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GAMES

XII Torneo Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Dos Hermanas, Spain

Vallejo Pons,F (2629) - Karjakin,S (2547) [A33] (2), 29.03.2003

1.Nf3 c5
2.c4 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e6
6.a3 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 b6
8.Qf4 Bb7
9.e4 d6
10.Bd3 a6
11.0-0 Nd7
12.Qg3 Qc7
13.Be3 g6
14.Bd4 e5
15.Be3 Bg7
16.Nd5 Qd8
17.h4 0-0
18.h5 Nc5
19.h6 Bh8
20.b4 Nd7
21.Bg5 f6
22.Be3 Rf7
23.Be2 Kf8
24.Rad1 f5
25.exf5 gxf5
26.f4 Bxd5
27.Rxd5 Nf6
28.Rd3 Ne4
29.Qh3 Qc8
30.Bh5 Rf6
31.Bxb6 Qxc4
32.fxe5 dxe5
33.Rxf5 Qc1+
34.Rd1 Qxh6
35.Be3 Qg7
36.Bf3 Nc3
37.Bh6 1-0

Epishin,V (2626) - Campora,D (2505) [D37] (4), 31.03.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5
4.Nc3 Be7
5.Qc2 dxc4
6.e4 Nc6
7.Be3 Nb4
8.Qd1 Nd3+
9.Bxd3 cxd3
10.Ne5 0-0
11.f3 Bd7
12.Rc1 Be8
13.Nxd3 c6
14.0-0 Nd7
15.Kh1 Qa5
16.Qb3 Qb6
17.Qc2 Qa6
18.Rfd1 f5
19.a4 Qb6
20.Re1 fxe4
21.Nxe4 Qc7
22.Bf2 Rf5
23.Bg3 Qb6
24.Nec5 Nxc5
25.dxc5 Qd8
26.Qb3 Qc8
27.Ne5 Kh8
28.h3 h6
29.a5 Rg5
30.Bh2 Rf5
31.Qc4 Bd8
32.b4 Bc7
33.Qc3 Qb8
34.Rcd1 b6
35.cxb6 axb6
36.Nd7 Qc8
37.Nxb6 Bxb6
38.axb6 c5
39.Be5 Qb7
40.bxc5 Bc6
41.Rd6 Bxf3
42.c6 Qf7
43.Rd2 Rxe5
44.Qxe5 1-0

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 14                                                         April 6th, 2003
In This Issue
 

Ask the Tiger
With GM Nigel Davies

New At Chessville

Pablo's Chess News

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

New On The Net

Position of the Week

Fantasy Chess

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from the editor...In the March 2, 2003 issue of TCW I told you about chess trainer Nick Beqo's site.  Since then Nick has improved his site's navigation, and given his whole site a fresh new look.  The address has changed too: http://home.primus.ca/~nickbeqo/.  Take a look around today!  As a special incentive to our readers, Nick has agreed to discount his already low fees an additional 20% for the first month if you mention Chessville.
 

Position of the Week

[FEN "2kr4/pppb1p1p/2n1ppr1/3P4/2PN4/6Pq/P1P1BP1P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

 

 

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Ask the Tiger!  Chessville is proud to introduce a brand new monthly column in question and answer format by GM Nigel Davies,  This is your chance to pick the brain of one of England's leading GMs, authors, and chess teachers.  GM Davies comes to Chessville with a very impressive list of credentials...  Ask the Tiger!

The New York Masters Game of the Week, with analysis by IM Greg Shahade

Shahade,G (2510) - Schmaltz,R (2628) [B43]
44th New York Masters New York (4), 18.02.2003


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Mad Aussie's Historical Chess Trivia:  New facts to amaze & educate, from the Master Down Under

Review:  Chess Brilliancy by Iakov Damsky, reviewed by Andy Howie

Review:  A double-barreled review of tactical training by Kevin Bidner: 303 Tricky Chess Tactics and 303 Tricky Checkmates, both by Fred Wilson and Bruce Albertson

Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.
 

Ask the Tiger
With GM Nigel Davies

Chessville is proud to introduce a brand new monthly column in question and answer format by GM Nigel Davies, Ask the Tiger!  This is your chance to pick the brain of one of England's leading GMs, authors, and chess teachers.

GM Nigel Davies comes to Chessville with a very impressive list of credentials:

  • International Master since 1982

  • International Grand Master since 1993

  • Author of the famous Power Chess Program, as well as a slew of other books, including: The Chess Player's Battle Manual, Kasparov v Kramnik, London 2000, Alekhine's Defence, The Grunfeld Defence, and Taming the Sicilian.

  • Columnist at Chess Cafe: Let's Take A Look...

  • Professional chess coach for 13 years, with many successful students including IM-CC John Rhodes, GM Matthew Saddler, and 1992 World Under 14 Champion (now) GM Ronen Har-Zvi.

  • Visit his website, Tiger Chess, loaded with instructional articles.

