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GAMES

Corus Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee

Anand vs
    Ponomariov
Rd 7, 1-19-03

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 e5
5.Nb5 d6
6.N1c3 a6
7.Na3 Nf6
8.Nc4 b5
9.Ne3 b4
10.Ncd5 Nxe4
11.a3 bxa3
12.Rxa3 g6
13.c3 Bd7
14.Nc4 Rb8
15.Be3 f5
16.Bb6 Rxb6
17.Ncxb6 Bh6
18.Bd3 0-0
19.Bxe4 fxe4
20.0-0 Be6
21.Rxa6 Qh4
22.Qe2 Nd8
23.Ra8 Kg7
24.g3 Bg4
25.gxh4 Bxe2
26.Rfa1 g5
27.Nd7 Rf5
28.Rxd8 gxh4
29.Rg8+ Kf7
30.Ra7 Rf3
31.N7f6+ Ke6
32.Re7+ Kf5
33.Ng4 Bd2
34.Nge3+ 1-0

Grischuk vs
          Bareev
Rd 9, 1-21-03

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.e5 Bf5
4.Nc3 e6
5.g4 Bg6
6.Nge2 c5
7.h4 h5
8.Nf4 Bh7
9.Nxh5 cxd4
10.Nb5 Nc6
11.Nxd4 Nge7
12.Rh3 a6
13.Bg5 Qb6
14.Nxc6 Nxc6
15.Bd3 Bxd3
16.Rxd3 Qb4+
17.c3 Qe4+
18.Re3 Qg2
19.Rc1 Qg1+
20.Kd2 Qxf2+
21.Re2 Qc5
22.Qa4 Rc8
23.Rf1 Rc7
24.Kc1 d4
25.Rd1 Rd7
26.Red2 Qxe5
27.cxd4 Qe4
28.Rc2 f6
29.Bd2 b5
30.Qxa6 Nxd4
31.Rc8+ Kf7
32.Ng3 Qxg4
33.Rg1 Ne2+
34.Nxe2 Qxe2
35.Rd1 Bb4
36.Qc6 Bxd2+
37.Kc2 Ba5+
38.Kb3 Qxd1+
        0-1


 

 

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Volume 2 Issue 4                                                         January 26th, 2003
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
Gambit Chess Openings
Wagering On Chess
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Poll: Kasparov or Deep Junior?
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

From the Editor... Several of our readers wrote to advise us of a technical problem last week - our mail list host sent some of our readers multiple copies of last issue in error.  I have been told that the problem was isolated and corrected, and hopefully will not happen again.  Our apologies to everyone for the inconvenience, and our appreciation for your patience with these occasional technical glitches.

Position of the Week

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville

Balogh Counter Gambit, Part 2  IM-CC Keith Hayward's look at this unusual Black Gambit opening.

Free eBook!  Canadian Chess Problems by C.F. Stubbs.  206 Chess Puzzles, taken from actual games as well as compositions.  Originally published in 1890, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin.

Strange Chess News:  More Weirdness From the pages of the JAX Chess Newsletter - Even the Editor Has His Doubts!

Review: Gambit Chess Openings by Eric Schiller, reviewed by David Surratt

More Annotated Games of Russell Chauvenet, the Silent Knight:
     Chauvenet - Hautasaari plus bonus game: Levin - Chauvenet
     Petrosian - Chauvenet plus bonus game: Chauvenet - Mitchell

Smith Morra Gambit: by Albert Hoogendoorn, Creator and Webmaster of MyChessSite.  This week read the the sixth installment in his series on this exciting response to the Sicilian Defense.

FEN (Forsyth-Edwards Notation): Learn how to read or write position descriptions using this standardized system.

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
 

Gambit Chess Openings
by Eric Schiller, Reviewed by David Surratt

Eric Schiller's books  have been dismissed in some circles as "data dumps", nothing more than a compilation of games culled from computer databases.  It would be easy to preemptively dismiss this book as just another of that same genre.  That would be a mistake.  Schiller is into Gambits.

He is also the author of a number of quite good books, with one on the Goring Gambit coming immediately to mind.  And the cover of Gambit Chess Openings (GCO) promises a lot:

"Explanations, Important Concepts and Thinking behind Every Gambit Opening...Openings Include Move List, Sample Position, Overview, Analysis, Variations and Illustrative Games."

Then there's the sub-title of the book:

"The Complete and Definitive Reference Guide to Gambit Chess Openings, More Than 2,000 Opening Gambit Strategies Inside."

It would be an equally erroneous assumption to believe the publishers hype.  Read the entire review, and find out what this book is all about.
 

