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GAMES

Zvjaginsev,V (2664) - Lputian,S (2638) [D37]
4th Karpov Chess Tournament Poikovsky, RUS (4), 23.04.2003

1.d4 e6
2.c4 d5
3.Nc3 Be7
4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bf4 0-0
6.e3 Nbd7
7.a3 c5
8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5
10.dxc5 Nxc5
11.Be5 Bf6
12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Qd4 Qxd4
14.Nxd4 Bd7
15.f3 Rac8
16.Kd2 g6
17.Rc1 Ne6
18.Nxe6 fxe6
19.Rxc8 Rxc8
20.Bd3 e5
21.f4 Bc6
22.fxe5 Re8
23.Kc3 Rxe5
24.Kd4 Rg5
25.g3 Rg4+
26.Ke5 Kf7
27.Kd6 Kf6
28.Rf1+ Kg5
29.Ke5 Ra4
30.Rf4 Rxf4
31.exf4+ Kg4
32.f5 Be8
33.f6 Bf7
34.Bc2 Kh5
35.Bb3 g5
       1-0

Svidler,P (2713) - Rublevsky,S (2670) [B46]
4th Karpov Chess Tournament Poikovsky, RUS (5), 24.04.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nc6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be2 d6
7.Be3 Nf6
8.f4 Bd7
9.Bf3 Rc8
10.Qe2 b5
11.a3 Qc7
12.g4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 Qc4
14.Qxc4 Rxc4
15.0-0-0 h6
16.Rhe1 Be7
17.e5 dxe5
18.Bxe5 Bc8
19.Be2 Rc6
20.h4 0-0
21.g5 Nd7
22.Bd4 hxg5
23.hxg5 Bd6
24.Be3 Bxa3
25.Nxb5
          Bxb2+
26.Kxb2 axb5
27.Bxb5 Rc7
28.c4 Nc5
29.f5 exf5
30.Bf4 Rb7
31.Bd6 Be6
32.Bxc5 Rc8
33.Rxe6 fxe6
34.g6 Rbb8
35.Ba7 Rb7
36.Bf2 Kf8
37.Kb3 e5
38.Rd6 f4
39.Rd5 Rc6
40.Bc5+ 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 17                                                         April 27th, 2003

In This Issue

Perry the PawnPusher: And A Disaster. By Rick Kennedy

The Hirpi of Chess
  -  Strange Chess News

New At Chessville

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia:  Trivia Challenge!!

Pablo's Chess News

New On The Net

Position of the Week

Games, Hot Forum Topics, More!

"Since most of us spend our lives doing ordinary tasks, the most important thing is to carry them out extraordinarily well." - Henry David Thoreau

Position of the Week

[FEN "3N4/4R3/6k1/8/5K1P/8/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

 

 

New At Chessville

The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade.  This week's exciting game:

(3) Nakamura,H (2632) - Schmaltz,R (2642) [E12]
52nd
New York Masters New York (3), 15.04.2003

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
by Rick Kennedy

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
Strange Chess News, by Elliotte Wisanski

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
From Graham Clayton

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!
 

Pablo's Chess News

ChessvilleRecent Chess News  including Chessville coverage of:
    
4th Karpov Tournament (April 20th - 29th / Poikovsky,
          RUSSIA) 
Lautier, Onischuk and Svidler lead (4.5/7)
    
     * Chessville coverage     * Download all the games
     Generation Chess International Tournament (April 23rd -
          May 2nd) 
Krush and Perelshteyn lead (2.5/3)
         
* Chessville coverage     * Download all the games

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.

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
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
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     Review: Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge, CD-ROM, by Yuri Averbakh
     Endgame Study: V. & M. Platov 1923
     Hans Ree: Master Egg in the Barn
     Bruce Pandolfini: There’s No One Wrong Way
     Tim McGrew: The Lemberger Counter-Gambit
     The Skittles Room: Lasker Is Coming Home by Harald Fietz

Steve Lopez's T-Notes
     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 Online
     UkrBase 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 Chandler
     My Tandy 1650
     Scottish Congress 2003

Pravda - Bobby Fischer: The Great Hermit

Moscow Times - Finishing the Game With a 'Shakh i Mat'

