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GAMES Nisipeanu(GM) (2675) - Metz (2149) [B34] 1.e4 c5 de_la_Cruz - Nakamura(GM) [A48] 1.d4 Nf6 Socko,B - Hennigan,M 1.e4 g6 Campora(GM) (2503) - Ehlvest(GM) (2602) [B41] 1.e4 c5 Ehlvest,J - Socko,M 1.d4 Nf6 Sarno,S (2404) - Braschi,G (2138) [A30] 1.c4 c5
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December 7th, 2003 In This Issue "Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat
is headed in the wrong direction." 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.
Online Chess League Needs Volunteers Volunteers are needed for the future tournaments. Anyone interested in filling the vacancies of the: Director of Player Services U1500: oversees the team rosters, verifies eligibility of players, maintains the OCL mailing list at Yahoo Groups. There shall be one Director of Player Services for each section. Serves a term of one year. The various sections shall elect their Representatives on a staggered basis, to be determined by the Board of Directors. Director of Public Affairs: Director of Public Affairs: recruits new teams/players, and deals with any publicity issues, requests for information, etc... Serves a term of one year. Tournament Directors: Under the supervision of the Chief Tournament Director: oversees the work and activities of the tournament section to which they are assigned. Serves on the Appeals Committee. Please contact me if you are able to serve. Thanks! Frank Dodgen, Player Representative, OCL Board of Directors
[FEN "3n4/2p3p1/4prB1/n1P5/p1pP1rp1/4b3/1pP1Np1K/1k3N1Q w - - 0 1"] White to move and win - Find the Solution Still Available Directly From Chessville:
(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.
(12/5) 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: Andrew's new book, King's Indian Pressure Play, published by Thinkers Press, will soon be appearing on the bookshelves.
Mikhalevski,V (2545) - Vitebsky,G (2255) [E91] 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 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 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] 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 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
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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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Chess Siberia Kasparov,G (2830) - Grischuk,A
(2732) [E32] 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 Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler - Man v Machine
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Seagaard Chess Reviews
World Chess Network RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1968 Annotated Games
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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] 1.c4 e5
Dibyendu Barua - Roktim Bandhodhpay 1.e4 e5 Sandipan Chanda - Prathamesh Mokal 1.e4 c5 Di Paolo,R (2325) - Contin,D (2377) [C08] 1.e4 e6 Aldrovandi,C (2414) - Cocozza,M (2356) [A00] 1.f3 e5
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