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GAMES Bologan,V (2673) - Stefansson,H (2567) [C54] 1.e4 e5 Stefansson,H (2567) - Vallejo Pons,F (2662) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Rowson,J (2541) - Sokolov,I (2695) [C54] 1.e4 e5 Vallejo Pons,F (2662) - Sokolov,I (2695) [D10] 1.d4 d5 De Firmian,N (2553) - Thorhallsson,T (2444) [B57] 1.e4 c5
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Volume 2 Issue 45
November 9th, 2003 In This Issue "The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them, nay a carefully studied conversation, in which they reveal to us none but the best of their thoughts." – Rene Descartes from the editor...This just in from GM Maurice Ashley:
Hello all:
On Tuesday, a momentous event in chess history will occur. The worldwide
sports network, ESPN, will begin a series of four live broadcasts of the
latest Man vs Machine match featuring world number 1, Garry Kasparov,
against a program called X3DFritz. Not since Fischer-Spassky in 1972
has there been this much live coverage of a chess match on US television.
The first show will air this Tuesday at 1 p.m. EST with the following shows
set for November 13, 16 and 18. If this event gets the ratings, ESPN
will look into broadcasting future chess competitions. You can find
out further information at the event
website. White to move and win - Find the
Solution
Davies - Stephenson [D01], Lancaster Quickplay, 2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.e3 g6 5.f4 Bg7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3
Qb6 8.Rb1 Nf8 9.0-0 Bf5 10.Kh1 Ne6 11.Bxf5 gxf5 12.Nh4 Kd7 13.Nxf5 Rag8
14.Nxg7 Rxg7 15.Bxf6 exf6 16.f5 Ng5 17.b4 Rhg8 18.b5 Qc7 19.bxc6+ bxc6
20.Rf4 h5 21.Qf1 Ne4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.g3 h4 24.Rxh4 Rg5 25.Qf4 Qc8 26.Qxe4
Kd8 27.Qf4 Rxf5 28.Qd6+ Ke8 29.Re4+ 1-0 (11/10) PV Training Game: The Principal Variation (PV) Training Exercise is intended to help you play more thoughtful chess. Instead of playing "good" moves and hoping your opponent does not find a killer response ("Hope Chess"), the PV Exercise encourages careful consideration of your opponents likely response before moving... (11/9) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.
(11/6) New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page: Hoogeveen Essent 2003 Tournament - 280 Games by Motylev, Hort, Hebdon, Rogers, Beshukov, Glek, etc.
Two years ago, November 2001, the chess world was saddened by the early death of Tony Miles, England’s first Grandmaster. Since his death much has been said to commemorate this exceptionally colorful and very human chess player, and now Batsford has published Tony Miles – It’s Only Me. This book, put together by British IM Geoff Lawton, is a compilation of Miles’ own writings with a few biographical articles written by close friends of his. Most of the articles and games contained in It’s Only Me first appeared in various chess magazines or the New Statesman magazine chess column, which Miles wrote from 1976 to 1981. Miles had a definite knack for telling good stories with brutal honesty and trademark sarcasm, which has resulted in a very entertaining book. In fact, It’s Only Me made this reviewer laugh harder than any other chess book has managed to do for years, and since laughter is supposedly such a healthy activity I recommend you to get your copy soon. As a significant bonus, you get a collection of fine, annotated games from the hands of a very creative player. Tony Miles became England’s first Grandmaster in 1976 and so spearheaded the English chess explosion. Today England has more than 30 grandmasters, which is quite an astonishing accomplishment even considering the general title inflation. In his prime, Miles was considered among the best Western bids for challenging the Soviet chess supremacy, which at that time was personified by Anatoly Karpov. Incidentally, Karpov was on the receiving end when Miles, in a career-defining moment, beat him using the St. George’s defense 1.e4 a6!? (Skara 1980). Among his most meriting triumphs, Miles counted winning the Junior World Championship in 1974 and two first places at the Tilburg Interpolis tournaments (1984 and 1985)...
ChessBase Magazine 94
It is the dream of every aspiring chess player to know how a GM prepares for a tournament and follow in his footsteps. The moot question is: Where does the arsenal of a GM's armory come from? Indeed, with the sheer profusion of first class games from national and international events all over the world it is hardly possible for a tournament player to separate the grain from the chaff. A professional publication like ChessBase Magazine offers him invaluable assistance by introducing an element of order into this chaos and helps him to navigate uncharted seas. This magazine is published six times per year on CD. Each issue offers complete games from major events along with regular sections on openings, tactics, endings and strategy etc. As it happens to be a flagship for ChessBase, it also offers useful information on the products of the parent company.
The main database in the present issue includes 1513 OTB games of which 450 are annotated by GMS like Stohl, Rogozenko, Hecht, Hübner and others. Few games are annotated by the players themselves. However, it hardly matters here as the annotations have a high standard. Besides, they are mercifully brief and to the point. Apart from games from super-tournaments like Linares, Reykjavik and Bundesliga team matches, National Championship games of India, France and Israel are also included...
PV Training Game The Principal Variation (PV) Training Exercise is
intended to help you play more thoughtful
chess. Instead of playing "good" moves and hoping your opponent does
not
find a killer response ("Hope Chess") the PV Exercise encourages
careful consideration of your opponents likely response before moving. To that end, before each move you solidify in your mind what you
consider the best response of your opponent, and also how you plan to
continue following that. This becomes the principal variation, which is
then written down along with an assessment of the position (for example
+/= or -+). Dan Heisman described this
exercise as follows in his article on Chess Exercises:
The idea is to eliminate your mind's constant attempts to accept vague lines as credible PVs. In the following PV Training Game, which was played online at the FICS chess server, we had unfortunately forgotten about the evaluation aspect of the exercise. The opponents were TibetianTick (1647) and HitMeHard (2183), and the time control was 50 15 with 20minutes added to White's clock at the beginning of the game. The choice of opening - The King's Gambit: Becker Defense - had been agreed to before-hand so that White would not get blown off the board early. Some of the lessons learned were exactly as expected. Our minds continually temped us to... There were also some unexpected observations to make... Check out
the game, and learn more about this great training tool!
