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GAMES

Janssen,R (2483) - L'Ami,E (2433) [D86]
Dutch Chess Championship Leeuwarden, NED (5), 01.07.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 0-0
8.Ne2 Nc6
9.0-0 b6
10.Be3 Bb7
11.Qd2 Na5
12.Bd3 c5
13.d5 e6
14.dxe6 fxe6
15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Bg5 Bf6
17.Bxf6 Qxf6
18.f4 Rad8
19.e5 Qh4
20.Qe3 Rd7
21.Ng3 Rfd8
22.Qe2 Kh8
23.Ne4 c4
24.Bc2 Rxd1
25.Bxd1 Bxe4
26.Qxe4 Qe7
27.Bg4 b5
28.h4 Nb7
29.h5 Kg7
30.Bf3 Nc5
31.Qb1 a6
32.Qe1 Rd3
33.Be2 Rd8
34.Qg3 Ne4
35.Qh3 Rd2
36.Bf3 Nxc3
37.Kh2 Rd3
38.Qg4 Nd5
39.Bxd5 Rxd5
40.Rf3 Rd3
41.Rf2 c3
42.f5 exf5
43.Rxf5 c2
44.h6+ Kg8
        0-1
 

Ernst,S (2475) - Van den Doel,E (2588) [D20]
Dutch Chess Championship Leeuwarden, NED (6), 02.07.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 dxc4
3.e4 Nf6
4.e5 Nd5
5.Bxc4 Nb6
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.Be3 Nb4
8.Be4 f5
9.exf6 exf6
10.Nc3 f5
11.Bf3 N4d5
12.Nh3 Be7
13.Nf4 Nxe3
14.fxe3 0-0
15.0-0 Bg5
16.Qb3+ Kh8
17.Kh1 Qe7
18.Rae1 c6
19.a4 Re8
20.Bh5 Be6
21.Nxe6 Qxe6
22.d5 cxd5
23.Bxe8 Rxe8
24.e4 h6
25.e5 d4
26.Qxe6 Rxe6
27.Nb5 d3
28.Nd4 Re8
29.Nxf5 d2
30.Rd1 Nxa4
31.h4 Nxb2
32.Nd6 Nxd1
33.Rxd1 Re6
34.hxg5 Kh7
35.Rxd2 Rxe5
36.gxh6 b5
37.Ra2 Rd5
38.Nc8 Rd8
39.Ne7 Kxh6
40.Rxa7 Rb8
41.Nc6 Rb6
42.Nb4 g6
43.Rd7 Kg5
44.Kh2 Rf6
45.Rb7 Rf5
46.Nc6 Kf4
47.Nd4 Rh5+
48.Kg1 Rd5
49.Nxb5 Kg3
50.Nc3 Re5
51.Rf7 Re3
52.Nd1 Ra3
53.Rf1 g5
54.Nf2 g4
55.Ne4+ Kh4
56.Rf4 Re3
57.Kh2 Re2
58.Ng3 Ra2
59.Rf8 Rb2
60.Rh8+ Kg5
61.Rh5+ 1-0
 

Van Wely,L (2675) - Delemarre,J (2418) [D30]
Dutch Chess Championship Leeuwarden, NED (9), 05.07.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 e6
4.e3 Nf6
5.Bd3 Nbd7
6.0-0 Bd6
7.Nbd2 0-0
8.e4 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5
10.exd5 exd4
11.Ne4 Nxe4
12.Bxe4 Nf6
13.Qxd4 Nxe4
14.Qxe4 Re8
15.Qd4 b6
16.Bg5 f6
17.Bh4 Bb7
18.Rfd1 Rc8
19.Qa4 Re7
20.Rd2 Rc5
21.Rad1 Rd7
22.Qg4 Kh8
23.Kh1 Bc7
24.d6 Rxd6
25.Rxd6 Bxd6
26.Qe6 Bxf3
27.gxf3 Qa8
28.Qxd6 Qxf3+
29.Kg1 h5
30.Qd8+ Kh7
31.Qd3+ Qxd3
32.Rxd3 Rc2
33.Rb3 Rc5
34.Bg3 Ra5
35.a3 g5
36.h4 Kg6
37.Rc3 Rb5
38.b4 a5
39.Rc4 axb4
40.Rxb4 Rxb4
41.axb4 b5
42.Kg2 1-0
 

