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Issue No. 1, 7th November 2000
Chess around the Globe
HE 34th CHESS OLYMPIAD in
T
(2600), Najer (2590) and Balashov
Istanbul is certainly the main (2590). After five rounds 6 players are
event of the moment, but there are sharing the lead on 4½ points: V.
quite a few other important tournaments, Filippov, A. Korotylev, M. Turov, E.
just finished or still in progress. In the Najer, Y. Ulko and R. Scherbakov. This
men's Olympiad yesterday, the leaders 9-round tournament will finish on the
- Germany - lost to Ukraine (1½-2½). 10th November. For more information
Russia lost by the same score to please refer to http://www.gmchess.com
Bulgaria, which is becoming a bit of a (site of GM Khalifman) and
habit. Russia lost on the top two boards http://www.totalchess.spb.ru (new site of
(Topalov-Khalifman 1-0, Svidler-Kiril St. Petersburg Chess Federation).
Georgiev 0-1), but 17-year old Grischuk We have heard that a strong closed
won on board 4. tournament might take place in St.
After 9 rounds the standing is as Petersburg at the end of the year, as a
follows: part of Chigorin's anniversary
1-2 Armenia and Germany - 25 points celebrations.
3 Ukraine - 24½ points
4-5 Bulgaria and Russia - 24 points In Bad Wiessee (Germany, near Munich)
6-7 Hungary and Romania - 23½ points the 4th Bavarian Masters Open finished
8-9 USA and Israel - 22½ points recently. It saw a four-way tie between
Today the key matches are Armenia- Alexander Nenashev (UZB), Gerard
Germany, Ukraine-Bulgaria, Russia- Hertneck (GER), Konstantin Lerner
Romania, Hungary-USA and Israel- (UKR) and Roland Ekstroem, who
Denmark. scored 7½ out of 9 each. The title of the
In the women's Olympiad the standing Bavarian Champion went on a tiebreak to
is: Nenashev, who now lives in Germany.
1 China - 21 points 20 players finished on 7 points. For more
2 Georgia - 20½ points information please refer to
3-4 Russia and Netherlands - 18½ points http://www.schach-am-
5 Ukraine - 18 points tegernsee.de/oib2000
Today Ukraine plays against China,
Georgia against Romania and Russia It seems that matches are becoming
against Netherlands. There are 5 more increasingly popular nowadays. We have
rounds to play at the event. seen quite a few in recent months. For
You can find Alex Baburin's daily example, Oral - Alexandrov and M.
report from Istanbul at Gurevich - Bologan.
www.gmsquare.com, while the official A match between two young chess
site is at stars took place in France recently.
www.istanbulchessolympiad.com French player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
beat David Howell of England 5½-2½.
The VIII Chigorin Memorial, dedicated
to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the France also staged two strong rapid chess
great Russian player, is taking place in tournaments. In the south of France the
St. Petersburg now. It is a very strong
open - with 50 GMs and 57 IMs among 4th Cap d'Agde Festival took place
its 235 participants. The Elo favourites between 28th October and 4th November.
are GMs Lastin (2633), Dolmatov This tournament, supported by the
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French Chess Federation, has been game. Please refer to

running since 1994 and regularly attracts http://www.asmeg.org/echecs/frame.htm.
a very strong field. This year it clashed for more information.
with the Chess Olympiad in Turkey,
which made the event a bit weaker than Another strong rapid chess tournament
usual. 16 players were divided into 2 was held in Bastia, Corsica. There, 32
groups. The four best players from each players first played 7 rounds and then 8
group continued using a knockout qualifiers continued in a knockout. In the
formula. In the final Mikhail Gurevich of final Vishy Anand beat Stefan Djuric
Belgium defeated Anatoly Karpov of 2-0. For more information see
Russia 2½-1½, despite losing the first http://www.echecs.asso.fr
Annotated Game
Stefan Djuric - Vishy Anand 25 ¦c5 (D)

Rapid Chess, Bastia 2000 !""""""""#
1 d4 d5 2 ¥g5 $'('&'&)&*
Against 1...d5 the Trompovsky is not so $&'&,&+.'*
dangerous. $'(+-'0'&*
2...h6 $.'4+&/&'*
The point of this move will become clear later. $2&'1+3'.*
It is usuful to make sure that White's bishop does $&2&'1'&'*
not come back to the queenside. $'&'3'121*
3 ¥h4 c6 4 e3 £b6 5 b3 e5! $&64'&58'*
Now the advantages of including 9::::::::;
2...h6 are obvious, as 6 dxe5?? loses to 6...£b4+. White is after the a5-pawn, but with so many
6 ¤f3 e4 7 ¤fd2 ¥e7 pieces on the queenside his king is a bit lonely.
7...¤e7 is also worth considering here. 25...g5! 26 ¤e2 ¤f8 27 £c2 ¥d7
8 ¥g3 ¥e6 9 ¥e2 ¤f6 10 0—0 0—0 11 c4 28 ¦xa5?
£d8 12 ¤c3 ¥d6 13 ¥xd6 £xd6 14 ¦b1 Better was 28 f3, as now Black's attack prevails
¤bd7 15 a4 a5 16 c5 £e7 17 ¦b2 (D) 28...¤g4 29 g3 £f6! 30 ¤xe4 dxe4
!""""""""# 31 ¤c3 hxg3 32 hxg3 £h6 33 ¥g2 ¦xb3
$%&'&'()&* 34 ¤xe4 ¦b2 35 ¦xg5+ ¤g6 36 £c5
$&+&,-+.'* £h2+ 37 ¢f1 ¤xe3+ (D)
$'&+&/0'.* !""""""""#
$.'1+&'&'* $'('&'&)&*
$2&'1+&'&* $&'&/&+&'*
$&23'1'&'* $'&+&'&,&*
$'4'35121* $&'<'&'4'*
$&'&6&78'* $2&'1=&'&*
9::::::::; $&'&'0'1'*
The plans of both side have become clear - $'('&'15-*
White will play on the queenside, while Black
will try to attack on the opposite wing. But first
$&'4'&>&'*
Anand decides to gain some space on the 9::::::::;
queenside too:
17...¦fb8 18 £b1 b6!? 0—1 Nice play by Anand!
Otherwise Black might be tied down to the
weak b7-pawn when White manages b3-b4.
19 cxb6 ¦xb6 20 ¦c1 ¦ab8 21 ¥f1 h5!
Black obviously decided that it was time to
get active on 'his' flank.
22 ¤e2 h4 23 ¦bc2 £d6 24 ¤f4 ¥f5
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Miscellaneous
As you probably already know, in Kramnik's victory was received with

London Vladimir Kramnik defeated enthusiasm by most of his colleagues.
Garry Kasparov 8½-6½. But Kasparov enjoyed the same, if not
The match got a lot of attention in the more, popularity 15 years ago. This
chess world, but how about the general changed later when he coined some cute
public? Chess Today correspondent GM phrases to describe his fellow
Ruslan Scherbakov decided to visit the Grandmasters - like, for example,
match while in London. He knew the 'tourists'. Congratulating Vladimir with
name of the tube station nearest to where his fine victory, Chess Today hopes that
the match was being played. But when he the title of World Champion will not
asked at the station information desk, change him and that he will remain as
nobody had heard of the names Kasparov open and friendly to all chess players as
or Kramnik. He asked many passers-by, he is now. Our newspaper will try to
but to no avail. The situation looked bad, arrange an interview with the World
but then Ruslan called his wife in Russia Champion - please send in your
and asked her to find the exact address questions. We will ask Vladimir which
on the Internet. After the second call he question he found the most interesting
finally made it to the Riverside Studios. and we will publish the name of that
So, does the future of chess rest only reader.
with the Internet?!
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Issue No. 12, 18th November 2000
Grandmaster Profile
T
oday we would like to introduce What do you think of the present
to you Grandmaster Ruslan situation in chess?
Ponomariov from the Ukraine. I I wish we would have one strong
first met Ruslan about 5 years ago, when organisation, with which all leading
he was only 11. He struck me as a very players would co-operate. That could
serious boy, with a burning desire to attract sponsors and make chess more
learn more about chess. I thought that professional.
this guy would become really strong very This is a rather idealistic view, but what
soon. Yet, I was still surprised when just would you do right now to improve the
3 years later he became the youngest GM image of chess, should you have the
in the World. Since then he lost that power?
“title” to Chinese GM Bu, but instead I would have shortened the time control
made his mark in the top chess events: he and arranged live translation of games
played in Elista in 1996 for the Ukraine over the Net, explaining them to the
and competed in the FIDE World general public. Ideally chess should be
Championship in Las Vegas last year. on TV too.
Recently he shared a victory in the So, it sounds that you are not too
Faeroes Islands Open with an incredible interested in finding the absolute chess
7½ points out of 9 and 2823 rating 'truth' - like finding the best move in the
performance. His co-winner was another Gruenfeld Defence... :-)
young star – GM Alexander Grischuk Right now I am interested in the
from Moscow. When the event in sporting aspect of chess. When players
Torshavn was over, I interviewed both grow old, they may get more interested
winners and here I would like to present in searching for “chess truth”.
my interview with Ruslan, conducted on At what age do chess players become
the 14th of October. old, in your opinion?
I think that after 30 your results go
What are your impressions of the down - you must show your best before.
tournament? The current trend confirms this - players
I had a good result and was happy with become Grandmasters very young now.
my play, apart from one game which I So, do you think that soon we may have
played badly - against Grischuk. an 11-year old GM?
What are you nearest plans? I heard Maybe, particularly as the title gets
that your rating is rising and perhaps devalued. We may need a special title.
you can add even more points soon. So, Right now Kasparov is a GM and I am a
what's your next tournament? GM! This is not the same...
I will play in the Olympiad and then in :-) Maybe right now this is not the same,
the World Championship in India. but you are too critical of yourself! Who
How do you evaluate the chances of the is the World Champion in chess now?
Ukrainian team in Istanbul? Kasparov, though he is losing to
We have a good mixture of young and Kramnik now. Khalifman is the FIDE
experienced players on the team and will World champion.
be fighting for the medals.
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Do you think that it’s fair that Kasparov I hope it will become a good profession -
did not defend his title for 5 years? it would be a great pity otherwise.
This is not fair and we need a system, Do you use computers and the Internet?
which would allow people to challenge Yes, though I got connected to the Net
the champion. The rating system must be only a few months ago.
changed too - if somebody does not play Do you play chess online?
for a long time (like Kamsky a few years So far I played only 5 games on the
ago), then he must lose rating points. ICC.
Who is your all-time favourite player? What are your favourite chess sites?
Alekhine - he was most creative! www.kasparovchess.com (Kasparov
Whom do you like among modern Chess) and www.ruschess.com
players? (Shahcom).
It's hard to tell - sometimes you can't Is chess still as popular in the Ukraine,
say where their creativity begins and as it used to be?
computer analysis ends! There are far more prestigious
Some people say that your style professions now, but chess is popular.
resembles that of Karpov. Do you What will you do after the World
agree? Championships?
Both Karpov and I make lots of I will play a match (8 games) against
technical mistakes, letting our opponents Victor Korchnoi in Donetsk, beginning
to escape - maybe this is why people say in early January.
that our styles are similar! Who is sponsoring the match?
:-) Do you think that there is a My sponsors - company Danko.
difference between chess elite and other Ruslan, thank you very much for the
GMs? interview and good luck in Istanbul!
Of course there is a difference – elite
GMs are tougher and harder to beat. As you may know, in Istanbul the
Do your parents support your interest in Ukraine finished 3rd. Ponomariov won a
chess? gold medal on board 2 with a 2785 rating
Yes. performance. His current rating is about
Do you believe that chess could be a 2680, so it will be interesting how Ruslan
good profession? will do in New Delhi. Ponomariov has
his own Web site:
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/ruslan.html
Annotated Game
Ruslan Ponomariov (2630) had to play 13...£xd3 14 ¤xf6+ gxf6

– Stuart Conquest (2529) 15 ¤xd3 h5, though even then White
Torshavn 2000 would be slightly better
Notes by GM Alex Baburin 13...¤xe4 14 £xe4 ¤d7 15 ¤xd7 ¢xd7
!""""""""#
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤c3 dxe4 4 ¤xe4 ¥f5 $%&'&'(')*
5 ¤g3 ¥g6 6 h4 h6 7 ¤f3 ¤f6 8 ¤e5 ¥h7 $+,&-&,+'*
9 ¥d3 ¥xd3 10 £xd3 e6 11 ¥f4 £a5+ $.&,&,&'+*
12 c3 £a6 13 ¤e4!? $&'&'&'&'*
This looks like a novelty. In the game $'&'/01'/*
Topalov-Leko, Tilburg 1998, White $&'/'&'&'*
played 13 £f3 ¤bd7 14 ¤xd7 ¢xd7 $2/'&'/2&*
15 ¥e5 ¥e7 16 b3. Perhaps, now Black $3'&'4'&5*
6777777778
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White has more space, which gives him some advantage. It is instructive how
Ponomariov builds up his position:
16 ¦h3! ¦c8 17 ¥e5! £c4 18 ¦f3 f6 19 ¥g3 f5 20 £c2 g5?!
I think that better was to play ...¦e8 at some point and then evacuate the king to c8.
21 ¥e5 ¦g8 22 b3 £d5 23 c4 £a5+ 24 ¢f1 ¥e7 25 hxg5 ¦xg5
After 25...hxg5 White's rook would come back to the h-file - 26 ¦h3!.
26 ¦d1 h5 27 £e2 £a6 28 ¥f4!
A very deep move - this bishop only looked good on e5, but it lacked any useful role
there. Relocating the bishop, White prepares to put pressure on the e6-pawn.
28...¦g6 29 ¦e3 ¦cg8 30 g3 h4 31 ¦e1
!""""""""#
$'&'&'&%&*
$+,&-('&'*
$.&,&,&%&*
$&'&'&,&'*
$'&2/'1'+*
$&2&'3'/'*
$2&'&0/'&*
$&'&'39&'*
6777777778
Black's position is cracking, as he cannot hold the e6-pawn. Tactical defence fails:
31...¥b4 32 ¦xe6! ¥xe1 33 ¦e7+ ¢d8 34 ¥c7+ ¢c8 35 £e5!
White calmly finishes his attack.
35...b5 36 ¥d8! ¥a5 37 ¦c7+ ¢b8 38 ¦xc6+ 1—0
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CT-101, 15 February 2001
requent guest of CT the last few Tactical Puzzles
F issues, Andrei Kharlov became

sole leader in the Calcutta open
after his victory with Black over Dutch
(solutions on page 3)
1. M. Komiagina - L. Kostantini
Halkidiki (Juniors Europe), 2000
GM Reinderman. Now the Russian
grandmaster has 7,5 points out of 10. Of
XIIIIIIIIY
course Andrei is always welcome to our 9-+rwq-trnmk0
paper, but this time “for variety” we 9+-+l+-zpp0
decided to showcase Evgeny
Vladimirov's win over R. Ramesh. By 9-tR-+-zp-+0
the way Kharlov and Vladimirov will be 9+-vlNzP-+-0
fighting each other in the last round.
9-+-+-vL-+0
The current top standings follow: 9+-+Q+N+-0
1 Vladimirov 7,5 points
2-6 Sorokin, Sandipan, Rahman,
9-+-+-zPPzP0
Gallagher, Ghaem – 7 points. 9+-+-+RmK-0
7-13. Barsov, Wajih, Prakash,
Villamayor, Mikhalevski, Datu – 6,5
xiiiiiiiiy
White to move
points, etc.
2 Rozic, V. - Lisovskaja, I.
Top boards of the penultimate, 11th
Halkidiki (Juniors Europe), 2000
round:
Kharlov - Vladimirov XIIIIIIIIY
Ghaem – Sorokin 9r+-wq-+-+0
Sandipan - Rahman
Barsov - Gallagher 9+-+-+pmk-0
Prakash – Villamayor 9l+-+p+p+0
Mikhalevski – Datu
Ramesh - Wajih
9zpp+pzP-+p0
9-+rsN-wQ-zP0
The Championship of Uruguay is in
progress in the capital city of Uruguay,
9zP-zP-tR-tR-0
Montevideo. As I understood from 9-zP-+-zPP+0
official site there will be two groups in
the first stage (35 and 36 players
9+-+-+-mK-0
respectively) and then there will be a xiiiiiiiiy
play-off. After 7 rounds, in “Serie Azul” White to move
R. Muniz is leading with 6 points, and in ¤¤¤
“Serie Roja”, F. J. Lopez and M. Annotated Game
Almada have 5,5 points each. Maybe
our Spanish speaking readers can tell us E. Vladimirov − R. Ramesh
more about this championship and other Calcutta (10), 2001 [E66]
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
I
chess events in Latin America.
Unfortunately all information on this n the mid 70s Evgeny Vladimirov
highly informative site is only in was one of the brightest young
Spanish. soviet chess players. He was a
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USSR Junior Champion, a very following two games are from the
honoured title. In youth events same event, Riga 1980: 12.¥b2
Evgeny successfully competed with bxc4 13.bxc4 ¥h6 14.¤cb1 ¥d7
Yusupov, Dolmatov, Kasparov and (14...¥g7 15.¥c3 ¥d7 16.h3 £c7
others. In the 80s for some years he 17.e4 ¦b4 18.¤b3 ¤h5 19.¤1d2
was a second for Garry Kasparov in ¥xc3 20.£xc3 ¤xb3 21.axb3²)
Kasparov's matches vs. Karpov. But Vladimirov − Chiburdanidze, Riga
later the new world champion 1980); 15.¥c3 £c7 16.h3 ¥g7
accused Vladimirov of spying on him 17.¤a3 e5 18.¦ab1 ¦fe8„
to benefit Karpov. Vladimirov was Kharitonov − Vladimirov, Riga 1980.
shocked by these accusations and Evgeny Vladimirov won with White
for a number of years he played very and drew with Black.
rarely and much below his true level. 12...bxc4 13.bxc4 ¦xb1 14.¤cxb1
Recently, however, he has £b6
recovered his form and once more In the following game White
has begun to play very strong chess. exploited the bad position of the
Knight on a5 in a rather original way:
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 ¥g7 4.¥g2 0- 14...¤d7 15.f4 ¤b6 16.¦f3! ¥d4+
0 5.¤c3 d6 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.d5 ¤a5 17.¢h1 ¥g4 18.¦a3! Hulak − K.
8.¤d2 c5 (D) Georgiev, Manila 1992
XIIIIIIIIY 15.¥a3
9r+lwq-trk+0 Look carefully at this classical
9zpp+-zppvlp0 game: 15.¤c3 ¥f5 16.e4 ¥d7 17.¥a3
9-+-zp-snp+0 ¥h6 18.f4 ¤g4 19.£d3 ¥g7 20.¤e2
9sn-zpP+-+-0 f5 21.h3 ¤h6 22.¦b1 £c7 23.¥b2
9-+P+-+-+0 ¥xb2 24.¦xb2 ¦b8 25.¦xb8+ £xb8
9+-sN-+-zP-0 26.£c3± Smyslov − Szabo, Habana
9PzP-sNPzPLzP0 1965. White advanced his pawn
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 center, exchanged many pieces
xiiiiiiiiy except Black's badly placed Knight
The Yugoslavian variation of the and now has a big advantage. It's a
King's Indian defence. Black has a very useful rule: exchange the good
very solid pawn center, good pieces of one's opponent and leave
prospects for the Bishop on g7, but him the bad ones.
his Knight on a5 is badly placed. 15...e5 (D)
9.0-0 a6 10.£c2 ¦b8 11.b3 b5 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+l+-trk+0
9-trlwq-trk+0 9+-+-+pvlp0
9+-+-zppvlp0 9pwq-zp-snp+0
9p+-zp-snp+0 9sn-zpPzp-+-0
9snpzpP+-+-0 9-+P+-+-+0
9-+P+-+-+0 9vL-+-+-zP-0
9+PsN-+-zP-0 9P+QsNPzPLzP0
9P+QsNPzPLzP0 9+N+-+RmK-0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 16.¥b2!
12.¦b1 After e7−e5 Black can't exchange
Vladimirov is a very experienced the dark−squared Bishops and White
specialist of this system. He has transfers his own to c3 to attack the
played it for more than twenty years Knight on a5.
with both colors. For example, the 16...¥d7 17.¥c3 ¦b8 18.¤a3 £c7
19.h3!?
CT-101 Page 2 of 3
Black hasn't any real counter−play, ¦a8 29.£d5) 27.¦xf6 gxf6 (27...£xf6
so White can carefully prepare an 28.£xd7 ¦d8 29.£g4) 28.¦d1 ¦a8
offensive in the center and Kingside 29.¤e5! 26.fxg7+ ¢xg7 27.¥e5+
or maybe on the other wing too. ¤f6 28.¤g5! Black resigned
19...¤b7 because of 28...¢h6 29.¥xf6 ¦xf6
This square isn't much better for the 30.£xh7+! ¢xg5 31.h4+ ¢g4
Knight and the same can be said 32.£g7+ ¢f5 33.¦e1!!+− 1-0
about d8 and even f7 (but now there
is a pawn on f7, and it's not so simple 2. 30.¤xe6+! ¢g8 30...fxe6
to advance the Knight to f5 either). 31.¦xg6+ ¢xg6 32.¦g3+ ¢h7
20.¢h2 33.£f7+ 31.£h6 fxe6 32.¦xg6+ 1-0
(see the note to White's 19th
move.) Recommended Web sites:
20...¤h5?! 21.¦b1 ¤d8?! (D) http://www.goodrickechess.8k.com/
XIIIIIIIIY http://uruwow.com/secciones/deportes/ajedrez/uruguay
9-tr-sn-+k+0 o2001/index.html
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9+-wql+pvlp0 tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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9+-+l+p+p0
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9vL-zpPzp-+n0
Ralph P. Marconi.
9-+P+N+-+0
9sN-+-+-zPP0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
9P+Q+PzPLmK0 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
9+-+-+-+-0 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
xiiiiiiiiy Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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A very unexpected final! All game Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
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fxg5 27.¥e5+; 25...¤xf6 26.¤xf6 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
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CT-101 Page 3 of 3
CT-102, 16th February 2001
J oseph Gallagher won with Black

against Alexei Barsov and caught
Andrei Kharlov, who drew his
game with Evgeny Vladimirov in
On this day in history … Vera Menchik
(1906 – 1944) was born in Moscow. She
was the first Woman’s World Chess
Champion and lived during her
the Calcutta Open. Gallagher and childhood in Russia and then
Kharlov share 1-2 places with 8 moved to England. She won 8
points out of 11. Our World Championships, some of
congratulations to the winners! them with a perfect score! She
was the first woman who
There was only one other decisive struggled – and not without
game on the top boards – Victor success! – with the strongest
Mikhalevsky beat Idelfonso Datu. male chessplayers. Amongst her
All other games were drawn. many scalps were Euwe and
Unfortunately the organisers haven’t put Reshevsky. In memory of the first
the games on their site yet so we can’t women World Champion an Olympic
judge whether these games were hard Trophy for women has her name – The
fought or peaceful. But in general this Vera Menchik Cup.
situation is quite typical for the last See also our annotated game section.
round of an open tournament. Chess
professionals don’t want to risk too Tactical Puzzles
much, because should they lose … all
their work for 11 or more days will be 1) Perlaska − Grassi Komo, 1907
unpaid!
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.¥c4
Final standing: cxb2 5.¥xb2 ¥b4+ 6.¤c3 ¥xc3+?
7.¥xc3 £e7 8.£b3! 8.¥xg7!? £b4+÷
1-2. Kharlov, Gallagher – 8 points out of 8...£xe4+ 9.¢d2! £xg2 10.¤e2 ¤f6
11.¥xf6 gxf6 12.£e3+ ¢d8 13.¦hg1
11
£xh2 14.¦ae1 ¦e8?
3-8. Vladimirov, Ghaem, Sorokin, XIIIIIIIIY
Sandipan, Rahman, Mikhalevski – 7½ 9rsnlmkr+-+0
9-11. Prakash, Villamayor, Wajih – 7 etc.
9zppzpp+p+p0
9-+-+-zp-+0
This week another tournament finished –
9+-+-+-+-0
the championship of Byelorussia (12
participants, round-robin system, VII
9-+L+-+-+0
FIDE category). The strongest GM in the
9+-+-wQ-+-0
country, Alexei Fedorov, didn’t take part
9P+-mKNzP-wq0
in this event.
9+-+-tR-tR-0
Final standing:
xiiiiiiiiy
1. S. Azarov – 8 points out of 11 White to play
2-3. I. Ljutsko, V. Dydyshko – 7
2) Fink − Alekhin C44
4. S. Smetankin – 6½
Pasadena, 1932
5. A. Kovalev – 6 etc.
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.c3 d5 4.£a4 ¤f6
Information from D. Novitsky, site 5.¤xe5 ¥d6 6.¤xc6 bxc6 7.e5?! ¥xe5
www.kasparovchess.ru 8.d4 ¥d6 9.£xc6+?! ¥d7 10.£a6 0-0
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CT-102 Page 1 of 3
11.¥e2 ¦e8 12.¤d2? ¦b8 13.a4 £e7 7.0-0?? £xa1 8.¤bd2 £xd1 9.¦xd1
14.¤f1 ¤c6 10.c3 ¥f5 11.¤e5 ¤xe5 12.¥xe5
XIIIIIIIIY e6 13.¤f1 ¤e4 14.¦b1 ¤xc3 0-1
9-tr-+r+k+0
9zp-zplwqpzpp0
9Q+-vl-sn-+0 A Baratz − V Menchik
Hastings2728 Hastings, 1927 A01
9+-+p+-+-0 Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
9P+-zP-+-+0
9+-zP-+-+-0 This battle shows the brilliant tactical
9-zP-+LzPPzP0 skill of Vera Menchik.
9tR-vL-mKN+R0 1.b3?! d5 2.¥b2 ¤f6 3.e3 g6 4.¤f3 ¥g7
xiiiiiiiiy XIIIIIIIIY
Black to play 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
9zppzp-zppvlp0
Annotated Games 9-+-+-snp+0
9+-+p+-+-0
Of course in the first half of 20th century 9-+-+-+-+0
females were much weaker at chess 9+P+-zPN+-0
than in the present day. Nowadays you 9PvLPzP-zPPzP0
will rarely see such "masterpieces" in the 9tRN+QmKL+R0
World Women's Championship as the xiiiiiiiiy
following two games .. from the same
The Nimtzovich Opening isn't the most
event:
dangerous weapon for White but, of
course, it's playable. But from now on
B Janeckova − V Menchik
Wch (Women) Buenos Aires, 1939 D52
White started to play as if Black had
disappeared from the board.
1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.c4 c6 4.¤c3 e6 5.h3?!
5.¥g5 ¤bd7 6.e3 £a5 7.¤d2 ¥b4 This mark − not only for this move but
8.£c1 ¤e4 9.¤cxe4 dxe4 also for all White's set up.
XIIIIIIIIY 5...0-0 6.g4 c5 7.¥g2 ¤c6 8.d3 ¥d7?!
9r+l+k+-tr0 I can't understand this move. Yes,
9zpp+n+pzpp0 there is a rule for beginners: first of all
9-+p+p+-+0 you have to develop all your pieces (I
9wq-+-+-vL-0 prefer another form of this rule: if you
9-vlPzPp+-+0 don't know what to do − develop your
9+-+-zP-+-0 pieces!). But the Black bishop was just
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 as good on c8 as on d7. 8...£c7!?;
9tR-wQ-mKL+R0 8...b6!?
xiiiiiiiiy 9.¤bd2 £c7 10.¤f1 ¦fd8 11.¤g3?
10.a3?? ¥xd2+ 11.£xd2 £xg5 0-1 XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-tr-+k+0
A Lougheed − V Menchik
Wch (Women) Buenos Aires, 1939 D02
9zppwqlzppvlp0
9-+n+-snp+0
1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¥f4 c5 4.e3 £b6 9+-zpp+-+-0
5.¥d3? c4 6.¥e2 £xb2 9-+-+-+P+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+P+PzPNsNP0
9rsnl+kvl-tr0 9PvLP+-zPL+0
9zpp+-zppzpp0
9-+-+-sn-+0 9tR-+QmK-+R0
9+-+p+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+pzP-vL-+0 Both players have moved their pieces
9+-+-zPN+-0 in their own camps, and White has lost
9PwqP+LzPPzP0 caution.
9tRN+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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11...¤xg4! Answers
A very unexpected and strong blow! 1) 15.£xe8+!! ¢xe8 16.¤d4+ ¢f8
12.hxg4 17.¦e8+! ¢xe8 18.¦g8+ ¢e7 19.¤f5#
White doesn't want to receive another XIIIIIIIIY
blow: 12.¥xg7 ¤xe3! 13.fxe3 £xg3+-+ 9rsnl+-+R+0
12...¥xb2 13.¦b1 ¥c3+ 14.¤d2 ¤e5! 9zppzppmkp+p0
15.¥f3 £a5 9-+-+-zp-+0
Many years before the computer era
Black plays as Fritz suggests!
9+-+-+N+-0
16.¤gf1 £xa2
9-+L+-+-+0
If you can take a pawn with impunity 9+-+-+-+-0
why not do it? 9P+-mK-zP-wq0
17.¥e2 £a5 18.f4 ¤c6 19.¢f2 £c7 9+-+-+-+-0
Black prepares a break in the centre. xiiiiiiiiy
20.¥f3
XIIIIIIIIY 1-0
9r+-tr-+k+0
9zppwqlzpp+p0 2) 14...¥b5! 0-1
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CT-103 17 February 2001
T oday we have more details about

the finish a day ago of the
Calcutta open. Joseph Gallagher
was announced the winner due to better
double round-
robin category
20 or 21 event.
tie-break points over Andrei Kharlov . In

our annotated game section we would
like to show his convincing victory with
Black against a very experienced Vishy Anand & his wife
opponent in the last round. In CT-102 we Aruna
had written about many draws on the top
boards in the last round. But only two of Tactical puzzles
them were short: (Solutions on page 3)
1. Sahakian - Kopinits [B02]
Kharlov – Vladimirov: 6 moves Mureck, 1998
Ghaem – Sorokin: 8
Sandipan – Rahman: 60 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 ¤f6 3.¤c3 ¤xd5
Prakash – Villamayor: 67 4.¥c4 ¤b6 5.¥b3 g6 6.£f3 e6
Ramesh – Wajih: 57 7.¤ge2 ¥g7 8.d3 0-0 9.h4 h6 10.h5
g5 11.¤e4 ¤c6 12.£g3 f5?(D)
We also hope that “dead drawn” doesn't (12...¤a5=)
threaten chess in the near future! ☺ XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
In one of our previous issues we had 9zppzp-+-vl-0
9-snn+p+-zp0
written about a category III round-robin 9+-+-+pzpP0
event in Montecatini Terme. After 6 9-+-+N+-+0
rounds GM Igor Naumkin and IM Vlad 9+L+P+-wQ-0
Tomescu have 4,5 points. 9PzPP+NzPP+0
3-5. Mukic, Chatalbashev, Mrdja – 4 etc. 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Two Chinese chess players grabbed the (2) Kotzem - Van Dalfsen [B02]
lead in the Open tournament in France. corr., 1978
After 6 rounds Yu Shaoteng has 6 points 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.c4 ¤b6 4.c5
and Li Shilong has 5,5 points. ¤d5 5.¥c4 e6 6.¤c3 ¤xc3 7.dxc3
3-4. Carrasco, Maze – 5 etc. (104 ¤c6 8.¥f4 ¥xc5 9.£g4 g5 10.¥xg5
participants in total). ¦g8 11.¤h3 ¥e7 12.f4 ¤xe5
13.fxe5 ¥xg5 14.£h5 ¦g7 15.0-0
It was announced b6? (D) (15...h6)
today, that both World XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqk+-+0
Champions, Vladimir 9zp-zpp+ptrp0
Kramnik and Vishy 9-zp-+p+-+0
Anand, will play in the 9+-+-zP-vlQ0
Dortmund super 9-+L+-+-+0
tournament (12-22 July 9+-zP-+-+N0
2001). The Organizers V. Kramnik 9PzP-+-+PzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
would like to invite six xiiiiiiiiy
of the top ten players for a

CT-103 Page 1 of 4
9.b4 etc., but who knows what will be

¤¤¤ tomorrow?
Annotated Game 6...e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 Na6 9.g4!? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
A. Barsov − J. Gallagher 9r+lwq-trk+0
12th Goodricke Open Calcutta IND 9+pzp-+pvlp0
(11), 2001 E90 9n+-zp-snp+0
9zp-+Pzp-vL-0
I
9-+P+P+P+0
t's always a very difficult task − to
9+-sN-+N+P0
win with Black back to back. Only
9PzP-+-zP-+0
in this case Joseph Gallagher had
9tR-+QmKL+R0
the chance to catch Andrei Kharlov
xiiiiiiiiy
and share first. But I believe in this
According to my database this is
game, his opponent Alexei Barsov,
David Bronstein's idea − as usual,
also played for a win and as a result
quite original. First of all White wants
allowed a big battle all over the
to stop Black's counter−play with f7−
board.
f5, because after gxf5 gxf5 the King
on g8 will be very weak.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9...Nc5
Barsov likes this variation with h3−
9rsnlwqk+-tr0
g4 and recently won a rather
9zppzppzppvlp0
complicated game: 9...Qe8 10.Be2
9-+-+-snp+0
Nd7 11.a3 f6 12.Be3 f5 13.gxf5 gxf5
9+-+-+-+-0
14.exf5 Ndc5 15.b4 e4 16.Nd4 Nd3+
9-+PzP-+-+0 17.Bxd3 exd3 18.Rg1 Qe5 19.Kd2
9+-sN-+-+-0 Bxf5 20.Rg5 h6 21.Rh5„ Barsov −
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 Kempinski, Istanbul 2000.
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 10.Nd2 h6
xiiiiiiiiy This looks like a novelty. When
Half year ago one very, very young Bronstein played 9.g4!? for the first
grandmaster annotated his game for time his opponent didn't understand
"64−Chess Review". He had written the idea behind the move and lost
about 3...Bg7: "I can't understand very fast and nicely: 10...c6 11.Qf3!?
why Black allows his opponent to a4 12.Be2 Ncd7 13.Nf1 Kh8 14.Ng3
occupy the center. Much better is Qb6 15.Rb1 Ng8 16.Be3 Qd8 17.Rd1
3...d5!" Of course this comment was Bh6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Rxd6 Qc7
made before the London match 20.Rxd7! Qxd7 21.Bxh6 Nxh6
Kramnik − Kasparov. Fashion is a 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.g5 1:0 Bronstein −
very capricious thing. If you like the Sands, London 1989; Two years ago
King's Indian, play it for years and Barsov also exploited this plan with
have acceptable results, don't give Qf3!? and won very convincingly:
up it just to learn in a hurry something 10...Bd7 11.Qf3!? c6 12.Nb3 Nxb3
that's in "fashion". Maybe in another 13.axb3 h6 14.Be3 Ne8 15.c5 f5
5 years another 17−year GM will 16.gxf5 gxf5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Qg2
write: "Why play such opening Qh4 19.Bd3 Rf7 20.Qg6 Nf6 21.Bc4
moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6? Of course, cxd5 22.Nxd5 Be6 23.0-0-0 a4
the King's Indian − the only way for 24.Rhg1 axb3 25.Nxf6+ 1:0 Barsov −
Black!" Knijft, Haarlem 1999
4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3!? 11.Be3 c6 12.Be2
Today the most unpleasant line for Why not 12.Qf3. Maybe in view of
Black is 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 12...a4!? and the Knight on c5 is very
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
CT-103 Page 2 of 4
strong, and White hasn't any real It soon becomes clear that White is
play either on the King nor on the unable to create a blockade on
Queen−side. squares f3 and e4 after capturing the
12...Bd7 13.0-0 h5! Bishop on g4. So better was 22.Ne4;
Of course, after castling White's or maybe the sharper 22.c5!?
monarch is weaker than his counter− 22...Qxd6 23.Bf3 Ng5 24.Bh4 Nxf3
part. 25.Qxf3 e4?!
14.Kg2 cxd5 15.exd5!? This is a very enticing move, but
After 15.cxd5 White has to forget maybe it's not as strong as it looks.
about any offensive on the Queen's Black had a strong alternative:
wing. 25...Qb4! and White has big
15...hxg4 16.hxg4 Nh7 problems with defending his f and e
Black prepares f7−f5 and Ng5. pawns. 26.b3?! e4 27.Qxe4 Bxa1
17.Nde4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 (D) 28.Rxa1 f3+∓.
XIIIIIIIIY 26.Qxe4 Rae8 (D)
9r+-wq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+l+pvln0 9-+-+rtrk+0
9-+-zp-+p+0
9zp-+Pzp-+-0 9+-+-+-vl-0
9-+P+N+P+0 9-zp-wq-+p+0
9+-+-vL-+-0 9zp-+P+-+-0
9PzP-+LzPK+0 9-+P+QzpPvL0
9tR-+Q+R+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzP-+-+K+0
18...f5!? 9tR-+-+R+-0
The pawn sac. is a sign of the start xiiiiiiiiy
of complications. By the way after
27.Qf3?
the "timid" 18...Qe7? 19.c5! White
Maybe this is the decisive mistake:
gains a big advantage.
White loses a very important tempo.
19.Nxd6 b6!
After 27.Qc2! Re3!? 28.Rae1 Black
Played with composure! Now
has a compensation for the pawn, but
White's central pawns are stopped
not much more.
and the Knight on d6 hasn't a good
27...Re3 28.Qf2 f3+ 29.Kh3
way home.
Or 29.Kh1 Re2 30.Qg3 (30.Bg3
20.f3
Qd7) 30...Be5-+
A solid move. White agrees to
29...Re2
return the pawn, but wants to fortify
Very easy play: forward and
his King's camp. Fritz's
forward!
recommendation 20.Qb3 looks very
30.Bg3
dubious because of 20...Qf6 : White's
Also sad is 30.Qg1 Rg2 31.Qh1
Queen goes away from his King
Qd7 32.Bg3 Be5-+
while Black one wants to meet him.
30...Be5 31.c5 Qf6 32.Bxe5 Qxe5
20...f4 21.Bf2 Bxg4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 33.Rh1
9r+-wq-trk+0 A very hard fought game! 0-1.
9+-+-+-vln0
9-zp-sN-+p+0 Solutions to tactical puzzles:
9zp-+Pzp-+-0 1. 13.¤xg5! hxg5 14.¥xg5 £e8 15.
9-+P+-zpl+0 h816.¥f6+ ¢f7 17.¥xh8 1-0.
9+-+-+P+-0
9PzP-+LvLK+0 2. 16.Rxf7! Be3+ 16...Rxf7 17.Nxg5
9tR-+Q+R+-0 Qe7 18.Rf1+- 17.Rf2+ Ke7 18.Qf3!
xiiiiiiiiy Bxf2+ 19.Nxf2 Qg8 20.Qxa8+-.
22.fxg4?!
CT-103 Page 3 of 4
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http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/01montecinv.htm
http://www.echecsaglo.fr.st/open2001.htm
http://teleschach.de/dortmund-2001/
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Ralph P. Marconi.

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CT-103 Page 4 of 4
B
ecause tournament chess life is have now became well known GMs and
rather quiet today, in our Sunday IMs. The event was very well organised.
issue we’ll make a trip into the Participants stayed in a good hotel and
not too distant past. But first of all – played in its spacious conference-hall.
some reports. Organisers invited Mark Dvoretsky to
give some lectures for the young chess
IM Shaoteng Yu >> players and their coaches. Also there was
from China won the 7- a friendly match between the youth
round Open tournament teams of USSR and Yugoslavia. In our
in d’Agneaux – Saint- team a 15-year old named Kramnik
Lo. He scored 6½ points. played on the top board. It was a real
His countryman IM Li chess holiday and no surprise that many
Shilong and Sebastien of its young guests tried Chess as a life.
Maze (France) shared 2-
3 places with 6 points. In general, the young master candidates
4-6. Berelovich, Regoli, Carmes – 5½ played very bright, creative chess. Of
etc. course, technique wasn’t their strong
As you can see, it’s not just the Chinese feature and as a result advantages were
women who can play the game well! ☺ sometimes “walking” from one side to
another during the games. Today I would
In the III category event in Montecatini like to show two fragments and one
Terme after 8 rounds IM Vlad Tomescu game from this event.
leads with 6 points.
2-4. Naumkin, Mukic, Mrdja – 5½ etc. 1) Saveljev − Shaplyko
Leningrad, 1991
Exactly ten years ago, at the beginning of XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-trk+0
1991 in Leningrad there took place two 9+pwql+-zpp0
very interesting youth tournaments. They 9p+nvlp+-+0
were the “USSR challenger tournaments 9+-+p+-vL-0
for boys World championships under 12 9-+-zP-+n+0
and under 14”. I was there as a coach of 9+-sNL+N+P0
one prodigy, tried to help him before 9PzP-+-zPP+0
play and he in turn tried not to annoy me 9+-tRQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
too much after play. ☺
Black to play
The best juniors in these age groups
arrived from all over the USSR. It wasn’t 2) Kasymzhanov − Avanesov
known yet that it was last such all USSR Leningrad, 1991
meeting… among the participants were XIIIIIIIIY
such young boys as Emil Sutovsky, 9r+-+r+k+0
Rustam Kasymzhanov, Sasha 9+-zp-wqpzp-0
9p+n+l+-zp0
Morozevich and Sasha Galkin, Karen 9+p+-sn-+-0
Asrian, Zhenia Najer, Viorel Iordakecku, 9-zP-sN-+-+0
Volodia Malahov, Serezha Movsesian, 9+-zP-+-+P0
Volodia Baklan, Giorgi Kacheishvili and 9P+LsNQzPP+0
Giorgi Bakhtadze and many others who 9+-+RtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
CT-104 Page 1 of 4
Morozevich − Ovseevich 11.a3 ¥xc3 12.¥xc3 £c7

Leningrad, 1991 B01 XIIIIIIIIY
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9r+-+-trk+0
9zppwqn+pzpp0
That year Sergei Ovseevich from Herson 9-+p+psn-+0
(Ukraine) won the competition in the 9+-+-sNl+-0
older group. He played in a rather 9-+-zP-+-+0
different style to most of his peers − very 9zPLvL-+-+-0
accurate, careful and was ready to 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
defend slightly worse positions without 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
counterplay. And often his opponents xiiiiiiiiy
lost vigilance and presented Sergei with 13.¤xd7
extra points. I wasn't impressed by his Morozevich doesn't avoid
play, although he was very intelligent, simplifications. But he invents a rather
serious and was than in the centre of sharp plan...
public attention. 2−3 years later he 13...¤xd7 14.¦e1 ¤b6 15.£f3 a5 16.a4
disappeared from the chess horizon. I ¤d5 17.¦e5!?
heard recently he obtained a GM norm XIIIIIIIIY
somewhere in the Ukraine, but I don't 9r+-+-trk+0
9+pwq-+pzpp0
know if chess is his profession or hobby
9-+p+p+-+0
now. 9zp-+ntRl+-0
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 £xd5 9P+-zP-+-+0
Scandinavian defence − a solid, but 9+LvL-+Q+-0
inactive set up. In contrast, 13−year old 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
Sasha Morozevich was fond of 9tR-+-+-mK-0
complicated play, sometimes even xiiiiiiiiy
against the nature of his positions. But It looks like a small provocation. White
times change − a couple of years later is tempting his opponent to exchange his
Morozevich himself started to play the very strong knight in exchange for
Scandinavian for Black! For example, in destroying White's pawns.
CT-100 our editor Graham Brown 17...¤xc3
mentioned the Gurevich − Morozevich There is a well known chess joke: even
game (London 1994). the best knight is worse than the worst
3.¤c3 £a5 4.d4 ¤f6 5.¤f3 c6 6.¥c4 Bishop. But now Black remains without
¥f5 7.¥d2 e6 any counterplay for the immediate future.
XIIIIIIIIY 18.bxc3 ¢h8 19.g4!
9rsn-+kvl-tr0 Because Black can't open the centre,
9zpp+-+pzpp0 White began a pawn offence.
9-+p+psn-+0 19...¥g6 20.£e3?!
9wq-+-+l+-0 Better was 20.£g3!? taking control
9-+LzP-+-+0 over the h4−square.
20...£d8! 21.¢h1
9+-sN-+N+-0 It's always very unpleasant to admit a
9PzPPvL-zPPzP0 mistake, but maybe even here better
9tR-+QmK-+R0 was 21.£g3!?
xiiiiiiiiy 21...£h4 22.¦g1
White has more space, and has a XIIIIIIIIY
pawn d4 in the centre. But Black has 9r+-+-tr-mk0
developed his Bishop on f5 very 9+p+-+pzpp0
successfully, and the pawns e6 and c6 9-+p+p+l+0
create a "saw" for the d4 pawn. Of 9zp-+-tR-+-0
course White has a small advantage but 9P+-zP-+Pwq0
it's very difficult to realise something real. 9+LzP-wQ-+-0
8.¥b3 ¥b4 9.0-0 0-0 10.¤e5 ¤bd7 9-+P+-zP-zP0
9+-+-+-tRK0
xiiiiiiiiy
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22...f6!? 36.d6±
Very interesting! Black sacrificed a XIIIIIIIIY
pawn, but would like to grab the e−file. 9-+-trlwq-mk0
22...b5?! 23.f4ƒ (23.axb5 cxb5 24.¦xb5 9+-+-+-tRp0
a4 25.¥a2 ¥xc2³) 9-zp-+L+-+0
23.¦xe6 ¦ae8 24.f4!
White agrees to return the pawn but
9zp-+PwQP+-0
has closed an open file. 9-+-+-zP-+0
24...¦xe6 25.¥xe6 9+-+-+-+-0
Of course not 25.£xe6?? ¦e8-+ 9-+-+-+-zP0
25...¥xc2 26.c4 f5?! 9+-+-+-+K0
Black wants to activate his rook but it's xiiiiiiiiy
impossible, as Morozevich proves. 35.¦xg7! £xg7 36.f6 £f7
Better was to take another pawn and XIIIIIIIIY
wait: 26...¦e8! 27.d5 cxd5 28.cxd5 ¥xa4 9-+-trl+-mk0
29.¦a1„; or 26...¥xa4!? 9+-+-+q+p0
27.gxf5 £f6 9-zp-+LzP-+0
Black overlooked the next move.
Maybe 27...£h5 gave a draw, for
9zp-+PwQ-+-0
example: 28.¦g5 £d1+ 29.¦g1 £h5= 9-+-+-zP-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-tr-mk0 9-+-+-+-zP0
9+p+-+-zpp0 9+-+-+-+K0
9-+p+LwqR+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-+-+P+-0 The Queen has to stop the f6−pawn...
37.¥xf7 ¥xf7 38.¢g1 ¦e8 39.£c7 ¦g8+
9P+PzP-zP-+0 40.¢f1
9+-+-wQ-+-0 1' 54" − 1' 57" A memorable game to
9-+l+-+-zP0 me! 1-0
9+-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
28.¦g6! £e7 Answers:
Not 28...hxg6? 29.£h3++− 1) 16...¥h2+ 17.¢f1 ¤xf2! 18.¢xf2
29.¦g3 ¥xa4 30.£e5 ¦d8 £g3+ 19.¢f1 £xg5 20.¦c2?! ¦xf3+!
30...b5!? 21.£xf3 ¤xd4 22.¥xh7+ ¢h8 23.£g4
31.d5 cxd5 32.cxd5 b6 33.¦c3 £xg4 24.hxg4 ¤xc2 25.¥xc2 d4!
XIIIIIIIIY 26.¤e2 ¦f8+ 0-1
9-+-tr-+-mk0
9+-+-wq-zpp0 2) 20.¤xc6 ¤xc6 21.£e4! £d6 22.¤f1
9-zp-+L+-+0 f5 23.¦xd6 fxe4 24.¦xc6 ¥xa2 25.¦a1
9zp-+PwQP+-0 ¥d5 26.¦cxa6 ¦ad8 27.¤e3 ¥b7
28.¦a7 ¦b8 29.¢f1 ¢f7 30.¢e2 ¦e7
9l+-+-zP-+0 31.¥b3+ ¢g6 32.¥d5 c6 33.¥xc6! 1-0
9+-tR-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-zP0 Recommended Web sites:
9+-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy http://www.goodrickechess.8k.com/
A curious situation! The White http://www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/01montec
Monarch is alone and very weak but the
inv.htm
Black pieces have no way to come to
see it. In time trouble and in an
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decisive mistake: http://teleschach.de/dortmund-2001/
33...¥e8? 34.¦c7 £f8
34...£f6 35.£xf6 (35.d6±) 35...gxf6

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O
ne of the most pocket. You should know him
outstanding players very well – he is Alexander
in the whole of Baburin, the master-mind of
chess history, David Chess Today!!! Our inspiration,
Bronstein celebrates his he seems to be an iron man to
77th birthday! carry on so many web-projects…
Grandmaster Square,
Square
When we hear his name, we “Coffeebreak Chess” and, of
remember not only the finish of course, Chess Today! We kindly
his World Title Match against congratulate Alex and wish him all the
Mikhail Botvinnik 50 years ago, best in Chess and Life Today and
when he missed an excellent chance Tomorrow!
to became World Champion and not
only such great Let’s take a look at the
achievements as the tournaments.
victories in Soviet
Championships in 1948 and Some important
1949, 4 chess Olympiads, matches were
2 interzonal played in the German
tournaments and Bundesliga this
many many other weekend.
big and small events.
Chess lovers from all over the Solingen has fallen
World remember his brilliant away from the top having lost
style, his original and often two important battles – against
paradoxical ideas, his great Hamburg and Luebeck.
contribution to chess theory
(the King’s Indian heroes Look at the full statistics of the
should thank him a lot!) really tough round.
and excellent chess
works – his highly Luebeck – Solingen 4½-
instructive book 3½
“Interzonal Tournament, Zurich
1953” was a handbook for many Shirov – Kasymdzhanov 1-0
professional players. Adams – Piket ½-½
David Ionovich, we wish you good Bareev – Yussupow ½-½
health and longevity! Speelman – Nikolic ½-½
Hodgson – Huebner ½-½
Another famous grandmaster Agdestein – Sadler ½-½
celebrates his 34th birthday De Firmian – Emms 0-1
today. His style is quite Nunn – Chandler 1-0
different from Bronstein’s –
as he describes it himself, it’s In the Bundesliga a soccer system
something between “very solid” is used: 2 points for the win, 1 – for
and “extremely boring”. Nevertheless he draw, 0 – for loss so after the 9th
has a lot of scalps of top players in his Round
This issue is prepared by GMs Ruslan Scherbakov & Alexander Baburin; technical editor – Graham Brown
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Luebecker SV are sole leaders with 18 – Kelly, Turner and some others, who
0 score (won all 9 matches!), SG Koeln played in the Bunratty Masters (46
Porz is the only persecutor (17 – 1), players). Add to that list yours truly, as
Godesberger SK and SV Werder well as IM Mark Heidenfeld and some of
Bremen share third with 12 – 6. the best Irish players, and you will have a
pretty strong field. The time control is 1
Oleg Korneev keeps a perfect score after hour 45 minutes per game each, which is
the 5th Round of the Villa de Coria del quite a lot of time. When you consider
Rio in Sevilla. GM Reynaldo Vera and that on Saturday there are 3 rounds,
IM Ismael Teran Alvarez share second at making it 10½ hours of chess a day, it is
half a point behind. not easy to see how some (many!) people
manage to stay in the bar till late (or
Some results of the 5th Round: early morning?)! :-) But they do and this
Campora – Korneev 0-1 is a good thing about tournaments in
Vera – Komljenovich 1-0 Ireland - they usually have a nice and
Teran Alvarez – Simonenko 1-0 relaxed atmosphere.
Top boards of the 6th Round: The tournament saw a 3-way tie between
Korneev (5) – Teran Alvarez (4½) GMs Bogdan Lalic and Mark Hebden
Vera (4½) – Campora (4) and IM Mathew Turner, who scored 4½
out of 6 each (all undefeated). Lalic won
After the 9th Round of the round robin the title in a blitz match against Hebden.
tournament in Montecatini Terme My tournament started off nicely - 3 out
IM Vlad Tomescu of Romania is leading of 3. But then I let a big advantage slip
with 7 points, GM Igor Naumkin of away in the game vs. Hebden and lost to
Russia is clear second, half a point Lalic in round 5, after having a better
behind, IM Boris Chatalbashev of position in the opening with Black. I
Bulgaria is clear third with 6 points. hoped to catch up with the leaders in the
There are two more rounds to play. final round, but got into trouble against
Brian Kelly just after the opening and
Bunratty Chess Festival had to defend the whole game. Well,
sometimes things just do not work out...
by Alexander Baburin
At least I was successful in
I
reland is not the first country which backgammon, playing against my friend
comes to mind when you think about Mark Heidenfeld. Some of my throws
chess - you may know that James were quite spectacular. Mark called it
Mason came from the Emerald Isle, but luck, but I have a better name -
that is about it. Yet, things are changing inspiration! Mark is a keen CT reader, so
for the better … there are now he can write back to the newspaper if he
tournaments in Ireland, which have does not agree with this definition. :-)
gained international recognition. I am
talking about the Kilkenny and Bunratty The organisers led by Gerry Graham did
Opens. While the former always takes a very good job. A new venue - the
place on the last weekend of November, conference centre of the Fitzpatrick Hotel
the latter is usually played in mid in Bunratty was very nice, with lots of
February. Last weekend it became the space and good facilities. I only wish the
largest tournament ever held in Ireland, time control was shorter, so we could
with 288 participants competing in enjoy the sights - the neighbouring
different sections. Among them there Bunratty Castle and river Shannon.
were a some title players from the UK - Maybe Gerry Graham (another CT
GMs Parker, Lalic, Hebden, Levitt, IMs reader!) will take a notice? :-) Personally,
CT-105 Page 2 of 5
I think that 1 hour 15 minutes per game development as his light−squared bishop
each would be plenty - 7.5 hours of chess is also ready to get into play. Not being
a day is more than enough. Otherwise it burdened with modern theory, Bronstein
becomes hard work … and this is for a comes up with a novelty, which looks
tournament where most people are not rather slow.
11.h3!?
chess professionals. Nevertheless it was a
pleasant weekend (if you believe that
XIIIIIIIIY
there is life after chess!) and I look
9r+lwq-trk+0
forward to returning there.
9zpp+-zppvlp0
9-snp+-+p+0
It was good to see that there were many
9sn-+P+-+-0
kids at the tournament, so maybe soon 9-+-+P+-+0
you will have to learn some new names 9+-sN-+NzPP0
in addition to Mr. Mason! 9PzP-+-zPL+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
¤¤¤ xiiiiiiiiy
Preventing ....¥g4. One of the main lines
is 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥f4 Here Black usually
Annotated Game
gets counterplay by 12...¥g4 , the game
Greenfeld − Kortchnoi, Beer Sheva 1994
Bronstein (2455) − Lputian (2580)
Ubeda open, 1996 D76
continued by 13.£c1!? cxd5 14.exd5
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov ¥xf3 15.¥xf3 g5! 16.¥d2 ¤ac4 17.¦d1
¦c8„ and Black obtained an acceptable
72 year old David Bronstein played like a position although White's chances look
magician and smashed a very strong slightly preferable.
and experienced GM. I was one of the 11...¥xc3
spectators at this wonderful game and, A principled reply − Black accepts the
like all the others, admired his play very gift but parts with very useful bishop.
much. Look and enjoy! Fairly speaking, it looks rather
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 d5 dangerous, especially against Bronstein.
5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.¥g2 0-0 7.0-0 ¤c6 A typical 11...cxd5 12.exd5 ¤ac4 was
XIIIIIIIIY also worthy of considering.
12.bxc3 cxd5 13.exd5 ¤xd5
9r+lwq-trk+0 14.¥h6¦e8 15.¤e5 ¥e6 16.c4
9zppzp-zppvlp0 16...¤b6?!
9-+n+-+p+0 Beginning to play with fire. 16...¤f6!?
9+-+n+-+-0 looked more reliable keeping the long
9-+-zP-+-+0 diagonal closed.
9+-+-+NzP-0 17.£e1! ¤bxc4?!
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 A serious inaccuracy in defence.
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 17...¤axc4!? seemed to be stronger,
xiiiiiiiiy keeping the knight on b6 to have the
possibility to counter 18.£c3 by 18...¤a4
A principled reply of Gruenfeld heroes 18.£c3 f6
against the fianchetto variation. XIIIIIIIIY
8.e4 ¤b6 9.d5 ¤a5 9r+-wqr+k+0
The knight on the edge of the board is 9zpp+-zp-+p0
not so bad as it looks. Black intends to 9-+-+lzppvL0
exchange or isolate the d5−pawn by c7− 9sn-+-sN-+-0
c6 so the knight will get some good 9-+n+-+-+0
possibilities to return to the centre via c6 9+-wQ-+-zPP0
or c4 at the same time producing 9P+-+-zPL+0
counterplay on the queenside.
10.¤c3 c6
9tR-+-+RmK-0
Notice that Black has rather good xiiiiiiiiy
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Black was probably sure the knight defenceless. ¤f6 is threatening...

should capture on c4 but a big surprise 24...£d6 25.£a1
awaited him. Ambush!
19.¦fe1!? 25...£a6
Unbelievable!!! White is going to clear XIIIIIIIIY
long diagonal by any cost. The simple 9-+r+r+k+0
19.¤xc4!? was maybe stronger: 9zpp+Nzpl+p0
19...¤xc4 (19...¥xc4?! 20.¦fd1 £c7 9q+-+-zppvL0
21.¦d5 b6 22.¦xa5 bxa5 23.¥d5+±)
20.¥xb7 with strong initiative.
9sn-+-+-+-0
19...¦c8
9-+n+-+-+0
19...fxe5?? was losing instantly after 9+-+-+-zPP0
20.¦xe5!; 19...£c8!? deserved serious 9P+-+RzPL+0
attention. 9wQ-+R+-mK-0
20.¦ad1 £b6 21.¤d7! £b2 xiiiiiiiiy
This is what Black was probably The pawn f6 is protected.
hoping for. 26.¦xe7!!
22.£d3 It's already not!
White had no time to take the bishop 26...¦xe7 27.¤xf6+ ¢h8
e6 as after 22.£xb2 ¤xb2 the rook d1 XIIIIIIIIY
was hanging: 23.¦d2 ¢f7
22...¥f7 9-+r+-+-mk0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+-trl+p0
9-+r+r+k+0
9zpp+Nzpl+p0 9q+-+-sNpvL0
9-+-+-zppvL0 9sn-+-+-+-0
9sn-+-+-+-0 9-+n+-+-+0
9-+n+-+-+0 9+-+-+-zPP0
9+-+Q+-zPP0
9Pwq-+-zPL+0 9P+-+-zPL+0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9wQ-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy xiiiiiiiiy
Two extra pawns, no direct threats. Do 28.¤d7+
you believe Black will resign in 8 There was no need to search for direct
moves?! mate by 28.¥g7+!? ¢xg7 29.¤e8+ ¢h6
23.¦e2 £a3 (29...¢f8 30.£g7+ ¢xe8 31.£h8+)
23...£b5! was probably the only 30.£g7+ and so on − the text move is
defence intending to counter 24.£d4 good enough.
(24.¦de1 kept the initiative) with 28...¤e5 29.¤xe5 ¢g8 30.¤c6
24...¤e5! XIIIIIIIIY
24.£d4!
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+-+k+0
9-+r+r+k+0 9zpp+-trl+p0
9zpp+Nzpl+p0 9q+N+-+pvL0
9-+-+-zppvL0 9sn-+-+-+-0
9sn-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+nwQ-+-+0 9+-+-+-zPP0
9wq-+-+-zPP0 9P+-+-zPL+0
9P+-+RzPL+0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9wQ-+R+-mK-0
Taking the long diagonal back! It is There are no more pieces to close the
hard to believe but Black is already long diagonal. Black resigned. An
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excellent game which any player would

be proud of. By the way, it seemed that
this crashing defeat in the second round
gave a great boost to Smbat Lputian −
he won almost every remaining game
and became winner of the tournament
with 8 points out of 10! 1-0
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CT-106 20 February 2001
5th
S
ergey Dolmatov The United Insurance
celebrates his 42nd GrandMasters tournament (cat.9)
birthday. Although he’s has started in Dhaka,
not managed to joined the elite, Bangladesh. The event is headed
and recently does not play in by Estonian GM Jaan Ehlvest.
many chess tournaments, his Among the other participants
chess ability is beyond question. there are also such GMs as
He became World Junior Alexander Volzhin (Russia),
Champion in 1978; shared second Normunds Miezis and Igors
place in the Soviet Championship Rausis (both of Latvia), Alexey
in 1989, and became a candidate to the Barsov (Uzbekistan), Nigel Davies
World Title in 1990. It’s impossible not (England) and Niaz Murshed
to mention that Dolmatov at various (Bangladesh).
times was the second of two World
Champions – Garry Kasparov and After 2 rounds GMs Alexander Volzhin
Vladimir Kramnik. A pupil of the and Alexey Barsov, IMs Takhir
famous chess trainer Mark Dvoretsky, he Vakhidov (Uzbekistan) and Ziaur
is well-known for extraordinary Rahman (Bangladesh) are leading with
endgame technique – we would be 1½ points.
remiss if we did not take this opportunity
to feature one brilliant example from his IM Vlad Tomescu of Romania has won
practice in the annotated game section. the round robin tournament (cat.3) in
Our congratulations, Sergey! Montecatini Terme, he scored 8½
points in 11 games. In the last round IM
Let’s take a look at the tournaments. Boris Chatalbashev defeated GM Igor
Naumkin with the black pieces and took
Oleg Korneev dominates the Villa de over second place with 7½ points.
Coria del Rio tournament in Sevilla with Naumkin shared third with FM Josko
perfect score after 6 rounds! Reynaldo Mukic of Croatia, one and a half points
Vera, Davor Komljenovic, Carlos behind the winner.
Matamoros and Antonio Nuevo Perez are ¤¤¤
in chase, a full point behind. Annotated Game
Some results of the 6th Round: R. Vaganian (2550) − S. Dolmatov

Korneev – Teran Alvarez 1-0 (2590)
Yerevan (zt) (15), 1982
Vera – Campora ½-½ Commentary by GM Ruslan .Scherbakov.
Komljenovic – Valdes Romero 1-0 Analysis by S. Dolmatov and M.Dvoretsky.
Ortega Valle – Matamoros 0-1 XIIIIIIIIY
Nuevo Perez – Martin Vazquez 1-0 9-+-+-vl-+0
9mk-+-+N+-0
Top boards of the 7th Round: 9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Komljenovic (5) – Korneev (6) 9-zp-+Pzp-zp0
Matamoros (5) – Vera (5) 9+K+-+-+P0
Simonenko (4½) - Nuevo Perez (5) 9-+-+-+P+0
Garcia Martinez (4½) – Campora (4½) 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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CT-106 Page 1 of 4
T
his game was played in the last position from the game could have
round of the Yerevan zonal been reached. However, the point of
tournament, 1982. In the Dolmatov's godsend was that he
previous stages of the game discovered it is a position of mutual
Dolmatov had been successfully zugzwang and should be reached on
defending a worse endgame. White's move! If it is Black to move
Vaganian, trying to win at any cost, than it is a draw: 69...¢a5 (69...¥f6
chose a rather risky line and found 70.e5! ¥xe5 71.¤f3 ¥d6 72.¤xg5
himself without a pawn. Yet, a draw ¢a5 73.¢b3 ¢b5 74.¤f3 ¥e7
did not look to be an impossible task 75.¤d4+=) 70.¢b3! (only not
as Black's pawns are on the dark 70.¤c6+? ¢a4 71.¤xe7 g4! 72.hxg4
squares. The passed pawn are well f3 73.gxf3 h3 74.¤f5 h2 75.¤g3 b3-+
blockaded, while White has his own promoting the pawn) 70...¥c5
passed pawn. Starting from this (70...¥f6 71.e5) 71.¤e6 ¥e7 72.¤d4
position, Sergey Dolmatov and Black cannot make progress.
demonstrated unbelievable 64.¢c4
technique! Many grandmasters, who Another important idea behind
were spectators of the game at the 63. ..¢b8!! is that after 64.¤e5 g5!
time, and who studied this endgame 65.¤d7+ (65.¤g6 ¥c5 66.¢c4 ¢c7!
afterwards, did not understand what 67.¢xc5 b3 68.¤e7 b2 69.¤d5+
was going on. ¢d7 70.¤c3 g4 71.¢d4 g3! followed
63...¢b8!! by ...f3!-+) Black's king finds a perfect
One of the most spectacular moves square to retreat to − after 65...¢c8!
(and, of course, the idea behind it) in it hides from check and stops the e−
the whole chess history. Let's take a pawn! 66.¤xf8 g4!-+ and so on.
look at the alternatives to try 64...¢c8!
understand Dolmatov's idea. First of The only square again! Both
all Black's task is to consolidate the 64...¥e7? 65.¤e5; and 64...¢c7?
kingside by ...¥e7 and ...g5 after 65.¤g5! ¢d7 (65...¥d6 66.e5)
which a typical breakthrough idea 66.¤f3! with ideas such as ¤h4 and
such as...g5−g4 is on the agenda. ¤e5 let White to solve his task
However the immediate 63...¥e7? immediately. Now White cannot
failed to 64.¤e5 with ideas such as prevent Black's consolidation on the
¤c6 and ¤g6; So Black should bring kingside by ...¥e7 and ...g5.
up the king. But where? After 65.¤g5 ¥e7 66.¤e6 g5 67.¤d4 (D)
63...¢b7? White escapes by XIIIIIIIIY
64.¤d8+! ¢c8 65.¤e6 ¥d6 66.e5! 9-+k+-+-+0
¥xe5 67.¢xb4=; In case of 9+-+-vl-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
63...¢b6? 64.¤e5 Black should 9+-+-+-zp-0
sacrifice the bishop by 64...g5 but 9-zpKsNPzp-zp0
after 65.¤d7+ the king does not have 9+-+-+-+P0
a good square to escape! For 9-+-+-+P+0
example: 65...¢a5 (65...¢b5? 9+-+-+-+-0
66.¤xf8 g4 67.¤e6; 65...¢b7? xiiiiiiiiy
66.¤xf8 g4 67.¤e6 f3 68.gxf3 gxh3 Black has solved the first task
69.¤c5+ followed by ¤d3−f2+−) successfully. Now he should
66.¤xf8 g4 and now 67.e5!= saves penetrate into the opponent's camp.
the game as the pawns are promoted The only way seems to be a5−a4 and
simultaneously; finally, after 63...¢a6 the retreat of White's king to b3
64.¤e5 g5 65.¤g6 ¥c5 66.¢c4 ¢b6 opens the way for b5−c5. White
(66...¢a5? 67.¢xc5 b3 68.¤e5) could try to get counterplay by using
67.¤e5 ¥d6 68.¤f3 ¥e7 69.¤d4 the his passed pawn, but it may give
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additional possibilities for Black as Black's king.

well. 75...¥f8 (D)
67...¢c7 68.¤f5 ¥f8 69.¤d4 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
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xiiiiiiiiy 76.e6?
69...¢b7!! A tempting move which is actually a
Another brilliant move! We already decisive mistake! The only way was
know the idea − to lose a tempo and 76.¤e6! ¥e7 77.¤d4 ¢b6 78.¢c4 −
to reach already mentioned position this position could have been
of mutual zugzwang with White's reached after 72. e5!? − and
turn. thorough analysis have not proved
70.¤f3 ¥e7 71.¤d4 Black's win: 78...¢c7 79.¢d3 ¢d7
GM Grigory Kaidanov found that 80.¢e4 ¢e8 81.¤b3 ¢f7 82.¢f5!
zugzwang could have been avoided ¥d8 83.¤a1 ¢e8 84.¤b3 ¢d7
by 71.¤e5! ¢b6 72.¤g6! ¥c5 85.¤d4! ¥b6 86.¤b3 ¥e3 87.¤a5
(72...¢a5? 73.¤xe7 g4 74.¤c6+ ¢e8! (losing a tempo before the
¢a4 75.¤xb4 f3 76.gxf3 g3 77.¤d5 march as it will be more effective with
g2 78.¤c3+ and ¤e2+−; 72...¥d6 the knight on b3) 88.¤b3 ¢e7
73.e5 ¥c5 74.e6) 73.¤e5 ¥d6 89.¤a5 ¢f7 90.¤b3 g4 91.¢xg4
74.¤f3 ¥e7 75.¤d4 and it is Black's ¢e6 and now only 92.¤a5! holds
turn, but if Vaganian had found this the position − Black cannot capture
we would have considered this on e5 due to ¤c6−b4. Nevertheless, I
endgame on his birthday too! think the fact that White could make a
71...¢b6 (D) draw does not diminish the impact of
XIIIIIIIIY Black's wonderful play very
9-+-+-+-+0 much.(92.¢xh4? ¢xe5 93.¢g4 ¢d5
9+-+-vl-+-0 94.h4 ¢c4 95.¤a5+ ¢b5 96.¤b3
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9+-+-+-zp-0 ¢a4 97.¤a1 ¥d4 98.¤c2 b3-+) Now
9-zpKsNPzp-zp0 the very important squares d6 and f6
9+-+-+-+P0 are available for Black's king − this is
9-+-+-+P+0 enough to win the game − of course,
9+-+-+-+-0 with precise technique.
xiiiiiiiiy 76...¢b6 77.¢c4
So it's White to move. If White wins the bishops by 77.¤f5
72.¤f5 ¢c5 78.e7 ¥xe7 79.¤xe7 than he is
72.¤f3 ¢a5 73.¢b3 ¢b5 was too just one tempo late (!): 79...¢d4
bad for White.; As we'll see, White 80.¤f5+ ¢e4 81.¤d6+ ¢e3 82.¢xb4
could have played 72.e5!? − this ¢f2 83.¤e4+ ¢xg2 84.¤xg5 f3
position will be considered later. 85.¤xf3 ¢xf3 86.¢c3 ¢g3 87.¢d2
72...¥f8 73.¤d4 ¢a5 74.¢b3 ¥g7! ¢xh3 88.¢e2 ¢g2-+
75.e5 77...¢c7 (D)
In the case of 75.¤c6+ ¢b5
76.¤xb4 ¢c5! (76...g4? 77.¤d3! f3
78.gxf3 gxh3 79.¤f2) 77.¤c2 ¥f6‡-+
White was forced to open the door for
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through the kingside! Barsky.
82.¤f3 Technical editors: Graham Brown, Ralph
82.¤f5 did not prevent the king's P. Marconi.
march: 82...g4! 83.hxg4 f3 84.gxf3 h3
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remember seeing such miracles in
the last few years, but I am afraid we
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in the future − a new rapid time
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CT-107, 21st February 2001
T
he Chess World is looking special charm to the event, and rising star
forward to the confrontation Alexander Grischuk seem to be free from
between Garry Kasparov and any obligations to achieve a positive
Anatoly Karpov - the super-tournament score – they can play as they like and it
in Linares opens tomorrow. may bring sensational results.
Let us remind you of the list of One thing is beyond doubt - it won’t be
participants: as boring an event as it was last year
when six of the best players in the World
Garry Kasparov RUS 2849 tried to find out if the Petroff Defence is
Peter Leko HUN 2745 drawn or not.
Alexey Shirov ESP 2718
Anatoly Karpov RUS 2679 Now let’s take a look at the other
Judit Polgar HUN 2676 tournaments.
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2663
GM Davor Komljenovic of Croatia
The event promises to be very attractive became the hero of the 7th Round of the
even without both World Champions – Villa de Coria del Rio in Sevilla – he
Vladimir Kramnik, who could not agree eventually stopped Oleg Korneev, who
conditions with the organisers and had 6 out of 6 (!) and so joined him in
Viswanathan Anand, who has the lead. GM Reynaldo Vera, IMs Carlos
commitments to his sponsor in India. Matamoros, Ismael Teran Alvarez and
Antonio Nuevo Perez are in chase, half a
Kasparov is clear favourite of the event point behind.
but I dare say that he will face a serious
challenge from Shirov who recently is in Results of the 7th Round:
very good form and whose aggressive Komljenovic – Korneev 1-0
style often helps him to score a lot of Matamoros – Vera ½-½
victories in top level tournaments. Simonenko – Nuevo Perez ½-½
Garcia Martinez – Campora ½-½
Peter Leko’s style is much more boring Teran Alvarez – Landero Luna 1-0
although he is beginning to enjoy
complications lately. Nevertheless I think Top boards of the 8th Round:
he won’t be the person to shake Korneev (6) – Vera (5½)
Kasparov’s leadership in the event. Matamoros (5½) – Komljenovic (6)
Nuevo Perez (5½) – Teran Alvarez (5½)
It is very difficult to give a prognosis for
the other participants. Karpov’s Alexander Volzhin of Russia took the
motivation to prove he was ruled out lead in the 5th United Insurance
from the chess elite a little bit GrandMasters tournament (cat.9) in
prematurely seems to be very high, but a Dhaka, Bangladesh. In the 3rd round he
lack of tournament practice and his beat GM Normunds Miezis and scored
performances in the last few years make 2½ points. Two Bangladesh players
his chances slim. became the heroes of the day. GM Niaz
Murshed outplayed ELO-favourite GM
Both Judit Polgar, who introduces a Jaan Ehlvest while his compatriot FM
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With best regards, much for White: 10...¥e7 11.¥e2 (after
GM Alexander Baburin 11.¦g1 h6 12.¥h4 g5!? 13.fxg5 ¤g4
14.¤xc6 ¥xc6 15.£e2 hxg5 16.¥g3
Annotated Game £b6ƒ Black took the initiative in the
game Janosevic − Fischer, Belgrade
1958) 11...0-0 12.¥f3 £c7 13.¤xc6
Kasymdzhanov (2690) − Shirov (2745)
Bundesliga, 2001 B95 ¥xc6 14.¥xf6 ¥xf6 15.£xd6 ¥xc3
Notes by GM Ruslan 16.£xc7 ¦xc7 17.bxc3 f5= and here a
Scherbakov draw was agreed in the game Tolnai −
Aseev, Kecskemet 1992.
This game between 10...¤b4!?
leaders Solingen Black accepts the challenge! In
and Luebeck turned fairness this set−up looks very risky. It
out to be a decisive was still possible to continue the
win in a very development by 10...¥e7 with
important match. acceptable play.
Alexey Shirov played in 11.£h3 £a5 12.¥xf6 gxf6 13.a3
his usual style − XIIIIIIIIY
aggressive, suspicious− 9-+r+kvl-tr0
looking set−ups, but actually well 9+p+l+p+p0
grounded and well−calculated play! 9p+-zppzp-+0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 9wq-+-+P+-0
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d3 9-sn-sNP+-+0
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9+-+-+-vL-0 13.fxe6 fxe6 led to the same.
9-+-sNP+-+0 13...¦xc3
9+-sNQ+-+-0 This is forced.
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 14.bxc3 £xa3+ 15.¢d2
9tR-+-mKL+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+kvl-tr0
White usually develops the queen to 9+p+l+p+p0
d2 or to f3 but the main and very sharp 9p+-zppzp-+0
lines originate from 7.f4 9+-+-+P+-0
7...¤c6 9-sn-sNP+-+0
7...¤bd7 is usually played but the text 9wq-zP-+-+Q0
move is not at all bad − Black transposes 9-+PmK-+PzP0
to the variation where the queen seems
to be better placed on d2.
9+-+R+L+R0
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What to do now? The knight is hanging 19...£xc3+ 20.£xc3 ¤xc3 21.¦d3 ¦c8!
as well as the e6 pawn... XIIIIIIIIY
15...¤a2! 9-+r+-+-+0
Excellent − two Black pieces went 9+p+lmk-+p0
deep into the White camp while the rest 9p+-zpNzp-vl0
of his army stayed at home! Strangely 9+-+-+-+-0
enough things are far from clear due to
some concrete features of the position
9-+L+P+-+0
which Shirov took into account. The
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natural 15...¤c6? destroyed Black's 9-+P+-+PzP0
previous play: 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.¤xc6 9+-+-mK-+R0
(17.¤xe6!? ¢e7 18.¥c4) 17...bxc6 xiiiiiiiiy
18.£h5+ followed by ¦b1 with a big Look how quickly all Black's pieces
advantage. came into play! Suddenly it turned out
16.fxe6 fxe6 that White is losing material.
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¦xc3 ¥xe6 23.¥xe6 ¦xc3 24.¥b3
¦e3+ 25.¢f2 ¦xe4 26.¥d5 ¦f4+ 27.¢g3
9-+-+kvl-tr0 ¦b4 28.¥g8 ¥f4+ 29.¢f3
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17.¤xe6? 29...¥e5!
This logical move, which was probably An attempt to keep all the pawns by
based on miscalculation, is a big 29...h6 failed to 30.c3 ¦a4 31.¦b1 and
mistake. Both 17.¦b1 b5; or 17.¤b3 Black should give up the pawn b7 and
£b2! did not extinguish Black's initiative.; retreat with the king to the 8/th rank due
The best way was 17.¥c4! ¥h6+ 18.¢e1 to the threat ¥b3.
£xc3+ 19.£xc3 ¤xc3 20.¦d3 ¤xe4 30.¥xh7 a5 31.¥g8 a4 32.¦e1 b5-+
21.¤xe6÷ with roughly equal ending. XIIIIIIIIY
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9wq-zP-+-+Q0 I cannot be sure but suspect that here
9n+PmK-+PzP0 White lost on time rather than resigned.
Anyway, the position should be winning
9+-+R+-+R0 for Black − he plays ¦b2, b5−b4 and so
xiiiiiiiiy on. 0-1
18...¥h6+! 19.¢e1
19.£xh6? £xc3+-+ ¤¤¤
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CT-107 Page 5 of 5
ikhail Gurevich >> Results of the 8th Round:
M celebrates his 42nd

birthday today - a
former champion of the former
Korneev – Vera ½-½
Matamoros – Komljenovic
Soviet Union (1985). While 0-1
living in the Soviet Union he
had been under strong pressure Nuevo Perez – Teran
under the “communist system”. Alvarez ½-½
For example, he was not Campora – Martin Vazquez
allowed to play in the 1-0
Interzonal tournament – the Munoz Martin – Simonenko
reason given was ridiculous – 0-1
they had “lost” the necessary
papers. As a result of this treatment he Top boards of the 9th Round:
was practically forced to emigrate to the Komljenovic (7) – Campora (6)
West. Simonenko (6) – Korneev (6½)
Vera (6) – Ortega Valle (6)
Under the Belgium flag he won the Garcia Martinez (6) – Nuevo Perez (6)
super-tournament Reggio-Emilia 1988, Teran Alvarez (6) – Matamoros (5½)
ahead of Anand, Ivanchuk, Ribli, and
Andersson. He then subsequently Alexander Volzhin of Russia kept the
switched to coaching (Anand was one of lead in the round robin category 9
his students) and writing. Only at the tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The
end of 1990’s did he resume active play 4th Round was rather peaceful – only one
again, and what a great comeback it was! game was decisive – Sandipan Chanda of
Gurevich won almost every tournament India scored his first win, having beaten
which he took part in – mostly the opens, yesterday’s hero Niaz Murshed. Thus the
where players of his level do not situation has not changed – IMs Takhir
normally like to participate in very often Vakhidov of Uzbekistan, Ziaur
– now his ELO is close to the superGM Rahman and FM Enamul Hossain
mark – 2694! (both of Bangladesh) are in chase, a half
point behind
Chess Today wishes Mikhail further
successes and takes the opportunity to Don’t forget, tomorrow starts the 1st
showcase one of his excellent victories! round of the super-tournament in
(see the annotated game section below.) Linares. The parings for the first round
will be:
There are a few tournaments underway. Leko - Kasparov
Shirov - Karpov
GM Davor Komljenovic of Croatia took Grischuk - Polgar.
sole lead of the Villa de Coria del Rio
tournament which is close to finishing in You can enjoy the games on-line not
Sevilla. In the 8th Round he beat Carlos only on the official site, but also on the
Matamoros and scored 7 points. Oleg Internet Chess Club (ICC) – the start of
Korneev drew against Reynaldo Vera the round has been announced to begin at
and is clear second now, a half point 14-30 GMT, 9-30 EST time.
behind.
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov; Technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
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¤¤¤ 12...£d7 13.¤g5!? (D)

XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9r+-+kvl-tr0
9zppzpq+pzpp0
M. Gurevich (2690) − M. Sadler 9-snl+p+-+0
(2630) 9+-+nzP-sN-0
Bundesliga, 2000 9-+-zP-+-+0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9zP-sNL+-+-0
D20 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
S trategically clear and far−sighted
play in complex positions is one
of the strongest features of Mikhail
xiiiiiiiiy
A new and interesting idea. Black

Gurevich's style. When opponents
is going to castle queenside so White
eventually discover his ideas it is
takes a close look at the pawn on f7.
often too late.
The knight on g5 wont mind being
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 ¤f6 4.e5
pushed too much as it might continue
¤d5 5.¥xc4 ¤c6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY its manoeuvre to c5. 13.¤e4 has
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 usually been played, but has not
caused Black serious problems:
9zppzp-zppzpp0
13...¥b5 (13...0-0-0 14.¥g5 ¥e7
9-+n+-+-+0
15.¤c5 £e8 16.¥xe7 ¤xe7 17.¦e1
9+-+nzP-+-0
¤a4 18.¤xa4 ¥xa4 19.£e2 h6
9-+LzP-+-+0
20.¦ac1 ¥c6 with good play,
9+-+-+-+-0
Petursson − Anand, Wijk aan Zee
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
1990) 14.¦e1 ¥xd3 15.£xd3 a6
9tRNvLQmK-sNR0 16.¥d2 £b5 17.£c2 £c4 18.¦ac1
xiiiiiiiiy £xc2 and here a draw was agreed in
This move has recently become
the game Khalifman − Sadler,
popular. Black hopes to achieve
Germany BL 1998.
similar positions avoiding some
13...0-0-0
complicated and dangerous lines.
According to Mikhail Gurevich, after
The immediate 5...¤b6 is a common 13...h6!? 14.£h5 g6 15.¥xg6 hxg5
option.
16.£xh8 fxg6 17.¥xg5 White takes
6.¤c3 ¤b6 7.¥b5 ¥d7 8.¤f3 e6
the initiative. This, however, was
9.0-0 disputed in the game Volkov −
The alternative is 9.a3 ¤e7 10.¥d3
Fominykh, ch−RUS, Samara 2000:
¥c6 11.0-0. In the game Dreev − 17...£f7! 18.¤e4 ¢d7! 19.£h4 ¦e8
Fominykh, Russia T−ch Smolensk 20.f3 ¢c8 21.¦ae1 ¢b8 and Black
2000, Black introduced an interesting
has achieved very good play.
idea and solved the problems by 14.£h5!
11...¤f5!? 12.¥xf5 exf5 13.e6 fxe6
Of course the threat can be parried
14.¦e1 ¥e7 15.¤e5 0-0 16.¤xc6
easily, but only by making
bxc6 17.¦xe6 ¥d6 18.£f3 £d7 unfavourable pawn moves.
19.¦e1 ¦ae8 20.¥f4 ¦xe1+ 21.¦xe1
14...g6
¦e8 22.¦xe8+ £xe8 and here a draw The other possibility − 14...f6 −
was agreed to.
gave White better chances in the
9...¤b4 10.¥e2 ¥c6 11.a3 ¤4d5
ending after 15.¤xe6 g6 16.£h3
12.¥d3 (16.¤xf8 ¦hxf8„) 16...¦e8 17.¤xf8
12.¤e4 ¤f4!? 13.¥xf4 ¥xe4÷ was
£xh3 18.gxh3 ¦hxf8 19.¥h6²
played in Kortchnoi − Sadler, Arnhem (Gurevich).
1999. 15.£e2 ¥g7 16.¤ce4 £e8 (D)
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IIIIIIIIY 18.¥g5 ¦c8 19.¦fc1

9-+ktrq+-tr0 Incidentally threatening ¦xc6.
9zppzp-+pvlp0 19...h6
9-snl+p+p+0 19...¦f8?! 20.¦xc6 bxc6
9+-+nzP-sN-0 (20...£xc6?? 21.¥b5) 21.¥a6± would
9-+-zPN+-+0 not be acceptable for Black.
9zP-+L+-+-0 20.¥d2 g5 (D)
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 9-mkr+q+-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zppzp-+pvl-0
17.¤f3! 9-snl+p+-zp0
Excellent play! Sometimes it looks 9+-+nzP-zp-0
like White is just moving back and 9-+-zPN+-+0
forth but actually his play is well 9zP-+L+N+-0
thought−out − everything he is doing 9-zP-vLQzPPzP0
is aimed against Black's counter− 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
play. First, he forces Black to change xiiiiiiiiy
his pawn formation on the kingside 20...f5 21.exf6 ¤xf6 22.¤c5±
and so significantly decreases the 21.b3!
possible effect of a standard The advance of the a−pawn will
undermining − eg...f7−f6. Now he increase White's initiative greatly.
retreats with the Knight to defend the 21...f5
pawn on d4 before it can be attacked Black tries to do something other
by ...¤e7−f5. The Knight had really than waiting for the storm but his
nothing to do on g5 while the Bishop actions cannot bring the desired
would be developed on g5 to good effect.
effect. The routine move 17.¥d2?! 22.¤c5!?
was much weaker, since after 22.exf6 ¤xf6 23.¤c5² was also in
17...¤e7!? 18.¤f3 ¤f5 Black could White's favour, but the idea of
have achieved good counter−play: keeping the center closed and the
19.¥e3 ¤d5 with idea of ...¤f5−e3 Bishop on g7 passive, looks stronger.
followed by ...f7−f6. Initially Black 22...¤f4 23.¥xf4 gxf4 24.a4 ¥f8 (D)
cannot organise counterplay easily XIIIIIIIIY
mainly because he has only one 9-mkr+qvl-tr0
good square for his two Knights so 9zppzp-+-+-0
White should not help him solve this 9-snl+p+-zp0
problem. 9+-sN-zPp+-0
17...¢b8? 9P+-zP-zp-+0
Underestimating the dangers. 9+P+L+N+-0
With the text move Black has 9-+-+QzPPzP0
perhaps already lost his last chance 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
to gain counterplay. Now his pieces xiiiiiiiiy
become too passive. It seems that 24...¥d5 25.a5 ¤d7 26.¥c4! was
Black has no other move than 17...f6! also not much fun for Black.; in case
According to Gurevich, in this case of 24...¤d7 White could have proved
White could have secured the the advantage by 25.¤a6+! (25.¥b5
advantage by 18.exf6 (18.¤c5!? also ¤xc5 26.¦xc5 ¥d7 27.£d2 ¥f8
deserves attention, in my opinion) 28.¥xd7 £xd7 29.¦c4 h5 would have
18...¤xf6 19.¥g5 ¥xe4 (19...¦f8 given Black some counter−play)
20.¦ac1 h6 21.¤xf6 ¥xf6 22.¥xf6 25...¢a8 (25...bxa6 26.¦xc6 ¤xe5
¦xf6 23.¤e5 ¦xd4 24.£c2!ƒ) 27.¤xe5 ¥xe5 28.¦ac1 ¥xd4
20.¥xe4 h6 21.¥xf6 ¥xf6 22.¦ac1²
CT-108 Page 3 of 5
29.¥xa6+−) 26.b4 £h5 27.¦xc6! XIIIIIIIIY

bxc6 28.¦c1+− and Black is helpless. 9-mk-+qvl-tr0
25.¥b5! 9zpP+-+-+-0
Threatening both ¤a6 and ¥c6. A 9-+p+p+-zp0
direct advance of the pawn did not 9+LzPrzPp+-0
bring the desired effect: 25.a5?! ¤d5 9-zP-+-zp-+0
26.a6 b6÷ with unclear play 9+-+-+Q+-0
(Gurevich). 9-+-+-zPPzP0
25...¥xf3 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
The opening of the a−file by xiiiiiiiiy
25...¥xb5 26.axb5 was hardly 31.b4!
possible. Protecting the important pawn and
26.£xf3 c6 (D) 27.a5! ¤d7?! so not allowing Black's Bishop to
XIIIIIIIIY participate in the defence.
9-mkr+qvl-tr0 31...¦h7 (D)
9zpp+-+-+-0 By the way, the Bishop was still
untouchable: 31...cxb5 32.£a3+−
9-snp+p+-zp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+LsN-zPp+-0 9-mk-+qvl-+0
9P+-zP-zp-+0 9tRP+-+-+r0
9+P+-+Q+-0 9-+p+p+-zp0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9+LzPrzPp+-0
9tR-tR-+-mK-0 9-zP-+-zp-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+Q+-0
According to Gurevich, more 9-+-+-zPPzP0
stubborn was 27...¤d5! 28.¥c4 ¥xc5 9+-tR-+-mK-0
29.dxc5 a6 30.¥xd5 cxd5 31.£xf4± xiiiiiiiiy
with some chances to hold the 32.¦xa7!
position. Forcing the issue. Of course
28.a6! 32.¥c4+− was also winning.
Completely breaking the king's 32...¢xa7 33.£a3+ ¢xb7 34.£a6+
shield. ¢b8
28...¤xc5 34...¢c7 was similar to the game:
28...¥xc5 loses quickly: 29.dxc5 35.£b6+ ¢c8 36.¦a1+−
¦c7 30.axb7 cxb5 31.¦xa7! ¢xa7 35.¦a1 £c8
32.¦a1+ with checkmate on the next Distracting the rook by 35...¦d1+
move. could have only postponed inevitable:
29.dxc5 ¦d8 36.¦xd1 cxb5 37.£b6+ ¢c8
29...¦h7 30.axb7 ¦cc7 31.¥a6+− (37...¦b7 38.¦d8+) 38.¦a1+−
was absolutely hopeless for Black.] 36.£a8+ ¢c7 37.£xc6+ ¢d8
30.axb7! 38.£e8+ (D)
Look at the bishop on b5 − it's been XIIIIIIIIY
hanging for a number of moves but 9-+qmkQvl-+0
Black has no time even to think about 9+-+-+-+r0
capturing it! 9-+-+p+-zp0
30...¦d5 (D) 9+LzPrzPp+-0
30...cxb5? was impossible due to 9-zP-+-zp-+0
the direct 31.c6 ¦h7 32.£c3 with 9+-+-+-+-0
ideas of c6−c7 and Qc3−a5. 9-+-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Black resigned. An excellent and

instructive win by Mikhail Gurevich.
The fact that Black had total control
over the strong central d5 square did
not help him to extinguish White's
initiative − the other features of the
position proved to be more
important.38.£e8+ ¢c7 39.¦a7+
¢b8 40.¦a8+! 1-0.
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CT-109, 23rd February 2001
T
he 1st Round of the super- win. However, Shirov offered fantastic
tournament in Linares lived up to resistance, while Karpov played
our expectations – there was indecisively and spoiled his advantage
plenty of action! little by little! The game ended in draw
after a hundred moves! A slightly
Garry Kasparov found himself under disappointing evening for Karpov, who
pressure in the Naidorf Sicilian and was missed an excellent chance to take sole
eventually forced to give up a pawn and lead!
his chances to hold the position looked
problematic. The last moves in time- So all the games in the first round ended
trouble changed the situation – Peter up as draws. But the spectators were not
Leko gave the pawn back and simplified disappointed!
into a slightly worse rook ending which
he held without many problems. Pairings for the 2nd Round:
Kasparov - Polgar
Judit Polgar outplayed Alexander Leko – Shirov
Grischuk with the black pieces in a Karpov – Grischuk
Paulsen Sicilian but being under time
pressure, allowed him to escape by Don’t forget, you can enjoy the games
breaking her king shield with a piece on-line not only on the official site but
sacrifice. also on the Internet Chess Club (ICC) –
the round starts at 14-30 GMT, 9-30 EST
The most spectacular battle time.
was between Alexey
Shirov and Anatoly Let’s take a look at the other
Karpov in a Caro- tournaments.
Cann Defence. Shirov
played interesting The finish of the Villa de Coria del
chess but objectively Rio in Sevilla was dramatic - GM
speaking it looked Davor Komljenovic of Croatia, who
like he had not has been playing excellently during
managed to equalise the 8 previous rounds, lost his last
with the white pieces. game with the white pieces to GM
Nevertheless Daniel Campora of Argentina while
Karpov’s play was << GM Oleg Korneev of Russia
masterful and, no outplayed Sergey Simonenko and
less important, very became sole winner of the
cool. In time- tournament with 7½ points!
trouble – he bravely led his king across
the centre of the board under the fire of Results of the 9th Round:
all of Shirov’s major pieces and survived Komljenovic – Campora 0-1
with an extra knight and two connected Simonenko – Korneev 0-1
passed pawns into the ending! The fact Vera – Ortega Valle 1-0
that he missed a quick win a few times Garcia Martinez – Nuevo Perez ½-½
did not seem to be too embarrassing as Teran Alvarez – Matamoros ½-½
his position still looked like a fairly easy
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov; technical editor – Graham Brown
CT-109 Page 1 of 4
Davor Komljenovic, Daniel Campora 11...g5 ; and 11...¢f8

and GM Reynaldo Vera of Cuba shared 12.c3
second place half a point behind. 12.¥e3!? came to mind with the idea of
Congratulations to all the winners! castling on the queenside.
12...cxd4 13.cxd4
Ambitious approach − White isolates
Alexander Volzhin of Russia
his d−pawn.
strengthened his lead in a strong round 13...b6
robin tournament in Dhaka, Bangladesh A logical continuation − Black develops
– in the 5th Round he outplayed Reefat- the c8 bishop although he should have
bin-Sattar and scored 4 points. thought about perspectives for the d7
Ziaur Rahman, who was also one of the knight.
chasing pack, lost to Alexey Barsov of 14.0-0
Uzbekistan while Nigel Davies of In case of 14.¥e4 ¥b4+ 15.¥d2 ¥xd2+
England outplayed Igors Rausis. GMs White should take on d2 with the king:
Barsov, Davies and IM Takhir 16.¢xd2 which does not look very
Vakhidov are sharing second place, good.(16.¤xd2 £xd4)
14...¥b7
already a full point behind the leader.
Black has comfortably developed his
pieces − it looks like White has not
Annotated Game completely equalised in the opening as
he has nothing real to compensate for
Shirov − Karpov the isolated pawn.
Linares (1), 23.02.2001 B17
15.¥e3 h5 16.£h3 ¥xf3
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Breaking White's pawn structure
should not be a bad decision.
1.e4 c6
17.gxf3
The Caro−Cann Defence is Karpov's
main weapon.
XIIIIIIIIY
2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¤d7 5.¤g5 9r+-+k+-tr0
¤gf6 6.¥d3 e6 7.¤1f3 ¥d6 9zp-+n+pzp-0
7...h6?! is too dangerous due to 9-zp-vlpwq-+0
8.¤xe6! Look how quickly Garry 9+-+-+-+p0
Kasparov was smashed by a silicon 9-+-zP-+-+0
player: 8...£e7? (8...fxe6 9.¥g6+ ¢e7 is 9+-+LvLP+Q0
known to be stronger) 9.0-0 fxe6 9PzP-+-zP-zP0
10.¥g6+ ¢d8 11.¥f4 b5 (11...¤d5 is 9tR-+-+RmK-0
better) 12.a4 ¥b7 13.¦e1 ¤d5 14.¥g3 xiiiiiiiiy
¢c8 15.axb5 cxb5 16.£d3 ¥c6 17.¥f5!
But now Black has a problem − where
exf5 18.¦xe7 ¥xe7 19.c4 and Black
to place the king? The kingside does not
resigned, Deep Blue − Kasparov, New
seem to be a good escape as it is
York (m/6) 1997.
weakened by ...h6−h5 while the
8.£e2 h6 9.¤e4 ¤xe4 10.£xe4 c5
queenside is even more vulnerable so ...
11.£g4
it should stay in the center!
XIIIIIIIIY 17...¦d8 18.¦ac1 g5!? 19.¥e4 ¢e7!?
9r+lwqk+-tr0 20.¦fe1 ¥f4 21.¥xf4?!
9zpp+n+pzp-0 A disputable decision, probably based
9-+-vlp+-zp0 on some miscalculation − the dark
9+-zp-+-+-0 squares became too weak. 21.£f1!?
9-+-zP-+Q+0 deserved attention, improving the
9+-+L+N+-0 position of the queen.
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 21...£xf4 22.d5
9tR-vL-mK-+R0 That's what White was hoping for − all
his pieces are ready to attack Black's
xiiiiiiiiy king so the attempt to open the e−file
11...£f6!?
A novelty. Before Black tried only
CT-109 Page 2 of 4
looks logical. Unfortunately, the XIIIIIIIIY

defensive potential of Black's pieces is 9-+-tRr+-tr0
very high. Also you should not forget that 9tR-+-zP-mk-0
Black has an extra piece (and a very 9-+-+-+-+0
good one, which keeps under control all
the squares around it!) in defence − of
9+-+-+-zpp0
course, this is the king!
9-+-+-+n+0
22...¤e5! 23.dxe6 f5! 9+-zP-zP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9P+-+-+-+0
9-+-tr-+-tr0 9+-+-mK-+-0
9zp-+-mk-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zp-+P+-+0 37...¤e5
9+-+-snpzpp0 Why not 37...¤xe3-+
38.¦d5 ¢f6 39.e4!
9-+-+Lwq-+0 This pawn advance, played on the very
9+-+-+P+Q0 first move, did not bring good results −
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 maybe this attempt will be more lucky?!
9+-tR-tR-mK-0 39...¤f3+ 40.¢f2 g4
xiiiiiiiiy The time−trouble is over, the position
Excellent! Now Black simply wins looks easily winning for Black. However,
material so Shirov inventively tries to White can still offer tough resistance.
confuse his opponent who was in severe 41.¢g3
time−trouble. XIIIIIIIIY
24.¦c7+ 9-+-+r+-tr0
24.¥b7 ¤d3 9tR-+-zP-+-0
24...¢d6 9-+-+-mk-+0
Of course not 24...¢xe6?? 25.¥xf5+
£xf5 26.¦c6++−
9+-+R+-+p0
25.¦xa7 fxe4!
9-+-+P+p+0
Very cool! 9+-zP-+nmK-0
26.e7 ¤xf3+ 27.¢f1 ¦de8 28.£d7+ 9P+-+-+-+0
9-+-+r+-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+QzP-+-0 41...¦h7
9-zp-mk-+-+0 Starting to play indecisively. The
9+-+-+-zpp0 passed pawn should go forward! It looks
like the immediate 41...h4+! could have
9-+-+pwq-+0 won the game: 42.¢xg4 h3 43.¦a6+
9+-+-+n+-0 (43.¢xf3 h2 44.¦a6+ ¢f7 45.¦f5+ ¢xe7
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 46.¦a7+ ¢d8 47.¦d5+ ¢c8-+) 43...¢g7
9+-+-tRK+-0 44.¦d1 ¤e5+ 45.¢g3 h2 46.¦h1 ¢f7
xiiiiiiiiy and so on.
This looks terrible but actually it's just a 42.¦f5+ ¢g6 43.¦a6+! ¢g7 44.¦a7
check. ¢g6 45.¦a6+ ¢g7 46.¦a7
28...¢e5 29.¦d1 ¢f6-+ XIIIIIIIIY
The king escapes easily. 9-+-+r+-+0
30.£c6+ ¢f7 31.¦d8 ¤xh2+ 9tR-+-zP-mkr0
Immediate 31...e3!? looked quite good. 9-+-+-+-+0
32.¢e1 ¤g4
32...e3!?
9+-+-+R+p0
33.£xb6 e3
9-+-+P+p+0
To promote the h−pawn was also not a 9+-zP-+nmK-0
bad idea: 33...h4!? 9P+-+-+-+0
34.£b3+ ¢g7 35.£c3+ £f6 36.fxe3 9+-+-+-+-0
£xc3+ 37.bxc3 xiiiiiiiiy
46...¦h6

CT-109 Page 3 of 4
In the case of 46...h4+ 47.¢xg4 h3 91.¦e8 ¤e6 92.¦a8 ¤f4+ 93.¢f3 ¤d3+
48.¦f8! White kept drawish chances: 94.¢g4
48...¤e5+ 49.¢f4! (49.¢g3 h2 50.¦xe8 XIIIIIIIIY
h1£ 51.¦g8+ ¢f6-+) 49...h2 (49...¦h8 9R+-+-+-+0
50.¢g3; 49...¤g6+ 50.¢g3) 50.¦xe8 9+-+-+-+-0
h1£ 51.¦g8+ ¢f6 9-+-+-tr-+0
A) 52.e8¤+!? ¢e6 53.¤g7+ ¦xg7
(53...¢d6 54.¤f5+ ¢c6?? 55.¦xh7 £xh7
9+-+-+-+-0
56.¢xe5) 54.¦a6+ ¢f7 55.¦xg7+ ¢xg7
9-+-mk-+K+0
56.¢xe5; 9+-+n+-+-0
B) 52.¦f8+ 52...¦f7 53.¦xf7+ ¢xf7 9-+-+-+-+0
54.¢xe5 with chances to create a 9+-+-+-+-0
fortress. xiiiiiiiiy
47.¦d7 ¦e6 A draw finally agreed. A tough battle!
47...h4+ 48.¢xg4 h3 49.¦d1 did not ½-½
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CT-109 Page 4 of 4
T he 2nd Round of the super-

tournament in Linares was rather
quiet – all games ended
peacefully, without much fighting.
Both Polgar – Karpov and Grischuk –
Leko will be interesting games where
any result is possible.
Let’s hope tomorrow the players will

Garry Kasparov challenged Judit show a lot of enthusiasm and energy they
Polgar in a popular line of the Najdorf may have accumulated in the first two
Sicilian but his position did not look very rounds, and spectators wont be
promising at any moment during the disappointed!
game. A queen’s invasion by White was
strongly met by a severe counter strike Today the biggest open in the World
by Black and Garry accepted a draw to started in Capelle-la-Grand, France –
avoid suffering under a strong initiative; there are 111 GrandMasters among the
A rather disappointing outcome for the participants!
Number 1 player and a great
achievement for Judit! Today was a rest day in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. Alexander Volzhin
Anatoly Karpov looked better against dominates the field – after 5 rounds he
Alexander Grischuk but the young has 4 points. Alexey Barsov, Takhir
player solved the problems with a typical Vakhidov and Nigel Davies are sharing
pawn advance at the appropriate second place, a full point behind.
moment.
¤¤¤
Annotated Game
The game between Peter Leko and
Alexey Shirov was very boring. Perhaps
G .Kasparov (2849) − J. Polgar
Peter thought that Alexey might make
(2676)
some dubious decisions, trying to make
Linares, Spain (2), 24.02.2001 B90
things crazy. Anyway, there were no Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
A
chances to complicate the obviously rare case for Kasparov, playing
drawn ending. White − he introduces a new
idea, but was forced to accept a draw
Thus, there are still only draws in the in 7 moves following the introduction
tournament table. All the players are of this new move. It looked like he
sharing first place… and last place, as tried to beat Judit without any effort.
well. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 (D)
Pairings for the 3rd Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Shirov – Kasparov 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Polgar – Karpov 9+p+-zppzpp0
Grischuk – Leko 9p+-zp-sn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Alexey Shirov will no doubt try to break 9-+-sNP+-+0
his bad habit of losing to Garry Kasparov
9+-sN-vL-+-0
every time – so far he has already lost 10
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
times not counting a few draws.
9tR-+QmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-110 Page 1 of 3
This is recently a very popular Up till now Black was comfortably

variation at the top level. developing his pieces but now she
6...¤g4!? faces the problem: where to place the
6...e6 is the alternative − Kasparov king? As usual, a player castles not
plays this position with both colours only to move the king to a safer
and with great success. The text place, but also to bring the rook into
move is also a well−known method. play. However, any castling here is
7.¥g5 suspicious ,while the king is quite
Provoking a weakening of the safe in the center. The question is,
kingside. can Black manage to find work for
7...h6 8.¥h4 g5 9.¥g3 ¥g7 10.h3 his kingside rook?
(D) 15...¦g8!
XIIIIIIIIY Defending the bishop on g7 and
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 keeping in mind the manoeuvre
9+p+-zppvl-0 ¤e5−g6, taking control over the dark
9p+-zp-+-zp0 squares.
9+-+-+-zp-0 16.h4 ¦c8 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.0-0-0
9-+-sNP+n+0 (D)
9+-sN-+-vLP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+-zPP+0 9-+r+k+r+0
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9+p+-zppvl-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+-zpl+-+0
10.¥e2 h5 is known to be good for 9wq-+-sn-zp-0
Black, as Kasparov has proven many 9-+-vLP+-+0
times. One example: 11.¥xg4 hxg4 9zP-sN-+P+-0
12.0-0 e6 13.£d2 ¤d7! 14.¥xd6 9-zPPwQ-+P+0
¤e5! and White has not managed to 9+-mKR+L+R0
cope with the problems, Shirov − xiiiiiiiiy
Kasparov, Wijk aan Zee 1999. Of course, the pawn was poison:
10...¤e5 18.£xg5?? ¤xf3+-+
In the last battle between these 18...¤c4
same players Polgar played 10...¤f6 Obviously, Black shouldn't wait for
and after 11.¥c4 £b6 12.0-0 0-0 ¦h7.
13.¤de2 £xb2 14.¥b3 £a3 15.f4 19.¥xc4 ¥xd4
¤c6 16.¢h1 ¥e6 17.£d3 ¦ac8 19...¦xc4?! was suspicious, after
18.fxg5 hxg5 19.¤d5 ¦fe8 20.¦ad1ƒ 20.¥xg7 ¦xg7 21.¦h8+ ¢d7 and
White gained a strong initiative and Black's pieces look slightly
won the game in brilliant style, disorganised, especially the rook on
Kasparov − Polgar, Wijk aan Zee g7.
2000. 20.£xd4
11.f3 ¤bc6 12.¥f2 ¥e6 13.£d2 This move is a novelty! The game
¤xd4 14.¥xd4 £a5 15.a3 (D) Bologan − Xu Jun, Beijing 2000
XIIIIIIIIY continued: 20.¥b5+ axb5 21.£xd4
9r+-+k+-tr0 ¦c4 22.£d2 ¢d7 23.¤a2 £xd2+
9+p+-zppvl-0 24.¦xd2 g4 25.¤b4² and White has
9p+-zpl+-zp0 achieved a small advantage in the
9wq-+-sn-zp-0
9-+-vLP+-+0 ending.
9zP-sN-+P+P0 20...¦xc4 21.£a7 (D)
9-zPPwQ-+P+0
9tR-+-mKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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XIIIIIIIIY XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+k+r+0 9-+-+-+r+0
9wQp+-zpp+-0 9+-wq-zppmk-0
9p+-zpl+-+0 9Q+-zp-+-+0
9wq-+-+-zp-0 9+p+P+-zp-0
9-+r+P+-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9zP-sN-+P+-0 9zP-tr-+P+-0
9-zPP+-+P+0 9-+PtR-+P+0
9+-mKR+-+R0 9+K+-+-+R0
This was White's idea − he tries to Here a draw was agreed. The
stretch Black's defence. Queen is still out of play and it seems
21...£c7 22.¢b1 ¦c5! (D) to be White who should play carefully
XIIIIIIIIY to avoid the worst. For example:
9-+-+k+r+0 27...¦c3 28.¦e1 (28.£xb5?! ¦xa3
9wQpwq-zpp+-0 29.¦d3 ¦a2!) 28...¦c8 29.¦ee2 £c4
9p+-zpl+-+0 A) 30.£a7?! ¦c7 31.£d4+ (31.£a8?
9+-tr-+-zp-0 ¦b3+! 32.cxb3 £xb3+ 33.¦b2 £d1+
9-+-+P+-+0 34.¢a2 ¦c1-+) 31...£xd4 32.¦xd4
9zP-sN-+P+-0 ¦xa3³; B) 30.¢b2 and Black, if he
9-zPP+-+P+0 wants, can make perpetual check by
9+K+R+-+R0 30...¦xc2+ 31.¦xc2 £d4+ and so on.
xiiiiiiiiy ½-½
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xiiiiiiiiy Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
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the 1st Round of the traditional open in
S
pectators at the super-tournament
in Linares are getting angry – in Cappelle-la-Grande – there are 702
the 3rd Round there were 3 more players in the competition! Some
draws! corrections have been made to the
starting list – “only” 93GMs and 72 IMs
Garry Kasparov outplayed Alexey came to France.
Shirov with the black pieces (by the way
– there was no traditional handshake It has become clear that yesterday in
before the game again, as in Wijk aan Dhaka was a rest day only for the web-
Zee) but an extra pawn was not enough master! – the 6th Round was played
to score a full point. Shirov is known as without any break. Today was already 7th
one of the best defenders and he proved Round, after which the situation is as
it once again. In the ending Kasparov follows: Alexander Volzhin of Russia
was merciful and did not force him to has 5½ points, already one and a half
count 50 moves to claim a draw – we point ahead of Alexey Barsov, Normunds
remember Shirov was very close to using Miezis, Nigel Davies and Reefat-bin-
this rule in the first round against Sattar.
Karpov.
The other two games were fairly boring –

draws were the most likely result at
almost any moment. Annotated Game
Look at some impressions of chess lovers Shirov (2718) − Kasparov (2849)

Linares, Spain (3), 25.02.2001 B84
heard in the Internet Chess Club:
“Where is Morozevich playing next? I'd It is not so easy to play against an
rather watch his games…” opponent with whom you have the score
“I really prefer a lower rated tournament minus 10 without a single win − Garry
with more decisive games…” Kasparov is the most uncomfortable
“Leko is contagious…” opponent for Alexey Shirov.
“Don’t tell me that Leko or Grischuk 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
need a rest day after his shame draws…” ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2
“Rentero should take control of the Yesterday Kasparov played 6.¥e3
tournament – no more draws!” himself against Polgar.
“Who is leading the tournament? – All of 6...e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.¥e3 0-0 9.g4!?
them!” XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwq-trk+0
And finally good news: there will be no 9+p+-vlpzpp0
draws tomorrow… because it is a rest 9p+-zppsn-+0
day in Linares. 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-sNPzPP+0
Now let’s take a look at some other 9+-sN-vL-+-0
events. 9PzPP+L+-zP0
9tR-+QmK-+R0
It’s too early to speak about leaders after xiiiiiiiiy

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An interesting attempt − instead of the perhaps Shirov was worried about

routine 9.0-0 White begins kingside 16...¤c6 17.£c2 ¤d4 18.£xe4 ¤xe2
actions immediately. 19.£xe2 (19.¢xe2 ¥d7©) 19...b5© and
9...d5! Black's bishop is definitely better than its
A counter strike in the centre is a counterpart.;
typical reaction to flank operations. 16...b5 17.¥e3 ¦d8 18.£c2 ¥b7 19.¢f2
10.e5 ¤e4 11.¤xe4 dxe4 12.g5 ¤d7
9rsnlwq-trk+0 9r+-tr-+k+0
9+p+-vlpzpp0 9+l+nwqpzpp0
9p+-+p+-+0 9p+-+p+-+0
9+-+-zP-zP-0 9+p+-zP-zP-0
9-+-sNpzP-+0 9-+-+pzP-+0
9+-+-vL-+-0 9+-zP-vL-+-0
9PzPP+L+-zP0 9PzPQ+LmK-zP0
9tR-+QmK-+R0 9tR-+-+-+R0
12...£b6!? It looks like Alexey once again has not
A new move which looks rather risky. equalised with the white pieces − Black
12...£c7 was played before and Black is taking the initiative.
did not have many problems: 13.£d2 20.b4
¦d8 (13...b5 14.0-0-0 ¥b7 15.¢b1 ¤c6 The only way to prevent ...¤c5−d3.
16.¦hg1 ¦fc8 17.h4 ¤xd4 18.¥xd4 ¥d5 20...¤f8 21.h4!
19.¦c1 ¦d8 20.£e3 £a5 21.b3 a draw, A careful move − otherwise the knight
Ghinda − Sokolov, Luzern 1985) 14.0-0- would be transferred to f5 via g6−e7.
0 ¤c6 15.¢b1 b5 16.£c3 ¥b7 17.¤xc6 21...£c7 22.h5 ¤d7 23.h6
¥xc6 and here a draw was agreed, XIIIIIIIIY
Lanka − Van Wely, Pula 1997. 9r+-tr-+k+0
13.¤f5 9+lwqn+pzpp0
A tempting reply. 9p+-+p+-zP0
13...£a5+ 14.¥d2 £c5
Instead of 14...£c7 Kasparov wants to
9+p+-zP-zP-0
find out how ambitious White is.
9-zP-+pzP-+0
15.¤xe7+ 9+-zP-vL-+-0
But it remains unclear if Kasparov was 9P+Q+LmK-+0
really amenable to draw at this moment 9tR-+-+-+R0
− in case of 15.¥e3 he could return to xiiiiiiiiy
15...£a5+ 16.¥d2 £c7 Fairly speaking, This is not an attack − White deprives
this guess it almost pointless as I am Black from the possibility to open a
sure Shirov was also in fighting mood, as second front in the future.
usual. 23...g6 24.a4
15...£xe7 A weakness on the 8th rank would be
XIIIIIIIIY a real problem for Black, for example, in
9rsnl+-trk+0 the ending − if White penetrates with a
9+p+-wqpzpp0 rook... However, it looks rather unreal −
9p+-+p+-+0 first of all he should be careful about
9+-+-zP-zP-0 Black's play, connected with ¤b6, £c6,
¦d3...
9-+-+pzP-+0 24...¤b6 25.axb5 axb5 26.¢g3
9+-+-+-+-0 White defends the pawn f4 in order to
9PzPPvLL+-zP0 meet ...¤d5 with ¥c5. 26.¥xb5?! is too
9tR-+QmK-+R0 suspicious because of 26...¤d5ƒ
xiiiiiiiiy 26...¤c4
16.c3 Yet, 26...¤d5!? deserved attention.
16.c4 looked more promising but After 27.¥c5 spectators would thank

CT-111 Page 2 of 3
Garry very much for 27...f6!? 28.gxf6 XIIIIIIIIY

g5!? − the position was getting crazy and 9-+-+-+-+0
both players could gave us pleasure to 9+-+-+p+p0
see their fantasy and creativity. 9-+k+p+pzP0
27.¦xa8 ¦xa8 28.¥xc4
The e−pawn should not be allowed to
9+pvLlzP-zP-0
move at any cost.
9-zP-+pzP-+0
28...£xc4 29.¦d1 ¥d5 9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+RmK-+0
9r+-+-+k+0 9+r+-+-+-0
9+-+-+p+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+p+pzP0 The time−trouble has passed. It looks
9+p+lzP-zP-0 like Black cannot penetrate into White's
camp as the bishop needs to defend the
9-zPq+pzP-+0 e4 pawn. The only winning attempt is an
9+-zP-vL-mK-0 exchange sacrifice, but it is not so clear.
9-+Q+-+-+0 Besides, White can avoid it by moving
9+-+R+-+-0 the bishop from c5.
xiiiiiiiiy 41...¦c1 42.¥d6 ¦h1 43.¦e3 ¦h2+
It is clear that White should fight for a 44.¢g3 ¦c2 45.¥f8 ¦a2 46.¥c5 ¦a1
draw − Black is ready for invasion. 47.¢f2 ¦c1 48.¥d6
30.¦d4 £f1 31.£d1 A draw was agreed.
This is forced. ½-½
31...¦a1 32.£xf1 ¦xf1 33.¢g4
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37.¥d2 e3!) 36...¢f8 and White's Editors:
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An attempt to win the b−pawn fails Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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41.¥c5

CT-111 Page 3 of 3

The Tel Aviv International chess
T oday is a rest day at the Linares

super tournament. Nine games,
nine draws – chess lovers don’t
like such results! Lets hope six
tournaments - women’s and men’s closed
event (10 participants in each) started on
the 20th of February. The standings after
3 rounds are:
outstanding grandmasters will display
more fighting spirit. Men’s group (9th cat., GM norm 6,5
points, IM – 4,5):
The parings for tomorrow's 4th round 1. A. Kovalev – 2,5
will be: 2-3. E. Postny, Z. Gyimesi – 2
Grischuk – Kasparov 4-6. I. Botvinnik, Y. Gruenfeld, F.
Karpov – Leko Doettling – 1,5 etc.
Polgar – Shirov Women’s group (8th cat., GM norm 7
points, IM – 5):
You can also view these games on-line 1-3. B. Pitam, I. Madl, N. Lakos – 2,5
at the Internet Chess Club . 4-5. G. Lagvilava, A. Borsuk – 2 etc.
Another chess event in Spain – IV Open And last but not least, our editor-in-chief,
international Malaga de Ajedrez (9 GM Alex Baburin, travelled to the USA
rounds, Swiss system) – is in progress. recently to take part in the Charles
After 3 rounds of play 13 players have 3 Linklater Memorial – 8 category event
points. The top boards in the 4th round (2426 av., 11 participants, GM=7,5,
are: IM=5,5 - 26 February - 8 March 2001 )
Gleizerov – Felgaer event by the Mechanics’ Institute.
Arakhamia – Kurajica Among his opponents are GMs
Peralta – Cifuentes Parada Wojtkiewicz, Shulman, and WGM
Cramling – Garcia Martinez Baginskaite. Good luck, Alex!
Diez Gonzalez – Perez
Franco Ocampos – Teran Alvarez By the way, this event will be the first
Vera (2,5) – Ripari tournament in the Americas to feature the
new FIDE time control of 40/75; G/15
After the 2nd round in Cappelle-la- with thirty second increment. In all the
Grande , forty-six players have 2 points! other mentioned above events the “old”
The highest player in the field, GM time controls are in effect.
Mikhail Gurevich (2694), has only one
point, but he started only today. I don’t Tactical puzzles
know why. Perhaps Mikhail decided to 1. Baklan − Bastrakov
give his opponents a small handicap ☺. Lennigrad, 1991
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0
It looks like the organizers of Dhaka are 9+pwq-vlpzpp0
not in a hurry to update the tournament 9p+l+pvL-+0
crosstable. So we can say only that 9+-+rsN-+-0
Alexander Volzhin remains sole leader 9-+-+-+-wQ0
after drawing in the 8th round with Black 9+-+-+-tR-0
against Barsov. Now Volzhin has 6 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
points. We feature one of his game from 9+-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
this event in our annotated game section.
Black to move
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky; Technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi

CT-112 Page 1 of 4
2. Gevorgian − Movsesian XIIIIIIIIY

Leningrad, 1991 9r+lwq-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+-vlpzpp0
9-+-+r+-mk0 9p+n+psn-+0
9+-+-+-+p0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+p+-vl-+-0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9-zP-+L+-+0 9+LsN-+N+-0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9-vL-+lzPKzP0 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
9tR-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy
11.a3
White to move
(Solutions on page 3)
Recently Alexander Volzhin as
¤¤¤ White played 11.h4 like in Kramnik vs
Annotated Game Huebner: 11...¤a5 12.¥c2 b5
13.£d3 ¥b7 14.h5 ¥xf3 15.£xf3
Z. Rahman (2447) − A. Volzhin £xd4 16.¥f4 h6!? this was a novelty
(2539) compared to the mentioned above
Dhaka, 2001 D27 game (16...b4 17.¦ad1 £c4 18.¥d3
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky £c6 19.¤e4 ¤d5 20.¥e5 f5 21.¤d2©
T hirty year old GM Alexander

Volzhin is a versatile, talented
person. He is a doctor of medicine,
Kramnik − Huebner, Dortmund
2000.) 17.¦ad1 £c5 18.£g3 ¤xh5
draw, Volzhin − Estrada, Merida
former coach of some Russian and 2000.; Another interesting try is −
Polish (maybe another too, I don't 11.¥f4!? , for example, 11...¤a5
know properly) players; and he has 12.d5 ¤xb3 13.£xb3 ¤xd5 14.¦ad1
written some interesting articles. By ¤xf4!? 15.¦xd8 ¦xd8 16.¦d1 ¤d5
the way he can play chess very well 17.¤xd5 exd5 18.h3 b5 19.¦xd5 ¥e6
too! 20.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 21.£c2 draw,
1.¤f3 d5 2.d4 ¤f6 3.c4 dxc4 (D) Gelfand − Shirov, New Delhi 2000.
XIIIIIIIIY 11...¤a5 12.¥c2 b5 13.d5 (D)
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zppzp-zppzpp0 9r+lwq-trk+0
9-+-+-sn-+0 9+-+-vlpzpp0
9+-+-+-+-0 9p+-+psn-+0
9-+pzP-+-+0 9snp+P+-+-0
9+-+-+N+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 9zP-sN-+N+-0
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 9-zPL+-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
The Queen's Gambit Accepted − xiiiiiiiiy
a favourite opening of GM Alex This pawn sacrifice is also well
Baburin − he can discuss it for hours known in theory, but Black is not
on end. obliged to accept it.
4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.¥b3 13...¦e8 14.£d3 g6 15.¥g5
This is a profolactic move against 15.b4 ¤c4 16.dxe6 ¥xe6 17.¤d4
b7−b5. Kramnik vs Kasparov in ¥d5 18.¥g5 ¥b7 19.¥b3 £d6
London−2000 played 7.a4 ; and even 20.¥xc4 bxc4 21.£d2 ¤g4 22.¥f4
the very modest 7.dxc5 ¥g5 23.¥xd6 ¥xd2 24.¦xe8+ ¦xe8
7...cxd4 8.exd4 ¤c6 9.¤c3 ¥e7 25.¤de2 ¤f6 draw, Illescas − Anand,
10.¦e1 0-0 (D) Dos Hermanas 1999.
15...¤xd5 16.¤xd5 exd5 17.¦xe7

CT-112 Page 2 of 4
¦xe7 18.£c3!? (D) 24.¥c3

XIIIIIIIIY Of course it's easy to recommend
9r+lwq-+k+0 24.¦b1 , than to play it...
9+-+-trp+p0 24...d4 25.¥d2 d3! 26.¥c3 (D)
9p+-+-+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9snp+p+-vL-0 9-+-+-+k+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9tr-+-+pwqp0
9zP-wQ-+N+-0 9p+n+l+p+0
9-zPL+-zPPzP0 9+p+-+-+-0
9tR-+-+-mK-0 9-+-+-+-wQ0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-vLp+-+-0
According to my database this 9-zPL+-zPPzP0
move is a novelty. White would like to 9tR-+-+-mK-0
exploit the weakness of the black xiiiiiiiiy
squares around the Black King. 26...dxc2!
White played much worse in the A well calculated combination!
following game: 18.¥xe7 £xe7 27.¥xg7 ¦d7 28.¦f1 ¦d1 29.¥h6
19.£xd5 ¥b7 20.£d2 ¤c4 21.£c3 ¥c4 30.h3 ¦xf1+ 31.¢h2 c1£
¥xf3 22.£xf3 ¦e8 23.h3 £e5∓ 32.¥xc1 ¦xc1
Gustafsson − Van den Doel, And Black has a decisive material
Germany 2000. advantage.
18...¦aa7™ 33.£f4 ¦e1 34.b3 ¥xb3 35.£f3 ¤d4
Not 18...¤c4 19.£f6!; 18...¤b7?! 36.£c3 ¦d1! (D)
looks too ugly. XIIIIIIIIY
19.£f6 £f8 9-+-+-+k+0
After the tricky 19...h6!? White has 9+-+-+p+p0
20.¥e3! (of course, not 20.¥xh6? 9p+-+-+p+0
¦e1+-+) 20.¥d2 9+p+-+-+-0
The point − White wants to play 9-+-sn-+-+0
Bc3, but... 9zPlwQ-+-+P0
20...¦e6! 21.£h4 ¤c6 9-+-+-zPPmK0
In case of the "active" 21...¤c4?! 9+-+r+-+-0
22.¤g5 h5 23.¤xe6 ¥xe6 24.¥c3 xiiiiiiiiy
and Black has big problems with the A "frameable" position: 3 Black
long diagonal, a1-h8. pieces defending each other!
22.¤g5 £g7 23.¤xe6 ¥xe6 (D) 37.£c8+ ¢g7 38.£xa6 ¥a4 39.£c8
XIIIIIIIIY ¤e6 40.£c3+ ¢g8 41.£e5 ¦d3
9-+-+-+k+0 42.£b8+ ¤f8 43.f4 ¦xa3 44.g4 ¦d3
9tr-+-+pwqp0 45.f5 ¦d5 46.£b7 ¥b3 47.f6 ¥c4
9p+n+l+p+0 48.h4 h5 49.g5 ¦d4 0-1
9+p+p+-+-0
9-+-+-+-wQ0 Solutions to Tactical Puzzles:
9zP-+-+-+-0 1. 18...£xe5! 19.¦xg7+ [19.¦xe5??
9-zPLvL-zPPzP0 ¦d1+; 19.¥xe5? ¥xh4 20.¦xg7+ ¢f8
9tR-+-+-mK-0 21.¦xh7 f6-+] 19...¢f8 20.¦g8+ ¢xg8
xiiiiiiiiy 21.£g4+ £g5 22.¥xg5 ¦xg5 23.£f4
Thanks to accurate defence Black ¦xg2+ 24.¢f1 ¥c5! 25.¦e2 ¦d8
parried all of White's threats and has 26.£c1 h6!? 27.b4 ¦xh2! 0-1
a clear pawn plus. It is White who 2. 38.¦a8! ¥xb2 [38...¦xa8 39.¥xe5+
has problems with defending his ¢g8 40.¥xa8+−] 39.¦xe8+ ¢g7
pawns now. 40.¥xg6 ¥c4 41.¥e4 ¥c3 42.¦e7+

CT-112 Page 3 of 4
¢f6 43.¦xh7 ¥xb4 44.¦b7 ¢e5

45.¥c6 ¢d6 46.¦xb5 ¥xb5 47.¥xb5
¢e5 48.¥d3 ¢f6 49.h4 ¥d2 50.f4
¢g7 51.¢f3 1-0.

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O
ur expectations were fully There is another chess event in Linares –
realised today! There were 1st International tournament World
fierce struggles on all three Champions for the blind (10 participants,
boards: Garry Kasparov gave a Sicilian round robin system).
endgame lesson to young Alexander Standing after 5th round:
Grischuk, Judit Polgar beat Alexei 1-2. P. Dukaczewski,
Shirov in very hard fought game, and S. Smirnov – 4½
the single draw, Anatoly Karpov vs points
Peter Leko, was a result of persistent 3-4. V. Berlinski, S. Krylov – 4
defence by Leko. In our annotated game etc.
section we would like to show a clash of http://www.granajedrez.com/
two stars: one of the brightest and one of
the newest. Bojan Kurajica and Evgeny Gleizerov
have 4 points after 4 rounds at the IV
Open international Malaga de Ajedrez.
11 players have 3½ points. Top boards in
5th round:
Kurajica - Gleizerov
Bellon Lopez – Vera
Cifuentes Parada – Diez Gonzalez
Baron Rodriguez – Cramling
Photo from www.chesscenter.com Perez – Peralta
Garcia Martinez – Franco Ocampos
Grischuk – Kasparov 0:1 Teran Alvarez – Suba (3 points)
Karpov – Leko 0½:0½
Polgar – Shirov 1:0 Now we can name the leaders in the
Standing after 4th round: Cappelle-la-Grande Open, because there
1-2. Kasparov, Polgar – 2½ points aren’t 46, but only 3 players with a
3-4. Karpov, Leko - 2 perfect result – 4 points out of 4: P.
5-6. Grischuk, Shirov – 1½ Jarracz, S. Belhodja and M. Saltaev. 16
players have 3½.
Tomorrow will be the 5th round:
Kasparov – Karpov Alexander Volzhin retains a clear lead
Leko – Polgar after drawing against Rakib in the 9th
Shirov – Grischuk round in Dhaka. Now he has 6½ points.
It should be a great day for spectators Ehlvest and Sattar have 5½ points. Today
because all the battles have something to Ehlvest beat Barsov with White and
recommend them … there will be a clash Sattar overcame Rausis with Black.
between two of the strongest players of
the last quarter of the 20th century; a The organisers of The Tel Aviv
Hungary Derby; what about last pair?, International chess tournaments have
lets just remember their meeting in New stopped updating their site
Delhi! http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/taint
Official site: http://www.ajedrez21.com .html
you can also see these games on-line on If you’ll visit it you find information
www.chessclub.com only up to the 3rd round now.

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In the first round of the Charls Linklater Grischuk has won almost all his games
Memorial M. Mular, C. Lakdawala, G. as White in the Sicilian with 2...d6, but,
Shahade and M. Vucic won their games. of course, Kasparov can't complain
Alex Baburin started with … a free day. about his own performance in the
He is seeded # 1, so he had to play vs Najdorf System also. By the way, the
ex−champion successfully plays this
#12, but there are only 11 participants.
variation for both colours.
We hope Alex retains the first row in the 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.f3
crosstable after the last round also! £b6 (D)
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Today a press release from FIDE 9rsnl+kvl-tr0
President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov appears on 9+p+-zppzpp0
the FIDE site. It is about the new time 9pwq-zp-sn-+0
control and the Continental 9+-+-+-+-0
Championships. Here is a quotation from 9-+-sNP+-+0
it: 9+-sN-+P+-0
“I shall recommend to the Presidential 9PzPP+-+PzP0
Board to accept the new time control as 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
currently approved for the World xiiiiiiiiy
Championships and to make it Black refuses an English attack 6...e6
recommendatory for other FIDE events 7.¥e3 etc. 6...Qb6 is quite a new and
and title tournaments, subject to further fashionable move.
review at our next Congress in 7.¤b3 e6
September.” Take a look at this game (second in
the semi−final match in the FIDE
Also today … the new, #329 issue of championship): 7...¤c6 8.£e2 e6 9.¥e3
TWIC. As usual, you will find there a lot £c7 10.g4 b5 11.0-0-0 ¥b7 12.h4 ¦c8
of useful information and tournament 13.¢b1 ¤d7 14.¦g1 ¤ce5 15.£f2 b4
reports. 16.¤a4 (D)
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Annotated Game 9-+r+kvl-tr0
9+lwqn+pzpp0
Grischuk (2663) − Kasparov (2849) 9p+-zpp+-+0
Linares ESP (4), 27.02.2001 B90 9+-+-sn-+-0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9Nzp-+P+PzP0
9+N+-vLP+-0
A 13 year old Garry Kasparov won the 9PzPP+-wQ-+0
USSR Junior Championship (under 20) 9+K+R+LtR-0
and was talked about as a bright new
star, even as a future challenger for
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The a4 knight is miserably placed (the
Karpov's title (This was in 1976). 13 year
d7 knight covers the b6−square), and
old Sasha Grischuk was one of the
Black exploits this with a small
talented Russian juniors of his age, A
combination: 16...¤xf3! 17.£xf3 £c6
couple of years later Alexander began to
Grischuk − Shirov, New Delhi 2000. By
play very strongly: firstly on ICC (3
the way this game was won by... White!
minutes for a game), then he won some
In today's game Black repeats some
strong Opens. He grows fast, and I wish
ideas from the above−mentioned game,
him and his very experienced coach
but more successfully.
Anatoly Bykhovsky many new summits.
8.£e2 £c7
Alexander has an endless appetite for
It looks like c6 is the worst place for
chess, he likes work, he's very calm and
the b8 knight: 8...¤c6 9.¥e3 £c7
well prepared − I'm sure he has a bright
10.0-0-0 b5 11.g4 ¤e5 12.g5 ¤fd7 13.f4
future. But in his first meeting with a
¤c4 14.¥d4 ¤db6 (14...¥b7 15.f5 ¤de5
"living classic" he has a tough game.
16.fxe6 fxe6 17.a3÷ Grischuk − Schroer,
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6
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Internet 2000.) 15.h4 ¥b7 16.h5 Shirov − is slightly better but no more.
Kasparov, Linares 2000 17...¥e7!
9.g4 b5 (D) I'm ready to put a "!" mark for almost
XIIIIIIIIY all Kasparov's moves. Black doesn't
9rsnl+kvl-tr0 want to develop the a4 knight after an
9+-wq-+pzpp0 exchange on c5.
9p+-zppsn-+0 18.a3 a5 19.¥d4 (D)
9+p+-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+P+P+0 9r+l+k+-tr0
9+NsN-+P+-0 9+-+-vlpzpp0
9PzPP+Q+-zP0 9-+-+p+-+0
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 9zp-+nsn-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9Nzp-vL-+P+0
10.¥e3?! 9zPN+-+P+-0
I like Sax's idea more: 10.a3 ¤c6 9-zPP+L+-zP0
11.¥g2 ¥e7 12.f4 ¥b7 13.0-0 ¤d7 9tR-+-mK-+R0
14.¥e3 ¤b6 15.a4!? Sax − Odeev, Saint xiiiiiiiiy
Vinsent 2000. 19...f6!
10...b4!(Novelty) Of course Black isn't afraid of an
Now the c3 knight has to go to the exchange on e5 −in this case. the black
edge of the board because all other squares in White's camp will be too
squares are even worse. 10...¤c6 11.g5 weak.
¤d7 12.£f2 ¤ce5 13.0-0-0 b4 14.¤b1 20.¤ac5
¤c4 15.¥xc4 £xc4 16.¤1d2 £c7 Now 20.¤b6 is too late: 20...¤xb6
17.¢b1 Prasad − Ruck, Istanbul 2000. 21.¥xb6 bxa3 22.bxa3 a4³
11.¤a4 ¤bd7! 12.£c4 20...0-0 21.0-0 bxa3 22.¦xa3 ¤f4 (D)
If White has to exchange Queens in
the Sicilian he hasn't any advantage yet.
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But Black had a very strong threat − 9r+l+-trk+0
13...Qc6, for example − 12.g5 ¤xe4!
13.fxe4 £c6 Do you remember the
9+-+-vl-zpp0
Grischuk − Shirov game? 9-+-+pzp-+0
12...£xc4 13.¥xc4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-sN-sn-+-0
9r+l+kvl-tr0 9-+-vL-snP+0
9+-+n+pzpp0
9p+-zppsn-+0 9tRN+-+P+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-zPP+L+-zP0
9NzpL+P+P+0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9+N+-vLP+-0
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9tR-+-mK-+R0 Kasparov begins a concrete plan. The
xiiiiiiiiy e2 bishop has too few squares now. I
13...d5! 14.exd5 ¤e5 hope tomorrow we'll know many deeply
It's a point. Black opens the centre and calculated variations from Kasparov on
now regains the pawn with active play. his site www.kasparovchess.com Now
Maybe White wished the g4 pawn was we can give only the simplest.
on g2... 23.¥b5 ¦b8 24.¥xe5
15.¥e2 ¤xd5 16.¥d4 ¥d6 17.¥c5?! Not 24.¦xa5 ¥d8; or 24.c4?? ¤e2+
White lost confidence. His main 25.¢g2 ¤xd4 26.¤xd4 ¥xc5-+
problem − the position of the a4 knight, 24...¤h3+!
and it was a good opportunity to Not 24...fxe5 in view of 25.c4! and
exchange it: 17.¤b6!? with White has good counterplay against the
approximately equal play. Maybe Black a5−pawn.

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29...¥xf3+!
Final blow.
30.¦xf3 ¤xf3 31.¢xf3 ¥xc5 32.¤xc5
¦bxc5 33.¥xc5 ¦xc5 34.c3 h5!
Now Black will have two connected
passed pawns.
35.gxh5 ¦xh5 36.b4?!
Desperation.
36...axb4 37.cxb4 ¦xh4 0-1
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G
arry Kasparov was at his best Bojan Kurajica and Evgeny Gleizerov
today! He was superbly have drawn their game
prepared in a rather rare line of in the 5th round of
the Caro Kann Defence and played Malaga and were
extremely energetically against his overtaken by Rob
“historical opponent” Anatoly Karpov. Cifuentes Parada.
As a result – a very spectacular victory Now the three leaders
(you can see it in our annotated game have 4½ points. 17
section) and a clear first place after the players have 4 points.
fifth round of Linares. Top boards in 5th
round:
Alexei Shirov overcame Alexander Gleizerov – Cifuentes Parada
Grischuk in a Classical Sicilian Defence. Vera - Kurajica
Alexander looked a bit out of sorts after Felgaer – Korneev
yesterday’s lost to Kasparov. But I’m Peralta - Arencibia Rodriguez
sure Grischuk will recover his Suba - Garcia Martinez
confidence and finish with dignity. Cramling – Fernandez Romero
Flores - Perez
Hungarian grandmasters Peter Leko and Franco Ocampos – Baron Rodriguez
Judit Polgar repeated a variation from the Rubio Doblas – Garcia Illundain
1st round game Leko – Kasparov Rivera Kuzawka – Bellon Lopez
(Sicilian Najdorf), but on the 13 move
Judit chose another – and a quite rare – P. Jaracz, S. Belhodja, S. Sulskis,
continuation. Peter didn’t want to tempt S.Savchenko, E.Gausel and M. Saltaev
fate and took a draw. are leading with 4½ points after the 5th
round of Cappelle-la-Grande. 31 players
Shirov – Grischuk 1:0 have a half-point less. Among them
Kasparov – Karpov 1:0 rating-favorite Mikhail Gurevich who, as
Leko – Polgar ½:½ you remember, started only on the
Now the first half of event is over. second day. So Mikhail decreased his
1. Kasparov– 3½ points out of 5 handicap by 2! ☺
2. Polgar – 3
3-4. Leko, Shirov – 2½ Alexander Volzhin made a short draw
5. Karpov – 2 with White vs. Jan Ehlvest in the 9th
6. Grischuk – 1½ round in Dhaka and retained a clear first
with 7 points.
Tomorrow will be the 6th round: 2-3. Ehlvest, Vakhidov – 6
Karpov – Shirov 4-5. Davies, Sattar - 5½
Kasparov – Leko
Polgar – Grischuk The second round of The Charles
Today in our cbv-file we have put all 15 Linklater Memorial was very peaceful –
games from the first half of the only GM Y. Shulman won his game vs.
tournament. The Website is M. Mular. Alex Baburin had better
http://www.ajedrez21.com and you chances against Alex Wojykievich but
can also see these games on-line at suddenly overlooked a pawn grab and
www.chessclub.com was forced to fight for a draw.

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Fortunately he completed this task. Don’t deserved a rest one from one another!.
overlook any more pawns, Alex! 1.e4 c6
Nowadays the Karo Cann is Karpov's
Now C. Lakdawala, G. Shahade, Y. main weapon against 1.e4.
Shulman and M. Vucic have 1½ points. 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.¤c3 (D)
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Also we have received another piece of
news from the U.S.A. Doug Schwetke
9rsn-wqkvlntr0
reports from Dallas: 9zpp+-zppzpp0
9-+p+-+-+0
9+-+pzPl+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
The Ken Smith Memorial is over and the 9+-sN-+-+-0
winners are GMs Wojtkiewicz, Kudrin, 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Annakov, Blehm and Kaminsky with 4
out of 5. Not surprisingly all GM vs GM
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
games were drawn. In the last round xiiiiiiiiy
Wojtkiewicz beat FM Shtern, Kudrin
beat NM Kamberi and Annakov beat
Expert Deike to join the other two who
drew against each other.
And news from myself from Moscow:

Yesterday The Geller Memorial
tournament began, a very strong Open (9
rounds, 187 participants, among them 22
GMs and who knows how many masters Photo from www.chesscenter.com
and rating players). As usual the prize
4...e6 5.g4 ¥g6 6.¤ge2 ¤e7 7.¤f4 c5
fund is very modest but the Central (D)
House of Chessplayer can’t accept all XIIIIIIIIY
requests to play – there isn’t enough 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
room, chess sets and clocks. But it’s 9zpp+-snpzpp0
another story, not merry… 9-+-+p+l+0
9+-zppzP-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+-zP-sNP+0
Kasparov (2849) − Karpov (2679)
9+-sN-+-+-0
Linares ESP (5), 28.02.2001 B12 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
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As you will remember, Anatoly Karpov Now this sharp line is very fashionable.
and Garry Kasparov played 5 matches Kaprov has played it about 5 times. This
and they wanted to play a 6th in 1997, is Kasparov's first attempt.
but there wasn't money for it. Nowadays 8.dxc5
the 12th and 13th World Champions play Alternative is 8.h4 , for example:
each other very rarely. Their last game in 8...cxd4 9.¤b5 ¤ec6 10.h5 ¥e4 11.f3
classical chess was 5 years ago in Las ¥xf3 12.£xf3 ¤xe5 13.£g3 ¤bc6
Palmas, and after that they played only 4 14.¤d3 ¤xd3+ 15.¥xd3 e5 16.0-0 ¥c5
active games in Frankfurt−99. But in the Lautier − Karpov, Monaco (active) 1997.
80s to the beginning of the 90s they 8...¤d7!?
clashed more than 150 times, so they It's a very rare move. They say it's

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quite popular on ICC − maybe I don't XIIIIIIIIY

know for sure. Karpov (and others) 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
played 8...¤ec6 before: 9.h4 9zpp+-+pzp-0
A) 9...£c7 10.¥g2 £xe5+ 11.¤ce2 9-+n+p+n+0
(11.¢f1 d4 12.h5 ¥xc2 13.£xc2 dxc3
14.¤d3 £d4 15.¥e3 £c4 16.£xc3 £xc3
9+-zPp+-+p0
17.bxc3 ¤a6 18.¦b1 0-0-0 19.¥xc6 bxc6
9-+-+-+PzP0
20.¤e5± Shirov − Bareev, New Delhi 9+-sN-+-+-0
2000.) 11...¥xc5 12.h5 ¥e4 13.f3 f5 9PzPP+QzPL+0
14.fxe4 fxe4 15.¤xe6 £xe6 16.¤f4 £e5 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
17.£xd5 £xd5 18.¤xd5 0-0 19.¥d2 xiiiiiiiiy
¥f2+ 20.¢d1 ¤a6 Svidler − Dreev, 13.¥g5!
Smolensk 2000.; White defends his h4−pawn and
B) 9...¤xe5 10.¥g2 h5 11.£e2 ¤bc6 begins to attack the Black Knight. g6 isn't
12.¤xg6 ¤xg6 13.¤xd5 ¥xc5 14.¥g5 good for a Bishop or a Knight!
¤ge7 15.£b5 f6 16.£xc5 ¤xd5 17.0-0-0 13...¥e7
£e7 18.£b5 0-0-0 19.¥d2 hxg4 Shirov − Interesting complications arise after
Karpov, Monaco (blindfold) 2000. 13...£a5 14.gxh5 ¤ge5 (14...d4
Of course, Karpov may be afraid of the 15.£b5!±) 15.0-0-0 (15.h6?! d4 16.¥d2
famous Kasparov preparation, but he dxc3 17.¥xc3 £xc5 18.f4 ¤g6! 19.hxg7
can't catch him with an unusual move. ¥xg7 20.¥xg7 ¤xf4 21.£f3 ¤xg2+
9.h4 ¤xe5 10.¥g2 (D) 22.£xg2 £e3+∓) 15...¥xc5 16.h6!
XIIIIIIIIY 14.gxh5 ¤f8?!
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 Too pessimistic. Why not 14...¤xh4
9zpp+-snpzpp0 15.¥xh4 ¥xh4 16.¤xd5 ¤d4!?; or
9-+-+p+l+0 14...¤ge5
9+-zPpsn-+-0 15.¤b5!
Now, and on the next move White
9-+-+-sNPzP0 exploits the weakness of the black
9+-sN-+-+-0 squares in Black's camp.
9PzPP+-zPL+0 15...¤d7 16.h6 ¤xc5! (D)
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+-wqk+-tr0
It's a novelty, in the only previous 9zpp+-vlpzp-0
game there came 10.Bb5+. The text 9-+n+p+-zP0
move is very natural.
10...h5
9+Nsnp+-vL-0
White was going to do this move
9-+-+-+-zP0
himself. GM S. Shipov on 9+-+-+-+-0
www.kasparovchess.com suggested 9PzPP+QzPL+0
10...d4!? 9tR-+-mK-+R0
A) maybe White can play 11.¤b1!? xiiiiiiiiy
£a5+ 12.¥d2 (12.¤d2?! £xc5 13.¤b3 Only chance. Immediately losing was
£xc2 14.£xc2 ¥xc2 15.¤xd4 ¥a4 ... 16...gxh6? 17.¤d6+ ¢f8 18.£h5+−
16.¥xb7) 12...£xc5 13.¤a3 ¦c8 17.¥f4!?
14.¤xg6 hxg6 15.¥xb7 ¦b8 16.b4÷; After 17.hxg7 ¦g8 18.¥f4 ¦c8!? the
B) 11.¤ce2 11...¤7c6 12.h5? ¥xc2! position looks like a Sicilian; and Black's
13.£xc2 d3 King is rather safe in the centre.
11.£e2 ¤7c6?! 17...¢f8?!
It also looks very natural, but maybe I like 17...¦c8 here too.
very risky 11...¤xg4!? 12.¤b5 £d7 18.hxg7+ ¢xg7
13.¤d6+ ¢d8 better suits such an The Black monarch placed much
unbalanced position? By the way it was worse here than on e8. Now White has a
Nimzovitch's advice: in unusual strong initiative with equal material.
situations try to find unusual decisions. 19.0-0-0 ¢f8
12.¤xg6 ¤xg6 (D) Another Shipov recommendation −

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19...£a5 with idea 20.a3 Rag8! and Kf8. http://usuarios.tripod.es/frubiod/open/01o

But White has the very interesting pen/01open.htm
20.¤c7 ¦ag8 21.¤xd5!? exd5 22.¥xd5 http://www.bdcf.org/
with a dangerous attack. This move is in http://www.slavchess.co.il/academy/taint
Karpov's style: prophylactic in an .html
extremely sharp position!
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20.¢b1 a6 21.¤c7 ¦c8 (D)
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22.¥xd5! exd5 23.¦xd5
Now the Queen is in trouble.
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Or 23...¤d7 24.£d2 (24.¦h5!? is the price will go down, while the quality
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Black has 3 pieces for Queen and 2
pawns. This isn't too bad but his King is
very weak and this plays a decisive role.
25...¦d7 26.c3 f6 27.¦g1 ¤d8 28.£g4 Editors:
¢e8 29.¦h5 ¦f8 (D) GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
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xiiiiiiiiy
And a final blow:
30.¦xc5 ¥xc5 31.£h5+ 1-0
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CT-115, 1 March 2001
at trick by Garry You can also view these
H Kasparov! Today he won

his third game in a row; this
time vs. Peter Leko- the same as
games live on-line at:
www.chessclub.com
yesterday with White and also in 31 In the 6th round of the 1st
moves, but in another opening, the International tournament
Ruy Lopez/Anti-Marshall System. World Champions for the
Kasparov is our hero of our annotated blind, Russian S. Smirnov beat, with
game section again. Enjoy his play, it’s Black, Polish P. Dukaczewski and
really much more interesting than to read became the sole lead with 5,5 points.
some of his "kind" remarks about his 2. S. Krylov – 5
colleagues and FIDE officials! 3-4. V. Berlinski, P. Dukaczewski – 4,5
Anatoly Karpov tried to win without any The official site for this event is at:
risk vs. Alexei Shirov in a Queen's http://www.granajedrez.com/
Gambit Accepted, but it was too difficult
a task. Karpov gained a small advantage, Bojan Kurajica lost to Reynaldo Vera in
then overlooked the win of a pawn, and the 6th round of Malaga, and two other
Shirov failed to take advantage of this leaders, Evgeny Gleizerov and Rob
and missed his chance. Cifuentes Parada have drawn their
games, and now 8 players have 5 points.
There was another Ruy Lopez today (this Tomorrow four top clashes will take
time the Chigorin System): in Judit place:
Polgar – Alexander Grischuk. Step by Korneev - Cramling
step the young Russian outplayed Judit, Franco Ocampos – Gleizerov
but even with a 2 pawn deficit in the Cifuentes Parada - Vera
endgame she was able to find a miracle Bellon Lopez - Suba
counterplay against the Black King; as a
result, a very interesting draw by
perpetual check.
Karpov – Shirov 0,5:0,5

Kasparov – Leko 1:0
Polgar – Grischuk 0,5:0,5
S. Sulskis and E. Gausel became the
Standings after 6 rounds: leaders of giant Open in Cappelle-la-
1. Kasparov– 4,5 points Grande. In the 6th round they won their
2. Polgar – 3,5 games and have 5,5 points now,
3. Shirov - 3
3-10. Landa, Chuchelov, Jaracz, Goldin,
4-5. Leko, Karpov – 2,5 Savchenko, Volokitin, V. Gaprindashvili,
6. Grischuk – 2 Yu – 5 points.
Tomorrow will be a second rest day. What a peaceful day was round 11th in
Dhaka! Judge for yourself:
http://www.ajedrez21.com Sandipan – Volzhin: draw, 11 moves
Murshed – Sattar: draw, 5(!) moves
CT-115 Page 1 of 4
Vakhidov – Barsov: draw, 14 moves and even 1...Nc6?!

Rausis – Prakash: draw, 14 moves 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-
Davies – Rahman: draw, 8 moves 0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.a4 (D)
Ehlvest – Rakib: 48 moves, but also XIIIIIIIIY
draw! 9r+lwq-trk+0
And only Miezis could win his game vs. 9+-zppvlpzpp0
Hossai. 9p+n+-sn-+0
Standings after 11th round has changed 9+p+-zp-+-0
little: 9P+-+P+-+0
1. Volzhin – 7,5 9+L+-+N+-0
2-3. Ehlvest, Vakhidov – 6,5 9-zPPzP-zPPzP0
4-7. Davies, Sattar, Barsov, Murshed – 6 9tRNvLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Alex Baburin overtook M. Mulyar in the It's interesting to note that Garry
3rd round of Charles Linklater Kasparov has never played − at least
Memorial and now has 1,5 points out of in tournament play − the very sharp
2 (he was free the 1st day). M. Vucic has Marshall System: 8.c3 d5 9.exd5
2,5 points, C. Lakdawala, G. Shahade ¤xd5 10.¤xe5 ¤xe5 11.¦xe5; In
and Y. Shulman have 2 points. addition to the text he normally he
chooses 8.h3 ; or 8.d3 It's quite
After the second round of the Geller strange because in such forcing lines
Memorial in Moscow 22 participants Kasparov and his second Yury
have 2 points; among them are GMs Dokhojan can exploit 100% their
Pavel Kotsur, Evgeny Pigusov, Oleg famous home analytical preparation.
Nikolenko, Konstantin Chernyshov, But maybe they analysed the
Viktor Komliakov and many juniors Marshall till the end and found a
who, I’m sure, will be GMs in the near forcing draw for Black?!By the way
future. Remember these names: Sergey Leko isn't a Marshall System lover,
Grigoriants, Dmitrij Jakovenko (we had but Kasparov didn't teach himself.
written about him in CT), Vladimir 8...¥b7
Potkin, Vitaliy Shinkevich… An alternative is 8...b4
9.d3 d6 10.¤bd2 ¤a5
¤¤¤
Kasparov very successfully
Annotated Game
exploited the line 8.a4 − the so called
Anti−Marshall − in his World
Champion match vs. Nigel Short
(London 1993), when thanks to this
variation he won 3 games. Here is
the last of them: 10...¤d7 11.c3 ¤c5
12.axb5 axb5 13.¦xa8 ¥xa8 14.¥c2
¥f6 15.b4 ¤e6 16.¤f1 ¥b7 17.¤e3
g6 18.¥b3 ¥g7 19.h4 ¥c8 20.h5 ¢h8
21.¤d5ƒ Kasparov − Short, London
G. Kasparov (2849) − P. Leko
(m) 1993.
(2745)
11.¥a2 c5 12.¤f1 ¦e8
Super GM Linares ESP (6),
More popular is 12...b4 Here is one
01.03.2001 C88
of the recent examples: 13.¤e3 ¥c8
14.¤d2 ¦b8 15.¤dc4 ¤c6 16.¥d2
1.e4 e5
¥e6 17.a5!? ¦b5!?÷ Milos − Adams,
One of two main weapons Leko
Istanbul 2000.
deploys against 1.e4. Another is
13.¤e3 (D)
1...c5, but sometimes he plays 1...c6
CT-115 Page 2 of 4
9r+-wqr+k+0 9r+-+r+k+0
9+l+-vlpzpp0 9+l+-vlpzp-0
9p+-zp-sn-+0 9pwq-zp-+-zp0
9snpzp-zp-+-0 9snp+Pzp-+-0
9P+-+P+-+0 9P+p+-+-+0
9+-+PsNN+-0 9+-vLP+-+-0
9LzPP+-zPPzP0 9LzPPsN-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
Maybe this a novelty, but in such a 19.¥xa5!
quiet position one move doesn't cost Yes, the Bishop usually costs more
too much as in the Sicilian Najdorf or than a Knight, but an extra pawn
yesterday's Kasparov − Karpov, Caro costs still more!
Kann. Earlier White played 13.¤g3 19...£xa5 20.dxc4 £xa4?! (D)
for example: 13...h6 (13...g6 14.h3 XIIIIIIIIY
¥f8 15.¤g5 d5 16.exd5 ¥xd5 9r+-+r+k+0
17.axb5 axb5 18.¥xd5 ¤xd5 19.£f3 9+l+-vlpzp-0
f6 20.¤5e4 ¤b4 21.£e2² Chuprikov 9p+-zp-+-zp0
− Korotonozhkin, Voronezh 1997) 9+p+Pzp-+-0
14.¤f5 ¥f8 15.¥d2 b4 16.¤3h4 d5 9q+P+-+-+0
17.£f3ƒ Balashov − D. Frolov, 9+-+-+-+-0
Moscow 1996. 9LzPPsN-zPPzP0
13...h6 14.¥d2 c4?! 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
Black tries to block the Bishop on xiiiiiiiiy
a2, but the pawn on c4 isn't protected A very risky move − here the
enough, and White can easily attack Queen has too few squares to retreat
it. Maybe better was 14...b4 − without to, and the Rook on a1 can become
c2−c3 and d3−d4 White can't gain very unpleasant. More caution was
much, but than Black will have some 20...b4 with some drawing chances.
open files on the queenside for 21.c5! £b4
counterplay. Of course not 21...dxc5?? 22.d6!
15.¥c3 £b6 16.¤d2 (D) ¥xd6 23.¥xf7++−
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¤e4!
9r+-+r+k+0 Maybe Leko overlooked this move,
9+l+-vlpzp-0 because after 22.c6 ¥c8 his position
9pwq-zp-sn-zp0 is quite good.
9snp+-zp-+-0 22...£xb2
9P+p+P+-+0 Once more Black can't take on c5
9+-vLPsN-+-0 in view of 22...dxc5 23.c3 £xb2
9LzPPsN-zPPzP0 24.¦e2 £a3 25.d6 etc.
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 23.cxd6 ¥f8 24.c3!
xiiiiiiiiy The Queen is trapped now!
16...¤c6 24...f5
16...cxd3 17.cxd3 b4 18.¤dc4 and Black has no quiet moves:
19.Bd2 − the Bishop on a2 is opened 24...¦ed8 25.¦e2 £a3 26.¥b3+−
again and White has many good 25.d7 ¦ed8 26.d6+ ¢h8
squares for his pieces (c4, d5, f5, How bad Black's position is, is
even b6 at some point). illustrated in the following line:
17.¤d5! ¤xd5 18.exd5 ¤a5 26...¢h7 27.¤g5+! hxg5 28.£h5#!

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27.¤c5 ¥c6 28.¤d3 £xc3 29.¤xe5

¥e4 30.¤f7+ ¢h7 31.¤g5+! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-tr-vl-+0
9+-+P+-zpk0
9p+-zP-+-zp0
9+p+-+psN-0
9-+-+l+-+0
9+-wq-+-+-0
9L+-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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CT-116, 2 March 2001
Standings after the 7th round in the
T oday is a rest day in Linares, so

it’s a good opportunity to take a
look at the chess world in general.
After some very “sleepy” weeks at the
IV Open international Malaga de
Ajedrez:
end of January , and beginning of 1-3. Vera, Franco, Suba - 6
February there is something like “Spring 4-7. Korneev, Cramling, Arensibia - 5,5
activity”. In addition to the Linares Super
tournament plus the Blind World Top boards in the 8th round are:
Champions' event, there are some rather
big opens in progress - in Spain, France, Vera - Franco
Russia, and round-robin events in the Suba - Korneev
USA, and Israel. We also are waiting for Cramling - Arensibia
Monaco (blind + active) and Rapid Gleizerov (5) - Perez
World Cup in France at the end of
March; and from April until the end of And after 7 rounds of the Cappelle-la-
Summer professional chess players Grande the standings are:
always have plenty of opportunities for 1-3. Shulskis, Savchenko, Gausel - 6
play (and sometimes to earn some money with 17 players having 5 points.
:-) ).
A few of the top the boards going into
In our annotated game section, Ukrainian the 8th round are:
GM Mikhail Golubev (an editor of the Savchenko - Sulskis
site: http://chess-sector.odessa.ua) Gurevich - Gausel
annotates a recently finished online- Landa - Aronian
event, the match Deep Fritz vs ¤¤¤
Germany, which ended in a victory for
Germany! You can view the game in Tactical Puzzles
java replay at: (solutions on page 5)
1 V. Mirumian − A. Morozevich
http://www.computerschach.de/dfritz/ Leningrad, 21.03.1991
with commentary (in German) by Holger XIIIIIIIIY
Moeller. 9-+-tr-trk+0
Today we received a new piece of
9+pzp-+pzp-0
information from Israel. Maybe you still 9-+-wq-sn-zp0
remember, there are men and women 9+p+-zp-+-0
round-robin events. Standings after the
7th round are:
9-+-+PzP-+0
Men: 9zP-+PvL-+l0
1-2. Gyimesi, Kovalev - 4,5 9LzPPwQ-tR-zP0
3. Greenfeld - 4
4-6. Postny, van Mil, Doettling - 3,5
9tR-+-+-mK-0
Women: xiiiiiiiiy
1. Madl -6 Black to move
2. Lacos - 5,5
3. Borsuk - 4,5
4. Pitam - 4
CT-116 Page 1 of 5
2. Malahov − Kasymzhanov
Leningrad, 21.03. 1991
9r+-wq-trk+0
9-+-tr-+k+0 9zpp+lzppvlp0
9zppwq-+p+-0 9-+nzp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+p+pvlp+0 9-+LsNP+-zP0
9+-zP-sN-+-0 9+-sN-vLP+-0
9PzPPwQ-+P+0
9-+-tr-zPQ+0 9tR-+-mK-+R0
I don't know why Fritz doesn't have
9PzP-+-zP-+0 the newest theoretical variations in its
9+-+R+-tRK0 opening book. Nowadays 10.h4 −
xiiiiiiiiy isn't the best move. Better is
White to play 10.0-0-0! ¦c8 11.¥b3 ¤e5 12.¢b1 !
10...¦c8 11.¥b3 h5 12.0-0-0 ¤e5
Annotated Game
13.¥g5 ¦c5 (D)
Deep Fritz − Germany XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wq-trk+0
9zpp+lzppvl-0
9-+-zp-snp+0
9+-tr-sn-vLp0
9-+-sNP+-zP0
Email Match, 2000−2001 B78 9+LsN-+P+-0
Notes GM Mikhail Golubev, translated from 9PzPPwQ-+P+0
the Russian by IM Vladimir Barsky
(Note that GM Golubev is one of the leading 9+-mKR+-+R0
specialists in the Sicilian/Dragon and being
a friend of Chess Today kindly agreed to
xiiiiiiiiy
share his annotations with us.−−− Ralph P. This is one of the better known
Marconi) positions in the Sicilian Dragon. For
the Next fourteen moves I'll only note
T he match Deep Fritz − Germany

started in December 2000 and
the moves were posted at the site:
theoretical alternatives for both sides.
There will be nothing really new.
14.¢b1 b5
www.computerschah.de/dfritz/. 14...¦e8!? is less known, but also
Computer Schach isn't only a a more risky approach 15.¦he1 £a5
website, it's also a magazine about 16.a3 (16.f4 ¤c4 ! 17.¥xc4 ¦xc4
computer chess. Deep Fritz had 1 18.¤b3 £a6 19.e5 Bologan−
hour per move (processor 2x800 Golubev, Romanian Ch 2000
MHz), Germany − 23 hours. Team 19...¤g4!) 16...b5? (16...£a6!?)
Germany could discuss all moves 17.¥xf6² Anand−Kasparov, New Iork
and share ideas at the site. PCA Wch (17) 1995
15.g4
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 One of the main theoretical lines.
¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 ¤c6 It's I.Zaitsev's idea − 14.Kb1 and
8.¥c4 0-0 9.£d2 ¥d7 10.h4 (D) 15.g4. 15...a5
15...hxg4 16.h5!± (Karpov−
Sznapik, Dubai OL 1986)
16.¥xf6 ¥xf6 17.gxh5
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17.a3 hxg4 18.f4 ¤c4 Karpov− ¢f6 34.¤c6 (34.c3) 34...¥xc6

Kir.Georgiev, Dubai OL 1986 35.dxc6 ¢e7 36.¢c1 (36.b4 axb3
17...a4 18.¥d5 37.axb3 b4 !) 36...¢d8 37.¢d2 ¢c7
18.hxg6 axb3 19.¤xb3 ¦xc3 38.¢c3 ¢xc6 39.¢d4 Naumann−
20.gxf7+ ¢xf7 21.£xc3 ¤c4 22.¤d4 Golubev, blitz, KasparovChess.com
£b6÷ Chandler−Petursson, Hastings 2000.
1986/87 21.f4
18...e6 19.hxg6 exd5 20.h5 (D) 21.£g2 ¦xc3 22.bxc3 ¤c4 23.¦dg1
XIIIIIIIIY £a5 ! 24.£xg5 £xc3 25.gxf7+ ¢xf7
9-+-wq-trk+0 26.£xd5+ ¢e8 27.£a8+ draw,
9+-+l+p+-0 Vech−Nizynski, Poland 1987
9-+-zp-vlP+0 21...¤c4
9+ptrpsn-+P0 21...¥h6 ?! 22.¤xd5 (22.£g2) ;
9p+-sNP+-+0 21...¦xc3 !? 22.bxc3 with the idea of
9+-sN-+P+-0 − 22...¦xc3
9PzPPwQ-+-+0 22.£g2
9+K+R+-+R0 22.£f2 £f6! Sylvan−Macieja,
xiiiiiiiiy Copenhagen 1996; 22.£h2 ¥f6
Holmsten−Tiviakov, Rilton Cup 1990
A crucial position! (22...¥h6 23.¤xd5²) 23.£g2 ¥xd4
20...¥g5 24.¦xd4 £f6 22...¤e3 23.£xg5
It's difficult to suggest anything else 23.£g3 ¤xd1 24.¦xd1 £e7 !
with so many people being involved (24...¥h4 25.gxf7+ !) 25.fxg5 dxe4
in this match, but I would suggest two 26.gxf7+ ¦xf7 27.g6 ¦g7 Hund−
other ways to play: 20...¦xc3 21.bxc3 Rytova, corr. 1991
(21.£h6 !? 21...fxg6 22.hxg6 £e7 23...£xg5 24.fxg5 (D)
23.bxc3 dxe4) 21...¥g5 22.f4÷ XIIIIIIIIY
Mestel−Kudrin, Hastings 1986/7; 9-+-+-trk+0
20...fxg6!? this is quite a new move; 9+-+l+p+-0
recently I exploited it in an online− 9-+-zp-+P+0
game: 21.hxg6 ¥g7 22.£h2 ¦e8 9+ptrp+-zPP0
23.¤xd5 ¦xd5 24.£h7+ (24.exd5 9p+-sNP+-+0
£f6 Abreu−Y.Gonzalez, Matanzas 9+-sN-sn-+-0
1997) 24...¢f8 25.exd5 £f6 26.¦de1 9PzPP+-+-+0
¤xf3 ?! (26...£xg6 ? 27.f4+−; 9+K+R+-+R0
26...¦e7 is better) 27.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 xiiiiiiiiy
28.£g8+ ¢e7 29.£xg7+ ! (29.¦h7 Somewhere along here I lost the
¤d2+ 30.¢c1 £f1+ 31.¢xd2 £f4+ belief for a victory for the humans,
32.¢e1 £g3+ 33.¢d2 £f4+ =) but I was mistaken!
29...£xg7 30.¦h7 (D) 24...¤xd1 25.gxf7+ ¦xf7 26.¦xd1
XIIIIIIIIY ¥g4 27.¦e1 (D)
9-+-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+lmk-wqR0 9-+-+-+k+0
9-+-zp-+P+0
9+p+P+-+-0 9+-+-+r+-0
9p+-sN-+-+0 9-+-zp-+-+0
9+-+-+n+-0 9+ptrp+-zPP0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9p+-sNP+l+0
9+K+-+-+-0 9+-sN-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzPP+-+-+0
and Black has a worse endgame, but 9+K+-tR-+-0
I could make a draw: 30...¢f6 xiiiiiiiiy
31.¦xg7 ¢xg7 32.¤xf3 ¢xg6 33.¤d4
CT-116 Page 3 of 5
This was the last move from the Very interesting and strong.
opening book of Deep Fritz (!). In my 37.¤h6+ ¢g7 38.¦d1 ¢g6 39.¦xd5
book about the Dragon variation I e3 (D)
recommended 27.¦g1 and I think it's IIIIIIIIY
a better way for White − for example: 9-+-+-+-+0
27...¦f4 28.¤c6! (28.¤dxb5 dxe4 9+r+-+-+r0
29.¢c1 e3 Henao−Kudrin, New York 9-+-+-+ksN0
1992; 28.¢c1 b4 ! 29.¤d1 ¥xh5 9+-+R+-zP-0
30.¤e6 ¦xe4 31.¤xc5 dxc5 9P+-+-+-+0
Malakhov−Soloviov, Minsk 1998) 9+-zP-zp-+-0
28...¥xh5 (28...¦xc6 29.¤xd5±) 9P+K+-+-+0
29.¤xd5 ¦f2 30.¤cb4 ¦h2 31.¤d3 9+-+-+-+-0
¦c4 32.b3 ¦d4² Riha−Kopec, corr. xiiiiiiiiy
Czechian League 1997; Hage− Now it becomes clear that 3 pawns
Bergmann, cor. 1999 are not enough compensation for the
27...dxe4 exchange and the ugly placed Knight.
Now there can be three results Even Fritz could not find a draw −
(1:0, 0:1 or a draw). But Germany maybe there isn't one now.
begins fighting for a win, and step by 40.¤g4 e2 41.¦e5 ¦h4 42.¤f6 ¦h2
step outplays the computer in highly 43.¢d3 ¦b2 44.¤d5 ¦h3+ 45.¢c4
impressive style. ¦f3 46.¤b4 ¦d2 47.a3 (D)
28.¤dxb5 XIIIIIIIIY
28.¤cxb5 d5 29.¤d6 draw, 9-+-+-+-+0
Goloshchapov,A−Tindall, Medellin 9+-+-+-+-0
1996 9-+-+-+k+0
28...d5 9+-+-tR-zP-0
28...e3 29.¤xd6 Henao−Berube, 9PsNK+-+-+0
New York 1993 29...¦f4™∓ 9zP-zP-+r+-0
29.¤d6 ¦g7 9-+-trp+-+0
29...¦f2 30.¤e8 ¢f7 31.¤f6 ¥e6 9+-+-+-+-0
32.a3² {Holger Mueller on official xiiiiiiiiy
site} 30.¦g1 This looks very strange. But
30.¤cxe4 ? 30...dxe4 31.¤xe4 ¦e7 White's task is difficult now: 47.a5
32.¤f6+ ¢f7 33.¦xe7+ ¢xe7 ¦f4+ 48.¢b3 ¦f1 49.¤d3 ¦xd3
34.¤xg4 ¦xg5-+ 50.¦xe2 ¦c1 51.¦c2 ¦xc2 52.¢xc2
30...¥xh5 31.¤xa4 ¦c6 32.¤f5 ¦b7 ¦d5 53.¢b3 ¦xa5 54.a4 ¢xg5
33.c3 ¥e8 34.b3 ¦cc7 35.¢c2 (D) 55.¢b4 ¦a8 56.a5 ¢f5 57.¢b5 ¢e6
XIIIIIIIIY 58.¢b6 ¢d6 59.a6 ¦b8+-+
9-+-+l+k+0 47...¦f4+ 48.¢b3 ¦f1 49.¤d3 ¦xd3
9+rtr-+-+-0 50.¦xe2 ¢xg5 51.¦e5+ ¢f6-+ (D)
9+-+p+NzP-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9N+-+p+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+PzP-+-+-0 9-+-+-mk-+0
9P+K+-+-+0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9+-+-+-tR-0 9P+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zPKzPr+-+-0
A novelty!!! 35.¤e3?! d4 36.¤d5 9-+-+-+-+0
¥xa4 37.¤xc7 ¦xc7 38.cxd4?! ¥b5∓ 9+-+-+r+-0
Fritz 6 −Crafty 17.07, SSDF 2000, xiiiiiiiiy
and Black won. It's all over, but Fritz doesn't want to
35...¥xa4 36.bxa4 ¦h7!
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¢c8 58.¦g3 ¢b7 59.¦h3 ¢a6 Technical editors: Graham Brown, Ralph P.
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Solutions to Tactical puzzles:
1. 18...¤xe4! 19.fxe5 express written permission.
19.dxe4 £g6+ 20.¦g2 £xe4
19...£xe5 20.d4 £e7-+ 0-1.
2. 27.¤xg6! fxg6
27...¦xd1?? 28.¤e5+ ¢f8
29.£g8+ ¢e7 30.£xf7#
28.£xe6+ £f7
28...¢h7? 29.£xf6 ¦xd1 30.£xg6+
¢h8 31.£f6+
29.¦xg6+ ¥g7 30.¦xg7+! ¢xg7
31.¦g1+ ¢f8 32.£h6+ ¢e8 33.£h8+
¢d7
33...¢e7 34.£e5+
34.£xd4+ ¢c8 35.£g7 £d5+
36.¢h2 £h5+ 37.¢g2 £d5+ 38.¢h2
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CT-117, 3 March 2001
fter the rest day the super GMs Standings after the 7th Round:
A in Linares gave a lot of

pleasure for the spectators of the
7th Round – all games were very
1. Kasparov – 5 points,
2. Polgar – 4
3. Shirov - 3½
exciting! 4-5. Leko, Grischuk – 3
6. Karpov - 2½
Judit Polgar and Garry Kasparov
played a wonderful game in the Najdorf Pairings for the 8th Round:
Sicilian. Kasparov knows this variation Kasparov – Shirov
better and he quickly got the better Karpov – Polgar
chances with the Black pieces - but then Leko – Grischuk
Polgar sacrificed a pawn, soon a bishop
and managed to confuse her formidable Tomorrow promises to be no less
rival. The first inaccuracy of the Great interesting…
Garry – another piece sacrifice followed,
and it was Judit who obtained a strong Let’s take a look at the other events.
attack. Kasparov was then forced to give
up a Knight in order to destroy his
opponent's shield around her King to
force a perpetual check - A fantastic
game! (See the annotated game section
for this game.)
The battle between Alexey Shirov and

Peter Leko was no less spectacular!
Alexey was able to force a perpetual
GM Zoltan Gyimesi GM Ildiko Madl
many times but tried to fish in troubled
waters without the a full Rook. He was
There was a triumph of Hungarian
probably losing at some point, but Peter
players in Tel Aviv – GM Zoltan
failed to calm the position down.
Gyimesi won the category 10 round
Objectively speaking, it looked
robin tournament, scoring 6 points out of
absolutely impossible to foresee the
9, while GM Ildiko Madl won the
unbelievable, magical tactical blows
women's event with an excellent score 7
which allowed Alexey to win the Rook
out of 9.
back and get the better ending which
ended the game in a draw.
In the penultimate 8th Round of the
Alexander Grischuk celebrated his first Cappelle-la-Grande GM Einar Gausel
win today, and what a remarkable win it of Norway beat ELO-favourite Mikhail
was – he beat none other than, Anatoly Gurevich and took over sole lead with 7
Karpov! The Young Russian star points. It’s curious that, even though,
pressured his great adversary during the Gurevich started the tournament from the
entire game and forced him to make second round he will be successful - he
some mistakes – move 40 became fatal will be among the leaders!
for Anatoly.
Top boards for the final 9th Round:
Gausel (7) – P.-H. Nielsen (6½)
Fressinet (6½) – Savchenko (6½)
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Shulskis (6½) – Ibragimov (6½) ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e6 (D)

Goldin (6) – Chuchelov (6½) XIIIIIIIIY
20 players have 6 points. 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
9+p+-+pzpp0
In the 7th Round of the “Ciudad de 9p+-zppsn-+0
Linares” for blind players Vladimir 9+-+-+-+-0
Berlinsky beat the leader, Sergey 9-+-sNP+-+0
Smirnov, and joined him in second place, 9+-sN-vL-+-0
as his Russian compatriot Sergey Krylov 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
won his game against Milenko 9tR-+QmKL+R0
Cabarcapa and scored 6 points, half a xiiiiiiiiy
point ahead. We've already seen this position
before in the game between the
The Geller Memorial is underway in same opponents a week ago − Judit
Moscow. After 4 rounds GMs Evgeny played 6...¤g4
Pigusov of Russia and Victor 7.f3 b5 8.£d2
Komliakov of Moldavia are leading with 8.g4 is probably more precise −
perfect scores. Black has no time for the ¤bd7−b6
and should give up a tempo for h7−
Top boards of the 5th Round: h6.
Komliakov (4) – Pigusov (4) 8...¤bd7 9.0-0-0 ¥b7 10.g4 ¤b6
R.Bagirov (3½) – Kotsur (3½) 11.£f2 ¤fd7 12.¥d3 ¦c8
Iljushin (3½) – Eliseev (3½) In this kind of position Kasparov
Guseinov (3½) – Y.Meister (3½) likes to capture on c3 very much.
Kharitonov (3) – Akhmetov (3½) 13.¤ce2
No way!
In the 4th Round of the Charles 13...¥e7 14.h4 0-0 15.¢b1 ¤a4
Linklater Memorial Alex Baburin has 16.g5 (D)
been playing in rather unusual style – he XIIIIIIIIY
sacrificed a bishop on h7 just for the
initiative but his opponent, IM Cyrus 9-+rwq-trk+0
Lakdawala, lost control of the position 9+l+nvlpzpp0
and lost. Belorussian GM Yury 9p+-zpp+-+0
Shulman, who beat Camila Baginskaite, 9+p+-+-zP-0
is the leader of the event, but he has 9n+-sNP+-zP0
played one extra game – there are 11 9+-+LvLP+-0
players in the tournament
9PzPP+NwQ-+0
The Leaders after the 4th Round: 9+K+R+-+R0
1. Shulman – 3 points from 4 xiiiiiiiiy
2-3. A.Baburin and M.Vucic: 2½/3 Both sides were playing very
4. G.Shahade: 2½/4 etc. logically, preparing the attack against
the others' rival King.
Come on, Alex! 16...¤dc5!?
Only this move is a novelty. The
¤¤¤ game Nevednichy − Badea,
Bucharest 1994 continued: 16...d5
Annotated Game 17.exd5 ¥xd5 18.¤f4! ¤dc5 19.¤b3
J. Polgar (2676) − G. Kasparov (2849)
¤xd3 20.¦xd3 £d7 21.¦hd1 ¦fd8
Linares, Spain (7), 03.03.2001 B80
22.h5! and White has taken the
Notes by GM Ruslam Scherbakov
initiative.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
17.¤g3 £c7 18.¤b3 d5! (D)
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CT-117 Page 2 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY like £d6 and £g7 checkmate.

9-+r+-trk+0 26.gxf6 exd4 27.¤xd4(D)
9+lwq-vlpzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-+p+-+0 9-+r+-trk+0
9+psnp+-zP-0 9+lwq-+-zpp0
9n+-+P+-zP0 9p+-vl-zP-+0
9+N+LvLPsN-0 9+p+-+-+N0
9PzPP+-wQ-+0 9n+-sNpzP-zP0
9+K+R+-+R0 9+-zP-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzP-+-wQ-+0
9+K+RtR-+-0
Only now! xiiiiiiiiy
19.e5!? 27...g6?!
A typical sacrifice in these kinds of 27...¤c5!? 28.¦g1 (28.fxg7 ¦f7)
positions. White is trying to keep the 28...g6 29.f5!? looked unclear. ; but
center closed to gain some important the counterattacking 27...¥a3! could
time for attack. have probably proved Black's
19...£xe5 20.¥d4 £c7 21.f4 ¤e4! advantage by a more reliable way:
22.¥xe4 dxe4 23.¦he1 28.fxg7 (28.¤e6 £f7 29.¤xf8 ¥xb2!
The immediate 23.¤h5? failed to 30.¦e3™ ¤xc3+ 31.¦xc3 ¥xc3-+)
23...e3! and both captures on e3 28...¦f7 29.¦d2 ¤xb2! 30.¦xb2
have serious drawbacks. £xc3! (30...¥xb2 31.£xb2 £xc3
23...¥d6! 32.£xc3 ¦xc3) 31.¦c2 £b4+ 32.¤b3
Not only an attacking move, ¦xc2 33.¢xc2 ¦f5-+ with a decisive
defending as well − Black is attack.
preparing e7−e5 to target the very 28.f5!! (D)
strong Bishop on d4. XIIIIIIIIY
24.¤h5 e5 (D) 9-+r+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+lwq-+-+p0
9-+r+-trk+0 9p+-vl-zPp+0
9+lwq-+pzpp0 9+p+-+P+N0
9p+-vl-+-+0 9n+-sNp+-zP0
9+p+-zp-zPN0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9n+-vLpzP-zP0 9PzP-+-wQ-+0
9+N+-+-+-0 9+K+RtR-+-0
9PzPP+-wQ-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+K+RtR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy Excellent! Things are getting crazy
Black secures the extra pawn and and it seems to be good chances for
there is no attack. Now Judit starts to White... 28...gxh5
play like a magician. Thorough analysis might prove
25.c3!? Black's advantage after 28...¥d5!? ;
What's this? Just a prophylactic 28...¥e5!? but Kasparov probably
move − but White had to pay a lot of decided to avoid the risk of a
attention to the pawn on c2. possible defeat.
25...f6! 29.¤e6 ¤xc3+!
A very sharp and principled reply − Otherwise Black would face
Black is going to capture the Bishop troubles.
in spite of all the dangers. Of course, 30.bxc3 £xc3 31.¦xd6 £b4+
not 25...exd4? 26.£xd4 with ideas 32.¢a1 £c3+ 33.¢b1 £b4+ 34.¢a1
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£c3+ 35.¢b1 (D) Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,

XIIIIIIIIY Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
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A draw agreed. A fantastic game! express written permission.
Judit Polgar scored two draws
against Kasparov and twice she
countered him in a brilliant style
forcing Garry to accept a draw
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CT-118, 4 March 2001
arry Kasparov secured a total Vladimir Chuchelov (Belgium) became
G success in Linares – today he

outplayed Alexey Shirov in a
theoretical duel and increased his lead by
the hero of the last round of the
Cappelle-la-Grande, France – he
outplayed Alexander Goldin with Black
2 points with only two games remaining. in brilliant style and joined Einar Gausel
(Norway) for the lead. Both winners
Judit Polgar played Black against scored 7½ from 9. All other top games
Anatoly Karpov in a very aggressive Vladimir Chuchelov Einar Gausel
style. She sacrificed two pawns in the
ending but managed penetrate with both
Rooks to the second rank. However,
Karpov managed to extinguish her
initiative by returning a pawn. Judit
offered heroic resistance but her great
rival was inexorable - Anatoly Karpov's
first win of the tournament! were peaceful so no one else managed to
share first prize. Congratulations to the
Peter Leko obtained a small advantage winners!
against Alexander Grischuk but failed
to increase it during 50 moves of rather The strong tournament has finished in
boring play. Malaga, Spain. 5 GMs – Reynaldo Vera
(Cuba, the winner on tie-break),
Standings after 8th Round:
1. Kasparov – 6 points,
2. Polgar – 4
3-6. Shirov, Karpov, Grischuk, Leko
- 3½ points.
It is curious that Kasparov scored his +4

by beating all 4 players who have –1! Zenon Franco Ocampos (Spain),
Polgar has 50% exactly because she Roberto Cifuentes Parada
managed to hold the balance against the (Netherlands), Mihai Suba (Romania)
Great Garry. and Carlos Matamoros Franco
(Ecuador) – shared first prize. Our
Pairings for the 9th Round: congratulations!
Karpov – Kasparov
Grischuk – Shirov After the 8th round of the “Ciudad de
Polgar – Leko Linares” for blind players, all Russians
– Vladimir Berlinsky, Sergey Krylov
Tomorrow's games promise to be very and Sergey Smirnov – are dominating
interesting – all the players have their the field. They have 6½ points while the
scores… others are far behind.
Chess life is recently very busy – there Evgeny Pigusov beat Victor Komliakov
are a lot of tournaments underway. in the 5th Round of the Geller Memorial
in Moscow and retained his perfect
score! Alexey Iljushin and 14 year old
CT-118 Page 1 of 4
(!) Kadyr Guseinov of Azerbajan are 20.¥b4 ¥g7 21.a4 ¢d7 22.axb5
sharing second place at half a point axb5 (D)
behind. XIIIIIIIIY
Top boards of the 6th Round: 9-+-tr-+-tr0
Pigusov (5) – Guseinov (4½) 9+-zpk+-vlp0
Jakovenko (4) – Iljushin (4½)
Kotsur (4) – Kokarev (4) 9-+-+-+p+0
Komliakov (4) – Kharitonov (4) 9+pzP-+-+-0
Loginov (4) – Egorov (4)
V.L.Ivanov (4) – Ulko (4)
9-vL-zp-+-+0
Potkin (4) – Bagirov (4) 9+Nzp-+-+-0
¤¤¤
9-+-+-zPPzP0
Annotated Game 9tR-+-+RmK-0
G. Kasparov (2849) − A. Shirov(2718)
xiiiiiiiiy
Linares, Spain (8), 04.03.2001 C80
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Sorry to leave all these moves
S hirov's opening choice was without any comments − but there is

probably unexpected by nothing new so far!
Kasparov, nevertheless Kasparov's 23.¦fd1!?
huge opening knowledge helped him 23.¦ad1 was already played by
to find a weak point in his opponent's ...Shirov! The game Shirov −
preparation. Timman, Wijk aan Zee 1996
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 continued: 23...¢e6 24.¦fe1+ ¢d5
¤f6 5.0-0 ¤xe4 6.d4 b5 7.¥b3 d5 25.¥xc3 ¢c4 26.¥a5! ¢xb3 27.¦b1+
8.dxe5 ¥e6 9.¤bd2 ¤c5 10.c3 d4 ¢c4 28.¦ec1+ ¢d5 29.c6! ¢d6!
11.¤g5! (D) 30.¦xb5 ¦b8! 31.¥b4+ ¢e6 32.¦e1+
XIIIIIIIIY ¢f6! 33.¥e7+ ¢f7 34.¦d5 and here
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 Black could finally have solved his
9+-zp-+pzpp0 problems by 34...¦he8! 35.¦d7 ¢g8
9p+n+l+-+0 36.¢f1 d3 37.¦xd3 ¦b6= with
9+psn-zP-sN-0 equality, as was pointed out by
9-+-zp-+-+0 Shirov.
9+LzP-+-+-0 23...¢e6 24.¦ac1
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 White's idea becomes clear −
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 Black's king is not allowed to go to
xiiiiiiiiy c4.
Igor Zaitsev's variation. 24...¦he8
11...£xg5 Only this move is a novelty! In the
Do you remember? − 11...dxc3?! game Van den Doel − Timmermans,
12.¤xe6 fxe6 13.bxc3 £d3 14.¥c2!! Deizisau 1999 after 24...¦d5 25.¥a5
(Mikhail Tal's idea) 14...£xc3 15.¤b3 ¦a8 26.¦d3 ¦xa5 27.¤xa5 ¦xc5
¤xb3 16.¥xb3 ¤d4 17.£g4!! with an Black has a powerful pawn armada
almost decisive advantage, Kasparov but White proved an extra Rook to be
− Anand, New York 1995 (m/10). more important: 28.¢f1 b4 29.¤b3
12.£f3 ¦d5 30.¦a1 c5 31.¦a6+ and White
Winning the piece back. collects all of Black's pawns little by
12...0-0-0 13.¥xe6+ fxe6 14.£xc6 little.
£xe5 15.b4 £d5 16.£xd5 exd5 25.¢f1 ¢f5 (D)
17.bxc5 dxc3 18.¤b3 d4 19.¥a3 g6
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CT-118 Page 2 of 4
9-+-trr+-+0 9-+-trr+-+0
9+-zp-+-vlp0 9+-zp-+-vlp0
9-+-+-+p+0 9-+P+-+-+0
9+pzP-+k+-0 9+pvL-+-+-0
9-vL-zp-+-+0 9-+-zpk+p+0
9+Nzp-+-+-0 9+NzpR+-+-0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9-+-+-zPPzP0
9+-tRR+K+-0 9+-+R+K+-0
26.c6!? 31...h5?!
The immediate 26.¦d3 also comes Again, 31...¦e6!? was probably a
to mind. Kasparov's approach is more stubborn defense. The position
sharper though. should be winning for White but Black
26...g5 is still fighting, for example: 32.¥xd4
Black could win the pawn on c6 by c2 33.¦e3+ (33.¤c5+ ¢f5 34.¦c1
26...¦e6?! but the cost was too high: ¦xd4 35.¦xd4 ¥xd4 36.¤xe6 ¢xe6
27.¥xc3 ¦xc6 28.¥a5+− winning the 37.¦xc2 ¢d5„) 33...¢f5 34.¦de1
pawn on c7. ¥xd4 35.¦xe6 ¥c3 36.¦1e4 ¦d1+
27.¥a5 37.¢e2 c1£ 38.¤xc1 ¦xc1 with
The immediate 27.¦d3 was chances to draw. It's quite possible,
tempting. however, that White had a different
27...¦d6 way to win the game but it wasn't so
27...¥e5 28.¦d3 wasn't easier for obvious. After the text move White
Black. wins easily.
28.¥b4 ¦dd8 29.¦d3 32.¤xd4 b4
Finally! 32...¥xd4 33.¦xd4+ ¦xd4 34.¦xd4+
29...g4 (D) followed by ¦d3−c3 White doesn't
XIIIIIIIIY have any problems.
9-+-trr+-+0 33.¦e3+ ¢d5 (D)
9+-zp-+-vlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+P+-+-+0 9-+-trr+-+0
9+p+-+k+-0 9+-zp-+-vl-0
9-vL-zp-+p+0 9-+P+-+-+0
9+NzpR+-+-0 9+-vLk+-+p0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9-zp-sN-+p+0
9+-tR-+K+-0 9+-zp-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-zPPzP0
9+-+R+K+-0
30.¥c5 xiiiiiiiiy
The position after 30.¦cd1 ¥f6 34.¥xb4!
31.¥c5 ¦e6 32.¥xd4 ¦xc6 33.¥xf6 The simplest way. In the line
¦xd3 34.¦xd3 ¢xf6 35.¢e2 ¢e5 34.¤e6+ ¢xc6 35.¤xd8+ ¦xd8
gives Black good drawing chances. 36.¦xd8 ¢xc5 things would get
30...¢e4?! crazy, although objectively White is
30...¦e6!? looked more to the point winning, of course.
− Black's only chance is to eliminate 34...¢c4 35.¥xc3 ¦xe3 36.fxe3
the c6−pawn. ¦f8+
31.¦cd1 (D) 36...¢xc3?? 37.¤e2+ followed by
¦d8.
37.¢e2 ¢xc3
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xiiiiiiiiy
he was forced to resign − ¦d7 is
coming... The score between
Kasparov and Shirov is now 11-0!
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CT-119, 5 March 2001
arry Kasparov has won the just ended. Alexander Volzhin (Russia)
G super-tournament in Linares!
Today he pressured Anatoly
Karpov with the black pieces in the
had been leading during the whole event,
but in the last round he was caught up to
by ELO-favourite Jaan Ehlvest
Grunfeld Defence, but a draw wasn’t too (Estonia). Both players scored 8½ points
difficult a task. Kasparov has shown out of 13 and Jaan was proclaimed the
huge superiority over all his opponents in winner after tie-breaks. It is curious that
this event – two full points ahead of the Ehlvest started with only 2½ points after
field, with one game to play. 6 rounds while Volzhin had two times
more! Normunds Miezis (Latvia)
Peter Leko gave no chance to Judit finished third at a half point behind, by
Polgar to outplay him in the Ruy Lopez.
Another draw by the “Equalizer”,
however, Leko is still the only player
who hasn’t won a single game yet.
Alexey Shirov introduced a very

interesting novelty in the Najdorf Sicilian
and convincingly seemed to solve his
problems, but in the endgame he went Jaan Ehlvest Alexander Volzhin
wrong and faced serious difficulties winning his last three games.
which he couldn’t cope with. As a result Congratulations to the winners!
Alexander Grischuk is now sharing
second place! Alexey Iljushin joined Evgeny Pigusov
at the lead after the 6th Round of the
Standings after 9th Round: Geller Memorial in Moscow – both
1. Kasparov – 6½ points, players have 5½ points. Four players are
2-3. Polgar, Grischuk – 4½ sharing third place at half a point behind.
4-5. Karpov, Leko - 4
6. Shirov - 3½ Results of the 6th Round:
Pigusov – Guseinov ½-½
Pairings for the last 10th & final round: Jakovenko – Iljushin 0-1
Kasparov – Grischuk Kotsur – Kokarev 1-0
Shirov – Polgar Komliakov – Kharitonov ½-½
Leko – Karpov Loginov – Egorov 1-0
V.L.Ivanov – Ulko ½-½
Tomorrow will be a tough day for both Potkin – Bagirov 0-1
Polgar and Grischuk. As for the game
Leko – Karpov, the winner of this game Top boards of the 7th Round:
has a chance to come in clear second! Iljushin (5½) – Pigusov (5½)
Guseinov (5) – Kotsur (5)
Let’s take a look at the other events. Bagirov (5) – Loginov (5)
We’ve finally have news from Dhaka, Yury Shulman (Belorussia) kept the
Bangladesh where the 5th United lead after the 7th Round of the Charles
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CT-119 Page 1 of 4
Leaders after the 7th Round: In the previous round Kasparov

1. Y.Shulman – 5 points from 7 avoided the Marshall Attack by 8.a4
2. G.Shahade - 4½/7 and smashed Leko in brilliant style.
3. A.Baburin and M.Vucic – 4/6 etc 8...¥b7 9.d3 h6 10.¤c3 ¥c5!?
A new move in this position. Black
The Victor Ciocaltea Memorial has usually places the bishop more
started in Bucharest, Romania. ELO- passively: 10...¦e8 11.a3 ¥f8 and did
favourites of the 12 category tournament not solve the problems completely:
are: Mihai Marin and Liviu-Dieter 12.¤d5 ¤a5 (or 12...¤d4 13.¤xd4
Nisipeanu. In the 1st Round all games exd4 14.¥f4 d6 15.¥g3 ¤xd5
were drawn. 16.exd5 g6 17.£d2 £d7 18.a4 ¦xe1+
19.£xe1 ¦e8 20.£a5² Wang Zili −
Sergey Krylov (Russia) won the Xie Jun, Beijing 1995) 13.¥a2 ¥xd5
“Ciudad de Linares” for blind players 14.exd5 d6 15.b4 ¤b7 16.c4² with
with 7½ points from 9. In the last round better chances for White, J.Polgar −
he was successful, while two other Adams, Dortmund 1996.
leaders, his compatriots, Vladimir 11.a4 b4 12.¤e2 ¤a5 13.¥a2 d5!?
Berlinsky and Sergey Smirnov, lost (D)
their games and so had to settle for a XIIIIIIIIY
share of second place. Our 9r+-wq-trk+0
congratulations! 9+lzp-+pzp-0
¤¤¤ 9p+-+-sn-zp0
Annotated Game 9sn-vlpzp-+-0
9Pzp-+P+-+0
9+-+P+N+P0
9LzPP+NzPP+0
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
A typical method for these
positions − Black tries to get
A. Shirov (2718) − P. Leko (2745) maximum activity for his pieces. It
Linares, Spain (7), 03.03.2001 C88 looks like Leko wants to play the
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Marshall very much.
T oday's games were not too

exciting so we would like to
present one of the most spectacular
14.¤xe5
The pawn couldn't be taken for
free: 14.exd5?! ¥xd5 15.¤xe5 ¥xa2
battles of the tournament from the 16.¦xa2 £d5 17.b3!? £xe5 18.d4
7/th round − Alexey Shirov's £h5 19.dxc5 ¦ad8ƒ followed by £c5
"kamikaze" chess, against Leko. with advantage for Black.
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 14...dxe4 15.d4 ¥a7 16.¥e3 ¥d5 (D)
¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 16...¤d5!? deserved attention.
8.h3 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wq-trk+0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9vl-zp-+pzp-0
9+-zppvlpzpp0 9p+-+-sn-zp0
9p+n+-sn-+0 9sn-+lsN-+-0
9+p+-zp-+-0 9PzpPzPp+-+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-vL-+P0
9+L+-+N+P0 9LzP-+NzPP+0
9PzPPzP-zPP+0 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy
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17.c4! bxc3 18.b4! Let's make some moves...

A strong idea, which looks 28...f4
promising for White. No way for such complications as
18...¤c6 19.¤xc6 ¥xc6 20.¤xc3 28...¥xd4 29.¦d1÷; or 28...¦f6
¤d5 (D) 29.¦g3+ ¢f7 30.¦g7+ ¢e6 31.£h7÷
XIIIIIIIIY 29.£g6+ ¢h8 30.£h6+ ¢g8
9r+-wq-trk+0 31.£g6+ ¢h8 32.¤xd5 (D)
9vl-zp-+pzp-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+l+-+-zp0 9r+-wq-tr-mk0
9+-+n+-+-0 9vl-zp-+-+-0
9PzP-zPp+-+0 9p+-+-+Q+0
9+-sN-vL-+P0 9+-+N+-+-0
9L+-+-zPP+0 9PzP-zPpzp-+0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9+-+-tR-+P0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-zPP+0
21.¥xd5 9tR-+-+-mK-0
Alexey could not resist giving xiiiiiiiiy
pleasure for the spectators, but the Please some more moves...
solid 21.£b3!? was objectively 32...fxe3 33.£h6+ ¢g8 34.£g6+
stronger: 21...¤xe3 22.fxe3 ¦b8 ¢h8 35.¦c1? (D)
23.£c4 £d6 24.¦ab1 followed by ¦f1 XIIIIIIIIY
with certain pressure. 9r+-wq-tr-mk0
21...¥xd5 22.¥xh6 (D) 9vl-zp-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-+-+Q+0
9r+-wq-trk+0 9+-+N+-+-0
9vl-zp-+pzp-0 9PzP-zPp+-+0
9p+-+-+-vL0 9+-+-zp-+P0
9+-+l+-+-0 9-+-+-zPP+0
9PzP-zPp+-+0 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9+-sN-+-+P0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-zPP+0 What, NO DRAW!!!? An absolutely
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 crazy decision...
xiiiiiiiiy 35...£h4?
Here it is! Objectively this Shirov's idea clearly came as a
combination does not promise White shock for Leko and it probably
more than a draw by perpetual affected his mind. Why not
check. 35...exf2+! 36.¢f1 £h4 37.¦xc7
22...gxh6 23.£g4+ ¢h8 24.£h5 f5 ¥xd4 (or 37...¦g8 38.¤e7!? ¥xd4)
The only defence. and White does not have any other
25.£xh6+ ¢g8 26.£g6+ ¢h8 ideas than 38.¤f6!? ¥xf6 39.¦c5 e3
27.£h6+ ¢g8 28.¦e3!? (D) 40.¦h5+ £xh5 41.£xh5+ ¢g7 and
XIIIIIIIIY Black is winning. Objectively
9r+-wq-trk+0 speaking, the text move looks quite
9vl-zp-+-+-0 safe but it was almost impossible to
9p+-+-+-wQ0 foresee Shirov's magic tricks.
9+-+l+p+-0 36.fxe3
9PzP-zPp+-+0 By the way, the bishop on a7 is out
9+-sN-tR-+P0 of play now.
9-+-+-zPP+0 36...¦g8
9tR-+-+-mK-0 36...c6!? 37.¦xc6 ¦ac8 was
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What now?
39.£xa8
Very unexpected!
39...¦xa8 40.¤g6+ ¢g8 41.¤xh4
¥xh4 42.¦xc7
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but Black has no problems to hold
the balance thanks to the bad
position of White's king.
42...¥e1 43.b5 (D)
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A draw agreed, but what a
spectacular draw! After 43.b5 axb5
44.axb5 ¥g3 45.¦c1 ¦e8 White
cannot play for a win. ½-½.
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CT-120, 6 March 2001
arry Kasparov taught Some results of the 7th Round:
G young Alexander
Grischuk a lesson in
the last round of the super-
Iljushin – Pigusov ½-½
Guseinov – Kotsur 0-1
tournament in Linares and Bagirov – Loginov ½-½
finished the event with excellent
7½ points out of 10 games. Our Top boards of the 8th Round:
congratulations! Kotsur (6) – Pigusov (6)
Iljushin (6) – Balashov (5½)
Alexey Shirov outplayed Judit Polgar Malaniuk (5½) – Vorobiov (5½)
in interesting complications and avoided Loginov (5½) – Ulko (5½)
last place. (see the annotated game Kharitonov (5) – Bagirov (5½)
section.)
After 8 rounds of the Charles inklater
Peter Leko had excellent chances to beat Memorial GM Yury Shulman
Anatoly Karpov but spoiled his big (Belorussia, who recently lives in Dallas,
advantage little by little by indecisive Texas) kept the lead with 6 points out of
play. By the way, if he had won this 8. GM Alex Baburin (Ireland) won a
game he would have taken clear second, very important game over previously
but I dare say it would be too unfair for undefeated IM Mladen Vucic.
chess – thanks Anatoly Evgenievich for
heroic defensive play! Leaders after the 8th Round:
1. Shulman 6/8
Final standings: 2. Baburin 5/7
1. Kasparov – 7½ points, 3. Shahade 5/8
2-6. Polgar, Grischuk, Shirov, Karpov 4. Wojtkiewicz 4.5/7 etc.
Leko – 4½
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The results of the tournament are fairly of each round by IM John Donaldson.
remarkable: Garry Kasparov – plus 5,
all other 5 players – minus 1! They are Perhaps the participants of the round
probably thinking they shared second, robin, category 12 Victor Ciocaltea
but it’s clear that they actually all shared Memorial in Bucharest, Romania
last place! A total triumph of the Great decided to repeat the start of the super-
Garry! Perhaps a simultaneous tournament in Linares – all games in the
Exhibition: “Kasparov vs others” would first two rounds were drawn! It’s fairly
be a good idea to include in the schedule hard to believe – there are 12 players in
of the Linares next year to equalize the the event. Let’s wait for the next round to
chances. speak about the leaders.
Now let’s take a look at the other events. A strong round robin tournament has
started in Badalona, Spain. In the first
In the 7th Round of the Geller Memorial round IM Jose Manuel Lopez Martinez
Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) beat 14 year (Spain) beat one of the ELO-favourites
old Kadyr Guseinov and joined the GM Arthur Kogan (Israel). GM Atanas
leaders – Alexey Iljushin and Evgeny Kolev (Bulgaria), IM Mark Narciso
Pigusov, who drew their game. Dublan and MF Manuel Granados
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov ; Technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
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(both of Spain) also won their first according to long term plans and the
games. text move is of that kind. In the game
¤¤¤ Yemelin − Vaulin, St Petersburg
Annotated Game 1993 White did not achieve too much
after 14.¦ac1 a4 15.¤d2 ¤c5
A. Shirov(2718) − J. Polgar (2676) 16.£a3 ¤fd7 17.b4 axb3 18.axb3
Linares, Spain (9), 06.03.2001 B92 ¦a8 19.£b2 f5„ with good
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov counterplay. 14...b6 15.¤d2 ¤c5
T his game was very important for
Alexey and he probably decided
to try to extinguish Judit's activity at
16.£c2 ¤fd7
In case of the tempting 16...b5
17.cxb5 ¤xd5 18.¤c4 White's Rook
the very start, despite limiting his own was properly placed on d1!
creative possibilities as well. 17.f3 ¥g5 18.¥f2 f5 19.¢h1
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 White's main play should be
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 (D) connected with queenside play: b3,
XIIIIIIIIY a3, b4 pushing the knight back, etc.−
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 but before Alexey makes some
9+p+-zppzpp0 prophylactic moves − Black's play is
9p+-zp-sn-+0 definitely connected with central and
9+-+-+-+-0 kingside activity.
9-+-sNP+-+0 19...£f6 (D)
9+-sN-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+LzPPzP0 9-+r+-trk+0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 9+-+n+-zpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zp-zp-wq-+0
No way for 6.¥e3 this time − Judit 9zp-snPzppvl-0
showed fantastic play in this variation 9-+P+-+-+0
in two games against Garry Kasparov 9+-+-+P+-0
in this tournament. 9PzPQsNLvLPzP0
6...e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7 8.¥e3 ¥e6 9.¤d5 9+-+R+R+K0
¤bd7 10.£d3 ¥xd5 11.exd5 ¦c8!? xiiiiiiiiy
In case of 11...0-0 White was 20.¤b1!
probably going to play 12.g4! − the A very important manoeuvre −
game Khalifman − Gelfand, Las White improves the position of the
Vegas (Wch) 1999 continued: Knight.
12...¤c5 13.¤xc5 dxc5 14.0-0-0 e4 20...£h6 21.¤c3 ¦ce8 22.a3
15.£d2 ¥d6 16.g5 ¤d7 17.h4 ¤e5 By the way, there is no need for b2−
18.h5 and White obtained a clear b3 as Black cannot play a5−a4.
advantage. 22...e4
12.c4 0-0 13.0-0 a5 14.¦ad1!? (D) The start of huge complications. An
XIIIIIIIIY exchange of dark−squared bishops
9-+rwq-trk+0 by 22...¥e3!? looked more reliable −
9+p+nvlpzpp0 possible play was 23.b4 axb4
9-+-zp-sn-+0 24.axb4 ¥xf2 25.¦xf2 ¤a6„ with
9zp-+Pzp-+-0 counterplay.
9-+P+-+-+0 23.b4 e3 24.¥e1
9+N+QvL-+-0 Of course, not 24.bxc5? − the
9PzP-+LzPPzP0 Bishop on f2 is important in defence:
9+-+R+RmK-0 24...exf2 25.c6 ¥f4 26.h3 £g5
xiiiiiiiiy 27.¦d4 ¤f6ƒ with a strong initiative.
A new continuation. In such a 24...¤b7
position both sides should play 24...¤a6 could be met by 25.c5!?
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axb4 26.axb4 and there is no The immediate 33...¤f6!? looked

26...¤xb4? due to 27.£a4 more to the point.
XIIIIIIIIY 34.¥d3 ¤f8?!
9-+-+rtrk+0 Judit played these moves rather
9+n+n+-zpp0 quickly trying to exploit Alexey's
9-zp-zp-+-wq0 time−trouble, but only made things
9zpN+P+pvl-0 worse. 34...h6!? with the idea of
9-zPP+-+-+0 ...¤e5 was a more active defence.
9zP-+-zpP+-0 35.¦fe1 £xa3 36.¤e6!
9-+Q+L+PzP0 It turns out that the move ...Nf8 was
9+-+RvLR+K0 not a good idea − Black has to play
xiiiiiiiiy another move to defend the h7−
25.¤b5! pawn.
Resuming the knight's manoeuvre. 36...g6 37.¤g5!? ¦g7 38.£d4 £xb4
25...f4 26.¤c7 ¦e5?! (D)
A rather strange move − Black is XIIIIIIIIY
hoping to transfer the Rook to h5?! 9r+-+-snk+0
27.¥c3?! 9+n+-+-trp0
27.¤e6!? followed by ¥c3 looked 9-zp-zp-+p+0
good enough − the idea being if 9zp-+P+-sN-0
27...¥f6 28.¤xf8 and ¦h5 did not 9-wqPwQ-+-+0
work due to, for example, 29.£xh7+! 9+-+LzpP+-0
Don't be too critical of these very 9-+-+-+PzP0
creative players − this is last round of 9+-+RtR-+K0
a very intensive tournament. xiiiiiiiiy
27...¦e7 28.¤e6 ¦a8 29.£f5 39.¤e4!
White's pieces look powerful but A very annoying knight!
things are still far from clear. 39...¤c5 40.¦b1 £a3 41.¤f6+ ¢h8
29...¥h4 30.£g4 42.¦xe3
Of course, the f4 pawn is The time−trouble has passed, and
untouchable: 30.£xf4?? ¦xe6!-+; White's position is overwhelming.
30.¤xf4?? ¦f8-+ 42...¤xd3 43.¤e8! (D)
30...¥f6 31.¥xf6 £xf6 32.¤xf4 £b2! XIIIIIIIIY
Having sacrificed a pawn, Black has 9r+-+Nsn-mk0
obtained counterplay − White's 9+-+-+-trp0
queenside is in danger. 9-zp-zp-+p+0
33.£h4! 9zp-+P+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+PwQ-+-+0
9r+-+-+k+0 9wq-+ntRP+-0
9+n+ntr-zpp0 9-+-+-+PzP0
9-zp-zp-+-+0 9+R+-+-+K0
9zp-+P+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zPP+-sN-wQ0 First White wins the exchange. By
9zP-+-zpP+-0 the way, do you remember the
9-wq-+L+PzP0 triumphal march of this knight? ¤f3−
9+-+R+R+K0 d4−b3−d2−b1-c3−b5−c7−e6−g5−e4−
xiiiiiiiiy f6−e8!!!
White's chances lie in a kingside 43...¦xe8 44.¦xe8 ¢g8 45.¦e3
attack and Alexey tries to organize it Now it's time for the knight.
in the most efficient way. 45...¤f2+ 46.¢g1 £a4 47.¦e2!
33...¦f7?! Of course, not 47.¢xf2?? £c2+-+

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47...¦c7 48.¢xf2 ¦xc4 49.£xb6 ¦c5 the price will go down, while the quality
50.£xd6 £d4+ (D) will go up!
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Look how the King helped to push
Black's pieces away from the center!
57...a4 58.£c4 ¦a5 59.¦e2
And Black resigned. An interesting
and fairly instructive game! 1-0.
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CT-121, 7th March 2001
C
HESS life takes a break – the Malaniuk – Vorobiov ½-½
super-tournament in Linares is Loginov – Ulko 1-0
finished and there are only a few Kharitonov – Bagirov ½-½
events underway.
Top boards of the final 9th Round:
Yury Shulman keeps the lead after the Pigusov (6½) – Loginov (6½)
penultimate 9th Round of the Charles Balashov (6) – Kotsur (6½)
Linklater Memorial. He is playing very Vorobiov (6) – Iljushin (6½)
confidently – alternately making draws Bagirov (6) – Malaniuk (6)
with Black and winning with White. Zagrebelny (6) – Kuporosov (6)
Gregory Shahade beat Cyrus Kokarev (6) – Beshukov (6)
Lakdawala and is clear second now.
Alex Baburin suddenly lost to Alex After a very slow start the 3rd Round of
Krechetov and was joined in third place the “Victor Ciocaltea Memorial” in
by Alex Wojtkiewicz. Bucharest, Romania finally produced
leaders. IM Levente Vajda (Romania)
Leaders after the 9th Round: beat one of the ELO-favourites Viorel
1. Shulman 6½ points from 9 Iordachescu while GM Laurent
2. Shahade 6/9 Fressinet (France) outplayed Catalin
3-4. Baburin, Wojtkiewicz 5/8 Navrotescu with Black – both leaders
5-6. Vucic and Altounian 4½/8 etc. have scored 2 points.
There will be tough fighting for first FM Manuel Granados (Spain) took the
place in the last round – Yury Shulman lead in the round robin tournament in
plays against Alex Baburin while Badalona, Spain – in the 2nd Round he
Gregory Shahade faces Camila beat Jose Manuel Lopez Martinez with
Baginskaite. Black and keeps a perfect score. GM
Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria), IM Mark
This tournament is probably the first Narciso Dublan and Joan Fluvia Poyatos
event in the USA which uses the new (both of Spain) are in chase, half a point
FIDE time control. The quality of games behind.
suffers but the play often becomes more
exciting – today we would like to present News from San Francisco
an interesting battle by Alex Baburin By Alexander Baburin
with his excellent comments.
I like playing in the USA. It is not so
In the penultimate 8th Round of the much that I am mad about US
“Efim Geller Memorial” in Moscow tournaments, but I like to travel and also
Valery Loginov beat Jaroslav Ulko and have many friends in the USA. At the
joined three other leaders: Pavel Kotsur, moment I am playing in the Linklater
Alexey Iljushin and Evgeny Pigusov – Memorial at the Mechanic's Institute in
all 4 players have 6½ points. San Francisco and here I'd like to tell you
about the event and the club, hosting it.
Some results of the 8th Round:
Kotsur – Pigusov ½-½ The Mechanic's Institute Chess Club is
Iljushin – Balashov ½-½ one of the oldest in the world and is
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probably the oldest in the country. The Annotated Game

board of trustees of the Mechanic's
Institute has quite a few chess players, A Baburin 2598 − C Lakdawala 2436
such as IM Vincent McCambridge and Linklater Memorial, San Francisco (4)
01.03.2001 D30
Mark Pinto. Not surprisingly, chess Notes by GM Alexander Baburin
activities are in the ascendancy at the
Mechanic's, particularly as it features IM 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6
John Donaldson and GM Alex 5.¤bd2 ¤bd7 6.¥d3 b6 7.0-0 ¥b7 8.b3
Yermolinsky among its employees. The Recently I played 8.e4, but after
club organises tournaments and lectures 8...dxe4 9.¤xe4 c5 10.d5?! exd5
for its members and has an excellent 11.cxd5 ¤xe4 12.¥xe4 ¥d6 13.¤g5?!
Web site … ¤f6 14.£a4+ £d7 15.£xd7+ ¤xd7
16.¥f5 ¤f6 Black stood better in the
game Baburin−Kelly, Bunratty 2001.
Looking at that game I decided that
perhaps delaying e3−e4 would be a
good idea.
8...¥e7 9.¥b2 0-0 10.£e2 £c7 11.¦ac1
¦ac8 (D)
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at http://www.chessclub.org 9+-+p+-+-0
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see a picture taken at the Mechanics on 9PvL-sNQzPPzP0
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the first page of San Francisco xiiiiiiiiy
Chronicle. I feel things will gradually get White commands more space and can
even better as chess is rather popular go for e3−e4 at the appropriate moment.
among kids in the Bay Area. I wish the Perhaps here I should have done exactly
Club and people working there very that: 12.e4 dxe4 13.¤xe4 c5 14.dxc5
well! and White has a small, but pleasant
edge. In case of 13...¤xe4 14.¥xe4 ¤f6
I first played at the Mechanic's in a round he can choose between 15.¥c2 and
robin tournament in 1997 and was happy 15.c5!?. Instead I decided to keep more
to come back to play again this year. tension in the centre:
12.¤e5 c5
This tournament is probably the first
This is correct, as after 12...¤xe5?!
event in the USA which uses the new
13.dxe5 ¤d7 14.f4 White stands better
FIDE time control. I can tell you that it is as he has good chances on the kingside
much tougher than the previous one - and in the centre.
you sink into deep thought 3-4 times 13.f4 dxc4 14.bxc4
during the game and you are in time- It was probably wrong to block the c−
trouble already! My advice: learn your file − better was 14.¥xc4 or 14.¤dxc4
openings, be confident and don't pretend ¥e4 15.¤d2 ¥xd3 16.¤xd3, with a small
to be a particularly deep player - it's hard edge in both cases.
to afford with the new time limit. My 14...¦cd8 15.f5??
impression is that the quality of games This is an awful move, which
will ultimately suffer at all levels. The undermines the e5−knight and blocks
the d3−bishop. But of course, at that
following game could be some kind of
time I did not see what was wrong with it,
confirmation, as it is full of mistakes. But otherwise I would have not played it.
it also had some good moves and 15...¥d6 16.¤df3 (D)
interesting tactics - enjoy!
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XIIIIIIIIY This looks tempting, but is wrong...

9-+-tr-trk+0 Better was 20.¤g5 ¥xh2+ 21.Kh1 g6
9zplwqn+pzpp0 22.¤xf7 ¦xf7 23.¦xf7 Kxf7 24.£g4=.
9-zp-vlpsn-+0 20...Kxh7 21.¤g5+ Kg8
9+-zp-sNP+-0 21...Kg6? loses after 22.£d3+ Kxg5
9-+PzP-+-+0 23.£f5+ Kh6 24.£h3+ Kg6 25.£g4+ Kh6
9+-+LzPN+-0 26.£xg7+ Kh5 27.¦f5+ Kh4 28.£g5#;
9PvL-+Q+PzP0 21...Kh6 is bad too − 22.¤xf7+ ¦xf7
9+-tR-+RmK-0
23.¦xf7 ¥xh2+ 24.Kh1 ¥e5 25.¦cf1+−.
xiiiiiiiiy
22.£h5 ¤f8 23.¦f3 (D)
After 16.fxe6 ¤xe5 17.dxe5 ¥xe5
XIIIIIIIIY
18.exf7+ ¦xf7 19.¥xe5 £xe5 Black 9-+-tr-snk+0
would be better, so I played 16.¤df3. 9zplwq-trpzp-0
But now he could have played 16...¥xf3! 9-zp-vl-+-+0
17.¤xf3 e5!, obtaining a strategically 9+-zpP+-sNQ0
winning position − all his pieces are 9-+P+-+-+0
active, while the d3−bishop looks like a 9+-+-zPR+-0
bit of an idiot... We both missed that 9PvL-+-+PzP0
idea. 9+-tR-+-mK-0
16...¦fe8? 17.fxe6 ¦xe6? xiiiiiiiiy
This is a serious mistake. After After making this move I had 7½
17...fxe6 18.¤xd7 ¤xd7 19.d5 Black minutes left (plus the increment), while
can't play 19...exd5? because of my opponent had 42 minutes. It is harder
20.¥xh7+! Kxh7 21.¤g5+ Kg8 22.£h5+− to defend than attack, but White's attack
. However after 19...¤f8 White would should not succeed here, even though
have problems with his central pawns. during the game I felt the opposite (that's
Thus, better would be 19.£c2 ¤f6 20.h3 why I played 20 ¥xh7? in the first
and White is slightly better. place!).
18.¤xd7 23...¥xh2+?
Here I considered 18.¤g5, but did not Black had to use the b7−bishop in
like that Black would be able to sacrifice defence by playing 23...¥c8! In general it
on e5: 18...¥xe5 19.dxe5 ¦xe5 20.¥xe5 makes sense to employ your idle pieces.
¤xe5 or 20...£xe5 21.¥xh7+ ¤xh7 Here the bishop, which had been
22.¤xf7 £e7 23.¤xd8 £xd8. watching the grass grow on b7, could
18...¤xd7 19.d5? stop White from playing ¦h3. White does
White launches his attack incorrectly. not have enough here, as the following
Of course, it is nice to shut down the lines show: 24.¦cf1 (24.g4? £d7;
enemy bishop and to open up your own 24.¥xg7?! Kxg7 25.¦cf1 f5 26.¦h3 ¤g6-
one, but this move give up control over +) 24...f6. now after both 25.¦xf6 gxf6
the e5−square and allows the enemy 26.¥xf6 ¤h7 27.¥xe7 £xe7 28.¤xh7
rook to leave the vulnerable position on ¥xh2+ 29.£xh2 £xh7 30.£xh7+ Kxh7
e6. White had to play 19.¤g5!, with a 31.¦f7+ Kg6 32.¦xa7 ¥f5 and 25.¥xf6
winning advantage. For example: gxf6 26.¦xf6 ¥xh2+ 27.Kh1 ¥e5 28.d6
19...¥xh2+ 20.Kh1 ¦h6 21.¥xh7+ Kh8 £xd6 29.¦xd6 ¦xd6 Black should win. In
22.¤xf7+ Kxh7 23.¤xh6 Kxh6 (23...gxh6 the latter variation Black's pieces are
24.¦f7+ Kg8 25.¦cf1+−) 24.e4!? cxd4 much better than White's queen. If we
25.¥xd4 ¤e5 26.¥e3+ Kg6 27.¦f5+−. I look back at the position after 23...¥c8!,
considered 19.¤g5!, but I missed that it looks only logical that Black can
Black could not play 21...Kf8 because of withstand White's attack − all his pieces
22.¤xf7+−. are employed. OK, White has the h and f
19...¦e7 files, but this is not enough with Black's
I expected mainly 19...¦h6 20.h3 ¤e5 best defence.
and Black is only slightly worse. Here 24.Kh1!
Black offered a draw, but I was under the 24.£xh2 is not what I sacrificed the
mistaken impression that I had a chance bishop for! Objectively, this move is quite
to launch a winning attack. strong too, as White's attack is already
20.¥xh7+? strong now.
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24...¦d6 (D) After 28...¥c8 29.£h7+ Kf8 30.¦xf7+!

XIIIIIIIIY ¦xf7 White has 31.¦f3!, winning.
9-+-+-snk+0 29.exf4?
9zplwq-trpzp-0 This is a serious inaccuracy in time−
9-zp-tr-+-+0 trouble. Better was 29.£h8+ Kg6
9+-zpP+-sNQ0 30.exf4! and Black's king is doomed.
9-+P+-+-+0 Now the king is given a chance to
9+-+-zPR+-0 escape, but Black misses the
9PvL-+-+Pvl0 opportunity.
9+-tR-+-+K0
29...¦e1+ 30.Kh2 (D)
xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY
This is what I considered the main line 9-+-+-+-+0
of defence too, but this was not the only 9zplwq-+pmk-0
move − 24...¥g3 looked equally 9-zp-tr-+-+0
tempting. There White already has a 9+-zpP+-sNQ0
draw − by playing 25.¦cf1 f6 26.¥xf6 9-+P+-zP-+0
gxf6 27.¦xf6 ¥e5 28.¦xf8+ ¦xf8 9+-+-+-+R0
29.£g6+ ¦g7 30.£e6+ ¦gf7 31.£g6+ 9P+-+-+PmK0
¦g7 32.£e6+=. but he can also play for 9+-+-tr-+-0
more with 25.¥xg7 Kxg7 26.¦cf1 ¦dd7 xiiiiiiiiy
27.£g4 ¤g6 28.¦xg3 (28.£h5 ¤f8 30...Kf8?
29.£g4=) 28...¦d6 29.£h5 and White Black had to play 30...¦e8!. After
wins. Of course, it is hard to tell whether 31.£h7+ 32.£h8+ Ke7 33.¦e3+ ¦e6
White and Black would have found these 34.¦xe6+ fxe6 35.d6+ Kxd6 36.£xe8
variations over the board. This also £c8 37.¤f7+ Kc7 38.£xc8+ ¥xc8 39.g4
applies to the lines, which you will see White is better in the ending, but the fight
later − don't get the impression that I still goes on.
saw all or even most of them. Indeed, a 31.£h8+ Ke7 32.£h4!
man does not know his limitations Now it is over, as White picks at least
until he analysed with Fritz! :−) a rook.
25.¥xg7 Kxg7 26.¦cf1 ¥f4? 32...¦e2 33.¤e6+ Kd7 34.¤xc7 Kxc7
Better was 26...f5!. The idea is that 35.£h5 ¦e7 36.f5 b5 37.£h4 ¦ed7
after 27.¦xf5? ¥f4! already wins: 38.£f2 Kb6 39.¦b3 1-0 Time: 1.31-1.18
28.¦5xf4 ¦h6 29.¦f7+ ¦xf7 30.¦xf7+
£xf7 31.£xh6+ Kxh6 32.¤xf7+ Kg6-+. Contact information. Do you want to report a
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28.¦xf4! Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
This is better than 28.exf4. Then Chess Today is copyright 2000 by Alexander
Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
28...¥c8 loses after 29.f5! ¥xf5 30.£h7+
Kf8 31.¦hf3 f6 32.£h6+ Ke8 33.¦xf5 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
fxg5 34.¦f8+ ¤xf8 35.¦xf8+ Kd7 or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
36.£h3+ ¦de6 37.dxe6+, but 28...f5! express written permission.
looks good for Black.
28...¤xf4
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CT-122, 8 March 2001
avel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) has We are sorry for reporting slightly
P won the Efim Geller Memorial

in Moscow.
In the last round he beat experienced GM
incorrect information about the Charles
Linklater Memorial. There are 11
players in the competition and so
Yury Balashov with the black pieces and yesterday it was the penultimate round
scored an excellent 7½ points while other only for IM Gregory Shahade who
leaders were too peaceful. finished the tournament today as he is
free from play tomorrow. The leader of
Results of the 9th Round: the event GM Yury Shulman was free
Pigusov – Loginov ½-½ today but still heads the field. GMs Alex
Balashov – Kotsur 0-1 Baburin and Alex Wojtkiewicz won
Vorobiov – Iljushin ½-½ their games and still keep chances alive
Bagirov – Malaniuk 1-0 for success.
Zagrebelny – Kuporosov 0-1
Kokarev – Beshukov ½-½ Leaders after the 10th Round:
1. Shulman 6½ points from 9
Evgeny Pigusov, Valery Loginov, 2. Shahade 6½/10
Alexey Iljushin, Rufat Bagirov and 3-4. Baburin, Wojtkiewicz 6/9
Victor Kuporosov shared second place. 5. Vucic 5/9 etc.
Our congratulations to all the winners!
The decisive battles tomorrow will be:
Efim Geller (see photo) would have Shulman – Baburin
been 76 today. He Altounian – Wojtkiewicz
was a great player
- twice Soviet It seems to be a difficult encounter for
Champion – in Alex Baburin as Yuri Shulman won all 4
1955 and in 1979 of his games as White in the tournament
(by the way, this so far, but who knows?! We believe in
record would be you, Alex!!!
hardly surpassed
– to became Both leaders of the “Victor Ciocaltea
Champion after a Memorial” in Bucharest - GM Laurent
44 year break, at 55 years of age!), 7 Fressinet (France) and IM Levente
times Olympic Champion, and 6 times Vajda (Romania) were victorious in the
Europe Champion. Geller was a well 4th Round and still keep the lead with 3
known theoretician and his contributions points.
to the Sicilian, Ruy Lopez, King’s Indian
were outstanding. He always tried to get Results of the 4th Round:
to the point of the position too deeply Fressinet – Iordachescu 1-0
and often found himself in terrible time Motylev – Vajda 0-1
trouble. Perhaps that's why he was not Brodsky – Nisipeanu 0-1
very successful in the World Ionescu – Nevednichy ½-½
Championships. Today we would like to Badea – Solak ½-½
feature some attractive moments from Navrotescu – Marin 1-0
Efim Geller’s practice.
(see annotated game section below.) Leaders after the 4th Round:
1-2. Fressinet, Vajda – 3 points
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3-4. Nisipeanu, Nevednichy - 2½ etc.

¤¤¤ XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Games 9rsn-wqk+ntr0
9+l+-+pzpp0
E. Geller (2515) − A. Dreev (2605) 9p+-vl-+-+0
New York (open) New York, 1990 C08 9+-+p+-+-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9P+pzP-+-+0
T his is an excellent win over one of
the top players in the World.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 a6 4.¤gf3 c5
9+-+-+N+-0
9-+PsNLzPPzP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
5.exd5 exd5 6.¥e2 c4 7.0-0 ¥d6 xiiiiiiiiy
8.b3 (D)
11.¥xc4!
XIIIIIIIIY Excellent! Perhaps Alexey Dreev
9rsnlwqk+ntr0 did not expect this sacrifice from such
9+p+-+pzpp0 an elderly player?!
11...dxc4 12.¤xc4 ¥e7
9p+-vl-+-+0 In case of 12...¤e7 13.¤xd6+ £xd6
9+-+p+-+-0 14.¥a3 £c7 15.¦e1 ¤bc6 16.d5±
9-+pzP-+-+0 Black was in trouble as well.
13.¦e1 £c7 14.¦b1!
9+P+-+N+-0 White's pieces quickly comes into
9P+PsNLzPPzP0 play. By the way, ¦b7 is threatenned.
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 14...£xc4 15.¦xb7 ¤c6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+-+k+ntr0
9+R+-vlpzpp0
8...b5?! 9p+n+-+-+0
This approach looks too risky. 9+-+-+-+-0
8...cxb3 9.axb3 ¤c6 is known to be 9P+qzP-+-+0
9+-+-+N+-0
more reliable. 9-+P+-zPPzP0
9.a4 ¥b7 9+-vLQtR-mK-0
After 9...c3 10.axb5 (of course, not xiiiiiiiiy
10.¤b1? b4) 10...cxd2 11.¥xd2 ¤e7 16.¤d2!
12.c4ƒ followed by c4−c5 White has Precisely played! The natural
obtained more than enough 16.¥a3?! allowed Black to escape by
compensation for the piece in the 16...0-0-0! 17.¥xe7 ¤gxe7 18.¦bxe7
game Geller − Shereshevsky, USSR ¤xe7 19.¦xe7 ¦he8³
1980. 16...£xd4
10.bxc4! Both 16...£d5 17.¤e4ƒ; and
This simple capture was an 16...£xa4 17.d5ƒ could not
important improvement to the game extinguish White's initiative.
Ivanchuk − Dolmatov, Irkutsk 1986 17.¥b2 £xa4 (D)
where White failed to seize the XIIIIIIIIY
initiative after the preliminary 9r+-+k+ntr0
10.¦e1?! ¤e7 11.bxc4 bxc4 9+R+-vlpzpp0
12.¥xc4?! dxc4 13.¤xc4 and here 9p+n+-+-+0
Black was lucky to find 13...¥b4! 9+-+-+-+-0
14.c3 ¥d5! 15.cxb4 ¥xc4 and White 9q+-+-+-+0
does not have sufficient 9+-+-+-+-0
compensation for the piece. 9-vLPsN-zPPzP0
10...bxc4 (D) 9+-+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
This issue is prepared byGM Ruslan Scherbakov; technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
CT-122 Page 2 of 4
18.¦e4 Yet, his position still looks very

Perhaps the immediate 18.¥xg7!? powerful.
was more precise. 21...¥a4!!
18...£a2? It was not a big task to find this
Missing an excellent chance to get move itself − it was much more
back into the battle by 18...£a5! difficult to discover the idea behind it!
19.¥xg7 0-0-0! 22.£g4 ¥f6! 23.¦xf6 ¥xb3!! (D)
19.¥xg7 0-0-0 20.¦b3+− (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-tr-tr-mk0
9-+ktr-+ntr0 9zpq+-+Pzpp0
9+-+-vlpvLp0 9-+-zp-tR-+0
9p+n+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-vLn+Q+0
9-+-+R+-+0 9zPlzp-+-+-0
9+R+-+-+-0 9-zPP+-+PzP0
9q+PsN-zPPzP0 9+K+R+-+-0
9+-+Q+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy The point. Thanks to the threat of
Now it's all over − White wins the ¥a2 Black is just one tempo quicker
material back with a decisive attack. to checkmate his rival's king. By the
20...¥f6 21.£g4+ ¢c7 22.£f4+ ¢c8 way, there is no other player in the
22...¦d6 23.¦d3+− World who scored more wins over
23.¥xf6 ¤xf6 24.£xf6 £xc2 the great Bobby Fischer than Efim
25.£f5+! (D) Geller − 5 times!23...¥xb3!! 24.cxb3
XIIIIIIIIY (24.¦f4 ¥a2+!) 24...¤xf6-+ 0-1.
9-+ktr-+-tr0
9+-+-+p+p0 E. Geller(2620) − A. Karpov (2695)
9p+n+-+-+0 URS−ch44 Moscow, 1976
9+-+-+Q+-0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
9-+-+R+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+R+-+-+-0 9-+-+qmkntr0
9-+qsN-zPPzP0 9tr-vl-+pzp-0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9-+Q+p+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zPpzP-vLp0
Winning the Queen. Black resigned. 9-+-zP-sN-sN0
1-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
R. Fischer − E. Geller 9+-+-+RmK-0
Skopje Skopje (2), 1967 xiiiiiiiiy
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Even Former World Champion
XIIIIIIIIY Anatoly Karpov fell victim to Efim
9-+-tr-tr-mk0 Geller. Black has the exchange and
9zpq+-vlPzpp0 it might seem that the swapping of
9-+lzp-+-+0 the queens is unavoidable...
9+-+-+R+-0 25.£xe6!!
9-+-vLnwQ-+0 A bolt from the blue! One of the
9zPLzp-+-+-0 most spectacular combination I've
9-zPP+-+PzP0 ever seen.
9+K+R+-+-0 25...fxe6 26.¤hg6+ £xg6
xiiiiiiiiy Things were worse in case of
In very sharp complications White 26...¢f7? 27.¤xh8+ ¢f8 28.¤fg6++−
failed to find the best continuation.
CT-122 Page 3 of 4
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White has obtained a decisive We always appreciate your comments
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technique. Please tell your chess friends about
28...¦a4 29.¦d1 ¤e7 30.¥xe7 ¢xe7 Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
31.¤g6+ ¢f7 32.¤f4 ¥xe5 33.dxe5 newspaper to sample – with more readers
¦xf4 34.¦c1! ¢e8 35.c6 ¢d8 36.c7+ the price will go down, while the quality
¢c8 37.g3 ¦a4 38.¦c6 ¦xa2 will go up!
39.¦xe6 g5 40.¦d6 ¦d2 41.e6 ¢xc7
42.e7 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
42.e7 ¦e2 43.¦xd5 ¦xe7 Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir
44.¦xg5+− 1-0 Barsky.
E. Geller − N. Novotelnov Technical editors: Graham Brown,

URS−ch19 Moscow, 1951 Ralph P. Marconi.
XIIIIIIIIY Chess Today is published by:
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40.¦xf8+! unauthorised reproduction, via print,
Eliminating the defender of the h7 electronic format, or in any form
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40...£xf8 41.¥h7++−
41.£h8+ ¢f7
What now?
42.¥g6+!!
Excellent! Black resigned as he is
checkmated.42.¥g6+ ¢xg6
(42...¢e6 43.£g8+ ¢d7 44.¥f5+)
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CT-123, 9th March 2001
Bobby
Fischer
C
HESS LEGEND, ex?! World is rumoured that he has revealed some of
Champion Robert James his secrets to the Polgar sisters and
Fischer celebrates his 58th Leko…
birthday today. His career was highly
impressive but unfortunately very short. It is even less likely that he will ever
We all remember his fantastic results in return to the USA after ignoring a
the Candidates matches of the World personal notification from the
Championship cycle of 1970-72: Fischer Government about his sanction breaking
– Taimanov 6 - 0, Fischer – Larsen 6 - 0, match with Spassky in Yugoslavia.
Fischer – Petrosian 6½ - 2½ and finally
the Final against Boris Spassky which Of course, all Fischer’s games are well
brought Fischer the World Champion known but we still cannot miss this
Title: 12½-8½. opportunity to remind you of some
examples.
Fischer was a rather original person – we
remember how he left the Interzonal Now let’s take a look at the tournaments.
tournament in Sousse, a clear leader of
the event with an excellent 8½ from 10, Yury Shulman (Belorussia) and Alex
because the organisers refused to satisfy Wojtkiewicz (Poland) shared the first
some his requirements. The World place in the Charles Linklater
Championship Match against Spassky Memorial in San Francisco. In the last
also started in fairly strange manner – in round Shulman drew against Alex
the 1st game he blundered the bishop in a Baburin while Wojtkiewicz beat Levon
dead drawn ending and then he refused Altounian. Michael Mulyar (USA)
to play the 2nd game and so was 2-0 scored the IM norm by beating Alex
down. Krechetov.
Having become World Champion (by the Final standings:

way, it was a really great achievement – 1-2. Shulman, Wojtkiewicz - 7 points
he beat all the top Russians, who were 3-4. Shahade, Baburin - 6½
dominating chess at that time), Fischer 5-6. Vucic and Mulyar – 5½ etc.
suddenly stopped playing chess. Was he
really so worried about possible defeats Our congratulations to the winners!
(as was supposed) or were there other
reasons. Whatever … it was a really sad Alex Baburin is surely not satisfied with
thing for the chess community, which his play in the tournament and so he will
was looking forward to his match against try to do better in the “2001 National
Anatoly Karpov. Anyway, we lost a Open” in Las Vegas, USA which starts
brilliant player and his friendly match today and where he is the defending
against Boris Spassky in 1992 has not Champion. Good luck, Alex!
induced Fischer to return to chess -
although some of us are still hoping There was a rather unexpected result in
against hope… the 4th Round of the round robin
tournament in Badalona – the leader of
Nowadays Fischer lives in Budapest and the event FM Manuel Granados
has not completely broken with chess – it (Spain), who had 3 points out of 3 lost to
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Antonio Gual Pascual, who had zero XIIIIIIIIY

before the game! Yet, Granados is still 9r+lwq-trk+0
top – he is sharing the lead with GM 9zpp+pzppvlp0
Atanas Kolev (Bulgaria) and in the next 9-+-+-snp+0
(5th) round they will meet each other. 9sn-+-+-+-0
9-+-sNP+-+0
The "1st Pinamar Masters" started in 9+LsN-vL-+-0
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Among the 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
participants of the 8 category event we 9tR-+QmK-+R0
see such famous players Ulf Andersson xiiiiiiiiy
(Sweden), Bent Larsen (Denmark), White to play
Herman Van Riemsdijk (Brazil), Pablo
Ricardi, Oscar Panno, Carlos García Annotated Game
Palermo and Alejandro Hoffman (all of
Argentina). In the 1st Round Andersson, Fischer − Tal
Bled (2), 1961
Panno, García Palermo and Hoffman
won their games.
Mikhail Tal was a rather tricky opponent
Fischer Puzzles for Fischer. After 4 losses Fischer finally
managed to beat him.
1. Letelier − Fischer 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
ol Leipzig (8), 1960 e6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.g3 ¤f6? (D)
9-+-+r+k+0 9r+l+kvl-tr0
9zppwq-+-vlp0 9zppwqp+pzpp0
9-+n+rsnp+0 9-+n+psn-+0
9+-+-+p+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+P+-zP-+0 9-+-sNP+-+0
9+-+-vLLsN-0 9+-sN-+-zP-0
9PzP-+-mK-zP0 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
9tRQ+-tR-+-0 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Black to play This natural but careless move is a big
mistake which suddenly leads to trouble.
2. Fischer − Schweber 6...a6 7.¥g2 ¤f6 was the normal
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, 1970
continuation.
XIIIIIIIIY 7.¤db5! £b8
9-mk-tr-+-tr0 7...£a5 8.¥d2 £d8 9.¥f4 e5 10.¥g5±
9zppwql+-+-0 was unsatisfactory for Black as it is
9-+-+-zPpzp0 Sveshnikov's Variation without d7−d6.
9+-+p+-+-0 8.¥f4 ¤e5!? (D)
9P+-snp+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+LtR-wQ-0 9rwql+kvl-tr0
9-+PvL-zPPzP0 9zpp+p+pzpp0
9tR-+-+-mK-0 9-+-+psn-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+N+-sn-+-0
White to play 9-+-+PvL-+0
9+-sN-+-zP-0
3. Fischer − Reshevsky 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
USA−ch New York (6), 1958
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 9tR-+QmKL+R0
g6 5.¤c3 ¥g7 6.¥e3 ¤f6 7.¥c4 0-0 xiiiiiiiiy
8.¥b3 ¤a5? A risky but almost forced reply. After

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XIIIIIIIIY
8...e5 9.¥g5 a6 10.¥xf6 axb5 (10...gxf6 9-+l+k+r+0
11.¤a3 b5 12.¤d5) 11.¥g5± White 9+pwqp+pzPp0
obtained a huge advantage (Fischer). 9r+-+pwQ-+0
9.¥e2!
This cool developing move is very
9+p+-+-+-0
strong. White prepared £d1-d4 at the
9-+-+-zP-+0
same time not losing control over the b5 9+-+-+-zP-0
square. 9-zPP+L+-zP0
9...¥c5 9+K+R+-+R0
The alternatives were not better: 9...a6 xiiiiiiiiy
10.£d4 d6 11.¦d1 axb5 12.¥xe5+−; or 20...£a5 could have been met by the
9...d6 10.£d4 ¤c6 11.¤xd6+ ¢d7 simple 21.b3! followed by ¥h5.
12.¥b5 ¥xd6 13.0-0-0+−; An ugly− 21.¥xb5?!
looking suggestion from Tal 9...¤g8!? As Fischer explained after the game,
allowed Black to avoid material losses having a score −4=2 against Tal he
but of course it couldn't solve the wanted to win a pawn very much. Much
problems: 10.£d4 f6 11.0-0-0 with a quicker was 21.¥h5! d6 (21...d5
clear advantage. 22.¦xd5!) 22.¦he1 £e7 23.£h6 ¢d7
10.¥xe5! 24.£xh7+− (Fischer).
A concrete approach. 21...¦b6 22.¥d3 e5 (D)
10...£xe5 11.f4 £b8 12.e5 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+l+k+r+0
9rwql+k+-tr0 9+pwqp+pzPp0
9zpp+p+pzpp0 9-tr-+-wQ-+0
9-+-+psn-+0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9+Nvl-zP-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9+-+L+-zP-0
9+-sN-+-zP-0 9-zPP+-+-zP0
9PzPP+L+-zP0 9+K+R+-+R0
9tR-+QmK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 22...£d8 23.£h6 f5 24.£h5+ ¢e7
12...a6 25.g4
Of course, 12...¤g8 13.¤e4 was too 23.fxe5!
bad for Black. Excellent! Black was probably hoping
13.exf6 axb5 14.fxg7 ¦g8 15.¤e4 ¥e7 for 23.£xe5+? £xe5 24.fxe5 ¦xg7+−
16.£d4 (D) with some drawing chances.
XIIIIIIIIY 23...¦xf6 24.exf6 (D)
9rwql+k+r+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+pvlpzPp0 9-+l+k+r+0
9-+-+p+-+0 9+pwqp+pzPp0
9+p+-+-+-0 9-+-+-zP-+0
9-+-wQNzP-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9PzPP+L+-zP0 9+-+L+-zP-0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9-zPP+-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+K+R+-+R0
White has achieved a huge, probably xiiiiiiiiy
decisive advantage. Still, very precise At the moment Black has an extra
play is required as Tal offers tough queen but it is the only developed piece
resistance. of the whole army − a threat ¥h7 cannot
16...¦a4 17.¤f6+ ¥xf6 18.£xf6 £c7 be prevented.
19.0-0-0 ¦xa2 20.¢b1 ¦a6 (D) 24...£c5

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XIIIIIIIIY
The only way to prolong resistance. 9-+-+-+k+0
24...£b6 25.¦hf1+− 9zpp+-+-vlp0
25.¥xh7 £g5 26.¥xg8 £xf6 27.¦hf1 9-+n+-snp+0
£xg7 28.¥xf7+ ¢d8 29.¥e6+− (D)
9+-+-+p+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+P+-wq-+0
9-+lmk-+-+0 9+-+-mKLsN-0
9+p+p+-wq-0 9PzP-+-+-zP0
9-+-+L+-+0 9tRQ+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 White resigned as the queen is
9+-+-+-zP-0 untouchable. 23...£xf4+ 24.¢f2(24.¢xf4
9-zPP+-+-zP0 ¥h6#) 24...¤e5-+ followed by ¤eg4 and
9+K+R+R+-0 so on. 0-1
xiiiiiiiiy
The rest is easy as Black has just 2. An excellent combination to prove a
nothing to hope for. big advantage.
29...£h6 30.¥xd7! ¥xd7 31.¦f7 £xh2 23.¦xe4!! £xg3 24.¦xd4
32.¦dxd7+ ¢e8 33.¦de7+ ¢d8 The queen is suddenly trapped.
34.¦d7+ ¢c8 35.¦c7+ ¢d8 36.¦fd7+ 24...£g4
¢e8 37.¦d1 b5 38.¦b7 24...£c7 25.¥f4
XIIIIIIIIY 25.¦xg4 ¥xg4 26.¥xg6±
9-+-+k+-+0 and White eventually converted his
9+R+-+-+-0 advantage to a full point. 1-0
9-+-+-+-+0
3. This mistake became well−known
9+p+-+-+-0 exactly because of this game. 14 year
9-+-+-+-+0 Robert Fischer quickly played
9+-+-+-zP-0 9.e5! ¤e8 10.¥xf7+! ¢xf7 11.¤e6!!+−
9-zPP+-+-wq0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+K+R+-+-0 9r+lwqntr-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpp+pzpkvlp0
38...£h5 9-+-+N+p+0
38...£xg3 was losing quickly after 9sn-+-zP-+-0
39.¦h1 £e5 40.¦h8+! £xh8 41.¦b8+
39.g4! £h3 40.g5 £f3 41.¦e1+ ¢f8
9-+-+-+-+0
42.¦xb5 ¢g7 43.¦b6 £g3 44.¦d1 £c7 9+-sN-vL-+-0
45.¦dd6 £c8 46.b3 ¢h7 47.¦a6 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-+QmK-+R0
9-+q+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+k0 and Black could resign as he loses the
9R+-tR-+-+0 queen. Reshevsky was suffering for 30
more moves after
9+-+-+-zP-0 11...dxe6 11...¢xe6? 12.£d5+ ¢f5
9-+-+-+-+0 13.g4+ ¢xg4 14.¦g1+ ¢h5 15.£d1+
9+P+-+-+-0 12.£xd8 etc. 1-0
9-+P+-+-+0
9+K+-+-+-0 Recommended sites.
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Black resigned. 1-0 www.chessclub.org/Linklater01.html
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CT-124, 10th March 2001
T
HERE are a lot of players who with a perfect score after 2 rounds. Keep
like to spend their spare time up the good work Alex!
(and money?!) gambling in
casinos – that’s probably one of the In the 2nd Round of the "1st Pinamar
reasons why the traditional open Masters" in Buenos Aires, Argentina
tournament in Las Vegas is very strong there was only one decisive game – Bent
every year. Larsen beat Bernardo Rosselli and
The defending Champion of Las Vegas joined the leaders – Ulf Andersson,
2000 GM Alex Baburin reports from Alejandro Hoffman, Carlos García
National Open Las Vegas 2001: Palermo and Oscar Panno – they all
have 1½ points.
“The National Open in Las Vegas is one
of America's toughest tournaments as it All games were drawn in the 5th Round
usually attracts many GMs. This year it of the “Victor Ciocaltea Memorial” in
is particularly strong, featuring over 30 Bucharest so the situation is not changed
GMs, a few WGMs and many IMs – GM Laurent Fressinet (France) and
among its 256 participants. The main IM Levente Vajda (Romania) keeps the
reason for this is that next week a match lead with 3½ points. Both leaders of –
USA – China will be played in Seattle were victorious in the 4th Round and still
and players on both men's and women's keep the lead with 3 points.
teams from China are warming up in Las
Vegas. Of course, it also gives them a Leaders after the 4th Round:
chance to have a go at the first prize of 1-2. Fressinet, Vajda – 3½ points
$8,000 in this 6-round tournament. Just 3-4. Nisipeanu, Nevednichy - 3 etc.
to give you an idea how strong the even
is I can mention that the Women World Today we would like to present an
Champion Xie Jun is No. 25 on the list, excellent win by Levente Vajda over
while such a strong player as GM Alex one of top players of the event – GM
Yermolinsky is no. 17! The top seed is Alexander Motylev of Russia.
GM Ilya Smirin of Israel.
Annotated Game
The first two rounds already saw some
upsets, for example the highest rated A Motylev (2570) − L Vajda (2454)
Victor Ciocaltea Mem Bucharest ROM (4),
Chinese players GM Xu Jun lost in round 07.03.2001 B09
2, while his compatriot GM Ye drew in Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
round 1. Also GM Igor Novikov only 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.f4
drew in round 2. But most other XIIIIIIIIY
favourites have 2 points after 2 rounds. 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
No doubt the next rounds will produce 9zppzp-zpp+p0
many interesting results and great games. 9-+-zp-snp+0
The tournament ends on Sunday. The 9+-+-+-+-0
rate of play is 40 moves in 2 hours and 9-+-zPPzP-+0
then 1 hour allegro finish”. 9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+PzP0
Alex modestly made no mention of his 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
good start – he is also one of the leaders xiiiiiiiiy
This issue is prepared by GMs Alex Baburin & Ruslan Scherbakov; technical editor – Graham Brown
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This is one of the most principled lines The exchange of the dark−squared
of the Pirc Defence. bishops is desirable for Black − the other
4...¥g7 5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥d3 ¤a6 7.0-0 c5 White bishop on d3 could be considered
8.d5 ¤c7 a "big pawn".
Both 8...¦b8 and 8...¥g4 are the 20.¥c3
alternatives. White prefers to keep the bishop on
9.a4 a6 the board − it is also defending the a5−
XIIIIIIIIY pawn.
9r+lwq-trk+0 20...£e7 21.¦eb1
9+psn-zppvlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-zp-snp+0 9-tr-+-trk+0
9+-zpP+-+-0 9+p+nwqp+p0
9P+-+PzP-+0 9p+-zp-+p+0
9+-sNL+N+-0 9zP-zpPzpPvl-0
9-zPP+-+PzP0 9-+P+P+-+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9+RvLL+Q+P0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+P+-+P+0
10.a5 9+R+-+-mK-0
A rare move, and probably not the xiiiiiiiiy
best. White usually plays 10.£e1 21...b6!
beginning direct actions on the kingside The natural 21...¤f6 could have
by £h4, f5 etc. The queen move looks deprived Black from active play although
really good − White also defends the his position remains rather solid. The
pawn e4 and avoids the pin ...¥g4. Look text move is very interesting. Black
how another leader of this tournament initiates the queenside play − White
realised the pluses of his position: clearly cannot ignore it and so has to
10...¥d7 11.a5 ¥b5 12.£h4 ¥xd3 retract his pieces from the kingside...
13.cxd3 e6 14.f5 exf5 15.¥g5 ¦b8 22.axb6 ¦b7 23.¥a5 ¦fb8 24.c3
16.exf5 b6 17.axb6 ¦xb6 18.¤d2 ¦xb2 White locks up the bishop on a5 but his
19.¤de4 ¤ce8 20.¢h1 ¦b4 21.¦f4± and plan looks dangerous − the bishop is
Black is almost helpless, Fressinet − going to c6! Black should hurry up.
Marcelin, 1st ch−Europe, Saint Vincent 24...£f8! 25.¥c2 £h6
2000. XIIIIIIIIY
10...¤b5 11.¥d2 ¥d7 12.¦e1 9-tr-+-+k+0
White is playing routine moves, hoping 9+r+n+p+p0
that the superiority in the centre will give 9pzP-zp-+pwq0
him better chances.
12...¤xc3 13.bxc3
9vL-zpPzpPvl-0
Played not without reason − the pawn
9-+P+P+-+0
quickly goes to c4 then e4−e5 will come, 9+RzP-+Q+P0
while the opened b−file can be used to 9-+L+-+P+0
pressurise Black's queenside. However, 9+R+-+-mK-0
it soon becomes clear that it is not so xiiiiiiiiy
easy to carry out White's ideas. The Excellent manoeuvre!
simple 13.¥xc3!? was maybe more to 26.£d1?!
the point. Too ambitious an approach − White
13...¥g4 14.c4 ¤d7 underestimates the danger. It looked
The advance e4−e5 is prevented. more reliable to get some of the pieces
15.¦b1 ¦b8 16.¦b3 e5! back: 26.fxg6! hxg6 27.¦f1 could have
Beginning the dark−squared strategy. reduced Black's possible activity on the
17.f5 kingside.
If White knew what awaited him he 26...gxf5!
could think about 17.dxe6 although after Very good!
17...fxe6 Black had excellent play. 27.exf5 ¤f6
17...¥f6 18.h3 ¥xf3 19.£xf3 ¥g5! Black is not worried about the f−file
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anymore and will use the g−file for his The only defence − the rook takes
own operations. He also keeps in mind a control over the e3 square. Other moves
possible advance of the e5−pawn. were losing in the same way, for
28.¦3b2 ¥e3+ 29.¢h1 ¢h8 example: 35.¥c6? ¦xh3+ 36.gxh3
XIIIIIIIIY £xh3+ 37.¢g1 ¥e3+ 38.¦f2 £g3+
9-tr-+-+-mk0 39.¢h1 ¥xf2 and £h3 checkmate.
9+r+-+p+p0 35...£f4!
9pzP-zp-sn-wq0 The queen finds the way into the rival's
camp!
9vL-zpPzpP+-0 36.¥c6
9-+P+-+-+0 36.¦xc1 £xc1+ 37.¢h2 £f4-+ was an
9+-zP-vl-+P0 easy win for Black.
9-tRL+-+P+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+R+Q+-+K0 9-+-+-+-mk0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+p+p0
30.¥a4? 9pzPLzp-+-+0
This is too much − the king has no 9vL-zpPzpP+-0
defenders! After something like 30.£f3!?
White's kingside did not look so terrible.
9-+P+-wq-+0
30...¦g8! 9+-zP-+-trP0
The control over the g−file is important. 9-+-+R+P+0
A hasty 30...¤e4? was probably what 9+Rvl-+-+K0
White was hoping for: 31.£f3! ¤d2 xiiiiiiiiy
32.¦xd2! ¥xd2 33.¥c6 and everything is 36...¦xh3+!
fine. White resigned. Excellent game by
31.¥c6 Levente Vajda! 0-1
31.£f3 e4 followed by ...¤h5 looked
equally annoying for White. Recommended sites.
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Of course! Black's attack seems to be www.64.com/natlopen/
decisive − look at the White army on the www.notzai.com/notzai/index.shtml
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opposite side of the board!
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34...¥c1! IM Vladimir Barsky.
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CT-125, 11th March 2001
6
players are leading in the National Some corrections were made to the
Open Las Vegas 2001 after 4 cross-table of the round robin tournament
rounds with a perfect score – in Badalona. GM Atanas
Vladimir Akopian (Armenia), Ildar Kolev (Bulgaria) is
Ibragimov (Russia), Dmitry Gurevich sole leader after 5th
(USA), Yury Shulman (Belorussia), round with 3½
Yin Hao (China) and Vladimir Kosyrev points. GMs Victor
(Russia). 10 players have 3½ Moskalenko
points, such famous GMs (Ukraine) and
as Alex Yermolinsky and Arthur Kogan
Alexander Ivanov (both of (Israel), IM Jose
USA), Ye Jangchuan and Manuel Lopez
Peng Xiaomin (bothf Martinez, Joan Fluvia
China), Alexander Poyatos and
Wojtkievicz of Poland are Manuel Granados
among them. (all of Spain) are in
chase, half a point
Top boards of the 5th Round: behind.
V. Akopian (4) – Y. Shulman (4)
I. Ibragimov (4) – V. Kosyrev (4) Annotated Game
Yin Hao (4) – D. Gurevich (4)
D Gurevich 2647 − M Khachian 2546
There are only two games to play so the National Open Las Vegas (4), B39 10.03.2001
defending National Open Champion GM Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Alex Baburin has no chance of catching
1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
the leaders – he is a full point behind. g6 5.e4 ¥g7 6.¥e3 ¤f6 7.¤c3 (D)
Don’t give up, Alex, two games could XIIIIIIIIY
mean two wins! 9r+lwqk+-tr0
There are no games available on the Net 9zpp+pzppvlp0
but we were happy to get one from Alex 9-+n+-snp+0
(thanks a lot!) and would like to present 9+-+-+-+-0
it for you today. 9-+PsNP+-+0
9+-sN-vL-+-0
In the central game of the 3rd Round of 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
the "1st Pinamar Masters" in Buenos
9tR-+QmKL+R0
Aires Alejandro Hoffman (Argentina)
xiiiiiiiiy
beat Carlos García Palermo with black The game has transposed to the
pieces and became sole leader of the Sicilian Defence, Maroszy System.
event with 2½ points. GMs Ulf 7...¤g4
Andersson (Sweden), Bent Larsen 7...0-0 8.¥e2 d6 9.0-0 leads to a small
(Denmark), Oscar Panno and IM Sergio but pleasant advantage for White. The
Giardelli (both of Argentina) are sharing text move is a more active, though more
second place, half a point behind. risky, attempt.
The next round promises to be 8.£xg4 ¤xd4 9.£d1 ¤e6
interesting: Hoffman plays against This retreat looks slightly strange but
Andersson while Panno faces Larsen. actually the knight is rather useful on e6

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− it keeps under control such important XIIIIIIIIY

squares as c5, d4, f4 and g5. Besides it 9r+-+k+-tr0
doesn't close the long diagonal and so 9zpp+lzppvlp0
the bishop on b7 will be more active. 9-+-zpn+-+0
10.¦c1
Black was really threatening to capture
9wq-+-+-zpQ0
on c3.
9-+P+P+-+0
10...£a5 9zP-sNLvL-+-0
In case of 10...0-0 White can 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
immediately obtain some space on the 9+-tR-+RmK-0
queenside by 11.b4 A possible play is xiiiiiiiiy
11...b6 12.¥d3 ¥b7 13.0-0 d6 14.£d2² A good idea which is actually a
with small but stable advantage, novelty. White takes benefit that he didn't
Yakovich − Holmsten, Gausdal 2000. play £d1-d2 and also stops h7−h5. In
Yet, this approach is worthy of the game Mijailovic − Borge, Budapest
consideration as in the game White 1991 White played rather impulsively:
gains important time as he can play 14.b4 £xa3 15.¤d5 ¥c6 16.c5 dxc5
without the move £d1-d2. 17.bxc5© although his compensation for
11.¥d3 g5!? (D) the pawn is sufficient.
XIIIIIIIIY 14...£e5
This is also quite a typical manoeuvre
9r+l+k+-tr0 (by the way, here it stops a possible e4−
e5) but Black must be very careful about
9zpp+pzppvlp0 his queen.
9-+-+n+-+0 15.¤d5 b6 16.b4 ¦c8 17.¥d2
Very good − White is moving the
9wq-+-+-zp-0 bishop to c3.
9-+P+P+-+0 17...¤f4
This knight lunge does not bother
9+-sNLvL-+-0 White very much. The risky 17...£b2!?
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 deserved serious attention − at least it
may get White more stressed.
9+-tRQmK-+R0 18.£f3 ¤xd3 19.£xd3 0-0
Black has completed development but
xiiiiiiiiy allowed White to achieve a very pleasant
This pawn advance is typical for this position.
kind of position − Black prevents pawn 20.£g3! (D)
attack f2−f4−f5. Nevertheless I don't XIIIIIIIIY
think the combination of moves Ne6, 9-+r+-trk+0
£a5, g5 can solve the opening problems
if White plays precisely. By the way,
9zp-+lzppvlp0
Black can win a pawn by 11...¥xc3+ 9-zp-zp-+-+0
12.¦xc3 £xa2 13.£c1 £a5 but it looks 9+-+Nwq-zp-0
dangerous − after 14.0-0 followed by f2− 9-zPP+P+-+0
f4−f5 White takes a strong 9zP-+-+-wQ-0
initiative.(14.c5!?) 9-+-vL-zPPzP0
12.0-0 d6 9+-tR-+RmK-0
By playing 12...b6?! Black could try to xiiiiiiiiy
bring the bishop to the long diagonal Masterful play − White is not carried
quicker but it would be dangerous for the away by any tempting ideas connected
queen: 13.¤d5! ¥b7 14.a4 ¥c6 15.b3± with ¥c3 or f4. Instead he exchanges the
h5?! 16.¥d2! £a6 17.¥xg5!+− with queen which seemed to be in trouble on
decisive advantage, Razuvaev − e5 but actually was a very useful
Ermenkov, Polanica Zdroj 1972. defensive piece. 20.¥c3 £e6 21.¥xg7
13.a3 ¥d7 14.£h5!? (D) ¢xg7 was less bad for Black.

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20...£xg3 21.hxg3 (D) 27.g4!+−

XIIIIIIIIY The rest is clear.
9-+r+-trk+0 27...¦h8
9zp-+lzppvlp0 Black decides to swap the weak h7−
9-zp-zp-+-+0 pawn but it gives White the time for
comfortable rearrangement.
9+-+N+-zp-0 28.f3 h5 29.gxh5 ¦xh5 30.¤e3! (D)
9-zPP+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-+-+-zP-0 9-+-+r+-+0
9-+-vL-zPP+0 9zp-+-+pmk-0
9+-tR-+RmK-0 9-zplzp-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-zpr0
21...¥f6?
A big mistake which makes White's life
9-zPP+P+-+0
much easier. 21...¦fe8! was definitely 9zP-+-sNP+-0
stronger − the e7−pawn is much more 9-+-+-+P+0
important. After 22.¥xg5 f6!? 9+-tR-tR-mK-0
(22...¢f8!?) 23.¥e3 f5 Black kept xiiiiiiiiy
drawing chances thanks to the pair of Black resigned not waiting for White to
active bishops and the weaknesses of collect another pawn on d6. 1-0
the White queenside.
22.¥c3! (D) Recommended sites.
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9zp-+lzpp+p0 www.notzai.com/notzai/index.shtml
9-zp-zp-vl-+0 www.chessclub.com
9+-+N+-zp-0 www.chesscenter.com/twic
9-zPP+P+-+0 www.kasparovchess.com
9zP-vL-+-zP-0
9-+-+-zPP+0 Contact information. Do you want to report a
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22...¢g7 will go up!
The ending after 22...¥e6 23.¥xf6
¥xd5 24.¥xe7 ¦fe8 25.cxd5 ¦xc1 Chess Today is published by:
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¢g7 26.¦fe1 ¥c6?! (D) E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
XIIIIIIIIY Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
9-+-+rtr-+0 Editors:
9zp-+-+pmkp0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
9-zplzp-+-+0 IM Vladimir Barsky.
Technical editors:
9+-+N+-zp-0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9-zPP+P+P+0 Chess Today is copyright 2000 by Alexander
9zP-+-+-+-0 Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
9-+-+-zPP+0 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
9+-tR-tR-mK-0 or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
xiiiiiiiiy express written permission.
26...f5! 27.exf5 (27.¤c3!?) 27...¥xf5
should have been preferred without any
doubt.

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CT-126, 12th March 2001
V ladimir Akopian (Armenia) and

Zhang Zhong (China) won the
National Open Las Vegas 2001
with 5½ points out of 6. Each of them
2 Khalifman ½ : ½ Adams
3 Van Wely ½ : ½ Bareev
4 Timman 0 : 1 Speelman
6 Vaganian ½ : ½ Epishin
received $6000 prize money. Our 8 Hansen 0 : 1 Hodgson
congratulations to the winners! 9 Bacrot 1 : 0 Agdestein
3-11th place with 5 points ($705,56 10 Graf ½ : ½ Nunn
each) Jiangchuan Ye, Alexander
Baburin, Ildar Ibragimov, Alexander Standing after 11 rounds:
Ivanov, Alex Yermolinsky, Dmitry 1. Lübecker SV 59½:28½ 22- 0
Gurevich, Hao Yin, Alexander 2. SG Köln Porz 59½:28½ 19- 3
Stripunsky and Hua Ni. 3. Solinger SG 59½:28½ 15- 7
Alexander Baburin won his last two 4. SV Werder Bremen 47½:40½ 15- 7
games and, of course, it improved his 5. TV Tegernsee 49½:38½ 14- 8
mood and improved his Elo (his 6. Godesberger SK 47½:40½ 13- 9 etc.
performance was 2676). Not too bad, (16 teams).
Alex!
Lübecker SV won all their matches, have
Now we are waiting for another very 22 team points now and good chances to
attractive event in America: in 2 days, win the champion’s title.
the USA-China match starts.
http://www.chessgate.de/turniere/2001/b
In the 4th round of the 1st Pinamar undesliga/herren/rd10_11/rd11einz.html
Masters in Buenos Aires leader http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/
Alejandro Hoffman drew with White
against Ulf Andersson and was caught by Today is the 52nd birthday of the famous
Sergio Giardelli who won his game with Russian grandmaster Yuri Balashov. He
Black against Van Riemsdijk. Now both won the international tournaments
leaders have 3 points out of 4. Munich-79, Wijk aan Zee-82, Reykjavik-
3-7. Ricardi, Panno, Szmetan, 89, Moscow-2000 etc., was a silver
Andersson, Larsen – 2½ etc. medallist winner in the USSR
Championship-76. He has an excellent
The main games of the next round: opening knowledge, is fantastically
Larsen – Hoffman industrious and has a superb memory.
Giardelli – Panno They say he remembers all the
chess games he has ever seen!
The 10th and 11th rounds of the He was Karpov’s second for
Bundesliga were played over the years, he helped Alisa
weekend of March 10th-11th Galliamova recently, and
2001. The leaders Lübecker SV many young players would
won both their matches, on the like to have such a coach as
second day - a very important <<Yuri Sergeevich Balashov!
one against closest rivals Porz.
SG Köln Porz 3½-4½ Lübecker Picture from
SV http://www.kasparovchess.ru
1 Lutz ½ : ½ Shirov
CT-126 Page 1 of 4
Balshov played in Interzonal XIIIIIIIIY

tournaments 4 times. Why didn’t he 9rsnlwqk+ntr0
become a challenger? Has he too nice a 9zppzpp+pzpp0
character? It’s not for us to judge. By the 9-+-+-+-+0
way, he is very much a family man, he 9+-+-+-+-0
has 5(!) children. Maybe it is worth more 9-+-+Pzp-vl0
than a chess crown! 9+-sN-+N+-0
Our congratulations and good wishes to 9PzPPzPK+PzP0
grandmaster Balashov! 9tR-vLQ+L+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Annotated Game Steinitz said: The King is a very strong
piece, it can defend itself by itself!
Y Balashov − G Agzamov 5...¥e7
Moscow Moscow, 1983 C35 Very modest. Of course Black doesn't
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky have to retreat his Bishop right now.
Other moves are, for example, 5...c6
This game was played on the 50th 6.d4 d5 7.¥xf4 ¥g4 8.£d3 ¤e7 9.¢d2
anniversary of the USSR ¥xf3 10.£xf3 ¤g6 11.¥e3 dxe4
Championship. It was extremely strong. 12.£xe4+ £e7 13.g3 £xe4 14.¤xe4
Only Garry Kasparov and Vassily ¥e7 15.¦e1 ¤d7 16.h4² Spassky −
Smyslov didn't take part in it, because Hermann, Germany 1985; or 5...d5!?
they were playing, or were preparing for, 6.¤xd5 ¤f6 7.¤xf6+ £xf6 8.d4 ¥g4
candidates matches at the time. Most of 9.£d2 ¤c6 10.c3 0-0-0 11.£xf4 £e6
the games of this very attractive event I 12.¢e3!? g5!? 13.¤xg5 ¥xg5 14.£xg5
saw, as we would now say, "on−line". Of f5÷ Short − Piket, Madrid 1997
course there were no electronic chess 6.d4 ¤f6
boards, Internet translations or anything Before and after this game Black
like this at the time. It was much played here 6...g5!? , for example: 7.¢f2
simpler: I was one of demonstrators d6 8.¥c4 ¥e6 9.¥b3 g4 10.¤e1 ¥h4+
during this championship! We, young 11.¢f1 ¥xe1 12.£xe1 ¥xb3 13.axb3
Moscow schoolpupils, were very proud ¤c6 14.d5 ¤e5 15.¥xf4 £f6 16.£f2 ¤g6
of our job: we were right there in the 17.¤b5!? Van Geemen − Swol,
heart of the battle, close to the great Netherlands 1989
chess masters, and all the spectators 7.¥xf4 d5 8.¤xd5 ¤xd5 9.exd5 £xd5
watched our long sticks (for moving 10.¢f2
pieces on the big demoboards) with 10.¥xc7?? £c4+
great concentration. On the day of this 10...£d8
game, Yuri Sergeevich looked very XIIIIIIIIY
happy and received congratulations 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
even before the first move. I was 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
surprised and asked for the reason. And
I was told that he had just become a 3−
9-+-+-+-+0
times father! He had two daughters 9+-+-+-+-0
before and now he had a son, Alexey. 9-+-zP-vL-+0
And for his son − Balashov decided to 9+-+-+N+-0
play the King's Gambit! 9PzPP+-mKPzP0
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.¤f3 ¥e7 9tR-+Q+L+R0
More popular are 3...g5 ; or 3...d5 xiiiiiiiiy
4.¤c3 ¥h4+?! A second very slow manoeuvre −
Black lost two tempos in order to stop Qd8−d5−d8. Now White easily develops
White castling. Maybe 2 tempos is too his pieces in active positions.
high a price. 11.¥c4 0-0 12.¦e1 ¥g4
5.¢e2!?

