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GAMES

Hrokurinn Chess Tournament Reykjavik

Shirov - Bacrot

(2), 19.02.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.0-0 Be7
8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 Be6
10.Qa4+ Qd7
11.Qxd7+
            Kxd7
12.Nc3 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Nc6
14.Rb1 dxc4
15.d5 Bxd5
16.Rd1 Ke6
17.Rxb7 Rab8
18.Rxc7 Rhc8
19.Rxc6+ Rxc6
20.Nd4+ Kd7
21.Nf5 Rb1
22.Nxe7 Rxc1
23.Nxd5
          Rxd1+
24.Bxd1 Rd6
25.Ne3 Rd3
26.Ba4+ Kd6
27.Nxc4+ Kc5
28.Ne3 Rxc3
29.Kf1 g6
30.Ke2 Kd4
31.Nc2+ Ke4
32.Bb3 f5
33.h4 f4
34.Ne1 Rc7
35.Nf3 Kf5
36.Kd3 h6
37.Kd4 g5
38.Bc4 Rd7+
39.Bd5 Rc7
40.hxg5 hxg5
41.Be4+ Kf6
42.Ne5 Rc1
43.Nd3 Rc2
44.a4 Ra2
45.Bc6 Rc2
46.Kd5 g4
47.Nxf4 Rxf2
48.g3 Kf5
49.Bd7+ Kg5
50.Nd3 Kh5
51.Nc5 Rf3
52.Ne4 Rd3+
53.Ke5 Ra3
54.Be8+ 1-0

Korchnoi -
      Gretarsson

(2), 19.02.2003

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

Bacrot -
       Sokolov

(3), 20.02.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 0-0
9.h3 Bb7
10.d4 Re8
11.Nbd2 Bf8
12.a3 Qd7
13.d5 Ne7
14.Nf1 Ng6
15.Bc2 c6
16.dxc6 Bxc6
17.Bg5 Nh5
18.Nh4 Ngf4
19.Qg4 Qxg4
20.hxg4 Ne6
21.Bd2 Nf6
22.g5 Nd7
23.Rad1 a5
24.Bc1 g6
25.Nh2 b4
26.axb4 axb4
27.Ng4 Reb8
28.Nh6+ Kg7
29.g3 bxc3
30.bxc3 Ra2
31.Bd3 Nec5
32.f4 Nxd3
33.Rxd3 Nc5
34.Rf3 Bxe4
35.Rff1 Bd3
36.fxe5 Bxf1
37.Rxf1 dxe5
38.Rxf7+ Kh8
39.Rf1 Ne4
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Volume 2  Issue 8                                                   February 23rd, 2003
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
Critical Lines In the Halloween Gambit
Tigerchess! With GM Nigel Davies
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

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Position of the Week

[FEN "1r6/R7/5p1k/5Qp1/4n1B1/4P2P/2q2PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]

Black to move and draw - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville

Halloween Gambit: Part 1 of a comprehensive look at this fascinating gambit, by Paul Keiser

Smothered Mates: An instructive look at a very useful, as well as esthetically pleasing, form of checkmate, by David Surratt

Review: Accelerated Dragon Assault! by Andrew Martin.  Bad Bishop Chess Videos, reviewed by David Surratt

Another Story: Another adventure of Perry the PawnPusher, by Rick Kennedy

Review: New York 1936, the First Modern United States Chess Championship, by Hilbert & Laude, reviewed by James Schroeder

Kelly's Quotes:  New Additions - Part 3

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
 

Critical Lines in the Halloween Gambit
By  Paul  Keiser

The name is founded on the fact that players who are for the first time confronted with the surprising and unexpected fourth move of White become so shocked as if they were suddenly confronted with the horror of some scary Halloween mask.

Indeed, this fourth move is shocking. After : 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 when  Black is expecting a normal Four Knights Game with 4.Bb5, White surprisingly takes the pawn on e5: 4.Nxe5!

