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Work On Weaknesses, Don't Avoid Them  1124.1

Dan Heisman's First Two Years
1126.1

Thought Process
780.24

Between Teacher and Student 1114.1

Reti Position
1068.1

Poll: Which Player Had the Best Overall Performance In 2002? 1133.1

Top Ten Players of All Time
1081.1

Poll Results: Who Will Win Corus 2003?
1089.1

Strategic Elements
1131.1

Tactical Elements
1130.1

Christmas Chess Loot 1110.1

Cindy Tsai
1106.1

Clock Management
1113.1

Annotated Games  1099.1

CM9000 Updates
1127.1

Chess Book Epiphany
1119.1

First Chess Book  872.22

About Tal
1101.1

Anti-Computer Openings
1125.1

Facing Unusual Gambits 1122.1

Year Three: KP or QP? 1095.1

 

 

 

 

 

GAMES

Pablo's Picks

Pamplona

Bologan (2627)
Kasimdzhanov (2653)
Rd 2, 12-22-02

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.0-0 Be7
8.c4 Nf6
9.h3 Nb4
10.Be2 dxc4
11.Bxc4 0-0
12.Nc3 Nbd5
13.Re1 c6
14.Qb3 Nb6
15.Bd3 Be6
16.Qc2 h6
17.a3 Nbd5
18.Na4 Nd7
19.Bd2 Re8
20.Rad1 Bf6
21.Ne5 Qc7
22.f4 Nf8
23.Nc5 Rad8
24.Bc1 Bc8
25.Qf2 Ne6
26.Ne4 Be7
27.Bc4 Nf8
28.f5 Nh7
29.Bf4 Qb6
30.Bxh6 gxh6
31.Qg3+ Ng5
32.h4 f6
33.hxg5 hxg5
34.Ng6 Kf7
35.Qh3 Kg7
36.Bxd5 cxd5
37.Nf2 Bd6
38.Rxe8 Rxe8
39.Ng4 Bxf5
40.Qh6+ Kf7
41.Nh8+ 1-0
 

Kasimdzhanov (2653) - Sokolov (2684)
Rd 4, 12-26-02

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 h6
10.d4 Re8
11.Nbd2 Bf8
12.Nf1 Bd7
13.Ng3 Na5
14.Bc2 c5
15.d5 g6
16.b3 Bg7
17.Be3 Nh7
18.Qd2 h5
19.Ng5 Nb7
20.Rf1 Nxg5
21.Bxg5 Qa5
22.Kh1 Rf8
23.Bd1 f6
24.Be3 Rae8
25.Bc2 Nd8
26.a4 b4
27.cxb4 cxb4
28.Rac1 Nf7
29.Bd3 Rc8
30.Rc4 Rxc4
31.Bxc4 h4
32.Ne2 f5
33.f3 Bf6
34.Nc1 Bd8
35.Nd3 Bb6
36.Bxb6 Qxb6
37.Nxb4 Rc8
38.Nc6 Kg7
39.a5 Qc7
40.Bxa6 Ra8
41.Bc4 Bxc6
42.dxc6 Rxa5
43.b4 Ra4
44.Bb3 Ra3
45.Bd5 f4
46.b5 Qb6
47.Rc1 Ra7
48.Bxf7 1-0
 


 

 

 

 

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Volume 1 Issue 30                                                         December 29th, 2002
In This Issue
Position of the Week

New At Chessville
Basic Endgame Strategy: K, B & RP vs K
Online Chess League
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
Poll: Best Performance in 2002
Pablo's Chess News
New On The Net

 

From the Editor... Do you know who had the Best Performance on Board One in the Men's Section of the recent Chess Olympiad in Bled?  It wasn't Garry Kasparov, despite his glossy 2933 performance rating (he finished 4th, at 83.3%).  Nope, it was IM Robert Gwaze, of Zimbabwe, who scored 100% (9/9)!  Check out his win over Surinam's Gajadin.  Enjoy working out the mate-in-ten which Fritz says is in the final position.

Bled 2002     1 Nov '02     Rd 7     Gajadin v Gwaze
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Be7 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Rf1 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Qh4 16. g3 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 f4  0-1
 

Position of the Week

[FEN "2k1q3/p2r1p2/P7/Q6B/8/Kp2r3/8/6R1 w - - 0 1"]

White to move and win - Find the Solution
 

New At Chessville

Chessville City Map: Test Drive Our New Easy-To-Use Site Map.  We Have Stuff Even We Didn't Remember We Had!

Basic Endgames: King, Bishop and Rook Pawn vs King - learn how to draw an otherwise lost position.

Opening Preparation: Smith Morra Gambit by Albert Hoogendoorn, Webmaster of MyChessSite.  This week read the first two articles in his series on this fascinating way to respond to the Sicilian Defense.

