CBOE mcs erty dees Anatoly Karpov dominates CRCi tea a Cyto mela) £2.50 CBee tiloitce mney MAY 1994, VOLUME 59 NO. 2 grandmastersCF “CHESS CHESS & BRIDGE LTD 369 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON NW13AR “Tel: 071-388 2404 Fax: 071-388 2407 General Manager: Malcolm Pein IM Production: James Hardwick ‘Subscriptions: ‘Anne Harding ‘Advertising Robert Feather ‘Tristan Palmer Mail Order: Neville Twitchell ‘Marketing: ‘Chris Duncan CHESS magazine is published monthly. ‘Subscriptions: UK. 1 year £24.95, 2 years: ‘£47.50; Europe 1 year: £31.95, 2 years: £59.95, USA & Canada (Airspeed/2nd class) | year $52.95, 2 years: $100; Rest of World (Airmail) 1 year: £46.95 ($80), 2 years £88 ($150), Rest of World (Surtace) | year: £31.95 (860) 2 years: £59 ($110) Individual Issue: UX £2.75(ine. postage); Eu- rope and Rest of World (Surface) £3.00; Rest of ‘World (Airmail) £3.50; USA (Airmail) $5.50, Founding Editor: B.H. 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Not being fully conscious f assumed I was snapping out of that dream I have regularly where [ defeat Kasparov to take the world title with one hand and save a penalty at Wembley with the other. Sadly itwas nothing of the sort, the controversy over the game between Garry Kasparov and Judit Polgar had made it onto the headline news of Greater London Radio. All publicity is good publicity supposedly but I was not so sure. Thad to write about the contraversy in the Daily Telegraph after the News Desk rang me and I felt distinctly uncomfortable. On reflection I concur with Stewart Reuben’s view (see page 35) that Kasparov's hand left the piece momentarily but that he had no intention of breaking the rules. Kasparov, in an interview with Donald Trelford in the Daily Telegraph after the toumament admitted that his hand may have momentarily left the knight but that “his conscience is clear”. Karpov joined the debate later and questioned the honesty of the arbiter Carlos Falcon, ‘A football manager who made a similar statement about the referee would be disciplined by the game’s governing body. In American Football a video replay can be used to amend the decision of officials. If that option had been ‘pen to Send Falcon Kasparov would have been forfeited. Tam not advocating either of these things but for the sake of the younger players and the game, which hopefully is reaching a wider audience that ever before: THE ACTIONS OF THE PCA AND THE FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONS MUST BE BEYOND REPROACH. Thope you enjoy our in-depth report on the strongest tournament of al time, including analysis by Kasparov, Anand, Shirov, Kramnik and Ivanchuk. After his triumph in Linares, Karpov has turned down his invitation 10 ‘Amsterdam for a double round event with Kasparov, Timman and Short. After humiliating Kasparov at Linares he can see no reason to give him a quick opportunity for revenge. Karpov’s place has been taken by Ivanchuk. ‘Vishy Anand won the Melody Amber Rapidplay and Blindfold tournament at Monaco. Cathy Forbes reports from the swimming pool in the luxurious Hotel Metropole next month. There was more controversy when Karpov lost ontime as he wrestled with his mouse and keyboard in a blindfold game against John Nunn. According to Nunn, Karpov complained so long and so loudly that he distracted Judit Polgar—who blundered a rook—and eventually succeeded in convincing the arbiter to call the game a draw. ‘The Doc” was not amused. OAKHAM SCHOOL MASTERS ‘Three IMs made their GM norms at the recent Oakham School Masters Scheveningen Tournament as 9 IMs took on 3 GMs and 6 FMs. The IMs were hungry, with 6 of them in contention for a GM result of 7/9. Our contributors James Howell and Peter Wells plus Throstur Thorhallsson of Iceland made it I report next time. The Oakham School Masters is supported by the Jerwood Foundation, founded by the late John Jerwood, a great supporter of chess. CHESS & BRIDGE OPEN DAY Don’t forget to come along to our Open Day, on Saturday May 21, where you will find huge discounts on computers, a massive book sale, free lectures ‘and simuls, prize competitions, celebrities and an attempt by Graham Burgess ‘on the world non-stop blitz record. Lam off to Moscow to see the first leg of the Intel Speed Chess Grand Prix organised by the PCA inside the Kremlin. A full report next time. Till then goodbye comrades. IM Malcolm Pein | Our front cover photo by Mark Huba shows Anatoly Karpov | after his triumph in Linares May 1994 CHESS 3KARPOV’S AWESOME REVENGE In one of the strongest tournaments of all time, Anatoly Karpov outclasses the world’s best grandmasters and captures first prize, 22 points ahead of his arch-rival Garry Kasparov—who now has cause to regret his famous declaration: “Whoever wins Linares can be considered the World Champion of tournament chess”. LEONTXO GARCIA REPORTS ‘The 12th contest of chess gladiators in Linares will be remembered for many years (0 come by chess fans the world ‘over due to the very high standard of play of 42 year old FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov and the unsurpassed competitive spirit of all 14 participants—which prevailed against a background of social unrest in this industrial Spanish city Squeezed rather uncomfortably on the back seat of a taxi between Yugoslav newspaper man Dimitri Bjelica on one side and Judit Polgar on the other, Anatoly Karpov made his final from the Hotel Anibal, Next to the driver, who was upset at having too ‘many people and too much luggage in the cab, was Clara Polgar, the mother of three prodigious Hungarian girls. All of them, except Karpov and the driver, had suiteases on their laps. Following on behind was a car driven by the Martin brothers who were the makers of the controversial video which will bave a very important place in this report. The brothers” help had been essential to accommodate the luggage of the four passengers who were on their way to Madrid's Barajas Airport, where, five hours later, Karpov and Bielica were due to take'a plane to Malta No doubt Karpov considered this noctumal escapade a betrayal: “They promised me a big car and that’s why T agreed to travel with the Polgars™ complained Karpov—it contradicted the FIDE Champion's pre-toumament demands: “I want the same honours and privileges as Kasparov otherwise I will not play” was the message that he had sent from Las Palmas where he was warming up for Linares with a 5-1 defeat of Chilean Grandmaster Ivan Morovic. Afier some give and take, the Linares Council and Tournament Director Luis Rentero agreed with some, but not all, of these demands Several hours earlier Garry Kasparov had travelled to Madrid—as comfortable as he was sad, But this 4 CHESS May 1994 detail of protocol, which in other circumstances would have provoked a big scandal, was now irrelevant to Karpov who was in an exultant mood, kind and very talkative—something quite unusual for him. Because just when it was least expected, “solid Tolya”, after the thirteen years of trying, had finally outclassed his arch-enemy. Incidents before the tournament In addition 10 the demands of the FIDE Champion, the tournament was preceded first by'a downpour and then an earthquake. The first problem was created by Michael Adams who announced at the last moment that he ‘would not be taking part: “I am inno condition to play at the high level expected of this toumament” was the British player’s explanation. Against all the odds, Rentero proved to be sympathetic, phoning Belyavsky and inviting Adams instead to the 1995 tournament: “He has behaved like a gentleman” explained the Tournament Director. The social problems, which directly or indirectly affected more than 60% of the population of Linares and the surrounding area, manifested themselves on the eve of the tournament. The Santana Motor Works, of which the most important shareholder is the Japanese firm Suzuki, announced that it was going into receivership and the closure of the factory was highly probable. The initial overreaction of Rentero was to say: “If L were the mayor of Linares I would put all the Japanese in prison and release them one by one, every half hour, so that they could be beaten up by the local people”. A few days later a more intelligent move was ‘made: over 2,000 people accepted an invitation by the chess committee to drape banners of protest around the Hotel where the opening ceremony was to be celebrated. Miguel Hlescas, as representative of the 14 participants, read a declaration of solidarity with the workers. According to Kasparov, this was the first time he had signed hisname alongside that of Karpov on an unofficial document, A union official ‘guaranteed “the normal proceedings of the tournament”. In the streets the crowd enthusiastically applauded; this writer has never seen anything like it before at an opening ceremony of a chess tournament. In this way the toumament succeeded in going on to its glorious end without any disruption, while the people received some kind of ‘moral support in their time of anguish, States of mind ‘The first contest between Kasparov and Karpov for exactly one year—when the PCA breakaway was declared— aroused a great deal ofexcitement. After talking fora few minutes with Karpov it ‘was clear that he was in excellent shape. He looked fitter than usual and ina very happy mood. On the other hand one unmistakable sign that he hungered for victory was his annoyance that the press considered Kasparov a clear favourite Garry Kasparov accepted my suggestion to take a night-time stroll, together with his two inseparable partners, Sergei Makarichev, his analyst, and Vladimir Dvorkovich, his secretary. The PCA Champion was bubbling over with enthusiasm, almost obsessive, about the future plans of his new organisation and the development of the sponsorship contract signed with Intel. “We have to create an explosion of chess as soon as possible—make it a spectacle. It is absolutely fundamental” he said in his usual passionate way, before going on to explain the details of along list of toumaments and activities to be staged in several countries. I had the impression that this fervour served as a relief from his personal problems (probably divorce) and came to the conclusion that his preparation for Linares left much to be desired, He tried to avoid the subject: “My political obligations and my pledge to consolidate the PCA leaves me with litle free time. I hope Twill warm up during the course of the toumament”He continued to talk about numerous ideas, without stopping, until we reached the hotel. It seemed incredible that he was able to fit so many projects atthe same time into his hea Judit Polgar, accompanied by her mother Clara and elder sister Zsuzsa who acts as her trainer, seemed to be very level-headed about her first ‘meeting with Rentero’s “beasts”, “Tam here to gain experience and it would be very nice if I also get a good result. But Tam aware that I might suffer several successive defeats because everyone will tr to beat me. If that happens I still think that Lean handle it” Rentero boasted: “Here the players do not come to take it easy as in other important tournaments. [ want them to icar cach other to pieces every day and in every game, Their behaviour off the chessboard should be gentlemanly, but over the board—violent. This is to the benefit of chess. In previous years | fined players for Iack of aggression, but this is over. Whoever is unable meet my requirements, it doesn’t matter who itis, will not be invited any more’ Everything was now ready for the next day, so that Rentero could have his first thrill of the year. The drawing of lots timed out io be Favourable for Kasparov who was to have White against both Karpov and Anand, But the FIDE Champion was in good form and also had in his favour the little advantage that his rivals would have to suffer in the previous round against Kasparov, before meeting him. The young stars, who didn’t look in such ‘good form, due to playing a surfeit of tournaments, had a difficult job in prospect, Round One, February 23 “This toumament really is differen It seems that we have all come here in search of victory" said Miguel lleseas after defeating Judit. Indeed, only two games ended in a draw and both ofthese only after an uncompromising fight. Belyavsky-Shirov lasted about six hours: Kramnik-Gelfand 414 hours. There is no denying the special character of this tournament. Even the simple act of Carlos Faleon starting the clocks had the effect of a shot of adrenalin in 14 brains ready to give their all. This is the pleasure of organising such an elite tournament Most ofthe bets were being placed on the three horses, Kasparov, Karpov and Anand, who tormented their opponents each in his own siyle, Kasparov's surprising adoption of the Benki Gambit indicated that his team of helpers had worked unceasingly the whole year and regardless of other things that were going on in their boss's head. The 18 year old Bulgarian, Veselin Topalov, immediately justified his inclusion in the toursament with a ‘win against Ivanchuk. Viswanathan Anand White Gata Kamsky Black Sicilian Defence Led 05 2 D3 d6 3 d4 exd4 4 Axd4 D6 5 Aie3 a6 6 Le3 The English Attack where White prepares an early Kingside offensive with 3, 24, hd. 6 « 57 Ab3 26 813 Re7 8... dS 9 exds AxdS 10 @xdS Axd5 11 c4 Lb4+ 12 $M Leb 13 Wrd8+ leads to a good ending for White in view of Black's weaknesses on b6 and eS. 9 Wd2 @\bd7 10 g4 h6 Not an immediate 10... bS because of 11 a4 b4 12 Dd5 LxdS 13 exd5S Db6 14 a5! when 14 ... DbxdS loses to 15 g5. 11 hd bS 12 Egt bd 13 ad Now 13 Dd5 &xd5 14 exds D6 attacks both the pawns on d5 and hd, 13 = 45? Leading to a forced sequence of moves which ends in White's favour. 13 5, dofending the bé pawn, was beter, 14 g5 dd 15 Sxd4! 15 gxfo dxe3 or 15 2 hs are inferior. 18 .. Lxb3 16 #xf6 Lxf6 17 axb3 exdd 18 00-0 Now White is all set to advance his central pawns. 18... eS The best try as, on 18 0-0, White can either play 19 Wixh6 oF 19 £8 followed by an_wen a tam | 19 f41 A fine surprise, Kamsky was hoping for 19 We? 26 blocking the Fpawn’s advance or 19 Le? d3! 20 exd3 eb followed by .. dd. 19 23.20 Wy? Deg 21 e51 0-0 After 2 May 1994 CHESS 5Despite losing two brilliancies Veselin Topalov was the revelation of the tournament Sixhd 22 Wxe7 BPS 23 Wael, followed by Exd4, when Black's king, trapped in the centre, will be subjected to.a powerful atlack. 22 Sd3! Not 22 ext Wxio 23 Weel Wytht 24 b1 Wand. 22.8 ixhd 23 Bgl 26 24 xg6 Gh 25 h7! or 23... g5 24 Wed and the attack will be decisive 23 fxeS Wxhd 24 Bxgt What 25 bi ‘WreS 26 eS! The knight will be an important participant in the coming altack, The immediate threat is 27 247 26... a7 Of course, neither 26... WxeS 27 ixg? mate, nor 26 .. Bfe8 27 47 ‘Wigs 28 WII! followed by 29 Zf6+, nor 26 .. We5 27 Whi! Wes 28 Wrh6 ete are possible, bt 26. Had8 was a better try, to meet White’snext with 27. dé, 27 Wie6 We3 The back rank mate theme comes into play after 27... oh8 28 2d? We3 29 Bg? Bus 30 He2! Wei 31 da? Haxd7 (otherwise 32 e5) 32 Wrd7! 28 Bg2 hs Direcied against the threat of 29 Wis, 29 Be2! The same manoeuvre as, given in the previous note, 29 ... Welt 30 ha? Haas Otherwise 31 He&. 31 Da7 Back 31 Bas 32 DeS BAB (32... dg8 33 Dei? SPxI7 34 Beds sbt8 35 WES mate or 32 6 CHESS May 1994 WI 33 DgG+ fxg6 34 Wigs dees 35 Hyd) 33 Goat! wins, 32 WHS 15 1632 Bids 33 Wxt7, 33 Dxt8 Bes Threatening 34. aS mate, but .. 34 Dig6+! Wag6 Alter 34... h7 35 Hes defends, 35 el Wt6 36 Wa8+ Gh7 37 hed Ze638 WS dogo 39 Bgl+ Black resigned. He is mated after 39... hS 40 Led hd 41 Was and Wht Round Two, February 24 The absence of Ljubomir Ljubojevie from the stage tured out to be very beneficial for those who preferred to follow the games from the press room. The Yugoslav put all his energy, knowledge, helpfulness and fluency in several languages, to comment upon virtually every move in every game throughout the evening. Itwas amazing to see him giving so much attention simultaneously to each and every game. Without his presence our job would have been much more tedious. This room, prohibited to the public, was the real nerve centre of the tournament. From here the moves were relayed at fone to several telematic services in France and also the Spanish TV Teletext In the arena below, Illescas was trying to hold his game together against Kasparov—but the PCA Champion asserted his superiority after the first time control. Karpov worked like a beaver against Bareyev but in the end his work was facilitated by an enormous, blunder. Anatoly Karpov White Evgeny Bareyey Black Esa pal al a i ee i ry poate te, J neo il 35... 2a7?? 36 Dxd8 mate. Judit showed her tecth with a sharp victory over Topalov who had “never expected to be defeated by a woman" Itis better that he gets used to it! Judit Polgar White Veselin Topalov Black Play continued with 36H1f6 xa4 37 S! gxh5? 37... HdB was better. 38 Hime Ext 39 Bate bg7 40 Brot Exd4 To stop 41 405+ Gh8 42 18+ mating. 41 5+ ge 42 Dxd4 Des 43 Hxb6 ad 44 chy S07 45 6 Dd3 46 Ha6 Db2 47 Sf4 Da3+ 48 GAS and Black resigned. Rentero was upset by a couple of quick draws arising from theoretical variations and threatened to take his vengeance. But it was unlikely that the river would run red with blood if the tone of the first two rounds was maintained: 10 decisive games and only 4 draws, Round Three, February 25 People who get up early always have the same companions for breakfast Rustam and Gata Kamsky, father and son, were in the dining room every day at 8.30 am. after the young Americanhad completed his regular jogging session around the streets and his physical exercises, In the evening Gata showed that this spartan existence was good for him and he inflicted a severe defeat on Lauter. “Meanwhile Topalov, dressed to killin 4 bow-tie and flashy waistcoat, wrested adraw against Kasparov aller surprising him in the opening and remaining perfectly focussed for the whole game. His trainer, Silvio Danailov, had every reason to be satisfied, Karpov adjourned with a decisive advantage against IMescas. But, seeing that Miguel spoiled a promising position, Kasparov got annoyed and reecived a waming from Falcon who caught him talking in the corridor with Gelfand. The best game, without any doubt, was that between Anand and Gelfand—a tremendous exchange of blows which finally ended in a draw. Anand said to Kasparov in the analysis room: “Its the first time in my life that Thave had more moves to make than there were minutes left to reach the time control. I must admit Gelfand played really well” Ivanchuk used his home preparation to go fora quick atack against Juditand achieved an advantage in position and time. But his final move was a mistake and he offered a draw. Rentero was not annoyed because in general the players showed a high level of aggression. Ivanchuk also started to show signs of “stomach trouble’. In reply to the areetings of the waiters “Good evening Mr Ivanchuk”” he gave the firm reply “Fried eggs with potatoes” and, after heartily stuffing himself, repeated the order several more times—right up to when the kitchen finaly closed for the night Round Four, February 27 This was an enjoyable day for the fans who were treated to the magnificent artistry of both Karpov and Kasparov in their respective games against Topalov and Ivanchuk. Anatoly Karpoy White ‘Veselin Topalov Black English Opening 1d4 2)f6 2.04 053 Df3 exd4 4 Dxd4 065 43 Deb 6 Le? Le5 7 Db3 eT 8 De3 0-0 9 0-0 d6 10 KFA In this variation of the English, White exerts lasting pressure against Black's d6 square 10 .. OHS OF course 10... Ld7 ‘would lose the d6 pawn immediately. 11 €3!? A new idea. Usual is 11 £e3. In jor the surrender of the wo bishops and the doubled pawns White strains the black pawn centre and has freedom of the centre squares for active piece manoeuvres. 11 a Dxf4 12 ext ‘Rd7 13 Wa2 Ws A passive position forthe queen but on the c-file she would be vulnerable after White's Bact. 14 Efel! Intending 15 £5 ext5? 16 Sxcb winning a piece, so Black stops this by 14 ... 26 15 h4! White proceeds to further weaken Black's kingside, already made draughty by his previous move, 18. a6 Not 15. hS? 16 5! ext 17 Who. 16 5 bS? He should have prepared this advance with 16 .. a7, covering the 2d7. 