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GAMES Kramnik,V (2785) - Radjabov,T (2648) [B33] 1.e4 c5 Anand,V (2774) - Radjabov,T (2648) [B32] 1.e4 c5 Morozevich,A (2679) - Korchnoi,V (2628) [C13] 1.e4 e6 Pelletier,Y (2602) - Lutz,C (2631) [E59] 1.d4 Nf6 Naiditsch(GM) (2574) - Radjabov(GM) (2648) [B41] 1.e4 c5 |
Volume 2 Issue 31
August 3rd, 2003 In This Issue "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." - Albert Einstein [FEN "1b6/1qPB4/5K2/1npkP3/Q1N2p2/2prpP2/b1N5/8 w - - 0 1"] White mates in two - Find the
Solution
(8/3) Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle. (8/2) Downside: Another Perry the PawnPusher story by Master Storyteller Rick Kennedy. Rick wrote that after finishing a long lost story fragment (The Only Move) he had a nagging feeling, "Didn't I? -- surely, I had -- hadn't I written _another_ Perry story about annotations, which started with the author playing against a computer...?" Indeed he had, and here it is. Thanks Rick! I'm glad you found this gem of a story. Readers, enjoy Downside! (8/2) Distance Chess - Is it the future? by Phil Innes. This introduction to Distance Chess is sparked by one extraordinary event at the end of May in, well, in Paris and St. Petersburg. (7/31) The New York Masters Game of the Week, with commentary by IM Greg Shahade. In addition to GM’s Yudasin, Stripunsky and Ibragimov, we had some exciting new players in this week’s NY Masters: reigning World Under 18 girls champion German IM and WGM, Elisabeth Paehtz; Georgian WGM Tea Lanchava-Bosboom; new USCF Executive Board member, Beatriz Marinello; and 23 year old Radu Murgescu, originally from Romania. We had all the makings of an exciting matchup on board one, as young German phenom Elisabeth Paehtz would square off against the NY Masters champion, Leonid Yudasin.
Sicilain Defence, Goteborg System
(7/29) Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia: brought to you by the Mad Aussie
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Besides GM Baburin, whom we met above, other CT content contributors include GM Ruslan Scherbakov, GM Mikhail Golubev (Ukraine), IM Maxim Notkin (Russia), IM Nikolai Vlassov (Russia), FM Sam Collins (Ireland), Andy Ansel (USA) and Don Aldrich (USA). Ralph Marconi and Graham Brown ably handle the technical production details. Chess Today arrives in your email inbox bearing three files. The first is a PDF file containing the newsletter itself. To open PDF files, you need Acrobat Reader. This useful program can be downloaded for free at www.adobe.com. The other two files are PGN and Chessbase (cbv) formats (your choice which one you want to use) of the games and annotations contained in the newsletter itself, along with a small assortment of additional games selected for their topicality and relevance. You can download Chess Base Light at www.chessbase.com - enabling you to open CBV and PGN files, although there are, of course, many other PGN readers available. Each issue of Chess Today usually ranges from three to five pages in length and contains a puzzle, news reports from major chess tournaments and matches, and annotated GM/IM games from those events. Occasional OpEd pieces discuss chess politics and other current chess events. Some issues contain instructional materials, book review, interviews and cartoons. Players rated 1500+, who are serious about chess, will benefit from the paper the most. You can load the games onto your computer to follow along, or just print CT and take it with you to read during your commute to work, or on your lunch hour. The extra versatility provided by the inclusion of the games files make CT the perfect daily chess information source. Current subscription rates are $15 USD