Wagering On Chess

Grandmasters Disagree Over Favorite In
 Kasparov vs Deep Junior Match

Betsson.com, the online betting exchange that allows people from across the World to bet against each other, reveals a split in opinion among top Grandmasters as to the favorite for the match. English GM Keith Arkell has placed 200 Euros on Deep Junior. He said, “Kasparov’s main strength is to calculate, but this won’t help him against a computer, which can calculate thousands of times quicker than him. There are players, who have a superior positional feel to Kasparov, who I believe would have a better chance against Deep Junior.”

Denmark’s strongest player, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, disagrees and has placed 200 Euros on Kasparov. He said, “Kasparov is the strongest player of all time and I think he learnt his lesson when he played against Deep Blue. We saw during the Kramnik v Fritz match that it is possible for humans to totally outplay the computers; I think Kasparov will use his great experience to do just that.”

Markets are now open for the Kasparov v Deep Junior chess match starting on January 26th. Kasparov is favored to win at odds of 1.82 (5/6), Deep Junior is 2.25 (5/4) while the draw should not be discounted (remember Kramnik v Deep Fritz) at 6 (5/1). There will be markets available on all games and a LIVE winners market available throughout the duration of the match.  Simply register and your account will be updated with your FREE 5 Euro bet on the match.

News Flash:  The latest information (1-25-03) on the match is: Kasparov has been backed heavily and is now at odds of 1.76 (3/4), Deep Junior is 2.75 (7/4) while the draw should not be discounted (remember Kramnik v Deep Fritz) at 6 (5/1).
 

Poll: Kasparov or Deep Junior?

Kasparov or Deep Junior, we asked.  57% think Garry will avenge his defeat to the silicon monsters, while just 13% expressed confidence in DJ.  10% didn't care, and 7% think the match will be postponed!  The remainder of the voters expect another sister-kisser, as in Kramnik's latest effort at the Man vs. Machine genre.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Swiss USSR Champ:  There were only 2 occasions when the USSR chess championship final was run using the Swiss system.  The 35th USSR championship (Kharkov, 1967) was held as a Swiss tournament with 126 players, rather than a "closed" round-robin tournament.  The "experiment" was not a success, as the Swiss format was not employed again until  the 58th and last championship (Moscow, 1991).

Capa Never the Champ:  Jose Raul Capablanca's only appearance in the Cuban championship was when he played in the 1901 tournament.  He finished 4th, 4 points behind winner Juan Corzo.  Capablanca defeated Corzo in a match, but the Cuban title was determined by an annual tournament, and not by match play.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville - Recent Chess News, including coverage of:

  • Corus Wijk aan Zee 2003 (January 10th - 26th)
                               Anand Wins!!
    * Chessville coverage -- standings, results by round, openings information, etc.  * Fantasy Chess contest

  • 20th Bermuda Chess Festival (January 25th - February 5th)  Svidler, Motylev, Movsesian, Shabalov, Christiansen, etc.

  • Kasparov vs. Deep Junior Match (January 26th - February 7th, New York, USA)

  • 1st Pan American Amateur Championship (January 27th - February 5th)

  • Bareev vs. Hiarcs 8 (January 28-31 2003, NETHERLANDS)

  • 1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary)

Australian Chess Federation  Reports that IM David Smerdon is the recipient of the Steiner Medal as Australia's Player of the Year.  David plays with the NDV All-Stars in Chessville's Online Chess League.  Congratulations David!

other online chess news resources
The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
The Chess Report Another great chess news site
The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
Net Chess News - News and More
 

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Book Review: Understanding the Sacrifice by Angus Dunnington
     Endgame Study: L. Shilkov Shakhmaty v SSSR 1929
     The Gambit Cartel by Tim McGrew: Winging It, Part 3
     Dutch Treat by Hans Ree: Repentance Day
     The Q & A Way by Bruce Pandolfini: Exclam This!

