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by Thomas Johansson
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The New Critique of Kasparov's Book
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Study Group To Learn To Attack
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GAMES

Kasparov,G (2830) - Azmaiparashvili,Z (2693) [C41]
Clash in Crete (Rapid 25 10) Crete, GRE (1), 23.09.2003

1.e4 d6
2.d4 Nf6
3.Nc3 e5
4.Nf3 Nbd7
5.Bc4 Be7
6.0-0 0-0
7.Re1 c6
8.a4 b6
9.d5 cxd5
10.Nxd5 Bb7
11.b3 Rc8
12.Re2 Nxd5
13.Bxd5 Bxd5
14.Qxd5 Nf6
15.Qd1 d5
16.exd5 Qxd5
17.Qxd5 Nxd5
18.Nxe5 Rfe8
19.c4 Bd6
20.Bb2 Nf4
21.Ree1 Bb4
22.Red1 Ne2+
23.Kf1 Nc3
24.Rd3 Ne4
25.Rad1 Bc5
26.Rf3 Rcd8
27.Rxd8 Rxd8
28.Rd3 Rxd3
29.Nxd3 Nd2+
30.Ke2 Nxb3
31.Be5 f6
32.Bb8 Nd4+
33.Kd2 Nc6
34.Nxc5 Nxb8
35.Nd3 Kf7
36.Kc3 Ke6
37.c5 Kd5
38.cxb6 axb6
39.Kb4 Kc6
40.Kc4 Na6
41.Nb4+ Nxb4
42.Kxb4 h5
43.f4 g6
44.Kc4 Kd6
45.Kb5 Kc7
46.Ka6 Kc6
47.h4 f5
48.g3 Kc5
49.Kb7 1-0
 

Azmaiparashvili,Z (2693) - Kasparov,G (2830) [A11]
Clash in Crete (Rapid 25 10) Crete, GRE (2), 23.09.2003

1.c4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 a6
5.Qc2 Bg4
6.Ne5 Bh5
7.Qb3 Qc7
8.cxd5 cxd5
9.Nc3 e6
10.Bd2 Bd6
11.Rc1 Nc6
12.Na4 0-0
13.Nxc6 bxc6
14.Qb6 Qe7
15.Bd3 Bg6
16.Bxg6 fxg6
17.f3 Ne4
18.fxe4 Qh4+
19.g3 Qxe4
20.Ke2 Qg2+
21.Kd3 Rf2
22.Qa5 Rb8
23.a3 Bc7
24.Qxc7 Rxd2+
25.Kc3 Rdxb2
        0-1
 

McShane,L (2619) - Bacrot,E (2645) [C41]
Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, SWI (3.2), 22.09.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 Be7
6.g3 d5
7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Bd2 Nb4
9.Be3 Nd5
10.Qd3 0-0
11.0-0-0 Nxe3
12.Qxe3 Bc5
13.Qf4 Bd6
14.Qd2 Bb4
15.Bc4 Nd7
16.a3 Ba5
17.Rhe1 Nb6
18.Ba2 c5
19.Ndb5 Qf6
20.Nc7 Bg4
21.Nxa8 Na4
22.Nc7 Nxc3
23.bxc3 Bxc7
24.f3 Bc8
25.Qe3 Ba5
26.Qxc5 Bb6
27.Qe7 Qxf3
28.Bd5 Qh5
29.Re5 Qh6+
30.Kb1 g6
31.Rf1 Bf5
32.g4 Bd8
33.Qd6 Qh3
34.Rf3 Qxg4
35.Rexf5 1-0
 

Seirawan,Y (2626) - Xu Yuhua (2485) [E32]
Sanjian Chess Cup Sanjian, CHN (4), 20.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 0-0
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Ba6
8.Qf3 Nc6
9.e3 Na5
10.Rc1 Bb7
11.Bxf6 Qxf6
12.Qxf6 gxf6
13.Ne2 c5
14.b4 cxb4
15.axb4 Nc6
16.Rb1 Rfc8
17.Nc3 Ne7
18.Be2 Nf5
19.Kd2 Nd6
20.c5 Ne4+
21.Nxe4 Bxe4
22.Bd3 Bxd3
23.Kxd3 f5
24.Ra1 bxc5
25.bxc5 Rcb8
26.Rhb1 Rxb1
27.Rxb1 d6
28.c6 Rc8
29.d5 exd5
30.Rc1 Kf8
31.Kd4 Ke7
32.Kxd5 a5
33.Rb1 1-0
 

