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GAMES

Polgar,J (2718) - Anand,V (2774) [B90]
Chess Classic Mainz 2003 (Rapid) Mainz, GER (1), 14.08.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5
7.Nb3 Be6
8.f3 Nbd7
9.g4 Nb6
10.g5 Nh5
11.Qd2 Rc8
12.0-0-0 Be7
13.Bd3 g6
14.h4 0-0
15.Kb1 f6
16.gxf6 Rxf6
17.Qf2 Nd7
18.Nd5 Bxd5
19.exd5 Rf7
20.Nd2 Ndf6
21.c4 Ng4
22.Qg1 Nxe3
23.Qxe3 Bxh4
24.Ne4 Nf4
25.Rxh4 Ng2
26.Qh6 Nxh4
27.Ng5 Nxf3
28.Nxf7 Qf6
29.Qh3 Rf8
30.Nh6+ Kh8
31.Qd7 e4
32.Be2 Qg7
33.Qxd6 Qxh6
34.Qe7 Qg7
35.Qxe4 Ne5
36.c5 a5
37.Bb5 g5
38.d6 Qg6
39.Qxg6 hxg6
40.Re1 Nf7
41.Be8 Kg7
42.Bxf7 Rxf7
43.Rd1 Rf8
44.Kc2 Rc8
45.Kd3 Kf6
46.Kc4 Ke6
47.Kb5 Kd7
48.Re1 Re8
49.Rxe8 1-0
 

Anand,V (2774) - Polgar,J (2718) [C42]
Chess Classic Mainz 2003 (Rapid) Mainz, GER (2), 14.08.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.0-0 Be7
8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 Nb4
10.Bf1 0-0
11.a3 Nc6
12.cxd5 Qxd5
13.Nc3 Nxc3
14.bxc3 Bf6
15.Bf4 Qd7
16.Ra2 Rad8
17.Rb2 Qc8
18.h3 b6
19.Rbe2 h6
20.Re3 Na5
21.Be5 Bxe5
22.Nxe5 c5
23.d5 c4
24.Qd4 Be6
25.Ng6 Nc6
26.Qh4 Bxd5
27.Nxf8 Rxf8
28.Bxc4 Qf5
29.Re8 Bxc4
30.Qxc4 Qf6
31.Qd3 g6
32.c4 Rxe8
33.Rxe8+ Kg7
34.Qd5 h5
35.c5 bxc5
36.Qxc5 Kh6
37.h4 Nd4
38.Qe7 Qg7
39.Qf8 Ne6
40.Qxg7+
           Kxg7
41.Ra8 1-0
 

Zhukova,N (2439) - Skripchenko,A (2489)
UralCup Krasnoturinsk (7), 15.08.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Be7
4.Nf3 Nf6
5.Bg5 h6
6.Bh4 0-0
7.e3 b6
8.Bd3 Bb7
9.0-0 Nbd7
10.Bg3 c5
11.cxd5 exd5
12.Rc1 Ne4
13.dxc5 Nxg3
14.hxg3 bxc5
15.Qe2 Qb6
16.e4 d4
17.Na4 Qe6
18.b4 cxb4
19.Rc7 Bc8
20.e5 Rb8
21.Bc4 Qg4
22.e6 Bd8
23.Rxa7 d3
24.Qxd3 fxe6
25.Rxd7 Bxd7
26.Ne5 1-0
 

Onischuk,A (2655) - Romanishin,O (2560) [E34]
4th It, Montreal CAN Montreal (6), 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 d5
5.cxd5 Qxd5
6.e3 0-0
7.Bd2 Bxc3
8.Bxc3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxc5
10.Rc1 a5
11.Nf3 Nc6
12.Be2 Nd5
13.Ng5 f5
14.0-0 Nxe3
15.Qd3 Nxf1
16.Nxh7 Ne5
17.Qh3 Ng4
18.Rxf1 Rd8
19.Ng5 Nh6
20.Qh5 e5
21.Qg6 Ra6
22.Bxa6 bxa6
23.Qh7+ Kf8
24.Qh8+ Ng8
25.Nf3 Bb7
26.Nxe5 Rd6
27.Qh5 Nh6
28.Qg5 Qb6
29.Re1 1-0
 