Alexopoulos,G (2236) - Nakamura,H (2648) [B22]
World Open: 5-Day (1), 02.07.2003

1.e4 c5
2.c3 Nf6
3.e5 Nd5
4.Nf3 Nc6
5.d4 cxd4
6.Bc4 Nb6
7.Bb3 d5
8.exd6 Qxd6
9.0-0 Be6
10.Bxe6 Qxe6
11.Nxd4 Nxd4
12.Qxd4 Rd8
13.Qb4 Qc6
14.a4 Rd5
15.a5 e6
16.Qf4 Bd6
17.axb6 Bxf4
18.bxa7 Ke7
19.Bxf4 Ra8
20.Bb8 Rd8
21.Na3 Raxb8
22.axb8Q Rxb8
23.Nc2 Rd8
24.Nd4 Qb6
25.b4 Rc8
26.Ra3 Rc4
27.Rd1 Qc7
28.Ne2 h5
29.Rd4 Qe5
30.Rd2 Re4
31.Raa2 Qxc3
        0-1
 

Gulko,B (2697) - Bengtson,M (2295) [A34]
World Open: 7-Day Philadelphia (1), 30.06.2003

1.c4 c5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.d4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 g6
7.e3 Bg7
8.Bd3 0-0
9.0-0 Qc7
10.Qe2 b6
11.Rd1 Bb7
12.e4 e6
13.Be3 Nd7
14.e5 f6
15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Ne5 Nd5
17.Qg4 Bxe5
18.Qxe6+ Kh8
19.dxe5 Nxe3
20.fxe3 Rae8
21.Qd6 Qg7
22.e6 Qh6
23.e4 Qe3+
24.Kh1 g5
25.Qe5+ 1-0
 

Dreev,A (2695) - Koneru,H (2496) [E12]
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (1), 04.06.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.a3 Ba6
5.Qc2 d5
6.cxd5 exd5
7.Nc3 c6
8.Bg5 Be7
9.g3 0-0
10.Bh3 Re8
11.0-0 Ne4
12.Bxe7 Rxe7
13.Ne5 Nxc3
14.bxc3 f6
15.Nd3 Qd6
16.a4 Nd7
17.a5 Ree8
18.Rfe1 Bb5
19.Nf4 Bc4
20.e4 dxe4
21.Rxe4 Nf8
22.Rae1 Rxe4
23.Qxe4 Bf7
24.a6 g5
25.Ng2 Re8
26.Qb1 Rxe1+
27.Qxe1 Be6
28.Bxe6+ Nxe6
29.Ne3 Nc7
30.Nf5 Qd7
31.Qe7 Qxf5
32.Qd8+ Kg7
33.Qxc7+ Kg6
34.Qxc6 g4
35.c4 Qd3
36.Qd5 Qb3
37.Qe4+ f5
38.Qe6+ Kg5
39.Qe3+ Qxe3
40.fxe3 Kf6
41.Kf2 1-0
 

Koneru,H (2496) - Sasikiran,K (2658) [A04]
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (2), 05.06.2003

1.Nf3 c5
2.g3 Nc6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 g6
5.Bg2 Bg7
6.Nb3 h5
7.h3 d6
8.Nc3 Be6
9.Nd5 Rc8
10.c3 Nf6
11.e4 Qd7
12.Be3 0-0
13.Qe2 Rfe8
14.f4 b6
15.Rd1 Nd8
16.Nd4 Bxd5
17.exd5 e5
18.dxe6 Nxe6
19.0-0 Nxd4
20.Rxd4 Qe6
21.Rd3 Qxa2
22.f5 gxf5
23.Rxf5 Rc5
24.Rxc5 dxc5
25.Bc6 Re6
26.Rd8+ Bf8
27.Bf3 Qb1+
28.Kg2 Qg6
29.Kh2 Kg7
30.Qf2 Ne4
31.Bxe4 Rxe4
32.Rd5 Be7
33.Bf4 Qe6
34.Rd2 c4
35.Qf3 Kg6
36.Bb8 Re3
37.Qg2 Bc5
38.Bf4 Re1
39.Qf3 a5
40.Kg2 a4
41.Qa8 f5
42.g4 fxg4
43.Kg3 Re3+
44.Kh2 Re2+
       0-1


 

 

 

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

Volume 2  Issue 27                                                         July 6th, 2003

In This Issue

The Lucena Position Part 2

New At Chessville

Site Review: ChessMix

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

1894 World Championship Match: Lasker vs Steinitz

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence." Abigail Adams

1st OCL Individual Tourney
by Carl Tillotson, DIS/TD

Registration is still open for the 1st OCL Individual Tournament. There are three sections available, these are OPEN, Under-1800 and Under-1500.

