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GAMES

Davies,N (2482) - Lputian,S (2623) [E09]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (6.5), 02.10.2003

1.c4 e6
2.g3 d5
3.Bg2 Nf6
4.Nf3 Be7
5.0-0 0-0
6.d4 Nbd7
7.Qc2 c6
8.b3 b6
9.Rd1 Ba6
10.Nbd2 Rc8
11.e4 Bb7
12.Bb2 Qc7
13.e5 Ne8
14.Nf1 Qb8
15.cxd5 cxd5
16.Qd2 a5
17.Ne1 Nc7
18.Nd3 Qa7
19.a3 Qa6
20.Ne3 Qb5
21.Nc1 Ba6
22.Bf1 Qc6
23.Nd3 Qb7
24.f4 f6
25.Bh3  fxe5
26.fxe5 Bg5
27.Bg2 Qc6
28.Nf4 Qb5
29.Rac1 Qxb3
30.Rc3 Qa4
31.Rdc1 Nc5
32.dxc5 d4
33.Qc2 b5
34.Qxa4 bxa4
35.Rc4 dxe3
36.Rxa4 e2
37.Bf3 Nd5
38.Bxd5 exd5
39.Rxa5 Bc4
40.e6 Rxf4
41.gxf4 Bxf4
42.Ra1 Re8
43.Bc3 Be3+
44.Kg2 d4
45.Kf3 Rxe6
46.Be1 Bd3
47.Ra8+ Kf7
48.Ra7+ Kg6
49.Rd7 Rf6+
50.Kg3 Be4
51.Re7 Bf4+
52.Kh3 Kf5
53.Rxg7 d3
54.Rxh7 d2
       0-1
 

Svidler,P (2723) - Bologan,V (2650)
Euro Clubs Cup (MEN) Rethymnon, Crete (GRE) (5), 02.10.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.f3 e6
7.Be3 Be7
8.g4 Nc6
9.Qd2 0-0
10.0-0-0 Nxd4
11.Qxd4 Nd7
12.g5 Bxg5
13.Rg1 e5
14.Bxg5 exd4
15.Bxd8 dxc3
16.Be7 cxb2+
17.Kxb2 Re8
18.Bxd6 g6
19.Rg5 Nf8
20.Rc5 Ne6
21.Rc3 Bd7
22.Be5 Bc6
23.Bf6 Rec8
24.Bc4 Nc5
25.Re3 Na4+
26.Kc1 b5
27.Bb3 Nb6
28.Rd4 Be8
29.f4 Rc6
30.e5 Rac8
31.f5 Nc4
32.Re2 R6c7
33.fxg6 fxg6
34.e6 Rc6
35.Bg5 Kg7
36.Rd7+ Kg8
37.Bh6 Nd6
38.Rxd6 Rxd6
39.Rf2 1-0
 

Krasenkow,M (2585) - Conquest,S (2560) [D94]
19 ECC 2003 Men Rethymnon, Crete (3.45), 30.09.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e3 g6
5.Nf3 Bg7
6.Be2 0-0
7.0-0 a6
8.Bd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7
10.e4 b5
11.Bb3 Nb6
12.e5 Nfd5
13.Ne4 a5
14.a3 Nc4
15.Bxc4 bxc4
16.Nc5 Nb6
17.Qe2 Qd5
18.h3 Nd7
19.Na4 c5
20.Nc3 Qb7
21.Qxc4 cxd4
22.Qxd4 Qxb2
23.Rfb1 Qc2
24.g4 Nxe5
25.Nxe5 Bxe5
26.Qxe5 Qxd2
27.Nd5 f6
28.Nxe7+ Kg7
29.Qe4 Ba6
30.Rd1 Qe2
31.Nf5+ Kh8
32.Ne3 Rae8
33.Qf4 Bb7
34.Rd7 Qb5
35.Qc7 1-0
 

McShane,L (2619) - Sutovsky,E (2639) [A45]
19th ECC 2003 Men Rethymnon, Crete (5.61), 02.10.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Bg5 c5
3.Bxf6 gxf6
4.d5 Qb6
5.Qc1 f5
6.c4 Bg7
7.Nc3 d6
8.e3 Nd7
9.Qc2 Qa5
10.Nf3 b5
11.cxb5 Nb6
12.Nd2 Bb7
13.Nb3 Qb4
14.a3 Bxc3+
15.bxc3 Qa4
16.c4 a6
17.Qc3 Rg8
18.bxa6 Bxa6
19.Nd2 e6
20.Rb1 Nd7
21.Be2 Bc8
22.dxe6 fxe6
23.Rb3 Rxg2
24.Qh8+ Nf8
25.Bf3 Rg6
26.Bxa8 Qxa8
27.Rf1 e5
28.f4  Be6
29.fxe5 d5
30.Rb6 Ke7
31.Rxe6+ Kxe6
32.cxd5+ Kxd5
33.Rxf5 Rg1+
34.Kf2 Rd1
35.Qg8+ Kc6
36.Qg2+ 1-0
 