Negulescu,A (2450) - Sulskis,S (2575) [C09]
31st World Open, Philadelphia USA Philadelphia (7), 2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.c3 d5
4.exd5 exd5
5.d4 Bd6
6.Bb5+ Nc6
7.dxc5 Bxc5
8.0-0 Nge7
9.Nbd2 0-0
10.Nb3 Bd6
11.h3 Bf5
12.Bd3 Qd7
13.Bxf5 Qxf5
14.Be3 Rad8
15.Nbd4 Qc8
16.Qa4 a6
17.Nxc6 bxc6
18.c4 Qb7
19.cxd5 Nxd5
20.Bd4 c5
21.Be3 Nxe3
22.fxe3 Qxb2
23.Qxa6 Bg3
24.Kh1 Qc3
25.a4 Ra8
26.Qe2 h6
27.Rfc1 Rxa4
28.Rxc3 Rxa1+
29.Ng1 Rb8
30.e4 Rbb1
31.Qe3 Be5
32.Ra3 Rxg1+
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Volume 2  Issue 33                                                        August 17th, 2003

In This Issue

Balogh Counter Gambit - Part 5, by IM-CC Keith Hayward

Chess and Checkers: The Way to Mastership by Edward Lasker

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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

New At Chessville

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Position of the Week

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Position of the Week

White mates in three - Find the Solution

     

New At Chessville

(8/17)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(8/17)  More Free Downloads:  Courtesy of My Chess Site.  Two free eBooks to start things off: (1) analysis in the B12 Caro Cann Advanced Variation; and (2) the Blackmar Diemer Gambit (1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 ...  Find these free eBooks (zipped pdf files) on Chessville's new download page: "My Chess Site."

(8/16)  The New York Masters Game of the Week, with commentary by IM Greg Shahade.  No bulletin this week, so we bring you a bit of New York Masters history, from February 4th of this year.  Says our commentator, IM Greg Shahade, "Let’s see how the game between Stripunsky and I went.....although everyone who knows me please close your eyes..."

Sicilian Defence, Kan System
(4) Shahade,G (2510) - Stripunsky,A (2648) [B43]
42nd New York Masters New York (4), 04.02.2003

(8/14)  Free eBook:  Chess And Checkers : The Way To Mastership, by Edward Lasker.  This 95 kb zipped text file is in the public domain.  The Chess section includes: The Rules of the Game, Elementary Tactics, General Principles of Chess Strategy, Illustrative Games, and Problems.  Learn more here.

(8/12)  Free Download:  FEN to PGN Converter.  Use Zeno Marin's handy tool to convert FEN files to PGN.

(8/11)  Annotated Game: Lasker-Steinitz Game 17, World Championship Match 1894, with annotations by the combatants themselves.  Just when it appeared Steinitz had righted the ship, scoring 2½ out of three, Lasker stuck back with a pair of wins himself in games 15 and 16, extending his match lead to +5.  Can Steinitz once again turn things around?
 

Balogh Counter Gambit - Part 5
 

The final installment of IM-CC Keith (The Road Not Taken) Hayward's look at this unique gambit (1.e4 d6 2.d4 f5) covering lines not seen in the first four articles:  Part 1 - Introduction/Overview;  Part 2 - Janos Balogh, the Man and His Games;  Part 3 - White plays an early exf5;  Part 4 - Balogh's Main Line.

"In this final installment on the Balogh Counter Gambit, we will close up some loose ends and cover what I consider is Black's best approach to White's most challenging line. 

1 e4 d6 2 d4

This first game is interesting since the move order could have been 1 Nf3 f5 2 e4 d6!?, which would be a Lisitsin Gambit Declined.  White's play was too passive and Black built up a strong attack fast..."

Read the rest of IM-CC Keith Hayward's analysis of this fascinating and dynamic Black gambit, or start at the beginning: Part 1 - Introduction/Overview.
 

