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A nasty surprise for John Emms in Rd 1:

Saravanan -   Emms, 7-29-02

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.Nc3 Qc7
6.Bd3 Nf6
7.0-0 Bc5
8.Nb3 Be7
9.f4 d6
10.Qf3 Nbd7
11.a4 b6
12.Bd2 Bb7
13.Rae1 0-0
14.Qh3 Rad8
15.g4 d5
16.exd5 Bc5+
17.Nxc5 Nxc5
18.dxe6 fxe6
19.g5 Nxd3
20.cxd3 Nd5
21.Qxe6+ Kh8
22.Nxd5 Bxd5
23.Qh3 Qc5+
24.Be3 Qd6
25.f5 Kg8
26.Rf4 Bb7
27.Rd4 Qc7
28.Rxd8 Qxd8
29.Rf1 Qxd3
30.f6 Bd5
31.Qg3 Qe4
32.Bxb6 Rc8
33.f7+ Bxf7
34.Qf4 Qg6
35.Bd4 Rd8
36.Bc3 h6
37.h4 Rd3
38.Qf5 Qh5
39.Qxd3 Qg4+
40.Kf2 Bc4
41.Qd8+ Kh7
42.Qd4 1-0

Clash of  young (21 & 19) Indian stars, Rd 2:

Sasikiran -
         Sandipan,
      7-30-02

1.Nf3 d5
2.d4 Nf6
3.c4 e6
4.Nc3 c6
5.e3 Nbd7
6.Qc2 Bd6
7.b3 h6
8.Be2 b6
9.0-0 0-0
10.Bb2 Bb7
11.e4 dxe4
12.Nxe4 Nxe4
13.Qxe4 Re8
14.Rad1 Qc7
15.Bd3 f5
16.Qh4 Be7
17.Qh5 Bf6
18.Ba3 b5
19.Rfe1 Qa5
20.Bd6 b4
21.c5 Qxa2
22.Bc4 Ba6
23.Ra1 Qxa1
24.Rxa1 Bxc4
25.bxc4 a5
26.g3 b3
27.Ra3 a4
28.Rxa4 Reb8
29.Bxb8 Rxa4
30.Qe8+ Nf8
31.Bd6 b2
32.Nd2 Ra1+
33.Kg2 Rd1
34.Qxf8+ Kh7
35.Be5 Bxe5
36.dxe5 Rxd2
37.Qb8 g5
38.Qb3 f4
39.gxf4 gxf4
40.Kf3 Kg6
41.Qb8 Kg7
42.h4 h5
43.Qb3 Kg6
44.Qa2 Kf5
45.Qb1+ Kxe5
46.Qe4+ Kf6
47.Qxf4+ Ke7
48.Qg5+ Ke8
49.Qxh5+ Kd8
50.Qh8+ Kc7
51.Qh7+ Kb8
          1-0

The youngest woman to gain the Men's GM title in action in Rd 3:

Koneru -
         Simpson
    7-31-02

1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Be7
4.Nf3 Nf6
5.cxd5 exd5
6.Bg5 c6
7.Qc2 Nbd7
8.e3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8
10.0-0 h6
11.Bf4 Nf8
12.h3 Ne6
13.Be5 Bd6
14.Bxd6 Qxd6
15.Rab1 a5
16.a3 b6
17.Rfc1 c5
18.dxc5 Nxc5
19.Rd1 Qe6
20.Nd4 Qe5
21.Bb5 Rf8
22.Bc6 Ra7
23.Rbc1 Be6
24.Qe2 Re7
25.Qb5 Nce4
26.Nxe4 Nxe4
27.f4 Qh5
28.Qe2 Qg6
29.Qf3 Qf6
30.f5 Bc8
31.Bxd5 Ng5
32.Qf2 Re5
33.Rc6 Nxh3+
34.gxh3 Qg5+
35.Bg2 Bb7
36.Nf3 Qh5
37.Rxb6 Bxf3
38.Qxf3 1-0

 

 

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The Hypermodern Center
By Bill Whited

The “scientific school” championed by Tarrasch and Steinitz, dominated chess until the end of World War I. Today the good doctor’s name is often used synonymously with the term dogmatic...Tarrasch’s teachings influenced a generation of chess players and much of what we read in middle game manuals today flows from his teachings and from those of Wilhelm Steinitz. Probably the greatest representative of this school was Jose Raul Capablanca...On to this stage stepped the masters of the Hypermodern School of chess who were determined to prove Capablanca and the Scientific School wrong. The battleground was to be the center. Whereas Tarrasch and the old school advocated occupying the center with pawns and trying to maintain it at all costs, the Hypermoderns preached that a center could be attacked with pieces and undermined. If White couldn’t maintain that center, then Black would have an advantage after it had been liquidated. Rather than focus on defense as Steinitz had preached for Black, Hypermoderns preferred the counterattack...Read the full article here.
 