Epishin,V (2642) - Hebden,M (2544) [E97]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (8.2), 04.10.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.Nf3 0-0
6.Be2 e5
7.0-0 Nc6
8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5
10.Qc2 Kh8
11.Re1 f5
12.Ng5 Nf6
13.Bb2 c6
14.exf5 Nxf5
15.dxc6 bxc6
16.Nce4 Nxe4
17.Nxe4 d5
18.Rad1 Nd4
19.Bxd4 exd4
20.cxd5 cxd5
21.Nc5 Qb6
22.Qb3 Rb8
23.Rb1 d3
24.Bxd3 Bd4
25.Rf1 Qd6
26.Kh1 a5
27.a3 axb4
28.axb4 Rf4
29.Qc2 Qf6
30.b5 Rh4
31.Qc1 Be5
32.Qe3 Rxh2+
33.Kg1 Rh1+
        0-1
 

Parker,J (2541) - Rasmussen,K (2437) [A00]
19 ECC 2003 Men Rethymnon, Crete (3.151), 30.09.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 a6
5.Bd3 Bg4
6.Qb3 Bxf3
7.gxf3 Qc7
8.Nc3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e6
10.Bd2 Be7
11.Rc1 0-0
12.Ne4 Nbd7
13.Qc2 e5
14.Nxf6+ Nxf6
15.Bc3 Bd6
16.Qf5 Nd7
17.Rd1 b5
18.Bb3 Rae8
19.Rg1 b4
20.dxe5 Nxe5
21.Bxe5 Bxe5
22.Rd7 Qb8
23.Rg5 Bf4
24.Bxf7+ Kh8
25.Rxg7 Kxg7
26.Bxe8+ Kg8
27.Qxh7# 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 40                                                        October 5th, 2003

In This Issue

Bits and Pieces with
IM Andrew Martin

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

The Kennedy Kids

New At Chessville

Chess Similes

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

 


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Position of the Week

[FEN r4r2/2p2pk1/b1n1pN2/p1p1P1B1/2p5/5R2/PPB3PP/RN4K1 w - - 0 20]

White Mates In Six - Find the Solution
 


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Bits and Pieces

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International
Master
Andrew Martin

(10/5)  Crime Doesn't Pay:  Chessville is proud to welcome respected opening analyst and instructor International Master Andrew Martin to the neighborhood!  In today's inaugural column IM Martin explores the English Opening while looking at the fantastic 22-move miniature Popov-Svidler, from the 2003 Russian Championships.

(10/5)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:

  • Timman Games Collection: 224 games from 2000 through 2003 against all your favorite players, including Adams, Anand, Kasparov, Khalifman, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Morozevich, Polgar, Short, Svidler, Topolov, van Wely, and many others, in a zipped Chessbase format file

  • Annotated Game: Shirov-Ljubojevic, Monte Carlo Amber Tournament 2003.  Sicilian Defense, in pdf format.  Analysis by Jon Sveinsson.

(10/5)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(10/2)  Reverse Re-Incarnation Reported:  From the annals of the JAX Chess News, as reported by Elliotte Wisanski.  "Reverse re-incarnation assumes time is not unidirectional, a belief we have because we haven't observed non-linear time yet."  (The editor, Bradley Zang, would like you to know that some of these stories are so unbelievable even he doesn't believe them.)

(9/30)  Guest Essay: 12-year old Stuart Solomon shares his thoughts on "Chess Similes":

"I’m like the pieces in a chess set. Each piece has different qualities and I express all of them at different times of my life depending on the situation.  I’m like the game of chess. I use strategy to achieve my goals. I’m very good at chess and all the pieces have special meanings to me.  I’m like the king because..."

Read the rest of this intriguing essay!

(9/29)  Pawnfully Obvious: More chess fiction in The Kennedy Kids series from Master Storyteller Rick Kennedy (Perry the PawnPusher, Sherlock Holmes).  These stories are aimed at the younger crowd, and each contains a chess lesson hidden within the delightful story without.  Enjoy, and learn!

