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GAMES

Bologan,V (2673) - Stefansson,H (2567) [C54]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (6), 04.11.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5
4.c3 Nf6
5.d3 a6
6.Bb3 d6
7.Nbd2 0-0
8.h3 Be6
9.Nf1 h6
10.g4 Nh7
11.g5 hxg5
12.Rg1 Bxb3
13.axb3 f5
14.exf5 Rxf5
15.Ng3 Rf7
16.b4 Bb6
17.Be3 Qf6
       0-1
 

Stefansson,H (2567) - Vallejo Pons,F (2662) [B90]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (7), 05.11.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5
7.Nb3 Be7
8.f3 Be6
9.Qd2 0-0
10.0-0-0 Qc7
11.g4 Rc8
12.Kb1 d5
13.exd5 Nxd5
14.Nxd5 Bxd5
15.Qf2 Qc6
16.Bd3 a5
17.Bf5 a4
18.Nc5 Rd8
19.Be4 Na6
20.Rxd5 Rxd5
21.Bxd5 Qxd5
22.Nxa4 Nc7
23.Nc3 Qe6
24.a3 b5
25.Bc5 b4
26.Ne4 bxa3
27.b3 h5
28.Bxe7 Qxe7
29.Ka2 hxg4
30.fxg4 Nd5
31.c3 Rc8
32.Qd2 Rd8
33.Qc1 Qe6
34.h3 Qg6
35.Re1 Nf4
36.Nf2 Qb6
37.Qc2 Nd5
38.Ne4 Rc8
39.Qd2 Rd8
40.Qc2 Qc6
41.Re2 Rc8
42.Qd2 Nf4
43.Re3 Qb6
44.Rg3 Rd8
45.Qc2 Rd7
46.g5 Qd8
47.h4 Rd1
48.g6 f5
       0-1
 

Rowson,J (2541) - Sokolov,I (2695) [C54]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (3), 31.10.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5
4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4
6.e5 d5
7.Bb5 Ne4
8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 0-0
10.Bxc6 bxc6
11.Be3 f5
12.exf6 Qxf6
13.Qb3 Qg6
14.Ne5 Qxg2
15.0-0-0 Nxf2
16.Rhg1 Qxg1
17.Rxg1 Nd1
18.Rg2 Nxe3
19.Re2 Bxd4
20.Nxc6 Bb6
21.Nxd5 Rf1+
22.Kd2 Rd1+
23.Kc3 Rc1+
24.Kd2 Rc2+
25.Ke1 Rxe2+
26.Kxe2 Ba6+
27.Kd2 Bc4
28.Nde7+ Kh8
29.Qc3 Rf8
30.Qe5 Bxa2
31.Qh5 Rf2+
32.Kc3 Bf7
33.Qh3 Nd1+
34.Kd3 Nxb2+
35.Ke4 Re2+
36.Kf4 Be6
37.Ng6+ Kg8
38.Nce7+ Kf7
39.Qxh7 Nd3+
40.Kf3 Re3+
41.Kg2 Bh3+
         0-1
 

Vallejo Pons,F (2662) - Sokolov,I (2695) [D10]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (8), 06.11.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e3 a6
5.Nf3 b5
6.b3 Bg4
7.h3 Bxf3
8.gxf3 Nbd7
9.f4 e6
10.c5 Ne4
11.Nxe4 dxe4
12.Bg2 f5
13.f3 exf3
14.Bxf3 Rc8
15.Qe2 Nf6
16.Bd2 Nd5
17.e4 Qh4+
18.Kd1 Nxf4
19.Qe1 Ng6
20.exf5 Qxd4
21.Qxe6+ Ne7
22.Ke2 Qd7
23.Qe3 h5
24.Raf1 Kf7
25.Kd1 Nd5
26.Qg5 Be7
27.Qg6+ Kg8
28.Rhg1 Bxc5
29.Bxd5+ cxd5
30.f6 Bxg1
31.f7+ Kf8
32.Rxg1 Qxf7
33.Qxa6 Qf3+
          0-1
 