Handke,F (2476) - Epishin,V (2642) [B42]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.1), 27.09.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Bc5
6.Nb3 Be7
7.Qg4 g6
8.Qe2 d6
9.0-0 Nd7
10.Nc3 Qc7
11.Bd2 b6
12.f4 Ngf6
13.Rae1 Bb7
14.e5 Nh5
15.exd6 Bxd6
16.Ne4 Bxe4
17.Bxe4 Ra7
18.g3 0-0
19.Bc3 Ng7
20.Rd1 Rc8
21.Rd2 Nc5
22.Nxc5 Bxc5+
23.Kh1 Qe7
24.Rfd1 h5
25.a3 a5
26.Bf3 Qf8
27.Qe5 Be7
28.Rd7 f6
29.Qe4 Rxd7
30.Rxd7 Rd8
31.Rxd8 Qxd8
32.Qxg6 b5
33.Qe4 Kf7
34.Qh7 Bf8
35.Bxh5+ Ke7
36.Bf3 Qb6
37.Qe4 Nf5
38.Qb7+ Qxb7
39.Bxb7 Ne3
40.Be4 f5
41.Bd3 b4
42.Bd4 Nd5
43.a4 Kf7
44.Bc4 Ne7
45.Bb6 1-0
 

Davies,N (2482) - Agdestein,S (2571) [A90]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (2.5), 28.09.2003

1.d4 e6
2.g3 f5
3.Bg2 Nf6
4.c4 c6
5.Qc2 d6
6.Nf3 e5
7.dxe5 dxe5
8.0-0 Bd6
9.Nc3 e4
10.Ng5 h6
11.Nh3 0-0
12.f3 exf3
13.exf3 Na6
14.Be3 Re8
15.Bf2 Be6
16.Rfd1 Qc7
17.Ne2 Nb4
18.Qc3 c5
19.Nhf4 Bf7
20.a3 Nc6
21.Qc2 Rad8
22.Rac1 Na5
23.Nd5 Nxd5
24.cxd5 Qd7
25.Bh3 Bg6
26.Nc3 b6
27.f4 c4
28.Re1 Nb3
29.Rxe8+ Rxe8
30.Re1 Rxe1+
31.Bxe1 Nc5
32.Bf2 ½-½
 

Gordon,S (2216) - Kotronias,V (2602) [E60]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (2.14), 28.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nf3 Bg7
4.g3 0-0
5.Bg2 d6
6.0-0 Nbd7
7.d5 Nb6
8.Na3 e6
9.dxe6 Bxe6
10.Nd4 Bc8
11.Ndb5 Nfd7
12.Qc2 Nc5
13.Bd2 c6
14.Nc3 Bf5
15.e4 Be6
16.b3 f5
17.Rad1 Qf6
18.Nab1 fxe4
19.b4 Nxc4
20.bxc5 d5
21.Ne2 Qe7
22.Be3 Bg4
23.Nd4 Bxd1
24.Rxd1 Nxe3
25.fxe3 Bh6
26.Qc3 Rf6
27.Nd2 Raf8
28.Nf1 Rf2
29.Qb3 Bg7
30.Bh3 Bxd4
31.exd4 R8f3
32.Ne3 Qg5
33.Re1 Rxh2
       0-1

 

 

Past issues of The Chessville Weekly can be viewed at our archives.

Volume 2  Issue 39                                                         September 28th, 2003

In This Issue

Downloads, Downloads, Downloads!

New At Chessville

The King's Gambit for
the Creative Aggressor

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

Ask the Tiger!

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

 


Chess Express Ratings

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.

- Kenichi Ohmae
 

from the editor... Chess teachers, really good ones, come from a variety of rating classes.  One of the best teachers of opening theory is well-known opening expert IM Andrew Martin.  Next Sunday Chessville debuts a new monthly column by Martin, author of a large number of high-quality chess books and videos.  Look for IM Martin at Chessville next Sunday, October 5th.

Position of the Week

[FEN "8/4p3/2p1p3/2PkP2Q/3p4/3P4/8/7K w - - 0 1"]

White mates in four - Find the Solution

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New At Chessville

(9/28)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(9/27)  Another free eBook777 Chess Miniatures in Three, Collected and Arranged by E. Wallis, this public domain collection of chess problems, has been computer checked and converted to algebraic by Anders Thulin.  Grab it now for free on Chessville's Downloads Page.

