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GAMES

From the Imre Konig Memorial
San Francisco


Sept 4,2002 Round "1"

Nakamura -
     Wojtkiewicz

1. e4 c5
2. Nc3 g6
3. Nge2 Bg7
4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 Nc6
6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 O-O
8. Bb3 a5
9. O-O Nxd4
10. Bxd4 d6
11. f4 Bd7
12. a4 Bc6
13. Kh1 Nd7
14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ f6
16. Rae1 Qb6
17. Qd2 Nc5
18. Rf3 Nxb3
19. cxb3 Qb4
20. Qf2 Rf7
21. Rg3 Rg8
22. f5 Kh8
23. fxg6 Rxg6
24. Nd5 Bxd5
25. exd5 Rxg3
26. hxg3 Qxb3
27. Rxe7 Qxd5
28. Rxf7 Qxf7
29. Qf5 b6
30. Qc8+ Kg7
31. Qd8 Qh5+
32. Kg1 Qc5+
33. Kh2 h5
34. Qe7+ Kg6
35. Qe8+ Kg5
36. Qd7 Qe5
37. b3 d5
38. Qg7+ Kf5
39. Qh7+ Ke6
40. Qg8+ Kd7
41. Qf7+ Kc6
42. Qf8 d4
43. Qc8+ Kd6
44. Qa6 Kc7
45. Qc4+ Kd7
46. Kg1 Kd6
47. Kf1 Qf5+
48. Ke1 Qe6+
49. Kd2 Qxc4
50. bxc4 Ke6
51. Ke2 Kf5
         0-1

Sept. 4, 2002
Round "1"

Baburin -
        Akobian

1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 c5
4. cxd5 exd5
5. Nf3 Nc6
6. Bf4 Nf6
7. e3 c4
8. Be2 Bb4
9. O-O Bxc3
10. bxc3 Ne4
11. Qc2 Bf5
12. Qb2 Qe7
13. Ne5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 f6
15. Bf4 g5
16. f3 Nxc3
17. Qxc3 gxf4
18. e4 Bg6
19. exd5 Qe3+
20. Qxe3+ fxe3
21. Bxc4 Kd7
22. Rfe1 Rac8
23. Bb5+ Kd6
24. Rxe3 Bf7
25. Ba4 Bxd5
26. Bb3 Rhe8
27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Kf2 a6
29. Rc1 Bc6
30. Rc5 Bb5
31. Rd5+ Ke7
32. Rh5 Bd3
33. Ke3 Bg6
34. Rc5 Kd6+
35. Kd2 b6
36. Rc3 Bf5
37. Ba4 b5
38. Rc5 Bg6
39. Bb3 Rb8
40. h4 h6
41. a3 a5
42. Bc2 Be8
43. Be4 Bd7
44. Rh5 Rh8
45. Bd3 f5
46. g4 fxg4
47. fxg4 Bxg4
48. Rxb5 a4
49. Ra5 Bd7
50. Bc2 Rg8
51. Rh5 Rg3
52. Rxh6+ Kc7
53. h5 Rxa3
54. Rf6 Rh3
55. h6 a3
56. h7 a2
57. Ra6 Be6
58. Be4 Bc4
59. Ra8 Kb6
60. Kc2 Ba6
61. Kb2 Rh2+
62. Ka1 Bb7
63. Rb8 1-0

Russia vs ROW
Sept. 7, 2002
       Rd 1

Motylev -
          Anand
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. e5 Bf5
4. Nc3 e6
5. g4 Bg6
6. Nge2 c5
7. Be3 Nc6
8. dxc5 a6
9. Nd4 h5
10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. g5 Ne7
12. Bh3 Rb8
13. Qd4 Bf5
14. Bg2 Bxc2
15. Qd2 Bg6
16. Na4 Nf5
17. O-O Be7
18. f4 Nxe3
19. Qxe3 Qa5
20. b3 Rb4
21. Kh1 O-O
22. Rac1 Rfb8
23. f5 Bxf5
24. Rxf5 exf5
25. e6 Qc7
26. exf7+ Kxf7
27. Re1 Re4
28. Bxe4 fxe4
29. Qh3 g6
30. Nb6 Rd8
31. Rf1+ Kg7
32. Qe6 Bxg5
33. Rg1 Bf6
34. Rf1 Qe7
35. Qxc6 e3
36. Nxd5 e2
          0-1

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September 8th, 2002
 

In This Issue
Position of the Week

Mr. Mip's Chess Palace
Stopping the Marshall Gambit of the Slav
New At Chessville
Chess Assessment Service
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

Position of the Week

White to move and win - Find the Solution

Mr. Mip's Chess Palace
http://personal.inet.fi/koti/mr.mip/

Are you Pignorant?  Find out, in the King's Gallery, just one of several stops on this tour of the unusual, the fascinating, and the beautiful in the world of chess problems.  Hannu Timo Lehto has put together a kaleidoscopic collection of chess problems, from the sublime to the ridiculous.

