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GAMES

Nisipeanu(GM) (2675) - Metz (2149) [B34]
Santo Domingo Opens Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu (1), 27.11.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7
6.Nb3 Bxc3+
7.bxc3 Nf6
8.Bd3 d6
9.0-0 0-0
10.Kh1 b6
11.Bg5 Nd7
12.f4 Bb7
13.Qe1 Re8
14.Qh4 Nf8
15.Rad1 Qc7
16.Bh6 Nd7
17.Rf3 Nf6
18.Bg5 Bc8
19.Rdf1 Nh5
20.g4 Ng7
21.Bh6 Qd7
22.f5 Kh8
23.Rh3 Rg8
24.fxg6 f6
25.gxh7 1-0
 

de_la_Cruz - Nakamura(GM) [A48]
Santo Domingo Opens Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu (1), 27.11.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.c3 Bg7
4.Nbd2 0-0
5.e4 d6
6.Bd3 Nbd7
7.0-0 e5
8.Re1 b6
9.Nb3 Bb7
10.Bg5 h6
11.Bxf6 Bxf6
12.Qc2 Qe7
13.Nbd2 Rfe8
14.Rad1 Nf8
15.d5 c6
16.c4 Rec8
17.Qb1 a6
18.b3 b5
19.Nf1 cxd5
20.exd5 bxc4
21.Bxc4 Nd7
22.Ng3 Bg7
23.Nd4 Nb6
24.Qd3 Qd7
25.Nf3 Nxc4
26.bxc4 a5
27.Rc1 f5
28.Nd2 e4
29.Qe2 Bd4
30.Ngxe4 fxe4
31.Qxe4 Qg7
32.Qe6+ Qf7
33.Nf3 Bc5
34.Qg4 Re8
35.Nd4 Rxe1+
36.Rxe1 Rf8
37.Rf1 Bc8
38.Qd1 Qf4
39.Nc6 Qxc4
40.Ne7+ Kg7
41.Nxc8 Rxc8
42.Kh1 Re8
43.Re1 Qxd5
44.Qb1 Qxa2
45.Qb7+ Qf7
46.Qb2+ Kg8
47.Rxe8+ Qxe8
48.h3 Qe1+
49.Kh2 Qe5+
         0-1
 

Socko,B - Hennigan,M
Santo Domingo Open 2003

1.e4 g6
2.d4 Bg7
3.Nc3 c6
4.Nf3 d6
5.a4 Nd7
6.Bc4 d5
7.exd5 Nb6
8.Qe2 cxd5
9.Bb5+ Bd7
10.a5 Nc4
11.Bxd7+ Qxd7
12.b3 Nd6
13.Nxd5 Nf5
14.c4 Nxd4
15.Nxd4 Bxd4
16.Bb2 Bxb2
17.Qxb2 f6
18.0-0 Kf7
19.Rad1 Qc6
20.Qd4 Nh6
21.Nxe7 Kxe7
22.Qe3+ Kf7
23.Qxh6 Rae8
24.Rfe1 Rxe1+
25.Rxe1 Qc5
26.Qd2 Re8
27.Qd7+ Re7
28.Rxe7+ Qxe7
29.Qxe7+ Kxe7
30.f4 g5
31.g3 1-0
 

Campora(GM) (2503) - Ehlvest(GM) (2602) [B41]
Santo Domingo Open Santo Domingo, Dominican Repu (9), 04.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.c4 Nf6
6.Nc3 Qc7
7.a3 b6
8.Be3 Bb7
9.f3 Nc6
10.b4 Be7
11.Rc1 0-0
12.Be2 Ne5
13.0-0 d6
14.g4 h6
15.f4 Nxc4
16.Bxc4 Qxc4
17.Nb1 Qxc1
18.Bxc1 Nxe4
19.Bb2 Rfc8
20.Nd2 Bf6
21.Nxe4 Bxe4
22.Qe2 Bb7
23.Qe3 e5
24.fxe5 Bxe5
25.Rc1 b5
26.Rxc8+ Rxc8
27.Nf5 Bxb2
28.Ne7+ Kf8
29.Nxc8 Bxc8
30.Qe4 Bd7
31.Qa8+ Ke7
32.Qxa6 d5
33.a4 bxa4
34.Qe2+ 1-0
 