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Position of the Week: Solution

This position, taken from Spielmann-Landau Match 1933, starts off with a pair of clearance sacrifices. The thicket of variations is too large to list all of here; enjoy crawling through the rest of the bramble on your own, but give yourself full credit for finding the first two moves for White in this position! 1.Rxe4 dxe4 [ The alternative would be to simply accept the loss of the piece and play... 1...Bd7 after which 2.Nxc6+ Bxc6 3.bxc6 Bxc3 4.Bf4 gxf4 5.Rxf4 Bf6 6.Rxf6 Ke8 ( 6...exf6 7.Qxd5+ and now 7...Ke8 or 7...Qd6 are both mate in three. 7...Kc8 8.Qe6+ Kb8 9.Rb1+ Qb6 And from this position White has his choice of three different mates-in-four. Enjoy finding each of them!) 7.Re1 Rb8 ( 7...Rxf6 8.Qxf6 e5 9.Qh8+ Kf7 10.Qh7+ Kf6) 8.c4 Rxf6 9.Qxf6 believe it or not Black's best now is 9...Rb1 10.Qg6+] 2.Bxg5 [ The actual game continuation was 2.Bf4 Bxe5 ( Better was 2...Bd7 ) 3.Bxe5 Qd7 4.Rd1 cxb5 Better moves for White now include 5.Rd5, 5.Bg7, and 5.c6.] 5.Rxd7+ Bxd7 6.Qxh6 Rg8 7.c6 ( Evan stronger was 7.Nd5 ; or 7.Nxb5 ) 7...Be8 8.Nxb5 Black resigns.] 2...Bxe5 [ 2...Bd7 3.Rd1 Bxe5 4.bxc6 Bxh2+ 5.Kf1 Bd6 6.Rxd6 Qxc6 7.Qxe7+] 3.Rd1+ Bd7 4.bxc6 Bxh2+ 5.Kh1 Bd6 6.Rxd6 Qxc6 7.Qxe7+ Kc8 And White's winning so big, he can choose the means of Black's execution: Nd5, Rxc6+, and Qxf8+ seem to win the biggest, but almost everything works for White in this position. [ 7...Kc7 8.Rxc6+ Kxc6 9.Qd6+ Kb7 10.Qxd7+ Kb8 11.c6] 8.Nd5 Rf7 9.Rxc6+ Bxc6 10.Qe6+ Kb7 11.Qxf7+ Ka6 12.Nc7+ Kb7 [ 12...Ka5 13.Bd2+ Ka4 14.Qb3#] 13.Nxa8+ Ka6 Other moves lead to an even faster mate. 14.Qb3 Bxa8 15.Qa4+ Kb7 16.Qd7+ Ka6 Now both 17.a4 & 17.c4 lead to mate in three, and there's a plethora of mates in four or slower too.
 

 

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Pablo's picks from the
 British Championships

FM over IM
 In Rd 4

Pert - Ganguly
     8-1-02

1.d4 d5
2.c4 dxc4
3.e3 Nf6
4.Bxc4 e6
5.Nf3 c5
6.0-0 a6
7.Bb3 cxd4
8.exd4 Nc6
9.Nc3 Be7
10.Bg5 0-0
11.Qd2 Na5
12.Bc2 b5
13.Qf4 Bb7
14.Qh4 g6
15.d5 Bxd5
16.Ne4 Bxe4
17.Bxe4 Ra7
18.Rad1 Nd5
19.Rfe1 f6
20.Bh6 Re8
21.Qg4 Bf8
22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Qxg6+ Bg7
24.Rxd5 Qxd5
25.Qxe8+ Kh7
26.Bxg7 Rxg7
27.Re3 Nc4
28.Ng5+ Rxg5
29.Qf7+ Kh6
30.Qxf6+ Kh7
31.Qf7+ 1-0

A fine endgame lesson from GM Speelman in Rd 5:

Speelman -
       Sandipan,
    8-2-02

1.c4 e5
2.Nc3 Bb4
3.Qb3 Bc5
4.Nf3 Nc6
5.e3 d6
6.a3 a6
7.h3 Nf6
8.Qc2 0-0
9.b4 Ba7
10.Bb2 Re8
11.Bd3 h6
12.g4 d5
13.Nxd5 Nxd5
14.cxd5 Qxd5
15.Bh7+ Kh8
16.Be4 Qd6
17.Rg1 f6
18.h4 Be6
19.g5 Rg8
20.0-0-0 Rac8
21.d4 exd4
22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Qxc6 bxc6
24.Nxd4 Bxd4
25.Rxd4 Kh7
26.Re4 Rce8
27.gxf6 gxf6
28.Rxg8 Kxg8
29.Bxf6 Kf7
30.Bd4 Ke7
31.Kd2 Rg8
32.Bc5+ Kd7
33.Rd4+ Kc8
34.Rf4 h5
35.Rf8+ Rxf8
36.Bxf8 Kd7
37.e4 Ba2
38.Ke3 Ke8
39.Bc5 Kf7
40.f4 Bb1
41.f5 1-0

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