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Ruy for Black: What's Best? Most Aggressive Opening 2267.1 Two Knights - Polorio 2258.1 Grunfeld 2209.3 King's Gambit Basic Gambit Opening for Black 2260.1 ECO Codes Hierarchy Two Knights Defense: Best Books? 2263.1 Euwe's Middlegame Books 2244.1 The King's Gambit for the Creative Aggressor! What Makes a Scholastic Chess Club? 2257.1 OCL Playing System 2243.1 The New Critique of Kasparov's Book Chess.FM Flash Presentations Study Group To Learn To Attack
GAMES Kasparov,G (2830) - Azmaiparashvili,Z (2693) [C41] 1.e4 d6 Azmaiparashvili,Z (2693) - Kasparov,G (2830) [A11] 1.c4 c6 McShane,L (2619) - Bacrot,E (2645) [C41] 1.e4 e5 Seirawan,Y (2626) - Xu Yuhua (2485) [E32] 1.d4 Nf6 Handke,F (2476) - Epishin,V (2642) [B42] 1.e4 c5 Davies,N (2482) - Agdestein,S (2571) [A90] 1.d4 e6 Gordon,S (2216) - Kotronias,V (2602) [E60] 1.d4 Nf6
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Volume 2 Issue 39
September 28th, 2003 In This Issue
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. [FEN "8/4p3/2p1p3/2PkP2Q/3p4/3P4/8/7K w - - 0 1"] White mates in four - Find the Solution
(9/28) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (9/27) Another free eBook: 777 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!
(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
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The King's Gambit
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
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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:
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] 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
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia 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? Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie! Pablo's Chess News Chessville coverage of:
Isle of Man International: Epishin, Davies, etc. Short withdraws in dispute over 1st round repairing! Emms,J (2520) - Bjarnason,O (2261) [B01] 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
other online chess news resources
The Chess Cafe Alisa Maric, a picture portrait of this remarkable young lady National Chess Week in England for Barnardo's. Details... Hungarian pronunciation primer 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 SiberiaThe 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 Zukertort-Jefferson, Remove White's QN, 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 DrumChicago's BFOC Launches New Chess Site The Campbell Report Added CC Tandem Chess to Sites of Note Seagaard Chess Reviews Winning with the Trompowsky World Chess Network John Henderson's The Scotsman Larry Evans On Chess: Game Over 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 ColumnsIan 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
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Problem of the Week 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) Return to The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia Position of the Week: Solution
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
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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. 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] 1.e4 c5 Lane,G (2412) - Sulskis,S (2593) [C63] 1.e4 e5 Lputian,S (2623) - Sandipan,C (2469) [A45] 1.d4 Nf6 Daly,C (2355) - Kogan,A (2534) [D12] 1.Nf3 d5
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