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

Chessville is proud to welcome highly respected opening theoretician and instructor IM Andrew Martin to the neighborhood.  Martin writes regularly for www.jeremysilman.com, Chess Publishing, and Chess Magazine, and has authored a number of books.  He is also well known for a large number of chess instructional videos, including Accelerated Dragon Assault!, The Scheming Scandinavian, and many more.

In this month's debut article, he turns his critical eye on the English opening, as seen in the 22-move miniature Popov-Svidler from the recent Russian Championship.  Martin writes:

It's an odd game, the quality of which would leave old-time Grandmasters, brought up on Classical Chess, trembling in the wheelchair.  White pushes the boat out, confronts the basics and gets crushed...Which leads us inexorably to the question of why White played so riskily.  A question of character I think, and of courage...

Read the rest of Martin's comments and follow along on an interactive JavaScript board, as he dissects the opening play in this amazing game by the new Russian Champion, and shows that Crime Doesn't Pay!  Look for a new contribution from IM Martin the first Sunday of each month, right here at Chessville.
 

The Kennedy Kids
as retold by Rick Kennedy

The adventures of Rick's kids, Mary Elizabeth and Jon, and their continuing chessic battles. Their latest story, Pawnfully Obvious, has Mary Elizabeth lamenting:

Anything I can do, my brother can do better.  Ask him.  He’ll tell you.

The other day, I played a game of chess with Susan.  I ended up with a king, and she had a king and a pawn.  I lost.

“Draw!” my brother said, when I told him about it.  “Not always!” I said back.

“MY King is the equal of ANY old King and pawn,” he bragged.  “Why, he once fought off a King and SIX pawns, and STILL got a draw.”

He wasn’t kidding.  I had to think that one over...

Read Pawnfully Obvious and try to solve the mystery!  Other stories in this series include A Royal Pain and Like, Unlike.  Rick Kennedy is also the author of the Perry the PawnPusher series as well as the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.
 

Chess Similes
by Stuart Solomon

Editor's note:  The following essay by 12-year old Stuart Solomon, was submitted by his mother, who wrote: "Hello,  My son, Stuart Solomon, is 12 years old. He attends the 7th grade at Albany Middle School in Albany, California. He plays and studies chess with teachers from the Berkeley Chess School at different locations several times a week.  Stuart [would] much rather play chess than do homework. I share with you what he wrote for his English class assignment.  His proud mom, Cindy Solomon"  Enjoy this intriguing essay...

I’m like the pieces in a chess set. Each piece has different qualities and I express all of them at different times of my life depending on the situation.  I’m like the game of chess. I use strategy to achieve my goals. I’m very good at chess and all the pieces have special meanings to me.

I’m like the king because I’m a good leader. The king is the commander and is in charge of everyone else on the board and everyone else protects him. The game revolves around where the king is on the board. Even though sometimes I have other people protect me and I watch them in action, I can still take action myself.

Read all of Stuart's essay, Chess Similes.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

First Correspondence Games:  The oldest correspondence chess games for which the moves have still survived were played in the Netherlands in 1804.  The games were played by army officer in the Hague named Fredrich Wilhelm von Mauvillon, and another unknown army officer stationed in Breda.  Mauvillon won the 3 games in which the moves have survived.

First Correspondence Championship:  Alexander Alekhine was a member of a working party set up in 1936 by the Internationaler Fernschachbund (IFSB) to determine a system for determining a world correspondence chess championship.  Alekhine had played correspondence chess in his younger years in Russia prior to World War 1.  World War 2 put an a stop to the IFSB's plan, and the inaugural World Correspondence Chess Championship was started in 1950, under the umbrella of the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF).

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Latest news: NAO Chess Club wins the European Club Cup 2003

  • European Clubs Cup (September 28th - October 5th / Rethymnon, GREECE)  Round 7: NAO Chess Club wins the title (+6 =1 -0) / Full results available

Kasparov Loses in 22 Moves!!

Huzman,A (2574) - Kasparov,G (2830) [D45]
ECC Rethymnon GRE (6), 03.10.2003

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 0-0 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qc2 Bd6 10.Ne2 c5 11.0-0 b6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ng3 Bb7 14.Nf5 Bc7 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.b4 c4 17.Be2 Ne4 18.Bc3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Nf6 20.Rfd1 Bc8 21.Rxd5 Qe8 22.Bxc4 1-0

  • Kasparov - Azmaiparashvili rapid & blitz match (September 23 / Crete, GREECE)  Kasparov won the rapid games (2-0) and the blitz match (3.5-0.5) / Games available

  • October 2003 FIDE rating list
    Top 10: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Bareev, Shirov, Topalov, Grischuk, Adams, Svidler & Leko

  • Lausanne Young Masters (September 17 - 22 / Lausanne, SWITZERLAND)  Luke McShane wins the 4th Young Masters tournament, Etienne Bacrot finished in 2nd place
    Games available

  • More!