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Distance Chess - The Future? Imagine going over to your local chess club to play a game, one in a sequence to achieve your norm (you also have to imagine you are the local tyro!). The TD indicates your table which has one chair, an ordinary looking wooden board, the usual club pieces, and says "15 minutes". You have been preparing mentally and physically all week and didn't waste time or money traveling to a distant city, staying in a cheap motel, and risking unusual food. At the appointed time the TD starts your clock and 6 seconds later the clock displays your opponent's first move, 1.e4. You make your own move, press the clock, and after a few more moves look across to the computer which shows the board position, available time for each player, move count and moves made, and a video picture of your opponent Wang Li and his immediate surroundings, 13,000 miles away. After 33 moves into a Sicilian Pelikan, Sveshnikov variation, you press a special button on your clock which offers a draw - and a little to your surprise it is accepted! This is a good result because your opponent is rated 2450 ELO and you were playing-up 50 points with the black bits, and besides... lurking at the back of your mind was the realization that <gulp> 7,000 people were watching the game in real time on the net - with expert commentary you couldn't hear. Science Fiction? At this time of writing this article for Chessville, July 31st 2003, Mark Taimanov has already written his copy for the famous Russian magazine "64" titled "The Future of Chess" to be published in the next issue, and sparked by one extraordinary event at the end of May in, well, in Paris and St. Petersburg... Read all of this introductory look at
Distance Chess
today! Another Perry The PawnPusher Adventure, By Rick Kennedy Mate in 47, the computer read out. I wiped my forehead with a damp handkerchief, loosened my tie further, and looked at the position again. My plan had been to take us out of a sharp, tactical middlegame, where modern thinking machines roamed unchecked, like hungry carnivores, and into a murky, overgrown swamp of an endgame, where my lifetime of following in Capablanca’s footsteps might show me the way through a dense thicket of variations. I pushed my king forward. This was the way out. I was sure of it. Mate in 15, the computer responded. I smiled, signed my scorecard, and walked away. There was barely a murmur of reaction in the Club. We were far past the excitement of “Man Bites Dog,” or “Computer Bytes Man,” if you will... Read the rest of Rick Kennedy's "Downside".
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia "Who Am I" Quiz Click here for the solutions! 1. I won the championship of my country 11 times. I played in 14 Chess Olympiads, and was 3 times a World Championship Candidate. Who am I? 2. I was acknowledged as the "Champion of the Free World" for a time. I also achieved a combined even score against both Botvinnik and Smyslov, but was never granted a world title match. Who am I? 3. I played international chess for 50 years, from the 1890's to the 1940's. Although I won few tournaments, my dashing attacking style won me many brilliancy prizes, as well as many admirers. As well as playing, I wrote about the game, and was the organizer of the 1911 San Sebastian tournament. Who am I? 4. I was a brilliant but inconsistent player whose best results were in the 1950's. I was also a coach to Boris Spassky. My nickname was the "g7-specialist", because of my tendency to sacrifice pieces or give mate on that square. Who am I? Just Couldn't Take "No" For An Answer: In the course of playing Roman Dzindzichashvili during the 1989 US championship tournament, Igor Ivanov made 7 draw offers in the space of just 23 moves.
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Leko(GM) (2739) - Bologan(GM) (2650) [B17] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bd3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Ne5 a6 12.Ngf3 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nbd5 14.0-0 Bc5 15.Bb5+ Kf8 16.Bxc5+ Qxc5 17.Bc4 Ke7 18.Bxd5 Nxd5 19.c4 Nf6 20.Rfd1 Bd7 21.b4 Qc7 22.Nd4 Rhd8 23.Rd3 Kf8 24.Rad1 Be8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Ng4 Qxc4 27.Qd2 Rac8 28.Nb3 Qc7 29.Rc1 Qb8 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 31.b5 Qc4 32.bxa6 bxa6 33.Rd6 Qb5 34.Nd4 Qb1+ 35.Kh2 Rc8 36.Nb3 Nc5 37.Nxc5 Rxc5 38.Rxa6 Qb8+ 39.Kg1 Rb5 40.Ne3 Rb1+ 41.Nd1 Qe5 42.Ra3 Qg5 43.Re3 Ba4 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.g3 Rxd1 46.Qd8+ Rxd8 0-1
