Visit Chessville

 

 

Ask the Tiger!
GM Nigel Davies

Send Your Questions today!
Ask the Grandmaster the questions you need answers to!  Endgame technique?  Opening quandary?  Tactical mystery?  Training issues?  Ask the Tiger!

 

 

 



From The Chessville Forum

The Rulebook!
2233.1

Chess Books on eBay 2248.1

Bain vs Woolum
2246.1

Bruce Monson's Book 2239.1

Middlegame Parts I & II, by Euwe 2244.1

Heisman's Books Are "Never Out of Print" 2238.1

E-Mail Chess Programs
2235.1

Palm Chess Programs
2225.1

Creating Puzzles
2228.1

Any fun lines vs the French Defense?
2232.1

Stonewall
2177.12

Belgrade Gambit
1966.20

King's Gambit vs Queen's Gambit 2240.1

Diego hits the bigtime: French Defense game in TWIC 2229.1

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
2028.41

Weakness of Gambits 2222.1

Essential Skills for Kids
2231.1

New Novice Nook by Dan Heisman Posted
2234.1

Kevinfons is Using the Notebook Again! 2227.1

Problem Solving Contests
2247.1

Calculating Mating Material
2245.1

OCL Playing System
2243.1

More: Positional Chess vs Attacking Chess
2220.12

Chess Education College Courses
2242.1

Nacht van de kameleon
2226.1

USCF Membership
2217.12

Popov vs Svidler 2236.1

 

 

 

GAMES

Xie Jun (2569) - Short,N (2701) [C94]
Sanjian Chess Cup Ji Nan, CHN (1), 17.09.2003

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 0-0
9.h3 Nb8
10.d3 Nbd7
11.Nbd2 Bb7
12.Nf1 Nc5
13.Bc2 Re8
14.Ng3 Bf8
15.b4 Ncd7
16.d4 g6
17.a4 Nb6
18.dxe5 dxe5
19.Qxd8 Raxd8
20.Bg5 Kg7
21.axb5 axb5
22.Ra7 Rb8
23.Bd3 c6
24.Nd2 Na4
25.Rc1 Bc8
26.Bc2 Re7
27.Rxe7 Bxe7
28.Bxa4 bxa4
29.Ra1 c5
30.bxc5 Bd7
31.Be3 Rc8
32.Nc4 Bxc5
33.Nxe5 Bxe3
34.Nxd7 Nxd7
35.fxe3 Nc5
36.Kf2 Kf6
37.Kf3 Ke5
38.Ne2 Ra8
39.Ra3 Nxe4
40.Nd4 Nd2+
41.Ke2 Nb1
42.Ra1 Nxc3+
43.Kd3 Nd5
44.Nf3+ Kd6
45.Ng5 f6
46.Ne4+ Ke5
47.Nc5 a3
48.g4 a2
49.Kc4 Nxe3+
50.Kb3 Nd5
51.Na4 Kf4
52.Rxa2 Kg3
53.Rd2 Nf4
54.Rd7 Rh8
55.Nc5 Kxh3
56.Ne4 h5
57.Rf7 Re8
58.Nxf6 Re3+
59.Kc4 hxg4
60.Kd4 Rf3
61.Rh7+ Nh5
62.Ne4 Rf4
63.Ke3 Rxe4+
64.Kxe4 g3
65.Rh6 g2
         1-0
 

Zhao Xue (2467) - Seirawan,Y (2626) [E12]
Sanjian Chess Cup Sanjian, CHN (3), 19.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.a3 c6
5.Nc3 d5
6.Bg5 Be7
7.Bxf6 Bxf6
8.e4 0-0
9.Rc1 dxe4
10.Nxe4 c5
11.Bd3 Bb7
12.dxc5 Bxb2
13.Rb1 Bf6
14.0-0 Nd7
15.cxb6 axb6
16.Nd6 Bxf3
17.gxf3 Be5
18.Ne4 Rxa3
19.Qe2 Nc5
20.Nxc5 Qg5+
21.Kh1 Qf4
       0-1
 

