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GAMES

Linares

Vallejo Pons vs
    Radjabov

(4) 25.02.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Bb4
5.e5 h6
6.Bc1 Ne4
7.Qg4 g6
8.Nge2 c5
9.a3 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 cxd4
11.cxd4 Qc7
12.f3 Nc3
13.Bd2 Na4
14.Nf4 a6
15.c4 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Nc6
17.Rc1 Qe7
18.0-0 Nb6
19.Nd3 Qxa3
20.Ra1 Qe7
21.Bb3 Qd8
22.Be3 Nd5
23.Bf2 h5
24.Qe4 Nc3
25.Qe1 Nxd4
26.Bd1 Ndb5
27.Nc5 0-0
28.Ba4 Nxa4
29.Rxa4 f5
30.Qc1 Kh7
31.Rc4 Qe8
32.Qg5 b6
33.Na4 Bb7
34.Be3 Qf7
35.Nxb6 Rad8
36.Rfc1 Qg7
37.h3 Rd3
38.Bc5 Rf7
39.Bf2 Qxe5
40.Re1 Qg7
41.Rxe6 Nd4
42.Re1 f4
43.Bxd4 Rxd4
44.Kh1 Rd6
45.Na4 Rd5
46.Qh4 Qf8
47.Qf2 Qd6
48.Nc5 Rdf5
     1/2-1/2
 

Kasparov vs
    Ponomariov

(5) 27.02.2003

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.d4 e6
3.g3 b6
4.Bg2 Bb7
5.c4 Be7
6.Nc3 Ne4
7.Bd2 Bf6
8.0-0 0-0
9.Rc1 d5
10.cxd5 exd5
11.Bf4 Nxc3
12.bxc3 Na6
13.e4 dxe4
14.Nd2 g5
15.Be3 Re8
16.f4 exf3
17.Bxf3 Bd5
18.Bxd5 Qxd5
19.Rxf6 Rxe3
20.Qg4 Re6
21.Rf5 Qc6
22.Qxg5+ Rg6
23.Qh5 Rf8
24.Nf3 f6
25.Nh4 Rg7
26.Qh6 Nb8
27.Rh5 f5
28.Qf4 Qe4
29.Rf1 Qxf4
30.Rxf4 Rg4
31.Rfxf5 Nd7
32.Rxf8+ Nxf8
33.Kf2 Nd7
34.Nf5 Kh8
35.Kf3 Rg8
36.Rh6 Rf8
37.g4 Nf6
38.c4 Kg8
39.Kf4 Rf7
40.g5 Ne8
41.Ke5 Rd7
42.Ke6 Rf7
43.Rf6 Nxf6
        1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2 Issue 9                                               March 2nd, 2003
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
Interview With the Renaissance Man
Nick Beqo's Correspondence Chess Course
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Betting On Linares
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

From the Editor...  Last week, author & Chess Life columnist Alex Dunne suffered a horrible loss:

"All gone -- my wife, my grandchild, my 1100+ book collection, my Chess Life and Chess Reviews 1933-2003, my house, my work -- all burned up Sunday morning. A total loss." - Alex Dunne

The Pennsylvania State Chess Federation is accepting donations for a fund to be set up for Alex Dunne. Please make checks payable to "PSCF" and send them to:

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Please include a note indicating that the check is for the Alex Dunne Fund. Contributions are tax-deductible under US law.  Donations by credit card can be made by visiting this site.

This is a tragic loss for a very nice person within the chess community.  All of you who are able, please contribute to this fund to help Mr. Dunne out during this time of need.
 

Position of the Week

[FEN "r2qkbnr/pp1b2pp/4p3/3pPp2/3n4/6Q1/PPP1BPPP/RNB1K2R w  - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution

“Good Enough" is the enemy of excellence. – Unknown
 

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New At Chessville

Interview: Dan Heisman - You've read his Novice Nook column at Chess Cafe, you've listened to him on Chess.fm, and you've asked him questions in the Chessville Forum.  Forum Host Kelly Atkins recently sat down for a lengthy conversation with this Renaissance Man.  Read Part II today.

Halloween Gambit: Part 2 of a comprehensive look at this fascinating gambit, by Paul Keiser

Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia!!  Join The Mad Aussie as he revisits some of the most and interesting yet little-known facets of chess history.

Strange Chess News:  More Weirdness From the pages of the JAX Chess Newsletter - Even the Editor Has His Doubts!

