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GAMES

Altamirano,B (2333) - Granda Zuniga,J (2641) [A25]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (1.2), 17.08.2003

1.c4 e5
2.g3 Nc6
3.Bg2 g6
4.Nc3 Bg7
5.e4 d6
6.Nge2 Bg4
7.f3 Be6
8.Nd5 Nge7
9.d3 0-0
10.0-0 f5
11.Be3 Qd7
12.Qd2 Rf7
13.Rae1 Raf8
14.b4 Nc8
15.b5 Nd8
16.exf5 Bxf5
17.d4 c6
18.bxc6 bxc6
19.Nb4 Nb6
20.Rc1 exd4
21.Bxd4 Be6
22.Bxg7 Rxg7
23.c5 dxc5
24.Qxd7 Rxd7
25.Rxc5 Bc4
         0-1
 

Bauer,C (2589) - Lautier,J (2677) [B99]
Ch FRA Aix-les-Bains (3.6), 0020

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 e6
7.f4 Be7
8.Qf3 Qc7
9.0-0-0 Nbd7
10.g4 b5
11.Bxf6 gxf6
12.Qh3 Nc5
13.Bg2 b4
14.Nce2 Bb7
15.Ng3 0-0-0
16.Kb1 h5
17.gxh5 Kb8
18.Rhe1 Bf8
19.Bh1 Rc8
20.Qf1 Bh6
21.Qf2 Rhd8
22.Nb3 Na4
23.Re2 f5
24.exf5 Bxh1
25.fxe6 fxe6
26.Nxh1 Bg7
27.Nd4 Qb7
28.Qg2 d5
29.Re5 Bxe5
30.fxe5 Nc5
       ½-½
 

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
 

Lenic,L - Sedlak,N
15 Milan Vidmar Memorial Zrece (1), 2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Bc4 e6
7.Bb3 b5
8.0-0 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7
10.Qg3 0-0
11.Bh6 Ne8
12.Rad1 Bd7
13.a3 Nc6
14.Nxc6 Bxc6
15.Rfe1 a5
16.Bg5 Bxg5
17.Qxg5 Qb7
18.Rd4 Nf6
19.Qe3 Rfd8
20.Red1 Qc7
21.Qd3 a4
22.Ba2 e5
23.Rxd6 Rxd6
24.Qxd6 Qxd6
25.Rxd6 Bxe4
26.Rxf6 gxf6
27.Nxe4 f5
28.Nf6+ Kg7
29.Nd5 b4
30.Nxb4 Rd8
31.Bd5 e4
32.f4 exf3
33.gxf3 Kf6
34.Kf2 f4
35.c4 Rc8
36.Nd3 Ke7
37.c5 f5
38.Bb7 Rd8
39.c6 1-0
 

GM Kortschnoi,V - MK Havlicek,J
WienOpen (1), 16.08.2003

1.c4 e5
2.Nc3 Nf6
3.Nf3 Nc6
4.a3 a5
5.d4 exd4
6.Nxd4 Bc5
7.Ndb5 0-0
8.Bf4 d6
9.e3 h6
10.Be2 Be6
11.0-0 Qe7
12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.cxd5 Ne5
14.Rc1 Rac8
15.Nc3 Ng6
16.Bg3 Nd7
17.Na4 Ba7
18.Qd2 f5
19.Bh5 Nh4
20.Qxa5 Bxe3
21.fxe3 Qxe3+
22.Bf2 Qg5
23.Bxh4 Qxh4
24.Bd1 Ne5
25.Qa7 f4
26.Nc3 Rce8
27.Ne4 f3
28.Bxf3 1-0
 

Herndlbauer,M - GM Karjakin,S
WienOpen (1)

1.e4 c5
2.Nc3 d6
3.Nf3 a6
4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Nf6
6.Be2 e5
7.Nb3 Be7
8.Be3 Be6
9.0-0 0-0
10.Qd2 Nbd7
11.a4 Qc7
12.a5 Rac8
13.Rfd1 Rfd8
14.Bf3 h6
15.Nc1 b5
16.axb6 Nxb6
17.b3 Qxc3
18.Qxc3 Rxc3
19.Bxb6 Rb8
20.Rxa6 Rxc2
21.Ba7 Rb7
22.Bb6 g5
23.Be2 Bxb3
24.Bd3 Rb2
25.Re1 Be6
26.Ba5 Nd7
27.f3 Nc5
28.Ra8+ Kg7
29.Bf1 Rc2
30.Bd8 Bf8
31.Ne2 d5
32.exd5 Nd3
33.Rd1 Bc5+
         0-1
 