CT-126 Page 2 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsn-wq-trk+0 Not 22...¦xf7?? 23.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 24.¦e8+
9zppzp-vlpzpp0 23.¦xd8 ¦xd8 24.c4!
9-+-+-+-+0 In the open position White Bishops
become very strong.
9+-+-+-+-0 24...¥c3 25.c5 g6 26.¥d5
9-+LzP-vLl+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+N+-0 9-+-tr-+-mk0
9PzPP+-mKPzP0 9zpp+-+-+p0
9tR-+QtR-+-0 9-+nvL-+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zPL+-+-0
13.¥b3!?
Interesting: White offers his opponent
9-+-+R+-+0
a pawn and hopes to exploit his good 9+-vl-+P+-0
development. A quieter alternative was 9P+-+-+-zP0
13.c3!? 9+-+-+K+-0
13...¥xf3 14.£xf3 xiiiiiiiiy
Too pessimistic was 14.gxf3?! ¥h4+ 26...¤a5 27.¦e7 b6 28.¦xa7 bxc5
15.¥g3 A draw in 15 moves isn't a 29.¦a8 ¦xa8 30.¥xa8
present for a wife and a new baby! XIIIIIIIIY
14...£xd4+ 15.¢f1 ¤c6 16.¦ad1! 9L+-+-+-mk0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-+p0
9r+-+-trk+0 9-+-vL-+p+0
9zppzp-vlpzpp0 9sn-zp-+-+-0
9-+n+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-vl-+P+-0
9-+-wq-vL-+0 9P+-+-+-zP0
9+L+-+Q+-0 9+-+-+K+-0
9PzPP+-+PzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+RtRK+-0 30...¤c4
xiiiiiiiiy After 30...c4 31.¢e2!; or 30...¥d4
Would you like to take a second pawn? 31.¥d5! the a5 knight is offside.
16...£xb2 17.¦d7 £f6 31.¥xc5 ¢g7 32.¥d5 ¤e5 33.¢e2 ¤d7
White has a strong initiative but maybe 34.¥e3
Black could hold the position after XIIIIIIIIY
17...¥b4!?
18.¥xc7!? 9-+-+-+-+0
Even in the endgame, White's initiative 9+-+n+-mkp0
is very unpleasant for his opponent.
Black has a pawn up but has to struggle
9-+-+-+p+0
for a draw! 9+-+L+-+-0
18...£xf3+ 19.gxf3 ¥b4 20.¦e4 ¥a5?! 9-+-+-+-+0
Maybe Black overlooked the following
combination. 9+-vl-vLP+-0
21.¥d6 ¦ad8 9P+-+K+-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-trk+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zpp+R+pzpp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+nvL-+-+0 As we know, the outside pawns ("a"
9vl-+-+-+-0 and "h") are the most unpleasant for
9-+-+R+-+0
9+L+-+P+-0 Knights, especially when they are extra!
9P+P+-+-zP0 34...¥a5 35.a4 ¢f6 36.¥c6 ¤e5 37.¥e4
9+-+-+K+-0 ¤c4 38.¥d4+ ¢e6 39.¢d3 ¤e5+
xiiiiiiiiy 40.¢c2 ¤c4 41.¥c3
22.¥xf7+! ¢h8
CT-126 Page 3 of 4

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http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/ma
9-+-+k+p+0 gistral/
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9P+n+L+-+0 http://www.chessgate.de/turniere/2001/b
9+-vL-+P+-0 undesliga/herren/rd10_11/rd11einz.html
http://www.schach.com/bundesliga/
9-+K+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0 Contact information. Do you want to
xiiiiiiiiy concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
Of course White would like to ct@gmsquare.com. We always
exchange Bishops.
41...¥c7 42.¢b3 ¤d6 43.¥c6 ¤f5 44.h3
¥b6 45.¢c4
Not 45.a5?? ¥xa5 46.¥xa5 ¤d4+ Please tell your chess friends about
45...¤d6+ 46.¢d3 ¤f7 47.¥b7 Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
Once more not 47.a5?? ¥xa5 newspaper to sample – with more readers
47...¤d6 48.¥e4 ¤f7 49.a5 ¥f2 50.f4 the price will go down, while the quality
¢d6 51.¥d4 will go up!
9-+-+-+-+0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
9+-+-+n+p0 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
9-+-mk-+p+0 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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9-+-vLLzP-+0
9+-+K+-+P0 Editors:
9-+-+-vl-+0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9+-+-+-+-0 Technical editors:
xiiiiiiiiy Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
Now Black has to exchange Bishops.
The rest is simple. Chess Today is copyright 2000 by
51...¥xd4 52.¢xd4 ¢c7 53.¥d3 ¤d6 Alexander Baburin © and protected
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60.¥e2 ¤g6 61.f5 ¤xh4 62.f6 ¤g6 unauthorized reproduction, via print,
63.¢d6 electronic format, or in any form
A very good and original present! Now whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
we would like to add only, that all of express written permission.
Balashov's 3 daughters and 2 sons enjoy
chess and play rather strongly. For
example, Alexey is a candidate master.
1-0

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CT-127, 13th March 2001

XIIIIIIIIY
th 9-+ktr-vl-tr0
B
oth the top games of the 5
round of the 1st Pinamar Masters 9zpp+qsnpzpl0
9-snp+p+-zp0
in Buenos Aires were drawn, 9+-+-zP-+-0
while Ulf Andersson won with White 9-+-zP-zP-vL0
against Pablo Hobaica and caught the 9+L+-+-sN-0
leaders. Now 3 participants have “plus 2” 9PzP-+N+PzP0
and 3 – “plus 1”. 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
1-3. Hoffman, Giardelli, Andersson – 3½ xiiiiiiiiy
points of 5 Black to play
4-6. Panno, Larsen, Szmetan – 3 etc.
2.) Muhutdinov − Burmakin
Cappelle la Grande (9), 1995
But the hero of our annotated game 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 ¤f6
section today is another player. Bernando 5.¤c3 e6 6.¤f3 ¥e7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.¥d3
Roselli collected his first point in very 0-0 9.h3 b6 10.0-0 ¥b7 11.¥f4 a6
attractive style: he beat a very 12.¦e1 b5 13.¦c1 ¤c6 14.¥b1 ¦e8
experienced GM Pablo Ricardi with 15.£d3 ¤a5
Black in the “unsound” Kings Indian! XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
After a small break, the Magistral Ciutat 9+l+-vlpzpp0
9p+-+-sn-+0
de Badalona round-robin tournament has 9snp+p+-+-0
resumed. In the 6th round, Bulgarian GM 9-+-zP-vL-+0
A. Kolev won with Black against A. 9+-sNQ+N+P0
Gual and became sole leader. 9PzP-+-zPP+0
1. Kolev – 4½ points out of 6 9+LtR-tR-mK-0
2. Kogan – 4 xiiiiiiiiy
3-6. Granados, Lopez, Fluvia, White to play
Moskalenko – 3½ etc.
Annotated Game
Don’t forget to take a look at the new P Ricardi (2554) − B Roselli (2400)
TWIC – issue 331 is available today. Magistral Internacional de Pinamar Viejo Hotel
Among other interesting material – a Ostende (5), 12.03.2001 E97
report about Kramnik’s exhibitions in Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
France and an open letter from St.-
Petersburg GMs (Khalifman, 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6
5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.d5 ¤e7
Solozhenkin and others) to Mark
9.b4
Crowther about Valery Salov. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
Tactical Puzzles
9zppzp-snpvlp0
1.) Fabian − Hort
9-+-zp-snp+0
CSR−ch Prague (10), 1963 9+-+Pzp-+-0
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.c4 e6 5.¤c3 9-zPP+P+-+0
dxc4 6.¥xc4 ¤d7 7.¤ge2 ¤e7 8.¤g3 9+-sN-+N+-0
¤b6 9.¥b3 ¥g6 10.¥g5 h6 11.¥h4 £d7 9P+-+LzPPzP0
12.0-0 0-0-0 13.¤ce2 ¥h7 14.f4 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-127 Page 1 of 3
In the last 2−3 years the Kings Indian concerning the above mentioned
has vanished from supertournaments. Kramnik − Kasparov game. An
Even Garry Kasparov gave up his interesting alternative is 13.f3!? , for
favourite (from childhood) opening. example: 13...¥e3+ 14.¢h1 f4 15.¤c4
Why? The main reason − White (first of ¥d4 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.¤b5!? ¥xa1
all thanks to Kramnik's efforts) began to 18.£xa1 ¤e8 19.¤bxd6 ¤xd6
receive very easy play in the variation 20.£xe5© W.Browne − Maloney, USA
9.b4!? As I heard from some young 1997
GMs, "White has a very simple plan − a 13...¥xd2!
pawn offence on the Queen side and, After 13...f4?! Black has big difficulties
more importantly, the King is absolutely with counterplay on the Kingside: 14.h3
safe g5 15.¦e1 ¤g6 16.¤f1 and Nh2. But
9...¤e8 now Black has a nice attack.
Last time Kasparov choose the Kings 14.£xd2 f4 15.¦ac1 g5 16.¥e2 g4
Indian in his blitz−match vs. Kramnik: 17.g3 ¤g6 18.£c2
9...a5 10.¥a3 axb4 11.¥xb4 ¤d7 12.a4 XIIIIIIIIY
f5 13.¤g5 ¤c5 14.¥xc5 dxc5 15.¥f3
¦a6 16.a5 ¢h8 17.¤e6 ¥xe6 18.dxe6 f4 9r+lwq-trk+0
19.£xd8 ¦xd8 20.¦fd1 ¦b8 21.¤d5 9zppzp-+-+p0
¤xd5 22.cxd5± Kramnik − Kasparov,
Moscow (blitz) 1998. As we know, in
9-+-zp-snn+0
London−2000 he didn't dare play this 9+-zPPzp-+-0
opening. In our game Black decided not 9-zP-+Pzpp+0
to prevent his opponent's activity and
immediately started his own play − a 9vL-sN-+-zP-0
traditional attack on the King. But we 9P+Q+LzP-zP0
know now, that it doesn't work, does it?
10.c5 f5 11.¥a3
9+-tR-+RmK-0
There wasn't a successful Knight xiiiiiiiiy
manoeuvre Ng5−e6!? (like Kramnik 18...¤e8!
played vs. Kasparov or Taimanov vs. Last retreat ...
Fisher in their match-1970): 11.¤g5 ¤f6 19.¥b5 ¤g7 20.¥d3
12.f3 dxc5 13.bxc5 h6 14.¤e6 ¥xe6 XIIIIIIIIY
15.dxe6 £d4+! 16.£xd4 exd4 17.e5
dxc3 18.exf6 ¥xf6 19.¥xh6 ¦fd8³ 9r+lwq-trk+0
Kornev − Shabanov, Moscow 2000.; But 9zppzp-+-snp0
maybe it's too early for 11.Ba3 because
Black didn't play (and doesn't want to!) 9-+-zp-+n+0
a7−a5 yet. More solid is 11.¤d2!? 9+-zPPzp-+-0
11...¤f6 12.¤d2 ¥h6 13.¥f3!?
XIIIIIIIIY
9-zP-+Pzpp+0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9vL-sNL+-zP-0
9zppzp-sn-+p0 9P+Q+-zP-zP0
9-+-zp-snpvl0 9+-tR-+RmK-0
9+-zPPzpp+-0
9-zP-+P+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9vL-sN-+L+-0 20...¤h4!!
I like very the much English expression
9P+-sN-zPPzP0 "a bolt from the blue". But to be honest
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 White's position wasn't "blue" at all, but
xiiiiiiiiy maybe "dark" or at least "grey".
Recently it has become a popular 21.gxh4 f3!
move:− with the Bishop on f3 White has It's a point. After 21...£xh4? 22.f3!
no chances to be mated! But there is a White pieces have a very good
small but important difference communication with the weak Kingside.
CT-127 Page 2 of 3
22.¢h1 Contact information. Do you want to

The King can't escape toward the report a tournament or have a suggestion
centre: 22.¦fd1 £xh4 23.¢f1 £xh2 concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
24.¢e1 £g1+ 25.¥f1 g3-+ ct@gmsquare.com. We always
22...£xh4 23.¦g1
Another try − 23.¦cd1!? ¤h5! (23...¦f6
24.¥c1) 24.¦g1 ¤f4 25.¦g3 ¦f6 and I
don't believe that White can save his Please tell your chess friends about
King. Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
23...¦f6 24.¦g3 ¦h6 25.h3 newspaper to sample – with more readers
Or 25.¢g1 £xh2+ 26.¢f1 ¤h5! the price will go down, while the quality
27.¦g1 g3-+ will go up!
25...¤h5 26.¥f1 ¤xg3+ 27.fxg3 £xg3
28.£d2 f2 29.£g5+ ¢f7 Chess Today is published by:
XIIIIIIIIY Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
9r+l+-+-+0 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
9zppzp-+k+p0 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
9-+-zp-+-tr0 E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
9+-zPPzp-wQ-0 Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
9-zP-+P+p+0 Editors:
9vL-sN-+-wqP0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9P+-+-zp-+0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9+-tR-+L+K0 Technical editors:
White was checkmated as in "olden
(romantic) times". Maybe after 2 or 3 Chess Today is copyright 2000 by
years the Kings Indian will return at the Alexander Baburin © and protected
top level, what do you think? 0-1
¤¤¤ International Copyright convention. Any
Answers to Puzzles electronic format, or in any form
1). 14...g5! 15.fxg5 ¤g6 16.¦f4 ¤xf4 express written permission.
17.¤xf4 ¥e7 18.g6 ¥xh4 19.gxf7 ¤d5
0-1
2). 16.¥c7!! £xc7 17.¤xd5 ¥xd5

17...£d6 18.¤xf6+ £xf6 19.£xh7+
¢f8 20.£h8#
18.¦xc7 ¥c4 19.£d2 ¥d6 20.£xa5 1-0
gistral/
http://www.llefia.org/escacsBDN/magistr
al/index.htm

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CT-128, 14th March 2001
W hat a fighting day in Buenos

Aires! Today all 6 games of
the 6th round of the 1st
Pinamar Masters were “bloody” – White
“elementary” endgame knowledge” and
others.
I have heard from Mark

and Black won 3 games each. In view of Izrailevich Dvoretsky
such an unusual case we’ll show all that he has recently
results: finished a new book – a
Rodi – Roselli 0:1 textbook about endgames,
Van Riemsdijk – Ricardi a practical course about
0:1 what each player should
Panno – Szmetan 1:0 know about the last but not the
Hoffman – Giardelli 1:0 least important phase of the game. It
Hobaica – Larsen 0:1 will be available soon in German
Garcia Palermo – Andersson first and then maybe in English (I
1:0 hope in Russian too!).
Today the hero of our Today is the birthday of the famous

annotated game section is Russian-Soviet study composer Alexey
Carlos Garcia Palermo who Troitzky (1866-1942). He was a founder
beat the very tough Ulf Andersson in of the modern artistic study. Also he
heavy complications. analyzed very deeply the endgame “2
Knights vs. pawn’. Troitzky has a
Standing after 6th round: fantastical fantasy, his studies overtake
1. Hoffman – 4½ everybody who see them. But
2-3. Panno, Larsen – 4 unfortunately he wasn’t a very strong
4-7. Giardelli, Andersson, Garcia player and some (quite many) of them
Palermo, Ricardi – 3½ etc. were with “holes”. But in any case his
influence on the art of the study is hard
And in the 7th round of the I Magistral to overestimate.
Ciutat de Badalona in 4 games out of 5
one side celebrates a victory! Only the Alexey Troitzky died during the
leader Bulgarian GM A. Kolev and Second World War in blockaded
second placed GM A.Kogan (Israel) Leningrad.
drew their game.
The tournament situation is Picture from
1. Kolev – 5 points out of 7 www.kasparovchess.ru
2-5. Kogan, Granados, Lopez,
Fluvia – 4½ etc. Today we would like to show
you 2 of his studies. The first of them
As usual on a Wednesday, the very was commented on by world champion
attractive site www.chesscafe.com is Vasily Smyslov in the excellent Gia
worth a visit - it has it’s weekly update Nadareishvili book “Study by
today. New material - Book Review by grandmaster’s eyes”.
Gareth Williams, 400 Points in 400 Days
(Part II) by Michael de la Maza, Mark
Dvoretsky’s article “The value of
CT-128 Page 1 of 5
Studies by Troitzky Andersson had never played against it in

his long chess life. Of course it's a plus
(1) Troitzky,A for Garcia Palermo. The minus is that he
"Shahmatny listok" (Chess paper), 1929 never played it for White himself too!
XIIIIIIIIY Garcia Palermo usually prefered 1.d4...
9l+-+-+-mk0 2...e6
9+-+-+-+p0 Andersson liked the so called
9-+p+-+-+0 "Sceveningen pawn center" (d6−e6) and
9+-+-+-+-0 he doesn't betray it.
3.¤f3 d6 4.¥b2 ¤f6 5.¥b5+ ¥d7 6.£e2
9-+-+-+-+0 All this looks very peaceful...
9+-sN-+-+-0 6...¥xb5 7.£xb5+ £d7 8.¤c3 ¤c6!?
9-+-vL-+-+0 Ulf Andersson is very well known as a
9+K+-+-+-0 great master of endgames. Also he is a
xiiiiiiiiy very catious player. About 25 years ago
White to play and win world champion Anatoly Karpove wrote
about him: "Andersson plays like an old
(2) Troitzky,A man who knows all and is afraid of all...
1923 His typical tournament result is
XIIIIIIIIY something like 2 wins, 1 loss and the
9-+-sn-+-+0 rest draws. "But now as we see Ulf
9+-+-+-+-0 rejected the Queen exchange − maybe
9-+P+-+-+0 he decided to play for a win?!
9+-+-+-+-0 9.0-0-0 e5
9-+-+-zp-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+N+-+k0 9r+-+kvl-tr0
9-+-+-+-zp0 9zpp+q+pzpp0
9+-+-+K+-0 9-+nzp-sn-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+Qzp-zp-+-0
White to play and draw 9-+-+P+-+0
9+PsN-+N+-0
Annotated Game 9PvLPzP-zPPzP0
9+-mKR+-+R0
C Garcia Palermo 2470 − xiiiiiiiiy
U Andersson 2640 In other cases White will play d2−d4.
Magistral Internacional de Pinamar Of course, the f8 Bishop becomes "bad",
Viejo Hotel Ostende (6), 13.03.2001 B50 but it's opponent on b2 isn't "good" too.
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 10.h4!?
1.e4 c5 2.b3!? White hasn't any other active play.
XIIIIIIIIY 10...¥e7 11.¦h3 ¤d4 12.£d3
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 Fighting spirit! White also wants to
9zpp+pzppzpp0 continue with the Queen now.
9-+-+-+-+0
12...¤e6 13.£f1 0-0 14.¤h2 ¦ab8
9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 15.g4 b5
9+P+-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9P+PzP-zPPzP0 9-tr-+-trk+0
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 9zp-+qvlpzpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zpnsn-+0
What to say about this move? I think it 9+pzp-zp-+-0
can't claim any opening advantage at 9-+-+P+PzP0
least because White reveals his plans
too early and Black can prepare in
9+PsN-+-+R0
advance for them. But this move is more 9PvLPzP-zP-sN0
interesting from a psychological point of 9+-mKR+Q+-0
view. According to my database Ulf xiiiiiiiiy
CT-128 Page 2 of 5
Like in an ordinary Sicilian, both sides I suspect Black overlooked the

begin attacks on opposide wings. Who following White idea.
will be faster? 31.g6
16.g5 ¤h5 17.¤d5 ¤ef4 18.¤xf4 ¤xf4 White begins a storm!
19.¦g3 31...¢h8
XIIIIIIIIY Black can't take on g6 or play h7−h6:
9-tr-+-trk+0 31...hxg6 32.¤h6+!
9zp-+qvlpzpp0 A) 32...gxh6? 33.£xg6+ ¤g7 (33...¢h8
9-+-zp-+-+0 34.£xh6+ ¢g8 35.¦g1++−) 34.¥xh6 ¥f8
9+pzp-zp-zP-0 35.¥xg7 ¥xg7 36.£e6++−;
9-+-+Psn-zP0 B) 32...¢h7 33.¤xf5 gxf5 34.¥g5!±;
9+P+-+-tR-0 31...h6 32.¥xh6! gxh6 33.¤xh6+ ¢g7
9PvLPzP-zP-sN0 34.£h1! £xd3 (34...£xh1 35.¤xf5+ ¢f6
9+-mKR+Q+-0
36.¦xh1 ¢xf5 37.¦xh5++−) 35.¦xd3
xiiiiiiiiy
¢xh6 36.£b7±
19...f5!
32.gxh7 £c6
It's also typical for a Sicilian − Black
opens the f−file for a Rook and the 7th XIIIIIIIIY
rank for the Queen to defend her King. 9-+r+-+-mk0
20.exf5 ¦xf5 21.¤g4 £c6 22.¢b1 ¦bf8 9+-+-vl-zpP0
23.£e1 9p+qzp-+-+0
I think Black has an advantage in this 9+p+-zpr+n0
position. But maybe he thought that 9-+-+-+N+0
White hasn't any real threats at all. 9+P+RvL-+-0
23...¤g6?! 24.h5 ¤f4 9P+P+-zP-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+K+R+-wQ-0
9-+-+-trk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-+-vl-zpp0 33.¤h6!?
9-+qzp-+-+0 A blow after a blow! White doesn't
9+pzp-zprzPP0 react to his opponent's threats and
9-+-+-snN+0 continues his attack.
9+P+-+-tR-0 33...£xc2+?!
9PvLPzP-zP-+0 Fritz says that Black could grab a
9+K+RwQ-+-0 Bishop: 33...gxh6 34.£g6 (34.¥xh6
xiiiiiiiiy £xc2+ 35.¢a1 e4-+) 34...£xc2+ 35.¢a1
¦xf2! 36.¥xf2 ¤f4-+ But during the game
25.d4!
chessplayers haven't Fritz and much
The b2 Bishop re−introduces itself −
time...
it's alive yet! There are tactical
34.¢a1 ¦ff8
complications beginning.
Now after 34...gxh6 White has 35.¦c1
25...cxd4 26.¥xd4 ¤xh5 27.¦c3 £b7
35.¤g8
28.¥e3 a6?!
It's a square for a Black Knight, isn't
It's hard to understand such a move.
it?!
Yes, Andersson is a very good defender,
35...¥f6 36.¤xf6 ¤xf6 37.£g6 d5
but what reason is there to lose tempo in
38.¦g1 £c7
a rather sharp position?
29.¦cd3 £e4 30.£g1 ¦c8?! XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+r+-tr-mk0
9-+r+-+k+0 9+-wq-+-zpP0
9+-+-vl-zpp0 9p+-+-snQ+0
9p+-zp-+-+0 9+p+pzp-+-0
9+p+-zprzPn0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+q+N+0
9+P+RvL-+-0 9+P+RvL-+-0
9P+P+-zP-+0 9P+-+-zP-+0
9+K+R+-wQ-0 9mK-+-+-tR-0
CT-128 Page 3 of 5
Black let some blows in, but maybe checkmates. 3...¥d5 4.¢c2 c4 5.¢c3
there isn't anything especially bad in it? ¥e6 6.¢d4 ¥f7 7.¢e5 c3 8.¢f6 ¥b3
By the way he has an extra pawn and a 9.¤f5 c2 10.¤e7+ ¢h8 11.¥g7#
strong center. Yes, that's right but White 2.¤e4 ¢f7
has... a very nosey Bishop! Some variations after 2...c5 : 3.¤d6
39.¥c5! ¦fe8 40.¦dg3 £d7 If 40...d4 ¥d5 4.¢c2 ¥f7 5.¢d2 c4 6.¢c3 ¥d5
then 41.f4!? The Bishop needs a route to 7.¢d4 ¥e6 8.¢e5
the King side. A) 8...¥h3 9.¢f6 c3 10.¤e4 c2 11.¢e7
41.¥e3 ¦c7 c1£ 12.¤f6+ ¢h8 13.¥xc1 ¢g7
XIIIIIIIIY 14.¤h5+! ¢g8 (14...¢g6 15.¤f4+)
9-+-+r+-mk0 15.¥h6;
9+-trq+-zpP0 B) 8...¥g4 9.¢f6 c3 10.¤e4 c2 11.¢e7
9p+-+-snQ+0 c1£ 12.¤f6+ ¢h8 13.¥xc1 h5 14.¢f8
3.¤c5!
9+p+pzp-+-0 Now the a8 Bishop is in a cage and, as
9-+-+-+-+0 will be clear soon, Black can't break the
9+P+-vL-tR-0 blockading position of c5 Knight.
9P+-+-zP-+0 3...¢g6
9mK-+-+-tR-0 It doesn't help 3...¢e7 4.¥f4 ¢d8 (or
xiiiiiiiiy 4...¢f6 5.¢c2 ¢f5 6.¥d6 ¢g4 7.¢d2
42.¥h6!! ¢f3 8.¢e1 ¢g2 9.¢e2 h5 10.¥e7 ¢g3
A new (and final) blow, and once more 11.¢f1 etc.) 5.¢c2 and Black is
on the same h6−square. helpless.
42...¦e6 4.¥f8 h5 5.¢c2 ¢f5 6.¥d6!
Or 42...¦e7 43.¥xg7+ ¦xg7 44.£xf6 XIIIIIIIIY
£c8!? 45.¦c3!+− (45.¢b1!?) 9l+-+-+-+0
43.¥xg7+ £xg7 44.£xg7+ 1-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+pvL-+-+0
Answers to Studies 9+-sN-+k+p0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
(1) 9-+K+-+-+0
9l+-+-+-mk0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+p0
9-+p+-+-+0 A wonderful maneuvre! Now the Black
9+-+-+-+-0 King can't touch the Knight.
9-+-+-+-+0 6...¢g4 7.¢d2 ¢f3 8.¢e1
9+-sN-+-+-0 The King is going towards the h pawn.
9-+-vL-+-+0 White isn't afraid of 8...Ke3 in view of
9+K+-+-+-0 9.Be5!, stopping the Black King on it's
xiiiiiiiiy way to the key square d5.
White to play and win 8...¢g2 9.¥e7! ¢g3 Or 9...¢g1 10.¢e2
¢g2 11.¢e3 ¢g3 12.¥d6+
Notes by V Smyslov: At first sight 10.¢f1 ¢f3
White's win looks impossible. For Black it 10...h4 11.¢g1 h3 12.¢h1
will be enough to draw if he gets the 11.¥d6 ¢e3 12.¥e5
Bishop into play. But the outer simplicity XIIIIIIIIY
of the position disguises a very deep 9l+-+-+-+0
plan. The idea − to catch the Black 9+-+-+-+-0
Bishop and also to threaten the 9-+p+-+-+0
opponent's King. 9+-sN-vL-+p0
1.¥h6 ¢g8
9-+-+-+-+0
Black threw his King forward. If he tries
to get the Bishop into play after 1...c5
9+-+-mk-+-0
..then 2.¤b5 ¢g8 3.¤d6 and the King 9-+-+-+-+0
can't come from the corner. After that 9+-+-+K+-0
White's King goes for f6 or e7 and xiiiiiiiiy
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Because Black can't allow cxd8 or c8
with check, his King can't escape from
the "nosey" Knight. A wonderful idea,
especially in view of the lack of material.
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floor of the Norton Building in downtown called Jenga game, and won the first
Seattle offers spectacular views besides match 5.5 - 4.5
its beautiful settings. The media found its
way to the match as well. News agencies 1. GM Boris Gulko 1/2 GM Ye
and local newspapers had their Jiangchuan
photographers and reporters swing by 2. GM Joel Benjamin 1-0 GM Xu Jun
and the local ABC affiliate television 3. GM Gregory Kaidanov 1/2 GM Peng
station filmed the early stages of the Xiaomin
matches. 4. GM Alexander Shabalov 0-1 GM
Zhang Zhong
"During the opening ceremony, the 5. GM Alexander Ivanov 1-0 GM Xie
evening before at the Seattle Asian Art Jun
Museum, the team captains played a 6. GM Larry Christiansen 1/2 GM Zhu
game of Jenga to determine which color Chen
the first board would have in round 1. In 7. IM Irina Krush 1/2 Xu Yuhua
Jenga the players have to take one 8. WIM Camilla Baginskaite 1-0 WGM
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makes the tower tumble loses. Nick de 10. FM Dmitry Schnieder 1/2 FM Ni
Firmian was gracious enough to leave Hua
the honor to Lin Feng who decided that
China would play with the White pieces As we see in Chinese play not 2, but 4
on board 1 in round 1." women, Xie Jun and Zhu Chen vs. men.
Quite unexpectedly they collected only 1
CT-129 Page 1 of 4
point: ½ against men and (that is even

¤¤¤
more unexpected) ½ against women.
This time Chinese juniors won their Annotated Game
micro-match 1.5 : 0.5 and the top six lost
“-1”. J. Benjamin(2581) − Xu Jun (2655)
US−China Summit Match, Seattle,
Today in our annotated game section USA (1), 14.03.2001 B90
there is a very attractive victory by GM Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
Joel Benjamin over GM Xu Jun. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
(Please note that all games from this 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
first round are included in the .cbv and ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.a4
.pgn files, with one annotated game. ---- White rejects an invitation to play
RPM) the fashionable lines of the Najdorf
(6.¥e3 or 6.¥g5).
The hero of CT-127 Bernando Roselli 6...g6 (D)
made a hat trick in the 1st Pinamar XIIIIIIIIY
Masters in Buenos Aires! In the 7th 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
round he defeated, playing White, Van 9+p+-zpp+p0
Riemsdijk. The secret for his success is 9p+-zp-snp+0
simple: he played very attractive and 9+-+-+-+-0
important theoretical chess, which was 9P+-sNP+-+0
published in Chess Today. His approach 9+-sN-+-+-0
was mature, and nobody can stop him 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
now! ☺ Good luck, Mr. Roselli! 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
White also won another two games in And Black slips to the Dragon now.
this round: Andersson over Rodi and 7.¥e2
Giardelli over Hobaica. Other games After 6.a4 White has to castle short.
were drawn. In addition, however, the most
unpleasant for Black in the Dragon is
Standings after the 7th round: Rauzer's plan: ¥e3, f3, £d2 and
1. Hoffman – 5 0-0-0 (or ¥c4 and 0-0-0).
2-5. Panno, Larsen, Giardelli, Andersson 7...¥g7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 ¤c6 10.¥e3
– 4,5 £b6?! (D)
6-7. Garcia Palermo, Ricardi – 4 etc. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0
In the 7th round of the 9+p+-zppvlp0
I Magistral Ciutat de Badalona 9pwqnzp-snp+0
as the previous day, in 4 games out of 5 9+-+-+-+-0
one side celebrates a victory! 9P+-sNPzP-+0
9+-sN-vL-+-0
The leaders before last round are: 9-zPP+L+PzP0
1. Kolev – 6 points out of 8 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
2-3. Kogan, Granados – 5,5 etc. xiiiiiiiiy
This is a provoking move. More
It's interesting that in the final day this modest and in the spirit of the
trio will play with Black: position is: 10...¥d7 or; 10...¦b8!?
but10...Qb6 was played in one of
Moskalenko – Kolev Benjamin's games, and of course Xu
Fluvia – Kogan Jun prepared something special.
Narciso – Granados 11.a5!? £c7
Black can't take the b2 pawn in
CT-129 Page 2 of 4
view of 11...£xb2? 12.¤a4 £b4

13.c3 £xa5 14.¤xc6 bxc6 15.¥b6+−; XIIIIIIIIY
I believe the move 11...¤xa5 has a 9-+rwqr+k+0
forced refutation too, but I could find 9+-+-zppvlp0
only a good compensation for the 9p+-zp-+p+0
pawn so far: 12.e5!? A) 12...dxe5 9tR-snPsnPzP-0
13.fxe5 ¤d7 (13...¤e8 14.¤f5+−) 9-+PsN-+-+0
14.¤d5 £d8 15.¥g5±; B) 12...¤e8 9+P+-vL-+-0
13.¤f5 (13.£d2 £d8) 13...£d8 9-+-wQL+-zP0
14.¤xg7 ¤xg7 (14...¢xg7 15.£d2!?) 9+-+-+R+K0
15.exd6 exd6 but of course both xiiiiiiiiy
Benjamin and Xu Jun analysed this 24.b4!
position much more deeply (and White begins a long, forcing
longer). variation.
12.¤b3 ¥e6 13.¤d5 ¥xd5 14.exd5 24...¤cd7 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.¦xa6
¤b8 15.c4!? Very nice, but not as strong as
Joel deviated from his earlier game 26.¦xf7!? ¢xf7 27.¤e6 £xa5
first: 15.¥b6 £c8 16.¥d4 ¤bd7 17.c4 28.bxa5 ¤xc4 29.£c1 ¤xe3 30.£xe3
¤c5 18.¤xc5 dxc5 19.¥e5 ¤d7 ¤c5!?
20.¥xg7 ¢xg7 21.£d2 Benjamin − 26...¤xc4 27.¥xc4 ¦xc4 28.£f2 ¦f8
Chow, Philadelphia 1999. Only move − losing is: 28...¤e5?
15...¤bd7 16.¤d4! ¦fe8 17.f5 (D) 29.¤c6 ¤xc6 30.£xf7++−
XIIIIIIIIY 29.¤c6 £e8 (D)
9r+-+r+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+qtrk+0
9+pwqnzppvlp0 9+-+nzppvl-0
9p+-zp-snp+0 9R+Nzp-+p+0
9zP-+P+P+-0 9+-+P+-zP-0
9-zPr+-+-+0
9-+PsN-+-+0 9+-+-vL-+-0
9+-+-vL-+-0 9-+-+-wQ-zP0
9-zP-+L+PzP0 9+-+-+R+K0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
30.¦a8!
xiiiiiiiiy A wonderful Rook sacrifice!
White's position looks much more Benjamin plays according to Fisher's
attractive. He has two Bishops, a advise for White in the Dragon: open
space advantage, a very strong and the h−file, check, check and
defended d5 pawn, and the main checkmate! Joel wants to check from
reason: Black hasn't any real e7 first and than the check from the
counterplay. h−file will be decisive.
17...¤e5 18.b3 ¦ac8 19.¢h1 £d8 30...£xa8 31.¤xe7+ ¢h7 32.£g3
20.g4! ¤f6™ 33.¦xf6 £a1+ 34.¥g1 £d1™
Yes, if your position in the center is 35.¦f3 ¥h6
strong you can start a pawn attack on The Chinese GM defends with the
the flank. only moves.
20...¤fd7 21.g5 b6!? 36.gxh6
Xu Jun tries to distract some of Of course, not 36.£h3? ¦h4!; An
White's pieces away from his King. alternative was 36.£f2!? £b1
22.£d2 bxa5 23.¦xa5 ¤c5 (D) (36...¥xg5 37.¦xf7+ ¢h6 38.¦xf8
¥xe7 39.£e3+ ¥g5 40.£e6+−)

CT-129 Page 3 of 4
37.gxh6 (37.¦xf7+?! ¥g7! 38.¦xf8 ¦aa1 51.¤g5+ ¢e8 52.¤f3 ¦a4

£e4+) 53.h3 ¦e4 54.¦a2 ¢d7 55.¦a7+ ¢c6
36...£b1 (D) 56.¦c7+ ¢b6 57.¦c2 (D)
9-+-+-tr-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-sNp+k0 9+-+-vL-+-0
9-+-zp-+pzP0 9-mk-zP-+p+0
9+-+P+-+-0 9+-+-+p+-0
9-zPr+-+-+0 9-+-+r+-+0
9+-+-+RwQ-0 9+-+-+N+P0
9-+-+-+-zP0 9-+R+-+K+0
9+q+-+-vLK0 9+-+r+-+-0
37.¤f5! The Black King is blocked from the
Joel Benjamin was a coach of the d−pawn now, so the d−pawn will
super machine Deep Blue and he make it to d7 by force.
plays like a machine himself. The 57...¢b5 58.¢f2 ¦d5 59.¦d2 ¦xd2+
Little brother of Deep Blue named 60.¤xd2 ¦d4 61.¤f3
Fritz likes all his moves very much. Black resigned in view of 61.¤f3
37...¦xb4 38.¤xd6 ¦d5 62.¤e5! ¦xe5 63.d7 1-0.
Maybe better was 38.£xd6!? A)
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41...£xf3+ 42.¦xf3 f5 43.¥c5 (D) Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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CT-130, 16 March 2001
n the second day of the USA - sure he would be there in time by having
O China Chess Summit Match the

American men and the Chinese
women won one game each, while the
a swift draw with China's strongest
player Ye Jiangchuan. Irina Krush
followed this example and scored her
juniors exchanged blows. As a result – second half point for team USA. A nice
draw 5 : 5. achievement considering that Irina's
opponent has 120 rating points more.
Gulko - Ye Jiangchuan 1/2
Xu Jun - Seirawan, Yasser 1/2 "Hikaru's first experience on team USA
Kaidanov - Peng Xiaomin 1-0 was a hard one. The youngster from
Zhang Zhong - Shabalov 1/2 White Plaines, NY had an exciting game
Benjamin - Xie Jun 1/2 but went down against Chinese
Zhu Chen - Christiansen M 1/2 Olympiad team member Ni Hua. The
Krush - Xu Yuhua 1/2 youngest American International Master,
Wang Lei - Groberman, Elina 1-0 Vinay Bhat, equalized the score between
Bhat, Vinay S - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 the juniors by outplaying the youngest
Ni Hua - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 GM in the world, Bu Xiangzhi. Larry
Christiansen appeared disappointed
Our thanks to Michael Franett when he left the playing hall after five
(mfranett@hotmail.com) for his report hours of play. In the hospitality suite he
specially for “Chess Today”: quickly went through his game showing
journalist Lubosh Kavalek and team
"The American team captain Nick de mate Vinay that his 17th move had been
Firmian decided to use his three reserve a mistake. "After 17...Qf5 I'm winning"
players in the second duel. Yasser was his optimistic observation.
Seirawan replaced a rather tired Alexander Shabalov might have had the
Alexander Ivanov; US Women's co- same feeling. In his game against Zhang
champion Elina Groberman took the spot Zhong, journalists and computer Fritz
of Camilla Baginskaite and the youngest thought Black would have a nice
player of this event, 13 year old Hikaru advantage after 42...g5. "
Nakamura got the opportunity to play
Chinese junior Ni Hua. A few hours into As yesterday we have included all games
the match all looked rosy for the from the second round of the USA-China
American team and another victory Summit Match in the pgn and cbv-files.
seemed in the air. The Chinese players
defended well and after nearly six hours Live games and archived games and
of fighting a 5-5 result was penciled in additional information at:
on the score board. Half way (through) http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org
this competition the US team is leading
by the smallest margin possible, a half Two legendary players, Bent Larsen and
point. Ulf Andersson faced each other in the 8th
round of the 1st Pinamar Masters in
"The round started earlier than the Buenos Aires. The younger Andersson
previous one as the players and officials celebrated a victory with White and
were invited for a dinner hosted by became one of the leaders. You can see
Washington State Governor Gary Locke this game in our annotated game section.
and his wife Mona. Boris Gulko made
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In another main game Garcia Palermo played each other 32 times; the first
beat (also with White) Giardelli. time in 1970. This game is quite
unusual for Andersson (see CT-128),
Standings after 8th round: since most of these games were
"bloody": The Swedish GM won 11,
1-2. Hoffman, Andersson – 5,5 lost 10 and 11 were drawn. They
3-4. Panno, Garcia Palermo – 5 even played an 8−game match in
5-8. Larsen, Ricardi, Giardelli, Szmetan Stockholm in 1975, +5 −2 =1(!) in
– 4,5 etc. Andersson's favor. I suspect the
main reason of such an implacable
In the 9th, and last round of the I Magistral fight is Larsen's fighting spirit. The
Ciutat de Badalona all games were drawn. last time these old opponents met at
The Bulgarian GM Atanas Kolev won the board was in 1985.
the event with 6,5 points. Our 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.¥g2
congratulations! ¥b7 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.c4
Andersson didn't play c2−c4 before
The Final standings: castling, maybe because checking
1. A. Kolev – 6,5 points out of 9 with Bf8−b4 can lead to more
2-3. A. Kogan (ISR), M. Granados (ESP) complicated positions.
–6 6...0-0 7.¤c3 ¤e4 (D)
4-6. J.P. Lopez Martinez (ESP), J. Fluvia XIIIIIIIIY
(ESP), M. Narciso Dublan (ESP) – 5 9rsn-wq-trk+0
8. V. Moskalenko (UKR) – 4 9zplzppvlpzpp0
9. R. Jose (ESP) – 3 9-zp-+p+-+0
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1. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM) – 7,5 According to Alekhine and
points out of 11 Botvinnik, this move gives Black
2-3. V. Nevednichy (ROM), L. Vajda equality.
(ROM) – 6,5 8.£c2 ¤xc3 9.£xc3 d6
4-6. A. Motylev (RUS), C. Navrotescu Alternatives are 9...f5 ; 9...c5;
(ROM), L. Fressinet (FRA) –6 9...¥f6!?
7. B. Badea (ROM) – 5,5 10.b3 ¤d7 11.¥b2 ¤f6 12.¦ad1
8-11. C. Ionescu (ROM), M. Marin c6?! (D)
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Bent Larsen, one of the strongest
A ccording to my database, Bent

Larsen and Ulf Andersson have
GMs in the World in 60s and 70s
(remember in the 1970 match World

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vs USSR he played on first board, hasn't 19...c5? 20.¥xb7 £xb7

ahead of Robert Fisher), always goes 21.dxc5 ¦xd3 22.£xd3! bxc5 23.¥xf6
his own, original way. In this position gxf6 24.£e3±
there were: 12...c5 13.dxc5 (13.d5!? 20.c5!
exd5 14.cxd5 b5 15.e4 b4 16.£d3 Now the b7 Bishop becomes
£b6 17.¤d2 ¥a6 18.¤c4 ¥xc4 passive. Black can't exploit the d5
19.£xc4 a5² Eisenmann − Jandke, square simply because he hasn't any
corr. 1987.) 13...bxc5 14.¤g5 ¥xg2 Knights!
15.¢xg2 h6 16.¤e4 £c7 17.£f3 20...bxc5 21.¥a3! ¦d7 22.¥xc5 £d8
¤xe4 18.£xe4 ¦fc8 19.f4 £c6 23.h4 ¥g7 24.£c3!
20.£xc6 ¦xc6 21.e4 ¦a6= Pietzsch − White doesn't hurry to take control
Spassky, Habana 1966.; 12...¥e4 over the a5 and e5 squares.
13.¤d2 ¥xg2 14.¢xg2 c6 15.e4 d5 24...£c7 25.f4!
16.cxd5 cxd5 17.e5 ¤d7 18.¦c1 a5 The same line
19.£d3 a4 20.¦c2 axb3 21.axb3 ¤b8 25...a5?!
draw, Andersson − Najdorf, Larsen finds some counterplay but
Argentina 1982 in a few moves White will use this
13.¤d2! d5 14.e4 dxe4 15.¤xe4 move to create a passed a−pawn.
¤xe4 16.¥xe4 ¥f6 17.¦d3 (D) Maybe better was for Black to stay
XIIIIIIIIY and wait, but this isn't in Larsen's
9r+-wq-trk+0 style.
9zpl+-+pzpp0 26.a4 ¥a6 27.¦3d2 ¦ad8 28.¢g2 h5
9-zpp+pvl-+0 (D)
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The position is rather simple, with 9+PwQ-+-zP-0
small, but long term advantages for 9-+-tR-+K+0
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and his pieces are more active. Ulf xiiiiiiiiy
Andersson likes such positions very 29.b4! axb4 30.£xb4 ¦b8 31.£c3
much. It's interesting to see how he £c8 32.¦b1 ¦xb1 33.¥xb1 ¥f8
increases his advantage step by 34.¥e4 ¥xc5?!
step. A dubious exchange. All of Black's
17...£e7 pawns are on the white squares, so
with idea c6−c5 all Bishop endings will be lost for him
18.£c2 ¦fd8 19.¦fd1 g6 (D) now.
XIIIIIIIIY 35.dxc5 £d8 36.¦xd7 £xd7 (D)
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37.¥f3! Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM

Very good! Black has an open−file Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir
but can't use it: White controls most Barsky.
of the squares on it, from d1 to d6. Technical editors: Graham Brown,
37...¢f8 38.¢f2 Ralph P. Marconi.
Right way − to the Bishop ending! Chess Today is published by:
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Black resigned because he can't
defend his pawns on f7−g6−h5 and
at the same time stop white's pawns.
All of Andersson's moves looked very
simple and natural − it's really high
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CT-131, 17 March 2001
he Tenth Amber Blindfold and Today in our annotated game section we
T Rapid Chess Tournament started

today in Monaco. Every day
GMs Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand,
feature the rapid game Shirov – Van
Wely. All the games of the first day of
the Amber Rapid Tournament as well as
Alexey Shirov, Anatoly Karpov, Veselin from USA – China match) – are included
Topalov, Vasily Ivanchuk, Peter Leko, in the cbv and pgn files.
Boris Gelfand, Ljubomir Ljubojevic,
Loek Van Wely, Jeroen Piket and Zoltan Standings after 1st day:
Almasi will play one rapid game of 1-3. Leko, Topalov, Shirov – 2
about one hour in length, and one 4-5. Anand, Kramnik – 1,5
blindfold game. Both games will be 6-7. Gelfand, Ljubojevic – 1
played with the Fischer Clock. 8-9. Karpov, Piket – 0,5
10-12. Almasi, Van Wely, Ivanchuk - 0
Blindfold games are played with
computers. An empty chessboard appears
on the player's screen. The moves are
made with a mouse or with the keyboard.
Each move will appear on both screens.
After confirmation of receipt of the
move, the opponent's clock will start and
the move will disappear.
Our thanks to Michael Franett
Sponsor of this very attractive event is (mfranett@hotmail.com) for his report
well-known business man and strong CC from the 3rd round of the US- China
player J.J. van Oosterom. The total prize Summit Match, specially for Chess
fund is US $ 137, 250. Today:
"In the third encounter in the US-Chinese
Winners of previous Amber Blindfold Summit Match the Chinese finally
Tournaments: showed that they are no paper tigers.
They deservedly won the third round and
1992 – Ivanchuk with just one round left, the US will have
1993 – Ljuboevic to hit several home runs to keep the
1994 – Anand beautiful glass match trophy in the
1995 – Karpov Emerald City.
1996 – Kramnik
1997 – Anand "Last night during a wonderful dinner
1998 – Shirov and Kramnik hosted by Washington State governor
1999 – Kramnik Gary Locke, Captain Nick de Firmian
2000 – Shirov decided that the American team would
play their strongest lineup the next day.
Results of the first day (rapid/blindfold) A few hours into the third round the
Gelfand – Ljuboejevic 1:0 0:1 prospects for the American team looked
Karpov – Anand ½:½ 0:1 very good. Yasser Seirawan was the first
Ivanchuk – Leko 0:1 0:1 to finish with a quick draw against Xu
Kramnik – Piket 1:0 ½:½ Jun, but quick victories by Gregory
Shirov – Van Wely 1:0 1:0 Kaidanov and Larry Christiansen gave
Almasi – Topalov 0:1 0:1 the US a two points lead. Then the tables
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turned as. Xie Jun took revenge for her Wang Yue - Bhat, Vinay ½:½
first round loss by defeating Alexander Schneider - Ni Hua 0:1
Ivanov who got into time trouble in a Today is the 66th birthday of well-
difficult position. Dmitry Schneider went known
down for the second time against Ni Hua
and on board one, Boris Gulko
blundered in a sharp position against Ye
Jiangchuan. Things got even worse as
Irina Krush lost with Black to the well-
rested Wang Lei. This was especially sad
as National Geographic Television News
was filming her entire game for a special
program they are doing on women in
sports. Camilla Baginskaite and Vinay
Bhat couldn't make up for their Argentinean GM Oscar Panno.
teammates and drew their games. Picture from www.kasparovchess.ru
Alexander Shabalov was the last US
player to finish. In view of the bleak In 1953 Panno won the World Junior
situation, Alex tried desperately to win Chess Championship. He won some
his game against Zhang Zhong. The international events; played many times
Grandmaster from Pittsburgh could have in Zonal and Interzonal tournaments, and
made a draw but for the sake of the team in 1956 played in the Challengers
he tried to get just a little bit more out of tournament in Amsterdam. But for years
it. Unfortunately this backfired and Oscar Panno wasn’t a professional chess
Zhang Zhong was quick to add another player and worked as an engineer. He is,
point to the Chinese total. nevertheless playing quite successfully
in the 1st Pinamar Masters in Buenos
"After three rounds the Chinese now find Aires. In the 9th round he drew with
themselves leading the match by two Black vs. Van Riemsdijk and shares 3rd
points. It will be difficult for the place.
American team to come up with a
strategy to overcome this deficit. But at Today, with Black, Ulf Andersson won
least they have a free day before one another game, against Giardelli and
Sunday's game to prepare for the became the sole leader.
Chinese."
Standings after the 9th round:
For more information: Press room 206- 1. Andersson – 6,5 points
652-9292 or Mike Franett at 2. Hoffman – 6
mfranett@hotmail.com -- on the Internet: 3-5. Panno, Ricardi, Garcia Palermo –
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/ 5,5
and http://seattlechessevents.org/ 6-7. Larsen, Szmetan – 5 etc.
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After 3 Rounds/ China – USA 6.5 : 3.5 Editorial
Ye Jiangchuan - Gulko F 1:0 by GM Alexander Baburin
Seirawan - Xu Jun ½:½
Peng Xiaomin - Kaidanov 0:1
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currently belong to the top 100 on the sharp lines. He works hard at home
rating list. Then we will gradually extend (maybe, especially hard since he
our list, so CT readers will learn more plays on the ICC) and very much in
about the modern chess scene. keeping to his opening repertoire.
The minus of such an attitude is that
We invite you to visit our forum some of his opponents (of course
(discussion board) at: only few) play sharp positions better
www.chesstoday.net, which is not only than he does, and Alexey Shirov is
for our readers, but for everyone one of them. Maybe if Loek were a
interested in chess. As you may know, little more flexible his good results
there are many useful newsgroups would be even better.
devoted to chess, but sometimes there is 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 (D)
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take part there. See you on the Forum! The Exchange, or Rubinstein
variation − one of the oldest in the
Finally, could you please mention Chess French Defence.
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Annotated Game here.
8...¤f6
A.Shirov (2718) − L .Van Wely (2700) Alternatives are: 8...cxd4 9.¤xd4
Amber Rapid Play Monaco MNC (1), ¤f6 10.¥g5 ¥c5 11.c3 h6 12.¥xf6
17.03.2001 C10 £xf6 13.£a4+ ¥d7 14.£c4 ¥xd4
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 15.cxd4 ¦c8 16.£b4 b6 17.d5 £e7
A s we had written earlier in CT 18.d6 £g5 19.£a3ƒ Rublevsky −

(during the Wijk aan Zee event), Christiansen, Lucerne 1997; More
Loek Van Wely likes to play very than 90 years ago Fritz
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recommended here 8...£b6!? Oh, 21.axb4 ¥c7 22.c5 ¥d7 23.£c4±

we have to add that Fritz hadn't a Rublevsky − Zakharevich, Russia
number but a name: Alexander Fritz 1998) 15.gxh3 0-0 16.£e4 ¥f6
− he played in German 17.¦d1 ¦d8 18.¦d3 ¦b8 19.¤f3 ¥d7
championships: 9.c3 ¤f6 10.¥d3 ¥d7 20.¤e5 ¥e8 21.¦xd8 ¥xd8 22.¢f1²
11.£e2 cxd4 12.¤xd4 ¥e7 13.¤f3 Morozevich − Zakharevich, Russia
0-0 14.¤e5² Wolf − Fritz, Germany 1997
1908; 8...¥e7 9.£e2 ¤f6 10.dxc5 14...e5!? (D)
¤xe4 11.£xe4 ¥xc5 12.£e5 ¥f8 XIIIIIIIIY
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Once Alexander Morozevich This move is in Loek's style − even
aggressively, but incorrectly in an unknown situation he made the
sacrificed a piece here: 10.¤xd4 ¥c5 most logical move. However, more
11.¤b3 ¥d6 12.¥xf6 gxf6 13.£h5 f5 cautious was 14...0-0!?; or
14.¥xf5? exf5 15.¦fe1+ ¥e7 16.¦e3 14...¤h3+!?, as in the above
f4 17.¦e4 0-0 18.¦d1 £c7 19.¤d4 mentioned game. But almost
¥f6-+ Morozevich − Zakharevich, certainly both GMs analysed 14.h4!?
Russia 1997 too.
10...¥e7 11.¦ad1 ¤xe4 15.£xe5 ¤e6 16.¤f5 f6
11...¥d7 12.¦xd4 ¤xe4 13.£xe4 Worth consideration was 16...¥f6?!
£c7 14.¤e5 ¥c6 15.£h4 ¥xg5 17.£b5+ ¢f8 (17...¥d7 18.£xb7)
16.£xg5 f6 17.£h5+ g6 18.¤xg6 £f7 18.¤d6±]
19.¦g4 0-0-0 20.¤f4 £d7 21.¤d3± 17.£b5+ ¢f7 18.¤xe7 ¢xe7 19.f4
Maiorov − Doroshkevich, Russia Black has a material advantage but
1997 he must develop his pieces first. This
12.¦xd4 (D) task, however, isn't very easy, even
XIIIIIIIIY though White has only Queen and
9r+lwqk+-tr0 Rook, because of Black's weak King.
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 19...g6?!
9-+-+p+-+0
9+-+-+-vL-0 Fritz says that f4−f5 isn't so
9-+-tRn+-+0 dangerous for Black, for example:
9+-+-+N+-0 19...¦d8 20.f5 (20.¦e1!?; 20.£h5!?)
9PzPP+QzPPzP0 20...¤d4 21.¦e1+ ¢f8 22.£c5+ ¢g8
9+-+-+RmK-0 23.£c4+ ¢f8 It's hard to believe, but
xiiiiiiiiy it's also hard to refuse.
12...£xd4 20.f5! gxf5 21.£xf5 (D)
Yes, Van Wely went for the XIIIIIIIIY
sharpest line. 9r+l+-+-tr0
13.¤xd4 ¤xg5 14.h4!? 9zpp+-mk-+p0
Shirov didn't want to wait for Black's 9-+-+nzp-+0
novelty so made one first. In previous 9+-+-+Q+-0
games White (against Novgorod's 9-+-+-+-zP0
GM Igor Zakharevich) pushed 9+-+-+-+-0
another pawn: 14.f4 ¤h3+ (14...0-0 9PzPP+-+P+0
15.fxg5 ¥xg5 16.¤f3 ¥d8 17.£e4 f6 9+-+-+RmK-0
18.c4 ¦b8 19.b4 a5 20.a3 axb4 xiiiiiiiiy
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Now Black's monarch can never unstoppable.

hide. 37...¥f7 38.£d4 ¥e6 39.c4 ¥f5
21...¦f8 22.£xh7+ ¦f7 23.£e4 ¢f8 40.a4 ¦e8 41.£d2+ ¢g4 42.£d1+
24.h5 ¤g5 25.£d4 ¢g7 26.h6+ ¢g6 ¢g5 43.a5 ¤f4 44.a6 ¦e2 (D)
In case of 26...¢xh6?! 27.¦xf6+ XIIIIIIIIY
¦xf6 28.£xf6+ ¢h5 29.£h8+ ¢g4 9-+-+-+-+0
30.¢f2 and Black can't complete his 9+-+-+-+-0
development. 9P+-+-+-+0
27.£d8 b6 28.£g8+ ¢xh6 29.¦f4 9+-+-+lmk-0
(D) 9-+P+-sn-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+P+-+-+-0
9r+l+-+Q+0 9-+-+r+PmK0
9zp-+-+r+-0 9+-+Q+-+-0
9-zp-+-zp-mk0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-sn-0 Last chance.
9-+-+-tR-+0 45.£d8+ ¢g4 46.£g8+ ¥g6 47.a7
9+-+-+-+-0 ¦xg2+ 48.¢h1 ¢h3 49.a8£ ¦h2+
9PzPP+-+P+0 50.¢g1 ¦g2+ 51.£xg2+ 1-0.
9+-+-+-mK-0
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CT-132, 18 March 2001
oday is the second day of Tenth games from the US – China Summit
T Amber Blindfold
and Rapid Chess
Tournamet in Monaco.
Match, because today is a rest day in
Seattle.
One of it’s participants, Not far from Monaco there is another

Ukrainian born famous resort – Cannes. Before the
GM Vassily Ivanchuk>>, World Rapid Cup it’s chess
nd
celebrates his 32 birthday federation organised a rapid play
today. Our congratulations match (6 games, 25 min. each)
to one of the deepest and Michael Adams – Vladislav
strongest chessplayers in Picture from Tkachev. Today three games were
the World for the last few www.kasparovchess.r played: In the first, Adams with
years! The best present he u White drew, than Tkachiev won the
gave himself was a second second, and in the third Adams
round victory over Boris Gelfand, 1.5 - equalised the score – 1.5 -1.5. Tomorrow
0.5. Ivanchuk could have won both will be another 3 games played.
games, but tournament luck turned
against him. I wish Vassily luck in all Also in Cannes there will be the Girls
other rounds here and there! Stars Trophy – a match between 16 year
old Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia,
Results of the second day below right) and 15 year old Marie
(rapid/blindfold) Sebag (France, below left).
Topalov - Shirov 1:0 ½:½
Leko – Karpov 1:0 ½:½
Gelfand – Ivanchuk ½:½ 0:1
Van Wely – Kramnik ½:½ 0:1
Ljuboejevic – Anand 0:1 1:0
Piket – Almasi 0:1 1:0
Pictures from http://www.cannes-
Standings after 2nd round: echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm
1-2. Leko, Topalov – 3.5 points out of 4
3. Kramnik – 3 What a useful thing to loose a game
4-5. Anand, Shirov – 2.5 (sometimes)! For example, Ulf
6. Ljubojevic – 2 Andersson after such an unpleasant
7-9. Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Piket – 1.5 accident won almost all his games in the
10-11. Karpov, Almasi - 1 1st Pinamar Masters in Buenos Aires.
12. Van Wely – 0.5 Before the final round he is sole leader
with a perfect result – 7,5 points out of
Peter Leko “woke up”! In Linares he 10. Good luck, Mr. Andersson!
couldn’t win a single game, now he is
one of the leaders with three victories Standings after the 10th round:
and only one draw; and in what style of 1. Andersson – 7,5 points
play! Today Peter Leko is a hero of our 2. Hoffman – 7
annotated game section. As usual we 3. Panno – 6,5
include all games from Monaco in our 4-6. Ricardi, Larsen, Garcia Palermo – 6
cbv and pgn files. We didn’t include any 7. Szmetan – 5 etc.

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Pairings for the last round: meet each other, and maybe they
Giardelli - Rodi talk about the Caro−Kann. But to be
Szmetan - Larsen honest, Leko has played 2.Nc3 at
Ricardi - Andersson least from 1990 and exploits it rather
Roselli - Garcia Palermo often.
Van Riemsdijk - Hobaica 2...d5 3.d3!?
Panno - Hoffman Quite an unusual move. Alternatives
are: 3.¤f3, and 3.d4!. But it's not
The 58th Polish Chess Championship new, of course. For example, two
taking place in Warsaw, a 14 player years ago in Sarajevo it was played
round-robin. All the best Polish GMs: by N.Short (White) vs. Leko.
Michal Krasenkow (2658), Tomasz 3...e5
Markowski (2595), Bartlomiej Macieja Leko played 3...g6 against Short.;
(2583) , Bartosz Socko (2557), Robert Another good way is 3...dxe4!?
Kempinski (2554), Jacek Gdanski (2548) 4.¤f3 d4 5.¤e2 f6
etc. are among the participants. XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvlntr0
A big open (over 420 players) is in 9zpp+-+-zpp0
progress in Bad Worishofen, Germany. 9-+p+-zp-+0
After 3 rounds 17 participants have 3 9+-+-zp-+-0
points. Below are the websites where you 9-+-zpP+-+0
can follow the progress of the 9+-+P+ +-0
tournament: 9PzPP+ zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
http://www.chessorg.de/html/bad_woeris xiiiiiiiiy
hofen.html and http://www.schach.com/ But maybe this position is new yet!
¤¤¤
At first glance Black has to have
Annotated Game good play − he has more space and
can easily complete his development.
P. Leko (2745) − A. Karpov (2679) 6.g3 c5 7.¥g2 ¤c6 8.0-0 g5!?
Amber Rapid Play Monaco MNC (2), Very optimistic, a Korchnoi style
18.03.2001 B10 move! Black wants to prevent 9.¤h4
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky and f2−f4.
1.e4 c6 2.¤c3 (D) 9.c3 a5
XIIIIIIIIY See previous note. Why does Black
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 play only pawns moves?
9zpp+pzppzpp0 10.cxd4 cxd4 11.¤d2 ¥e6 12.f4 (D)
9-+p+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9r+-wqkvlntr0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+p+-+-+p0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9-+n+lzp-+0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 9zp-+-zp-zp-0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 9-+-zpPzP-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+P+-zP-0
9PzP-sNN+LzP0
A bout forty years ago this was
Fischer's favorite move. From a
journalist point of view it's very
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
attractive to find Fischer's "footprint" Now you can easily recognise a
here. As we know the great Robert King's Indian Defence with reverse
James now lives in Budapest. colours and an extra tempo for White.
Perhaps Peter and he sometimes 12...a4 13.¤f3 h6 14.¥d2 ¥d6

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15.b4!? XIIIIIIIIY
This move stops Black's play on the 9-+-+q+n+0
queen side. 9+ptr-mk-+-0
15...£b6 9-+-vln+-tr0
After 15...axb3 16.axb3 ¦xa1 9+-+-zpR+-0
17.£xa1 ¥xb3?! 18.¦b1 (18.£b2!? 9pzP-zpP+-zP0
Black is too far behind in 9zP-+P+-zPL0
development.) 9-+-wQ +-+0
16.fxg5 fxg5 (D) 9+-+-+RmK-0
XIIIIIIIIY xiiiiiiiiy
9r+-+k+ntr0 26.£a2
9+p+-+-+-0 An interesting alternative was
9-wqnvll+-zp0 26.¤xd4!? exd4 (26...¤xd4?
9+-+-zp-zp-0 27.£g5++−) 27.e5 but Peter doesn't
hurry.
9pzP-zpP+-+0 26...¦d7 27.¢h2! ¢d8
9+-+P+ zP-0 The Black King now never has a
9P+-vL +LzP0 safe place.
28.¤g1 ¢c8 29.¤f3 ¤e7 (D)
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+k+q+-+0
17.¥xg5!? 9+p+rsn-+-0
Pardon me, who is playing with 9-+-vln+-tr0
White? Mr. Shirov or Mr. 9+-+-zpR+-0
Morozevich? What did you say − 9pzP-zpP+-zP0
Peter Leko?! Oh, such sacrifices 9zP-+P+ zPL0
aren't very typical for him. More quiet 9Q+-+-+-mK0
and also good was 17.a3!? 9+-+-+R+-0
17...hxg5 18.¤xg5 ¤d8 19.¤xe6 xiiiiiiiiy
¤xe6 20.h4 30.¦xe5!
White wants to include his white− This is a decisive blow. Look at the
squared Bishop in the attack, Bishop on h3,and the number of
because Black hasn't an opponent targets it has now!
for it. 30...¥xe5 31.¤xe5 ¤c6
20...¦h6 21.a3 31...¦d6 32.¤f7+−; 31...¢b8
Better late than never − isn't it? 32.£d2!+−
21...¢e7 22.¦f5 £c6 32.¤xd7 £xd7 33.b5 ¤e7
First of all Karpov defends the a4 Or 33...¤cd8 34.£d5! with idea of
pawn. After 22...¦f8?! 23.£xa4 White Rc1+
has full material compensation for the 34.£d2 ¤g8 (D)
piece. XIIIIIIIIY
23.£d2 £e8 9-+k+-+n+0
I thought Black wanted to exchange 9+p+q+-+-0
Rooks − 23...¦f8 but Karpov has 9-+-+n+-tr0
other ideas. Maybe they are sound in 9+P+-+-+-0
classical play, but in rapid play it's 9p+-zpP+-zP0
very risky to play with such a weak 9zP-+P+-zPL0
King with so many pieces on the 9-+-wQ-+-mK0
board. 9+-+-+R+-0
24.¦af1 ¦c8 25.¥h3 ¦c7 (D) xiiiiiiiiy
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37.¦f8+! unauthorised reproduction, via print,
Black resigned in view of 37.¦f8+ electronic format, or in any form
£xf8 38.£a8+ A great game for whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
Peter. He played very energetically express written permission.
on both sides of the board and in the
center. 1-0.
gistral/
http://www.seattlechessfoundation.org/
http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/
http://www.cannes-
echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm
http://www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.htm
l
http://www.chessorg.de/html/bad_woeris
hofen.html and http://www.schach.com/

and feedback!
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CT-133, 19 March 2001
LO-favourite of the recently Vishy Anand beat Peter Leko with the
E completed, Buenos Aires "1st

Pinamar Masters", GM Ulf
Andersson of Sweden, proved his class
same score and caught him at second
place, a full point behind the leader.
– he won the event with 8 points out of Results of the 3rd day
11. The home players Alejandro (rapid/blindfold)
Hoffman and evergreen Oscar Panno, Ivanchuk – Ljuboejevic ½:½ 0:1
who celebrated his 66th birthday just a Anand – Leko 1:0 ½:½
day before yesterday, came in second and Karpov – Gelfand ½:½ ½:½
third, respectively. Van Wely – Piket ½:½ ½:½
Kramnik – Topalov ½:½ 0:1
Shirov – Almasi 1:0 0:1
Rapid standings:
1-2. Topalov, Anand – 2½ out of 3
2-6. Gelfand, Kramnik, Leko, Shirov – 2
7-10. Almasi, Ivanchuk, Karpov,
Van Wely – 1
11-12. Ljubojevic, Piket – ½
Photo by Marina Vignau at
http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/magistral/ Blindfold standings:
1. Ljubojevic – 3 out of 3
Results of the last and final Round: 2. Topalov– 2½
Giardelli – Rodi 0-1 3-4. Leko, Piket – 2
Szmetan – Larsen ½:½ 5-7. Anand, Kramnik, Shirov – 1½
Ricardi – Andersson ½:½ 8-10. Almasi, Ivanchuk Karpov – 1
Roselli – Garcia Palermo 1-0 11-12. Gelfand, Van Wely – ½
Van Riemsdijk – Hobaica 1-0
Panno – Hoffman ½:½ Overall standings:
1. Topalov – 5 points out of 6
Final standings: 2-3. Anand, Leko – 4
1. Andersson – 8 points 4-6. Kramnik, Shirov, Ljubojevic – 3½
2. Hoffman – 7½ 7-8. Gelfand, Piket – 2½
3. Panno – 7 9-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov, Almasi – 2
4-5. Ricardi, Larsen – 6½ 12. Van Wely – 1½
6. Garcia Palermo – 6 etc.
Today we would like to feature an
Our congratulations for all the winners! excellent win by Veselin Topalov over
Vladimir Kramnik – an interesting
Veselin Topalov is dominating the field novelty on move 20 and extraordinary
in the 10th Amber blindfold and rapid technique in the ending, and this is in
tournament in Monaco. Today he blindfold chess!
outplayed none other than the World
Champion Vladimir Kramnik with a The rapid match between Michael
score of 1½:½ and strengthened his lead. Adams and Vladislav Tkachiev in
Cannes ended peacefully – 3:3. All three
games of the second day were drawn
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after a fairly intensive struggle. Both XIIIIIIIIY

players were equal to the task. 9r+l+-trk+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
Robert Kempinsky took the lead in the
Polish Championship. He is the only 9-+n+-sn-+0
player with a perfect score after 2 rounds. 9wq-+-+-+-0
9-vl-zp-vL-+0
Four players have perfect scores after the 9zP-sNLzP-+-0
4th Round in the strong open tournament 9-zPQsN-zPPzP0
in Bad Woerishofen, Germany – GMs 9tR-+-+RmK-0
Alexander Graf (we knew him as
Nenashev) of Germany, Alexey
xiiiiiiiiy
Aleksandrov (Belorussia), Valery 13...¥xc3
Filippov (Russia) and Slobodan 13...dxc3?! is dubious because of
Martinovic (Yugoslavia). 14.axb4 £xb4 15.bxc3±
21 participants are in chase. 14.¤c4 £h5 15.bxc3 ¤d5 16.¥g3
dxe3 17.¦ae1!? (D)
Top boards of the 5th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
S. Martinovic – A. Graf (Nenashev) 9r+l+-trk+0
V. Filippov – A. Aleksandrov 9zpp+-+pzpp0
¤¤¤ 9-+n+-+-+0
Annotated Game 9+-+n+-+q0
V. Topalov (2680) − V. Kramnik (2730) 9-+N+-+-+0
Amber 2001, Blind Monaco (3), 9zP-zPLzp-vL-0
19.03.2001 D37 9-+Q+-zPPzP0
Notes GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-+-tRRmK-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 xiiiiiiiiy
¥e7 5.¥f4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 ¥xc5 17...¥e6
8.a3 ¤c6 9.£c2 £a5 (D) 17...exf2+?! is suspicious, since
XIIIIIIIIY after 18.¦xf2 White seizes a strong
initiative by ¦e4−h4.
9r+l+-trk+0 18.fxe3 ¦ad8 19.¤d6
9zpp+-+pzpp0 19.e4 ¤de7÷ was acceptable for
Black.
9-+n+psn-+0 19...¤e5 (D)
9wq-vlp+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+P+-vL-+0 9-+-tr-trk+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
9zP-sN-zPN+-0 9-+-sNl+-+0
9-zPQ+-zPPzP0 9+-+nsn-+q0
9-+-+-+-+0
9tR-+-mKL+R0 9zP-zPLzP-vL-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+Q+-+PzP0
10.¤d2 9+-+-tRRmK-0
10.0-0-0 leads to very complicated xiiiiiiiiy
play. 20.¥xh7+!?
10...¥b4!? Strangely enough, this move has
10...¥e7 is the alternative way. never been played before! In the
11.cxd5 exd5 12.¥d3 d4 13.0-0 (D) game Tukmakov − Lputian, Tilburg
1994 White got nothing after 20.¥f5
¦xd6 21.¥xe5 ¦dd8 22.e4 ¤e7÷;
20.¤xb7!? Looks more interesting. In
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the game Kortschnoi − Lutz, Zurich XIIIIIIIIY

1999 White achieved better chances 9-+-+-tr-+0
after 20...¤xd3 21.£xd3 ¦d7 9zpp+r+-zpk0
22.¤d6² 9-+-sNl+-+0
20...£xh7 21.£xh7+ ¢xh7 22.¥xe5 9+-+-zP-+-0
(D) 9n+-+-zp-vL0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zP-zP-+-+R0
9-+-tr-tr-+0 9-+-+-+PzP0
9zpp+-+pzpk0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9-+-sNl+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+nvL-+-0 30.¥e7+! ¥xh3 31.¥xf8 ¥e6
9-+-+-+-+0 32.¤e4!? ¢g8 (D)
9zP-zP-zP-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+PzP0 9-+-+-vLk+0
9+-+-tRRmK-0 9zpp+r+-zp-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+l+-+0
White has gained an extra pawn but 9+-+-zP-+-0
his pawn structure is far from perfect 9n+-+Nzp-+0
and so his task is not so easy. 9zP-zP-+-+-0
22...f6 9-+-+-+PzP0
22...¦d7!? deserved attention, with 9+-+-+RmK-0
play on the light squares. xiiiiiiiiy
23.e4! 33.¤g5!
Very good! Veselin is playing excellently − don't
23...¤b6 forget this is blindfold play!
23...fxe5 24.¦xf8 ¦xf8 25.exd5 33...¢xf8 34.¤xe6+ ¢e7 35.¤xf4
¥xd5 26.¦xe5± seemed to be in ¦d2
White's favour. 24.¥g3 ¤a4 25.e5 f5 The pawn was untouchable:
In case of 25...fxe5 26.¦xf8 ¦xf8 35...¤xc3? 36.¤g6+ ¢d8 37.¦f8+
27.¤xb7 White exchanges all his ¢c7 38.e6+−
weak pawns. However, after the text 36.¦f3 ¤c5 37.h4+− (D)
Black's problems do not look easier. XIIIIIIIIY
26.¥h4 ¦d7 27.¦e3± (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-tr-+0 9zpp+-mk-zp-0
9zpp+r+-zpk0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-sNl+-+0 9+-sn-zP-+-0
9+-+-zPp+-0
9n+-+-+-vL0 9-+-+-sN-zP0
9zP-zP-tR-+-0 9zP-zP-+R+-0
9-+-+-+PzP0 9-+-tr-+P+0
9+-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-mK-0
27...f4 xiiiiiiiiy
Black doesn't want to allow the White already has two extra pawns
Rook to go to h3 but this pawn which should be enough for the win.
advance forces play in White's 37...¤e6 38.¢h2 ¦a2 39.¤xe6
favour. Something like 27...¦c7!? ¢xe6 40.¦g3 ¢f7 41.e6+! ¢xe6
deserved attention. 42.¦xg7 ¦xa3 43.¦xb7 ¢f5 44.¦b5+
28.¦ef3 ¥d5 29.¦h3 ¥e6 (D) ¢g4 45.¦b4+ ¢h5 46.g3 ¦a1 (D)

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Black tries to use his last trump
card − the passed a−pawn − but it is Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
easily refuted. In case of 46...¦xc3 Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir
47.¦a4 the a−pawn had no Barsky.
importance.
47.¢h3 a5 48.g4+ ¢h6 49.¦b6+ Technical editors: Graham Brown,
¢g7 50.h5 a4 51.¦a6 a3 52.¢h4 a2 Ralph P. Marconi.
53.¢g5
The king hides from checks, the Chess Today is published by:
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CT-134, 20 March 2001
Editorial Vishy Anand and Peter Leko beat their

by Alexander Baburin opponents, Boris Gelfand and Ljubomir
Ljubojevic respectively, and also joined
I would like to remind our readers that

the Cannes Festival will start
tomorrow and that you still have
some time to enter our Cannes Quiz,
the leaders so 4 players are heading the
field with 5½ points.
Results of the 4rd day

(rapid/blindfold)
with a chance to win a quality Gambit
clock. Simply send us 3 names - two Topalov – Piket 0:1 ½:½
winners and one other player, who will Gelfand – Anand ½:½ 0:1
make it (in your opinion) to the semi- Ljuboejevic – Leko ½:½ 0:1
final. As some of our readers correctly Shirov – Kramnik 0:1 0:1
pointed out, there will be no # 3 in the Ivanchuk – Karpov ½:½ ½:½
tournament. Thus, you have better Almasi – Van Wely ½:½ ½:½
chances of winning now! The deadline
for your entries is 13:00 London time on Rapid standings:
the 21st of March. Please mark your 1-2. Anand, Kramnik – 3 points
message 'Cannes Quiz' and send it to 3-5. Topalov, Gelfand, Leko – 2½
ababurin@iol.ie. 6. Shirov – 2
7-11. Piket, Almasi, Ivanchuk, Karpov,
At the moment we are renewing Van Wely – 1½
subscriptions for many of our readers and 12. Ljubojevic – 1
we are very pleased with the renewal
rate. However, it would help us a lot if Blindfold standings:
those readers, who changed their e-mail 1-3. Leko, Topalov, Ljubojevic – 3
addresses with which they initially 4-6. Anand, Kramnik, Piket – 2½
subscribed to CT, inform me about their 7-10. Shirov Almasi, Ivanchuk, Karpov
old and new addresses. Otherwise – 1½
communicating with our readers (even to 11. Van Wely – 1
inform them about their subscription is 12. Gelfand – ½
up for renewal) could be a problem -
when we have only the old address, Overall standings:
which may be no longer valid in some 1-4. Topalov, Kramnik, Anand, Leko
cases. Please address such e-mails to – 5½ out of 8
ababurin@iol.ie. We will appreciate your 5-6. Piket, Ljubojevic – 4
help! Thank you. 7. Shirov – 3½
_________________________________ 8-11. Gelfand, Ivanchuk, Karpov, Almasi
esterday’s defeat to Veselin – 2½
Y Topalov on the 10th Amber

blindfold and rapid tournament
in Monaco gave a great boost to
12. Van Wely – 2½
GM Robert Kempinski strengthened his

Vladimir Kramnik – today he smashed lead in the Polish Championship – after
Alexey Shirov twice and caught the 3 rounds he still has a perfect score! IM
leader. On the other hand, after his Lukasz Cyborowski is clear second,
glorious win over Kramnik, Veselin half a point behind.
Topalov was not himself today and was
beaten by Jeroen Piket. Kempinski – Kuczynski 1:0
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Gdanski – Macieja ½:½ Group B:

Socko – Cyborowski 0:1 1. Michael Adams ENG
Krasenkow – Bartel 1:0 2. Alexander Morozevich RUS
Grabarczyk – Urban 1:0 3. Mikhail Gurevich BEL
Markowski – Jaracz (unf.) 4. Rustam Kasimdzhanov UZB
Blehm – Gajewski 1:0 5. Ye Jiangchuan CHN
6. Vladislav Tkachiev FRA
There were no decisive games on the top 7. Etienne Bacrot FRA
boards in the 5th Round in the Bad 8. Hichem Hamdouchi MAR
Woerishofen open tournament. There
are already 8 leaders with 4½ points. The top four finishers in each group will
go on to a second group, an all-play-all
Some results of the 5th Round: phase. Then there will be a semi-final
Martinovic – Graf-Nenashev ½:½ phase and the top two will play in the
Filippov – Aleksandrov ½:½ final. The time control is 50 moves in 25
Epishin – Farago ½:½ minutes followed by 10 seconds a move
Krizsany – Sokolov ½:½ after that.
Glek – Naumkin 1:0
Levin – Senff 1:0 The pairings for the 1st Round:
Sprenger – Naiditsch 1:0 Group A:
Rahls – Simutowe 0:1 Kasparov – Bareev
Grischuk – Gulko
Bauer – Svidler
Top boards of the 6th Round: Lautier – Polgar
Graf-Nenashev (4½) – Levin (4½)
Simutowe (4½) – Filippov (4½) Group B:
Aleksandrov (4½) – Martinovic (4½) Gurevich – Ye
Sprenger (4½) – Glek (4½) Bacrot – Adams
Tkachiev – Hamdouchi
A 8 category round robin tournament is Kasymdzhanov – Morozevich
underway in Evry, France. After 5
rounds ELO-favourite GM Andrey The Chess Today staff will keep a close eye
Shchekachev (Russia) and IM Alexey on this event and provide reports by GM
Chernushevich (Belorussia) are leading Alex Baburin who is in Cannes as
with 4 points. Alexander Morozevich's second.
¤¤¤
Annotated Game
Tomorrow the World Cup of Rapid
B. Gelfand (2720) − V. Anand (2830)
Chess begins in Cannes, France. Let us Amber 2001 Monaco (4), 20.03.2001
remind you the list of participants, which E05
are divided into two groups: Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.¥g2 ¥e7
Group A: 5.¤f3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.¤e5 ¤c6!
1.Garry Kasparov RUS (D)
2. Evgney Bareev RUS XIIIIIIIIY
3. Peter Svidler RUS 9r+lwq-trk+0
4. Alexander Grischuk RUS 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
5. Judit Polgar HUN 9-+n+psn-+0
9+-+-sN-+-0
6. Joel Lautier FRA 9-+pzP-+-+0
7. Boris Gulko USA 9+-+-+-zP-0
8. Christian Bauer FRA 9PzP-+PzPLzP0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
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The best reply according to theory. XIIIIIIIIY

Black is trying to develop all his 9r+l+-trk+0
pieces as quickly as possible, despite 9zpq+-+pzpp0
the break−up of his pawn structure 9-+-+-sn-+0
on the queenside. 9+-wQ-zp-+-0
8.¥xc6 9-+pzP-+-+0
The alternative 8.¤xc6 bxc6 9+-+-+-zP-0
9.¥xc6 (or 9.¤a3 ¥xa3 10.bxa3 9PzP-+PzP-zP0
¤d5) 9...¦b8 10.¤c3 ¥b7 11.¥xb7 9tRNvL-+RmK-0
¦xb7 is known to be acceptable for xiiiiiiiiy
Black. 14.¦d1 ¥h3 15.d5 ¦ac8 16.£a5
8...bxc6 9.¤xc6 £e8 10.¤xe7+ ¤e4 17.f3 ¦c5 18.£e1 (D)
£xe7 11.£a4 c5 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-trk+0
9r+l+-trk+0 9zpq+-+pzpp0
9zp-+-wqpzpp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+psn-+0 9+-trPzp-+-0
9-+p+n+-+0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9+-+-+PzPl0
9Q+pzP-+-+0 9PzP-+P+-zP0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9tRNvLRwQ-mK-0
9PzP-+PzP-zP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tRNvL-+RmK-0 Very logical play so far.
xiiiiiiiiy 18...¦xd5!?
11...e5 is another way. A creative approach! It is too difficult
12.£a3 to conclude if this sacrifice is
A rare continuation. After the more objectively the best continuation. At
common 12.£xc4 cxd4 13.£xd4 e5 least it is very interesting, especially
14.£h4 White has slight chances to in rapid play. White's play is not so
realise his extra pawn because of his easy now. After the normal 18...¤d6
lag in development and weakened 19.¤c3 (19.e4?! f5ƒ) 19...f5 20.¥e3
kingside. Boris Gelfand has already ¦c7 21.¦ab1© Black definitely had
played this position: 14...£e6!? compensation for the pawn.
(14...¦b8 15.b3 ¦d8 16.¥g5² Gelfand 19.¦xd5 £xd5 20.fxe4 £d4+!
− Timoshchenko, Norilsk 1987) Of course, not 20...£xe4? 21.£f2
15.¤c3 ¥b7 16.e4 ¦fc8 17.f3 £b6+ and White has no problems with
18.¦f2 h6!? 19.¢g2 ¦d8© and Black developing his queenside.
obtained excellent compensation for 21.e3 £d3 (D)
the pawn, Gelfand − Aseev, Klaipeda XIIIIIIIIY
1988. 9-+-+-trk+0
12...£b7!? 9zp-+-+pzpp0
An interesting novelty. In the game 9-+-+-+-+0
J.Horvath − Bauer, Szekszard 1993 9+-+-zp-+-0
Black continued with: 12...e5 9-+p+P+-+0
13.£xc5 £xc5 14.dxc5 ¥h3 15.¦d1 9+-+qzP-zPl0
¦fc8 and here 16.b4!? deserved 9PzP-+-+-zP0
attention, for example: (16.¤a3 9tRNvL-wQ-mK-0
¥e6=) 16...a5 (16...cxb3 17.axb3 xiiiiiiiiy
¦xc5 18.¦xa7!²) 17.b5 ¦xc5 18.¤c3² White has a clear extra piece but
with better chances for White. look at his army! The king is also
13.£xc5 e5! (D) unsafe.
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22.¤c3? XIIIIIIIIY
A natural move which actually does 9-+-+-+k+0
not help to develop other queenside 9zp-+-+pzpp0
pieces. 22.¤d2! looked more to the 9-+-+-+r+0
point, intending to get the Rook into 9+-+-zp-+-0
play by a4 and ¦a3. A possible 9-+-+P+P+0
continuation was: 22...¦b8 23.a4 c3 9+-sNpzP-+l0
24.bxc3 £xc3 25.¥a3 f6!? (or 9PzP-+-+-zP0
25...¦d8 26.¤f3 £c2 27.£f2 ¦d1+ 9tR-vL-+-mK-0
28.¦xd1 £xd1+ 29.¤e1 £xa4 and it xiiiiiiiiy
is fairly difficult for White to win this 26.¥d2
position, especially in rapid chess.) White could have secured an extra
22...¦d8 (D) piece by 26.¢f2? ¦xg4 27.¢e1 but it
XIIIIIIIIY is hard to say how he intended to
9-+-tr-+k+0 stop Black's kingside pawns after the
9zp-+-+pzpp0 simple 27...¦g2 28.¦b1 ¦xh2
9-+-+-+-+0 followed by ..g5 etc.
9+-+-zp-+-0 26...¦xg4+ 27.¢h1 (D)
9-+p+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-sNqzP-zPl0 9-+-+-+k+0
9PzP-+-+-zP0 9zp-+-+pzpp0
9tR-vL-wQ-mK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-zp-+-0
Intending to transfer the Rook to f6. 9-+-+P+r+0
Black already looks overwhelming, 9+-sNpzP-+l0
but White finds a defence. 9PzP-vL-+-zP0
23.g4! 9tR-+-+-+K0
The only move to prepare £e2! The xiiiiiiiiy
immediate 23.£e2?? was impossible A draw agreed as Black had
as the king is checkmated after the nothing more than perpetual check.
simple 23...£xe2 24.¤xe2 ¦d1+ An interesting game! Of course, not
25.¢f2 ¦f1# 27.¢f2?? ¦g2+ and White loses a
23...¦d6 24.£e2 (D) piece. ½-½.
XIIIIIIIIY ¤¤¤
American Impressions
9-+-+-+k+0 by Alexander Baburin
9zp-+-+pzpp0
9-+-tr-+-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+p+P+P+0
R ecently I spent three weeks
playing in San Francisco and Las
Vegas. Here I would like to share
the experience of my short tour, hoping
9+-sNqzP-+l0 that it will be of interest to Chess Today
(CT) readers, even though both
9PzP-+Q+-zP0 tournaments (Linklater Memorial and US
9tR-vL-+-mK-0 National Open) were already reported in
xiiiiiiiiy CT.
24...¦g6!
Now in the case of 24...£xe2 Nowadays when I go to a chess
25.¤xe2 ¦d1+ 26.¢f2 the king has tournament, I do not hold high
an escape to g3. expectations. Playing in a strong event is
25.£xd3 cxd3 (D) a bit of a lottery and in my opinion there
is little point in planning how well you
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would do. If things work out fine - great, The impact of the new time control on
if not - life will go on anyway. Perhaps my play was not direct (I did not lose on
this attitude is harder to adapt when time), but it made me nervous and after
playing chess is your main source of making some mistakes my confidence
income, but fortunately for me, I also do went down. GMs Yuri Shulman and
other things - like teaching chess, writing Alex Wojtkiewicz are very strong
articles, selling chess books and players, but in the tournament they
equipment, etc. Thus, I am a mixture of a played rather dryly, and normally I
professional (as far as my training and would have given them a tougher ride.
attitude are concerned) and an amateur, Anyway, the event was enjoyable and
when it comes to the impact which my produced some interesting games. After
tournaments results may have on my life. IM John Donaldson and GM Alex
Yermolinsky moved to San Francisco,
From the sporting point of view, my the Mechanic's Institute Chess Club
results in USA were OK: I tied for 3rd in became a busy place. Yermo gives
both the Linklater Memorial and in the weekly lectures (I saw one last year and
US National Open. However, I was it was great!), while Donaldson hosts
deeply dissatisfied with the quality of my weekly tournaments in the club. During
play, which lacked freshness and the Linklater Memorial John gave short
precision. To my horror, I blundered lectures every day, showing games from
frequently, which has almost never the tournament during lunch breaks. That
happened to me before. For example, in proved to be rather popular. The club has
round 4 of the US National Open I hung quite an informative Website at:
a rook, after making the second move www.chessclub.org.
(instead of the first!) in the winning line,
which I had calculated. Fortunately, my The tournament in Las Vegas was very
position was so good that I drew anyway. strong this year, as the entire Chinese
Perhaps my play was affected by the the team played there, warming up before the
new FIDE time control, which was used USA-China match in Seattle. To do well
in the Linklater Memorial in San there, one needs to score 5½ out of 6,
Francisco. which usually means beating at least 2
very strong players. Both winners -
Some CT readers have asked me about Akopian and Zhang Zhong - deserved
my feelings regarding this time control their success. In particular Akopian, who
(75 minutes for 40 moves with 30 played a number of good games. There
seconds increments) and I can tell that it were over 800 participants in Las Vegas.
is rather tough. If you sink into deep To learn more about the tournament,
thought a couple of times during the check out the site at
game, you get short of time, which could www.64.com/natlopen.
in turn make you very nervous. I rarely
get into time trouble, but I do like to Las Vegas is a surreal place - where else
think from time to time and this is you can see pyramids, pirates, Venice,
something, which one cannot really Paris and New York all in the same
afford with this time limit. I think that place? It's also a weird place - where else
the quality of games will definitely suffer can you see brides in an 'all you can eat'
with this new time control and that FIDE buffet?! Actually, a lot of people come to
should reconsider their decision to Vegas to marry and one of the
impose it. Besides, I don't see how it participants of the National Open - IM
would attract sponsors - if the game, Finegold - did just that! He married
which lasts 4 hours, is so attractive for before round 1 and spent the weekend
media, then sponsors should go just wild battling on the chess-board, away from
over rapid chess! Actually, they don't. his wife. What does she think of chess
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now?! Another curious thing was that in Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/

the hall next to our tournament, there was
an international table-football Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
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professionally. And some of my friends International Copyright convention. Any
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strange! :-) Actually, the table-football electronic format, or in any form
tournament had many visitors and a whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
close-circuit TV, which was in contrast express written permission.
with the chess event. So, maybe will see
yet another sport overtaking chess? I
hope not!
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CT-135, 21st March 2001
W hile the participants of the

10th Amber blindfold and
rapid tournament in Monaco
were having a rest today another super-
final phase and the top two will play in
the final.
There was only one decisive game in the

tournament – the World Cup of Rapid 4th Round of the Polish Championship –
Chess – started in Cannes, France. GM Mikhail Krasenkow beat Grzegorz
Curiously enough, these two big events Gajewski and joined IM Lukasz
are taking place a mere 50 kilometres Cyborowski at second place with 3
from one another! points. The leader is still GM Robert
Kempinski, half a point ahead.
Garry Kasparov took the lead in
Group A with 3½ points out of 4 – only Urban – Kempinski ½:½
young Alexander Grischuk was lucky to Cyborowski – Bartel ½:½
escape. Judit Polgar and Evgeny Gajewski – Krasenkow 0:1
Bareev are sharing second place, a full Jaracz – Gdanski ½:½
point behind. Macieja – Grabarczyk ½:½
Socko – Markowski ½:½
Group A standings: Kuczynski – Blehm ½:½
1. Kasparov – 3½ points out of 4
2-3. Polgar, Bareev – 2½ GM Alexey Aleksandrov (Belorussia)
4-5. Grischuk, Lautier – 2 and Jan Sprenger (Germany) took the
6-7. Svidler, Gulko – 1½ lead in the Bad Woerishofen after the 6th
8. Bauer – ½ Round – they scored 5½ points. 13
players are in chase.
Mikhail Gurevich became sole leader of
the Group B. Some results of the 5th Round:
Michael Adams, Etienne Bacrot and Graf-Nenashev – Levin ½:½
Rustam Kasymdzhanov are in chase, Simutowe – Filippov ½:½
half a point behind. Aleksandrov – Martinovic 1:0
The last round was very important – Sprenger – Glek 1:0
Gurevich beat Kasymdzhanov while P.Horvath – Epishin 1:0
Bacrot outplayed Tkachiev.
Top boards of the 7th Round:
Group B standings: Aleksandrov (5½) – Sprenger (5½)
1. Gurevich – 3 points out of 4 Jenni (5) – Graf-Nenashev (5)
2-4. Adams, Bacrot, Kasymdzhanov, Filippov (5) – Roeder (5)
- 2½ Kupreichik (5) – Sokolov (5)
5-6. Morozevich, Tkachiev – 2 Simutowe (5) – Pelletier (5)
7. Hamdouchi – 1 Levin (5) – Farago (5)
8. Ye Jiangchuan - ½ Pirrot (5) – Kekelidze (5)
Glek (4½) – P.Horvath (5)
Tomorrow another 3 rounds will be
played. The top four finishers in each GM Andrey Shchekachev (Russia)
group will go on to a second group all- became sole leader of the 8 category
play-all phase. Then there will be a semi- round robin tournament in Evry, France

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with 5 points after 6 rounds. IM Alexey king's knight goes to e2 while the
Chernushevich (Belorussia) is clear queen's goes to f3 via d2 − in the
second, half a point behind, IM Cyril variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. ¤d2 ¤f6 4.
Marcelin (France) is third, a full point e5 ¤fd7 5. ¥d3 c5 6. c3 ¤c6 7.¤e2 this
allows him to fortify the d4 pawn. Here
behind the leader.
White cannot do this but, as you may
notice, he has saved one tempo on the
Kings Head Rapidplay knight manoeuvres and so can continue
with quick development.
The Kings Head Chess Club is one of the 8.0-0 g6
strongest in London and counts CT After 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 ¤xd4 10.¤xd4
reader GM Jon Speelman among it’s £xd4 11.¤f3 £b6 12.£a4© White has
members. On Sunday 1st April at excellent compensation for the pawn.
11.00am the 25th Kings Head Rapidplay 9.dxc5
tournament takes place in London at the XIIIIIIIIY
elegant Porchester Hall in W2. Players 9r+l+kvl-tr0
range from beginners to titled experts. A 9zpp+n+p+p0
glance at the previous winners tells the 9-wqn+p+p+0
story. 1997 M Adams 1998 K Arkell, M 9+-zPpzP-+-0
Hebden 1999 D Gormally, B Lalic, A 9-+-+-+-+0
Ledger 2000 B Lalic, J Parker, S 9+-zPL+N+-0
Williams. There will be five grading 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
prizes of £50 each for the best score by 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
players with a grade of 199-175, 174- xiiiiiiiiy
150, 149-125, 124-100, and under 100. 9...¤xc5
Enter online here. You can also enter on 9...£c7!? is played more often and
the day from 10.15am. leads to very complicated play.
graham.brown@khcc.org.uk 10.¤b3 ¤xd3 11.£xd3 ¥g7 12.¥f4 0-
0?!
Such routine play allows White to
Annotated Game realise his plans without many problems.
In the game Tkachiev − Kindermann,
Kasparov (2849) − Bareev (2709) Biel 1995 Black treated the position in a
rather interesting way: 12...¥d7!?
World Cup of Rapid Chess Gp A Cannes 13.¦fe1 h6 14.h4 0-0-0!? 15.¤bd4 ¤xd4
FRA (1), 21.03.2001 C05 16.¤xd4 (16.cxd4!?) 16...g5! 17.hxg5
Notes by GM Ruslan.Scherbakov hxg5 18.¥xg5 ¦dg8÷ with mutual
chances, here a draw was agreed.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 c5 4.¤gf3 ¤f6 13.£d2 ¥d7 14.¦fe1 (D)
5.e5 ¤fd7 6.c3 ¤c6 7.¥d3 £b6 (D)
9r+l+kvl-tr0 9r+-+-trk+0
9zpp+n+pzpp0
9-wqn+p+-+0 9zpp+l+pvlp0
9+-zppzP-+-0 9-wqn+p+p+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9+-+pzP-+-0
9+-zPL+N+-0
9PzP-sN-zPPzP0 9-+-+-vL-+0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 9+NzP-+N+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
A subtle move order has led to a 9PzP-wQ-zPPzP0
position where White more often
arranges his knights differently: the
9tR-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Thanks to the total control over the XIIIIIIIIY

very important central squares d4 and 9-+-+-trr+0
e5, White can comfortably prepare the 9+p+lwqp+k0
kingside attack, not being worried about 9-+-+p+pzp0
possible surprises.
14...a5 15.¥h6 a4 16.¥xg7 ¢xg7
9+-+pzP-+-0
17.¤bd4 ¤a5 (D)
9p+n+-sN-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-+NwQ-0
9r+-+-tr-+0 9PzP-+RzPP+0
9+p+l+pmkp0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9-wq-+p+p+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9sn-+pzP-+-0 The best arrangement for the rooks −
White radically prevents a possible ...f7−
9p+-sN-+-+0 f6 while his queenside is still under
9+-zP-+N+-0 satisfactory protection.
9PzP-wQ-zPPzP0 25...¦c8 26.¤h2!
9tR-+-tR-mK-0 The knight is going to f6.
xiiiiiiiiy 26...g5 27.¤h5
The only area Black can organise Okay, we have another one...
counterplay is on the queenside − an 27...gxh4 28.£h3!
undermining move such as ...f7−f6 is White could have won an exchange
pointless as the e5 pawn will be instantly by 28.¤f6+?! £xf6 29.£xg8+
effectively substituted by the knight ¦xg8 30.exf6 but the ending was much
18.¦ab1 ¤c4 19.£f4 £d8 20.h4 h6 less evil for Black.
21.£g3 £e7 22.¤e2! (D) 28...¦g5 29.¤f6+ ¢g7 30.f4
XIIIIIIIIY Again, refusing from 30.¤f3 ¤xe5
(30...¦f5 31.¤xd7 £xd7 32.¤xh4+−)
9r+-+-tr-+0 31.¤xe5 ¦xe5 32.¦xe5 £xf6±
30...¦g6 31.¤hg4 (D)
9+p+lwqpmk-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+p+pzp0 9-+r+-+-+0
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9+R+-tR-mK-0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 31...¦h8?!
A very strong manoeuvre. The knight Too passive. White's cavalry is
was pretty strong on d4 and, of course, incredibly powerful but Black should
you could keep admiring it. The game, have probably tried to use the fact it
however, can be won only by concrete moved away from the center and go for
actions. By the way, the blockade cannot 31...a3!? 32.b3 ¤b2 33.¦e3 ¥c6
be broken now as the other knight keeps 34.£xh4 d4!? 35.cxd4 £d8 with some
an eye on the square d4. counterplay − at least White should not
22...¢h7 23.¤f4 ¦g8 24.¦e2! ¦af8?! be too relaxed here.
A waste of time. Black should have 32.¤h5+! ¢f8 33.¤gf6
tried to distract White from his main aim Black's rooks are now completely
by, for example, 24...¥b5!? 25.¤d4 ¥a6 locked on the kingside.
but, of course, it couldn't make his life 33...¥c6 34.£xh4 a3!? 35.b3 ¤b2
much easier. 36.¢h2!
25.¦be1 (D) Kasparov never misses an opportunity
to hide the king from possible checks

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before the storm. XIIIIIIIIY

36...£c5 (D) 9-+-+-mk-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+-+-+-0
9-+-+-mk-tr0 9-+l+psNpzp0
9+p+-+p+-0 9+-wq-zP-+N0
9-+l+psNrzp0 9-+-+-zP-wQ0
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9-+-+-zP-wQ0 9Psn-+-+PmK0
9zpPzP-+-+-0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9Psn-+R+PmK0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-tR-+-0 40.¤d7+!
xiiiiiiiiy A nice blow.
37.¦e3? 40...¥xd7 41.£f6+
Tempting but not the best. 37.f5! Black resigned as he is checkmated on
looked more energetic: 37...¦g5 the very next move. A fairly instructive
(37...exf5 38.e6+−) 38.fxe6 fxe6 39.¦f1 game!
(39.¤f4!?) 39...¢e7 40.¤f4+− with 1-0
numerous threats such as ¤g6 or £h3...
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CT-136, 22nd March 2001
T
he first qualification stage has fell away from the leaders – he is a full
just finished in the World Cup point behind.
of Rapid Chess in Cannes,
France. Results of the 5th day
(rapid/blindfold):
Garry Kasparov conclusively won Kramnik – Almasi ½:½ 1:0
Group A. In the last round Evgeny Van Wely – Topalov ½:½ 0:1
Bareev beat Joel Lautier and joined Anand – Ivanchuk 1:0 ½:½
Alexander Grischuk in second place. Leko – Gelfand 0:1 ½:½
There was a tie-break between Peter Karpov – Ljubojevic 1:0 ½:½
Svidler, Judit Polgar and Joel Lautier – Piket – Shirov 1:0 0:1
Judit gave no chance to the guys and
took the last qualifing pass! Rapid standings:
1. Anand – 4 points out of 5
Group A final standings: 2-3. Kramnik, Gelfand – 3½
1. Kasparov – 5½ points out of 7 4. Topalov – 3
2-3. Bareev, Grischuk – 4 5-7. Karpov, Leko, Piket – 2½
4-6. Svidler, Polgar, Lautier – 3½ 8-10. Almasi, Shirov, Van Wely
7. Gulko – 3 –2
8. Bauer – 1 11. Ivanchuk – 1½
12. Ljubojevic – 1
There was no need for a tie-break in
Group B – Michael Adams and Blindfold standings:
Mikhail Gurevich shared first place, the 1. Topalov – 4 points out of 5
home players French No.1 Vladislav 2-4. Kramnik, Leko, Ljubojevic – 3½
Tkachiev and the French Champion 5. Anand – 3
Etienne Bacrot shared the other two 6-7. Piket, Shirov – 2½
qualifing places. 8-9. Ivanchuk, Karpov – 2
10. Almasi – 1½
Group B final standings: 11-12. Gelfand, Van Wely – 1
1-2. Adams, Gurevich – 5 points
3-4. Bacrot, Tkachiev – 4½ Overall standings:
5. Kasymdzhanov – 4 1-3. Anand, Kramnik, Topalov – 7
6-7. Hamdouchi, Morozevich – 2 4. Leko – 6
8. Ye Jiangchuan – 1 5. Piket – 5
6-9. Gelfand, Karpov, Ljubojevic, Shirov
Tomorrow is quarter-finals day. – 4½
10-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk – 3½
Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir 12. Van Wely – 3
Kramnik and Veselin Topalov are
heading the field after the 5th day of the All the leaders of the Polish
10th Amber blindfold and rapid Championship drew in the 5th Round so
tournament in Monaco – they beat their the situation is unchanged – GM Robert
opponents with the same score 1½:½. Kempinski is on top with 4 points, half a
Peter Leko lost to Boris Gelfand and point ahead of GM Mihal Krasenkow

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and IM Lukasz Cyborowski. Emmanuel Bricard (both of France) are

sharing third place, already one and a
Kempinski – Macieja ½:½ half point behind the leader.
Krasenkow – Kuczynski ½:½
Markowski – Cyborowski ½:½ Annotated Game
Gdanski – Socko ½:½
Grabarczyk – Jaracz ½:½ Anand,V (283) − Ivanchuk,V (277)
Blehm – Urban 1:0 Amber2001 Monaco (5), 22.03.2001
Bartel – Gajewski 0:1 C88
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6
1. Kempinski – 4
5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.a4
2-3. Krasenkow, Cyborowski – 3½ XIIIIIIIIY
4-6. Markowski, Gdanski, Blehm – 3 etc. 9r+lwq-trk+0
9+-zppvlpzpp0
GM Victor Kupreichik (Belorussia)
9p+n+-sn-+0
beat Andrey Sokolov in the 7th Round of
9+p+-zp-+-0
the strong open tournament in Bad
9P+-+P+-+0
Woerishofen, Germany and joined his
compatriot GM Alexey Aleksandrov
9+L+-+N+-0
and Jan Sprenger of Germany, who
9-zPPzP-zPPzP0
drew their game – all players now have 6
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0
points. 17 players are in chase.
xiiiiiiiiy
This is the so called "Anti−Marshall" −
recently the top players do not often
Some results of the 7th Round: allow Black to sacrifice a pawn after 8.
Aleksandrov – Sprenger ½:½ c3 d5.
Jenni – Graf-Nenashev ½:½ 8...b4
Filippov – Roeder ½:½ As you may remember, in CT−115 we
Kupreichik – Sokolov 1:0 considered the excellent win by Garry
Simutowe – Pelletier ½:½ Kasparov vs. Peter Leko in the recently
Levin – Farago ½:½ finished super−tournament in Linares:
Glek – P.Horvath 1:0 8...¥b7 9.d3 d6 10.¤bd2 ¤a5 11.¥a2 c5
12.¤f1 ¦e8 13.¤e3 h6 14.¥d2 and so
Top boards of the 8th Round: on.
9.d3 d6 10.a5
Kupreichik (6) – Aleksandrov (6)
10.¤bd2 ¤a5 11.¥a2 c5 is another
Graf-Nenashev (5½) – Sprenger (6) possibility
Naiditsch (5½) – Filippov (5½) 10...¥e6
Jenni (5½) – Glek (5½) Both 10...¥g4 ; and 10...¦b8 are the
Pelletier (5½) – Kriszany (5½) alternatives.
Roeder (5½) – Levin (5½) 11.¤bd2 ¥xb3 12.¤xb3 ¦e8
Farago (5½) – Gutman (5½) XIIIIIIIIY
Naumkin (5½) – Varga (5½) 9r+-wqr+k+0
Kekelidze (5½) – Simutowe (5½) 9+-zp-vlpzpp0
Pirrot (5½) – Doettling (5½) 9p+nzp-sn-+0
9zP-+-zp-+-0
GM Andrey Shchekachev (Russia) is 9-zp-+P+-+0
dominating the round robin tournament 9+N+P+N+-0
in Evry, France – after 7 rounds he has 6 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
points. Yet, IM Alexey Chernushevich 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
(Belorussia) is not so far behind with 5½ xiiiiiiiiy
points. IMs Cyril Marcelin and 13.h3!?

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This modest move is a novelty. After 22.£d2!

the immediate 13.d4 exd4 14.¤fxd4 XIIIIIIIIY
¤xd4 15.¤xd4 ¥f8 Black obtained more 9r+-+-+k+0
or less acceptable play in the games 9+-zp-trpzp-0
Szabo − Unzicker, Bern 1987 and Short 9p+-zp-sn-zp0
− I.Sokolov, Linares 1995.
13...£d7 14.¥g5 h6 15.¥h4
9zP-+-+-wq-0
White postponed the advance d3−d4
9-zp-+P+-+0
trying to realise it in more favourable 9+N+-+P+P0
situation. 9-zPPwQ-+P+0
15...¤h7 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
Unfortunately it was impossible to play xiiiiiiiiy
more actively: 15...¤h5? failed to Insisting on the ending.
16.¤xe5! 22...£xd2
16.¥xe7 ¦xe7 17.d4 22...£b5!? deserved attention although
XIIIIIIIIY after 23.¤d4 £c5 24.¢h1² White kept
9r+-+-+k+0 better chances, but Black can
9+-zpqtrpzpn0 reasonably hope for counterplay −
9p+nzp-+-zp0 ...¤h5 would be one of the ideas.
9zP-+-zp-+-0 23.¤xd2 ¦ae8
9-zp-zPP+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+N+-+N+P0 9-+-+r+k+0
9-zPP+-zPP+0 9+-zp-trpzp-0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9p+-zp-sn-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+-+-+-0
There was no reason to delay this
9-zp-+P+-+0
advance anymore. 9+-+-+P+P0
17...exd4 18.¤fxd4 ¤f6 19.f3 ¤xd4 9-zPPsN-+P+0
20.£xd4 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
20.¤xd4 could be well met by 20...d5! xiiiiiiiiy
and in case of 21.e5 Black has 24.¤b3!
21...¦ae8!÷ A good prophylactic move. Of course,
20...£b5 not 24.¤c4? due to 24...d5!
XIIIIIIIIY 24...c5?!
9r+-+-+k+0 It was probably better to refrain from
9+-zp-trpzp-0 this move for a while. 24...d5?! was
9p+-zp-sn-zp0 dubious due to 25.¤c5 and Black
9zPq+-+-+-0 cannot give up the a6 pawn.; Something
like 24...¦e5!? deserved attention.
9-zp-wQP+-+0 25.¦ed1 ¦e6 26.¦d2 ¢f8 27.¦ad1 ¢e7
9+N+-+P+P0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zPP+-+P+0 9-+-+r+-+0
9tR-+-tR-mK-0 9+-+-mkpzp-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+-zprsn-zp0
Generally Black's position looks quite
acceptable but , as we'll see, his play is
9zP-zp-+-+-0
not so easy.
9-zp-+P+-+0
21.£d3! £g5 9+N+-+P+P0
The ending after 21...£xd3?! 22.cxd3 9-zPPtR-+P+0
is difficult. White will create strong 9+-+R+-mK-0
pressure on the c−file and if Black puts xiiiiiiiiy
his pawn on c5 then d3−d4 will be 28.¤c1!
annoying.; 21...£e5 22.¤d4² was also The advance ...d6−d5 is prevented −
better for White. it's time to improve the knight.

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28...¦d8 29.¤d3 ¦d7 30.b3 g5 31.¢f2 40...¤c7 41.¦xe6 ¤xe6 42.a6 ¤c7
¦b7 43.¦a7
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+r+-mkp+-0 9tR-sn-+-+-0
9p+-zprsn-zp0 9P+-+-zpk+0
9zP-zp-+-zp-0 9+rzp-zp-zp-0
9-zp-+P+-+0 9-zpN+-+-zp0
9+P+N+P+P0 9+P+-+P+P0
9-+PtR-mKP+0 9-+P+-mKP+0
9+-+R+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
32.¤b2! Black resigned Extraordinary technique
Simple, but effective play − Black is by Vishy Anand! 1-0
already in trouble!
32...¦b5?!
Of course, the rook has nothing to do Recommended sites.
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38...h5 39.¦da8 h4 40.¦xa6
The a−pawn can hardly be stopped.

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CT-137, 23 March 2001
he 70th birthday of the evergreen
T Victor
Kortchnoi is
celebrated in his native
Champion Sergey Rublevsky but has
managed to beat him twice!
Today was a quarter-final day of the

St. Petersburg today. World Cup of Rapid Chess in Cannes,
A 4 time Soviet France.
Champion, he was Tkachiev – Kasparov
forced to leave his ½:½ 0:1
homeland in 1976 after
being severely treated The No.1 player in the world, Garry
by “the system”. Today Kasparov clearly outplayed the French
he is Swiss citizen. No.1 player Vladislav Tkachiev in a
photo taken from http://www.clubkasparov.ru second game with the white pieces. We
would like to feature this example of
It is hard to believe, but Kortchnoi masterful play in the game section.
started playing chess at 14 or so,
becoming a grandmaster at the relative Bacrot – Bareev
late age of 25, and yet during the last 30 0:1, ½:½
years has competed for the World
Championship! We remember his highly Evgeny Bareev showed excellent
dramatic World Title battle against technique in the first game and scored a
Karpov in Baguio, 1978 where win with the black pieces. In the second
Kortchnoi managed to come back from game he found himself under some
the score of 2:5 to 5:5, only to eventually pressure but achieved the desired draw
lose the next game and so the whole without much problem.
event. Having reached the age of 45, he
excelled all players of the same age, but a Polgar – Adams
new generation was already coming ½:½, 1:0
along. Korchnoi is well-known in the
chess community as a man of principles The decisive game was very dramatic.
and a highly uncompromising playing Michael Adams quickly achieved the
style which has yet to diminnish with position which looked totally winning for
the years! him. No one believed Judit would be able
to survive, but she has managed to
Happy birthday to you, Victor Lvovich confuse her cool-blooded opponent by
and the best wishes from Chess Today! some tricky moves. Eventually Michael
lost the thread of the game and
By the way, yesterday, Victor Korchnoi blundered. Judit Polgar advances to the
came in second a strong rapid semi-final!
tournament in St.Petersburg, which was
dedicated to his jubilee! The double Grischuk – Gurevich
round robin event was decisively won by 0:1, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0, 0:1, 1:0, 1:0
Olympic Champion Konstantin Sakaev.
He scored 8 points in 10 games. This was an incredible match! Three
Korchnoi shared second place with times Mikhail Gurevich took the lead and
invited guest – 3 time Olympic three times young Alexander Grischuk
managed to fight back – twice with the
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CT-137 Page 1 of 6
black pieces! Finally Alexander won the In the 6th Round of the 58th Polish
first game. But it was a sudden death Championship GM Michal Krasenkow
game – Mikhail was not given a chance and IM Lukasz Cyborowski caught the
to equalise the score. Our congratulations leader – GM Robert Kempinski. All
to Alexander on well deserved pass to three players are now on top with 4½
the semi-final! points.
Results of the 6th Round:
Tomorrow will be the semi-finals day. Jaracz – Kempinski ½:½
Urban – Krasenkow 0:1
Vishy Anand took the lead in Monaco, Cyborowski – Gajewski 1:0
in the 10th Amber blindfold and rapid Markowski – Gdanski ½:½
tournament – today he beat Zoltan
Almasi with the score of 1½:½. Macieja – Blehm 0:1
Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Kuczynski – Bartel ½:½
Topalov drew their matches and now Socko – Grabarczyk ½:½
share second place half a point behind.
Standings after the 6th Round:
Results of the 6th day 1-3. Krasenkow, Kempinski,
(rapid/blindfold): Cyborowski – 4½
Piket – Anand ½:½ 0:1 4. Blehm – 4
Kramnik – Karpov ½:½ ½:½ 5-6. Markowski, Gdanski – 3½ etc.
Topalov – Gelfand ½:½ ½:½
Van Wely – Leko ½:½ ½:½ GM Alexey Aleksandrov of Byelorussia
Shirov – Ivanchuk ½:½ ½:½ won the strong open tournament in Bad
Almasi – Ljubojevic 0:1 1:0 Woerishofen, Germany with the
excellent result of 8 points out of 9! It’s
Rapid standings: curious that in the last two rounds he
1. Anand – 4½ points out of 6 won both games with the black pieces.
2-3. Gelfand, Kramnik – 4 IM Amon Simutowe of Zambia did the
4. Topalov – 3½ same (!) and came clear second with 7½
5-7. Karpov, Leko, Piket – 3 points – a great success for the young
8-9. Shirov, Van Wely – 2½ African player! GM Valery Filippov of
10-12. Almasi, Ivanchuk, Ljubojevic – 2 Russia was third on tie-break.
Blindfold standings: Some results of the 8th Round:

1. Topalov – 4½ points out of 6 Kupreichik – Aleksandrov 0:1
2-4. Anand, Kramnik, Leko – 4 Graf-Nenashev – Sprenger ½:½
5. Ljubojevic – 3½ Naiditsch – Filippov ½:½
6. Shirov – 3 Jenni – Glek 0:1
7-10. Almasi, Ivanchuk, Karpov, Piket Farago – Gutman 1:0
– 2½ Kekelidze – Simutowe 0:1
11-12. Gelfand, Van Wely – 1½ Pirrot – Doettling 0:1
Overall standings: Some results of the last 9th Round:

1. Anand - 8½ points out of 12 Glek (6½) – Aleksandrov (7) 0:1
2-3. Kramnik, Topalov – 8 Doettling (6½) – Farago (6½) ½:½
4. Leko – 7 Sprenger (6½) – Simutowe (6½) 0:1
5-9. Gelfand, Karpov, Ljubojevic, Piket, Khurtsidze (6) – Graf-Nenashev (6) 0:1
Shirov – 5½ Filippov (6) – Kupreichik (6) 1:0
10-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk – 4½ Epishin (6) – Roeder (6) ½:½
12. Van Wely – 4 S.Martinovic (6) – A.Sokolov (6) 1:0 etc.
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CT-137 Page 2 of 6
We are lucky to have all the results so on − please refer to CT-115 for
because the last round started in the details.
morning. 11.¤f1 h6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
GM Andrey Shchekachev (Russia) is 9r+-wqr+k+0
continuing to crush all opponents in the 9+lzp-vlpzp-0
round robin tournament in Evry, France 9p+nzp-sn-zp0
He has already scored 7 points out of 8 9+p+-zp-+-0
and has almost secured a total victory. 9P+-+P+-+0
IM Alexey Chernushevich (Belorussia) 9+L+P+N+-0
is clear second, a full point behind with 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
excellent chances to get a GM-norm – in 9tR-vLQtRNmK-0
the last round he needs to make a draw xiiiiiiiiy
with the white pieces against GM Petar 12.¥d2!?
Velikov (Bulgaria). The home IMs – A new continuation which looks
Cyril Marcelin and Emmanuel Bricard fairly promising. White used to play
are sharing third place, already two and a 12.¤e3 here. Let's take a look at the
half points behind the leader game which Kasparov possibly
¤¤¤
concentrated on while searching for
Annotated Game new ideas: 12...¥f8 13.¥d2 ¤e7
G.Kasparov (2849) −V.Tkachiev (2671)
Cannes, France, 23.03.2001 C88
14.c4 c6 15.£c2 ¤g6 16.¤f5 bxc4
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 17.¥xc4 d5 18.¥a2 c5 19.¤g3 c4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 20.exd5 cxd3 21.£xd3 ¥xd5 22.¥xd5
¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 £xd5 23.£xd5 ¤xd5 24.¦ad1 and
8.a4 (D) here a draw was agreed in the game
XIIIIIIIIY Svidler − Adams, Pula EU−chT 1997
− curiously enough both these
9r+lwq-trk+0 players are participating in Cannes.
9+-zppvlpzpp0 12...¥f8 13.c4
9p+n+-sn-+0 White's idea becomes clear − Black
cannot defend the pawn on b5 by
9+p+-zp-+-0 ...c7−c6 so he has to react in a
9P+-+P+-+0 different way.
9+L+-+N+-0 13...bxc4 14.¥xc4 ¦b8 15.¥c3 ¤e7
16.¤g3ƒ (D)
9-zPPzP-zPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 9-tr-wqrvlk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+lzp-snpzp-0
It looks like the "Anti−Marschall" 9p+-zp-sn-zp0
causes a serious headache for Black 9+-+-zp-+-0
these days. 9P+L+P+-+0
8...¥b7 9+-vLP+NsN-0
Just yesterday, in the CT-136, we 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
looked at a confident win by Vishy 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
Anand over Vassily Ivanchuk after xiiiiiiiiy
8...b4 9.d3 d6 10.a5 and so on. So White has achieved a clear
9.d3 d6 10.¤bd2 ¦e8 advantage compared to the Svidler −
Not so long ago in Linares Peter Adams game.
Leko tried 10...¤a5 against Kasparov 16...¤g6
but was smashed after 11.¥a2 c5 Now 16...c6?! had no effect and
12.¤f1 ¦e8 13.¤e3 h6 14.¥d2 and could be even met by 17.¥xe5! dxe5
CT-137 Page 3 of 6
18.¤xe5 pieces are very active. Yet, his task is

17.d4 exd4 18.£xd4 d5 still not so easy.
If Black refrains from this pawn 24...¥c8
advance by 18...c5 19.£d3 ¤f4!? The knight on f5 is rather annoying,
20.£d2 ¤g6 then White keeps so Black pushes it back. 24...c5!?
certain advantage after the simple was worthy of consideration. After
21.£c2 25.¥e3 ¤xe3 26.fxe3 ¤h3+!?
19.exd5 ¦xe1+ 20.¦xe1 ¤xd5 (26...¤e6 27.b3±) 27.¢f1!? ¥xf3
21.¦d1 (D) 28.gxf3 ¦xb2 29.¦d7ƒ White had a
XIIIIIIIIY strong initiative but Black's
9-tr-wq-vlk+0 counterplay should not be
9+lzp-+pzp-0 underestimated as well.
9p+-+-+nzp0 25.¤e3 ¤xe3?!
9+-+n+-+-0 25...¤b6!? seemed to be more
9P+LwQ-+-+0 tenacious. The text move makes
9+-vL-+NsN-0 White's task easier.
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 26.fxe3 ¤e6 27.¥xf6 ¥g7 28.¥xg7
9+-+R+-mK-0 ¢xg7 29.b3+− (D)
21...¤gf4!?
Vladislav preferred to play 9-trl+-+-+0
aggressively. In case of the passive 9+-zp-+pmk-0
21...c6 White had some possibilities
to increase pressure, for example:
9p+-+n+-zp0
22.¤f5 (22.¤h5!?ƒ is maybe even 9+-+-+-+-0
stronger) 22...£c8! 23.¥xd5!? 9P+L+-+-+0
(23.¤d6 c5™ 24.£d3 ¥xd6 25.¥xd5
¥xd5 26.£xd5 is also clearly better 9+P+-zPN+-0
for White.) 23...£xf5 24.£a7 £c8
25.¥c4ƒ with a clear advantage.
9-+-+-+PzP0
22.¤f5 £f6! 9+-+R+-mK-0
The only way − otherwise Black xiiiiiiiiy
could be smashed quickly. For 29...¢f6?
example, 22...¤e6? was losing 29...¤c5!? was more interesting,
instantly due to 23.¤xh6+! intending to play ...¥e6. The Rook's
23.£xf6 penetration 30.¦d8 was not decisive
23.£xf4?! ¤xf4 24.¥xf6 gxf6 due to 30...¤b7
25.¦d7 was not as strong as it looked 30.¦f1!
due to the simple 25...¥xf3 26.gxf3 Now the game is over.
¦xb2„ with sufficient counterplay. 30...¦b6 31.¤d4+ ¢g7
23...gxf6 24.¥d4 (D) 31...¢g6 wasn't losing so quickly
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-vlk+0 but the outcome was unavoidable
9+lzp-+p+-0 anyway. For example, 32.a5 ¦d6
9p+-+-zp-zp0 (32...¦b4 33.¤c6) 33.¥d3+ ¢h5
9+-+n+N+-0 34.¦f5+ ¢g6 (34...¤g5 35.¦c5)
9P+LvL-sn-+0 35.¦f2+ ¢h5 36.g4+! ¢g5 (36...¢xg4
9+-+-+N+-0 37.¦g2+ with a quick checkmate)
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 37.h4+! etc.
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 32.¤f5+ ¢h7 33.¤e7 (D)
Despite the coming end game,
White still keeps the initiative − his
CT-137 Page 4 of 6
XIIIIIIIIY meet with Alexander Morozevich, with

9-+l+-+-+0 whom I've been working with for the
9+-zp-sNp+k0 past year, was an added bonus.
9ptr-+n+-zp0
9+-+-+-+-0 The organisers - the French Chess
9P+L+-+-+0 Federation, headed by Jean-Claude
9+P+-zP-+-0 Loubatiere, has done a good job in
9-+-+-+PzP0 attracting a very strong field of players
9+-+-+RmK-0 and hosting the event at a very
xiiiiiiiiy prestigious venue - the Palais des
Black resigned. It is very difficult to Festivals in Cannes. There are two giant
play against Garry Kasparov with the screens on the stage. One of them shows
black pieces... 1-0 one game in close-up view, while the
other shows 4 games from one of the two
groups, with the actual times on the
clocks. The screen with a close-up view
usually shows Kasparov's game or a
game of one of the French players
participating here (Lautier, Bacrot or
Bauer). The other screen switches
between games from different groups
from time to time, though I wish it did it
more frequently. Personally, I would
prefer to see all 8 games at the same
time, as players are clearly visible
anyway. This will be different, however,
in the quarter-finals, as there will be only
Photo by Alexander Baburin 4 games to show. Still, sometimes
Cannes Impressions technology lets us down and there is no
by Alexander Baburin movement on the screen, even though the
games are obviously developing. I feel
that the organisers could have done better
W e know that there are different

sides to chess - its artistic
beauty, its struggle of strategic
ideas, sporting fight and so on. Chess can
here - by testing both software and
hardware before the event.
There are usually about 100 people in the

also be an interesting show, combining
all these elements, even though at some audience, which is a bit disappointing, as
expense to its depth. I am talking about the hall could easily host a lot more.
rapid chess here. There is a common Spectators can listen to commentary on
view that chess has been doing rather head-sets, which is a nice feature, also
poorly in the media compared to many used in Frankfurt, another top rapid
other sports and that FIDE's decision to chess event.
impose a shorter time control has aimed
mainly at changing that. In my opinion I have noticed that the event has not
FIDE should not change the time limit; it attracted much media attention so far,
could be marketing rapid chess instead, which is, alas, typical even for top-class
which would be more media-friendly chess events in the past decade. Well,
than 4-hour games anyway. Thus, when I let's hope that the future will change that
heard that there would be a strong rapid somehow!
chess tournament in Cannes, supported
by FIDE, I had little hesitation before Now to the tournament itself. Group 'A'
booking my tickets. The fact that I would seems to be stronger than group 'B'. In
CT-137 Page 5 of 6
group 'A' Kasparov qualified easily, Gurevich and Adams qualified with ease,
playing rather impressively again. He while Bacrot and Tkachiev had to work
beat Bareev and Polgar and could harder to go to the quarter-finals,
probably win against Svidler as well. The competing with Rustam Kasimdzhanov.
only game, which did not go smoothly
for Kasparov, was against Alexander I understand that FIDE plans to hold a
Grischuk, who held him to a draw easily. press-conference here, which should be
Grischuk played very solidly and interesting. As I also plan a trip to
practically, qualifying without much of a Monaco to see another great tournament,
problem too. It was harder for Bareev, which is in progress, you should get
particularly after he lost to Gulko with more news from me soon. And with such
White. Yet, Bareev fought well and great weather we have here, I feel it was
advanced to the quarter-final by beating certainly a good idea to come to Cannes!
Joel Lautier with Black in round 7. Both
Bareev and Gulko helped Kramnik in his Recommended Web sites:
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that Garry went very hard on them: 2-0! chess.lostcity.nl/amber
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tournament. Polgar looked much better in www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.html
blitz and took the last qualifying place. www.chessorg.de/html/bad_woeris
She played blitz very practically, hofen.html
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CT-138, 24th March 2001
his week is times younger (!) Garry Kasparov pass to
T rich in
birthdays –
yesterday
was the 70th
his historic matches with Anatoly
Karpov…
Of course, Smyslov did not stop playing

birthday of after that – chess just became more fun
Victor Happy birthday to you, Vassily
Korchnoi – Vassilievich, we wish you a good health
today and longevity!
<< Vassily
Smyslov Let’s take a look at the tournaments.
celebrates his Today was semi-finals day at the World
80th birthday! Cup of Rapid Chess in Cannes, France.
The 7th World Champion, 10 times
Olympic Champion – there is no need to Grischuk – Kasparov
enumerate all his great victories… ½:½ ½:½ 0:1 0:1
A very versatile person, Smyslov had a Alexander Grischuk offered good

difficult choice between chess and music resistance against Garry Kasparov, he
in the early 50’s – chess started to play a managed to hold on and postpone the
dominant role but the music was not duel to a tiebreak in which he was lucky
forgotten – he remained a very good yesterday. However, in blitz the Number
singer and musician. Smyslov is also One gave no chance to his young
well known for his love of chess opponent. Garry Kasparov goes to the
composition – he created more than 50 Final.
studies and some of them are excellent.
He wrote many books, everybody knows Polgar – Bareev
his (jointly with Grigory Levenfish) very 0:1 ½:½
instructive “Rook Endings”. Smyslov
made a great contribution to chess theory Evgeny Bareev repeated yesterday’s
– his new systems and ideas in the Ruy course of events – he easily won the first
Lopez, Slav, Grunfeld Defences are well game with the black pieces and had no
known. problems in the second game. Today
Judit had no chance to confuse him with
His playing style was very harmonious, her tricky and sometimes gambling play
with an important role for intuition; his – the way she was playing through the
endgame technique was more than just tournament…
perfect… This all probably helped him to
keep his strength for so many years - we Today we are looking forward to see an
remember his unique achievement – interesting Final: Kasparov - Bareev
Smyslov managed to qualify to the Final
Candidates Match in 1984 at the age of There was another event in Cannes – the
63! It was a crowning triumph to 40 Girls Stars Trophy – a match between 16
years on the Chess Olympus. He offered year old Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)
suitable resistance but eventually let 3 and 15 year old Marie Sebag (France).

CT-138 Page 1 of 5
The more experienced Alexandra has Kempinski and IM Lukasz Cyborowski

won with the score 3½:2½ - her task drew their games – they are sharing
wasn’t easy as she got back from 0:2! second place half a point behind.
Both World Champions – Vishy Anand Results of the 7th Round:

and Vladimir Kramnik are sharing the Krasenkow – Macieja 1:0
lead in the 10th Amber blindfold and Kempinski – Socko ½:½
rapid tournament in Monaco. Veselin Gdanski – Cyborowski ½:½
Topalov is clear third, half a point Blehm – Jaracz ½:½
behind. Grabarczyk – Markowski ½:½
Gajewski – Kuczynski 1:0
Results of the 7th day Bartel – Urban 0:1
(rapid/blindfold):
Anand – Almasi ½:½ ½:½ Standings after the 7th Round:
Gelfand – Kramnik ½:½ 0:1 1. Krasenkow - 5½ points
Ivanchuk – Topalov ½:½ ½:½ 2-3. Kempinski, Cyborowski – 5
Leko – Piket 1:0 0:1 4. Blehm – 4½
Karpov – Shirov ½:½ 0:1 5-6. Markowski, Gdanski – 3½ etc.
Ljubojevic – Van Wely 0:1 1:0
GM Andrey Shchekachev of Russia
Rapid standings: became a winner of the round robin
1. Anand – 5 points out of 7 tournament in Evry, France with an
2-3. Gelfand, Kramnik – 4½ outstanding result – 8 points out of 9! IM
4-5. Leko, Topalov – 4 Alexey Chernushevich of Byelorussia
6-7. Karpov, Van Wely – 3½ came second with 6½ points and scored a
8-9. Piket, Shirov – 3 GM-norm, IM Emmanuel Bricard of
10-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk – 2½ France was clear third.
12. Ljubojevic – 2 Our congratulations to all the winners!
Blindfold standings:
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 5 out of 7 Annotated Game
3-4. Anand, Ljubojevic – 4½
5-6. Leko, Shirov – 4 Kasparov,G − Grischuk,A
7. Piket – 3½ Cannes tiebreak Cannes, France,
8-9. Almasi, Ivanchuk – 3 24.03.2001 C96
10. Karpov – 2½ Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
11-12. Gelfand, Van Wely – 1½ 5 minutes does not seem a great deal
of time. Yet, it is quite enough for great
players to create a good game − they
Overall standings: are playing on finger tips!
1-2. Anand, Kramnik - 9½ out of 14 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6
3. Topalov – 9 5.0-0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0
4. Leko – 8 9.h3
5. Shirov – 7 XIIIIIIIIY
6-7. Ljubojevic, Piket – 6½ 9r+lwq-trk+0
8-9. Gelfand, Karpov – 6 9+-zp-vlpzpp0
10-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk – 5½ 9p+nzp-sn-+0
12. Van Wely – 5 9+p+-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
The Polish No.1 GM Michal 9+LzP-+N+P0
Krasenkow took the lead in the 58th 9PzP-zP-zPP+0
Polish Championship - in the 7th Round 9tRNvLQtR-mK-0
he beat Bartlomiej Macieja. GM Robert xiiiiiiiiy
CT-138 Page 2 of 5
9...¤a5 15...¥d7 16.c4!?

By the way, here are Vassily Smyslov's A new continuation. After 16.¥e3 Black
inventions: 9...h6 − Smyslov's system; achieved very good play with the rather
and 9...¤d7 10.d4 ¥f6 tricky 16...bxa4!? 17.bxa4 £e8 18.a5
10.¥c2 c5 11.d4 ¥b7 ¥b5! 19.¥d3 ¥xd3 20.£xd3 £b5!
XIIIIIIIIY 21.£c2 ¤c4„ , Anka − Romanishin,
9r+-wq-trk+0 Balatonbereny 1995.
9+l+-vlpzpp0 16...b4
9p+-zp-sn-+0 16...bxc4?! 17.bxc4 granted White
excellent prospects on the queenside −
9snpzp-zp-+-0 the knight on b6 was misplaced whether
9-+-zPP+-+0 Black plays a6−a5 or not.
9+-zP-+N+P0 17.¤bd2 g6 18.¤f1²
9PzPL+-zPP+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 9r+-wq-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+lvlp+p0
12.d5 9psn-zp-snp+0
Good decision for the moment. The 9+-zpPzp-+-0
more common 12.¤bd2 makes play
more concrete: 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 exd4!?
9PzpP+P+-+0
(Grischuk's pet line) 14.¤xd4 ¦e8 15.b3 9+P+-+N+P0
(15.b4 ¤c6 16.¤xc6 ¥xc6 17.¥b2 ¤d7 9-+L+QzPP+0
18.¥b3 ¥f6 19.¥xf6 ¤xf6 with a good 9tR-vL-tRNmK-0
play, Polgar − Grischuk, Linares 2001) xiiiiiiiiy
15...¥f8 16.¥b2 g6 17.£f3 ¥g7 18.¦ad1 A fair amount of the board is closed
¦c8 19.¥b1 ¤c6 20.¤xc6 ¥xc6 21.¥d4 and White's advantage does not look too
¦e6 22.b4 £e7 23.£a3 , here in the great− but Black should be very precise
game Svidler − Grischuk, Cannes 2001 in the kingside defence. The problems
a draw was agreed. It was the last game seem to be higher in rapid chess − to
of the qualification tournament − defend is more difficult than to attack
Grischuk went to the quarter−final while and any inaccuracy may become the last
Svidler left the tournament having one...
beaten Polgar on the tie−break. 18...¤h5 19.g4!
12...¤c4 13.a4 ¤b6 14.b3 ¥c8 19.¥h6 ¦e8 20.£e3 ¥f8 was quite
XIIIIIIIIY acceptable for Black.
9r+lwq-trk+0 19...¤f4 20.¥xf4 exf4 21.£d2 21...¥f6
9+-+-vlpzpp0 The immediate 21...¥g5!? was
9psn-zp-sn-+0 interesting.
22.e5 dxe5 23.¤xe5 ¥g5
9+pzpPzp-+-0 It was worth thinking about simplifiying
9P+-+P+-+0 the position with 23...¥xe5 24.¦xe5 £f6
9+PzP-+N+P0 25.¦ae1 ¦ae8 with chances to hold on.
9-+L+-zPP+0 24.¤h2! a5 25.¤hf3 ¥h6 26.¦ad1
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+-wq-trk+0
15.£e2 9+-+l+p+p0
A rare move. Alexander Grischuk is 9-sn-+-+pvl0
familiar with the more common 15.¤bd2 9zp-zpPsN-+-0
− take a look at the latest example from
his practice: 15...g6 16.¤f1 ¤h5 17.¥d3
9PzpP+-zpP+0
¥d7 18.¥h6 ¦e8 19.axb5 axb5 20.£e2 9+P+-+N+P0
¦xa1 21.¦xa1 ¥f8 22.¥g5 ¤f4 23.¥xf4 9-+LwQ-zP-+0
exf4 24.¥xb5 ¤xd5 25.¥xd7 £xd7 9+-+RtR-mK-0
26.£d3 ¤f6 27.¤1d2 £b7 28.¦e1 ¤d7 xiiiiiiiiy
and here a draw was agreed, Luther − Concentrating all the forces in the main
Grischuk, Istanbul (ol) 2000. area.

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26...£f6 38...¢g7 39.¥f5 ¤b8 40.£g2+ ¢h6

26...¦e8!? deserved attention. 41.£h3+ ¢g5 42.£g4+ ¢h6 43.¦d3
27.h4! £d6 28.¤g5! XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-sn-+-tr-+0
9r+-+-trk+0 9+-+-+p+-0
9-wq-zP-vl-mk0
9+-+l+p+p0 9zp-zp-+L+-0
9-sn-wq-+pvl0 9PzpP+-zpQ+0
9zp-zpPsN-sN-0 9+P+R+-+-0
9-+-+-zP-+0
9PzpP+-zpPzP0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9+P+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+LwQ-zP-+0 Black resigned. A very good game,
and not just in blitz terms. 1-0
9+-+RtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy Cannes Impressions
A very strong
manoeuvre.
28...¦ae8 29.¤xd7
¤xd7 30.¤e4 £b8
31.g5 ¥g7 32.d6
¥e5
Black is defending
excellently!
33.£d5
by Alexander Baburin: - I must admit
XIIIIIIIIY that I find it very
9-wq-+rtrk+0 difficult to write
9+-+n+p+p0 about a chess event
9-+-zP-+p+0 while it is still in
9zp-zpQvl-zP-0 progress. There is so
9PzpP+Nzp-zP0 much going on that
9+P+-+-+-0 it is much more tempting to simply enjoy
9-+L+-zP-+0 the moment and write about it later. Yet,
9+-+RtR-mK-0 our daily publication implies up-to-date
xiiiiiiiiy information, so I feel obliged to let you
33...£b6? know about the tournament in Cannes as
33...¥d4! seemed to be stronger, I see it.
intending to play ...¦e5. It was tempting
to sacrifice an exchange by 34.¦xd4 The quarter-finals saw the matches
cxd4 35.£xd4 but things may become Tkachiev-Kasparov, Grischuk-Gurevich,
complicated. Bacrot-Bareev and Polgar-Adams (I
34.h5!? named the players who played the first
Continuing the attack. White could
game White, first). The match between
already have won the pawn by
34.¤xc5!? £xc5 35.£xc5 ¤xc5 36.d7
group 'A' and 'B' ended in a crashing
¤xd7 37.¦xd7 defeat (0-4!) for the latter, which
34...¦e6? confirmed what I wrote about the relative
34...£d8 was more tenacious, taking strength of the groups earlier. However,
control over f6. However, Black already it was not an easy ride for those who
had no time at this moment. qualified from group 'A' (Kasparov,
35.hxg6 hxg6 36.¤f6+! ¦xf6 37.gxf6 Grischuk, Bareev and Polgar). Kasparov
¥xf6 38.¥xg6+− and Bareev did not have any real
The game is over. problems - Tkachiev lost with Black,
CT-138 Page 4 of 5
while Bacrot played very poorly vs. about 400 people attending the event.
Bareev in game one and lost rook ending There are many kids among them, who
which looked like an easy draw. But hunt the top players for signatures
Polgar was very lucky to win her second outside the Palais des Festivals.
game vs. Adams, whose position was Sometime of these kids even confuse me
overwhelming after the opening. Mickey for somebody with 2650+ rating! I
is an exceptionally calm player, but he eagerly sign their programs and
completely lost the thread in that game. magazines, but what a disappointment
awaits them when they grow up!
The match Grischuk-Gurevich was most
exiting as it featured a young rising star In game 2 Grischuk was under pressure,
battling against a very experienced and but held on. Most GMs here (me
tough opponent. The match had a included) thought that exchanging the
distinctive scenario: Mikhail Gurevich rooks in the ending was very risky and
won the first game with Black, had the potentially fatal for Grischuk, but later
advantage with White, but lost. That Garry blundered in simple tactics and a
pattern later repeated in games 3 & 4 and draw became inevitable. Now the match
5 & 6. The quality of play in blitz was will be decided in blitz. I am sure that
rather lower, but that was clearly because Kasparov plays blitz better than
of the pressure - it is one thing to come Grischuk, but the latter has better nerves
up with great ideas while sitting in the and this could be decisive. So, it is time
spectator's chair … but quite another to to wrap it up - the blitz starts very soon!
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good addition to the tournament next www.chesscenter.com/twic
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Today the game Grischuk-Kasparov was Editors:
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CT-139, 25th March 2001
Results of the 8th day
G
arry Kasparov
has just won the (rapid/blindfold):
World Cup of Shirov-Gelfand ½:½ 1:0
Rapid Chess, which Kramnik-Ivanchuk 1:0 ½:½
finished today in Topalov-Karpov 1:0 1:0
Cannes, France. In the Van Wely-Anand ½:½ 0:1
Final match he outplayed Almasi-Leko 1:0 0:1
Evgeny Bareev with the Piket-Ljubojevic 1:0 ½:½
score 1½:½ - our
congratulations! Rapid standings:
1-2. Anand, Kramnik – 5½
out of 7
Bareev - Kasparov 3-4. Topalov, Gelfand – 5
½:½ 0:1 5-7. Leko, Piket, Van Wely – 4
8-10. Almasi, Karpov, Shirov, – 3½
In the first game Kasparov quickly 11. Ivanchuk – 2½
equalised in the English Opening. The 12. Ljubojevic – 2
second game was quiet, Bareev was
defending a slightly worse position, Blindfold standings:
exchanging all the pieces little by little 1. Topalov – 6 out of 8
and finally a pawn ending arose on the 2. Anand, Kramnik – 5½
board! It looked drawn but the problems 3-5. Leko, Ljubojevic, Shirov – 5
still remained and possibly made Evgeny 6. Piket – 4
collapse – he lost on time in a position 7. Ivanchuk – 3½
which probably was not losing at that 8. Almasi – 3
time! 9. Karpov – 2½
11-12. Gelfand, Van Wely – 1½
Once again, Kasparov outshone his
opponents, but both semi-finalists – Overall standings:
Judit Polgar and Alexander Grischuk, 1-3. Anand, Kramnik, Topalov
and, of course, Evgeny Bareev, deserve - 11 points out of 14
high praise as well. 4. Leko – 9
5. Shirov – 8½
On the 8th day of the Amber blindfold 6. Piket – 8
and rapid tournament in Monaco Veselin 7. Ljubojevic – 7
Topalov beat Anatoly Karpov twice and 8-9. Almasi, Gelfand – 6½
joined both World Champions – Vishy 10-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov – 6
Anand and Vladimir Kramnik – all 12. Van Wely – 5½
three leaders are already two points
ahead of Peter Leko, who is clear forth. A big chess Festival has just started in
Alexey Shirov was lucky in the blindfold Bled, Slovenia. The program consists of
game against Boris Gelfand – Boris was 6 different tournaments – two opens,
trying to realise the rook ending with two two junior and two VIP events but we’ll
extra pawns “h” and “f”, but suddenly be more focusing more on the main open
exposed his rook to its counterpart… tournament where 120 players are

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participating – there are 8 GMs – Valery secures total control over the important
Filippov, Evgeny Sveshnikov, Vladimir square in front of the isolated pawn.
Malakhov, Zdenko Kozul, Suat Atalik, 13...a6 14.¥e2 ¦e8 15.¤fd4 ¥xe2
Peter Wells, Drazen Sermek, Robert 16.¦xe2 £d7 17.¥xd6 £xd6 18.£e1
¢f8
Zelcic and 11 IMs among them.
After the 1st Round 55 players won their
XIIIIIIIIY
games.
9r+-+rmk-+0
9+p+-snpzp-0
Today is a rest day at the 58th Polish
9p+nwq-+-zp0
Championship. After 7 rounds GM
9+-+p+-+-0
Michal Krasenkow is sole leader with 9-+-sN-+-+0
5½ points, GM Robert Kempinski and 9+N+-+-+-0
IM Lukasz Cyborowski are sharing 9PzPP+RzPPzP0
second place half a point behind. 9tR-+-wQ-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The king is always an important
Annotated Game
defender.
19.£c3 ¤xd4 20.¤xd4 ¤c6 21.¦ae1
Kasparov (2849) − Bareev (2709)
White could have won the d5 pawn by
World Cup of Rapid Chess Final Cannes
21.¤f5?! £g6 22.£c5+ ¢g8 23.¦xe8+
FRA (1.2), 25.03.2001 C09
¦xe8 24.£xd5 but it gave Black the
advantage in development which would
be effectively used by 24...£f6 25.£d7
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 c5 4.¤gf3
¦e2
XIIIIIIIIY 21...£b4
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 Black is consistently carrying out the
9zpp+-+pzpp0 main strategic course: an accurate
9-+-+p+-+0 simplifying of the position.
9+-zpp+-+-0 22.£xb4+ ¤xb4 23.¢f1 ¦xe2 24.¢xe2
9-+-zPP+-+0 ¦e8+ 25.¢d2 ¦xe1 26.¢xe1 ¢e7
9+-+-+N+-0 Of course, the pawn is immune
9PzPPsN-zPPzP0 26...¤xa2?? 27.c3 closing the trap.
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 27.¢d2 g6 28.a3 ¤c6 29.¤xc6+ bxc6
4...¤c6 9-+-+-+-+0
You may remember, Evgeny was 9+-+-mkp+-0
eliminated in the first round of the 9p+p+-+pzp0
qualification group after 4...¤f6 5.e5 9+-+p+-+-0
¤fd7 6.c3 ¤c6 7.¥d3 £b6 8.0-0 and so 9-+-+-+-+0
on − see CT-135 for details. 9zP-+-+-+-0
5.exd5 exd5 6.¥b5 ¥d6 7.dxc5 ¥xc5 9-zPPmK-zPPzP0
8.0-0 ¤ge7 9.¤b3 ¥d6 10.¦e1 0-0 9+-+-+-+-0
Due to an isolated d5−pawn Black has xiiiiiiiiy
got a worse but acceptable position − he
The position cannot be simplified
has no problems with development and
anymore − it is a pawn ending on the
the pawn is not in danger.
board! Still, Black has to play precisely to
11.¥g5 h6
hold the balance − the queenside pawn
Black usually prefers to begin with
structure favours White very much. It
11...¥g4
should be mentioned that Bareev was
12.¥h4 ¥g4 13.¥g3
under severe time pressure − his task
An exchange of dark−squared bishops
was fairly difficult.
is in White's favour as it reduces Black's
30.c4! ¢d6 31.¢d3 a5 32.b3 ¢c5
possible activity on the kingside and

CT-139 Page 2 of 3
33.cxd5 ¢xd5 We can only guess but it seemed like

Of course, not 33...cxd5?? as it allows the problems made Evgeny collapse at
White to distract Black's king from the this moment and he lost on time! What a
kingside − 34.b4+ axb4 35.axb4+ ¢xb4 dramatic final! 1-0
36.¢d4+− collecting all the pawns soon.
34.¢c3 However, the position seemed to be not
XIIIIIIIIY losing yet:
9-+-+-+-+0 44.¢d3 ¢c6!
9+-+-+p+-0 (of course, not 44...¢b6? 45.¢c4 ¢c6
9-+p+-+pzp0 46.a4+−; the ending after 44...¢a6?
45.¢c4 ¢b6 46.¢d5 ¢b5 47.¢d6! c4
9zp-+k+-+-0 48.bxc4+ ¢xc4 49.¢e5 a4 50.¢xf5 ¢b3
9-+-+-+-+0 51.¢g6 ¢xa3 52.f5 ¢b3 53.f6 a3 54.f7
9zPPmK-+-+-0 a2 55.f8£ a1£ could be hardly saved)
9-+-+-zPPzP0 45.¢c4 ¢d6! 46.¢b5 ¢d5 47.¢xa5 ¢e4
9+-+-+-+-0 48.¢b6
xiiiiiiiiy (in case of 48.¢b5 Black promotes the
Waiting moves play an important role f−pawn with check)
in such positions. 48...¢xf4 49.a4 ¢g3 50.a5 f4 51.a6 f3
34...h5 35.h4 f6 36.¢d3 g5 37.g3 52.a7 f2 53.a8£ f1£ and we have
A typical breakthrough − 37.g4?? − reached the same queen ending as
did not work here as after 37...gxh4-+ arose in the line 40. ..f4!? The most likely
White's king is a little too far away to result here is surely a draw.
stop Black's pawn.
37...gxh4 38.gxh4 f5 39.f3 Recommended sites.
39.f4 ¢c5 40.¢c3 ¢d5 promised
nothing for White. www.echecs.asso.fr
39...¢e5 40.¢e3 40...c5 www.cannes-
40...f4+!? deserved serious attention. echecs.org/editodamir/edito.htm
At first sight this pawn would be in
danger but actually White's king cannot
press out his Black's counterpart: www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.html
41.¢d3 c5! (not 41...¢d5? 42.b4 and www.chessclub.com
Black's king will be forced to step back www.chesscenter.com/twic
soon − 42...a4 43.¢c3 c5 44.b5 etc.) www.kasparovchess.com
42.¢c4 ¢d6 and after 43.¢b5 (43.a4
¢c6) the advanced position of the f− tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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the ending should be drawn. more readers the price will go down, while the quality
41.f4+ ¢d6 42.¢d2! will go up!
Of course, 42.¢d3? was met by Chess Today is published by:
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Editors:
9-+-+-+-+0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
9zpkzp-+p+p0 IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-+-+-zP-zP0 Technical editors:
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9-+-+-+-+0 Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
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CT-139 Page 3 of 3
CT-140, 26th March 2001
In the 8th round of 58th Polish
T
oday was a big chess
day in Moscow. First of Chess Championships Michal
all, in the Central House Krasenkow lost with Black to
of Chessplayers, there was a jubilee Pawel Jaracz. This time Robert
celebration for the 80th birthday of the Kempinsky won with Black against
7th World Champion Vassily Vassilievich Tomasz Markowski and became sole
Smyslov. There were many warm words leader.
and presents too, of course. Good health 1. Kempinski – 6 points out of 8
and many happy years for you, Vassily 2-3. Krasenkow, Cyborowski – 5,5
Vassilievich and your wife Nadezhda 4. Blehm – 5
Andreevna! 5. Gdanski – 4,5
6-7. Markowski, Grabarczyk – 4 etc.
In the middle of this party Nigel Short
and Alexander Khalifman came to Ten participants have 3 points after the
congratulate Smyslov. The young 3rd round of the 22 Bled chess festival.
(relative to the jubileer!) GMs played for They will play each other in the next
the FIDE.com Trophy in Mosfilm – round:
Moscow cinema studio, which made a Filippov, Valerij - Tratar, Marko
TV-film about this rapid match (it’s a Zelcic, Robert - Kozul, Zdenko
part of FIDE-commerce and Octagon Sveshnikov, Evgeny - Sermek, Drazen
project to promote chess). The first and Kos, Toni - Atalik, Suat
second games were drawn and Short won Rogulj, Branko - Breder, Dennis
the 3rd tiebreaker game. He received a
cup from Smyslov and $8000 from the Annotated Game
President of FIDE-commerce Artem
Tarasov (Khalifman received $7000). Of Kramnik (2772) − Ivanchuk (2717)
course Khalifman and Short are very Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (8),
good players. But, for example, the 25.03.2001 E15
prize-fund of the Women’s European Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
Championship - it will be in April in
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3
Warsaw - will be 50.000 DM (for about
One of the most solid systems in the
100 participants). Also there isn’t any very solid by nature Nimzo Indian
prize-fund for the junior championships Defence. It has been played many times
at all. Maybe there is something wrong in World Chess Championship matches
with FIDE’S financial acumen. − a sign of quality by itself.
4...¥a6 5.b3 b5!?
More details about the FIDE.com Trophy XIIIIIIIIY
on www.fide.com We include these 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
games in our cbv and pgn-files. 9zp-zpp+pzpp0
9l+-+psn-+0
Today was a rest day in Monaco. So that 9+p+-+-+-0
you’ll not forget about this highly 9-+PzP-+-+0
attractive event ☺ we would like to show 9+P+-+NzP-0
you a rapid game Kramnik – Ivanchuk 9P+-+PzP-zP0
from the last, 8th round in our annotated 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
game section. xiiiiiiiiy
CT-140 Page 1 of 3
Vassily tries to find something less well 14...0-0

known. According to my database this Ivanchuk decided to reject this "gift". In
move was played for the first time in case of 14...¥xe4 15.¤xe4 ¤xe4
1983 by Hungarian GM A. Adorjan. 16.£d4!? (White can return a pawn with
Black wants to exchange his b and c− a slight advantage: 16.¤e5 d5 17.¥xe4
pawns for White's c and d−pawns and dxe4 18.£g4 0-0 19.£xe4) 16...¤f6
gain a pawn majority in the centre. Of 17.¤e5 d5 18.£a4+ White has an
course Black loses out on development unpleasant initiative.(18.£b4!?) ;
after that. 14...¤xe4? 15.¦xc6! ¤xd2 16.¤xd2
6.cxb5 ¥xb5 7.¥g2 c5 8.0-0 ¥c6 9.¥a3 dxc6 17.¥xc6+ ¢f8 18.¥xb7+−
¤a6 10.¤bd2 ¥e7 11.dxc5 15.¤d4!
XIIIIIIIIY As Zigbert Tarrasch said: "One piece
9r+-wqk+-tr0 placed badly − all the game is bad!". The
9zp-+pvlpzpp0 b7 Knight isn't only bad by itself, it also
9n+l+psn-+0 stops the c6 Bishop retreating. As a
result Black will have a weak pawn on
9+-zP-+-+-0 the c−file.
9-+-+-+-+0 15...¦c8
9vLP+-+NzP-0 If 15...¤a5!? with idea 16.b4 £b6!
9P+-sNPzPLzP0 then White has simply 16.Nxc6! Nxc6
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 17.e5 etc.
xiiiiiiiiy 16.¤xc6 dxc6 17.£e2 £c7 18.¦c2 ¦fd8
Vladimir plays in a classical manner − 19.¦fc1 h6 20.h3
he simply develops his pieces and will XIIIIIIIIY
try to use his extra−tempos. 9-+rtr-+k+0
11...¥xc5 9zpnwq-+pzp-0
More often Black played 11...¤xc5 and 9-+p+psn-zp0
after 12.¦c1 ¤b7 (12...¤a6!?) 13.¥xe7 9+-+-+-+-0
£xe7 its Queen is on e7 instead of d8
(as in this game). But it general it's not
9-+-+P+-+0
so important. 9+P+-+-zPP0
12.¥xc5 ¤xc5 13.¦c1 ¤b7?! 9P+RsNQzPL+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9r+-wqk+-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpn+p+pzpp0 Vladimir doesn't hurry. Black hasn't
9-+l+psn-+0 any real counterplay. If Black plays e6−
e5 (to restrict the g2 Bishop), than White
9+-+-+-+-0 will play h3−h4 and Bh3, and Black will
9-+-+-+-+0 have problems with protecting the c6−
9+P+-+NzP-0 pawn.
9P+-sNPzPLzP0 20...¤d7 21.¤f3 £b6 22.e5!
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 At the best moment! Now the d7 knight
xiiiiiiiiy can't go to d5 via f6 or b6.
After 13...¤a6 the knight will be placed 22...c5 23.¤d2 ¤a5 24.¤c4
even more miserably than on b7 − here White is free of prejudice. The "bad"
it protects the weak d6−sqare at least. knight can take the d4−square so it has
But interesting was ...; 13...¤ce4!? with to be exchanged.
the idea 14.¤d4 (14.¤xe4 ¥xe4 15.£d6 24...¤xc4 25.¦xc4 £c7
£e7) 14...¤xd2! After 25...£a6 White also can play
A) 15.¥xc6 ¤xf1 16.¥xa8 £xa8 26.b4 , for example: 26...cxb4 27.¦xc8
(16...¤xg3? 17.¥b7+−) 17.£xf1 0-0 £xe2 28.¦xd8+ ¤f8 29.¦cc8+−; And in
B) 15.¤xc6 15...dxc6 16.¥xc6+ ¢e7 case of 25...£b8 26.f4 Black's position
17.¥xa8 ¤xf1 isn't a piece of cake.
14.e4! 26.b4!
Very interesting pawn sacrifice. I suspect Black's idea was 26.f4 ¤b6

CT-140 Page 2 of 3
27.¦xc5 £xc5+ 28.¦xc5 ¦xc5 with a XIIIIIIIIY

defensive position. 9-sn-+-+-+0
26...£xe5 27.£xe5 ¤xe5 28.¦xc5 ¦xc5 9zpP+-mkp+-0
29.bxc5! 9-+-+p+pzp0
When Kramnik has a passed pawn he
is twice as dangerous as usual! Another
9+LmK-+-+-0
very important point (apart from the
9-+-+-zP-+0
passed pawn.) − in this open position the 9+-+-+-zPP0
Bishop is stronger than the Knight. 9P+-+-+-+0
29...¦c8 30.c6 ¦c7 31.f4 ¤d7 32.¦d1 9+-+-+-+-0
¤b6 33.¦d8+! xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY Now Black has only pawn moves but
9-+-tR-+k+0 they will run out soon.
9zp-tr-+pzp-0 43...f6 44.h4 g5 45.fxg5 fxg5 46.h5
9-snP+p+-zp0 It's a zugzvang.
9+-+-+-+-0 46...e5 47.¢d5 ¢d8 48.¢xe5 ¢c7
49.¢f6 ¢xb7 50.¢g6
9-+-+-zP-+0 Very technical play by Vladimir
9+-+-+-zPP0 Kramnik.
9P+-+-+L+0 1-0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy Recommended Sites
Very precise play. Now the Black King
has to go away from the passed pawn. www.fide.com
33...¢h7 34.¢f2 http://www.plusgsm.pl/szachy/index.html
First of all White has to activate his http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled
King. Too early was 34.¦b8 in view of
34...¤d5! tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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9+-+-+-+-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
xiiiiiiiiy IM Vladimir Barsky.
37.¦e8! Technical editors:
To cut the King off from the passed Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
pawn. Much worse was 37.¦b8 ¢e7 Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
38.¦b7 ¢d6 the International Copyright convention. Any
37...¦e7 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
After 37...¦c8 38.¦xc8 ¤xc8 39.c7! or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
A) 39...¤d6!? 40.a4! (40.¥b7? ¤b5+!) ;
B) 39...¢e7 40.¥b7 ¢d7 41.¥xc8+
¢xc8 42.¢e5 ¢xc7 43.¢f6 ¢d6
44.¢xf7 g5 45.¢g6! White is winning.
38.¦b8! ¦c7 39.¦b7 ¦xb7 40.cxb7 ¤d7
41.¥c6 ¤b8 42.¢c5 ¢e7 43.¥b5

CT-140 Page 3 of 3
CT-141, 27th March 2001
O
nly three drawn games today in 9-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov, Ljubojevic – 7
Monaco! Vladimir Kramnik 12. Van Wely - 6½
beat Ljubomir Ljubojevic 2:0
and became sole leader. Bulgarian GM We include all the 9th round games in our
Veselin Topalov has also covered cbv and pgn-files. In our annotated game
himself in glory - he has beaten both section we would like to show a rapid
World Champions here. Today he beat game Karpov – Almasi, it was played by
Vishy Anand 1½:½; he gained the same the 12th World Champion as if it were
score a week earlier vs. Kramnik himself. “The good old days”.
Results of the 9th round (rapid/blindfold) We are waiting for the very interesting
Gelfand – Piket 1:0 ½:½ final showdown between GMs Robert
Anand – Topalov 0:1 ½:½ Kempinsky and Michal Krasenkow! In
Karpov – Almasi 1:0 0:1 the 9th round of 58th Polish Chess
Leko – Shirov ½:½ 0:1 Championships both of them won their
Ivanchuk – Van Wely 1:0 0:1 games while Lukasz Cyborowski drew.
Ljuboevic – Kramnik 0:1 0:1 Tournament standing:
1. Kempinski – 7 points out of 9
Rapid standings: 2. Krasenkow – 6½
1. Kramnik – 6½ points out of 9 3. Cyborowski – 6
2-3. Topalov, Gelfand – 6 4-5. Blehm, Markowski – 5
4. Anand - 5½ 6-8. Macieja, Gdanski, Grabarczyk – 4½
5-6. Karpov, Leko - 4½ etc.
7-9. Van Wely, Piket, Shirov – 4 There are 4 more rounds.
10-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk - 3½
12. Ljubojevic – 2 TWIC #333 is available today. Among
other news, we learn that Bundesliga
Blindfold standings: leader won the German Team Cup over
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov - 6½ out of 9 the weekend 24-25 March (www.chess-
3-4. Anand, Shirov – 6 online.de). Also Mark Crowther wrote:
5-6. Leko, Ljubojevic – 5 “Teimour Radjabov is reported to have
7. Piket - 4½ been awarded the GM title by FIDE. If it
8. Almasi – 4 was on the basis of his result in the Wijk
9. Ivanchuk - 3½ aan Zee B tournament in January then he
10-11. Karpov, Van Wely - 2½ will have been 13 years 10 months and
12. Gelfand - 2 16 days old, a day off the record set by
Bu Xiangzhi of China. Further details
Overall standings: and confirmation are awaited from
1. Kramnik - 13 FIDE”.
2. Topalov - 12½
3. Anand - 11½ There isn’t any confirmation on the FIDE
4. Shirov – 10 official site yet, so we are waiting for it
5. Leko - 9½ too. In any case Teimour is a very strong
6. Piket - 8½ player and his GM-title is a matter of
7. Gelfand – 8 months or even weeks. Two or three
8. Almasi - 7½ years ago I played a rapid game vs.

CT-141 Page 1 of 4
Radjabov in one of the Moscow XIIIIIIIIY

tournaments, and had a strange feeling 9rsnlwq-trk+0
that my 10 or 11-year old opponent was 9zppzpp+pzpp0
favourite, a “professor”, in our game! He 9-+-+psn-+0
was so self-confident, like a mature man, 9+-+-+-+-0
and really played very strongly. I had a 9-vlPzPP+-+0
rather bad position with White but was 9+-sN-+-+-0
lucky to over-come him in 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
complications. I suspected it was my last 9tR-vL-mKLsNR0
chance to overcome Teimour and I’m xiiiiiiiiy
happy that I didn’t miss it! ☺ This indicates that Anatoly Karpov was
in a fighting mood today! He played
ICCF Nimtzovich Defence, system 4.Qc2
0-0 about 50(!) times for White
The ICCF celebrates and for Black, but according to
50 years of Service to my database he never played
the CC Community! 5.e4 himself and only once
played against it as Black
(vs. N.Short, Dortmund
On the 22nd of March 1997; by the way Karpov
2001, the lost then). More often
International White chooses 5.a3 or
Correspondence 5.Nf3.
Chess Federation 5...d6 6.e5
(ICCF) The same very
celebrated its aggressive
50th year approach.
as the 6...dxe5 7.dxe5 ¤g4
official Alternative is 7...¤fd7
8.¤f3 ¤c6 9.¥f4 ¤d4
world governing body for international
CC play. To mark this important
XIIIIIIIIY
milestone the ICCF has organised a
9r+lwq-trk+0
number of special tournaments. Details
9zppzp-+pzpp0
of these tournaments can be found in
9-+-+p+-+0
ICCF President Alan Borwell's Special 9+-+-zP-+-0
Jubilee Press Release at the ICCF web 9-vlPsn-vLn+0
site 9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
The ICCF would like to reach OTB 9tR-+-mKL+R0
players as well as CC players for these xiiiiiiiiy
special events. 10.£e4!?
It looks like a novelty. In the only
previous game White played 10.Qa4?!
Ralph Marconi 10...c5?!
Too slow. White has a space
Annotated Game advantage, but has lost out in
development. So Black has to hurry. I
Karpov (2679) − Almasi (2640) believe that more in accord with the
Amber Rapidplay Monaco MNC (9), position would be 10...¥c5!? 11.¦d1!?
27.03.2001 E32 (11.¥g3 f5 12.exf6 ¤xf6) 11...f5
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky (11...¤xf3+? 12.£xf3 ¥xf2+ 13.¢e2+−)
12.exf6 £xf6 with very complicated play.
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 0-0 11.h3 f5
5.e4!? But now White mustn't take en

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passant. XIIIIIIIIY
12.£d3 ¤xf3+ 13.£xf3 ¤h6 14.¥e2 9-+lsn-+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zppwq-+rzpp0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-+-+p+-vL0
9zpp+-+-zpp0 9+-zp-zP-+-0
9-+-+p+-sn0 9-+P+-+-zP0
9+-zp-zPp+-0 9+-+-+-wQ-0
9-vlP+-vL-+0 9PzP-+-zP-+0
9+-sN-+Q+P0 9+-mKL+-tR-0
9PzP-+LzPP+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-mK-+R0 24.¥h5! ¦d7
xiiiiiiiiy Only move: 24...¦e7? 25.¥g5 ¦d7
Now White has a clear advantage: 26.¥f6+− (26.¥e8+−) ; 24...g6? 25.¥xg6
more space and, more importantly, all 3 25.¥e8 ¦e7 26.¥a4
Black minor pieces are rather bad. The A very funny Bishop manoeuvre!
best option for the b4 Bishop is to 26...¤c6
exchange for the Knight, while the h6 XIIIIIIIIY
Knight has very poor perspectives.
14...¤f7 15.h4! 9-+l+-+k+0
Preventing any counterplay with g7−g5 9zppwq-tr-zpp0
or Ng5.
15...£c7 9-+n+p+-vL0
After 15...¥d7!? White also has the 9+-zp-zP-+-0
simple move 16.0-0-0 but can maybe
accept the pawn sacrifice.
9L+P+-+-zP0
16.0-0-0 ¥xc3 9+-+-+-wQ-0
Or after 17.Nb5 the Knight will go to 9PzP-+-zP-+0
d6. 16...¤xe5? 17.£g3+−
17.£xc3 ¥d7 9+-mK-+-tR-0
9r+-+-trk+0 It's hard to say what else Black can
9zppwql+nzpp0 do, but now Karpov has his favourite
9-+-+p+-+0 type of position − with opposite−
9+-zp-zPp+-0 coloured Bishops (remember his famous
9-+P+-vL-zP0 victory over Kasparov (Moscow 1985,
9+-wQ-+-+-0 match, game #4, or over Anand,
Lausanne 1998, m/4).
9PzP-+LzPP+0 27.¥xc6! bxc6 28.h5 ¦f7 29.¥e3 £a5
9+-mKR+-+R0 30.¢b1!
xiiiiiiiiy It's also in Karpov's style: this
18.g4! repetition of moves undersigned Black's
Anatoly Evgenievich plays like in "The helplessness.
good old days", when his opponents had 30...£d8 31.¢c1 £a5 32.a3 ¥d7
head−aches and time−trouble, trying to 33.h6!?
defend against his very fast and powerful Also strong was 33.¥h6!
play... 33...¥e8
18...fxg4 19.¥xg4 ¦ad8 20.¦hg1 ¥c8 After 33...g6 the black squares in
Black hasn't any counterplay. Zoltan Black's camp are undefended.
Almasi has to stay and wait to see where 34.£g4 ¥d7 35.hxg7 £c7 36.£h4 £c8
checkmate will be. Of course, it will be 37.¥xc5 ¦f5?
somewhere along the g−file! Last mistake
21.£g3 ¦xd1+ 22.¥xd1 ¤d8 23.¥h6 38.£e7
¦f7

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XIIIIIIIIY
9-+q+-+k+0
9zp-+lwQ-zPp0
9-+p+p+-+0
9+-vL-zPr+-0
9-+P+-+-+0
9zP-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-zP-+0
9+-mK-+-tR-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned in view of mate in 3. An instructive game by Anatoly Karpov! 1-0
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CT-142, 28th March 2001
W hat a strange maxim: after a

“bloody” day a quiet one
invariably follows! Yesterday
in Monaco there were only three draws,
9. Ivanchuk - 4
10-11. Karpov, Van Wely - 3
12. Gelfand - 2½
today – only two decisive results, one in Overall standings:

rapid and the other in blindfold. 1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 14 points out
of 20
Two World Champions met each other. 3. Anand - 12½
In rapid play Kramnik with White had an 4. Shirov – 10½
extra pawn but couldn’t realize it. In 5. Leko - 10
blindfold there was quite a short draw. 6. Piket - 9½
7. Gelfand – 9
And Veselin Topalov caught Vladimir – 8-9. Almasi, Ljubojevic - 8½
thanks to his victory over Peter Leko in 10-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov – 8
blindfold (see this game in our annotated 12. Van Wely - 7½
game section). The second hero of the
day Ljubomir Ljubojevich beat Alexei As usual, we include all 10th round
Shirov in rapid and said goodbye to his games in our cbv and pgn-files.
neighbors on the cross-table Anatoly Tomorrow will be the last round. The
Karpov and Vassily Ivanchuk. schedule for rapid play:
Results of the 10th round Ljubojevic - Topalov

(rapid/blindfold) Karpov - Piket
Piket – Ivanchuk ½:½ ½:½ Anand - Shirov
Topalov – Leko ½:½ 1:0 Gelfand - Van Wely
Van Wely – Karpov ½:½ ½:½ Leko - Kramnik
Shirov – Ljubojevic 0:1 ½:½ Ivanchuk – Almasi
Almasi – Gelfand ½:½ ½:½
Kramnik – Anand ½:½ ½:½ It looks like Veselin Topalov has good
chances for final success… but lets wait
Rapid standings: till tomorrow.
1. Kramnik – 7 points out of 10
2-3. Topalov, Gelfand – 6½ And in the 10th round of 58th Polish
4. Anand – 6 Chess Championships all three leaders
5-6. Karpov, Leko - 5 made a half step ahead. So the
7-8. Van Wely, Piket – 4½ tournament situation in the top-half has
9-11. Almasi, Ivanchuk, Shirov – 4 only small changes – Gdanski beat
12. Ljubojevic – 3 Blehm and took his place:
1. Kempinski – 7½ points out of 10
Blindfold standings: 2. Krasenkow – 7
1. Topalov - 7½ out of 10 3. Cyborowski – 6½
2. Kramnik - 7 4-5. Gdanski, Markowski – 5½
3-4. Anand, Shirov – 6½ 6-9. Macieja, Blehm, Grabarczyk, Jaracz
5. Ljubojevic – 5½ – 5 etc.
6-7. Leko, Piket - 5
8. Almasi – 4½ After 4th round of Bled open Valerij

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Filippov, Robert Zelcic, Drazen 21.£e2 c5 22.¥c6 £b6© Almasi − Piket,

Sermek and Suat Atalik have a perfect Monaco 2001 (blindfold)
score. 14...h6 15.¥h4 ¦e8 16.¦e1?!
5-10. Breder, Rogulj, Fercec, Wells, XIIIIIIIIY
Soln, Loncar - 3½ etc. 9-tr-wqr+k+0
9+-zp-+pzp-0
¤¤¤ 9-vlnzp-sn-zp0
Annotated Game 9+N+-+-+-0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9-+-zPP+lvL0
9+L+-+N+-0
Leko (266) − Topalov (268) 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
Amber2001Blind Monaco (10) 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
28.03.2001 C78 xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 Maybe better was 16.£d3!? ¥xf3
5.0-0 b5 17.gxf3 ¤xd4 18.¤xd4 ¥xd4 19.¥xf7+
XIIIIIIIIY ¢xf7 20.£xd4 g5 21.¥g3² or; 16.¦c1!?
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 16...g5! 17.¥g3 ¥a5
9+-zpp+pzpp0 Black's last two moves are typical.
9p+n+-sn-+0 Regaining a pawn with a good position.
9+p+-zp-+-0 18.¤c3
9L+-+P+-+0 Or 18.¤a7 ¤xa7 19.¦xa5 ¤c6 20.¦a6
9+-+-+N+-0 ¤b4=
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 18...¥xc3 19.bxc3 ¦xe4 20.¥c2
20.¦xe4 Of course, not 20...¤xe4
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 21.¥d5? ¤xc3-+
xiiiiiiiiy 20...¦xe1+ 21.£xe1 £e7
The so called Arkhangelsky or New XIIIIIIIIY
Arkhangelsky system which is very
popular at present. There is a lot of
9-tr-+-+k+0
modern theory, and sometimes
9+-zp-wqp+-0
theoretical articles about it become old 9-+nzp-sn-zp0
news before chess magazines publish 9+-+-+-zp-0
them. Of course, variation C78 was 9-+-zP-+l+0
played here also. First example: 5...¥c5 9+-zP-+NvL-0
6.c3 b5 7.¥c2 d5 8.d4 dxe4 9.dxe5 9-+L+-zPPzP0
£xd1 10.¦xd1 ¥xf2+ 11.¢f1 exf3 9tR-+-wQ-mK-0
12.exf6 ¥h4 13.fxg7 fxg2+ 14.¢xg2 ¦g8 xiiiiiiiiy
15.¥h6 ¥g5 16.¦e1+ ¥e6 17.¥xg5 ¦xg7 Because the Black King is weak
18.h4 h6 19.¥e4 ¢d7 20.¦d1+ 1:0 Topalov would like to exchange Queens.
Topalov − Shirov, Monaco 2001 (rapid) I think this position is approximately
6.¥b3 ¥c5 equal: yes, White has two Bishops, but
Some grandmasters say that The one of them, on g3, is very limited.
Arhangelsky system is a small 22.h4
"revolution" in the Ruy Lopez. The Maybe from a practical point of view it
bishop on c5 is much more active than was better for White to keep Queens. In
on e7, and Black can think not only a blindfold game Black has chances to
about equality but also about "overlook" checkmate somewhere on h7!
counterattack! 22...£xe1+ 23.¤xe1 ¤d5!
7.c3 d6 8.d4 ¥b6 9.a4 ¦b8 10.axb5 The g3 Bishop is off−side, and the
axb5 11.¤a3 0-0 12.¤xb5 exd4 Bulgarian GM starts to play on the
13.cxd4 ¥g4 14.¥g5 Queen side.
And now there is a second example 24.¦a3 ¥e2!
from this tournament: 14.¦a4 ¦e8 Rather unexpected and unpleasant.
15.¥g5 h6 16.¥d5 ¥xf3 17.£xf3 ¤xd4 First of all Black tries to blockade his
18.¤xd4 ¥xd4 19.¥c6 hxg5 20.¥xe8 g4 opponent's central pawns. (White's

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threat was Be4 and after that c4 and d5). 48.¥b4 c2

25.hxg5 hxg5 26.¤d3 ¢g7 27.¤c1 ¥c4 XIIIIIIIIY
28.¦a4 9-+-+-+-+0
9-tr-+-+-+0 9-+-+-zp-+0
9+-zp-+pmk-0 9+-+l+-mk-0
9-+nzp-+-+0 9-vL-+-zp-+0
9+-+n+-zp-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9R+lzP-+-+0 9-+p+-mKP+0
9+-zP-+-vL-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+L+-zPP+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-+-mK-0 In the near future Black will exchange
xiiiiiiiiy the f4 pawn for the g2 one, and the
White hopes to ruin the blockade. position with pawns c and f will be
Now very concrete play begins. winning. But with pawns b and e it will be
28...¦b2! 29.¥e4 a draw! If you don't believe me please
29.¦xc4 ¦xc2 30.¤a2 (30.¦xc6 ¦xc1+ read the brilliant M. Dvoretsky article
31.¢h2 ¦xc3∓) 30...¤ce7 31.¤b4 ¦xc3∓ "The Value of "Elementary" Endgame
29...¥b5 30.¦a2 ¦xa2 31.¤xa2 ¤ce7! Knowledge" on www.chesscafe.com
XIIIIIIIIY updated this Wednesday as usual
9-+-+-+-+0 49.¥d2 ¢g4 50.¥c1 f5 51.¥d2 f3
9+-zp-snpmk-0 52.gxf3+ ¥xf3 53.¥c1 f4 54.¥d2 ¥e4
9-+-zp-+-+0 55.¥c1 ¢f5 56.¢e2 ¢e5 57.¢e1 f3
58.¥e3 ¢d5 59.¢d2 ¢c4
9+l+n+-zp-0
9-+-zPL+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zP-+-vL-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9N+-+-zPP+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
Bishop g3, wake up! Your colleges
9-+k+l+-+0
can't defend the c3 pawn! 9+-+-vLp+-0
32.f4 ¥c4 33.¥xd5 ¤xd5 34.¤b4 ¤xc3 9-+pmK-+-+0
35.¢f2 9+-+-+-+-0
After 35.fxg5 ¤e2+ 36.¢f2 ¤xd4 two xiiiiiiiiy
passed pawns will be unstoppable. The Black King is going to b2 or b1, so
35...¤e2 36.d5 gxf4 37.¥h4 f6 38.¢f3 the White King has to go to c1 (in the
¢g6 39.¢e4 ¥b5 40.¥f2 ¢g5 41.¢f3 case of the Bishop on c1 the Black
¤c3 42.¥d4 monarch has the route b3−a2−b1; it's the
XIIIIIIIIY main difference from the pawns b and e:
9-+-+-+-+0 then Black King hasn't such a
9+-zp-+-+-0 manoeuvre). And after that the King from
9-+-zp-zp-+0 b3 through c3 will go to d3 and e2.
60.¥f2 ¢b3 61.¥d4 ¥c6
9+l+P+-mk-0
9-sN-vL-zp-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-sn-+K+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+P+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+l+-+-+0
White's last hope − opposite−coloured
9-+-vL-+-+0
Bishops. But Veselin Topalov evaluated 9+k+-+p+-0
this endgame very precisely. 9-+pmK-+-+0
42...¤xd5! 43.¤xd5 ¥c6 44.¥a7 ¥xd5+ 9+-+-+-+-0
45.¢f2 c5 46.¥b8 c4 47.¥xd6 c3 xiiiiiiiiy
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CT-143, 29 March 2001
aution is better than pie in the Final rapid standings:
C sky! According to the schedule

in Monaco, in the last round,
leaders, Vladimir Kramnik and
1-2. Gelfand, Kramnik – 7½ points out
of 11
3. Topalov – 7
Veselin Topalov had to play first, rapid 4. Anand – 6½
games with Black. Both of them chose 5-6. Karpov, Leko - 5½
very solid openings: Topalov (vs. 7-8. Ivanshuk, Piket – 5
Ljubojevic) – a Queen's Gambit, 9-10. Van Wely, Shirov – 4½
Kramnik (vs. Leko) – a Petroff’s 11. Almasi – 4
Defense. Veselin quickly equalized the 12. Ljubojevic – 3½
position and a draw was agreed.
Vladimir even outplayed his opponent, Final blindfold standings:
who is well-known to him (do you 1. Topalov – 8 points out of 11
remember the Leko – Kramnik 2. Kramnik - 7½
Veselin Topalov Vladimir Kramnik

(Pictures from http://chess.lostcity.nl/amber/)
3-4. Anand, Shirov – 7
January match?), but couldn’t realize his 5. Ljubojevic – 6
advantage. The story repeated in their 6-8. Almasi, Leko, Piket - 5½
blindfold game. As a result – two draws. 9. Ivanchuk - 4
Veselin in their blindfold encounter 10-11. Gelfand, Karpov – 3½
sacrificed (or overlooked?!) an exchange 12. Van Wely - 3
but very soon Ljubomir began to repeat
moves. Soon after the winners names Overall standings:
became known: Vladimir Kramnik and 1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 15 points out
Veselin Topalov. Our congratulations! of 22
3. Anand - 13½
Results of the 11th round 4. Shirov – 11½
(rapid/blindfold) 5-6. Gelfand, Leko - 11
7. Piket - 10½
Ljubojevic - Topalov ½:½ ½:½ 8-9. Almasi, Ljubojevic - 9½
Karpov - Piket ½:½ ½:½ 10-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov – 9
Anand - Shirov ½:½ ½:½ 12. Van Wely - 7½
Gelfand - Van Wely 1:0 1:0
Leko - Kramnik ½:½ ½:½ The hero of the last day is Boris Gelfand.
Ivanchuk – Almasi 1:0 0: He won both games over Loek Van Vely
and shared first place in rapid and left
last place in blindfold. Boris was
unhappy with his play in blindfold in this
CT-143 Page 1 of 3
event; remember, for example, that he Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky

overlooked a Rook(!) in winning position
vs. Shirov. In this part of the program A t the end of last year in Tehran,
Vishy Anand "distressed" Alexei
Veselin Topalov was the strongest. Also Shirov badly. In January−2001 in
he beat both World Champs – very good Wijk−aan−Zee Alexei had good
“doping” for next the tournament chances for a small revenge, but
successes, isn’t it, Veselin?! All Anand escaped with Black in a
participants played more or less as was French Defense. And now here is a
expected. Obviously Anand and Shirov new meeting and a new French.
were not in the best form, but they were 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5
among the leaders, except for Vassily dxe4 5.¤xe4 ¤bd7 6.¤f3 h6!? (D)
Ivanchuk, one of the favourites, who XIIIIIIIIY
shared 10-11 places with Anatoly 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
Kaprov (frankly I thought Ivanchuk 9zppzpn+pzp-0
would be in the top 3 and Karpov in the 9-+-+psn-zp0
top half). Both these outstanding players 9+-+-+-vL-0
have to forget about this unlucky event 9-+-zPN+-+0
as soon as possible! 9+-+-+N+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
As usual, we include all 11-round games 9tR-+QmKL+R0
in our cbv and pgn-files. In our annotated xiiiiiiiiy
game section today we feature the Black has begun to exploit this rare
blindfold draw Shirov vs. Anand. Good move more frequently in the last 10
bye, Monaco! years, mainly thanks to Evgeny
Bareev. It is sometimes played by
In the Bled Open, the standings after 5 other strong grandmasters, such as
rounds: Ivanchuk and M.Gurevich. Anand
1-5. Filippov, Zelcic, Sermek Wells, also tried it in Leon−2000 vs.
Atalik — 4½ J.Polgar.
6-16. Kozul, Sveshnikov, Breder, Rogulj, 7.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 8.¥e3
Fercec, Soln, Jovanic, Nakamura, Tratar, 40-50 years ago White usually
Podlesnik, Malakhov – 4 etc. exchanged on f6, but nowadays he
prefers to maintain more pieces on
In the 11th round of the 58th Polish the board. 8.¥xf6 ; In the above
Chess Championship Lukasz mentioned game Polgar played
Cyborowski won with Black over Robert 8.¥d2!?
Kempinski and has caught up to him. 8...a6
The same for Michail Krasenkov after Black's main problem is to how to
his draw vs. Jacek Gdanski. Before the develop his Bishop on c8. Anand
final two rounds the leading trio has 1.5 prepared a big fianchetto.
points more than the 4-5th places. 9.¥d3!? b5 10.£e2 (D)
1-3. Kempinski, Krasenkow, XIIIIIIIIY
Cyborowski – 7½ points out of 11 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
4-5. Gdanski, Markowski – 6 9+-zp-+pzp-0
6-9. Socko, Blehm, Grabarczyk, Jaracz – 9p+-+psn-zp0
5½ etc. 9+p+-+-+-0
¤¤¤
Annotated Game
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+LvLN+-0
A. Shirov (275) − V. Anand (283)
9PzPP+QzPPzP0
Amber2001Blind Monaco (11), 9tR-+-mK-+R0
29.03.2001 C11 xiiiiiiiiy
CT-143 Page 2 of 3
This looks like a new and quite King. Interesting was 20.¤e5!? with
unpleasant setup for Black. Black the idea of f2−f4.
can't play 10...¥b7 now in view of 20...£b5!
11.¥xb5+! Do you remember we Now Anand forces his opponent to
wrote about this very likely line in one enter the endgame. Maybe the worst
of our previous issues? for Black is over.
10...¥d6 11.a4 b4 12.¤e5 21.b3 ¢g7!
Shirov always develops his initiative Black can even wait with a Queen
well. exchange − White couldn't reject it.
12...¥b7 22.¤xb4 ¥xb4 23.¥xb4 £xc4
Maybe Anand decided that 12...0-0 24.bxc4 ¤xb4 25.¦xb4 (D)
against Shirov was too risky because XIIIIIIIIY
White could castle on the Queen side 9r+-+-+-tr0
and start a direct attack. 9+-zp-+pmk-0
9p+-+p+-zp0
13.¥b5+! ¢f8 14.¥c6 ¥xc6 15.¤xc6 9zP-+-+-zp-0
£e8 16.£c4 ¤d5 (D) 9-tRPzP-+-+0
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9+-+n+-+-0 25...c5!
9PzpQzP-+-+0 Did Shirov overlook this?
9+-+-vL-+-0 26.dxc5
9-zPP+-zPPzP0 And Anand has escaped once
9tR-+-mK-+R0 again. ½-½
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b4 and c7 are unconnected, http://www.chesscafe.com
blockaded and weak. Also to develop Contact information.
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C
aution is better than the pie in 3-4. Anand, Shirov – 7
the sky! According to schedule 5. Ljubojevic – 6
in Monaco, in the last round 6-8. Almasi, Leko, Piket - 5½
leaders, Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin 9. Ivanchuk - 4
Topalov had to play the first rapid game 10-11. Gelfand, Karpov – 3½
with Black. And both of them chose very 12. Van Wely - 3
solid openings: Topalov (vs. Ljubojevic)
– Queens Gambit, Kramnik (vs. Leko) – Overall standings:
Petroff’s Defense. Veselin quickly 1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 15 points out
equalized the position and a draw was of 22
agreed. Vladimir even outplayed his 3. Anand - 13½
opponent who is well known to him (do 4. Shirov – 11½
you remember the Leko – Kramnik 5-6. Gelfand, Leko - 11
January match?), but couldn’t realize his 7. Piket - 10½
advantage. The story repeated in their 8-9. Almasi, Ljubojevic - 9½
blindfold game. As a result – two draws. 10-11. Ivanchuk, Karpov – 9
Veselin in blindfold sacrificed (or 12. Van Wely - 7½
overlooked?!) an exchange but very soon
Ljubomir began to repeat moves. After The hero of the final day is Boris
that the winner’s emerged: Vladimir Gelfand. He won 2:0 against Loek Van
Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. Our Vely and shared first place in rapid
congratulations! and… avoided last place in blindfold.
Boris was unhappy in blindfold here;
Results of the 11th round remember, for example, that he
(rapid/blindfold) overlooked a Rook(!) in a winning
position vs. Shirov. In this part of the
Ljubojevic - Topalov ½:½ ½:½ program Veselin Topalov was the
Karpov - Piket ½:½ ½:½ strongest. Also he beat both World
Anand - Shirov ½:½ ½:½ Champs – a very good sign for future
Gelfand - Van Wely 1:0 1:0 tournament successes, isn’t it, Veselin?!
Leko - Kramnik ½:½ ½:½ All participants played more or less as
Ivanchuk – Almasi 1:0 0:1 expected (obviously Anand and Shirov
were not in the best form but anyway
Final rapid standings: they were among the leaders) except for
1-2. Gelfand, Kramnik – 7½ points out Vassily Ivanchuk. One of the favourites
of 11 shared 10-11 places with Anatoly
3. Topalov – 7 Kaprov (frankly I thought Ivanchuk
4. Anand – 6½ would be in the first 3 and Karpov in the
5-6. Karpov, Leko - 5½ top half). Both outstanding players have
7-8. Ivanchuk, Piket – 5 to forget about this unlucky event as
9-10. Van Wely, Shirov – 4½ soon as possible!
11. Almasi – 4
12. Ljubojevic – 3½ As usual, we include all the 11th round
games in our cbv and pgn-files. Good
Final blindfold standings: bye, Monaco!
1. Topalov – 8 points out of 11
2. Kramnik - 7½
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Bled open, standing after 5th round: XIIIIIIIIY

1-5. Filippov, Zelcic, Sermek Wells, 9r+lwq-trk+0
Atalik — 4½ 9+pzp-zppvlp0
6-16. Kozul, Sveshnikov, Breder, Rogulj, 9p+nzp-snp+0
Fercec, Soln, Jovanic, Nakamura, Tratar, 9+-+-+-+-0
Podlesnik, Malakhov – 4 etc. 9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0
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Annotated Game xiiiiiiiiy
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky Mikhail Krasenkov chooses a rather
quiet system with fianchetto.
M Krasenkow (2658) − B Socko (2557) 8.e4 ¥g4 9.¥e3 ¤d7 10.¤e2 e5!?
58th ch−POL Warsaw POL (9), The last three moves are typical for
27.03.2001 E63 Bartosh as I know him: he tries to define
the structure of the position as soon as
possible.
Mikhail Krasenkov is a well−known 11.d5 ¤e7 12.¤e1!
GM, one of the strongest in the world. So White prepares for f7−f5.
I would like to say a few words about his 12...¥xe2
young opponent. In 1993 I played in Black has to change Bishops: moves
Warsaw, and Russian coach Mikhail like Nd7−b8 look too ugly.
Kislov, who was working in Poland, 13.£xe2 f5?!
introduced me his pupil Bartos. This boy Socko doesn't want to change his plan,
was very energetic, sociable, curious but now his white−squares, especially
and very fond of chess. We played some e6, become very weak.
blitz−games and analysed a little. Last 14.f3 ¢h8 15.¤d3 ¤g8 16.c5 fxe4
summer I met him once more in 17.fxe4 ¥h6 18.¥h3!
Polianitza Zdroi and even did an
interview with him and his wife GM
XIIIIIIIIY
Monika Bobrovska−Socko for "64". 9r+-wq-trnmk0
Bartos has changed little. Of course, he
isn't a boy, but a young man now and
9+pzpn+-+p0
has a daughter, but he is the same ... 9p+-zp-+pvl0
merry, cheerful and fond of chess. He
and his wife (and Mikhail Krasenkov too) 9+-zPPzp-+-0
are members of the strongest Warsaw
chess club Polonia GSM − so they are
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professional chess players. His chess 9+-+NvL-zPL0
assets: he is very energetic in attack and
persistent in defence and sees tactical
9PzP-+Q+-zP0
opportunities well. But he is weaker in 9tR-+-+RmK-0
positional play without clear plans.
Bartos is quite young and industrious
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though, so I'm sure he will become Of course, the Bishop goes to e6.
stronger and stronger, and I wish him However, at first sight, it's not too
that! dangerous for Black...
18...£e7 19.¦xf8
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 ¥g7 4.g3 d6 It's useful to change one Rook − White
5.¥g2 0-0 6.¤c3 ¤c6 7.0-0 a6 wants to play on the Queenside as there
will be less chance to receive a
checkmate!
19...¦xf8 20.b4 ¥xe3+ 21.£xe3 ¤gf6
22.cxd6 cxd6 23.¦c1 £d8

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XIIIIIIIIY It looks like a zeitnot overlook.

9-+-wq-tr-mk0 38...¤xe4! 39.b6!?
9+p+n+-+p0 Not 39.£xe4? £d2+-+
9p+-zp-snp+0 39...£xb6?
Too hazardous. Black could force a
9+-+Pzp-+-0 draw: 39...¦f2+ 40.£xf2 ¤xf2 41.¦c7+
9-zP-+P+-+0 ¢f8 42.¦c8+ ¢e7 43.¦c7+ ¢d8 44.¦c8+
9+-+NwQ-zPL0 with perpetual check.; I believe
9P+-+-+-zP0 39...¤xg5?! is too risky for zeitnot.
9+-tR-+-mK-0 40.£xe4 £f2+ 41.¢h3 ¦h8+ 42.¢g4
xiiiiiiiiy And there is no checkmate.
Now we can see White's clear 42...¦h2 43.¦c7+ ¢h8 44.¦c8+ ¢h7
advantage. The Black Queen has to As you saw Bartos Socko was
defend the c7 square, also there is an outplayed in positional play, then
unpleasant attack from the Bishop from defended very persistently, found strong
h3 to c8. White has more space while tactics and... was unhappy in zeitnot.
the Black Knights don't have good 1-0
squares in the centre.
24.¤f2 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 £b8 Recommended Web sites:
27.¥e6 ¦c8 28.¦f1!
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pieces went to the Queenside so it's time http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
to start a direct attack. http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/
28...¦f8 29.¤h3 ¢g7 30.¤g5 h6?! http://www.chesscafe.com
31.¥xd7 hxg5
31...¤xd7 32.¤e6++− Contact information. Do you want to report a
32.¥e6 ¢h6 33.b5?! tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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occupy the c7−square with his Rook, but
overlooked Black's counterplay. Better Feel free to send them our newspaper to sample – with
was the simple 33.h4! ¤h7 34.¦c1 more readers the price will go down, while the quality
33...£d8 34.¢g2 will go up!
Anatoly Karpov likes such moves when
his opponent has time−trouble. But Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
according to the next move, Mikhail was Dublin, Ireland.
short (or very short) of time too, so a Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
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34...¤d7 35.¦c1 ¤c5 36.h4 ¢g7!
37.hxg5 £a5! Editors:
Very unpleasant in zeitnot (especially GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
because Black had no counterplay IM Vladimir Barsky.
Technical editors:
earlier) − Black gave up a pawn but has Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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CT-145, 31 March 2001
R obert Kempinski has won the

58th Polish Chess Championship.
Today his game vs. Mikhail
Krasenkov, who had the same score at
2-3. Sveshnikov, Malakhov – 6
4-8. Sermek, Atalik, Soln, Rogulj,
Loncar — 5 etc.
the start of the game, and playing with Top boards of the next round:
the White pieces, lasted only 9 moves.
Maybe the main reason for such a short Filippov – Malakhov
draw was because the last round began at Rogulj – Sveshnikov
10:00 rather than the usual 15:00. Many Loncar – Sermek
grandmasters like to sleep late in the Soln - Atalik
morning and find it difficult to play at
such an early hour. After the game both The young Russian GM Vladimir
GMs had to wait till the end of the round Malakhov lost his first game and has
to calculate the tie-break. It's interesting won 6 games in a row! Also the very
that the Berger coefficient was equal too, experienced GM Evgeny Sveshnikov
so Kempinski became the new champion hasn't made a single draw yet. Today E.
according to the next index (it’s hard to Sveshnikov is our hero of our annotated
understand which one). In any case our game section.
congratulations to the winner - all
indexes will be forgotten, his victory will Today was the 10th round of Wotulo
not! Memorial in Jakarta, Indonesia. Some
games are adjourned still:
Final standings: 1. Juswanto — 7½ points
1-2. Kempinski, Krasenkov – 8½ 2. Hulak (+1) — 7
points out of 13 3. Zaw – 6
3. Cyborowski – 8 4. Johansen – 5½
4-6. Gdanski, Markowski, Socko – 7½ 5-6. Djuric (+1), Liu (+1) – 5 etc.
7-9. Blehm, Jaracz, Macieja – 6½
10. Grabarczyk – 6 Mark Crowther informs us on his site:
11. Kuczynski – 5½ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic
12. Urban – 5 that the Oakham school is the venue for a
13. Bartel – 4 cat. VII (2407) GM tournament March
14. Gajewski - 3½ 29 – April 6 2001.
IM Lukasz Cyborowski had a great Round 2 Standings:

tournament but unfortunately lost one of 1. Krush, Irina (wm USA 2380) – 2
his last games and finished a half-point points
shy of the GM-norm. In contrast GM 2-4. McDonald, Neil R (g ENG 2439),
Bartosz Socko had a pure start and a Pert, Nicholas (f ENG 2455), McNab,
bright finish and shared 4-6 place. Colin A (g SCO 2403) – 1½
5-6. Tyomkin, Dimitri (m ISR 2496),
Valerij Filippov remains the sole lead Gormally, Daniel (m ENG 2505) – 1
with a perfect score 6½ points after the 7-9. Levitt, Jonathan (g ENG 2438),
7th round in the Bled open. Two players Estrada Nieto, Julian (m MEX 2372),
are a half-point behind, while five other Koneru, Humpy (wm IND 2299) - ½
players are one and half points behind. 10. Bluvshtein, Mark (CAN 2287) – 0

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We received an interesting letter from XIIIIIIIIY

Ed Schroder: 9r+-+kvlntr0
“Since the Kasparov vs. The World 9zpp+-zppzpp0
challenge, playing games over the 9-+n+-+-+0
Internet and against the Internet has 9+-zpq+-+-0
become very popular. Rebel Company 9-+-zP-+l+0
has been challenged to compete in this 9+-zP-+N+-0
area too and we happily have accepted 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
to take up the gauntlet. Rebel and Chess 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
Tiger are currently involved in 3 internet xiiiiiiiiy
matches, people can win prizes each This is a very ambitious move.
week in total over $1000. Part of the Black pretends to take the initiative
prize fund is the beautiful wooden DGT no later than on the 5th move. But
external chess board (value $400) easy White hasn't made any mistake and
to connect to your PC and suited to play his position can't be worse. Of course
with or against various number of 2.c3 isn't the strongest move, but it's
available chess programs…” very solid and quite good.
6.dxc5!?
The website address is: Sveshnikov has made this move
http://www.rebel.nl/rebweb.htm fashionable of late. A good
alternative is 6.¥e2.
Here's another idea that would be worth 6...£xd1+
repeating by other GMs - the 13th World After 6...£xc5 7.¥e3 Black has to
Champion, G. Kasparov always analyzes loose tempi. Now White gains an
his most interesting games on the extra pawn and more importantly the
Internet. Two days ago on his site there better pawn structure for the
appeared an endgame from Kasparov – endgame. As compensation Black
Bareev (Cannes 2001) with his has an initiative.
comments and analysis. The information 7.¢xd1 ¦d8+ 8.¤bd2 e5 9.b4! e4
is very attractive – a really wonderful 10.h3 ¥h5 11.g4 ¥xg4!?
lesson about pawn endgames. Or 11...exf3!? 12.gxh5 ¤f6„
12.hxg4 exf3 13.¢c2 (D)
¤¤¤
Annotated Game
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9-+-trkvlntr0
E. Sveshnikov (2560) − D. Breder 9zpp+-+pzpp0
(2385) 9-+n+-+-+0
Bled op, 2001 B22 9+-zP-+-+-0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9-zP-+-+P+0
1.e4 c5 2.c3 9+-zP-+p+-0
Evgeny Sveshnikov set the tone in 9P+KsN-zP-+0
this system for decades. 9tR-vL-+L+R0
2...d5 xiiiiiiiiy
According to Sveshnikov, 2...¤f6! If White can complete his
leads to equality. In any event it's not development without losing anything,
a simple line. his position will be great.
3.exd5 £xd5 4.d4 ¤c6 5.¤f3 ¥g4?! 13...¤f6 14.g5
(D) 14.¥h3!? h5 (14...¤e5? 15.¦e1;
14...¥e7!?) 15.g5 ¤d5 16.¤xf3
¤dxb4+!? Fritz
14...¤g4 15.¤xf3 ¥e7
Too risky was 15...¤xf2 16.¦h4!

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16.¦g1! XIIIIIIIIY
Sveshnikov continues to calculate 9-+-tr-+-+0
well! The positional alternative 9zpp+-vlk+p0
16.¥e3?! would leave fewer chances 9-+-+-+-+0
for winning. 9+LzP-+-+-0
16...¤xf2 17.¥e3 ¤e4 18.¥d3 f5 9-zP-+-+-+0
19.gxf6 ¤xf6 20.¦xg7 ¦f8 (D) 9+-vL-+n+-0
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9-+-trktr-+0 9tR-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+-vl-tRp0 White's advantage has decreased
9-+n+-sn-+0 substantially, but White is still better
9+-zP-+-+-0 − thanks to the two Bishops in an
open position, and the unco−
9-zP-+-+-+0 ordinated Black pieces. Also don't
9+-zPLvLN+-0 forget about the better pawn structure
9P+K+-+-+0 − it saves from the opening!
27...¢g6?!
9tR-+-+-+-0 It's not a simple task to improve the
xiiiiiiiiy co−ordination of Black's pieces and
21.¦g3?! to avoid the loss of the h−pawn. For
An inconsistent retreat. More logical example: 27...¤d4 28.¥c4+ ¢g6
was to complete development and (28...¢e8 29.¦h1± though it was a
begin to "harass" the Black King. Lets possible way − give up a pawn, and
check 21.¦e1!? ¤d5 (21...¤h5 gather all pieces on the Queen side
22.¦xh7+−) 22.¥e4! ¤xe3+ for defence.) 29.¥d3+ ¤f5 30.¥e4!±;
(22...¤xc3? 23.¥xc6+ bxc6 or 27...a6!? 28.¥a4!? h5? 29.¦f1 But
24.¥g5+−) 23.¦xe3±; Fritz on g6 the Black King will be suffer
recommends 21.¤d4 but I like the under an attack.
"human" 21.¦e1 more. 28.¦f1 ¤g5 29.¢c2!
21...¤d5 22.¥d2 (D) Very good! The White King began
XIIIIIIIIY to feel himself not quite well!
9-+-trktr-+0 29...h5
Not 29...h6?! 30.¥d3+ ¢h5 31.¥f5!
9zpp+-vl-+p0 ¤f7 32.¦g1 with a strong attack.
9-+n+-+-+0 30.¥d3+ ¢h6 31.¥f6! (D)
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9-zP-+-+-+0 9zpp+-vl-+-0
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9P+KvL-+-+0 9+-zP-+-snp0
9tR-+-+-+-0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+L+-+-0
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22...¦xf3! 9+-+-+R+-0
What a heavy blow! xiiiiiiiiy
23.¦xf3 ¤dxb4+ 24.cxb4 ¤d4+ Now Black has to loose material.
25.¢b2 ¤xf3 26.¥b5+ ¢f7 27.¥c3 31...¦xd3
(D) An unpleasant alternative was
31...¦e8 32.¥xe7 ¦xe7 33.¦f6+ ¢g7
34.¦g6++−

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CT- 146, 1 April 2001
E vgeny Sveshnikov won the rather

strong Bled Open with 7½ points
out of 9. As usual, the last round
started in the morning
7. Sasikiran – 6
8-9. Djuric, Miezis – 5½ etc.
The standings of
so we can tell you the Oakham GM
now about last two tournament after
rounds. In the 3 rounds are:
penultimate round
Filippov drew vs. 1. Krush – 3
Malakhov and Rogulj points
drew vs. Sveshnikov. 2. Pert – 2
And today Sveshikov 3-7. Tyomkin,
beat, with White, McDonald,
Valerij Filippov, who Koneru, McNab,
up until the final day Gormally – 1½
was leading, and etc.
became sole winner.
Today there appeared an announcement
Photo Zurko-Sveshnikov, Bled from: on Mark Crowther’s TWIC website:
http://www.sah-zveza.si/bled/ There will be a Category XVII
tournament in Enghien-les-Bains, France
Slovenia appears to be a "lucky" country from April 10th-20th 2001. This ten
for Sveshnikov, but it’s not necessarily player event has these players: Evgeny
by chance. The organisers and the Chess Bareev 2709, Loek Van Wely 2700,
Federation of Slovenia have great respect Viktor. Bologan 2684, Vladislav
for him. For example, they often invite Tkatchiev 2672, Alexander Grischuk
him to teach Slovenian juniors; his books 2663, Joel Lautier 2658, Vladimir
are very popular there; and they create Akopian 2656, Etienne Bacrot 2618,
good playing conditions for him. This is Christian Bauer 2618 and Laurent
very important for his artistic nature, Fressinet 2581.
which allows him to concentrate on chess
and show his outstanding understanding For further details go to
of the game. Our congratulations, :http://enghien.free.fr
Evgeny Ellinovich!
The 12th and 13th rounds of Bundesliga
Final standing: were played this weekend. The club
1. Sveshnikov – 7½ points out of 9 Lubecker SV won both matches against
2-7. Filippov, Sermek, Atalik, Rogulj, Wattenscheid SV and Castrop Rauxel
Malakhov, Loncar – 7 (as all previous ones!) and has ensured
8-11. Wells, Fercec, Soln, Jeric – 6½ etc. first place. Standings after the 13th round:
The Wotulo Memorial in Jakarta, 1. Lubecker SV 26 – 0

Indonesia, is continuing. 2. SG Kuln Porz 23 – 3
Standings after the 11th round: 3. Solingen SG 19 – 7
1. Juswanto — 8 points 4. SV Werder Bremen 19 – 7
2. Hulak — 7½ 5. USC Magdeburg 16 – 10
3-6. Zaw, Johansen, Liu, Kosasih – 6½ 6. Hamburger SK 16 – 10
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Annotated Game This is the Classical Karlsbad
System.
R. Kasimdzhanov − G. Hertneck 8...¤h5
Bundesliga, 31.03.2001 D36 In my opinion this manoeuvre is
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky better for Black when White develops
his Knight to e2 instead of f3. ¤f6−h5
T his game was played in the 12th is loses time, and it's more
round of Bundesliga on second dangerous now, because White's
board of the match Solingen − pieces are placed more actively and
Tegernsee. The winner − the young he can easily complete his
Uzbekistanian GM Rustam development.
Kasimzhanov always plays in 9.¥xe7 £xe7 10.0-0-0
Bundesliga and is often successful. Of course, White tries to play more
Suffice to say that his Elo on aggressively.
01.01.2000 was 2614, and on the 10...¤b6 (D)
01.01.2001 − 2693 (!), and except for Usually in the Karlsbad this Knight
Bundesliga he played quite rarely last goes to f8 (after ...0-0 and ...¦f8−e8)
year. Rustam was a student of the then to g6 or e6. But Black is now
well−known Soviet coach Sergei afraid of opposite castling (...0-0) and
Pinchuk, who told me about his tries to prepare for castling long.
extraordinary memory and chess XIIIIIIIIY
abilities. Some years ago Pinchuk
left Uzbekistan (maybe because he
9r+l+k+-tr0
wasn't an Uzbekistan citizen. I don't 9zpp+-wqpzpp0
know, because he doesn't like to talk 9-snp+-+-+0
about it). Two or three years ago
Rustam in his homeland was 9+-+p+-+n0
awarded a decoration. So he isn't an 9-+-zP-+-+0
ordinary grandmaster!
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 9+-sN-zPN+-0
By this move order Black tries to 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
"frighten" his opponent into avoiding
the Nimzo Indian Defence, but 9+-mKR+L+R0
Kasimzhanov wasn't afraid of it. xiiiiiiiiy
3.¤c3 d5 4.¥g5 ¤bd7 5.¤f3 ¥e7 11.¤e5!?
6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c6 8.£c2 (D) White begins to annoy his
opponent.
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11...g6?! ...¢a8 (D)

Here or later Black had to drive XIIIIIIIIY
away this Knight by 11...f6 9k+-+-+-+0
12.g4! 9zp-tr-wqpsnp0
This pawn limits not only the 9L+-trl+p+0
Knight, but the Bishop on c8 too. 9+-zppsN-+-0
12...¤g7 9Q+-+-+P+0
Or 12...¤f6 13.h3 9+R+-zP-+P0
13.h3 ¥e6 14.¥e2 0-0-0 15.¤a4! 9PzP-+-zP-+0
Leave your opponent with badly 9+KtR-+-+-0
placed pieces and exchange all xiiiiiiiiy
others! 24.¦xc5!
15...¤xa4 Yes, as we foretold it! Black resigns
Or else the Knight on a4 will go to in view of 24.¦xc5 ¦xc5 25.¥b7+
c5. £xb7 (25...¢b8 26.¥c6+ ¢c8
16.£xa4 ¢b8 (D) 27.£a6+) 26.¦xb7 ¢xb7 27.£b4+
XIIIIIIIIY ¦b6 28.£xc5 Please take a parting
9-mk-tr-+-tr0 look at the Knight on g7 − good by,
9zpp+-wqpsnp0 your King is checkmated! A very
convincing and easy (at first sight)
9-+p+l+p+0 victory by Rustam Kasimzhanov. By
9+-+psN-+-0 the way his opponent was quite a
9Q+-zP-+P+0 strong and experienced grandmaster.
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CT-147, 3rd April 2001
T
he beginning of April is rather Croatia came second, GM Darryl
quiet – there are only a few Johansen of Australia was third.
tournaments underway.
Final standings:
17 year old WIM Irina Krush of the 1. Juswanto – 9½ points
USA is dominating the Oakham Masters 2. Hulak – 9
7 category tournament – in the 4th Round 3. Johansen – 8
she outplayed experienced GM Jonathan 4-6. Liu, Zaw, Kosasih – 7½
Levitt with the black pieces and still 7. Sasikiran – 7
keeps a perfect score! Another hero of 8-9. Djuric, Majella – 6½
the round was 12 year old Canadian 10. Miezis – 6
prodigy Mark Bluvshtein, who beat GM 11. Sharavdorj – 5½
Dimitri Tyomkin of Israel. FM Nicholas 12. Wahono – 4
Pert of England outplayed top-seeded 13-14. Prayitno, Supriyono – 3
GM Neil McDonald and keeps clear
second, a full point behind the leader. Our congratulations to all the winners!
The tournament is rather disappointing
for the GMs so far… Nowadays you can participate in strong
tournaments (and have a chance to get a
By the way, Irina is not the only girl in prize!) without having to leave home –
the event – Humpy Koneru of India, take a look at this interesting information
who just yesterday celebrated her 14th from the Internet Chess Club….
birthday, is also doing well – in the last The ICC is hosting the second annual
round she held on against IM Daniel Dos Hermanas Tournament with over
Gormally and is sharing third place. $4,300 in cash prizes and many
membership prizes. Entry is free and
Results of the 4th Round: everyone can play in the event. Even
Levitt – Krush 0:1 non-members may enter and receive a
McDonald – Pert 0:1 free month of ICC if they complete the
McNab – Estrada Nieto ½:½ tournament. To enter, you should register
Koneru – Gormally ½:½ at www.doshermanas.net/festival-
Tyomkin – Bluvshtein 0:1 2001/internet_tournament2001.htm
There are twelve qualifying tournaments
Standings after 4 Rounds: March 30 to April 4, prior to the
1. Krush – 4 points beginning of the knockout phase. Each
2. Pert – 3 qualifier is a 7-round Swiss event with a
3-5. McNab, Koneru, Gormally – 2 time control of 8 2. The twelve winners
6-9. Tyomkin, Estrada Nieto, McDonald, of the qualifying events and the top 20
Bluvshtein – 1½ scorers who do not win will qualify for
10. Levitt – 1 the 32-player knockout events. You may
play in as many or as few qualifying
The Wotulo Memorial just finished in events as you like.
Jakarta, Indonesia. The home IM
Denny Juswanto became a winner with There are only 4 qualifying tournaments
excellent 9½ points which he scored in left (dates and times are according to the
13 rounds. GM Krunoslav Hulak of ICC time which is minus 4 hours from
This issue is prepared by GMs Alexander Baburin & Ruslan Scherbakov; technical editor – Graham Brown
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GMT): April 3 (2PM), April 3 (8PM), have to play a little joke to find that out!
April 4 (2PM), April 4 (8PM). :-)
First 2 knockout rounds of 32 and 16:
April 6 3PM. This story reminds me of the time when I
Quarterfinals, Semi-finals, Final start: lived in Nizhniy Novgorod (then Gorky).
April 7 Noon. It was in late 80s, when there was a bit
more freedom in the Soviet society, but
Prizes: very few consumer goods. Then it was
1st – 1,500 Euros (appr. $1,350) very cool among teenagers to own a pair
2nd – 750 Euros (appr. $675) of Adidas runners, which were hard to
3-4 – 500 Euros (appr. $450) get. So, one day our local newspaper
5-8 – 200 Euros (appr. $180) wrote that in the popular sports shop
9-16 – 100 Euros (appr. $90) people could exchange 10 pairs of old
shoes for the right to buy one pair of
The first three non GM-IM members of Adidas runners. The offer would be
ICC will receive a free one year limited to the first 2,000 entries.
subscription to ICC. The first three non- Needless to say that the shop was packed
members of ICC will receive a free one with visitors, all bringing old shoes and
year subscription to ICC. (sometimes aggressively) demanding
Adidas! The shop had to close down for
Don’t miss a chance to play with GM – the day... Later it tried to sue the paper,
a lot of famous players are participating! but the latter defended itself by saying
that the shop management should have
¤¤¤ better sense of humour and that readers
Editorial note should take the 1st of April
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Perhaps I should start by saying that I am In our March Lottery the prize -
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like it! Every morning I turn my PC on lucky winner! We are very keen to
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my morning coffee. This routine was people who saw CT, liked it and we also
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Finally I would like to report the 7 points out of 8 while a group of

tournament, which took place in Belfast players, including Evgeny Sveshnikov,
last weekend. It was sponsored by Target were in chase half a point behind.
Recruitment and attracted about 100 1.e4 c5 2.c3
people competing in 3 sections. In the This system is known to be not the
most promising one for White against the
Masters tournament GMs Bogdan Lalic
Sicilian. However, Sveshnikov's huge
and yours truly shared the first place (and experience lets him quite often outplay
£350 each) with 5 points out of 6. Two his opponents, playing "by finger−tips".
visitors from Netherlands - IMs H. 2...¤f6 3.e5 ¤d5 4.¤f3 e6 5.¥c4 d6
Jonkman and Y. Visser tied for 3rd with 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 ¤b6 8.¥d3 ¤c6 9.0-0
4½ points. Five more players, including XIIIIIIIIY
IM Mark Orr finished on 4 points. The 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
organisers, led by Tony Beckett, did a 9zpp+-+pzpp0
very good job. They hope to make it an 9-snnzpp+-+0
annual event and I would very much 9+-+-zP-+-0
recommend it. 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+L+N+-0
This week we will start our Player's 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Profile section and also have some 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
interesting interviews - stay tuned! xiiiiiiiiy
9...dxe5
¤¤¤ 9...¤b4 is probably the most promising
New Date for Chess Today alternative. One example from my
By Tec Ed - Graham Brown practice: 10.¥b5+ (some alternatives are
10.¥e2 ¥e7 11.a3 ¤4d5 12.¥d3 ¥d7
Please note that we are redating CT -147 13.£e2 ¥c6 14.¤c3 ¤xc3 15.bxc3 0-0
to April 3rd. This is to avoid confusion with complicated play, Smirnov − Vaulin,
with our readers in many time zones. RUS−chT, Smolensk 2000; 10.¥g5 ¥e7
There is no CT for April 2nd but you 11.¥xe7 £xe7 12.¥e4 d5 13.¥d3 ¤xd3
14.£xd3 ¥d7 15.¤c3 0-0 16.¦fc1 ¦fc8
haven’t missed an edition!
with excellent play for Black, Smagin −
Rublevsky, RUS−chT Kazan 1995)
By the way … I notice that Alex got an 10...¥d7 11.¤c3 ¥e7 12.£b3 ¥xb5
equal first. Nice to see that running 13.¤xb5 ¤c6 14.a4 0-0! 15.a5 ¤d5
Chess Today hasn’t spoilt his chess. I 16.exd6 ¥xd6 17.¤xd6 £xd6 18.£xb7
myself (although only an 1800 player!) a6! 19.£b3 ¦ab8 20.£c4 ¤ce7 21.¦a3
haven’t lost a game since I started editing ¦fc8 22.£e2 £c6 with excellent
the very first trial issue of Chess Today compensation for the pawn, Daniliuk −
quite a few months ago including a win R. Scherbakov, Krasnodar 1997.
against a 2100 player! Do any of our 10.dxe5 ¤b4 11.¥e4
readers have proof that Chess Today is In the game Szabadi − Szabo, HUN−
ch 1951 White achieved nothing after
helping, or hindering! their chess!? Do
11.¥b5+ ¥d7 12.¤c3 ¥xb5 13.¤xb5 a6
let us know about it. 14.¤bd4 ¥e7= with equality.
11...£xd1 12.¦xd1 ¥d7
¤¤¤
12...¤4d5 does not solve the problems:
Annotated Game 13.a4 a5 14.¤c3! ¤xc3 15.bxc3 ¥c5
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 16.¤d4 ¥xd4 17.¦xd4 0-0 18.¥a3 ¦e8
19.¦ad1± with a big advantage, Godena
E Sveshnikov (2560) − V Filippov − Sherwin, SWZ−chT 1997.
(2620) 13.¥xb7!
Bled op (9), 2001 B22 This capture is actually a novelty! In
The situation before the final round was the game Lematschko − Kapetanovic,
clear − Valery Filippov was leading with Belgrade 1988 White was not so brave
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and preferred 13.¤d4!? which also looks opposition to his rook's penetration.
not so bad. The text move is more 20...¥c8
straightforward and it was clearly 20...¥c6!? deserved attention. After
prepared by Sveshnikov at home. 21.¦b8+ ¢d7 22.¤d3 g5 23.¥xa7 ¥g7
13...¤c2 14.¥xa8 ¤xa8 White won the 24.¦xh8 ¥xh8 25.¥d4 White had
exchange but now he is losing a whole reasonable winning chances but his task
rook. was still not so easy.
15.¤c3 ¤xa1 16.¤e1 21.¤d3!
XIIIIIIIIY White could win a pawn by 21.¦b8
9n+-+kvl-tr0 ¢d7 22.¦a8 a5 23.¦a7+ ¢c6 24.¦xf7
9zp-+l+pzpp0 but he preferred to keep the initiative −
9-+-+p+-+0 here after 24...g5 Black keeps drawing
chances as his pieces can get in play.
9+-+-zP-+-0 21...a5 22.¤b5 ¢d7 23.¦c1!
9+-sN-+-+-0 9-+l+-vl-tr0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9+-+k+pzpp0
9sn-vLRsN-mK-0 9-+-+p+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpN+-zP-+-0
The point − White traps the knight and
hopes to gain an extra pawn after all.
9-+nvL-+-+0
16...¤b6 17.¥e3 ¤c4 9+-+N+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9P+-+-zPPzP0
9-+-+kvl-tr0 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9zp-+l+pzpp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+p+-+0 23...¤a3
In the case of 23...¥a6 24.a4 ¥xb5
9+-+-zP-+-0 25.axb5 ¤a3 26.b6 ¤b5 27.¥c5! White's
9-+n+-+-+0 passed pawn was very strong.
9+-sN-vL-+-0 24.¤d6! ¥xd6 25.exd6 f6 Unfortunately
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 Black had no time for 25...¤b5 due to
9sn-+RsN-mK-0 26.¤e5+!
xiiiiiiiiy 26.¥b6!
18.¥d4! XIIIIIIIIY
Black's idea was to capture the rather 9-+l+-+-tr0
important central e5−pawn after the 9+-+k+-zpp0
hasty 18.¥xa7 ¤b3! 19.axb3 ¤xe5 9-vL-zPpzp-+0
which was much less evil for him. 9zp-+-+-+-0
18...¤xb2 19.¦xa1 ¤c4
How many moves has Black spent to
9-+-+-+-+0
secure material equality? 9sn-+N+-+-0
20.¦b1 9P+-+-zPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9-+-+kvl-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-+l+pzpp0 Very energetic play − Sveshnikov does
9-+-+p+-+0 not want to give his opponent a minute's
respite! Again, he could have won a
9+-+-zP-+-0 pawn instantly by 26.¦c7+!? ¢xd6
9-+nvL-+-+0 27.¦xg7 but probably didn't want to allow
9+-sN-+-+-0 Black to develop his pieces by 27...¥a6
9P+-+-zPPzP0 Yet, it was also good for White as after
9+R+-sN-mK-0 28.¥xf6 ¥xd3 he took the bishop by
xiiiiiiiiy 29.¦g3! and after 29...¦b8 30.¦xd3+
Sveshnikov's idea becomes clear − he ¢c6 31.g4 Black had little chance of
forced the opponent to forget about escaping.
kingside development and now faces no 26...¥a6?!
CT-147 Page 4 of 5
A desperate attempt to complete win in the tournament, our

development. 26...¤b5?! was impossible congratulations once again!
due to 27.a4! , forcing Black to capture 1-0
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(28...¢e8 29.¥c5) 29.¥xa5+− Black had ¤¤¤
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Finally White has won a pawn but it is the price will go down, while the quality
not so important − Black's pieces are in
will go up!
terrible danger while d6−d7 is coming...
28...¥e2 29.¤e4+!
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The last move in this excellent and
very instructive game. Such masterful
play brought Evgeny Sveshnikov a clear
CT-147 Page 5 of 5
CT-148, 4 April 2001
he new top 100 FIDE Rating every major tournament and Xie Jun
T list has been released for April

2001.
retains the World Title.
Let’s take a look at the tournaments.

Garry Kasparov is still the Number One
rated player, but both World Champions All games were drawn in the 5th Round
are not too far behind. Vladimir of the Oakham Masters, so the situation
Kramnik became the second player in is unchanged. Irina Krush (USA) is a
history to go over the 2800 mark and full point ahead of the field. By the way,
Vishy Anand is also very close. It is it was her first loss in the tournament
interesting to note that attaining a 2700 after four brilliant wins at the start.
rating is no longer a guarantee for
making it into the top ten – look at the Results of the 5th Round:
top of the list: Krush – Tyomkin ½:½
Pert – Koneru ½:½
1. Garry Kasparov RUS 2822 Gormally – McNab ½:½
2. Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2802 Estrada Nieto – Levitt ½:½
3. Viswanathan Anand IND 2794 Bluvshtein – McDonald ½:½
4. Michael Adams ENG 2750
5. Alexander Morozevich RUS 2749 Standings after 5 rounds:
6. Peter Leko HUN 2739 1. Krush – 4½ points
7. Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2731 2. Pert – 3½
8. Alexei Shirov ESP 2727 3-5. McNab, Koneru, Gormally – 2½
9. Boris Gelfand ISR 2712 6-9. Tyomkin, Estrada Nieto, McDonald,
10. Evgeny Bareev RUS 2709 Bluvshtein – 1
11. Veselin Topalov BUL 2707 10. Levitt – 1½
Veselin Topalov, a recent co-winner of WGM Maria Velcheva won the 49th
the rapid and blindfold tournament in Bulgarian Women's Championships
Monaco will no doubt work harder to with 8,5 points out of 11. She lost only
get into the top ten. one game to the most surprising player of
the event – 17 year old Ljubka
The top women players over 2500 are: Georgieva, who shared second place
with WGM Margarita Voiska and WIM
Ruzhka Genova.
1. Judit Polgar HUN 2676
2. Xie Jun CHN 2557
3. Alisa Galliamova RUS 2554
4. Zhu Chen CHN 2538
5. Maia Chiburdanidze GEO 2525
6. Wang Pin CHN 2504
7. Xu Yuhua CHN 2501
It is not a surprising that the Chinese

players are widely represented at the top
of the list – China has recently won
almost
CT-148 Page 1 of 5
We received some interesting 3. D.Gormally(2505) − I. Krush (2380)

information about the ODYSSEY 2001 Oakham Masters (2), 30.03.2001
tournament – it is a giant 15 round Swiss XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rwqr+-+0
computer chess tournament between 26 9zpl+-+-+k0
of the strongest chess programs in the 9-zp-+p+p+0
world played with an official tournament 9+-+-snpvL-0
time control to ensure maximum playing 9P+-zP-sN-+0
strength and game quality. 9vl-+-+-wQ-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0
All games are analyzed by GM's and 9+L+R+-mK-0
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IM's - members of the Baltijos Lyga
Black to move and win
Chess Club known from the Internet
matches against REBEL. ¤¤¤
After 3 rounds there are 5 leaders with Annotated Game

2½ points: Junior6, Shredder5, Rebel-
Century3, Zchess2.2 and Gromit 3.8.1. I. Krush (2380) − J. Estrada Nieto
(2372)
Many thanks to Ed Schroder for this Oakham Masters (1), 29.03.2001
report. C78
There is sad news to report from Brazil – Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov

Herman van Riemsdijk reports: 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4
¤f6 5.0-0 b5 6.¥b3 ¥c5 7.c3 d6
IM Eugênio German died on April 1 at 8.a4 (D)
the age of 70. He was Brazil's first IM, XIIIIIIIIY
and had won the Brazilian Championship 9r+lwqk+-tr0
twice in 1951 and 1972). He played in
the Stockholm Interzonal in 1962 and 9+-zp-+pzpp0
represented Brazil in three Olympiads in 9p+nzp-sn-+0
1952, 1968 and 1972. You can find 9+pvl-zp-+-0
additional information about his chess
career and 191 games for downloading
9P+-+P+-+0
at: HiperChess (in Portuguese). 9+LzP-+N+-0
9-zP-zP-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
Tactical Puzzles xiiiiiiiiy
(Solutions on page 4)
1. I. Krush(2380) − C. McNab(2403) 8...¥b7
Oakham Masters (3), 31.03.2001 Recently 8...¥g4 is popular − take a
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-+k+0 look at an example at the highest
9+-+-+R+p0 level of play: 9.h3 ¥xf3 10.£xf3 0-0
9-+-+-wQpwq0 11.a5 ¦b8 12.d3 ¤d7 13.¥e3 ¢h8
9zpP+p+-+-0 14.¤d2² Kasparov − Anand, Wijk
9P+-+-+Pvl0 aan Zee Corus 2001.
9+-+-+-+P0 9.d4 ¥b6 10.¦e1 0-0
9-+-+-+L+0 10...h6 is the alternative which
9+-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy prevents the pin of the knight on f6.
White to move and win 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 g5 (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY worthy of consideration.

15.¥d5!?
9r+-wq-trk+0 A new, and very interesting move.
9+lzp-+p+-0 The game Diaz − A.Rodriguez,
9pvlnzp-sn-zp0 Cienfuegos 1983 continued with:
9+p+-zp-zp-0 15.£f3 ¢g7 and here White should
have played 16.£g3© with enough
9P+-zPP+-vL0 compensation for the piece.
9+LzP-+N+-0 15...¢g7
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 A logical continuation, but it doesn't
solve the problems. 15...dxc3
9tRN+QtR-mK-0 16.¤xc3 b4 comes to mind but it
xiiiiiiiiy looked no less dangerous as White
A direct approach − Black unpins had 17.e5! (17.¤e2? ¥xf2+!)
the Knight and is going to apply 17...dxe5 18.¤e4ƒ after which Black
pressure on White's pawn center by should give up the Queen for three
all his minor pieces and a rook on e8. minor piece by 18...¤xd5 (18...¥xf2+
However, the question is if White can 19.¢h1!) 19.¥xd8 ¦fxd8 but the
sacrifice the knight on g5. There are opened position of his King would
some other possibilities: 12...¦e8; promise White better chances.
12...£e7; and 12...exd4 followed by 16.cxd4 £d7 (D)
...¦e8.
13.¤xg5!?
XIIIIIIIIY
White usually prefers to keep the 9r+-+-tr-+0
Bishop by 13.¥g3 However, since the 9+lzpq+pmk-0
game Mestel − Beliavsky, Mexico
1978 Black is supposed to achieve 9pvlnzp-sn-+0
quite acceptable play after 13...¦e8„ 9+p+L+-vL-0
Alexander Beliavsky had played this
position a few times before and was
9P+-zPP+-+0
probably not too worried about this 9+-+-+-+-0
sacrifice. Maybe in vain, though?! 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
13...hxg5 14.¥xg5
The pin looks rather annoying but 9tRN+QtR-mK-0
Black is not without defensive
resources. Yet, his play is not easy
xiiiiiiiiy
here.
14...exd4 (D) 16...¦e8 17.¦a3 looked more
XIIIIIIIIY dangerous for Black.
17.¦a3!
9r+-wq-trk+0 The rook quickly joins the attack.
9+lzp-+p+-0 17...¤h7
9pvlnzp-sn-+0 17...¤xd5? did not help due to
18.¦g3! and Black has no defence
9+p+-+-vL-0 against the direct attack: 18...f6
9P+-zpP+-+0 (18...¦h8 19.¥e7+!) 19.£h5!! fxg5
9+LzP-+-+-0 20.¦xg5+ ¢f6 21.exd5+− with a
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 quick checkmate.
18.¦g3 (D)
9tRN+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The immediate 14...¢g7!? was
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XIIIIIIIIY the main idea. 20...f5 was probably

the only way, but it did not help
9r+-+-tr-+0 either: 21.¥f6+ (21.e6 £e8 22.£h4
9+lzpq+pmkn0 ¥e5 23.¦h3 £g6 24.e7 ¦g8÷)
9pvlnzp-+-+0 21...¦xf6 22.exf6 ¥xf6 23.£g6 ¥g5
9+p+L+-vL-0 (23...¥g7 24.¥f7) 24.¦xg5 ¤xg5
25.£xg5+− and Black cannot defend
9P+-zPP+-+0 this position.
9+-+-+-tR-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9r+-+-tr-mk0
9+N+QtR-mK-0 9+lzpq+p+n0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+nzp-vL-+0
18.£h5!? deserved attention − 9+p+Lvl-+Q0
however, after 18...f6 19.¥h6+ ¢h8
20.¥xf8 ¦xf8 White still retains better 9P+-+-+-+0
chances, although her attack was not 9+-+-+-tR-0
as strong. 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
18...¢h8
18...¤xg5!? 19.¦xg5+ ¢f6 was 9+N+-tR-mK-0
worthy of consideration − at least xiiiiiiiiy
White did not have a direct way to 21.¥f6+!!
checkmate the Black King. A thematic blow − White prevents
19.£h5 (D) the f−pawn from moving!
XIIIIIIIIY ¥xf6 22.¥e4 (D)
9r+-+-tr-mk0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+lzpq+p+n0 9r+-+-tr-mk0
9pvlnzp-+-+0 9+lzpq+p+n0
9+p+L+-vLQ0 9p+nzp-vl-+0
9P+-zPP+-+0 9+p+-+-+Q0
9+-+-+-tR-0 9P+-+L+-+0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9+-+-+-tR-0
9+N+-tR-mK-0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+N+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
19...¥xd4? Black resigned since checkmate
A natural move which actually loses cannot be prevented. An excellent
instantly. 19...f5! seemed to be the attack by Irina Krush! 1-0.
only defence. A possible line was
20.¥h6 ¥xd4 21.e5! ¥xe5 (21...dxe5 Solutions to tactical Puzzles:
22.£g6!+−) 22.¦xe5! ¤xe5 1. 46.¦f8+! A nice finish − ¥d5
(22...dxe5 23.£g6!+−) 23.¥xb7 comes next so Black resigned. 1-0
¤g4!? 24.¥xa8 ¦xa8 25.¥d2! and
2. Irina Krush showed very powerful
White keeps the initiative!
play at the start of the Oakham
20.e5!!
Masters GM tournament − look how
Excellent!
she has crushed her opponents.
20...¥xe5? (D)
Daniel Gormally sacrificed a Rook
This allows White to demonstrate
trying to initiate an attack against the
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Black king. In addition some of

Black's pieces are threatenned.
However, Irina finds a simple way to
clarify the situation in her favour.
24...£xd4! 24...¥e7 25.¥xe7 ¦xe7
26.¦e1 ¤g4 27.h3© was far from
clear. 25.¦f1 ¥xb2 White is simply
a rook down so he resigned. 0-1

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CT-149, 5th April 2001
T
he great Hungarian player, Lajos
Portisch celebrates his 64th
birthday today. >> (2) Portisch (2605) − Dlugy (2525)
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (4), 1990
There is no need to write XIIIIIIIIY
a special essay on him, 9-+-+-+rmk0
let’s just remind you of 9+-+K+R+p0
some of his 9-+-+-+p+0
achievements. 9 times 9+-+L+-zP-0
Champion of Hungary, he 9-+-+-+-+0
participated in all the 9+-+-+-+-0
chess Olympiads starting 9-+-+-+-+0
from 1956, including 9+-+-+-+-0
Istanbul 2000! It sounds xiiiiiiiiy
rather unbelievable as we all know how White to Play
many top players are in his country.
(3) Beliavsky (2630) − Portisch (2615)
Szirak Interzonal Szirak (14), 1987
For almost 30 years Portisch was at the XIIIIIIIIY
top-level – he took part in 11 interzonal 9r+-+-+k+0
tournaments and played 8 Candidates 9+-+-+p+p0
matches. His style was not so bright, it
9-+-zp-+p+0
was rather universal – but his well
9+p+P+-+-0
thought out play and huge knowledge
9-zPp+PzP-+0
was impressive. As the legendary
9+-+-+-+-0
Mikhail Tal said: “Portisch is not
satisfied with a good move, he is always
9-wq-+-+PzP0
looking for the best one!”
9+R+-wQ-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black to Play
Congratulations and best wishes from
Chess Today! (4) Portisch (2635) − Gligoric (2575)
Milan (2), 1975
You can find some examples of Lajos XIIIIIIIIY
Portisch’s brilliant play below. 9r+-+-+-mk0
9zpq+-+-+N0
(1) Portisch (2585) − Gulko (2635)
Biel Interzonal Biel (9), 1993
9-+Nzp-+l+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+P+n+-0
9r+ltr-+k+0 9-zp-+-+-wQ0
9zp-+-+-zpp0 9+-+-+R+P0
9q+-+-+-+0 9PzP-+-+P+0
9+-+nvl-+-0 9+-+-+-+K0
9-vLp+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
White to Play
9+P+-+-zP-0
9-+-+P+LzP0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to Play

CT-149 Page 1 of 4
Chess life is very quiet these days, the XIIIIIIIIY

players have some rest and can prepare 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
for future battles! 9zplzpp+pzpp0
9-zp-+psn-+0
American IM Irina Krush is continuing 9+-+-+-+-0
to crush all the opponents in the Oakham 9-+PzP-+-+0
Masters – her victim in the 6th Round 9+-+LzPN+-0
was GM Neil McDonald! She has 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
already scored 5½ points and now needs 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
only 1½ points in the last 3 games to xiiiiiiiiy
achieve her first grandmaster norm. 5...c5
Nicholas Pert also keeps his chances for Recently the system connected with
a GM-norm alive but his task is difficult 5...d5 and ...¤bd7 is more often played.
(2½ out of 3) and he will face the leader 6.0-0 ¥e7 7.¤c3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.b3
with black in the next round. Better news 0-0 10.¥b2 ¤c6 11.¦e1 ¦c8 12.¦c1
is, as John Saunders reports, that XIIIIIIIIY
Nicholas not so much needs a GM-norm 9-+rwq-trk+0
(it would be his 4th) as the rating points 9zpl+-vlpzpp0
to carry him up to the required level of 9-zpn+psn-+0
2500. IM Daniel Gormally beat GM 9+-+p+-+-0
Jonathan Levitt and keeps clear third, 9-+PzP-+-+0
two points behind the leader. 9+PsNL+N+-0
9PvL-+-zPPzP0
Results of the 6th Round: 9+-tRQtR-mK-0
McDonald – Krush 0:1 xiiiiiiiiy
Pert – Bluvshtein 1:0 White has more possibilities for active
Levitt – Gormally 0:1 play while Black keeps a solid position.
Tyomkin – Estrada Nieto ½:½ 12...¦e8
The alternative 12...¤b4 deserves
Koneru – McNab ½:½
attention.
13.cxd5!
Standings after 6 rounds: This exchange is rather promising.
1. Krush – 5½ points 13...¤xd5 14.¤xd5 £xd5
2. Pert – 4½ In the game Jussupow − Renet,
3. Gormally – 3½ Kaufbeuren 1993 White achieved better
4-5. McNab, Koneru – 3 chances after 14...exd5 15.¥f5 ¦c7
6-7. Tyomkin, Estrada Nieto – 2½ 16.£e2²
8-9. McDonald, Bluvshtein – 2 15.¥e4
10. Levitt – 1½ XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+r+k+0
9zpl+-vlpzpp0
¤¤¤ 9-zpn+p+-+0
9+-+q+-+-0
9-+-zPL+-+0
Annotated Game 9+P+-+N+-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9PvL-+-zPPzP0
9+-tRQtR-mK-0
L Portisch 2605 − N De Firmian 2565
Reggio Emilia Reggio Emilia, 1989 E14
xiiiiiiiiy
15...£d7?
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.e3 ¥b7
A very unsuccessful retreat − almost
5.¥d3
any other move was better! Yet, it is not
so easy for Black to solve the problems

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completely. For example, 15...£h5 24.¦c1 with a huge advantage;

16.d5!? ¦cd8 17.dxc6! ¦xd1 18.cxb7!? B) and here White has a pleasant
¦xe1+ 19.¦xe1 ¥d6 20.¦c1 and White choice: 21.¤xc6!? 21...¦f8 22.£xe7
eventually promoted his powerful b7− £xe7 23.¤xe7 ¦c2 24.¦e3! g5
pawn, San Segundo − Villavicencio, Las (24...¦xb2?? 25.¦h3#) 25.¥c3 ¦fxf2
Palmas 1996; In the case of 15...£d6 26.¦g3+− with an almost decisive
16.d5!? exd5 17.£xd5 £xd5 18.¥xd5 advantage.
White keeps the initiative in the ending, 19.£h5 ¥b4 20.¥d3!
Jussupow − Rodriguez, Novi Sad (ol) Keeping in mind ¥a6.
1990. 20...g6
XIIIIIIIIY Both 20...¥xe1?? 21.¥a3+; and
9-+r+r+k+0 20...¥xg2? 21.¥a6! were losing instantly.
9zpl+qvlpzpp0 21.£h6+ ¢e7
9-zpR+p+-+0 The king should go to the centre,
21...¢g8 22.¤g4! f5 23.d5! was too
9+-+-+-+-0 awful for Black.
9-+-zPL+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-+N+-0 9-+r+r+-+0
9PvL-+-zPPzP0 9zpq+-mkp+-0
9+-+QtR-mK-0 9-zpl+p+pwQ0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+PsN-+-0
The text move allows White to begin a
series of heavy blows.
9-vl-+-+-+0
16.¦xc6! ¥xc6 17.¤e5 £b7 9+P+L+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PvL-+-zPPzP0
9-+r+r+k+0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9zpq+-vlpzpp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zpl+p+-+0 22.d5!
Only the bishop on b2 was not in
9+-+-sN-+-0 action − White corrects this "omission".
9-+-zPL+-+0 22...¥xe1
9+P+-+-+-0 22...¥xd5 23.£h4+ was also clear:
9PvL-+-zPPzP0 23...¢f8 (23...g5 24.£xb4+ ¦c5
9+-+QtR-mK-0 25.¥d4+−) 24.¤d7+! £xd7 25.¥f6!
xiiiiiiiiy followed by £h8 checkmate! Now
18.¥xh7+! White's army shows it's great power.
Excellent and rather unexpected! Of 23.¥a3+ ¢d8 24.£h4+ ¢c7 25.dxc6
course, the idea was not to restore £a8 26.£f6
material balance by 18.¤xc6?! ¦xc6 XIIIIIIIIY
19.£f3 ¦ec8 20.d5 exd5 21.¥xd5 ¥f8= 9q+r+r+-+0
with equality; An attempt 18.£h5!? g6 9zp-mk-+p+-0
19.£f3 was also interesting, after 9-zpP+pwQp+0
19...¥b4 (19...¥d5 20.£xf7+ ¢h8 9+-+-sN-+-0
21.¤xg6+! hxg6 22.£xg6 ¥d6 23.¦e3+−
) 20.¥xc6 (20.¤xc6? ¥xe1 21.£f6 ¦xc6
9-+-+-+-+0
22.¥xc6 £xc6 23.d5 ¥xf2+! 24.¢h1 9vLP+L+-+-0
¥d4!! 25.£xd4 e5!) 20...¦xc6 21.¤xc6 9P+-+-zPPzP0
¥xe1 22.d5! followed by £f6 White's 9+-+-vl-mK-0
initiative looked overwhelming. xiiiiiiiiy
18...¢f8 Black's major pieces are dragging out
A capture of the bishop was no better: a miserable existence. As to the bishop
18...¢xh7 19.£h5+ ¢g8 20.£xf7+ ¢h7 on e1, it's almost invisible...
(20...¢h8 21.¤xc6! ¦f8 22.£xe7) 26...b5
A) or 21.£g6+ ¢g8 22.d5! (22.£xe6+? A desperate attempt to escape with the
¢h7 23.d5 ¥f6) 22...¥f6 (22...¥xd5? king.
23.¤d7! e5 24.¥xe5) 23.dxc6 £e7 27.¥c5! No way!

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[42.exd6 ¦b1] 42...£xd5 White resigned.
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use his cavalry at full power. 33.¦xf5!
¥xf5 34.¤e7! Black resigned as he at
least loses the queen. [34.¤e7 ¥b1
(34...¥xh7 35.£f6#; 34...¥c8 35.£f6+
¢xh7 36.£f7+ ¢h8 37.¤g6#) 35.£f6+
¢xh7 36.£f7+ ¢h6 (36...¢h8 37.¤g6+
¥xg6 38.£xb7+−) 37.¤g8+ ¦xg8
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CT-150, 6 April 2001
he World Champion, Vladimir 14 year old Humpy Koneru, India's
T Kramnik, possibly earned a

2800+ rating by mistake!
International Arbiter, and
rising star, defeated Canadian prodigy
12 year old Mark Bluvshtein. She now
needs a half point from 2 remaining
KasparovChess expert Vladimir games to get the coveted WGM-norm
Dvorkovich explains how it happened: and one point for an IM-norm.
“The Braingames World Championship
Match Kasparov – Kramnik is finally Results of the 7th Round:
calculated for the April rating list but it Krush – Pert ½:½
was made in completely wrong way. The Gormally – Tyomkin ½:½
person who did it probably knows that McNab – Levitt ½:½
the transposition of the items does not Bluvshtein – Koneru 0:1
change the sum but this mathematics law Estrada Nieto – McDonald 1:0 ½:½
does not work in our case. The point is
that the match was calculated after the Standings after 7 rounds:
Wijk aan Zee tournament where the 1. Krush – 6 points
expected results of both players and so 2. Pert – 5
the change of their ratings were 3-4. Gormally, Koneru – 4
calculated proceeding from the wrong 5-6. McNab, Estrada Nieto – 3½
base. Kasparov lost 26 ELO-points in 7. Tyomkin – 3
London’s match (in fact he simply 8-10. McDonald, Bluvshtein, Levitt – 2
transferred them to Kramnik) so if it
could have been wisely taken into The 1st Grandmaster Tournament is
account before Wijk aan Zee than the underway in Antalya, Turkey. After 5
correct ratings would be: Kasparov – rounds IM Stelios Halkias of Greece is
2826 and Kramnik – 2796. As to other leading with 4½ points. GMs Spirydon
participants of the Wijk aan Zee, their Skembris of Greece and Krum
ratings were not affected by this mistake Georgiev of Bulgaria are sharing second
as it has not changed the average rating place, half a point behind.
of the tournament. Please don’t mislead
the chess community and the new World Standings after 5 rounds:
Champion himself by reporting that he Halkias – 4½ points
passed over 2800 – it still lays ahead…” 2-3. Skembris, Kr. Georgiev – 4
4-6. Popchev, Moroz, Arduman – 3
Now let’s take a look at the tournaments. 7-8. Radulov, Mstrovasilis – 2½
9-10. Atakişi, Haznedaroglu – 2
The critical game of the Oakham 11-12. Erdogdu, Olcayöz – 1½
Masters between the leaders – IMs Irina 13. Erdogan – 1
Krush (USA) and Nicholas Pert 14. Kraidman – ½
(England) quickly ended in a draw. Irina
now needs only two more draws to
All qualifing tournaments of the 2nd Dos
achieve her first GM-norm, while Nick
Hermanas Tournament which is held at
has to win both games to fulfil the same
the Internet Chess Club are completed.
task.

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32 players are going to the next stage: Each knockout match will be two games
1. GM Alexey Dreev – 2685 of 8/2 time control (8 minutes and 2
2. GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili – 2670 second increments for every move
3. GM Ivan Sokolov – 2659 played move.) In case of a tie after two
4. GM Sergey Shipov – 2640 games, there will be a single game
5. GM Boris Avrukh – 2630 playoff in which White gets 5 minutes,
6. GM Alexander Rustemov – 2620 and Black gets 4 minutes, but Black wins
7. GM Lev Psakhis – 2598 if the result of the game is a draw.
8. GM Sergey Volkov – 2564
9. IM Daniel Fridman – 2559 There will be two rounds of knockouts
10. GM Roman Dzindzichashvili – 2542 on Friday, April 6, starting at 3PM (ICC
11. GM Andrey Shchekachev – 2537 time – add 4 hours for GMT), and the
12. GM Maxim Dlugy – 2531 final three rounds will be held starting at
13. IM Andrey Rychagov – 2525 noon on Saturday, April 7 to determine
14. GM Levon Aronian – 2522 the overall winner.
15. GM Victor Mikhalevsky – 2500
16. IM Diego Adla – 2499 Prizes:
17. GM Alexander Stripunsky – 2495 1st – 1,500 Euros (appr. $1,350)
18. IM Mikhail Oratovsky – 2493 2nd – 750 Euros (appr. $675)
19. GM Alexander Finkel – 2490 3-4 – 500 Euros (appr. $450)
20. GM Pablo Zarnicky – 2487 5-8 – 200 Euros (appr. $180)
21. IM Sergey Krivoshey – 2483 9-16 – 100 Euros (appr. $90)
22. IM Guillermo Soppe - 2474 ¤¤¤
23. IM Rodrigo Vasquez – 2468 Annotated Game
24. IM Nikolai Vlassov – 2467
25. GM Alexander Kochyev – 2424 Y. Kraidman (2334) − S.Halkias (2494)
26. IM Renier Gonazalez – 2423 1st Int. GM Tourn. Kemer−Antalya,
27. Genrikh Chepukaitis – 2417 TURKEY (4), 04.04.2001 A58
28. IM Mark Ginsburg – 2400 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
29. IM Guillermo Rey – 2376
30. IM Arkady Shevelev – 2364
31. Roman Sergejev – 2349 T he leader of the Antalya GM
tournament, IM Stelios Halkias
scored 4 wins in the first 5 rounds.
32. Willy Hendriks – 2338
Let's take a look at one of his
Pairings of the knockout matches are: excellent victories.
Dreev – Hendriks 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6
Azmaiparashvili – Sergejev 5.bxa6 g6 6.¤c3 ¥xa6 7.g3 ¥g7
Sokolov – Shevelev 8.¥g2 d6 9.¤f3 ¤bd7 (D)
Shipov – Rey XIIIIIIIIY
Avrukh – Ginsburg 9r+-wqk+-tr0
Rustemov – Chepukaitis 9+-+nzppvlp0
Psakhis – Gonzalez 9l+-zp-snp+0
Volkov – Kochyev 9+-zpP+-+-0
Fridman – Vlassov 9-+-+-+-+0
Dzindzichashvili – Vasquez 9+-sN-+NzP-0
Shchekachev – Soppe 9PzP-+PzPLzP0
Dlugy – Krivoshey 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
Rychagov – Zarnicky xiiiiiiiiy
Aronian – Finkel The Volga Gambit. Thanks to the
Mikhalevsky – Oratovsky pawn sacrifice Black has quickly
Adla – Stripunsky developed his pieces and can now
create strong pressure on White's
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queenside − his rooks will be very draw was agreed in the game
well placed on the "a" and "b" files, Tomecek − Jurka, CZE−chT 1995.
while his Bishops also have good The text move should always be well
diagonals to work with. thought out as it weakens the d3
10.0-0 ¤b6 11.¦e1 0-0 (D) square − the pawns cannot move
XIIIIIIIIY back!
9r+-wq-trk+0 14...¤g4 15.¤d1?!
9+-+-zppvlp0 A typical manoeuvre in this kind of
9lsn-zp-snp+0 position, but here it looks pointless −
9+-zpP+-+-0 the Black Knight won't occupy the c4
9-+-+-+-+0 square, and there was no need to
9+-sN-+NzP-0 defend the pawns on b2 or f2 so
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 urgently. 15.¤f3!? deserved attention
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 with idea of developing the bishop on
xiiiiiiiiy c1.
12.¤d2 15...¤e5 16.¥f1 c4! (D)
12.¥f4 is the main and much often XIIIIIIIIY
played alternative; while 12.e4 is a 9r+-+-trk+0
little premature. White cannot quickly 9+q+-zppvlp0
advance e4−e5 as Black plays 9lsn-zp-+p+0
12...¤fd7 − while a weakness of the 9+-+Psn-+-0
square d3 gives him more 9-+p+P+-+0
possibilities for active play. 9+-+-+-zP-0
12...£c7 13.£c2 9PzPQsN-zP-zP0
White has also tried other 9tR-vLNtRLmK-0
possibilities. Some examples: 13.¦b1 xiiiiiiiiy
£b7 14.b3 ¤fxd5 15.¤xd5 ¤xd5 Now it is clear that White's strategy
16.¤f1 ¤c3! 17.¥xb7 ¥xb7 18.£d3 was far from perfect. He faces real
¥e4 19.£e3 ¥d4 20.£h6 ¥xb1 and problems with development and has
Black eventually won in brilliant style, no chance to counter Black's
Hort − Alburt, Decin 1977.; 13.¤b3 initiative.
¤c4 14.h3 ¦fb8 15.£c2 £b6 16.¦b1 17.¤c3
¤d7 and Black achieved good So the knight came back.
compensation for the pawn, Korchnoi 17...¦fc8 18.¦d1 ¤bd7
− Greenfeld, Beersheva 1984. The Knight is going to d3.
13...£b7 (D) 19.¢g2 ¤c5 20.¤f3 ¤ed3 21.¦b1
XIIIIIIIIY (D)
9r+-+-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+q+-zppvlp0 9r+r+-+k+0
9lsn-zp-snp+0 9+q+-zppvlp0
9+-zpP+-+-0 9l+-zp-+p+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-snP+-+-0
9+-sN-+-zP-0 9-+p+P+-+0
9PzPQsNPzPLzP0 9+-sNn+NzP-0
9tR-vL-tR-mK-0 9PzPQ+-zPKzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+RvLR+L+-0
14.e4 xiiiiiiiiy
14.¤b3!? comes to mind by analogy White has defended everything and
with the game Korchnoi − Greenfeld; intends to make his life easier by
while after 14.¤f1 ¤fxd5 15.¤xd5 developing the Bishop to ¥e3 and d4,
¤xd5 16.£d2 e6 17.¤e3 ¦ab8÷ a but Black moves first.

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21...f5! 22.exf5 ¦f8! 23.¥e3

The preliminary 23.fxg6 hxg6
XIIIIIIIIY
24.¥e3 gives Black time for 24...¥xc3 9r+-+-+k+0
followed by ...£d5 and ...¥b7. 9wq-+-zp-vlp0
23...¦xf5ƒ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9l+-zp-+p+0
9r+-+-+k+0 9+-sn-+-+-0
9+q+-zp-vlp0
9l+-zp-+p+0 9-+ptr-+-+0
9+-snP+r+-0 9+-sNnvL-zP-0
9-+p+-+-+0 9PzPQ+-zPLzP0
9+-sNnvLNzP-0
9PzPQ+-zPKzP0 9+R+R+-mK-0
9+R+R+L+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 27.¤e2?
All of Black's pieces are powerful − By 27.¥xa8 £xa8 28.¥xd4 White
it is not a big surprise that White is could have captured both Black's
already bad here. rooks but the position after
24.¤d4? 28...¥xd4‚ could have been hardly
24.g4!? was more tenacious, but defendable. In addition to the direct
Black could have realized a big ...¥f2, Black has a lot threats such as
advantage by playing, for example, ...£c6 and ...¥b7 or ...¤e5−f3. The
24...¦ff8 25.¤d4 ¤b4 followed by text move is even worse but it looks
...¤d5. like White was too demoralized here.
24...¦xd5! (D) 27...¤b4 28.£c1 ¤xa2 29.£c2 ¤b4
XIIIIIIIIY 30.£c1 ¤a2 31.£c2 ¤b4 32.£c1
9r+-+-+k+0 ¤b3 (D)
9+q+-zp-vlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9l+-zp-+p+0 9r+-+-+k+0
9+-snr+-+-0 9wq-+-zp-vlp0
9-+psN-+-+0 9l+-zp-+p+0
9+-sNnvL-zP-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPQ+-zPKzP0 9-snptr-+-+0
9+R+R+L+-0 9+n+-vL-zP-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zP-+NzPLzP0
The opening of the long diagonal is 9+RwQR+-mK-0
fatal for White. xiiiiiiiiy
25.¢g1 The queen is captured! The rest is
In case of 25.¤xd5 Black had of little interest. By the way,
25...¥xd4! followed by ...£d5. 32...¦xd1+!? 33.£xd1 ¦b8 was also
25...¦xd4 26.¥g2 £a7 (D) not too bad, keeping the extra piece.
33.¤xd4 ¤xc1 34.¦bxc1 ¦b8
35.¤c6 £c7 36.¤xb8 £xb8 37.¦d2
¥f6 38.¥h3 ¥c8 39.¥f1 ¤d3
40.¦xc4 ¤e5 41.¦d1 ¤xc4
42.¥xc4+ ¢g7 43.b3 ¥b7 44.h4
£c8 45.¢h2 £g4 46.¦e1 ¥e5
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47.¥f4 £f3 (D)

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+l+-zp-mkp0
9-+-zp-+p+0
9+-+-vl-+-0
9-+L+-vL-zP0
9+P+-+qzP-0
9-+-+-zP-mK0
9+-+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White resigned. 0-1
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CT-151, 7 April 2001
sensation at the Oakham missed out on their GM norms, but both
A Masters GM tournament – 12
year old Canadian prodigy
Mark Bluvshtein stops the leader, Irina
gained rating points and took the 1st and
2nd prizes respectively. Old Oakhamian
Nick has already been invited back to go
Krush! Frankly speaking, she for the hat-trick (as he has now won the
completely outplayed him in the opening last two Oakham GM events). Irina tried
and had many ways to prove her hard for the win against Humpy, but once
advantage, including a simple capture of again the Indian girl showed cool
his Queen at the critical moment, but she defence, finishing 3rd. Nick Pert was held
was possibly too worn out. Now Irina solidly by Danny Gormally, who thus
needs a win in the last round game came 4th . The last game to finish, Colin
against another girl in the tournament – McNab against Neil McDonald, was
14 year old, Humpy Koneru, India's tight until Neil opened up the position,
rising star, who already scored the when both sides had dangerous passed
WGM-norm and now needs half a point pawns. Colin's proved quicker and he
for IM-norm. shared 4th place.”
Nick Pert beat Julian Estrada Nieto and Results of the 9th Round:
has caught up to the leader. He needs Krush – Koneru 0:1
now to beat Danny Gormally with Black Gormally – Pert ½:½
in the last round to get his 4th (probably McNab – McDonald 1:0
superfluous) GM-norm. Estrada Nieto – Bluvshtein ½:½
Levitt – Tyomkin ½:½
Bluvshtein – Krush 1:0 Final standings:
Pert – Estrada Nieto 1:0 1. Pert - 6½ points
McDonald – Gormally ½:½ 2. Krush – 6
Koneru – Levitt ½:½ 3. Koneru - 5½
Tyomkin – McNab ½:½ 4-5. Gormally, McNab – 5
6-7. Tyomkin, Estrada Nieto – 4
Standings after 8 rounds: 8. Bluvshtein – 3½
1-2. Krush, Pert – 6 points 9. Levitt – 3
3-4. Gormally, Koneru – 4½ 10. McDonald – 2½
5. McNab – 4
6-7. Tyomkin, Estrada Nieto – 3½ Congratulations to all the winners!
8. Bluvshtein – 3 Without a doubt we saw some future
9-10. Levitt, McDonald – 2½ chess stars in this very attractive event.
“Thanks” to the delay, we have the news In the 6th Round of the Antalya IM
about the last round of the Stelios Halkias of Greece lost to his
Oakham Masters – Irina Krush has lost compatriot Athanasios Mastrovasilis and
again! was caught by GMs Spyridon Skembris
of Greece and Krum Georgiev of
John Saunders reports: “A quiet end to Bulgaria. However, today in the 7th
the tournament as Humpy Koneru Round Halkias won and became the sole
converted her WGM norm into an IM
norm. Alas Nick Pert and Irina Krush
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leader again! GM Alexander Moroz of XIIIIIIIIY

Ukraine won his third game in a row and 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
joined Skembris and Georgiev, who 9+p+-+pzpp0
faced each other and drew – they are all 9p+nzppsn-+0
sharing second place, half a point behind 9+-+-+-+-0
the leader. 9-+LsNP+-+0
9+-sN-vL-+-0
Standings after 7 rounds: 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
1. Halkias – 5½ points 9tR-+QmK-+R0
2-4. Moroz, Skembris, Kr. Georgiev – 5 xiiiiiiiiy
5-6. Popchev, Arduman – 4½ Black begins a very risky set−up,
7-8. Radulov, Mstrovasilis – 3½ connected with immediate queenside
9-10. Olcayöz, Haznedaroglu – 2½ action. In my opinion, the more
11-13. Atakişi, Erdogdu, Erdogan – 2 common line 7...¥e7 8.£e2 0-0 9.0-
14. Kraidman – 1½ 0-0 a6 10.¥b3 £c7 is more reliable.
8.£e2
There are sad news from Argentina - The Velimirovich Attack is really
Christian Sánchez reports on TWIC: dangerous for Black. I have played
against it since my childhood.
Grandmaster Gerardo Barbero has died 8...¥e7 9.0-0-0 £c7 10.¥b3 ¤a5 (D)
after a struggle with eye cancer. He was XIIIIIIIIY
junior (U-18) Argentine champion in
1977, and took fourth place in the world 9r+l+k+-tr0
junior (U-18) championship at Graz 9+pwq-vlpzpp0
1978. He was Argentine champion in
1984 and took second place in the 1985 9p+-zppsn-+0
Argentine championship behind GM 9sn-+-+-+-0
Oscar Panno. He played in several
Olympiads: Buenos Aires 1978 (3/6),
9-+-sNP+-+0
Thessalonica 1984 (7/12), Dubai 1986 9+LsN-vL-+-0
(6.5/11), Thessalonica 1988 (7.5/11), 9PzPP+QzPPzP0
Moscow 1994 (3.5/8); at Novi Sad 1990
he scored 50% on board one, his best 9+-mKR+-+R0
performance. Since 1986 he been living
in Budapest, Hungary. His last
xiiiiiiiiy
Black hurries to exchange the
tournament was the First Saturday
strong Bishop on b3, but this leaves
Festival 2000
the no less important Knight on d4
¤¤¤
without a supervision. The more
Annotated Game common approach of neutralising
White's initiative consists in the
M. Bluvshtein(2287) − I. Krush control over both pieces: the Knight
(2380) c6 is for the Knight on d4 while the
Oakham GM (8), 05.04.2001 B89 Knight on f6 should go to c5 to
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov control the Bishop on b3. By playing
10...0-0 Black could have transposed
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 to the above mentioned line.
¤f6 5.¤c3 ¤c6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥e3 a6 11.g4 b5 12.g5 ¤xb3+ 13.axb3 ¤d7
(D) 14.h4 b4 15.¤a4 ¤c5 (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY 19.¤xc5 exd4 20.¤xa6

9r+l+k+-tr0 White does not achieve sufficient
9+-wq-vlpzpp0 compensation for the piece after
9p+-zpp+-+0 20.¤xd7 dxe3 21.h6 £xd7 22.hxg7
9+-sn-+-zP-0 ¦g8
9Nzp-sNP+-zP0 20...£a5 21.¥xd4 ¥xg5+ 22.¢b1
9+P+-vL-+-0 (D)
9-zPP+QzP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-mKR+-+R0 9-+r+k+-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+l+pzpp0
16.£c4?! 9N+-zp-+-+0
A rare continuation which looks 9wq-+-+-vlP0
dubious. White usually plays 16.h5 9-zp-vLP+-+0
and after 16...¥d7 chooses between 9+P+-+-+-0
the prophylactic 17.¢b1 (and the 9-zPP+QzP-+0
more direct 17.g6 − in practice both 9+K+R+-+R0
lines promise better chances for xiiiiiiiiy
White.) 22...¦a8
16...¥d7 17.h5 A hasty 22...0-0? was what White
After 17.£xb4 ¦b8 18.£c3 ¥xa4 was hoping for − after 23.¥xg7!
19.bxa4 £b7„ Black achieved very followed by Rd5 he grabs the
good counterplay in the game initiative.; but the slightly unexpected
Kupreichik − Morawietz, Cologne 22...¥h6!? deserved attention −
1997. White couldn't save the Knight on a6
17...¦c8 (D) and had to look for compensation in
XIIIIIIIIY playing something like 23.¥e3! ¥xe3
9-+r+k+-tr0 24.fxe3 ¥b5 25.£g4 £xa6 (25...¥xa6
9+-wqlvlpzpp0 26.¦xd6©) 26.¦xd6! (26.£xg7 ¦f8)
9p+-zpp+-+0 26...£xd6 27.£xc8+ £d8 28.£c5©
9+-sn-+-zPP0 23.¥xg7 (D)
9NzpQsNP+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-vL-+-0 9r+-+k+-tr0
9-zPP+-zP-+0 9+-+l+pvLp0
9+-mKR+-+R0 9N+-zp-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9wq-+-+-vlP0
18.£e2? 9-zp-+P+-+0
This retreat allows Black to obtain a 9+P+-+-+-0
big advantage and it is not a big 9-zPP+QzP-+0
surprise − in a sharp position White 9+K+R+-+R0
simply lost two tempi for the Queen's xiiiiiiiiy
manoeuvre. 18.£xb4? loses a piece 23...¦g8??
after 18...¤xa4 19.bxa4 e5-+ Roberts A move which is very hard to
− Muir, St. Andrews 1989.; explain. It's cost Irina a whole point in
Objectively the best was probably this game and may cost even more
18.g6!? ¤xa4 19.£xc7 ¦xc7 20.bxa4 as she put herself in a must win
but Black's chances are already situation for tomorrow's game to get
preferable. a GM−norm which seemed to be
18...e5 within her reach. Was it not enough
Both 18...¤xe4!? ; and for Irina to capture the Queen by
18...¤xb3+!? 19.¤xb3 ¥xa4 also 23...¦xa6 24.£xa6 £xa6 25.¥xh8 ?
looked quite good. Her winning task was not so easy but

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quite feasible. Besides, you may This far−advanced pawn gives Black
remember that Irina did not need to some drawing chances.
win this game at any cost − in the last 35.c4
two rounds she needed only two 35.¦e2! looked more precise.
draws to score the coveted norm. 35...¦h5
The win would have just been a nice 35...¦f3 could be met by 36.¦e2!
bonus. 36.¥h2 ¦g5 37.¥g3 ¦h5 38.¥h2
24.¦d5! (D) ¦g5 39.¥g3 ¦h5 40.¦d5 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+r+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+l+pvLp0 9-+-+k+-+0
9N+-zp-+-+0 9+-+l+-+-0
9wq-+R+-vlP0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-zp-+P+-+0 9+-+R+-+r0
9+P+-+-+-0 9-+P+p+-+0
9-zPP+QzP-+0 9+P+-+-vLp0
9+K+-+-+R0 9-zP-+-zP-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+K+-+-+-0
Of course! Is it possible that Irina xiiiiiiiiy
missed this simple move? Perhaps In case of 40.¦d1 Black could have
she was worn out. continued by 40...¥c6 resuming the
24...£xa6 idea ...h3−h2.
A sad necessity − Black is forced to 40...¦xd5?
enter the bad and probably lost A big mistake at the last move of the
ending. time control− Black transposes to a
25.£xa6 ¦xa6 26.¦xg5 f5! lost ending.
A very good attempt! 40...¦h7 should have been preferred,
27.¥h6!? keeping drawing chances alive.
27.exf5 ¢f7 followed by ...Rga8 41.cxd5+− (D)
could have granted Black some XIIIIIIIIY
counter chances. 9-+-+k+-+0
27...¦xg5 28.¥xg5 fxe4 29.¦d1 9+-+l+-+-0
Intending to play Rd4. It looks 9-+-+-+-+0
impossible to defend the b4−pawn so 9+-+P+-+-0
Black's play is almost forced. 29.¥d2 9-+-+p+-+0
was not so strong: 29...¦b6 30.¦g1 9+P+-+-vLp0
¢f7 31.h6 ¥f5 32.¦g7+ ¢e6 and 9-zP-+-zP-+0
Black is defending. 9+K+-+-+-0
29...¦a5 30.¥f4 ¦xh5 31.¥xd6 ¦f5 xiiiiiiiiy
32.¦d2 h5 33.¥xb4 h4 34.¥d6 h3 The "b" and "d" pawns are very
(D) close to each other but the obligation
to defend the e4−pawn deprives
XIIIIIIIIY Black the possibility to build a fortress
9-+-+k+-+0 − she needs the Bishop to be on d7
9+-+l+-+-0 and the King to be on a6 to stop both
9-+-vL-+-+0 pawns simultaneously. The fact that
9+-+-+r+-0 White has two b−pawns is nice for
9-+-+p+-+0 him but it is not important for the
9+P+-+-+p0 assessment of the position.
9-zPPtR-zP-+0 41...¥c8 42.¢c2 ¥b7 43.d6 ¢d7
9+K+-+-+-0 44.¢c3 ¢e6 45.¢d4 ¥c6 46.b4 (D)
xiiiiiiiiy
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xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned. 3 GMs and 3 IMs
could not stop, Irina Krush, but a 12
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CT-152, 8 April 2001
t has been a while since I sacrifice material to obtain dynamic
I produced a CT issue, so I have

some new material in my
portfolio, which I would like to share
compensation. Of course, such players
were in my generation too and they
existed before (for example, Alekhine)
with CT readers this weekend. Today I but then fewer people played like that
would like to offer for your attention an than now. When I spoke with Alexander
interview with Former World Champion Nikitin (former coach of Garry Kasparov
Boris Spassky, followed by a tactical - A.B.), he said that players of my
quiz with positions generation had very good understanding
taken from his games. Tomorrow we will of chess, but the game was slower then.
check the latest tournament news and Nowadays there is more dynamism in
also discuss a particular pawn structure, chess, modern players like to take the
often arising from the Gruenfeld Defence initiative. Usually they are poor
with g2-g3. In addition we will also talk defenders though.
about where to play chess in the next few Maybe they prefer to attack exactly
months. because the majority of modern players
are not good at defence?
The Former World Perhaps. For example, the
Champion Boris Spassky computer defends well, but
(photo taken from for humans its is particularly
http://www.rio.com/~johnnymc/ with the modern time control.
bobby8.html) -1992 Time controls directly
does not need a special influences the quality of play.
introduction. He reigned in This anticipates my second
chess between 1969 and question: what do you think
1972 and was one of the of the new time control
world's top players for proposed by FIDE?
many years after. It depends how you look at
Nowadays he rarely plays this situation. As for the
chess, but naturally he quality of play, we should try
keeps a keen interest in the to keep the 'old' time control. We can
game. Our interview happened in late compare classical chess and rapid chess
November 2000, when Boris with theatre and cinema - some actors
Vassilievich visited Kilkenny (he is don't like the latter and prefer to work in
Honorary President of the Kilkenny the theatre. I think that the World
Chess Club). Though it's a bit out of date, Champion should try to defend the
we hope that the interview will be of quality of play more than anyone else.
interest to the chess public. On the other hand, chess is a mass sport
now and for chess organisers shorter time
Boris Vassilievich, my first question is controls are obviously more attractive.
very general: obviously chess of the 50s, But I think that this control does not suit
60s and the 70s is rather different to the World Championship matches.
modern chess. What is the main How would you compare the role
difference in your opinion? and place of chess in the society in the
Nowadays the dynamic element is more 60s and 70s and now?
important in chess - players more often The place of chess in society is closely
related to the attitude of young people
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towards our game. Nowadays young I don't play in tournaments, but I follow
people have great choice of occupations, some. Sometimes I play through games
hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing with a computer. From time to time the
difficulties because of the high computer comes up with very interesting
competition. Now it's hard to make a moves, some of which even bring
living in chess, so our profession does aesthetic pleasure. But I think that
attract young people. modern players should learn how to
Was it not always the case that very few control the computer, as otherwise it
chess professionals could make a decent would be bad for the game. I also follow
living from the game? chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's
It was always hard. The Soviet Union site is very interesting. I am involved
was an exception, but even there chess with the World Chess Network
players were not rich. Only Fischer (www.worldchessnetwork.com). I think
changed that. When we played a that in the near future we will see
Candidate's match with Larsen in Malmo interesting developments there.
in 1968, the total prize fund was Nowadays there are many polls, where
something like $250! I protested to the people try to define who was the best
FIDE President Rogard then. But he player ever. It's hard to compare
reasonably replied that it was according Capablanca and Kasparov, but perhaps
to the wishes of the Soviet Chess you can name three best players among
Federation, to which he had to listen. The those whom you got to play?
Soviet Chess Federation, of course, did Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. If I were
not care about the players, for the to extend this list and add people whom I
communists chess was only an play, I would add Morphy and Andersen,
instrument. whom I like a lot. Then Chigorin and
Recently there was a match in London Alekhine. And, of course, Capablanca.
and soon FIDE championship will start Chigorin was probably the first
in India. Which tournament is more 'computer-like' Grandmaster. He always
interesting to you? gave lots of concrete variations and
The match in London. I followed it looked at positions without prejudging.
closely. Recently I saw Kasparov and he What about modern players?
looked to me as still a young and potent Anand is a good player, of course - with
champion. What happened in the match a very dynamic style. But some years ago
is a typical case when nerves let I preferred how Adams played. It will be
somebody down, when energy is low. interesting what will happen with Leko.
Maybe it was just a temporary thing for And I am very curious how Kramnik will
Kasparov, but maybe it signalled his play in the near future. Maybe some new
decline. The tournament in Wjik ann Zee interesting players will emerge too like
should show a lot. Of course, I support Grischuk and Ponomariov.
Kasparov as I am a monarchist and I was Boris Vassilievich, thank you very
a chess king myself and know how much for the interview!
difficult it to be on the top. I hope he can
come back here, as he has done a lot of (This interview was conducted by
good for the game over years. But Alexander Baburin on the 26th of
coming back to the throne will be hard, November in Kilkenny, Ireland and
as Kasparov is 37 and his nerves have translated into English by the author.)
taken a lot of beating. But God gave him
a lot of energy, unlike, say me. I was Now I would like to offer a small tactical
probably the best in chess for about 6 quiz, based on some games of Boris
years - sometime before 1965 and 1971. Spassky:
Kasparov was the best for much longer!
How do you follow chess?
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Tactical Quiz 3. Zhu Chen (2503) − B.