(9/26)  New addition to the MyChessSite downloads page:  free analysis of Plenkovic-Brumen, 2003, covering the Sicilian Labourdonnais-Loewenthal Variation.  This 107 kb zipped file in pdf format is yours for the taking, courtesy of MyChessSite!


GM Nigel Davies

(9/25)  New Ask the Tiger! column for September.  This time English GM Nigel Davies gives his take on a number of different openings, opines on the best chess book for 1300 rated players, and more.  Read the latest wisdom, and wit, in September's Ask the Tiger!

(9/23)  The third and last game from the Vancouver Canada Multi-Master Simul, deeply annotated by FM Jack Yoos.  An irregular Queen Pawn opening leads to an unbalanced position, and the Masters (GM Duncan Suttles, FM Oliver Schulte, and NM Roman Jiganchine) try to grind it out against Joe Oszvald.  Enjoy!

(9/22)  Another fascinating game from the Vancouver Canada Multi-Master Simul, deeply annotated by FM Jack Yoos.  This time it's a 2.c3 Sicilian with GM Duncan Suttles, FM Oliver Schulte, and NM Roman Jiganchine taking turns with the White pieces, taking on E. Goutor.
 

Downloads, Downloads, Downloads

Were you aware of the extensive amount of material Chessville has for free downloading?  Take a look at what you'l find on the Chessville Downloads Page:  Knights Tour ("a simple game of skill", yeah, right!); Wallpaper Graphics; PGN Language Notation Converter; FEN to PGN Conversion Utility; a dozen eBooks, including such titles as Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker, Chess History and Reminiscences, by H. E. Bird, Maelzel's Chess Player by Edgar Allen Poe, and many puzzles collections along with analysis on the Smith-Morra Gambit.

Chessville also offers pgn game collections, organized by Opening or by Players.  Other download pages at Chessville include Tactical Exercises; Chessbaselight Random Training; Links to Other Site's Downloads; and Links to Other Site's Game Collections.

Let's not forget My Chess Site's Free Downloads page at Chessville, containing a variety of opening analysis, annotated games, tourney and player games collections, all courtesy of MyChessSite.

There's plenty to choose from here, and the best part - it's all 100% free for you to download today!  Visit Chessville's Downloads Page.
 

The King's Gambit
for the Creative Aggressor!

by Thomas Johansson

Johansson's classic work on The King's Gambit is once again available in North America, exclusively from Chessville for $18.95 + S/H.

John Watson calls it "...a complete repertoire for White in the King's Gambit, suggesting specialized systems, but also offering quite a few second choices along the way.  Johansson has tried to provide relatively new, less known variations which give both players, but especially White... plenty of room to find new ideas. The book is carefully researched..."

Chess Cafe's review says Johansson "has written a comprehensive repertoire book...that can benefit most any level of player wishing to learn this opening from the White side."

Correspondence IM Mike Donnelly says the book is "...intended to be a mixture of a reference book, a trends book and a repertoire book.  In this laudable aim I feel the author is highly successful.  Each selected line is given in clear and detailed form so that a real understanding of the line is provided...The book is permeated with many technically useful comments, for example in general observations of the position, and the author's enthusiasm shines through in these comments.  Importantly, however, I feel that he remains pretty objective about his evaluations and one gets the distinct feeling of having to give the Kings Gambit a try out.  Highly recommended."

Should you play the King's Gambit?  What does it take?  Johansson himself says, in the book's introduction:

"Well, the requirements aren't that different from the ones of other openings.  It's important to be able to exploit the usual endgame advantages like: better pawn structure, more space, the bishop pair, and especially the initiative that comes from having the more active pieces.  The two most important personal qualities required are hinted in the title: Creativity and the Will to Attack!"

"Those players who wish to be well prepared but only have a limited time for opening preparations will appreciate the King's Gambit, since it's quite manageable to keep oneself up to date theoretically because this opening isn't continually showered by new [Theoretical Novelties] from Grandmaster practice."

We have a limited number of copies available.  Write to Chessville today for your copy, before they're all gone!
 

Ask the Tiger!

(9/25)  New Ask the Tiger! column for September.  This time English GM Nigel Davies gives his take on a number of different opening questions, opines on the best chess book for 1300 rated players, and more.  Read the latest wisdom, and wit, in September's Ask the Tiger!


GM Nigel Davies

Ask the Tiger! is your chance to pick the brain of one of England's leading GMs, chess teachers, and authors.  GM Nigel Davies comes to Chessville with a very impressive list of credentials:

  • IM since 1982

  • GM 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.