Naiditsch,A (2574) - Karjakin,S (2556) [B92]
Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, SWI (1), 17.09.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Be3 e5
7.Nb3 Be6
8.Be2 Be7
9.0-0 0-0
10.Qd2 Nbd7
11.a4 Rc8
12.Rfd1 Qc7
13.a5 Rfd8
14.Qe1 h6
15.Rd2 Nc5
16.Nxc5 dxc5
17.Rxd8+ Rxd8
18.b3 Qc6
19.Ra4 Rd4
20.f3 Rxa4
21.Nxa4 c4
22.Qc3 Qb5
23.Bd2 Nd7
24.Bxc4 Bxc4
25.Qxc4 Qxc4
26.bxc4 f6
27.Kf1 Kf7
28.Ke2 Ke6
29.g4 Nb8
30.h4 Nc6
31.Bc3 g5
32.h5 Kd6
33.Nb6 Ke6
34.Nd5 Bc5
35.Kd3 Kf7
36.Bd2 Bf8
37.Bc3 Bc5
38.Kd2 Ke6
39.Kc1 Ba3+
40.Kb1 Bc5
41.Ka2 Kf7
42.Kb3 Ke6
43.Ka4 Kf7
44.Bd2 Bf2
45.Be3 Be1
46.c3 Ke6
47.Bb6 Bd2
48.Kb3 Kf7
49.Kc2 Bf4
50.Nb4 Nb8
51.Nd3 Nd7
52.Ba7 Ke6
53.c5 Ke7
54.Nb4 Ke6
55.c6 bxc6
56.Nxa6 Kd6
57.Nb8 Nf8
58.Bb6 Ne6
59.a6 Nc7
60.Bxc7+ Kxc7
61.a7 1-0
 

Ovsejevitsch,S (2497) - Nguyen,T (2435) [E21]
First Saturday GM Budapest (2), 07.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.Nc3 Bb7
5.Qc2 Bb4
6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 d6
8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.Nd2 h6
10.Bh4 g5
11.Bg3 Nh5
12.e4 Qf6
13.Rc1 Nxg3
14.hxg3 0-0-0
15.Be2 Qg7
16.d5 Qg8
17.b4 Kb8
18.Nb3 Qf8
19.0-0 h5
20.Qe3 h4
21.c5 Qh6
22.g4 dxc5
23.bxc5 exd5
24.c6 Bxc6
25.Qc3 Bb7
26.Qxc7+ Ka8
27.exd5 h3
28.Rc6 Qh7
29.Na5 bxa5
30.Ba6 Nc5
       0-1
 

Pilgaard,K (2446) - Jakab,A (2442) [C06]
First Saturday GM Budapest (4), 09.09.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nd2 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7
5.c3 c5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.Ne2 cxd4
8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6
10.Nf3 Bd6
11.0-0 Qc7
12.Bg5 0-0
13.Bh4 Nh5
14.Qc2 h6
15.Bg6 Rxf3
16.gxf3 Bxh2+
17.Kh1 Nf4
18.Ng3 Qd6
19.Rad1 e5
20.Bh7+ Kh8
21.Nf5 Qe6
22.Bg3 Bxg3
23.fxg3 Kxh7
24.Ne3+ Ng6
25.dxe5 Qh3+
26.Qh2 d4
27.Nc2 Ncxe5
28.g4 Qxh2+
29.Kxh2 Nxf3+
30.Kg3 Bxg4
         0-1

 




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

Volume 2  Issue 38                                                         September 21st, 2003

In This Issue

Multi-Master Simul

New At Chessville

The Kennedy Kids:
Like, Unlike

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia

Cajun Chess

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

 


Chess Express Ratings

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

- Brian Tracy

 

Position of the Week


[FEN kb1r2r1/pp3Rp1/2pq3p/P3p3/2B1P3/2PP2Pn/1PK2Q2/R5B1 w - - 0 25]

White to move and win - Find the Solution

Triple-Weighted Set with 2 Extra Queens, King 3-3/4". Triple-weighted plastic pieces are ideal for time scrambles! $9.95 to as little as $5.20
 

 

4-inch Rosewood & Boxwood set, extra heavily weighted and felted. Beautifully detailed.  Our competitors sell the same set for $375.00.  $89.95 to as little as $64.95

Cajun Chess Chessville Review Cajun Chess

New At Chessville

(9/21)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.  This week a double dose of tactical tricks: several eagle-eyed readers noticed that our problem for 7-20-2003 duplicated a previous week.  We've replaced the offending problem by starting off an entirely new category of tactical theme.