Strange Chess News: From the JAX Chess Newsletter - Even the Editor Has His Doubts!

Hayward-Surratt: Discussion Game 2 - follow along with the player's thoughts as they played this correspondence-style game.

Problem of the Week: Test Your Tactical Prowess
 

Basic Endgame Strategy:
King, Bishop & Rook Pawn vs King
by David Surratt

This combination of material at the end of the game occurs often enough, or the possibility of it arising in your game occurs often enough, that it is important to understand the significance of the pawn's placement on the rook file (a-file or h-file), and how you can use that information to your advantage to salvage a draw in an otherwise lost position.  A pawn on any other file is easily promoted as the king & bishop combine to force the enemy king out from one side of the pawn, and the king then moves in to facilitate promotion of the pawn to a queen.

It's not quite so easy with a rook pawn, however, since there is no "other side" for the king to be forced out to.  If the queening square (a8 or h8 for White) is of the same color as the bishop, then the win is still easy to secure, as the king escorts the pawn down to the 6th rank, then the bishop evicts the enemy king from the corner, or delivers mate!

This knowledge can be useful in deciding the best way to defend an ending where you are behind in material.  Let's look at several examples...  Read the complete article.
 

Online Chess League
http://www.chessville.com/ocl/index.htm

The Winter 2003 Tourney starts in January, and registrations close January 12th.  Registrars are standing by to add you to a team, or even to register your entire team.  Sign up today!  Need more information?  Check out the OCL Home Page. or write to one of the Directors of Player Services:

The Fall 2002 Tourney saw both new and defending Champions taking pride of place.  Congratulations to all!

Resistance Is Futile (Keith Hayward, Sonny Kamberi, Benjamin Miramontes, Max McLeieer, Aldo Lopez, Bob Kraemer) repeated as Champions of the Open Section, losing only to 2nd Place finishers NDV All-Stars, whom they edged by a single match point.  Knights of the Square Table wound up in 3rd place.

Beam Me Up Scotty (Johan Verduyckt, Bob Kraemer, Toby Landes, Keith Bean, Weldon MacDonald) won eight of nine matches in winning the Under-1800 Section, finishing a point and a half ahead of Chess Companions B, while Tundra Rats finished third.

The Under-1400 Section finished in the mad scramble it had been all tourney long.  Simply Blunderful (Randy Carson, Keith Thompson, William Trotter, Ted Thompson, Luis Otero) won the section outright, finishing just a half-point above both Gaining Tempo and defending Champion Poison Pawns, in the closest finish in OCL history.

Along the way, a lot of great chess was played, friendships were forged, fun was had, and some of us actually learned a few things, chessically speaking!  The camaraderie of playing as part of a team is one of the greatest benefits of playing in the OCL. Getting together online with your teammates, analyzing each other's games, and helping each other prepare for upcoming matches can all be a part of the experience. In OCL you'll make new friends, learn about chess, and improve your game.  Sign up today!
 

Poll: Best Performance In 2002?

Last week's poll asked for your prognostications about the winner of the upcoming Corus Super-Tourney.  In Kasparov's absence, based on our reader's opinions, there is no clear favorite, although reigning Brain Games World Champion Vladimir Kramnik stands the greatest chance of winning, according to our readers (33%) while 13% each favored Viswanathan Anand and Judit Polgar.

This week's poll:  What player had the best overall performance during 2002?  Karpov, Kasparov, Leko, Polgar, Shirov, or another player?
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Cash Strapped:  Jose Capablanca agreed in 1926 to defend his World Champion title against Aron Nimzovich, but Nimzovich was unable to raise the money required for the match to take place.  The following year Capablanca lost his title to Alexander Alekhine.  Nimzovich never again had the opportunity to play for the World Chess Championship.

In the Money:  In 1872, the London Chess Club, represented by Blackburne, Horwitz, Lowenthal, Potter, Steinitz and Wisker, began a correspondence match of two games against a team from Vienna led by Kolisch for a prize of 200 pounds.  There was dissent in the London team, with the majority of the team unable to accept the suggestions of Potter and Steinitz. The other players abandoned the match, leaving Potter and Steinitz to play against the full Vienna team, which they did. They subsequently won the match and the prize money!

