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If a move is absolutely forced, don't waste time calculating it. Make the move and calculate the ramifications on your opponent's time.

Given the choice of two moves, if you calculate that the first move is clearly losing, and the other is vague and complex, the second move should be played without prolonged calculation. You can calculate the consequences on your opponent's time.

Use your time to think of specifics and to find the best move. Use your opponent’s time to think in generalities and of future possibilities. Always make sure you use your opponent’s time productively.

General principles can be a good guide, but there is no substitute for sound analysis based on concrete variations.

GAMES

Ovod,E (2370) - Thorfinsson,B (2360) [E54] FirstSat 2002 Jul GM FirstSat 2002 Jul GM

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e3 0-0
5.Bd3 c5
6.Nf3 d5
7.0-0 cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Bb3 Rac8 15.Rac1 Qd6 16.Bc2 Rfe8 17.Ne5 g6 18.Qh3 b5 19.Re3 Qa3 20.Rce1 Qxa2 21.Bb1 Qd5 22.Rg3 b4 23.Qh6 Rxc3 24.Bxg6 fxg6 25.Bxf6 Re7 26.Rxg6+ hxg6 27.Qh8# 1-0

 

Shabalov,A - Sharavdorj,D [E97] Qingdao Tan Chin Nam Cup Open (1), 04.07.2002

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.b4 a5
10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Rxa5 12.Bb4 Ra8 13.a4 Re8 14.Qd3 Bf8 15.Nb5 Bb7 16.a5 c5 17.Bc3 Nh5 18.g3 bxa5 19.Ra4 f5 20.Nd2 Nf6 21.f3 h5
22.f4 fxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Nf5 25.Bxh5 exf4 26.Qxf4 Bh6 27.Qg4 Be3+ 28.Kh1 Bg5 29.Bxg6 Nh6 30.Qh5 Rf8 31.Bf7+ Rxf7 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Bg7+ Ke8 34.Bxh6 Bf6
 1-0

 

 

 

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In This Issue
Position of the Week
Site Review
New At Chessville
General Opening Principles
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net
Puzzle Solution

Position of the Week

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

GM Chess
http://www.gmchess.com/

GM Chess is the site of the 14th FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman and his associates at the St. Petersburg Grandmaster Chess School.  Other major contributors include GMs Gennady Nesis, Yuri Razuvaev, Peter Svidler, Konstantin Sakaev, Vladimir Epishin, Evgeny Solozhenkin, Konstantin Aseev, Sergei Ivanov, and others.

This site is primarily a venue for sales of services and products, including the interesting Chess Stars series.  Actual instructional and historical content is fairly limited, although there is a moderately sized download collection of games organized by players and by events.  There is a bulletin board service which hasn't been used since June 2001.

I get the impression that GM Chess was an ambitious project that ran out of steam.  Much of the site appears to lack depth, and except for the commercial aspects doesn't appear to be updated frequently.  The latest news posted there is the Wijk aan Zee tourney in January, 2002.  One redeeming feature is their use of Kelly's Quotes!

Perhaps the most appealing feature here is the GM Chess project St. Petersburg Chess Tours.  Imagine ten days of chess instruction from GMs and other renowned chess coaches, interspersed with blitz, active, and standard tournaments (get yourself a FIDE rating), lectures & simuls, and tours of one of the most beautiful cities in Russia.  Visit the world famous Hermitage, the Russian Museum, and other historical sites, all from $500.  Instruction, both in groups and individually, is divided into two groups: intermediate (up to 1700 ELO) and advanced.  Topics covered include pawn structure, fighting for the initiative, psychological stability at critical moments, opening preparation, and more.  I definitely plan on attending one of these years!
 

New At Chessville

The registration deadline for the Summer Online Chess League Tournament is the 17th!!

Sign up now!  Make sure you don't miss out on this opportunity to play in a serious, long-time control match!  It's a great opportunity to improve your play, work with others as a team, meet other enthusiastic players, and just plain have fun!!!  Learn more about Chessville's Online Chess League.

Basic Opening Strategy:  Our lesson continues with a look at the general principles of opening play.

Annotated Game by Leopold Lacrimosa.

Book Review: Meeting 1. e4, by IM Alexander Raetsky, reviewed by S. Evan Kreider.
 

General Opening Principles

Evan Kreider's series on Opening Principles continues.  The first article in this series debuted last week, and continues today with General Principles.  Some excerpts...

"Now that you know what the primary objectives of the opening are, it's pretty obvious that you should play opening moves which will help you achieve those objectives.  Thus, for each opening move you  make, take into account how it contributes to the development of your pieces and your control of the center.

In addition, there are several well-established general principles of opening play which you can rely on so that you don't have to "re-invent the wheel" each time you open a game.  In the following pages, we'll look these principles and learn how each of them can help you achieve your opening objectives.

General Principle #1: "Open with a central pawn."

Pushing one of your central pawns two squares forward is one of the best possible first moves because it is one of the most direct ways to promote the development of your pieces and control of the center."

Read the full article here.
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville
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          Dortmund Candidate's Tournament
          White Nights Tournament
          Aarhus Denmark
          Richard Aronow Foundation Invitational Tournament
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WorldChessNetwork.com
has exclusive live coverage of the USA vs Peoples Republic of China Match, July 10-15, in Shanghai.  Each round will consist of 10 games: six of the top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior players from each country.  Rounds scheduled for the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th.