Our Problem of the Week Archive is a great tactical training tool - choose problems at random or sequentially from the dated lists, or go to the Tactical Theme section of the archive, where we've categorized the 20 themes displayed in our collection of problems.  Of course, you still get our regular new position for this week, too!

(9/20)  New additions to the MyChessSite downloads page:

  • Kasparov-Topalov:  Advanced Chess Match, Leon 1998.  All ten games in a 3 kb zipped ChessBase file.

  • Grunfeld Analysis:  analysis of Nielsen-McShane, [D89] Malmoe 2003.  A 106 kb zipped file in PDF format.

(9/20)  Annotated Games:  from a unique event in Vancouver, Canada.  NM Jack Yoos looks at three games (the first of which we offer here today) from a multi-master simul.  The three-round simultaneous display was given by teams of players and was played with clocks.  Check out the exhaustively detailed analysis in the first of the games, with Peter Stockhausen managing the White pieces, and GM Duncan Suttles, FM Oliver Schulte, and NM Roman Jiganchine taking turns with the Black ones.

 

NM Jack Yoos

(9/18)  Cajun Chess:  Boards, sets, bags, combo sets, clocks, computers, software, videos, travel sets, t-shirts, and more!  Check out some examples of the quality merchandise carried by Cajun Chess in the Chessville Mall, or surf directly over to the Cajun Chess website today for some fantastic deals on the chess equipment you want and need.

(9/17)  Like, Unlike:  Another new Kennedy Kids story, from Master Storyteller Rick Kennedy (Perry the Pawnpusher, Sherlock Holmes).  Cheating?  In chess?  Is that even possible?

(9/16)  Lasker-Steinitz Game 19:  The final game of their fabled 1894 match for the Chess World Championship, annotated by the soon-to-be former World Champion.  Lasker put the exclamation point to his title by taking 3˝ points from the final five games, including this little gem to seal the deal.  Follow the game and Steinitz's annotations on the interactive JavaScript board.
 

Multi-Master Simul

On September 7 the Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) Bridge Centre was the site for a multi-master simul, the first fund-raising event toward the 2005 Elod Macskasy tournament.  The three-round simul was given by teams of players and was played with clocks: 90 minutes for the simul givers and 60 minutes for the regular players.  Even with this time differential the masters lost a number of points due to time trouble, including flagging on one board where they had a mate in one.

NM Jack Yoos

Visit the BCCF website,
& Chess BC website.

Tournament report by Stephen Wright,
Editor of the British Columbia (Canada) Chess Federation (BCCF) E-Mail Bulletin.

The teams were made up of:  A) GM Duncan Suttles, FM Oliver Schulte, and NM Roman Jiganchine; B) FM Jack Yoos, Tyler Johnson, and Lucas Davies; and C) FM Bruce Harper, NM Fanhao Meng, and NM Luc Poitras.

A total of 27 players provided opposition for these teams over the three rounds.  The teams scored 15.5/24 (65%), 18/22 (82%), and 14/18 (78%) respectively, while the best scores for "the masses" were recorded by Evgeni Goutor and Andrea Cheng (2 each) and Tiffany Tang (1.5).  In general, Team A in the first round was not as well coordinated as the other two teams (who learned from Team A's example), while the last round had the lowest quality games, as it was the third game of the day for the tiring regular players.  All in all everyone had a great time, and $365 was raised for the Macskasy Memorial!  The annotations were generously provided by NM Jack Yoos.

(Editor's Note: Jack Yoos analysis is extremely detailed, and well worth taking the time to go over.  Studying well-annotated master games is one of the best ways to improve!  Check out the first of these three games today!)
 