12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International     Agdestein (7/9) 1st on tiebreaks over Lputian.  Congratulations to GM Nigel Davies (Ask the Tiger!) who finished just a point back (6/9) with a TPR of nearly +100!

Davies,N (2482) - Grant,A (2270) [E09]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (4.16), 30.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Ba6 5.0-0 d5 6.b3 c6 7.c4 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.e4 Rc8 11.e5 Ne8 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Rad1 Re8 15.h4 b5 16.dxc5 bxc4 17.b4 Ra8 18.Nd4 Qb8 19.Bc3 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.a4 Qb8 22.c6 Nf8 23.b5 Bc8 24.Nxc4 1-0

other online chess news resources
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Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events
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The Chess Cafe
     Review: British Chess Review, Vols. 1 and 2 (1853 and 1854)
     Endgame Study: V.A. Bron, K.A.L. Kubbel Memorial, Ty 1946
     Checkpoint by Carsten Hansen: Annoying Chess Openings
     Susan Polgar on Chess: Two World Champions with One Common Mission
     Inside Chess by Yasser Seirawan: Yasser Annotates: Karpov-Kasparov, Linares 1993
     Opening Lanes by Gary Lane: The Greek Gift

Chessbase
     Like to play in the European Championship?
     The great chess opera - This you have to hear to believe!
     Plaskett's Puzzle - in the puzzle section

The Telegraph Chess Club
     David Norwood:
How a living legend fought the Georgian on a Greek island

Times of India: Blind moves: It’s there in the mind

Russian Chess

PROFESSIONAL WORLD CHESS RANKING  Results up to October 1, 2003

For players rated 2500+
Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow
NN Name Birthday Country Rating
1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2784
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2730
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2712
4 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2702
5 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2699
6 Svidler,Peter 17.06.1976 RUS 2691
7 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2686
8 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2680
9 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2676
10 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2671

Chess Siberia
     Best Players And Games Of Month  Viorel Bologan is the best player of August 2003.  Best game:

Anand,V (2774) - Bologan,V (2650) [B17]
Dortmund (7), 07.08.2003

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 Bd6 8.Qe2 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.0-0 b6 12.Qg4 g5 13.Qh3 Rg8 14.Re1 Bf8 15.Qf5 Bg7 16.h4 Kf8 17.Qh3 Rh8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Qg4 c5 20.Bxg5 cxd4 21.Rad1 Bb7 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Be7+ Kxe7 24.Qxg7+ Kd6 25.Nxd4 Qc5 26.Bf5 Qe5 27.Nf3+ Qd5 28.Qg3+ Ke7 29.Rxd5 Bxd5 30.Qg5+ Kd6 31.Qf4+ Ke7 32.Be4 Rh5 33.Nh4 Rg8 34.Ng6+ Kd8 35.Qf7 Re8 36.Bd3 1-0

Chess City
     "Chess City is the new incarnation of Chess City Magazine. We are no longer a magazine on a monthly schedule, but will be updating the site whenever we have something interesting to share with you. Over the next year we plan to add hundreds of new articles, so visit frequently!"  Here's what is ready so far: Opening Theory

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #159, 10/01/2003:  1) Three tie in Goodall Tuesday Night Marathon; 2) Marshall CC v Mechanic's Institute Junior Match; 3) Karpov to play in Lindsborg; 4) Yasser Seirawan; 5) Here and There

Nicolas Yap-Laura Ross, Internet Match 9-28-03
Marshall Chess Club vs Mechanics' Institute Chess Club

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. b4 Be6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ne7 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Ra6 Qc8 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. g3 Rd8 23. b5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Ne7 25. Nb4 Nf5 26. Nc6 Nd4 27.Qd3 Nxc6 28. dxc6 e4 29. Qd5 1-0

The Chess Drum
     In Search of Luzhin's Defence
     8th All-Africa Games

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
    
227. 2 October 2003: A 99 year old record

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     My Great Predecessors Part 1
     The Isolated Queen's Pawn

World Chess Network
     John Henderson's "The Scotsman"
     Larry Evans On Chess: Death of a Gambit

RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1988, 1989

Problemesis - No 35, October 2003

Annotated Games

Peter Svidler: Popov-Svidler, Russian Ch 2003

The Telegraph Chess Club
     Malcolm Pein: Kasparov-Jobava, ECC Rethymnon
     Nigel Short:
Halkias-Zatonskih, Isle of Man, 2003

David Sands (Washington Times): Azmaiparashvili-Kasparov, Rapid Exhibition Match, Gerapotamos, Crete, 2003

World Chess Rating
     Best of the Early Rounds, European Club Cup: Shipov
     Best of the Third Round, European Club Cup: Shipov
     Game of the Week, Posted October 1

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Bonin-Ibragimov, New York Ch. 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Studnicka-Cernousek, Prague 2003

Jack Peters (LA Times): Khachiyan-Akobian, Denver 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail): Zhao Xue/Nigel Short vs Zhu Chen/Yasser Seirawan, Yong Chuan China, 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Janos Balogh vs Geza Maroczy, Gyor, 1924
     Amadee Gibaud vs Luigi Miliani, Paris, 1924
     Roberto Grau vs Luis Palau, Buenos Aires, 1924
     Roberto Grau vs Guerra Boneo, Buenos Aires, 1924
     Burger vs Hunderorfer, Munich, 1924
MagnateGames - A problem each day
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week
Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com

 

Position of the Week: Solution

Morphy,P - Carr
Blindfold Game, 1858

1.e4 h6 2.d4 a5 3.Bd3 b6 4.Ne2 e6 5.0-0 Ba6 6.c4 Nf6 7.e5 Nh7 8.f4 Be7 9.Ng3 d5 10.Qg4 0-0 11.Nh5 g5 12.fxg5 hxg5 13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.Nf6 dxc4 15.Bc2 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Bc5 17.Qxc5 bxc5 18.Bxg5 Nc6 19.Rf3 Kg7 [Diagram] 20.Bh6+ Kxh6 [ 20...Kh8 21.Rh3 and mate next.] 21.Rh3+ Kg5 [ 21...Kg7 22.Rh7 mate] 22.Rh5+ Kf4 23.Kf2 A very elegant move. 23...Rg8 24.g3+ Rxg3 25.hxg3 mate.
 

 

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"In the Notes"

He is a superior man who can watch a game of chess, not saying a word. – Jan Pot

Misfortune is clearly coming up the avenue, but this move saves the unwelcome visitor from knocking at the door. – William Norwood Potter

A diabolical concoction! Alekhine serves up his b-pawn, but if White partakes, he dies of indigestion. – Lev Alburt

Now I have the pawn and the compensation. – Roman Dzindzichashvili

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated. – Hans Kmoch

There is a strong taste of Prussic acid about this move. – William Norwood Potter

Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +-.
– Mark Dvoretsky

Games like this always remind me of the teachings of the Puritans in pre-Revolutionary America. Remember how they'd preach that sinners hung by a slender thread over perdition's boiling cauldron of eternal damnation? Sort of describes my position to a "T", I think.
– licenser (on a CC game he was playing)

Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next. – Bobby Fischer (on delaying his resignation)

And now Hope says she has an appointment elsewhere. – William Norwood Potter

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head. – Siegbert Tarrasch

 

 

 

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GAMES

Davies,N (2482) - Hunt,H (2402) [D03]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (9.15), 05.10.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Nf3 e6
3.Bg5 d5
4.e3 Be7
5.Nbd2 c5
6.c3 Nbd7
7.Bd3 b6
8.0-0 Bb7
9.Qb1 h6
10.Bh4 0-0
11.Re1 Rc8
12.Bg3 Nh5
13.Be5 f5
14.Qd1 Nhf6
15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Ne5 Bd6
17.f4 Qe8
18.a4  a6
19.Qe2 Ra8
20.h3 Ne4
21.Bxe4 fxe4
22.a5 cxd4
23.cxd4 bxa5
24.Nb3 Bc6
25.Nxa5 Bb5
26.Qd2 Rb8
27.Rec1 Qh5
28.Nb3 g5
29.Nc5 gxf4
30.exf4 Qf5
31.Nxa6 Ra8
32.Nc5 Rxa1
33.Rxa1 Bxc5
34.dxc5 Qxf4
35.Qxf4 Rxf4
36.c6 Rf8
37.Rc1 Kg7
38.Rc5 Ba6
39.b4 e3
40.Nf3 e5
41.b5 Bc8
42.Rxd5 e4
43.Nd4 Rf2
44.b6 1-0
 