The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
     #400 - July 8th, 2002
     #401 - July 15th, 2002

From the Dortmund Candidates Tournament, Topalov-Lutz, Rd 1.1, July 6th, B48:  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Qb7 14. N1e2 Rb8 15. b3 O-O 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rd4 Ra6 21. Qa3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf4 Be6 24. Rhd1 h6 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rb8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Kg6 31. Qg8+ Kh5 32. Qg7 f5 33. Rd4 Bc8 34. g3 1-0

Online Chess League: registration for both teams and individuals closes July 17th.  Summer 2002 Tourney info here.
 

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Book Review: Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley
     Endgame Study: I. Bondar Simkhovich-100MT 1995
     Endgame Corner: Bishops At Work (Karsten Müller)
     The Kibitzer: Scotch Gambit (Tim Harding)
     The Instructor: "Lawless Pawns" (Mark Dvoretsky)

Russian Chess
     GM Annotations of the Dortmund Games

Chessbase
     GM Boris Alterman simul vs 11 of the World's Best Computers

Chess Siberia
     Boris Schipkov annotates Janssen - Sokolov, Essent 2002

Pakistan Chess Player
     Lev Khariton's 200 Words: Evans, Fischer, & Taimanov

Robert Byrne in The NY Times
     Analysis of Kaidanov - Onischuk, Chicago 2002

Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post
    Analysis of Bacrot - Kramnik, Paris 2002; and see what he has to say about this game:  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Bd7 7.Ng5 Nc6 8.Bf7+ Ke7 9.Qxf6+!! Kxf6 10.Nd5+ Ke5 11.Nf3+ Kxe4 12.Nc3 mate.

Jack Peters in the LA Times
     News & Games: Abrahamyan - Peters, Burbank 2002, more.

FIDE Online (hosted by Chess Daily)
     41 New Titles Awarded, including 9 New GMs.

Correspondence Chess News
     Latest Issue #71: in pdf format

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     Unstoppable Stalemates, July 7, 2002

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Starting Out: The King's Indian by Joe Gallagher

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans: Mate-in-two, more
     US-China: Rd 2 Coverage

The Scotsman
     John Henderson's near daily chess column

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Puzzle Solution


Kasparov-Andersson, Tilburg 1981  Position after 23...Ra7

24.Nxf6!! gxf6 [24...Bxf6 25.Qg6+ Kf8  (25...Kg8 26.Bxf6) 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re6 and f6 can not be defended.] 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Bc1!  Adding fuel to the fire. [26.Rxe7 Qxe7 (26...Nxe7?? 27.Qxf6+) 27.Bxf6 Qh7 (27...Qf7 28.Bxh8) 28.Bxh8 Qxg6 (28...Qxh8 29.Re1 Ne7 30.Qd6) 29.hxg6] 26...d5 [The only other try is 26...Qe8 27.Bxh6+ Rxh6 28.Qxh6+] 27.Rd4 Nd6 28.Rg4 Nf7 29.Bxh6+! Ke8 [29...Nxh6 30.Qg7+  Ke8 31.Qxh8+ Kd7 32.Qxh6] 30.Bg7 1-0
 

 

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GAMES

Rasmussen,A (2305) - Hanley,C (2331) [C00] Aarhus Summer IM (6), 10.07.2002

1.e4 e6
2.d3 d5
3.Nd2 Nf6
4.f4 b6
5.Ngf3 Be7 6.c3 Bb7
7.e5 Nfd7
8.d4 c5
9.a3 a5
10.Bd3 Ba6 11.Nf1 b5
12.f5 exf5 13.Bxf5 g6 14.Bh3 cxd4 15.e6 fxe6 16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Nxe6 Qh4+ 18.Ng3 Qf6 19.Qxd5 Bf2+ 20.Kd1 Bxg3 21.hxg3 Ra7 22.Bg5 Qf2 23.Nc7+ Kf8 24.Qd6+ 1-0

 

Bareev,E - Morozevich,A [A40] Sparkassen Chess Meeting G2 Dortmund 07.11.2002

1.d4 g6
2.g3 Bg7
3.Bg2 c5
4.c3 Qa5
5.Nd2 cxd4 6.Nb3 Qb6 7.cxd4 Nf6
8.d5 d6
9.Nf3 0-0
10.0-0 Na6 11.Nfd4 Bd7 12.Bd2 Nc5 13.Ba5 Qa6 14.Qd2 Rfc8 15.Nxc5 Rxc5 16.Nb3 Rc4 17.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18.Nxc1 Ng4 19.Nd3 Rc8 20.h3 Ne5 21.Bc3 Nc4 22.Qg5 Bxc3 23.Qxe7 Nxb2 24.Qxd7 Rf8 25.Rc1 Nxd3 26.Rxc3 Ne5 27.Qc7 Qxe2 28.Re3 Qxa2 29.Bf1 Qxd5 30.Bg2 Qd1+ 31.Kh2 Qd2 32.Kg1 Nd3 33.Rf3 Ne1 34.Rf6 Qd1 35.Bxb7 d5 36.Kh2 Kg7 37.Qe5 Kg8 38.Bxd5 Nd3 39.Qe7 Qe1 40.Bxf7+ 1-0

 

 

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