Some of the questions GM Davies responds to this month:

"I'm a chess hobbyist who only plays against computers (I just can't commit to a club, even for only one night a week). I favor the Stonewall Attack with White, and your "souped-up" Stonewall from your video got my attention and got me to thinking. Would it be possible to come up with an opening system for White where you..."

"Which opening book do you think is the best for 1300 rating players?"

"In the game Short-Beliavsky, Linares 1992, Black played 57...f6, White responded 58.Ke6?? and was instantly mated by 58...Bc8.  In Beliavsky's book Modern Endgame Practice, he says that after 58.Nxf6 Bxg2 59.Bf5 Ke7 "any chances of a win are insignificant."  Ed Eusebi and I have been looking at this position though, and wondered if White's chances weren't better after all?  Our thoughts ran something along the lines of..."

Read all of GM Davies columns: September 2003, June/July, 2003, May 2003, and April 2003.

The Tiger Bites:

Thompson,I (2290) - Davies,N (2482) [A21]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.23), 27.09.2003

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.c5 Nf6 6.cxd6 cxd6 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Qc7 9.0-0 Nc6 10.d3 b6 11.Bg5 Nd7 12.Nd2 h6 13.Be3 Bb7 14.Nc4 Nd8 15.a4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nc6 17.Qb3 d5 18.Na3 Nf6
19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.Bd2 Qd7 21.c4 Nd4 22.Qd1 e4 23.Nb5 Nxb5 24.cxb5 d4 25.dxe4 Nxe4 26.Bb4 Re5 27.e3 Ng5 28.exd4 Re4 29.f3 Rxd4 30.Qb3 Rd3 31.Qc4 Re8 32.Rce1 Rxe1 33.Bxe1 Qh3+ 34.Kg1 Nxf3+ 0-1
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Who Am I? #1:  I was born in Hungary, but emigrated to the US at age 16. I improved my play by attending the Marshall and Manhattan chess clubs. I played in 3 successive Olympiads for the US. I won the US Open title once outright, as well as sharing the title on another occasion. I also won the US Championship once. After moving from New York to Hollywood, I wrote a chess column in the "Los Angeles Times" for over 20 years. I also founded the "Hollywood Chess Group", which was patronized by actors such as Humphrey Bogart.  I died suddenly of a heart attack, and I shared my surname with 2 other masters.  Who Am I!?

Who Am I? #2:  I learnt to play chess at the age of 4, and made my debut in my country's national championship at age 15. I went on to win my country's title 10 times, including a run of 7 titles in a row. Despite my domestic success, I did not participate in many international tournaments, as I concentrated on my studies.  I became a psychologist, and then a university lecturer on the subject.  My major international competition were the Chess Olympiads, where I represented my country 9 times over a 20 year period.  I played on board 1, and showed that I was equal to the best players in the world. I was the first player to defeat Mikhail Tal after he won the world title in 1960.  The stress of OTB play and poor stamina led to a decline in my play. I took up CC, and for a couple of years I was the highest rated CC player in the world. I led my country to a surprise victory in a CC Olympiad. Who am I?

Find out who is who!

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Latest news: October 2003 FIDE rating list available

  • European Clubs Cup (September 27th - October 5th / Rethymnon, GREECE)  Kasparov, Grischuk, Shirov, Svidler, Bareev, Adams, Ivanchuk, Akopian, Azmaiparashvili, Dreev, etc.

  • Kasparov - Azmaiparashvili rapid & blitz match (September 23 / Crete, GREECE)  Kasparov won the rapid games (2-0) and the blitz match (3.5-0.5) / Games available

  • October 2003 FIDE rating list  Top 10: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Bareev, Shirov, Topalov, Grischuk, Adams, Svidler & Leko

  • Lausanne Young Masters (September 17 - 22 / Lausanne, SWITZERLAND)  Luke McShane wins the 4th Young Masters tournament, Etienne Bacrot finished in 2nd place
    Games available

  • More!

Isle of Man International:  Epishin, Davies, etc.  Short withdraws in dispute over 1st round repairing!

Emms,J (2520) - Bjarnason,O (2261) [B01]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (2.10), 28.09.2003

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 c6 6.Bd2 Bf5 7.Ne4 Qc7 8.Nxf6+ gxf6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 Be4 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 f5 13.Nh4 Bxg2 14.Nxf5 Bf6 15.Rxe7 Qd8 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Bg5 1-0

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Chessbase
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European Chess Championships - Official Site, by the Bulgarian Chess Federation.  October 10th - 21st.

