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Volume 2 Issue 42
October 19th, 2003 In This Issue
[FEN "1n6/P1R5/1Pn5/8/p2R4/kq6/8/K7 w - - 0 1"] White to move and draw - Find the
Solution
(10/19) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (10/19) New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:
(10/18) Free EBook: Crumbs From the Chess Board - A Selection From the Problems Composed by Charles A. Gilberg. This public domain download, first published in 1890, has been converted to electronic format with algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Problems have been computer checked and errata noted. This is a 170 kb zipped pdf file. Download it today, from Chessville's Downloads Page. (10/13) Links Update: New additions to our links collection. Nearly three dozen new links, with something for nearly everyone. Whether you interests are in playing online, correspondence play, shopping, compositions and problems, chess news, player's home pages, chess software, or scholastic chess, we've got something for you, and plenty more to see too!
(10/13)
A Fool
Proof Plan: Another
Kennedy
Kids
story from Master Storyteller Rick Kennedy (Perry
the PawnPusher,
Sherlock Holmes). Today Rick's son Matt takes his turn on center
stage. Read his latest scheme,
A Fool Proof Plan.
A Foolproof Plan Today Rick's son Matt takes his turn on center stage: “Matt, you’ve got to do something about your kid brother.” I smiled. A few of the guys come over to my house after school each day. Sometimes we do homework. Sometimes we study. Adam likes to play chess against my brother, Jon. “Really. You have to do something. So far he’s beaten me in two moves, three moves, four moves, five moves and six moves.” “He’s almost up to your I.Q.,” one of the guys razzed, tossing an eraser. “Maybe you should play against his sister,” someone quipped, and that started a round of laughter. Not very likely, that, I thought. Mary Elizabeth spent her afternoons online, in the next room, checking out all the Harry Potter internet websites. I took pity on Adam, and decided to help. I arranged for the next game to be played in the kitchen, where Jon could be distracted by a large pile of cookies. To even the odds a bit more, I pointed out to my friend that the tiled floor could be used as an imaginary chessboard. I’d stay in the room when he and Jon played, close enough to see the game. If he needed help, Adam could look my way, and I would show him what move to make by casually walking from one tile to another, as if I were the piece making the move, myself. He could watch, then make the same move on his board. It was a fool-proof plan. After all, I always beat my brother at chess. Read the rest of his latest scheme,
A Fool Proof Plan. Also enjoy other
Kennedy
Kids
stories, along with Rick's other short story series,
Perry the PawnPusher, and
Sherlock Holmes. This week we've added new links to dozens of chess sites. From 65th Square ("Our mission is to foster and encourage knowledge of, and the participation in the game of chess, and its application on the Internet") to Chess Pages - Free Chess (addressed to chess players wanting to learn what the computer can offer to improve their chess playing, as well as to be able to view, store and analyze chess games. All suggested software here is free), there's something for everyone here. Take a ride on the Chess Train ( FM Shivkumar Shivaji & GM Yury Shulman's site, reviewing Chess Assistant, some limited chess news, not a very deep site) or study the Codex for Chess Composition (From the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions, everything you always wanted to know about chess compositions). Like to do some early Christmas shopping (for yourself even?), try Hote Imports (Egyptian pewter chess sets, free shipping) or visit The Chess Shop (nearly 200 chess sets, pieces, and chess accessories). Into computer chess in a big way, or just getting started? Find out which programs are the best at Computer Chess Ratings (by Eric Hallsworth, who runs the Selective Search magazine) or maybe you'll want to learn about Jim's Chess Strategy (A personal web site offering advice for defeating chess computers). See all of the new links on Chessville's