A Minasian - A Shabalov
U.S. Open, (12)
Sicilian Rossolimo

1 e4 c5
2 Nf3 Nc6
3 Bb5 e6
4 b3 Nge7
5 Bb2 a6
6 Bxc6 Nxc6
7 0-0 b6
8 c4 Bb7
9 Qe2 Qc7
10 d4 cxd4
11 Nxd4 Bc5
12 Nxc6 Qxc6
13 Nd2 0-0
14 Qg4 f6
15 a3 a5
16 Rfe1 Rf7
17 Nf3 b5
18 Rad1 bxc4
19 bxc4 Ba6
20 Qg3 Rc8
21 e5 f5
22 Ng5 Rff8
23 Rd6 Qb7
24 Bd4 h6
25 Bxc5 Rxc5
26 Nh3 Bxc4
27 Nf4 Rxe5
28 Red1 Rf7
29 h3 Qb3
30 Qg6 Qb8
31 R6d2 Rb5
32 Nh5 Rd5
33 Rxd5 Bxd5
34 Rc1 Bc6
35 f4 Qb2
36 Re1 Qxa3
37 Rb1 Qd6
38 Qg3 Qc5+
39 Kh2 Kh7
40 Rb8 a4
41 Qe1 Qc2
42 Qg3 Qe2
        0-1
 

GM Landa,K - OM Hansen,K
WienOpen (4)

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 b5
4.e5 Bf5
5.g4 Bg6
6.h4 h6
7.h5 Bh7
8.e6 Qd6
9.exf7+ Kxf7
10.g5 Bf5
11.Qf3 e6
12.Bd3 Qd7
13.Nce2 hxg5
14.Bxg5 Be7
15.Nh3 Nh6
16.Ng3 Na6
17.0-0-0 Bf6
18.Bxh6 Bxd3
19.Bxg7 Kxg7
20.Rxd3 Raf8
21.Qg4+ Kf7
22.f4 Ke7
23.Ng5 Nc7
24.Nf1 Kd6
25.Nd2 Qg7
26.Ndf3 Re8
27.Re1 c5
28.dxc5+ Kxc5
29.Ne5 Kb6
30.Qg1+ Kb7
31.Rh3 Ref8
32.Qg4 Be7
33.Ng6 Rf5
34.Nxe6 1-0

 

 

 

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Volume 2  Issue 34                                                         August 24th, 2003

In This Issue

Review:  Garry Kasparov On My Great Predecessors Part 1

OCL Summer 2003
Individual Championships

Games, Games, & More Games

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

New At Chessville

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked.  In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."  - Victor Frankl

Position of the Week

[4q2k/2r1r1p1/4Pn1p/p1p2R2/P2pQ2P/1P1B1R2/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 38]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

from the editor...  The Online Chess League's Fall 2003 Tournament is beginning to gear up.  While not all details are finalized as of our press deadline, information will be posted on the OCL index page.  The planned timeframes are: End of Registration - 20th September;  Round 1 Pairings Issued - 1st October;  Tournament Ends - 18th November.  The camaraderie of playing as part of a team is one of the greatest benefits of playing in the OCL. Getting together online with your teammates, analyzing each other's games, and helping each other prepare for upcoming matches can all be a part of the experience. In OCL you'll make new friends, learn about chess, and improve your game.  Check it out, you'll be glad you did!

 
Chessville Review Chessville Review Review Pending

New At Chessville

(8/24)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(8/24)  Online Chess LeagueThe inaugural OCL Individual Championships have finished, and the winners take their proud place in the Hall of Champions.

Meanwhile, the Fall 2003 Tournament is beginning to gear up.  Get all the details on the OCL index page.

(8/23)  The New York Masters Game of the Week, with commentary by IM Greg Shahade.  Last week’s champion, Jay Bonin, is coming off the NY Masters of his life, with a perfect 4/4 score, and everyone wondered…..would he be able to continue the magic this week?  Ehlvest and Gonzales moved out to a quick 2/2 score with victories over Boris Privman and Ron Young.  Now the question was…who would join them at the top. Would it be GM Alex Stripunsky or 21 year old 2210 player Yaacov Norowitz?