Spassky,B (2549) [D35]
1. B. Spassky − J. Van Oosterom Flamenco Veterans−Women
Wch U20 final−A Antwerp (4), 1955 Marbella (8), 30.10.1999 D35
E85 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 ¤bd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.¥f4 c6 7.h3
5.f3 0-0 6.¥e3 e5 7.¤ge2 ¤c6 ¥b4 8.£b3 £e7 9.a3 ¥xc3+
8.£d2 ¤d7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.d5 ¤a7 10.£xc3 ¤e4 11.£c2 0-0 12.e3 c5
11.g4 b5 12.¤g3 bxc4 13.h4 f6 13.¥d3 b6 14.¤e5 ¤xe5 15.dxe5
14.h5 £e7 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.£h2 ¥f5 16.£d1 ¦ad8 17.0-0 ¥g6
¢f7 (D) 18.£g4 £e6 19.¥b5 ¥f5 20.£h4 h6
XIIIIIIIIY 21.£h5 ¤d2 22.¦fe1 ¤b3 23.¦ad1
c4 24.e4 ¥xe4 25.¥xc4 dxc4
9r+l+-tr-+0 26.¦xe4 (D)
9sn-zpnwqkvl-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-zp-zpp+0 9-+-tr-trk+0
9+-+Pzp-+-0 9zp-+-+pzp-0
9-+p+P+P+0 9-zp-+q+-zp0
9+-sN-vLPsN-0 9+-+-zP-+Q0
9PzP-+-+-wQ0 9-+p+RvL-+0
9+-mKR+L+R0 9zPn+-+-+P0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zP-+-zPP+0
2. B. Larsen − B. Spassky
Belgrade URS−World Belgrade (2.1), 9+-+R+-mK-0
31.03.1970 A01 xiiiiiiiiy
1.b3 e5 2.¥b2 ¤c6 3.c4 ¤f6 4.¤f3 4. B. Spassky (2640) − H. Pfleger
e4 5.¤d4 ¥c5 6.¤xc6 dxc6 7.e3 (2545)
¥f5 8.£c2 £e7 9.¥e2 0-0-0 10.f4 FRG−ch International Munich, 1979
¤g4 11.g3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.hxg4 B15
hxg3 14.¦g1 (D) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4
XIIIIIIIIY ¤d7 5.¥c4 ¤gf6 6.¤xf6+ exf6
7.¤e2 ¤b6 8.¥b3 ¥d6 9.c4 ¥c7
9-+ktr-+-tr0 10.¥f4 0-0 11.¥xc7 £xc7 12.c5 ¤d7
9zppzp-wqpzp-0 13.0-0 b6 14.cxb6 axb6 15.¦e1 ¥b7
9-+p+-+-+0 16.¤g3 ¦fe8 (D)
9+-vl-+l+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+P+pzPP+0 9r+-+r+k+0
9+P+-zP-zp-0 9+lwqn+pzpp0
9PvLQzPL+-+0 9-zpp+-zp-+0
9tRN+-mK-tR-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+L+-+-sN-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy

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Solutions to tactical quiz:
1. 17.¤f5!! gxf5 18.£h5+ Now Black's king cannot escape via e8. 18...¢g8
19.gxf5+− ¦f7 20.¥e2 ¤c5 21.¦dg1 £d7 22.£h8# 1-0
2. 14...¦h1!! 15.¦xh1 g2 16.¦f1 [16.¦g1 £h4+ 17.¢d1 £h1-+] 16...£h4+ 17.¢d1

gxf1£+ 0-1
3. 26...£g6! 0-1
4. 17.¥xf7+!! ¢xf7 18.£h5+ g6 [18...¢f8 19.£xh7+− and Ng3−f5 is coming.]

19.£xh7+ ¢f8 20.h4 1-0
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Issue No. 153, 9 April 2001
t has been quite a while since Chess interesting pawn formation. This material
I Today featured a mini lesson for its

readers. Of course, our annotated
games can be considered rather
turned out to be rather big and I hope that
you will excuse me that current news,
Player's Profile and other stuff will have
instructive in their own right, but as some to wait till Monday. We will cover that,
of our readers recently pointed out, but for now prepare your chess set and if
examining a particular positional theme you have time, use it to improve your
could be welcome. Thus, today I decided positional play Enjoy!
to talk about one rather typical and quite
Understanding Positional Play

by GM Alexander Baburin
One typical pawn structure from the Gruenfeld Defence
I believe in studying typical pawn formations and about 2 years ago I even wrote a
book called Winning Pawn Structures. That book deals mainly with the isolated
d-pawn and the related structures, but of course there are many other important pawn
configurations which are worth examining. Here I would like to share with you my
experience in one of them. Have a look at the following position:
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9zp-+-zpp+p0
9-+p+-+p+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9PzP-+PzP-zP0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Usually this position happens when White exchanges knights on c6. As a result Black gets
a backward pawn on the semi-open c-file, while he now has the semi-open b-file. Let us
think of plans available for Black and White here. In this pawn structure Black often tries
to attack and exchange the d4-pawn. If he does it with ...e5, then after dxe5 Black gets an
isolated pawn pair (also examined in my book). It is more sound to play ...c5, but this may
be harder to achieve. Sometimes Black does not do anything about the d4-pawn and
instead plays on the b-file. If White moves his pawn to b3, then ...a7-a5-a4 (minority
attack) becomes tempting.
White usually tries either to attack the c6-pawn and occupy the c5-square or to play in the
centre with e2-e4. The latter is mostly prophylactics against ...c6-c5, which becomes
harder for Black to manage when White's pawn is on e4. White does not necessarily want
to play e4-e5 then, but at some point it might become an attractive option, followed by
attack on the kingside. If Black takes on e4, then the weakness of the d4-pawn is usually
more then offset of the vulnerability of the c6-pawn, which the g2-bishop begin to attack
then.
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I would like to show how I am learning this pawn formation. It has not been a smooth
process - I still make mistakes in this structure, as you will soon see. One of my first
experiences in this pawn formation was in the following game:
A. Baburin (2505) − M. Schawarz (2395) [D79]

Ubeda open (6), 25.01.1996
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 c6 5.¤c3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.¤e5 0-0 8.¥g2 e6
9.0-0 ¤c6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
9zp-+-+pvlp0
9-+p+psnp+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-zP-0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
11.¤a4
Also worth considering is 11.¥f4 − after 11...¤d7 12.£d2 £b6 (here ...Qd8−a5
would be a blunder in a view of Nxd5) 13.¦fd1 c5 14.dxc5 £xc5 (14...¤xc5
15.¥e3 ¥d7? 16.¤xd5! exd5 17.£xd5+− This happened in one of Schwarz's
games...) 15.¦ac1 and White has the initiative.
11...¤d7 12.¥f4 £a5!
12...¥a6 13.£d2 gave White some advantage in the game Larsen−Krogius(see
CT−153 database.)
13.¦c1 ¥a6 14.¥d6 ¦fc8 15.¦e1 ¥f8
Although the Bishop on d6 is well placed, this exchange should be good for
White. Black wants to get rid of the annoying bishop, but this exchange favors
White as the dark squares become more vulnerable. 15...¥b5 16.¤c3 c5?! Looks
tempting, and during the game I expected it, instead of 15...Bf8. Yet there White is
better after 17.dxc5 (17.e4?! cxd4 18.¤xb5 £xb5 19.exd5 e5) 17...¤xc5
18.¥xd5!! exd5 19.¤xd5±
16.¥xf8
I did not want to play 16.b4?! as I felt that after 16...£d8 17.¥xf8 £xf8 Black
would be able to play ...Bb5 (...Bc4) and ...a7−a5 before I could stop it.
16...¢xf8 17.b3
Here I spent a lot of time thinking of 17.a3 and 17.e4. I still don't know which
move is better. a2−a3 would weaken my positions on the b−file, e. g. after
17...Bc4!? 18.b3 Bb5 and the a3−pawn is weak now; e2−e4 would stop c6−c5,
but how would I make progress?!
17...£b4 18.e3 c5? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-mk-+0
9zp-+n+p+p0
9l+-+p+p+0
9+-zpp+-+-0
9Nwq-zP-+-+0
9+P+-zP-zP-0
9P+-+-zPLzP0
9+-tRQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Black's desire to get rid of the weak pawn on the c−file is understandable, but
this move has serious tactical flaws. Black had to play18...¥b5 or 18...¢g8. After
18...¥b5 19.¤c5 ¤xc5 20.¦xc5 e5 (20...a5?! 21.£c1 a4? 22.a3 £xb3 23.¦c3
£a2 24.¦d1 £e2 25.¥f1 £g4 26.¥xb5+−) 21.£c1 exd4 22.¥xd5! The threat is
a2−a3! 22...d3 23.a3 (23.¦d1!?) 23...£a5 (23...£g4 24.¥xc6 ¥xc6 25.¦xc6 ¦xc6
26.£xc6 ¦d8„) 24.¦d1 White is better. Also 18...¢g8 19.¥f1!? leaves White with
some edge. White's bishop is good only formally, in fact it does not do much. After
exchanging it White will be able to put pressure on the c6−pawn.
19.dxc5 ¤xc5 20.a3!+− £xe1+
Or 20...£xa3 21.¤xc5 ¦xc5 22.¦a1 £b4 23.¦xa6+−
21.£xe1 ¤d3 22.¦xc8+ ¦xc8 23.£a5 Time: 1.30 − 0.50 1-0.
I was quite pleased with that game. It made me think that White was much better in this
pawn structure. However, recently I realised that things were not quite as simple as I
previously thought. Recently I played 3 games in this line within 2 weeks and I really
struggled to prove White's advantage. Here they come in order of play:
I analysed that game a bit and spent some time thinking where White could have done
better. That work paid off surprisingly quickly:
A. Baburin (2598) − M.Vucic (2364) [D73]

Linklater Mem San Francisco USA (8), 05.03.2001
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 c6 5.¤c3 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.¤e5 0-0 8.¥g2 e6
9.¥g5 £b6 10.£d2 ¤c6 11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.0-0 ¤d7 13.¦fd1 a5 14.b3 ¥a6
15.¦ac1 ¦fc8 16.e4! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-+k+0
9+-+n+pvlp0
9lwqp+p+p+0
9zp-+p+-vL-0
9-+-zPP+-+0
9+PsN-+-zP-0
9P+-wQ-zPLzP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White does not want to take on d5 and he is not ready to play e4−e5. But the
good thing about playing e2−e4 is that it prevents ...c5.
16...¥b5 17.¥h6 ¤f6 18.¥xg7?
Despite spending a lot of time around here, I failed to find the best plan. Better
was 18.h4!? which would create a threat of h4−h5 (after timely e4−e5). There
would be more options available for White then.
18...¢xg7 19.£f4 £b8 20.e5 ¤d7 21.¦e1 £b6 22.¦e3 £d8 23.h4 h6 24.¥f1!
¥xf1 25.¦xf1 ¤b6?!
25...c5 would have allowed 26.¤b5; but 25...¦ab8!?, preparing...c6−c5, was
worth considering.
26.¦f3 £e7 27.h5 gxh5?
This is just horrible, as Black will not be able to protect his ruined flank. He had to
play 27...g5 28.£g4 a4. After 29.¦d3 White will try to play f2−f4 and then Rdf3
again.
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28.¢g2! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-+-+0
9+-+-wqpmk-0
9-snp+p+-zp0
9zp-+pzP-+p0
9-+-zP-wQ-+0
9+PsN-+RzP-0
9P+-+-zPK+0
9+-+-+R+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
My opponent said that he had overlooked this simple idea.
28...¦h8 29.¦h1 ¦ag8 30.¦xh5 ¤d7 31.¤d1 ¤f8 32.¤e3 ¤g6 33.£g4 ¢f8
34.£h3+− ¢e8 35.¤g4 ¢d8 36.¤xh6 ¦xh6 37.¦xh6 £g5 38.¦xf7 ¤f4+ 39.¦xf4
£xf4 40.£xe6 1-0.
A. Baburin (2598) − M. Khachian [D73]

National Open, Las Vegas (6), 11.03.2001
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 0-0 5.¥g2 c6 6.¤c3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤e5 e6
9.¥g5 £b6 10.£d2 ¤fd7 11.¥e3 ¤c6 12.¤xc6 bxc6 13.0-0 ¥a6 14.¦fd1 ¦fc8
15.¦ac1 ¥f8 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-vlk+0
9zp-+n+p+p0
9lwqp+p+p+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-vL-zP-0
9PzP-wQPzPLzP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
16.¦c2!
Over−protection. Also, perhaps White will need to double rooks on the c−file, so
the next will come in handy.
16...£a5 17.¥h6 ¥b4 18.a3 ¥d6 19.e4 £b6?
Better was 19...¥c4 and if 20.e5 then 20...¥c7(protecting the queen and thus
preventing ¤xd5.) Most likely White would not have rushed with e4−e5, as then
..c6−c5 comes quick.
20.h4! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+-+k+0
9zp-+n+p+p0
9lwqpvlp+pvL0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-zP0
9zP-sN-+-zP-0
9-zPRwQ-zPL+0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
It was easy for me to play here, as the position is very similar to the one from my
game against Vucic.
20...¥c4 21.¦e1 ¦ab8 22.h5 ¥b3 23.¦cc1 ¥c4 24.¦b1 ¦b7 25.¥f3!
Black has not achieved much on the queenside, while White is steadily building
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up an attack on the other flank.

25...¦cb8 26.¢g2! £a6 27.hxg6
I felt it was better to take on g6 before playing Rh1 − if Black takes on g6 with the
f−pawn, then the rook will be better placed on e1 − 27...fxg6 28.¥g4 dxe4
29.¦xe4 ¥d3 30.¥xe6+ ¢h8 31.¦h1 ¥xe4+ 32.¤xe4 ¥f8 33.£f4 ¥xh6 34.¦xh6+−
27...hxg6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-+k+0
9zpr+n+p+-0
9q+pvlp+pvL0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+lzPP+-+0
9zP-sN-+LzP-0
9-zP-wQ-zPK+0
9+R+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
28.¥f4!
This exchange highlights the weakness of the dark squares in Black's camp.
White is strategically winning as his attack is too strong.
28...¥xf4 29.£xf4 ¤f8
After 29...¦xb2 30.¦xb2 ¦xb2 31.¦h1 £b6™ White would have played
32.exd5!+− (32.¤a4 £xd4 33.¤xb2 £xb2 is not so convincing.) and if 32...cxd5
only then 33.¤a4 winning.
30.¦h1
This is not best. Better was 30.e5! ¦xb2 (or 30...¥d3 31.¦bd1 ¦xb2 32.¦h1 g5
33.£xg5+ ¥g6 34.¦h6+− ¤h7 35.¦xh7 ¢xh7 36.¦h1+ ¢g8 37.£h6) 31.¦xb2
¦xb2 32.¦h1 f5 33.exf6 ¦b7 34.¥g4, winning.
30...f5 31.exf5 exf5 32.£e5 ¢f7 33.¦be1 £b6(D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-sn-+0
9zpr+-+k+-0
9-wqp+-+p+0
9+-+pwQp+-0
9-+lzP-+-+0
9zP-sN-+LzP-0
9-zP-+-zPK+0
9+-+-tR-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
33...¦xb2 34.£e7+ ¢g8 35.£f6; 33...£a5 34.¦h8 £c7 35.£e3 ¦xb2 36.£h6 £d8
37.¥h5 gxh5 38.¦e6+−
34.¦h6
I understood that I needed to bring one of my minor pieces into play, but failed to
find the best way to do it. White should have played 34.¤a4! A) 34...£c7 35.£h8
¥d3 (35...a5 36.¤c5 ¦xb2 37.¦h7+) 36.¤c5 ¥e4 37.¥xe4 dxe4 38.¦h4+−
(38.¤xb7+−) ; B) 34...£d8 35.¤c5 ¦e7 36.£xe7+ £xe7 37.¦xe7+ ¢xe7 38.b3+−
This position is very interesting − White's attack led to a win in the endgame. The
bishop is lost...; 34.g4?! £c7! (34...fxg4 35.¥xg4) 35.gxf5 £xe5 36.¦xe5 ¦xb2;
Also good for White is 34.¦h8! £c7 35.£e3 ¦xb2 36.£h6 Rh8 and Qh6 is the
correct setup on the h−file − something which I did not obtain in the game.
36...£d8 37.¥h5 gxh5 38.¦e6!+−
34...£c7 35.£h8
This piece arrangement is wrong − a rook should be placed ahead of queen on
the open file. I knew it, but I did not believe that Black could defend anyway as he
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had only about 30 seconds left here.

35...£d6?“ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-sn-wQ0
9zpr+-+k+-0
9-+pwq-+ptR0
9+-+p+p+-0
9-+lzP-+-+0
9zP-sN-+LzP-0
9-zP-+-zPK+0
9+-+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Better was 35...£d8!, when White does not have anything decisive, for example
36.¥h5 36...gxh5=. Better would be to play 36.¤a4! £f6 (36...£a5 37.¦e5+−
£xa4 38.¦xf5+ gxf5 39.¦f6+) 37.b4 £xh8 38.¦xh8 a5 39.¤c5 ¦b5 40.bxa5 ¦xa5
41.a4±. Now the game is over.
36.¥h5! ¦e7 37.¥xg6+ £xg6 38.¦xe7+ 1-0.
Despite spoiling the game a bit with 30.Rh1 and 34.Rh6?, I was quite proud of it
nevertheless. Very soon I got to play that position again, but it did not go as smoothly as I
hoped. This shows that the process of learning has no limit!
A. Baburin,A (2598) − R. Bates,R (2371) [D79]

4NCL, 17.03.2001
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 0-0 5.¥g2 c6 6.¤c3 d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤e5
¤c6 9.0-0 ¤d7 10.¤xc6
The line 10.¤xd5 ¤dxe5 11.dxe5 ¥xe5 looked OK for Black, although White won
in the game Kuzmin−Tseshkovsky, 1976 after 12.¥g5 ¥e6 (12...¥xb2!?) 13.e4
¦e8 14.£d2 £d7 15.¦ac1 ¥g7 16.b4
10...bxc6 11.¥e3?! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
9zp-+nzppvlp0
9-+p+-+p+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-vL-zP-0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
If Black goes for ...Qb6, this move will be useful. But Black has other plans
available. 11.¤a4!?; 11.e4!?
11...¤b6! 12.b3 ¥f5 13.£d2 ¦e8
Here 13...a5!? was worth considering − it would be good for Black to exchange
the a−pawn, as then the b3−pawn might become weak. If White meets ...a4 with
b3−b4, then Black's knight might land on c4.
14.¦ac1 £d7 15.¥h6 ¥h8!
Black correctly wants to keep the bishop, as it puts pressure on the d4−pawn.
16.¦fe1 ¥h3 17.¥h1! ¦ac8 18.¤d1!? £g4!? 19.¥f4 £f5 20.¤b2 ¤d7!
The knight was idle and Black correctly relocates it.
21.¤a4
21.e4 dxe4 22.¥xe4 £f6„
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21...e5 22.dxe5 ¤xe5 (D)

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+r+kvl0
9zp-+-+p+p0
9-+p+-+p+0
9+-+psnq+-0
9N+-+-vL-+0
9+P+-+-zPl0
9P+-wQPzP-zP0
9+-tR-tR-mKL0
xiiiiiiiiy
23.¥xe5
I decided to play safe, as I was rather tired (came back from USA just 2 days
before). Objectively White had to go for 23.¤c5 ¤g4 24.e4². The rest of the game
does not hold much interest to our theme.
23...¥xe5 24.¤c5 £f6 25.¤d3 ¥d4 26.e3
26.£f4 £xf4 27.¤xf4 ¥f5
26...¥b6 27.¤f4 ¥f5 28.¥g2 ¦cd8 29.h4 ¥e4 30.¥xe4 ¦xe4 31.£c2 ¦d6 32.a3
h6 33.¢g2 £e7
Around here we had about 2 minutes each.
34.£c3 c5 35.¦cd1 d4 36.£d2
36.exd4 cxd4 37.£d2 (37.£b4)
36...£b7 37.¢h2?
37.f3!
37...¦d8 38.exd4 ¦dxd4 39.¦xe4 £xe4 40.£e1 £xe1 41.¦xe1 c4 42.bxc4 ¦xc4
43.¢g2 ¦a4 44.h5 gxh5 45.¤d5 ¥c5 46.¤f6+ ¢g7 47.¤xh5+ ¢g6 48.¤f4+
¢h7 49.¦c1 ¥d6 50.¤d5 ¦xa3
50...¥xa3∓
51.¤f6+ ¢g6 52.¦c6 ¢xf6 53.¦xd6+ ¢g7 54.g4 ¦a5 55.¢g3 ¦a1 56.¢f4 ¦a4+
Time: 2.31 − 2.45 ½-½
Here is one useful supplementary game. I am sure you can find many more interesting
games played in this formation. Studying them will do a lot of good for your positional
understanding. It is an excellent way to study chess!
B. Larsen − Nikolai Krogius [D79]

Le Havre Le Havre, 1966
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.g3 g6 3.¥g2 ¥g7 4.c4 c6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.¤c3 0-0 8.¤e5 ¤c6
9.0-0 e6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¤a4 ¤d7 12.¥f4 ¥a6 13.£d2 ¦e8 14.¦ac1 ¥b5
15.¤c3 ¥a6 16.¦fd1 ¦c8 17.¥h6 ¥f6 18.h4 e5 19.dxe5 ¥xe5 20.¥h3 ¦c7 21.¥f4
¤b6 22.b3 £f6 23.a4 ¥c8 24.¥g2 ¥xf4 25.£xf4 £xf4 26.gxf4 ¦ce7 27.e3 ¥g4
28.¦d2 ¦b8 29.¤e2 ¥xe2 30.¦xe2 ¦e6 31.¦ec2 d4 32.exd4 ¤d5 33.f5 gxf5
34.¦xc6 ¦xc6 35.¦xc6 ¤f4 36.¥f1 ¦xb3 37.¥c4 ¦b7 38.d5 ¦d7 39.d6 ¤e6
40.¢g2 ¢f8 41.¢g3 ¤d8 42.¦a6 ¦b7 43.¥d5 ¦b4 44.¦xa7 ¦d4 45.¦a5 ¢g7
46.¢f3 ¤e6 47.¢e3 f4+ 48.¢f3 ¢f6 49.¥e4 h6 50.¦f5+ ¢g7 51.¥d5 ¢g6
52.¥xe6 fxe6 53.¦xf4 ¦xd6 54.¢e4 ¦d2 55.¢e5 ¦e2+ 56.¦e4 ¦xf2 57.¢xe6 ¦d2
58.a5 ¦a2 59.¦e5 ¦a1 60.¢d7 ¢f6 61.¦e6+ ¢f7 62.a6 h5 63.¦c6 1-0.
¤¤¤
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CT-154, 10 April 2001
T oday lets take a look at chess

events all over the world. First the
International GM
tournament in Antalya (Turkey) has
norm
2. D. Kokarev − D. Pavlov
Russia ch. under 20, Kazan 04.2001
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-+0
ended with S. Halkais taking first. 9+-+-+-mk-0
9p+l+-trp+0
Final standings: 9+-zp-+-wQ-0
1. S. Halkias – 9 points out of 13 9-zp-+-tR-sN0
2-3. S. Skembric, Kr. Georgiev – 8 9+P+-wq-zP-0
4-6. A. Moroz, C. Arduman, A. 9-zPP+-+P+0
Mastrovasilis – 7 9+-+-+R+K0
7. M. Popchev - 6½ etc. xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
th
The 19 International Open tournament (Solutions on page 4)
starts in Metz, France. Among the 120 ¤¤¤
participants there are GMs Degraeve, Annotated Game
Eingorn, A. Sokolov, Schekachev,
P. Smirnov − A. Shomoev
Delchev,Gallagher and others. There
were only few draws in the first round.
B81
Also the Moscow championship is in
progress. This tournament with some his game was played in the
GMs and IMs isn’t weaker than many
opens or even some country
T Russian under 20 Championship.
it's in progress in Kazan. This event
championships. 94 participants will fight attracted the strongest of our juniors
for 3 spots in the Russian championship (except GM A.Grischuk), such as IMs
which will start in Elista, Kalmykia at the E.Shaposhnikov (Elo 2525),
end of April. The prise fund is very S.Grigoriants (2515), P.Smirnov
modest as usual. (2511), V.Potkin (2470), and the
"Russian Polgar sisters" Tatiana and
Tactical Puzzles: Nadezhda Kosintseva − they didn't
want to play with girls. By the way,
1. A. Severiukhin − I. Arakelov the girls tournament is also quite
XIIIIIIIIY strong. We'll hear about these
9-+-+-+-+0 juniors, as winners of international
9+l+-zp-mkp0 tournaments very soon. I'm sure of it!
9p+-wqPzpp+0 You can find more information about
this event (in Russian but it doesn't
9wQ-zp-+-+-0
matter − only schedule and games)
9-+-+-+-+0
at www.chess.ufanet.ru. Young
9+-+r+-+P0
players usually like sharp opening
9-+-+R+P+0
systems and these two guys are no
9+-+-+RmK-0
exception.
xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
Black to play
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e6 7.g4 (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY 16...£xh1?! 17.¥g2 ¥h6+ 18.¥d2

¥xd2+ 19.¢xd2 £xg2 20.£xg2 a5
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 21.f4 exf4 22.£g7 ¦f8 23.¦e1+ ¢d8
9+p+-+pzpp0 24.¦e7 ¢c7 25.£xf8 1:0 Shirov −
9p+-zppsn-+0 Van Wely, Istanbul (Ol) 2000. But it
9+-+-+-+-0 was the second theoretical dispute
these two players contested
9-+-sNP+P+0 regarding this system.
9+-sN-vL-+-0 17.¢b1 ¥f4 18.£d3 (D)
9PzPP+-zP-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9r+l+k+-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+n+p+p0
Yes, it's a Najdorf system, and a 9p+q+-zP-+0
gambit variation. 9+-+-zpP+-0
7...e5 8.¤f5 g6 9.g5 gxf5 10.exf5
d5 11.£f3 d4 12.0-0-0 ¤bd7 13.¥d2 9-+-+-vl-+0
£c7 (D) 9+-vLQ+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
9r+l+kvl-tr0 9+K+R+L+R0
9+pwqn+p+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9p+-+-sn-+0 18...0-0
9+-+-zpPzP-0 And this is the first one: 18...¦g8
19.¥h3 ¢d8?! 20.¥b4! £xf6 21.£c4!
9-+-zp-+-+0 ¦g5 (21...b5 22.¥a5+ ¢e8 23.£c7‚)
9+-sN-+Q+-0 22.¦d6 £g7 23.f6! ¦g1+ 24.¥f1 £g2
9PzPPvL-zP-zP0 25.¥a5+ 1:0 Shirov − Topalov, Wijk
aan Zee 2001
9+-mKR+L+R0 19.¦g1+ ¢h8 20.¥b4 (D)
14.gxf6
Now there is a lot of theory here.
9r+l+-tr-mk0
This position attracted much attention 9+p+n+p+p0
last summer, when Alexey Shirov 9p+q+-zP-+0
played this gambit with White twice in 9+-+-zpP+-0
Polanica Zdroj. vs. Peter: 14.¥d3
¤c5 15.gxf6 dxc3 16.¥xc3 £c6 9-vL-+-vl-+0
17.£e3 e4 18.¥c4 ¥xf5 and he had 9+-+Q+-+-0
big troubles but managed to draw 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
nevertheless.
14...dxc3 15.¥xc3 £c6 16.£g3 (D) 9+K+R+LtR-0
9r+l+kvl-tr0 20...¤c5
9+p+n+p+p0 20...¦g8?! 21.¦xg8+ ¢xg8 22.¥e7
9p+q+-zP-+0
9+-+-zpP+-0 h6 23.¥e2 ¤xf6 24.£d8+ ¢h7
9-+-+-+-+0 25.£f8 ¥e6 26.£xa8 ¥xf5 27.¢a1
9+-vL-+-wQ-0 ¤d5 28.£f8‚ Shirov − Van Wely,
9PzPP+-zP-zP0 Polianica Zdroj 2000. 20...¤c5 is Van
9+-mKR+L+R0 Wely's novelty.
xiiiiiiiiy 21.¥xc5!?
16...¥h6+ This is the first independent move in
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this game. Previously played was: An interesting alternative was

21.£c3 £xf6 22.¥xc5 ¥xf5 23.£a3 25...£e2!?
¦fc8 24.¥d3 £e6 25.¥xf5 £xf5 , and 26.£d3
in the endgame, untiring Loek Van Not 26.¦d8 ¥xf5! 27.¦xe8+ ¦xe8
Wely won with Black over Kalka 28.¥xf5 £xf5 29.£e7 ¦f8-+
(Bundesliga 2000). 26...¥f8! 27.¦f1
21...£xc5 22.¥h3 (D) 27.¦d8 ¥xf5-+
27...£c5 28.¦d8 (D)
9r+l+-tr-mk0 9r+ltRrvl-mk0
9+p+-+p+p0 9+p+-+p+p0
9p+-+-zP-+0 9p+-+-zP-+0
9+-wq-zpP+-0 9+-wq-zpP+-0
9-+-+-vl-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+Q+-+L0 9+-+Q+-+L0
9PzPP+-zP-zP0 9PzPP+-+-zP0
9+K+R+-tR-0 9+K+-+R+-0
This is the point. White doesn't 28...¥xf5!
regain a piece, but now the Bishop Tactical complications are
on c8 hasn't any squares and the beginning.
Rook on a8 doesn't take part in the 29.¥xf5! ¦axd8 30.£h3 h6 31.£g2
game either. And White has many White is a Rook down, but he plays
dangerous threats on the g−file and for checkmate on the open file!
8th row. 31...e4 32.¦g1 (D)
22...£b6! XIIIIIIIIY
Very strong! From here the Queen
protects the square d8 and attacks 9-+-trrvl-mk0
the f6 and f2 pawns. 9+p+-+p+-0
23.£a3 ¦e8 9p+-+-zP-zp0
Worse was 23...¥h6?! 24.£e7!
(24.¦g7?! ¦d8!)
9+-wq-+L+-0
24.¦d6 £xf2 25.¦gd1 (D) 9-+-+p+-+0
9r+l+r+-mk0 9PzPP+-+QzP0
9+p+-+p+p0 9+K+-+-tR-0
9p+-tR-zP-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-zpP+-0 32...£xg1+
A very pragmatic decision. Not so
9-+-+-vl-+0 clear was 32...¦d1+ 33.¦xd1 £xf5
9wQ-+-+-+L0 34.¦g1 £h7
9PzPP+-wq-zP0 33.£xg1 e3
9+K+R+-+-0 This passed pawn costs at least a
Bishop.
xiiiiiiiiy 34.¥g4
White's initiative looks very strong, Or 34.¥d3 ¦xd3! 35.cxd3 e2 36.£e1
but... ¥b4-+
25...¥h6! 34...e2 35.¥xe2 ¦xe2 36.a4 ¦dd2
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37.£g3 (D) Technical editors: Graham Brown,

XIIIIIIIIY Ralph P. Marconi.
9-+-+-vl-mk0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
9+p+-+p+-0 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
9p+-+-zP-zp0 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
9+-+-+-+-0 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
9P+-+-+-+0 Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
9+-+-+-wQ-0
9-zPPtrr+-zP0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
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xiiiiiiiiy International Copyright convention. Any
37...¦g2 38.£b8 ¢g8 39.£xb7 ¦xc2 electronic format, or in any form
An interesting and an important whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
theoretical game. 0-1 express written permission.
Solutions to tactical puzzles:
1. 34...¦xh3! 35.£d2 35.gxh3 £g3+

35...£h2+ 36.¢f2 ¦f3+! [36...¦f3+ 37.¢e1
¦xf1+ 38.¢xf1 £h1+ 39.¢f2 £xg2+ 40.¢e3
(40.¢e1 £g1#) 40...£f3#] 0-1.
2. 32.¤xg6! ¦xg6 33.¦f7+ ¦xf7 34.¦xf7+

¢xf7 35.£xe3 1-0.
http://www.tsf.org.tr/english/rounds_resu
lts/tournament_table.htm
ml
http://www.europe-
echecs.com/articles/metz.php
and feedback!
will go up!
Barsky.
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CT-155, 11th April 2001
F
or decades, Yugoslavia was the Also, the Ukrainian women’s
second chess power in the world championship finished in Kramatorsk.
after The Soviet Union. Now Final standing:
Yugoslavia is only a part of what it once 1. Anna Zatonskih – 9½ points out of
was. In spite of the difficult economic 13
situation after the NATO aggression (or 2. Tatiana Kononenko – 9
maybe better to say “after the help of the 3-4. Inna Gaponenko, Vladislava
civilised world for the Yugoslavian Kalinina – 8½ etc.
people against the Milosevic regime” – it
all depends on your own political views), Our congratulations to all the champions!
the peoples love of chess is as strong as
ever. And as ever Yugoslavia organises Meanwhile, the Danish men’s
many strong events, team and individual. championship (10 participants, cat. VIII,
Recently the men’s and women’s av. Elo 2435) has begun. After 3 rounds
championships of this country were GMs Peter Heine Nielsen and Lars
finished in Hercog Novi. Schandorff and IMs Kim Pilgaard,
Steffen Pedersen and Klaus Berg have
In the men’s championship (16 2 points.
participants, Cat. X, av. Elo 2490) there
was a four way tie for first place between In CT-150 we wrote about the qualifying
GMs Branko Damljanovic and tournaments of the 2nd Dos Hermanas
Aleksandar Kovacevic and IMs Nikola event held at the Internet Chess Club.
Ostojic and Dejan Pikula – 9 points out Now we would like to tell you about its
of 15. At the end of April they will play knockout part. As you remember they
off. played two games with control 8 min per
5-8. Pavlovic, Blagojevic, Tadic, game plus 2 sec per move, and with
Todorovic – 8 equal score 1:1 one decisive blitz game
9-11. Antic, Ivanisevic, Gligoric – 7½ (White had 5 min, Black 4, draw is a win
etc. for Black).
Legendary 78-year old Svetozar Gligoric Sensations of the first round:

played very fighting chess and with 6 Guillermo Soppe – Andrei Shchekachev
wins and 6 defeats gained 50%. 2:0, Roman Sergejev – Zurab
In the women’s events 1st and 2nd places Azmaiparashvili 2:0. Very dangerous
were taken by ex-champions of the ICC player Maxim Dlugy lost ½:1½
USSR, who have lived in Yugoslavia for young Ukrainian Sergei Krivoshey,
many years, Irina Chelushkina (12½ Russian champion Sergei Volkov lost
points out of 15) and Svetlana 0:2 Alexander Kochiev and Pablo
Prudnikova (10). 3-5. Benderac, Zarnicki lost 0:2 young Muscovite
Stankovic, Petrovic – 9½ Andrei Rychagov. In other pairs
6-7. Maksimovic, Dimitrijevic – 8 etc. favourites made a step forward.
According to the report by Sinisa Joksic Round 2:

in the TWIC #335 – new issue available Alexander Rustemov – Soppe 1½:½
now Ivan Sokolov – Levon Aronian 2:1
Lev Psakhis – Roman Dzindzichashvili
2:1
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky, technical editor – Graham Brown.
CT-155 Page 1 of 6
Sergejev – Victor Mikhalevski 2:0 (2) Kosintseva − Hairullin

Alexey Dreev – Alexander Stripunsky Kazan (Russia ch under 20) ÊÀÇÀÍÜ,
2:1 2001
Nikolai Vlassov – Alexander Kochyev XIIIIIIIIY
1½:½ 9-+-trn+-+0
Sergei Shipov – Rychagov 1½:½ 9zpp+lzprmkp0
Krivoshey – Boris Avrukh 1½:½ 9-+-wq-zpp+0
9+-zpP+-zP-0
Round 3 (quarterfinal): 9-+P+-+-wQ0
Rustemov – Sokolov 2:0 9+P+-+-+P0
Sergejev – Psakhis 2:0 9PvL-+RzPL+0
Dreev – Vlassov 1½:½ 9+-+-tR-mK-0
Shipov – Krivoshey 1½:½ xiiiiiiiiy
White to Play
Semifinal:
Rustemov – Sergejev 1½:½ (3) Smirnov − Bocharov
Shipov – Dreev 1½:½ Kazan (Russia ch under 20) 2001
XIIIIIIIIY
And in the final match GM Sergei 9-+-tr-+k+0
Shipov won with the score 1½:½. Our 9zpp+q+rzpp0
congratulations to the main expert of the 9-+nsn-zp-+0
popular chess site 9+-+l+-+-0
www.kasparovchess.com! Unfortunately 9P+pzP-vL-sN0
Sergei plays very rarely now, but as we 9+-zP-+PwQ-0
say in Russian – seldom but well aimed! 9-+L+-+PzP0
9+-+-tRRmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
¤¤¤ White to Play
Tactical Quiz
¤¤¤
(1) Shaposhnikov − Bocharov
Kazan (Russia ch under 20) 2001 Annotated Game
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0 S Shipov (2640) − A Rychagov (2525)
9zp-mk-+p+p0 Dos Hermanas Internet KO, ICC INT
(2.1), 2001 D17
9Q+p+-+q+0 Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
9+-vl-+l+-0 Of course this is only a
9-+-sN-+-+0 rapid game, but it's
9+P+-zP-+-0 very interesting and
9P+R+-+PzP0 spectacular. Sergei
9+K+R+-+-0 Shipov is well
xiiiiiiiiy known among
White to Play Internet chessplayers
as the expert behind
Kasparov's site. He is a very strong GM.
In his childhood Sergei was a pupil at
Moscow Sport's Internat, he studied
chess in the same class as Eugeny
Bareev and Yuri Dokhojan (Kasparov's
coach). Shipov was a talented junior but
not a vunderkind. After school he studied

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mathematics at Moscow University, but 12.0-0 ¤d7 13.a5!

having completed his education, Sergei XIIIIIIIIY
decided to became chess professional. 9r+-+-trk+0
Last year I went to his office to 9zpp+nwqpzpp0
congratulate Sergei on his birthday, and 9-+p+-+-+0
he offered to play me some blitz games
− 3 min for me, 1 for him. Our final score
9zP-+-+p+-0
shocked me − if I scored 1 win to 3 of his
9-+LzPn+-+0
wins then it was a great success for me, 9+-sN-zP-+-0
but I suspect the score was even worse 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
for me. With such a big handicap!.. 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
I forgot to add that Shipov was ICC− xiiiiiiiiy
bullit champion (with control 1 min per Typical and strong. After a7−a6, the a5
game).By the way Sergei told me that pawn will hold three Black pawns or if
once, 2−3 years ago, he played some Black permits a5−a6 then the c6−pawn
training blitz−matches vs. Garry will be weak and the a6 strong for many
Kasparov (5 min each). Usually endgames.
Kasparov plays 12 games in a row, and 13...¤df6 14.a6 b6 15.¦c1 ¦ac8 16.£e2
Sergei told that his "normal" result vs. £b4 17.¦fd1 ¦fd8 18.¥d3 £e7 19.£f3
Garry was 3−4 points out of 12! But g6 20.h3
Kasparov didn't play in the Internet Dos XIIIIIIIIY
Hermanas... 9-+rtr-+k+0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 dxc4 9zp-+-wqp+p0
5.a4 ¥f5 6.¤h4 e6 9Pzpp+-snp+0
The main alternative is 6...¥c8
7.¤xf5 exf5 8.¥g5!?
9+-+-+p+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-zPn+-+0
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 9+-sNLzPQ+P0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9-zP-+-zPP+0
9-+p+-sn-+0 9+-tRR+-mK-0
9+-+-+pvL-0 xiiiiiiiiy
Black's blockade in the centre isn't
9P+pzP-+-+0 very strong and after preparatory work
9+-sN-+-+-0 White can drive away his opponent's
9-zP-+PzPPzP0 Knights.
9tR-+QmKL+R0 20...c5!?
xiiiiiiiiy An attempt at counterplay.
Quite a rare move (much more 21.¤b5!
common is 8.e3). Of course the Bishop The knight is going to... c6!
is more active here, but White's Queen 21...cxd4 22.¤xd4 ¦xc1 23.¦xc1 £d6
side is weaker too. 24.¦d1! £c7 25.b4!
8...¥e7?! A very good positional move. After b4−
It's a novelty but maybe not very b5 and Nd4−c6 the Black pieces will be
strong. After exchanging of black− tired with defending the a7 pawn.
squared Bishops White will receive a 25...£c3 26.b5 ¤d2
small but long−term advantage. Black's only hope − tactical
Alternatives are 8...¤bd7; and the most complications.
principled 8...¥b4 (Black tries to exploit 27.£e2 ¤b3 28.¤c6 ¦d7 29.£c2!
the c1 Bishop's absence on the Yes, an endgame will be very difficult
Queenside) 9.e3 £a5 10.¥xf6 ¥xc3+ for Black.
11.bxc3 £xc3+ 12.¢e2 gxf6 13.g3 ¤a6 29...¤d5 30.¥xf5!
14.¢f3 f4 15.¦c1 £a5 16.¥xc4 fxe3 He that troubleth his own house shall
17.fxe3 ¤b4 18.¢g2 ¤d5 19.¦e1 0-0-0 inherit the wind!
20.e4 ¤b6 21.¥xf7 ¢b8÷ Tregubov − 30...¤xe3!?
Kasymzhanov, New Delphi 2000. Of course not 30...gxf5 31.£xc3 ¤xc3
9.e3 0-0 10.¥xc4 ¤e4 11.¥xe7 £xe7 32.¦xd7+−

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31.fxe3 £xe3+ 32.¢h1 ¦xd1+ 33.£xd1 01-8331309) or Shannon Clements (tel.

gxf5 34.¤xa7 ¤d2 35.¤c6 ¤e4 01-8782436).
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0 Another Easter tournament is organised
9+-+-+p+p0 in Crete by the Union of Cretan Chess
9PzpN+-+-+0 Associations under the name “Easter in
Rethymno 2001”. It is going to take
9+P+-+p+-0
place in Rethymno from the 17th to the
9-+-+n+-+0
21st of April. The former World
9+-+-wq-+P0
Champion Anatoly Karpov is going to
9-+-+-+P+0
take part in that chess festival. For more
9+-+Q+-+K0 details please refer to
xiiiiiiiiy http://www.chess.gr/essk/enter.html or
Last chance − to attack the White
King. But look at the notes for White's
http://www.chess.gr/essk
30th move... A very strong tournament - 3rd Dubai
36.¤e7+! Open Chess Championship, Sheikh
And Black resigns because he'll lose a Rashed Bin Hamdan Al Maktum Cup -
Queen. 1-0 will take place in the United Arab
Emirates on 15-26 of April. Prizes:
¤¤¤
$5,000/$4,500/$4,000/$3,000/$2,500,
Where to play chess in the near etc. Contact information: Dubai Chess &
future? Culture Club, U.A.E. DUBAI PO Box
by Alexander Baburin 11354. Tel: +(971- 4) 2966664, fax:
+(971-4) 2968880.
If this question comes to your mind,
than read on as I about to share with
you some information available to me, May.
along with my personal experience. Yet another tournament will be held in
Dublin, Ireland - this time in Malahide.
The dates are 5-7 of May. The first prize
April. in the top section is £750. Contact
There is a tournament in Israel with Vincent Bisett (01-8453609) or visit
relatively high (for that country) prizes - http://members.tripod.co.uk/MalahideCC
$4,000/$3,000/$2,000, etc. It is called for more information.
Liberzon Memorial and it takes place in The "Torrevella Chess Club" of Salou in
Tel-Aviv, which is, I guess, a lot safer Spain is organising a chess festival on 7-
than Jerusalem. The only problem is that 18 May. 3 tournaments will be held to
the tournament already started on the 9th bring you the chance to make GM or IM
of April, so you might be a bit late to norm, to get Elo rating and have nice
enter it. But Chess Today will cover this vacation in Salou, which is located about
tournament in the next few days. You 100 km south of Barcelona, on the sea.
can also follow it yourself at Further details (prizes, accommodation,
www.slavchess.co.il/academy/isropch.ht entry fees, etc.) at
ml http://home2.worldonline.es/ortumsal.
There will be a tournament in Ireland at A few tournaments will take place in
the Easter Weekend - at the Teacher’s Switzerland at the Olympic Museum in
Club, 36 Parnell Square. It will start at 9- Lausanne. Those include The Olympic
30 on Saturday morning. There will be 3 Young Master (20-27 May; invitational)
sections in the tournament. The first and the Masters Open (22-27 May), 9
prize in the top section is £325. For round Swiss system Open - for players
details please contact Herbert Scarry (tel. with Elo above 2000 (GM and IM norms
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possible). You can also play in the Swiss open with 1 game per day with one
General Open - 7 rounds, open for free day. Rate of play: 40 moves in 2
players of all levels with maximum hours / 20 move in 1 hour / 30 min.
rating of Elo 2150; 24-27 May. For more finish. Main Prizes 1.15.000
information and registration please visit DK/10.000'8.000/6.000/ 4.000, etc. Entry
www.lausanneyoungmasters.com fee: GM + IM free; FM + WGM + WIM
- 600 DK.; Juniors - 500 DK. Seniors (67
years +) - 500 DK. Players with Elo -
July. 750 DK.; without Elo - 850 DK. For
The 2001 Canadian Open Chess more information please refer to
Championship will be held at Mount www.kbhsu.dk Places to stay:
Allison University in Sackville, a town www.rejse-guide.dk/copenhagen.htm.
south-east corner in the province New Copenhagen is a great city and if you are
Brunswick, on the Atlantic coast. The looking for a chess holiday, I would
dates of the tournament are July 7-15. really recommend this tournament.
The format of the event is a 10 round
Swiss. Subsequent to this event there are
also large(r) tournaments in Montreal August.
(end of July) and Toronto (Aug 15-19). Presov Chess Festival will take place in
Prizes (Canadian $) to 1st-5th overall of Slovakia on 11-19 August. 9 rounds; 1st
$3000, $1750, $1250, $1000, and $750 prize = 30 000 SK (about 1,500 DM);
in addition to the various class prizes. total prize fund 114 000 SK (about 5,500
Details are at DM). Further information on
http://www.mta.ca/conference/chess_cha www.chess.vadium.sk/presov
mpionships
I have never been to Canada, so I can't
October.
say much here. Actually, last year some
Canadian organiser asked me whether I The 5th Open International Bavarian
would be interested to play in his Masters Bavaria will take place in Bad
tournament. I promptly replied "Yes!" Wiessee, Germany, on October 27 -
and never heard from him again! :-) November 04, 2001. It's a lovely place -
with a beautiful lake. I played there in
CZECH OPEN will take place in
1999 and the Indian Summer in Bavaria
Pardubice on 12-29 of July. The will be a was very nice. The tournament is well
whole series of tournaments in the Czech run and is good for norm/rating seekers.
Republic as apart from the CZECH But if you are a chess professional, I
OPEN there will be also rating must warn you - it's hard to make money
tournaments in Olomouc, Znojmo, Pec there (if you heard of places where it's
pod Snezkou town, Marianske Lazne and easy, let me know!). In 1999 the first
Prague. For more information please prize was 6,000 DM - not a lot when you
refer to check how many strong GMs played
http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen and there! Also, there was 20% tax deducted.
http://www.avekont.cz/calender.htm=20 Still, it is a very good tournament, which
Czech and Slovak Republics are good I am happy to recommend. Watch out the
places to visit - with friendly people, following site for more information:
good food and great beer! Both countries http://www.schach-am-tegernsee.de/
are still very inexpensive.
There will be Politiken Cup will take
place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 16-
27 July. It is an 11-rounds tournament

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(3) 21.¥xd6 £xd6 22.¦e8+! ¦f8

23.¥xh7+! ¢xh7 24.£xd6 ¦xd6
25.¦xf8 and White won: 25...¤e7
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CT-156 12th April 2001
OTB News and ICCF Roiz, Sutovsky, Tiwari, Van der Doel,
Zifroni and Zoler.
Top Ten
Vladimir Epishin won the 7th Werther-
A
Category XVII round-robin Schloss Open (Germany) with 5 points
tournament began in Enghien- out of 5.
les-Bains, France. The format 2-8. M. Kopylov, I. Zaragatski, I. Glek,
is very popular here: 5 local players A. Rizouk, V. Mejers, G. Sarakauskas,
(Vladislav Tkatchiev is one of them) A. Hoffmann – 4 etc.
and 5 foreigners.
Our technical editor Ralph
Results of the 1st round: Marconi informs us about the top-
Alexander Grischuk - Vladimir ten ICCF rating list. The list is
Akopian ½:½ valid for the period from 1 April 2001 to
Laurent Fressinet - Evgeny Bareev 0:1 30 September 2001. He pointed out that,
Loek Van Wely - Viktor Bologan 1:0 OTB (over the board) GM Ulf Anderson
Etienne Bacrot - Christian Bauer ½:½ is #1, but he still has an unfixed rating in
Joel Lautier - Vladislav Tkatchiev ½:½ the ICCF rating system. He needs 30
rated games to become established.
Today will be the second round:
Akopian – Tkatchiev 1. Andersson, Ulf (SVE GM) 2756 (24)
Bauer – Lautier 2. Timmerman, Gert Jan (NLD GM)
Bologan – Bacrot 2744 140
Bareev – Van Wely 3. Oosterom, Joop J. van (NLD GM)
Grischuk – Fressinet 2719 (146)
4. Lykhin, Oleg (RUS) 2700 (16)
As usual we have attached all games of 5. Rause, Mrs. Olita (f LAT GM) 2689
the 1st round in cbv and pgn-files. Also (159)
see our annotated game section. 6. Neumann, Joachim (GER IM) 2684
(42)
Another tournament in France is The 7. Tarnowiecki, Dr. Harald (OST GM)
Metz Open. It starts on the 7th of April 2679 (131)
but its organisers are in no hurry, and we 8. Hansen, Curt (DEN GM) 2674 (25)
know only the results of the 2nd round. If 9. Bang, Erik (DEN GM) 2670 (155)
you are interested please visit their site: 10. Elwert, Hans-Marcus (GER GM)
http://www.europe- 2664 (193)
It is interesting that right now Ulf
As we wrote yesterday, The Liberzon Andersson is playing a 6-game match
Memorial – Israel Open Championship – OTB with another top-ICC player Curt
is in progress in Tel-Aviv. After two Hansen, in Skelleftea, Sweden. The first
rounds the following players have perfect and second games were drawn. In the
scores: Acs, Avrukh, Boim, De Vreugt, open section with 2 points out of two are
Doettling, Donchenko, Golod, Gyimesi, G. Sax, P. Kiriakov, J. Hector, T.
Mittleman, Murey, Postny, Rabinovich, Hillarp-Persson, E. Gausel and T.
Nybock.

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¤¤¤ ¤¤¤
Tactical Quiz Annotated Game
(1) Inarkiev − Beradze
Kazan (Russia ch under 20) 2001 L Van Wely (2670) − V Bologan (2676)
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 It Enghien−les−Bains FRA (1),
5.¥d3 dxc4 6.¥xc4 ¤bd7 7.0-0 ¥e7 11.04.2001 D58
8.¦e1 £c7 9.e4 e5 10.¤g5 0-0
XIIIIIIIIY 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥e7
9r+l+-trk+0 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 0-0 7.e3 b6
9zppwqnvlpzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+p+-sn-+0 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9+-+-zp-sN-0 9zp-zp-vlpzp-0
9-+LzPP+-+0 9-zp-+psn-zp0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+p+-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9-+PzP-+-vL0
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 9+-sN-zPN+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
White to play 9tR-+QmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
The so−called TBM − Tartakover−
(2) Prizant − Bryzgalin Bondarevsky−Makagonov System, one
Kazan (Russia ch under 20), 2001 of the more solid systems in the Queen's
XIIIIIIIIY Gambit.
9-+-+r+-mk0 8.¦c1 ¥b7 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.cxd5 exd5
9+-+-+pzp-0 11.b4!?
Korchnoi's favourite move, he played it
9-zpp+-+-wq0 in 1978 vs. Spassky and in 1998 vs.
9zp-+p+l+P0 Zviagintsev. Main alternative is 11.Bd3.
9P+-zP-sN-+0 11...c6 12.¥d3
9+r+-zPPtR-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zP-+R+K+0 9rsn-wq-trk+0
9+-+-+-wQ-0 9zpl+-+pzp-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zpp+-vl-zp0
Black to play 9+-+p+-+-0
9-zP-zP-+-+0
9+-sNLzPN+-0
(3) Shkliar − Arakelov 9P+-+-zPPzP0
Kazan (Russia ch under 20), 2001
9+-tRQmK-+R0
9-+rtr-mk-+0 Second quite unusual move (main line
9wq-+-vlpzp-0 is 12.Be2).
9l+p+psn-zp0 12...¤d7
9zp-zPpsN-+-0 A big specialist in the Queen's Gambit,
9-+-tR-+-+0 Svetozar Gligoric, played here
9+P+-zP-+-0 12...£d6!? 13.£b3 ¤d7 14.0-0 ¥e7
9PvLQ+-zPPzP0 15.¦b1 a5 16.bxa5 ¦xa5 17.a4 ¥d8
9+LtR-+-mK-0 18.¦fd1 ¦a8 19.¦bc1 ¦e8 20.¥b1 ¤f6
xiiiiiiiiy 21.¦e1 ¥c7 , draw, Ivkov − Gligoric,
Yugoslavia 1979. The d6 square suits
White to play
the Black Queen very much in such
positions, maybe Gligoric's plan is
enough for equality.
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XIIIIIIIIY
13.0-0 a5 9-+-tr-+k+0
Black hasn't any other counterplay. 9+l+-+p+-0
14.b5 c5 15.¥f5! cxd4 9-zp-wq-+p+0
Theoretical move. Of course worse
was 15...g6? 16.¥xd7 £xd7 17.¤a4!±; ,
9zpP+-+-+p0
but interesting 15...c4!? After 15...cxd4
9-+Lvlp+-+0
Black tries to activate his f6 Bishop and 9+-+-+-zP-0
d7 Knight, but the d5 pawn becomes 9P+RtR-zP-zP0
isolated and White Knights get very good 9+-+Q+-mK-0
squares on d4 and c6. xiiiiiiiiy
16.¤xd4 ¤c5 17.g3!? 28.¥xf7+!
It looks like a novelty (fianchetto for It's a refutation. Not very difficult but
white−square Bishop). In a previous nice.
game White played the more aggressive: 28...¢xf7 29.¦c4 ¥xf2+ 30.¦xf2+
17.£g4!? g6 18.¥b1 ¥g7 19.¦fd1 £d6 With check!
20.¤ce2 h5 21.£f3 ¦ac8„ Podzielny − 30...¢e6 31.£f1 £d1
Vaganian, Germany 1995 Only move but the endgame is
17...g6 18.¥h3 £d6 19.¦e1 hopeless for Black.
Rook is going to d2. 32.¦f6+ ¢e5 33.¦xb6 £xf1+ 34.¢xf1
19...h5 20.¦e2 ¦ad8 21.¦d2 ¤e4!? ¥d5 35.¦c7
Viorel Bologan is a very active XIIIIIIIIY
chessplayer, he doesn't like to wait and 9-+-tr-+-+0
passively defend, and he is looking for 9+-tR-+-+-0
complications. 9-tR-+-+p+0
22.¤xe4 dxe4
9zpP+lmk-+p0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+p+-+0
9-+-tr-trk+0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9+l+-+p+-0 9P+-+-+-zP0
9-zp-wq-vlp+0 9+-+-+K+-0
9zpP+-+-+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-sNp+-+0 The rest is quite simple:
9+-+-zP-zPL0 35...¢d4 36.¢e1 ¥xa2 37.¦xg6 ¥c4
9P+-tR-zP-zP0 38.b6 ¥d3 39.¦f6 ¦d5 40.¢d2 ¦b5
9+-tRQ+-mK-0 41.¦d6+ ¢e5 42.¦h6 ¦b3 43.b7 a4
xiiiiiiiiy 44.¦e7+ ¢d4 45.¦d6+ 1-0
23.¦c4!?
Interesting idea, White would like to
exploit one of the open files. Maybe the ¤¤¤
c−file is better for this because White Answers to Quiz
has the c6−square for his Knight here.
23...¦fe8 24.¥f1 ¦e5 (1) 11.¥xf7+! ¦xf7 [11...¢h8 12.¤e6+−]
The same active style. But Black hasn't 12.£b3+− ¤f8 13.£xf7+ ¢h8 14.£b3 h6
real targets for counterplay. Maybe 15.¤f7+ ¢h7 16.¤xe5 ¥e6 17.£c2 ¦d8
18.¤d2 ¢g8 19.¤df3 ¥d6 20.h3 £c8 1-0
better was something like 24...¥g7!? and
wait. (2) 34...£xf4! 35.exf4 ¦xe2+ [35...¦xe2+
25.¦cc2! ¦d5?! 36.¢h1 ¦bxb2 37.¦xg7!? ¦h2+!] 0-1
See our previous note... Bologan
decided to sacrifice an exchange, but he (3) 22.¤xf7! ¢xf7 23.£g6+ ¢f8 [23...¢g8
will not receive enough compensation. 24.¦g4!+−] 24.¦g4! d4 [24...¤xg4 25.¥xg7+
26.¥c4 ¦xd4 27.exd4 ¥xd4 ¢g8 26.¥xh6+; 24...¤e8 25.¥xg7+ ¤xg7
26.¦f4+ ¤f5 27.¥xf5+−] 25.£xg7+ ¢e8
26.¥g6+ ¢d7 27.¦xd4+ ¤d5 28.e4+− +−

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Lucky for Some Bacrot. It’s rare, that Viorel loses games
in a row. Fortunately more often he wins
oday is the 38th them in a row and I wish him a return to
T birthday
Garry
Kasparov.
Maybe the
of that habit as soon as possible!
Results of the 2nd round:
Akopian – Tkachiev ½:½
Bauer – Lautier ½:½
13th World Bologan – Bacrot 0:1
Champion is Bareev – Van Wely ½:½
the greatest Grischuk – Fressinet ½:½
player in chess history. As we say in
Russian, you can better see a big thing Standing after 2nd round:
from a distance. 1-3. Bareev, Van Wely, Bacrot – 1½
points
Sometimes we can dislike some of his 4-8. Bauer, Akopian, Lautier, Tkachiev,
words or actions but we can’t help but Grischuk – 1
admire his games, his contribution to 9. Fressinet - ½
chess art, chess theory, chess sport, and 10. Bologan – 0
in popularising our game all over the
world, first of all in secondary schools. Today will be the third round:
Garry Kasparov is an extremely Fressinet – Akopian
bright person: talented orator, Van Wely – Grischuk
journalist, chess teacher (just Bacrot – Bareev
remember some pupils of his at Lautier – Bologan
the Mikhail Botvinnik school: Tkachiev – Bauer
Vladimir Kramnik, Alexey
Shirov…). Some of his former As usual we attach all games
seconds played much stronger of the 2nd round in cbv and
after working with Kasparov pgn-files. Also see our
(contradictory case – Eugeny annotated game section.
Vladimirov, who couldn’t play
for years after leaving The Cuban Championships are
Kasparov’s team, but Garry is a very in progress in Las Tunas (round-robin
contradictory person himself). It’s hard system, 18 participants, cat. IX).
to overestimate Kasparov’s efforts to Standing after 8th round:
improve the lives of chess professionals, 1. R. Vera – 6½ points
though his actions have perhaps caused 2-4. L. Dominguez, F. De la Paz, L.
some harm too… but that’s not a theme Bruzon – 5½
for a congratulatory article; first of all, 5. O. Almeida – 5
good health, Garry Kimovich, and many 6-7. N. Delgado, J. Nogueiras – 4½ etc.
new bright victories! We like your play
very much! The Danish Championships, standing
after 5th round:
In the second round of Enghien-les-Bains 1-2. L. Schandorff, P.H. Nielsen – 4
event there was only one decisive game – points
Viorel Bologan lost with White to 3. J.O.F. Nielsen – 3½
Etienne 4. K. Pilgaard – 3 etc.
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Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess (2) Hjartarson − Kasparov

Festival. Open A, standing after 3 Tilburg 1989
rounds: XIIIIIIIIY
1-2. G. Sax, J. Hector – 3 points 9-tr-+-+-+0
3-5. P. Kiriakov, E. Gausel, S. Dvoirys – 9+-+-zppmk-0
2½ etc. 9-+-zpqsnpvl0
9+-+-+-+-0
XXXII Abierto de Mar del Plata, 9Nzp-+-+P+0
Argentina (Swiss system, 9 rounds): 9+P+-+P+-0
1-2. A. Rodriguez, S. Slipak – 5½ points 9P+Q+PvL-+0
out of 6 9+-+R+-mK-0
3-7. Z. Franco Ocampos, A. Hoffman, J. xiiiiiiiiy
Rubinetti, F. Pierrot, J. Rosito – 5 etc. Black to play
FIDE Zone 3.1a, Iran. (3) Bareev − Kasparov

Men’s tournament (round-robin, 10 part., Paris Immopar rapid Paris 1991
cat. V, Av. Elo 2375). Standing after 5th XIIIIIIIIY
round: 9-+-+-mk-+0
1-2. A. Mallahi, E. Ghaem Madhami - 9zp-+-zpp+p0
3½ points 9Q+-+l+p+0
3-4. E. Moradiabadi, M. Al-Modiahki – 3 9+-+q+-+-0
5. I. Hakki - 2½ etc. 9P+-vl-+-+0
In the Women’s group, there were only 6 9+r+-+-+P0
participants, so it’s finished now: 9-+-+LzPP+0
1. E. Paridar - 4½ 9+-+R+RmK-0
2. M. Mahini - 3½ xiiiiiiiiy
3. S. Ghader Pour – 3 etc. White to play
¤¤¤
¤¤¤ Annotated Game
Play like Kasparov! Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
(Answers on page 4)
V Bologan (2676) − E Bacrot (2627)
It Enghien−les−Bains FRA (2),
(1) Kasparov − Piket 12.04.2001 B83
Tilburg 1989
XIIIIIIIIY 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
9-+-+r+k+0 e6 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥e3 ¤f6 7.¥e2 ¥e7
9zpp+-zpp+p0 8.£d2
9-+-zp-+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-wql+PzPn0 9r+lwqk+-tr0
9-+-sN-+-+0 9zpp+-vlpzpp0
9+-zP-tR-+-0 9-+nzppsn-+0
9P+P+-wQ-tR0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-mK-+-+-0 9-+-sNP+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sN-vL-+-0
White to play 9PzPPwQLzPPzP0
9tR-+-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Quite a rare set up in the Classical

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Scheveningen. More often White prefers

castling short (by the way I suspect that
XIIIIIIIIY
Garry Kasparov knows the final 9ltrr+-vlk+0
"diagnosis" − White wins or a draw!).
One of the main specialists of
9+-+n+pzpp0
Scheveningen in the world is Russian 9p+-zpp+-zP0
master Alexander Nikitin. He was
Kasparov's coach for years and now he 9wqp+-+-zP-0
helps... Etienne Bacrot.
8...0-0 9.f4 a6 10.0-0-0 ¤d7
9-+-wQPzP-+0
Typical manoeuvre: Black doesn't wait 9zP-sN-vL-+-0
for g2−g4−g5 and transfers his Knight to 9-zPP+L+-+0
the Queenside.
11.¢b1 ¤xd4 12.£xd4 b5 13.g4 £a5!? 9+K+R+-+R0
9r+l+-trk+0
19.¥d2?
9+-+nvlpzpp0 Every move counts in such a sharp
9p+-zpp+-+0 Sicilian. It looks like White
9wqp+-+-+-0 underestimated the 20th move of his
9-+-wQPzPP+0 opponent. Alternatives were 19.hxg7!?
9+-sN-vL-+-0 ¥xg7 20.£xd6 ¥xc3 21.£xd7 ¥xe4©;
9PzPP+L+-zP0 19.g6?! hxg6 (19...fxg6 20.¥g4 ¦e8
9+K+R+-+R0 21.hxg7 ¥xg7 22.£xd6 ¤f8 23.¥d4÷)
xiiiiiiiiy 20.h7+ ¢h8∓
It's a novelty. 13...¦b8 14.¥f3 b4 19...b4 20.¤a2
15.¤e2 e5 16.£d2 exf4 17.¤xf4 ¤e5 Fritz generated the following variation:
18.£e2 ¥g5 19.h4 ¥xf4 20.¥xf4 £f6 20.axb4!? ¦xb4 21.£a7 £a3 22.b3 ¦xc3
21.¥xe5 dxe5 22.g5 £e7 23.¥g4 ¥xg4 23.¥xc3 ¦xb3+ 24.cxb3 ¥xe4+ 25.¥d3
draw, Svidler − Gavrikov, Tallinn (active) £xb3+ 26.¥b2 ¥xd3+ Of course it's not
2001 forcing but quite illustrative.
14.a3 ¥b7 15.g5 ¦fc8 16.h4 ¦ab8 20...£c7! 21.¥d3
XIIIIIIIIY White hasn't got 21.¤xb4? in view of
9-trr+-+k+0 21...a5 22.¤a6 £xc2+ 23.¢a1 e5-+
21...bxa3 22.b3 ¤c5
9+l+nvlpzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-zpp+-+0 9ltrr+-vlk+0
9wqp+-+-zP-0 9+-wq-+pzpp0
9-+-wQPzP-zP0 9p+-zpp+-zP0
9zP-sN-vL-+-0 9+-sn-+-zP-0
9-zPP+L+-+0 9-+-wQPzP-+0
9+K+R+-+R0 9zpP+L+-+-0
iiiiiiiiy 9N+PvL-+-+0
Both sides play very logically but
maybe a bit slowly. Interesting for White 9+K+R+-+R0
is g5−g6 somewhere and only after hxg6 xiiiiiiiiy
− h4−h5. A pawn up and a better position − what
17.h5 else could you wish for?!
17.g6!? 23.¥c3 e5!?
17...¥a8 18.h6 Not so clear was 23...¤xb3 24.cxb3
It was another opportunity for 18.g6!? ¦xb3+ 25.¢a1 ¦xc3 26.¤xc3 £xc3+
for example: 18...b4!? 19.h6 ¥f6 27.£xc3 ¦xc3
20.gxh7+ ¢h8 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.£xe5 ¤xd3 26.£xc7
18...¥f8 26.¦xd3 £xe5 27.¥xe5 ¥xe4-+
26...¦xc7 27.hxg7 ¥xg7 28.¥xg7

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0-1 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
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36.f6 exf6 37.gxf6 ¦g1+ 38.¢b2 ¥e4
39.£xf7+−] 34.£xh5 £f1+ 35.¢b2 e5
36.£h6! ¢h8 37.g6 fxg6 38.fxg6 ¦e7 electronic format, or in any form
39.¦f3 £c4 40.£f8+ 1-0 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
(2) 29...¤xg4! 30.¥d4+ [30.fxg4 £xg4+
31.¢f1 (31.¢h1 ¥f4-+) 31...£h3+
32.¢g1 ¦b5 33.¥d4+ (33.¤c5 ¥e3-+)
33...¢h7-+] 30...¤f6 31.¢g2 ¦b5 0-1
(3) 19...¦g3! 0-1

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Unlucky For Some Today will be the forth round:

Akopian – Bauer
Bologan – Tkachiev
W hat a mysterious number …

2684! It’s Viorel Bologan’s
exact Elo-coefficient on the
1st January 2001. Viorel played very
Bareev – Lautier
Grischuk – Bacrot
Fressinet – Van Wely
successfully last year and it was his Elo-
record, plus 43 points a half-year etc. But As usual we have attached all games of
one grandmaster had studied the January the 3rd round in cbv and pgn-files. Also
list carefully and discovered that a year see our annotated game section.
earlier Alexey Fedorov, Bologan’s
friend, had the same 2684 Elo, but in All information about the Cuban
2000 lost about 100 points. Maybe 2684 Championships on official site is in
is an unlucky number, added this GM Spanish, so I can’t
thoughtfully... explain why some
participants played 10
I sincerely wish my neighbour games, and others only
and friend Viorel can 9. The Tournament
squash this situation: 1. Vera –
“theory” in the 7½ points out of 9
Enghien-les- 2. De la Paz (10
Bains event. games) – 7
Alas, he lost a 3. Dominguez –
third game in a 6½
row yesterday, 4. Bruzon – 5½
Grischuk
this time to Joel 5-6. Perez (10),
Lautier. It was the Almeida – 5
only decisive game in the third round. Of 7-9. Delgado, Vazquez (10), Herrera (10)
the other 4 drawn games, 3 were short – 4½ etc.
and one was very interesting.
Danish Championships, standing after 6th
Results of the 3rd round: round:
Fressinet – Akopian ½:½ 1-2. Schandorff, P.H. Nielsen – 4½
Van Wely – Grischuk ½:½ points
Bacrot – Bareev ½:½ 3-4. J.O.F. Nielsen, Pilgaard – 4
Lautier – Bologan 1:0 5. Berg – 3 etc.
Tkachiev – Bauer ½:½
After round 4 of the Israel Open
rd
Standing after 3 round: Championships the sole leader with 4
1-4. Bareev, Van Wely, Lautier, Bacrot – points is GM Emil Sutovsky.
2 points 2-5. Van den Doel, Zifroni, Tseitlin,
5-8. Bauer, Akopian, Tkachiev, Grischuk Zolor – 3½ etc.
– 1½ On the official site there is only an
9. Fressinet - 1 announcement of this event, more details
10. Bologan – 0 on TWIC

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Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess ¤¤¤

Festival. Open A, standing after 5th Tactical Quiz
round:
1-4. Sax, Hector, Gausel, Dvoirys – 4 (1) Timofeev − Shomoev
points Kazan (Russian ch under 20) 2001
5-9. Kiriakov, Rustemov, Berg, Kiik, XIIIIIIIIY
Lindgren – 3½ etc. 9-+-+-vl-mk0
Third game of Andersson – C.Hansen 9zpq+r+-zpp0
match was drawn, as two previous. The 9-+R+-zp-+0
score is equal 1½:1½. 9+-+-trP+-0
9-+Q+P+-+0
XXXII Abierto de Mar del Plata, 9+-+-+-+-0
Argentina (Swiss system, 9 rounds): 9PzP-+-+RzP0
9+-vL-+-+K0
1. Slipak – 6½ points out of 7 xiiiiiiiiy
2-10. Rodriguez, Franco Ocampos, Black to play
Hoffman, Giaccio, Giardelli, Rubinetti,
Pierrot, Labollita, Rosito – 5½ etc. (2) Kazakov − Hairullin
Kazan (Russia ch under 20) 2001
Only yesterday we gave the first piece of XIIIIIIIIY
information about FIDE Zone 3.1a, Iran 9-+-+-+-+0
– men’s tournament, standing after the 9+-+-zp-mk-0
5th round out of 9. And today we know 9-+-+Qvlpzp0
the final standing! Organisers in Iran 9+q+-+-+-0
work slow but sure ☺. 9-tr-+-tR-zP0
9+-+-+NzP-0
1. Al-Modiahki – 6½ points 9-+-+-zPK+0
2. Ghaem Madhami – 6 9+-+-+-+-0
3. Mallahi – 5½ xiiiiiiiiy
4. Al-Sayed – 5 White to play
5-6. Mohammad, Hakki – 4½ etc.
¤¤¤
19th International Open Annotated Game
tournament, Metz, Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
France. Standing after 5th
round: Opening of Champions
L Van Wely (2670) − A Grischuk (2668)
1. A. Sokolov – It Enghien−les−Bains FRA (3),
5 points 13.04.2001 D34
2-5. Eingorn, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 c5
Neibour, Delchev, XIIIIIIIIY
Dgebuadze - 4½ etc. 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
13 International Lenkerhof Open (7 9-+-+p+-+0
rounds, Swiss system) began 2 days 9+-zpp+-+-0
before. After 2 rounds about 30 9-+PzP-+-+0
participants have a perfect score. 9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
The Tarrash Defence was a very sharp
opening weapon of two World
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Champions: Boris Spassky (he played it £e1+ 32.£f1 ¥xf2+ 33.¢h1 £xf1+
very successfully in his match vs. 34.¥xf1 ¢f8 and Black won, Smirin −
Petrosian) and Garry Kasparov, Grischuk, New Delhi (active) 2000.
sometimes it was played by Tal also. 19.£d2 ¦c8 20.a4!?
Kasparov crushed all his opponents with Only this move is a novelty. Take a
this opening in the beginning of 1980s, look at one of the previous games:
but when he lost two games to Anatoly 20.£f4 ¥e6 21.£d6 b5 22.£xd8 ¦cxd8
Karpov in their first title match (Moscow 23.¤c7 ¥xc4 24.¤xe8 ¤e5 25.¤c7 d3
1984) he abandoned it. By the way, 26.¦ed1 ¤g4 27.exd3 ¥xf2+ 28.¢h1
Kasparov didn't have great theoretical ¥b6 Bystrov − A.Timoschenko, Russia
troubles in this defence but this type of (corr.) 1992.
play suits Karpov much better. I don't 20...¥e6 21.¤f4 ¥xc4 22.¦xc4 ¤e5
want to make any predictions, I only 23.¦xc8 £xc8 24.¦c1 £d7 25.£c2
want to say: The Tarrash defence is an XIIIIIIIIY
opening of champions... 9-+-+r+k+0
4.cxd5 exd5 5.¤f3 ¤c6 6.g3 ¤f6 7.¥g2 9vlp+q+pzpp0
¥e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5 9p+-+-+-+0
One of the main lines.
9...¥xc5 10.¥g5 d4 11.¥xf6 £xf6
9+-+-sn-+-0
12.¤d5 £d8 13.¤d2 ¦e8 14.¦c1 ¥b6
9PzP-zp-sN-+0
15.¤c4 ¥g4 16.¦e1 ¥c5 17.a3 a6 9+-+-+-zP-0
All this is theory. An alternative is 9-+Q+PzPLzP0
17...¥f8 9+-tR-+-mK-0
18.b4 ¥a7 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY White has a small but long−term
9r+-wqr+k+0 advantage, mainly because of difference
9vlp+-+pzpp0 in Bishop activity. To improve the
9p+n+-+-+0 position of his Bishop Black decides to
9+-+N+-+-0 sacrifice a pawn.
25...d3!?
9-zPNzp-+l+0 Not a boy's but a man's move!
9zP-+-+-zP-0 Grischuk doesn't want to worry about his
9-+-+PzPLzP0 weak pawn: he lets his opponent do it!
9+-tRQtR-mK-0 26.exd3 ¥d4 27.h3 g6 28.¢h2 ¢g7
xiiiiiiiiy 29.¥e4 h5
Though Alexander Grischuk is very XIIIIIIIIY
young he has played at least two games 9-+-+r+-+0
in this position against strong GMs. 9+p+q+pmk-0
19.¤b2 ¥f5 20.¤f4 ¥e4 21.¥xe4 ¦xe4 9p+-+-+p+0
22.£d3 ¦e7 23.£f3 £d7 24.£d5 £g4
25.£h5 £d7 26.¤bd3² Milov −
9+-+-sn-+p0
Grischuk, Biel 1999.; 19.¤f4 ¦c8 20.£b3
9PzP-vlLsN-+0
¥b8 21.¤d5 ¥xe2 22.¤cb6 d3 23.£a2 9+-+P+-zPP0
¦c7 24.¤xc7 ¥xc7 25.¤d5 ¥b8 26.£d2 9-+Q+-zP-mK0
¤d4 27.¦c3 ¥a7 28.¤f4 9+-tR-+-+-0
9-+-wqr+k+0 All the Black pieces are active, and the
9vlp+-+pzpp0 White ones also...
9p+-+-+-+0 30.¤d5 ¦e6 31.f4
9+-+-+-+-0 31.¤c7!? ¦f6 32.f4 h4! Isn't clear.
9-zP-sn-sN-+0 31...¦c6 32.£d1 ¦xc1 33.£xc1 £c6
9zP-tRp+-zP-0 All hopes are for opposite−coloured
9-+-wQlzPLzP0
Bishops.
9+-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 34.£d2
28...¤b3! 29.¦xd3 (29.¦xb3 ¥xf2+!) After 34.£xc6 ¤xc6 35.b5 axb5
29...¥xd3 30.¦xe8+ £xe8 31.£xd3 36.axb5 ¤a7 37.¤c7 b6 38.¢g2 Black's

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task isn't simple at all.

34...f5 35.¥g2 ¤d7 36.£e1 £d6 ¤¤¤
Only a computer can recommend such Answers to Quiz
a dangerous variation as 36...£xa4
37.£e7+ ¢h6 (1) 33...¥c5! 34.¦xc5 ¦d1+?! [34...¦xc5
37.£c1 35.£xc5 ¦d1+ 36.£g1 (36.¦g1 £xe4#)
36...¦xg1+ 37.¢xg1 £xe4-+] 35.¦g1 ¦xe4
37.b5!?
36.¦c8+ ¦e8+ 37.¦c6 ¦d6 38.¦f1 [38.¥h6!?
37...b5!? gxh6 39.¦c1] 38...£xc6+ 39.£xc6 ¦xc6-+ -+
A useful move − pawn leaves the
diagonal h1-a8 that the g2 Bishop is (2) 43.¤e5! £xe5 [43...¥xe5 44.£xe7+ ¢g8
controlling. 45.¦f8#; 43...¦xf4 44.£f7+ ¢h8 45.¤xg6#]
38.a5 h4 44.£xe5 ¥xe5 45.¦xb4 ¥d6 46.¦c4 h5
I suspect Black had time−trouble: 47.¢f3 ¢f6 48.¢e4 e6 49.¦c1 ¥a3 50.¦g1
young players like to make pawn−moves ¥c5 51.¦g2 ¥d6 52.f3 g5 53.f4 g4 54.¦b2
in zeitnot. ¥e7 55.¦b5 ¢g6 56.¦g5+! ¢h6 [56...¥xg5
39.gxh4 ¢h6 40.£e1?! 57.fxg5 ¢f7 (57...¢g7 58.¢e5 ¢f7
59.¢d6+−) 58.¢e5 ¢e7 59.g6+−] 57.¦e5
It's hard to believe that Black could
1-0
make a draw after 40.£c7! for example
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position remains very critical. By the http://www.schloss-open.skwerther.de/
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51.¥b7 ¢h5 52.¥c6 ¢h6 Editors:
XIIIIIIIIY GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-+-+-+-+0 Technical editors:
9+-sn-+-+-0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9p+Lvl-+pmk0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
9zPp+P+p+-0 the International Copyright convention. Any
9-zP-+-zP-zP0 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
9+-+-+-mKP0 or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
9-+N+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
53.¥b7 ½-½ White can't improve his
position. What a lucky escape for
Grischuk!

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Bareev, Van Wely & Danish Championships, standing after 7th

round:
Bacrot lead the field 1-2. Schandorff, P.H. Nielsen – 5½
points
M
aybe the grandmaster 3-4. J.O.F. Nielsen, Pilgaard – 4½
participants of Enghien-les- 5. Berg – 4 etc.
Bains tournament waited
for the weekend to demonstrate their In the 5th round of the Israel Open
real skill and true fighting qualities?! Championships the sole leader Emil
Sutovsky lost to Eric Van den Doel.
On Saturday there was only one draw – Tournament situation is:
for Viorel Bologan (his first) who tried 1-2. Van den Doel, Tseitlin - 4½ points
long and hard to find winning chances 3-11. Avrukh, Sutovsky, Huzman,
against Tkachiev. Akopian and Bareev Zifroni, Doetlling, Acs, Zoler, K.
won quite easily (of course, it’s only a Movsziszian, Roiz – 4 etc.
deceptive impression!), Bacrot and Van
Wely overcame great resistance. Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess
Festival. Standing after 6th round:
Results of the 4th round: 1-6. Sax, Hector, Gausel, Dvoirys,
Akopian – Bauer 1:0 Rustemov, Berg – 4½ points
Bologan – Tkachiev ½:½ 7-9. Kiriakov, NybDck, Kiik, – 4 etc.
Bareev – Lautier 1:0
Grischuk – Bacrot 0:1 XXXII Abierto de Mar del Plata,
Fressinet – Van Wely 0:1 Argentina, standing before ultimate
round:
Standing after 4th round: 1. Slipak – 7½ points out of 8
1-3. Bareev, Van Wely, Bacrot 2-3. Hoffman, Pierrot - 6½
– 3 points 4-14. Rodriguez, Franco Ocampos,
4. Akopian – 2½ Panno, Sanchez Almeyra,
5-6. Lautier, Tkachiev – 2 Giardelli, Felgaer,
7-8. Bauer, Grischuk – 1½ Rosselli Mailhe,
9. Fressinet – 1 Kanefsck,
10. Bologan – ½ Needleman, Flores,
Rosito – 6 etc.
Bareev
Today will be 5th round:
Van Wely – Akopian 13 International Lenkerhof Open,
Bacrot – Fressinet standing after 3rd round:
Lautier – Grischuk 1-7. Tukmakov, Miles, Gheorghiu, Seres,
Tkachiev – Bareev Gerber, Videki, Dudas – 3 points etc.
Bauer – Bologan
5 International Neckar Open, Germany
As usual we attach all games of the 4th (Swiss system, 9 rounds). Standing after
round in cbv and pgn-files. Also see our 3rd round:
annotated game section. 1-10. Graf (Nenashev), Braun, Niklasch,
Rogers, Ftacnik, Landa, Brendel,
Tregubov, Konig, Namyslo – 3 points
etc.
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(1) Shaidullina − Zainullina

Seconds Out!
Kazan (Russia ch, girls under 20), 2001
E Bareev (2709) − JLautier (2658)
XIIIIIIIIY 4e Master d'Echecs d'Enghien Enghien−les−
9r+-+-trk+0 Bains (4), 14.04.2001 D31
9+nzpl+-zpp0 Joel Lautier and Evgeny Bareev know
9-zp-zp-wq-+0 each other very well. At the beginning of
9+-+P+p+-0 90s they worked together sometimes −
9-zPP+PsN-+0 young Joel visited Evgeny in Moscow.
9+-+-+-zP-0 And last Autumn they were Kramnik's
seconds in the London match.
9-+R+-+LzP0 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 c6 4.e3 ¥d6
9+-+Q+RmK-0 5.¥d3 f5!?
White to play 9rsnlwqk+ntr0
9zpp+-+-zpp0
(2) Timurova − Husnutdinova
Kazan (Russia ch, girls under 20), 2001
9-+pvlp+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+p+p+-0
9r+l+-trk+0 9-+PzP-+-+0
9zpp+nwqpzpp0 9+-sNLzP-+-0
9-+pvl-sn-+0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9tR-vLQmK-sNR0
9-+LzPP+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
Sometimes Joel plays this Stonewall
9+PsN-+N+-0 system, though usually when White has
9P+QvL-zPPzP0 played Nf3 (instead of Nc3 or Bd3).
9tR-+-+RmK-0 6.f4
xiiiiiiiiy Bareev as usual prefers a solid path.
Black to play Three years ago Lautier's opponent
played the more risky: 6.g4!? ¤f6 7.gxf5
(3) Grebenschikova − Ivanova exf5 8.£b3 dxc4 9.¥xc4 £e7 10.a4
Kazan (Russia ch, girls under 20), 2001 ¤bd7 11.a5 ¤e4 12.¤f3 ¤df6 13.h3
XIIIIIIIIY ¦b8 14.¦g1 g6 15.¤xe4 ¤xe4 16.h4 f4„
9-+r+-tr-mk0 Agrest − Lautier, Harplinge 1998.
9+p+q+p+n0 6...¤f6 7.¤f3 0-0 8.0-0 b6
9p+p+-snp+0 In the 30s−40s Black almost always
9+-+pzpP+-0 transfered his c8 Bishop via d7−e8 to h5.
Nowdays b7−b6 and Bc8−b7 is
9P+L+P+-+0 preferred.
9+PzPPwQ-sN-0 9.£e2 ¥b7 10.¥d2 ¤e4 11.¦ac1 a6?!
9-+-+-zPKtR0 Black wants to take on d5 with the c
9+-+-+-+R0 pawn and protects the b5 square from
xiiiiiiiiy the c3 Knight. But maybe better was
White to play 11...Nd7 12.cxd5 exd5 etc.
12.cxd5 cxd5 13.¤e5 ¤d7

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XIIIIIIIIY 19...¤xc3 20.bxc3 ¤e4² But being an

9r+-wq-trk+0 optimist Lautier hopes for counterplay.
9+l+n+-zpp0 19...¢h8 20.¦g1 ¦c7
9pzp-vlp+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+psNp+-0 9r+-+q+-mk0
9-+-zPnzP-+0 9+ltr-+-zpp0
9+-sNLzP-+-0 9pzp-vl-sn-+0
9PzP-vLQ+PzP0 9+-+psNp+-0
9+-tR-+RmK-0 9P+-zPnzP-vL0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sNLzP-+-0
In this symmetrical position White has 9-zP-+Q+-zP0
a small advantage in view of his more 9+-tR-+-tRK0
active pieces − Rc1, Qe2, Nc3. Also xiiiiiiiiy
Black has to defend the a6 pawn. Black's position is much more difficult
Bareev likes such situations − maybe not that it looks at first sight.
a very big, but a longterm advantage, 21.¥xe4! ¤xe4?
without counterplay for his opponent − The only move was 21...fxe4!?
and he exploits them very well. 22.¤xe4 ¥xe5
14.a4! XIIIIIIIIY
Against counterplay b6−b5 and Nd7− 9r+-+q+-mk0
b6−c4!? 9+ltr-+-zpp0
14...£e7 15.¥e1 ¦fc8 9pzp-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+pvlp+-0
9r+r+-+k+0 9P+-zPNzP-vL0
9+l+nwq-zpp0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9pzp-vlp+-+0 9-zP-+Q+-zP0
9+-+psNp+-0 9+-tR-+-tRK0
9P+-zPnzP-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sNLzP-+-0 Black saw too late that he couldn't take
9-zP-+Q+PzP0 on e4: 22...fxe4 23.¦xc7 ¥xc7 24.¦xg7!!
9+-tR-vLRmK-0 ¢xg7 25.£g4+ ¢f8 26.¥f6+−; 22...dxe4
xiiiiiiiiy 23.¦xc7 ¥xc7 24.¦xg7 ¥xe5 25.¦e7+−
Black thought that the battle will be on 23.¤f6!
the Queenside, but White has another And a nice final blow
ideas. 23...¥xf6
16.g4!? ¤df6?! 23...gxf6 24.¦xc7+−; 23...£c8 24.¦xc7
16...g6!? £xc7 (24...¥xc7 25.£h5 h6 26.£g6+−)
17.¥h4! 24.¦xc7 ¥xh4 25.¦gxg7 £e4+ 26.¢g1
Now all White's pieces are very active. 1-0
17...£e8 18.gxf5 exf5 19.¢h1
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+r+q+k+0 ¤¤¤
9+l+-+-zpp0 Answers to Quiz
9pzp-vl-sn-+0
9+-+psNp+-0
(1) 23.¤e6! ¥xe6 [23...¥a4 24.¤xf8
9P+-zPnzP-vL0 ¥xc2 25.£xc2 ¦xf8 26.exf5±] 24.dxe6
9+-sNLzP-+-0 £xe6 25.e5! c6 [25...£c8 26.£d5+]
9-zP-+Q+-zP0 26.¥xc6 £e7 27.£d5+ 1-0
9+-tR-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black's position has become quite (2) 12...exd4 13.¤xd4 ¥xh2+! 14.¢xh2
dangerous. He had to find some £d6+ 15.g3 £xd4∓ ∓
exchanges, for example,

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(3) 29.¦xh7+! ¤xh7 30.f6! g5 31.£xg5

¦g8 32.¦xh7+ 1-0

ml
html
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2. I. Zakurdiajeva - 8½
Torre back on the 3-4. O. Zimina, L. Husnutdinova - 7½
Attack 5. Y. Kochetkova - 6½ etc.
Moscow
L
EGENDARY
Eugene Torre >> Championships
has won the (Swiss system, 9
Philippine Chess rounds), final
Championship. He did it for standing:
the first time in 1970! (And 1-3. V. Arbakov, V.
last won it in 1988.) Baikov, Z.
Igriashvili – 7
Final standing (round-robin points
system, 12 participants, Av. 4-7. N. Sretenskij,
Elo 2394, cat. VI): A. Karpatchev, D.
1. Torre - 7½ points out of 11 Losev, S. Sestjakov
2-3. Antonio, Villamayor – 7 - 6½
4-5. Gonzales, Sayson - 6½ The first 3 will play
etc. in the Russian
Championships in Elista.
Thanks go to Bobby Ang Thanks to Viacheslav Neklyudov
later98@yahoo.com for this information. wechesslove@totalchess.ru for this
information.
We are sorry for the mistake in CT-159:
yesterday was a rest day at the Enghien- Argentinean International Master Sergio
les-Bains tournament. Round 5 will be Slipak won XXXII Abierto de Mar del
today. Plata, Argentina. He took 8 points out of
9, a clear point ahead of pursuit.
Danish Championships, final standing: 2-5. Rodriguez, Franco Ocampos,
1. Peter Heine Nielsen – 7 points out of 9 Hoffman, Sanchez Almeyra - 7
2. L. Schandorff – 6½ 6-15. Pierrot, Rosito, Flores, Giaccio,
3. J.O.F. Nielsen – 6 Rubinetti, Kanefsck, Felgaer, Szmetan,
4-5. Berg, Pilgaard – 5½ etc. Panno, Giardelli – 6½ etc. Our
congratulations to all the Champions and
Last week you saw some tactical puzzles Winners!
from the games of the Russian Junior
(under 20) Championships which took Israel Open Championships, standing
place in Kazan. This weekend they after 6th round:
finished. 1. Van den Doel – 5½ points
Final standing, boy: 2-3. Huzman, Zifroni – 5
1. E. Shaposhnikov - 8½ points out of 11 4-14. Avrukh, Sutovsky, Greenfeld,
2. P. Smirnov – 8 Gyimesi, Doetlling, Acs, Mikhalevsky,
3. A. Timofeev – 7½ Tseitlin, Roiz, Postny, Bar – 4½ points
4-6. E. Inarkiev, V. Potkin, S. Zablotskij etc.
– 7 etc.
Girls: Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess
1. E. Ubiennyh - 10½ (!) out of 11 Festival. Standing after 7th round:
1. Berg – 5½ points
CT-160 Page 1 of 4
2-6. Hector, Gausel, Dvoirys, Kiriakov,

Rustemov – 5 etc. (3) Zakurdiajeva − Zhevakina
The fourth game between Andersson and Kazan (Russia ch G20) 2001
C. Hansen was drawn as usual. Will we XIIIIIIIIY
see any decisive games or will all six be 9-+-+-mk-tr0
drawn? 9wq-+-trp+-0
9-+L+p+-+0
13 International Lenkerhof Open, 9+-tRpzPp+-0
standing after 4th round: 9P+nwQ-zP-zp0
1. Miles – 4 points 9+-tR-+-+P0
2-10. Tukmakov, Gheorghiu, Berend, 9-+-+-+P+0
Dudas, Seres, Suetin, Videki, Meszaros, 9+-+-+-+K0
Raeber – 3½ etc. xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
5 International Neckar Open, Germany
(Swiss system, 9 rounds). Standing after !!!
5th round: Annotated Game
1. Tregubov – 5 points Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
2-7. Ftachnik, Landa, Volke, Balinov, E Torre (2546) − J Gonzales (2396)
Zeller, Horvath – 4½ points etc. PHI−Ch (m) Quezon City (10),
11.04.2001 C02
!!! 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 !c6 5.!f3
$b6 6.a3
Tactical Quiz XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+kvlntr0
(1) Kochetkova. − Chasovnikova. 9zpp+-+pzpp0
Kazan (Russia ch G20) 2001 9-wqn+p+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zppzP-+-0
9-+-tr-+k+0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-wq-+-zpp0 9zP-zP-+N+-0
9pzp-trp+-+0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9+-+-+-sn-0 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
9P+P+-zpPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+P+-0 6...%d7
9L+Q+R+K+0 A more popular alternative is 6...c4!?
9+R+-+-+-0 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 &c8 9.%e3 !h6
xiiiiiiiiy 10.%d3 !f5
Black to play More often Black plays 10..."g4 with
the same idea to attack the e3 Bishop
(2) Ubiennyh − Zimina and without the possibility of Bxf5. For
Kazan (Russia ch G20) 2001 example: 11.0-0 #e7 12."bd2 "xe3
XIIIIIIIIY 13.fxe3 f5!? 14.exf6 #xf6 15.b5!? "xd4!
9-+-tr-wq-+0 16.exd4 #xd4+ 17.$h1 #xa1 18.%xa1
9+-+-+p+k0 0-0 19.%b1 h6 20.&e1 %c5 Sandipan −
Akopian, Calcutta 2000.
9-+-+r+p+0 11.0-0 %e7 12.!bd2 h6?!
9zp-+p+ptRp0 What is the idea of this move? Better
9-+pvL-+-wQ0 was to slip into Akopian's plan after
9+-zP-+P+P0 12..."xe3 13.fxe3 f5 etc.
9-zP-+-+-+0 13.!b3
9+-+-+-tRK0 According to Nimtzovich, over
xiiiiiiiiy protection of the d4 pawn. Or more
White to play simply, the Knight is going to c5.
13...!d8
CT-160 Page 2 of 4
A sad retreat. Black wants to exchange Bishop will be more active than Black's.
the white−squared Bishops, but his 28...exf5?!
opponent can easily prevent it. Why give the opponent a passed
14.$e2 a6 15.&fc1 &xc1+ 16.&xc1 pawn? Better was 28...gxf5 29.%h4 %c7
!xe3 30.$h2, but Black's position is
Not sound was 16...#b5?! 17.#xb5+ unpleasant here too.
axb5 18.&c8' 29.$h4 $c6 30.'h2 'g7 31.$e7+ %f7
17.fxe3 0-0 18.!c5 %xc5 XIIIIIIIIY
Once more 18...#b5? is impossible in 9-+-+-+-+0
view of 19.#xb5 %xb5 (19...axb5? 9+p+-wQlmk-0
20."d7') 20.%xb5 axb5 21."d7 &e8 9p+q+-+pzp0
22.&c7
19.&xc5 !c6
9+-+pzPp+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-zP-+-+0
9-+-+-trk+0 9zP-+-zP-+-0
9+p+l+pzp-0 9-+-+-+PmK0
9pwqn+p+-zp0 9+L+-+-+-0
9+-tRpzP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
32.a4!
9-zP-zP-+-+0 White plays on the whole board − it's a
9zP-+LzPN+-0 sign of a high skill!
9-+-+Q+PzP0 32...$e6
9+-+-+-mK-0 32...%xa4? 33.e6 %e8 34.%xf7+ %xf7
xiiiiiiiiy 35.exf7 $xf7' − I believe it's a winning
White has a big space advantage and position though White has some
a strong pawn centre, but Black's technical problems yet.
fortress is quite solid... 33.$h4
20.%b1! After 33.%xb7 f4! 34.exf4 %g4 Black
Now it has become clear that 12...h7− unexpectedly gains some counterplay.
h6 wasn't a great move. 33...g5?!
20...!e7 21.$c2 g6 Better was to keep waiting, for
Of course, not 21..."f5? 22.g4 example, 33...%c6!?
22.h4 &c8 34.$f2 %g6 35.$c2! $f7
After 22...h5 the black squares in the 35...%c6?! 36.%xc6 bxc6 37.#d3 f4!?
Black camp will be too weak. Gonzales 38.#xa6+− (38.#xg6!?)
tries to facilitate his defence by 36.$c8
exchanges. XIIIIIIIIY
23.&xc8+ 9-+Q+-+-+0
The right decision, because after 9+p+-+qmk-0
Rc8xc5 bxc5 Black will gain the b−file for 9p+-+-+lzp0
his Queen.
23...%xc8 24.h5 %d7 25.hxg6 fxg6
9+-+pzPpzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzP-zP-+-+0
9-+-+-+k+0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9+p+lsn-+-0 9-+-+-+PmK0
9pwq-+p+pzp0 9+L+-+-+-0
9+-+pzP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
The White Queen has completed its
9-zP-zP-+-+0 "voyage around the world"! Now Black
9zP-+-zPN+-0 can't defend all his weaknesses (b7, d5,
9-+Q+-+P+0 f5).
9+L+-+-mK-0 36...f4!?
xiiiiiiiiy It's the first and a last active move by
26.!h4! %e8 27.$f2 !f5 28.!xf5 Black in this game.
Torre doesn't avoid the Knight 37.e6 $e8
exchange because his Queen and Or 37...%e7 38.%d7 $f6 39.%xe7+

CT-160 Page 3 of 4
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Home players dominated

Akopian joins the soLett Open 2001,
leaders after which has just finished
in Skelleftea, Sweden.
dramatic time GMs Jonny Hector and
Emanuel Berg scored
scramble 6½ points out of 9,
Hector was proclaimed
V ladimir Akopian >>

became the hero of the
5th Round – he beat
one of the leaders Loek Van
the winner due to the
better progressive score.
An excellent start (4 out
of 4) helped GM Gyula
Wely with the black pieces Sax of Hungary to get third in a group of
and swapped places with him at the top players who came to the finish half a
of the Enghien-les-Bains 17 category point behind the leaders – they are GMs
tournament. To be fair, Loek has been Alexander Rustemov, Semen Dvoiris,
playing excellently and almost outplayed Peter Kiriakov (all of Russia), Einar
Vladimir but then lost control in time Gausel of Norway and Tiger Hillarp-
trouble – this dramatic game will be Persson of Sweden.
considered below.
Curt Hansen of Denmark won the 6-
Victor Bologan sacrificed two pieces to game match against Ulf Andersson of
destroy his opponent king’s shield and Sweden – all games except the 5th were
scored his first win in the tournament! It drawn. Congratulations to all the
let him escape being last on his own – winners!
now he’s got company.
GMs Ildar Ibragimov (Russia) and Alex
Results of the 5th Round: Wojtkiewicz (Poland) are heading the
Van Wely – Akopian 0:1 2001 Foxfoods Open with 4½ points
Bacrot – Fressinet ½:½ after 5 rounds. 8 players are in chase –
Lautier – Grischuk 1:0 the top-seeded GMs Igor Novikov
Tkachiev – Bareev ½:½ (Ukraine), Alexander Shabalov,
Bauer – Bologan 0:1 Alexander Goldin and Alex Yermolinsky
(all of USA) are among them.
1-3. Bareev, Akopian, Bacrot – 3½ Top boards of the 6th Round:
4-5. Van Wely, Lautier – 3 Ibragimov (4½) – Wojtkiewicz (4½)
6. Tkachiev – 2½ Shabalov (4) – Stripunsky (4)
7-10. Bauer, Fressinet, Grischuk, Novikov (4) – Blatny (4)
Bologan – 1½ Ashley (4) – Goldin (4)
Finegold (4) – Yermolinsky (4)
Pairings for the 6th Round:
Bareev – Bauer Dutch GM Erik Van den Doel keeps the
Akopian – Bologan lead at the Israel Open Championships,
Van Wely – Bacrot 5 players are in chase.
Grischuk – Tkachiev Standings after 7th Round:
Fressinet – Lautier 1. Van den Doel – 6 points
2-6. Huzman, Gyimesi, Zifroni,
Doettling, Tseitling – 5½ etc.
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov, technical editor – Graham Brown.
CT-161 Page 1 of 4
GM Reynaldo Vera is dominating the hall and back. I haven’t seen the playing
Cuban Championship with an excellent hall yet. That’s it for now.”
9 points out of 11 games. IM Leinier Many thanks, Mark, for your
Dominguez scored the same 9 points but contribution – hope you will help to keep
after 12 games – one player already left our readers updated!
the tournament so now it is “only” a 17-
player round robin event. GM Lazaro ¤¤¤
Bruzon (U20 World Champion 2000) Annotated Game
and IM Frank de la Paz are sharing Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
third place with 8 points out of 12. L Van Wely (2700) − V Akopian (2656)
Enghien−les−Bains (5), 16.04.2001 A35
GMs Pavel Tregubov (Europe 1.¤f3 c5 2.c4 ¤c6 3.¤c3 ¤d4!?
Champion 2000), Konstantin Landa XIIIIIIIIY
(both of Russia), Jan Rogers (Australia) 9r+lwqkvlntr0
and Joszef Horvath (Hungary) are 9zpp+pzppzpp0
leading in the Neckar Open, Germany 9-+-+-+-+0
with 6 points after 7 rounds. 9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+Psn-+-+0
Top boards of the 8th Round: 9+-sN-+N+-0
Tregubov (6) – Horvath (6) 9PzP-zPPzPPzP0
Rogers (6) – Landa (6) 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
GM Valery Loginov and 15 year old IM One of the main principles of opening
Evgeny Alekseev are leading the play is that you should avoid moving the
St.Petersburg Championship - after 7 same piece twice − it is better to develop
rounds they have scored 4½ points. GM another piece. However, there are no
Sergey Ionov and IM Sergey Sivokho rules without exceptions!
are sharing third place, half a point 4.e3
White may try to confuse the opponent
behind.
with the creative 4.¤e5 (the idea is to
meet 4...d6 with 5.£a4+!) but the cool
Tomorrow a very strong open 4...¤c6! probably forces White to retreat
tournament will start in Dubai, UAE. We with the knight: 5.¤f3 ¤d4!? etc.; 4.g3!?
received some information from keen is a worthy alternative: 4...¤xf3+ 5.exf3²
“ChessToday” reader IM Mark followed by d2−d4 with a slight edge.
Heidenfeld of Ireland: 4...¤xf3+ 5.£xf3 g6
“There are 100 participants, 34 of which Black spent 3 moves exchanging the
are grandmasters, 7 are 2600+ - they are knight − in an open position it would be
Andrey Kharlov, Valery Filippov, Jaan fatal, but here White can hope only for a
Ehlvest, Evgeny Vladimirov, Alexey small advantage − Black has no
weaknesses and almost no problems
Alexandrov, Alexander Motylev and
with development.
Zurab Sturua. The chief arbiter is Geurt 6.b3 ¥g7 7.¥b2 d6 8.g4!?
Gjissen. Most participants are from XIIIIIIIIY
former Soviet states, India and other 9r+lwqk+ntr0
parts of Asia. I seem to be the only 9zpp+-zppvlp0
(Western) European and with a rating of 9-+-zp-+p+0
2403, I am Nr. 48 of the list. Most of the 9+-zp-+-+-0
participants are staying in a newly built
9-+P+-+P+0
hotel (Princess Flamingo Hotel) on the
9+PsN-zPQ+-0
outskirts of Dubai – quite close to the
9PvL-zP-zP-zP0
airport. There is a shuttle service taking
9tR-+-mKL+R0
participants from the Hotel to the playing
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-161 Page 2 of 4
A good idea, although it's not new. The Perhaps the chess classicists were right
more common and passive 8.g3 does when using arithmetic in chess?!
not disturb Black very much. After 18.¤f6+ ¢g7 19.a3
8...¦b8 9.¥g2 ¤h6 Black achieves The knight on f6 is very strong but
acceptable play. White has to open the position if he
8...¤f6 wants to win.
This natural move is a novelty. Black 19...¦b8 20.b4 cxb4 21.axb4 ¤e7
usually continues 8...¦b8 and after 22.¦a1 a6 23.b5 axb5 24.¦xb5 ¤g8
9.¥g2 ¥d7 10.£e2 a6 11.g5!? White's XIIIIIIIIY
chances looked preferable, although 9-tr-wq-trn+0
Black was not without counterplay, 9+p+-+pmk-0
A.Petrosian − Skripchenko, Dortmund 9-+-zppsNp+0
2000 and Krasenkow − Macieja, 57th
ch−POL, Plock 2000.
9+R+-+-zPp0
9.g5 ¤d7 10.h4 ¤e5
9-+P+-zP-zP0
Another knight played three times in a 9+-+-zP-+-0
row. 9-+-zPK+Q+0
11.£g2 ¥g4 12.¥e2 ¥xe2 13.¢xe2 9tR-+-+-+-0
¤c6 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 25.¤e4!?
9r+-wqk+-tr0 25.¤xg8 ¢xg8 26.d3 (26.¦xb7 £c8
9zpp+-zppvlp0 27.¦xb8 £xc4+) 26...£c8 with idea
9-+nzp-+p+0 ...d6−d5 was not so clear.
9+-zp-+-zP-0 25...£c7 26.d3 d5!?
The only active attempt − Black
9-+P+-+-zP0 shouldn't wait until White plays ¢f1,
9+PsN-zP-+-0 £b2, ¦ab1 etc.
9PvL-zPKzPQ+0 27.cxd5 £d7 28.¦aa5!
9tR-+-+-+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-tr-+-trn+0
At the beginning of the last century 9+p+q+pmk-0
some players liked to count tempi in the 9-+-+p+p+0
opening. With regards to this position
they would probably have said that Black
9tRR+P+-zPp0
is very bad as he has lost too much time.
9-+-+NzP-zP0
However, his position does not look too 9+-+PzP-+-0
bad as he has no pawn weaknesses − it 9-+-+K+Q+0
takes a lot of time and energy to attack 9+-+-+-+-0
such a solid position. xiiiiiiiiy
14.¦ab1 h5 15.¤d5 0-0 16.f4 ¥xb2 It's not quite usual, but looks very
17.¦xb2 e6 good!
XIIIIIIIIY 28...¦bc8 29.¢f3 b6!?
9r+-wq-trk+0 Trying to confuse the opponent −
9zpp+-+p+-0 Black's position does not look very fun.
9-+nzpp+p+0 30.dxe6
9+-zpN+-zPp0 30.¦xb6!? exd5 31.¤c5 followed by
£b2 looked quite good.
9-+P+-zP-zP0 30...£xd3 31.¦d5
9+P+-zP-+-0 31.£b2+!? ¢h7 32.¤f2!? could have
9PtR-zPK+Q+0 secured White's advantage without many
9+-+-+-+R0 surprises.
xiiiiiiiiy 31...£b1
This move looks too suspicious but Trying to attack around the back!
maybe it was already forced − otherwise 32.¦ab5 £e1
Black had no play and, in addition, f4−f5
would be dangerous at some moment.

CT-161 Page 3 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY A bolt from the blue!

9-+r+-trn+0 38.£xe3 £xe3+ 39.¢xe3
9+-+-+pmk-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zp-+P+p+0 9-+-+-tr-mk0
9+R+R+-zPp0 9+-+-snp+-0
9-+-+NzP-zP0 9-tR-+P+p+0
9+-+-zPK+-0 9+-+R+-zPN0
9-+-+-+Q+0 9-+-+-zP-zP0
9+-+-wq-+-0 9+-+-mK-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-+0
The queen alone cannot bother White 9+-+-+-+-0
very much but in time trouble it may xiiiiiiiiy
make him nervous. 39...¤xd5+
33.¦xb6? What a snack for the knight!
A very unfortunate move. At first sight 40.¢d4 ¤xb6 41.¤f6 fxe6 42.¢e5 ¤d5
it is also winning but actually it allows White resigned. A very exciting and
Black to make things complicated. dramatic game!
33.£b2+! ¢h7 34.¦d7!+− would have 0-1
avoided all surprises.
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37...¦xe3+!!

CT-161 Page 4 of 4
CT-162, 18th April 2001
Nielsen took third, 1½

Bareev and points behind the
Akopian lead the Champion.
field at Enghien- There was a 7-way tie

for first in the recently
les-Bain! completed 2001
Foxfoods Open. The
vgeny Bareev >>
E and Vladimir Akopian

are heading the XVII
category Enghien-les-Bains
winners each scored
5½ points. They are
GMs Igor Novikov,
Alex Wojtkiewicz,
tournament after beating their Ildar Ibragimov, Alex
opponents in the 6th Round. Stripunsky, Alexey
Kudrin and Maurice Ashley and IM
Results of the 6th Round: William Paschall.
Bareev – Bauer 1:0
Akopian – Bologan 1:0 Let’s take a look at the results of the final
Van Wely – Bacrot ½:½ day:
Grischuk – Tkachiev1:0
Fressinet – Lautier 0:1 Some results of the 6th Round:
Ibragimov (4½) – Wojtkiewicz (4½)
½:½
1-2. Bareev, Akopian – 4½
Shabalov (4) – Stripunsky (4) 0:1
3-4. Bacrot, Lautier – 4
Novikov (4) – Blatny (4) 1:0
5. Van Wely – 3½
Ashley (4) – Goldin (4) 1:0
6-7. Tkachiev, Grischuk – 2½
Finegold (4) – Yermolinsky (4) ½:½
8-10. Fressinet, Bauer, Bologan – 1½
A.Ivanov (3½) – Paschall (3½) 0:1
Some results of the last and 7th Round:
Bacrot – Akopian
Ibragimov (5) – Novikov (5) ½:½
Bologan – Bareev
Wojtkiewicz (5) – Ashley (5) ½:½
Lautier – Van Wely
Stripunsky (5) – D.Gurevich (4½) ½:½
Tkachiev – Fressinet
Yermolinsky (4½) – Paschall (4½) 0:1
Bauer – Grischuk
Kudrin (4½) – Finegold (4½) 1:0
The central game of round 6 between
Barcot and Akopian promises to be very William Paschall's final day
interesting - the French Champion achievement of defeating both GMs
Etienne Bacrot will try to do his best Yermolinsky and Ivanov, with the black
against the finalist of the Las Vegas 1999 pieces, to move into the winners circle
WorldChampionship,Vladimir was a great result. Our congratulations to
Akopian. all the winners!
In the penultimate 8th Round of the

GM Peter-Heine Nielsen has won the
Neckar Open, Germany's GM
Danish Championship. He scored 7
Konstantin Landa (Russia) beat GM
points in the 10 player round robin event.
Jan Rogers (Australia) with the black
GM Lars Schandorff came second, half
pieces and became the sole leader with 7
a point behind. IM Jens Ove Fries-
points.
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
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As usual, the final and 9th Round started the venue of the tournament. It was a
in the morning so we already have all the present of Sheik Saaed bin Hamdan
results. Al Maktoum to the chess players. It is a
fantastic building designed in the shape
Some results of the 9th Round: of rook. I have never seen such an
Horvath (6½) – Landa (7) ½:½ impressive chess building before - very
Milov (6½) – Tregubov (6½) ½:½ luxurios with training rooms (for pool
Ftacnik (6½) – Farago (6½) 1:0 and snooker as well!). The tournament
Graf-Nenaschew (6) – Forintos (6) 1:0 was opened by the Sheik and – believe it
Hoi (6) – Rogers (6) ½:½ or not – Kirsan Iljumzhinov. There was
Schlosser (6) – Bezold (6) ½:½ also TV coverage on the opening
Lindemann (6) – Zeller (6) 1:0 ceremony with an interview from the
FIDE President. No major upsets in
As you can see above only GM Lubomir round one – only a couple of draws.
Ftacnik (Slovakia) was victorious Unfortunately, I am in time trouble and
among the contenders and so he joined have to leave for my game against
the leader, Konstantin Landa, finishing Galkin now…”
with 7 ½ points, and a share of 1-2 spots.
GMs Pavel Tregubov (Russia, Europe Many thanks to Mark for his reports. We
Champion 2000), Joszef Horvath can only add that some Indian players
(Hungary), Vadim Milov (Switzerland), were the authors of slightly unexpected
Alexander Graf-Nenaschev (Germany) results in the 1st Round – Dinesh Sharma,
and another home player Stefan C.S.Gokhale and Rahul Shetty drew their
Lindemann shared third place with 7 games against much more experienced
points. Congratulations to the winners! opponents: top-seeded Andrey Kharlov,
Zurab Sturua and Alexey Kuzmin
GM Reynaldo Vera keeps the lead in respectively. Yet, it’s too early to talk
the Cuban Championship with 9½ about the leaders.
points out of 12 games. GM Leinier
Dominguez has the same score, but after 3rd Redbus Knockout tournament
13 games. GM Lazaro Bruzon (U20 finished in Southend, England.
World Champion 2000) and IM Frank John Henderson reports:
de la Paz won their games and moved “The chess equivalent of "Big Brother" is
closer to the leaders – they both scored 9 unquestionably the highlight of the
points out of 13 games. There are 17 Easter weekend, as the 3rd Redbus
players in this 9 category round robin Knockout tournament took place at
event. Southend in Essex featuring 16 of the
UK's top players battling it out for the
15 year old IM Evgeny Alekseev drew 7,500 pounds prize fund. Getting
his 8th Round game against one of the stronger and stronger with each year, the
outsiders of the event, but it was enough latest edition featured an impressive all-
to take grab lead in the St.Petersburg GM line-up: Michael Adams, Julian
Championship – he has 5 points. The Hodgson, Stuart Conquest, Luke
rest of the field won’t give him an easy McShane, Jim Plaskett, Mark Hebden,
time though: GMs Sergey Ivanov, Murray Chandler, John Emms, Nigel
Valery Loginov, Sergey Ionov, Valery Davies, Bogdan Lalic, Jonathan Rowson,
Popov and FM Ruslan Kashtanov are Chris Ward, Glenn Flear, Peter Wells,
sharing second place, half a point behind. Aaron Summerscale and Jonathan Levitt.
The tournament is the brainchild of one
IM Mark Heidenfeld of Ireland reports of the original Internet entrepreneurs,
from the very strong Dubai Open, UAE: Cliff Stanford (also a keen chess player).
“The Dubai Chess and Culture Club is After forming Demon Internet in 1992
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with just 20,000 pounds Stanford hit the

big time after selling it on to Scottish
XIIIIIIIIY
Telecom in 1998 for 66 million pounds. 9r+lwqk+ntr0
He then formed a new company, Redbus 9zpp+p+pvlp0
Investments and earmarked 15 million
pounds to back innovative high-tech 9-+n+-+p+0
ideas.” 9+Lzp-zp-+-0
Thanks John for this report.
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
Let’s take a look at the results:
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
Round 1: 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
Ward – Adams ½:1½
Flear – Chandler 1½:2½
xiiiiiiiiy
Both 5...¤d4 ; and 5...¤f6 are the
Conquest – Lalic 0:2
main alternatives.
Plaskett – Emms ½:1½
6.Bxc6
Hodgson – Rowson 1½:½
By giving up the bishop White
Wells – Davies ½:1½
clarifies the situation. 6.d3 ¤ge7 is
Hebden – McShane 0:2
acceptable for Black.
Summerscale – Levitt ½:1½
6...dxc6 7.a3
7.d3 is the more common option.
Quarter finals:
7...Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 ¤f6 (D)
Adams – Chandler 1½:½
Emms – Lalic ½:1½ XIIIIIIIIY
Davies – Hodgson 1:3 9r+-wqk+-tr0
McShane – Levitt 1½:½
9zpp+-+pvlp0
Semifinals: 9-+p+-snp+0
Adams – Bogdan 1½:½
Hodgson – McShane 3:1 9+-zp-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
The World number four player, Michael
Adams, beat the British Champion Julian
9zP-sN-+Q+P0
Hodgson in the Final with the of score 9-zPPzP-zPP+0
2:0 and so won the Redbus Knockout
2001. Our congratulations!
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
10.b4!?
¤¤¤ A new continuation − White
Annotated Game immediately begins queenside action.
L. Fressinet (2575) − J. Lautier In the game Peng Xiaomin −
(2658) Rahman, ch−Asia, Udaipur 2000
Enghien−les−Bains FRA (6), Black did not have serious problems
17.04.2001 B31 after 10.d3 ¤d7 11.¥e3 0-0 12.£e2
Notes by Ruslan Scherbakov £e7 13.¦ab1 a5÷
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bb5 10...¤d7 11.¦b1 b5! (D)
Bg7 5.0-0 e5 (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY This was White's idea − he tries to

open the position before Black
9r+-wqk+-tr0 castles his King. However, Black has
9zp-+n+pvlp0 a very strong resource.
15...£d3! 16.¥b2
9-+p+-+p+0 An attempt to raise the blockade by
9+pzp-zp-+-0 16.£xd3 ¤xd3 17.cxb4 axb4 18.¦b3
fails to 18...¦d8 (or 18...0-0-0 )
9-zP-+P+-+0 16...0-0 17.cxb4 axb4 18.¦fc1(D)
9zP-sN-+Q+P0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+PzP-zPP+0 9r+-+-trk+0
9+-+-+pvlp0
9+RvL-+RmK-0 9-+p+-+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sn-zp-+-0
A good counter advance. 9Pzp-+P+-+0
12.bxc5?! 9+-+q+Q+P0
12.d3 looked more to the point. 9-vL-zPNzPP+0
Perhaps White missed the following 9+RtR-+-mK-0
reply. xiiiiiiiiy
12...a5! (D) All of White's pieces are in play, but
XIIIIIIIIY his position is already too
compromised. Black used his
9r+-wqk+-tr0 pawns much better.
9+-+n+pvlp0 18...¦xa4!
9-+p+-+p+0 It turns out that the Knight is not
9zppzP-zp-+-0 hanging!
9-+-+P+-+0 19.£xd3 ¤xd3 20.¦xc6 ¦a2 21.¥c1
9zP-sN-+Q+P0 ¦d8 22.¦b3 h5-+ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+PzP-zPP+0 9-+-tr-+k+0
9+RvL-+RmK-0 9+-+-+pvl-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+R+-+p+0
Excellent! White was clearly hoping 9+-+-zp-+p0
for 12...¤xc5? 13.a4! followed by 9-zp-+P+-+0
¥a3 with the initiative. 9+R+n+-+P0
13.a4 9r+-zPNzPP+0
13.£e3 did not solve White's 9+-vL-+-mK-0
problems due to 13...£e7³ followed xiiiiiiiiy
by ...¤c5 with better chances for Total domination − White has just
Black.; 13.¥b2!? followed by d3, ¤e2 nothing left!
was worthy of consideration. The text 23.g4 h4 24.Kg2 ¥h6 (D)
move, however, looks even worse. XIIIIIIIIY
13...b4 14.¤e2 ¤xc5 15.c3 (D) 9-+-tr-+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+p+-0
9r+-wqk+-tr0
9+-+-+pvlp0 9-+R+-+pvl0
9-+p+-+p+0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9zp-sn-zp-+-0 9-zp-+P+Pzp0
9Pzp-+P+-+0 9+R+n+-+P0
9+-zP-+Q+P0 9r+-zPNzPK+0
9-+-zPNzPP+0 9+-vL-+-+-0
9+RvL-+RmK-0
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25.¦c7 ¥xd2 Technical editors:

It's time to gather in the harvest. Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi.
26.¥xd2 ¦xd2 27.Kf1 ¦a8 (D)
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White resigned. Nice play by Joel
Lautier. 0-1.
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himself as one of the

Akopian takes leaders – he’s got 10 out
sole lead of 13. IM Frank de la
Paz won a very
important game against
V ladimir Akopian
drew against
Etienne Bacrot >>
and it was enough to take
U20 World Champion
2000 GM Lazaro Bruzon
and has also scored 10
points but after 14
sole lead after the 7th
Round of the Enghien-les- games.
Bains – due to Evgeny
Bareev’s loss to Victor GMs Sergey Ionov and
Bologan. Valery Popov caught up with 15 year
old IM Evgeny Alekseev at the top of
Results of the 7th Round: the St.Petersburg Championship – all
Bacrot – Akopian ½:½ leaders have 5½ points after 9 rounds.
Bologan – Bareev 1:0 GM Sergey Ivanov and FM Ruslan
Lautier – Van Wely ½:½ Kashtanov drew their intestine game
Tkachiev – Fressinet 0:1 and are sharing forth place half a point
Bauer – Grischuk 0:1 behind.
Alexander Grischuk won his second There are 17 players with a perfect score
game in a row. Another hero of the round after the 2nd Round of the very strong
was IM Laurant Fressinet who beat open tournament in Dubai, UAE.
French Number One Vladislav
Tkachiev. Top boards of the 3rd Round:
Filippov (2) – Glek (2)
Standings after 7th Round: Motylev (2) – Neverov (2)
1. Akopian – 5 Shariyazdanov (2) – Galkin (2)
2-4. Bacrot, Bareev, Lautier – 4½ Magerramov (2) – Fedorov (2)
5. Van Wely – 4 Kobalia (2) – Minasian (2)
6. Grischuk – 3½ Jobava (2) – Asrian (2)
7-9. Tkachiev, Fressinet, Bologan – 2½ Anastasian (2) – Sorokin (2)
10. Bauer – 1½ Dizdar (2) – Sveshnikov (2)
Pavasovic (2) – Alexandrov (1½)
Tomorrow we are looking forward to
seeing the leaders clash. The Israel Open Championships
finished in the Kasparov Academy in Tel
Pairings for the 8th Round: Aviv. 128 players from 13 countries
Akopian – Bareev including 23 GMs and 19 IMs competed
Bacrot – Lautier in the event.
Grischuk – Bologan
Fressinet – Bauer Alon Shulman reports on TWIC:
Van Wely – Tkachiev “A dramatic last round saw 2 players
come from behind to share joint first
GM Leinier Dominguez took the lead at place. Israeli GM Alon Greenfeld
the Cuban Championship – he scored played brilliantly to beat Zoltan Gyimesi
10½ points out of 14 games. Yet, GM on board 1 and take first place with 7 pts.
Reynaldo Vera may also consider If Greenfeld's win is a slight surprise the
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identity of the co-champion is a Congratulations to all the winners from

sensation. Just a week ago, 18-year-old “Chess Today”!
IM Evgeny Postny won the Israel U-20
Youth championship with 8/9. In this ¤¤¤
tournament he played against no less Annotated Game
than 6 Grandmasters beating 3 and Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
drawing with 2. In the penultimate round
the young IM from Haifa created a major C Bauer (2618) − A Grischuk (2663)
upset by beating GM Emil Sutovsky with 4e Master d'Echecs d'Enghien Enghien−
black. In the last round he beat GM les−Bains (7), 18.04.2001 D31
Victor Mikhalevsky after the young GM 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 c6 4.e3 f5
from Beer-Sheba played too wildly. XIIIIIIIIY
Postny was declared champion by 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
tiebreak. 9zpp+-+-zpp0
9-+p+p+-+0
Spring seems to really be shining on 9+-+p+p+-0
Evgeny Postny. Within 2 weeks he 9-+PzP-+-+0
became National Youth Champion, 9+-sN-zP-+-0
National Open Champion, got his first 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
GM norm and can enjoy his first prize of 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
about $3500. A fine achievement too for xiiiiiiiiy
Alon Greenfeld, the captain of the 5.¥d3
Israeli National Team. Alon will comfort 5.g4!? is supposed to be a principled
himself with $3000. Third came Erik line against Black's set−up.
Van den Doel (Netherlands) who drew 5...¤f6 6.£c2 a6
6...¥d6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.¤b5 ¤c6² is not
with Fabian Doettling (Germany) in the
so bad for Black but White keeps a small
last round. Doettling came 6th and advantage without any risk.
clinched his final GM norm. Fourth was 7.¤ge2 ¥d6 8.f3 0-0
Dov Zifroni after a short draw with Boris XIIIIIIIIY
Kantsler. 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9+p+-+-zpp0
The prize for best lady went to 9p+pvlpsn-+0
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) and 9+-+p+p+-0
Nora Medvegy (Hungary) who played 4 9-+PzP-+-+0
GM's but missed the IM norm after 9+-sNLzPP+-0
losing in the last round. $250 beauty 9PzPQ+N+PzP0
prize went to Anatoly Donchenko for 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
his incredible win with black over GM xiiiiiiiiy
Leonid Gofshtein. 9.0-0
White's approach looks also promising
It was a wonderful tournament with lots but when I play it myself I don't hurry
of excitement and plenty of very with short castling and prefer 9.¥d2
interesting games. The four arbiters keeping both possibilities. Alexander
were: IA Yochanan Afek, IA Avi Grischuk used to play this variation with
Dorner, NA Malkiel Perets, NA Alon the black pieces, one example from his
Shulman.” practice: 9...b6 10.0-0-0 ¢h8 11.e4 fxe4
12.fxe4 dxc4 13.¥xc4 e5 14.¦hf1 b5
Final Standings: 15.¥b3 £e7 16.dxe5 ¥xe5 17.¥f4 a5ƒ
and Black took the initiative, Kosyrev −
1-2. Postny, A.Greenfeld – 7 points.
Grischuk, Elista 2000.
3-12. Van den Doel, Zifroni, Avrukh, 9...b6!?
Doettling, Kantsler, Huzman, Tseitlin, In the game Akopian − Grischuk,
Jonkman etc. Ubeda 1999 Black was walking on the
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edge: 9...¢h8!? 10.c5 ¥c7 11.e4 fxe4 Of course, not 16.¤xc5? ¤cb4 and
12.fxe4 ¤g4 13.¥g5! ¥xh2+ 14.¢h1 17.£b3 ¥xc5 18.¥xb4 ¤xb4 19.£xb4
£e8 15.¦xf8+ £xf8 16.¤g1 h6! 17.¦f1 doesn't work due to 19...¥xe3+ followed
£e8 18.e5! hxg5 19.¥g6 £e7! 20.£e2 by ...¥c1.
¤h6 21.¢xh2 g4² with better chances 16...¤e5
for White. XIIIIIIIIY
10.¥d2 9r+-+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-wql+-zpp0
9rsnlwq-trk+0 9p+-vlp+-+0
9+-+-+-zpp0 9+-zpnsnp+-0
9pzppvlpsn-+0 9N+L+-+-+0
9+-+p+p+-0 9+-+-zPP+P0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9PzPQvLN+P+0
9+-sNLzPP+-0 9+-tR-+RmK-0
9PzPQvLN+PzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-+RmK-0 Black's central group is fairly
xiiiiiiiiy impressive. Yet, the concrete play is
10...£c7!? continuing...
In the game Chernin − Grischuk, 17.¥xd5 exd5 18.¤f4 ¥b5
Europe−chT, Batumi 1999 Black 18...¥xa4 19.£xa4 £f7 was good for
successfully solved the problems after Black. The text move is more ambitious
10...¢h8 11.¦ad1 £c7 12.cxd5 cxd5 but more risky.
13.h3 ¤c6 14.a3 ¥b7 15.e4 dxe4 19.¦fd1 £f7
16.fxe4 e5 17.¤d5 ¤xd5 18.exd5 ¤xd4 XIIIIIIIIY
19.£xc7 ¥xc7 20.¤xd4 , here a draw 9r+-+-trk+0
was agreed. 9+-+-+qzpp0
White has obviously prepared an 9p+-vl-+-+0
improvement but Grischuk doesn't want
to see it and slightly changes the course
9+lzppsnp+-0
of the game.
9N+-+-sN-+0
11.h3 c5! 9+-+-zPP+P0
At first glance Black's set−up looks 9PzPQvL-+P+0
suspicious as he has a lack of 9+-tRR+-mK-0
development. But actually he keeps the xiiiiiiiiy
position under control. 20.¥e1?
12.dxc5 bxc5 A very careless move − White misses
XIIIIIIIIY the reply. White was worried about his
9rsnl+-trk+0 knight f4 but actually the resource ...g7−
9+-wq-+-zpp0 g5 was not as dangerous as it probably
9p+-vlpsn-+0 seemed to be and the capture on c5 was
9+-zpp+p+-0 possible: 20.¤xc5! ¦ac8 (20...¦fe8!÷ is
stronger, keeping the pressure) 21.b4
9-+P+-+-+0 ¥xc5 22.bxc5 g5 23.¥c3! with better
9+-sNLzPP+P0 chances for White. Was White really
9PzPQvLN+P+0 expecting to win one of Black's central
9tR-+-+RmK-0 pawns with no problems?!
xiiiiiiiiy 20...d4!∓
13.¤a4 Of course! Black takes a strong
A concrete approach − White begins initiative − all White's minor pieces are
direct play against Black's pawns. out of place now.
Unfortunately 13.cxd5?? was impossible 21.¤b6
due to 13...c4-+; but something like 21.exd4 ¤xf3+ (21...¤c4!? is maybe
13.a3!? was maybe more reliable. even stronger) 22.gxf3 ¥xf4 was much
13...¤c6 14.¦ac1 ¥d7! 15.cxd5 ¤xd5 better for Black.
16.¥c4 21...¦ae8

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White does not see what the problem
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22...¤xf3+! Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
XIIIIIIIIY Technical editors:
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A nice blow which forces immediate
resignation. A confident win by
Alexander Grischuk in a tricky
opening.22...¤xf3+! 23.gxf3 ¥xf4
24.exf4 ¦e2 with idea ...£g6−g2 is too
obvious. 0-1
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CT-164, 20th April 2001
Loek Van Wely >> Bauer – Van Wely

Bologan – Fressinet
joins Barcot, The XVI category
Bareev, and Ciudad de Dos
Hermanas tournament
Lautier in 2nd started today in Spain.
Place. The participants are:

1. Mikhail Gurevich
BEL 2694
ladimir Akopian kept the
V lead in the XVII category

Enghien-les-Bains tournament
after today’s draw against Evgeny
2. Ilya Smirin ISR 2686
3. Alexei Dreev RUS 2685
4. Zurab Azmaiparasvili GEO 2670
Bareev. Loek Van Wely beat Vladislav 5. Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659
Tkachiev and joined Etienne Bacrot, 6. Michal Krasenkow POL 2658
Joel Lautier and Evgeny Bareev in 7. Zoltan Almasi HUN 2640
second place. 8. Miguel Illescas Cordoba ESP 2562
9. Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP 2545
After a terrible 0 out of 3 start Victor 10. Teimour Radjabov AZE 2483.
Bologan has rebounded. Today he won
his second game in a row, against Results of the 1st Round:
Alexander Grischuk. Gurevich – Almasi ½:½
Illescas Cordoba – Dreev 1:0
Results of the 8th Round: Azmaiparashvili – Vallejo Pons ½:½
Akopian – Bareev ½:½ Sokolov – Smirin ½:½
Bacrot – Lautier ½:½ Krasenkow – Radjabov 0:1
Van Wely – Tkachiev 1:0
Grischuk – Bologan 0:1 A hero of the first day was young 13 year
Fressinet – Bauer ½:½ old Teimour Rajabov (Azerbaijan), who
plays his first tournament as a
Standings after 8th Round: Grandmaster. In a very exciting battle he
1. Akopian – 5½ managed to checkmate Michal
2-5. Bacrot, Bareev, Van Wely, Krasenkov with the black pieces. Home
Lautier – 5 GM Miguel Illescas Cordoba outplayed
6-7. Bologan, Grischuk – 3½ Alexey Dreev – both winners take the
8. Fressinet – 3 lead in the event.
9. Tkachiev – 2½
10. Bauer – 2 Pairings for the 2nd Round:
Gurevich – Illescas Cordoba
There will be tough battles for the first Almasi – Radjabov
place tomorrow. Vallejo Pons – Sokolov
Smirin – Krasenkow
Pairings for the last 9th Round: Dreev – Azmaiparashvili
Lautier – Akopian
Tkachiev – Bacrot
Bareev – Grischuk GM Leinier Dominguez keeps the lead
in the Cuban Championship with 11½
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points out of 15 games – he has one Hunt – Koneru ½:½

game to play. GM Reynaldo Vera McNab – Crouch ½:½
scored 11 points, but after 14 games so Richardson – Plaskett 0:1
he still keeps good chances to overtake Krush – Palliser 1:0
the leader. IM Frank de la Paz is clear
third with 10½ points and one game to Results of the 2st Round:
play. Barsov – Palliser 1:0
Plaskett – Krush 1:0
GM Valery Popov and IM Evgeny
Alekseev are sharing the lead before the Crouch – Richardson adjourned
last round of the St.Petersburg Koneru – McNab ½:½
Championship – they scored 6½ points Rizouk – Hunt ½:½
out of 10 games. GM Sergey Ionov is
clear third, half a point behind. Results of the 3st Round:
Hunt – Barsov 0:1
Armenian GMs Karen Asrian and McNab – Rizouk ½:½
Ashot Anastasian are heading the very Richardson – Koneru 1:0
strong Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Cup Krush – Crouch 0:1
which is underway in Dubai, UAE – Palliser – Plaskett 0:1
they have a perfect score after 3 rounds.
17 players are in chase. There is also a challenge match between
two of the UK’s most promising
Top boards of the 3rd Round: International Masters – Matthew
Asrian (3) – Anastasian (3) Turner and David Gormally. The
Sveshnikov (2½) – Filippov (2½) winner stands to pocket £3,500 and the
Kunte (2½) – Vladimirov (2½) loser takes home the consolation prize of
Glek (2½) – Motylev (2½) £1,500. However, in the unlikely event
Neverov (2½) – Shariyazdanov (2½) of a draw – both players get £2,000.
Fedorov (2½) – Dizdar (2½) The first game was drawn, David
Galkin (2½) – Kobalija (2½) Gormally won the second one with the
Minasian (2½) – Pigusov (2½) white pieces and took the lead – 1½:½.
Pavasovic (2½) – Yakovich (2½)
Ehlvest (2) – Magerramov (2½) Thanks to Adam Raoof for this
information.
GM James Plaskett (England) is
dominating the VII category round robin There is a VII category round robin
tournament in Hamstead, England with tournament in Rijeka, Croatia. After the
a perfect score after 3 rounds. GM 1st Round GM Ognjen Cvitan, IMs
Alexey Barsov (Uzbekistan) is clear Filip Ljubicic (both of Croatia) Mladen
second, half a point behind but IM Colin Vucic (USA) and took the lead.
Crouch might join him in case of success
in the adjourned game against FM John Results of the 1st round:
Richardsson. Velikov – Inkiov ½:½
Vucic – Muslija 1:0
The schedule of the event supposes an Cvitan – Rukavina 1:0
archaic adjournment of the games which Zaja – Bistric ½:½
nowadays turns out to be the “advanced Mandekic – Ljubicic 0:1
chess”. It might look like different
players resumed the game as they clearly There are one GM- and two IM-events in
gained a little help from Fritz. the program of the Gausdal Classics
Results of the 1st Round: Festival in Norway. After 4 rounds GM
Rizouk – Barsov ½:½ Ralf Akesson and IM Stellan Brynell
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(both of Sweden) are sharing the lead in interesting 11...¥d7 12.b4 axb4
the main tournament with 3½ points. 13.axb4 ¦xa1 14.£xa1 ¤cxe4!?
GM Evgeny Solozhenkin (Russia) and 15.¤dxe4 ¤xe4 16.¤xe4 f5 17.¤d2
IM Frode Elsness (Norway) are half a f4 18.¥a7 ¥f5 19.¥e2 b6 but White's
point behind. chances seem to be better, Volzhin −
Hoi, Hamburg 1999.
¤¤¤ 12.b4 axb4
Annotated Game 12...¤a6!? is worthy of
M. Krasenkow (2655) − T. consideration.
Radjabov (2533) 13.axb4 ¦xa1 14.£xa1 (D)
It Dos Hermanas ESP (1), XIIIIIIIIY
19.04.2001 E90 9-+lwqntrk+0
Notes by GM RuslanScherbakov
1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 ¥g7 4.¤c3 9+pzp-+pvl-0
0-0 5.e4 d6 6.h3 (D) 9-+-zp-+pzp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-snPzp-+-0
9rsnlwq-trk+0 9-zPP+P+-+0
9zppzp-zppvlp0 9+-sN-vL-+P0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9-+-sN-zPP+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9wQ-+-mKL+R0
9-+PzPP+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-+N+P0 14...¤d7!?
9PzP-+-zPP+0 A new continuation. The position
after 14...¤a6 15.£a3 f5 16.¤b3²
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 promises better chances for White,
xiiiiiiiiy Beliavsky − Khalifman Ubeda 1997
White had a lot of systems to and Agrest − Hall, Ronneby 1998.
counter the King's Indian − all of 15.c5 f5 16.¤c4!?
them in which White does not hurry An interesting pawn sacrifice.
to castle his king, are rather 16...f4 17.¥c1 dxc5 18.bxc5 ¤xc5
poisonous. 19.¥a3 b6 20.¥xc5 bxc5 (D)
6...e5 7.d5 ¤bd7 8.¥g5 h6 9.¥e3 XIIIIIIIIY
¤c5 10.¤d2 a5 11.a3 (D) 9-+lwqntrk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zp-+-vl-0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-+-+-+pzp0
9+pzp-+pvl-0 9+-zpPzp-+-0
9-+-zp-snpzp0 9-+N+Pzp-+0
9zp-snPzp-+-0 9+-sN-+-+P0
9-+P+P+-+0 9-+-+-zPP+0
9zP-sN-vL-+P0 9wQ-+-mKL+R0
9-zP-sN-zPP+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+QmKL+R0 21.£a5
xiiiiiiiiy In the case of 21.¥e2 Black had
11...¤e8 time to play 21...¤d6
There are a lot of alternatives, 21...f3!
11...¤h5 is maybe the most A careless 21...£e7? would allow
promising; Black also tried the White to take full control with 22.¥e2
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22.g3 £e7 23.¥d3 h5! 24.h4 ¥h6 There was no use for the opened g−
(D) file after 30.gxh4?! Black seized a
XIIIIIIIIY strong attack with the same 30...¦b8
31.¥a2 ¦b2‚ 32.¦g1+ ¢h7 etc.
9-+l+ntrk+0 30...¦b8 31.¥a2 ¦b2‚ (D)
9+-zp-wq-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+pvl0 9-+-+-+k+0
9wQ-zpPzp-+p0 9+-zp-wq-+-0
9-+N+P+-zP0 9-+-+P+-vl0
9+-sNL+pzP-0 9wQ-+-zp-+p0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9-+-+P+-tR0
9+-+-mK-+R0 9+-+-+pzP-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9Ltr-+-zP-+0
9+-+-mK-+-0
25.¤a4
If White decided to hide the king xiiiiiiiiy
away to the safe place on c2 by Suddenly White finds his king under
25.¢d1?! then Black could have a terrible attack.
moved his knight to the very active 32.£a4 ¦e2+ 33.¢d1
square on g4: 25...¤f6 26.¢c2 ¤g4 A sad necessity. Unfortunately,
27.¦f1 ¥d7 and it is not Black who 33.¢f1 was losing due to the very
might have the problems here. beautiful 33...¥d2! 34.¢g1 ¦e1+
25...¤d6 26.¤xc5 g5!? (D) 35.¢h2 (D)
9-+l+-trk+0 9-+-+-+k+0
9+-zp-wq-+-0
9+-zp-wq-+-0 9-+-+P+-+0
9-+-sn-+-vl0 9+-+-zp-+p0
9wQ-sNPzp-zpp0 9Q+-+P+-tR0
9-+N+P+-zP0 9+-+-+pzP-0
9+-+L+pzP-0 9L+-vl-zP-mK0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9+-+-tr-+-0
9+-+-mK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 35...£xh4+!! 36.gxh4 ¥f4+ 37.¢h3
A brave move − Black does not ¦h1# checkmate!
want to stay and wait when all 33...¦xf2-+
White's plans would have been Now everything is clear.
realised. And it worked very well as it 34.¦xh5 ¦f1+ 35.¢c2 £c5+ 36.¢b3
confused such an experienced player A desperate attempt to escape, but
as Michal Krasenkov! has no chances for success.
27.¤e6? 36...£e3+ 37.¢b4 £d4+ 38.¢b3
White hurries up to clarify the £d3+ 39.¢b4 ¥d2+ 40.¢c5 ¦c1+
situation. Something like 27.hxg5 (D)
£xg5 28.£c3 with a complicated play
was stronger.
27...¥xe6 28.dxe6 ¤xc4 29.¥xc4
gxh4! 30.¦xh4
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Editors:
9-+-+-+k+0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9+-zp-+-+-0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-mK-zp-+R0 Technical editors:
Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi.
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CT-165, 21st April 2001
World Champions Results of the last 9th Round:

Unite against FIDE! Lautier – Akopian ½:½
Tkachiev – Bacrot 1:0
Bareev – Grischuk 0:1
Bauer – Van Wely 1:0
T hree World Champions –

Anatoly
Kasparov
Karpov,
and
Kramnik – united against FIDE in
Garry
Vladimir
Bologan – Fressinet 0:1
Final standings:
1. Akopian – 6
their opened letter:
“ As the 12th, 13th, and 14th World Chess 2. Lautier – 5½
3-5. Bacrot, Bareev, Van Wely – 5
Champions, we are writing jointly to
6. Grischuk – 4½
voice our disagreement with recent
7. Fressinet – 4
statements and unilateral decisions made
8-9. Bologan, Tkachiev – 3½
by FIDE, the international chess
10. Bauer – 3
federation. In particular, we are very
concerned about FIDE’s policy changes
It was a very interesting tournament.
regarding the official time controls, their
Thanks to all players for their creativity
treatment of the history of the World
and congratulations to the winners!
Championship, and their open hostility
toward the organisers of traditional
After the second round of the XVI
events…..”
category Ciudad de Dos Hermanas
tournament Mikhail Gurevich,
The FIDE reacted quickly – you may
Francisco Vallejo Pons and Teimour
read the full text of their response on the
Rajabov are sharing the lead with 1½
official site.
points.
A big confrontation is coming?!
Results of the 2nd Round:
Gurevich – Illescas Cordoba 1:0
Let’s take a look at the tournament –
Almasi – Radjabov ½:½
there are a lot of exciting events
Vallejo Pons – I. Sokolov 1:0
underway.
Smirin – Krasenkow ½:½
Dreev – Azmaiparashvili ½:½
What a fantastic last round in the
Enghien-les-Bains XVII category
Standings after the 2nd Round:
tournament! Vladimir Akopian gained
an extra pawn in the ending against Joel 1-3. M.Gurevich, Vallejo Pons,
Lautier and was comfortably trying to Rajabov - 1½
4-7. Smirin, Almasi, Azmaiparashvili,
convert it to a full point with a draw and
Illescas Cordoba – 1
at least a share of first place in the
8-10. Dreev, Krasenkow, I. Sokolov –
pocket. Joel defended well and soon after
the time control the game was drawn.
GM Valery Popov won the
This result secured the overall victory for
St.Petersburg Championship . In the last
Vladimir, but the main surprise was that
round he outplayed IM Sergey Sivokho
it was enough for Joel to come in clear
with the black pieces. By the way, it was
second because Etienne Bacrot, Evgeny
his consecutive win – what a
Bareev and Loek Van Wely, who were
sharing second place with him, lost their
games!
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brilliant finish! 15 year old IM Evgeny Koneru – Krush 0:1

Alekseev came second, GM Sergey Rizouk – Richardson ½:½
Ivanov took third place on tie-break. Hunt – McNab ½:½
Our congratulations to the winners!
Final standings: Plaskett – Crouch 1:0
1. Popov – 7½ McNab – Barsov 1:0
2. Alekseev – 7 Richardson – Hunt 1:0
3-4. S.Ivanov, Ionov – 6½ Krush – Rizouk ½:½
5-7. Yemelin, Loginov, Kashtanov – 5½ Palliser – Koneru
8-9. Lugovoi, Sivokho – 5
10-12. Karasev, Polaninov, Utkin – 4 Standings after the 5th Round:
1. Plaskett – 4½ points
GM Leinier Dominguez was free today 2. McNab, Barsov – 3
in the Cuban Championship but GM 3. Richardson – 2½ + adjourned game
Reynaldo Vera failed to use this chance 4-5. Krush, Rizouk – 2½ etc.
to take the lead – he drew the game and
only joined Dominguez – both leaders The 3rd game of the match between IMs
have 11½ points and equal chances for Matthew Turner and David Gormally
the championship before the last round. was drawn, Gormally keeps the lead:
IM Frank de la Paz keeps clear third, a 2:1.
full point behind.
Thanks to Adam Raoof for the
The leaders of the Sheikh Rashed Bin information.
Hamdan Cup in Dubai, UAE Armenian
GMs Karen Asrian and Ashot GM Ognjen Cvitan took the lead in the
Anastasian drew their game and still VII category round robin tournament in
keep the lead with 3½ rounds to go. It is Rijeka, Croatia with a perfect score
unbelievable but none of the contenders after 2 rounds.
were able to win so now 24 players are
in chase! Results of the 2nd Round:
Muslija – Cvitan 0:1
Top boards of the 4rd Round: Velikov – Vucic 1:0
Filippov (3) – Asrian (3½) Inkiov – Ljubicic 1:0
Anastasian (3½) – Fedorov (3) etc. Bistric – Mandekic 1:0
Rukavina – Zaja 1:0
GM James Plaskett (England) keeps his
one and a half point lead in the VII Standings after the 2nd Round:
category round robin tournament in 1. Cvitan – 2
Hamstead, England – after 5 rounds he 2. Velikov, Inkiov, Bistric - 1½ etc.
has 4½ points. GM Colin McNab
(Scotland) beat GM Alexey Barsov In the central game of the 5th Round of
(Uzbekistan) and joined him at second the Gausdal Classics GM Ralf Akesson
place. IM Colin Crouch and FM John beat co-leader GM Stellan Brynell with
Richardsson are half a point behind but the black pieces and took a full point lead
they adjourned the interesting game so with 4½ points. Brynell was joined by
the situation will be changed when this home IMs Frode Elsness and Leif
game will be finished. Johannessen in second place.
Results of the 4th Round: Results of the 5th Round:

Barsov – Plaskett ½:½ Brynell – Akesson 0:1
Crouch – Palliser ½:½ Elsness – Trygstag ½:½
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Solozhenkin – Miezis 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY

Johannessen – Hanley 1:0 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
T.Hansen – Tikkanen ½:½ 9zpp+n+pzpp0
Standings after the 5th Round: 9-+p+psn-+0
1. Akesson - 4½ points 9+-+p+-+-0
2-4. Brynell, Elsness, Johannessen – 3½ 9-+PzP-+-+0
5-6. Miezis, Solozhenkin – 3 9+-sNLzPN+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Yet another round, the 6th, has already 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
been played - Ralf Akesson strengthened
his lead by beating IM Leif Johannessen
xiiiiiiiiy
– he has scored 5½ points. Tkachiev has scored a number of
excellent wins in the Meran System.
Results of the 6th Round: 6...dxc4 7.¥xc4 b5 8.¥d3 a6 9.e4 c5
Akesson – Johannessen 1:0 10.e5 cxd4 11.¤xb5 ¤xe5 12.¤xe5
Trygstag – Brynell ½:½ axb5 (D)
Solozhenkin – Elsness 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY
Miezis – Tikkanen 1:0 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
Hanley – T.Hansen 0:1 9+-+-+pzpp0
9-+-+psn-+0
Standings after the 6th Round: 9+p+-sN-+-0
1. Akesson - 5½ points
2-4. Miezis, Solozhenkin, Brynell – 4
9-+-zp-+-+0
5-6. Elsness, Johannessen – 3½ 9+-+L+-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Curiously enough, Akesson already beat 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
all top players of the event and will face xiiiiiiiiy
three outsiders in last round. 13.0-0
13.¥xb5+ ¥d7 14.¤xd7 £a5+
¤¤¤
15.¥d2 £xb5 16.¤xf8 ¦xf8 is
Annotated Game another popular line.
13...£d5 14.£e2 ¥a6 15.¥g5 ¥e7
16.f4 0-0 17.¦f3 ¥b7 18.¦g3 (D)
V. Tkachiev (2672) − E. Bacrot
(2627)
XIIIIIIIIY
Enghien−les−Bains (9), 20.04.2001 9r+-+-trk+0
D49 9+l+-vlpzpp0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9-+-+psn-+0
9+p+qsN-vL-0
T his is the critical battle between
the highly rated French player
Vladislav Tkachiev, who has played
9-+-zp-zP-+0
9+-+L+-tR-0
unsuccessfully in this tournament and 9PzP-+Q+PzP0
eager to improve his standing, and 9tR-+-+-mK-0
the French Champion Etienne xiiiiiiiiy
Bacrot, who was sharing second An important position of the sharp
place before the game. Reynolds Attack. It is supposed to be
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 acceptable for Black but he should
5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.¥d3 (D) obviously know what to do.
18...¦fc8!?
Both 18...¦xa2 ; and 18...g6 were
CT-165 Page 3 of 5
played with good results for Black, XIIIIIIIIY

but perhaps Vladislav Tkachiev had 9r+rmk-+-+0
something prepared in these lines. 9+l+-vlQtRL0
The text move was tested once and
Black won the game but here a big
9-+-+psn-zp0
surprise awaited Etienne Bacrot. 9+pwq-sN-+-0
19.¥xh7+! 9-+-zp-zP-+0
It turns out that the pawn can be 9+-+-+-+P0
taken immediately. 19.¥xf6 ¥xf6 9PzP-+-+P+0
20.¥xh7+ ¢f8 was very good for 9tR-+-+-mK-0
Black in the game Nemet − Godena,
Forli 1992.
xiiiiiiiiy
White has sacrificed a piece and
19...¢f8
now plays a quiet move! Perhaps it
In the case of 19...¤xh7 20.¥xe7
means that the position is not so bad
White's attack looks irresistible. For
for Black but his play is clearly not
example: 20...f6 (20...g6 21.£h5‚)
easy.
21.£h5 ¤g5 (21...fxe5 22.£g6) and
24...¦xa2
now White wins by 22.¥xf6! with a
A tempting decision. 24...¦c7!?
quick checkmate.
comes to mind with the possible idea
20.¥h6!?
of the king's escape to b8.
A very beautiful idea!
25.¦d1
20...gxh6 21.£h5! (D)
Of course, not 25.¦xa2?? £c1+
XIIIIIIIIY 26.¢h2 £xf4+ 27.¦g3 £xe5-+
9r+r+-mk-+0 25...£d6
9+l+-vlp+L0 Again, 25...¦c7!? deserved
9-+-+psn-zp0 attention.
9+p+qsN-+Q0 26.¤g6 (D)
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9+-+-+-tR-0 9-+rmk-+-+0
9PzP-+-+PzP0 9+l+-vlQtRL0
9tR-+-+-mK-0 9-+-wqpsnNzp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+-+-+-0
9-+-zp-zP-+0
21...¢e8 9+-+-+-+P0
The only way to avoid direct 9rzP-+-+P+0
checkmate. 9+-+R+-mK-0
22.£xf7+ ¢d8 xiiiiiiiiy
White's play looked very powerful White's turning point looks quite
but the assessment of the whole set− impressive!
up is under question − Black has 26...¦xb2??
parried direct threats and secured an A terrible mistake in a position
extra piece although, of course, his where Black was not at all bad.
king is still in danger. 26...¦c4! seemed to be the correct
23.¦g7!? way with the idea to counter 27.¤xe7
23.¤g6 £d7 24.¤xe7 ¤e8! 25.¦g8 by 27...¤e8! Here White should
£xe7 26.¦xe8+ £xe8 27.£xb7 £d7 probably continue by 28.¤f5!?
was good for Black. (28.¦g8 £xe7 29.¦xe8+ £xe8
23...£c5 24.h3(D) 30.£xb7 £d7) 28...exf5 29.£xb7
¤xg7 30.£xg7© with a compensation
for the exchange but Black can be
CT-165 Page 4 of 5
completely satisfied with the position. Black resigned. A very interesting

27.¤xe7 ¦xg2+ 28.¦xg2 ¥xg2 (D) game. 1-0
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CT-166, 22nd April 2001
Kasparov vs. Smirin – Krasenkow wasn’t drawn – Ilya

Smirin
Chapman (Israel)
actually
Charity Match won and
was also
Starts. one of the
leaders of
oday was the first the event
T day of the Garry

Kasparov
Terence Chapman charity
vs.
with 1½
points.
Today he
odds match. (photo taken beat young
from website cited --- Teimour
RPM.) Rajabov in a very exciting game and
Since his days as a British junior became sole leader of the event! In the
champion at the age of 14, Chapman has other decisive game of the round Alexey
built the Terence Chapman Group PLC Dreev crushed Ivan Sokolov in brilliant
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interview with Terence Chapman by Radjabov – Smirin 0:1
Mark Crowther for more information. Azmaiparashvili – M.Gurevich ½:½
Krasenkov – Vallejo Pons ½:½
Two games were played – in the first one Illescas – Almasi ½:½
Kasparov was black without “a” and I.Sokolov – Dreev 0:1
“h”pawns (it may be not so bad – the
rooks are already active!) and have 60 Standings after the 3rd Round:
minutes against 90 - in a complicated 1. Smirin - 2½ points
four rooks ending he eventually trapped 2-3. M.Gurevich, Vallejo Pons – 2
the opponent’s king into the mating net. 4-8. Dreev, Almasi, Azmaiparashvili
The second game, in which Kasparov Illescas Cordoba, Rajabov – 1½
took away the “a” and “d” pawns was 9-10. Krasenkow, I. Sokolov – ½
drawn so the score is 1½:½ - Kasparov
leads. Karen Asrian (Armenia) took the lead
in the Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Cup
A rapidplay match between Anatoly in Dubai, UAE. In the 5th Round he beat
Karpov and 21 year old WGM Maria Valery Filippov with the black pieces
Kouvatsou (Greece) took place today and scored 4½ points. Curiously enough,
and finished with the score 1:1. In the all three top boards were lucky for black.
first game Karpov won with the white As usual, there were a lot of draws, and
pieces but Kouvatsou managed to level only GMs Alexey Fedorov
the score in the second game. (Byelorussia), Jaan Ehlvest (Estonia)
and Drazen Sermek (Slovenia) managed
We apologise for the incorrect to win – they are sharing second place,
information about yesterday’s 2nd Round half a point behind the leader. 24 players
of the XVI category Ciudad de Dos have 3½ points.
Hermanas tournament – the game
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov &GM Alex Baburin, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi..
CT-166 Page 1 of 5
Some top boards of the 4rd Round: After 3 rounds GM Ognjen Cvitan
Filippov – Asrian 0:1 keeps a perfect score in the VII category
Anastasian – Fedorov 0:1 round robin tournament in Rijeka,
Jobava – Ehlvest 0:1 Croatia. IM Faruk Bistric (Bosnia and
Sermek – Sveshnikov 1:0 etc. Herzegovina) is second with 2½ points,
IM Mladen Vucic (USA) is clear third,
We’ve got some curious information a full point behind the leader.
from IM Mark Heidenfeld: “Some
Results of the 3rd Round:
things are unusual, i.e. every day at 6:45
Cvitan – Velikov 1:0
PM the games are interrupted for 10
Vucic – Inkiov 1:0
minutes because of praying time. All
Ljubicic – Bistric 0:1
players have to leave the tournament hall
Zaja – Muslija 1:0
and are then called back by the chief
Mandekic - Rukavina ½:½
arbiter. Another little detail: the pieces
are normal Staunton chess sets, however
Standings after the 3rd Round:
with one difference – the kings have
been beheaded – the crosses, as a sign of 1. Cvitan – 3
2. Bistric – 2½
the Christian religion – have been sawed
3. Vucic – 2 etc.
off. Thus, the queen is the tallest piece."
Top boards of the 5th Round: GM Ralf Akesson is crushing all the
Asrian (4½) – Sermek (4) opposition on the Gausdal Classics in
Ehlvest (4) – Fedorov (4) etc. Norway – after 7 rounds he has already
scored 6½ points. GM Normunds
GM James Plaskett (England) is Miezis (Latvia) and IM Stellan Brynell
dominating the VII category round robin (Sweden) are sharing second place, 1½
tournament in Hamstead, England – points behind the leader
after 6 rounds he has scored 5 points.
GMs Colin McNab (Scotland), Alexey Results of the 7th Round:
Barsov (Uzbekistan) and WIM Irina T.R.Hansen – Akesson 0:1
Krush (USA) are sharing second place, Brynell – Solozhenkin 1:0
1½ points behind the leader. Elsness – Miezis 0:1 (forfeit)
Johannessen – Trygstag ½:½
Results of the 6th Round: Tikkanen – Hanley ½:½
Barsov – Crouch ½:½
Koneru – Plaskett ½:½ Standings after the 7th Round:
Rizouk – Palliser ½:½ 1. Akesson - 6½ points
Hunt – Krush 0:1 2-3. Brynell, Miezis – 5
McNab – Richardson ½:½ 4-5. Solozhenkin, Johannessen – 4 etc.
Standings after the 6th Round: Home player, IM Frode Elsness, has
1. Plaskett – 5 points withdrawn from the tournament due to a
2-4. McNab, Barsov, Krush – 3½ dispute with the chief arbiter. The game
5. Richardson – 3+ adjourned game Elsness – Trygstad from the 5th Round
was declared drawn by the arbiter after
David Gormally keeps the lead in a Trygstad's flag had fallen, because it
match versus Matthew Turner – the 4th presumably was impossible for Elsness
game was drawn so the score is 2½:1½. to win the position except on time.
Thanks to Adam Raoof for the Thanks for the IM Erik T.Gullaksen for
information. this information
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov & GM Alex Baburin, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi.
CT-166 Page 2 of 5
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At present we have only 15 lots on offer,
as this is a general test of our auction 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6
software in action. Despite its small size, 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.¥g3
the auction offers some very interesting b5 9.¥e2 ¥b7 10.h4 b4 (D)
items, so even if you are not into XIIIIIIIIY
collecting, please visit our site out of
curiosity. For example, we have An Easy
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
Introduction to the Game of Chess 9zpl+-+p+-0
printed in London in 1813 - a nice little 9-+p+psn-zp0
book to show your friends! :-) Also very 9+-+-+-zp-0
interesting is Chess and Chess-players 9-zppzPP+-zP0
by George Walker, published in London 9+-sN-+NvL-0
in 1850. Not only it is an important book,
but this is also a dedication copy -
9PzP-+LzPP+0
signed and dedicated by the author in 9tR-+QmK-+R0
1863. Many people collect things xiiiiiiiiy
nowadays and autographs are always 11.¤a4
very popular. In two weeks we will have Not so long time ago a new idea
on sale a letter by Frank Marshall, a was introduced in the game Ivanov −
book signed by the great Paul Keres and Potkin, St.Petersburg 2000:
a tournament program signed by both 11.hxg5!? bxc3 12.bxc3! ¤xe4
Robert Fischer and Tigran Petrosian. 13.¥e5 ¦h7 14.£c2 £a5 15.0-0ƒ and
So, keep an eye on the auction - it will White obtained a strong initiative for
always have something interesting going! the piece. The game ended quickly
At the site you can find our catalogues in after 15...c5 16.¦ab1 £xc3??
different formats - both current and 17.£a4+ ¥c6 18.¦xb8+ and Black
previous. had to resign. Well, Black's play may
obviously be improved upon, so Ivan
Solkolov prefers the common
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approach. 16...b3!! (D)

11...¤xe4 12.¥e5 ¦g8 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+-wqkvlr+0
9rsn-wqkvlr+0 9zpl+n+p+-0
9zpl+-+p+-0 9-+-+p+-zp0
9-+p+p+-zp0 9+LzP-vL-+-0
9+-+-vL-zp-0 9N+-+n+pzP0
9NzppzPn+-zP0 9+p+-+N+-0
9+-+-+N+-0 9PzPQ+-zPP+0
9PzP-+LzPP+0 9tR-+-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy What a push! Black makes
12...f6 is the alternative. Once I available the b4−square for the
played a crazy game after 13.£c2!? bishop. 16...gxf3? 17.c6 looked bad
(13.¥xb8!? ¦xb8 14.hxg5 is probably for Black.
more humanlike play − it was tested 17.£d3
in the games S.Ivanov − Sitnikov, Perhaps Ivan was a little bit
RUS−chT Smolensk 2000 and shocked here. His decision is not
Halkias − Filipenko, Pardubice 2000 unsuccessful. 17.axb3!? gxf3
and it is too early to make any 18.0-0-0! fxg2 19.¦hg1÷ was also
precise conclusions. ) 13...c5 interesting.
14.¥xc4 fxe5 15.0-0-0! exd4 16.¦he1 17...gxf3 18.c6 ¥b4+ 19.¥c3 ¥xc3+
with interesting compensation for the 20.bxc3 fxg2 21.¦g1 b2!? (D)
piece and two pawns, R.Scherbakov XIIIIIIIIY
− Yagupov, St. Petersburg 1999.
13.£c2
9r+-wqk+r+0
A novelty. 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.¥xc4 9zpl+n+p+-0
¤d7 was acceptable for Black in the 9-+P+p+-zp0
game Xu Jun − Nielsen, Istanbul (ol) 9+L+-+-+-0
2000.
13...c5 14.¥xc4 g4 15.¥b5+ ¤d7 9N+-+n+-zP0
16.dxc5! (D) 9+-zPQ+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9Pzp-+-zPp+0
9r+-wqkvlr+0 9tR-+-mK-tR-0
9zpl+n+p+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+p+-zp0
9+LzP-vL-+-0 This pawn gets on White's nerves.
9Nzp-+n+pzP0 22.¦d1?
This is too much − how could White
9+-+-+N+-0 be so indifferent to the pawns g2 and
9PzPQ+-zPP+0 b2?! 22.¤xb2 ¤ec5!? (22...£xh4÷)
9tR-+-mK-+R0 23.cxd7+ ¢e7 24.£d4 £c7 was very
good for Black but White still had
xiiiiiiiiy some fight left.
This was probably White's idea − 22...£xh4! 23.£xd7+ ¢f8 24.£d4
the advance c5−c6 is irresistible but b1£!! (D)
Alexey Dreev finds an excellent
resource.
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31.¢xe4 ¦g4+
XIIIIIIIIY White resigned as he is checkmated
9r+-+-mkr+0 soon. Wonderful play by Alexey
9zpl+-+p+-0 Dreev who arranged fantastic
coordination between his pieces! 0-1.
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doubt White is sorry that he had not eirikgu.home.online.no/gausdal2001/
annihilated it when he the chance. www.gmchess.com
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CT-167, 23rd April 2001
Kasparov Defeats Pairings for the 5th

Chapman in Round:
Charity Match Smirin – Vallejo

Pons
arry Kasparov won the Rajabov – Dreev
G charity odds match

against Terence
Chapman with a total score of
I.Sokolov –
Illescas Cordoba
Azmaiparashvili –
Almasi
2½:1½. Kasparov faced serious
opposition in the 3rd game against Krasenkow –
Chapman, who heads one of Britain's top M.Gurevich
listed software companies Terence
Chapman Group PLC, as he managed to In the 6th Round of the Sheikh Rashed
level the score. But in the decisive 4th Bin Hamdan Cup which is taking place
game, in which Kasparov gave up the in Dubai, UAE, GM Jaan Ehlvest
“a”and “e” pawns, the game ended in (Estonia) beat Alexey Fedorov
favor of Kasparov after some unforced (Byelorussia) and joined the leader,
errors by Chapman - to the mutual Karen Asrian (Armenia), who drew
pleasure of all concerned. against Drazen Sermek (Slovenia).
(See annotated game section for the
Let’s take a look at the other events. Ehlvest-Fedorov game page 3 --- RPM.)
Ilya Smirin (Israel) secured sole lead Some results of the 6th Round:
after the 5th Round of the XVI category Asrian – Sermek ½:½
Ciudad de Dos Hermanas tournament. Ehlvest – Fedorov 1:0
After his loss in the first round Alexey Glek – Kharlov ½:½
Dreev (Russia) won his second game in Neverov – Vladimirov 0:1
a row – this time he beat an outsider of Alexandrov – Magerramov 1:0
the event Michal Krasenkow – and Galkin – Motylev ½:½
joined home players Francisco Vallejo Sorokin – Shariyazdanov ½:½
Pons and Miguel Illescas Cordoba in Dizdar – Kobalia ½:½
second place. Kuzmin – Volzhin ½:½
Safin – Pigusov 1:0
Results of the 4th Round: Minasian – Yakovich 1:0
Almasi – Smirin ½:½ Kotsur – Pavasovic 0:1
M.Gurevich – I.Sokolov 0:1 Gadjily – Anastasian 1:0
Vallejo – Radjabov ½:½ Al-Modiahki – Kunte 0:1
Dreev – Krasenkow 1:0
Illescas – Azmaiparashvili 1:0 Top boards of the 7th Round:
Asrian (5) – Ehlvest (5)
Standings after the 4th Round: Vladimirov (4½) – Gadjily (4½)
1. Smirin - 3 points Sermek (4½) – Alexandrov (4½)
2-4. Dreev, Illescas Cordoba, Kunte (4½) – Safin (4½)
Vallejo Pons – 2½ Pavasovic (4½) – Minasian (4½)
5-7. M.Gurevich, Almasi, Rajabov – 2
8-9. I. Sokolov, Azmaiparashvili – 1½
10. Krasenkow – ½
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi.
CT-167 Page 1 of 5
GM James Plaskett (England) kept the 2. Bistric – 3

lead on the VII category round robin 3. Rukavina – 2½ etc.
tournament in Hamstead, England with
5½ points after 7 rounds. GM Colin GM Ralf Akesson won the Gausdal
McNab (Scotland) won an important Classics in Norway with a fantastic
game against WIM Irina Krush (USA) result 8 points out of 9 games! GM
and is sharing second place with GM Normunds Miezis (Latvia) and IM
Alexey Barsov (Uzbekistan), who beat Stellan Brynell (Sweden) shared second
John Richardson (England). place, 1½ points behind the winner.

Plaskett – Rizouk ½:½ Akesson – Tikkanen 1:0
Krush – McNab 0:1
Richardson – Barsov 0:1 Trygstag – T.R.Hansen ½:½
Palliser – A.Hunt ½:½ Elsness – Brynell 0:1 (forfeit)
Crouch – Koneru ½:½ Solozhenkin – Johannessen ½:½
Miezis – Hanley 1:0
1. Plaskett – 5½ points Results of the 9th Round:
2-3. McNab, Barsov – 4½ Hanley – Akesson ½:½
4. Crouch – 4 Tikkanen – Trygstag ½:½
5-6. Rizouk, Krush – 3½ T.R.Hansen – Solozhenkin ½:½
Johannessen – Elsness 1:0 (forfeit)
The 5th game of the challenge match Brynell – Miezis ½:½
between David Gormally and Matthew
Turner was drawn – Gormally keeps the Final standings:
lead with a score 3:2. Tomorrow, in the 1. Akesson – 8 points
last game Gormally will have the white 2-3. Miezis, Brynell - 6½
pieces and very good chances to win the 4. Johannessen – 5½
match. 5. Solozhenkin – 5
6-7. Trygstad, Elsness – 3½
Thanks to Adam Raoof for the 8-9. T.R.Hansen, Hanley – 2½
information. 10. Tikkanen – 1½
GM Ognjen Cvitan is dominating the Home player IM Frode Elsness has

VII category round robin tournament in withdrawn from the tournament due to a
Rijeka, Croatia – after 4 rounds he still dispute with the chief arbiter. The game
maintains a perfect score! IM Faruk Elsness – Trygstad from the 5th Round
Bistric (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is was declared drawn by the arbiter after
second, a full point behind; home IM Trygstad's flag had fallen, because it
Josip Rukavina is clear third with 2½ presumably was impossible for Elsness
points. to win the position except on time.
Results of the 4th Round: Congratulations to the winners and

Vucic – Cvitan 0:1 thanks for IM Erik T.Gullaksen for the
Inkiov – Bistric ½:½ information.
Rukavina – Ljubicic 1:0
Velikov – Zaja ½:½ The 4th Tanta Open is underway in
Muslija – Mandekic 0:1 Tanta City about 90 km from Cairo,
Egypt. After 4 rounds GM Hannes
Standings after the 4th Round: Stefansson (Iceland) and IM Azer
1. Cvitan – 4 Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) are leading with
CT-167 Page 2 of 5
with 3½ points. GMs Alexander

Fominykh (Russia) and Dmitry Komarov
XIIIIIIIIY
(Ukraine) and IM Mohamed Tissir 9rwq-+-trk+0
(Marocco) are in chase, half a point 9zpp+lzppvlp0
behind – thanks to Mark Crowther for
this information. 9-+nzp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
The 2nd European Open Women's Chess
Championship just started in Warsaw,
9-+LsNP+-+0
Poland – we’ll keep you updated on this 9+-sN-vLP+-0
very attractive event.
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
¤¤¤ 9+-mKR+-+R0
This is one of numerous
J. Ehlvest (2630) − A. Fedorov possibilities. 10...¦c8; 10...¤e5; and
(2590) 10...£a5 are the alternatives which
Open Dubai UAE (6), 20.04.2001 seem to be the more common
B78 options.
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 11.¢b1
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 A rare continuation. Fedorov faced
¤f6 5.¤c3 g6 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 ¤c6 11.¤d5 a couple of times: 11...¤xd5
8.£d2 0-0 (D) 12.¥xd5 (12.exd5 gave Black
XIIIIIIIIY excellent play after 12...¤e5 13.¥e2
¦c8 14.h4 £c7„ Movsesian −
9r+lwq-trk+0 Fedorov, Las Vegas 1999) 12...¦c8
9zpp+-zppvlp0 13.h4 e6 14.¥xc6 bxc6 15.¤b3 d5
with good play for Black, Leko −
9-+nzp-snp+0 Fedorov, Europe−chT, Batumi 1999.;
9+-+-+-+-0 the direct 11.g4 is played more
often.
9-+-sNP+-+0 11...b5!? (D)
9+-sN-vLP+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0 9rwq-+-trk+0
9tR-+-mKL+R0 9zp-+lzppvlp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+nzp-snp+0
9.¥c4 9+p+-+-+-0
Alexey Fedorov is a well known 9-+LsNP+-+0
Dragon's advocate − we featured his
excellent win over Michael Adams in 9+-sN-vLP+-0
Wijk aan Zee, 2001 in the CT−81 9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
after 9.0-0-0 d5 10.exd5 ¤xd5
11.¤xc6 bxc6 12.¤xd5 cxd5
9+K+R+-+R0
13.£xd5 £c7 14.£c5 £b8!?© and so xiiiiiiiiy
on. 12.¥e2
9...¥d7 10.0-0-0 £b8 (D) A cool approach. 12.¤dxb5!? is
worth trying, in my opinion. After
12...¤e5 13.¥e2 ¦c8 Black has
compensation for the pawn but it
CT-167 Page 3 of 5
might turn out to be insufficient, more vulnerable than White's

Glagolev − Saulin, Moscow 1996. counterpart.
12...b4 13.¤d5 £b7 21...¦c6 22.¦dh1 ¦ac8 23.¥d3 a5
Simplification by 13...¤xd5 14.exd5 24.f4! exf4 25.e5! dxe5 (D)
¤xd4 15.¥xd4 ¥xd4 16.£xd4 looked
dangerous for Black as it is not so
XIIIIIIIIY
easy to parry the direct attack of h2− 9-+r+-+k+0
h4−h5 and so on. 9+q+-+-+p0
14.¤xf6+
White could have won a pawn by 9-+r+l+p+0
14.¤xc6 ¥xc6 15.¤xb4 but after 9zp-+-zp-+-0
15...a5! Black could have had a
serious initiative against White's king.
9-zp-+-zp-tR0
14...¥xf6 15.h4 ¦fc8 16.h5 (D) 9+-+L+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzPPwQ-+P+0
9r+r+-+k+0 9+K+-+-+R0
9zpq+lzpp+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+nzp-vlp+0 26.¥xg6!
9+-+-+-+P0 Excellent!
9-zp-sNP+-+0 26...¥xa2+! 27.¢xa2 ¦xg6 28.¦xh7
(D)
9+-+-vLP+-0
9PzPPwQL+P+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+K+R+-+R0 9-+r+-+k+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+q+-+-+R0
16...¤xd4 9-+-+-+r+0
Thanks to the White's control over
the center Black possibilities to
9zp-+-zp-+-0
launch an attack against White's king 9-zp-+-zp-+0
are too limited, so he tries a 9+-+-+-+-0
positional approach.
17.¥xd4 e5 18.¥f2 ¥e6 19.hxg6 9KzPPwQ-+P+0
fxg6 20.¥h4
The capture of the d6−pawn gave
9+-+-+-+R0
Black a couple of tempi to organise xiiiiiiiiy
direct actions on the queenside: 28...¦g7?
20.£xd6 ¦c6 21.£d2 a5© Of course, not 28...£xh7?? 29.¦xh7
20...¥xh4 21.¦xh4 (D) ¢xh7 30.£d7+ followed by £c8;
XIIIIIIIIY 28...£c6!÷ was more to the point −
9r+r+-+k+0 despite of all dangers Black is
9zpq+-+-+p0 probably not so bad here.
9-+-zpl+p+0 29.¦7h6!
9+-+-zp-+-0 A very annoying move in such a
9-zp-+P+-tR0 position. Black's king is in great
9+-+-+P+-0 danger and the very next move would
9PzPPwQL+P+0 be fatal for him.
9+K+R+-+-0 29...a4
xiiiiiiiiy This loses instantly but it looks like it
After the exchange of the dark− was already difficult to give Black
squared bishops Black's king looks good advice.
CT-167 Page 4 of 5
30.£d6! b3+ 31.¢a3 (D) Technical editors:

XIIIIIIIIY Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
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9+q+-+-tr-0 Alexander Baburin © and protected
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9+-+-zp-+-0 unauthorised reproduction, via print,
9p+-+-zp-+0 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
9mKp+-+-+-0 express written permission.
9-zPP+-+P+0
9+-+-+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned as he has no defence
against £e6. 1-0.
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CT-168, 24th April 2001
GM Reinaldo Vera
Wins Cuban
Championship.
G
M Reinaldo Vera won the 2001
Cuban championship with 12½
points out of 16. One player
withdrew from this event and all his The 3rd International Rector (6
results were annulled. participants, round-robin system, 2
circles, cat. XIII, avg. Rating 2556) takes
2. L. Dominguez – 12 place in the National Law Academy of
3. F. De la Paz – 11 Ukraine, Kharkov. Standing after 7th
4. L. Bruzon – 10 round:
5-6. R. Perez, O. Almeida – 8½ etc.
1. R. Ponomarev – 4½ points
All games were drawn in the 5th Round 2. A. Moiseenko – 4
of the XVI category Ciudad de Dos 3. P. Eljanov – 3½
Hermanas. But let’s not be too hard on 4-6. Y. Pelletier, A. Zubarev, M.Turov -3
the grandmasters, just remember – they
are playing without any day off. Dos All players are young (students!) and
Hermanas really isn’t a Linares with its 3 they “bombard” each other - fight tooth
free days (as Russians say it’s not Rio de and nail. You can find many attractive
Janeiro ☺). games at:
Results of the 5th Round: http://chesssector.odessa.ua/rector01.

Smirin – Vallejo Pons ½:½ htm
Rajabov – Dreev ½:½
I. Sokolov – Illescas Cordoba ½:½
Azmaiparashvili – Almasi ½:½
Krasenkov – M. Gurevich ½:½

1. Smirin – 3½ points
2-4. Dreev, Illescas Cordoba, Vallejo
Pons – 3
5-7. M. Gurevich, Almasi, Rajabov – 2½
8-9. I. Sokolov, Azmaiparashvili – 2 As was reported yesterday the 2nd
10. Krasenkov – 1 European Open Women Chess
Championship started in Warsaw,
Pairings for the 6th Round: Poland. 157 participants are fighting for
Almasi – Vallejo Pons 29 spots for the World Championship
Dreev – Smirin (Swiss system, 11 round + tie-break).
M. Gurevich – Rajabov There was a first sensation in the second
Illescas Cordoba – Krasenkov round – Elo-favourite Alisa Galliamova
Azmaiparashvili – I. Sokolov lost to Svetlana Petrenko.
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Top boards for the 3rd Round (23 women 3. Potkin, V. − Isaevsky, A.
have 2 points): (Russia ch under 20) Kazan, 2001
Stefanova – Gaponenko XIIIIIIIIY
Zhukova – Danielian 9rsn-+-trk+0
Kononenko – Skripchenko-Lautier 9+l+-zppvlp0
9pwq-+-+p+0
Graf-Mamedova – Stepovaia-Diachenko 9+p+L+n+-0
(it’s not a consultation game ☺) 9-+-zP-+-+0
Vasilevich – Dworakowska 9sNQ+-vLN+-0
Hunt – Radziewicz 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Foisor – Petrenko 9+-tR-tR-mK-0
Ionescu-Brandis – Kosteniuk xiiiiiiiiy
Sedina – Korbut White to play
Polovnikova – Olarasu ¤¤¤
Zaiatz – Dimitrijevic
Kiseleva – Peptan (1½) Annotated Game
R. Ponomarev (2673) − Y. Pelletier
The 6-game challenge match between (2531)
David Gormally and Matthew Turner Cup Rector Ukraine Kharkov (6),
ended in a sensational draw. Turner 22.04.2001 B80
could win last game with Black and Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
equalised the score at 3 - 3. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 (D)
Thanks to Adam
information.
Raoof for this XIIIIIIIIY
¤¤¤ 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Tactical Quiz 9+p+-zppzpp0
(solutions on page 4)
1. Isaevsky, A. − Grigoriants, S.
9p+-zp-sn-+0
(Russian ch under 20) Kazan 2001 9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-mk0 9-+-sNP+-+0
9+ptrn+-+-0
9p+-+-zp-zp0
9+-sN-+-+-0
9+-zPR+Nzpq0 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9-wQ-+P+-+0
9+-+-+-+P0 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
9PzP-+-zPL+0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy The Najdorf Sicilian has been a
White to play main opening of choice for decades.
6.¥e3
2. Kazakov, P. − Grischenko, S. According to statistics this is the 3rd
(Russia ch under 20) Kazan 2001 most often move played. 6.¥g5 is
XIIIIIIIIY first and then 6.¥e2
9r+-+k+-+0 6...e6 7.f3 b5 8.g4 ¤fd7
9+-wq-zp-+Q0 Kasparov played this variation twice
9p+-+-zp-+0 in Cannes and it has became
9+p+-zpNtr-0 popular. The idea behind the move is
9-+l+P+-zp0
9+-zP-+-+P0 to start counterplay on the Queen
9-+P+-+P+0 side (where White will be castling)
9+-+R+RmK-0 immediately. Of course it's a bit slow,
xiiiiiiiiy but how does one exploit it?
White to play 9.£d2 ¤b6 10.0-0-0 ¤8d7 (D)
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9r+lwqkvl-tr0 9r+l+-vl-tr0
9+-+n+pzpp0 9+-wq-+kzpp0
9psn-zpp+-+0 9-sn-zppzp-+0
9+p+-+-+-0 9zpL+-+-+-0
9-+-sNP+P+0 9-zpnsNPzPPvL0
9+-sN-vLP+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPwQ-+-zP0 9PzPP+Q+-zP0
9+-mKR+L+R0 9+NmKR+-+R0
11.¤b3!? Now Black has big problems with
This is a novelty. The Guests of his development. Pelletier decides to
Cannes played 11.£f2 for example: go into complications, but...
11...¥b7 12.¥d3 ¦c8 13.¤ce2 ¤c5 18...e5!? 19.¤f5 exf4 20.g5!
14.¢b1 ¤ba4 15.h4 (15.b3 ¤xd3 In this game Ruslan plays like a boy
16.cxd3 ¤c5 17.¤g3 ¥e7 18.£b2 b4 of his age (usually 17−year old
Polgar − Kasparov) 15...£c7 16.¦he1 Ponomarev prefers long endgames
d5 Grischuk − Kasparov. Ex− etc.)!
champion won both games. As I 20...¤e5 21.gxf6 g6 22.¤d2!? a4
understand, Ponomarev's idea is to Black believed his opponent. After
prevent the Knight's manoeuvre, 22...gxf5 23.£h5+ ¤g6 24.¥d3!?
Nd7−c5−a4 etc. White has a strong initiative even
11...b4 12.¤b1 though Black's a piece up.
Forced. The Bishop on e3 is too 23.¢b1
important: 12.¤e2? ¤c4 Ponomarev's style is very often
12...a5 compared with Karpov's play. Last
After 12...¥e7 13.£xb4 d5 14.£a5 move is typical for Karpov too − quite
¥b7 Black hasn't enough prophylactic in such a sharp position!
compensation for the pawn. But now 23...a3 24.¤f3 ¤xf3 25.£xf3 axb2
White has a big advantage in (D)
development.
13.¥g5! f6
XIIIIIIIIY
I suspect in case of 13...£c7 Black 9r+l+-vl-tr0
didn't like something like 14.¤d4!? 9+-wq-+k+p0
d5!? 15.¤b5 £b8 16.¥f4 e5 17.exd5
exf4 18.d6 with a very strong attract. 9-sn-zp-zPp+0
Nevertheless Ruslan Ponomarev 9+L+-+N+-0
played...
14.¤d4! ¤e5
9-zp-+Pzp-vL0
Dubious was 14...fxg5?! 15.¤xe6 9+-+-+Q+-0
£f6 16.¤c7+ ¢d8 17.¤xa8 ¤xa8 9PzpP+-+-zP0
15.¥b5+ ¢f7 16.¥h4 £c7 17.f4
¤ec4 18.£e2 (D) 9+K+R+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
26.¦xd6!
A bolt from the blue!
26...£xd6?!
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A very sad decision. Of course after ct@gmsquare.com. We always

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¦xd7 38.£xd7 £f7 39.£xf7 ¦xf7
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¤xe3 19.fxe3 ¥xf3 20.¤xf3+− and
White won. +−
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CT-169, 25th April 2001
Khalifman, Shirov and changed places with him (see our

annotated game section, page 3). It looks
and Salov Respond like Miguel Illescas Cordoba showed
part of his and Kramnik’s preparation in
With an Open Letter the Gruenfeld and beat Mikhail
Krasenkov in a long endgame. In
of Their Own! contrast Zurab Azmaiparashvili won in
only 21 moves His opponent Ivan
Sokolov had clear problems in the Scotch
“A
fter reading the letter of
the 3 Ks, we would like to defence.
accept the kind invitation
of the authors and participate in the Results of the 6th Round:
discussion regarding burning problems Almasi – Vallejo Pons 1:0
of modern chess. However, Dreev – Smirin 1:0
unfortunately, some passages from the M. Gurevich – Rajabov 1:0
letter force us to initially comment on the Illescas Cordoba – Krasenkov 1:0
letter itself…" Azmaiparashvili – I. Sokolov 1:0
The above is the first paragraph of the Standing after the 6th Round:
new open letter – a reply to the open 1-2. Dreev, Illescas Cordoba – 4 points
letter by Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik 3-5. Smirin, M. Gurevich, Almasi – 3½
to FIDE – signed by Alexander 6-7. Vallejo Pons, Azmaiparashvili – 3
Khalifman, Alexey Shirov, Valery 8. Rajabov – 2½
Salov, participants of St-Petersburg 9. I. Sokolov – 2
Championships-2001, and the vice- 10. Krasenkov – 1
president of this town’s chess federation.
What does it mean? The start of Pairings for the 7th Round:
discussions or the beginning of a I. Sokolov – Almasi
confrontation? I’d prefer the former. By Krasenkov – Azmaiparashvili
the way there are some caustic remarks Rajabov – Illescas Cordoba
in open letter #2. Perhaps they are Smirin – M. Gurevich
justified, but it’s not the best way to start Vallejo Pons – Dreev
a civil discussion.
There are four leaders before the
This letter was originally written in penultimate 8th Round of the Sheikh
Russian but now you can read it in Rashed Bin Hamdan Cup in Dubai,
English in TWIC #337 at: UAE.
ml 1-4. Ehlvest, Vladimirov, Minasian,
Asrian – 5½ points out of 7
White to play and win – maybe this was 5-13. Alexandrov, Kunte, Motylev,
the slogan of the 6th Round of the XVI Sermek, Fedorov, Safin, Ermenkov,
category Ciudad de Dos Hermanas?! Kobalija, Odeev – 5 etc.
Alexey Dreev outplayed former leader
Ilja Smirin in very convincing style,
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Stefanova - Graf-Mamedova
Kovalevskaya – Kononenko
Dworakowska – Zhukova
Khurtsidze - Ionescu-Brandis
Skripchenko-Lautier – Petrenko
Danielian – Vasilevich
Mkrtchian - Arakhamia-Grant
Khukhashvili – Hunt
Prudnikova – T. Kosintseva
Olarasu – Foisor
Kosteniuk – Moser
Mr. Al-Bannai, President of Dubai Galianina-Ryjanova – Kiseleva
Chess& Culture Club with President of Radziewicz – Polovnikova
International Federation Gaponenko – Medic
Photo from: Galliamova (2 points) - Sudakova
http://www.iranchess.com/dubaiopen/
What can we say new about the category
th
Some results of the 7 Round: VII round-robin tournament in Rijeka,
Asrian – Ehlvest ½:½ Croatia? We can only repeat (see CT-
Vladimirov – Gadjily 1:0 167) that GM Ognjen Cvitan is
Sermek – Alexandrov ½:½ dominating the field – he has 5½ points
Kunte – Safin ½:½ out of 6! IM Faruk Bistric has clear
Pavasovic – Minasian 0:1 second with 4 points.
Top boards of the 8th Round: 3-6. Inkiov, Rukavina, Velikov, Vucic –
Ehlvest – Vladimirov 3½ etc.
Minasian – Asrian
Alexandrov – Kunte GM James Plaskett (England) won the
Motylev – Sermek VII category (10 participants) round
Fedorov – Safin robin tournament in Hamstead, England.
Ermenkov – Kobalija
Odeev – Kharlov (4½) Final standing:
1. Plaskett – 7 points out of 9
Rena Graf-Mamedova (GER), 2. McNab – 5½
Aleksandra Dimitrijevic (YUG) and 3-5. Rizouk, Barsov, Krush – 5
Elena Sedina (ITA) maintain a perfect 6. Crouch – 4½
score after the 3rd Round of the 2nd 7-9. Koneru, Palliser, Richardson – 3½
European Open Women’s Chess 10. A. Hunt – 2½
Championship in Warsaw, Poland. In
the second Round only these women won The Lasker S.R.L. chess club organised a
their games on the top boards (see Spring Festival in Bucharest, Romania, -
pairing in CT-168). By the way, Elena reported by Radu CHIRILA for TWIC.
Sedina played for the Ukrainian team at
the last Olympiad in Istanbul although GM Andrei Istratescu won this VIII
she really leaves in Italy because she category GM event (12 participants, av.
married an Italian. Maybe it’s simple a Elo 2431) with 8½ points out of 11.
mistake by the Polish organisers or 2. Kalezic – 8
something has changed in her live. 3. Dimitrache – 7½
4-7. Vajda, Ionescu, Negulescu, Vasiesiu
Top boards of the 4th round (28 – 6 etc.
participants have 2½ points):
Dimitrijevic – Sedina
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In the women's category IV tournament simple task for a Black Knight to

WF Mariana Mosnegutu and WG occupy the d4−square while the
Szidonia Vajda shared 1-2 places with 6 Knight on c3 is ready to jump on d5).
points out of 9. 10...£a5
¤¤¤ Black has also played here
Annotated Game 10...£c7 for example: 11.¤f4 e6
12.¤d3 ¤e8 13.¤f2 f5!? 14.exf5 gxf5
A. Dreev − I. Smirin (square d5!) 15.f4 ¤df6 16.¥e2 b6
Ciudad de Dos Hermanas, 17.¥f3 ¦a7 18.0-0 ¥b7÷ Khenkin −
24.04.2001 E81 Banikas, Italy 2000
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 11.¤c1 £c7 12.¤d3 b6 13.¥f4 e5?!
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 (D)
5.f3 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+l+-trk+0
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 9+-wqn+pvlp0
9zppzp-zppvlp0 9pzp-+-snp+0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9+-zp-zp-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+P+PvL-+0
9-+PzPP+-+0 9+-sNN+P+-0
9+-sN-+P+-0 9PzP-wQ-+PzP0
9PzP-+-+PzP0 9+-+RmKL+R0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy This is quite a dubious novelty
The Saemisch system is one of the because of the weakness of the d5−
most unpleasant of White's weapons square. More logical was 13...£b7
vs the Kings Indian. Recently the 14.¥e2 ¦d8 15.¤c1 ¦e8 16.e5 ¤h5
more fashionable variation is 5.Nf3 17.e6!? fxe6 18.¥e3 ¤e5 19.0-0©
and 6.Be2, but even so there are Luce − Morovic, Denmark 1982
much more games with 5.f3 in 14.¥g5 ¦e8 15.¥e2 ¤f8
databases. The Knight is heading for d4, but
5...0-0 6.¤ge2 a6 7.¥e3 ¤bd7 White forestalls it.
8.£d2 c5 16.¤d5
Smirin chose a bit unusual plan. Of course
9.dxc5!? 16...¤xd5 17.cxd5 ¤d7 18.¦c1
Simple and rather strong. £d6 (D)
Alternatives are 9.¦d1; 9.0-0-0; or XIIIIIIIIY
9.d5 9r+l+r+k+0
9...dxc5 10.¦d1 (D) 9+-+n+pvlp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9pzp-wq-+p+0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9+-zpPzp-vL-0
9+p+nzppvlp0 9-+-+P+-+0
9p+-+-snp+0 9+-+N+P+-0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9PzP-wQL+PzP0
9-+P+P+-+0 9+-tR-mK-+R0
9+-sN-vLP+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-wQN+PzP0 19.b4!
9+-+RmKL+R0 After 19.0-0 b5!?„ Black has
xiiiiiiiiy counter−play on the Queenside.
A Solid approach. Dreev refused to 19...cxb4 20.£xb4
castling long and hopes to exploit his Since his childhood Alexey Dreev
better placed pieces (it's not a enjoys playing endgames and
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usually he is very strong in this phase 32...£xa4 33.£c1 ¦d6!? 34.h4 £b3
of the game. And to be honest 35.£a1 ¦xd5 36.¦b1 £e3+ 37.¢h1
entering an endgame is quite £d4?
unpleasant for Black here − White After 37...£d3!? the position
has a passed pawn d, control of the remained very sharp and unclear.
c−file, and better development (even 38.£xa5
though his King is still in the center!) Thanks.
and so on. 38...exf4?
20...£b8 The decisive mistake − the only
This looks like only move. move was 38...¦d7!?
21.0-0 ¥f8 22.£b2 ¥b7 23.a4!? 39.¦b7!
A useful prophylactic measure. With the very dangerous threat of
23...a5 24.¤f2 ¥c5 25.¥b5 £d6 (D) checkmate on f7.
XIIIIIIIIY 39...¦d7 40.¦xd7 £xd7 41.£xc5+
9r+-+r+k+0 ¦e7 (D)
9+l+n+p+p0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zp-wq-+p+0 9-+-+-mk-+0
9zpLvlPzp-vL-0 9+-+qtr-+p0
9P+-+P+-+0 9-+-+-+psN0
9+-+-+P+-0 9+-wQ-+pvL-0
9-wQ-+-sNPzP0 9-+-+-zp-zP0
9+-tR-+RmK-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+P+0
26.¥xd7 9+-+-+-+K0
And White begins a combination: xiiiiiiiiy
£xd7 27.¦xc5! 41...¢g7 42.£c3+ and mate in 3.
This is a clear positional sacrifice − 42.¤g8! ¢xg8 43.£xe7 1-0.
now White controls the black
squares. Also the Bishop on b7 looks
very sad.
27...bxc5 28.¤g4 ¦a6 29.¤h6+!
White wants more than 29.¤f6+?!
ml
¦xf6 30.¥xf6 £d6 (or 30...¥a6 )
http://chess-
29...¢f8 30.f4 ¥xd5!?
sector.odessa.ua/rector01.htm
What else is there to do?!
31.exd5 f5 (D)
2001/
XIIIIIIIIY http://www.pzszach.org.pl/europa/
9-+-+rmk-+0 http://www.iranchess.com/dubaiopen/
9+-+q+-+p0 http://www.sah-rijeka.hr/t-g05/
9r+-+-+psN0 http://www.circuit.demon.co.uk/barnet.ht
9zp-zpPzppvL-0 m
9P+-+-zP-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Contact information. Do you want to
9-wQ-+-+PzP0 report a tournament or have a suggestion
9+-+-+RmK-0 concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
xiiiiiiiiy ct@gmsquare.com. We always
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Maybe it's a zeitnot irregularity. Please tell your chess friends about
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Hamdan Cup in Dubai, UAE we can only

Smirin beats Gurevich inform you, that five players shared the
and takes lead … lead with 6 points at the end of the 8th
Round. Who are those guys? Lets wait
till tomorrow – maybe we’ll have more
I
lja Smirin beat Mikhail Gurevich
(see our annotated game section) news, at least from CT’s correspondent
in the 7th Round of the XVI in Dubai IM Mark Heidenfeld.
category Ciudad de Dos Hermanas
and overtook the leaders – Alexey WGM Elena Sedina (ITA) became sole
Dreev and Miguel Illescas leader after the 4th Round of the 2nd
Cordoba. European Open Women’s Chess
Championship in Warsaw, Poland.
Zurab Azmaiparashvili As earlier we’ll give only the
won his second game in decisive outcomes from this
a row, this time with round:
Black over Mikhail Dimitrijevic – Sedina 0:1
Krasenkov in 19 Skripchenko-Lautier –
moves. It looks like the Petrenko 1:0
extremely strong GM Danielian – Vasilevich 1:0
Krasenkov has lost his Mkrtchian - Arakhamia-
confidence and swims Grant 0:1
down… The three other Khukhashvili – Hunt 0:1
games were drawn. Prudnikova – T. Kosintseva
WGM Harriet Hunt 1:0
Results of the 7th Round: Kosteniuk – Moser 1:0
I. Sokolov – Almasi ½:½ Gaponenko – Medic 1:0
Krasenkov – Azmaiparashvili 0:1
Rajabov – Illescas Cordoba ½:½ Standing after the 4th Round:
Smirin – M. Gurevich 1:0 1. Sedina – 4 points
Vallejo Pons – Dreev ½:½ 2-9. Hunt, Kosteniuk, Skripchenko-
Lautier, Gaponenko, Danielian, Graf-
Standing after the 7th Round: Mamedova, Arakhamia-Grant,
1-3. Dreev, Smirin, Illescas Cordoba – Prudnikova – 3 etc.
4½ points
4-5. Almasi, Azmaiparashvili – 4 Top boards of the 5th round (23
6-7. M. Gurevich, Vallejo Pons – 3½ participants have 3 points):
8. Rajabov – 3 Sedina - Skripchenko-Lautier
9. I. Sokolov – 2½ Arakhamia-Grant - Kosteniuk
10. Krasenkov – 1 Hunt – Gaponenko
Graf-Mamedova - Prudnikova
Pairings for the 8th Round: Kovalevskaya - Danielian
Almasi – Dreev Dworakowska – Stefanova
M. Gurevich – Vallejo Pons Zhukova - Radziewicz
Illescas Cordoba – Smirin Kiseleva – Khurtsidze
Azmaiparashvili – Rajabov Ionescu-Brandis – Bojkovic
I. Sokolov – Krasenkov N. Kosintseva – Stepovaia-Diachenko
Foisor – Korbut
Due to some technical problems on the Sudakova - Galianina-Ryjanova
web-site of the Sheikh Rashed Bin Chelushkina – Popova
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Polovnikova – Dimitrijevic zones who should all finish their zonal

S. Cherednichenko – Shumiakina championships by end of April 2001,
Kononenko – Olarasu otherwise the slots to which they are
entitled to will be forfeited in favour of
VII category round-robin tournament in the Asian Continental Championships.
Rijeka, Croatia. Standing after 7th Round: That is the reason why the great haste in
1. Cvitan – 6 points organising the Zonal Championship.
2. Bistric – 5 Please follow the link in my web page:
3. Rukavina – 4
4-8. Inkiov, Velikov, Zaja, Vucic,
Ljubicic – 3½ etc. ¤¤¤
Annotated Game
Brain Games wakes up! Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
I Smirin − M Gurevich
Some information from its official site:
Dos Hermanas, 25.04.2001 C05
“In October this year the Brain Games 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3
(BGN) world chess champion Vladimir A fashionable move. White used to
Kramnik will face a computer challenge take on d5.
in Bahrain… Now Deep Fritz (Germany) 4...Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3
and Deep Junior (Israel) are playing 24- XIIIIIIIIY
games match in Cadaqués, Spain, under 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
the direction of one of the world's 9zpp+n+pzpp0
leading computer chess experts, Prof. 9-+n+p+-+0
Enrique Irazoqui. Time control is 40/90. 9+-zppzP-+-0
Hardware consists of two dual P933 9-+-zP-+-+0
machines with 768MB RAM, of which 9+-zPL+N+-0
512 are allocated for hashtables and 32 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
for tablebases. All 3-4-5 men tablebases 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
are installed. The view from the Rocamar xiiiiiiiiy
Hotel is splendid, which doubtless will 7...g6
inspire both programs to make the best The main alternative is 7...Qb6 for
moves. :-)” example 8.0-0 g6 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3
We can add that Deep Junior won 4 first Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Bg7 12.Bf4 0-0 13.Qd2
games – what an astounding start! Bd7 14.Rfe1 a5 15.Bh6² Kasparov −
Bareev, Cannes 2001.
CT-correspondent Bobby ANG reports: 8.h4!? Qb6 9.h5 g5
Zone 3.2a Championships have started It's still modern theory. By the way in
Dos Ermanos there are a lot of "fresh",
April 24, 2001 at the Grand Boulevard
quite new opening variations. It's very
Hotel, Manila, Philippines. This is a 9- interesting to look at other strong
round Swiss System Tournament where 2 players, not only the so−called elite from
will qualify from the men's section and 1 Wijk and Linares.
from the women's. As you may be aware, Another possibility is 9...Bg7 Look at
the continent of Asia has 19 slots (we are the following curious game: 10.hxg6
talking about the men's division. male hxg6 11.Rxh8+ Bxh8 12.Nb3!? c4
chauvinist that I am, I never bothered to 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.Nbd2 Qa6 15.Ne4 Nd8
find out how many in the women's 16.Nd6+ Ke7 17.Bg5+ f6 18.Nh4 Nf8
division there are) in the upcoming 19.Bh6 fxe5 20.dxe5 Nf7 21.Bxf8+ Kxf8
World Chess Championships. The Asian 22.Qf3 1:0 Hodge − Jens, Belgium 1999.
10.Nxg5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nxd4
Continental Championships will have up
Also deserving of attention 11...Qxd4
for grabs 10 slots while the balance of 9 f.e.: 12.Ndf3 Qb4+ 13.Kf1 Ncxe5 14.Rh4
have been assigned to the various sub- Qe7 15.Bf4 f6 16.Nh3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3
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Nc5 18.Qc2 Bd7 19.Re1 Bb5+ 20.Kg1© pair of Rooks.

Plaskett − Adamson, England 1998. 26.Qg4 Qf8 27.Rxc1 Rxc1 28.Rd3
12.Ndf3 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-wq-mk0
9r+l+kvl-tr0 9zpp+l+pvl-0
9zpp+n+p+p0 9-+-+p+-zp0
9-wq-+p+-+0 9+-+pzP-+P0
9+-+pzP-+P0 9-+-sN-zPQ+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+P+R+-+-0
9+-+L+N+-0 9P+-+-vLPmK0
9PzP-+-zPP+0 9+-tr-+-+-0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 28...f6?
13...h6!? Why? Maybe Black is a little better but
It's a novelty compared with 13...Nc5 not enough for such a harsh approach.
14.Bc2 Qb4+ 15.Kf1 Be7 16.Nd4 Bd7 29.Nxe6 Bxe6 30.Qxe6 fxe5 31.Rxd5
17.a3 Qc4+ 18.Kg1 Ne4 19.Be3 Qc7 Maybe Black underestimated this
20.Nf3 Bc5÷ Bless − Shaked, Wijk aan move?
Zee 1998. Mikhail Gurevich wants to 31...Rc2 32.Bh4
better protect his black−squares. 32.Bg3 exf4 33.Bh4 was also good for
14.0-0 Qb4 15.Be3 Nc5 16.Nd4 Nxd3 White.
17.Qxd3 Bd7 18.b3 32...Qxf4+ 33.Bg3 Qf6 34.Qe8+ Qf8
XIIIIIIIIY 34...Kh7 35.Rd8+−
9r+-+kvl-tr0 35.Qxf8+ Bxf8 36.Bxe5+ Kg8 37.a4
9zpp+l+p+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+p+-zp0 9-+-+-vlk+0
9+-+pzP-+P0 9zpp+-+-+-0
9-wq-sN-+-+0 9-+-+-+-zp0
9+P+QvL-+-0 9+-+RvL-+P0
9P+-+-zPP+0 9P+-+-+-+0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9+P+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+r+-+PmK0
How we can evaluate this position? 9+-+-+-+-0
White has more space, strong pieces in xiiiiiiiiy
the centre and better development; also The endgame is very difficult for Black
the Black pawn structure isn't very good. not only because of his opponent's extra
For compensation Black has two pawn, but also in view of the high activity
Bishops and a passed pawn on d5, so of all White's pieces.
almost all endgames will be in his favour. 37...Kf7 38.Bf4
Also, the e5−pawn needs protection, but 38.Rb5!?
after f2−f4, the e3 Bishop will be a bit 38...Ke6 39.Re5+ Kd7 40.Rf5 Ke8
limited. Or 40...Ke7 41.Rb5 b6 42.Bb8+−
18...Bg7 19.f4 0-0 20.Rf3 41.Rf6 Rf2
White hopes for direct attack... XIIIIIIIIY
20...Rfc8 9-+-+kvl-+0
...while Black attacks on the c−file. 9zpp+-+-+-0
21.Rd1 Rc7 9-+-+-tR-zp0
Of course, not 21...Rc3? 22.Qd2 and
Black can't untie his Rook.
9+-+-+-+P0
22.Rg3 Kh8 23.Kh2 Rg8 24.Bf2 Rgc8
9P+-+-vL-+0
I think that the position is 9+P+-+-+-0
approximately equal now. 9-+-+-trPmK0
25.Qe2 Rc1 9+-+-+-+-0
It's in Black's favour to exchange one xiiiiiiiiy
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50.g5 hxg5 51.Bxg5 Ke4 52.Kg4 Kd3 express written permission.
53.Kf5 Kc3 54.Kg6 Kxb3 55.Kf7
It wasn't the best of days for Mikhail
Gurevich, of course, but the game is
rather interesting − especially the
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Dubai, UAE. It is interesting that six of

Krasenkov overtakes them played each other in the last round
Rajabov … and made short draws and only GM
Pavel Kotsur won his last game with
Black in 23 moves (see our annotated
T
here was only one decisive game
in the penultimate 8th Round of game section).
the XVI category Ciudad de Dos Final standing:
Hermanas – Ivan Sokolov beat the 1-7. Asrian, Ehlvest, Alexandrov,
outsider Mikhail Krasenkov with White Minasian, Motylev, Vladimirov, Kotsur
and overtook Teimur Rajabov. It’s – 6½ points out of 9
interesting that in the 9th Round Sokolov 8-17. Ermenkov, Shariyazdanov,
and Rajabov will play each other and the Fedorov, Kobalija, Pigusov, Sturua,
winner can gain 50 percentage points. Sorokin, Odeev, Annageldyev, Volzhin –
But independently of the result of this 6 etc.
game we can say even now that 14-year
old Teimur Rajabov more than Elena Sedina, Inna Gaponenko and
convincingly confirms his high class. Ketino Arakhamia-Grant shared 1-3
Because it’s my last report before a small places after the 5th Round of the 2nd
holiday I want to congratulate CT- European Open Women’s Chess
readers Teimur and his father (and Championship in Warsaw, Poland. There
coach) Boris on a worthy outcome in are 6 rounds and tie-break ahead, all can
such a strong tournament and wish him changed, but on a half-way we would
new successes and victories in elite- like to note unsound start of members of
events! Russian Olympic team Alisa Galliamova
and Svetlana Matveeva – they have only
Results of the 8th Round: 50 percents now. I wish them an
Almasi – Dreev ½:½ improvement in their tournament
M. Gurevich – Vallejo Pons ½:½ situation as soon as possible!
Illescas Cordoba – Smirin ½:½
Azmaiparashvili – Rajabov ½:½ Some results of the 5th Round:
I. Sokolov – Krasenkov 1:0 Sedina - Skripchenko-Lautier ½:½
Arakhamia-Grant – Kosteniuk 1:0
Standing after the 8th Round: Hunt – Gaponenko 0:1
1-3. Dreev, Smirin, Illescas Cordoba – 5 Graf-Mamedova – Prudnikova ½:½
points Kovalevskaya – Danielian 1:0
4-5. Almasi, Azmaiparashvili – 4½ Dworakowska – Stefanova ½:½
6-7. M. Gurevich, Vallejo Pons – 4 Zhukova – Radziewicz ½:½
8-9. Rajabov, I. Sokolov – 3½ Kiseleva – Khurtsidze ½:½
10. Krasenkov – 1 Ionescu-Brandis – Bojkovic 0:1
N. Kosintseva – Stepovaia 1:0
Pairings for the last, 9th Round: Foisor – Korbut 1:0
Krasenkov – Almasi Sudakova - Galianina-Ryjanova 0:1
Rajabov – I. Sokolov Chelushkina – Popova 1:0
Smirin – Azmaiparashvili Polovnikova – Dimitrijevic 1:0
Vallejo Pons – Illescas Cordoba S. Cherednichenko – Shumiakina ½:½
Dreev – M. Gurevich Kononenko – Olarasu ½:½
Seven players shared first place in the Standing after the 5th Round:
Sheikh Rashed Bin Hamdan Cup in
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1-3. Sedina, Gaponenko, Arakhamia- endgame database and… sacrificed a

Grant – 4½ points Rook! But Fritz has the same database
4-13. Skripchenko-Lautier, Foisor, and it didn’t want to grab the Rook;
Prudnikova, Polovnikova, Graf- Junior insists, Fritz refuses! But forces
Mamedova, Galianina-Ryjanova, were unequal and in 4 or 5 moves Junior
Kovalevskaya, Bojkovic, Cheluschkina, forced it’s opponent to take a gift and
N. Kosintseva – 4 etc. after that realised it’s extra pawn. Really
it’s chess of the future! ☺
Top boards of the 6th round (23
participants have 3½ points): http://www.braingames.net/event2.php
Gaponenko – Sedina
Bojkovic - Arakhamia-Grant
Galianina-Ryjanova – Kovalevskaya
Skripchenko-Lautier – Chelushkina
Prudnikova – Polovnikova ¤¤¤
Graf-Mamedova – Foisor Tactical Quiz
Peptan - N. Kosintseva
Stefanova – Paehtz (1) Chasovnikova, E. − Ubiennyh, E.
Stjazhkina – Zhukova Kazan (Russia ch girls under 20), 2001
Khurtsidze – Dworakowska XIIIIIIIIY
Mkrtchian – Kahiani-Gersinska 9-wq-tr-+-+0
Radziewicz – Vasilevich 9+r+-+pmk-0
Olarasu – Hunt 9-+l+-snp+0
Kosteniuk – T. Kosintseva 9zp-zPptR-+p0
Shumiakina – Moser 9-+-+-+-zP0
Grabuzova – Kiseleva 9+PsN-wQPzP-0
Danielian - S. Cherednichenko 9L+-tR-+K+0
Lagvilava – Kononenko 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Sole leader Ognen Cvitan lost to IM Filip Black to play
Ljubicic in the 8th Round of the VII
category round-robin tournament in
Rijeka, Croatia, and was overtaken by
Faruk Bistric. Both leaders now have 6 (2) Zimina, O. − Melnikova, Y.
points and will play each other in the last Kazan (Russia ch girls under 20), 2001
Round. XIIIIIIIIY
3. Rukavina – 5 9r+ltr-+k+0
4-5. Zaja, Ljubicic – 4½ etc. 9+-+p+p+p0
9-+nwQpwqp+0
At last Deep Fritz celebrated his first 9zpN+-+-+-0
victory over Deep Junior – in the 8th 9-+R+-+-+0
game of their 24-games match in 9+P+-+L+P0
Cadaqués, Spain. But before that it lost 9P+-+-zPP+0
the first five and drew the next two so the 9+-+-+RmK-0
total score is 6:2 in Deep Junior’s favour. xiiiiiiiiy
Today I decided to look at the machine’s White to play
games and was amazed by #4. Junior has
2 Rooks and a pawn vs. Fritz’s only
Rook. Fritz didn’t want to resign or
forgot to do it. And what did Junior do? I
suspect, it decided to reach a theoretical
winning 5-pieces position from it’s
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¤¤¤ 15.f4 Nh5 16.Kh2

Annotated Game It's very dangerous to grab a piece,
because the White King is too weak, for
example: 16.fxe5 Bxe5 17.g4 (17.Ne4 f5
S Safin (2504) − P Kotsur (2576)
18.Ng5 Nxg3 19.Nc4 Nxe2+ 20.Kh1
Dubai Dubai UAE (9), 04.2001 A64
Ng3+ 21.Kg1 Bd4+ 22.Kh2 Nxf1+
Pavel Kotsur from Kazakhstan is a
23.Qxf1 b5ƒ Ginting − Antonio, Salonika
very strong−willed player, he quite often
(Ol) 1988) 17...Ng3 18.Nc4 Bxc3
wins decisive games. For example he
19.bxc3 Bxg4 20.Qd3 Nxe2+ 21.Kh2
beat GM Yuri Balashov (also with Black)
Nxc1 22.Qc2 Be2 23.Rf4 Nd3 24.Re4
in the last round of theGeller Memorial in
Rxe4 25.Bxe4 Nf4 0:1 Saeed −
Moscow a month ago and took clear
Norwood, England 1982; In one of his
first.
previous games Safin played here
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5!? 4.d5 exd5
16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Kh2 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Nc4
5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6
19.Bxg6 Nxg3 20.Kxg3 Ne3 21.Bxh7+
XIIIIIIIIY Kh8 22.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 23.Rf3 Rxf3+
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 24.Kxf3² Safin − Van Helvoort,
9zpp+-+p+p0 Netherland 1998
9-+-zp-snp+0 16...b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ne4
9+-zpP+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 9-tr-wqr+k+0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9+-+l+pvlp0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 9-+-zp-+p+0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9+pzpPsn-+n0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+NzP-+0
Benony system − choice of brave and 9sN-+-+-zPP0
self confident people! 9-zP-+P+LmK0
7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Re8 9tR-vLQ+R+-0
11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 xiiiiiiiiy
14.Na3
18...b4!?
XIIIIIIIIY Only this move is a theoretical novelty
9-trlwqr+k+0 compare with 18...Bf5 19.Nd2 Nc4
9+p+-+pvlp0 20.Naxc4 bxc4 21.Nxc4 Rb4 22.Na5
9p+-zp-snp+0 Rd4 23.Qe1 Qe7 24.e3 Bd7 25.Nc6±
9+-zpPsn-+-0 Safin − Dowden, Singapore 1995
9P+-+-+-+0 19.Nxd6
9sN-sN-+-zPP0 Only way if White pretends for
9-zP-+PzPL+0 advantage.
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 19...bxa3 20.Rxa3 Ba4!
It's a point of computer (I suspect)
xiiiiiiiiy home preparation.
14...Bd7!?
21.Nxf7?
Quite a rare move. Main alternative
14...Nh5 was exploited in the following
XIIIIIIIIY
famous game: 15.e4 Rf8 16.Kh2 f5 17.f4 9-tr-wqr+k+0
b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Naxb5 fxe4 20.Bxe4 9+-+-+Nvlp0
Bd7 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Na3 Rbe8÷ 9-+-+-+p+0
Korchnoi − Kasparov, Lucerne (Ol) 9+-zpPsn-+n0
1982. By the way this is the first game 9l+-+-zP-+0
(not Kasparov − Shirov from Wijk aan 9tR-+-+-zPP0
Zee 2001, as Kasparov claim), in which 9-zP-+P+LmK0
Kasparov didn't shake his opponent's 9+-vLQ+R+-0
hand before game. But it wasn't his will xiiiiiiiiy
then but Soviet officials − Korchnoi was
In such a sharp position the first
than persona non grata for Soviet
miscalculation is fatal. Better was
peoples.
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21.Rxa4 Qxd6 22.g4 (22.e4!?; 22.fxe5? Chess Today is published by:

Bxe5 23.Bf4 Bxf4 24.gxf4 Rxb2‚) Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
22...Nxf4!? 23.Bxf4 Rxb2÷ 21...Bxd1 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
22.Nxd8 Bxe2 23.Re1 Nc4! Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
9-tr-sNr+k+0 E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
9+-+-+-vlp0 Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-zpP+-+n0 Editors:
9-+n+-zP-+0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9tR-+-+-zPP0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-zP-+l+LmK0 Technical editors:
9+-vL-tR-+-0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
xiiiiiiiiy Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
Maybe this game shows the depth of Alexander Baburin © and protected
modern home preparation, maybe intellectual property under the
something else... 0-1 International Copyright convention. Any
Answers to Quiz
(1) 34...Ng4! 35.Qd4 Rb4 36.Rxd5+ whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
Rxd4 37.R5xd4 Rxd4 38.Rxd4 Qe5 0-1 express written permission.
(2) 24.Nc7 Ra7 [24...Rb8 25.Nd5 Qb2

26.Ne7+±] 25.Nd5 Qe5 26.Ne7+ Kg7
27.Rxc6 Qxd6 28.Rxd6 Re8 [28...Bb7
29.Nc6+−] 29.Nxc8 Rxc8 30.Rfd1 1-0
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Inna Gaponenko (UKR), Ketevan

Dreev & Smirin win Arakhamia-Grant (GEO), Ekaterina
Dos Hermanas Kovalevskaya (RUS) and Almira
Skripchenko-Lautier (MDA). 12
players are in chase.
A
lexey Dreev (Russia) and Ilya
Smirin (Israel) shared 1st place
at the XVI category Ciudad de Some results of the 6th Round:
Dos Hermanas – they both drew in the Gaponenko – Sedina ½:½
last round and scored 5½ points out of 9 Bojkovic – Arakhamia-Grant ½:½
games. Dreev, who started the Galianina-Ryjanova – Kovalevskaya 0:1
tournament with a loss, showed a great Skripchenko-Lautier – Chelushkina 1:0
performance in the other game and was Prudnikova – Polovnikova ½:½
proclaimed winner of the event. Graf-Mamedova – Foisor ½:½
Peptan – N. Kosintseva ½:½
A home player Miguel Illescas Cordoba
was also one of the leaders but he was Standing after the 6th Round:
conclusively beaten by young compatriot 1-5. Sedina, Gaponenko, Arakhamia-
Francisco Vallejo Pons – they both, as Grant, Kovalevskaya, Skripchenko-
well as Zoltan Almasi (Hungary) and Lautier – 5 points
Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Georgia) 6-17. Stefanova, Zhukova, Bojkovic
shared third place. 14 years old Teimour Prudnikova, Foisor, Kosteniuk,
Rajabov held on a difficult ending Polovnikova, Grabuzova, Danielian,
against Ivan Sokolov and finished his Graf-Mamedova, Mkrtchian, N.
first super-tournament with a respectable Kosintseva – 4½ etc.
–1 score.
The next 7th Round will be played the
Results of the last 9th Round: day after tomorrow’s rest day.
Krasenkov – Almasi ½:½
Rajabov – I. Sokolov ½:½ Top boards of the 7th Round:
Smirin – Azmaiparashvili ½:½ Kovalevskaya (5) – Gaponenko (5)
Vallejo Pons – Illescas Cordoba 1:0 Arakhamia-Grant (5) –
Dreev – M. Gurevich ½:½ Skripchenko-Lautier (5)
Sedina (5) – Stefanova (4½)
Final standings: Zhukova (4½) – Grabuzova (4½)
1-2. Dreev, Smirin – 5½ points Polovnikova (4½) – Bojkovic (4½)
3-6. Illescas Cordoba, Vallejo Pons, N.Kosintseva (4½) – Prudnikova (4½)
Almasi, Azmaiparashvili – 5 Foisor (4½) – Danielian (4½)
6-7. M. Gurevich – 4½ Kosteniuk (4½) – Graf-Mamedova (4½)
8-9. Rajabov, I. Sokolov – 4 Vasilevich (4) – Mkrtchian (4½)
10. Krasenkov – 1½
Vietnamese players are totally
Our congratulations to the winners and dominating both Men’s and Women’s
best wishes to all the participants of this Zonal tournaments in Manila,
attractive event! Philippines.
There are already 5 leaders after the 6th Standings after the 5th Round:
Round of the 2nd European Open Men’s:
Women’s Chess Championship in 1-2. Dao Thien Hai (VIE), Nguyen Anh
Warsaw, Poland – Elena Sedina (UKR), Dung (VIE) – 4 points
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3-4. U.Adianto (INA), A. Rogelio (PHI) closing ceremony the prize-giving was
– 3½ etc. held by the Sheik himself (Rashid) who
is a boy of maybe 12 years.
Women’s:
1-2. Hoang Thanh Trang (VIE), General impression: probably one of the
Nguyen Thi Thanh An (VIE) – 4 pts best opens ever. Excellently organised
3-5. Tran Thi Kim Loan (VIE), Vo Hong (venue, hotel, shuttle service, bulletins,
Phuong (VIE), Le Kiu Thien Kim (VIE) etc.) with a great love of detail. Things
– 3½ etc. like free drinks, chocolate bars every
day, and so on. There was daily 10-15
In the last round of the VII category minute TV coverage and lots of players
round robin tournament in Rijeka, were interviewed. This was not only my
Croatia GM Ognjen Cvitan (CRO) won opinion … I even heard some of the
the battle for first place against IM Russian grandmasters praise the
Faruk Bistric (BIH) with black and won organisers.
the tournament.
Bistric, together with IM Josip ¤¤¤
Rukavina (CRO), shared second place. Dangerous Openings
Results of the last 9th Round:
Bistric – Cvitan 0:1 Well-known writer of many excellent
Rukavina – Vucic 1:0 chess books, Eric Schiller is honest
Ljubicic – Zaja ½:½ enough to send us the following warning
Mandekic – Inkiov ½:½ about their possible harmful effects
Muslija – Velikov ½:½
The censorship department of the
Final standings: Oregon Department of Corrections
1. Cvitan – 7 points Snake River Correctional Institute
2-3. Rukavina, Bistric – 6 recently stopped the book “Standard
4-5. Ljubicic, Zaja – 5 Chess Openings” at the prison gates for
6. Inkiov – 4½ the following reasons …
7. Velikov – 4
8. Vucic – 3½ “Contains material that threatens or is
9. Mandekic – 2½ detrimental to the security, safety, health,
10. Muslija – 1½ good order, or discipline of the facility,
inmate rehabilitation or facilitates
Congratulations to all the winners! criminal activity”
Mark Heidenfeld sends the following

report from the Sheikh Rashed Bin
Hamdan Cup in Dubai, UAE.
“Correction to CT-171 Evgenij ¤¤¤

Ermenkov also shared first prize. Greece to Host the 2001 World Junior
(1-8. Asrian, Ehlvest, Alexandrov, Chess Championship: press release
Minasian, Motylev, Vladimirov, Kotsur, from Greek Chess Online -
Ermenkov – 6½ points out of 9) http://www.greekchess.com
He had an amazing tournament losing The Municipality of Peristeri in Athens,
first round to a small boy and then Greece will organise the 2001 World
winning 5 games in row (round 4-8). Junior Chess Championship for boys &
Winner on tiebreak was Karen Asrian girls up to 20 years old.
who was presented the Rashid bin The games will be played during August
Hamdan al Maktoum cup. For the 16-29 in the Exhibition Centre of
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Peristeri, Athens. It is the first major XIIIIIIIIY

FIDE event to be organised in Greece 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9+-+-vlpzpp0
after the 1998 Zonal Tournament 1.5 in 9p+-zppsn-+0
Panormo, Crete. It is also the first major 9+p+-+-+-0
chess event which will be organised in 9-+-sNPzP-+0
9zP-sN-+-+-0
Athens, the Host City of the 2004 9LzPP+-+PzP0
Olympic Games. The games will be 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
covered through the Internet by Greek xiiiiiiiiy
Chess Online, the leading Greek Chess 10...Nbd7
Portal 10...Bb7 is played more often, White
http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio - can choose between the straightforward
the official website. The official 11.f5 (and the quiet 11.Qe2 )
11.Qf3
invitation will be soon delivered to all
The Immediate 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 was
federations. also tried. Black can achieve a good play
by 12...Bb7 13.Ng3 Rc8 Nikitin − Tal,
Sincerely, Kislovodsk 1966 or Klovsky −
IM George Mastrokoukos Katalymov, Riga 1975.
Greek Chess Federation Presidential 11...Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2
Board Member White opened the diagonal for the
http://www.greekchess.com - All about Sozin bishop but Black's pieces are very
chess in Greece... good and he can organise good
counterplay.
¤¤¤ 13...a5!? 14.Ng3
14.g4 does not bother Black very
Annotated Game much: 14...b4 15.g5 bxc3 16.gxf6 Nxf6
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 17.Nxc3 Rc8 18.Be3 Rxc3! 19.bxc3
F Bistric (2454) − O Cvitan (2526) Bxe4 20.Qg3 d5ƒ with better chances,
5. VM Rijeka 2001 (9), 2001 B86 Orendy − Szabo, Budapest 1959.
This was the decisive game of the 14...b4 15.Nd5 15...Nxd5
tournament − both players were heading This capture is a novelty! 15...Bxd5!?
the field and met each other in the last 16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Nf6 was also
round. good for Black, Crawley − Gallagher,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 London 1986.
5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 16.exd5 Nf6 17.Be3 Re8
XIIIIIIIIY ...e5−e4 is on the agenda.
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
9+p+-zppzpp0 18.Ne4 Ba6 19.Rf2 Qc7 20.Bb3 bxa3
9p+-zp-sn-+0 21.Rxa3 Bc4
9-+LsNP+-+0 9r+-+r+k+0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9+-wq-vlpzpp0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9-+-zp-sn-+0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 9zp-+PzpP+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+l+N+-+0
One of the sharpest approaches to 9tRL+-vLQ+-0
9-zPP+-tRPzP0
counter the Naidorf Sicilian, one of the 9+-+-+-mK-0
favourites of the 11th World Champion xiiiiiiiiy
Robert James Fischer. A typical Sicilian situation − if White
6...e6 7.a3 does not seize the initiative on the
A little surprise. 7.Bb3 is a common kingside then Black achieves
option. The text move is less ambitious comfortable play on the opposite wing.
and it leads to more quiet play − White However, here White can strengthen his
loses a tempo for the move a2−a3 but pawn structure.
secures his knight c3, preventing ...b5− 22.Ba4! Red8
b4. The immediate 22...Reb8!? deserved
7...Be7 8.Ba2 0-0 9.0-0 b5 10.f4 attention.
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23.b3 Ba6 24.c4 Rdb8 25.Ra1 Another mistake in the last moves
XIIIIIIIIY before the time control. White was
9rtr-+-+k+0 probably forced to give up the f5−pawn
9+-wq-vlpzpp0 by 37.Qa2!? Qxf5+ 38.Ke2 obtaining
9l+-zp-sn-+0
9zp-+PzpP+-0 counterplay − Black's bishop cannot get
9L+P+N+-+0 into play with such great effect as in the
9+P+-vLQ+-0 game.
9-+-+-tRPzP0 37...h5?
9tR-+-+-mK-0 The direct 37...d5! was winning but
xiiiiiiiiy Black was probably also under time
25...Bc8! pressure.
The only way to loosen White's 38.Qxh5 Qf4+ 39.Ke2 Bg5
queenside pawn structure is an XIIIIIIIIY
exchange of the a4 bishop. 9-+-+-+k+0
26.Nc3 Bd7 27.Bb5 Bxb5 28.Nxb5 Qb7 9+-+-+pzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-zp-+-+0
9rtr-+-+k+0 9+N+-+PvlQ0
9+q+-vlpzpp0 9-+P+pwq-+0
9-+-zp-sn-+0 9+P+-+-+-0
9zpN+PzpP+-0 9-+-+K+PzP0
9-+P+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+P+-vLQ+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-tRPzP0 A tempting idea but actually Black's
9tR-+-+-mK-0 threats are not so strong as they look.
xiiiiiiiiy 40.Nxd6?
29.Rfa2?! After the cool 40.g3! Qd2+ 41.Kf1
A hasty decision, perhaps White White seemed to be okay and perhaps
missed the following resource. 29.Rd2! Black had nothing more than perpetual
was more to the point − White secures check by 41...Qc1+= and so on. The
his pawn structure and his chances look move 40 sometimes brings a lot of
at least not worse. disappointment.
29...e4 30.Qf2 Nxd5! 31.Rxa5 40...Qd2+ 41.Kf1 Qd3+!
The exchange favours Black − he XIIIIIIIIY
liquidated a strong central pawn while
his a5−pawn was weak. Yet, concrete
9-+-+-+k+0
play is continuing and perhaps White 9+-+-+pzp-0
simply underestimated Black's resources 9-+-sN-+-+0
in some of the variations. 9+-+-+PvlQ0
31...Nxe3 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Rxa8+ 9-+P+p+-+0
Qxa8 34.Qxe3 Qa1+ 35.Kf2 Qb2+ 9+P+q+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+PzP0
9-+-+-+k+0
9+-+-vlpzpp0 9+-+-+K+-0
9-+-zp-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+N+-+P+-0 That's it − White's queen has to leave
9-+P+p+-+0 Black's bishop in peace.
9+P+-wQ-+-0 42.Qe2 Qxd6 43.Qxe4 Qd1+ 44.Kf2
9-wq-+-mKPzP0 Qxb3 45.Qe8+ Kh7 46.Qxf7
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy Black has the only pawn but the
36.Qe2? combined threats of the queen and the
A dubious decision. 36.Kf1 was better bishop are pretty strong.
but Black kept the initiative by 36...d5! 46...Qe3+ 47.Kf1 Qf4+ 48.Kg1 Qe3+
with idea to meet 37.cxd5?! by 49.Kf1 Bf6! 50.Qh5+ Kg8 51.g3?
37...Qb1+ 38.Kf2 Qc2+ followed by This loses instantly. White could keep
...¥c5. defending by 51.Qe2 Qf4+ 52.Ke1
36...Qe5! (52.Qf2 Qxc4+) 52...Bc3+ 53.Kd1 Qxf5
Of course, not 36...Qxb3? 37.Qxe4 54.Kc1 with drawing chances.
37.Qg4? 51...Bd4

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XIIIIIIIIY electronic format, or in any form

9-+-+-+k+0 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
9+-+-+-zp-0
9-+-+-+-+0 express written permission.
9+-+-+P+Q0
9-+Pvl-+-+0
9+-+-wq-zP-0
9-+-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+K+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White resigned as he loses the queen.
Our congratulations to Ognjen Cvitan
once again! 51...Bd4 52.Kg2 (52.Qe2
Qg1#) 52...Qf2+ 53.Kh3 Qf1+ 54.Kg4
Qe2+-+ 0-1
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CT-173, 29th April 2001
the Kramnik –
Kasparov & Kasparov
Kramnik confrontation in
the Final…
Shine in
Vietnamese
Zürich players are
heading both
T
here was a Men’s and
qualification day Women’s Zonal
at the Viktor tournaments in
Korchnoi 70th Birthday Manila,
Tournament, which took Philippines.
place in Zürich,
Switzerland. Standings after the
GM Short 7th Round:
The time control is 25 Men’s:
minutes per game without 1-2. Nguyen Anh
increment. All the participants were Dung (VIE), Dao Thien Hai (VIE) – 5½
divided into two groups, headed by the points
World Number One Garry Kasparov and 3. Utut Adianto (INA) – 5
the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik 4. Bong Villamayor (PHI) – 4½ etc.
– they both proved their superiority with
ease. Women’s:
1-2. Nguyen Thi Thanh An (VIE),
Group A final standings: Hoang Thanh Trang (VIE) – 6 points
1. Kasparov 4½ points 3-4. Tran Thi Kim Loan (VIE), Vo Hong
2. Piket – 4 Phuong (VIE) – 4½ etc.
3-5. Short, Unzicker, Pelletier – 2
6. Forster – ½ GM Vladimir Georgiev (Bulgaria) keeps
the lead after the 6th Round of the IX
Group B final standings: category round robin tournament in
1. Kramnik – 3½ Cutro, Italy. GM Igor Miladinovic
2-5. Spassky, Svidler, Korchnoi, (Greece) and IM Giulio Borgo (Italy) are
Hug – 2½ sharing second place with 3½ points but
6. Jenni – 1½ after 5 games – there are 11 players in
the event so some players already had the
The four best players in each group day-off.
qualify for the Quarterfinals. In the case
of tiebreaks there will be 2 blitzgames Results of the 6th Round:
(10 min), then another 2 blitzgames (5 Skembris – Georgiev ½:½
min) and if the score is still even there Borgo – Halkias 1:0
will be one sudden death game in which Chatalbashev – Ristic 1:0
white gets 6 min, black – 5 min and Ortega – Miladinovic ½:½
black will need a draw to claim a match Drasko – Aleksic ½:½
victory. Pegorari – free
The tournament will be completed
tomorrow – we are looking forward to

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Standings after the 6th Round: preferred 5...¥e7 6.d4 ¤a5 7.¤xe5
1. V.Georgiev – 4 points out of 6 ¤xc4 8.¤xc4 d5 9.exd5 £xd5 10.¤e3
2-3. Borgo, Chatalbashev – 3½/5 £d8² , keeping a slightly worse position.
4. Ortega – 3½/6 Jeroen Piket prefers the most principled
5-7. Skembris, Pegorari, way.
6.d4 exd4
Miladinovic – 2½/5
8. Halkias – 2½/6
XIIIIIIIIY
9-10. Ristic, Drasko – 2/6
9r+lwqk+ntr0
11. Aleksic – 1½/5
9zppzpp+pzpp0
9-+n+-+-+0
The 4th Tanta Open finished in Egypt.
9vl-+-+-+-0
GM Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) and IM 9-+LzpP+-+0
Azer Mirzoev (Azerbaijan) shared first 9+-zP-+N+-0
place with 6½ points out of 9 games. 9P+-+-zPPzP0
GMs Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria) and 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
Alexander Fominykh (Russia) finished xiiiiiiiiy
half a point behind. 7.£b3
The immediate 7.0-0 is the more
common option.
Final standings: 7...£f6 8.0-0
1-2. Stefansson, Mirzoev – 6½ points XIIIIIIIIY
3-4. V.Spasov, Fominykh – 6 9r+l+k+ntr0
5-10. Komarov, Khamrakulov, Dochev, 9zppzpp+pzpp0
Ikonnikov, Jirovsky, Kalod – 5½… 9-+n+-wq-+0
9vl-+-+-+-0
Thanks for Mark Crowther (TWIC) for 9-+LzpP+-+0
the information and congratulations to 9+QzP-+N+-0
the winners! 9P+-+-zPPzP0
¤¤¤
9tRNvL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Annotated Game 8...¥b6!?
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov This looks promising. Other
N Short (2676) − J Piket (2628) continuations could have transposed to
Korchnoi Birthday Gp A Zurich SUI (4), the main lines after 7. 0-0.
28.04.2001 C52 9.e5 £g6 10.cxd4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4!? 10.¥b2 is dubious, after 10...d3
XIIIIIIIIY (10...¤a5!?) 11.¤bd2 ¤a5 White could
9r+lwqk+ntr0 hardly hope to compensate for his
9zppzpp+pzpp0 material losses as the centre is too
9-+n+-+-+0 closed, De Riviere − Laroche, Paris
9+-vl-zp-+-0 1856.
10...¤a5 11.£a4 ¤xc4 12.£xc4 ¤e7
9-zPL+P+-+0
9+-+-+N+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9P+PzP-zPPzP0 9r+l+k+-tr0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 9zppzppsnpzpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-vl-+-+q+0
According to the leading expert of the
9+-+-zP-+-0
old Evans Gambit GM Evgeny 9-+QzP-+-+0
Sveshnikov, it is really dangerous for 9+-+-+N+-0
black − we considered his excellent win 9P+-+-zPPzP0
over no other than Nigel Short in CT−97. 9tRNvL-+RmK-0
4...¥xb4 5.c3 ¥a5 xiiiiiiiiy
In the above mentioned game Short Black can be satisfied with the

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exchange of such a strong bishop but 18.¦ae1

he's not completely solved his problem This is interesting − White sacrifices
of lack of development. the exchange but swaps a very strong
13.¥a3 knight. But maybe he's just missed it?!
A new idea. The game H. Pedersen − By playing 18.£b4!? ¤g6 (18...c5!?
B. Georgiev, Copenhagen 1989 19.£xf4 £xc3 20.£a4© followed ¦ac1)
continued by 13.a4 c6 14.¥a3 ¥d8 19.¦ad1© White could have got all his
15.¤c3 0-0 16.¦fe1 ¦e8÷ with unclear pieces into play and maintain the
position, where White has sufficient initiative.
compensation for the pawn. 18...£g6
13...£e6 14.d5?! With two ideas − ...£g2 and ...¤d3.
This is maybe too much, even for rapid 19.¤h4 £g4 20.g3 ¤d3 21.£c2 ¤xe1
chess. A simple retreat 14.£d3!? 22.¦xe1
deserved attention, with good XIIIIIIIIY
compensation for the pawn. 9r+l+k+-tr0
14...£xd5 15.£e2 ¤g6 9zppzpp+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-vl-+-+-+0
9r+l+k+-tr0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9zppzpp+pzpp0 9-+-+-+qsN0
9-vl-+-+n+0 9vL-sN-+-zP-0
9+-+qzP-+-0 9P+Q+-zP-zP0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9vL-+-+N+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9P+-+QzPPzP0 The position is still dangerous for Black
9tRN+-+RmK-0 as he is too late in development. Yet, a
xiiiiiiiiy big material advantage makes his life a
Now Black is not so worried about his little bit easier.
king − everything is protected in his 22...¢d8!? 23.¤d5 ¦e8
camp and it looks impossible for White to XIIIIIIIIY
break quickly due to the lack of the 9r+lmkr+-+0
pawns he recently sacrificed. 9zppzpp+pzpp0
16.¤c3 ¤f4?! 9-vl-+-+-+0
16...£a5!? 17.£b2 (17.¥b2?! 0-0)
17...¤f4 looked more natural.
9+-+NzP-+-0
17.£b2?!
9-+-+-+qsN0
Missing a good chance to obtain 9vL-+-+-zP-0
compensation for the pawn by 17.¤xd5! 9P+Q+-zP-zP0
¤xe2+ 18.¢h1 c6 (18...¥a5 19.¦ae1) 9+-+-tR-mK-0
19.¦ae1! cxd5 20.¦xe2© xiiiiiiiiy
17...£d3 23...£e6!? deserved attention but
XIIIIIIIIY anyway it was not so easy to extinguish
9r+l+k+-tr0 White's initiative.
9zppzpp+pzpp0 24.¦e4?
9-vl-+-+-+0 This is wrong. One of the bad things of
9+-+-zP-+-0 playing without material is that any
inaccurate move will spoil the whole
9-+-+-sn-+0 game. 24.¥c5! was correct, eliminating a
9vL-sNq+N+-0 very important defender. Perhaps Black
9PwQ-+-zPPzP0 should have already agreed to the move
9tR-+-+RmK-0 repetition by
xiiiiiiiiy A) 24...¦e6 25.¥xb6 cxb6 (25...axb6
Probably not the best square to retreat 26.£xc7+ ¢e8 27.£c2) 26.£xh7÷;
to. 17...£c4!? seemed to be strong, B) 24...¥xc5 25.£xc5 c6 26.£a5+ b6
preventing £b4 and keeping in mind not 27.¤xb6 axb6 28.£xb6+ ¢e7 29.£c5+
only the same ...£c3 but also ...¤g2!? ¢d8 30.£b6+= with perpetual check.

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Having sacrificed a couple of pawns,
Black has activated both the bishop and
the rook. His king is also quite safe.
30.£c1 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
30.£c3 was more stubborn but after express written permission.
30...¥e4! Black keeps control over the
position.
30...£b1
The exchange of the queens brings
Black relief from the attack.
31.¤g5?
A blunder but the ending should have
been lost anyway.
31...¦e1+
White resigned.
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CT-174, 30th April 2001
Many have probably seen Yasser's

dispute with Valery Salov on the Net. I
Kramnick Wins! must say that I share Seirawan's position
in most cases and believe that he is one
of the most reasonable people on the
chess scene. Besides, I have been his fan
since I was a teenager!
I hope that you will enjoy the interview,

but first I would like to show you a
couple of tactical positions:
¤¤¤
Seirawan Quiz Solutions on p5.
(1) Y Seirawan (2605) − H Ardiansyah
(2450)
T
he World Champion beat the
World’s highest graded player Indonesia Indonesia (15), 1983 [D91]
today at the Viktor Korchnoi 70th 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 ¥g7
Birthday Tournament, in Zürich, 5.¥g5 ¤e4 6.cxd5 ¤xg5 7.¤xg5 e6
Switzerland. He held a draw with Black 8.¤f3 exd5 9.e3 0-0 10.b4 c6 11.£b3
¦e8 12.¥e2 a5 13.b5 f5 14.0-0 ¦e6
with yet another Berlin Wall, and won
15.¦ac1 g5? 16.bxc6 bxc6
with White. www.kasparov.com
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwq-+k+0
Focus on Seirawan 9+-+-+-vlp0
by Alexander Baburin 9-+p+r+-+0
9zp-+p+pzp-0
C
hess Today is always packed
with fresh information, but today 9-+-zP-+-+0
I would like to take a short break 9+QsN-zPN+-0
from current tournament news. Instead 9P+-+LzPPzP0
we will look at chess and its politics, as I 9+-tR-+RmK-0
would like to offer to your attention my xiiiiiiiiy
interview with Yasser Seirawan - one of White to play
the most prominent figures on the
American chess scene. Yasser, now 41, Black's pieces are not properly
has been in professional chess for two developed yet, but he already started
decades and is a well-respected player, aggressive play on the kingside. The
author and entrepreneur. He has strong punishment is swift and exemplary
views on chess and is prepared to stand
by them - for example he refused to play (2) Y Seirawan (2580) − D Gurevich
in the last FIDE World Championship, as (2505)
he does not agree with FIDE's policies on USA−ch, 1986 [A57]
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.¤f3 b4 5.a3
many issues. In March he did the same
a5 6.¤bd2 g6 7.e4 d6 8.axb4 cxb4 9.c5
when he pulled out of the rapid chess dxc5 10.¥b5+ ¥d7 11.¥c4 e6 12.0-0
tournament in Cannes, patronised by exd5 13.exd5 ¥h6 14.¦e1+ ¢f8 15.¤e5
FIDE. ¢g7
This issue is prepared by GM Alexander Baburin, technical editor – Graham Brown.

CT-174 Page 1 of 6
XIIIIIIIIY He supported chess Kuala Lumpur

9rsn-wq-+-tr0 for many years, decades in fact. I saw
9+-+l+pmkp0 him about two years ago in Las
Vegas and he said: "Yasser, it would
9-+-+-snpvl0 be wonderful if we could organise a
9zp-zpPsN-+-0 match between China and the United
9-zpL+-+-+0 States on many boards." We started
9+-+-+-+-0 to make arrangements to have the
9-zP-sN-zPPzP0 match in San Francisco. At that time
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 Dato was working with the World
Chess Network in developing an
xiiiiiiiiy online site and at the time the site
White to play was not ready to stage the match.
Later I was working with the Settle
White sacrificed a pawn early in the
opening and has a big lead in Chess Foundation in organising the
development. Seirawan proves his US Chess Championship and the
advantage in style SCF President, Erik Anderson, said
to me: "Yasser, we have to have
another event, apart from the US
¤¤¤ Championship." I told him about
Dato's idea and he got very
Player’s Profile enthusiastic. It worked out even
better because the current Governor
Interview with Yasser of Washington State - Gary Locke,
comes from a Chinese family. Settle
Seirawan, 12th March is home of companies like Microsoft
and Boeing, which do a lot of
2001, Las Vegas business with China.
How did it go then?
♦ This made the match compelling to
the potential sponsors. We made an
agreement with the Chinese to have
this match for 4 years: we will host it
in the first and third year, and they
will host the match in the second and
fourth year. There will be 4 rounds in
each match. We play on 10 board
with 3 reserves, there will be 40
games in total.
Photo from : www.insidechess.com
What is your projection for the coming
match?
Yasser, I know it is quite late and you ♦ Frankly, many American players are
had a long day at the National Open, very optimistic regarding their own
but hope we can cover a few things. chances and think that we will defeat
First, next weekend a match between the Chinese team soundly. I express
USA and China will take place in some very serious reservations -
Seattle. What is the idea of this match? Chinese on women's board and junior
♦ This match a brainchild of Dato Tan board outrank us and even on men's
Chin Nam, who is famous in Asian boards they are higher rated! Frankly,
circles for sponsoring many chess I think that we are underdogs and if
events, including the Chin Nam we win the match, I'll be very happy!
Trophy Cup tournaments in China.
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I suspect that Chinese women and onboard. With their backing and
juniors will give you a hard time! strong support we had the US
♦ They might give us a very hard time Championship fully funded and then
indeed! But we have hope in Irina began to search out for other
Krush - our board one player. underwriters. The underwriters of the
What about the Settle Chess SCF pledge themselves to give
Foundation? Does it have other $100,000 to the Foundation over 4
aspiring plans? years. I believe that currently we a
♦ First of all, SCF dozen of committed underwriters
(www.seattlechessfoundation.com) with 4 more people expected to
wants to have a state-of-the-art chess become underwriters soon. We
centre in Settle, which would act as a would like to have 20 underwriters.
magnet for chess in the State of On top of that, because of the
Washington. The second thing we want prestige of their names and their
to do is to hold international master commitment to what we are trying to
classes for juniors - when young chess do, we've reached out to
stars from different countries will come corporations. And frankly, we have
to Seattle for study and tuition in summer been successful - we have attracted a
time. Thirdly, we really would like to number of major Seattle companies,
create a scholastics curriculum for including Boeing, ImageX and
schools, which could act as a blue-print Starbucks.
anywhere - to build up a great deal What is your opinion on the way chess
of materials, so people interested in is going now - with new time control,
teaching chess in schools can have changes in the system of world
it. Finally, we understand that championship, etc.?
children are motivated by ♦ When you talk about the
heroes and role-models, and international chess scene, almost
for that reason SCF is keen immediately you have to talk about
on organising elite tournaments, FIDE. Unfortunately, I
such as the US Chess shocked myself by the fact
Championship, which we want that I feel completely the odd
to build into a $1m event by man out... I don't understand it -
the end of our 10-year contract I think my values are extremely
with USCF. We do have further common sense and reasonable, but
ambitions on an international almost on every single issue that
scale - I spoke with some FIDE has discussions about, I find
players about even having 'Russia vs. myself on the other side of equation.
the Rest of the World' match. I For example, I believe that the rating
would love SCF itself to evolve to system is an extremely important
the point that we could do promotional tool. I think it is
something on an extremely ridiculous to use this system as
grand scale. a weapon against the players. And
How did the Seattle Chess Foundation yet for example FIDE refused the
start? Kasparov-Kramnik match, years ago
♦ Erik Anderson, now President of the FIDE threw Kasparov and Short from
SCF, was appalled about the fact that the list - all of this works against the
the US Chess Championship had rating system itself. On the issue of
been cancelled because of the lack of the international titles, FIDE seems to
funds. He immediately started to think that every federation deserves
work. We wanted a group of at least one Grandmaster... I think
underwriters and soon people like that FIDE is cheapening the title to
Scott Oki and Jim Roberts came the point where being a Grandmaster
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means very little - today there is a chess a sport, it will receive

line-up at every Olympiad of players commercial sponsorship. But in my
waiting for it. On the issue of the opinion moving the event to Tehran
world championship: chess has a is not an example of commercial
marvellous 120-year tradition of sponsorship. This was Tehran paying
world championships, but it seems to to improve its image, end of story. I
me that the world champion title has don't see Coca-Cola or even Cesar's
been cheapened to a single knockout Palace sponsoring the championship.
event. This is ridiculous to my I am grateful to Kirsan for all the
mind... On the issue, for example, of money that he is spending on chess.
copyright - perhaps this something But basically he is forcing the world
we want to seriously investigate, but of chess to accept his ideas. He has
I for one do not want FIDE as a golden rule - he has gold and gets to
manager collecting the money and make the rules! And there are people
telling me "here is your percentage!". who will follow him. But I don't see
On an issue of the freedom of speech, what he has done, as being positive
which we hold very dear in America for chess, its image and prestige. I am
- yet FIDE issued an edict that all sure that all the players, including
journalists should speak not of myself, who were awarded prizes in
Alexander Khalifman, FIDE World FIDE championships, are grateful,
Champion, but rather as Alexander but at the same I have a very clear
Khalifman, World Champion. And feeling that this title, the FIDE title
FIDE would punish journalists who has been cheapened.
do not comply with that by refusing What are your aspirations as a player?
their journalistic credentials... And on ♦ First of all, as a player I truly admire
the issue of time controls: the world's elite players, when they
unfortunately chess is not very good are playing. It is absolutely
for TV, but chess is perfect for the remarkable to see Kasparov's
Internet. The slow rate of play was continued success in tournaments. I
perfect for the Internet - let's cater for follow big tournaments with interest
our audience on the Net. If FIDE and I watched the match in London
wants TV, let's sponsor a rapid chess keenly. As for playing, my rating has
championship - the games will be been around 2640-2650, so I am in
over in one hour and TV will be 'no man's land' - my rating is not high
really happy. Keep classical chess the enough to get invited to elite
way it is! I think that there are 3 tournaments and not low enough to
different kinds of chess - blitz, rapid be invited to tournaments where
chess and classical chess. And people try to get norms! I am no big
forcing classical chess to become fan of open tournaments. For
rapid chess makes no sense! example, I admire the National Open,
I agree with you entirely on this one - but it is too tough for professionals
let's see whether TV stations will line here - only a few will make money
up to cover a rapid chess and many GMs will lose money in
championship. I am afraid they the tournament!
won't... What do you think of the You were always very entrepreneurial
situation when FIDE has become so - publishing Inside Chess magazine,
dependent on one man - Kirsan writing, publishing and selling books,
Ilyumzhinov. etc. Now you have your magazine
♦ It has been a lot of problems with online (www.insidechess.com). How is
FIDE... I just want to add something that going?
about FIDE World Championship. ♦ We went to the Web because of
One myth is that now as we've made economical reasons. It was no longer
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economical for us to publish the will take a look at chess in a close

magazine as a printed magazine. business model and say "Hey! There
Inside Chess still sell books and are a few million people playing
software, but sales have been slow, chess on the Internet and we are
which is unfortunately a common going to cater for this market,
trend in USA. For example, in the because it makes business sense." I
past decade USCF was losing about think we will see some drift in that
1,000 members a year. That is 10,000 direction in the next six months or so.
members paying $40 each - $400,000 But at the moment there is a lot of
lost in membership fees and probably stuff on the Internet and most of it is
another $400,000 in lost sales, as free. In my opinion this is hard to
those people used to buy books, sustain, unless chess sites have some
clocks, etc. This is a very negative sponsor's money to burn, like with
trend. But fortunately there are two KasparovChess. What do you think
positive trends too - increase in will happen?
scholastic chess and growth of the ♦ I believe that Internet will become far
Internet. Mind you, this has not more commercial. So far Internet has
materialised in a monetary fashion to got a free ride - free from taxes, etc.
the benefit of the registered chess Napster is an excellent example. But
world - it certainly helped chess and probably soon Napster will become a
the chess audience on the Net will subscription-based model and Yahoo
continue to grow. But it is still a will become a subscription-based
question mark of how to moneytise model - because it will make sense
the many chess fans, registered and for them to do so. Furthermore I
unregistered, on the Internet. don’t think that advertising itself is a
Talking about Internet, you were dead model. Banner advertising for
involved with www.chess.net - how is well-targeted audiences will grow.
that site doing now? Many sales will take place on the
♦ Unfortunately chess.net fell a victim Internet - they double every year and
of what is known as the burst of the it is not too difficult to realise that in
dotcom bubble. The site hired me in a few years there will be trillions
October 1999 to serve as the dollars worth of sales. Also, I think
President of chess.net, which I did till merchandising will be different - for
my contract ran out. When the example, you will be giving online
contract was for renewal, the stock lecture on Najdorf variation. And as
market for Net companies fell you speak, people will see a special
dramatically... Chess.net is still there, offer - buy this Sicilian Najdorf book,
but it is not promoting itself and it is as if you do it right now, it's only
not trying hard to raise new $9,95!
members. To my mind, Thank you, Yasser, for sharing your
Kasparov.com is also suffering views with Chess Today!
because investors for online ♦ You are welcome!
companies are longer exist now.
Do you see any reversal of fortune in ¤¤¤
this area? Answers to Quiz
♦ I think that the Internet craze was
exaggerated, just as the Internet (1) 17.¤xd5! a4 [17...cxd5 18.¦xc8
meltdown is exaggerated. The £xc8 19.£xd5 ¤a6 20.¤xg5 ¤c7
Internet will continue to grow and 21.£xf5+−] 18.£b6 £xd5 19.¥c4 £d6
some companies, perhaps companies 20.¤xg5 f4 21.£b1 ¤a6 22.£xh7+ ¢f8
like eBay and Yahoo, will be around 23.exf4 ¦a7 24.£f5+ 1-0
for many years. And such companies
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(2) 16.¤xf7!! ¢xf7 17.d6+ ¢f8 18.¦e7

¥e8 19.¤e4! ¥xc1 20.¤xf6 ¥xb2
21.¤xh7+ ¦xh7 22.£f3+! ¥f7 23.¦xf7+
1-0

will go up!

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CT-175, 1st May 2001
Vietnamese Players Now we would like to give more details

of this tournament.
Dominate in Manila Quaterfinals:
Kasparov – Korchnoi 1:0 ½:½
Unzicker - Kramnik 0:1 ½:½
T he players from Vietnam

demonstated complete
dominance in both the Men's
and Women's Zonal tournaments in
Short – Spassky 1:0 0:1 1:0 ½:½
Piket – Svidler 1:0 1:0
Semifinals:
Manila, Philippines. Nguyen Anh
Kasparov – Short 1:0 ½:½
Dung parried all winning attempts by
Piket – Kramnik ½:½ 0:1
Bong Villamayor and secured first place
with 7 points out of 9 games. Dao Thien Match for 3rd place:
Hai caught up to Utut Adianto and took Piket – Short ½:½ ½:½, place shared
the second spot to the World
Championship after the tie-break. Final match:
Kasparov – Kramnik ½:½ 0:1
The Women’s event was convincingly
won by Hoang Thanh Trang – she As had been predicted, Vladimir
scored an excellent 8 points and took the Kramnik and Garry Kasparov met each
only pass to the World Championship. other in the Final. In the first game
Kasparov once again failed to break
Final standings: Black’s fortress in the Berlin Defence.
Men’s: The second game started slowly.
1. Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE) - 7 pts Kramnik’s play in the Queen’s Gambit
2-3. Dao Thien Hai (VIE), Accepted wasn’t very ambitious and
Utut Adianto (INA) – 6½ perhaps this lulled Kasparov, who
4-7. Bong Villamayor (PHI), Denny looked slightly confused after the pawn
Juswanto (PHI), Mark Paragua (PHI), sacrifice and soon went astray. Kramnik
Jayson Gonzales (PHI) – 5½ etc. preferred (or perhaps missed a more
simple one?!) to finish the game with a
Women’s: spectacular combination. It's difficult to
1. Hoang Thanh Trang (VIE) – 8 pts resist presenting this spectacular battle,
2. Nguyen Thi Thanh An (VIE) – 6½ so see the annotated game section below
3-6. Tran Thi Kim Loan (VIE), Vo Hong for this fantastic game.
Phuong (VIE), Batceceg (MON), Le Kiu
Thien Kim (VIE) – 5½ etc. Now let’s take a look at the other
tournaments.
Congratulations to the winners and many
thanks to Bobby Ang for the information. Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine) and
Natasha Bojkovic (Yugoslavia) took the
lead in the 2nd European Open
Yesterday we briefly reported about Women’s Chess Championship in
Vladimir Kramnik’s victory in the Warsaw, Poland. Inna Gaponenko beat
Viktor Korchnoi 70th Birthday Ketevan Arakhamia (Georgia) and
Tournament, which took place in Natasha Bojkovic beat Elena Sedina
Zürich, Switzerland. (Ukraine) and both have 6½ points after
8 rounds.

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The hero of the round was also Lilit matches except the last one which was
Mkrtchian (Armenia), who beat none of no importance.
other than Alisa Galliamova and scored
6 points, as did 9 other players. 10 To be honest, their win was not a big
players are in chase. There are 3 games surprise. Just take a look at this brilliant
to left play, with the top 29 players staff:
qualifying to the World Championship
1. GM Alexey Shirov (ESP)
th
Some results of the 8 Round: 2. GM Michael Adams (ENG)
Grabuzova – Kovalevskaya ½:½ 3. GM Evgeny Bareev (RUS)
Bojkovic – Sedina 1:0 4. GM Jonathan Speelman (ENG)
Skripchenko-Lautier – Kosteniuk ½:½ 5. GM Vladimir Epishin (RUS)
Gaponenko – Arakhamia 1:0 6. GM Julian Hodgson (ENG)
Mkrtchian – Galliamova 1:0 7. GM Simen Agdestein (NOR)
Lagvilava – Stefanova ½:½ 8. GM Nick de Firmian (USA)
9. GM John Nunn (ENG)
Top boards of the 9th Round: 10. GM Lars-Bo Hansen (DEN)
Gaponenko (6½) – Bojkovic (6½) 11. GM Jonny Hector (SWE)
Kovalevskaya (6) – Mkrtchian (6) 12. IM Erling Mortensen (DEN)
Foisor (6) – Peptan (6) 13. IM Panagiotis Claduras (GER)
Kosteniuk (6) – Khurtsidze (6) 14. IM Jörg Blauert (GER)
Grabuzova (6) – Skripchenko-Lautier (6)
Danielian (6) – Prudnikova (6) Final Standings:
1. Lübecker SV 29-1 79½:40½
GM Vladimir Georgiev (Bulgaria) kept 2. SG Köln Porz 27-3 82½:37½
the lead in the IX category round robin 3. Solinger SG 23-7 84:36 etc
tournament in Cutro, Italy with 5½
points out of 8 games. ¤¤¤
Annotated Games
Results of the 8th Round: G. Kasparov (2827) − N. Short
Ristic – Georgiev 0:1 (2676)
Chatalbashev – Halkias ½:½ Korchnoi Birthday KO Zurich SUI
Ortega – Pegorari 1:0 (2.1), 29.04.2001
Borgo – Aleksic ½:½ Notes by GM RuslanScherbakov
Skembris – Miladinovic ½:½ XIIIIIIIIY
Drasko – free 9r+-+rsnk+0
9+-+qvlpzpp0
Standings after the 8th Round: 9-zp-+p+n+0
1. V.Georgiev – 5½ points out of 8 9zpPzppzP-+N0
2. Chatalbashev – 4½/7 9-+-zP-+-zP0
3. Ortega – 4½/8 9+-zP-+NzP-0
4-5. Borgo, Miladinovic – 4/7 9-zP-+-zPK+0
6. Skembris – 3½/7 9tR-vLQtR-+-0
7. Halkias – 3½/8 xiiiiiiiiy
8-9. Aleksic, Pegorari – 3/7
F
10. Drasko – 2½/7 irst we would like to show an
11. Ristic – 2/7 excellent attack by Garry
Kasparov in the Semifinal. White
The Bundesliga Season 2000-2001 completely outplayed his opponent
ended this weekend. Team Lübecker SV and now comes up with the decisive
gave no chances to the other teams and 18.¥h6!! After
became the Champion, winning all the 18...gxh6 19.£d2
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It becomes clear that, despite the The preliminary 7...¥b7 is another

fact that both of White's knights are option.
very close to the king, they do 8.a4 b4 9.¤e4 ¤bd7 (D)
absolutely nothing in defence and are XIIIIIIIIY
only getting in the way. 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
19...f5 9+-+n+pzpp0
The only defence against £h6. 9p+-+psn-+0
20.exf6 ¥d8 9+-zp-+-+-0
20...¥d6 21.£xh6 followed by ¤g5 9Pzp-zPN+-+0
was similar. 9+-+LzPN+-0
21.£xh6 ¦a7 22.¤g5 (D) 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
9-+-vlrsnk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tr-+q+-+p0 In modern chess players should
9-zp-+pzPnwQ0 have very good opening erudition −
9zpPzpp+-sNN0 the game has now transposed into
9-+-zP-+-zP0 the Meran Variation. The position is
9+-zP-+-zP-0 still supposed to be quite safe for
9-zP-+-zPK+0 Black.
9tR-+-tR-+-0 10.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 11.0-0 ¥b7 12.dxc5
xiiiiiiiiy ¥xc5 13.£e2 £d5 14.¦d1 £h5
What a terrible situation for Black! 15.h3
22...£xb5 23.f7+ ¦xf7 24.¤xf7 The immediate 15.e4?! is pointless
Black resigned. A very nice attack. due to 15...¤g4 16.¦f1 0-0 , Cruz −
1-0. Martin, Mar del Plata 1949.; 15.¤d4
was tried in the game San Segundo
V. Kramnik (2797) − G. Kasparov − Maksimenko, WchU26 Odessa
(2827) 1990 but Black didn't have serious
Korchnoi Birthday KO Zurich SUI problems in the ending after
(3.2), 29.04.2001 D26 15...£xe2 16.¥xe2 ¢e7 and so on.
Notes by GM R.Scherbakov 15...¦d8 (D)
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 XIIIIIIIIY
dxc4 (D) 9-+-trk+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+l+-+pzpp0
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 9p+-+psn-+0
9zppzp-+pzpp0 9+-vl-+-+q0
9-+-+psn-+0 9Pzp-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+LzPN+P0
9-+pzP-+-+0 9-zP-+QzPP+0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 16.¤d4
xiiiiiiiiy In the case of 16.b3!? Black could
5.e3 have probably played 16...¤e4!?
White doesn't want to play the sharp (after 16...e5?! White achieved a
Vienna Variation after 5.e4 ¥b4 etc. clear advantage in the game Gavrilov
The text move transposes the game − S.Ivanov, Russia (ch) 1992 by
into the Queen's Gambit Accepted playing 17.¥b2! e4 18.¥b5+! ¢e7
but an early sortie of the knight to c3 19.¤e5 £xe2 20.¥xe2±) 17.¥b2 ¤c3
is supposed to be harmless for Black. 18.¥xc3 ¥xf3! 19.£xf3 £xf3 20.gxf3
5...a6 6.¥xc4 b5 7.¥d3 c5 bxc3 21.¥xa6 ¦xd1+ 22.¦xd1 ¢e7

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and White can hardly win this − this is losing at once. 23...¤d5
position. should have been preferred.
16...£d5 24.¥xa6!?
The text move is a novelty but it White's idea is great but 24.¤c4!
does not have any theoretical seemed to be more prosaic − it
importance as Black immediately forced Black to sacrifice the
forces the knight to retreat. The exchange by 24...¦xc4 (24...£c5?
ending after 16...£xe2!? 17.¥xe2 25.¤e3! followed by ¤f5 25.¦xc4+−
looked absolutely harmless for Black. with a decisive advantage.
17.¤f3 (D) 24...¦xd1
XIIIIIIIIY The ending after 24...¦e4 25.£d2
9-+-trk+-tr0 ¦xe5 26.¥xb7 ¦d8 27.£xd8+ £xd8
9+l+-+pzpp0 28.¦xd8 ¢xd8± was not fun for
9p+-+psn-+0 Black.
9+-vlq+-+-0 25.¦xd1 ¥xa6 (D)
9Pzp-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+LzPN+P0 9-+-+-+-tr0
9-zP-+QzPP+0 9+-+-mkpzpp0
9tR-vLR+-mK-0 9lwq-+psn-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-sN-+-0
17...¢e7 9Pzp-+-+-+0
Black tries to get more than simple 9+-+-+-+P0
repetition of moves by 17...£h5 Yet, 9-zP-+-zPP+0
it's unclear if White could have 9+-+RwQ-mK-0
agreed to a draw here − he may get xiiiiiiiiy
a slight psychological advantage by 26.£xb4+!
refusing the repetition, showing that it The point.
is he, who is playing for a win. 26...£xb4 27.¤c6+ ¢f8
Kasparov does not want to give The idea to keep the king closer to
Kramnik this opportunity − maybe in the center by 27...¢e8?? was fatal
vain. due to 28.¦d8# checkmate!
18.e4!? 28.¦d8+! ¤e8 29.¤xb4 (D)
An interesting pawn sacrifice. XIIIIIIIIY
18...¤xe4 19.¥e3 ¥xe3 20.£xe3 9-+-tRnmk-tr0
£c5 21.£e1! ¤f6 22.¦ac1 £b6 9+-+-+pzpp0
23.¤e5© (D) 9l+-+p+-+0
9-+-tr-+-tr0 9PsN-+-+-+0
9+l+-mkpzpp0 9+-+-+-+P0
9pwq-+psn-+0 9-zP-+-zPP+0
9+-+-sN-+-0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9Pzp-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+L+-+P0
9-zP-+-zPP+0 Despite being a piece up Black is in
9+-tRRwQ-mK-0 big trouble. The rook is still out of
xiiiiiiiiy play while White's a−pawn is ready to
Black's play is not easy − his king is go. Besides, the bishop has to retreat
unsafe and he cannot quickly get the but there is no a good square to
rook h8 into play. move to!
23...¦d4? 29...¥e2
Perhaps the result of time−pressure After 29...¥b7 30.¦b8 ¥e4 31.f3 ¥f5

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Black resigned − he has no chance
to stop White's pawns. An excellent
win by Vladimir Kramnik − our
congratulations once again! 1-0.