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1100 sites
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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Turning Heads: In the course of finishing =3rd in the 26th USSR championship at Tbilisi in 1959, Ratmir Kholmov won the following 7 prizes: 1. Best result by a master player Turning Heads the Other Way: When the official Russian collection of Alexander Alekhine's best 300 games was published in 1954, there are no mentions of the locations of any of the tournaments in Nazi-controlled Europe that Alekhine played in after 1940. All of the games are listed as "Tournament 1941", or other "anonymous" citations. Submit your trivia to the
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Kasimdzhanov,R (2668) - Ivanchuk,V (2710) [E58] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 Re8 12.Ba3 c4 13.Bc2 Bg4 14.Qe1 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qd7 16.Kh1 Qh3 17.Qd1 Nh5 18.Rg1 g6 19.Rb1 b6 20.Rb5 Rad8 21.Rg5 Nf6 22.Bf5 Qh4 23.Qg1 Kh8 24.Bc2 Re6 25.Bc1 Ne7 26.Qg3 Qxg3 27.Rxg3 Ne8 28.Ba3 f5 29.Rg1 Nd6 30.Rbb1 Nc6 31.h4 Rf6 32.h5 Kg7 33.Rg2 Kf7 34.Rbg1 Na5 35.Rh2 Kg7 36.Rg3 Nb3 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Rgh3 Rf7 39.Rh7+ Kf6 40.Bxd6 Rxd6 41.Rxf7+ Kxf7 42.Rh7+ Kf8 43.Rxa7 Nc1 44.a5 bxa5 45.Rxa5 Ne2 46.Ra3 Rb6 47.Kg2 Ke7 48.Bd1 Nc1 49.Ra1 Nd3 50.Bc2 Rb2 51.Bxd3 cxd3 52.Rd1 d2 53.f4 Rc2 54.Kf3 Rxc3 55.Rxd2 Rc1 56.Kg2 Rc8 57.Ra2 Rd8 58.Kf3 Rh8 59.Ra7+ 1- 0
Polgar,J (2722) - Aronian,L (2649) [C90] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.a4 Be6 14.Ne3 h6 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Nd7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Bd2 Bf6 21.Qxd6 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Bxb2 23.Rb1 Be5 24.Qd3 Qc7 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nf6 27.g3 Rc8 28.Bd1 Qc4 29.Rc1 Qxc1 30.Bxc1 Rxc1 31.d6 Nd7 32.Kg2 Bf6 33.Bc2 g6 34.Bb3 Kg7 35.Qd5 1-0
other online chess news resources
The Chess Cafe Review: Game over: Kasparov and the Machine Steve Lopez's ChessBase Workshop: Review of Hiarcs9 Are chess computers improving faster than grandmasters? A Chess Media System for Fritz - Here are all the details... Looking back at Crete BBC: Prodigy's moves to promote chess Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler - Mate Rate CompetitionThe Age: It's just a drug check mate
Mechanics'
Institute Chess Room Times of India: Checkmated by butter chicken The Chess DrumIM Essam El-Gindy takes African Crown Egypt takes Team Gold The Campbell Report Review: First Anglo-Pacific Invitational Chess Championship Seagaard Chess Reviews French Defence 3.Nd2 Meine grossen Vorkämpfer 1 World Chess Network - Larry Evans On Chess: Friend or Foe? RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1986, 1989 Annotated Games The Telegraph Chess ClubMalcolm Pein: Svidler-Shirov, European Team Ch. 2003 Nigel Short: Bologan-Palo, Samba Cup 2003
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post) Jack Peters (LA Times): Gurevich-Shabalov, Denver 2003
David
Sands (Washington Times) Shipov on the Best of the European Team Championships, Part I Game of the Week, Garry Kasparov Annotates! Chess Siberia Polgar-Karpov, Essent, Notes by Boris Schipkov Huzman-Kasparov, Rethymnon 2003 (Notes by Boris Schipkov Puzzles & Problems
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Position of the Week: Solution
1.Rxa4+ 1.Rd2 Qc3+ 2.Kb1 Qxd2 and mate can't be stopped;
1.Rd3 Qxd3 2.Rxc6 Black mates in two. 1...Qxa4 Or
1...Kxa4 2.a8Q+ Kb5 and at least it's a fight! 2.a8=Q Qxa8 3.Ra7+
Nxa7 4.b7 Qxb7 White is stalemated! |
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GAMES Aronian,L (2649) - Karpov,A (2693) [E38] 1.d4 Nf6 Kasimdzhanov,R (2668) - Sadvakasov,D (2595) [B97] 1.e4 c5 Sadvakasov,D (2595) - Short,N (2701) [C92] 1.e4 e5 Ivanchuk,V (2710) - Nielsen,P (2626) [A18] 1.c4 Nf6 Comments, suggestions, ideas, praise, and so forth, please write to us! | |||||||||||||
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