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GAMES Zvjaginsev,V (2664) - Lputian,S (2638) [D37] 1.d4 e6 Svidler,P (2713) - Rublevsky,S (2670) [B46] 1.e4 c5
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Volume 2 Issue 17
April 27th, 2003 In This Issue
"Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well." - Henry David Thoreau [FEN "3N4/4R3/6k1/8/5K1P/8/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"] White to move and win - Find the
Solution
The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade. This week's exciting game:
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Nakamura,H (2632) -
Schmaltz,R (2642) [E12] Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. And A Disaster: The latest installment in the saga of Perry the Pawn Pusher, by Rick Kennedy. Strange Chess News: The Hirpi of Chess, by Elliotte Wisanski. News so strange, even our Editor has his doubts!
Links
Updates: Dozens and dozens (and dozens!) of new links. Check out these
great new sites, including a new page for
Correspondence Chess sites. We still have several dozen more new ones
to add, as well as some dead links to weed out, so look for another major
links update next week.
Perry the Pawn Pusher: And A Disaster Chess will never be my idea of a team sport. Can you imagine a trio of "Tinkers to Evers to Chance" tossing "the ole horse head" around "the home squares" on a sunny day in spring? Neither can I. Still, there I was, at the annual Mid State Team Chess Tournament, for a three-day weekend of chess. There was no help for it. Some Club mates and I made up the team, "E4 Effort." Our first round match came early Saturday morning. We made short work of "Ehlvest Lives!," four guys with slicked back hair, tight pants, and modest talent - at least for playing chess. When an "Ehlvest" thought he was close to a mate, he rattled off a chorus of "Love Me Tender." As each was forced to resign, he snarled out a rendition of "You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog." Quite understandably, the Tournament Director had several fits throughout the weekend.
Read the complete story, the latest in Rick Kennedy's amusing and
entertaining series on
Perry the Pawn Pusher!
The Hirpi of Chess Reports have reached us of a study at Lucerne Institute of Psychological Research. Their theory is that punishment results in endorphins used to minimize pain and this combined with the adrenaline effectively open up previously underutilized neural pathways. The Lucerne study involved spankings and showed an increase in average IQ by 38% overall.
Read more of the news so weird, even our Editor has his doubts.
And just who is Elliotte Wisanski, anyway?
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Something a little bit different this week - a Trivia Challenge! See if you know who these famous chess players are (answers are here): 1. Although I became a chess professional prior to World War 1, my greatest impact on the game occurred during the 1920's. Although I had a good tournament record, I am better remembered for my contributions to the hypermodern movement. At one point I held the world record for the most games played simultaneously blindfold. I started to compose studies at the latter part of my career, with one of my "simplest" studies being one of the most famous in this field. Who Am I? 2. I was at my peak during the 1940's and early 1950's, placing in many national and international tournaments. Despite my success, I only played in one Olympiad. I attended many more as a trainer for my country's national team. I was also a "second" in several World Championship matches. I made several important contributions to the theory of the King's Indian Defense. My daughter later married David Bronstein. Who Am I? 3. I won my only national championship just prior to World War 1 at the age of 19. I won my first international tournament in 1920, and then set a new simultaneous blindfold record. I looked set for a brilliant career, but I died from heart disease at age 27. A variation of the Ruy Lopez is named after me. I was also a member of the hypermodern movement. Who Am I? Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie!
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- Recent Chess News
including Chessville coverage of: Generation Chess International Tournament: In Volume 2 Issue 10 we reported on GM Maurice Ashley's editorial, featured on The Chess Drum, titled The End of the Draw Offer? Since then he has organized a competition where draw offers before the 50th move are illegal! Read all about it at the Generation Chess site. Their first competition, under way at the time of this writing, is taking place at the Marshall Chess Club in New York City, and features: GM Larry Christiansen (former U. S. Champion), GM Leonid Yudasin (former World Championship Candidate), GM Jaan Ehlvest (Former World Championship Candidate), IM Irina Krush (former U. S. Women's Champion), IM Eugene Perelshteyn (former U. S. Junior Champion), IM Amon Simutowe (former Zambian Champion), IM Varuzhan Akobian (USA), IM Mark Bluvshtein (CAN), IM William Paschall (USA), IM Elect Stephen Muhammad. This is a Category X event, and games are being broadcast live on the Internet Chess Club.
