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GAMES

2002 Junior World Championships

Rd 2, 12/09/02
Smerdon v Timofeev

1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Be3 c6
5. Qd2 b5
6. Bd3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 Bg7
8. Bh6 Bxh6
9. Qxh6 e5
10. dxe5 dxe5
11. O-O Ng4
12. Qd2 Qe7
13. Ne2 O-O
14. a4 b4
15. h3 Ngf6
16. Ng3 Re8
17. Bc4 a5
18. Qe3 Kg7
19. Rad1 Rb8
20. Qg5 Nb6
21. Nh4 Kh8
22. Bb3 Nfd7
23. Qxe7 Rxe7
24. Rd6 c5
25. c4 Ba6
26. Rfd1 Rb7
27. Rc1 Nf8
28. Rd8 Kg8
29. Nf1 Rbd7
30. Rxd7 Rxd7
31. Nf3 Ne6
32. Nxe5 Rd4
33. Nc6 Rxe4
34. Ng3 Rh4
35. Nxa5 Kg7
36. Ne2 Re4
37. Ng3 Rd4
38. Nf1 Nf4
39. Rd1 Rxd1
40. Bxd1 Nxc4
41. Nxc4 Bxc4
42. Nd2 Bd3
43. a5 Kf6
44. Nb3 Ne6
45. Bg4 c4
46. Bxe6 fxe6
47. Nc5 Bc2
48. a6 c3
49. bxc3 b3
50. a7 b2
51. a8=Q
          b1=Q+
52. Kh2 Qe1
53. Qf8+ Ke5
54. Nd7+ Kd5
55. Qc5+ 1-0

 

 

 

 

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Volume 1 Issue 28                                                         December 15th, 2002
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
I Play Against Pieces and Nimzo-Indian 4.e3
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Poll:
What's the best online live-play chess server?
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

Position of the Week

[FEN "7k/b1R5/p7/n1pB4/n7/p7/p6p/R6K w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess!

Review: The Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 by Carten Hansen

Review: I Play Against Pieces by Svetozar Gligoric

IM Balogh Attacks the Sicilian!

Annotated Game: Lasker v Steinitz, 1894 World Ch. Match Game 11
 

Book Reviews

The Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 by Carten Hansen, reviewed by Kelly Atkins

Gambit continues to release new books aimed at the intermediate to strong player. In The Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 by Carsten Hansen, they have produced a comprehensive survey on one of the most popular lines in the Nimzo-Indian defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb5 4.e3). The Nimzo-Indian has long been regarded by most authorities as one of Black’s most solid replies to 1.d4, and has always been dreaded by White as a system that not only gives Black excellent chances for equality, but good winning chances as well should White go wrong.  Read the full review.

I Play Against Pieces by Svetozar Gligoric, reviewed by David Surratt

This is the 3rd edition of Gligoric's autobiographical compendium, newly updated and expanded.  Earlier editions contained 105 and 120 games, with the first edition having been published in 1981.  The title of this book was taken from an interview Gligoric gave to the Editor of that first edition, referring "to chess as an art and a clean struggle of ideas, thereby trying to ignore the less dignified influence of psychology and personal conflicts."

This edition of the book contains 130 of Gligoric's finest efforts, spanning the period from 1939 to 2001.  The games are arranged by opening, with 27 different openings represented.  Naturally, I turned first to the section on my beloved French...  Read the full review.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Exercises In Futility:  Czech master Salo Flohr played 12 tournament games against Alexander Alekhine, 10 tournament games against Reuben Fine and 9 tournament games against Sammy Reshevsky, and failed to record a victory in any of them.

Simultaneous First:  Swiss player Hans Fahrni (1874-1939) was the first master to play 100 opponents in a simultaneous display.  He scored +55, - 6, =39 in a seven and a half hour display at Munich in 1911.

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ChessvilleRecent Chess News  News & Notes, including Chessville coverage of:  1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest).  Check out this Fantastic Game from the GM Section of the December 1st Saturday Tourney by IM Csaba Balogh.

