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GAMES Aldrovandi,C (2414) - Cocozza,M (2356) [A00] 1.f3 e5 Bologan,V (2673) - Karjakin,S (2562) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Sutovsky,E (2646) - Nakamura,H (2565) [B30] 1.e4 c5 Karjakin,S (2562) - McShane,L (2649) [B33] 1.e4 c5 Sutovsky,E (2646) - Romero Holmes,A (2544) [B52] 1.e4 c5 Karjakin,S (2562) - Pelletier,Y (2604) [B48] 1.e4 c5
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Volume 2 Issue 52
December 28th, 2003 In This Issue "I know the
price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the
things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright from the
editor... What was the
Top
Chess News Story of 2003? Was it Anand's fantastic Rapid year?
The collapse of the Chess World Championship Reunification Plans?
Maybe Hikaru Nakamura eclipsing Bobby Fischer's record as youngest ever US
GM. There were lots of other stories too, we've listed a few of them
in a poll at the Chessville Forum. Let us know what you think the
Top
Chess News Story of 2003
was, and we'll share the results with you next week! [FEN "2R2Q1B/1n4K1/b1n5/b7/3k1P1N/N3RB2/2P1PP2/r6r w - - 0 1"] White to selfmate in 13 - Find the
Solution
(12/28) KID Fireworks Part 4 : Andrew's new book, King's Indian Pressure Play, published by Thinkers Press, will soon be appearing on the bookshelves. To whet the appetite, this month's Bits and Pieces column includes a few snippets from the book - four illustrative games, one each week, fully annotated with Andrew's unique commentary and opening insight. This week's game looks at the line beginning: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 0-0?!. Earlier lines investigated in this month's serial-column include:
(12/28) Chessprint for December 28, 2003 "for the sheer joy of chess" (12/28) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (12/27) Review: Chess Tactics for Kids by GM Murray Chandler, reviewed by Stuart Solomon. For kids, huh? We thought we'd test that out by asking 12-year old Stuart Solomon (author of Chess Similes) to take a look... "This is a sequel to the book How to beat your Dad at Chess and once again Murray Chandler gives us an overlooked work of genius. This book is not just for kids, it’s for all beginners to intermediate players who want to get ahead in the middlegame." Read the rest of Stuart's review of Chess Tactics for Kids. (12/24) Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia: A fresh batch of the unusual, the sensational, and the outright weird historical chess trivia - brought to you by the Mad Aussie himself! Graham Clayton brings you another compilation of historical facts, sure to entertain and educate one and all. Be sure to visit the Mad Aussie's Trivia Archives too: Part One; Part Two; Part Three; Part Four; Part Five; Part Six. (12/24) The Study of the Opening - Part Three: Continuing the journey of exploration of opening study with Diego Acosta and Tony Hahn, begun in Parts One and Two: "In the first two parts of this article we discussed the importance of gathering games from top-level practice to learn the ideas about your repertoire openings. Here, we will systematize the repertoire taking into consideration the ECO codes..."
Chess and Art:
(12/23) Paul Smith, Redux: When we first ran this story more than a year ago, it really hit home for many readers. Since then the author, Jim Mitch, has continued to work on Paul's behalf. He reports "Paul is doing well, and his art and story continue to attract wide interest. To help keep things moving along as far as disseminating his story, I’ve decided to begin posting information about Paul and samples of his work in a newsletter format." Check out this fascinating glimpse into the life of Paul Smith, and visit the Paul Smith website linked to at the bottom of the article. (12/23) New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:
For kids, huh? We thought we'd test that out by asking 12-year old Stuart Solomon (author of Chess Similes) to take a look... "This is a sequel to the book How to beat your Dad at Chess and once again Murray Chandler gives us an overlooked work of genius. This book is not just for kids, it’s for all beginners to intermediate players who want to get ahead in the middlegame. This time instead of giving tactics leading to checkmate it allows you to gain material- from a pawn to a queen- or save a game by forcing stalemate. I think it should have been called Using Tactics to beat your Dad in chess. The sub-title of this book is 50 Tricky Tactics to Outwit your Opponents, and it contains 50 tricky tactics that can get you out of a tough situation. While the beginning tactics teach the more basic tricks, like forks and pins, when you get deeper into the book, you’ll find tricks that even grandmasters could miss. In the introduction, there is a great page that explains the algebraic notation which can help all chess players to read moves made in the book and enable them to write down moves in their own chess games. This isn’t new information, but I like the concise way its explained and the symbols used throughout the book. How to beat your Dad at Chess was all about pattern recognition and this one is about motifs. Each tactic merits its own chapter. He breaks studying tactics into three steps. Step one is..." Read the
complete
review.