17 hxg6 hy eS! dxc5 IF 18... Se8 then 19 Ehxa6! Exa6 20 exh recovering the piece, or even the more adventurous 19 @xe6!? fxe6 20 Exe6. 19 Wxd7 eB Alay aca) fae ei Cf 20 Exe6! A brilliant rook sacrifice to rip open Black's kingside. No doubt Black was hoping for 20 2xe6 when he saves himself by 19... a7! 20... Ba? Afer20... e621 Sxe6 a7 22 Hines bg7 23 La7 wins. 21 Exg6+ fxg6 21. S18 22 Wis fxg6 23 Whs 1724.5 sates and 21... h7 22 Wh3+ dag 23 Beds £5 (23. bg7 24 Wh7+ mates next move) 24 S.xiS+ dkg7 25 WhT+ SPAS 26 SLo6 decides. 22 Wes shg7 23 xe6 a8 24 exbs Since 24. axbS 25 ©xbS and the Za7 cannot move away from the protection of the Se7. 24 wu ‘R16 25 Dea! Add Or 25 ... Axb2 26 Eb Sdé 27 bo! B17 28 Qg5. 26 bras 26 Wed, threatening 27 £5, also looks strong. 26 ... Wb6 26 ... Zixa6 is met by 27 We7+ or 27 £5. 27 Edi Wxaé 28 Exd4! “The third rook offer is a chess equivalent of a triple lutz™ said Leonard Barden in the Guardian. 28 Budd 29 Wf6+ Now Karpov has control of the black as wells the white squares. 29... eB 29... deh7 is refuted by 30 Dg5+, and 29... wh6 by 30 £5 Be? 31 Wh4 mate. 30 Wxg6+ 18 30... Be7 31 WeS+ bh? 32 Dt6~ seh 33 Whs mare 31 We8+ 9732 WeS+ Another way to win is by 32 @xeS Hdl+ 33 Sh2 we 34 WeS+ dhe 35 WeS+ h7 36 edt SATURDAY, WAY EE Shs 37 Wus+ dg7 38 West as pointed ut aterby Karpov. 32. ¢832... 268 33 WxcS+ wins a rook; 32... #h6 33 Wes+ sbn7 34 Dror mates; and 32 ‘Sh7 allows the deadly entrance of the knight by 33 g5+, 33 G6" 17 34 eB $8 34... shg7 35 Dd7F leads to inate, 35 WaeS+ Wa6 36 Wra7 Wt Black ean try one last tick here: 36 Hdi+ 37 bg? Hel+! 38 dhxel? Wal+ 39 she? Whit stalemate! But White avoids this by 38 Sh3! Bhi+ 39 Wed 37 RhS Bd? 38 b3 Eb2 39 hg2 Black resigned. Garry Kasparov White Vasily Ivanchuk Black Semi-Slav Defence 14 2f6 2 04 06.3 D3 45.413 06 5 SigSdxcd 604 bS Played with success by Botvinnik 50 years ago, this line has now become very fashionable with today’s young grandmasters. 7 €5 h6 8 hd 959 Oxg5 hxgS 10 Lrg5 Dba7 11 exf6 2b7 12 g3 A popular response to counter the latent power of Black's queen's bishop along the a8-hl diagonal. 12... ¢5 ‘The older continuation was 12 ... Wb6 13 Sg? 0-0-0 14 0-0 e5—but not 14. Be5 15 dxeS!. 13 d5 @xf6 The usual alternatives here are 13 ... Wb6, 13 Sh6 and 13 ... Db6. But, four rounds later, Belyavsky-Ilescas, featured the lesser known 13 ... @eS!?, when play continued 14 ig? O.d3+ 15 eel WaT 16 dxe6 fxe6 173 0-0-0 18 bred Shs 19 hd b4 20245 exdS 21 Wxa3 dot 22.Bixb7+ Wxb7 23 WES+ bs 24 Bel Bad2 25 £7 Be8 26 Wes+ that 27 .e7 Bic3 28 Wd6 Rxal 29 {RW Ehxt8 30 ‘x8 b3 and White resigned. 14 2 “Gh6 This seems to be an improvement on the usual 14... Re7 15 0-0 Axds 16 ‘BxeT sbxe? 17 Oxbs Wes 18 a3 ‘hich has scored well for White, 15 Sixf6 15 Sxh6 Hxh6 16 Wad2 can be met by 16... BhS. 15... Wxf6 16 0-0 0-0-0 17 DxbSt Since 17 Bed Wes offers White nothing he concedes the pawn centre to Black and stakes his hopes on winning queenside attack. 17. exd3 Black could have interpolated 17 .. a6 here, since after 18 @e3 exdS White May 1994 CHESS 7could notreeapture on d5 without losing a piece, 18 Dxa7+ Gb8 19 Abs Lg? 19 ... Wxb2 20 Wa followed by 21 Eabl is too dangerous. 20 a4 Whé 21 ha wee 21 w. LI6? He should try 21 Bixb2 22.31 WAG (not 22... ©3 23 13!) to meet 23 Wel or Bic? with 23 .. 63 White would instead continue with 23 Biel when Black's central pawns remain under pressure from the white pieces. 22 Wel! Now the queen gets to 35. 22 vu SAxhd!? The best try. 22 xb? 23 Was Lxal? 24 War des 25 Sih3+ is decisive. 23 WaS 25 Wes + das 24 gxh4 Edg8 would give Black ‘chances. Now White threatens 24 Wa7+ WeR 25 Gh3+ or 25 WreS +. 23... Le? Covering thec5 pawn. 24 WT da8 23 Was+ deb8 26 We7+ Gaining time on the clock. 26... a8 27 Bet! Stopping the mate on 2 and preparing to use this rook for attack down the e-file. 27 a. Ld6 28 W6 Ss 28... ds is met by the advance a5-a6. 29a! Threatening 30 Ee7 and preparing to meet 29 . ‘Wxb6 with 30 axb6+ and29... We6 with 30 He? Be8 31 a6! Wxb6 32 axd7 mate or 30... a7 with 31 Wre6 2x06 32 Exd7 Sxd7 33 Sixd5+ mating! 29... Ed7 To stop 30 He7 but ... 30 Eel ‘Threatening 31 Wa7 mate. Of course, 30 Exe8 allows 31 Wxh6, 30... Wh2+ S1en ee VST # ARAL e wee eB e ied Uist 31... Wxg2+!? What clse? 31 ... Exe 32 a6 &c8 33 Wo6+ or 31... Whl+ 32 Axhi Exhi+ 33 bg? d4+ 3413 are both, decisive. 32 Yxg2 d4+ 33 Wxb7+! Not 33 Sgl Bh! mate, or 33 3 Bxe8, 33... Exb7 34 Exh8 Sxb5 35 a6 After all the complications, White has emerged the exchange up. 35 ... a7 To stop 36 a7 but now the £7 pawn will be eatured with check. 36 Bf8 Exb2 Or 36... &d6 37 Exf7+ @a8 38 Ed7 and 39 a7, 37 Ext7+ sa8 37 ... Sb6 allows 38 Bb7+ winning the rook on b2.38 a7 3 8 CHESS sty 1994 Black’s passed pawns will not save him after 38... xa7 39 EaxaT+ bs 40 Hac? a8 41 KI8+ Bbs 42 Exbs+ SExDE 43 wf 3 44 we? 04 45 HAT. 39 ‘Ef8 Black resigned. Judit showed her class, staying in the middle of the table, but also showed her inexperience when she agreed a draw with Gelfand in a favourable position, as joint analysis later demonstrated Shirov, who recently got married, at last pulled himself out of a bad patch at the expense of Illescas whose psychological state had taken a pounding after being tortured by Kasparov and Karpov. However, even more damaged was Ivanchuk: shortly after his defeat against Karpov he was leaping up the stars, taking them two at a time, laughing loudly and talking to himself. Although the Ukrainian had played badly in the early rounds, his psychological state was a greater cause for concern—especially with nine rounds still to go in what is the world’s strongest tourament. Round Five, March 1 Karpov’s triumphal march continued, Although Ivanchuk rendered him some assistance, the FIDE Champion made a powerful impression and was confirming day by day what we had suspected—that he had an cnormous desire to humiliate Kasparov. Garry ‘went through hell to defeat Judit as a result of a controversial incident in a ‘game which was symbolic in that it was their frst over-the-board encounter. On the 36th move Kasparov picked up his knight and put in on 5, apparently without letting go of it, Realising that the move was a mistake he finally switched it to £8. By move 40 he had only two seconds on the clock. ““L had a rough time. Judit is very strong, she only lacks experience. 1 predict that she will soon be in the top ten". Such praise is unusual for Kasparov but Judit’s response was “He did not impress me. Iwas expecting that cach one of his moves would be perfect bbut it was not like that. [didn’t feel that tremendous energy that has affected other people”. Right after the game Falcon asked to see the stills of the video made by the Meridion-PVS company. But these were not available the same day due to technical reasons. Judit Polgar White Garry Kasparov Black Sicilian Defence 1 e4 cS 2 03 d6 3 dd exdd 4 Dxdd G6 5 De3 26 6 £4 067 Le? 0780-0 We79 Wel Dba7 10 ad 6 11 213.267 12 Bhi BAB 13 £3 0-0 14 Wes Des 15 £5 e516 Lh6 De8 17 Db3 2d7 18 Hadi h8 19 Ge3 Aet6 20 Whe Btes 21 Biel 218 22 gS h6 23 Bhd Ze8 24 WI 07 25 Da? Wes 26 Zb3 Whs 27 Be? Sixes 28 Dred xed 29 Lxe7 Exe7 30 213 Det6 31 Wxa6 Kec8 32 Wer dog 33 267 Hes 34 Wa2 Wrad 35 Wrd6 xc? 36 Zid? x1 e7) eh ak Be BRA a ZEe 7S) Here Kasparov picked up his knight and placed it on e5 before rapidly switching itt 18, 36 .. eS allows 37 ‘Le6, winning the exchange. However, 37... hd 38 x08 Zigd is unclear, c.g 39 DBA Di2+ 40Gg1 Dh3+! draws by perpetual since 41 gxh3 W2+ wins for Black. Or 39 h3 OI 40 bgi Sixh+! And if 38 93 Whs 39 &xe8 then not 39... gd 40 Be? xh? 41 Bxt7+ Exi7 42 Wg6+ Wg6 43 fag6 nes 44 xh, but 39... Exe! 40 Wes AiG 41 ‘We? (41 Be2 Dood!) 41... Wf 42 WIS Wei3+ 43 Gixf3 Bxb2, also unclear, as analysed by Deep Thought, Jan Timman and Malcolm Pein. “Anyway, despite the wasted move 36 ~~ 298, the World Champion still went ‘on to Win nicely after 37 Ded 8A7 38 \xf6+ Oxt6 39 Wxb6 Des 40 EE 4 41 245 €3 42 2b3 Wes 43 2xc2 Wxed 444 Eas Exds 45 Wxd8+ Sh7 46 We7 ‘Wes White resigned. Lautier’s skilfully prepared recipe for ‘Anand left the Indian lagging behind the ferocious pace set by Karpov and Kasparov. Shirov confirmed his ‘resurrection’ by defeating Topalov ‘who had turned out to be one ofthe great revelations of the tournament. Round Six, March 2 Karpov continued to thnast himself forward and thereby increase the resnire on Kasparov-—on the eve of their individial encounter. The leader dealt with Judit as with so many before hor—erushing her strategically with bos-eonstrictor technique until her position disintegrated Anatoly Karpov White Judit Polgar Black Sicilian Defence 1 e4 5 2 c3 Played to avoid Judit’s great theoretical knowledge of the Sicilian, The game rapidly transposes into a sort of Tarrasch French which Karpov played time and again in hisWorld Championship battles against Korchnoi in the 70s. 2... 6 3 dd dS 4 exd5 exd5 5 13 Zie6 6 LDS 4 This loses valuable development time. 7 2e5 Wb6 If Black defends the knight with 7 Rd7 then would come 8 Sixcé6! Sixc6 500 &d6 10 Wea and Black is in difficulties. 8 ...bxe6 would be similar {o the game continuation. 8 S.xc6 Saddling Black with a rigid and split pawn formation. 8... bxe69 0-0 d6 10 13! Revealing another weakness of 6 c4—White can now immediately open up attacking lines against Black's fractured queenside. 10... exb3 11 axb3 De7 12 8.43! xeS Perhaps 12... x03 15 Bxa3 0-0 14 Hel was the lesser evil although White would still be able to operate against Black’s weakened queenside. 13 dxeS Le6 Black cannot block out the annoying a3 by 13 ...c5 since then comes 14 bd e4 15 bS! and Black’s king is stuck in the centre. 14 Wad! White's plan is to blockede the 4/e5 squares. With or without queens he has a big positional advantage. 14 .~ M65 Opening up more lines against her undeveloped position by 14... Wxb3 15 242 Woo 16 Zio would be far too dangerous forBlack. 15 We5 hs 16 2.d2 {6 Since Black cannot castle, she seeks a shelter for her king on £7. 17 exf6 gxt6 18 Qb4 White could have already won a pawn by 18 Wxb6 axb6 19 eS? since 19... Exal 20 Exal bxeS? allows. 21 Bast and 22 Exh8, 18 Bad! Wxe5 20 SxeS a6 21 13 h4 22 Rfal Even when he was a junior, Anatoly Karpov was an expert at piling up on weak pawns...22 .. Se8 23 df Eb8 24 bd Ze8 25 Q\b3 2b7 26 Das ‘a8 27 B4a2 He6 28 a7 .. and 20 years ago he was also using this ‘echnigue of blockading with a bishop on a7—especially in the Ruy Lope. 28 sw EbS This loses, but 50 docs 28 ... Bbc8 29 Db3 sib? 30 Ac5 H6e7 31 @xb7 Bxb7 32 SLe5! when Black sheds 4 pawn with no counterplay. 29 b3 ‘207 30g ings 31 ngs Hed 32 g6 Ba6 33 Bast The rook is caught ina ‘web of pawns. Black resigned. Kasparov's neurosis was made worse ‘when he saw that his staunch enemy was going to win again. The PCA Champion had to suffer in order not to lose to Gelfand, who finally settled for his sixth successive draw. That evening, during, supper, Kasparov went up to Judit in his usual impetuous way: “Why did it occur to you to play 6... 4 against Karpov?” Unexpectedly, the Hungarian stood up to him: “Because I wanted to do it. 1 thought it was the best move at that moment and I was wrong. That’s all”. Judit then tumed to the other people around and said “I’m fed up with being treated like a five year old child” Of the others, Shirov continued to climb, but everyone was waiting anxiously for the duel of the year between the two K's, From the corridors and through the adjoining walls could be heard the banging of chess pieces on their boards. There was still another 48 hours to go before they renewed their long-standing rivalry Round Seven, March 4 The great moment had arrived. An avalanche of photographers had taken up their positions half an hour before the gladiators were due to come down to the arena. Ivanchuk, one of the first players to appear, relieved the tension when he sat by mistake on Kasparov's “I'm fed up with being treated like a five year old child” chair—much to Karpov's amusement. The atmosphere was reminiscent of the five world title fights between the two champions. Karpov seemed relaxed but, as the game developed, he looked more concerned. On the 13th move, “solid Tolya’” failed to live up to his name and missed a neat tactical move which ‘would have won a pawn, After the 23rd move Kasparov was clearly anxious. He had only nine minutes to reach the time control and his position was obviously inferior. “Garry is tormented. He must win but in this position he'll be happy to escape with a draw” said Ljubojevic. However Karpov didn’t try too hard and agreed the 116th draw out of 163 games played between them so far; the balance is in Kasparov’s favour with 27 wins against 20 defeats. But this draw was regarded as a victory for Karpov who began to looked. relaxed again: “Because of the tension missed two very strong ideas on moves 13 and 24, it is a pity”. On the other hand, his opponent, in a very bad mood, rushed out via the kitchen and went straight to his room. May 1994 CHESS 9Garry Kasparov White Anatoly Karpov Black Caro-Kann Defence Led e6 2 d4 d5 3 2\d2 dxed 4 xe4 dT 5 hed DyH6 6 gS 06 7 We2 Abs 8 .2b3 In the FIDE World Championship, Timman preferred 8 Sud3 here. 8... h6 9 ASH a5 This is the fashionable move, designed to discourage White from casting queenside because of the advance ..ad-a3. Kasparov defeated Karpov, a Linares 1992 in the line 9 cS 10 Rf4 &d6 11 Rg3 We7 12 dxes axeS 13 Aes, 10 c3.c3t But this a novelty. Black does not hurry with a4 since a situation could ais in which ..e4 would gain a tempo ‘onthe 22b3, But the main purpose ofthe text move isto isolate White's depawn as Defending against ..a4-a3 and also possible checks on bd but the tempo Tost ‘enables Black to seize the initiative. TH . We 12 Des? This is dubious. Kasparov originally intended 12 dxe5 @xe5 13 @e5 but at the last moment realised that 13 .. SnD 14 ext? Wrest 15 Wres Dede wins a pawn. 12. exd 13 exdd 13 Karpov overlooked the clever tactic 13. ixa3!, when 14 bxa3 We3+ and 14 Exa3 Wxcl+ both win for Black. However the situation is not so clear after the desperado move 14 Sxh6! Saxb2 (14... Bxho 15 Bxa3 Welt 16 Sidl te) then not 15 Sxe7 Sxal 16 SixhS We3+ 17 fi Wxb3 18 xt Wo1+ 19 Wrei Wrel+ 20 xe! Das with a decisive advantage according to Karpov, bu instead 15 Wxb2! Sho 16 pl3. The black king is stuck in the centre and after White castles and plays Efel he will have, in return for the Pawn, a strong initiative and dangerous attacking chances on the open lines. 14 ed If 14 8.42 then 14... 8x23 does work. 14.87 15 Oxa7 Avoiding the wap 15 Dgt3? Bes! 16 Rd3 Wrcl+! or 15 a3 Beast, As 15 ‘Wal 25 is also unpleasant, Kasparov decides to give up his proudly placed knight forthe bishop. 10 CHESS May 1994 15... Sbxd7 16 Wal Again not 16 @f3? Be8t when 17 Skxa4 loses to 17 ... WaS+. The PCA ‘Champion now rearranges his pieces in ‘a more co-ordinated way. 16 d6 17 De? Dds! Otherwise White plays 18 2c’. 18 Ra? bs! An aggressive attempt to increase his, initiative. 19 8)c3 Dxc3 20 x03 HG 21 Wa3 Attacking the bS pawn and planning, to meet 21... 0-0 with 22 d5! when 22 exd5 23 Bxf5 or 22 ... Dxd5 both result in a mate on h7. But 21 DAS! Blockading the d4 pawn and not fearing 22 WxbS+ Se7 when, with .. Ehc8 to follow, Black suddenly has an almighty queenside attack, 2 har If White prepares castling by 22 £3 then 22 ... sbe7 23 0-0 xc} 24 bxe3 Ehc8 25 WbS a5 and White’s pawns will soon tumble, 22 4 B67! 23 Het But now, either here or on the next move, White should play g3 to cover the fi square, 23... Wed 24 ed 24... Ehbs Karpov thought this was his last chance to play for a win with 24... 4+ 25 Sixft Sixf4, His analysis goes: (a) 26 Wros bxo4 27 Hb Zhds 28 hdl #5 29 93 £5 30 £4 46 31 de3 £31 d5 exdS followed by ..Bab8) 31 = HaS 32 Ed? Zb8 33 Sal (intending 34,Hc2) 33 ..c3 34 He? Bas wins; (b) 26 Hedi Bhd8 27 13 (127 Weed boxed with a decisive advantage) 27 . gS 28 Bhel S205 29 Zed and Black an now gain a big advantage with . Was, ... ZdS or .. Hac8. 25'g3 Wxd3+ 26 Sixd3 bé 27 Zal! But not 26 axbd Sixb4 27 Bo2 Sixd2 28 Hxd2 Eb4 when White is tied down to defending his weak pawns. 27. bxa3 28 bxa3 Hb3 Winning @ pawn but not the game. However 28 ... Eb2 29 Bhel Zab8 30 2 would also foil Black's attempts to 29 Sac? Exa3 30 Bxa3 x03 31 Bal Skb2 32 Bxad Had 33 Sxad Sixdd 34 fat Now any advance of the e-pawn will result in an exchange on eS and a blockade on the o4 square 34 w dG 35 $13 15 36 hd 2b2 37 4 fxgd+ 38 xsd D6 39 13 Das 40 Se? 2f6 41 hS Drawn, ‘The final moves might have been 41 £5 42 fest BxeS 43 ed deeb 44 Bxd5+! dexds 45 S2xh6! ete ‘The most important thing to report in the other games was Topalov's victory against Kramnik who, until today, had remained unbeaten. Ivanchuk again failed to make any impression but Shirov continued to climb at the expense of Judit who also had been wounded after her two confrontations with the ‘beasts’. Gelfand registered his seventh draw and Illescas his sixth consecutive defeat Miguel Mlescas White Viswanathan Anand Black Caro-Kann Defence (Notes by Anand) Miguel had started the tournament well with a fine victory over Judit Polgar. But then he lost five games in a row, in spite of getting some good positions as in his game with Kasparov. This course of events must have left my opponent rather depressed so I was in quite a confident mood. I’snoteasy to prepare against Illescas since he varies his openings between | 4, 1 dé and 14, When T saw that he had opted for the king’s pawn I decided toplay the Caro-Kann, even though itis not the defence that know best. “Ifthe ‘opening is going to be very theoretical” I said to myself, “let me copy Karpov”, who in this round was also playing the Caro-Kann—against Kasparov. Unfortunately I could not copy for very long because Miguel chose a different variation on the third move. 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 2d3 De6 503 If Black now plays 5. @f6 White replies 6 £4. But itis not the end of the world, eg 6... 96 7 6 g7 or 7. LFS. But I wanted to stop White developing easily. After my choice, we arrive ata sort of exchange variation of the Queen's Gambit with colours reversed. It gave me a headache trying to imagine the position with the boardturned around. At various moments [did not know whether [was White or Black. 5... We7 6 gS O16 7 Dd? pd Its essential that this bishop does not get shut in bebind the pawn chain. Otherwise Black would have no prospects for ative play. BDgB 069 Lhd Ld Rw Ge jnaW kaa p Pagan le ae 8 maa) A Sa Jam ol ae [aww ie 10 293 TDighoul ea mite a ar 10 SchS the bishop on h4 would not be Shit rene meas opens musiocwebees seh eat iano te Bic sa eae SuBonicpuaminaack me costae Bus I ng ated Oy original idea: 10 ... QkS. White cannot “Heh use oo ce presence of the bishop on d6 would Brevis eel or se Re wopeaions deeae wei and ch On te abet at Bek ‘threatens the unpleasant ... f4. So 11 Sxd6 Wxd6 is forced after which it Sroutdbeaburdwpisy goes be Diet bight eens ne inva cna ote ‘the eventual manoeuvre He3-Eh3. But Huge Discounts World non-stop Blitz Record 12 CHESS May 1994 Up to £100 off chess computers SATURDAY NAY 21 this idea fails from the tactical point of view: 12 3 24 13 hxgd (if 13 Sf SiS) 13... Dxd3~ 14 Bil Deb? 15 Wo3 Bios 16 Dxed dxed 17 Wxb7 HS 18 Wa6; if Black could now play 18 'WaS then everything would be in order, but White has 19 Bh5 which totally wrecks the whole idea. So I stopped dreaming and looked for an acceplable 10.1 hS 11 xd6 Wade 12 0-00-0 13 Bel Babs It goes without saying that Black's ‘most logical plan is the break .. bS-b4; inthis game Idon’t succeed in achieving this but the play still revolves around the same strategic objective. However achieving this objective is much more difficult than normal in this position because White can adopt a plan which is usually considered satisfactory when Black plays it in the exchange variation of the Queen’s Gambit. A simple glance will reveal the positional obstacles for Black—who is usually White in this type of structure: after 14 a4 he should not play 14... a6 because of the reply 15 5; then necessary is 15 ... We. But Black still has to be careful because the advance ... bS can be met by an exchange of pawns followed by the plan 4, Db3-Hs. Moreover the bishop is much better placed on d3 than e2; the squares which correspond to dé and e7 for the black bishop in the normal colours of this variation. [trust thatthe reader will now understand the mental torture that Lwent through; normally, White, who here is Black, has problems in this variation Competitions achieving a lasting initiative; but inthis case Black, who in reality should be White, is better placed than usual 14.24 We7 15 Whi 26 16 De5 fe8 A prophylactic measure—hoping that White will play h3, depriving his rook of this square and weakening the 3 point before he eventually advances ‘#4—in order to retreat my bishop to £6. ‘A concealed idea is that, after the capture 17 Bxc6, Black should not continue 17... Wxe6 which would give some advaniage to White after 18 a5, but should play instead 17. bxe6, and if 18 Sxa6 Wo6 recovering the pawn under favourable circumstances. 