Cajun Chess
Chess Supplies at Wholesale and Retail

Boards, sets, bags, combo sets, clocks, computers, software, videos, travel sets, t-shirts, and more!  Cajun Chess has the best prices we've seen, especially in quantities, and they say they won't be undersold!  These are perfect for schools, clubs, the reseller, or just a bunch of friends getting together to save each other money.  And, when you buy from Cajun Chess through the Chessville Mall, you'll help support Chessville!  Just look at these examples:

Analysis Set Staunton design. Ideal for schools and municipal clubs at an extraordinary price. Solid plastic construction for steady play and durability. Weighs 5.5 oz.  $4.15 to as little as $2.75

* * * * * * * *

Durable canvas bag with zippered pouch for pieces. Bag has compartments for pens, score pads, and Pouch to secure clock.
Includes board, bag and Pieces! Bag size: 7" x 22" COLORS:  black, green, red and blue.  $22.95 to as little as $15.75

* * * * * * * *

Visit Cajun Chess today for all of your chess needs.


This 4 - inch Rosewood & Boxwood set is extra heavily weighted (4lbs.) and felted. The set has a beautifully detailed knight and a deep-cut bishop. You will not find a nicer set at this price anywhere. (Our competitors sell the same set for $375.00)  $89.95 to as little as $64.95

* * * * * * * *

This traditional scorebook holds 50 games, with 120 moves. It also has space to put all of your tournament information. Each sheet is spiral-bound to make games accessible.

$2.85 to as little as $1.75

 

The perfect T-shirt for speed chess players and blitz fans!  $11.95

* * * * * * * *

Excalibur I I Digital Chess Clock

This is the latest, improved model! 96 pre-set controls, 3/4" readable display. Measures 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2. One- year warranty from manufacturer.  $36.00 to as little as $27.00

* * * * * * * *

Plus:  Books, Software, Computers,
and  more!
  Visit Cajun Chess today for all of your chess needs.

 


The Kennedy Kids: Like, Unlike
by Mary Elizabeth, as retold by Rick Kennedy

I’ll bet that Bobby Fischer said “thank you” to his older sister when she taught him how to play chess.  That’s one more way – number 11 by my count – that my brother is not like Bobby Fischer.

Of course, he says I’m nowhere near like Judit Polgar, either.  That’s probably true.  If someone teases Judit, she just checkmates them.  She is too much of a lady to kick them in the shins.  Not like me.

Another thing: Mr. Fischer never cheated.  I never even knew you could cheat in chess until I got to this position in a game against my brother (Jon had White, and it's his turn to move).

It looks simple: his White pawn captures my Rook and promotes to a Queen; I capture his Queen and then win the game...

Read Like, Unlike and see how Jon tricks his way to a win!
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

An Odd Match:  One of the most spectacular displays of "living chess" ever given was held in 1934, at the Stalin Motorworks factory in Moscow.  The players were Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR champion) and Nikolai Riumin (Moscow champion).  The "pieces" were represented in the following way:

Kings - weightlifters
Queens - tennis players
Rooks - athletes armed with machine guns(!)
Bishops - cyclists
Knights - javelin throwers
Pawns - football players

The game ended in a draw after 36 moves.

An Odds Match:  In 1846, Howard Staunton defeated Daniel Harrwitz in a 22 game match by the score of +12 -9 =1. What was interesting was that the match was played with different odds in some of the games. Here are the scores for each type of odds:

Even                           +7 -0 = 0
Pawn and move           +1 -6 =1
Pawn and two moves   +4 -3 = 0

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Latest news: October 2003 FIDE rating list available

  • Lausanne Young Masters (September 17 - 22 / Lausanne, SWITZERLAND)
    Semifinals: Bacrot - Naiditsch: 1.5-0.5 / McShane - Mamedyarov: 1-1 (tiebreak: 2-0) / Games available

  • Kasparov - Azmaiparashvili rapid & blitz match (September 23 - 24 / Crete, GREECE)
    The match will consist in 4 rapid & 4 blitz games / The games will be relayed in the Internet

  • European Club Cups (September 27th - October 5th / Rethymnon, GREECE)
    Kasparov, Grischuk, Shirov, Svidler, Bareev, Adams, Ivanchuk, Akopian, Azmaiparashvili, Dreev, etc.