Chess and Art:
Paul Smith, Redux: When we first ran this story more than a year ago, it really hit home for many readers. Since then the author, Jim Mitch, has continued to work on Paul's behalf. He reports "Paul is doing well, and his art and story continue to attract wide interest. To help keep things moving along as far as disseminating his story, I’ve decided to begin posting information about Paul and samples of his work in a newsletter format." Here is a small excerpt from the article: Except in cases involving Spock or prayer, observable movements are required for people to communicate. This can be as subtle as a raised eyebrow or a whispered word, but there must be some muscle movement for one person to convey a thought or feeling to another. Note that great actors are distinguished from the rest by their extraordinary control of facial expressions, gestures, and of the movements needed to create special inflections and pronunciations when talking. It follows that an impairment that reduces a person's ability to move the muscles of the face and hands should, among other things, diminish the person's potential for self-expression. While this is generally true, [Paul Smith] taught himself some remarkable ways to express himself to the world, despite having severely limited muscle control.
Born with severe spastic cerebral palsy, Paul Smith must rely on others to feed, dress, and bathe him. His speech is difficult to understand, even for those who know him well. Movements of his hands are jerky to the point that when he plays chess he can't move a piece by himself without risking knocking several others over. And yet Paul has excelled not only as a chess player, but also as an artist -- an artist that can hold neither a pencil nor a paintbrush. Read more about
Paul
Smith, and see some of his art work.
Master vs Amateur Here's a typical game from an open tournament where a
motivated professional crushes a talented amateur. Superior opening
knowledge combined with an iron tactical grip gives Ibragimov an easy
victory. Ibragimov,I (2585) - Zuniga,I (2115) [E70] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 0-0?!
We normally arrive at this precise position via the 4...0-0 move-order. Black has already missed his opportunity for 5...h6! 6.Bh4 c5. At a lower level, he's probably been getting away with these imprecisions, but not against a Grandmaster. So what would Ibragimov have played against 5...h6? That is the interesting question! Maybe Petrosian's old 6 Be3 Ng4 7 Bc1!?, just to mix things up. 6.Qd2 I like White already. He's taken up a very aggressive stance and is well placed to go for the throat with Bh6, h4-h5 etc. The Bishop and Queen battery casts doubt on 4...0-0 6...Re8 Just doesn't like Bh6 but 6...Re8 is hardly a quality move. 7.Bd3 There may be more than one good way. Observe how Black is crushed in another, very recent game:
See all of
IM Martin's analysis.
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia What's In A Name? Part One: The "Grand Prix Attack" in the Sicilian Defense (1 e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc3 3. f4) got is name because it was used in British weekend tournaments in the late 70's and the 80's. These tournaments formed a "Grand Prix" series, hence the name. What's In A Name? Part Two: The Scheveningen Variation of the Sicilian Defense was named after the 1923 tournament played in the Dutch town of the same name. Max Euwe played the variation as Black against Geza Maroczy. Submit your trivia to the
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Drum East Bay Newspapers: Barrington chess team wins U.S. Championship Net Chess News - New Look Nation Online: Trouble brews in chess ,Trouble brews in chess
Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary Sunspot.net: UMBC student puts on her game face
Seagaard Chess Reviews The Hindu: India stand a fair chance in Chess Olympiad : Anand
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Chess Network allAfrica.com: Chess League to Be Expanded RusBase Part Three - New Material from 1967 The State: South Carolina Seizes Three Chess Challenge II Machines About.com Chess - Steinitz on the 'Relative Value of the Pieces' Paul Smith Foundation: Newsletter #3 El Correo Digital: Interview with Francisco Vallejo Pons (en Español) Annotated Games
The Telegraph Chess Club
David
Sands (Washington Times) Robert Byrne (NY Times): Ibragimov-Rohde, Philadelphia 2003 Lubomir Kavaqlek (Washington Post): Alekhine-Podgorny, Prague 1943; Capablanca-Czerniak, Buenos Aires, 1939 Jack Peters (LA Times): Banawa-West, Ileto Memorial, Monterey Park 2003
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Quick Clicks Links to other interesting sites, from our links collection, this week from our History page.
The Arab Role in the Development of Chess Essay on the title subject
Articles, pictures & games collections about the history of the game.
Online database with info on virtually all FIDE titled players, including rating, biography & games.
Chess Cafe - Photo Gallery Archive Edward Winter collection of photos of chess players.
Significant events in chess history listed chronologically.
Bill Wall's huge list of significant events in the history of chess.
Good site with enormous number of links to historical articles about chess & chess players. Huge collection of links to sites, articles, and games of famous players.
Chess History: The Game is Afoot by Terry Crandall Biographies of 15 past masters, written by the late Terry Crandall.
Mark Week's collection of links to chess history sites.
Excellent site devoted to the origins of the game. Includes several research articles.
The chess page of Jean-Louis Cazaux, co-author of The Anatomy of Chess. Nice historical links section.
Collection of articles about the history of chess in the US.
World Chess Championship Index Mark Weeks' excellent site on the history of the World Chess Championship. Site includes games, articles, history, and links.
Site of the World Chess Hall of Fame, with news, biographies, photo gallery, etc.
GAMES Epishin,V (2658) - Lahno,K (2486) [E18] 1.d4 Nf6 Sutovsky,E (2646) - Karjakin,S (2562) [B52] 1.e4 c5 Bologan,V (2673) - Sutovsky,E (2646) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Kunte,A (2535) - Hebden,M (2560) [C91] 1.e4 e5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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