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Linares

Kasparov,G - Anand,V
(7), 01.03.2003

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nd2 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Bf5
5.Ng3 Bg6
6.h4 h6
7.Nf3 Nd7
8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 Ngf6
11.Bf4 e6
12.0-0-0 Be7
13.Kb1 0-0
14.Ne4 Nxe4
15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Qd5
17.Ne5 Qe4
18.Qxe4 Nxe4
19.Rhe1 Nf6
20.g4 Rfd8
21.Be3 Bd6
22.f3 Rac8
23.c4 a5
24.a4 Nd7
25.Bd2 Bc7
26.Bc3 Nxe5
27.dxe5 c5
28.Kc2 Rxd1
29.Kxd1 Rd8+
30.Ke2 Rd7
31.f4 Bd8
32.f5 Bg5
33.f6 b6
34.Ra1 Rd8
35.Ra3 gxf6
36.Rb3 Bf4
37.Rxb6 Bxe5
38.Bxe5 fxe5
39.Rb5 Rd4
40.Rxc5 Rxg4
41.b3 Rg3
42.Rxe5 Rxb3
43.Rxa5 f5
44.Ra8+ Kg7
45.c5 Rc3
46.Rc8 Ra3
47.c6 Rxa4
48.Re8 Rc4
49.Rxe6 f4
50.Rg6+ Kh7
51.Kd3 Rc5
52.Kd4 Rc1
53.Ke4 Rc4+
54.Kd5 Rc3
55.Kd4 Rc1
56.Ke4 Rc4+
57.Kf3 Kh8
58.Rxh6+ Kg7
59.Rd6 Kh7
60.Kg4 Kg7
61.Rd7+ Kf6
62.c7 1-0

Vallejo Pons,F - Leko,P (12) 07.03.2003

1.Nf3 c5
2.c4 Nf6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nb4
6.Bc4 Nd3+
7.Ke2 Nf4+
8.Kf1 Ne6
9.b4 g6
10.bxc5 Bg7
11.Bxe6 Bxe6
12.d4 Nc6
13.Be3 Bc4+
14.Kg1 Qa5
15.Rc1 0-0-0
16.Nb1 Qa6
17.d5 f5
18.Rxc4 Qxc4
19.Nbd2 Qxa2
20.dxc6 bxc6
21.g3 Rd3
22.Kg2 fxe4
23.Ng5 Rf8
24.Ngxe4 Be5
25.Re1 h5
26.h4 Rfd8
27.Qb1 Qxb1
28.Rxb1 Bc7
29.Nc4 R8d5
30.Ra1 Kb7
31.Ra4 Rd7
32.Ng5 R3d5
33.Ne6 Rf5
34.Nd4 Rf6
35.Rb4+ Ka6
36.Rb1 Rd5
37.Nc2 Rd7
38.Nb4+ Kb5
39.Nd2 Ka4
40.Ne4 Re6
41.Nc3+ Ka5
42.Nc2 Ka6
43.Nd4 1-0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Volume 2 Issue 10                                                 March 9th, 2003
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
New York Masters Game of the Week
chessKIDS academy
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Position of the Week

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White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

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

Balogh Counter Gambit Part 3: IM-CC Keith Hayward's look at this unusual Black Gambit opening, when White plays an early exf5.

Endorphins:  Another Perry the PawnPusher Story by Rick Kennedy

75 Chess Problems by John Thursby.  Another free eBook!

More of The Mad Aussie's Historical Chess Trivia

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess

Kelly's Quotes: New Additions Part 5

 


Game of the Week
Analysis by IM Greg Shahade

The Tuesday Night Masters is a 4 Round action chess tournament (game/30). It is limited to players rated above 2200. One U2200 player will have a chance to qualify each week, by finishing first U2200 in the Marshall Chess Club's Thursday Night Action.  To ensure GM participation, this event runs on sponsorship and donations, to be added to every prize fund along with the entry fees. At the moment more than $300 is added to each prize fund, which results in first prizes often over $400.  The list of past participants reads like a veritable Who's Who of the New York chess scene, along with plenty of visitors: GM Maurice Ashley, GM Joel Benjamin, GM Pavel Blatny...read more.

Today's game, annotated by IM Greg Shahade...