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia A Double Dose of Paul Keres: Prior to his famous over-the-board (OTB) career, Estonian and Soviet player Paul Keres had established a very successful Correspondence Chess (CC) career. He had commenced playing in European tournaments at the age of 15, and at one stage was playing 150 games simultaneously. In 1935 he won the inaugural IFSB (predecessor to the ICCF) individual championship, and received the IFSB International Master title. Keres also won the inaugural Estonian CC championship in 1936. Prior to his unfortunate death in 1975, Keres stated that he would resume his CC play as his OTB commitments started to decrease. You may have read in my latest trivia piece about how Paul Keres started his CC career in the early 1930's while still a teenager. A lot of times as White he would play the King's Gambit, and especially the 3.d4 and 3.Nc3 variations. While the 3.d4 variation is commonly known as the Mason Variation, it is also called the Parnu variation. The majority of CC players in Estonia in the early 1930's were either living in the city of Parnu, or the immediate surrounding districts. Keres' most "famous" game from this period is his loss to Menke in 1933. This game was played as part of the 4th annual tournament organized by the "Deutche Schachzeitung" newspaper: Keres,P - Menke,G [C33] Correspondence, 1933 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 d5 5.Nxd5 Bg4+ 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nxc7+ Kd8 8.Nxa8 Ne5 9.h3 Bh5 10.Rg1 Qg3 11.Qe1 Bxf3+ 12.gxf3 Qxf3 mate 0-1 Another game to look out for is Keres-Vilkins, from 1932. After 24 moves, Keres' king is on square g8 (!), and by move 42 it has returned to square f2, after which Keres eventually drew the game. Due to increasing over-the-board commitments, Keres had to abandon the correspondence games that he was playing for Estonia in the final of the 1st IFSB Olympiad, which went from 1937 to1939. Keres elder brother Harald took over his games, and scored a win and 3 draws. Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie! Pablo's Chess News Chessville coverage of:
Nikolic,P (2647) - Stefansson,H (2567) [D15] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.h4 Nxf4 9.exf4 Bg7 10.h5 b6 11.cxb6 Qxb6 12.Qd2 Rb8 13.b3 c5 14.Nxd5 Qe6+ 15.Ne3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Qe4 17.Rd1 Qxf4 18.Nc6 Qc7 19.Rc1 Ra8 20.Nxe7 Qd8 21.Nc6 Qg5 22.Qb4 Ne5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rxh8+ Bxh8 25.Be2 Nxc6 26.Qe4+ 1-0
other online chess news resources
Correspondence Chess News - The Final Issue! #100
The Chess Cafe
Chessbase
The Telegraph Chess Club Tigerchess - New Grandmaster Growl New York Post: Playing With Virtual Set Has Become A Reality About.com Chess - Positional Play : Piece Placement
World
Chess Rating
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Institute Chess Room FIDE - 74th FIDE Congress - Communiqué and Titles Approved Jamaica Chess Online - Back Online! Seagaard Chess Reviews - Mate Studies (CD)
World
Chess Network RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1969, 1990
USCF Annotated Games
The Telegraph Chess Club
David
Sands (Washington Times)
World
Chess Rating Robert Byrne (NY Times): Palo-Nielsen, 1st Samba Cup 2003
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post) Jack Peters (LA Times): Anand-Kramnik, Cap d'Agde 2003
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1.Qa1+ Kg8 2.Qa2+ Kh8 3.Qb2+ Kg8 4.Qb3+ Kh8 5.Qc3+ Kg8
6.Qc4+ Kh8 7.Qd4+ Kg8 8.Qd5+ Kh8 9.Qh1+ Bh4 10.Qa1+ Kg8 11.Qa2+ Kh8 12.Qb2+
Kg8 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Qc3+ Kg8 15.Qc4+ Kh8 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.Qd7 Qf6+ 18.Kxf6 g4+
19.Kg6 Be7 20.Qxe7 g3 21.Qg7 mate. |
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From Chessville's Collection of Chess Wisdom “To be capable of conducting an endgame to the distant goal with clarity,
firmness, and complete familiarity with all its tricks and traps is the sign
of the first-class master.” Be dynamic. If losing, look for positional draws, fortresses, stalemates, swindles, and sucker punches. If you have weaknesses, liquidate them. Escort passed pawns. The king clears the way. When mobilizing a pawn majority, push the unopposed pawn first. If ahead by a pawn, exchange pieces, not pawns. If behind by a pawn, exchange pawns, not pieces. With opposite colored bishops, blockade to draw, create passed pawns to
win. Attack with rooks from far away. Keep the “checking distance.” Tactics, combinations and mating attacks are a part of endgame play too. Always be on the lookout for opportunities. Read more of Chessville's collected wisdom on
GAMES Malakhov,V (2696) - Stefansson,H (2567) [D15] 1.Nf3 d5 Malakhov,V (2696) - Thorhallsson,T (2444) [D36] 1.c4 e6 Rowson,J (2541) - De Firmian,N (2553) [B90] 1.e4 c5 Fressinet,L (2654) - Stefansson,H (2567) [B63] 1.e4 c5
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