MMCP contains a number of galleries, including the King's Gallery mentioned above, the Queen's Gallery with five of Mr. Mip's own efforts, the Bishop's Gallery - problem's to make you laugh (White to mate in ½-move).  The Knight's Gallery has a terrific trio of teasers from one of the all-time greats, Sam Loyd.

Each problem has the solution hidden, so there's no chance to "accidentally" peak.  Some even contain cryptic clues, but I think these are just Mr. Mip's way of expressing his sense of humor.  The only downside to this site is the extreme brevity of the collection - just 18 problems in all.  They are guaranteed to entertain & amuse you though, or your money back.  Check out Mr. Mip's Chess Palace right now!
 

Stopping the Marshall Gambit of the Slav

In Callinan-Connor, 2002, APCT Warren Final, some interesting discoveries were made that simplify Black’s task in defending against the dangerous Marshall Gambit.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 This is the Noteboom variation of the Semi-Slav defense, a simple pawn triangle. One idea behind the Noteboom is to defang the exchange variation of the Queen's Gambit, since after cxd5 exd5, there is no black knight to pin on f6. Another very good thing about the Noteboom is its lack of coverage in opening manuals. For example, it is not even mentioned in Schiller's Standard Chess Openings, though the Noteboom has been played even by Kramnik. 4.e4 dxe4 5.Ne4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2  The Marshall Gambit, named after the famous American player Frank Marshall, involves sacrificing the e-pawn for open lines. If White retreats the knight to c3, he would have saved the pawn but gotten a (slightly) inferior position after Nf6. By the way, the first game in which this line was played was Marshall-Schlechter, Monte Carlo 1902 (1-0).   Read all the analysis here.
 

New At Chessville

Assessment Service: Chessville is now offering a new service designed to help our readers make a major improvement in their playing ability and greatly increase their overall chess strength.

Annotated Game: Lasker v. Steinitz, World Championship Match, 1894, Game 5.  Annotations by the players themselves.

Basic Middlegame Strategy for the Beginner: S. Evan Kreider rounds out his beginners' series with an overview of middlegame strategy.

Exploiting Open and Half-Open Files, Part II: Bill Whited continues his series on Chess Strategy for the Novice Player.

The Marshall Gambit of the Slav: Detailed openings analysis for the advanced player.
 

Chess Assessment Service

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In addition to a full analysis and annotation of each game, you’ll receive a detailed analysis and assessment of your overall play, pointing out strengths to build on, but primarily focusing on the areas that need improvement. You’ll also receive a detailed study plan, including book and software recommendations, training ideas, etc., designed to correct the specific areas of weakness in your play and greatly increase your overall chess strength.

To schedule your assessment and for further information on submitting your games and making payment arrangements, please read this.
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Inside Ajeeb: The great American master Harry Pillsbury was employed for a short time as the human operator of the chess automaton "Ajeeb".

Richard the Fifth: German Richard Teichmann (1868-1925) was blind in one eye, and wore an eye-patch when playing in tournaments.  Between 1902 and 1907 he finished 5th in 7 of the 15 tournaments that he played in, which led to him being nicknamed "Richard the Fifth".

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville
    Recent Chess News  News & Notes, including Chessville
    coverage of:
          Russia vs the Rest of the World
          Koning Memorial

          1st Saturday Tourneys

Mechanics' Institute Chess Room - Imre Konig Memorial

The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
     #408 Sept 2, #409 Sep 11

The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News: August 2002

The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News

Net Chess News - News and More
    

New On The Net

The Chess Cafe
     Review: Arcymistrz z Lublina, by Domański and Lissowski
     Endgame Study: B. Sidorov 2001 Shanshin-40JT
     Susan Polgar: The Gender Gap
     Carsten Hansen: Reviews
The Grünfeld Defence by Nigel Davies
                      
NIC Yearbook 62&63 by Sosonko & van der Sterren
                      
How to Play Good Opening Moves by Edmar Mednis
     Gary Lane:
Fischer Plays Again
     Yasser Seirawan: Annotates Deep Blue-Kasparov, Gm 6 1997
     Edgar Winter's Chess Notes: Worst Ever Chess Book?

Russian Chess -  Professional World Chess Ranking September 2002

The Hindu - Anand Speaks Out on Chess Organization, Rating Reform

Sack the King! - A new tactical puzzle every day!