(4) Stripunsky,A (2648) - Schmaltz,R (2628) [C41]
45th
New York Masters New York (4), 25.02.2003

The matchup we have all been waiting for! The two GM’s finally meet in the final round. GM Roland Schmaltz needs to win with the black pieces against a strong GM like Alexander Stripunsky, a very difficult task. I recall a few similar situations before where players needed to defeat Stripunsky with the black pieces. Yudasin got a worse position after 15 moves and thus agreed to a draw. Maurice Ashley was in the same spot but went down in flames to Stripunsky’s attack in that game. If anyone could take Stripunsky out, Schmaltz could do it….

 

1.e4          d6
2.d4          Nf6
3.Nc3       Nbd7
4.Nf3        e5
5.Bc4        Be7

Yeah, everyone knows it’s a great idea to play the Philidor Defense when you are in a must-win situation! Actually the Philidor is known as one of the most passive openings in chess. Strange that Roland decided against playing the Sicilian in this must win-situation, especially since Roland stated that he was going all out for the win.   Read more.
 

chessKIDS academy
http://www.chesskids.com/index.shtml

"chessKIDS academy offers FREE online interactive lessons, quizzes and games for kids, two chess computers for you to play, and a resource center for parents and teachers of kids who play, or would like to play, chess, including a scholastic chess download pack to enable any school to run a chess club."  So says the "About Us" page; let's take a closer look...

chessKIDS is well organized and easy to navigate, with links to different sections within the site always on the left of the page.  Although the home page uses white text on a black background, which I found a bit hard on the eyes.  On other pages though the site switches to a white or gray background with black text - much easier to read!

The syllabus describes the learning objectives of each "grade" (these have nothing to do with grades in US schools).  Grade one's objectives include: (1) How to set the board up the right way round; (2) How to set the pieces up correctly; (3) The names of the pieces; (4) How the pieces move and capture; (5) Understanding that White moves first and the players then take it in turns to move.

There are separate pages with advice and resources for parents (with recommendations about how to use chessKIDS, as well as other resources along with book and software suggestions) as well as for schools ("chessKIDS academy's Scholastic Chess Package is specially designed to provide YOUR school with everything it needs to run a successful chess club" along with free lesson material.

The free lesson material is a great interactive online way to teach kids the rules of chess, as well as help them hone their skills with endgame drills, tactics puzzles, etc.  "Chess Movies" demonstrate Fool's Mate, Scholar's mate, and mate with two rooks.  The library contains chess books, like "Chess Lessons for Schools", "chessKIDS Guide to the Openings", and so forth.  All this and more is in the Kid's Zone, including a pair of java-based chess program the kids can play against, and another on which kids can play against each other.

Links, privacy policy, terms of use, contact information, and a message board round out this excellent site.  This is one of the best chess sites designed expressly for kids that I have seen on the internet, and I highly recommend it to kids, parents, and coaches alike.

Visit the chessKIDS academy today!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Championship Dominance:  Emanuel Lasker played in 24 matches between 1889 and 1921 (eight of them for the World Championship) remaining undefeated until the final match, the 1921 title match against Jose Capablanca.

Championship Goose Egg:  Prior to World War 2, American Frank Marshall was the only player who failed to win any of the World Championship games that he contested.  He lost to Emanuel Lasker in 1907, with a score of +0, =7, -8.  All other players who have played matches for the World Championship prior to World War 2 recorded at least one victory.  Here are the complete records for all of the players who took part in a world championship match between 1886 and 1937:

Alexander Alekhine      140 games 5 matches +43  =73  - 24
Wilhelm Steinitz            115    6    +43  =29  -43
Emanuel Lasker            112    8    +52  =44  -16
Max Euwe                     55     2    +13  =24  -18
Yefim Bogulyubov          51    2      +8  =24  -19
Jose Capablanca            38    2      +7  =25  -6
Mikhail Tchigorin            40    2    +14  =6  -20
David Janowski              21    2      +1  =5  -15
Johannes Zukertort         20    1      +5  =5  -10
Isidor Gunsberg             19     1      +4  =9  -6
Siegbert Tarrasch           16    1      +3  =5  -8
Frank Marshall               15    1      +0  =7  -8
Karl Schlechter              10     1      +1  =8  -1

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Mikhail Gurevich is the winner!
    
1st Saturday Tourneys (Budapest, Hungary)
       
March Tournaments in play!