173 96 18 Sixg6 hxg6 19 Wa3 Mleseas proposed a draw in this balanced position. But I still have a certain amount of play on the queen's flank and decided to reject his offer. 19. Dxe5 20 dxeS An error. After 20 ExeS my options ‘would be greatly limited; I could adopt the plan Hec8, De8-d6, but it is doubtful whether it is enough to give any clear advantage. On the other h now Iam able to improve the position of my pieces. 20... Da7 21 Wad Lec 22 He3 If he is allowed a free hand, White would play Whd, 263-Dg5; [now have to exchange queens in order to place my king in the centre 22... Wh6 23 Wrb6 xb6 24 hd ‘A good move which anticipates the plan .. g5, g6, &g7, Bh8, Bh4 which could be very annoying in the endgame. 24. 1B 25 43 eT 26 b3 Although this move was a welcome sight for me, itis always very difficult to defend with absolute accuracy @ position which is slightly unfavourable I realised that Miguel felt uncomfortable in this position. But I also could have played more precisely; against White's projected plan a5, ¢4, my rook could have gone directly t0 65. 26 w» He 27 a5 a7 28 4 Bhe8 Now it can be said that Black has a clear advantage due to the weakness of, the pawns on a5 and e5. It would have bbeen better to keep the pawn on a4 and defend with Hcl; in any event Black could annoy the opponent withthe plan w= @d7 and... BS.x Ragan mama “ce Baa me iene eB oa 29 dg? Better than 29 exdS Hol+ 30 Exel Hycl+ 31 seg? exdS and White has too many weaknesses on the queen's flank—which can be exploited by the plan ... f8-De6 and the backward move of the king to cover the vulnerable squares. However Black should not now fall back on routine ideas which allow the opponent to create counterplay. For ‘example: 29... Bes 30 bd Eo? 31 exd5 exd5 32 06; after my next move, the attempt io break through on e6 would be neutralised by .. 16 29... Db8 30 Bad The idea is 31 exds exdS 32 e6 6 33 Bad; so T would have to capture on d5 with a ro9k. 30... 2d 31 £4 2e6 32 Bid3 Bed 733 Sf6 White needs 100 many moves to consolidate; his knight should now be ‘on d4 and his king on e3. Because of this, the break is decisive 34D) dA 35 exf6+ exi6 36 Dd? 5 37 Ded Bas 38 tres 15 was threatened. 38 ~, Bxe5 39 Od6 Exes 40 Dxb7 Rett and, faced with the loss of his knight, Mlescas resigned. As Nimzowitsch would have said: the threat of the minority attack was stronger than its execution, T could not be satisfied with my performance in the Linares tournament, despite the fact that I did not lose any Elopoints—since one of my defeats was against a player without an Elo (Kasparov!) eis clear that one should not play in a tournament without adequate preparation, which I had no lime for after the interzonals in Groningen and Wijk aan Zee. Generally speaking, those of us who came from Wijk aan Zee played below our capabilites. You may wonder if I was saving my best weapons for the Candidates ‘ournaments. This may be a valid point but I do not want to use it as an excuse since itis not the main reason for my lethargic performance in Linares. Round Eight, March § Another enjoyable day. Karpov impressed the fans with a fine piece of strategical engineering against Gelfand. The Champion’s second youth seems to have reached a high point, and his play is reminiscent of his palmy days. Not even time pressure spoilt the work of the Russian who this time was the real “solid Anatoly”. His lead over Kasparov now increased to 1% points after the PCA Champion drew with Shirov. Ljubojevie quickly summed up Kasparov's state of mind ‘He is very worried. Karpov's excellent play and his prospects of winning first prize in the ‘most important tournament of the year is driving him mad”. The game with Shirov confirmed this viewpoint. Garry spent much more time than usual to ‘equalise with the black pieces, When he hhad achieved this objective, the number of moves he had to make was more or less the same as the number of minutes ‘on his clock. Alexei Shirov White Garry Kasparov Black Sicilian Defence (Notes by Shirov) A game which came at a sensitive moment. Although I had won the four previous games, these victories were, above all, duc to mistakes made by my ‘opponents. Now I was up against the World Champion and did not have too such confidence in myself: However, I ‘was prepared to fight. Being conscious of the superiority of his theoretical baggage over mine, I opted for a rare variation which I had only played once before. A study of my database revealed some important information: Kasparov hhad only played against it five times; on the other hand, his experience in the usual variations of the Sicilian is Tob eS 2 03 d6 3 Abst We decided to surprise the World Champion. The Moldavian masters have done much todevelop this line; one of them, Viktor Bologan, was my analyst in Linares 3... Da7 4 040 O46 § Kel a6 6 2f1 b67a4 Despite having prepared this at home, I was not sue, in the cold light of day, ‘what was the bestcontinuation, Another possibility is 7 ¢4, followed by 8 @c3 and 9 d4; however Iwas not happy with the idea of playing against the Erizo System, a line which Kasparov knows to perfection 7m x4 8 Dds 279 £3 06 10.04 The principal idea. As my knight is still on its original square, I am threatening 11 a5 bxa5 12 fd? with a Positional advantage. Black now has the strong move 10... Ke8, withthe idea of meeting 11 a5 with 11. b5, controlling any break on of. In this ease I would have had to play 113 with the intention of carrying out the plan Stb2, a2. 1 would not have obtained more than equality since Black has no weaknesses and can comfortably complete his development. Kasparov spent quite a lot of time on the opening, a fact which gave me a certain amount of confidence to put into practice my home recipe. 10. He? 1145 Te Black opts for 11 .. 0-0 12 axb6 Webs, comrect is 13 sbi! and not the sacrifice 13 e3 Wxb2 14 Hd2 which would hardly offer compensation. Kasparov, in keeping with his character, plays very ambitiously 11. BS 12 €4 bxe4 13 Bod 0-0 Developing the pieces in readiness for a fightinthe centre isthe most important thing, despite the fact that my pawns on a5 and b2 are weak. I was surprised that Kasparov did not play an immediate 13 4. De5 14 x06 feb 15 Zxe6 WaT 16 ixg7+ A717 OFS Bags (suggested by my opponent in the post-mortem analysis) and in my judgement the sition is very good for Black after 18 Ih6+ AB 19 ixe8 Exes 20 Hh1 hs, withthe idea of pushing this pawn as far as possible. The most sensible reply to 13 ... DeS would be 14 RFI as occurs later in the game. Black also prepares 13 .. dS, which is probably 2 good move. Kasparov Pointed out that he feared 1d exdS @xd5 15 O45 e5+ 16 Shi 0-0 17 Sxds ixds 18 @e3. In any event my intention was not to play anything like this, even though I spent sometime calculating the variation 13... d5 14 exds xd5 15 Bxeb fxe6 16 2ixe6 Wes and T have no compensation, White should also not take twice on dS to give airto his bishop on el. If Kasparov had decided on 13 .. dS, probably I would have replied 14 exd5 @xd5 15 ®c3 )xc3 16 bxc3, intending to sacrifice on 6, 1423 Convinced that I had a favourable position, I thought only of exploiting my advantage in time. However here | had an excellent method of achieving a superior game: 14 &xe6 fxe6 15 @xe6 We8 16 DxiB. Inespectively of how Black captures on £8, White will obtain a slight advantage by normal development. 14. DeS 15.01 May 1994 CHESS 13Now itis no so good to sacrifice on e6 since Black, after moving his queen, recaptures on £8 with the other rook. In ‘order to avoid any problems, Kasparov rapidly completes his development. If 15... He8 16 Wb3 Hos 17 Wad and the position is complicated. White nevertheless has good prospects by advancing his b2 pawn. 15... WeT 16 63 d5 17 exds Dxds 18 2\xd5 xd5 1985 19 Gf can be met by 19... £6, threatening ... Dxf3+, but then Black is left with a very uncomfortable position after 20 Shi. However, as Kasparov pointed out, 19 ... &d6 20 Shi Dg6 is far better. After 19 5 I hoped for 19 Sic5 20 BxcS WxeS+ 21 Wadd Wixdd+ 2B Badd Deb 2 Oxe6 Sxe6 24 Keel ‘Ga5 25 bd with some winning chances, But Kasparov finds something much stronger 19... 2b4 20 6 Whs 20". @e5+ would be very bad because of 21 @h1. At this point I could. find nothing better than sacrificing the exchange since after? He Black plays simply 21 ..c6 with clear advantage due to White's numerous weaknesses 21 Wad &xel 22 Bel exfS23 Wxd5 When I eckoned on this positon five moves ago, I thought tha tad excellent compensation in my bishop-pair; moreover the black rook on a8 is shut in, the pawn on a6 is weak, I can create a passed pawn and my picces are very active, The reality is different; Black stands better. 23... Be8 24 Bel Keb {did not find a good move against 24 Be6, which has the idea of meeting 25 Sic7 with 25 ... We8 and all the black pieces remain coordinated. 25 bd xg _ we a i a 2 2 yA kam mame 8, 3a 25. hS 14 CHESS May 1994 Stronger was 25 .. 8d6, No use then is 26 WreS because of 26... Exb6 and the_game is over. Normal would be 25 Bap 26 W3 Hxb6 27 axbo Wrbo+ 28 Shl Zbs 29 Was, with many complicated variations. White has to fight hard to achieve draw. 1 was especially afraid of the possible endgame of rook and knight versus rook and bishop with all the pawns on kingside, since the structure £3-g2 poses some problems. ‘An important element in explaining the course of the game is Kasparov's time-shortage. Aer the game he was angry with himself for not having seen 25... Ed6. In any event, Black has the Same threats after 25... BS. Thad to do something 26 Se7 War ‘Afier 26 ... We8 27 bS I would have excellent compensation for the exchange, 27 Sb Ws 28 .c7 Wa7t 29 256 wos Anda draw was agreed. 1f29 .. Bxb6 30 axb6 Wrb6+ 31 Wes (my frst idea was 31 Bhl which is very poor due to 31... He8 32 Bel Wi2) 31. Who 32 Za with sufficient compensation for the pawn, The black knight is not so sirong and the extra pawn is doubled. Kasparov concurred with this assessment and opted for a repetition of moves. Iwas satisfied with the result because T had obtained no advantage from the opening. It was a good fight with mistakes by both sides. Kasparov felt angry but he did not say anything, perhaps because our personal relations ate very good, It seems to me that a last he has learned how to hide his feelings ‘more. I have the impression that he is beginning to realise that itis not the end of the world to lose a game. After his Joss to Lautier his customary scowl and grimace were not so dramatic as usual I's just a feeling that [ have which is impossible to put into words Topalov performed another giant-killing act when he ruined Anand’s tournament—the Bulgarian’s presence in Linares “95 was virtually assured. Viswanathan Anand White Veselin Topalov Black Topalov, realising that to win the game he needed to keep both his rooks 6m the board, continued 30... Sal! 30 Sid 31 BxeT Exc? 32 2ixcT isnot at ail clear. 31 Dxe7 31 Bxe7 Bxd5. 31» Exfd 32 Deo Bat! 33 Exd6 Hdl Efe 35 2.d8 wg8 36 Eb8 hs falling into the erafty trap 36... Le5? 37 De Sixb& 38 Hd8 mate! 37 gxh6 eS 38 3b7 Sxh2+ 39 et Zhe? 40 Soh1 Eh2+ 41 Sg Bhg2+ 42 Gh Bes White resigned. There is no defence to 43... Bh2 mate. Judit also reacted by splitting the point with Kamsky, on a day with four draws—all of which were full of fight. Lautier’s six hour battle with Bareyev was fought to the last pawn, Round Nine, March 7 From the point of view of keeping the spectators excited, it is fortunate that, from time to time, Karpov shows us that he is human after all. Today it looked like he was going to immortalise Shirov ashad done with Gelfand in the previous round; but an imprecise move led only to a draw which, coupled with Kasparov's sadistic defeat of Kamsky, ‘meant that the tournament was still not over yet. Garry Kasparov White Gata Kamsky Black Caro-Kann Defence 164 062.44 453 D2 dred 4 Dxet a7 S$ Des A trappy line. Kasparov-Karpov, two rounds earit, had continued with 5 Sc. 5... Zigt6 5 66 26 Wass 7 co Whe 8 Lcd fxe6? 9 WhS+ ded8 10 2a5 won the queen in Nunw-Kir.Georgiey, Linares TO88, but after 6. Wo 7 DaiB Ot Black's game is alright. 5. df is another interesting possibilty. 6 3 £66. he 7 eo! Wass 8 2 Wo 9 SS theo 10 Ager eas 110-0 gave White a strong atack in Tal-Oll, USSR 1986, 725113 de Karpov once played 7... We7 against Van der Wiel and was confronted with 8 We2 (threatening 9 Dxf7 followed by Dg5+)8..n69 2 g6! hngs 10 Axt7 a8 11 @ags ee However an immediate 7. ho 8 Océ theo 9 gor we? 100-0 Her I Bel is considered 10 be defensible for Black—but. maybe not against Kasparov! 8 Wer ho 9 Ded xed 10 ‘Wred We7 Kamsky-Karpov, Dortmund 1993, had continued 10. 6 11 Ws ske7!, protecting the Zh8 and preparing, TDs, go. Kamsky could find no antidote against this shock innovation, and Tapidly went dowehill ater the pawn sacrifice 12 eS Rxe5 13 dxes WaS+. Later it was discovered that 11 We Wes 12'0-0 0-0 13 c3 05.14 dxes retained White's initiative—bats move leads to far worse consequences. 11 Wd y5? In this position ... g5 is bad: Gelfand. Speeimen, Munich 1992 had led to an unclear game after 1. S28 12 0-0 05 13 b3 eS 14 dxcS “xeS 15 S£5. 12 38 13 Dd2 Not 13 Wxho 218 ©)f6 15 Wh3 g4. 13... 2A 14 Bet g7 A typical Kasparov pawn sacrifice to gain time for an attack. 13. ALxd4 16 sLe3!! eS Kamsky does not dare t0 lose moze time capturing 16 Axb2 when 17 Had! Ge5 18 ed b6 (18 €5 19 sc? and 20 das+) 19 eS and 2021d6+ is one dangerous continuation; nnordoes he care for 16... Suxe3 17 fxe3 ‘which not only leaves Black vulnerable (o attack on the File but deprives him of his king’s bishop which is needed for the defence, 17 Had! Dt6 18 Dxt6+ 2x66 19 S67 Zh 20 Who White has not only won his pawn back but sets a nice trap. 1f 20 .. We?, to protect the bishop, then 21 Best Bxh7 (not 21 WyeS 22 Wai6 threatening mate on d8 and also the rook on h8) 22 Hd8+!! Wad8 (22 .. xd 23 axe?) 23 HS+ Sbd7 24 Bal whe7 25 Bxd8 dixd8 26 Was mate. 20... Le7 21 We7! Bes 22 Eas shd7 23 “Bags dxgs 24 Wags ‘Wa 25 Wes White is happy to stay in the middle game with the enemy king unable t0 find shelter. 25 -- We7 26 WeT! Attacking the 7 pawn. Black will not be allowed to castle, 26 wm Sic8 27 Was b6 28 Wes Bas Has Kasparov blundered away the exchange? 29 ited! He8 Defending c6. If 29... &xd3 30 Sxc6+ thd8 31 Hai! 30 ft Saving the rook, since if30.. Axed 31 Rxc6+! Exc 32 Wb8+ mates, 30... Bg8 31 b3 Qb7 32 Sidi La8 32 5 is met by 33 Bd7. 33 ¢5 bxe5 33 xcs 34 Wres bres 35 Bar a8 36 a7 ishopeles for Black, 34 246 0438 Ivanchuk at last struck form ... bred c5 36 xa8 Hxa8 37 Wres EDS 38 23 Wh7 38 .. $18 39 Bd8+ or 38, WeS 39 We7 wins, 39 Wad 8 39 We7 40 BAT. 40 W6 Black resigned. There is no defence to the threats of 41 Ea8+ or a7, Topaloy reaffirmed his place in the top half of table with a win against elyavsky who was firmly rooted in last place. This round also witnessed two revivals. The strength of character shown by Illescas in defeating Lautier, after having previously suffered six consecutive defeats, was greeted by ‘unanimous applause. And Ivanchuk at last struck form, defeating Anand in an excellent game, Vasily Ivanchuk White Viswanathan Anand Black Petroff Defence (Notes by Ivanchuk) ‘The pre-history of this game has its origin in a fact known by many chess enthusiasts. Anand and I have known cach other since the times we played in Junior championships. In Linares in the very same toumament venue, the Hotel Anibal, we had an 8-game maich, which Tost by the score of 3-5 after spoiling quite a few advantageous positions. [do tot want to take anything away from Anand’s victory but I had more than enough reasons to seck a possible revenge. One month later, curiously in the 1993 Linares tournament, I played another game with the Indian Grandmaster, and lost. This encounter, however, cannot be considered to be an continuation of our earlier duel as Iwas due to have the ‘advantage’ ofthe first move and there I had the black pieces. Finally Thad my chance. The magic of numbers meant that on the ninth playing day, T was playing White—it was the ninth game of the match. Not only was I determined that this should be a decisive game for me, the day before I sent a communiqué to Anand: “Lconsider our game tomorrow as being the ninth of our match”. My rival gave a knowing smile. May 1994 CHESS 15As some chessplayers will remember, in our duet I employed only one choice of opening move, | e4. I continued with the same idea ... Led eS ‘Anand replied in all the games of the match with 1. ¢5: 2.13 4t6 3 d4 Dxed 4 2d3 The Russian or Petroff Defence, which has figured in my repertoire for sometime and which has occurred in my battles with Anand quite frequently. There is also a lighter touch: I have almost always played it with the black pieces. With White I preferred 3 d4, although I have also tried 3 @xe5, for ‘example against Bareyev in Linares "93, iaLver ¥ ak ac awe 4. De6 Anand, with Black, played, in Monaco 1992, 4 ... dS 5 @xeS Od7 (Arawn in 26 moves). Anand chose the variation 3 d4 @xe4 4 d3 in Linares 1993 (1-0, 28 moves); on this occasion ‘weare playing the same line but with the difference that Anand opts ford... c6, a recent novelty which I got to know about from the game Timman-Murey, France 1993. A unique move which reflects the great talent of its creator—not many chess players would consider leaving their knight under fice from the bishop. The basic tactic behind this move is not so complicated as can be seen from the continuation 5 xed 5 6 S243 e4, recovering the piece. If, on the other hand, White decides to play 5 5, there follows $ ... BeS 6 dxo6 04 with the same result Since T got to know about the possibility 4. 2e6,ithas interested me both from the White and Black point of view. At home I decided that the move to bear most frit is Sdxe5 dS Honestly, the speed with which Anand replied surprised me. The most complicated reply’ would have been to attack the bishop with 5 ... eS, a5 [ considered in my previous analysis to this game. I do not want to go more deeply into the line 5... cS but itseems: to me that theory will develop in this direction. 6 exd6 Dxd6 7 De3 Le7 8 DAS White's hopes of achieving some advantage lie in 8 dS, The purpose of this move is to exchange the knight for the bishop and obtain the bishop-pair. ‘would have liked first to get my king off 16 CHESS May 1994 the open eile with 80-0 and only then played 9 45; however Anand had Evallablethe reply 8 Le ending any possibly of ds, Against 7 ... 2c6, instead of 7... &e7, the move 8 igs is annoying. ses Another suprise for mg. My home analysis had ended with 8 45 which I assessed as giving White a slight tdvanage, | oped that Anend would play 8 ot and after 92x? (9 S44 ‘Res withthe threat of simpliieation on 43, offers White absolutcly nothing) 9 re? 10 0-00-00 11 Hel and Black has two continuations: the first, 11 ... h6, to place the queen on 6, and the second, 11... Wd7—with the idea of exchanging. the bishops on the 1 square orto play 8 fllowed by «5 withanallack on thekingsid. The closed character ofthe Postion prevents White exploiting his vantage ofthe two bishops Diet ‘Asuperficiallyatractive move. Nota badaltemaive 9 shod and if9 Obs 10 @xe7 Wxe7+ 11 Le2 and White maintain a minimal sdvanage due to his two bishops. 9. Db A mistake which signals the start of Black's difficulties. Beiter was 9. d6 10843 Qf5 11 ed. ‘Another alternative against 9 .. 