Ehlvest,J - Socko,M
Santo Domingo Open 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 g6
3.Bg5 Bg7
4.e3 d6
5.Be2 h6
6.Bh4 g5
7.Bg3 Nh5
8.c3 Bd7
9.Nbd2 Nxg3
10.hxg3 c5
11.a4 Nc6
12.d5 Ne5
13.Nh2 Qc7
14.f4 Ng6
15.Nc4 0-0-0
16.0-0 f5
17.Bh5 Nf8
18.Qd3 Kb8
19.g4 fxg4
20.Bxg4 Be8
21.Nf3 Bf6
22.Bf5 Rg8
23.Nfd2 Ng6
24.Be6 Rg7
25.Ne4 gxf4
26.exf4 Nh4
27.Rf2 a6
28.f5 Bh5
29.Kh2 b5
30.axb5 axb5
31.Nxf6 bxc4
32.Qxc4 exf6
33.Qxh4 Rg5
34.b4 Bg4
35.bxc5 Qxc5
36.Rb2+ Kc7
37.Rab1 Re8
38.Rb7+ Kd8
39.Rb8+ 1-0
 

Sarno,S (2404) - Braschi,G (2138) [A30]
63 Camp. Italiano Arvier (7), 01.12.2003

1.c4 c5
2.g3 Nc6
3.Bg2 g6
4.e3 Bg7
5.Ne2 Nh6
6.Nbc3 Nf5
7.d3 Rb8
8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 b5
10.Qd2 0-0
11.0-0 Qa5
12.Rad1 Bb7
13.Ne4 Qxd2
14.Rxd2 Bxb2
15.Rxb2 d6
16.Rd1 Ba8
17.h3 bxc4
18.dxc4 Ne5
19.Rbd2 a5
20.N2c3 Rb4
21.f4 Nxc4
22.bxc4 Nxe3
23.Re1 Nxg2
24.Rxg2 f5
25.Ng5 Bxg2
26.Kxg2 Rxc4
27.Nd5 h6
28.Nxe7+ Kg7
29.Ne6+ Kf7
30.Nxf8 Kxf8
31.Nxg6+ Kf7
32.Nh4 Rc2+
33.Kf3 Kf6
34.Re2 Rc3+
35.Re3 Rc4
36.Rd3 Ke6
37.Re3+ Kf6
38.Ra3 a4
39.Ng2 Rb4
40.Ne3 Ke6
41.Rd3 Rb2
42.Rxd6+ 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 49                                                         December 7th, 2003

In This Issue

KID Fireworks
with IM Andrew Martin

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

DGT Electronic Chess Board

New At Chessville

The Orangutan
with IM-CC Keith Hayward

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction."
 – Kenichi Ohmae

from the editor...  I recently learned that the excellent site Chess In Chicago  (CIC) has lost it's sponsorship.  Unless there is another sponsor in place, the CIC website will shut down later this month, and the chessinchicago.org and .com names will be put up for sale.  All CIC will shut down, including their US Chess Live (now Chess Hall Live) partnership to give discounted / free memberships to children in need, as well as the forum.  CIC has done a world of good helping kids, coaches, and parents stay informed and connected, and it would be a shame to see such an excellent site go down the drain.  If you, or someone you know, would like to support Chess In Chicago, please write to Lamarr Wilson.

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Position of the Week








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Bits and Pieces

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(12/7)  KID Fireworks:  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.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4!?

(12/7)  Chessprint for December 7, 2003  "for the sheer joy of chess"

(12/7)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(12/6)  The Orangutan:  An annotated example with opening analysis by IM-CC Keith Hayward (The Road Not Taken).  Over the years, the opening has been called the Englisch, Hunt, Polish, Sokolsky, or Orangutan Opening.  Whatever you call it, take a look at Keith's analysis, and as an added bonus - a free downloadable database of 368 Orangutan games!

(12/5)  Game Collections - Orangutan:  Courtesy of IM-CC Keith Hayward we have added a zipped pgn file of 368 games to our collection of free downloads organized by opening.  Thanks Keith!!