Free eBook: From Project Gutenberg, Chess Strategy, by Edward Lasker

Kelly's Quotes: New Additions Part 4

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
 

Dan Heisman Interview
Excerpts from Part 2 of Forum Host Kelly Atkin's
Interview With
The Renaissance Man

Atkins: Let’s talk about your philosophy of “Real Chess”. What is it?

Heisman: In a nutshell, it’s making sure that before you make a move, you make sure you can safely meet your opponents checks, captures, and threats that he could play in reply to your move, and you must do that every move. So in terms of threats:
     1) Flip coin chess - you don't look at your opponent's threats
     2) Hope chess  - you look at your opponent's threats from LAST
         move, but not from what he can do next move, and
     3) Real Chess - you make sure you can meet next move's threat
         (actually checks, captures, and threats).

Atkins: You're basically just teaching readers how to consistently play quality chess.

Heisman: Yes, but it is also work to play good chess (not just study work, but work on each move) and from instructing, it is clear that many players do not wish to do this, because it takes the fun out of it. Playing Real Chess is hard work when you first try, until it becomes 2nd nature, but playing well consistently leads to winning, and that's fun!

Atkins: You recommend playing slow games instead of blitz. Why?

Heisman: Two reasons, well documented by me: 1) No world-class blitz player got that way by playing blitz, and 2) You can't learn about a position without thinking about it for a while, and you can't compare similarities of a previous position's "lessons learned" to see if they apply in a short amount of time. Therefore to learn how to play positions you must play lots of slow games - and besides you can't play Real Chess quickly - it is just not possible.

Atkins: OK, so it doesn't do much to help your game. Do you think it hurts a player's overall play?

Heisman: No, in fact it helps if mixed with slow play - it only hurts when it is done instead of slow play. In other words, only slow play is good; slow + fast chess is OK (and may even be better if that enables you to play more hours); and only fast chess is not so good for your improvement. And yes, you can get into bad habits.

Read the rest of Kelly's interview with Dan Heisman, Renaissance Man!
 

NM Nick Beqo's
Correspondence Chess Course

http://www.nickbeqo.com/

"Do you frequently ......
   a) ... buy and study the right chess books, or chess products  from Chess Base, New in Chess, Chess Informant, and so on?
   b) ... know what part of the game you need to improve most,  and assign yourself the right homework, and exercises to solve?
   c) ... analyze games with another player, stronger than yourself?
   d) ... take chess lessons from a coach, in person or on Internet; your schedule is never busy, and the lessons are not expensive?
If your answer is "none of the above", and really want to improve your chess, then, you can try my weekly chess course via e-mail."

This is the home page promise of Nick Beqo's website, which offers chess lessons by email.  Let's meet Nick...

"My name is Nick Beqo, born in Albania, on the 26th of July, 1964, and living in BC, Canada, since July of 1996. As of May 2000, I am a Canadian citizen.  I have been working full time in the Business Equipment industry, and taking evening courses in computer networking and programming. However, I still continue to learn and teach chess!"

Nick's site is all about his learn-by-mail chess lessons, and we'll talk about those in a moment.  First, a quick look at other material available on Nick's site.  He had one annotated game; some background information about himself; a page about Bobby Fischer; a 'What's New" page with a couple of interesting positions.  He also has translated versions of the site in Spanish, French, and German.  I cannot comment on the translations themselves, but judging from the Spanish page I looked at, they could be a little dicey.

Navigation is difficult on this site, as not all pages share a common link structure.  The only central point is the home page, but not all other pages are linked to from there.  I found a lot of these pages just surfing around, and you'll have to also to find everything there is to see.

The email chess lessons is Nick's biggest draw on this site.  He offers 26 lessons for $69.99 USD, although fewer lessons can be purchased at $3 per lesson (minimum order seven lessons for $19.95).

Nick writes "Basically, the goal of my weekly lessons via e-mail is motivating students to think, analyze and annotate on their own. I guide them by assigning homework, marking it, and based on this I send them study material, and homework in the areas I notice more weaknesses.  The homework I assign for the students consists of answering my questions in the study material I send them, and I also ask my students to annotate at least one game weekly.  I have noticed that students find studying endgames boring, so I pay more attention to this part of the game. However, I also deal with openings and middlegame, and for very advanced students I update my lessons with the latest INFO and games."

Check out Nick's email chess lessons, and good chess to you!
 

Betting On Linares

Betsson.com, the online betting company, has seen a flurry of money bet on Kasparov at 2.25 (5/4), as he continues to improve after his disastrous start. His latest victim, Anand, has not seen many friends and is now available at odds of 5 (4/1) to win Linares.