246 is 10.874 0-0 11 £43. During the game it seemed to me that my position was somewhat better, although Black retained certain options of equalising, eg. 11 .. 26 12 0-0. White must choose between two paths. The first leads in the end to complications after 12... Sixb2 13 Dxe7 xal 14 Bxd6 and not possible is 14... Wrxd6 due to 15 Axh7+. The other pathis 12... xb2 13 bl a3 (13... R16 is no good because of @xc7) and the immediate 14 Sxh7+ is not possible because of 14... &xh7 15 ‘Wa3+ BES. Perhaps this variation is not completely correct but itis worthwhile investigating itnow that the black pieces lack coordination, Against 9 .. 2d6 10 Sf4 there is the move 10... g5 (suggested by Anand) I Sxd6 2x46 and the resulting position seems risky for Black. I do not believe he has sufficient compensation in the yariation 9 .. Qd6 10 Sf4 Zxcd 11 DxcT+ AB 12 Das gs. 10 Dxe7 WaeT Black makes a second mistake. He should have chosen the lesser evil with 10 ... @ixe7 to go into an unfavourable ending after the exchange of queens when the two bishops give an obvious advantage 110-0 Dae 12 O95 £6 The only move. 13 245 Dxd5 14 Bet £06 15 Dad AA thematic position which is clearly advantageous for White. The two knights, curiously, are situated very close to the bishop on e6 but neither of them can defend it! 15... 0-0-0 16 xe6 Bde8 s oa ew Roam enan {now had an important problem as to which move I should choose. 17 hd seemed a quite attractive attacking move when 17 ... b6 is not good duc to 18 Wg4 D7 (the best move; otherwise follows 19 Wixg7 which atthe present moment is no good because of 19 ... @f5 20 Wxe7 Exe7 and Black wins a piece; neither is 20 Wg4 Sxh4 21 Wxhd Be5 any solution) 19 13 with clear advantage. 19 £3 defends the rook ‘on el and stops the threat of .. Des. But Black could defend much more efficiently by 17... g5. In this postion I was unable to find anything substantial for White. If 18 S&g3 Black replies 18... 6; here [could not find any way of creating a real attack. As a result of this analysis I resigned myself tothe win ofa pawn, 17 Wrd5 figs 18 Wad I could have decided on 18 Wxg5 but considered that it would be more favourable for me to take the pawn on 87 after 18 Wa. In the ending it tums fou thatthe g5 pawn is more vulnerable than that on g7. T did not lke the variation 18 Wxes Wrg5 19 @xg5 Bed and if 20 b3 there follows 20... a3 and Black creates counterplay on the queen's flank. 18... DbS Perhaps 18 ... 8 would have been more precise. The text move does not have too much influence on the position and White retains his sound pawn advantage. 19 Wxg7 Ehg820Wxe7 Zxe7 21 201 A technical position has arisen in which White is a pawn ahead, But soon the adventures start. 2 a DdA move linked to the obvious threat of 22... Qed. Iwas so obvious that I overlooked it and played . ad tis clear that I had to play 22 Des and against 22... B17 23 243, doubling rooks on the a-file, After this, the win is just a matter of straightforward techniqu The game sharpens appreciably now that Black is able to regain his pawn, 22 a Ded 23 DeS Not 23 b3 because of 23 ... d2+ 24 seg] Bhe8. White places all his hopes in the activity of his pieces. 23... Hxel+ 24 Zxel Oxb2 25 Ze7 h6 In this position it is difficult to determine what is the best move. Although it seems strange, 25. hs could have given the best chances, even though it was not 100% certain, 26 as With the threat of 27 a6: if 27... b6.28 e6 and the king is caught in a cukde-sac 26 a6 Forced. 27 Bed ‘At this point my attention switched from the centre to the bad position of the black knight on 62. The obvious 27 e6 offers nothing in view of 27 .. db8 when 28 Zixc? is bad because of 28 eS and if29 2g7 then 29... eS. 128 Qxc7 Ded, Black simply takes the pawn on a. 27 on Dall Black tries 10 get his knight out. Trying to exploit this by 28 Hb4 allows 28. 2e3 and nothing good comes out of 29 @xb7 or 29 Bxb7. Against 29 Exb7 very unpleasant is 29 .. Hd8. 28 Dad Black’s knight is on the edge but inno way can it be captured 28 .. Ed8 29 see? Has 30 14 ik oe am ma eg ES mime jel My plan is clear: to create a passed pawn, divert the rook and take the knight, Anand takes a rather debatable decision. Black has to begin to look for chances in an ending a piece down, For example, 30... $8, and if 31 {5 Bxas 32 xdi Exf5. A very similar ending arose in the game Nimzowitsch- Alekhine, New York 1927. On that occasion, Nimzowitsch was able to convert his piece advantage but I remember it was quite a tough job. This ending was Black's best chance, Black could not improve the position ofhis king after the capture on f8, That's why he plays 31 .. $2b8—in order 10 prepare... bS and liberate his knight. Meanwhile I try to increase the tension ‘on the kingside 30... gxf 31 Ext 8 32 94 bS 33, axb6 cxb6 34 c4 Bd6 35 Eft b5 36 Hud He6+ 37 $3 bxad 38 Hal After a series of forced moves, there arises a rook ending with a pawn more for White and great chances of victory. In order to determine whether this ending is drawn or won, a scrupulous analysis is necessary and to tell the truth T was unable to come to a conclusive assessment. If may point out, Black's following moves are not the most precise and greatly facilitate my task. 38... Be7 Strong was 38 .. Bf6+ to corral the king on the king’s flank and place the 00k on ¢6, The position, in any event, requires exhaustive analysis before giving a final verdict. 39 Bxad ial al Ae ex i am Am wh ao On aS Z Z 38... bd7 ‘move which makes many concessions. The most incisive continuation was 39 ... He6 so as not to allow 40 a5. Then Thad to play 40 hd S47 (40 _.. d6 is poor on account of 41 Bas Bxcd 42 Bxa6+) and now 41 aS is not good because of 41... Bxed 42 Bxa6 hs. However, apparently there is the possibility of 41 ¢5 and if Black ‘makes any wailing move with the king (ouch as 41... $ed8) there is the reply 42 Has. After 41... ExcS there is the following line: 43 Exa6 h5 44 g5 Ed (There iso sense in checking since then the king makes itway onwards, ignoring the loss of the pawn.) 45 #2g3 and White can win this ending by capturing the pawn. The game could continue something like this: 45... $ee7 46 Eh6 He34-47 Gf2 Hed 48 Exhs 17. Black seems to have some practical chances ‘but White will win, even though he will have to calculate all the variations very precisely to prove it The rest of the game needs no further ‘comment. 40 c5 Ec6 41 Bas Bi6+ 42 shed Ze6+ 43 SIS eT 44 hd a7 45 Bad Be6 46 Eade whe7 47 Hes+ $17 48 Red a5 49 eS e750 dS WaT $1 BEd Heo 52 1S Hg5+ 53 deed ad Sd sbb5 a3 55 Bad Black resigned. Rest Day, March 8 Trouble was brewing today. Jose de Estaban Lasala, director of the company making the Linares video, affirmed that Kasparov did let go of the knight on the cS square against Judit Polgar “although the infringement is almost undetectable by the human eye”. The Hungarian, who had registered four defeats and one draw since the incident, was annoyed and recounted what “My conscience is clear because at no moment did | fee! that I had let go of the piece” May 1994 CHESS 17happened: “I had the feeling that Kasparov let go of the knight for a fraction of a second, 1 didn’t complain because I was very nervous and did not ‘want to run the risk of a time penalty if iy claim was not upheld”. understand that Kasparov was also nervous but I think he realised what he did”. The scised champion made a strong denial: “This could damage my concentration ata very delicate moment. My conscience is clear because at no ‘moment did I feel that [had let go of the Piece. I admit that that this is a curious business and some people will say the I cheated Judit. That would be slander’ Kasparov's fear was justified. That same day several Serbian newspapers published Karpov’s statement that he was not surprised "because Falcon is Kasparov's friend”. Karpov qualified this later by saying that this statement was made “confidentially” whilst chatting to Dimitri Bjelica and added “the arbiter is there to detect infringements even when they are made in a fraction of a second”. Falcon recalled “My good faith is proved because I requested to see the films the same day. My visual perspective was not ideal; when time is short the arbiter has to look at the clock and to observe the moves and write them down. In recent years I have twice issued ‘warnings to Kasparov and I maintain a professional relationship with him, but none with Karpov. Some newspapers are demagogic when they say that Kasparov cheated, He is the only one who knows” Round Ten, March 9 “Kasparov is sinking.” “The pupil defeats the teacher.” These were the headlines which were sent that night to the whole world. Kasparov's loss to his favourite ex-pupil. Viadimir Kramnik, 18 years of age, silenced those people who predicted there would be a prearranged game between them, vu limir Kramnik White sarry Kasparov Black King’s Indian Defence (Notes by Kramnik) My second encounter with Garry Kasparov (the first ended in a draw) came at an especially delicate moment for him. I had travelled to Linares without great ambitions and without any specific preparation due to the lack of time after tournaments at Groningen and Wijk aan Zee. I resigned myself to just putting in a worthy performance. On the other hand, it was clear that Kasparov was not in his best form. Moreover the excellent showing by Karpov had subjected him toa great deal of pressure and virtually forced him to 18 CHESS May 199 ‘win with the black pieces. It was clear that Garry was going to fight for vicory ‘but L remained calm, 12GB Of6 2 e4 $6.3 Ded p74 04 4654 0-0 6 Le? 057.45 Dbd78 95 69 hd g5 10 S93 Dh 11 hd ga 12 Dh Fixg3 13 fxg hS 140-0 White has only one important problem: the knight on h2—around Which the gave develops over the next few moves. Before Black continues his normal development with .. aS and cS, it is enough to carry out the plan £2, Af1-2e3, in order to obtain a very comfortable game. Therefore itis not surprising that Black goes for an immediate break on the Fi 14 £5 15 exf5 5 16 b4 ef 17 Hel My opponent was surprised by this move; he probably expected 17 Wd2, because he surely had not foreseen the ttle finesse on my 19th move. T had analysed this position a year ago and remembered that 17 Zel offered good prospects. It is not easy 10 neutralise Kasparov's knowledge of the King’s Indian, 17... Dd3 18 Lxd3 exd3 19 16 Ext6 20 Wra3 Wes The only move, but one which forces White to play very carefully in order to retain the advantage. Against the logical 21 Qed follows an exchange on fl and then ... £5 when White's superiority ‘evaporates at once. After long thought I deduced that winning a pawn on the dqueen’s flank was the only way 10 tlt the balance in my favour. This involves ‘giving up the exchange and keeping the other knight on h2 for the time being; but the strength of my central pawns and the knight which will be installed on e6, as well as the bad position of the black king and the momentary lack of coordination of the enemy pieces, convinced me that this was an adventure ‘well worth embarking upon. 21 Qb5 S15 22 BxfS BxiS 23 xe? HeB 24 Deo Wi 25 Dit Thad at hand 25 Bl but the reply 25 . Ecf8 would then be very strong; if | recover the exchange on f8 the bishop ‘on g7 comes out of hiding and regains its potency. It should not be forgotten that, of my two extra pawns, one is doubled and the other will be useful only it iis mobilised before Black mounts his projected kingside attack. I decided that this was an opportune moment to activate my poor knight on h2. 25... BeS ‘Again [ had to be very careful. The impulsive advance 26 eS would be punished simply by 26 ... Bxe6; nor does 26 d2 work because of 26... WES and the black pieces are a lot more active than [ would wish. On the other hand White should look askance at the pawn fon hS, the capture of which would pose serious danger to the black king. That’s why itis not serious that Black ean now exchange queens. 26 Eat Wis The alternative was 26 .. h6, upon which I was thinking of replying 27 eS dxc5 28 bxeS He8 29 @d2 which makes clear the delicate situation of the black king. 27 WafS Bf5 28 5 218 29 D3 Finally resolving the problem of my inactive knight, but still Black has many resources. In fact the position now requires energetic measures. If [ allow the position to become opened up, by exchanging pawns, the enemy picces become dangerously active. There remains only one way. 29. B16 30 Zed dxe5 31 bi a aa aa Ail i AD 31 an RHO? ‘A serious mistake. Black places his trust in tactical traps such as 32 d6 Ech 33 Axf8 JLe3+ which leaves the white king jailed for life. But my intentions related to the hS pawn, were quite different After 31 .. Ze8 Black would have no problems, although I do not see how 1 could win. After the game Garry and I analysed 32 el BS 32 Hdl, when Black can repeat moves with 32 .. Bf6 or try to win after 32... b6. But we did not see any clear plan leading to an obvious advantage. 32 Bel He8 33 Bes T was not tempted to advance dé while Black could take the knight, exchange a pair of rooks, give check cone and, ust in time, attack the pawn from behind. The idea I put into practice does much more damage, although also not bad is to hide away the king on h2. 33... Be7 34 BxhS Bef7 35 oh? Black over-optimisticaliy puts his faith in attacking the comered king but, in reality, it is a poor idea35.» Stel 36 KeS Efl 37 Hed Bal 38 38... h722 Kasparov indulges in a enude tactical trap: 39 Digs+ dxes 40 Exes BAM 41 hd Zhi 42 degd Rade. But this signs his death warrant, Much better was 38 ‘&h8, though this should also lose,e.g. 39 Red Bxd5 40 Ses Bie 41 O13 and i414 42 Bxed Bxe6 42 Brel Bxbs 43 g4. It seems to me that objectively Black must lose but there are still some technical problems. 39 De5 He7 40 D18+ ‘And Kasparov resigned, Our joint analysis served 10 confirm his bad form. Usually Tremain a mere spectator while he demonstrates an enormous number of variations with speed and precision But this time his ideas were not good. His lack of concentration was already evident during the game. Ata key moment, instead of channelling all his ‘energy into our board he was distracted and paid more attention to the game between Karpov and Kamsky. In my opinion it is clear that his personal problems have affected him deeply. He played some games very well, but failed at decisive moments. Our game was @ good example: Black had demonstrated quality in virtally all his moves—except for two very serious ‘This handed the tournament on a plate to Karpov whose lead would have been ‘even greater had he finished off Kamsky in a winning position. This illustration ofthe American’s technical deficiencies corroborated what Karpov had said earlier: “Kamsky works hard but he is not a great talent”. On the other hand Kramnik isa great talent but he is rather lazy; today hehad used this talent o take advantage of his rval’s excessive will 10 ‘win. The two of them had been flying around on a trapeze without a safety rnet—and one of them got killed, The only tinge of excitement left now was Karpov's difficult final schedule; he still had to face Kramnik and Anand. But everyone believed that his final triumphal march was unstoppable. With, regard to the others, Ivanchuk, Lautier and Bareyev seemed to have recovered from their wounds and all won their ‘games, Round Eleven, March U1 A memorable day. Rentero said “They are not human beings, they are beasts”. When Lautier resigned his adjoumed game with Ivanchuk, to the applause ofthe crowd, all the games had ended decisively. I doubt whether such 4 thing has ever occurred before in an elite tournament with more than ten players. The seven victories all deserve a mention. Kasparov swept away the defences of the third best player in the world as if his life depended on it. His ferocious manner and aggression during the game could be compared to a wild animal in a cage. Garry Kasparoy White Viswanathan Anand Black Sicilian Defence 104 €5 2 Be3 d6 3 Dge? Deb 4 d4 exd4 5 xdd D6 6 Sed WHE 7 Db3 ©6824 059 Le? eT 10.3 WT 11 f4 2.6 On 11... Ded White has a pleasant choice between 12 x04 Wed 13 WEB and 12 \bS We6 13 Bxc4 Wrod 14 We3!, 12 2.43 26 13 0-000-0 14 a4 b6 15 g4! Because of Black's knight manoeuvre, White is actually a tempo up on a usual 9b3 Scheveningen Variation. 15... 2b8 16 g5 4717 £g2 ‘Be8 18 263 eS? The knight is needed for defence on the kingside, but even after 18... 218 White can continue his attack in the same way as in the game 19Zh3 g6 20 Wed Ab4 1820... £18 21 ‘Wit S, then not 22 exh6 Gh, but 22 451.24 Wha hs 22 ££3! White's plan is very simple—to sacrifice on hs and play for a quick mate. 22 ... ££8 23 &xh5 BxhS 23... £g7 24 Rd4 e5 25 £5 exdd 36 xgé fngo (or 26. dnc 27 n7+ Ste 28 fo fag6 29 He srs 30 exfS wins) 27 Wh7+ $f8 28 Eri ext 29 exis dxe} 30 f6 Bxh3 31 fkg7+ she7 32 gis bds 33 Wred ‘Sxe8 34 Wxc7 winning, is @ long forcing variation given by Kasparov's analyst, Makarichev. 24 WxhS 2. ¢7 25. dd €5 26 £5 Axes! The best chance. 1626 end 27 Wh7+ Is 28 16 eb 29 Wh8+! &xh8 30 Exh8 mate. 27 en7+' Siw 28 O04 Luts 29 Wats ends 30 ©f6! Just when it seemed that Black had survived the worst, Kasparov comes in for the kill. 30... Wxe2 31 Badd) Wab2 After3 i. WPS 32x15 wins, eg. 32... Sxf6 33 get dees 34 Be or 32... Hed8 33 Bh7 xi 34 ‘exf6 when 34 .. We8 loses to 35 Hel + and 34... ¥g8 to 35 Be7+ ShSibts 36 S61. 32 Bal! eS 33 dT eT 34 Dues SLxe5 35 Wed Black resigned. White threatens not only 36 15+ but also 36 Zb3 followed by Bxb4 or D5 Shirov reinforced his third place position and Judit lifted herself clear of the tournament basement with a win against bottom marker Belyavsky. Ivanchuk showed that he plays better when there is nothing at stake while Bareyev took the brillianey prize with a cascade of sacrifices against Topalov. Veselin Topaloy White Evgeny Bareyey Black ‘French Defence 1 ed 06 2 d4 dS 3 De3 Af6 4 kgs xed Bareyev’s favourite variation—it is by no means as harmless as it looks. 5 Oxed 2e7 6 Sxf6 Lxf6 xa swe cp peg BAM Ge SBaD BAB WS 2 aE 763 A tame continuation. 7 23 is more testing so as to complete White's development as quickly as possible Polgar-Bareyev, Round 13, continued 7 .. 00 8 Wad2 (8 c3 A\bd7 9 We? eS! led to equality in Short-Bareyev, Paris Rapidplay 1991) §... b6 (An improvement on 8 .. &e7!? 9 0-0-0 66 10 843 67 11 nda 12 Oss ho 13 ol Df 14 Dixie Axl 15 64 Wadd 16 h7> hs 17 Wadd Sed 18 Badd hixg5 19 hxgS xg? 20 Zh2 g6 21 ixg6+ 7 22 &d3 Bh8 when Black held the ending. Kosten-Bareyev, Hastings 199091.) 9 @xt6+ Wrt5 16 May 1994 CHESS 193 67 11 Dgs ho 127 Wea 13 xf xtB 1d 03 Whd 15 0-0-0 Sexe? 16 Zhgl 213 17 shed! Lx04 (17 Weed 18Ed8mate) 18 ed! We (again there is a mate if Black captures) 19 xed and the game ended in a draw 25 moveslater. 7... 247 8 We2 eS! The typical freeing move. 9 dxeS White should keep the balance by 9 0-0-0 exdd 10 Oxf+ Wxf 11 Exdd, 9 Axe5 10 £4 Getting deeper into trouble. Not only does this pawn advance create all sorts of weaknesses but it leaves his king too long in the centre. 10 Dg6 11 g3 0-0 12 £3 Was! Preventing 13 0-0-0 because of the attack on the a2 pawn, If White continues 13 23 Black also stops him castling kingside with 13 ... 2h3. 13 a3 Still trying to castle. 13 od Wa5+ is awkward. 13. @xfal A big shook. If now 14 gxfé Bha 15 41 15 16 We2 threatening 17 Sed) 16 ... Sh8 17 Ng} xg} 18 hxg3 Wxhi 19 We7 HgS 20 shed BOL 21 Axgs Lab+ is good for Black, 4 Oats gute 15 xh7+ Sg7 16 Wet van “6 ef a awe a owa @ es me eB! 17 Wre8 S51 18 Wea8 If 18 Wad ®d3+- 19 fi xh7 followed by the capture of the Zhl. 18... Wed 1912 Now follows a classic king hunt, but 19:1 We2+20hel Das+21 El WI mate or 19 fl We2+ 20 del Dd3+ 21 seal Best 22 Ded Wed imate, were no better. 