The tournament will be 60-15 time controls, same as for the OCL Team events.  This time, however, it's an Individual event. Each section will be over 5 rounds, there will be one game each week. You can choose when to play the game, so long as you and your opponent agree a date/time and that the game is finished before the round deadline.

Registration Deadline 00:00 FicsST July 12th

If you have not tried the OCL before, or maybe you haven't got enough STANDARD games under your belt, then now is the time to give it a try!  Register today!  Click here for further information and details on how to enter.
 

Position of the Week

White Mates In Four - Find the Solution

 

 

New At Chessville

(7/6)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(7/6)  Ask the Tiger!  The latest question and answer column from one of the world's leading GMs, chess teachers, and authors, Nigel Davies, of Tiger Chess fame.  This month's column includes his advice on using computers, the Zukertort Opening, eating one's vegetables, his list of the top-10 must have chess books, advice on the Grunfeld and Stonewall openings, the best ever endgame books, and more!  Read his latest column, and learn what the Tiger knows.

(7/5)  Lasker-Steinitz Game 16:  The latest game from this famous 1894 World Championship Match, featuring annotations by Wilhelm Steinitz himself.  This has been a match of streaks - and the most recent streak belonged to Steinitz with wins in games 13 and 14.  Lasker regained momentum with a win of his own in game 15.  Now Lasker repeats a tactic that served him well in Game 10, when he repeated Steinitz's own opening variation against him!  Will it work again in Game 16?

(7/4)  Site Review - Chess Mix.  ChessMix is a relatively new site by 47-year old Bulgarian GM Ventzislav Inkiov (current FIDE Elo 2478).  The site has been translated into English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, and Italian.  Let's take a look...

(7/4)  Free Download - PGN Notation Language Converter:  This freeware utility was been coded by Dimitris Siskopoulos based on an idea of Andreas Prapopoulos.  The aim of this software is to convert Chess Notation between English and French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish (and vice-versa).  An attempt is made to make the conversion similar to the pgn notation standards in order the converted notation in English language can be readable by a chess playing software.  This is a 71 kb zipped file. (Updated from the original version posted on 6/28.)

(6/30)  The Lucena Position, Part 2.  In Part 1 we looked at the basic winning method.  In Part 2 we look at why White cannot win if the pawn is on the a- or h-files (OK, we will even look at the exception to this exception!).  Still to come: Part 3, where we will examine the important question of getting to the Lucena position from earlier in the endgame.
 

The Lucena Position Part 2
By David Surratt

This position, and ones similar in characteristic, are known as the Lucena position.  Luis Ramirez Lucena, (1465-1530 est.) was a Spanish chess player and author of the oldest existing printed book on chess, Repeticion de Amores y Arte de Axedres, published in Spain in 1497.  The Lucena position is won for White, regardless of who is on move, and regardless of which file the pawn is on, except for the a & h files.

In The Lucena Position Part 1 we looked at the basic winning method:  the rook needs to be on the 4th rank in order to provide shelter for the king, which is going to wind up on g5.  Many chess teachers call this "building a bridge", although I have never really understood that as being descriptive of what White is trying to accomplish.  For me, I think of it as building a shield, since White wants to shield his king from the coming Black checks.  Black's only hope is to keep checking the king once it emerges from the shelter of it's pawn, hoping that White won't be able to avoid a perpetual check...

In The Lucena Position Part 2 we look at why White cannot win if the pawn is on the a- or h-files (OK, we will even look at the exception to this exception!).  When the pawn is on the a or h-file, the opposing king must be cut off by more than three files or else the game is drawn.  If the enemy king is four or more files away, then the pawn can win.  First, let's look at the drawn position...

Still to come: The Lucena Position Part 3, where we will examine the important question of getting to the Lucena position from earlier in the endgame.
 


Reviewed by David Surratt

ChessMix is a relatively new site by 47-year old Bulgarian GM Ventzislav Inkiov (current FIDE Elo 2478).  The site has been translated into several different languages "in the spirit of the motto of FIDE "Gens una sumus", including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Bulgarian, Italian.  Let's take a look...

My first impression was that the pages look overly cluttered, although navigation is simple enough.  Menu buttons along the left side of the pages include: 10 Days; Calendar; Events; Find Club & Player; Closed Tournaments; Announcements; Books; E-Books; ELO; Tools: Travel; Weather; Maps; Country Profile; Converter; About us; The Team; Contact.  I was, unfortunately, unable to discover who the remainder of the team was as I was unable to use the "Contact Us" page.  Apparently "The Message can't contain special chars", like quotation marks, apostrophes, and I don't know what else because I could never get my message to go through, and quit after a half-dozen tries.