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CT-176, 2nd May 2001
Many thanks to Mark

Kramnik to play Crowther for this
Deep Fritz … interesting information.
Now let’s take a look at
the tournaments.
V
ladimir Kramnik will
play DEEP FRITZ in the
“Man versus Machine Russian Champion
Challenge” in Bahrain, October Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
2001. joined the leaders – Inna
Gaponenko (Ukraine)
Mark Crowther reports on TWIC: and Natasha Bojkovic (Yugoslavia) –
“Brain Games plc announced the signing after the 8th Round of the 2nd European
of a million dollar contract on Tuesday 1 Open Women’s Chess Championship in
May 2001. The contract is with the state Warsaw, Poland.
of Bahrain for a million dollar prize fund
plus a further million dollars in back up There are 2 games to play and the top 29
for the to be held in October. The main players will qualify to the World
Bahrain figure involved is His Championship.
Excellency Yousuf Shirawi, former
Bahrain chess champion and member of Some results of the 8th Round:
the Bahrain government. The contract Gaponenko – Bojkovic ½:½
was signed for Brain Games Network by Kovalevskaya – Mkrtchian 1:0
CEO David Massey. Grandmaster Ray Foisor – Peptan ½:½
Keene will be appointed Match Director Kosteniuk – Khurtsidze ½:½
while Enrique Irazoqui will be invited as Grabuzova – Skripchenko-Lautier ½:½
chief arbiter. Danielian – Prudnikova ½:½
Stefanova – Calzetta 1:0
The match will be between Vladimir
Kramnik and Deep Fritz. Deep Fritz beat Top boards of the 9th Round:
Deep Junior after drawing their 24 game Bojkovic (7) – Kovalevskaya (7)
match 12-12 by winning two extra Peptan (6½) – Gaponenko (7)
playoff games. Deep Junior started with Stefanova (6½) – Foisor (6½)
a 5-0 lead. The final critical moment Khurtsidze (6½) – Grabuzova (6½)
came in game 22. With three games Skripchenko-Lautier (6½) – Danielian (6½)
remaining Fritz needed two wins and a Prudnikova (6½) – Kosteniuk (6½)
draw to force a play-off. Having no Galliamova (6) – Socko (6) etc.
“knowledge” of the match situation, Fritz
made the terrible blunder of offering a The 54th Russian Championship has
draw. However Junior, also lacking a started in the capital of Kalmykia, Elista.
wider perspective, turned this offer down It will be 9-round Swiss event with a
and went on to lose the game! total prize fund $30000. In addition, the
16 top players will qualify for the
The match has been a controversial one European Championship. After the 2nd
with the conditions being turned down by Round GMs Vladimir Epishin, Maxim
another invited program called Shredder Turov, Konstantin Chernyshov and
and criticism over which programs were Valentin Arbakov are leading with a
invited.” perfect score, 17 players are in chase.

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Some results of the 2nd Round: Maksimenko (Ukraine) at half a point

Khasin – Kharlov ½:½ behind.
Vaulin – Lastin ½:½
Rustemov – Chernyshov 0:1 Some results of the 3rd Round:
Motylev – Jakovenko ½:½ Socko – Rashkovsky 1:0
Pigusov – Ionov ½:½ Cyborowski – Brodsky ½:½
Epishin – Beshukov 1:0 Rosentalis – Kuczyсski ½:½
Arbakov – Dvoiris 1:0 Miton – Markowski 1:0
Turov – Chebotarev 1:0 Eingorn – Bartel ½:½
Diu – Bezgodov ½:½ Poluljahov – Gleizerov ½:½
Ulibin – Gritsak ½:½
Today we would like to present a very Klovans – Wojtkiewicz ½:½
exciting battle between GM Alexander Bogdanov – V.Popov 0:1
Motylev and Dmitry Jakovenko, who Maksimenko – Sarwiсski 1:0
were among the leaders after the 1st Jaracz – Malaniuk ½:½ etc.
round.
6th Father Ivan Cvitanovic memorial
In the 9th Round of the IX category round started in Split, Croatia. After 3 rounds
robin tournament in Cutro, Italy GM GM Csaba Horvath of Hungary and IM
Boris Chatalbashev of Bulgaria beat GM Ivan Zaja of Croatia took the lead with
Igor Miladinovic with black and joined 2½ points. There were some problems
his compatriot GM Vladimir Georgiev with the organisation of this VII category
(Bulgaria) in the lead, who was free from round robin event so some participants
play – both leaders scored 5½ points out came late – for example, the ELO-
of 8 games. favourite GM Vladimir Dimitrov of
Bulgaria played only one game.
Miladinovic – Chatalbashev 0:1 ¤¤¤
Pegorari – Borgo 0:1 Annotated Game
Drasko – Ortega 1:0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Aleksic – Skembris ½:½
Halkias – Ristic ½:½ A Motylev (2601) − D Jakovenko
Georgiev – free (2521)
RUS−ch Elista (2), 2001 C45
Standings after the 9th Round: 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 exd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤xc6 bxc6 6.e5 £e7 7.£e2 ¤d5
1-2. Chatalbashev, V.Georgiev – 5½/8
8.c4 ¥a6 9.b3
3. Borgo – 5/8 XIIIIIIIIY
4. Ortega – 4½/9 9r+-+kvl-tr0
5-6. Skembris Miladinovic – 4/8
9zp-zppwqpzpp0
7. Halkias – 4/9
9l+p+-+-+0
8-9. Aleksic, Drasko – 3½/8
9+-+nzP-+-0
10. Pegorari – 3/8
9-+P+-+-+0
11. Ristic – 2½/8
9+P+-+-+-0
A strong open tournament is underway in
9P+-+QzPPzP0
Bydgoszcz, Poland. After 3 rounds a
9tRNvL-mKL+R0
home GM Bartosz Socko leads with
xiiiiiiiiy
A very complicated line of the Scotch
perfect score, his compatriot IM Kamil
Opening − the position is very
Miton is sharing second place with recent unbalanced. Black's pawn structure is far
St.Petersburg Champion GM Valery from perfect and the a6 bishop (and
Popov (Russia) and GM Andrey often the knight) is out of play. However,

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White is late in development and he 17.¥xe8 ¦xe8 18.0-0 ¥b7©

cannot comfortably complete it − Black 19.¦fe1
quickly gets all his pieces into play and 19.a3 ¤c6 20.¦fe1÷ seemed to be
tries to use their energy at full power. more reliable.
9...g5! 19...e4!?
The strongest continuation − Black XIIIIIIIIY
develops the bishop to g7 and at the 9-+k+r+-+0
same time does not allow White to fortify 9zplzppwq-vlp0
the e5 pawn by f2−f4. 9-+-+-+-+0
10.g3 ¥g7 11.¥b2 0-0-0
Castling short was put under question
9+-zp-+-zp-0
after the game Kasparov − Pr.Nikolic,
9-snP+p+-+0
Linares 1997: 11...0-0 12.¤d2 f6 13.£h5 9+P+-+NzP-0
¤b4 14.h4! g4 15.¢d1! c5 16.a3 ¤c6 9PvL-+QzP-zP0
17.¥d3 f5 18.¥xf5 ¥xe5 19.¦e1 d6 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
20.¥e4! and White is almost winning. xiiiiiiiiy
12.¤d2 ¤b4 13.¤f3 ¦he8 14.¥h3 19...¥xf3!? 20.£xf3 e4! 21.¦xe4
14.a3?! g4! 15.¤h4 ¥xe5 16.0-0-0 (21.£e2 ¥xb2 22.£xb2 ¤d3) 21...£xe4
¤a2+ 17.¢c2 £f6 was in Black's favour 22.£xe4 ¦xe4 23.¥xg7 ¦e2 looked not
in the game Macieja − Kallio, Stockholm so bad for Black but he was obviously
1999. worried about White's pawn superiority
14...c5! on the kingside − the knight is very slow
XIIIIIIIIY to stop the passed pawns.
9-+ktrr+-+0 20.¦ad1?
9zp-zppwqpvlp0 White is playing with fire. 20.¥xg7
9l+-+-+-+0 £xg7 21.¦ed1 was more careful.
9+-zp-zP-zp-0 20...g4! 21.¤h4
21.¥xg7 gxf3 22.£b2 £e6 looked too
9-snP+-+-+0 dangerous for White but perhaps it was
9+P+-+NzPL0 already the most stubborn defence:
9PvL-+QzP-zP0 23.£f6! £h3 24.£xf3! e3!! 25.¦d5! ¤xd5
9tR-+-mK-+R0 26.cxd5 exf2+ 27.£xf2 ¦xe1+ 28.£xe1
xiiiiiiiiy ¥xd5 with a big advantage for Black.
A novelty which looks very good. In the 21...e3! 22.¥xg7
game Baklan − Pedersen, Brussels 2000 XIIIIIIIIY
Black has not solved the opening 9-+k+r+-+0
problems after 14...h5 15.a3! 9zplzppwq-vLp0
15.¥g4 9-+-+-+-+0
A logical reply.
15...f6!? Direct approach.
9+-zp-+-+-0
16.¥h5
9-snP+-+psN0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+P+-zp-zP-0
9-+ktrr+-+0 9P+-+QzP-zP0
9zp-zppwq-vlp0 9+-+RtR-mK-0
9l+-+-zp-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zp-zP-zpL0 22.fxe3 £e4 23.¤g2 was bad for
White due to 23...¥xb2 24.£xb2 ¤d3
9-snP+-+-+0 25.¦xd3 £xd3 with a huge advantage.
9+P+-+NzP-0 22...£e4!
9PvL-+QzP-zP0 A very energetic play!
9tR-+-mK-+R0 23.fxe3!?
xiiiiiiiiy 23.f3 gxf3 24.¤xf3 £xf3 25.£xf3 ¥xf3
16...fxe5!? was also unsatisfactory for White but
Sound idea − Black's bishop will be maybe objectively more tenacious than
very strong on the long diagonal without the text move.
a counterpart. 23...£h1+ 24.¢f2 £xh2+ 25.¢f1 £xg3

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26.¤g2
9-+k+r+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zplzpp+-vLp0 9zp-zp-+-+p0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-mk-+-+0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9+-+l+-+-0
9-snP+-+p+0 9-+p+-+-+0
9+P+-zP-wq-0 9+P+-+-tR-0
9P+-+Q+N+0 9P+-+-+-+0
9+-+RtRK+-0 9+-+-+-mK-0
26...¦e7? A draw is inevitable and the
Oh, no! Up to now Dmitry has been scoresheets were signed. A very
playing excellently but here he went interesting and exciting game! ½-½
astray just one step before the total
success. 26...£h3! was correct − White Recommended Web sites:
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− White was absolutely helpless. www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
27.£f2
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The only move.
27...£xf2+ 28.¢xf2 g3+ www.szachy.lo.pl/
The immediate 28...¦xg7!? deserved sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/in
serious attention − Black keeps a very dex.htm
good square, f3, for the bishop. www.braingames.net/event2.php
29.¢g1 Contact information. Do you want to
Of course, not 29.¢xg3?? ¦xg7+ report a tournament or have a suggestion
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Black's chances still look preferable appreciate your comments and feedback!
but the rooks can create good Please tell your chess friends about
counterplay here.
30...¢d8 31.¦d2 ¢e8 32.¦f5 d6 33.¤f4
¦e7 34.¤d5!
Closing the diagonal for the monstrous the price will go down, while the quality
bishop. will go up!
34...¤xd5 35.cxd5 ¦xe3 36.¦h5! Chess Today is published by:
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CT-177, 3rd May 2001
GM Konstantin Chernyshov
Five share lead took the lead in the 54th
in European Russian Championship in
Elista – in the 3rd Round he
Women’s started the game with 1. f4 and
eliminated Vladimir Epishin in
Championship 20 moves – enjoy his crazy
style in the annotated game
F
ive players are leading before section! Konstantin still keeps a perfect
the last round of the 2nd score, GMs Sergey Shipov, Andrey
European Open Women’s Chess Kharlov, Alexander Lastin, Maxim
Championship in Warsaw, Poland. Turov and Valentin Arbakov, are sharing
They are Ekaterina Kovalevskaya second place, half a point behind.
(Russia), Almira Skripchenko-Lautier
(France), Inna Gaponenko (Ukraine), Some results of the 2nd Round:
Natasha Bojkovic (Yugoslavia) and Chernyshov – Epishin 1:0
Cristina Foisor (Romania). – one of them Arbakov – Turov ½:½
will become The European Champion Pushkov – Shipov 0:1
2000 Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine is Kharlov – Vaulin 1:0
playing below par and already lost her Lastin – Khasin 1:0
chances to defend the title – maybe her Malakhov – Volzhin ½:½
compatriot Inna Gaponenko, who Bezgodov – Motylev ½:½
resumed playing chess not so long ago, Ionov – Dolmatov ½:½
will be able to maintain the tradition?! Jakovenko – Pigusov ½:½
Ibragimov – Zakharevich ½:½
Bojkovic – Kovalevskaya ½:½ The Julian Borowski tournament started
Peptan – Gaponenko ½:½ in Essen, Germany. Actually there are
Stefanova – Foisor 0:1 two round robin events, XV and IX
Khurtsidze – Grabuzova ½:½ category. Take a look at the list of the
Skripchenko-Lautier – Danielian 1:0 GM-A participants:
Prudnikova – Kosteniuk ½:½ 1. Mikhail Gurevich BEL 2694
Galliamova – Socko 1:0 2. Rustam Kasymdzhanov UZB 2693
Stepovaya – Petrenko 1:0 3. Michal Krasenkow POL 2658
Olarasu – Arakhamia-Grant 0:1 etc. 4. Artur Jussupow GER 2645
5. Rustem Dautov GER 2631
Top boards of the last 11th Round: 6. Sergey Smagin RUS 2613
Kovalevskaya (7½) – 7. Christopher Lutz GER 2609
Skripchenko-Lautier (7½) 8. Emil Sutovsky ISR 2605
Foisor (7½) – Bojkovic (7½) 9. Oleg Romanischin UKR 2556
Gaponenko (7½) – Galliamova (7) 10. Klaus Bischoff GER 2552
Kosteniuk (7) – Peptan (7)
Paehtz (7) – Khurtsidze (7) In the 1st Round the leaders of the
Sikorova (7) – Stepovaya (7) brilliant German team, which won silver
Arakhamia-Grant (7) – Peng Zhaoqin (7) medals at the last Chess Olympiad in
Grabuzova (7) – Prudnikova (7) Istanbul, Rustem Dautov and Artur
Jussupow, as well as Oleg Romanishin of
First 29 players will qualify to the World Ukraine, won their games and took the
Championship. lead.
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Results of the 1st Round: 3-9. Cyborowski, Socko, Eingorn,

M.Gurevich – Bischoff ½:½ Gleizerov, Lutsko, Ulibin, Maksimenko
Romanishin – Smagin 1:0 – 3 etc.
Jussupow – Sutovsky 0:1
Lutz – Kasymdzhanov ½:½ GM Csaba Horvath of Hungary became
Nijboer – Dautov 0:1 sole leader of the VII category round
robin Father Ivan Cvitanovic memorial
Bulgarian GMs Vladimir Georgiev and that takes place in Split, Croatia – he has
Boris Chatalbashev shared first in the 3 points after 4 rounds. A home IM Ivan
IX category round robin tournament in Zaja is second with 2½ points. ELO-
Cutro, Italy. They scored 6½ points out favourite GM Vladimir Dimitrov of
of 10 games and were equal on tiebreak! Bulgaria is getting closer – he scored 2
A home IM Giulio Borgo came third, points out of 3 games and has a chance to
despite his loss to GM Milan Drasko in join the leader if he wins his postponed
the penultimate round. By the way, this game.
was the only decisive game in the last
two rounds. Standings after 4 rounds:
Final standings: 1. Cs. Horvath – 3 points
1-2. V.Georgiev, Chatalbashev – 6½ 2. Zaja – 2½
3. Borgo – 5½ 3. Dimitrov – 2(1)
4-7. Skembris, Miladinovic, Drasko, 4-6. Forintos, Bukal jr., Ljubicic – 2 etc.
Ortega – 5
8-9. Halkias, Aleksic – 4½ ¤¤¤
10. Pegorari – 4 Annotated Game
11. Ristic – 3½ Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Congratulations to the winners!
K Chernyshov (2536) − V Epishin
th
In the 4 Round of the very strong open (2579)
in Bydgoszcz, Poland GM Valery Popov RUS−ch Elista (3), 03.05.2001 A03
of Russia beat the sole leader GM 1.f4
Bartosz Socko and overtook him with 3½ XIIIIIIIIY
points. A home IM Kamil Miton 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
outplayed GM Mikhail Brodsky 9zppzppzppzpp0
(Ukraine) with black and is sharing the 9-+-+-+-+0
lead. Seven players are in chase. 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-zP-+0
Some results of the 4th Round: 9+-+-+-+-0
V.Popov – Socko 1:0 9PzPPzPP+PzP0
Brodsky – Miton 0:1 9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
Maksimenko – Cyborowski ½:½ xiiiiiiiiy
Rashkovsky – Rosentalis ½:½ Vladimir Epishin has enormous
Jaracz – Eingorn 0:1 opening knowledge and invention, he
was the idea−generator for Anatoly
Gleizerov – Klovans 1:0
Karpov during his World Champion
Bartel – Ulybin 0:1 years. This ugly opening is not too
Wojtkiewicz – Poluljakhov ½:½ dangerous for Black but at least it
Gritsak – Zontakh ½:½ equalises the opening knowledge − not
Malaniuk – Lanka ½:½ such a bad idea!
Kuczynski – Lutsko 0:1 1...d5
The King's Indian 1...¤f6 is not a bad
Standings after 4 rounds: choice against 1. f4.
1-2. Miton, V.Popov – 3½ points 2.¤f3 g6 3.e3 ¥g7 4.¥e2 ¤d7

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4...c5 5.0-0 ¤c6 is a more common XIIIIIIIIY

option.
5.0-0
9r+l+k+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zppzp-+pvlp0
9r+lwqk+ntr0 9-+-+-+p+0
9zppzpnzppvlp0 9+-+-+nwq-0
9-+-+-+p+0 9-+pzP-tR-zP0
9+-+p+-+-0 9vLP+-zP-+-0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9P+-+L+P+0
9+-+-zPN+-0 9tRN+Q+-mK-0
9PzPPzPL+PzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
More fuel for the fire! A check
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 13.¦e4+?! was pointless, after 13...¢d8
xiiiiiiiiy 14.¥xc4 ¦e8! 15.¦xe8+ ¢xe8 Black
White plays a reversed Iljin−Zhenevsky exchanged White's active rook and got
variation. better chances due to the weakness of
5...e5 the e3−pawn.; 13.¥xc4 ¤xe3 14.£f3
Consistent play. ¤xc4 15.bxc4 ¥e6 was also very good
6.fxe5 ¤xe5 7.¤xe5 ¥xe5 8.d4! ¥g7 for Black.
9.c4 dxc4 13...¤xh4?!
XIIIIIIIIY Black underestimates the danger and
loses control over the situation.
9r+lwqk+ntr0 13...£xf4!? was not so bad: 14.exf4
9zppzp-+pvlp0 ¥xd4+ 15.¢h2 ¥xa1 16.¥xc4 ¥e6 and
9-+-+-+p+0 so on; but 13...£g3!? was maybe even
9+-+-+-+-0 stronger − it is not so clear how White
should continue here − his central pawns
9-+pzP-+-+0 are vulnerable and the king is also not
9+-+-zP-+-0 quite safe.
9PzP-+L+PzP0 14.£f1 ¤f5 15.£f3
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+l+k+-tr0
A new continuation. 9...¤f6 10.¤c3 0- 9zppzp-+pvlp0
0 11.cxd5 ¤xd5 was played before, here 9-+-+-+p+0
in the game Bohn − Heinemann, GER−
chT 1991 White should have preferred 9+-+-+nwq-0
12.e4 with a good play. 9-+pzP-tR-+0
10.b3!? 9vLP+-zPQ+-0
A rather unexpected idea − White does 9P+-+L+P+0
not capture the pawn and develops the
bishop to a3 instead! 10.¥xc4 ¤h6 9tRN+-+-mK-0
followed by ...0-0 was what Black was xiiiiiiiiy
possibly expecting for. Thanks to another pawn sacrifice
10...¤h6!? White has got the time to consolidate his
A principled reply. In the case of position and prepare for direct actions.
10...¤e7 11.¥xc4 0-0 12.¥a3 White's 15...c6?
pressure is fairly annoying. This is slow. Perhaps it was already
11.¥a3 £g5! 12.¦f4 ¤f5 the time for such extraordinary decisions
Thanks to the attack to the e3−pawn as 15...¥e6!? (with idea ...0-0-0)
Black has created some concrete 16.£xb7 ¤xd4!! with a wild
problems for White. complications where Black's chances
13.h4!? were maybe not worse!
16.¤d2!
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9r+l+k+-tr0 9r+lmk-+-tr0
9zpp+-+pvlp0 9zpp+-+-vlp0
9-+p+-+p+0
9-+p+-+p+0 9+-+-+pzPq0
9+-+-+nwq-0 9-+psnNtR-+0
9-+pzP-tR-+0 9vLP+-zP-+-0
9vLP+-zPQ+-0 9P+-+L+Q+0
9P+-sNL+P+0 9+-+R+-mK-0
9tR-+-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
The queen is trapped − Black
xiiiiiiiiy resigned. A crushing defeat! 1-0
Quickly getting the reserve into play.
White's initiative looks threatening − he
intends to remove the f5 knight with g2− Recommended Web sites:
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very painful for Black. www.fide.com
16...¢d8?
www.chessclub.com
Black's desire to move the king from
possible check is understandable but
this king's retreat is unsuccessful. www.infcom.it/fsi/tornei/01cutro.htm
16...¥e6!? with idea of castling long www.szachy.lo.pl/
seemed to be more tenacious although sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/in
Black's life was already difficult: 17.¤e4 dex.htm
£d8 18.¦xf5! gxf5!? (18...¥xf5 19.¤d6+
¢d7 20.¤xf5 gxf5 21.£xf5+ ¢c7 Contact information. Do you want to
22.£f4+! ¢b6 23.bxc4‚) 19.¤d6+ ¢d7 report a tournament or have a suggestion
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18...¤h4 19.£g3+− was equally
hopeless for Black.
19.¦d1
9r+lmk-+-tr0 the price will go down, while the quality
9zpp+-+pvlp0 will go up!
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xiiiiiiiiy Editors:
All White's pieces are in action. Black GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
wasn't given a moment's respite to Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
organise better defence − he can simply Technical editors:
resign here. Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
19...f5 20.g5 £h5 21.£g2 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander

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CT-178, 4th May 2001

Tie-Break will decide Shipov – Chernyshov ½:½
Winner in Women's Turov – Kharlov ½:½
Lastin – Arbakov 1:0
Open Championship Volkov – Malakhov 0:1
Motylev – Ionov 1:0
in Warsaw… Bezgodov – Najer ½:½
Dolmatov –
here was no clear winner in the Jakovenko ½:½
T 2nd European Open Women’s

Chess Championship
Warsaw, Poland, so according to the
in
Pigusov – Smirnov
½:½
Epishin –
regulations it will be decided by tie- Tomashevsky 1:0
break. There are 7 contenders: Alisa Volzhin – Ibragimov
Galliamova, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, ½:½
Tatiana Stepovaya (all of Russia), Zakharevich – Yakovich ½:½
Almira Skripchenko-Lautier Beshukov – Dvoirys ½:½
(Moldavia), Ketevan Arakhamia Galkin – Chebotarev 1:0
(Georgia), Cristina Foisor (Romania) Timofeev – Kobalija 0:1
and Natasha Bojkovic (Yugoslavia).
Today we would like to present an
th
Results of the last 11 Round: interesting battle – the current Russian
Kovalevskaya – Skripchenko-Lautier ½:½ Champion Sergey Volkov was defeated
Foisor – Bojkovic ½:½ by Vladimir Malakhov with the black
Gaponenko – Galliamova 0:1 pieces in excellent style. (See annotated
Kosteniuk – Peptan ½:½ game section on page 3 --- RPM.)
Paehtz – Khurtsidze ½:½
Sikorova – Stepovaya 0:1 Half of the participants are leading in the
Arakhamia-Grant – Peng Zhaoqin 1:0 GM-A XV category tournament in
Grabuzova – Prudnikova ½:½ Essen, Germany.
The players, who shared 15-38 places,
will also play the tie-break to determine Results of the 2nd Round:
the qualifiers to the World Bischoff – Dautov ½:½
Championship. The First 29 players will Smagin – Jussupow ½:½
qualify, but Galliamova and M.Gurevich – Romanishin 1:0
Kovalevskaya already have the right to Kasymdzhanov – Nijboer 1:0
play in the World Championship so there Sutovsky – Lutz 0:1
are two more spots to fight for. The tie-
break will be tomorrow. Standings after the 2nd Round:
1-5. M.Gurevich, Lutz, Kasymdzhanov,
Alexander Lastin joined Konstantin Dautov, Jussupow – 1½ points
Chernyshov in the lead after 4th Round 6-7. Bischoff, Romanishin – 1
of the 54th Russian Championship in 8. Smagin – ½
Elista. Sergey Shipov, Andrey Kharlov, 9-10. Nijboer, Sutovsky – 0
Maxim Turov, Alexander Motylev,
Vladimir Malakhov and Vladimir Pairings for the 3rd Round:
Epishin are half a point behind. Jussupow – M.Gurevich
Dautov – Kasymdzhanov
Lutz – Smagin
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by Edward Winter. 8.£b3!? deserves attention.
8...¥e6 9.¥g2
¤¤¤ 9.¦g1 does not look very good −
Annotated Game after 9...g6 10.¥g2 ¤a6 11.¥d2
¤ac7 and Black obtained excellent
play in the game Dorfman −
S. Volkov − V. Malakhov Popchev, Cienfuegos 1988.
RUS−ch Elista (4), 03.05.2001 D31 9...¤a6! (D)
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov XIIIIIIIIY
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 c6 4.e3 f5 (D) 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+-+-zpp0
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 9n+p+l+-+0
9zpp+-+-zpp0 9+-+n+p+-0
9-+p+p+-+0 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+p+p+-0 9+-sN-zP-+-0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9PzP-+NzPLzP0
9+-sN-zP-+-0 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 The main task is to fortify the d5−
xiiiiiiiiy square.
This set−up is more reliable when 10.0-0 ¤ac7 11.¤xd5 ¤xd5 12.f3
White has already developed his A direct approach. The advance
Knight to f3. The following reply is e3−e4 looks promising but Black
supposed to be rather dangerous for finds a way to turn it to his own
Black. favour.
5.g4!? ¤f6 6.gxf5 exf5 (D) 12...¥d6 13.e4 (D)
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 9r+-wqk+-tr0
9zpp+-+-zpp0 9zpp+-+-zpp0
9-+p+-sn-+0 9-+pvll+-+0
9+-+p+p+-0 9+-+n+p+-0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9-+-zPP+-+0
9+-sN-zP-+-0 9+-+-+P+-0
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 9PzP-+N+LzP0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
Now the knight on g1 will be 13...£h4! 14.¤g3 ¤f4 15.d5
developed to f4, putting additional An interesting idea but it will
pressure on the important d5− became clear soon that it is not as
square. good as it looks. The immediate
7.cxd5 15.exf5?! could have been met by
Starting a series of moves which 15...¤xg2 (15...¥d5!?) 16.fxe6?!
proved to be unsuccessful. 7.£b3 is ¥xg3 and White is in trouble.
a more common option, which 15...cxd5 16.exf5 ¥f7
promises better chances for White, Now 16...¤xg2? 17.fxe6 ¥xg3 was
according to tournament practice. unsuccessful due to 18.hxg3 £xg3
7...¤xd5! 19.£a4+! etc.
7...cxd5?! is much weaker. White
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17.¦e1+ ¢f8 18.¥e3 (D) ¥c4+ 25.¦e2 £e7! (D)

9r+-+-mk-tr0 9r+-+-+ktr0
9zpp+-+lzpp0 9zpp+-wq-zp-0
9-+-vl-+-+0 9-+-tR-+-+0
9+-+p+P+-0 9+-+-+P+-0
9-+-+-sn-wq0 9-+l+p+-zp0
9+-+-vLPsN-0 9+-+-vLP+n0
9PzP-+-+LzP0 9PzP-+RwQLzP0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9+-+-+K+-0
Of course, it is not good for Black to Black gains a big material
be deprived of castling, but he should advantage. The rest is easy.
be generally satisfied with the 26.¥xh3 £xd6 27.¢e1 ¥xe2
situation. His queen and minor pieces 28.£xe2 £d3 29.fxe4 £xe4 (D)
are in control of the situation − the XIIIIIIIIY
only problem is the rook on h8 but 9r+-+-+ktr0
the following move solves it in a good 9zpp+-+-zp-0
way. 9-+-+-+-+0
18...h5! 19.£d2 £g5 20.¦ad1 ¢g8∓ 9+-+-+P+-0
(D) 9-+-+q+-zp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-vL-+L0
9r+-+-+ktr0 9PzP-+Q+-zP0
9zpp+-+lzp-0 9+-+-mK-+-0
9-+-vl-+-+0 iiiiiiiiy
9+-+p+Pwqp0 30.¥g2 £b1+ 31.¢f2 £xf5+ 32.¢g1
9-+-+-sn-+0 ¦h5 33.£c4+ ¢h8 34.¥xb7 ¦f8
9+-+-vLPsN-0 35.b4 h3 36.£c1 ¦g5+! (D)
9PzP-wQ-+LzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9-+-+-tr-mk0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpL+-+-zp-0
White has centralised his major 9-+-+-+-+0
pieces but his bishop on g2 and the 9+-+-+qtr-0
knight on g3 are very poorly placed 9-zP-+-+-+0
and just have nothing to do! Black 9+-+-vL-+p0
clearly has the initiative. He doesn't 9P+-+-+-zP0
even need the rook a8 at this stage 9+-wQ-+-mK-0
of the game. xiiiiiiiiy
21.£f2? White resigned as he will be
White's problems were much more checkmated in a few moves. It was
serious than it seemed at first glance. clearly not the best day for Sergey
This move is almost losing but it was Volkov, but it happened, in many
already not so easy to give him a respects, because of the well−
good advice. Something like 21.£c3 thought out and confident play by
h4 22.¥xf4 ¥xf4 23.¤e2 was more Vladimir Malakhov. 0-1
tenacious but of course this was
completely unsatisfactory for White Recommended Web sites:
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CT-179, 5th May 2001
Almira Skripchenko- Our congratulations to all the winners

and for those who qualified to the World
Lautier of Moldavia Championship!
Wins Open Women's In the 5th Round of the 54th Russian

Championship in Elista, Alexander
Championship After Motylev beat top-seeded Sergey Shipov
and joined the leaders – Alexander
Tie-Breaks! Lastin and Konstantin Chernyshov,
who drew their game. The leaders have 4
he formula for the tie-break of points, 10 players are in chase, half a
T the 2nd European

Women’s Chess Championship
in Warsaw, Poland was rather
Open point behind.

complicated – it was a real tie-break. The Chernyshov – Lastin ½:½
pairings was made according to the Motylev – Shipov 1:0
Buscholz tournament. The players who Kharlov – Epishin ½:½
had the best tie-break score passed Malakhov – Turov ½:½
directly to the second round. Najer – Volzhin 1:0
Kobalia – Bezgodov ½:½
After tie-breaks Almira Skripchenko- Smirnov – Dolmatov 1:0
Lautier (Moldavia) emerged as the new Burmakin – Galkin 0:1
European Champion! Russian Champion Arbakov – Pigusov 0:1
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya came in Ibragimov – Jakovenko ½:½
second (as in the previous year!), and Yakovich – Beshukov 1:0
Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Georgia) Dvoirys – Zakharevich 1:0
took the bronze medal. The top 31 Makarov – Shariyazdanov ½:½
players will participate in the 2001 Balashov – Korobov 1:0
World Championship.
Today we present an excellent victory by
Final Standings (after the tie-break): Pavel Smirnov over Sergey Dolmatov
1-7. Skripchenko-Lautier, (see annotated game on page 2 --- RPM)
Kovalevskaya, Arakhamia-Grant,
Galliamova, Foisor, Bojkovic, Rustam Kasymdzhanov (Uzbekistan)
Stepovaya – 8 points became the hero of the 3rd Round of the
8-14. Gaponenko, Paehtz, Peptan, Julian Borowski GM-A XV category
Grabuzova, Kosteniuk, Khurtsidze, tournament in Essen, Germany – he beat
Prudnikova – 7½ Rustem Dautov with the black pieces and
15-31. Stefanova, Dworakowska, has scored 2½ points. A home GM
Peng Zhaoqin, Mkrtchian, Christopher Lutz outplayed Sergey
Zatonskih, Zielinska, Danielian, Smagin (Russia) and has also scored 2½
Kononenko, Galianina-Ryzhanova, points. In the outsider’s battle Emil
Sedina, Lagvilava, Ciuksyte, Sutovsky (Israel) proved his superiority
Radziewicz, Petrenko, Socko, over Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) who
Kiseleva, Sikorova – 7 hasn’t scored yet.
32-38. Alexandrova, Shumiakina,
Ionescu-Brandis, Dzagnidze, Hunt, Results of the 3rd Round:
Matveeva, Kachiani-Gersinska – 7 Jussupow – M.Gurevich ½:½
Dautov – Kasymdzhanov 0:1
CT-179 Page 1 of 4
Lutz – Smagin 1:0 Horvath (Hungary) are in chase, half a

Romanishin – Bischoff ½:½ point behind.
Nijboer – Sutovsky 0:1
Standings after 6 rounds:
Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Dimitrov - 4½ points
1-2. Lutz, Kasymdzhanov – 2½ points 2-3. Zaja, Cs. Horvath – 4
3-4. M.Gurevich, Jussupow – 2 4. Ljubicic – 3½ etc
5-7. Bischoff, Romanishin, Dautov – 1½ ¤¤¤
8. Sutovsky – 1 Annotated Game
9. Smagin – ½ P. Smirnov (2511) − S. Dolmatov
10. Nijboer – 0 (2587)
RUS−ch Elista (5), 04.05.2001 C18
Pairings for the 4th Round: Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
M.Gurevich – Lutz 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5
Bischoff – Kasymdzhanov 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.bxc3 ¤e7 7.£g4 0-0
Romanishin – Jussupow (D)
Sutovsky – Dautov XIIIIIIIIY
Smagin – Nijboer 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9zpp+-snpzpp0
GM Valery Popov (Russia) took sole 9-+-+p+-+0
lead in the strong open in Bydgoszcz, 9+-zppzP-+-0
Poland. In the 6th Round he beat his
9-+-zP-+Q+0
compatriot GM Mikhail Ulybin and has
9zP-zP-+-+-0
scored 5 points. Home players GM
9-+P+-zPPzP0
Bartosz Socko and IM Kamil Miton are
9tR-vL-mKLsNR0
sharing second place, half a point behind.
xiiiiiiiiy
Sergey Dolmatov is one of the
leading experts of this very
V.Popov – Ulybin 1:0
complicated variation of the French
Gleizerov – Miton ½:½
Defence for both sides.
Socko – Markowski 1:0
8.¥d3 ¤bc6
Malaniuk – Eingorn ½:½
Another principle line is 8...f5 9.exf6
Wojtkiewicz – Cyborowski ½:½
¦xf6 10.¥g5 ¦f7 with no less
Totsky – Rozentalis 0:1
Jaracz – Zontakh ½:½ complicated play.
Brodsky – Gritsak ½:½ 9.£h5 ¤g6 10.¤f3 £c7 11.¥e3
Rashkovsky – Lutsko 1:0 ¤ce7!?
Sarwicski - Poluljakhov 0:1 More common is 11...c4 12.¥xg6
fxg6 13.£g4², followed by h4−h5
Standings after 6 rounds: with slightly better chances for White
1. V. Popov - 5 points according to the tournament practice.
2-3. Miton, Socko – 4½ 12.h4 ¥d7 13.a4 (D)
4-12. Cyborowski, Poluljakhov, Eingorn,
XIIIIIIIIY
Rashkovsky, Rozantalis, Wojtkiewicz, 9r+-+-trk+0
Ulybin, Gleizerov, Malaniuk – 4 etc. 9zppwqlsnpzpp0
9-+-+p+n+0
ELO-favourite, in the VII category round 9+-zppzP-+Q0
robin Father Ivan Cvitanovic Memorial, 9P+-zP-+-zP0
GM Vladimir Dimitrov (Bulgaria) took 9+-zPLvLN+-0
sole lead after beating GM Gyoso 9-+P+-zPP+0
Forintos (Hungary) in the 6th Round. A 9tR-+-mK-+R0
home IM Ivan Zaja and GM Csaba xiiiiiiiiy
CT-179 Page 2 of 4
13...b6!? and Black has built a very solid

A new continuation. In the game position.
Anand − Lputian, FIDE Wch, New 19...cxd4
Delhi 2000 White achieved better 19...£g5?! was bad due to 20.g3
chances after 13...f5 14.exf6 ¦xf6 ¤xg3™ 21.fxg3 £xg3+ 22.£xg3 fxg3
15.0-0 c4 16.¥xg6 ¤xg6 17.£g5² 23.¤g4 ¤f3+ 24.¦xf3 ¦xf3 25.h6!±
14.£g4 f5 15.£h3!? (D) with a big advantage.
XIIIIIIIIY 20.cxd4
9r+-+-trk+0 20.¥xf4!? looked promising − Black
9zp-wqlsn-zpp0 faced problems with the knights.
9-zp-+p+n+0 20...¤xd4 21.h6!?
9+-zppzPp+-0 A rather impulsive, but interesting
9P+-zP-+-zP0 play.
9+-zPLvLN+Q0 21...£g5 22.hxg7 (D)
9-+P+-zPP+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9r+-+-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zp-+l+-zPp0
9-zp-+p+-+0
15.exf6 ¦xf6 16.h5 could have been 9+-+pzP-wq-0
strongly met by 16...cxd4! (16...¤f4?! 9P+-sn-zp-sn0
17.¤e5 ¤xd3+ 18.cxd3) A) 9+-+L+-+Q0
17.¥xd4? e5 18.£g3 ¦xf3 19.£xf3 9-+PvL-zPPsN0
(19.gxf3 ¤f4) 19...¦f8-+; B) and after 9tR-+-+RmK-0
17.hxg6 17...dxe3 18.gxh7+ ¢h8³ xiiiiiiiiy
Black's chances were at least not 22...¢xg7
worse. 22...¦f7!? looked more reliable,
15...f4 intending to capture on g7 with the
A direct approach. 15...cxd4!? rook.
16.cxd4 £c3+ 17.¢e2 ¤c6„ 23.¢h1 ¤g6 24.¤g4 ¤f5 25.¤f6
deserved attention, intending to push ¦xf6
the defender of the d4−pawn by ...f4. Of course, it was impossible to
16.¥d2 ¤f5 tolerate such a strongly posted
Black has placed his knight on e7 knight.
more actively, but now he needs to 26.exf6+ ¢xf6 27.c4 (D)
be careful about the f4−pawn. IIIIIIIIY
17.0-0 £d8 18.h5 ¤gh4 (D) 9r+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+l+-+p0
9r+-wq-trk+0 9-zp-+pmkn+0
9zp-+l+-zpp0 9+-+p+nwq-0
9-zp-+p+-+0 9P+P+-zp-+0
9+-zppzPn+P0 9+-+L+-+Q0
9P+-zP-zp-sn0 9-+-vL-zPP+0
9+-zPL+N+Q0 9tR-+-+R+K0
9-+PvL-zPP+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-+RmK-0 Trying to open up the center
xiiiiiiiiy because of the centralised king. Yet,
19.¤h2! Black's monarch is very well
A strong decision − White avoids defended by his strong pieces.
the exchange of knights. 19.¤xh4 27...e5! 28.£h2 ¥c6 29.cxd5 ¥xd5
¤xh4 20.£g4 looked tempting but 30.¦fe1 (D)
after 20...c4 21.¥e2 f3! 22.gxf3 ¤f5

CT-179 Page 3 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY for Pavel Smirnov for this excellent

9r+-+-+-+0 victory over such a strong and
9zp-+-+-+p0 experienced player in a very
9-zp-+-mkn+0 intensive battle. 1-0.
9+-+lzpnwq-0
9P+-+-zp-+0 Recommended Web sites:
9+-+L+-+-0
9-+-vL-zPPwQ0 www.pzszach.org.pl/europa/womens.htm
9tR-+-tR-+K0 www.fide.com
xiiiiiiiiy www.chessclub.com
30...¤h6?! www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
It was time to bring the last piece www.szachy.lo.pl/
into play by 30...¦d8!„ obtaining sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/in
very good counter−play. dex.htm
31.f3 ¤h4?? (D)
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34.¥c3+ (D)
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Black resigned. Our congratulations

CT-179 Page 4 of 4
CT-180, 6th May 2001
GM Ulf Andersson Lastin - Kharlov 1/2:1/2

Epishin - Malakhov 1/2:1/2
top Seed Yakovich - Najer 1/2:1/2
Turov - Galkin 1/2:1/2
in 36th Capablanca Pigusov - Dvoirys 1/2:1/2
Kobalija - Smirnov 1:0
Memorial Shipov - Bezgodov 1/2:1/2
Jakovenko - Balashov 1/2:1/2
Tournament in Ibragimov - Pushkov 1/2:1/2
Havana, Cuba. Aseev - Vaulin 1:0
Shariyazdanov -
Belozerov 1/2:1/2
Dolmatov - Makarov
T he 36th Capablanca Memorial

started on the 5th of May, in
Havana, Cuba with GM Ulf
Andersson of Sweden leading the field
1:0
Lugovoi - Volkov
1/2:1/2
Khasin - Ionov
in the Elite category XIII group. 1/2:1/2
Standings of top 14
(photo from after 6 rounds
http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/)
1 Lastin, Alexander - 4.5
The participants in the Elite Group are: 2 Motylev, Alexander - 4.5
3 Chernyshov, Konstantin - 4.5
GM Ulf Andersson (Sweden) 2640 4 Kharlov, Andrei - 4.0
GM Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba) 2589 5 Malakhov, Vladimir - 4.0
GM Hannes Stefansson (Iceland) 2570 6 Najer, Evgeniy - 4.0
GM Thomas Luther (Germany) 2568 7 Kobalija, Mihail - 4.0
GM Anthony Miles (England) 2562 8 Galkin, Alexander - 4.0
GM Francisco Vallejo (Spain) 2559 9 Pigusov, Evgeny - 4.0
GM Jesús Nogueiras (Cuba) 2557 10 Epishin, Vladimir - 4.0
IM Leinier Domínguez (Cuba) 2556 11 Aseev, Konstantin - 4.0
GM I. Alexandre Nataf (France) 2552 12 Yakovich, Yuri - 4.0
GM Walter Arencibia (Cuba) 2543 13 Dvoirys, Semen - 4.0
GM Arnaud Hauchard (France) 2526 14 Turov, Maxim - 4.0
IM Neurys Delgado (Cuba) 2481
IM Aryam Abreu (Cuba) 2480 IM Ivan Zaja (Croatia), in the VII
category round robin Father Ivan
In the 6th Round of the 54th Russian Cvitanovic Memorial, takes over the
Championship in Elista, Alexander lead from GM Vladimir Dimitrov, after
Motylev, Alexander Lastin and Zaja won his game his against Ljubicic,
Konstantin Chernyshov remain co- while Dimitrov lost to Horvath! Zaja has
leaders as Chernyshov and Motylev drew scored 6 points, while Dimitrov is a half
their game, and Lastin drew his game point behind with 5.5 points. They will
against Kharlov. Each have 4.5 points . face each other in the final round!
11 players are in chase, half a point Horvath who has 5 points and is
behind. currently in 3rd place can secure no worse
than a tie for second if he wins his final
Some results of the 6thRound game against Zelic. Zala onlys needs the
Chernyshov - Motylev 1/2 :1/2
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draw to secure first place, but needs the Here are some results of the 8th Round:
full point to gain his final GM norm. It
should prove an exciting game! Soæko - Rozentalis ½:½
Popov - Eingorn ½:½
Rustam Kasymdzhanov (Uzbekistan) Malaniuk - Mitoñ ½:½
wins his second game in a row the 4th Gleizerov - Lanka ½:½
round of the Julian Borowski GM-A XV Brodsky - Ulibin ½:½
category tournament in Essen, Germany. Wojtkiewicz - Zontakh ½:½
This time he beat Klaus Bischoff with Rashkovsky - Poluljahov 0:1
the black pieces and has scored 3½ Jaracz - Cyborowski ½:½
points, and has taken the lead! Markowski - 1:0 Pacuszka 1:0
Christopher Lutz drew against GM Kuczyñski - Zhigalko ½:½
Mikhail Gurevich and is in second place
with 3 points. Emil Sutovsky (Israel) (* please note results of the 7th round can be
extended his winning streak to 2 games found at: http://www.szachy.lo.pl/)
by defeating Rustem Dautov , while
Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) finally gets
on the board with a draw against GM T oday's game requires some
introduction. It seems that many CT
readers appreciate instructive games and
Sergey Smagin.
annotations, so today I would like to
Results of the 4th Round: show an old game of mine and later
Bischoff - Kasymdzhanov 0 - 1 follow it up with another game in the
Sutovsky - Dautov 1 - 0 same pawn structure. I would
Smagin - Nijboer ½ - ½ recommend that you view the game not
M..Gurevich - Lutz ½ - ½ in the CT body below, but first in Chess
Romanishin - Jussupow ½ - ½ Base, where you can take advantage of
the 'training question' feature. Enjoy this
Standings after 4 rounds: mini-lesson! --- Alexander Baburin
1. Kasymdzhanov – 3 ½ points
¤¤¤
2. Lutz - 3.0
3-4. M. Gurevich, Jussupow - 2½ Annotated Game
5-6. Romanishin, Sutovsky - 2.0 A. Baburin − Stummer
7-8. Dautov, Bischof - 1½ Budapest, 1992 E60
9. Smagin - 1.0 Notes by GM Alexander Baburin
10. Nijboer - ½
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0
Pairings for the 5th Round: 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5
8.Rd1 Re8 9.e4 c6 10.dxe5
Jussupow - Bischoff At that time I liked this exchange,
Lutz - Romanishin inspired by great results of Ukrainian
Nijboer - Gurevich GM Oleg Romanishin in this system.
Dautov - Smagin 10...dxe5 (D)
Kasymdzhanov- Sutovsky XIIIIIIIIY
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After 8 rounds of play in the strong 9zpp+n+pvlp0
Open A section in Bydgoszcz, Poland, 9-+p+-snp+0
five players share first place with 5½ 9+-+-zp-+-0
points: GM Eduardas Rozentalis, 9-+P+P+-+0
Eduardas, GM Bartosz Soæko, IM 9+-+-+NzP-0
Kamil Mitoñ, GM Valerij Popov, and 9PzPQ+-zPLzP0
GM Aleksandr Poluljahov. 12 players 9tRNvLR+-mK-0
are in chase a half point behind. xiiiiiiiiy
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White has a potentially weak square XIIIIIIIIY

on d4, while Black has a weakness
on d6. White would love to play c4−
9r+-+r+k+0
c5 and place a knight on d6, while 9+-+n+-+p0
Black dreams to land his knight on 9-+pwqlzpp+0
d4. Play goes around these 2 9zp-zp-zp-+-0
squares.
11.h3! 9-+P+P+-+0
White makes sure that ...Ng4 or 9+P+NwQ-zPP0
...Bg4 (attacking the f3−knight) does 9P+-+-zPL+0
not become an option for Black.
11.Nc3 9tR-+R+-mK-0
11...Bf8!? 12.Be3 b6 13.Nc3 Qc7 xiiiiiiiiy
14.Na4 Nc5 22.Nb2! Qe7 23.Na4
Interesting decision − Black does Now Black is completely tied up −
not mind doubling pawns in order to his knight can't move and there is no
strengthen his control over the d4− way he can challenge the a4−knight.
square. 23...Reb8 24.Rd2 Rb4 25.Rad1 Ra7
15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxc5 bxc5 (D) 26.Bf1! Kg7 27.Rd6! (D)
9r+l+r+k+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-wq-+p+p0 9tr-+nwq-mkp0
9-+p+-snp+0 9-+ptRlzpp+0
9+-zp-zp-+-0 9zp-zp-zp-+-0
9-+P+P+-+0 9NtrP+P+-+0
9+-+-+NzPP0 9+P+-wQ-zPP0
9PzPQ+-zPL+0 9P+-+-zP-+0
9tR-+R+-mK-0 9+-+R+LmK-0
Finally the c5−pawn falls. Black's
The Position has changed − Black attempt to trap the d6−rook quickly
has greater control over the d4− backfires:
square, but the c5−pawn might be 27...Bd5? 28.Rxd7 Rxd7 29.Nxc5
weak. Rd8 30.cxd5 cxd5 31.exd5 Rb6
17.Ne1! Be6 32.Bc4 f5 33.Re1 f4 34.gxf4 1-0
17...Qe7 18.Nd3 Nd7 19.Qe2
(19.f4!? exf4 20.gxf4ƒ) 19...Nf8 Recommended Web sites:
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Nc2 23.Qxc5÷ http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
18.Nd3 Nd7 19.b3 f6? www.fide.com
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20.Qd2! a5 www.szachy.lo.pl/
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will go up!

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Editors:
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CT-181, 7th May 2001
IM Ivan Zaja of round 3 annotated by our guest annotator

GM Lev Psakhis. GM Ruslan
Croatia Wins Scherbakov and IM Vladimir are away
participating in chess tournaments.
Father Cvitanovic Results of the 5th Round:
Memorial ! Kasimdzhanov - Sutovsky ½ - ½
Jussupow - Bischoff ½ - ½
Lutz - Romanishin 0 - 1
I van Zaja >>(Croatia), wins the VII

category round robin Father Ivan
Cvitanovic Memorial, in
impressive style, scoring 7 points out
Nijboer - Gurevich 1 - 0
Dautov - Smagin 1 - 0

of 10 and defeating GM Vladimir 1. Kasymdzhanov – 4.0 points
Dimitrov (Bulgaria) in the final round, 2-4. Lutz - 3.0
and also earning his final GM norm! 2-4. Jussupow - 3.0
GM Csaba Horvath (Hungary) placed 2-4. Romanishin - 3.0
second with 6/10 and GM Vladimir 5-7. Sutovsky - 2½
Dmitrov came in, no doubt, a 5-7. Dautov - 2½
disappointing 3rd with 5½/10. 5-7. Gurevich - 2½
8. Bischof - 2.0
The Final Standings: 9. Nijboer - 1½
1. Ivan Zaja - 7.0 10. Smagin - 1.0
2. Csaba Horvath - 6.0
3. Vladimir Dimitrov - 5½ In the 7th round of the 54th Russian
4. Filip Ljubicic - 5.0 Championship in Elista, Alexander
5-6. Sandor Videki - 4½ Motylev and Alexander Lastin drew
5-6. Vladimir Bukal - 4½ their game and remain in a tie for first
7-8. Gyozo Forintos - 4.0 wih 5.0 points. Konstantin Chernyshov
7-8. Dinko Brumen - 4.0 lost to Vladimir Malakhov , and drops
9. Ivica Armanda - 2½ down to second place with 4½ points,
10. Mladen Zelic - 2.0 while Malakov claims a share of first
place with 5.0 points, along with
Rustam Kasymdzhanov (Uzbekistan) Mikhail Kobalija, who beat Semen
drew his game with Emil Sutovsky in Dvoirys. 11 players are in chase with 4½
the 5th round of the Julian Borowski GM- points.
A XV category tournament in Essen,
Germany and maintains his first place Some results of the 7th Round.
standing with 4 points from 5. GM Oleg
Romanishin beat Christopher Lutz to Motylev - Lastin 1/2:1/2
share second place with GM Lutz and Malakhov - Chernyshov 1:0
GM Jussupow,Artur, who drew his Kharlov - Aseev 1/2:1/2
game with Klaus Bischoff . After a slow Najer - Epishin 1/2:1/2
start Friso Nijboer (Netherlands) finally Dvoirys - Kobalija 0:1
scores his first point against none other Galkin - Yakovich 1/2:1/2
than GM Mikhail Gurevich! Turov - Pigusov 1/2:1/2
Smirnov - Shipov 1:0
We feature a game between Frisco Bezgodov - Dolmatov 1/2:1/2
Nijboer and Emil Sutovsky from Balashov - Iljushin 1/2:1/2
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Burmakin - Ibragimov 1:0

Annotated Game
F. Nijboer (2580) − E. Sutovsky
Standings of top 14 after 7 rounds
(2604)
1. Lastin Alexander 5.0
Essen Borowski−A (3), 04.05.2001
2. Malakhov, Vladimir 5.0
B87
3. Motylev, Alexander 5.0
Notes by GM Lev Psakhis
4. Kobalija, Mikhail 5.0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
5. Kharlov, Andrei 4½
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 e6 7.¥b3 b5
6. Najer, Evgeniy 4½
7. Galkin, Alexander 4½ 8.0-0 ¥e7 9.£f3 £c7
8. Pigusov, Evgeny 4½ 9...£b6!? 10.¥e3 £b7÷
9. Epishin, Vladimir 4½ 10.£g3 ¤c6 11.¤xc6 £xc6 12.¦e1
10. Aseev, Konstantin 4½ ¥b7 13.£xg7!? (D)
11. Yakovich, Yuri 4½
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12. Turov, Maxim 4½ 9r+-+k+-tr0
13 .Chernyshov, Konstantin 4½ 9+l+-vlpwQp0
14. Burmakin, Vladimir 4½ 9p+qzppsn-+0
9+p+-+-+-0
GM Eduardas Rozentalis (Russia), 9-+-+P+-+0
GM Valerij Popov (Russia), and GM 9+LsN-+-+-0
Aleksandr Poluljahov (Lithuania) 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
share first place in the Open A section 9tR-vL-tR-mK-0
in Bydgoszcz, Poland, finishing with 6½ xiiiiiiiiy
points after 9 rounds of play. 13.a3!? 0-0 14.¥h6 ¤e8 15.¦ad1
¦d8 16.¦d3 ¢h8 17.¥g5 ¥xg5
As of this writing the first round of the 18.£xg5 ¤f6 19.f3 ¤d7= ½-½
36th Capablanca Memorial has been Ivanov,O−Shneider,A/UKR t−ch
completed. In the Elite Group GMs Alushta 2000 (67)
Arnaud Hauchard (France), Igor 13...¦g8 14.£h6 0-0-0 15.£h3 ¢b8
Alexandre Nataf (France), Hannes 16.f3 ¦g6 17.¥e3
Stefansson (Iceland), and Francisco 17.a3 ¦dg8 18.¦e2 h5 19.¢h1 £c7
Vallejo (Spain) share first place with 1.0 20.¤d1 h4 21.¤e3 ¤h5© 0-1
point. GM Ulf Andersson (Sweden), IM Georgiev,K−Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg
Aryam Abreu (Cuba) GM Anthony 1993/CBM 39 (34)
Miles (England) and GM Jesús 17...¦dg8 18.¦e2 h5!? (D)
Nogueiras (Cuba) are half a point behind. XIIIIIIIIY
GM Thomas Luther (Germany) had a 9-mk-+-+r+0
free day on the 5th of May. 9+l+-vlp+-0
9p+qzppsnr+0
9+p+-+-+p0
Results of the 1st round: 9-+-+P+-+0
Abreu - Andersson ½:½ 9+LsN-vLP+Q0
Hauchard - Delgado 1:0 9PzPP+R+PzP0
Dominguez - Nataf 0:1 9tR-+-+-mK-0
Stefansson - Bruzon 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
Miles - Nogueiras ½:½ 18...¤d7 19.¤d5! exd5 20.¥xd5
Arencibia - Vallejo 0-1 £c7 21.¥xf7 ¥f6 22.¦d1 ¥xb2 23.c4
¥a3 24.cxb5 axb5 25.¥xg8 ¦xg8
26.£xh7± 1-0 Ivanchuk,V−
¤¤¤ Polugaevsky, L/Monte Carlo
1993/CBM 34 ext (35)
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19.¦d1 Recommended Web sites:

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21.c3!) 21.e5 ¤d7 22.¥d4² http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
19...£e8 www.fide.com
19...¦8g7!? 20.a4 b4 21.¤a2 ¥c8 www.chessclub.com
22.£h4 a5 23.£e1 ¥a6 24.¦ed2 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
¤xe4!„ 0-1 Jaracz,P− www.szachy.lo.pl/
Sergejev,R/Aarhus 1993/EXT 99 (41) sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/in
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25.£e1 ¤xe3 26.¦xe3 ¦xg2+ Editors:
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26...¥f6!?
27.¢h1 ¦8g5 28.£h7 Technical editors:
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CT-182, 8th May 2001
ICCF 50 Years World with 5½ points by him himself with a

win over Yuri Yakovich, as black.
Champions Julibee Some results of the 8th Round:
Tournament Starts!
Lastin - Kobalija 1:0
Malakhovr - Motylev 0:1
o mark it's 50th anniversary, the
T
Yakovich - Kharlov 0:1
International Correspondence Aseev - Najer ½:½
chess Federation (ICCF) Chernyshov - Galkin ½:½
has organized a very special Pigusov - Burmakin ½:½
tournament - the World Champions Epishin - Smirnov ½:½
Julibee Tournament (intro). All 8 Shariyazdanov - Turov ½:½
living World CC Champions are Dolmatov - Vaulin ½:½
participating plus the number one
rated player in the ICCF. The average Standings of top 10 after 8 rounds:
ICCF rating is 2620, which makes this
is a category XV event and therefore Lastin, Alexander 6.0
one of the strongest CC tournaments Motylev, Alexander 6.0
ever held. The total prize is prize fund Kharlov, Andrei 5½
is $25,000 Euros. The tournament Malakhov, Vladimir 5.0
Director is Nol van't Riet Najer, Evgeniy 5.0
(Netherlands). A crosstable of the Kobalija, Mihail 5.0
event has been posted at: Pigusov, Evgeny 5.0
Galkin, Alexander 5.0
http://www.iccf.com/tables/invi/WCJT.h Epishin, Vladimir 5.0
tml Aseev, Konstantin 5.0
etc. …..
The following is the list of participants: As of this writing the 2nd round of the
36th Capablanca Memorial has been
Fritz Baumbach (GER, 2489) completed. In the Elite Group all games
Hans Berliner (USA, 2763) were drawn, except for the game Luther
Tonu Oim (EST, 2610) - Abreu, which was won by Luther. GM
Vytas Palciauskas (USA, 2558) Francisco Vallejo (Spain) had a free day.
Horst Rittner (GER, 2577)
Grigory Sanakoev (RUS, 2597) Results of the 2nd round:
Jorn Sloth (DEN, 2605)
Gert Timmerman (NLD, 2744) Luther - Abreu 1:0
Mikhail Umansky (RUS, 2633) Andersson - Hauchard ½:½
Nogueiras - Arencibia ½:½
In the 8th round of the 54th Russian Bruzon - Miles ½:½
Championship in Elista, Alexander Nataf - Stefansson ½:½
Motylev and Alexander Lastin won Delgado - Dominguez ½:½
their games against Mikhail Kobalija
and Vladimir Malakhov respectively Standings after 2 rounds:
and remain in a tie for first wih 6.0 1-3. Hauchard 1½
points. Andrei Karlov is in 3rd place 1-3. Nataf 1½
1-3. Stefasson 1½
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4-8. Andersson 1.0 it in ChessBase, thus turning the game it

4-8. Luther 1.0 into a small lesson. Please let me know
4-8. Miles 1.0 what you think of this way of presenting
4-8. Vallejo 1.0 games (with training questions) - I would
4-8. Nogueiras 1.0 appreciate your comments!
9-13. Delgado ½
9-13. Arencibia ½ ¤¤¤
9-13. Bruzon ½ Annotated Game
9-13. Albreu ½ A. Baburin − S. Robovic (2340)
9-13. Dominquez ½ Oberwart open, 1991 E68
Today (the 7th May) was free a day in the 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3
A XV category tournament in Essen, What can I say? I like this system
Germany so no games were played. − White rarely gets checkmated here.
The trouble is that it's not the most
The parings for the 6th round are: aggressive system against the
Gruenfeld, so many KID players
Bischoff - Sutovsky choose 4...d5 or 4...c6 here.
Smagin - Kasymdzhanov 4...0-0 5.¥g2 d6 6.0-0 ¤bd7 7.£c2
Gurevich - Dautov e5 8.¦d1 (D)
Romanishin - Nijboer XIIIIIIIIY
Jussupow - Lutz 9r+lwq-trk+0
¤¤¤
9zppzpn+pvlp0
9-+-zp-snp+0
Editorial note 9+-+-zp-+-0
by Alexander Baburin 9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-+-+NzP-0
Dear Chess Today readers! 9PzPQ+PzPLzP0
9tRNvLR+-mK-0
I just returned from the last 4NCL

(British Team League) weekend in
Birmingham. After some very
interesting play, the tournament saw a 3-
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Around that time I liked this system
and played it often. Later I came to
think that the rook is better off on e1,
way tie for first. Beeson Gregory lost in but this line is still playable.
the last round to Wood Green, but still 8...¦e8 9.e4 c6 10.¤c3 £e7 11.b3
became the champion because of better a5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.h3 ¤c5?!
match points. Slough finished second This allows White to deploy the
and Wood Green third. The full report bishop immediately.
will be ready tomorrow, but meanwhile I 14.¥a3 b6 15.¤a4 (D)
would like to mention that in the match XIIIIIIIIY
Wood Green - Beeson Gregory (5-3 for 9r+l+r+k+0
Wood Green) on board 1 Nigel Short 9+-+-wqpvlp0
(Wood Green) drew vs. Michael Adams, 9-zpp+-snp+0
while on board 2 Alexander Morozevich 9zp-sn-zp-+-0
(Wood Green) beat Peter Svidler with 9N+P+P+-+0
Black. 9vLP+-+NzPP0
9P+Q+-zPL+0
As you may remember, last Saturday I 9tR-+R+-mK-0
showed one of my games played in the xiiiiiiiiy
King's Indian Defence with g2-g3. Today 15...¦b8?
I would like to show another, very This is waste of time, as Black
similar game. I recommend you to view
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would have to move the queen needs to attack the king. Then the
anyway. Better was 15...£a7 passive position of Black's pieces will
16.¤xc5? tell!
This is too hasty. Better was 31.¢g2! ¢h7 32.¦d3 ¢g8 33.£f2
16.¤e1! ¤fd7 17.¤d3 ¥f8 18.£d2 ¢h7 34.¢f1 ¢g7 35.¢e2! ¢h7
16...bxc5 17.¤e1 ¥e6 18.¤d3 ¤d7 36.g4!
19.£d2 ¦a8 20.¤b2 (D) White has everything ready and
XIIIIIIIIY starts an attack on the kingside.
9r+-+r+k+0 36...hxg4 37.fxg4 £e6 38.£f3 ¥e7
9+-+nwqpvlp0 39.¥c1 £f7 40.h5! ¤f8 41.hxg6+
9-+p+l+p+0 £xg6 42.£f5! ¢g7 43.¥e3 £xf5
9zp-zp-zp-+-0 44.gxf5 (D)
9-+P+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9vLP+-+-zPP0 9-+-+-sn-+0
9PsN-wQ-zPL+0 9tr-tr-vl-mk-0
9tR-+R+-mK-0 9-+p+-zp-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zp-zp-zpP+-0
20...¥f8? 9N+P+P+-+0
20...¤b6™ The only move, as Black 9+P+RvL-+-0
must not allow Nb2−a4. 9P+-+K+-+0
21.¤a4 ¦a7 22.£e3 f6 23.¦d2 ¦c8 9+-+R+-+-0
24.¦ad1 ¦cc7 (D) xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY Despite limited remaining material,
9-+-+-vlk+0 Black's king is doomed, as Black's
9tr-trnwq-+p0 pieces cannot help him.
9-+p+lzpp+0 44...¤d7 45.¥f2 ¢f7 46.¦h1 ¥f8
9zp-zp-zp-+-0 47.¦g3 1-0.
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25.¢h2! http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
This quiet move prepares the www.fide.com
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9zp-zp-zp-+p0
9N+P+P+-zP0 Contact information. Do you want to
9vLP+-+PzPK0 report a tournament or have a suggestion
9P+-tRQ+-+0 concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
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CT-183, 9th May 2001
GM Rustam Kasymdzhanov - Gurevich

Sutovsky - Smagin
Kasymdzhanov After three rounds of play in the 36th
Maintains Slim lead Capablanca Memorial GM Hannes
Stefansson is in sole lead with 2½ out
in Borowski "A" - of 3 in the Elite Group. The game
between GM Ulf Andersson and IM
Tournament in Lenier Dominguez was postponed
Essen, Germany because Andersson was ill. In this round
4 games were decisive and only 1 drawn!
Ariam Abreu had a day off in the 3rd
After 6 rounds of play in the A - XV round.
category tournament in Essen, Germany
GM Rustam Kasymdzhanov is still in Results of the 3rd round:
the lead with 4½ points out of 6. Stefansson - Delgado 1:0
Kasymdzhanov drew with GM Sergey Hauchard - Luther ½:½
Smagin. A half point behind are GM Dominguez -
Christopher Lutz and GM Oleg Andersson
Romanishin. >> (postponed)
Lutz defeated GM Jussupow, Miles - Nataf 1:0
while Romanishin downed Nijboer. Arencibia -
Bruzon 0:1
Results of the 6th Round: Vallejo -
Nogueiras 1:0
Smagin - Kasymdzhanov ½: ½
Romanishin - Nijboer 1:0 Standings after 3
Jussupow - Lutz 0:1 rounds:
Bischoff - Sutovsky 0:1 1.Hannes
Gurevich - Dautov ½ :½ Stefannes - 2½
2-4.Anthony Miles -2.0
Standings after 6 rounds: 2-4. Arnaud Hauchard 2.0
2-4. FranciscoVallejo - 2.0
1. Rustam Kasymdzhanov - 4½ 5-7 Igor Nataf - 1½
2. Christopher Lutz - 4.0 5-7. Lazaro Bruzon - 1½
3. Oleg M. Romanishin - 4.0 5-7. Thomas Luther - 1½
4. Emil Sutovsky - 3½ 8-9. Jesus Nogueiras -1.0
5. Mikhail Gurevich - 3.0 8-9. Ulf Andersson -1.0
6. Artur Jussupow - 3.0 10-13. Walter Arencibia - ½
7. Rustem Dautov - 3.0 10-13. Ariam Abreu - ½
8. Klaus Bischoff - 2.0 10-13. Neuris Delgado - ½
9. Sergey Smagin - 1½ 10-13. Lenier Dominguez - ½
10. Frisco Nijboer - 1½
The 54th Russian Championship in
Parings for the 7th Round: Elista, has ended with GM Alexander
Motylev of Moscow being declared the
Lutz - Bischoff winner and the new Russian Champion
Nijboer - Jussupow after tie-breaks. His final score was 6½
Dautov - Romanishin out of 9. GM Alexander Lastin, also
CT-183 Page 1 of 4
finishing with 6½ points came in second Yesterday a season closed in the 4NCL
and GM Andrey Kharlov took 3rd place (British Team League). It was a very
with 6.0 points. interesting and eventful weekend in
Birmingham - with many good games
Finals standings of top 10: played. Going into the last 3 rounds the
leaders - Beeson Gregory-1, had 16
1. Alexander Motylev - 6½ points from 8 matches, while Slough and
2. Alexander Lastin - 6½ Wood Green (for which I play) had 14
3. Andrei Kharlov - 6.0 points. Wood Green was to play Beeson
4. Konstantin Chernyshov - 5½ Gregory-1 in the last round, but it was
5. Vladimir Malakhov - 5½ almost unrealistic to catch up with the
6. Evgeny Pigusov - 5½ leader as it also had 6 game points more
7. Maxim Turov - 5½ than both Wood Green and Slough.
8. Pavel Smirnov - 5½
9. Vladmir Epishin - 5½ In round 9 Wood Green beat Beeson
10. Valentin Arbakov - 5½ Gregory-2 with 6½-1½, which was good
as our opponents had 2 GMs and several
Editorial note IMs. However, Beeson Gregory-1
scored even better (7-1) against
by Alexander Baburin
Barbican-2. Meanwhile Slough scored 6
points. In round 10 my team failed to
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score well against Barbican-2, winning
the match with only with 5-3. For a while
T hank you for your feedback

concerning annotations in Chess
Base and use of the training
question function. It seems that most
it looked even worse, as we could have
lost the match. That would be a sad déjà
vu - last year in round 9 we lost to
Barbican-1, which ruined our chances
people welcomed this feature, so I will
for winning the tournament and the last
continue to annotate games in this
round clash with Slough became a bit
fashion from time to time. I would like to
irrelevant.
add that you can use training questions
feature with cbv file - either with Chess
It was clear that Beeson Gregory-1 won
Base 6.0 or higher or with ChessBase
the event even prior to the final round, as
Light. The latter is very important, as
Wood Green needed to beat them 7½-½.
CB Light is free for download at
Meanwhile Slow had better chances for
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2nd place. Nevertheless both Beeson
Gregory and Wood Green took the
Vladimir Kramnik has kindly agreed to
match very seriously and had impressive
give an interview to Chess Today. Of
line up. Judge for yourself:
course, I could come up with some
questions, but it would be more Wood Rating Result Beeson Rating
interesting if different people could ask Green Gregory
(2571) (2549)
him something. Thus, I invite you to 1 N. Short 2676 ½-½ M. Adams 2750
send your questions for Vladimir. Mark 2 A. 2749 1-0 P. Svidler 2696
them 'Kramnik' (in the subject field) and Morozevich
3 A. Baburin 2588 ½-½ I. Rogers 2528
e-mail to ababurin@iol.ie, providing
4 J. Speelman 2594 ½-½ J. Nunn 2578
your name and country. As the interview 5 C. Ward 2505 ½-½ J. Hodgson 2595
could be conducted very soon (could be 6 M. Turner 2516 ½-½ M. Hebden 2560
even tomorrow - depending on 7 J. Emms 2514 ½-½ L. McShane 2490
8 K. 2427 1-0 H. Richards 2192
Vladimir's schedule), please send your Arakhamia-
questions as soon as possible. Grant
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¥d7 7.¥xd7+ ¤xd7 8.0-0 cxd4

So, Wood Green beat Beeson Gregory 9.¤xd4 ¥e7 10.c4 ¤b4 11.¤2f3 0-0
won 5-3. The final standings: 12.£e2 ½-½ Pribyl,J−Luther,
1. Beeson Gregory - 20 points (66 game Pardubice 2000.
points) 6...¤d7 7.c4 ¤5f6 8.¤b3 £c7 9.¥e2
2. Slough - 20 points (63 game points) ¤xc5 10.0-0 ¥d7! (D)
3. Wood Green - 20 points (61½ game
points)
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4.Guilford-ADC-1 - 15 points 9r+-+kvl-tr0
5. Barbican 4NCL-1 - 12 points. 9zppwql+pzpp0
For more details on the tournament
please refer to www.4ncl.co.uk 9-+-+psn-+0
9+-sn-+-+-0
It is curious that this season Michael
Adams became a champion in 3 different
9-+P+-+-+0
countries! He won in Germany (with 9+N+-+N+-0
Luebeck), France (playing for Monaco)
and in UK (playing for Beeson Gregory).
9PzP-+LzPPzP0
Alexander Morozevich also become 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
French champion (as Adams he plays for
Monaco), but got only bronze medals in
xiiiiiiiiy
Black waits with developing the f8−
Germany and UK. Another interesting
bishop, as he does not want to take
fact that after beating Peter Svidler with
on c5 in two goes.
Black on Monday, Alexander's score on
11.¤xc5 ¥xc5 12.a3 a5 13.b3 ¥c6!
English soil became an incredible 13½
Black does not hurry with castling
out of 14! He won the Lloyd's Bank
and we should soon see why.
Open in 1994 with 13½ out of 14 and so
14.¥b2 (D)
far won all his games in 4NCL.
XIIIIIIIIY
Today I would like to show you one
game played in Birmingham last
9r+-+k+-tr0
Saturday: 9+pwq-+pzpp0
¤¤¤
9-+l+psn-+0
Annotated Game 9zp-vl-+-+-0
9-+P+-+-+0
M. Hennigan (2455) − N. Short 9zPP+-+N+-0
(2676) 9-vL-+LzPPzP0
Birmingham, 05.05.2001 C07
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 c5 4.¤gf3 xiiiiiiiiy
¤f6 5.exd5 ¤xd5 White has a queenside majority,
This is a rare move. Usually Black but it is not going anywhere here just
plays here 5...exd5 settling for the yet. What really matters is that
isolated d−pawn. Black's pieces are more actively
6.dxc5 placed. Short proves it in style:
6.¤b3 ¤d7 7.¥g5 ¥e7 8.¥xe7 14...¤g4! 15.h3 h5!
£xe7 9.¥b5 cxd4 10.£xd4 0-0 11.0- It's important to bring more pieces
0-0 a6 12.¥c4 ¤5f6 13.¦he1 with into attack. Meanwhile Black's king is
initiative, as in Palac−Baumegger, safe on e8.
Montecatini Terme 1997.; 6.¥b5+ 16.hxg4 ¥xf3
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XIIIIIIIIY ki/borowski.html
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enemy king and there is little White
can do about it.
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hxg2 24.¥xh8 £g3! (D)
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9+-+-+p+-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9-+p+p+-+0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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xiiiiiiiiy unauthorised reproduction, via print,
This is a very picturesque position. electronic format, or in any form
White can't stop ...Qg3−h3−h1#. whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
25.¥d4 £h3 express written permission.
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CT-184, 10th May 2001
!!!
Kasymdzhanov a point Tactical Quiz
This game was played at the recent final
clear of the field 4NCL weekend (see CT-183 )
J Speelman − D Norwood
A 4NCL (9.3), 05.05.2001 [A42]

fter 7 rounds of play in the A -
XV category tournament in XIIIIIIIIY
Essen Germany, GM Rustam 9r+lwq-trk+0
Kasymdzhanov has retained top spot by 9zppzpn+-vl-0
beating Gurevich with White. Lutz could 9-+-+-+pzp0
only draw with the advantage of the 9+-+N+-+-0
White pieces and is met on 4½ by 9-+P+P+-+0
Sutovsky who beat Smagin. 9+-+-+N+-0
9PzPQ+LtRPzP0
Romanishin lost with Black to Dautov 9tR-+-+-mK-0
and slips to 4th. However … tomorrow he xiiiiiiiiy
has White against the leader and so has a Black might obtain a certain amount of
chance to make a comeback. compensation for the pawn, if he could
bring out his pieces. But right now White
Results of the 7th Round: has a big lead in development. How
Lutz - Bischoff ½ - ½ should he play?
Nijboer - Jussupow ½ - ½
Dautov- Romanishin 1 - 0
Kasimdzhanov - Gurevich 1 - 0 Editors Note: The solution to this puzzle
Sutovsky - Smagin 1 - 0 is given at the end of this issue. Also,
Alex has annotated the whole game in
Standings after 7 rounds: the cbv file CT-184.cbv attached. By the
1. Kasimdzhanov 5½ way, Alex was playing in the same team
2. Lutz 4½ (Wood Green) as Speelman and he
3. Sutovsky 4½ annotates one of the best games of the
4. Romanishin 4.0 weekend for us in this edition of Chess
5. Dautov 4.0 Today. It was played by
6. Jussupow 3½ another Wood Green
7. Gurevich 3.0 << player whose ELO
8. Bischoff 2½ for games played in
9. Nijboer 2.0 England must now top
10. Smagin 1½ 3000!
Tomorrow’s play Four players share first

Bischoff - Smagin place in the Elite group
Gurevich - Sutovsky in the 36th Capablanca
Romanishin - Memorial after the first
Kasimdzhanov stage of the contest.
Jussupow - Dautov Morozevich
Lutz - Nijboer Tomorrow is a day of
rest for the participants. The game of the
day was from the Andersson-Stefansson
encounter, with the Swedish GM
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CT-184 Page 1 of 3
winning in 39 moves. Andersson … with 10...#a7

2 points and one postponed is well This is a novelty. Previously Black
placed to overtake all four leaders. played 10...Na5 or 10...Ne5. For
example, in the game Motylev−
Fourth round results Lemmers, Rotterdam 1998, White
emerged on to after some messy
Bruzon - Vallejo ½-½
complications: 10...!e5 11.!xe5 $xe5
Nataf - Arencibia 0-1 12.%e1 $f6 13.$h6 !f5 14.&f4 axb5
Delgado - Miles ½-½ 15.!xb5 d6 16.%ac1 !xh6 17.&xh6 $f5
Andersson - Stefansson 1-0 18.g4 $xg4 19.!c7+ 'd7 20.&f4 $f5
Luther - Dominguez 0-1 21.&c4 %a5 22.b4 %c5 23.bxc5 'xc7
Abreu - Hauchard ½-½ 24.&a4 dxc5 25.%xc5+ 'b8 26.%a5+−
By the way, 21-year old GM Motylev just
Top places became the new Russian Champion.
Stefannes - 2½ 11.$d3 0-0 12.&e1 b5 13.%h4 $b7
Miles -2½ 14.$h6 f6 15.$xg7 'xg7 16.&ad1
Hauchard - 2½ #ac8 17.#c2 #f7 18.#e3 #cd6
19.#d4
Vallejo - 2½
XIIIIIIIIY
Kramnik Interview: Chess Today has
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already received many questions for the
9+l+pzpnmkp0
forthcoming interview with Vladimir 9p+-sn-zpp+0
Kramnik … readers are welcome to send 9+p+P+-+-0
any more now to Alex at ababurin@iol.ie 9-+-sN-+-wQ0
, marking their e-mail Kramnik in the 9+-+LsN-+-0
subject line. 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9+-+RtR-mK-0
!!! xiiiiiiiiy
White has some compensation, but not
Annotated Game much more. But it is not easy to play for
Notes by GM Alex Baburin Black, who has limited space.
19...&e8 20.%h3 &c8 21.$b1 &c7 22.f4
A Morozevich(2749) − L McShane %b8
(2490) This may be a dubious idea.
4NCL (9.1), 05.05.2001 B31 23.&f1 %a7 24.'h1 e6?
1.e4 c5 2.#f3 #c6 3.$b5 g6 4.0-0 $g7 XIIIIIIIIY
5.c3 #f6 6.d4!? cxd4 7.cxd4 #xe4
8.d5 #d6 9.#a3 a6 10.%a4
9-+-+r+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9wqltrp+nmkp0
9r+lwqk+-tr0 9p+-snpzpp+0
9+p+pzppvlp0 9+p+P+-+-0
9p+nsn-+p+0 9-+-sN-zP-+0
9+L+P+-+-0 9+-+-sN-+Q0
9Q+-+-+-+0 9PzP-+-+PzP0
9sN-+-+N+-0 9+L+R+R+K0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
It was wrong to create tension when
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 most of Black's pieces were on the
xiiiiiiiiy queenside. Prior to this move Black's
White has a certain amount of position was rather solid, but now it
compensation for the pawn, as he is begins to crack:
better developed. While it's hard to say 25.f5!
whether this is full compensation, White does not hesitate to exploit
Morozevich's choice was certainly clever Black's mistake. Previously Black could
as (like most young players) Luke have met this advance with ...g5, but not
McShane prefers attack to defence.
CT-184 Page 2 of 3
now, as he has a pawn on e6. Chess Today is published by:

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27...Ndf5+ also come to mind. Here GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
McShane was in time trouble, which Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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xiiiiiiiiy
Nothing can save Black here.
30...d6 31.%g6+ 'f8 32.%xd6+ &ee7
33.&xf7+ 'xf7 34.&f1+ 'g8 35.%g6+
1-0
Solution to Tactical position
15.e5! Right to the point! 15...c6

16.%xg6! cxd5 17.$d3 &f4 18.%h7+
'f8 19.#d4! 1-0

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CT-185, 11th May 2001
Kasymdzhanov
Continues to lead in
Essen, Germany
A
fter 8 rounds of play in the A -
XV category tournament in
Essen, Germany GM Rustam
Kasymdzhanov is still in the Lead. But
his lead has been cut by a half point - he
could only manage a draw with the
White pieces against GM Oleg Emil Sutovsky
Romanishin, while GM Emil Sutovsky
(Israel) defeated GM Mikhail Gurevich Correction: The ICCF's 50 Years World
with Black, and GM Christopher Lutz Champions Julbilee Tournament as
defeated GM Friso Nijboer announced in CT-183 will start on 1 July
(Netherlands). Kasymdzhanov can 2001. --- RPM
clinch first place with a win over GM
Artur Jussupow, in tomorrow's 9th and As reported in CT-184, yesterday was a
final round. rest day from play in the 36th
Capablanca Memorial This allowed
Results of the 8th Round: those games that had been postponed to
Romanishin - Kasymdzhanov ½:½ be played. In the Elite group GM Ulf
Lutz - Nijboer 1:0 Andersson drew with Black against IM
Gurevich - Sutovsky 0:1 Lenier Dominguez and as a result he
Bischoff - Smagin 1:0 had temporarily joined the leaders before
Jussupow - Dautov ½: ½ the start of the 5th round. The much
anticipated game between GM Anthony
Standings after 8 rounds: Miles (England) and GM Ulf Andersson
1.Kasimdzhanov - 6.0 (Sweden) ended in peaceful draw. With
2. Lutz - 5½ one decisive game in the 5th round
3. Sutovsky - 5½ between Dominguez and Abreu, and the
4. Romanishin - 4½ rest drawn, five players now share first
5. Dautov - 4½ place with 3 points.
6. Jussupow - 4.0
7. Bischoff - 3½ Results of the 5th Round:
8. Gurevich - 3.0 Dominguez - Abreu 1:0
9. Nijboer - 2.0 Stefansson - Luther ½:½
10. Smagin -1½ Miles - Andersson ½:½
Arencibia - Delgado ½:½
Parings for the 9th Round: Vallejo - Nataf ½:½
Nijboer - Bischoff Nogueiras - Bruzon ½:½
Dautov - Lutz
Kasimdzhanov - Jussupow Standings after 5 rounds of top places:
Sutovsky - Romanishin Andersson - 3.0
Smagin - Gurevich Miles - 3.0
Stefansson - 3.0
Vallejo - 3.0
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CT-185 Page 1 of 3
Dominguez - 3.0 committ mortal chess sins and lose

quickly. Today I would like to continue
!!! this theme and show you yet another
Tactical Quiz miniature at the GM level. So Let's then
take a look at some light stuff - no more
1. J. Degraeve (2589) − E. long positional manoeuvring, no weak
Djingarova (2253) isolated pawns or outposts on open files -
Open Metz FRA (7), 13.04.2001 B23 let's have a look at a good old miniature.
XIIIIIIIIY This is how chess should be played - if
9-+-+-+-mk0 you opponent allows it, of course! :-) ---
9+l+-+-vlp0 Alex Baburin. (note: remember this is a
9p+-+-tRpsN0 training game too, so view it in CB first -
9+-zp-+-+-0 --RPM)
9-zp-wq-+-+0
9+-+P+-+-0 Anotated Game
9PzPPvL-tRPzP0 I. Nataf (2550) − K. Arkell (2440)
9+-+-+-mK-0 FRA t−ch (5), 2001 C10
xiiiiiiiiy
Position after 27…$h8
2. J. Degraeve (2585) − L. Arnold 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.!c3 dxe4 4.!xe4

(2430) &d7
FRA t−ch (6), 2001 C11 This line is slightly passive, but quite
XIIIIIIIIY playable. The bishop was passive on
9-+-+-+rmk0 c8, so Black wants to bring it out.
9zp-zp-+p+p0 5.!f3 &c6 6.&d3 !d7 7.0-0 !gf6
9-zp-+-zP-wQ0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-sn-+N+-0 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9-+-tr-+P+0 9zppzpn+pzpp0
9+-+-+q+P0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9-+l+psn-+0
9+K+-tR-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zPN+-+0
Position after 27…%xd4 9+-+L+N+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
3. A. Beheshtaein − S. Guliev 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
(2519) xiiiiiiiiy
Open Fajr IRI (2), 04.02.2001 E70 8.!ed2!
XIIIIIIIIY 8."g3 This is very common. On g3
9-trl+r+-+0 the knight might become passive, but
9+-+-zpkvln0
9p+-zp-+p+0 it could be also very active − jumping
9wqpzpP+-vLp0 to h5, etc. 8...#xf3 (8...#e7 9.c4 0-0
9-+P+-zP-zP0 10.#f4 #xf3 11.$xf3 c6 12.%ad1 $b6
9+-sN-sn-sN-0 13.#c1 %fd8 14.%fe1 "f8 15."f5 $c7
9PzPQ+L+P+0 16.$g3 $xg3 17."xe7+ &h8
9+-mK-tR-+R0 18.hxg3 %e8 19."xc6+−
xiiiiiiiiy
Ponomariov−Malikgulyew, Zagan
Position after 18…$xf7
1997.) 9.$xf3 c6 10.b3 $a5 11.a3
$d5 12.$e3 c5 13.#b2 cxd4
!!! 14.$xd4 $xd4 15.#xd4 #c5 16.#b2'
In CT-184 we featured a nice miniature, Dolmatov−Burmakin, Elista 2001.;
played by Jon Speelman vs. David 8.#g5 #e7 9.#xf6 "xf6 10.$e2 0-0
Norwood. Although GMs know a lot 11.c4 #xe4 12.#xe4 "xe4 13.$xe4
about chess, even they sometimes c6= Valko−Acs, Nyiregyhaza Toma
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CT-185 Page 2 of 3
op 1999; 8.$e2 This move allows too 14...&f8 15.'b3 &g7

many exchanges, which generally XIIIIIIIIY
suits Black here: 8..."xe4 9.#xe4 9r+q+k+-tr0
#xe4 10.$xe4 c6; 8.%e1 The same 9zp-zpn+pvlp0
problem with this move − too many 9-zpN+psnp+0
pieces may come off.; 8."c3?!; 9+-+-+-+-0
8."xf6+?! $xf6! 9.#g5?? #xf3+ 9-+-zP-+-+0
8...g6? 9+Q+-+N+-0
This is too ambitious. In general it's 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
good to limit the d3−bishop like this, 9tR-vL-tR-mK-0
but now Black falls behind in xiiiiiiiiy
development. [8...#e7 RR 9."c4 (RR 16.!g5!
9.b3 0-0 10.#b2 #xf3 11."xf3 c6 A catastrophe is about to happen on
12.$e2 $c7 13.g3 %fe8 14.a3( e6, so Black resigned. Check out the
Svidler−Rustemov, Tallinn 2001.) lines yourself. 16.d5'; 16.#f4' 1-0
9...#xf3 10.$xf3 c6 11.a4 "b6 Solutions to Tactical Quiz:
12."a5 $d7 13.c4 0-0 14.%d1 %ad8 1. 28.%d6! 1-0
15."b3 $c8 16.#f4 %fe8 17.g4! g6 2. 28.'g7+!! 1-0
18.$g3 $a8 19.h3 "bd7 20.#e2 "f8 3. 19.'xg6+!! $f8 19...&xg6
21.#f3 "6d7 22.a5' Dorfman−Arkell, 20.#xh5# 20.&xh5 1-0
Cannes 1998.
9.!c4! Recommended Web sites:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/sat.htm
9.b3!? #g7 10.#a3 #f8 11.#b2
9...&b5 www.fide.com
Now the usual plan is not so www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
attractive any more: 9...#xf3 10.$xf3 sites.netscape.net/mladen18/mem2001/index.htm
c6; 9...#g7? 10."a5 #xf3 11.$xf3 http://www.chessgate.de/turniere/borowski/boro
wski.html
10.%e1 &g7 Information. Do you want to report a
XIIIIIIIIY tournament or have a suggestion concerning
9r+-wqk+-tr0 Chess Today? E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com.
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11...&xd3 12.'xd3 b6 Technical editors:
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Pay attention that Black still has not under the International Copyright convention.
castled − White simply did not give Any unauthorised reproduction, via print,
him time to do so. electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is
14.'a3! strictly prohibited without express written
Great move − White wins another permission.
tempo for his attack!
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CT-186, 12th May 2001
Kasimdzhanov Wins
R
ustam Kasimdzhanov >>
has won the A Group (Category
XV) of the 3rd Julian Borowski
Tournament in Essen Germany. He drew
his final round game quickly, but then
neither Lutz or Sutovsky could get the
win they needed to catch him. He is
outright winner with 6½ /9.
9th round results

Nijboer - Bischoff 1:0
Kasimdzhanov
Dautov - Lutz ½:½
Kasimdzhanov - Jussupow ½:½
Sutovsky - Romanishin ½:½
!!!
Smagin - Gurevich 0:1
Tactical Quiz
Final standings 1 Stefansson (2570) − Bruzon (2589)
XXXVI Capablanca Mem Elite Havana
1.Kasimdzhanov - 6½
CUB (1), 05.05.2001
2. Lutz - 6
XIIIIIIIIY
3. Sutovsky - 6
4. Romanishin - 5
9-+q+rtrk+0
5. Dautov - 5
9+l+pvl-+p0
6. Jussupow - 4½
9p+-+p+p+0
7. Gurevich - 4
9+p+-vL-sNn0
8. Bischoff - 3½
9-+-+LzP-+0
9. Nijboer - 3 9zPP+-+-+-0
10. Smagin -1½ 9-+P+Q+PzP0
9tR-+-+R+K0
As reported in CT-185, there were 5 xiiiiiiiiy
leaders after the 5th round of the hard White to play
fought 36th Capablanca Memorial The
2 Sokolov (2611) − Ovezov (2366)
webite has no scores from the 6th round
Istanbul (3), 30.10.2000
at time of writing. More on this
tomorrow. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-tr-+k+0
TWIC reports that The Bosnia 2001 9+l+-wqpzpp0
tournament takes place from May 12th to
9-zp-+psn-+0
22nd 2001 in Sarajevo. Participants are
9zp-+-+-vL-0
Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 2707, Ilia
9-+Pvl-+N+0
Smirin Israel 2691, Alexey Dreev Russia
9zP-+-+-+-0
2685, Kiril Georgiev Bulgaria 2676,
Sergei Movsesian Czech Republic 2661,
9-zPL+QzPPzP0
Ivan Sokolov BIH 2659, Zdenko Kozul
9+-+RtR-mK-0
CRO 2595, Bojan Kurajica BIH 2567,
xiiiiiiiiy
Suat Atalik Turkey 2537 and Emir White to play
Dizdarevic BIH, 2501.

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!!! prize!
Chess Websites
The Russian Correspondence Chess
CT reader Alistair McNally has sent us Association has a nicely laid out website
details of his beautifully crafted Chess at http://www.rcca.lgg.ru
Graphics site. Unfortunately it is, at least for the time
being, only in Russian. It does not offer
any downloads yet, but has a number of
X-tables.
Schaakbord http://www.schaakbord.nl
is a new chess links site that is easy to
use and already has some high quality
Chess Graphics chess links. Suggesting a site for
http://www.chessgraphics.com/ inclusion is very quick and easy to do. At
He writes on the site:- the very top of the site is a place for you
“ChessGraphics.com exists because I to type your site url and then click the
was bored with the standard look and “Add” button. They will then look at
feel of today’s chess software. If I was to your site and add it. Acceptance and
spend hours staring at a chess board I at integration takes from one hour to three
least wanted it to look nice!” days.
An update to ChessGraphics is planned Please note that, whilst we can’t
soon, more boards and html piece sets for guarantee to include all contributions,
ChessBase and Fritz and some new piece readers are welcome to send in their own
sets for Sigma Chess. web sites and suggestions to Chess
Today. Please send to ababurin@iol.ie
Official site of Peter Leko
http://www.chessgate.de/leko/e/homepag
e.html !!!
This is the new official site of Peter
Leko, available in English and German.
Annotated Game
Notes by GM Alex Baburin
It already has plenty of content and is
hosted by the excellent German chess
portal
R Kasimdzhanov (2693) − F Nijboer
Chessgate (2580)
http://www.chessgate.de Borowski A; Essen (2), 03.05.2001 E87
Peter Leko is playing Blitz Games
tomorrow (from 2 to 5 Minutes each with 1.d4 "f6 2.c4 g6 3."c3 #g7 4.e4 d6
an additional increment of one or two 5.f3 0-0 6.#e3 "bd7
seconds) in the Chessgate Playing Zone This is slightly old−fashioned. At one
Sunday, May 13 from 8.00 - 9.30 pm time 6...e5 was the main line, then
CET This event is open for everybody. 6...Nc6 became the most popular
You just have to be the first to challenge response and later 6...c5 came to light.
him. We learn from Leko’s new site that But chess fashion is like any fashion −
well−forgotten stuff suddenly becomes
his favourite quotation is from Myamoto
new!
Musashi, a Samurai-warrior who lived 7."h3 e5 8.d5
more than 300 years ago "It is important
to give the best in all situations. And you
have to do it immediately. Tomorrow, it
is usually too late." But draw with him
CT-186 Page 2 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY 19.c6!?
9r+lwq-trk+0 This is an interesting sacrifice, which
9zppzpn+pvlp0 allows White to open files and diagonals
9-+-zp-snp+0 for his pieces.
19...bxc6 20.dxc6 #e6?!
9+-+Pzp-+-0 I guess Black should have taken the
9-+P+P+-+0 pawn. At least he would have something
9+-sN-vLP+N0 to suffer for! 20...$xc6 21.b5
9PzP-+-+PzP0 21.b5 a6
9tR-+QmKL+R0 Otherwise Black would be squeezed
xiiiiiiiiy on the queenside. But now White gets a
The pawn structure has become passed pawn there.
stable. White might attack on the 22."b4 axb5 23.#xb5 #f8 24.$e2 "e7
queenside with c4−c5, while Black will 25.a4 d5?
go for ...f5. However, White might grab This is tempting, but wrong. Better was
space on the kingside with g2−g4 as 25...h5 although Black has already done
well, if Black is not careful. a lot of damage on the queenside.
8..."h5 9.$d2 f5 10.0-0-0 f4 11.#g1 26.exd5 #f5 27.$xe5 "e8 28.%he1
#f6 12."f2 #e7 13."d3 %f7 "g6 29.$d4 "d6 30.&b3!
XIIIIIIIIY The king leaves the a1-h8 diagonal
9r+lwq-+k+0 and gives extra protection to the b4−
9zppzpnvlr+p0 knight. White's pieces are too active for
9-+-zp-+p+0 Black to create an attack.
30...%b8 31.$d2 g4 32.#a7! %a8
9+-+Pzp-+n0 33.#d4 $h4 34."e4 gxf3 35.gxf3 "xe4
9-+P+Pzp-+0 36.fxe4
9+-sNN+P+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzP-wQ-+PzP0 9r+-+-vlk+0
9+-mKR+LvLR0 9+-zp-+r+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+P+-+n+0
14.b4! 9+L+P+l+-0
Here superficial logic does not work −
the fact that White's king is on the
9PsN-vLPzp-wq0
queenside does not mean that he should 9+K+-+-+-0
try to attack on the opposite wing. 9-+-wQ-+-zP0
Everyone should attack where he is 9+-+RtR-+-0
stronger. White has many pieces looking xiiiiiiiiy
at the queenside, so he is not afraid to White is clearly winning as his pawn
push pawns from his king. armada will smash everything in the
14..."f8 15.c5 g5 16.#e2 "g6 17.#f2 centre.
"f6 18.&b2! #d7 36...#g4 37.%c1 f3 38.$f2 $e7 39.#c5
It is hard to criticise such a natural $e5 40."d3 #xc5 41.%xc5 1-0
developing move, but perhaps 18...h5
was better. Recommended Web sites:
XIIIIIIIIY http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca
9r+-wq-+k+0 http://www.chessgate.de/turniere/borows
9zppzplvlr+p0 ki/borowski.html
9-+-zp-snn+0 http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
9+-zPPzp-zp-0
9-zP-+Pzp-+0 Answers to Tactical Quiz
9+-sNN+P+-0 (1) 22.$xh5 1-0
9PmK-wQLvLPzP0 (2) 20.%xd4! %xd4 21."xf6+ gxf6
9+-+R+-+R0 22.$h5 #e4 22...%e4 23.%xe4 fxg5
xiiiiiiiiy 24.&xh7+ 'xh7 25.%xe6+ 'g7
26.%xe7+− 23.%xe4 1-0

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CT-187, 13th May 2001
May 5th-6th 2001). FM Cristian Dolezal

Bulgarian Men’s (Argentina) was second, GM Gilberto
Championship Hernandez (Mexico) was third and GM
Bogdan Lalic (England) fourth. Today
we would like to show you one of
T
he 65th Bulgarian Men's
Championship takes place in Anand’s victories in our annotated game
Tsarevo (34 participants, 9 section.
rounds, Swiss system). Standing after 2nd
round: The II Poikovsky (Siberia) International
1-3. P. Genov, A. Delchev, N. Ninov – 2 tournament (cat. XV) was held from 25th
points out of 2 April to the 5th May in honour of A.
4-10. I. Manolov, I. Cheparinov, B. Karpov. Like last year it was won by
Chatalbashev, V. Spasov, E. Janev, K. Viorel Bologan (Moldova). Our
Georgiev, J. Radulski – 1½ etc. congratulations!
The 5th Golden Cleopatra Open has Final standing:

just finished (2nd-12th May 2001) in 1. V. Bologan – 6 points out of 9
Cairo in the Eastern Company Sports 2-3. S. Lputian, S. Rublevsky – 5½
Club, about 5 kms from the Pyramids. 4-5. K. Georgiev, V. Zviagintsev – 5
Final standing: 6-7. R. Leitao, A. Onischuk – 4½
8. A. Obodchuk – 3½
1-9. D. Sermek (first on tie-break), A. 9. I. Morovich – 3
Mirzoev, N. Sulava, S. Kasparov, I. 10. N. Mitkov – 2½
Rausis, A. Fominyh, A. Barsov, A. Information by Yurij Lobanov
Omearat, M. Tissir –6½ points out of 9 http://www.kasparovchess.ru
etc.
(Information from Hassan Khaled on And last but not least. The third stage of
TWIC ) the Russian Cup took place in Alushta
(Ukraine, Crimea) from 16-25 of April.
As you know from CT-186, Rustam As you know from CT there was an
Kasimdzhanov won the 3rd Julian extremely strong open in Dubai this time
Borowski tournament, group A (cat. XV) but the Alushta open was also rather
in Essen. Also there was a group B here strong. Final standing:
(cat. IX). Final standing: 1. V. Borovikov – 7½ points out of 9
2. S. Fedorchuk – 7
1-2. D. Fridman, R. Appel – 6½ points 3-9. V. Burmakin, A. Korobov, E.
out of 9 Miroshnichenko, Z. Efimenko, V.
3-4. A. Naiditsch, G. Seul – 5½ Malakhatko, D. Yevseev, M. Podgaets –
5-6. S. Siebrecht, Y. Pelletier – 4 6½ etc.
7-9. A. Kveinys, J. Van der Wiel, M.
Schaefer – 3½ I also had an invitation for this
10. F. De Gleria – 2½. tournament but our editor-in-chief Alex
Baburin told me that Crimea is a place
And now some information about for rest but not for playing chess. I
recently finished events … followed the advice of an experienced
GM and went to Crimea with my bicycle
Viswanathan Anand won the IV for a holiday. And I have to say Alex as
Mirabal Rapidplay Tournament (Madrid, usual was right – it was a fantastic trip!
☺
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14.¤e3 ¦e8 15.£c2!?

¤¤¤ Of course Anand
Annotated knows his opponent's
game: 15.a5 ¤bd7
Game 16.¤c4 b5 17.¤xd6
Notes by IM ¦e7 18.¥f4 ¤h5
Vladimir Barsky 19.¥e3 ¥xc3 20.bxc3
£b8 21.¤f5 ¦xe4
V Anand (2794) − 22.¤h6+ ¢g7 23.d6
G Hernandez ¤hf6 24.£d2 £e8
(2567) 25.¦ae1 and White
IV Rapidplay won, Beliavsky −
Mirabal ESP, Hernandez, Elista
06.05.2001/ A75 (Olympiad) 1998. But
Anand in any case, the FIDE
World Champion
chooses another way.
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 15...¦b8 16.¥d2!?
XIIIIIIIIY It's a novelty compared with a game
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 from some relative unknowns, where
9zpp+pzppzpp0 White tried a dubious plan with b2−b4:
9-+-+-sn-+0 16.¦b1 £e7 17.f3 ¤bd7 18.b4?! cxb4
19.¦xb4 ¦ec8 20.¥d2 ¦c7 21.£b1 ¤h5
9+-zpP+-+-0 22.¤e2 ¤c5 23.a5 ¦f8 Hettler − Uwira,
9-+P+-+-+0 Frankfurt 2000. Anand doesn't want to
9+-+-+-+-0 force play, he simply improves his
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 position and waits to see what his
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 opponent does. Anand can wait maybe
xiiiiiiiiy better than any other player in the world!
3...g6 16...¤bd7 17.a5 ¤h5 18.¦a3 £h4
3...b5!? leads to the Volga gambit. XIIIIIIIIY
4.¤c3 ¥g7 5.e4 d6 6.¤f3 0-0 7.¥e2 9-tr-+r+k+0
Some years ago Black was more 9+p+n+pvlp0
afraid of 7.¥d3 e6 8.h3!? exd5 9.cxd5 9p+-zp-+p+0
etc. 9zP-zpP+-+n0
7...e6 8.0-0 exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 ¥g4
9-+-+P+-wq0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-sN-sN-+-0
9rsn-wq-trk+0 9-zPQvL-zPPzP0
9+p+-+pvlp0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9p+-zp-snp+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zpP+-+-0 Black made his choice − he would like
9P+-+P+l+0 to attack on the King side. OK, White is
9+-sN-+N+-0 ready for it.
9-zP-+LzPPzP0 19.g3 £h3 20.¥c1
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 The manoeuvre Bc1-d2−c1 isn't only a
xiiiiiiiiy waste of time, worse still − Black has
11.¤d2!? shown his cards. After the Bishop's
A very interesting moment. Anand had retreat the Queen can protect her King
a choice: to save the Knight or the (for example, after f2−f3 or f2−f4).
Bishop. Many players like Bishops more 20...¥d4 21.¤e2 ¤e5 22.f3!
than Knights, especially they like the Very calm! Some of Black's pieces
Bishop pair, but Vishy decided that in look very active but they haven't enough
this position the Knight would be more force to break White's defence.
useful. 22...¦e7 23.£d1
11...¥xe2 12.£xe2 ¤bd7 13.¤c4 ¤b6 Now Black has to exchange his active

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Bishop. 39.¦h2!
23...¥xe3+ 24.¦xe3 ¦be8 XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0 9-+-+-+k+0
9+p+-trp+p0 9+p+-+p+-0
9p+-zp-+p+0 9p+-zp-sn-+0
9zP-zpPsn-+n0 9zP-zpPtr-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-+-tRPzPq0 9-+-+P+pzp0
9-zP-+N+-zP0 9+-+-+P+n0
9+-vLQ+RmK-0 9-zP-+-+-tR0
xiiiiiiiiy
25.g4! 9+-vL-+R+K0
The counterattack is beginning. xiiiiiiiiy
25...¤f6 26.¤f4 £h6 27.¦c3 g5!? And even now, after the Queen
Aggressive, but maybe better was the exchange, the h3 Knight has hard times.
more modest 27...£g7 also after 28.g5 The c1 Bishop has done a marvellous
¤fd7 Black has a lack of space. job from his starting position.
28.¤g2 ¤g6 29.£d2 ¦e5 30.¤e3 39...¢g7
From here the Knight has two very Maybe better was 39...¤h5!? though
good squares: f5 and c4. White has good chances to win here too,
30...¤f4 for example: 40.fxg4!? ¤g3+ 41.¢g2
The f4 square is rather good too, of ¤xf1 42.¢xf1 ¤g5 43.¥f4
course, but White can exchange the f4 40.fxg4 ¤g5 41.¥f4 ¤gxe4 42.¥xe5
Knight for his c1 Bishop, if he likes. dxe5 43.¦d1 ¢f8
31.¦c2 £h3 32.£f2 h5 33.¤c4! Or 43...¤xg4 44.d6 ¤gf2+ 45.¢g1+−
Now Black has to sacrifice some of his 44.d6 ¢e8 45.¢g1 ¤g5 46.¦c2 ¤fe4
material. 47.d7+ ¢d8 48.¢g2 h3+ 49.¢h2 ¤f3+
33...hxg4 34.¤xe5 ¦xe5 35.£g3!? 50.¢xh3 ¤d4 51.¦h2 ¢xd7 52.¢g2
A "softly softly" move. I suspect many ¢e6 53.¦h6+ f6 54.¦e1 ¢d5
players would prefer a more forcing line XIIIIIIIIY
such as 35.¥xf4 gxf4 36.£g2 9-+-+-+-+0
35...£h6 9+p+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-+-zp-tR0
9-+-+-+k+0 9zP-zpkzp-+-0
9+p+-+p+-0 9-+-snn+P+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9p+-zp-sn-wq0 9-zP-+-+K+0
9zP-zpPtr-zp-0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9-+-+Psnp+0 xiiiiiiiiy
55.¦xe4
9+-+-+PwQ-0 According to Capablanca's advice: if
9-zPR+-+-zP0 you are the exchange ahead, return it
but take a pawn instead. By the way
9+-vL-+RmK-0 Anand could take Capa's advice twice
xiiiiiiiiy (because he was two exchanges ahead)
36.h4 but after
It's a point. Neither the g4 or the g5 55...¢xe4 56.¦xf6
pawn can take the h pawn because Black resigned. 1-0
Black loses the f4 Knight.
36...¤h3+ 37.¢h1 £xh4 38.£xh4 gxh4

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ki/borowski.html
http://www.chessbg.com
http://www.hechiceros.net/site/especial/
mirabal/mirabal.shtml
http://chess-
sector.odessa.ua/alu01apr.htm

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CT-188, 14th May 2001
At last we can share with you some new

Supertournament information about the XXXVI
starts in Saraevo Capablanca Memorial in Havana.
Standing after the 7th round:
1. Vallejo Pons – 4½ points out of 6
S
upertournament Bosnia 2001
has started in Saraevo, capital 2-4. Andersson (7 games), Stefansson
town of Bosnia and (7), Miles (7) – 4 points
Herzegovina. In 1999 and 2000 it was a 5-7. Bruzon (6), Dominguez (6),
XIX category FIDE with Kasparov, Arencibia (7) – 3½ etc.
Shirov, Morozevich,
Adams among the The finals of the
participants. Now this Russian Club
event has “only” a XVI Championships
category – in any case have started in
it’s very strong and Tomsk, Siberia.
interesting. 12 teams (6
boards in each)
Results of the first day: are shared into
I Smirin - B Kurajica two groups, 6
½:½ team in each,
E Dizdarevic - A Dreev round-robin
Topalov system, 2 team-
½:½
Z Kozul - S Atalik 1:0 points for
V Topalov - S Movsesian 1:0 victory, 1 point for a draw. The best three
K Georgiev - I Sokolov 1:0 teams from each group will play a final
round-robin tournament. Players include
Standing: Bareev and Grischuk (whose team
1-3. Topalov, Georgiev, Kozul – 1 point Norilsk lost in round 1 to “University”,
4-7. Smirin, Kurajica, Dizdarevic, Dreev Maikop; Grischuk lost with White to
–½ Malaniuk, all other games were drawn),
8-10. Atalik, Movsesian, Sokolov – 0 Rublevsky, Svidler, Bologan, Sakaev etc.
Pairings for the second round: Some individual results of the first day:
Kurajica - Sokolov Galkin – Bareev ½:½
Movsesian - Georgiev Rublevsky – Bologan ½:½
Atalik - Topalov Onischuk – Kharlov 1:0
Dreev - Kozul Svidler – Popov ½:½
Smirin – Dizdarevic Loginov – Sakaev 1:0
Batsanin – Scherbakov ½:½
Also see our annotated game section.
More information in our next issues.
While top Bulgarian GMs Veselin
Topalov and Kiril Georgiev are leading http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/To
in Saraevo, compatriot Aleksander msk01.html (cross-tables in Russian) and
Delchev became sole leader in the 65th http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht
Bulgarian Men's Championship with 3 ml (all games of the first round)
points out of 3. Ninov, Krum Georgiev,
Chatalbashev and Cheparinov are in
chase half a point behind.
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11.¥g3
¤¤¤ XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9r+l+kvl-tr0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-wqp+pzpp0
9p+-+p+-+0
V Topalov − S Movsesian 9+p+-sn-+-0
Saraevo, 13.05.2001 B48 9-+-+P+n+0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 9+-sN-+NvL-0
e6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.¥e3 a6 7.£d2 b5!? 9PzPPwQ-zPPzP0
The main alternative is 7...¤f6 9+-mKR+L+R0
8.0-0-0 ¤f6 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 11...f6?!
9r+l+kvl-tr0 Why not the more natural 11...d6!? for
9+-wqp+pzpp0 example: 12.¤xe5 (12.h3 ¤xf3 13.gxf3
9p+n+psn-+0 ¤e5 14.f4 ¤c4 15.¥xc4 £xc4;
9+p+-+-+-0 12.¤d4!?) 12...¤xe5 13.f4 ¤c4 14.¥xc4
9-+-sNP+-+0 £xc4 15.f5?! b4!
9+-sN-vL-+-0 12.¤xe5 ¤xe5 13.f4 ¤c4 14.¥xc4
9PzPPwQ-zPPzP0 £xc4 15.f5! ¢f7
9+-mKR+L+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+l+-vl-tr0
Sergei Movsesian choose a different
move to two years earlier: 8...¥b7
9+-+p+kzpp0
9.¤xc6 ¥xc6 10.¤d5!? ¥xd5 11.exd5 9p+-+pzp-+0
¤f6 12.d6 £c6 13.¥e2 £xg2 14.f3 ¤d5 9+p+-+P+-0
15.¦dg1 £h3 16.¦g3 £h4 17.¦g4 £d8
18.¥c5 ¦c8 19.b4© Leko − Movsesian, 9-+q+P+-+0
Las Vegas 1999. Then Black held the 9+-sN-+-vL-0
position though it looks quite dangerous.
9.¥f4!? 9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
Maybe it's a novelty. This move was 9+-mKR+-+R0
known earlier but I didn't find any games xiiiiiiiiy
where it was played. 9.¤xc6 £xc6 10.f3
Now Black can't play 15...b4 in view of
¥b7 11.¢b1 ¦c8 12.¥d4 ¥c5 13.g4
16.fxe6 dxe6 17.£d8+ ¢f7 18.¤a4
¥xd4 14.£xd4 £c5 15.£d2 b4 16.¤a4
£xa2 19.¤b6 etc.
£c6 17.b3 Kobalija − Oral, Cuba 2000.
16.e5!
9...¤e5
Topalov as we like him!
Another ways are worse, for example:
16...b4
9...e5 10.¤xc6 exf4 (10...dxc6?
There are a lot of interesting variations
11.¥xe5!+−) 11.e5!?; 9...d6 10.¤xc6
after 16...¥b4!? With opposite−coloured
£xc6 11.¥xd6 (11.e5!?) 11...¥xd6
Bishops (after Bxc3 bxc3) the most
12.£xd6 £xd6 13.¦xd6 b4 14.¤d1
important factor will be − who will start
¤xe4 15.¦d4 ¤f6 16.¦xb4; 9...£b7?!
the attack first. It looks like White can do
10.¤f3!?
it faster: 17.fxe6+ dxe6 18.exf6 (18.¦hf1
Veselin Topalov likes active play and
¥xc3 19.£g5 f5 20.£h5+ g6 21.£f3÷)
he is always ready for material or
18...¥xc3 19.bxc3 gxf6 (19...£xa2
positional sacrifices to change the
20.£g5 gxf6 21.£h5+ ¢g7 22.¥e5!)
initiative.
20.¦hf1!?
10...¤fg4
17.¤b1
Black decided to defend his black
After 17.fxe6+ dxe6 18.¤b1 f5!? Black
squares. After 10...¤xf3 11.gxf3 £a5
has quite a solid position.
12.¢b1!? (12.¥d6 b4 13.¤b1 ¥xd6
17...exf5 18.exf6 gxf6
14.£xd6 £xa2 White has better
chances.) ; 10...d6? 11.¤xe5 dxe5
12.¥xe5
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9r+l+-vl-tr0 9-+r+-+-+0
9+-+p+k+p0
9p+-+-zp-+0 9+l+-+k+p0
9+-+-+p+-0 9p+-+-zp-+0
9-zpq+-+-+0 9+-wqp+p+-0
9+-+-+-vL-0
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0 9P+-+-+-+0
9+NmKR+-+R0 9sNP+-tR-+Q0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+P+-+PzP0
In case of 18...¢xf6 19.¦hf1 Black
couldn't play 19...g6? in view of 20.b3 9+-mK-+-+-0
£c5 21.¥f2+− and the King will have xiiiiiiiiy
difficult times on f6. Of course, f7 is a 32.£xh7+ ¢f8 33.¦g3! 1-0
safer place but now black's pawn
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CT-189, 15th May 2001
Aleksander Delchev became sole leader

Bulgarian GMs on at the 65th Bulgarian Men's
perfect scores at Championship with 3½ points out of 4.
2-7. Ninov, Krum Georgiev, Janev,
Bosnia 2001 after Chatalbashev, Cheparinov, Petrov – 3
8-12. Dimitrov, Peev, Iotov, Spasov,
second round … Radulski – 2½ etc.
The Bulgarian grandmasters were all on The main match of the second day of
perfect scores after the second round of the Russian Club Championships
the Bosnia 2001 tournament in in Tomsk was “Tjumen” –
Saraevo. It is interesting to note that “St-Petersburg-1” (group
both Veselin Topalov and Kiril 2):
Georgiev beat such a strong GM Bologan – Svidler 0:1
as Sergei Movsesian. A year ago in Onischuk – Sakaev ½:½
Saraevo, Sergei also had a poor Lastin – Volkov 1:0
start but than crushed two of the Motylev – S. Ivanov
favourites, Morozevich and ½:½
Shirov. And I believe Movsesian will Najer – Emelin 1:0
show his best form yet. Chuprov – Ionov 0:1
By the way, only one game was drawn So the result was a 3:3 draw and both
on the second day. You can see all the teams received 1 team point.
games in our cbv and pgn-files and
Dreev’s convincing victory – in our Standing after the 2nd round.
annotated game section. Group 1: Tomsk – 3 (8), Maikop – 3
(6½), Novokuznetsk – 2 (8), Norilsk – 2
Results of the second round: (6½) etc.
Kurajica - Sokolov ½:½ Group 2: St-Petersburg-2 – 4 (7), Tjumen
Movsesian - Georgiev 0:1 – 3 (6½), Kazan – 2 (7), Novosibirsk – 2
Atalik – Topalov 0:1 (6) etc.
Dreev – Kozul 1:0
Smirin – Dizdarevic 1:0 http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/To
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Standing after the second round: http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht
1-2. Topalov, Georgiev – 2 points ml
3-4. Smirin, Dreev – 1½
5-6. Kurajica, Kozul – 1 ¤¤¤
7-8. Dizdarevic, Sokolov – ½
8-10. Atalik, Movsesian – 0
Annotated Game
Pairings for the third round: A Dreev (2685) − Z Kozul (2595)
Dizdarevic - Kurajica Bosnia 2001 Sarajevo BIH (2),
Kozul - Smirin 14.05.2001 E89
Topalov - Dreev 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6
Georgiev - Atalik 5.f3 0-0 6.¤ge2 c6
Sokolov - Movsesian Zdenko Kozul likes this move though the
main line begins after 6...c5!?
Also see our annotated game section. 7.¥e3

CT-189 Page 1 of 3
XIIIIIIIIY White tries to prevent his opponent's

initiative on the King side, but in a
9rsnlwq-trk+0 different way − with the h pawn rather
9zpp+-zppvlp0 than the g pawn 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 gxf5
13.0-0-0 ¤df6 14.exf5 ¥xf5 15.¤g3 ¥g6
9-+pzp-snp+0 16.¥d3 ¤h5 17.¥xg6 hxg6 18.¤xh5
9+-+-+-+-0 gxh5 19.¦dg1 £h4 Arencibia − Becerra,
9-+PzPP+-+0 Habana 1993.
11...f5
9+-sN-vLP+-0 I dare not recommend 11...h5 as an
9PzP-+N+PzP0 alternative.
12.h5 f4 13.¥f2 g5 14.h6!
9tR-+QmKL+R0 This pawn will be weak in the
xiiiiiiiiy endgame, but Alexei believes that this
7...¤bd7 game will be finished earlier...
Last year against both Alexei Dreev 14...¥f6 15.g3
and his second Alexander Filipenko XIIIIIIIIY
Kozul played the following two lines
7...e5 8.£d2 £c7 9.d5 (9.0-0-0 b5
9r+lwqntrk+0
10.cxb5 cxb5 11.¢b1 £b7 12.dxe5 dxe5 9zpp+n+-+p0
13.¤c1 a6 14.¤b3 ¤c6 15.£f2 ¥e6 9-+-zp-vl-zP0
16.¤c5 £c8 17.¦c1 ¦d8 Filipenko −
Kozul, Pula 2000.) 9...cxd5 10.cxd5 9+-+Pzp-zp-0
¤bd7 11.¤g3 ¢h8 12.¥d3 ¤g8 13.¦c1 9-+-+Pzp-+0
£d8 14.¤b5 ¤b6 15.0-0 f5 16.f4 exf4
17.¥xf4 a6 18.¤c7 ¦b8 19.exf5 gxf5 9+-sN-+PzP-0
20.¤e6 ¥xe6 21.dxe6 ¤e7 22.¤h5± 9PzP-wQNvL-+0
Dreev − Kozul, Neum (blitz) 2000.
8.£d2 e5 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5
9tR-+-mKL+R0
With quite a tricky move order, the xiiiiiiiiy
players have come to a well−known Both Black Knights want to go to f6 but
opening position. the Bishop doesn't allow it.
10...¤e8 15...¤b6 16.gxf4 gxf4
XIIIIIIIIY After 16...exf4 White gets d4.
17.¤c1 ¢h8 18.¤b3 ¥d7 19.¤a5!
9r+lwqntrk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpp+n+pvlp0 9r+-wqntr-mk0
9-+-zp-+p+0 9zpp+l+-+p0
9+-+Pzp-+-0 9-sn-zp-vl-zP0
9-+-+P+-+0 9sN-+Pzp-+-0
9+-sN-vLP+-0 9-+-+Pzp-+0
9PzP-wQN+PzP0 9+-sN-+P+-0
9tR-+-mKL+R0 9PzP-wQ-vL-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+-mKL+R0
A rare move, usually Black prefers to
defend his Queen side first with 10...a6 xiiiiiiiiy
for example: 11.g4 h5 12.h3 b5 13.¤g3 A picturesque position − full domination
h4 14.¤ge2 ¤b6 15.b3 ¤fd7 16.¦g1 b4 on both sides and in the centre.
17.¤d1 a5 18.¤c1 ¤c5 19.¤b2 a4 19...¦b8 20.0-0-0 a6 21.¢b1 ¤c8
20.¦b1 axb3 21.axb3 ¤bd7 22.¤c4÷ 22.¤e2 ¤e7 23.¦c1 ¥b5 24.£b4
Ehlvest − Juswanto, Bali 1999. White can do anything he wants to.
11.h4!? 24...¤g6 25.a4 ¥d3+ 26.¢a2 ¤h4
A very interesting novelty. As usual,
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XIIIIIIIIY Editors:
9-tr-wqntr-mk0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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9p+-zp-vl-zP0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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A weak attempt at counterplay.
27.¦c3! ¥xe2 28.¥xe2 ¤g2 29.¦b3
With threats Nxb7 or Nc6.
29...¦c8 30.£xb7 ¤c7 31.¤c6 £e8
32.¥f1
The Bishop is going to h3, Black
resigned. A very convincing victory by
Alexey Dreev.
1-0
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CT-190, 16th May 2001
Smirin Joins Topalov Championship. Both leaders now have 4

points.
and Georgiev in the 3-8. Ninov, Krum Georgiev, Janev, Peev,
Lead in Bosnia… Iotov, Petrov – 3½ etc.
lja Smirin was the only player There is some new
I to win in the third round of the

Bosnia 2001 tournament in
Saraevo. He beat, with Black Zdenko
information from
Havana about the 36th
Capablanca Memorial.
Kozul and caught up to Veselin
Topalov and Kiril Georgiev. Now the Standings after the 8th
leading trio have 2½ points out of 3. round:
Last year in FIDE World 1. Vallejo Pons – 5
Topalov
Championship in New Delphi, Topalov points out of 7
and Dreev played against each other and 2-5. Bruzon (7 games), Andersson (8),
couldn’t make a draw in many games. In Stefansson (8), Miles (8) – 4½
Saraevo they were more careful and 6-7. Dominguez (7), Arencibia (8) – 4
made a 22-move draw. This was due to etc.
Dreev’s good opening preparation. You
From 24th April – 3rd May a GM double
can view all the games in our cbv and
round robin category IX (avg. Elo 2456)
pgn-files.
tournament was played in Podlehnik,
Results of the second round: Slovenia.
Dizdarevic - Kurajica ½:½
Kozul - Smirin 0:1 Final standings:
Topalov – Dreev ½:½ 1. Atalik – 6½ points out of 10
Georgiev – Atalik ½:½ 2-3. Mikhalchishin, Mohr – 5½
Sokolov – Movsesian ½:½ 4-5. Polajzer, Krumpacnik – 5
6. Zheliandinov – 2½
Standing after the third round:
1-3. Smirin, Topalov, Georgiev – 2½ Thank you, Janko Bohak for reporting
points this information to CT.
4. Dreev – 2
5. Kurajica – 1½ Don’t forget to see new TWIC #340 at:
6-8. Dizdarevic, Kozul, Sokolov – 1 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht
9-10. Atalik, Movsesian – ½ ml
Pairings for the fourth round: Results of the third round of the Russian
Kurajica - Movsesian Club Championships in Tomsk:
Atalik - Sokolov Group 1:
Dreev - Georgiev Maikop – Khabarovsk 5:1
Smirin - Topalov Norilsk – Tomsk 4:2
Dizdarevic - Kozul Novokuznetsk – Vladivostok 4:2
Group 2:
Boris Chatalbachev caught up to St-Petersburg-1 – N.Tagil 4:2
Aleksander Delchev in the 5th round of Kazan – Novosibirsk 3:3
the 65th Bulgarian Men's Tjumen - St-Petersburg-2 4½:1½

CT-190 Page 1 of 4
Standings after the 3rd round. 2. I. Glek − S. Archipov

Group 1: Maikop – 5 (11½), Tomsk, 2001
Novokuznetsk – 4 (12), Norilsk – 4 XIIIIIIIIY
(10½), Tomsk – 3 (10) etc. 9r+-+kvl-tr0
9+-wqp+pzpp0
9p+-+p+-+0
Group 2: Tjumen – 5 (11), St-Petersburg- 9+-zplzP-+-0
2 – 4 (8½), Kazan – 3 (10), St- 9-+N+-+-+0
Petersburg-1 – 3 (9½) etc. 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Also see our annotated game section 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
below. xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
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xiiiiiiiiy
Tactical Quiz 9...b5!?
1. A. Onischuk (2658) − A. Kharlov Is this really a novelty? And so early
(2639) − on the 9th move? In previous few
TCh−RUS Tomsk RUS (1), games Black always took on f4, for
13.05.2001 example: [9...exf4 10.¥xf4 ¤c6 11.h3
XIIIIIIIIY ¥e6 12.£d2 d5 13.0-0-0 dxe4
9r+-+-trk+0 14.£e3 £c8 15.¤xe4 ¤xe4 16.£xe4
9+-zp-+pzp-0
9-+-+-sn-zp0 0-0 17.¢b1 f5!?„ Shirov − Van Wely,
9zpp+Pvl-+-0 Tilburg 1997. Svidler isn't afraid of
9-wq-+P+-tR0 White's next move and maybe he is
9+L+-+-zP-0 right.
9PzP-wQ-vL-+0 10.g5 ¤fd7
9+K+-+-+R0 Of course the d5 square is very
xiiiiiiiiy important, but how will White
White to play continue his pawn attack on the King
CT-190 Page 2 of 4
side? After this sacrifice White King's

11.¤d5 ¥b7 12.¥d2 becomes too lonely...
Now White has some problems with 20.exd5 ¤e5 21.¥xc8 ¥xc8 22.¦c3
development. For example, he ¥g4 23.£c2 £d7! (D)
doesn't have the natural [12.¥e3?! in XIIIIIIIIY
view of 12...exf4 13.¥xf4 hxg5³ 9-+-+k+-tr0
12...¤c6 (D) 9+-+q+p+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-zp-+-zp0
9r+-wqk+-tr0 9+-+Psn-+-0
9+l+nvlpzp-0 9-+-+-zplvl0
9p+nzp-+-zp0 9+NtR-+-+-0
9+p+Nzp-zP-0 9PzPQvL-+-zP0
9-+-+PzP-+0 9+-+-+K+R0
9+N+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzPPvLL+-zP0 Black attacks from both sides of the
9tR-+QmK-+R0 board: there are threats from b5 and
xiiiiiiiiy from h3.
Protecting the a5−square. 24.¥xf4
13.gxh6 Or 24.¤d4 ¥h3+ 25.¢e2 £g4+
An alternative was 13.a4!? bxa4 26.¤f3 £g2+
14.¦xa4 with idea 14...exf4?! 24...£b5+ 25.¢g1 £xd5 26.¥g3
15.¤a5! 13...¥h4+ 14.¢f1 gxh6 26.¦c8+ ¥xc8 27.£xc8+ ¢e7!
15.c4 28.£c7+ (28.£xh8 £d1+ 29.¢g2
First of all White wants to develop £f3+ 30.¢g1 £f2#) 28...¢f6-+
his Bishop and Queen in such a way 26...¦g8 (D)
to create pressure on f7. XIIIIIIIIY
15...bxc4 16.¥xc4 exf4! 9-+-+k+r+0
Very calm! From e5 the Black 9+-+-+p+-0
Knight will hold all the position. 9p+-zp-+-zp0
17.¦c1 ¦c8 18.¥e2?! 9+-+qsn-+-0
I suspect White's last two moves 9-+-+-+lvl0
were too haphazard; maybe, better 9+NtR-+-vL-0
was to retain a pawn and to think 9PzPQ+-+-zP0
about equality... 9+-+-+-mKR0
18...¤f6! xiiiiiiiiy
A very good idea − because both All of Black pieces take part in the
Black Knights can't go on e5 at the offence, while the Knight on b3 and
same time, one of them wants to Rook h1 have a holiday.
exchange the dangerous opponent 27.£g2 ¥f3 28.¦xf3 ¤xf3+ 29.¢f2
on d5. 19.¥g4 ¦g5! 30.£h3 ¦f5 31.¦d1 ¤g5+ 0-1.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+rwqk+-tr0 Solutions to Tactical Quiz:
9+l+-+p+-0 1. 30.¦xh6! gxh6 31.£xh6 £xe4+
9p+nzp-sn-zp0 32.¥c2 £xh1+ 33.£xh1 ¦fd8 34.g4!
9+-+N+-+-0 ¦d6 35.¥c5+− ¦ad8 36.g5 ¤d7
9-+-+PzpLvl0 37.£h7+ ¢f8 38.g6 fxg6 39.¥xd6+
9+N+-+-+-0 cxd6 40.¥xg6 and White won. 1-0.
9PzP-vL-+-zP0
9+-tRQ+K+R0 2. 13.¤d6+! ¥xd6 13...¢e7
xiiiiiiiiy 14.£h5!+− 14.£xd5! 1-0.
19...¤xd5!?

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CT-191, 17th May 2001
And if that’s not enough then how about

Smirin, Topalov & the International Super Tournament in
Georgiev lead Bosnia Astana, Kazakhstan? Kasparov is going
to show us whether he has found a
2001 refutation of the Berlin!
A
ll the players in the top half of Astana City , the new capital of
the Bosnia 2001 tournament in Kazakhstan, hosts an International Super
Saraevo took half a step Tournament from
forward in the 4th round, while in the May 20 - June 1
bottom half there were two decisive dedicated to the 10th
games. anniversary of
Kazakhstan's
Results of the second round: Independence.
Kurajica - Movsesian ½:½
Atalik - Sokolov 0:1 The games will
Dreev - Georgiev ½:½ start at 3 p.m.
Smirin – Topalov ½:½ local time (GMT +6)
Dizdarevic - Kozul 1:0
Participants:
Standing after the forth round: Vladimir Kramnik
1-3. Smirin, Topalov, Georgiev Garry Kasparov
– 3 points Alexander Morozevich
4. Dreev – 2½ Alexey Shirov
5-7. Dizdarevic, Kurajica, Sokolov – 2 Boris Gelfand
8-9. Movsesian, Kozul – 1 and Kazakhstan's top player Darmen
10. Atalik - ½ Sadvakhasov (2585).
There will be live coverage at
Pairings for the fifth round: http://astana.fide.com
Kozul - Kurajica and
Topalov - Dizdarevic http://www.kasparovchess.
Georgiev - Smirin com Category 20 (average
Sokolov - Dreev rating 2733).
Movsesian - Atalik
Editors note: Chess
You can see all the games in our cbv Today's correspondent
and pgn-files. Vladimir Barsky will be
there as a second of
Another two supertournaments start this Alexander Morozevich and will send
week: - news for us.
The II Merida, Mexico double round
robin event takes place 16th-22nd May The XXXVI Capablanca Memorial in
with Anand, Khalifman, Short and Havana, Cuba.
Gilberto Hernández. Standing after the 9th round:
1. Vallejo Pons – 6 points out of 8
Pairing for round 1: 2-4. Bruzon (8 games), Andersson (9),
Anand - Khalifman Miles (9) – 5
Hernandez - Short 5-7. Dominguez (8), Stefansson (8),
Hauchard (8) – 4½
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The II international tournament "Open Norilsk: Bareev, Grischuk, Malakhov,

Backa Palanka 2001" took place 2nd- Rustemov, Dolmatov, Smagin, Glek,
10th May 2001. Final standing: Volzhin
1. Stojanovic – 7 points out of 9 Tjumen: Bologan, Onischuk, Lastin,
2-3. Markovic, Milu – 6½ Motylev, Najer, Prokopchuk, Chuprov,
4-8. Benkovic, Leskur, Rajlich, Pliasunov
Kosanovic, Sanduleac – 6 etc. St-Petersburg-1: Svidler, Sakaev,
Korchnoi, Volkov, S. Ivanov, Emelin,
Information by Mihajlo Savic on the site Ionov, Lugovoi
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht Tomsk: Filippov, Vladimirov, Landa,
ml Pigusov, Kotsur, Scherbakov, Makarov,
Khasin.
The Asian Zonal Championships took
place in Colombo May 4th to 14th, 2001. Also see our annotated game section.
Final standing:
Men. http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/To
1. Sasikiran – 9 points out of 11 msk01.html and
2. Ganguly – 8½ http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht
3. Kunte – 8 etc. ml
Women.
1. Shah – 7 ½ points out of 9 !!!
2. Ghate – 7 Annotated Game
3-4. Barua, Meenakshi – 6½ etc. Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
A Onischuk (2658) − V Loginov (2499)
Results of the forth round of the Russian TCh−RUS Tomsk RUS (3), 15.05.2001
Club Championships in Tomsk. E12
Group 1: 1.d4 #f6 2.c4 e6 3.#f3 b6 4.a3
Maikop – Novokuznetsk 3:3 The Petrosian system.
Tomsk - Khabarovsk 4½:1½ 4...c5!?
Norilsk – Vladivostok 5:1 Black transforms play into an Indian
Group 2: Defence type position.
5.d5 $a6 6.%c2 exd5 7.cxd5 g6
St-Petersburg-2 - N.Tagil 4½:1½
7...!xd5?? 8.$e4+
St-Petersburg-1 – Kazan 3½:2½ 8.#c3 $g7 9.g3 0-0 10.$g2 d6 11.0-0
Tjumen – Novosibirsk 4½:1½ b5
XIIIIIIIIY
Standing after the 4th round. 9rsn-wq-trk+0
Group 1: Norilsk – 6 (15½), Maikop – 6 9zp-+-+pvlp0
(14½), Novokuznetsk – 5 (15), Tomsk – 9l+-zp-snp+0
5 (14½), Vladivostok – 2 (7½), 9+pzpP+-+-0
Khabarovsk – 0 (5). 9-+-+-+-+0
In the last round the match Tomsk – 9zP-sN-+NzP-0
Novokuznetsk looks interesting. 9-zPQ+PzPLzP0
Group 2: Tjumen – 7 (15½), St- 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
Petersburg-2 – 6 (13), St-Petersburg-1 – xiiiiiiiiy
5 (13), Kazan – 3 (12½), Novosibirsk – 3 12.b4!?
(10½), N.Tagil – 0 (7½). Quite a rare move. The idea is to
Here the tournament situation looks more prevent Black's activity on the
or less clear. Queenside. An alternative plan is a pawn
offence in the centre, for example:
Starting lists of the four top-teams. 12.%e1 !bd7 13.e4 $b6 14.h3 %ac8
15.&e3 $b7 16.&f4 b4 17.!a4 &b5
18.&xd6 %fe8 19.axb4 cxb4 20.$b1 a5'
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Rustemov − Loginov, St. Petersburg strong passed pawn on c6 and activated

1998. his g2 Bishop a little, while black's
12...#bd7 13.$f4!?N isolated d6 pawn became rather weak.
It looks like a novelty, though there 26...'g8 27.#d4 #ge6 28.e3
were only a few games in this position. Of course White doesn't want to
The following is one of them: 13.bxc5 connect his opponent's pawns.
dxc5 14.&b2 %e8 15.%fe1 !b6 16.!d2 28...a6 29.&d1 #c7?!
%c8 17.%ad1 b4 18.!ce4 !xe4 19.!xe4 XIIIIIIIIY
&xb2 20.$xb2 %xe4 21.&xe4 !c4 9-+-+r+k+0
22.$b3 !xa3 23.d6 $d7' R.Bagirov − 9+-sn-+p+p0
Sakaev, Dubai 2000. 9pwqPzp-+p+0
13...%b6 14.bxc5 %xc5!?
After 14...dxc5 15.%ab1 White
9+psn-+-+-0
develops an unpleasant pressure on the
9-+-sN-+-+0
b5 and c5 pawns. But now he receives 9zP-+-zP-zP-0
an important square c6. 9-wQ-+-zPLzP0
15.$e3 %c4 9+-+R+-mK-0
The idea of this move − to provoke xiiiiiiiiy
Nd2, as opposed to Nf3−d4−c6. 30.#c2
16.#d2 %c7 17.$d4! &fe8 18.%b2 Now it's very difficult to protect the d−
XIIIIIIIIY pawn either on d6 or on d5.
9r+-+r+k+0 30...d5
9zp-wqn+pvlp0 Or 30...%e6 31.&h3
9l+-zp-snp+0 A) 31...$xc6!? 32.&xe6 fxe6 33.!b4
9+p+P+-+-0 $b6 (33...$d7 34.$d4) 34.$f6!(;
B) 31...f5 32.&g2 !e4 33.!d4(
9-+-vL-+-+0 31.#b4 #e4 32.%c2 #f6 33.#xd5
9zP-sN-+-zP-0 #cxd5 34.$xd5 #xd5 35.&xd5 &c8
9-wQ-sNPzPLzP0 36.&d6 a5
9tR-+-+RmK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+r+-+k+0
18...#h5 9+-+-+p+p0
Black tries to weaken his opponent's 9-wqPtR-+p+0
pressure with some exchanges, but his
Black squares are becoming very weak.
9zpp+-+-+-0
It will be a motive of White's small
9-+-+-+-+0
combination. 9zP-+-zP-zP-0
19.$xg7 #xg7 20.&fc1 %b6 21.#ce4 9-+Q+-zP-zP0
$b7 9+-+-+-mK-0
9r+-+r+k+0 37.%e4!
9zpl+n+psnp0 As is often the case, centralisation is
9-wq-zp-+p+0 very strong in this type of position.
9+p+P+-+-0 37...b4 38.axb4 axb4 39.%d5 &f8
Or 39...b3 40.%d7 %f8 41.%b7+−
9-+-+N+-+0 40.&d7 %a6 41.c7 1-0
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22...$xc6 23.dxc6 #c5 24.#f6+ 'h8
25.#xe8 &xe8 26.#b3
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CT-192, 18th May 2001
GM Francisco Vallejo Both games - Anand - Khalifman and

Hernandez - Short ended in draws in
Tops Field in the 1st round of the II Merida double
round tournament in Merida, Mexico.
36th Capablanca
Pairings for round 2:
Memorial. Short-Khalifman
Hernandez-Anand
A
fter 10 As of this writing there are no new
rounds of results to report in the Bosnia 2001
play in the tournament.
36th Capablanca
Memorial
Francisco Vallejo Tactical Quiz
leads by 1½ points Vallejo 1. I .Rogers − E . Mensch
over Andersson Deizisau−A (3), 2001
and Stefansson who share 2nd-3rd. XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-wq-+-+0
Top standings after 10 rounds: 9+r+nzp-vlk0
1. Vallejo (9 games) - 7.0 9p+-+-+p+0
2. Andersson (10) - 5½ 9zPnzpPzp-+p0
3. Stefansson (9)- 5½ 9R+L+-+-+0
4. Dominguez (9)- 5.0 9+P+Q+-+P0
5. Bruzon (9) 5-0 9-+-vLN+P+0
6. Miles (10) - 5.0 9+-+-+R+K0
etc. xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
After 7 rounds of play, Aleksander
Delchev, is in sole lead in the 65th 2. A. Utkin (2345) − S. Sivokho
Bulgarian Men's Championship in (2476)
Tzarevo. ch−City St Petersburg RUS (7),
17.04.2001
Some Results of the 7th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Delchev - Janev 1:0 9-tr-tr-+kvl0
Chatalbashev - Petrov ½:½ 9zp-wq-zpp+-0
Genov - Ninov 0:1 9-+-+-+pvL0
Peev - Spasov 0:1 9+-+n+-sN-0
Iotov - Dimitriv 0:1 9-+p+n+-wQ0
Cheparinov - Georgiev 1:0 9+-zP-+-+-0
Bratanov - Rusev 0:1 9PzP-+-+PzP0
Karakehajov - Radulski ½:½ 9+-+-tRR+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Top standings after 7 rounds: White to play
1. Delchev - 6.0
2. Ninov - 5.5
3-4. Chatalbashev - 5.0
3-4. Petrov - 5.0 ¤¤¤
This issue is prepared by GM Alex Baburin, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi.

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10.d5
Annotated Game White starts action while he has a
M. Makarov (2511) − V. Telnov small lead in development. Now the
(2401) b8−knight will not be able to enter the
TCh−RUS, Tomsk RUS (4), game soon.
16.05.2001 E11 10...f6
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin 10...0-0?? 11.£d4+−
L
ately I have developed a taste 11.£d4 ¥g6 (D)
for chess miniatures, so today I XIIIIIIIIY
would like to show you yet
another short game. This miniature is 9rsn-wqk+-tr0
from the Russian Club 9+-zpp+-zpp0
Championship, which is still in 9-zp-+pzpl+0
progress.
9zp-+P+-+-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 ¥b4+ 4.¥d2 9-+PwQ-+-+0
a5 5.¤c3 b6 6.e3 ¥b7 7.¥d3 9+-vL-zPN+-0
This is a quiet system, where White
hopes to get an edge thanks to some
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
spatial advantage. Black's main 9tR-+-mK-+R0
achievement is good control over the xiiiiiiiiy
e4−square. Perhaps safer was 11...¥xf3 12.gxf3
7...¥xc3 e5 13.£g4 £e7 14.¦g1 0-0.
This move may be forced sooner or 12.h4!
later, but it was better to wait with it White wants to weaken Black's
for a while and finish the position on the kingside.
development first. In the game 12...e5
Chiburdanidze−Speelman, Lippstadt 12...h5 13.£f4!?
2000, Black stood well after 7...0-0 13.£g4 ¦g8?!
8.0-0 d6 9.£e2 ¥xc3 10.¥xc3 ¤e4 After 13...£e7 14.h5 ¥d3 White
11.¥xe4 ¥xe4 12.¤d2 ¥b7 13.e4 maintains the initiative with 15.¤h4
¤d7 14.d5 £e7 15.£g4 e5 16.f4 f6 followed by e3−e4 and Nh4−f5. Still,
17.b3 exf4 18.£xf4 ¦ae8. it would have been a lesser evil for
8.¥xc3 ¤e4?! Black.
This is the reason why Black took 14.h5 ¥f7 15.£e4!
on c3 so early, but such play is a bit Very clever!
simplistic and gives White the 15...g6 (D)
initiative: XIIIIIIIIY
9.¥xe4! ¥xe4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9rsn-wqk+r+0
9rsn-wqk+-tr0 9+-zpp+l+p0
9+-zpp+pzpp0 9-zp-+-zpp+0
9-zp-+p+-+0 9zp-+Pzp-+P0
9zp-+-+-+-0 9-+P+Q+-+0
9-+PzPl+-+0 9+-vL-zPN+-0
9+-vL-zPN+-0 9PzP-+-zPP+0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9tR-+-mK-+R0
White has more space and more
xiiiiiiiiy pieces in action. His next powerful
CT-192 Page 2 of 3
move highlights all these advantages: Editors:

15...h6 would have led to a similar GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
position, but yet was a preferable Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
option for Black.
16.¥xe5!! fxe5 17.¤xe5 £f6 Technical editors:
17...£e7 18.d6+− Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
18.hxg6 hxg6 19.¦h7! ¦g7
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Black is helpless... 23...¥xg7 express written permission.
24.£h7+ ¢f8 25.¤e6+ ¢e8
26.¤xc7+ ¤xc7 27.¦xe4 ¢f8
28.£xg6 ¥f6 29.£h6+ ¥g7 30.£f4
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CT-193, 19th May 2001
Round 5 Standings:
Vallejo 1½ points clear 1. Smirin 3½
with 2 days to go … 2. Georgiev 3½
3. Topalov 3½
4. Dreev 3.0
A
fter 11 rounds in the 37th
Capablanca Memorial, 5. Dizdarevic 2½
Francisco Vallejo has retained 6. Sokolov 2½
his 1½ point lead after a 24 move draw 7. Kurajica 2.0
with Dominguez.. There were draws in 8. Movsesiani 2.0
all the other games except for Bruzon - 9. Kozul 2.0
Abreu which was won in inspired 10.Atalik ½
fashion by Black. There are only 2
days to go. At the II Merida Tournament in Mexico
Short beat Khalifman with White in a
Results of the 11th Round Caro Kann Two Knights. See this game
Arencibia - Stefansson ½-½ on page 2. Anand beat Hernandez with
Vallejo - Dominguez ½-½ Black in a Closed Sicilian. Round 3 sees
Nogueiras - Hauchard ½-½ the two leaders meet.
Bruzon - Abreu 0-1
Nataf - Luther ½-½
Delgado - Andersson ½-½
Standings after 11 Rounds

1 Vallejo 7½
2 Andersson 6.0
3 Stefansson 6.0
4 Dominguez 5½
5 Luther 5.0
6 Abreu 5.0
7 Arencibia 5.0
8 Miles 5.0
9 Hauchard1 5.0
10 Bruzon 5.0
11 Nataf 4.0
Nigel Short - See our annotated Game
12 Nogueiras 4.0
13 Delgado 3.0
Round 2 Standing:
1. Anand, Viswanathan 1½
The round 5 results for the Bosnia 2001
2. Short 1½
tournament in Sarajevo are finally on the
3. Khalifman ½
website and are as follows. Friday 18th
4 .Hernandez ½
was a rest day.
3rd Round pairings
Georgiev - Smirin ½-½
Anand - Short
Topalov - Dizdarevic ½-½
Hernandez - Khalifman
Sokolov - Dreev ½-½
Movsesian - Atalik 1-0
On May 19th and 20th GM Oscar Panno
Kozul - Kurajica 1-0
is directing a massive 50 board match in
Argentina between Buenos Aires

CT-193 Page 1 of 4
province and Buenos Aires City. Several 1.e4 c6

GMs and IMs playing, among them the It's interesting that Khalifman decided
current Argentinean Champion, GM to try the Caro−Kann, instead of his
Ariel Sorin and the South American beloved French or Sicilian. Maybe he
Zonal winner, IM Fabian Fiorito. had something prepared in the 3.e5 line,
but Short surprises him first:
Games will be transmitted live at 3pm
2.#f3 d5 3.#c3
(GMT -03) on the official website which Robert Fischer used to like this move.
is in English. Nowadays it is a rare guest on the top
level, where White usually tries to break
The Russian Club Championship in the Caro−Kann with 3.e5.
Tomsk reached its final stage. 12 teams 3...$g4 4.h3
were battling out in 2 groups for 6 places XIIIIIIIIY
in the final. Results of the matches 9rsn-wqkvlntr0
between the qualifying teams count for 9zpp+-zppzpp0
the final, so in group 1 the team 9-+p+-+-+0
'Universitet' from Maikop, which 9+-+p+-+-0
finished 2nd, did better then 'Norilskiy 9-+-+P+l+0
Nikel', which won the qualifier. The 9+-sN-+N+P0
point is that 'Universitet' did better 9PzPPzP-zPP+0
against its main rivals and now has 3 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
points out of 4 in the final. 'Norilskiy xiiiiiiiiy
Nikel' has 2 points and 'Sibir' (Tomsk) 4...$h5
has just 1 point. The game gets a different flavour after
4...$xf3 5.%xf3 e6 where, having
In group 2 'Gazovik' from Tumen scored brought out and exchanged the light−
9 out of 10 and now has 3 points in the squared bishop, Black places his pawns
final. The second team from St. on light squares. Here is a typical
Petersburg unexpectedly beat the first example: 6.a3 !d7 7.d3 !gf6 8.g3 g6
team from that city 3½-2½ and now has 9.$g2 $g7 10.0-0 0-0 11.%e2 !e8
12.&h2 f5 13.f4 !d6 Matanovic−
2 points in the final. 'St. Petersburg-1' has
Petrosian, Kiev 1959.
only one point. 5.d4
This plan became popular recently.
The tournament features many very Previously White preferred here 5.exd5
strong GMs and CT will keep an eye on cxd5 6.$b5+ !c6 7.g4 $g6 8.!e5 which
it. Our writer Ruslan Scherbakov is is still more popular than 5.d4. One
playing there for 'Sibir'. Good luck, example: 8...'c8 9.h4 f6 10.!xg6 hxg6
Ruslan! 11.d4 e6 12.%d3 &f7 13.h5 gxh5
More information on TWIC 14.gxh5 !ge7 15.$e3 !f5 16.$xc6
'xc6 17.!e2 %a5+ 18.c3 %a6 Fischer−
!!! Smyslov, 1959.
5...e6 6.$d3 #f6 7.e5 #fd7 8.g4 $g6
Annotated Game 9.$xg6 hxg6
Notes by GM Alex Baburin XIIIIIIIIY
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
N Short (2676) − A Khalifman (2690) 9zpp+n+pzp-0
Merida MEX (2), 17.05.2001 [B11]
It looks like Nigel Short is a difficult
9-+p+p+p+0
opponent for Alexander Khalifman. In 9+-+pzP-+-0
1990-1998 they played 7 games, with 9-+-zP-+P+0
Short winning +2=5. This year they 9+-sN-+N+P0
played a show match in Moscow and 9PzPP+-zP-+0
again Short won +1=2. Another game in 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
Merida and again the Englishmen xiiiiiiiiy
emerged victorious!
CT-193 Page 2 of 4
At first sight it looks like Black has a open, as otherwise his d7−knight will
very good version of the French, as he stay idle.
has exchanged his potentially passive 24...%b8 25.'h3!? &b5 26.'f3 'f8
light−squared bishop. But there are 27.&d1 &a6 28.#e1! f6 29.gxf6 gxf6
drawbacks too: Black's kingside pawns 30.exf6 'xf6 31.#c2 %a8
are not flexible, while White is also 31...'xf3 32.%xf3(
ahead in development. 32.'h3!
10.#e2 c5 11.c3 #c6 12.%f1! $e7 XIIIIIIIIY
13.%g2 &b6 9k+-+-+-+0
13...0-0? would be rather suicidal after 9+p+n+-+-0
14.h4 9q+n+ptrp+0
14.'b1 a5 15.$e3 a4 16.#f4 &a6 17.h4
9+-+p+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-zP-+P+0
9r+-+k+-tr0 9zpP+-vL-+R0
9+p+nvlpzp-0 9P+N+-zPK+0
9q+n+p+p+0 9+-+Q+-+-0
9+-zppzP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9p+-zP-sNPzP0 White decided that his rook was more
9+-zP-vLN+-0 valuable than Black's. Indeed, White's
9PzP-+-zPK+0 rook has some targets to attack, while its
9+R+Q+-+R0 black counterpart has mostly a defensive
xiiiiiiiiy role.
White plays where he has more space. 32...'f8 33.$h6 'f7
This move does not really weaken Or 33...'h8 34.b4! %c4 35.'xa3+ &b8
White's king, as Black cannot attack it. 36.$f4+ e5 37.$g3+−
We saw similar ideas in the game 34.'e3 e5 35.dxe5 #dxe5 36.&xd5
Kazimdzhanov−Nijboer in CT-186. 'd7 37.&e4
17...a3 XIIIIIIIIY
As we will soon see, Black is gaining 9k+-+-+-+0
the b4−square for his pieces. 9+p+r+-+-0
18.b3 cxd4 19.cxd4 #b4 20.&d2 0-0-0 9q+n+-+pvL0
Black's king will be rather safe on b8,
but now White shows that the king was
9+-+-sn-+-0
an important defender too:
9-+-+Q+P+0
21.#g5! $xg5 9zpP+-tR-+-0
After 21...'hf8 White has a little 9P+N+-zPK+0
combination: 22.'bc1+ &b8 23.!gxe6! 9+-+-+-+-0
fxe6 24.!xg6 !c6 25.'xc6 %xc6 xiiiiiiiiy
26.!xe7 White has a healthy extra pawn and
22.hxg5 'xh1 23.'xh1 #c6 24.#d3 can attack the enemy king and his a3−
XIIIIIIIIY pawn. At the same time Black's pieces
9-+ktr-+-+0 lack targets (White's king is easy to
9+p+n+pzp-0 defend), which means that he is lost
9q+n+p+p+0 here.
9+-+pzP-zP-0 37...'d1 38.'e1 'd8 39.$g5 'f8 40.'e3
&b5
9-+-zP-+P+0 This drops another pawn, but it was
9zpP+NvL-+-0 doomed anyway, as b3−b4 was coming.
9P+-wQ-zPK+0 41.#xa3
9+-+-+-+R0 Nice play by Nigel Short. I did not mark
xiiiiiiiiy any of Khalifman's moves as a mistake
White commands more space, has an and it was on purpose − in games like
open file and might attack the a3−pawn. this it's hard to say where Black went
All of this makes his position preferable. wrong. This is only an express analysis
Black should try to break the centre and I don't want to be superficial.

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Perhaps the system with 4...Bh5 is

strategically risky, maybe his plan with
...a4−a3 was too ambitious, as the pawn
became weak later. I don't know... But
whatever it was, White exploited his
spatial advantage masterfully.
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CT-194, 20th May 2001
Francisco Vallejo 9. Hauchard (1) - 5½

10. Bruzon (1)- 5½
Clinches First Place 11. Natafr (1) - 4½
12 Nogueiras (1) - 4½
in 36th Capablanca 13 Delgado (1) - 3.0
Memorial's Elite After a days' rest all games in the 6th

round in the Bosnia 2001 tournament
Group! ended in draws, so there has been no
change in the standings.
W ith one round remaining

GM Francisco Vallejo
maintains his 1½ point lead
over the rest of the field in the 36th
Smirin - 4
Georgiev - 4
Topalov - 4
Capablanca Memorial, Elite Group Dreev - 3½
and has clinched 1st place, even though Dizdarevic - 3
he has one game left to play in the Sokolov - 3
tournament! No other player can tie or Kozul - 2½
surpass his total of 8 points. GM Kurajica - 2½
Hannes Stefansson of Iceland was Movsesian - 2½
unable to contend for top honors, Atalik - 1
drawing his game with Vallejo as
White after only 23 moves. He needed Pairings for the 7th round are:
to win in order to position himself for 1. Topalov - Kurajica
a possible 1st place finish. Now the 2. Georgiev - Kozul
battle is for 2nd and 3rd places. Eight 3. Sokolov - Dizdarevic
players will contend for these places 4. Movsesian - Smirin
in the final round. Arencibia has 5. Atalik - Dreev
completed played and finished with 5½
points out of 12. At the II Merida Tournament in Mexico
Vishy Anand defeated Nigel
Results of the 12th round: Short with White in a Ruy
Stefansson - Vallejo ½:½ Lopez/Modern Steinitz in the
Luther - Delgado 1:0 3rd round, and leads the
Abreu - Nataf ½:½ tournament with 2½ points.
Hauchard - Bruzon ½:½ (see annotated game section
Dominguez - Nogueiras ½:½ for Anand-Short game! ---
Miles - Arencibia ½:½ RPM.)
Dominguez Today was a day off for the
Standings after 12 rounds: players. Khalifman defeated
1. Vallejo (1 game left) - 8.0 Hernandez in the other game.
2. Stefansson (1) - 6½
3. Dominguez (1) - 6.0 Standings after 3 rounds:
4. Andersson (1) - 6.0 Anand - 2½
5. Luther (1) - 6.0 Short - 1½
6. Abreu (1) - 5½ Khalifman -1½
7. Arencibia - 5½ Hernandez - ½
8. Miles (1) - 5½
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4th rounds pairings: XIIIIIIIIY

Short-Hernandez 9r+-+-trk+0
Khalifman-Anand 9+pzpqsnpvlp0
9p+-zp-+p+0
The first round of the SuperGM 9sn-+Pzp-+-0
tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan takes 9-+P+P+-+0
place tomorrow (20th of May) 9+P+-+N+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
Pairings for the first round are: 9tRNvLQtR-mK-0
Shirov-Kasparov xiiiiiiiiy
Morozevich-Sadvakasov It may look like Black has a good
Kramnik-Gelfand version of the King's Indian, as White
spent time on c2−c3−c4. Yet, the
The Pula Open started on the 18th May opposite is true; this position is worse
in Pula, Croatia and will run till the 26th for Black than most positions in the
May. 16 GMs are participating - among KID. First of all, the exchange of
them are Mladen Palac, Evgeny light−squared bishops favoured
Sveshinkov, Krunoslav Hulak, and White. Now ...f5 would make the e6−
Gyula Sax. square horribly weak in view of ¤f3−
¤¤¤
g5. Secondly, the a5−knight is
Annotated Game misplaced and will allow White to
V. Anand (2794) − N. Short (2676) gain tempi in his play on the
Merida, MEX (3), 18.05.2001 C76 queenside. Black's bishop, as are the
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin rest of his minor pieces, is not active.
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 12...c5 13.¥d2 b6 14.£c1!
d6 (D) Brilliant! White prevents ...h6, after
XIIIIIIIIY which Black would be able to play
9r+lwqkvlntr0 ...f5.
9+pzp-+pzpp0 14...¤b7
9p+nzp-+-+0 Black decided to use this knight to
9+-+-zp-+-0 cover the e6−square, but now there
9L+-+P+-+0 is no pressure on the c4−pawn.
9+-+-+N+-0 15.a3 f5 16.¤c3 f4 17.£c2 ¥f6
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 18.¦eb1!
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 White vacates the e1-square for the
xiiiiiiiiy f3−knight.
This is a rare system in modern 18...£c7
practice. Obviously Short wanted to This move prevents b3−b4 for a
avoid the main lines, but his decision while. It would be more or less forced
could also have been influenced by after ¤c3−a4 anyway.
the fact that Anand has not face this 19.¤e1 g5 20.¤a4 ¤c8 21.b4 ¥d8
move since 1996. Yet, it was XIIIIIIIIY
probably not a surprise for Anand as 9r+nvl-trk+0
Short played this move against 9+nwq-+-+p0
Khalifman earlier this year. In this 9pzp-zp-+-+0
game Anand proves that he handles 9+-zpPzp-zp-0
off−beat lines well too. 9NzPP+Pzp-+0
5.c3 g6 6.d4 ¥d7 7.0-0 ¥g7 8.¦e1 9zP-+-+-+-0
¤ge7 9.d5 ¤a5 10.¥xd7+ £xd7 9-+QvL-zPPzP0
11.b3 0-0 12.c4 (D) 9tRR+-sN-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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queenside, will not be able to defend

White has made good progress on their king.
the queenside, while on the other 28...£d7! 29.¤ab2 £h3 30.¢h1 ¦f7
flank Black has nothing serious yet. 31.gxf4 gxf4 32.¦g1+ ¢f8 33.£d1!
Now Anand increases pressure, f3 34.¦g3 £h4 35.£g1! ¤e7 (D)
using his spatial advantage: XIIIIIIIIY
22.¦b3! ¦a7 9-+-vl-mk-+0
After 22...b5 23.¤b2 the tension on 9trn+-snr+p0
the queenside would be in White's 9p+-zp-+-+0
favour, who has more forces 9+-zpPzp-+-0
employed there. 9-+P+P+-wq0
23.¦ab1 £g7 24.bxc5 bxc5?! 9zPRvLN+ptR-0
Now the b7−knight looks awkward. 9-sN-+-zP-zP0
After 24...dxc5 25.f3 ¤bd6 26.¤d3 9+-+-+-wQK0
Black would have serious problems xiiiiiiiiy
with the e5−pawn. One blockading Black's pieces lack harmony, so the
knight does not compensate Black's position is ripe for tactics:
weaknesses. At some point White 36.¥xe5! dxe5 37.¤xe5 ¤d6
might sacrifice the exchange on b6.; 38.¦bxf3
Maybe better was 24...¤xc5 25.¤xc5 Maybe even better was 38.¤xf7!
dxc5 26.f3 ¤d6 27.¤d3 g4 28.¢h1 ¤xf7 39.¦g4 £f6 40.¤d3
25.¤d3 ¦f7 26.¥c3! ¦e7? 38...£xe4 39.¤xf7 ¤xf7 40.¤d3
Black fortifies his pawn chain, but ¤g6 41.¤xc5 £xc4 42.¤e6+ ¢e8
now he has no play at all. Better was 43.£d1 ¦d7 44.¦d3 ¥b6 45.¦g4
26...g4 Then White would probably £a2 46.¦e4! ¤fe5 47.¦d2 £xa3
choose between promising sacrifices: 48.f4 ¤f7 49.¦d3! (D)
27.¤axc5!? and 27.¥xe5!? dxe5 XIIIIIIIIY
28.¤axc5 27...¤xc5 28.¤xc5 dxc5 9-+-+k+-+0
29.¦b8 ¦fc7 30.£b2 9+-+r+n+p0
27.£e2! ¦c7 (D) 9pvl-+N+n+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+P+-+-0
9-+nvl-+k+0 9-+-+RzP-+0
9trntr-+-wqp0 9wq-+R+-+-0
9p+-zp-+-+0 9-+-+-+-zP0
9+-zpPzp-zp-0 9+-+Q+-+K0
9N+P+Pzp-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zPRvLN+-+-0 White has centralised all his pieces
9-+-+QzPPzP0 and is ready for the final attack.
9+R+-+-mK-0 49...£a2!
xiiiiiiiiy In a difficult position Short is putting
White has more space, control over up a lot of resistance. After 49...£d6
the b−file, better minor pieces, but 50.£a1!+− White's task would be
one still needs to break through much easier.
somewhere in order to win the game. 50.¦b3?!
I really admire Anand's next move, Anand's only minor mistake in this
which shows his superb game, although it was not easy to
understanding of chess: find a better move here. After 50.d6?
28.g3!! ¦xd6 51.¤g5+ ¤e7 52.¦xd6 ¤xd6
What is great about this move is 53.£xd6 £b1+ 54.¢g2 £g1+
that White strikes where Black is 55.¢h3 £f1+ Black has a draw.;
supposed to play. Anand correctly Perhaps better is 50.¦d2 but after
judged that Black's pieces tied on the
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51.¤c5+! ¤e7 52.£e1! ¥d8 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
53.¦e2!(D)
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CT-195, 21st May 2001
who is in good form and who is not, so

All games decisive at I'll be watching them with great interest.
Astana …
Results of first round
Alex Baburin writes: Kramnik (RUS) - Gelfand (ISR) - 1-0
Morozevich (RUS) - Sadvakasov (KAZ)
I
n Kazakhstan's capital Astana, a - 1-0
super-tournament with Kramnik, Shirov (ESP) - Kasparov (RUS) - 0-1
Kasparov, Morozevich, Shirov,
Gelfand and Sadvakasov started today. Round 2 pairings
And what a start it was - all games were Kasparov (2835) - Gelfand (2712)
decisive! Kasparov beat Shirov with Sadvakasov (2585) - Kramnik (2797)
Black and brought his score (not Shirov (2722) - Morozevich (2749)
counting draws) against him to an
amazing height - 12:0! Kramnik defeated At the II Merida Tournament in Mexico
Gelfand on White's side of the Catalan. It Anand beat Short to go clear first.
looked like Boris should be OK in the
ending, which arose soon after the
opening, but Vladimir kept the pressure
on and emerged victorious, showing nice
technique. Alexander Morozevich had
White against Darmen Sadvakasov,
which could be dangerous for World's
No. 4, who often does better with Black.
Yet, today Alexander played splendidly
with White and won a good game, which
we offer in our Game section today. All
games are included in our CBV and PGN
supplements. There is good coverage of
the event at www.kasparovchess.com
(with Garry's express comments of his
first round game), www.clubkasparov.ru
(for those who read Russian) and
www.fide.com. Interestingly enough, the
Russian page of Kasparov Chess claims
that the tournament is covered in jointly
and in co-operation between Club Anand goes top in Mexico
Kasparov and FIDE Commerce - an
alliance almost unthinkable just a few
Anand - Short 1-0
months ago! Khalifman - Hernandez 1-0
The pairings for tomorrow are Shirov-
Round 3 Standings:
Morozevich, Sadvakasov-Kramnik and
1. Anand 2½
Kasparov-Gelfand. In the first game
2. Short 1½
anything can happen, while in the other
3. Khalifman 1½
two my money is on Kramnik and
4. Hernandez ½
Kasparov, though I hope that Boris
Gelfand can put a good fight against
Latest: Round 4: Viswanathan Anand -
Kasparov. The first 2-3 rounds will show

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Alexander Jalifman ½:½ with Short and If you haven't entered yet, do it now at
Hernandez still playing. http://www.iccf.com! And if you have
entered, tell your friends to enter too!
After the round 7 results for the Bosnia
2001 tournament the table has a familiar ¤¤¤
look to it. Tactical Quiz
Georgiev - Kozul 1-0 I Gaponenko (2383) − K Rohonyan
Topalov - Kurajica1-0 (2340)
Sokolov - Dizdarevic ½:½ ch−UKR Women Kramatorsk UKR (10),
Movsesian - Smirin 0-1 05.04.2001
Atalik - Dreev 0-1 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-snrtr-mk0
Round 7 Standings: 9+pwq-+-zpp0
1. Smirin 5.0 9p+-zp-zp-+0
2. Georgiev 5.0 9+-zpL+-+-0
3. Topalov 5.0 9-+-+P+Q+0
4. Dreev 4½ 9zP-zPP+-tR-0
5. Dizdarevic 3½ 9-zP-+-+PzP0
6. Sokolov 3½ 9+-+-+RmK-0
7. Kurajica 2½ xiiiiiiiiy
8. Movsesian 2½ White's pieces are much more active
9. Kozul 2½ than their black counterparts. The d5−
10. Atalik 1.0 bishop is particularly strong. How can
White (to play) capitalise on this
Chess Today reader (he has been with us advantage?
since CT-1!) and
General Secretary of ¤¤¤
the ICCF, Alan
Rawlings Annotated Game
sends us this Notes by GM Alex Baburin
message:
<< A Morozevich (2749) −
D Sadvakasov (2585)
Today (Sunday 20
Astana (1), 20.05.2001 B90
May) ICCF received
the 1000th entry for 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
the ICCF Free 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.f3
Jubilee Email Open,
which is a rate of almost 20 entries daily XIIIIIIIIY
ever since we 'opened for business' in
late March. There are still several weeks 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
to go before entries close, and we are 9+p+-zppzpp0
clearly looking at ICCF's largest 9p+-zp-sn-+0
tournament entry for very many years.
Entries have been received from 67
9+-+-+-+-0
countries, including 15 that are not 9-+-sNP+-+0
current members of ICCF; the ten 9+-sN-+P+-0
leading nations are Germany (100), USA
(81), Netherlands (64), England (60),
9PzPP+-+PzP0
Czech Republic (57), Italy (54), Brazil 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
(49), Spain (44), Denmark (38) and xiiiiiiiiy
France (34). This system is very popular at the top
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level and Alexander Morozevich is one XIIIIIIIIY

of the main experts on it − with both 9-+r+k+-tr0
colours. For example, the game 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
Tiviakov−Morozevich, Wjik aan Zee 9psn-zplsn-+0
2001 comes to mind.
6...e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 8.¥e3 h5
9+p+-zp-+p0
This is a prophylactic against g2−g4.
9-+-+P+P+0
Only two decades ago such a move 9+NsNLvLP+P0
would be unthinkable, as Black creates a 9PzPPwQ-+-+0
potential target on the flank where White 9+K+R+-+R0
plans to play. But chess strategy is more xiiiiiiiiy
complex now than it used to be in the Now White starts a typical operation,
pre−Kasparov era. This move was hardly which leads to a serious change in the
a surprise for Morozevich, as pawn formation.
Sadvakasov has employed it a few times 15.¥xb6! £xb6 16.g5 ¤d7 17.¤d5
before. ¥xd5 18.exd5 g6 19.¦he1 £c7 20.h4
9.£d2 ¤bd7 10.0-0-0 XIIIIIIIIY
In a similar position against Sadler in 9-+r+k+-tr0
1999 Morozevich opted for 10.Be2 and 9+-wqnvlp+-0
11.0-0, but eventually lost in a very 9p+-zp-+p+0
complex battle. Today he tries a different
set−up. Another possible plan is 10.a4
9+p+Pzp-zPp0
for example: 10...¥e7 (10...¦c8 11.¥e2 9-+-+-+-zP0
¤b6 12.a5 ¤c4 13.¥xc4 ¦xc4 14.0-0 9+N+L+P+-0
¥e7 15.¦fd1 0-0 16.¥g5 £c7 17.¥xf6 9PzPPwQ-+-+0
¥xf6 18.£xd6 ¦c8 19.£xc7 ¦8xc7 9+K+RtR-+-0
20.¦d2 ¥g5 21.¦e2 ¦c8 22.¦d1 ¦4c6 xiiiiiiiiy
Sedlak−Sadvakasov, Subotica 2000.) 20...¤b6
11.¥e2 ¦c8 12.0-0 ¤b6 13.¦fd1 d5 Black would like to castle, but after
14.a5 d4 15.axb6 ¥xb3 16.cxb3 dxe3 20...0-0 f4−f5 looks very unpleasant.
17.£xd8+ ¥xd8 18.¦a5 ¤d7 19.¦ad5 21.f4! exf4?
¤xb6 20.¦xe5+ ¢f8 21.¦c5! J.Polgar− I think this is Black's only mistake in
Sadvakasov, Hoogeveen 1999. the game, but it is a serious one! Better
10...¦c8 11.¢b1 ¥e7 12.h3 was 21...¤xd5 with unclear play after
This is a rare move. White prepares 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.¥xb5+ axb5 24.£xd5
g2−g4, even though he cannot play it £xc2+ 25.¢a1 0-0
immediately. 12.¤d5 ¥xd5 (12...¤xd5 22.£xf4 0-0
13.exd5 ¥f5 14.¥d3 ¥xd3 15.£xd3 ¥g5 22...¤xd5?? 23.£d4
16.¥f2 0-0 17.h4 ¥h6 18.g4 ¥f4 19.¤d2 23.¤d4 ¦fe8
hxg4 20.fxg4 ¦e8 21.g5 e4 22.¤xe4 XIIIIIIIIY
¤e5 23.£h3 ¤c4 24.¦he1 b5 9-+r+r+k+0
Perunovic−Sadvakasov, Subotica 2000.) 9+-wq-vlp+-0
13.exd5 ¤b6 14.¥xb6 £xb6 15.g3 0-0 9psn-zp-+p+0
16.¥h3 ¦a8 17.¦he1 a5 18.a4 £c7
19.¥f1 ¦fc8 20.¥b5 ¥f8 21.f4± Shirov−
9+p+P+-zPp0
Svidler, Linares 1998.; 12.£d3 ¥d5 9-+-sN-wQ-zP0
13.exd5 0-0 14.¥f2 ¦e8 15.h4 b5 16.¦e1 9+-+L+-+-0
g6 17.¤xb5 axb5 18.a4 ¤xd5 19.axb5 9PzPP+-+-+0
¦b8 20.¦d1 ¤c5 21.¥xc5 ¦c8 22.¥xd6 9+K+RtR-+-0
f6 23.¥c7 ¢f7 24.b6 e4 25.fxe4 ¥d6 xiiiiiiiiy
26.¥xd6 ¤c7 27.¥xc7 ½-½ Ye White is better as he has more space
Jiangchuan−Sadvakasov,D/Istanbul and better pieces. Many would consider
TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 312 (27) here something like 24.Qf3, followed by
12...£c7 13.¥d3 b5 14.g4 ¤b6 Nd4−c6, but Morozevich has a different
plan in mind: 23...¤xd5 Again Black
could not take the d5−pawn as after
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A nice touch − White is going to play Editors:
29. .¥xg6, while 28... ¤xd5 29. £g5+ GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
¢g7 30. ¦xe8 is bad for Black. Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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25...h6 26.¦xf6!+−
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Black resigned in view of 26...Nxh7
27.Rf4, followed by 28.Qxg8+! and
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CT-196, 22nd May 2001
chance to 'punish' the rebels, hence the

Report from Astana name of the tournament! :-)
by Vladimir Barsky Today the round started later than

planned, as Kramnik, Kasparov and
Sadvakasov paid a visit to Kazakhstan's
T
he tournament, dedicated to
the 10th anniversary of President Sultan Nazarbayev, who
Kazakhstan's Independence, is promised to turn this tournament into a
receiving a lot of attention in the country tradition.
and the organisers are trying their best -
so far the tournament is really well run. Meanwhile in the tournament round 2
The players stay in the best hotel in was very tense.
Astana and play in a theatre. There was a
nice opening ceremony, with interesting Shirov got a winning advantage in the
folk dancing. There are many spectators opening in Morozevich's beloved
in the playing hall, even though the variation of the French (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5
admission is not free. Astana (formerly 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7
Tselinograd) is a nice city, with a 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 a6). Then Morozevich
particularly attractive city centre, which put up a good fight and Shirov allowed
closely resembles European town Black a chance to escape in the rook
centres. ending. Alas, Alexander missed his
chance and lost the game. (Note: See 3rd
While all players are treated well, Quiz question to see if you can do
Kramnik and Kasparov are being better!)
received as kings in Kazakhstan - each of
them has his personal Mercedes with a Boris Gelfand played the French Defence
chauffeur. Other players go to the against Kasparov. In recent tournaments
playing hall in a bus, which they have Garry played 3.Nd2 instead of his usual
already called a 'school bus' - professors 3.Nc3 and maybe this prompted Boris to
arrive to the exam in a Merc! :-) try this opening against the former World
Champion (it seems that Gelfand never
Another players' invention is the name played the French before!). Black stood
'tournament of Kasparov's friends'. It is well after the opening, but became afraid
not a secret that Garry does not of some ghosts and sacrificed his queen
particularly like Shirov, Morozevich or for rook and bishop. Kasparov had the
Gelfand. The first one accused Kasparov advantage, but failed to convert it - draw.
publicly of many sins (not always
correctly, in our opinion), while others Darmen Sadvakasov was White against
helped Kramnik in his pre-match the World Champion. He tried what
preparation against Kasparov last year. Kasparov did not in London last year - he
That prompted Garry's anger after the played the Scotch. Vladimir did not have
match. He never explained why in his real problems in the game and
opinion they could not offer their support subsequently outplayed his opponent in
to Kramnik (Kasparov always had many the ending.
top class GMs helping him in all his
matches), and why they did not offer The pairing for tomorrow:
their help to Kasparov, but this is another Kramnik - Shirov
story... Meanwhile Garry, who takes Gelfand - Sadvakasov
such offences rather personally, has a Morozevich - Kasparov.
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Shirov used to be a difficult opponent for Round 4

Kramnik, but this has changed recently. Khalifman - Anand ½:½
So far Morozevich has not won a single Short - Hernandez 1-0
game against Kasparov, but was close to
winning last year in Sarajevo, so Hernandez lost his 3rd game in a row to
anything can happen here as well. Short’s Maroczy Bind whilst Kahlifman
Gelfand will obviously try to get to 50% and Anand had their usual draw.
by beating the tournament's outsider. So,
it is going another interesting day! Round 4 Standings:
1. Anand 3.0
(Vladimir Barsky, reporting for Chess 2. Short 2½
Today from Astana, by phone). 3. Khalifman 2.0
You can find live coverage in the 4. Hernandez ½
playing zone of
www.kasparovchess.com where the Round 5 pairings
comments of the watching Anand - Hernandez
chessplayers add spice to the battles, Khalifman - Short
www.clubkasparov.ru (for those who
read Russian) and www.fide.com. Round 8 results for the Bosnia 2001
Tournament:
The Russian Club Championship has just 1. Kurajica - Dreev ½:½
finished in Tomsk. It saw many top 2. Smirin - Atalik 0-1
players competing for different teams, 3. Dizdarevic - Movsesian ½:½
such as Korchnoi, Bareev, Svidler, 4.Kozul - Sokolov 1-0
Grischuk, Rublevsky, Sakaev, Bologan, 5.Topalov - Georgiev ½:½
Onischuk, etc. In the final round the 1st
team from St. Petersburg beat its main Round 8 Standings:
rival 'Norilsky Nikel' 3½-2½ and won the 1. Georgiev 5½
championship with 6 points out of 10. 2. Topalov 5½
The fact that the winner scored only 60% 3. Smirin 5.0
in match points shows how tense the 4. Dreev 5.0
championship was.
¤¤¤
Tactical Quiz
By GM Alex Baburin
I Glek (2566) − S Arkhipov (2531)

TCh−RUS; Tomsk RUS (2), 14.05.2001
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+-tr0
9+-wqp+pzpp0
9p+-vlp+-+0
9+-zplzP-+-0
'Norilsky Nikel' got 5 points, as did 9-+-+-+-+0
'Gazovik' and 'Sibir', but 'Nikel' 9+-+-+-+-0
finished 2nd on a tie-break. Gazovik 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
got the 3rd place and the last 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
available spot in the European Club xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
At the II Merida Tournament in
Mexico the results were as follows:
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9+-trN+-+-0 http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca
9-+-+P+-+0 http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/To
9+P+-+P+-0 msk01.html
9P+PwQ-+PzP0 http://www.deportesmerida.gob.mx/magi
9+K+R+-+R0 stral/ultimo.htm
xiiiiiiiiy http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net
White to play http://www.iccf.com!
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Shirov has just played 55.¢b2?? where Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
he should have played the winning Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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Morozevich replied with 55...¢b4?? but
as one young spectator pointed out in
the post match analysis he could
Editors:
have drawn! GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
Answers to quiz Technical editors:
(1) 14.£xd5! Nice touch! 14 ...exd5 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
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CT-197, 23rd May 2001
Anand Wins II Meirda Darmen Sadvakasov lost his 3rd game in

a row. Today he was really unlucky, as
Tournament in his flag fell in a position, where a draw
was the most likely result.
Mexico!
Garry Kasparov caught up with Vladimir
Kramnik by beating Alexander
T he double round robin II Merida

Tournament in Mexico has ended
with GM Vishy Anand winning
with an undefeated 4½ points out of 6,
Morozevich in
a very
complex
game. We
defeating both Short and Hernandez in
their mini-matches and drawing both show it in our
games against Khalifman. Hernandez Annotated
could only manage two draws. Game section.
Results of the 6th and Final round: Standings

Short - Anand ½:½ after 3 rounds:
Hernandez - Khalifman ½:½ 1-2. Vladimir
Kramnik and
Finals Standings: Garry
Anand - 4½ Kasparov -
Short - 3½ 2½ points.
Khalifman - 3.0 3-4. Alexey
Hernandez - 1.0 Shirov and Boris Gelfand - 1½ points.
5. Alexander Morozevich -1 point.
6. Darmen Sadvakasov - 0 points.
Astana
Report by GM Alex Baburin Tomorrow is a day-off at the tournament.
On Thursday we will see the following
T
key
he 3rd round in Astana was as
bloody as two the previous ones -
again only one draw today. The
game was Kramnik-Shirov.
games:
Kramnik - Kasparov
Gelfand - Morozevich
Sadvakasov - Shirov.
Relations between the two players have
been uneasy, although they are not as bad It is going to be very interesting!
as those between Shirov and Kasparov.
Previously Shirov was a very difficult The 36th Capablanca Memorial has
opponent for Kramnik (Shirov won their ended with GM Francisco Vallejo
match in 1998), but in Wjik aan Zee finishing in first place in the Elite Group
Vladimir won and then also beat Alexey with an impressive score of 8½ points
2-0 in Monaco in March. Today Kramnik out of 12, a point and half ahead of
had the advantage again, but failed to second place finisher GM Hannes
convert what looked like a winning Stefannson (Iceland).
ending, despite the opposite colored
bishops. See the attached CBV file and Results of the 13th round:
look at move 42. Amazingly, it is not Vallejo - Miles ½:½
possible to show a win after 42.h4, what Andersson - Luther ½:½
Kramnik played. Nogueiras - Stefansson ½:½
Bruzon - Dominguez ½:½
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Nataf - Hauchard ½:½ XIIIIIIIIY

Delgado - Abreu 1:0 9-+rwqltrk+0
9zpp+nvlp+p0
9-+-+p+pwQ0
The Standings (before tiebreaks): 9+-+-sN-+-0
1. Vallejo - 8½ 9-+-zP-tR-+0
2. Stefannson - 7.0 9+-sN-zP-+-0
3. Dominguez - 6½ 9PzP-+-+PzP0
4. Andersson - 6½ 9+L+-+RmK-0
5. Luther - 6½ xiiiiiiiiy
6. Miles - 6.0 White to play
7. Arencibia - 6.0 ¤¤¤
8. Hauchard - 6.0
9. Bruzon - 6.0 Annotated Game
10. Abreu - 5½
11. Nataf - 5.0
12. Nogueiras - 5.0 A. Morozevich (2749) − G.
13. Delgado - 4.0 Kasparov (2827) [B87]
Astana, KAZ (3), 22.05.2001 B87
The 65th Bulgarian Men's 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4
Championship in Tzarevo has come In January in Holland
to end with Aleksander Delchev and Alexander played 3.Bb5+
Boris Chatalbashev sharing first against Garry and made
place with 7 points. Third place went a quick draw. Today he
to Marijan Petrov with 6½ points decided to give him a
and Vasil Spasov came in fourth with battle in the Najdorf.
6 points. 3...cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 (D)
Topalov
GM Kiril Georgiev wins the Bosnia
2001 Super tournament. XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Results of 9th and Final Round: 9+p+-zppzpp0
1. Georgiev - Kurajica 1:0
2. Sokolov - Topalov ½:½
9p+-zp-sn-+0
3. Movsesiani - Kozul ½:½ 9+-+-+-+-0
4. Atalik - Dizdarevic 1:0 9-+LsNP+-+0
5. Dreevi - Smirin ½:½ 9+-sN-+-+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Final standings of top 4: 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
1. Kiril Georgiev - 6½ xiiiiiiiiy
2. Vaselin Topalov - 6.0
This move, once incredibly popular,
3. Ilia Smirin - 5½
has recently lost its place in chess
4. Alexei Dreev - 5½
fashion to 6.Be3. However, it is still a
dangerous weapon.
¤¤¤ 6...e6 7.¥b3 b5 8.0-0 ¥e7 9.£f3 £c7
10.£g3 0-0 11.¥h6 ¤e8 12.¦ad1
Tactical Quiz ¥d7 13.f4 ¤c6 (D)
1. B. Kalezic − D. Popadic
52nd ch−Montenegro Tivat YUG (7),
15.12.2000 B22

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XIIIIIIIIY Black could play 18...exf5 19.exf5

9r+-+ntrk+0 ¥xb2; Perhaps White counted on
9+-wqlvlpzpp0 18.fxe6 ¥xe6 19.¥xe6 bxc3 20.¥d5
9p+nzpp+-vL0 but then Black has a pleasant choice
9+p+-+-+-0 between 20...£c8 (20...cxb2 21.¥xa8
9-+-sNPzP-+0 £a7+ 22.¢h1 £xa8 where Black is
9+LsN-+-wQ-0 close to winning, thanks to his super
9PzPP+-+PzP0 strong b−pawn.)
9+-+R+RmK-0 18...g6 19.¤e2 a5! 20.¥xf8
xiiiiiiiiy 20.£h4. In his explicit analysis at:
14.f5 www.clubkasparov.ru Kasparov said
White must activate the b3−bishop, that he analysed 20...a4 21.¥g5 h5
as otherwise it would be a rather (21...axb3? 22.£h6+−) 22.g4 with
useless piece. In this line of Najdorf wild complications.
White must either sacrifice something 20...¢xf8 21.£h4 a4 22.£xh7 £a7+
on e6 or attack Black's e6−pawn with 23.¢h1 ¤xf6 24.£h6+ ¢e7 25.¥c4
f2−f4−f5. Last year in Istanbul £c5 (D)
Morozevich played here 14.¥g5 XIIIIIIIIY
against Gelfand. After 14...¥xg5 9r+-+-+-+0
15.fxg5 ¤xd4 16.¦xd4 £c5 17.£e3 9+-+lmkp+-0
b4 18.¤d1 ¥b5 19.¦e1 a5 20.c3 ¤c7 9-+-zppsnpwQ0
21.h4 ¦fb8 22.£f2 ¥e8 a very 9+-wq-vl-+-0
unclear position arose. 9pzpL+P+-+0
14...¤xd4 15.¦xd4 ¥f6 16.¦d3 ¥e5 9+-+R+-+-0
A new move − in the game 9PzPP+N+PzP0
Macieja−Wojtkiewicz Black played 9+-+-+R+K0
16...Kh8. xiiiiiiiiy
17.£g4 Black has full compensation for the
White goes for attack. Yet, it is a exchange. GM Shipov recommends
pity to leave such a powerful bishop here 25...¥c6!?
alive! After 17.¥f4 Black would have 26.b3 axb3 27.¥xb3?!
probably played 17...¤f6 18.fxe6 Perhaps better was 27.axb3
fxe6 19.¥xe5 dxe5 when he has 27...¥b5 28.¤f4 ¥xf4 29.£xf4 £e5
problems with his e−pawns, but 30.h3?
White's bishop is shut out of play. But According to Alexander Morozevich,
still it was a worthy alternative for here he should have played 30.£f2!
White. 30...g5! 31.£f2 g4 32.£b6
17...b4! (D) On his site Kasparov mentions
XIIIIIIIIY 32.£xf6+ £xf6 33.¦xf6 ¢xf6 34.¦xd6
9r+-+ntrk+0 gxh3 35.¦d4 hxg2+ 36.¢xg2 and
9+-wql+pzpp0 White is OK.
9p+-zpp+-vL0 32...¤d7 33.£f2 ¤f6 34.£b6 ¦h8
9+-+-vlP+-0 (D)
9-zp-+P+Q+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+LsNR+-+-0 9-+-+-+-tr0
9PzPP+-+PzP0 9+-+-mkp+-0
9-wQ-zppsn-+0
9+-+-+RmK-0 9+l+-wq-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zp-+P+p+0
18.f6! 9+L+R+-+P0
After 18.¤e2 White's knight would 9P+P+-+P+0
be away from the d5−square, so 9+-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Here both players were rather short Solution to tactical Quiz.

of time, but Black wanted more than 1. 21.¤xf7! ¥xf7 22.¦xf7 ¦xf7
a draw. 23.¦xf7 ¢xf7 24.£xh7+ ¢f8
35.¦xd6? 24...¢f6 25.£xg6# 25.¥xg6 Black
35.£c7+ ¤d7 36.¦xd6 ¦xh3+ cannot satisfactory defend the f7−
37.gxh3 £xe4+ 38.¢g1 and Black square, so he resigned. 1-0
has only the perpetual.
35...£xd6 36.£xd6+ ¢xd6 37.¦xf6 Recommended Web sites:
¦h7! 38.¢h2 ¢e5 39.¦f2 gxh3
40.gxh3 ¥c6 (D) http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.ht
XIIIIIIIIY ml
9-+-+-+-+0 http://www.ks.gov.ba/bosna2001
9+-+-+p+r0 http://www.chessbg.com
9-+l+p+-+0 http://www.inder.co.cu/capablanca/
9+-+-mk-+-0 http://www.totalchess.spb.ru/Kalend/To
9-zp-+P+-+0 msk01.html
9+L+-+-+P0 http://www.deportesmerida.gob.mx/magi
9P+P+-tR-mK0 stral/ultimo.htm
9+-+-+-+-0 http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net
xiiiiiiiiy
All White's pawns are horrible, so
his position is probably lost. In this
game White's light−squared bishop
failed to play an active role.
41.¥c4 ¥xe4 42.¦e2 f5 43.¥d3 ¢f4
44.¥xe4 fxe4 45.¦f2+ ¢e3 46.¦f8
e5! 47.¦e8 ¦c7 48.¦xe5? (D)
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Better was 48.¢g3 activating the
king. Editors:
48...¢f4! GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
The rest is easy: Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
49.¦b5 ¦xc2+ 50.¢g1 e3 51.¦xb4+
¢f3 52.¦b1 ¦g2+ 53.¢h1 e2 54.a4 Technical editors:
¢f2 55.a5 ¦g5 56.¢h2 ¦xa5 57.h4 Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
¦a3 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
Black separates the enemy king Alexander Baburin © and protected
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Copyright convention. Any unauthorised
own pawn. A Good game by
reproduction, via print, electronic format, or
Kasparov, but it was not easy sailing in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited
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CT-198, 24th May 2001
energy does not

Happy allow him to achieve
Birthday his best form to
compete with young
Anatoly! and very strong
professionals.
A
natoly Karpov Nevertheless at the
celebrates his 50th last super-tournament
birthday today. we sometimes saw
the great Karpov’s
The 12th World Champion touches.
is one of the greatest Congratulations,
players in chess history. Anatoly Evgenievich,
From 1975 (after Robert we wish you good
Fischer’s refusal to defend health and a lot of
the World Champion’s energy for your future victories!
Title) to 1985, when he lost his crown to
Garry Kasparov, Karpov was a real King Now let’s take a look at the chess
of the chess world. He won almost every events:-
tournament he entered. During his career
he has won more than 150 events – this A big chess festival is underway in
record is unlikely to be beaten for some Switzerland. Today was the second day
long time. of the quarterfinals at the Lausanne
Young Masters and it brought a
Karpov’s style, based on a unique sensational result – 14 year old Andrey
understanding of position, looks quite Volokitin of Ukraine outplayed his
simple. He often allowed his opponents famous compatriot Ruslan Ponomariov
to achieve quite acceptable positions but and goes onto the semifinal! Other
then we often saw a kind of miracle: after matches will be decided on tie-breaks.
slow, sometimes mysterious manoeuvres, Ponomariov – Volokitin ½:½ 0:1
it turned out that every Karpov piece was Aronian – Bacrot ½:½ ½:½
placed in the most effective position and Harikrishna – Sasikirian ½:½ ½:½
his army was dominating. Many top Bu Xiangzhi – Bruzon ½:½ ½:½
players, watching some of his games,
could not understand what was going on After 3 rounds of the Open Masters
till the very end. Maximum usage of GMs Laurent Fressinet (France), Peter
minimum resources – one of the main Varga (Hungary), IMs Peter Genov
secrets of his extraordinary technique. (Bulgaria) and Eshan Ghaem Maghami
Karpov – is a whole epoch in chess. His (Iran) are leading with perfect scores.
battles of the giants against Kasparov
made a great contribution to the game of GM Drazen Sermek (Slovenia) leads in
chess – almost every top player grew up the strong open tournament in Pula,
on these matches… Croatia – after 5 rounds he keeps a
perfect score! Home GMs Ognjen
Karpov is still one of the best world Cvitan and 69 year old (!) Nikolac
players but he is not as formidable an Juraj are sharing second place, half a
opponent as some 10 years ago. He point behind. 14 players have got 4
deserves high praise for his great public points.
work and of course a lack of time and
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Today is a day-off at the super-

tournament in Astana – Vladimir (4) Karpov − Topalov
Kramnik and Garry Kasparov are Dos Hermanas (9), 1994
sharing the lead with 2½ points after 3 XIIIIIIIIY
rounds and tomorrow they will meet each 9-+l+rvl-+0
other! 9zpp+-+pmk-0
9-+n+-+pzp0
¤¤¤ 9+-zpN+-+-0
Karpov Quiz 9-+-+qvL-+0
9+-zP-+Q+P0
(1) Karpov − Salov 9PzP-+-zPP+0
Linares (1), 1993 9+-+R+LmK-0
9r+-+rvlk+0 White to play
9+l+-+Nzpp0
9-wq-zp-+n+0
9+-zpP+-+-0 ¤¤¤
9-+-+-tR-+0 Annotated Game
9+PsN-+-wQ-0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
9-+-+P+LzP0
9+-+-+R+K0 Karpov (2775) − Beliavsky (2620)
xiiiiiiiiy Yugoslavia (ch−T) Niksic, 1996 D58
White to play It is too difficult to select an example of
Karpov's extraordinary technique − there
(2) Lautier − Karpov are just too many of them. This game,
Linares (8), 1995 played in the Yugoslavian team
XIIIIIIIIY Championship, is probably not very well
known to chess lovers. I was one of the
9-+-+-+k+0 spectators and it was really amazing to
9zp-+-+pzp-0 see how he continually improved a
9-+-+-+-zp0 position which looked absolutely
9+-+-+P+-0 impossible to improve!
9-+p+-+-+0 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 ¥e7
9zP-+p+PwQK0 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.£b3
9-tr-+-wq-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+L+-tR-+-0 9rsnlwq-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black to play 9zp-zp-vlpzp-0
9-zp-+psn-zp0
(3) Karpov − Korchnoi
Candidates final Moscow (2), 1974
9+-+p+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+PzP-+-vL0
9-+-+r+k+0 9+QsN-zPN+-0
9zpp+-zpp+p0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9-+lzp-snpwQ0
9wq-+N+-+-0 9tR-+-mKL+R0
9-+-+PsN-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+P+-0 One of the methods of preparing for
9PzPP+-+-+0 the typical ...c7−c5 in the Tartakower
9+-mK-+-+R0 variation.
xiiiiiiiiy 8...¥b7 9.¥xf6 ¥xf6 10.cxd5 exd5
White to play 11.¦d1 c6 12.¥d3 ¥c8!?
A rather new idea: Black improves the
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bishop on b7 first. 12...¦e8 13.0-0 ¤d7; the Knight occupies this ugly−looking
and 12...¤a6 13.0-0 ¤c7 are usually position. It is hard to believe but this will
played. be the key manoeuvre of the whole
13.0-0!? game!
XIIIIIIIIY 22...¦ad8
9rsnlwq-trk+0 Black avoids ...g7−g6 after which
9zp-+-+pzp-0 White can think about f3−f4−f5 improving
9-zpp+-vl-zp0 his pawn structure; if Black blocks the f−
pawn by playing ...f7−f5 himself then
9+-+p+-+-0 White can transfer the Knight to e5 via
9-+-zP-+-+0 e1 and f3.
9+QsNLzPN+-0 23.f4 ¥f6 24.¦dc2 c5!?
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 This is tempting − Black sacrifices a
9+-+R+RmK-0 pawn but opens up the position and
xiiiiiiiiy forces White's knight to remain passive
Karpov is not worried about ...Bg4. on g2. Nevertheless 24...g6!? was
Maybe he is enticing Black to play it?! In worthy of consideration, as after 25.¥g4
the game Bagirov − Klovans, Tbilisi 1973 h5 26.¥f3 £d7 (26...¦c8?! 27.f5) 27.¢h2
Black achieved acceptable play after ¤e6 the position does not look so bad
13.h3 ¥e6 14.¥b1 ¦e8 15.¤e2 £d6 for Black.
16.0-0 ¤d7= 25.dxc5 bxc5 26.¦xc5 ¦b6 27.¦b5
13...¥g4 14.¤e2!? ¦xb5 28.£xb5 d4!
Consistent with his previous move − XIIIIIIIIY
White is not worried about the doubling 9-+-tr-snk+0
of the pawns on the f−file. 9zp-+-wqpzp-0
14...£e7 15.¥b1 ¦c8 16.h3 ¥xf3 9-+-+-vl-zp0
17.gxf3 ¤d7 18.¤f4 ¤f8 9+Q+-+L+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-zp-zP-+0
9r+r+-snk+0 9+-+-zP-+P0
9zp-+-wqpzp-0 9PzP-+-zPN+0
9-zpp+-vl-zp0 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9-+-zP-sN-+0 29.b4
9+Q+-zPP+P0 29.e4?! g6! 30.e5 gxf5 31.exf6 £xf6
9PzP-+-zP-+0 was good for Black.
9+L+R+RmK-0 29...dxe3 30.fxe3 g5
xiiiiiiiiy 30...g6!? also comes into
The position looks very good for Black. consideration.
During the game it was hard to 31.£c5 ¦d6
understand how Karpov was going to As Karpov indicates in his notes,
create problems for Black. 31...£b7 would have been parried by
19.¦d2 ¦d8 20.¦c1 ¦d6 21.¥f5 ¥g5 32.£c6 £e7 33.£e4
22.¤g2! 32.¢h1 ¤e6 33.£c8+ ¢g7 34.¦g1 ¦d2
XIIIIIIIIY 35.£c4 £d6 36.a4
9r+-+-snk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+-wqpzp-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-zpptr-+-zp0 9zp-+-+pmk-0
9+-+p+Lvl-0 9-+-wqnvl-zp0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9+-+-+Lzp-0
9+Q+-zPP+P0 9PzPQ+-zP-+0
9PzP-tR-zPN+0 9+-+-zP-+P0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9-+-tr-+N+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-tRK0
This is the first (but not the last!) time xiiiiiiiiy
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White is still a pawn up but it looks 48.¤xe3 ¢xe3 49.¦xa7 was lost for
impossible to convert it to a full point, as Black.
his knight and rook are very passive. 48.¦c4+ ¢d5 49.¦g4
36...¢f8 37.£c8+ XIIIIIIIIY
37.b5!? deserves attention. 9-+-+-+-+0
37...¢g7 38.¥xe6 9zp-+-+-+-0
Under time pressure, White could not 9-+-+pvl-zp0
find anything better than simplifying into
an ending by exchanging both his active
9+P+k+-+-0
pieces.
9P+-+-+RzP0
38...£xe6 39.£xe6 fxe6 40.¦c1 ¢g6 9+-+-zP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-tr-+N+0
9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-+-+-+-0 49...e5?!
It is not easy to defend a position for
9-+-+pvlkzp0 fifty moves and of course mistakes are
9+-+-+-zp-0 quite possible. Unfortunately for Black
9PzP-+-zP-+0 his first serious inaccuracy is also his
last. 49...¦a2 should have been played
9+-+-zP-+P0 although White has now made some
9-+-tr-+N+0 progress and can continue with 50.¤f4+
¢e5 51.¤d3+ and so on.
9+-tR-+-+K0 50.¦g6 ¥d8 51.¦xh6 ¢e4 52.¦h7 ¢f3
xiiiiiiiiy 53.¦f7+ ¢g3 54.¦g7+ ¢f3 55.h5
How can White win this ending with XIIIIIIIIY
such a passive knight? We were all sure 9-+-vl-+-+0
it would be a draw... 9zp-+-+-tR-0
41.b5 gxf4 42.¤xf4+ ¢f5 43.¦c4 9-+-+-+-+0
The king cannot be allowed to go 9+P+-zp-+P0
further. After 43.¦c7 ¢e4 44.¦f7 ¥e5 9P+-+-+-+0
45.¤xe6 ¢xe3= Black had no problems
at all.
9+-+-zPk+-0
43...¥g5 9-+-tr-+N+0
9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+-+-+-+0 Black produced maximum activity but
9zp-+-+-+-0 the g2 knight protects everything and
deprives Black of any chance of creating
9-+-+p+-zp0 the threats − the h−pawn can simply go
9+P+-+kvl-0 forward!
55...e4 56.¢h2 ¥f6 57.¦g8 ¥e7
9P+R+-sN-+0 58.¦g3+ ¢f2 59.¦g7 ¥d6+ 60.¢h3 ¥e5
9+-+-zP-+P0 61.¦xa7 ¢g1 62.¦e7!
9-+-tr-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+K0 9+-+-tR-+-0
44.¤g2! 9+P+-vl-+P0
The knight is going back to its favourite 9P+-+p+-+0
square. 9+-+-zP-+K0
44...¢e5 45.¢g1 ¢d5
45...¦a2 should have been preferred,
9-+-tr-+N+0
keeping good drawing chances. 9+-+-+-mk-0
46.¦c7 ¢e4 47.h4 ¥f6 xiiiiiiiiy
The rook ending after 47...¥xe3+ Black resigned. It looked like White

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was just playing back and forth but 34.¦xe8+− ¥e6 35.¦xf8 ¥xa2 36.¦c8
somehow he has managed to collect all Black resigned as White is going to
Black's pawns! Only Karpov knows how collect some pawns with ¦c7 and so on.
to do this... 1-0 1-0
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24...¥xd5 Now after 24...dxe5 25.¤xf6+ will go up!
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30...¢xf6
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30...£xf3 31.¤xe8++−
What now?
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It's fantastic!
31...¢xe5 32.£xe4+ ¢xe4 33.¦e1+ ¢f5
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CT-199, 25th May 2001
Kasparov and Quarterfinal tie-breaks:

Sasikiran – Harikrishna ½:½ 1:0
Kramnik Maintain Bruzon – Bu Xiangzhi 1:0 ½:½
Bacrot – Aronian 1:0 0:1 1:0 0:1 1:0
Slim Lead in Astana
A very tough battle between Etienne
Bacrot and Levon Aronian was decided
only in a “sudden death” blitz game.
T oday was a rather quiet day at the

super-tournament in Astana,
Kazakhstan.
Semifinals:
Bacrot – Sasikiran 1:0
Results of the 4th Round: Volokitin – Bruzon ½:½
Kramnik – Kasparov ½:½
Gelfand – Morozevich 1:0 Today French Champion Etienne Bacrot
Sadvakasov – Shirov ½:½ beat young Indian star Krishnan
Sasikiran rather easily. We feature this
The highly anticipated battle between instructive game in our annotated game
Vladimir Kramnik and Garry section below.
Kasparov was slightly disappointing –
Kasparov did not face serious problems GMs Bogdan Lalic (Croatia), Laurent
and equalised the game in the way which Fressinet (France) and IM Peter Genov
was already shown some 20 years ago by (Bulgaria) are leading after 5 rounds of
the Gruenfeld Defence expert, Slovakian the Open Masters – they scored 4½
GM Lubomir Ftacnik. points. 6 players are in chase.
Boris Gelfand convincingly outplayed After 6 rounds GM Drazen Sermek

Alexander Morozevich, who deviated (Slovenia) is dominating the strong open
from his favourite Slav and Chigorin tournament in Pula, Croatia – he still
Defences but seemed to be unfamiliar keeps a perfect score! GMs Ognjen
with an interesting White idea in the Cvitan, Robert Zelcic (both of Croatia),
Chebanenko system. Gyula Sax (Hungary) and Dusko
Pavasovic (Slovenia) are in chase, a full
Darmen Sadvakasov played very solidly point behind
against Alexey Shirov and scored his
¤¤¤
first half a point in the tournament.
Annotated Game
1-2. Kasparov, Kramnik – 3 points E. Bacrot (2618) − K. Sasikiran
3. Gelfand – 2½ (2601)
4. Shirov – 2
5. Morozevich – 1 Lausanne Young Masters,
6. Sadvakasov – ½ Lausanne, 24.05.2001 D27
Today was the first day of the semifinals Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
in the Lausanne Young Masters but 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3
let's first take a look at the results of the e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.¥b3 (D)
tie-breaks.

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XIIIIIIIIY 17.¤xd5 exd5 18.h3 b5 19.¦xd5 ¥e6

9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 20.¦xd8+ ¦xd8 21.£c2 , here a draw
9+p+-+pzpp0 was agreed but Etienne Bacrot has
9p+-+psn-+0 probably prepared an improvement in
9+-zp-+-+-0 this line.
9-+-zP-+-+0 14.¦ad1 (D)
9+L+-zPN+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9r+lwq-trk+0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 9+p+-vlpzpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+-+-sn-+0
Recently this is one of the most 9+-+p+-+-0
promising lines to counter the 9-+-+-vL-+0
Queen's Gambit Accepted. 9+QsN-+N+-0
7...¤c6 8.¤c3 cxd4 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
In case of 8...¥e7 White may go to 9+-+RtR-mK-0
the ending where he keeps a small, xiiiiiiiiy
but stable advantage: 9.dxc5 £xd1 White has achieved a tangible
10.¦xd1 ¥xc5 11.¥d2² followed by advantage in development and Black
¦ac1 and so on. is forced to give the pawn back.
9.exd4 ¥e7 10.¦e1 0-0 11.¥f4 14...¥e6 15.£xb7 ¥c5
During the last few years 11.a3 has After 15...¥d6, Josif Dorfman, who
been more popular but it seems that is Bacrot's coach, achieved a certain
Black has found some good ways to advantage by 16.¥g5 ¦b8 17.£xa6
hold the position after both 11...b5 ¦xb2 18.¦e2 ¦xe2 19.£xe2²
and 11...¤a5 12.¥c2 b5 Dorfman − Kharlov, TCh−FRA,
11...¤a5 (D) Bordeaux 2001.
XIIIIIIIIY 16.¥e5 (D)
9r+lwq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+-vlpzpp0 9r+-wq-trk+0
9p+-+psn-+0 9+Q+-+pzpp0
9sn-+-+-+-0 9p+-+lsn-+0
9-+-zP-vL-+0 9+-vlpvL-+-0
9+LsN-+N+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9+-sN-+N+-0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+RtR-mK-0
Here 11...b5 12.d5ƒ gives White an xiiiiiiiiy
annoying initiative. 16...a5
12.d5!? A novelty. Both 16...£e7 17.£xe7
A rather fresh approach. 12.¥c2 b5 ¥xe7 18.¤d4² , Markowski −
13.d5 is supposed to be not too Gdanski, ch−POL, Warsaw 2001;
dangerous for Black − for example: and 16...£a5 17.¤d4 ¥xd4 18.¦xd4
13...exd5 14.£d3 ¤c6 15.¥c7! £d7 ¤d7 19.¥d6 ¤c5 20.£c7 £xc7
16.¤e5 ¤xe5 17.¥xe5 g6 with a 21.¥xc7² , Kramnik − Anand, Amber
good play, Kasparov − Anand, Wijk Rapidplay, Monaco 2001, did not
aan Zee 1999. allow Black to solve the problems
12...¤xb3 13.£xb3 exd5 completely. The text move does not
In the game Gelfand − Shirov, Delhi look better than previous attempts.
2000 Black managed to hold the 17.¤d4 ¤d7 18.¥g3 ¦e8 19.¤db5!?(D)
balance by 13...¤xd5!? 14.¦ad1
¤xf4! 15.¦xd8 ¦xd8 16.¦d1 ¤d5

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9r+-wqr+k+0 9-+-+N+k+0
9+Q+n+pzpp0 9+-+-+pzp-0
9-+-+l+-+0 9-+n+-+-+0
9zpNvlp+-+-0 9zp-vlN+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-vLlzp0
9+-sN-+-vL-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9+-+-+-mK-0
White's initiative looks threatening The knight is definitely more active
but Black's defensive resourses on c6, but unfortunately Black has
should not be underestimated. missed something.
19...h5? 27.¤ef6+!
A clear mistake which shows that Of course!
the young Indian player was probably 27...gxf6 28.¤xf6+ ¢f8 29.¤xg4
not well prepared for White's set−up. ¤b4 30.¥e3!
Both 19...£e7!? with the idea to 30.¥d2 was also not bad but the
counter the direct 20.¤c7 (20.¤xd5 text move is very good.
¥xd5 21.¦xe7 ¥xb7 22.¦exd7 ¥c6 30...¥d6
23.¦c7 ¥xf2+ 24.¥xf2 ¥xb5=) with Black couldn't win a pawn by
20...¤b6 21.£c6 ¦ac8; and the 30...¥xe3 31.¤xe3 ¤xa2 as White
immediate 19...¤b6!? were playable immediately takes it back: 32.¤c4 a4
for Black. 33.¤b6+−
20.¤xd5 h4 21.¥f4 31.a3 ¤d3 32.¥d4 (D)
21.¥d6! looked more energetic. XIIIIIIIIY
21...¥g4 22.¤bc7!? 9-+-+-mk-+0
A good idea − White forces 9+-+-+p+-0
exchanges. In case of 22.¦xe8+ 9-+-vl-+-+0
£xe8 23.¦c1 h3! Black gained real 9zp-+-+-+-0
counterplay. 9-+-vL-+Nzp0
22...¦xe1+ 23.¦xe1 ¦b8 (D) 9zP-+n+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9-tr-wq-+k+0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9+QsNn+pzp-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+-+0 Two extra pawns are more than
9zp-vlN+-+-0 enough to win this ending. The rest is
9-+-+-vLlzp0 easy.
9+-+-+-+-0 32...¢e7 33.h3 ¢e6 34.¤e3 a4
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 35.¢f1 f5 36.¤c4 ¥c7 37.¥b6 (D)
9+-+-tR-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
24.£xb8! 9+-vl-+-+-0
The point. 9-vL-+k+-+0
24...¤xb8?! 9+-+-+p+-0
This inaccurate move makes 9p+N+-+-zp0
White's task easier. 24...£xb8 was 9zP-+n+-+P0
more to the point, saving a whole 9-zP-+-zPP+0
tempo after 25.¦e8+ £xe8 26.¤xe8 9+-+-+K+-0
25.¦e8+ £xe8 26.¤xe8 ¤c6? (D) xiiiiiiiiy

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37...¥e5 Technical editors:

37...¥xb6 38.¤xb6 ¤xb2 39.¢e2 Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
¢e5 40.g3+−
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9zP-+-+-+P0
9-+-+-zPP+0
9+-vL-+K+-0
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Black resigned. 1-0.
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CT-200, 26th May 2001
CHESS TODAY 3. Gelfand – 3

4. Shirov – 2½
Celebrates its' 5-6. Sadvakasov,
Morozevich – 1
200th ISSUE!
French Champion,
Etienne Bacrot,
A
t right the CT
staff, first row left qualified to the
to right - Raph P. Final of the
Marconi, IM Vladimir Lausanne Young
Barsky, GM Ruslan Masters after
Scherbakov, and Graham drawing the second
Brown, second row center game against
-GM Alex Baburin. Krishnan Sasikiran
(India). In the other
The World Champion semifinal, the
Vladimir Kramnik takes World Junior
sole lead at the super- Champion, Lazaro
tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan. Bruzon (Cuba), failed to convert an extra
pawn for the full point – his match
Results of the 5th Round: against Andrey Volokitin (Ukraine) will
Morozevich – Kramnik 0:1 be decided on tie-break.
Kasparov – Sadvakasov ½:½
Shirov – Gelfand ½:½ Semifinals:
Bacrot – Sasikiran 1:0 ½:½
As you may remember, since becoming Volokitin – Bruzon ½:½ ½:½
World Champion, Vladimir Kramnik,
has lost only one game – to Alexander There are also matches for fifth place.
Morozevich in Wijk aan Zee with the Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) already
White pieces. Today Kramnik took full won the match against Bu Xiangzhi
revenge, effectively taking advantage (China) while there will be another tie-
Morozevich's poor play – unfortunately break – Levon Aronian (Armenia)
at the expense of Morozevich's fourth recovered after yesterdays loss to
loss in a row! Penteala Harikrisna (India).
The hero of the day was Darmen Matches for the 5th place:
Sadvakasov, who stood bravely to Garry Ponomarev – Bu Xiangzhi 1:0 ½:½
Kasparov, and managed to hold his Harikrisna – Aronian 1:0 0:1
ground! This interesting and complicated
game is featured below in the annotated After 6 rounds of the Open Masters GMs
game section. Bogdan Lalic (Croatia), Laurent
Fressinet, Eric Prie (both of France)
Boris Gelfand successfully parried all and IM Peter Genov (Bulgaria) are
Alexey Shirov’s attempts to replace him sharing the lead with 5 points. There are
in third position. 8 contenders with 4½ points.
Standing after the 5th Round: In the 7th Round of the open tournament
1. Kramnik – 4 points in Pula, Croatia GM Drazen Sermek
2. Kasparov – 3½ (Slovenia) lost his first half point, but
CT-200 Page 1 of 4
keeps the lead with 6½ points. A home 11.e4 has been played before. The
GM Ognjen Cvitan is clear second, half a game Zagorskis − Sammalvuo,
point behind, 7 players are sharing third Copenhagen 1998 continued by
place with 5½ points. 11...£c5+ 12.¢h1 h6 13.¤h3 £xc4
with complicated play.
¤¤¤ 11...£c5 12.¤f4 £xc4 13.e4 (D)
Annotated Game XIIIIIIIIY
G. Kasparov (2827) − D. 9r+l+r+k+0
Sadvakasov (2585) 9zppzpp+pzpp0
Astana (5), 25.05.2001 A29 9-+n+-sn-+0
Notes by GM Rusland Scherbakov 9+-+-+-+-0
1.c4 e5 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3
9-+q+PsN-+0
¥b4 5.¥g2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.¤g5 ¥xc3 9+-zP-+PzP-0
8.bxc3 ¦e8 9.f3 e3! (D) 9P+-+P+LzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
9r+lwqr+k+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zppzpp+pzpp0 13...d6
9-+n+-sn-+0 13...£xc3?! was too risky as Black
is getting too behind in development:
9+-+-+-sN-0 14.¦b1 £d4+ (otherwise ¥b2)
9-+P+-+-+0 15.£xd4 ¤xd4 16.¦d1ƒ with a strong
9+-zP-zpPzP-0 initiative.
9P+-zPP+LzP0 14.£d3 ¤e5 15.£xc4
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 15.£d4!? was worthy of
xiiiiiiiiy consideration.
This spectacular move was invented 15...¤xc4 16.g4 (D)
by Igor Zaitsev. The pawn sacrifice XIIIIIIIIY
damages White's pawn structure and 9r+l+r+k+0
puts some obstacles on the 9zppzp-+pzpp0
diagonals which would be used by 9-+-zp-sn-+0
White's bishops. Garry Kasparov was 9+-+-+-+-0
the first player who faced it over the
board − he lost with White in the
9-+n+PsNP+0
World Title Match against Anatoly 9+-zP-+P+-0
Karpov in Sevilla, 1987. The natural 9P+-+P+LzP0
9...exf3 allowed White to seize the 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
initiative by 10.¤xf3 d5 11.d4!ƒ xiiiiiiiiy
10.dxe3 Intending to put the knight on d5
In the début of the move 9. ..e3! in after g4−g5.
the already mentioned game 16...¦b8
Kasparov − Karpov, Sevilla (m/2) Starting a rather ugly looking plan −
1987 a very complex position arose Black doesn't want to weaken the
after 10.d3 d5 11.£b3 ¤a5 12.£a3 pawn d6 with ...c7−c6 and is going to
c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 ¤c6 15.¦b1 realize a rook's "fianchetto" to defend
£c7 16.¥b2 ¥g4÷ the pawn c7.
10...£e7 17.¦d1 b6 18.g5 ¤d7 19.¤d5 ¦b7
A rare continuation. Black used to (D)
play 10...b6 , intending to develop the
bishop to a6 or b7.
11.¤h3!?
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XIIIIIIIIY Thanks to the exchange sacrifice,

9-+l+r+k+0 White has drastically improved his
9zprzpn+pzpp0 pawn structure. − His position looks
great now. However, Black is not
9-zp-zp-+-+0 without defensive resources.
9+-+N+-zP-0 27...¦d8 28.h4!
9-+n+P+-+0 The h−pawn march looks rather
9+-zP-+P+-0 annoying.
9P+-+P+LzP0 28...¤c6 29.h5 ¤e7 30.¤e3
9tR-vLR+-mK-0 Of course, the knight should be kept
on the board − White's kingside pawn
xiiiiiiiiy attack would create some good
20.f4
squares for invasion.
Little by little White is improving his
30...¦bd7 (D)
position.
20...¤f8 21.¦d4 ¤a5 22.f5 ¥d7 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-tr-snk+0
9-+-+rsnk+0 9zp-+rsnpzpp0
9zprzpl+pzpp0 9-zp-zp-+-+0
9-zp-zp-+-+0 9+-zp-+PzPP0
9sn-+N+PzP-0 9-+-+PvL-+0
9-+-tRP+-+0 9+-zPPsN-+-0
9+-zP-+-+-0 9PtR-+-+L+0
9P+-+P+LzP0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9tR-vL-+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
31.¤g4?!
xiiiiiiiiy 31.h6! looked tempting. After 31...g6
Black is defending with great
(31...gxh6 32.¤g4ƒ; 31...¤c6!?)
patience − it is not so easy to refrain
32.¤g4 ¢h8 33.¤f6 White gained a
from pawn moves!
rather annoying initiative − such
23.¦b1
ideas as e4−e5 or c3−c4 followed by
Preventing ...¥b5.
¥d2−c3 are hovering over the board
23...c5!
but of course Black's position is still
A direct knight's manoeuvre such as
full of defensive resourses.
23...¤c6 could have been met by
31...¤c6 32.h6 ¤e5! (D)
24.¦c4! b5 25.a4! a6 26.axb5 axb5
27.¦a4! , keeping better chances.
XIIIIIIIIY
24.¦d3 ¥a4!? 25.¥f4!? 9-+-tr-snk+0
25.¤e3 was too passive; besides 9zp-+r+pzpp0
Black had the simple 25...¥c6 9-zp-zp-+-zP0
25...¥c2 26.¦b2 ¥xd3 27.exd3 (D) 9+-zp-snPzP-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+PvLN+0
9-+-+rsnk+0 9+-zPP+-+-0
9zpr+-+pzpp0
9-zp-zp-+-+0 9PtR-+-+L+0
9sn-zpN+PzP-0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+-+PvL-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zPP+-+-0 Just in time! White is forced to open
9PtR-+-+LzP0 the d−file for Black's rooks.
9+-+-+-mK-0 33.¥xe5 dxe5 34.hxg7 ¢xg7 35.¥f1
xiiiiiiiiy (D)

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9-+-tr-sn-+0 9-+-+rsnk+0
9zp-+r+pmkp0 9zp-+-+-+p0
9-zp-+-+-+0 9-zp-+-zP-sN0
9+-zp-zpPzP-0 9+-zp-tr-zp-0
9-+-+P+N+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-zPP+-+-0 9+-zPP+-+-0
9PtR-+-+-+0 9P+-+-+-tR0
9+-+-+LmK-0 9+-+-+LmK-0
The position still looks dangerous A draw agreed. A great
for Black but he finds an excellent achievement by Darmen
resource. Sadvakasov! ½-½.
35...¦d6! 36.¤xe5 f6! 37.¤g4!?
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CT-201, 27th May 2001
Pairings of the 7th Round:

Kasparov Defeats Morozevich – Shirov
Shirov to Share Kramnik – Sadvakasov
Gelfand – Kasparov
Lead with Kramnik
The World Junior Champion
in Astana Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba faces
French Champion Etienne
Bacrot in the Final of the Lausanne
diarchy has been established at
A the super-tournament in Astana

– Garry Kasparov beat Alexey
Shirov and joined Vladimir
Young Masters. Other players are also
playing decisive matches. Take a look at
the results of the first games:
Kramnik, who drew against Boris Final:
Gelfand. Bacrot – Bruzon ½:½
Results of the 6th Round: For the 3th place:
Gelfand – Kramnik ½:½ Volokitin – Sasikiran ½:½
Kasparov – Shirov 1:0
Sadvakasov Morozevich 0:1 For the 5th place:
Ponomarev – Aronian ½:½
Alexey Shirov fought bravely against
Garry Kasparov, but couldn’t change his For the 7th place:
fate once again, missing mate in two in a Bu Xiangzhi – Harikrishna 1:0
complicated and roughly equal ending. It
was Shirov’s 14th loss to Kasparov There are already 8 leaders after 7 rounds
without a single win! This very exciting of the Open Masters – GMs Bogdan
and highly dramatic battle is featured in Lalic (Croatia), Laurent Fressinet, Eric
the game section below. Prie (both of France), Mark Hebden
(England), Evgeny Vladimirov and Pavel
Vladimir Kramnik did not face serious
Kotsur (both of Kazakhstan), IMs Peter
problems and comfortably equalised
Genov (Bulgaria) and Lenier Dominguez
against Boris Gelfand.
(Cuba) – all players scored 5½ points.
There was a tough clash between the The Russian Women’s Championship is
outsiders – Alexander Morozevich underway in Elista. In the 4th Round
eventually outplayed Darmen Julia Demina beat Ekaterina
Sadvakasov and broke his unlucky series Polovnikova and took sole lead with 3½
of four consecutive losses. points.
Standing after the 6th Round:
1-2. Kramnik, Kasparov – 4½ points
Strutinskaya – Ovod ½:½
3. Gelfand – 3½
Demina – Polovnikova 1:0
4. Shirov – 2½
Mirzoeva – Galianina-Ryjanova 0:1
5. Morozevich – 2
Zimina – Grabuzova 1:0
6. Sadvakasov – 1
Kursova – Slavina 0:1
Korbut – Trofimova 1:0
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There are some players who prefer

th
Standings after 4 Rounds: to defend the worse ending after
1. Demina – 3½ points 9...¤xd4 10.¥xd4 ¥xd4 11.£xd4
2-7. Ovod, Strutinskaya, Galianina- £b6²
Ryjanova, Zimina, Slavina, Korbut – 3 10.g3
etc. The direct 10.0-0-0 a6 11.h4 is
more popular. Take a look at how
GM Drazen Sermek (Slovenia) keeps energetically Kasparov played this
the lead after the penultimate 8th Round position himself: 11...¤xd4 12.¥xd4
of the open tournament in Pula, Croatia b5 13.¦h3! b4 14.¤a4 ¥xd4 15.£xd4
– he scored 7 points. Home GMs Ognjen f6?! (15...a5!?; 15...£a5!?) 16.£xb4!
Cvitan and Mladen Palac are sharing fxe5 17.£d6! £f6 18.f5!! £h6+
second place together with Hungarian 19.¢b1 ¦xf5 20.¦f3! ¦xf3 21.gxf3
GM Gyula Sax at half a point behind. £f6 22.¥h3 ¢f7 23.c4! dxc4 24.¤c3
£e7 25.£c6 ¦b8 26.¤e4 ¤b6
¤¤¤
27.¤g5+ ¢g8 28.£e4! g6 29.£xe5
Annotated Game ¦b7 30.¦d6 c3 31.¥xe6+ ¥xe6
G. Kasparov (2827) − A. Shirov 32.¦xe6 and Black resigned,
(2722) Kasparov − Short, Amsrterdam 1994.
Astana (6), 26.05.2001 C11 10...£e7 11.0-0-0 ¤b6 (D)
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov XIIIIIIIIY
1.e4 e6
A surprising choice − the French
9r+l+-trk+0
Defence is a rare guest in Shirov's 9zpp+-wqpzpp0
practice. 9-snn+p+-+0
2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5 ¤fd7 5.f4
c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 (D) 9+-vlpzP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvl-tr0
9-+-sN-zP-+0
9zpp+n+pzpp0 9+-sN-vL-zP-0
9-+n+p+-+0 9PzPPwQ-+-zP0
9+-zppzP-+-0
9-+-zP-zP-+0 9+-mKR+L+R0
9+-sN-vLN+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzPP+-+PzP0 A typical plan − Black intends to
9tR-+QmKL+R0 complete his development by ...¥d7,
xiiiiiiiiy then ...¦c8, starting action on the
7...cxd4 queenside.
Both 7...a6 ; and 7...£b6 are the 12.¤b3
main alternatives. Clarifying the situation in the center.
8.¤xd4 ¥c5 9.£d2 0-0 (D) 12...¥xe3 13.£xe3 ¥d7 14.¢b1
XIIIIIIIIY ¦fc8 15.g4
9r+lwq-trk+0 The prophylactic 15.a3!? , which
9zpp+n+pzpp0 was played in the game Abramovic −
9-+n+p+-+0 Kontic, Vrnjacka Banja 1989, was
9+-vlpzP-+-0 also worthy of consideration.
9-+-sN-zP-+0 15...¤b4!
9+-sN-vL-+-0 The only way to create counterplay.
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0 16.¤d4 (D)
9tR-+-mKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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9r+r+-+k+0 9-+r+-+k+0
9zpp+lwqpzpp0 9zpp+lwqp+-0
9-sn-+p+-+0 9-+-+p+pzP0
9+-+pzP-+-0 9+-+pzP-+-0
9-sn-sN-zPP+0 9-+-sN-zP-+0
9+-sN-wQ-+-0 9zP-trL+-+Q0
9PzPP+-+-zP0 9-+P+-+-zP0
9+K+R+L+R0 9+K+R+-+R0
16...¦c5 At first sight White is simply winning
As Kasparov indicated after the but actually he has no time to count
game, he was slightly worried about material − Black's threats are serious.
16...£c5!? 17.¥d3 ¥a4!? intending to 25.£g2
transpose the queen to a5. Besides, A logical move − White unpins the
in case of the possible ...¥xd3 White bishop. However, Black has sufficient
cannot capture to d3 with a pawn. counterplay. Strangely enough, it is
17.a3 ¤c6?! too difficult to prove White's
17...¤a6 seems to be better. advantage here, for example: 25.¢c1
18.¤cb5?! ¦8c4 26.¢d2 ¦xa3„; or 25.£g3
White could have won a pawn by ¦xa3 26.¤b3 £b4! 27.¥xg6 ¦c3! and
18.¤b3! d4 19.¤xd4 ¤xd4 20.¦xd4 White has nothing more than
¦ac8 − Kasparov confided after the perpetual check, as was indicated by
game that he didn't see 21.¦d6!± , GM Sergey Shipov.
preventing ...¦xc3 − White is simply a 25...¦xa3 26.¤b3 £b4 27.¥xg6
pawn up. 27.¦hg1 did not promise too much
18...¤xd4 19.¤xd4 ¦ac8 20.¥d3 due to 27...¦c3 28.¥xg6 ¢h8
¤c4 21.£h3 (D) followed by ...¦ab3.
XIIIIIIIIY 27...¦xb3+ 28.cxb3 £xb3+ 29.£b2
£xb2+ 30.¢xb2 fxg6 (D)
9-+r+-+k+0
9zpp+lwqpzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+p+-+0 9-+r+-+k+0
9+-trpzP-+-0 9zpp+l+-+-0
9-+nsN-zPP+0 9-+-+p+pzP0
9zP-+L+-+Q0 9+-+pzP-+-0
9-zPP+-+-zP0 9-+-+-zP-+0
9+K+R+-+R0 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-mK-+-+-zP0
21...h6!? 9+-+R+-+R0
21...g6!? deserved serious xiiiiiiiiy
attention. The text move is more The ending looks good for Black
risky. thanks to his queenside pawns.
22.g5! ¤xa3+! 31.h4 ¢h7 32.h5 ¢xh6 33.hxg6+
The only way to continue fighting. 33.¦dg1 gxh5 34.¦g5 could have
23.bxa3 ¦c3 24.gxh6 g6 (D) been parried by 34...¥e8 and White
should force a draw by 35.¦g8 ¥d7
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Up to now Shirov was defending
excellently but here he produced the Editors:
unbelievable... GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
34...¢f5?? Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
After 34...¢f7 Black should hold the
position without much problems. Technical editors:
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xiiiiiiiiy
Black is checkmated − ¦g5 is
inevitable! A highly dramatic finish...
1-0.
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CT-202, 28th May 2001
Lazaro Bruzon wins IM Peter Genov (Bulgaria) and GM

Pavel Kotsur (Kazakhstan) shared the
Lausanne Young victory in the Open Masters with 7
points out of 9 games. 8 players shared
Masters! third place: GMs Evgeny Vladimirov
(Kazakhstan), Utut Adianto (Indonesia),
Laurent Fressinet, Eric Prie (both of
he World Junior Champion France), Mark Hebden (England),
T Lazaro Bruzon of Cuba won the

Lausanne Young Masters! It
was decided on tie-break as the first two
Bogdan Lalic (Croatia), IMs Lenier
Dominguez (Cuba) and 15 years old
Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) – all players
games of his final match against French scored 6½ points.
Champion Etienne Bacrot were drawn.
Our congratulations to all the winners in
Final: this very attractive chess festival!
Bacrot – Bruzon ½:½, ½:½, 0:1, ½:½
All top games were drawn in the 5th
For 3rd place: Round of the Russian Women’s
Volokitin – Sasikiran ½:½, 0:1 Championship so the situation has not
changed – Julia Demina keeps sole lead
For 5th place: with 4 points.
Ponomarev – Aronian ½:½, 0:1
For 7th place: Slavina – Demina ½:½
Bu Xiangzhi – Harikrishna 1:0, ½:½ Ovod – Korbut ½:½
Galianina-Ryjanova – Strutinskaya ½:½
Curiously enough, in all matches the Polovnikova – Zimina ½:½
decisive game was won with the White Kochetkova – Zaiats 1:0
pieces.
Standings after 5th Rounds:
Final Standings: 1. Demina – 4 points
1. Lazaro Bruzon (Cuba) 2-7. Ovod, Strutinskaya, Galianina-
2. Etienne Bacrot (France) Ryjanova, Zimina, Slavina, Korbut – 3½
3. Krishnan Sasikiran (India) etc.
4. Andrey Volokitin (Ukraine)
5. Levon Aronian (Armenia) GM Drazen Sermek (Slovenia) became
6. Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) the sole winner of the strong open
7. Bu Xiangzhi (China) tournament in Pula, Croatia with 7½
8. Penteala Harikrishna (India) points out of 9 games. GM Gyula Sax
(Hungary) shared second place with 5
There is no doubt we’ll see all these home players – GMs Mladen Palac,
young stars in future super-tournaments. Ognjen Cvitan, Nenad Sulava, 69 year
old (!) Juraj Nikolac and IM Davor
Today we feature an amusing game Rogic – all scoring 7 points.
between Eshan Ghaem Maghami and
Alexandra Kosteniuk in our annotated Our congratulations to the winners!
game section below --- RPM
Today was a day-off at the super-
tournament in Astana. Vladimir
CT-202 Page 1 of 3
Kramnik and Garry Kasparov are problems.

sharing the lead with 4½ points after 6 9.¥xf3 £b6!? (D)
rounds. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvl-tr0
Pairings for the 7th Round: 9zpp+-+pzpp0
Gelfand – Kasparov 9-wqn+-sn-+0
Kramnik – Sadvakasov 9+-zpp+-+-0
Morozevich – Shirov 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-vLLzP-0
¤¤¤
9PzP-+PzP-zP0
Annotated Game 9tR-+QmK-+R0
E. Ghaem Maghami (2500) − A. xiiiiiiiiy
Kosteniuk (2397) An interesting novelty which, fairly
Lausanne Masters Open (8.12), speaking, looks too risky. After the
26.05.2001 D33 previously played 9...£d7 10.0-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov ¦d8 11.¦c1² White kept a clear
advantage.
Alexandra
well in
Kosteniuk played very
the Lausanne Open
10.dxc5
The simple 10.0-0!? deserved
Masters. In the last round she drew serious attention. The text move
against Vladimir Epishin and scored looks strong as well but Black has a
6 points out of 9 games. Look at how rather unexpected resource.
she confused a rather strong 10...£xb2 11.¥d2 0-0-0! (D)
opponent in the penultimate round − XIIIIIIIIY
hope you will enjoy this funny game. 9-+ktr-vl-tr0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
1.c4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.g3 ¤f6 4.¥g2 c5 9+-zPp+-+-0
5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 ¤c6 7.¤c3 ¥g4 9-+-+-+-+0
(D) 9+-sN-+LzP-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9Pwq-vLPzP-zP0
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 9tR-+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+-+pzpp0
Excellent − the king defends the
9-+n+-sn-+0
pawn b7 while the rook quickly
9+-zpp+-+-0
comes into play. How many games
9-+-zP-+l+0 do you see in the Tarrasch Defence
9+-sN-+NzP-0 where Black's king castles long?!
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 12.¦b1
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 There were some alternatives like
xiiiiiiiiy 12.¦c1 ; or 12.0-0
The theory is sceptical about this 12...£a3 13.¤b5 £xc5 (D)
bishop lunge. The main continuation XIIIIIIIIY
is 7...¥e7 followed by castling. 9-+ktr-vl-tr0
8.¥e3 9zpp+-+pzpp0
8.¥g5 is a promising alternative, in 9-+n+-sn-+0
case of the direct 8...¥xf3 9.¥xf3 9+Nwqp+-+-0
¤xd4 White achieves a stable 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+LzP-0
advantage by 10.¥xd5 ¥e7 11.¥xf6 9P+-vLPzP-zP0
(11.¥g2!?) 11...¥xf6 12.0-0 0-0 13.e3 9+R+QmK-+R0
¤e6 14.£b3² xiiiiiiiiy
8...¥xf3!? 14.¥e3?!
Other continuations do not solve the After 14.0-0© White had excellent
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compensation for the pawn − his 20...¤e3+! 21.¢xf2 ¤d1+ 22.¢g2

initiative against Black's king would £d5+ (D)
be pretty strong. XIIIIIIIIY
14...d4 15.¥xc6?? (D) 9k+-tr-vl-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+-+pzpp0
9-+ktr-vl-tr0 9Q+-sN-+-+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9+-+q+-+-0
9-+L+-sn-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+Nwq-+-+-0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-zp-+-+0 9P+-+P+KzP0
9+-+-vL-zP-0 9+R+n+-+R0
9P+-+PzP-zP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+R+QmK-+R0 White resigned. A curious game! 0-1.
xiiiiiiiiy
This was White's idea. http://astana.fide.com/
Unfortunately it has a strong and www.lausanneyoungmasters.com/
beautiful refutation. After 15.¥f4 g5!? http://sahklubpula.virtualave.net/raspisengleski.htm
16.¥c1÷ the position was far from www.fide.com
clear. www.chessclub.com
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no chances as well.
17...exf2+ 18.¢f1 ¤d5! (D) Editors:
XIIIIIIIIY GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9-+-tr-vl-tr0
9zpk+-+pzpp0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-+-+-+-+0
9+Nwqn+-+-0 Technical editors:
9Q+-+-+-+0 Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
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xiiiiiiiiy
Very cool − White is not worried
about possible checks.
19.¤d6+
19.¤xa7+ ¤b6-+
19...¢a8 20.£a6
Now it's Black's turn.
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CT-203, 29th May 2001

Kramnik entertains Demina – Galianina-Ryjanova ½:½
the crowd in Astana Zimina – Ovod 1:0
Strutinskaya –
Kochetkova ½:½
V ladimir Kramnik took sole lead

at the super-tournament in
Astana after crushing Darmen
Sadvakasov in 21 moves! The World
Korbut – Slavina
½:½
Standings after 6th

Champion gave an instructive lesson to
his young opponent and a lot of fun to Rounds:
the spectators, finishing the game with a 1-2. Demina,
very beautiful attack – please don’t miss Zimina – 4½
it in the game section! points
XIIIIIIIIY 3-7. Galianina-
Results of the 7thRound: 9r+-+-+k+0 Ryjanova,
Kramnik – Sadvakasov 1:0 9+pw q -+rz p p0 Strutinskaya,
9p+n+-+-+0 Slavina, Korbut,
Gelfand – Kasparov ½:½ 9+-+Rvll+Q0
Morozevich – Shirov 1:0 Kochetkova – 4 etc.
9P+L+p+-+0
9+P+-zP-+-0
Garry Kasparov quickly 9-vL-+-zPP+0 The Championship has very
achieved good counterplay 9tR-+-+-+K0 good coverage – you can
in the Gruenfeld Defence xiiiiiiiiy follow all the games live –
Kramnik (White) to Play they are played on sensory
and tried to entice his From today's annotated game
opponent into boards and the moves are
complications. But Boris Gelfand immediately transmitted to the Internet!
preferred a solid way, which led to The spectators’ dream comes true…
simplifications.
¤¤¤
Alexander Morozevich pressurised Annotated Game
Alexey Shirov, eventually forcing him to Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
make a mistake and converted his
initiative to the full point in excellent V Kramnik (2802) − D Sadvakasov
style! It looks like Alexander has (2585)
Astana (7), 28.05.2001 D27
recovered after four losses in a row – in
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6
the second cycle he has already scored 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4
two wins. Yet, he will face both XIIIIIIIIY
Kasparov and Kramnik with the black 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
pieces but maybe it is even better – we 9+p+-+pzpp0
remember his great performance in Wijk 9p+-+psn-+0
aan Zee. 9+-zp-+-+-0
9P+LzP-+-+0
Pairings of the 8th Round: 9+-+-zPN+-0
Shirov – Kramnik 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
Kasparov – Morozevich
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
Sadvakasov – Gelfand
xiiiiiiiiy
Preventing ...b7−b5. Vladimir
Olga Zimina joined Julia Demina in the Kramnik's efforts may give a boost to the
lead after the 6th Round of the Russian system with a2−a4. Both 7.¥b3 and
Women’s Championship in Elista. 7.dxc5 are recently the most popular
CT-203 Page 1 of 3
alternatives to counter the Queen's 12.¥b2 e5 13.¤c3!

Gambit Accepted. XIIIIIIIIY
7...¤c6 8.£e2 £c7 9r+l+-trk+0
8...cxd4 is the more usual option, 9+pwq-+pzpp0
transposing to positions with an isolated 9p+n+-sn-+0
d−pawn after 9.¦d1 ¥e7 10.exd4 0-0
11.¤c3. Kramnik played this position
9+-vl-zp-+-0
against Kasparov in their recent match:
9P+L+-+-+0
11...¤d5 12.¥b3 ¦e8 13.h4!? ¤cb4 9+PsN-zPN+-0
14.h5 b6 15.¤e5 ¥b7 16.a5! b5 17.h6 9-vL-+QzPPzP0
g6 18.¤e4 with an initiative although 9tR-+R+-mK-0
Black still has very good defensive xiiiiiiiiy
resources, Kramnik − Kasparov, London A novelty, which looks quite strong.
(m/6) 2000.; If Black does not want to White does not waste time on the
capture on d4, 8...¥e7 seems to be prophylactic 13.h3 although the
more accurate. After 9.¦d1 0-0! 10.dxc5 tournament practice promises him better
(10.¤c3 does not bother Black very chances too: 13...£e7 (13...e4 14.¤g5
much: 10...£c7 11.¥d2 ¦d8 12.dxc5 h6 15.¥xf6 hxg5 16.¥b2 Zhukova −
¥xc5 13.¦ac1 b6 and he completes Skripchenko, Belgrade 2000) 14.¤c3
development without problems: 14.¤a2 ¥e6 (14...e4 15.¤d2² Lutz − Huebner,
a5! 15.¤c3 ¥b7 16.¤b5 £e7 , here a Munich 1993) 15.¤d5 ¤xd5 16.¥xd5
draw was agreed in the game Kempinski ¥xd5 17.¦xd5 ¦ad8 18.¦ad1 with a
− Rublevsky, Polanica Zdroj 1996) stable advantage, Panczyk − Radulov,
10...£c7 11.b3 Black can start Polanica Zdroj 1982 and Pinter −
immediate counterplay by 11...e5! The Radulov, Baile Herculane (zt) 1982.
game Pr. Nikolic − Seirawan, Skelleftea 13...e4
1989 continued 12.¤c3 e4 13.¤d2 ¥g4 13...¥g4 could not solve the problems:
14.f3 exf3 15.gxf3 ¥h5 16.¥b2 ¦ad8 with 14.h3 ¥h5 15.¤d5 ¤xd5 16.¥xd5 ¥d6
mutual chances. As we'll see, in the 17.¦ac1 with a clear advantage for
featured game Black was too late to White. Yet, it seemed to be reliable for
produce such counterplay. Black − at least here he could have
9.¦d1 avoided such a crushing defeat.
XIIIIIIIIY 14.¤g5 ¥d6?
9r+l+kvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+pwq-+pzpp0 9r+l+-trk+0
9p+n+psn-+0 9+pwq-+pzpp0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9p+nvl-sn-+0
9P+LzP-+-+0 9+-+-+-sN-0
9+-+-zPN+-0 9P+L+p+-+0
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 9+PsN-zP-+-0
9tRNvLR+-mK-0 9-vL-+QzPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+R+-mK-0
9...¥d6?! xiiiiiiiiy
This seems to be an inaccuracy, which A big, almost decisive mistake. The
allows White to take the initiative. threat to the h2 pawn does not really
9...¥e7 is more to the point with the idea matter − time is much more important. It
to counter 10.dxc5 with 10...0-0! − this is already the bishop's third move in the
position was considered in the notes to game − White's play hasn't been so
the move 8. ..£c7. wasteful and if we remember that he
10.dxc5! ¥xc5 11.b3 0-0 gains an extra tempo on the very first
After 11...¤a5?! Black is getting too far move it wouldn't be a big surprise that
behind in development: 12.¥b2 ¤xc4 his fully mobilised army is already in a
13.£xc4 ¥d6 14.¤bd2! with a very position to launch decisive attack.
strong initiative, Lutz − Schulz, GER− 14...¥g4! was the only way to put
chT 1990. resistance although his life was already

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not easy: 20...g6

A) 15.f3? was just wrong: 15...exf3 Of course, the queen is untouchable
16.gxf3 ¦ae8!? (16...£f4 17.¤xf7 ¥xe3+ due to the direct checkmate: 20...¦xf5
18.¢g2÷) 17.¤ge4 ¤xe4 18.¤d5 £d8 21.¦d8#; 20...¥xb2 was losing to
19.fxg4 £g5 with excellent play; 21.¦d7+−
B) 15.¤d5! 15...¥xe2 16.¤xc7 ¥xd1 21.¥xe5!
17.¤xa8 ¥c2 (17...¥h5!? 18.¥xf6 ¥g6!? XIIIIIIIIY
19.¥xg7 ¢xg7 20.¤c7±) 18.¦c1 ¤b4 9r+-+-+k+0
19.¥c3 with a strong initiative in the 9+pwq-+r+p0
ending. 9p+n+-+p+0
15.¤d5! All White's pieces are looking at
the kingside − who will be excited about
9+-+RvLQ+-0
the h2−pawn?! 15.¤cxe4? ¤xe4
9P+L+p+-+0
16.¤xe4 ¥xh2+ 17.¢h1 ¥e5 was much 9+P+-zP-+-0
less evil for Black. 9-+-+-zPP+0
15...¤xd5 16.¦xd5 ¥xh2+ 17.¢h1 ¥e5 9tR-+-+-+K0
18.£h5 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY Black resigned as he loses a piece
9r+l+-trk+0 after all. A nice win by Vladimir Kramnik.
9+pwq-+pzpp0 1-0
9p+n+-+-+0
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23...£f6 24.£xf6 gxf6 25.¦c1± with a IM Vladimir Barsky.
huge advantage in the ending although Technical editors:
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9-vL-+-zPP+0
9tR-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
20.£xf5!!
Very beautiful!

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CT-204, 30th May 2001
the early opening in a complicated

World Champion still position.
top in Astana
Kramnik – Morozevich
T
he situation is unchanged at the
super-tournament in Astana, Sadvakasov – Kasparov
Kazakhstan as all games ended Gelfand – Shirov
in draws. The World Champion
Vladimir Kramnik remains sole leader There are already 3 leaders on the
of the event, half a point ahead of Garry Russian Women’s Championship in
Kasparov. Elista – in the 7th Round Ekaterina
Korbut beat Julia Galianina-Ryzhanova
Results of the 8thRound: and joined Julia Demina and Olga
Shirov – Kramnik ½:½ Zimina, who drew their game.
Kasparov – Morozevich ½:½
Sadvakasov – Gelfand ½:½ Some results of the 7th Round:
Zimina – Demina ½:½
Standing after the 8th Round: Galianina-Ryzhanova – Korbut 0:1
1. Kramnik – 6 points Slavina – Strutinskaya ½:½
2. Kasparov – 5½ Kochetkova – Khusnutdinova ½:½
3. Gelfand – 4½ Sudakova – Grabuzova 0:1
4. Morozevich – 3½ Polovnikova – Zaiats ½:½
5. Shirov – 3
6. Sadvakasov – 1½ Standings after 7th Rounds:
1-3. Demina, Korbut, Zimina – 5points
Actually Kramnik, who played his 4-7. Grabuzova, Strutinskaya, Slavina,
infamous Berlin Defence, had a very Kochetkova – 4½ etc.
good chance to strengthen his lead as
Shirov blundered some moves before the ¤¤¤
time control but Vladimir soon returned
the favour.
Bargain Hunt!
Dear Chess Today readers!
Alexander Morozevich played a rather
tricky line of Slav Defence, which
brought him a glorious victory over
Vladimir Kramnik in Wijk aan Zee
and defended excellently. This
interesting game, which ended in
S ome of you may
know that I've
been involved
in book trade and
chess auctions for
draw when there were almost no a number of
pieces on the board, is considered in years. If you have
the game section. Tomorrow a few spare
Morozevich will face Kramnik with the minutes, please
same black pieces – we are looking have a look at the
forward a theoretical duel… auction catalogue, which
has just been posted at:-
There was almost no play in the game http://www.gmsquare.com/chessauction/
Darmen Sadvakasov versus Boris current-cat.html. It is available in Word
Gelfand – the players agreed to draw in and PDF formats. The lots will be posted

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on Thursday evening - between 18-00 ¤¤¤

and 21-00 Dublin time. Each lot will be Annotated Game
on the site for 48 hours from the moment Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
it is posted. I will post them in order, Kasparov (2827) − Morozevich (2749)
beginning with Lot No 1. The auction Astana (8), 29.05.2001 D17
will end on Saturday night. Proxy 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 dxc4
bidding makes life easier, as bidders do 5.a4 ¥f5 6.¤e5 ¤bd7 7.¤xc4 ¤d5!?
not have to monitor the lots constantly: if XIIIIIIIIY
you are really interested in something, 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9zpp+nzppzpp0
simply specify the maximum amount you 9-+p+-+-+0
are prepared to pay, and the system will 9+-+n+l+-0
bid on your behalf. 9P+NzP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
Everyone is welcome to take part in the 9-zP-+PzPPzP0
auction, but please note that in order to 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
bid you need to register at the auction xiiiiiiiiy
Thanks to this surprising idea from the
site
Yugoslavian player Nebojsa Misailovic
http://www.gmsquare.com/chessauction/. Alexander scored a glorious victory over
the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik in
The registration form is e-mailed to me Wijk aan Zee 2001. Objectively
and then I forward that message to you, speaking, he experienced certain
so you can see your password. I advise problems in that game so today he
you to change the password later, so you prepared an improvement. You probably
can remember it, as you need to use your know that some years ago Morozevich
password every time you submit a bid. revived the whole variation 7...£c7 8.g3
Please note that it may be a few hours e5 9.dxe5 ¤xe5 10.¥f4 ¤fd7 11.¥g2 f6
before your receive your password after 12.0-0 and here 12...¤c5! although
you have registered. Thus, do not leave Black recently experiences some
problems in this line.
registering till the last minute.
8.g3
Look at the game by the inventor of the
There are many interesting items at the idea 7. ..¤d5!?: 8.f3 e5! 9.¤xd5 cxd5
auction - Keres', Petrosian's and Fischer's 10.¤xe5 ¤xe5 11.dxe5 ¦c8 12.e3 ¥b4+
autographs, Marshall's letter, rare books 13.¥d2 0-0!! 14.a5?! (something like
and a unique chess clock. Even if you are 14.g3 was better, Black might continue
not a serious collector yet, you can find 14...£a5 with initiative) 14...¦c2 15.¥c3
something for yourself - like books on ¦xb2! 16.£d4 £e7 17.¦d1?! £h4+!!
chess strategy or openings. 18.£xh4 ¥xc3+ 19.¦d2 ¦xd2 and White
resigned, Jovanovski − Misailovic, Nis
I hope you will find the auction worth 1994 − a wonderful game!
8...e5!
visiting. Please let you chess friends
It looks like this pawn advance can
know about it too. If you have any hardly be prevented!
questions or comments, please contact 9.¥g2
me at ababurin@iol.ie. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqkvl-tr0
Alexander Baburin 9zpp+n+pzpp0
9-+p+-+-+0
9+-+nzpl+-0
9P+NzP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-zP-0
9-zP-+PzPLzP0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
9.¤xd5 ¥e4! (9...cxd5 is weaker
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XIIIIIIIIY
although after 10.¤xe5 ¤xe5 11.dxe5 9r+-+k+-tr0
¥b4+ 12.¥d2 £a5 Black's activity gives 9zpp+-+pzpp0
him good chances to escape, for 9-+-+lsn-+0
example 13.¥g2 ¦c8 14.¥xb4 £xb4+
15.£d2 £xd2+ 16.¢xd2 ¦c2+ 17.¢e3
9+-vlp+-+-0
d4+ 18.¢xd4 ¦xe2 19.¥xb7 ¢e7„ with
9P+-+-+-+0
counterplay) 10.f3 ¥xd5 11.¤xe5 ¤xe5 9+-+-sN-zP-0
12.dxe5 does not promise too much for 9-zP-+PzPLzP0
White − he is behind in development and 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
it's not easy to keep the pawn on e5. For xiiiiiiiiy
example: 12...¥b4+ 13.¥d2 ¥b3!? 15...0-0!
14.£c1 a5 with good counterplay. An excellent defence − Black ignores
9...exd4!? the threat and hopes that his lead in
Here is the promised improvement! development will allow him to win a
Kramnik − Morozevich, Wijk aan Zee pawn back. Yet, the word "hopes" is
2001 continued by 9...¤xc3 10.bxc3 probably incorrect when talking about
exd4 11.£xd4 ¤c5 (11...¤b6!? top−level play − instead we should say
12.¤e3!?) 12.£e3+!? (12.£e5+ ¥e6 "deep and precise calculations". In case
13.¥a3 would have been met by of passive defence 15...¦d8 White
13...£f6!?) 12...¤e6 13.a5 ¥c2!? 14.¥a3 achieved small but stable advantage by
¥xa3 15.¤xa3 ¥b3 16.a6! (16.¦b1 ¥d5) 16.¤c2! followed by ¥e3 (or maybe b2−
16...¥d5 17.axb7 ¦b8 18.f3! (18.0-0 b4) with a blockade of the isolated d−
¥xg2 19.¢xg2 ¦xb7) 18...c5 and here pawn.(16.¥d2 ¤e4)
White could have posed more serious 16.¤xd5 ¤xd5 17.¥xd5 ¦ad8 18.e4
problems for Black by playing 19.¥h3! ¥xd5 19.exd5 ¦d7
(after 19.0-0 ¦xb7 20.¦fd1 ¦d7 21.c4 XIIIIIIIIY
¥c6 22.¦xd7 ¥xd7 23.¤c2 ¥c8! Black 9-+-+-trk+0
has managed to organise a very good 9zpp+r+pzpp0
defence) 19...£g5!? 20.¤c2! with clearly 9-+-+-+-+0
better chances.
10.£xd4 £f6!
9+-vlP+-+-0
Otherwise it was difficult to complete 9P+-+-+-+0
the development of the kingside. 9+-+-+-zP-0
11.£xf6 ¤7xf6 12.¤xd5 9-zP-+-zP-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
9r+-+kvl-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+-+pzpp0 20.¦b1
9-+p+-sn-+0 The rook ending after 20.¥e3!? ¥xe3
9+-+N+l+-0 21.fxe3 was maybe more promising.
Black can probably hold it on but with a
9P+N+-+-+0 very precise play. For example, the
9+-+-+-zP-0 direct 21...¦fd8 22.¦ac1 (22.e4 f5!
9-zP-+PzPLzP0 23.exf5 ¦xd5 24.¦xd5 ¦xd5 25.¦f1
9tR-vL-mK-+R0 ¢f7=) 22...f5 23.¦c5 b6 (23...¢f7 24.¦f1
xiiiiiiiiy ¢g6) 24.¦b5 ¢f7 25.¢f2 ¢f6 26.¢f3
12...cxd5 ¢e5 27.d6+ ¢e6 28.¢f4 was not an
12...¤xd5?! looked too risky because easy draw for Black.
of the direct 13.e4! (13.0-0 ¥e6) 20...a5
13...¤b4 14.exf5! ¤c2+ 15.¢d2 ¤xa1 20...¦fd8 was suspicious due to 21.b4
16.¢c3 and it is hard to believe that ¥f8 22.¥e3 b6 23.b5 ¦xd5 24.¦xd5
Black can save the knight on a1. ¦xd5 25.¦c1 with an annoying initiative −
However, everything is still probably after the rook's penetration White will try
according to the home analysis. to organise a strong passed pawn by
13.¤e3 ¥e6 14.0-0 ¥c5 15.¦d1 a4−a5.

CT-204 Page 3 of 5
As Garry Kasparov pointed out, he

21.d6!? could have set a beautiful trap by playing
An interesting move. Again, the rook 34.¢d5! and if
ending after 21.¥e3 deserved attention. A) 34...¢xa4?? there follows 35.¢c4!
21...¦fd8!? b5+ 36.¢c3+−
9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-tr-+k+0 9+-+-+-+p0
9+p+r+pzpp0 9-+-+-zpp+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9zpp+-+-+-0
9k+-+-zPPzP0
9zp-vl-+-+-0 9+-mK-+-+-0
9P+-+-+-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-zP-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zP-+-zP-zP0 and Black is forced to allow a typical
9+RvLR+-mK-0 breakthrough by playing 36...h6 37.g5!
xiiiiiiiiy fxg5 (37...hxg5 38.f5 gxf5 39.h5 g4
Black is not in hurry to win the pawn 40.¢d2) 38.h5! and Black's king will be
back − he wants to do it in the most checkmated.;
favourable situation. So he would have had to find the correct
22.¦d5 b6 23.¥f4 f6 24.¦bd1 ¢f7
25.¢g2 ¢e6 26.¢f3 g6 27.g4 move
XIIIIIIIIY B) 34...¢b3! and the forced 35.f5 gxf5
9-+-tr-+-+0 36.gxf5 ¢xa4 37.¢e6 ¢b3 38.¢xf6
9+-+r+-+p0 ¢xb2 39.¢g5 a4 40.f6 a3 41.f7 a2
42.f8£ a1£ 43.£g7+ ¢a2 44.£a7+ ¢b2
9-zp-zPkzpp+0 45.£xb6+ ¢c2 would still leave White
9zp-vlR+-+-0 with winning chances in this queen
9P+-+-vLP+0 ending. After the text move Black has no
9+-+-+K+-0 more chances to go wrong.
9-zP-+-zP-zP0 34...gxf5+ 35.¢xf5 ¢xa4
9+-+R+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
Both sides are preparing for the pawn 9+-+-+-+p0
ending. 9-zp-+-zp-+0
27...¥xd6 28.h4 ¥xf4 29.¦xd7 ¦xd7 9zp-+-+K+-0
30.¦xd7 ¢xd7 31.¢xf4 ¢d6 32.¢e4 9k+-+-+PzP0
¢c5
9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zp-+-zpp+0 36.¢xf6 ¢b3 37.¢g7 ¢xb2 38.¢xh7
9zp-mk-+-+-0 a4 39.g5 a3 40.g6 a2 41.g7 a1£
9P+-+K+PzP0 42.g8£ £b1+ 43.£g6 b5!
9-zP-+-zP-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+Q+0
At first glance it could seem Black 9+p+-+-+-0
simply wins the a4−pawn but actually it 9-+-+-+-zP0
is still White who is playing for a win
thanks to his centralised king and active
9+-+-+-+-0
kingside pawns. 9-mk-+-+-+0
33.f4 ¢b4 34.f5?! 9+q+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Of course, Black does not exchange

CT-204 Page 4 of 5
the queens himself, freeing up the way

for White's passed pawn. Here a draw
was agreed as it is not too difficult to see
that the pawns will be promoted at the
same time. An excellent defence by
Alexander Morozevich − in this rather
strange opening variation he has got the
score 1½ − ½ against Kramnik and
Kasparov! It is interesting to see if this
line will be repeated tomorrow, when
Kramnik faces Morozevich with the white
pieces... ½:½
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CT-205, 31st May 2001
C
hess life is very quiet these days. 5-8. Polovnikova, Grabuzova,
Even at the super-tournament in Strutinskaya, Kochetkova – 5 etc.
Astana, Kazakhstan there was a
day-off. Unfortunately we were unable to find
information about other events but it is
There are two rounds to play. The World clear there are some tournaments
Champion Vladimir Kramnik keeps underway which simply do not have
sole lead of the event, half a point ahead Internet coverage. Luckily we will have
of Garry Kasparov. plenty of action tomorrow!
Standing after the 8th Round: Dear readers, feel free to send us the
1. Kramnik – 6 points news about interesting events in your
2. Kasparov – 5½ home cities, your games, curiosities
3. Gelfand – 4½ around the chess board to share them
4. Morozevich – 3½ with chess lovers from all over the
5. Shirov – 3 World!
6. Sadvakasov – 1½
¤¤¤
th
Pairings for the 9 Round: Russian Women's
Kramnik – Morozevich
Championship Quiz
With GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Sadvakasov – Kasparov
Gelfand – Shirov
Today we would like to
give you a tactical quiz
Of course, the round may change the
from the highlights of
tournament situation but it looks like
the Russian Women's
overall victory will be decided in the last
Championship.
round, where Kasparov will face
Kramnik with the white pieces!
(1) I Zakurdjaeva (2282) − B
Kharashkina (2173)
There are 4 leaders on the Russian
RUS−ch (women) Elista (8),
Women’s Championship in Elista before
30.05.2001
the last 9th Round – GM Julia Demina,
IMs Irina Slavina, Olga Zimina and XIIIIIIIIY
Ekaterina Korbut. 9-+-+r+-mk0
Some results of the 8th Round: 9+p+-wq-zp-0
Korbut – Demina ½:½ 9p+-+lzp-vl0
Strutinskaya – Zimina ½:½
Slavina – Ovod 1:0
9+-+-vL-+Q0
Grabuzova – Kochetkova ½:½ 9-+-+LzP-+0
Loktionova – Polovnikova 0:1
Khusnutdinova - Galianina-Ryzhanova ½:½
9+-+R+-+P0
Zaiats – Kursova ½:½ 9P+P+-+P+0
Standings after 8th Rounds:
9+-+-+-mK-0
1-4. Demina, Slavina, Korbut, Zimina xiiiiiiiiy
– 5½ points White to play
CT-205 Page 1 of 3
(2) T Rubtsova (2312) − I ¤¤¤

Zakurdjaeva (2282) Web Watch
RUS−ch (women) (7), 29.05.2001 Graham Brown
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 Just for curiosity I recently went to the
9+N+k+-+-0 search engine www.google.co.uk and
9-zP-+-+-+0 searched on the word "chess" and clicked
9+-zP-mK-zp-0 the "uk sites" option.
9-+-+-+-+0
Top of the list of "about
9+-+-+p+P0 30900 sites" came the
9-+-+-+-+0 Exeter Chess Club Coaching Page
9+-+-+-+-0 which Tim (Internet Inventor) Berners-
xiiiiiiiiy Lee would be pleased about since it is set
White to play up to be viewed by "Any Browser" and is
mostly pure text and default blue
(3) J Ovchinnikova (2204) − E underlined text hyperlinks.
Mirzoeva (2326)
RUS−ch (women) Elista (8), Google is to be congratulated for putting
30.05.2001 such an excellent site top. It is of course
XIIIIIIIIY of use to all chess players but has some
9-+-+-tr-+0 excellent coaching tips for beginners. But
9+-+-+-+-0 then even expert players sometimes need
reminding of the basics! The Cool Tip
9-+psN-+kzp0 page is particularly useful:
9+pzPl+-zp-0
9-+-+-+P+0
"COOL TIP: how do you avoid
9zpP+-mKP+-0
blunders?
9P+-+-+-+0
9+-+R+-+-0 After you have decided but before
moving, write the move down, and
xiiiiiiiiy before playing it, check it again for any
White to play
tactical features you may have missed.
After this fresh look, then you move.
4) I Slavina,I (2333) − E Ovod
Blumenfeld's rule:
(2383)
RUS−ch (women) Elista (8), "It often happens that a player
30.05.2001 carries out a deep and
XIIIIIIIIY complicated calculation, but fails
to spot something elementary
9-+-+k+-tr0 right at the first move. In order to
9wq-+l+-zpp0 avoid such gross blunders, the
9-+-vLpzp-+0 Soviet master B. Blumenfeld
9zp-vl-+-+-0 made this recommendation:-
9P+-+-+-+0 When you have finished your
9+Q+-zP-zP-0 calculations, write down the
9-+-+-zPLzP0 move you have decided upon on
the score sheet. Then examine the
9+-+R+-mK-0 position for a short time 'through
xiiiiiiiiy the eyes of a patzer'. Ask whether
White to play you have left a mate in one on, or
left a piece or a pawn to be taken.
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Only when you have convinced White too.] 1...¢xc6 2.¤a5+ ¢xb6
yourself that there is no 3.¤c4+ ¢c5 4.¤e3 The rest is easy.
immediate catastrophe for you 4...f2 5.¢e4 ¢d6 6.¢f3 ¢e6 7.¢xf2
should you make the planned and Black resigned soon. 1-0
move."
-- KOTOV " (3.) 1.¦xd5! cxd5 2.c6+− and the
pawn cannot be stopped. 1-0
If you have ever wondered how to play
against the rather drawish Petroff then (4.) 1.¥c6! This excellent move
why not try the Cochrane Gambit? 1.e4 allowed Irina Slavina to join the
e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤xf7 leaders of the Championship. Black
XIIIIIIIIY resigned as she cannot defend the
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 square e6 without heavy losses. 1-0
9zppzp-+Nzpp0
9-+-zp-sn-+0
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I have just had the fun of adding an
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interesting game with this variation to the
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR
Website of The Kings Head Chess Club
You will find the game in the Games
Diary 2 half way down the right hand
frame, with annotations by Steve Berry
Choose the second game down from the
board on the left frame of the Webpage
Berry-Deva. If you click the chessboard
then you can play through the game with
the space bar. Readers are warned that
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(1.) 1.¥xf6! It turns out that both
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(2.) 1.c6+! The simplest − White finds
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4.c8£ Black had a lot of checks permission.
although the position is winning for
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CT-206, 1st June 2001
Objectively Kasparov had excellent

Astana Draws to a compensation for the sacrificed exchange
Climax … but it was clearly not enough for him
and, trying to outplay his young
opponent, the World Number One
T
he situation at the super-
tournament in Astana, became rather uncomfortable – he had to
Kazakhstan has remained pressurise very carefully not to overstep
unchanged for the last two rounds. the mark. After mutual mistakes in time
Today all the games were drawn trouble the game ended in a draw to the
again. great pleasure of the spectators – Darmen
has managed to draw a whole mini-
Results of the 9th Round: match with no one else than Garry
Kramnik – Morozevich ½:½ Kasparov!
Sadvakasov – Kasparov ½:½
Gelfand – Shirov ½:½ It is interesting that while Kramnik beat
Sadvakasov twice Kasparov “lost” a
Standing after the 9th Round: whole point. It means that in Linares or
1. Kramnik – 6½ points Wijk aan Zee Kasparov would have been
2. Kasparov – 6 sole leader, as usual, but this tournament
3. Gelfand – 5 takes place in Astana!
4. Morozevich – 4
5. Shirov – 3½ Tomorrow’s tough clash between
6. Sadvakasov – 2 Kasparov and Kramnik is highly
anticipated. Kramnik has an excellent
We were looking forward to a theoretical chance to break Kasparov’s unbelievable
duel between Vladimir Kramnik and record of winning every tournament (not
Alexander Morozevich. A theoretical counting rapid events) since January
duel did happen but not the expected one. 1999 – only once was he not a clear
Morozevich defended a dubious-looking winner sharing first place with Kramnik
idea which did not serve him well against in Linares 2000. On the other hand, we
Kasparov in Wijk aan Zee 2001. This have already forgotten when Kasparov
time he introduced an improvement and last beat Kramnik – it was as long ago as
achieved very good play rather in Linares 1997 but then we remember
confidently. Curiously enough, both very well his losses in London 2000 and
Kramnik and Kasparov are trying to Zurich 2001. This is obviously too much
pressurise him in the same variations, for Kasparov…
passing him from one to another and we
should praise Alexander very much – Of course, it is impossible to predict the
every time he shows something special, outcome but the only thing is clear –
not only trying to solve the problems in there will no sharing of the victory. It
that particular game – his ideas either must be the only one…
open a new chapter in opening theory or
revive whole variations! Not an easy task Pairings of the 10thRound:
in modern chess… Kasparov – Kramnik
Morozevich – Gelfand
The hero of the round became Darmen Shirov – Sadvakasov
Sadvakasov, who kept the tension on
Garry Kasparov till the very end. Now let’s take a look at the other events.