19 ... Wg2+ 20 Ged Das+ 21 had Wa2+ 22 Ses We3+ 23 shes Dd6+ White resigned. Since 24 63 Web+ or 24 bd Wet both mate, Karpov completed a day to tell our grandchildren about with another magnificent lesson in the art of strategy—against no less a player than Kramnik. This is featured in our How Good is Your Chess quiz.on page 30. Round Twelve, March 12 Karpov assured himself of first prize with a round to spare. Ever since the day he lost his ttle to Kasparov in 1985 he had been seeking his vengeance—and it had finally arrived. Now there was only one unanswered question—could Karpov emulate the historical performances of Alexander Alekhine at San Remo 1930 and Bled 1931? Alekhine scored more points but then 20 CHESS May 1994 again Capablanca was not one of his rivals, The gossipers had been silenced again. Kasparov’s game with Belyavsky, his friend and analyst, was not pre-arranged and ended in a draw: ‘The PCA Champion now had to score in the last round to guarantee second prize above Shirov who defeated Kramnik in romantic style after the Russian had ‘made some serious mistakes. Bareyev ‘was heading for the best performance of his career, Vladimir Kramnik White Alexei Shirov Black Queen's Pawn Opening 1 £3 dS 2 d4 &£5 Developing the bishop outside the pawn chain but leaving his pawn move of a targe 3 406-4 2c3-c6'5 Wh3 Wb6 6 c51 We7 Since 6 .. Wxb3 7 axb3 26 8 Bat followediby b-b5 is very strong 7 Lt More gain of time. 7... We8 Not 7 Wats § Wab7 83 O16 9 Wad Od 10b4 a6 11 h3 Le7 12 Wb3 0-0 13 Ler Led To exchange the Mf3 and play for the bres. €5. Black could also have achieved this objectiveby 13. dB 14 O-0.Rc7 15 Rxc7 Wxe? 162465, 140-0 (AXIS 15 Qxf3 dB 16 a4 Sc7 16... Bes is « belier way to enforce the advance of the e-pavn. 17 3 can always be met by «ast inthis sort of Position 17 g5 he 18 ate Onto 19 ‘DS €5? Again 19... 225! 20 b6! RbS 20 1, Rd 21 dees Dd isrefuted by 2 ‘Be retaining the pwn and 20 4 by 21 bxe? ext3 22 BibT tng? 25 gh ‘Wxc7 24 Wxb7, But possible is 20 exd4 21 exd4 Sf or 21 De2 d3 22 Wxd3 eS. 21 a5 exd4 22 exdd Rf4! Activating the bishop since 23 23 Wah 24 2g? Whs 28 pxts gd is too strong 23 We2! Wa7? He should give his bishop a retreat square by 23 ... hS 24 g3 4Eh6.24'g3! Wit the queen covering £2, this is now playable (e ay Hig A Eo 24... Wxh3!? 24 ... &b8 would leave queen's rook buried alive. 25 &g2 WHS 26 gxf4 Dp4 27 Zid! This rook is bound forthe third rank where ill Rex vital defensive duties. 27 Zfel 12+ 28 Sf] Wxfd keeps Black's hopes alive. 27... Zae8 28 Zd3 Wh2+ 29 Sl £5 29 ... Wxfd 30 Wd2!, 30 Wa2- 30 Ge2 is even better when Black's attack will run out of steam. 30 ... 6! Intending3 1... g6tohitthe vulnerable Sg2, 3113 31 Zh3 is still met by 31 Eg6! when 32 Exh? Qxh2+ 33 kei 213+ recovers the queen. But 31 De2 feo 32 Dg! should hold 31... Bed! This surprise move came with Both sides in time-trouble. If 32 Fxod/fxed then 32... fred followed by ,- Hf gives Biack many chances. 32 @xdSt? To get the quecnside pawns rolling 32 e2 De3+ 33 Hxe3 Hes 34 Q)g3 Bxe3 35 Wxe3 Wxg3 would have given Black some chances of survival But 32 fied! fxed 33 De2! exd3 (33 €3 34 Exe3) 34 Whd3 looks good eg (2) 34... Be6 35 Ba3 Bxe2 (35... Des+ 36 Wxe3 Zxe3 37 Exe3 wins for White) 36 Wxe2 thxta= 372.83 wins, (0)34... Bxtd 35 Oxed Wixels 3658.03; (6) 34. Wha 35 Wigs Wxg3 36 xg3 Exfd+ 37 whe! Bxdd 38 215 followed by @d6 winning the b-pawn and game. 32 ... exdS 33 6! Since 33 ... Exc6 allows 34 fxed and 35 Hh3. vw xf 34 cxb7 Zed 35 Kel? Much stronger is 35 b8“W+ Wxb8 36 fxgd xed 37 Sixd5t 35... &h7 36 DEW 36 ‘Bc8/Zic7 leads to a draw after 36 We3!37 bs=W Dh 38 del Hel+ 39 Weel Wrel+ 40 dxh2 Whar. 36 .. Wab8 37 fagd Not 37 fxod? fredt 38 ‘Bel Bf2 39 Be7 Bxd2 40 Bxd2 “c3. 37... Wh2! Not 37 fxg4+ 38 dgl. 38 BEB 38 Sixed fked+ etc. 38... xpd 39 ‘b7? The last chance to win was 39 Hf2 igo 40 &xd5. 39... Hfg6 40 Ze2? A final blunder. White should draw the enemy queen away from his king with 40 ob Ws and then defend by 41 HA2. But not an immediate 40 212? Bxg2! 41 Exg2 Whi+ which wins for Black. 40 ... Exg? 41 Wrgz xg? 42 Hyg? Whi+ 43 12 Whi White resigned. Because White's kingside pawns will in the long run prove decisive. Round Thirteen Tolya Tolya Tolya!—Karpov was ecstatic after another brilliant triumph against Belyavsky. He thereby achieved the best result in chess history, remaining undefeated and beating the previous Linares record which Kasparov had set at 10 points. Kasparov sunk further when he was beaten in 29 moves by Lautier after layingeverything on the line. In a furious exit from the stage, Kasparov pushed away ‘a newspaper man who tried to interview him at one of the most bitter moments of his life. Garry Kasparov White Joel Lautier Black Giuoco Piano 1ef 52003 D6 3 Sed Something new in Kasparov's repertoire previously he has played only the Ruy Lopez or ithe Scotch, 3. eS 463 O16 5 3 Peshaps the PCA’ Champion has been converted to this slow Steiite-like system after his successes against Nigel Short with the €3 Anti-Marshall. 5 ..d6 6 3 Also played is 6 b4 2b6 7 a4. 6 6 Already with a view to playing 46 and... dS. 73 Deterring Black from castling because of the possibility of 24-85. 7... a6 Providing a retreat for his black-squared bishop—as Nigel Short did in one of his Seotch Games against Kasparov. 8 Dba? 06 9 sed 9 Bes came into consideration. 9 a7 10 We2 We7 Protecting the e: pawn and preparing his next move. 11 b4 11 S)f1-g3 was still an option here But now Lauter cuts loose, 11. dS! 12 ad bS! By fixing the bé pawn Biack not only stifles any possibility of b4-bS and a3, but also prepares to target the pawn itself with the undermining... 13 0-0 0-0 14 axhS Not the careless 14 p37 det 15 cin Bed but White could prepare this redeployment of the knight by 14 Be, 14... axbS 15 d4 Preventing tte threatened 15... Sxf2H. But 15 b2 d4 16 2b3 was safer. 15. exdd 16 5 dxc3!! 17 ext Wxf6 1 4b3 @®xb4 Black now has four pawns for the piece: the question is whether he can get them rolling. 19 Sb1 Not 19 Be3 d4 and 20... Re4. 19... dd! in". “tke ae ee Ce mown e we Ae es ee | 20 Bxa7 20 Doxd4 Bxd4 21 Wed, threatening both mate and the Ea, is refuted by 21... 15 22 WrasWads €21. And 20 ixdd xd 21 Wed also fails to 21 ... c2! 22 Eixa8 (or 22 Rxc2 RES 23 Waris Deo!) 22. dst 23 Exf8+ Gxt8 24 Wh7 (otherwise the pawn queens) 24... 2xb3, 20... e212 In the post-mortem the two players came to the conclusion that 20 ... xa?! was stronger, e.g. 21 Dbxd4 Hal 22 Wea We6! 23 Wrg6 fxg6 24 Bixe6 Bxt3 25 2x13 Hxbl and the black pavns win the game. 21 Ewa! After 21 x02 Bxa7 White ig threatened with ... 3, .. od and ... a2. And 22 Wed fails to 2: xc? 23 We? Sos 24 Bel d3. 21 exbI=W 22 Bxi8+ dex Now Garry Kasparov takes over the analysis. analysed moves such as 23 bxd Bod 24 a3 Wrtl+ 25 Wall Sxfl 26 Skxb4+ e8 27 shxfl, and now simply 27 ... Wg6 (threatening 28 ... Wbi+) or 27... WE, with the idea of eS. The position would be drawnif the knighton £8 reaches b3, now thatthe white pieces protect each other after cS. However, the advance ... eS forces a lack of coordination in the white picees and Black wins, I played 23 WxbS, which is bad, and lost. Later, in my room, [asked myself “Why not 23 eS 2” After many hours of analysis, on my own or accompanied by various grandmasters, I became convinced that this move would, in practical play, have cartied off victory Not because the position is objectively winning, but because Lautier would eve spent half of his remaining 30 minutes looking for a winning tine. Only then would he have realised that he was running a grave risk of defeat And itis very probable that he already ‘would not have had time to find the best defence. Thete are many replies but some lose immediately. For example, 23 .. dS, Which leads to defeat ater 24 2x6 followed by 25 $234 Another possibility is 23 ... ®e2 on which follows 23 3.85 or, petiaps even stronger, 24 We4 with the same idea, ‘Also I had to reject the obvious 23 ea bese of Wats and tack king isin great danger. 24... We7 25 ‘Wb8+ followed by 26 Wxb4; otherwise there is a mating atack after 24... Dd5 25 Wos+ de? 26 a3. The paradox ofthis position is that the two black queens do not have time to coordinate an attack against the king; as 2 consequence their advantages are less than the inconveniences they suffer through being threatened. Black wins if he can exchange queens; but if this does not occur then the white queen can attack with enormous danger to the enemy king. Another variation which I rapidly discarded was 23 ... Wa2; 1 did not analyse it very deeply because after 24 Wixbs 0.5 25 Whee eT 26207 Gar, White can tum back or play 27 Hel, preparing Qes+. The attack is tremendous because the black king is very badly situated; this is the principal factor in the postion, Let’s check natural moves such as 23 'WOL-f5, in order to unite the queens, There follows 24 WxbS: if now 24 We7 25 Wo8+ e826 a3 Wixes 27 Hel! (there is no hurry to take the bishop). And Black can think about resigning in this amusing position, worthy of & photo. If, instead of 24 .. We7, he plays 24°. 2hd5, there follows 25 Wo8+ cB 26 g4! and if Black tries a swindle by 26... W6-g6 the reply is 27 Ona Wives 28 nagd Wate 29 2)g2 and the modest knight competes a marvellous job. If after 26 g4! he tries 26. WxI3 27 Wre8+ ie? 28 Belt ed (against 28. de 29 Dedt wins one of the queens) 29 Wxc7+ @e8 30 Wd7+ G18 31 We8+ ‘Sc7 32 &xe3 winning a queen. All this analysis demonstrates the enormous difficulties Black has even tomake the first move. Still there remains another very logical move which, however, loses by force, 5... g8. White replies with the fine blow 24 gs, attacking both gueens atthe same time. The obvious reply is 24... Wits 25 Wafl hxgs 26 'WADS; Blacicis two pawns down but he robably will ose by 26. dS 27 jot Uh7 28 Ded We? 25 Dengsr $e6-30 Was (threatening WH7+) 30 Sito 31 Dh dxgs 32 Wars seat (£33... F433 Dgo) 33 Whor hs 34 gt doxh3 35 Wihs Ws 36 Wane mate. Tn this variation, Black can ty: May 1994 CHESS 21ae 24... Wi6 25 Hxbl Wab1+ 26 h2 hxgs 27 Fixes fre6 28 Wrest and White completes a demolition jb by 28 FS 29 Zixgs Wa2 30 Dh7 mate. Also the apparently normal 23... We7 24 a3 and if 24... Wxfl+ 25 Wafl Wres 26 Wel, White wins a picce and blocks the black pawns. In these types es, Black can try to play with the pieces turns out to be very dangerous. Letus consider now the two prineipal variations 23... Whg6 and 23... 3 23 ... Wog6. The basic idea is 24 ‘Wxbs Sg8 (not 24 ... Wxf3 because of 25 Wh8* which looks very dangerous) 25 Oxob fxe6 26 eS and Black has to play caret since 26. Wg 27 14 28 g4 Wed 29 We8+ h7 30 eS Ings 31 fags Whitt 2 eal ond he threat of mate enables him to survive But Black should win after 26 .. Wh, instead of 26... Wet Corect, after 23... Wg6, is 24 Wels 25 H and the two white knights paralyse the two queens; eg. 25... d3 26 Wb? “c6 27 g4 and the queen is trapped, as well asthe threat of 47+. 1 have never seen anything like it ey ae & Ors After 25 £4 Black must play 25 .. ‘8. White could force a draw with 26 Wxbs DS 27 g4 We2 28 Wos+ HT 29 Ded? or risk 26 Ded Whd 27 22 CHESS May 1994 Garry Kasparov laid everything on the line ... 24 Wh7 28 £5 Rd5 (no use is 28 ... d3 because of 29 fxe6) 29 WxbS &h8 30 Wrb4 &xe431 Dxi7+ seg andnow 32 Wb3 does not work because of 32 dS and the bishop cannot be taken ipecause the black qucen checks down thestaircasetlliteapturestheknighton £7.But Whitehas the fantastic ove 32 Sta With the idea of answering 32... WA by 33 DeS and the poor lady on h7 remains incarcerated. The best seems to bbe 32... Wxh3 33 Wo8r sbxt7 34 Wrets ches 35 West re 36 Was Be8 37 West dB 38 B74 dexc7 39 Hel+ We3 40 Hxe3+ dxc3 41 Wot We8 (at last!) 42 WeS+ ded7 43 Wxc3 and White has a symbolic advantage. Black has another possibility seen by Gelfand when he joined me in this analysis—a line which would be almost impossible to find with the clock ticking away: 3. d3 a yee ‘ie al fa ohn wy Bagonn “g pe We as It seems that White wins easily with 24 Wed, due to the threats £d2, a3 and Wa8. Gelfand’s original idea was 24 = Wiel which covers the a8 square and paralyses the bishop on el. Apparently White siands badly. 25 a2 Wxel 26 Wrb4 Wal-a3 27 Dxo6+ eB and White cannot look for more than a draw by 28 Wed ‘However, he could play 25 Hel.The reply 25 .. &e2 only leads to a draw: 26 Wxd3 &g8 27 Axe6 fxe6 28 Was+ wh7 29 Wad+. I Black opts for 25. Wxel itis also adraw: 26 Wxb4 d2 27 Oxe6+ dg8 28 ‘Wxd2 Wxd2 29 Exal and now bad is 29 ‘W677 30 Ha8+ dh7 31 Dryer egs 32 0id7+ &h7 33 Aes g5 34 B08 with a mating attack The correct continuation is 29... Was 30 Zixe7 We6 31 a6 Waband White must sacrifice a knight for the passed pawn Still there is a hidden surprise in the variation 25 Hel if Black tiesto win by 25... d2 26 Bxd2 Weed 27 Bxal Wes it seems that Black has consolidated his sition, Bt ow comes a bg blow: 28 Bros tis itz. Wes 29 Axbs Ws 30 Ha8+) 29 Ba8+ (Editor's note: 29 Beeb! wins at ance: e.g. 29... feeb 30 Deeb or 29. dbg8 30 Has WH? 31 Oye g8 32 Deo ete) 29... e7 30 dixbi and Black cannot capture either the knight othe bishop Allihis analysis was done the night of ry defeat to Lauter The next morning ound another interesting line: 23 gs instead of 23 eS Te ‘smal ae) a“ ANG BONG A Yo OWRAD wi mae After 23 ... Wexfl+ 24 Wexfl bxgS 25 ‘Wxb5 Dds 26 Dbxd4, Black must play 26 ... 26 since if 26 ... Sog8 27 Wes Gh7 28 Dxe6 fxe6 29 Web. After 26 g6 27 Wb8+ g7 28 Dxe6+ fxe6 29 ‘Wb? the position should be drawn despite Black’s pawn advantage. After 23 gs there are still another ‘two possibilities (A) 23... WG-£5 ea BG Woe x (2 NWS & we ns 24 Dbxd4 Whd3 25 Le7+ wes 26 ‘Wb2 and this position requires lengthy maa bare ae engi eerie For example, 26 ... Wg6 27 DeS Wxe2+ 28 Sxg2 &xh3+ 29 Gh2 Wxfl 30 3 a aaa ey pouse B) Lautierwas thinking ofplaying23 Wigs 0 ee | es Swe ae) ee ween we BES On this follows 24 WxbS. If Black now plays 24... hxg5 25 Wb8+ te7 26 ‘Wxb4+, and White has adecisive attack. The best is 24... dogs 25 \bxdd Woes. (if 25... xgs 26 Exbl Wo1~ 27 h2 with a tremendous attack: and if 25 ‘Wod3 26 Wo8+ &h7 27 Wxbd hxgs 28 eS and you couldn't ask more from a knight) 26 Wxb4 hxe5 and White has various possibilities which I did not have time to analyse in depth, though Black also has a strong attack: 27 Wb8+ sbh7 28 Bel We 29 g3 ds 30 Bes Wo6 31 Wd8 Wob1+ 32 dh2 WEL. The move 23 cS would have given ‘many more practical chances for victory because Black's game is easier to play after 23 95. However, we must not forget that, objectively, the positions in @ state of equilibrium, Now then, who would not try to win with Black— thereby running the risk of going crazy? The game did not last long after my error and concluded: 23 Wxb5 Wxb3 24 What de 25 Wxc7+ eB 26 Sa? Was 27 Wes 18 28 Qxdd Da3 29 We3 Wes White resigned. May 1994 CHESS 23Anatoly Karpov White Alexander Belyaysky Black Catalan 1 dd 2)f6 2 23 dS 3 04 €6 4 93 07 5 2g2 0-0 6 0-0 dyed 7 We? a6 8 ad 2A79 Wed 26 10 S295 In Karpov’s warm-up match against Morovic, held in Las Palmas immediately before the tournament, he had been successful with 10 Bc3 aS ‘11 Hel Ded 12 Wa3 xc3 13 bxe3 Oid7 14 04 when Black is left with a passive game; however instead 10... b5 11 Wa3 bd gives counterplay. 11... 245 To undermine White's pawn contre with... ¢5, 11 Wa3 ¢5 12 Qe3 12 aes is met simply by 12. bd7. 12. exdd 13 Sind Bes Be Be Mae Dxd5 14 xe? Dxe7 15 Dxd4 gives a equality lay Wre? (14 lasting pressure on the hl-a8 diagonal) 15 Qxd4 Deb 16 Dxeo bxe6 17 a5 Wo7, Hubner-Karpov, Tilburg 1979. 14 hd! Threatening 15 2x65 2x6 16 25 WHS 17 ot Was 18 &xb7. Even after 14 ... &c6 White plays the same manocuvre and afier 18 fxc6 Sixgs 19 Sixb7 Ha7 20 Led has a cicar advantage. 14. bd7 So as to retain his defence of H7 after 15 sixt6 2x6 15 Dydd Wa6 15... Was 16 O63 WH6 17 aS and 17... Wa7 18 Be3 of 17 WoT 18 Bch 16 tat Des 17 Wes The immediate idea is 18 Qc6!. 17... Bfd®. Black hopes to exploit the pin of the dd but he overlooks the danger to his own knight 18 b4! aad 18... Dced is met by 19 Bx16 Dxf6 (19... £15.20 Bxod Gnd 21 €3 Bxal 22 Bxd6 Bxd6 23 &xb7) 20 Axb7 Habs 21 Wixas Wxbs 22 5 ec. 19 W3! Trapping the knight. 19 Wb6 Or 19... Wadd 20 Wb Bxbs 31 ‘Exad 2c3 22 Bod Rb2 23 Ed? retaining the exra piece. 20.3 Black resigned. ‘The amazing Anatoly Karpov could not have chosen a better moment to exact an awesome revenge on his arch-rival. 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er Roa Ties [ef SS 52 Eee ins te ~ res eed pos Von der Sterren = Kamsky Wijk oon Zoe Sone i Panag Cy IN THE PREVIOUS VOLUME (58) HAS NOT BEEN ANNOTATED 32 CHESS May 1994 OIL Unlucky KiNGPiN Issue Number 22 The jov of chess is nowhere celebrated to such climactic excesses as in Kingpin, William Hartston, The Independent © 48 PACKED PAGES @ IN THE LATEST ISSUE: ‘Secret Channel 4 World Championship Transcripts © Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs © Nigel Davies on swindling his way to the GM title © Chess Computers: The Essential Buyers’ Guide © Win a Novag Jade — the World's Strongest Peg Sensory Portable Chess Computer ‘# How Good Is Your Chess Career? ‘# How to write a chess book and make loads of dosh ¢ IM Gary Lane’s Agony Column PLUS Great Swindles of Our Time, Hack Attack, Sexy Chess Openings (e4 eS 2NI3 Nc6 3 BbS a5!?), Edward Winter's Forum, Book Reviews Annual Subscription (3 issues): £7.00 (UK); £9.00 (Europe); US820.00 (US/ROW) Single issue: £2.50 Send cheques/postal orders made payable to Kingpin to Kingpin, 45b Empress Avenue, Ilford, Essex IG1 3DE Or ring 081 554-8266 (24 hour answerphone)ADDICHS’ Mike Fox and Richard James uncover a presidential scandal 327 Whiteknightgate -ve Mooring, a friend of both the beleagured US President and this column, tells us that Bill Clinton is a good poker player but a poor chess player. Bill and Steve, who estimates his playing strength at about 60, played regularly during Clinton's Rhodes Scholarship days, Steve (Tim Rice's next door neighbour, by the way) almost invariably winning. Perhaps the Pres will draw some consolation from Citizen's Charter Minister William Waldegrave’s recent pronouncement: “Much of Government activity is more like poker than chess, You don’t put all your cards on the table” 328 Edinburgh Castle In response to AC229 (December 1993) Robert Timmer eams his final FARCE GM norm by sending us, via Tim Krabbé, this game, Cooper White Grant Black Edinburgh Open Rd 4 1988, Trompowsky Attack 14 216 2 Sg 06.3 63 h6 4 Sth4 g5 5 y3 2976 £a3 do 7 a2 We7 Bed e693 a7 10 a4 25 11 hd e5 12.45 ps 13 Ws ek 14 Dex Dta7 15 es a6 16203 Dacs 17 We2 Dxd3+ 18 Wxd3 De5 19 We2 27 2013 £16 2H bxgs Sixgs 22 212 1523 DixfS xt 24 exfS o4 25 Axes ext3 26 pxf3 dxcS 27 Wed 0-0-0! 28 Wre7 Lxe7 29 Dts Bhe8 30 4 Edo 31 De6 gS 32 £4 xt Ceee al 0 LOG Bil las a Ae A Aa ie So ee a we we 33 0-01! Re3+ 34 Whi Bd7 35 Bas dd 36 Zh3 Zh8 37 b3 hS 38 2p3 217 39 Bg6 hd 40 £6 b6 41 Dgs Beto 42 Dgxt6 2xf6 43 Exo Bg8 44 £f5 c6 45 dxe6 Le7 46 Dh2 Lxe6 47 Gh3 Des 48 dexh4 Ze3 49 25 Bel 50 Ba3 Bet 23 CHESS May 1994 51 Hg3 fl 52 ded sed6 53 203 Rett 54 Std Hal 55 He3 Base 56 Dede Web 57 G13 Si $8 He3 Has 59 Dds, Eh6 60 dhe? Bh2+ 61 a3 Bh6 62 oc3 ‘bg 63 Ze7 Black resigned. 27... 0-0-0+ 33 0-0: the sum of castling moves is 60, equalling Yates-Alekhine (San Remo 1930). Thanks also to Robert for correcting a typo in AC298: Heidenteld’s opponent in the illegal castling game was Kerins not Kerine, 329 What’s in a name? Addict Two is listening to a West Indies v England Rapidplay. The phone rings. It is Addict One, who is watching ice hockey from the Winter Olympics. Addict One: Karpov's just scored a goal for Russia. Addict Two: Really? Jimmy Adams thas just scored a run for the West Indies. Other additions to our ever growing. list of namesakes of chess players: greetings to the assistant manager of Leeds United, Michael Hennigan. A sad farewell to the late Mark Hebden, a character in The Archers who met an untimely end in a car crash (we are pleased to relate that his chess playing alter ego is alive and well). Hello to the Aphex Twin, a purveyor of ambient music whose recent album has been ‘much featured in the arts pages. Aphex isbetterknown to his mums... Richard James. And finally, welcome to one of the newest members of the Richmond Under 9 chess team, Michael Adams, Returning to cricket, we rather suspect that David P.Fulton, an opening. batsman who made his debut for Keni last season is the same DPF who was the 1982 London Under 10 Boys ‘Champion. Can anyone confirm this? 330 Potty Pairings 4 Peter Morrish writes with a host of possible pairings taken from the Cadogan Grading List. We quote just a few: Cable-Carr, Daly-Duzen, Enoch-Powell, Flower-Power, Gilbert-Sullivan, Ginger-Catt, Gladstone-Baggs, Glass-House and Guy-Fawkes. He also quotes a tournament in which he paired White against Wong. This reminds us of a tournament we controlled some years ago including ‘wo Whites and a Wong. Together with Mike Sinclair we tried to arrange that Wong should score as many points as the two Whites combined, thus proving that, although two Wongs don't make a White, two Whites might just make Wong. And who said controllers were unbiased? Finally, Peter added in a postscript that the London Under 12 Championship this year included, adjacent to each other on the chart, King and Kong. The controllers lunimaginatively failed to pair them, (And researching the participation of blind players in the British Championship ‘we came across one year in which the last game to finish was Wood-Green.) 