Tigerchess - Updated Grandmaster Growl

NY Daily News: Alekhine at the Armory, 1932

About.com Chess - Openings - Traps! (Part 3)

Chess Siberia
     The review 5 numbers of the newspaper "64" for August, 1937 (28.09.2003); View 2 games (javascript)

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler - Kidnapped (for 28 minutes)

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #158, 09/24/2003:  1) Shabalov wins Levy Memorial; 2) Karapetian leads Goodall Tuesday Night Marathon; 3) Marshall - Mechanics' Under 16 Match this Sunday; 4) GM Ken Rogoff and the IMF; 5) Zukertort in San Francisco; 6) Here and There

Zukertort-Jefferson, Remove White's QN,
Played at the Chess Room of the Mechanics' Institute
San Francisco, July 1884.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.d5 Ne7 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Nexd5 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Re1 0–0 13.Qf3 c6 14.Rad1 Qc8 15.h3 Bc7 16.Bd3 Re8 17.Bb1 Bxh3 18.Rxd5 Nxd5 19.Qxf7+ Kh8 20.Bh6 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Rg8 22.Rh5 Nf6 23.Rxh3 Qd7 24.Qxd7 Nxd7 25.Bg5 Nf8 26.Bc2 h6 27.Bb3 Nh7 28.Bd2 Rgf8 29.Bc3 Nf6 30.f3 b6 31.g4 Nd5 32.Rxh6+ Kg8 33.Rxc6 Rad8 34.Rg6 Rf7 35.Rg5 Nxc3 36.bxc3 Kf8 37.Bxf7 Kxf7 38.Rf5+ Ke6 39.Rf4 Rd1+ 40.Kf2 Rd2+ 41.Kg3 Rxa2 42.Re4+ Kf6 43.f4 Ra3 44.g5+ Kf5 45.Re5+ Kg6 46.Kg4 Rxc3 47.Re7 a5 48.f5+ Kh7 49.Re8 g6 50.f6 a4 51.f7 1-0

The Chess Drum
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     Added CC Tandem Chess to Sites of Note

Seagaard Chess Reviews
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World Chess Network
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RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1988, 1976

Annotated Games

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Vescovi-Schneider, Pan-Am Ch. 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Three Miniatures - Lugovoi-Balashov, 56th Russian Ch. 2003; Haba-Kokes, Chrudim Open 2003; Krum Georgiev-Pelitov, Bulgaria 1974

Jack Peters (LA Times): Vaisser-Bauer, France 2003

David Sands (Washington Times): Seirawan Walks Away: Seirawan-Zarnicki, Buenos Aires 1993; Seirawan-Speelman, Elista Olympiad, 1998

Boris Schipkov (Chess Siberia): Anand-Bologan, Dortmund 2003

Australian Chess Columns
     Ian Rogers: Popov-Svidler, 56th Russian Ch. 2003; Song-Luchtmeijer, North Sydney, 2003
     Peter Parr: Canfell-Xie, NSW Ch. 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail) - Svidler-Volkov, 56th Russian Ch. 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
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The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com

Answers to the Mad Aussie's Who Am I? Quiz:

1)  Herman Steiner (US, 1905-55)
2) Jonathan Penrose (England)

Return to The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

Position of the Week: Solution


Composed by Gilbert Dobbs
White Mates in Four

First Published in the American Chess Bulletin March-April, 1942

1.Qd1!  The key move.  Black has two choices:  A)  1...Kxe5 2.Qf1 Kd5 3.Qc1 e5 (3...Ke5 4.Qg5 mate) 4.Qc4 mate.  Or B)  1...Kxc5 2.Qb1 Kd5 3.Qe1 c5 (3...Kc5 4.Qa5 mate) 4.Qe4 mate.
 