(2) Norowitz,Y (2204) - Stripunsky,A (2660) [D00]
69th New York Masters New York (2), 19.08.2003

(8/21)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page: 

Annotated Game:  Shamkovich-Nezhmetdinov, Baku ch-SU 1961 (cbv format) and a PDF file with analyses to print out.  115 kb zipped file.

Bermuda International 2003:  a cbv fie with all 66 games from the 2003 Bermuda International Tournament, unannotated.  9 kb zipped cbv file.

(8/21)  Review:  My Great Predecessors Part 1 by Garry Kasparov, reviewed by David Surratt.  "Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games,  David Bronstein's book on the 1953 Zurich International Chess Tournament, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal and a small handful of others represent the select group of annotated game collections which reach legendary, almost cult, status. Is Kasparov's latest effort in that same category?"

 

Garry Kasparov
On My Great Predecessors Part 1
Reviewed by David Surratt
 

Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games,  David Bronstein's book on the 1953 Zurich International Chess Tournament, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal and a small handful of others represent the select group of annotated game collections which reach legendary, almost cult, status. Is Kasparov's latest effort in that same category?  Of course, only time will tell, but I think it has a chance...

First in a planned series of probably five books, this first volume focuses on the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).

It is accurate to say that this book covers the era represented by these players, not just the Champions themselves.  The tone is set early, in the sub-title of the Introduction, "The Champions as Symbols of Their Time".  By looking not just at the Champion, but at his contemporaries and challengers, Kasparov grounds each Champion in their natural historical context.  He then tries to demonstrate the development of chess thought as represented by the games of all these great players.

The first game analyzed in detail for this book (and there are 148 of them!) is Game 1 of the 1834 McDonnell-la Bourdonnais match, and Kasparov spends two and one-half pages on this game of just 37 moves.  Plenty of diagrams make it more interesting to read through, but of course to really reap the benefits of the immense amount of analytical work that went into this book one needs a board to play through the games.  Garry Kasparov is well known for the army of talented IMs/GMs that work for him, and his acknowledged assistants in this book include the latest chess software engines, and Dmitry Plisetsky, "for many years deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine Shakmaty v SSSR/Rossii, and the author of a large number of articles and books, so you know the analysis is thorough.

The authors have clearly done their historical homework on these games, often quoting other, earlier analysts (including the combatants themselves) and pointing out omissions or even outright errors in the prior analysis.  Kasparov points out where modern chess understanding would dictate a different course of action than occurred in the game, even while acknowledging that in many instances, the line played at the time was consistent with the best chess thought of that time...

Read the entire review of Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors!
 

Games, Games, and More Games

Bruzon Bautista,L (2614) - Cordero,A (2323) [C60]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (1.5), 17.08.2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.0-0 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.d4 0-0 7.d5 a6 8.Be2 Na7 9.d6 cxd6 10.Qxd6 Nb5 11.Bxb5 axb5 12.Rd1 Nc6 13.Na3 Ra4 14.Bg5 Qa5 15.Qd5 d6 16.Qxd6 Rxe4 17.Nd2 Rg4 18.Be3 e4 19.Nb3 Qa8 20.Nxb5 Be5 21.Qc5 Rh4 22.h3 Rh5 23.Qc4 Bf5 24.N3d4 Nxd4 25.Bxd4 Be6 26.Qe2 Bf4 27.Qxe4 Bb8 28.c4 Bxc4 29.Qe7 f5 1-0

Monier,R (2405) - Gulko,B (2583) [A41]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.9), 18.08.2003

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d5 e5 8.Be3 c6 9.Nd2 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 cxd5 11.exd5 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ne8 13.a4 Bg5 14.Nb5 Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Ndf6 16.Qd3 a6 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.a5 Nd7 19.Na4 f5 20.f4 Qf6 21.Ncb6 Nxb6 22.Nxb6 Rc7 23.c3 Re7 24.Rae1 exf4 25.Rxe7 Qxe7 26.Rxf4 g6 27.Rf1 Nf6 28.Nc4 Rc8 29.Nb6 Re8 30.b4 Qe5 31.Nc4 Qxd5 32.Qxd5+ Nxd5 33.Nxd6 Re7 34.c4 Nxb4 35.Rb1 Nd3 36.Nxb7 Rc7 37.Nd6 Rc5 38.Rd1 Ne5 39.Rd5 Rxd5 40.cxd5 Kf8 41.Nb7 Ke7 42.Nc5 Kd6 43.Nxa6 Nc4 44.Kf2 Nxa5 45.Kf3 Nc4 46.Kf4 Kxd5 47.g4 fxg4 48.Kxg4 h6 49.Nc7+ Ke4 50.Ne6 Ne3+ 51.Kg3 Ke5 52.Nc5 Kf5 53.Nd3 h5 54.h3 g5 55.Kf3 Nc4 56.Nf2 Nd6 57.Ke3 Nc4+ 58.Kf3 Nb6 59.Ke3 Nd5+ 60.Kf3 Ke5 61.Nd3+ Kd4 62.Nf2 Nf6 63.h4 g4+ 64.Kf4 Nd5+ 65.Kg3 Nf6 66.Kf4 Kc3 67.Nh1 Kd2 68.Ng3 Kd1 69.Nxh5 ½-½