A lot of short games how deadly  this gambit could be.  One example : 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 (this is one main line, the other one is 5 ..Ng6),  6.d5 Nb8 7.e5 Ng8 8.d6 c6 9.Bc4 f6 10.Qh5+ g6 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Qe2+ Kd8 13.Ne4  and Black resigned Brause (2355)-Betrueger (2315),ICC,1997,1-0(13).

Read the rest of Part 1, including analysis of the Gambit Declined, and the Gambit Accepted lines with 5...Nc6.
 

Tigerchess!
http://www.tigerchess.com/

This is GM Nigel Davies' site, devoted to chess teaching.  Davies, among other credits to his writing resume, has just begun a monthly column for Chess Cafe.  Read his current column here.  Let's learn a bit about GM Davies, quoting from his bio page:

"Born in...the UK on July 31st 1960, I learned chess at the age of 9 and thereafter fostered this interest at school and Southport Chess Club. I became Southport Chess Club Champion aged 15, Merseyside Champion aged 17 and qualified for the International Master title in 1982. At the time I was the UK's youngest IM.  It would be some time before I went on to capture the title of International Grandmaster, 11 years in fact. The breakthrough came after living in Israel for several years and rubbing shoulders with some strong Soviet immigrants, such as two-time Soviet champion Lev Psakhis. In 1993 I scored two GM norms in quick succession amidst as string of other good results."  GM, author, editor, instructor, husband and father.  Let's look at his site.

A simple navigation bar on the left side of each page contains the following choices: Home Page, Books & Reviews, Articles, Problems, Training, About Nigel Davies, and of course a links collection.

The Books & Reviews page lists book recommendations in various categories, e.g. Beginners, General Instruction, The Endgame, etc.  Included are snapshot reviews, one or two sentences each.  As Davies says in the introduction to this page, "Despite the massive number of chess books on the market, relatively few of them are really worth buying and reading."  Nevertheless, he vows to put more work into this page in the future, with more extensive reviews of new books.

The problems page contains 30 tactical puzzles for you to solve, all taken from GM competition.  The diagrams are clear, and the solution hidden until you ask for them.

A variety of training options are offered by GM Davies, including games assessments, telephone lessons, and so on.

The Articles section is a real gold mine, with 40 articles, most including an annotated game which can be played over online or downloaded as a pgn file.  Some sample titles: Reversing Poor Form, That Man Bobby Fischer, The Miracle, Avoiding Small Mistakes, and Finding the Right Squares.  There's plenty of free wisdom in these articles to whet your appetite for instruction, entertainment, and just plain old fun!

Tigerchess is one of those sites that you hope to find amid the glut of sites on the internet.  Well organized but not cluttered, instructive and entertaining, clear easy-to-see diagrams.  Become a hunter, visit Tigerchess today, and sharpen your claws!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Super "K's":  Every World Championship match between 1894 and 1999 featured a player who had a "k" in their surname.  The 1894 match was between Steinitz and Lasker, while the 1999 match was between Akopian and Khalifman.  In 2000, the Anand versus Shirov match broke the sequence.

A "K" On Display:  The National Museum of Sports in Havana, Cuba has on display the table, board, pieces and chairs used during the 1921 World Championship match between Jose Capablanca and Emanuel Lasker.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

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* Chessville coverage
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First Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary)
    
* Chessville coverage:  General information

     * Follow February tournaments (results, games & standings)

Teimour Radjabov has beaten Garry Kasparov
in the 2nd round of Linares!!

Kasparov,G (2847) - Radjabov,T (2624) [C11]
Linares Tournament Linares (2), 23.02.2003

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qb6 10.Ne2 c4 11.g4 h5 12.gxh5 Rxh5 13.Ng3 Rh8 14.f5 exf5 15.Nxf5 Nf6 16.Ng3 Ng4 17.Bf4 Be6 18.c3 Be7 19.Ng5 0-0-0 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Be2 Ngxe5 22.Qe3 Nd7 23.Qxe6 Bh4 24.Qg4 g5 25.Bd2 Rde8 26.0-0-0 Na5 27.Rdf1 Nb3+ 28.Kd1 Bxg3 29.Rf7 Rd8 30.Bxg5 Qg6 31.Qf5 Qxf5 32.Rxf5 Rdf8 33.Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.Bf3 Bh4 35.Be3 Nd7 36.Bxd5 Re8 37.Bh6 Ndc5 38.Bf7 Re7 39.Bh5 Nd3 0-1

