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Pablo's Picks

Shipov,S (2613) - Zhang Pengxiang (2550) [D17]

ICC Blitz Championship (3.2), 24.08.2002

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5
6.Nh4 e6
7.Nxf5 exf5
8.Bg5 Nbd7
9.e3 Qb6
10.Qc2 Qb4
11.a5 g6
12.Ra4 Qe7
13.Bxc4 Bg7
14.0-0 b5
15.axb6 Nxb6
16.e4 fxe4
17.Re1 0-0
18.Nxe4 Qd8
19.Rb4 Nxc4
20.Rxc4 Re8
21.Rxc6 Qxd4
22.Bxf6 Bxf6
23.Rxf6 Rad8
24.Rf4 f5
25.h4 Rxe4
26.Rfxe4 fxe4
27.g3 Re8
28.Rd1 Qe5
29.Re1 Qd5
30.Qa4 Re7
31.Rd1 Qe6
32.Rd8+ Kf7
33.Ra8 e3
34.Qf4+ Qf5
35.fxe3 Qxf4
36.exf4 Rb7
37.b4 h5
38.Kf2 Rxb4
39.Rxa7+ Kf6
40.Ra6+ Kf5
41.Ra5+ Kf6
42.Re5 Rb3
43.Re3 Rb4
44.Kf3 Kf5
45.Re5+ Kf6
46.Kg2 Rb2+
47.Kf3 Rb3+
48.Re3 Rb4
49.g4 hxg4+
50.Kxg4 Rb1
51.Ra3 Rg1+
52.Kf3 Rf1+
53.Ke4 Re1+
54.Re3 Rh1
55.Ra3 Rxh4
56.Ra6+ ½-½

Labollita,M (2392) - Dreev,A (2676) [D10]

ICC Blitz Championship (3.3), 24.08.2002

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.cxd5 cxd5
4.Bf4 Nc6
5.e3 Nf6
6.Nc3 a6
7.Bd3 Bg4
8.Nge2 e6
9.Rc1 Be7
10.a3 0-0
11.0-0 Rc8
12.Na4 Nd7
13.f3 Bh5
14.b4 Bg6
15.Qb3 Bxd3
16.Qxd3 b5
17.Nc5 Nxc5
18.bxc5 Qa5
19.Rb1 e5
20.Bg3 exd4
21.exd4 Bf6
22.Bf2 Rfe8
23.Nf4 Rcd8
24.Nh5 Be7
25.Rfe1 Bf8
26.Rxe8 Rxe8
27.Nf4 Rd8
28.Bh4 Be7
29.Bxe7 Nxe7
30.Qe3 Qc7
31.Re1 Kf8
32.g4 Qd7
33.Qe5 Nc6
34.Qh5 Kg8
35.Kg2 Nxd4
36.Qxd5 Qxd5
37.Nxd5 Ne6
38.Nb4 Nxc5
39.Rc1 Ne6
40.Nxa6 Rd2+
41.Kg1 h6
42.Nc7 Nd4
43.Rf1 Ra2
44.Rd1 Nxf3+
45.Kf1 Nxh2+
46.Ke1 Nf3+
47.Kf1 Rxa3
48.Nxb5 Ra2
49.Rd8+ Kh7
50.Rd7 Kg6
51.Nd4 Nxd4
52.Rxd4 h5
53.gxh5+ Kxh5
54.Kg1 Kg6
55.Rc4 f5
56.Rd4 Kg5
57.Rc4 g6
58.Rb4 f4
59.Rc4 Kg4
60.Rc5 g5 0-1
 

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August 25th, 2002
 

In This Issue
Position of the Week

Alexandra Kosteniuk
New At Chessville
Exploiting Open and Half Open Files
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net
Position of the Week Solution
 

A Word From The Editor: Wow!  I can't believe it, but this is our 12th issue already.  The Chessville Weekly (TCW) has evolved since it's inception, and we'd like to know which features you are enjoying and using, and which features you could live without.  Please visit Chessville's Forum and let us know.  Thanks for taking your time to help us keep TCW fresh and useful for you!


Position of the Week

Black to move and win - Find the Solution

 

Alexandra Kosteniuk
http://www.kosteniuk.com

Speak to me, so that I can see you,
So that the Sun begins to shine more brightly,
So that I'm later not regretting
That time ran out before I told your story.


So begins one of the many poems written by Alexandra Kosteniuk, International Woman Grandmaster (WGM - 1998), an International Master among men (IM - 2000) and Women's Vice World Champion (2001).  Chessplayer, poet, model, author.  Oh, did I mention that she's just 18 years old, and has her own web site?

This is her official website, and is organized along familiar lines - a series of links along the left side of the page mirror those near the top of the page, underneath an advertising banner.  Major sections include: About Alexandra, Photo Album (!), Shop, Learn Online, Chess Calendar, Fan Club, poems, best games, guestbook, forum, chat, and contact info.