  • October 2003 FIDE rating list
    Top 10: Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Bareev, Shirov, Topalov, Grischuk, Adams, Svidler & Leko

  • Sanjian Chess Cup (September 17 - 20 / Ji Nan, CHINA)
    Evgeny Bareev tied with Yasser Seirawan in the 1st place (3.5/4) / Games available.  Yaz's last game as he retires:

Seirawan,Y (2626) - Xu Yuhua (2485) [E32]
Sanjian Chess Cup Sanjian, CHN (4), 20.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Ba6 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.e3 Na5 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qxf6 gxf6 13.Ne2 c5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Nc6 16.Rb1 Rfc8 17.Nc3 Ne7 18.Be2 Nf5 19.Kd2 Nd6 20.c5 Ne4+ 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Kxd3 f5 24.Ra1 bxc5 25.bxc5 Rcb8 26.Rhb1 Rxb1 27.Rxb1 d6 28.c6 Rc8 29.d5 exd5 30.Rc1 Kf8 31.Kd4 Ke7 32.Kxd5 a5 33.Rb1 1-0

  • 1st Saturday Tournaments (September 2003 / Budapest, HUNGARY)
    Nguyen, Predojevic & Erdos achieved IM norms / Games available

  • More!

other online chess news resources
The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
Net Chess News - News and More
 

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Review: Chess Tactics for Kids by Murray Chandler
     Endgame Study: L. Zalkind Shakhmaty 1927
     Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies: Playing When You're Hungry
     An Arbiter's Notebook by Geurt Gijssen: Perpetual Check Doesn't Exist
     Informant @ ChessCafe.com: Evgeny Bareev Annotates
     Novice Nook by Dan Heisman: Chess Exercises

Jon Levitt's Chess Pages - Surprise England Call Up

Tigerchess - Updated Grandmaster Growl

Victoria News: Playing to Win

Russian Chess - New Online Playing Site, Interface in Eight Languages

Chessbase
     Kings win Three Arrows Cup - pictorial report
     Young Masters playing in Lausanne - illustrated report page
     Transtec-Shredder beats GM Peter Acs - More...
     Software of the year, five stars for Fritz - More...
     Chess in China - games, links and pictures
     Anatoly Karpov speaks out - Here is an English translation...
     Steve Lopez: Notation options in ChessBase 8 - More...
     Moviestar, moviestar – Kosteniuk film premieres - pictures and a video preview...
     European Club Championship: Kasparov in Crete - Details...
     Peter Svidler wins Russian Championship - a lot of wonderful pictures
     Chess night in Bangkok - Here are all the details

World Chess Rating
     Interview with Russian Champion Peter Svidler

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
     What to do with the MCO, BCO and NCO

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
     IM John Donaldson's Newsletter #157, 09/17/2003: 1) Mezentsev wins 4th Annual Donnelly Memorial; 2) Karapetian leads Goodall Tuesday Night Marathon; 3) San Francisco Chess History -1881; 4) Here and There; 5) Bridge and Chess in New York

FIDE
     Check your World Ranking and National Ranking
     1st October 2003 FIDE Rating List out now

Rank Name                           Title  Fed  Rtng Games Birthday
  1  Kasparov, Garry.................  g   RUS  2830    0  13.04.63
  2  Kramnik, Vladimir...............  g   RUS  2777   11  25.06.75
  3  Anand, Viswanathan..............  g   IND  2766   10  11.12.69
  4  Bareev, Evgeny..................  g   RUS  2739   11  21.11.66
  5  Shirov, Alexei..................  g   ESP  2737    2  04.07.72
  6  Topalov, Veselin................  g   BUL  2735    0  15.03.75
  7  Grischuk, Alexander.............  g   RUS  2732    0  31.10.83
  8  Adams, Michael..................  g   ENG  2725   10  17.11.71
  9  Svidler, Peter..................  g   RUS  2723    0  17.06.76
 10  Leko, Peter.....................  g   HUN  2722   10  08.09.79
 11  Polgar, Judit (GM)..............  wg  HUN  2722    9  23.07.76

The Chess Drum
     Why China Will Soon Dominate Chess
     Muhammad Speaks on Mutual Zugzwang

The Campbell Report
     Hermann Helms and Correspondence Chess Coverage in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle by John S. Hilbert

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     ChessPublishing.com
     Grandmaster Secrets - Endings

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans On Chess: Chess for Fun

RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1988

USCF - TD Corner- by Tim Just

Annotated Games

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

The Telegraph Chess Club
     Malcolm Pein: Paehtz-McShane, Lausanne Young Masters 2003
     David Norwood:
Svidler-Volkov, 56th Russian Ch., 2003
     Nigel Short:
Zhao Xue/Nigel Short-Zhu Chen/Yasser Seirawan, 2003 Kings vs Queens Match China