331 Searching for Jeff Martin Davies (Bristol, again) raises several points. We'll quickly draw a veil over his Potty Pairings suggestion (Titz-Bahm: only to be expected from Bristol) and move on to a conversation he had with a non-player who had watched @ couple of the Gazza-Nige games. Martin’s friend said how much he had enjoyed the interviews after the games, saying “Short speaks pretty ‘good English, doesn’t he?" Martin has been re-reading Fred Waitzkin's Searching for Bobby Fischer, which, he believes (and we heartily concur), should be issued free toall parents of chess prodigies. He asks what became of Josh Waitzkin and his friend Jeff Sarwer. Well, Josh is still competing regularly and, while he has made steady progress over the last few years, he doesn’t quite ook like a future world champion. If you've read the book you'll remember Jeff, the shaven-headed seven-year-old ‘whose father was bringing him up & la Polgar. We don’t read US chess magazines regularly, but he wasn’t ona 1990 list of their top juniors so we'd ‘guess he probably gave up several years ago. This would hardly surprise us. Jef's father (“You have no talent. You don"t deserve to be a chess player. Why do I bother with you?”) was a contender for the title of Chess Parent from Hell, subject on which the laws of libel prevent us from expatiating farther. We'd welcome more information about what happened to Jeff. Can any readers in New York help?ee ADERS’ AAAs BATED BREATH | am writing to complain. Ever since Christmas 1 have been waiting with bated breath for the answers to the Christmas Quiz. Ihave just received the April CHESS but yet again I have been unable to find any reference to the Christmas Qui Have I missed itor shall Ihave to wait until next Christmas? Michael Brumby Dore, Sheffield. ‘April | 1994 The Christmas Quiz is always very popular and we wanted to give our many overseas readers time to enter—hence the delay. The solutions are at last given on page 36. A COMMON ANNOTATOR’S FAULT I have enjoyed a number of Cathy Forbes” contributions to your magazine, bbut her notes to her win against Yuri Averbach include a common annotator’s fault, and maybe expla ‘why she has not gone further in the chess world. At move 28 she observes ““Averbakh finds the only losing move ‘on the board. In fact there are 10 queen moves which would also lose. She further compounds her error by ‘commenting “Any other rook move is fine”. In fact of the five possible rook ‘moves, four lead to defeat. I would be pleased if similar comments in future could be edited out, John D.Thornton Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan March 1 1994, 34 CHESS May 1994 Cathy replies. In my annotations to my game with GM Yuri Averbakh I said of my ‘opponent’s 28th move ... Hb8?? that Averbakh had found “the only losing ‘move on the board”. Ithas been pointed out that other losing moves were available, However, these were of atype which simply put material nakedly and instantly en prise. Nonetheless I must apologise to any purists (or pedants!) 10 whom the inexactitude of my expression has caused offence. What I perhaps should have said was that... Hb8 was “the only losing move on the board that a GM was likely to find” Cathy Forbes London, W.14. March 24 1994. NANOSECONDS ‘What exactly went on at Linares? As a humble patzer, I’m confused, ‘The penguin reports in The Times that even Gazza himself concedes" that his hand may have lost all contact with the fateful piece “but not for more than a fifth of a second’ So, that’s alright then, is it? The touch-move rule has been amended to take into account fifths of seconds? nanoseconds? Or what? Given Gazza’s reported ‘concession’, why have the arbiters not instructed that he should forfeit the point? Better still, given his own reported concession, why did Gaza not have the grace to insist that he forfeit the point? Did he or didn’t he release the piece? And, if he did (and his reported concession implies, at best, that he allows the possibility, however inadvertently and unconsciously enacted), why has he not been defaulted? ‘Any comment from Tolya by the way? Brian C:Haworth Tring, Hertfordshire February 21 1994 Please see Stewart Reuben's article on page 35. MR ANGRY Further to my telephone conversation with you today (I referred to myself as “Mr Angry’ of Kingston—just in case you need a reminder) I wish to express my feeling that Karpov's Linares ‘94 victory was not given as generous an editorial that it deserved. I feel that the British Chess Magazine gave afar more fitting tribute. I do not think that “negative” comments were the order of the day (eg, “Ivanchuk’s loss could only be explained by the drubbing he hhad had at Kasparov's hands...” etc.) Justa thought! Keep up the (otherwise) excellent work, Paul Lonergan Kingston, Surrey March 31 1994, We hope we have made amends in this CHINESE CHESS EXPLAINED In the interesting interview with Xie Jun, on page 24 of the March 1994 CHESS, there is a mistranslation which occurred because the translator, T presume, was not acquainted with Chinese Chess, In referring to a Chinese pawn it is stated: ‘a pawn, once it gets to an exchange square, can disappear altogether without any compensation’. This is meaningless. I translated the same passage from German for publication in my magazine Variant Chess and it reads as: “A further ‘example relates to pawn promotion. In Chinese Chess there is no reward for the pawn when it reaches the last rank’. I should explain. Chinese pawns move and take forward; when they ‘cross the river’ (reach the 6th rank), they can either move (and take) forwards or sideways. When they reach the last (10th) rank, they can onnly move (and take) sideways. There is no promotion, Chinese Chess is most interesting, and very enjoyable to play—despite Xie Jun’s reservations! It deserves to bbe much better known in the West. Anybody interested in finding out more about this fascinating game is welcome to write to Malcolm Home, 10B Windsor Square, Exmouth, Devon EX8 IU for a free 4-page leaflet Chinese Chess Explained, Peter Wood Hastings, Fast Sussex April 1 1994. Up to £100 off chess computersDID HE OR DIDN’T HE? By Stewart Reuben, FIDE Arbiter, BCF Director of Home Chess ‘Against Judit Polgar at Linares, Garry Kasparov played his, knight (o one square, returned ito the original and then placed it ‘on another square. Press reports have stated that Judit accused. hhim after the game of having let go ofthe piece on the fist square so that he took the move back, Iti alloged this is verified by video ‘material. The Arbiter, although he was observing the game, saw nothing untoward. The PCA World Champion has declared his conscience is clear Such incidents are rare but not unknown to me, Twice, at the Lloyds Bank Masters, players have made similar actions. Thave stepped in, told them their hand had quit the piece and insisted on the first move being played. This is required of the arbiter, he ‘must ensure that The Laws of Chess are adhered to, In neither case did I have any reason to believe the player was cheating The hand quit the piece for such a small amount of time that only an extremely perceptive observer could have noticed. In the excitement of the time scramble, there was no doubt in may mind both players were unaware oftheir actions. Fellow arbiters should note itis essential to be firm when stepping in on such occasion tis worse than useless to say, “I think you let go of that pice | don’t know what Judit hoped to gain by complaining aftr the ‘ame, she had to protest on the spol. Although T wasn’t present, there is little doubt in my mind Kasparov's hand did guit the piece and no doubt at all that he had no intention af breaking the rules, In another Lloyds Bank Masters a player was in check. He touched a piece, moving which would have brought instant ruin, He let go of it and parried the check with a much better defence. {told him he must move the first piece touched. He expostulated that he hadn’t touched that piece, His opponent agreed with him, so I walked away from the game, letting them get on with it (not strictly according to the rules). Had I gone mad? No, two spectators came up to me to confirm the piece had indeed been touched. Iwas relieved when the player who gave check went on to win, In the Novag Commonwealth Chess Championship an ‘experienced player played 42, pressed the clock and then leant back. The player now on move was in time touble. The first player now reached out and adjusted the rook to 43, I stopped the clocks and remonstrated. “You put it on 2". “No, T didn’t”, ccame the reply. There were several witnesses but no volunteers ‘The player now on move said, “I don’tmind”. Realising that 3 .vas grossly inferior, I muttered that it was the players" game and hurriedly moved away. Of course, I should have awarded the party offended against extra time, but didn't think of it om the spot. The game ended in a draw. 242 won out of hand. In the April CHESS Eugene Raby described an incident where GM picked up the clock and behaved improperly in other ways, according to his observations. He asks whether The Laws of Chess should be amended. This is unnecessary. 15.1,(d) states: It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any mannet ‘whatsocver. 15.2. Infractions may incur penalties even to the extent of the loss of the game. IfT observed such an experienced player picking up the clock, his opponent would receive an extra 5 minutes playing time immediately. A second transgression, even in a different game, would lead to forfeiture, In the same issue Paul Woodfinden asks about the rules ‘egarding making progress in a quickplay finish, Article 16of the [BCF Rules states: A player may claim a draw during the last two ‘minutes on his clock and before his own flag falls. He must stop the clocks and summon the arbiter. The Arbiter may then, or Subsequently declare the game drawa if he is sisted that the ‘opponent is making no effort to win the game by normal means ‘or that its not possible to win by normal means. The Arbiter may declare the game drawn even after the claimant's flag has fallen, ‘The rule is identical for rapidplay games, the only difference for slow games is thatthe Arbiter may additionally step in unbidden, ‘Where no arbiter is present, such a claim concludes the game and, if the claim is not upheld, the claimant loses the game. ‘There is no ambiguity here. The decision rests with the arbiter Let us compare Mr Woodfinden’s position and one in which I recently claimed a draw. In the former, isit instantly obvious to you the game is totally drawn? Clearly it does not bring the game Gi a ms 6G a Bee) Paul Woodfinden Whits Stewart Reuben Whive into disrepute thatthe arbiter awarded Black awin. He might have ruled the other way—and that is why I believe an Appeal Committe is essential. Had they backed the Arbiter, nobody would have {elt aggrieved and his status would have been protected. If they had ruled the 50 what? It is only a matter of opinion. With my postion, the intention is clea. Black can win the bishop by sed2-el and bI=W. He is then leAt with bishop and rook’s pawn of the wrong colour (the pawn hd being inrelevant). The position is toully drawn. Had the Arbiter required the game tobe played on, Black after winning the bishop would not have been able to make any progress. The endgeme ‘without the pawn h3 is one often stated specifically tobe drawn. Clearly this places a considerable burden on the Arbiter, When sorcalled Fischer rates of play become common, this will be eradicated Iwill be perfectly feasible wo play slow garnes where each player receives an extra 20 seconds afer each move. For strong players this is adequate time to keep score andclaimm a draw by repetition, No good abiter wants to play such an important role as at present. Yet quickplay finishes are still superior to adjudication, Thealterative ofadjournmentis abhorredby many strong British players and is administratively extremely inconvenient [PIBTIENCIE ‘THE CHESS COMPUTER SPECIALISTS OUR 28-DAY HOME TRIAL (on all models), both new and second-hand, makes it possible for you to see and try any make ‘or mode! and to make sure that it is the very best ‘one for your own special needs and budget! STOP-PRESS! FOR THE LATEST STOP-PRESS ON NEW MODELS AND PRICES - RING 0258 840 285 PHONE TODAY - HAVE IT TOMORROW ‘on most items in stock ALSO, SERVICE & ACCESSORIES ‘for most earlier models eae Re ere eer td Pea ne ets tee ee ere er) MEET Et ed (OR WRITE TO: COMPETENCE, PO BOX 759, WIMBORNE, DORSET, BH21 5YH ‘May 1994 CHESS 35CHRISTMAS QUIZ SOLUTIONS by Hugh Courtney IN MEMORIAM Andy Darnbrough—one of, Whitehall’s civil servants who died on 7th November 1992, aged 36, finally losing his brave two-year fight against cancer. J have dedicated this Quiz to Andy who was an ardent “Chrisimas Quizzer” and a frequent contributor to my ‘annual festive fare. He very kindly left me all his chess notebooks in his will, and several of the pucsles in this 1993 Quiz were culled from his personal collection of 131 unusual problems—some witty, some weird, but all wonderful PROBLEM 1 lh zg B “a ie ge ye 8 A in “Be bold!” was your hint, so 1 Qdatt is the audacious key-move, and it leaves Black in’ an awkward dilemma: the best move for Black is 1 ... WxO(d4), but 1M deat with lesser opis first. For example, (i) 1 Sxdyddy? 2 Bast 2b7 3 Bb3 deb 4 BxWi(c6)+ x06 is drawn because a lone bishop and king cannot produce mate; (ii) T.. Wad6 2 Ee6 again pinning and wining the black queens (i) idl 2 Ba3+ bb6 3 b3+! Ga6! (any other move would actually lose for Black(!), eg. if3 ... BeS (or ‘c7) then 4 @e6+! forking and, orif3... a5 (ora7) then 42c6+! again forking @ and W) 4 Eas db? 5 Eos kek 6 Bbst! dxl(bs) 7 Dc6+! again forking the queen and getting an easy draw. So now for the main line: 1 Dadi: Wx (ad) 2 Ha3+ wb5 3 Mb3+ hes 4 Ee3+ dS and apparently Black has found a safe haven 36 CHESS May 1994 for his king, but now $ Zd3!t ‘Wx2{(d3) and it’s suddenly @ draw by stalemate! A conjuring trick on the chessboard composed in 1921 by the famous Leonid Kubbel... the quickness of the brain deceives the eye! Puzzle no 1 proved to be a rather surprising, chessic “heffalump trap”: several readers, optimists all, suggested this as their solution: 1 Be6 WadX(e6) 2 DicS+ any3 OxWes... And what @ neat manoeuvre that from one. snag aftr the moves 1 He6 WxE(e6), the black queen (¢6) is now pinning the white knight b3)! So 2 %cS+ would actually have put both kings in check simultaneously...!And thatis definitely a “no go”! PROBLEM 2 wonder how long this one took you?—or did your computer work it out in 30 seconds?! Anyway, check your solution with this: 1 He7+ a6! Distinctly superior to 1 .. $8272 Bxe7 mate!—also losing is 1 ¥x(c6)? 2 b6xc7! and the pawn is bound to promote to ‘queen next move on either 8 or dR. 2 b6xc7 AxA(e6)! Cunning defence: if White now plays the obvious 3 c7-c8=W??, then Black wins the queen with 4... eS+ and 5. HxW(c8). 3 e7-e8-D+! So yes, White has given up his knight in order to use the pawn to get back the knight(!) c=: but there’s wisdom in his Jolly! 3. 2d5 4 Db6+ se 3 Hd7+ bes 6 Bast! ExX(d5) Black’s last few moves have all been forced. 7 D4 mate!—superb play!— can you believe it?! This one was culled from Andy Dambrough’s collection, as were nos. 3, 6 and 7—like many of the puzzles in his notebooks, the composer's name is not given, can any reader oblige?? PROBLEM 3 ae) a Mme i arate a ai Black's retracted move is SH¢MxD(gO)! which leaves the following position: a a a | and, instead of that king, move, Black plays here .. SLxf6H! allowing White 10 make the surprising riposte: DeS mate! How do they do in? PROBLEM 4 “a hel aa ne a This highly ingenious help-mate appeared in Die Schwalbe in 1930—the composer's name is J.Schlarko. I do hope that you enjoyed unravelling this one: 1 h7-h8=! Ha8! 2 Zb8 a5-a4 3 Hh4 He8 mate(!), PROBLEM 5 x7 Le a Re fac Thi aes of Andy Dambrough’s own, most remarkable creation, and I am very grateful to his widow, Jane, for having written fo me, telling mehow Andy came to compose it: fone night, whilst asleep, he saw aset-up board ina dream, and immediately a solution He could stil remember the position in the morning, and wrote it down ... and found that it really did work! Being a statistician, he then spent two or three weeks going through his books methodically to try and find where he might have seen it and taken it into his subconscious memory—only then was he satisfied that it really was his own invention!” Here then is the solution to Andy's Dream Puzzle. First, perhaps, it is worth stating here what is fairly common knowledge, namely that in the ending: @ & Hv BRL (or & 4), the game is“. drawn with the king in the middle of the board” Reuben Fine. 1 4)x£! Other moves simply lose a piece for virtually nothing, e.g. (a) 1 e6-e7? Hat 2° a3 E(a4)xD(e4); (b) | B16? g5! with the double threat of ( .. Bx8(g7) and (ii) BoS+ “skewering” the white bishop at £2; (ii) and so on) Before tackling the main line, I should point out that Black can here try the diversion 1 ... Bd5+ 2 sed BxD3e7=(orhere 2. Gx) 3 &g3+ Go6 4.07 =) with the “book draw" referred to above. So 1. x4), and this is now the actual “Dream Position”: aecapture or block both ofthese 1 d3+b2 2.27! b4.3_(BYG) Put @ white pawn at mobile pawns—and this, at og6! bt 4 sogs+ bz 5 £6, this pawn having just first glance, is completely HS%b1 614+ ib2 7 whet advanced from 3 giving a Mem impossible ...! But what if This descent of the staircase discovered check to the black you could prove that Black's isnotanew idea, butit'sgreat_king—and then White can gg] Fest move was 1745 ..2? ah, fin. Tue Gb1 Bde G29 definitely say: “That's mate — a eat Bn, Stl gebese or 11 ext move”—.. OfS is now vm id a Black's last move? figs bi 12 Heit This forced when Ax\ts) is move is necessary to stop the mate “e. oa 6a) aiack’s inst move Ne bishop escaping. 12... (BVH) Puta black pawn at certainly wasn’t d(a4)-a5, a 13, Pee 14 Qh7+ he pean just played From here, play proceeds Since at a5 the black king b2 15 Sez! b3xd(e7) 16 his king from g7-h7, giving as felon 2 Agee ae, would. have. been it Habstatelcnath tech discotered check mat 4] certainly not the blugder 2 illegal/impossible double announcing mate next move: 377 kas 3 das Base4 check rom the “white PROBLEM 8 White mastplay 287 when $44 xk(g3) nd Block pawn(b3) and knight(es) Sxik(g7) is mate wins, 2- EXE) Better than (2) The two black rooks are (C) Consider these two positions, B@) and 2... dxe6? 3 Sje7+! and 4 completely blocked in, so DxHQS)3.Le3! Thebishop obviously neither of them is now safe on this square, 3 moved last ~~ E(e8)xe6 Forced in order (©) Black could not have to save the rook(e5), and Just played ... d6-d5 because superficially Black now —& d6 the black pawn would Seems to, have ye already have been checking overwhelming game, with the white king; IW sadveee..jade! (a) The move .. 17xe6 Bur whats this? Can treally Won't do because, with 15 Berita the warooks ae wheicesonthefoan hit Whit’ opening sees of tied down by the lone white capture would’ have moves goes as follows: I bishop?! 4. He? Wharelve? accounted for the last of WhS! 2-g6 3 eR 4 Whe 5 2¢3(!) and drawn by White's complement of 16 Now she’s nicely tucked repetition, unless Black tries Men. ANDapawnsiandingat away! $ Zh6 6 Eh, and all See Za? 6 Lxi(e8)+ dee67 {7 Would be a doubled pawn thishelpfuly allows Blackto In B(®), Black has just ‘et Bade 8 244 tea6(t) 9 implying previous capture of end the game with .. Hxb4 played... 