The site has a number of interesting features (you must visit the photo album) including pages from her book, How I Became A Grandmaster At Age 14.  They post another page each week.  There is information about taking lessons from Alexandra at the Internet Chess Club ($25/hour), and a selection of chess postcards & software, and her book, of course.  The seemingly obligatory links collection is fairly small, and could be improved by the addition of Chessville!

Although parts of the site (like the forum for example) are still rather sparse, other parts (see the photo album) have a fair amount of both quantity & quality.  I tend to see this site as a work in progress, just like it's subject.  The de facto webmaster, Diego Garces, seems very open to suggestions for improvement, and I look forward to revisiting Kosteniuk's site.  The site does offer coverage of her current chess events though, with links to home pages of tourney's she participates in.

The Best Games page could be improved by the addition of a means to play through the games presented, but they can fairly easily be pasted into whatever pgn viewer you use.  Some annotations to these games would be nice too.  I leave you with one of the games she's posted:

Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS) - Nikolaidis Konstantinos (GRE), Ikaria (Greece), It (Open), 1998:  1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.Be3 Nd4 11.b4 b6 12.f4 Bd7 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Qe1 e5 16.Bd2 a6 17.Nd4 ed 18.Nd5 Nd5 19.cd Bb5 20.Bf1 Qd7 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Qf3 Rbc8 23.g4 Qe7 24.g5 f6 25.Bh3 Rc7 26.Be6 Kh8 27.h4 Rf8 28.f5 Bd7 29.Rf1 c4 30.gf Bf6 31.Bh6 Re8 32.fg Be6 33.Qf6 Qf6 34.Rf6 hg 35.de cd 36.Rd1 Rc3 37.Rf8 Rf8 38.Bf8 Kg8 39.Bd6 Ra3 40.e7 [1:0]

 

New At Chessville

Annotated Game: Lasker v. Steinitz, World Championship Match, 1894, Game 3.  Annotations by the players themselves.

Introduction to Chess Strategy for the Novice Player: Bill Whited continues his series with "Exploiting Open and Half-Open Files (Part I)."
 

Exploiting Open and Half Open Files
An Introduction to Chess Strategy for the Novice Player
by Bill Whited

One of the more interesting concepts in positional chess involves open, half open and closed formations. A formation is classified based on the pawn structure and the whether a file is open, i.e. has no pawns blocking it. A semi-open or half open file has one pawn blocking it while a closed file is blocked by both pawns. Depending on the game, the formation may change as it progresses. Control of file will often decide the outcome of a game. This is because the side that controls the file has a natural invasion route for their pieces down the file. But seizing an open file is not easy, as your opponent can often trade off the heavy pieces and create a drawn position or even a lost end game for you!  Read the full article here.
 

Pablo's Chess News

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          First Saturday Tourney
          Chess Classic Mainz 2002

Anand,V (2755) - Ponomariov,R (2743) [D27] Chess Classic Mainz 2002 (8), 18.08.2002  1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.b3 Bxc5 12.Bb2 b6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.Rac1 Nb4 15.Ng5 Qe7 16.Ndf3 h6 17.Nh3 Rfd8 18.Nf4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.Ne5 Nbd5 22.Nh5 Be7 23.h3 Qc7 24.e4 Nb4 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Nxg7 Bc8 27.Nf5 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Nxe7 Kxe7 30.Bxb5 Qc2 31.Ba3 Qc3 32.Qc4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Qxa3 34.Qxc8 Qa5 35.Qc5+ Kd8 36.Qd6+ Kc8 37.Qxe6+ Kb8 38.Bc4 Qc7+ 39.e5 Ne4 40.f4 Nd2 41.Qxh6 Nxc4 42.Qf8+ Ka7 43.Qxb4 Nb6 44.e6 Nc8 45.Qd4+ Kb8 46.Qe5 1-0

The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News

The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News

The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News

Amateur vs World Chess Champion/Advanced Chess
     Scheduled for October 1-13, 2002.

BCM Coverage of the Ron Banwell Masters

Chess Federation of Canada forbids girls from playing in boy's section of CYCC, but will reconsider!
    

New On The Net

Promoting Chess:  "I'm an avid public chessplayer. I'll play anybody, anytime, anywhere. I've played chess in city parks, in pubs, in libraries, on a bench at the shopping mall. I've played in medical waiting rooms, on the beach, in restaurants. I've played in comic shops, at auto dealerships, at bookstores. And do you know how often I've heard a disparaging remark about chess? Once, in a bar, said by a guy trying to pick a fight...I never have trouble finding people who want to talk about chess -- in fact, it's extremely difficult to get them to stop talking about it."  From Steve Lopez's "The Crossroads", not exactly new, but still very topical!  "Going Crazy for Go" offers another perspective.