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IM Olga Zimina became the new Chicago and back by train, scored 6-1 to
Russian Champion. In the last Round of tie for first in the under 1600 section.
the Russian Women’s Championship in Congratulations to these players for a job
Elista she beat IM Irina Slavina while well-done!”
other leaders – GM Julia Demina and Many thanks to John Donaldson for this
FM Ekaterina Korbut drew their games interesting information.
and shared second place. ¤¤¤
Some results of the 8th Round: Annotated Game

Demina – Strutinskaya ½:½ Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Zimina – Slavina 1:0 Sadvakasov (2585) −
Kochetkova – Korbut ½:½ Kasparov (2827)
Polovnikova – Grabuzova ½:½ Astana (9), 31.05.2001
Kursova – Khusnutdinova 1:0 B52
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¥b5+
Galianina-Ryzhanova – Zaiats ½:½
Not a very ambitious
Ovod – Rubtzova 0:1 approach, but fairly
reliable.
Final standings: 3...¥d7 4.¥xd7+ £xd7
1. Zimina – 6½ points 5.c4 ¤c6
2-3. Demina, Korbut – 6 points XIIIIIIIIY
4-9. Polovnikova, Grabuzova, 9r+-+kvlntr0
Strutinskaya, Slavina, Kursova, 9zpp+qzppzpp0
Kochetkova – 5½ etc. 9-+nzp-+-+0
9+-zp-+-+-0
Our congratulations for the winners! 9-+P+P+-+0
9+-+-+N+-0
Today we’ve got the news about recently 9PzP-zP-zPPzP0
finished Chicago Open. 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
IM John Donaldson reports: xiiiiiiiiy
“GMs Alexander Goldin and Julian 6.d4
Hodgson scored 6 from 7 to win the In a very spectacular game versus
Chicago Open held May 25-28 at the chess lovers from all over the World via
Hyatt Hotel in the Chicago suburb of the Internet in 1999 Kasparov himself
Oakbrook. The two winners each preferred 6.¤c3 ¤f6 7.0-0 g6 8.d4 cxd4
received $7,500 for their efforts in 9.¤xd4 ¥g7 10.¤de2 and after
finishing ahead of 13 other GMs and 10...£e6!? 11.¤d5 £xe4 12.¤c7+ ¢d7
many IMs and NMs. Among the close to 13.¤xa8 £xc4 14.¤b6+ axb6 15.¤c3
900(!) players participating were ¦a8² a complicated position with slightly
better chances for White has arisen.
Mechanics Institute members Vinay
6...cxd4 7.¤xd4 ¤f6 8.¤c3 g6 9.f3 ¥g7
Bhat, David Pruess and Kayven Riese, 10.¥e3 0-0 11.0-0
each of whom turned in excellent XIIIIIIIIY
performances. Vinay, who was tied for 9r+-+-trk+0
the lead with 4 from 4 at one point, 9zpp+qzppvlp0
ended up scoring 5-2, including a win 9-+nzp-snp+0
over Latvian GM Normunds Miezes and 9+-+-+-+-0
a draw with GM Yury Shulman. Pruess, 9-+PsNP+-+0
defeated the first GM in his career in 9+-sN-vLP+-0
round two (Alex Fishbein) and
9PzP-+-+PzP0
immediately followed up with a win over
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
another GM (Dmitry Gurevich) in round
xiiiiiiiiy
three in route to 4 1/2 points. Kayven,
11...a6
who travelled from the Bay Area to
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Darmen has already played this XIIIIIIIIY

position in this tournament, after 9r+r+-+k+0
11...¦fc8 12.b3 £d8 13.£d2 £a5 9+p+q+pvlp0
14.¦fd1 a6 15.a4 ¤d7 16.¤de2 ¦e8 9p+-+-snp+0
17.¦ab1 ¦ac8 a draw was agreed in the
game Sadvakasov − Gelfand, Astana
9+-+psn-+-0
2001.
9P+-sNPzP-+0
12.a4 e6 9+PsN-vL-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+Q+PzP0
9r+-+-trk+0 9+-tR-+RmK-0
9+p+q+pvlp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9p+nzppsnp+0 Of course, not 17.exd5?? ¦xc3!
9+-+-+-+-0 18.¦xc3 ¤xd5 19.¦cc1 (19.¦fc1 ¤xc3
20.¦xc3 ¤c6-+) 19...¤xe3 20.£xe3
9P+PsNP+-+0 ¤g4! and Black is winning.
9+-sN-vLP+-0 17...¦xc3!?
9-zP-+-+PzP0 Typical Kasparov play − the initiative at
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 any cost! 17...¤eg4!? 18.e5 ¤e4 was
xiiiiiiiiy also not so clear and maybe objectively
13.¦c1 stronger.
13.b3 can be countered by the 18.¦xc3 ¤xe4 19.¦c2 ¤g4 20.¦fc1 h5
immediate 13...d5 After 14.exd5 exd5 21.¦c7 £d6 22.¤f3 ¥f6!
15.c5 ¦fe8 16.¥f2 ¤h5 17.£d2 ¦ad8 XIIIIIIIIY
18.¦ae1 ¥e5 19.¤ce2 ¤g7 20.¦d1 a
draw was agreed in the game Movsesian 9r+-+-+k+0
− Lutz, GER−chT 1999. Curiously 9+ptR-+p+-0
enough, the final position is much more
redolent King's Indian than the Sicilian.
9p+-wq-vlp+0
13...¤e5 14.£e2 ¦fc8 9+-+p+-+p0
Only top players know why the rook 9P+-+nzPn+0
should be left on a8 here. 14...¦ac8!?
looked natural. 9+P+-vLN+-0
15.b3 9-+-+Q+PzP0
White radically prevented the advance
...b7−b5 but another typical 9+-tR-+-mK-0
breakthrough is coming. xiiiiiiiiy
15...d5 Black should not forget about
XIIIIIIIIY prophylactic moves − he secures the g7
square for the king.
9r+r+-+k+0 23.g3
9+p+q+pvlp0 White defends the f4 pawn to have the
9p+-+psnp+0 possibility to exchange the bishops by
¥d4 if needed and also makes available
9+-+psn-+-0 the g2 square for the king. The drawback
9P+PsNP+-+0 of this pawn advance is that it weakens
the kingside pawn structure and creates
9+PsN-vLP+-0 objects for Black's counterplay.
9-+-+Q+PzP0 Something like 23.a5!? was worthy of
consideration.
9+-tR-+RmK-0 23...£e6!?
xiiiiiiiiy Black forces the exchange of the
16.cxd5 bishops himself, supposing it is a good
The immediate 16.f4!? deserved defensive piece.
serious attention with a very complicated 24.¥d4 ¥xd4+ 25.¤xd4
play after 16...¤eg4
16...exd5 17.f4
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XIIIIIIIIY White hurries to make exchanges.

9r+-+-+k+0 32...¦xc8 33.¦xc8+ ¢g7 34.¢g2 ¤f5!
9+ptR-+p+-0 Preventing the queen exchange which
9p+-+q+p+0 was possible after the careless
34...¤h5?! 35.£d4!
9+-+p+-+p0 35.£c3
9P+-sNnzPn+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-+-zP-0 9-+R+-+-+0
9-+-+Q+-zP0 9+p+-+pmk-0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9p+-+-wqp+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+p+n+-0
25...£b6
25...£f6!? may lead to move repetition
9-+-+-zPn+0
after 26.¦c8+ ¦xc8 27.¦xc8+ ¢h7 9+PwQ-+N+-0
28.£d3 ¤gf2 29.£e3 ¤g4= 9-+-+-+K+0
26.£d3 9+-+-+-+-0
26.£b2!? h4!? 27.¢g2 was interesting. xiiiiiiiiy
26...¤gf2 27.£e3 ¤g4 28.£d3 h4!? 35...¤ge3+?
XIIIIIIIIY As was cleared in the post−mortem
9r+-+-+k+0 analysis, Black could have obtained
9+ptR-+p+-0 excellent winning chances by 35...d4!
9pwq-+-+p+0 36.£c5 ¤d6 37.¦c7 d3!∓
36.¢g1 d4 37.£c5 ¤e7
9+-+p+-+-0
9P+-sNnzPnzp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+Q+-zP-0 9-+R+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-zP0 9+p+-snpmk-0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9p+-+-wqp+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-wQ-+-+-0
Refusing the move repetition.
9-+-zp-zP-+0
29.a5?! 9+P+-snN+-0
Starting a series of time−trouble errors 9-+-+-+-+0
The pawn could have been captured − 9+-+-+-mK-0
29.gxh4!? − and Black had already to xiiiiiiiiy
seriously think about 29...¤gf2 30.£e3 Here a draw was agreed.After
¤g4= 37...¤e7 38.¦b8 ¤3d5 39.£xd4 ¤c6
29...£f6?! 40.£xf6+ ¢xf6 41.¦xb7 ¤xa5 a draw
It was quite possible to take the pawn was the most likely result as it looks
by 29...£xa5! impossible for White to keep his pawns.
30.¤f3? A very tense game. ½-½
30.¤e2 should have been preferred
and everything is protected. Recommended Web sites:
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Black's position looks threatening and

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CT-207, 2nd June 2001
on the board, sacrificing an exchange and

The Berlin Wall a pawn just to achieve interesting play.
Demolished in Astana! After a complicated fighting he managed
to get enough counterchances but then
his young opponent groundlessly tried to
G
arry Kasparov won a decisive
battle against score his first win in
Vladimir Kramnik the tournament and
and won the super- Shirov’s pawns quickly
tournament in Astana, which decided the game.
was dedicated to the tenth Nevertheless, such a
anniversary of the great tournament was a
independence of Kazakhstan. very instructive lesson
for Darmen, let’s wish
The players contested a him future successes!
principled dispute in the
Berlin Defence – Kramnik Let’s take a look at the
introduced a new idea which looked other events.
rather risky. Kasparov‘s play, although
perhaps not free from inaccuracies, was The 2nd SUFE Cup is underway in
generally just brilliant – a beautiful pawn Shanghai, China. It is a double-round
sacrifice, a very subtle king’s move and Sheveningen system match called China
an excellent rook manoeuvre – you can versus World All Stars Women's Summit.
find all these spectacular moments in the It features the best Chinese women
game section below. players against the rest of World, mainly
from Georgia, Russia. The time control is
25 minutes with 10 seconds increment.
Thus, Garry Kasparov extends his
outstanding series of tournament After 2 rounds China leads: 6½:5½
victories which tarted from January 1999
– our congratulations! Take a look at the results:
1st Round:
Results of the 10th Round: Chiburdanidze – Xie Jun 0:1
Kasparov – Kramnik 1:0 Zhukova – Zhu Chen 0:1
Morozevich – Gelfand ½:½ Maric* – Wang Pin 0:1
Shirov – Sadvakasov 1:0 Alexandria – Xu Juhua 1:0
Gaprindashvili* – Wang Lei 0:1
Final standings: Ioseliani* – Qin Kanying 1:0
1. Kasparov – 7 points out of 10
2. Kramnik – 6½ 2nd Round:
3. Gelfand – 5½ Xie Jun – Zhukova ½:½
4-5. Shirov, Morozevich – 4½ Zhu Chen* – Ioseliani 1:0
6. Sadvakasov – 2 Wang Pin* – Gaprindashvili ½:½
Xu Juhua – Chiburdanidze 0:1
Alexander Morozevich tried to catch Wang Lei – Alexandria 0:1
Gelfand for third place but Boris parried Qin Kanying* – Maric ½:½
his attempts with confidence.
The game between Alexey Shirov and Standings after 2 rounds:
Darmen Sadvakasov was very exciting. 1-2. Zhu Chen, Alexandria – 2 points,
As usual, Shirov tried to fan the flames 3-4. Xie Jun, Wang Pin – 1½
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5-7. Wang Lei, Ioseliani, the king rook!? However, in this

Chiburdanidze – 1 system Black often plays with only a
8-11. Zhukova, Gaprindashvili, Maric, half an army in action for a prolonged
Qin Kanying – ½ period of time.
12. Xu Yuhua – 0 13.¦ad1 ¤e7
A standard manoeuvre − the knight
The 2nd European Men’s is going to g6.
Championship is underway in Ohrid, 14.¦fe1 (D)
Macedonia. This 13 round Swiss event XIIIIIIIIY
promises to be very exciting. There are 9-+-trkvl-tr0
143 GMs (!) and 38 IMs among 204 9zppzplsnpzp-0
players, which compete for 46 passes to 9-+p+-+-zp0
the FIDE World Championship 9+-+-zP-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+PsN-+N+P0
¤¤¤
9PvLP+-zPP+0
Annotated Game 9+-+RtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
G. Kasparov (2827) − V. Kramnik 14...¤g6
(2797) 14...c5 looked suspicious as it
Astana (10), 01.06.2001 C67 allowed an immediate break by
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 15.e6!? (15.¤e4 ¤g6 was also a
possible way) and after 15...¥xe6
T he battle of the tournament!
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6

16.¤b5 ¦xd1 17.¦xd1 f6 18.¤xc7+
¢f7 19.¦d8 and Black faces certain
problems: it is not easy to get the h8
The Berlin Defence − both players rook into play and at the same time
are proceeding along a principled secure his queenside, for example:
dispute. 19...¤c6 20.¤xe6 ¢xe6 21.¦e8+
4.0-0 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥xc6 dxc6 ¢d7 (21...¢f7 22.¦c8) 22.¦a8 and so
7.dxe5 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8 9.¤c3 on.
h6 10.h3 ¥d7 11.b3 (D) 15.¤e4
XIIIIIIIIY In case of 15.¤d4 Black could have
9r+-mk-vl-tr0 played 15...¥e7. Here the advance
9zppzpl+pzp-0 16.e6 (16.¤e4 c5) promises a small
9-+p+-+-zp0 advantage: 16...¥xe6 17.¤xe6 fxe6
9+-+-zPn+-0 18.¦xd8+ ¥xd8 (18...¢xd8 19.¦xe6
9-+-+-+-+0 ¥f6 20.¤a4) 19.¦xe6+ (19.¤e4!?)
9+PsN-+N+P0 19...¢f7 20.¦e1 ¥f6 21.¤a4 but
9P+P+-zPP+0 Black keeps reasonable drawish
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 chances.
xiiiiiiiiy 15...¤f4?! (D)
11...¢e8 XIIIIIIIIY
A new approach. Previously Black 9-+-trkvl-tr0
preferred to move the king to the 9zppzpl+pzp-0
other side − 11...¢c8 , followed by 9-+p+-+-zp0
9+-+-zP-+-0
...b6, ¢b7 and ...¤e7−g6 as Kramnik 9-+-+Nsn-+0
usually did in their match in London 9+P+-+N+P0
2000. 9PvLP+-zPP+0
12.¥b2 ¦d8 9+-+RtR-mK-0
Black has developed his queen's xiiiiiiiiy
rook but how he is going to develop 15...c5 looked much more reliable,
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taking control over the d4−square, 19.¥f6!

preventing the f3 knight from entering Very energetic and beautiful play!
the action. 19...¦c8 20.¥xg7
16.e6!! As Kasparov pointed out after the
A brilliant resource! White opens the game, 20.¥h4!? was maybe
e−file against Black's king as well as stronger, keeping Black almost
the long diagonal for the bishop and paralysed.
seizes a very strong initiative. 20...¥xg7 21.¤xg7+ ¦xg7 22.¤f6+
16...¤xe6 (D) ¢e7 23.¤xd7 ¦d8 24.¤e5 ¦xd1
XIIIIIIIIY 25.¦xd1 ¤f4 (D)
9-+-trkvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zppzpl+pzp-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+p+n+-zp0 9zppzp-mkptr-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-zp0
9-+-+N+-+0 9+-zp-sN-+-0
9+P+-+N+P0 9-+-+-sn-+0
9PvLP+-zPP+0 9+P+-+-+P0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9P+P+-zPP+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+R+-mK-0
17.¤d4 xiiiiiiiiy
17.¥e5!? ¦c8 18.¤h4! was maybe This is the position Black probably
even stronger, keeping in mind not had in mind. However, a big surprise
only ¤f5 but f4−f5 as well. I agree was waiting for him.
with Sergey Shipov − Black's life is 26.¢h1!!
difficult here. The rook ending after 26.¤g4?!
17...c5?! ¤xh3+! 27.gxh3 f5 28.f3 h5 29.¢f2
This push seems to be a serious hxg4 30.¦g1 was probably drawn −
mistake − the knight is going to f5 here 30...c4!? deserved attention as
anyway. Vladimir probably the most precise way.
underestimated White's resources in 26...¦g5
the position after his 25th move. It It turns out that the pawn is
looks like Black had to defend the g7 untouchable: 26...¦xg2? 27.¤d3+−;
pawn in advance by the rather ugly or 26...¤xg2? 27.¦g1 (this is why the
17...¦h7! Now 18.¤f5 (18.f4!?) could White moved the king to h1, and not
be met by 18...¥c8 and Black keeps to f1!) 27...¦g5 (27...¢f6 28.¤g4+)
defending. 28.¤f3 ¦f5 29.¢xg2+−
18.¤f5 ¦h7™ (D) 27.¤g4 ¦d5 28.¦e1+!
XIIIIIIIIY In the knight ending after 28.¦xd5?!
9-+-trkvl-+0 ¤xd5 29.¤xh6 ¤b4„ Black's pawns
9zppzpl+pzpr0 were no less dangerous than White's.
9-+-+n+-zp0 28...¢f8 29.¤xh6 ¦d2?! (D)
9+-zp-+N+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+N+-+0 9-+-+-mk-+0
9+P+-+-+P0 9zppzp-+p+-0
9PvLP+-zPP+0 9-+-+-+-sN0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9+-zp-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-sn-+0
The only move. 18...¦g8? was 9+P+-+-+P0
much worse as White could have 9P+Ptr-zPP+0
captured another pawn first: 9+-+-tR-+K0
19.¤xh6! ¦h8 20.¤f5+− and so on. xiiiiiiiiy
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It seems that Black has gained good After ¦h2 the pawn is unstoppable
counterplay, but the following so Black resigned. Inspired play by
manoeuvre almost clarifies the Garry Kasparov. Our congratulations
situation. By the way, the text move once again! 1-0.
was rather inaccurate − the
preliminary 29...¢g7 30.¤g4 should Recommended Web sites:
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CT-208, 3rd June 2001
1st World Cup Xu Yuhua are far from

Chinese Team Stills their best form, but the other young
Leads in Chinese players are dominating the field,
ensuring a clear lead in the match.
Shanghai
The 2nd European Men’s
nd
A
fter 5 rounds of the 2 SUFE Championship is in full swing in Ohrid,
Rapid Cup China versus World Macedonia. After the 2nd Round 15
Women's Summit in Shanghai players are leading with a perfect score.
the Chinese team leads with a score of The heroes of the day were 14 year old
17½:12½. Andrey Volokitin (Ukraine), who beat a
very experienced Zurab Sturua (Georgia)
and Vladislav Nevednichy (Romania),
3rd Round: (*indicates black pieces) 4-2 who smashed one of the ELO-favourites
Xie Jun – Ioseliani ½:½ Kiril Georgiev (Bulgaria) in brilliant
Zhu Chen – Gaprindashvili 1:0 style. This spectacular battle is featured
Wang Pin* – Zhukova 1:0 below in the game section. By the way,
Xu Juhua – Maric 0:1 both winners are among the leaders as
Wang Lei* – Chiburdanidze ½:½ well!
Qin Kanying* – Alexandria 1:0
Pairings for the 3rd Round:
4th Round: 3½:2½ Sakaev (2) – Hulak (2)
Xie Jun* – Alexandria 0:1 Nevednichy (2) – Lastin (2)
Zhu Chen – Maric ½:½ Ruck (2) – Avrukh (2)
Wang Pin – Chiburdanidze ½:½ Nisipeanu (2) – Atalik (2)
Xu Juhua* – Gaprindashvili ½:½ Iordachescu (2) – Bischoff (2)
Wang Lei* – Ioseliani 1:0 Volokitin (2) – Aseev (2)
Qin Kanying – Zhukova 1:0 De Vreught (2)– Gyimesi (2)
M.Gurevich (1½) – Basagic (2)
5th Round: 3:3 J.Polgar (1½) – Luther (1½)
Xie Jun* – Maric ½:½ Van Wely (1½) – A. Sokolov (1½) etc.
Zhu Chen* – Chiburdanidze ½:½
Wang Pin – Alexandria 1:0
Xu Juhua – Ioseliani 0:1 Both Men’s and Women’s Indian
Wang Lei – Zhukova ½:½ Championships are underway in New
Qin Kanying* – Gaprindashvili ½:½ Delhi. There are 19 players in the Men’s
and 14 in the Women’s round robin
Standings after 5 rounds: events. The time control is one hour 30
1. Wang Pin – 4½ points minutes for the first 40 moves and then
2. Zhu Chen – 4 30 minutes for the rest of the game.
3-5. Alexandria, Qin Kanying,
Wang Lei – 3 Surprisingly enough, after 2 rounds there
6-9. Chiburdanidze, Maric, Ioseliani, are no players with a perfect score in the
Xie Jun – 2½ Men’s event, but 7 players have 1½
10-11. Zhukova, Gaprindashvili – 1 points. The defending Champion Abhijit
12. Xu Yuhua – ½ Kunte and the only 2600+ player
Krishnan Sasikiran are among them.
As you may notice, the World Champion
Xie Jun, and especially the winner of the
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¤¤¤ 15...¤g6 16.g4 (D)

9r+lwq-trk+0
K. Georgiev (2676) − V. 9zpp+-+-vlp0
Nevednichy (2563) 9-+-zp-+nsn0
2nd European Championship Ohrid 9+-zpPzppzp-0
(2), 02.06.2001 E92 9-+P+P+P+0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-sN-+P+P0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 9PzP-sNLvL-+0
5.¤f3 0-0 6.¥e2 e5 7.¥e3 (D) 9+R+QmK-+R0
9rsnlwq-trk+0 This was the idea but, in my opinion
9zppzp-+pvlp0 it cannot bother Black very much.
9-+-zp-snp+0 Such a radical way of closing the
9+-+-zp-+-0 kingside could have much better
9-+PzPP+-+0 effect if White were able to transfer
9+-sN-vLN+-0 his knight to f5 for sure − here it does
9PzP-+LzPPzP0 not seem to be an easy task.
9tR-+QmK-+R0 16...fxg4 17.hxg4 ¤h4 18.¦h2
xiiiiiiiiy 18.¤f1? was impossible due to
7.0-0 is the classical approach. 18...¤g2+ 19.¢d2 ¤xg4!
7...¤g4 8.¥g5 f6 9.¥h4 ¤c6 10.d5 18...¦f4
¤e7 11.¤d2 ¤h6 12.f3 c5 (D) Occupying all good squares.
XIIIIIIIIY 19.b4
9r+lwq-trk+0 Here 19.¤f1!? was worthy of
9zpp+-sn-vlp0 consideration, intending to counter
9-+-zp-zppsn0 19...£f6 by 20.¥xh4 gxh4 21.¤e3
9+-zpPzp-+-0 keeping in mind not only ¤f5 but
9-+P+P+-vL0 sometimes ¤g2.
9+-sN-+P+-0 19...b6 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.¥e3 (D)
9PzP-sNL+PzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+QmK-+R0 9r+lwq-+k+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zp-+-+-vlp0
All these moves have been played 9-zp-+-+-sn0
many times. The position is very 9+-zpPzp-zp-0
complex − both armies will come into 9-+P+PtrPsn0
close contact very soon on the whole 9+-sN-vLP+-0
front line. 9P+-sNL+-tR0
13.¦b1 9+R+QmK-+-0
13.dxc6 bxc6 14.b4 is a slightly xiiiiiiiiy
different approach − to open up the Intending to transfer the knight to f5
center and so decrease the strength with all conveniences.
of Black's kingside activity. 21...£f6!?
13...g5 14.¥f2 f5 15.h3 No way!
A new continuation − White is 22.¥xf4
going to stop Black's initiative on the This is maybe a hasty decision.
kingside radically. Tournament 22.£a4!? deserved serious attention,
practice promises slightly better making it more difficult for Black to
chances for White after 15.b4 b6 develop his queenside.
16.bxc5 bxc5 (16...dxc5 17.exf5! 22...exf4 23.¤b5
¤hxf5 18.¤de4±) 17.0-0² As often is the case in the King's

CT-208 Page 2 of 4
Indian, Black's dark−squared bishop Sacrificing a couple of pawns, Black

is at least not worse, than a rook. clears another diagonal for the
Here White also has connected bishop on g7 − quite in a spirit of
passed pawns so Black shouldn't let such positions. Objectively this was
them to go too far. maybe too much, but both players
23...¥d7 24.£b3 ¤f7 (D) were probably in the time trouble.
XIIIIIIIIY White's play is fairly not easy under
9r+-+-+k+0 the time pressure.
9zp-+l+nvlp0 32.g5?
9-zp-+-wq-+0 A tempting move, but probably
9+NzpP+-zp-0 wrong. Something like 32.¦g1!? was
9-+P+PzpPsn0 stronger.
9+Q+-+P+-0 32...£xg5 33.£d6
9P+-sNL+-tR0 This was the idea − White is
9+R+-mK-+-0 threatening £e6.
xiiiiiiiiy 33...fxe2!
25.¢d1 However, Black ignores the threat to
A natural idea − but the king seems his rook, believing that in such
to be quite safe on c2. positions the bishops are more
25...¤e5 26.¢c2 useful!
Thanks to his excellent "dark− 34.£e6+ ¢h7 35.£xc8 £e3 (D)
squared" pieces Black's chances look XIIIIIIIIY
not so bad. Here Vladislav decided to 9-+Q+-+-+0
begin concrete actions. 9zp-+-+-vlk0
26...¥xb5 27.cxb5 c4 28.£b4 9-zp-+-+-+0
28.¥xc4 ¦c8÷ was too unclear. 9+P+Psn-+P0
28...¦c8 29.¦f2 (D) 9-+p+P+-sn0
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9-+r+-+k+0 9P+KsNptR-+0
9zp-+-+-vlp0 9+R+-+-+-0
9-zp-+-wq-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+P+Psn-zp-0 Suddenly White finds himself in big
9-wQp+PzpPsn0 trouble − Black's pieces are
9+-+-+P+-0 dominating and his attack is
9P+KsNLtR-+0 irresistible.
9+R+-+-+-0 36.¦xe2
xiiiiiiiiy A sad necessity.
White has protected everything but 36...£xe2 37.¦g1 £d3+ 38.¢d1
Black finds a fairly spectacular way to Or 38.¢c1 £c3+-+
throw more wood into the fire. 38...c3 39.¦xg7+
29...h5!? 30.gxh5 g4! 31.fxg4 f3 (D) The last attempt.
XIIIIIIIIY 39...¢xg7 40.h6+ ¢h7 (D)
9-+r+-+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
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9-zp-+-wq-+0 9-zp-+-+-zP0
9+P+Psn-+P0 9+P+Psn-+-0
9-wQp+P+Psn0 9-+-+P+-sn0
9+-+-+p+-0 9+-zpq+-+-0
9P+KsNLtR-+0 9P+-sN-+-+0
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xiiiiiiiiy White resigned. An excellent win by
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Vladislav Nevednichy, who played

this King's Indian on his finger−tips.
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CT-209, 4th June 2001
oday's issue is rather special, as agree to this). The CD will be offered to
T with it I would like to introduce a

regular coaching section in Chess
Today (CT) (see page 2).
all existing readers at a considerable
discount.
For today's issue I chose a particular

endgame theme, but before I get to it, I
According to your feedback our would like to mention what is going on
newspaper is much appreciated by its in the European Championship in
readers and we hope to attract more Ohrid, Macedonia. It is a very strong
members soon. To improve the quality of tournament, which could be even
CT, we plan to concentrate on its stronger, if it was not held in a now-
instructional value. Personally I believe troubled country... Still, to have 40 GMs
that most CT readers value our paper over 2600 is awesome and I hope that
mostly for its annotated games. We will everything will be well with the event
keep them, as well as news, puzzles and and its participants.
interviews. But as most of our readers are
not chess professionals, we will have In round 3 there were many draws at the
more instructional materials in the paper top of the cross-table, which is hardly
- on more or less regular base. The surprising as there are many qualifying
opportunities are limitless here - we can places and not many would be prepared
consider endgame, middlegame or to risk too much at this stage. Besides,
openings. Also interesting is to discuss the playing field is rather level. GM
how to train in chess. Feedback from our Konstantin Aseev beat Andrei Volokitin,
readers is always very welcome. I also while GM Dennis de Vreught defeated
hope that we can make the discussion GM Zoltan Gyimesi. Thus, Aseev and de
forum at www.chesstoday.net much Vreught are only 2 players with perfect
more active- surely CT readers can share scores now.
their views on chess and help each other!
You can also send your questions and There were some big upsets in this
suggestions to ababurin@iol.ie. Please round, as Judith Polgar (2678) lost to
mark them 'Chess Instruction' in the Thomas Luther (2568), while the top-
subject field. I will try to deal with all seeded Mikhail Gurevich (2688) only
messages and will certainly choose the drew with White against IM Zlatko
most interesting of them for discussing in Basagic (2345). Elo-favourites are not
Chess Today. doing well in the tournament so far, for
example Mikhail Krasenkov (2655) lost
As for other CT news and plans, I hope with White to Peter Wells (2522). More
to have an interview with Vladimir on this tournament and other events
Kramnik soon. It was not possible to do tomorrow.
it before the tournament in Astana and I
did not want to bother Vladimir during When talking about current news, I
the competition, but hopefully he will cannot omit the Internet chess auction,
have more time now. In July we plan to which finished on Sunday. It was held at
produce Chess Today CD, which will the GM Square site at this address:
contain the first 200 issues of our www.gmsquare.com/chessauction. I was
newspaper: Chess Base and PGN files, directly involved in the auction and was
all PDF files and perhaps Acrobat Reader
and Chess Base Light (if their owners
This issue is prepared by GM Alexander Baburin, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi

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very pleased with its outcome. Thanks to Petersburg, Russia on June 18-29 (the
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GM Chess, Chess Base and some other details and contact information please
sites, the auction attracted many check out
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interesting sales: 'An Inquiry into the ertournaments.html
antient Greek game, supposed to have
been invented by Palamedes' by J. ¢¢¢
Christie), published in London in 1801, Coach's Corner
was sold for 1099.82 euro (about conducted by GM Alexander Baburin
US$930). Caxton's ‘The Game of the
Chesse’, reproduced in 1855 by Vincent
Figgins, went for 751 euro. So, if you
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F or today's discussion in our Coach's
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your attic, please let me now ASAP! :-) think that there is nothing difficult about
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But chess stuff does not have to be old to players sometimes know little about the
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Here the white king wants to cross
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It's OK on my First page today. Free. play, Black has the opposition. He
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Talking about interesting and unusual
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mention the online exposition about Just have a look at the following
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Here it is Black to play, so White 3.¢e3! ¢e6 4.¢e4 and the rest is
has the opposition and can get easy − White wins.
through the 6th rank. Thus he wins
the f6−pawn and the game. 1...¢e7 I like the following study by Nikolai
2.¢c6 This is called out−flanking. Grigoriev very much, which illustrates
2...¢f7 3.¢d7 ¢f8 4.¢e6 ¢g7 the opposition brilliantly.
5.¢e7 Opposition again! 5...¢g8 XIIIIIIIIY
6.¢xf6 ¢f8 7.¢e6 ¢e8 8.f6 ¢f8 9.f7 9K+-+-+-+0
1-0. 9+-+-+-+-0
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Now let's consider a more complicated 9+p+-+-+-0
case. 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-+-+-0
9-+-+k+-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+p+-+-+p0 White to play, wins
9-zP-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0 After 1.b4? ¢a6! 2.¢b8 ¢b6 3.¢c8
9-+-+-+-+0 ¢c6 4.¢d8 ¢d6 5.¢e8 ¢e6= White
9+-+-mK-+-0 can't make progress. Also poor is
xiiiiiiiiy 1.¢b8? b4 and Black draws, as
White to play, wins 2.c4?? even loses after 2...b3! So
White must move the king forward White must play 1.b3! Now after
and try to cross the 5th rank. This 1...¢a6 2.b4! ¢b6 3.¢b8 White has
requires some skill or knowledge. For the opposition, so he wins: 3...¢c6
example bad is 1.¢d2? ¢d8! 2.¢d3 4.¢a7+−. But Black has a tricky
¢d7 3.¢d4 ¢d6 and White can't resource: 1...¢a5 2.¢b8! After
make progress. So White must play 2.¢b7? b4 3.c4 Black escapes!
1.¢e2! Now 1...¢e7 2.¢e3 ¢e6 2...b4 3.c4 ¢b6 Black has obtained
does not set too many problems after the opposition, but at a price − now
3.¢e4 ¢f6 4.¢f4! (4.¢d5? ¢f5 the c4−pawn is a protected passed
5.¢c5 ¢g4 6.¢xb5 ¢xh4 is only pawn, which is a great asset! 4.¢c8
equal.) 4...¢g6 (4...¢e6 5.¢g5 ¢d5 ¢c6 5.¢d8 ¢d6 6.¢e8 ¢e6 7.¢f8
6.¢xh5 ¢c4 7.¢g4 and White wins.) ¢f6 8.¢g8 ¢g6 8...¢e5 loses after
5.¢e5 Out−flanking! 5...¢g7 6.¢f5 9.¢f7 ¢d4 10.¢e6 ¢c3 11.c5 ¢xb3
(6.¢d5+−) 6...¢h6 7.¢f6 ¢h7 12.c6 ¢a2 13.c7 b3 14.c8£ b2
8.¢g5+−. Better is 1...¢d8! 15.£a6+ 9.¢h8! (D)
Here White can go wrong − 2.¢e3? XIIIIIIIIY
And Black gets the opposition with 9-+-+-+-mK0
2...¢e7. 9+-+-+-+-0
2.¢f3! ¢e7 (D) 9-+-+-+k+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-zpP+-+-+0
9+-+-mk-+-0 9+P+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+p+-+-+p0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-+-zP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+K+-0 Now Black's king cannot follow his
9-+-+-+-+0 enemy, as he has to stay inside the
9+-+-+-+-0 square of the c4−pawn. 9...¢f6
xiiiiiiiiy (Diagonal opposition.) 9...¢h6?
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10.c5+− 10.¢h7 ¢f7 11.¢h6 ¢f6 Benko−Gereben

12.¢h5 ¢f5 13.¢h4 ¢f4 14.¢h3! XIIIIIIIIY
¢f5 15.¢g3 ¢g5 16.¢f3 ¢f5 9R+-+-+-+0
17.¢e3 ¢e5 18.¢d3 (D) 9zP-+-+-mk-0
9-+-mK-zp-+0
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9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+P+P+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
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9+-+-mk-+-0 9+r+-+-+-0
9-zpP+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+P+K+-+-0 How should the game end with best
9-+-+-+-+0 play from both sides and what the
9+-+-+-+-0 continuation should be?
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Please tell us what you think of our
Finally Black can't keep the
instuctional course and share with us
opposition and so he loses. 18...¢d6
what you would like to see in Chess
19.¢d4 ¢c6 20.c5 +−
Today!
If these positions above seem too
easy for you then try our little test
below. Write down your anwsers and
check our solutions in tomorrow's
issue of Chess Today. But please
take this seriously, as these positions
are harder than they look. Good luck!
Endgame Quiz the price will go down, while the quality
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White to play, draws
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CT-210, 5th June 2001
¤¤¤
Konstantin Aseev Annotated Game
Leads in Ohrid! K. Aseev (2577) − E. Arlandi
(2423)
2nd IECC Ohrid MKD (2), 02.06.2001
onstantin Aseev (Russia) took B81
K sole lead
after the
4th round of the 2nd
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4

European Men’s ¤f6 5.¤c3 d6
Championship in Nowadays this move is not often
Ohrid, Macedonia. played − mianly because of...
The St-Petersburg's 6.g4! (D)
GM has a perfect XIIIIIIIIY
score – 4 points. 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Today he is the hero of our annotated 9zpp+-+pzpp0
game section. GMs Hulak, Timoshenko 9-+-zppsn-+0
and Delchev have 3½ points out of 4. 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-sNP+P+0
Some results of the forth round: 9+-sN-+-+-0
Aseev (3) 1:0 De Vreugt (3)
9PzPP+-zP-zP0
Luther (2½) ½:½ Sakaev (2½)
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Lastin (2½) 0:1 Hulak (2½)
xiiiiiiiiy
Nevednichy (2½) ½:½ Lputian (2½)
The Keres attack is a very
Timoshenko (2½) 1:0 Motylev (2½)
unpleasant line for Black.
Avrukh (2½) ½:½ Romanishin (2½)
6...h6
Bischoff (2½) ½:½ Nisipeanu (2½)
In my oppinion this is the most solid
Fedorov (2½) ½:½ Ruck (2½)
move in this not too solid (for Black)
Korobov (2½) ½:½ Iordachescu (2½)
system. For example, Kasparov
Basagic (2½) 0:1 Delchev (2½)
played it vs. Karpov in the 1st game
Anastasian (2½) ½:½ Jobava (2½)
of their 1st match (Moscow 1984)
Atalik (2½) ½:½ Short (2)
and made a draw without big
After 8 rounds of the 2nd SUFE Rapid problems. But after that game he
Cup China versus World Women’s hasn't allowed the Keres attack in his
Summit in Shanghai the Chinese team games. Who knows why?!I think too
continues to lead with a score of 29:19. risky is 6...¤c6?! and; 6...a6?!;
The Chinese won rounds 6th and 8th with Maybe Black can play 6...e5!? − you
the score 4½:1½ and 4:2 respectively, can ask GM Ruslan Scherbakov
and drew 3:3 in round 7. There will be 4 about it :−).
more rounds 7.h4 ¥e7
The main alternative is 7...¤c6
IM Ponnuswamy Koguel leads with 2 ½ 8.¦g1 ¤h7?!
points after the 3rd round of the Indian A very rare move. The idea is to
Championships in New Delphi. blockade White's pawns on the King
2-8. Sasikiran, Kunte, Ganguly, Thipsay, side, but this task is very difficult.
Lahiri, Barua, Ravi – 2 points etc. 9.g5!?
This looks like the strongest and
most principled way. A good
alternative is 9.¤f3!?; not good is −
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky & GM Alex Baburin, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
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9.h5?! After this White retains a second

9...hxg5 10.hxg5 ¤xg5 pawn and gains a big advantage.
Or 10...¤f8 11.¥e3 ¤c6 12.£d2 More stubborn was 19...¥f6 20.¥h3
¤xd4 13.¥xd4 e5 14.¥e3 £a5 ¤c6 21.¥xe6 ¥e8 with some
15.¥c4 ¥e6 16.¤d5 £xd2+ 17.¢xd2 counterplay.
¥d8 18.¦h1² Mokos − Nozdzoviczi, 20.¤f3 ¦h5 21.¦xg7 e4 22.¤3g5
Slovakia 1993/94. ¥f6 23.¦g6 ¥d4 24.c3!?
11.¤db5 f6 (D) White could simply play 24.¤xe4
XIIIIIIIIY but he doesn't want lose a tempo.
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 However, maybe the simplest way
9zpp+-vl-zp-0 was also the best way.
9-+-zppzp-+0
9+N+-+-sn-0 24...¥xf2 25.¤xe4 ¥e3+ 26.¢b1
9-+-+P+-+0 ¦d5
9+-sN-+-+-0 This is easy to understand − Black
9PzPP+-zP-+0 wants to defend his pieces. "Brave"
9tR-vLQmKLtR-0 comp suggestes 26...¤e7!? but
xiiiiiiiiy humans usually try to avoid variations
12.e5! like 27.¤f6 ¥a4 etc.
White played much weaker in the 27.¦e1 ¦f8 28.¦g7 ¥f4? (D)
following game: 12.¥xg5 fxg5 XIIIIIIIIY
13.£d4 0-0 14.0-0-0 ¤c6 15.£c4 a6 9-+-+-tr-+0
16.¤d4 ¤xd4 17.¦xd4 ¥f6 18.¦d3 9+pmkl+NtR-0
¥e5 19.¦h3 b5 20.£e2 £f6³ Belotti − 9p+n+p+-+0
V.Atlas, Switzerland 1992. Konstantin 9+-+r+-+-0
Aseev sacrifices a second pawn, but 9-+-+Nvl-+0
receives a very strong initiative. 9+-zP-+-+-0
12...dxe5 9PzP-+-+-+0
Of course, not 12...fxe5?? 13.¥xg5 9+K+-tRL+-0
¥xg5 14.¤xd6+ ¢f8 15.¤xc8+−; xiiiiiiiiy
After 12...d5!? 13.exf6 gxf6 14.¥f4
The best defense is offense, so
¤a6© and White has good
Black could exploit with 28...¦f5; or
compensation for a pawn but maybe
28...¥d2.
not more.
29.¥c4! ¦f5 30.¤fg5
13.¥xg5 fxg5 14.£xd8+ ¢xd8 15.0-
Now Black can't defend all his
0-0+ ¥d7 16.¤e4!
weaknesses.
Yes, Black has many pawns but
30...¢c8
most of them are very weak. He also
30...¥xg5 31.¤xg5 ¢b6 32.¥xe6
has big problems with his
31.¦xd7!
development.
The decisive blow.
16...a6
31...¥xg5 32.¥xe6 ¦e5 33.¤d6+
Other methods are 16...¤c6
¢b8 34.¦xe5 ¤xe5 35.¦xb7+ ¢a8
17.¤xg5 ¢c8 18.¤e4±; 16...¦h5!?
36.¥d5 (D)
17.¥e2 ¦h2÷ 17.¤bd6 ¢c7 18.¤f7 XIIIIIIIIY
¦h4 19.¤exg5 ¤c6?! (D) 9k+-+-tr-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+R+-+-+-0
9r+-+-+-+0 9p+-sN-+-+0
9+pmklvlNzp-0 9+-+Lsn-vl-0
9p+n+p+-+0
9+-+-zp-sN-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-tr0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9PzP-+-+-+0
9PzPP+-zP-+0 9+K+-+-+-0
9+-mKR+LtR-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy
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36...¦f1+ 37.¢c2 ¦c1+ 38.¢b3 ¦d1 5.cxb3 ¢d6 6.¢c4 ¢c6 7.¢b4 ¢b6=.
39.¦b5+ 1-0. 1...¢g6 2.¢g4 ¢f6 3.¢f4 ¢e6
4.¢e4 ¢d6 5.¢d4 b3
Solutions to Yesterday's Endgame Or 5...¢c6 6.¢c4 b3 (6...¢c7 7.¢xb4
Quiz (in CT−209): ¢b6 8.¢c4 ¢c6 9.c3+−) 7.cxb3! ¢b6
8.¢b4+−.
Mandler study, 1969 6.cxb3 ¢c6 7.¢c4 ¢b6 8.¢b4 ¢c6
XIIIIIIIIY 9.¢a5 ¢b7 10.¢b5 1-0.
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Benko − Gereben endgame
9k+-+-+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9R+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zP-+-+-mk-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-mK-zp-+0
9K+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-zp-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+P+P+0
White to play, draws 9-+-+-+-+0
9+r+-+-+-0
After 1.¢b3? ¢b5! 2.¢c3 ¢c5 xiiiiiiiiy
3.¢d3 ¢d5 4.¢e3 ¢e5 5.¢f3 ¢f5 Black can easily stop the a−pawn
6.¢g3 ¢g5 Black has the opposition, by playing 1...¦a1, since White's king
so his king outflanks his white doesn't have any shelter. However,
counterpart: 7.¢f3 ¢h4 8.¢g2 ¢g4 Black should not rush with making
9.¢f2 ¢h3-+. Thus, White should this move and first examine the
play 1.¢b2!. Now 1...¢b5 can be position more carefully, checking
met with 2.¢b3!=. After 1...¢b6 what White can do after 1...¦a1. In
White also draws: 2.¢c2 ¢c6 3.¢d2 the game Black played 1...¦a1?. He
¢d6 4.¢e2 ¢e6 5.¢f2 ¢f6 6.¢g2! obviously saw that 2.¦e8? could be
¢g5 7.¢g3=. met with 2...¦a6+=, but missed that
White could seize the distant
Bianchetti study, 1925 opposition after 2.¦c8! ¦a6+ 3.¦c6
XIIIIIIIIY ¦xa7 4.¦c7+ ¦xc7 5.¢xc7. Now
9-+-+-+-+0 White wins, as he can transform the
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-mk0 distant opposition into a short one
9+-+-+-+-0 easily, for example: 5...¢g6 6.¢d8!
9-zp-+-+-+0 ¢h7 7.¢d7! ¢h6 8.¢e8 ¢g7 9.¢e7
9+-+-+-+K0 ¢g6 10.¢f8+−.
9-+P+-+-+0 Instead of 1...¦a1? Black should
9+-+-+-+-0 have played 1...¦d1+! 2.¢e6 ¦a1.
xiiiiiiiiy
After 3.¦e8 Black has 3...¦a6+!=,
* White to play, wins
while 3.¦d8 ¦xa7 4.¦d7+ ¦xd7
5.¢xd7(D) leads to the following
* (Some of you may have figured out
instructive position:
that it should have read "White to XIIIIIIIIY
play, wins" and not draws. I didn't 9-+-+-+-+0
catch it while editing. So blame me 9+-+K+-mk-0
for the confusion. At any rate Alex 9-+-+-zp-+0
gives the solution below −−−RPM) 9+-+-+-zp-0
9-+-+P+P+0
1.¢h4! Now Black cannot gain the 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
opposition. After 1.¢g4? ¢g6 Black 9+-+-+-+-0
draws by sacrificing his pawn in time: xiiiiiiiiy
2.¢f4 ¢f6 3.¢e4 ¢e6 4.¢d4 b3!
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This is a tricky moment − after

5...¢f7? 6.¢d6 Black cannot keep
the opposition and thus he loses the
game: 6...¢g7 7.¢e7 ¢g6 8.¢f8+−.
But there is a draw − Black must play
5...¢h7!!, taking the distant
opposition! After 6.¢d6 ¢h6! 7.e5
fxe5 8.¢xe5 ¢g6 9.¢e6 ¢g7 10.¢f5
¢f7 11.¢xg5 ¢g7 Black is OK.
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CT-211, 6th June 2001
(3) Romanishin ½:½ Alexandrov (3)

The Chinese Women's (3) Vallejo Pons ½:½ Macieja (3)
Team Victorious in (3) Lputian 1:0 Atalik (3)
(3) Ruck 0:1 Milov (3)
Shanghai! (3) Jobava 0:1 Avrukh (3)
(3) Czebe ½:½ Sturua (3)
(3) Nisipeanu ½:½ Korobov (3)
The Chinese Women's team totally (3) De Vreugt 1:0 Fedorov (3)
dominated in the 2nd SUFE Rapid Cup (3) Iordachescu 1:0 Chernyshov (3)
China versus World Women's Summit in (2½) J.Polgar 1:0 Bischoff (3)
Shanghai and won it with the (2½) M.Gurevich 0:1 Gyimesi (2½) etc.
impressive final score of 41½:30½.
Individual results: 1-2. Aseev, Timoshenko – 4½ points
China team: 3-10. Delchev, Van Wely, Sakaev,
1. Wang Pin – 8 points Lputian, Milov, Avrukh, De Vreugt,
2. Zhu Chen – 7½ Iordachescu – 4 etc.
3-4. Xie Jun, Xu Yuhua – 7
5. Wang Lei – 6½ Pairings of the 6th Round:
6. Qin Kanying – 5½ Aseev (4½) – Timoshenko (4½)
Avrukh (4) – Van Wely (4)
World Stars: Iordachescu (4) – Sakaev (4)
1. Maia Chiburdanidze GEO – 7 points Delchev (4) – Lputian (4)
2. Alisa Maric YUG – 6 Milov (4) – De Vreugt (4)
3. Nana Alexandria GEO – 5½
4. Nana Ioseliani GEO – 5 (Today we feature the game between
5. Nona Gaprindashvili GEO – 4 Romanishin and Rublevsky from round
6. Natalia Zhukova UKR – 3 3 in our annotated game section on page
2. --- RPM)
The event once again demonstrated
convincingly the superiority of the IM Ponnuswamy Konguvel regained
Chinese players in women's chess. sole lead after the 6th Round of the
Indian Championships in New Delhi –
After 5 rounds of play there has emerged he has scored 5 points. The ELO-
two leaders in the 2nd European Men’s favourite Krishnan Sasikiran is in
Championship in Ohrid, Macedonia – second, half a point behind, and the
Georgy Timoshenko of the Ukraine and defending Champion Abhijit Kunte
Konstantin Aseev of Russia after keeps clear third with 4 points.
beating Krunoslav Hulak with the black
pieces. Standings after 6th Round:
1. Konguvel – 5 points
Some results of the 5th Round: 2. Sasikiran – 4½
(3½) Delchev ½:½ Aseev (4) 3. Kunte – 4
(3½) Hulak 0:1 Timoschenko (3½) 4-7. Harikrishna, Barua, Ganguly,
(3) Van Wely 1:0 Anastasian (3) Lahiri – 3½
(3) Greenfeld ½:½ Graf-Nenaschew (3)
(3) Vaganian ½:½ Luther (3) In the Women’s event Subbaraman
(3) Stefansson ½:½ Almazi (3) Vijayalakshmi took a full point lead
(3) Sakaev 1:0 Nevednichy (3) with 3½ points after 4 rounds.
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9.dxc5; and 9.a4.

¤¤¤ 9...exd5 10.a4!
Annotated Game 10.¤xd5 c4 11.¤xf6+ £xf6 12.¥c2
¥b7 was quite good for Black.
O. Romanishin (2559) − S. 10...¤b4
Rublevsky (2657) 10...c4?! allowed the preliminary
2nd IECC Ohrid MKD (3), 03.06.2001 11.axb5
D27 11.axb5 ¥d6
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Solid play − Black intends to castle
T his excellent game was played in

the 3rd Round. I was upset over
my friend's loss but at the same time
kingside and improve his position
thanks to his pawn superiority in
center. However, it is White to move
I was lost in admiration watching the at the moment.
wonderful play of Oleg Romanishin. 12.e4! dxe4 (D)
Look and enjoy! XIIIIIIIIY
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 e6 4.e3 c5 9r+lwqk+-tr0
5.¥xc4 a6 6.0-0 ¤f6 (D) 9+-+-+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-vl-sn-+0
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 9+Pzp-+-+-0
9+p+-+pzpp0 9-sn-+p+-+0
9p+-+psn-+0 9+LsN-+N+-0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9-+LzP-+-+0 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
9+-+-zPN+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 13.¥g5!!
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 A bolt from the blue! White
xiiiiiiiiy sacrifices a whole piece, but his
7.¥b3 initiative only at first glance does not
Just a few days ago Vladimir appear too strong.... 13.¤g5?! 0-0
Kramnik smashed Darmen 14.¤cxe4 could have been met by
Sadvakasov in beautiful style after 14...¤xe4 15.¤xe4 ¥xh2+! 16.¢xh2
7.a4 − you enjoyed this game in CT− £h4+ 17.¢g1 £xe4 winning a pawn.
203. 13...exf3 14.¦e1+ ¥e7
7...¤c6 8.¤c3 b5 14...¢f8 didn't look much better −
Both 8...¥e7 ; and 8...cxd4 9.exd4 White's initiative was really strong
¥e7 are supposed to be more after 15.£xf3 (15.¤e4!?) 15...¦a7
reliable. 16.¦ad1ƒ
9.d5! (D) 15.£xf3 (D)
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 9r+lwqk+-tr0
9+-+-+pzpp0 9+-+-vlpzpp0
9p+n+psn-+0 9p+-+-sn-+0
9+pzpP+-+-0 9+Pzp-+-vL-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-sn-+-+-+0
9+LsN-zPN+-0 9+LsN-+Q+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
A new continuation, which casts 15...¥e6?!
doubts upon the whole line with 9. This loses almost by force but it
..b5. Before White tested 9.£e2 ; seems that it was already too late to

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give Black better advice. 15...¥g4? good enough as 22...£f5 was not
was impossible due to 16.¦xe7+! too dangerous: 23.¦f1 ¥d4 24.¤b5
¢xe7 17.£xg4 ¢f8 18.£f3 followed ¥xf2+ 25.¢h1 etc.
by ¤e4; perhaps 15...¦a7 was the 21...¤xf2!? (D)
most stubborn continuation but XIIIIIIIIY
Black's life was already difficult: 9-+-+-+-wQ0
16.¥xf6! (16.¦ad1 £b6) 16...gxf6 9+-+-vlkzpp0
17.¦ad1 (17.£xf6 0-0) 17...¦d7 9P+-+qsn-+0
(17...£b6 18.¤a4 £b7 19.£h5 0-0 9+-zp-+-vL-0
20.b6 ¦a8 21.¤xc5 ¥xc5 22.£xc5ƒ 9-+-+-+-+0
a5 23.¦e7 £c6 24.£h5!+−) 18.¦xd7 9+-sN-+-+-0
¥xd7 19.£xf6 ¦f8 20.bxa6ƒ and 9-zP-+-snPzP0
Black is almost helpless. 9+-+R+-mK-0
16.¦ad1 £c8 (D) xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¦f1!?
9r+q+k+-tr0 The most reliable way − White
9+-+-vlpzpp0 creates a pin over the f−file.
9p+-+lsn-+0 22...¤2g4 23.h3! £e5 24.hxg4
9+Pzp-+-vL-0 £xg5 25.£xh7 (D)
9-sn-+-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+LsN-+Q+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9+-+-vlkzpQ0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9P+-+-sn-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zp-+-wq-0
16...£b8 17.¥f4 £c8 18.¦xe6! was 9-+-+-+P+0
similar. 9+-sN-+-+-0
17.¦xe6!! 9-zP-+-+P+0
Another excellent blow − White 9+-+-+RmK-0
does not give his opponent a xiiiiiiiiy
moment's respite. Taking control over the h−file. By
17...fxe6 18.¥xe6 £xe6 the way, White's main idea is not so
It was impossible to escape with the much to promote the a−pawn as to
queen: 18...£b8 19.¥f4 £a7 and exchange the queens by the slighlty
now 20.b6!+− White has sacrificed a unexpected 26. £h5!
lot of material but now he gains it 25...¢e8 26.£h8+ ¢d7 27.a7 ¤xg4
back with interest! 28.¦d1+ ¢e6 29.¦e1+ (D)
19.£xa8+ ¢f7 20.£xh8+− (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-wQ0
9-+-+-+-wQ0 9zP-+-vl-zp-0
9+-+-vlkzpp0 9-+-+k+-+0
9p+-+qsn-+0 9+-zp-+-wq-0
9+Pzp-+-vL-0 9-+-+-+n+0
9-sn-+-+-+0 9+-sN-+-+-0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9-zP-+-+P+0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9+-+R+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Black decides he has had a enough.
20...¤d3!? A brilliant game by Oleg Romanishin!
A desperate attempt. 1-0.
21.bxa6
21.¥xf6 ¥xf6 22.bxa6 was also

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CT-212, 7th June 2001

Four lead at Ohrid Thipsay – Konguvel 0:1
Roy – Sasikiran 0:1
Four players are leading at the 2nd Kunte – Lahiri 1:0
European Men’s Championship in Barua – Prasad 1:0
Ohrid, Macedonia with 5 points after 6 Ravi – Sahu 0:1
rounds – they are Konstantin Aseev Ganguly – Neelotpal Das ½:½
(Russia), Georgy Timoshenko Saravanan – Mishra 0:1
(Ukraine), Smbat Lputian (Armenia) Sriram Jha – Prakash ½:½
and Vadim Milov (Switzerland). 10 Wajih – Murugan 1:0
players are in chase, half a point behind. Harikrishna – bye
Top boards of the 6th Round: Standings after 6th Round:
(4½) Aseev ½:½ Timoshenko (4½) 1. Konguvel – 6 points
(4) Avrukh ½:½ Van Wely (4) 2. Sasikiran – 5½
(4) Iordachescu ½:½ Sakaev (4) 3. Kunte – 5
(4) Delchev 0:1 Lputian (4) 4. Barua – 4½
(4) Milov 1:0 De Vreugt (4) 5. Ganguly – 4
6-7. Harikrishna, Lahiri – 3½ etc.
Lputian (5) – Aseev (5) In the Women’s event Subbaraman
Timoshenko (5) – Milov (5) Vijayalakshmi still keeps a full point
Macieja (4½) – Ponomarev (4½) lead with 4½ points after 5 rounds.
Van Wely (4½) – Iordachescu (4½)
Motylev (4½) – Graf (4½) After the 2nd Round of the IX category
Vaganian (4½) – Avrukh (4½) round-robin SmartChess.com
Sakaev (4½) – Galego (4½) etc. International ELO-favourite GM Igor
Novikov (Ukraine), IMs Gregory
Today we present a nice win from one Shahade and Jay Bonin (both of USA)
the leaders Vadim Milov over Dennis de are sharing the lead with 1½ points.
Vreugt as well as some tactical positions
from the previous rounds. Results of the 2nd Round:
Bonin – Sarkar ½:½
IM Ponnuswamy Konguvel retains sole Charbonneau – Novikov 0:1
lead at the Indian Championships in Shahade – Yudasin 1:0
New Delhi – in the 7th Round he got Stripunsky – Ippolito ½:½
lucky and beat Krush – Simutowe 1:0
Pravin Thipsay
and moved to 6 Standings after the 2nd
points. His main Round:
rivals – the only 1-3. Novikov, Shahade,
2600+ player Bonin – 1½ pts,
Krishnan 4-7. Stripunsky,
Sasikiran Charbonneau, Sarkar,
and the Krush – 1
defending 8-10. Yudasin, Simutowe, Ippolito – ½
Champion Abhijit Kunte also won their
games and keep second and third place
respectively.

CT-212 Page 1 of 4
¤¤¤ ¤¤¤
Notes by Ruslan Scherbakov
(1) Van Wely (2670) − Anastasian
Milov (2605) − De Vreugt (2460)
(2574)
2nd IECC Ohrid (6), 06.06.2001 A57
2nd IECC Ohrid MKD (5), 05.06.2001
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
XIIIIIIIIY The Volga Gambit is rather popular
9-+r+l+k+0 nowadays − Black sacrifices a pawn to
9+p+-+-zp-0 open the "a" and "b" files for his rooks in
9pwq-+ptr-zp0 order to create strong pressure over
9+-+p+-+-0 White's queenside.
9-vl-+-zP-+0 4.¤f3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.b6!?
9+-sN-zP-tR-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzP-+-+PzP0 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
9+LtRQ+-mK-0 9+-+pzpp+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9pzP-+-snp+0
White to play 9+-zpP+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
(2) De Vreugt (2460) − Fedorov (2590) 9+-+-+N+-0
2nd IECC Ohrid (5), 05.06.2001 9PzP-+PzPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
9-+-+-vlk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-wqn+p+-0 White rejects the gambit − he would be
9p+-+-+p+0 satisfied with a small advantage in a
9snp+-zp-vLp0 clearer situation.
9-+p+P+-+0 6...a5
9+-zP-+NsNP0 An interesting approach − Black is not
9PzP-wQ-zPP+0 in a hurry to capture the b6 pawn and
tries to gain some benefit before doing
9+-+-+-mK-0 so. Both 6...£xb6 and 6...d6 are the
xiiiiiiiiy alternatives.
White to play 7.¤c3 ¥a6
The point of Black's previous move.
(3) Neverov (2562) − Georgiev (2676) 8.b7!?
2nd IECC Ohrid MKD (5), 05.06.2001 Here White has tried a lot of
XIIIIIIIIY continuations, the text move is one of the
9-+-+-+-+0 most promising of them.
9+k+-+-+-0 8...¦a7
9-+l+-+-+0 8...¥xb7 9.e4 gives White a clear
9+-+-+-+-0 advantage.
9p+-+P+-zP0 9.e4 ¥xf1 10.¢xf1 d6 11.e5!
9+-+p+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-mKL+-+-+0 9-sn-wqkvl-tr0
9+-+-+-+-0 9trP+-zpp+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zp-snp+0
Black to play 9zp-zpPzP-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQ+K+R0
xiiiiiiiiy

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A concrete and strong decision. play.

Despite his king not being castled, White 19...£d4
begins direct actions in the centre, 19...0-0 was impossible due to
exploiting some concrete features of the 20.¦hc1 (but not 20.£xd7? £c2+ and
position. By the way, it seems to be the situation becomes confused)
Black who is actually late in development 20.£xd4 ¥xd4
"thanks" to his sophisticated XIIIIIIIIY
manoeuvres.
11...dxe5 12.¤xe5 ¦xb7 13.£a4+ ¤fd7 9-vL-+k+-tr0
14.¤c6! £b6 9+-+nzpp+p0
After 14...£c8 15.¥f4 ¤a6 16.¦e1
followed by ¤e7 and d5−d6 Black had to
9-+-+-+p+0
resign very soon, Stefansson − 9zp-zpP+-+-0
Djurhuus, (zt) 2000. The text move looks 9-+-vl-+-+0
like an improvement but, truthfully
speaking, Black's position looks too 9+-+-+-+-0
suspicious anyway and it is hard to 9P+-+KzPPzP0
explain why the young Dutch player
repeated this line. 9+R+-+-+R0
15.¥f4 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 21.d6!
9-sn-+kvl-tr0 Perhaps Black was intending to create
9+r+nzpp+p0 some counterplay against the d5 pawn −
9-wqN+-+p+0 the text move shattered his hopes.
9zp-zpP+-+-0 21...f5
9Q+-+-vL-+0 Trying to make things more
complicated.
9+-sN-+-+-0 22.¦b7 ¦f8 23.¦e1 ¦f6 24.¢d3
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 The right way for the king!
9tR-+-+K+R0 24...e5
15...¥g7
A sad necessity. 15...¤a6? was much 9-vL-+k+-+0
worse due to 16.¤xa5 £xb2 (16...¦a7 9+R+n+-+p0
17.¤b5) 17.¦e1 ¦b4 (17...¦b6 18.¤c4
£b4 19.¤xb6) 18.£c6 f6 19.¤e4 and 9-+-zP-trp+0
White is winning. 9zp-zp-zpp+-0
16.¤xb8 ¦xb8 17.¥xb8 £xb2
The only chance.
9-+-vl-+-+0
18.¦b1 £xc3 9+-+K+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9P+-+-zPPzP0
9-vL-+k+-tr0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9+-+nzppvlp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+p+0 25.¦eb1!
Of course, White might have been
9zp-zpP+-+-0 played the simple 25.f3 but the text
9Q+-+-+-+0 move is more energetic.
25...e4+?!
9+-wq-+-+-0 25...¥xf2 seemed to be more
9P+-+-zPPzP0 tenacious, not helping White in his plans.
9+R+-+K+R0 26.¢c4! ¥xf2 27.¢d5!
The king march decides the game
xiiiiiiiiy quickly.
19.¢e2! 27...e3
A simple way to get the last piece into
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30.¥c7+ ¢e8 31.¦b8+ ¢f7
The pawn could not be stopped:
31...¢d7 32.¦d8 checkmate − White Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
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Black resigned. 1-0 Alexander Baburin © and protected
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(1) 1.¤xd5! Black resigned. 1-0 electronic format, or in any form
(2) Here the excellent and totally unexpected
1.¥d8!
allowed White to win a pawn:
1...£xd8 2.¤xe5 ¤b7 3.£xd7 £xd7
4.¤xd7 ¥h6 5.¤e2
and White successfully converted it into a
full point.
1-0
(3) After 1...a3+!

White resigned. A capture of the bishop
1...dxc2?? 2.¢xc2= led only to draw as the
light−squared bishop does not help Black to
promote the a−pawn.
0-1
CT-212 Page 4 of 4
CT-213, 8th June 2001
SmartChess.com International
Loek Van Wely Joins tournament.
Leaders at Ohrid Results of the 3rd Round:
Novikov - Krush 1:0
oek Van Wely Sarkar - Stripunsky 1:0
L
Viorel
(Netherlands) won
with White vs.
Iordachescu
Yudasin - Bonin 1:0
Simutowe - Shahade ½:½
Ippolito - Charbonneau ½:½
(Moldova) at the 7th Round
of the 2nd European Standings after the 3rd Round:
Men’s Championship in 1. Novikov – 2 ½ points
Ohrid, Macedonia and 2-3. Shahade, Sarkar – 2
caught up to the four 4-6. Bonin, Yudasin, Charbonneau
leaders. All other top Van Wely – 1½
boards were drawn (some of them were 7-10. Stripunsky, Simutowe, Ippolito,
quite short). Today Loek is our hero of Krush – 1
our annotated game section.
Herman van Riemsdijk reports from
th
Top boards of the 7 Round: Brasilia:
(5) Lputian ½:½ Aseev (5) Zonal 2.4 will start today at the Sao
(5) Timoshenko ½:½ Milov (5) Paulo Chess Club. Ten players (Milos,
(4½) Macieja ½:½Ponomariov (4½) Leitao, Vescovi, Lima, Matsuura,
(4½) Van Wely 1:0 Iordachescu (4½) Pelikian, Oblitas, Soto, Haro and Coelho)
(4½) Motylev ½:½ Graf (4½) will fight for places in the next World
(4½) Vaganian ½:½ Avrukh (4½) Championship. Games will start at 3:30
(4½) Sakaev ½:½ Galego (4½) pm (Brasília) and can be followed on line
at the official page:
Standing after the 7th Round: http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
1-5. Lputian, Aseev, Timoshenko, Zonal2001.htm
Milov, Van Wely – 5½ points
6-17. Macieja, Ponomarev, Motylev, KRAMNIK TO PLAY KASPAROV
Graf, Vaganian, Avrukh, Sakaev, AGAIN! On the 19th of June they will
Galego, Asrian, Movsesian, Nisipeanu, play a blitz match.
Aleksandrov – 5 etc.
Vladimir Kramnik will open The
th
Pairings of the 8 Round: Champion Club on the 12th of June 2001
Aseev - Van Wely at www.kasparovchess.com He will be
Milov - Lputian lecturing on some of his recent games
Timoshenko - Movsesian and taking questions from KC members.
Ponomariov - Motylev
Graf - Macieja * Please note that on Saturday the 9th of
Galego - Vaganian June there will be another edition of
Avrukh - Sakaev Coach's Corner, so you are welcome to
Aleksandrov - Nisipeanu send your questions to GM Alex Baburin
J. Polgar (4½) - Asrian at: ababurin@iol.ie ---RPM.
Igor Novikov took sole lead after the 3rd

Round of the IX cat. Round-robin
CT-213 Page 1 of 3
¤¤¤ on b4 after 11.a3.

Annotated Game 11.¤c3
11.a3?! axb3 12.£xb3 ¥a5
L. Van Wely − V. Iordachescu 11...¥xc3
Ohrid (7), 07.06.2001 E15 The Logical way − the Bishop
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky doesn't have a great a future on b4
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 (D) anyway. But if Black is very fond of
XIIIIIIIIY his Bishop, he can save it for awhile.
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 For example: 11...axb3!? 12.axb3
9zp-zpp+pzpp0 ¤bd7 13.¤d2 ¥xg2 14.¢xg2 £b8
9-zp-+psn-+0 15.e4 £b7 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 h6
9+-+-+-+-0 18.¥f4 ¤c5 19.¤f3 ¥xc3 20.£xc3 b5
9-+PzP-+-+0 21.¤d4 bxc4 22.bxc4 ¤ce4²
9+-+-+NzP-0 Flumbort − Nagy, Hungary 1998.
9PzP-+PzP-zP0 12.£xc3 ¤bd7 13.b4 h6 14.¥c1
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 As we said earlier, b2 is the best
xiiiiiiiiy place for Bishop.
The Rubinstein variation is one of 14...b5!? (D)
the most solid continuation in such a
solid opening as the Nimzo Indian. XIIIIIIIIY
According to the statistics White very 9r+-wq-trk+0
rarely loses in this system. 9+lzpn+pzp-0
4...¥a6 5.b3 ¥b7 6.¥g2 ¥b4+ 9-+-zppsn-zp0
The idea of this check is to entice 9+p+-+-+-0
White to block the check with the 9pzPPzP-+-+0
Bishop on d2, thereby depriving this 9+-wQ-+NzP-0
Bishop the best square b2, on the 9P+-+PzPLzP0
long diagonal. Of course White can 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
play Bd2−c3 later, but the c3−square xiiiiiiiiy
is the best place for Knight b1. This interesting pawn sac was first
7.¥d2 a5!? tried by Adams. Black wants to
The most popular move in this exchange the white−square Bishops
position nowadays − for example it is and blockade his opponent's pawns
quite often essayed by GM Michael on the squares of the same color as
Adams. About 15 years ago Black his Bishop on c1. But it's not all that
almost automatically played 7...¥e7 simple.
for example, 8.0-0 c6 9.¤c3 d5 and 15.cxb5 ¤b6 16.¥a3
so on. The idea of 7...a5 (or 7...c5) This move made to parry Nf6−d5.
originated from the Bogoljubov 16...¦c8 17.¤d2 ¥xg2 18.¢xg2
defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 d5!? (D)
etc.). XIIIIIIIIY
8.0-0 0-0 9.£c2 d6 10.¥g5!? 9-+rwq-trk+0
The main alternative is 10.¤c3 9+-zp-+pzp-0
¤bd7 11.¤e1 £c8 12.¦c1 ¦e8 9-sn-+psn-zp0
13.¤b5 ¥xg2 14.¤xg2 £b8 15.a3 9+P+p+-+-0
¥xd2 16.£xd2 c6 17.¤c3 d5 18.¦fd1 9pzP-zP-+-+0
b5 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.£d3 b4 21.¤b5 9vL-wQ-+-zP-0
¦c8 22.a4 draw, Korchnoi − Adams, 9P+-sNPzPKzP0
Wijk aan Zee 2000. 9tR-+-+R+-0
10...a4 xiiiiiiiiy
This is more or less forced because To be honest this is the first original
White threatened to catch the Bishop
CT-213 Page 2 of 3
move made by Black, because three hold the Rook on the 6th rank:
years ago the following game was 32...¦e6; 32...¦b6
played: 18...¤fd5 19.£d3 f5 20.¦ac1 33.b6!
£d7 21.e3 ¦b8 22.f3 f4 23.gxf4 ¦xf4 And Black resigned. A very
24.e4 ¤f6 25.¢h1 ¦f8 26.¦g1ƒ convincing victory by Van Wely! 1-0.
Anand − Adams, Madrid 1998.
Moldavian GM Viorel Iordachescu
tries to occupy squares c4 and
maybe e4 with his Knights.
19.£d3 ¤e8 20.¦ac1 ¤d6 21.¦c5
ml
£d7 22.¦fc1 ¤bc4 23.¤xc4 ¤xc4
http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
(D)
Zonal2001.htm
XIIIIIIIIY http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChess
9-+r+-trk+0 Online/default.htm
9+-zpq+pzp-0 www.kasparovchess.com
9-+-+p+-zp0
9+PtRp+-+-0 Contact information. Do you want to
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24.¦1xc4! Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
I suspect this wasn't a very difficult newspaper to sample – with more readers
decision for White because he the price will go down, while the quality
receives two pawns and strong will go up!
centralised pieces for the exchange.
24...dxc4 25.£xc4 ¦fd8 26.¥b2 ¦b8 Chess Today is published by:
27.e4! Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
Maybe Black hoped to receive Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
counterplay after 27.¦xc7 £xb5 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
28.£xb5 ¦xb5 29.a3 e5!? Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
27...a3 28.¥c3 ¦b6 29.d5 E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
As we wrote earlier Loek Van Wely Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
likes such play (and I would like to
know who doesn't like such play!): Editors:
forward, forward and only forward! GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
29...exd5 30.¦xd5 ¦d6 31.¦c5 ¦c8 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
After 31...£e6 32.¦xc7 £xc4
33.¦xc4 ¦b6 34.¦c7!? ¦xb5 35.¦a7 Technical editors:
White also has an advantage. Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
32.¥e5 ¦d2? (D)
9-+r+-+k+0
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9-+-+-+-zp0 intellectual property under the
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9-zPQ+P+-+0 unauthorised reproduction, via print,
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xiiiiiiiiy
The Decisive mistake, Black had to
CT-213 Page 3 of 3
CT-214, 9th June 2001
Today Igor Novikov is the hero of our

Five lead at Ohrid annotated game section.
Herman van Riemsdijk reports from
riday was a rest day at the 2nd
F European Men’s Championship

in Ohrid, Macedonia. As you
remember GMs Lputian, Aseev,
Brasilia:
Dear Chessfriends, The Zone 2.4

qualifying tournament has started today
Timoshenko, Milov and Van Wely are in the Sao Paulo Chess Club.
leading with 5½ points out of seven.
Today will be the 8th Round. Results of Round 1:
Lima ½:½ Matsuura
Another very attractive event started Pelikian 1:0 Coelho
today in Leon, Spain. Alexei Shirov Soto 0:1 Leitao
(Spain), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Vescovi 1:0 Milos
Vishy Anand (India) and Peter Leko Oblitas 1:0 Haro
(Hungary) are fighting in so called
“Advanced chess”. This was Garry Pairing of the 2nd Round:
Kasparov’s idea – players receive the Matsuura – Haro
help of a computer with a playing Milos – Oblitas
programme and database. Time control: Leitão – Vescovi
20 min per player plus 10 or 15 seconds Coelho – Soto
increment for a move. Knockout system. Lima – Pelikian
On the first day Shirov beat Topalov 2½
: 1½, though Vecelin won the first game.
Today Anand will play Leko.
Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov

strengthened his leading position after
winning with White vs. Ippolito in the 4th Charbonneau − Novikov
Round of the IX cat. Round-robin
SmartChess.com International Novikov to Play
tournament. From our annotated game
XIIIIIIIIY
Results of the 4th Round: 9-+-+rtr-mk0
Novikov - Ippolito 1:0 9+-+-+-vl-0
Bonin - Simutowe 1:0 9-+lzp-+-zp0
Charbonneau – Sarkar ½:½ 9+p+-+L+-0
Krush - Shahade - 1:0 9-+-zP-tR-+0
Stripunsky - Yudasin ½:½- 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-+NzP0
Standings after the 4th Round: 9+-+-+RmK-0
1. Novikov – 3½ points xiiiiiiiiy
2-3. Bonin, Sarkar – 2½ 36 ... ???
4-7. Shahade, Yudasin, Charbonneau, A small final combination.
Krush – 2
8. Stripunsky – 1½
9-10. Simutowe, Ippolito – 1

CT-214 Page 1 of 3
¤¤¤ bxc3 17.bxc3 ¤d5 18.¥d2 £c7 19.c4?!

Annotated Game ¤xf4! 20.¥xf4 dxe5 21.¥g3 f5 22.h3 f4
23.¥h4 e4 24.£xe4 ¥xa1 25.£xg6+
¥g7∓ J. Polgar − Gelfand, 2000.
P Charbonneau (2407) − I Novikov
11...0-0!?
(2596) XIIIIIIIIY
Smartchess.com Int New York USA (2), 9-trlwq-trk+0
05.06.2001 B23 9+p+-snpvl-0
1.e4 c5 2.¤c3 9p+nzpp+pzp0
One of the main strengths of Ukrainian 9+-zp-+-+-0
GM Igor Novikov is opening knowledge. 9P+-+PzP-+0
As Black he likes to play The Najdorf 9+LsNPvLN+-0
Sicilian but his opponent didn't give him 9-zPP+-+PzP0
such an opportunity. 9tR-+-wQRmK-0
2...d6 3.f4 g6 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY It's a novelty compared to this recently
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 played game 11...b6 12.£h4 ¤a5
9zpp+-zpp+p0 13.¥a2 ¤ec6 14.£g3 ¤b4 15.f5 ¤xa2
9-+-zp-+p+0 16.¤xa2 exf5 17.exf5 ¥xf5 18.¤h4 ¥e5
19.¥f4 ¥xf4 20.£xf4 ¥e6 21.¤xg6! fxg6
9+-zp-+-+-0 22.¦ae1 £e7 23.¤c3 ¢d7 24.¤d5 ¥xd5
9-+-+PzP-+0 25.¦xe7+ ¢xe7 26.b4 Sutovsky −
9+-sN-+-+-0 Gelfand, Israel 2000.
9PzPPzP-+PzP0 12.f5!?
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 This is one of the most principled
xiiiiiiiiy continuations. Another one is 12.e5!?
A rather sharp system where Black Maybe Black was prepared to play
has to know the variations very exactly 12...¤f5 for example, 13.¥f2 ¤fd4!?
to avoid being checkmated somewhere 14.¥h4!?
on move 22. 12...gxf5
4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.¥c4 ¤c6 6.0-0 e6 7.d3 After 12...exf5?! The b3 Bishop
¤ge7 8.£e1 h6!? 9.¥b3 becomes extremely strong, and also the
Novikov has played this line for years, c3 Knight receives a central square − d5.
for example: 9.¥d2 0-0 10.¥b3 d5 13.¤h4
11.¦d1 f5 12.exd5 exd5 13.¢h1 ¢h8 White has sacrificed a pawn in
14.£g3 ¥e6 15.¤e2 £d7 16.¦de1 ¥g8 exchange for weakening Black's King
17.c3 d4 18.c4 a6 Berzinsh − Novikov, position. As usual Black has to find
Ch Europe 1992. counterplay in the centre and on the
9...a6 10.a4 Queen side.
The main alternative is 10.e5!? , i.e. 13...¤d4! 14.¥xd4
10...¤f5 11.¢h1 d5 12.¤e2 h5 13.c3 b6 Or White has to loose a tempo after
14.¤g3 ¤ce7 15.¤xf5 ¤xf5 16.d4 a5 14.¥a2
17.¥a4+ ¥d7 18.¥c2 ¥b5 19.¦f2 ¥f8 14...¥xd4+ 15.¢h1 ¢h7
20.¥e3 ¦c8 21.¦d1 ¥e7 22.¦fd2 cxd4 Too bold was 15...fxe4?! 16.¤xe4 with
23.¤xd4 ¤xd4 draw, Khalifman − Van threats for squares d6 and f6.
Wely, Ch European Club 1999. 16.exf5 ¤xf5 17.¤xf5 exf5
10...¦b8 11.¥e3!? XIIIIIIIIY
This move gave a very nice victory to 9-trlwq-tr-+0
Emil Sutovsky in his game last year 9+p+-+p+k0
against Gelfand. Other lines are: 11.£g3 9p+-zp-+-zp0
b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.f5 exf5 14.¥f4 c4 9+-zp-+p+-0
15.dxc4 bxc4 16.¥xc4 ¦xb2 17.¥xd6
9P+-vl-+-+0
9+LsNP+-+-0
¥xc3 18.¥c7 £d7 19.¦ad1 ¤d4 with
9-zPP+-+PzP0
very complicated play, Belotti − Novikov, 9tR-+-wQR+K0
Aosta 1998.; 11.¤d1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 xiiiiiiiiy
13.¤f2 0-0 14.c3 b4 15.¥d1 ¥d7 16.e5
CT-214 Page 2 of 3
Of course, the f pawns are not that 34.¥xf5?!

strong but one of them is an extra! It isn't in White's favour to open files,
Another important point − the very strong but what else to do? Black has a very
position of the d4 Bishop and open "g" simple plan for improving his position:
file. Be4, Bxd4 or Bf6, Rg8 etc.
18.£e2 34...£e3!
The computer also recommends this, Yes, Black insists on an endgame!
but maybe White can try something White has to exchange Queens.
more "exotic", for example, 18.¤d1!? 35.¢g1 £xf4 36.¦xf4
with idea c2−c3 and Nd1-e3−f5. XIIIIIIIIY
18...¥d7 19.¦ae1 £g5 20.£f3 b5 9-+-+rtr-mk0
Move by move − Black starts his own 9+-+-+-vl-0
counterplay. 9-+lzp-+-zp0
21.axb5 axb5 22.¤d1 ¥e5 23.c3?
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+-+L+-0
9-tr-+-tr-+0 9-+-zP-tR-+0
9+-+l+p+k0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-zp-+-zp0 9-zP-+-+NzP0
9+pzp-vlpwq-0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9+LzPP+Q+-0 36...¦xf5!
9-zP-+-+PzP0
A small final combination.
9+-+NtRR+K0
xiiiiiiiiy 37.¦xf5 ¥xd4+ 38.¢h1 ¦e2
Maybe this is a decisive mistake. And White resigned because it's
White overlooked his opponent's threat. impossible to defend the g2 Knight. An
23.¥d5!? interesting game. It is also important for
23...£h4! 24.g3 opening theory.
24.h3 ¦g8!? is not a piece of cake too, 0-1
for example: 25.¥xf7 ¦g3 26.£h5 ¦xh3+
27.gxh3 ¥c6+ 28.¦e4 £xh5 29.¥xh5 http://www.iecc2001.com.mk
fxe4 30.dxe4 ¥xe4+ with a much better http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
endgame. http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zonal2001.ht
24...¥xg3! m
http://www.smartchess.com/SmartChessOnline/default.
Not very difficult but a nice htm
combination. http://www.diariodeleon.com
25.¦e2 Contact information. Do you want to report a
Bishop is untouchable: 25.£xg3 ¥c6+ tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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A last try ... Feel free to send them our newspaper to sample – with
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An endgame also is very bad: 30.£xh3 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
¥xh3 31.¦xf4 ¦fe8 Dublin, Ireland.
30...f5 31.£xf4 ¦be8 32.¦ef2 cxd4 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
33.cxd4 ¥c6 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
9-+-+rtr-mk0 Editors:
9+-+-+-vl-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
9-+lzp-+-zp0 IM Vladimir Barsky.
9+p+-+p+-0 Technical editors:
9-+-zP-wQ-+0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9+-+-+-+q0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
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9+-+-+R+K0 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
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Konstantin Aseev (Russia) with Black about openings or middle− and

and seized the leadership. King Loek (as endgame. That would be great! Maybe
he is known) has 6½ points. GMs Milov, another idea would be a Question−
Lputian and Timoshenko are on 6 points. corner, something as I have seen on the
Judith Polgar beat Karen Asrian with KC−site, where readers can put
questions about openings, positions or
White and moved closer to the leaders -
anything really − maybe even historical
she is on 5½ points now. Other Elo- questions about old GMs or so? ".
favourites suffered defeats in this round:
Krasenkov lost to Anastasian, I agree with Peter and invite all our
Nevednichy beat Z. Almasi and readers to send in your questions. I am
Rublevsky lost to Volkov. Young GM A. keen to avoid spending too much time
Moiseenko beat Kiril Georgiev with on opening theory, but will answer the
Black, while Korchnoi also with White most interesting questions regarding that
lost to San Segundo. aspect of chess too. Peter also sent a
curious game, which I will analyse next
Two days ago I read in 'Financial Times' week.
that Macedonia was about to declare war,
Another Chess Today reader from Texas
after the killing of 5 Macedonian soldiers Doug Schwetke sent a few questions.
by rebels. I just hope that no chess Here I would like to deal with the first of
players will be harmed... They could them: "I would like to see an article on
easily become targets for a terrorist positional motifs or sacrifices common to
attack and this is one reason why I am the Alekhine Defence. The only one I
not playing in Ohrid. FIDE and European can figure out is Black's use of the
Chess Unions knew well in advance that minority attack in the Kengis variation."
Macedonia was not a safe place, but as The line Doug is talking about is 1.e4
usually did nothing to find a different ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 dxe5
venue. And as there are not many good 5.¤xe5 g6, where Black often under−
tournaments around, many players are mines the d4−pawn by ...c5, thus
obtaining pawn majority on the kingside.
prepared to take a risk. I don't blame
When White to play c2−c3 in order to
them - these sadly are the realities of our limit the g7−bishop, Black often goes for
profession, where too many players ...b7−b5−b4, which is a typical case of
chase too little money... :-( It is hard to the minority attack.
imagine a big tennis or golf tournament
being played in Macedonia at the However, I would say that this is not a
moment! very common motif in the Alekhine
Defence. The main idea of this opening
In Leon, Spain Vishy Anand beat Peter is to provoke White to push his pawns
Leko in Advanced Chess after blitz play- and then attack the enemy centre while it
off and will now meet Alexey Shirov in is weak. Usually Black attacks the e5−
pawn. You try to exchange its defenders,
the final. This will be a mini-replica of
so you can win that pawn later. Have a
their match in Tehran last year. look at the following diagram:
¤¤¤ Black's dream position
Trainer's Corner XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+k+0
9zpp+n+pzpp0
I have received the first questions for this 9-+p+p+-+0
column from CT readers and would like 9+-+-zP-+-0
to answer them now. A reader from 9-+-+-+-+0
Sweden, Peter Backe, sent the following 9+-+-+L+-0
message: "You want some proposals for 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
improvement for CT. One thing is as you 9+-+-+-mK-0
say writing more questions and answers xiiiiiiiiy
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The e5−pawn has no defenders and is 19.¦c2 ¦ad8 20.¦e1 ¥xc3 21.¦xc3 ¦d2
destined to fall. Here I would like to show 22.a4 ¦hd8 23.¦f3 ¦8d7 24.¥xg6 hxg6
a few games where this idea was 25.¦e4 ¢d6 26.¦h4 ¢e7 27.c5 ¦d1+
realised successfully. I trust that you 28.¢h2 ¦7d4 29.¦ff4 e5 30.¦xd4 ¦xd4
understand that I picked the games 31.¦xd4 exd4 32.¢g3 ¢e6 33.¢f3 ¢d5
where White played rather poorly, so 34.¢e2 ¢xc5 35.¢d3 ¢d5 36.f4 f5
Black's ideas would come out even 37.g4 fxg4 38.hxg4 0-1
better.
D. Stavsky − S. Dzhambulatov,
Ladron Guevara Bravo − Perez Diaz, Russian Ch, boys under 14, Smolensk
Ch of Malaga, 2001 2001
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4
5.¥e2 c6 5.¥e2 c6 6.0-0 ¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5
Black cannot start with 5...e6 6.0-0 ¥xf3 8.dxe5 e6 9.c4?! (D)
7.¥xf3 dxe5?, as that allows 8.c4. Thus XIIIIIIIIY
he plays ...c6, intending to continue with 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
... ¥xf3 and dxe5. This was Flohr's idea 9zpp+-+pzpp0
and the line bears his name. 9-+p+p+-+0
6.h3? (D)
9+-+nzP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+P+-+-+0
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 9+-+-+L+-0
9zpp+-zppzpp0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9-+pzp-+-+0 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
9+-+nzP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-zP-+l+0 This is a typical 'pushy' move − it looks
9+-+-+N+P0 active, but does it really achieve
9PzPP+LzPP+0 anything? Not much − apart from moving
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 the knight to a better position (on d5 it
xiiiiiiiiy only looked nice) and weakening the
White plays into his opponent's hands, d3− and d4− squares.
as Black planned to take on f3 anyway. 9...¤e7! 10.£e2 ¤g6
Better is 6.0-0 ¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Black is not allowing ¥f4.
e6 or 6.¤g5!, keeping the knight. 11.b3 ¤d7 12.¥b2 £c7 13.¦e1 ¥b4!
6...¥xf3 7.¥xf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.c4?! 14.¤d2 0-0-0! 15.¦ad1 (D)
Not a great idea either − the knight will XIIIIIIIIY
move to g6, where it can attack the e5− 9-+ktr-+-tr0
pawn. 9zppwqn+pzpp0
9...¤e7 10.£xd8+ ¢xd8 11.0-0 ¤d7 9-+p+p+n+0
12.¦e1 ¤g6 (D)
9+-+-zP-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-vlP+-+-+0
9r+-mk-vl-tr0 9+P+-+L+-0
9zpp+n+pzpp0 9PvL-sNQzPPzP0
9-+p+p+n+0 9+-+RtR-mK-0
9+-+-zP-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+P+-+-+0 Pay attention how Black built his play
9+-+-+L+P0 around the e5−pawn. White has been
9PzP-+-zPP+0 trying to protect it, but this task is already
9tRNvL-tR-mK-0 beyond his reach:
xiiiiiiiiy 15...¤dxe5! 16.¥xe5 ¤xe5 17.£xe5
White already cannot save the pawn. £xe5 18.¦xe5 ¦xd2 19.¦xd2 ¥xd2
The rest of the game is less interesting 20.¦e2 ¦d8 (D)
for our theme.
13.¥h5 ¤dxe5 14.b3 ¢c7 15.¥b2 ¤d3
16.¦e2 ¤xb2 17.¦xb2 ¥e7 18.¤c3 ¥f6

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XIIIIIIIIY 12...¥c5!
9-+ktr-+-+0 Black wants to develop his rook, so the
9zpp+-+pzpp0 bishop vacates the e7−square for the
9-+p+p+-+0 queen and then the queen will leave the
d8−square for one of the rooks.
9+-+-+-+-0 13.¦a2?!
9-+P+-+-+0 Better was 13.¤e4 £e7.
9+P+-+L+-0 13...£e7 14.£a1 (D)
9P+-vlRzPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-mK-0 9r+-+-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
The weak link is gone! The rest is 9-snn+p+-+0
technical work − without the rooks it 9zp-vl-zP-+-0
would be a draw due to the opposite
squared bishops, but with rooks on Black
9-+P+-+l+0
has great winning chances. 9zPP+-+N+-0
21.¥e4 ¢c7 22.g3 g6 23.¢g2 ¢b6 9RvL-sNLzPPzP0
24.¥c2 ¢c5 25.a3 ¥c1 26.a4 ¢b4 9wQ-+-+RmK-0
27.¢f1 ¢c3 28.¢e1 ¦d6 29.¥d1 ¥d2+ xiiiiiiiiy
30.¢f1 a5 31.h3 ¢b2 32.¦e4 ¥b4 Weird move... I guess my opponent
33.¥e2 ¢xb3 34.¦e3+ ¢xa4 35.¥d3 developed Reti's ideas to the extreme!:−)
¥c3 36.¥e4 ¢b4 37.c5 ¦d1+ 0-1 14...¦fd8 15.¢h1?
This is just a blunder. When after the
This positional theme reminds me of a game I asked my opponent what was the
curious game, which I played long time idea behind this move, he replied that he
ago. My opponent was very dangerous planned ¦f1-g1 and then after ...¥xf3,
in sharp play, but had some strange gxf3. Then he said, Black would play ...f6
ideas about positional chess. and after e5xf6 all White's pieces (¦g1,
£a1 and ¥b2) would attack the g7−
V. Nevostrujev − A. Baburin, Andropov square with devastating effect. I thought
1986 that he was just pulling my leg, but
1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3 ¥g4 actually the guy was serious about this
5.¥e2 e6 6.0-0 ¤c6 7.c4 ¤b6 8.b3 great plan! Good for me that I never
This is not a good idea − the bishop planned ...f6! :−)
would be better off on e3. 15...¦xd2 16.¤xd2 ¥xe2 17.¦e1 ¥d3
8...¥e7 9.¥b2 0-0 10.¤bd2 a5! (D) 18.¢g1 £h4 19.g3 ¥xf2+ (D)
9r+-wq-trk+0 9r+-+-+k+0
9+pzp-vlpzpp0 9+pzp-+pzpp0
9-snnzpp+-+0 9-snn+p+-+0
9zp-+-zP-+-0 9zp-+-zP-+-0
9-+PzP-+l+0 9-+P+-+-wq0
9+P+-+N+-0 9zPP+l+-zP-0
9PvL-sNLzPPzP0 9RvL-sN-vl-zP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9wQ-+-tR-mK-0
Black is trying to get some play on the When I look at my early games, I
queenside by threatening ...a5−a4. Then wonder why I don't play like this
...a3 could be unpleasant. White anymore?! Sad, really... 20.¢xf2 £xh2+
prevents this, but at some cost: 21.¢e3 £xg3+ 22.¤f3 ¥xc4 23.bxc4
11.a3 dxe5! 12.dxe5 ¤xc4+ 24.¢e2 £g2+ 25.¢d1 £xf3+
Here the e5−pawn is not weak yet, but it 26.¢c1 £f4+ 27.¢b1 ¤d2+ 28.¢c2
makes the b2−bishop look rather silly. ¦d8 29.¥c3 £a4+ 30.¢b2 £b5+
Black is starting to move around this 31.¢c2 £d3+ 32.¢b2 ¤d4 33.¥xd4
pawn: £xd4+ 34.¢c2 £d3+ 35.¢b2 ¦d5

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36.a4 ¦d4 0-1

If White ever takes on d6 (e5xd6), then
the d4−pawn should be you prime target.
We might consider that theme later on.
Meanwhile please let me know what you

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CT-216, 11th June 2001
(6½) Van Wely ½:½ Timoshenko (6)

Van Wely leads (6) Lputian ½:½ Ponomariov (5½)
Ohrid (5½) Graf ½:½ Milov (6)
(5½) Motylev 0:1 J. Polgar (5½)
(5½) Movsesian 1:0 Avrukh (5½)
L
oek Van Wely retains
clear first after the 9th (5½) Vaganian 1:0 Iordachescu
Round of the 2nd (5½)
European Men’s Championship (5½) Sakaev 1:0 Delchev (5½)
in Ohrid, Macedonia. But Judit (5½) Nisipeanu ½:½ Lastin (5½)
Polgar deserves a mention; she (5½) Aseev 1:0 Aleksandrov
has she won her last two games (5½)
and now shares 2nd place. (5½) Macieja ½:½ Anastasian
(5½)
(5½) Vallejo Pons 0:1 Sutovsky (5½)
Konstantin Sakaev beat the new (5½) Nevednichy 0:1 Tiviakov (5½)
Bulgarian champion in a curious game – (5½) Galego ½:½ Gurevich ( 5 )
Sakaev − Delchev
Ohrid (9), 10.06.2001 Standing after the 9th Round:
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.¥g5 £a5+ 1. Van Wely – 7 points
5.c3 ¤e4 6.¥h4 ¥b7 7.e3 e6 8.dxe6 2-11. Timoshenko, Lputian, Milov, J.
dxe6 Polgar, Movsesian, Vaganian, Sakaev,
XIIIIIIIIY Aseev, Sutovsky, Tiviakov – 6½ etc.
9rsn-+kvl-tr0
9zpl+-+pzpp0 Pairings of the 10th Round:
9-+-+p+-+0 (6½) Vaganian - Van Wely (7)
9wqpzp-+-+-0 (6½) Milov – J. Polgar (6½)
9-+-+n+-vL0 (6½) Sutovsky – Movsesian (6½)
9+-zP-zPN+-0 (6½) Timoshenko – Sakaev (6½)
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 (6½) Tiviakov – Lputian (6½)
9tRN+QmKL+R0 (6) Bologan – Aseev (6½)
xiiiiiiiiy (6) Ponomariov – Greenfeld (6)
9. ??? (6) Anastasian – Nikolic (6)
White to play (6) Luther – Graf (6)
(6) Volkov - Dautov (6)
(6) Lastin – Kacheishvili (6)
More details about the last two days in (6) Volokitin – Macieja (6)
Ohrid: (6) Nisipeanu – Galego (6)
Results of the top of the 8th Round: Six months after Tehran-2000 (the final
Aseev - Van Wely 0:1 of the FIDE World Championship 2000)
Milov – Lputian ½:½ World Champion Vishy Anand will play
Timoshenko – Movsesian ½:½ a match vs. Vice-champion Alexei
Ponomariov – Motylev ½:½ Shirov again! Now we are talking about
Graf – Macieja ½:½ the “Advanced Chess” event in Leon,
Galego – Vaganian ½:½ Spain. As we reported yesterday, in the
Avrukh – Sakaev ½:½ second semi-final match Anand beat
Aleksandrov – Nisipeanu ½:½ Peter Leko on tiebreak. Quite
J. Polgar – Asrian 1:0 unexpectedly Vishy lost the first game
Results of the top of the 9th Round: with White in a Petroff Defence, but took
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revenge in the second with Black in a coach, Israeli GM Alexander Huzman

Najdorf Sicilian, and after that there were who left the event three days before the
two draws in the Petroff. As you finish to take part in the European
remember in the first semi-final Shirov Championships. I believe we can
beat Topalov. suppose that Gelfand and Huzman
prepared the following line together.
3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.¥d3
Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov increased ¥e7 7.0-0 ¤c6 8.c4 ¤b4 9.¥e2 0-0
his lead further in the IX cat. Round- XIIIIIIIIY
robin SmartChess.com International 9r+lwq-trk+0
tournament. Now he is 1½ points ahead 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
of the 2 second placed players. 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+p+-+-0
Standings after the 5th Round: 9-snPzPn+-+0
1. Novikov – 4½ points 9+-+-+N+-0
2-3. Shahade, Yudasin – 3
9PzP-+LzPPzP0
4-6. Stripunsky, Bonin, Sarkar - 2½
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
7-9. Charbonneau, Ippolito, Krush – 2
xiiiiiiiiy
10. Simutowe – 1
10.a3
Now the "magisterial road" is 10.¤c3
Four Brazilians are leading after the 3rd with a lot of forcing variations. Viorel
Round of the Zone 2.4 qualifying Bologan made the correct choice − go
tournament in Sao Paulo, Brasilia. GMs for a less forcing, more positional way,
Darcy Lima, Giovanni Vescovi, Rafael where he can exploit the lack of
Leitao and IM Everaldo Matsuura have experience in such positions of his
2½ points. opponent ..
10...¤c6 11.cxd5 £xd5 12.¤c3 ¤xc3
The traditional “White Nights” 13.bxc3 ¥f5 14.c4
tournament started in St-Petersburg, The alternative is 14.¥f4 ¤a5 15.¥xc7
¦ac8 16.¥xa5 £xa5 17.c4 ¥f6 18.¥d3
Russia. There are 19 GM and 29 IM
¥g4 19.h3 ¥xf3 20.£xf3 ¦cd8 21.¦ab1
among 114 participants in total. After the ¥xd4 22.¦xb7 g6 23.¥e4 ¦d6© Zhang
2nd Round 9 players have a perfect score. Zhong − Karpov, France 2000.
14...£d6 15.d5
Pairing of the 3rd Round (top boards): White didn't gain much in the following
Korotylev – Smikovski game: 15.¥e3 ¥f6 16.¦a2 ¦ad8 17.d5
Sivokho – Popov ¤a5 18.¤d4 ¥d7 19.a4 ¦fe8 20.¤b5
Beshukov – Shaposhnikov ¥xb5 21.axb5 b6 Morozevich − Shirov,
Malaniuk – Vulfson Sarajevo 1999.
Yagupov – Fominyh 15...¤e5 16.¤d4 ¥d7 17.a4
XIIIIIIIIY
¤¤¤ 9r+-+-trk+0
9zppzplvlpzpp0
Annotated Game 9-+-wq-+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+Psn-+-0
Bologan, V. − Huzman, A.
Ohrid (9), 10.06.2001 C42
9P+PsN-+-+0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 9+-+-+-+-0
In Astana, Israeli GM Boris Gelfand 9-+-+LzPPzP0
surprised his opponents with his opening 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
repertoire for Black vs. 1.e4. Boris has xiiiiiiiiy
almost always played 1...c5, however for 17...c5?!
Astana he prepared 1...e6 and 1...e5 A rather dubious novelty, after which
(Petroff Defence). In the capital of White receives a strongly defended
Kazakhstan he was with his permanent passed pawn on d5. Better was not to fix

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the pawn structure on the Queen side, XIIIIIIIIY

for example: 17...¦fe8 18.¤b5 ¥xb5 9-tr-+-+-+0
19.axb5 ¤d7 20.¦a3 ¥f6 21.¦e3 ¤c5 9+r+l+nmkp0
22.¥d3 ¦xe3 23.¥xe3 g6 24.g3 a5 9Rzp-+-wqp+0
25.bxa6 ¦xa6 Tishbierek − Jussupow,
Germany 1992.
9+-zpPsNp+-0
18.¤b3 f5?!
9-+P+-zP-+0
Another suspicious move, after which 9+-wQL+-zP-0
the Black pieces (especially the d7 9-+-+-+-zP0
Bishop) will be very limited. Better was 9+R+-+-mK-0
18...¥f6!? xiiiiiiiiy
19.f4! ¤f7 20.¤d2 The Knight takes it's place!
The Knight is going to e5. Five 34...¥e8
opposition pieces will defend this 34...¤d6 35.£b2!?
extremely important outpost ... but the 35.£a1 ¢g8 36.¦e1 ¤d6 37.¥f1
Knight will take it in any case! One of White's ideas is a Knight jump
20...¥f6 21.¦a2 ¦fe8 22.¤f3 ¦e7 to c6, so the Bishop is going to g2 where
23.¥d3 ¦ae8 it will protect the c6−square and also
XIIIIIIIIY defend the e4−one.
37...£d8 38.¥g2 ¦e7 39.¦d1
9-+-+r+k+0 With the same idea Nc6
9zpp+ltrnzpp0 39...£c7 40.¥f3 ¦b7 41.¦b1 b5?
9-+-wq-vl-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+l+k+0
9+-zpP+p+-0 9+rwq-tr-+p0
9P+P+-zP-+0 9R+-sn-+p+0
9+-+L+N+-0 9+pzpPsNp+-0
9-+P+-zP-+0
9R+-+-+PzP0 9+-+-+LzP-0
9+-vLQ+RmK-0 9-+-+-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9wQR+-+-mK-0
Here it is: two Rooks, Queen, Knight xiiiiiiiiy
and Bishop are defending the e5− I can't understand this move. It's a
square! But White has another targets typical zeitnot move − maybe Black
also. As you see Black's Rooks haven't miscalculated and hadn't time to think?
any squares in White camp on the e−file Now White wins in a few moves.
− thanks to the Bishops. 42.¦c6!
24.£c2 g6 25.g3 ¢g7 26.a5 ¥c8 Rather unexpectedly White begins an
27.¥d2 attack on the King!
White doesn't hurry: after 27.¥b2 (to 42...¥xc6 43.dxc6 ¦a7 44.£b2 ¤xc4
exchange Bishop and fight for e5−point) Black's task is very difficult, for
Black receives the e3−square for example: 44...bxc4 45.¥d5+ ¤f7
counterplay. 46.¤xf7 ¦xf7 47.£f6+−; 44...b4!?
27...b6 28.¦b1 ¦b7 29.¥c3 45.¥d5+ ¤f7 (45...¢f8 46.¤xg6+ hxg6
A more suitable time: one Rook has 47.£h8#) 46.¤xf7 ¦xf7 47.¦a1! ¦xa1+
left the open file. 48.£xa1 b3 49.£f6 £a7 50.£e5! ¢f8
29...¥d7 51.£h8+ ¢e7 52.¥xf7+−
29...¦e3!? 45.¥d5+ ¦f7 46.¤xc4 bxc4 47.£f6
30.axb6 axb6 31.¦a6 And Black resigned in view of47.£f6
It goes without saying that White has £c8 (47...¢f8 48.£h8+ ¢e7 49.¦e1+;
a big advantage now. 47...£e7 48.¥xf7+ £xf7 49.¦b8+)
31...¦eb8 32.£b2 ¥xc3 33.£xc3+ £f6 48.£e5! ¦ac7 49.¦b7
34.¤e5! 1-0

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Sakaev − Delchev Answer to quiz:−

9.¥xb5+ ¤c6 10.¤e5 [£c7 11.£a4+−] 1-0
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http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/
Zonal2001.htm
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Online/default.htm
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CT-217, 12th June 2001
(6) Anastasian 1:0 Nikolic (6)

Anand Shines in Spain (6) Luther ½:½ Graf (6)
(6) Volkov 1:0 Dautov (6)
V ishy Anand has beaten Alexei

Shirov once more, this time – in
the final match of the
“Advanced Chess” event in Leon, Spain.
(6) Lastin ½:½ Kacheishvili (6)
(6) Volokitin ½:½ Macieja (6)
(6) Nisipeanu ½:½ Galego (6)

1-3. Sutovsky, Tiviakov, Van Wely –
7½ points
4-13. Vaganian, Milov, J. Polgar,
Timoshenko, Sakaev, Bologan, Aseev,
Ponomarev, Anastasian, Volkov – 7 etc.
Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov is now 1½

points clear of second place after
drawing with White against Leonid
Yudasin in the 6th Round of the IX cat.
Round-robin SmartChess.com
International tournament.

Novikov – Yudasin ½:½
Stripunsky – Shahade ½:½
Charbonneau – Simutove 1:0
Ippolito – Sarkar ½:½
After a draw in the first game Anand Krush – Bonin 0:1
won the 2nd and 3rd (and the match with
them) and lost the 4th. All the games Standings after the 6th Round:
were quite interesting (you can find them 1. Novikov – 5 points
in our pgn and cbv files), but a little 2-4. Bonin, Shahade, Yudasin – 3½
“inhuman”. So in our Annotated game 5-7. Charbonneau, Stripunsky, Sarkar – 3
section there is a game from the 8. Ippolito - 2½
European Championship. 9. Krush – 2
10. Simutowe – 1
Emil Sutovsky and Sergei Tiviakov
won their games in the 10th Round of the From our annotated game
2nd European Men’s Championship in XIIIIIIIIY
Ohrid, Macedonia, and caught up Loek 9-+-+r+-mk0
9+p+nwq-+p0
Van Wely. 9-+l+pzp-+0
9zp-vl-+-+P0
Results of the top of the 10th Round: 9P+L+-+NvL0
(6½) Vaganian ½:½ Van Wely (7) 9+-+-+-+-0
(6½) Milov ½:½ J. Polgar (6½) 9-zP-+QzPP+0
(6½) Sutovsky 1:0 Movsesian (6½) 9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
(6½) Timoshenko ½:½ Sakaev (6½)
White played ... 26. −−− !
(6½) Tiviakov 1:0 Lputian (6½)
"A simple but nice final blow"
(6) Bologan ½:½ Aseev (6½)
(6) Ponomariov 1:0 Greenfeld (6)
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GM Rafael Leitao became sole leader XIIIIIIIIY

after the 4th round of the Zone 2.4 9rsnlwqk+ntr0
qualifying tournament in Sao Paulo. 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
1. Leitao – 3 ½ points 9-+-+p+-+0
2-3. Lima, Vescovi – 3 9+-+p+-+-0
4-5. Milos, Matsuure – 2½ etc. 9-+-zPP+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
GMs Vladimir Malaniuk and Alexey 9PzPPsN-zPPzP0
Korotylev have a perfect score after the 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
3rd Round of the “White Nights” xiiiiiiiiy
tournament in St-Petersburg, Russia. 19 The Romanishin variation has become
participants have 2½ points. quite popular after Morozevich's
Top Results of the 3rd Round: successes with it in the last couple of
Korotylev – Smikovski 1:0 years. Black doesn't hurry to develop the
Sivokho – Popov ½:½ g8 Knight and wants to see his
Beshukov – Shaposhnikov ½:½ opponent's plans first.
Malaniuk – Vulfson 1:0 4.¥d3 c5 5.dxc5 ¤f6
Black will take the c5 pawn later −
Yagupov – Fominyh 0:1
maybe with his Knight (i.e. after e5 Nd7)
in order to attack d3−Bishop when he
Pairings of the 4th Round: does this.
Malaniuk – Korotylev 6.£e2 ¤c6 7.¤gf3 a5
Inarkiev – Shariyazdanov Morozevich prefers 7...¤b4!?
Fominyh – Sivokho immediately attacking the d3 Bishop, for
Tseshkovsky - Eliseev example: 8.0-0 ¤xd3 9.cxd3 ¥xc5
Popov - Kokarev 10.¤b3 ¥e7 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 ¥d7
Meister - Timofeev 13.¦ac1 dxe4 14.dxe4 £b6 15.¦fd1 ¥a4
Shaposhnikov - Polovodin 16.£c4 ¥xb3 17.axb3 0-0 18.¥xf6 ¥xf6
Yandarbiev – Yevseev 19.e5 ¥g5 20.¦d6 £a5 Ponomariov −
Morozevich, Istanbul (Ol) 2000.
Kornev – Beshukov
8.0-0 0-0 9.a4
Polaninov – Vorobiov Last year Lputian played against 9.c4
Yemelin (2) - Sambuev a4 10.¦d1 ¥xc5 11.exd5 exd5 12.cxd5
¤b4 13.¤e4 ¤xd3 14.¤xf6+ £xf6
Our regular reader GM Karsten Mueller 15.£xd3 ¥f5 16.£b5 b6© Asrian −
reports from Germany: Lputian, Armenia (Ch) 2000.
The international Hamburg City 9...¤d7
Championship 2001 has just finished The d3 Bishop is very dangerous,
yesterday: either now or on the next move Black
1. J. Hector – 8 points out of 9 (Elo had to attack it by Nb4, as occurred in
performance 2840) the following game: 9...¤b4! 10.e5 ¤d7
11.¤b3 ¤xd3 12.cxd3 ¤xc5 13.¤xc5
2. M. Brodsky – 6½
¥xc5 14.¥e3 d4 15.¥f4 £d5 16.¤g5
3-4. I. Farago, K. Müller – 6 ¥e7 Xie − Matveeva, New Delhi 2000.
5-8. Z. Lanka, D. Rogozenko, Dr. 10.¤b3 ¤xc5 11.¤xc5 ¥xc5
Ftacnik, O. Reeh – 5½ etc. (30 XIIIIIIIIY
participants, 9 GM). 9r+lwq-trk+0
9+p+-+pzpp0
¤¤¤ 9-+n+p+-+0
9zp-vlp+-+-0
Annotated Game 9P+-+P+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+L+N+-0
Tiviakov − Lputian 9-zPP+QzPPzP0
Ohrid (10), 11.06.2001 C03 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 ¥e7!? xiiiiiiiiy
(Quiz: What did White play next?)

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12.c3! XIIIIIIIIY
Now the d3 Bishop is untouchable, so 9-+-+r+-mk0
White has good attacking chances on 9+p+nwq-+p0
the Kingside. 9-+l+pzp-+0
12...¥d7
Black hasn't time for 12...e5? (with
9zp-vl-+-+P0
idea Bg4), for example: 13.exd5 £xd5
9P+L+-+NvL0
14.¥e4 £d7 15.¦d1 £e7 16.¥xc6 bxc6 9+-+-+-+-0
17.£xe5± 9-zP-+QzPP+0
13.¥f4 9+-+R+-mK-0
13.e5?! f6 xiiiiiiiiy
13...¤e7 14.e5! ¤g6 15.¥g3 f5 26.¦xd7!
The only chance for counterplay, or A simple but nice final blow.
White will play h2−h4−h5 etc. 26...£xd7 27.¥xf6+ ¢g8 28.¤h6+ ¢f8
16.exf6 gxf6 29.£g4 1-0
XIIIIIIIIY
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17.c4 Today? E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We always
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22.¤e5!
White begins a final attack.
22...¦ad8
Not 22...fxe5 23.¥xe5+ ¢g8 24.£g4+
¤g6 25.hxg6+−
23.¥h4 ¥c6
23...£g7 24.h6!
24.¤g4+− ¦xd1+ 25.¦xd1 ¤d7

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CT-218, 13th June 2001
Dibyendu Barua, a full point behind the

Polgar equal first in leader.
European Men's …
1. Sasikiran – 11
F
ive players are Polgar - Kasparov
sharing the lead points
th
after 11 Round 2-3. Kunte, Barua –
of the 2nd European 10
Men’s Championship 4. Konguvel – 9½
in Ohrid, Macedonia. 5-6. Mishra,
Judit Polgar, Ruslan Ganguly – 8½
Ponomarev and Vadim Milov outplayed 7. Thipsay – 8 etc.
their opponents and joined Loek Van
Wely and Emil Sutovsky. In the Women’s event Subbaraman
Vijayalakshmi is a clear leader with 8½
Top results of the 11th Round: points after 10 rounds, already two and a
(7½) Van Wely ½:½ Sutovsky (7½) half point ahead.
(7) J. Polgar 1:0 Tiviakov (7½)
(7) Aseev 0:1 Ponomarev (7) In the 5th Round of the Zonal
(7) Timoshenko ½:½ Vaganian (7) tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil ELO-
(7) Sakaev ½:½ Anastasian (7) favourite GM Gilberto Milos beat the
(7) Milov 1:0 Volkov (7) leader Rafael Leitao and caught him at
(6½) Avrukh ½:½ Bologan (6½) …second place – Jovanni Veskovi won
(6½) Kacheishvili ½:½ Azmaiparashvili (6½) his game and took a sole lead.
(6½) Movsesian ½:½ Nisipeanu (6½)
(6½) Graf ½:½ Sulskis (6½) Results of the 5th Round:
(6½) Psakhis ½:½ Lastin (6½) (2½) Milos 1:0 Leitao (3½)
(6½) Galego ½:½ Khenkin (6½) (3) Veskovi 1:0 Pelikian (1½)
(6½) Macieja ½:½ Luther (6½) (2) Oblitas Lima (3)
(6½) Lputian ½:½ Volokitin (6½) (1½) Soto 1:0 Matsuura (2½)
(½) Haro 0:1 Coelho (0)
1-5. Sutovsky, Van Wely, J. Polgar, Standings after the 5th Round:
Ponomarev, Milov – 8 points 1. Vescovi – 4 points
6-11. Vaganian, Timoshenko, Tiviakov, 2-4. Milos, Leitao, Lima – 3½
Sakaev, Bologan, Anastasian – 7½ etc. 5-7. Matsuura, Oblitas, Soto – 2½ etc.
There are two rounds to play. The Ukrainian GM Igor Novikov has just
players compete for 46 passes to the about secured an overall victory in the IX
World Championship, 8 points out of 13 category round-robin SmartChess.com
seems to be good enough to complete the International tournament, after 7th
task. Round he’s already achieved a two point
lead!
The top-seeded GM Krishnan Sasikiran
remains the sole leader of the Indian Results of the 7th Round:
Championships despite a surprising (1) Simutowe 0:1 Novikov (5)
defeat to IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra in (3½) Yudasin ½:½ Ippolito (3½)
Round 15. The defending Champion (3½) Shahade ½:½ Charbonneau (3)
Abhijit Kunte shares second place with (3½) Bonin 0:1 Stripunsky (3)
CT-218 Page 1 of 3
(3) Sarkar 0:1 Krush (2) 4.c3 ¤f6 5.£e2 ¥d7 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4
Standings after the 7th Round: a6
1. Novikov – 6 points XIIIIIIIIY
2-4. Yudasin, Shahade, Stripunsky – 4 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
5-6. Charbonneau, Bonin – 3½ 9+p+lzppzpp0
7-9. Sarkar, Ippolito, Krush – 3 9p+nzp-sn-+0
10. Simutowe – 1 9+L+-+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-+0
7 players are leading after the 4th Round 9+-+-+N+-0
of the “White Nights” open tournament 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
in St.Petersburg, Russia. 9tRNvL-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Top Results of the 4th Round: 8.¥xc6!?
(3) Malaniuk ½:½ Korotylev (3) A new continuation. Just a couple of
(2½) Inarkiev ½:½ Shariyazdanov (2½) days ago Black achieved acceptable
(2½) Fominykh 1:0 Sivokho (2½) play after 8.¥a4 e5 9.¥xc6 ¥xc6 10.¤c3
(2½) Tseshkovsky 0:1 Eliseev (2½) £b8 11.0-0 ¥e7 12.¥g5 0-0 13.¦fd1 ¦e8
and eventually outplayed the opponent,
(2½) Popov 1:0 Kokarev (2½)
Nevednichy − Tiviakov, 2nd IECC, Ohrid
(2½) Meister ½:½ Timofeev (2½) 2001.
(2½) Shaposhnikov ½:½ Polovodin (2½) 8...¥xc6 9.d5 ¥d7
(2½) Yandarbiev ½:½ Yevseev (2½) 9...¥b5!? looked interesting, trying to
(2½) Kornev 0:1 Beshukov (2½) make White's life less comfortable.
(2½) Vorobiov 1:0 (def.) Polaninov (2½) 10.¤c3 g6 11.0-0 ¥g7 12.¥e3 0-0
13.¥d4
Pairings of the 5th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
(3½) Eliseev – Fominykh (3½) 9r+-wq-trk+0
(3½) Korotylev – Vorobiov (3½) 9+p+lzppvlp0
(3½) Beshukov – Popov (3½) 9p+-zp-snp+0
(3) Shariyazdanov – Malaniuk (3½) 9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-vLP+-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
¤¤¤ 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
Annotated Game 9tR-+-+RmK-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov xiiiiiiiiy
Polgar (2679) − Tiviakov (2603) A space advantage gives White better
European Championship Ohrid, chances, nevertheless Black's position is
Macedonia (11), 12.06.2001 B51 still fairly solid.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 d6 13...¥g4 14.h3 ¥xf3 15.£xf3 ¦c8
XIIIIIIIIY 16.¦ac1 b5
9r+lwqkvlntr0 An active attempt which, however,
9zpp+-zppzpp0 weakens the c6 square. An immediate
16...£d7!? was worthy of considering.
9-+nzp-+-+0 17.£e3
9+Lzp-+-+-0 A solid move. Black might have
9-+-+P+-+0 planned ...¥h6 followed by ...b5−b4.
9+-+-+N+-0 18...e6
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 18...¦xc1 19.¦xc1 ¦c8 also came to
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 mind, keeping a passive but defensible
xiiiiiiiiy position. The text move looks natural −
Sergey Tiviakov is one of the main Black forces an exchange of the d5
experts of this rather flexible way to pawn, preventing a possible penetration
counter ¥b5 − it can also be played if the to c6 and obtaining more space for
bishop comes to b5 with check. manoeuvres.

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19.dxe6 £xe6?! Black resigned. A confident win by

19...fxe6!? seemed to be more to the Judit Polgar, which helped her to join the
point. As we'll see, the additional control leaders. Come on, Judit! 1-0
over the d5 square would not be
pointless. Black probably overestimated
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CT-219, 14th June 2001
(8) Vaganian – Tiviakov (8)

Ponomarev and (8) Milov – Anastasian (8)
Sutovsky lead in Ohrid (8) Timoshenko – Tkachiev (7½) etc.
The 2nd European Men’s Today we would like to present a very

Championship in Ohrid, Macedonia important and interesting battle between
comes closer to the end. Ruslan Emil Sutovsky and Konstantin Sakaev.
Ponomarev (Ukraine) and Emil Emil maintained the pressure very
Sutovsky (Israel) became the heroes of inventively, not being hurry to win a
the 12th preliminary Round – they beat sacrificed pawn…
Vadim Milov and Konstantin Sakaev
respectively and are heading the field Let’s take a look at the other events.
with excellent 9 points. Judit Polgar and
Loek Van Wely drew their game and are Krishnan Sasikiran strengthened his
sharing third place, half a point behind. lead after the 16th Round of the Indian
Championships – now he is a full point
Top results of the 12th Round: ahead of despite the surprising defeat to
(8) J. Polgar ½:½ Van Wely (8) IM Neeraj Kumar Mishra in Round 15.
(8) Ponomarev 1:0 Milov (8) The defending Champion Abhijit Kunte
(8) Sutovsky 1:0 Sakaev (7½) shares second place with Dibyendu
(7½) Anastasian ½:½ Vaganian (7½) Barua, a full point behind the leader.
(7½) Tiviakov ½:½ Timoshenko (7½)
(7) Nisipeanu ½:½ Bologan (7) Standings after 16th Round:
(7) Azmaiparashvili 1:0 Aseev (7) 1. Sasikiran – 12 points
(7) Psakhis ½:½ Movsesian (7) 2. Barua – 11
(7) Luther ½:½ Pr. Nikolic (7) 3. Kunte – 10½
(7) Kacheishvili 0:1 Graf (7) 4. Konguvel – 9½
(7) Vallejo ½:½ Beliavsky (7) 5-6. Mishra, Ganguly – 9
(7) Lastin ½:½ Volkov (7) 7-9. Harikrishna, Thipsay, Prasad – 8½
(7) Sulskis ½:½ Khenkin (7) etc.
(7) Gdanski ½:½ Macieja (7)
(7) Malakhatko ½:½ Lputian (7) Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi already
(7) Volokitin ½:½ Avrukh (7) retained the title of Indian Women's
(6½) Tkachiev 1:0 Galego (7) Champion – she scored an excellent 9½
(6½) Dautov ½:½ A. Sokolov (6½) points from 11 rounds and secured
(6½) Ehlvest 1:0 Neverov (6½) overall victory. Our congratulations!
(6½) Conquest 1:0 Piket (6½) etc.
Standing after the 12th Round: 1. Vijayalakshmi - 9½ points
1-2. Ponomarev, Sutovsky – 9 points 2-3. Swati Ghate, Meenakshi – 7
3-4. Van Wely, J. Polgar – 8½ points 4-5. Aarthie, Bhagyashree – 6½ etc.
5-11. Milov, Vaganian, Timoshenko,
Tiviakov, Anastasian, Graf, The only IM in the strong XIII category
Azmaiparashvili – 8 etc. the Sigeman & Co. 2001 tournament in
Malmö, Sweden – Emanuel Berg
Top boards of the 13th Round: (Sweden) is a surprising leader of the
(9) Ponomarev – Sutovsky (9) event – after two rounds he keeps a
(8) Graf – J. Polgar (8½) perfect score!
(8½) Van Wely – Azmaiparashvili (8)
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Results of the 2nd Round: 2-3. Yudasin, Stripunsky – 5

(1) Berg 1:0 De Firmian (1) 4. Bonin – 4½
(½) Gulko 1:0 Rajabov (1) 5. Shahade – 4
(½) Timman ½:½ I. Sokolov (½) 6. Charbonneau – 3½
(½) Hector ½:½ C.Hansen (0) 7-9. Sarkar, Ippolito, Krush – 3
(0) P.Cramling 1:0 Wedberg (0) 10. Simutowe – 2
Standings after the 2nd Round: Our congratulations, Igor, on such a

1. Berg – 2 points confident victory!
2. Gulko – 1½
3-8. I. Sokolov, Timman, Hector, 10 players are leading after the 5th Round
De Firmian, Rajabov, P.Cramling – 1 of the “White Nights” open tournament
9. C.Hansen – ½ in St.Petersburg, Russia.
10. Wedberg – 0
In the 6th Round of Zonal tournament (4) Fominykh – Beshukov (4)
(VIII cat. round robin, 10 players) in Sao (4) Eliseev – Korotylev (4)
Paulo, Brazil all the leaders made a full (4) V.Popov – Polovodin (4)
step forward so the situation is (4) Vorobiov – Malaniuk (4)
unchanged – Giovanni Vescovi is clear (4) Meister – Vokarev (4) etc.
first with 5 points, Gilberto Milos,
Rafael Leitao and Darcy Lima are in ¤¤¤
chase, half a point behind. Annotated Game
E Sutovsky (2604) − K Sakaev (2637)
Results of the 6th Round: European Championship Ohrid,
(2½) Soto 0:1 Vescovi (4) Macedonia (12), 13.06.2001 C14
(1) Coelho 0:1 Milos (3½) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 ¥e7
(2½) Matsuura 0:1 Leitao (3½) 5.e5 ¤fd7 6.¥xe7 £xe7 7.f4
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(1½) Pelikian 1:0 Oblitas (2½) 9rsnl+k+-tr0
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Standings after the 5th Round: 9-+-+p+-+0
1. Vescovi – 5 points 9+-+pzP-+-0
2-4. Milos, Leitao, Lima – 4½ 9-+-zP-zP-+0
5-8. Matsuura, Oblitas, Soto, 9+-sN-+-+-0
Pelikian – 2½ etc. 9PzPP+-+PzP0
9tR-+QmKLsNR0
Igor Novikov (Ukraine) is crushing all xiiiiiiiiy
the opposition on the IX category round- 7...a6
robin SmartChess.com International 7...0-0 8.¤f3 c5 is the main alternative.
tournament, keeping two points clear 8.¤f3 c5 9.dxc5 ¤c6 10.¥d3 £xc5
lead before the last round. 11.£d2 b5
XIIIIIIIIY
th
Results of the 8 Round: 9r+l+k+-tr0
(6) Novikov 1:0 Shahade (4) 9+-+n+pzpp0
(3) Sarkar 0:1 Yudasin (4) 9p+n+p+-+0
(3) Krush 0:1 Stripunsky (4) 9+pwqpzP-+-0
(3½) Charbonneau 0:1 Bonin (3½) 9-+-+-zP-+0
(4) Ippolito 0:1 Simutowe (1) 9+-sNL+N+-0
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
Standings after the 8th Round: 9tR-+-mK-+R0
1. Novikov – 7 points xiiiiiiiiy
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12.h4!? in the centre gives him better chances −

A rare move in this position but an for example, Black is going to push
advance of the h−pawn is quite typical White's pieces back by ...e5−e4, b5−b4
for this French pawn structure. Both and so on. However, Emil Sutovsky finds
12.a3 and 12.¤e2 are more common an excellent way to continue his own
options. One of the most recent play.
examples from the top−level was the 19.¥g6!!
game Bologan − Short, Buenos Aires A masterful play! It was tempting to put
2000 − Black achieved good play after the knight on g6 with tempo but actually
12.£f2 ¥b7 13.a3 h6 14.h4 0-0 15.£xc5 after 19.¤g6?! ¦f7 the knight was rather
¤xc5 16.b4 ¤d7 17.¢d2 ¤b6 18.¤e2 useless there. It is quite common to
¤c4+ 19.¥xc4 dxc4 and White should occupy strong squares on the side of the
play carefully to hold balance. board with long−ranged pieces while the
12...¤b6 13.h5 h6 14.£f2 knight should be placed closer to the
Castling long did not look very good as centre.
Black was ready to begin direct actions 19...exf4
on the queenside. The alternative was 19...b4 20.¤e2
14...£xf2+ 15.¢xf2 0-0 16.g4 ¥xg4 but it could not extinguish White's
XIIIIIIIIY initiative: 21.¦hg1 ¥xe2 22.¢xe2 etc.
9r+l+-trk+0 20.¤e2 ¤e5 21.¤xf4 ¤xg4+ 22.¢g3
9+-+-+pzp-0 ¤e5 23.¤f5 ¥xf5 24.¥xf5
9psnn+p+-zp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+pzP-+P0 9r+-+-trk+0
9-+-+-zPP+0
9+-sNL+N+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-mK-+0
9tR-+-+-+R0
9psn-+-zp-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+psnL+P0
A very complicated ending has arisen.
As usual, White does not achieve very
9-+-+-sN-+0
much if he simply occupies a the d4 9+-+-+-mK-0
square with the knight (¤e2−d4) − Black
would obtain good counter chances by
9PzPP+-+-+0
...¤a4−c5, ...¥d7, b4, a5, ¦c8 or maybe 9tR-+-+-+R0
...f7−f6 so White begins more concrete
actions on the kingside.
xiiiiiiiiy
16...f6 White is still a pawn down but it is clear
Otherwise White's initiative would be that he has more than enough
real after g4−g5 etc. compensation for the pawn. His minor
17.exf6 gxf6 18.¤h4 pieces are very strong (especially the
18.¦ae1?! couldn't prevent 18...e5! bishop) while the rooks might effectively
anyway. use the "g" and "d" files, creating certain
18...e5 pressure over Black's pawn
XIIIIIIIIY weaknesses.
9r+l+-trk+0 24...¢f7
Black moves the king to the centre,
9+-+-+-+-0 escaping from the g−file.
9psnn+-zp-zp0 25.¥e6+ ¢e7 26.¦ad1 ¦ad8 27.¦he1!
9+p+pzp-+P0 A hasty 27.¥xd5?! ¤xd5 28.¤xd5+
9-+-+-zPPsN0 gave Black a good opportunity to
9+-sNL+-+-0 activate the rook via the g−file, for
9PzPP+-mK-+0 example: 28...¢f7 29.¦hf1 ¦g8+ 30.¢h3
9tR-+-+-+R0 ¤g4 followed by ...¦g5.
xiiiiiiiiy 27...¦d6
It may seem that Black's pawn majority

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9-+-+-tr-+0 9-+-+-+r+0
9+-+-mk-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9psn-trLzp-zp0 9p+-mk-+-zp0
9+p+psn-+P0 9+ptR-+-+P0
9-+-+-sN-+0 9-zP-+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9P+P+-+-+0
9+-+RtR-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
28.¥f5! The ending seems to be winning for
White likes his bishop very much! He White as Black is deprived from any
does not win a pawn back, playing for counterplay. However, in the rook ending
the initiative and obviously hoping to get a very precise technique is always
it back with interest. required.
28...¦g8+ 29.¤g6+ ¢f7 30.¢f4 37...¦g2 38.a3 ¦f2+ 39.¢e4 ¦h2
XIIIIIIIIY 40.¢d4 ¦h3 41.a4!
9-+-+-+r+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+k+-0
9psn-tr-zpNzp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+p+psnL+P0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9p+-mk-+-zp0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9+ptR-+-+P0
9+-+RtR-+-0 9PzP-mK-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy
30...¤bd7? 9+-+-+-+r0
And Black breaks down! Objectively,
White was pressuring very inventively in
9-+P+-+-+0
spite of the ending on the board but 9+-+-+-+-0
Black still had good defensive resources.
As alternatives ... 30...¦e8 ; 30...¤c6;
xiiiiiiiiy
and even 30...d4 were worthy of Clearing the 5th rank for the rook and
consideration. creating a passed c−pawn. The a−pawn
31.¥xd7 ¦xd7 will be taken back very soon.
41...bxa4 42.¢c4 ¦h4+ 43.¢c3 ¦h3+
XIIIIIIIIY 44.¢c4 ¦h4+ 45.¢c3 ¦h3+ 46.¢b2 a3+
9-+-+-+r+0 47.¢a2 ¦g3 48.¦a5 ¢c6
XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+r+k+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9p+-+-zpNzp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9p+k+-+-zp0
9+p+psn-+P0 9tR-+-+-+P0
9-+-+-mK-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9zp-+-+-tr-0
9K+P+-+-+0
9PzPP+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+RtR-+-0 49.¦xa3
xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Not giving Black a single possibility to
32.¦xe5! activate the pieces, which could have
Obviously missed. happened after 49.¦xa6+ ¢b5 50.¦xa3
32...fxe5+ 33.¤xe5+ ¢e6 34.¤xd7 ¦g4 51.c3 ¢c4 although White was
¢xd7 35.¦xd5+ ¢e6 36.¦c5 ¢d6 37.b4 probably winning with 52.¦b3 and so on.
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The text move is more reliable. the price will go down, while the quality
49...¦g2 50.¢b3 ¢b6 51.¦a5 ¦f2 will go up!
52.¦e5 ¦f6 53.c3 ¦d6 54.¦e8
The rook is going to g6. Chess Today is published by:
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CT-220, 15th June 2001
Sutovsky (Israel) will decide the title

Novikov Wins while Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who beat
SmartChess.com Loek van Wely with black pieces (-see
the annotated game section for this tense
International and exciting game! --- RPM ) and
joined Judit Polgar at
third place will play
I gor Novikov (Ukraine)

convincingly won the
category IX round-robin
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for the bronze medal.
Final standings:
1-2. Ponomarev,
International, a point and a Sutovsky – 9½ points
half ahead of Alexander 3-4. J.Polgar,
Stripunsky (USA), who came Azmaiparashvili – 9
clear second. points
5-11. Van Wely,Milov,
(photo taken from Vaganian,Timoshenko,
SmartChess.com website --- Tiviakov, Anastasian,
RPM.) Graf – 8½ etc.
Results of the 9th Round: Novikov Besides there will be

(4½) Bonin ½:½ Novikov (7) tie-breaks for the last
(5) Yudasin ½:½ Krush (3) qualifying places to the World
(5) Stripunsky 1:0 Charbonneau (3½) Championship – tomorrow we’ll give the
(4) Shahade ½:½ Ippolito (3) names of all players, who successfully
(2) Simutowe 1:0 Sarkar (3) completed this task.
Final standings: In the 18th penultimate round of the

1. Novikov – 7½ points Indian Championships Dibyendu
2. Stripunsky – 6 Barua beat Surya Shekhar Ganguly and
3. Yudasin – 5½ caught up to the leader, the only 2600+
4. Bonin – 5 player of the event Krishnan Sasikiran,
5. Shahade – 4½ who was free from play today. In the
6-8. Ippolito, Krush, Charbonneau – 3½ final round Barua will play with
9-10. Sarkar, Simutowe – 3 Saptarshi with the white pieces while
Sasikiran will face Neelotpal Das.
Congratulations to all the winners! Defending champion Abhijit Kunte will
be free from play tomorrow. He has
An overwhelming majority of the last secured at least a tie for third place.
round games of the 2nd European
Men’s Championship in Ohrid, Standings after 18th Round:
Macedonia were drawn – the players 1-2. Sasikiran, Barua – 13 points
were completing the task of qualifing to 3. Kunte – 11½
the World Championship so there were 4. Mishra – 10½
only 2 decisive games on the first 20 5-7. Ganguly, Konguvel,
boards! Harikrishna – 10 etc.
Tomorrow will be the day of tie-breaks. Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi already

Ruslan Ponomarev (Ukraine) and Emil won the Women’s Championship, but
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today she surprisingly lost to Saheli Dhar 3-4. Milos, Lima – 5

Barua. 5. Pelikian – 3½
6-7. Oblitas, Soto – 3 etc.
Valery Popov, Alexander Fominykh and
Standings after 11th Round: Alexe Eliseev are leading in the “White
1. Vijayalakshmi - 9½ points Nights” open tournament in
2-3. Meenakshi, Swati Ghate – 8 St.Petersburg, Russia with 5 points after
4-5. Aarthie, Bhagyashree – 7½ etc. 7 rounds.
The only decisive game of the 3rd Round Top results of the 6th Round:
of the Sigeman & Co. 2001 tournament (4) Fominykh 1:0 Beshukov (4)
in Malmö, Sweden was between sole (4) Eliseev 1:0 Korotylev (4)
leader Emanuel Berg, who kept a (4) V.Popov 1:0 Polovodin (4)
perfect score and Tom Wedberg, who (4) Vorobiov ½:½ Malaniuk (4)
lost both his games. Emanuel achieved (4) Meister ½:½ Vokarev (4)
an excellent position and tried to
strengthen his lead but a series of Top boards of the 7th Round:
inaccuracies led him to a bitter end. Still, (5) V.Popov – Fominykh (5)
he is on top, together with Boris Gulko, (4½) Malaniuk – Eliseev (5)
who drew with black against Ivan (4½) Meister – Kornev (4½)
Sokolov. (4½) Vokarev – Vorobiov (4½) etc
¤¤¤
(0) Wedberg 1:0 Berg (2) Annotated Game
(1) I.Sokolov ½:½ Gulko (1½) L. Van Wely (2670) − A.
(1) De Firmian ½:½ Hector (1) Azmaiparashvili (2670) D20
(1) Rajabov ½:½ P.Cramling (1) European Championship Ohrid,
(½) C.Hansen ½:½ Timman (1) Macedonia (13), 14.06.2001 D20
Standings after the 2nd Round: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 (D)
1-2. Berg, Gulko – 2 points XIIIIIIIIY
3-8. I.Sokolov, Timman, Hector, 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
De Firmian, Rajabov, P.Cramling – 1½ 9zppzp-+pzpp0
9-10. Wedberg, C.Hansen – 1 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
Giovanni Vescovi keeps sole lead after 9-+pzPP+-+0
the 7th Round of the VIII cat. round robin 9+-+-+N+-0
Zonal tournament, which takes place in 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rafael Leitao is clear 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
second, half a point behind. xiiiiiiiiy
4...Bb4+
Results of the 7th Round: 4..exd4 is the main continuation.
(5) Vescovi 1:0 Matsuura (2½) However, it is still unclear how White
(4½) Leitao 1:0 Coelho (1) can achieve a tangible advantage
after the text move.
(4½) Milos ½:½ Lima (4½) 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7
(2½) 1:0 Oblitas ½:½ Soto (2½) 6...Qe7 is suspicious as White
(½) Haro ½:½ Pelikian (2½) simply ignores the threat to the e4
pawn: 7.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 8.Be3!? The
Standings after the 7th Round: game Dreev − R.Scherbakov,
1. Vescovi – 6 points Borzhomi 1988 continued by
2. Leitao – 5½ 8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne7 (9...Nf6!?)
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10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Ng6 and after the over the "b" and "d" files. Black's
very strong and rather unexpected rooks occupy the strong foreposts b4
12.Bc1! Qg4 13.Ba3ƒ Black found and d4 and White would have been
himself in trouble. forced to defend his weak queenside
7.Bxc4 Nbc6 8.Be3 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 0- pawns.
0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Be3 (D) 19...a5 20.Kf2 Bd7 21.Bd1 Bc6
XIIIIIIIIY 22.Bc2 Rd7 23.g4 Rad8 24.Kg3 f6
9r+lwq-trk+0 25.h4 (D)
9zppzp-+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+n+-+-+0 9-+-tr-+k+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-zpr+-zpp0
9-vlL+P+-+0 9-zpl+-zp-+0
9+-sN-vL-+-0 9zp-sn-+-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9P+P+P+PzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9+-tR-vLPmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+L+-+-+0
11...Qxd1 9tR-+-+-+-0
Loek Van Wely was already familiar xiiiiiiiiy
with this position, after 11...Bxc3 White is hoping to use the potential
12.bxc3 Qe7 13.Qa4 Ne5 14.Be2 b6 of his long−ranged pieces − being
15.Rfd1 Bd7 16.Qc2 Rad8 17.a4 Be6 temporarily chained to the queenside
18.c4² he achieved a small weaknesses, where they would
advantage in the game Van Wely − quickly get into action on the opposite
Huebner, Wijk aan Zee 1996. side. However, Black can be
12.Rfxd1 Bxc3 completely satisfied with his very
Black cannot allow this knight to solid position.
jump to d5 or b5. 25...h6 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 Kf7 (D)
13.bxc3 Be6 14.Be2 Rfd8 XIIIIIIIIY
White has achieved a pair of 9-+-tr-+-+0
bishops but his queenside pawn 9+-zpr+kzp-0
structure is not perfect and Black has 9-zpl+-zp-+0
good chances to find a stable 9zp-sn-+-zP-0
position for his knight somewhere in 9P+P+P+-+0
front of the c−pawn. 9+-tR-vLPmK-0
15.c4 Ne5 16.Rdc1 b6 17.a4 9-+L+-+-+0
17.c5 promised nothing due to 9tR-+-+-+-0
17...Nd3 18.Rc3 Nxc5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 xiiiiiiiiy
20.Rxc5 Rd2„ 28.Rca3
17...Nd3 18.Rc3 Nc5 19.f3 (D) The attempt 28.gxf6!? gxf6 29.Bxc5
XIIIIIIIIY bxc5 30.Rh1 (with idea ¦h5) could
9r+-tr-+k+0 have been parried by 30...Rg8+
9zp-zp-+pzpp0 31.Kf4 Rg5² keeping a slightly worse
9-zp-+l+-+0 position where a draw is obviously
9+-sn-+-+-0 the most likely result. Perhaps it was
9P+P+P+-+0 objectively the best way for White but
9+-tR-vLP+-0 Loek prefers to keep the tension,
9-+-+L+PzP0 trying to get more chances to outplay
9tR-+-+-mK-0 his opponent. However, as we'll see,
xiiiiiiiiy Zurab Azmaiparashvili was equal to
Here and later the exchange on c5 the task, not losing control over the
favoured Black as it gave him control position even for a single moment.

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28...Rh8 29.Re1 fxg5!?

Black decided to begin concrete 47.Bh7+?!
play against White's weaknesses. 47.Rg1! looked more to the point
30.Bxg5 Rd4 31.Bf4 Rxc4 32.Bb1 and probably led to an easier draw.
Rxa4 33.Rxa4 Bxa4 34.Bxc7 Rh6 47...Kf8 48.Rg1 b2 49.Bxg7+
35.f4 Rc6 36.Be5 Bb3 37.f5 a4 (D) The rook would be much more
XIIIIIIIIY useful on the 7th rank.
9-+-+-+-+0 49...Ke7 50.Be5 Bd5+ 51.Ke3 Rc1
9+-+-+kzp-0 52.Kf2 Bb3 53.Re1 Kf7 54.Bd3
9-zpr+-+-+0 White is in no hurry to "exchange"
9+-sn-vLP+-0 both his bishops for two pawns. Here
9p+-+P+-+0 though, it could have been realised
9+l+-+-mK-0 by 54.Bxb2 axb2 55.Re2 Rh1 56.Be4
9-+-+-+-+0 b1Q 57.Bxb1 Rxb1 although White
9+L+-tR-+-0 should still need good work to hold
xiiiiiiiiy the position ¦ vs ¦+¥. 54...Bc2
Both sides show their trump cards. 55.Bc4+ Kg6 56.Ba2 Kf5 (D)
38.Bb2 b5 39.e5 b4 40.e6+ Nxe6 XIIIIIIIIY
The piece sacrifice is forced but not 9-+-+-+-+0
bad at all − Black eliminates the last 9+-+-+-+-0
of White's pawns. 9-+-+-+-+0
41.fxe6+ Bxe6 (D) 9+-+-vLk+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zp-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+kzp-0 9Lzpl+-mK-+0
9-+r+l+-+0 9+-tr-tR-+-0
9pzp-+-+-+0 57.Bd4
9+-+-+-mK-0 Perhaps it was the time to go for
9-vL-+-+-+0 57.Bd6!? Ra1 58.Bxa3 Rxa2 59.Bxb2
9+L+-tR-+-0 etc.
xiiiiiiiiy 57...Bb3! 58.Bxb2
At first glance the position should be Another, and maybe the strongest
drawn but actually White's task is not option was 58.Re2!? b1Q 59.Bxb1+
so easy − Black can try to make Rxb1 60.Re5+ followed by ¦a5 but it
progress without any risk. is still not a draw.
42.Rf1+ Kg8 43.Be4 Rc8 44.Rh1 58...axb2 (D)
44.Be5!? was also worthy of XIIIIIIIIY
consideration with the idea to meet 9-+-+-+-+0
44...a3 with 45.Bd6 9+-+-+-+-0
44...Rc4 45.Kf3 a3 46.Be5 b3 (D) 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+k+-0
9-+-+-+k+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9+l+-+-+-0
9-+-+l+-+0 9Lzp-+-mK-+0
9+-+-vL-+-0 9+-tr-tR-+-0
9-+r+L+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+-+K+-0 59.Bb1+?
9-+-+-+-+0 The only way was 59.Re2! Bc2
9+-+-+-+R0 60.Ke3! Ke5 (60...Ra1 61.Rxc2 Rxa2
xiiiiiiiiy 62.Rc5+ Ke6 63.Rb5=) and now

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60.Re4+ Kg5 61.Re5+ Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
61.Rb4 does not help due to
61...Rxb1 62.Rxb3 Rh1!-+ Technical editors:
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XIIIIIIIIY
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White resigned. A very tense game.
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CT-221, 16th June 2001
Lautier – Galego 1:0 1:0

Emil Sutovsky Tops Delchev – San Segundo 1:0 ½:½
Field in 2nd European Epishin – Savchenko 1:0 0:1 0:1
Iordachescu – Atalik 1:0 0:1 0:1
Men's Championship Alexandrov – Gyimesi 0:1 0:1
K.Georgiev – Vaisser 1:0, ½:½
he 2nd European Men’s
T Championship has ended in

Ohrid, Macedonia. It was a very
strong and attractive event with 143 GMs
Round 3:
Tregubov – K.Georgiev ½:½ 0:1
Piket – Gyimesi ½:½ 0:1
and 38 IMs among the participants! Lautier – Atalik 1:0 ½:½
Delchev – Savchenko 1:0 1:0
Today was the day of tie-breaks.
Emil Sutovsky beat Ruslan Ponomarev (The game Georgiev-Tregubov is
and became the new European featured in the annotated game section
Champion! He is a very nice and on page 3 ---RPM.)
versatile person – musician, singer, and
he speaks many languages: English, Final standings:
Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian. He 1. Sutovsky – 9½ points
also heads one of the most interesting 2. Ponomarev – 9½
chess sites – Chessy! 3. Azmaiparashvili – 9
4. J.Polgar – 9
Our congratulations, Emil, for this 5-11. Van Wely, Timoshenko, Vaganian,
glorious victory! Graf, Milov, Tiviakov, Anastasian – 8½
12-45. Luther, Lputian, Vallejo Pons,
The Bronze medal was awarded to Sakaev, Tkachiev, Sulskis, Macieja,
Zurab Azmaiparashvili, who outplayed Movsesian, Avrukh, Nisipeanu, Gdanski,
Judit Polgar in the match for third place. Zvjaginsev, Aseev, Bologan, Dautov,
21 participants, who scored 7½ points Motylev, Volokitin, Ehlvest, Beliavsky,
out of 13, were competing for the last 4 Psakhis, M.Gurevich, Malakhatko,
passes to the World Championship. Rublevsky, Pr.Nikolic, Pigusov,
Khenkin, Asrian, Cvitan, Lastin,
Tie-breaks for the gold medal: Fedorov, Baklan, Conquest, Volkov,
Ponomarev – Sutovsky ½:½ 0:1 Kobalia – 8,
46-… Kir.Georgiev, Lautier, Gyimesi,
For the bronze medal: Delchev – 7½ etc.
J.Polgar – Azmaiparashvili ½:½ 0:1
Our congratulations to all the winners
For the last qualifying places: and qualifiers!
Round 1:
Roeder – Epishin ½:½ 0:1 Now let’s take a look at the other events.
Delchev – Galkin 1:0 1:0
Lautier – Markowski 1:0 0:1 1:0 Both leaders drew in the final and 19th
Almasi – Piket ½:½ ½:½ 0:1 Round of the Indian Championships –
Tregubov – Najer 1:0 ½:½ Dibyendu Barua was proclaimed the
new Champion thanks to his win in
Round 2: round 11 over top seeded Krishnan
Tregubov – Istratescu 1:0 1:0 Sasikiran, who took the silver medal.
Piket – A.Sokolov 1:0 1:0
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Former champion Abhijit Kunte came second place, as well as top seeded
in third. Gilberto Milos.
Men’s final standings: Results of the 8th Round:

1-2. Sasikiran, Barua – 13½ points (6) Vescovi ½:½ Oblitas (3)
3. Kunte – 11½ (5) Lima 1:0 Leitao (5½)
4. Mishra – 11 (3½) Pelikian 0:1 Milos (5)
5. Harikrishna – 10½ (3) Soto 1:0 Haro (½)
6-8. Ganguly, Konguvel, Prasad – 10 etc. (2½) Matsuura 1:0 Coelho (1)
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi won the Standings after the 8th Round:

Women’s Championship forth time in a 1. Vescovi – 6½ points
row! 2-3. Milos, Lima – 6
4. Leitao – 5½
Women’s final standings: 5. Soto – 4
1. Vijayalakshmi - 10½ points 6-8. Oblitas, Pelikian, Matsuura – 3½
2. Meenakshi – 9 etc.
3. Swati Ghate – 8½
4. Aarthie – 8 Vladimir Malaniuk, Valery Popov,
5. Bhagyashree – 7½ etc. Alexander Fominykh and Alexey
Kornev Eliseev are sharing the lead in
Congratulations for all the winners! the “White Nights” open tournament in
St.Petersburg, Russia with 5½ points
There are 4 leaders after the 4th Round of after 7 rounds.
the strong XIII category Sigeman & Co.
2001 tournament in Malmö, Sweden – Top results of the 7th Round:
Ivan Sokolov, Jan Timman, Boris (5) V.Popov ½:½ Fominykh (5)
Gulko and Emanuel Berg have scored (4½) Malaniuk 1:0 Eliseev (5)
2½ points. Tom Wedberg completely (4½) Meister 0:1 Kornev (4½)
recovered after his poor start; today he (4½) Vokarev ½:½ Vorobiov (4½) etc.
won his second game in a row with black
pieces against Jonny Hector. Top boards of the 8th Round:
(5½) Fominykh – Malaniuk (5½)
Results of the 3rd Round: (5½) Kornev – V.Popov (5½)
(2) Berg ½:½ Rajabov (1½) (5) Zakharevich – Vaulin (5)
(2) Gulko ½:½ P.Cramling (1½) (5) Shaposhnikov – Sivokho (5)
(1½) I.Sokolov 1:0 C.Hansen (1) (5) Eliseev – Evseev (5)
(1½) Timman 1:0 de Firmian (1½) (5) Loginov – Beshukov (5)
(1½) Hector 0:1 Wedberg (1) (5) Polovodin – Vokarev (5)
(5) Vorobiov – Sambuev (5)
1-4. I.Sokolov, Timman, Gulko,
Berg – 2½ points
5-7. Wedberg, Rajabov, P.Cramling – 2 GM Hristodoulos Banikas lost a rapid
8-9. Hector, de Firmian – 1½ match to Deep Junior in Athens, Greece
10. C.Hansen – 1 with a total score 1½:2½. There were 4
games with 25min/10sec time control.
Giovanni Vescovi remains in sole lead After the first day Banikas was leading
before the last round of the Zonal 1½:½ but lost both remaining games,
tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Darcy every time spoiling a certain advantage.
Lima won a very important game against
Rafael Leitao and overtook him at
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¤¤¤ 11.Bf4
Annotated Game Pavel Tregubov was already familiar
K. Georgiev (2676) − P. Tregubov with this position, in the game
(2628) Khenkin − Tregubov, TCh−YUG,
Europe Championship Ohrid (20), Herceg Novi 2001 he achieved a
15.06.2001 A57 good play after 11.h3 0-0 12.Be3
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Rae8 13.Nbd2 e5 14.g4 Kh8 15.Kg2
T his was the decisive battle for the Ng8 16.Rh1 Ne7„
qualifying pass to the World 11...0-0 12.Nbd2 Nh5 13.Bg5 Rae8
Championship between one of the 14.Rae1 e5 (D)
World's top players, Kiril Georgiev XIIIIIIIIY
and Pavel Tregubov, who already 9-+-+rtrk+0
resigned his title of the 1st European 9zpl+n+pvlp0
Champion. 9-+-zp-+p+0
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 9wq-zpPzp-vLn0
White ignores the Volga Gambit. By 9PzpP+P+-+0
the way, Kiril Georgiev sometimes 9+-+L+N+-0
plays it as Black. 9-zPQsN-zPPzP0
4...Bb7 5.a4 (D) 9+-+-tRRmK-0
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 Closing the center. White is slightly
9zpl+pzppzpp0 better thanks to the space advantage
9-+-+-sn-+0 but Black had reasonable hopes to
9+pzpP+-+-0 stand his ground, defending a rather
9P+P+-+-+0 narrow area of the possible break.
9+-+-+N+-0 15.g3 Bc8 16.Nh4 Ndf6 17.f3 Kh8
9-zP-+PzPPzP0 Regrouping the pieces by an
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 already tried method, just like in the
xiiiiiiiiy game mentioned above.
5...Qa5+!? 18.Rf2 Ng8 19.Be3 Ne7 20.f4
5...b4 6.Nbd2 d6 7.e4 is more often White cannot hope for success
played. The idea of the check is to without this pawn advance.
force White to place the bishop to d2, 20...exf4 21.gxf4 (D)
depriving him from the more XIIIIIIIIY
comfortable development by ¤bd2, 9-+l+rtr-mk0
b3, ¥b2 etc. 9zp-+-snpvlp0
6.Bd2 9-+-zp-+p+0
In case of 6.Nbd2?! bxc4 White has 9wq-zpP+-+n0
no good defence of the pawn d5. 9PzpP+PzP-sN0
6...b4 7.Qc2 d6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 g6 9+-+LvL-+-0
10.0-0 Bg7 (D) 9-zPQsN-tR-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9r+-+k+-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpl+nzppvlp0 21...f5?!
9-+-zp-snp+0 This counterstrike looks suspicious
9wq-zpP+-+-0 for Black.
9PzpP+P+-+0 21...Nf6!? looked more reliable,
9+-+L+N+-0 keeping good counterplay.
9-zPQvL-zPPzP0 22.e5!
9tRN+-+RmK-0 All of Black's queenside pawns are
xiiiiiiiiy almost lost, after which White gains a

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very strong passed pawns in the 33...Rf8

center. A tempting move. Nevertheless the
22...b3 simple and natural 33...Nf4!? was no
To confuse the opponent. Yet, less stronger. After 34.Rxe3 Qb6
22...dxe5!? was maybe stronger. A 35.c5 Qxb2„ Black obtained an
possible line was 23.Nb3 (23.fxe5 excellent play.
Bxe5 24.Nb3 Qd8) 23...Qd8 24.fxe5 34.Rxe3 Bd4
Nxd5!? 25.cxd5 Qxh4 26.Bxc5 and Still, 34...Qb6 35.c5 Qxb2 was
despite the fact that White's chances worthy of consideration.
look preferable, the position is very 35.Nxd4 Rxf1+ 36.Bxf1 Qb6
complicated and double−edged. Here both players must have been
23.Qd1 dxe5 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxb3 in severe time trouble which can
Qd8 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.Nxc5 f4 (D) explain the following mistakes.
XIIIIIIIIY 37.c5
9-+lwqrtr-mk0 Objectively more reliable was
9zp-+-sn-+p0 something like 37.Nf2!? Qxd4 38.Re4
9-+-+-vlp+0
9+-sNP+-+n0 Qxb2 39.Nxg4 but don't forget − they
9P+P+-zp-+0 are playing with 15 minutes time
9+-+LvLN+-0 control to make such unexpected
9-zP-+-tR-zP0 decisions.
9+-+QtR-mK-0 37...Qxb2 (D)
28.Bc1?! 9-+-+-+-mk0
White was probably worried about 9zp-+-+-+p0
playing 28.Bd4!? because of 9-+-+-+p+0
28...Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Nxd5 30.Nce6 9+-zPP+-+n0
Bxe6 31.Nxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxe6 Ne3„ 9P+-sNN+l+0
with counterplay, which objectively 9+-+-tR-+-0
did not look sufficient to compensate 9-wq-+-+-zP0
material losses. The text move allows 9+-+-+LmK-0
Black to take the initiative. xiiiiiiiiy
28...Nf5 29.Rxe8
38.Nb3?
The immediate 29.Ne4!? seemed
A wrong way. 38.Nc6! was stronger,
to be stronger.
keeping the defence after 38...Qc1
29...Rxe8 30.Re2 Ne3!
39.Kf2÷
It was already possible to win a
38...Nf4?!
pawn back by 30...Rxe2!? 31.Bxe2
After 38...Qe5! White could have
Qb6 and White is forced to play
found himself in trouble, for example,
32.b4÷ but Black is playing for more!
39.d6?! could be met by 39...Nf6 with
31.Bxe3 fxe3 32.Ne4 Bg4
the idea of ...£d4 followed by ...¤d5.
I suppose White was very worried
39.d6 (D)
about his position at this moment! XIIIIIIIIY
33.Qf1 (D) 9-+-+-+-mk0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wqr+-mk0 9zp-+-+-+p0
9zp-+-+-+p0 9-+-zP-+p+0
9-+-+-vlp+0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9+-+P+-+n0 9P+-+Nsnl+0
9P+P+N+l+0 9+N+-tR-+-0
9+-+LzpN+-0 9-wq-+-+-zP0
9-zP-+R+-zP0
9+-+-+QmK-0 9+-+-+LmK-0
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39...Qc2 ct@gmsquare.com. We always

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41.d7 Bxd7?? (D)
9-+-+-+-mk0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
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9-+q+-+-zP0
9+-+-+LmK-0 Editors:
xiiiiiiiiy GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
Total collapse. 41...Qd1 42.Kf2 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Kg7÷ was quite playable for Black!
42.Re7! Technical editors:
Of course! Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
42...g5 43.Rxd7 (D)
9-+-+-+-mk0 Alexander Baburin © and protected
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9+-zP-+-zp-0 unauthorised reproduction, via print,
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xiiiiiiiiy
Rh7 comes next so Black resigned.
A highly dramatic finish! 1-0.
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ews in brief. As I would like to our database, so look there first, if you
N concentrate on our Trainer's

Corner today, news reports will
have to wait for one day. I can only say
prefer.
Meanwhile I would like to deal with a

that the young Brazilian GM Giovanni question, which I received from our
Vescovi won the Zonal tournament, Swedish reader -
which just ended in San Paulo. He scored Peter Backe: "Hello! I am a new
7½ points out of 9. Two of his Swedish reader (Master strength in over-
compatriots - GMs Milos and Lima the-board and in CC) of your excellent
finished with 7 points and presumably newspaper. In your last issue you wanted
there will be a play-off, as I believe that some proposals of improvement for CT.
only 2 places in the World Championship One thing is as you say writing more
are available from that zone. about openings or middle- and endgame!
That would be great of course!
¤¤¤
Trainer's Corner Maybe another idea would be a

Question-corner, something like as I
Our Trainer's Corner is taking off nicely have seen on the KC-site, where readers
as I keep receiving questions from our can put questions about Openings,
readers. I would like to stress that I might positions or anything really - even maybe
not be able to answer all opening historical questions about old
questions or go into great details into grandmasters or so?
some specific positions. My aim is to
provide practical hints on how to My contribution to this is my game
improve your chess and play better. As a played in the Swedish Correspondence
coach, I often find that many club players tournament, which started this spring.
do not think properly in chess. In my Furhoff is a very strong over-the board
view to rectify that is much more player so it was OK to have a draw with
important than to study some long line in Black against him. But could he with the
the Sicilian! Have a look at the following White pieces have come out as the better
position and test yourself: part after 16.Ne2, the natural move,
XIIIIIIIIY instead of his chosen one? Many
9-+-+-+-+0 greetings! Keep up the strong writings!"
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+K+-+0 I completely agree with Peter - being
9+-+-+-+-0 able to ask questions could be a great
9-+-+-+-+0 asset to our readers! So, please send your
9+-+-+p+k0 questions to ababurin@iol.ie and I will
9-+-+-zP-zP0 try to answer them. As for the game,
9+-+-+-+-0 which Peter sent, here it is:
xiiiiiiiiy
J. Furhoff − P. Backe, CC 2001
White to play
French Defence, C07
Take 5-10 minutes and formulate (to Annotations by Peter Backe, unless
yourself) everything what you thought of indicated by AB
this regarding position. We will consider 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 c5 4.exd5
this example later on. This position is £xd5 5.¤gf3 cxd4 6.¥c4 £d6 7.0-0
also available with a training question in ¤f6 8.¤b3 ¤c6 9.¤bxd4 ¤xd4
10.¤xd4 a6 11.¦e1 £c7 12.¥b3
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¥d6 13.g3 c2−c4 and ¤e2−c3, and 18.¤c3

Interesting! I found just one game 18...¦ad8 (D)
played with this continuation. Black
should try to develop his c8−bishop XIIIIIIIIY
along the a8−h1 diagonal, but this 9-+-tr-tr-+0
9+pwq-+pmkp0
game turns rather differently as we 9p+-vl-zp-+0
will see. White's threat is now 9+-+-zp-+-0
14.Nf5!. 9-+-+-+l+0
13...0-0 9+LsN-+-zP-0
13...e5 would be also replied by 9PzPPwQ-zP-zP0
White in the same way: 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
14.¥g5 e5 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY I think that here White's chances
9r+l+-trk+0 are a bit better, but this does not
9+pwq-+pzpp0 make 14...e5 unplayable.
9p+-vl-sn-+0
9+-+-zp-vL-0
Now let us examine our pawn ending.
9-+-sN-+-+0
9+L+-+-zP-0
Moravec, 1925
9PzPP+-zP-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
I think that this is a theoretical
9-+-+K+-+0
novelty! In the game Ivanov−Brunner,
9+-+-+-+-0
Gausdal Troll Master 1991, Black
9-+-+-+-+0
played 14...b5!? 15.¥xf6 gxf6
9+-+-+p+k0
16.Qd2, but White's 16th move
9-+-+-zP-zP0
wasn't obliged and I think 16. £g4+
¢h8 17.¦ad1 or even 16.c3!? was
9+-+-+-+-0
interesting. An Alternative might be
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
14...¤e8.
AB: I think that this move has a
Black is threatening to capture both
certain logic − Black drives away the
of White's pawns. Clearly White must
enemy knight and opens up his c8−
move the king towards the f3−pawn.
bishop. It is very risky strategically
But what path should he choose?
(the d5−square!), but White has
This is a good example to test your
some weaknesses on the kingside
thinking process!
now too.
15.¥xf6 gxf6 16.£f3
First of all, it would be really lousy to
Very tactically played! I was
see only the line with 1.¢f5 ¢xh2??
counting on 16. ¤e2, when
2.¢f4 ¢g2 3.¢e3 and cry "Eureka!".
16...¥g4!? seems best. Maybe
Indeed, in that position whoever is to
17.£d2 and then something like
play loses and there it's Black. But
17...¢g7!? might be considered.
Black does not have to take on h2 −
16...exd4 17.£xf6
after 1.¢f5? ¢g2! 2.h4 ¢xf2 3.h5
Draw proposed by White as after
¢g1 4.h6 f2 5.h7 f1£+ 6.¢g6 £f8
17...£c6! he has nothing more than
Black wins.
the perpetual check. ½-½
I've seen many people finding that
AB: Certainly more critical was
variation and resting on it. They
16.¤e2 ¥g4! 17.£d2 (17.£c1!?)
would typically say "Obviously,
17...¢g7 and now White can choose
1.¢f5? loses and therefore White
between 18.¥d5!?, with the idea of
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must play 1.¢e5!, when Black won't I would like to illustrate this idea with
queen his pawn with check." If you one of my old games. It is also available
thought that way too, you were in our database with training questions. I
wrong! You saw only half the picture, would recommend you to play through
as after 1.¢e5? ¢g2 2.h4 ¢xf2 3.h5 the game in Chess Base first.
¢g1 4.h6 f2 5.h7 f1£ 6.h8£ £a1+
Black is still winning. Never be lazy Victor Varavin − Alex Baburin
and convince yourself in what you Moscow 1986, Alekhine Defence B05
simply want to believe. 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.¤f3
¥g4 5.¥e2 e6 6.0-0 ¤c6 7.c4 ¤b6
Now it should not be hard to see the 8.exd6 cxd6 9.b3
solution, if your remember that White This is rather harmless. Better is
should try to attack the f3−pawn. Yet, 9.d5!.
you'd be surprised to know how 9...¥e7 10.¥e3 0-0 11.¤c3
many players forget about that aim Here my opponent offered a draw. In
altogether and gave up after you general I am not too keen to quick
show them that both 1.¢f5? and draws. Here it would be particularly
1.¢e5? lose. Another lesson − do wrong to accept the offer, as I knew
not panic! such positions really well and my
opponent looked uncomfortable.
After the correct 1.¢d5! ¢g2 2.h4 11...d5! 12.c5
¢xf2 3.h5 ¢g1 4.h6 f2 5.h7 White is After 12.cxd5?! ¤xd5 13.¤xd5
fine. £xd5 Black would be already better.
12...¤c8! (D)
Last week we talked about some ideas in XIIIIIIIIY
the Alekhine Defence. I said that one of 9r+nwq-trk+0
the main positional themes for Black is 9zpp+-vlpzpp0
putting pressure on the e5-pawn. If 9-+n+p+-+0
White takes on d6 with e5xd6, then 9+-zPp+-+-0
Black should target the d4-pawn. Now I 9-+-zP-+l+0
would like to discuss this positional 9+PsN-vLN+-0
theme. Have a look at the following 9P+-+LzPPzP0
diagram, which features Black's 'dream 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
position': xiiiiiiiiy
13.£d2 ¥f6 14.¦fd1 ¤8e7 15.h3?!
Weak d4−pawn in the Alekhine Not very logical, as Black wanted to
Defence exchange the f3−knight anyway.
XIIIIIIIIY 15...¥xf3 16.¥xf3 ¤f5 17.¤e2 g6
9-+-+-+k+0 Nowadays I would have played
9zpp+-+pvlp0 17...b6!.
9-+n+p+p+0 18.¥g4 ¤xe3 19.£xe3 ¦e8 20.f4 (D)
9+-zPp+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-zP-+-+0 9r+-wqr+k+0
9+-+-+N+-0 9zpp+-+p+p0
9PzP-+LzPPzP0 9-+n+pvlp+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9+-zPp+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zP-zPL+0
9+P+-wQ-+P0
Here White's bishop cannot protect 9P+-+N+P+0
the d4−pawn. Although formally it is a 9tR-+R+-mK-0
'good' bishop, this does not stop him xiiiiiiiiy
from being pretty useless!
CT-222 Page 3 of 4
20...b6! 21.¦ac1 ¦c8 22.¢h1 bxc5 I also give lessons over the phone. The
23.¦xc5 ¥e7 24.¦c3 ¥b4 25.¦c2 current rate is $50 per hour. You can call
£b6 26.¤c3 ¤e7! (D) Ireland for as little as $4-5 per hour from
XIIIIIIIIY many countries (like USA), so if you
9-+r+r+k+0 would like to take lessons from me,
9zp-+-snp+p0 please e-mail me at ababurin@iol.ie.
9-wq-+p+p+0
9+-+p+-+-0 Contact information. Do you want to
9-vl-zP-zPL+0 report a tournament or have a suggestion
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9+-+R+-+K0 appreciate your comments and feedback!
Black wants to fight for the c−file. If Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
he could swap off all rooks, he can newspaper to sample – with more readers
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2 defenders.
27.¤a4 £d6 28.¦dc1 ¥a3 29.¦xc8 Chess Today is published by:
¦xc8 30.¦xc8+ ¤xc8 (D) Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
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9vlP+-wQ-+P0 Editors:
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9+-+-+-+K0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
xiiiiiiiiy
Technical editors:
Black has achieved his goal and is Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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I hope that you've enjoyed this week's

Trainer's Corner. It may not be on next
week as I will be away, but please keep
sending your questions - I will deal with
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CT-223, 18th June 2001
Final standing:
Cramling and 1-2. Vaulin, Popov – 7 points
Wedberg Co-leaders 3-7. Yevseev, Fominyh, Malaniuk,
Korotylev, Sivokho – 6½
In Malmo 8-19. Loginov, Kornev, Shaposhnikov,
Meister, Vorobiov, Shariyazdanov,
ia Cramling and Tom Wedberg Iskusnyh, Smikovski, Solovjov, Eliseev,
P are leading after the 6th round of

the Sigeman & Co Chess
Tournament in Malmo, Sweden.
Kokarev, Beshukov – 6 etc.

Also see our annotated game section –
Results of the 5th Round: today Alexander Vaulin is our hero.
Wedberg – Timman 1:0
De Firmian – I. Sokolov ½:½ There is another open tournament in
C. Hansen – Gulko 1:0 progress in Russia, this time in
Radjabov – Hector 1:0 Voronezh. There are 4 GMs and 31 IMs
Cramling – Berg 1:0 in this traditional tournament (9 rounds,
Swiss system).
Results of the 6th Round: Pairing for the 5th Round:

Hector – Cramling 0:1 (4) Ivanov Victor L. - Chuprov (4)
Sokolov – Wedberg 0:1 (3½) Zakharov - Ulko (3½)
Hansen – de Firmian 1:0 (3½) Tolstikh Nikolay - Obukhov (3½)
Timman – Radjabov ½:½ (3½) Alavkin - Arakelov (3½)
Gulko – Berg 1:0

1-2. Cramling, Wedberg – 4 points ¤¤¤
3-4. Gulko, Radjabov – 3½ Tactical Quiz
5-7. Timman, Sokolov, Hansen – 3 1. Vaulin A. − Klimov S.
8. Berg – 2½ It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St.
9. de Firmian – 2 Petersburg (Russia) (5.12), 06.2001
10. Hector – 1½ XIIIIIIIIY
GMs Valeri Popov and Alexander
9-+r+-+k+0
Vaulin won the White Nights 9+-+-+pzpp0
tournament in St-Petersburg, Russia. 9-zp-+-+-+0
9+Pvlp+-+-0
Top Results of the last, 9th Round: 9-+-+pvLP+0
(6) Yevseev ½:½ Fominyh (6) 9zP-+-+-+P0
(6) Popov 1:0 Loginov (6) 9-+-+PzP-+0
(6) Vaulin 1:0 Kornev (6)
9+-tR-+K+-0
(6) Malaniuk ½:½ Shaposhnikov (5½) xiiiiiiiiy
(5½) Korotylev 1:0 Polovodin (5½) White to play
(5½) Vokarev 0:1 Sivokho (5½)
(5½) Meister ½:½ Vorobiov (5½)
(5½) Sambuev 0:1 Shariyazdanov (5)

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The main alternative is 10...¤c5

2. Vorobiov E. − Poliakov A. 11.¢h1
It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St. Another interesting opinion was a
Petersburg (Russia) (1.19), 2001 pawn sacrifice, for example: 11.¥xf4
XIIIIIIIIY £b6+ 12.¢h1 £xb2 13.£d2
9-+nwq-mk-+0 (13.£e1!?) 13...£b6 14.¥g5
9+Q+-vl-+-0 (14.¤d5!? ¤xd5 15.exd5 ¤c5
9-+-+p+-+0 16.¦ae1 £d8 17.h3 ¥d7 18.a5 ¦c8
19.¦e2 ¤xd3 20.cxd3 ¥f5 21.¦fe1©
9zp-+pzP-zp-0 Adams − van Wely, Germany 1994)
9-sn-zP-+P+0 14...£d8 15.¤d4 ¤c5 16.¤f5 ¥xf5
9+-+-+N+-0 17.¦xf5 ¤g4 18.¦af1 ¥xg5 19.¦xg5
9-zP-+-+K+0 ¤e5³ V.Orlov − Vaulin, Elista 1994
9+LvL-+-+-0 11...¤h5
xiiiiiiiiy As in some lines of the King's
White to play Gambit, Black tries to hold the pawn
¤¤¤ f4, mainly because it closes the very
important f−file.
Annotated Game 12.¤d4
Take a look at one of the recent
E. Korbut − A. Vaulin games: 12.¤d5 ¤c5 13.¤d4 ¤f6
It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St. 14.¥xf4 ¤cxe4 15.¥xe4 ¤xe4
Petersburg (Russia) (2.24), 06.2001 16.£e2 f5 17.£c4 ¢h8 18.a5 ¥d7
B93 19.¤b6 ¦b8 20.¤e6 ¥xe6 21.£xe6
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky ¥g5 22.¤d7 ¥xf4 23.¦xf4 ¤c5
24.¤xc5 dxc5 25.¦xf5= Arakhamia−
A lexander Vaulin is a very
experienced GM with a solid
opening repertoir and good tactical
Grant − Palac, Italy 2001
12...g6 13.¥e2 ¤df6 14.¤f5!?
Sharper than 14.¥xh5 ¤xh5
skill, winner of some openings. His 15.¤d5 ¥g5 16.£f3 ¥d7 17.¤e2 ¥c6
opponent in the following game was 18.¤exf4 ¤xf4 19.¥xf4 ¥xd5
17−year old Ekaterina Korbut. Two 20.exd5 ¦c8 21.c3 ¥xf4 22.£xf4 ¦c7
weeks earlier she won a bronze 23.¦ae1 ¦e7 24.h3 draw, J.Polgar −
medal at the Russian Women's Gelfand, Linares 1997
Championship. She always plays in 14...¥e6 15.¤xe7+
very active, "male" chess Worse is 15.b3?! gxf5! 16.¥xh5 fxe4
tournaments and never avoids 17.¥b2 £a5 18.¥e2 ¦fc8 19.£e1
opening battles where important £g5 20.£d2 d5∓ Grigoriants −
critical lines are played. Vorobiov, Moscow 1999
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 15...£xe7 16.b3 (D)
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.f4 XIIIIIIIIY
This variation was more popular in 9r+-+-trk+0
the mid 1980s, mainly thanks to the 9+p+-wqp+p0
efforts of Andrei Sokolov. Now more 9p+-zplsnp+0
often White plays 6.¥e3 or even; 9+-+-+-+n0
6.f3!?; Also there are two moves 9P+-+Pzp-+0
which are played at all times − 6.¥e2
9+PsN-+-+-0
and; 6.¥g5
9-+P+L+PzP0
6...e5 7.¤f3 ¤bd7 8.a4
9tR-vLQ+R+K0
Other lines begin with 8.¥d3 and;
xiiiiiiiiy
8.¥e2!?
16...¦fd8N
8...¥e7 9.¥d3 0-0 10.0-0 exf4
This is a novelty according to the
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
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following game: White is a pawn down, but due to the

16...¦ac8 17.£d4 ¥g4 18.¤d5 £e5 two Bishops has a good chances for
19.£xe5 dxe5 20.¥xg4 ¤xg4 a draw. But the young player looks a
21.¤e7+ ¢g7 22.¤xc8 ¦xc8 23.c4² bit confused...
Bielczyk − Wojtkiewicz, Poland 1995 31.¢g1 £e8 32.£a1 ¤d7 33.¥xh5?
17.¥b2 £c7 18.¤d5 ¥xd5 19.exd5 Don't hurry to exchange Bishops!
£e7 20.¥f3 Much better was 33.£f1! with threats
The Bishop has to follow Knight f5; for pawns a6 and f4.
after 20.c4 ¦e8 21.¥d3?! ¤d7! 33...gxh5 34.£d1 (D)
22.£d2 ¤e5 (22...£h4!? 23.¢g1 XIIIIIIIIY
¤e5 Black has no problems.) 9-+-+q+k+0
20...¦e8 21.c4 £f8 22.£d4!? 9+-+n+p+p0
White's position looks quite 9p+-zp-+-+0
promising... 9+-+P+-+p0
22...¦e5! 23.£f2 9P+-vL-zp-+0
White has to protect g3−square: 9+-+-+-+-0
23.£b6?! ¤g3+! 24.hxg3 £h6+ 9-+-+-+PzP0
25.¢g1 fxg3 26.¦fe1 ¦xe1+ 27.¦xe1 9+-+Q+-mK-0
£d2 28.¦b1 £c2-+ xiiiiiiiiy
23...¦e3? (D) 34...£e4!
XIIIIIIIIY Decisive centralisation. The Bishop
9r+-+-wqk+0 d4 is "empty".
9+p+-+p+p0
9p+-zp-snp+0 35.¥a1 ¤e5 36.h3 f3! 37.g3 £e3+
9+-+P+-+n0 38.¢f1 ¤d3 0-1.
9P+P+-zp-+0
9+P+-trL+-0 Solutions to tactical Quiz:
9-vL-+-wQPzP0
9tR-+-+R+K0 1. 29.¥d6 d4 29...¦a8 30.¥xc5 bxc5
xiiiiiiiiy
31.¦xc5 ¢f8 32.¦c7!? ¦b8 33.a4+−;
Maybe I have missed something
29...f6 30.¦xc5! 30.¦xc5! bxc5
especially strong, but this optimistic
31.b6 c4 32.b7 ¦d8 33.b8£ ¦xb8
move looks like a mistake. But after
34.¥xb8 c3 35.¢e1 1-0.
23...¦ee8 24.£h4 White is better.
24.¥d4?
2. 47.¤xg5! ¥xg5 48.£h7 £e7
This move too. What was Black's
48...¥xc1 49.¥g6 ¤d6 50.£h8+ ¢e7
idea after 24.g4! if 24...¤g3+ then
51.£g7+ ¤f7 52.£xf7# 49.£h8+
simply 25.hxg3 £h6+ 26.£h2
¢f7 50.£h5+ ¢g8 51.¥xg5 £f7
24...¦xb3 25.¦fb1 ¦xb1+ 26.¦xb1
52.¥f6! 1-0.
¦c8 27.¦xb7 ¦xc4 28.£b2 £e8!
Black shows that he also has some
threats.
29.¦b8 ¦c1+ 30.£xc1 £xb8 (D)
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CT-224, 19h June 2001
Chuprikov, Vinokurov, Akhmadeev,

Wedberg and Egorov, Pavlov – 4 etc.
Cramling Maintain
Pairing for the 6th Round:
Slim Lead In Malmo Chuprov – Zakharov
Obukhov – Ivanov Victor L.
Arakelov – Zakhartsov
here was only one decisive game
T in the 7th Round of the Sigeman

& Co Chess Tournament in
Malmo, Sweden. Ivan Sokolov, beat with
Varavin – Amonatov
Kobylkin – Tunik
Granovski – Chuprikov
Vinokurov – Akhmadeev
Black, Teimour Rajabov, and GMs Egorov – Pavlov
exchange their places in the cross-table.
GMs Normunds Miezis, Sergei
Results of the 7th Round: Ovsejevitsch and Christian Bauer
Berg – Hector ½:½ shared 1-3 places with 8 points out of 9
de Firmian – Gulko ½:½ in the 8th Rapid Echternacher open,
Wedberg – Hansen ½:½ Luxembourg.
Radjabov – Sokolov 0:1
Cramling – Timman ½:½ 4-7. Haub, Fontaine, Csiszar, Glek – 7½
etc. (283 participants, 8 GM, 20 IM)
1-2. Cramling, Wedberg – 4½ points Our regular reader GM Karsten Muller
3-4. Gulko, Sokolov – 4 informs us:
5-7. Timman, Radjabov, Hansen – 3½ “The German team blitz championship
8. Berg – 3 ended yesterday with the following
9. de Firmian – 2½ results:
10. Hector – 2 1. SG Köln Porz (van Wely, Bacrot,
Lutz, van den Doel)
Today in our annotated game section we 2. Tegernsee (Khenkin, Hertneck, Beim,
feature Tom Wedberg's victory over Jan Stangl, Teske)
Timman from the 5th round. As you will 3. Leipzig-Gohlis
recall he lost his first two games, but 4. St. Ingbert
since then he has won 4 games in a row. 5. Hamburger SK (26 teams, all play all
on 4 boards).”
There are four leaders after the 5th Round
of the Voronezh Open tournament. The Dutch Championships will start
today. There will be 10 participants in
Top results of the 5th Round: men's section (round-robin system):
Ivanov Victor L. - Chuprov ½:½ Champion-2000 Loek van Wely, GMs
Zakharov - Ulko 1:0 Jeroen Piket,Sergei Tiviakov, Friso
Tolstikh - Obukhov 0:1 Nijboer, Paul van der Sterren, Erik
Alavkin - Arakelov ½:½ van den Doel, John van der Wiel, IMs
Karel van der Weide, Mark van der
Standing after the 5th Round: Werf and Sipke Ernst. In the women's
1-4. Chuprov, Zakharov, Obukhov, V.L. section (double round-robin): WGM
Ivanov – 4½ points
Zhao Qin Peng, WIM Tea Lanchava,
5-16. Arakelov, Zakhartsov, Varavin, WGM Erika Sziva, Petra Schuurman,
Amonatov, Kobylkin, Tunik, Granovski, Colleen Otten and Bianca Muhren.
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As you can see this time there isn’t a Sharper and forcing variations begin
computer entered into the tournament. after 7...d5!? for example: 8.d4 dxe4
Lets hope that without Fritz the event 9.¤bd2!? exf3 10.£xf3 ¥e7
will be as interesting as last year’s was! 11.£xc6+ ¥d7 12.£f3 exd4 13.cxd4
0-0 14.¤e4 ¥e6 15.¤xf6+ ¥xf6
¤¤¤ 16.¥e4 ¥xd4!? 17.¦d1 c5÷ Topalov
Tactical Quiz − Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2001
1. Ustinov A. − Inarkiev E. 8.d4 ¥b6 9.h3
It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St. As in the classical lines of the Ruy
Petersburg (Russia) (1.24), 2001 Lopez, it's important to protect the
XIIIIIIIIY g4−square to reduce the pressure
9-trl+r+kvl0 on the d4−pawn. Maybe premature is
9zp-+nzpp+p0 9.a4!? for example: 9...¥g4 10.d5
9-+pzp-+pvL0
9wq-+-+-+-0 ¤e7 11.h3 ¥d7 12.axb5 axb5
9-+L+PzP-+0 13.¦xa8 £xa8 14.¤a3 0-0 15.¥g5
9+-sN-wQ-+-0 ¢h8 16.¥xf6 gxf6 17.¤h2 ¦g8„
9PzPP+-+PzP0 Adams − Hector, Copenhagen 1997.
9+R+-tR-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy 9...¥b7 10.a3 0-0 11.¥e3!?N
Black to play An interesting novelty. As stated
before White must defend the d4−
2. Kholmov R. − Malaniuk V. pawn strongly because this is the key
It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St. point of the whole position. So less
Petersburg (Russia) (2.10), 06.2001 effective was 11.¥g5 as was played
XIIIIIIIIY in the following game: 11...h6 12.¥h4
9-mk-+r+-+0 £e7 13.£d3 ¤b8 14.¤bd2 c5! 15.b3
9+p+-+p+-0
9p+p+-+-+0 cxd4 16.cxd4 ¤bd7 17.b4 ¦fc8
9+-+-+-zP-0 18.¦ac1 ¤f8 19.¥g3 ¤g6„ S. Polgar
9-+-zP-zp-+0 − Segal, Israel 1999.
9+-zP-+-+Q0 11...¤d7
9PzP-+qzPK+0
9+-+-+R+-0 Black defends the b6−Bishop. After,
xiiiiiiiiy for example: 11...¦e8 12.d5!? ¤e7
Black to play 13.¥xb6 cxb6 14.¤bd2² White has a
small but stable advantage.
¤¤¤ 12.¤bd2 ¤e7 13.b4! (D)
Annotated Game White continues to fortify the d4−
T. Wedberg (2505) − J. Timman square using all strong moves! Now
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament White prevents the c7−c5 advance.
Malmoe, Sweden (5), 2001 C78 XIIIIIIIIY
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9r+-wq-trk+0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 9+lzpnsnpzpp0
¤f6 5.0-0 ¥c5 9pvl-+-+-+0
A very fashionable line. 9+p+pzp-+-0
6.c3 b5 7.¥c2 d6 (D) 9-zP-zPP+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zP-zP-vLN+P0
9r+lwqk+-tr0 9-+LsN-zPP+0
9+-zp-+pzpp0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9p+nzp-sn-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+pvl-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 13...d5?!
9+-zP-+N+-0 Another typical idea in the Ruy
9PzPLzP-zPPzP0 Lopez − to open the center and
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 simplify the position. But White's
xiiiiiiiiy pieces are a bit more active so he
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retains the better chances. XIIIIIIIIY

14.¦e1 dxe4 15.¤xe4 ¤d5 9r+-+l+-mk0
15...f5? 16.¥b3+ ¢h8 17.¤eg5±; 9+-+-tR-+-0
15...exd4 16.¥xd4!?² 9p+p+-zp-+0
16.¥g5 f6 17.¥h4 ¦e8? 9+pzP-+L+p0
This is a mistake. But Black's tasks 9-+-+-+-+0
are not simple now. After 17...exd4 9zP-zP-+-+P0
18.¤xd4 ¦e8 19.£h5!? White's 9-+-+-zPP+0
threats are rather dangerous. Maybe 9+-+-+-mK-0
best was 17...£e8!? 18.dxe5 ¤xe5² xiiiiiiiiy
(18...fxe5!?) 34.¥d7?!
18.dxe5 ¢h8 Maybe this isn't the best decision,
Unfortunately Black could not take even though the Rook ending is very
the d− pawn: 18...¤xe5 19.¤xe5 difficult for Black. But why not simply
¦xe5 20.¤xf6+!+− 34.¢f1 − White's Rook and Bishop
19.exf6 ¤7xf6 20.¤xf6 ¤xf6 are more active than their counter−
21.¤e5 (D) parts. The same can be said of the
XIIIIIIIIY Kings.
9r+-wqr+-mk0 34...¥xd7 35.¦xd7 ¦e8 36.¦d6 ¦e1+
9+lzp-+-zpp0 37.¢h2 ¢g7?!
9pvl-+-sn-+0 Better was 37...¦a1! with some
9+p+-sN-+-0 chances for a successful defence.
9-zP-+-+-vL0 38.¦xc6 ¦c1 39.¦xa6 ¦xc3 40.c6
9zP-zP-+-+P0 ¢g6 41.g3 h4 42.g4 f5? (D)
9-+L+-zPP+0 The final mistake in a difficult
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 situation.
Now White has an extra pawn and 9-+-+-+-+0
the better position; what else you can 9+-+-+-+-0
you wish for?! 9R+P+-+k+0
21...£d5™ 22.£xd5 ¥xd5 23.¦ad1 9+p+-+p+-0
c6 24.¥xf6 gxf6 25.¤d7 9-+-+-+Pzp0
A Very energetic realisation of an 9zP-tr-+-+P0
advantage. 9-+-+-zP-mK0
25...¦xe1+ 26.¦xe1 ¥d8 27.¥e4! 9+-+-+-+-0
¥f7 xiiiiiiiiy
Hopeless is 27...¥xe4 28.¦xe4 ¢g7 43.c7+!
29.¤c5 (29.¦e8!?) Black resigned in view of 43.c7+
28.¤c5 ¢g5 (43...¢f7 44.¦a7 ¢f6 45.¦b7+−)
White doesn't want to give his 44.¦b6! fxg4 (44...¦xc7 45.¦xb5+−)
opponent any counterplay after 45.¦xb5+ ¢f6 46.hxg4 ¦xc7
28.¥xc6 ¦c8. 47.¢h3+− 1-0.
28...¦c8 29.¦d1
Why not 29.¤xa6 ¦a8 30.¤c5 ¦xa3
31.¥xc6 ¦xc3 32.¥xb5 ? See Solutions to tactical Quiz:
annotation for the previous move. 1.18...¦xb2! 19.¦xb2 £xc3 20.£xc3
29...¥e8 30.¥f5 ¥xc3 21.¦eb1 ¥xb2 22.¦xb2 ¤c5
White finds a way to penetrate. 23.¥d3 f6∓ and Black won 0-1.
30...¦a8 31.¦e1 ¥b6 32.¦e7
Here it is! 2. 32...¦e3! 33.£f5?! ¹33.£h8+
32...¥xc5 33.bxc5 h5 (D) ¢a7 34.¢g1 £g4+ 35.¢h2 ¦e2
36.d5!? £g3+ 37.¢h1 £f3+ 38.¢g1
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CT- 225, 20th June 2001
The Mayor’s Cup – X cat. Round-robin

Kramnik Defeats event started in Queens, New York.
Kasparov in Blitz It is organised by GM Susan Polgar and
Match! the Polgar Chess Center.
In the picture from
ladimir Kramnik beat Garry http://www.polgarchess.com/ –
V
played
Kasparov in their two-game
Internet blitz match. It was
on 19 June at
Susan Polgar and Mayor Giuliani.
www.kasparovchess.com and available

on-line only for members of this site. But
now all can view these games. Kramnik
won the first game with Black in a very
interesting tactical battle (see our
annotated game section) and had an
advantage in the second game but it
ended in a draw. Final result: 1½:½ in
favour of the World Champ!
Ivan Sokolov made a new kind of

“castling” with his opponent. In the 8th
round of the Sigeman & Co Chess
Tournament in Malmo, Sweden, he
defeated co-leader Pia Cramling and now
shares first place with Tom Wedberg.

Gulko – Hector ½:½ Results of the 1st Round:
Sokolov – Cramling 1:0 Nakamura – Yudasin 0:1
Hansen – Radjabov ½:½ Gruenfeld - Schneider 0:1
Timman – Berg 1:0 Perelshteyn – Novikov ½:½
de Firmian – Wedberg ½:½ Blatny - Simutowe 0:1
Krush – Shahade 1:0
1-2. Sokolov, Wedberg – 5 points Pairing of the 2nd Round:
3-5. Cramling, Gulko, Timman – 4½ Yudasin - Shahade
6-7. Radjabov, Hansen – 4 Simutowe - Krush
8-9. Berg, de Firmian – 3 Novikov – Blatny
10. Hector – 2½ Schneider – Perelshteyn
Nakamura - Gruenfeld
Pairing of the last, 9th Round:
Wedberg – Gulko Alexander Zakharov became sole
Hector – Timman leader after the 6th Round of Voronezh
Berg – Sokolov open tournament.
Cramling – Hansen
Radjabov – de Firmian Top results of the 6th Round:
Chuprov – Zakharov 0:1
Obukhov – Ivanov ½:½

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Arakelov – Zakhartsov 0:1 1-3. Strikovic, Reinaldo, Fernandes – 7

Varavin – Amonatov 1:0 points out of 8
Kobylkin – Tunik ½:½ 4-6. Spraggett, Damaso, Quintino – 6½
Granovski – Chuprikov ½:½ etc.
Vinokurov – Akhmadeev 0:1 ¤¤¤
Egorov – Pavlov 1:0 Annotated Game
G. Kasparov − V. Kramnik
Standing after the 6th Round: Internet, 19.06.2001 E12
1. Zakharov – 5½ points out of 6 Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
2-7. Varavin, Zakhartsov, Obukhov,
O
Egorov, Akhmadeev, Ivanov – 5 points f couse the following is only a
8-16. Tolstykh, Tunik, Chuprov, blitz game but I suspect many
Alavkin, Kobylkin, Granovski, players would be proud to play
Chuprikov, Grebionkin, Khmelnitski – something like this in classical chess!
4½ etc. 1.d4
No Berlin Wall today! Naturally the
Pairing for the 7th Round: champ and ex−champ did not want to
Zakharov – Varavin show their opening preparations in
Zakharstov – Obukhov the main lines. So, in the second
Ivanov – Egorov game the Slav defence was played,
Akhmadeev – Tolstikh no Gruenfeld.
Tunik – Chuprov 1...¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.¤c3 ¥b7
Alavkin – Kobylkin 5.a3 (D)
Chuprikov – Khmelnitski XIIIIIIIIY
Grebionkin – Granovski 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
9zplzpp+pzpp0
9-zp-+psn-+0
GM Gilberto Milos qualified to The 9+-+-+-+-0
World Championship from the Zone 2.4 9-+PzP-+-+0
qualifying tournament in Sao Paulo, 9zP-sN-+N+-0
Brasil, by beating in the play round GM 9-zP-+PzPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Darcy Lima 3:1. xiiiiiiiiy
The Petrosian system. Kasparov
New, TWIC #345 is now available at: has played it since his youth.
http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html 5...d5 6.cxd5 ¤xd5 7.e3 g6!?
As usual you can found a lot of This move became popular between
interesting and useful information here. 1980-1990. Older is 7...¥e7 Look at
two classical games: 8.¥b5+ c6
The Costa Rican Championships took 9.¥d3 c5 (9...¤d7 10.e4 ¤xc3
place 26th May-16 June 2001 in San Jose 11.bxc3 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.cxd4 0-0
(13 round, Swiss system). 14.£e2 ¦c8 15.¥b2 £c7 16.£e3 ¤f6
17.¤e5 b5 18.f4!‚ Kasparov −
Final standing: Akesson, Ch World Juniors 1980.
1. Bernal Gonzalez – 10½ points out of How long has Garry Kasparov played
13 top flight chess! And he is only 38−
2. Valdes – 10 yers old now...) 10.¤xd5 £xd5
3-4. Murillo, Minero – 9½ 11.dxc5 £xc5 12.¥d2 ¤c6 13.¦c1
5. Vaglio – 7½ etc. £d6 14.£c2 ¦c8 15.0-0 h6 16.¦fd1
0-0 17.¥c3 £b8 18.£a4! ¦fd8
The 4th Olivais Rapid Chess Open took 19.£e4 g6 20.£g4 h5 21.£h3 f5
place on June 10th in Portugal (126 22.¥c4± Petrosian − Smyslov, Ch
players, 8 rounds Swiss). USSR 1961

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8.¤xd5 "weak" c6−pawn with Black's Knight

8.¥b5+ was an unhappy move for on c4, and dificult to prepare e3−e4
Garry: 8...c6 9.¥d3 ¥g7 10.e4 ¤xc3 with the Bishop on g7.
11.bxc3 c5 12.¥g5 £d6 13.e5 £d7 18.a4 a6! 19.¤d2 ¦c7 20.¤b3 b5
14.dxc5 0-0! 15.cxb6 axb6© (D)
Kasparov − Korchnoi, London (m/1) XIIIIIIIIY
1983. Korchnoi won that game. 9-+-wqr+k+0
8...exd5 9.¥b5+ 9+ltr-+pvlp0
By the way, Kramnik also likes this 9p+psn-+p+0
type of position for White: 9.b4 ¥g7 9+p+p+-+-0
10.¥e2 0-0 11.0-0 c6 12.a4 a6 9PzP-zP-+-+0
13.¥b2 ¤d7 14.£b3 b5 15.a5 ¦e8 9+N+LzP-+-0
16.¦ac1 ¦e6 17.¦c2 £e7 18.¤e1„ 9-+Q+-zPPzP0
Kramnik − Lutz, Germany 1993 9+RtR-vL-mK-0
9...c6 10.¥d3 ¥g7 11.b4 xiiiiiiiiy
11.e4!? dxe4 12.¥xe4 0-0 13.0-0 Black prepares the Bishop to c8 and
¤d7 14.¥g5 £c7 15.¦c1 ¦fe8 Rook a8 to the center and King side
16.¦e1 c5 17.£c2 ¥xe4 18.¦xe4 by trying to close the Queen side.
£b7= Kramnik − Anand, Linares 21.¤c5 ¥c8 22.¦a1 ¦ce7 23.¥c3
1993. ¤c4 24.¦a2 £d6 25.axb5 axb5
11...0-0 12.¥d2 ¤d7 (D) 26.¦a8 ¤b6 27.¦a2 h5
XIIIIIIIIY At first sight Black has the better
9r+-wq-trk+0 chances, but I believe this is a wrong
9zpl+n+pvlp0 evaluation. It's very hard to attack on
9-zpp+-+p+0 the King side without the Knight
9+-+p+-+-0 there. And White's pawn structure is
9-zP-zP-+-+0 very solid.
9zP-+LzPN+-0 28.¦ca1 h4 29.£d1 h3!?
9-+-vL-zPPzP0 This pawn will be weak in the
9tR-+QmK-+R0 endgame − Kramnik shows his
xiiiiiiiiy aggressive demeanor.
13.¦b1 30.g3 ¤c4 31.¥f1 ¥h6
Maybe this is a novelty, but one This is mainly a psychological
move doesn't play a big role in such move. In some variatians Black
a position. More important is the threatens to capture on e3.
opponent's plans. 13.0-0 ¦e8 14.£c2 2.¦a8
¦c8 15.¦ab1 £c7 16.¦fc1 £d6 17.a4 White wants to exchange a pair of
¥a8 18.¥c3 ¦e7 19.h3 ¤f8 20.¤d2 Rooks or maybe sacriface the
¤e6 21.¤b3 ¤g5 22.a5² Piket − exchange and take the h3 pawn.
Lauber, Germany 1993. 32...¥f5 33.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 34.¥d2 (D)
13...¦e8 14.0-0 ¤f6 XIIIIIIIIY
I prefer this way for the Knight 9-+-+r+k+0
(f6−e4−d6 etc.) rather than Nf8−f6 as 9+-+-+p+-0
Lauber played. In the Karslbad 9-+pwq-+pvl0
structure d6 and e4 are the best 9+psNp+l+-0
squares for Black's Knight. 9-zPnzP-+-+0
15.£c2 ¤e4 16.¦fc1 ¦c8 17.¥e1 9+-+-zP-zPp0
¤d6 9-+-vL-zP-zP0
Black is waiting. In some variations 9tR-+Q+LmK-0
(like it was in the game) Kramnik xiiiiiiiiy
prepares b6−b5 and Nd6−c4. It's a
hard task for White to attack the
CT-225 Page 3 of 5
This position is dynamically equal on. It's very simple to attack when
or maybe White is slightly better. It's you have Fritz as you overnight
simpler for White to improve his friend!
position than for Black to. 42...¥xc5 43.¦xc5 £h5
34...£f6 35.¥c1 ¥g7 36.¦a6 ¢h7!? with the idea of 44...Qxh3 45.Qxh3
37.£f3 ¢g8!? (D) Nxf3+
XIIIIIIIIY 44.¥g2
9-+-+r+k+0 44.¥f1!?
9+-+-+pvl-0 44...¤f6
9R+p+-wqp+0 44...¤xe3!? 45.¥f3 ¥g4∓
9+psNp+l+-0 45.f3 (D)
9-zPnzP-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-zPQzPp0 9-+-+r+k+0
9-+-+-zP-zP0 9+-+-+p+-0
9+-vL-+LmK-0 9-+-+-snp+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+ptRp+l+q0
Black is waiting. Or, it's a blitz 9-zP-+-+-+0
game, I forgot about it − such 9+-+-zPPwQ-0
interesting and logical was play for 9-+-+-+LzP0
both sides. 9+-vL-+-+K0
38.g4!? xiiiiiiiiy
Kasparov doesn't want a draw − in 45...¤e4!
time trouble a move like g3−g4 is a At Last − a very nice and decisive
very manly decision. blow.
38...£g5 39.¥xh3? 46.£c7 ¤xc5 47.bxc5 ¥h3
Kasparov overlooks his opponent's and White lost on time. Thanks to
next reply. It was hard to find with both players for such a keen battle!
only 20 seconds left on the clock. 0-1.
After 39.£xh3! ¥xg4 40.£g3 £h5
41.¦xc6 White has an advantage. Recommended Web sites:
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0 http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
9+-+-+p+-0 http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
9R+p+-+p+0 http://www.hipernet.com.br/HiperChess/Zon
9+psNp+lwq-0 al2001.htm
9-zPnvl-+P+0 http://www.newinchess.com
9+-+-zPQ+L0 http://www.geocities.com/ajedrezencostarica
9-+-+-zP-zP0 http://www.terravista.pt/FerNoronha/3111
9+-vL-+-mK-0 http://www.polgarchess.com/
xiiiiiiiiy
39...¥xd4!! 40.¢h1
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CT-226, 21st June 2001
6. Perelshteyn – 1
Gulko and Timman
Win the Sigeman & Pairing of the 3rd Round:
Gruenfeld – Yudasin
Co. Chess Perelshteyn – Nakamura
Blatny – Schneider
Tournament. Krush – Novikov
Shahade – Simutowe
E xperience means much in

chess! Boris Gulko and
Jan Timman became
winners of the Sigeman & Co
Alexander Zakharov
remains in first place after
the 7th Round of the
Chess Tournament in Malmo, Voronezh open tournament –
Sweden. Both of them won their all top games were drawn.
last Round games. Our
congratulations to the winners! Top results of the 6th Round:
Timman Zakharov – Varavin ½:½
Results of the 9th Round: Zakharstov – Obukhov ½:½
Wedberg – Gulko 0:1 Ivanov – Egorov ½:½
Hector – Timman 0:1 Akhmadeev – Tolstikh ½:½
Berg – Sokolov 1:0 Tunik – Chuprov 1:0
Cramling – Hansen ½:½ Alavkin – Kobylkin ½:½
Radjabov – de Firmian 1:0 Chuprikov – Khmelnitski 0:1
Grebionkin – Granovski 1:0
Final standing:
1-2. Gulko, Timman – 5½ points Standings after the 6th Round:
3-6. Sokolov, Wedberg, Cramling, 1. Zakharov – 6 points out of 7
Radjabov – 5 2-10. Zakhartsov, Khmelnitski,
7. Hansen – 4½ Akhmadeev, Varavin, Ivanov, Obukhov,
8. Berg – 4 Grebionkin, Egorov, Tunik – 5½ etc.
9. de Firmian – 3
10. Hector – 2½ Pairing for the 8th Round:
Zakharstov – Zakharov
Also see our annotated game section. Khmelnitski – Akhmadeev
Varavin – Ivanov
Only GM Leonid Yudasin has a perfect Obukhov – Grebionkin
score after the second Round of the Egorov – Tunik
Mayor’s Cup in Queens, New York.
15-year old Kadir Guseinov from
Results of the 2nd Round: Azerbaijan earned his first GM-norm in
Yudasin - Shahade 1:0 the First Saturday tournament (2-14 June,
Simutowe - Krush ½:½ Budapest, Hungary). Also 15-year old
Novikov – Blatny 1:0 Wang Shuai from China executed his 3rd
Schneider – Perelshteyn ½:½ and final IM-norm. Our congratulations
Nakamura – Gruenfeld ½:½ to the young prodigys!
Standing after the 2nd Round: Final standings:
1. Yudasin – 2 points Cat. VI (av. Elo 2383)
2-5. Schneider, Krush, Simutowe, 1. Guseinov – 10½ points out of 13
Novikov – 1½
CT-226 Page 1 of 4
2. Al Sayed – 8½ ¤¤¤
3. Matlak – 8 Annotated Game
4-5. Hoang Thanh Trang, Kosanovic – T. Radjabov (2533) − N. De Firmian
7½ etc. (2545)
Cat. II (2288) Sigeman & Co Malmoe SWE (9),
1. Wang Shuai – 9 ½ points out of 13 20.06.2001 E43
2. Nemeth – 9 Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
T
3. Seres – 8½ etc. eimour Radjabov matures before
our very eyes − in his second
Hartmut Metz informs us: elite tournament, the 14 year old
The Ordix Open, with which the Chess prodigy from Baku, Azerbajdan
Classic Mainz 2001 will start on played more confidently and stronger
Saturday. We hope that we are able to than he did in Dos Hermanas and
present several stars in the evening too, deservedly shared 3rd place. Our
who will play in the simuls vs. the world congratulations and best wishes to
champions Anand and Kramnik. We are regular readers of CT Teimour and
in contact with one boxing world his father Boris!
champion and some football players 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3
from the German national team. It's for The Rubinstein system of
sure that Eckhard Freise, the famous Nimzovitch Indian Defence.
winner of a one million show, and Jürgen 4...b6 5.¥d3 ¥b7 6.¤f3 0-0 7.0-0
Zäck (five times winner of the Ironman ¥xc3
Europe) will play… More often seen by Black is 7...d5
or; 7...c5 to immediately attack his
The Chess Classic Mainz' Ordix Open opponent's center.
represents an outstanding line-up: not 8.bxc3 ¥e4 (D)
only two of the top ten players will meet
at the rapid chess open in the
XIIIIIIIIY
Rheingoldhalle on 23 June (registration 9rsn-wq-trk+0
up to 12 noon) and 24 June. The 9zp-zpp+pzpp0
competition for the prize fund of 45,000 9-zp-+psn-+0
German Marks will be started by 35 9+-+-+-+-0
grandmasters that all expect to have a 9-+PzPl+-+0
good chance of winning the first prize of
10,000 German Marks. The currently
9+-zPLzPN+-0
registered 27 elite players (on 13 June) 9P+-+-zPPzP0
have a rating average of more than 2600 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
Elo… ¤¤¤ xiiiiiiiiy
Tactical Quiz Of course, Black wants to
exchange Bishops but White can
1. G. Golovchenko − D. Kokarev
easily avoid this. After ¥e2 and then
It White Nights 2001 (Cup Russia) St.
¤d2 White regains the "lost" tempo.
Petersburg (Russia) (2.28), 06.2001
XIIIIIIIIY 9.¥e2 d6
9-trl+r+k+0 Black has another interesting idea −
9+-+-+pvlp0 to switch the Bishop to the b1-h7
9p+-zp-snp+0 diagonal: 9...c5 10.¤d2 ¥g6!?
9wq-zp-+-+-0 11.¥f3 ¤c6 12.¥a3 ¦c8 13.dxc5 £e7
9-+P+P+P+0 14.¤b3 ¤e5 15.¥e2 ¤e4 16.¦c1
9+-sN-vLP+-0
9PzP-wQ-+-zP0 ¤xc5 17.¥xc5 bxc5 18.f4 ¤c6
9+-mKR+L+R0 19.¥f3² Reshevsky − Fischer,
xiiiiiiiiy Buenos Aires 1970.
Black to play 10.¤d2 ¥b7 11.f3 c5?!
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According to Nimzovich, Black has XIIIIIIIIY

to attack his opponent's center with 9-+lwqr+nmk0
the e−pawn due to the force of the 9+r+-sn-+p0
d4−pawn coming to d5. After that
Black will attack with the c−pawn and
9-zp-zp-zp-+0
open the c−file. Another of Black's 9zp-zpPzpNzp-0
plans is to attack the c4−pawn by 9P+P+P+P+0
¤b8−c6−a5 and ¥b7−a6. I believe 9+-zP-vLP+-0
Black played more logically in the 9-+LwQ-+-zP0
following game: 11...e5 12.e4 ¤bd7 9+-+-+RtRK0
13.¦f2 ¦e8 14.¤f1 ¤f8 15.¥d3 ¤g6
16.g3 c6 17.d5 cxd5 18.cxd5 draw,
xiiiiiiiiy
28.h4!
Lukacs − Barczay, Hungary 1977.
Not the f−file, then the h−file! Play is
12.e4 ¤bd7 13.¥d3 e5
being directed toward one goal.
Black prevents f3−f4.
28...¤xf5
14.¤b3 ¦e8 15.d5 ¤f8 16.¥e3 ¥c8
It was hard to suffer the Knight on
17.¤c1 ¥d7 18.¤e2 (D)
f5, but now the Bishop on c2
XIIIIIIIIY becomes strong. (Notice White's 40th
9r+-wqrsnk+0 move.)
9zp-+l+pzpp0 29.exf5 h6
9-zp-zp-sn-+0 Now all of Black's pawns stand on
9+-zpPzp-+-0 the black squares. White's white−
9-+P+P+-+0 squared Bishop is usually good, but
in this position the Bishop c8 is very
9+-zPLvLP+-0 unhappy.
9P+-+N+PzP0 30.¢g2 ¢g7 31.¦h1 ¢f8 32.hxg5
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 hxg5 33.¥e4 ¦g7 34.¦h8 ¥d7
xiiiiiiiiy 35.£c2 ¢f7 36.¦fh1 ¤e7 37.¦8h6
Of course White has to save both
Black now has a very passive Rooks to control the h−file.
position without any counterplay and 37...¤c8 38.¢g1 ¦eg8 39.£h2!
has to wait for White's attack on the The a4 pawn doesn't play any role
King side. now − White begins a direct attack.
18...¤g6 19.a4! 39...¥xa4 40.¦g6!
But first White tries to close the Remember about the Bishop on e4!
Queen side. 40...£f8 (D)
19...¦b8 20.£d2 ¢h8 21.¢h1 a5?! XIIIIIIIIY
Depression! Better was to wait for 9-+n+-wqr+0
White's pawn offensive on the King 9+-+-+ktr-0
side and than start his own activity on
the Queen's side by a7−a6, b6−b5!?.
9-zp-zp-zpR+0
22.¥c2 ¤g8 23.g4 ¦b7 24.¤g3 ¥c8 9zp-zpPzpPzp-0
25.¤f5 9l+P+L+P+0
Teimour plays very simply and 9+-zP-vLP+-0
effectively. 9-+-+-+-wQ0
25...¤6e7 26.¦g1 f6 27.¦af1 9+-+-+-mKR0
White wants to open the f−file after
f3−f4.
xiiiiiiiiy
41.¥xg5!
27...g5 (D)
A very hard blow.
41...¦xg6
41...fxg5 42.¦e6 £d8™ 43.f6±
CT-161 Page 3 of 4
42.fxg6+ ¢e8 43.¥h6 £e7 44.£a2!? Editors:

White plays all over the board. GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
44...¥d7 45.¥e3 f5?! Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Depression number two. In any
case Black's position isn't very Technical editors:
enviable! Graham Brown, Ralph P. Marconi
46.gxf5 £f6 47.¦h5
With the idea of Bg5 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
47...¤e7 48.¥g5 £f8 49.£b1 ¥xf5 Alexander Baburin © and protected
Or 49...¤c8 50.f6+− intellectual property under the
50.£b5+ ¥d7 51.£xb6 a4 International Copyright convention. Any
And Black resigned. A very unauthorised reproduction, via print,
convincing victory by the youngest electronic format, or in any form
GM! 1-0. whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
Solution to tactical Quiz:
1. 17...¥xg4! 18.e5 18.fxg4 ¤xe4

19.¤xe4 £xa2 20.¤c3 £a1+ 21.¢c2
¦xb2+ 22.¢d3 £a3!?-+ 18...¥xf3
19.exf6 ¥xf6 20.¦g1 ¥xc3
[20...¥xc3 21.£xc3 (21.bxc3 £a3+
22.¢c2 ¥e4+ 23.¥d3 £b2#)
21...£xc3+ 22.bxc3 ¥xd1 0-1.
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CT-227, 22nd June 2001

Yudasin caught by 1-4. Ivanov, Zakhartsov, Egorov,
Krush & Novikov in Khmelnitski – 6½ points out of 8
5-11. Alavkin, Obukhov, Grebionkin,
New York Gasanov, Zakharov, Vinokurov, Pavlov
– 6 etc.
I
sraeli GM Yehuda Gruenfeld beat
his compatriot (born in Russia, now Pairing for the last, 9th Round:
living in the USA) GM Leonid Ivanov – Zakharstov
Yudasin in the third Round of the Egorov – Khmelnitski
Mayor’s Cup in Queens, New York. And Alavkin – Obukhov
after that the former leader Yudasin was Grebionkin – Gasanov
caught up by Ukraine born WIM Irina Zakharov – Vinokurov
Krush and GM Igor Novikov. Pavlov – Ulko (5½)
Results of the 3rd Round: A very interesting and important open

Gruenfeld – Yudasin 1:0 letter about the recently finished
Perelshteyn – Nakamura ½:½ European Championship has appeared on
Blatny – Schneider 1:0 the TWIC site
Krush – Novikov ½:½ www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
Shahade – Simutowe 1:0 It’s not very long, but we’ll quote only
the first and last paragraphs:
Standing after the 3rd Round:
1-3. Yudasin, Krush, Novikov – 2 points
4-7. Gruenfeld, Schneider, Perelshteyn, Dear Editor,
Simutowe – 1½
8-10. Blatny, Shahade, Nakamura – 1 I am writing this letter on behalf of a
large group of participants of the
Pairing of the 4th Round: European Championship in Ohrid, who
Yudasin – Simutowe asked me to do so. The problem is very
Novikov – Shahade important and closely connected with the
Schneider – Krush so-called "commercialisation" of chess...
Nakamura – Blatny …It is easy to calculate that the money
Gruenfeld – Perelshteyn made on the players covered most of the
organisers' half of the prize fund, so the
Also see our annotated game section. players were (along with FIDE) the main
sponsors of the event. Is it this robbery
Former leader Alexander Zakharov lost that they call commercialisation?
in the 8th Round of the Voronezh Open, Kind regards,
and four players are ahead of a cross-
table now. Michal Krasenkow, Gorzow Wlkp.,
Poland
Top results of the 8th Round:
Zakharstov – Zakharov 1:0
Khmelnitski – Akhmadeev 1:0
Varavin – Ivanov 0:1
Obukhov – Grebionkin ½:½
Egorov – Tunik 1:0

CT-227 Page 1 of 3
¤¤¤ 13.£e2 b6 14.¦ad1 ¥b7 15.¥a2

9r+-tr-+k+0
9zplwq-+pzpp0
I Krush (2380) − G Shahade (2458) 9-zpn+-sn-+0
Mayor's Cup New York USA (1), 9+-zp-zp-+-0
18.06.2001 ) E59 9-+-zP-+-+0
9zP-zP-zPN+P0
It always attracts attention when a young 9LvL-+QzPP+0
girl is playing in a male GM−tournament. 9+-+R+RmK-0
Especially when she is one of the xiiiiiiiiy
leaders. Take a look at the following very 15...h6
convincing win by 17−year old Irina Four moves later Black will regret that
Krush. weakening of the g6−square ... 15...cxd4
16.cxd4 exd4 17.¤xd4 ¤xd4 18.¥xd4
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 £e7 19.£b2 ¤e4!?÷ Johansson −
Once more (see CT−226) Nimtzovich Stefansson, Sweden 1997.
Indian Defence, Rubinstein system. 16.d5! ¤e7
4...0-0 5.¥d3 d5 6.¤f3 c5 7.0-0 ¤c6 A sharp alternative was 16...e4!?
8.a3 ¥xc3 9.bxc3 17.¤h4 ¤e5„
XIIIIIIIIY 17.c4 ¤g6
After 17...e4 18.¤d2 Black lost a
9r+lwq-trk+0 pawn.
9zpp+-+pzpp0 18.¥b1 ¤d7 19.¥xg6! fxg6 20.¤h4
It's very simple to evaluate this
9-+n+psn-+0 position: just compare the b2 Bishop with
9+-zpp+-+-0 its opposite number on b7.
20...£d6 21.£c2 ¤f8
9-+PzP-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-zPLzPN+-0 9r+-tr-snk+0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9zpl+-+-zp-0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9-zp-wq-+pzp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zpPzp-+-0
Of course, the most popular first move
is 1.e2−e4. But according to statistics, 9-+P+-+-sN0
after 1.d2−d4 the most popular moves 9zP-+-zP-+P0
are those that were played in this game
(1... .¤f6 for Black, 2.c4 for White, 2...e6 9-vLQ+-zPP+0
for Black etc.). Only now Black chooses
the second most popular move.
9+-+R+RmK-0
9...£c7 10.¥b2 dxc4 11.¥xc4 e5 12.h3 xiiiiiiiiy
This line was extremely fashionable in 22.f4! exf4 23.¦xf4!
the 1950s-1960s, and recently it began Very energetic and without prejudices!
to appear in tournaments again. White takes the f−file, while Black can't
12...¦d8 exploit the weak e3 pawn.
More often Black plays 12...e4 for 23...¦d7
example: 13.¤d2 ¤a5 14.¥a2 ¥f5 15.c4 23...g5? 24.¤f5+−
¦fe8 16.d5 ¤d7 17.f4 exf3 18.£xf3 ¥g6 24.¦df1 g5?
19.h4 h5÷ Kramnik − Tiviakov, Wijk aan The Knight receives the f5−square,
Zee 2001. and White's task becomes rather simple.

CT-227 Page 2 of 3
Better was 24...b5!? for example: Editors:

25.cxb5 ¥xd5 26.e4 ¥f7 (26...¥b7 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
27.£c4+ ¢h7 28.¦f7+−) Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
25.¤f5 £g6 26.¦4f3 b5 27.£f2!+− ¤h7
Technical editors:
9r+-+-+k+0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
9zpl+r+-zpn0 Alexander Baburin © and protected
9-+-+-+qzp0 intellectual property under the
9+pzpP+Nzp-0 International Copyright convention. Any
9-+P+-+-+0 unauthorized reproduction, via print,
9zP-+-zPR+P0 electronic format, or in any form
9-vL-+-wQP+0 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
9+-+-+RmK-0 express written permission.
xiiiiiiiiy
28.¤xg7
This is the end.
28...g4
28...¦xg7 29.¥xg7 £xg7 30.¦f7+−
29.hxg4 ¦xg7 30.¥xg7 bxc4 31.¥a1 c3
32.£e1 ¤g5 33.¦f6 £d3 34.£xc3
An endgame will be hopeless for Black
but without swapping queens it will be
mate in 2−3 moves. So Black resigned.
1-0
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CT-228, 23rd June 2001
van Wely – van der Wiel

Piket and van den Doel Nijboer – van der Sterren
lead in Leeuwarden
Women’s Championship, standing after
the 3rd Round:
J
the
eroen Piket and Erik van den
Doel are leading with perfect
scores after the second Round of
Dutch Championship in
1. Peng – 3
2. Lanchava – 2
3-4. Schuurman, Sziva – 1½
5. Otten – 1
Leeuwarden. Defending Champion Loek
van Wely has drawn both his games. 6. Muhren – 0
Also see our annotated game section.
¤¤¤
Tactical Quiz
V Kuporosov − I Sudakova
White Nights Russia 06.2001
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9-+qtr-vlk+0
9+pzpnsn-zpp0
Piket 9p+-+-zp-+0
9+-zPNzp-+-0
Results of the 1st Round: 9-zP-+P+l+0
Piket – Ernst 1:0 9+-+-+NzP-0
Tiviakov – van der Weide ½:½ 9PvLQ+LzP-zP0
van der Werf – van der Wiel ½:½ 9+-+R+-mK-0
van den Doel – van der Sterren 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
van Wely – Nijboer ½:½ White to play
Results of the 2nd Round:
Ernst – Nijboer 0:1 All five games were decisive in the 4th
van der Sterren –van Wely ½:½ Round of the Mayor’s Cup in Queens,
van der Wiel – van den Doel 0:1 New York. Interesting that Black won
van der Weide – van der Werf 1:0 the “micro-match” 3:2. Irina Krush and
Piket – Tiviakov 1:0 Igor Novikov retain the shared
leadership.
Standing after the 2nd Round:
1-2. Van den Doel, Piket – 2 points Results of the 4th Round:
3-4. Nijboer, Van der Weide – 1½ Yudasin – Simutowe 0:1
5. Van Wely – 1 Novikov – Shahade 1:0
6-9. Tiviakov, Van der Sterren, Van der Schneider – Krush 0:1
Wiel, Van der Werf – ½ Nakamura – Blatny 0:1
10. Ernst – 0 Gruenfeld – Perelshteyn 1:0
Pairing for the 3rd Round: Standing after the 4th Round:
Tiviakov – Ernst 1-2. Krush, Novikov – 3 points
van der Werf – Piket 3-4. Simutowe, Gruenfeld – 2½
van den Doel – van der Weide
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5-6. Yudasin, Blatny – 2 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 ¤f6 4.0-0

7-8. Schneider, Perelshteyn – 1½ ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥xc6 dxc6 7.dxe5
9-10. Shahade, Nakamura – 1 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8
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th
Pairing of the 5 Round: 9r+lmk-vl-tr0
Perelshteyn – Yudasin 9zppzp-+pzpp0
Blatny – Gruenfeld 9-+p+-+-+0
Krush – Nakamura 9+-+-zPn+-0
Shahade – Schneider 9-+-+-+-+0
Simutowe – Novikov 9+-+-+N+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Evgeny Egorov won the traditional 9tRNvL-+RmK-0
Voronezh Open thanks to his victory on xiiiiiiiiy
the last day. Here it is. Now John van der Wiel
chooses quite a rare way to develop his
Results of the 9th Round: Queen's Knight.
Ivanov – Zakharstov ½:½ 9.¤bd2!?
I don't know why it can be better than
Egorov – Khmelnitski 1:0
the main line 9.¤c3. From d2 the Knight
Alavkin – Obukhov 0:1 can go to c4 and e4, but it can't be
Grebionkin – Gasanov ½:½ dangerous for Black.
Zakharov – Vinokurov 1:0 9...h6
Pavlov – Ulko 0:1 Black want's to develop his Bishop on
e6 and defends the g5 square against
Final standing: Nf3−g5xe6.
1. Egorov – 7½ points out of 9 10.b3 a5 11.a4 ¥e6 12.¥a3
2-5. Zakhartsov, Ivanov, Zakharov, One of Black's compensations for
Obukhov – 7 doubled pawns is the so−called
6-13. Vysochin, Ulko, Khmelnitski, "Advantage of the Two Bishops". White
deals with this but loses two tempi what
Varavin, Grebionkin, Tunik, Shalimov,
with the rook having to go to a3.
Gasanov – 6½ etc. 12...¥xa3 13.¦xa3
XIIIIIIIIY
The III ShakkiNet Chess tournament (10 9r+-mk-+-tr0
participants, cat. VIII, av. Elo 2437, GM 9+pzp-+pzp-0
norm 6½, IM norm 5) started in Helsinki, 9-+p+l+-zp0
Finland. 9zp-+-zPn+-0
Results of the 1st Round: 9P+-+-+-+0
Maki-Uuro – C. Horvath ½:½
9tRP+-+N+-0
Blauert – Salmensuu ½:½
9-+PsN-zPPzP0
Karttunen – Nyback ½:½
9+-+-+RmK-0
Agopov – Holmsten 0:1
xiiiiiiiiy
J. Horvath – Solozhenkin ½:½
13...¢c8!
It's a very important moment − Black
¤¤¤ has to decide where his King will go. On
Annotated Game the Queenside it has good perspectives.
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 14.¦d1 ¦d8 15.¦aa1 b5!
J Van der Wiel (2493) − E Van den Black hasn't got this move with his
Doel (2574) C67 opponent's Knight on c3.
ch−NED Leeuwarden NED (2), 22.06.2001 16.¢f1
After 16.¤e4 Black had two
If you thought that the "Berlin Wall" was alternatives: 16...¥d5 (or 16...¦xd1+!?
at last crushed in Astana − you were 17.¦xd1 bxa4 18.bxa4 ¦b8) 17.¤c5
wrong! ¦e8!?

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16...¢b7 17.¤e4 ¢b6 18.¢e1 ¥d5

Now Black is simply better thanks to
XIIIIIIIIY
the more active position of his pieces. It 9-+-+-+-+0
is interesting that the a8 Rook is placed
very well on it's starting position because
9+-+-+-+-0
White can never play axb5 due to cxb5 9-+-+-+-zp0
and a5−a4 etc.
19.¤ed2 b4 20.¢e2 ¦e8 21.¢f1 9zp-+rtr-zp-0
The e5−pawn has become a headache
for White.
9Pzp-tRR+-+0
21...¦ad8 22.¦ac1 c5 23.h3 g5!? 9+-mk-+-zPP0
Black prevents f2−f4 after the Knight 9-+P+-+-+0
exchange.
24.¦e1 ¤d4 9+-+-+K+-0
9-+-trr+-+0
A very picturesque position − all four
9+-zp-+p+-0 Rooks are in the centre!
9-mk-+-+-zp0 38.¦c4+ ¢b2 39.¦xe5 ¦xe5 40.¢f2
9zp-zplzP-zp-0 ¢a3-+ 41.¦c6 ¢xa4 42.g4 ¢a3
9Pzp-sn-+-+0 43.¦xh6 ¦c5 0-1
9+P+-+N+P0
9-+PsN-zPP+0 Answer to Quiz
9+-tR-tRK+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 22.¤xe7+ ¥xe7 23.£b3+ ¢h8 24.¤g5!
After the opening White had more fxg5 25.¥xg4 ¤xc5 26.¦xd8+ 1-0
space. Where is it now?
25.¤xd4 Recommended Web sites:
Very sad move. But had White http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
anything better? After, for example, http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/voronezh_open/
25.¦e3 ¦e7 26.¦d3 ¤xf3 27.¤xf3 c4 http://www.polgarchess.com/
Black also has strong initiative. http://www.schaakbond.nl
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28.¦xe4 c5 29.¦d3 Contact information. Do you want to report a
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CT-229, 24th June 2001
Bonnaire − Adams
Adams & Morozevich Chess Classic Ordix
Open (1) Mainz, 23.06.2001
on 3/3 at Rapidplay XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+r+k+0
9+-zp-+pvl-0
9-+-sn-+pzp0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9NtR-+-+-+0
9+-zPP+N+-0
9-+-+-zPPzP0
9+-+-tR-mK-0
Adams xiiiiiiiiy
Black to play
T
he Chess Classic Mainz' Ordix
Open with almost 500(!)
participants started yesterday.
There isn’t a lot of information about the Pairing for the 4th Round:
strongest rapid tournament (11 rounds, Ernst – van der Sterren
25 min per game, Swiss system) in the van der Wiel – Nijboer
World yet. We know only that on the van der Weide – van Wely
first day 3 rounds were played and Piket – van den Doel
favourites Michael Adams and Tiviakov – van der Werf
Alexander Morozevich have a perfect
score (as have a lot of other players I Irina Krush and Igor Novikov improved
suspect). their leading positions after winning their
games in the 5th Round of the Mayor’s
Today in our annotated game section – Cup in Queens, New York.
one of Morozevich’s victories.
Only defending champion Loek van Perelshteyn – Yudasin 0:1
Wely won in the third Round of the Blatny – Gruenfeld ½:½
Dutch Championship in Leeuwarden. Krush – Nakamura 1:0
Now he is half a point behind the leaders Shahade – Schneider ½:½
Erik van den Doel and Jeroen Piket. Simutowe – Novikov 0:1
Results of the 3rd Round: Standing after the 5th Round:

Tiviakov – Ernst ½:½ 1-2. Krush, Novikov – 4 points
van der Werf – Piket ½:½ 3-4. Yudasin, Gruenfeld – 3
van den Doel – van der Weide ½:½ 5-6. Simutowe Blatny – 2½
van Wely – van der Wiel 1:0 7. Schneider – 2
Nijboer – van der Sterren ½:½ 8-9. Shahade, Perelshteyn – 1½
10. Nakamura – 1
Standing after the 3rd Round:
1-2. Van den Doel, Piket – 2½ points Pairing of the 6th Round:
3-5. Nijboer, Van Wely, Van der Weide Yudasin – Novikov
–2 Schneider – Simutowe
6-8. Tiviakov, Van der Sterren, Van der Nakamura – Shahade
Werf – 1 Gruenfeld – Krush
9-10. Van der Wiel, Ernst – ½ Perelshteyn – Blatny
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The III ShakkiNet Chess tournament, Prevents a minority attack.

Helsinki, Finland. Standing after the 2nd 10.¦c1 0-0 11.¤b1
Round: White recognises that the Knight hadn't
any perspectives on d2 and puts it on its
"rightful place" c3.
1-4. Maki-Uuro, Karttunen, Holmsten,
11...¦e8 12.¤c3
Nyback – 1½ points XIIIIIIIIY
5-7. C. Horvath, J. Horvath, Solozhenkin 9r+-wqr+k+0
–1
9+p+n+pzpp0
8-9. Blauert, Salmensuu – ½
9-+pvlpsn-+0
10. Agopov – 0
9zp-+p+-vL-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
¤¤¤
9+-sNPzPN+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Annotated Game 9+-tRQ+RmK-0
12...e5!
P Chandler − A Now Black has at least an
Morozevich equal position.
Chess Classic 13.¥h4?!
Ordix Open (2) What was the idea?
Mainz, 23.06.2001 Better was the simple
D03 13.dxe5 ¤xe5 14.¤xe5
1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 ¥xe5 15.d4
3.¥g5 c6 4.¤bd2 13...exd4 14.¤xd4 £b8
It's not the best 15.¥g3 ¥xg3 16.hxg3
square for Knight; Black has received a very
see, for example, good square for his Knight
CT−228. on g4, not far from his
4...¥f5 5.e3 ¤bd7 opponent's King...
6.¥d3 16...g6! 17.¤a4 h5
XIIIIIIIIY 18.£b3?!
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 A very optimistic move. The Queen
9zpp+nzppzpp0 had to control the g4−square.
9-+p+-sn-+0 18...¤g4 19.¤c5 ¤xc5 20.¦xc5
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9-+-zP-+-+0 9rwq-+r+k+0
9+-+LzPN+-0 9+p+-+p+-0
9PzPPsN-zPPzP0 9-+p+-+p+0
9tR-+QmK-+R0 9zp-tRp+-+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-sN-+n+0
Famous Soviet GM, coach and 9+Q+PzP-zP-0
theoretician Isaak Boleslavsky said of a 9PzP-+-zPP+0
similar situation: "If you like to play such 9+-+-+RmK-0
openings, you do not study openings at xiiiiiiiiy
all!" Maybe this isn't the best way 20...h4!
(playing "without openings!") to struggle Of course! Black's Queen, Knight and
against an elite GM. pawn create a very strong attack.
6...¥xd3 21.e4 hxg3 22.f4 £d6
According to my base it's a novelty. In Queen is going on f6−h4 (or h8) and
any case Black hasn't big problems after h2.
6...¥g4; or 6...¥g6 23.£c3 dxe4
7.cxd3 e6 8.0-0 ¥d6 9.¦b1 a5 The simplest way. Why not capture a

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29...¤e3+ 30.¢xg3 (30.¢g1 ¤f5+ and
mate in 6 − Fritz, but a human could play
30...Nc4+ ) 30...¤xf1+-+
28...£d1+ 29.¦f1 £d4+ 0-1 Editors:
After 30.¢h1 Black has mate in 3 − GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
30...£h8+ (or mate in 4 − 30...¤f2+ Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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xiiiiiiiiy
Answer to quiz: 25...e4! 26.dxe4 c5!

27.¦b6?! 27.¤xc5 ¥xc3 28.¦bb1
(28.¦b6 ¥xe1 29.¦xd6 ¥b4-+) 28...¥xe1
29.¦xe1 ¦ac8∓ 27...¤c4 0-1
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CT-230, 25th June 2001
7. Ernst – 1½
Adams 8-10. Van der Sterren,
overtakes 501 Van der Wiel, Van
der Werf – 1
competitors
Pairing for the 5th
M Round (26th of June):

ichael Adams
went into van der Werf – Ernst
clear first van den Doel –
place in the Chess Classic Tiviakov
Mainz' Ordix Open. He van Wely – Piket
took 9½ points out of 11 Nijboer - van der
and overtook 501 Weide
participants. van der Sterren – van
der Wiel
Final standing:
1. Adams – 9½ points Women’s Round 5th standing:
2-6. Milov, Eismont, Rublevsky, Glek, 1. Peng – 4½ points
Lobron – 9 2-3. Lanchava, Schuurman – 3
7-17. Dreev, Agrest, Baklan, Saltaev, 4. Sziva – 2½
Svidler, Bischoff, Rausis, Shchekachev, 5. Otten – 2
Barsov, Gofshtein, Hausrath – 8½ etc. 6. Muhren – 0
Alexander Morozevich shared 18-36
places with 8 points, he lost to Epishin, This weekend was Superfinal of the
Eismont and Rausis. Polish Team Championship. Polonia plus
GSM (Ivanchuk, Bareev, Macieja etc.)
At the Dutch Championship Jeroen Piket beat PTS (Grabarczyk, Miton,
was too optimistic in sacrificing a Bishop Staniszewski etc.) 4:2 and 5:1. Bareev
in his game against. Erik van den Doel, lost first game for Miton but took a
his opponent found a precise defence, revenge on the second day.
won and became sole leader. Loek van
Wely takes clear second after a Sicilian Igor Novikov became a sole leader after
victory with Black (see our annotated the 6th Round of the Mayor’s Cup in
game section). Queens, New York.