2M(g2)e3 (say), and We3(2) dS 10 LF6, and 4 Seventeenth and therefore mate! Witty wizardry on the play proceeds as follows: 1 PROBLEM BQ) Black cam make no further Imaginary white piece! chessboard by Gideon {742A dh7+2fS-f6+ and progress -- drawn game. A _ (©) So, by elimination, this Husseri(Feenschach, mate next mave! This now truly delightful and leaves us with the only black 1975)—it is perhaps worth the first solution position, instructive litle endgame. iecethatcouldpossibly have mentioning here, for any with a white paws having justmadeamove,namely the budding composer, that the been replaced at 16 PRORLEME pawn: at {6 it would have order ofmovesinthesolution In the set. position been giving check to the must be strictly forced, incidentally, neither the white white king, s0 the move ... otherwise the problem is bishop (e4) nor the black {6-f5 is out of the question. unsound—for example, if bishop (h8)—both locked So Black’s last move must you could interchange 2 onto one diagonal only—has have been f7-f5 (Sherlock bishop move with a queen any way of having just Holmes strikes again!), and move(inthe series ofmoves), arrived at its respective play proceeds as follows, in then, alas, the problem would square in order to put the order to force discovered be flawed ‘opposing king in check—for checkmate on the third move: example, you can't very well "WAL gSxf6 ep. d5-d4 PROBLEM 9 say, in diagram BQ), that (forced) 2 Saat exbs (forced) and nov the coup de This is an astonishing grace: 3 SSxe6 discovered problem, with a humorous check and mate!! Great stuff twist, since White is set the for the festive season! apparently ridiculous task of trying to clear the totally PROBLEM 7 blocked Sth rank in only three moves! The hint that you were |e given ("at his second move, i White forces Black to move his ", 2 el sing’) only heipfl if you A age, take it one step further: é In the san positon, ondy ‘a THEM could have said: ‘v0 black pieces can move at las ‘eo “Thats mate next move"—it ae White’s last move’ was 2(f5)-e4+ since, at £5, it would already have been giving check to the black king! PROBLEM BG) all, namely the two pawns at all depends on where the 45 and £5; therefore, if Black 1S ‘missing pawn was! (I didn’t is to be forced to move his [iq catch you out with that, did king, then White must either 12!of course not!) ‘May 1994 CHESS 37In B@i), let's say that the _ illegal one! (See solution No 1 Efi! Sd3 2 BM edd 3 book prizes shortly. Position was reached afterthe 9 B(i)—it was definitely not Qe2+ Sed3-4 Del+ dd 5 Runners-up were: Joi moves 2(e3)-d3, 2(g2)-3, my intention to suggest that Ef! c4-c3 Forced, as are all Brookes, Tim Dickinson, Ron and this time, after 1 BLACK or WHITE had just Black’s moves. 6 %c2+ $e4 Franklin, M.McDowell, Sean £7-18-2+Gh7+,wehavethe moved a pawn ...! in which 7d2-d3mate!! A lovely pure Marsh, R.F. Tindall. second solutton-position, case the black solution would mate from the ferile bain of | Well ‘done. the prize- with # black pawn having not have been legal. Equally, a well-known Victorian winners and well’ done been replaced at #5; and, of Black could not have jusi problemist, namely William everyone who hed a gomall course, itis now Black who played the move g7-g6 Bone (1810-1874), and it good wishes to you—-I am ‘mates next move ... (2 Sg7 (putting the black pawn back brings this 25h Quiztoavery already preparing some Bxsk(27) mate) at g6) because: (a) with a artistic conclusion puzzles of diabolical cunning ‘All vety witty and black & at g7, how did the for next December. whimsical 1 black st get to h8 7! and The general standard of Puzzle No 9 should no (b) the white 2 (e4)has no readers’ solutions was Finally, may I wish you, doubt have been worded a legal way of reaching that refreshingly high—even wherever you are, a happy Jittle more carefully—and square in order to check the those who didn’t get the right year's chess ‘through would have been had the black ® solutions managed to CHESS throughout the rest composer not made some produce ingenious near of 1994... “last minute alterations” to PROBLEM 10 misses 1 it, However, as stated in the Inpicking the winners,the —__ SOLUTIONS, either WHITE Editor and I gave some_ [Upto £100 off chess computers) or BLACK could have beon weight to the clarity of | the winner, and. these planasion—even then he, = ype readers: Clive Gitling, Nigel Robson, Brian Chamberlain, Brian Allan, C.J.Lennox and Graeme Oswald were all commendably eagle eyed in that they spoted that ‘in we Brian Allan, tae the black pawn could have A mY 2) C.LLennox, Paul Littiewoo been at either 15 or g6: a [ye “o. 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As a young army officer in the Caucasus he was {obtain a medal for bra However he was discos playing chess when he sh fave been on duty in ch othisivision, On the day that the medals were distributed, Tolstos was under arest and snissed obtaining the honour Incidentally. notice the chess set being used is an Uae English Jagues Staunton! Tt anyone knows where it is A postcard of Count Leo Tolstoi ihneeke playing chess in his family circle ANTIQUE & LATER CHEss SETS & RELATED ITEMS Monday 16 May at 2pm Phillips have been holding regular specialised sales of antique chess sets for the past eight years ‘We are currently accepting entries for inclusion in our next specialised sale on Monday 14 November 1994, To incluele an item in this sale or for further information on valuations or selling at auction please contact Paul Davidson on (071) 629 6602 101 New Bond Street, Londan WI OAS May 1994 CHESS 39British News * BRITISH NATIONAL LEAGUE The third weekend of the 4 NCL took place in Cheltenham, hosted by Eagle Star Insurance. Results were: Round 5: Barbican 5 Invicta Knights 3; Northwest Eagles 5 Covent Garden 3; Slough 4 Bristol 4 Round 6: Invicta Knights 414 Covent Garden 334; Bristol 3:4 Barbican 414; Slough 44 Northwest Eagles 3/4, The fourth weekend was held March 19-20 in the Herculacum Suite in Liverpool University as part of the Liverpool Festival and suported by Alpha Training of Liverpool and R.CSReprographies of Bolton. Round 7: Covent Garden | Bristol 7; Northwest Eagles 44 Invicta Knights 314; Barbican 3 Slough 5. Round 8 Northwest Eagles 3/4Bristol 44; Invieta Knights 5 Slough 3; Covent Garden ‘A Barbican 7 PWDLF AP Barbican 86024 2 2 Invicta Knights. 8 5 12364 274 11 Northwest Eagles 8 3.1 4 334 304 7 Bristol 831450 M3 Slough 822429 35 6 CoventGarden 8215 2 42 5 The final weekend will be held at County Hall, Maidstone, May 7-8, where the Invicta Knights are on home territory and must beat Barbican to win the League. There will be many side-events, including junior events, a simultaneous display by IM Chris Ward, a lecture by GM Matthew Sadler, a blindfold exhibition, bookstall, and blitz events You are invited to come along. Phone Sue Scott on 0892 834608, AYLESBURY: The Vale Rapidplay, January 6, was organised as part of the BCF's Festival Challenge in aid of the Sick Children’s Trust and sponsored by Aylesbury Vale Council and hosted by the plush Bell Inn in Aston Clinton. 13 year old Kieran Bush Aylesbury won on tie-break from 16 year old Moritz Polonius Stowe School. 11 year old Graeme Perry GcMissenden was top of the junior prize list. £750 was raised for the charity BARNET: The Barnet Congress was staged at Queen Flizabeth’s Boys School, January 8-9 and attracted over 200 players. + Ist G.Patterson Musselborough, Intermediate: 1st V.Bluett Wellington Novice: Ist= P.Stopa, D.Gleed. 40 CHESS May 1994 BLACKPOOL: GM Michael Adams scored 5/5 to win the Chess Conference Open run by the Lancashire Chess Association, March 11-13. There followed D.J.Tebb Hoylake, Richard Britton Barbican 4; Jeff Homer Bolton, GM Mark Hebden Leicester, Vic Knox Stockport, Brett Lund Preston, CRiley Greater Manchester 3 BOLTON: The Bolton Easter Congress, sponsored by Coopers & Lybrand, was held at the Bolton Moat House Hotel, April 1-3. The prize fund was a record £1,310. A total of 174 ‘competed—an increase of 450 over the 1993 event and the highest entry for over 7 years. Open: Jeff Horner Bolion, Brett Lund Preston, D-Kaiser Riy/ 5/6, U-180 Grading Prize: Ruth Sheldon Trafford Junior Knights, Harry Lamb Bolion 4, Major: E.S.Campbell Wandering Dragons, Edinburgh S14I6; C.P.Booth Huddersfield P.M.Naylor Presion 5. Under 140 Grading prize: M.Radford Onclose 414. Minor: J.Lonsdale Great Lever, Elise Ford 3C’s, G,Froggart Oldham, 8.3.Crowley’ Stockport, BFranklin Sta BOURNE END: Winners of the 45-minutes-per-player tournaments, held, March 26 at Bourne End Community Centre, were: Az G.Moore London SLW.7. 41415. B: P.Hegarty Lower Earley 5/5. Cz CDavison Farnham Common 4AIS. D: S.Alleock Wraysbury, K.Bush Aylesbury, Lewis” ‘Reading, D.CMaddock Reading 4/5. E: Matthew Sommer Camberley 44/5. CAERPHILLY: The — Welsh Championship, April 1-4, sponsored by B.T.Batsford Ltd, was won jointly by IM John Cooper Kenilworth and Howard ‘Williams Woking 5/6. Howard Williams has now won the title 10 times outright and shared it 7 times! The Ladies Championship was won by Jane Richmond Bristol 4/4. Major: John Rice Bishop Vaughan Club, Swansea 5/6. Minor: D.Cross Cardiff and J.Scholey Monmouth 446. CREWE: There was a 40%4(!) increase in entries on 1993 for the Rolls Royce Congress, February 11-13. Leading scorers amongst the 224 players were Open: GM Matthew Sadler Maidione 4/15; IM James Howell Trafford Junior Knights, David Knox Stockport Philip Rossiter Waterlooville, R.A.Beach Stockport, M.P-Townsend (Winning the Cheshire Championship title) York 314. Major: P.Briggs Tamworth 5; R.Picken Hoylake 4. SR-Edwards Crewe won the Cheshire tile. Intermediate: A.S.Collins Rolls Royce 5; A.M. Johnson East Cheshire, MHubbuck Newport 414. TMackay 4 ‘won the Cheshire title. Minor: I.Gilbert Coddon 5; 8.L.Davies Newport 4'4 Russell Pearson 4 won the Cheshire Title. Manwed Team Trophy: Newport Chess Club (Shropshire) 13 points. DITCHLING: The Ditchling Junior Championships took place at StMargaret’s CLEP. School, March 19. Under 7s: 1 Matthew Moore Great Walstead, Haywards Heath, 2 Wayne Chim Great Walstead, Haywards Heath; 3 John Turner Holy Trinity, Cuckfield. Girls’ Champion: Sheena Owen Fermor, Crowborough. Under 9s: 1 Tom Whitehouse Holy Trinity, Cuckfield; 2= Joseph Carthew Battle and Langton, Daniel Hare Fermor, Crowborough; 4= John Lyle Holy Trinity, Cuckfield, Andrew Maynard Stonegate, Wadhurst, Kieran Snowdon Holy Trinity, Cuckfield. Girls? Champion: Rosamund Sen Ditchling, StMargaret's. DONCASTER: Results of the 2nd Doncaster Congress, March 4-6, were: Open: IM Demetrios Agnos 5/5; P.A.Hutchinson, — K.Swainston, R¢D.Westra, M.Hankinson 314. Major: ‘T-Matko, J.Stephenson, S.Culkin 4/5. Intermediate: B.Pratten, B.Hood 44/5. Minor: J.Hunt, D.Wheeler, Ms S.Rowles 44/5. 181 took part. DURHAM: The County Durham Congress, March 11-12, was played at Washington School. Top scorers were: Open: D.P.Mooney Sunderland YMCA 41A/5; T.P.Wall Wallsend, J.Nelson Neweastle, F.N.Stephenson Middlesbrough, DJ.Walker Sunderland YMCA, J.Young Eldon Square 4, Veterans: E.L.Stuart Newcastle Major: J.Wright Guishorough 5/5 Veterans: H.Teetsoy Cramlington. Junior: J.Pollard Guisborough. S.Benson Middlesbrough, M.Humble ‘Sunderland YMCA, J.Riddle Sunderland YMCA, A.Watt Chester-le-Street 44/5, Veterans: D.Akehurst — Hartlepool. Juniors: C.Glass Hartlepool, S.Firth ‘Stockton. Junior Quickplay: G-Roberts Tynemouth, P.Cairns Morpeth 4AI5, The Friends Provident Durham County Junior Championships,including Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland, was held at Belmont Comprehensive School on March 19, ‘Two special prizes were awarded: to 6 year old Thomas Edmunds Etherley Lane Junior, Bishop Aukland and Pittington Junior, Durham for the school providing the most entrries, Champions were: U-9: James Omran Shotley Bridge Junior 7/7. Vel Jonathon Knowles Cheveley Park Junior 7/7. U-13: Christopher Marinan Chorister School 5/6 (on tie-break ftom. Brett Addison Hartlepool). Girls U-15: Louisa Stobbs Edmunbyers 6/6. Under 15: Michael Redman Washington Comprehensive 4)A/5. Under 18: Kanwal Bhatia South Shields—only 12 years old!! 44/5; Roger Anderson Greenfield Comprehensive, Newton Aveliffe and Andrew Pridding Hartlepool scored 4, EXETER: The 19th East Devon Congress, March 4-5, imposed a “Star's-Barred” policy which, together with the interest generated by the World Championship match, led to near-record numbers and close competition. Premier: R.B.Cole Truro, S.P.Dilleigh Horfield, PCooksey Newbury 44/5. Major: R.R.Goodfellow Tunbridge Wells, D.C.Wood Burnham-on-Sea 44/3. Intermediate: D.Hodge Teignmouth S/S. Minor: J.Balem Weymouth 5/5. Ungraded: B.Wilkinson ‘S.Hams. Veterans: G.Moses Bridgend. GLENROTHES: The 6th Glenrothes Congress attracted a record 322 players. Winners were: Premier: GM Colin McNab Dundee 4'4/5; IM Steve Mannion Paisley, FM Douglas Bryson Shettleston 4," Challengers: Graham Winning Corsorphine Castle. Major: Andrew Cheuk Perth, Peter ‘Vangelov Edinburgh. Bishops: Stewart McKinney, Chris Tait both Wester Hailes. Knights: George Plant Edinburgh, Charles Todd Arran, Secondary Schools: D.McComb Bankion, Primary Schools Saturday: Euan Ireland Buckstone. Primary Schools Sunday: Edward Mulholland West Kilbride. Charles Todd, co-winner of the Knights got interested in chess through the Kasparov-Short match and, though playing in only his second tournament, has already started a chess club in Arran with a membership of 20—and rising. KIDLINGTON: The annual Kidlington Congress, January 29-30, achieved a full capacity 275 player turn-out with participants coming from all over the country. The Major Section excluded professional players: Ist= were Andrew Hammond 4F, Richard Haydon Winey, Philip Rossite Waterlooville. Intermediate: 1st= Alexandros Ethelontis Barnet, Nick Sones Wimey, Erkki Pesonen Haywards Heath, Eoin Tweedale Bourne End. Minor: Ist A.G.Kelly High Wycombe. LEEDS: John Tolan of White Swan (formerly The Albert), Manchester has won the 4th Civil Service Individual Championship. Bighteen regional qualifiers contested the finals at Devonshire Hall, Leeds, April 6-8. He was runner up last year and holds the ‘Milner-Barry Cup for the next 12 months, John Tolan North West 4'A/5; Ian Pheby London, Nick Down London, Kevin Thurlow London 314; Alan Brusey South West, Paul Robson North 3; Carl Portman ‘Midlands, John Cart South West, Chatles Games Yorkshire, Mark Charter South, Ben Collinson East 214, LETCHWORTH: Top scorers in the 10th Viking Johnson One Day Congress were: Premier: GM Bogdan Lalic 5/5; Chris Baker Milton Keynes 4; Miroslav Houska Slough, Karl Mah Wanstead, Robert Maullin Birmingham, J.Lumsden Watford, Paul Hutchinson Bedford, Bertie Barlow Cavendish, Charles’ Tippleston Northampton 314. Challengers: John Kitchen Metropolitan, David Cutmore Wood Green 41/5. Major: Emirhan Basyurt Hackney, G.S.Gray 5/5. Veterans: Frank Batchelor Hemel Hempstead 3/5. Minor: Mark Waltham St.Albans School, P.Redley Royston S/A/6, U-I7s: James Foster Dr.Challoners, Ben Savage Chess Forum 5'A/6; U-l4s: Matthew Wells Warboys 6/6. U-11 Matthew Broomfield South Norwood S1A/6. Teams: Where's Wali (Ben Savage, Mark Waltham, David Waltham and Nicholas Lee Barnet) 82.61%! A total of 301 players took part. LONDON: The annual Varsity match, March 5, hosted by the RAC Club in Pall Mall and sponsored by Watson, Farley, Williams, ended in a 44-34 win for Cambridge despite Oxford’s IM Dharshan Kumaran defeating Andrew Hon on top board. Results of George Goodwin's Rapidplays: Barbican: March 13: GM Bogdan Lalie 6/6; IM Demetrios Agnos, WGM Susan Arkell, G.Wall, L.Webb, D.Mackle, J.Anderson, S.Reuben 5 City: March 6: Richard Bates 5://6; D.A Sands, M.Fletcher 5. ‘The 2nd Café Baroque International, additional sponsorship from the 4 Nations Chess League, took place in the heart of London’s West End from March 9-13. Final scores were: IM Neil McDonald 7; FM Aaron Summerscale 614; FM Andrew Ledger 5'4; FM Ali Mortazavi, IM Andrew Whiteley, Daire McMahon /reland, FM Ben Martin New Zealand, IM Philip Morris 4; Niall Carton Ireland 3; Sheila Berntsen Norway 2. ‘Aaron Summerscale scored his final IM ‘norm and his title will be ratified shortly. There is now regular Chess Coaching at Café Baroque, 33 Southampton Street, Strand, every Sunday, for all strengths of player, and also a Celebrity Challenge every Tuesday night where customerscan mect and play chess stars. Details available from Chris Dunworth, 081 688 3119, Golders Green Rapidplay, January 22: Viadislay Tkachiev Kazakhstan 6/6; Mark Ferguson 5/6; Nicholas Lee, Robert Eames, David ‘Cutmore, Robert Willmoth, Matt Fletcher, Daniel Rosenberg 44, 3rd Mill Hill Rapidplay, February 5: WIM Elvira Sakhatova, Vladislav Tkachiey both Kazakhstan 54/6; Andrew Ledger 4. Major: Mike Kobylka 5iA/6. Steve Berkley 5. Minor: Carolan and BOkrzeja 5°46 Novices: Richard Mott and Marco Camilleri 5/6 OAKHAM: The 1994 Oakham School Masters consisted of an all-play-all matct-tournament between a team of GMs and one of IMs/FMs, thereby maximising norm opportunities. Final scores: Team A: GM Stuart Conquest, GM Glenn Flear 4/9; Charles Lamoreaux France 34; FM Richard Britton, FM Philip Rossiter, FM John Shaw ‘Scotland, GM Colin McNab Scotland 3; FM Vie Knox 24; Ben Martin New Zealand 1. Team B: IM James Howell, IM Peter Wells, IM Throstur Thorhallson Jceland "7/9; Johannes Van Mil Holland $14; IM Chris ‘Ward 5; IM Eric Prié France 4, Asa result of their performances James Howell and Peter Wells can now apply for the grandmaster title. IM Throstur ‘Thorhallson also achieved a second GM result OXFORD: The Oxfordshire Junior ‘Championships took place at the Dragon School with a record entry. Winners were: U-l8: Adam Hust Frideswide School 6/6. Best Girl: C.Cookson Oxford High School 3)4. U-13: 8.Bough OLC Abingdon 64/8; Best Girl: P.MeNeillie Oxford High School 4'A. Usl1: D.Tunney MCS 9/10. Best U-10: ReHlitehcoek Marston Middle, T.Barton 614. Best Girl: MEleanor Oxford High School 5. U-9: J.Buchanan Si.Jaseph's, Thame 64/7; Best Girl: A.Burton Grove Schoo! 3, PORTSMOUTH: Winners at the Portsmouth Congress, February 18-20, were: Open: Andrew Ledger Bedford, Nigel Povah Guildford, Richard Webb May 1994 CHESS 41Yateley, Mark Ferguson Haslemere 5/6 Major: L.J.Crane Bournemouth Si4I6, Minor: A.R.Azzam Southampton, K.Andrews Hove 51/6. Novices: A.Gunnnnasekera Cowley, C.Moxley Chipping Norton, B.0°Rourke Manchester 5/6, The News Trophy for the best performance by a local player was awarded to Richard Webb of Gosport Chess Club. Local club prizes of chess clocks were awarded to Gosport, Emsworth, IBM, Portsmouth University, and Paulsgrove. 296 played. REDCAR: Leading scores in the Redear Congress, January 21-23: Oper Tim Wall Neweasile-upon-Tyne 44/3 Nelson — Solihull 4; D.Wise Middlesbrough, D.Mooney Sianderland 314, Major 188 Stockton-on-Tees 415; J.Gamett Yarm, M.Cawston Sefby 314. Minor 1: M.Barkwell London 44/5. Minor “II: J.Pallister Middlesbrough 5/5. Novice: A.Fowler Middlesbrough 5/5. RICHMOND: The Richmond Chess Initiative was founded in Spring 1993 by 4 group of chess enthusiasts representing local government, education, businesses and chess clubs in the Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its aim is 10 establish Richmond as an internationally recognised centre for chess excellence. The first Richmond Chess Initiative Schools Championship took place atthe Rugby Ground, Twickenham on Sunday March 6. The venue was provided free by the RFU and their caterers, Payne & Gunter, and the trophies were sponsored by the Richmond and Twickenham Times. In total 231 young players took part representing 20 schools in the Borough GM Daniet King was present throughout the day and participants were able to challenge him to a game. ‘Team event results: Under 16: Colet Court A (Chiln-Zhe Tan, Mansur Boase, Thomas Dougherty and Daniel Elstein) 2114/24; S.Paul's 1614, Hampton 15. Under 11: StStephen’s (Luke Keegan, Tal Miller, Kristian Kirtley and Peter Griffin) 22/24; Sheen Mount 1514; Samos" and Westfields 1374, Under 11 Girls: Sheen Mount (Nadia. Young, Angela Wigmore, Mary Hinks-Edwards, Rhyannon Hanbury-Ages) 18/20. For further information on the Initiative, call John Wright, Richmond ‘upon Thames Leisure Services 081 948 6230 or Richard James, Chess Programme Manager, 081 898 1190 SOUTHEND-ON-SEA: The annual Southend Easter Open was won by IM Colin Crouch with 64/7 ahead of Dave Ledger, Andreas Mokosch Germany, Michael Twyble and David Faulkner. 