(12/5)  The Study of the Opening, Part Two:  by Diego Acosta & Tony Hahn.  In Part One Diego & Tony began their journey of exploring opening study by asking "How then should you approach studying chess openings?"  Join them as they continue the journey, looking at a game and talking you through the process of studying the opening.

(12/4)  DGT Projects Electronic Chess Board:  A Review by Kevin Bidner.

"The internet was a breakthrough for the chess world, allowing us to find and play opponents of similar strength from around the world any time of day or night.  Now the DGT PROJECTS board takes this breakthrough one step farther, allowing the user to play internet chess using a real chessboard..."

(12/3)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:  Kortschnoi-Navara, Prague 2003.  Both games of this interesting match competition, in a 2 kb zipped ChessBase file.

(12/1)  JAX Chess News: A special report by Elliotte Wisanski, "On Kundalin Yoga".  (The editor Bradley Zang would like you to know that some of these stories are so unbelievable even he doesn't  believe them.)  Who Doesn't Want You To See These Reports?


KID Fireworks

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

KID Fireworks:  Andrew's new book, King's Indian Pressure Play, published by Thinkers Press, will soon be appearing on the bookshelves.

PLAY YOUR PART IN
A WORLD RECORD!

Saturday 21st February 2004 at Wellington College, Crowthorne, IM Andrew Martin will attempt to set a world record for simultaneous chess games to raise money for youth activities and charities.
Get more info here!


To whet the appetite, this month's 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.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 Bg4!?

 

Mikhalevski,V (2545) - Vitebsky,G (2255) [E91]
1st Israel Int Op, Ashdod ISR (1), 2003

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4!?








Still attracts a decent following among master players.  Black relies on piece activity and an early attack on d4 to facilitate counterplay.  I prefer White in this line...

Find out why, read Bits and Pieces with IM Andrew Martin
 

DGT Electronic Chess Board
Reviewed by Kevin Bidner

This is it, this is the one.  If you like slow games, and play on the internet, this is the article you print out and leave around to “hint” to your family as to what to leave under the tree for you this year.

The internet was a breakthrough for the chess world, allowing us to find and play opponents of similar strength from around the world any time of day or night.  Now the DGT PROJECTS board takes this breakthrough one step farther, allowing the user to play internet chess using a real chessboard.  Nothing replaces pushing real wood down a real board, so now we can have the best of both worlds, the convenience of internet play, and the “old world” real feeling of OTB (over the board) play!

The DGT Projects board looks like any standard chess set with a standard Staunton set of pieces.  While nothing fancy (they are now bringing out “higher end” pieces), they certainly get the job done.  The board has either a USB or Serial connector coming off the side, connecting it to the computer.  After initial setup, and when using compatible software you move a piece on the board, it moves the same piece on the screen, simple as that.

Read more about this awesome chess tool...
 

The Orangutan
with IM-CC Keith Hayward

Over the years, the opening has been called the Englisch, Hunt, Polish, Sokolsky, or Orangutan Opening.  Tartakower said (about 1.b4):

"This move, which has so bizarre an aspect, occupies a place of honor amongst the `freak' openings.  Later, at the New York Tournament of 1924, I termed this the `Orangutan' Opening, not only because I employed it there against Maroczy - after a previous consultation with a young orangutan (during a visit by all the masters to the New York Zoo on the eve of the game in question) - but also since the climbing movement of the pawn to b4 and then b5 is reminiscent of that inventive animal.  The name has stuck"

According to Bill Wall, the oldest known game beginning 1.b4 is:

1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cxb5 4.e3 e6 5.Bxb5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 Qb6 9.a4 Be7 10.d4 O-O 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.c4 Na7 13.Rc1 Nxb5 14.cxb5 Qd8 15.Nb3 b6 (15...Nd7) 16.Nc6 Qd6 17.Ra1 Bb7? (17...Ne8) 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Ba3 Qc7 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.h3 1-0  Schuehler-Muster, German Correspondence 1863

Whatever you call it, here's a look at 1.b4:

Zschorn,E - Hayward,K [A00]
Casual Game 1 Postal, 31.07.2002

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Qd6








An interesting move if you like a big center.  White must stop to save his b-pawn which allows Black time to play ...e5.  If you believe Fritz, Black is already slightly better.  Chessbase's online database supports Fritz's appraisal with White only scoring 47% against this move (131 wins, 153 losses, and 80 draws).

