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GAMES
Pablo's Picks

Icelandic Championship
2002.08.26
Round "7"

Kristjansson -        Stefansson

1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 e6
4. O-O Nge7
5. Re1 Nd4
6. Bf1 Nec6
7. c3 Nxf3+
8.Qxf3 Be7
9. Qg3 O-O
10. d4 cxd4
11. Bh6 Bf6
12. e5 Nxe5
13. Bxg7 Bxg7
14. Rxe5 f5
15. cxd4 Qb6
16. Rb5 Qxd4
17. Nc3 d5
18. Ne2 f4
19. Qf3 Qe5
20. Rb4 Bh6
21. Rd1 b6
22. Rdd4 Ba6
23. Nxf4 Qe1
24. Qg4+ Bg7
25. Qxe6+
            Qxe6
26. Nxe6 Bxd4
27. Rxd4 Rfe8
28. Nc7 Re1
29. Nxa6 Rc8
30. Rxd5 Rcc1
31. g4 Rxf1+
32. Kg2 Rg1+
33. Kf3 Rc2
34. Rg5+ Kf7
35. Rf5+ Ke6
36. b3 Rc3+
37. Kf4 Rg2
38. f3 Rxa2
39. Nb4 Rxh2
40. Re5+ Kd7
41. Rd5+ Kc8
42. Rf5 Rxb3
43. Nd5 a5
44. Ke5 a4
         0-1

French Championship
2002.08.31

Bacrot - Lautier

1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4
3. e4 e5
4. Nf3 Bb4+
5. Nc3 exd4
6. Nxd4 Ne7
7. Bxc4 O-O
8. Be3 Nbc6
9. Ndb5 Bd7
10. a3 Ba5
11. b4 Bb6
12. Bxb6 axb6
13. f4 Na7
14. Nxa7 Rxa7
15. O-O Ng6
16. Qf3 c6
17. Qg3 Qc7
18. h4 Ne7
19. a4 Qd6
20. Rad1 Qxb4
21. Bxf7+ Rxf7
22. Rxd7 Ra8
23. Rfd1 Raf8
24. f5 Kh8
25. Kh2 Qc5
26. Ne2 Ng8
27. Nf4 1-0

55th Russian Chess Championship

Krasnodar
2002.08.28, Round 1

Turov - Volkov

1. c4 Nf6
2. Nc3 e5
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. a3 g6
5. g3 Nd4
6. Bg2 Nxf3+
7. Bxf3 Bg7
8. d3 h6
9. h4 d6
10. h5 gxh5
11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. cxd5 Bg4
13. e4 Qd7
14. Be2 Qb5
15. a4 Qb4+
16. Bd2 Qxb2
17. Rb1 Bxe2
18. Kxe2 Qa2
19. Ra1 Qb2
20. Rb1 Qa2
21. Rxb7 Bf6
22. Rxc7 Rb8
23. Rc2 Qa3
24. Rxh5 Bd8
25. Rc3 Qa2
26. Kf3 Bb6
27. Qc2 Qa1
28. Rc8+ Ke7
29. Rc7+ Kf8
30. Bxh6+
             Rxh6
 31. Rxh6 Qf1
32. Rh8+ Kg7
33. Rxb8 Bxc7
34. Rb1 1-0

 

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In This Issue
Position of the Week

Artful Dodger's ChessChat
New At Chessville
Opening Repertoire For the Positional Player
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

From the Editor's Desk...

     Today we debut a new feature of The Chessville Weekly, "The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia", brought to you by the Mad Aussie himself, Graham Clayton.  Graham earned his nickname from fellow ChessChatters (see today's site review) because of his penchant for playing unusual openings in his correspondence games.
     Says Graham, "I am a librarian by profession, 37 years old, single, and live on the north-western outskirts of Sydney, Australia.  I was taught the moves when I was about 10 or 11, and learnt to play by reading books from the local public library. My only significant OTB play was 4 years of high school chess between 1979 and 1982.  I have been a member of the Correspondence Chess League of Australia since 1980, and play both within Australia and overseas."
     "With my overseas games, I enjoy the social side of meeting new people and making friendships as much as the actual games.  Chess is much more than the actual moves on the board. I have always been fascinated by the history of the game - the great players, tournaments, controversies and incidents, as well as the unusual things.  Chess for me is fun!"  Clayton uses, among other sources, the "Oxford Companion to Chess" by Ken Whyld and David Hooper.  Read the first installment of the Mad Aussie's intriguing chess trivia here.
 

