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September 22nd, 2002 In This Issue from the editor...Over most of the past week to ten days, Chessville's email server was, shall we say, constipated. It was taking in, but not giving forth. As a consequence, mail has started showing up that was originally sent 5-7 or more days ago. We appreciate your patience while we get back to each of you. If you sent something and have not received a response from us, please resend it. We apologize for the inconvenience! [FEN "1n3rk1/5ppp/4p3/1p2Nb2/1P2N3/2bR4/5P1P/r2B1KR1 w - - 0 1"] White to move and win - Find the Solution Fall 2002 Tourney Registration closes October 6th. If you enjoy great competition, building camaraderie with your teammates, meeting new friends from all over the world, and standard time controls (60-15), register today! Bring your buddies and form your own team, or let the OCL Registrars add you to an existing or forming team. The camaraderie of playing as part of a team is one of the greatest benefits of playing in the OCL. Getting together online with your teammates, analyzing each other's games, and helping each other prepare for upcoming matches can all be a part of the experience. In the OCL you'll make new friends, learn about chess, and improve your game. The Online Chess League's (OCL) Summer 2002 Tourney is swiftly drawing to a close. Two of the three sections have already completed play, and only the larger Under-1800 section is still finishing up the last round. The Open Section victor, Resistance Is Futile (Sonny Kamberi, Keith Hayward, Ben Miramontes, Aldo Lopez, Max McLeieer, and Captain Bob Kraemer - team rating 2179) edged out their closest competitors by a single match point, 5˝ to 4˝. The NDV All-Stars and the Knights of the Square Table finished 2nd & 3rd, respectively. The inaugural tourney for the Under-1400 section saw The Poison Pawns (Captain Kenneth McPherson, Suman Kota, Baldev Ghuman, Daniel Barber, Bob Chmilnitsky and Steven Maloney) go undefeated to take clear first place. Gaining Tempo and Simply Blunderful finished 2nd & 3rd, respectively. The Under-1800 finishes play this week. After six
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half-point ahead of Team Botvinnik & Light Squares. All results for
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here. Problem of the Week: (N.B.: This is not the same series of problems which appears in The Chessville Weekly.) Developing Basic Pattern Recognition by Jim Mitch. Annotated Game: Steinitz v. Lasker, WC Game 6.
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia 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. Submit your trivia to the
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Chessville European Club Cup - 1st Game Report Svidler,P (2690) - Gofshtein,L (2519) [B33] European Club Cup Halkidiki (1), 22.09.2002 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 Bb4 10.Qd2 e5 11.0-0 0-0 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bd4 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 d6 15.Nd4 Re8 16.h3 Be6 17.Rf4 Nfd7 18.Be2 Nc5 19.Nf5 Rad8 20.Bd4 f6 21.Qc3 Rd7 22.Rd1 Rc8 23.Qg3 Kh8 24.Qe3 ˝-˝ From the Switzerland vs Germany Match Lutz,C (2650) - Pelletier,Y (2571) [C18] Switzerland vs. Germany Match Zurich (2), 08.09.2002 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Qh5 Ng6 10.Nf3 Nce7 11.dxc5 b6 12.c6 Qc7 13.0-0 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc6 17.Bb3 Kh8 18.Nd4 Qe4 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Be3 e5 21.Ne6 Bb7 22.Qh3 Rg8 23.Bg5 fxg5 24.Nxg5 Qh4 25.Qxh4 Nxh4 26.Bxg8 Rxg8 27.Rd8 Rxd8 28.Nf7+ Kg7 29.Nxd8 Bxg2 30.Rd1 Bd5 31.c4 Bxc4 32.Rd7 Kf8 33.Rxa7 Ke8 34.Nb7 Nhf5 35.a4 Nc8 36.Ra8 Kd7 37.a5 Bd5 38.a6 Kc7 39.Kf1 Nfe7 40.Ke1 Bf3 41.Kd2 Nc6 42.Ke3 Bd5 43.f4 exf4+ 44.Kxf4 N6a7 0-1 The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News# 410, September 16th, 2002 - # 411, September 23rd, 2002 The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess NewsNet
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This not too subtle mate-in-four combines three tactical themes in one neat package: a pin followed by removal of the guard allows a back-rank mate: 1. Nf6+ Kh8
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Pablo's Picks Naiditsch,A (2581) - Korchnoi,V (2620) [C82] Switzerland vs. Germany Match Zurich (2), 08.09.2002 1.e4 e5 Lutz,C (2650) - Korchnoi,V (2620) [C17] Switzerland vs. Germany Match Berlin (3), 14.09.2002 1.e4 e6
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