Ponomariov vs Kramnik, Round 2
Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Na4 b6 14. Nh2 f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 h5 17. bxc5 b5 18. Nb2 g5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nd3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. a4 c5 25. Qxb5+ Qxb5 26. axb5 Kf7 27. Ra5 Rhb8 28. Nf1 Be5 29. Rda1 d3 30. Rxa7+ Kf6 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8 dxc2 33. Rf8+ Kg6 34. Re8 Kf7 35. Rf8+ Kg6 36. Re8 Bc4 37. Rxe5 c1=Q 38. Rxc5 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Rxc4 g4 {Black wins} 0-1

Ciudad de Linares, 2003.02.22 Round 1, Anand vs Ponomariov
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense Open Variation

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Ke7 13. Rd3 h6 14. Nf3 g6 15. Rad1 Ng7 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. f4 Bc4 19. R3d2 c5 20. Nf3 Nh5 21. b3 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Be6 23. Ne2 c4 24. Kf2 cxb3 25. cxb3 c5 26. g4 Ng7 27. Nc3 h5 28. Kg3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. Ng5 Ke7 32. Nge4 b6 33. Kh4 Bd7 34. Nd5+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Ne8 36. Nc4 b5 37. Nce3 Ng7 38. Kg5 Bc6 39. Nc7 a5 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bd7 42. Na6 c4 43. Nc5 Bc8 44. bxc4 bxc4 45. Ne4 Bd7 46. Nc5 Bc8 47. e6 c3 48. e7+ Ke8 49. f6 Ne6+ 50. Nxe6 Bxe6 51. Kf4 Kd7 52. Ke5 Bg4 53. Kd4 Bd1 54. Kxc3 Ba4 55. Kd4 Ke6 56. Nd5 Kf5 57. Kc5 Ke5 58. a3 Ke6 59. Nc7+ Kxf6 60. e8=Q Bxe8 61. Nxe8+ Ke6 62. Kb5 Ke5 63. Kxa5 f5 64. Ng7 {White wins} 1-0

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The Chess Cafe
     Nigel Davies: Let's Take A Look
     Review: Think Like A King by Food for Thought Software, Inc.
     Endgame Study: Richard Reti, 1922
     Nigel Davies: Let's Take a Look - How To Study The Opening
     Geurt Gijssen: An Arbiter's Notebook - Can I Win after Overstepping the Time Limit?
     Informant @ ChessCafe.com: Viswanathan Anand Annotates
     Dan Heisman: Novice Nook - Using the Computer

"Excluding the web, several uses of the computer for chess improvement remain, principally:

  1. Playing against a software program

  2. Keeping track of your games (and games of others) with a software database

  3. Using a software program to analyze your games, and

  4. Using a software program to do problems or otherwise augment your chess instruction."

Read Dan Heisman's Novice Nook and learn how to make the most of your software!

World Chess Rating
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     Interview: Kasparov on Match With Deep Junior
     Statement: 23 Top GMs on the GM Steering Committee
     Ilyumzhinov and Kasparov at Moscow Press Conference

About.com Chess - Openings - Introduction to 1.e4

Chessbase
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     Mig on Chess #187

GMChess - Must see endgame analysis:
     A. Khalifman, O. Biriukov. A many-coloured geometry lesson!

