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GAMES

Brains in Bahrain
Oct 4, 2002
     Game 1

Deep_Fritz(C) -
      Kramnik

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Nf6
4. O-O Nxe4
5. d4 Nd6
6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8
9. Nc3 h6
10. b3 Ke8
11. Bb2 Be7
12. Rad1 a5
13. a4 h5
14. Ne2 Be6
15. c4 Rd8
16. h3 b6
17. Nfd4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 c5
19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Rxd8+
             Kxd8
21. Bc1 Kc8
22. Rd1 Rd8
23. Rxd8+
           Kxd8
24. g4 g6
25. h4 hxg4
26. Bg5 Bxg5
27. hxg5 Ke8
28. Kg2 ½-½


From the
 Isle of Man International

Kogan,A (2530) - Ledger,A (2408) [A08]

1.e4 e6
2.d3 d5
3.Nd2 c5
4.Ngf3 Nc6
5.g3 Nf6
6.Bg2 Be7
7.0-0 0-0
8.Re1 b5
9.exd5 exd5
10.d4 c4
11.a4 Nb4
12.Ne5 Be6
13.c3 Na6
14.axb5 Nc7
15.b3 Nxb5
16.bxc4 dxc4
17.Nc6 Qd7
18.d5 Nxd5
19.Bxd5 Bc5
20.Bg2 Bg4
21.Ne5 1-0
 

Lalic,B (2540) - Palliser,R (2441) [A70]

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 c5
3.d5 g6
4.c4 d6
5.Nc3 Bg7
 6.e4 0-0
 7.h3 e6
8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 b5
10.0-0 a6
11.a3 Ra7
12.Re1 Re7
13.Bf4 Bb7
14.Rc1 Rfe8
15.b4 Qb6
16.bxc5 dxc5
17.d6 Rd7
18.e5 Nd5
19.Nxd5 Bxd5
20.Ng5 Qc6
21.Qg4 Be6
22.Qh4 h6
23.Ne4 g5
24.Nxg5 hxg5
25.Qh7+ Kf8
26.Bxg5 1-0
 

Welling,G (2393) - Sulskis,S (2577)

1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 e6
3.Nge2 d5
4.exd5 exd5
5.d4 Nc6
6.Be3 c4
7.g3 Bb4
8.Bg2 h6
9.0-0 Nf6
10.a3 Bxc3
11.Nxc3 0-0
12.Qd2 Bf5
13.Rfe1 Ne4
14.Nxe4 Bxe4
15.f3 Bf5
16.Bf2 Qd7
17.b3 Bh3
18.Bxh3 Qxh3
19.bxc4 dxc4
20.Qc3 Qf5
21.Qxc4 Qxf3
22.d5 Na5
23.Qb5 b6
24.c4 Qd3
25.Rac1 Nb3
26.Red1 Nxc1
27.Rxd3 Nxd3
28.Bd4 Rfe8
29.d6 Rad8
30.c5 Nxc5
31.Bxc5 Re5
32.Qa6 Rxc5
33.Qxa7 Rc6
34.d7 Rd6
35.a4 R8xd7
36.Qa6 g5
37.Kf2 Kg7
38.Kf3 f5
39.a5 Rd2 0-1
 

Grant,A (2195) - Dougherty,M (2320) [A26]

1.c4 g6
2.g3 Bg7
3.Bg2 d6
4.Nc3 Nc6
5.e4 e5
6.Nge2 Nge7
7.d3 0-0
8.0-0 Be6
9.Nd5 a5
10.Bg5 h6
11.Be3 f5
12.Qd2 g5
13.f4 gxf4
14.gxf4 Kh8
15.Kh1 Ng6
16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Ng3 exf4
18.Nxf5 fxe3
19.Qxe3 Nce5
20.Be4 c6
21.Nxg7 Kxg7
22.Rxf8 Qxf8
23.Nc7 1-0
 

Neverov,V (2587) - Grunberg,M (2445) [A80]

1.d4 f5
2.Nc3 d5
3.Bf4 Nf6
4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 c6
6.Bd3 Bd6
7.0-0 Qc7
8.Ne2 Nbd7
9.c4 e5
10.dxe5 Nxe5
11.Nxe5 Bxe5
12.Qb3 Bxf4
13.Nxf4 d4
14.Rae1 0-0
15.c5+ Kh8
16.Qc4 Rd8
17.g3 dxe3
18.Rxe3 b5
19.Qc3 Rb8
20.Rfe1 Rb7
21.Nh5 Ng8
22.Re8 b4
23.Qb3 1-0

 

 

 

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October 6th, 2002
 

In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
World Chess Championship
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

Position of the Week

[FEN "2B3K1/8/3N1p1p/6pk/5P1P/6P1/7r/5r2 w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville

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.

Chess Wallpaper: Free downloads to spice up your computer desktop.
 

The World Chess Championship
http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indx.htm

Mark Weeks should be a name familiar to many of you.  He has several web sites to his credit, including this list of sites related to  Chess History On the Web, and a Yahoo Group "Chess History",  which he used as a mail list server for his phenomenally thorough and well-researched Chess History On the Web site reviews.  Unfortunately Mark's new responsibilities (he recently took over the vacant Chess Guide position at the About.com chess site, so be sure to visit him there, too) are forcing him to end this remarkable series.  Mark is an ICCF Master, with a FIDE rating of 2235, so he brings chess skill to his obvious love of the game.

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 out: The World Chess Championships.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Best of Both Worlds:  GM Boris Gulko is the only player who has won both the USA and USSR chess championships.