Zambrana,O (2404) - Morovic,I (2573) [B57]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.11), 18.08.2003

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Bg5 Ne5 9.Be2 Be7 10.0-0 a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.f4 Ned7 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.a5 0-0 15.Qe2 b5 16.axb6 Nxb6 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nfd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxg5 21.Bc4 a5 22.Nxa5 Rxb2 23.Bd3 Rb4 24.Nc4 g6 25.Kh1 Be7 26.Rf4 Bb7 27.Raf1 Bd5 28.h3 Ra4 29.Nd2 Rxf4 30.Rxf4 Bg5 31.Rf2 Bxd2 32.Qxd2 Qxe5 0-1

Nakamura,H (2568) - Delgado,A (2404) [A65]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.12), 18.08.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Bg5 0-0 9.Qd2 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nh3 Qa5 12.Ra3 Re8 13.Nf2 Rb8 14.Be2 Qc7 15.0-0 b6 16.f4 c4 17.b4 cxb3 18.Rxb3 Nc5 19.Rb4 Rb7 20.Bf3 Qb8 21.Re1 Nfd7 22.Ng4 f6 23.Bh4 Rc7 24.Bg3 a5 25.Rbb1 Ba6 26.f5 Rcc8 27.Be2 Qa8 28.Bxd6 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Qa6 30.Bxc5 Nxc5 31.d6 gxf5 32.exf5 Rxe2 33.Nxe2 Qc4 34.Nf4 h5 35.Nf2 Rd8 36.Nxh5 Nxa4 37.Rc1 Rxd6 38.Rxc4 Rxd2 39.Rxa4 Kf7 40.Rc4 Bh6 41.Kf1 Be3 42.Rc7+ Kf8 43.Ne4 Rd5 44.g4 a4 45.Nexf6 Rd2 46.Nh7+ Kg8 47.N5f6+ Kh8 48.Nf8 1-0

Llanos,G (2398) - Ivanov,A (2538) [A40]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.13), 18.08.2003

1.d4 b6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.e4 Bb4 5.f3 f5 6.exf5 exf5 7.Be3 Qe7 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Bf2 0-0-0 10.Qxe7 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Ngxe7 12.Nh3 Ba6 13.0-0-0 Na5 14.c5 Bxf1 15.Rhxf1 Nd5 16.Rd2 Rde8 17.Re1 Rxe1+ 18.Bxe1 Re8 19.Bf2 Nc4 20.Rc2 Na3 21.Rd2 b5 22.Bg3 Re3 23.Nf4 Rxc3+ 24.Kd1 Ne3+ 25.Ke2 Nac4 26.Bf2 g5 27.Nd3 Nxg2 0-1

Krush,I (2449) - Ojeda,H (2226) [E94]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.26), 18.08.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.g4 Qe7 12.Kh1 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 e4 15.Ng2 Rxf5 16.Nf4 Qh4 17.Qd2 Nef6 18.Ne6 Ne5 19.Bg5 Qh3 20.Nf4 Rxf4 21.Qxf4 Nh5 22.Qxe4 Bg4 23.Bxg4 Nxg4 24.Qg2 Qxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Ne5 26.Rac1 Nxc4 27.b3 Ne5 28.Ne4 Nd3 29.Rcd1 Ndf4+ 30.Kf3 Rf8 31.Kg4 Be5 32.Be7 Rf7 1-0

Charbonneau,P (2442) - Alvarez Castillo,H (2216) [B03]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.28), 18.08.2003