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Russian Chess
PROFESSIONAL WORLD CHESS RANKING
For players rated 2500+
Produced by Ken Thomson, New Jersey
Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich, Moscow
Results up to March 1, 2003

     Name                       Birthday        Country     Rating    Variance
1   Kasparov,Garry        13.04.1963   RUS          2805         114
2   Kramnik,Vladimir      25.06.1975   RUS          2755         146
3   Anand,Viswanathan   11.12.1969   IND          2709         159
4   Topalov,Veselin        15.03.1975    BUL          2698        172
5   Bareev,Evgeny          21.11.1966   RUS          2692         188
6   Leko,Peter                08.09.1979   HUN         2687         159
7   Shirov,Alexei             04.07.1972   ESP           2684        167
8   Ponomariov,Ruslan    11.10.1983   UKR          2679        179
9   Polgar,Judit               23.07.1976   HUN         2672         159
10 Grischuk,Alexander   31.10.1983   RUS          2668         155

Chessbase
     Last week's article The Knight's Tour now has an addendum.
     India's Sasikiran Wins Asian Championship in Doha

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #129, 3-5-03

National Scholastic Chess Foundation
     Summer Chess Camp 2003 With FM Sunil Weeramantry

The Campbell Report
     Interview with Reimund Lutzenberger, owner & creator of the new chess server ChessFriend.Com.

The Chess Drum
     Interview with Linda Nangwale
     Editorial: Can You Keep the Beat Going?
     Orrin Hudson praised by Motivator Les Brown

     GM Maurice Ashley The End of the Draw Offer?

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     206. 9 March 2003: How Jinky Ong came into the world
     205. 5 March 2003: Plachutta's only game

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Fritz 8 (ChessBase)
     King's Indian with h3 (Martin Breutigam)

World Chess Network
     John Henderson - The Scotsman
     Larry Evans On Chess - A Gentle Glossary

RusBase Part Two - New Additions for 1970, 1982

Annotated Games

New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade
Yasser Seirawan: Kramnik-Topalov, Monte Carlo 1998
The Telegraph Chess Club
     David Norwood: Bacrot - McShane, Hrokurinn Reykjavic 2003
     Nigel Short: Leko-Radjabov, Linares 2003
Russian Chess - GM Konstantin Aseev annotates Linares, 13th round
Robert Byrne (NYTimes) - Kasparov-Deep Junior Match Game 3
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Kramnik-Radjabov, Linares '03
Jack Peters (LA Times):
     Kramnik-Radjabov, Linares 2003
     IM Mulyar -- IM H. Nakamura, Bermuda 2003

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Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
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Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily
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Position of the Week: Solution


In a prior issue we brought you the famed Immortal Game by Adolf Anderssen, arguably the strongest player in the world for a time in the mid 1800s.

Chessville Weekly reader Arie Talmi wrote in recently reminding us about another of Anderssen's most famous games:
 

The Evergreen Game
Anderssen,A - Dufresne,J [C52]
Berlin 'Evergreen' Berlin, 1852

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0-0 d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Bxd3 Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 and now we've reached the diagrammed position.   21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7 mate 1-0
 

 

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GAMES

Linares

Leko,P - Radjabov,T (8) 02.03.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bg5 Bb4
5.e5 h6
6.Bd2 Bxc3
7.bxc3 Ne4
8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2
10.Kxd2 c5
11.h4 Bd7
12.h5 g5
13.f4 Nc6
14.fxg5 Qa5
15.dxc5 d4
16.Nf3 0-0-0
17.Rab1 dxc3+
18.Ke2 Rhg8
19.Qe4 Qc7
20.g4 Ne7
21.Bb5 hxg5
22.Rb3 Nd5
23.Rhb1 Bc6
24.Bxc6 Qxc6
25.Nd4 Qa6+
26.Ke1 Rd7
27.c6 Rc7
28.Rxb7 Rxb7
29.Rxb7 Nb6
30.Qh7 Rf8
31.Qg7 Qa3
32.Qxf8+ 1-0

Kramnik,V - Ponomariov,R ((9) 03.03.2003

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 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Nd7
12.Kh1 Bb7
13.d5 f5
14.exf5 Nc4
15.Nbd2 Nxd2
16.Qxd2 Nf6
17.Ng5 Bxd5
18.f4 Qc7
19.Ne6 Bxe6
20.fxe6 Nh5
21.Qd5 Rad8
22.f5 Ng3+
23.Kh2 Nxf5
24.Rf1 Nh4
25.Bg5 Ng6
26.h4 Nf4
27.Bxf4 exf4
28.g3 f3
29.Rxf3 Rxf3
30.Qxf3 Rf8
31.Qd3 g6
32.Rf1 Qc8
33.Rxf8+ ½-½

 

 

 

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