  • Learn more about Nigel Davies on his biography page.

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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Too Many Queens?:  There have only been 2 "serious" games in which 5 Queens appeared on the board at one time:  Tresling-Benima, Winschoten 1896; and Vondug-Lamprecht, Corr., West Germany 1972.  The record for the most Queens to appear in the course of a single game was set by the game Konopleva-Schmidke, 1963, in which 7 different queens made an appearance at one stage or another. Black had 4 queens; to White's 3, and won the game.

Select Company:  David Janowski and Siegbert Tarrasch were the only two players who defeated Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Jose Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine in serious tournament/match play.

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ChessvilleRecent Chess News  including coverage of:
    
Dos Hermanas Chess Tournament 2003 (March 28th - April 5th)
    
Rustemov & Dreev tied in the 1st place (6/9) * Chessville coverage
     
SIS-MH Masters Rapid Play (April 5-6 / Denmark)
    
Anand leads after 3 rounds (2.5/3)  * Chessville coverage
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     Hunguest Hotels Chess Tournament (April 11-20 / Budapest)
    
Participants: Leko, Polgar, Gelfand, Short, Almasi, Movsesian,
     Korchnoi, Lutz, Acs, Berkes 
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     Shirov is Player of the Month for February
     Best Game for February:

Korchnoi,V (2640) - Gretarsson,H (2515) [D12]
Hrokurinn, Reykjavik (2), 2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.0-0-0 b5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.e4 Nb6 14.Kb1 a6 15.g3 Be7 16.Bf4 Qb7 17.Bd3 0-0-0 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Qxd5 21.Rxc4+ bxc4 22.Bxc4 Qb7 23.Be6+ 1-0

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
     The Worst Ever Game, Picture and Problem

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson: Newsletter #133, 04/02/2003

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
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Seagaard Chess Reviews
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Correspondence Chess News- LATEST ISSUE (87):  VIEW  PDF

About.com Chess
     Middle game - Double attacks
     Before You Buy a Digital Chess Clock

Russian Chess
     Professional World Chess Rankings (thru April 1)

1 Kasparov,Garry 13.04.1963 RUS 2783 -22 130
2 Kramnik,Vladimir 25.06.1975 RUS 2749 -40 138
3 Anand,Viswanathan 11.12.1969 IND 2711 14 155
4 Leko,Peter 08.09.1979 HUN 2706 19 163
5 Shirov,Alexei 04.07.1972 ESP 2698 17 166
6 Topalov,Veselin 15.03.1975 BUL 2698 -14 172
7 Bareev,Evgeny 21.11.1966 RUS 2692 7 188
8 Polgar,Judit 23.07.1976 HUN 2672 29 159
9 Grischuk,Alexander 31.10.1983 RUS 2668 -10 155
10 Ponomariov,Ruslan 11.10.1983 UKR 2667 -29 169

FIDE
     FIDE April 2003 Rating list

1  Kasparov, Garry  g  RUS  2830  12  1963-04-13
 2  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2789  25  1975-06-25
 3  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2764  25  1969-12-11
 4  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2746  12  1979-09-08
 5  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2735  22  1972-07-04
 6  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2735  13  1975-03-15
 7  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2734  13  1966-11-21
 8  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2723  9  1971-11-17
 9  Ponomariov, Ruslan  g  UKR  2718  25  1983-10-11
 10  Polgar, Judit (GM)  wg  HUN  2715  13  1976-07-23

More from Fide:  Four Chess Queens from China, namely Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua and Zhao Xue shall play a match against Four Chess Kings, namely Alexander Khalifman (RUS), Nigel Short (ENG), Yasser Seirawan (USA) and Ye Jiangchuan (CHN) in Bejing, Ji`nan, Xi`an and Chongqing, China from 22 May to 7 June 2003.

Chess Scotland
     110th SCOTTISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS - GM Paul Motwani, GM Colin McNab, WGM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, IM Mark Orr and IM Craig Pritchett

Chess In Chicago: Joey Fishman, April Chess Kid of the Month

Miami Herald: Miami-Dade Community College 4th at Pan-Ams

Boston Herald: Discover the Strengths of the Bishop Pair

Washington Times: 3 GMs top Millennium Festival

Moscow Times: Searching for a Blitz Legend at Sokolniki

Moscow Times: Kournikova of Chess Holds Own in the Duma

Pakistan Chess Player
     Lev Khariton's 200 Words - Boycott Kasparov (Lev's anti-Iraq war rant)

Annotated Games

New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade

Yasser Seirawan (Chess Cafe): Kasparov - Kramnik Linares 1997

Daily Telegraph:
     David Norwood: Khalifman-Tiviakov, Dos Hermanas 2003
     Nigel Short:
Sebag-Zhao Xue, Cannes France 2003