174 Competed in the Congress which included a series of 5 round Swiss toumaments, the top one being won by Karl Bowden, At the start of play on April 1, the Controller announced that due to the pairing cards having slipped down in the display boards it was necessary for all players with Black to move down one board. Over half got up to move before the Controller reminded them of the date! Winners of the Essex Junior Championships were: Karl Mah Wanstead, Under 16: Mare Bautista Wanstead, Under 14: Daniel Storey Mord. Winners of the Southend Junior Championships were: Under 11 Rebecea Savin Basildon, Under 9: Craig Morrison Harpenden, Graham Walker Soushenel; Novi Southend. The Southend Junior Shield forthe best performance by a player from the Southend and District League arca was shared by Rebecca Savin and Graham Walker. STOCKPORT: The 8th Stockport One Day Congress was won by IM James Howell Trafford Junior Knights with 51A%6, ahead of A.Boyne Presion, Jeff Homer Bolton 5, SATURDAY 20 to MONDAY 29 AUGUST 1994 CUMBERLAND HOTEL, Marble Arch, London W1 Play 1-9pm daily, except the last day noon - 8pm In addition, the Lloyds Bank Junior events will take place in the mornings 22-26 August. INTEL WORLD SPEED CHESS GRAND PRIX ‘The 10 round Swiss Lloyds Bank Masters will be the qualifying ‘oumament for the London leg ofthe Grand Prix taking place 30 ‘August to 5 September. There willbe from 4-6 qualifying places, depending on the strength of the entry. This will be the only route ‘anywhere in the world into this event which is open to al Its expected that many leading grandmasters will compete Last year 38 players gnined partial or complete international ratings at this event. It is perfectly feasible for someone of playing strength as low as BCF 160 (Elo 1900) to aspire to a partial ating Even though the event is very strong atthe top, the Accelerated Pairing System used ensures you reach your own jeve rapidly. An outstanding performance will enable you to meet some of the ‘world’s best. Also you can readily bounce back from a poor stat. Spectator admission: £3.(€1 after 4pm), Bookstall Provided by CHESS & BRIDGE LTD Further details: David Sedgwick, 23 Tiemey Court, Canning Road, Croydon CRO 6QA. Tel: 081 656 7682, 42 CHESS May 1998 NS MONDAY | to SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 1994 Norwich Sport Village Included in the prizes for the British Championship are Raymond Mays Cars Best Game Prizes of £150 each for each of, the 11 rounds ‘The Junior Championships from Under-I8 to Under-8 are sponsored by CHESS Monthly. There is also @ Veterans’ Championship and also events open to anyone from anywhere, lasting 2 weeks, 1 week, the middle weekend oF just one day. ‘Commentary’on the games in the Championship will be by (CHESS Monthly Executive Editor, Malcolm Pein together with Graham Lee. There ae special events every evening ranging from speed chess toa play. The cricket match isan annual fixture and it is likely football and snooker tournaments will be arranged, Bookstall provided by CHESS & BRIDGE LTD. Do joinus at Britain's biggest event which succeeds in being the ‘most competitive and most fun atthe same time, The Norwich Sport Village offers an enormous variety of sporting activities while the City of Norwich isjusta shor distance away as are the Norfolk Broads, Further details: British Chess Federation, 98 Grand Parade, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex TN38 ODD. Tel 0424 442500.OBITUARIES W.RITSON MORRY William Ritson-Morry died oon Saturday January 8 1994, aged 83. He learned (0 play chess at school and most of his, early games were played ‘against B.H.Wood, with whom hhe was at school in North Wales. Later they were at Birmingham University together, concurrently with my father, no mean player himself. At the height of his powers, he was runner-up in the British Championship in 1936 and British Postal Chess Champion in 1943. During the mid fort and fifties, he represented the BCF in matches against Holland and Czechoslovakia With his logal background, fan interest in the rules was inevitable and I believe that he was, prior to his death, the longest serving FIDE Arbiter. He was largely responsible for the change of format of the British Championship, from all-play-all to a Swiss system, His efforts on behalf of Junior Chess, resulted in the Birmingham Primary and Secondary Schools Leagues and Junior sections in the Birmingham Easter Congress. ‘The Warwickshire Junior team was organised by him for decades and many strong players emerged from this, pre-eminent among whom, was one. Tony. Miles, Nationally, he played a big part in the running of the Glormey Cup Team, He capped all this by organising the first World Junior Championship in June 1951 For well over 30years, heran the Birmingham Easter Congress. and the Warwickshire County side. In addition to this, he ran a vast number of Congresses, Matches, Simultancous Displays ete. His efforts on behalf of the Hastings Congress were well known and i was a testament to his, tenacity and determination that he assembled many very strong line-ups inthe Premier, in spite of a shoestring budget In the early years of CHESS magazine, he helped BLH.Wood as a regular contributor and for the older players in Warwickshire and Birmingham, local chess has always been associated with Wood and Morty. Ritson’s death marks the end ofan era, W.Ritson Morry White J. Sapira Black Hastings Premier Reserves, 1936/37 Nimzo-Indian Defence 144016 204 0633 b4 483 5 $ dees Deo 6A BxcS 7 ps Dad 8 Oxds ‘Sixa49 od Was 10 exd4 Wags 11'g3 00,12 Sg? d5 13 0-0 duet 14 Wed Bd8 15 Bad Bek 16 Ded e717 Wes WaT 18 d5 exd5 19 Ziel We? 20 6+ Black resigned. Keith Ingram STEPHEN JOSEPH Stephen Joseph was 17 years old when he died of Cystic Fibrosis on December 19 1993, He won a scholarship 10 Nottingham High School where, at an early age, his potential asa good chess piayer became apparent. Unknown to many of us he was also a good ten pin bowler and snooker player, not to mention his love ‘of public speaking. Losing his bother Alex, also through Cystic Fibrosis ‘only 16 months before his own death, left a large gap in Stephen's life—particularly as he knew that he himself had a very limited life span. Such knowledge would have left most of us feeling sorry for ourselves, but not Stephen, He not only travelled extensively allover the UK and Europe but as recently as July 93 he played for the England junior team in the Glomey Cup held in France. He was joint British U-15 Champion in 1990 and holds the Midland U-21 Championship ttle. Such was his love for the game of chess that he never allowed his illness to deter him from travelling and his talent for chess was there for all to admire. Many of his opponents \Were unaware of hia being ill, Which was most ofthe time, but he never used his illness as an excuse when he felt he hadn't ‘quite played to is normal high standard, All those people who knew him admired his courage, endurance and tolerance which went far beyond a young man of only 17 years of age. These factors showed themselves when nine days before his death, he played board 1 for Nottingham High School even though he was seriously ill and stillwon against leading junior. Stephen Joseph White Paul Griffiths Black Nottingham High v Oakham School Ruy Lopes Let eS 2 013 Deb 3 hes 6 4 a3 Sc7 50-00-06 Bel 6670321358 £b5a68...207 9 Rxd7 Wed 10 d4 exd4 11 cxdd dS 12 e5 Hed leads to equality by exchanging off White’s potentially powerful bishop im this Lopez-type position. 9 fad bS 10 Bed 05 11 Qbd2 £b7 12 Of1 Bes 13, Dy3 g6 14 03 218 15 295 247 16 Wa2 a5 17 bs See? 17. exbst had to be played. Now Stephen ruthlessly converts his winning position, 18 breS dred 19 nfo x6 20 2xe4 e721 3 sig7 22 Digs Sing 23 Oxgs a WxF Ro 7a@e 22a kT & a ms ¥ Ow @ be aeae we ae wae Pa a 23 ww Qa5 1623... eT 24 ‘Bxt7! since 24 ,. xt? 25 Des wins the queen, 24 ext? Ber 25 Dees Bree 26 x06 i627 £2 Has 28 Wes Des 29 Zadi Heb 30 d4 ef 31 a 2)_532 Waxed cH 33 14 Black resigned. The last game Stephen, ill and wheelehair bound, played. It was the only time he ever played I ed. twas evident shat Stephen's presence gave encouragement And support othe team to win {his round against Oakham in The Times Schools Knockout Toumament Everyone who came into contaet with Stephen will not have failed to recognise a young man who lead by example. Certainly the chess world is poorer by his departure On a personal note I've lost good friend of whom my lasting memory willbe the two of us plotting Stephens comeback in his debut British Championship appearance. at Dundee "93. Weakened through illness but not discouraged, he triumphed by ‘winning his ast three games to end with an impressive 514/11 ‘Our condolences g0 out 0 Stephen's family who, with their love and support, enabled him to achieve many of his goals, The family and friends of Stephen Joseph are collecting in aid of Cystic Fibrosis, possibly with a view to providing medical equipment Tor Winifred 2 Ward at Nottingham City Hospital, where Stephen died. 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Winner, on tie-break, of this 1 hour per player tournament, was GM Alexander Khalifman Russia ahead of GM Viastimil Jansa Czech Republic, both scoring 64/7. Then came GM Rafael Vaganian Armenia, GM Yuri Balashov Russia, GM Viktor Kupreychik Belarus, GM Andei Kovalev Belarus, GM Yakov Murey France 6, CZECH REPUBLIC Australian GM Tan Rogers, after losing his first two games, came back strongly to win the Category 10 tournament in Lazne Bohdanec with TAIL. Y point behind were the Czechs GM Eduard Meduna, IM Petr Haba and GM Pavel Blatny. Prague Bohemians successfully defended their championship title by winning the Czech Superleague wo ‘match points clear of second placed Dum. Ammady Prague. ‘A women’s tournament in Chudrim represented the first of many events to be held this year in commemoration of the former Women’s World Champion Vera Menehik who was killed in the war 50 ‘years ago. She was of Czech parentage but later acquired British nationality after marrying an Englishman. WGM Margarita Voiska Bulgaria was clear winner with 9/11, ahead of WGM Vesna ic Bosnia 74 and WGM Dana ic Romania 7, The best Czech player was 18 year old student Silvie Saljova with 514 points, FRANCE There were more than 10,000 visitors to the 8th Festival of Games in Cannes, where alongside competitions for Bridge, Backgammon, Scrabble, Go, Othello etc. there were several open chess toumaments. The Open A was won by GM Olivier Renet France with 7/9, ahead of losif Dorfman France, GM Sergei Dolmatov Russia 614;° GM Gennady Sosonko Holland, GM Igor 4 CHESS May 1994 Khenkin Israel, GM Joszef Horvath Hungary, IM Marco Santo-Roman France, 'IM_ Tomasz. Markowski Poland, IM Efim Rotstein Ukraine, IM Eric Prié France 6. 15 year old Benoit Lepelletier France scored 514 and made an IM norm. The Open B for players Under 2300 was won by Jean- Christophe Olivier France; David Karatorosian France won Open C. World Under 10 Champion Etienne Bacrot gave a simultaneous display against selected players, scoring +10 =i-l. Another, all-play-all Category 5 toumament was held shortly afterwards and was won by GM Stefan Djuric Yugoslavia with 9/11 in front of IM Claude Landenbergue Switzerland BUA/I1, Robert Loncar Croatia, who made an IM norm, 8 points. The small island of Mont St-Michel, situated between Bretagne and Normandy, hosted a 130-player Open, held directly after the traditional Capelle-la-Grande tournament. A feast of blitz chess. simultaneous displays, training sessions, etc, made up for the lack of night-life on the island. Final placings ‘were 1 IM Chris Ward England, 2 IM Eric Prié France, 3 IM Krysof Pytel Poland all 74/9; 4 GM Glenn Flear Huge Discounts Celebrities Up to £100 off chess computers CATURD AY MAY 21 England, § GM Predrag Ostojic Yugoslavia 7 points. The Toulouse Open ended in a three-way tie for first between GM Viacheslav Ikonnikoy Russia, IM Mikael Danielian Armenia and IM Vladislav Tkachiev Kazakhstan with 7AI9. GM Tony Miles England and Philippe Brochet France scored 7. GERMANY ‘The finals of the German Team Cup, played over four boards, took place over the long weekend March 11-13 Semi-final results were PSV Dresden 3 FC Bayern Munich | (GM Wolfgang ‘Uhlmann beat GM Robert Hibner on top board); GG Porz 3!4 Hamburg SK ¥4, In the final SG Porz defeated PSV Dresden 2-14, while FC Bayern Munich beat Hamburg SK 3-1 in the third place play-off. Bayer Munich had won this competition for the four previous years. The Cuxhaven Open, March 5-13, ended in a joint victory for GM Matthew Sadler England and GM Vereslav Bingorn laine 7/49. 3rd= were GM Alexander Onischuk Ukraine, IM D.Nisipeanu Romania and IM Roman Slobodjan Germany, who achieved a GM norm, 7. IM James Howell England, who lost to Sadler, came 6th with 6/4 points Instruction) Prize CompetitionsHOLLAND The traditional Kloster tournament in ‘Ter Apel, a small town in the north of Holland with a chess club membership of only seventeen, had an average Elo rating well over 2600. However, only two games did not end ina draw! Final scores were GM Rustem Dautov Germany 3 GM Paul van der Sterren Holland, GM. Predrag Nikolic Basnia, GM Alexander Khalifman Russia, GM UIf Anderssen Sweden 214; GM Lajos Portisch Hiungary 2. The blitz tournament held on the last day was won by GM Lock van Wely with 10/11 HUNGARY The February First Saturday Tournament in Budapest was won by the little known 18 year old FM Vasily Yemelin Russia with 104/13—a GM norm and a record score for this monthly event. There followed GM Valery Loginov Uzbekistan 9, GM Peter Lukacs Hungary 8%; 1M Christian Gabriel Germany 8; IM Efstratios Grivas Greece 114, Michael Bezold Germany 7; IM Peter Wells England scored 6'4 points. Scores in the March First Saturday tournament were GM Valery Loginov ishekistan 74/9, GM Joszet Horvath Hungary, IM Jeremy Silman USA, IM Zoltan Gyimesi Hungary, IM Dao Thien Hai Vietnam, GM Peter Lukaes Hungary 5. In IM tournament A: G.Vojinovie Yugoslavia won with 714, point ahead of WFM Hoang Thrang Vietnam who thereby achieved both a men’s IM and ‘women’s GM norm! In IM Tournament B the winners were FM Peter Meyer Germany and Alexander Kabatianski Uhraine who also obtained IM norms, A friendly match between the universities of St Petersburg and Budapest was won 5-3 by the Russian side. On top board IM Viatcheslav Osnos beat Istvan Almasi, The Budapest Spring Festival attracted 218 players from 17 countries. In the top tournament, GM. Valery Loginoy Uzbekistan was first with 7/409, half @ point ahead of GM Viktor Moskalenko Ukraine, GM. Joszef Horvath Hungary, IM Zoltan Varga ‘Hungary, 1M Dao Thien Hai Vietnam, IM Chemishov Russia, IM Lajos Gyorkos Hungary, Margolin Russia, ICELAND ‘The 2nd international tournament in Akureyri was a great success for Bosnian GM Ivan Sokolov, currently living in exile in Holland and who scored 9/11, well clear of second placed Dutch GM Lock van Wely 7/4; GM Johann Hjartarson Jceland 7; IM Klaus Berg Denmark, GM Margeir Petursson iceland 6, GM Nick De Firmian USA 514. INDIA The 31st Indian Championship resulted in a seventh title win for IM Pravin Thipsay with 13/4/19, ahead of IM Krishnamoorti Murugan, P.Mithrakanath, Devaki Prasad 1214 IRELAND ‘The 3rd annual double-round Ireland vy Wales match was staged at the Talbot Hotel, Waterford, February 12-13. Ireland won all the main event 11-9 (S'/-4i4; 54834). On board one, IM Alexander Baburin, who is on a one year contract to coach players in Ireland, drew twice with IM John Cooper, and on second board FM Philip Short lost =1'4 to Welsh FM David James. There were also ladies and junior matches. Several new clubs have recently opened in Ircland, including one at the prestigious Bewleys Oriental Cafe, Grafton Street, in the centre of Dublin, ISRAEL The Tel Aviv Open, fielding 60 players, including $ GMs and 10 IMs, ‘was won by IM Yakob Zilberman with 67 in front of GM Yehuda Grunfeld and GM Ilya Smirin 514. Best woman player was WIM Masha Yermolinskaya with 34 points LATVIA IM Valery Zhuravliov took this year’s Latvian Championship with 7/4/11 Runners up were IM Andrei Sokolov and IM Joszef Petkevich 7. MONACO ‘The 3rd Melody Amber tournament, named after the daughter of Mr Joop van Oosterom, who sponsored the event, consists of both rapidplay and blindfold chess and took place in the luxurious Metropole Hotel in Monte Carlo, March 26 to April 7. The full results were: Rapidplay (using the Fischer chess clock): Anand, ~ Kramnik 9/11; Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar 7; Kamsky 614: Ljubojevic 5; Nunn, Piket 414; Karpov, Korchnoi 4; Zsofia Polgar 3; Seirawan 2A Blindfold: Anand 8; Ivanchuk, Kamsky 714; Kramnik 7, Seirawan 7; Karpov 614; Ljubojevic, Nunn 5; Zsuzsa Polgar 414; Judit Polgar 4; Korchnoi, Piket 2 The combined final scores therefore were: GM Viswanathan Anand India 17 GM Vladimir Kramnik Russia 16; GM Vasily Ivanchuk Ukraine 1414, GM Gata Kamsky USA 14; GM Judit Polgar Hungary 11; GM Anatoly Karpov Russia’ 1014; GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic Yugoslavia 10; GM John Nunn England 9%, GM Yasser Seirawan USA 914; GM Zsuzsa Polgar Hungary 1:4; GM Viktor Korehnoi ‘Switzerland 6. NORWAY England’s GM Michael Adams played a challenge mateh against Nonwegian No.1 Simen Agdestein in Oslo, in March, as part of his preparations for his forthcoming PCA eliminator against Russian GM Sergei Tiviakov Adams won the first two games but then Agdestein fought back to take the last two games and draw the match 2-2, PORTUGAL IM Rui Damason won the play-off for the Portuguese Championship, held March 1-6 in Porto, by 3-14. ROMANIA. The 10th memorial tournament for the late Romanian GM Vietor Ciocaltea was won by IM Mikhail Brodski Ukraine and IM Andrei Istratescu Romania with 84/12. SLOVENIA 125 players from 14 countries came to the chess festival in the picturesque resort of Bled. Final results in the Open were GM Miso Cebalo Croatia, IM Igor Lempert Russia 7/4; GM Zdenko Kozul Croatia, IM Sergei Yuferov Russia, IM Robert Zeleick Croatia 7, GM Sergei Zagrebelni: Uzbekistan, GM Evgeny Sveshnikov Russia, WGM Zofia Polgar Hungary, IM Bogdan Podelsnik Slovenia, Zdravko Vospernik Slovenia 614. The Women’s Open was won by WGM Svetlana Matveyeva Russia with 81A/9 ahead of WGM Svetlana Prudnikoy Russia. Third placed Monika Grabies Hungary was third with S'A, USA GM Tony Miles England tied with GM Alexander Shabalov US4 in the Mid American Class Championships in Chicago, each player scoring 44/5, ‘Then came 'GM Alexander Ivanov, IM Igor Ivanov 4; GM Alex Yermolinsky, GM Patrick Wolff, GM Dmitri Gurevich, GM Gregory Kaidanov 314; GM Yehuda Grunfeld israel and GM Nick De Firmian 3. YUGOSLAVIA The Jugometal women’s tournament in Belgrade ended in victory for the wife of GM Vasily Ivanchuk, WGM Alisa Galliamova Ukraine with 6://9. Then came WGM Alisa Maric Yugoslavia, who was the only player to defeat Galliamova, and WGM Svetlana Matveyeva Russia 514; WGM Ildiko Madl Hungary, GM Natasa Bojkovic Yugoslavia, WGM Peng Zhaogin China, GM Ainur Sofieva Azerbaijan 4'4 WGM Anna-Marie Botsari Greece 4; FM Antoaneta Stefanova Bulgaria 31; WGM Ketevan Arakhamia Georgia 2. May 1994 CHESS 47ff Books from CADOGAN JUST PUBLISHED! THE MODERN BENONI Price: £12.99 ($19.95) 144 pages David Norwood The Modem Benoni, 1 d4 Df6 2 4 c5 3 dS 6, is one of Black's most exciting and adventurous responses to the queen’s pawn. Grandmaster David Norwood, Daily Telegraph correspondent and BBC2 commentator, has used the Modern Benoni for much of his career, with great success. Here he demonstrates the ideas, plans, and typical tactics with the empha- sis on understanding the key concepts rather than memorising masses of variations. Players of all standards will enjoy this lively and highly instructive work. COMING SOON! 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