Robert Byrne (NY Times)
     Goldin-Milos, Pan-Am Continental Ch., Buenos Aires, 20003

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post)
     Popov-Svidler, 56th Russian Ch., 2003

Jack Peters (LA Times): Svidler-Sherbakov, 56th Russian Ch., 2003

David Sands (Washington Times): Nielsen-Taffinder, 14th NATO Championships, Hoevelte, Denmark, September 2003

Australian Chess Columns - 14/09/03
     Parr-Klibor, Buesum 1967; Ikeda-Jovanovic, Belconnen ACT Ch. 2003; Sandler-Chow, Melbourne Vic. Ch. 2003; Svidler-Sherbakov, 56th Russian Ch., 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe & Mail): Caron-Auger, Quebec City, 2003

Puzzles & Problems

Chessville - Problem of the Week
MagnateGames - A problem each day
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week
Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day
The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily

Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you.  Write: Newsletter@Chessville.com

Position of the Week: Solution

Rubinstein,A - Hromadka,K
Maehrisch Ostrau Maehrisch Ostrau (4), 1923

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nd4 9.Qg3 Qe7 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Kd1 c6 12.a4 Rg8 13.Rf1 h6 14.Ne2 0-0-0 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.c3 Bb6 17.a5 Bc7 18.Be3 Kb8 19.Kc2 Ka8 20.Rf3 Nd5 21.Bg1 Nf4 22.Qf2 Bb8 23.g3 Nxh3 24.Rxf7 Qd6 [diagram] 25.Qb6 Rd7 26.Bc5 Rxf7 27.Bxd6 Rf2+ 28.Qxf2 Nxf2 29.Bc5 1-0
 

 

Please forward The Chessville Weekly to your friends!

 

Subscribe
Today

 

 

 

Place Your Ad In Chessville, or In The Chessville Weekly.

 

 

Next time you're logged in to
ICC (Ch 261)
or
FICS (Ch 231)
stop in at the Chessville Channel and say hello!

 

 

Chess
Quotes

It’s impossible to compare two players from different epochs. It’s extremely unfair because we know more now and also because my opponents are stronger than those Fischer had to face. I am not trying to underestimate Fischer’s achievements! The only real point of comparison between the two of us is the size of the gaps between ourselves and our respective opponents. I think that the gap between Fischer and his opponents is still the widest in [modern] chess history. The only possible way to compare Fischer, Botvinnik, Morphy, Steinitz and Kasparov is to place them in the context of their eras and to measure the distance between themselves and their opponents. Fischer’s distance was vast! – Garry Kasparov

It's about the numbers. If you have one million kids going into chess clubs, as it was in the Soviet Union, eventually you come up with great talents. If you have maybe 50,000 kids, you're lucky to have one Bobby Fischer in a quarter of a century. Now in America, with parents happy to see their kids playing chess in the schools, I would say that at one point we'll see the change. Chess is the only sport that has equal access to all groups of people - age, racial factors, sex, physical abilities - so if you look at it from the angle of political correctness, which I'm not a big fan of, you find a lot of agendas are promoting the game.  – Garry Kasparov

You know, it will not be just who is going to win the match. It will be whether we can win one single game. I'm quite serious. The experiment goes on as long as we are winning one single game. If we can win one game, we're in business. For a while we'll be able to win the match. I think I'm still the favorite. But I'm not sure it will last. – Garry Kasparov (on playing computers)

A ban against a chess player based on any political ideas is in itself an intellectual and juridical monstrosity. A non-suspicious authority like Prof. Nathan Divinsky told me once, "I would have accepted the participation of Hitler in any chess tournament". Yes, any Hitler, Stalin, Pol-Pot, Mao, Saddam or Ilyumzhinov has the right, if he wishes, to play in a chess tournament. This is the real greatness of our game, a spiritual refuge far above the dirty politics of everyday life in any country. – Ricardo Calvo

He will plant the banner of Castile upon the walls of Madrid, amidst the cries of the conquered city, and the little king will go away looking very sheepish. – Paul Morphy (phrase he was often heard muttering in French during his later years as he strolled the streets of New Orleans)