Dr. M. J. Donnelly (Pakistan Chess): Donnelly-Staples, Coventry League 2003

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Kramnik-Radjabov, Linares 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Topalov-Ljubojevic, Melody Amber 2003

Australian Chess Columns
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     Peter Parr: Canfell-Seberry, Sydney 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Emanuel Lasker vs George Thomas, London, 1921
     Rolando Illa vs Luis Palau, Carrasco, 1921
     Roberto Grau vs Juan Loedel, Carrasco, 1921
     Julio Lynch vs A Barbozade Oliveira, Carrasco, 1921
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MagnateGames - A problem each day
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Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
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Position of the Week: Solution

1.dxc6 Bxc6  1...Rh6 2.cxb7+ Kxb7 3.Nf3 Kc8 4.c5 Bb5 ( Slightly better may be 4...Rg8 5.Rb1 Rg5 6.Rb8+ Kxb8 7.Qxd7 but the text line is more interesting) 5.Bxb5 Rxd1 6.Rfxd1 Kb7 7.Rab1 Qg4 and Mr. Fritz says there are at least two different mates-in-eight for White in this position.  Have fun!  2.Nxc6 bxc6  2...Rxd1 3.Rfxd1 b6 ( 3...bxc6 4.c5 with mate soon to follow.) 4.Rd8+ Kb7 5.Bf3 Rh6 6.Nb4+ c6 7.Bxc6+ Kc7 8.Rd7+ Kc8 9.Rad1 Qxh2+ 10.Kf1 Qh3+ 11.Bg2 Qh1+ All other moves lead to a quick(er) mate.  3.c5 See the notes to the previous variation if you want to know why Black doesn't just take the Queen. 3...Rd5 4.Ba6+ Kd7 5.Qe2 and White is a piece up.
 

 

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It is my belief that chess is an amazingly accurate model for many situations in life. The strategies, the competition and the challenges of living. – Ken Smith

In life, we are all duffers. – Emanuel Lasker

In chess, just as in life, today's bliss may be tomorrow's poison. – Assiac

Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events. – Benjamin Franklin

Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life. – Henry Fielding

O life, what art thou? Life seldom answers this question. But her silence is of little consequence, for schoolmasters and other men of good will are well-qualified to answer for her. She is, they inform us, a game. Which game? Bagatelle? No, life is serious, so not bagatelle, but any game that - er - is not a game of chance; not Baccarat, but Chess. – E. M. Forster

Since there are two elements, in life, the uncontrollable and that which we are supposed to control; and since games of chance exaggerate the former and chess the latter - what game reflects their actual proportion? – E. M. Forster

 

 

 

GAMES

XII Torneo Ciudad de Dos Hermanas Dos Hermanas, Spain

Shirov,A (2723) - Dreev,A (2690) [B19] 02.04.2003

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Bf5
5.Ng3 Bg6
6.h4 h6
7.Nf3 Nd7
8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 e6
11.Bf4 Ngf6
12.0-0-0 Be7
13.Ne4 0-0
14.Nxf6+ Nxf6
15.g4 Nxg4
16.Rhg1 f5
17.Qe2 Kh7
18.Qxe6 Qd5
19.Qxe7 Qxf3
20.Be5 Rg8
21.Qxb7 Qxf2
22.Kb1 Rae8
23.Qxc6 Nxe5
24.dxe5 Rxe5
25.a4 Qc5
26.Qxc5 Rxc5
27.Rd7 Ra5
28.Rf7 f4
29.Rxf4 Rxh5
30.b4 g5
31.Rf7+ Rg7
32.Rxg7+ Kxg7
33.Kb2 Kf6
34.b5 Ke5
35.Kb3 Kd5
36.Rd1+ Kc5
37.Rd7 g4
38.Rc7+ Kb6
39.Rc6+ Kb7
40.Rg6 Rg5
41.Rxh6 g3
42.Rh1 g2
43.Rg1 Kb6
44.Kb4 Rg4+
45.c4 a5+
46.bxa6 1/2-1/2

Vallejo Pons,F (2629) - Khalifman,A (2702) [A22] (7), 03.04.2003

1.c4 Nf6
2.Nc3 e5
3.e3 d6
4.d4 Nbd7
5.g4 g6
6.h3 Bg7
7.Bg2 0-0
8.Nge2 c6
9.0-0 h6
10.Ng3 Re8
11.a4 a5
12.b3 exd4
13.exd4 d5
14.cxd5 Nxd5
15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Bxd5 Nf8
17.Qf3 Be6
18.Bxb7 Rb8
19.Bf4 Rxb7
20.Qxb7 Bd5
21.Qb5 Ne6
22.Be3 Qa8
23.Rab1 Bc6
24.Qc4 Bg2
25.Rfd1 Bd5
26.Qd3 Qd8
27.Qb5 Nc7
28.Qxa5 Qf6
29.Nf5 gxf5
30.Qxc7 Qh4
31.Qd7 Rd8
32.Qc7 1/2-1/2

 

 

 

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