Ernst – van der Sterren 1:0 Black to play Yudasin – Novikov ½:½
van der Wiel – Nijboer ½:½ From our annotated game
XIIIIIIIIY Schneider – Simutowe 1:0
van der Weide – van Wely 9-+r+-+k+0 Nakamura – Shahade ½:½
0:1 9+l+-vlpzpp0 Gruenfeld – Krush 1:0
Piket – van den Doel 0:1 9-+-+p+-+0 Perelshteyn – Blatny 0:1
Tiviakov – van der Werf 1:0 9+-+nzP-zP-0
9q+rvL-+-zP0 Standing after the 6th Round:
th
Standing after the 4 Round: 9zPp+-+-wQ-0 1. Novikov – 4½ points
1. Van den Doel – 3½ points 9-zP-tRN+-+0
9+KsNR+-+-0 2-3. Krush, Gruenfeld – 4
2. Van Wely – 3 xiiiiiiiiy 4-5. Yudasin, Blatny – 3½
3-4. Nijboer, Piket – 2½ 32 ... ??? 6. Schneider – 3
5-6. Van der Weide, Final storm. 7. Simutowe – 2½
Tiviakov – 2 8. Shahade – 2
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9-10. Perelshteyn, Nakamura – 1½ Very often it's useful to drive away the
centralised Knight on d4.
Pairing of the 7th Round: 8.¤b3 £c7
Blatny – Yudasin A prophylactic vs. Be3 and Na4−b6 (in
Krush – Perelshteyn case of, for example, 8...Nc6).
9.g4 b5 10.g5 ¤fd7 11.¥d3 ¥b7 12.¥e3
Shahade – Gruenfeld
¤c5
Simutowe – Nakamura Black doesn't hurry to develop his
Novikov – Schneider Kingside: more important is to create
counterplay on the Queenside first.
The III ShakkiNet Chess tournament, 13.0-0-0?!
Helsinki, Finland. Standing after the 3rd Interesting was 13.f5!? with the idea of
Round: taking on d3 (after Nxd3) with a pawn to
strongly defend the pawn on e4.
1-4. Maki-Uuro, Karttunen, J. Horvath, 13...¤xd3+ 14.¦xd3
Solozhenkin – 2 points 14.cxd3? b4-+
5-8. Holmsten, Salmensuu, C. Horvath, 14...¤d7 15.¦hd1
(aimless move)
Nyback – 1½
15...b4 16.¤e2 ¦c8 17.¦3d2 ¥e7
9. Blauert – 1
10. Agopov – 0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+k+-tr0
¤¤¤ 9+lwqnvlpzpp0
Annotated Game 9p+-zpp+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+-+-zP-0
Van der Weide (2455) − Van Wely 9-zp-+PzP-+0
(2670)
ch−NED Leeuwarden NED (4),
9+N+-vLQ+-0
24.06.2001 B82 9PzPPtRN+-zP0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6
9+-mKR+-+-0
Loek's favourite Sicilian Najdorf. xiiiiiiiiy
6.f4 Only now when Black has created
Very solid but now rather "old− some initiative against his opponent's
fashioned" (it was popular in the 1980s) King, does van Wely began his Kingside
continuation. development.
6...e6
Black would like to play Scheveningen. 18.¤g3 0-0 19.£f2
A main alternative is 6...e5 White hasn't real threats and has to
7.£f3 wait but it's usually very dangerous to
XIIIIIIIIY wait in the Sicilian.
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 19...a5 20.¢b1 a4 21.¤c1 ¦fe8 22.¤d3
9+p+-+pzpp0 b3!
9p+-zppsn-+0 Of course, Black began to open files
9+-+-+-+-0 against White's King.
23.cxb3 axb3 24.a3
9-+-sNPzP-+0
Or 24.axb3 £a5 25.¥d4 ¦a8 26.¥c3
9+-sN-+Q+-0 £a2+ 27.¢c2 ¦ec8 with a strong attack.
9PzPP+-+PzP0 24...£c4 25.e5 dxe5 26.fxe5 £b5
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 Now Black has an advantage "free of
xiiiiiiiiy charge".
Aggressive plan with long castling. 27.£f4 ¦c4 28.¥d4 ¤b6 29.¤e2 ¤d5
7...£b6!? 30.£g3 £a4 31.¤dc1 ¦ec8 32.h4

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32...¤b4!
Final storm. Editors:
33.£e3 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
33.axb4 ¦a8-+
33...¤c2 34.£xb3 ¥e4! 35.£xa4 ¦xa4
36.¤c3
Technical editors:
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I'm not strong in a study composition
but I suspect this is a "right mate". 0-1
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CT-231, 26th June 2001
Blatny – Yudasin ½:½

Vladimir Shahade – Gruenfeld 1:0
Simutowe – Nakamura 1:0
Kramnik 26
today! Standing after the 7th Round:
1. Krush – 5 points,
The World Champion 2. Novikov – 4½
Vladimir Kramnik celebrates 3-6. Schneider, Gruenfeld,
his 26th birthday! There is no Blatny,
need to give him a special Yudasin – 4
write up, it is enough to 7. Simutowe – 3½
remind you that he is the only 8. Shahade – 3
person who has managed to beat the 9-10. Perelshteyn, Nakamura – 1½
Great Garry Kasparov in a match.
A home FM Miikka Mäki-Uuro became
We kindly congratulate Vladimir and a sole leader on the 3rd ShakkiNet
wish him all the best in chess and life! tournament, which takes place in
Helsinki, Finland.
To know more about From our annotated
Vladimir please take a look Standing after the 4th Round:
game 1. Mäki-Uuro – 3 points,
at his recent interview at XIIIIIIIIY
KasparovChess. 9-+-+-+-+0 2-4. Karttunen, Solozhenkin,
9+-+-+-+-0 Salmensuu – 2½
By the way, tomorrow in 9-zPK+-+-+0 5-8. Holmsten, J.Horvath, C.
9+-+-+-+-0 Horvath,
Mainz, Germany a highly 9-+k+-+-+0
anticipated event will start – 9+-vl-+-tR-0 Nybäck – 2
the 10-game rapid match 9P+-+-+-+0 9. Blauert – 1½
9+r+-+-+-0 10. Agopov – 0
between both World xiiiiiiiiy
Champions – Vladimir 63.a4?
Kramnik versus Vishy 63.¦g4+ ¥d4 64.b7 was
25 players keeps perfect score
Anand! correct. after 2 rounds of the
63...¥e5? Ljubljana OPEN. There are 5
Wrong way! Both GMs and 8 IMs among 124
There is also a match players were probably too
between Michael Adams and participants.
tired and under time
Peter Leko in the program of pressure at the end of the
the Chess Classic 2001 – game. 63...??? led to an Today was a rest day on the
they will play Fischer immediate draw. Dutch Championships
Random Chess! Jeroen Piket was too
optimistic in sacrificing a Bishop in his
There are a lot of tournaments underway. game against. Erik van den Doel keeps
Irina Krush took the lead after the 7th the lead after 4 rounds, Loek van Wely is
Round of the 10th category Mayor’s Cup clear second.
in Queens, New York. It became clear Standing after the 4th Round:
after Igor Novikov’s surprising loss to 1. Van den Doel – 3½ points
Dmitry Schneider with the white pieces. 2. Van Wely – 3
3-4. Nijboer, Piket – 2½
Results of the 7th Round: 5-6. Van der Weide, Tiviakov – 2
Novikov – Schneider 0:1 7. Ernst – 1½
Krush – Perelshteyn 1:0 8-10. Van der Sterren, Van der Wiel,
Van der Werf – 1
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Pairings of the 5 Round: 9r+-wq-trk+0
Van den Doel – Tiviakov 9zppzpn+pvlp0
Van Wely – Piket 9-+-zp-snp+0
Nijboer – van der Weide 9+-+Pzp-+-0
Van der Werf – Ernst 9-+P+P+-+0
Van der Sterren – Van der Wiel 9+-sN-vLN+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
In the Women’s event Peng Zhaoqin is 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
dominating the field with 4½ points after xiiiiiiiiy
5 rounds. A space advantage in the centre
secures better chances for White.
Women’s Round 5 standing: 11...h6
1. Peng Zhaoqin – 4½ points In such a position Black always has
2-3. Lanchava, Schuurman – 3 alternatives but his counterplay is
4. Sziva – 2½ limited. Yet, something like 11...£e7!?
5. Otten – 2 was worthy of consideration.
12.¤d2 h5 13.f3 c5 14.dxc6!
6. Muhren – 0
Correct decision − with a closed centre
Black can organise a good counterplay
¤¤¤
on the kingside by preparing the
Annotated Game advance ...f7−f5 etc. Besides White has
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov a concrete possibility to break Black's
queenside pawn structure.
Krush (2380) − Perelshteyn (2436) 14...bxc6 15.¤b3 £c7 16.c5!
Mayor's Cup New York USA (7), XIIIIIIIIY
24.06.2001 C62 9r+-+-trk+0
9zp-wqn+pvl-0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 d6 9-+pzp-snp+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-zp-+p0
9-+-+P+-+0
9r+lwqkvlntr0 9+NsN-vLP+-0
9zppzp-+pzpp0 9PzP-+-+PzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9-+nzp-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+L+-zp-+-0 16...dxc5 17.¤xc5 ¤xc5 18.¥xc5 ¦fd8
19.£e2
9-+-+P+-+0 White has achieved a clear and stable
9+-+-+N+-0 advantage − he has a simple play
against weak Black's pawns.
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 19...¤d7 20.¥e3 ¤f8 21.¦fc1 ¢h7
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 22.£a6!? £c8
XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9r+qtr-sn-+0
The Steinitz Defence is a passive but 9zp-+-+pvlk0
playable variation. 9Q+p+-+p+0
4.0-0 ¥d7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 ¥g7 7.d5 9+-+-zp-+p0
A transposition to some kind of King's
Indian pawn structure is not a bad idea.
9-+-+P+-+0
7...¤b8 8.c4 ¤f6 9.¤c3 0-0 10.¥xd7 9+-sN-vLP+-0
Otherwise Black might think about the 9PzP-+-+PzP0
bishop retreat. 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
10...¤bxd7 11.¥e3 xiiiiiiiiy
23.£xc8

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The queen retreat 23.£c4 didn't bring 38.¦d7 ¦c6 39.f4 d1£ 40.¦xd1 ¦c2+
any immediate effect as after 23...¤e6 41.¢f3 ¦xh2 42.gxh4
24.¤a4 £b7 the pawn is untouchable: 42.¦d7! seemed to be stronger, not
25.£xc6?? ¦d1+!-+ but of course it worrying about 42...¦h3 (42...h3 43.¢g4)
couldn't spoil White's advantage and 43.¢g4 ¦xg3+ 44.¢xh4 ¦e3 45.¦xf7+
was quite possible. In the ending White (45.¤c5 ¥xf4 46.¦xf7+ ¢h6) 45...¢g8
is also clearly better. 46.¦xa7+−
23...¦dxc8 24.¦d1 ¤e6 25.¤a4 42...¦xh4 43.¦d7 ¦xf4+ 44.¢g3
25.¦d7 could be also met by 25...¤d4 XIIIIIIIIY
25...¤d4 26.¥xd4 exd4 27.¦ac1 ¦ab8
28.b3 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+R+p+k0
9-trr+-+-+0 9-+-+-+pvl0
9zp-+-+pvlk0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+p+-+p+0 9N+-+Ptr-+0
9+-+-+-+p0 9+P+-+-mK-0
9N+-zpP+-+0 9P+-+-+-+0
9+P+-+P+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9P+-+-+PzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
44...¦xe4?!
9+-tRR+-mK-0 A rather strange decision − Black
xiiiiiiiiy simply gives up a very important pawn.
28...¦b5 44...a5 looked more to the point.
Black could have invaded with the 45.¦xf7+ ¥g7 46.¦xa7
bishop: 28...¥h6!? 29.¦c4 ¥e3+ 30.¢f1 The position should be winning for
Of course, White could ignore its White but Black can offer a tough
appearance, playing on light squares but resistance.
the unavailability of the squares c1 and 46...¢h6 47.¤c5 ¦e3+ 48.¢f4 ¥d4
d2 would make his task more difficult. 49.¦a5 ¦e1 50.b4 g5+ 51.¢f5 ¦f1+
29.¦c4 ¦a5 30.¢f1 h4 31.¦dc1 d3 52.¢e4 ¥c3 53.¦a6+ ¢h5 54.b5 g4
An attempt to create a counterplay. XIIIIIIIIY
32.¦xc6 ¦xc6 33.¦xc6 d2 34.¦d6 ¥h6
35.¢e2 ¦g5 36.¢f2 ¦a5 37.g3 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9R+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+p+k0 9+PsN-+-+k0
9-+-tR-+pvl0 9-+-+K+p+0
9tr-+-+-+-0 9+-vl-+-+-0
9N+-+P+-zp0 9P+-+-+-+0
9+P+-+PzP-0 9+-+-+r+-0
9P+-zp-mK-zP0 xiiiiiiiiy
55.b6?!
9+-+-+-+-0 White should have probably activated
xiiiiiiiiy the rook by 55.¦a8!
Intending to cut the bishop by f3−f4. 55...¦e1+ 56.¢d5
37...¦a6?! 56.¢d3 g3 57.¢xc3 g2 58.¦a8 ¦c1+
This is rather pointless. 37...hxg3+ 59.¢b4 ¦xc5! 60.¦g8 ¦g5 was drawn.
38.hxg3 ¦h5 should have been 56...g3 57.¤d3?!
preferred, intending to create a In case of the direct 57.b7!? g2 58.b8£
counterplay after 39.f4 ¦h2+ 40.¢e3 g5! (58.¤d3 ¥e5!!) 58...g1£ the position
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was getting crazy but it was still XIIIIIIIIY

preferable for White. 9-+-+-+-+0
57...¦b1 58.¢c6 9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zPK+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zP-+-vl-+-0
9-+-+-+R+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+k+-+-0
9RzPK+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+r+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+k0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+-+0 Now White's pawns are unstoppable
and soon Black resigned. 1-0
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63.a4?
63.¦g4+ ¥d4 64.b7 was correct.
63...¥e5?
Wrong way! Both players were
probably too tired and under time
pressure at the end of the game.
63...¥a5! led to an immediate draw.
64.¦g4+ ¢d3 65.a5

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CT-232, 27th June 2001
Loek van Wely joined Erik van den

World Champions Doel at the lead on the Dutch
Championships – the latter was beaten
equal … by Sergey Tiviakov in the 5th Round.
T
he battle between World Results of the 5th Round:
Champions has begun! Today Van den Doel – Tiviakov 0:1
was the first day of the ten game Van Wely – Piket ½:½
rapid play match between Vladimir Nijboer – Van der Weide ½:½
Kramnik and Vishy Anand in Mainz, Van der Werf – Ernst ½:½
Germany as the main part of the Chess Van der Sterren – Van der Wiel 0:1
Classic 2001.
Both games were drawn – the first one 1-2. Van den Doel, Van Wely – 3½ pts
was very exciting – Kramnik’s position 3-5. Tiviakov, Nijboer, Piket – 3
looked superior but Anand, who was 6. Van der Weide – 2½
playing black, little by little improved the 7-8. Ernst, Van der Wiel – 2
situation and in the end it was Kramnik 9. Van der Werf – 1½
who had to work hard to hold the 10. Van der Sterren – 1
balance.
In the Women’s event Peng Zhaoqin is
Kramnik – Anand ½:½ ½:½ crushing all the opposition – in the 6th
Round she outplayed one of her main
Today was also the first day of the rivals Tea Lanchava with the black
Fischer Random Chess (the arrangement pieces and moved to an excellent 5½
of the pieces is set with the help of points.
drawing lots) match between Peter Leko
and Michael Adams. Women’s Round 6 standings:
1. Peng Zhaoqin – 5½ points
Adams – Leko ½:½ 0:1 2. Schuurman – 4
3. Sziva – 3½
In the second game Adams fell into a 4. Lanchava – 3
very beautiful trap and found himself a 5. Otten – 2
whole piece down in the ending. 6. Muhren – 0
Adams (2750) − Leko (2730) A strong round-robin tournament started
XIIIIIIIIY in Clichy, France. Stuart Conquest
9-+ktr-tr-+0 (England) and Christian Bauer (France)
9zppzp-+-+-0 won their first games and took the lead.
9-+-+-+p+0 Results of the 1st Round:
9+-+-+-vl-0 M.Gurevich – Renet ½:½
9-+PtR-sn-+0 Lautier – Hebden ½:½
9+PvL-+-+-0 Bauer – Nataf 1:0
9P+-+-+-zP0 Tregubov – Conquest 0:1
9+K+-+RsN-0 Degraeve – Apicella ½:½
xiiiiiiiiy Standings after the 1st Round:
Black to play 1-2. Conquest, Bauer – 1 points
3-8. Apicella, Degraeve, M.Gurevich,
Hebden, Lautier, Renet – ½
9-10. Nataf, Tregubov – 0
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Igor Novikov joined Irina Krush at the ¤¤¤

lead in Queens, New York after the 8th Annotated Game
Round of the Mayor’s Cup. Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Results of the 8th Round: Kramnik (2797) − Anand (2794)
Blatny – Krush ½:½ Mainz CC Champions Duel Mainz GER
Nakamura – Novikov 0:1 (1), 26.06.2001 D27
Gruenfeld – Simutowe 1:0 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 e6 4.e3 ¤f6
Yudasin – Schneider 1:0 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4
Perelshteyn – Shahade 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
1-2. Novikov, Krush – 5½ points 9+p+-+pzpp0
3-4. Gruenfeld, Yudasin – 5 9p+-+psn-+0
5. Blatny – 4½ 9+-zp-+-+-0
6-7. Schneider, Shahade – 4
8. Simutowe – 3½ 9P+LzP-+-+0
9-10. Perelshteyn, Nakamura – 1½ 9+-+-zPN+-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0
The last round promises to be very
interesting – the leaders are playing 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
against the chasing pack! xiiiiiiiiy
7...cxd4
th
Pairings of the last 9 Round: You may remember a very spectacular
Novikov – Gruenfeld win by Valdimir Kramnik over Darmen
Krush – Yudasin Sadvakasov in Astana 2001 after
Shahade – Blatny 7...¤c6 8.£e2 £c7 9.¦d1 − please refer
to CT−203.
Schneider – Nakamura
8.exd4 ¤c6 9.¤c3 ¥e7 10.¥g5 0-0
Simutowe – Perelshteyn
11.¦e1 ¥d7 12.£e2 ¦e8 13.¦ad1
GM Evgeny Solozhenkin (Russia) took XIIIIIIIIY
the lead at the VIII category ShakkiNet 9r+-wqr+k+0
tournament in Helsinki, Finland – after 9+p+lvlpzpp0
5 rounds he scored 3½ points.
9p+n+psn-+0
Standing after the 5th Round: 9+-+-+-vL-0
1. Solozhenkin – 3½ points, 9P+LzP-+-+0
2-5. J. Horvath, Mäki-Uuro, Karttunen,
Nybäck – 3
9+-sN-+N+-0
6-7. C. Horvath, Salmensuu – 2½ 9-zP-+QzPPzP0
8-9. Holmsten, Blauert – 2 9+-+RtR-mK-0
10. Agopov – ½ xiiiiiiiiy
White increases the pressure − Black
It’s still too early to speak about the should defend very carefully.
leaders of the Ljubljana OPEN in 13...¤d5 14.¥d2
Slovenia – 11 players keep a perfect score The exchanges 14.¥xd5 exd5
after 3 rounds. There are 5 GMs and 8 15.¥xe7 ¦xe7 didn't bring White any
IMs among 124 participants. advantage in the game Bertok − Keres,
Leipzig (ol) 1960, after 16.£d2 ¥g4 a
draw was agreed.
14...¥f6

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XIIIIIIIIY 25...¥c3
9r+-wqr+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+l+pzpp0 9-+-+-trk+0
9p+n+pvl-+0 9+N+-+pzpp0
9+-+n+-+-0 9p+-+l+-+0
9P+LzP-+-+0 9zP-+p+-+-0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9-+-wq-+-+0
9-zP-vLQzPPzP0 9+-vl-+Q+-0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9-+-+-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+R+-tR-mK-0
15.¤e4!? xiiiiiiiiy
A new continuation. In the game 26.¦e3
Speelman − Schlosser, Lippstadt 2000 The more straightforward 26.¦ec1!?
White played 15.£e4!? and after ¥b4 27.¦c6 deserved serious attention
15...¤xc3 16.¥xc3 £c7 17.¤e5 ¤xe5 and it might prove White's advantage.
18.dxe5 ¥e7 19.¦d3 ¥xa4 20.¦h3 g6 Now Black begins to disturb the
21.¥xe6 fxe6 22.£xa4 ¥c5 23.¥d4 ¦f8 opponent by little cavils.
24.¥xc5 a draw was agreed. 26...¥g4 27.£g3 ¥f5 28.¦f1 ¥d2
15...¤xd4 29.¤d6
A principled reply, although it is maybe Taking an opportunity to get the knight
exactly what White was hoping for. back − however, at the cost of the a5
16.¤xd4 ¥xd4 17.¥g5 £b6 18.a5 £a7 pawn.
19.¤d6 ¦f8 20.¥xd5 exd5 21.¥e7 29...¥g6
9r+-+-trk+0 9-+-+-trk+0
9wqp+lvLpzpp0 9+-+-+pzpp0
9p+-sN-+-+0 9p+-sN-+l+0
9zP-+p+-+-0 9zP-+p+-+-0
9-+-vl-+-+0 9-+-wq-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-tR-wQ-0
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 9-+-vl-zPPzP0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9+-+-+RmK-0
21...¥e6 30.¦f3
21...¦fb8?! looked too suspicious. Maybe not the best. 30.¦e8!? was
22.£f3 interesting, Kramnik was probably
White had to think about retreat for the worried to exchange his active rook.
knight. 30...¥xa5 31.h4
22...¥xb2 23.¦b1 £d4 24.¥xf8 ¦xf8 This is too ambitious and too risky. The
25.¤xb7 natural 31.¤f5 could have avoided
XIIIIIIIIY unnecessary problems.
9-+-+-trk+0 31...¥c7 32.¤f5
9+N+-+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+-+l+-+0 9-+-+-trk+0
9zP-+p+-+-0 9+-vl-+pzpp0
9-+-wq-+-+0 9p+-+-+l+0
9+-+-+Q+-0 9+-+p+N+-0
9-vl-+-zPPzP0 9-+-wq-+-zP0
9+R+-tR-mK-0 9+-+-+RwQ-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-zPP+0
White's chances look preferable as 9+-+-+RmK-0
Black has not consolidated his forces xiiiiiiiiy
yet. A rather spectacular move. White

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32...¥xg3 33.¤xd4 ¥xh4 34.¦a3 ¥f6
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A draw was agreed. After 34...¥f6 electronic format, or in any form
35.¦d1 it is the most likely result. ½-½ whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
Answer to quiz
White just carelessly captured on d4

with the rook.
21...¤d5!!
Not so easy to foresee, isn't it?!
22.¦xf8 ¤xc3+ 23.¢c2 ¦xf8 24.¦g4
Unfortunately the knight cannot be
taken: 24.¢xc3 ¥f6-+
24...¥f6
and Black successfully converted his
extra piece into the full point.
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CT-233, 28th June 2001
In the Women’s event Peng Zhaoqin has

Kramnik ahead of almost secured an overall victory – after
7 rounds she scored 6½ points, already
Anand in Mainz two points ahead of her nearest rivals.
V ladimir Kramnik took the lead

at the Chess Classic 2001 rapid
play match against Vishy
Anand in Mainz, Germany. In the first
Women’s Round 7 standings:
2-3. Schuurman, Sziva – 4½
4. Lanchava – 3½
Anand missed a heavy blow in the Berlin 5. Otten – 2
Defence and was knocked out at once. In 6. Muhren – 0
the second game Kramnik pressurised his
opponent but at the critical moment Stuart Conquest (England) and
preferred to take no risks, he was Christian Bauer (France) keep the lead
probably satisfied with his lead. after the 3rd Round of the strong round-
robin tournament in Clichy, France. The
1 2 3 4 round was a catastrophe for black
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 ½ players, they managed to draw only one
Anand ½ ½ 0 ½ game from five!
In the Fischer Random Chess match Results of the 2nd Round:
between Peter Leko and Michael Renet – Conquest 0:1
Adams Leko dominates: 3-1. M.Gurevich – Bauer ½:½
Nataf – Lautier ½:½
1 2 3 4 Hebden – Degraeve 1:0
Adams ½ 0 ½ 0 Apicella – Tregubov ½:½
Leko ½ 1 ½ 1
Erik van den Doel restored the lead on Conquest – Apicella ½:½
the Dutch Championships – in the 6th Bauer – Renet 1:0
Round he beat Mark van der Werf with Tregubov – Hebden 1:0
the black pieces. Jeroen Piket outplayed Lautier – M.Gurevich 1:0
Friso Nijboer and joined Loek van Wely Degraeve – Nataf 1:0
in second place.
th Standings after the 3rd Round:
Results of the 6 Round: 1-2. Conquest, Bauer – 2½ points
Van der Werf – Van den Doel 0:1 3. Lautier – 2
Tiviakov – Van Wely ½:½ 4-7. Apicella, Tregubov, Hebden,
Piket – Nijboer 1:0 Degraeve – 1½
Van der Weide – Van der Sterren ½:½ 8. M.Gurevich – 1
Ernst – Van der Wiel ½:½ 9-10. Nataf, Renet – ½
Standing after the 6th Round: Igor Novikov and Irina
1. Van den Doel – 4½ points Krush shared first place on the
2-3. Van Wely, Piket – 4 10th category Mayor’s Cup,
4. Tiviakov – 3½ which just finished in Queens, New
5-6. Nijboer, Van der Weide – 3 York. Novikov was proclaimed a
7-8. Ernst, Van der Wiel – 2½ winner on tie-break but Krush is
9-10. Van der Werf, Van der Sterren – also happy with a GM-norm. Two
1½ Israeli players Yehuda
CT-233 Page 1 of 3
Gruenfeld and Leonid Yudasin shared h6 10.h3 ¥d7 11.b3

third place. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-mk-vl-tr0
Results of the last 9th Round: 9zppzpl+pzp-0
Novikov – Gruenfeld ½:½ 9-+p+-+-zp0
Krush – Yudasin ½:½ 9+-+-zPn+-0
Shahade – Blatny ½:½ 9-+-+-+-+0
Schneider – Nakamura ½:½ 9+PsN-+N+P0
Simutowe – Perelshteyn 0:1 9P+P+-zPP+0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
Final standings: xiiiiiiiiy
1-2. Novikov, Krush – 6 points 11...¢c8
3-4. Gruenfeld, Yudasin – 5½ You may remember that not so long
5. Blatny – 5 ago Kramnik tried 11...¢e8 but did not
6-7. Schneider, Shahade – 4½ manage to hold his ground against
8. Simutowe – 3½ Kasparov in Astana − please refer to
9. Perelshteyn – 2½ CT−207 for details. The text move is a
well−known path.
10. Nakamura – 2
12.¥b2 b6 13.¦ad1 ¤e7 14.¦d2!?
Our congratulations to all the winners! XIIIIIIIIY
9r+k+-vl-tr0
GM Evgeny Solozhenkin (Russia) keeps 9zp-zplsnpzp-0
the lead at the 8th category ShakkiNet
tournament in Helsinki, Finland with 4
9-zpp+-+-zp0
points after 6 rounds. 9+-+-zP-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
1. Solozhenkin – 4 points,
9+PsN-+N+P0
2-4. J.Horvath, C. Horvath, 9PvLPtR-zPP+0
Mäki-Uuro – 3½ 9+-+-+RmK-0
5-7. Karttunen, Nybäck, Salmensuu – 3
8-9. Holmsten, Blauert – 2½
xiiiiiiiiy
A new and interesting continuation.
10. Agopov – 1½ White is doubling the rooks over the d−
file and Black can hardly prevent an
After 4 rounds of the Ljubljana OPEN invasion due to the lack in development.
in Slovenia GM Ivan Farago (Hungary), The question is if it really disturbs Black.
IMs Robert Loncar (Croatia), Marko Kramnik usually played against 14.¤e2
Tratar (Slovenia) and FM Doru take a look at some examples from his
Ionescu (Romania) are leading with practice: 14...¤g6 15.¤g3 (after 15.¤e1
perfect score. 5 players are in chase. h5 16.¤d3 c5 17.c4 a5 18.a4 h4 19.¤c3
¥e6 20.¤d5 ¢b7 21.¤e3 ¦h5 22.¥c3
¤¤¤ ¦e8 23.¦d2 ¢c8 24.f4 ¤e7 25.¤f2 ¤f5
a draw was agreed in the Kasparov −
Annotated Game Kramnik, Braingames WCC (m/1)
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov London 2000) 15...¤f4 16.¤d4 a5 17.a4
Anand (2794) − Kramnik (2797) b5 18.¢h2 bxa4 19.bxa4 ¤d5 20.¦d3
Mainz CC Champions Duel Mainz GER ¤b6 21.¦e1 ¤xa4 22.¥a1 c5 23.e6 fxe6
(3), 27.06.2001 C67 24.¤xe6 ¥d6 25.¤xg7 ¦f8 26.¢g1 c4
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 27.¦dd1 ¥b4 28.¦e3 ¦a6÷ with very
Vishy Anand has prepared something complicated play, Shirov − Kramnik,
in the Berlin Defence. Astana 2001.
3...¤f6 4.0-0 ¤xe4 5.d4 ¤d6 6.¥xc6 14...c5 15.¦fd1 ¥e6 16.¤e2 g5!?
dxc6 7.dxe5 ¤f5 8.£xd8+ ¢xd8 9.¤c3 17.h4!?
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XIIIIIIIIY 24...¤xf4 25.gxf4

9r+k+-vl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-zp-snp+-0 9-+-tR-vl-tr0
9-zp-+l+-zp0 9zpkzp-+p+-0
9+-zp-zP-zp-0 9-zp-+l+-+0
9-+-+-+-zP0 9+-+-zP-+p0
9+P+-+N+-0 9-+P+-zPpzP0
9PvLPtRNzPP+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9PvLP+-zP-sN0
A principled reply − White takes an xiiiiiiiiy
opportunity to begin concrete actions on 25...g3!
the side where he has pawn majority. The point − White cannot allow ...¥c5
17...g4 18.¤h2 h5 19.¦d8+ ¢b7 check.
20.¦xa8 ¢xa8 21.¦d8+ ¢b7 26.¤f1 gxf2+ 27.¢h2 ¥xc4
White successfully penetrated with the XIIIIIIIIY
rook but the pin itself does not bother 9-+-tR-vl-tr0
Black very much as the rook can be 9zpkzp-+p+-0
easily protected. 9-zp-+-+-+0
22.¤f4 ¤g6 9+-+-zP-+p0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+l+-zP-zP0
9-+-tR-vl-tr0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zpkzp-+p+-0 9PvLP+-zp-mK0
9-zp-+l+n+0 9+-+-+N+-0
9+-zp-zP-+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-sNpzP0 0-1 White resigned. A severe blow for
9+P+-+-+-0 Vishy Anand. (27...¥xc4 28.¦d1 ¦g8-+)
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CT-234, 29th June 2001
Today was a rest day in the Chess

Van Wely Co-leader Classic 2001 10 game rapid play match
In Dutch Kramnik vs Anand. After 4 games
Kramnik leads: 2½:1½
Championship
1 2 3 4
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 ½
n the 7th Round of the Dutch
I Championships
Loek van Wely
joined Erik van den
Anand ½ ½ 0 ½
Michael Adams has finally

managed to win a game in the
Doel at the lead – both Fischer Random Chess match
players have 5 points, against Peter Leko. However, Leko
a half point ahead of still keeps the lead: 3½:2½.
Jeroen Piket.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Results of the 7th Adams ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1
Round: Leko ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0
Van den Doel – Ernst
½:½ Van Wely Stuart Conquest (England) and
Van Wely – Van der Christian Bauer (France) keep the lead
Werf 1:0 in the strong round-robin tournament in
Nijboer – Tiviakov ½:½ Clichy, France with 3 points after 4
Van der Sterren – Piket ½:½ rounds. Manuel Apicella joined Joel
Van der Wiel – Van der Weide ½:½ Lautier (both of France) at third place,
half a point behind the leaders. Top-
Standing after the 7th Round: seeded Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)
1-2. Van den Doel, Van Wely – 5 pts, scored his first victory against Degraeve.
3. Piket – 4½ See the annotated game section for this
4. Tiviakov – 4 game.
5-6. Nijboer, Van der Weide – 3½
7-8. Ernst, Van der Wiel – 3 Results of the 4th Round:
9. Van der Sterren – 2 Bauer – Lautier ½:½
10. Van der Werf – 1½ Hebden – Conquest ½:½
Renet – Apicella 0:1
In the Women’s event Peng Zhaoqin M.Gurevich – Degraeve 1:0
won again and achieved the unbelievable Nataf – Tregubov ½:½
score 7½ points out of 8!
Erika Sziva won a principle battle for 1-2. Conquest, Bauer – 3 points
second place against Petra Schuurman. 3-4. Lautier, Apicella – 2½
5-7. M.Gurevich, Tregubov, Hebden – 2
Women’s Round 8 standings: 8. Degraeve – 1½
9. Nataf – 1
2. Sziva – 5½ 10. Renet – ½
3. Schuurman – 4½
4. Lanchava – 4 Pairings of the 5th Round:
5. Otten – 2 Conquest – Nataf
6. Muhren – ½ Degraeve – Bauer
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Lautier – Renet 11.0-0 often arises from the King's

Apicella – Hebden Indian Defence.
Tregubov – M.Gurevich 11.¥g5 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
GM Evgeny Solozhenkin (Russia) keeps 9r+lwqk+-tr0
the lead at the 8th category ShakkiNet 9+p+n+pvl-0
tournament in Helsinki, Finland with 5 9p+-zp-snp+0
points after 7 rounds. 9+-zpP+-vLp0
9P+-+P+-+0
Standing after the 7th Round: 9+-sN-+-sN-0
1. Solozhenkin – 5 points, 9-zP-+LzPPzP0
2. J.Horvath – 4½ 9tR-+QmK-+R0
3-4. C. Horvath, Nybäck – 4 xiiiiiiiiy
5-6. Mäki-Uuro, Holmsten – 3½ White is in no hurry to castle. The
7-8. Karttunen, Salmensuu – 3 bishop is very good on g5 while the
9. Blauert – 2½ f1-square is kept available for a
10. Agopov – 2 more comfortable knight's retreat.
11...£a5 12.¥d2 £d8 13.¥g5 £a5
5 players are leading with 4½ points after 14.0-0 (D)
the 5th Round of the Ljubljana OPEN in XIIIIIIIIY
Slovenia. 8 players are in chase. 9r+l+k+-tr0
9+p+n+pvl-0
Top boards of the 6th Round: 9p+-zp-snp+0
(4½) Bl.Kovacevic – Tratar (4½) 9wq-zpP+-vLp0
(4½) Loncar – Farago (4½) 9P+-+P+-+0
(4½) D.Ionescu – Piskur (4) etc 9+-sN-+-sN-0
¤¤¤
9-zP-+LzPPzP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
M. Gurevich (2688) − J. Degraeve Well, a corner square is not the best
(2589) place for the knight, it will get back
Clichy (4), 28.06.2001 A65 into play via square f2.
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 14...h4 15.¤h1 £b4
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.¤c3 Black continues a very risky
exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.¤ge2!? strategy, playing with a limited
(D) number of pieces...
XIIIIIIIIY 16.£c2 (D)
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpp+-+p+p0 9r+l+k+-tr0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9+p+n+pvl-0
9+-zpP+-+-0 9p+-zp-snp+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-zpP+-vL-0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9Pwq-+P+-zp0
9PzP-+NzPPzP0 9+-sN-+-+-0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9-zPQ+LzPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+-+RmKN0
A good idea against the Benoni. xiiiiiiiiy
7...¥g7 8.¤g3 a6 9.a4 ¤bd7 10.¥e2 16...¤e5?!
h5 16...h3!? 17.g3 ¤e5 deserved
Intending to continue by ...h4 and attention − it would be much more
...¤h5. The position after 10...0-0 difficult for White to advance his f−
CT-234 Page 2 of 4
pawn to f4 as the square g4 is Black is a pawn down but then his

available for Black's pieces. position is worse...
17.h3! 24...a5 25.¤c3 ¤f6 26.¥f3 ¤h5
By the way, the rook is now chained A desperate attempt, quite in the
to the protection of h4−pawn, so spirit of the position.
Black has problems with castling. 27.¥xh5 gxh5 28.¥e3 b6 (D)
17...¤fd7 18.¦a3! XIIIIIIIIY
18.f4? ¤c4÷ was unclear. White is 9r+lwq-trk+0
doing everything to achieve 9+-+-+pvl-0
maximum effect with the advance f2− 9-zp-zp-+-+0
f4. If he solves this task successfully, 9zp-snP+-+p0
Black's position will be crushed 9P+-+PzP-zp0
quickly. 9tR-sN-vL-+P0
18...c4 19.¤a2 £a5 20.¥d2! 9-zPQ+-sNP+0
White does not forget to retreat the 9+-+-+RmK-0
bishop before advancing the f−pawn. xiiiiiiiiy
20...£d8 21.f4 (D) 29.£d1! f5 30.£xh5 fxe4 31.¤cxe4
XIIIIIIIIY ¥f5 32.¤g5 ¥xb2 (D)
9r+lwqk+-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+n+pvl-0
9p+-zp-+p+0 9r+-wq-trk+0
9+-+Psn-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9P+p+PzP-zp0 9-zp-zp-+-+0
9tR-+-+-+P0 9zp-snP+lsNQ0
9NzPQvLL+P+0 9P+-+-zP-zp0
9+-+-+RmKN0 9tR-+-vL-+P0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black's strategy crashes.
9-vl-+-sNP+0
21...¤d3 22.£xc4 ¤3c5
9+-+-+RmK-0
In the event of 22...¤xb2 23.£c2+−
xiiiiiiiiy
The position is getting sharp − the
it is painful to see Black's position −
only chance for Black is somehow to
the knight getst stuck on b2 while the
confuse the opponent.
rest of the army is undeveloped.
33.£xh4!
23.¤f2
But the man who was the Soviet
23.b4 could have been met by
Champion can hardly be confused!
23...b5! 24.£c2 ¤xa4, although here
33...¦a7
White's advantage is beyond doubt
In case of 33...¥xa3 the attack was
too.
terrific: 34.¥d4 ¦f6 35.¤g4 ¤d7
23...0-0?
36.¤h6+ and so on.
23...¥xb2! should have been tried
34.¥xc5 bxc5 35.¦g3
despite all dangers: 24.¥c3!? ¥xa3
This was the idea of capturing the
(24...¥xc3!? 25.£xc3 0-0) 25.¥xh8
h4−pawn!
£a5 , creating counterplay.
35...¦g7 36.¤g4 ¥d4+ 37.¢h2 (D)
24.£c2 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-wq-trk+0
9r+lwq-trk+0 9+-+-+-tr-0
9+p+n+pvl-0 9-+-zp-+-+0
9p+-zp-+p+0 9zp-zpP+lsN-0
9+-snP+-+-0 9P+-vl-zPNwQ0
9P+-+PzP-zp0 9+-+-+-tRP0
9tR-+-+-+P0 9-+-+-+PmK0
9NzPQvLLsNP+0 9+-+-+R+-0
9+-+-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy
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Black resigned. 1-0
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CT-235, 30th June 2001
Piket in third place, half a point behind

Anand Levels Score the leaders.
with Black Results of the 8th
Round:
V ishy Anand
levels the
score in the
Chess Classic 2001
Van den Doel –
Van Wely ½:½
Piket – Van der
Wiel ½:½
rapid play match Tiviakov – Van
versus Vladimir der Sterren 1:0
Kramnik! Van der Werf –
Nijboer 0:1
Today Kramnik Ernst – Van der
surprised the spectators very much. In Weide 0:1
the first game he started sacrificial play
right from the opening but Anand Standing after the 8th Round:
conclusively parried the attack. In the 1-2. Van den Doel, Van Wely – 5½ pts,
second game he refused to enter the 3-4. Piket, Tiviakov – 5
Berlin Defence (!) – it is probably that he 5-6. Nijboer, Van der Weide – 4½
needs more time to prepare the anti-dote 7. Van der Wiel – 3½
to Anand’s plan which was introduced in 8. Ernst – 3
the 3rd game. In the Neo-Archangel 9. Van der Sterren – 2
Kramnik quickly solved all the problems 10. Van der Werf – 1½
so the total score is equal now: 3:3.
In the Women’s event Peng Zhaoqin is
1 2 3 4 5 6 going to break the record – 8½ points out
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ of 9!
Anand ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
Women’s Round 9 standings:
Michael Adams and Peter Leko drew 1. Peng Zhaoqin – 8½ points
both games of their Fischer Random 2. Sziva – 6
Chess match, Leko keeps the lead: 3-4. Lanchava, Schuurman – 4½
4½:3½. 5. Otten – 2½
6. Muhren – 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Adams ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½
There was a peaceful day at the strong
Leko ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½
round-robin tournament in Clichy,
France – all five games were drawn. The
situation is unchanged: Stuart Conquest
(England) and Christian Bauer (France)
keep the lead, Joel Lautier and Manuel
In the 8th Round of the Dutch Apicella (both of France) are sharing
Championships the leaders – Loek van third place, half a point behind the
Wely and Erik van den Doel – faced leaders.
each other and drew the game without
much fighting. They still keep the lead Results of the 5th Round:
with 5½ points. Sergey Tiviakov beat Conquest – Nataf ½:½
Paul van der Sterren and joined Jeroen Degraeve – Bauer ½:½

CT-235 Page 1 of 4
Lautier – Renet ½:½ ¤¤¤

Apicella – Hebden ½:½ Annotated Game
Tregubov – M.Gurevich ½:½ Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Standings after the 5th Round: Kramnik (2802) − Anand (2794)
1-2. Conquest, Bauer – 3½ points Mainz Chess Classic Mainz, Germany
3-4. Lautier, Apicella – 3 (5), 29.06.2001 D27
5-7. M.Gurevich, Tregubov, Hebden – 2½
8. Degraeve – 2 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 e6 4.e3 ¤f6
9. Nataf – 1½ 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.¥b3 ¤bd7
10. Renet – 1 XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvl-tr0
Pairings of the 6th Round: 9+p+n+pzpp0
M.Gurevich – Conquest 9p+-+psn-+0
Bauer – Tregubov 9+-zp-+-+-0
Lautier – Degraeve 9-+-zP-+-+0
Nataf – Apicella 9+L+-zPN+-0
Renet – Hebden 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
The Horvath brothers (Hungary) are xiiiiiiiiy
doing well at the ShakkiNet tournament 7...¤c6 is recently a common option.
in Helsinki, Finland. GM Joszef 8.£e2
Horvath took the lead – it became clear 8.e4!? is supposed to be rather
after the rather surprising loss of Evgeny annoying for Black. A couple of
Solozhenkin (Russia) to the home IM examples from my own practice:
Mika Karttunen. Czaba Horvath joined 8...¤xe4 9.¦e1 ¤ef6 (9...¤df6; 9...¤d6)
10.d5 ¤b6 11.dxe6 ¥xe6
Solozhenkin at second place.
A) 12.£xd8+ ¦xd8 13.¥xe6 fxe6 14.¤g5
c4!? (14...¦d7 15.¤xe6 ¦e7 16.¤c3 ¢f7
Standing after the 8th Round: 17.¤g5+ ¢g6 18.¦d1²) 15.¤c3
1. J.Horvath – 5½ points, (15.¤xe6 ¥b4! 16.¤c3 ¦d7 17.¤xg7+
2-3. C. Horvath, Solozhenkin – 5 ¢f7 18.¤f5 ¤a4; 15.¦xe6+ ¥e7
4-5. Holmsten Nybäck – 4½ 16.¦xb6?? ¦d1#) 15...¦d7 16.¦xe6+
6-7. Karttunen, Mäki-Uuro – 4 ¦e7 17.¥e3 ¤bd5 18.¤xd5 ¤xd5
8. Salmensuu – 3 19.¥d4 Epishin − R.Scherbakov, ch−
9. Blauert – 2½ RUS, Elista 1996; B) 12.¥xe6!?
10. Agopov – 2 12...£xd1 13.¥xf7+ ¢xf7 14.¦xd1 ¤bd5
15.¤c3 ¦d8 16.¤e5+ with a certain
initiative in the ending, R.Scherbakov −
GM Ivan Farago (Hungary) and IM
Nadyrkhanov, Krasnodar 1997.
Blazimir Kovacecic (Croatia) are 8...b5 9.a4 ¥b7 10.axb5 axb5 11.¦xa8
sharing the lead after the 6th Round of the £xa8 12.¤c3 b4 13.¤b5
Ljubljana OPEN in Slovenia with 5½ XIIIIIIIIY
points. ELO-favourite GM Gyula Sax 9q+-+kvl-tr0
(Hungary) is half a point behind. 9+l+n+pzpp0
9-+-+psn-+0
Top boards of the 7th Round: 9+Nzp-+-+-0
(5½) Farago –Bl.Kovacevic (5½) 9-zp-zP-+-+0
(5) Kastelic – Sax (5) 9+L+-zPN+-0
(4½) Tratar – D.Ionescu (5) etc. 9-zP-+QzPPzP0
9+-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
This well−known position usually
arises from the line 7. £e2 b5 8. ¥b3
CT-235 Page 2 of 4
¥b7 9. a4 ¤bd7 etc. A new continuation, which casts

13...£b8 doubts upon White's idea. Black
Both 13...£a5 ; and 13...¥xf3 are less supposes it is important to cover the g5−
popular alternatives. Once Anand quickly square first of all. 17...¤e5?! looks
achieved good play after 14.gxf3 suspicious for Black due to 18.¤xe5
(14.£xf3!? £xf3 15.gxf3²) 14...£b8 ¥xe5 19.f4 with a strong initiative,
15.¦d1 ¥e7 16.e4 cxd4 17.¤xd4 ¥d6! Uhlmann − Balcerowski, Bad
Yussupow − Anand, Las Palmas 1993 Liebenstein 1963; Black has usually, and
14.e4 cxd4 successfully, played 17...g6 but I am
14...¤xe4?! is supposed to be sure both Kramnik and Anand have their
dangerous for Black since the game own opinions about this position.
Yussupow − J. Polgar, Moskow (ol) 18.¤xg7+ ¢f7 19.¤f5 ¥xe4
1994: 15.¤g5! ¥c6 16.d5! ¥xb5 XIIIIIIIIY
17.£xe4 ¤f6 18.£e3 ¥xf1 19.¤xf7!! 9-wq-+-+-tr0
£xh2+ 20.¢xh2 ¤g4+ 21.¢g1 ¤xe3 9+-+n+k+-0
22.¤xh8 ¤xd5 23.¥a4+ ¢e7 24.¥g5+ 9-+-vl-sn-zp0
¤f6 25.¢xf1 with a decisive advantage.
15.¤bxd4 ¥d6
9+-+-+N+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zp-+l+-+0
9-wq-+k+-tr0 9+-+-+N+-0
9+l+n+pzpp0 9-zP-+QzPPzP0
9-+-vlpsn-+0 9+-vL-+RmK-0
20.¤xh6+?!
9-zp-sNP+-+0 20.¤xd6+!? £xd6 21.¦d1 followed by
9+L+-+N+-0 ¤d4 and f2−f3 may promise better
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 chances to achieve some compensation
9+-vL-+RmK-0 for the piece.
xiiiiiiiiy 20...¢g7
15...¥c5 is another possibility, some XIIIIIIIIY
examples from recent practice: 16.¦d1 9-wq-+-+-tr0
0-0 17.¤xe6 fxe6 18.¥xe6+ ¢h8 9+-+n+-mk-0
19.¥xd7 ¥xe4 20.¤g5 (20.¥e6 ¥xf3 9-+-vl-sn-sN0
21.gxf3 ¥d6 22.£c4 ¥xh2+ 23.¢g2 ¥d6
Sasikiran − Vladimirov, Shenyang 1999)
9+-+-+-+-0
20...¥g6 21.¥h3 ¥h5 22.¤f3 ¤g4
9-zp-+l+-+0
23.¥xg4 ¥xg4 24.¥e3 ¥xf3 25.gxf3 ¥d6 9+-+-+N+-0
26.h3 and White eventually converted 9-zP-+QzPPzP0
his extra pawn to a full point although the 9+-vL-+RmK-0
position is obviously drawn, Sasikiran − xiiiiiiiiy
Barua, Guntur 2000. Obviously it is not White who is
16.¥xe6 attacking − all 6 of Black's pieces are
A principled sacrifice... if White is going very strong and 3 pawns are clearly
to prove the advantage, of course. insufficient to balance the extra piece.
16...fxe6 17.¤xe6 h6!? 21.h3?
XIIIIIIIIY Vladimir Kramnik was not himself in
9-wq-+k+-tr0 this game. 21.£d2! should have been
9+l+n+-zp-0 preferred without any doubts.
9-+-vlNsn-zp0 21...¦xh6! 22.¥xh6+ ¢xh6
9+-+-+-+-0 As a rule, the rook has no chance
against 3 minor pieces.
9-zp-+P+-+0 23.¦d1 ¥xf3
9+-+-+N+-0 Simplifying the position. However, it
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 was also not bad to keep the bishop on
9+-vL-+RmK-0 the board.
xiiiiiiiiy 24.£xf3 ¥e5

CT-235 Page 3 of 4

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Black has consolidated his army and
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Kramnik & Anand still Van Wely – Ernst 1:0
Nijboer – Van den Doel 0:1
level Van der Wiel – Tiviakov ½:½
Van der Weide – Piket ½:½
V ladimir Kramnik spoiled two

excellent chances to take the
lead in the Chess Classic 2001
rapid play match against Vishy Anand.
Van der Sterren – Van der Werf 0:1
Final standings:
1-2. Van Wely, Van den Doel – 6½ pts,
3-4. Piket, Tiviakov – 5½
In both games he had an extra pawn 5. Van der Weide – 5
while Anand didn’t have any 6. Nijboer – 4½
compensation other than some extra 7. Van der Wiel – 4
minutes on the clock – and it was enough 8. Ernst – 3
to escape thanks to his fantastic defence! 9. Van der Werf – 2½
Of course, with a little help from 10. Van der Sterren – 2
Kramnik…
Peng Zhaoqin totally dominated the
There are two games to play, the score is Women’s event and finished with an
4:4. excellent 9 points out of 10!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Women’s final standings:
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1. Peng Zhaoqin – 9 points
Anand ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2. Sziva – 6½
3. Bosboom-Lanchava – 5½
Yesterday we mistakenly wrote that 4. Schuurman – 5
Peter Leko kept the lead 5. Otten – 2½
in the Fischer Random 6. Muhren – 1½
Chess match against
Michael Adams with the Kramnik (Black) to play
From our annotated game Stuart Conquest
score 4½:3½ – actually it (England) and Christian
was the final score, Leko White has just castled
17.0-0? Bauer (France) keep the
won the event! lead at the strong round-
XIIIIIIIIY
9-trl+-trk+0 robin tournament in
Today Peter Leko and 9+-wqnvlpzpp0 Clichy, France with 4
Michael Adams 9p+nzpp+-+0 points after 6 rounds.
crushed the Pocket Fritz 9+-+-+-zP-0 Joel Lautier (France) and
computer in exhibition 9-+-+PzP-zP0
9zPN+LvLQ+-0 Mark Hebden (England)
match – 3½:½. are sharing third place,
9-+P+N+-+0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 half a point behind the
Both leaders were xiiiiiiiiy leaders.
successful in the last Missing a blow.
round of the Dutch 17... ___ ! Results of the 6th Round:
Championships – M.Gurevich – Conquest
tomorrow Loek van ½:½
Wely and Erik van den Doel will face Bauer – Tregubov ½:½
each other to decide the Champion on Lautier – Degraeve ½:½
tie-break. Jeroen Piket and Sergey Nataf – Apicella 1:0
Tiviakov shared third place and will also Renet – Hebden 0:1
play for the bronze medal.
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Standings after the 6th Round: XIIIIIIIIY

1-2. Conquest, Bauer – 4 points 9r+l+kvlntr0
3-4. Lautier, Hebden – 3½ 9zpp+pzppzpp0
5-7. M.Gurevich, Tregubov, Apicella – 3
8-9. Degraeve, Nataf – 2½ 9-wqn+-+-+0
10. Renet – 1 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-sNP+-+0
Pairings of the 7th Round: 9+-+-+-+-0
Conquest – Bauer 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Tregubov – Lautier 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
Hebden – Nataf
Apicella – M.Gurevich
xiiiiiiiiy
This early queen sortie is one of my
Degraeve – Renet
favourites recently, although objectively
it is probably not enough to solve all the
GM Joszef Horvath (Hungary) won the problems. One of the main ideas behind
3rd ShakkiNet tournament in Helsinki, it is to force youngsters, who like very
Finland. In the last round he drew against much to play deep lines of the Rauzer
his brother GM Csaba Horvath, who variation (¥g5), playing some 25 moves
shared second place with GM Evgeny in a couple of minutes, to show their
Solozhenkin (Russia). Tomi Nybäck general understanding of the
(Finland) achieved the IM-norm. Scheveningen pawn structure. Of
course, there is no connection with the
Final standings: guys who are playing this game...
5.¤b3 ¤f6 6.¤c3 e6 7.a3
1. J.Horvath – 6 points,
7.¥d3 followed by 0-0, ¢h1, f4 is a
2-3. C. Horvath, Solozhenkin – 5½ good attempt to use the extra tempo −
4. Nybäck – 5 as usually Black's queen retreats to c7
5-6. Holmsten, Karttunen – 4½ without any request.
7-8. Salmensuu, Mäki-Uuro – 4 7...¥e7
9. Blauert – 3½ XIIIIIIIIY
10. Agopov – 2½ 9r+l+k+-tr0
Congratulations to the winners! 9zpp+pvlpzpp0
9-wqn+psn-+0
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After 7 rounds of the Ljubljana OPEN 9-+-+P+-+0
in Slovenia GM Ivan Farago (Hungary) 9zPNsN-+-+-0
and IM Blazimir Kovacecic (Croatia) 9-zPP+-zPPzP0
keep the lead with 6 points. 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Top boards of the 8th Round: 8.f4
(6) Bl.Kovacevic – Sax (5½) Farago – 7. a3 may be combined with 8.¥f4!?
(5½) Barle – Farago (6) 8.¥e2 followed by 0-0 etc. is also
possible.
(5½) Loncar – Kastelic (5½)
8...d6 9.£f3 a6 10.¥d3 0-0 11.g4 ¤d7
(5½) D. Ionescu – Sitnik (5½) etc. 12.¥e3 £c7 13.g5 b5 14.h4 b4
XIIIIIIIIY
¤¤¤ 9r+l+-trk+0
Annotated Game 9+-wqnvlpzpp0
9p+nzpp+-+0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-zp-+PzP-zP0
Anand (2794) − Kramnik (2797) 9zPNsNLvLQ+-0
Mainz CC Champions Duel Mainz GER (7), 9-zPP+-+-+0
30.06.2001 B33 9tR-+-mK-+R0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 iiiiiiiiy
£b6
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A drawback of the pawn advance a2−a3 XIIIIIIIIY

is that it helps Black to open lines on the 9-+-+-trk+0
queenside. 9+l+-vlpzpp0
15.¤e2 bxa3 16.bxa3 ¦b8 9p+-wqp+-+0
White's pawn attack is not as
dangerous as it looks even if he has the
9+-+p+-zPN0
king castled and the more solid
9-+-+P+QzP0
queenside pawn structure. Black's 9zP-+PvL-+-0
chances already look preferable here, 9-+-+-+-+0
especially taking into account that 9tR-+-+-mK-0
castling is not possible for the moment. xiiiiiiiiy
17.0-0? More active 28...£b5!? deserved
XIIIIIIIIY attention.
29.e5!?
9-trl+-trk+0 The bishop b7 should be kept passive
by any cost.
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 29...£xe5 30.£d4
9p+nzpp+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-zP-0 9-+-+-trk+0
9+l+-vlpzpp0
9-+-+PzP-zP0 9p+-+p+-+0
9zPN+LvLQ+-0 9+-+pwq-zPN0
9-+-wQ-+-zP0
9-+P+N+-+0 9zP-+PvL-+-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9tR-+-+-mK-0
Missing a blow. 30...£xd4?
17...¤ce5! 18.fxe5 ¤xe5 19.£g3 ¤xd3 A serious inaccuracy. Was Kramnik
20.cxd3 ¦xb3 too relaxed with two extra pawns? Both
White is a pawn down and his king is 30...f6 and 30...¥d6 seemed to be more
unsafe. precise.
21.¦fc1 £d7 22.¤f4 ¥b7 23.¦cb1 31.¥xd4 f6 32.¦c1
9-+-+-trk+0 9-+-+-trk+0
9+l+qvlpzpp0 9+l+-vl-zpp0
9p+-zpp+-+0 9p+-+pzp-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9+-+p+-zPN0
9-+-+PsN-zP0 9-+-vL-+-zP0
9zPr+PvL-wQ-0 9zP-+P+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9tRR+-+-mK-0 9+-tR-+-mK-0
23...£b5 32...¦f7
23...¦xb1+!? 24.¦xb1 ¦c8 looked quite 32...¥d6!? 33.gxf6 e5 was interesting;
good. as well as the cool 32...¥d8
24.¦xb3 £xb3 25.£e1 £a4 26.£d1 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.¦b1! ¥xa3 35.¤xf6+
£d7 ¢f8 36.¦b3! ¥d6
26...£xd1+!? 27.¦xd1 d5 28.¦b1 ¥a8 In the case of 36...¥c1 White would
was also not bad. have organised counterplay by 37.¥c5+
27.£g4 d5 28.¤h5!? ¢g7 38.¤e8+ ¢h6 39.¦b6 but Black still
The only attempt to create counterplay. kept winning chances.
28...£d6 37.¦b6

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The rook ending is just drawn.
40.¦xd5 ¦f4 41.h5 ¢g7 42.¢g2 ¢f6
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Tie-break for the gold medal:

Tie Break Blitz Match Van den Doel – Van Wely 0:1 0:1 0:1
Decides in Favor of
Our congratulations to Loek van Wely,
Anand in his Rapid- and for Peng Zhaoqin, who also
defended her Women’s Champion title
successfully, as well as for all the
medallists!
The Swedish Championships have

started in Linköping, 200 km south of
Stockholm. There were already some
unexpected results in the 1st Round –
young Pontus Carlsson and Anders
Play Match Against Olsson beat such strong GMs as Jonny
Hector and Ralf Akesson respectively
Kramnik! while Jonas Barkhagen outplayed the
second seeded GM Tom Wedberg.
T he 10 games rapid - play match

Chess Classic 2001 between both
World Champions Vladimir
Kramnik and Vishy Anand has ended
Results of the 1st Round:
A.Eriksson – Agrest 0:1
Barkhagen – Wedberg 1:0
Berg – P. Cramling ½:½
in Mainz, Germany. On the last day both Hector – P. Carlsson 0:1
games were drawn so the total score was L. Karlsson – Hillarp Persson ½:½
equal for both players – 5:5. Olsson – Åkesson 1:0
Brynell – Couso 1:0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Kramnik ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ There was a tough battle between the
Anand ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ leaders in the 7th Round of the strong
round-robin tournament in Clichy,
There was a tie-break of two blitz games
France – Stuart Conquest beat Christian
– Vishy Anand convincingly won the
Bauer and took sole lead of the event, a
first game and forced a perpetual check
full point ahead of four players.
in a winning position in the second to
secure the overall victory – our
congratulations to the winner!
Conquest – Bauer 1:0
Tregubov – Lautier ½:½
The tie-break:
Hebden – Nataf ½:½
Anand – Kramnik 1:0 ½:½
Apicella – M.Gurevich 0:1
Degraeve – Renet 1:0
(See the annotated game section for the
first game of this mini-blitz match ---
RPM)
1. Conquest – 5 points
2-5. M.Gurevich, Lautier, Bauer,
A tie-break was also played in the Dutch
Hebden – 4
Championships – Loek van Wely gave
6-7. Tregubov, Degraeve – 3½
no chance to Erik van den Doel and
8-9. Apicella, Nataf – 3
successfully defended his title.
10. Renet – 1
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4.¤xd4 £b6 5.¤b3 ¤f6 6.¤c3 e6

th
Pairings of the 8 Round: 7.£e2!? (D)
Lautier – Conquest XIIIIIIIIY
M.Gurevich – Hebden 9r+l+kvl-tr0
Bauer – Apicella 9zpp+p+pzpp0
Degraeve – Tregubov 9-wqn+psn-+0
Renet – Nataf 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
5 players shared first place in the just 9+NsN-+-+-0
completed Ljubljana OPEN in Slovenia. 9PzPP+QzPPzP0
IM Blazimir Kovacecic of Croatia was 9tR-vL-mKL+R0
proclaimed winner on tie-break, the co- xiiiiiiiiy
winners are GM Ivan Farago (Hungary), You may remember that just
FM Doru-Alexandru Ionescu yesterday Anand countered the
(Romania), IM Robert Loncar (Croatia) system 4. ..£b6 unsuccessfully.
and a home IM Marko Tratar. Today he employs one of the most
dangerous methods for Black.
Top results of the 8th Round: 7...¥b4 8.¥d2 0-0 9.a3 ¥e7 (D)
(6) Bl.Kovacevic ½:½ Sax (5½) XIIIIIIIIY
(5½) Barle ½:½ Farago (6) 9r+l+-trk+0
(5½) Loncar 1:0 Kastelic (5½) 9zpp+pvlpzpp0
(5½) D.Ionescu 1:0 Sitnik (5½) 9-wqn+psn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Top results of the 9th Round: 9-+-+P+-+0
(6½) Loncar ½:½ Bl.Kovacevic (6½) 9zPNsN-+-+-0
(6) Sax ½:½ Farago (6½) 9-zPPvLQzPPzP0
(6) Podlesnik ½:½ D.Ionescu (6½) 9tR-+-mKL+R0
(6) Tratar 1:0 Barle (6)
xiiiiiiiiy
9...¥xc3?! 10.¥xc3 e5 11.0-0-0 is
Final standings:
clearly better for White.
1-5. Bl.Kovacevic, Farago, D.Ionescu,
10.0-0-0
Loncar, Tratar – 7 points
10.e5 is not as strong as it looks,
6-13. Sax, Podkriznik, Sitnik, Podlesnik,
after 10...¤e8! (10...¤d5?! is weaker)
Kutuzovic, Zelcic, Navinsek,
Black soon undermines the e5 pawn
Novak – 6½ etc.
by ...d7−d6. The game V.Spasov −
Kurajica, Moscow (ol) 1994 continued
Our congratulations to All the winners!
by 11.0-0-0 £c7 12.f4 a6 13.¤e4 d6
14.exd6 ¤xd6 15.g3 b5 16.¥g2
The strong Andorra OPEN is underway.
¤xe4 17.¥xe4 ¥b7 18.¥c3 and here
The top-seeded players are: Vladimir
a draw was agreed.
Baklan, Igor Khenkin, Vadim Milov,
10...d6 11.g4 a6 12.g5 ¤d7 13.h4
Mihai Marin, Boris Avrukh and Lev
£c7 14.f4 b5 15.¢b1 (D)
Psakhis. In the 1st Round 72 players won XIIIIIIIIY
their games. 9r+l+-trk+0
¤¤¤
9+-wqnvlpzpp0
Annotated Game 9p+nzpp+-+0
V. Anand (2794) − V. Kramnik 9+p+-+-zP-0
9-+-+PzP-zP0
(2797) 9zPNsN-+-+-0
Mainz CC Champions Duel Playoff 9-zPPvLQ+-+0
Mainz GER (1), 26.06.2001 B33 9+K+R+L+R0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov] xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 Quite a typical position but there is
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little difference compared to the opens lines against Black's king.

common lines − instead of £d2+¥e3 21...hxg6 22.¥xe5 dxe5 23.fxg6
White arranges his pieces by fxg6 24.h5!(D)
£e2+¥d2. This may favour White as XIIIIIIIIY
the queen on e2 makes her attack 9-trl+r+k+0
stronger. 9+-wq-vl-zp-0
15...b4 9p+-+-+p+0
Here the typical manoeuvre 9+-+-zp-+P0
15...¤b6 is not so effective as White 9-sn-+-+-+0
is not much worried about ...¤c4 and 9+NsN-+-+L0
can simply continue his attack by 9-zPP+Q+-+0
16.h5‚; However, 15...¤c5!? 9+K+R+-+R0
deserved attention. In the case of xiiiiiiiiy
16.¤xc5 dxc5 the manoeuvre ...¤d4 24...¥f5?
would promise Black counterplay. This counter action turns out to be a
16.axb4 ¤xb4 17.f5 fatal mistake.
17.h5!? was also worthy of 25.hxg6 ¥xh3
consideration. A sad necessity. 25...¥xc2+ was
17...¦b8 18.¥f4 (D) impossible due to 26.£xc2! ¤xc2
XIIIIIIIIY 27.¥e6+ with a checkmate; while
9-trl+-trk+0 25...¥xg6 was equally bad due to the
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 same 26.¥e6+ ¥f7 27.¥xf7+ ¢xf7
9p+-zpp+-+0 28.£h5+ with a decisive attack.
9+-+-+PzP-0 26.¦xh3 (D)
9-sn-+PvL-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+NsN-+-+-0 9-tr-+r+k+0
9-zPP+Q+-+0 9+-wq-vl-zp-0
9+K+R+L+R0 9p+-+-+P+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-zp-+-0
18...exf5?! 9-sn-+-+-+0
As a rule, Black should refrain from 9+NsN-+-+R0
this capture as Black loses control 9-zPP+Q+-+0
over the d5 square as well gives 9+K+R+-+-0
White a strong e4 square for the xiiiiiiiiy
knight. Perhaps Kramnik was worried Black's position is just not
about playing 18...¤e5 immediately defendable.
due to the push f5−f6 here or later 26...¥g5 27.¤e4 ¥f4 28.¤bc5 (D)
but it nevertheless seemed to be XIIIIIIIIY
more to the point despite all dangers. 9-tr-+r+k+0
19.exf5 ¤e5 20.¥h3 ¦e8 21.g6! (D) 9+-wq-+-zp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-+-+P+0
9-trl+r+k+0 9+-sN-zp-+-0
9+-wq-vlpzpp0 9-sn-+Nvl-+0
9p+-zp-+P+0 9+-+-+-+R0
9+-+-snP+-0 9-zPP+Q+-+0
9-sn-+-vL-zP0 9+K+R+-+-0
9+NsN-+-+L0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zPP+Q+-+0 £c4 comes next so Black resigned.
9+K+R+-+R0 1-0.
xiiiiiiiiy
Beginning a direct attack − White

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CT-238, 3rd July 2001
Results of the 2nd round:

New FIDE Rating List Karlsson – Berg 0:1
Out - Kasparov Still on Akesson – Eriksson 1:0
Carlsson – Olsson ½:½
Top! Couso – Hector ½:½
Wedberg – Brynell 0:1
Cramling – Barkhagen ½:½
T he new official rating list (on 1

July) appeared on the FIDE
website at: www.fide.com We
published the top 20 chess players (with
Hillarp Persson – Agrest ½:½
Standings after the 2nd round:

1. Brynell – 2 points
their Elo ratings on 1 April too). 2-6. Agrest, Barkhagen, Berg, Carlsson,
Olsson – 1½
No. Name ap01 ju01 Gms DOB 7-9. Cramling, Hillarp Persson, Akesson
1. G. Kasparov 2835 2838 10 13.04.63 –1
2. V. Kramnik 2797 2802 10 25.06.75 10-12. Hector, Karlsson, Couso – ½
3. V. Anand 2794 2794 0 11.12.69 13-14. Eriksson,
4. A. Morozevich 2749 2749 22 18.07.77 Wedberg – 0 Lautier (White) to Play
5. M. Adams 2750 2744 19 17.11.71 From our Annotated Game
6. V. Ivanchuk 2731 2731 0 18.03.69 Pairing for the Black overlooks?
7. P. Leko 2730 2730 0 08.09.79 rd
3 round: 17…¥d5? 18. ?
8. E. Bareev 2709 2719 29 21.11.66 Berg – Hillarp XIIIIIIIIY
9. V. Topalov 2707 2711 9 15.03.75 9-+-tr-trk+0
Persson 9zpp+-+pzpp0
10. A. Shirov 2722 2706 21 04.07.72 Barkhagen – 9q+n+-+-+0
11. R. Kasimdzhanov 2693 2704 20 Karlsson 9vl-+lsN-+Q0
05.12.79 Brynell – 9P+pzP-+-+0
12. B. Gelfand 2712 2704 13 24.06.68 Cramling 9+-+-vL-zP-0
13. I. Smirin 2691 2702 30 21.01.68 Hector – 9-zP-+-zPLzP0
14. A. Khalifman 2690 2700 10 18.01.66 Wedberg 9tR-+R+-mK-0
15. K. Georgiev 2676 2695 32 28.11.65 xiiiiiiiiy
Olsson – Couso
16. L. Van Wely 2670 2695 44 07.10.72 Eriksson –
17. P. Svidler 2695 2695 9 17.06.76 Carlsson
18. A. Karpov 2692 2692 0 23.05.51 Agrest – Åkesson
19. A. Dreev 2685 2690 18 30.01.69
20. J. Polgar 2678 2686 13 23.07.76 A new, tough battle between the leaders
took place in the 8th round of the Clichy
Garry Kasparov retains clear first, tournament. Joel Lautier beat Stuart
while Vladimir Kramnik became the Conquest (see our annotated game
second player surpassing the 2800 mark. section) and has caught up to him. All
Vishy Anand didn’t play classical chess other games were drawn.
the last three month according this list
(but what about Merida in May?). I Results of the 8th round:
suspect there will be new version of this Lautier – Conquest 1:0
list soon (as usual, like the last time). Gurevich – Hebden ½:½
Bauer – Apicella ½:½
Stellan Brynel became sole leader after Degraeve – Tregubov ½:½
the 2nd round of the Swedish Renet – Nataf ½:½
Championships in Linkoping.
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barksy, technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi

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Standing after the 8th, penultimate round: allow the Rook on f1 to go to e1.
1-2. Lautier, Conquest – 5 points 13.¤e5 £b5 14.a4!? (D)
3-5. Gurevich, Bauer, Hebden – 4½ XIIIIIIIIY
6-7. Tregubov, Degraeve – 4 9r+l+-trk+0
8-9. Apicella, Nataf – 3½ 9zpp+-+pzpp0
10. Renet – 1½ 9-+n+-+-+0
¤¤¤ 9vlq+-sN-+-0
Annotated Game 9P+pzP-+-+0
J. Lautier − S. Conquest 9+-+-+-zP-0
Clichy (8), 02.07.2001 D33 9-zP-+-zPLzP0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 c5 xiiiiiiiiy
The Classical Tarrash defence. This A very natural move, and a novelty
opening has never completely at the same time. The Queen must
disappeared from Grandmaster play. go to the corner. 14.b4?! cxb3
4.cxd5 exd5 5.¤f3 ¤c6 6.g3 c4 (D) 15.¦b1 ¤xe5 16.¦xb3 £a4 17.dxe5
XIIIIIIIIY ¥g4 18.f3 ¦fd8 19.¦d3 £c4 20.¦d6
9r+lwqkvlntr0 ¥f5 21.¥e3 ¥d3 22.¦f2 ¦xd6 23.exd6
9zpp+-+pzpp0 ¦e8ƒ Vera − Arencibia, Habana
9-+n+-+-+0 1990.
9+-+p+-+-0 14...£a6 15.¥e3 ¥e6
9-+pzP-+-+0 After 15...¤xe5 16.dxe5 White has
9+-sN-+NzP-0 a very promising position with
9PzP-+PzP-zP0 chances for an attack.
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 16.£h5!?
xiiiiiiiiy Joel Lautier likes such active
The So called Stahlberg, or moves. Look at the Queen on a6 and
Swedish variation. Swedish GM the Bishop a5 − they are very far
Gideon Stahlberg started to play this from their King and couldn't help him.
move in the 1930s. The idea is very 16...¦ad8 17.¦fd1 ¥d5?
simple − Black receives a pawn I think Black overlooked White's
mayority on the Queen side and next move. Earlier or later he had to
would like to exploit it somewhere in take on e5 − 17...¤xe5
the endgame. Of course White has to XIIIIIIIIY
play very energetically in the center 9-+-tr-trk+0
as soon as possible. 9zpp+N+pzpp0
7.¥g2 ¥b4 8.0-0 ¤ge7 9.e4! 9q+n+-+-+0
Because White has a slight lead in 9vl-+l+-+Q0
development. 9P+pzP-+-+0
9...0-0 9+-+-vL-zP-0
Rather suspect is 9...¥xc3?! − for 9-zP-+-zPLzP0
example: 10.bxc3 dxe4 11.¤d2 ¥e6 9tR-+R+-mK-0
12.¤xe4 b6 13.¥g5 f6? 14.¥xf6! 0-0 xiiiiiiiiy
15.¥xe7 ¤xe7 16.£d2± Kondratiev − 18.¤d7! (D)
Taimanov, Leningrad 1950; An A small combination.
alternative is 9...dxe4!? 18...¦xd7 19.¥xd5 ¦fd8 20.¥e4 g6
10.¤xd5 Fritz shows that after 20...h6!?
The main theoretical way is 10.exd5 21.¥xh6 gxh6 22.£xh6 Black could
¤xd5 11.¥g5 etc. play 22...¤xd4! 23.¥h7+ ¢h8
10...¤xd5 11.exd5 £xd5 12.a3 ¥a5 24.¥g6+ ¢g8 25.¥h7+ with perpetual
With this retreat the Bishop doesn't check. Of course White can not to

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sacrifice a Bishop. 32...¥xb2 33.¦xe8 ¥xc1 34.¥d6!

21.£f3 f5!? 1-0.
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24...¦b8
24...¦e8 25.¦e1 (25.b3!?) Editors:
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c5 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
The only move. 27...¦d5 28.¥f6+
¢h6 29.£e7+− Technical editors:
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31...¦e4 32.¥d4+!?
32.¦e1!
And another small combination a−la
Capablanca, this time − final.

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CT-239, 4th July 2001
5-6. Carlsson, Olsson – 2

Conquest Triumphs in 7. Cramling – 1½
Clichy 8-11. Hector, Hillarp Persson, Couso,
Akesson – 1
12-14. Karlsson, Eriksson, Wedberg – ½
nglish GM Stuart Conquest won Pairing for the 4th round:
E the round-robin tournament in

Clichy, France. In the last round
he beat his opponent while co-leader Joel
Karlsson – Brynell
Berg – Barkhagen
Carlsson – Agrest
Lautier drawn his game. Couso – Eriksson
Wedberg – Olsson
th
Results of the 9 round: Conquest (White) to Play Cramling – Hector
Conquest – Degraeve From our Annotated Game Hillarp Persson – Åkesson
1:0 17…¢f7
Hebden – Bauer 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY The Traditional 14th Milan
Tregubov – Renet ½:½ 9rsn-wq-tr-+0 Vidmar Memorial started in
Nataf – Gurevich ½:½ 9zpl+-zpkvlQ0 Portoroz, Slovenia. This time
Apicella – Lautier ½:½ 9-+-+-zpp+0 it’s a round-robin tournament
9+-zpP+n+-0 with 10 participants (it is
Final standings: 9-+-+N+-+0 interesting to note that one of
1. Conquest – 6 points 9+-+L+N+-0 them is Rumanian Alexandru
2-3. Lautier, Hebden – 9PzP-+-zPP+0 Crisan who made strange
5½ 9tR-vL-mK-+R0 “Elo-records” some years
4. Gurevich – 5 xiiiiiiiiy ago and didn’t play after
5-6. Tregubov, Bauer – And now the final blow: that); FIDE cat. XIII (av. Elo
4½ 2572).
7-9. Degraeve,
18. ?
Apicella, Nataf – 4 Results of the 1st round:
10. Renet – 2 Volokitin Andrei – Crisan Alexandru 1:0
Kozul Zdenko – Macieja Bartlomiej 1:0
Also see our annotated game section for Mikhalchishin Adrian – Pavasovic
Conquest-Degraeve. Dusko ½:½
Mohr Georg – Beliavsky Alexander ½:½
There are four leaders after the 3rd round Sermek Drazen – Gelfand Boris 0:1
of the Swedish Championships in
Linkoping. Pairing for the 2nd round:
Crisan – Beliavsky
Results of the 3rd round: Pavasovic – Mohr
Berg – Hillarp Persson 1:0 Gelfand – Mikhalchishin
Barkhagen – Karlsson 1:0 Macieja – Sermek
Brynell – Cramling ½:½ Volokitin – Kozul
Hector – Wedberg ½:½
Olsson – Couso ½:½ The category IV St. John’s University
Eriksson – Carlsson ½:½ Spring International tournament took
Agrest – Åkesson 1:0 place in New York City.
Standings after the 3rd round: Final standing:

1-4. Agrest, Barkhagen, Berg, Brynell – 1. J. Sarkar – 6½ points out of 9
2½ points 2. W. Morrison – 6
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3. E. Gersov – 5½
4-5. B. Smith, J. Bonin – 5
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6. B. Szuk – 4½ 9rsn-wq-trk+0
7-8. S. Muhammad, B. Kurniawan – 4 9zpl+pzppvlp0
9. S. Glinert – 3
10. M. Belorusov – 1½ 9-+-+-snp+0
¤¤¤ 9+-zpPzP-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+L+-+-+0
S. Conquest (2563) − J. Degraeve
(2589) 9+-sN-+N+-0
GM Clichy FRA (9), 03.07.2001 A57 9PzPQ+-zPPzP0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 ¥b7 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
(D) xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 9.e5 ¤e8 10.h4!
Why not? White begins a
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 straightforward attack with the Rook
9zpl+pzppzpp0 still on h1."Open h−file, check, check
9-+-+-sn-+0 and checkmate!" − this was Fischer's
slogan in similar positions.
9+pzpP+-+-0 10...d6 11.h5 dxe5 12.hxg6 hxg6
9-+P+-+-+0 13.£e4
The Queen is going to h4.
9+-+-+N+-0 13...¤d6?
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 13...¤f6!? looks more natural − for
example: 14.£h4 ¤bd7 15.¥h6 ¤h5
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 16.¥xg7 ¢xg7 17.g4 ¦h8!„
xiiiiiiiiy 14.£h4 f6 15.¥d3 e4 16.¤xe4 ¤f5
17.£h7+ ¢f7 (D)
The very sharp Bluemenfeld XIIIIIIIIY
Gambit. It has many ideas in
common with the Volga Gambit; the
9rsn-wq-tr-+0
main one being is that the b−pawn is 9zpl+-zpkvlQ0
sacrificed in exchanged for a pawn 9-+-+-zpp+0
center (in perspective).
5.£c2 bxc4 6.e4 g6N 9+-zpP+n+-0
This is a novelty. Previously Black
has started the struggle for the center
9-+-+N+-+0
immediately, for example: 6...e6 9+-+L+N+-0
7.¥g5 h6 8.¥xf6 gxf6 9.¥xc4 ¥d6 9PzP-+-zPP+0
10.0-0 ¥a6 11.¤a3! ¦g8 12.¦ad1
¥xc4 13.¤xc4 ¥f4 14.e5! f5 9tR-vL-mK-+R0
15.¤d6+± Cramling − Fernandez, xiiiiiiiiy
Spain 2001.; 6...d6 And now the final blow:
7.¥xc4 ¥g7 8.¤c3 0-0?! (D) 18.¤eg5+! fxg5 19.¤e5+ ¢f6
In my opinion, this is an extremely 20.£xg6+ ¢xe5 21.£e6+ ¢d4
risky move because White's e−pawn 22.£e4#
can now advance forward. Better and
more solid was 8...d6!?

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CT-240, 5th July 2001
Gelfand – Mikhalchishin ½:½

Four Share Lead in Macieja – Sermek ½:½
Linkoping Volokitin – Kozul 1:0
Standing after the 2nd round:

he same four players share the 1. Volokitin – 2 points
T lead after the 4th round of the

Swedish Championships in
Linkoping.
2-3. Beliavsky, Gelfand – 1½
4-7. Kozul, Mikhalchishin, Mohr,
Pavasovic – 1
8-9. Sermek, Macieja – ½
Results of the 4th round: 10. Crisan – 0
Karlsson – Brynell ½:½
Berg – Barkhagen ½:½ Pairing for the 3rd round:
Carlsson – Agrest ½:½ Kozul – Crisan
Couso – Eriksson 0:1 Sermek – Volokitin
Wedberg – Olsson 1:0 Mikhalchishin – Macieja
Cramling – Hector 0:1 Mohr – Gelfand
Hillarp Persson – Åkesson ½:½ Beliavsky – Pavasovic
Also see our annotated game section for

1-4. Agrest, Barkhagen, Berg, Brynell –
3 points Volokitin (White) to Play
5. Carlsson – 2½ From our Annotated game
6-7. Hector, Olsson – 2 13…¦e8
8-12. Akesson, Hillarp Persson, XIIIIIIIIY
Eriksson, Cramling, Wedberg – 1½ 9r+-wqr+k+0
13-14. Karlsson, Couso – 1 9zpp+nvlpzpp0
9-+-zp-sn-+0
9+-zpP+-sN-0
Pairing for the 5th round: 9-+L+-vL-+0
Barkhagen – Hillarp Persson 9+-+P+-+-0
Brynell – Berg 9PzPP+Q+PzP0
Hector – Karlsson 9+-+-tRRmK-0
Olsson – Cramling xiiiiiiiiy
Eriksson – Wedberg 14. ?
Agrest – Couso A brilliant and well
Åkesson – Carlsson calculated combination!
The Young Ukrainian Andrei Volokitin the exciting miniature - Volokitin-Kozul

became sole leader after the second
round of 14th Milan Vidmar Memorial There is in progress the very interesting
in Portoroz, Slovenia. The only player IV Mercosur Cup (cat. IX, av. Elo 2467)
who hasn’t even a half point yet is the in Vicente Lopez, Argentina. The scoring
sad, famous Rumanian Alexandru is 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw,
Crisan. and 0 points for a loss, but we’ll give you
the results in the more traditional form (1
Results of the 1st round: point for win, ½ for a draw). The FIDE
Crisan – Beliavsky 0:1 Time Controls: 40 moves in 75 minutes
Pavasovic – Mohr ½:½ followed by 15 minutes to finish with
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each player getting extra 30 seconds each Volokitin won a vacation to the World
move. The computer program Chess Championship 2001. Now he is the
Tiger is competing and leads after 8 leader in the 14th Vidmar Memorial.
rounds of play. Not too bad!
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¤c3 e5 4.¥c4
Results of the 8th round: d6 5.d3 ¥e7 6.0-0 (D)
COMP Chess Tiger – Pablo Ricardi 1:0
Oscar Panno – Enrique Scarella ½:½
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Sergio Slipak – Diego Valerga ½:½ 9r+lwqk+ntr0
Everaldo Matsuura – Mauricio Dorin 1:0
Eduardo Limp – Alejandro Hoffman 0:1
9zpp+-vlpzpp0
Andres Rodriguez – Miguel Andres ½:½ 9-+nzp-+-+0
9+-zp-zp-+-0
1. Chess Tiger – 6½ points 9-+L+P+-+0
2-3. Panno, Slipak – 5 9+-sNP+N+-0
4-5 Hoffman, Valerga – 4½
6-7. Limp, Ricardi – 4
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
8-9. Andres, Rodriguez – 3½ 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
10. Matsuura – 3
11. Scarella – 2½
xiiiiiiiiy
12. Dorin – 1½ 6...¥e6!?
More often Black plays 6...¤f6 , for
Pairing for the 9th round: example: 7.¤g5 0-0 8.f4 exf4 9.¥xf4
Andres – Chess Tiger h6 10.¤f3 ¥e6 11.¤d5 ¥xd5
Hoffman – Rodriguez 12.¥xd5 ¤xd5 13.exd5 ¤b4!?
H Dorin – Limp Sadvakasov − Morozevich, Astana
Valerga – Matsuura 2001.(13...¤e5 14.£d2 ¤xf3+
Scarella – Slipak 15.¦xf3 ¥g5 16.¦af1 ¥xf4 17.£xf4
Ricardi – Panno £d7= Chandler − Krush, Hastings
2000.)
¤¤¤ 7.¤d5 ¤f6 8.¤g5 ¥xd5 9.exd5 ¤b8
Annotated Game 10.f4!?
This natural move is a novelty.
A. Volokitin (2550) − Z. Kozul
Earlier White played 10.a4!?;
(2555)
10.¥b5+; or even 10.b4!? , as in the
14. Memorial dr. Milana Vidmarja,
following game: 10...cxb4 11.£e1
2001 B30
¤bd7 12.£xb4 ¤b6 13.¥b5+ ¢f8
14.c4 ¤fxd5 15.cxd5 ¥xg5 16.¥xg5
W ho is this guy, Andrei Volokitin
anyway, who beat in just 20
moves such a mastadon like GM
£xg5 17.f4 exf4 18.¦ae1 £xd5
19.£xf4 f6 20.¥c4 ¤xc4 21.dxc4
£c5+© Hector − Scherbakov,
Zdenko Kozhul? We really don't
Denmark 1993.
know much about this Ukrainian
10...exf4
junior. Last year at the Chess
Of course, not 10...h6? 11.¤xf7!
Olimpiad under 16 he played on first
¢xf7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.d6+ ¢e8
board for his team. This past May in
14.dxe7 £xe7±; but interesting was
Lousanna he beat his compatriot
10...0-0!?
Ruslan Ponomarev. It was a
11.¥xf4 0-0 12.£e2 ¤bd7?
sensation because even though
If Black knew his fate, he would
Ruslan is only one year older than
have played 12...h6 without any
Andrei, he has for some years been
doubts.
among the chess elite. And in June
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20.g6!
And Black resigned in view of mate
in two: 20.g6 hxg6 21.¦h3 Andrei
Volokitin attacked in one breath! 1-0.
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CT-241, 6th July 2001
honest he had the worse position vs.

Agrest Leads Field in Sermek, but his experienced opponent
Linkoping made a mistake.
vgeni Agrest leads after the 5th Results of the 3rd round:
E round of the Swedish

Championships in Linkoping.
Kozul – Crisan 1:0
Sermek – Volokitin 0:1
Mikhalchishin – Macieja ½:½
Mohr – Gelfand 0:1
Rsults of the 5th round:
Barkhagen – Hillarp Beliavsky – Pavasovic ½:½
Persson ½:½
Brynell – Berg ½:½ Standing after the 3rd round:
Hector – Karlsson ½:½ 1. Volokitin – 3 points
Olsson – Cramling ½:½ 2. Gelfand – 2½
Eriksson – Wedberg 0:1 3-4. Beliavsky, Kozul – 2
Agrest – Couso 1:0 5-6. Mikhalchishin, Pavasovic –
Åkesson – Carlsson 1:0 Agrest 1½
7-8. Mohr, Macieja – 1
Photo by © Peter 9. Sermek – ½
Halvarsson 2001 10. Crisan –0
Standings after the 5th round: Pairing for the 4th round:
1. Agrest – 4 points Crisan – Pavasovic
2-4. Barkhagen, Berg, Brynell – 3½ Gelfand – Beliavsky
5-9. Akesson, Hector, Olsson, Carlsson, Macieja – Mohr
Wedberg – 2½ Volokitin – Mikhalchishin
10-11. Hillarp Persson, Cramling – 2 Kozul – Sermek
12-13. Karlsson, Eriksson – 1½
14. Couso – 1 Also see our annotated game section for
Mohr-Gelfand.
Pairing for the 6th round: Gelfand (Black) to Play
Karlsson – Olsson From our Annotated Game Vladislav Akselrod leads
Berg – Hector 29.d6? after the 5th round of the 6th
Barkhagen – Brynell XIIIIIIIIY Stage of Russian Cup in
Couso – Åkesson 9-+-vlrtrk+0 Tomsk, Siberia. (Swiss
Wedberg – Agrest 9+-+-+-zp-0 system, 9 rounds, 62
Cramling – Eriksson 9p+-zP-+-zp0 players.)
Hillarp Persson – 9+-+-+p+-0
Carlsson 9-+q+-+-+0 1. Akselrod – 4½ points out
9zP-+-+-+-0 of 5
The young Ukrainian 9R+-+-wQPzP0 2-6. Kornev, Ovetchkin,
9+-+R+NmK-0 Shinkevich, Beshukov,
Andrei Volokitin
retained sole lead with a xiiiiiiiiy Kurnosov – 4 etc.
perfect score after the 3rd 29…?
round of 14th Milan White overlooks a simple Information and games at:
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Four players share first place after the 5th 12.¥a7 ¤xd5 13.¤xd5 ¦b7 14.¤xe7
round of Andorra open. £xe7 15.¥e3 ¤f6 16.¤d2 0-0
17.¤b3 ¥e6 18.¤a5?! ¦c7 19.¥d2
1-3. Milov, Avrukh, Rotstein – 4 points d5 20.exd5 ¥xd5³ Ye − Fedorov,
4-11. Khenkin, Psakhis, Comas, Rausis, Belfort 1999.
Stefanova, Visser, Lopez Martinez, 11...¥b7 12.¤d5 ¥xd5 13.¥xd5
Jonkman – 3½ etc. ¤xd5 14.£xd5 0-0 15.£d3 £c7
16.¤d2 ¦ac8 17.¦fc1 ¤c5 (D)
¤¤¤
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Annotated Game 9-+r+-trk+0
G. Mohr (2484) − B. Gelfand (2704)
Milan Vidmar Mem Portoroz SLO (3), 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
05.07.2001 B51 9p+-zp-+-zp0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¥b5+ ¤d7!? (D) 9+psn-zp-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+P+-+0
9r+lwqkvlntr0 9+-+QvL-+-0
9zpp+nzppzpp0 9PzPPsN-zPPzP0
9-+-zp-+-+0 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
9+Lzp-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+P+-+0 18.¥xc5?!
If White wants to exploit "the good
9+-+-+N+-0 Knight vs the bad Bishop", his "good"
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 Knight has to be on d5 or at least on
c3 (e3). Better were: 18.£e2;
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 18.£d5!?
xiiiiiiiiy 18...£xc5 19.c4
Boris usually chooses the more Or 19.¤f1 ¥g5 and Black has no
solid 3...¥d7 after which Black has problems.
big problems with playing for a win. 19...¥g5 20.b3 (D)
The text move is sharper. XIIIIIIIIY
4.d4 ¤gf6 5.¤c3 cxd4 6.£xd4 e5
7.£d3 h6
9-+r+-trk+0
Black can't allow 8.Bg5, and White 9+-+-+pzp-0
occupies the d5−square with the 9p+-zp-+-zp0
Knight.
8.¥e3 ¥e7 9.0-0 9+pwq-zp-vl-0
I think more precise is 9.¥c4!? ,to
prevent Black's activity on the Queen
9-+P+P+-+0
side. For example: 9...a6 10.a4 £c7 9+P+Q+-+-0
11.0-0 0-0 12.¤d2 ¦b8 13.a5 ¤c5 9P+-sN-zPPzP0
14.£e2 ¥e6 15.¥xe6 ¤xe6 16.¦a4
£c6 17.¦c4 £d7 18.¦d1 ¥d8 19.¦a4 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
d5 20.exd5 ¤xd5 21.¤de4 ¤xc3 xiiiiiiiiy
22.¤xc3 £e8 23.b3² Adams − 20...d5!?
Svidler, New Delhi 2000. Chess programs don't see such
9...a6 10.¥c4 b5 11.¥b3 moves. Black gains a strong initiative
White didn't gain any advantage in for a pawn.
the following game: 11.¥d5 ¦b8 21.exd5 f5 22.¦d1
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32.¤d2 £d5 33.£c4 ¦f5 34.£c2
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CT-242, 7th July 2001
The 29th Annual World Standing after the 6th round:

Open Starts in 1. Agrest – 5 points
2-3. Barkhagen, Brynell – 4
Philadelphia! 4-6. Berg, Hector, Carlsson – 3½
7. Cramling – 3
8-11. Karlsson, Olsson, Wedberg
Akesson – 2½
he famous 29th Annual 12-13. Hillarp Persson, Couso – 2
T Philadelphia World Open is in

progress. For me it has a very
tricky system (maybe because I have not
14. Eriksson – 1½
Pairing for the 7th round:

played in America yet), with many Brynell – Hillarp Persson
sections and something so called Hector – Barkhagen
schedule in the main, open, section. Olsson - Berg
Eriksson – Karlsson
7-Day Schedule with GM Jan Ehlvest, Agrest – Cramling
Boris Gulko, Fabian Doettling and Åkesson – Wedberg
others. Carlsson – Couso
1-2. Doettling, V. Gaprindashvili – 3
points out of 3 All games were drawn in the 4th round of
3-11. Gulko, Ehlvest, Donaldson, the 14th Milan Vidmar Memorial accept
Vovsha, Hebert, Braylovsky, Nakamura, one, the game Crisan-Pavasovic. You
Nsubuga, Formanek – 2½ etc. can easily guess what the result was.
2-Weekend Schedule Results of the 4th round:

1. Kudrin – 3½ points out of 4 Crisan – Pavasovic 0:1
2-4. Stripunsky, Blatny, Rohde – 3 etc. Gelfand – Beliavsky ½:½
Macieja – Mohr ½:½
5-Day Schedule Volokitin – Mikhalchishin ½:½
Now 22 players have 2 points out of 2. Kozul – Sermek ½:½
Also see our annotated game section for Standing after the 4th round:
Doettling - Mascarinas 1. Volokitin – 3½ points
2. Gelfand – 3
Evgeni Agrest strengthened his lead 3-5. Beliavsky, Kozul, Pavasovic – 2½
with another victory in the 6th round of 6. Mikhalchishin – 2
the Swedish Championships in 7-8. Mohr, Macieja – 1½
Linkoping. 9. Sermek – 1
10. Crisan – 0
Results of the 6th round:
Karlsson – Olsson 1:0 Pairing for the 5th round:
Berg – Hector 0:1 Sermek – Crisan
Barkhagen – Brynell ½:½ Mikhalchishin – Kozul
Couso – Åkesson 1:0 Mohr – Volokitin
Wedberg – Agrest 0:1 Beliavsky – Macieja
Cramling – Eriksson Pavasovic – Gelfand
Hillarp Persson – Carlsson 0:1

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Boris Avrukh and Antoaneta 12.c3 e6 13.¦fe1 g5 14.¥g3 ¥e7

Stefanova are leading after the 7th round 15.h3² Huebner − Glinke, Berlin
of Andorra open. 1999.
6.£xd2 g6 7.e3 a6 8.¥e2 ¥g7 9.a4!
1-2. Avrukh, Stefanova – 6 points It's clear that the b5 pawn is a very
3-7. Psakhis, Rotstein, Rausis, Lopez good target for attack.
Martinez, Gyimesi – 5½ etc. 9...c6
With the Bishop on b7 and the
¤¤¤ Knight still on b8 this is a rather sad
Annotated Game move.
F. Doettling (2587) − R. Mascarinas 10.0-0 0-0 11.axb5!?
(2327) A concrete approach: White
Open − 7 Day Philadelphia (2), activates his opponent's Bishop on
03.07.2001 A46 b7, but creates a weak pawn on a6.
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 11...cxb5
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 b5!? (D) Black can't take with the a−pawn in
view of 11...axb5 12.¦xa8 ¥xa8
XIIIIIIIIY 13.¦a1 ¥b7 14.£a5!? £xa5 15.¦xa5
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 ¦e8 16.¦a7± with a very difficult
9zp-zppzppzpp0 ending.
12.¦a2 d5 13.¦fa1 ¤c6 (D)
9-+-+-sn-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+-+-+-0 9r+-wq-trk+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9+l+-zppvlp0
9+-+-+N+-0 9p+n+-+p+0
9PzPP+PzPPzP0 9+p+p+-+-0
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 9-+-zP-+-vL0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-zPN+-0
Of course this is quite a playable
move and in fact it's rather often 9RzPPwQLzPPzP0
employed, especially in open 9tR-+-+-mK-0
tournaments. But it has one big
minus: Black shows his plans too xiiiiiiiiy
early, at least earlier than his 14.¤e1!
opponent. The Knight is going to c5.
3.¥g5 ¤e4 14...£b6 15.¤d3 ¦fe8 16.¤c5 ¥c8
An admirer of this system, the 17.b4!
Yugoslavian Ljubomir Ljubojevic, First White fixes the Black pawns on
sometimes leaves his Knight on f6, the queenside and after that attacks
allowing the exchange, doubling the a−pawn.
Black's pawns, for example: 3...¥b7 17...e5!?
4.¤bd2 a6 5.a4 d6 6.¥xf6 gxf6 Black tries to find any counterplay in
7.axb5 axb5 8.¦xa8 ¥xa8 9.e4 c6 the center, but without success.
10.¥d3 ¤d7 11.0-0 e6 12.£a1 ¥e7 18.c3 ¦a7 19.¥f3!?
13.£a7 0-0 14.¦a1² Karpov − Another technical move − White
Ljubojevic, Monaco 1994. asks his opponent if he wants to
4.¥h4 ¥b7 5.¤bd2 ¤xd2 completely open the center.
5...d6 6.e3 ¤xd2 7.£xd2 c6 8.a4 19...e4 20.¥e2 ¥f8 21.¦a3
£b6 9.¥e2 h6 10.0-0 a6 11.e4!? ¤d7 Preparing for £a2 or ¦1a2 and
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35.g4 g5 (D)
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36.f3!
The final accurate move. Black
resigned. White played this game
with flawless technique. 1-0.
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CT-243, 8th July 2001
th Standing after the 5th round:

16 North Sea Cup 1-6. Ehlvest, Goldin, Shulman, Finegold,
Starts in Esbjerg, Gruenfeld, Young – 4½ points
7-20. Smirin, Gulko, Onischuk,
Denmark Wojtkiewicz, Yudasin, Stripunsky,
Benjamin, Blatny, Doettling, Garcia,
T he traditional, 16th North Sea

Cup started in Esbjerg, Denmark.
It's a category 14 event with an
average Elo of 2586.
Vovsha, Ardaman, Ariel, Pixton – 4 etc.
Pairing for the 6th round:

Ehlvest – Finegold
Goldin – Gruenfeld
Results of the 1st round: Young – Shulman
Curt Hansen – Emil Sutovsky ½:½ Smirin – Blatny
Luke McShane – Igor-Alexandre Nataf Garcia – Onischuk
½:½ Doettling – Wojtkiewicz
Eduardas Rozentalis – Jonathan Vovsha – Yudasin
Speelman ½:½ Stripunsky – Ardaman
Erik van den Doel – Lars Schandorff Pixton – Benjamin
½:½ Kudrin – Ariel
Peter Heine Nielsen – Alexander
Rustemov 0:1 See our annotated game section for
J. Ehlvest - Nakamura.
Results of the 2nd round
Hansen – McShane 0:1 Yesterday the 7th of July was a free day
at the Swedish Championship. The 7th
Schandorff – Nielsen ½:½ round will play today.
Speelman – van den Doel ½:½
Nataf – Rozentalis ½:½ Thanks to Alexandru Crisan there is
Sutovsky – Rustemov ½:½ always at least one decisive game at the
14th Milan Vidmar Memorial. But in
Standing after the 2nd round: the 5th round there were two: Bartolomiej
1-2. McShane, Rustemov – 1½ points Macieja also lost to Alexander
3-8. Rozentalis, van den Doel, Beliavsky.
Schandorff, Speelman, Nataf, Sutovsky 1
9-10. Hansen, Nielsen – ½ Results of the 5th round:
Sermek – Crisan 1:0
Pairing for the 3rd round: Mikhalchishin – Kozul ½:½
McShane – Sutovsky Mohr – Volokitin ½:½
Rozentalis – Hansen Beliavsky – Macieja 1:0
van den Doel – Nataf Pavasovic – Gelfand ½:½
Nielsen – Speelman
Rustemov – Schandorff Standing after the 5th round:
1. Volokitin – 4 points
All schedules have merged now at the 2-3. Beliavsky, Gelfand – 3½
Philadelphia World open. Six players 4-5. Kozul, Pavasovic – 3
are leading with 4½ points out of 5 and 6. Mikhalchishin – 2½
there are 4 more rounds. 7-8. Mohr, Sermek – 2
9. Macieja – 1½
10. Crisan – 0
CT-243 Page 1 of 3
12...¤e5 13.¤c1 ¤h5 14.¥e2 f5

th
Pairing for the 6 round: 15.f4 ¤g4 16.¥xg4 £h4+ 17.£f2
Crisan – Gelfand £xg4 18.h3 £g3„ Mestel −
Macieja – Pavasovic McShane, ch England 2000.
Volokitin – Beliavsky 9.¥e3 exd5 10.cxd5 ¤bd7 11.£d2
Kozul – Mohr Another line is 11.¤g3 ¤e5 12.¥e2
Sermek – Mikhalchishin h5 13.0-0 ¤h7 14.£d2 h4 15.¤h1 g5
16.f4 gxf4 17.¥xf4 £f6 18.¤f2 £g6
4-5. Kozul, Pavasovic – 3 19.¢h1 ¥d7² Ibragimov − Zulfugarli,
6. Mikhalchishin – 2½ Linares 2001. 11...¤e5 12.¤g3 h5
7-8. Mohr, Sermek – 2 13.¥g5 h4!?
9. Macieja – 1½ Black is better developed and,
10. Crisan – 0 therefore, it makes it easier to find
complications.
Pairing for the 6th round: 14.¤ge2
Crisan – Gelfand White, of course, avoids them.
Macieja – Pavasovic 14.¥xh4?! ¤xe4 15.¤cxe4 (15.£f4
Volokitin – Beliavsky ¥f6!?) 15...£xh4 16.¤xd6 f5!?©
Kozul – Mohr (16...¥h6!?; 16...¦d8!?)
Sermek – Mikhalchishin 14...h3
14...£a5!?
¤¤¤
15.¤g3 hxg2
Annotated Game Now White can easily complete his
J. Ehlvest (2703) − H. Nakamura development, but what else is there
(2412) [A65] to do? If 15...a6 than 16.f4; a move
Open − 7 Day Philadelphia (4), like 15...b5 is simple to recommend,
05.07.2001 A65 but difficult to play (Black hardly has
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky enough compensation for the pawn).
1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 ¥g7 16.¥xg2 b5 (D)
5.f3 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9r+lwq-trk+0
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 9zp-+-+pvl-0
9zppzp-zppvlp0 9-+-zp-snp+0
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9-+PzPP+-+0 9+-sN-+PsN-0
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9PzP-+-+PzP0 9tR-+-mK-+R0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy The pawn sacrifice is more
The Saemisch system is the most reasonable now because now the
popular answer in the whole history Knight on e5 controls the very
of King's Indian defence, even important squares c4 and d3.
though last year, more fashionable 17.0-0
was 5.¤f3. Too risky is 17.¤xb5?! for example:
5...0-0 6.¤ge2 c5 7.d5 e6 8.¥g5 17...¦b8 18.a4 a6 19.¤a3 ¦xb2!
Sometimes Black takes on d5 17...£b6 18.b3 ¦e8 19.¢h1 ¤h7
immediately, for example: 20.¥h6 ¥h8 21.¥e3 £a5 22.¦ac1
8...h6 Ehlvest plays very solidly. He has a
8...exd5 9.cxd5 ¤bd7 10.£d2 a6 strong pawn center and a space
11.a4 h6 12.¥e3 (12.¥xh6 ¤xe4 advantage and he doesn't begin any
13.¤xe4 £h4+ 14.g3 £xh6„) complications before completing his
CT-243 Page 2 of 3
development. But Black can't wait, he Black has an extra Rook, but White
has to play actively, because has more pieces on the King side in
strategically his position is rather the attack.
doubtful. 33...¤g4!? 34.g7! ¤ge5 35.¤h6+
22...¥a6 23.f4 ¤d3!? (D) Jan Ehlvest played this game very
XIIIIIIIIY solidly and at the same time quite
9r+-+r+kvl0 energetically − A winning
9zp-+-+p+n0 combination! 35.¤h6+ ¢h7 36.¥e4+
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CT-244, 9th July 2001
Ehlvest – Kriventsov
Sutovsky And Stripunsky – Gaprindishvili
Rustemov Share Lead Kaufaman – Chernin
Braylovsky – A. Ivanov
In Esbjerg Kudrin – Tate
Le Siege – Nakamura
T he 2001 European
Champion GM Emil
Sutovsky beat one of
the leaders Luke McShane in
Evgenij Agrest has
strengthened his lead in
the Swedish
the 3rd round of 16th North championship after a
Sea Cup and has the share of new victory; this time
first place with Rustemov. over Pia Cramling with
White.
Results of the 3rd round:
McShane – Sutovsky 0:1 Sutovsky Results of the 7th round:
Rozentalis – Hansen ½:½ Brynell – Hillarp
van den Doel – Nataf ½:½ Persson ½:½
Nielsen – Speelman 1:0 Hector – Barkhagen 0:1
Rustemov – Schandorff ½:½ Olsson – Berg ½:½
Eriksson – Karlsson 0:1
Standing after the 3rd round: Agrest – Cramling 1:0
1-2. Rustemov, Sutovsky – 2 points Åkesson – Wedberg 0:1
3-8. McShane, Rozentalis, van den Doel, Carlsson – Couso ½:½
Schandorff, Nielsen, Nataf – 1½
9-10. Hansen, Speelman – 1 Standing after the 7th round:
1. Agrest – 6 points
Also see our annotated game 2. Barkhagen – 5
section for Nielsen-Speelman Nielsen (White) to play 3. Brynell – 4½
From our Annotated game 4. Berg – 4
Three GMs are leading after 43. .. ¦xc7 5-8. Hector, Hillarp
the 7th round of the Loses immediately... Persson, Karlsson,
Philadelphia World open. XIIIIIIIIY Wedberg – 3½
9-+l+-+Q+0 9-11. Cramling, Olsson,
Standing after the 7th round: 9zp-tr-+-+-0 Carlsson – 3
1-3. Onischuk, Shulman, 9-+-+q+-zp0 12-13. Akesson, Couso
Finegold – 6 points 9+-+-+-+k0 – 2½
4-12. Smirin, Yudasin, 9-+-vLpzp-+0 14. Eriksson – 1½
Goldin, Hodgson, Benjamin, 9zP-+-+-+P0
Gruenfeld, Doettling, Ashley, 9-+-+-+P+0 Pairing for the 8th
Zaitshik – 5½ etc. 9+-tR-+-mK-0 round:
xiiiiiiiiy Karlsson – Agrest
Pairing for the 8th round: 44. ? Berg – Eriksson
Shulman – Onischuk Barkhagen – Olsson
Smirin – Finegold Brynell – Hector
Gruenfeld – Yudasin Wedberg – Carlsson
Ashley – Goldin Cramling – Åkesson
Doettling – Hodgson Hillarp Persson – Couso
Benjamin – Zaitshik
CT-244 Page 1 of 4
The young hero at the start of the 14th XIIIIIIIIY

Milan Vidmar Memorial, Andrei
Volokitin, lost to the very experienced
9rsn-wqk+-tr0
and strong Alexander Beliavsky in the 6th 9zplzpp+pzpp0
round. Beliavsky now shares first place 9-zp-+psn-+0
with Boris Gelfand, Volokitin is clear 9+-+-+-+-0
third. Poor Crisan played yesterday as
usual. 9-+PzP-+-+0
9zP-+-zPN+-0
Results of the 6th round: 9-zP-wQ-zPPzP0
Crisan – Gelfand 0:1
Macieja – Pavasovic ½:½ 9tR-vL-mKL+R0
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Kozul – Mohr ½:½ 7...d6
Sermek – Mikhalchishin ½:½ The main alternative for Black is a
plan with d7−d5 instead of d7−d6, for
Standing after the 6th round: example: 7...0-0 8.¥e2 ¤e4 9.£d3
1-2. Beliavsky, Gelfand – 4½ points d5 10.b3 a5 11.0-0 a4 12.b4 ¤d6!
3. Volokitin – 4 13.c5 ¥a6 14.£c2 ¥xe2 15.£xe2
4-5. Kozul, Pavasovic – 3½ ¤c4 16.e4 ¤c6 17.e5 f5 18.¥f4 h6
6. Mikhalchishin – 3 19.h4 £e8= Gershon − Macieja,
7-8. Mohr, Sermek – 2½ Bermuda 2001.
9. Macieja – 2 8.¥e2 ¤bd7 9.b4 0-0
10. Crisan – 0 9...a5 10.¥b2 axb4 11.axb4 ¦xa1+
12.¥xa1 £a8 13.0-0 0-0 14.¥b2 ¥e4
Pairing for the 7th round: 15.¦a1 £b7 16.¤e1 d5 17.f3 ¥g6
Mikhalchishin – Crisan 18.cxd5 exd5 19.¥a6 £c6 20.¦c1
Mohr – Sermek £d6 21.¥b5² Heinbuch −
Beliavsky – Kozul Horstmann, Bundesliga 1988/89.
Pavasovic – Volokitin 10.¥b2 ¤e4 11.£c2 f5 12.0-0 ¦f6
Gelfand – Macieja A quite aggressive move, more solid
is 12...£e7!?− for example: 13.d5
Boris Avrukh, Antoaneta Stefanova exd5 14.¦ad1 c5 15.cxd5 a5 16.¥c4
and Arkadij Rotstein are leading with ¢h8 17.£e2 axb4 18.axb4 ¦a4
6½ points out of 8 before the last round 19.bxc5 bxc5 20.¦a1 ¦fa8„ I.
of the Andorra open. Sokolov − Adams, Cap d'Agde 1996.
13.d5 e5?! (D)
4-11 - Khenkin, Psakhis, Gyimesi, XIIIIIIIIY
Mikhalevski, Campora, Rausis, Lopez
Martinez, Andres Gonzalez – 6 etc. 9r+-wq-+k+0
9zplzpn+-zpp0
¤¤¤
9-zp-zp-tr-+0
Annotated Game 9+-+Pzpp+-0
P. Nielsen (2593) − J. Speelman
(2603) 9-zPP+n+-+0
16th North Sea Cup Esbjerg DEN (3), 9zP-+-zPN+-0
08.07.2001 E14 9-vLQ+LzPPzP0
1.d4 e6 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.c4 ¥b4+
9tR-+-+RmK-0
The Bogoljubov defence. xiiiiiiiiy
4.¤bd2 b6 5.a3 ¥xd2+ 6.£xd2 ¥b7 This is all a theory but for me I don't
7.e3 (D) like this move in view of a very strong
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reply by White. Maybe better is 30.¥d6 £e6 31.£c5 (D)

13...¦g6 14.¤e1 £g5 15.f4 £e7 XIIIIIIIIY
16.¤f3 c5 17.dxc6 ¥xc6 18.¤d4 ¥b7
19.¥f3 ¦c8 20.¦ac1 a6 21.£d3
9-+r+-+k+0
¤df6÷ Sarno − Smyslov, Roma 9zp-zPl+r+p0
1990.; 13...¦h6!? 9-+-vLq+p+0
14.¤h4! 9+-wQ-+p+-0
White threatens to capture on f5.
14...g6 15.f3 ¤g5 16.f4 ¤e4 17.¤f3 9-+-+p+-+0
¦f8 9zP-+-zP-+-0
This is a novelty − compare to: 9-+-+-+PzP0
17...£e7 18.¥d3 b5 19.cxb5 ¥xd5
20.£xc7 ¦ff8 21.¦ac1 exf4 22.exf4 9+-+R+RmK-0
¦fc8 23.£xc8+ ¦xc8 24.¦xc8+ ¤f8 xiiiiiiiiy
25.¥d4± Belotti − Ceresoli, Italy Now White has a very big
1993. Maybe Speelman wasn't aware advantage thanks to the pawn on c7
of this game? and the weak dark squares in his
18.fxe5 ¤xe5 19.¤xe5 dxe5 opponent's camp. With opposite
20.¥d3!? colored Bishops White can easily
Also not bad was 20.¥xe5 ¦e8 mount a strong attack.
21.¥d4 c6 and Black has only small 31...h6 32.¦b1 ¢h7 33.¦b8 g5
compensation for the pawn. 34.¥e5 £a6 35.h3
20...£g5 21.¦ae1 c6 (D) A useful prophylactic move ,
XIIIIIIIIY especially if White hasn't much time.
35...£d3 36.¥d4 £a6 37.£e5
9r+-+-trk+0 The Bishop and Queen battery is
9zpl+-+-+p0 ready.
9-zpp+-+p+0 37...£e6 38.¦d1 f4
9+-+Pzppwq-0 38...£xe5 39.¥xe5 ¥e6 40.¦xc8
¥xc8 41.¦d8+−
9-zPP+n+-+0 39.¦xc8 ¥xc8 40.£h8+ ¢g6 41.exf4
9zP-+LzP-+-0 gxf4 42.£g8+ ¢h5 43.¦c1 ¦xc7 (D)
9-vLQ+-+PzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-tRRmK-0 9-+l+-+Q+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zp-tr-+-+-0
22.c5!? 9-+-+q+-zp0
Very interesting, though the simple 9+-+-+-+k0
22. ¥xe4 was perhaps stronger.
22...bxc5 23.bxc5 cxd5 24.c6 9-+-vLpzp-+0
This is the point: for the sacrificed 9zP-+-+-+P0
pawn White now has a strong passed 9-+-+-+P+0
pawn and has disconnected the
enemy's Rooks (after the forced 9+-tR-+-mK-0
move: Bb7−c8). xiiiiiiiiy
24...¥c8 25.¥xe4 dxe4 Loses immediately, but in any case
25...fxe4 26.¦xf8+ ¢xf8 27.£c5+ Black's position is hopeless − his
£e7 28.£xd5+− King is not defendable.
26.£c4+ ¦f7 27.c7!? 44.£g4+! 1-0.
27.¥xe5
27...¥d7 28.¦d1 £e7 29.¥xe5 ¦c8
29...£xe5? 30.¦xd7 £e8 31.¦fd1+−
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CT-245, 10th July 2001
Lucky for some! ¤¤¤
Alexander Goldin won the Philadelphia
I
n our June Chess Today Lottery the
winner was Michel Briet, who will World open for the second time (his first
receive a copy of John Nunn's book was in 1998). He shared first with six
'Understanding Chess Move by Move'. other participants but very convincingly
We would like to remind all our readers won the blitz play-off.
that every month we have a lottery
among CT subscribers with a book prize. Final standing:
In July the prize will be another of 1-7. Goldin, Smirin, Onischuk, Yudasin,
Nunn's book - 'Secrets of Practical Chess' Shulman, Benjamin, A. Ivanov – 7 points
- you can be the lucky winner!" out of 9
8-20. Hodgson, Stripunsky, Chernin,
¤¤¤ Gruenfeld, Finegold, Fedorovich, Blatny,
Doettling, Zaitshik, Vovsha, Kriventsov,
As many of our readers probably know, Tate, Rogers – 6½ etc.
in 3 days a very strong tournament will
start in Dortmund. Probably it will be the See also our annotated game section
strongest event of this year - with
Kramnik, Anand, Morozevich, Adams, Another open has just finished in Europe,
Leko and Topalov playing in a double- in Andorra.
round tournament. Alexander Baburin Final standing:
will be there for the second half of the 1-5. Avrukh, Stefanova, Rotstein,
tournament, so if you would like to ask Campora, Mikhalevski – 7 points out of
those players a question, please send 9
your enquiries to ababurin@iol.ie. As 6-12. Khenkin, Psakhis, Gyimesi, Rausis,
you may remember, a while ago we Lopez Martinez, Marin, Narciso Dublan
invited you to send questions for – 6½ etc.
Vladimir Kramnik. We are pleased to let
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Moscow recently and will be published matter, where are you living - in Russia,
in CT soon. in Moscow or in Cheliabinsk, – if you
want to know anything about the 6th
¤¤¤ Stage of the Russian Cup in Tomsk, you
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Meanwhile we would like to offer you a
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Dortmund and send your prediction to of 9
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Results of the 8th round: (who never played chess) is a “master”

Karlsson – Agrest ½:½ too, and some of the workers of his own
Berg – Eriksson 1:0 firm (all very far from being interested in
Barkhagen – Olsson 1:0 chess) have very high Elos too. His
Brynell – Hector 1:0 nickname is Akhromeev. He said to
Wedberg – Carlsson ½:½ Yagupov that he wants and will have an
Cramling – Åkesson ½:½ Elo above 2700 and for this goal he can
Hillarp Persson – Couso ½:½ “arrange” an Elo (if it will help him)
even for his dog and cat! What for? I
Standing after the 8th round: don’t know, I can’t understand such
1. Agrest – 6½ points “chessplayers”.
2. Barkhagen – 6
3. Brynell – 5½ You can ask where the Russian Chess
4. Berg – 5 Federation was looking but that's another
5-7. Hillarp Persson, Karlsson, Wedberg (thou also sad) story…
–4
8-10. Hector, Cramling, Carlsson – 3½ Now let’s come back in Portoroz. There
11-13. Akesson, Olsson, Couso – 3 is the same situation like in Sweden –
14. Eriksson – 1½ clear first-fourth places!
Pairing for the 9th round: Results of the 7th round:

Hector – Hillarp Persson Mikhalchishin – Crisan ½:½
Olsson – Brynell Mohr – Sermek ½:½
Eriksson – Barkhagen Beliavsky – Kozul 1:0
Agrest – Berg Pavasovic – Volokitin ½:½
Åkesson – Karlsson Gelfand – Macieja ½:½
Carlsson – Cramling
Couso – Wedberg Standing after the 7th round:
1. Beliavsky – 5½ points
Alexandru Crisan became the hero of the 2. Gelfand – 5
7th round of the 14th Milan Vidmar 3. Volokitin – 4½
Memorial – he made a draw! I can find 4. Pavasovic – 4
only one possible explanation: because 5-6. Kozul, Mikhalchishin – 3½
his opponent Adrian Mikhalchishin had 7-8. Mohr, Sermek – 3
drawn all his previous games, he didn’t 9. Macieja – 2½
want to break his series! ☺ 10. Crisan – ½
As you remember, Crisan became well Pairing for the 8th round:
known in the chess World after his Elo- Crisan – Macieja
scandal, when his rating rose in a Volokitin – Gelfand
“mysterious” way to 2635 (Crisan “won” Kozul – Pavasovic
some very strange matches with crushing Sermek – Beliavsky
scores and didn’t play in other events). Mikhalchishin – Mohr
It might seem quite fun but it’s also a bit The Belgian Championships starting this
sad in reality. Only yesterday I had heard weekend (round-robin system, 10
from IM Igor Yagupov about a new participants).
“Russian Crisan” from Tula. Really he Starting after the 2nd round:
has first category (rating approximately 1-2. Chuchelov, M. Gurevich – 2 points
1800) but now he is an “international 3-6. P. Claesen, Dgebuadze, Cekro,
master” with Elo greater than 2500 and Dutreeuw – 1
in September he will be GM. His driver
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7-10. J. Claesen, Meessen, Van XIIIIIIIIY

Mechelen, Winants – ½ 9-wqr+rvlk+0
9+l+n+pzpp0
We can say the same about the Scottish 9pzp-zppsn-+0
Championships but it contained 14 9+-+-+-+-0
players and will be played as a Swiss 9-+PsNPzP-+0
system, 9 rounds (?!). 9+PsN-+-zP-0
Standing after the 2nd round: 9PvL-+-+LzP0
1. Motwani – 2 points 9+-tRQtR-mK-0
2-4. Shaw, McNab, Bryson – 1½ etc. xiiiiiiiiy
Black has a very strong, if a little
passive, position and is waiting for
¤¤¤ White's premature activity. And here it is!
19.f5?!
Annotated Game Straight onto Black's prickles
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 19...exf5!
J Bonin (2448) − A Goldin (2684) Black shows that he's well prepared for
Open − 5 Day Philadelphia (3), the following complications. Of course,
05.07.2001 E15 after 19...e5 20.Nc2 White has small but
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 long−time advantage.
5.Nbd2 20.Nxf5 g6 21.Ne3?!
XIIIIIIIIY Maybe better was the less ambitious
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 21.Nd4 but Knight would like to occupy
9zp-zpp+pzpp0 d5−square.
9lzp-+psn-+0 21...Bg7
9+-+-+-+-0 21...Nxe4?? 22.Nxe4 Bxe4 23.Qd4+−
9-+PzP-+-+0 22.Qd2?
9+-+-+NzP-0 After that Black can capture a pawn.
9PzP-sNPzP-zP0 Reasonable continuations were 22.Ned5
b5!?; or 22.Bh3!?
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-wqr+r+k+0
This move leads to a more animated
struggle, than 5.b3 9+-+n+pvlp0
5...Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9pzp-zp-snp+0
Useful − Black wants to drive away the 9+-+-+-+-0
enemy Knight from the centre. 9-+P+l+-+0
9.N4b3 Be7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Re1 d6 9+PsN-sN-zP-0
12.Nd4 Nbd7 13.b3 a6 9PvL-wQ-+LzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-tR-tR-mK-0
9r+-+k+-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+lwqnvlpzpp0 22...Bxe4!
9pzp-zppsn-+0 It looks like Black was waiting only
9+-+-+-+-0 22...Nxe4?! 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 (23...Bxb2
9-+PsNP+-+0 24.Qxb2 Bxe4 25.Ng4! h5 26.Nh6+ Kh7
9+P+-+-zP-0 27.Nxf7+−) 24.Bxg7 Bxg2 25.Bb2! with
9P+-sN-zPLzP0 strong attack on dark squares.
23.Ba3
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 A better chance to continue the game.
xiiiiiiiiy 23...Nc5 24.b4 Ncd7 25.b5 Bxg2
A hedgehog structure is ready. 26.Bxd6 Qa8 27.Qxg2 axb5 28.Qxa8
14.Bb2 0-0 15.Rc1 Rac8 16.Nb1 Rxa8 29.cxb5 Ne5
All White's pieces are placed well An endgame is better for Black in view
except the Knight on d2. It's going to c3. of the activity of all his pieces, especially
16...Qb8 17.Nc3 Rfe8 18.f4 Bf8 the a8 Rook and the g7 Bishop, while

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9-zp-+-snp+0 Editors:
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9-+N+-+-+0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9+-sN-+-zP-0 Technical editors:
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Last mistake − now White is losing by intellectual property under the
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32...Rxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rc8 34.Ne4 Nxe4 unauthorized reproduction, via print,
35.Rxe4 f5 36.Rf4 g5!
36...Bh6?! 37.Rh4
37.Nxb6 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
37.Rxf5 Rxc4 38.Rxg5+ Bg7-+ express written permission.
37...Rc1+ 38.Rf1 Bc5+
It's a point
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CT-246, 11th July 2001
Beliavsky leads Results of the 9th round:

going into 9th Hector – Hillarp Persson
1:0
round Olsson – Brynell 0:1
Eriksson – Barkhagen ½:½
Agrest – Berg ½:½
A
lexander Beliavsky
kept sole lead after Åkesson – Karlsson 0:1
the 8th of the 9 Carlsson – Cramling ½:½
rounds of the 14th Milan Couso – Wedberg 0:1
Vidmar Memorial. On the
last day he will play against Beliavsky Standing after the 9th
his old friend and second round:
Adrian Mikhalchishin and a draw looks 1. Agrest – 7 points
the most probable result (especially 2-3. Barkhagen, Brynell – 6½
because Adrian has drawn all his 8 4. Berg – 5½
games!). And if Alexander’s main rival 5-6. Karlsson, Wedberg – 5
Boris Gelfand wins with White vs. 7. Hector – 4½
Zdenko Kozhul he’ll share first place. 8-10. Cramling, Hillarp Persson,
But let’s wait a little… Carlsson – 4
11-13. Akesson, Olsson, Couso – 3
Results of the 8th round: 14. Eriksson – 2
Crisan – Macieja 0:1
Volokitin – Gelfand ½:½ Pairing for the 10th round:
Kozul – Pavasovic 1:0 Karlsson – Carlsson
Sermek – Beliavsky ½:½ Berg – Åkesson
Mikhalchishin – Mohr ½:½ Barkhagen – Agrest
Brynell – Eriksson
Standing after the 8th round: Hector – Olsson
1. Beliavsky – 6 points Cramling – Couso
2. Gelfand – 5½ Hillarp Persson – Wedberg
3. Volokitin – 5
4. Kozul – 4½ Also see our annotated game section
5-6. Pavasovic, Mikhalchishin – 4
7-9. Mohr, Sermek, Macieja – 3½ All is very quiet at the North Sea: one
10. Crisan – ½ decisive game each round, three leaders
have plus one each… Nord Ost, where
Pairing for the 9th round: are you?!
Mohr – Crisan
Beliavsky – Mikhalchishin Results of the 4th round:
Pavasovic – Sermek Sutovsky – Schandorff ½:½
Gelfand – Kozul McShane – Rozentalis ½:½
Macieja – Volokitin Hansen – Van den Doel ½:½
Speelman – Rustemov ½:½
Today there is a very important game Nataf – Nielsen 0:1
Barkhagen – Agrest in the 10th round of
the Swedish Championships: Agrest is Standing after the 4th round:
leader, Barkhagen has a half point less 1-3. Rustemov, Sutovsky, Nielsen – 2½
and the White pieces. points

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4-7. McShane, Rozentalis, van den Doel, usually plays in a very solid positional
Schandorff – 2 way while Pia Cramling prefers more
8-10. Hansen, Speelman, Nataf – 1½ emotional, instinctive chess.
1.c4 e5 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.d3
The Belgian Championships, starting More often White plays 4.g3
4...d5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.g3 ¥e7 7.¥g2
after the 3rd round:
¥e6 8.0-0 £d7?!
1. M. Gurevich – 3 points XIIIIIIIIY
2. Chuchelov – 2½ 9r+-+k+-tr0
3. Dgebuadze
9zppzpqvlpzpp0
4-5. P. Claesen, Winants – 1½ etc.
9-+n+l+-+0
9+-+nzp-+-0
The Scottish Championships, standing
9-+-+-+-+0
after the 3rd round:
1. Motwani – 2½ points
9+-sNP+NzP-0
2-7. Rowson, Shaw, Arakhamia-Grant,
9PzP-+PzPLzP0
McNab, Bryson, Norris – 2 etc.
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
I think better is 8...0-0 for example:
The IV Mercosur Cup has finished in
9.¥d2 £d7 10.a3 f6 11.¦c1 ¤xc3
Argentina. It was won easily by the 12.¥xc3 a5 13.¤d2 a4 14.¤e4 ¥d5
computer program Chess Tiger – 8 15.¥d2 ¤d4 16.¥b4 ¦fd8 17.¥xe7 £xe7
victories and only 3 draws, without loses. Serper − Tal, Ch USSR, Moscow 1991.
Final standing: After the text move White can receive
1. CHESS TIGER – 9 ½ points out of 11 the two Bishops' advantage.
2-3. Slipak, Valerga – 7½ 9.¤g5! ¥xg5
4-5. Ricardi, Hoffman – 6½ Black can avoid this exchange:
6-8. Limp, Scarella, Panno – 5 etc. 9...¤xc3 10.bxc3 ¥d5 11.e4!? ¥e6
12.¤xe6 £xe6 13.d4²
Information from the new, #348 TWIC: 10.¥xg5 h5!?
In one old game there was played
An Open Chess Championship for
10...f6 11.¥e3!? ¤xe3 12.fxe3 ¥h3
countries of the Black Sea region took 13.¥xh3 £xh3 14.¤e4 0-0-0 15.¦c1 h5
place in Batumi, Georgia. 95 players 16.£a4 h4 17.¤f2 £d7 18.g4 ¢b8
from Georgia , Armenia, Azerbaijan, 19.¦c4 Uhlman − Golz, Drezden 1959.
Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia competed. But Pia tries to attack her opponent's
Final standing: King straight after the opening.
1. Supatashvili – 7½ points out of 9 11.¤e4 b6
2-4. Yegiazarian, Gelashvili, protecting the c5−square
Aleksandrov – 7 12.¦c1 ¦c8 13.¥d2
5-7. Mamedyarov, Mchedlishvili, With the idea Ng5, exchanging another
Chibukhchian – 6½ Bishop too.
13...f6 14.¦e1
8-17. Izoria, Zhukova, Gagunashvili,
It's a prophylactic against to move Bh3
Bayramov, Aroshidze, Ara Minasian, with exchange of light−square Bishops.
Shalamberidze, R. Mamedov, Shanava, 14...¤ce7 15.b4
Gurieli – 6 etc. Of course White doesn't allow c7−c5,
and Black has a very strong position in
¤¤¤ the centre.
Annotated Game 15...h4 16.a3 hxg3 17.fxg3
E Agrest (2529) − P Cramling (2510) White has to have a half−open f−file to
Swedish Ch 2001 Linkoping (7), 08.07.2001 counterbalance Black's pressure on the
A29 h−file. Also it will be easy to defend the
The following game is a rather h2−point along the second rank without
interesting clash of two styles, two the f2 pawn.
approaches to chess: Evgenij Agrest 17...¤f5 18.e3 ¤de7 19.¤f2

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First of all White strengthens the 28...c6 29.¦f4

fortresses. 28.¥h4 £d7 29.¥xe7?!
19...¤h6 20.£c2 ¤g4 21.¤xg4 ¥xg4 Maybe the simple 29.gxf5 ¤xf5 30.¥g5
XIIIIIIIIY was better.
9-+r+k+-tr0 29...£xe7 30.gxf5 ¦xf5 31.¦xf5 ¥xf5
9zp-zpqsn-zp-0 32.¦f1 g6
9-zp-+-zp-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+r+-+k+0
9-zP-+-+l+0 9zp-zp-wq-+-0
9zP-+PzP-zP-0 9-zp-+-+p+0
9-+QvL-+LzP0 9+-+-+l+-0
9+-tR-tR-mK-0 9-zP-zPp+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+-zP-+-0
22.d4! 9-+Q+-+LzP0
All is quiet near the White King, 9+-+-+RmK-0
therefore Agrest begins an offence in the xiiiiiiiiy
centre, where the enemy King has no
hiding place! White received a small but long−term
22...¥f5 advantage thanks to Black's weaknesses
It was too risky to take a pawn opening on e4 and c7.
all the central lines, for example: 33.£f2!?
22...exd4 23.exd4 £xd4+ 24.¥e3 An interesting idea especially
(24.¢h1 ¥h3 25.£g6+?! ¢f8 26.¦xe7? unpleasant in time trouble: White wants
¥xg2+) 24...£d7 25.¥b7 ¦b8 26.¥xb6!? to exploit the enemy King's position also.
¦xb7 27.¥c5 ¥e6 28.£e4 ¤d5 33...c5?! 34.£g3!
29.£xe6+ £xe6 30.¦xe6+ I think White With the simple threat Rxf5.
also has another good opportunities. 34...£c7?!
23.£b2 34...¢h7!? 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.d5!?ƒ
Now Black has to make his choice in 35.£g5 £g7?
the centre. It's a decisive mistake after which
23...e4 24.£c2 £d5 25.¦f1 ¥g6 White wins a pawn and soon the game.
26.¥e1!? 36.bxc5 bxc5 37.dxc5 £e5
A new prophylactic move, it's quite 37...¦xc5 38.¥xe4+−
unpleasant for Black because he hasn't 38.¥h3! 1-0
a lot of useful moves.
26...f5?! Recommended Web sites:
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CT-247, 12th July 2001
Beliavsky wins Milan The ELO-favourite of the Swedish

Championships Evgeny Agrest proves
Vidmar Memorial his superiority – today he beat one of his
rivals, Jonas Barkhagen, with the black
pieces and strengthened his lead. Stellan
A
lexander Beliavsky has won the
14th Milan Vidmar Memorial Brynell is clear second, a full point
which has just finished in behind the leader.
Portoroz, Slovenia. The top-seeded Boris
Gelfand was second and 14 year old Results of the 10th Round:
Andrey Volokitin came third, but this Barkhagen – Agrest 0:1
already does not seem to be something Brynell – Eriksson ½:½
extraordinary, we remember his excellent Berg – Åkesson 1:0
performance this year – Andrey beat his Hillarp Persson – Wedberg 0:1
famous compatriot Ruslan Ponomarev in Karlsson – Carlsson ½:½
the Lausanne Young Masters and P. Cramling – Couso 1:0
qualified for the World Championship Hector – Olsson 0:1
and the European Championship in
Macedonia. Standing after the 10th Round:
1. Agrest – 8 points
The third rated player of the tournament 2. Brynell – 7
Alexandru Crisan finished with half a 3-4. Berg, Barkhagen – 6½
point out of 9 games but it does not seem 5. Wedberg – 6
to be a big surprise too. In the last round 6. Karlsson – 5½
he lost a dead-drawn rook ending in 7. P. Cramling – 5
which any intelligent player with ELO- 8-9. Hector, Carlsson – 4½
rating higher than 2200 does not really 10-11. Hillarp Persson, Olsson – 4
need to watch on the board to make a 12-13. Åkesson, Couso – 3
draw – have a look at this in the game 14. Eriksson – 2½
section…
Results of the last 9th Round: Agrest – Brynell
Beliavsky – Mikhalchishin ½:½ Carlsson – Berg
Gelfand – Kozul ½:½ Åkesson – Barkhagen
Macieja – Volokitin ½:½ Wedberg – P. Cramling
Pavasovic – Sermek ½:½ Couso – Karlsson
Mohr – Crisan 1:0 Eriksson – Hector
Olsson – Hillarp Persson
Final standings:
1. Beliavsky – 6½ points ¤¤¤
2. Gelfand – 6
3. Volokitin – 5½ The 5th Round of the North Sea Cup in
4. Kozul – 5 Esbjerg, Denmark was no exception –
5-7. Pavasovic, Mikhalchishin, there was one decisive game and black
Mohr – 4½ won again! Luke McShane beat Erik
8-9. Sermek, Macieja – 4 van den Doel and joined the leaders.
10. Crisan – ½
Our congratulations to the winners! Rozentalis – Sutovsky ½:½
Van den Doel – McShane 0:1
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Nielsen – Hansen ½:½ players of the July rating list (!) are
Rustemov – Nataf ½:½ competing:
Schandorff – Speelman ½:½
1. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2802
Standing after the 5th Round: 2. Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2794
1-4. Rustemov, Sutovsky, P. H. 3. Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2749
Nielsen, 4. Michael Adams (ENG) 2744
McShane – 3 points 5. Peter Leko (HUN) 2730
5-6. Schandorff, Rozentalis – 2½ 6. Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2711
7-10. Hansen, Speelman, Nataf,
Van den Doel – 2 Pairings for the 1st Round:
Topalov – Kramnik
Pairings of the 6th Round: Morozevich – Anand
McShane – P. H. Nielsen Leko – Adams
Sutovsky – Speelman
C.Hansen – Rustemov Dortmund is a lucky place for Vladimir
Rozentalis – van den Doel Kramnik – he won this traditional
Nataf – Schandorff tournament 5 times (!) but the opposition
is quite impressive this year
¤¤¤
¤¤¤
Mikhail Gurevich keeps perfect score Strange Games Indeed
after the 4th Round of the Belgian GM Ruslan Scherbakov shows a nice
Championships, Vladimir Chuchelov is tactic from the Swedish Championships
half a point behind. and considers a very odd Grandmaster
game!
1. M.Gurevich – 4 points J Hector (2552) − A Olsson (2265)
2. Chuchelov – 3½ Swedish Ch 2001 Linkoping (10),
3. Dgebuadze – 3 11.07.2001
4. J. Claesen – 2 etc. XIIIIIIIIY
After the 4th Round of the Scottish 9-+-+-+k+0
Championships Jonathan Rowson took 9+-zpr+-+-0
the lead with 3 points. Tomorrow he 9-vl-+p+-zp0
faces Ketino Arakhamia-Grant, who is
one of 7 in the chasing pack. 9zp-+p+nzP-0
9P+-+-+-+0
Standings after the 4th Round: 9+-+p+-+-0
1. Rowson – 3 points
2-8. Arakhamia-Grant, Motwani, Shaw,
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McNab, Bryson, Norris, Mannion – 2½... 9tR-+-+R+K0
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¤¤¤ Black to play
Don’t forget – tomorrow the super- At the early stage of the game
tournament “Dortmund Sparkassen experienced Jonny Hector outplayed his
Chess Meeting 2001” opens in Germany. opponent but then he lost control,
Both World Champions – Vladimir probably being under time pressure.
Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand – Here Jonny Olsson finished the game
meet each other at the double round with a nice combination. Answer at end
of issue.
robin event in which the 2,3,4,5,7 and 9th
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G Mohr (2484) − A Crisan (2635)

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win here?!
56.¦a3 ¢f6 57.¦xe3 ¦a5
The pawn ending after 57...¦xe3+
wasn't too bad. newspaper to sample – with more readers
58.¦e4 ¢f5 the price will go down, while the quality
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59...¦a8 60.¦e7 ¦a2+ 61.¢g3 ¦a3
62.¦h7 ¦b3 63.¦h5+ ¢g6 64.¦a5 ¦c3 Editors:
65.¢g4 ¦c4+ 66.f4 ¦c6 67.¦g5+ ¢f6 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
68.¦h5 ¢g7 69.¢g5 ¦g6+ 70.¢f5 ¦a6 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
71.¦h1 ¦a5+ 72.¢g4 ¦a4 73.¢g5 ¦a2 Technical editors:
74.¦b1 ¦a5+ 75.f5 ¦a7 76.¦b6 ¦c7 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
77.¦g6+ ¢f7 78.¦h6 ¦c5 79.¦h7+ ¢g8 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
80.¦e7 ¢f8 81.¦e6 ¢f7 82.¦a6 ¦c7 Alexander Baburin © and protected
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95.¢h3 1-0
Answer to quiz express written permission.
30...¤g3+!! White resigned as he is

suddenly checkmated!30...¤g3+!!
31.hxg3 hxg5 followed by ...¦h7. 0-1

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CT-248, 13th July 2001
C.Hansen – Rustemov 1:0

Kramnik & Leko lead Rozentalis – Van den Doel 1:0
Nataf – Schandorff ½:½
in Dortmund 2001
V ladimir Kramnik and Peter

Leko took the lead at the super-
tournament “Dortmund
Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001”,
1-2. Sutovsky, P.-H.Nielsen – 4 points
3. Rozentalis – 3½
4-7. Rustemov, C.Hansen, McShane,
Schandorff – 3
which started in Germany. 8. Nataf – 2½
9-10. Speelman, Van den Doel – 2
Both heroes of the day showed great
endgame technique and skilfully Pairings of the 7th Round:
exploited inaccurate play P.H.Nielsen – Rozentalis
Endgame Quiz
from their opponents in XIIIIIIIIY Van den Doel – Sutovsky
positions where a draw 9-+r+-+-mk0 Rustemov – McShane
seemed to be the most
9+-+-+P+-0 Schandorff – C.Hansen
likely result.
9-+-+K+-+0 Speelman – Nataf
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 Evgeny Agrest keeps sole
Topalov – Kramnik 0:1
Morozevich – Anand ½:½
9+-+-+-+-0 lead at the Swedish
Leko – Adams 1:0
9-+-+-+-+0 Championships with 8½
9+-+-+-tR-0 points after 11 rounds.
xiiiiiiiiy Stellan Brynell, Emanuel
Standings after the 1st Berg and Jonas Barkhagen
Round: White to play and win
(Answer at end of issue) are in chase, a full point
1-2. Kramnik, Leko – 1 behind the leader. The
point players with the black
3-4. Anand, Morozevich – ½ pieces were quite successful today.
5-6. Adams, Topalov – 0
Tomorrow the leaders will play each Agrest – Brynell ½:½
other! Carlsson – Berg 0:1
Åkesson – Barkhagen 0:1
Pairings for the 2nd Round: Wedberg – P.Cramling ½:½
Kramnik – Leko Couso – Karlsson 0:1
Anand – Adams Eriksson – Hector 0:1
Morozevich – Topalov Olsson – Hillarp Persson ½:½
European Champion Emil Sutovsky Standing after the 11th Round:
(Israel) and a home GM Peter-Heine 1. Agrest – 8½ points
Nielsen took the lead after the bloody 6th 2-4. Brynell, Barkhagen, Berg – 7½
Round of the North Sea Cup in Esbjerg, 5-6. Wedberg, Karlsson – 6½
Denmark. In contrast to the rather quite 7-8. P.Cramling, Hector – 5½
previous rounds there was only one draw 9-11. Carlsson, Olsson,
today! Hillarp Persson – 4½
12-13. Åkesson, Couso – 3
Results of the 6th Round: 14. Eriksson – 2½
McShane – P.H.Nielsen 0:1
Sutovsky – Speelman 1:0
CT-248 Page 1 of 4
Pairing for the 12th Round: than it's routine sortie to f5. However, I
Hector – Agrest believe that such opening strategy can
Brynell – Åkesson be punished by energetic play. 3...¥f5 is
Barkhagen – Carlsson still the main continuation.
Berg – Couso 4.¤f3
4.dxc5 is a common option.
Karlsson – Wedberg
4...¤c6 5.¥b5!?
Hillarp Persson – P.Cramling Surprisingly enough this is a novelty!
Olsson – Eriksson 5.dxc5 ¥g4 6.¥b5 is usually played.
5...cxd4
Mikhail Gurevich is dominating the 5...¥g4 could have transposed to
Belgian Championships with a perfect known positions where White keeps
score after the 5th Round. better chances.
6.¤xd4 ¥d7 7.¤xc6
Standings after the 5th Round: An impatient 7.e6?! could only
1. M.Gurevich – 5 points promote Black's development: 7...fxe6
2. Chuchelov – 3½ 8.¥xc6 bxc6 9.£h5+ g6 10.£e5 ¤f6
11.¤xe6 ¥xe6 12.£xe6 £d7 and so on.
3. P.Claesen – 3
7...¥xc6 8.¥xc6+ bxc6 9.0-0 e6 10.c4
4-5. J. Claesen, Dgebuadze – 2½ etc.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqkvlntr0
After the 5th Round of the Scottish
9zp-+-+pzpp0
Championships Jonathan Rowson and
Douglas Bryson are sharing the lead with
9-+p+p+-+0
3½ points.
9+-+pzP-+-0
9-+P+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
1-2. Rowson, Bryson – 3½ points
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
3-7. Arakhamia-Grant, Motwani, Shaw, 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
McNab, Norris – 3 etc. xiiiiiiiiy
A logical play − White is trying to break
before Black completes his
¤¤¤
development. Yet, Black's position is
Annotated Game quite solid.
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 10...¤e7 11.£a4 £d7 12.¤d2 ¦b8
E Sutovsky − J Speelman 13.b3 ¤c8
16th North Sea Cup Esbjerg, Denmark Another route for the knight deserved
(6), 12.07.2001B12 attention: 13...¤g6!?
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 14.¦d1 ¤b6 15.£a5!
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 9-tr-+kvl-tr0
9zpp+-zppzpp0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zp-+q+pzpp0
9+-zppzP-+-0 9-snp+p+-+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9wQ-+pzP-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+P+-+-+0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 9+P+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+-sN-zPPzP0
A modern approach. Black 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
immediately undermines White's pawn
chain as he usually does in the French xiiiiiiiiy
Defence. He is not so worried about a It is important to keep control over the
loss of tempo and hopes to use his light− square c5.
squared bishop in a more efficient way 15...dxc4
CT-248 Page 2 of 4
15...¥e7 looked safer. Precisely played! 28.fxg3? ¢e8 was

16.¥b2 cxb3 17.axb3 ¤d5 18.¤e4 ¥e7 much less bad for Black.
19.¦d3 28...¢g7 29.d7! ¤f4
9-tr-+k+-tr0 9R+-+-+-+0
9zp-+qvlpzpp0 9+-+P+pmkp0
9-+p+p+-+0 9-+p+-+-+0
9wQ-+nzP-+-0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+N+-+0 9-+-+-sn-+0
9+P+R+-+-0 9+P+-+-trP0
9-vL-+-zPPzP0 9-vL-+rzPP+0
9tR-+-+-mK-0 9+-+-+-mK-0
19...¦b4?! 30.¦g8+! 1-0
This is dubious, Black underestimates A last finesse. Black resigned. A very
the danger. 19...0-0 was quite good for confident game by Emil Sutovsky.
Black.
20.¤d6+! ¥xd6 21.exd6 Answer to Endgame quiz:
¦d5 is threatening so Black has to Yesterday in CT−247 we considered the
waste another tempo for the rook retreat. rook ending Mohr − Crisan, Portoroz
21...¦e4?! 2001 where Black managed to lose an
This is too creative. 21...¦b7!? absolutely drawn position. We gave the
22.¥xg7 ¦g8 23.¥e5 f6 24.¥g3 e5 moves almost without comments but
25.£c5 was in White's favour but still some questions may have still arisen so
playable for Black. we'd like to give one instructive position.
22.¦g3 e5 Generally, it has little in common with the
22...f6 was unsatisfactory due to 23.f3 game − Black could have easily held the
¦e2 24.¥d4± position by keeping the rook on the 6th
23.¦xg7 ¢f8 24.¦g3 ¦e2 rank, which has been known for some
XIIIIIIIIY 200 years from Philidor's analysis. Well,
9-+-+-mk-tr0 he didn't know that. Suppose, he also
9zp-+q+p+p0 missed an opportunity to place the rook
9-+pzP-+-+0 more distant from the king and for some
reason placed his king on h8 instead of
9wQ-+nzp-+-0 h7 (of course, the king's march to the
9-+-+-+-+0 centre was just pointless as it didn't allow
9+P+-+-tR-0 his own rook to give checks).
9-vL-+rzPPzP0 Surprisingly enough, only a total
9tR-+-+-mK-0 combination of these omissions allows
xiiiiiiiiy White to win here in a rather difficult, but
Black was maybe hoping to use the quite instructive way.
activity of this rook for creating 1.¢e7
counterplay but a big surprise awaited 1.¢d7? leads to an immediate draw
him. after 1...¦a8 2.¦a1 (2.¦g6 ¢h7 3.¦a6
25.h3!! ¦b8 4.¢e7 ¢g7) 2...¦b8
After this modest pawn advance, which 1...¦c7+ 2.¢f6 ¦c6+
secures the king's safety, Black is just XIIIIIIIIY
helpless − White invades down the a−file 9-+-+-+-mk0
with decisive effect. 9+-+-+P+-0
9-+r+-mK-+0
25...¦g8 9+-+-+-+-0
It turns out that after 25...¦xb2 9-+-+-+-+0
26.£xa7 £xa7 27.¦xa7 ¤b6 28.¦b7 9+-+-+-+-0
Black loses the rook h8 after 28...¢e8 9-+-+-+-+0
29.¦b8+ and so on. 9+-+-+-tR-0
26.£xa7 £xa7 27.¦xa7 ¦xg3 28.¦a8+! xiiiiiiiiy

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3.¢e5! more readers the price will go down, while the quality
The king's march 3.¢f5 ¦c5+ 4.¢g6 will go up!
¦c6+ 5.¢h5 ¦c5+ 6.¢h6 gives nothing Chess Today is published by:
as after 6...¦c6+ 7.¦g6 ¦xg6+ 8.¢xg6
it's a stalemate! Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
3...¦c8 Dublin, Ireland.
Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
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9+-+-+P+-0 Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
9-+-+-+-+0 Editors:
9+-+-mK-+-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and
9-+-+-+-+0 IM Vladimir Barsky.
Technical editors:
9-+-+-+-+0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
9+-+-+-tR-0 Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
xiiiiiiiiy unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format,
One more check does not help: or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
3...¦c5+ 4.¢d6! ¦c8 5.¦e1! ¢g7 express written permission.
6.¦e8+−
4.¦g6!!
Thanks to the fact that Black's king
does not control this square White can
realise this decisive manoeuvre.
4...¢h7 5.¦c6! ¦a8 6.¢f6
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+P+k0
9-+R+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The rook protected the king from
checks while the king was just in time
not to allow his counterpart to get closer
to the pawn. There is no defence to
¦c6−e6−e8.
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CT-249, 14th July 2001
There will be statements from Vladimir

Kramnik and Leko Kramnik (BGN World Chess
Champion), Raymond Keene (Games
draw in Dortmund Director of Braingames Network), Jörg
Stüdemann
V ladimir
Kramnik and
Peter Leko drew
their game and keep the
(Member of the
board,
Dortmund City
Hall), Gerd
lead at the super- Kolbe (Event
tournament “Dortmund Organiser) and
Sparkassen Chess Carsten Hensel
Meeting 2001”. (Spokesman).
Veselin Topalov was the Now let’s take a
hero of the day, having look at the other
confidently parried Topalov
events.
Alexander Morozevich’s European
impulsive attack – see our games section. Champion Emil Sutovsky Israel) and a
home GM Peter-Heine Nielsen
Results of the 2nd Round: strengthened their lead at the North Sea
Kramnik – Leko ½:½ Cup in Esbjerg, Denmark – going into
Anand – Adams ½:½ the last round they are already one and a
Morozevich – Topalov 0:1 half points ahead and tomorrow will face
each other in the decisive battle.
1-2. Kramnik, Leko – 1½ points Results of the 7th Round:
3-4. Anand, Topalov – 1 P. H. Nielsen – Rozentalis 1:0
5-6. Adams, Morozevich – ½ Van den Doel – Sutovsky 0:1
Rustemov – McShane 0:1
Pairings for the 3rd Round: Schandorff – C.Hansen ½:½
Adams – Kramnik Speelman – Nataf 1:0
Leko – Morozevich
Topalov – Anand Results of the 8th Round:
Sutovsky – Nataf 1:0
On Sunday, July 15th, 12 a.m. there will Van den Doel – P. H. Nielsen 0:1
be a press conference in the hotel of the McShane – Schandorff ½:½
Grandmasters, Holiday Inn Dortmund Rozentalis – Rustemov 1:0
(Raum Waxholm). There will be C.Hansen – Speelman ½:½
presented an agreement between
Braingames Network and the Organising Standings after the 8th Round:
Committee of the Dortmunder 1-2. Sutovsky, P. H. Nielsen – 6 points
Sparkassen Chess Meeting. 3-4. Rozentalis, McShane – 4½
5-6. C.Hansen, Schandorff – 4
In the upcoming year Vladimir Kramnik 7. Speelman – 3½
has to defend his title and Dortmund will 8. Rustemov – 3
play an important role regarding the 9. Nataf – 2½
qualification of his challenger. 10. Van den Doel – 2

CT-248 Page 1 of 4
Pairings of the 9th Round: 3. Chuchelov – 4

P. H. Nielsen – Sutovsky 4. P. Claesen – 3½ etc.
Speelman – McShane
Schandorff – Rozentalis Jonathan Rowson took a sole lead on the
Nataf – C.Hansen Scottish Championships after beating
Rustemov – Van den Doel Douglas Bryson in the 6th Round. IM
John Shaw and FM Alan Norris are
Evgeny Agrest has excellent chances for sharing second place, half a point behind.
the first place at the Swedish
Championships – in the 12th Round he Top results of the 6th Round:
won again and keeps a full point lead Rowson – Bryson 1:0
before the last round. Arakhamia-Grant – Motwani ½:½
Shaw – Berry 1:0
Results of the 12th Round: McNab – Norris 0:1
Hector – Agrest 0:1
Brynell – Åkesson 0:1 Standings after the 6th Round:
Barkhagen – Carlsson 0:1 1. Rowson – 4½ points
Berg – Couso 1:0 2-3. Shaw, Norris – 4
Karlsson – Wedberg ½:½ 4-7. Arakhamia-Grant, Motwani, Bryson,
Hillarp Persson – P. Cramling ½:½ Mannion – 3½ etc.
Olsson – Eriksson 1:0
Standings after the 12th Round: (4) Norris – Rowson (4½)
1. Agrest – 9½ points (3½) Mannion – Shaw (4)
2. Berg – 8½ (3½) Bryson – Arakhamia-Grant (3½)
3-4. Barkhagen, Brynell – 7½ (3½) Motwani – Buchanan (3)
5-6. Wedberg, Karlsson – 7
7. P. Cramling – 6 ¤¤¤
8-10. Hector, Carlsson, Olsson – 5½ Annotated Game
11. Hillarp Persson – 5 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
12. Åkesson – 4 Morozevich (2749) − Topalov (2711)
13. Couso – 3 Sparkassen Cat XXI Dortmund GER (2),
14. Eriksson – 2½ 13.07.2001 C42
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6
Pairings for the last 13th Round: The Petroff Defence is very popular at
Agrest – Olsson the top−level.
Wedberg – Berg 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.¥d3
Carlsson – Brynell XIIIIIIIIY
Couso – Barkhagen 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
P. Cramling – Karlsson 9zppzp-+pzpp0
Åkesson – Hector 9-+-zp-+-+0
Eriksson – Hillarp Persson 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+n+-+0
Mikhail Gurevich is crushing all 9+-+L+N+-0
opposition and dominating the Belgian 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
Championships – after 7 rounds he still 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
keeps a perfect score – an unbelievable 7 xiiiiiiiiy
points! "Does the white player understand the
first principles of chess?! How he is
Standings after the 7th Round: going to develop the bishop on c1?!" −
1. M.Gurevich – 7 points my first trainer told me about such ugly
2. Dgebuadze – 5 moves when I was a child. Well, the 4th

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best player in the World is in action so Unfortunately, the pawn attack is

instead of criticism we had better try to hardly possible here so White is trying to
find the idea behind it. Of course, White break Black's defences hurriedly.
is not planning to leave the bishop c1 19...¦d6
locked in − he will let him go with c3, A cool defence − Black is not obliged
¥c2, d4 and so on but first he is trying to to accept the gift. 19...hxg5 20.¤xg5
put pose some new problems for Black, looked really dangerous for Black.
off the well beaten track of 5.d4 20.¤e4 ¦dd8 21.¤fg5!?
5...¤f6 6.h3 ¥e7 7.0-0 0-0 8.c3 c5 XIIIIIIIIY
9.¥c2 ¤c6 10.d4 9-+-trrvlk+0
Everything is fine with the bishops − 9zppwq-+pzp-0
they are looking at the rival's king, 9-+n+l+-zp0
promising White slightly better chances.
Yet, Black's position is quite solid.
9+-zp-+-sN-0
10...¥e6 11.¦e1
9-+-+N+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-tR-+P0
9r+-wq-trk+0 9PzPL+QzPP+0
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9-+nzplsn-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zp-+-+-0 Another swoop.
21...¥d5 22.£h5?!
9-+-zP-+-+0 This queen's sortie looks promising but
9+-zP-+N+P0 Black finds a good refutation. 22.¤h7!?
9PzPL+-zPP+0 looked interesting; while 22.¤f3 ¥e6
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 could have led to the draw by repetition.
xiiiiiiiiy 22...¦e5!
11...h6 Excellent defensive manoeuvre.
An improvement compare to the game 23.f4 ¦f5 24.g3 g6 25.£h4 c4!
Morozevich − Vladimirov, Delhi 2000
where after the dubious 11...£c8?!
XIIIIIIIIY
White seized the initiative: 12.¥g5 ¤d5 9-+-tr-vlk+0
13.¤a3! and after 13...h6 14.£d3! ¥f5?!
(14...f5!?) 15.£xf5 £xf5 16.¥xf5 ¥xg5
9zppwq-+p+-0
17.¥e4 ¤c7 18.¥xc6 bxc6 19.dxc5 dxc5 9-+n+-+pzp0
20.¤e5 ¦fd8 21.¤ac4 achieved decisive
advantage in the ending. 9+-+l+rsN-0
12.¥e3 ¦e8 13.¤bd2 ¥f8 14.¤e4 ¤d5
15.dxc5 ¤xe3 16.¦xe3 dxc5 17.£e2
9-+p+NzP-wQ0
£c7 18.¦e1 ¦ad8 9+-zP-tR-zPP0
White's position looks threatening, 9PzPL+-+-+0
especially his tripled major pieces on the
e−file. However, Black has no 9+-+-tR-mK-0
weaknesses and keeps everything well
protected. xiiiiiiiiy
19.¤eg5!? To remind White about his own king.
XIIIIIIIIY 26.¢h2 ¢g7!
9-+-trrvlk+0 This quiet move signifies the crushing
of White's strategy. His pieces are stuck
9zppwq-+pzp-0 on the kingside while Black's are ready
9-+n+l+-zp0 not only to capture some material but
9+-zp-+-sN-0 also to launch a very strong counter
9-+-+-+-+0 attack.
9+-zP-tRN+P0 27.£g4
9PzPL+QzPP+0 There was no way back: 27.¤f3 ¥e7
9+-+-tR-mK-0 28.£g4 h5
xiiiiiiiiy 27...hxg5 28.¤xg5 ¦xg5 29.£xg5 £b6!

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xiiiiiiiiy
The rest is clear.
34.£xf5 gxf5 35.¦e8 ¦d7 36.¦d2 ¢f6
37.¢g1 ¤e5 38.¢f2 ¤d3+ 39.¢e3 ¥c6
40.¦b8 ¦e7+
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tR-+-+-+0
9zpp+-trp+-0
9-+l+-mk-+0
9+-+-+p+-0
9-+p+-+-+0
9+-zPnmK-zPP0
9P+-tR-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White resigned. A confident game by
Veselin Topalov. 0-1

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CT-250, 15th July 2001
Topalov - Anand performance to achieve a one and a

Topalov Topples XIIIIIIIIY
half point advantage. Eduardas
9-+-tr-+-+0
Anand 9+-+-mkrwQ-0
9p+-+pzp-+0
Rozentalis (Lithuania) and 17 year old
Luke McShane (England) shared third
9+-+-+-zp-0 place.
V eselin Topalov was the hero

of the super-tournament
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess
Meeting 2001 again! Today he
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+RzP-0
9-wq-+-zP-zP0
9+-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
P. H. Nielsen – Sutovsky ½:½
Speelman – McShane ½:½
smashed the FIDE World Champion Black's last move was
Vishy Anand in excellent style and 32...Rf8-f7
Schandorff – Rozentalis ½:½
joined Vladimir Kramnik and Peter How can White win now? Nataf – C.Hansen ½:½
Leko in the lead. It was Anand’s first See solution in the Game Rustemov – Van den Doel ½:½
section Final standings:
defeat in classical chess this year –
enjoy this encounter in the game section. 1-2. Sutovsky, P. H. Nielsen – 6½
3-4. Rozentalis, McShane – 5 5-6. C.Hansen,
Both remaining games were drawn so the Schandorff – 4½ 7. Speelman – 4 8. Rustemov –
tournament situation looks rather strange now – 3½ 9. Nataf – 3 10. Van den Doel – 2½
three players are leading a full point ahead of three
other competitors. ♦ The ELO-favourite of the Swedish
Championships Evgeny Agrest proved his
Results of the 3rd Round: superiority and finished a full point ahead of
Adams – Kramnik ½:½ Emanuel Berg and two points ahead of Stellan
Leko – Morozevich ½:½ Brynell, who came second and third respectively.
Topalov – Anand 1:0
Standings after the 3rd Round: Agrest – Olsson ½:½
1-3. Kramnik, Leko, Topalov – 2 points Wedberg – Berg ½:½
4-6. Anand, Adams, Morozevich – 1 Carlsson – Brynell ½:½
Couso – Barkhagen 1:0
Tomorrow the leaders will examine the outsiders! P. Cramling – Karlsson ½:½
Pairings for the 4th Round: Åkesson – Hector 1:0
Kramnik – Morozevich Eriksson – Hillarp Persson ½:½
Leko – Anand
Adams – Topalov Final standings:
1. Agrest – 10 points 2. Berg – 9 3. Brynell – 8
The program of this chess meeting also includes a 4-6. Barkhagen, Karlsson, Wedberg – 7½ 7. P.
10 game match between 15 year old Arkadi Cramling – 6½ 8-9. Carlsson, Olsson – 6 10-11.
Naiditsch and the current European Women's Hillarp Persson, Hector – 5½ 12. Åkesson – 5
Champion Elmira Skripchenko-Lautier. After 3 13. Couso – 4 14. Eriksson – 3
games Naiditsch leads by a score of 2½:½. Our congratulations to all
Tomorrow Dr. Robert Huebner will start a 6 the winners of the recently
game match against Fritz. finished tournaments!
Let’s take a look at the other tournaments … ♦ Mikhail Gurevich is

just one step away from a
♦ Peter-Heine Nielsen (Denmark) and the fantastic result – going
European Champion Emil Sutovsky (Israel) into the last round of the
shared victory at the North Sea Cup in Esbjerg, Belgian Championships
Denmark. Both players produced an excellent he still keeps a perfect score – 8 out of 8!

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Standings after the 8th Round: XIIIIIIIIY

1. M. Gurevich – 8 points 9r+l+k+-tr0
9+p+-+pzp-0
2-3. Chuchelov, Dgebuadze – 5 9p+-vlpwq-zp0
4-7. P. Claesen, Winants, Cekro, 9+-zp-sN-+-0
Dutreeuw – 3½ etc. 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-zPL+-+-0
♦ After the 2nd Round of the Smith & 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Williamson Young Masters Karl Mah (England) 9tR-+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
is leading with a perfect score, 7 players are in
13.£e2
chase. There are 22 players in this 9 round Swiss An improvement compared to the game Topalov
event. − Shirov, Leon 2001, which continued 13.£a4+
¢e7 14.0-0 ¥xe5 15.dxe5 £xe5 16.¦ae1 £c7
¤¤¤ 17.£h4+ g5 18.£h5 ¥d7 and White has not
Annotated Game proved sufficient compensation for the pawn.
13...cxd4 14.cxd4 14...¥d7
14...¥b4+ 15.¢f1 0-0 came to mind but Black
had certain problems with his light−squared bishop
Topalov (2711) − Anand (2794)
there. Anand reasonably tries to solve it with help
Sparkassen Cat XXI Dortmund GER (3),
of the king, postponing the castling but this
14.07.2001 C11
approach is also not without drawbacks.
15.0-0 £f4
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¥g5 dxe4 5.¤xe4
15...¦d8 allowed 16.£e4
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 16.g3!
9zppzp-+pzpp0 Giving Black no respite.
9-+-+psn-+0 16...£xd4 17.¤xd7 ¢xd7 18.£f3 ¢e7 19.£xb7+
9+-+-+-vL-0 ¢f6 20.¦ad1 £a7 21.£f3+ ¢e7 22.£g4 g5
9-+-zPN+-+0 23.¥c4
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9r+-+-+-tr0
9tR-+QmKLsNR0 9wq-+-mkp+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+-vlp+-zp0
5...¤bd7 9+-+-+-zp-0
Alexander Morozevich prefers 5...¥e7 , today he 9-+L+-+Q+0
quickly equalised in one of his pet variations: 9+-+-+-zP-0
6.¥xf6 gxf6 7.¤f3 a6!? 8.g3 ¤c6 9.¤c3 h5!?
9PzP-+-zP-zP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
10.¥g2 h4! 11.0-0 hxg3 12.hxg3 e5 13.dxe5 £xd1
xiiiiiiiiy
14.¦axd1 fxe5 15.¤d5 ¥d6 16.¤g5 ¢f8 17.¤b6
White's initiative looks threatening.
cxb6 18.¦xd6 ¢e7 19.¦d2 and here a draw was
23...£b6 24.¦d3 ¦ad8 25.¦f3!
agreed, Leko − Morozevich, Dortmund 2001. XIIIIIIIIY
6.¤f3 h6 7.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 8.¥xf6 £xf6 9.¥b5+!? c6 9-+-tr-+-tr0
10.¥d3 9+-+-mkp+-0
White has secured a small advantage as Black 9pwq-vlp+-zp0
has well−known problems with the bishop on c8. 9+-+-+-zp-0
10...a6 9-+L+-+Q+0
Black intends to advance ...c6−c5 as soon as 9+-+-+RzP-0
possible. 10...¥d6 is the main alternative, which 9PzP-+-zP-zP0
does not solve the problems completely. For 9+-+-+RmK-0
example: 11.£e2 0-0 12.0-0-0 a5 13.¢b1 a4 xiiiiiiiiy
14.a3 ¦a5 15.¦he1 c5 16.dxc5 ¥xc5 17.¦d2! g6 A very good square for the rook − Black was
18.¤e5 ¥d4 19.¤g4! £g7 20.c3 ¥b6 21.f4 ¦d8 obviously hoping for some exchanges over the d−
22.¥c2! ¦xd2 23.£xd2 ¦d5 24.£e2 and the file.
attempt to develop the bishop by 24...¥d7 failed 25...¥e5 26.¦e1 f6 27.£h5!
to 25.¤e5 ¥e8 26.¤xg6! Leko − Akopian, A roundabout way.
Groningen 1996. 27...£b4
11.c3 c5 12.¤e5 ¥d6
CT-250 Page 2 of 3
Trying to force matters. 27...£c5 28.b3 left Black chances for escape anyway.
with all his problems.; 27...£xb2!? deserved 40.£b2+ ¢c5 41.£xe5+ ¢b6 42.h4 a5 43.h5 ¦d7
attention despite all the risks, the direct 28.¦b3 44.£e6+ ¢c7 45.h6
(28.£g6 ¦dg8 29.£e4 ¦b8) could have been met XIIIIIIIIY
by 28...£d4 29.¦b7+ (29.¥xa6!?) 29...¦d7 9-+-+-tr-+0
although after 30.¦xd7+ £xd7 31.£g6 White's 9+-mkr+-+-0
chances are still preferable. 9-+-+Q+-zP0
28.¦xe5! 9zp-+-+-+-0
As a rule, the opposite coloured bishops usually 9-+-+-+-+0
favour the attacker − however, positions with major 9+-+-+-zP-0
pieces are also not very fun if the king is
9-+-+-zP-+0
9+-+-+-mK-0
vulnerable.
xiiiiiiiiy
28...£xc4
Black resigned. An excellent performance by
Of course, not 28...fxe5 29.£f7+ ¢d6 30.£xe6+
Veselin Topalov! 1-0
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36...¦df8 37.£g4+ ¢d5 38.£d1+ ¢c5 39.£c2+
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-+0
9+-+-+r+-0
9p+-+-+-+0
9+-mk-zp-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+Q+-zP-zP0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
39...¢b4
39...¢b5 was more accurate but the position
after 40.£e2+ ¢b6 41.£xe5 did not promise real
CT-250 Page 3 of 3
CT-251, 16th July 2001
Adams - Topalov Final standings:

Kramnik Top White to play 1. M.Gurevich – 9 points
XIIIIIIIIY 2-3. Chuchelov, Dgebuadze – 6
9-+-+-+-+0
V ladimir Kramnik became the

sole leader of the super-
tournament “Dortmund Spark-
assen Chess Meeting 2001”. Today he
9+-+-+Qzpk0
9p+-+-+-zp0
9zP-+-zp-+P0
9-+-+-+-+0
4. Winants – 4½ 5. Cekro – 4
6-7. Dutreeuw, P. Claesen – 3½
etc.
showed outstanding endgame technique 9+-+-+-+-0 ♦ Jonathan Rowson already
against Alexander Morozevich – see 9-zp-+-+PmK0 secured an overall victory before
our game section. 9+q+-+-sN-0
xiiiiiiiiy the last round of the Scottish
It looks like White is in big Championships.
Veselin Topalov had chances to pro-
touble but he finds the way to
long his winning series with entertaning escape. Standings after the 8th Round:
play but Michael Adams found the way See solution in the Game section 1. Rowson – 6½ points 2-5.
to escape - see right. Arakhamia-Grant, Motwani,
Shaw, Norris – 5 etc.
There was not much fighting in the game between
Peter Leko and Vishy Anand. Pairings of the last 9th Round:
(4) McNab – Rowson (6½)
Results of the 4th Round: (5) Norris – Arakhamia-Grant (5)
Kramnik – Morozevich 1:0 (5) Motwani – Gourlay (3½)
Leko – Anand ½:½ (5) Shaw – Stevenson (2½)
Adams – Topalov ½:½ (1½) Rutherford – Bryson (4½)
(3½) Buchanan – Berry (4)
Standings after the 4thRound: (2½) Fraser – Mannion (3½)
1. Kramnik – 3 points,
2-3. Leko, Topalov – 2½ Don’t be surprised to see the players with very
4-5. Anand, Adams – 1½ different scores facing each other – this is a 9
6. Morozevich – 1 round swiss event with only 14 participants!
Tomorrow we are looking forward to the battle
♦ IMs Karl Mah, Simon Williams and FM
between the World Champions!
James Vigus (all of England) are sharing the lead
with 2½ points after the 3rd Round of the Smith &
Williamson Young Masters.
Anand – Kramnik
Topalov – Leko
♦ The VII category tournament "Trofeo Intel®
Morozevich – Adams
Pentium® 4" is underway in Milan, Italy. GM
Miso Cebalo is probably trying to repeat the
♦ In the match between Arkadi Naiditsch and
record of Mikhail Gurevich – after 6 rounds he
the European Women Champion Elmira
keeps a perfect score.
Skripchenko-Lautier the home youngster leads:
3:1. Standings after the 6th Round:
1. Cebalo – 6 points 2-4. Godena, Lazic, Bellia –
♦ Dr. Robert Huebner easily drew with Black in 3½ etc.
the 1st game of his 6 game match against Fritz..
♦ Mikhail Gurevich came up to our expectations ¤¤¤

at the Belgian Championships! 9 out of 9 seems to
be an eternal record for a national championships
with grandmasters participating!
CT-251 Page 1 of 3
Annotated Game with a certain advantage.

Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 12.¤xe4 ¤xe4 13.£xe4
XIIIIIIIIY
Kramnik (2802) − Morozevich (2749) 9rsn-wq-trk+0
Sparkassen Chess−Meeting 2001 Dortmund (4), 9+-+-vlpzpp0
01.07.2001 D12 9p+p+p+-+0
9+pzP-+-+-0
9-+-zPQ+-+0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 ¥f5 5.¤c3 a6 9+-+-+N+-0
6.¥d3 ¥xd3 7.£xd3 e6 8.0-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
9rsn-wqkvl-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+p+-+pzpp0 13...£d5
9p+p+psn-+0 13...¥xc5 should have been foreseen. White
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+PzP-+-+0 was probably going to play 14.¤g5 (14.a4!?)
9+-sNQzPN+-0 14...g6 15.£h4 (15.¤xe6 fxe6 16.¥h6 ¥d6
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 17.¥xf8 ¢xf8 18.£xe6 ¦a7) 15...h5 16.g4 with a
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 strong−looking initiative.
xiiiiiiiiy 14.£xd5 cxd5 15.¥f4
The line Vladimir Kramnik chose to counter the In the ending White has a stable advantage
Slav Defence is not the most ambitious and looks thanks to his very strong passed pawn.
quite safe for Black. However, he still has to play 15...¤c6
carefully to hold the balance and, moreover, his Preliminary 15...¦c8!? was worthy of con−
active and tricky possibilities are very limited − not sidering. Maybe Black was worried about 16.¥xb8
so bad when playing against Alexander ¦axb8 17.¤e5
Morozevich! 16.¤e5!
8...¥e7 XIIIIIIIIY
The game J.Horvath − G.Timoshenko, Cairo 9r+-+-trk+0
1997 quickly ended in a draw after 8...b5 9.b3 9+-+-vlpzpp0
(9.c5!?) 9...¤bd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.a4 b4 12.¤e2 9p+n+p+-+0
9+pzPpsN-+-0
¥d6 13.¥b2 0-0 14.¦ac1 but Kramnik's set−up 9-+-zP-vL-+0
with c4−c5 deserved attention here too. 9+-+-+-+-0
9.e4 0-0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
An immediate 9...b5!? deserved attention, 9tR-+R+-mK-0
because, similar to the game, 10.c5 dxe4 (10...b4 xiiiiiiiiy
11.e5 bxc3 12.exf6 ¥xf6 13.£xc3) 11.¤xe4 ¤xe4 16...¤b8
12.£xe4 £d5 13.£xd5 cxd5 the Black king could This sudden retreat is not without merit but
be useful in the center. generally it looks rather ugly. 16...¤xe5 was
10.¦d1 b5 11.c5! natural but after 17.¥xe5 Black's position was not
XIIIIIIIIY very fun. The advance of the f−pawn looks
9rsn-wq-trk+0 promising for White while the rook's manoeuvres
9+-+-vlpzpp0 along the 3rd rank would add to the problems for
9p+p+psn-+0 Black.
9+pzPp+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-+0 17.¦d3 ¦c8 18.¦e1 ¥f6 19.¤g4 ¤c6?!
9+-sNQ+N+-0 It looks like Black really did not want to ex−
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 change his knight for the bishop, which White
9tR-vLR+-mK-0 could force after 19...¥e7!?
xiiiiiiiiy 20.¤xf6+ gxf6
A promising idea! This pawn advance is very XIIIIIIIIY
good if Black still has the light−squared bishop. 9r+r+-+k+0
Here it is also not bad as the space advantage is 9+-+-+p+p0
useful. Notice, that at first sight Black can now win 9p+n+pzp-+0
9+pzPp+-+-0
a pawn in two ways but White has provided for 9-+-zP-vL-+0
every possibility. 9+-+R+-+-0
11...dxe4 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
11...b4?! was just dubious: 12.e5 (12.exd5!? 9+-+-tR-mK-0
bxc3 13.d6) 12...bxc3 13.exf6 ¥xf6 14.£xc3 xiiiiiiiiy
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21.¥g3! Black decided he has had enough. A masterful

21.¥h6 ¢h8 did not give any real results. An and very instructive play by Vladimir Kramnik! 1-0
immediate 21.¥d6 came to mind but White's idea
is stronger − he entices the knight to leave his
strong position on c6 first. The bishop is going to Answer to quiz: 49.¤e2! £d3 50.¤c3!
h4 to take aim at the square f6. XIIIIIIIIY
21...¢g7 22.¥h4 ¤e7 23.g4! ¤g6 24.¥g3 a5
25.¥d6
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25...h5!? xiiiiiiiiy
A desperate attempt to improve the position 50...£xc3
which is refuted with surgical precision. A draw agreed due to perpetual check.50...b1£
26.gxh5! ¤h4 27.¦g3+ ¢h6 did not promise winning chances as after 51.¤xb1
XIIIIIIIIY £xb1 52.£e6 Black cannot keep everything under
9r+r+-+-+0 control.
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9+-+-tR-mK-0 italiascacchistica.com/pentium4/
xiiiiiiiiy www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
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CT-252, 17th July 2001
play Vladimir Kramnik for the BGN World

Kramnik Maintains Sole Championship. The tournament will take place on
Lead in Dortmund
July 6-21, 2002.
T he BGN Vladimir Kramnik keeps the lead

after the first circle of the super-tournament
“Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting
2001”. Today he easily parried not too ambitious
Eight players will participate in the tournament.
Every GM will be paid a participation fee of
30,000 DM. The total prize fund will be at least
$200,000. Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan
attempts by the FIDE World Champion Vishy Anand as well as four top players from the FIDE
Anand, who seems to be far from his best form at rating list at the start of the event will receive the
the moment. invitations. Another two participants will qualify
from the Internet tournament.
The game Topalov – Leko was a rather quick draw
while Alexander Morozevich convincingly The participants of the main event will be divided
outplayed Michael Adams and escaped the last into two groups, in which two double-round robins
place – see our game section. will be held. Two winners from each group are to
play in the semifinals (2 games) and then the
Results of the 5th Round: winner of the final (4 games) will challenge
Anand – Kramnik ½:½ Kramnik in a 16-game match. The prize fund will
Topalov – Leko ½:½ be at least $2,000,000. This World Championship
Morozevich – Adams 1:0 match will probably take place in Bahrain in
October 2002. The next World Championship
Standings after the 5thRound: match will be played in Dortmund in the year
1. Kramnik – 3½ points, 2004.
2-3. Leko, Topalov – 3
4-5. Anand, Morozevich – 2 The information above was taken from
6. Adams – 1½ KasparovChess.
Tomorrow will be a rest day for the players. Jonathan Rowson won the Scottish
Championships which have just ended in
Arkadi Naiditsch leads 3½:1½ in the match Aberdeen. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Paul
against the European Women Champion Elmira Motwani and John Shaw shared second place.
Skripchenko-Lautier.
Results of the last 9th Round:
Dr. Robert Huebner keeps the balance in his (4) McNab ½:½ Rowson (6½)
match against Deep Fritz – 1:1 (5) Norris 0:1 Arakhamia-Grant (5)
(5) Motwani 1:0 Gourlay (3½)
A press conference was held on Sunday featuring (5) Shaw 1:0 Stevenson (2½)
the BGN World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, (1½) Rutherford 0:1 Bryson (4½)
Raymond Keene (Games Director of the (3½) Buchanan 0:1 Berry (4)
Braingames Network), Jörg Stüdemann (Member (2½) Fraser 0:1 Mannion (3½)
of the board of the Dortmund City Hall), Gerd
Kolbe (Event Organiser) and Carsten Hensel Final standings:
(Spokesman). An agreement was presented 1. Rowson – 7 points
between the Braingames Network and the 2-4. Arakhamia-Grant, Motwani,
Organising Committee of the Dortmunder Shaw – 6
Sparkassen Chess Meeting - Dortmund will host a 5. Bryson etc.
Candidates Tournament to produce a challenger to
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is the more common option; 4.e3; and 4.d4
FM James Vigus took the lead in the Smith & are other possibilities.
Williamson Young Masters after beating Karl Mah 4...¥b4
in the 4th Round. IM Simon Williams keeps clear 4...¥c5 is the main alternative. Possible play
second. is 5.¤xe5 ¤xe5 6.d4 ¥b4 7.dxe5 ¤xe4 8.£d4
¤xc3 9.bxc3 ¥e7 10.£g4ƒ and White gains
Top results of the 4th Round: some initiative while Black can be satisfied
Mah – Vigus 0:1 with the better pawn structure.
5.d3 d6 6.¥e2
Middelburg – Williams ½:½ A rare continuation. 6.g3 is usually played.
Skytte – Gladyshev ½:½ 6...h6 7.0-0 ¥c5
Sinkevich – Bromann ½:½ 7...0-0 looks natural. In the game Nei −
Trent – Ippolito ½:½ Gipslis, Tallinn 1975 Black achieved good play
Zhao – Hinks-Edwards 1:0 after 8.¤d5 ¥c5 9.¦b1 a5 10.a3 ¤xd5
11.cxd5 ¤d4 12.¤xd4 ¥xd4 13.¥e3 ¥xe3
Standings after the 4th Round: 14.fxe3 c6 15.dxc6 bxc6= with a roughly equal
1. Vigus – 3½ points, position.
2. Williams – 3 etc. 8.¤d2!? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Many thanks for FM Richard Palliser for the 9r+lwqk+-tr0
information. 9zppzp-+pzp-0
9-+nzp-sn-zp0
9+-vl-zp-+-0
Miso Cebalo secured a victory in the VII category 9-+P+P+-+0
tournament "Trofeo Intel® Pentium® 4" in Milan, 9+-sNP+-+-0
Italy – however, he failed to repeat Mikhail 9PzP-sNLzPPzP0
Gurevich’s record after drawing his first game in 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
the 7th Round. xiiiiiiiiy
A good manoeuvre − White is planning to
Standings after the 7th Round: advance the f−pawn.
1. Cebalo – 6½ points 8...¤d4 9.¤b3 ¤xb3 10.axb3 0-0 11.¢h1 c6
2-4. Godena, Lazic, Lanzani, Bellia – 4 12.f4 ¥d4 13.¥f3 a6 14.h3 £e7 15.¤e2 ¥a7
16.¥d2 (D)
¤¤¤ XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9r+l+-trk+0
9vlp+-wqpzp-0
A. Morozevich (2749) − M. Adams (2744) 9p+pzp-sn-zp0
Sparkassen Chess−Meeting 2001 Dortmund 9+-+-zp-+-0
(5), 01.07.2001 A28 9-+P+PzP-+0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+P+P+L+P0
1.c4 9-zP-vLN+P+0
9tR-+Q+R+K0
A rather unexpected choice − Alexander xiiiiiiiiy
usually begins with 1. e4. 16...b5
1...¤f6 2.¤c3 e5 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.e4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 16...¤g4!? comes to mind with the idea to
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 force some exchanges.
9zppzpp+pzpp0 17.¤g3!
9-+n+-sn-+0 White simply ignores the d4 square, realising
9+-+-zp-+-0 his own plans.
9-+P+P+-+0 17...¦b8 18.¤f5 ¥xf5 19.exf5
9+-sN-+N+-0 White has clearly made some progress,
9PzP-zP-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 gaining the bishop pair. Yet, concrete play is
xiiiiiiiiy still continuing.
Radically preventing d7−d5. However, Black 19...bxc4 20.bxc4 ¥d4 21.¦xa6 £b7 22.¦a2
can now take control over the d4 square. 4.g3 (D)
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XIIIIIIIIY In case of 36...¦b1 37.c5! ¤xb5 38.¥d3 ¦b3

9-tr-+-trk+0 39.¥c4+− White was winning instantly.
9+q+-+pzp-0 37.c5! ¤xb5 38.¦b8 e3 39.¥c4!
9-+pzp-sn-zp0 A very energetic, brave but probably well−
9+-+-zpP+-0
9-+Pvl-zP-+0 calculated continuation − White ignores
9+-+P+L+P0 Black's far advanced passed pawn in the last
9RzP-vL-+P+0 few moves before reaching the time control.
9+-+Q+R+K0 39.¦xb5 e2 40.¥xe2 ¦xe2 gave Black good
xiiiiiiiiy chances to escape as he was able to place his
Of course, not 22.¦xc6? e4! 23.¦xd6 exf3! rook on the best position, behind the passed
22...£b3?! pawn.
Black hopes to gain all the pawns back after 39...e2 40.¥xf7 (D)
swapping the queens but it turns out to be a XIIIIIIIIY
difficult task. 22...¥xb2!? was tempting. Now 9-tR-+-+-+0
23.£a4 could have been met by 23...e4! 9+-+-+Lzpk0
followed by ...¦a8. 9-+-+-+-zp0
9+nzP-+P+-0
23.£xb3 ¦xb3 24.fxe5 dxe5 25.¥xc6 ¦c8 9-+-+-+-+0
26.¥f3 ¦xd3 27.b4 ¥c3 28.¥xc3 ¦xc3 9+-+-+-+P0
29.¥e2! (D) 9-tr-+p+PmK0
9-+r+-+k+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+pzp-0 40...g5
9-+-+-sn-zp0 40...g6!? deserved attention with the idea to
9+-+-zpP+-0
9-zPP+-+-+0 make the g5 square available for the king.
9+-tr-+-+P0 After 41.¥xg6+ ¢g7 42.¦e8 (42.¦b7+? ¢f6 is
9R+-+L+P+0 good for Black) 42...¤d4 43.¥h5 ¦c2 Black
9+-+-+R+K0 kept drawish chances. Now White wins almost
xiiiiiiiiy by force.
29.c5 allowed Black to get strong 41.¥g6+ ¢g7 42.¦b7+ ¢f6 43.¦f7+ ¢e5
counterplay by 29...e4 30.¥e2 ¦b8„ 44.¦e7+ (D)
29...¦b3 30.b5 ¤e4 31.¦f3 ¦b1+ 32.¢h2 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
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9+r+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 44...¢d5
32...¤d6 The "active" 44...¢f4? failed to 45.f6 with
The blockade by 32...¤c5 did not have the idea ¦e4−checkmate.; while 44...¢f6 45.¦e6+
desired effect due to 33.¦fa3 followed by ¦a8 ¢g7 46.¥h5+− was just losing for Black.
and so on. 45.f6 ¤d4 46.¥h5 (D)
33.¦fa3! ¢h7 34.¦a8 ¦xa8 35.¦xa8 ¦b2 XIIIIIIIIY
36.¥f1 e4 (D) 9-+-+-+-+0
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9-tr-+-+PmK0 xiiiiiiiiy
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46...¦b1
Black might have tried to confuse the
opponent by 46...¦b8 47.f7 ¦f8 48.¦e8 g4!?
but the cool 49.¢g3 left him no chances to
escape.
47.f7 ¦f1 48.¦xe2! (D)
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A very nice final blow. Black resigned. After
48.¦xe2! ¤xe2 49.¥f3+!! ¦xf3 50.gxf3+−
White promotes the pawn. 1-0.

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CT-253, 18th July 2001
In the 5th Round of the Smith & Williamson

All Quiet in Dortmund Young Masters IM Simon Williams joined FM
James Vigus at the lead – both players scored 4
points.
T oday is a rest day at the super- tournament

Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001
Braingames World Champion Vladimir
Kramnik keeps the lead after the first circle, half a
Top results of the 5th Round:
Vigus – Skytte ½:½

point ahead of Veselin Topalov and Peter Leko.
Williams – Zhao 1:0
Standings after the 5thRound: Bromann – Mah ½:½
1. Kramnik – 3½ points, Gladyszev – Middelburg 1:0
2-3. Leko, Topalov – 3 Ippolito – Sinkevich ½:½
4-5. Anand, Morozevich – 2
6. Adams – 1½ Standings after the 4th Round:
1-2. Vigus, Williams – 4 points,
Tomorrow the 6th Round will be played: 3. Gladyshev – 3½ etc.
The pairings will be:
Kramnik – Topalov Many thanks to FM Richard Palliser for this
Adams – Leko information.
Anand – Morozevich
It was a peaceful 8th Round in the VII category
Today we would like to present a very exciting tournament "Trofeo Intel® Pentium® 4" in Milan,
game from the match between the talented Italy – all top games were drawn so the situation is
Dortmund player Arkadi unchanged. Miso Cebalo is in the early
Skripchenko-Lautier-
Naiditsch and European lead, while four players compete for
Naiditsch
Women’s Champion Elmira From our annotated game second place!
Skripchenko-Lautier. The White has just played
current score is 3½:1½, with 35.¢b1-a2 Standings after the 7th Round:
Naiditsch leading. XIIIIIIIIY 1. Cebalo – 7 points
9-+-+-+-mk0 2-4. Godena, Lazic, Lanzani,
9+-+-+pzp-0 Bellia – 4½
The big chess Festival Czech 9-+-z p -+Pz P 0
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Open 2001 started in 9-+-zp-+-+0 The Wilbert Paige Memorial is underway
Pardubice. We already have the 9+-tr-+-+-0 at the old Hotel Theresa building in
results of the 4-player team’s 9KvLq+-+-+0 Harlem.
competition – the team “Rotor 9+-+RwQ-+R0
Volgograd” (GMs Konstantin xiiiiiiiiy
Chernyshov, Veniamin Black to play and mate in Jerome Bibuld reports on TWIC: “It is not
Shtyrenkov, IMs Ravil two? Solution in game only the first international chess
section. tournament ever held in Harlem, but also
Hasangatin and Maxim
Chetverik – the guys are probably the funs of this the strongest tournament in history in which every
popular Russian soccer team) gave no chance to player either has been born in Africa or is of
their opponents and won the event with the relatively recent African descent.”
excellent score of 23½ from 28.
After 3 rounds IM Michael Schleifer (Canada) and
The program for the Festival contains 9 (!) events, FM Stephen Muhammad (USA) are leading with
including the main open tournament which will 2½ points.
start on the 20th of July.
1. Schleifer, Muhammad – 2½ points
This issue is prepared by GM Ruslan Scherbakov; technical editor –Ralph P. Marconi
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2. Nsubuga – 2 etc 15...£b6?! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
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Annotated Game 9pwq-zp-+-+0
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A. Skripchenko−Lautier (2494) − A. 9-+n+-+-+0
Naiditsch (2524) 9+N+-+P+-0
Dortmund (2), 13.07.2001 B90 9PzPP+-wQPzP0
9+KvLR+L+R0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 As a rule, the endgame in the Sicilian is good
5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 8.f3 ¤bd7 for Black. However, the square b6 should
9.£d2 (D) have been reserved for the knight on d7 −
XIIIIIIIIY 15...¥e7 looked more to the point.
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 16.£e1!
9+p+n+pzpp0
9p+-zplsn-+0 Keeping in mind ¤b3−d4. In case of 16.£g3
9+-+-zp-+-0 the bishop could be well developed to the long
9-+-+P+-+0 diagonal after 16...g6
9+NsN-vLP+-0 16...¥e7 17.g4 0-0 18.h4
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0 Here 18.¤d4? doesn't work due to 18...exd4
9tR-+-mKL+R0 19.£xe7 ¤f6 and White is trouble.
xiiiiiiiiy 18...b4 19.¥d3 ¦c7? (D)
9...b5 XIIIIIIIIY
Recently 9...h5 is also popular, radically 9-+-+-trk+0
stopping g2−g4. 9+-trnvlpzpp0
10.0-0-0 ¦c8 11.¢b1 9pwq-zp-+-+0
The immediate 11.g4!? was tested several 9+-+Pzp-+-0
times, one example from GM practice is: 9-zpn+-+PzP0
9+N+L+P+-0
11...h6 12.¢b1 ¤b6 13.£f2 ¤fd7 14.¤d5 9PzPP+-+-+0
¥xd5 15.exd5 ¤c4 16.¥xc4 bxc4 (16...¦xc4?! 9+KvLRwQ-+R0
17.¤d2 ∆ ¤e4±) 17.¤c1 ¥e7 18.h4÷ with xiiiiiiiiy
mutual chances, Zagrebelny − Kaiumov, Alma Due to the move ...£d8−b6 Black has to
Ata 1995 think about support for the knight on c4 in
11...¤b6 12.£f2 case of £e1-e2. However, he misses a hidden
White is not worried about the typical possibility. 19...¦fe8 should have been
exchange sacrifice 12. ..¦c3? due to 13. ¥b6 preferred.
12...¤fd7 13.¤d5 ¥xd5 14.exd5 ¤c4 (D) 20.g5
XIIIIIIIIY A routine move, probably played without
9-+rwqkvl-tr0 much thought. After 20.¥g5! however (by the
9+-+n+pzpp0
9p+-zp-+-+0 way, quite a typical method) Black could have
9+p+Pzp-+-0 been sorry about his previous manoeuvres −
9-+n+-+-+0 the threat £e4 can be parried only by making
9+N+-vLP+-0 serious compromises. Perhaps the only way
9PzPP+-wQPzP0 for Black to prolong the battle was already
9+K+R+L+R0 20...f6 (20...¦e8 21.£e4) 21.£e4 g6 22.¥h6
xiiiiiiiiy ¦fc8 23.h5 f5™ 24.gxf5 ¤f6 25.£e2 g5™ and
A popular strategy in the Sicilian − Black so on.
plays his trump cards on the queenside and 20...a5?
only after that completes the development of A careless move again.
the kingside. The knight should be given immediate support
15.¥c1 by 20...¦fc8
In the game Tolnai − Danner, Budapest 1994 21.h5?!
Black achieved better chances after 15.g4 Both players are missing some hidden
¥e7 16.¥d3 ¥h4 17.£e2 0-0 18.¥c1 ¤db6 possibilities, based on the unstable position of
19.¤d2 ¤xd2+ 20.¥xd2 ¤c4 21.¥c1 ¥g5³
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the knight on c4: 21.£e4! f5 22.£e2! was 30.¦xd4 £b6 31.¦b4 ¦e3 32.£c4+−) 30.£xd4
pretty strong. However, White has excellent £xd4 31.¦xd4 with a big advantage. Both
attacking prospects anyway − Black's players were probably under time pressure.
counterplay is late. 28...¦a8 29.fxg5 (D)
21...a4 22.¤d4! (D) XIIIIIIIIY
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9-+-+-trk+0 9+-+n+pzpp0
9+-trnvlpzpp0 9-+-zp-+-+0
9-wq-zp-+-+0 9+-+P+-zPP0
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9+KvLRwQ-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 29...¤c5?
A nice retreat! Missing the way to escape: 29...£a5! 30.¢b1
22...¤a3+ £xa2+ 31.¢c1 ¦b8 32.¥xc3 £a3+!! 33.¥b2
A desperate attempt. 22...exd4? was too bad: £xb2+ 34.¢d2 £c3+ etc.
23.£e4! f5 24.£e6+ ¢h8 25.£xe7 followed by 30.¥xh7+!
h5−h6. Finally!
23.bxa3 exd4 (D) 30...¢xh7 (D)
9-+-+-trk+0 9r+-+-+-+0
9+-trnvlpzpp0 9+-+-+pzpk0
9-wq-zp-+-+0 9-+-zp-+-+0
9+-+P+-zPP0 9+-snP+-zPP0
9pzp-zp-+-+0 9-wq-zp-+-+0
9zP-+L+P+-0 9+-tr-+-+-0
9P+P+-+-+0 9PvLP+-+-+0
9+KvLRwQ-+R0 9mK-+RwQ-+R0
24.axb4?! 31.g6+?
24.£xe7? would be a serious mistake due to As will be clear soon, White should have
24...¦b8 with the twofold idea of ...ba3 and played 31.¦xd4! now while the Black's king is
...¤e5; but the preliminary 24.£e4! would on h7. After 31...£a5 (31...£xd4 32.£xc3
have won on the spot. ¦xa2+ 33.¢b1!) 32.£b1+− White was
24...a3 25.¥xa3?! winning.
The immediate 25.g6!?‚ was tempting. 31...¢h8! (D)
25...¥xg5 26.f4 ¦c3!? XIIIIIIIIY
An interesting attempt, otherwise White could 9r+-+-+-mk0
have fortified his queenside by ¥a3−b2 and 9+-+-+pzp-0
9-+-zp-+P+0
a2−a3. 9+-snP+-+P0
27.¥b2 £xb4(D) 9-wq-zp-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-tr-+-+-0
9-+-+-trk+0 9PvLP+-+-+0
9+-+n+pzpp0 9mK-+RwQ-+R0
9-+-zp-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+P+-vlP0 The only way to gain a tempo for attack!
9-wq-zp-zP-+0
9+-trL+-+-0 32.h6??
9PvLP+-+-+0 This is loses at once. 32.¦xd4! was correct
9+K+RwQ-+R0 but Black was still fighting after 32...£a5!
xiiiiiiiiy 33.£b1 ¦xc2! , here White had to find the
28.¢a1? spectacular defence 34.¦b4! and after
28.¥xh7+! seemed to be strong: 28...¢xh7 34...£xb4 35.£xc2 ¤b3+ 36.¢b1 ¤d2+ there
(28...¢h8 29.¦xd4!) 29.£e4+ f5 (29...¢g8 would still be a lot of checks from both sides.

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32...¦xa2+! 33.¢xa2 £a4+ 34.¢b1 £xc2+
35.¢a2 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-mk0
9+-+-+pzp-0
9-+-zp-+PzP0
9+-snP+-+-0
9-+-zp-+-+0
9+-tr-+-+-0
9KvLq+-+-+0
9+-+RwQ-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
35...¦a3+!
White resigned in view of checkmate next
move. A very exciting game, isn't it? 0-1.
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CT-254, 19th July 2001
FM Richard Palliser reports for CT on the 6th round

Morozevich Celebrates 24th of the Smith & Williamson Young Masters.
Birthday With
Top results:
Victory Over Gladyszev – Williams ½:½
Sinkevich – Vigus 1:0
Anand in Mah – Hanley 1:0
Dortmund! Antal – Bromann 1:0
Middelburg – Skytte ½:½
esterday was the 6th Round of the Dortmund Zhao – Ippolito ½:½
Y Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2001 super

tournament. GM Alexander Morozevich also
celebrated his 24th birthday. And the best present he
1. Williams – 4 ½ points
gave himself was to outplay, with Black, FIDE World 2-6. Antal, Gladyszev, Mah, Sinkevich, Vigus – 4
champion Vishy Anand in very exciting style! Our etc.
congratulations to Alexander – see our annotated game
section.
Results of the 6th round: Wilbert Paige Memorial: standings after the 4th
Anand – Morozevich 0:1 Round:
Kramnik – Topalov ½:½ 1-2. Schleifer, Muhammad – 3 points
Adams – Leko ½:½ 3-5. Kobese, Morrison, Solomon – 2½ etc.
Standings after the 6th round: The Dutch Open is taking place in Dieren.
1. Kramnik – 4 points
2-3. Topalov, Leko – 3½ Pairings for the 3rd Round:
4. Morozevich – 3 (2) Krivoshey – van den Doel (2 )
5-6. Adams, Anand – 2 (2) Meijers – Dvoirys (2 )
(2) Ernst – Rogozenko (2 )
Pairing for the 7th round: (2) Berelovich – Stellwagen (2 )
Leko – Kramnik (1½) Tiviakov – Hendriks (2 )
Adams – Anand
Topalow – Morozevich The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup) is in
progress.
Also in Dortmund yesterday Almira Standing after the 3rd Round:
Skripchenko-Lautier lost with White to Arkadij 1-11. M. Gurevich, Rustemov, Nielsen, Psakhis,
Naiditsch in th 6th game of their match. The score Hector, de Firmian, McShane, Brynell, Mortensen,
is 4½:1½ in Naiditsch’s favour. Jepson, Nilssen – 3 points
Dr. Robert Huebner drew the 3rd game of his Brynell – Gurevich
match vs. Deep Fritz. The score is equal – 1½:1½. Rustemov – Mortensen
Nielsen - Hoi
Jepson – Psakhis
GM Miso Cebalo won with very a good score the Hector – Lezcano Jaen
Trofeo Intel® Pentium® 4 in Milan. Palo – De Firmian
McShane – Nilssen
Final standing:
1. Cebalo – 7 points out of 9
2-6. Lazic, Bellia, Lanzani, Godena, Drazic – 4½ Aleksander Delchev and Nenad Sulava won the
etc. 1st Hyers Open, France.

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Final standings: 16.¢f1 ¤c6 17.¦g1 g6 18.¥f4 £xf4 19.£xc6+
1-2. Delchev, Sulava – 7 points out of 9 3. ¢e7 20.£b7+ ¢f6 21.¥xc4 ¢g7÷ Hebden −
Fontaine – 6½ Prie, France 2000.
4-8. Bernal Moro, Lukov, Karpatchev, Vallin, 8.¤c3 e6
Guidarelli – 6 etc. And this position reminded me of a good set−
up in the Chigorin Defence, because the c6−
Veniamin Styrenkov won the 104-round blitz- square is more suitable for the pawn than for
marathon in Pardubice. He won 90 games and the Knight.
drew 6. Ramil Hasangatin, had the same overall 9.£c2
score (93), but he won “only” 89 games. White could try somewhere 9.c5!? and f4
with a space advantage, and also Black has
¤¤¤
an ugly Rook on a7.
Annotated Game 9...¥e7 10.¥d2
V. Anand (2794) − A. Morozevich (2749) A very modest development for the Bishop
Sparkassen Cat XXI Dortmund GER (6), 10...0-0 11.0-0-0 ¤bd7 12.cxd5?!
18.07.2001 D11 White opens the c−file for his opponent.
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky Better was 12.¢b1!? with an unclear situation
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 a6 in the center. As a rule such unclear situations
In the 4th round vs. Kramnik, Alexander favour the side who has the extra Bishop.
played 4...¥f5 , but in this game he prefered to 12...cxd5 13.e4(D)
play another move. XIIIIIIIIY
5.¥d3 ¥g4 6.£b3!? 9-+-wq-trk+0
Of course White has a lot of alternatives 9trp+nvlpzpp0
instead of this active move, for example: 9p+-+psn-+0
6.¤bd2 e6 7.0-0 ¤bd7 8.£e2 ¥e7 9.b3 0-0 9+-+p+-+-0
10.¥b2 c5 11.¦fc1 ¦c8 12.a3 ¦e8 13.£f1 9-+-zPP+-+0
draw, Karpov − Dorfman, Cap d'Agde 1998. 9+-sNL+P+-0
6...¥xf3 7.gxf3 9PzPQvL-zP-zP0
It's interesting to note why White did not take 9+-mKR+-+R0
the b−pawn − 7.£xb7!? with complications. xiiiiiiiiy
(D) 13...¢h8!
XIIIIIIIIY Very strong. Morozevich sacrifices a pawn in
9-sn-wqkvl-tr0 exchange for a blockade on the King side.
9trp+-zppzpp0 14.e5 ¤h5 15.¥xh7 b5
9p+p+-sn-+0 Black starts counterplay along the c−file.
9+-+p+-+-0 16.¢b1 ¦c7 17.£d3 ¥g5 (D)
9-+PzP-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+Q+LzPP+-0 9-+-wq-tr-mk0
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 9+-trn+pzpL0
9tRNvL-mK-+R0 9p+-+p+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+pzP-vln0
7...¦a7!? 9-+-zP-zP-+0
Morozevich's novelty. When I saw this move 9+-sNQ+-+-0
I remembered the game Gelfand − 9PzP-vL-zP-zP0
Morozevich (Astana 2001) and wasn't happy 9+K+R+-+R0
at all. In a previous game there saw: 7...£c7 xiiiiiiiiy
8.¤c3 e6 9.e4!? (9.¥d2 dxc4 10.£xc4 ¤bd7 18.f4!?
11.¤e4 ¥e7 12.¤xf6+ ¥xf6 13.£c2 £b6 Anand gives back the pawn, but opens a way
14.¥c3 c5 15.dxc5 £xc5 16.¥xf6 £xc2 for his Queen on the King side. After
17.¥xc2 ¤xf6= Solak − Motylev, Bucharest 18.¥xg5? £xg5 White can't save his Bishop. ;
2001) 9...dxc4 10.¥xc4 b5 11.¥e2 c5 12.d5 c4 18.¥e3 ¥xe3 19.fxe3 £g5 20.¤e2 (20.f4 £h6
13.£d1 exd5 14.¤xd5 ¤xd5 15.£xd5 ¥b4+ 21.¥f5!? Fritz) 20...£h6 21.¤g3 g6∓;
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As a result White loses a tempo.
22...¤b6 23.¤e2
23.£g3 £h6! 24.¦hg1 ¤c4!?‚
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White's position is quite unpleasant now, for
example: 25.£h3 £xh3 (25...¤d2+!? 26.¢a1
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26.£xe4 dxe4 27.¦h3+ ¢g8 28.¦d1? (D)
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The Final mistake and now − final blow.
28...¤xb2!
And Anand resigned − obviously he was
extremely upset by his position. A very
convincing victory by Alexander Morozevich!
0-1.
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CT-255, 20th July 2001
Topalov Defeats Morozevich Naiditsch− Skripchenko Sorry a

and Shares Lead with From our annotated game mistake was
Black has just played reported in
Kramnik in 31...¦d8−g8 the previous
XIIIIIIIIY issue - GM
Dortmund 9-+l+-+r+0 Miso Cebalo
9+p+n+Qvlk0
9-wqp+-+Rzp0 had 7 points
A
so
lexander
Morozevich
enjoys chess
much that
9zp-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9vLPsn-+-zPP0
9-+P+-+LmK0
only after the
8th (!) Round
of the Trofeo
Intel®
sometimes he forgets 9+-+-tR-+-0 Pentium® 4
draws are also possible Topalov xiiiiiiiiy in Milan -
and can be respectable White to move and mate in 5. after the 9th
outcomes. He won two straight games and thus Solution in game section. he had 8! Of
wanted to continue his winning streak, but…. course his
Veselin Topalov had his own ideas! To be honest victory became clear a day before yesterday, but
Topalov played very well indeed and convincingly only now can we tell you the actual final
beat Morozevich in a very complicated Sicilian standings:
endgame. After this victory he caught up to
Vladimir Kramnik for the lead. Two other games 1. Cebalo – 8 points out of 9
were drawn: Adams – Anand without much 2-3. Godena, Bellia – 5½
struggle, and Leko – Kramnik with much fight. 4-5. Lazic, Drazic – 5
Results of the 7th round: 6. Lanzani, – 4½ etc.
Leko – Kramnik ½:½
Adams – Anand ½:½ FM Richard Palliser reports for CT on the 7th round
Topalov – Morozevich 1:0 of Smith & Williamson Young Masters.
Top results:
Standing after the 7th round: Williams – Mah ½:½
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 4½ points Sinkevich – Antal 0:1
3. Leko – 4 Vigus – Gladyszev 0:1
4. Morozevich – 3 Skytte – Palliser 0:1
5-6. Adams, Anand – 2½ Ippolito – Middelburg 1:0
Pairing for the 8th round: Standing after the 7th Round:
Kramnik – Adams 1-3. Antal, Gladyszev, Williams – 5 points
Anand – Topalov 4. Mah – 4½ etc.
Morozevich – Leko
Arkadij Naiditsch won again vs. Almira The Wilbert Paige Memorial, standings after the
Skripchenko-Lautier – (see our annotated game 5th Round:
section.) The score of their match is 5½:1½ in 1-2. Schleifer, Muhammad – 4 points
Naiditsch’s favour now. 3. Kobese – 3½
4. Morrison – 3
Dr. Robert Huebner drew the 4th game vs. Deep 5-6. Solomon, Rogers – 2½ etc.
Fritz in their match. The score is equal – 2:2.
The Dutch Open is taking place in Dieren.
(3) Dvoirys – Krivoshey (3)
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(3) Hendriks – Berelovich (3) Black invites his opponent into the endgame
(2½) Rogozenko,D (2,5) – Werle (2½) 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.£xd8+ ¢xd8 6.¥c4 ¥e6
(2½) Peng – Weide (2½) 7.¥xe6 fxe6 etc., but White prefers the
(2½) Ami – Ernst (2½) middlegame in the Philidor defence.
4...¤bd7 5.¥c4 ¥e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.¦e1 c6 8.a4
The 23rd Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup). An important move − White prevents b7−b5
Results of the 4th Round: which would give Black active play on the
Brynell – Gurevich 0:1 Queen side.
Rustemov – Mortensen 1:0 8...a5 9.b3!
Nielsen – Hoi 1:0 Such development (Bishop c1 on b2 or a3)
Jepson – Psakhis 1:0 was recommended by Zigbert Tarrash about a
Hector – Lezcano Jaen 1:0 100 years ago.
Palo – De Firmian 0:1 9...h6 10.¥a3 ¦e8 11.¥f1
McShane – Nilssen 1:0 This is a useful move − White avoids typical
blows like Nxe4 and d5 or d6−d5 etc.
Standing after the 4th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
1-7. M. Gurevich, Rustemov, Nielsen, Hector, de 9r+lwqr+k+0
Firmian, McShane, Jepson – 4 points 9+p+nvlpzp-0
9-+pzp-sn-zp0
Pairing for the 5th Round: 9zp-+-zp-+-0
Gurevich – Hector 9P+-zPP+-+0
De Firmian – Rustemov 9vLPsN-+N+-0
McShane – Nielsen 9-+P+-zPPzP0
Speelman – Jepson 9tR-+QtRLmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The Heart of Finland Open is in progress in
11...exd4?!
Jyvaskyla with 9 GMs among 172 players.
This is a concession in the centre by Black,
nevertheless it's rather difficult for him to
complete his development otherwise.
(3) Rytshagov – Paasikangas-Tella (3)
However, an interesting alternative was
(3) Nevanlinna – Seeman (3)
11...£c7!?
(3) Pirttimaki – Tella (3)
12.¤xd4 ¤c5 13.g3
(3) Nyysti - Yrjola (3)
Solid and strong! Bishops from a3 and g2 will
(3) Pechenizkiy – Nyback (3)
control all the centre.
¤¤¤ 13...£b6 14.¥g2 ¥g4 15.£d2 ¦ad8 16.h3
¥c8 17.¢h2 ¥f8 18.¥b2 g6 19.¦ad1 ¥g7 (D)
A. Naiditsch (2524) − A. Skripchenko − 9-+ltrr+k+0
Lautier (2494) 9+p+-+pvl-0
Sparkassen Match 2001 Dortmund (7), 9-wqpzp-snpzp0
01.07.2001 C41 9zp-sn-+-+-0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9P+-sNP+-+0
1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 e5!? (D) 9+PsN-+-zPP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-vLPwQ-zPLmK0
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
9zppzp-+pzpp0 9+-+RtR-+-0
9-+-zp-sn-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-zp-+-0 Both sides have made useful moves and now
9-+-zPP+-+0 it's time for White to create a plan.
9+-sN-+-+-0 20.f3!? £c7 21.£f2 ¢h7 22.¥a3 ¤fd7 23.f4
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 ¦e7?! 24.e5!
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy After a long preparation on both sides White
4.¤f3 starts a pawn offensive in the centre.
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25...dxe5 Editors:
25...cxb5 26.¤d5± GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
26.¤d6 ¦e6 27.f5! and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Energetic play − White attacks all over the
board. Technical editors:
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27...¦f6 28.¤c4+−
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9zp-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9vLPsn-+-zPP0
9-+P+-+LmK0
9+-+-tR-+-0
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And now mate in 5:
32.¦xh6+!
32.¦xh6+ ¢xh6 33.¥c1+ £e3 34.¥xe3+ ¢h7
35.£h5+ ¥h6 36.£xh6#. 1-0.
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CT-256, 21th July 2001
while Dr. Robert Huebner keeps the balance

Topalov Takes Over Lead in against Fritz – 2:2.
Dortmund
Semen Dvoiris (Russia) is sole leader in the
Dutch Open in Dieren with a perfect score
after the 4th Round.
V eselin Topalov showed

outstanding play at the
super-tournament
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess
Dvoirys – Krivoshey 1:0
Meeting 2001 – today he beat Hendriks – Berelovich ½:½
FIDE World Champion Vishy Anand Rogozenko – Werle 0:1
Anand with black in a tough 84 move battle. It Peng Zhaoqin – Van der Weide 1:0
looks like Anand made the decisive mistake on the Ami – Ernst
very last move. This puts Tapolov in the lead by Mini Tactical Quiz ½:½
himself. By the way, Veselin beat Vishy in their Schleifer− Simutowe
mini-match with the fairly unexpected, but well Wilbert Paige Memorial, Harlem (1) Standings after
deserved score of 2:0! Vaselin started this Black played 1. …£b2+. the 4th Round:
tournament with a loss to Braingames World XIIIIIIIIY 1. Dvoiris – 4
Champion Vladimir Kramnik. 9rtrR+-+k+0 points,
9+-+n+pzp-0
9-+-+-+-zp0 2. Berelovich,
There was no fight in the game Kramnik – Adams, 9+-+-+-+-0 Hendriks, Peng
while Alexander Morozevich was lucky to escape 9p+-+-sN-+0 Zhaoqin,
against Peter Leko. His position seemed to be lost 9wQ-+-zP-+-0 Werle – 3½
during some 40 moves. 9Pwq-+-+PzP0 etc.
9+-+-+RmK-0
Results of the 8th Round: xiiiiiiiiy Jonny Hector
Kramnik – Adams ½:½ White to play and win. (Sweden)
Anand – Topalov 0:1 Solution on page 3 became the
Morozevich – Leko ½:½ hero of the 5th
Round of the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen,
Standings after the 8thRound: Denmark – he did the unbelievable, beating (with
1. Topalov - 5½ points, black pieces!) no less else than Mikhail Gurevich
2. Kramnik – 5 (Belgium), who had scored 13 wins in a row before
3. Leko – 4½ this game – a baker’s dozen! Alexander
4. Morozevich – 3½ Rustemov (Russia) was successful against Nick de
5. Adams – 3 Firmian (USA) and also keeps a perfect score.
6. Anand – 2½
Some results of the th Round:
The standings is rather curious – the players are Gurevich – Hector 0:1
symmetrically divided by an imaginary 50 percent De Firmian – Rustemov 0:1
score line. McShane – Nielsen ½:½
Speelman – Jepson ½:½
Leko – Topalov Standings after the 5th Round:
Kramnik – Anand 1-2. Rustemov, Hector – 5 points,
Adams – Morozevich 3-5. P.H.Nielsen, McShane, Jepson – 4½
In the other events Arkadi Naiditsch convincingly Pairings for the 6th Round:
leads against European Women’s Champion
Elmira Skripchenko-Lautier with a score of 6:2, (5) Rustemov – Hector (5)
CT-256 Page 1 of 3
(4½) Jepson – McShane (4½) ¤¤¤
(4½) P.H.Nielsen – M.Gurevich (4) etc. Annotated Game
E. Mortensen (2423) − J. Hvenekilde (2267)
Gergely Antal (Hungary) took over the top spot in Politiken Cup Copenhagen (5), 20.07.2001
the Smith & Williamson Young Masters – in the C41
preliminary 8th Round he beat IM Simon Williams Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov & Erling
(England) and scored 6 points. Oleg Gladyshev is Mortensen
clear second, half a point behind. 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.¤g5
d5 6.e6! (D)
Some results of the 8th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Antal – Williams 1:0 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
9zppzp-+-zpp0
Mah – Gladyshev ½:½ 9-+-+P+-+0
9+-+p+-sN-0
Bromann – Ippolito ½:½ 9-+-+p+-+0
Zhao – Sinkevich 1:0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Standings after the 8th Round: 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
1. Antal – 6 points, xiiiiiiiiy
2. Gladyshev – 5½ This position was thoroughly tested ...200
3-6. Vigus, Williams, Mah, years ago. Due to disastrous results for Black
Zhao Zong-Yuan – 5 etc. it almost disappeared from practice, but Erling
Mortensen has a very tenacious memory − he
Many thanks to FM Richard Palliser for this wrote: "As far as I remembered this is
information. suppose to be the refutation of 3...f5."
6...¤h6 7.¤c3 c6 (D)
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Yrjola – Rytchagov 0:1 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Tella – Nyback 0:1 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
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Seeman – Kveinys ½:½ 8.¥e3!? (D)
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Solozhenkin – Nevanlinna 1:0 9zpp+-+-zpp0
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3-4. Solozhenkin, Novik – 3½ etc. 9+-sN-vL-+-0
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FM Stephen Muhammad (USA) is sole leader in 9tR-+QmKL+R0
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the Wilbert Paige Memorial in Harlem with 5
A novelty! In years past White usually
points after the 6th Round. IM Michael Schleifer
sacrificed a piece by 8.¤gxe4 dxe4 9.£h5+
(Canada) is half a point behind.
g6 10.£e5 ¦g8 11.¥xh6 ¥xh6 12.¦d1 £e7 (in
the game Staunton − Morphy, London 1858
Black did not achieve sufficient compensation
1. Muhammad – 5 points
after 12...£g5?! 13.£c7 ¥xe6 14.£xb7 e3
2. Schleifer – 4½
15.f3! £e7 16.£xa8 ¢f7 17.¤e4±) 13.¥c4© −
3. Kobese – 4 etc
this position was tested several times in the
match Atwood − Wilson, London 1898.;
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8.¤xh7!? deserves serious attention, in my
opinion. The last piece came into the action with
8...£f6? decisive effect. Black resigned as he cannot
A big mistake, which leads to quick disaster. even try to defend his king − he has just no
8...£d6!? looked not so bad, after the possible pieces to play with. 1-0.
9.£h5+ g6 10.£h3 ¥g7„ The position is
sharp and quite playable for Black. Solutions to Mini Tactical Quiz:
9.¤xd5! 2.¦c8+! A typical combination, useful to be
Probably underestimated. memorised. 2...¢h7 3.£xb2 ¦xb2 4.¦xa8 and
9...cxd5 10.¥b5+ ¤c6 11.£xd5+− Black resigned soon. 1-0.
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CT-257, 21st July 2001
tournament. True, he had a bumpy start when he

Dortmund Impressions, lost to Kramnik in round 1 and was losing to
Friday 20th July 2001 Morozevich in round 2, but then his play changed
dramatically. As I am writing these words, he is
by GM Alexander Baburin trying to beat Vishy Anand, which would make
him sole leader, ahead of Kramnik and Leko.
B eing a chess journalist for many years, it is

nearly impossible for me not to write at
least something about the Dortmund super-
tournament. I came here as Alexander
Anand's poor performance is perhaps the biggest
surprise of the event. Not only has he only a few
points, but his play is also unrecognisable. Maybe
he is too tired. On the other hand Kramnik looks
Morozevich's coach and originally I did not plan to
write anything, but then I thought that perhaps fresh and determined to win. This won't be easy in
Chess Today readers might like some on-site light of the strong competition from Topalov and
reporting. Leko.
The day before I came here, Alexander

This is my first time in Dortmund. The city made a Morozevich beat Michael Adams and went on -1.
favourable impression on me - it is not big and has In round 6 he won a nice game against Anand and
a nice city centre. The players stay at the Holiday got on 50%. It was an important victory, as now he
Inn Hotel about a 30 minute walk from the city. As has wins over both Kramnik and Anand. And both
it is situated near a wonderful Westphalia park, the were with Black! The game Anand-Morozevich
location is pretty good. Play starts at 2 p.m. in was played on Alexander's 24th birthday, so after
Dortmund's theatre. Its hall can accommodate winning it he jokingly thanked Vishy for a nice
about thousand people, but so far I've seen only present. Apparently, the Indian did not like that at
between 100 and 200 spectators at the tournament. all, muttering something like "Do you always
I guess that there will be more this weekend. insult your opponents after winning a game?!" In
Spectators are treated nicely here. They can follow my humble opinion, Vishy was way too touchy in
the games on giant screens, while listening to GM- this episode.
commentary on their head-phones. As for yours
truly, I like shifting between the playing hall and In the evening I gave Alexander my present - Gerri
the press-room. It has 5 monitors, where one can Halliwell's CD. Some of you may have seen a post
follow all the games simultaneously. Apart from on the newsgroups, claiming that these two married
that, here there are such goodies as free coffee and in London recently. While this is not true, I was
soft drinks. The latter you can find in a drawer still wondering what was going on - anything is
designated 'NOT for journalists', which makes possible and certainly there is no smoke without
taking stuff from it particularly tempting to me! :-) fire! Yet, when I came to Dortmund, there was no
sign of Gerri. But on the other hand Alexander was
With an average rating of 2753, this is going to be visibly pleased with my present. While he refused
the strongest tournament this year. In fact, the only to confirm or refute the news, he said that he
way to have a stronger tournament would be to always liked England and also planned to visit the
replace on of the players with Garry Kasparov. country a few times in the near future.
Tough tournaments like this one normally favour
players with a solid style. Therefore many expected Sometimes a victory can be as tiring as a defeat
that apart from Kramnik and Anand, Adams and and this is what probably happened to Morozevich
Leko would have the best chances. According to - after the game against Anand his play apparently
the same logic, Topalov and Morozevich should deteriorated. He lost to Topalov in round 7 and
find it hard going. But while this is true for the now he is losing to Leko - too bad. At least he
ever-uncompromising Morozevich, Topalov has never blames his seconds, so I am safe! :-)
created a small sensation here. It has been a good
while since Veselin has done this well in a super-
This issue is prepared by GM Alexander Baburin & IM Vladimir Barsky; technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
CT-257 Page 1 of 4
I am quite enjoying the tournament, only wishing Many thanks FM Richard Palliser for his reports
that the weather would be better - I got too much of for CT about Smith & Williamson Young Masters.
this '+15 C, mild rain' stuff recently in Dublin! I'd
like to wish all CT readers a nice weekend! Also, Top results of the last 9th Round:
stay tuned - I hope to write some more from Gladyszev – Antal ½:½
Dortmund this weekend. Zhao – Mah ½:½
Williams – Skytte 0:1
I suspect now we don’t have to worry - our editor- Vigus – Bromann ½:½
in-chief, Alex Baburin, is alive and well, because Ippolito – Hanley 1:0
Alexander Morozevich escaped from Leko on
Friday and beat Adams on Saturday! ☺ You can Final standing:
find this very complicated and interesting game in 1. Antal – 6 ½ points out of 9
our annotated game section. But of course the 2. Gladyszev – 6
central meeting of the 9th Round were the two 3-7. Ippolito, Mah, Skytte, Vigus, Zhao – 5½ etc.
Champions' game Kramnik – Anand. It looks like
Vladimir was very determined to win while Vishy The Wilbert Paige Memorial, standing after the 7th
lost a bit of his motivation. As a result Kramnik Round:
won and caught up to Veselin Topalov who drew 1-2. Muhammad – 5 points, Schleifer – 5 points
with Black vs. Leko. out 8,
3-5. Kobese, Morrison, Rogers – 4
Results of the 9th Round: 6. Simpson – 3½ points out of 8 etc.
Leko – Topalow ½:½
Kramnik – Anand 1:0 The Dutch Open takes place in Dieren.
Adams – Morozevich 0:1 Pairing for the 6th Round:
(4½) Dvoirys – Werle (4½)
Standings after the 9th round: (4) Krivoshey – Ikonnikov (4)
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 6 points (4) Brodsky – Ernst (4)
3. Leko – 5 (4) Ami – Berelovich (4)
4. Morozevich – 4½ (3½) Hendriks – Moiseenko (3½)
5. Adams – 3 (3½) Peng – Dgebuadze (3½)
6. Anand – 2½
Alexander Rustemov are leading with the perfect
Pairing for the last 10th round: score after the 6th Round of the 23rd Copenhagen
Anand – Leko Open (Politiken Cup).
Morozevich – Kramnik Results of the 6th Round:
Topalov – Adams Rustemov – Hector 1:0
Jepson – McShane 1:0
I think in the final day of the tournament all players Nielsen – Gurevich ½:½
will be playing for a win: Kramnik and Topalov – Jakobsen – Speelman ½:½
because they are fighting for the first place, Anand Psakhis – Lezcano ½:½
and Adams will try to win a single game, Nilssen – De Firmian 0:1
Morozevich – as usual, Leko – because Anand will Palo – Ward 0:1
try to beat him. A very interesting last round is Bekker-Jensen – Mortensen 0:1
waiting for us! Jacobsen – Høi 0:1
Arkadij Naiditsch drew vs. Almira Skripchenko Standing after the 6th Round:
Lautier, and Dr. Robert Huebner did the same vs. 1. Rustemov – 6 points out of 6
Deep Fritz. The score is 6½:2½ in Naiditsch’s 2. Jepson – 5½
favour and 2½:2½ in the Huebner’s match. 3-8. Nielsen, Hector, de Firmian, Ward,
Mortensen, Hoi – 5 etc.

Jepson – Rustemov
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Ward – Nielsen 0-0-0 12.¤f3 g4 13.¤fd4 ¤xd4 14.¤xd4
De Firmian – Mortensen ¥xc5³ Adams − Morozevich, Francfurt (active
Hector – Hoi 1999).
5...¤c6 6.¤gf3 ¥xc5
The Heart of Finland Open, standings after the 6th 6...£c7 7.¥b5 ¥xc5 8.¤b3 ¥b6 9.0-0 ¤ge7
Round: 10.¥f4 ¥d7 11.¦e1 ¤g6 12.¥g3 ¤a5 13.¤bd4
1-3. Rytchagov, Nyback, Novik – 5½ points out of a6„ G. Kuzmin − Romanishin, Leningrad
6 1977.
4-8. Kveinys, Seeman, Agopov, Ernst, Fieandt – 5 7.¤b3 ¥b6 8.¥d3!?
etc. 8.¥f4!? ¤ge7 9.¥d3 ¤g6 10.¥g3 ¥c7
(10...0-0!?) 11.£e2 ¤b4 12.0-0 ¤xd3
Pairings for the last, 7th Round: 13.£xd3 0-0 14.¦fe1 ¥d7 15.¤bd4² Vysochin
Rytshagov – Novik − Malykin, Kiev 2000.
Seeman – Nyback 8...f6 (D)
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Fieandt – Ernst 9r+lwqk+ntr0
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¤¤¤ 9-vln+pzp-+0
9+-+pzP-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+-+-+-+0
M. Adams (2744) − A. Morozevich (2749) 9+N+L+N+-0
Sparkassen Cat XXI Dortmund GER (9), 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
21.07.2001 C03 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
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Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky & GM Alexander
Morozevich plays according to Nimtzovich's
Baburin
advice: Black has a pawn centre and wants to
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 ¥e7!? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY move it forward, but White blockades it with
9rsnlwqk+ntr0 the pawn on e5. So Black has to exchange
9zppzp-vlpzpp0 this pawn and not allow his opponent's minor
9-+-+p+-+0 pieces to occupy squares e5 and d4.
9+-+p+-+-0 9.£e2 fxe5 10.¤xe5 ¤f6 11.0-0
9-+-zPP+-+0 White hasn't the time to defend the Knight on
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9PzPPsN-zPPzP0 e5 with the Bishop c1, for example: 11.¥f4 0-0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 12.¥g3 (12.0-0 ¤e4!? 13.¥xe4 ¦xf4„)
xiiiiiiiiy 12...¤xe5 13.¥xe5?! ¤e4ƒ; But interesting
Romanishin's system became rather popular was 11.¥b5!?
the last few years thanks to Morozevich's 11...¤xe5 12.£xe5 0-0 13.¥g5
efforts. Maybe we can name this line the 13.¥f4? ¤g4
Romanishin−Morozevich variation now. 13...¥c7 14.£d4 h6 15.¥h4 e5 (D)
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Adams and Morozevich played this line with 9r+lwq-trk+0
9zppvl-+-zp-0
3..Be7 at least 6 times − a little match really! 9-+-+-sn-zp0
Last time Micky preferred [4.c3!? c5 5.dxc5 9+-+pzp-+-0
¥xc5 6.¤b3 ¥b6 7.e5 ¤c6 8.¤f3 f6 9.¥b5 9-+-wQ-+-vL0
¥d7 10.¥xc6 bxc6 11.0-0 ¤e7 12.¥e3 0-0÷ 9+N+L+-+-0
Adams − Morozevich, Cannes (active) 2001. 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Now Adams returns to the move he played in 9tR-+-+RmK-0
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their first and second games.
Black has managed to move his pawn centre
4...c5 5.dxc5
so it he has the better chances now. White
This is quite rare move. Two years ago
hasn't any positional compensation; for
Adams played the more ambitious, but maybe
example, White's development is only a bit
less strong: 5.£g4 g5!? (it's hard to criticise
better.
this very brave move) 6.dxc5 h5 7.¥b5+ ¥d7
16.£c5 ¥e6 17.¦ad1 ¦c8 18.£e3
8.£e2 £c7 9.¤b3 ¥xb5 10.£xb5+ ¤c6 11.f4
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Morozevich starts interesting complications.
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23.¥g3!) 23.¥h5 g6∓
21...¥f4 22.£f3 ¦xf6 23.¥xd5 ¥e5 24.¥xb7 Editors:
£e7 25.£e4 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
25.£e2 £xb7!? 26.£xe5 ¦xc2© and IM Vladimir Barsky.
25...¦f5! (D)
9-+r+-+k+0
9zpL+-wq-zp-0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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26.¦fe1?
We received a small email note from Alex
Baburin. He wrote that "¦fe1 was a bad
mistake − instead Alexander considered
26.¥xc8?? ¦h5+ 27.¢g1 ¥h2+ 28.¢h1 ¥f4+
29.¢g1 ¦h1+ 30.¢xh1 £h4+ 31.¢g1 £h2#;
the best defence" 26.g3 ¦c4 27.£g2
26...¦f4!
Now White is lost. It is funny how Black's rook
moved ¦f8−f6−f5−f4! (A.Baburin)
27.£e3 ¦h4+
27...¦h4+ 28.¢g1 ¥h2+ 29.¢f1 ¥c4+ 30.¦d3
£xb7-+ 0-1.
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CT-258, 23rd July 2001
Dr. Robert Huebner – Deep Fritz: 3:3 (six draws).

Kramnik and Topalov not
tourists ♦ Wilbert Paige Memorial, standing after the 8th
Round:
1. Muhammad – 6 points
have to confess: I’m not Cassandra at all! ☺
I Yesterday I said that all the games of the last

round would be very hard fought and … was
absolutely wrong. Though maybe not quite
2. Schleifer – 5 points out 9,
3-5. Kobese, Morrison, Rogers – 4
6-7. Solomon – 3½, Simpson – 3½ points out of 8
etc.
absolutely: the games Morozevich – Kramnik and
especially Topalov – Adams have a theoretical ♦ Alexander Rustemov retains his leading pos-
importance. Adams sacrificed a pawn in the Petroff ition after drawing in the 7th Round of the 23rd
Defence and received at least full positional Copenhagen Open (Politiken Cup). Today in our
compensation. Morozevich did the same in a annotated game section we would like to show one
Scotch Game but Kramnik immediately returned it. of his victories.
It looks as if all the players were too tired to fight
tooth and nail and as a result – 3 short draws. Oh, Results of the 7th Round:
sorry, 5 draws: Skripchenko-Lautier – Naiditcsh Jepson – Rustemov ½:½
(21 moves) and Huebner – Fritz (only 9). Ward – Nielsen 0:1
De Firmian – Mortensen ½:½
Our congratulations to all the winners and Hector – Hoi ½:½
especially to Veselin Topalov who refuted Gurevich – Jakobsen 1:0
Kasparov’s words that in Dortmund there were 5 Speelman – Lezcano 1:0
elite players … and Topalov. As usual in Pedersen – Psakhis 0:1
Dortmund, Kramnik is on the first step (sometimes Aaberg – McShane 0:1
he takes clear first sometimes he shares it). As
usual Leko made a lot of draws (9 out of 10) and as Standing after the 7th Round:
usual (alas!) Morozevich lost a lot of games … Of 1. Rustemov – 6½ points
course nobody could predict such poor results from 2-3. Nielsen, Jepson – 6
Adams and Anand. But to tell the truth it’s not the 4-9. M. Gurevich, Speelman, Psakhis, de Firmian,
first time Vishy has taken a last place and played McShane, Mortensen – 5½ etc.
far below his real level. He has to think about it.
We are waiting for Dortmund-2002. Will it be a Rustemov – Nielsen
candidate tournament? And who will play there? Hector – Jepson
McShane – Gurevich
Results of the 10th Round: Mortensen – Speelman
Anand – Leko ½:½ Psakhis – de Firmian
Morozevich – Kramnik ½:½
Topalov – Adams ½:½ ♦ The Heart of Finland Open, final standing
(there was 9 not 7 rounds):
Final standing: 1. Rytchagov – 7½ points
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov – 6½ points 2-7. Seeman, Novik, Kveinys, Ernst, Solozhenkin,
3. Leko – 5½ Kengis – 7 etc.
4. Morozevich – 5
5. Adams – 3½ ♦ CT has received the following information from
6. Anand – 3 our correspondent Jean LACASSAGNE (Paris,
France):
Arkadij Naiditsch – Almira Skripchenko Lautier:
7:3
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“I would like to report on the great Paris Chess After the opening (Anti−Meran System) White
Championship Opens (21/29th July )... This year, has a small but long−term advantage because of
748 chess players have come to us from all over Black's weak d5 pawn and "bad" Bishop on c8. But
the world. Black has better development and every chance
for a draw.
14...¥g4
There are four tournaments A,B,C and FIDE. If Black exchanges Bishops he won't have any
Games are played in excellent conditions in the problems.
Gymnasium Halle Carpentier, near Porte de 15.f3 ¦c8 16.£b2 ¥d7 17.0-0 £b6 18.¦fc1
Choisy. The four top boards in the FIDE open are ¦fe8?!
live on the internet web at http://chp2001.echecs- White would like to exchange as many pieces
idf.com/chpt/ (except the d7 Bishop of course) as his opponent
allows. So better was 18...¤c6!? and Rfe8 only
This year the special guest is the French IGM after that.
Laurent Fressinet, and the others great players are: 19.¦xc8 ¥xc8 20.¦c1 ¥d7 21.£c3!
Bauer, Chabanon, Khenkin, Kruppa, Kuzmin, White takes the c−file and prepares for a Queen
exchange on c5 or c7.
Timoschenko, Savchenko, Schneider, Sermek,
21...¤c6 22.¤xc6 ¥xc6
Miroschminenko, Pavasovic, Nikcevic, Lupu, 22...¦xe3? 23.£d4; 22...bxc6?! 23.¢f2 and Qc5
Stefanova, Te Roza, Inkiov, Murrey, Shirazi or 23.¢f2 ¤d7 24.¤f1 ¤f8
Ohkotnik.....
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On the first round ( Saturday 16.OO pm), many 9-+-+rsnk+0
favourites had nice successes ... Only Bauer, 9+p+-+pzpp0
Kruppa and Khenkin made draws and the biggest 9pwql+-+-+0
surprise was the defeat of Nikcevic and Inkiov!
9+-+p+-+-0
♦ One of the largest European opens has just 9-+-+-+-+0
started in Pardubice, Czech Republic. There are 9+PwQ-zPP+-0
303 players in the main open. After the second
round 35 participants have 2 points. Among them 9P+-+LmKPzP0
Elo-favourites Vladimir Burmakin, Krishnan 9+-tR-+N+-0
Sasikiran, Hannes Stefansson, Alexei Korotylev, xiiiiiiiiy
Konstantin Chernyshov, Denis Yevseev and others. 25.£d4!?
25.£c5? £xc5 26.¦xc5 ¤e6 27.¦c1 d4 equal
¤¤¤ 25...£a5
I think Black has to escape after 25...£xd4
Annotated Game 26.exd4 ¤e6 27.¦d1 a5!? with idea b7−b6, Bb7
and Rc8, because White Rook has to defend pawn
Notes by Vladimir Barsky
d4 − it's not a good job for Rook.
26.£d2 £b6 27.¤g3 g6
A Rustemov (2607) − J Hector (2552) Or the White Knight will get to d4 via f5.
Politiken Cup Copenhagen (6), 20.07.2001 D45
28.¥d1 ¤e6 29.¤e2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¤f3 ¤bd7
Another way to the same square.
6.£c2 ¥d6 7.b3 0-0 8.¥e2 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
29...£c7 30.g3 £e5
10.¤b5 ¥b4+ 11.¥d2 ¥xd2+ 12.¤xd2 a6 Black had the rather tricky move 30...£d7!? with
13.dxe5! ¤xe5 14.¤d4
XIIIIIIIIY the idea 31.¤d4?! ¤xd4 32.£xd4 £h3 33.¢g1
9r+lwq-trk+0 ¥b5! Not only is the d5−pawn weak, but White's
9+p+-+pzpp0 Kingside too.
9p+-+-sn-+0 31.¤d4 ¤xd4 32.£xd4 £xd4?!
9+-+psn-+-0 I don't like this move. With Queens − 32...£e6!?
9-+-sN-+-+0 − Black has more chances while an endgame will
9+P+-zP-+-0 be one of two results: draw or loss.
9P+QsNLzPPzP0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 33.exd4
xiiiiiiiiy
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XIIIIIIIIY
51...¥c2 52.¥g4 ¥b3 53.¢e4
9-+-+r+k+0 It's a time for the King to be activated.
9+p+-+p+p0 53...¥c4 54.¥d7 ¥b3 55.¢d4 ¥d1 56.¥e8 ¥h5
57.a4!
9p+l+-+p+0 The second zugzvang. The King has to go.
9+-+p+-+-0 57...¢e6 58.d7 ¢e7 59.¢e5 ¥d1 60.¥xg6 ¥xa4
9-+-zP-+-+0 61.h5 ¥b3 62.h6 ¥g8 63.h7
1-0
9+P+-+PzP-0 A very technical win by White.
9P+-+-mK-zP0
¤¤¤
9+-tRL+-+-0
33...¢f8?! http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
With a light−squared Bishop and all his pawns http://www.chessgate.de
on white squares Black can't drawn. Better was http://www.thechessdrum.net/WPM/WPM_CrossTable.html
33...g5!? http://www.shakki.net/turnaukset/hof01.htm
34.h4! h5? http://www.proclient.cz/czechopen/Vysledky/Results.htm
Maybe this or maybe Black's next move is a
decisive mistake. It is a bit strange that a very
strong GM don't want to follow Capablanca's Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or have a
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on dark square and vice−versa). Please tell your chess friends about Chess Today. Feel free to
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¢f6 39.b4! b6 40.¥b3 a5 41.a3 will go down, while the quality will go up!
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xiiiiiiiiy
This is a first zugzvang. The King can't move so
the Bishop has to leave the c6 square.
41...¥b7 42.b5!
White's idea (very typical to tell the truth) will be
clear very soon.
42...¥a8 43.g4! fxg4 44.fxg4 hxg4 45.¢xg4 ¥b7
46.¢f4
Here it is: White would like to play Bb3−d1-g4−
d7−c6, while the Black King has to defend squares
e5 and g5.
46...¥c8
An attempt at counterplay. Too late...
47.¥xd5 ¥h3 48.¥c4 ¥f5 49.d5 ¥c2 50.d6 ¥f5
51.¥e2!
51...¢e6 52.¥g4+−

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CT-259, 24th July 2001

Judit Polgar Polgar - Kasparov Svidler – Grischuk 1:0
celebrates her Pelletier – Lautier ½:½
Gelfand – Korchnoi 0:1
25th birthday. Standings after the 1st Round:
1-2. Svidler, Korchnoi – 1
point
T
he greatest woman 3-4. Lautier, Pelletier – ½
player of all time, 5-6. Gelfand, Grischuk – 0
she has actually avoided playing in
women’s competitions. Many top players have ♦ Semen Dvoiris (Russia) keeps a sole lead at
doubted her ability to stay at the very top level – the Dutch Open in Dieren after beating Jan Werle
she has proved her strength by beating all the in the 6th Round. He scored 5½ points, half a point
critics over the board! You probably remember her ahead of Sergey Krivoshey (Ukraine).
latest achievements: +7(!) at the Olympiad in
Istanbul 2000, playing for the Hungary Men’s Some results of the 6th Round:
team, equal second in Linares 2001, where she was Dvoiris – Werle 1:0
the only player who stressed Garry Kasparov in Krivoshey – Ikonnikov 1:0
their intestine games and drew the mini-match and Brodsky – Ernst ½:½
3-4 places at the recent European Championship Ami – Berelovich ½:½
where only defeat in the last round and then
unsuccessful play in the rapid match against Zurab Standings after the 6th Round:
Azmaiparashvili spoiled a bronze medal. Today we 1. Dvoiris – 5½ points,
would like to present a couple of highlights from 2. Krivoshey – 5
her practice (accidentally against the same 3-7. Brodsky, Ernst, Ami, Berelovich,
opponent – sorry, Zurab!☺). Werle – 4½ etc.
Chess Today congratulates Judit on her birthday
♦ The ELO-favourite of the Paris Champ-
and wishes her all the best in chess and life!
ionships Laurant Fressinet (France) as well as 32
other players keep a perfect score after the 2nd
There are a lot of tournaments these days, let’s
Round.
take a look at them.
♦ 11 players, including top-seeded Vladimir
♦ A double round robin super-tournament started
Burmakin (Russia), are sharing the lead with a
today in Biel, Switzerland. Let’s remind you of the
perfect score after the 3rd Round of the Czech
list of participants:
Open in Pardubice.
Boris Gelfand ISR 2714
Peter Svidler RUS 2695
♦ Anton Korobov (Ukraine) has a full point
Joel Lautier FRA 2675
clear lead after the 6th Round of the European
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2669
Junior Championships (under 20) in Patras,
Viktor Kortchnoi SUI 2617
Greece. Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) and Alina
Yannick Pelletier SUI 2531
Motoc (Romania) are sharing the lead on the Girls
event.
The evergreen 70 years old Victor Korchnoi
became the hero of the 1st Round – he beat top-
seeded Boris Gelfand with black. Previous winner
Boys:
Peter Svidler outplayed Alexander Grischuk.
1. Korobov - 5½ points
2. Timofeev, Berg, Izoria – 4½ etc.

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Girls: how Black was smashed in the game S.Polgar −

1-2. Radziewicz, Motoc – 5 points Van Wely, Wijk aan Zee 1990 14...gxf5?!
3-4. Matnadze, Javakhishvili – 4½ etc. (14...d5!?) 15.gxf5 £d8 16.¥c4 ¢h8 17.¤g5 ¥h6
(17...f6 18.¤xh7) 18.£h4 ¥xg5 19.¥xg5 f6 20.¥h6
¤d7 21.¦g1 £e7 22.£g4 and Black resigned.
♦ Garry Kasparov visited Patras – he won a six 12.g4 d5!
game blitz match against Greek Champion XIIIIIIIIY
Hristodoulos Banikas (5½:½), gave a simultaneous 9r+l+-trk+0
against 20 players and a press-conference at the 9zpp+n+pvlp0
9-+-+-snp+0
University of Patras. “We must clean our house…” 9wq-+pzp-+-0
– you can find the full text at the site of the Greek 9-+-+PzPP+0
Chess Federation. 9+-sNLvLN+P0
9PzPP+Q+-+0
9+-mKR+-+R0
♦ There is another event underway in Patras. xiiiiiiiiy
After the 5th Round of the strong “Patra Open” Black is in hurry to organise a counterplay. After
GMs Vassilios Kotronias (Greece), Tamaz 12...exf4 13.¥xf4 ¤e5 14.¥xe5 dxe5 15.¥c4 White
Gelashvili (Georgia) and IM Andrei Rychagov has achieved a superior position.
(Russia) are sharing the lead with 4½ points. 20 13.exd5 e4 14.¤xe4 £xa2
players are in chase. 14...¤xe4 15.¥xe4 ¦e8 (15...£xa2 16.c3)
16.¥d4 was bad for Black.
15.¤c3! £a1+ 16.¢d2 £xb2 17.¥d4
¤¤¤ XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0
9zpp+n+pvlp0
Annotated Game 9-+-+-snp+0
9+-+P+-+-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9-+-vL-zPP+0
9+-sNL+N+P0
J Polgar (2555) − Z Azmaiparashvili (2575) 9-wqPmKQ+-+0
OHRA−B Amsterdam, 1989 B09 9+-+R+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.f4 ¤f6 5.¤f3 c5 17...£b4?!
6.dxc5 £a5 7.¥d3 £xc5 8.£e2 0-0 9.¥e3 £a5 It was better to push the white queen away first:
10.h3!? 17...¦e8 18.£g2 (18.£f2 ¤c5! 19.¥xc5? ¤xg4!)
Preventing Bg4. 10.0-0 ¥g4 is known to be 18...£b4 19.¦b1 £d6 and in case of 20.¤e5 Black
acceptable for Black. can simply sacrifice an exchange by 20...¤xe5!
10...e5 21.fxe5 ¦xe5 and White's king cannot feel
The tempting 10...¤h5?! could have been well comfortable in the centre.
met by 11.¢f2 followed by 12.g4 with good 18.¦b1 £a5
attacking prospects. 18...£d6 19.¥e5
11.0-0-0!? 19.¦a1 £c7
XIIIIIIIIY The immediate 19...£d8 was probably better.
9rsnl+-trk+0 20.¤e5
9zpp+-+pvlp0 Now the knight is well placed on e5.
9-+-zp-snp+0 20...£d8 21.£f3 ¦e8 22.¦he1
9wq-+-zp-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+PzP-+0 9r+lwqr+k+0
9+-sNLvLN+P0 9zpp+n+pvlp0
9PzPP+Q+P+0 9-+-+-snp+0
9+-mKR+-+R0 9+-+PsN-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-vL-zPP+0
An ambitious approach, quite typical for Judit 9+-sNL+Q+P0
Polgar. After 11.0-0 ¤c6 wasn't too annoying for 9-+PmK-+-+0
Black. 9tR-+-tR-+-0
11...¤bd7 xiiiiiiiiy
Here 11...¤h5 can be countered by 12.f5!? ¤g3 All White's pieces are in action now. However,
13.£e1 ¤xh1 14.g4! with a strong initiative. Look the position still looks unclear as Black can find
some tricks utilising the central placement of the
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White king. XIIIIIIIIY

22...¤b6 23.¦a5! 9r+-+r+k+0
White is playing with all her pieces while Black 9zpp+-+pvlp0
9-+-zPlvLp+0
still cannot complete his development. 9+R+-sn-+-0
23...¤fd7 9-+-wqNwQP+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+L+-+P0
9r+lwqr+k+0 9-+PmK-+-+0
9zpp+n+pvlp0 9+-+-tR-+-0
9-sn-+-+p+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+PsN-+-0 An attempt to win the queen by 32.¤f6+? ¥xf6
9-+-vL-zPP+0
9+-sNL+Q+P0 33.£xd4 failed to 33...¤f3+ 34.¢d1 ¤xd4
9-+PmK-+-+0 32...¥c4??
9+-+-tR-+-0 A big mistake which loses on the spot. 32...¥f5?
xiiiiiiiiy was losing: 33.¦xe5 ¦xe5 34.£xe5; 32...¤xd3?
24.d6? was also bad due to 33.cxd3 £a4! 34.¥xg7 £xb5
This active move looks very logical but it helps (34...¢xg7 35.£e5+) 35.¥c3; 32...¥d5! was the
Black to develop the bishop c8. Much stronger only way which led to very sharp and unclear play.
was 24.¦b5! a6 25.¦bb1 with advantage as Black 33.¥xe5 ¦xe5
can hardly play without weakening moves like Or 33...¥xe5 34.¦xe5! ¦xe5 35.¤f6+
...f7−f6. 34.¤f6+!
24...¤xe5 25.fxe5 ¥e6 26.¦c5 Now it works very well.
The rook finds an unusual way to penetrate to 34...¥xf6 35.£xd4 ¦xe1 36.£xc4 ¦ae8 37.d7
the 7th rank. ¥g5+
26...£g5+!? Black resigned not waiting for 38. ¦g5. 1-0
26...¤d7 27.¦c7
27.¥e3 £d8 Recommended Web sites:
At the cost of some time Black has defended
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against the rook's penetration but White has www.chess.gr/
another active plan. www.otenet.gr/chessclub/2001
28.¤e4?! www.schaakbond.nl/
Judit does not think about repetition. However, chp2001.echecs-idf.com/chpt/
her decision is probably too risky. kbhsu.brinkster.net/ksu/politiken_cup/p_c_2001
www.proclient.cz/czechopen
28...¤d7 29.¥g5 £b6 30.¦b5 £d4? www.thechessdrum.net/WPM
After 30...£c6! with the idea of meeting 31.£f4 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
with 31...a6 pushing the rook away from the www.chessclub.com
defence of the e5−pawn White could find herself in
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An interesting, but very risky move, especially in Editors:
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32.¦xe5 ¤xe5 33.¤f6+; while 31...¢h8 seemed Technical editors:
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CT-260, 25th July 2001
J Polgar (2555) − L Hansen (2525)

Vejstrup 1989 White to play
Korchnoi and Svidler Shine in XIIIIIIIIY
Biel 9-+-tr-+k+0
9zpR+-+p+-0
9-+n+-+pwQ0
B
oth leaders of the very strong tournament
in Biel won again – Peter Svidler beat 9+-vLp+-+-0
Joel Lautier while the great Victor 9P+-zP-+-mK0
Korchnoi gave an instructive lesson of positional 9+-+-+R+P0
play to young Alexander Grischuk – enjoy it in the 9-+-+r+q+0
game section. 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
The last move was 32. ..£g2?? Black was obviously
Notice that the tournament is very bloody till so far going to play ...¦e4 next but a great surprise awaited
– only one draw in six games! him.

Lautier – Svidler 0:1 ♦ GM Alexander Moroz (Ukraine) and IM
Korchnoi – Grischuk 1:0 Alexey Gavrilov (Russia) are leading after the 4th
Gelfand – Pelletier 1:0 Round of the strong Czech Open in Pardubice –
both players keep a perfect score. 16 players are in
Standings after the 2nd Round: chase.
1-2. Svidler, Korchnoi – 2 points
3. Gelfand – 1 ♦ Anton Korobov (Ukraine) strengthened his
4-5. Lautier, Pelletier – ½ lead at the European Junior Championships
6. Grischuk – 0 (under 20) in Patras, Greece after beating Emanuel
Berg (Denmark) in the 7th Round. Zviad Izoria
Pairings for the 3rd Round: (Georgia) is a full point behind. Iweta Radziewicz
Svidler – Gelfand (Poland) became a leader of the Girls event.
Pelletier – Korchnoi
Grischuk – Lautier Standings after the 7th Round:
Boys:
♦ Semen Dvoiris (Russia) retains the lead after 1. Korobov - 6½ points
the 7th Round of the Dutch Open in Dieren. 2. Izoria – 5½
3-4. Stryjecki, Jirka – 5 etc.
S. Ernst – Dvoiris ½:½ Girls:
Werle – Krivoshey 1:0 1. Radziewicz – 6 points
Berelovich – Brodsky ½:½ 2-3. Matnadze, Javakhishvili – 5½ etc.
Moiseenko – Ami ½:½
♦ GM Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) took a sole
th
Standings after the 7 Round: lead on the strong “Patra Open” after beating a
1. Dvoiris – 6 points, home GM Vassilios Kotronias in the 6th Round.
2. Werle – 5½
3-11. Krivoshey, Brodsky, Ernst, Ami, Berelovich, Standings after the 6th Round:
Ikonnikov, Dgebuadze, Peng Zhaoqin, Meijers etc. 1. Gelashvili – 5½ points,
2-8. Istratescu, Halkias, Rychagov,
♦ 13 players, including the ELO-favourite of the Bagaturov, Marjanovic, Genov,
Paris Championships Laurant Fressinet (France) K. Nikolaidis – 5 etc.
keep perfects score after the 3rd Round.

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♦ Alexander Rustemov (Russia) keeps the lead dark−squared bishops, limiting Black's active
with 7 points after the 8th Round of the Politiken possibilities. Generally White's advantage is small
Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. but Black should keep passive defence during the
whole game.
10...¤bd7?!
♦ FM Stephen Muhammad (USA) has won the In my opinion, this is a serious inaccuracy −
Wilbert Paige Memorial in Harlem – he also Black shouldn't hurry to play with this knight,
achieved the IM-norm with 6½ points out of 9 keeping the possibility to develop it to c6. 10...0-0
games. IMs Michael Schleifer (Canada) and Watu is normal. One fresh example from GM practice:
Kobese (South Africa) shared second place, half a 11.¥xd6 £xd6 12.£a3 c5 13.cxd5 ¤xd5 14.dxc5
point behind the winner. bxc5 15.¥e2 f4! with good counterplay, Yakovich −
Kharlov, ch−RUS, Elista RUS 2001.; the
It was not only the first international chess immediate 10...¥xa3 was also more to the point.
tournament ever held in Harlem, but also the In the ending Black keeps a slightly worse but
strongest tournament in history in which every defensible position.
11.cxd5! cxd5 12.¥xd6 £xd6 13.¤c3 a6 14.£b2
player either has been born in Africa or is of XIIIIIIIIY
relatively recent African descent. Our 9r+-+k+-tr0
congratulations to the winners! 9+l+n+-zpp0
9pzp-wqpsn-+0
¤¤¤ 9+-+p+p+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+PsNLzPN+-0
Annotated Game 9PwQ-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
Thanks to the eternal weakness of the square e5
Korchnoi (2617) − Grischuk (2669) White has a stable advantage. Black's b7 bishop is
Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland (2), also passive but a great technique is required to
24.07.2001 A84 convert such small pluses to the full point.
14...0-0 15.b4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 c6 4.e3 f5 In the game Kiselev − Totsky, Spasskoe 1996
XIIIIIIIIY White transposed the knight to f4 a little bit hastily:
9rsnlwqkvlntr0
9zpp+-+-zpp0 15.¤e2 ¦fc8 16.¤f4 ¤e4 17.b4 ¦c7 18.a4 ¦ac8,
9-+p+p+-+0 after which he had to be careful about Black's
9+-+p+p+-0 counterplay on the c−file.
9-+PzP-+-+0 15...¦ac8 16.a4 ¤e4 17.¤e2 £e7
9+-+-zPN+-0 Moving the knight to d6. 17...¦c7 18.¦fc1
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 couldn't solve the problems.
9tRNvLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy 18.¦fc1 ¤d6 19.b5! a5 20.£a3
XIIIIIIIIY
One of Grischuk's pet variations − a 9-+r+-trk+0
transposition from the Slav to the Stonewall. 9+l+nwq-zpp0
5.¥d3 ¤f6 6.0-0 ¥d6 7.b3 £e7 9-zp-snp+-+0
Preventing an immediate ¥c1-a3. 9zpP+p+p+-0
8.¥b2 b6 9.£c1 ¥b7 10.¥a3 9P+-zP-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9wQ-+LzPN+-0
9rsn-+k+-tr0 9-+-+NzPPzP0
9zpl+-wq-zpp0 9tR-tR-+-mK-0
9-zppvlpsn-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+p+p+-0 20...¦xc1+
9-+PzP-+-+0 Preferring a passive approach. Perhaps
9vLP+LzPN+-0 20...e5!? 21.dxe5 ¤xe5 was not as suspicious as
9P+-+-zPPzP0 it looked − it may promise a counterplay.
9tRNwQ-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 21.¦xc1 ¦c8 22.¦xc8+ ¤xc8 23.£c3
Some years ago, when I also used to play this The exchanges of all rooks didn't bring much
system with the black pieces, this was one of the relief − due to the lack of space and passivity of
most annoying plans for me − White exchanges the pieces Black has certain problems.

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23...£d6 24.¤f4 ¤e7 25.h4! ¤f8 26.h5 ¥c8 44...¤c8

27.¤e5 ¥d7 28.f3 ¥e8 £a3−d6 cannot be allowed.
XIIIIIIIIY 45.¥g6 ¢g7 46.¥b1 ¢h8 47.£c1! ¤e7
9-+-+lsnk+0 This loses instantly but Black's position was
9+-+-sn-zpp0 helpless anyway.
9-zp-wqp+-+0
9zpP+psNp+P0 48.£f1! ¤c8 49.¤c6
9P+-zP-sN-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-wQLzPP+-0 9-+nwq-+lmk0
9-+-+-+P+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-mK-0 9-zpN+p+-zp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpP+pzP-zpP0
9P+-+-+P+0
Black has managed to improve the position of 9+-+-zP-+-0
his bishop − however it hasn't become much more 9-+-+K+-+0
active after that. 9+L+-+Q+-0
29.g4 g5!? 30.¤e2 xiiiiiiiiy
Continuing his own play. 30.hxg6!? followed by £f8 is coming. Black decided he has had enough.
g4−g5 also came to mind. A very instructive game and excellent technique by
30...¤d7 31.¢g2 h6 32.¤g3 fxg4 33.fxg4 ¤xe5 Victor Korchnoi! 1-0
Black could hardly live without this exchange.
34.dxe5 £c5 35.£d2 Recommended Web sites:
XIIIIIIIIY www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm
9-+-+l+k+0 www.chess.gr/
9+-+-sn-+-0 www.otenet.gr/chessclub/2001
9-zp-+p+-zp0 www.schaakbond.nl/
9zpPwqpzP-zpP0 chp2001.echecs-idf.com/chpt/
9P+-+-+P+0 kbhsu.brinkster.net/ksu/politiken_cup/p_c_2001
9+-+LzP-sN-0 www.thechessdrum.net/WPM
9-+-wQ-+K+0 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
9+-+-+-+-0 www.chessclub.com
xiiiiiiiiy
It could seem that Black has got some activity Answer to quiz
but look at his minor pieces − their routes have 33.£g7+!! A bolt from the blue − it is White who is
many restrictions and all stops are predetermined. mating! 33 ¢xg7 34.¦fxf7+ ¢h8 35.¦h7+ ¢g8
35...£c7 36.£b2 ¢g7 37.¤e2 ¢g8 38.¢f2 ¥f7 36.¦bg7# 1-0
39.£d4 ¢g7 40.£c3
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CT-261, 26th July 2001
Dgebuadze – Werle ½:½

Svidler takes lead in Biel Brodsky – Meijers ½:½
S. Ernst – Berelovich 1:0
P
eter Svidler took the lead at the very strong Ami – Krivoshey 0:1
tournament in Biel, Switzerland. This Rogozenko – Peng Zhaoqin 1:0
became clear after the rather unexpected
defeat of Victor Korchnoi to Yannik Pelletier. Both Standings after the 8th Round:
remaining games were peaceful. 1. Dvoiris – 6½ points,
2. Krivoshey, Werle, S. Ernst – 6 etc.
Results of the 3rd Round: Janssen 2429 − Van den Doel 2564
Svidler – Gelfand ½:½ Dieren (8), 25.07.2001 ♦ After the 4th Round of the Paris
Pelletier – Korchnoi 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY Championships the ELO-favourite
Grischuk – Lautier ½:½ 9-+-+-tr-mk0
9zp-zp-+-tRp0 Laurant Fressinet (France),
9-+-+-sn-+0 Alexander Shneider and Alexander
Standings after the 3rd Okhotnik (both of Ukraine) are
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Round: 9-zPQ+-+-+0 sharing the lead with perfect score. 16
1. Svidler – 2½ points 9zP-+-zP-+r0 players are half a point behind.
2. Korchnoi – 2 9-+-+-zPK+0
3-4. Gelfand, Pelletier – 1½ 9+-+q+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy ♦ IM Alexey Gavrilov (Russia)
5. Lautier – 1
White to play retains a perfect score after beating
6. Grischuk – ½
Can you find the quickest way to GM Alexander Moroz (Ukraine) in the
win? 5th Round of the Czech Open in
Pardubice. 16 players are in chase.
Svidler – Korchnoi
Lautier – Gelfand
Grischuk – Pelletier
1. Gavrilov – 5 points,
2-6. Tomashevsky, Vokac, Navara,
♦ Alexander Rustemov (Russia) retains the lead Teske, Tolstykh – 4½
after the 9th Round of the Politiken Cup in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
♦ In the 8th Round of the European Junior
Championships (under 20) in Patras, Greece
Zviad Izoria (Georgia) beat Anton Korobov
Psakhis – Rustemov ½:½
(Ukraine) and caught him in the lead with 6½
Jepson – Hoi ½:½
points. Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) is dominating
P. H. Nielsen – Brynell ½:½
the Girls event with 7 points.
M.Gurevich – Mortensen 1:0
Speelman – McShane ½:½
Berg – Hector 0:1
Boys:
Izoria – Korobov 1:0
Stryjecki – Jirka 1:0
1. Rustemov – 7½ points, Timofeev – Postny ½:½
2-7. M.Gurevich, P. H. Nielsen, Psakhis,
Dziuba – Buhmann 0:1
Hector, Hoi, Jepson – 7 etc.
Berg – Guseinov 0:1
Mastrovasilis – Berkvens 0:1
There are two rounds to play.
Girls:
♦ Semen Dvoiris (Russia) keeps sole lead before Hodova – Radziewicz 0:1
the last round of the Dutch Open in Dieren. Matnadze – Zakurdjaeva 0:1
Some results of the 8th Round: Motoc – Javakhishvili 0:1
Dvoiris – Ikonnikov ½:½
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Standings after the 8 Round: 9rsnl+k+-tr0
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Boys: 9-zp-+psn-+0
1-2. Izoria, Korobov - 6½ points 9+-+-+-+-0
3. Stryjecki – 6 9-vlPzP-+-+0
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4-5. Buhmann, Guseinov – 5½ etc. 9PzP-+PzPPzP0
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1. Radziewicz – 7 points 6.¥g5
2. Javakhishvili – 6½ Both 6.g3 and 6.a3 are more common options.
3. Zakurdjaeva – 6 6...¥b7 7.e3 a5
4. Matnadze – 5½ etc. Black usually pushes the bishop on g5 first:
7...h6 8.¥h4 (8.¥xf6 ¥xc3+ 9.£xc3 £xf6 10.¥e2
0-0 11.0-0 d6 is okay for Black) 8...a5 (8...¥xc3+
♦ In the 7th Round of the strong “Patra Open the 9.£xc3 g5 10.¥g3 ¤e4 11.£c2 d6 is also
top-seeded GM Andrei Istratescu (Romania) beat playable, Barsov − Taleb, Abudhabi 2000) 9.a3
Tamaz Gelashvili (Georgia) and overtook him in ¥xc3+ 10.£xc3 d6 11.¥d3 ¤bd7 with acceptable
the lead with 6 points. Greek Champion Stelios play for Black, Campos Moreno − Pogorelov, La
Halkias smashed Peter Genov (Bulgaria) and Bordeta 1999.
became joint leader of the event – please enjoy his 8.a3 ¥xc3+ 9.bxc3!?
aggressive style in the game section. XIIIIIIIIY
9rsn-+k+-tr0
Some results of the 7th Round: 9+lzppwqpzpp0
Istratescu – Gelashvili 1:0
Halkias – Genov 1:0
9-zp-+psn-+0
Rychagov – Bagaturov ½:½ 9zp-+-+-vL-0
Marjanovic – K. Nikolaidis ½:½ 9-+PzP-+-+0
9zPQzP-zPN+-0
Standings after the 7th Round: 9-+-+-zPPzP0
1-2. Istratescu, Halkias – 6 points, 9tR-+-mKL+R0
3-11. Kotronias, Krakops, Gelashvili, Potapov,
Rychagov, Barsov, Bagaturov, Marjanovic, K.
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A new and interesting continuation. At first sight
Nikolaidis – 5 etc. White has just ruined his pawn structure himself
but this pawn capture has some pluses: White
♦ There was no winner in our Dortmund quiz - intends to attack Black's queenside by c4−c5 and
Anand and Topalov confused everyone! Virtually the opened b−file will be very useful; besides,
everybody included Anand in the top 2! another c−pawn will help to keep the d5 square
under control by c3−c4 and it may be advanced
further as well. 9.£xc3 was played in the game
¤¤¤ Seirawan − A. Sokolov, Montpellier (ct) 1985 and
after 9...¤e4 10.¥xe7 ¤xc3 11.¥h4 ¤e4 Black
has got a slightly worse ending.
Annotated Game 9...d6
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov Mikhail Chigorin (and probably Alexander
Morozevich) would hardly think too much before
S Halkias (2505) − P Genov (2473) giving up another bishop: 9...¥xf3!? 10.gxf3 a4!?
3rd International Open of Patras Rio (7.2), 11.£c2 ¤c6 and it doesn't seem to be easy for
24.07.2001 E21 White to open the position for the bishops although
his chances still should be preferred.
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.¤c3 ¥b4 5.£b3 10.c5!?
£e7 A typical breakthrough, White wants to complete
his development with maximum effect. The
drawback is obvious − the pawn is sacrificed.
10...dxc5 11.¥b5+

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XIIIIIIIIY 22...f4 was met by 23.£g4!; while the position

9rsn-+k+-tr0 after 22...¤c6 23.exf5 exf5 24.¥xf5 ¤e7 25.£g4
9+lzp-wqpzpp0
9-zp-+psn-+0 ¦xf5 26.¦xf5 ¤xf5 27.£xg5+ ¢h8 28.£xf5‚ can
9zpLzp-+-vL-0 be hardly defended.
9-+-zP-+-+0 23.exf5 exf5 24.¥xf5 dxc3
9zPQzP-zPN+-0 It was too late to give Black better advice − he
9-+-+-zPPzP0 hasn't managed to include his queenside pieces
9tR-+-mK-+R0 into the defence. 24...¤c6 25.£g4+− was equally
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bad.
11...¢f8
25.£g4 £e7 26.£h5 £c5+ 27.¥f2
Of course, after 11...c6 12.¥d3 ¤bd7 Black was XIIIIIIIIY
stressed over the b−file. Nevertheless it looked 9rsn-+-tr-+0
safer − the possibility to castle the king is not such 9+lzp-+-mk-0
a bad rule in chess. According to Evgeny 9-zp-+-+-+0
Sveshnikov, it slightly favours Black, who faces 9zp-wq-sNLzpQ0
more risks in the opening − one of his suggestions 9-+-+-+-+0
9zP-zp-+-+-0
to decrease the amount of draws in chess is to 9-+-+-vLPzP0
abolish this rule! 9+-+-+RmK-0
12.¤e5 h6 13.¥h4 g5 14.¥g3 ¤e4 xiiiiiiiiy
In case of 14...¥xg2 15.¦g1 ¥b7 16.0-0-0© Black resigned. 1-0
White had good compensation for the pawn thanks
to the advantage in development and the Quiz Answer: 1.¦g8+! ¤xg8 2.£xg8+!
vulnerable position of Black's king. and checkmate next move. 1-0
15.0-0!?
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An interesting idea − White would like to check
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useful in defence on the h−file so 20...¦h6!? Editors:
deserved serious attention. Black was possibly
Barsky.
worried about 21.¥xf5!? exf5 22.¦xf5 but after Technical editors:
22...¥d5!? he was defending. A possible play was Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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Perhaps 21...¦f6!? was more stubborn.
22.e4
Now Black is in big trouble.
22...cxd4
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CT-262, 27th July 2001
1-3. Rustemov, P.-H.Nielsen,

Svidler Remains on top in Psakhis – 8 points
Biel. 4-7. M.Gurevich, Speelman, de Firmian,
Brynell – 7½ etc.
ll games were drawn in the 5th Round of the
A very strong tournament in Biel, Switzerland

so the situation is unchanged – the last year
winner Peter Svidler is the leader, followed
The ELO-favourite of the Paris Championships, a
home GM Laurant Fressinet, keeps a perfect
score after the 5th Round.
closely by the veteran Victor Korchnoi, in clear
second, a half point behind. Standings after the 5th Round:
1. Fressinet – 5 points
Results of the 4th Round: 2-7. Shneider, Lupu, Murrey, Bergez,
Svidler – Korchnoi ½:½ Miroshnichenko, Szabolcsi – 4½ etc.
Lautier – Gelfand ½:½
Grischuk – Pelletier ½:½ Home GM, Marek Vokac, took the lead at the
Czech Open in Pardubice after beating Alexey
Alexander Grischuk played a very interesting game Gavrilov (Russia) in the 6th Round.
and was close to success at some point but in
severe time trouble he made some mistakes. Some results of the 6th Round:
Nevertheless he managed to save the half point by Vokac – Gavrilov 1:0
an heroic defence in a rook endgame. Tomashevsky – Navara ½:½
Tolstykh – Teske ½:½
Moroz – Burmakin 0:1
1. Svidler – 3 points Postny − Stryjecki Standings after the 5th Round:
2. Korchnoi – 2½ From our annotated Game 1. Vokac – 5½ points,
3-4. Gelfand, Pelletier – 2 Black has just played 2-9. Gavrilov, Burmakin, Tomashevsky,
5. Lautier – 1½ 46…£c3−e3 Womacka, Navara, Kalinitschew,
6. Grischuk – 1 XIIIIIIIIY Teske, Tolstykh – 5 etc.
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Pairings for the 5th Round: 9-+p+p+-+0 In the 9th Round of the European
Pelletier – Svidler 9+-+-sNp+p0 Junior Championships (under 20) in
Korchnoi – Lautier 9PzP-+-+-+0 Patras, Greece Anton Korobov
9+-+-wqL+-0 (Ukraine) took sole lead again. Zviad
Gelfand – Grischuk 9KwQ-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Izoria (Georgia) is half a point behind.
Dutch Champion Peter-Heine xiiiiiiiiy In the Girls event all the leaders won
Nielsen and twice Soviet Can you find the winning line their games, Iweta Radziewicz (Poland)
Champion Lev Psakhis joined forWhite? Solution in game is on top with 8 points.
Alexander Rustemov (Russia) section.
at the lead after the preliminary 10th Round of the Some results of the 9th Round:
Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. Boys:
Guseinov – Izoria ½:½
Some results of the 10th Round: Korobov – Buhmann 1:0
Rustemov – M.Gurevich ½:½ Postny – Stryjecki 1:0
P.-H.Nielsen – Jepson 1:0 Jirka – Timofeev 0:1
Hoi – Psakhis 0:1
Hector – Speelman 0:1 Girls:
McShane – de Firmian 0:1 Radziewicz – Richards 1:0
Brynell – Aaberg 1:0 Javakhishvili – Makka 1:0
Standings after the 9th Round: Zakurdjaeva – Karlovich 1:0
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Matras – Matnadze 0:1 Meijers, Dgebuadze – 6½ etc.
Standings after the 9th Round: Our congratulations to the winners of these
Boys: recently finished tournaments.
1. Korobov – 7½ points,
2. Izoria – 7 ¤¤¤
3-6. Timofeev, Postny, Guseinov, Annotated Game
Stryjecki – 6 etc. E. Postny (2486) − M. Stryjecki (2441)
EuchJM (9.3), 25.07.2001 D17
Girls: Notes by Ruslan Scherbakov
1. Radziewicz – 8 points 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 dxc4 5.a4
2. Javakhishvili – 7½ ¥f5 6.¤h4 ¥c8 (D)
3. Zakurdjaeva – 7 XIIIIIIIIY
4. Matnadze – 6½ etc. 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
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9-+p+-sn-+0
Greek Champion Stelios Halkias won the strong 9+-+-+-+-0
Patra Open. Top-seeded GM Andrei Istratescu 9P+pzP-+-sN0
(Romania) shared second place with GMs 9+-sN-+-+-0
9-zP-+PzPPzP0
Vassilios Kotronias (Greece) and Maris Krakops 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
(Latvia). xiiiiiiiiy
7.¤f3
Some results of the 8th Round: The position with an isolated pawn after 7.e3
Istratescu – Halkias ½:½ e5 8.¥xc4 exd4 9.exd4 ¥e7 10.0-0 0-0²
Bagaturov – Kotronias ½:½ promises a slight edge for White, but Postny
Krakops – Barsov 1:0 prefers another way.
Gelashvili – Marjanovic 1:0 7...¥f5 8.¤e5 e6 9.f3 ¥b4 10.e4 ¥xe4
11.fxe4 ¤xe4 12.¥d2 £xd4 13.¤xe4 £xe4+
Some results of the final 9th Round: 14.£e2 ¥xd2+ 15.¢xd2 £d5+ 16.¢c2 ¤a6
Krakops – Istratescu ½:½ (D)
Halkias – Gelashvili 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY
Banikas – Bagaturov ½:½ 9r+-+k+-tr0
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Rychagov – Ovsejevich ½:½ 9n+p+p+-+0
Kotronias – Miladinovich 1:0 9+-+qsN-+-0
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Final standings: 9+-+-+-+-0
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1. Halkias – 7½ points 9tR-+-+L+R0
2-4. Istratescu, Kotronias, Krakops – 7… xiiiiiiiiy
17.£e1!?
Semen Dvoiris (Russia) won the Dutch Open in Perhaps this rare continuation deserves
Dieren. more attention. White intends to capture the
pawn on c4 with the bishop and so forces
Some results of the final 9th Round: Black to advance the f−pawn. 17.¤xc4 is the
Moiseenko – Dvoirys ½:½ well worn track. These days Black more often
Krivoshey – S.Ernst ½:½ goes for 17...0-0 18.£e5 ¦ab8 and here
Werle – Brodsky ½:½ Ivanchuk's invention 19.a5!? (Ivanchuk −
Ikonnikov – Dgebuadze 0:1 Bareev, Montecatini Terme 2000) caused
Meijers – Rogozenko 1:0 Bareev some headache − you may remember
the games Topalov − Khalifman, Istanbul (ol)
Final standings: 2000 and Anand − Khalifman, New Delhi
1. Dvoiris – 7 points, 2000.
2-6. Krivoshey, Werle, S. Ernst,
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17...f6 18.¤xc4 0-0-0 19.£e3 XIIIIIIIIY

XIIIIIIIIY 9-mk-tr-+-tr0
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9zpp+-+-zpp0 9-+p+pzp-+0
9n+p+pzp-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+q+-+-0 9PzPN+-+-+0
9P+N+-+-+0 9+K+-wQ-+-0
9+-+-wQ-+-0 9-+-+L+qzP0
9-zPK+-+PzP0 9+-+R+-tR-0
9tR-+-+L+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Black has 4 pawns for the piece but of
As a result, a well−known position has course it is White who is playing for a win −
arisen. It promises White a small advantage with an extra piece this helps get to his
and, moreover, he was maybe satisfied to opponent's king.
entice Black into the variation which is recently 28...£xh2 29.¦xg7 ¦xd1 30.¥xd1 ¦d8
supposed to be not his best option and so it 31.¥c2 h5 32.¥e4! (D)
has been forgotten for awhile. XIIIIIIIIY
19...¤c5 9-mk-tr-+-+0
9zppsn-+-tR-0
19...¢b8 is a common option. A possible line 9-+p+pzp-+0
of play is 20.¥e2 £xg2 21.¦hg1 £xh2 9+-+-+-+p0
22.¦xg7 ¤b4+ 23.¢b3 ¤d5 24.£f3² − this 9PzPN+L+-+0
9+K+-wQ-+-0
position was tested several times. One 9-+-+-+-wq0
example: 24...h5 25.¦f1 ¦c8 26.¢a2 ¦c7 9+-+-+-+-0
27.¦fg1 £f4 28.£xf4 ¤xf4 29.¥f3² and White xiiiiiiiiy
has maintained his small advantage, Kramnik Suddenly Black has problems with his
− Lautier, Cannes (m/6) 1993. queen!
20.b4 ¤a6 32...f5
20...¤xa4?! was unsuccessful in the game 32...h4? was losses instantly: 33.¦g2 £h1
Stohl − Haba, Prague 1989: 21.¥e2! ¤b6 34.¦d2+−; 32...¦e8!? deserved attention with
(21...b5? 22.¦xa4! bxa4 23.£xa7+−) the idea to follow ...f6−f5 with ...e6−e5 − at
22.¤xb6+ axb6 23.¦hd1± with a big least it wasn't weakening the square e5.
advantage; after 20...£e4+ 21.£xe4 ¤xe4 33.¥f3 £h3?
22.¥e2 h5 the players could have transposed Obviously Black shouldn't move the queen
to the game Gelfand − Hort, Munich 1991. from the important diagonal.
(22...e5!?) According to Boris Gelfand, here 34.£f4 ¦c8 (D)
White should have played 23.b5!? (23.¦hd1 XIIIIIIIIY
9-mkr+-+-+0
¦xd1 24.¦xd1 ¢c7²) 23...cxb5 24.axb5 ¢b8 9zppsn-+-tR-0
25.b6 a6 26.¦hd1ƒ with initiative.; 20...£f5+ 9-+p+p+-+0
21.¢c3 ¤e4+ 22.¢b3² was also better for 9+-+-+p+p0
White. 9PzPN+-wQ-+0
9+K+-+L+q0
21.¢c3 9-+-+-+-+0
21.£xa7 was not so clear due to 21...£e4+ 9+-+-+-+-0
(21...¤xb4+? 22.¢c3+−) 22.¢c3 c5!„ , xiiiiiiiiy
intending to check on d4. 35.¢b2?
21...¢b8 22.¥e2 £xg2 In the time trouble White failed to find the
Perhaps Black should have paid more rather unexpected 35.¤d2! , covering the only
attention to 22...c5!? available square for the queen and Black is in
23.¦ag1 £d5 24.¦d1 ¤c7!? 25.¢b3 £g2 zugzwang: 35...h4 36.¢b2 a6 37.¢c2+− and
26.¦dg1 £d5 27.¦d1 £g2 28.¦hg1 (D) so on.
35...£f1
Now Black is back in the game.
36.¤e5?!
A very logical continuation which has one
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9-mkr+-+-+0 www.schaakbond.nl/
9zppsn-+-tR-0 chp2001.echecs-idf.com/chpt/
9-+p+p+-+0 kbhsu.brinkster.net/ksu/politiken_cup/p_c_2001
9+-+-sNp+p0 www.proclient.cz/czechopen
9PzP-+-wQ-+0 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
9+K+-+L+-0 www.chessclub.com
9-+-+-wq-+0
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45.£e2 (D)
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45...£c3? Editors:
A big mistake − Black correctly assumed that GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
the queens should be kept on the board but and IM Vladimir Barsky.
actually helps White to swap them! Almost any
other retreat was quite playable. Technical editors:
46.£b2! £e3?? (D) Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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Black doesn't see the point. Yet, the ending
after 46...£xb2+ 47.¢xb2 was already not
much fun as White's pieces are dominating.
47.¦xc7!
This probably came as a shock.
47...¦d8
47...¦xc7 48.¤g4! followed by £h8.
48.¦d7
Black resigned. An interesting and rather
important theoretical game. 1-0.
CT-262 Page 4 of 4
CT-263, 28th July 2001
A top-seeded GM Vladimir Burmakin (Russia)

Korchnoi takes sole lead in and GM Mathias Womacka (Germany) are
Switzerland heading the Czech Open in Pardubice.
V ictor Korchnoi has taken sole lead at the

very strong tournament
in Biel, Switzerland! In
th
the final 5 Round of the first
Burmakin – Vokac 1:0
Prokopchuk − R. Scherbakov
chT−RUS Elista 1998
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Navara – Womacka 0:1
Teske – Tomashevsky ½:½
Gavrilov – Kalinitschew ½:½
circle he outplayed Joel Lautier
9r+-+-+k+0
in a worse endgame while Peter 9+-+-+pzpp0
Svidler unexpectedly lost to 9-wq-+-+-zP0
Standings after the 7th
Yannick Pelletier. 9+N+p+-zP-0 Round:
9r+-+-zPl+0 1-2. Burmakin, Womacka –
9+p+L+-+-0 6 points,
Results of the 5th Round: 9-wQ-+-+-+0
Pelletier – Svidler 1:0 9+KtR-+-+R0 3-14. Gavrilov,
Korchnoi – Lautier 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy Tomashevsky, Vokac,
Gelfand – Grischuk ½:½ Black to play and win Fridman, Korotylev,
Solution is in the notes to move 13 Yevseev, Potkin,
th
Standings after the 5 Round: in today's annotated game. Kalinitschew, Neverov,
1. Korchnoi – 3½ points Sergeev, Teske, Vorobjev –
2-3. Pelletier, Svidler – 3 5½ etc.
4. Gelfand – 2½
5-6. Grischuk, Lautier – 1½ Five players shared the first place on the Politiken
Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. The winners are:
Tomorrow will be a rest day. Belgian Champion 2001 Mikhail Gurevich (you
may remember his unbelievable 9 out of 9
There is a strong open tournament underway in performance!), Dutch Champion 2001 Peter-
Biel. A clear leader of the event is R. B. Ramesh Heine Nielsen, twice Soviet Champion Lev
(India), who became a hero of the 4 Round th Psakhis (Israel) as well as Alexander Rustemov
beating Boris Avrukh (Israel). (Russia) and Nick de Firmian (USA). at the lead
after the preliminary 10th Round of.
1. Ramesh – 4 points, Some results of the 11th Round:
2-4. Pavlovic, Yagupov, Arizmedi – 3½..
Psakhis – P.-H. Nielsen ½:½
th Speelman – Rustemov ½:½
Top boards of the 5 Round:
M.Gurevich – J. Akesson 1:0
Pavlovic – Ramesh
de Firmian – Brynell 1:0
Yagupov – Arizmedi
Mikhalevsky – Tukmakov
Avrukh – Rashkovsky Final standings:
1-5. M.Gurevich, Rustemov,
A home GM Laurant Fressinet and IM Janos P.-H.Nielsen, Psakhis, de Firmian – 8½
Szabolcsi (Hungary) are leading after the 6th 6-8. Speelman, Mortensen, Hoi – 8 etc.
Round of the Paris Championships
Zviad Izoria (Georgia) and Iweta Radziewicz
th
Standings after the 6 Round: (Poland) became the winners of the European
1-2. Fressinet, Szabolcsi – 5½ points Junior Championships (under 20) in Patras,
3-9. Shneider, Lupu, Savchenko, Bauer, Khenkin, Greece.
Miroshnichenko, Shirazi – 5…
CT-263 Page 1 of 3
Some results of the 10th Round: Some results of the 1st Round:
Boys: Patterson – Onischuk 0:1
Timofeev – Korobov 1:0 Sulskis – Marrero 1:0
Postny – Izoria ½:½ Langer – Atalik 0:1
Stryjecki – Guseinov ½:½ Yermolinsky – Noble 1:0
Koo – Blatny ½:½
Girls: Harmon – Browne 0:1
Srebrnic - Radziewicz 0:1
Sperdokli – Javakhishvili 0:1 ¤¤¤
Richards – Zakurdjaeva 0:1 Annotated Game
Matnadze – Makka 1:0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
T Calistri (2305) − V Okhotnik (2446)
Some results of the 11th Round: Paris Championship (6), 26.07.2001 B66
Boys:
Izoria – Pert ½:½ Look how French player Tristan Calistri smashed
Korobov – Postny 0:1 the experienced IM Vladimir Okhotnik.
Guseinov – Timofeev ½:½ 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3
Buhmann – Stryjecki 1:0 d6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0-0-0 £b6 9.¤b3 ¥e7
Dziuba – Berkvens 1:0 10.f3 0-0
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9r+l+-trk+0
Girls: 9+p+-vlpzpp0
Radziewicz – Sebag ½:½ 9pwqnzppsn-+0
Javakhishvili – Karlovich ½:½ 9+-+-+-vL-0
9-+-+P+-+0
Zakurdjaeva – Matras ½:½ 9+NsN-+P+-0
Mietzner – Matnadze 0:1 9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
9+-mKR+L+R0
Final standings: xiiiiiiiiy
Boys: The position with opposite−castled kings creates
very sharp and complicated play, where every
1. Zviad Izoria (Georgia) – 8 points, move has to be well−thought out.
2. Anton Korobov (Ukraine) – 7½ 11.g4 £c7 12.¥e3 b5
3. Evgeny Postny (Israel) – 7½ XIIIIIIIIY
4-6. Buhmann, Dziuba, Timofeev – 7½... 9r+l+-trk+0
9+-wq-vlpzpp0
9p+nzppsn-+0
Girls: 9+p+-+-+-0
1. Iweta Radziewicz (Poland) – 9½ 9-+-+P+P+0
2. Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) – 9 9+NsN-vLP+-0
3. Irina Zakurdjaeva (Russia) – 8½ 9PzPPwQ-+-zP0
9+-mKR+L+R0
4. Ana Matnadze (Russia) – 8½ etc. xiiiiiiiiy
13.¥d3
Our congratulations for all the winners! It looks more natural to start with 13.g5 although
the same positions may be reached. One example
The information from Mark Crowther (TWIC): the from my own practice: 13...¤d7 14.f4 ¤b6! 15.¥d3
Continental Open in Las Vegas takes place 26th – (after 15.£f2 ¦b8 16.h4 ¤a4! Black has obtained
29th July. It is a four-day event although there are very good counterplay in the game Nezhmetdinov
different schedules. The 3-day schedule players − Taimanov, Baku 1951: 17.¥d2 ¤xc3 18.¥xc3 b4
begin this afternoon and merge with the 4-day 19.¥d2 a5 20.¢b1 a4 21.¤c1 ¥d7 22.¥d3 ¦fc8
players this evening. On Saturday, the 2 day 23.h5 ¤a5 with mutual chances) 15...¦e8 16.h4
b4 17.¤e2 a5 18.¢b1 d5! with an excellent play.
schedule players will play three rounds and merge
The game Prokopchuk − R. Scherbakov, chT−
for round 4 in the evening. Rounds 5 and 6 will RUS Elista 1998 continued by 19.¥xb6 £xb6
have all the players combined. 20.exd5 exd5 21.h5 a4 22.¤bd4 b3! 23.¤xc6
£xc6 24.cxb3 axb3 25.a3 ¥g4

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26.¦c1 £b6 27.¤c3 ¥xa3!! 28.bxa3 ¦xa3 29.¤b5 There was no good defence: 20...¢xg7 21.£g2+
¦a4 30.h6 ¦ea8 31.£b2 ¢xh7 22.¦g1; 20...¥f6 21.¦g8+ ¢xh7 22.e5+
XIIIIIIIIY ¢xg8 23.exf6; 20...¤xd3 21.¥d4! ¤xd4 22.£h6
9r+-+-+k+0 with a quick checkmate in all cases.
9+-+-+pzpp0 21.¥d4 ¥f6 22.¦g8+
9-wq-+-+-zP0
9+N+p+-zP-0 22.¦g3 was also good enough.
9r+-+-zPl+0 22...¢xh7 23.¦hg1 23...£e7
9+p+L+-+-0 Again, Black had some alternatives which
9-wQ-+-+-+0 couldn't help either: 23...¤xb3 24.axb3 bxc3
9+KtR-+-+R0 25.¥xc3 ¥b5 26.¦8g5!+−; 23...¤cxd3 24.¦8g5!!
xiiiiiiiiy ¥xg5 25.£xg5 with a forced checkmate: 25...f5
26.£g8+ ¢h6 27.£h8+ £h7 28.¥e3+ f4 29.¥xf4+
31...¦a1+! 32.£xa1 ¦xa1+ 33.¢xa1 £f2-+ and
¤xf4 30.£f8+ ¢h5 31.¦g5+ ¢xh4 32.£xf4+ ¢h3
Black eventually won.
33.£g3#
13...¦d8?!
24.¥xe5! ¥xe5 25.£g2 £f6 26.¦g5 £h6
This rook move is just odd in this situation. XIIIIIIIIY
14.g5 ¤d7 15.h4 ¤c5?! 9r+-trl+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+p+k0
9r+ltr-+k+0 9p+-zpp+-wq0
9+-wq-vlpzpp0 9+-sn-vl-tR-0
9p+nzpp+-+0 9-zp-+P+-zP0
9+psn-+-zP-0 9+NsNL+P+-0
9-+-+P+-zP0 9PzPP+-+Q+0
9+NsNLvLP+-0 9+K+-+-tR-0
9PzPPwQ-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-mKR+-+R0 27.¦xe5! ¥d7 28.¦h5 Black resigned. A crushing
xiiiiiiiiy
defeat! 1-0
The way Black arranges his pieces can be
usually seen in the Velimirovich Attack. Here Recommended Web sites:
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above. www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm
16.¢b1 ¥d7 17.g6!? www.chess.gr
XIIIIIIIIY www.otenet.gr/chessclub/2001
9r+-tr-+k+0 chp2001.echecs-idf.com/chpt/
kbhsu.brinkster.net/ksu/politiken_cup/p_c_2001
9+-wqlvlpzpp0
9p+nzpp+P+0 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
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A rather typical method but slower attacks were will go down, while the quality will go up!
also not bad here.
17...¥e8? Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
This retreat cannot be good. The pawn should Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
have been taken: 17...hxg6 18.h5 b4 19.hxg6 fxg6 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
(19...bxc3?? 20.¦h8+!) 20.¤e2; 17...fxg6 looked E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
better: 18.h5 gxh5 19.¦xh5 b4 20.¤e2 ¤xd3
21.cxd3 with good attacking possibilities on the Editors:
kingside though everything is still far from clear. GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir
18.gxh7+ ¢h8 19.¦dg1 b4? Barsky.
19...¤xd3 20.cxd3 ¥f8 should have been Technical editors:
preferred, White would continue by 21.h5, followed Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin © and
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Excellent!
20...¤e5

CT-263 Page 3 of 3
CT-264, 29th July 2001
Jenni – Kobalia 0:1

Korchnoi rests top Schaufelberger – Guliev 0:1
T
oday was the rest day for the participants 1-2. Ramesh, Arizmendi Martinez –
of the very strong tournament in Biel, 4½ points
Switzerland. 70 year old Victor Korchnoi 3-7. Pavlovic, Zollbrecht, Kobalia, V.
is a leader of the event, half a point ahead of Mikhalevsky, Guliev – 4 etc.
Yannick Pelletier and last years winner Peter
Svidler. Top boards of the 6th Round:
Ramesh – Arizmendi Martinez
Standings after the 5th Round: Zollbrecht – Kobalia
1. Korchnoi – 3½ points Guliev – Mikhalevsky
2-3. Pelletier, Svidler – 3 Milov – Pavlovic
4. Gelfand – 2½
5-6. Grischuk, Lautier – 1½ Five players, including the top-seeded home GM
Laurant Fressinet, are sharing the lead after the
Pairings for the 6th Round: 7th Round of the Paris Championships.
Korchnoi – Gelfand
Lautier – Pelletier Standings after the 7th Round:
Grischuk – Svidler 1-5. Fressinet, Lupu, Bauer,
Szabolcsi, Miroshnichenko – 6 points,
6-14. Inkiov, Shneider, Savchenko, Shchekachev,
Black has just played £b6 −e6?? Timoshenko, Nikcevic, Lukov, Kruppa, Plantet –
A tempting continuation but with a very
serious drawback − it is just losing! 5½ etc.
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9-+k+-+-tr0 GMs Vladimir Burmakin (Russia), Mathias
9zp-+-+P+-0 Womacka (Germany) and IM Denis Yevseev
9-+-+qsn-+0 (Russia) are sharing the lead after the preliminary
9+pzp-+-+-0 8th Round of the Czech Open in Pardubice.
9-+p+-+-zP0
9+-sN-+-+-0 Some results of the 8th Round:
9PzP-wQ-zPl+0 Womacka – Burmakin ½:½
9tR-+-+RmK-0 Vorobjev – Korotylev ½:½
xiiiiiiiiy Neverov – Sergeev ½:½
White to play and win Teske – Fridman ½:½
Solution in our game section Kalinitschew – Potkin ½:½
Yevseev – Gavrilov 1:0
Tomashevsky – Vokac ½:½
After the 5th Round of the strong Biel Open there Sasikiran – Meister 1:0
are rather surprising leaders – IMs R. B. Ramesh Meduna – Babula 0:1
(India) and Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez Chernyshov – Haba 0:1
(Spain).
Some results of the 5th Round: 1-3. Burmakin, Womacka,
Pavlovic – Ramesh ½:½ Yevseev – 6½ points etc.
Yagupov – Arizmedi 0:1 4-18. Haba, Tomashevsky, Fridman, Vokac,
Mikhalevsky – Tukmakov 1:0 Korotylev, Sasikiran, Teske, Kalinitschew,
Avrukh – Rashkovsky ½:½ Sergeev, Neverov, Socko, Vorobjev, Potkin,
Kempinsky – Efimenko ½:½ Babula, Jarasz – 6 etc.

CT-264 Page 1 of 3
Alexander Onischuk (Ukraine), Smbat Lputian 1994.) 19.h4 ¤xf6 20.¥xb7+ ¢xb7 with reason−
(Armenia), Alexander Goldin (USA), Eduard able counterplay.
Gufeld, John Donaldson (all of USA) and Suat 18...¤xf6 19.dxe6
Atalik (Bosnia & Herzegovina) keep perfect score XIIIIIIIIY
after the 2nd Round of the Continental Open in 9-+k+-+-tr0
Las Vegas (the information is taken from TWIC) 9zpl+-+p+-0
9-wq-+Psn-tr0
¤¤¤
9+pzp-+-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+p+-+-zP0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-sN-+-zP-0
G Timoshenko (2554) − L Bergez (2392) 9PzP-wQ-zPL+0
Paris Championship (7), 27.07.2001 D44 9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3 e6 5.¥g5 dxc4 19...¥xg2?!
XIIIIIIIIY This natural move is actually a mistake − Black
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 probably missed a strong intermediate move.
19...fxe6 should have been played, we mentioned
9zpp+-+pzpp0 this position in the notes above.
9-+p+psn-+0 20.exf7!
9+-+-+-vL-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+pzP-+-+0 9-+k+-+-tr0
9+-sN-+N+-0 9zp-+-+P+-0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 9-wq-+-sn-tr0
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9+pzp-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+p+-+-zP0
The Botvinnik variation leads to very sharp 9+-sN-+-zP-0
complications and requires a very deep knowledge
from both players. 9PzP-wQ-zPl+0
6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.¥h4 g5 9.¤xg5 hxg5 10.¥xg5 9tR-+-+RmK-0
¤bd7 11.g3 ¥b7 12.¥g2 £b6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 xiiiiiiiiy
0-0-0 15.0-0 20...¦xh4!?
XIIIIIIIIY An interesting attempt. Black had no time for
9-+ktr-vl-tr0 20...¥xf1?? due to 21.£xh6!; 20...¦6h7 21.¢xg2
was not very fun either.
9zpl+n+p+-0 21.gxh4 £e6??
9-wq-+pzP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+pzpP+-vL-0 9-+k+-+-tr0
9-+p+-+-+0 9zp-+-+P+-0
9+-sN-+-zP-0 9-+-+qsn-+0
9PzP-+-zPLzP0 9+pzp-+-+-0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9-+p+-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sN-+-+-0
15...¥h6
This bishop sortie is usually played without 9PzP-wQ-zPl+0
inclusion of the moves ...c6−c5 and d4−d5. Here 9tR-+-+RmK-0
15...b4 is a well−known path after which White xiiiiiiiiy
chooses between 16.¤a4 and 16.¦b1!? A tempting continuation but with a very serious
16.¥xh6 ¦xh6 17.£d2 ¦dh8 18.h4 drawback − it is just losing. After 21...¥xf1 22.¦xf1
This is a novelty. 18.dxe6 was played a couple ¦f8 23.¦e1 ¦xf7 24.£g5! White kept better
of times, Black should have replied with 18...fxe6 chances but Black was still fighting.
(18...¤xf6 19.exf7 Geberl − Taeger, Germany
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22.£h6!!+− Recommended Web sites:
XIIIIIIIIY www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm
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This heavy blow decides the game. Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
22...£h3 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
An attempt to confuse the opponent. Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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9zpk+-+P+-0 Barsky.
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9PzP-+-zPl+0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
24.£a8+!
The queen has done a good job and dies
gloriously − White doesn't regret it very much
since the new one comes alive with great effect.
Objectively, 24.f3 was also good enough.
24...¢xa8 25.f8£+ ¢b7 26.£g7+
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9zpk+-+-wQ-0
9-+-+-sn-+0
9+pzp-+-+-0
9-+p+-+-zP0
9+-sN-+-+q0
9PzP-+-zPl+0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
26...¢b6 27.£xg2
Black resigned.
1-0

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CT-265, 30th July 2001
Lamoureux – Santo-Roman 0:1

Korchnoi still top in Biel Final standings:
1. Bauer – 7½ points
V ictor Korchnoi keeps sole lead at the very

strong tournament in Biel, Switzerland.
All games were drawn in the 6th Round.
There was an interesting battle between Alexander
2-12. Shneider, Fressinet, Lupu, Miroshnichenko,
Savchenko, Shchekachev, Timoshenko, Shirazi,
Kruppa, Khenkin, Santo-Roman – 7 etc.
Grischuk and Peter Svidler – enjoy it at the game
IM Mathias Womacka (Germany) won the Czech
section. Both remaining games was quiet and
Open in Pardubice. GMs Vladimir Burmakin,
ended peacefully without much fighting.
Denis Yevseev (both of Russia), Daniel Fridman
(Latvia), Valery Neverov
Round 6 results: S Solovjov (2430) − K Chernyshov (2560) (Ukraine) and Bartocz Socko
Korchnoi – Gelfand ½:½ Pardubice, KB Open Pardubice, 2001
(Poland) shared second place.
Lautier – Pelletier ½:½ XIIIIIIIIY
Grischuk – Svidler ½:½ 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+Q+n0 Final 9th Round selected
9p+-zppwq-mk0 results:
Round 6 standings: 9+-+-+-+P0
1. Korchnoi – 4 points 9-+-+P+-+0 Burmakin – Yevseev ½:½
2-3. Pelletier, Svidler – 9zP-+L+-+-0 Korotylev – Womacka 0:1
3½ 9-zpP+-+-+0 Vokac – Sasikiran ½:½
4. Gelfand – 3 9+K+-+-+-0
5-6. Grischuk, Lautier – 2 xiiiiiiiiy Babula – Vorobiov ½:½
White to play Fridman – Kalinitschew 1:0
Solution on page 3. B.Socko – Teske 1:0
Round 7 pairings:
Grischuk – Korchnoi
Svidler – Lautier Final standings:
Pelletier – Gelfand 1. Womacka - 7½ points
2-6. Burmakin, Fridman, Yevseev, Neverov, B.
German players were shining at the recently finish- Socko – 7 etc.
ed strong open tournaments. Christian Bauer
became a winner of the Paris Championships. Our congratulations to the winners of these
imposing events!
Round 8 selected results:
Bauer – Szabolcsi 1:0 Chris Bird of Fantasy Chess reports (the
Fressinet – Lupu ½:½ information is taken from TWIC):
Shneider – Lukov 1:0
Mirochnichenko – Timoshenko ½:½ After the different playing schedules of the
Plantet – Savchenko 0:1 Continental Open in Las Vegas merged into one
Shchekachev – Inkiov 1:0 big field as we head into the final day's play. IM
Calistri – Shirazi 0:1 John Donaldson is the only person with a 100%
Kruppa – Nikcevic 1:0 record as he beat FM Emory Tate in the top board
game.
Final 9th Round selected results:
Bauer – Fressinet ½:½ Round 4 standings:
Shneider – Kruppa ½:½ 1. Donaldson – 4 points,
Lupu – Shchekachev ½:½ 2-7. Onischuk, Lputian, Goldin, Sulskis, Atalik,
Savchenko – Mirochnichenko ½:½ Anka – 3½
Timoshenko – Handke 1:0 8-14. Finegold, Blatny, Browne, Akobian, Mulyar,
Shirazi – Leroy 1:0 Tate, Hummel – 3 etc.
Szabolcsi – Khenkin 0:1
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9r+-wqkvl-tr0
¤¤¤ 9+-+n+pzpp0
9-+-zpl+-+0
9zp-+-zp-zP-0
Annotated Game 9-zp-+P+-+0
9+N+-vLPzP-0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9PzPPwQ-+-+0
9tR-+-mKL+R0
A Grischuk (2669) − P Svidler (2695) xiiiiiiiiy
Biel Chess Festival Biel, Switzerland (6), 29.07 14...£c7!?
B90.2001 A new and rather provocative continuation.
14...a4 was played before: 15.¤c1 £a5 16.¥h3
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 ¥xh3 17.¦xh3 ¤b6 18.b3 d5! 19.¤d3 ¥d6 20.¦d1
a6 6.f3 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 8.¥e3 ¤bd7 d4 21.¥g1 axb3 22.axb3 ¦c8 with mutual chances,
XIIIIIIIIY Morovic Fernandez − Shirov, Barcelona 2000.
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 Perhaps Peter didn't want to give the opponent a
9+p+n+pzpp0 possibility to show an improvement.
9p+-zplsn-+0 15.a3!?
9+-+-zp-+-0 A logical counter strike on the queenside which
9-+-+P+-+0 breaks Black's pawn structure. However, it was
obviously foreseen.
9+NsN-vLP+-0 15...bxa3 16.¦xa3 a4 17.¥b5 d5!
9PzPP+-+PzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9r+-+kvl-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-wqn+pzpp0
9.g4 9-+-+l+-+0
9+L+pzp-zP-0
We have seen 9.£d2 b5 10.0-0-0 is the game 9p+-+P+-+0
Skripchenko−Lautier − Naiditsch, Dortmund (m/2) 9tRN+-vLPzP-0
2001. 9-zPPwQ-+-+0
9...b5 9+-+-mK-+R0
9...h6 10.£d2 ¥e7 is the alternative way. xiiiiiiiiy
10.g5 b4 18.exd5!
XIIIIIIIIY Excellent reply! By sacrificing the exchange
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 White takes the initiative. In the case of 18.¦xa4
¦xa4 19.¥xa4 d4!? (19...dxe4!? 20.fxe4 £c4)
9+-+n+pzpp0 20.¥f2 £c4 21.¥xd7+ ¥xd7 Black could have
9p+-zplsn-+0 achieved very good compensation for the pawn.
9+-+-zp-zP-0 18...¥xa3 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.bxa3 axb3 21.cxb3
9-zp-+P+-+0 ¦xa3
9+NsN-vLP+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+-+-zP0 9-+-+k+-tr0
9+-wqn+-zpp0
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9-+-+p+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+L+-zp-zP-0
The immediate knight retreat 10...¤h5 seems to 9-+-+-+-+0
be worse: 11.£d2 ¥e7 12.0-0-0 ¤b6 13.¤d5 9trP+-vLPzP-0
¤xd5 14.exd5 ¥d7 15.¤a5 0-0 16.¢b1 f6 17.gxf6 9-+-wQ-+-+0
9+-+-mK-+R0
¦xf6 18.¤c6 ¥xc6 19.dxc6 with a clear advantage, xiiiiiiiiy
Grischuk − Fressinet, Lausanne (m/1) 2000. 22.0-0
11.¤e2 22.¢f2 looked tempting in order to keep the
11.¤d5 ¤xd5 12.exd5 ¥f5 13.¥d3 ¥xd3 bishop on e3 protected. It might work well if Black
14.£xd3 may promise a small edge for White but plays similar to the game but here he could
Black can be also satisfied with the position. For demonstrate the drawback of placing the king on
example: 14...¥e7 15.¦g1 (15.h4 0-0 16.0-0-0 a5 the 2nd rank by playing 22...£b7! (22...¦xb3?
17.¤d2 f5 Shirov − Svidler, Wijk aan Zee 1999) 23.¦c1 £d8 24.£xd7+!! £xd7 25.¦c8+ ¢f7
15...0-0 16.0-0-0 a5 17.¤d2 f5! 18.gxf6 ¤xf6 26.¥xd7 ¦xc8 27.¥xc8) 23.£d6 (23.¥a4? 0-0)
19.¢b1 ¤h5 20.¦g4 £d7 with good counterplay, 23...¦a2+ 24.¥e2 £d5, consolidating his army.
Leko − Kasparov, Linares 1999. 22...¦xb3 23.¦c1 £d8
11...¤h5 12.£d2 a5 13.¤g3 ¤xg3 14.hxg3
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9-+-wqk+-tr0 9-+-+-mk-+0
9+-+n+-zpp0 9+-+-+-+R0
9-+-+p+-+0 9-+-+L+p+0
9+L+-zp-zP-0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-+-+p+P+0
9+r+-vLPzP-0 9+-+-snP+-0
9-+-wQ-+-+0 9-+-+-+r+0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9+K+-+-+-0
24.¥c4 Just in time to break White's pawn structure.
Now 24.£xd7+? doesn't work as after 24...£xd7 Now Black gains both g−pawns so a draw is
25.¦c8+ ¢f7 26.¥xd7 the bishop e3 is not inevitable.
protected: 26...¦xc8 27.¥xc8 ¦xe3 44.fxe4
24...¦xe3! A draw agreed. An interesting game − both
24...¦b8?! 25.¥xe6 was too suspicious for Black. players were equal to the task.
25.£xe3 £b6 26.£xb6 ¤xb6 27.¥xe6 ¢e7 ½-½
Just in time − ¦c1-c7 would be painful.
28.¦c6 ¦b8 Recommended Web sites:
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9+-+-mk-zpp0 chp2001.echecs-idf.com/chpt/
9-snR+L+-+0 www.proclient.cz/czechopen
play.at/fantasychess
9+-+-zp-zP-0
9-+-+-+-+0 www.chessclub.com
9+-+-+PzP-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 Recommended Web sites:
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The combined actions of the rook and knight
gives Black sufficient counterplay.
35.¢f2
35.¢h2 was pointless due to 35...¦b2+
(35...e4!? 36.fxe4 ¤e5) 36.¢h3 ¦b1 with idea
...¤e3.
35...¦b2+ 36.¢e1 ¤e3 37.¥e6 ¤g2+ 38.¢f1
¤e3+ 39.¢e1 ¤g2+ 40.¢d1 ¤e3+ 41.¢c1 ¦c2+
It is quite useful to push the king as far as
possible.
42.¢b1 ¦g2 43.g4 e4!