Get A Kick Out Of This:  The mutual loathing between Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrtosian was so bad that when the two players faced each other in a 1977 World Championship Candidates match, a wooden division was placed under the chess table so that the players could not kick one another.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville
    Recent Chess News  News & Notes, including Chessville
    coverage of:     Kramnik vs Deep Fritz
                           First Saturday Chess Tourneys

Brains in Bahrain, Oct 6, 2002, Game 2, Kramnik - Deep_Fritz(C)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Kf1 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bf8 13. a4 b4 14. Nfd2 Bd5 15. f3 Bd6 16. g3 e5 17. e4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Be3 a5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Nd7 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Bf2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rad1 Rhc8 26. Bb5 Nc5 27. Bc6 Bc4+ 28. Ke1 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 Bxd3 30. Bc5 Bc4 31. Rd4+ Kf6 32. Rxc4 Rxc6 33. Be7+ Kxe7 34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. Rc5 f6 36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Kd3 g6 39. Kc4 g5 40. h3 h6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra7 43. h5 Ra8 44. Rc5+ Kb6 45. Rb5+ Kc6 46. Rd5 Kc7 47. Kb5 b3 48. Rd3 Ra7 49. Rxb3 Rb7+ 50. Kc4 Ra7 51. Rb5 Ra8 52. Kd5 Ra6 53. Rc5+ Kd7 54. b3 Rd6+ 55. Kc4 Rd4+ 56. Kc3 Rd1 57. Rd5+ {White wins} 1-0

The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
     #412: Sept. 30th & #413: Oct 7th

Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News

The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News

The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News

Net Chess News - News and More
    

New On The Net

Chess Kamikazes  Fantastic New Resource By Chessbase Guru!
     The Kamikaze Times - Vol 1 Issue 1 November 2002
"...a (hopefully) bi-monthly downloadable magazine (in ChessBase format) called The Kamikaze Times. The first issue covers the Alekhine Defense to the Queen's Gambit Accepted." - Steve Lopez

The Chess Cafe
     Brains In Bahrain: Kramnik vs Deep Fritz 7 Match Reports
     Review: Fischer World Champion! by Max Euwe & Jan Timman
     Endgame Study:
E. Zakon Jerusalem Post 1953
     Edgar Winter:
October 2, # 2772-2774 - October 5, # 2775-2776
     Susan Polgar: Women's Chess In America: A Social Dilemma
     Carsten Hansen: CD & Book Reviews
     Gary Lane: French Farce, More Opening Questions

About.com Chess - Building An Opening Repertoire Part 3

FIDE Online
     FIDE October Rating List

Russian Chess
     Professional World Chess Rankings - As of October 1st

Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess Online
     Ponomariov on  the World Championship & Garry Kimovich

The Telegraph - The Silicon Defense

British Chess Magazine Online
     BCF Book of the Year 2002: Fundamental Chess Endings

Chess Siberia
     Anand Best Player for August, Vote For Best of September

Best Game of October:  Anand,V (2755) - Ponomariov,R (2740) [D27] Duel WChamp, Mainz (8), 2002 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.b3 Bxc5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Ndf3 h6 17.Nh3 Rfd8 18.Nf4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Ne5 Nbd5 22.Nh5 Be7 23.h3 Qc7 24.e4 Nb4 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Nxg7 Bc8 27.Nf5 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Nxe7 Kxe7 30.Bxb5 Qc2 31.Ba3 Qc3 32.Qc4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa3 34.Qxc8 Qa5 35.Qc5+ Kd8 36.Qd6+ Kc8 37.Qxe6+ Kb8 38.Bc4 Qc7+ 39.e5 Ne4 40.f4 Nd2 41.Qxh6 Nxc4 42.Qf8+ Ka7 43.Qxb4 Nb6 44.e6 Nc8 45.Qd4+ Kb8 46.Qe5 1-0

Pakistan Chess Player - Keres & Konstantinopolsky

Chessopolis - Randy Bauer's Reviews: 64 Great Chess Games: Master pieces of Postal and Email Chess by CCIM Tim Harding

Chess Beast - No 5 October 2002: The Chess Nudist

New In Chess - Online Database of 800,000+ games

Tim Krabbι's Open Chess Diary - #188: A Tricky Queen Ending

Seagaard Chess Reviews - Concise Chess Endings by Neil McDonald

Digichess - Interview With GM Petrovich Kyriakov

World Chess Network
     John Henderson's "The Scotsman"
     Larry Evans On Chess: Girl In A Hurry

RusBase Part Two - Adding 1978 Events

Jeremy Silman - Review: Queen's Indian Defence by Jacob Aagaard

Annotated Games

Yasser Seirawan at Chess Cafe: Piket-Van Wely, Amsterdam 1994

Robert Byrne in The NY Times - Koneru-Danner, Budapest 2002

Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post
     Dreev-Svidler, Halkidiki 2002, Smyslov-Gufeld, 1967

Puzzles & Problems

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Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day

Mastermove - Endgame Compositions

Pakistan Chess Player - Endgame Compositions

William Harvey's Chess Puzzles
     Charles Watson vs NN, Melbourne, 1916
     Elekes vs Zitzen, corr., 1917
     Horvath vs Lajos Mayer, Budapest, 1917
     Orla Krause vs Gustav Nyholm, Copenhagen, 1916
     Siegbert Tarrasch vs Jacques Mieses, Berlin, 1916
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Position of the Week: Solution

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
Quotes

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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