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The Times of India Behind Before You Buy Chess Playing Software for Windows Early Chess Players The Charlotte Observer: Checkmate Wanted World Chess RatingViorel Bologan: 'Right Now I'm Happy' Chess Siberia The review 5 numbers of the newspaper "64" for June, 1937 Best Players And Games Of July Evgeny Bareev is the best player of June 2003 Best game of June 2003: Adams, M. (2723) - Lautier, J. (2666) [B47] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. a5 Rc8 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Be3 Bf6 21. c3 Ne5 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Bd4 Qc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. c4 g5 27. Qc3 Ng4 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 e5 30. Bb6 Re8 31. c5 Kg7 32. Qb4 Nh2 33. c6 g4 34. Re4 Rh6 35. Rxg4+ Nxg4 36. Qxg4+ Rg6 37. Qe4 Bg5 38. Qf5 bxc6 39. dxc6 e4 40. Re1 Re6 41. c7 e3 42. f4 Bf6 43. Bd5 Bc3 44. Re2 Bd2 45. Rh2 Bc3 46. Rh7+ Kg8 47. Rxf7 e2 1-0 Smithsonian Magazine: Chess Queen (pdf format)
Mechanics' Institute Chess Room swissinfo: Viktor Kortchnoï, a life devoted to chess Biel Chess Festival: Interview with Alexander Morozevich The Campbell ReportLeonard "Corky" Schakel vs. Kristo Miettinen Danish Gambit Accepted ChessWatch Added to Sites of Note Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary - 222. 23 July 2003: Spielstellung 198 Segaard Chess Reviews - Nimzo-Indian, Kasparov Variation World Chess Network John Henderson's The Scotsman: The End of an Era Larry Evans On Chess: Shock of the New RusBase Part Three - New Materials for 1986, 1987 Annotated Games New York Masters Game of the Week, analysis by IM Greg Shahade The Telegraph Chess ClubMalcolm Pein: Kramnik-Radjabov, Dortmund 2003 David Norwood: Conquest-Arakhami-Grant, British Ch 2003 Nigel Short: Rotlewi-Rubinstein, Lodzl Lodz, 1907 David Sands (Washington Times): Fayvinov-Gulko, U.S. Senior Open, Wilmington, Del., July 2003
Sergey Shipov (World Chess Ratings) Robert Byrne (NY Times): Adams-Lautier, Enghien-les-Bains 2003
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post) Jack Peters (LA Times): IM Khachiyan -- IM C. Lakdawala, Southern California Championship, Costa Mesa 2003
Ian Rogers (Australian
Chess Columns) Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail): Krnan-Patterson, Canadian Open 2003 N. Vlassoz (Chessnews Weekly): Biel 2003 (4 games) 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 Solutions to The Mad Aussie's "Who Am I?" quizzes: 1. Svetozar
Gligoric Position of the Week: Solution
by Sam Loyd, Originally published in the N.Y. Albion, July 17, 1858
1.Qa8 Qxa8 2.Nb6 mate Other tries for Black are: 1...Bxc4
2.Qxb7 mate; 1...Nd4 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Nd6 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Kxc4 2.Qxa2 mate;
1...Nxc7 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Bxc7 2.Qg8 mate; 1...Bb1 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Rd1 2.Nb6
mate; 1...Rd2 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Rd4 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Na7 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Bb3
2.Nb6 mate; 1...e2 2.Nb6 mate; 1...Qc6+ 2.Be6 mate; 1...Na3 2.Nb6 mate;
1...Ba7 2.Qg8 mate. |
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The Janitor Jim SeriesInstructional Games for NovicesThese games, because of their very one-sidedness, are perfect for showing some of the mistakes novice and beginning players make. My goal in presenting these games is to show you what some of those mistakes are, and maybe help you to "see" another way of thinking about the game.
Game 1
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Game 3
Game 4
Game 5 These games are annotated for the novice player, probably those who are either new to the game, or are rated below about 1300 (though even some intermediate players might benefit from time to time by going "back to basics".)
GAMES Lutz,C (2631) - Morozevich,A (2679) [C11] 1.e4 e6 Bologan,V (2650) - Anand,V (2774) [B19] 1.e4 c6 Korchnoi,V (2628) - Pelletier,Y (2602) [D12] 1.d4 d5 Bologan,V (2650) - Anand,V (2774) [B19]Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting Dortmund, GER (3), 02.08.2003 1.e4 c6
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