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM 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 Diary
     212. 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 Silman
     Donaldson 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
     David Norwood: Short-Polgar, Budapest 2003
     Nigel Short: Short-Polgar, Budapest 2003

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Anand-van Wely, Melody Amber 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Times)
     Polgar-Berkes, Budapest 2003; Becerra-Shabalov, Virginia Beach 2003

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MagnateGames - A problem each day
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Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week
Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

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Position of the Week: Solution


Genrikh Kasparyan
Shakhmaty v USSR, 1936

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 Boleslavsky; 3. Julius (Gyula) Breyer
 

 

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GAMES

Krush,I (2431) - Akobian,V (2547) [A92]
Generation Chess Int. Tournament New York, USA (1), 23.04.2003

1.d4 e6
2.c4 f5
3.g3 Nf6
4.Bg2 Be7
5.Nf3 0-0
6.0-0 Ne4
7.Nc3 d5
8.Ne5 c6
9.Nxe4 fxe4
10.f3 Nd7
11.Nxd7 Bxd7
12.cxd5 exf3
13.dxe6 Bxe6
14.Bxf3 Qb6
15.Bf4 Bf6
16.e3 Rad8
17.Qe2 Qb4
18.a3 Qb3
19.Rac1 Rfe8
20.Rc3 Qb6
21.h4 Bd5
22.Bxd5+ Rxd5
23.Qc2 Kh8
24.Rb3 Rb5
25.Rxb5 Qxb5
26.Rd1 Qh5
27.Kf2 h6
28.Qe2 Qf5
29.Kg1 Re6
30.h5 Re8
31.b4 a5
32.Qf3 axb4
33.axb4 Kh7
34.d5 cxd5
35.Qxd5 Qg4
36.Rf1 Rd8
37.Qe4+ Kg8
38.Qf3 Qh3
39.Rd1 Ra8
40.Qxb7 Ra3
41.Qd5+ Kh8
42.b5 Rxe3
43.Bxe3 Qxg3+
44.Kf1 Qxe3
45.Rd3 Qf4+
46.Rf3 Qc1+
47.Kg2 Qb2+
48.Rf2 Qb4
49.Qf5 Qa5
50.Re2 Qd8
51.Qe4 1-0

Leko,P (2746) - Movsesian,S (2659) [B80]
Hunguest Hotels Tournament Budapest, HUN (9), 20.04.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6
6.Be3 a6
7.f3 b5
8.g4 h6
9.Qd2 b4
10.Na4 Nbd7
11.0-0-0 Qa5
12.b3 d5
13.e5 Ng8
14.f4 Qc7
15.Kb1 g5
16.f5 Nxe5
17.fxe6 fxe6
18.h4 gxh4
19.g5 hxg5
20.Bxg5 Nf7
21.Bh3 e5
22.Ne6 Bxe6
23.Bxe6 d4
24.Rdf1 Rh7
25.Rxh4 Rg7
26.Bxf7+ Rxf7
27.Re1 Ne7
28.Bxe7 Rxe7
29.Qxb4 Rc8
30.Qd2 Qc6
31.Qd3 Bg7
32.Rg4 Rcc7
33.Rg6 Qd5
34.Nb6 Qc5
35.Qe4 d3
36.Qxd3 Qf2
37.Rf1 Qc5
38.Nc4 Qd4
39.Qxd4 exd4
40.Rxa6 d3
41.cxd3 Re2
42.Ra8+ Ke7
43.Rg8 Bc3
44.Rgf8 Ke6
45.R8f2 1-0

Lputian,S (2638) - Bologan,V (2663) [B14]
4th Karpov Chess Tournament Poikovsky, RUS (7), 26.04.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 c5
4.e3 d5
5.Nc3 cxd4
6.exd4 Bb4
7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.Bd2 Nc6
9.Bd3 Be7
10.0-0 0-0
11.Nxd5 exd5
12.Qb3 Bf6
13.Bc3 a5
14.a3 Bg4
15.Be2 Re8
16.Rfe1 Re6
17.h3 a4
18.Qb5 Bf5
19.Rad1 Bc2
20.Rd2 Be4
21.Bd1 Na5
22.Ne5 Rb6
23.Qd7 Qf8
24.f3 Bg6
25.Bxa5 Rxa5
26.Nxg6 1-0

 

 

 

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