Position of the Week

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

Artful Dodger's ChessChat
http://hood.hctc.com/~dtriplet/

"Chess got a grip on your life? When you walk into a bookstore do you walk directly to the games/chess section? Are you always asking your friends, "Want to play a quick game?" Do you liken every political, social, and economical struggle to the '72 World Championship?"  If so, you're a candidate for the Artful Dodger's ChessChat.

ChessChat isn't really a website, although there is a site and the site does have some content.  What ChessChat really is though, is an email discussion group, using Yahoo Groups as host.  You can elect to read the messages at the Yahoo Groups site, or receive them via email.

Dan "The Artful Dodger" Triplett, started ChessChat October 25th, 1998 and has 476 members as of this writing.  Dan writes "I had been looking for chess discussion lists and outside of Usenet really couldn't find any. I basically had in mind one thing: create a place for chess players to come and discuss all things chess. I didn't really have any specific criteria I thought the discussion list should meet but I didn't want it to focus on only one aspect of chess, the list is much more than that."

"Like many lists, ChessChat has at its core a group of players who have been with us for years, some since its inception. Each has brought their unique flavor for the game, along with their special interests and insights, and have made ChessChat what it is today: a community. ChessChat has taken on a life of it's own and is what it is not because of my efforts, but because of the members who contribute to the list. We're friendly, informative, sometimes combative, and always fun."

This is list is active, intelligent, and has quite a number of very strong players among it's members, including several masters and at least one ICCF IM.  I've been a member for a couple of years now, and it is simply the best email based discussion group there is.  You need to join now!  I'll finish with the word's Dan finishes off the ChessChat home page with: Remember: It's only a game. (Yeah, Right!)
 

New At Chessville

Q&A: Editor Kelly Atkins answers your latest chess-related queries.

Book Reviews: Can you Be A Tactical Chess Genius?, The Turk, and Endgame Challenge.

An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player: Suggested openings for those who prefer positional games over all-out attacking games.

Annotated Game: Steinitz v. Lasker, World Championship Match, 1894, Game 4.  Annotations by the players themselves.
 

An Opening Repertoire
For the Positional Player
By Evan Kreider

The purpose of this article is not to teach any openings, but rather to help the positional player decide upon a set of openings which form a consistent and efficient repertoire, as well as to direct the player to resources from which to learn these openings. I have selected this particular repertoire based on the following criteria:

a) it avoids sharp tactical struggles in favor of more strategic battles;
b) it is suitable for the amateur player with a reasonable but limited amount of time and energy to devote to study;
c) it results in positions which are good (or at least equal) for White;
d) it results in positions which are equal (or only minimally and reasonably disadvantageous) for Black;
e) it contains various structurally and strategically similar lines, when possible; and
f) it is relatively natural and intuitive to play.

Read An Opening Repertoire For the Positional Player!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

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.

Champion For A Day:  After the death of Alexander Alekhine in 1946, FIDE held a meeting to decide on how to choose the next World Champion. The FIDE delegates decided that since Max Euwe was the only ex-World Champion still alive, he would be the "World Champion" until FIDE organized a tournament to find the next champion.  The Soviet delegates arrived at the meeting a day late.  They had the decision annulled, and thus the world title was left vacant, till Botvinnik won the 1948 tournament.  Thus Euwe was "technically" World Champion twice: 1935-37, and one day in 1946.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

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CNN-Sports Illustrated: IOC Report Rejects Chess as Olympic Event

The London Times
     Game of the Month - September
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Key Moves - Key Move #126