Every ten days a new download file is made available in both pgn and Chessbase formats.  The most recent download I looked at was an 867 kb zipped pgn file containing 3696 games from such diverse events as the European Championships to the Pan American Championships to the famous 1st Saturday Tourneys to the Svidler-Chernyshov match.  Also included were rapid games (New York Masters) and the DEM Willingen Under-18, U16, U14, U12, and Under-10.  Games of this caliber may color your view of the database, as may some of the nearly indecipherable event listings (e.g. 5th ZNG111).

Registration on the site is free, although I haven't figured out any advantage to doing so.  It costs $4.95 however to see another registered user's profile.  There is also a section for listing players, organizers, and clubs, although there are very few in any category registered as yet.

A series of eBooks are available - for a price - all focused on opening theory.  Current offerings include:  Chaos Counter Attack 1.d4 g6 2.c4 g7 3.c3 c5 4.d5 c3+ 5.bc f5 ($13.95 to download, $4.95 to view online once); Schlieman Counter Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f5 ($11.95 for download, $4.95 to view one time online); New Chaos Counter Attack 1.d4 c5 2.d5 f5; Anti-Gruenfeld; The Spike Anti-Pirc 1.e4 d6 2.d4 f6 3.c3 g6 4.e2 g7 5.g4!?; Trompovski 1.d4 f6 2.g5 e4; Anti, Anti Sicilian; Ideas for Black and White in the 2.c3 and 3.c3 Sicilian.  Still, the eBooks sound interesting, if not a bit steeply priced.  By comparison Chess Publishing charges $18 for access to a single section for a full year.

A great international chess tournament and events section, with plenty of detail are provided in a very organized manner.  Links to outside websites provide information on traveling arrangements – e.g. train-, plane- and ferry-timetables, weather forecasts, exchange rates, information about destinations, and more.

A simple interface is provided to research someone's FIDE Elo rating on the FIDE site, along with a rather sparse links section, which currently only provides links to 1 Sponsor's link, FIDE & the European Chess Union, + 68 other national Federations.

Overall, this looks like a fairly commercial site, with little free chess content.  A Barnes and Nobles affiliation provides access to books, and another small banner ad near the top center of each page completes their revenue generation mechanisms.  Visit ChessMix.
 

1894 World Championship Match
Lasker vs Steinitz

In 1894 the defending World Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, Champion for the preceding 28 years, played a match for the title with Emmanuel Lasker.  The match was more hard fought than the final score might indicate, and took place over a span on nearly two and one-half months in three different cities - New York, Pennsylvania, and Montreal.

The match was won by Lasker, who would go on to hold the title for 27 years himself, by a score of +10 -5 =4.  We've gathered the scores of these 19 games together, along with annotations by both combatants as well as American Champion Jackson Showalter - The Kentucky Lion.  Each game can be followed on the screen using the diagrams provided, or on an interactive javascript board.

This was a match of streaks:  after splitting the first six games 3-3, Lasker proceeded to run off five straight wins.  Steinitz steadied the ship with a draw in game 12 and then started a winning streak of his own with wins in games 13 and 14.  Lasker regained momentum with a win in game 15.  In today's game Lasker repeats a tactic that served him well in Game 10, when he repeated Steinitz's own opening variation from game 9 against him!  Will it work again in Game 16?  Follow all of the games of this famous 1894 World Championship Match, and see these two giants of chess history locked in mortal combat!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Who Am I?

1.  I played OTB chess both before and after WW2.  I won my country's national championship 7 times, plus I also represented my country in 8 Olympiads.  My best performance was finishing 1st in a European Zonal tournament.  I then started playing CC, and my results in this form of chess exceeded my OTB results.  I also became a tournament arbiter, and was the chief arbiter at 2 world championship matches.  I was awarded the Golden Palm of the Order of the Crown by my country for my achievements in chess.  You would not associate my name with the country that I live in.  Who Am I?

2.  I learnt to play chess at the comparatively late of 16, but by my mid 20's I was already one of the top players in the world.  I won 13 of the first 23 tournaments that I competed in, including 5 successive tournaments in one year.  I was a logical choice to play in a match for the world championship title, but could not arrange the financial backing required to make such a match a reality.   In the latter part of my career, my results started to become more erratic.  My good results would be mixed with times when I would play extremely poorly and commit inexplicable blunders.  I was also very shy and introverted.  I would withdraw to the corner of the tournament hall after making a move.  I claimed that I spent 6 hours a day, 300 days a year studying the game, and played in tournaments for another 60 days.  I was considered one of the best rook endgame players of all time.  Who Am !?