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.h3 0-0 8.Nf3 Bf5 9.Be2 h6 10.0-0 N8d7 11.d5 Bf6 12.Nd4 Bh7 13.Be3 Re8 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.f3 a5 16.b3 Qd7 17.f4 Qe7 18.Bf2 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.Rae1 a4 21.Nb5 axb3 22.axb3 Qe7 23.Bg4 Qf8 24.Nxc7 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 1-0

Bacrot,E (2645) - Chabanon,J (2498) [B63]
Ch FRA Aix-les-Bains (3.3), 0020

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 a6 10.f4 Qb6 11.Nde2 Bd7 12.Ng3 0-0-0 13.Nh5 Be7 14.Be2 Kb8 15.Rhf1 Ka8 16.f5 Rdf8 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.Rf4 Bc6 19.Rdf1 Qd8 20.Qd4 Rhg8 21.g3 Nd7 22.Qd2 e5 23.R4f2 Nb6 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rf3 Rc8 26.Rd3 Nc4 27.Qc1 Qb6 28.Ka1 Qf2 29.b3 Nb6 30.Qe3 Qxe3 31.Rxe3 Rgd8 32.Red3 Rd7 33.Kb2 Ka7 34.R1d2 Na8 35.g4 b5 36.Bf3 Nb6 37.Nd1 b4 38.c4 bxc3+ 39.Rxc3 Rb7 40.Kc1 Bd7 41.Rxc8 Bxc8 42.Rc2 Kb8 43.Ne3 Rc7 44.Ng3 Rxc2+ 45.Kxc2 Bb7 46.Ne2 Bd8 47.Nc3 Nd7 48.Nc4 Bc7 49.b4 Kc8 50.Be2 Kd8 51.Nd2 a5 52.a3 axb4 53.axb4 Nb8 54.Bb5 Bb6 55.Nc4 Bc7 56.Kd3 Nd7 57.Bxd7 Kxd7 58.b5 Bb8 59.Nb6+ Kd8 60.Nbd5 Ba7 61.b6 Ba6+ 62.Ke3 Bb8 63.Nxf6 1-0

Lautier,J (2677) - Dorfman,J (2607) [D15]
ChFRA Aix-les-Bains (2.1), 0019

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.e3 g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Re8 11.e4 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 e5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 e4 17.Re1 Nxc5 18.dxc5 Qxd5 19.Bxe4 Qxc5 20.Bh7+ Kf8 21.Rxe8+ Kxe8 22.Qb3 Kf8 23.Rd1 b5 24.Rd8+ Ke7 25.Qd1 Bf6 26.Bf5 Qc6 27.Be4 Qb6 28.Rg8 Rb8 29.Bd5 Be6 30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Rg6 Rh8 32.Nh2 Qd4 33.Qf3 Kf7 34.Qh5 Ke7 35.Qf3 Kf7 36.Qh5 Ke7 37.Qf3 Kf7 0-1

(5) Browne,W (2480) - Akopyan,H (2266) [E17]
US Open Los Angeles USA (11), 14.08.2003

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Na6 8.d5 Nd6 9.b3 f5 10.0–0 Bf6 11.Rc1 0–0 12.Bf4 Nf7 13.e4 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 fxe4 15.dxe6 dxe6 16.Nd2 Qf6 17.Qa1 Qg6 18.Qb1 e5 19.Be3 Nd6 20.c5 Nb5 21.Rcc1 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.c6 Bc8 24.Bxe4 Qh5 25.b4 Be6 26.Bd3 Nb8 27.a4 Kh8 28.b5 a6 29.Qb4 Qf7 30.Ne4 h6 31.f4 axb5 32.axb5 Ra2 33.Ra1 Rd8 34.Rxa2 Bxa2 35.Re1 Qd5 36.Qe7 Qg8 37.Nf6 Qf8 38.Qxf8+ Rxf8 39.Re8 Rxe8 40.Nxe8 Bd5 41.Nxc7 Bxc6 42.bxc6 Nxc6 43.Nd5 g6 44.Kf2 Kg7 45.Kf3 1–0

(6) Peckham,M (2170) - Handoko,E (2429) [C63]
US Open Los Angeles USA (5), 07.08.2003

