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August 4th, 2002 In This Issue White to move and win - Find the
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The "Hidden"
Side of Chess - Correspondence Play If, as a complete
chess addict, you bemoan the relatively low profile chess has as a
sport/science/hobby, it may cheer you to learn that the OTB (over-the-board)
crowd of chess players has, relatively speaking, a much higher profile than
Correspondence players. OTB has a certain "cachet" or "mystique", if you
will, whereas Correspondence Chess, by its very nature, exits in obscurity.
Introduction to the French Defense In this series of articles I'll try to give the ideas and analysis of all of the main lines in the French, as well as quick looks at less popular variations. I'll also provide some downloads of game collections with the French, all from top-flight International competition, and links to other online resources on the French. My goal is to provide enough of an overview that the reader will fall in love with the French as I have, and seek more detailed instruction and information. Quoting Lev Psakhis, "The French is like a proud woman who does not give her heart away easily. In order to master this difficult opening, it is not enough to know a few variations. You have to put your 'heart and soul' into it, you have to love it, and only in this way will you understand its mysteries." Amen. The French Defense derives it's name from a correspondence game played between London and Paris (1834-1836), won by the Parisians of course. Thanks to John Saunders (www.bcmchess.co.uk) for providing the score of this game: CITY London - CITY Paris [C01] corr, 1834 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3
exd5 exd5 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 Bd3 c5 6 Qe2+ Be7 7 dxc5 0-0 8 Be3 Re8 9 Bb5 Nc6 10 Nd4
Bxc5 11 Bxc6 bxc6 12 c3 Bxd4 13 cxd4 c5 14 Qd3 Qb6 15 0-0 Ba6 16 Qb3 Qxb3 17
axb3 Bxf1 18 Kxf1 Ng4 19 dxc5 Nxe3+ 20 fxe3 Rxe3 21Nd2 Rae8 22 b4 Rd3 23 Rxa7
Rxd2 24 b5 Rxb2 25 b6 d4 26 b7 d3 27 Ra8 Kf8 0-1 Although he reports there is another version
of this game which continues 28 c6 d2 29 Rxe8+ Kxe8 30 Ke2 Kd8 0-1
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ChessMate Coverage of the 2002 US Open Championships Lost Boys Tournament 2002, Amsterdam GM Timman 2623--IM Van Hastert 2427 Peter Connor
annotates: This very entertaining game was played August 1 in the
Amsterdam Lost Boys tournament. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
Black plays a Winawer French defense, a courageous choice against a leading
theoretician like Timman. 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qa5 Black
declines to play a regular poison pawn variation in which White would take
on g7 and h7. 8.Bd2 0-0 9.Bd3 Nbc6 10.Nf3 f5 11.ef6 Rxf6
12.Qh5 Nf5 13.g4 c4 14.gf5 cd3 15.Rg1 Bd7 Timman has a strong attack.16.c4
Qd8 17.Bh6 Rf7 Other defenses also don't work; for example, Qe8 18.Rxg7+
Kh8 19.Qg5 Rxf5 20.Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qg7mate. 18.Ng5 Qa5+ 19.Kf1Raf8
20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxg7 Rxg7 Now Timman shows off, since Rxg7+ wins easily
but 22.f6 1-0 It's mate after Qd2 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qg7+Ke8 25.Qg8.
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Jeremy Silman Thematic Chess Sets BBC News: Ancient Chess History Unearthed In response to the recent article about ancient chess pieces being discovered in Albania, leading to the speculation that chess may have been played in Europe 500 years earlier than is commonly believed, and upsetting the accepted version of its invention, Chessville friend Eddie Herring wrote the following reply: I don't believe this for a minute. I'm 99.9% sure Chess was invented by a Cherokee Indian named Running Bubba Fishing Too Slow from North Alabama in the U.S. (before it became the U.S. of course). He invented the game because he couldn't keep up with the warriors out running through the woods killing game in violation of the local ordinances banning hunting without permits and so he became a fisherman. He played it against some Choctaws who said the nut hadn't fallen far from the tree and what the heck kind of game was this and since he was sitting under a Chess tree at the time he just naturally told them the name of the game was Chess. That's why the pawns are somewhat round because he used chess nuts for them. Anyway, he later traveled with some drunk Viking warriors back to Norway and taught the game to European captives before they knew they were European captives. Then one of his descendants helped a guy named Sequoyah (another Indian) invent a written language so that they could keep a record of the moves rather than using outdated calligraphic type hieroglyphics looking something like KBP4 or some such like that didn't show up real good on the walls of their grass huts. This later got called algebraic notation after Albert Einstein started using it but not till then. So, the next time someone tells you Chess was invented in India you'll know the story has just gotten distorted down through the years and you'll know they weren't talking about India but Bubba the Cherokee Indian. Oh, by the way, Running Bubba Fishing Too Slow shortened his name to Bubba Fisher and Bobby Fischer was his ggggggggggggggggggggggggrandson. This is the truth so help me! I could be mistaken but I doubt it. - Eddie 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
Endgame Experts will recognize this as the famous Lucena Position. Luis Lucena was a 16th-century Spanish chess player, and author of the oldest existing printed book on chess. He also analyzed this now well-known technique in rook & pawn endings, sometimes called "building a bridge". This
position is won for White, regardless of who is on move, and regardless of
which file the pawn is on, except for the a & h files.
Best play is as follows: 1.Rf4 Rh1 2.Re4+ Kd7 3.Kf7 Rf1+
4.Kg6 Rg1+ 5.Kf6 Rf1+ 6.Kg5 Rg1+ 7.Rg4 and the pawn
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Chess Annotation Symbols When studying annotated chess games, you'll often encounter a myriad of symbols and abbreviations which are there to convey information, e.g. +, !?, +-, OTB, and so on. Confused? See what it all means HERE.
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Classic Annotations This is throwing the soup overboard altogether, and Black dispatches himself happily. There is a strong taste of Prussic acid about this move. And now Hope says she has an appointment elsewhere. Just the kind of blunder with which this very wretched specimen of a game ought to finish. Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head. My opponent should have considered that a player of my experience and strength could never allow such a move if it were good. And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated. Backing up for a running jump, the initiative has passed to Black. Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it in standard chess notation, +-. Games like this always remind me of the teachings of the Puritans in pre-Revolutionary America. Remember how they'd preach that sinners hung by a slender thread over perdition's boiling cauldron of eternal damnation? Sort of describes my position to a "T", I think.
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buttocks for a moment, they might find that chess offers something else to
its devotees other than the quasi-religious fervor that they grasp so
desperately - these "extra benefits" are relaxation, fun, and a chance to
laugh at one's own stupidity."
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