Find the solutions here!     Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Latest news: Alexey Dreev, Krishnan Sasikiran and Lazaro Bruzon lead in the North Sea Cup

  • 18th North Sea Cup (July 4-12 / Esbjerg, DENMARK)
    Dreev, Sasikiran, Heine Nielsen, McShane, Hansen, Bruzon, Dominguez, Krasenkow, Schandorff, Koneru

  • 31st World Open (Philadelphia, USA)
    Follow the event with the latest results and standings

  • 1st Saturday Tournament (Budapest, HUNGARY)
    July tournaments being played

  • Dutch Championships (June 26 - July 5 / Leeuwarden, NETHERLANDS)
    Loek van Wely retains his title another year (6.5/9), Tiviakov and Stellwagen finish in 2nd place (5.5)
    All the games are available

  • FIDE Rating list (July 2003)
    Top 10: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Leko, Topalov, Grischuk, Shirov, Svidler, Bareev & Adams

  • Greenland Rapid Chess Tournament (June 28 - 30 / Qaqortoq, ICELAND)
    Luke McShane won the tournament (8.5/9), Johan Hjartarson finished in 2nd place (7.5/9)

  • More!

Kraai,J (2510) - Harmon,C (2211) [A30]
World Open: 7-Day Philadelphia, PA (3), 02.07.2003

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Re1 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 0-0 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Qd2 a6 14.Rac1 Rc7 15.d5 Qa8 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Nc6 e5 18.b4 Ncd7 19.a4 Nb8 20.b5 a5 21.Ba3 Bf8 22.Re2 Nbd7 23.Rce1 h6 24.Nd1 Nc5 25.Bxc5 bxc5 26.Nxa5 Nd7 27.Nb2 Bg7 28.Nc6 f5 29.a5 Bc8 30.Na4 Nf6 31.Nxe5 dxe5 32.d6 Rb7 33.Nb6 1-0

Ziatdinov,R (2476) - Finegold,B (2631) [B65]
World Open: 7-Day Philadelphia, PA (3), 02.07.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxe5 Qxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Bb5 a6 16.Bd3 b5 17.Be4 Rb8 18.Rd6 b4 19.Na4 Rb5 20.Re1 Ng6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.g3 g5 23.Kd2 Kh7 24.Kd3 Kg6 25.Kd4 Bb7 26.c4 bxc3 27.bxc3 Ra5 28.Nc5 Bd5 29.c4 Rxc5 30.Kxc5 Rc8+ 31.Kb6 Rxc4 32.a3 Rc2 33.Kxa6 Rxh2 34.a4 Ra2 35.a5 Ra3 36.Rg1 Kf5 37.Rd7 f6 38.exf6 gxf6 39.Kb6 Rb3+ 40.Kc5 Rc3+ 41.Kb6 Rb3+ 42.Kc5 Rc3+ 43.Kb6 ½-½

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Radjabov,T (2644) - Dizdarevic,E (2491) [D45]
Bosnia Sarajevo (6), 24.05.2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nh6 9.Bd2 Nf8 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf5 12.Nxd6+ Qxd6 13.0-0-0 Ng6 14.h4 Nge7 15.Bd3 f6 16.h5 Kf7 17.Rg4 b5 18.Bf4 Qb4 19.Rdg1 bxc4 20.Bxc4 Rg8 21.a3 Qb6 22.Nh4 Nd5 23.Nxf5 exf5 24.R4g3 a5 25.Rb3 Qa7 26.Bxd5+ cxd5 27.Qc6 Qa6 28.Qxd5+ Be6 29.Rb7+ Ke8 30.Re1 Rc8+ 31.Kd2 Rc6 32.Qd7+ 1-0

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     Larry Evans On Chess: TOPALOV TOPPED IN LEON

Guardian Unlimited: Pawn Brokers  "American grandmaster Larry Christiansen says: "Chess can be art in the hands of a gifted, creative player but is usually a kind of science/sport." Meanwhile, grandmaster Alexei Shirov, currently the world's number five and arguably the most fearlessly creative player of his generation, draws a distinction between the beauty of the game itself - as seen in the formal perfection and complexity of well-composed chess problems - and the bloody business of actually playing. "Let's say, the game itself is an art," he concludes, "but competitive chess isn't, even though the elements of art may be present."