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CT-266, 31st July 2001
4-11. Sulskis, D. Gurevich, Finegold, I. Ivanov,

A Recurrent Refrain - Browne, Akobian, Donaldson, Anka – 4½
Korchnoi Still on Top in 12-15. Yermolinsky, Gufeld, Mulyar, Tate – 4 etc.
Information at:
Biel! http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
Y esterday all three games were drawn at the

Biel tournament. So Viktor Korchnoi has
retained sole lead half a point ahead of last
year’s winner Peter Svidler from his native
There are some strong opens in progress.
About 200 players are taking part in the
Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen in
the Netherlands. After 3 Rounds 14 participants
Leningrad – St. Petersburg and today his have 3 points, among them Elo-favourites
compatriot Yannik Pelletier. Kasimdzhanov, Van Wely, Piket, Psakhis etc.
(Swiss system, 9 rounds.)
Pelletier – Gelfand ½:½ 23 players have a perfect score after the 2nd Round
Svidler – Lautier ½:½ of the 5th International Chess Tournament
Grischuk – Korchnoi ½:½ Korinthos 2001, Greece. Elo-favourites are Graf,
Najer, Istrateskou, Spasov, Nikolaidis are here.
Standing after the 7th Round: (Swiss system, 9 rounds.)
1. Korchnoi – 4½ points K. Sakaev - O. Sepp
2-3. Pelletier, Svidler – 4 Paul Keres Memorial The British Chess Championships
4. Gelfand – 3½ From our annotated game. started yesterday at the Spa Centre in
5-6. Grischuk, Lautier – 2½ Black played: Scarborough - 70 participants, Swiss
32...¤a3xb5 system, 11 Rounds, £25,000 prize
th XIIIIIIIIY fund. The reigning champion is Julian
Round 8 pairing: 9-+r+-+k+0
Kortchnoi – Pelletier 9+-+-+pvl-0 Hodgson who plays again this year.
Gelfand – Svidler 9p+-vL-+p+0
Lautier – Grischuk 9+n+-zp-+p0 Now we can tell you some results of
9q+-+P+-+0 the first day:
There are three leaders at the 9+-zP-+P+-0 Hodgson – Tan 1:0
Masters Open tournament after the 9L+-wQ-+PzP0 Trent – Miles 0:1
9+-tR-+-mK-0
6th Round. (Swiss system, 9 xiiiiiiiiy
Hebden – Stephenson 1:0
rounds.) Pert – Chandler ½:½
White to play and win.
1-3. Ramesh, Arizmendi, Kobalia – Emms – Willmoth 1:0
Solution in game section.
5 points Jackson – Lalic ½:½
4-10. Avrukh, Mikhalevsky, Pavlovic, Yagupov,
Solak, Guliev, Efimenko – 4½ etc. And last but not least, GM Konstantin Sakaev is
leading at the Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn,
Round 7th pairing: Estonia.
Kobalija – Ramesh
Arizmedi – Cvitan Standing after the 8th Round:
Avrukh – Efimenko 1. Sakaev – 7 points
Yagupov – Guliev 2. Gavrikov – 6½
Mikhalevski – Rashkovsky 3-8. Miezis, Kveinys, Lugovoi, Rythagov, Sepp,
Pavlovic – Solak Khamatgaleev – 6
9-12. Kengis, Yemelin, Cmilyte, Reizniece – 5½
GMs Alexander Onischuk, Smbat Lputian and etc.
Alexander Goldin shared 1-3 places with 5 points
out of 6 at the Continental Open in Las Vegas, the Pairing for the last Round:
U.S.A. Sakaev – Kveinys
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Lugovoi – Gavrikov 13.a3!
Sepp – Miezis XIIIIIIIIY
Rytshagov – Khamatgaleev
Cmilyte – Kengis
9-trl+-trk+0
Yemelin – Reizniece 9+-+nzppvlp0
9p+pzp-snp+0
Also see our annotated game section for the game, 9wq-+-+-+-0
Sakaev - Sepp.
9-+LzPP+-+0
¤¤¤ 9zP-sN-vLPsN-0
Annotated Game 9-zP-+Q+PzP0
K. Sakaev (RUS) − O. Sepp (EST)
Paul Keres Memorial Tallinn(Estonia) (5),
9tR-+-+RmK-0
07.2001 E81 xiiiiiiiiy
Notes by IM Vladimir.Barsky A useful profolactic move. White protects the
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 b4−square and prepares ¥c4−a2 or b2−b4
6.¤ge2 a6!? (D) somewhere.
XIIIIIIIIY 13...c5!?
After this Black receives an isolated pawn on
9rsnlwq-trk+0 c5, but what else is there to do? Black has big
9+pzp-zppvlp0 problems in finding useful developmental
9p+-zp-snp+0 moves.
14.dxc5 dxc5
9+-+-+-+-0 14...¤xc5?? 15.b4+−
9-+PzPP+-+0 15.¥f4!
9+-sN-+P+-0 White's first task is to decrease the
9PzP-+N+PzP0 effectiveness of the on Bishop g7, or it can
gain the strong square on d4.The idea is to
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 play e4−e5.
xiiiiiiiiy 15...e5™
A rare continuation vs. the Saemisch system 15...¦a8?! 16.e5±
in the King's Indian Defense; more often Black 16.¥e3 ¤b6
plays in the centre: 6...c5; 6...e5; or 6...¤c6 In Of course Black would like to occupy the d4
this system White has a very strong pawn square with one of his Knights, but it's not a
centre, but rather poor development, so Black simple task at all. From b6 or f6 it would take a
has to start some complications as soon as Knight 3 moves to reach the d4 square.. It's a
possible. But after 6...a6 the "complications" very long distance for a Knight to move
start very far from King on e1 and they don't diagonally across to a square.
annoy White that much. 17.¥a2 c4 18.£f2
7.¥e3 ¤bd7 8.¤g3 c6 With the simple, but unpleasant idea of ¥c5−
Interesting alternatives are: 8...c5 9.d5 b5!?; b4 trapping Black's Queen.
or 8...h5 x ¤g3 18...¤a4 19.¤xa4 £xa4 20.¦ac1 ¥e6 21.¦c2
9.¥e2 ¦fc8 22.¦fc1 ¤e8 23.¤e2
Sakaev dosen't want to prevent b7−b5. He All of White's pieces are very well placed
thinks it isn't dangerous for White. acsept his Knight. Now it starts it's trip to c3
Nevertheless he could play: 9.a4!? , for and to d5.
example: 9...a5 x b4 10.£d2 e5 11.¦d1 exd4 23...¤d6 24.¤c3 £a5 25.¦d2 ¤b5
12.¥xd4 £e7 13.¥e2 h5 14.0-0 ¤c5 15.¥e3 Black would like to take the d4−square...
¤e8 16.¦fe1 ¥e6 17.¥h6 h4 18.¤h1 f6÷ 26.¤d5
Chernin − Gavrikov, Moscow 1985. With the double threats of: ¤e7+ and ¥xc4.
9...b5 10.0-0 bxc4 11.¥xc4 ¦b8 12.£e2 £a5 26...¥xd5 27.¦xd5 £a4 (D)

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It appears Konstantin Sakaev likes
sample – with more readers the price will go down,
profolactic moves. Now he tries to prevent c4−
while the quality will go up!
c3 and ¤b5−d4.
28...h5?!
If 28...¤d4 than 29.¦a5!? c3!? 30.¦xc3 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
¤e2+ 31.¢h1 ¤xc3 32.¦xa4 ¤xa4 33.£d7!±; Dublin, Ireland.
but maybe better was the immediate 28...c3!? Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
29.¥c5! Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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29...c3 30.bxc3 ¤xa3 31.¥d6 ¦b5
This move loses at once but very nicely. Editors:
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XIIIIIIIIY and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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33.¥xf7+!
We almost forgot about this Bishop...
33...¢h8
Or 33...¢xf7 34.£d5+ ¢f6 (34...¢e8
35.£e6+ ¢d8 36.£e7#) 35.¥xe5+
(35.£xe5+?! ¢f7 36.£e7+ ¢g8 37.£e6+ ¢h7
38.£xc8 ¤xd6²) 35...¢e7 36.¥xg7+−;
33...¢h7 34.£g5+−
34.¥xe5!
34.¥xe5 ¥xe5 35.£h6#! 1-0.

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CT-267, 1 August 2001
(5½) Pavlovic – Efimenko (5½)

Sakaev Wins Paul Keres (5) Tukmakov – Yagupov (5½)
Memorial!
The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament
Vlissingen:
K onstantin Sakaev took first place in the

Paul Keres Memorial in Tallinn, Estonia.
In the final round all top games were
drawn except that Yemelin beat Reizniece.
pairings for the 5th Round:
(4) Psachis – Kasimdzhanov (4)
(4) Van Wely – Piket (4)
(3½) Epishin – Ikonnikov (4)
Finals standing: (3½) Werner – Romanishin (3½)
1. Sakaev – 7½ points out of 9 (3½) Nijboer – Muhren (3½)
2. Gavrikov – 7 (3½) Heppekausen – Ernst (3½)
3-9. Miezis, Kveinys, Lugovoi, M. Rythagov, (3½) Nieuwelink – Pomes (3½)
Sepp, Khamatgaleev, Yemelin – 6½
10-14. Kengis, Cmilyte, Seeman, Kulaots, Nyback The 5th International Chess Tournament Korinthos
– 6 etc. 2001:
pairing of the 4th Round:
Viktor Korchnoi strengthened his lead after (3) Najer – Gelashvili (3)
beating Yannick Pelletier in the 8th Round of Biel (3) Potapov – Istrateskou (3)
tournament. So Korchnoi took revenge for losing (3) Spasov – A. Rychagov (3)
to his young compatriot in the first round. Two (3) Panagiotopoulos – Nikolaidis (3)
other games were drawn. (2½) Ovsejevitsch – Bagaturov (3)
(2½) Kounalakis – Graf (2½)
Results of the 8th Round: (2½) Miladinovic – Gesos (2½)
Kortchnoi – Pelletier 1:0 (2½) Svetushkin – Stoumbos (2½)
Gelfand – Svidler ½:½
Lautier – Grischuk ½:½ Some top results of the 2nd Round of the British
Chess Championships.
Standing after the 8th Round: Arkell – Hodgson ½:½
1. Korchnoi – 5½ points Miles – Ledger 1:0
2. Svidler – 4½ Ansell – Hebden ½:½
3-4. Pelletier, Gelfand – 4 Knott – Emms ½:½
5-6. Grischuk, Lautier – 3 Williams – Gallagher ½:½
Eames – Turner ½:½
Today will be a rest day. Also see our annotated Summerscale – Palliser ½:½
game section for Kortchnoi-Pelletier Ledger – Wells 0:1
Ward – Singh 1:0
GMs Boris Avrukh and Mihail Kobalia are Hanley – Gormally 1:0
leading with 6½ points out of 8 before the last
round of the Masters Open. And a piece of news from the new TWIC #351:
Yin Hao reports: The Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup
Round 9th pairing: (round-robin system, 12 participants, X cat., av.
(6½) Kobalija – Avrukh (6½) Elo 2476) took place in Beijing, China from 20th-
(6) Milov – Guliev (6) 30th July 2001. IM Zhang Pengxiang took first
(6) Kempinski – Ramesh (6) place and earned his final GM norm.
(6) Mikhalevski – Markowski (5½)
(5½) Rashkovsky – Cvitan (5½) 1. Zhang Pengxiang – 8 points out of 11
(5½) Kunte – Arizmedi (5½) 2. Li Shilong – 7½
(5½) Fish – Solak (5½) 3. Wu Shaobin - 7

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4-8. Liang Jinrong, Wang Zili, Wu Wenjin, Ni IIIIIIIIY
Hua, Wang Pin – 6 etc. 9r+-+ksn-tr0
9zppwq-vlpzp-0
9-+p+-snp+0
The 2001 Emanuel Lasker Memorial was played in 9+-zPpzp-+-0
Barlinek, Czech Republic 19th-29th July 2001. The 9-zP-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-zP-zP-0
tournaments were very small, with only 16 players 9P+QvL-zPLzP0
in open A section and 34 in open B section. 9tR-+-mK-+R0
Stanislav Voitsekhovsky, Michael Krasenkow xiiiiiiiiy
and Evgeny Gleizerov finished with 7½ points out Black would like to attack the d4−pawn, but
of 10 in the main event. White doesn't want to defend so decides to
1-3. Voitsekhovsky, Krasenkow, Gleizerov – 7½ start his own offence.
points 15.b5 ¤e6 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.£a4 0-0 18.0-0
4-6. Borovikov, Ulibin, Schmidt – 7 etc. g5!?
White does not have a big advantage, but it
¤¤¤ is certainly a clear advantage (more space,
Annotated Game the two Bishops, and the more active pieces)
V. Korchnoi (2617) Y. Pelletier (2531) so Black has to find counterplay.
GM Biel SUI (8), 31.07.2001 D12 19.¦ab1 ¦fb8 20.¤e2 exd4
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky and GM Sergei After 20...e4 21.f3!? exf3 22.¥xf3 and ¤c3,
Shipov e4!? the g5 pawn will be weak.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 (D) 21.exd4 ¦xb1 22.¦xb1 ¤d7
XIIIIIIIIY Black prepares to exchange Rooks. Worse
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 was 22...¦b8?! 23.¦xb8+ £xb8 24.£xc6
9zpp+-zppzpp0
9-+p+-sn-+0 £b1+ 25.¥f1 £xa2 26.¥e3±
9+-+p+-+-0 23.¥h3
9-+PzP-+-+0 White couldn't play 23.f4 right now in view of
9+-+-zPN+-0 23...gxf4 24.¤xf4? ¤xd4!
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 23...¦b8 24.¦xb8+ ¤xb8 25.f4!?
xiiiiiiiiy White starts forcing play. Very often this is a
This isn't very ambitious , but it's a solid and sign of a time−trouble.
a rather poisonous move. It's enough to say 25...gxf4 26.¤xf4
that it was played by such strong GMs as An interesting alternative was 26.¥xe6!? A)
Karpov, Kramnik, Dreev and Baburin. 26...fxe6 27.¥xf4 (27.¤xf4 e5!?) 27...£b7 A1)
4...¥f5 5.¤c3 e6 6.¤h4 ¥g6 28.¥xb8 £xb8 29.£xc6 £b1+ 30.¢f2 £f5+
6...¥g4!? 31.¢e1 (31.¤f4 £c2+) 31...£b1+ 32.¢f2
7.£b3 £c7 £f5+=; A2) 28.£c2!?² ; B) 26...f3!? 27.¥g4
Just one example from recent practice: fxe2 28.¥xe2²
7...£b6 8.¤xg6 hxg6 9.¥d2 £xb3 10.axb3 26...¤xf4 27.¥xf4 £b7 28.¥xb8 £xb8
¤bd7 11.g3 ¥e7 12.¥g2 g5 13.e4 dxc4 29.£xc6 £b1+ 30.¥f1 £e4!
14.bxc4 e5 15.d5 ¤b6 16.b3 ¤fd7 17.¢d1 Strong centralisation: from here the Queen
¤c5 18.¢c2 a5 19.¥e3² Baburin − defends and attacks.
Wojtkiewicz, San Francisco 2001. 31.£e8+ ¢h7 32.£xf7 £xd4+ 33.¢g2 ¥xc5
8.¤xg6 hxg6 9.¥d2 ¤bd7 10.g3 ¤b6?! 34.¢h3 (D)
I think this is a dubious move. Black XIIIIIIIIY
provokes c4−c5, but loses two tempi. Also, 9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+Qzpk0
can the text be so bad for White who gains a 9-+-+-+-+0
lot of space in the bargain? Maybe better is 9+-vlp+-+-0
10...¥e7 9-+-wq-+-+0
11.c5 ¤bd7 12.£c2! e5 13.b4 ¥e7 14.¥g2 9+-+-+-zPK0
¤f8 9P+-+-+-zP0
X 9+-+-+L+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Now the position looks dead drawn, but in a ¢e7) 51...¥e5; B2) 45.h4 45...¢f6 B2a)
time−trouble Pelletier unexpectedly loses two 46.¥c2 ¥b4 47.g4 ¥e1 48.g5+ ¢e5 49.h5
pawns. (49.g6 ¢f6 50.¢h3 ¢g7) 49...¢f4; B2b) 46.g4
34...£e3? 35.£xd5 46...¢e5 B2b1) 47.¥c8 ¢f4 (47...¥b4 48.¢f2
Of course. ¢f4 49.g5 ¥c5+ 50.¢e2 ¢g3 51.h5 ¢f4 52.g6
35...g6 36.¥d3 ¢h6 37.¥e4 £f2 38.£e6 ¥f8 53.¢d3 ¢g5) 48.g5 ¥b4 49.¢f2; B2b2)
£f1+ 39.¢h4 47.¢g3 47...¥b4; C) 44.¥c2 ¢f7 45.g4 ¥d6
Now Black has big problems. 46.¢g2 ¥e7 47.h3 ¥h4; D) 44.¥c8 ¢f7 45.g4
39...¢g7™ 40.£xg6+ ¢f8 (D) ¥d6 46.¢g2 ¥e7; E) 44.g4 44...¥d6 45.¢g2
XIIIIIIIIY (45.g5 ¥f4!) 45...¥e7! 46.h3 ¥h4 47.¢f3 ¢f7
9-+-+-mk-+0 48.¢f4 ¢f6 49.¥c2 ¥g5+ 50.¢g3 ¥d2 51.h4
9zp-+-+-+-0 ¥e1+ 52.¢h3 ¢e5 53.g5 ¢f4=
9-+-+-+Q+0
9+-vl-+-+-0 44.g4 ¢f6 45.¢g3 ¥e3 46.¥c2 ¥d2 47.¢h4!
9-+-+L+-mK0 The King is going to h5, than h2−h4; g4−g5
9+-+-+-zP-0 etc. Black resigned. A theoretically important
9P+-+-+-zP0 endgame! 1-0.
9+-+-+q+-0
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GM Sergei Shipov on http://www.bielchessfestival.ch/site/start_e.htm
http://www.clubkasparov.ru/site/news/2001/biel/ga http://people.zeelandnet.nl/hgroffen
me8.htm tries to prove that Black could draw in http://www.chess.gr/korinthos/index.html
http://www.chess.co.uk/Brit2001/index.html
the opposite−coloured Bishop endgame. If
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Korchnoi could win even if Pelletier were
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CT-268, 2 August 2001
Psachis – Kasimdzhanov ½:½

Korchnoi Tries to Extend Van Wely – Piket ½:½
Lead in Biel! Epishin – Ikonnikov 1:0
Werner – Romanishin ½:½
Nijboer – Muhren 1:0
Y esterday was a rest day at

the Biel tournament. Today
will be the 9th Round. Viktor
Korchnoi is leading with 5½ points
Heppekausen – Ernst 0:1
Nieuwelink – Pomes ½:½

out of 8, a clear point ahead of last
year’s winner Peter Svidler. (4½) Kasimdzhanov – Epishin (4½)
(4½) Ernst – Van Wely (4½)
Lautier (4½) Piket – Psachis (4½)
Lautier – Kortchnoi (4) Romanishin – Nijboer (4½)
Grischuk – Gelfand
Svidler – Pelletier The 5th International Chess Tournament Korinthos
2001, some results of the 4th Round:
GMs Boris Avrukh, Mihail Kobalia and Vadim Najer – Gelashvili 1:0
Milov are leading with 7 points out of 9 in the Potapov – Istrateskou ½:½
Masters Open. There will be 11 Round here, not 9, Spasov – A. Rychagov ½:½
as was written by mistake earlier. Panagiotopoulos – Nikolaidis 0:1
Ovsejevitsch – Bagaturov ½:½
Top results of Round 9th:
Kobalija – Avrukh ½:½ Pairing for the 5th Round:
Milov – Guliev 1:0 (4) Nikolaidis – Najer (4 )
Kempinski – Ramesh ½:½ (3½) Graf – Miladinovic (3½)
Mikhalevski – Markowski 0:1 (3½) Istrateskou – Svetushkin (3½)
Rashkovsky – Cvitan ½:½ (3½) Bagaturov – Spasov (3½)
Kunte – Arizmedi 1:0 (3½) Rychagov – Potapov (3½)
Fish – Solak ½:½
Pavlovic – Efimenko ½:½ Some top results of the 3rd Round of the British
Tukmakov – Yagupov 1:0 Chess Championships.
Riazantsev - Milov
MTO Biel (8), 2001 Shaw – Miles ½:½
Standing after the 9th Round: White has just played Wells – Hanley 1:0
1-3. Avrukh, Milov, Kobalija – 7 24.£ b7xe4 Ward – Walker ½:½
points XIIIIIIIIY Hodgson – Ansell 1:0
4-7. Ramesh, Kempinski, Kunte, 9-+-+-trk+0 Hebden – Knott ½:½
Markowski – 6½ etc. 9+-zp-+-zpp0 Zhao Zong-Yuan – Chandler
9-+-vlp+q+0 ½:½
Pairings for the 10th Round: 9+-+-+r+-0 Emms – Williams 1:0
Avrukh – Ramesh 9-+-zPQ+-+0 Gallagher – Waddington 1:0
Milov – Kobalija 9+-+-zP-zP-0
Markowski – Kempinski 9PvL-+-zPP+0 So Peter Wells is leading with 3
Cvitan – Kunte 9+-tR-+RmK-0 points out of 3.
¤¤¤
xiiiiiiiiy
Also see our annotated game section Black to move and win. Annotated Game
for Riazantsev - Milov. Solution in game section. A. Riazantsev − V. Milov
MTO Biel (8), 2001 D30
The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
Vlissingen, some results of the 5th Round: 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.e3!? (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY 12.bxc4 f5 13.¤g3?!
In some lines this Knight has a more
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 interesting trip: Ne2−f4, then d4−d5 and Nf4−
9zppzp-+pzpp0 e6. From g3 the exchange with the e4−Knight,
9-+-+psn-+0 is all that's possible.. But Black has the
9+-+p+-+-0 second Knight for the e4−square waiting.
13.£c2!?
9-+PzP-+-+0 13...¤df6 14.£e2 £e8 15.¤e5 ¤xg3 16.hxg3
9+-+-zPN+-0 ¤e4 17.¥xe4?!
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 Black allows the exchange of his
"superfluous" Knight and occupies the e4−
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 square with the Bishop. White now has a
xiiiiiiiiy small advantage, but it's not a reason for
White closes the c1-h6 diagonal for the White to give his opponent two Bishops.
Bishop on c1. This of course is not the way to 17...¥xe4 18.¤f3 b5!?
struggle for an opening advantage. The main Black wants to blocade the b2−Bishop after
lines are 4.¤c3; 4.¥g5 Alexander Riazantsev, c4−c5 (then all of White's central pawns will
a Russian junior, is now a GM (at 16), but be placed on the dark squares).
unfortunately he dosen't have a permanent 19.¤g5!?
strong coach and as a result he sometimes White finds some complications but they will
plays very modest lines. be in Black's favour.
4...a6!? 19...£g6
Somewhere (for example, after Bf1-e2 or Bf1- 19...¥b7?! 20.c5 ¥e7 21.¤xe6 £c6 22.¤f4±
d3) Black would like to exchange on c4 and 20.¤xe4 fxe4 21.cxb5 axb5 22.£xb5 ¦f5!
make a "big fianchetto" b7−b5. The h−file is open, so Black starts a direct
5.¤c3 ¤bd7 attack.
Black doesn't want to beat on c4 before the 23.£b7 ¦af8 24.£xe4?! (D)
f1 Bishop moves. XIIIIIIIIY
6.b3 b6 7.¥b2 ¥b7 8.¥d3 ¤e4 9.0-0 ¥d6 (D)
9-+-+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zp-+-zpp0
9r+-wqk+-tr0 9-+-vlp+q+0
9+lzpn+pzpp0 9+-+-+r+-0
9pzp-vlp+-+0 9-+-zPQ+-+0
9+-+p+-+-0 9+-+-zP-zP-0
9-+PzPn+-+0 9PvL-+-zPP+0
9+PsNLzPN+-0 9+-tR-+RmK-0
9PvL-+-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 This loses by force, but what else is there to
xiiiiiiiiy do, how does White defend hs King?
Black has placed his pieces on very good 24...¥xg3! 25.£xf5™
squares and now has at least equal chances. 25.fxg3 ¦xf1+-+; 25.¦c2 ¦xf2! 26.£xg6
It's White who has to think about his plans ¦xf1#
while Black's play is very simple: 0-0, Ndf6 or 25...¦xf5 26.fxg3 £xg3
f5 and Ndf6 and a possible offensive on the It's very hard for White to coordinate his
King side. pieces so Black's position is almost winning.
10.¤e2 0-0 11.¦c1 dxc4 27.¦c3
Black opens the h1-a8 diagonal for the 27.¦xf5 exf5 28.¦c3 £e1+ 29.¢h2 £f2
Bishop on b7. 11...f5 12.¤e5!?÷ 30.¦b3 ¢f7-+

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27...¦h5 28.¦f2 £h2+ 29.¢f1 £h1+ 30.¢e2 Editors:
£b1-+ 31.¥c1 £xa2+ 32.¥d2 £a6+ 33.¦d3 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
h6 34.e4 (D) and IM Vladimir Barsky.
XIIIIIIIIY
Technical editors:
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xiiiiiiiiy
34...e5!?
Black has many good ways to win, but
maybe this one is the simplest.
35.¥c3
35.d5 £c4 36.¢e3 ¦h4-+
35...exd4 36.¥xd4 ¦h4 37.¢e3 £g6 38.e5
¦g4 39.¢d2 ¦xg2 0-1.
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CT-269, 3rd August 2001
Romanishin – Nijboer ½:½

Maxim Turov Wins Québec Pairing for the 7th Round:
Open. (5½) Piket – Kasimdzhanov (5½)
(5) Van Wely – Janssen (5)
R ussian GM Maxim Turov won the Québec (5) Vehi – Ikonnikov (5)
Open Championships with 8½ points out (5) Nijboer – Ernst (5)
of 9! (5) Lobzhanidze – Werle (5)
Final standings: 5th International Chess Tournament Korinthos

1. Turov – 8 ½ out of 9 2001, some results of the 5th Round:
2. Oral – 8 Nikolaidis – Najer 0:1
3. Rozentalis – 7½ Graf – Miladinovic ½:½
4-13. Linskiy, Mikanovic, Schleifer, Bannon, St- Istrateskou – Svetushkin ½:½
Amand, Barbeau, Cuartas, Tessier-Desrosiers, Bagaturov – Spasov ½:½
Sullivan, Audet-Bouchard – 5½ etc. Rychagov – Potapov 1:0
Joel Lautier was the hero of the 9th Round in Biel. Standing after the 6th Round:
He beat the leader Viktor Korchnoi in a very 1. Najer – 5
complicated game. But Korchnoi retained his first 2. A. Rychagov 4½
place standing before the start of the last round 3-12. Graf, Istrateskou, Spasov, I. Nikolaidis,
because Peter Svidler failed to win a winning Gelashvili, Miladinovic, Bagaturov, Svetushkin,
position vs. Yannick Pelletier. The third game was Khurtsidze, K. Nikolaidis – 4 etc.
a rather short draw.
Some top results of the 4th Round of the British
Chess Championships.
Results of the 9th Round: Miles – Wells ½:½
Lautier – Kortchnoi 1:0 Hodgson – Shaw ½:½
Grischuk – Gelfand ½:½ Pert – Emms ½:½
Svidler – Pelletier ½:½ Walker – Gallagher ½:½
Arkell – Ward 0:1
Standing after the 9th Round: Ledger – Hebden ½:½
1. Korchnoi – 5½ points out of 9 Chandler – Palliser 1:0
2. Svidler – 5 Lalic – Eames 1:0
3-4. Pelletier, Gelfand – 4½ Rowson – Ghasi 1:0
5. Lautier – 4 Hanley – Turner ½:½
6. Grischuk – 3½
th Standing after the 4th Round:
Pairing for the 10 Round: 1-2. Wells, Ward – 3½ points
Kortchnoi – Svidler 3-12. Pert, Shaw, Hodgson, Emms, Miles, Walker,
Pelletier – Grischuk Gallagher, Chandler, Lalic, Rowson – 3 etc.
Gelfand – Lautier
Final standings of the XXI Cullera tournament
Also see our annotated game section for Lautier- (Spain):
Korchnoi 1. Delchev – 7 ½ points out of 9
2-5. Tyomkin, Moskalenko, Herrera, Toledano
The Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament Vlissingen, Llinares – 7 etc.
some results of the 6th Round:
Kasimdzhanov – Epishin 1:0 Andrei Belozerov won the Novosibirsk Capital of
Ernst – Van Wely ½:½ Siberia 2001 Open (Russia).
Piket – Psachis 1:0
CT-269 Page 1 of 4
Finals Standings: Very rare move, the main alternatives are
1. Belozerov – 9 points out of 11 7...£a5 or; 7...¥xc3+ 8.bxc3 ¤c5
2-4. Bocharov, Shushpanov, Katalymov – 8½ 8.£e3 d5!?
5-7. Erikalov, Abashev, Frolov – 8 etc. It's hard to say if this is a novelty or not.
8...¤c6 9.¥g2 £f6 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¥d2 ¥a6
12.0-0 ¤b7 13.¤d5! cxd5 14.¥xb4 ¥xc4
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk reports on TWIC:
15.¦ac1 d4 16.£a3 ¥d5 17.¥xd5 exd5
"On Saturday and Sunday (July 28th and 29th
18.¦c7+− Brynell − Furhoff, Goteborg 1990.
2001) an interesting tournament was held in the
9.¥g2 dxc4 10.0-0 ¤cd7? (D)
Sao Paulo Chess Club (99 years old last June XIIIIIIIIY
12th). Five invited players and one qualified 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
(Santos) played a double Round Robin with games 9zpp+n+pzpp0
of 25' each with an additional 10'' per move. There 9-+-+p+-+0
were three important prizes (all about US$ 9+-+-+-+-0
1.600,00) which allowed the prize winners to cover 9-vlpsN-+-+0
all expenses for the American Continental 9+-sN-wQ-zP-0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0
Tournament in Cali, Colombia (August 9 until 20). 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
The sponsor was Itaъ Bank. IA Marius van xiiiiiiiiy
Riemsdijk was chief arbiter and myself the Extremely strange play. It looks like Viktor
tournament director." Korchnoi has forgotten that pieces need to be
developed.
Final standings: 11.¤d5!
1. Leitao – 8 ½ points out of 10 The same jump as in the Brynell game!
2. Lima – 7½ 11...¥c5 12.¤xe6!
3. Sunye Neto – 5 Very energetic − Black's King is still in the
4. Matsuura – 4 centre, justifying this piece sacrifice.
5. Pelikian – 3½ 12...fxe6
6. Santos – 1½ 12...¥xe3 13.¤dc7+ ¢e7 14.¤xd8 ¢xd8
15.¤xa8+−
Our congratulations to all the winners. 13.£xe6+ ¥e7
¤¤¤ 13...¢f8 14.¥e3!? ¤a6 (14...¥xe3? 15.£d6+
¢f7 16.fxe3+ ¤f6 17.£xd8 ¦xd8 18.¤c7±)
Annotated Game 15.¦ad1‚
J. Lautier − V. Korchnoi 14.¥f3
GM Turnier Biel (9.3), 02.08.2001 E20 The most difficult task for White is to choose
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky the best move from many tempting
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.¤f3 c5 5.g3 possibilities. 14.¥g5? ¤f6; 14.¦d1!?
(D) 14...¤f8
XIIIIIIIIY 14...¤f6?? 15.¤xf6+ gxf6 16.¥h5+ ¢f8
9rsnlwqk+-tr0
9zpp+p+pzpp0 17.£f7#
9-+-+psn-+0 15.£e5 x c7 15...¤e6
9+-zp-+-+-0 Black has to protect the c7−square.
9-vlPzP-+-+0 16.¥h5+ ¢f8 (D)
9+-sN-+NzP-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzP-+PzP-zP0 9rsnlwq-mk-tr0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9zpp+-vl-zpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+n+-+0
This strange "mix" of Nimzo Indian Defence, 9+-+NwQ-+L0
the Queen's Indian and the Catalan was more 9-+p+-+-+0
popular 10-15 years ago, but of course the 9+-+-+-zP-0
9PzP-+PzP-zP0
last word wasn't said here. 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
5...cxd4 6.¤xd4 ¤e4 7.£d3 ¤c5!? xiiiiiiiiy
CT-269 Page 2 of 4
17.¥h6! XIIIIIIIIY
A nice, strong move! Do you remember the 9-+-tr-+-+0
game Anand − Lautier, Biel 1997? If not, take 9zpQtR-+nmkp0
a look at it − 4 years ago here in Biel Anand 9-+-+q+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
beat Lautier with a similar Bishop blow; Joel 9-+-+-+-+0
didn't forget Vishy's lesson. 9+-+-+-zP-0
17...¢g8 9PzP-+PzP-zP0
17...gxh6 18.£xh8#!; 17...¥f6 18.¤xf6 gxh6 9+-+-+-mK-0
19.¦ad1+− xiiiiiiiiy
18.¥g4 gxh6 19.¥xe6+ ¥xe6 20.£xe6+ ¢f8 Korchnoi has consolidated his forces − not
21.¦ac1?! too long ago Black didn't have a such good
Maybe this move is too "clever". Why not position!
21.£xh6+ ¢e8 (21...¢f7 22.£f4+ ¥f6 37...£xa2 38.b3 £b1+ 39.¢g2 £f5 40.e4
23.¤c7±) 22.£h5+ ¢f8 23.£e5 or; 21.£e5 £g6 41.¦e7 a6 42.£c7 (D)
right now: White attacks the h8 Rook and the XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0
square c7 (¤c7 is a dangerous threat). 9+-wQ-tRnmkp0
21...¤c6 22.£xh6+ ¢f7 23.£h5+ ¢g7 9p+-+-+q+0
24.£g4+ 9+-+-+-+-0
More logical was 24.¦xc4!? 9-+-+P+-+0
24...¥g5 25.¤f4 ¤e5 (D) 9+P+-+-zP-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-zPKzP0
9r+-wq-+-tr0 9+-+-+-+-0
9zpp+-+-mkp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+-+0 42...¦d1??
9+-+-sn-vl-0 An awful mistake at the same moment when
9-+p+-sNQ+0 Black gained some real counterplay.
9+-+-+-zP-0 42...¦d4!?
9PzP-+PzP-zP0
9+-tR-+RmK-0 43.£e5+!
xiiiiiiiiy And Black resigned in view of 43.£e5+ £f6
26.¤e6+? (43...¢f8 44.¦e8#; 43...¢h6 44.£f4+ ¢g7
Had White a simple win or not? − 26.£xg5+ 45.¦xf7+ £xf7 46.£g4+ £g6 47.£xd1+−)
£xg5 27.¤e6+ ¢g6 28.¤xg5 ¢xg5 29.f4+ 44.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 45.£h5+ £g6 46.£xd1+− A
26...¢f6! dramatic game! 1-0.
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CT-270, 4th August 2001
Selected results of the 7th Round:

Korchnoi triumphant! Piket – Kasimdzhanov ½:½
Van Wely – Janssen 1:0
V ictor Korchnoi triumphs in Biel,

Switzerland! – he saw off all his young
and very strong opponents!
There was only one decisive game in the last round
Vehi Bach – Ikonnikov ½:½
Nijboer – S. Ernst 1:0
Lobzhanidze – Werle 1:0
– Alexander Grischuk beat Yannick Pelletier and Pairings for the 8th Round:
escaped being last on his own. (6) Kasimdzhanov – Nijboer ( 6 )
(6) Lobzhanidze – Van Wely ( 6 )
Results of the final 10 Round: (5½) Epishin – Piket ( 6 )
Korchnoi – Svidler ½:½
Pelletier – Grischuk 0:1 Evgeny Najer (Russia) keeps an excellent perfect
Gelfand – Lautier ½:½ score after the 6th Round of the Korinthos Open in
Greece.
Final standings:
1. Korchnoi – 6 points Selected results of the 6th Round:
2. Svidler – 5½ Najer – Rychagov 1:0
3. Gelfand – 5 Bagaturov – Graf ½:½
4-6. Lautier, Grischuk, Pelletier – 4½ Miladinovic – Istratescu ½:½
Spasov – Khurtsidze 1:0
A rather sophisticated formula is used at the strong Svetushkin – I. Nikolaidis ½:½
Biel Open – first 4 players after 9 rounds of the 11 K. Nikolaidis – Gelashvili 0:1
rounds tournament – Vadim Milov (Switzerland),
Boris Avrukh (Israel), Mikhail Kobalia (Russia) Standing after the 6th Round:
and R. B. Ramesh (India) were playing the semi- 1. Najer – 6 points
final and final. 2-3. Spasov, Gelashvili – 5
4-11. Rychagov, Istratescu, I. Nikolaidis, Graf,
Semi-finals: Bellia, Bagaturov, Miladinovic, Potapov
Milov – Kobalia 0:1
Avrukh – Ramesh ½:½ 1:0 ½:½ John Emms, Bodgan Lalic, Peter Wells and Chris
Ward are sharing the lead after the 5th Round of the
Boris Avrukh (Israel) became a winner, beating British Championship.
Mikhail Kobalia on tie-break. Vadim Milov took
third place, also after the rapid games. Selected results of the 5th Round:
Wells – Ward ½:½
Final: Gallagher – Hodgson ½:½
Avrukh – Kobalia ½:½ 1:0 0:1 ½:½ 1:0 Rowson – Miles ½:½
Shaw – Chandler ½:½
For the 3rd place: Emms – Walker 1:0
Milov – Ramesh ½:½ 1:0 1:0 Lalic – Pert 1:0
Hebden – Williams 1:0
Our congratulations to all the winners and
especially for Victor Korchnoi – he is one of the Standing after the 5th Round:
greats! 1-4. Emms, Lalic, Wells, Ward – 4 points
5-15. Hodgson, Miles, Hebden, Chandler,
Five players are leading after the 7th Round of the Gallagher, Rowson, Turner, Gormally, Shaw,
Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in Vlissingen, Ansell, Singh – 3½ etc.
Netherlands.

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The category IX Montreal International 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9zpp+nzppzpp0
tournament is underway. In the 1st Round GMs 9-+p+-+-+0
Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania), Alexander 9+-+n+l+-0
Lesiege and IM Igor Zugic (both of Canada) won 9P+NzP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
their games. 9-zP-+PzPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Standing after the 1st Round: xiiiiiiiiy
1-3. Lesiege, Rozentalis, Zugic – 1 point You may remember this idea from the
4-9. Charbonneau, Kosyrev, Krush, Oral, Yugoslavian player Nebojsa Misailovic which
Mikanovic, Turov – ½ served Alexander Morozevich very well in his
10-12. Barbeau, Goldenberg, Hebert – 0 games against Vladimir Kramnik in Wijk aan Zee
2001 and Garry Kasparov in Astana 2001 − see
CT−204 for details.
Alexey Shirov leads on the Liepajas rokade strong 8.e3
rapid tournament. Both mentioned games continued 8.g3 e5! etc.
8...e6 9.¥e2
Standing after 7 rounds: The exchange of the bishops after 9.¥d3 ¥xd3
1. Shirov – 6 points 10.£xd3 just made Black's life easier in the game
2-7. Ehlvest, Wojtkievic, Fridman, Sadvakasov, Milovanovic − Misailovic, Nis 1995.
Dlugy, Kengis – 4 9...c5
8-9. Khalifman, Shabalov – 3½ Black does not want to wait for f2−f3 and e3−e4
10-11. Magem Badals, Kveinis – 2½ but this pawn advance is not without drawbacks −
12. Adianto – 2 it weakens the long diagonal. 9...¥e7 was the
worthy alternative.
10.0-0 ¥e7 11.¥f3!
This information from TWIC: “According to a XIIIIIIIIY
report by Leontxo García in El Pais 3rd August 9r+-wqk+-tr0
2001 the final match of the FIDE World Chess 9zpp+nvlpzpp0
Championships are likely to be in London taking 9-+-+p+-+0
9+-zpn+l+-0
place January 2nd to January 12th 2002. This is 9P+NzP-+-+0
said to be the strong preference of the 9+-sN-zPL+-0
Championship's marketing company Octagon. 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
FIDE hope that all the other matches (up to and 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
including the semi-finals) in the knockout event 11...cxd4?!
will be held November 25th to December 12th 2001 11...¤7f6!? was logical, fortifying the square d5.
in either Monte Carlo (seems to be the first choice) Black was possibly worried about 12.£b3 but he
or Cannes. Negotiations are taking place this could have met it by 12...cxd4 13.exd4 ¤b4!? with
weekend between FIDE President Kirsan good counter chances. The text allows White to
Iljumzhinov and interested parties. The sticking take the initiative.
point seems to be that both Monte Carlo and 12.¤xd5 exd5 13.¥xd5 ¤c5 14.£f3 ¥e6 15.¥xe6
Cannes wish to hold the final too, not take what ¤xe6 16.exd4 ¤xd4 17.£xb7
might be seen as just a qualifier for the main event. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqk+-tr0
However as Iljumzhinov is personally contributing 9zpQ+-vlpzpp0
slightly more than $3m to the prizefund as opposed 9-+-+-+-+0
to only $400,000 from the organisers he seems in a 9+-+-+-+-0
position to get his way. 9P+Nsn-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0
Annotated Game 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov The initiative brought White a healthy pawn.
E Najer − A Rychagov 17...¦c8 18.¤e5 ¦c7 19.£e4 f5 20.£d3 ¥f6
Korinthos 2001 (6), 02.08.2001 21.¤f3
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.¤f3 dxc4 5.a4 ¥f5 A careful play. 21.¥f4 looked more energetic but
6.¤e5 ¤bd7 7.¤xc4 ¤d5!? it actually gave Black a good chance to complicate
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matters by 21...g5!? A possible play was 22.¦fe1 XIIIIIIIIY

0-0 23.¦ac1!? ¦xc1 24.¥xc1 £d5 25.f4 ¦c8 9-+-+-+-+0
followed by ...¦c2 with counterplay. 9+-+R+-zpp0
9pvLr+kvl-+0
21...0-0 9zP-+-+-+-0
21...¤c2 was maybe more tenacious although 9-+-+-+-+0
after 22.£xd8+ ¥xd8 23.¦b1 0-0 24.b3± White 9+-+-+-zP-0
little by little consolidates his position. 9-+r+-zPKzP0
22.¤xd4 £xd4 23.£xf5 £c4 24.£a5 9+-+R+-+-0
9-+-+-trk+0 Now White wins another pawn.
9zp-tr-+-zpp0 36...¥e7 37.¦a7 ¥c5 38.¥xc5 ¦2xc5 39.¦xg7
9-+-+-vl-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9wQ-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9P+q+-+-+0 9+-+-+-tRp0
9+-+-+-+-0 9p+r+k+-+0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 9zP-tr-+-+-0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-zP-0
Despite two extra pawns, the win is not as easy 9-+-+-zPKzP0
as it may seem to be. The b2 pawn is difficult to 9+-+R+-+-0
secure while the pawn majority on the kingside xiiiiiiiiy
does not guarantee the win. Fortunately, there are Black resigned. White's modest opening
the pawns on the queenside as well. approach deserves attention but it's too early to
24...¥d4 25.¥e3 ¥xb2 26.¦ab1 ¥c3 27.£b5 make precise conclusions − let's wait for the future
£xb5 28.¦xb5 ¦c4 29.¦c1 ¦fc8 30.a5 games of ... Alexander Morozevich!
Of course, not 30.¥xa7? ¦xa4 1-0
30...a6
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Shirov king of speed … White to play

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A
lexey Shirov has very convincingly won 9r+l+r+k+0
the Liepajas rokade rapid tournament.
9zppzp-+-zp-0
9-+-+q+Q+0
Final standings:
9+R+-+-+-0
1. Shirov – 8 points out of 11
9-+pzP-+p+0
2-3. Ehlvest, Shabalov – 6½
4-5. Sadvakasov, Wojtkiewicz – 6
9+-zP-+-+-0
6-8. Khalifman, Dlugy, Kveinys – 5½
9P+-+P+-zP0
9. Kengis – 5
9+-vL-+RmK-0
10. Fridman – 4½
xiiiiiiiiy
11. Adianto – 4 From our Annotated Game
12. Magem Badals – 3
The Dutch trio won the Hogeschool Zeeland Istrateskou – Bagaturov 1:0
Tournament Vlissingen. I. Nikolaidis – Makropoulou 1:0
Graf – Mastrovasilis 1:0
Some results of Round 8th: Bellia – Potapov 1:0
Kasimdzhanov – Nijboer ½:½ Leer Salvensen – Miladinovic 0:1
Lobzhanidze – Van Wely 0:1 Khurtsidze – Byklum ½:½
Epishin – Piket 0:1
Romanishin – Werner 1:0 Pairing for the 8th Round:
Ikonnikov – Jonkman 1:0 (6½) Najer – Graf (5½)
Delemarre – Vehi ½:½ (5½) Miladinovic – Spasov (5½)
Some results of Round 9th:

(7) Van Wely ½:½ Kasimdzhanov (6½)
(7) Piket ½:½ Romanishin (6½)
(6½) Nijboer 1:0 Ikonnikov (6½)
(6) Werle 0:1 Psachis (6)
(6) Delemarre 0:1 Lobzhanidze (6)
(6) Vehi ½:½ Van Dongen (6)
(6) Janssen 1:0 Geirnaert (6)
Final standings:
1-3. Van Wely, Piket, Nijboer – 7½ points out of 9
4-8. Kasimdzhanov, Romanishin, Psachis,
Lobzhanidze, Janssen – 7 etc.
=1st GM Ward
(5½) Gelashvili – Istrateskou (5½)
5th International Chess Tournament “Korinthos (5½) Bella – I. Nikolaidis (5½)
2001”. (5) Byklum – A. Rychagov (5)
(5) Ovsejevitsch – Svetushkin (5)
Some results of the 7th Round: (5) K. Nikolaidis – Bagaturov (4½)
Spasov – Najer ½:½
Gelashvili – Ovsejevitsch ½:½ Some top results of the 6th Round of the British
A. Rychagov – Svetushkin ½:½ Chess Championships.
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Wells – Emms ½:½ Kasparov − Karpov, Sevilla 1987.

Ward – Lalic ½:½ 10.¤xf3 d5 11.d4 ¤e4 12.£c2 dxc4
Hodgson – Turner 1:0 And here more solid looks 12...¥f5!? 13.¤h4
Miles – Gormally ½:½ ¥g4 But all this is a theory still.
13.¦b1 f5 14.g4 fxg4!?
Hebden – Shaw 0:1
It looks like a new idea. In previous games Black
Chandler – Singh 1:0 didn't solve his problems after either 14...£e7
Ansell – Gallagher ½:½ 15.gxf5 ¤d6 16.¤g5 £xe2 17.¥d5+ ¢h8 18.£xe2
¦xe2 19.¥f4 Kasparov − Ivanchuk, Moscow 1988;
Standing after the 6th Round: no 14...g6 15.¥f4
1-7. Wells, Ward, Emms, Lalic, Hodgson, Shaw, 15.¤e5 ¤xe5 16.¥xe4 ¤g6
Chandler – 4 ½ points out of 6 etc. XIIIIIIIIY
Montreal tournament, standing after the 2nd
9r+lwqr+k+0
Round: 9zppzp-+-zpp0
1. Lesiège – 2 points 9-+-+-+n+0
2-3. Rozentalis, Charbonneau – 1½
4-8. Turov, Oral, Kosyrev, Zugic, Mikanovic – 1
9+-+-+-+-0
9-12. Hébert, Krush, Barbeau, Goldenberg – ½ 9-+pzPL+p+0
9+-zP-+-+-0
Also see our annotated game section 9P+Q+P+-zP0
¤¤¤ 9+RvL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Annotated Game 17.¥xg6
17.¥xb7 ¥xb7 18.¦xb7 £d7 and Black has good
counterchances.
17...hxg6 18.£xg6 £e7?
A Lesiege (2564) − I Zugic (2440) What a pity − Black made a mistake right after
It Montreal CAN (2), 03.08.2001 A29 the opening in such an interesting position... Better
was 18...£d7!?, and White can't include his
1.c4 e5 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.¤f3 ¤c6 4.g3 ¥b4!? second Rook into attack. Of couse he has good
XIIIIIIIIY compensation for a pawn, but does he have more?
9r+lwqk+-tr0 19.e4!? ¦e6! (19...£e6 20.¦f6!) 20.£xg4 £e8 and
the White King is also rather weak.
9zppzpp+pzpp0 19.¦b5!
9-+n+-sn-+0 Typical, but strong in any case.
19...£e6
9+-+-zp-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-vlP+-+-+0 9r+l+r+k+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0 9zppzp-+-zp-0
9PzP-zPPzP-zP0 9-+-+q+Q+0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9+R+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+pzP-+p+0
In the last few decades this favourite move of
Smyslov has become maybe even more popular 9+-zP-+-+-0
than the classical 4...d5 9P+-+P+-zP0
5.¥g2 0-0 6.0-0 e4 7.¤g5 ¥xc3 8.bxc3 ¦e8 9.f3
exf3 9+-vL-+RmK-0
I think better is another way: 9...e3!? (I. Zaitsev), xiiiiiiiiy
for example: 10.d3 (10.dxe3?! Kasparov − 19...¦f8!?
Sadvakasov, Astana 2001.) 10...d5 11.£b3 ¤a5 20.£h5!
12.£a3 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 ¤c6 15.¦b1 £c7
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Of course without Queens Black can successfully

defend his position: 20.¦f6?! £xf6! 21.£xe8+ £f8
22.£xf8+ ¢xf8 23.¦c5 c6= But now quite
unexpectedly Black can't do anything against
White's straightforward offence.
20...g6
20...¦e7? 21.¦e5 £d6 22.¦d5
21.£h6
Black resigned because he can't defend against
Rg5.
1-0
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The IM-norm is 5½ points out of 9 games. There

IM John Shaw leads the was only one decisive game in the first round –
British Zahar Efimenko beat Joons Berkvens and became
a sole leader of the event.
I
M John Shaw took the lead at the British
Championship – in the 7th Round he Results of the 1st Round:
confidently outplayed Chris Ward while other Kritz – Firman ½:½
leaders drew their games. Berkvens – Efimenko 0:1
Janssen – Zhigalko ½:½
Selected results of the 7th Round: Vink – Werle ½:½
Emms – Hodgson ½:½ Jackova – Ginzburg ½:½
Lalic – Chandler ½:½
Shaw – Ward 1:0 IMs Florian Jenny and Martin Senff are leading
Gormally – Wells ½:½ at the Ambassador Open in Bern, Switzerland with
Palliser – Miles ½:½ a perfect score after 3 rounds.
Gallagher – Knott 1:0
Rowson – Ansell 0:1 Pairings for the 4th Round:
Summerscale – Walker 1:0 (3) Jenni – Senff (3)
(2½) Jelmer – Rashkovsky (2½)
Standing after the 7th Round: (2½) Holzke – Kurmann (2½)
1. Shaw - 5½ points, (2½) Kachiani – Gheorghiu (2½)
2-9. Hodgson, Chandler, Emms, Lalic, Wells, (2½) Bagirov – Heinz (2½)
Ansell, Gallagher, Summerscale – 5 etc.
30 players, including top-seeded GMs Igor
In the 4th Round of the IX category Montreal Khenkin, Klaus Bischoff (both of Germany) and
International tournament in Canada Vladimir Leonid Gofshtein (Israel) keep perfect score after 2
Kosyrev (Russia) won a very important game rounds of the open tournament in Recklinghausen
against Alexander Lesiège (Canada) and became a Germany.
sole leader as Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania) lost
to Tomas Oral (Czech Rep.). Annotated Game
1. Kosyrev – 3 points, J Rowson (2514) − S Ansell (2376)
2-6. Lesiège, Rozentalis, Oral, Mikanovic, GB−ch Scarborough (7), 07.2001 B30
Barbeau – 2½ points etc. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.¥xc6
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvlntr0
An interesting VII category Stork Young Masters 9zpp+p+pzpp0
tournament started in Hengelo, Netherlands. 9-+L+p+-+0
The list of participants: 9+-zp-+-+-0
1. Nazar Firman IM Ukraine ELO 2511 9-+-+P+-+0
9+-+-+N+-0
2. Zahar Efimenko IM Ukraine 2495 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
3. Ruud Janssen IM Netherlands 2437 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
4. Joost Berkvens Netherlands 2444 xiiiiiiiiy
5. Leonid Kritz FM Germany 2423 White parts with his bishop to damage Black's
6. Jan Werle Netherlands 2412 pawn structure. In my opinion, it doesn't disturb
Black very much − as usual, White should keep
7. Andrey Zhigalko Byelorussia 2400
the position closed so it reduces his active
8. Jana Jackova WIM Czech Rep. 2350 possibilities. However, Black has to play carefully
9. Nico Vink Netherlands 2281 to solve the problem of the bishop on c8 − an
10. Mikhail Ginzburg Byelorussia 2274 attempt to open the diagonal c8−h3 by ...d7−d6
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can be met by e4−e5 while if he manages to put 12.¤d2 ¥e6

the pawns on e5 and d6 too early White can break XIIIIIIIIY
in the centre by c2−c3 and d3−d4, taking use of 9r+-+k+-tr0
his lead in development. 4.0-0 is a common 9zp-+-snpvl-0
9-wqp+l+pzp0
option. 9+-zppzp-+-0
4...bxc6 5.d3 ¤e7 6.¤g5 9-+-+PzP-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-vLP+-+-0
9PzPPsN-sNPzP0
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 9tR-+QmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-+psnpzpp0 13.¥xe5
Of course, 13.fxe5?? is still impossible as Black
9-+p+p+-+0 prevents ¤d2−c4 and can play 13...d4
9+-zp-+-sN-0 13...¥xe5 14.fxe5 £xb2 15.0-0!?
An interesting pawn sacrifice. 15.¤f3 £c3+
9-+-+P+-+0 16.¢e2 g5!? was very good for Black.
9+-+P+-+-0 15...£xe5 16.¤f3 £g7 17.£c1
XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9r+-+k+-tr0
9zp-+-snpwq-0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 9-+p+l+pzp0
9+-zpp+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+P+-+0
An unusual position requires unusual decisions − 9+-+P+N+-0
by spending some extra time White gets the f− 9P+P+-sNPzP0
pawn into the action. 6.£e2 f6!? 7.¤h4 g6 8.f4 9tR-wQ-+RmK-0
¥g7 was played in the game Najer − R. xiiiiiiiiy
Scherbakov, TCh−RUS, Tomsk 2001. After 9.e5 0- 17.£d2!? also came to mind, moving the queen
0 10.¤f3 fxe5 11.fxe5 ¤f5 12.c3 Black activated to a5.
his light−squared bishop by typical pawn sacrifice: 17...g5!
12...c4! 13.dxc4 c5 14.0-0 ¥b7 with active An excellent decision. The routine 17...0-0? was
counterplay.; 6.0-0 ¤g6 7.¤g5 is a popular much weaker due to 18.£a3 and White wins the
alternative. pawn on c5, occupying a dominating position with
6...h6 the queen.
A rather fresh idea − Black wants to keep the 18.¦b1
long diagonal open. For some reason Black more In case of 18.h3 Black could think about
often plays 6...f6 7.¤h3 g6 8.f4 ¥g7 9.0-0 0-0, 18...¦g8
keeping a solid but somewhat passive position. 18...g4 19.¤e1 £g5!? 20.£a3 d4
7.¤h3 g6 8.¥d2 20...£e3!? looked interesting but it could be met
XIIIIIIIIY by 21.g3! followed by ¤g2.
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 21.c3!
9zp-+psnp+-0 Trying to get Black's c−pawns.
9-+p+p+pzp0 21...dxc3 22.¦c1
9+-zp-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+P+-+0 9r+-+k+-tr0
9+-+P+-+N0 9zp-+-snp+-0
9PzPPvL-zPPzP0 9-+p+l+-zp0
9tRN+QmK-+R0 9+-zp-+-wq-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+P+p+0
This is also a typical manoeuvre for such 9wQ-zpP+-+-0
positions. The question is if the combination of the 9P+-+-sNPzP0
ideas White realises in the opening is really good. 9+-tR-sNRmK-0
8...¥g7 9.¥c3 e5 10.f4 d5 11.¤f2 £b6!? xiiiiiiiiy
A good idea − Black keeps the tension. In the 22...¤g6!?
game Svetushkin − Motylev, Bucharest 1998 Black 22...0-0 23.¦xc3 c4! 24.dxc4 ¤g6 was also not
preferred 11...d4 12.¥d2 exf4 13.¥xf4 0-0 with so bad.
unclear play but the fact that the queenside pawn 23.£xc3
structure is stabilised makes White's task easier. 23.¦xc3 looked more natural and it led to
unclear play after 23...c4!?
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23...¥xa2!? Protecting the c6 pawn indirectly − Black simply

23...c4!? 24.dxc4 0-0 was quite good for Black. gained an extra pawn and occupied very good
24.¦a1!? ¥e6 25.¦a5 £e5 central squares. By the way, 30...£d8 was not a
XIIIIIIIIY defence as 31.¦xc6 was quite possible!
9r+-+k+-tr0 31.¤d1 0-0 32.¤e3 f5!
9zp-+-+p+-0 32...¦fd8 was solid but less energetic.
9-+p+l+nzp0
9tR-zp-wq-+-0 33.¦d2
9-+-+P+p+0 33.¤xf5 ¥xf5 34.exf5 ¦ae8 wasn't better for
9+-wQP+-+-0 White.
9-+-+-sNPzP0 33...fxe4 34.¦xf8+ ¦xf8 35.dxe4 ¤f3!?
9+-+-sNRmK-0 A good idea although 35...c5!? was maybe
xiiiiiiiiy stronger.
25...g3?! looked suspicious for Black due to 36.£xe5 ¤xe5 37.¦d6?
26.hxg3 £xg3 27.£xc5 £c7 (27...¤f4 28.£xc6+ XIIIIIIIIY
¢e7 29.£b7+! ¢f6 30.¤h3! ¥xh3 31.£c7) 28.¤f3 9-+-+-trk+0
with initiative. 9zp-+-+-+-0
26.£a3!? 9-+ptRl+-zp0
An ambitious attempt. By playing 26.£xe5!? 9+-+-sn-+-0
9-+-+P+p+0
¤xe5 27.¦xc5 White could have won a pawn back 9+-+-sN-+-0
and the draw would be the most likely result. 9-+-+-+PzP0
26...¤f4 9+-+-sN-+K0
Black accepts the challenge! Yet, 26...0-0 was xiiiiiiiiy
probably more reliable. A blunder in a very difficult, probably lost
27.¦xc5 ¤e2+ 28.¢h1 £f6 position.
XIIIIIIIIY 37...¤c4! 38.¤1c2?
9r+-+k+-tr0 38.¦xe6 ¤xe3 followed by ...¦f8−f1-e1 was lost.
9zp-+-+p+-0 38...¤xd6
9-+p+lwq-zp0
9+-tR-+-+-0 White resigned. A very interesting game and an
9-+-+P+p+0 excellent performance by Simon Ansell!
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Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) keep the lead after the

Gallagher leads British 5th Round of the VII category Stork Young
Masters tournament in Hengelo, Netherlands.
J oseph Gallagher became sole leader of the

British Championship in Scarborough –
today he is the hero of our annotated game
again – enjoy his enterprising play against John
Ginzburg – Efimenko 0:1
Kritz – Jackova 0:1
Shaw. The reigning Champion Julian Hodgson Firman – Berkvens 0:1
shares second place with Peter Wells. Zhigalko – Werle 0:1
Janssen – Vink ½:½
Gallagher – Shaw 1:0 Results of the 5th Round:
Lalic – Hodgson ½:½ Efimenko – Firman ½:½
Emms – Arkell ½:½ Jackova – Zhigalko 0:1
Lane – Wells 0:1 Werle – Ginzburg 1:0
Gormally – Ward ½:½ Vink – Kritz ½:½
Summerscale – Ansell ½:½ Berkvens – Janssen ½:½
Pert – Hebden 0:1
Ledger – Chandler 0:1 Jan Werle became the hero of the last Round – he
has managed to win with the white pieces and
Standing after the 9th Round: finally open the score – it is now 1:11 … in black’s
1. Gallagher – 7 points, favour!
2-3. Hodgson, Wells – 6½
4-13. Hebden, Chandler, Emms, Lalic, Rowson, Standings after the 5th Round:
Ward, Gormally, Show, Arkell, Ansell – 6 etc. 1. Efimenko – 4
2. Werle –3½
Vladimir Kosyrev (Russia) and Tomas Oral 3. Jackova – 3
(Czech Rep.) keep the lead after the 6th Round of 4-5. Vink, Kritz – 2½
the IX category Montreal International 6-9. Firman, Janssen, Zhigalko, Berkvens – 2
tournament in Canada. 10. Ginzburg – 1½
Results of the 6th Round: There are six leaders with 4 points after the 5th
Hebert – Kosyrev 0:1 Round of the Ambassador Open in Bern,
Oral – Krush 1:0 Switzerland.
Rozentalis – Mikanovic 1:0 Selected results of the 5th Round:
Lesiège – Charbonneau 1:0 Rashkovsky – Jenni ½:½
Turov – Zugic ½:½ Senff – Holzke ½:½
Goldenberg – Barbeau 0:1 Gheorghiu – R. Bagirov ½:½
Standing after the 6th Round: Gerber – Kachiani 0:1
1-2. Kosyrev, Oral – 4½ points, T. Horvath – Klovans ½:½
3-4. Rozentalis, Lesiège – 4
5-6. Turov, Barbeau – 3½ Top boards of the 6th Round:
7. Zugic – 3 (4) Holzke – Rashkovsky (4)
8-9. Charbonneau, Mikanovic – 2½ (4) Jenni – Kachiani (4)
10. Krush – 2 (4) R. Bagirov – Senff (4) etc.
11. Goldenberg – 1½
12. Hebert – ½ Five players, including the ELO-favourite Igor
Khenkin (Germany), keep perfect score after the
4th Round of the open tournament in

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Recklinghausen, Germany. Shaw himself hasn't got very much by playing

10.g4 £e7 11.0-0-0 ¤f8 12.¤e2 ¤e6 13.c3 b6
Selected results of the 4th Round: Shaw − Golod, Cappelle−la−Grande 2000)
O. Eismont – Khenkin 0:1 10...£e7 11.¤h2 ¤f8 (11...g5!?) 12.f4 exf4
13.¦xf4 ¥e6 14.¦af1 ¤d7 15.¦4f2 with better
A. Rotstein – Gawehns 1:0
chances for White, Rublevsky − Vokarev, Tch−
Hillarp Persson – Schebler 0:1 RUS Azov 1996.
Podzielny – Koscielski 1:0 10.¥h6 f6
J. Rotstein – Feygin 0:1 In the game Adams − Chandler, Southend 2001
Bischoff – Zaragatski 1:0 Black played 10...0-0 and after 11.¤h2 ¦d8
12.¤g4 ¤f8 13.¥xg7 ¢xg7 14.£h6+ ¢g8
Top boards for the 5th Round: 15.0-0-0 White maintained a small but stable
(4) Khenkin – Podzielny (4) advantage.
(4) Schebler – A. Rotstein (4) 11.¥xg7 £xg7 12.£e3 b6 13.a3
(4) Feygin – Mainka (3½) A new continuation which doesn't change the
(3½) Kalka – Bischoff (3½) course of the game. 13.¤d2 0-0 14.0-0-0 ¦e8
15.f4 gave White a small edge in Nevednichy −
(3½) Gofshtein – Halasz (3½)
Simic, Cetinje 1993: 15...exf4 16.£xf4 ¤e5 17.g4
(3) Berelovich – Bakhmatov (3½) etc. ¥e6 18.¦hf1 ¦f8 19.¦f2
13...a5 14.0-0 0-0 15.¤h2
9r+l+-trk+0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-+n+-wqp0
J Gallagher (2516) − J Shaw (2478) 9-zpp+-zpp+0
9zp-zp-zp-+-0
British Championship Scarborough (9), 08.08 9-+-+P+-+0
B31.2001 9zP-sNPwQ-+P0
9-zPP+-zPPsN0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 g6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 9tR-+-+RmK-0
9r+lwqkvlntr0 A logical play − after swapping the dark−squared
9zpp+-zpp+p0 bishops White is going to advance the f−pawn,
9-+p+-+p+0 pressurising Black's kingside.
9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 15...¥b7 16.f4 ¦ae8 17.fxe5 ¤xe5 18.¦f2 £d7
9+-+-+N+-0 19.¦af1 ¢g7 20.¤e2
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 White has obtained a small but lasting edge.
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 Black's position is solid but he has nothing to do
xiiiiiiiiy
This capture makes Black's development easier and must watch White's manoeuvres carefully.
but decreases his influence in the centre and 20...£d8 21.£d2
reduces the possibilities to organise an active Yet, there is no direct way for White to make
counterplay. 4...bxc6 leads to more interesting progress − he should act slowly, trying to weaken
although more risky play for Black. Black's position. Now he moves the queen to c3,
5.d3 ¥g7 6.h3 increasing the pressure over the long diagonal,
Preventing ...¥c8−g4 − as a rule, this bishop is also stressing Black with a possible b2−b4.
passive and so rather useless in such closed 21...£d6
positions. Black's queenside pawn group can hardly
6...¤f6 7.¤c3 ¤d7 8.¥e3 e5 9.£d2 produce any counterplay, for example, 21...c4
XIIIIIIIIY 22.d4 c5 23.d5 did not disturb White very much.
9r+lwqk+-tr0 22.£c3 ¥a6 23.b3 ¦f7 24.¦b1 ¦d8 25.¤f1 £e7
9zpp+n+pvlp0 26.¦d1
9-+p+-+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zp-zp-+-0 9-+-tr-+-+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-+-wqrmkp0
9+-sNPvLN+P0 9lzpp+-zpp+0
9PzPPwQ-zPP+0 9zp-zp-sn-+-0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 9-+-+P+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zPPwQP+-+P0
9...£e7 9-+P+NtRP+0
9...h6 is the alternative, securing the bishop g7 9+-+R+NmK-0
from exchange. A possible play is 10.0-0 (John xiiiiiiiiy

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26...¥c8 44.¦xf6 ¤e2+ 45.¢f2 securing an extra pawn. Yet,

26...¢g8 seemed to be more to the point. the win was not so easy after 45...¤xc1 46.¦xf8+
27.¤e3 ¥a6 ¢xf8 47.¦xc1 ¥e6 The text move is more to the
One should be very patient to keep point − White doesn't want to simplify the position.
manoeuvring, and very careful as well − Black can 42...b4
do nothing here, only wait. 42...¤c3!? 43.¦df1 ¦a4 could have offered more
28.¤f4 ¦e8 29.¦b1 £d6 30.¤e2 ¦ee7 31.b4 resistance.
XIIIIIIIIY 43.¦df1 ¤c3
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-trrmkp0 Getting the knight closer to the centre −
9lzppwq-zpp+0 however, it is too late.
9zp-zp-sn-+-0 44.¤c4
9-zP-+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-wQPsN-+P0 9-+l+-wqk+0
9-+P+NtRP+0 9+-+-+r+p0
9+R+-+-mK-0 9-+p+-zPp+0
Finally White decided to realise this 9-zpNzP-+-+0
breakthrough. 9tr-sn-+RsNP0
9-+P+-+P+0
31...cxb4 9+-wQ-+RmK-0
31...¤xd3!? 32.cxd3 £xd3 looked interesting, xiiiiiiiiy
keeping in mind that the pair of knights cannot The knight is going to e5 with a tempo.
checkmate on the empty board. 44...¥a6
32.axb4 axb4 33.¦xb4 b5 34.¦b1 ¥c8 A desperate attempt.
A poor bishop − it's just useless here. On the 45.¤xa3 ¥xf1 46.£xf1 bxa3 47.¦xc3 a2 48.£a1
other hand, White's knights are ready for action. 48.£a6 £e8 49.¦a3 was also good enough.
35.d4 ¤d7 36.¤g3 ¤b6 48...¦a7 49.¦f3 £f7 50.¤e4 £d5 51.f7+ ¢f8
Defending the knight fork. Of course, the knight 52.¤f6
is untouchable: 36...£xg3?? 37.¤f5+ Black resigned. A confident game by Joseph
37.¦f3 ¢g8 38.¦d1 Gallagher! 1-0
XIIIIIIIIY
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42.¤e4!? came to mind: 42...¤c3 43.¤xf6+ ¦xf6

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9-10. Ginzburg, Firman – 2

Gallagher still top
The White players are still suffering – the total
J oseph Gallagher retains the sole lead before

the last round of the British Championship –
today he drew against Peter Wells while the
reigning Champion Julian Hodgson couldn’t beat
score is 2:13 in Black’s favour.
IMs Florian Jenni and Martin Senff are leading

at the Ambassador Open in Bern, Switzerland with
Murray Chandler. Mark Hebden was in excellent 5 points after 6 rounds.
counter attacking form – he is our hero of the game
section today. Selected results of the 6th Round:
Holzke – Rashkovsky ½:½
Selected results of the 10th Round: Jenni – Kachiani 1:0
Wells – Gallagher ½:½ R. Bagirov – Senff 0:1
Chandler – Hodgson ½:½ Schwartz – Gheorghiu 0:1
Ward – Hebden 0:1 Klovans – Heinz 1:0
Shaw – Emms 0:1
Ansell – B.Lalic 0:1 Top boards of the 7th Round:
K. Arkell – Rowson 1:0 (4½) Gheorghiu – Jenni (5)
Kelly – Gormally ½:½ (5) Senff – Rashkovsky (4½)
Williams – Summerscale 0:1 (4½) Vovsha – Holzke (4½)
N. Pert – Lane 1:0 (4) Kachiani – Klovans (4½)
Miles – Singh ½:½ (4) T. Horvath – R. Bagirov (4)
Standing after the 10th Round: Arkady Rotstein of Germany became sole leader
1. Gallagher – 7½ points, of the open tournament in Recklinghausen,
2-7. Hodgson, Hebden, Emms, Lalic, Wells, Germany – he is the only player with a perfect
K. Arkell – 7 score after 5 rounds. The top-seeded Igor Khenkin,
8-10. Chandler, Summerscale, Gormally – 6½ etc. Karl-Heinz Podzielny (both of Germany) and
Mikhail Feygin (Ukraine) are sharing second place.
The last round promises to be very bloody – the
British Championship is at stake. Yet, the tie- Selected results of the 5th Round:
breaks are to be played in case of tie. Khenkin – Podzielny ½:½
Schebler – A. Rotstein 0:1
Jan Werle joined Zahar Efimenko at the lead Feygin – Mainka ½:½
after the 6th Round of the VII category Stork Kalka – Bischoff ½:½
Young Masters tournament in Hengelo, Gofshtein – Halasz ½:½
Netherlands. Berelovich – Bakhmatov 1:0
Results of the 6th Round: Top boards of the 6th Round:
Janssen – Efimenko ½:½ (5) A. Rotstein – Khenkin (4½)
Firman – Werle 0:1 (4½) Podzielny – Feygin (4½)
Jackova – Vink 1:0 (4) Bischoff – Koscielski (4)
Kritz – Berkvens 0:1 (4) J. Rotstein – Gofstein (4)
Zhigalko – Ginzburg ½:½ (4) Kern – Berelovich (4) etc.
Standings after the 6th Round: There was a rest day on the IX category Montreal
1-2. Efimenko, Werle – 4½ points International tournament in Canada. Vladimir
3. Jackova – 4 Kosyrev (Russia) and Tomas Oral (Czech Rep.)
4. Berkvens – 3 are leading after the 6 rounds.
5-8. Janssen, Zhigalko, Vink, Kritz – 2½
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Standing after the 6th Round: 10...¤bd7 11.¥e2 ¦e8 12.£d2 c5

1-2. Kosyrev, Oral – 4½ points, Starting counter actions in the centre.
3-4. Rozentalis, Lesiège – 4 13.dxc5 ¤xc5 14.0-0 ¥b7 15.b4 ¤e6 16.¤b3
XIIIIIIIIY
5-6. Turov, Barbeau – 3½ 9r+-wqr+k+0
7. Zugic – 3 9+l+-+pvlp0
9p+-zpnsnp+0
8-9. Charbonneau, Mikanovic – 2½ 9+p+-+-+-0
10. Krush – 2 9-zP-+P+-+0
11. Goldenberg – 1½ 9+NsN-vLP+-0
9P+-wQL+PzP0
12. Hebert – ½ 9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Pairings of the 7th Round: White has comfortably developed his pieces and
Kosyrev – Turov intends to pressurise the weak d−pawn. However,
Barbeau – Oral Black doesn't give him the chance.
Krush – Rozentalis 16...¦c8 17.¦ac1 d5!
XIIIIIIIIY
Mikanovic – Lesiège 9-+rwqr+k+0
Zugic – Goldenberg 9+l+-+pvlp0
9p+-+nsnp+0
Charbonneau – Hebert 9+p+p+-+-0
9-zP-+P+-+0
9+NsN-vLP+-0
Annotated Game 9P+-wQL+PzP0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-tR-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
18.¤xd5
Ward (2493) − M Hebden (2550) 18.e5!? deserved attention. Black should have
British Championship Scarborough, England E81 (10),
09.08.2001
probably played 18...¤d7 (18...d4 19.¤xd4 ¤d5
20.¤xd5 £xd5 21.¤xe6 fxe6 22.£xd5 ¥xd5 23.f4
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 ¥xa2 24.¦xc8 ¦xc8 25.¦a1±) 19.f4 ¤b6„ with
XIIIIIIIIY counter chances.
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 18...¥xd5 19.¦xc8 £xc8 20.exd5 ¦d8
9zppzp-zppvlp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-zp-snp+0 9-+qtr-+k+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+pvlp0
9-+PzPP+-+0 9p+-+nsnp+0
9+-sN-+P+-0 9+p+P+-+-0
9PzP-+-+PzP0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 9+N+-vLP+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+-wQL+PzP0
The Saemish variation is one of the most 9+-+-+RmK-0
ambitious systems against the King's Indian. White xiiiiiiiiy
is often not in a hurry to castle, trying to make it As often happens, when Black succeeds with a
more difficult for Black to find an object for freeing pawn advance ...d6−d5, he gets the
counterplay. However, "more ambitious" quite initiative. White should be more careful now.
often means "more risky". 21.¦c1
5...0-0 6.¤ge2 a6 7.¥e3 c6 8.c5!? Probably not the best. White could have
8.£d2 is the more common option. achieved a better situation by playing 21.d6!?
8...b5!? 9.cxd6 exd6 10.¤c1 ¤e8 22.¦c1 £b8 23.d7 ¤f6 24.¤c5 and so on.
XIIIIIIIIY 21...£b8 22.¤a5?!
9rsnlwq-trk+0 This knight's raid does not look very good.
9+-+-+pvlp0 22.¤c5 ¦xd5 23.¤d3 seemed to be more reliable,
9p+pzp-snp+0
9+p+-+-+-0 for example, 23...¤d4 24.¥f1 and so on.
9-+-zPP+-+0 22...¦xd5 23.£c3?!
9+-sN-vLP+-0 A rather suspicious decision again. 23.£e1
9PzP-+-+PzP0 looked much safer.
9tR-sNQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy 23...£f8! 24.£c8?!
A typical route for the knight, but new for this Continuing the active but wrong plan, which only
particular situation. White usually plays 10.£d2 , plays into Black's hands.
followed by ¤e2−g3, ¥f1-e2 and 0-0. 24...¦d8

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24...¦e5! could be annoying for White. However, 38.£d5

the text move allows Black to seize a strong XIIIIIIIIY
initiative as well. 9-+-+-+k+0
25.£xa6 ¤d5 26.¥f2 ¤d4 27.¥f1 ¤f4 9+-+-+p+p0
9-+-+n+p+0
27...¤xb4!? , followed by ...¤a2, was maybe 9+-vlQ+-+-0
stronger. 9-zp-+-+-+0
28.¢h1 9+P+-+P+-0
28.¦b1 didn't solve the problems due to 9-wq-vL-+PzP0
28...¤fe2+ 29.¥xe2 ¤xe2+ 30.¢f1 (30.¢h1 9+-+-+L+K0
£xb4!) 30...¤c3 31.¦e1 £xb4 with initiative. xiiiiiiiiy
28...£xb4 38...h5!?
XIIIIIIIIY The immediate 38...¥d4 was met by 39.¥h6
9-+-tr-+k+0 39.g3?
9+-+-+pvlp0 A blunder but White's position was very difficult
9Q+-+-+p+0 anyway.
9sNp+-+-+-0 39...¥d4! 40.¥e1 £c1
9-wq-sn-sn-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+P+-0 9-+-+-+k+0
9P+-+-vLPzP0 9+-+-+p+-0
9+-tR-+L+K0 9-+-+n+p+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+Q+-+p0
The situation clearly turned out to the Black's 9-zp-vl-+-+0
favour. 9+P+-+PzP-0
29.¦c8 9-+-+-+-zP0
This exchange weakens the first rank. Perhaps 9+-wq-vLL+K0
White was under the time pressure to consider xiiiiiiiiy
such defensive moves as 29.¥e3!? and preferred ...¥c3 comes next, winning the bishop. White
to simplify the position. resigned. Mark Hebden is excellent when counter
29...¦f8 30.¦xf8+ ¥xf8 31.¤b3 ¤xb3 32.axb3 attacking! 0-1
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Zhigalko – Firman 0:1

GM Joseph Gallagher is new Janssen – Ginzburg 1:0
British Champion
1. Efimenko - 5½ points
S
wiss resident Joseph Gallagher is the new
British Champion! In the last 11th Round of 2-3. Werle, Jackova – 5
the British Championship he made a quick 4. Berkvens – 4½
draw against Keith Arkell and became the most 5-7. Janssen, Kritz, Firman – 4
interested spectator. All the chasing pack, 8. Zhigalko – 3½
including last years winner Julian Hodgson, were 9. Vink – 2½
fighting tooth and nail but failed to produce a 10. Ginzburg – 2
decisive result!
It has become popular in Switzerland to determine
Selected results of the last 11th Round: the winners of open tournaments on tie-breaks. The
Gallagher – Arkell ½:½ first four players will compete for the overall
Hodgson – Wells ½:½ victory at the Ambassador Open in Bern while
Emms – Lalic ½:½ other participants will continue the 9-round swiss.
Hebden – Summerscale ½:½
Gormally – Chandler 1:0 Selected results of the 7th Round:
Rowson – R. Pert 1:0 Gheorghiu – Jenni 0:1
Turner – Kelly 1:0 Senff – Rashkovsky ½:½
Zong Zhao – Ward 0:1 Vovsha – Holzke 0:1
Shaw – Ansell 1:0 Kachiani – Klovans ½:½
Crouch – N. Pert ½:½ T. Horvath – R. Bagirov ½:½
Gerber – Kelecevic ½:½
Final standings:
1. Gallagher – 8 points, Standings after the 7th Round:
2-8. Hodgson, Hebden, Emms, Lalic, Wells, 1. Jenni – 6 points
Gormally, K. Arkell – 7½ 2-3. Senff, Holzke – 5½
9-13. Rowson, Turner, Summerscale, Ward, Shaw 4-5. Rashkovsky, Klovans – 5
– 7 etc. 6-14. Kachiani, Gheorghiu, R. Bagirov, Gerber,
T. Horvath, Vovsha, Hugentobler, Kelecevic,
Our congratulations to Joseph Gallagher on his Leib – 4½
well-deserved victory!
Semifinals:
Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) keeps sole lead before (6) Jenni – Rashkovsky (5)
the last round of the VII category Stork Young (5½) Senff – Holzke (5½)
Masters tournament in Hengelo, Netherlands.
Results of the 7th Round: (5) Klovans – Gerber (4½)
Efimenko – Kritz ½:½ (4½) Vovsha – Gheorghiu (4½)
Werle – Janssen ½:½ (4½) R. Bagirov – Hugentobler (4½)
Berkvens – Jackova ½:½ (4½) Kachiani – T. Horvath (4½)
Vink – Zhigalko 0:1 (4½) Kelecevic – Leib (4½)
Ginzburg – Firman 0:1
The ELO-favourite of the Recklinghausen Open
Results of the 8th Round: Igor Khenkin became a sole leader after beating
Jackova – Efimenko ½:½ Arkady Rotstein in the 6th Round. FM Janus
Kritz – Werle 1:0 Koscielski sensationally won against GM Klaus
Vink – Berkvens 0:1 Bischoff with the Black pieces.
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Selected results of the 6th Round: 2. Agrest – 6

A. Rotstein – Khenkin 0:1 3-5. Holmsten, Salmensuu, Djurhuus – 5½ etc.
Podzielny – Feygin ½:½ Top boards of the 8th Round:
Bischoff – Koscielski 0:1 (5½) Salmensuu – Kogan (6½)
J. Rotstein – Gofstein ½:½ (6) Agrest – Djurhuus (5½)
Kern – Berelovich ½:½ (5) Stefanova – Holmsten (5½)
Kummerow – Schebler 0:1 (5) Vl. Georgiev – Fyllingen (5)
Mainka – Wilde 1:0 (5) Brynell – Dworakovska (5)
Halasz – Zaragatski 1:0 (5) Pedersen – Lie (5)
(5) Heim – Johannessen (5)
(5½) Khenkin – Halasz (5)
(5) Feygin – A. Rotstein (5)
Annotated Game
(5) Schebler – Podzielny (5)
(5) Koscielski – Mainka (5) J Emms (2532) − B Lalic (2528)
British Championship Scarborough, England (11), 10.08.2001
There was a rest day on the IX category Montreal E54
International tournament in Canada. Vladimir Both players were striving for a victory which
Kosyrev (Russia) and Tomas Oral (Czech Rep.) would allow them to share first place with Joseph
are leading after 6 rounds. Gallagher and proceed to the tie−break.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e6
6.¤f3 ¥b4 7.¥d3 dxc4 8.¥xc4 0-0 9.0-0
Results of the 7th Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Kosyrev – Turov ½:½ 9rsnlwq-trk+0
Barbeau – Oral ½:½ 9zpp+-+pzpp0
Krush – Rozentalis ½:½ 9-+-+psn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Mikanovic – Lesiège 0:1 9-vlLzP-+-+0
Zugic – Goldenberg ½:½ 9+-sN-+N+-0
Charbonneau – Hebert 0:1 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Standing after the 7th Round: Starting from the Caro−Cann Defence the game
1-3. Kosyrev, Lesiège, Oral – 5 points, has transposed into one of the main lines of the
4. Rozentalis – 4½ Rubinstein system of the Nimzo−Indian.
5-6. Turov, Barbeau – 4 9...b6 10.¥g5 ¥b7 11.¤e5 ¥xc3
7. Zugic – 3½ One of the most principled ways to counter
8-10. Charbonneau, Krush, Mikanovic – 2½ White's straightforward approach. The alternatives
11. Goldenberg – 2 are: 11...¥e7, 11...¤bd7 and 11...¤c6
12. Hebert – 1½ 12.bxc3 £c7
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsn-+-trk+0
In the 7th Round of the Bergen International in 9zplwq-+pzpp0
Norway Arthur Kogan (Israel) made his first 9-zp-+psn-+0
draw and retained a sole lead. Swedish Champion 9+-+-sN-vL-0
9-+LzP-+-+0
Evgeny Agrest is half a point behind. 9+-zP-+-+-0
9P+-+-zPPzP0
Selected results of the 7th Round: 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
Kogan – Agrest ½:½ xiiiiiiiiy
Holmsten – Salmensuu ½:½ 13.¥b3!?
An interesting novelty in the well−known
Lie – Vl. Georgiev ½:½
position! Of course, nobody was thinking about
Djurhuus – Porper 1:0
13.¥xf6 gxf6 14.£g4+ ¢h8 15.£h4 fxe5 16.£f6+
Fyllingen – Schandorff ½:½ ¢g8 17.£g5+ with perpetual check, as was
played, for example, in the game Timman −
Standings after the 7th Round: Karpov, Malta (ol) 1980.
1. Kogan – 6½ points,
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13...¤c6 22...¦de8 White was possibly going to proceed

In this line Black quite often allows his kingside with 23.¤xf6!? £c5 (23...¦xf6? 24.fxe5 £c5
pawn structure to be damaged − his main task is 25.exf6!) 24.¢h1 ¦xf6 25.fxe5 ¦g6 26.¦f4 ¤xb3
to bring all his pieces into play as quickly as 27.axb3 with better chances.
possible. 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.£g5?!
14.¥xf6 gxf6 15.¤g4 f5 It looks like after 24.£h6 bxc4 25.¥xc4 ¦f7!
Black didn't want to lock his queen in on g7 by White couldn't save the pawn d5 as well but here
playing 15...£f4!? 16.g3 £g5 17.f4 £g7 although he would continue fighting by 26.¦c1
the things are not so clear as White's king is not 24...bxc4 25.¥xc4 ¥xd5 26.¥xd5 ¦xd5
totally safe here. XIIIIIIIIY
16.¤f6+ ¢g7 17.¤h5+ ¢h8 18.d5!? 9-+-+-tr-mk0
18.£d2 ¦g8 19.f3 could have also secured a 9zp-wq-+-+p0
9-+-+-+-+0
small advantage. 9+-+rzppwQN0
18...¦ad8?! 9-+-sn-+-+0
9-+-tr-tr-mk0 9P+-+-+PzP0
9zplwq-+p+p0 9+-+-tRRmK-0
9-zpn+p+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+P+p+N0 So Black just gained a healthy extra pawn.
9-+-+-+-+0
9+LzP-+-+-0 27.¦e3 ¦c5 28.£h6 ¦f7 29.¦ee1 £b6 30.£g5 h6
9P+-+-zPPzP0 31.£g3 f4
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-mk0
18...exd5 should have probably been played but 9zp-+-+r+-0
9-wq-+-+-zp0
of course White's chances were preferable after 9+-tr-zp-+N0
19.¥xd5 ¦ad8 20.£f3 f6 9-+-sn-zp-+0
19.c4? 9+-+-+-wQ-0
19.£c1! seemed to be very strong: 19...exd5 9P+-+-+PzP0
20.£h6 f6 21.¤f4 , winning the exchange. 9+-+-tRRmK-0
19...e5 20.£d2 ¤d4 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY In addition to his extra pawn Black has got a
9-+-tr-tr-mk0 very strong initiative − he looks totally winning
9zplwq-+p+p0 now. However, in time trouble something
9-zp-+-+-+0 unbelievable happened.
9+-+Pzpp+N0 32.£h4 f3
9-+Psn-+-+0
9+L+-+-+-0 32...¦c2 33.¢h1 £g6 34.£h3 ¦f5-+ was also
9P+-wQ-zPPzP0 good enough.
9tR-+-+RmK-0 33.¦f2 ¦c2! 34.¢h1
Now everything is fine for Black. 9-+-+-+-mk0
21.f4 9zp-+-+r+-0
9-wq-+-+-zp0
In the case of 21.£h6?! f6! 22.¤xf6 £f7 23.¤h5 9+-+-zp-+N0
f4 Black cut off the knight and took the initiative − 9-+-sn-+-wQ0
by the way, ...£f7−g6 is one of the ideas. 9+-+-+p+-0
21...f6 22.¦ae1 b5! 9P+r+-tRPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-tR-+K0
9-+-tr-tr-mk0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zplwq-+-+p0 34...¤f5?
9-+-+-zp-+0 Black probably thought he was winning at once.
9+p+Pzpp+N0 34...fxg2+ 35.¦xg2 ¦xg2 36.¢xg2 ¤f3 followed by
9-+Psn-zP-+0
9+L+-+-+-0 ...¤e1 could finish the game without much
9P+-wQ-+PzP0 problems.
9+-+-tRRmK-0 35.£a4!
xiiiiiiiiy Not yet!
35...fxg2+ 36.¦xg2 ¦xg2 37.¢xg2
This excellent counter strike comes just in time −
Black undermines support of the pawn d5. After
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37...£b2+?
As often happens, one mistake follows after Editors:
another. Perhaps Black has not managed to GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
restore his concentration after an unpleasant
surprise on move 35. 37...¤g7! won instantly
thanks to the double threat ...£f2 and of course
Technical editors:
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40...£f2?
The final mistake. Now White can simply take on
e5 so Black offered a draw. Both 40...¦f2 41.£d3+
¢h8; and 40...£c3 could have secured excellent
winning chances. The e5 pawn was untouchable:
41.£xe5?? ¦f1+! A highly dramatic game!
½-½

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21 players are in chase with 5 points.

Lost Boys Open
Tournament begins Zahar Efimenko (Ukraine) has won of the VII
category Stork Young Masters tournament in
Hengelo, Netherlands.
T
he very strong Lost Boys Open has just
started in Amsterdam. The European
Champion Emil Sutovsky, Belgium Results of the last 9th Round:
Champion Mikhail Gurevich, Dutch Champion Efimenko – Vink ½:½
Loek Van Wely, and such famous players as Jan Werle – Jackova ½:½
Timman, Jeroen Piket, Ivan Sokolov, Boris Avrukh Berkvens – Zhigalko 1:0
and Pavel Tregubov are the favourites. Firman – Janssen 0:1
Ginzburg – Kritz 1:0
10 players are leading with perfect score after the
2nd Round. Final standings:
1. Efimenko - 6 points
Top boards of the 3rd Round: 2-4. Werle, Jackova, Berkvens – 5½
(2) Van Wely – Nijboer (2) 5. Janssen – 5
(2) Gustafsson – I. Sokolov(2) 6-7. Kritz, Firman – 4
(2) Sutovsky – Shchekachev (2) 8. Zhigalko – 3½
(2) Van den Doel – Handke (2) 9-10. Vink, Ginzburg – 3
(2) Arakhamia-Grant – Gershon (2)
Joost Berkvens (Netherlands) started with half a
The 102nd annual US Open is in progress at Hotel point out of 3 but then scored 5 points in the
Sheraton Framingham (near Boston). As usual, the remaining 6 games and achieved an IM-norm. Jana
tournament has different playing schedules for the Jackova (Czech Rep.) also deserves high praise for
first six rounds (one can play all the games with a her equal second in the company of strong guys.
full time control, some or all of them in rapid Our congratulations to all the winners!
chess) so only after the 6th Round, when all the
schedules have been merged, we can talk about the It seems that the players' scores after the first 7
leaders. rounds was important for the pairings of the
semifinals and finals of the Ambassador Open in
Selected results of the 6th Round: Bern.
Fishbein – Kudrin ½:½
Wojkeiwicz – J. Donaldson ½:½ Semifinals:
Yudasin – Kelleher 1:0 (6) Jenni ½:½ 0:1 Rashkovsky (5)
Mulyar – Ashley 1:0 (5½) Senff ½:½ 0:1 Holzke (5½)
Roldan – Sagalchik 0:1 Selected results of the 8th Round:
Schmaltz – Gaudreau 1:0 Klovans – Gerber 0:1
Brundo – Benjamin 0:1 Vovsha – Gheorghiu ½:½
Atalik – Schorr 1:0 R. Bagirov – Hugentobler 1:0
Cudro – Stripunsky 0:1 Kachiani – T. Horvath 1:0
Benen – Kalinin 0:1 Kelecevic – Leib ½:½
Paschall – Henry 1:0
Rensch – Fedorowicz ½:½ The results of the semifinals didn’t have any
visible effect – take a look at the pairings for the
GMs Leonid Yudasin (Israel), Sergey Kudrin, last round.
Alexander Fishbein, Gennady Sagalchik (all of Finals:
USA), Roland Schmaltz (Germany) and IM (6½) Jenni – Senff (6)
Michael Mulyar (USA) are leading with 5½ points. (6) Holzke – Rashkovsky (5½)

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(5½) Gerber – R. Bagirov (5½) Tactical Quiz
(5) Schwartz – Kachiani (5½) etc. With GM Ruslan Scherbakov
The ELO-favourite of the Recklinghausen Open (1) J Berkvens (2444) − Z Efimenko (2495)
Igor Khenkin retained sole lead after beating Stork Young Masters Hengelo (1), 05.08.2001
Tamas Halasz in the 7th Round. Mikhail Feygin XIIIIIIIIY
and Karl-Heinz Podzielny are sharing second 9-+-+-+-mk0
place, half a point behind. 9+L+-+-vlp0
9p+-+-trp+0
Khenkin – Halasz 1:0 9+qvL-zp-+-0
Feygin – A. Rotstein 1:0 9-zP-+P+-+0
Schebler – Podzielny 0:1 9+-+r+-+-0
Koscielski – Mainka ½:½ 9P+-+Q+PzP0
9+R+-+-+K0
Top boards of the 8th Round: xiiiiiiiiy
(6) Feygin – Khenkin (6½)
Black to play
(6) Podzielny – Gofstein (5½)
(5½) Mainka – Kalka (5½) (2) N Vink (2281) − A Zhigalko (2400)
(5½) Hillarp Persson – Koscielski (5½) Stork Young Masters Hengelo (7), 10.08.2001
(5½) J. Rotstein – Bischoff (5) XIIIIIIIIY
Alexander Lesiège (Canada) and Tomas Oral
9lvL-+-+-tr0
(Czech Rep.) are leading after the 8th Round of the 9wQ-+-+pmk-0
IX category Montreal International tournament. 9-+-+p+p+0
9zp-+-+-+-0
Results of the 8th Round: 9-+-+-zP-vl0
Lesiège – Hebert 1:0 9+-+-tR-zP-0
Goldenberg – Kosyrev ½:½ 9-zP-wqNmK-+0
Oral – Zugic 1:0
Rozentalis – Barbeau 1:0
9+-+-+-+-0
Turov – Charbonneau ½:½ xiiiiiiiiy
Mikanovic – Krush 0:1 Black to play
Standing after the 8th Round: (3) G Lane (2456) − P Wells (2510)
GBR−ch Scarborough (9), 08.08.2001
1-2. Oral, Lesiège – 6 points,
3-4. Kosyrev, Rozentalis – 5½ XIIIIIIIIY
5. Turov – 4½ 9-+-+-+-+0
6. Barbeau – 4 9+p+-+kzp-0
7-8. Krush, Zugic – 3½ 9-+-vl-+-+0
9. Charbonneau – 3 9+-+-vLp+-0
10-11. Goldenberg, Mikanovic – 2½ 9-+-+-+-+0
12. Hebert – 1½
9+-zP-+-+q0
9PzP-+-zP-+0
9tR-+-tR-mK-0
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(4) J Rowson (2514) − R Pert (2245)

GBR−ch Scarborough (11), 10.08.2001 (3) 1...f4!
XIIIIIIIIY This excellent move decides the game.
2.f3
9-+l+ntrk+0 2.¥xd6 f3 followed by ...£g2 checkmate.
9+-+-wQ-zpp0 2...£g3+
9-zpR+-+-+0 White resigned. 0-1
9+-+psN-+-0 (4) 27.¥xh7+! £xh7
9-+-zP-+-+0 27...¢xh7 28.£xf8+−
9+-mKLzP-+q0 28.¤g6 Black resigned. 1-0
9PzP-+-+-+0 (5) 56...¦f1!
9+-+-+-+-0 White resigned as he loses the e4 bishop
xiiiiiiiiy 56...¦f1 57.¦xf1 ¤xf1+ 58.¢h1 ¤g3+ 59.¢h2
White to play ¤xe4 0-1
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(1) 1...¦b3! Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
1...¦b3 2.¦e1 £xe2 3.¦xe2 ¦b1+ 4.¥g1 ¦ff1 0-1
Editors:
(2) 48...¥xg3+! 49.¦xg3 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir
49.¢xg3 £e1+ 50.¢g4 £h4# Barsky.
Technical editors:
49...¦h2+ 50.¢g1 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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50...£e1+!
and White is checkmated. 0-1

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Yudasin – Foygel ½:½

Van Wely and Gershon top Schmaltz – Benjamin 0:1
after 3 rounds Kudrin – Sagalchik ½:½
Mulyar – Stripunsky ½:½
Doettling – J. Donaldson 1:0
D
utch Champion Loek Van Wely and Alik
Gershon (Israel) keep perfect scores after Fishbein – Lapshun ½:½
the 3rd Round of the strong Lost Boys Wojtkiewicz – Friedman 1:0
Open in Amsterdam. Such favourites as the Atalik – Nakamura ½:½
European Champion Emil Sutovsky, Jeroen Piket, Readey – Kalinin 0:1
Ivan Sokolov, Boris Avrukh are among the chasing Palatnik – Nsubuga 1:0
pack while Belgian Champion Mikhail Gurevich Bisguier – Danilovic 0:1
seems to be out of form – he was lucky to escape in
the first round and now lost to Dennis de Vreught. Standings after the 8th Round:
1-2. Benjamin, Doettling – 7 points,
Selected results of the 3rd Round: 3-... Fishbein, Sagalchik, Yudasin, Kudrin, Mulyar,
Van Wely – Nijboer 1:0 Stripunsky, Foygel, Lapshun, Wojtkiewicz,
Gustafsson – I. Sokolov ½:½ Kalinin, Palatnik, Danilovic… – 6½ etc.
Sutovsky – Shchekachev ½:½
Van den Doel – Handke ½:½ Many thanks for K.Visweswaran for this
Arakhamia-Grant – Gershon 0:1 information we’ve taken from TWIC.
De Vreught – M.Gurevich 1:0
GM Naum Rashkovsky of Russia won the
Top boards of the 4th Round: Ambassador Open in Bern.
(3) Gershon – Van Wely (3)
(2½) I. Sokolov – De Vreugt (2½) Finals:
(2½) S. Ernst – Sutovsky (2½) (6) Holzke ½:½ 0:1 Rashkovsky (5½)
(2½) Handke – Piket (2½) (6½) Jenni ½:½ 0:1 Senff (6)
(2½) Shchekachev – Van den Doel (2½)
(2½) Avrukh – Gustafsson (2½) Selected results of the last 9th Round:
Gerber – R. Bagirov 0:1
US Champion GM Joel Benjamin and IM Fabian Schwartz – Kachiani ½:½
Doettling of Germany are leading after the Gheorghiu – Kelecevic ½:½
preliminary 8th Round of the US Open. Leib – Klovans ½:½
De Andres – Vovsha 0:1
Selected results of the 7th Round: Heinz – Jelmer 0:1
Schmaltz – Yudasin ½:½
Kudrin – Mulyar ½:½ Final standings:
Sagalchik – Fishbein ½:½ 1. GM Naum Rashkovsky (Russia)
Perelshteyn – Wojkeiwicz ½:½ 2. IM Frank Holzke (Germany)
Benjamin – G. Shahade 1:0 3. IM Martin Senff (Germany)
Kriventsov – Atalik ½:½ 4. IM Florian Jenni (Switzerland)
Stripunsky – Kaufman 1:0 5. R. Bagirov – 6½
Kalikshteyn – Doettling 0:1 6. Kachiani, Vovsha, Jelmer – 6 etc.
Foygel – Ariel 1:0
J. Donaldson – J. Shahade 1:0 Our congratulations to all the winners!
Lapshun – Rasin 1:0
Friedman – Paschall 1:0 The top-seeded Igor Khenkin and Karl-Heinz
Podzielny (both of Germany) are sharing the lead
Selected results of the 8th Round: before the last round of the Recklinghausen Open.

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Selected results of the 8th Round: Brynell – Dworakovska 1:0

Feygin – Khenkin ½:½ Pedersen – Lie 1:0
Podzielny – Gofstein 1:0 Heim – Johannessen 0:1
Mainka – Kalka 0:1
Hillarp Persson – Koscielski 1:0 Selected results of the last 9th Round:
J. Rotstein – Bischoff 0:1 Kogan – Brynell ½:½
A. Rotstein – Wilde 1:0 Agrest – Pedersen 1:0
Johannessen – Stefanova 1:0
Top boards of the last 9th Round: Schandorff – Vl. Georgiev 1:0
(7) Khenkin – Hillarp Persson (6½) Holmsten – Mitkov 0:1
(6½) Kalka – Podzielny (7) Fyllingen – Gausel 0:1
(6) Bischoff – Feygin (6½) Berg – Salmensuu 0:1
(6) Halasz – A. Rotstein (6) Djurhuus – Heim 1:0
(5½) Schebler – Bakhmatov (6)
Final standings:
A home GM Alexander Lesiège became sole 1-2. Kogan, Agrest – 8 points,
leader of the IX category Montreal International 3. Johannessen – 7
tournament in Canada. Tomas Oral (Czech Rep.) is 4-9. Brynell, Gausel, Djurhuus, Schandorff,
clear second, Vladimir Kosyrev (Russia) and Salmensuu, Mitkov – 6½ etc.
Eduardas Rozentalis (Lithuania) are sharing third
place. Our congratulations to the winners!

Krush – Lesiège 0:1
Quiz Today
With GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Kosyrev – Oral ½:½
Zugic – Rozentalis ½:½ (1) D De Vreugt (2429) − M Gurevich (2633)
Hebert – Turov 0:1 LostBoys2001 Amsterdam (3), 12.08.2001
Barbeau – Mikanovic 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY
Charbonneau – Goldenberg 1:0 9ltr-+-trk+0
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Standing after the 9th Round: 9-+pzpnzPpwQ0
1. Lesiège – 7 points, 9zP-+-wq-+-0
2. Oral – 6½ 9-zp-+P+P+0
3-4. Kosyrev, Rozentalis – 6 9+-+L+-+P0
5. Turov – 5½ 9-zPP+N+-+0
6. Barbeau – 5 9+-+-tRR+K0
7-8. Charbonneau, Zugic – 4 xiiiiiiiiy
9. Krush – 3½ White to play
10-11. Goldenberg, Mikanovic – 2½
12. Hebert – 1½ (2) From our annotated game
XIIIIIIIIY
GMs Arthur Kogan (Israel) and Swedish 9-+rtr-+k+0
Champion Evgeny Agrest shared victory at the 9+-wq-vlpzpp0
Bergen International in Norway – both winners 9p+-+p+-+0
scored an excellent 8 points out of 9 games. 9+-+lsnPzP-0
9Nzpn+-+-tR0
Selected results of the 8th Round: 9+N+-+-tR-0
Salmensuu – Kogan 0:1 9PzPP+-wQ-zP0
Agrest – Djurhuus 1:0 9+KvL-+L+-0
Stefanova – Holmsten 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
Vl. Georgiev – Fyllingen ½:½
Black to play
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(21...£xe4÷) 22.b3 £a3 23.¥c1 £a5 24.¤c6

Annotated Game followed by ¤e7.
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 19...¥b7 20.¦d4 d5! 21.exd5 ¥xd5 22.f5
It looks like White begins first but Black has
K Arakhamia−Grant (2446) − A Gershon (2553) sufficient resources both in defence and in attack.
LostBoys2001 Amsterdam (3), 12.08.2001 22...¦bc8
XIIIIIIIIY
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 9-+rtr-+k+0
d6 6.¥g5 e6 7.£d2 ¥e7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.¤b3 £b6 9+-wqnvlpzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-+p+-+0
9r+l+-trk+0 9+-+l+PzP-0
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 9NzpntR-+-+0
9-wqnzppsn-+0 9+N+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-vL-0 9PzPP+-wQ-zP0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+KvL-+LtR-0
9+NsN-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzPPwQ-zPPzP0 23.¦g3?!
9+-mKR+L+R0 Connected with a suicidal idea. 23.f6!? ¥f8
xiiiiiiiiy 24.fxg7 ¥xg7 25.¦f4 seemed to be more to the
One of the principle variations in the Rauzer point but Black is already at least not worse.
Sicilian − as usual, the opposite−castled kings 23...¤de5
create very sharp play. 23...£c6 was probably met by 24.¦h3! with idea
10.f3 a6 11.¢b1 ¦d8 12.¥e3 £c7 13.£f2 ¤d7 in case of 24...£xa4 to launch a strong−looking
14.g4 b5 15.g5 ¤ce5 attack by 25.£h4 ¤f8 26.f6! (26.¥xc4 ¥xc4
XIIIIIIIIY 27.¦xc4 exf5) 26...¥c5 27.¥d3!
9r+ltr-+k+0
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 24.¦h4?
9p+-zpp+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+p+-sn-zP-0 9-+rtr-+k+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9+-wq-vlpzpp0
9+NsN-vLP+-0 9p+-+p+-+0
9PzPP+-wQ-zP0 9+-+lsnPzP-0
9+K+R+L+R0 9Nzpn+-+-tR0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+N+-+-tR-0
9PzPP+-wQ-zP0
The game Timman − Salov, Linares 1991 9+KvL-+L+-0
continued by 15...¦b8 16.h4 ¤b6 17.g6!? ¤a4 xiiiiiiiiy
(17...fxg6!? 18.h5 gxh5 19.¦xh5 ¤a4) 18.gxf7+ A fatal mistake, White obviously missed the
¢xf7 19.¤e2 ¥f6 20.¤ed4 ¤xd4 21.¥xd4 e5 following reply. Again, something like 24.f6 should
22.¥e3 ¢g8 with an acceptable but maybe slightly have been preferred: 24...¥f8 25.fxg7 ¥xg7
worse position for Black. 26.¤ac5 with very complicated play.
16.¦g1 24...¤d2+!!
A new continuation − White intends to push the A bolt from the blue! By the way, it's not so easy
knight e5 by f3−f4 and prevents its jump to g4. to see, is it?!
16.¥d3 ¦b8 17.h4 ¤c4 18.¥c1 was unclear in the 25.£xd2
game Schlosser − Wittmann, Moesern 1997. The only move to protect the square c2.
16...b4 17.¤a4 ¦b8 18.f4 ¤c4 25...¥xb3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-trltr-+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 9-+rtr-+k+0
9p+-zpp+-+0 9+-wq-vlpzpp0
9+-+-+-zP-0 9p+-+p+-+0
9Nzpn+PzP-+0
9+N+-vL-+-0 9+-+-snPzP-0
9PzPP+-wQ-zP0 9Nzp-+-+-tR0
9+K+R+LtR-0 9+l+-+-tR-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9PzPPwQ-+-zP0
19.¥c1
19.¥xc4!? £xc4 20.f5 deserved serious
9+KvL-+L+-0
attention. Now the attempt to win the knight a4 by xiiiiiiiiy
20...£c6 could be met by 21.¤d4! £xa4? 26.¥d3 ¦xd3! 27.cxd3 ¥c2+! 28.¢a1 ¥xa4

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9mK-vL-+-+-0 Chess Today is published by:
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White resigned as the only defence of the bishop Dublin, Ireland.
c1 allows a big fork on f3. 28...¥xa4 29.¦g1 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
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Answer to quiz
Editors:
The knight e6 is the only defender of the square GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
g7... and IM Vladimir Barsky.
23.¦f5!! Technical editors:
This excellent blow decides the game. Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
23...gxf5 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
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XIIIIIIIIY
9ltr-+-+rmk0 prohibited without express written permission.
9zp-+-+P+p0
9-+pzp-zP-wQ0
9zP-+-wq-+-0
9-zp-+P+-+0
9+-+L+-+P0
9-zPP+N+-+0
9+-+-tR-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
26...c5 27.fxg8£+ ¦xg8 28.¤f4 Black resigned.
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The top-seeded Igor Khenkin and Karl-Heinz

Sokolov catches Podzielny (both of Germany) are
Gershon and Van sharing the first place at the
Recklinghausen Open.
Wely Selected results of the 9th Round:
Khenkin – Hillarp Persson ½:½
I
n the fourth round of the strong Kalka – Podzielny ½:½
Lost Boys Open in Amsterdam Bischoff – Feygin ½:½
Ivan Sokolov caught up with Halasz – A. Rotstein 0:1
the leaders Gershon and Van Wely. Schebler – Bakhmatov 1:0
Sokolov beat the young Dutchman
de Vreugt – see our annotated game Final standings:
section. All other top games were 1-2. Khenkin, Podzielny – 7½
drawn. Van Wely points out of 9
3-6. Hillarp Persson, Kalka, Feygin,
Selected results of the 4th Round: Rotstein – 7 etc.
Gershon – Van Wely ½:½
I. Sokolov – De Vreugt 1:0 Our congratulations to the winners!
Ernst – Sutovsky ½:½
Handke – Piket ½:½ A home GM Alexander Lesiège retains sole lead
Shchekachev – Van den Doel ½:½ of the IX category Montreal International
Avrukh – Gustafsson ½:½ tournament in Canada.
Top boards of the 5th Round: Standing after the 10th Round:
(3½) Van Wely – I. Sokolov (3½) 1. Lesiège – 7½ points
(3) Sutovsky – Gershon (3½) 2. Oral – 7
(3) Piket – Ernst (3) 3-4. Kosyrev, Rozentalis – 6½
(3) Gustafsson – Tregubov (3) 5. Turov – 6
(3) van den Doel – Stellwagen (3) 6. Barbeau – 5½
(3) van der Wiel – Avrukh (3) 7-8. Charbonneau, Zugic – 4½
(3) Timman – Handke (3) 9. Krush – 4
(3) Solleveld – Nijboer (3) 10. Mikanovic – 3
(3) Wintzer – Shchekachev (3) 11-12. Goldenberg, Hebert – 2½
(2½) M. Gurevich – Happel (3)
The French Championships started in Marseilles
GMs Alex Wojtkiewicz, Joel Benjamin, (Round-robin system, 16 participants).
Alexander Stripunsky and IM Fabian Doettling Results of the 1st Round:
shared first place with 7½ points out of 9 at the US Relange – Bauer ½:½
Open. 23 players have got 7 points. Koch – Lautier ½:½
Fontaine – A. Sokolov ½:½
Selected results of the 9th Round: Chabanon – Fressinet 0:1
Benjamin – Doettling ½:½ Belkhodja – Degraeve 0:1
Sagalchik – Wojtkiewicz 0:1 Hauchard – Vaisser ½:½
Lapshun – Yudasin ½:½ Apicella – Bacrot ½:½
Foygel – Atalik ½:½ Dorfman – Nataf ½:½
Danilovic – Kudrin ½:½
Stripunsky – Kriventsov 1:0
Kalinin – Palatnik ½:½

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It looks like a waste of time. In the previous

From our annotated Game games Black played 14...£a5 15.¥d2 f4 16.¢h1
Black has just played g5 fxe3 17.¥xe3 c4 18.¤e4 ¦fe8 19.¦fc1 £d5
XIIIIIIIIY Johannessen − Rausis, Gausdal 2000 or; 14...£b6
9-+-+-+-+0 with the following Rfe8 or Rfd8 and pressure on
9+-+-+rmk-0 White's pawns.
9-+q+rsn-zp0 15.¢h1 £b6 16.£h4!?
9+pwQ-+-zp-0 White would like to exploit the weak dark
9-zP-+-tR-+0 squares on the Kingside; also it prepares e3−e4.
16...¦fe8?!
9+-vL-+-+P0 After 16...cxd4 17.exd4 ¥xc3 (17...¦fe8!?)
9-+-+-+P+0 18.bxc3 it's very risky to grab a pawn −
9+-+-+R+K0 18...¦xc3?! 19.¦b1 But now the f7−point becomes
xiiiiiiiiy rather weak...
White to play 17.dxc5 ¤xc5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+r+k+0
Annotated Game 9+p+-+p+p0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9pwq-+-snp+0
9+-sn-+p+-0
9Pvl-+-+-wQ0
I Sokolov (2659) − D De Vreugt (2429) 9+-sN-zPP+-0
LostBoys 2001 Amsterdam (4), 13.08.2001 D18 9LzP-+-+PzP0
9tR-vL-+R+K0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 dxc4 5.a4 ¥f5 xiiiiiiiiy
6.e3 18.e4!
Ivan Sokolov likes this quiet variation of the Slav White opens position to his benefit.
Defence. 18...fxe4
6...e6 7.¥xc4 ¥b4 8.0-0 0-0 9.¤h4 ¤bd7 18...¥xc3 19.bxc3 fxe4 20.¥e3! with strong
The main alternatives are 9...¥g4 ; and 9...¥g6 initiative.
10.¤xf5 exf5 11.£c2 g6 12.f3 ¦c8 19.¤xe4 ¤cxe4 20.fxe4 ¦xe4?!
XIIIIIIIIY A new mistake in a difficult position.
9-+rwq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpp+n+p+p0 9-+r+-+k+0
9-+p+-snp+0 9+p+-+p+p0
9+-+-+p+-0 9pwq-+-snp+0
9PvlLzP-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-sN-zPP+-0 9Pvl-+r+-wQ0
9-zPQ+-+PzP0 9+-+-+-+-0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 9LzP-+-+PzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-vL-+R+K0
This is one of the key positions of this system. xiiiiiiiiy
White has two Bishops and a pawn centre but has 21.¥xf7+! ¢h8
worse development. White prepares e3−e4 to 21...¢xf7 22.£xe4+−
activate his c1-Bishop, Black tries to attack his 22.¥f4
opponents central pawns. 22.¦xf6? ¦e1+ 23.£xe1 £xf6=; 22.£xf6+??
13.£f2 £xf6 23.¦xf6 ¦e1+-+
Earlier Sokolov preferred 13.¢h1 for example: 22...¥d2 23.£h3 ¦f8 24.¥xd2 ¦xf7 25.¥c3
13...c5 14.¤a2 ¥a5 15.dxc5 £e7 (15...¦xc5 16.b4 XIIIIIIIIY
¥xb4 17.¤xb4 £c7 18.¥xf7+ ¦xf7 19.£a2 ¤e5 I. 9-+-+-+-mk0
Sokolov − Sakaev, Neum 2000) 16.b4 ¥xb4 9+p+-+r+p0
17.¤xb4 £xc5 18.¥b3 £xb4 19.¥a3 £h4 20.£a2 9pwq-+-snp+0
¤c5 I. Sokolov − Shirov, Saraevo 2000. As you
have seen Black had counterplay mainly thanks to
9+-+-+-+-0
the opposition of the Rook on c8 and Queen on 9P+-+r+-+0
c2. So White placed the Queen on another line, 9+-vL-+-+Q0
also defending the King from check along the a7− 9-zP-+-+PzP0
g1 diagonal. 9tR-+-+R+K0
13...c5 14.¥a2 a6?! xiiiiiiiiy
CT-280 Page 2 of 3
The c3 Bishop is much stronger than the Knight Chess Today is published by:
on f6. Black is unable to unpin it. Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
25...¦e6 26.¦f4 ¢g7 Dublin, Ireland.
26...¢g8 27.¦af1 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
27.¦af1 £c6 28.£h4 b5 29.axb5 axb5 30.h3!
Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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30...h6 31.£f2 £d6 32.b4! Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
Black has to wait while White makes
preparations to swap all the pieces for a winning Editors:
pawn endgame. GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
32...£c6 33.£c5! g5 and IM Vladimir Barsky.
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Now all is ready for a small final combination...
34.¦xf6! ¦fxf6 35.¦xf6 £xc5 35...¦xf6 36.£xc6+−
36.bxc5 ¦xf6 37.c6! b4 38.¥xf6+
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A home GM Alexander Lesiège won the

Van Wely Takes Over Lead category IX Montreal International tournament in
in Amsterdam Québec, Canada.
Final Standings:
L oek Van Wely became sole leader after his

convincing victory over Ivan Sokolov in
the fifth round of the Lost Boys Open in
Amsterdam (see our annotated game section).
1. Lesiège – 8 points out of 11 ($2000)
2-4. Oral, Kosyrev, Rozentalis – 7½ ($867 each)
5. Turov – 7 ($500)
6. Barbeau – 6 ($400)
Boris Avrukh won his game by default because his
opponent John van der Wiel was unable to play 7. Zugic – 5½ ($300)
due to the flu. Today will be a rest day; The 8. Charbonneau – 4½ ($200)
pairings of the 6th round will be known this 9. Krush – 4
evening. 10-11. Mikanovic, Hebert – 3
12. Goldenberg,– 2½
Van Wely – I. Sokolov 1:0 Our congratulations to the winners!
Sutovsky – Gershon ½:½
Piket – Ernst 1:0 The 16 players participating in the 76th French
Gustafsson – Tregubov ½:½ Championships are split into two groups of 8 for
van den Doel – Stellwagen 1:0 all-play-all. The leaders will qualify for the later
van der Wiel – Avrukh 0:1* stages.
Timman – Handke 1:0
Solleveld – Nijboer ½:½ Results of the 2nd Round, standings and pairing of
Wintzer – Shchekachev 0:1 the 3rd Round:
M. Gurevich – Happel 1:0 Group A (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2556).
A. Sokolov – Koch 1:0
Standing after the 5th Round: Lautier – Belkhodja ½:½
1. Van Wely – 4½ points out of 5 Degraeve – Hauchard 1:0
2-7. Gershon, Timman, Avrukh, Piket, van den Fontaine – Vaisser 0:1
Doel, Shchekachev – 4
8-16. Sutovsky, I. Sokolov, Vreugt, Gustafsson, 1. Degraeve – 2 points
Nijboer, Hendriks, Tregubov, Solleveld, M. 2-3. Vaisser, A.Sokolov – 1½
Gurevich – 3½ etc. 4. Lautier – 1
5-8. Fontaine, Koch, Belkhodja, Hauchard – ½
Stefan Pfannkuch reports on TWIC:
Peter Leko and Viswanathan Anand drew live on Belkhodja – Sokolov
German TV Channel WDR. Anand replaced last Hauchard – Lautier
year's champion Kramnik who is preparing for his Vaisser – Degraeve
match against Deep Fritz. This and the Koch – Fontaine
Villarrobledo rapidplay are Anand's only scheduled
events before his defence of his FIDE World Title. Group B (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2559).
New #353 TWIC is available now. Fressinet – Apicella ½:½
Bacrot – Dorfman 1:0
GM Aleksander Delchev with 6 points out of 7 Nataf – Relange 1:0
won the 8th Nice Summer Open (France). Chabanon – Bauer 0:1
Final standings:
1. Delchev – 6 points out of 7 1-4. Bauer, Nataf, Bacrot, Fressinet – 1½
2-6. Komljenovic, Sulava, Badea, Madl, Inkiov – 5. Apicella – 1
5½ etc. 6-7. Dorfman, Relange – ½
8. Chabanon – 0
This issue is prepared byIM Vladimir Barsky; technical editor – Ralph P. Marconi
CT-281 Page 1 of 3
This is a novelty according to the following
Dorfman – Fressinet short draw: 16.¦ac1 ¦c8 17.¤e5 f6 18.¤d3 f5
Relange – Bacrot 19.¤e5 ¥d6 20.£e2 ¥xe5 21.fxe5 draw,
Bauer – Nataf Berezin − Itkis, Bucharest 1998.
Apicella – Chabanon 16...¦c8 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
¤¤¤ 9-+rwq-trk+0
Annotated Game 9zpl+-vlpzpp0
L. Van Wely (2695) − I .Sokolov (2659) 9-zpp+p+-+0
LostBoys 2001 Amsterdam (5), 14.08.2001 9+-+n+-+-0
E08 9-+NzP-zP-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9zP-sN-zP-+-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 9-zPQ+-zPLzP0
White wants to play the Catalan. 9tR-+R+-mK-0
3...¥b4+ 4.¥d2 ¥e7 xiiiiiiiiy
Black enticed his opponent to play his Bishop What can we say about this position? White
to d2 while the best square for it is b2 (after has more space in the centre and on the
b2−b3). Queen side − Black, even with two Bishops
5.¥g2 d5 6.¤f3 c6 7.£c2 doesn't have real counterplay, because it's
Of course there is a lot of alternatives in this very hard for for him to open lines for his
well known theoretical position. Bishops.
7...0-0 8.0-0 ¤bd7 9.¦d1 b6 10.¥f4 ¥b7 (D) 17.b4 ¦c7
XIIIIIIIIY Sokolov decides to stay and wait. A more
9r+-wq-trk+0 active plan is f7−f5, Nd5−f6, preparing c6−c5.
9zpl+nvlpzpp0 18.¤e5 ¥d6?! 19.¤e4!
9-zpp+psn-+0 Knights on central squares always become
9+-+p+-+-0 very strong!
9-+PzP-vL-+0 19...¥e7 20.¦ac1 £a8?! (D)
9+-+-+NzP-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPQ+PzPLzP0 9q+-+-trk+0
9tRN+R+-mK-0 9zpltr-vlpzpp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zpp+p+-+0
After 10...¥a6 11.b3 players can reach a 9+-+nsN-+-0
position from another opening − the Queen's 9-zP-zPNzP-+0
Indian Defence/ Rubinstein System (4.g3). 9zP-+-zP-+-0
11.¤c3 dxc4 9-+Q+-zPLzP0
Last year Loek van Wely lost with White after 9+-tRR+-mK-0
11...¤h5 12.¥c1 f5 13.¤e5 ¦c8 14.cxd5 cxd5 xiiiiiiiiy
15.£a4 ¤xe5 16.dxe5 a6 17.¥e3 f4 18.¥d4 Reti's manoeuvre looks rather strange here.
¦c4 19.£xc4 dxc4 20.¥xb7 fxg3 21.hxg3 £c7 21.¤g5! ¥xg5
22.¥f3 g6³ Van Wely − Jussupov, Istanbul Black has to exchange his Bishop: 21...g6?!
(Ol) 2000. But we all know that Loek is a 22.¤xg6!? fxg6 (22...hxg6 23.¤xe6 fxe6
chessplayer of principles and he never avoids 24.£xg6+ ¢h8 25.£h6+ ¢g8 26.£xe6+ ¦f7
theoretical disputes in his favorite lines. 27.¥xd5+−) 23.¤xe6ƒ
Sokolov, however chooses another variation. 22.fxg5 £d8
12.¤d2 ¤d5 13.¤xc4 ¤xf4 14.gxf4 ¤f6!? Black had to admit that the Queen's
The second rarest move (the first being manoeuvre was simply a waste of time.
11...dxc4), more often Black plays 14...£c7 , 23.¤f3 £e7 24.£d2
for example: 15.e3 ¦ac8 16.¦ab1 ¤f6 17.b4 Preparing e3−e4, White defends f4−point.
¤d5 18.a3 f5 19.¤e5 ¥d6 20.¦bc1² Dautov − 24...¦cc8?!
Tiviakov, match Netherlands − Germany 2000. Ivan Sokolov is a very good defender. Why
15.e3 ¤d5 16.a3 did he play so passively in this game?
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Too late for counterplay.
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35.¤xf6?! c5 with small complications.
35...f5 36.¤f6 c5 37.¦g3 ¤xd4!? Editors:
The last chance. GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
XIIIIIIIIY and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9-+-tr-+-mk0
9zpltr-+-wqp0 Technical editors:
9-zp-+psN-+0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9+-zp-zPp+P0
9-zP-sn-wQ-+0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
9zP-+-+-tR-0 Baburin © and protected intellectual property
9-+-+-zPL+0 under the International Copyright convention. Any
9+-+R+-mK-0 unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic
xiiiiiiiiy format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly
38.h6!
Maybe this is the most clear way to victory.
38.¦xg7?! ¦xg7!„; 38.¥xb7!? ¤e2+ 39.¢h2
¦xd1 40.¦xg7 ¦xg7 41.£e3 ¤d4
38...£f7
38...¤e2+ 39.¢h2 £f8 40.¦xd8 £xd8
41.£d2!+−.
39.¢h2 ¥xg2 40.¦xg2 ¦cc8?
Loses immediately. The only move was
40...£f8
41.¦g7 1-0.
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groups – Jean-Marc Degraeve (Group A) and

Galego Wins the Brasilia Christian Bauer (Group B) have 2½ points.
Chess Club Festival
Results of the 3rd Round, standings and pairing of
the 4th Round:
L uis Galego (Portugal) won the Brasilia

Chess Club Festival (cat. IV, av. Elo 2339)
in Brasilia City.
Group A (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2556).
Belkhodja – Sokolov ½:½
Hauchard – Lautier ½:½
Vaisser – Degraeve ½:½
1. Galego – 7 points out of 9 Koch – Fontaine 0:1
2-3. Matsuura, Coelho – 6
4-5. Crosa, Needleman – 5 1. Degraeve – 2½ points
6. Cubas – 4½ 2-3. Vaisser, A.Sokolov – 2
7. Valle – 4 4-5. Fontaine, Lautier – 1½
8. Limp – 3½ 6-7. Belkhodja, Hauchard – 1
9-10. Teixeira, Caldeira – 2 8. Koch – ½
Yesterday the following information appeared on Sokolov – Hauchard

TWIC: Lautier – Vaisser
“According to a report on Dutch Teletext (15th Fontaine – Degraeve
August 2001) Vladimir Kramnik, Garry Kasparov Koch – Belkhodja
and Anatoly Karpov will play in a tournament in
December to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Group B (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2559).
birth of Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow.” Dorfman – Fressinet 1:0
http://teletekst.nos.nl/cgi-bin/tt/nos/page/t/628 Relange – Bacrot ½:½
Bauer – Nataf 1:0
Vladimir Kramnik mentioned this event in his Apicella – Chabanon 1:0
interviews for 64-Chess Review (#7/2001) and on
the site www.kasparovchess.ru but he didn’t go 1. Bauer – 2½
into much detail. As we receive more information 2-3. Bacrot, Apicella – 2
we will inform you. 4-6. Dorfman, Nataf, Fressinet – 1½
7. Relange – 1
Yesterday was a rest day at the Lost Boys Open in 8. Chabanon – 0
Amsterdam. As you recall Loek Van Wely is
leading with 4½ points out of 5. Today will be the Fressinet – Relange
6th Round. Bacrot – Bauer
Chabanon – Nataf
Top boards of the 6th Round: Apicella – Dorfman
(4) Avrukh – Van Wely (4½)
(4) Shchekachev – Piket (4) Also see our annotated game section.
(4) Gershon – van den Doel (4)
(3½) I. Sokolov – Timman (4) ¤¤¤
(3½) Solleveld – Sutovsky (3½) Annotated Game
(3½) Hendriks – M. Gurevich (3½) J. Koch (2518) − R. Fontaine (2452)
(3½) Tregubov – de Vreugt (3½) ch FRA Marseille (3), 08.12.2001 B70
(3½) Nijboer – Gustafsson (3½) Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6
Yesterday was the 3rd Round of the 76th French 5.¤c3 ¤c6 (D)
Championships. The leaders will qualify for the
later stages. There are now sole leaders in both
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9r+lwqkvl-tr0 9r+-+-trk+0
9zpp+-zppzpp0 9+lwq-+pvlp0
9-+nzp-sn-+0 9psnnzpp+p+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+p+-+-+-0
9-+-sNP+-+0 9-+-+P+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9+NzP-sN-zP-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9PzP-+-zPLzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
This very solid system was played by 16.h4?!
Kasparov and Kramnik. Black is ready for A very strange idea. Almost all of White's
6.¥g5 (Rauzer variatian) and 6.¥c4 (Sozin or previous moves were defensive − and now
Velimirovic attack). Koch wants to attack on the King side?! As
6.¥e2 usual Black begins a central counterattack.
A very modest move, after which Black has a 16...¦ad8 17.h5 d5! 18.hxg6 dxe4!
lot of suitable continuations, for example Black sacrifices a pawn due to the open
6...e5, 6...e6 (Scheveningen system) or the position and exploits his lead in development.
text move... 19.gxf7+?!
6...g6 Better was 19.gxh7+ ¢h8 because now
Fontaine chose the very secure Dragon Black starts a direct attack against his
system (the most dangerous for Black is opponent's King.
Rauzer's plan with 6.Be3 and long castling). 19...£xf7 20.£e2 ¤e5 21.¤c5
7.¤b3 ¥g7 8.0-0 0-0 9.¦e1 Maybe better was 21.¦d1!? ¦xd1+ 22.¤xd1
Once more, very modest. White doesn't even ¤f3+ 23.¢f1 trying to save the very important
prepare f2−f4 to control the central squares. g2−Bishop for defence.
9...a6 10.¥f1 b5 11.¤d5 ¤d7 12.c3 (D) 21...¤f3+ 22.¥xf3 exf3 23.£c2 ¥a8 24.¤f1
XIIIIIIIIY White's position is very difficult, maybe even
losing because it's extremly hard to defend
9r+lwq-trk+0 against the simple but unpleasant idea of −
9+-+nzppvlp0 Qf7−h5−h3−g2#! Only the Knight to e3 can
protect the g2−sguare, but Black can
9p+nzp-+p+0 exchange it for the Knight b6 or Bishop g7.
9+p+N+-+-0 24.£b3 ¤d5!
24...£h5 25.¥g5
9-+-+P+-+0 The last attempt to distract the Queen on h5
9+NzP-+-+-0 from her mission, but...
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 25...£h3 26.¤e3 ¤c4 27.£b3 ¥d5
White resigned. This game is a rather good
9tR-vLQtRLmK-0 example for studying the theme of
xiiiiiiiiy "Counterattack in the centre as a reaction to a
12...e6 flank attack". 0–1.
Thanks to White's pure development Black
can weaken his d−pawn. Recommended Web sites:
13.¤e3 ¤b6 14.g3 ¥b7 15.¥g2 £c7 (D) chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/
http://www.persocom.com.br/bcx
www.beochess.ch/

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Avrukh – Van Wely ½:½

Karpov and Korchnoi Shchekachev – Piket 1:0
Teammates in Gershon – van den Doel 0:1
I. Sokolov – Timman ½:½
Volga! Solleveld – Sutovsky 0:1
Hendriks – M. Gurevich ½:½
A
very interesting 2- Tregubov – de Vreugt 1:0
day match in Nijboer – Gustafsson 1:0
honour of 1000-
years of Kazan took place Standings after the 6th Round:
in the town of Volga, the capital of Tatarstan. This 1-3. van den Doel, van Wely, Shchekachev – 5
marks the first time since 1974 that Anatoly points
Karpov and Victor Korchnoi have played on the 4-8. Sutovsky, Avrukh, Timman, Nijboer,
same team! Kazan won on the first day 3½:2½ Tregubov 4½ etc.
thanks to victory of a young talent from this town
over the experienced GM Viorel Bologan ( see Top boards of the 7th Round:
our annotated game section below). On the second Van Wely – Shchekachev
day Europe took revenge 3½:2½, so the final Van den Doel – Tregubov
score was an equal 6:6. All games were very Sutovsky – Nijboer
interesting and full of fight. Timman – Avrukh
Arakhamia-Grant – Sokolov
Europe: Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Khalifman, Gurevich – Ernst
Victor Korchnoi, Maya Chiburdanidze, Vladimir Piket – Jonkman
Akopian, Viorel Bologan Handke – Gershon
Kazan: Alexei Dreev, Sergei Rublevsky, Andrei Ikonnikov – Hendriks
Kharlov, Alisa Galliamova, Ildar Ibragimov, Artem
Timofeev The 4th Round of the 76th French Championships
was rather quiet – only one decisive game in each
Round one: group.
Karpov – Dreev ½:½
Rublevsky – Khalifman ½:½ Results of the 4th Round, standings and pairing of
Korchnoi – Kharlov ½:½ the 5th Round:
Galliamova – Chiburdanidze ½:½ Group A (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2556).
Akopian – Ibragimov ½:½ Sokolov – Hauchard ½:½
Timofeev – Bologan 1:0 Lautier – Vaisser ½:½
Fontaine – Degraeve ½:½
Round two: Koch – Belkhodja 1:0
Dreev – Karpov ½:½
Khalifman – Rublevsky 1:0 1. Degraeve – 3 points
Kharlov – Korchnoi ½:½ 2-3. Vaisser, A.Sokolov – 2½
Chiburdanidze – Galliamova ½:½ 4-5. Fontaine, Lautier – 2
Ibragimov – Akopian 1:0 6-7. Koch, Hauchard – 1½
Bologan – Timofeev 1:0 8. Belkhodja – 1
There are three leaders now at the Lost Boys Open Vaisser – Sokolov
in Amsterdam: Andrei Shchekachev and Eric van Degraeve – Lautier
den Doel won their games and caught up to Loek Hauchard – Koch
Van Wely. Belkhodja – Fontaine
Some results of the 6th Round: Group B (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2559).
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Fressinet – Relange 0:1 Thanks to Vladimir Kramnik and his Berlin
Bacrot – Bauer ½:½ wall we began to forget about this move of
Chabanon – Nataf ½:½ late.
Apicella – Dorfman ½:½ 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 ¥e7
And this line looks like a rarity as opposed to
1. Bauer – 3 the more fashionable Archangel and New−
2-3. Bacrot, Apicella – 2½ Archangel systems.
4-6. Dorfman, Nataf, Relange – 2 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 ¤b8 (D)
7. Fressinet – 1½ XIIIIIIIIY
8. Chabanon – ½ 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9+-zp-vlpzpp0
Bauer – Fressinet 9p+-zp-sn-+0
Nataf – Bacrot 9+p+-zp-+-0
Relange – Apicella 9-+-+P+-+0
Dorfman – Chabanon 9+LzP-+N+P0
9PzP-zP-zPP+0
The 3rd Asian Individual Championships (11 9tRNvLQtR-mK-0
Rounds, Swiss System) comes to a finish in xiiiiiiiiy
Calcutta. Total prize fund (from FIDE) – $64000. Do you remember the name of this system?
Winners will qualify for FIDE World Yes, you are right − the Breyer variation. In
Championships. the 1970s it was the main line in the Ruy
Lopez (along with 9...Na5 − the Chigorin
Top boards of the last Round: variation and a bit later − 9...Re8 − the Zaitsev
(8) Xu Jun – Barsov (7) variation), it was played by Karpov, Spassky,
(7½) Iuldachev – Ganguly Surya (7) and Portish. This very solid system appears
(6½) Harikrishna – Ghaem Maghami (7) only from time to time but I'm sure this
(6½) Kostenko – Yu Shaoteng (6½) situation will change soon.
(6½) Li Wenliang – Barua (6½) 10.d4 ¤bd7 11.¤bd2 ¥b7 12.¥c2 ¦e8
(6½) Zhang Pengxiang – Dzhumaev (6½) 13.¤f1 ¥f8 14.¤g3 g6 15.a4
(6) Vladimirov – Al-Modiahki (6½) Of course all of this is theory.
15...¥g7
Dragoljub Velimirovic won the 1st Ljubisa Savic- The main alternative is 15...c5
Mauzer Memorial (cat. VI, av. Elo 2387, 16-24 16.¥d3 c6 17.b4!? (D)
June) in Bijeljina, Yugoslavia. Thanks to Jovan XIIIIIIIIY
Petronic for this information for TWIC #353. 9r+-wqr+k+0
9+l+n+pvlp0
Final standing: 9p+pzp-snp+0
1. Velimirovic – 7 points out of 9 9+p+-zp-+-0
2. Cosma – 5½ 9PzP-zPP+-+0
3-4. Milu, Viktor Ivanov – 5 9+-zPL+NsNP0
5-6. Rosic, Kozakov – 4½ 9-+-+-zPP+0
7. Ivkov – 4 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
8-9. Sekulic, Stojanovic – 3½ xiiiiiiiiy
10. Puric – 2½ Step by step the players go their own way.
¤¤¤
The main line is 17.Bg5, though, I can't tell
you what work this Bishop does on this
Annotated Game square. The text move is more
A. Timofeev − V. Bologan understandable: White wants more space on
Match of europa−tatarstan 2001 Kazan (1), the Queen side and in the centre.
08.1500 C95 17...d5
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky The only game I found in my database was
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 the following: 17...¤b6 18.a5 ¤a4 19.¦a3
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exd4 20.cxd4 c5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.d5 ¤xd5!? 30...b3
23.exd5 ¤c3 24.¦xe8+ £xe8 25.£c2 ¤xd5© 31.¥f1 £a1? (D)
Kveinys − Bronstein, Reykjavik 1994.Bologan XIIIIIIIIY
starts his counerattack in the centre (see CT− 9-+l+-trk+0
282) immediately. 9+-+-wQpvl-0
18.¥g5 9p+-sN-+pzp0
After d6−d5 this move creates pressure on 9+P+-sn-+-0
the central pawns. 9-zp-+-+-vL0
18...dxe4 9+-+-tR-+P0
After 18...exd4?! 19.e5 dxc3 Black doesn't 9-+-+-zPP+0
have enough compensation for the piece.; 9wq-+-+LmK-0
18...h6?! 19.¥xf6 £xf6 (19...¥xf6 20.exd5±) xiiiiiiiiy
20.exd5 cxd5 21.axb5 axb5 22.¦xa8 ¥xa8 Black had to play 31...£c5!?
23.¥xb5± 32.¥f6!
19.¤xe4 exd4 20.¤d6!? A bit unexpected, Black loses a piece.
An interesting decision, but not bad was also 32...¥e6 33.¦xe5 b3 34.¦xe6
20.cxd4!? Not difficult, but nice.
20...¦xe1+ 21.£xe1 £c7 22.£e7 ¦f8 (D) 34...¥xf6 35.¦xf6 b2 36.¦xf7 b1£
XIIIIIIIIY White also wins after 36...£xf1+ 37.¢h2 ¦xf7
9-+-+-trk+0 38.£xf7+ ¢h8 39.¤e8
9+lwqnwQpvlp0 37.£xf8#
9p+psN-snp+0 Very energetic play by the Kazan junior! 1-0.
9+p+-+-vL-0
9PzP-zp-+-+0 Recommended Web sites:
9+-zPL+N+P0 chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/
9-+-+-zPP+0 http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
9tR-+-+-mK-0 http://www.mi.ru/~kznchess
xiiiiiiiiy http://www.asianchess2001.com/
23.¤e5!
Very energetic! White's Knights occupy the
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27.¦e1 d3
Editors:
This position is very hard to evaluate − both GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM
sides have to calculate and calculate, for Vladimir Barsky.
example, 27...dxc3!?; 27...c4!?; 27...cxb4 and Technical editors:
many other moves. Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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I suspect this is a mistake, and better was
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Van Wely regains sole lead intend to keep it this way and hope to make CT
in Amsterdam, Xu Jun is even more informative and entertaining. In the near
future we will publish original training material
victorious in Calcutta (for example articles by GM Sveshnikov) and
interviews with various leading players.
I n round 7 of the Lost Boys Open tournament

one of the leaders GM Loek 'The King' van
Wely defeated another co-leader GM
Schekachev and became sole leader, as one of his
Yahoo groups and their service. The number of
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I hope this
is because
main rivals van den Doel only drew. After 7 rounds our readers
Karpov - Topalov, Dos
the standing is as follows: can now
Hermanas 1994
1. Van Wely - 6 points; XIIIIIIIIY avail
2-3. Van den Doel and Timman - 5½ points; 9-+l+rvl-+0 themselves
4-9. Tregubov, Nijboer, Schekachev, Sutovsky, 9zpp+-+pmk-0 of our
Piket and Gersohon - 5 points.
9-+n+-+pzp0 archives. It
9+-zpN+-+-0 may not be
The 5th round of the 76th French Championships
9-+-+qvL-+0 easy to
was very peaceful. In Group 'A' all games ended in
9+-zP-+Q+P0 retrieve
a draw, while in the other group Josif Dorfman CT issues
beat Jean-Luc Chabanon with White. In Group 'A'
9PzP-+-zPP+0
9+-+R+LmK-0 for the
GM Jean-Marc Degraeve is leading with 3½ first time
points, while GMs Anatoly Vaisser and Andrei
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White to Play and win because
Sokolov are on 3 points. In Group 'B' GM Yahoo
Christian Bauer is ahead with 3½ points, while Solution on page 3.
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GMs Etienne Bacrot, Manuel Apicella and Josif you to register (time-consuming process!), but
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We need your opinion! Recently GM Alexander
First of all, I am very pleased that CT has a very Morozevich came up with an interesting and
high loyalty rate - over 90% of our readers renew innovative idea - he plans to critically annotate all
their subscription for another term. This is a clear his games from the recent super-tournament in
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Dortmund and make it available for downloading On the surface this move looks fine − Black
for a small fee. The games will be presented in develops with a 'tempo'. But in fact this idea is
both Chess Base (also PGN) and HTML formats. It dubious − Black should have tried to develop
will be high quality notes, which will also expose the kingside first − either with 5...Be7 or 5...g6
some stereotype annotations made in the online and 6...Bg7, even though it's not easy for him
chess media. We would appreciate if you will tell to transpose into the King's Indian Defence
us what you think of this idea. Would you be now. For example: 5...g6 6.d4!. Now Black
interested in paying for this service and what kind has to do something about the e−pawn, while
of fee would you regard as 'fair'? after 6.0-0 ¥g7 7.d4 0-0 the game transposes
Free stuff still dominates the Net, but chess into a well−known line of the KID. 6...exd4
professionals need income just as everyone else. 7.¤xd4 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 and White's chances
So, if they can sell quality products (like their are better.
annotations) to a wide audience of chess fans, both 6.d4!
sides will benefit! I am sure many players will Such an experienced and strong
watch Alexander's experiment with great interest. Grandmaster as Boris Gulko does not hesitate
Please send your comments to ababurin@iol.ie. to grab the initiative. The text move is much
stronger than 6.d3. Black's problem is that
Tomorrow I will do Trainer's Corner, so please ...¥xc4 is time−consuming, but without that,
send me your questions as soon as possible! the move 5...¥e6 makes little sense.
Finally, I would like to invite you to participate in 6...¥xc4
our discussion forum, which you can find at After 6...exd4 7.¤xd4 ¤xd4 8.£xd4 c6 9.0-0
www.chesstoday.net/wwwboard/index.html. WGM White is better as he can attack the d6−pawn
Natalia Zhukova posted a message there recently, with ¥f4 and ¦ad1, while his c4−§ could be
so the page is worth visiting. Personally I can easily protected with b2−b3.
promise that I will answer all interesting postings! 7.dxe5 ¤d7?
Now Black falls behind in development.
¤¤¤
Clearly, 7...¤xe5? 8.¤xe5 dxe5 9.£a4+ b5
Annotated Game 10.¤xb5 could not satisfy him either. But
7...dxe5 8.£a4 ¥d5 was worth trying. After
T oday I would like to show you an interesting
miniature, which I came across recently. From
time to time I search my database for recent
9.e4 b5 10.£xb5 ¦b8 11.£e2 ¥e6 Black has
structural problems, but life goes on. White
miniatures as I find many of them very entertaining can also try 9.¥g5 with a great compensation
and some of them also highly instructive. The for a pawn or 9.0-0, but where there is choice,
following game fits both criteria. You can see how there is a chance to go wrong!
small (at first glance!) mistakes lead to a crashing 8.¥g5! £c8 9.exd6 ¥xd6 10.¤d4! h6! (D)
defeat. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+q+k+-tr0
Boris Gulko (2606) − Sean Nagle (2396) 9zppzpn+pzp-0
29th World Open Philadelphia, 2001 A25 9-+nvl-+-zp0
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin. 9+-+-+-vL-0
1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 ¤c6 3.g3 e5 4.¥g2 d6 9-+lsN-+-+0
In my opinion it's easier to play for Black after 9+-sN-+-zP-0
4...¥b4. 9PzP-+PzPLzP0
5.¤f3 ¥e6?! (D) 9tR-+QmK-+R0
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 The best defence − we shall soon see why
9zppzp-+pzpp0
9-+nzplsn-+0 Black needs to include this move before he
9+-+-zp-+-0 takes on d4.
9-+P+-+-+0 11.¥e3 ¤xd4 12.¥xd4
9+-sN-+NzP-0 Now after 12.£xd4 ¥e6 White cannot take
9PzP-zPPzPLzP0 the g7−pawn, as 13.£xg7?? ¥e5 loses the
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 queen. That's why Black had to play 10...h6 −
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Black's position looks solid enough. But his and IM Vladimir Barsky.
pieces lack harmony and Gulko highlights this
with energetic play: Technical editors:
15.¤e4! ¥xe2 16.£xe2 ¥xd4 17.¦fd1 ¥b6 Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
18.¥h3! (D)
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Total domination − all White's pieces are in
action. The finish is swift:
18...¦e7 19.¥xd7 ¦xd7 20.¤f6+ and Black
resigned as 20...gxf6 21.£g4+ is hopeless for
him. 1-0.
Solution to our tactical quiz:

Karpov - Topalov, 1994. 30.¤f6!! This sudden
blow decides the game. 30...¢xf6 31.¥e5+
¢xe5 32.£xe4+ ¢xe4 33.¦e1+ ¢f5 34.¦xe8
This is the point of the combination − now
Black loses one of his bishops. 34...¥e6
35.¦xf8 ¥xa2 36.¦c8 White plans to play ¦c7,
so Black resigned. 1-0.

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playable, particularly on the club level, where it

Trainer's Corner has certain surprise value.
I t has been a very long time since the last TC

appeared in CT, so I have some catching up to
do. We will come back to the tournaments
tomorrow, while today I would like to answer
Another question I received from Germany:
" Dear Mr. Baburin,
I would like to thank you for installing a regular
"Coach's corner" in Chess Today. Instructive
some of your questions. lessons and instructive game annotations are more
worthy for me than "hot" theory. For me, it's
Our first question comes from the USA: important to know more about the transposing
"Hi Alex, from the opening to the middlegame. For example:
Thanks for using my idea for a training topic. I how to play with or against an isolated d-pawn?
really enjoyed it. I have some more ideas for How to play against the minority attack in the
training topics. A variation of the Alekhine that is Declined Queen's Gambit? (in this opening I often
played by a lot of class players is 1.e4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 have absolutely no counterplay with black)
d5. This means the ideas in this variation are Are there any openings with which I receive the
important to us "fish". Unfortunately there are no same middlegame positions?
good references on it in any of the books. Keep up With best regards from Berlin and the best wishes
the good work! for Chess Today, Sven Metzger"
Doug Schwetke, Arlington, Texas"
OK, let start with the first question - how to play
Indeed, 2.¤c3 is a rather common choice against against the isolated-d pawn. Of course, I can't give
the Alekhine Defence. Of course, White must be a simple answer in a few pages, after I wrote a
ready for 2...e5, after which he does not get the whole book on this subject! :-) Basically, you need
Rue Lopez and some other openings. I usually play to block the isolani. If you are Black and you play
2...d5. Then after 3.e5 Black can choose between against the isolated d4-pawn, then you need to pay
3...d4 and 3...¤fd7. The latter allows a dangerous particular attention to the d5-square, making sure
pawn sacrifice - 4.e6!?, but it is far more that White can't break with d4-d5. Often you would
interesting and ambitious than 3...d4. put a knight on d5. Sometimes it's good to
transform the structure then with ... ¤xc3.
After 3.exd5 ¤xd5 Black does not have serious
problems - for example in case of 4.¤xd5?! £xd5 You main goal is simplification. If you succeed in
he might be already a bit better. If 4.¤f3, then I exchanging a few pieces, this usually improves
recommend 4... ¤xc3 - in order to unbalance the your chances. But be careful not to swap off
position and have better chances for a win (and for everything - for example usually you are better off
a loss!). A similar pawn structure arises after to keep at least one pair of rooks on the board.
4.¥c4 e6 5.¤f3 ¤xc3 - White has better Your ideal material correlation is 'knight and major
development and more control in the centre, but pieces vs. bishops and major pieces'. I have
Black has counter-chances related to some defects enclosed one game like that in today's database. It
in White's pawn formation. Another good way to is from my book Winning Pawn Structures, which
meet 4.Bc4 is 4...¤b6 5.¥b3 ¤c6 6.¤f3 ¥f5, you can buy for 24.95 euro at www.gmsquare.com
followed by ...e6 and ... ¥e7, although here the (visit our Chess Shop and look under 'MiddleGame
position is rather dry. More entertaining is 5...c5, & General Strategy'). I can autograph this book if
but then you must know what you are doing. you wish. You can refer to this book for more
Finally, Black can also play 4..¤xc3 and after information on IQP - it deals not only with
5. £f3 e6 6. £xc3 ¤c6 7.¤f3 he has 7...£f6!. The middlegame, but also with relevant endings and
ending after 8.£xf6 gxf6 is rather interesting and some transformation of this pawn structure.
fully playable for Black.
I would like to conclude that the Alekhine Defence Now about the minority attack in the QGD. It is a
leads to interesting positions and is completely very complex line, which is extremely interesting
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and rich in ideas for both White and Black. Let's Recently I received yet another question about
look at the following position: positions with an isolated queen pawn:
XIIIIIIIIY "Dear Alex,
9r+lwqrsnk+0 I like CT very much and as you offered us the
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 readers some time ago to submit questions or
topics for development, I catch the ball and would
9-+p+-sn-+0 like you to develop something about a line (rather a
9+-+p+-vL-0 new move) that is getting trendy in a well known
9-+-zP-+-+0 line of the QGA. I have read almost all your book
9+-sNLzPN+-0 Winning Pawn Structures, and this is closely
9PzPQ+-zPPzP0 related to the subject of the book. The point is the
9+R+-+RmK-0 move 11.h4 in the line you can see in the attached
file. Kramnik has played it against Huebner and
xiiiiiiiiy rates it as "!?" in Informant 79, while Rublevsky in
Black to play the same informant, annotating a game of himself
with black against Bareev gives it a whole "?".
It arises after Could you try to give us your readers an idea of the
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.cxd5 exd5 main motivation for white for this early pawn
5.¥g5 c6 6.e3 ¥e7 7.£c2 0-0 8.¥d3 ¤bd7 sortie, and why it is good, bad or just playable?
9.¤f3 ¦e8 10.0-0 ¤f8 11.¦ab1 Thanks a lot!
Here White plans to play b2−b4−b5xc6, Gustavo Albarran, Buenos Aires, Argentina."
which is a minority attack. Black has several
counter−plans. One sharp line is 11...a5 12.a3 We are talking about the following position:
¤e4 For example, in the game Taimanov−
Nezhmetdinov, Kiev 1954 Black obtained a
XIIIIIIIIY
winning position after 13.¥xe7 £xe7 14.b4 9r+lwq-trk+0
axb4 15.axb4 ¤g6 16.b5 ¥g4 17.¤d2 ¤xd2 9+p+-vlpzpp0
18.£xd2 ¤h4 (threatening ...¥h3 and also 9p+n+psn-+0
...¤f3+.) 19.f3 £xe3+ 20.£xe3 ¦xe3 21.fxg4 9+-+-+-+-0
¦xd3. Of course, things are not that simple − 9-+-zP-+-zP0
White usually takes on e4 earlier, with 9+LsN-+N+-0
complex position. Here I would like to
recommend to you Smyslov's idea −
9PzP-+-zPP+0
11...¤g6 12.b4 a6 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
It's useful to exchange the a−pawn, so you xiiiiiiiiy
won't be left with a weakness on a7 It arose in the game Kramnik−Huebner,
eventually. Dortmund 2000, after
13.a4 ¥d6 1.d4 d5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4
Black wants to play ...h6 and recapture on f6 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.¥b3 cxd4 8.exd4 ¤c6 9.¤c3
with a queen. The bishop is well positioned on ¥e7 10.¦e1 0-0 11.h4
d6, looking at the kingside. The idea of the move is h2−h4 is rather
14.b5 axb5 15.axb5 h6 16.¥xf6 £xf6 17.e4 simple:
¤f4 18.e5 £e6÷ a) White is going to play £d3 and ¥c2, which
As in the game Jandzhgava−Baburin, 1989. will force ...g6. Then it would be handy to have
the pawn on h4, so White can play h4−h5,
As for middle game positions, which are typical for particularly if the f6−knight will leave its post.
different openings, certain lines of the Caro-Kann b) It is useful to have the g5−square over−
(or Scandinavian Game) are similar to some lines protected − when White plays ¥g5, it may be
of the Slav. The Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann is important that the bishop is well defended.
very similar to certain lines of the Nimzo-Indian,
etc. So, h2−h4 is a rather deep concept − the
question is whether Black can deploy his
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forces comfortably before White starts his 11.¥g5
attack on the kingside. In the game Kramnik− Here White has also tried 11 a3 and 11 ¥e3,
Huebner White won after but the text looks very logical too.
11...¤a5 12.¥c2 b5 13.£d3 ¥b7 14.h5 ¥xf3 11...¥e7 12.¦e1 b6 13.a3!
15.£xf3 £xd4 16.¥f4 b4 17.¦ad1 £c4 White prepares ¥c2, £d3 and prevents
18.¥d3 £c6 19.¤e4 ¤d5 20.¥e5 f5 21.£g3 ...¤c6−b4−d5.
¦f7 22.¤d2 ¤b7 23.¤f3 ¤c5 24.¤d4 £b6 13...¥b7 14.¥c2 ¦c8 15.£d3 g6 16.¥h6 ¦e8
25.¤xf5 exf5 26.¥c4 ¤f6 27.¥c7 1-0. 17.¦ad1± (D)
But later Rublevsky improved Black's play XIIIIIIIIY
with 16...h6 and the game was drawn after 9-+rwqr+k+0
17.¦ad1 £c5 18.£g3 ¤xh5 19.£d3 £f5 9zpl+-vlp+p0
20.£xf5 exf5 21.¤d5 ¤xf4 22.¤xe7+ ¢h7
23.g3 ¤h5 24.¥xf5+ g6 25.¥e4 ¦ad8 26.¤d5
9-zpn+psnpvL0
¢g7 27.¤c7 ¤f6 28.¥f3 ¦xd1 29.¦xd1 ¦c8 9+-+-+-+-0
30.¦c1 ¦d8 31.¦d1 ¦c8 32.¦c1 ¦d8 33.¦d1 9-+-zP-+-+0
½−½ 9zP-sNQ+N+-0
9-zPL+-zPPzP0
So, I guess it's too early to say whether 11.h4 9+-+RtR-mK-0
is good or bad. But it is certainly very
interesting!
xiiiiiiiiy
White has mobilised all his pieces. The next
thing White is likely to do is to re−deploy the
N ow I would like to show one instructive
game from my book on the isolated d−
pawn, which illustrates the idea of the h2−h4−
bishop on b3, threatening to break in the
centre by d4−d5. White has a significant
advantage here, as he can vary his plans
h5 very well:
according to Black's defensive tactics, while
Black is rather cramped − there are too many
Banas − Navarovszky
pieces on the board and Black lacks rooks for
Trencianske Teplice 1974
his ones.
17...¤d5
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 ¤f6 5.¤c3
Black prevents the d4−d5 break radically. It
e6 6.¤f3 ¥b4 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.¥d2 0-0 9.¥d3
is likely that sooner or later he would be
¤c6 10.0-0 (D)
obliged to do so anyway. We indicate in our
XIIIIIIIIY sample line below what might happen, if Black
9r+lwq-trk+0 chooses not to blockade the isolani: 17...¦c7?!
9zpp+-+pzpp0 18.¥b3! ¦d7 19.d5 ¤a5 20.dxe6! ¦xd3
9-+n+p+-+0 21.exf7+ ¢h8 22.¦xd3 £xd3 23.fxe8£+ ¤xe8
9+-+n+-+-0 24.¦xe7+−.
9-vl-zP-+-+0 18.h4!
When the knight is gone from the kingside,
9+-sNL+N+-0 it's logical to take advantage of it and increase
9PzP-vL-zPPzP0 the tension there. At the moment the battery
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 £d3 & ¥c2 is pointed to the g6−monolith,
xiiiiiiiiy therefore the h−pawn is needed in order to
10...¤f6 weaken it.
In this line Karpov prefers 10... ¥e7, leaving 18...a6?
the knight on d5 for a while. Later the knight This indifferent move will cause Black a lot of
can be moved to f6, as in his games vs. troubles. He should have played 18... ¤xc3
Kamsky in Elista in 1996, or exchanged on c3, instead, and after 19 bxc3 choose between
as in the game Wahls−Karpov, Baden−Baden 19... £d5 and 19... ¥f6 (19... ¥xh4? would be
1992. The text enables White to bring his bad in a view of 20 d5!); in both case White
bishop to g5, pinning the knight. would have the initiative, but Black would do
CT-285 Page 3 of 4
okay.
19.h5 ¤xc3?? 20.hxg6! hxg6 (D) Technical editors:
XIIIIIIIIY Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
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xiiiiiiiiy
21.¦xe6!!
The crashing "zwischenzug", which Black
obviously missed, expecting 21 bxc3 only.
21...¤e5™ 22.¤xe5 ¥e4™ 23.¦xg6+! fxg6
Or 23...¢h7 24.£h3 fxg6 25.¥xe4 ¤xe4
26.¥g5+ ¢g8 27.£e6+ ¢h8 28.¤f7+ ¢g7
29.¤xd8+−.
24.¥b3+ ¢h7 25.£h3 ¥h4
Or 25...¤e2+ 26.¢f1 ¥h4 27.¤f7! ¥f5 28.g4
¥xg4 29.£xg4 £f6 30.¤g5+ ¥xg5 31.¥xg5+−.
26.bxc3+− ¦c7 27.¤f7 ¦xf7 28.¥xf7 ¥f5
29.£h2 ¦e2 30.¥e3 ¢g7 31.¥c4 ¦c2 32.£f4
1-0.
With this game I would like to finish our mini-

lesson - please send your comments concerning the
Trainer's Corner and your questions to
ababurin@iol.ie. Thank you.



Dublin, Ireland. Tel: (353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone:
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Vishwanathan Anand was proclaimed the winner

Van Wely Victorious in of the XIX Villarobledo International Open
Amsterdam! (Spain) rapidplay tournament (25 min per game, 9
rounds).
L oek Van Wely won the very strong Lost

Boys Open in Amsterdam.
Final standing:
1-2. Anand, Shirov – 7 ½ points
3-8. Kolev, Ljubojevic, Agrest, Lalic, Collas,
Chernin
About 150 players from about 55 countries (91

boys and 62 girls, among them some GMs and a lot
of IMs) are taking part in the 2001 World Junior
U20 Chess Championship in Greece. Swiss
system, 13 rounds.

Boys: 1-5. Bu Xiangzhi, Berg, Izoria, Azarov,
Emil Sutovsky (left) and Loek van Wely (right) Zhao Zong-Yuan – 3 point
analyse their game, while editor-in-chief of New in 6-11. Shaposhnikov, Miton, Simutowe, Sedlak,
Chess, Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam looks on. (picture Schenk, Gagunashvili – 2 ½ etc.
taken from official web-site) Girls: 1-4. Koneru, N. Kosintseva, Gu Xiaobing,
Khukhashvili – 3 points
Some results of the 8th Round: 5-9. T. Kosintseva, Paehtz, Radziewicz, Zimina,
Van den Doel – van Wely 0:1 Charkhalashvili – 2½ etc.
Gershon – Timman 1:0
Tregubov – Sutovsky 0:1 Also see our annotated game section.
Nijboer – Piket ½:½
Shchekachev – M. Gurevich ½:½ Yesterday the preliminary stage of the 76th
I. Sokolov – van der Wiel 1:0 French Championships ended. It was rather quiet
Avrukh – Arakhamia-Grant 1:0 with only with one decisive game in each group.
Some results of the 9th Round: Results of the Rounds 6th and 7th and final
van Wely – Sutovsky ½:½ standings of the preliminary groups:
I. Sokolov – Gershon 1:0 Group A (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2556).
Piket – Avrukh 1:0 R6 Sokolov – Degraeve ½:½
Nijboer – van den Doel ½:½ Fontaine- Lautier ½:½
Timman – Shchekachev 1:0 Koch – Vaisser 0:1
M. Gurevich – Blitterswijk ½:½ Belkhodja – Hauchard 0:1
Krnic – Tregubov 0:1
Ikonnikov – Ami 1:0 R7 Lautier – Sokolov ½:½
Michiels – Jonkman 0:1 Degraeve – Koch 1:0
Vaisser – Belkhodja ½:½
Final standings: Hauchard – Fontaine 0:1
1. Van Wely – 7½ points
2-5. Piket, Sokolov, Sutovsky, Timman – 6½ 1. Degraeve – 5 points
6-11. Gershon, Ikonnikov, Jonkman, Nijboer, 2. Vaisser – 4½
Tregubov, Van den Doel – 6 3-4. A. Sokolov, Fontaine – 4
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5. Lautier – 3½ 10.¤f1?
6. Hauchard – 3 White doesn't hurry to complete his
7-8. Koch, Belkhodja – 2 development and plays like the position is
closed. But never forget about the "old
Group B (cat. XIII, av. Elo 2559). masters"!
R6 Fressinet – Nataf ½:½ 10...dxe4 11.dxe4 (D)
Chabanon – Bacrot 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY
Apicella – Bauer 1:0 9r+-wqr+k+0
Dorfman – Relange ½:½ 9zppzp-+pzpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-vl-zp-+l0
R7 Bacrot – Fressinet 1:0 9-+-+P+-+0
Nataf – Apicella 1:0 9+LzP-+N+P0
Bauer – Dorfman ½:½ 9PzP-+QzPP+0
Relange – Chabanon 1:0 9tR-vL-mKN+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
1. Bacrot – 5 11...¤d4!
2-6. Bauer, Apicella, Dorfman, Nataf, Relange – 4 Black has to open files to exploit his
7. Fressinet – 2½ advantage in development. Due to this goal a
8. Chabanon – ½ piece sacrifice is in order.
12.cxd4 exd4
We are unable as yet say who and with whom will The motive of this combination is opposition
play in the next stage. There may be a tie-break in of Rook e8 with White's King and Queen.
group B. So please stay tuned. White has a variety of ways to defend the
e4−pawn, but all of them have minuses.
¤¤¤ 13.¥c2
Annotated Game Worse was 13.¤1d2 ¤xe4 14.¤xe4 d3
15.£d1 ¦xe4+ 16.¢f1 ¦e2-+; but interesting is
A. Neiksans (2435) − L. Vajda (2507) 13.e5!? d3!? 14.£d1 ¦xe5+ 15.¤e3÷.
WJCC 2001 (2), 2001 C50 13...¤xe4 14.¥xe4 d3 15.£d1 f5!
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqr+k+0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.d3 (D) 9zppzp-+-zpp0
9r+lwqk+ntr0 9+-vl-+p+l0
9zppzpp+pzpp0 9-+-+L+-+0
9-+n+-+-+0 9+-+p+N+P0
9+-vl-zp-+-0 9PzP-+-zPP+0
9-+L+P+-+0 9tR-vLQmKN+R0
9+-+P+N+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 This was the point of Black's combination.
xiiiiiiiiy Now he's two pieces down, but threatens to
Such a quiet variation of the Italian Game win both back after fxe4, with interest.
doesn't usually herald sharp play. 16.¥e3
4...¤f6 5.¥b3?! White had other defending possibilities but in
This looks like a waste of time. all cases Black retains a strong initiative, for
5...0-0 6.c3 d5!? example: 16.£b3+ ¥f7 17.£xb7 ¦xe4+
Black begins the struggle for the initiative. (17...fxe4 18.¤3d2 £g5©) 18.¤e3 ¦b8
7.¤bd2 ¥g4 19.£c6 ¥b4+‚; 16.¤g3 fxe4 17.0-0 (17.¤xh5
According to my database this is a new exf3+ 18.¢f1 ¦e2-+) 17...exf3 18.¤xh5 fxg2
attempt − very natural, I have to say. 19.¢xg2 £d5+ 20.¢h2 ¦ad8©
8.h3 ¥h5 9.£e2 ¦e8 16...fxe4 17.g4 exf3 18.gxh5
All of Black pieces except the Rook on a8 At first sight White gains a small rest, but...
are placed actively now. 18...¥b4+ 19.¤d2 (D)
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9r+-wqr+k+0 9-+-+-+k+0
9zppzp-+-zpp0 9zppzp-+-zpp0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-wq-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+P0 9+-+-+-+P0
9-vl-+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+pvLp+P0 9+-+-mK-+-0
9PzP-sN-zP-+0 9P+-+R+-+0
9tR-+QmK-+R0 9+-+-+-+R0
19...¦xe3+!! Now White's Rooks don't defend each other
A new, and this time decisive sacrifice. To anymore, so White's main task is not to
my mind it was David Bronstein's words − that overlook one of them. The 41st move for
the King fears most of all... a Rook from the a− White's was the final mistake.
file, because after it completes its' attack the 35.¢f4 £d6+ 36.¢e3 £g3+ 37.¢d2 £f4+
King is very often checkmated. This game isn't 38.¦e3 £f2+ 39.¢d3 h6 40.a3 £a2 41.¢e4?
an exception! £g2+ 0-1.
20.fxe3 £h4+ 21.¢f1 £g3 22.¦g1
Or 22.£xf3 ¦f8-+ Recommended Web sites:
22...£xh3+ 23.¢e1 http://www.echecs.asso.fr/
23.¢f2 ¥xd2 24.£xd2 £h2+-+ http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/
http://chess.lostcity.nl/lostboys2001/
23...£h2 24.¢f1 £h3+ http://www.ajedrezvillarrobledo.com/
24...¥xd2-+ http://www.greekchess.com/pagosmio
25.¢f2?!
I suspect Black wanted to avoid repeating Contact information. Do you want to report a
the position after 25.¢e1 but in any case this
was a bit better than the text move. appreciate your comments and feedback!
25...¥xd2 26.£xf3!? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
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A tricky, final trap. Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
26...¥xe3+! E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
After 26...¦f8?? 27.¦xg7+! ¢xg7 28.¦g1+ Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
and Black is checkmated in 4!
27.¢xe3 ¦e8+ Editors:
Rook from the a−file, your word!
IM Vladimir Barsky.
28.¢f2 ¦e2+ 29.£xe2 dxe2
This position is winning for Black mainly Technical editors:
because of the exposed nature of White King's Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
position (and thanks to the extra pawns, of
course!). Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
30.¦h1 £d3 31.¦ae1 £d4+ 32.¢f3 £f6+ Baburin © and protected intellectual property under
33.¢e3 £xb2 34.¦xe2 £b6+ (D) the International Copyright convention. Any
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CT-287, 21st August 2001
Girls:
Yermolinsky Leads in Cali 1-2. N. Kosintseva, Gu Xiaobing – 4 points,
13 players have 3 points.
A
lexey Yermolinsky (USA) has the lead
going into the final round of the American Eloi
Tactical Quiz
Continental Championships in Cali, Relange
Kapnisis− Vajda
Colombia. (from our annoted game) has earned
WJCC 2001 (4), 2001 the last pass
Standings after the 10th Round: Black has just played to the final
1. Yermolinsky – 8 points, 27...¤e7−f8 stage of the
2-5. Dominguez, Goldin, Gulko, Zapata – 7½ XIIIIIIIIY French
6-19. Abreu, Arencibia, Cabrera, Campora, 9-+-+rsn-+0 Champions
D.Gurevich, Hoffman, A.Ivanov, Leitao, Lima, 9zp-+-+-mkr0 hips – today
Morovic, Nogueiras, Ricardi, Szmetan, Vescovi… 9-+p+-snNzp0 he beat Iosif
9+-wq-zpPzp-0 Dorfman on
The players are also fighting for 7 passes to the 9Pzp-+P+-+0 tie-break.
2001 FIDE Championships. Keep in mind that 9+L+-+-sN-0 Igor-
Lazaro Bruzon, Lenier Dominguez (both of Cuba), 9-zPPwQ-+P+0 Alexander
Dmitry Gurevich, Alexander Shabalov (both of 9+-+R+-+K0 Nataf also
USA), Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) and Alonso xiiiiiiiiy shared 4th
Zapata (Colombia) have already qualified. White to play and win. Solution place, but
in game section. refused to
The World Championships U20 is underway in play blitz.
Peristeri, Greece. After 4 rounds Emanuel Berg
(Sweden) and Sergey Azarov (Byelorussia) are So the eight players who will compete for the
heading the boys field, while Nadezhda overall championship are: Jean-Marc Degraeve,
Kosintseva (Russia) and Gu Xiaobing (China) are Etienne Bacrot, Anatoly Vaisser, Christian Bauer,
leading in the girls event. Andrey Sokolov, Manuel Apicella, Eloi Relange
and Robert Fontaine.
Some results of the 4th Round: ¤¤¤
Boys:
Izoria – Bu Xiangzhi ½:½
Annotated Game
Zhao Zong-Yuan – Berg 0:1 S. Kapnisis (2373) − L. Vajda (2507)
Simutowe – Azarov 0:1 WJCC 2001 (4), 2001 B08
Gagunashvili – Shaposhnikov 1:0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
Miton – Schenk ½:½
Sedlak – Acs ½:½
J ust yesterday we enjoyed excellent play by
Levente Vajda. This time it was a moment
of glory for his opponent − Spyridon Kapnisis.
Girls: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¤f3 ¥g7 5.¥e3
Gu Xiaobing – Koneru 1:0 0-0 6.£d2 (D)
Khukhashvili – N.Kosintseva 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY
T.Kosintseva – Radziewicz ½:½ 9rsnlwq-trk+0
Paehtz – Charkhalashvili ½:½ 9zppzp-zppvlp0
Zimina - Xu Yuanyuan 0:1 9-+-zp-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Standings after the 4th Round: 9-+-zPP+-+0
Boys: 9+-sN-vLN+-0
1-2. Berg, Azarov – 4 points, 9PzPPwQ-zPPzP0
3-5. Bu Xiangzhi, Izoria, Gagunashvili – 3½ etc. 9tR-+-mKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Straight forward and a rather promising XIIIIIIIIY
approach to counter the Pirc Defence − White 9-+-+rsn-tr0
is going to weaken the position of his rival's 9zp-+-+-mk-0
king by swapping the dark−squared bishops.
6...c6
9-+p+-snpzp0
There are many alternatives, including 9wq-+-zp-+-0
6...¤g4 7.¥g5; and 6...¥g4 7.¤g5 with better 9Pzp-+PzPlsN0
chances for White. 9+L+-+-sN-0
7.¥h6 b5 8.¥d3 ¤bd7 9-zPPwQ-+P+0
8...¥g4!? is supposed to be more consistent, 9tR-+-+RmK-0
trying to reduce the strength of White's attack
by damaging White's pawn structure as well
xiiiiiiiiy
22...¤8d7?
as solving the problem of the passive bishop
A serious mistake which is hard to explain. It
on c8.
allows White to seize a very strong initiative.
9.¥xg7 ¢xg7 10.a4!? b4 11.¤e2 £a5
The f4 pawn should obviously be captured,
A new continuation, which looks artificial.
maybe after the preliminary 22...£c5+!?
Yet, the more natural 11...a5 couldn't help
23.¢h2 − 23...exf4 24.£xf4 ¤8d7 with good
Black get an acceptable position in the game
play for Black.
Ansell − Koneru, London 1999, which
23.f5! £c5+ 24.¢h1 g5 25.¤g6 ¦h7 (D)
continued by 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 ¤g4 14.£f4
¤c5 15.¥c4 f6 16.e6! f5 17.h3 ¤f6 18.£e3 XIIIIIIIIY
¤fe4 19.¤f4 ¦f6 20.¤d4± with a clear 9-+-+r+-+0
advantage. 9zp-+n+-mkr0
12.¤g3 9-+p+-snNzp0
White increases the concentration of his 9+-wq-zpPzp-0
forces on the kingside. 9Pzp-+P+l+0
12...h6 13.h4 e5 14.h5 ¦h8 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9+L+-+-sN-0
9r+l+-+-tr0 9-zPPwQ-+P+0
9zp-+n+pmk-0 9tR-+-+R+K0
9-+pzp-snpzp0 xiiiiiiiiy
The knight on g6 and the bishop on b3
9wq-+-zp-+P0 causes serious problems for the Black's king.
9Pzp-zPP+-+0 By the way, Black doesn't have any move that
9+-+L+NsN-0 is very dangerous for White.
9-zPPwQ-zPP+0 26.¦ad1! ¥xd1?
9tR-+-mK-+R0 Black does not see the danger − the bishop
xiiiiiiiiy was a very important defender of the h5−
square. 26...¤f8 was the only move to
15.¤h4
continue fighting.
The immediate 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.¥c4 was
27.¦xd1 ¤f8 (D)
maybe even stronger.
15...¤f8 16.¥c4 XIIIIIIIIY
A very good diagonal for the bishop. 9-+-+rsn-+0
16...¥g4 17.hxg6 fxg6 18.¥b3 ¦e8 19.f3 ¥c8 9zp-+-+-mkr0
An attempt to neutralise White's bishop by 9-+p+-snNzp0
19...¥e6 was also worthy of consideration. 9+-wq-zpPzp-0
After 20.¥xe6 ¦xe6 everything was not so 9Pzp-+P+-+0
clear.(20...¤xe6? 21.¤hf5+! gxf5 22.¤xf5+
¢g8 23.¦xh6‚) 9+L+-+-sN-0
20.f4 ¥g4 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.0-0 (D) 9-zPPwQ-+P+0
9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
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Perhaps Black was satisfied with this 38.¤c5!
position − having the exchange, with the XIIIIIIIIY
knight on g6 about to be swapped... 9-+-+-+-+0
28.£d7+ !!! 9zp-+-+-+r0
This is the first time I have ever seen the
queen moving into an attack by two knights!
9-+-+-mk-+0
This is an absolutely incredible, fantastic move 9+-sNLzpPsn-0
and deserves much more than just two 9P+-+-+-zp0
exclamation marks. 9+-+-sN-zp-0
28...¤8xd7 29.¦xd7+ ¦e7 9-zPP+-+P+0
The idea was to distract the knight f6 from it's 9+-+-+-+K0
main duty − defending h5, 29...¤xd7
30.¤h5# (D)
xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY The best defence is attack!
9-+-+r+-+0 38...h3 39.gxh3 ¤xh3 40.¤e4+ ¢e7 41.f6+
9zp-+n+-mkr0 ¢f8 42.¤xg3 ¤f4+ 43.¢g1 ¦h6 44.¤e4 ¦h3
9-+p+-+Nzp0 (D)
9+-wq-zpPzpN0
9Pzp-+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+L+-+-+-0
9-zPP+-+P+0
9-+-+-mk-+0
9+-+-+-+K0 9zp-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-zP-+0
checkmate! 9+-+Lzp-+-0
30.¦xe7+ £xe7 31.¤xe7+− (D)
9P+-+Nsn-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-sN-+r0
9-+-+-+-+0 9-zPP+-+-+0
9zp-+-sN-mkr0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+p+-sn-zp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-zpPzp-0 45.¢f2
9Pzp-+P+-+0 45.¤c5!? was probably quicker: 45...¦xe3
9+L+-+-sN-0 46.¤d7+ ¢e8 47.f7+ ¢xd7 48.f8£ ¤xd5
9-zPP+-+P+0 49.£f2! followed by c2−c4 and so on.
9+-+-+-+K0 45...¦h2+ 46.¢f3 ¦h3+ 47.¤g3 ¤h5 48.¤ef1
xiiiiiiiiy ¤xf6 49.¥e6 ¦h4 (D)
Black has managed not to lose at once, but XIIIIIIIIY
the ending is lost for him. In this position the 9-+-+-mk-+0
two pieces are stronger than the rook, while 9zp-+-+-+-0
Black's pawns are too vulnerable. 9-+-+Lsn-+0
31...h5!? 9+-+-zp-+-0
In case of 31...c5 32.¤c6 (32.¥d5!?) 32...h5
33.¥d5 and Black is deprived of any counter−
9P+-+-+-tr0
play. 9+-+-+KsN-0
32.¤xc6 h4 33.¤f1 ¤xe4 34.¤xb4 9-zPP+-+-+0
34.¤e3!? deserved attention. 9+-+-+N+-0
34...g4 35.¤d3 ¢f6 36.¤e3 g3 xiiiiiiiiy
Very close to the king although without Somehow Black has managed to prolong the
serious threats − anyway, White shouldn't be resistance again. However, the queenside
too relaxed... pawn majority makes White's task not too
37.¥d5 ¤g5 difficult.
After 37...¤f2+ 38.¤xf2 gxf2 39.¤g4+ ¢xf5 50.b3 ¦f4+ 51.¢e2 ¢e7 52.¥h3 ¢d6 53.¤d2
40.¤xf2 Black had no chances to save the ¢c5 54.c3 a5 55.¥g2 ¤g4 56.¤ge4+ ¢b6
game. 57.¤c4+ ¢a6 58.b4 axb4 59.cxb4 ¢a7 60.b5
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¤f6 61.b6+
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9mk-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-sn-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9P+N+Ntr-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+K+L+0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned. A wonderful combination by
Spyridon Kapnisis!61.b6+ ¢b8 62.¤c5
(62.¤xf6 ¦xf6 63.a5) 62...¦xc4 63.¤a6+ ¢c8
64.b7+ 1-0.

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CT-288, 22nd August 2001
Radziewicz – Paehtz 0:1

Yermolinsky Wins in Cali! Koneru – Khukhashvili ½:½
Meenakshi – Mkrtchian 0:1
A
lexey Yermolinsky (USA) has won the Hryhorenko – Dzagnidze 0:1
the American Continental Championships Jackova – Aarthie ½:½
in Cali, Colombia. The winner, as well as
those players who shared second place, Alexander Standings after the 5th Round:
Goldin, Boris Gulko (both of USA), Daniel Boys:
Campora, Alejandro Hoffman (both of Argentina) 1. Azarov – 5 points,
have qualified for the FIDE World Championship 2-10. Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi, Sargissian, Postny,
2001. Berg, Navara, Korobov, Gagunashvili, Mahesh – 4
Final standings: Girls:
1. Yermolinsky – 8½ points, 1. N.Kosintseva – 5 points,
2-8. Goldin, Dominguez, Gulko, Zapata, Campora, 2-6. Xu Yuanyuan, Paehtz, Mkrtchian, Dzagnidze,
Hoffman, Cabrera – 8 Gu Xiaobing – 4 etc.
9.-… A.Ivanov etc.
Tactical Quiz
Gagunashvili − Shaposhnikov The French Championships
Leinier Dominquez (Cuba) and Alonso WJCC 2001 (4), 2001 entered the final stage – eight
Zapata (Colombia) already qualified for XIIIIIIIIY best players proceed to the
the World Championship so there was a 9r+r+-+k+0 final group while eight “also
tie-break for the last and 7th spot which 9+-+-+pzpp0 rans” (actually seven, as Igor-
was won by Alexander Ivanov (USA). 9p+l+pzP-+0
9+-+-wq-+-0 Alexander Nataf refused to
9-zp-+N+P+0 play due to disagreement with
Our congratulations to the winners! 9+-+P+-+-0 the formula of the
9PzP-wQ-+P+0 Championship) will play for
Sergei Azarov (Byelorussia) and 9+-+-tRR+K0 9-16 places.
Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia) are xiiiiiiiiy Yesterday we gave a incorrect
heading the boys and the girls events White to play and win. list of the final group - the
respectively in the World Junior Solution on page 3
blitz match between Eloi
Championships U20 in Peristeri, Relange and Iosif Dorfman had a little importance
Greece, keeping a perfect score after 5 rounds. as both players have qualified anyway after Nataf’s
refusal.
Boys: Results of the 4th Round:
Berg – Azarov 0:1 1-8 places:
Bu Xiangzhi – Gagunashvili ½:½ Bacrot – Fontaine ½:½
Sargissian – Izoria 1:0 Bauer – A. Sokolov ½:½
Ni Hua – Stryjecki 1:0 Relange – Vaisser ½:½
Neiksans – Miton ½:½ Dorfman – Degraeve ½:½
Roiz – Kapnisis ½:½
Schenk – Navara 0:1 9-16 places:
Zhao Zong-Yuan – Postny 0:1 Lautier – Chabanon unf.
Korobov – J.P.Gomez 1:0 Koch – Nataf 1:0 (forfeit)
Mahesh – Sedlak 1:0 Belkhodja – Apicella 1:0
Hauchard – Fressinet ½:½
Girls:
N.Kosintseva – Gu Xiaobing 1:0 The results of the first stage are taken into account.
Xu Yuanyuan – Calotescu 1:0 The players will meet only those opponents which
Charkhalashvili – T.Kosintseva they didn’t play in the preliminary group.
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the queen, which looks more natural.
Standings after the 4th Round (first 3 rounds were 9...¤h5!?
already played in the groups): Perhaps White was going to counter 9...¤d4
with 10.¦g3÷
1-8 places: 10.¤e2 £e7 11.c3 0-0-0!? (D)
1-2. Bacrot, Degraeve – 5½ points, XIIIIIIIIY
3-4. Vaisser, Bauer – 5 9-+ktr-+-tr0
5-8. Relange, A.Sokolov, Fontaine, Dorfman – 4½ 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
9p+nzp-+-+0
¤¤¤
9+-vl-zp-+n0
9-+L+PzP-+0
Annotated Game 9+-zPP+R+P0
E. Berg (2496) − S. Azarov (2461) 9PzP-+N+P+0
WJCC 2001 (5), 2001 C30 9tR-vLQmK-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
One of the ideas behind the 2. ..¥c5
1.e4 e5 2.f4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY variation is to prevent short castling while it
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 takes time for White to hide the king on the
9zppzpp+pzpp0 queenside − Black solves this task much
9-+-+-+-+0 quicker.
9+-+-zp-+-0 12.b4 ¥b6 13.f5 (D)
9-+-+PzP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+ktr-+-tr0
9PzPPzP-+PzP0 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 9pvlnzp-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-zpP+n0
Thanks to the great efforts of the 9-zPL+P+-+0
Byelorussian GM Alexey Fedorov the King's 9+-zPP+R+P0
Gambit has recently not been completely 9P+-+N+P+0
forgotten but it is maybe a little bit more risky 9tR-vLQmK-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
to play against his compatriots.
13.¥d5!? looked interesting − it may keep the
2...¥c5
center closed and secure good chances for
Sergey Azarov declines the Gambit.
White.
3.¤f3 d6 4.¤c3 ¤f6 5.¥c4 ¤c6 6.d3 a6
13...¤f4!
7.¦f1
Perhaps this counter action was
A rare continuation. Both 7.f5 ; and 7.¤d5
underestimated.
are played more often. One example from
14.¥xf4?!
Fedorov's practice: 7...¥g4 8.c3 ¤h5 9.f5! h6
This looks rather suspicious to leave the
10.b4 ¥a7 11.¥e3 ¤e7 12.¥xa7 ¤xd5
bishop on b6 without a counter−part.
13.¥xd5 ¦xa7 14.0-0 ¤f4 15.¥b3 h5 16.d4
14.¤xf4!? exf4 15.¢f1 seemed to be stronger.
£e7 17.£d2 h4 18.¦ae1² with better chances
14...exf4 15.¦xf4 ¤e5 16.£d2 (D)
for White, Fedorov − Fyllingen, Aars 1999. XIIIIIIIIY
7...¥g4 8.h3 ¥xf3 (D) 9-+ktr-+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
9r+-wqk+-tr0 9pvl-zp-+-+0
9+pzp-+pzpp0 9+-+-snP+-0
9p+nzp-sn-+0 9-zPL+PtR-+0
9+-vl-zp-+-0 9+-zPP+-+P0
9-+L+PzP-+0 9P+-wQN+P+0
9+-sNP+l+P0 9tR-+-mK-+-0
9PzPP+-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-vLQmKR+-0 16...d5!
xiiiiiiiiy
Highly consistent play − Black opens another
9.¦xf3 central line against his rival's king.
A novelty. White has always captured with 17.exd5

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17.¥xd5 c6 18.d4 cxd5 19.dxe5 £xe5 was
also unsatisfactory for White. XIIIIIIIIY
17...¤xc4 18.¦xc4 ¥e3! 19.£c2 ¦xd5(D) 9-+k+r+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+pzp-+pzpp0
9-+k+-+-tr0 9p+-+-+-+0
9+pzp-wqpzpp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9p+-+-+-+0 9-zP-+-+-zP0
9+-+r+P+-0 9+QzPP+-+-0
9-zPR+-+-+0 9P+-mKNtr-+0
9+-zPPvl-+P0 9wq-+-tR-+-0
9P+Q+N+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-mK-+-0 27...£xe1+! 28.¢xe1 ¦exe2+ 29.¢d1 ¦b2
White is in serious trouble − his king is stuck 9-+k+-+-+0
in the center. In addition, it doesn't allow him 9+pzp-+pzpp0
9p+-+-+-+0
to get the rook a1 into play. 9+-+-+-+-0
20.¦e4 £g5 (D) 9-zP-+-+-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+QzPP+-+-0
9-+k+-+-tr0 9Ptr-+-tr-+0
9+pzp-+pzpp0 9+-+K+-+-0
9p+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+r+Pwq-0 White resigned. Confident play by Sergey
9-zP-+R+-+0
9+-zPPvl-+P0 Azarov. 0-1.
9P+Q+N+P+0
9tR-+-mK-+-0 Solution to tactical quiz:
xiiiiiiiiy Gagunashvili − Shaposhnikov
21.h4? Here White demonstrated a forced win after:
A decisive mistake. 21.d4!? was much more 25.¦f5! exf5 26.£g5 ¢f8 26...g6 27.£h6
27.£xg7+ ¢e8 28.¤d6+ ¢d7 29.¦xe5 ¢xd6
tenacious although White's position after
30.¦xf5 and Black resigned soon. 1-0.
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CT-289, 23rd August 2001

Degraeve Leads in the Boys:
French Championships Azarov – Ni Hua ½:½
Postny – Bu Xiangzhi 0:1
Korobov – Sargissian ½:½
J ean-Marc Degraeve took the lead at the

French Championships after beating Eloi
Relange in the 5th Round in the final group.
Gagunashvili – Berg 1:0
Navara – Mahesh 1:0
Aronian – Izoria 1:0
Aronian - Izoria Girls:
1-8 places: WJCC 2001 (6), 2001
Vaisser – Dorfman ½:½ Paehtz – N.Kosintseva ½:½
From our annotated game Dzagnidze – Xu Yuanyuan 0:1
A.Sokolov – Bacrot ½:½ Black has just played
Degraeve – Relange 1:0 Mkrtchian – Gu Xiaobing 1:0
20...a7-a5
Fontaine – Bauer ½:½ XIIIIIIIIY T.Kosintseva – Kaps 1:0
9r+r+-+k+0
Chabanon – Hauchard ½:½ 9+-+n+pzp-0 Standings after the 7th Round:
Fressinet – Lautier ½:½ 9-+q+psn-zp0 Boys:
9zppzP-+-+P0 1. Azarov – 5½ points,
Nataf – Belkhodja 0:1 9-zP-+-vL-+0
(forfeit) 2-4. Bu Xiangzhi, Navara, Gagunashvili
9+-+R+PsN-0 –5
Apicella – Koch ½:½ 9P+PwQ-+P+0
9+K+-+-+R0 5-8. Ni Hua, Aronian, Sargissian,
Standings after the 5th xiiiiiiiiy Korobov – 4½…
Round: White to play and win
1-8 places: Solution in game section Girls:
1. Degraeve – 6½ points, 1. N.Kosintseva – 5½ points,
2. Bacrot – 6 2-3. Xu Yuanyuan, Mkrtchian – 5
3-4. Vaisser, Bauer – 5½ 4-7. T.Kosintseva, Paehtz, Khukhashvili,
5-7. A.Sokolov, Fontaine, Dorfman – 5 Aarthie – 4½ etc.
8. Relange – 4½
9-16 places: Boys:
9. Lautier – 5 points (5) Bu Xiangzhi – Azarov (5½)
10-13. Nataf, Hauchard, Apicella, Belkhodja – 4 (5) Gagunashvili – Navara (5)
14-15. Koch, Fressinet – 3½ (4½) Ni Hua – Korobov (4½)
16. Chabanon – 1 (4½) Sargissian – Aronian (4½)
In the 9th Round of the Women’s Championship Girls:

Marie Sebag and Maria Leconte drew their (5½) N.Kosintseva – Mkrtchian (5)
intresting game and still keep their lead with 7½ (5) Xu Yuanyuan – T.Kosintseva
points each. 4½) Aarthie – Paehtz (4½)
(4) Gu Xiaobing – Khukhashvili (4½)
Sergei Azarov (Byelorussia) and Nadezhda
Kosintseva (Russia) keep the lead at the boys and The 2001 closed Canadian Championship (FIDE
the girls World Junior Championships U20 in Zonal) has started in Montréal, Québec. 14 players
Peristeri, Greece. are participating, including clear favourites of the
event GMs Kevin Spraggett and Alexandre
Lesiège. Both won their first games.
There are 9 GMs and 8 IMs among 114

participants of the 1st European Grand-Prix in
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Kavala, Greece. The top-seeded players are Andrei
Istratescu (Romania), Mihal Krasenkow (Poland) White's objective is fulfilled − however, the
and Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria). position is rather closed for the bishops.
Besides, Black has no weaknesses.
The 18th World Microcomputer Chess 10...¤f6 11.£e2 0-0
Championships is underway in Maastricht, 11...£xd4 12.¥e5 £d8 looks dangerous for
Netherlands. After 6 rounds Deep Junior 7 leads Black. Yet, in the game Fressinet − Bareev,
with 5½ points. Enghien−les−Bains 2001 Bareev eventually
¤¤¤ managed to extinguish White's initiative and
Annotated Game realise the extra pawn after 13.¦d1 ¤bd7
L. Aronian (2562) − Z. Izoria (2486) 14.f4 £b6 15.¥d4 £c7 16.0-0 0-0 and so on.;
WJCC 2001 (6), 2001 B18 11...¤bd7 looks safer, in my opinion, not
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov being in a hurry to castle kingside. Possible
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¥f5 play is 12.0-0-0 ¤d5 13.¥d2 ¤7f6 14.h5 ¥h7
5.¤g3 ¥g6 (D) 15.¥d3 ¥xd3 16.£xd3 a5 17.¢b1 b5 18.¤e4²
XIIIIIIIIY with slightly better chances, Rublevsky −
9rsn-wqkvlntr0 Burmakin, Russia (ch) St. Petersburg 1998.
9zpp+-zppzpp0 12.h5 ¥h7 13.0-0-0 b5 14.¥d3
9-+p+-+l+0 The bishop on h7 is more useful both in
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0 defence and in the attack, so White should
9+-+-+-sN-0 forgot about his pair of bishops.
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 14...¥xd3 (D)
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9rsn-wq-trk+0
6.¥c4 9zp-+-+pzp-0
6.h4 is an overworked variation of the Caro− 9-+p+psn-zp0
Cann Defence: 6...h6 7.¤f3 ¤d7 8.h5 ¥h7 9+p+-+-+P0
9.¥d3 ¥xd3 10.£xd3 and so on. 9-+-zP-vL-+0
6...e6 7.¤1e2 (D) 9+-+l+-sN-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzPP+QzPP+0
9rsn-wqkvlntr0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9+-mKR+-+R0
9-+p+p+l+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 15.¦xd3!?
9-+LzP-+-+0 Curiously enough, only this move is a
9+-+-+-sN-0 novelty. Previously White captured with the
9PzPP+NzPPzP0 queen but failed to create problems for Black.
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy For example: 15.£xd3 £d5 16.¢b1 ¤bd7
A tricky line − White wants to achieve a pair with a good play, Michalczak − Doettling,
of bishops. Boblinger 2000. Capturing with the rook looks
7...¥d6 8.h4 h6 9.¤f4 ¥xf4 more entertaining.
Black can also part with the other bishop by 15...£d5 16.¢b1 ¤bd7 17.f3 (D)
playing 9...¤e7
XIIIIIIIIY
10.¥xf4 (D)
9r+-+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+n+pzp-0
9rsn-wqk+ntr0 9-+p+psn-zp0
9zpp+-+pzp-0 9+p+q+-+P0
9-+p+p+lzp0 9-+-zP-vL-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+R+PsN-0
9-+LzP-vL-zP0 9PzPP+Q+P+0
9+-+-+-sN-0
9PzPP+-zPP+0 9+K+-+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy 17...c5?
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This sacrifice is rather interesting, but (24...bxc2+ 25.¢c1) 25.¢a1 and so on.
unfortunately it has a refutation which, to be 24.a3! e5
fair, was not so easy to foresee. Something Or 24...b3 25.¦h3 bxc2+ 26.¢c1 etc.
like 17...a5 was more to the point. 25.¤d6!
18.dxc5 £c6 A decisive manoeuvre.
18...£xc5? 19.¥d6+− 25...¦xc5
19.£d2 ¦fc8 20.b4! 25...¤e8 26.¦h3
A good idea − White gives support to the 26.¤f5 (D)
pawn on c5. XIIIIIIIIY
20...a5 (D) 9r+-+-+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+n+p+-0
9r+r+-+k+0 9q+-+-sn-wQ0
9+-+n+pzp-0 9+ptr-zpN+P0
9-+q+psn-zp0 9-zp-+-+-+0
9zppzP-+-+P0 9zP-+R+P+-0
9-zP-+-vL-+0 9-+P+-+P+0
9+-+R+PsN-0 9+K+-+-+R0
9P+PwQ-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+K+-+-+R0 Black has no defence against mate in one so
xiiiiiiiiy he resigned. A crushing defeat! 1-0.
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The attempt 23...b3 could have been ignored
by 24.¦h3! (24.¦xb3 e5 25.¦h4 £a6 26.a3 b4!
27.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 28.¦bxb4 ¦cb8±) 24...bxa2+
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another Trainer's Corner this coming
Degraeve for the lead Saturday. He invites you to send your
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C
hristian Bauer joined Jean-Marc
Degraeve for the lead after beating him in
the 6th round of the French Marie Sebag and Maria Leconte are crushing the
Championships. A draw was sufficient for opposition at the Women’s Championship. After 10
Etienne Bacrot to become one of the leaders too. rounds they have scored an excellent 8½ points
each.
Results of the preliminary 6th Round: Sergei Azarov (Byelorussia) keeps
Tactical Quiz
1-8 places: Zhao − Markos the lead at the Boys event of the
Bauer – Degraeve 1:0 WJCC 2001 (2), 2001 World Junior Championships U20
Bacrot – Vaisser ½:½ Black has just played in Peristeri, Greece. Lilit
Dorfman – A.Sokolov ½:½ 33…..¤c5 Mkrtchian (Armenia) beat
Relange – Fontaine 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY Nadezhda Kosintseva and became
9-+-+r+k+0 the new leader of the Girls event.
9-16 places 9+-+-+R+-0 Tatiana Kosintseva outplayed Xu
Lautier – Apicella ½:½ 9p+-wq-+p+0
9+psnnzp-sNp0 Yuanyuan (China) and joined her
Belkhodja – Chabanon ½:½ 9-+-+-+-+0 sister at the second place.
Koch – Fressinet 0:1 9zP-zPQ+-sN-0
9-zP-+-+PzP0 Some results of the 7th Round:
Standings after the 6th Round: 9+-+-+-+K0 Boys:
1-8 places: xiiiiiiiiy Bu Xiangzhi – Azarov ½:½
1-3. Bauer, Bacrot, Degraeve – 6½ White to play and win. Gagunashvili – Navara ½:½
points, Solution on page 4. Ni Hua – Korobov 1:0
4. Vaisser – 6 Sargissian – Aronian ½:½
5-7. A.Sokolov, Relange, Dorfman – 5½
8. Fontaine – 5 Girls:
N.Kosintseva – Mkrtchian 0:1
9-16 places: Xu Yuanyuan – T.Kosintseva 0:1
9. Lautier – 5½ points Aarthie – Paehtz ½:½
10. Apicella – 4½ Gu Xiaobing – Khukhashvili 1:0
11-12. Fressinet, Hauchard – 4
13. Belkhodja – 3½ Standings after the 7th Round:
14. Koch – 2½ Boys:
15. Chabanon – 1 1. Azarov – 6 points,
2-5. Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi, Navara,
The last round promises to be very interesting – all Gagunashvili – 5½
leaers will face each other! 6-11. Aronian, Shaposhnikov, Acs, Sargissian,
Berg, Postny – 5 etc.
Pairings for the last 7th Round:
1-8 places: Girls:
Vaisser – Bauer 1. Mkrtchian – 6 points,
Degraeve – Bacrot 2-3. T.Kosintseva, N.Kosintseva – 5½
A.Sokolov – Relange 4-10. Xu Yuanyuan, Paehtz, Koneru, Dzagnidze,
Fontaine – Dorfman Gu Xiaobing, Charkhalashvili, Aarthie – 4½

CT-290 Page 1 of 4
Correction: There are 31 participants in the 2001 approach to counter the King's Indian.
Canadian Championship, not 14 as reported in 5...0-0 6.¤g3 e5 7.d5 a5
yesterday's CT - Ralph P. Marconi, technical In my opinion, this is rather slow. The
editor. immediate 7...c6 is a worthy alternative. A
possible line of play is 8.¥e2 cxd5 9.cxd5
Kevin Spraggett is sole leader of the Canadian ¤bd7 (9...a6 10.a4!) 10.h4 (10.0-0 a6 11.¥e3
Championship (FIDE Zonal) in Montréal, Québec h5!?„) 10...h5 with reasonable counter−play.
with a perfect score after 3 rounds. 8.¥e2 ¤a6 9.h4 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Standings after the 3rd Round: 9r+lwq-trk+0
1. Spraggett – 3 points, 9+pzp-+pvlp0
2-6. Lesiège, Khassanov, Haessel, Glinert,
Phillips – 2½ etc. 9n+-zp-snp+0
9zp-+Pzp-+-0
The ELO-favourites of the 1st European Grand- 9-+P+P+-zP0
Prix in Kavala, Greece, Andrei Istratescu 9+-sN-+-sN-0
(Romania), Michal Krasenkow (Poland) and Vasil 9PzP-+LzPP+0
Spasov (Bulgaria) as well as 23 other players, keep 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
perfect scores after 2 rounds.
xiiiiiiiiy
The European Grand-Prix is underway in Lisboa, Thanks to the closed center White can start
Portugal. 24 players, including the top-seeded direct kingside activity.
Jeroen Piket (Netherlands), won their first two 9...c6
games. In my opinion, the advance of the h−pawn
should be stopped. 9...h5!? looks more
Deep Junior 7 is dominating the 18th World testing. In the game M.Gurevich − Nijboer,
Microcomputer Chess Championships in Netherlands 1992 Black achieved good
Maastricht, Netherlands with 7½ points after 8 counter−play after 10.¥g5 £e8 11.£d2 ¤h7
rounds. 12.¥e3 ¥d7„ and so on.
¤¤¤ 10.h5
Now Black is pressured on the kingside.
Annotated Game 10...cxd5 11.cxd5 ¤c5 12.¥e3 £b6 (D)
C. Bauer (2576) − J. Degraeve (2602)
France Championship (9), 2001 E70
XIIIIIIIIY
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9r+l+-trk+0
T his game was very important. Jean Marc 9+p+-+pvlp0

Degraeve was sole leader of the 9-wq-zp-snp+0
Championship, while Christian Bauer was 9zp-snPzp-+P0
clear third, a full point behind. 9-+-+P+-+0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.¤ge2 9+-sN-vL-sN-0
(D)
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzP-+LzPP+0
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 9tR-+QmK-+R0
9zppzp-zppvlp0 xiiiiiiiiy
13.£d2
9-+-zp-snp+0 13.b3 was played in the game Korchnoi −
9+-+-+-+-0 Nunn, Wijk aan Zee 1992: 13...¥d7 (13...£b4
9-+PzPP+-+0 14.¥d2 £d4 15.¤b5 ¤d3+ 16.¥xd3 £xd3
9+-sN-+-+-0 17.¤xd6±) 14.0-0 £b4 (14...¦fc8÷) 15.£d2
9PzP-+NzPPzP0 ¦fc8 16.a3 £b6 (16...£xb3? 17.¦fb1) 17.¦ab1
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 £d8 (17...¤xb3? 18.£d1+−) 18.h6!? ¥f8
19.¦fc1 ¤g4 20.¥xg4 ¥xg4 21.b4 axb4
xiiiiiiiiy 22.axb4 ¤a4 and Black solved the problems;
Not the most popular but an interesting
CT-290 Page 2 of 4
13.¦b1 ¥d7 14.¤f1?! gave Black good Black's king looks rather vulnerable now.
counter−play in the game Lutz − Gelfand, 21...¦fe8?!
Horgen 1994: 14...a4 15.¤d2 £a5 16.hxg6 Another inaccurate move. 21...¤fd7! looked
hxg6 17.f3 b5 18.a3 ¤h5„ and so on. far more to the point and it might promise
13...¥d7 14.¦b1 a4 15.f3 (D) Black counter chances.
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¥b5! ¦ec8
9r+-+-trk+0 Perhaps at first Black was going to play
9+p+l+pvlp0 22...¤fe4 but it was bad due to 23.¤xe4 ¦xe4
24.£xa5 ¦xa5 25.¦bf1 ¦a8 26.¥xc5 dxc5
9-wq-zp-snp+0 27.¥d7+− However, the text move is no
9+-snPzp-+P0 better.
9p+-+P+-+0 23.£e2
9+-sN-vLPsN-0 The direct 23.¥xc5!? ¦xc5 (23...dxc5 24.d6)
9PzP-wQL+P+0 24.£e2 followed by £e6 was also very good.
9+R+-mK-+R0 23...¤cd7 (D)
15...£a5?! 9r+r+-+kvl0
A serious mistake which leads to trouble. 9+p+n+-+p0
Something like 15...¦fc8 should have been 9-+-zp-snpzP0
played, with the idea to meet 16.h6 with 9wqL+P+-+-0
16...¥f8 9p+-+-+-+0
16.h6! ¥h8 17.¤f5! (D)
9+-sN-vLR+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzP-+Q+P+0
9r+-+-trkvl0 9+R+-+-mK-0
9+p+l+p+p0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-zp-snpzP0 23...¤fe4 was losing due to 24.¤xe4 ¤xe4
9wq-snPzpN+-0 25.¥d7 followed by ¥e6.
9p+-+P+-+0 24.¤e4! (D)
9+-sN-vLP+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzP-wQL+P+0 9r+r+-+kvl0
9+R+-mK-+R0 9+p+n+-+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zp-snpzP0
A light−squared bishop in very useful in such 9wqL+P+-+-0
positions. 9p+-+N+-+0
17...¥xf5
Of course, not 17...gxf5? due to 18.¥xc5+−
9+-+-vLR+-0
18.exf5 e4 9PzP-+Q+P+0
A double−edged decision − Black opens not 9+R+-+-mK-0
only the long diagonal for the bishop, but the xiiiiiiiiy
center as well and it may help White to seize Black has nothing to oppose White's
the initiative. initiative.
19.fxg6 fxg6 20.0-0 exf3 21.¦xf3 (D) 24...£c7
XIIIIIIIIY 24...¤xe4? 25.¥xd7+−
9r+-+-trkvl0 25.¦c1
9+p+-+-+p0 25.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 26.¥d4 was maybe even
9-+-zp-snpzP0
9wq-snP+-+-0 better.
9p+-+-+-+0 25...£xc1+
9+-sN-vLR+-0 The only move to continue fighting but, fairly
9PzP-wQL+P+0 speaking, Black has no chance to save the
9+R+-+-mK-0 game due to his vulnerable king. 25...£d8
xiiiiiiiiy
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The rest is easy − the knight c5 was the only
piece which could defend the weak pawns. Editors:
33...b6 34.¢d3 ¥xb2 35.£xd6 ¥f6 36.£xb6 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
¥g5 37.£e6+ ¦f7 38.£e8+ ¦f8 39.£e6+ ¦f7 and IM Vladimir Barsky.
40.¢e4 (D)
9-+-+-+k+0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned. This confident win allowed
Christian Bauer to join the leader. 1-0.
Solution to tactical quiz:

34.¤xh5!! Very beautiful! 34...¦d8 34...¤xd3
35.¦g7+ ¢f8 36.¤h7# 35.£xd5!! Another
spectacular blow − the queen insists on being
sacrificed! 35...gxh5 35...£xd5 36.¤f6+ ¢h8
37.¦h7# 36.¦f8+! A nice final touch! Black
resigned. 1-0.

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tomorrow. Anyway, our congratulations to all the

Vaisser, Bacrot and winners!
DeGraeve Share First Place
Merab Gagunashvili (Georgia) became the leader
at the French of the Boys event at the World Junior
Championships U20 in Peristeri, Greece after
Championships beating Sergei Azarov (Byelorussia) in the 8th
Round. Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia) has retained
A
natoly Vaisser is our hero today. In the the lead at the Girls event.
last round of the French Championships
he won a grandiose 83 move battle against Some results of the 8th Round:
Christian Bauer, overtook him and caught the other Boys:
leaders Etienne Bacrot and Jean-Marc Degraeve, Azarov – Gagunashvili 0:1
to claim a share of first place. Navara – Ni Hua ½:½
Aronian – Bu Xiangzhi 1:0
Results of the last 7th Round: Shaposhnikov – Sargissian 0:1
1-8 places: Postny – Acs 0:1
Vaisser – Bauer 1:0 Miton – Berg ½:½
Degraeve – Bacrot ½:½
A.Sokolov – Relange ½:½ Girls:
Fontaine – Dorfman ½:½ T.Kosintseva – Mkrtchian ½:½
Xu Yuanyuan – N.Kosintseva 1:0
9-16 places: Paehtz – Gu Xiaobing 0:1
Apicella – Hauchard ½:½ Koneru – Aarthie 1:0
Fressinet – Belkhodja ½:½ Dzagnidze – Charkhalashvili ½:½
Chabanon – Koch 1:0
Final standings: Boys:
1-8 places: 1. Gagunashvili – 6½ points,
1-3. Vaisser, Bacrot, Degraeve – 7 points, 2-7. Ni Hua, Aronian, Acs, Sargissian, Navara,
4. Bauer – 6½ Azarov – 6
5-7. A.Sokolov, Relange, Dorfman – 6 8-12. Bu Xiangzhi, Roiz, Berg, Izoria, Korobov – 5
8. Fontaine – 5½
Girls:
9-16 places: 1. Mkrtchian – 6½ points,
9. Lautier – 5½ points 2-5. Xu Yuanyuan, T.Kosintseva, Koneru,
10. Apicella – 5 Gu Xiaobing – 6
11-12. Fressinet, Hauchard – 4½ 6-8. N.Kosintseva, Dzagnidze,
13. Belkhodja – 4 Charkhalashvili – 5½
14. Koch – 2½
15. Chabanon – 2 Kevin Spraggett, Marat Khassanov and Stephen
Glinert are sharing the lead after the 4th Round of
Marie Sebag and Maria Leconte shared the the Canadian Championship (FIDE Zonal) in
victory at the Women’s Championship with an Montréal, Québec.
excellent 9½ points out of 11games.
It is not announced on the official site that there (3½) Spraggett – Mikanovic (3)
will be tie-breaks for the title or who will be (3) Khassanov – Glinert (3)
proclaimed the Champion. We will report about it (3) Lesiège – Gaspariants (3)
(2½) Phillips – Bluvstein (3)
CT-291 Page 1 of 5
(2½) Haessel – Schleifer (2½) XIIIIIIIIY
(2½) A.Gurevich – Milicecevic (2½) 9rsnlwq-trk+0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
9-+-+psn-+0
13 players are leading at the 1st European Grand- 9+-zpp+-+-0
Prix in Kavala, Greece. 9-vlPzP-+-+0
9+-sNLzPN+-0
Top boards of the 4th Round: 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
(3) Krasenkow – Kr. Georgiev (3) 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
(3) Miladinovic – Spasov (3) xiiiiiiiiy
(3) Vouldis – Skembris (3) The starting position of many well analysed
(3) Bojkov – Halkias (3) variations of the Rubinstein Nimzo−Indian.
(2½) Banikas – Dochev (3) 7...dxc4 8.¥xc4 cxd4 9.exd4 a6
9...b6 is more popular, but the text move is
The ELO-favourite of the European Grand-Prix in also quite solid.
Lisboa, Portugal, GM Jeroen Piket (Netherlands) 10.a4
and 8 other players keep perfect scores after 3 Some years ago I tried the direct approach:
rounds. 10.¤e5!? The game R.Scherbakov −
A.Kharitonov, Russia (ch) Elista 1994
Top boards of the 4th Round: continued by 10...b5! 11.£f3! £xd4 12.£xa8
(3) Kotronias – Piket (3) £xe5 13.¥e2™ ¥xc3! 14.bxc3 £xe2! 15.£xb8
(3) Sulskis – Gofshtein (3) ¤d5 16.a4!? Up to now everything was
(3) Oratovsky – Cs.Horvath (3) according to my home analysis, but here
(3) Sulava – Narciso Dublan (3) Andrey Kharitonov came up with a strong
(2½) J.Horvath – Galego (3) blockading idea which immediately cleared the
situation. 16...£c4! 17.¥a3 Here a draw was
A strong open tournament is underway in Bratto, agreed − both sides can hardly play for a win.
Italy. 9 players, including top-seeded Vadim For example, 17...¦e8 18.axb5 ¥d7 followed
Milov (Switzerland) and Vladimir Epishin by ...¥b5 and so on.
(Russia), are sharing the lead after 2 rounds. 10...¤c6 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥e3
12.¥h4 has been played much more often.
Top boards of the 3rd Round: 12...¥d7
(2) Milov – Borgo (2) A new continuation. There wasn't much fight
(2) C.Foisor – Epishin (2) in the game Jussupow − Dautov, Bundesliga
(2) Dervishi – Astengo (2) 2000: 12...£a5 13.£b3 ¦d8 14.¦fd1 ¤d5
(2) Drazic – O.Foisor (2) 15.¤e4 £b6 16.£d3 ¥e7 17.b3 ¥d7 18.¤g3
(2) Zichichi – Lalic (1½) ¥e8 and here a draw was agreed.
13.¥d3 (D)
Deep Junior 7 (multi-processor) won the 18th XIIIIIIIIY
World Microcomputer Chess Championships, 9r+-wq-trk+0
which finished in Maastricht, Netherlands. 9+p+l+pzp-0
Shredder won the single processor category. 9p+n+psn-zp0
9+-+-+-+-0
¤¤¤ 9Pvl-zP-+-+0
Annotated Game 9+-sNLvLN+-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0
A. Vaisser − C. Bauer 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
French Championship (10), 24.08.2001 E54 xiiiiiiiiy
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov In such positions this bishop often switches
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0-0 5.¥d3 from the a2−g8 to the b1-h7 diagonal. One of
d5 6.¤f3 c5 7.0-0 (D) the ideas is to a create a strong battery by
¥d3−b1 followed by £d1-d3. Notice, that
Black cannot neutralise it by ...g7−g6 as the
bishop e3 keeps an eye on the pawn h6.
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13...£a5 14.¤d2!? ¥e7 15.¤c4 £c7 16.¦c1 The position after 27.£xa6 ¤e2+! 28.¥xe2
¤b4 17.¥e2 ¥c6 18.¤e5 ¦ad8 19.£b3 (D) £xf4∓ was already not very fun.
XIIIIIIIIY 27...£a2?
9-+-tr-trk+0 Missing an excellent chance to secure a big
9+pwq-vlpzp-0 advantage. 27...¤e2+! was still possible as
9p+l+psn-zp0
9+-+-sN-+-0 after 28.¢f1 Black had 28...¤xc1! 29.bxa4
9Psn-zP-+-+0 ¦xd1+ 30.¢g2 ¦d4-+ with an almost decisive
9+QsN-vL-+-0 advantage.
9-zP-+LzPPzP0 28.¢f1! ¦dd8??
9+-tR-+RmK-0 As usual, one mistake follows another.
xiiiiiiiiy 28...¦ed8! was quite good since 29.¥xd5?
Black has distracted White's attention from was impossible due to 29...£e2+ 30.¢g1
the kingside, but his queenside in now under ¦xd5ƒ with a very strong initiative.
pressure. 29.£b6! (D)
19...£a5 20.¦fd1 ¦fe8 XIIIIIIIIY
If 20...¥d5 21.¤xd5 ¤fxd5 22.¥d2² White
retains the better chances. 9-+-trrvlk+0
21.¥f4 ¥f8 22.g4!!! (D) 9+-+-+pzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9pwQ-+p+-zp0
9-+-trrvlk+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+p+-+pzp-0
9p+l+psn-zp0 9-+Lsn-vLP+0
9wq-+-sN-+-0 9+P+-+-+-0
9Psn-zP-vLP+0 9q+-+-zP-zP0
9+QsN-+-+-0
9-zP-+LzP-zP0 9+-tRR+K+-0
9+-tRR+-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Obviously Black missed this move.
What a move − it is not a kingside pawn 29...e5 30.¥xe5 ¤e6
attack − White just wants to trap the queen by The only way to save the knight.
¤e5−c4. Notice the immediate 22.¤e5−c4 31.¦xd8 ¤xd8 32.¥c3 £a3 33.¦e1!? ¤e6
allows Black the escape square f5. The After 33...¦xe1+ 34.¥xe1 £d6 35.£xd6 ¥xd6
position after 22.¤xc6 bxc6 was comfortable 36.h3+− Black looses the a6−pawn.
for Black although maybe slightly worse. This 34.£xa6 £xa6 35.¥xa6 ¦b8 36.¥c4+− (D)
brusque pawn advance was obviously dictated XIIIIIIIIY
by a "must win" tournament situation.
22...¤fd5 23.¤xc6 ¤xc6! 24.¤xd5 ¦xd5!
9-tr-+-vlk+0
An adequate reply for the White's action. 9+-+-+pzp-0
25.£xb7 9-+-+n+-zp0
25.¥e3 was maybe objectively stronger but 9+-+-+-+-0
here Black had nothing to worry about.] 9-+L+-+P+0
25...¤xd4 26.¥c4 9+PvL-+-+-0
26.£xa6!? was safer but White rejects 9-+-+-zP-zP0
moves which do not promise winning chances.
26...£xa4 27.b3 (D)
9+-+-tRK+-0
9-+-+rvlk+0 The position is technically winning for White
9+Q+-+pzp-0 now.
9p+-+p+-zp0 36...¥b4 37.¥e5!?
9+-+r+-+-0
9q+Lsn-vLP+0 White grabs the opportunity to secure a pair
9+P+-+-+-0 of bishop. Yet, 37.¥xb4 ¦xb4 38.¢e2!+− was
9-+-+-zP-zP0 also not bad.
9+-tRR+-mK-0 37...¦d8 38.¦c1 ¤c5 39.¦a1 ¦e8 40.¥d4
xiiiiiiiiy ¤e4 41.¥e3 ¢f8
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41...¤d2+ 42.¥xd2 ¥xd2 43.¦a7+− was lost 53.¢c4 ¤xa4 54.¢xb5 and the knight is
for Black. trapped: 54...¤b2 55.¥c3+
42.¦a4 ¥d6 43.h3 ¦b8 44.¦a7 ¥e7 (D) 53.¢d2 ¤a2
XIIIIIIIIY 53...¤b3+! was quite possible. After 54.¢c3
9-tr-+-mk-+0 ¤c1 the knight gets away, for example:
9tR-+-vlpzp-0 55.¢c4 ¦b8 and so on although White still has
some initiative.
9-+-+-+-zp0 54.¥a3 (D)
9-+L+n+P+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+P+-vL-+P0 9+-+-+pmk-0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9-+-+-+-zp0
9+-+-+K+-0 9+r+-+-zp-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9R+-+-+P+0
45.b4?!
Such a sharp move should be calculated till
9vL-+-+-+P0
the very end. Unfortunately something was 9n+-mK-zP-+0
missed. I don't think Black had real chances to 9+-+-+-+-0
save the game after, for example, 45.¢e2 ; or xiiiiiiiiy
45.h4 54...¦b3!?
45...g5! Black decided it is too dangerous to play with
The only available but sufficient move to the knight on a2 although White had no way to
continue the battle. win it directly.
46.b5 ¤d6 47.¥c5 ¤xc4 48.¥xe7+ ¢g7 55.¢c2 ¦xh3 56.¥b2+ ¢h7 57.¦xa2
48...¢e8 was impossible due to 49.¥f6 ¦xb5 It was impossible to secure a pawn by
50.¦e7+ ¢f8 51.¦c7 ¤b6 52.¦b7+− and 57.¥d4 due to 57...¦h4 with the idea of ...h6−
White wins the knight. h5.
49.¦a4 (D) 57...¦f3 58.¥d4 ¦f4 59.¢d3 ¦xg4
XIIIIIIIIY White has only one pawn left − his winning
9-tr-+-+-+0 task, therefore, seems to be difficult. However,
9+-+-vLpmk-0 Black's pawn structure is far from perfect.
60.¥e5! f5 61.¦a7+ ¢g6 62.¦a6+ (D)
9-+-+-+-zp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-+-zp-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9R+n+-+P+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+P0 9R+-+-+kzp0
9-+-+-zP-+0 9+-+-vLpzp-0
9+-+-+K+-0 9-+-+-+r+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+K+-+-0
Perhaps White was thinking he secures the
b−pawn by the next ¦b4? However, the knight 9-+-+-zP-+0
is a fairly tricky piece... 9+-+-+-+-0
49...¤d2+! 50.¢e2 xiiiiiiiiy
50.¢e1 ¤f3+ 51.¢e2 ¤e5 52.¦b4? didn't 62...¢h5
work due to 52...¦e8 followed by ...¤e5−c6. A passive approach was too dangerous:
50...¤b3 51.¢d3 ¦xb5 62...¢h7? 63.¦f6 f4 64.¢e4‚ with a mating
Black has made the unbelievable − he won attack.
the passed pawn. However, the knight is in 63.¥g7 ¦b4 64.¦xh6+ ¢g4 65.¢e2 ¦a4
trouble. Black wants to swap all the pawns but it
52.¥b4 ¤c1+ seems to be not an easy task. Besides, he
52...¤c5+? was probably White's dream: was under severe time pressure and failed to
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offer tougher resistance. Today? E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We
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72...f3+ Editors:
After this advance Black loses all chances to GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov
swap the pawns but unfortunately it was and IM Vladimir Barsky.
obligatory. If 72...¦g6 White continued by Technical editors:
73.f3+ ¢h5 (73...¢h4 74.¦b1) 74.¢h3 ¦g8 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
75.¥f6 ¦g6 76.¦f5 ¦g8 77.¥e5 and so on.
73.¢h2 ¦h6+ 74.¢g1 ¦g6 75.¦b4+ ¢h3 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
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xiiiiiiiiy
Somewhere around here Black lost on time
according to the official site but he is already
lost anyway. What a tough battle! 1-0.

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looked very fit. Was

Interview with GM Vladimir Tactical Quiz
it a special part of
Play Like Kramnik!
Kramnik your pre-match
1. Kramnik − Toth preparation?
Rio de Janeiro Masters− Vladimir Kramnik
S
ince I did not receive too many questions for Challengers (8), 09.1991
my Trainer's Corner column this week, I (VK): Of course. I
XIIIIIIIIY
would like to show you an interview with the 9r+-wq-+k+0 know from
World Champion, GM Vladimir Kramnik, 9zpp+-+-zp-0 experience that the
instead. But I do hope that the lack of questions 9n+-+psn-zp0 better my physical
concerning chess is not an indication of laziness, 9+-zp-sN-+-0 condition, the better I
9-zP-+-+-+0 play. To maintain
but rather a sign that CT readers know everything 9zP-vL-zP-+-0 good
about chess already! :-) But if this is not the case intellectual
9-+Q+-zP-zP0 productivity, one
yet, please feel free to send me your questions to 9+-+-mK-tR-0
ababurin@iol.ie. Meanwhile enjoy the interview xiiiiiiiiy needs good physical
and our tactical position after 20…f7xe6 form and top chess
quiz, Play like White to play and win players pay a lot of
2. Kramnik − Short
Dortmund (5), 1995 Kramnik!. attention to this.
XIIIIIIIIY Probably, Botvinnik
9-+-tr-+k+0 The interview that was the first who established the link between
9zpl+rwqpvl-0 physical condition and chess results.
9-zpp+p+p+0 follows with
Kramnik was AB: How do you take care of your physical
9+-+-zP-sNp0 form then?
9-+-zP-+nzP0 conducted this
9zP-+-+-+-0 past June in VK: Before an important tournament I do more
9LzPQ+NzPP+0 Moscow. I had physical exercises, while after it I take things
9+-+R+RmK-0 hoped to have it easier. The match against Kasparov took a lot of
xiiiiiiiiy published sooner, energy, but I was well prepared.
position after 21.. ¦a8-d8 AB: What does your physical training involve?
White to play and win but it was hard to
get a hold of VK: Anything, which gives me a chance to get my
Vladimir before the tournament in Dortmund and I body working - tennis, weight lifting, running or
did not think that it would be right to bother him swimming.
during the event. Then it became difficult to reach AB: On the one hand, Kasparov did a lot of
Vladimir again. But finally you positive things for
can now see the interview, where promoting chess in the
the World Champion answers 'outside' world, but on
some of your questions. I would the other hand he
only like to add that during the brought a lot of chaos to
tournament in Dortmund, Brain the chess world itself.
Games announced its Chess How do you see your
World Championship cycle. There historical role in chess?
will be a qualifying tournament, a VK: I do not think of my
Candidates tournament and the own 'historical' role yet! :-)
final match. So, it seems that Kramnik's dream of I try to do my best and
restoring some order in the chess world might be what I believe in. At this moment I would like to
coming true! restore some order in the chess world.
AB: Did you ever have to face the Evans
Alexander Baburin (AB): Vladimir, I would Gambit?
like to ask you various questions, which Chess VK: I can't remember now. Maybe sometime in my
Today readers sent us. The first question childhood. One needs to check a database for that.
concerns the match in London. There you AB: When you play, do you always look for the
best move and search for the ultimate 'chess
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truth' or can you bluff - playing a move, which VK: I don't know,
is not objectively best, but which gives you good 3. Kramnik − Svidler whether it was step
practical chances? Dortmund Dortmund (2), forward for me or a
27.06.1998
VK: No one can play chess at the highest level, if XIIIIIIIIY step backward for
he is not flexible. Usually I try to make best moves, 9-+r+k+-+0 my opponent! :-)
but sometimes I can bluff too. 9zp-+-zPpvlp0 But indeed, in
AB: Do you have games, which are particularly 9-+-zP-+-+0 chess I like logic
memorable to you? 9+p+-+-zp-0 and harmony, if
VK: I have played so many games, that I've 9-+-+-zP-+0 you know what I
forgotten most of them! :-) I am not too emotional 9+Lzp-+-zP-0 mean. I believe it
9P+-+K+-+0
about results of my games - I try to do my best and 9+-+-+-+R0 was also the
care a lot when I play, but after the game is xiiiiiiiiy foundation of
finished, I am not too emotionally attached to it. position after 29..¢f8-e8 Karpov's play.
But talking about important games, my match White to play and win AB: Kasparov
again Kasparov was memorable, particularly the played against the
15th game, which gave me the title. World over the Net - do you plan something like
AB: How do you work on chess? Do you have a that too?
kind of working schedule - like having 'office VK: Of course, if somebody offered me something
hours'? like this, I might try it. But I have little time to
VK: I think chess organise such events myself. In general, I have a
4.Kramnik − Sadvakasov is a creative different approach to such things than Kasparov -
Astana 2001 Astana, activity, so for me he always was a public figure, while I don't have a
Kazakhstan (7), 28.05.2001
XIIIIIIIIY it was never a goal, desire to become one. I don't want and don't need
9r+-+-trk+0 say, to work on to be in the limelight. Of course, I understand that
9+pwq-+pzpp0 chess at least 3 it will be more difficult for me to promote chess,
9p+n+-+-+0 hours a day. Of not being a public figure. But this has advantages
9+-+RvllsNQ0 course, it would be too - I can devote more time to studying chess and
9P+L+p+-+0 ideal to do at least taking part in chess projects.
9+P+-zP-+-0 something in chess AB: If you had to leave chess now or will ever
9-vL-+-zPP+0
9tR-+-+-+K0 every day, but I need to do that, what would you do with your
xiiiiiiiiy have days when [I] life?
position after 18... ¥c8-f5 do not touch chess VK: Hard to tell: I never had to choose like this - I
White to play and win and that's OK. always knew that I would be a chess player. I don't
Sometimes I don't think that one should limit his life just to chess. I
work on chess for a week, but sometimes I can would like to do other things in life, but what
work for 12 hours a day! exactly, I can't tell right now. Maybe later in my
AB: Did any player influence you in life I will want
particular? Like a former World Champion? to do
VK: It is hard to tell - all World Champions something else
influenced my play in one way or another. But if rather than
we are to take one, then it has to be Karpov. chess. But I
When I was a kid, I had books with his best would be a
games and studied them. It made a clear mark on different man
my style and approach to chess - I believe that then and will
we learn things like this in the childhood. Maybe think about
if it was a book of Korchnoi's or Fischer's games, what to do
I would be a different player. around that time!
AB: I also thought that your style was close to AB: Now there are many young and aggressive
that of Karpov. And when you started to beat players and talk about the drawing death of
Karpov a few years ago, I thought that it was a chess are more or less gone. But in the past
definite step forward for you. people offered different ideas on how to
encourage decisive results in chess - like giving 3
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points for a win and 1 point for a draw. What achieve this goal. People talk about shortening
do you think of this? time controls, introducing knockout formulas,
VK: I think that this is etc. What do you think of this?
possible, although I VK: I clearly expressed my position in
doubt that it would the 3K letter. I believe that we need a
increase the discussion, but I think that the decision
percentage of decisive should not be made by those, who will
games. Chess fans directly benefit from the proposed
should understand that changes. For example, some players
chess is more or less a play rapid chess much better than
drawn game. But in classical chess. So, they might vote to
chess, like in other shorten the time control, but I don't
fields, the process is think this is fair. I think that the top 20
more interesting than result. If both people fight players or so should decide on such issues.
and the game results in a draw, I don't see any AB: Vladimir, thank you for the interview and
problem here. We should pay more attention to the good luck in your tournaments!
quality of games and the aesthetic aspect of chess. VK: Thank you!
AB: Do you have any news from Brain Games
regarding the future World Championship Solutions to our tactical positions.
cycle? 1. 21.¦xg7+! 1-0.
VK: I believe that the cycle should consist of some 2. 22.¥xe6!! fxe6 23.£xg6 ¤xe5 24.£h7+
kind of qualification tournaments, Candidate ¢f8 25.¤f4 1-0.
tournament and World Championship match. There 3. 30.¥xf7+! 1-0.
is a project like this, but it is too early for me to say 4.19.¤xf7! ¦xf7 20.£xf5! g6 20...¦xf5
more. Besides, there are people in the chess world, 21.¦d8# 21.¥xe5 1-0.
who won't be happy with the news like this, so I
don't want to announce anything prematurely - Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or
when it could harm these developments. I think we have a suggestion concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
will hear something about it before autumn. ct@gmsquare.com. We always appreciate your comments
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AB: What about the famous 3K letter? Karpov,
Kasparov and you invited FIDE to a Please tell your chess friends about Chess Today. Feel free
constructive dialogue. Any new developments to send them our newspaper to sample – with more readers
there - between the players, who signed the the price will go down, while the quality will go up!
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to FIDE to respond. So far FIDE has not replied Ireland. Tel: (353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-
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AB: FIDE signed a contract with Octagon,
Editors:
which will market chess. Have you had any GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM
contacts with that company? Vladimir Barsky.
VK: Yes, I spoke with people in Octagon. I could
see that they had a reasonable and professional Technical editors:
approach, unlike people in FIDE, which is a Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
completely unprofessional organisation. But on the Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin ©
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AB: Most people in chess agree that we should
try to promote our game or at least not to make
it less popular. But most disagree on how to
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Girls:
Bacrot and Leconte Win Mkrtchian – Koneru 0:1
French Championships! Gu Xiaobing - Xu Yuanyuan 0:1
T.Kosintseva – Dzagnidze ½:½
Charkhalashvili – N.Kosintseva 1:0
Y esterday’s issue was completely dedicated

to the World Champion Vladimir Kramnik
so with a little delay we announce that
Etienne Bacrot won the French Championships
Boys:
Ni Hua – Gagunashvili ½:½
for the third time by beating out two other
contenders, Anatoly Vaisser and Jean-Marc Berg – Sargissian 0:1
Degraeve, on tie-break. Aronian – Acs ½:½
Navara – Bu Xiangzhi ½:½
Results of the tie-breaks: Shaposhnikov – Neiksans ½:½
Bacrot – Degraeve ½:½ Azarov – Mahesh Chandran 1:0
Vaisser – Bacrot 0:1
Degraeve – Vaisser 0:1 Girls:
Degraeve – Bacrot 0:1 Koneru – Xu Yuanyuan ½:½
Bacrot – Vaisser ½:½ Paehtz – T.Kosintseva 1:0
Mkrtchian – Radziewicz ½:½
Final standings: Zimina – Charkhalashvili 1:0
1. Bacrot – 3 points Zhao Xue – Gu Xiaobing 1:0
2. Vaisser – 1½ Dzagnidze – Meenakshi 1:0
3. Degraeve – ½
The Women’s title was also decided on tie-break. Boys:
Former Ukrainian, Maria Leconte became the 1. Sargissian – 8 points,
Women's French Champion. 2-3. Ni Hua, Gagunashvili – 7½
4-8. Aronian, Bu Xiangzhi, Acs, Navara,
Results of the Women’s tie-break: Azarov – 7 etc.
Sebag – Leconte ½:½
Girls:
Leconte – Sebag 1:0
1-2. Xu Yuanyuan, Koneru – 7½ points,
3-7. Paehtz, Mkrtchian, Zhao Xue, Dzagnidze,
Zimina – 7 etc.
Gabriel Sargissian (Armenia) became sole leader
Top-seeded Kevin Spraggett and former Russian
of the Boys event after the 10th Round of the World
Marat Khassanov are sharing the lead after the 5th
Junior Championships U20 in Peristeri, Greece.
Round of the Canadian Championship (FIDE
The defending Champion Xu Yuanyuan (China)
Zonal) in Montréal, Québec.
shares the lead with Humpy Koneru (India) in the
Girls event.
(3½) Schleifer – Spraggett (4½)
(4) Lesiège – Khassanov (4½)
Boys:
(3½) Bluvstein – Glinert (3½)
Gagunashvili – Aronian ½:½
Acs – Navara ½:½
Michal Krasenkow (Poland) keeps a perfect score
Sargissian – Azarov 1:0
after the 5th Round of the 1st European Grand-Prix
Roiz – Ni Hua 0:1
in Kavala, Greece. Vasil Spasov (Bulgaria) and
Spyridon Skembris (Greece) are half a point
behind.
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Top boards of the 5th Round: 2. Roiz− Ni

(5) Krasenkow – Skembris (4½) WJCC 2001 (9), 2001
(4) Istratescu – Spasov (4½) XIIIIIIIIY
(4) Miladinovic – Botsari (4) etc. 9-+l+-+-+0
9zp-+-vL-mk-0
Vassilios Kotronias (Greece), Ljubomir Ftacnik 9-+r+-+-zp0
(Slovakia) and Marc Narciso Dublan (Spain) are
leading after the 5th Round of the European
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Grand-Prix in Lisboa, Portugal. 16 players have 4 9-+n+psN-+0
points. 9+-+-+nzPL0
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Top boards of the 4th Round: 9+-+R+-+-0
(4½) Kotronias – Ftacnik (4½) xiiiiiiiiy
(4) Kogan – Narciso Dublan (4½) Black to play and win
(4) Fluvia Poyatos – Piket (4) etc.
The ELO-favourites of open tournament in Bratto, 3. Sigalas− Zhao

Italy – Vadim Milov (Switzerland) and Vladimir WJCC 2001 (9), 2001
Epishin (Russia) are sharing the lead with Sinisa XIIIIIIIIY
Drazic (Yugoslavia) and Erald Dervishi (Albania) 9-+q+-tr-+0
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(3½) Milov – Epishin (3½) 9-zpn+-+pzp0
(3½) Dervishi – Drazic (3½) 9+-zp-+n+-0
(3) Khenkin – Belotti (3) 9-+-+-zPP+0
(3) Contin – Lalic (3) etc. 9zP-zPP+N+-0
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here are a lot of interesting games in every
T round of the World Junior Championship.

Young boys and girls are playing without
any compromises! Today we would like to
Black to play and win
4. Mkrtchian− Koneru
present the highlights of the 9th round. (Solutions WJCC 2001 (9), 2001
on page 3. You should cover up the answers so you XIIIIIIIIY
are not tempted to sneak a peak. Good luck - RPM) 9-+-+-+-+0
1. Sargissian− Azarov
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Black to play and win
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Black to play and win Editors:
--------------------------------------------------------- and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Solutions to tactical Quiz: Technical editors:
1. 26.¤xh6+! gxh6 27.£g4+ ¢h8 27...¥g5 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
28.£f5 f6 29.fxg5 fxg5 30.£g6+ £g7 31.£e6+ Baburin © and protected intellectual property
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30.£h3 ¥c8 31.¦xh6+ ¢g8 32.£h5 1-0. unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic
2. 37...¤e3+!! After this brilliant move White prohibited without express written permission.
immediately resigned. 37...¤e3+ 38.fxe3 ¦c2+
39.¤e2 (39.¢f1 ¥a6+; 39.¢h1 ¦xh2#)
39...¦xe2+ 40.¢f1 ¥a6-+ 0-1.
3. 19...¤fd4! Using the bishop b7 at full

power. 20.cxd4 ¤xd4 20...£xg4+ 21.£g3
21.¤e5 ¥xe5 22.£xe5 ¦e8 0-1.
4. 85...¦d4! A nice finish − Black promotes

his pawns. 85...¦d4 86.¢xd4 (86.¢e2 c2)
86...c2 0-1.
5. Instead of 23. ¤d1! White inaccurately

played 23. ¤e2?? 23...¦f1+! A very
unpleasant surprise − White loses the queen!
23...¦f1+ 24.¢xf1 £xd2-+ 0-1.

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Quiz Today: Portugal, and in the 7th Round they

Three Top in A Simutowe (2462) − will play each other: Top boards of
L Cernousek (2262)
Tilburg WJCC 2001 (10), 2001
the 7th Round: Strikovic – Piket /
XIIIIIIIIY Ftacnik – Narciso Dublan / Tyomkin
9r+l+r+k+0 – Kotronias
T
he Tilburg Weekend
9+pwqn+p+p0
tournament (6 Round, 9-+p+-vlp+0
Swiss system, 1¾ hours for 9zp-zP-zP-+-0 ♦ Sinisa Drazic (Yugoslavia)
the first 40 moves then 15 minutes 9-zPL+Q+-+0 became the sole leader after the 5th
for the rest of the game) finished 9+-+-+N+P0 Round of the open tournament in
9P+-+-zPP+0 Bratto, Italy. Milov, Epishin and
this Sunday. 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy Borgo are in chase. Top boards of
Final standings: 1-3. Chuchelov, White to play the 6th Round: (4½) Drazic – Milov
Dgebuadze, Nijboer – 5 points out (4) (4) Epishin – Borgo (4)
of 6 4-9. van Beers, Tiviakov,
Motwani, Stillger, Dambacher, Moll – 4½ etc. ♦ Ni Hua (China) became a sole leader of the
Boys event after beating Gabriel Sargissian
♦ The AbuDhabi Open is underway. There are (Armenia) with Black in the 11th Round of the
three tournaments. In the masters event 42 World Junior Championships U20 in Peristeri,
participants are playing including 15 GMs and 11 Greece. At the Girls event there are three leaders
IMs. now. Some results of the 11th Round: Boys:
Sargissian – Ni Hua 0:1 Acs – Gagunashvili 1:0
rd
Top boards for the 3 Round: Navara – Aronian 0:1 Bu Xiangzhi –
(2) Gleizerov – Dzhumaev (2) (1½) Sharif – Shaposhnikov ½:½ Azarov – Miton ½:½ Korobov
Kotsur (1½) (1½) Vladimirov – Barsov (1½) (1½) – Horvath ½:½ Bakre – Berg 0:1 Neiksans –
S. Gouliev – Vakhidov (1½) (1½) Safin – Bagirov Izoria 0:1 Palliser – Postny ½:½ Girls: Xu
(1½) (1½) Zagrebelny – Ulibin (1½) (1½) Sale – Yuanyuan – Mkrtchian 0:1 Zhao Xue – Koneru 1:0
Volzhin (1½) (1½) Salem – Iuldachev (1½) (1½) Dzagnidze – Paehtz 1:0 Khukhashvili – Zimina
Arkhipov – Szekely (1½) Please also see our ½:½ Radziewicz – N. Kosintseva 0:1 Jackova – T.
annotated game section. Kosintseva ½:½ Charkhalashvili – Reizniece 1:0
♦ In the 7th Round of the Canadian Championship Standings after the 11th Round: Boys: 1. Ni Hua –
(FIDE Zonal) in Montréal, Québec top-seeded 8½ points 2-4. Aronian, Acs, Sargissian – 8 5-9.
Kevin Spraggett beat Marat Khassanov with Bu Xiangzhi, Berg, Izoria, Azarov, Gagunashvili –
White while Alexandre Lesiege did the same with 7½ etc. Girls: 1-3. Mkrtchian, Zhao Xue,
Black vs. Stephen Glinert. And now both GMs are Dzagnidze – 8 points 5-9. Xu Yuanyuan, Koneru,
leading with 6 points out of 7. Top boards of the 8th N. Kosintseva, Zimina, Charkhalashvili – 7½
Round: (5) Schleifer – Lesiege (6) (5) Hamilton – points 10-14. T. Kosintseva, Paehtz, Gu Xiaobing,
Spraggett (6) (5) Bluvshtein – Ochkoos (4) (4½) Khukhashvili, Meenakshi – 7 etc.
Khassanov – Ghannoum (4)
Top boards for the 12th Round: Boys: Ni Hua –
♦ Michal Krasenkow (Poland) keeps a perfect Aronian / Acs – Sargissian / Berg – Bu Xiangzhi /
score after the 6th Round of the 1st European Izoria – Azarov / Gagunashvili – Korobov /
Grand-Prix in Kavala, Greece. Now he is ahead of Shaposhnikov – Navara / Miton – Mahesh
his rivals by a full point. Top boards of the 7th Chandran / Horvath – Palliser / Roiz – Stryjecki
Round: (5) Spasov – Krasenkov (6) (5) Halkias – Girls: Mkrtchian – Zhao Xue / N. Kosintseva –
Vouldis (5) (4½) Miladinovic – Dochev (5) Dzagnidze / Xu Yuanyuan – Charkhalashvili /
Zimina – Koneru / T. Kosintseva – Gu Xiaobing /
Paehtz – Khukhashvili / Meenakshi – Calotescu
♦ Six players are leading with 5 points after the
6th Round of the European Grand-Prix in Lisboa,
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Annotated Game release the d8−square for his f8 Rook.

Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 14.¦e1
White prevents his opponent's idea.
S Guliev (2510) − A Molina (2293) 14...¦d8 15.¥e3
ADCF MASTERS 2001 Abu Dhabi (1.9), 25 White can't develop the c1 Bishop on the long
E62.08.2001 diagonal in view of 15.¥b2? ¤xc4
15...c5 16.£d2 ¤c6 17.¥h6!? ¥h8 18.¥g5
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.¤f3 0-0 5.g3 d6 I think White's idea is to make the manoeuvre
6.¥g2 Ne8 and Nd8 difficult.
18...¥h3!?
XIIIIIIIIY It's not so easy for Black to occupy the d4−point,
9rsnlwq-trk+0 for example: 18...¤e8?! 19.¦ad1 ¤c7 20.¤d5.
9zppzp-zppvlp0 19.¥h1 ¥g4
Black tries to repeat opponent's play, but...
9-+-zp-snp+0 20.f3! ¥e6 21.¦ab1
9-+PzP-+-+0 9-trqtr-+kvl0
9zp-+-zpp+p0
9+-sN-+NzP-0 9-+nzplsnp+0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 9+-zp-+-vL-0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0 9-+P+P+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+PsN-+PzP-0
9P+-wQN+-zP0
Mikhail Botvinnik liked to play this solid system
with a fianchetto vs. King's Indian.
9+R+-tR-mKL0
6...¤c6 7.0-0 ¥f5!? xiiiiiiiiy
Quite a provocative move. More popular is White prepares to occupy more space after
7...a6 Nc3−d5, while Black hasn't real counterplay.
8.d5 ¤a5 9.¤d4 ¥d7 21...¦e8!? 22.¤d5 ¤d7 23.¥g2!?
Of course, after 9...¤xc4?! 10.¤xf5 gxf5 11.£d3 A useful move: White would like to know his
¤e5 12.£xf5 White is better. opponent's ideas.
10.b3 c5 23...¤f8
Black tries to open the diagonal for his Bishop. XIIIIIIIIY
11.dxc6 bxc6 9-trq+rsnkvl0
An alternative is 11...¤xc6 12.¥b2 £a5 13.e3 9zp-+-zpp+p0
¦ac8 14.¦c1 ¥g4 15.£d2 a6 16.h3 ¥d7 17.¦fd1 9-+nzpl+p+0
Baburin − Davila, Yerevan (ol) 1996. 9+-zpN+-vL-0
12.e4 ¦b8 13.¤de2 9-+P+P+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+P+-+PzP-0
9-tr-wq-trk+0 9P+-wQN+LzP0
9zp-+lzppvlp0 9+R+-tR-mK-0
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9sn-+-+-+-0 After 23...¥xd5 24.exd5 ¤d4 25.¤xd4 (25.¥e3!?
9-+P+P+-+0 ¤f5 26.¥f2) 25...¥xd4+ 26.¢h1 Black has to think
9+PsN-+-zP-0 about pawn e7.
9P+-+NzPLzP0 24.h4!
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 All is quiet in the centre so White can start a
xiiiiiiiiy pawn attack on the Kingside.
Obviously White has more space, but Black can 24...¥d7 25.¥h6 ¤e6?!
prepare a very good square for his Knight on d4 I don't know how Black can play with the enemy
and also start counterplay on the Queenside. Knight on d5. Better was 25...e6!? 26.¤dc3 ¤d4
13...£c8 26.f4 ¤ed4
Black prepares a Bishop exchange and to Yes, here it is, but how to defend the King after
27.f5! ¤xe2+ 28.¦xe2 ¥e5?!
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XIIIIIIIIY
9-trq+r+k+0 Quiz Today Answer:
9zp-+lzpp+p0
9-+nzp-+pvL0 18.¥xf7+! ¢xf7 19.£c4+ ¢g7 20.¦xd7+! And
Black resigned in view of
9+-zpNvlP+-0 20.¦xd7+ £xd7 21.exf6+ ¢xf6 (21...¢h8 22.f7+−)
9-+P+P+-zP0 22.¥b2+ ¢e7 23.¦e1+ ¢f8 (23...¢d8 24.¥f6++−)
9+P+-+-zP-0 24.£f4+ ¢g8 25.¦xe8+ £xe8 26.£d4 £e7
9P+-wQR+L+0 27.¤g5!+−
9+R+-+-mK-0
Once more better was 28...e6!? though after www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/
29.fxe6 fxe6 30.¤e3!? ¤d4 31.¦f2 White takes the www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/
f−file. www.infoxadrez.com/
29.h5 maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
Simple and strong. Threats to the King are the http://www.eksakt.nl/
strongest threats in chess. http://www.abudhabichess.com/
29...¤d4 30.¦f2 ¥xf5!?
An interesting attempt at counterplay but maybe Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or have a
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32.¥h3! Barsky.
White returns an exchange but creates an Technical editors:
extremely strong attack. Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin © and
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weak now, and Black tries to defend some of format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
them, but without success.
34...f6 35.¦e1 ¢f7
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9-trq+r+-+0
9zp-+-zpk+p0
9-+-zp-zppvL0
9+-zpN+n+P0
9-+P+-+-+0
9+P+-+-zPL0
9P+-+-wQK+0
9+-+-tR-+-0
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An now − a very nice final combination (to exploit
the dark squares):
36.g4! ¤xh6 37.¦xe7+! ¦xe7 38.£xf6+ ¢g8
39.¤xe7 1-0
¤¤¤
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Quiz Today:
Aftsoglou − Kritsikis But seriously - who knows how to
The Number is up? Kavala 10th Open 2001 (7.18), stop Crisans all over the world?.
27.08.2001
XIIIIIIIIY
A
ccording to information in ♦ In both the boys and girls events,
9-+-+-+-+0
the new TWIC #355, in 9+-+-+-+-0 the leaders lost with White in the
July Romanian Alexandru 9-zp-mk-+-zp0 penultimate Round of the World
Crisan won two tournaments in 9+P+-+-zp-0
9p+PmK-+p+0 Junior Championships U20 in
Yugoslavia: in Kladovo (cat. XII, Peristeri, Greece. Some results of
9+-+-+-+-0
2539, 6 players, double round- 9-zP-+-zP-zP0 the 12th Round: Boys: Ni Hua –
robin) and in Tekija (cat. XIII, 9+-+-+-+-0 Aronian 0:1 Acs – Sargissian 1:0
2552, 3 players, double round- xiiiiiiiiy
Berg – Bu Xiangzhi 0:1 Izoria –
robin). Kladovo: 1-2. Crisan, Ruck White to play Azarov ½:½ Gagunashvili –
– 7 points out of 10, 3. Ivanisevic – Korobov 1:0 Shaposhnikov –
5½, 4. Rajkovic – 5, 5. Sulypa – Navara ½:½ Miton – Mahesh Chandran 1:0
4½, 6. Maksimovic – 1. Crisan twice beat Horvath – Palliser 1:0 Roiz – Stryjecki 1:0 Girls:
Yugoslavian GM Dusan Rajkovic and IM Branimir Mkrtchian – Zhao Xue 0:1 N. Kosintseva –
Maksimovic, all his other games were short draws. Dzagnidze 1:0 Xu Yuanyuan – Charkhalashvili 0:1
I have never heard of the Hungarian GM – Robert Zimina – Koneru 0:1 T. Kosintseva – Gu Xiaobing
Ruck, maybe he is very strong. 0:1 Paehtz – Khukhashvili ½:½ Meenakshi –
Calotescu ½:½
A 2846 performance!?
And in Tekija Crisan was unstoppable: 3 victories, Boys: 1-2. Aronian, Acs – 9 points 3-5. Ni Hua,
1 draw, his performance was 2846 (1. Crisan – 3½ Bu Xiangzhi, Gagunashvili – 8½ 6-10. Miton,
points out of 4, 2. Markovic – 1½, 3. Jacimovic – Sargissian, Horvath, Izoria, Azarov – 8 11-15.
1). What does all this mean? We haven't forgotten Shaposhnikov, Roiz, Berg, Navara, Bakre – 7½
Crisan’s performance in Portoroz a month before etc.
(½ points out of 9) and saw his games… Maybe he
studied a great deal of modern theory last month Girls: 1. Zhao Xue – 9 points 2-4. Koneru, N.
and practised chess day and night? To tell the truth Kosintseva, Charkhalashvili – 8½ 5-7. Mkrtchian,
it’s rather hard to believe. Dzagnidze, Gu Xiaobing – 8 8-13. Xu Yuanyuan,
Paehtz, Radziewicz, Zimina, Khukhashvili,
I have another explanation. Maybe he would like to Meenakshi – 7½ etc.
begin legal proceedings against chess journalists
who have named him a “rating-thief”? In this case Top boards for the last 13th Round:
I would like to suggest that FIDE make the Boys: Bu Xiangzhi – Acs / Aronian – Miton / Ni
following resolution: chessplayers have to decide Hua – Izoria / Sargissian – Gagunashvili / Azarov
such arguments not in courts but simply over the – Horvath / Bakre – Shaposhnikov / Navara – Roiz
board. For example, if Crisan could beat GM Hans Vajda – Berg
Ree (see his article “Matters of Honour” in “New
in Chess” #5/2001) in a 6-10 game match then NIC Girls: Zhao Xue – N. Kosintseva / Charkhalashvili
will have to write that Crisan is a super- – Gu Xiaobing / Koneru – Paehtz / Dzagnidze –
grandmaster, maybe even stronger than Kasparov. Mkrtchian / Radziewicz – Xu Yuanyuan /
If he can't beat him then Ree was right – The Khukhashvili – Meenakshi / Calotescu – Zimina
Romanian “GM” is an Elo-thief or at least an Elo-
buyer. Thou Crisan’s Elo is more than 200 points
♦ News from the AbuDhabi Open:
higher than mine, I am also ready to play him. I
Some results of the 3rd Round: Gleizerov –
think if I’m unlucky and lose our editor-in-chief
Dzhumaev ½:½ Sharif – Kotsur ½:½ Vladimirov –
Alex Baburin will stand up for me ☺.
Barsov 1:0 S. Gouliev – Vakhidov ½:½ Safin –
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Bagirov 0:1 Zagrebelny – Ulibin 1:0 Sale – (5) (4½) Milov – Bellini (4½) (4½) Khenkin –
Volzhin 0:1 Salem – Iuldachev 1:0 Arkhipov – Cebalo (4½)
Szekely ½:½ Top boards for the 4th Round: (2½)
Bagirov – Gleizerov (2½) (2½) Dzhumaev – Annotated Game
Vladimirov (2½) (2½) Volzhi – Zagrebelny (2½) Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
(2) Magerramov – Salem (2) (2) Kotsur –
Arkhipov (2) (2) Szekely - S. Gouliev (2) (2) M Schleifer − A Lesiege
Vakhidov – Prasad (2) (2) Badjarani – Sharif (2) Canadian Closed 2001 Montreal, Quebec (8),
(1½) Ulibin – Raetsky (2) 27.08.2001 E00
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.a3!?
♦ Both leaders GMs Kevin Spraggett and XIIIIIIIIY
Alexandre Lesiege won their games with Black in
the 8th Round of the Canadian Championship
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
(FIDE Zonal) in Montréal, Québec. Some results 9zppzpp+pzpp0
of the 8th Round Schleifer – Lesiege 0:1 Hamilton 9-+-+psn-+0
– Spraggett 0:1 Bluvshtein – Ochkoos 1:0
Khassanov – Ghannoum 1:0 Top boards of the 9th
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Round: (7) Spraggett – Bluvshtein (6) (7) Lesiege 9-+PzP-+-+0
– Hamilton (5) (5½) Khassanov – Schleifer (5) (5) 9zP-+-+-+-0
Phillips – Yoos (4½) (4½) Gaspariants – 9-zP-+PzPPzP0
Mikanovic (5) Also see our annotated game
section. 9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
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♦ Michal Krasenkow made his first draw in the A bit too original! White doesn't want to play
7th Round of the 1st European Grand-Prix in either a Nimtzovich Defence or a Queen's Indian?!
Kavala, Greece. All his rivals did the same, so he Well, then it will be a classical Queens Gambit
retains a clear point lead. Some results of the 7th where the a2−a3 move isn't the most useful for
White.
Round: Spasov – Krasenkov ½:½ Halkias –
3...d5
Vouldis ½:½ Miladinovic – Dochev ½:½ Top The simplest way.
boards of the 8th Round: (6½) Krasenkov – Halkias 4.¤c3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.¤f3 a6 7.¥xc4 b5 8.¥a2
(5½) (5½) Dochev – Spasov (5½) (5½) Vouldis – ¥b7 9.0-0 ¤bd7
Bojkov (5½) (5½) Petrov – Istratescu (5½) It looks like Black has solved most of his opening
problems.
♦ Jeroen Piket and Lubomir Ftacnik won their 10.£e2
games in the 7th Round of the European Grand- Or 10.d5 exd5 11.¤xd5 c4 (11...¥d6!? with easy
Prix in Lisboa, Portugal, shares first place now and play for Black.)
will play each other in the next Round. Some 10...¥e7 11.dxc5 ¥xc5 12.b4?!
results of the 7th Round: Strikovic – Piket 0:1 A double−edged move: White develops the c1
Bishop on the long diagonal but weakens the c4−
Ftacnik – Narciso Dublan 1:0 Tyomkin –
square. Black with a Knight on d7 can quite easy
Kotronias ½:½ Top boards of the 8th Round: occupy it. 12.e4!?
(6) Piket – Ftacnik (6) (5½) Mirzoev – Horvath 12...¥d6 13.¥b2 £b8
(5½) (5½) Oratovsky – Kotronias (5½) (5½) Black wins a tempi for development.
14.h3 0-0 15.¦ad1 ¦c8
Gofshtein – Jonkman (5½) (5) J. Horvath – XIIIIIIIIY
Tyomkin (5½) 9rwqr+-+k+0
9+l+n+pzpp0
9p+-vlpsn-+0
♦ Vladimir Epishin couch up Sinisa Drazic 9+p+-+-+-0
after winning his game in the 6th Round of open 9-zP-+-+-+0
tournament in Bratto, Italy. Some results of the 6th 9zP-sN-zPN+P0
9LvL-+QzPP+0
Round: Drazic – Milov ½:½ Epishin – Borgo 1:0 9+-+R+RmK-0
Top boards of the 7th Round: (5) Drazic – Epishin xiiiiiiiiy

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This position reminds a little of the famous Quiz Today Answer:

Capablanca − Alekhine match game 21.
16.¤d4 ¤e5 17.f4 ¤c4 18.¥xc4 bxc4!? 40.c5+!
An interesting idea − Black prepares a pawn A typical for pawn endgames break.
attack a7−a5 and removes his pawn from b5 40...bxc5+ 41.¢c4 h5 42.b6
where it was attacked by two Knights. And Black resigned: pawns f2 and h2 stop three
19.£c2 ¦e8 20.£e2 ¦c8 21.£c2 ¥f8 opponent's pawns while on the Queen side White
Black is better − of course he doesn't want a will take both black pawns. 1-0
draw.
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26.a4 maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
XIIIIIIIIY http://www.eksakt.nl/
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26...c3!
The position is ripe for combinative play. Chess Today is published by:
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White's.
27...£b7 28.¦fe1 ¥b6 Editors:
Bishop opens a way for Black Rook. Barsky.
29.¢h2 ¦c4 30.¤c6 Technical editors:
It's not a very nice move to have to make but Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
otherwise Black could play Rac8, Rb4, R8c4 etc. Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin © and
30...¥xc6 31.bxc6 £xc6 32.¦d6 £c5!? convention. Any unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic
More simple was 32...£b7 but Black is ready to format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
sacrifice a Queen express written permission.
33.¥e3
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33...£xe3 34.¦xe3 ¥xe3 35.£d3

After 35.g3 ¥c5 Black can exploit the second
rank.
35...¥xf4+ 36.g3 ¦cc8
White resigned − The c3 pawn is decisive.
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Quiz Today:
Navara (2491) − Roiz (2511) Greek listed companies (OTE,
World Junior WJCC 2001 (13), 2001 PIRAEUS BANK and ALTER TV).
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P
eter Acs (Hungary) and
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Prince and Princess” at the World 9-zPL+-wQP+0 General Secretary of the Executive
Junior Championships U20 in 9tR-+-tR-mK-0 Committee
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Peristeri, Greece.
Black to play ♦ GMs Kevin Spraggett and
th
Some results of the 13 Round: Alexandre Lesiege shared first
Boys: Bu Xiangzhi – Acs 0:1 place in the Canadian
Aronian – Miton ½:½ Ni Hua – Izoria ½:½ Championship (FIDE Zonal) in Montréal, Québec.
Sargissian – Gagunashvili 0:1 Some results of the 9th Round Spraggett –
Azarov – Horvath ½:½ Bakre – Shaposhnikov 0:1 Bluvshtein 1:0 Lesiege – Hamilton 1:0 Khassanov
Navara – Roiz 0:1 Vajda – Berg 1:0 – Schleifer ½:½ Phillips – Yoos ½:½ Gaspariants –
Mikanovic 1:0 Final Standings: 1-2. Spraggett,
Girls: Zhao Xue – N. Kosintseva ½:½ Lesiege – 8 points out of 9 3-4. Khassanov,
Charkhalashvili – Gu Xiaobing 0:1 Koneru – Bluvshtein – 6 5-7. Schleifer, Phillips, Gaspariants
Paehtz 1:0 Dzagnidze – Mkrtchian ½:½ – 5½ 8-12. Glinert, Hamilton, Mikanovic,
Radziewicz – Xu Yuanyuan 0:1 Khukhashvili – Ghannoum, Yoos – 5 etc.
Meenakshi ½:½ Calotescu – Zimina 1:0
Final Standings: ♦ Michal Krasenkow and Marijan Petrov won
Boys: 1. Acs – 10 points out of 13 2-3. the 1st European Grand-Prix in Kavala, Greece.
Gagunashvili, Aronian – 9½ 4. Ni Hua – 9 5-11. As you remember Krasenkov won his first six
Azarov, Bu Xiangzhi, Izoria, Shaposhnikov, games and after that made draws and in the last
Miton, Roiz, Horvath – 8½ 12-17. Sargissian, Round he was caught up by Petrov.
Mahesh Chandran, Palliser, Markos, Schenk,
Vajda – 8 etc. Some results of the 8th Round: Krasenkov –
Girls: 1-2. Koneru, Zhao Xue – 9½ points out of Halkias ½:½ Dochev – Spasov 1:0 Vouldis –
13 3-4. N. Kosintseva, Gu Xiaobing – 9 5-8. Bojkov 1:0 Petrov – Istratescu 1:0 Some results of
Mkrtchian, Xu Yuanyuan, Dzagnidze, the 9th Round: Vouldis – Krasenkov ½:½ Petrov –
Charkhalashvili – 8½ 9-14. Khukhashvili, Dochev 1:0 Halkias – Markidis 1:0 Kr. Georgiev –
Meenakshi, Aarthie, Jackova, Calotescu, Sergeeva Skembris ½:½ Nikolaidis – Vasilev 1:0
– 8 etc. Please see our annotated game section.
Final Standings:
PRESS RELEASE 29-8-2001: The 2001 World 1-2. Krasenkov, Petrov – 7½ points out of 9
Junior Chess Championship has just ended: GM 3-5. Vouldis, Halkias, Nikolaidis – 7 6-13. Dochev,
Peter Acs from Hungary is the new World Junior Spasov, Skembris, Bojkov, Istratescu, Kr.
Chess Champion U20 and WIM Humpy Koneru of Georgiev, Andrievic, Banikas – 6½ etc.
India is the new World Girls Chess Champion
U20! This year's event was organised by the ♦ Vladimir Baklan, Orest Gritsak (both
Municipality of Peristeri in Athens, the Host City Ukraine) and Robert Kempinski (Poland) shared
of the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece. It was a first place at the XXXVIII Rubinstein Memorial
record-breaking event in terms of participation Festival in Polanica Zdrój, Poland (Swiss system,
(150 boys and girls from 56 countries), with daily 10 Round). Final standings: 1-3. Baklan,
TV and Web coverage and with strong support Kempinski, Gritsak – 8 points out of 10 4.
from the Greek government and some of the largest Zubarev – 7½ 5-17. Eljanov, Wojtaszek,
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Smetankin, Jakubiec, Jaracz, Cyborowski, 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0-0 5.¤ge2
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Vladimirov 0:1 Volzhi – Zagrebelny 0:1 A solid line of the solid Rubinstein system: White
Magerramov – Salem ½:½ Kotsur – Arkhipov doesn't allow his c pawns to be doubled.
5...d5 6.a3 ¥e7 7.cxd5 ¤xd5
½:½ Szekely - S. Gouliev ½:½ Vakhidov – Prasad
Another way is 7...exd5
½:½ Badjarani – Sharif ½:½ Ulibin – Raetsky 1:0 8.¤xd5 exd5 9.¤c3
Top boards for the 5th Round: (3½) Vladimirov – The old set up looks more active − 9.g3 ¤d7
Zagrebelny (3½) (3) Salem – Bagirov (3) (3) 10.¥g2 ¤f6 11.0-0 ¥d6 12.¤c3 c6 13.b4 a6
Gleizerov – Kotsur (2½) (2½) Prasad – Volzhin 14.¦e1 ¦e8 15.¥b2 ¥f8 16.£d3 ¥e6 Reshevsky −
(2½) (2½) Vakhidov – Ulibin (2½) (2½) Szekely – Botvinnik, AVRO−tournament 1938.; or 9.¤f4!?
Dzhumaev (2½) (2½) Arkhipov – Badjarani (2½) 9...c6 10.¥e2
(2½) Sharif – Magerramov (2½) (2½) S. Gouliev – 10.g3!?
Lodhi (2½) 10...¥f5 11.0-0 ¥g6 12.b4 ¤d7 13.b5
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Oratovsky (6½ ) (6) Ftacnik – Mirzoev (6) (6) Cs. An unjustified break. White hasn't complete his
development so it's not a suitable time for a
Horvath – Narciso Dublan (6) (6) Tyomkin –
minority attack.
Gofshtein (6) (6) Jonkman – Kogan (6) (5½) Stohl 13...¤b6 14.£b3 £d6 15.¥b2 £e6 16.¤a4 ¤xa4
– Hernando Rodrigo (6) 17.£xa4 f5!
The White Queen is far from it's King and the e3
♦ Vladimir Epishin, Igor Khenkin and Sinisa Bishop isn't defended now, so Black begins a
Drazic share first place after the 7th Round of open counterattack on the King side.
tournament in Bratto, Italy. Some results of the 7th 18.bxc6
Round: Drazic – Epishin ½:½ Milov – Bellini ½:½ 18.g3 didn't prevent 18...f4! 19.gxf4 ¥e4 20.f3
Khenkin – Cebalo 1:0 Top boards of the 8th Round: ¥f5 21.£b3 ¥h3
(5½) Epishin – Khenkin (5½) (5) Bellini – Drazic 18...bxc6 19.¦ac1 ¥e8
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It's the last Round, the Chinese junior is half a 20.£a6
point ahead of his opponent and can make a draw The break f5−f4 is unstoppable: 20.g3? f4!
to at least share first place. Bu played with White − 21.gxf4 £g6+ 22.¢h1 £e4+ 23.¢g1 ¦f6-+
was his task that hard? But in the few previous 20...¥d7 21.¥c3 f4 22.exf4 ¦xf4 23.¦ce1 ¥d6!
rounds the leaders had usually lost with White... Black prepares for attack. White Queen, what
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are you doing on a6?! Now a task from Fritz: mate in 5.