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About.com Chess - Russians On Olympus

Congratulations to Resistance Is Futile for winning the Open Section of the OCL's Fall 2002 Tourney!

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Jeremy Silman
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     Review: The Chess Station by Excalibur Electronics
     Endgame Study:
de Villeneuve Esclapon L'Eco Degli Scacchi 1917
     Edward Winters:
December 15, 2002: C.N.s 2819-2823
     Karsten Müller: Endgame Corner - Checking Distances, Shelters
     Tim Harding: Last Rites for the Allgaier Gambit?
     Mark Dvoretsky: Opening Catastrophes

Chessbase
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     World Jr. Championship in Goa - Pearl of the Orient
     Open Letter From Seirawan on the Championship Reunification: Trouble With the Turkey (Ponomariov Demands Draw Odds)

New York Times - Chess Offers Students City School Life Lessons

BBC News - Cuba Stages World's Largest Chess Exhibition

Chess City
     Edward Gufeld's Training Notebook: How To Chose Openings
     New Reviews:  Sicilian Kan by John Emms; The latest Starting Out guides from Everyman; The Main Line Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted; The Dragon vs. Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted; The Advance Variation of the French Defense: Alternatives to 4.c3; Can you be a positional chess genius?; Alexandra Kosteniuk: How I became a Grandmaster at age 14; Rapid Chess Improvement: a study plan for adult players; The Paulsen Attack in the Advance Variation of the French Defense; The Milner-Barry Gambit in the Advance Variation of the French Defense

Chesmayne Chess Dictionary - The 2003 edition.

Nature.com - Is Chess (and Go) A No-Brainer?

The Kamikaze Times - Volume 1 Issue #2, January 2003.  Steve Lopez focuses on a knight sacrifice for White in the Pirc Austrian Attack (4.f4).

Russian Chess
     World Professional Rankings as of December 1st

NN Name Birthday Fed Rating  
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2805  
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2789  
3 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2712  
4 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2697  
5 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2694  
6 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2688  
7 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2685  
8 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2682  
9 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2677  
10 Adams,Michael 17.11.1971 ENG 2667  

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
     The Chess Players & the Alastair White incident
     Data and the Dalek

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     Newsletter #117 (12/11/02) by IM John Donaldson

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     Halloween Gambit CC Tournament; What became of M. Zinar?

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Chess Endings - essential knowledge (Averbakh)
     Book of the Year 2002 - See the result
          - Victor Korchnoi's My Best Games Vol. 2: Games With Black
     Mikhail Botvinnik - 6th WC (Sergei Soloviov...)

World Chess Network
     John Henderson: The Scotsman
     Larry Evans On Chess: Speeding To Disaster

RusBase Part Two - Now Adding Material From 1980 & 1951

Annotated Games

Chess Siberia - Schipkov, B. - Gerbakher, Yalta Open 1988

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Broehl-S. Polgar, Curaçao 2002

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): San Segundo-J. Polgar, Benidorm 2002; Karjakin-Amura, Benidorm 2002

Australian Chess Columns - Ian Rogers: Karjakin-Shirov, Benidorm 2002; Peter Parr: Ponomariov-J. Polgar, Benidorm 2002

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
Sack the King! - A new tactical puzzle every day!
MagnateGames - A problem each day
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Imre Konig vs Weiss, Vienna, 1919
     JR Capablanca vs Scott, Hastings, 1919
     Linz vs Vienna, Corr., 1919
     Moritz Lewitt vs Allies, Berlin, 1919
     Emanuel Lasker vs R Hannerberger, Bern, 1919
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week
Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

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Position of the Week: Solution

Today's position comes to us from the gifted mind of Gerhard Latzel, 1912-1980.  He held the IM title in OTB as well as Composition.

1. Rxa2 threatening 2.Rxh2 mate. 1... Nb2 2. Rxa3 Nb3 (2... Nd3 3. Rxd3 and mate next on the h-file.) 3. Rxa6 intending mate next by 4.Rh3 (Just one move slower is 3. Rxb3 Nd3 4. Rxd3 and mate next.) 3... Bb6 4. Ra8 mate.