The Chess Cafe
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     Endgame Study: H. Rinck  Deutsche Schachzeitung  1908
     Richard Forster:
Louis Paulsen at Leipzig 1877 (Part 2)
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KasparovChess
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     Interview With Kramnik: Include Anand & Ivanchuk
     Chess Prodigies
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Chess Siberia - Leko - Adams, Dortmund (1.6) 2002

Robert Byrne in the NY Times: Leko-Topalov, Dortmund 2002

Lubomir Kavalek in the Washington Post
      Kosteniuk - Paehtz & Anand - Ponomariov

Jack Peters in the LA Times: Anand - Ponomariov, News & Notes

Chessopolis - New Links!

Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess Online
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GM Mikhail Golubev - Anand-Ponomariov rapid chess match

GMChess
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FIDE Online - 35th Chess Olympiad

Chathurangam: Chess In India
     Update on the World U16 Olympiad - China, Ukraine in the lead.

Correspondence Chess News - #74 in pdf

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Secrets of Chess Intuition by Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin
     Endgame Training:
          Theory and Practice of Chess Endings by Panchenko
          & Chess Endgame Training Alpert

World Chess Network
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     Women’s Week events  from August 26th – September 1st.  WGM Susan Polgar will compete in Banter Games and Master Challenges each and every evening throughout the event.  Multiple daily events featuring female chess stars like WGM Elena Donaldson will run throughout the entire week.

The Scotsman
 - John Henderson's Entries for 8/19, 8/20, & 8/21

RusBase Part Two - More Entries for 1976

Jeremy Silman
     Review - FISCHER WORLD CHAMPION! By Euwe & Timman
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Position of the Week: Solution

Viakhireff - Alekhine, 1908

The future World Champion allows his queen to become trapped, then gives her up for a unique mate:

1...Qh1+ 2.Bg1 [ 2.Kf2 Bh4#] 2...Bh4 And now there's any number of ways for White to end the game. The actual game went... 3.Rh2 Qg2+ 4.Rxg2 fxg2#

 

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."
 – Edward R. Murrow
 

 

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Pablo's Picks

Sutovsky,E (2658) - Reinderman,D (2523) [C10]

ICC Blitz Championship (3.4), 24.08.2002

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7
5.Nf3 Ngf6
6.Bd3 c5
7.0-0 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Nb5 Nc5
10.Bf4 0-0
11.Nxc5 Bxc5
12.Nc7 Nd5
13.Nxd5 exd5
14.c3 Be6
15.Qh5 g6
16.Qe5 Re8
17.Bh6 f6
18.Qg3 Bf7
19.Rfe1 Qb6
20.b4 Bd6
21.Bf4 Bf8
22.Be3 Qe6
23.f4 Qd6
24.Bd4 Bh6
25.Rf1 Re7
26.Bc5 Qd7
27.Bb5 Qxb5
28.Bxe7 f5
29.Bf6 Rc8
30.Rae1 Bf8
31.Bd4 a5
32.Qh4 Rc6
33.a3 Qa4
34.Qd8 Qxa3
35.Ra1 Qb3
36.Rxa5 Re6
37.Qxd5 Qc2
38.Ra8 Re2
39.Qxb7 h5
40.Rfa1 h4
41.Rxf8+ Kxf8
42.Ra8+ Re8
43.Rxe8+ Kxe8
44.Qc8+ Ke7
45.Bc5+ Kf6
46.Qd8+ Kg7
47.Bd4+ Kh7
48.Qh8# 1-0

Polgar,J (2681) - Macieja,B (2607) [C42]

 MVM Cup Budapest (8), 22.08.2002

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.0-0 Be7
8.Re1 Bf5
9.c4 0-0
10.Nc3 Nxc3
11.bxc3 Bxd3
12.Qxd3 dxc4
13.Qxc4 Bd6
14.Qb5 Qf6
15.Bg5 Qg6
16.c4 a6
17.Qb2 b6
18.a3 Qd3
19.Rad1 Qxc4
20.d5 Na5
21.Be7 Bxe7
22.Rxe7 Rae8
23.Rd7 Qa4
          0-1

 

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Kelly's Quotes

What is the object of playing a gambit opening? To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing the game. – Siegbert Tarrasch

In a gambit, you give up a pawn for the sake of getting a lost game. – Samuel Boden

In the laboratory, gambits all test unfavorably; but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board. – William Napier

Life is like a game of chess, in which there are an infinite number of complex moves possible. The choice is open, but the move made contains within it all future moves. One is free to choose, but what follows is the result of one's choice. From the consequences of one's action there is never any escape. – Shelley Smith

Life is like a game of chess: we draw up a plan; this plan, however, is conditional on what - in chess, our opponent - in life, our fate - will choose to do. – Artur Shopenhauer


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