Mecca - New Links

BBC - Greece Bans Electronic Games, Including Internet Chess

Chess Siberia
     Review: 2 Games From "64" July, 1936, incl Steiner-Alekhine

Pakistan Chess Player - Lev Khariton's 200 Words: On Etienne Bacrot

Lubomir Kavalek in The Washington Post - Annotates Sherzer-Novikov, Washington 2002, & Vasiukov-Bykhovsky, Elista 2002

Jack Peters in LA Times: News, Puzzles, & Annotated Games

Australian Chess Columns - Ian Rogers & Peter Parr

Chessbase
     Picture Report: Man in shades (Kramnik) wins blitz in park
     French Championships
           -
curls and dredlocks, plunging necklines and bra straps. Really!
     Mig On Chess # 178: All the News That's Fit to Mock

Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess Online
     Interview With GM Viorel Bologan

SmartChess Online - Imre Konig Memorial

Chess Beast - Issue 4, Sep. 2002: An Alternative History of Chess

National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week

The Chess Drum
     News Briefs
     Fire On Board: Muhammed - Perelshteyn, World Open 2002
     Chess Crackers - 4 Positions To Solve!
     Talking Drum: Interview With Daniel Nsibambi -
                           Ugandan Chess Federation President

Correspondence Chess News - Issue #75 (pdf format)

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Kaissiber 1-18  Chief Editor: Stefan Bücker
     Super Tournaments 2000 by Sergei Soloviov

Digichess - 23 New EPD Test Suites

World Chess Network
     Evans on Chess: Horowitz, Spinner of Tales, Mate In Two
     Larry Parr's Chess Beat: Bobby's Blitz Chess, More...

RusBase Part Two - More 1977 Data

Jeremy Silman
     Saidy Reviews: Carl Haffner's Love Of The Draw
                              - 
By Thomas Glavinic
     Jack Peters:  Raves About Short Draws
     John Watson Reviews: Korchnoi's 2-Volume Best Games

The London Times
     Chess - Sept 7th
     Winning Move - Sept. 7th

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Position of the Week: Solution

Descapples - NN

Alexander Deschapelles (1780-1847), mentor of La Bourdonnais, gave his unnamed opponent eight extra pawns to start this game:  1.Nxh6+ gxh6 (1...Kh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Qxg7+ Kxg7 4.Bf6+ Kg8 5.Nh6#) 2.Qh8+ Kxh8 3.Kf7 Rg8 4.Bf6+ Rg7+ 5.Bxg7#
 

 

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Chess players are madmen of a certain quality, the way the artist is supposed to be, and isn't, in general. – Marcel Duchamp

The only thing chess players have in common is chess. – Lodewijk Prins

Not all artists may be chess players, but all chess players are artists. – Marcel Duchamp

The old masters loved chess in themselves; the young love themselves in chess. – Source Unknown

No chess grandmaster is normal; they only differ in the extent of their madness. – Viktor Korchnoi.

[Philidor] has no common sense - it is all genius. – Unknown

This big chess player [Deschapelles] is the connecting link between the times of Philidor and our epoch. – George Walker

Mine forbids me to be absurd. – Alexandre Deschapelles (in reply to a prospective opponent who said, "My religion forbids me to play for money.")

Could we look into the head of a chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion. – Alfred Binet

Chess players are good thinkers but not always good students, as many university dons have found to their annoyance! – Jonathan Levitt

 

GAMES

From the Imre Konig Memorial
San Francisco

Sept. 5, 2002
Round "2"

Nakamura -
          Browne

1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Qc2 O-O
5. a3 Bxc3+
6. Qxc3 b6
7. Bg5 Bb7
8. e3 c5
9. dxc5 bxc5
10. f3 Nc6
11. Bd3 h6
12. Bh4 d5
13. Ne2 d4
14. exd4 cxd4
15. Qd2 e5
16. Ng3 Ne4
17. Bxd8 Nxd2
18. Kxd2 Raxd8
19. b4 g6
20. Rae1 Rfe8
21. Ne4 Re7
22. c5 Bc8
23. Nd6 Be6
24. Re2 Kg7
25. Rhe1 f6
26. Bb5 Rc7
27. f4 Bg4
28. Rf2 1-0
 

Sept. 7, 2002
Round "3"

Browne -
      Wojtkiewicz

1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 Bf5
5. Nc3 e6
6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6
8. Qb3 Qc7
9. Bd2 Nbd7
10. cxd5 Nxd5
11. e4 N5b6
12. Rc1 Be7
13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. e5 Bh4+
15. Ke2 Nc8
16. Ne4 Qb6
17. Qc3 Qa6+
18. Kd1 Qb6
19. Bc4 Be7
20. b4 Qd8
21. Nc5 Rb8
22. Bb3 Ncb6
23. f4 Nd5
24. Qf3 Nxb4
25. Ne4 Nb6
26. Ke2 N4d5
27. g4 Qd7
28. Nc5 Bxc5
29. Rxc5 Ne7
30. Be3 Nbd5
31. Bf2 Rh3
32. Bg3 Rd8
33. Rd1 Qc7
34. Kf2 Rd7
35. Kg2 Rh8
36. Rc2 Qb6
37. Rf2 Qb4
38. Rc2 Qb6
39. Rc5 Qd8
40. Rc2 Nc7
41. Rcd2 Nb5
42. Bf2 Nd5
43. a4 Nbc7
44. Bg3 Ne7
45. Rd3 Ncd5
46. R3d2 Qb6
47. Kh1 Qa6
48. Rc2 Qa5
49. Kg2 Kd8
50. Be1 Qc7
51. Bd2 Kc8
52. Bc1 Kb8
53. Kh1 Ka8
54. Ba3 0-1

 

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