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Chess And Checkers : The Way To Mastership
by Edward Lasker

This free downloadable eBook is in the public domain.  The Chess section includes: The Rules of the Game, Elementary Tactics, General Principles of Chess Strategy, Illustrative Games, and Problems.  This classic work was first published in 1918.  From the preface:

"The reason why many people hesitate to learn the game and to teach it to their children is that Chess has been misrepresented as a game which is very difficult to master. This false impression has been created mainly by the wrong methods of teaching usually employed. The majority of writers on Chess deal with a maze of variations and they expect the reader to memorize the moves with which to parry the maneuvers of the opponent, instead of simply developing a few common sense principles which are easy to grasp and perfectly sufficient to make a good player of any one.

This is really the great advantage of the game of Chess over any other board game, that it lends itself to the application of general principles, so that any one can grasp and enjoy it without memorizing more than the rules according to which the men move.

I have tried to develop these principles in a simple way so that they are sure to be easily understood..."

Access this 95 kb zipped text file from the Chessville Downloads Page.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Championship Beginnings:  To qualify as an entrant in the 1911 San Sebastian International Tournament, each player must have finished 3rd or better in at least 2 international tournaments.  An exception was made for Jose Capablanca, with the organizers taking into account his victory over Frank Marshall in 1909.  The organizers were proved correct, as Capablanca won the tournament with a score of +6 -1 =7.

Inauspicious Beginnings:  Tigran Pertrosian's first game in a USSR championship final was a 13-move loss to Alexander Kotov in the first round of the 1949 tournament in Moscow.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

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  • Mainz Chess Classic 2003 (August 13-17 / Mainz, GERMANY)
    Current scores: Polgar, J - Anand, V   3-3  / Svidler, P - Leko, P   3-3 (FRC) / All the games available
    Ordix Open 2003: Sokolov leads after 8 rounds; Vallejo, Grischuk, Lobron and Vaganian chase him
    Chess960 Open:
    Levon Aronian finished clear first (9.5/11), Zvjaginsev & Landa in 2nd & 3rd place

  • First Saturday Tournaments (August 2003 / Budapest, HUNGARY)
    GM Goran Todorovic wins the GM section (6.5/10) / All the games can be downloaded

  • U.S Open 2003 (August 3 - 15 / Los Angeles, U.S.A)
    Alexander Shabalov wins the U.S Open 2003 (10/12)

  • More!

Polgar,J (2718) - Anand,V (2774) [B80]
Chess Classic Mainz 2003 (Rapid) Mainz, GER (5), 16.08.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 Nfd7 9.Qd2 Nb6 10.0-0-0 N8d7 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.Bg5 Qc7 14.Rhe1 Ne5 15.f4 Nec4 16.Qc1 h6 17.Nd5 Qc5 18.Nb3 Qf2 19.Rf1 Qg2 20.Nxb6 Nxb6 21.Qe3 Nc4 22.Qa7 Bxe4 23.Qxa6 Rb8 24.Rg1 hxg5 25.Rxg2 Bxg2 26.Bxc4 bxc4 27.Qa4+ 1-0

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World Chess Rating
     Viorel Bologan: Interview after Dortmund 2003

Chess Siberia
     Secrets of the July 2003 FIDE Rating List

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
    British Championship 2003 - part 4

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #152, 8-13-2003
         
1) Kaidanov leads US Open
          2) Bologan wins in Dortmund
          3) Oldest chess clubs in the US
          4) USCF update
          5) Upcoming Events

FIDE
     Download the book `The President`s Crown of Thorns` by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov first published in 1998 (in pdf format)

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     223. 14 August 2003: Machine vs. King of Claustrophilia

Seagaard Chess Reviews - Anti-Sicilians - A Guide for Black

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans on Chess: CHESS IN PIECES

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     Interview with GM Alexander Baburin
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Annotated Games

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

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Anand-Bologan, Dortmund 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail): Zugic-Moiseenko, Toronto 2003

The Telegraph Chess Club
     David Norwood: Shredder 7-Panno, Magistral de la Republica Argentina

David Sands (Washington Times)
     Gligoric-Petrosian, Belgrade 1954; Torre-Byrne, Leningrad Intrznl, 1973

Jack Peters (LA Times): Bologan-Naiditsch, Dortmund 2003

Igor Glek (World Chess Rating): Onishuk-Romanishin, Montreal 2003

World Chess Rating
     Sergey Shipov: Dortmund 2003 - Best Games of Rounds 8, 9 and 10

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
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     Richard Reti vs Karel Hromadka, Maehrisch- Ostrau, 1923
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Position of the Week: Solution

Mate-in-Three

Taken from Chess and Checkers : The Way to Mastership, by Edward Lasker (a free downloadable eBook - see the introduction linked to above.