3.b5   Thematic.  White can also consider...

Read the rest of Keith's analysis on The Orangutan!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Commemorative Stone:  On the 23rd of March 1956, FIDE erected a headstone on the grave of Alexander Alekhine, who was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.  The headstone was to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death in Lisbon, Portugal in 1946.  The headstone featured a marble bust and a chessboard.

Commemorative Kroon:  Back in the early 1990's, the Estonian government commemorated Grandmaster Paul Keres (1916-75) by placing his profile on the 5-kroon banknote.  Keres had represented Estonia in the 1930's prior to the country's annexation by the USSR in 1940.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • XVI Carlos Torre Memorial (December 12-20 / Merida, MEXICO)  Dreev, Gelfand, Nisipeanu, Macieja, Filippov, Smirnov, Moiseenko, Domínguez & Bruzón

  • Santo Domingo Chess Tournament (November 27 - December 5)  Milov, Nisipeanu, Moiseenko, Kiriakov, Delgado, Campora, Ramirez, De Vreugt & Socko tied for the 1st place (7.5/10)

  • World Computer Chess Championship (November 22 - 29 / Graz)  Shredder is the 2003 WCCC Champion after beating Fritz in the tiebreak (1.5-0.5)  Results by round, standings & games available

  • 2nd Benidorm Chess Festival (November 27 - 29 / SPAIN)
    Veselin Topalov won (7/10), Anand & Radjabov finished in 2nd place (6.5)  All the games available

  • More!

Karpov In America:  On Dec.12 Anatoly Karpov will receive an Honorary Doctoral Degree in recognition of his UNICEF involvement as an Ambassador in NIS countries as well as a President of the Russian Peace Corporation.  The ceremony will be held at Bethany College on December 12 at 5:00 pm with dinner immediately following.  He also will give an "official" start to the Karpov School of Chess in Lindsborg (the first in the US).  During the next few days, Dec.13-14, Mr. Karpov will play at the Lindsborg Invitational tournament.  It will be his second official (!) tournament (after San Antonio 1972) played in the USA.  The other participants are GMs Onischuk, Shulman, Morovic (Chile), GM-elect Charbonneau (Canada) and IM John Donaldson (US). Live Internet coverage is expected, using the same equipment that was used for the recent St. Petersburg - France Distance Chess match.

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Business Wire: National Chess Survey Reveals The Truth About Chess: Why People Play and What Scares Them Away

About.com Chess
     Review: Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz

Russian Chess
    
Professional World Chess Ranking

1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2786
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2730
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2712
4 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2699
5 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2699
6 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2696
7 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2689
8 Morozevich,Alexander 18.07.1977 RUS 2677
9 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2671
10 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2669

Chess Siberia
    
Best Players And Games Of Month - Vote for the best player and best game of NOVEMBER 2003!  Viswanathan Anand is the best player of October 2003.  Best Game of October:

Kasparov,G (2830) - Grischuk,A (2732) [E32]
ECC Men Rethymnon, Crete (5), 02.10.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Ba6 11.b4 c5 12.b5 Bb7 13.Nc3 a6 14.f3 h6 15.Bh4 Qe7 16.Be2 cxd4 17.Qxd4 e5 18.Qd1 g5 19.Bg3 axb5 20.Nxb5 d5 21.0-0 Rac8 22.Qb3 Qe6 23.Qb4 Rc5 24.a4 Rfc8 25.Rfd1 Ba8 26.Ra3 g4 27.cxd5 Rxd5 28.e4 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 gxf3 30.gxf3 Nc5 31.Qb2 Nfd7 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.Nd6 Ra8 34.Be2 Qf6 35.Nf5 Kh7 36.Bc4 Ne6 37.Rd3 Ndc5 38.Rd6 Bxe4 39.Bxe6 Bxf5 40.Bxf7 Qg5 41.Qxg5 hxg5 42.Bxe5 Nd7 43.Bc3 Nc5 44.h4 gxh4 45.a5 bxa5 46.Rd5 Na4 47.Bd4 Bg6 48.Be6 Bc2 49.f4 Rb8 50.Rh5+ Kg6 51.Rg5+ Kh6 52.Bf7 Bd1 53.Kh2 Rd8 54.Bf6 Rc8 55.Be6 Rc6 56.Bg7+ Kh7 57.Bf5+ Kg8 58.Be4 Rc5 59.Bd5+ Kh7 60.Bd4 Rc2+ 61.Kh3 Rc7 62.Be4+ Kh6 63.Rg8 1-0