Scotsmans.com (Albert Morris): Opening up young minds to the thrust and parry of a mental duel

Philippine Star: Place your bet on Pinoy chess

The Independent: Syrian chess fanatic makes a bizarre move on Cordiant

Financial Times: Einstein sinks into administration

Washington Times: Emerging superpowers shine

ChessBaseUSA T-Notes
     JUNE 29, 2003 NEW FRITZ SHOOTOUT FEATURES
     JUNE 22, 2003 FRITZ TECHNIQUE TRAINER
     JUNE 15, 2003 THE COOLEST CHESS PROBLEM EVER
     JUNE 8, 2003 JUNIOR8 AND DEEP JUNIOR8

Russian Chess - Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov and Nana Dzagnidze are the winners of the the World Junior Championships (under 20), which took place June 21st - July 3rd 2003 in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan.  Final standings of the leaders:

Boys Girls
1 Mamedyarov, AZE 2607 10.0
2 Azarov, BLR 2530 9.5
3 Zubov, UKR 2494 8.5
4 Gashimov, AZE 2579 8.5
5 Guseinov, AZE 2505 8.5
6 Bachin, RUS 2443 8.5
7 Erenburg, ISR 2499 8.5
1 Dzagnidze, GEO 2376 9.5
2 Calotescu, ROM 2334 7.5
3 Mamedjarova, AZE 2298 7.5
4 Ubiennykh, RUS 2293 7.0
5 Dronavalli, IND 2294 7.0

 

World Professional Chess Rankings
Produced by Ken Thomson, Calculated by Vladimir Dvorkovich
Results up to July 1, 2003

NN Name FED. Rating Diff. Var.
1 Kasparov,Garry RUS 2784 0 130
2 Kramnik,Vladimir RUS 2751 2 137
3 Anand,Viswanathan IND 2720 0 156
4 Shirov,Alexei ESP 2702 3 165
5 Topalov,Veselin BUL 2699 0 172
6 Leko,Peter HUN 2696 -10 167
7 Bareev,Evgeny RUS 2690 -3 193
8 Grischuk,Alexander RUS 2685 0 149
9 Polgar,Judit HUN 2680 7 159
10 Svidler,Peter RUS 2669 14 133

FIDE
     1st July 2003 FIDE Rating List
More from FIDE: 74th FIDE Congress time-table   GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili and WGM Cramling Pia are the winners of the European Individual Championships   To All National Federations   FIDE Title Regulations Effective 1st July 2003   World Junior and Girls Championships 2003 in Azerbaijan   Deadline for submission of tournament reports for the July 2003 FRL   World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad   World Youth Chess Championship 2003

FIDE World Rankings, July 1, 2003

   Name  Title   Nat.   Elo   Games 
 1  Kasparov, Garry  g  RUS   2830   0
 2  Kramnik, Vladimir  g  RUS  2785  2
 3  Anand, Viswanathan  g  IND  2774  7
 4  Leko, Peter  g  HUN  2739  9
 5  Topalov, Veselin  g  BUL  2735  0
 6  Grischuk, Alexander  g  RUS  2732  38
 7  Shirov, Alexei  g  ESP  2732  23
 8  Svidler, Peter  g  RUS  2723  34
 9  Bareev, Evgeny  g  RUS  2721  11
 10  Adams, Michael  g  ENG  2719  29

Australian Chess Columns - June 29, 2003

Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess Online
     GM Title Tournament in Alushta (June 16-27)
     For and Against Kirsan Ilyumzhinov

The Campbell Report
     The Campbell Report column for May-June 2003

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     William Steinitz - The first World Champion
     Third Millenium Chess Set

Annotated Games

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

Robert Byrne (NY Times): El Gindy-Naby, 7th Golden Cleopatra Open, Egypt 2003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Anand-Hansen, SIS-MH Masters 2003

Yasser Seirawan: Kasparov-Nikolic, Linares 1997

Jack Peters (LA Times): Van Buskirk-Nagaran, SCCF Candidates, Costa Mesa 2003

"Yasser Seirawan, the best American player in the 1980s, has announced his retirement from tournament play. He plans to make his final appearance in September in China in an exhibition match against some of the world's best female players.

It is always sad news when a grandmaster ends his career. Seirawan has been an international star since he won the 1979 World Junior Championship. He won three U.S. Championship titles, competed for the U.S. team in 10 Olympiads and defeated both Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov while they were world champions. At 43, he is ranked fifth in the country, which probably underestimates his true strength.

But Seirawan's retirement means much more than the loss of a great player. His accomplishments as a chess promoter and politician set him apart from all other grandmasters."