 
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Chess
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Soviet Grandmasters privately scoffed at Karpov’s chances in 1975. Most pundits believed he would lose… and lose badly.  – Lev Alburt (on Karpov’s chances against Fischer)

Karpov knew he could hardly draw a game with Fischer, never mind winning one or two games.  His only chance was to disrupt the match.  So a whole arsenal of tricks was worked out, designed to upset the sensitive American, unaccustomed to such methods. – Lev Alburt

Bobby was afraid that if he had defended against Karpov in 1975, the Russians would have had him murdered. – Pal Benko

Finally America produces its greatest chess genius, and he turns out to be just a stubborn boy. – Hans Kmoch (on Fischer)

Bobby was a role model, a chess player loved for his smile, his secret power, for moves that were thrilling and sexy. There were chess groupies who craved Bobby but settled for sallow preoccupied masters who spent their days poring over dense books in clubs and coffee shops. It was the time of Muhammed Ali, Joe Namath, the Beatles, and Bobby Fischer. – Fred Waitzkin (on the early 70’s)

Just because a man was champion for many years does not necessarily mean that he was a good player.
– Bobby Fischer

Playing chess gives us a chance to start out life over again, and this time, no one has more money than us, no one is more beautiful, no one lives in a better neighborhood, and we all go to the same school. Other than having the first move, and this benefit is shared equally, no one starts with any unfair advantage. – Source Unknown

 

 

 

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GAMES

Hebden,M (2544) - Aagaard,J (2360) [B96]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.14), 27.09.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6
7.f4 Nbd7
8.Qf3 Qc7
9.0-0-0 b5
10.Bd3 Bb7
11.a3 Qb6
12.Nb3 Be7
13.Qe2 Rc8
14.Kb1 Rxc3
15.bxc3 Qc7
16.Rhe1 0-0
17.e5 dxe5
18.fxe5 Nd5
19.Bxh7+ Kxh7
20.Rxd5 Bxd5
21.Bxe7 Re8
22.Bb4 Kg8
23.Qe3 f6
24.Bd6 Qc4
25.exf6 Nxf6
26.h3 a5
27.g4 Rc8
28.Be5 Nd7
29.Bd4 Qc7
30.Qg5 e5
31.Nc1 exd4
32.Qxd5+ Kf8
33.Qf5+ Nf6
34.g5 d3
35.gxf6 1-0
 

Lane,G (2412) - Sulskis,S (2593) [C63]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.5), 27.09.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 f5
4.Nc3 Nd4
5.Ba4 c6
6.0-0 b5
7.Bb3 Nxb3
8.axb3 b4
9.Na4 fxe4
10.Nxe5 Nf6
11.d4 Be7
12.Bg5 0-0
13.Qe2 Nd5
14.Bd2 Qc7
15.Qxe4 d6
16.Nd3 Bf5
17.Qf3 Rab8
18.Rab1 Qd7
19.Qg3 Bf6
20.Rbd1 Bxd4
21.Nxb4 Nxb4
22.Bxb4 Rxb4
23.c3 Be5
24.f4  Bxf4
25.Rxf4 Rxf4
26.Qxf4 Bg4
27.Qxd6 Qf7
28.h3 Bxd1
29.Qxd1 a5
         0-1
 

Lputian,S (2623) - Sandipan,C (2469) [A45]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.2), 27.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.Bg5 e6
3.e3 h6
4.Bh4 b6
5.c4 g5
6.Bg3 Ne4
7.Bd3 Nxg3
8.hxg3 Bb7
9.Nf3 Bg7
10.Nc3 Nc6
11.a3 Ne7
12.Be4 Bxe4
13.Nxe4 d5
14.cxd5 exd5
15.Nc3 Qd6
16.Qc2 c6
17.Rc1 f5
18.Na2 0-0
19.Nb4 f4
20.gxf4 gxf4
21.exf4 Rxf4
22.Nxc6 Rc8
23.Nfe5 Nxc6
24.Nxc6 Rf6
25.Rh5 Rxc6
26.Qxc6 Qe7+
         0-1
 

Daly,C (2355) - Kogan,A (2534) [D12]
Monarch Assurance XII Port Erin IOM (1.15), 27.09.2003

1.Nf3 d5
2.d4 c6
3.c4 Nf6
4.e3 Bf5
5.Nc3 e6
6.Bd3 Bxd3
7.Qxd3 Bb4
8.0-0 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3
10.bxc3 Qa5
11.cxd5 cxd5
12.Rb1 Nb6
13.Nd2 Rc8
14.Bb2 0-0
15.f3 Rc7
16.e4 Na4
17.c4 Qa6
18.Rfc1 Rfc8
19.Ba1 dxc4
20.Qe3 b5
21.Qg5 c3
22.Nf1 Qb6
23.Rxb5 Qxd4+
24.Qe3 e5
25.Rb4 Rc4
26.Rb7 Nc5
27.Rxa7 Nd3
28.Rc2 Rb8
29.h4 h6
30.a4 Rb1
31.Qxd4 0-1

 

 

 

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