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Qe2 d6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 fxe4 8.Nxe4 0–0 9.dxe5 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 d5 11.Qa4 Rxf3 12.gxf3 Nxe5 13.Be2 Bf6 14.Be3 b5 15.Qxb5 c6 16.Qa4 Rb8 17.Rb1 a5 18.Bd2 Qe8 19.Kd1 Bd7 20.Rg1 Qh5 21.Qf4 Rf8 22.Qg3 Qf7 23.Bxa5 d4 24.f4 d3 25.Bxd3 Nxd3 26.Qxd3 Be6 27.Kc1 Bc4 28.Qg3 Re8 29.b3 Bd5 30.Bc3 Re7 31.Kb2 g6 32.Rbc1 Rd7 33.Qe3 Bxc3+ 34.Kxc3 1–0

Brutus-Chiburdanidze, Lippstadt GM tournament, Germany 2003

1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 Bf5 4 Nc3 Qb6 5 Nf3 e6 6 Be2 Nd7 7 0-0 Qd8 8 a4 Bb4 9 Bg5 Ne7 10 Nh4 h6 11 Nxf5 exf5 12 Be3 Nf8 13 Nb1 Ne6 14 c3 Ba5 15 Bd3 Bc7 16 Qf3 g6 17 Nd2 h5 18 b4 Kf8 19 Nb3 b6 20 Rfe1 Kg7 21 b5 Qd7 22 Rac1 Rhd8 23 Qg3 a6 24 bxa6 Rdb8 25 Ra1 Bd8 26 Bd2 Qe8 27 Reb1 Nc7 28 e6 Nxe6 29 Nc5 Nc7 30 Nb7 Rxa6 31 Bxa6 Nxa6 32 Nxd8 Qxd8 33 Qg5 1-0

 

Online Chess League
Summer 2003 Individual Championships
TD Carl Tillotson

The inaugural OCL Individual Championships have finished and it gives me great pleasure to announce that the winners are:

  • OPEN Section Tuomo Niemela (Finland) with 4.5 / 5

  • U1800 Section Bob Kraemer (USA) with 4.5 / 5

  • U1500 Section Denis Tranchemontagne (USA) with 4.5 / 5

Congratulations to the winners, who take their proud place in the Hall of Champions.  Many thanks to the players who participated in what proved to be an enjoyable tournament. We hope to hold the Individual Championships again next summer!

Remember, FALL 2003 is up next! If you have not registered then make sure you do so soon!

Fall 2003 Tournament

While not all details are finalized as of our press deadline, information will be posted on the OCL index pageThe planned timeframes are: End of Registration - 20th September;  Round 1 Pairings Issued - 1st October;  Tournament Ends - 18th November.

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The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

"Lucky" Seven:  The "Berlin Pleaides" was the nickname given to a group of 7 German chessplayers of the 19th century who published books, and toured the country giving exhibitions and lectures.  The 7 members were:

1.  LE Bledow (1795-1846)
2.  K Schorn (1802-50)
3.  B Horwitz (1807-85)
4.  TH von der Lasa (1808-1899)
5.  C Mayet (1810-1868)
6.  W Hanstein (1811-50)
7.  PR Bilguer (1813-1840)

Another Seven:  The first round-robin international tournament was held at London in 1851, immediately after the more famous knockout tournament.  The players were Anderssen, Harrwitz, Horwitz, Meirhofer, Szabo, Ehrmann and Kieseritsky, with Anderssen winning the tournament.

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  • Mainz Chess Classic 2003 (August 13-17 / Mainz, GERMANY)
    Rapid match:    Polgar, J - Anand, V   3-5    Viswanathan Anand won the rapid match vs. J. Polgar
    Chess960 WCCh.:   Svidler, P - Leko, P   4.5-3.5  Peter Svidler is the new WNCA world champion  All the games available
    Ordix Open 2003: Alexander Grischuk won the Ordix Open 2003 (9.5/11)
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    Levon Aronian finished clear first (9.5/11), Zvjaginsev & Landa in 2nd & 3rd place

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Position of the Week: Solution

Fischer,R - Spassky,B
WCh Reykjavik (6), 1972

This week I get to sneak in one of my personal favorite games, where a reigning World Champion is reduced to the role of a spectator at his own execution, shuttling his queen back and forth between two squares on the back rank.