The Telegraph Chess Club
     David Norwood: Mahesh Chandran,P -- Gashimov,V, World Jr Ch. 2003
     Nigel Short:
Hjartarson-McShane, Greenland Open, Qaqortoq, 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail): Stein-Burger, 1964 Interzonal in Amsterdam

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions
     Alexander Alekhine vs M Forester, Glasgow, 1923
     Frederick Yates vs Victor Wahltuch, London, 1922
     Alexander Alekhine vs O Blaut Prils, Antwerp, 1923
     Wm Wagner vs W Schlage, Bad Oeynhausen, 1922
     Heinrich Wolf vs Hans Kmoch, Vienna, 1922
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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2.  Akiba Rubenstein

Position of the Week: Solution

The Babson Task
Composed by Leonid Yarosh

1st Prize Shakhmatyi v SSSR 1983.  The "Diagram of the Century".  "If I could take one diagram to a desert island, it would be this one."  Tim Krabbé built a wonderful page about this position, which does a much better job that I could do here of explaining this conception.  Visit Tim's 'The Babson Task' page for the solution to today's position!
 

 

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GAMES

Van Wely,L (2675) - L'Ami,E (2433) [D19]
Dutch Chess Championship Leeuwarden, NED (7), 03.07.2003

1.c4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5
6.e3 e6
7.Bxc4 Bb4
8.0-0 Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6
10.e4 0-0
11.Bd3 h6
12.Rd1 Re8
13.h3 a6
14.Bf4 Rc8
15.Rac1 Qa5
16.Nd2 b5
17.Nf3 Qb6
18.Na2 Bf8
19.b4 bxa4
20.Bxa6 Bxe4
21.Bxc8 Rxc8
22.Ne5 Bd5
23.b5 Bxa2
24.Nxd7 Nxd7
25.bxc6 Nf6
26.Qxa2 Nd5
27.Bd2 a3
28.Qc4 Bd6
29.Qa4 Qd8
30.Rc2 Ra8
31.Qc4 Bc7
32.Rb1 Qd6
33.g3 Qe7
34.Ra2 g5
35.Bb4 Qf6
36.Rxa3 Rxa3
37.Bxa3 Qf5
38.Rb7 Qf3
39.Rxc7 1-0
 

Delemarre,J (2418) - Nijboer,F (2562) [A46]
Dutch Chess Championship Leeuwarden, NED (8), 04.07.2003

1.d4 d6
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Bg5 Nbd7
4.Nbd2 h6
5.Bh4 g5
6.Bg3 Nh5
7.e4 Bg7
8.c3 c5
9.Nc4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxg3
11.hxg3 Nc5
12.Ne3 Nxe4
13.Ndf5 Bxf5
14.Nxf5 Kf8
15.Nxg7 Kxg7
16.Qd5 Nf6
17.Qxb7 Rb8
18.Qxa7 Rxb2
19.Bd3 Qc8
20.0-0 Qxc3
21.Rad1 e6
22.a4 Rc8
23.a5 Rc7
24.Qa8 d5
25.a6 Nd7
26.Rb1 Rxb1
27.Bxb1 Qa3
28.Rd1 Rc1
29.Rxc1 Qxc1+
30.Kh2 Qxb1
31.Qc8 Ne5
32.Qc3 f6
33.Qc7+ Kg6
34.f3 Nxf3+
         0-1
 

Kelleher,J (2084) - Weeramantry,S (2215) [B08]
World Open: 5-Day Philadelphia, PA (4), 04.07.2003

1.e4 d6
2.d4 Nf6
3.Nc3 g6
4.Nf3 Bg7
5.Be3 0-0
6.h3 c6
7.a4 Qc7
8.Bc4 Nxe4
9.Bxf7+ Rxf7
10.Nxe4 Rf8
11.Qd2 Nd7
12.h4 Nf6
13.Nxf6+ exf6
14.h5 Re8
15.hxg6 hxg6
16.0-0-0 b5
17.Bh6 bxa4
18.Bxg7 Qxg7
19.Rh6 g5
20.Rdh1 Bf5
21.Qa5 d5
22.Qxa4 Re2
23.c3 Qb7
24.Qa3 Kg7
25.g4 Be4
26.Nxg5 fxg5
27.Re6 c5
28.f3 Rf8
29.fxe4 Rf4
30.Rhh6 Rf1#
         0-1
 