De Firmian,N (2553) - Thorhallsson,T (2444) [B57]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (6), 04.11.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6
6.Bc4 Qb6
7.Ndb5 a6
8.Nd4 Qa5
9.Be3 e6
10.0-0 Be7
11.Bb3 0-0
12.Kh1 Qc7
13.f4 Na5
14.f5 Nxb3
15.axb3 Bd7
16.g4 Bc6
17.Qf3 Nd7
18.g5 Ne5
19.Qg2 exf5
20.Nxf5 Rfe8
21.Bd4 Bf8
22.Ne3 Re6
23.Ned5 Bxd5
24.Nxd5 Qc6
25.Bxe5 Rxe5
26.Rf4 Rc8
27.c4 Qe8
28.Raf1 Rd8
29.Rh4 b5
        1-0
 

 

 


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Volume 2  Issue 45                                                         November 9th, 2003

In This Issue

Tony Miles - It's Only Me

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

ChessBase Magazine 94

New At Chessville

PV Training Game

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"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.

I will act as the lead announcer.  Those of you know me know that I love to talk trash!  Hopefully, I will be able to bring some of that flavor to the telecast and help chess to step into the limelight.  Pass on the word to all your friends.  More folks watching means better ratings means more chess on TV. Thanks.  All the best, Maurice

Position of the Week








White to move and win - Find the Solution
 


 

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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
 

New At Chessville

(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.

(11/8)  Review:  ChessBase Magazine 94, Reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur.  "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."

(11/6)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:  Hoogeveen Essent 2003 Tournament - 280 Games by Motylev, Hort, Hebdon, Rogers, Beshukov, Glek, etc.

(11/6)  ReviewTony Miles: 'It's Only Me' compiled by Geoff Lawton, reviewed by Jens Madsen.

It’s Only Me just came second in the 2003 British Chess Federation Book of the Year Awards, and I think it was fully deserved that it made it onto this extremely short list...In his prime, Miles was considered among the best Western bids for challenging Soviet chess supremacy...


Tony Miles - It's Only Me
Reviewed by Jens Madsen

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)...

Read the complete review.
 

ChessBase Magazine 94
Reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur

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...

Read the complete review.
 

PV Training Game
by Jens Madsen & Jason Varsoke

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:

Play a slow practice game with a friend.  It could be over-the-board or on-line, but you must record the game manually.  Each time you move, in addition to recording the move and the time left (the former is required by rule and the latter is recommended practice), also write down your Principal Variation (PV: the most expected line of play for both sides) along with your evaluation of the position after the PV.  Just record your opponent's move as you normally would.

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
From Graham Clayton

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

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • 2nd Milk Tournament (October 29 - November 3 / Selfoss, ICELAND)  Predrag Nikolic wins the Milk Tournament 2003 / Ivan Sokolov ties with him in the 1st place (7/8)

Nikolic,P (2647) - Stefansson,H (2567) [D15]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (8), 06.11.2003

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

  • Kasparov vs. X3D Fritz (November 11 - 18 / New York, USA)
    Game 1 is scheduled for Monday, November 11th

  • First Saturday Tournaments (November / Budapest, HUNGARY)  November tournaments in play!

  • Curacao International Chess Tournament (October 24 - November 3)
    Boris Gulko won this year's edition by better tiebreak coefficient

  • 7th International Open of Corsica (October 31 - November 3 / Corsica, FRANCE)  Viswanathan Anand won this strong rapid tournament / Games available

  • More!

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Chessbase
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Position of the Week: Solution








White Mates in 21

Talk about triangulation! In this position, from The Joy of Mate by Robert Brieger, White zigzags up the board, checking Black at every turn, until he at last is able to force the Black bishop off the h2-b8 diagonal. Then it's back to a1 again, to start the trip all over again!

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

The Endgame

“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.”
- J. Mieses

Be dynamic.

Don’t play aimlessly. Don’t waste moves. Don’t give pointless checks.

Deploy & activate all your pieces. Get your king into the fight.

If losing, look for positional draws, fortresses, stalemates, swindles, and sucker punches.

If you have weaknesses, liquidate them.

If an enemy pawn is weak, don’t trade it. Win it!

Create a passed pawn. Use it.

Escort passed pawns. The king clears the way.

If the king can’t get in front, get behind. Get somewhere.