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Position of the Week: Solution








Petrov, A
"Palamede" 1838

     1. Nd2+  Ka2
     2. Nc3+  Ka3
     3. Ndb1+  Kb4
     4. Na2+  Kb5
     5. Nbc3+  Ka6
     6. Qa8 Mate

(5. Na3+ also wins)

 

 

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Chess may well be the deepest, least exhaustible of pastimes, but it is nothing more. Bobby Fischer's assertion that it is 'everything' is merely necessary monomania. The proposition itself is grotesque. Pace Goethe, chess is not 'the touchstone of the intellect' but only a radically sterile form of play. The problems it poses are at the same time very deep and utterly trivial. We have no logical-philosophical rubric for this mysterious quality of 'trivial' depth, a form of mental life ultimately insignificant - though enormously meaningful - and trapped in a world of mirrors. Though most of us would abhor the suggestion, this 'non-significance' may extend even to music, and the common bond between chess, music, and mathematics may, finally, be the absence of language. But these are murky epistemological waters. What needs emphasis is the plain fact that a chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts on an ultimately trivial human enterprise. Almost inevitably, this focus produces pathological symptoms of nervous stress and unreality. – George Steiner

Those who don't play chess may tend to think of it as a tedious game best suited to idle eccentrics and the elderly - people with vast patience and plenty of time to waste. This is only partly true, for chess also requires uncommon energy and childlike mental vivacity. If players are sometimes portrayed as old men with furrowed brows, that is merely a symbolic depiction of an activity that consumes days, years, and even lifetimes in a single, unquenchable flame. Players relish the paradoxical compensation: time is forever frozen in a loop of the eternal present, while life away from the board comes to seem unbearably fast-paced. They therefore constantly seek to rediscover that state of grace, that nebulous yet limpid condition of dominion that comes from concentrating the mind on the game. Boredom? The chess player doesn't know the meaning of the word. – Paolo Maurensig

 

 

 

GAMES

Heisman,D - Mucerino,J [A24]
Main Line CC Champ (5), 02.12.2003

1.c4 e5
2.g3 Nf6
3.Bg2 d6
4.Nc3 g6
5.e4 Bg7
6.Nge2 0-0
7.0-0 Nc6
8.f4 Be6
9.d3 Ne8?
10.f5 Bd7
11.Nd5 Nd4?
12.Nxd4 exd4
13.f6 Nxf6
14.Bg5 Nxd5!
15.Bxd8 Ne3
16.Qb3! Rfxd8
17.Qxb7! c5
18.Rf2 Be6
19.e5!? Nxg2
20.Kxg2 Bxe5
21.Re1 Re8
22.b3 a5
23.Ref1 Rab8
24.Qc7 Ra8
25.Rxf7! Rac8
26.Re7! Bd5+
27.cxd5 Rxc7
28.Rxe8+ Kg7
29.Ra8 1-0
 


 

Dibyendu Barua - Roktim Bandhodhpay
41st National 'A' Chess Championship 2003  (1)

