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The Colle for beginners? 294.1 What opening do you most hate to face? 268.1 Resign or play on? Join the discussion of this element of chess etiquette: 295.1 Online Chess League gearing up for the Summer 2002 tourney: 281.1
From Chessville's Collection of Chess Wisdom: If a move is absolutely forced, don't waste time calculating it. Make the move and calculate the ramifications on your opponent's time. Given the choice of two moves, if you calculate that the first move is clearly losing, and the other is vague and complex, the second move should be played without prolonged calculation. You can calculate the consequences on your opponent's time. Use your time to think of specifics and to find the best move. Use your opponent’s time to think in generalities and of future possibilities. Always make sure you use your opponent’s time productively. General principles can be a good guide, but there is no substitute for sound analysis based on concrete variations. GAMES Ovod,E (2370) - Thorfinsson,B (2360) [E54] FirstSat 2002 Jul GM FirstSat 2002 Jul GM 1.d4 Nf6
Shabalov,A - Sharavdorj,D [E97] Qingdao Tan Chin Nam Cup Open (1), 04.07.2002 1.d4 Nf6
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July 14th, 2002 In This Issue White to move and win - Find the
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GM Chess GM Chess is the site of the 14th FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman and his associates at the St. Petersburg Grandmaster Chess School. Other major contributors include GMs Gennady Nesis, Yuri Razuvaev, Peter Svidler, Konstantin Sakaev, Vladimir Epishin, Evgeny Solozhenkin, Konstantin Aseev, Sergei Ivanov, and others. This site is primarily a venue for sales of services and products, including the interesting Chess Stars series. Actual instructional and historical content is fairly limited, although there is a moderately sized download collection of games organized by players and by events. There is a bulletin board service which hasn't been used since June 2001. I get the impression that GM Chess was an ambitious project that ran out of steam. Much of the site appears to lack depth, and except for the commercial aspects doesn't appear to be updated frequently. The latest news posted there is the Wijk aan Zee tourney in January, 2002. One redeeming feature is their use of Kelly's Quotes! Perhaps the most appealing
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Meeting
1. e4, by IM Alexander Raetsky, reviewed by S. Evan Kreider. Evan Kreider's series on Opening Principles continues. The first article in this series debuted last week, and continues today with General Principles. Some excerpts... "Now that you know what the primary objectives of the opening are, it's pretty obvious that you should play opening moves which will help you achieve those objectives. Thus, for each opening move you make, take into account how it contributes to the development of your pieces and your control of the center. In addition, there are several well-established general principles of opening play which you can rely on so that you don't have to "re-invent the wheel" each time you open a game. In the following pages, we'll look these principles and learn how each of them can help you achieve your opening objectives. General Principle #1: "Open with a central pawn."Pushing one of your central pawns two squares forward is one of the best possible first moves because it is one of the most direct ways to promote the development of your pieces and control of the center." Read the full article
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#400 - July 8th, 2002 #401 - July 15th, 2002 From the Dortmund Candidates Tournament, Topalov-Lutz, Rd 1.1, July 6th, B48: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 Qb7 14. N1e2 Rb8 15. b3 O-O 16. Bf4 Ra8 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 cxb3 19. axb3 a5 20. Rd4 Ra6 21. Qa3 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nf4 Be6 24. Rhd1 h6 25. Ncxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rb8 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Kg6 31. Qg8+ Kh5 32. Qg7 f5 33. Rd4 Bc8 34. g3 1-0 Online Chess League: registration for both teams and
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Pakistan Chess Player Analysis of Kaidanov - Onischuk, Chicago 2002
Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post News & Games: Abrahamyan - Peters, Burbank 2002, more.
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24.Nxf6!! gxf6 [24...Bxf6
25.Qg6+ Kf8 (25...Kg8 26.Bxf6) 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re6 and f6 can not be
defended.] 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Bc1! Adding fuel to the fire.
[26.Rxe7 Qxe7 (26...Nxe7?? 27.Qxf6+) 27.Bxf6 Qh7 (27...Qf7 28.Bxh8) 28.Bxh8
Qxg6 (28...Qxh8 29.Re1 Ne7 30.Qd6) 29.hxg6] 26...d5 [The only other
try is 26...Qe8 27.Bxh6+ Rxh6 28.Qxh6+] 27.Rd4 Nd6 28.Rg4 Nf7 29.Bxh6+!
Ke8 [29...Nxh6 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Qxh8+ Kd7 32.Qxh6] 30.Bg7 1-0 |
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GAMES Rasmussen,A (2305) - Hanley,C (2331) [C00] Aarhus Summer IM (6), 10.07.2002 1.e4 e6
Bareev,E - Morozevich,A [A40] Sparkassen Chess Meeting G2 Dortmund 07.11.2002 1.d4 g6
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