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qa4 c5 13.Qa3 Rc8 14.Bb5 a6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.0-0 Ra7 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Nd4 Qf8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.e4 d4 21.f4 Qe7 22.e5 Rb8 23.Bc4 Kh8 24.Qh3 Nf8 25.b3 a5 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 Nh7 28.Rcf1 Qd8 29.Qg3 Re7 30.h4 Rbb7 31.e6 Rbc7 This is the other position I considered using for this game, because after Fischer's next move, Spassky is helpless. 32.Qe5 Qe8 33.a4 Qd8 34.R1f2 Qe8 35.R2f3 Qd8 36.Bd3 Qe8 37.Qe4 Nf6 [Diagram] 38.Rxf6! gxf6 39.Rxf6 Kg8 40.Bc4 Kh8 41.Qf4 1-0  Black resigns in light of 41...Qg8 and now White has two ways to mate the quickest: 42.Qe5 (or the other way White can win is 42.Rf8 Rc8 43.Qf6+ Rg7 44.e7 when everything is mate-in-four or better)  Believe it or not the best Black has, to delay the inevitable, is 42...Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Rg7+ 44.Kh3 Kh7 45.Qf5+ Kh8 46.Rxh6+ Kg8 47.e7+ Rf7 48.Qxf7 mate.
 

 

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GAMES

Vescovi,G (2618) - Schneider,D (2425) [C18]
America Ch. Buenos Aires ARG (2.4), 18.08.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 c5
5.a3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 Qc7
7.Qg4 f5
8.Qg3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Ne7
10.Bd2 0-0
11.Bd3 b6
12.Ne2 Ba6
13.Nf4 Qd7
14.h4 Bxd3
15.Qxd3 Nbc6
16.h5 Nd8
17.a4 Rc8
18.a5 b5
19.h6  g6
20.a6 Rc4
21.c3 Qc6
22.0-0 Nf7
23.Rfb1 Rb8
24.Rb3 Kf8
25.Qb1 Rb6
26.Ra5 Nxh6
27.Rbxb5 Nc8
28.Rxb6 Nxb6
29.Rc5 Qd7
30.Rxc4 Nxc4
31.Nxe6+
             Qxe6
32.Bxh6+ Ke7
33.Bg5+ 1-0
 

Flear,C (2239) - Guichard,P (2180) [D48]
ChFRA Feminin Aix-les-Bains (3.4), 2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e3 e6
5.Nf3 Nbd7
6.Bd3 dxc4
7.Bxc4 b5
8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5
10.d5 Qc7
11.dxe6 fxe6
12.0-0 Be7
13.Bc2 e5
14.Ng5 Nb6
15.f4 Bg4
16.Qe1 h6
17.Nf3 Nbd7
18.Nd5 Nxd5
19.exd5 0-0-0
20.fxe5 Bg5
21.d6 Qb6
22.Nxg5 hxg5
23.Qe4 Be6
24.Bxg5 Rde8
25.Rf2 Kb8
26.a4 Bc4
27.Be7 Rh6
28.b3 Bg8
29.axb5 Qxb5
30.Bd3 Qb4
31.Rxa6 1-0
 

Matveeva,S (2478) - Kovalevskaya,E (2443)
UralCup Krasnoturinsk (7), 15.08.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.g3 Bg7
4.Bg2 c5
5.d5 d6
6.Nc3 0-0
7.Nf3 e6
8.0-0 exd5
9.cxd5 a6
10.a4 Nbd7
11.Nd2 Ne8
12.Nc4 Ne5
13.Nxe5 Bxe5
14.Bh6 Ng7
15.Qd2 Re8
16.Bf4 Bxf4
17.Qxf4 Rb8
18.Rfb1 Bf5
19.e4 g5
20.Qd2 Bg6
21.b4 cxb4
22.Rxb4 h6
23.Rab1 Qd7
24.Bf1 Qc7
25.Bd3 Rec8
26.Ne2 Re8
27.Qb2 Qc5
28.Rc4 Qa5
29.Qb4 Qxb4
30.Rcxb4 a5
31.Rc4 f5
32.Nc3 Rec8
33.Rxb7 fxe4
34.Rxc8+ Rxc8
35.Nxe4 Bxe4
36.Bxe4 Ne8
37.Bf5 Rc1+
38.Kg2 Nc7
39.Rb6 Kg7
40.Rxd6 Rc5
41.Rg6+ Kf8
42.d6 Rxf5
43.dxc7 Rc5
44.Rxh6 Rxc7
45.Rh5 Rc4
46.Rxg5 Rxa4
47.h4 Ke7
       1-0
 