 

 

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GAMES

2002 Junior World Championships

Rd 1, 12/19/02
Kosmo v Smeardon

1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Nf6
3. c4 e6
4. dxe6 Bxe6
5. Nf3 Qe7
6. Qe2 Nc6
7. d4 Bg4
8. Be3 O-O-O
9. d5 Ne5
10. Nc3 Nfd7
11. h3 Nxf3+
12. gxf3 Bh5
13. O-O-O
             Ne5
14. Bg2 Qb4
15. Rd4 Bc5
16. Rh4 Bxe3+
17. Qxe3 Rhe8
18. Rxh5 Nxc4
19. Qd4 c5
20. Qg4+ Rd7
21. Nd1 Re2
22. Qf4 Na3
23. Qf5 Qd2+
         0-1

 

Rd 3, 12/10/02
Sandipan v Smerdon

1. e4 d5
2. exd5 Nf6
3. c4 e6
4. dxe6 Bxe6
5. Nf3 Qe7
6. Be2 Bxc4
7. d3 Ba6
8. O-O Nc6
9. Nc3 O-O-O
10. a3 Ne5
11. Nxe5 Qxe5
12. Be3 Bc5
13. Bxc5 Qxc5
14. Qd2 Rd4
15. b4 Qf5
16. b5 Bxb5
17. Nxb5 Qxb5
18. Rab1 Qe5
19. Bf3 b6
20. Qb2 Re8
21. Qb3 Re7
22. h3 Qa5
23. Rfc1 h5
24. Qc2 Rd6
25. a4 a6
26. Qc4 g5
27. g3 Kb8
28. Kg2 g4
29. hxg4 hxg4
30. Bc6 Qf5
31. Rh1 Qc8
32. a5 Ree6
33. Ba4 Qb7+
34. Kg1 Rd8
35. Rh6 b5
36. Qc2 Rde8
37. Qd2 Qf3
38. Qb4 Ne4
39. Rh2 c5
40. Qb2 Ng5
41. Qc3 Ne4
42. Qa1 Nxg3
43. Bb3 Ne2+
44. Kf1 Re5
45. Rh8 Ka7
46. Rh7 c4
47. Bxc4 bxc4
48. Qb2 Ng3+
49. Kg1 Re1+
50. Kh2 Nf1+
51. Kg1 Ne3+
          0-1

 

Rd 4, 12/11/02
Smerdon v McShane

1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. c3 Nf6
4. e5 Nd5
5. d4 cxd4
6. Bc4 e6
7. cxd4 d6
8. O-O Be7
9. Qe2 O-O
10. Nc3 Nxc3
11. bxc3 dxe5
12. dxe5 Qa5
13. Qe4 Qa4
14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxe7 Nxe7
16. Rab1 Rb8
17. Rb4 Qc6
18. Bd3 Qxe4
19. Bxe4 b6
20. Rd1 Bb7
21. Rd7 Rfd8
22. Rbd4 Rxd7
23. Rxd7 Bxe4
24. Rxe7 Rc8
25. Nd4 a5
26. Nb5 Rc5
27. Nd6 Rxc3
28. h4 Bg6
29. f4 Bh5
30. Rb7 Ra3
31. Rxb6 Rxa2
32. Rb8+ Kh7
33. Rb7 a4
34. Nxf7 a3
35. Nd6 Rb2
36. Ra7 a2
37. Kh2 Bf3
38. f5 exf5
39. e6 Rxg2+
40. Kh3 Re2
41. e7 Rxe7
42. Rxa2 Kg6
43. Kg3 Bg4
44. Ra5 Re3+
45. Kf4 Rf3+
46. Ke5 Kh5
47. Ra7 Kxh4
48. Rxg7 h5
49. Nb5 Re3+
50. Kd4 Re1
51. Nd6 f4
52. Ne4 f3
53. Ra7 Bf5
54. Nd6 Rd1+
55. Ke5 Rxd6
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