If the king can’t blockade, block out.

When mobilizing a pawn majority, push the unopposed pawn first.

If stalled, open a second front. Create another passed pawn. Decoy your opponent.

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.

Don’t put pawns on the same color squares as your bishop.

Fix pawns to impede the enemy bishop.

With two bishops, swap one to get a winning minor piece ending where appropriate.

Attack with rooks from far away. Keep the “checking distance.”

Put rooks behind passed pawns. If not possible, flank-attack them.

In rook endings, if your king must bail out, flee to the short side of the enemy pawn. Keep the long side for your rook.

Shelter your king from enemy rooks. If necessary, build a bridge.

Blockade with the king, not the rook.

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
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GAMES

Malakhov,V (2696) - Stefansson,H (2567) [D15]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (3), 31.10.2003

1.Nf3 d5
2.c4 c6
3.d4 Nf6
4.Nc3 a6
5.c5 Nbd7
6.Bf4 Nh5
7.e3 g6
8.Bd3 Nxf4
9.exf4 b6
10.cxb6 Qxb6
11.Qd2 Bg7
12.Na4 Qa7
13.Bc2 0-0
14.Qe3 c5
15.dxc5 Bb7
16.0-0 d4
17.Qxe7 Bxf3
18.gxf3 Rfe8
19.Qd6 Bf8
20.Qxd4 Nxc5
21.f5 Nxa4
22.Qc4 Rad8
23.Qxa4 Re2
24.fxg6 hxg6
25.Bxg6 Rdd2
26.Qc4 Bd6
27.Rac1 Kf8
28.Qh4 Qd7
29.Qf6 Kg8
30.Rc8+ Bf8
31.Bh7+ 1-0
 

Malakhov,V (2696) - Thorhallsson,T (2444) [D36]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (9), 07.11.2003

1.c4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.cxd5 exd5
5.Bg5 c6
6.e3 Be7
7.Qc2 Nbd7
8.Bd3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7
10.0-0-0 Nhf6
11.Nf3 0-0
12.g4 Re8
13.g5 Ne4
14.h4 Nxc3
15.Bxh7+ Kh8
16.bxc3 Nb6
17.Bf5 Bd7
18.Bd3 Bg4
19.Be2 Nc4
20.Ng1 Bxe2
21.Nxe2 a5
22.g6 f6
23.Rdg1 Ra6
24.h5 Qa3+
25.Kd1 Rb6
26.h6 Nd6
27.hxg7+ Kxg7
28.Rh7+ Kg8
29.g7 Ne4
30.Rh8+ Kf7
         1-0
 

Rowson,J (2541) - De Firmian,N (2553) [B90]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (7), 05.11.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 Ng4
7.Bg5 h6
8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Bg7
10.h3 Nf6
11.Qe2 Nc6
12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.e5 dxe5
14.Bxe5 0-0
15.h4 g4
16.g3 a5
17.Bg2 Ba6
18.Qe3 Rc8
19.Rd1 Nd5
20.Nxd5 cxd5
21.Rxd5 Bxe5
22.Qxh6 Rxc2
23.Rxe5 1-0
 

Fressinet,L (2654) - Stefansson,H (2567) [B63]
2nd Milk Tournament Selfoss, ISL (4), 02.11.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Nc6
6.Bg5 e6
7.Qd2 Be7
8.0-0-0 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 a6
10.f4 b5
11.Be2 Bb7
12.Bf3 Qc7
13.Bxf6 gxf6
14.Kb1 Qc5
15.Qd3 0-0-0
16.f5 Kb8
17.Rhe1 h5
18.fxe6 fxe6
19.a4 bxa4
20.Nxa4 Qb4
21.Nc3 Rhg8
22.h4 Rc8
23.Bxh5 Rg7
24.Bf3 Rc5
25.h5 Re5
26.Rh1 Rh7
27.Rh3 a5
28.Rg3 Bc6
29.Rg8+ Kb7
30.Nd5 Qc5
31.Nxe7 Rxe7
32.Qxd6 Qxd6
33.Rxd6 Bxe4
34.h6 Bxf3
35.gxf3 1-0
 

 

 

 

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