Adams,N (2258) - Kosteniuk,A (2577) [D35]
World Open: 5-Day Philadelphia, PA (4), 04.07.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 c6
4.cxd5 exd5
5.Bf4 Nf6
6.e3 Bf5
7.Bd3 Bxd3
8.Qxd3 Nh5
9.Bg3 Nd7
10.Nge2 g6
11.0-0 Nxg3
12.Nxg3 Be7
13.Rad1 f5
14.f3 0-0
15.e4 f4
16.Nge2 Nb6
17.b3 Qd7
18.a4 a5
19.g3 g5
20.Kg2 Rf7
21.exd5 Nxd5
22.Nxd5 cxd5
23.Rc1 Ba3
24.Rc2 Re8
25.Qb5 Qxb5
26.axb5 fxg3
27.Nxg3 Re3
28.Rb1 Rexf3
29.Re1 Rxb3
30.Rc8+ Bf8
31.Re5 h6
32.Rxd5 Rb2+
33.Kh3 Rf4
34.Nf5 Rbf2
35.Nxh6+ Kg7
          0-1
 

Popovych,O (2331) - Blatny,P (2563) [B06]
World Open: 7-Day Philadelphia (2), 01.07.2003

1.e4 g6
2.d4 c6
3.f4 d5
4.e5 h5
5.Nc3 Nh6
6.Nf3 Bg4
7.h3 Bxf3
8.Qxf3 Nf5
9.Be3 e6
10.Bd3 h4
11.Ne2 Qb6
12.0-0 Nxe3
13.Qxe3 c5
14.c3 Nc6
15.Rac1 c4
16.Bb1 Qxb2
17.Qf3 Ne7
18.a4 a6
19.Rc2 Qb6
20.Ra2 Nc6
21.Bc2 Qa5
22.f5 gxf5
23.Bxf5 exf5
24.Qxf5 Nd8
25.Nf4 Qxc3
26.e6 Nxe6
27.Ne2 Qe3+
28.Kh1 0-0-0
          0-1
 

Sasikiran,K (2658) - McShane,L (2592) [D85]
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (1), 04.06.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Be3 c5
8.Qd2 0-0
9.Nf3 Qa5
10.Rc1 cxd4
11.cxd4 Qxd2+
12.Nxd2 e6
13.Bb5 Rd8
14.Bg5 f6
15.Be3 a6
16.Ba4 Bd7
17.Bb3 a5
18.d5 a4
19.Bc4 b5
20.dxe6 bxc4
21.exd7 Nxd7
22.Ke2 f5
23.Rxc4 Ne5
24.Rc2 Nd3
25.Rb1 Rd7
26.exf5 gxf5
27.g3 Re8
28.Rc4 Bh6
29.Nf1 f4
30.gxf4 Nxf4+
31.Kf3 Nd3
32.Rg4+ Bg7
33.Rxa4 Rf7+
34.Kg2 Nxf2
35.Ra7 Ng4
36.Rxf7 Nxe3+
37.Nxe3 Kxf7
38.Rf1+ Kg6
39.Nd5 Ra8
40.Ne7+ Kg5
41.Rf5+ Kh6
42.Rf2 Bf8
43.Nd5 Kg6
44.Nc7 Rc8
45.Ne6 Ba3
46.Kf3 Kf5
47.Nd4+ Ke5
48.Nc2 Rc3+
49.Kg4 Rc4+
50.Kf3 Rc3+
51.Kg2 Ke4
52.Nxa3 Rxa3
53.Re2+ Kf4
54.Rf2+ Ke4
55.Kf1 h5
56.Ke1 h4
57.Kd1 h3
58.Kc1 Ke3
59.Rc2 Kf3
60.Kb2 Ra8
61.a3 ½-½
 

Bruzon,L (2610) - Nielsen,P (2625) [A11]
18th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (2), 05.06.2003

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.g3 d5
3.Bg2 c6
4.0-0 g6
5.b3 Bg7
6.Bb2 0-0
7.c4 a5
8.d3 a4
9.Na3 Na6
10.Nc2 Bg4
11.Qb1 Bxf3
12.Bxf3 axb3
13.axb3 e6
14.b4 b5
15.Ra5 Qb6
16.Bd4 Qb7
17.cxb5 cxb5
18.Qb2 Ne8
19.e4 Nac7
20.Rfa1 Rc8
21.exd5 exd5
22.Ne3 h5
23.Kg2 Qc6
24.Ra7 Qd6
25.h4 Bxd4
26.Qxd4 Ne6
27.Qxd5 Qxb4
28.Rxf7 Rxf7
29.Qxe6 Nd6
30.Qxg6+ 1-0

 

 

 

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