 

 

 

GAMES

Bacrot,E (2645) - Naiditsch,A (2574) [E13]
Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, SWI (2.1), 19.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Nf3 b6
5.Bg5 Bb7
6.e3 h6
7.Bh4 g5
8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 d6
11.Bd3 f5
12.d5 Nd7
13.Bxe4 fxe4
14.Qxe4 Qf6
15.Qxe6+ Qxe6
16.dxe6 Nc5
17.0-0 0-0-0
18.Nd4 Rde8
19.f3 Ba6
20.Nb5 Rxe6
21.e4 Kb8
22.Rab1 h5
23.Rfe1 g4
24.e5 h4
25.Bf2  Nd3
26.exd6 Nxe1
27.Nxc7 Re2
28.Nxa6+ Kb7
29.Rxe1 Rxe1+
30.Bxe1 Kxa6
31.d7 Rd8
32.Bxh4 Rxd7
33.fxg4 Kb7
34.Bf6 Rd1+
35.Kf2 Kc6
36.h4 Kd7
37.h5 Ke6
38.Bd4 Rh1
39.Kg3 Kf7
40.c5 bxc5
41.Bxc5 a6
42.Bd4 Kg8
43.a3 Kh7
44.Kf3 Ra1
45.g5 Rxa3
46.g4 Rb3
47.g6+ Kh6
48.Be5 1-0
 

Kosteniuk,A (2457) - Paehtz,E (2417) [E94]
Lausanne Young Masters Lausanne, SWI (2.1), 19.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 d6
3.Nc3 Nbd7
4.Nf3 g6
5.e4 Bg7
6.Be2 0-0
7.0-0 e5
8.Qc2 c6
9.Rd1 Qe7
10.d5 c5
11.Be3 Ne8
12.Bd3 Nb8
13.a3 f5
14.b4 f4
15.Bd2 Na6
16.bxc5 Nxc5
17.Be1 Bd7
18.Be2 g5
19.Nd2 g4
20.f3 h5
21.Nb3 Nxb3
22.Qxb3 b6
23.a4 gxf3
24.Bxf3 Bg4
25.a5 Rc8
26.axb6 axb6
27.Nb5 Qg5
28.Rdc1 Rf7
29.Bf2 Rb8
30.Kf1 Bf8
31.h3 Nf6
32.hxg4 hxg4
33.Ke2 Rh7
34.Rh1 gxf3+
35.gxf3 Nh5
36.Rh4 Ng3+
37.Bxg3 Rxh4
38.Bxh4 Qxh4
39.Qd1 Rb7
40.Qh1 Qxh1
41.Rxh1 Be7
42.Ra1 Rd7
43.Ra8+ Kf7
44.Rc8 Bd8
45.Rc6 Ke7
46.Kd3 1-0
 

Ovsejevitsch,S (2497) - Predojevic,B (2474) [A57]
First Saturday GM Budapest (7), 12.09.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 c5
3.d5 b5
4.Nf3 g6
5.cxb5 a6
6.e3 Bg7
7.Nc3 0-0
8.a4 Bb7
9.Bc4 axb5
10.Nxb5 d6
11.Nc3 Nbd7
12.e4 Qa5
13.0-0 Ba6
14.Bxa6 Qxa6
15.Qc2 Rfb8
16.Rb1 c4
17.Nd4 Ne5
18.Ndb5 Rc8
19.Bg5 h6
20.Bh4 g5
21.Bg3 Nfd7
22.Nd4 Ng6
23.Nf5 Nc5
24.h4 gxh4
25.Bxh4 Rc7
26.Bg3 Qb7
27.Nb5 Rcc8
28.Nxg7 Kxg7
29.Nd4 Rxa4
30.Nf5+ Kf8
31.Qc3 Nxe4
32.Qg7+ Ke8
33.Qg8+ Nf8
34.Rfe1 Qxd5
35.Qg4 Rc5
36.Nxe7 Kxe7
37.Rxe4+ Ne6
38.Rd1 f5
39.Qg7+ 1-0



 

 

Comments, suggestions, ideas, praise, and so forth, please write to us!

Copyright 2003 Chessville.com unless otherwise noted.