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GAMES

Jack Taylor Memorial Victoria BC Canada

Rd 3, 11-23-02

Gansvind
    vs   Moore,D

1.d4 Nf6
2.Bg5 d5
3.e3 e6
4.Bd3 Be7
5.Nd2 Nbd7
6.Ngf3 c5
7.c3 h6
8.Bh4 0-0
9.0-0 Qc7
10.Qe2 Re8
11.Rfd1 c4
12.Bc2 Bd6
13.e4 e5
14.dxe5 Nxe5
15.Bxf6 gxf6
16.h3 Ng6
17.Qf1 Nf4
18.exd5 Kh8
19.Qxc4 Qd7
20.Ba4 Nxh3+
21.Kf1 Qf5
22.Bxe8 Nf4
23.Ne4 Qg6
24.Ng3 Bg4
25.Rd4 Bxf3
26.gxf3 Rxe8
27.Rxf4 Bxf4
28.Qxf4 Qd3+
29.Kg2 1-0

 

Australian Open 2003 (6.2)
Jan 6, 2003

Lane,G (2421) - Smerdon,D (2436) [C06]

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nd2 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7
5.c3 c5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.Ne2 cxd4
8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6
10.0-0 Bd6
11.Nf3 0-0
12.Bg5 Qc7
13.Rc1 Bd7
14.Bh4 Be8
15.Bg3 Bh5
16.Ne5 Kh8
17.Qa4 Bxe2
18.Bxe2 Bxe5
19.Bxe5 Qb6
20.Bf3 Nd7
21.Bd6 Rf7
22.Bh5 g6
23.Bg4 Re8
24.Rfe1 Qxb2
25.Bg3 Qxd4
26.Qxd4+
            Nxd4
27.Rc7 h5
28.Bh3 Kg8
29.Rxb7 Nc5
30.Rbb1 Nd3
31.Re3 Nf4
32.Bxf4 Rxf4
33.f3 Kf7
34.Kf2 Re7
35.Rb4 e5
36.Ra4 g5
37.g3 Rxf3+
38.Rxf3+ Nxf3
39.Kxf3 g4+
40.Bxg4 e4+
41.Ke3 hxg4
42.Ra5 Ke6
43.Kd4 Rb7
44.Ra6+ Kf5
45.Ra5 Rb4+
46.Kc5 e3
47.Kxb4 e2
48.Rxd5+ Ke6
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Volume 2 Issue 2                                                         January 12th, 2003
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
Multiple Choice Chess by Graeme Buckley
Janitor Jim Game #4: Quitters Never Win!
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Poll: Young Future Champions
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

Position of the Week

[rnb1k1nr/p2p1ppp/8/1pbN1N1P/4PBP1/3P1Q2/PqP5/R4KR1 w kq - 0 18]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville
 

Janitor Jim: Another installment (Game #4) in this series of instructive games annotated for the novice.

Opening Preparation: Smith Morra Gambit by Albert Hoogendoorn, Creator and Webmaster of MyChessSite.  This week read the fourth installment in his series on this variation of the Sicilian Defense.

Review: Multiple Choice Chess II by Graeme Buckley, Reviewed by Jens Madsen

Knight's Tour:  Version 2.1; The Knight's Tour is a simple game of skill.  The object of the game is to move a knight such that every square on the board is covered once and only once.  It's not as easy as it sounds!

Benjamin Franklin's "The Morals of Chess": The famous treatise he wrote about chess expounding on the virtues of the game, giving basic advice about how to play well, and just as importantly, how to conduct oneself when playing, is just as relevant today as when it was written more than two centuries ago.

Alternative Piece Letter Identifiers - take the guesswork out of reading game scores created in different languages - J, S, P, N, R, C and H are all the same piece (knight) depending on the language being used!

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
 

Multiple Choice Chess II

Multiple Choice Chess II
by Graeme Buckley
Reviewed by Jens Madsen.

The idea behind Multiple Choice Chess II is a very simple one: British IM Graeme Buckley has selected twenty games and challenges the reader to walk in the footsteps of giants such as Keres, Smyslov, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Kasparov, Adams, and Leko.  Repeatedly you have to select a move from the four possible continuations that you are presented with.  Each answer will earn (or loose) you points according to a scoring system devised by Buckley, and by the end of each exercise (game) you can use your accumulated score to see how well you did.

Multiple Choice Chess II is a decent workbook containing some highly instructive games with notes suitable for the beginner and intermediate players.  The author, apparently an experienced chess teacher, has a well-developed sense of what troubles the improving player, but unfortunately the multiple-choice format does not work altogether well...     Read the rest of Jens's review.
 

Janitor Jim: Quitters Never Win

These games, because of their very one-sidedness, are perfect for showing some of the mistakes novice and beginning players make.  My goal in presenting these games is to show you what some of those mistakes are, and maybe help you to "see" another way of thinking about the game.  Read the introduction and check out earlier games in this instructive series of games annotated for the novice.

Janitor Jim Game #4  -  "Quitters Never Win"

This game illustrates the futility of resigning too quickly.  While we're at it, we'll also take a look at the opening phase of the game, reviewing Reuben Fine's Ten Practical Rules for Opening Play.

