...dxc3 3.Qh1+ f3 4.Qxh4+
Rf4 5.Qhh7+ f5 6.Qxb7+ Qxb7 7.Qxb7+ d5+ 8.Nxd5 Rfg4 9.Qxc2 Nxc2 10.Rd4+
exd4 11.Qe7#; 2...Bxc3 3.Rxd4+ Nxd4 4.Qab1+ Ndc2 5.Qh1+ f3 6.Qxh4+ Rf4
7.Qxc2+ Nxc2 8.Qhh7+ f5 9.Qxb7+ Qxb7 10.Qxb7+ d5+ 11.Qxd5#] 3.Qh1+ f3
4.Qxh4+ Rf4 5.Qhh7+ f5 6.Qxb7+ Qxb7 [ 6...d5+ 7.Nxd5 Nxa3+ 8.Qxa3
Rfg4 9.Nxc3+ Kf4 10.Rxf3+ Kg5 11.Rxf5#] 7.Qxb7+ d5+ 8.Qxd5+ Ncxd5
[ 8...Nbxd5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Re3+ Ndxe3+ 11.Qxe3+ Nxe3+ 12.Rxe3+ dxe3
13.d3#] 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 [ 9...Nxa3+ 10.Qxa3 Nxd5 11.Re3+ Nxe3+
12.Qxe3+ dxe3 13.d3#] 10.Re3+ Ndxe3+ 11.Qxe3+ Nxe3+ 12.Rxe3+ dxe3
13.d3 mate 1-0 |
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The Mad
Aussie's Historical Chess Trivia
Selections from past issues:
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
Part Seven
Drawing Master: At the Slupsk tournament in 1979, Hungarian GM
Istvan Bilek drew all 10 games that he played in a grand total of 125 moves,
taking only 109 minutes in time for all 10 games.
Inside Ajeeb: The great American master Harry Pillsbury was
employed for a short time as the human operator of the chess automaton "Ajeeb".
Opening Discussion: 32 of the 34 games in the 1927 World
Championship match in Buenos Aires between Jose Capablanca and Alexander
Alekhine featured the Queen's Gambit opening.
First To Worst: After Vitaly
Tseshkovsky won the USSR championship in 1978, he finished last in the 1979
tournament. He did the same thing nearly a decade later, winning the
championship in 1986, and finishing last in 1987.
Time Consuming: German master Friedrich Samisch lost all 13 of
his games in the 1969 Linkopping tournament by failing to meet the time
control in each game.
Champion Beater: Akiba Rubinstein defeated Emanuel Lasker, Jose
Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine in the first game that he played against
those players in tournament play.
Biased Opinion Perhaps? The 16th-Century Spanish player Bishop
Ruy Lopez stated that no player of any skill would ever use the English
Opening (1.c4) to start a game.
Elo Champion: Arpad Elo, the originator of the rating system that
bears his name, was champion or co-champion of the American state of
Wisconsin 9 times between 1935 and 1961.
From Amateur To Pro: The 1911 San Sebastian tournament
was the first international tournament at which all competitors were
reimbursed for their fares and living expenses.
For Medicinal Purposes Only: Mikhail Chigorin had a bottle of
brandy next to the board, which he drank from, when he played Wilhelm
Steinitz for the World Championship title in 1889 and 1892.
GAMES
Topalov,V (2735) - Shirov,A (2737) [C97]
Linares Chess Tournament Linares, ESP (10), 29.02.2004
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.h3 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Qc7
12.d5 Nc4
13.b3 Nb6
14.a4 Bd7
15.a5 Nc8
16.c4 g6
17.Nc3 Nh5
18.Ne2 Re8
19.Ra2 Bf8
20.g4 Ng7
21.Ng3 f6
22.Nh2 Re7
23.h4 Rf7
24.f4 exf4
25.Bxf4 Qd8
26.Rf1 Qe7
27.h5 Ne8
28.Bd3 Bg7
29.Kg2 Qf8
30.Qc1 bxc4
31.bxc4 Rb8
32.Raf2 Rb3
33.Rf3 Ne7
34.Bd2 Bc8
35.Qc2 Rb8
36.Kh1 gxh5
37.Nxh5 Ng6
38.e5 dxe5
39.Bxg6 hxg6
40.Qxg6 e4
41.Rh3 Rfb7
42.Nf4 Rb1
43.Qh7+ Kf7
44.Qh5+ Kg8
45.Ng6 1-0
Vallejo Pons,F (2663) - Radjabov,T (2656) [B33]
Linares Chess Tournament (12), 03.03.2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3 b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6
10.Nd5 Bg7
11.Bd3 Ne7
12.Nxe7 Qxe7
13.0-0 f5
14.c4 0-0
15.Qf3 d5
16.cxd5 fxe4
17.Bxe4 Rb8
18.Rfd1 Qd7
19.d6 Rb6
20.Qd3 Rd8
21.Rac1 Bf8
22.Qg3+ Bg7
23.Qd3 Bf8
24.Qg3+ Bg7
25.Qh4 Rxd6
26.Bxh7+ Kf8
27.Qb4 Bb7
28.Nc2 Qe7
29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Qg4 Rh6
31.Bf5 Rh4
32.Qd1 Bh6
33.Ne3 Bxe3
34.fxe3 Bxg2
35.Rc8+ Kg7
36.Qe1 Qg5
37.Qg3 Kf6
38.Qxg5+
Kxg5
39.Bd3 Bd5
40.Rg8+ Kf6
41.a3 Rh3
42.Rg3 Rh8
43.e4 Be6
44.Kg2 Rd8
45.Rf3+ Ke7
46.b4 f5
47.Rh3 f4
48.Rh7+ Bf7
49.Be2 Rd2
50.Kf1 Kf6
51.h4 Bg6
52.Ra7 Bxe4
53.Bg4 f3
54.Rxa6+ Kg7
55.Ra7+ Kf8
56.Rd7 Bd3+
57.Ke1 f2+
58.Kxd2 f1Q
59.Rd8+ Ke7
60.Rd7+ Ke8
61.Rxd3 Qf4+
62.Re3 Qd4+
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