Ivanchuk,V (2710) - Van Wely,L (2661) [B33]
19 ECC 2003 Men Rethymnon, Crete (3.41), 30.09.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6
8.Na3  b5
9.Bxf6 gxf6
10.Nd5 f5
11.g3 fxe4
12.Bg2 Bg7
13.Bxe4 Rb8
14.Qh5 Ne7
15.Nxe7 Qxe7
16.c3 Be6
17.Rd1 Qd7
18.0-0 h6
19.Nc2 0-0
20.Ne3 f5
21.Bd5 Kh8
22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Nd5 f4
24.Rd2 Rf5
25.Qe2 fxg3
26.hxg3 e4
27.Rfd1 Rbf8
28.f4 Qg6
29.Qxe4 Qxg3+
30.Rg2 Qh3
31.Ne7 Rh5
32.Ng6+ Kg8
33.Nxf8 Qh1+
34.Kf2 Qxd1
35.Qh7+ Kxf8
36.Qxg7+ Ke8
37.Qg8+ Kd7
38.Rg7+ Kc6
39.Qa8+ Kb6
40.Qb7+ 1-0
 

Sakaev,K (2655) - Kasparov,G (2830)
Euro Clubs Cup (MEN) Rethymnon, Crete (GRE) (4), 01.10.2003

1.d4 d5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.c4 c6
4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5
6.e3 e6
7.Bxc4 Bb4
8.0-0 Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6
10.h3 Bh5
11.Qb3 a5
12.g4 Bg6
13.Ng2 0-0
14.Nf4 e5
15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Be2 Nfd7
17.Nxg6 Nxg6
18.Rd1 Nc5
19.Rxd8 Nxb3
20.Rxa8 Rxa8
21.Rb1 Rd8
22.Bd1 Nxc1
23.Rxc1 Ne5
24.Bb3 Rd2
25.Rc2 Bxc3
26.bxc3 Nf3+
27.Kf1 Kf8
28.Rc1 Ng5
29.Rc2 Ne4
30.Ke1 Rxc2
31.Bxc2 Nxc3
32.Kd2 Nd5
33.Bb3 Ke7
34.Kd3 Kd6
35.Kd4 f6
36.h4 h6
37.h5 Nc7
38.f4 Ne6+
39.Kc4 Nc5
40.Bc2 Nxa4
41.Kd4 0-1
 

Prasad,D (2407) - Lputian,S (2623) [C16]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (4.6), 30.09.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 Ne7
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 b6
7.Qg4 Ng6
8.h4 h5
9.Qg3 Ba6
10.Bxa6 Nxa6
11.Qd3 Nb8
12.Nf3 Nc6
13.a4 Qd7
14.Bg5 Na5
15.g3 Rc8
16.Nd2 c5
17.0-0 Ne7
18.Rfd1 Nf5
19.dxc5 Rxc5
20.Nb3 Nxb3
21.cxb3 Qc7
22.Rac1 0-0
23.Re1 Rc8
24.Bd2 Rd8
25.Bg5 Rd7
26.Qf3 d4
27.cxd4 Nxd4
28.Qxh5 Qc6
29.Rxc5 Nf3+
30.Kf1 bxc5
31.Rc1 g6
         0-1
 

Agdestein,S (2571) - Mikhalevski,V (2523) [A16]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (9.3), 05.10.2003

1.c4 Nf6
2.Nc3 d5
3.cxd5 Nxd5
4.g3 g6
5.Bg2 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Rb1 Nc6
8.h4 h5
9.c4 0-0
10.d3 Nd4
11.e3 Nf5
12.Bb2 e5
13.Nf3 c6
14.0-0 Qc7
15.Qc2 Bd7
16.Bc3 Rae8
17.c5 Bc8
18.Rfe1 Qe7
19.Qa4 Rd8
20.d4 exd4
21.exd4 Qd7
22.Rbd1 Rfe8
23.Ne5 Qc7
24.Qxa7 Be6
25.Rb1 Ra8
26.Qxb7 Qxb7
27.Rxb7 Bd5
28.Rb2 Ra3
29.Bxd5 cxd5
30.Rc2 Bxe5
31.Rxe5 Rxe5
32.dxe5 d4
33.Bb4 Ra8
34.c6 Rc8
35.Kf1 Ng7
36.Ke2 Ne6
37.Bd6 Kg7
38.c7 f6
39.Rb2 1-0

 

 

 

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