     Odds for the overall winner at the halfway stage in Linares:
          Kasparov 2.25 (5/4)               Kramnik 3 (2/1)
          Anand 5 (4/1)                         Leko 7 (6/1)
          Radjabov 50 (49/1)                Ponomariov 100 (99/1)
                             Vallejo Pons 100 (99/1)

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Betsson.com is a betting exchange which allows people all around the World to bet against each other instead of against a bookmaker. This means you are betting against other players rather than a bookmaker, the result is better odds for you!  There have been over 10,000 Euros bet on Linares so far and by the end of the event it is expected there will have been about 30,000 Euros bet.  Get your free $5 wager today!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Championship Match Rules:  In 1922, Jose Capablanca proposed a set of rules for any future world championship matches. They became known as the London rules. They were:

  1. The first player to win 6 games would win the match.

  2. Playing sessions would be limited to 5 hours duration.

  3. Time limit to be 40 moves in 2.5 hours.

  4. Champion must defend his title within one year of receiving a challenge from a recognized master.

  5. The champion to decide the date of the match.

  6. The champion is not obliged to accept a challenge for a purse of less than $10,000, of which 20% is paid to the title holder, with the remaining purse being divided, 60% going to the winner of the match, and 40% to the loser.

  7. The highest purse bid must be accepted.

The "London Rules" were signed by Alekhine, Bogulyobuv, Maroczy, Reti, Rubinstein, Tartakower and Vidmar.

A Prophylactic Move:  The Australian men's and women's teams for the Bled Olympiad (2002) secured a sponsorship deal with the Australian pharmaceutical company Ansell.  Part of the deal was to help the company promote their "Checkmate" brand condoms.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville - Recent Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Kasparov - Ponomariov qualifier match to be held in Buenos Aires (June 19th - July 7th)

  • Linares 2003 (February 22nd - March 9th / Linares, SPAIN)
    Round 8 in play: Kasparov - Kramnik /  Ponomariov - Anand  /  Leko Beats Radjabov

  • Edda Rapid Tournament (March 3rd-5th / Reykjavik, ICELAND)
    Topalov, Adams, Shirov, Sokolov, Bacrot, Lautier, Van Wely, Sutovsky, etc.

  • Hrokurinn Chess Tournament (February 18th - 27th)
    Shirov won the tournament (7/9) / Macieja & Korchnoi in 2nd place / All the games can be downloaded

  • 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary)  
    March Tournaments in play!

other online chess news resources
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Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events
Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News
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The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
Net Chess News - News and More
 

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     Endgame Study: F. Sackmann
     Tim McGrew: The Gambit Cartel - Winging It, Part 4
     Hans Ree: Dutch Treat - Gaming at the Corus Tournament
     Bruce Pandolfini: The Q & A Way - Do It By the Books – Theirs!
     Book Review: Shredder 7, Chessplaying Engine by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Jeremy Silman
     SILMAN'S BASIC TACTICS, SET THREE
     IM John Watson Reviews HEROIC TALES: The Best of CHESSCASE.com; CD-ROM, K.I.D. WITH h3; THE METHOD IN CHESS
     CHESS INSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS, Lesson Six
     Suzie Andrianov's new
CHESS CROSSWORD
     IM John Donaldson reviews: CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS

Salt Lake Tribune: Checkmate - Kasparov vs Deep Junior

Boston Globe: In Conn., A Bid To Move Chess Into Curriculum

Hartford Courant: Kasparov & The Turk

First KasparovChess, Now Another Internet Casualty?  World Chess Rating: "Due to financial problems we have to suspend the updating of our site. We offer our apologies and hope to resume our work in the near future."

Steve Lopez's T-Notes
     FEBRUARY 16, 2003: Creating A ChessBase Opening Key, Part 1
     FEBRUARY 23, 2003: Creating A ChessBase Opening Key, Part 2

About.com Chess - Chess clocks

Russian Chess
     Distance chess match Saint-Petersburg vs. Paris

Chessbase
     Interview With Teimour Radjabov
     The Knight's Tour

Chessopolis - NM Randy Bauer Reviews:
     The Pirc Defense - IM Sandor Videki
    
How to Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire - FM Steve Giddins

FIDE Online
     Titles Awarded At the 1st Quarter Presidential Board Meeting
     Regulations of the World Chess Championship Match 2003
     Krishnan Sasikiran wins Asian Championship in Doha
     New Contacts of FIDE