1.g8=N b5 2.Ne7 this move prevents stalemate by allowing Black's next move.  2...Kxb4 3.Nc6 mate.

 

Bonus Game
Avrukh,B (2555) - Karjakin,S (2560) [D27]
MTO, Biel SUI Biel (8), 2003

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.a5 Bb7 10.Ba4+ Nbd7 11.e4 Qc7 12.Bg5 Nxe4 13.Ne5 Nxg5 14.Bxd7+ Ke7 15.f4 Ne4 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Rd8 18.f5 Rxd7 19.fxe6 Qxe5 20.Rxf7+ Kxe6 21.Rxd7 Qe4 22.Rd8 Kf6 23.Re1 Qh4 24.Qe2 Kg5 25.Qe6 g6 26.g3 Qg4 27.Re5+ Qf5 28.Rxf5+ gxf5 29.Rxf8 Rxf8 30.Qe7+ Rf6 31.h4+ 1-0
 

 

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Quotes

Correspondence chess is the perfect form of the game. – Ward

Over-the-board chess is the favorite of mortals; correspondence chess is the favorite of the gods. – Eduard Dyckhoff

For a correspondence chess player, life is literally an uninterrupted game of chess. – Eduard Dyckhoff

The winner of a correspondence chess tournament is the one who gets the least amount of sleep. – Source Unknown

Checkmates don't work if there's no one answering the door. – Source Unknown (on correspondence chess)

You'll know there is a problem with computers and correspondence chess when everyone is rated 2450. – John C. Knudsen

Such people are immoral, unethical, and I hope they do it! – Stephan Gerzadowicz (on players who use a computer to generate moves in CC games)

All strong correspondence players agree that computer programs can be of some help, but by far not as much as people often think. The longer the thinking time, the better a human will do against a computer, and in correspondence chess a computer not steered by human strategy would be a below-average player. – Hans Ree

I don’t see how anyone has the time for postal chess. – David Levy

Correspondence chess and over-the-board chess compliment each other. – Alexander Alekhine

Postal chess is an excellent way to test new moves or ideas. – William Howell

Only in correspondence chess can an amateur chess player, earning his living in another profession, even attain master class level of play. – Walter Muir

The advantage of the first move is increased rather that diminished in correspondence chess. – Adrian Hollis

Those who can benefit from consultation usually do. – Ken Messere

In correspondence play the personality of ones opponent counts for little or nothing. – Graham Mitchell

It is not unusual in a game played by mail to have a player resign because he sees a pretty combination coming to life - in the mind of his opponent. – Irving Chernev

Correspondence chess should be played for it’s own sake. – C. J. S. Purdy

Correspondence chess has one great advantage on over-the-board play, in that, normally, you can choose the time and place to work on it. – Allen Sheldon

The bane of correspondence chess is the clerical error. – Walter Muir

Eagle eyed correspondence chess players take nothing for granted. – Irving Chernev

Postal chess players depend less on intuition than on genuine analytical ability. – Irving Chernev

Correspondence chess is not only a school for technique or an academy for virtuosity; it is a discipline of deep thought, of research, of tenacity. There is no place for the easy and convenient draw by agreement, but there is always the torment of the search for the best. – Mario Napolitano

Correspondence play is the highest quality chess, for the most part superior to OTB play in every aspect of the game. Furthermore, good postal players make the best annotators, since in analyzing each move deeply before sending it they are in effect annotating the game as they play it. – Taylor Kingston

I have always found postal players to be a bit out of touch with the realities surrounding chess understanding - they usually feel that their form of chess is better, more pure, more accurate, and…(their self congratulations seems to go on and on and on). My angst towards postal chess began when I read that many postal aficionados honestly felt that a postal World Champion would beat an over-the-board World Champion in a postal game. The postal caste never seemed to realize that their understanding of chess as a whole was so far below any over-the-board World Champion’s as to make the argument virtually laughable. – Jeremy Silman

 

 

 

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