Beliavsky,A - Borisek,J
15 Milan Vidmar Memorial Zrece (1), 2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 d5
4.cxd5 Nxd5
5.e4 Nxc3
6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bb5+ c6
8.Ba4 a5
9.Nf3 b5
10.Bb3 a4
11.Bc2 Nd7
12.0-0 0-0
13.Bg5 Nb6
14.Qc1 Be6
15.Bh6 f6
16.h4 Qd7
17.Re1 Rad8
18.Bf4 Bg4
19.Nh2 Be6
20.Qe3 f5
21.Bh6 fxe4
22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Qxe4 Rf6
24.g4 Bf7
25.Qe5 Qd6
26.Be4 Bd5
27.Bd3 Qxe5
28.Rxe5 Kf7
29.Rae1 e6
30.a3 Rf4
31.f3 Ke7
32.Kg2 Rdf8
33.R5e3 Kd6
34.Kg3 R4f7
35.g5 Rf4
36.Be2 c5
37.Bxb5 cxd4
38.cxd4 Rxd4
39.Ng4 Kc5
40.Be2 Rd2
41.Nf6 Kd4
42.Bf1 Rc8
43.Ne4 Rd1
44.Rxd1+ Kxe3
         1-0
 

GM Dizdarevic,E - IM Petran,P
WienOpen (4), 2003

1.c4 f5
2.Nc3 g6
3.d3 Bg7
4.e4 d6
5.exf5 gxf5
6.d4 e6
7.Be2 Nf6
8.Bh5+ Kf8
9.Bg5 Qd7
10.Be2 Qf7
11.Nf3 h6
12.Bf4 Nc6
13.d5 Nd8
14.Nh4 e5
15.Bd2 Kg8
16.Qc2 Ne8
17.g3 Bf8
18.0-0-0 Be7
19.Ng2 Bf6
20.Ne3 Ng7
21.f4 Qe7
22.g4 fxg4
23.Nxg4 Bxg4
24.Bxg4 exf4
25.Ne2 h5
26.Bf3 Be5
27.Rdg1 Nf7
28.h4 Kf8
29.Rf1 Qf6
30.Be4 Re8
31.Nxf4 Kg8
32.Ne6 Qe7
33.Bg6 1-0
 

(2) Pruess,D (2331) - Ganbold,O (2417) [A26]
US Open Los Angeles USA (7), 11.08.2003

1.c4 e5
2.Nc3 Nc6
3.g3 g6
4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 d6
6.e3 Be6
7.Nge2 Qd7
8.Nd5 Rb8
9.0–0 Nce7
10.d4 c6
11.Nxe7 Nxe7
12.d5 cxd5
13.cxd5 Bh3
14.Bxh3 Qxh3
15.Qa4+ Qd7
16.Qxa7 0–0
17.e4 f5
18.Bg5 fxe4
19.Bxe7 Qxe7
20.Qe3 Qf7
21.Nc3 Rbc8
22.Nxe4 Qxd5
23.Rfd1 Qe6
24.Rxd6 Qc4
25.b3 Qc2
26.Rd2 Qc7
27.Rad1 Rcd8
28.Rxd8 Rxd8
29.Rxd8+
             Qxd8
30.Qc5 h6
31.Qd6 Qe8
32.Qd5+ Kh8
33.Qxb7 Qd8
34.h4 1–0
 

IM Dueckstein,A - IM Stanec,N
WienOpen (4), 2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 b6
3.Bc4 Bb7
4.Nc3 e6
5.Qe2 a6
6.a4 d6
7.d4 Be7
8.dxc5 bxc5
9.Bf4 Qb6
10.0-0 Nc6
11.Rfd1 Rd8
12.Qe1 Nd4
13.a5 Nxf3+
14.gxf3 Qc6
15.Ra3 Nf6
16.Rb3 Qc8
17.Bf1 0-0
18.Na4 Rfe8
19.c4 Nh5
20.Be3 Bc6
21.Nb6 Qc7
22.Rbd3 Rf8
23.Bd2 Bf6
24.b4 Bd4
25.Be3 e5
26.Rb3 f5
27.b5 Bb7
28.bxa6 Bxa6
29.Nd5 Qf7
30.exf5 Bb7
31.Bxd4 cxd4
32.Bd3 Bxd5
33.cxd5 Qxd5
34.Rdb1 Nf4
35.Be4 Qf7
36.Rb7 Qh5
37.Kh1 d5
38.Qg1 g6
39.fxg6 hxg6
         0-1

 

 

 

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