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The Chess Cafe ELECTRONIC T-NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20, 2003 NEW CHESSBASE CDS ELECTRONIC T-NOTES FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 13, 2003 THE "LIMITS" DIALOGUE IN CHESSBASE 8 About.com Chess - Middle game - Open lines The Telegraph Chess Club Malcolm Pein: Short Stops the Tourism Chathurangam: Chess In India Nguyen Champ, Vijayalakshmi & Barua take Commonwealth titles Russian Chess Spanish Team Championship (May 2003) Photo Report Chessbase László Lindner's Knight Wheel A Must See!! Mig on Chess #189 Kasparov-Ponomariov match postponed to November? (NOT!?) Vladislav Tkachiev speaks his mind The Salt Lake Tribune - Checkmate Boston Herald - Game often requires quick shift in strategy The Washington Times - Mastery: Pattern of strong play Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess OnlineUkrBase updated: recent Ukrainian events myTelus - No checkered past, but bright future for chess whiz Arab News - Villamayor Defeats Torre in Rapid Chess Chandler Cornered - Geoff ChandlerMy Tandy 1650 Scottish Congress 2003 Pravda - Bobby Fischer: The Great Hermit Moscow Times - Finishing the Game With a 'Shakh i Mat' Mechanics' Institute Chess RoomIM John Donaldson's Newsletter #136, 04/23/2003. Includes the annotated game Kent Pullen - Viktors Pupols, QGD: Meran D48, Washington State Championship 1969, Annotations by John Collins and John Donaldson Times Online - Can Kasparov be king of the castle again? The Brownsville Herald - Roman Dzindzichashvili: University of Texas at Brownsville's New Chess Coach FIDE - draft FIDE Directory 2003 in pdf format Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary212. 27 April 2003: Mobility & game-series-helpmate records Seagaard Chess Reviews - Yearbook 65 World Chess Network John Henderson is The Scotsman Larry Evans On Chess - Squares RusBase Part Two - New Additions for 1983, 1984 Jeremy SilmanDonaldson takes a look at the SVESHNIKOV SICILIAN. Donaldson & Silman revisit a MAIN LINE in the Accelerated Dragon New ideas in the hyper-sharp ACCELERATED DRAGON, UOGELE VARIATION, and some original analysis in the MAROCZY BIND IM John Watson reviews MASTERING THE OPENING and the interesting and original CHINESE SCHOOL OF CHESS. Silman's instructive and informative INTRODUCTION TO GREAT PLAYERS, MOVE BY MOVE. The spotlight is on: WILHELM STEINITZ. Annotated Games New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade
The Telegraph Chess Club Robert Byrne (NY Times): Anand-van Wely, Melody Amber 2003
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Times) Puzzles & Problems
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Problem of the Week Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to
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Newsletter@Chessville.com Position of the Week: Solution
This is the second study we've brought you from the amazing
composer Genrikh Kasparyan. His works are well worth studying, and we
hope you enjoy this one. The solution is given without any side
variations: 1.h5+ Kh6 2.Nf7+ Kxh5 3.Re5+ Kh4 4.Ng5 f1Q+ 5.Nf3+ Kh3
6.Rh5+ Kg2 7.Rh2# Answers to The Mad Aussie's Trivia Challenge:
1. Richard Reti; 2. Isaak
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GAMES Krush,I (2431) - Akobian,V (2547) [A92] 1.d4 e6 Leko,P (2746) - Movsesian,S (2659) [B80] 1.e4 c5 Lputian,S (2638) - Bologan,V (2663) [B14] 1.d4 Nf6
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