Chess In Ireland
     Cormac Brady: 1956 – 2003

Seagaard Chess Reviews - Leningrader System (Kindermann)

World Chess Network
     John Henderson - The Scotsman
     Larry Evans On Chess - The 7 Deadly (Chess) Sins

RusBase Part Two - New Additions for 1979, 1981, 1982

Annotated Games

Robert Byrne (NYTimes)
     Kasparov-Deep Junior Match Game 1
     Anand-Karpov, Wijk aan Zee 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Gershon-Shabalov, Bermuda '03

Jack Peters (LA Times):
     IM Taylor-Gary Hill, Los Angeles 2003
     Faelten -- L. Furman, Los Angeles 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Jose Capablanca vs Emanuel Lasker, Havana, 1921
     Grau vs Guerra Bonco, Buenos Aires CH, 1921
     Max Euwe vs Tibor Filep, Amsterdam, 1921
     Valentin Fernandez Coria vs Jose Berasain, Carrasco, 1921
     Max Euwe vs Fontein, 1921
Sack the King! - A new tactical puzzle every day!
MagnateGames - A problem each day
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Position of the Week: Solution


Here is a mate-in-five (a bit easier than our usual) I found in Chernev & Reinfeld's entertaining book The Fireside Book of Chess:

Miss Karff-Lugatsch
Berlin 1937

1.Bh5+ g6  (1...Ke7 2.Qa3 mate is what was actually played in the game) 2.Qxg6+ (2.Bxg6 accomplishes the same mate in the same number of moves, but come on - we're talking queen sac here!) hxg6 3.Bxg6+ Ke7 4.Bg5+ Nf6 5.Bxf6 mate.
 

 

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Kelly's
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From His Newest Additions Part 4

Chess is the most beautiful and reasonable of all games. – Mme de Sevigne

Chess is an exercise full of delights. – Arthur Saul

Chess is an earnest exercise of the mind. – Thomas Cogan

Chess is the art of battle for the victorious battle of art. – Saviely Tartakower

Intuition and profound ideas win chess games at the highest level, not counting. – Garry Kasparov

Soviet Grandmasters privately scoffed at Karpov’s chances in 1975. Most pundits believed he would lose… and lose badly.  – Lev Alburt (on Karpov’s chances against Fischer)

Karpov knew he could hardly draw a game with Fischer, never mind winning one or two games. His only chance was to disrupt the match. So a whole arsenal of tricks was worked out, designed to upset the sensitive American, unaccustomed to such methods. – Lev Alburt

Bobby was afraid that if he had defended against Karpov in 1975, the Russians would have had him murdered. – Pal Benko

Finally America produces its greatest chess genius, and he turns out to be just a stubborn boy. – Hans Kmoch (on Fischer)

This is the way I play. I always search for the best move, but this way there is a chance to lose. A chance for greatness and a chance for disaster. – Garry Kasparov

While other fathers fantasized big-time careers for their boys in baseball and basketball, I dreamed of my son becoming a grandmaster. – Fred Waitzkin

So, who's winning? – Countless would-be comedians upon seeing a lone chessplayer analyzing at the board

You must ask my father. I am only the player. – Gata Kamsky

Perhaps the solution to the mystery of bad bishops is that bishops retain the qualities of their owners, so stronger players have better bishops than weaker players. But even this cannot always be true. – Boris Gulko

 

 

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GAMES

Hrokurinn Reykjavik

Korchnoi vs
           Adams

(5) 22.02.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.a3 Ba6
5.e3 d5
6.Nbd2 Be7
7.b3 0-0
8.Bb2 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4
10.exd4 Nc6
11.0-0 Rc8
12.Re1 Re8
13.Rc1 Bb7
14.Nf1 Bf8
15.Ng3 g6
16.c5 a5
17.Bb5 Bh6
18.Rb1 Nd7
19.Bc1 Bg7
20.b4 axb4
21.axb4 Na7
22.Ba4 h6
23.Qd3 bxc5
24.bxc5 Bc6
25.Bc2 Rb8
26.Bf4 Rxb1
27.Rxb1 Qa5
28.h4 Bb5
29.Qe3 Nf6
30.Qc1 Qc3
31.Rb3 Qc4
32.Qb2 Ba4
33.Nd2 Bxb3
34.Nxc4 dxc4
35.Bxb3 cxb3
36.Qxb3 Nd5
37.Qa4 Rd8
38.Bxh6 Bxh6
39.Qxa7 Bg7
40.c6 Rc8
41.Ne4 1-0

 

 

 

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