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GAMES Brains in Bahrain Deep_Fritz(C) - 1. e4 e5
Kogan,A (2530) - Ledger,A (2408) [A08] 1.e4 e6 Lalic,B (2540) - Palliser,R (2441) [A70] 1.d4 Nf6 Welling,G (2393) - Sulskis,S (2577) 1.e4 c5 Grant,A (2195) - Dougherty,M (2320) [A26] 1.c4 g6 Neverov,V (2587) - Grunberg,M (2445) [A80] 1.d4 f5
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Solution Problem of the Week: (N.B.: This is not the same series of problems which appears in The Chessville Weekly.) Annotated Game: Steinitz v. Lasker , WC Game 8, 1894. Basic Middlegame Strategy: S. Evan Kreider continues his series for beginners with a look at the element of "time" - specifically, the value of a lead in development. World Champions: A handy reference chart.
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Now, back to his World Chess Championship site. The site is divided into three major sections: the current era (1991-2002), the FIDE era (1948-1990), and the pre-FIDE era, the years before 1948. The current era section includes events leading up to the actual Championship matches, including the candidates matches, and the FIDE knock-out system, along with the PCA/GMA/Braingames matches. The FIDE era section includes the Interzonals (ah, the nostalgia this site stirs in my heart for the "good old days"), the Candidates matches, and of course the World Championship match itself. Let's take a closer look at the 1970-1972 cycle for an example. The 1970 Interzonal Tournament at Palma de Mallorca brought together the qualifiers from the various Zonal tournaments around the world. In the US the US Championship was the qualifying Zonal, but there was a problem: Fischer had not participated in the US Championship, and so did not qualify for the World Championship cycle. Instead, the third-place qualifier from the US Championship, GM Pal Benko, gave up his spot in the Interzonal so Fischer could play. This is the one criticism I have of this site - while it does an excellent job of organizing & presenting the games & matches themselves, this sort of background information is missing from the FIDE & pre-FIDE era pages. I couldn't find, for example, an explanation of just how the cycle worked (the top six finishers joined the loser of the last World Championship match and the loser of the previous Candidates Matches Final in a series of elimination matches, the winner of which earned the right to face the reigning Champion). Nor are there any photographs of the competitors. In contrast, there is considerable information available about the machinations of the organizers & players in the current era. The information about the cycle is very well organized & presented. The crosstable for the Interzonal shows that Fischer scored 18½ out of 23, finishing 3½ points ahead of his nearest competitor. The Candidate's Matches document Fischer's complete whitewash (6-0) of Taimanov and Larsen, and his defeat of Petrosian in the Candidate's Finals, at last earning the right to face Spassky for the title. Of course, all the other Candidate's Matches are presented also. All of the games are available as a pgn download, and there are diagrams showing highlights from the best games. Inclusion of the 1992 Fischer-Spassky rematch is further evidence of the thoroughness of Mark's efforts. A selection of the best games from the history of the World Championship are made available for online viewing in a java-based viewer. Near the bottom of the home page is a long list of related topics covered on the site, including Women's Championships, ICCF Correspondence Championships, and Computer Championships. The What's New? page documents the continuing development of WCC; in the third quarter of 2002 he added the 10th World Computer Chess Championship to Computer Chess, crosstables for the 1950 title tournament, Candidate Tournaments between 1952 and 1967 (6 events), and Interzonals between 1971 and 1985 (10 events) to Women's events. Overall, I have to rate this site very highly for
organization and presentation. The breadth of the material is
nearly complete, and only lacking in depth, e.g. the background information
mentioned earlier. Mark's ongoing efforts to build this site will
surely, over time, rectify this minor shortcoming however. This
is the single best online source of games and information about the World
Chess Championship that I have seen. Stop by and check
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From the gifted composer IM Henrikh Kasparyan (1910-1995). He was awarded the International Grandmaster of Chess Composition title in 1972.
1.Ne8 Kg6 [1...Rxf4 2.Ng7+ Kg6 3.h5+ ( 3.Bf5+ Rxf5 4.h5+ Rxh5 5.g4
and mate next with either 6.gxf5 or 6.gxh5) 3...Rxh5 4.Bf5+ Rxf5 5.g4 and
mate next.] 2.h5+ Rxh5 [2...Kxh5 3.Ng7+ Kg6 4.Bf5 mate] 3.f5+ Rxf5
4.g4 Rf4 5.Bf5+ Rxf5 6.Ng7 and mate next, as in the notes. |
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Kelly's Place the contents of the chess box in a hat, shake them up vigorously,
pour them on the board from a height of two feet - and you get the style of
Steinitz. Henry Bird I am fully and entirely concentrated on the board. I never even consider my
opponent's personality. So far as I am concerned, my opponent might as well
be an abstraction or an automaton. Wilhelm Steinitz He always sought completely original lines and didn't mind getting into
cramped quarters if he thought that his position was essentially sound.
Bobby Fischer (on Steinitz) I play my king all over the board. I make him fight! Wilhelm Steinitz He had the reputation of being a brilliant but unsteady and untried
combinational player, eminently suitable for the classification 'romantic'.
Harry Golombek (on Steinitz as a young player) A win by an unsound combination, however showy, fills me with artistic
horror. Wilhelm Steinitz He is the so-called father of the modern school of chess; before him, the
King was considered a weak piece and players set out to attack the King
directly. Steinitz claimed that the King was well able to take care of
itself, and ought not to be attacked until one had some other positional
advantage. He understood more about the use of squares than Morphy and
contributed a great deal more to chess theory. Bobby Fischer Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. Wilhelm Steinitz The greatest development after age 21 was shown by Steinitz, who increased
his rating by more than a full class interval. Steinitz was the deep student
and fierce competitor to the end of his career. Arpad Elo No great player blundered oftener than I done. I was champion of the world
for twenty-eight years because I was twenty years ahead of my time. I played
on certain principles, which neither Zukertort nor anyone else of his time
understood. The players of today, such as Lasker, Tarrasch, Pillsbury,
Schlechter and others have adopted my principles, and as is only natural,
they have improved upon what I began, and that is the whole secret of the
matter. Wilhelm Steinitz He completely changed the game as it was played by Blackburne, Anderssen,
Morphy and the other romantic heroes, and most likely he was the foundation
upon which all modern chess has been built, but that did not prevent him
from being the most unpopular chess player who ever lived. He had a grudge
against the world, and the world returned it. Harold Schonberg (on
Steinitz) Wilhelm Steinitz was the first man to appreciate the inherent logic behind
the game of chess. William Hartston If Steinitz continually took pains to discover combinations, the success or
failure of his diligent search could not be explained by him as due to
chance. Hence, he concluded that some characteristic, a quality of the given
position, must exist that would indicate the success or the failure of the
search before it was actually undertaken. Emanuel Lasker I, who vanquished Steinitz, must see to it that his great achievement, his theories, should find justice, and I must avenge the wrongs he suffered. Emanuel Lasker
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