What is it again that we're trying to accomplish in the beginning stages of the game?  The three main objectives in the opening phase of the game:

  • developing your pieces,

  • controlling the center, and

  • safeguarding your king by castling.

Reuben Fine, in Ideas Behind the Chess Openings, expands on this, listing ten general rules...     See the full article here!
 

Poll: Young Future Champions

Last week's poll asked "Which young player is most likely a future World Champion?"  40% of our readers think Ponomariov will repeat as a future champ, while 25% expressed confidence in Teimor Radjabov.  Several worthy candidates were suggested who were not included in the poll.  Check it out...  Look for our next poll in February!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Austrian Morphy:  When Wilhelm Steinitz started playing internationally in the 1860's, he was known as the "Austrian Morphy" because of his brilliant tactical play.  Here is a nice example:  Steinitz - Meden, London 1865, Remove White Knight on b1,  1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Qh5+ Qg6 12.Rxf4+ Nf6 13.Rxf6+ Kxf6 14.Bd4+ Kf7 15.Rf1+ Kg8 16.Qe5 Bg7 17.Qd5+ Qe6 18.Qg5 Qh6 19.Qd8+ Bf8 20.Qe8 1-0 (20.... Qg7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qe5+ and now it's mate in two.)

Austrian Waltz:  Austrian GM Heinrich Wolf (1875-1943) had an unusual international chess career.  His 17 tournaments were spread over 2 separate periods: 1900-08 and 1922-23.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News
Chessville News Section Editor Pablo Sierra

Chessville - Recent Chess News  News & Notes, including:
2003 US Chess Championship (from January 9th / Seattle, USA)
         
Kaidanov, Akobian, Zaitshik, Lapshun & Kraai lead (2/2)
 
      * Chessville coverage
Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 (January 10th - 26th)  Round 1: Karpov & Bareev won and took the lead  * Chessville coverage
Tapolca Open 2003 (January 3-11 / Tapolca, HUNGARY)  Laszlo Gonda won this Open Tournament  * Chessville coverage
1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest) * Chessville Coverage

Krasenkow,M (2633) - Karpov,A (2688) [E12] GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 11.01.2003    1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.e4 c5 10.Bf4 Be7 11.d5 exd5 12.exd5 0-0 13.Rd1 Re8 14.Be2 c4 15.0-0 Bxa3 16.Bxc4 Qf6 17.Ng5 Nf8 18.g3 h6 19.Ne4 Qf5 20.f3 Ng6 21.Bc7 Rac8 22.Bb5 Rxc7 23.Bxe8 Bxd5 24.Nf6+ Qxf6 25.Rxd5 Rxc3 26.Qe4 Bc5+ 27.Kg2 Re3 28.Qa4 Re2+ 29.Kh1 Re1 0-1

Muhammad,S (2368) - Mulyar,M (2446) United States Championship 2003 Seattle USA (3), 11.01.2003  1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.Qe2 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 b5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 0-0 12.Nc3 h6 13.Bh4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Nd2 Ba7 16.Nf1 g5 17.Bg3 b4 18.Na4 Bc6 19.b3 h5 20.h4 Ng4 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Qd2 Qf6 23.Nh2 Nxh2 24.Bxh2 Kh8 25.Qe2 Qg5 26.Qd2 Qf6 27.Qe2 Qg5 28.Rac1 Rg8 29.Qf3 Bxa4 30.bxa4 Nf6 31.Rc7 Rg7 32.Qh3 Ng4 33.Bg3 Bd4 34.Be2 Rh7 35.Qh4 Qg6 36.Rd7 Rf8 37.Qe7 Qh6 38.R1xd4 exd4 39.Bf4 Qg7 40.Bxg4 f6 41.Qc5 1-0

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Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
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Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary - 199. 6 January 2003: Kazan

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Annotated Games

Robert Byrne (NYTimes)
     Barkhagen-Ulibin, Stockholm 2003
     Aronian-Jakovenko, Goa, India 2003

Lubjomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Nielsen-Karjakin, Hastings 2003

Jack Peters (LATimes):
     V. West-IM T. Taylor, Monterey Park 2002
     GM Smirin-Kaganskiy, Israeli Championship, Tel Aviv 2002

Puzzles & Problems

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Position of the Week: Solution

The Immortal Game
Anderssen,A - Kieseritzky,L
London, 1851

This game is so famous, it needs no introduction or explanation.  The moves to this point were 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 and now Anderssen uncorks a truly remarkable move - 18.Bd6 Qxa1+ 19.Ke2 Bxg1 20.e5 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7# 1-0
 

 

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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

Familiarize yourself with the endgames likely to stem from the openings you play.

Exploit advantages and minimize disadvantages.

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.

Cut off lines and cut down enemy threats. Restrain your opponent.

If winning, intensify your efforts. It can be hard to win a won game.

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

Avoid weakening pawn moves.

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.

Activate rooks.

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

Blockade with the king, not the rook.

Avoid greed. Cede extra material if it eases the win.

Trade to simplify, avoid exchanges to keep complex. If winning, clarify. If losing, complicate.

When ahead in material, exchange pieces.

The general rule in endgames is: to win, exchange pieces; to draw, exchange pawns.

More Endgame Wisdom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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