ABC News: Princeton Students Face Inmates in Chess

World Chess Network
     John Henderson - The Scotsman
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RusBase Part Two - New Additions for 1981, 1982

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #127 2-19-03

Boston Herald: Grandmasters Getaway to series in Lowell

National Scholastic Chess Foundation
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Seagaard Chess Reviews - Shredder 7 (ChessBase)

Jeremy Silman
     IM John Watson: K.I.D. WITH h3. & THE METHOD IN CHESS
     New ideas in the hyper-sharp ACCELERATED DRAGON, UOGELE VARIATION, are explored. Also check out some original analysis in the MAROCZY BIND

Express India: Gaurav Konde emerges winner in open section

The Star: Master in Business and Chess

Annotated Games

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     Shipov Annotates: Anand-Ponomariov & Radjabov-Leko, Linares 2003
     Kasparov Annotates: Kramnik-Kasparov, Linares 2003
     Najer-Smirin & Sutkovsky-Goloshchapov, Aeroflot, Moscow 2003

Chess Siberia
     Aleksandrov-Lugovoi, Aeroflot Open, Moscow (6) 2003

Robert Byrne (NYTimes): Gulko-Nakamura, Seattle 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Shirov-van Wely, Bundesliga 2003

Jack Peters (LATimes): Karjakin-Kosteniuk, (4) Switzerland 2003

Puzzles & Problems

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Position of the Week: Solution


From the game Osnos-Batoczky, 1951
White threatens mate with Rh7.  Black, however, takes advantage of the restricted position of his own king to force a draw by stalemate:

1...Rb1+ 2.Kh2 Rh1+ 3.Kxh1 Ng3+ 4.fxg3 Qxg2+ 5.Kxg2 stalemate.  ½-½.

 

 

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From His Newest Additions Part 3

Even with a good position, a player, no matter how strong, cannot afford to relax his attention even for one move.  – Jose R. Capablanca

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. – Elizabeth Kenny

He left it en prise and I took it en passant. – Joseph Henry Blackburne (on draining his opponent’s glass of whiskey in a simul)

I think it is important to teach children to play chess. From my own experience, I can trace how it has helped me acquire analytical skills and make balanced decisions. Call it an art, a sport or a game; I believe chess can help bring out people's talents. – Maria Kouvatsou

Image is everything and right now, the image of girls playing chess in America is not too popular. – Susan Polgar

Chess is like life. When one lets me down I have the other. I did not become a professional player not because I didn't want to, but because under the present circumstances it is financial suicide. There is very little support and one needs to think long term. – Maria Kouvatsou

Why spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to become a GM so you can barely make $20,000 a year? Some say they play chess for the love of the game. It is a noble concept but the love of the game does not pay the rent or put food on the table for your family. – Susan Polgar

Chess has all the qualifications to become an Olympic sport. It is competitive and it has clear rules. It is certainly in agreement with the ancient Greek saying 'nous igiis en somati igies' (a healthy mind breeds a healthy body). – Maria Kouvatsou

Once you've been run over by a freight train, you know it's real painful. But until you do, you can only imagine. – Robert Hyatt (on playing super-fast chess computers & programs)

 

 

 

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GAMES

Linares!

Radjabov - Leko
(1) 2003.02.23

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6
4. Nc3 Bb7
5. a3 d5
6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Qc2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 Be7
9. e4 O-O
10. Bd3 c5
11. O-O Qc8
12. Qa2 Rd8
13. Rd1 Ba6
14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qe2 Qb7
16. h4 Nc7
17. h5 h6
18. Ne5 Ne8
19. Bb2 Nf6
20. Re1 b5
21. Rad1 cxd4
22. cxd4 b4
23. a4 Rac8
24. Rd3 Rc7
25. d5 exd5
26. exd5 Rxd5
27. Nxf7 Rxd3
28. Nxh6+ Kf8
29. Qxd3 Qd5
30. Qg3 Bd6
31. Qh3 Qxh5
32. Qxh5 Nxh5
33. Nf5 Bf4
34. Re4 Bd2
35. Nd4 Kf7
36. Re2 Bc1
37. Nb5 Nf4
38. Re4 Rc2
39. Nd6+ Kg6
40. Bxc1 Rxc1+
41. Kh2 Nd5
42. Nb5 b3
43. Re6+ Kh7
44. Re2 Rc2
45. Re1 b2
46. Rb1 a6
          0-1

 

 

 

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