From The Chessville Forum Heisman: Dan Heisman's First Two Years Thought Process Between Teacher and Student 1114.1 Reti Position Poll: Which Player Had the Best Overall Performance In 2002? 1133.1 Top Ten Players of All Time Poll Results: Who Will Win Corus 2003? Strategic Elements Tactical Elements Christmas Chess Loot 1110.1 Cindy Tsai Clock Management Annotated Games 1099.1 CM9000 Updates Chess Book Epiphany First Chess Book 872.22 About Tal Anti-Computer Openings Facing Unusual Gambits 1122.1 Year Three: KP or QP? 1095.1
GAMES Pablo's Picks Pamplona Bologan (2627)
1.e4 e5 Kasimdzhanov (2653) - Sokolov (2684)
1.e4 e5
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December 29th, 2002 In This Issue Position of the Week New At Chessville Basic Endgame Strategy: K, B & RP vs K Online Chess League The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Poll: Best Performance in 2002 Pablo's Chess News New On The Net From the Editor... Do you know who had the Best Performance on Board One in the Men's Section of the recent Chess Olympiad in Bled? It wasn't Garry Kasparov, despite his glossy 2933 performance rating (he finished 4th, at 83.3%). Nope, it was IM Robert Gwaze, of Zimbabwe, who scored 100% (9/9)! Check out his win over Surinam's Gajadin. Enjoy working out the mate-in-ten which Fritz says is in the final position. Bled 2002
1 Nov '02 Rd 7 Gajadin v Gwaze [FEN "2k1q3/p2r1p2/P7/Q6B/8/Kp2r3/8/6R1 w - - 0 1"] White to move and win - Find the
Solution Chessville City Map: Test Drive Our New Easy-To-Use Site Map. We Have Stuff Even We Didn't Remember We Had! Basic Endgames: King, Bishop and Rook Pawn vs King - learn how to draw an otherwise lost position. Opening Preparation: Smith Morra Gambit by Albert Hoogendoorn, Webmaster of MyChessSite. This week read the first two articles in his series on this fascinating way to respond to the Sicilian Defense. Strange Chess News: From the JAX Chess Newsletter - Even the Editor Has His Doubts! Hayward-Surratt: Discussion Game 2 - follow along with the player's thoughts as they played this correspondence-style game.
Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
Basic Endgame Strategy: This combination of material at the end of the game occurs often enough, or the possibility of it arising in your game occurs often enough, that it is important to understand the significance of the pawn's placement on the rook file (a-file or h-file), and how you can use that information to your advantage to salvage a draw in an otherwise lost position. A pawn on any other file is easily promoted as the king & bishop combine to force the enemy king out from one side of the pawn, and the king then moves in to facilitate promotion of the pawn to a queen. It's not quite so easy with a rook pawn, however, since there is no "other side" for the king to be forced out to. If the queening square (a8 or h8 for White) is of the same color as the bishop, then the win is still easy to secure, as the king escorts the pawn down to the 6th rank, then the bishop evicts the enemy king from the corner, or delivers mate!
This knowledge can be useful in deciding the best way to defend an ending
where you are behind in material. Let's look at several examples...
Read the complete article.
Online Chess League The Winter 2003 Tourney starts in January, and registrations close January 12th. Registrars are standing by to add you to a team, or even to register your entire team. Sign up today! Need more information? Check out the OCL Home Page. or write to one of the Directors of Player Services:
The Fall 2002 Tourney saw both new and defending Champions taking pride of place. Congratulations to all! Resistance Is Futile (Keith Hayward, Sonny Kamberi, Benjamin Miramontes, Max McLeieer, Aldo Lopez, Bob Kraemer) repeated as Champions of the Open Section, losing only to 2nd Place finishers NDV All-Stars, whom they edged by a single match point. Knights of the Square Table wound up in 3rd place. Beam Me Up Scotty (Johan Verduyckt, Bob Kraemer, Toby Landes, Keith Bean, Weldon MacDonald) won eight of nine matches in winning the Under-1800 Section, finishing a point and a half ahead of Chess Companions B, while Tundra Rats finished third. The Under-1400 Section finished in the mad scramble it had been all tourney long. Simply Blunderful (Randy Carson, Keith Thompson, William Trotter, Ted Thompson, Luis Otero) won the section outright, finishing just a half-point above both Gaining Tempo and defending Champion Poison Pawns, in the closest finish in OCL history. Along the way, a lot of great chess was played, friendships
were forged, fun was had, and some of us actually learned a few things,
chessically speaking! 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 OCL
you'll make new friends, learn about chess, and improve your game.
Sign up today! Poll: Best Performance In 2002? Last week's poll asked for your prognostications about the winner of the upcoming Corus Super-Tourney. In Kasparov's absence, based on our reader's opinions, there is no clear favorite, although reigning Brain Games World Champion Vladimir Kramnik stands the greatest chance of winning, according to our readers (33%) while 13% each favored Viswanathan Anand and Judit Polgar.
This week's poll: What player had the best overall
performance during 2002? Karpov, Kasparov, Leko, Polgar, Shirov, or
another player?
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Cash Strapped: Jose Capablanca agreed in 1926 to defend his World Champion title against Aron Nimzovich, but Nimzovich was unable to raise the money required for the match to take place. The following year Capablanca lost his title to Alexander Alekhine. Nimzovich never again had the opportunity to play for the World Chess Championship. In the Money: In 1872, the London Chess Club, represented by Blackburne, Horwitz, Lowenthal, Potter, Steinitz and Wisker, began a correspondence match of two games against a team from Vienna led by Kolisch for a prize of 200 pounds. There was dissent in the London team, with the majority of the team unable to accept the suggestions of Potter and Steinitz. The other players abandoned the match, leaving Potter and Steinitz to play against the full Vienna team, which they did. They subsequently won the match and the prize money! Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie!
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Newsletter@Chessville.com Position of the Week: Solution
Everything looks so good for Black here: he's up an exchange and two pawns, and all his pieces seem to coordinate nicely. There's just one small problem - the exposed position of his king! 1.Rc1+ Kb8 2.Qb4+ Ka8 3.Bf3+ Rxf3 4.Qe4+ Kb8 5.Qxe8+ Rd8 6.Qxd8 mate
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GAMES Pablo's Picks Pamplona Bologan (2627) - Sokolov (2684)
1.e4 e5
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