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d3 Be7
5.0-0 0-0
6.Re1 d6
7.a4 h6
8.Nbd2 Nh7
9.a5 a6
10.Nf1 Ng5
11.Nxg5 Bxg5
12.Ne3 Be6
13.c3 Bxe3
14.Rxe3 Bxc4
15.dxc4 f5
16.exf5 Rxf5
17.Rf3 Qf6
18.Rxf5 Qxf5
19.Be3 Kh8
20.h3 Rf8
21.b4  Ne7
22.b5 Qe4
23.Qg4 Qxg4
24.hxg4 Kg8
25.Rb1 Rc8
26.Kf1 Kf7
27.bxa6 bxa6
28.Rb7 Ke6
29.Ra7 Nc6
30.Rxa6 Kd7
31.Ke2 Rb8
32.Kd3 Kc8
33.Rxc6 Kb7
34.Rxc7+ Kxc7
35.a6 Kd7
36.a7 Rc8
37.g3 Ke6
38.Bb6 Kd7
39.f4 exf4
40.gxf4 g6
41.f5 gxf5
42.gxf5 h5
43.Bf2 Ra8
44.Ke4 h4
45.Kf3 Rh8
46.Bxh4 Kc6
47.Bf2 d5
48.cxd5+ Kxd5
49.Bg3 Kc6
50.Be5 1-0
 

Sandipan Chanda - Prathamesh Mokal
41st National 'A' Chess Championship 2003 (1)

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 g6
6.c4 Bg7
7.Ne2 d6
8.0-0 Nf6
9.Nbc3 Qc7
10.h3 0-0
11.Be3 b6
12.Qd2 Bb7
13.Rad1 Rd8
14.Bh6 Nbd7
15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.f4 Nc5
17.f5 exf5
18.exf5 Nxd3
19.Qxd3 d5
20.cxd5 Bxd5
21.Qe3 Bb7
22.Nd4 Re8
23.Qd2 Qg3
24.Rf2 Qe3
25.Ne6+ Rxe6
26.fxe6 Qxd2
27.Rfxd2 1-0
 

Di Paolo,R (2325) - Contin,D (2377) [C08]
63 Camp. Italiano Arvier (8), 02.12.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nd2 c5
4.Ngf3 a6
5.exd5 exd5
6.dxc5 Bxc5
7.Nb3 Ba7
8.Bd3 Ne7
9.0-0 Nbc6
10.Re1 Bg4
11.c3 Qc7
12.Bg5 f6
13.Bh4 0-0
14.Bg3 Qd7
15.h3 Bf5
16.Nfd4 Nxd4
17.cxd4 Rfe8
18.Nc5 Bxc5
19.dxc5 Nc6
20.Qb3 Bxd3
21.Qxd3 d4
22.a3 Qd5
23.b4 g6
24.Rad1 Kf7
25.f3 Rxe1+
26.Bxe1 Rd8
27.Bf2 Ne5
28.Qd2 d3
29.f4 Nc4
30.Qc3 d2
31.Qb3 Qe4
32.a4 Qe2
33.b5 axb5
34.axb5 Qxd1+
35.Qxd1 Nb2
36.Qb3+ Kg7
37.Qxb2 d1Q+
38.Kh2 Rd2
39.Qc3 Rxf2
40.c6 Qd5
        0-1
 

Aldrovandi,C (2414) - Cocozza,M (2356) [A00]
63 Camp. Italiano Arvier (7), 01.12.2003

1.f3 e5
2.Kf2 f5
3.e3 Nc6
4.c3 f4
5.g3 d5
6.exf4 exf4
7.d4 Bd6
8.Kg2 Nge7
9.Bd3 Bf5
10.Ne2 fxg3
11.hxg3 Qd7
12.b3 0-0-0
13.Na3 g5
14.Nb5 Rhg8
15.g4 Bf4
16.gxf5 Nxf5
17.Bxf5 Qxf5
18.Ng3 Bxg3
19.Kxg3 g4
20.f4 h5
21.Be3 Rde8
22.Qd2 Ne7
23.Rae1 Qe4
24.Qg2 Nf5+
25.Kh2 g3+
26.Kg1 Qxg2+
27.Kxg2 Rxe3
28.Rxe3 Nxe3+
29.Kf3 g2
30.Rg1 Nc2
31.Kf2 a6
32.Na7+ Kb8
33.f5 h4
34.f6 h3
35.f7 Rf8
36.Kg3 Rxf7
37.Kxh3 Ne3
          0-1

 

 

 

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