Jeremy Silman
     Silman Reviews: Grand Strategy: 60 Games by Boris Spassky By Jan van Reek

Dan Heisman: Fiction - The Puzzle Book (near the bottom)

Correspondence Chess News - LATEST ISSUE (83):  VIEW  PDF

Steve Lopez's T-Notes - JANUARY 19, 2003 OPENING LINES

About.com Chess - Chess Ratings

NY Times: Kaparov vs Deep Junior

Mig's Daily Dirt (at Chess Ninja)

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
 - IM Donaldson's Newsletter #123, 1-22-03

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     #200: The ending the Pawn Wizard forgot to compose

World Chess Network
     John Henderson's The Scotsman
     Larry Evan's On Chess

RusBase Part Two - Added More From 1951, 1975, 1981

Annotated Games

Russian Chess
     GM Sergey Ionov annotates the games of the 7th round.
     GM Evgeny Alekseev annotates the games of the 8th round.
     GM Valerij Popov annotates the games of the 9th round.
     GM Sergey Ivanov annotates the games of the 10th round.
     GM Evgeny Alekseev annotates the games of the 11th round.
     GM Sergey Ivanov annotates the games of the 12th round.
     We annotate online the games of the 13th round

Chess Siberia: Seirawan-Lapshun, Seattle 2003

Robert Byrne (NYTimes): Kosteniuk-McShane, Hastings 2003

Lubomir Kavelek (Washington Post): Shabalov-Akobian, Seattle, 2003

Jack Peters (LATimes): Akobian-Foygel, Seattle 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
Sack the King! - A new tactical puzzle every day!
MagnateGames - A problem each day
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
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

Ebralidze,A - Lubienski,T
URS-ch sf Tbilisi (10), 1949

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nf3 f5 6.Qc2 Nh6 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.Rc1 0-0 9.Bd3 Kh8 10.Ne2 Nf6 11.a3 Ne4 12.Bb4 Nf7 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.h4 Bd7 16.Nf4 Rae8 17.Be2 Bc8 18.0-0 Qe7 19.g3 Rg8 20.Kg2 g5 21.hxg5 Nfxg5 22.Ne5 Ne6 23.Rh1 Qc7 24.Bh5 Re7 25.Rh3 Nxf4+ 26.exf4 Reg7 27.Rch1 Be6 28.Qe2 Qe7 29.Qd1 Qc7 30.b4 a6 31.Qc2 Qe7 32.Qb2 Bd7 33.Re1 Be8 34.Be2 Qd8 35.Bd3 Qd6 36.Reh1 Qd8 37.Qa1 Qb6 38.R1h2 Re7 39.Bxe4 fxe4 40.f5 Bd7 and now we have reached the diagrammed position41.Rxh7+ Rxh7 42.Rxh7+ Kxh7 43.Qh1+ Kg7 So far these moves were all too obvious; but how many of us saw the denouement that now follows? 44.f6+ Kxf6 45.Nxd7+ 1-0  Herr Fritz found an even better line: 45.Qh6+ (45.Qh4+ leads to mate also, just one move slower than the text.) Ke7 (45...Kf5 and 45...Rg6 both lead to mate one move sooner than 45...Ke7) 46.Qh7+ Kf6 (46...Rg7 47.Qxg7+ and mate in two) 47.Qf7+ Kg5 48.Qf4+ Kh5 49.Qh4 Mate!
 

 

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Kasparov is now at odds of 1.76 (3/4), Deep Junior is 2.75 (7/4) while the draw is at 6 (5/1).

 

 

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I think it is important to translate the lessons on the chessboard into real life.
– Danny King

As well as teaching you about your own strengths and weaknesses, chess can develop your ability to understand others. To succeed at chess, you must learn to think like your opponent, even if your opponent’s style of thinking is very different from your own. – Michael Gelb

The way he plays chess demonstrates a man's whole nature.
– Stanley Ellin

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost. – Viktor Korchnoi

Weaknesses of character are normally shown in a game of chess. – Garry Kasparov

Life is like a game of chess, in which there are an infinite number of complex moves possible. The choice is open, but the move made contains within it all future moves. One is free to choose, but what follows is the result of one's choice. From the consequences of one's action there is never any escape. – Shelley Smith

In life, as in chess, one’s own pawns block one’s way. A man’s very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him. – Charles Buxton

Life is like a game of chess: we draw up a plan; this plan, however, is conditional on what - in chess, our opponent - in life, our fate - will choose to do. – Artur Shopenhauer

 

 

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GAMES

Corus Chess Tournament Wijk aan Zee

Timman vs
     Ponomariov
Rd 11, 1-24-03

1.c4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Nc3 a6
5.h3 e6
6.cxd5 cxd5
7.Bf4 Bd6
8.e3 0-0
9.Bd3 Nc6
10.0-0 b5
11.Bg5 h6
12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Rc1 Bb7
14.Bb1 Qe7
15.Ne2 Rfc8
16.Nf4 g6
17.Qd2 Kg7
18.e4 dxe4
19.Bxe4 Nb4
20.Bxb7 Qxb7
21.a3 Bxf4
22.Qxf4 Nd3
          0-1

 

 

 

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