William Harvey's Chess Puzzles
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     Alekhine vs M Feldt, Tarnopol, 1916
     Alekhine vs Rosanov & Simpson, Moscow, 1916
     Carl Berndtsson vs Fans Bengtsson, Copenhagen, 1916
     Efim Bogoljubov vs Alexei Selesniev, Triberg, 1916
     Solutions are found at the top of http://wtharvey.com/prodex.html

Chess Siberia
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Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post
     Three unusual tales where a queen forks two rooks

Jack Peters in the LA Times
     Fischer-Spassky '72; Akopyan--IM Kraai, Century City 2002;
     Reynolds--Shuck, San Luis Obispo 2002

Australian Chess Columns - August 25th Columns by Rogers, Parr

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Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary - August 28th: Excavations

Seagaard Chess Reviews - CORR Database 2002

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Position of the Week: Solution

Adams-Torre, New Orleans 1929.  1. Qg4 Qb5  Of course the queen is taboo 1... Qxg4 2. Rxe8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#.  2. Qc4  The queen is still taboo!  2... Qd7 3. Qc7  Yet a third offering of the poisonous queen!  3... Qb5 4. a4  Still trying to deflect the queen from the a4-e8 diagonal.  4... Qxa4 5. Re4  Offering the rook this time. 5...Qb5 6. Qxb7  Black Resigns.
 

 

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Kelly's Quotes

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Life is too short for chess. – Henry J. Byron

Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess. – William Napier

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The delight in gambits is a sign of chess youth. In very much the same way as the young man, on reaching his manhood years, lays aside the Indian stories and stories of adventure, and turns to the psychological novel, we with maturing experience leave off gambit playing and become interested in the less vivacious but withal more forceful maneuvers of the position player. – Emanuel Lasker

Yeah, but I'm infected with the Peter Pan syndrome; I don't want to grow up!! Gambits forever!! – David Surratt

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It merely attracts attention and encourages the winner to demonstrate the mistake to anyone who is interested. – Gary Lane (on reacting to a loss by scattering the pieces from the board)

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man yet has said "mate" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious. – A. A. Milne

Moral victories do not count. – Savielly Tartakower

A chess player who resigns gracefully never intended to win anyway. – Bill Wall

Winning isn't everything, but losing is nothing. – Edmar Mednis

I hate anyone who beats me. – Lisa Lane

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GAMES
Pablo's Picks

55th Russian Chess Championship

Krasnodar
     2002.08.28
Round 1

Aseev -
     Nevostrujev

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 O-O
5. Nf3 d6
6. Be2 c5
7. O-O cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc6
9. Be3 Bd7
10. Kh1 a6
11. f3 Qb8
12. Qd2 Rc8
13. Rfd1 b6
14. Bf1 Ra7
15. Nxc6 Bxc6
16. Qf2 Rb7
17. Rac1 b5
18. b3 Rbc7
19. Bb6 Rb7
20. Bd4 Rbc7
21. e5 dxe5
22. Bxe5 Ng4
23. fxg4 Bxe5
24. Qh4 Rd8
25. Rxd8+ Qxd8
26. Qe1 Qd4
27. Be2 b4
28. Na4 Rd7
29. Qf1 Qe3
30. Rd1 Qh3
31. Qg1 Bxh2
32. Qxh2 Bxg2+
33. Kg1 Qe3+
         0-1

55th Russian Chess Championship

Krasnodar
     2002.08.28
Round 2

Inarkiev -
      Savchenko

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e5
3. dxe5 Ng4
4. Bf4 Nc6
5. Nf3 Bb4+
6. Nc3 Qe7
7. Qd5 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Qa3
9. Qd2 Qe7
10. Qd5 Qa3
11. Rc1 f6
12. Rc2 Ne7
13. Qd2 fxe5
14. Nxe5 Nf6
15. Nd3 d6
16. g3 Be6
17. Bg2 O-O-O
18. c5 d5
19. O-O Bf5
20. Rb1 c6
21. Rcb2 Rd7
22. Rb3 Qa6
23. Qb2 Ng6
24. Ra3 1-0

 

 

 

 

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