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Chessville - Recent Chess News  News & Notes
  12th Pamplona Chess Tournament
      
Winners: Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Viktor Bologan     3.5/6
      
* Chessville coverage
  1st Saturday Tourneys, Budapest  * Chessville Coverage

Malta Chess Federation
     Alekhine-Attard Tourney Report, Mikhail Archangelsky Wins

Hastings International Chess Congress 2002/2003

other online chess news resources
The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News
Jeremy Silman - John Watson: Latest Chess News
The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News
The Chess Report Another great chess news site
The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
Net Chess News - News and More

New On The Net

Jeremy Silman
     A Questionnaire
for Scholastic Chess Promoters
    
On-line Scholastic Chess Magazine
     Jeremy Silman.com 2002 Chess Awards
     Silman Reviews:  Gligoric's I Play Against Pieces

The Chess Cafe
     Endgame Study: E. Prevorovsky, Sach 1942
     Edward Winter's Chess Notes:
C.N.s 2824-2826, 2827-2828
     Tim McGrew: Wing Gambit
     Hans Ree: Dutch Treat
     Bruce Pandolfini: The Q & A Way

Pakistan Chess Player
     Lev Khariton's 200 Words
     Annotated Game: IM-CC Donnelly vs Behling

National Scholastic Chess Foundation
     14 Yr Old IM Hikaru Nakamura Earns 2nd GM Norm

About.com Chess
     Elementary Endgames (Part 3)
     Middle Game - Improve Your Middle Game (Part 1)
     Opening - Build an Opening Repertoire (Part 1)

Correspondence Chess News - Issue #81:  View PDF

Salt Lake Tribune - Kasparov Sued by First Intl. Bank of Israel Ltd.

Townhall.com: The Pariah Chess Club

Russian Chess
     Professional World Chess Rankings, January 1st 2003

1 Kasparov,Garry   RUS 2805    
2 Kramnik,Vladimir   RUS 2789    
3 Topalov,Veselin   BUL 2712    
4 Anand,Viswanathan   IND 2698    
5 Ponomariov,Ruslan   UKR 2697    

Chesshaven - Practical Chess Part 1

ChessMate - Aarthie  Ramaswamy, 21, Became India's 3rd WGM

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Hiarcs 8 (ChessBase)
     Chess Lists, Second Edition (Soltis)

RusBase Part Two - Added More From 1951, 1974-5, 1980

Annotated Games

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post)
     Karpov-Kasparov, NY Gm 3, 2002

Chess Sector - Ukrainian Chess Online
     Ivanchuk-Volokitin, Warsaw Rapids - (.cbv)
     Kasparov - Karpov Rapid Chess Match, Game 3

Puzzles & Problems

45th World Congress of Chess Composition
Chessville - Problem of the Week
Retrograde Analysis Corner - Recent updates of the Retro Corner:
     Probleemblad, November 2002;  The Problemist, May 2002;  The Problemist, November 2002;  Die Schwalbe, No. 197, October 2002;  Die Schwalbe, No. 198, December 2002;  Stuttgarter Zeitung, Christmas Contest 2002;  Problemesis, No. 30, December 2002
Chessbase - Christmas puzzle section
Sack the King! - A new tactical puzzle every day!
MagnateGames - A problem each day
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day
Mastermove - Endgame Compositions
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

Everything looks so good for Black here: he's up an exchange and two pawns, and all his pieces seem to coordinate nicely. There's just one small problem - the exposed position of his king!

1.Rc1+ Kb8 2.Qb4+ Ka8 3.Bf3+ Rxf3 4.Qe4+ Kb8 5.Qxe8+ Rd8 6.Qxd8 mate

 

 

 

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Friends, we're the best publicity chess has. Kasparov can play all the exhibition simuls he wants to against sports figures and musicians, and that's great. But Garry can't be everywhere at once. We can. We're the ambassadors for chess. – Steve Lopez

We must make sure that chess will not be like a dead language, very interesting, but for a very small group. – Sytze Faber

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Had it not been for chess I should never have met some of the extraordinary men and women, in many walks of life, whose acquaintance has enriched my days. Among them I count some of my best friends - reason enough for me to be grateful to the game. – Edward Lasker

As somebody once put it: "Push a pawn, make a friend". – Steve Lopez

My chess friends are young and old, white and black, men and women; there is no discrimination over the chessboard. – Vlad Vainberg



 

 

GAMES

Pablo's Picks

Pamplona

Bologan (2627) - Sokolov (2684)
Rd 6, 12/28/02

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 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Qc7
12.Nbd2 cxd4
13.cxd4 Nc6
14.Nb3 a5
15.Be3 a4
16.Nbd2 Bd7
17.Rc1 Qb7
18.a3 Rac8
19.Qe2 Rc7
20.Bd3 Rfc8
21.Rb1 exd4
22.Nxd4 Ne5
23.Bxb5 Bxb5
24.Qxb5 Qa8
25.Nf5 Nxe4
26.Nxe4 Qxe4
27.Nxe7+ Rxe7
28.Rbc1 Rce8
29.Red1 Qg6
30.Kh1 h6
31.Rd4 Kh7
32.Rcd1 f5
33.Qxa4 Qh5
34.Qc2 Ng6
35.Rxd6 Nh4
36.Qd3 Re4
37.Rd7 R8e6
38.Bd4 Rxd4
39.Rxd4 Nxg2
40.Kxg2 1-0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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