24.¥b5? 34...£b1+! 35.¥c2 £f1+ 36.¦e2 ¦f3+!
XIIIIIIIIY Acs successfully completed this task, and in
9r+-+-+k+0 view of mate in 2 (37.¢d2 ¥f4+ 38.¦e3 ¥xe3#)
White resigned. 0−1 Our congratulations to the
9zp-+l+-zpp0 new junior world champion Peter Acs!
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9+L+p+-+-0 Quiz Today Answer: 31...¤xf3+! 32.£xf3
9-+-zP-tr-+0 32.gxf3 ¦xe3 33.¦xe3 (33.¢h2 ¦dd3 34.¥xd3
¦xd3 35.£e2 ¥xf3-+) 33...¥xe3 34.£xe3 £xg3+-+
9zP-vL-+-+-0 32...¦d3! 33.¥xc5 ¦xe1+ 34.¦xe1 ¦xf3 0-1
9-+-+-zPPzP0
9+-+-tRRmK-0 Recommended Web sites:
xiiiiiiiiy www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/
24...£f7! www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
Black didn't want to force a nice perpetual, he is www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/
playing for a win! 24...£h6 25.¥xc6 £xh2+ www.infoxadrez.com/
26.¢xh2 ¦h4+ 27.¢g1 ¥h2+ 28.¢h1 ¥f4+ maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
29.¢g1 ¥h2+ http://www.eksakt.nl/
25.¥a4 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
25.¥xc6 ¦f6! http://www.abudhabichess.com/
25...¦f8
It's clear now that White's position has become Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or
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27.g3 ¥xg3! 28.hxg3 £f3 29.gxh4 ¥h3-+; 27.h3 to send them our newspaper to sample – with more readers
¥xh3 28.gxh3 £g6+ 29.¢h1 ¦xh3# the price will go down, while the quality will go up!
27...¥xh2+-+ 28.¢f2 £f4 29.¦e3 ¥g3+ 30.¢e2
¦h2 31.¦g1 Chess Today is published by:
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31...¥g4! Technical editors:
Last effort: Black threatens to grab the f3−pawn. Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
32.fxg4 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin ©
It loses immediately, but after 32.£d3 ¥f5 and protected intellectual property under the International
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33.£d2 £d6 Black (with pawn up) also has a very
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strong attack. prohibited without express written permission.
32...£f2+ 33.¢d3 £xg1 34.£xc6
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CT-297, 31st August 2001
the AbuDhabi Open: Some results of the 5th Round:

World Chess Vladimirov – Zagrebelny 0:1 Salem – Bagirov 0:1
Championships 2001 Gleizerov – Kotsur 0:1 Prasad – Volzhin 1:0
Vakhidov – Ulibin ½:½ Szekely – Dzhumaev ½:½
Arkhipov – Badjarani 1:0 Sharif – Magerramov
O
n Tuesday August 30 there was a
conference in Moscow in the Press Centre ½:½ S. Gouliev – Lodhi 1:0 Top boards for the 6th
of “Argumenty i Fakty” (“Arguments and Round: (4½) Zagrebelny – Bagirov (4) (3½)
facts”) publishing house, dedicated to the World Kotsur - S. Gouliev (3½) (3½) Arkhipov –
Chess Championships 2001. The questions of the Vladimirov (3½) (3) Gleizerov – Prasad (3½) Also
press were answered by K. see our annotated game section.
Ilyumzhinov, the President of Quiz Today:
FIDE, E. Omuku, the Executive Safin Shukhrat (2529) − Ali Forthcoming tournaments:
Director of FIDE, A. Selivanov, the Mahmoud (2272) ♦ Isle of Man Open - 29th
ADCF MASTERS 2001 Abu Dhabi September - 7th October 2001.
President of Russian Chess (5.9), 29.08.2001
Federation and F. Campomanes, the XIIIIIIIIY Highly recommended! Bavarian
Honorary President of FIDE. On 9r+l+r+k+0 Open in Bad Wiessee on 27
www.fide.com you can read the 9zpp+-+pvl-0 October - 4 November 2001.
9-+p+-+-zp0 Highly recommended!
press-releases. 9wq-+pzP-+-0
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Kirsan Ilyumzhinov had announced 9zP-sNLzP-vL-0 ♦ The Najdorf Memorial 2001
that the Men’s (128 participants) 9-zPQ+-+P+0 will take place in Buenos Aires,
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and Women’s (64) WCC will take xiiiiiiiiy Argentina from September 4 to 13.
place in Moscow from 24 White to play It is a Category XIV tournament
November till December 2001, with an ELO average of 2595. The
while the 8 round Final Match will competitors will be the following:
be held from 3rd of January until 13 January 2002 - GM Anatoly Karpov GM Judith Polgar GM Nigel
also in Moscow. The Prize fund is $3.000.000 in Short GM Viktor Korchnoi GM Gilberto Milos GM
the men’s event (including $1.100.000 in the final Xie Jun GM Pablo Ricardi GM Henrique Mecking
match) and $500.000 in the women’s. Iljumzhinov GM Tiemour Radjabov IM Ruben Felgaer. Ajedrez
was asked about the tournament of “Three K” the Siglo 21 is the official website for the tournament
same time and the same venue – Moscow. He and will broadcast the games live. For linking
answered that there wasn’t any official information purposes, there is main page for the tournament in
about this event yet while FIDE has to announce English with access to all the tournament
it’s championship till 1st September and send information, including live games, crosstable,
invitations before this day to all potential games for download, news, photos and comments.
participants (and “Three K” will receive them
also). Oh, FIDE has to work hard today! ☺ ♦ Forthcoming tournaments in Groningen:
European Championship 2002 (ECC) Qualifier
Also the FIDE President told about FIDE’s plans to World Chess Championship 2002 13 rounds:
organise next year 6 tournaments of it’s Grand Prix Thursday December 20 - Friday January 4
series and maybe one of them will be for 4: Inscriptions only by the federations Women
Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand and Shirov. FIDE’s co- Grandmaster Tournament (WGM) 11 rounds:
operation with Octagon is continuing. Saturday December 22 - Thursday January 3
Invitation Tournament
Let’s wait a little: we have an interesting December Gasunie Young Masters (GYM) 11 rounds:
and maybe next year will be even more interesting! Saturday December 22 - Thursday January 3
Invitation Tournament Open Grandmaster
♦ Sergei Zagrebelnyi became sole leader, with Tournament (OGM) 10 rounds: Thursday
th
Rufat Bagirov clear second after the 5 Round of
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December 20 - Sunday December 30 Players rated M. Ivanov, Janz – 7 8-16. Bukhman, Meijers,
> 2100 1st prize Dfl. 4000.-. Entry fee Dfl. 150.-; Schwarz, Sarakauskas, Bekker-Jensen, Haba,
born in 1983 or after Dfl.75.- Homuth, Langrock, Bekker-Jensen – 6½ etc.
.GM,IM>2450;WGM,WIM>2250 free.
rating>2450;GM,IM<2450;WGM,WIM<2250 Our congratulations to all the winners!
Dfl.75.-. Rate of play : 40/2; 20/1; + 15 minutes
Annotated Game
Open Rating Tournament A/B 9 rounds: Vladimirov Evegeny (2612) − Zagrebelny
Thursday December 20 - Saturday December 29 Sergey (2466)
Open A : players rated > 1750, < 2150 1st prize ADCF MASTERS 2001 Abu Dhabi (5.9), 29.08.2001 E54
Dfl. 1500.- Entry fee Dfl. 110.-; born in 1983 or 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 0-0 5.¥d3
after Dfl. 75 Open B : players rated < 1800 1st Yesterday we saw a game with 5.¤ge2
prize Dfl. 1000.- Entry fee Dfl. 85.-; born in 1983 5...d5 6.¤f3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4
or after Dfl. 65 Rate of play: 40/2; 20/1; + 15 The main alternative is 7...¤c6!?
minutes 8.exd4 dxc4 9.¥xc4
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Dfl. 65.-; born in 1983 or after Dfl. 45.- Rate of 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
play: 40/2; + 30 minutes 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
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A typical set up with the isolated d4−pawn. Black
Full details Stichting Schaak Groningen, P.O. Box
has a lot of moves here, the most popular is 9...b6.
8010 9702 KA Groningen, The Netherlands Fax.
9...a6 10.a3
++31-50-5250155 E-mail: info@groningenchess.nl 10.¥g5!?
http://www.groningenchess.nl Thank you in 10...¥xc3 11.bxc3 £c7!?
advance. Sincerely yours, Johan Zwanepol, More often Black plays 11...b5 for example:
executive director. 12.¥d3 ¥b7 13.a4 £d5 14.¦e1 ¤bd7 15.£e2 ¦fc8
16.¥d2 ¥c6 Dolmatov − Bareev, Elista 1997.
♦ There are six leaders before the last, 9th Round 12.£e2 b5 13.¥d3 ¥b7 14.¥d2 ¤bd7 15.a4 bxa4
of open tournament in Bratto, Italy. Some results of 16.¦xa4
the 8th Round: Epishin – Khenkin ½:½ (5) Bellini – XIIIIIIIIY
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Drazic ½:½ (5) Belotti – Milov 0:1 (5) Godena – 9+lwqn+pzpp0
Foisor 1:0 (5) Borgo – Arlandi 1:0 Top boards for 9p+-+psn-+0
the 9th Round: (6) Milov – Godena (6) (5½) Lalic – 9+-+-+-+-0
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Epishin (6) (6) Khenkin – Drazic (6) (5½) Bellini – 9+-zPL+N+-0
Borgo (6) (5) Komarov – Cebalo (5½) 9-+-vLQzPPzP0
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♦ Daniel Gormally, Graeme Buckley and xiiiiiiiiy
Penteala Harikrishna shared first place in the 16...a5!?
A new approach: Black wants to push his
Ron Banwell MSO Masters (ENG, 18-27 August,
passed pawn as soon as possible. 16...¦fd8
10 Round, Swiss system). Final standings: 1-3. 17.¦fa1 ¤b6 18.¦a5 ¦d5 19.¤e5 ¤bd7 Hort −
Gormally, Buckley, Harikrishna – 7½ points out Christiansen, Indonesia 1982; 16...¤d5 17.¦a3
of 10 4-6. Anagnostopoulos, Ravi, Barua – 7 7-9. ¦fe8 18.¦b1 e5 19.dxe5 ¤xe5 20.¤xe5 ¦xe5
Konguvel, Kunte, Batyrov – 6½ etc. 21.£d1 ¦ae8 22.c4 ¤f6 23.¥f1 Nenashev −
Chandler, Bundesliga 2000/01
♦ Christoph Wisnewski and Leonid Voloshin 17.¦fa1 ¥c6 18.¦4a3 a4 19.c4
won the Kiel open (GER, 18-24 August). Final White has a strong pawn centre and two
standing: 1-2. Wisnewski, Voloshin – 7 ½ points Bishops, Black's only trump is a4−pawn. I think
out of 9 3-7. Karpatchev, Baramidze, Kalinitschew, White's chances have to be better.

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19...¦fe8 Of course!
XIIIIIIIIY 33.¦d3 £c5 34.h4 a3 35.£g5+ ¦e7
9r+-+r+k+0 Black was lucky in this game!
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9tR-+L+N+-0 20.¥h7+ ¢f8 21.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 22.£g6+ And Fritz says:
9-+-vLQzPPzP0 mate in 7. We can't argue with him! 1-0
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Black prepares e6−e5. www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/
20.¤e5!? www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
White prevents this idea. Another logical move www.infoxadrez.com/
was 20.¥c3 maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
20...¤xe5 21.dxe5 ¤d7 http://www.eksakt.nl/
9r+-+r+k+0 http://www.abudhabichess.com/
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22.¥xh7+!?
It looks very tempting. There is no place for Chess Today is published by:
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and calculate variations. Ireland.
22...¢xh7 23.£h5+ ¢g8 24.¦h3 f5 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
24...f6 25.£h7+ ¢f7 (25...¢f8? 26.¥b4+) 26.¦g3 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
¦g8 27.£g6+ ¢e7 28.¥b4+ ¢d8 29.£f7 ¦h8
30.£xg7
25.£h7+ ¢f7 26.¦g3 ¦g8 27.£g6+ ¢e7 28.¥b4+
White wants more than a perpetual 28.£g5+
I only lost because …
by GKB
¢e8 29.£g6+
A) 29...¢d8 30.£xe6 ¦h8 (30...¦e8? 31.¥g5++−)
31.¦xg7;
B) 29...¢e7 etc.
28...¢d8 29.¥d6?
Much stronger was 29.£f7! ¦e8 30.¦xg7 and the
Black position is extremely difficult.
29...£b6 30.£xe6 ¦e8 31.£xf5 £d4!
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-mkr+-+0
9+-+n+-zp-0
9-+lvL-+-+0
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9p+Pwq-+-+0
9+-+-+-tR-0 Editors:
9-+-+-zPPzP0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM
9tR-+-+-mK-0 Vladimir Barsky.
Maybe White overlooked this counterplay. Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
32.¦e1?? Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin ©
What a pity! But after losing the e5 pawn White's and protected intellectual property under the International
position is worse now: 32.¦c1 ¤xe5 33.¥xe5 ¦xe5
34.£g6 £e4 prohibited without express written permission.
32...£xd6!
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CT-298, 1st September 2001
Wely – 6½ etc. Our congratulations to all the

Piket wins in winners!
Lisboa World Chess Championship Press Release
Moscow, 30 August 2001
eroen Piket has
J
won the European
Grand-Prix in
Lisboa, Portugal.
Some results of the 9th
The FIDE President, H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, has
approved Moscow as the Host City for this year's
World Chess Championship and Women's World
Chess Championship matches. The preliminaries
Round: Piket – to semi-final rounds of the World Chess
Oratovsky ½:½ Ftacnik – Mirzoev ½:½ Cs. Championships shall be held concurrently with the
Horvath – Narciso Dublan ½:½ Tyomkin – entire Women's World Championships starting 24
Gofshtein ½:½ Jonkman – Kogan 0:1 Stohl – November and ending 11 December 2001, while
Hernando Rodrigo 1:0 the 8 round Final Match will be held beginning 3rd
of January until 13 January 2002.
Final Standings: 1. Piket – 7½ Quiz Today:
points out of 9 2-3. Oratovsky, Leite (2148) − Frois (2374)
The Championships in Moscow
NS Fatima European Grand Prix
Kogan – 7 4-16. Ftacnik, Narciso have been planned as part of the
Lisboa (7.36), 28.08.2001
Dublan, Kotronias, C. Horvath, XIIIIIIIIY celebrations marking the 90th
Tyomkin, Gofshtein, J. Horvath, 9-+-+-trk+0
9zp-wq-sn-vlp0 anniversary of one of FIDE's
Sulava, Mirzoev, Stohl, Roeder, greatest World Champions the
9Q+-zpp+p+0
Lazarev, Gallagher – 6½ etc. Also 9+-zp-+-+-0 legendary Mikhail Botvinnik who
see our annotated game section. 9l+-+PzPP+0 became the first of the series of
9sn-zP-vL-sNP0
9Ptr-+-sNL+0 Champions when following the
♦ All top boards were drawn in death of World Champion
9+-tRR+-mK-0
the last day of open tournament in xiiiiiiiiy Alexander Alekhine in 1946,
Bratto, Italy. Some results of the Black to play and win FIDE, some 55 years ago, at its
9th Round: Milov – Godena ½:½ congress in Winterthur, took on its
Lalic – Epishin ½:½ Khenkin – rightful role as the custodian of the World Chess
Drazic ½:½ Bellini – Borgo ½:½ Komarov – Championship title.
Cebalo ½:½ Final standing: 1-6. Epishin, Milov,
Borgo, Drazic, Khenkin, Godena – 6½ points out The occasion will also be used to pay tribute to the
of 9 7-12. Foisor, Arlandi, Dervishi, Bellini, memory of the third FIDE President and World
Cebalo, Lalic – 6 etc. Champion the late Max Euwe, whose centenary is
being celebrated this year. Also to be honoured are
♦ Alexander Naumann and Ildar Ibragimov Andre Lilienthal (90), Vassily Smyslov (80), Mark
shared first place at the IV Pyramiden-Franken- Taimanov (75), Victor Korchnov (70), Nona
Cup (18-25 August, Swiss system, 9 Rounds). Gaptindashvili (60), Anatoly Karpov (50), and
Final Standings: 1-2. Naumann, Ibragimov – 7 ½ Maya Chiburdanidze (40). FIDE and its 160
points out of 9 3-6. Bischoff, Romanishin, Jansa, member countries are proud of these great
Holzke – 7 7-12. Schmaltz, Naiditsch, Doettling, champions who have played a tremendous role in
Hedke, Enders, Wall – 6 ½ etc. the development and popularisation of chess.
♦ Vadim Zvjaginsev convincingly won the FIDE wishes to place on record, its appreciation to
Julian Borowski Rapidplay (25th August, Swiss all those who in one way or another submitted bids
system, 11 rounds). Final Standings: 1. or expressed interest in the hosting of the 2001
Zvjaginsev – 8 ½ points out of 11 2. Fridmann – World Chess Championships. Gens Una Sumus
7½ 3-5. Kveinys, Appel, Meins – 7 6-12. Lutz,
Kiseleva, Hausrath, Rabiega, Luther, Mainka, Van Emmanuel Omuku Executive Director
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Annotated Game 9.¦xb7!? ¤b4 10.£a4!? (10.£b2!?) 10...£xa4

Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 11.¤xa4 ¥xc4!? (11...¥c8 12.¦xb4 ¥xb4 13.¤xe5
A Strikovic (2515) − J Piket (2630) ¥d6 14.¥b2²) 12.¤xe5 ¥d5 13.¦g1 c5 14.¦b5
NS Fatima European Grand Prix Lisboa (7.1), 27.08.2001 ¤c2+ 15.¢d1 ¤d4 16.¦b2
[A12]
1.¤f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.b3 9...¥b4 10.¤a4?!
Of course White didn't want to receive doubled
The Reti opening.
c−pawns, but maybe it wasn't too dangerous:
3...¤f6 4.g3
10.a3!? ¥xc3 11.£xc3 £xc3 12.dxc3 e4 13.¤e5
If White wants to prevent the following operation
he plays 4.¥b2 Now Black gains an initiative:
10...e4 11.¤d4 ¥g4
4...dxc4
Quite unexpectedly the e2 pawn becomes weak!
Another (and more popular) way is 4...¥f5 and
12.h3 ¥h5 13.a3
e7−e6, strengthening point d5.
5.bxc4 e5 White didn't dare to play 13.g4?!
XIIIIIIIIY 13...¥c5 14.¤xc5 ¤xc5 15.¤b3 ¤xb3 16.¦xb3
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 0-0-0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+p+-sn-+0 9-+ktr-+-tr0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9zpp+-+pzpp0
9-+P+-+-+0 9-+p+-sn-+0
9+-+-+NzP-0 9wq-+-+-+l0
9P+-zPPzP-zP0 9-+P+p+-+0
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 9zPR+-+-zPP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+QzPPzPL+0
The point of Black's previous move. Now he gets 9+-vL-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
a strong pawn on e5, but it is up against two
enemy pawns in the centre − d2 and e2. Black has more or less completed his
development, while White has to prepare to castle.
6.¤c3
17.¥b2 ¦he8 18.¦e3!?
An interesting alternative is 6.¥b2 for example:
In Black's favour is 18.¥xf6 gxf6 19.¥xe4?!
A) in some previous games Black played 6...¥c5!?
and the e5 pawn is untouchable: 7.¥xe5?! ¦xe4! 20.£xe4 £xd2+ 21.¢f1 £d1+ 22.¢g2 £xb3
(7.¤xe5? ¥xf2+! 8.¢xf2 £b6+ 9.¢e1 £xb2) 23.£f5+ ¢b8 24.£xh5 £xc4
18...¥g6
7...¥xf2+! 8.¢xf2 ¤g4+ 9.¢e1 ¤xe5 10.¤xe5
£d4 11.¤xf7 0-0!?∓; XIIIIIIIIY
B) 6...e4 7.¤d4 ¥e7 8.¥g2 0-0 9.0-0 ¥g4 10.h3 9-+ktrr+-+0
¥d7 11.¤c3 ¥xh3 12.¥xh3 £xd4 13.£b3 £b6
14.¥f5 ¦e8 15.£c2² Lobron − Vetter, Bundesliga 9zpp+-+pzpp0
1981/82. 9-+p+-snl+0
6...£a5!?
A rare move in rare position.
9wq-+-+-+-0
7.£c2 ¥e6 9-+P+p+-+0
7...¤a6 8.¥g2 ¥e6 9.0-0 ¥b4 10.¤e4 ¤xe4 9zP-+-tR-zPP0
11.£xe4 f6 12.d4 ¥xc4 13.dxe5 ¥d5 14.£g4 draw,
Jacobsen − Sloth, Denmark 1976. 9-vLQzPPzPL+0
8.¦b1 ¤a6!?
XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-mK-+R0
9r+-+kvl-tr0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zpp+-+pzpp0 The e4 pawn plays a very important role,
9n+p+lsn-+0 because it blunts White's pieces. White has
9wq-+-zp-+-0 defended the e2 pawn, but now he has to think
9-+P+-+-+0
9+-sN-+NzP-0 about the d2 pawn...
9P+QzPPzP-zP0 19.¥c3 £c5
9+RvL-mKL+R0 ...Now − what about the c4 pawn!.
xiiiiiiiiy 20.£b3 ¤d7!
White didn't want to begin wild complications, for A strong manoeuvre − Piket would like to attack
example the c4 pawn, because it's hard for White to defend
9.¥g2 it by d2−d3.

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21.0-0 ¤b6 22.¥xg7 ¦xd2 As on the previous move this blow decides a
XIIIIIIIIY game.
9-+k+r+-+0 28.¥d4
28.¦xc4 £xe3-+
9zpp+-+pvLp0 28...¦xd4 29.¥xg6
9-snp+-+l+0 29.¢xf2 ¦xe4-+; 29.¦xc4 ¦xc4 30.¢xf2 ¦xe4-+
9+-wq-+-+-0 29...¦f6 30.¥xh7 b5
Also good was, for example, computer's move
9-+P+p+-+0 30...¦df4!
9zPQ+-tR-zPP0 31.£c3 ¦dd6
9-+-trPzPL+0 A Convincing victory by Jeroen Piket.
9+-+-+RmK-0 0-1
xiiiiiiiiy Solution to Quiz Today: 22...¤c2! 22...¥xd1? 23.£xa3±
White's Bishops are quite useless, while the 23.¦d2 ¥b5! 24.£xd6 £xd6 25.¦xd6 ¤xe3 26.¦xe6
"bad" Bishop on g6 is rather strong. ¦xf4 27.c4 ¢f7 0-1
23.£c3?
Complications will be in Black's favour. Better Recommended Web sites:
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XIIIIIIIIY www.infoxadrez.com/
9-+k+r+-+0 maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
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9-+p+-+l+0 http://www.abudhabichess.com/
9+-wq-+-+-0
9-+n+p+-+0 Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or
9zP-wQ-tR-zPP0 have a suggestion concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
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(28.¢xg2 ¤xe3+-+) 28...£h5 29.g4 ¦xg4-+
27.¥xe4?!
It looks like White can get to an endgame − worse, Editors:
but at least an endgame with chances for defence: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM
Vladimir Barsky.
27.¥h6!? ¤xe3 28.¦xc5 ¦d1+ 29.£xd1 ¤xd1
Technical editors:
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XIIIIIIIIY and protected intellectual property under the International
9-+ktr-+-+0 Copyright convention. Any unauthorized reproduction, via
9zpp+-+pvLp0 print, electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly
9-+p+-+l+0
9+-wq-+-+-0
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9zP-+-tR-zPP0
9-+-+Ptr-+0
9wQ-tR-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
27...¦xf2!
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CT-299, 2nd September 2001
Ptacnikova ½:½ Gunnarsson – Thorfinnsson 1:0

Zagrebelny increases lead Vidarsson – Thorhallsson 0:1 Thorfinsson –
Gunnarsson ½:½ Bjornsson – Stefansson 0:1
U zbekistanian GM Sergei Zagrebelny

strengthened his lead after a new victory
in the 6th Round of the AbuDhabi Open.
Now he is a point and a half (!) ahead of his nearest
Editorial Note: By GM Alex Baburin:
I hope that over weekends people
have more time for chess, so I would
rivals. Some results of the 6th Round: Zagrebelny – like to cover various points today.
Bagirov 1:0 Kotsur - S. Gouliev ½:½ Arkhipov – Let's start with our August CT
Vladimirov ½:½ Gleizerov – Prasad 1:0 Top Lottery. Every month we give away
boards for the 7th Round: (4) Safin – Zagrebelny one quality book as a prize, so some lucky CT
(5½) (4) Bagirov – Kotsur (4) (4) Vladimirov – subscriber gets even more than he paid for! :-) In
Dizdar (4) (4) S. Gouliev – Gleizerov (4) (3½) August it was Ian Jordan, who will
Magerramov – Arkhipov (4) Also receive a copy of 'Russians vs.
see our annotated game section.
Quiz Today:
Anisimov − Deva Fischer'. In September the prize
31.08.2001 will be my book 'Winning Pawn
♦ The European Youth Chess XIIIIIIIIY Structures'.
Championships started in 9-trl+-+k+0
9+nwq-vlrzpp0
Chalkidiki, Greece. There are 10 9pzp-+p+-+0 While CT readership goes up
events: boys under 10 (B10), girls 9+-+p+PzP-0 steadily, we would naturally love
under 10 (G10), B12, G12, B14, 9PzP-+L+-+0 to see it grow faster. I believe that
G14, B16, G16, B18, G18, all are 9+-sN-vL-+-0
9-+PwQ-+-zP0 there are many people on the Net,
9-rounds Swiss system. Because 9tR-+-+RmK-0 who wouldn't mind paying for a
this information interests mainly xiiiiiiiiy quality chess publication. So, the
parents of young prodigies we’ll White to play and win main challenge remains how to
tell you about elder groups mainly. reach our audience. We've been
In B18 Elo-favourite is IM Dmitri trying various ideas, like
Yakovenko (Russia). Also there will be FIDE advertising CT on the Net and making alliances
congress during this event (4-10 September). with traditional publications. But one of the best
ways is recommendation from our readers. Thus, I
♦ The Austrian championships took place in would like to ask all our readers to help us by
Mureck (5-19th August, round-robin, cat. V, 2370, sending today's and tomorrow's CT issues to all
16 participants). Siegfried your chess friends. They
Baumegger shared first place with probably won't mind reading it,
Nikolaus Stanec and won the title while this will allow us to reach a
on tie-break. In the women's event wider audience. Let's give it a
Helene Mira was the clear winner. try! And to see that we do
Final Standings: 1-2. Baumegger, everything we can to promote CT
Stanec – 10 points out of 15 3-4. ourselves, just look at the picture
Volkmann, Neubauer – 9 5-8. of me and my son Ivan delivering
Sommerbauer, Lendwai, Wach, print-outs of our paper to distant
Weiss – 8 ½ etc. Women’s event. settlements in Turkey this
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Sommer, Hapala – 7 etc. Our attached as jpg.
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My own profile. A while ago I received the
♦ The Icelandic Chess Championships started in following e-mail from one of our readers:
Strandgotu, Hafnarfirdi (round-robin system, 10 "Dear Alex, You wrote that Yahoo asked for your
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name of your dog! Well... What *is* your age, the analysis at the click of a key so that you can
favourite food, sexual orientation and the name of review it later if you want. Paul Hoffman, USA"
your dog? And while we're at it, what make of car
do you drive, what is your favourite beer, and "In the beginning, I was sceptical about taking
which team do you cheer for in football? Still chess lessons since I have always tried to study
enjoying Chess Today... Thanks, Dennis Sustare" chess on my own. But I found myself stagnating at
a certain level of understanding without the ability
I don't mind revealing a bit more about myself to break through. Then some of my friends who
other than the mere fact that I play the QGA and were master level players had indicated that
Alekhine Defence with Black, so no problem here:- lessons were very helpful even at the master level.
I am 34 years old, 192 cm (6 feet, 4 inches) tall and I knew about GM Baburin through his articles and
have 2 kids (I guess this makes me pretty straight!) his book "Winning Pawn Structures" [which
- Ivan (11) and Anastasia (6). I like Russian, incidentally you MUST purchase through him
Indian, Italian and Chinese food - in no particular instead of other channels]. Since I liked the way he
order. I have no dog, but I love big dogs and also wrote and his enthusiasm about the game, I
cats (but NOT with long fur!). I drive 1993 Opel decided to take lessons from him.
Astra - medium sized German car, while still Now, having had several lessons with GM
waiting for my BMW. :-) I like Carlsberg and Baburin, I can tell you first hand that I have begun
Heineken. Last year I tried fantastic Pilsener, while to see the game differently. I also feel that I am
in Slovakia. Also, Russian beer is not bad beginning to have a better understanding of the
nowadays. Despite living in Ireland, I can't stand subtle nuances of chess. Together we have
Guinness, although I quite like Kilkenny beer. I addressed many bad chess habits and ineffective
don't follow football much, only when the World patterns of reasoning that I often engaged in as a
Cup is on. Then I tend to support the French or player. These are things which I would not have
Italians. found on my own as one tends to "miss the forest
for the trees" [my apologies to Kotov, :-)] and I
If interested, you can read more about me at was trying to fix my chess game by focusing on
www.gmsquare.com/Baburin/profile.htm I will irrelevant things. Unfortunately, we are often not
gladly answer more questions here, so feel free to our own best coach or critic. This is exactly the
contact me at ababurin@iol.ie - let's have a blitz area where you will need someone such as GM
interview! One thing I do as chess professional is Baburin. As a professional musician, I can tell you
coaching. I am interested to have more students, so that endeavours such as music or chess can be
I asked 2 of my existing students, whom I teach greatly enhanced with the proper coaching. GM
over the phone, to share their experiences. Here is Baburin is not just a Grandmaster, but also a great
what they had to say: teacher who genuinely loves to teach. This is
evident in his attitude and approach during our
"Given that I don't live in an urban centre (the lessons. I honestly feel that he treats each of his
nearest GM is two and a half hours away), over- pupils in an individual way and does not merely
the-phone lessons were my only sensible option. I regurgitate the same lesson over and over again to
hooked up with Alexander Baburin because I different people. His approach makes the hard
found his book Winning Pawn Structures work enjoyable. [Sorry, there is no short cut -- it's
exceptionally clear. I'm happy that his all hard work]. Naturally, my ratings have also
explanations over the phone are equally as clear. improved. I highly recommend him as a teacher of
And working with him is much better than reading all levels. I am not alone in this, as I know of at
a book because it's less passive. I'm forced to think least one prominent Grandmaster who has him as a
more during a lesson, and that's helped my game. coach. Our lessons have been conducted over the
The first couple of times I found it strange because telephone as I only have one phone line and am
we had never met face to face. But now I think unable to be on the internet simultaneously. This
nothing of it, and I find it very comfortable. And has not been a hindrance to me as software such as
using ICC to go over games does have an ChessBase or BookUp may be used to take notes,
advantage over face-to-face lessons; you can save etc. Finally I would like to say "thank you, Alex".
Sincerely, Tony Makarome, USA."
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I think that in the future taking chess lessons in Elo−points. Maybe the AbuDhabi event has
general and taking them over the phone/Net in returned his self−confidence?!
particular, will become much more popular. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤d2 ¤f6 4.e5 ¤fd7 5.f4
Indeed, people hire a trainer when they do sports or An alternative is 5.¥d3
5...c5 6.c3 ¤c6 7.¤df3
work with a teacher when they learn music. It XIIIIIIIIY
should not be any different with chess - a good 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
coach can help you a lot. My current rate is $50 an 9zpp+n+pzpp0
hour. If the student has a second line, we can go on 9-+n+p+-+0
9+-zppzP-+-0
ICC and look at the board there, which helps. But 9-+-zP-zP-+0
just talking over the phone is effective too. I see 9+-zP-+N+-0
my goal in advising my students on what they 9PzP-+-+PzP0
should study and how they should work on their 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
game, rather then in teaching them a particular line Sergei Zagrebelny has played this very sharp
in the Sicilian. If you are interested, please e-mail line for many years. White has more space but
me at ababurin@iol.ie for more details. Calls to loses time in development. Black has to play very
Ireland are pretty cheap from many countries - energetically and attack his opponent's pawn
under $5 an hour. centre as soon as possible.
7...£b6 8.h4 h5
This week I added a lot of new stuff to my online Earlier in a couple of games Bagirov played
shop at www.gmsquare.com. At the moment I 8...cxd4. For example, two years ago also in
offer mostly Gambit books, but other publishers, AbuDhabi these players played the following way:
such as Everyman, NiC and Batsford will be 8...cxd4 9.cxd4 ¥b4+ 10.¢f2 f6 11.¥e3 0-0
represented soon as well. I hope to turn my shop (11...¥e7 12.£d2 a5 13.a4 0-0 14.¤e2 £b4
15.£xb4 ¤xb4 16.¤c3 ¤b6 17.b3 ¥d7 18.¦c1
into one of the best online chess shops in the near
¦ac8 19.¥e2 f5 Zagrebelny − Williams, Hastings
future. Every time you buy something, you gain 2000. 20.h5 ; 11...fxe5 12.fxe5 0-0 13.¥d3 ¤xd4
points, which you can use for future purchases. In 14.¤e2 ¤xe5 15.¥xd4 ¤g4+ 16.¢g3 £d6+
addition to that, I am offering a special discount 17.¢xg4 e5+ 18.¢g3 exd4+ 19.¢f2 ¥g4 Saltaev −
for CT readers - buy something from my shop M. Gurevich, France 2001. Interesting, that
before 9th September, quote your e-mail address to Uzbekistani GM Mikhail Saltaev also played in
which you receive CT, and you will get your goods Manila-1992.) 12.¦c1 fxe5 13.fxe5 ¥e7 14.£d2
10% cheaper! We have a secure server for CC ¤dxe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.¥g5 ¥b4 17.£d3 ¤xe5
payments, accept cheques and dispatch orders 18.£e4 ¥d6 Zagrebelny − R. Bagirov, AbuDhabi
within 2 working days, mostly via airmail - please 1999. In the end Black won.
pay the shop a visit and see for yourself! 9.¤e2 ¥e7
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+k+-tr0
¤¤¤ 9zpp+nvlpzp-0
9-wqn+p+-+0
Annotated Game 9+-zppzP-+p0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9-+-zP-zP-zP0
S Zagrebelny (2466) − R Bagirov (2458) 9+-zP-+N+-0
Masters Tournament Abu Dhabi (6.9), 31.08.2001 C05 9PzP-+N+P+0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Ten years ago the USSR was broken up, and in xiiiiiiiiy
the Manila Chess Olympiad 1992 there were 15 10.f5!?
new teams. Russia took first place and very It looks like a novelty (though this idea is typical
unexpectedly Uzbekistan gained silver. The leader for such a pawn structure).
of that team, Grigori Serper, is living in the U.S.A. 10...cxd4
now, second board Alexander Nenashev is now 10...exf5 11.¤f4 and White wins the d5 pawn.
German Graf, coach Sergei Pinchuk is a Russian 11.fxe6 ¤dxe5!?
citizen... GM Sergei Zagrebelny played then on the 11...fxe6 12.cxd4 with an edge for White.
3rd or 4th board, and played quite successfully. 12.¤xe5 ¤xe5 13.exf7+ ¤xf7 14.¤xd4 0-0!?
For many years chess professionals knew him as 15.£xh5!
a strong GM, but somehow Sergei has lost a lot of

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9r+l+-trk+0 9r+-+-+-+0
9zpp+l+-+-0
9zpp+-vlnzp-0 9-+-+-+L+0
9-wq-+-+-+0 9+-+pmk-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+p+-+Q0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9PzP-+-+P+0
9-+-sN-+-zP0 9+-mKR+-+-0
9+-zP-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
White has good chances for a win but his task
9PzP-+-+P+0 isn't very simple: to my mind rooks and bishops
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 are the most "drawing" pieces.
xiiiiiiiiy 31...¦f8
31...¦g8? 32.¥f7+−; 31...¦h8!? and after
Very brave but at first sight − right. White not
32.¦e1+ King can go forward: 32...¢f4
only wins a pawn but also prepares a long
32.¦e1+ ¢d6
castling.
32...¢f4?? 33.¦f1+
15...¥f6 16.¥d3 ¦e8+ 17.¤e2 ¥d7
33.¥h5 ¦f2 34.¥f3
Black has to complete his development too.
18.¥g5!? XIIIIIIIIY
Firstly the computer suggests winning a second 9-+-+-+-+0
pawn − 18.¥g6 ¦e7 19.£h7+ ¢f8 20.¥xf7? ¢xf7
21.£h5+ ¢g8 22.£xd5+ , but it's too dangerous 9zpp+l+-+-0
for a human! On the contrary, White is ready to 9-+-mk-+-+0
return a pawn.
18...¦e5
9+-+p+-+-0
18...£xb2 19.0-0 with strong attack.(19.¥xf6!? 9-+-+-+-+0
£xa1+ 20.¢f2 ¦xe2+ 21.¥xe2 £b2 22.¥d4 ¦e8) 9+-zP-+L+-0
19.£h7+ ¢f8 20.0-0-0
Why not 20.¥xf6 gxf6 21.0-0-0 f. e.: 21...¥f5!? 9PzP-+-trP+0
22.¥xf5 ¦xe2 23.¥c2 9+-mK-tR-+-0
20...¥xg5+ 21.hxg5 £e3+ 22.¢b1 £xg5 23.¦hf1
Now White has more or less consolidated his
9r+-+-mk-+0 position: bishop defends it's own pawn and attacks
9zpp+l+nzpQ0 the opponents, the King is going to go to the
9-+-+-+-+0 centre (after Re1-e2).
9+-+ptr-wq-0 34...¥f5 35.¦e2 ¦f1+ 36.¢d2 b6 37.a3 a5 38.¢e3
9-+-+-+-+0 ¢e5 39.¦d2
9+-zPL+-+-0 Step by step White improves his position.
9PzP-+N+P+0 39...¥e4
9+K+R+R+-0 After 39...¥e6? 40.¦d1!? bishop's ending has to
xiiiiiiiiy be winning.
With material equality White's has a strong 40.¥xe4 dxe4
XIIIIIIIIY
initiative, because his opponent's King is very 9-+-+-+-+0
weak. 9+-+-+-+-0
23...¢e7 24.¤f4 ¤h8 9-zp-+-+-+0
What a sad decision! 9zp-+-mk-+-0
25.¤g6+ 9-+-+p+-+0
Very tempting was an attempt to open more 9zP-zP-mK-+-0
9-zP-tR-+P+0
lines: 25.c4!? But Sergrei decided to win a pawn 9+-+-+r+-0
once more and enter an endgame. xiiiiiiiiy
25...¤xg6 26.£xg7+ ¢d6 27.¦f6+ ¦e6 28.¦xg6 41.c4
¦xg6 29.£xg6+ £xg6 30.¥xg6 ¢e5 White has to drive black's King away from the e4
30...¦g8?! 31.¥e4 pawn.
31.¢c1 41...¦e1+ 42.¢f2 ¦c1 43.¦d5+ ¢f4 44.g3+ ¢g4

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45.¦b5 ¦xc4 46.¦xb6 ¦c1 47.¦b5 ¦d1 48.¦xa5 Recommended Web sites:
¦d2+ 49.¢e3 ¦xb2 50.¢xe4 ¢xg3 51.a4 www.greekchess.com/pagosmio/
XIIIIIIIIY www.chess.gr/kavala/index.html
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 www.execulink.com/~binkie/closed2001/
9-+-+-+-+0 www.infoxadrez.com/
9tR-+-+-+-0 maskeret.com/bratto/2001.shtml
9P+-+K+-+0 http://www.eksakt.nl/
9+-+-+-mk-0
9-tr-+-+-+0 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
9+-+-+-+-0 http://www.abudhabichess.com/
xiiiiiiiiy
This position is winning because the g3 King is Contact information. Do you want to report a
too far from the a4 pawn. tournament or have a suggestion concerning Chess
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draw. The White King has to have a refuge vs.
rook's checks on a7.)
56...¦a1 57.¢c6 ¢g7 58.¢b7 ¦b1+ 59.¢a7
9R+-+-+-+0
9mK-+-+-mk-0
9P+-+-+-+0 I only lost because …
9+-+-+-+-0 By GKB
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+r+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Here it is.
59...¢f7 60.¦b8
All this is theory but it's useful to repeat it once
more!
60...¦d1 61.¦b6 ¢e7 62.¢b7 ¦d7+ 63.¢c6 ¦d6+
64.¢c5 ¦d1 65.a7 ¦a1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9zP-+-mk-+-0 Chess Today is published by:
9-tR-+-+-+0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin,
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xiiiiiiiiy Vladimir Barsky.
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Solution to Quiz Today: 25.¤xd5! exd5 26.¥xd5 print, electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly
¢f8 Only move in view of threat g5−g6. 27.¥xf7 ¢xf7 prohibited without express written permission.
28.£d5+ ¢f8 29.f6 Also good was 29.g6 29...¤d8
29...gxf6 30.gxf6 ¥d6 31.¥h6+ ¢e8 32.f7++− 30.fxe7+
¢xe7 31.¥f4 1-0
CT-299 Page 5 of 5
CT-300, 3 September 2001
not big , this tournament is a

Zagrebelny maintains Chess Today very prestigious tournament.
lead in AbuDhabi Celebrates its'
Mikhail Tal had a huge
collection of Moscow Lighting
th samovars. This prize was also
300 Issue!
A
s reported in yesterday's CT, won by Tigran Petrosian, David
Sergei Zagrebelny is still a Bronstein, and Yury Averbah
point and a half ahead of his nearest rivals. (this time he was the main arbiter). 8-time winner
After drawing in the 7th Round of the AbuDhabi of the samovar, 68-years old Evgeni Vasiukov,
Open he has 6 points. 11 (!) players have 4½. Some was also among the participants.
results of the 7th Round: Safin – Zagrebelny
½:½, Bagirov – Kotsur ½:½ Vladimirov – The Russian Olympic team was prepared
Dizdar ½:½, S. Gouliev – Gleizerov ½:½ for it’s match vs. China in Moscow
Magerramov – Arkhipov 1:0. Top boards region last week, and the members from
for the 8th Round: (6) Zagrebelny – Kotsur another town (St-Petersburg - Sergei
(4½); (4½) Bagirov – Magerramov (4½); Rublevski – Kazan, and Peter Svidler
(4½) Dizdar – S. Gouliev (4½), (4½) also were invited. In total there were 20
Barsov – Gleizerov (4½), (4½) Ulibin – participants in this round-robin system
Safin (4½), (4½) Mherramzade – event).
Vladimirov (4½)
Sergei Rublevsky, Sergei Rublevsky lead almost the
picture from whole tournament and his win was
At the European Youth Chess www.kasparovchess highly deserved. Alexander
Championships in Chalkidiki, Greece, tow Morozevich in the 3-5 rounds lost 3
rounds have been played. we are now publishing games in a row, but managed to rebound and was
lists of leaders in the groups under 18 and 16 (all of in the chase as well. In the last round, the game
them have 2 points out of 2). Rublevski – Morozevich ended in a draw. Sergei, a
B18: 1-8. Izoria, Dziuba, Khismatullin, Werle, half-point up going into the final, needing only the
Gashimov, T. Kosintseva, Popovic, Zawadzki half and thus became the winner. I asked him and
B16: 1-9. Inarkiev, Bartel, Antal, Novikov, Palo, also Alexander Morozevich and Vadim
Erwich, Porat, Pakleza, Sitnikov Zviagintsev to show us their most interesting
G18: 1-8. Charkhalashvili, Stiri, Kolganova, episodes of the struggle – see our annotated game
Makka, Rutherford, Raeva, Tidman, Van Weersel section and tactical quiz.
G16: 1-7. Guseva, Vasilevich, Motoc, Muhren,
Kineva, Papadopoulou, Koursova Final standings: 1. Sergei Rublevsky – 14 points
out of 19, 2-3. Svidler, Morozevich – 13½, 4-5.
The Icelandic Chess Championships, results of the Korotylev, Zviagintsev – 12½, 6. Dreev – 11½, 7-
2nd Round: Gunnarsson – Bjornsson ½:½; 8. Bareev, Grischuk – 11, 9. Lastin – 10, 10-12.
Ptacnikova – Stefansson ½:½ ,Kristjansson – Dvalishvili, Riazantsev, Rychagov – 9½ etc.
Gunnarsson 1:0,Thorfinnsson – Vidarsson 1:0
Thorhallsson – Thorfinnsson ½:½. Standings after
the 2nd Round: 1-4. Gunnarsson, Kristjansson,
Thorhallsson, Stefansson – 1½ points out of 2
Sunday, (2 September) was a holiday in Moscow. Editorial Note:
It was called “A day of city”. There were many by GM Alex Baburin
holiday events, and one of them was the Moscow
Chess Lighting Championships, organised by the
newspaper Vechernjaja Moskva (Evening
Moscow) with a traditional main prize – the
Russian samovar. Though the money prizes were
T oday I would like to talk a bit about chess
politics. I am sure that in the next few months
we will see some struggle between FIDE and Brain
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CT-300 Page 1 of 5
Games over what World Championship cycle is
more legitimate. I think that it was not a mere At this moment this 'crafty' Romanian player
coincidence that FIDE chose Moscow as the venue enjoys the 46th position in World's rating list, just
for its World Championships, when a tournament above GMs Mikhail Gurevich and Arthur
with Kramnik, Kasparov and Karpov was Yusupov! One would be concerned about a sharp
scheduled there as well. It looks like Kirsan drop in his rating after the Vidmar Memorial, but
Illyumzhino don't worry - the guy bounced back with two 'fine'
Quiz Today v wants to victories in tournaments in Yugoslavia. Both of
1. Morozevich − Ivanenko shadow that them looked very suspicious (see IM Vladimir
Moscow Lighting, 02.09.2001
XIIIIIIIIY event - Barsky's material in CT-295). In one of them he
9-+-+-+-+0 something showed demonstrated a 2846-performace - is this
9+-+-tRpmk-0 like his not amazing for a guy who does not know even
9p+-+-trpzp0 deputy in elementary endings?!
9zPlsNp+-+-0 FIDE
9-+-tr-+P+0 Commerce The problem
9+-+-+R+P0 2. Zvjagintsev − Dreev
Mr. Tarasov Moscow Lighting, 02.09.2001 is very serious
9-+-+-zPK+0
9+-+-+-+-0 threatened XIIIIIIIIY - it is quite
xiiiiiiiiy to do with 9-trltr-+k+0 possible soon
tournaments 9zp-+-+pzpp0 that people like
White to play and win 9-+LsNp+n+0
in Wijk aan Crisan will
9+Pvl-vL-+-0
Zee, Dortmund and Linares. Personally, I hope that 9-+-+-+P+0 bring their
some agreement will be made, but I doubt that this 9+PtR-+-+-0 ratings even
is possible with the current management of FIDE. 9P+-+-+-zP0 higher,
Despite its slogan, it has not been too responsive to 9+K+R+-+-0 automatically
various calls from the chess community, xiiiiiiiiy gaining places
particularly from the professional one. Black to play in World FIDE
Championships
One obvious area, where FIDE could do something . Then they will be getting money (OK, they
constructive, is sorting out a mess with ratings and probably have expenses when 'earning' their
titles. We all know about the 'great' players from ratings), depriving some deserving players a
Burma and also about Grandmaster' Alexandru chance to make a better living. Alas, the fact that
Crisan of Romania. The latter scored ½ point out FIDE did not take a hard stance against such abuse,
of 9 (!!) in the recent Vidmar Memorial, losing the has already tempted more people into inflating
following position along the way: their ratings. For example, I recently received '64-
Chess review' No.7 of 2001. There I read an
G. Mohr (2484) - A. Crisan (2635), Portoroz 2001 interesting article by IM Igor Yagupov, who
XIIIIIIIIY described how a local businessmen in his native
9-+-+-+-+0 Tula (city about 120 km from Moscow; GM Kotov
9+-+-+-+-0 was from there) last year decided first to get and
9-+-+rmk-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 then to raise his Elo. That guy - Mr. Vladimir
9-+-+-+-+0 Afromeev - has been so successful in his fraud, that
9+-+-tRP+-0 he now has an international rating of 2520! I call it
9-+-+K+-+0 a fraud, because many know that the some of the
9+-+-+-+-0 tournaments, which he 'organised' never took
xiiiiiiiiy place, while in some others certain players threw
Correction: the black Rook is on e5 --- RPM points at Mr. Afromeev. Now he is an FIDE
Here 57...¦xe3+ 58.¢xe3 ¢e5 is an easy draw, Master and I bet that soon he will become
but of course after 57... ¦a5 Black has no problems Grandmaster. God, help our game! Sorry, I meant
either. Surely, GM with 2635 Elo should be able to Kirsan! :-)
hold such positions?! Yet, Crisan failed to do so
and lost 38 moves later. I just wonder how many By the way, at some point Mr. Afromeev decided
1300 players will lose this ending... that his personal driver should have Elo rating too
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CT-300 Page 2 of 5
(who wants un-rated drivers nowadays?!). Now This is a great letter to receive and I completely
that guy has a rating in excess of 2440. Mr. agree with Mr. Wen that we should cover the
Afromeev is even claimed to have said that if he professional chess world better - most chess fans
wanted, his cat would get a rating like that too! don't know many GMs, which makes it less
Now, that's something for FIDE to look at, if you interesting to follow tournaments. Personally, I
ask me! Alas, as Yagupov's article indicates, the believe that this is one of the main problems with
Russian Chess Federation is not going to do modern chess. I also agree that communication
anything and I doubt that FIDE will do much with our readers should be more regular and
either. Yet, this problem can be deal with - for meeting online is an exciting idea - I will
example by establishing a FIDE commission, investigate it. Meanwhile, how about meeting
which would examine all suspicious tournaments, online for a chat next Saturday (8th September),
demand score-sheets and warn people, who took say at 18-00 London time? Yahoo has chat
part in them. facilities for CT members - check this out at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChessToday/chat.
I often receive feedback from our readers and If you are interested, please e-mail me at:
today I would like to quote a recent message from ababurin@iol.ie. Perhaps Ruslan, Graham and
one of our reader in Canada: Ralph will be able to take part in the chat too. Also,
please keep on sending your suggestions - we
"Dear friends at CT, I am taking this opportunity to listen to you! And don't forget to send your
offer a few comments. First of all, congratulations questions for Trainer's Corner!
on a fine newsletter, with its many enjoyable
features, including the tactical quizzes and the Finally, a few technical issues:
special training articles. I have become a dedicated 1) When you want to change the address to which
CT follower, having renewed for a third time, the you receive CT, please do it yourself at the CT
latest for a full year. I sometimes think that the group at Yahoo - we simply have no authority to
daily list of results would be more interesting if I change that address for you! If for whatever reason
knew more about some of the players. One way you fail to change the address, please request to
that this might be done is to provide occasional join the CT list with a different address, e-mail me
player profiles at ababurin@iol.ie, providing your current address
prior or during an event. For example, there may to which you get CT. Then I will approve your
be an open tournament with a dozen not so well request, simultaneously deleting your first address
known grandmasters and others. You might amuse from the list.
readers with some speculations as to who might 2) Please note that we cannot allow receiving CT to
win the next day's encounters, or you might include multiple e-mail addresses - it would be a logistic
some background information on one of the nightmare otherwise!
players, whose game you want to show. The more 3) If you need to access our archives, but do not
personal your descriptions, the better. remember your Yahoo ID and password, you
One possibility you might contemplate for the should be able to retrieve those at the Yahoo
future is to use an Internet chess site to meet your groups, if you use the e-mail address, which you
audience online (for an additional fee). I think that used originally with the list - Yahoo should send
Coffee Break chess and CT have likely created a password to that address.
captive audience that might be willing to pay for
online chess sessions. You might arrange this with ¤¤¤
an existing online chess site so as to avoid software Annotated Game
development costs. Kind of like "going to the CT Rublevsky − Arbakov
chess club" say weekly for a few hours. You could Moscow Lighting, 02.09.2001 B51
analyze, lecture, play blitz, or arrange for little Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
tournaments among CT readers. Anyway, these are 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 d6 4.¥xc6+ bxc6
"brainstorming" thoughts. Best wishes, and keep (D)
up the great work at CT! Jean-Francois Wen,
Calgary"
CT-300 Page 3 of 5
XIIIIIIIIY 18.¦ad1 ¥f6 (D)
9r+lwqkvlntr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+-zppzpp0 9r+-+r+k+0
9-+pzp-+-+0 9+-+n+pzpp0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9-wqp+lvl-+0
9-+-+P+-+0 9zp-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+N+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 9+NsN-+QvL-0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+RtR-mK-0
Sergei Rublevsky likes this, at first sight xiiiiiiiiy
modest, but rather poisonous variation. 18...a4? 19.¤d4±
5.0-0 e5 6.c3 ¤f6 7.¦e1 ¥e7 8.d4 cxd4 19.¤e4!
9.cxd4 exd4 10.¤xd4 ¥d7 11.¤c3 (D) Forward!
XIIIIIIIIY 19...¥xb2!?
9r+-wqk+-tr0 19...a4!?
9zp-+lvlpzpp0 20.¦b1 ¥e5?!
9-+pzp-sn-+0 Fritz suggests two alternatives: 20...a4
9+-+-+-+-0 21.¦xb2 axb3 22.axb3 ¥d5³; or 20...¥d5!?
9-+-sNP+-+0 21.¦xb2 £b4! 22.¦be2 ¥xe4 23.¦xe4??
9+-sN-+-+-0 £xe1+! I think the second is too difficult to find
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 in blitz.
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 21.¤bc5 £d8 22.¥xe5 ¤xe5 23.£g3 ¥xa2!?
xiiiiiiiiy Valentin Arbakov is extremely experienced
Moscow blitz player and he knows very well
This is a typical position for this line: White one of the main blitz rules: first of all take all
has more space. All of his pieces have good that you can − here pawns run to queening
squares, while Black's bishops are quite very fast!
passive. They have to defend the weak pawns 24.¦bd1 ¥d5? (D
on c6 and d6. XIIIIIIIIY
11...0-0 12.¥f4 ¦e8 13.£f3 £b6 14.¤b3 ¥e6 9r+-wqr+k+0
(D) 9+-+-+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+p+-+-+0
9r+-+r+k+0 9zp-sNlsn-+-0
9zp-+-vlpzpp0 9-+-+N+-+0
9-wqpzplsn-+0 9+-+-+-wQ-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-zPPzP0
9-+-+PvL-+0 9+-+RtR-mK-0
9+NsN-+Q+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 This very natural move turns out to be a
9tR-+-tR-mK-0 mistake.
xiiiiiiiiy 25.¤b7! £e7 26.¤ed6!
It appears at first sight Black has recognised What brave knights! But Fritz doesn't sleep,
his opening problems, but don't forget this is it suggests
blitz, where the main thing is a 'fantasy eel' for 26...¦eb8?
victory! 26...¤f3+! 27.gxf3 £xe1+ 28.¦xe1 ¦xe1+
15.e5!? dxe5 16.¥xe5 ¤d7 29.¢g2 a4 and, like I said, pawns run very
16...¥xb3 17.axb3 £xb3 18.£xc6² fast. But Black missed this chance.
17.¥g3 a5?! 27.¦xe5 £d7 28.¤c5! (D)
Black had a good opportunity here −
17...¥xb3 18.axb3 ¤c5³
CT-300 Page 4 of 5
XIIIIIIIIY an escape. 5.c7 ¦f8 6.¦b8 1-0.
9rtr-+-+k+0
9+-+q+pzpp0 Recommended Web sites:
9-+psN-+-+0 http://www.skak.is/si/sthi2001.htm
9zp-sNltR-+-0 http://www.chess.at/
http://www.sportmeeting.org/chessen.htm
9-+-+-+-+0 www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
9+-+-+-wQ-0 http://www.abudhabichess.com/
9-+-+-zPPzP0
9+-+R+-mK-0 Contact information. Do you want to report a tournament or
xiiiiiiiiy have a suggestion concerning Chess Today? E-mail us at
Now White is winning. The remainder isn't ct@gmsquare.com. We always appreciate your comments
very interesting but Sergei was very proud that and feedback!
he remembered his game till the end. Please tell your chess friends about Chess Today. Feel free
28...£c7 to send them our newspaper to sample – with more readers
28...£xd6? 29.¦e8++− the price will go down, while the quality will go up!
29.¤f5 g6 30.¦e8+ ¦xe8 31.£xc7 gxf5
32.£g3+ ¢h8 33.£c3+ ¢g8 34.¤d7 ¦ed8 NEW CHESS TODAY READERS…!
35.¤f6+ ¢f8 36.¤xh7+ ¢g8 37.¤f6+ ¢f8 by GKB
38.£g3 ¢e7 39.£e5+ ¢f8 40.h4 a4 41.h5 a3
42.h6 a2 43.¤h7+ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-tr-mk-+0
9+-+-+p+N0
9-+p+-+-zP0
9+-+lwQp+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9p+-+-zPP+0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
1-0.
Solutions to Quiz Today:
1.¤e6+! ¦xe6 2.¦exf7+ ¢g8 3.¦f8+ 1-0.

2. Here Alexei Dreev, who played the first half Ireland.
of the game very energetically, decided to win Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
a piece. 1...¥b4 2.¦c4 ¤xe5 3.¦xb4 ¤xc6 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
4.bxc6! An now all of a sudden he realises E-mail: ct@gmsquare.com
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4...¦xb4 5.c7 ¦d7 (5...¦f8 6.¤xc8 ¦xc8 Editors:
7.¦d8++−) 6.¤xc8! ¦xd1+ A) The following GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM
variations shows why not on c2: 7.¢c2?! ¦bd4 Vladimir Barsky.
8.¤e7+ ¢f8 9.¤c6? (9.c8£+ ¢xe7
10.£c5+±) 9...¦4d2+ 10.¢c3 ¦c1+ 11.¢xd2 Technical editors:
¦xc6-+; B) 7.¢b2!! A fantastic position: even
two rooks are not able stop the pawn on c7: Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander Baburin ©
7...¦bd4 (7...¦dd4 8.¤e7+ ¢f8 9.¤c6!+−; and protected intellectual property under the International
7...¦d7 8.¤e7+ ¢f8 9.c8£+ ¢xe7 10.£c5++− Copyright convention. Any unauthorised reproduction, via
; 7...¦xg4!? (maybe this provides the most
resistance.) 8.¤e7+ ¢f8 9.¤c6 ¦g2+ 10.¢a3
g5 11.c8£+ ¢g7±) 8.¤e7+ ¢f8 9.¤c6 ¦4d2+
10.¢a3!+− now the King has the a3 square for
CT-300 Page 5 of 5
CT-316, 19th September 2001
Quiz Today: months in this country and visited

Ukrainian XIIIIIIIIY the Ukraine especially to participate
9r+-wqk+-tr0
Championship 9zppzp-vl-zpp0 in the strongest Ukrainian
9-+-+-+-+0 Championship ever.
Report 9+-+-+p+-0
9-+Lsnn+-+0 Ahead of 16 grandmasters, second
9+-sN-+Q+-0
D
ear CT readers, the name 9PzP-+-zPPzP0 and third places were shared by IM's
of the your new reporter is 9tR-vL-tR-mK-0 Vladislav Borovikov and Andrey
Mikhail Golubev. Maybe xiiiiiiiiy Volokitin. After a quick draw in the
some of you know me as a chess White to play and Win last round both scored a final GM
grandmaster, internet activist or as norm. What about Vladislav? I'm
author of the opening book that was not quite sure if he is really happy
published in England two years ago. with his achievement: at 2593 he was the ELO
favourite in Ordzhonikidze, and he is probably one
I'll start my CT contributions with an overview of of the highest rated IM's in the world these days.
the Ukrainian Chess Championship (in which I Borovikov did not have one worse position in the
played) which took place tournament, something that I can hardly say about
from September 8-16. other participants. Andrey Volokitin, the youngest
player, scored his third GM norm in a row. The
It was already the 10th previous two events were the European
championship since Ukraine Championship in Ohrid and a strong robin
obtained its independence in tournament in Portoroz. Before that, he played in
1991. This time the event the Lausanne Young Master tournament. It was a
was held in the small town knockout event and no chance for norm there, but
of Ordzhonikidze (Eastern he defeated none other than our compatriot Ruslan
Ukraine), and, thanks to the great efforts of the Ponomariov, number one in the "under-twenty"
main Championship sponsor, Open Joint-Stock world rating.
Company ORGOK, we had a strong and interesting
tournament. Out of 30 players, eight teenagers participated in
the tournament. Volokitin, Eljanov, Firman,
As you know from the Efimenko, Fedorchuk, Korobov, Areshchenko,
previous CT issue, it Maximov. They are all extremely talented players
was GM Aleksandar and everybody in the Ukraine knew that. However,
Berelovich (left) who, it was still good to organise such a chess meeting,
quite unexpectedly, took even just to confirm that 15-16 years old guys
clear first place. Un- already could compete with experienced
expectedly, but not grandmasters like Romanishin, Malaniuk, and so
undeservingly: Aleksandar is well known as a on.
dangerous fighter and this time he managed to
show all the strongest sides of his style and Within the format of this small overview I can
approach. In Ordzhonikidze he won four games - hardly say much about the players who are not so
and three of them in the different variations with an young, and, like myself, shared 9th-13th places.
isolated white pawn on d4. This is Alexander's Because my own score was slightly special, I can
favourite structure, and I only wonder what he say a few words. I lost games with Black in the
likes more: to play with White or with Black in rounds 3, 5, 7; made two draws, also with Black, in
these positions… Anyway, I can predict that the the rounds 1 and 9 and won all my games with
2.c3 Sicilian will became more popular in White in the rounds 2, 4, 6, 8. Quite crazy results,
Germany in the very near future, because the new and games too. One of them I have commented
Ukrainian Champion has lived already for some below…
This issue is prepared by GM Mikhail Golubev; technical editor – Graham Brown

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On September 11 we played our 4th round. The Annotated Game

news on TV arrived when all the players played Notes by GM Mikhail Golubev
their games. So, it was tournament arbiters who V Rogovski (2443) − M Golubev (2526)
were informed first. They told us what had Ukrainian Championship Ordzhonikidze (1), 08.0 9.2001 B76
happened in USA after we finished our games…
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3
g6
Ukrainian Chess Federation published a open letter The Dragon.
in the Ukrainian sport newspaper "Sportyvna 6.¥e3 ¥g7 7.f3 0-0 8.£d2 ¤c6 9.0-0-0 d5
Gazeta" to express our solidarity with the 10.¤xc6 bxc6 11.¥h6
American people. Perhaps, it would be naive to In the early 80s several strong grandmasters
think that the opinion of Ukrainan chess players including Jan Timman used this idea for White.
could help to anybody now. Nevertheless, it was The main line after 9...d5 is 10.exd5.
something everyone wanted to sign to show 11...¥xh6 12.£xh6 £b6!? 13.e5!
sympathy and support. Black should have sufficient resources after
13.exd5 ¦b8! (or 13...cxd5 14.¤xd5 ¤xd5 15.¦xd5
Finally, the latest available results of the two ¥e6 , Staeger−Ward, Metz 1995)
13...¤d7
important current events. More about them in the XIIIIIIIIY
forthcoming CT issues. 9r+l+-trk+0
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Europe-Asia Intercontinental Match 9-wqp+-+pwQ0
9+-+pzP-+-0
Round 3 (women) Ioseliani Xie Jun 1-0 9-+-+-+-+0
Kovalevskaja Xu Yuhua 0-1 Chiburdanidze Zhu 9+-sN-+P+-0
Chen 0-1 Gurieli Hoang 0-1 Round 4 (women) 9PzPP+-+PzP0
Xie Jun Ioseliani 1/2-1/2 Xu Yuhua Kovalevskaja 9+-mKR+L+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
1-0 Zhu Chen Chiburdanidze 0-1 Hoang Gurieli 1-
14.h4!
0 Round 3 (men) Sutovsky Kasimdzhanov 0-1 Of course, not 14.f4? £e3+ 15.¢b1 ¤xe5; or
Bacrot Ye 1/2-1/2 Azmaiparashvili Vladimirov 14.£f4? ¦b8 with possible continuation 15.b3 £c7
1/2-1/2 Van Wely Adianto 1-0 Kasparov Dao 1-0 16.¦e1 f6
Gurevich Rogers 1-0 Round 4 (men) 14...¤xe5!
Kasimdzhanov Sutovsky 1/2-1/2 Ye Bacrot 0-1 There is nothing else: 14...¦d8? 15.h5 ¤f8
Vladimirov Azmaiparashvili 0-1 Adianto Van 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.¥d3 ¦b8 18.b3 Bellini−Raeber,
Wely 1-0 Dao Kasparov 0-1 Rogers Gurevich 1/2- Swiss Team Championship 1996,; or 14...¦b8?
1/2 15.¤a4! , followed by 16.h5! with winning position.
15.h5 ¥f5 16.g4
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Armenian Championship 9r+-+-trk+0
9zp-+-zpp+p0
Results of the 5th round Sargissian - Hachatrian 9-wqp+-+pwQ0
1/2-1/2, Art. Minasian - Asrian 1/2-1/2, 9+-+psnl+P0
9-+-+-+P+0
Nalbandian - Aronian -1/2-1/2, Yegiazarian - 9+-sN-+P+-0
Harutjunian 1-0, Anastasian - Ara Minasian -1/2- 9PzPP+-+-+0
1/2, Lputian-free 9+-mKR+L+R0
Standings after the 5th Round: Lputian - 3,5 (4), xiiiiiiiiy
Yegiazarian - 3 (4), Aronian - 3, Asrian - 2,5 (4) , After 16.hxg6 ¥xg6 it's not an easy task for
White to prove that he has a real compensation for
Anastasian - 2,5 (4), Art.Minasian - 2,5,
the pawn.
Ara.Minasian - 2,5, Sargissian - 2, Nalbandian - 2, 16...f6!
Hachatrian - 1 (4), Harutjunian - 0,5. Again, this is the only move.
17.£f4
After 17.gxf5? g5 White's queen is trapped and
he could resign in view of the inevitable ¤f7

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However, very interesting is 17.£d2! with an it's not as bad as it looks.

extremely complicated situation. For example, 21...e6 22.¦he1 £xe1 23.£xh7+ ¦xh7 24.¥xh7+
17...¤xf3 (or 17...¦ab8 18.b3 ¤xf3 19.£f4) ¢xh7 25.¦xe1
18.£f4! ¦ab8 19.b3 , and now: A) 19...¥xc2 XIIIIIIIIY
20.hxg6 (20.¢xc2! £f2+ 21.¢b1 e5 22.£h6 g5 9-tr-+-+-+0
23.¤e4!) 20...¥xg6 (20...¥xd1? 21.¦xh7! ¤g5 9zp-+-+-+k0
9-+p+pzp-+0
22.£h2!+−) 21.£xf3 e5; B) 19...£b4!?; C) 9+-+psn-zpP0
19...¥xg4!? 20.hxg6 (20.£xg4!? £e3+ 21.¢b2 9-+-+-+P+0
¤e5) 20...£b4! (20...h5 21.£h6! ¤g5 22.¥e2±) 9+PsN-+P+-0
17...¦ab8! 9PmKP+-+-+0
17...¥d7 18.hxg6 ¤xg6 19.£h6 ¦f7 20.¥d3 ¤f8 9+-+-tR-+-0
(20..¦g7? 21.¥xg6 hxg6 22.£h8+ ¢f7 23.£xa8+−) xiiiiiiiiy
21.¦dg1© In this position Black should have better
18.b3 chances, mainly because the white rook has no
Maybe 18.¤a4!? promises good drawing clear prospects. One of the good possible ideas is
chances for White: 18...£b4! (18...£a5 19.b3!) associated with ...c5!? now or on the next move.
19.¦d4! (19.£xb4 ¦xb4 20.gxf5 ¦xa4 21.hxg6 Unfortunately, in a certain amount of time trouble
hxg6 22.fxg6) 19...£e1+ 20.¦d1 ¦b4 (20...£b4 Black didn't manage to find the correct way.
21.¦d4; 20...£a5 21.b3) 21.¦xe1 ¦xf4 22.gxf5 25...¦b4 26.¤e2
¦xa4 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.fxg6; 18.gxf5? £xb2+ I expected only 26.¤a4 ¦f4 27.¤c5 ¦xf3
19.¢d2 ¦b4! 28.¤xe6
18...g5! 26...¤xf3 27.¦f1 ¦xg4
I like this idea. Unsafe for Black is 18...¥d7 Possibly, 27...¤e5!? 28.¦xf6 ¦e4 was still better
19.hxg6 ¤xg6 20.£h6 ¦f7 21.¥d3 ¦g7 (Shabalov) for Black.
22.¥xg6 hxg6 23.¤a4 £b4 24.¤c5!; or 18...£c5? 28.¦xf3 f5
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19.gxf5! £xc3 20.hxg6 , and I saw that after 9-+-+-+-+0
20...¦b4 21.£h6 £a1+ 22.¢d2 White wins. 9zp-+-+-+k0
19.£xf5 £e3+ 20.¢b2 ¦f7! 9-+p+p+-+0
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9-tr-+-+k+0 9-+-+-+r+0
9zp-+-zpr+p0 9+P+-+R+-0
9-+p+-zp-+0 9PmKP+N+-+0
9+-+psnQzpP0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+PsN-wqP+-0 This position is quite dangerous for White −
9PmKP+-+-+0 Black wants to queen one of his pawns after some
9+-+R+L+R0
xiiiiiiiiy 6 or 7 moves. However, Rogovski shows an
Unexpectedly, White can't avoid 21...e6! interesting way to equality...
22.£xe6 Nc4+ without material concessions. 29.¦e3
21.¥d3 The good illustration of the Black's possibilities is
This results in a clearly better endgame for 29.¦c3? ¦e4! 30.¤g3 ¦e1 31.¦xc6 f4
Black. 21.¦d3 ¤c4+! 22.¢b1 (22.¢a1? £c1+ 29...f4
23.¤b1 £b2#) 22...£e1+! (22...¤a3+= and, as I 29...¦e4? 30.¦xe4
found after the game, here a draw was agreed in 30.¤xf4!
Lutsko−Shabalov, Riga 1983) 23.¦d1 (23.¤d1? This beautiful possibility allows White to stay on
e6-+) 23...£xc3 , and after 24.¥xc4 White hardly his ground. 30.¦xe6 f3
has full compensation.; during the game I saw also 30...¦xf4!
21.¦h3 (or first 21.f4 e6, and now 22.Rh3) 21...e6 30...gxf4 31.¦xe6 f3 32.¦f6 ¦g3 33.¦xc6!
22.f4 £xh3 (22...¤c4+? 23.¥xc4! £xh3 24.£xe6 31.¦xe6 ¦f7!?
dxc4 25.¦d7 ¦bf8 26.¤e4+−; 22...exf5!?) 23.¥xh3 White's idea was not only Rxc6, but rather
(23.£xe6 £xg4 24.£d6 ¤d7∓; 23.fxe5 £xc3+ ...Rg6! which stops the 'g' pawn completely.
24.¢xc3 exf5-+; 23.£xe5 fxe5 24.¥xh3 Another way ( 31...¦h4 32.¦xc6 ¦xh5 ) looks risky
exf4!?∓) 23...exf5 (23...¤c4+?! 24.¢c1 exf5 for Black.
25.bxc4) 24.fxe5 fxg4!? 25.¥xg4 (25.e6 gxh3! 32.¢c3!
26.exf7+ ¢xf7) 25...f5! with better chances for Worse was 32.¦xc6 g4!; or 32.¦g6? ¦g7
Black; Another solution is 21.¤e4!? and maybe 32...g4 33.¢d3!

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33.¢d4? ¦g7 34.¢e3? g3

33...g3
33...¦g7 34.¢e2! g3 35.¢f1!
34.¦g6 ¦g7 35.¦xg7+ ¢xg7 36.¢e3 ¢h6 37.¢f3
¢xh5 38.¢xg3 ¢g5 ½-½
Solution to Quiz Today:

13.£h5+! g6 14.¤xe4! gxh5 14...fxe4 15.£e5
¦f8 16.£xe4+− 15.¤f6+ ¢f8 16.¥h6# +−
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CT-365, 7th November 2001
A
t last we catch up with TWIC! Believe it or not, our issue today is number 365, exactly the same as
the new TWIC (don’t forget to take a look at it). And from now on we will be ahead, because we’ll
prepare CT-366 tomorrow while Mark Crowther makes TWIC-366 only next week! ☺
Of course it’s only a funny coincidence that the first daily Internet newspaper Chess Today
celebrates it's first year in existence the
same time as the best weekly Internet Quiz today
Vladimir Chess Magazine TWIC www.chess.co.uk/
twic/twic.html celebrates it's 7th. But (1) Tomczak (2300) − Bastys (2265)
Barsky 4th WCh U20 Team, Rio de Janeiro BRA (4), 2001
Reports an maybe it’s a good sign for both of us?! XIIIIIIIIY
anniversary 9-+r+r+k+0
Now some tournament news in brief. 9+-+-zppvl-0
We have already written about Vishy Anand’s victory in 9-tR-+-+p+0
Bastia Open. As you remember after an initial Swiss there 9+-vLl+q+-0
was a knock-out for the 16 best players. But others who 9-+-zP-zP-zp0
9zP-+-wQ-+P0
didn’t get in the 16 could also play in new 9-round Swiss. 9-+-sN-+P+0
It was won by GM Andrei Shchekachev. 9+-+-+R+K0
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Final standing: Black to play
1. Shchekachev – 7½ points out of 9 2-4. Tregubov,
Kozul, Agrest – 7 5-9. Riazantsev, Wojtkiewicz, Cebalo, (2) Vera (2090) − Falkenberg
Timoshenko, G. Kuzmin – 6½ etc. www.opencorsica.com 4th WCh U20 Team, Rio de Janeiro BRA (4), 2001
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14 year-old Indian Humpy Koneru (who is World Junior 9zpp+-wqpzpl0
champion among girls under 20) won the Third Saturday 9-+-+p+-zp0
round-robin tournament in Belgrade (cat. VII, av. Elo 9+P+-sN-+-0
2415, 12 participants). She gathered 8½ points and scored 9-+-sNn+-+0
a GM norm, like Mihajlo Stojanovic, who had a worse 9+L+-zP-+-0
tie-break. 9PwQ-+-zPPzP0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Final standing: White to play
1-2. Koneru, Stojanovic – 8½ points out of 11 3. Lopez
Martinez – 7 4-5. Kosanovic, Orlov – 6 6-7. Todorov,
Boskovic – 5 etc.www.beochess.org.yu
GM Viktor Varavin won the 4th Golden Autumn

round-robin tournament (VIII category, av. Elo 2426,
14 participants) in Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine.
Final standing: 1. Varavin – 8½ points out of 13 2.

Arzumanian – 8 3-4. Shtyrenkov, Gasanov – 7½ 5-8.
Andreev, Chuprikov, Sikula, Khurtsidze – 7 9. Ralph Marconi, Graham Brown, Vladimir Barsky, Alex
Alexandrova – 6½ etc. chess- Baburin, Ruslan Scherbakov, Mikhail Golubev
sector.odessa.ua/alu01oc2.htm
Also see our annotated game section. Our congratulations to all the winners!

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At time of going to press we know only the kids hungry. Meanwhile Boo.com and
pairing of the 1st round of the European Team Lastminute.com bit the dust, Amazon is still
Championships in Leon, Spain. There are 34 struggling to show any profit - but CT is alive and
men’s (4 boards each) team and 32 women’s (2 well. I would like to thank our readers for that - at
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1st round, men: Czech – Israel England – Latvia I would also like to thank all and everyone in our
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Croatia – Germany Moldova – Azerbaijan Italy – issues and to Tim Harding, who
Hungary Georgia – Switzerland etc. edited some of the first
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More about the Championships and keen supporters between chess
teams tomorrow www.euroleon professionals. Some, like
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Psakhis, sent their notes, while
Chess Today others (Speelman,
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is celebrating many others) gave us
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birthday! all!
By Alex Baburin
It may sound strange,
but now we can
T
ime really does fly - a year
passed very quickly and talk about a
all of a sudden we have a history of
small case for celebration as Chess Today - on
our paper is one year old the Net time goes
today. But perhaps this is not faster and here one
such a small reason to year counts as many in
celebrate - if you consider ordinary life. So, here is a short
what happened in that year. introduction to the CT history:
One year ago dot-com I got the idea of a daily chess

ventures were flying high paper sometime in October 2000.
and I sometimes thought At that time I wrote (I still do!) a
that perhaps I should be thinking big, weekly chess column in Irish
dreaming up some colossal chess portal or newspaper 'Sunday Independent'.
something of that kind. But instead I wanted to I saw that with so many things
start an electronic chess paper, which would happening in chess, I could write
provide a service to chess fans every day - news, about it every day. But there was no
games, stories, puzzles... Nothing glossy and paper, which would publish it every
certainly no IOP on NASDAQ was planned! day - so I decided to start my own! I spoke
Chess Today had no sponsor's money to burn and with a few people and got a rather positive
I hoped that the paper would make money by response. The idea was to provide daily news and
charging a subscription fee. While this is still not a good commentary, so people could follow the
very popular concept on the Net (well, it is very chess world without spending too much time
popular among content-providers!), it worked and searching the Net. One of my main worries was
I was able to run the paper without making my (and still is) that Chess Today could be almost too

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good - it's hard to digest so much chess stuff every publish more thematic articles and games in
day. And if the customer does not get 'full value' 'training' format - sort of a 'Master Class'. As
(i.e. does not read one or two issues), he might always you are welcome to send me questions
feel unhappy... This argument is hard to beat, but I about endgame, openings, etc. and suggest players
always say that even I do not read every CT issue you would like to learn more about. We also plan
on the same day - I often come back to them later. to offer new services to our readers such as
And if we make CT a weekly magazine, then we opinion polls, chats with GMs and online lessons.
compete with TWIC, while publishing 'Chess This Together we can make CT better - thank you for
Month' on the Net makes almost no sense... your support!
As I chose a daily format, it was clear that it could Annotated Game

not be a one-man show. Fortunately Vladimir and
Ruslan agreed to join me. I had known them for
many years, which obviously helped. It was V Varavin (2490) − A Bets (2375)
harder to get an editor, but thanks to friends' 4th Golden Autumn, Alushta UKR, 2001 B14
recommendations I found Graham and Ralph. We In our jubilee issue I decided to choose a game
still have not met in person, but we get on very with our editor−in−chief's favourite pawn structure
well. Come to think of it - we live in Russia, (he even calls it a "Winning Pawn Structure").
England, Ireland, Ukraine and Canada, we have Maybe in the new edition of his book he will use
connections problems and computer breakdowns, this game and be thinking about his colleague
but not even once have we failed to deliver you who annotated it in CT! :−)
the latest chess news! Like most chess pros, I used
to be very individualistic, but working on CT has 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4
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On our first birthday I do not only observe the 9-+-+-+-+0
past, but also look into the future. Many readers 9+-+p+-+-0
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say that it is a surprise that CT does not have 9+-+-+-+-0
thousands of subscribers yet. Well, this is 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
something I should work on. I would also 9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
appreciate help from you - please recommend CT xiiiiiiiiy
to your chess friends, print and post a few issues Some GMs regard the Panov's attack the
strongest way against the Caro−Cann Defence.
at your chess club and at the tournaments which
4...¤f6 5.¤c3 e6 6.¤f3 ¥b4 7.cxd5 ¤xd5 8.¥d2
you attend - the more people who know about us, ¤c6 9.¥d3
the better! If you have a web site, please give a XIIIIIIIIY
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appreciate your time and effort, so all such e-mails 9+-sNL+N+-0
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CT and suggest how to promote it, will enter our xiiiiiiiiy
special anniversary draw. The main prize will be This position can arise from quite a lot of
a 'Gambit' chess clock and the second prize will be openings: Caro−Cann Defence, Queen's Gambit
a new book by GM Dorfman - 'The Method in Accepted, Nimzo Indian etc.
Chess'. Please send your e-mails before Sunday. 9...0-0 10.0-0 ¥e7
Those who have already sent us such feedback, An alternative is 10...¤f6
will enter the draw automatically. 11.a3 ¥f6 12.£e2 g6
12.Qe2 isn't the most aggressive move, and
I enjoy writing for Chess Today myself and will very often after it games are quickly drawn, for
continue with my 'Trainer's Corner'. I plan to example: 12...¤xd4 13.¤xd4 ¥xd4 14.¥xh7+
(14.£e4 ¤f6∓) 14...¢xh7 15.£d3+ ¢g8 16.£xd4
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¤b6 17.¥e3 £xd4 18.¥xd4 ¤d5 19.¤xd5 draw, 22.hxg6 hxg6

Gdanski − Macieja, Warsaw 2001. XIIIIIIIIY
13.¥h6 ¥g7 9r+-wq-tr-+0
13...¦e8 14.¦ad1 ¤xc3 15.bxc3 b6 16.£e3 ¥b7 9zp-snl+-mk-0
9-zp-+pzppsn0
17.¥g5 ¥xg5 18.¤xg5 £e7 19.¦fe1 ¤a5 20.£f4 9+-+-+-+-0
¥d5³ Grund − Dautov, Germany 1997. 9-+LzPR+-+0
14.£d2 9zP-sN-+N+-0
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9zpp+-+pvlp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+n+p+pvL0 23.d5!
9+-+n+-+-0 Here it is!
9-+-zP-+-+0
9zP-sNL+N+-0 23...e5
9-zP-wQ-zPPzP0 After 23...exd5 white receives too many open
9tR-+-+RmK-0 files for his pieces, i.e.: 24.¤xd5 ¤xd5 25.£xd5
xiiiiiiiiy ¦f7 26.¤g5! fxg5 27.£d4+ £f6 (27...¢h7 28.¥xf7
Formally speaking this move is a novelty ¤xf7 29.¦e7 ¥e8 30.£xd8 ¦xd8 31.¦xe8+−;
maybe, but this idea − not to exchange on g7 but 27...¦f6 28.¦e7+ ¤f7 29.£xf6+! ¢xf6 30.¦xf7#)
defend the h6 bishop with queen to d2 − was 28.¥xf7+−
known at least from Botvinnik's games. White's 24.¤xe5!
idea is to increase control over the dark squares. Now white has to pay for his open files, but to
Take a look at the following bright game: 14.¥xg7 tell the truth the price isn't very high! :−)
¢xg7 15.¥e4 ¤ce7 16.¦ac1 ¤f6 17.¦fd1 ¦b8 24...fxe5 25.¦xe5 ¤f5
18.d5! exd5 19.¤xd5 ¤exd5 20.¥xd5 £b6 Black can't defend this position, i.e. 25...¦e8
(20...¤xd5 21.£e5+) 21.£e5 ¥g4 22.¥xf7! ¦bc8 26.d6+−; 25...¥f5 26.d6 ¤e8 27.¦e7+ ¤f7
23.¥c4± Hebden − Andruet, France 1988. 28.¥xf7 ¦xf7 29.¦xf7+ ¢xf7 30.¦e7+ ¢g8
14...b6 15.¦ae1 f6?! 31.£d5+ ¢h8 32.£d4+ ¢g8 33.£c4++−
A very dubious move. Obviously, black 26.d6!
weakens a lot of squares in his camp. XIIIIIIIIY
16.¥xg7 ¢xg7 17.¦e4! 9r+-wq-tr-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-snl+-mk-0
9r+lwq-tr-+0 9-zp-zP-+p+0
9zp-+-+-mkp0 9+-+-tRn+-0
9-zpn+pzpp+0 9-+L+-+-+0
9+-+n+-+-0 9zP-sN-+-+-0
9-+-zPR+-+0 9-zP-wQ-zPP+0
9zP-sNL+N+-0 9+-+-tR-mK-0
9-zP-wQ-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+RmK-0 Now white threatens a deadly check with rook
xiiiiiiiiy e7.
Alex Baburin in his book "Winning Pawn 26...¤e6 27.¥xe6 ¥xe6 28.¦xe6 ¦f6 1-0
Structures" calls this manoeuvre a "Rook lift": The
rook is ready to attack the king on g7 along the h− ¤¤¤
file. In this game black prevents this idea but the
rook finds another good job, on the e−file. Chess Today, Chess Tomorrow
17...¤ce7 By Graham Brown
The knight hastens to protect the h6−square (in
case of Re4−h4). In late 2000 I received an email
18.¦fe1 ¤g8 19.h4 ¥d7 20.¥c4! ¤c7 from GM Alex Baburin. I knew him
White has created such strong pressure on the
from Coffee Break Chess but as far
point d5, that the knight has to leave it. Now the
advance d4−d5 is on the cards. as I knew he didn't know me so I was somewhat
21.h5 ¤h6 intrigued. It turned out that a friend had
Not much better is 21...g5 in view of 22.d5! e5 recommended me to help edit a new daily web
23.¤xe5!? fxe5 24.¦xe5 with very strong attack. chess newspaper he was thinking of setting up. I
Of course white doesn't have to sacrifice a piece jumped at the chance! I would be helping with the
− he has another good ways to improve his technical aspects not the Chess he said.
position also.
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Thank God I'm not doing the Chess I thought. I titled players!!! Unless I can jump another few
was a reasonable club standard player - BCF 137 hundred Elo places :-)
(approx. Elo 1696) but wouldn't fancy doing the
writing! A year on my grade has gone up to BCF And I (in England) still haven't met Alex (in
158 (approx. Elo 1864) and I've won the trophy Ireland) or Ruslan and Vladimir (in Russia) or
you see me holding in the picture! A good jump Mikhail (in Ukraine) or Ralph (in Canada)! Alex
which I attribute to having to edit so many is talking about online lectures ... In that case I
superbly annotated games! I think I will still leave hope to meet them and you all online … in Chess
the actual writing of the annotations to the Tomorrow!
Solution to our tactical puzzles:
(1) 43...¦xc5! 44.dxc5 ¥d4! 44...¥d4 45.£xd4 £xh3+ 46.¢g1 £xg2# 0-1
(2) 25.¤xf7! £b4 25...¢xf7 26.¥xe6+ ¢f8 27.¥xc8+− 26.¤xh6+! ¢h8 27.¤f3 £xb5 28.¤f7+ ¢g8
29.¤7g5 ¥f5 30.¥xe6+ 1-0
I've enjoyed being a part of the CT team and that I believe my editing skills have improved.
I can't say if my chess has improved any though :-). But, I believe that the annotated games
and quizzes we offer in the magazine can help one's chess. I would like the magazine to
have a very long life and be the best on the net in what we offer.
Ralph Marconi
In my view, Chess Today is the first really professional

project in the electronic chess journalism. I wish a lot of
success to CT team and to Alex personally. He goes in the
correct direction GM Mikhail Golubev
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Any unauthorized reproduction, via print, electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly prohibited without express written permission.

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was evident in his writing too, whether in chess

Remembering Tony Miles magazines or on the Net - I
(1955 -2001) always read his article with joy!
by GM Alexander Baburin
As far as I know, Tony liked
I still cannot get over the news that

Tony Miles has died . I heard about
his death on Monday night, but it is
going to take a while before this will go
travelling and probably visited
more countries than any other
chess player! He also liked and
skiing. But his main passion
down with me. In 11 days my club
Wood Green will play vs. his club was playing chess and thinking
Slough in Birmingham (Tony's home of it. He was constantly looking
town) and he would have been my for new ideas in chess. They did
likely opponent (we played in a similar not have to be 100% sound -
match last year). I already started to just being playable was enough
think what to play against Tony, but... for him. I remember how once
he showed me the line 1.e4 Nf6
Unfortunately he was rather careless 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 c6 and
about his health and about a year ago Photo by John Hendersen asked my opinion. I said that,
was diagnosed with diabetes. Alas, I that the Alekhine Defence was risky enough
suspect that did not change his attitude much, without playing stuff like 4...c6, but he liked the
which could be the reason for his premature death. line. Well, later I picked that system too - it is not
100% sound, but interesting and playable!
I first heard about Miles in 1979, when he played
in the Riga Interzonal. In the late 70s and early 80s It is a pity Tony did not write a book on his career.
he was among the best players in the world and I asked him once whether he considered writing a
certainly was one of the most interesting book and he replied that one day he would do that,
characters! Miles had a very original style and but that day was still far ahead - he was too busy
sought his own ways in chess - just look at one of playing in tournaments! I guess Tony was happy -
his games vs. Karpov: 1.e4 a6!?!. So, for me to he did what he liked and what he was good at. This
meet him in the early 90s was like meeting a chess is how I will remember this man, and sadly without
legend. I was very curious not only about his play, whom the chess world has become poorer...
but also about his personality. It was a very
pleasant first contact - both over the board and Special Quiz Today dedicated to the tactical
away from it Tony was very friendly, once you got prowess of GM Tony Miles……
to know him a bit. 1. A. Miles (2565) − W. Browne (2590)
Luzern ol (Men) Luzern (11), 1982
Later we met at numerous tournaments - St. The last move was 17. ..¦ad8?.
Michel, Cappelle la Grande, Dublin, Biel, Isle of XIIIIIIIIY
Man, Havana, Andorra, Cuba, Istanbul. We played 9-+-tr-trk+0
a few times. He was a difficult opponent for me! 9vlpwq-+pzpp0
And I could see that Tony simply loved chess - so 9p+l+p+-+0
he put so much into it, both during the game and in 9+-zP-+-+-0
the analysis. Once he gave me a lift from Biel to 9-zP-+L+-+0
Birmingham in his car (Tony was very fond of his 9zP-+-+Q+-0
Mercedes!) and I was a guest in his house for a 9-vL-+-zPPzP0
night. Next morning Tony brought me to the 9+-tR-+RmK-0
airport, which was very nice of him. We had lots of xiiiiiiiiy
time to talk, which was great. Tony had a terrific
White to play
sense of humour, with a strong witty flavour. That

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2. A. Miles (2560) − J.Timman (2640) 5. A. Miles (2565) − A. Summerscale (2345)

OHRA Amsterdam (1), 1985 Dublin (zt) Dublin, 1993
XIIIIIIIIY Black just played 17. ..¤d7−f6.
9zpp+qvl-zpp0 9rvll+-trk+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9zpp+-wqpzp-0
9+-+QzpN+-0 9-+p+-sn-zp0
9-+P+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-zPNzP-+0
9P+-+-zPPzP0 9+L+-+-+-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9PzPQvL-+PzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
White to play xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
¤¤¤
3. A. Miles (2565) − E. Dizdarevic (2490)
Sarajevo Sarajevo, 1987 Annotated Game
Black has just played 26. ..£c4xd5. J. Howell (2525) − A. Miles (2600)
XIIIIIIIIY Isle of Man op Isle of Man (2), 1995 B00
9Rmk-+-tr-tr0 Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
9+lzpn+-+-0 1.e4 ¤c6 (D)
9-zP-zp-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+qzp-+p0 9r+lwqkvlntr0
9-+-+-+pzP0 9zppzppzppzpp0
9+NzP-+-vL-0 9-+n+-+-+0
9Q+-+-zPP+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+RmK-0 9-+-+P+-+0
White to play 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
Tony Miles' speciality (Nimzovich's Defense).
4. A. Miles(2565) − A. Anastasian,A (2490) This tricky and, objectively speaking,
EU−chT (Men) Debrecen (9), 1992 suspicious opening looked quite playable in
The last move was 27. ..¦h8−h6. his hands.
XIIIIIIIIY 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5
9r+-+-+k+0 3.d5 is an alternative. Possible play is
9+-+q+-zp-0 3...¤ce7 4.¤f3 (4.¥e3 f5!? 5.f3 ¤f6 6.¤c3 d6
9pzp-zpp+Ntr0 7.£d2 g6 8.0-0-0 ¥g7 9.h3 f4! 10.¥f2 0-0
9+-+l+-+p0 11.¢b1 a6 12.¤ge2 ¥d7 13.¤c1 b5 14.a3
9-+-zP-+-+0 £b8ƒ Campora − Miles, Sevilla 1993) 4...¤g6
9zP-+-wQ-+-0 5.h4 h5 6.¥g5 ¤f6 7.¤c3 ¥e7 8.¥xf6!? ¥xf6
9-zPR+-zPPzP0 9.d6 c6 10.g3 ¤f8! 11.£d2 ¤e6 12.¥h3 b6
9+-tR-+-mK-0 13.0-0-0 a5„ and Black is not without a
xiiiiiiiiy counterplay, Hall − Miles, Reykjavik 1998
White to play 3...¤xe5 4.¤c3
There are some other possibilities: 4.¤f3
¥b4+!? A) 5.¤bd2 ¤xf3+ 6.£xf3 ¤e7 7.a3
¥a5 8.b4 ¥b6 9.¥b2 0-0 10.¥c4 ¤c6 11.¤b3
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(11.£g3 ¥d4) 11...£h4! 12.g3?! (12.0-0 d6 XIIIIIIIIY
13.£g3=) 12...£h6! 13.¦d1 d6³ G.Garcia − 9r+-+-trk+0
Miles, Matanzas 1995; B) 5.¥d2 ¥xd2+ 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
6.¤bxd2 £f6= Hecht − Miles, Germany BL 9-zp-zplsn-+0
1983; C) 5.c3 5...¥d6!? 6.¤bd2 ¤xf3+ 7.¤xf3 9+-+-sn-+-0
¤e7 8.e5 ¥c5 9.b4?! (9.¥f4!?) 9...¥b6 10.¥f4 9-+-+PvL-+0
0-0 11.¥c4 ¤g6 12.¥g3 d6! 13.exd6 ¦e8+ 9zP-+-+P+-0
14.¥e2 £f6 15.0-0 cxd6„ Kudrin − Miles, ch− 9-zPPwQN+PzP0
USA 1989; 4.f4 ¤c6 5.¥c4 ¥b4+ 6.¥d2 £h4+ 9+-mKR+L+R0
7.g3 £e7 8.£e2 ¥xd2+ 9.¤xd2 d6 10.0-0-0 xiiiiiiiiy
¤f6 11.¤gf3 0-0 12.h3 d5 13.exd5 £xe2 White's king lacks defenders so the knight is
14.¥xe2 ¤xd5= and Black has almost going to become one. However, the next step
equalised, Milov − Miles, Isle of Man 1995. will be never made.
4...¥c5 (D) 12...¤g6 13.¢b1?!
XIIIIIIIIY Any knight's move to c3 or d4 looked
9r+lwqk+ntr0 preferable.
9zppzpp+pzpp0 13...d5! 14.exd5
9-+-+-+-+0 14.e5!? ¤d7 15.¥g5 was worthy of
9+-vl-sn-+-0 consideration.
9-+-+P+-+0 14...¤xd5 15.£c1?
9+-sN-+-+-0 Another dubious decision. 15.¥g5!? f6
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 16.¤d4! seemed to be the best.
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 15...b5! (D)
5.¥f4 9r+-+-trk+0
5.f4 can be met by 5...¤c6 6.¥c4!? d6 7.¤f3 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
¥e6!? 8.¥xe6 fxe6 9.¤a4 ¥b6 10.¤xb6 axb6 9-+-+l+n+0
11.0-0 ¤f6 12.¤g5 £e7 with acceptable play, 9+p+n+-+-0
Akopian − Miles, Moscow GMA 1990. 9-+-+-vL-+0
5...d6 6.£d2 ¤f6 7.0-0-0 ¥e6 9zP-+-+P+-0
Black has no problems with development. 9-zPP+N+PzP0
8.¤a4 (D) 9+KwQR+L+R0
9r+-wqk+-tr0 White already faces problems as the attack
9zppzp-+pzpp0 is fairly strong.
9-+-zplsn-+0 16.¥d2 b4! 17.axb4
9+-vl-sn-+-0 Perhaps 17.¤d4!? bxa3 18.bxa3 ¦xa3
9N+-+PvL-+0 19.¤xe6 ¦fa8 20.£b2 fxe6 21.¥c4 was more
9+-+-+-+-0 stubborn.
9PzPPwQ-zPPzP0 17...¤xb4 18.b3 (D)
9+-mKR+LsNR0
8...¥b6 9r+-+-trk+0
Miles' tricky style didn't reject solid positional 9+pzp-wqpzpp0
decisions. For example, here 8...¤xe4!? could 9-+-+l+n+0
have led to interesting complications but the 9+-+-+-+-0
simple bishop's retreat was preferred. 9-sn-+-+-+0
9.f3 0-0 10.a3 £e7 11.¤xb6 axb6 12.¤e2 (D) 9+P+-+P+-0
9-+PvLN+PzP0
9+KwQR+L+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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32.£g3# checkmate! 1-0.
18...¤xc2!
5. A. Miles (2565) − A. Summerscale (2345)
This crushing blow comes just in time! White
18.¥b4! £xb4 18... £d8 19¤xf6+ £xf6
is losing due to the unfortunate position of his
20.¥xf8 ¢xf8 21.£h7 19.¤xf6+ gxf6
pieces.
20. £g6+ ¢h8 21.£xh6+ ¢g8 22.£g6+ ¢h8
19.£xc2
23.£xf6+ ¢g8 24.¦e3 ¦e3−g3 comes next.
19.¢xc2 wasn't better: 19...¦a2+! 20.¢b1
Black resigned. 1-0.
(20.¢d3 ¥f5+) 20...¦fa8 and so on.
19...£a3 20.£c3
20.£b2 didn't help due to 20...¥f5+ 21.¢c1
£a1+! 22.£xa1 ¦xa1+ 23.¢b2 ¦xd1-+
20...¥xb3 (D)
9r+-+-trk+0
9+pzp-+pzpp0
9-+-+-+n+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 while the quality will go up!
9wqlwQ-+P+-0
9-+-vLN+PzP0 Chess Today is published by:
9+K+R+L+R0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co.
White resigned. A glorious day for the Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
1. ..¤c6!? opening. 20...¥xb3 21.¦e1 £a2+ Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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http://www.euroleon2001.com and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Solutions to Quiz Today: Technical editors:
1. A. Miles (2565) − W. Browne (2590) Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
18.¥xh7+! ¢xh7 19.£h5+ ¢g8 20.¥xg7! A
typical combination completely destroying Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
Black king's shield. 20... ¢xg7 21.£g5+ ¢h8 Baburin © and protected intellectual property
22.£f6+ ¢g8 23.¦c4 The checkmate is under the International Copyright convention. Any
unavoidable. Black resigned. 1-0. unauthorised reproduction, via print, electronic
2. A. Miles (2560) − J.Timman (2640) prohibited without express written permission.
This simple queens exchange forced Black's
resignation − suddently he loses a piece!
18.£d5+ £xd5 19.¤xe7+!. 1-0.
3. A. Miles (2565) − E. Dizdarevic (2490)

27.¦a8+! ¥xa8 28.£a7+ ¢c8 29.£xc7#
1-0.
4. A. Miles(2565) − A. Anastasian,A (2490)

28.¦c8+! ¦xc8 29.¦xc8+ ¢f7 (29... £xc8
30.¤e7+) 30.¦f8+! ¢xg6 31.£d3+! ¢g5
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CT-402, 14th December 2001
capably (in general she does this very

A great day for the well!) and kept her chances alive. Look
Ukraine! at our Quiz Today; also you can find all
these games in the cbv-file, while Anand
– Ivanchuk is in our annotated game
T
wo Ukrainian chessplayers
Vasily Ivanchuk and Ruslan section.
Ponomariov will compete in the
final of the World Chess Championships So we are waiting for Friday’s tie-break
in January 2002! Zhu Chen – Kosteniuk and January's
match Ponomariov – Ivanchuk.
Thursday saw the last classical games in
the men’s semi-finals and the women’s Quiz Tday
final. In Moscow's Kremlin Palace for Zhu Chen (2497) − Kosteniuk (2455)
Congresses, three games were in FIDE WCh Women KO Moscow RUS (6.4),
13.12.2001
progress:
XIIIIIIIIY
Anand – Ivanchuk
Ponomariov – Svidler
9-+r+l+k+0
Zhu Chen – Kosteniuk 9+-tr-+-+p0
9-+-+p+-+0
Only in the first match was the score
equal (three draws), while Ponomariov 9+-snpsNpzp-0
and Zhu Chen each had a lead of 2:1 - 9-+-+-zP-+0
and the White pieces. The young
Ukrainian star Ponomariov chose a very 9wq-wQ-zP-zP-0
solid system with c2-c3 to fight Svidler’s 9P+R+-+LzP0
Sicilian. Petr tried to find some
complications, sacrificed a knight for two
9+-tR-+-mK-0
pawns, but Ruslan reacted very precisely, xiiiiiiiiy
forced a lot of piece exchanges and Black to play and win
Svidler offered a draw himself on the
18th move, because his position was a bit
worse.
Annotated Game
Vasily Ivanchuk played inspired chess
V Anand (2770) − V Ivanchuk (2731)
and beat the FIDE World Champion with
FIDE WCh KO Moscow RUS (6.41),
black. It is interesting to note that in the 13.12.2001 B30
opening he adopted the same manoeuvre
(with change of colours) Nf6-d7-b6 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¤c3 e5!?
which gave success to Alexander XIIIIIIIIY
Morozevich in his game against. Michael 9r+lwqkvlntr0
9zpp+p+pzpp0
Adams in Dortmund-2001. 9-+n+-+-+0
9+-zp-zp-+-0
And last but not least: Alexandra 9-+-+P+-+0
Kosteniuk won with black and equalised 9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
the scores! She didn’t have any 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
advantage after the opening and maybe xiiiiiiiiy
her position was even a bit worse but In the 2nd game Ivanchuk played
Alexandra maintained the tension very 3...¤f6 Now he chose another system,
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky; technical editor – Graham Brown.
CT-402 Page 1 of 3
where black has very strong control over ¥xd5 21.exd5 ¤e7
the important d4−point, but weakens XIIIIIIIIY
another central point, d5. 9r+-+-tr-mk0
4.¥c4 d6 5.d3 ¥e7 6.¤d2 9+pwq-snpzp-0
9-zp-zp-+-zp0
The idea of this 3−move knight 9+-zpPzp-+-0
maneuver − to take control over the d5 9-+P+-+-+0
and f5 squares. 9+-+PzP-+P0
6...¤f6 7.¤f1 ¤d7!? 9PzP-vL-+P+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
9r+lwqk+-tr0 In this position, the e7 knight is at the
9zpp+nvlpzpp0 very least no weaker than the d2 bishop,
9-+nzp-+-+0 because black has a very strong pawn
chain on the dark squares.
9+-zp-zp-+-0 22.a4 f5 23.¥c3?! ¦f7 24.£b3?
9-+L+P+-+0 White's 23 and 24th moves were very
9+-sNP+-+-0 ambitious but it's hard to get any
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 initiative on the queenside, when black
has a half−open a−file. Meanwhile the
9tR-vLQmKN+R0 king on g1 remains almost alone...
xiiiiiiiiy 24...¤g6! 25.¦f2 ¦af8 26.¦af1 f4!
It looks like a new and very interesting XIIIIIIIIY
idea: black wants to attacl the c4 bishop 9-+-+-tr-mk0
from b6 and also prepares such useful 9+pwq-+rzp-0
9-zp-zp-+nzp0
moves as Be7−g5 and f7−f5. Black has 9+-zpPzp-+-0
usually played 7...¥g4 for example: 8.f3 9P+P+-zp-+0
¥e6 9.¤e3 0-0 10.0-0 ¤d7 11.g3 ¤b6 9+QvLPzP-+P0
12.f4 ¤xc4 13.dxc4 exf4 14.gxf4 f5 9-zP-+-tRP+0
15.exf5 ¥c8 16.¤cd5 ¤d4 Svidler − 9+-+-+RmK-0
Lautier, Biel 2001. xiiiiiiiiy
8.¤d5 ¤b6 9.¤xb6 axb6 10.c3 0-0 Black begins an attack.
11.¤e3 ¥g5! 12.0-0 ¢h8 27.¥d2 f3!
Apparently black has solved his Maybe Ivanchuk didn't calculate this
opening problems and has equal pawn sacrifice to the end (really it's very
chances. hard to do!) but he understood that black
13.¥d2 ¥xe3 14.fxe3?! has very strong compensation because
his queen can join in the attack faster
XIIIIIIIIY than it's rival can join the defense.
9r+lwq-tr-mk0 28.¦xf3 ¦xf3 29.gxf3
9+p+-+pzpp0 After 29.¦xf3 ¦xf3 30.gxf3 ¤h4 31.¢f2
9-zpnzp-+-+0 £f7 32.£d1 £f5 33.£h1 £xd3 black
also has an advantage but maybe that
9+-zp-zp-+-0 way was more stubborn.
9-+L+P+-+0 29...£c8 30.¢h2
9+-zPPzP-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+q+-tr-mk0
9PzP-vL-+PzP0 9+p+-+-zp-0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9-zp-zp-+nzp0
9+-zpPzp-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+P+-+-+0
I don't like this move: white is 9+Q+PzPP+P0
demanding more from the position than it 9-zP-vL-+-mK0
can give, and limiting his bishop. 9+-+-+R+-0
14...£e7 15.¥d5 ¥e6 16.£b3 ¤a5! xiiiiiiiiy
17.£c2 30...¦f5!
After 17.£xb6? ¦a6 18.£b5 ¥d7 white The so−called "rook lift" − a very
loses a queen. unpleasant maneuver here, because the
17...£c7 18.h3 h6 19.c4 ¤c6 20.£d1 b3 queen is too far from the king.

CT-402 Page 2 of 3
31.f4 41...£xb3 42.axb3 ¦xc2 43.¦xc2 ¦xc2-

Only move. + 44.fxg5 ¦e2 45.¤f3 ¦xe3 46.¤d4 ¢f7
31...¦h5 32.f5 47.¥f1 ¥d7 48.¢f2 ¦c3 49.b4 e5
32.¦f3 £g4! 33.¦g3 £e2+ 34.¦g2 £f3 50.¤f3 ¢e6 51.¤h4 e4 52.g6 hxg6
35.¦g3?! (35.¢g1 ¦xh3-+) 35...£f2+ 53.¤xg6 d4 54.h4 ¦c2+ 55.¢e1 ¦c1+
36.¦g2 ¦xh3+! 37.¢xh3 £h4# 56.¢f2 e3+ 57.¢g1 ¥b5 0-1
32...¦xf5 33.£d1 £f8! 34.¦xf5 £xf5
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9+-+-+-+-0
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XIIIIIIIIY Editors:
9-+-+-+-mk0
9+p+-+-+-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9-zp-zp-+pzp0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9+-zpPsn-+-0 Technical editors:
9P+P+-+P+0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9+P+pzP-mK-0
9-+-vL-+-+0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by
xiiiiiiiiy intellectual property under the
Ivanchuk simply creates a second International Copyright convention. Any
passed pawn on h5. White is unable to unauthorized reproduction, via print,
win one pawn because another will cost
a bishop.
40.e4 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.¢f2 h4
42...h4 43.¥c3 ¢g8! 44.¥xe5 dxe5 express written permission.
45.d6 ¢f8 and the black king is in the
quadrant of the d6−pawn, so Anand
resigned. A glorious victory by Vasily
Ivanchuk! 0-1
Answer to Quiz Today:

40...¤b3! 41.£xb3?
41.£d3 £xc1+ 42.¦xc1 ¦xc1+ 43.¥f1
¤c5 44.£a3 ¤e4∓ 45.£e7? ¥b5
46.£xe6+ ¢h8-+

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CT-1(420)
CT-1(420), 1st January 2002
Happy New Year! Black is in control and calmly advances

his king. The finish is near:
34.¥c2 ¢h3 35.¢g1 h6 36.¥b1 h5
C
hess Today wishes all its readers
Happy New Year! May the next 37.¥c2 ¤d3 38.¢f1 ¢xh2 39.¢e2 ¢g2
year see you all in good health, 40.¥xd3 cxd3+ 0-1
with increasing prosperity and chess
Y Porat − G Barcza
ratings going through the roof! Moscow OL Moscow (3), 1956
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Chess Wonders 9-+-+-+k+0
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The first day in the year has magic in it, 9+-+-+-+-0
so today we will look at some beautiful, 9-+-+-+-+0
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unusual or just weird positions: 9Ptr-tR-+-zP0
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A McDonnell − L De Labourdonnais xiiiiiiiiy
London, 1834 Black has just played 29.... ¦8xb3 and
XIIIIIIIIY a very picturesque position has arisen −
9-+-vl-+rmk0 with four rooks looking at each other!
9+-+P+-zpp0 Luckily for Black, he has yet another
9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-+-+-0 piece looking at the scene!
9-+-+-+-+0 30.axb3 ¦xd2
9+-wQ-+-+-0 White resigned as 31.¦xd2 ¥xe3+
9PzP-zppzpPzP0 32.¦f2 ¢g7 33.¢g2 ¥xf2 34.¢xf2 ¢f6 is
9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy clearly hopeless for him.
Black has just played 37... e2 and White
resigned. The diagrammed position is a
beautiful confirmation of Philidor's saying
Finding Your Chess
that pawns are the soul of chess! Future
J Kliavinsh − V Ragozin
W
USSR Ch semi−final Lvov, 1951 hat makes a good chess
XIIIIIIIIY player? Some say it is talent
9-+-+-+k+0 or hard work … or both.
9+-+-+pzpp0
9-+-zp-+-+0 Nonsense – what distinguishes a good
9+p+Pzp-+-0 chess player from a bad one is the precise
9-zPp+Psn-+0 knowledge of his chess horoscope! You
9+-zP-+P+-0
9-+-+-zP-zP0 need to know your good and bad days –
9+-vlLvL-mK-0 when to trade off queens early and when
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to get involved with the Najdorf
This is an amazing position − White's
bishops are completely paralyzed! So
Variation. Not many know their chess
much for the '2 bishops advantage'... horoscopes though – this precious
29.¥c2 f6 30.¢f1 ¢f7 31.¥d1 ¢g6 knowledge is carefully protected by
32.¥c2 ¢g5 33.¥b1 ¢h4 Tibetan monks, KGB agents and Chess
XIIIIIIIIY Today editors. But once a year we lift the
9-+-+-+-+0 cover of the future and let our readers
9+-+-+-zpp0
9-+-zp-zp-+0 look into it! Actually, we can do it on a
9+p+Pzp-+-0 regular base – provided you are prepared
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Before we start, a legal disclaimer is in Vladimir and will want to play you
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Capricorn - The Goat Pisces - The Fish

December 22 to January 20 February 20 to March 20
Well, you did not expect anything Good year all round for
good, did you? The truth is that you: you will succeed in
this year you will learn the all studying all those
of the following sayings are books in the
correct: “doubled pawns wonderful
are weak”, ‘knight on the ‘Beating the...’
rim is dim”, “rook endings and ‘Smashing
are always drawn” and so the...” series.
on. And on all those In the FIDE
occasions you will be on the knockout of 2002
receiving end... Sad, really, but your middlegame
there is hope – move to chess play will be worthy of
composition and you will avoid Rubinstein, your endgame
bitter defeats, while making technique will make
beautiful positions for which you Capablanca jealous and
will be remembered! If your are Garry Kasparov will want
still itching to play chess, try you in his team as an opening
correspondence chess, but use the expert – great success awaits you! No
slowest rate of play possible – so the FIDE knockout this year?! Sorry, pal –
games won’t be finished till 2003 – by try to practice in your local club, while
then you chess luck might change. And waiting then!
do not say we did not warn you!
Aries - The Ram
Aquarius - The Water Carrier March 21-April 19
January 21 to February 19
It is time for a radical change this year –
A rocky year is ahead of you: you will we hope that you followed our advice
find that changing from Alekhine last January. If so, now you are truly fed
Defence to the Berlin Wall is not as easy up with the Colle, the Torre, the London
as you once imagined. Avoid gambits, and all other boring stuff. Good news:
particularly if FIDE succeeds in this year you can play gambits! A little
implementing its desired time-control: 1 hint: The Latvian Gambit is good on
second per move with a 0.3 second Sundays (and no other day!) – your
increment – you may not have enough to opponent might still have a hangover
CT-1(420) Page 2 of 4
from the previous night, thus greatly endings – refer to John Nunn’s latest
increasing your chances to pass move 20. book to improve it further!
The Smith-Morra is good for Fridays,
when the adrenaline is low in your Leo - The Lion
opponents. On all other days of the week July 23 to August 22
stick to the trusted Queen’s Gambit!
This is a good year for you. We hope that
Taurus - The Bull you studied your defences against 1.b4
April 20 - May 21 and 1.g4 last year. This year it is time to
broaden your repertoire: analyse 1.a3 and
You are the Bull and this is a year of the 1.h3. These are vastly different openings,
Dark Horse – you know what this means so do not examine them during the same
for you, don’t you?! Yet, there is hope – week. You may start playing them with
if you choose the right colour. Study the White too – at least you are not hanging
writings of a certain Hungarian anything loose! This opening will work
Grandmaster to find the correct answer. particularly well against Geminis (you’d
If you fail, at the end of the year you can be surprised how often they will play
write a book ‘White is not OK’ – the ...Bb4 and ...Bg4) and Cancers. The latter
massive honorarium ($482 – typical for will blunder a lot, so it does not matter
chess authors, you know!) will help you what you play.
to get by.
Virgo - The Virgin
Gemini - The Twins August 23 to September 23
May 22 - June 21
You will get great success in chess over
Danger is creeping around every corner – the Internet this year, if you can prepare
in openings, in middle game and, worst for the tournaments properly. I hear you
of all, in endings... Try to avoid queen say “opening study, endgame work and
endings, unless a queen up. Rook over-the-phone lessons with Alexander
endings will be indeed all drawn, but Baburin”. Wrong! All nonsense!! The
only if you are 2 (or more) pawns up. correct preparation involves having two
You will not be successful with your computers at home – one is Pentium-75,
bishops, so try the following which you shall use for connecting to the
manoeuvres: Bf1-b5xc6 and Bc1-g5xf6. FIDE server (that is a clean machine –
Beware that this may not work well even the arbiters will pity you!) and the
against the Karo-Cann and 1.d4 e6. other one is for ‘consulting’. It should be
Pentium-9 with 4096 Mb of RAM and
Cancer - The Crab the latest databases. Having a few GM-
June 22 to July 22 friends is useful too. Practice on Net
chess servers. Don’t be afraid of ethical
Difficult year for you – you will blunder problems – soon most others will have
a lot, particularly when playing in last no choice but to cheat while playing on
rounds in USA, when big money is at the Net too!
stake. But there is a solution: exchange
pieces as much as your can and as early Libra - The Scales
as possible. Remember: the more you September 24 to October 23
trade off, the less you can blunder!
Recommended openings: Exchanged In January introduce The King’s Indian
Ruy and Exchange Slav. Bright spots: Defence to your repertoire, but avoid
your endgame technique will be superb, playing 1...Nf6 to 1.e4 – that is not
particularly in pawnless and pieceless exactly the KID, as you might find out!

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February is good for a bishop pair in the And do not be selfish – introduce all your
ending, particularly against a lonely chess friends to the paper – bring it to
knight. May will be a difficult month for your club or to tournaments where you
you, so play only on the Internet. play. Or simple e-mail it to your friends
However, avoid Virgo then – his once in a while, encouraging them to join
‘consultant’ is too powerful! Try not to us!
get (or take!) isolated pawns, particularly
in September. Study rook endings – Please note that we have changed
although with new time controls you will numeration of CT issues - today with
get them in 0.05% of all your games, start with issues No. 1, while in brackets
they will still represent 50% of all your we will give the actual number of each
endings! issue beginning from the very first one.
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October 24 to November 22 will have continuous numbering – for
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Be brave: play the Sicilian, Gruenfeld,
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Defence will show serious cracks in June
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CT-19(438)
CT-19(438), 19th January 2002
very interesting, though I believe that

Tactical Quiz both will end peacefully.
Today you can try to solve it in the In the Ponomariov – Ivanchuk match
‘Training’ mode in Chess Base too. yesterday Ponomariov was White in
Some of our readers suggested using that game 3. Ivanchuk changed the opening,
function more often and I agree with that. going for the Sicilian Defence (he played
This means a bit more work for us the French Defence in game 1). Well,
(journalists), but more fun for you - Vasily knows everything in chess, which
enjoy! makes him very difficult to prepare for.
Ruslan went for a very solid set-up with
Tian Tian (2355) – I. Blasko (2310) g2-g3 and Bg2. I think this was a good
Budapest 2001 idea, as the match is pretty short and
XIIIIIIIIY being the leader Ponomariov does not
9r+l+-+ktr0 need to play risky stuff. Also, Ivanchuk
9+p+-+-zpp0 could have pushed too hard against the
9p+-vLpvl-+0 extra-solid line and lost again. Here is the
9+-+-+L+-0 game with a few diagrams:
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-wq-+Q+-0 Ponomariov (2727) − Ivanchuk (2717)
9P+-+-zPPzP0 [B47]
9+R+R+-mK-0 1.e4 c5 2.#f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.#xd4
#c6 5.#c3 $c7 6.g3 a6 7.%g2 d6 8.0-0
xiiiiiiiiy %d7 (D)
White to play XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvlntr0
Ormos-Betazky, Budapest 1951 9+pwql+pzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+nzpp+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9tR-+-+-+-0 9-+-sNP+-+0
9-+-+-zp-mk0 9+-sN-+-zP-0
9PzPP+-zPLzP0
9+-+-+Qzp-0 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
9-+-+n+L+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-zP-+P0 9.#xc6 %xc6 10.&e1 %e7 11.$g4 h5
9-+q+-zPPmK0 12.$e2 h4 13.a4 hxg3 14.hxg3 &c8
9+r+-+-+-0 15.a5 'f8 16.%e3 #f6 17.%b6 $b8
xiiiiiiiiy 18.%f3 #d7 19.%d4 %f6 20.%xf6 gxf6
Black to play, is it time to resign? (D)
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In the Corus tournament the players 9zP-+-+-+-0
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remember, Adams, Grischuk and Bareev 9+-sN-+LzP-0
are leading with 3½ points out of 5, 9-zPP+QzP-+0
while Morozevich, Khalifman and 9tR-+-tR-mK-0
Timman are chasing them on 3 points. xiiiiiiiiy
Today round 6 will be played and I 21.%g2 #e5 22.f4 $a7+ 23.'f1 #g6
24.$f2 $xf2+ 25.'xf2 &h5 26.&h1 &c5
would single out 2 games: Leko-
(D)
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XIIIIIIIIY Yahoo IDs, which might prevent many

9-+r+-mk-+0 CT readers from joining us. Fortunately,
9+p+-+p+-0 there is a better place – InterChess
9p+lzppzpn+0
9zP-tr-+-+-0 server. It is a small and friendly online
9-+-+PzP-+0 club, where we can talk. You do not need
9+-sN-+-zP-0 to pay in order to join the club for the
9-zPP+-mKL+0 day. The whole thing (with good Net
9tR-+-+-+R0 connection) should take only about 5
xiiiiiiiiy minutes. Please read these instructions
carefully:
27.&h7 'e7 28.%f1 #f8 29.&h8 %b5
30.%d3 %xd3 31.cxd3 #d7 32.&xc8
&xc8 33.d4 &c4 34.&a4 &xa4 35.#xa4 1. Please go to
(D) http://www.interchess.com/Regist
XIIIIIIIIY ration.asp
9-+-+-+-+0 2. Register a nickname (please use
9+p+nmkp+-0 only letters and numbers).
9p+-zppzp-+0 3. Download software from
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9N+-zPPzP-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0 load.asp
9-zP-+-mK-+0 4. When the download is completed,
9+-+-+-+-0 double-click on the downloaded
xiiiiiiiiy file to install InterChesss Game
35...f5 36.exf5 exf5 37.#c3 #f6 38.d5 application.
#d7 39.b4 #f6 40.'e3 'd7 41.'d4 5. Run that program.
#h5 42.#e2 (D) 6. When the dialogue box appears,
XIIIIIIIIY insert your nickname, password
9-+-+-+-+0
9+p+k+p+-0 and choose ‘Lectures’ room. I
9p+-zp-+-+0 will be there – my nickname is
9zP-+P+p+n0 ‘Big Bear’.
9-zP-mK-zP-+0 7. You will enter as a spectator and
9+-+-+-zP-0 can take part in the chat. The
9-+-+N+-+0 board may or may not used – the
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy key point is chat. Please use
42...#f6 43.'c4 #e4 44.b5 axb5+ English language.
45.'xb5 'c7 46.'c4 'b8 47.'b4 ½-½
One advantage of that location is that the
chat session could be saved (not possible
Chat with Grandmaster Baburin with Yahoo!), so we might show it in CT
later. If you have special suggestions,
Well, that’s me... If you are interested to etc., please e-mail me in advance! I
discuss Chess Today or chess in general would also suggest downloading the
(how to improve, what GMs eat for program in advance. I reckon that the
breakfast, latest chess gossip), come to chat will be for about an hour – talk to
the chat - you are most welcome! The you on Saturday!
chat will take place next Saturday, 26
January, at 16-00 London time. That Web Watch
will be 19-00 in Moscow, 17-00 in
Berlin, 11-00 in New York and 8-00 in Garry Kasparov wrote about his views on
Los Angeles. the current situation in the chess world at
Kasparov Chess site. Quite an interesting
Last time we used Yahoo for a little chat, read.
but that requires people to have their
CT-19(438) Page 2 of 5
Recent US championship drew a lot of points out that it is the Grandmaster's

attention and if you would like to learn iron logic which gives him the edge,
more about its participants, North-West since Kasparov knows what he should be
Chess website could be a good place to trying to do, and finds the tactics to do it.
start – it has many good photo, as well as There are some points at which I find his
a link to an interesting interview with theory dubious - it is clear that Kasparov
GM Yasser Seirawan. and Kramnik calculate more than almost
anyone else, and perhaps it is their
Book Review phenomenal visualisation powers and
by Sam Collins tactical instincts which enable them to do
so with precision, rather than a simple
As I'm writing this on the opening day of superiority of logic - but it is a refreshing
the Ponomariov-Ivanchuk world new perspective into modern chess.
championship match, I feel that
Excelling at Chess (Everyman Chess, Aagaard's next chapter, 'No Rules?', is
190 pages, £16.99) by Danish IM Jacob probably the most interesting in the
Aagaard will be of interest to even more book. Here is the first rebellion I have
chess players than usual. As we watch seen against the universally embraced
the Ukrainian giants battle for one of the theory of 'Rule-Independence', as
highest honours in chess, it is natural to developed by fantastic books such as
ask ourselves how we can best improve Suba's Dynamic Chess Strategy and
our own games, and Aagaard makes a Watson's Secrets of Modern Chess
very interesting attempt to answer this Strategy. Aagaard strongly argues that
question. chess is based on rules ("knights on the
rim are dim", "bishops beat knights in
Those of you familiar with Aagaard's open positions", "rooks behind passed
previous work will have noticed that it pawns" and so on), and it is the logical
centered around the opening (The Dutch analysis of the interaction of these rules
Stonewall, Sicilian Kalshnikov and Easy that will enable players to get to the heart
Guide to the Panov-Botvinnik Attack, to of chess positions. Aagaard criticises
name but a few). Excelling at Chess is Watson's views, and annotates several
Aagaard's first attempt to provide a games (used by Watson as examples of
general guide to chess improvement, and the inapplicability of general rules) by
an excellent guide it is too. showing the logical basis for a player's
decisions. While he slightly misses
The book is the medium through which Watson's point, he still presents
Aagaard discusses his theory of chess interesting arguments. He discusses
improvement. In his opening chapters, elements (real features of positions -
'Think Like a Human - and Excel at weaknesses, passed pawns, open files,
Chess' and 'Real Chess Players', he etc.) and concepts (ideas we would like
suggests, amongst other things, that to play - improving our knight, setting up
calculation is overrated in modern chess. a blockade, exchanging off minor pieces
Aagaard believes that the so-called 'Real to get a good knight vs. bad bishop
Chess Players' ('someone who knows endgame and so forth), global and local
where the pieces belong'; according to rules (how individual positional factors
Kasparov, there are only a handful of affect the validity of general rules), and
such players), such as Kasparov, the technique of comparing pieces. This
Kramnik and Anand, are superior not by is all rather difficult to describe, so I'll let
virtue of their calculating ability but Mr. Aagaard say a few words:
rather because of their positional
understanding. In his analysis of 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4 #f6 5
Kasparov's games, for instance, Aagaard #c3 #c6 6 #f3 %g4 7 cxd5 #xd5 8
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$b3 %xf3 9 gxf3 #b6 10 %e3 e6 11 0− moment) in view of the respective long-
0−0 %e7 12 d5 exd5 13 #xd5 #xd5 14 term prospects of the pieces. Both b7 and
&xd5 $c7 15 'b1 0−0 16 f4 #b4 17 f7 are major weaknesses and Black
&d4 $c6? 18 &g1 &ad8 (D) cannot find a safe spot for the knight in
this open centre. Actually this is a
Acs-Ruck, Hungary 1996 powerful example of a bishop being
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-trk+0 superior to a knight in an open position.
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 The bishop can move freely and the
9-+q+-+-+0 knight has nowhere to go.
9+-+-+-+-0
9-sn-tR-zP-+0 "Had Brynell carried out this brief
9+Q+-vL-+-0 exercise (he was busy worrying about
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 Black's threat) he would have been more
9+K+-+LtR-0
xiiiiiiiiy optimistic, although I know that Brynell
White to play would have been careful nonetheless. It
is my conclusion that White stands better
"Let us start with comparing the pieces. and should play aggressively. The best
The kings seem to be more or less equal. way to put pressure on the opponent
White has some pressure on the g-file before you strike is to improve your
and Black has potential pressure on the worst placed piece, and we already know
e4-b1 diagonal. Actually, Black threatens that this is the light squared bishop. So
...Rxd4 followed by ...Qe4+. This is what we ask ourselves: at Christmas where
made Brynell (who had this position in would we want our light squared bishop?
an earlier game - Collins) play the awful The answers are e4 or d5, central squares
19 Rc4? and end up in a poor position from where the bishop can concentrate
that he won in thirty moves. It is hard to on different weaknesses in the enemy
see a difference between the kings, but camp. But how do we engineer this?
there is one when we come to the queens. Brynell wanted to play 19 Bg2 but
White's queen is posted on practically the noticed the seemingly deadly check
best square, monitoring the key squares 19...Qg6+, after which 20 Be4 loses to
d5, b7 and f7 and assisting the attack on 20...Qxg1+. Note that 19 Bd3 allows an
Black's knight. The black queen is also exchange of a great bishop for what we
well placed, but not permanently since it have already discovered is Black's worst
can easily be challenged by Bg2 at any piece. Thus Black's threat and 19 Bg2
moment. In fact it is not easy to see Qg6+ prompted Brynell to opt for 19
where the queen should find a long-term Rc4?, but this is the wrong attitude. We
resting place, so this is a positional can see that 19 Bg2 is the correct move
problem for Black. The rooks on d4 and from our logical assumptions, so we
d8 appear to be of equal strength; I like should try harder to make it work - as do
the pressure White's exerts on b4, but I the best players. So, I quickly came up
also like the potential pressure on the d- with...
file. As for the other rooks, White's is 19 %g2!! $g6+ 20 f5!
aggressively posted on the g-file and is "This is not so difficult to find but, alas,
was overlooked by Brynell. In fact this is
clearly superior to Black's, which does
Brynell's great weakness. He is a very
nothing on f8 and is yet to find a decent careful player who dislikes sacrificing
role. The dark-squared bishops are material without immediate gain and is
evenly matched, and it is a case of which not too fond of lengthy calculations.
will occupy the long diagonal first (at the Consequently a tactic such as the text
moment it looks like Black, but nothing might be lost on him. I guess that is why
is decided yet). I prefer White's light- he will not become world champion.
squared bishop to the knight (despite the 20...$xf5+ 21 %e4
fact that it is not well placed at the "One of the ideal squares for the
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proposed method of studying openings is
Bareev (2707) − Adams (2742)
also thought provoking. 1.d4 #f6 2.c4 e6 3.#f3 b6 4.#c3 %b4
5.$b3 c5 6.a3 %a5 7.%g5 %b7 8.e3 0-0
Indeed, this is the best adjective I can 9.&d1 d5
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My Assessment (with 5 stars being the

highest mark): * * * * *
Solutions to our tactical quiz.

1) Tian Tian – I. Blasko, 2001: 24.!xb7! exf5
25.!xa8 "f7 26.#bc1 1-0 Also good was
24.!e2 h6 25.#bc1.
2) Ormos-Betazky, Budapest 1951. It would be
wrong to resign – Black drew after 1...#h1+!
2."xh1 %g3+! 3.fxg3 !xg2+ 4."xg2 ½-½

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CT-20(439)
CT-20(439), 20th January 2002
Quiz Today: Piket (2659) − Khalifman

(2688) Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (6),
9.01.2002
Half Way in Moscow XIIIIIIIIY
9-+Q+-+-+0
9+-+-+pmkp0
I
n the fifth game of the FIDE World
Chess Championships Final in 9p+-+p+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Moscow Ruslan Ponomariov, 9-+-+-+p+0
playing black, choose the Queen's 9+-zp-+-wq-0
Gambit Accepted as he had done in the 9-tr-+-+L+0
second game. But this time black castled 9+-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
on the queenside while white’s king was White to play and salvage a draw
on the another flank. White had more
space in the centre and on the left, black Round 6 results:
attacked with a pawn on the right flank. Morozevich – Kasimdzhanov 1:0 Adams
On the 28th move black gained the upper – Lautier ½:½ Piket – Khalifman ½:½
hand after a tricky knight jump, but Van Wely – Dreev ½:½ Gurevich –
Ruslan missed this opportunity. After Gelfand ½:½ Leko – Grischuk 1:0
some exchanges Vasily Ivanchuk won a Timman – Bareev 0:1
pawn and had good winning chances, but
also missed them. To my mind he had to Round 6 Standings: 1. Bareev – 4½
play g3-g4 somewhere. At the after points out of 6 2-3. Adams, Morozevich
game’s press-conference Vasily said that – 4 4-6. Grischuk, Khalifman, Leko –
his brain was not in gear in the final 3½ 7-9. Dreev, Gelfand, Timman – 3 10-
stage of this game. You can find GM 12. Gurevich, Lautier, Piket – 2½ 13.
Sergey Shipov's analysis of this game at Kasimdzhanov – 1½ 14. Van Wely – 1
kasparov.com.
Round 7 pairing:
Sunday is a rest day at the WCC final. Bareev – Morozevich
Both players were asked how they Grischuk – Timman
planned to spend this day. Vasily said he Gelfand – Leko
would like to go to the Bolshoi theatre; Dreev – Gurevich
Ruslan will celebrate his second Khalifman – Van Wely
Gennady Kuzmin's 56-birthday. Lautier – Piket
Kasimdzhanov – Adams
So after the first half of the match
Ruslan Ponomariov is leading 2½:1½. Tournament B, round 4 results: Jonkman
As usual, we include this game (and – Stefanova ½:½ Sokolov – Peng 1:0
Corus games also) in our cbv-file. Krasenkov – Yu ½:½ Cuijpers –
Skrypchenko 1:0 Nijboer – Werle 1:0
Evgenij Bareev became sole leader at Tregubov – Van der Wiel 1:0
the Corus super tournament in Wijk aan
Zee - chess.lostcity.nl/Corus2002 - after Round 4 Standings: 1. Sokolov – 3½
beating Jan Timman with black in the 6th points out of 4 2-3. Krasenkov, Nijboer –
Round. Alexander Morozevich beat 3 4-6. Jonkman, Stefanova, Tregubov –
Rustam Kasymzhanov with white and 2½ 7-9. Cuijpers, Van der Wiel, Yu – 1½
shares second place with Michael 10-11. Peng, Werle – 1 12. Skrypchenko
Adams. –½

CT-20(439) Page 1 of 3
Round 5 pairing: White finds weaknesses in the black

Van der Wiel – Jonkman camp. Grischuk has to defend his b7 and
Werle – Tregubov f5 pawns.
Skrypchenko – Nijboer 21...¦xe1+ 22.£xe1 £d7 23.¥f4 ¦e8?!
Yu – Cuijpers Black finds active counter−play, but
maybe better was something like
Peng – Krasenkov
23...¥h7!?
Stefanova – Sokolov 24.£d2 g5?
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+lmk0
Annotated Game 9zppzpq+-+-0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9-+n+-vl-zp0
P Leko (2713) − A Grischuk (2671) 9+-zPp+pzp-0
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 9P+-zP-vL-+0
19.01.2002 C42 9+-zPL+N+-0
9-+-wQ-zPPzP0
9+R+-+-mK-0
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6 4.¤f3 xiiiiiiiiy
¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.¥d3 ¤c6 7.0-0 ¥e7 But it's a mistake − in view of the
8.c4 ¤b4 following clever sac.
XIIIIIIIIY 25.¦xb7!
9r+lwqk+-tr0
9zppzp-vlpzpp0 White gets 3 pawns for a piece but the
9-+-+-+-+0 main point is that all his pieces become
9+-+p+-+-0 very active.
9-snPzPn+-+0 25...¦c8 26.h4! gxf4 27.£xf4 ¥g7
9+-+L+N+-0 28.£xf5!
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 White's position is so strong that Leko
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy even invites his opponent into an
A popular line of the Petroff Defense. endgame.
9.¥e2 ¥e6 10.¤c3 0-0 11.¤e5 28...£d8
XIIIIIIIIY
White provokes the following move, 9-+rwq-+lmk0
after which the e6−point will be weak. 9zpRzp-+-vl-0
11...f6 12.¤f3 ¢h8 13.a3 ¤xc3 9-+n+-+-zp0
13...¤c6!? 9+-zPp+Q+-0
14.bxc3 ¤c6 15.¤d2 9P+-zP-+-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zPL+N+-0
9r+-wq-tr-mk0 9-+-+-zPP+0
9zppzp-vl-zpp0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+n+lzp-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+p+-+-0 29.¤g5!
9-+PzP-+-+0 Very energetic and very nice! White's
9zP-zP-+-+-0 threat is Nf7+ and Qh7x, so black has to
9-+-sNLzPPzP0 accept the second sac.
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 29...hxg5 30.hxg5 £f8 31.£h3+ ¥h6
After the opening, white has a strong 32.¥f5 ¦e8 33.¦xc7 ¦e1+ 34.¢h2 ¤e7
pawn centre so his position is a bit better 35.g4 ¥e6 36.£xh6+ £xh6+ 37.gxh6
− a feature in this variation. ¤xf5 38.gxf5 ¥xf5
XIIIIIIIIY
15...f5 16.¦e1 ¥f6 17.a4 ¥g8 18.c5!? 9-+-+-+-mk0
¦e8 19.¤f3 h6 20.¦b1 ¦b8 21.¥d3! 9zp-tR-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+-zP0
9-tr-wqr+lmk0 9+-zPp+l+-0
9zppzp-+-zp-0 9P+-zP-+-+0
9-+n+-vl-zp0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9+-zPp+p+-0 9-+-+-zP-mK0
9P+-zP-+-+0 9+-+-tr-+-0
9+-zPL+N+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-zPPzP0 White has too many strong passed
9+RvLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy pawns so an endgame has to be winning

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¦f3 44.c6 ¥g4 45.a5 ¦xf2 46.a6 ¦c2 will go up!
47.¦c7
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-mk0 Chess Today is published by:
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9+-+pmK-+-0
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xiiiiiiiiy
Black resigned. A brilliant victory for
Editors:
Peter Leko. 1-0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
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site includes a lot of information about express written permission.
the recent US Championship, lots of
good photos, as well as a link to an
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Seirawan. - (GKB)
White's position looks very sad, bui

Jeroen Piket found a perpetual check:
44.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 45.£d7+ ¢f8 46.£d8+
¢f7 47.£d7+ ¢f6 48.£d8+ ¢f5
48...¢e5?? 49.£c7+
49.£f8+ ¢e5 50.£c5+!
Now the king hasn't any way to the
queen side.
50...¢f4 51.£c7+ e5 52.£c4+ ¢g5
53.£g8+ ¢f6 54.£f8+ ¢e6 55.£e8+
¢d6 56.£c6+! ¢e7 57.£c7+ ¢f6
58.£d8+ ¢f5 59.£c8+ ¢g6 ½-½


CT-20(439) Page 3 of 3
CT-21(440)
CT-21(440), 21st January 2002
Leko ½:½ Dreev – Gurevich ½:½

Bareev leads Corus Khalifman – Van Wely 1:0 Lautier –
Piket ½:½ Kasimdzhanov – Adams ½:½
S
unday was a rest day at the FIDE
World Chess Championships Final Round 7 Standings: 1. Bareev – 5 points
in Moscow, we turn our attention out of 7 2-5. Adams, Grischuk,
to the Corus super tournament in Wijk Khalifman, Morozevich – 4½ 6. Leko –
aan Zee. 4 7-8. Dreev, Gelfand – 3½ 9-12.
Gurevich, Lautier, Piket, Timman – 3 13.
To my mind the most interesting match Kasimdzhanov – 2 14. Van Wely – 1
was the leader Bareev's game against
Morozevich. Alexander chose his Round 8 pairing: Morozevich – Adams
favourite line in the Slav Defence, which Piket – Kasimdzhanov Van Wely –
he played against both Kasparov and Lautier Gurevich – Khalifman Leko –
Kramnik. Evgenij, who was Kramnik’s Dreev Timman – Gelfand Bareev –
second at London-2000 match, tried to Grischuk
improve Vladimir’s play (according to
the game Kramnik – Morozevich, Astana ♦ Tournament B, round 5 results: Van
2001). White won a pawn, but black der Wiel – Jonkman 1:0 Werle –
received strong compensation because Tregubov 0:1 Skrypchenko – Nijboer 0:1
both his rooks and a knight were very Yu – Cuijpers 1:0 Peng – Krasenkov 0:1
active. It looks like it was Morozevich Stefanova – Sokolov ½:½
who played for a win in the mutual time-
trouble, but Bareev defended very Round 5 Standings: 1-3. Sokolov,
precisely. IM Maxim Notkin has Krasenkov, Nijboer – 4 points out of 5
annotated this game on Kasparovchess 4. Tregubov – 3½ 5. Stefanova – 3 6-8.
but only in Russian as yet. Jonkman, Van der Wiel, Yu – 2½ 9.
Cuijpers – 1½ 10-11. Peng, Werle – 1 12.
Also on this site you can find Kasparov’s Skrypchenko – ½
expressions about Wijk aan Zee and the
Ponomarev – Ivanchuk match (in Round 6 pairing: Jonkman – Sokolov
Russian too). I believe English-language Krasenkov – Stefanova Cuijpers – Peng
readers will read with interest another of Nijboer – Yu Tregubov – Skrypchenko
Kasparov’s article, “Topics that must be Van der Wiel – Werle
discussed” about the present situation in
the chess world.
♦ Quiz Today: Grischuk (2671) -
But let's come back to Wijk. Grischuk Timman (2605)
rather easily beat Timman, Khalifman Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (7), 20.01.2002
did the same to Van Wely, all other XIIIIIIIIY
games were drawn. But there were no so 9-+-+-+-tr0
called “grandmaster’s draws”: Gelfand 9+-+n+kzp-0
and Leko played to lone kings, 9p+p+-+-+0
Kasimdzhanov missed his chances 9zp-+p+lzPp0
against Adams (see our annotated game 9-+-vL-sN-+0
section)… 9zP-+-+P+-0
9-zPP+-+-zP0
Round 7 results: Bareev – Morozevich 9+-mK-tR-+-0
½:½ Grischuk – Timman 1:0 Gelfand – xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
CT-21(440) Page 1 of 4
♦ The Indian Championships are in Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (7),
progress in Nagpur. There are 5 GMs 20.01.2002 E12
(Sasikiran, Harikrishna, Barua, Kunte,
Thipsay) and 9 IMs among 20 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.a3
XIIIIIIIIY
participants of the VIII Category round- 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
robin event. After the 4th round 9zp-zpp+pzpp0
Sasikiran, Harikrishna, Barua, 9-zp-+psn-+0
Ganguly share first place with 3½ 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+PzP-+-+0
points. 9zP-+-+N+-0
9-zP-+PzPPzP0
♦ GMs Alexander Graf, Branko 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Damljanovic and Igor Efimov share
The Petrosian system of the Queen's
first place with 4 points after the 5th Indian Defense.
round of the traditional, 18th open 4...¥a6 5.£c2 ¥b7 6.¤c3 c5 7.e4 cxd4
tournament in Skopje, Republic of 8.¤xd4 ¤c6 9.¤xc6 ¥xc6 10.£e2
Macedonia. K. Georgiev, Onischuk, White prepares the f1 bishop's
Palac, Kolev, V. Georgiev, Kurajica, fianchetto. Worse was 10.g3?! ¤xe4!?
Rogozenko, Dizdarevic and Mitkov have 11.¤xe4 f5 12.¥g2 fxe4 13.¥xe4 ¥xe4
3½ points etc. 14.£xe4 ¥e7
10...d6 11.g3 ¥e7 12.¥g2 0-0 13.0-0
♦ Arkadij Naiditsch won the 6th Bad ¦c8 14.¦d1 £c7 15.¥f4
XIIIIIIIIY
Zwesten, Germany, open (4th-10th 9-+r+-trk+0
January, Swiss system, 9 rounds). Final 9zp-wq-vlpzpp0
Standings: 1. Naiditsch – 7½ points out 9-zplzppsn-+0
of 9 2-7. Bischoff, Bauer, Epishin, 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+P+PvL-+0
Luther, Farago, Karpatchev – 7 8-12. 9zP-sN-+-zP-0
Shirazi, M. Ivanov, Boudre, Doeres, 9-zP-+QzPLzP0
Biedekoepper – 6½ etc. 9tR-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
So, black has chosen a hedgehog
♦ Roberto Cifuentes Parada, variation. White has more space, black
Vladimir Epishin and Mihai Suba has a very flexible position. Rustam
shared first at the XXVII Abierto Kasimzhanov has begun to put pressure
International Ciudad de Sevillia, Spain on the potentially weak d6 pawn and
(11th-19th January, 9 rounds, Swiss tries to provoke the e6−e5 move.
system). Final Standings: 15...£b8 16.¦d2 ¦fd8 17.¦ad1 h6
1-3. Cifuentes Parada, Epishin, Suba – 7 18.h4 ¤e8 19.¦d3 a6 20.b3 £a8?
½ points out of 9 4-11. Matamoros XIIIIIIIIY
9q+rtrn+k+0
Franco, Lalic, Komljenovic, Korneev, 9+-+-vlpzp-0
Spraggett, Cabrera, Candela Perez, 9pzplzpp+-zp0
Mellado Trivico – 7 12-18. Hamdouchi, 9+-+-+-+-0
Paragua, Rustemov, Fernandez Romero, 9-+P+PvL-zP0
9zPPsNR+-zP-0
Campora Sivori, Frois, Estremera Pacos 9-+-+QzPL+0
– 6½ etc. 9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Our congratulations to all the winners! An imprecise move which white
immediately exploits.
21.¤d5! £a7
♦ Annotated Game 21...exd5? 22.exd5 and white takes
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky back one or another bishop.; 21...¥f8?
22.¤xb6
R Kasimdzhanov (2695) − M Adams 22.¤xe7+ £xe7 23.a4 e5!?
(2742) Of course, e8 isn't the best place for a

CT-21(440) Page 2 of 4
knight. Michael Adams finds some active 45.¦xh6+ gxh6 46.£xh6#) 44.¢e8 £c8+
counter−play. (44...¦c8+ 45.¦d8 £g6+ 46.¢d7+ ¦xd8+
24.¥d2 £b7 25.¥b4 f5!? 26.¥xd6 fxe4 47.¢xd8 £b6+) 45.¦d8 £b7 46.£e6
27.¦3d2 ¤xd6 28.¦xd6 £e7 42...¦c5+ 43.¢e6 £a8
9-+rtr-+k+0 9q+-+-+-mk0
9+-+-wq-zp-0 9+-+-+-zp-0
9pzpltR-+-zp0 9-+-tRK+-zp0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9zp-tr-+-+-0
9P+P+p+-zP0 9P+-+-wQ-zP0
9+P+-+-zP-0 9+P+-zP-zP-0
9-+-+QzPL+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9+-+-+-+-0
29.c5! From now on Fritz evaluates this
Fritz's advice is 29.£g4!? ¦xd6 position as equal. We all know how
30.£xc8+ ¢h7 31.¦e1 but in this line computers like extra pawns, so when
black's pieces are more active than his one side has two extra pawns but the
opponent's. computer gives an equal evaluation
29...bxc5 30.£c4+ ¢h8 31.£xc5 ¦xd6 maybe it's correct.
32.¦xd6 ¦c7 White's threat was Rxh6+. 44.¢e7 ¦c7+ 45.¦d7 ¦c8 46.¦c7 ¦e8+
33.£b4 47.¢d6 ¦d8+ 48.¢e7 ¦e8+ 49.¢d6
XIIIIIIIIY ¦d8+ 50.¢e7 ¦e8+ ½-½
9-+-+-+-mk0 A lucky escape for Michael Adams!
9+-tr-wq-zp-0
9p+ltR-+-zp0
9+-+-zp-+-0 ♦ Daytrip to the 4NCL
9PwQ-+p+-zP0
9+P+-+-zP-0 CT Technical Editor Graham Brown
9-+-+-zPL+0 meets GM Alex Baburin and watches an
9+-+-+-mK-0 amazing Korchnoi endgame.
xiiiiiiiiy
33...e3!? Today I took a train to Birmingham (the
An active defence: Adams sacrifices a
2nd biggest City in England) to watch the
pawn in order to weaken his opponent's
king.
4NCL www.4ncl.co.uk. There were
34.fxe3 ¥xg2 35.¢xg2 a5 36.£d2 ¦c8 many top GMs playing, one of them
37.£d5?! being Chess Today Editor in Chief GM
I don't like this move: in this sharp Baburin! In this Futuristic World that we
position the queen has to protect its king live in now I have only ever met him on
against. checks along the second rank. the Internet!
Better was 37.e4!? or 37.¦d5 which
attacks black's pawns with the rook and
attempts to exchange rooks or queens.
37...£f8!
Black occupies another open file with
his queen.
38.£xe5?!
Now the king has to go into the center,
where black will attack it and force a
draw. Though after 38.£d2 e4 39.£d1
black maybe has enough counterplay for
a draw also.
38...¦c2+ 39.¢h3 £f1+ 40.¢g4 £e2+ GMs Mestel and Speelman in the
41.¢f5 £f3+ 42.£f4 4NCL analysis room
Maybe better was 42.¢g6 but it's hard
to calculate this position even with a When I arrived, Alex (playing for Wood
computer, for example: 42...£g4+ Green) was deep in thought against GM
43.¢f7 ¦c7+ (43...£f3+ 44.£f4 £a8?
CT-21(440) Page 3 of 4
Dr John Nunn (playing for Beeson

Gregory). I decided against tapping Alex Recommended websites:
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on the shoulder! When the complex htm
battle ended in a truce they went away to www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html
analyse the game so again I waited my www.kasparovchess.ru
www.4ncl.co.uk
time. I would have nothing to add to the
Anglo-Russian analysis team of Nunn-
Baburin. When the analysis was finished Solution to Quiz Today:
26.g6+! ¥xg6
I introduced myself.
After 26...¢f8 27.¤e6+ ¥xe6 28.¦xe6
c5 29.¥e3 black has to play without a
I soon found myself (1900 elo on a good rook h8.
day) sitting opposite GMs Baburin & 27.¦e7+! ¢xe7 28.¤xg6+ ¢e6
Short in the local pizza restaurant. 29.¤xh8+− g5 30.¤g6 c5 31.¥g7 ¢f5
Eventually the conversation turned to 32.¤e7+ ¢e6 33.¤c6 d4 34.¢d2 a4
chess but I wasn't worried. It was 35.c3 ¢d5 36.¤d8 1-0
entertaining to listen to them analyse
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9-+-+p+-+0
9+-+-+-tR-0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.¢d6 ¦b4 2.¢c6 ¦b3
There really is nothing to compare with

seeing the practical chess struggle in
action. Is chess an art? a science? a
game? After watching the 4NCL for a
day … I say it's a Sport!
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CT-22(441)
CT-22(441), 22nd January 2002
♦ Quiz Today: Timman (2605) −

Ponomarev wins in Gelfand (2703)
Time Trouble Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (8),
21.01.2002
XIIIIIIIIY
A
terrible day for Vassily 9-+l+-+-+0
Ivanchuk! After a rest day, in the 9+-+-mkp+p0
5th game of the FIDE World 9-+-tRpzp-+0
9+-+n+-+-0
Chess Championships Final in Moscow 9-+P+-+-+0
he totally overplayed Ruslan Ponomarev 9+-+-+-zP-0
with black, but in mutual time-trouble 9PzP-+-+-zP0
missed white’s annoying counter-play, 9+K+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
became nervous and then lost … Is it all
over now? (Ponomariov is leading Black has just played 26...Ke8−e7. It
3½:1½ now and has to take only one was a decisive mistake, after which
more point in the 3 games that are left to white won by force!
became new World Champion)? GM
Sergei Shipov, who annotated this game Kasimdzhanov – Van Wely Adams –
on Kasparovchess (on Russian), thinks Piket
that the outcome of this match is clear.
Ivanchuk missed his chances in the 2nd, Tournament B, round 6 results: Jonkman
4th and 5th games; maybe in the following – Sokolov ½:½ Krasenkov – Stefanova
games fortune will shine on him? Also 1:0 Cuijpers – Peng ½:½ Nijboer – Yu
see our annotated game section. 1:0 Tregubov – Skrypchenko ½:½ Van
der Wiel – Werle ½:½
Monday was a rather peaceful day at
Corus: there were six draws and only Jan Round 6 Standings: 1-2. Krasenkov,
Timman won … with white against Nijboer – 5 points out of 6 3. Sokolov –
Boris Gelfand. So Evgenij Bareev keeps 4½ 4. Tregubov – 4 5-7. Jonkman,
the lead, 4 players are in chase. Stefanova, Van der Wiel – 3 8. Yu – 2½
9. Cuijpers – 2 10-11. Peng, Werle – 1½
Round 8 results: Morozevich – Adams 12. Skrypchenko – 1
½:½ Piket – Kasimdzhanov ½:½ Van
Wely – Lautier ½:½ Gurevich – Round 7 pairing: Werle – Jonkman
Khalifman ½:½ Leko – Dreev ½:½ Skrypchenko – Van der Wiel Yu –
Timman – Gelfand 1:0 Bareev – Tregubov Peng – Nijboer Stefanova –
Grischuk ½:½ Cuijpers Sokolov – Krasenkov
Round 8 Standings: 1. Bareev – 5½ ♦ GMs Barua and Harikrishna are

points out of 8 2-5. Adams, Grischuk, leading with 4½ points after the 5th
Khalifman, Morozevich – 5 6. Leko – 4½ Round of the Indian Championships.
7-8. Dreev, Timman – 4 9-12. Gelfand, Sasikiran and Ganguly have 4 points
Gurevich, Lautier, Piket – 3½ 13. each.
Kasimdzhanov – 2½ 14. Van Wely – 1½
♦ 18th Skopje (Macedonia) open,
Round 9 pairing: Grischuk – Morozevich standings after the 6th round: 1-2. Graf,
Gelfand – Bareev Dreev – Timman Damljanovic – 5 points out of 6 3. K.
Khalifman – Leko Lautier – Gurevich Georgiev – 4½ 4-11. Palac, Kolev, V.

CT-22(441) Page 1 of 4
Georgiev, Kurajica, Dizdarevic, Mitkov, conference, that he somewhere mixed

Stanojoski, Efimov – 4 etc. up his piece maneuvers on the kingside.
In the following game white received an
12 players took part in the Ljubliana advantage: 14.¤f5 ¥f8 15.¤h2 d5
(Slovenia) round-robin event (XI cat., av. 16.£f3 ¢h8 17.¥g5 h6 18.¥h4 g6
19.¤e3 g5 20.¥g3² Shirov − Adams,
Elo 2510) in honour of 90th anniversary
Wijk aan Zee 1998.
of the of SK Ljubljana Metalka 14...d5 15.£f3 g6 16.¥a2 ¥f8 17.¥g5
Trgovina. Standings after the 2nd round: h6 18.¥d2 ¥g7 19.¤g4 ¤xg4 20.hxg4
1. Sveshnikov – 2 points out of 2 2-7. ¤c5
Beliavsky, Soln, Nisipeanu, Kharlov, XIIIIIIIIY
Pavasovic, Farago – 1½ 8-9. Volokitin,. 9r+-wqr+k+0
Tratar – ½ 10-12. Polajzer, Jelen, 9+l+-+pvl-0
9p+p+-+pzp0
Podlesnik – 0 9+psnpzp-+-0
9-+-+P+P+0
9zP-+P+QsN-0
♦ Annotated Game 9LzPPvL-zPP+0
9tR-+-tR-mK-0
It looks like black has received at least
R Ponomariov (2727) − V Ivanchuk an equal position after the opening: a
(2717) strong pawn centre, some ideas with
FIDE WCh KO Final Moscow RUS (7.5), Ne6−d4 or Ne6−g5 etc.
21.01.2002 C88 21.¦ad1 ¦c8 22.¤f1 ¤e6 23.£g3 ¢h7
24.¤h2
1.e4 e5 The Knight is going to f3, but his
French, Sicilian, Spanish... What will collegue was there from the 2nd till the
Ivanchuk play in the 7th game against 14th moves...
1.e4 ? 24...f6!? 25.¤f3 c5!?
2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.0-0 XIIIIIIIIY
¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 0-0 8.h3 9-+rwqr+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0 9+l+-+-vlk0
9+-zppvlpzpp0 9p+-+nzppzp0
9p+n+-sn-+0
9+p+-zp-+-0 9+pzppzp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+L+-+N+P0
9-+-+P+P+0
9PzPPzP-zPP+0 9zP-+P+NwQ-0
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 9LzPPvL-zPP+0
xiiiiiiiiy
Ponomariov doesn't want to play the 9+-+RtR-mK-0
Marshall Attack in case of 8.c3 d5 xiiiiiiiiy
8...¥b7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Ivanchuk has stretched his center and
A prophylactic against Na5. begins a pawn offence in the centre.
10...¤b8 11.¤bd2 ¤bd7 12.¤f1 ¦e8 Ponomariov hasn't any active counter−
13.¤g3 c6 14.¤h2 play and has to stay and wait. But his
XIIIIIIIIY position is still rather solid.
9r+-wqr+k+0 26.£h2
9+l+nvlpzpp0 With a threat g4−g5 somewhere.
9p+pzp-sn-+0
9+p+-zp-+-0 26...¤d4 27.¤xd4 cxd4 28.c3
9-+-+P+-+0 Maybe better was 28.¥b3!? In case of
9zPL+P+-sNP0 28...a5 29.a4 bxa4 30.¥xa4 ¥c6!?
9-zPP+-zPPsN0 31.¥xc6 ¦xc6 32.c3!? white's position
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 (without light−square bishops) looks
xiiiiiiiiy much better, than in the game.
It's a novelty, but Ruslan Ponomariov 28...dxc3 29.bxc3?
said at the after−game press−

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XIIIIIIIIY After the prophylactic move 47...g5!

9-+rwqr+-+0 white hasn't any chances.
9+l+-+-vlk0 48.£d2!!
9p+-+-zppzp0
9+p+pzp-+-0 Very nice! All of a sudden white
9-+-+P+P+0 activates his pieces. Ivanchuk missed
9zP-zPP+-+-0 his chances and began to be nervous.
9L+-vL-zPPwQ0 48...g5
9+-+RtR-mK-0 After 48...£xb1 49.¥xh6+ ¢f7
xiiiiiiiiy 50.£d5+ ¢e8 51.£a8+ ¢d7 52.¥xf8
Ruslan was unable to explain this very black has to make a perpetual check:
strange decision. After 29.¥xc3 d4 52...£e1+ 53.¢h2 £h4+ 54.¢g1 £e1+
30.¥d2 ¦c2 31.¥c1 white has a rather 49.¥a2 £b7
solid position. Though maybe better for Or 49...£d1 50.£d5! with the same
black was 29...Qd7!? with the idea of very sharp endgame, where white has
Red8. his own chances, for example: 50...£xd5
29...dxe4 30.dxe4 £e7 31.a4 51.exd5 ¥c2 52.c4 (52.¥b6 ¢f7) 52...a5
Now white has to sac a pawn without 53.c5 a4 54.c6 etc. I suspect, after
real compensation. 48.Qd2! black hadn't an advantage, but
31...bxa4 32.£h3 ¦ed8 33.£f3 ¦c7 Ivanchuk didn't want to admit it.
Ivanchuk makes natural and strong 50.£d3
moves. The only problem was − he 50.£d5!?
made them very slowly and now has 50...¥e8 51.£d5 £xd5
approximately 4−5 minutes vs. 19−20 51...£f7 52.¢f2
Ponomariov's. 52.exd5 a5 53.c4
34.¥c1 ¦cd7 35.¥b1 £e6! XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+lvl-+0
9-+-tr-+-+0 9+-+-+-mk-0
9+l+r+-vlk0 9-+-+-zp-zp0
9p+-+qzppzp0 9zp-+Pzp-zp-0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9-+P+-+P+0
9p+-+P+P+0 9zp-+-vLPmK-0
9+-zP-+Q+-0 9L+-+-+P+0
9-+-+-zPP+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+LvLRtR-mK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy In this position white's chances for a
The Queen immediately takes this win is better because he has two passed
diagonal under control. pawns, while black only one.
36.¦xd7 ¦xd7 37.¥c2 ¥c6 38.¦d1 £a2! 53...¥b4 54.c5 ¢f8 55.¢f2 ¥b5 56.c6
39.¦xd7 ¥xd7 40.£d1 ¥b5 41.¥e3 £c4 ¢e7 57.¥a7 ¢d8
42.¢h2 ¥c6 43.£a1 ¥f8 The first step on the false way. 57...¥d3
The g7 Bishop also wakes up... 58.¢e3 ¥f1= bishop has to defend f1-a6
44.¥b1 a3 45.f3 £b3 46.£a2 ¥a4! diagonal.(58...¥c2 59.¥b6 a4? 60.c7
After 46...£xa2 47.¥xa2 ¥a4 48.¢g1 ¢d7 61.¥c4!+−)
¥c2 with idea a5−a4 and Bb3 white has 58.¥b6+ ¢c8??
49.¥b6™ XIIIIIIIIY
47.¢g3 9-+k+-+-+0
9-+-+-vl-+0 9-vLP+-zp-zp0
9+-+-+-+k0 9zpl+Pzp-zp-0
9p+-+-zppzp0 9-vl-+-+P+0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9zp-+-+P+-0
9l+-+P+P+0 9L+-+-mKP+0
9zpqzP-vLPmK-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9Q+-+-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+L+-+-+-0 Now white wins. For the 3rd (!) time in
xiiiiiiiiy this match (just recall the 2nd and 4th
Ivanchuk has a huge advantage but games) Vasily Ivanchuk underestimates
Ponomariov finds a trick... such a factor as the activity of his
47...¢g7? opponent's king. 58...¢e7!=
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27.¦c6 ¥b7 28.cxd5! ¥xc6 29.dxc6

¢d6 30.g4!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+p+p0
9-+Pmkpzp-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+P+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzP-+-+-zP0
9+K+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Here Gelfand resigned because this

position is winning for white. You don't
need to calculate all the variations, but
simply create a plan: white can promote
his pawns "a" and "b" on the 6th rank
without any problems, while black's
passed pawn will be only on e5. After
this, the white king will be able to go to
the 6th rank also and checkmate the
opposing king with the help of his pawns.
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CT-23(442)
CT-23(442), 23rd January 2002
♦ Quiz Today: Nakamura (2430) −

Ponomariov draws Lesiege (2572)
GMA Bermuda BER (1), 21.01.2002
closer to World Crown XIIIIIIIIY
n the 6th game of the FIDE World 9r+-+k+-tr0
I Chess Championships Final in

Moscow Vassily Ivanchuk had white
… maybe for the last time in this match.
9+-wq-+-zpp0
9p+Nzp-+-vl0
9+-+Pzp-+-0
But many journalists and spectators got 9-+-+-zp-+0
the impression that after yesterday's 9+-wQ-+-+-0
shock he was unable to play to his full
strength. Yes, he tried, but couldn’t find
9PzPP+-+-zP0
top gear. Vassily swapped his first move 9+-mKRtR-+-0
and played 1.e2-e4 and Ruslan choose xiiiiiiiiy
the very solid Petroff Defense. Black White to play
quite easily equalised and it was white Piket – 4 13. Kasimdzhanov – 3½ 14.
who offered a draw on the 27th move. As Van Wely – 1½
usual, GM Sergei Shipov has annotated
this game at Kasparovchess (in Russian). Tournament B, round 7 results: Werle –
Jonkman 0:1 Skrypchenko – Van der
Now Ruslan Ponomariov is leading 4:2 Wiel ½:½ Yu – Tregubov 1:0 Peng –
and he needs only half a point to win the Nijboer 1:0 Stefanova – Cuijpers 0:1
title. Will the 7th game be a mere Sokolov – Krasenkov ½:½
formality or will Ivanchuk put up a big
fight? I’d prefer the latter (I think the Round 7 Standings: 1. Krasenkov – 5½
spectators would too), but who knows… points out of 7 2-3. Nijboer, Sokolov – 5
4-5. Jonkman, Tregubov – 4 6-7. Yu,
♦ In the 9th round of Corus Alexander Van der Wiel – 3½ 8-9. Stefanova,
Grischuk beat Alexander Morozevich Cuijpers – 3 10. Peng – 2½ 12.
(who chose the Berlin Wall for the first Skrypchenko, Werle – 1½
time) and caught up Evgenij Bareev. It
is interesting that Evgenij, as black, Today is a rest day at the A and B events.
played Morozevich’s favourite line in the Also see our annotated game section.
Slav Defense against Gelfand (see the
Bareev – Morozevich game) and rather ♦ Barua, Harikrishna, Sasikiran and
easily made a draw. Ganguly are leading with 5 points after
the 6th Round of the Indian Champion-
Round 9 results: Grischuk – Morozevich ships.
1:0 Gelfand – Bareev ½:½ Dreev –
Timman ½:½ Khalifman – Leko ½:½ ♦ 18th Skopje (Macedonia) open,
Lautier – Gurevich ½:½ Kasimdzhanov standings after the 7th round: 1. Graf – 6
– Van Wely 1:0 Adams – Piket ½:½ points out of 7 2-4. Kolev, Dizdarevic,
Damljanovic – 5 5-14. K. Georgiev,
Round 9 Standings: 1-2. Bareev, Palac, V. Georgiev, Ivanisevic, Kurajica,
Grischuk – 6 points out of 9 3-4. Galego, Miladinovic, Mitkov, Efimov,
Adams, Khalifman– 5½ 5-6. Leko, Bojkovic – 4 etc.
Morozevich – 5 7-8. Dreev, Timman –
4½ 9-12. Gelfand, Gurevich, Lautier,

CT-23(442) Page 1 of 3
♦ Ljubliana (Slovenia) round-robin

event, standings after the 3rd round: 1-3. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqk+-tr0
Beliavsky, Kharlov, Sveshnikov – 2½ 9zp-zpl+pzpp0
points 4-6. Nisipeanu, Pavasovic, Farago 9-+-+p+-+0
– 2 7. Soln – 1½ 8-9. Volokitin, Tratar – 9+-+-+-+-0
1 10-11. Jelen, Podlesnik – ½ 12. 9-+QzP-+-+0
9zP-+-+NzP-0
Polajzer – 0 9-zP-mKPzPLzP0
9snN+-+-+R0
♦ The Bermuda round-robin GMs xiiiiiiiiy
events (10 participants each) started at 13...c5
the Fairmont Southampton Princess An alternative is 13...¦b8
14.£a2 £a5+
Hotel.
14...cxd4 15.£xa1 ¦c8 16.b3 e5
17.¦d1 £a5+ 18.b4 £b5 19.¢e1 0-0
Round 1 Results, group A: Socko – Ernst 20.¤bd2 ¦c2 Levin − Rogozenko,
1:0 Handke – Johannessen 0:1 Vuckovic Germany 2001.
– Krush ½:½ Vescovi – Macieja ½:½ 15.¤c3
Nakamura – Lesiege 1:0 15.b4 cxb4 16.£xa1 ¦c8 17.¤e5 ¥b5
18.a4 0-0 19.¥e4 f6 20.¤d3 f5 21.¥f3
Round 1 Results, group B: Kallio – b3+ 22.¤c3 ¥xd3 23.exd3 f4 Kaidanov −
Alvarez 1:0 Berg – De Vreugt 1:0 Blehm Goldin, USA 1998.
– Perelshteyn 1:0 Charbonneau – 15...cxd4 16.¤xd4 ¦d8 17.¦xa1 e5
Nyback 1:0 Paehtz – Shahade ½:½ 18.b4 £b6 19.¤c2
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-trk+-tr0
♦ Annotated Game 9zp-+l+pzpp0
9-wq-+-+-+0
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-+-zp-+-0
9-zP-+-+-+0
R Kasimdzhanov (2695) − L Van Wely 9zP-sN-+-zP-0
9Q+NmKPzPLzP0
(2697) 9tR-+-+-+-0
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (9), xiiiiiiiiy
22.01.2002 E04 Last year black began to use
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.g3 19...£xf2
XIIIIIIIIY 19...¥e6+ (San Segundo −
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 Aleksandrov, Ch Europe 2001, K.
9zppzp-+pzpp0 Georgiev − Timoshenko, Panormo 2001)
− not without success.
9-+-+psn-+0 20.¥d5
9+-+p+-+-0 So, white has a small material
9-+PzP-+-+0 advantage, but his king is very weak. To
my mind, the only minus of this
9+-+-+NzP-0 extremely interesting position is the fact,
9PzP-+PzP-zP0 that all this is still theory ...
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 20...0-0 21.£c4 ¥e6 22.¤e3 £xh2
xiiiiiiiiy 23.£h4 £xh4 24.gxh4 f5 25.¢c2 ¢f7
The Catalan Opening. 26.¦g1
XIIIIIIIIY
4...dxc4 5.¥g2 ¤c6!? 6.£a4 ¥b4+ 9-+-tr-tr-+0
Loek van Wely decides to play one of 9zp-+-+kzpp0
the sharpest lines of this opening. 9-+-+l+-+0
7.¥d2 ¤d5 8.¥xb4 ¤dxb4 9.a3!? 9+-+Lzpp+-0
Rustam Kasimzhanov doesn't object to 9-zP-+-+-zP0
this invitation. A quieter line is 9.0-0 9zP-sN-sN-+-0
9...b5 10.£xb5 ¤c2+ 11.¢d2 ¤xa1 9-+K+P+-+0
9+-+-+-tR-0
12.£xc6+ ¥d7 13.£xc4 xiiiiiiiiy

CT-23(442) Page 2 of 3
This move is a novelty! Last year in XIIIIIIIIY

Wijk aan Zee, Kasparov (white) and 9r+-+-+-tr0
Adams agreed a draw after 26.¦d1 f4 9+-+P+-zpp0
9p+-wQ-+-vl0
27.¤c4 9+q+-sNk+-0
26...¦d7 9-+-+-zp-+0
After 26...g6 27.h5!? f4!? 28.hxg6+ 9+-+-+-+-0
hxg6 29.¥xe6+ ¢xe6 30.¤c4² or; 26...f4 9PzPP+-+-zP0
27.¥xe6+ ¢xe6 28.¤c4² black has 9+-mKR+-+-0
some problems defending his pawns. xiiiiiiiiy
27.¥xe6+ ¢xe6 28.¤a4 ¢f6
30.¤f3 30.¤c6! 30...¢g4 31.¤d4 £c4
28...¦c8+!? 29.¤c5+ ¢f6
32.¦g1+ ¢h3 32...¢h5 33.£e5+ g5
29.¤c5 ¦d4?
34.h4+− 33.£e5 g6 34.£e4 1-0
This very natural move turns out to be
a decisive mistake, because
Kasimzhanov finds a nice blow. But
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maybe this endgame as a whole (which
looks quite good for black) isn't so
simple. 29...¦c8!?
30.¤xf5! ¢xf5 31.e4+! ¢f6
31...¦xe4 32.¦g5+ ¢f4 33.¤e6++−
32.¦f1+ ¢e7 33.¦xf8 ¢xf8 34.¤e6+
Today. Feel free to send them our
¢f7 35.¤xd4 exd4 36.¢d3
XIIIIIIIIY newspaper to sample – with more readers the
9-+-+-+-+0 price will go down, while the quality will go
9zp-+-+kzpp0 up!
9-+-+-+-+0 Chess Today is published by:
9+-+-+-+-0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock,
9-zP-zpP+-zP0 Co. Dublin, Ireland.
9zP-+K+-+-0 Tel: (353-1) 278-2276
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Fax/phone: (353-1) 283-6839.
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36...h5 37.¢xd4 g5 38.hxg5 ¢g6 39.b5 Editors:
¢xg5 40.a4 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
40.a4 ¢g4 (40...h4 41.¢e3) 41.a5 h4 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
42.¢e3 ¢g3 43.b6 axb6 44.axb6 h3 Technical editors:
45.b7 h2 46.b8£+ with check (though Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
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24.¦xe5+! dxe5 25.d6 £d7 25...£b6

26.d7+ (26.£xe5+?! ¢d7 27.£f5+ ¢xc6
28.£e4+=) 26...¢f7 27.¤xe5+ ¢e6
28.¦e1 26.¤xe5 £b5 27.d7+ ¢e7
28.£a3+ ¢e6 29.£d6+ ¢f5

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CT-24(443)
CT-24(443), 24th January 2002
Quiz Today:
Ponomariov
(1) Popov (2297) − Mitkov (2401)
youngest ever 18th Open Skopje MKD (8.18), 22.01.2002
World Chess XIIIIIIIIY

9-+-+r+-tr0
Champion! 9+-+RzPk+p0
9p+-+-zppwQ0
R
uslan Ponomariov
has become the 16th
9wq-+-+-+-0
FIDE World Chess 9-+-+-zP-zP0
Champion; our congratulations 9vL-+-+-tR-0
to Ruslan! In the 7th game of the 9-+-+-+PmK0
WCC Final in Moscow Vassily 9+l+-+-+-0
Ivanchuk, with black, choose a new xiiiiiiiiy
opening against 1.e4, the Alekhine White to play
Defence, but didn’t even equalise and
agreed a draw in a losing position. The (2) Mitkov (2492) − Kurajica (2539)
final score was 4½:2½ in Ruslan’s 18th Open Skopje MKD (8.6), 22.01.2002
favour. Ponomariov was better prepared XIIIIIIIIY
for this match, including the new time 9-+-+-trk+0
control, and for his opponent – so, he 9+-+-+-zpp0
deserved his victory! Of course. Vasily
Ivanchuk is a very strong chess-player,
9p+-+-+-+0
maybe he is even a chess genius, but in 9+-+p+-wq-0
this match Ponomariov was stronger. 9Pzp-zP-vLl+0
And don’t forget, Ruslan is only 18; he is 9+P+-tr-zP-0
the youngest World champion in the 9-+-wQ-mK-zP0
history of chess. As usual, GM Sergei 9+-tR-+-+R0
Shipov annotated this game on
Kasparovchess (in Russian).
xiiiiiiiiy
Black to play
On the 25th of January there will be the
official closing ceremony of the WCC. Round 8 pairing: Jonkman – Krasenkov
Cuijpers – Sokolov Nijboer – Stefanova
Today, after the last rest day, the 10th Tregubov – Peng Van der Wiel – Yu
round of Corus will be played. Just recall Werle – Skrypchenko
that Alexander Grischuk and Evgenij Also see our annotated game section.
Bareev are leading with 6 points out of
9. There are 4 more rounds left. ♦ GM Alexander Graf guaranteed
himself first place one round before the
Round 10 pairing: end of the 18th Skopje (Macedonia)
Morozevich – Piket Van Wely – Adams open. He is 1½ points ahead of 3 players
Gurevich – Kasimdzhanov Leko – who share second place. Our
Lautier Timman – Khalifman Bareev – congratulations, Alexander!
Dreev Grischuk – Gelfand
Standings after the 8th round:
♦ In tournament B Michael Krasenkov 1. Graf – 7 points out of 8 2-7. K.
is the sole leader with 5½ points out of 7. Georgiev, Kolev, Damljanovic,

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Ivanisevic, Kurajica, Galego – 5½ 8-12. 17...¥e7 18.0-0-0 £c8 19.d6! ¥d8 20.h5
Dizdarevic, Palac, Kosyrev, V. Georgiev, ¥h7 21.g5 hxg5 22.h6!
Stonojoski – 5 etc. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+qvlk+-tr0
♦ Ljubliana (Slovenia) round-robin 9zpp+-+pzpl0
event, standings after the 4th round: 9-snpzP-+-zP0
1-2. Beliavsky, Kharlov – 3½ points 3.
Nisipeanu – 3 4-5. Sveshnikov,
9+-+-+-zp-0
Pavasovic – 2½ 6-9. Farago, Volokitin, 9-+-+pvL-+0
Soln, Tratar – 2 etc. 9+QsN-zP-+-0
9PzP-+LzP-+0
♦ Annotated Game 9+-mKR+-+R0
22...¥f6!?
A Graf (2605) − E Dizdarevic (2502) 22...gxf4 23.hxg7 ¦g8 24.¦xh7+−;
18th Open Skopje MKD (8.1), 22...gxh6!? 23.¥e5 ¦g8 24.¦xh6
22.01.2002 A54 23.hxg7 ¥xg7 24.¦xh7! ¦xh7 25.d7+
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 d6 3.¤c3 e5 4.¤f3 e4 ¤xd7 26.¤xe4
5.¤d2 £e7 6.¤b3 c6 7.¥g5 ¥f5 8.e3 XIIIIIIIIY
¤bd7 9.¥e2 9r+q+k+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+n+pvlr0
9r+-+kvl-tr0 9-+p+-+-+0
9zpp+nwqpzpp0 9+-+-+-zp-0
9-+pzp-sn-+0 9-+-+NvL-+0
9+-+-+lvL-0 9+Q+-zP-+-0
9-+PzPp+-+0 9PzP-+LzP-+0
9+NsN-zP-+-0 9+-mKR+-+-0
9PzP-+LzPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+QmK-+R0 Thanks to some energetic blows white
xiiiiiiiiy has gained a winning position.
Both sides have played the opening in 26...¦h6 26...¥f8 27.¥g4+− 27.¥xg5
a rather original way. Black has gained ¤c5 28.¤xc5 £f5 29.£xb7 £xc5+
some space, but has some problems 30.¢b1 £f5+ 31.¢a1 ¥xb2+ 32.¢xb2
with development. £e5+ 33.¢c2 £f5+ 34.¢b3
9...£d8 10.g4! ¥g6 11.h4 h6 12.¥f4 d5 XIIIIIIIIY
13.¤d2!? ¤b6 14.£b3 dxc4 15.¤xc4 9r+-+k+-+0
¤fd5 16.¤xb6 ¤xb6 17.d5! 9zpQ+-+p+-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 9-+p+-+-tr0
9zpp+-+pzp-0 9+-+-+qvL-0
9-snp+-+lzp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+P+-+-0 9+K+-zP-+-0
9-+-+pvLPzP0 9P+-+LzP-+0
9+QsN-zP-+-0 9+-+R+-+-0
9PzP-+LzP-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-mK-+R0 1-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Of course, white would like to open the
position, because he has better
development.

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CT-25(444)
CT-25(444), 25th January 2002
5. Jonkman – 4½ ; 6-7. Yu, Van der Wiel

Bareev leads at the – 4 ; 8. Stefanova – 3; 9. Cuijpers – 3
Corus 10-11. Peng, Skripchenko – 2½ ;
12. Werle – 1½
In the 10th round of Corus Evgenij
Bareev --->> Round 9 pairing:
overtook with white Skripchenko – Jonkman
Alexei Dreev and Yu – Werle; Peng – Van der Wiel
became the sole Stefanova – Tregubov
leader, because Sokolov – Nijboer
former leader Krasenkov – Cuijpers
Alexander Grischuk
drew his game. Also see our annotated game
Morozevich beat section.
Piket, and all other
games were drawn. Quiz Today…
1. Tregubov,P (2626) − Peng
Round 10 pairing: Zhaoqin (2460)
Morozevich – Piket 1:0; Van Wely – Corus B Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 24.01.2002
Adams ½:½; Gurevich – Kasimdzhanov
½:½; Leko – Lautier ½:½; Timman – XIIIIIIIIY
Khalifman ½:½; Bareev – Dreev 1:0 9-+k+r+-+0
Grischuk – Gelfand ½:½ 9zpp+-trRzp-0
9-snp+P+p+0
Round 10 standings: 9wq-+-+-zp-0
1. Bareev – 7 points out of 10 9-+-+P+-+0
2. Grischuk – 6½; 3-5. Adams, 9+QsN-vl-+P0
Khalifman, Morozevich – 6 9-zP-+L+P+0
6. Leko – 5½; 7-8. Gurevich, Timman – 5 9+K+R+-+-0
9-11. Gelfand, Dreev, Lautier – 4½ xiiiiiiiiy
12. Piket – 4; 13. Kasimdzhanov – 3½ White to play
14. Van Wely – 2
18th Skopje (Macedonia) open, final
Round 11 pairing: standings:
Gelfand – Morozevich; Dreev – Grischuk 1. Graf – 7½ points out of 9; 2. Galego –
Khalifman – Bareev; Lautier – Timman 6½; 3-8. Damljanovic, Kolev, K.
Kasimdzhanov – Leko; Georgiev, Kurajica, V. Georgiev,
Adams – Gurevich; Piket – Van Wely Ivanisevic – 6; 9-12. Palac, Rogozenko,
Horvath, Kosyrev – 5½ etc.
Tournament B, Round 8 results:
Jonkman – Krasenkov ½:½; Cuijpers – Ljubliana (Slovenia) round-robin event,
Sokolov 0:1; Nijboer – Stefanova ½:½ standings after the 5th round:
Tregubov – Peng 1:0; Van der Wiel – Yu 1-2. Beliavsky, Kharlov – 4 points; 3-4.
½:½; Werle – Skripchenko 0:1 Pavasovic, Nisipeanu – 3½; 5-7. Tratar,
Farago, Sveshnikov – 3; 8. Volokitin –
Round 8 Standings: 2½ etc.
1-2. Krasenkov, Sokolov – 6 points out
of 8; 3. Nijboer – 5½; 4. Tregubov – 5 Indian Championships, standings after the
8th Round:

CT-25(444) Page 1 of 4
1. Harikrishna – 7 points 2. Barua – 6 ½ 20...¤b6!?

3. Ganguly – 6; 4-5. Sasikiran, Sriram Jha Of course, Dreev doesn't want to put
– 5½ etc. his knight on either h5 or e8, so he
¤¤¤ begins some tactical operations.
Annotated Game 21.¤a4!?
21.gxf6? ¦xd2! 22.¦xd2 ¥xe3+-+
E. Bareev (2707) − A. Dreev (2683) 21...¤xa4 22.gxf6 ¦d5
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (10), Here and on the next move very
24.01.2002 D12 interesting was 22...£e5!?
Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky 23.¥e1 ¦g5+?!
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 ¥f5 Not the best place for a rook.
5.¤c3 e6 6.¤h4 ¥e4 7.f3 ¥g6 8.£b3 23...£e5!?
£c7 9.¥d2 ¤bd7 10.¥e2 ¥e7 11.g3 24.¢h1 ¤b6 25.¥f2
(D) 25.¥g3? ¦xg3 26.hxg3 £xg3
XIIIIIIIIY 27.¦xc5 £h3+ 28.¢g1 £g3+ 29.¢f1
9r+-+k+-tr0 £h3+ 30.¢e1 £g3+=; 25.fxg7 ¦c8„
9zppwqnvlpzpp0 (25...¢xg7 26.f4 ¦f5 27.¥g4±)
9-+p+psnl+0 25...£e5 26.fxg7 ¢xg727.£c3
9+-+p+-+-0 White's king is too weak for the
9-+PzP-+-sN0 middlegame, so Bareev hurries to
exchange queens.
9+QsN-zPPzP-0
27...¤a4 28.£xe5+ ¦xe5 (D)
9PzP-vLL+-zP0
9tR-+-mK-+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-tr-+0
9zpp+-+pmk-0
In this rather popular variation White
tries to gain the two bishops and more
9-+-+p+p+0
space. Black in compensation hasn't
9+-vl-tr-+-0
any pawn weaknesses. White's last
9n+-+-+-+0
move prepares ¤h4xg6: now after
9+-+-zPP+-0
hxg6 the h−pawn will be protected.
9PzP-+LvL-zP0
11...dxc4 12.¥xc4 ¥h5 13.¥e2 0-0
9+-tRR+-+K0
14.0-0 c5 xiiiiiiiiy
Black opens the centre to exploit the 29.b3?!
weak pawn on e3 and a somewhat 29.f4 ¦e4 30.¥f3±
open position for the king on g1. 29...¥xe3! 30.¥g3 ¦c5
15.¦ac1 ¦ad8 16.g4!? Maybe White missed this move?
A logical move, but of course Now Black wins a pawn, though White
double−edged. has some compensation for it.
16...¥g6 17.¤xg6 hxg6 18.¦fd1 £b8 31.¦xc5 ¤xc5 32.b4 ¤a6 33.¦d3
19.dxc5 ¥xc5 20.g5 (D) ¥b6 34.¦d7 ¦c8?!
XIIIIIIIIY 34...¦d8 35.¦xb7 ¤xb4∓
9-wq-tr-trk+0 35.a3!
9zpp+n+pzp-0 Now knight a6 is off−side.
9-+-+psnp+0 35...¤c7 36.¥e5+ ¢f8 37.¥d6+ ¢g8
9+-vl-+-zP-0 38.¥d3 ¤e8 39.¥e5 ¥c7
9-+-+-+-+0 39...¦d8!? 40.¥b5 ¦xd7 41.¥xd7 ¥c7
42.¥d4 ¤d6 43.¥xa7 b6³
9+QsN-zPP+-0
40.¥d4 a6 41.¥e4 ¤d6 42.¥f6! (D)
9PzP-vLL+-zP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy

CT-25(444) Page 2 of 4
9-+r+-+k+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+pvlR+p+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9p+-snpvLp+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-zp-tRP0
9-zP-+L+-+0 9-+-+kzp-+0
9zP-+-+P+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-zP0 9r+-+-vLK+0
9+-+-+-+K0 9+-+-+-+-0
Obviously in time−trouble Black 69...¦a6 70.¦g6 ¦a8 71.¦f6!
missed his chances to simplify the An important move − to control the
position, and now White is better: all pawn on f4. Now king on e4 is unable
his pieces are more active, than his to fight vs. pawn on h5.
opponent's. 71...¦g8+ 72.¦g6 ¦c8 73.¦g5
42...b5 43.¢g2 ¥b8 44.h4 ¤e8 The same idea.
45.¥e7 ¥e5 46.¦a7 f5 47.¥a8 ¦c2+ 73...¦c6 74.¥h4 ¦e6 75.¦g6 ¢f5
48.¢f1 ¥d4 49.¦xa6 ¤c7 50.¦d6 76.¦xe6 ¢xe6 77.¢h3 (D)
¦f2+ 51.¢e1 ¤xa8 52.¦xd4 ¦xf3 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
9n+-+-+k+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-vL-+-0 9-+-+k+-+0
9-+-+p+p+0 9+-+-zp-+P0
9+p+-+p+-0 9-+-+-zp-vL0
9-zP-tR-+-zP0 9+-+-+-+K0
9zP-+-+r+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-mK-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy White has the advanced h−pawn, so
Black has exchanged his bishop and his position is winning, but Black
pawns, but the knight on a8 is now continues to play, maybe because of
out of play, and Bareev immediately the new mutual time−trouble.
exploits this. 77...¢f5 78.¥d8 e4 79.¢h4 e3
53.a4! 80.¥b6 ¢e4 81.h6 f3 82.¢g3 f2
53.¦d8+ ¢f7 54.¥c5 ¦xa3∓ 83.¢g2 ¢d3 84.¢f1 ¢d2 (D)
53...¤b6 XIIIIIIIIY
53...bxa4 54.¦d8+ ¢f7 55.¥c5± 9-+-+-+-+0
54.axb5 ¢f7 55.¥c5 e5 9+-+-+-+-0
Or 55...¤d5 56.b6 and Black has to 9-vL-+-+-zP0
sac his knight. 9+-+-+-+-0
56.¦d8 ¦b3 57.¥xb6 ¦xb4 58.¦d5 9-+-+-+-+0
¢e6 59.¦c5 ¢d6 60.¦c6+ ¢d5 9+-+-zp-+-0
61.¦xg6 ¦xb5 9-+-mk-zp-+0
At last Black takes the b−paw, but 9+-+-+K+-0
White still has another one − on h4. xiiiiiiiiy
62.h5 ¦b2 63.¢f1 ¦h2 64.¦g5 ¢e4 85.¥xe3+ ¢xe3 86.h7 ¢f3 87.h8£
64...f4 65.¥c7+− ¢e3 88.£h3+ ¢e4 89.¢xf2 ¢d4
65.¢g1 ¦h3 66.¥a5 ¦a3 67.¥e1 f4 90.£e3+ A very important victory for
68.¢g2 ¦a2+ 69.¥f2 (D) Evgenij Bareev. 1-0.

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1. Tregubov,P (2626) − Peng Zhaoqin

(2460)
26.¤d5! cxd5 [26...¤xd5 27.exd5 ¥c5

28.d6+−] 27.£xe3 dxe4 [27...£b4 28.¦xe7
¦xe7 29.exd5+−; 27...¤c4 28.£c1 ¦c7
29.¦xc7+ £xc7 30.¦xd5+−] 28.£c1+
[28.£c1+ ¢b8 29.¦xe7 ¦xe7 30.¦d8+] 1-0.

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CT-26(445)
CT-26(445), 26th January 2002
Tactical Quiz
Krasenkov (2570) - Cuijpers (2458)
Corus B Wijk aan Zee, 25.01.2002
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvl-tr0
9+p+-+pzpp0
9p+-+lsn-+0
9+-zpp+-+-0
9-wq-zP-+-+0
9+PsN-zPN+-0
9-+Q+LzPPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 Morozevich
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play repertoire. Alexey Dreev was very close
to winning against Alexander Grischuk
You can also try to solve this position in in the Queen’s Gambit Accepted, but
training mode in our database. Black managed to survive.
Chess News With two rounds to go, the standing in

the tournament is as follows:
It was a very interesting day at the Corus
tournament yesterday. 1-4. Adams, Bareev, Khalifman and
Grischuk – 7 points;
In round 11 the leader – Evgeny Bareev 5. Morozevich - 6½ points;
(2707) – met with Alexander Khalifman 6. Leko – 6 points;
(2688). According to the Mega-2002 7. Lautier – 5½ points;
database, these two played a lot against 8-11. Gurevich, Gelfand, Dreev and
each other. Prior to this game Bareev was Timman – 5 points.
a difficult opponent for Khalifman: in 12. Piket – 4½ points;
their first encounter in the database 13. Kasimdzhanov 4 points;
Bareev (rated 2365 then) beat Khalifman 14. Van Wely – 2½ points.
(2490) with Black. The score of their
decisive games was 7-1 in Bareev’s Today the games are: Morozevich - van
favour, but yesterday he got crashed. Wely, Gurevich-Piket, Leko-Adams,
Michael Adams won a nice game against Timman-Kasimdzhanov, Bareev-
Mikhail Gurevich. You can find both Lautier, Grischuk-Khalifman and
these games in our Annotated Game Gelfand-Dreev.
Section, with my brief notes.
I predict that Morozevich and Bareev
Joel Lautier beat Jan Timman, showing a will win, while the other leaders will
nice example of how to play against the draw.
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Morozevich has radically expanded his 6½ points and Friso Nijboer is on 6
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14.¦df1 £c5 15.£g3 ¤h5 16.£h3 g6

Annotated Games 17.¦hg1
Notes by GM Alex Baburin
XIIIIIIIIY
A Khalifman (2688) − E Bareev (2707) 9r+l+-trk+0
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (11), 9zpp+-vlp+p0
25.01.2002 C10
9-+-+p+p+0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 9+-wq-+-+n0
More common is another version of the
Rubinstein Variation − 3...¤f6 4.¥g5 9-+-+-+-+0
dxe4 5.¤xe4 ¥e7 where White has to do 9+-+L+N+Q0
something about the g5−bishop.
4.¤xe4 ¤d7 5.¥d3 ¤gf6 6.£e2 c5
9PzPPvL-+-zP0
7.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 8.dxc5 ¥xc5 9.¥d2 0-0 9+K+-+RtR-0
10.0-0-0 £d5 11.¢b1 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0 This is a very interesting position. I am
9zpp+-+pzpp0 sure that White has enough play for 2
9-+-+psn-+0 pawns. Here Black went wrong:
9+-vlq+-+-0 17...¤f4??
9-+-+-+-+0 Usually it is better not to get smart
9+-+L+-+-0 when you are defending and not all your
9PzPPvLQzPPzP0
9+K+R+-sNR0 pieces are active. Here Black exchanges
xiiiiiiiiy an important defender and also allows
In the game Sadler−Miles, Hove 1997, White to gain time for attack.
White got advantage after 11.¥c3 £g5+ 18.¥xf4 e5 19.£h6 exf4 20.¦g5!
12.¢b1 ¤d5 13.¥e5 £xg2? 14.£h5 f5 20.¦g5! f5 (20...£c7 21.¦h5) 21.¦xg6+
15.¤f3 £g4 16.¦hg1 £xh5 17.¦xg7+ hxg6 22.£xg6+ ¢h8 23.£h6+ ¢g8
¢h8 18.¦g5+ ¤f6 19.¦xh5 24.¥c4+ £xc4 25.¦g1+ winning. 1-0
11...£xg2
Grabbing this pawn looks risky, but
there is no point to play 10...£d5 M Adams (2742) − M Gurevich (2641)
otherwise! Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (11),
12.¤f3 £xf2 13.£e5 25.01.2002 B07
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¥e3 c6
9zpp+-+pzpp0 5.£d2 b5 6.¥d3 ¤bd7 7.¤f3 e5 8.dxe5
9-+-+psn-+0 dxe5 9.h3 ¥b7 10.a4
9+-vl-wQ-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9+-+L+N+-0 9zpl+n+p+p0
9PzPPvL-wq-zP0 9-+p+-snp+0
9+K+R+-+R0 9+p+-zp-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+-+P+-+0
13...¥e7 9+-sNLvLN+P0
This is a new move, which Bareev 9-zPPwQ-zPP+0
obviously had prepared at home. In the 9tR-+-mK-+R0
game Ivanisevic−Supatashvili, Panormo xiiiiiiiiy
1998 White won after 13...£xf3 14.£xc5 The main idea behind this move is
b6 15.£g5 h6 16.£h4 £h5 17.£g3 ¢h8 prophylactics: White does not want to
18.¦hg1 ¦g8 19.¦df1 ¥b7 20.¥c3 e5 allow ...a6 and ...c5, so he makes sure
21.¥xe5 ¦ae8 22.¦f5 ¦xe5 23.¦xe5 £f3 that the c6−pawn does not move.
24.£xf3 ¥xf3 25.¦e7 ¥d5 26.¦xa7 ¦e8 10...a6
27.c4 ¥e6 28.¦b7 ¤d7 29.¥c2 ¤e5 10...b4 11.¤e2
30.b3 ¤f3 31.¦g2 g5 32.¦xb6 h5 33.¥e4 11.0-0 ¥g7 12.¤e2 £e7 13.¤g3 0-0
¥h3 34.¦g3 ¦xe4 35.¦xh3 g4 36.¦xh5+ 14.c4! ¦fd8 15.axb5 cxb5 16.cxb5
¢g7 37.c5 ¦e2 38.c6 axb5 17.¦xa8 ¥xa8 18.£a5

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XIIIIIIIIY
9l+-tr-+k+0 Solution to our tactical quiz.
9+-+nwqpvlp0 15.¤b5! ¦c8 16.¦a4 axb5
9-+-+-snp+0 16...cxd4 17.¤c7+ ¦xc7 18.£xc7 £c5
9wQp+-zp-+-0 19.£xb7 dxe3 20.¦xa6 exf2+ 21.¢h1 is also
9-+-+P+-+0
bad for Black.
9+-+LvLNsNP0
9-zP-+-zPP+0 17.¦xb4 cxb4 18.¥xb5+ ¢d8 19.£a2 ¥d6
9+-+-+RmK-0 20.¤g5 ¢e7 21.f3 ¥d7 22.¥xd7 ¤xd7
xiiiiiiiiy 23.£a5 h6 24.¤h3 ¦c2 25.£xd5 ¦hc8
White stands better as he has an 26.¤f2 ¦e2 27.¤e4 ¥b8 28.¤c5 ¤xc5
29.dxc5 ¦d8 30.£xb7+ ¢f8 31.c6 ¦c2
object to attack (the b−pawn), while
32.£xb4+ ¢g8 33.£e4 ¦c3 34.b4 ¥a7
Black has no active plan. Also, the g7− 35.¦e1 ¥b6 36.b5 ¦b3 37.c7 ¥xc7 38.£c4
bishop is not particularly useful. ¥a5 39.£xb3 ¥xe1 40.b6 ¦a8 1-0
18...b4 19.¦c1 ¤e8 20.¥d2 ¦b8
21.¥b5! ¤df6 22.¥xb4 £b7 23.¥xe8
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41...¥b7 42.£b6 ¤e4 43.¤xe5 ¦d1+
44.¤xd1 ¥xe5 1-0

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CT-27(446)
CT-27(446), 27th January 2002
because he always does! This happens

Quiz Today quite often … that one player wins
almost all their games against a particular
Morozevich (2742) − Van Wely (2697)
opponent. Yesterday was no exception –
XIIIIIIIIY see this game in our Annotated Game
9r+l+-trk+0 section.
9zpp+n+pzpp0
I thought that the other leaders would
9-+-+p+-+0 draw, but Alexander Grischuk refuted
9+-vl-wQ-+-0 my prediction by beating Alexander
9-+-+-+-+0 Khalifman. The 18-year old Muscovite
shows great courage in this tournament –
9+-+L+N+-0 he has won 6 games, lost 2 and has only
9PzPPvL-wq-zP0 4 draws so far. So … before the last
9+K+R+-+R0 round the standing is as follows:
xiiiiiiiiy 1-2. Bareev and Grischuk – 8 points;
White to play
3-4. Adams and Morozevich - 7½ points;
5. Khalifman – 7 points;
See the answer in our annotated game.
6. Leko – 6½ points;
In the final round the pairings are:

Chess News Lautier–Grischuk,
Kasimdzhanov–Bareev,
Once again the Corus tournament Dreev-Morozevich,
produced some very interesting games – Adams-Timman
it was an exiting round on Saturday! Let Khalifman-Gelfand
us look at the results first: Piket-Leko
van Wely – Gurevich.
Bareev-Lautier 1-0;
Grischuk-Khalifman 1-0; I predict that Adams will win and join
Morozevich - van Wely 1-0; Bareev and Grischuk on the top. Should
Leko-Adams ½-½; be fun to watch!
Gelfand-Dreev ½-½;
Timman-Kasimdzhanov ½-½ In tournament ‘B’ Mikhail Krasenkov
M. Gurevich – Piket ½-½ (2570) of Poland fortified his leading
position. He drew his game, while his
After a horrible defeat in the previous main rival Ivan Sokolov lost in an
round at the hands of Alexander interesting game to Pavel Tregubov.
Khalifman, on Saturday Evgeny Bareev Now Krasenkov has 7½ points, while
showed strong willpower and won an Ivan Sokolov and Friso Nijboer are on
interesting game against Joel Lautier. 6½ points.
They both work with Vladimir Kramnik
and know each other pretty well. I
thought that Bareev would win, as he is Chess Today Chat
pretty dangerous with White and has
shown good play in this tournament. I Yesterday I took part in an online chat at
also thought that Alexander Morozevich InterChess server. The chat went well
would beat Loek van Wely – simply and we will offer its transcript in

CT-27(446) Page 1 of 3
tomorrow’s issue of CT. I hope to have 13...¤d7?

such chats on a regular basis and XIIIIIIIIY
hopefully we will have more people 9r+l+-trk+0
attending next time (there were 10 people
in the chat room today). 9zpp+n+pzpp0
9-+-+p+-+0
Annotated Game 9+-vl-wQ-+-0
Notes by GM Alex Baburin 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+L+N+-0
9PzPPvL-wq-zP0
9+K+R+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
In the game Khalifman−Bareev Black
played 13...¥e7 and after 14.¦df1 £c5
15.£g3 ¤h5 16.£h3 g6 17.¦hg1 ¤f4??
18.¥xf4 e5 19.£h6 exf4 20.¦g5 had to
resign.; 13...£xf3 14.£xc5 was also
! Morozevich (2742) tested once and White won. So, van
Wely came up with a novelty:
14.¥xh7+!! ¢xh7 15.£h5+ ¢g8
16.¦hg1
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0
9zpp+n+pzp-0
9-+-+p+-+0
9+-vl-+-+Q0
9-+-+-+-+0
" Van Wely (2697)
9+-+-+N+-0
9PzPPvL-wq-zP0
9+K+R+-tR-0
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (12),
26.01.2002 C10
xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 dxe4 4.¤xe4 White is a piece down, but he has all
¤d7 5.¥d3 ¤gf6 6.£e2 c5 7.¤xf6+ his forces mobilised while Black's king
¤xf6 8.dxc5 ¥xc5 9.¥d2 0-0 10.0-0-0 does not have many defenders.
£d5 11.¢b1 £xg2 12.¤f3 £xf2 13.£e5 16...¥e3?!
Perhaps the best chance was to bring
XIIIIIIIIY the knight to defence immediately:
9r+l+-trk+0 16...¤f6 Yet, after 17.¦xg7+! ¢xg7
9zpp+-+pzpp0 18.£g5+ ¢h7 19.£h6+ ¢g8 20.£xf6
¥d4 21.£g5+ ¥g7 22.¦g1 £xg1+
9-+-+psn-+0 23.£xg1 White is better.; 16...g6?
9+-vl-wQ-+-0 17.¦xg6+ fxg6 18.£xg6+ ¢h8 19.¥c3+
e5 20.¤xe5 ¤f6 21.¤f7+ ¦xf7 22.£xf7
9-+-+-+-+0 17.¥xe3 £xe3 18.¦g3! £c5?
9+-+L+N+-0 18...¤f6 19.£h4
19.£h6 1-0
9PzPPvL-wq-zP0
9+K+R+-+R0
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CT-28(447)
CT-28(447), 28th January 2002
This time he was in good shape and won

Chess News convincingly. Final standings:
1. Mikhail Krasenkov (Poland, 2570) – 8
Y esterday the last round of the

Corus tournament was played in
Wijk aan Zee. All games, except
one, ended peacefully, but in most of
points; 2-3. Friso Nijboer (NED, 2574)
and Ivan Sokolov (BIH 2659) – 7 points:
4. Tregubov – 6½ points; 5-6. Van der
Wiel and Jonkman – 6 points; 7-8.
them there was real some fighting: Stefanova and Yu Shaoteng – 5½ points;
Adams-Timman, ½:½ 39 moves, Sicilian 9-10. Cuijpers and Peng Zhaoqin – 4
Khalifman-Gelfand, ½:½ 23 moves, points; 11. Skripchenko-Lautier – 3½
Sicilian; Dreev-Morozevich, ½:½ 57 points; 12. Werle – 3 points.
moves, Slav Defense; Piket-Leko, ½:½ 18
moves, Queen’s Indian; Lautier-Grischuk Other tournament news:
½:½ 41 moves, Tarrasch Kasimdzhanov-
Bareev, 0-1 33 moves Anti-Meran In Bermuda in tournament ‘A’ IM
van; Wely–Gurevich, ½:½ 28 Hikaru Nakamura (USA,
moves Semi-Slav 2430) is leading with 4
points after 5 rounds. He is
Final standings: followed by GMs Macieja
1. Evgeny Bareev->> (Russia, (Poland, 2612) and Vescovi
2707) – 9 points; 2. Alexander (Brazil, 2590) on 3½ points.
Grischuk (Russia, 2671) - 8½ There are 4 rounds left. The
points; 3-4. Michael Adams average rating is 2500 and
(England, 2742) and Alexander the GM norm is 6 points, so
Morozevich (Russia, 2742) - 8 Nakamura has a very good
points; chance of scoring it.
5. Alexander Khalifman
(Russia, 2688) – 7½ points; 6. In the ‘B’ tournament
Leko – 7 points; 7-11. Dreev, Gelfand, Pawel Blehm, (Poland, 2535) is leading
Lautier, Timman and Piket – 6 points; 12. with 4 points out of 5, followed by
M. Gurevich – 5½ points; Emanuel Berg (2500) and Dennis De
13. Kasimdzhanov – 4½ points; 14. Van Vreugt (2446), who both have 3½ points.
Wely – 3 points. There GM-norm is 6½ points.
This is easily the best result in Bareev’s In the Indian Championship GMs Barua
career. He has been around for many and Harikrishna are leading with 8½
years, but winning super-tournaments is points after 11 rounds. GM Sasikaran and
not something he was good at. However, IM Ganguly are at 8 points.
in Wijk aan Zee he showed both very
interesting play (for example, look at his In Ljubliana GM Alexander Beliavsky
game against Anand) and great (Slovenia, 2649) is leading with 6 points
psychological stamina. As you may after 7 rounds. He is closely followed by
remember, he got crushed by Khalifman GM Andrei Kharlov (Russia, 2638) on
in round 11, but managed to hit back with 5½ points. There are 4 rounds left.
two wins. Today we look at his game
from the last round. It had been announced that UK Multi
Media group Einstein Group Plc has
In tournament ‘B’ Mikhail Krasenkov bought the rights to the match Kramnik
was the winner. He is known for big vs. Machine, BGN Candidate tournament
swings in his tournament form and rating.
CT-28(447) Page 1 of 3
in Dortmund in 2002 and the World 12.£xd2 ¤f5 13.0-0-0 ¤f6 14.¥d3 0-0
Championship match in 2003. You can 15.¦g2 ¤xe4 16.¥xe4 £f6 17.¤e5
read more about this in the press-release ¦d8 18.¤g4 £e7 19.¥xf5 exf5
at the TWIC site. I think it is too early to 20.¤h6+ ¢h8 21.¦xg7! ¢xg7
say what this means for chess – let us see 22.¦g1+ ¢h8 23.£e2! 1-0
the Kramnik match vs. Machine first. I Krasenkov−Sveshnikov, Moscow
would also like to see what Kasparov has 1992.
to say about this; no doubt, there will be Bareev chose the move, which we
something on his site soon. saw in the game Gelfand−Lautier (see
CT−432).
¤¤¤
7...h6 8.¥d2 (D)
Annotated Games XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqk+-tr0
Kasimdzhanov (2695) − Bareev 9zpp+n+pzp-0
(2707)
Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (13),
9-+pvlpsn-zp0
27.01.2002 D45 9+-+p+-+-0
Notes by GM Alexander Baburin 9-+PzP-+P+0
9+-sN-zPN+-0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 9PzPQvL-zP-zP0
5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¥d6 7.g4 (D) 9tR-+-mKL+R0
9r+lwqk+-tr0 In this position Gelfand chose 8.¦g1
9zpp+n+pzpp0 and won after 8...e5 9.cxd5 cxd5
9-+pvlpsn-+0 10.g5 hxg5 11.¤xg5 £e7 12.¤b5
9+-+p+-+-0 exd4 13.¤xd4 ¤e5 14.¥d2 ¤fg4
9-+PzP-+P+0 15.h3 £xg5 16.hxg4 ¥xg4 17.¥e2
£f6 18.¥xg4 ¤xg4 19.0-0-0 ¤e5
9+-sN-zPN+-0 20.¥c3 ¦c8 21.f4 ¦xc3 22.£xc3 ¤c4
9PzPQ+-zP-zP0 23.¤b5 £xc3+ 24.¤xc3 ¦h2 25.¦xd5
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 ¥e7 26.¦d4 ¤xe3 27.¦e4 ¤f5
xiiiiiiiiy 28.¤d5. No doubt, Bareev had
This move first appeared in something in mind in that line too.
tournament practice in the early 90s. 8...£e7 9.¦g1 e5 10.cxd5 ¤xd5
It is often used by such GMs as 11.¤e4 ¥b4 12.0-0-0 exd4 13.¤xd4
Krasenkov, Shirov and Dreev. White ¥xd2+ 14.¦xd2 g6 (D)
wants to grab space on the kingside XIIIIIIIIY
and displace the f6−knight. Black has 9r+l+k+-tr0
a variety of replies: 7...¤xg4, 7...dxc4, 9zpp+nwqp+-0
7...¥b4, etc. Here are some
examples:
9-+p+-+pzp0
7...dxc4 8.e4 e5! 9.g5 exd4 10.¤xd4 9+-+n+-+-0
¤g4 11.h3 ¤ge5 12.¥e3 ¤c5 13.0-0- 9-+-sNN+P+0
0 ¤ed3+ 14.¢b1 £e7 15.¦g1 g6 9+-+-zP-+-0
Adams−Kasparov, Dortmund 1992.; 9PzPQtR-zP-zP0
7...0-0 8.g5 ¤h5 9.¥d2 f5 10.gxf6 9+-mK-+LtR-0
¤hxf6 11.¤g5 £e8 12.0-0-0 h6
13.h4‚ Shirov−Thorhallson,
xiiiiiiiiy
Preventing ¤d4−f5.
Reykjavik 1992.;
15.¥c4
7...¤xg4 8.¦g1 ¤h6 9.e4 dxe4
Perhaps 15.¥g2 was more prudent.
10.¤xe4 ¥b4+ 11.¥d2 ¥xd2+
15...¤b4 16.£b3 0-0 17.¤f5
CT-28(447) Page 2 of 3
I doubt that this sacrifice can work − Contact information. Do you want to
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17...gxf5 18.gxf5+ ¢h7 (D)
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19.¤d6 ¤d5 20.¥xd5 cxd5 21.£xd5
¤f6 22.£d4 ¥d7 23.e4 ¦g8 (D) Editors:
XIIIIIIIIY GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9r+-+-+r+0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9zpp+lwqp+k0 Technical editors:
9-+-sN-sn-zp0 Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
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Black is consolidating his position. whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
24.¦gd1 ¥c6 25.e5 ¤e8 26.¤c4 ¦c8 express written permission.
27.¢b1 £g5 28.¤e3 ¤g7 29.h4 £h5
30.£f4 £f3 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-+r+0
9zpp+-+psnk0
9-+l+-+-zp0
9+-+-zPP+-0
9-+-+-wQ-zP0
9+-+-sNq+-0
9PzP-tR-zP-+0
9+K+R+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black is now winning.
31.¦d4 £xf4 32.¦xf4 ¦ce8 33.f6
¤h5 0-1.

CT-28(447) Page 3 of 3
CT-29(448)
CT-29(448), 29th January 2002
In tournament “B” GM Pawel Blehm

Next super tournament (Poland) is leading with the same 5
- Linares to start points, IM Emanuel Berg (Sweden) is
clear second with 4½ points – he needs 2
February 22nd out of 3 to get a GM-norm.
T he Corus super tournament has just

ended in Wijk aan Zee. The next
time we will see the top players in
action again seems to be in Linares, which
Today we present some highlights from
these event.
Quiz Today…
will take place from 22nd February to 10th 1. J. Alvarez (2379) − T. Nyback
March. The participation of Garry (2448)
Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Bermuda International GM B Bermuda (5),
Michael Adams, Vassily Ivanchuk, 25.01.2002
Alexei Shirov, Francisco Vallejo Pons XIIIIIIIIY
and either Ruslan Ponomariov, 9-+-+rtrk+0
9tR-+-+-vlp0
Vladimir Kramnik or Veselin Topalov 9-+-wqp+p+0
is highly anticipated. 9+-+p+-+n0
9-+pvL-zP-+0
There are some interesting tournaments 9+-+-+-zPP0
underway at the moment. 9-zP-+-zPL+0
9+-+QtR-mK-0
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15 year old GM Penteala Harikrishna
White to play and win
took the lead at the Indian
Championships in Nagpur with 9½ points
2. Charbonneau,P (2386) − Kallio,H
after 12 rounds. GM Dibuendu Barua is
(2522)
clear second, half a point behind, Bermuda International GM B Bermuda (6),
Krishnan Sasikiran keeps third place with 27.01.2002
8½ points. WIM Swaty Ghate Black just inaccurately played 50. .. £d3−
sensationally beat IM Ganguly, who had e2??, hoping for the ending..
made his GM norm yesterday. XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
GM Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+ksn-+-zp0
heads the 90th anniversary of the of SK 9zpN+-+-+P0
Ljubljana Metalka Trgovina XI category 9-+p+r+-+0
tournament in Ljubljana with 6½ points 9+-+-+RzP-0
after 8 rounds. GMs Andrey Kharlov 9-+-+q+QmK0
(Russia) and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 9+-+-+-+-0
(Romania) are sharing second place, a full xiiiiiiiiy
point behind the leader. White to play and win
¤¤¤
IM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) is
dominating the Bermuda “A” tournament Annotated Game
with 5 points out of 6 games. He is Vuckovic,B (2455) − Nakamura,H
already has a full point lead over GMs (2430)
Bartlomiej Macieja (Poland) and GM A Bermuda (5), 25.01.2002 B99
Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) and needs only Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov
1 point in 3 remaining games to register 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
GM-norm. ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥g5 (D)

CT-29(448) Page 1 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY squared bishop might be very useful

9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 as well.
9+p+-zppzpp0 21.£c3 ¦a7
9p+-zp-sn-+0
9+-+-+-vL-0 Black decides this rook should take
9-+-sNP+-+0 part in defense and is headed for f7.
9+-sN-+-+-0 The rook has nothing to do on the c−
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 file: 21...¦c8 22.£d4 while the £d4−
9tR-+QmKL+R0 a7 check might be annoying in the
xiiiiiiiiy future for Black.
One of the sharpest ways to counter 22.£a3!? £b8
the Najdorf Sicilian. A new continuation. 22...¦a8 looks
6...e6 7.f4 ¥e7 8.£f3 £c7 9.0-0-0 dubious: 23.¥e2 A) or 23...¦f8 24.h4!
¤bd7 ¥xh4 25.£h3 ¦f2 (25...g5 26.¤e3!)
We looked at 9...¥d7 in the game 26.¤c7! £xc7 27.£xh4+− Groszpeter
Leko − Morozevich/Wijk aan Zee − Ruck/Paks 1999; B) 23...h6 24.h4
2001 CT−82. ¥xh4 25.¤f4 ¢h7 26.¦xd6 £e7
10.g4 b5 11.¥xf6 ¤xf6 12.g5 ¤d7 27.¤d5 £g5 28.£h3 ¥f2 29.¦d7+!
13.f5 (D) ¤xd7 30.£xd7+ ¢g8 31.¤e7+ ¢f8
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+k+-tr0 32.¦f1 £g2 33.¤xg6+! £xg6
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 34.¦xf2+ ¢g8 35.£d5+ and Black
9p+-zpp+-+0 resigned, Baklan −
9+p+-+PzP-0 Gallagher/Bundesliga 2001.
9-+-sNP+-+0 23.h4 ¥h6 24.h5 a5 25.¥e2 b4
9+-sN-+Q+-0 26.£g3 ¦f7 27.hxg6 hxg6 (D)
9PzPP+-+-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-mKR+L+R0 9-wq-+-+-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+rmk-0
9-+-zp-+pvl0
The most logical continuation. 9zp-+Nsn-+-0
13...¥xg5+ 9-zp-+P+-+0
13...¤c5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 ¥f8 9+-+-+-wQ-0
9PzPP+L+-+0
16.¦g1 is another main line − and 9+K+R+-+R0
Black faces problems. xiiiiiiiiy
14.¢b1 ¤e5 15.£h5 £e7 28.¥h5
The alternative 15...£d8 may lead This is maybe too straightforward.
to similar play. 28.¦dg1!? looked tempting, keeping in
16.¤xe6 ¥xe6 17.fxe6 g6 18.exf7+ mind such ideas as the direct ¥e2−h5
¢xf7 19.£h3 ¢g7 20.¤d5 £d8 (D) and the tricky ¦h1-h5 followed
XIIIIIIIIY ¦h5xe5.
9r+-wq-+-tr0 28...£f8 29.¦hg1
9+-+-+-mkp0 It may seem that White's strategy is
9p+-zp-+p+0 overwhelming, but Black has
9+p+Nsn-vl-0
9-+-+P+-+0 prepared an adequate defense.
9+-+-+-+Q0 29...¥f4 30.¤xf4 ¦xf4 (D)
9PzPP+-+-zP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+K+R+L+R0 9-+-+-wq-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-+-mk-0
Still a well−known position! White is 9-+-zp-+p+0
9zp-+-sn-+L0
hoping to launch a direct attack 9-zp-+Ptr-+0
against Black's king using his major 9+-+-+-wQ-0
pieces on the g and h files, but Black 9PzPP+-+-+0
has very good defensive resources − 9+K+R+-tR-0
special thanks should be addressed xiiiiiiiiy
to his knight on e5 while the dark−
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31.¥xg6!? 38.¦c7 ¢g5 39.a4

White takes up the challenge, but 39.¦h7 £f2 40.¦xh2 £xh2 41.c4
objectively Black should be okay after (41.c3!?) did not solve the problems
this queen sacrifice. due to 41...a4 followed by a4−a3.
31...¦g4 32.£xe5+ dxe5 33.¦xg4 39...¦h1 40.¦xh1 £xh1+ 41.¢a2
Black has to play carefully as his ¢f4(D)
king might face real danger. XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
33...¦h2 9+-tR-+-+-0
33...£f2 seemed to be more precise, 9-+-+-+-+0
activating the queen first. 9zp-+-zpL+-0
9Pzp-+Pmk-+0
34.¥f5+ ¢h6 (D) 9+-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9KzPP+-+-+0
9-+-+-wq-+0 9+-+-+-+q0
9-+-+-+-mk0 42.¦c4?!
9zp-+-zpL+-0 42.¦d7! could have avoided
9-zp-+P+R+0 unnecessary problems, cutting the
9+-+-+-+-0 king from the Queenside − the rook
9PzPP+-+-tr0 has some good posts on the d−file.
9+K+R+-+-0 42...£d1 43.¥e6 ¢e3 44.¥d5
xiiiiiiiiy
Completing the wrong idea − The
Black king is in dangerous situation,
bishop looks good on d5, but actually
but an extra queen should be enough
it not only does nothing here but also
to keep the balance.
prevents the rook from using the
35.¦g6+?!
d−file.
35.¢a1! was a very interesting
44...¢d2 45.¦c8 ¢c1
prophylactic move. Now 35...£c5 is
Black is going to give a checkmate
bad due to 36.¦g8! while it is not so
on the e2−square!
easy to defend against the idea of
46.¥b3 £e2 47.¦c4 ¢d2 (D)
¦g4−g1 followed by ¦d1-d7−h7 XIIIIIIIIY
35...¢h5 36.¦c6?! (D) 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-wq-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9zp-+-zp-+-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9PzpR+P+-+0
9-+R+-+-+0 9+L+-+-+-0
9zp-+-zpL+k0 9KzPPmkq+-+0
9-zp-+P+-+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+-tr0 48.¦c5?
9+K+R+-+-0 Too risky against the queen. It looks
xiiiiiiiiy like White could just stay by 48.¢b1
This move looks suspicious − the £e1+ 49.¢a2 ¢c1 , keeping in mind
rooks are losing communication 50.c3 in case of such kind of
between each other. 36.¦dg1 looks zugzwang.
natural and the game could have 48...£xe4 49.¦xa5 ¢c1 50.¦d5 (D)
ended in a draw after 36...£c5
37.¦1g5+ ¢h4 38.¦g4+= with XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
perpetual. 9+-+-+-+-0
36...£d8! 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+Rzp-+-0
An excellent reply! 9Pzp-+q+-+0
37.¦c1 £h4 9+L+-+-+-0
Black is correctly going to exchange 9KzPP+-+-+0
9+-mk-+-+-0
one of the rooks after which his king xiiiiiiiiy
can go everywhere. Maybe White was also playing for a
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24.£xh5!! Distracting the defender.
24...¦f7 Freeing the f8−square for the
king. [Unfortunately, 24...¥xd4 was
impossible due to 25.£xh7#
checkmate!] 25.¦xf7 gxh5 26.¦xg7+
¢f8 27.¦xh7 Black resigned. 1-0.
2. P. Charbonneau − H. Kallio
51.¤d4+! Already the familiar theme
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CT-30(449)
CT-30(449), 30th January 2002
Tactical Quiz 2-3. Sasikiran, Harikrishna – 9½

4. Ganguly – 8½
XIIIIIIIIY 5-7. Kunte, Gokhale, Saravanan etc.
9-+-+-trk+0
9zp-zpP+-zpp0 GM Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) is
9n+-+q+-+0 dominating the XI category tournament
9vl-zP-+-+-0 in Ljubljana with 7½ points after 9
9Q+-+lsn-+0 rounds. GMs Andrey Kharlov (Russia)
and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Romania)
9zP-+-vLN+-0 are already 1½ points behind.
9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9tRN+K+-+R0 Standings after 9 rounds:
xiiiiiiiiy 1. Beliavsky – 7½ points
Black to play - White has just played 18. 2-3. Nisipeanu, Kharlov – 6
Qa4 and now Black finds an excellent 4-6. Sveshnikov, Pavasovic, Tratar – 5½
blow to decide the game - Answer in our 7. Volokitin – 5 etc.
Annotated Game.
The leader of the Bermuda “A”
W hile chess lovers from all over tournament IM Hikaru Nakamura

the World are looking forward (USA) lost to IM Leif Johannessen
to watch the battles of giants (Norway) and was caught by GM
in Linares in the last week of February Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil), who beat
… it is announced that the rest of the WIM Irina Krush (USA). Nakamura,
elite and the best French players will who still hasn’t made a single draw (!),
compete in Cannes at the same time! now needs 1 point in 2 remaining games
to get GM-norm.
The list of participants is quite
impressive: Stanfings after 7 rounds:
Alexander Morozevich (RUS, 2742), 1-2. Nakamura, Vescovi – 5 points,
Veselin Topalov (BUL, 2739), Peter 3. Macieja – 4½
Leko (HUN, 2713), Evgeny Bareev 4. Johannessen – 4
(RUS, 2708), Boris Gelfand (ISR, 2707), 5-6. Socko, Lesiege – 3½ etc.
Anatoly Karpov (RUS, 2693), Joel
Lautier (FRA, 2687), Etienne Bacrot In tournament “B” GM Pawel Blehm
(FRA, 2649), Laurent Fressinet (FRA, (Poland) strengthened his lead – he has
2591), Igor-Alexander Nataf (FRA, already scored 6 points. IM Emanuel
2546). Berg (Sweden) is clear second with 5
points – he needs 1½ out of 2 for GM-
In the key game of the 13th Round of the norm.
Indian Championships in Nagpur
Krishnan Sasikiran beat the leader Standings after 7 rounds:
Penteala Harikrishna in a super-marathon 1. Blehm – 6 points,
125-move (!) battle and joined him, but 2. Berg – 5
only at second place – Dibyendu Barua 3. Charbonneau – 4½
is a new leader after his confident victory 4. De Vreught – 4 etc.
over Sriram Jha.
There are four leaders after 4 rounds at
Standings after 13 rounds: the VII category tournament in
1. Barua – 10 points, Montecatini Terme, Italy – GMs Stefan
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CT-30(449) Page 1 of 4
Djuric (Yugoslavia), Ivan Zaja (Croatia), White has to defend the pawn g2 as
IMs Paolo Vezzosi (Italy) and Evgeny Black king has got a square f8 to retreat
Janev (Bulgaria) have scored 2½ points. after Qd1-h5 check.
6...¤f6!
XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9rsn-wqk+-tr0
9zplzpp+-zpp0
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9-zp-+psn-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
I Jelen (2374) − A Beliavsky (2649) 9-vlPzP-+-+0
90th anniversary LSK Metalka Trgovina 9+-+L+-+-0
Ljubl A40jana (9), 28.01.2002 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQ+KsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6
XIIIIIIIIY Black is playing for quick development
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 − after the castling the White king may
9zp-zpp+pzpp0 feel itself uncomfortable on the opened
9-zp-+p+-+0 f−file.
9+-+-+-+-0 7.¥e2!?
9-+PzP-+-+0 A rather sophisticated approach, which
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 was introduced in practice by
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 ...Alexander Beliavsky! A attempt to
xiiiiiiiiy disturb the bishop b4 immediately by
A fairly unusual opening − White is 7.c5 bxc5 8.a3 can be met by 8...c4!
allowed to build a strong pawn center but 9.¥xc4 ¥a5 10.fxe6 dxe6 followed by
Black is going to immediately attack it, 0-0 with an active play.; 7.¤f3 looks
hoping that White does not have enough more reliable: 7...0-0 8.a3 ¥d6 9.¤c3 In
development to support it. the game R.Scherbakov − Volzhin,
3.e4 ¥b7 4.¥d3 f5!? Koszalin 1999 White got better after
4...¤c6 followed by 5. ..¤b4 does not 9...exf5 (9...£e8!? looks more testing.)
solve the problems − White keeps better 10.¥xf5 ¤c6 (again, 10...£e8 was
chances by, for example, 5.¤f3 ¤b4 stronger) 11.¥g5! £e8 12.¥xf6! ¦xf6
6.¤c3 ¤xd3+ 7.£xd3 ¥b4 8.d5!? and so 13.¥e4 and Black's initiative is
on. neutralised.
5.exf5 7...0-0 8.c5 bxc5 9.a3
XIIIIIIIIY Now Black does not have c5−c4 with
9rsn-wqkvlntr0 tempo.
9zplzpp+-zpp0 9...¥a5 10.dxc5
9-zp-+p+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+P+-0 9rsn-wq-trk+0
9-+PzP-+-+0 9zplzpp+-zpp0
9+-+L+-+-0 9-+-+psn-+0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9vl-zP-+P+-0
9tRNvLQmK-sNR0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+-+-+-0
A principled way − White is ready to 9-zP-+LzPPzP0
sacrifice a rook for the initiative. 9tRNvLQ+KsNR0
5...¥b4+ xiiiiiiiiy
A modern approach. 5...¥xg2 is 10...¤d5
supposed to be too risky: 6.£h5+ g6 This move Beliavsky faced himself
7.fxg6 ¥g7 (7...¤f6? is bad due to 8.g7+ when playing against Nigel Short in
¤xh5 9.gxh8£ ¥xh1 10.£xh7) 8.gxh7+ 1997. Later 10...¤e4!? was triumphally
¢f8 9.¤e2! ¥xh1 10.¥g5! ¤f6 11.£h4 played in the game Khenkin − Shabalov,
then White completes the development Koszalin 1999: 11.b4 £f6 12.¦a2 ¥d5
of the Q−side and gets a very strong 13.¦b2 ¤c6! 14.¤f3 ¦ab8 15.fxe6 dxe6
initiative, according to the tournament 16.h4 ¤xc5 17.£c2 ¤e4 18.bxa5 ¤d4
practice since the game Browne − Miles, 19.£d3 ¤b3 20.¦c2 ¤bc5 21.¦xc5
Tilburg 1978. (21.£e3 ¦xb1 22.¦xc5 ¤xc5 23.£xc5
6.¢f1 £a1!-+) 21...¤xc5 22.£c2 ¥e4 23.£xc5
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¦xb1 and White resigned as 24.¢g1 is 14.exd7

met by 24...£f4! Perhaps Alexander XIIIIIIIIY
knows how White's play would be 9-+-+rtrk+0
improved. 9zplzpP+-zpp0
9n+-+-wq-+0
11.¤f3 9vl-zPn+-+-0
11.b4 is bad due to 11...£f6 12.¦a2 9-+-+-+-+0
£xf5 13.¥d3 ¥a6! 14.¥xa6 £xb1 15.¦b2 9zP-+-+N+-0
¤e3+! 9-zPQ+LzPPzP0
11...£f6 9tRNvL-+K+R0
Already mentioned game Beliavsky − xiiiiiiiiy
Short, Wch Groningen 1997 continued 14...¦xe2!
by 11...¦xf5 12.b4 ¤xb4 13.axb4 ¥xb4 There is nothing to discuss − just a
14.¥b2 a5 15.h4 ¦d5 16.£b3 ¤a6 logical continuation of previous play.
17.¤c3 ¤xc5 18.£c2 ¦f5 with 15.¢xe2
reasonable compensation for the piece 15.£xe2 ¤xc5 was very unclear.
although White's chances look 15...£e6+
XIIIIIIIIY
preferable. 9-+-+-trk+0
12.fxe6 9zplzpP+-zpp0
12.£c2 ¤c6 13.¥g5 £xf5 14.£xf5 9n+-+q+-+0
¦xf5 15.b4 ¤cxb4 16.axb4 ¥xb4© was 9vl-zPn+-+-0
unclear in the game Kachiani−Gersinska 9-+-+-+-+0
− Kengis, Berlin 1999. 9zP-+-+N+-0
12...¤a6!? 9-zPQ+KzPPzP0
9tRNvL-+-+R0
9r+-+-trk+0 16.¥e3?
White's desire to develop something is
9zplzpp+-zpp0 quite understandable but this move
9n+-+Pwq-+0 happened to be a fatal mistake. It is
really not easy to keep oneself cool−
9vl-zPn+-+-0 minded in such wild positions... 16.¢f1!
9-+-+-+-+0 was correct − Black has many interesting
possibilities but he should not forget that
9zP-+-+N+-0 he has already sacrificed a lot of
9-zP-+LzPPzP0 material.
9tRNvLQ+K+R0 16...¤f4+ 17.¢d1
There was no way back: 17.¢f1?
xiiiiiiiiy ¥xf3-+
An interesting novelty, and quite in the 17...¥e4! 18.£a4
spirit of position − every Black's move XIIIIIIIIY
involves a new piece into play! In the 9-+-+-trk+0
game Ellers − Bunzmann, Fuerth 1998 9zp-zpP+-zpp0
White obtained clearly better chances
after 12...c6 13.¤bd2 ¥xd2 14.¥xd2
9n+-+q+-+0
dxe6 15.¥g5 £g6 16.£b1!? ¦f5 17.h4± 9vl-zP-+-+-0
13.£c2 9Q+-+lsn-+0
The line 13.£a4!? ¤xc5! 14.£xa5 ¤b3 9zP-+-vLN+-0
15.£b5 ¤xa1 16.£xb7 was also worthy 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
of consideration − White's play was not 9tRN+K+-+R0
so easy due to his lack in development xiiiiiiiiy
but thorough analysis might prove his 18...¤xc5!
superiority. This excellent blow decides the game.
13...¦ae8!? 19.£b5
The last piece comes into play! it is 19.£xa5 led to checkmate after
much more difficult for White to develop 19...£b3+ 20.¢e1 ¤xg2+ 21.¢f1 £d1+
something so he should continue his and so on.
strategy of grabbing the material. 19...¥d3!
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XIIIIIIIIY Editors:
9-+-+-trk+0 GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9zp-zpP+-zpp0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
Technical editors:
9-+-+q+-+0 Graham Brown. Ralph P. Marconi
9vlQsn-+-+-0
9-+-+-sn-+0 Chess Today is copyright 2002 by Alexander
9zP-+lvLN+-0 Baburin © and protected intellectual property
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 Any unauthorized reproduction, via print,
9tRN+K+-+R0 electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is
xiiiiiiiiy permission.
White can avoid the immediate
checkmate only by giving up the queen
so he preferred to resign. Very powerful
play by Alexander Beliavsky!
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CT-31(450)
CT-31(450), 31st January 2002
Tactical Quiz (Russia) and IM Marko Tratar

(Slovenia).
Set by GM Ruslan
Scherbakov
Final standings:
Harikrishna (2525) − 1. Beliavsky – 8½ points
Vijayalakshmi (2399) 2-3. Tratar, Kharlov – 7
Indian Championship 4. Pavasovic – 6½
Nagpur (14), 30.01.2002 5-6. Nisipeanu, Sveshnikov – 6
Black has just 7-8. Farago, Volokitin – 5
prevented the annoying 9. Soln – 4½
¤h4−f5 with 11. ..g6? 10. Podlesnik – 3
What happened next?!
11. Jelen – 2½
IM Hikaru Nakamura (USA) became

XIIIIIIIIY the sole leader of the Bermuda “A” X
9r+-wq-trk+0 category tournament again! It all became
9+lzpnvlp+p0 clear when Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil)
9pzp-+-snp+0 lost to IM Leif Johannessen (Norway),
who crushed both leaders in the last two
9+-+p+-+-0 rounds! Johannessen now needs a win in
9-+-zP-vL-sN0 his last round game against Bartosz
9+-sN-+-zP-0 Socko (Poland) to achieve a GM-norm
while Nakamura needs a draw against
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 another Polish player – Bartolomiej
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 Macieja.
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Standings after 8 rounds:
1. Nakamura - 5½ points,
2-3. Johannessen, Vescovi – 5
T
he leader has changed again after
the 14th Round of the Indian 4-6. Lesiege, Macieja, Socko – 4½
Championships in Nagpur. 7-8. Vuckovic, S.Ernst – 3½
Dibyendu Barua’s loss to Saravanan 9. Krush – 2½
allowed Krishnan Sasikiran and 10. Handke – 1½
Penteala Harikrishna to take the joint
lead. Today we present an excellent win by
Alexandre Lesiege over Bartolomiej
Standings after 14 rounds: Macieja.
1-2. Sasikiran, Harikrishna – 10½
3. Barua – 10 points, GM Pawel Blehm (Poland) keeps the
4. Ganguly – 9 lead at the “B” tournament but he is
5. Saravanan – 8½ closely followed by IM Emanuel Berg
6-7. Kunte, Sriram Jha – 8 etc. (Sweden), who need to make a draw
against one of the outsiders of the event
Alexander Beliavsky (Slovenia) has to achieve a GM-norm.
conclusively won the 90th anniversary of
SK Ljubljana Metalka Trgovina XI Standings after 8 rounds:
category tournament in Ljubljana, 1½ 1. Blehm – 6½ points,
points ahead of GM Andrey Kharlov 2. Berg – 6
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3. Charbonneau – 5 way!) – where IM David Levy speaks

4. De Vreught – 4½ etc. about BGN in the Open File section.
The situation is rather complicated after If you are looking for a tournament in
5 rounds at the VII category tournament February, consider the Aeroflot Open
in Montecatini Terme, Italy – GMs Miso 2002. Basically, you get a very good deal
Cebalo, Ivan Zaja (both of Croatia), on flight and accomodation in Moscow,
Vladimir Georgiev and IM Evgeny which could be very pricey otherwise.
Janev (both of Bulgaria) are leading with Well, you have to fly with Aeroflot,
3 points while a home IM Spartaco Sarno which is not the best company in the
has 2½ points out of 4 games. world (certainly, not my favourite!), but
this could be worth it – Moscow is a
Some curious news from Mark great city to visit nowadays! The
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“Bobby Fischer gave an interview (you in St. Petersburg (12-20 February).
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Station. He chatted with former If you prefer the US and are looking for a
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Pálsson. There are two main points that National Open in Las Vegas. I have
interest me. Firstly is that he will only played there 3 times and I like the
play FischerRandom Chess. "I don't play tournament very much. Las Vegas is
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Khalifman − Anand, Merida 2001

Annotated Game continued by 16.c4 b6 17.¦a6 ¦fc8
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 18.¤d2 £b7 19.b5 ¤c5 20.¦a3 a6 and
A Lesiege (2572) − B Macieja (2612) here a draw was agreed.
Bermuda GM A (8), 29.01.2002 E55 12...£xc3
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 Black takes the challenge. Otherwise
XIIIIIIIIY White advances his c−pawn although in
9rsnlwqk+-tr0
9zppzpp+pzpp0 the game Garcia Gonzales − Balashov,
9-+-+psn-+0 Leningrad 1977 Black achieved good
9+-+-+-+-0 play after 12...e5 13.c4 b6 14.¥b2 ¥b7
9-vlPzP-+-+0 15.£b3 ¦fe8 16.¦fd1 a5 and so on.
9+-sN-zP-+-0 13.¥a3
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-vLQmKLsNR0 9r+l+-trk+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zpp+n+pzpp0
The Rubinstein Variation of the Nimzo 9-+-+psn-+0
Indian − one of the most complex 9+-+-+-+-0
systems in modern chess. 9-zP-+-+-+0
4...0-0 5.¥d3 c5 6.¤f3 d5 7.0-0 dxc4 9vL-wq-zPN+-0
9-+-+LzPPzP0
8.¥xc4 ¤bd7 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
IIIIIIIIY xiiiiiiiiy
9r+lwq-trk+0
9zpp+n+pzpp0 13...e5?!
9-+-+psn-+0 A novelty, which does not look good.
9+-zp-+-+-0 To get the c8 bishop into play Black
9-vlLzP-+-+0 should move the knight from d7 but the
9+-sN-zPN+-0 e5 pawn requires attention. Besides,
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 opening the a2−g8 diagonal may also
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy give Black more of a headache. This
9.a3 position was tested in the BGN World
9.£e2 may lead to rather harp and Championship match, after 13...¤d5
deep line 9...b6 10.d5 ¥xc3 11.dxe6 14.£b1 £f6 15.¥d3 h6 16.b5 ¦d8
¤e5 12.exf7+ ¢h8 13.bxc3 ¥g4 14.e4 17.¥b2 £e7 and here, according to
£e7 15.¦e1 b5! 16.¥xb5 ¤h5 − this Vladimir Kramnik, objectively the best
position has been tested for the last 40 way was 18.¥a3 (18.¦a4?! gave Black
years and it seems that Black can hold at least equal chances in the game
on. Kramnik − Kasparov, London (m/12)
9...cxd4 10.axb4 dxc3 11.bxc3 £c7 2000: 18...¤c5 19.¥h7+ ¢h8 20.¦h4 f6
XIIIIIIIIY 21.¦c4 ¥d7 and so on.) 18...£f6
9r+l+-trk+0 (18...£e8 19.¦c1) 19.¥b2 with a
9zppwqn+pzpp0 repetition of moves.
9-+-+psn-+0 14.£b1 £c7 15.¦c1 £b8 16.b5 ¦e8
9-zPL+-+-+0 9rwql+r+k+0
9+-zP-zPN+-0 9zpp+n+pzpp0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9-+-+-sn-+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9+P+-zp-+-0
In this system Black often parts with 9vL-+-zPN+-0
his bishop − here he hopes that the 9-+-+LzPPzP0
detached c−pawn will give him enough 9tRQtR-+-mK-0
counterplay. xiiiiiiiiy
12.¥e2!? Was Black really hoping to hold this
An ambitious approach − White position?! It looks like he seriously
sacrifices a pawn for the initiative. underestimated White's possibilities.
12.£b3 is more often played but Black is 17.¦d1!
more or less okay after 12...¤b6 13.¥e2 The queen is under threat.
e5 14.¦a5 ¥e6 15.£c2 ¤bd7 The game 17...b6 18.¥d6 £b7 19.¤g5!
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24...¥b7 25.¥b3 £e7 26.¦ac1
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Black resigned as he loses too much
material. A crushing defeat! 1-0
Solution to Tactical Quiz:

12.¥xc7! £e8 12...£xc7 13.¤xd5 followed
by 14. ¤e7 and 15. ¥b7 was even worse.
13.¤f3+− and White converted his extra
pawn into a full point.
CT-31(450) Page 4 of 4
CT-32(451)
CT-32(451), 1st February 2002

Johannessen, Vescovi 1. Sasikiran – 11½ points, 2. Harikrishna
Nakamura and Blehm – 11; 3. Barua – 10½; 4. Ganguly – 10
5. Saravanan – 9; 6-7. Kunte, Sriram Jha
win in Bermuda – 8½ etc.
I Ms Leif Erlend Johannessen

(Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA
– by the way, he is 14 years old and
the current US Junior Champion!) and
After 7 rounds of the VII category
tournament in Montecatini Terme, Italy
GM Miso Cebalo (Croatia) and IM
Evgeny Janev (Bulgaria) are leading with
GM Giovanni Vescovi (Brazil) shared 5 points, GM Stefan Djuric (Yugoslavia)
the victory at the just completed the is clear third, half a point behind.
Bermuda Internationals “A” tournament
in Southampton. Quiz Today…
1. G.Vescovi (2590) - L. Johannessen
Final standings: (2427)
1-3. Johannessen, Nakamura, Vescovi – Bermuda GM A (8), 29.01.2002
6 pts; 4-5. Macieja, Lesiege – 5; 6. Socko
– 4½; 7. Vuckovic – 4; 8. S.Ernst – 3½; Black has won a pawn but some of his
9. Krush – 3; 10. Handke – 2 pieces look rather awkwardly placed. And
he is down a piece. However, he finds a
Both Nakamura and Johannessen way not only to simplify the position, but
achieved GM-norms. The latter won his to win back his material and another pawn
3 last games, having beaten both co- in the process! Can you find it?
winners! XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wq-trk+0
Today we present some highlights from 9+-zp-vlpzpp0
the winners games. 9lsn-+p+-+0
9zp-+-zP-+-0
GM Pawel Blehm (Poland) convincingly 9-trP+N+-+0
won the tournament “B”. IM Emanuel 9+-+-wQ-zP-0
Berg (Sweden) came in second and 9nvL-sN-zPLzP0
scored a GM-norm. 9+R+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Final standings: Black to play
1. Blehm – 7½ points, 2. Berg – 6½
3-4. Charbonneau, De Vreught – 5½ Some news from Mark Crowther
5. G.Shahade – 4½; 6. Paehtz – 4 (TWIC) concerning the new FIDE World
7-8. Perelstein, Kallio – 3½; Champion Ruslan Ponomariov’s
9. Alvarez – 3; 10. Nyback – 1½ participation in the Linares super-
tournament:
Our congratulations to the winners! “It seems Ruslan Ponomariov has turned
down the invitation and may face legal
After the 15th Round of the Indian action according to a report by Leonxto
Championships in Nagpur, Krishnan Garcia in El Pais 30th January. Veselin
Sasikiran took sole lead. In the key game Topalov will play in Cannes not in
of the round Penteala Harikrishna drew Linares. It’s not clear who Ponomariov's
against Dibyendu Barua and secured clear replacement will be”.
second, Barua is in the third place.

CT-32(451) Page 1 of 4
¤¤¤ 12...¥g4 13.¥g5 £e6

Annotated Game A rare move. 13...h6 is the main line
which may lead to very sharp
L. Johannessen,L (2427) − complications after 14.¥h4!? (14.¥e3
H. Nakamura (2430) is a common alternative; while
Bermuda International GM A 14.¥xe7 ¦e8 15.¦xb7 ¤d7 16.¥b4
Bermuda (7), 28.01.2002 D85 ¦xe4 is good for Black) 14...a5
Notes by GM Ruslan Scherbakov 15.¦xb7 g5 16.¥g3 a4 Take a look at
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.cxd5 the wonderful game Gelfand − Shirov,
¤xd5 5.e4 ¤xc3 6.bxc3 ¥g7 7.¤f3 Polanica Zdroj 1998: 17.h4 (later
c5 8.¦b1 (D) White was forced to look for
XIIIIIIIIY improvement, such as 17.¦c7!? , not
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 allowing the knight b8 to get into play.
9zpp+-zppvlp0 In the game R.Scherbakov − Vokarev,
9-+-+-+p+0 Novgorod 1999 Black got into trouble
9+-zp-+-+-0 after 17...£b3 18.£xb3 axb3 19.¦b1
b2 20.¦xb2 ¦a1+ 21.¥f1 ¥xf3 22.gxf3
9-+-zPP+-+0
¥xd4 23.¦b5!±) 17...a3 (a novelty
9+-zP-+N+-0
17...¤c6! allowed Black to solve the
9P+-+-zPPzP0
problems in the game Shipov −
9+RvLQmKL+R0
I.Sokolov, Hastings 1999: 18.hxg5
xiiiiiiiiy
hxg5 19.d5 ¥xf3 20.¥xf3 ¤d4 and so
A very complicated and well−
on) 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.¦c7! ¤a6
developed variation of the Gruenfeld
20.¦xe7 £b2 21.¥c4 £b4 22.¥xf7+
Defence.
¢h8 (D)
8...0-0 9.¥e2 cxd4 10.cxd4 £a5+
XIIIIIIIIY
11.¥d2 £xa2 12.0-0 (D)
9r+-+-tr-mk0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-tRLvl-0
9rsnl+-trk+0 9n+-+-+-+0
9zpp+-zppvlp0 9+-+-+-zp-0
9-+-+-+p+0 9-wq-zPP+l+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9zp-+-+NvL-0
9-+-zPP+-+0 9-+-+-zPP+0
9+-+-+N+-0 9+-+Q+RmK-0
9q+-vLLzPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+R+Q+RmK-0
and here the fantastic 23.¦d7!!
xiiiiiiiiy
secured White's advantage: 23...¥xd7
Black has won a pawn but has lost
24.¤xg5 £b6 25.¥e6! £xe6™
time in doing so. White's strong pawn
26.¤xe6 ¥xe6 27.¥e5! and so on.
center and active pieces should
14.h3
promise him more than enough
Another pawn sacrifice 14.d5!? £xe4
compensation for the pawn, but in
15.£d2© was successfully tried in the
practice things are always far from
game Sakaev − Bukhman, URS 1989:
clear. Black is often not in a hurry to
15...f6 16.¥e3 a5 17.¦fc1 ¦c8 18.h3
move his queen back into his camp,
¥d7 19.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 20.¥d3 £a4
preferring to walk on the edge by
21.¥c5 £d7 22.£e2 ¥f8 23.¥c4 ¢h8
pushing the a−pawn as far as
24.¦b6 ¤a6 25.¥d4 ¤c7 26.¤e5!
possible. The position with very
fxe5 27.£xe5+ ¢g8 28.d6+ e6
unusual material balance often
29.dxc7+− but Black's play can
happens as Black is ready to give up
obviously be improved.
his queen when his a−pawn becomes
14...¥xf3 15.¥xf3 £d7 16.d5 ¤a6
a really important factor.
CT-32(451) Page 2 of 4
16...b6? is dubious as here 17.e5! 21...b6

comes with increased effect: 17...f6 21...exd6 was met by 22.¥xc5 ¦xc5
18.d6 fxg5 19.¥xa8± Al Ashhab − 23.£a2+! ¢h8 24.£xa7 (with ideas
Mohsen, Tanta 1997. such as Qxc5 and ¦xb7) 24...£d8
17.£e2 ¤c5 18.e5ƒ (D) 25.exd6+− and so on.
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¥xc5 ¦xc5
9r+-+-trk+0 That was Black's idea − to keep the
9zpp+qzppvlp0 Q−side closed. However, White is
9-+-+-+p+0 allowed too much in the center.
9+-snPzP-vL-0 23.e6 (D)
9+-+-+L+P0 9-+-+-trk+0
9-+-+QzPP+0 9zp-+qzp-vlp0
9+R+-+RmK-0 9-zp-zPPzpp+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-tr-+-+-0
A superior pawn center and 9-+-+-+-+0
excellent pieces gives White more 9+-+-+L+P0
than enough compensation for the 9-+-+QzPP+0
minor material loss. Black has no time 9+R+R+-mK-0
and no possibility to think about the xiiiiiiiiy
advance of his Q−side passed pawns. 23...£c8
The natural e−pawn advance was This is losing by force but after
actually a novelty. In the game Tella − 23...£d8 24.dxe7 £xe7 25.¦d7 £e8
Kekki, Helsinki 1997 after 18.£e3 b6 26.¦xa7 ¦e5 27.£a2+− White also
19.e5 ¦ab8 20.¥h6 £f5 21.¥xg7 gets a decisive advantage.
¢xg7 22.¦b4 a draw was agreed. 24.dxe7
18...¦ae8 The d−pawn was superb after 24.d7
This idea does not look very good. but it was unclear how to break.
However, it is difficult to say which 24...¦e8 (D)
move was preferable − Black's play is
really not easy here. XIIIIIIIIY
19.¦fd1 f6 9-+q+r+k+0
This counter attempt does not have 9zp-+-zP-vlp0
the desired effect. 9-zp-+Pzpp+0
20.¥e3! ¦c8? 9+-tr-+-+-0
This is almost losing. In case of 9-+-+-+-+0
20...b6 White secured the advantage 9+-+-+L+P0
by 21.¥xc5 bxc5 22.d6! getting a 9-+-+QzPP+0
strong passed pawn on the d−file but 9+R+R+-mK-0
it was probably more tenacious for xiiiiiiiiy
Black. 25.¦d8!
21.d6! (D) A winning idea − White needs only
XIIIIIIIIY one pawn on the e−file, which is well
9-+r+-trk+0 supported by the queen.
9zpp+qzp-vlp0 25...¦xd8 26.exd8£+ £xd8 27.e7
9-+-zP-zpp+0
9+-sn-zP-+-0 £e8 28.£e6+ ¢h8 29.¦d1 ¦c8 (D)
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-vLL+P0
9-+-+QzPP+0
9+R+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy

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30...£xc8 31.¦d8+ (D) Website: http://www.chesstoday.net/
XIIIIIIIIY
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9-zp-+-zpp+0 Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.
9+-+-+-+-0
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19...¦xb2! 20.¦xb2 ¤xc4 21.£b3
¤xb2 22.£xb2 ¤b4 And Black
converted his material advantage
without any problems.

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CT-107(526)
CT-107(526) April 17h 2002
XIIIIIIIIY
Smirin vs Computers: 9r+l+-trk+0
9+pwq-+pzpp0
1,5-0,5; Vallejo Pons 9p+-zppsn-+0
wins Dos Hermanas 9+-vl-snP+-0
9-+-sNP+-wQ0
Open; Mitkov 9+-sNLvL-+P0
victorious in 9PzPP+-+P+0
9tR-+-+R+K0
Macedonian xiiiiiiiiy
14...¥d7
A mongst current chess events with

the participation of humans, the
Internet match Human
Computers is probably the most
vs
14...b5 15.¦f3 ¤xf3 16.gxf3 ¤e8
17.¦g1 g6 18.¦g4 b4 19.¤ce2 e5
20.£h6 d5 21.¦h4 f6 22.¤e6 ¥xe6
23.¥xc5 ¦f7 24.fxe6 ¦g7 25.¥xb4 1–0
interesting one to discuss today. But, Nedev,T (2460) - Comas Fabrego,L
first, some news about recently (2510) Batumi EchT 1999
completed tournaments: 15.¦f3 ¤xf3 16.gxf3 ¢h8 17.¦g1
£d8 18.e5 dxe5 19.¦xg7 ¦g8
GM Francisco Vallejo Pons, a rising 20.¦xg8+ ¢xg8 21.¥g5 ¥e7
Spanish chess star, was the sole winner 22.¤e4 ¤d5 23.f6 £b6 24.¤c5
of the third Dos Hermanas Open, £xc5 25.£xh7+ 1–0.
which took place from the 5th-13th
April 2002. He scored 7,5/9. Sharing 2nd Recently a few more games in this
to 6th place with 7/9 were grandmasters variation have been played. I won, for
Oleg Korneev, Bogdan Lalic, Alexander example, one game with White ( see
Rustemov, and two IMs, Juliah Radulski our Quiz Today section!). As usual in
and Ivan Cheparinov. the Sicilian, things are not always so
clear, but the Macedonian Attack is still
The 11th Macedonian a very dangerous weapon.
Championships (1st-14th April 2002)
ended with a deserved win for the ELO QIUZ TODAY
favourite Grandmaster Nikola Mitkov
(10/13). Trajce Nedev was clear second M. Golubev (2530) - V. Podinic
with 9/13. It attracted my attention that (2366)
it was these two players, who recently Lasker Autumn GM, Bucharest (3), 2001
shocked the chess world with their
unusual attacking exchange sacrifice in Position after 17...¥c5xd4
the Sicilian Defence: and now how does White win here?
XIIIIIIIIY
N. Mitkov (2532) - S. Rublevsky 9r+l+-trk+0
(2670), European Club Cup Neum 9+-+-+pzpp0
2000. 9pwq-zppsn-+0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 9+p+-+P+-0
a6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.¥d3 ¤c6 7.¥e3
¤f6 8.0–0 ¤e5 9.h3 ¥c5 10.¢h1 d6
9-+-vlP+-wQ0
11.f4 ¤g6 9+-sNLvLP+P0
This is an important theoretical 9PzPP+-+-+0
continuation, since 11...Nc6 12.e5!! 9+-+-+-tRK0
Kasparov-Anand, Tilburg 1991, is xiiiiiiiiy
promising for White White to play and win
12.£e1 0–0 13.f5 ¤e5 14.£h4 (D)
This issue is prepared by GM Mikhail Golubev; technical editor - Ralph P. Marconi

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XIIIIIIIIY
Internet Match Human vs
Computers II
9rsnlwq-trk+0
9zppzp-+pzpp0
Israeli Grandmaster Ilya Smirin is
playing a match versus top computer
9-+-zp-sn-+0
programs. The event was organised and 9+-+-zp-+-0
intensively covered by KasparovChess
and ChessBase. It's not the first case of 9-+P+P+-+0
such co-operation. Very recently 9+-zP-+-zP-0
Grandmaster Boris Gulko faced top
programs in a similar match, and lost 9P+-zPNzPLzP0
with a score 3-5, and I remember how I
played one and half years ago in a
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
Human vs Machine 2000 event, when xiiiiiiiiy
computers crushed a team of 8 Maybe White is slightly better here,
international players. The results of my but the computer still has the possibility
own play were not impressive. I lost to prepare c6 and ...d5, with some play.
both games vs Junior and Fritz, trying to However it doesn't like to open the
compete with them in a sharp semi- position (maybe because White has the
open positions. My comments to these "two bishop advantage") and look, what
games were published at happened...
KasparovChess. There is also possibility 7...¥g4 8.f3 ¥e6 9.d3 c5
for download online comments by Shredder made mistakes with almost
M.Greengard and other commentators, every move, so I prefer not to use
and of course GM Alterman's notes to question marks at all in my comments.
the fantastic Alterman Wall game. The last move was particularly bad, in
my view.
In the first two games of the present 10.0–0 h6 11.h3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.f4
match, Ilya Smirin showed that he is a ¤c6 14.f5 ¥d7 15.g4 (D)
very dangerous opponent for the
today's best computer programs. Smirin
XIIIIIIIIY
won an impressive anti-computer game 9r+-wq-trk+0
with White against Shredder. This game
will be commented on in this issue. I 9+-+l+pzp-0
will show moves by Shredder which are 9pzpnzp-sn-zp0
below any criticism. He made a draw in
a second game against Hiarcs, when it 9+-zp-zpP+-0
was only the human who had any
chances to win the endgame.
9P+P+P+P+0
9+-zPP+-+P0
White: I. Smirin (2702)
9-+-+N+L+0
Black: Deep Shredder 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
[A22]
Internet match II (60'+10) KC (1), xiiiiiiiiy
15.04.2002 15...£c7
Comments by GM Golubev The idea of a possible advance of the
1.c4 e5 2.¤c3 ¤f6 3.g3 ¥b4 4.¥g2 h and g pawns did not make Shredder
0–0 5.e4 ¥xc3 6.bxc3 d6 7.¤e2 (D) too nervous.
16.¤g3 ¤a5 17.h4 ¤h7 18.g5 hxg5
19.hxg5 £b7 20.¥e3 (D)

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Current results and playing schedule: Technical editors:
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18.e5!+- ¥xe3 [18...dxe5 19.£xf6 (or
19.¦xg7+ ) 19...e4 20.¥xd4+-; 18...¤e8
19.¦xg7+ ¤xg7 20.f6+-] 19.¦xg7+!
¢h8 [the point is 19...¢xg7 20.exf6+!
¢h8 21.fxe6 h6 22.£e4! , and 23.£h7#
is inevitable.] 20.¦xh7+ ¤xh7 21.f6
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CT-110(529)
CT-110(529) April 20h , 2002
Good bye Tarasov?

Ilyumzhinov to Visit
The Russian newspaper Commersant
Eurotel Event reported on 18th April that Russian
businessman Tarasov no longer works
Y ou may find this difficult to

believe, but FIDE President
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov will visit
Prague. The following press release
appeared at the FIDE site:
for FIDE. After the recent Dubai Grand
Prix prize fund scandal, Ilyumzhinov
dismissed him, says Commersant (this
topic is also discussed at the
Kasparovchess.ru site). If true, I will not
cry - in a recent interview Tarasov said
FIDE PRESS RELEASE REGARDING that chess is a hobby for him, and I
MEETING IN PRAGUE ON MAY 6th , believe that he will have success in
2002 some other career, investing his efforts
Lausanne, April 17th, 2002 in some other direction.
The President of FIDE, His Excellency
Kirsan N. Ilyumzhinov, has issued the Quiz Today
following statement: Sveshnikov - Saleh
"I am pleased to accept an invitation to Dubai Open, 2002
attend the closing ceremony of the XIIIIIIIIY
Eurotel World Chess Trophy tournament
on May 5th in the Czech Republic's 9-+r+k+-tr0
capital city of Prague. This is an 9zpp+-vlp+-0
outstanding event bringing together the 9-snq+p+p+0
top chess grandmasters in a world-class 9+-+-zP-vLp0
venue. The day after the conclusion of 9-+-tR-+-zP0
the tournament, May 6th, a meeting will 9+-zPQ+N+-0
be held in a spirit of goodwill and 9P+-+-zPP+0
compromise in which we will discuss 9mK-+R+-+-0
the issues facing the chess world and xiiiiiiiiy
explore ways of co-ordinating our White to play and win
efforts for the greatest good of chess.
We look forward to a successful
outcome and we urge everyone to Tournament news
support us in this constructive effort. In the Smirin vs Computers Internet
FIDE will not be issuing any further match, Israeli Grandmaster was very
public statements on this matter until close on 18th April to achieving
after the meeting." another victory in his impressive anti-
---- Federation International des computer style, having after approx. 30
Echecs, Lausanne, Switzerland. moves a clearly winning position
against Junior. The program, however,
This is certainly good news, because in undeservingly escaped to draw. This
Prague it should be possibly to settle the will be the annotated game of this issue
question whether the ultimate world The overall score now is 2-1 for human.
championship (with Ponomariov,
Kramnik, Kasparov and other top The 6th Golden Cleopatra Open 2002
players playing) will take place in the took place in Cairo, Egypt, 7th-17th
near future. In any event without the April. After 11 rounds, Sergei Tiviakov
participation of FIDE such a was clear first with 8,5 points, ahead of
compromise can hardly be found in the a group of seven players who scored a
present situation. half point less. Final Standings: 1
Tiviakov Sergei NED 8,5 24079 2
Georgiev Krum BUL 8 (53,5) 3 Rausis
¦¦¦ Igors LAT 8 (53,5) 4 Mirzoev Azer AZE 8
CT-110(526) Page 1 of 4
(51,5) 5 Ikonnikov Vyacheslav RUS 8 computer cheater. For additional details
(51) 6 Vysochin Spartak UKR 8 (50,5) 7 go to: Chess Cafe Bulletin Board.
Blehm Pawel POL 8 (50) 8 Gross David
CZE 8 (45,5). It is pleasant for the CT ¦¦¦
writers to report, that someone can
combine internet activity with good Lucky Escape by
practical results tournaments. Czech GM
Tiviakov's site is at
Junior
www.tiviakov.demon.nl.
White: I. Smirin (2702)
The Dubai Open 2002 is one of the Black: Deep Junior
most interesting events that is underway [A14] Internet match II (60'+10) KC (3),
now. In 5th Round a young Ukrainian 18.04.2002
Grandmaster Alexander Goloshchapov Notes by GM Mikhail Golubev
won against Andrei Istratescu of 1.c4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.b3 c5 4.¥b2 ¤c6
Romania, and Goloshchapov is leading 5.g3 ¤f6 6.¥g2 ¥e7 7.0–0 d4 8.d3
now with an impressive 5/5 score. 0–0 9.e3 e5 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-trk+0
There are several serious events taking 9zpp+-vlpzpp0
place in Russia now: 9-+n+-sn-+0
Moscow KO Championship entered its 9+-zp-zp-+-0
Quarter Final phase. On 19th-20th 9-+Pzp-+-+0
April, Malakhov-Naer, Korotylev- 9+P+PzPNzP-0
Vasiukov, Balashov-Amonatov and 9PvL-+-zPLzP0
Rustemov-Kharitonov are playing. If 9tRN+Q+RmK-0
someone knows how to find games
from this event, please, help us! xiiiiiiiiy
10.e4!
The Pojkovo International is a strong An anti-computer strategy. It is well-
tournament - a 16 category FIDE known that computer programs play
(average ELO 2628) event. There is very bad in closed positions where
tense fighting and many draws; the long-term plans and general
single exception, local player IM understanding is much more important
Obodchuk (ELO 2435) lost all three than one or two tempi. Besides, 10.e4 is
games in the first rounds. not so bad in any event
10...h6 11.¤a3 ¥e6 12.¤c2 a5
The 75th St-Petersburg Championship 13.¤a3 £d7 14.¤b5 ¥h3 15.¤h4
with several grandmasters participating ¥g4 16.¥f3 ¥e6 17.¥g2 ¦fc8
is taking place from 16th-25th April 18.¥c1 ¥g4 19.f3 ¥e6 20.f4 exf4
2002. After three rounds, GM Sergey 21.gxf4 ¥g4 22.¤f3 ¥h3 23.a3! (D)
Ivanov who won all three games is sole XIIIIIIIIY
the leader. 9r+r+-+k+0
9+p+qvlpzp-0
Chess Curiosities site 9-+n+-sn-zp0
9zpNzp-+-+-0
closed 9-+PzpPzP-+0
9zPP+P+N+l0
The popular web site of Tim Krabbe, 9-+-+-+LzP0
who has collected various chess 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
curiosities (unusual games and
positions, etc.) for several years is now xiiiiiiiiy
closed. Those who knew of and liked 24.¦a2! is White's idea now.
this collection can now only read a 23...¥xg2
NOTICE, where Tim Krabbe explains After Black makes eight deep moves
how his site was attacked by an ICC with his bishop, it is not "good"
anymore, and is rather "bad". So, Junior
decides to exchange it.
CT-110(529) Page 3 of 4
24.¢xg2 £g4+ 25.¢h1 £h3 26.¦a2 human here is that now it is not clear
¤a7 27.a4 ¤xb5 28.axb5 ¦f8 where to place his extra knight.
29.¦g2 ¢h8 37.¤d2 £e5 38.£f3 ¢h7 39.£g2 b6
Nearly the first sensible move Black 40.¤e4 ¦e6 41.¦h3 ¢g7 42.¦g3
has made since 9...e5. ¢h7 43.h4 f5! 44.¤d2 £f6 45.¤f3
30.f5± ¦e3 46.£h3 £e6 47.¤d2 ¦g7
White is absolutely dominating. 48.¦f3 ¦e7 49.¤f1 ¦e5 (D)
30...£h5 31.¦fg1 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-tr-mk0 9+-+-tr-+k0
9+p+-vlpzp-0 9-zp-+q+pzp0
9-+-+-sn-zp0 9zpPzp-trp+-0
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9-+-+-+RzP0 9+-+-+NtRK0
9+-vLQ+-tRK0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Black already has some
31...¦ae8!? compensation.
Smirin was probably shocked by such 50.¤g3 h5 51.¤f1 ¦e2 52.¦fg3 f4
a move, and from now he loses control 53.£xe6 ¦7xe6 54.¦f3 ¦b2 55.¦xf4
of the game to some extent. Junior ¦xb3 56.¦f3 ¦e4 57.¦f7+ ¢g8
hardly liked the line 31...¦g8 32.e5 ¤h7? 58.¦f6 ¦xh4+ 59.¤h2 ¦xd3
(32...¤d7 33.¤g5+-) 33.¤g5!! £xd1 60.¦gxg6+ ¢h7 (D)
34.¤xf7# , and there is nothing to XIIIIIIIIY
calculate anymore. 9-+-+-+-+0
32.¥f4 9+-+-+-+k0
It was better to take the g-pawn: 9-zp-+-tRR+0
32.¦xg7!? ¦g8 33.¦xg8+ ¦xg8
34.¦xg8+ , and White should win step
9zpPzp-+-+p0
by step without big problems.; and I 9-+Pzp-+-tr0
like 32.£f1! …£h3 33.£e2! even more. 9+-+r+-+-0
32...¦g8 33.¦g3 g6 34.e5 9-+-+-+-sN0
¹34.£f1!? gxf5 35.¦h3 ¦xg1+ 9+-+-+-+K0
36.¤xg1 £g4 37.¥xh6 ¤h5! 38.£xf5 xiiiiiiiiy
£xf5 39.exf5 ¤f6 40.¥f4+ ¢g7 It now should probably be a draw in
41.¦g3+± should still be a technical all variations. If White wishes, he can
win, but not an easy one against a give perpetual from squares h6 and g6.
program. Smirin, however, is trying to win, but
34...£xf5 35.exf6 £xf4 36.fxe7 after a few more moves he will be
¦xe7 D) forced to give perpetual check anyway.
XIIIIIIIIY 61.¢g1 ¦d1+ 62.¤f1 d3 63.¦g2 ¦e1
9-+-+-+rmk0 64.¦f7+ ¢h8 65.¦f8+ ¢h7 66.¦f7+
9+p+-trp+-0 ¢h8 67.¦f8+ ¢h7 68.¦f7+ ½–½.
9-+-+-+pzp0
9zpPzp-+-+-0 Solution to Quiz Today:
Sveshnikov - Saleh
9-+Pzp-wq-+0 22.¦d8+! 1–0 +-
9+P+P+NtR-0
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CT-226(645)
CT-226(645), 14th August 2002
and South America). In 2001 we

Curacao to celebrate already had participants of 17
40th anniversary of countries and we are expecting more
flags this year.
the 1962 World
"More information (including a 1962
Championship and a 2001 picture gallery and general
Candidates information about Curacao) you can
find on our website
tournament! www.curacao.com/chess. There is
also a download of the electronic
W e recently received a letter

from, Mr. Ger Jan Meijer. He
writes:
"Dear editors of Chess Today:
tournament book of the 2001 edition
available. Jan Timman was the winner
of this tournament.
Yours sincerely,
Ger Jan Meijer
We are happy to announce the
Curacao 1962- 2002 chess tournament Curacao 1962 - 2002 Chess
(Curacao is an island in the Caribbean Federation".
and is part of the Netherlands
Antilles). This is an open tournament I would like to remind you that the
that will be held from November 16 to winner of the 1962 Curacao
November 28, 2002. The tournament is Candidates Tournament was Tigran
dedicated to the fact that it is 40 years Petrosian who
ago that the World championship challenged the then
Candidates Tournament took place reigning World
here. Victor Korchnoi and Yuri Champion, Mikhail
Averbakh [have] already confirmed Botvinnik, and
that they will return after 40 years to defeated him in the
celebrate this anniversary and we are World Championship
also trying to get GM Pal Benko on Match, thus becoming
board. the ninth World Chess
Champion. The 13th
"The tournament will have 9 rounds of August, is the sad
and a maximum of 120 players 18th anniversary of
including about 15 titled players. We Petrosian's death in
already have confirmations from Jan 1984. For this reason
Timman (NL), Bartek Macieja (Pol), I have decided to dedicate today's CT
Sofia Polgar (Israel/Hungary), Yona issue as a tribute to this great
Kosashvili (Israel), Anjelina chessplayer.
Belakovskaia (USA), Alonso Zapata (photo taken from the
(Colombia), Johann Alvarez curacao.com/chess gallery page.
(Venezuela) and Carlos Gallegos Petrosian is seated analyzing with
(Venezuela). We will announce the Michail Tal to his left. I don't know the
other names of titled players on short on-lookers --- RPM.)
term.
"Our concept is that the Quiz Today - Petrosian's

tournament should also be very gems
interesting for non professional club
players who would like having the 1. T. Petrosian - L. Pachman
experience of a very international Bled Bled (6), 10.09.1961
tournament with the opportunity to
play against opponents from all
directions (Europe, USA, Caribbean
This issue is prepared by IM Maxim Notkin; technical editor: Ralph P. Marconi
CT-226(645) Page 1 of 4
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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+ltr-+-+0
9+p+-snpmkp0
9-+-vLpvlp+0
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9zpqzp-+-+-0
9-+N+R+-+0 T. Petrosian
9+P+P+QzP-0 V. Jansa
9-zPP+-zPLzP0 Bar Intenational Tournament
9tR-+-+-mK-0 Yugoslavia, 1980 A48
xiiiiiiiiy Notes by IM Maxim Notkin
White to play You may enjoy Petrosian's tactical
skill in today's Quiz Today section
2. P. Keres - T. Petrosian while the annotated game features his
Candidates Tournament famous positional style. This game is
Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (4), 11.09.1959 rather unknown. It isn't included in
XIIIIIIIIY ChessBase Mega.
9-+-+-+k+0 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 g6 3.¥g5
9+-+l+-+r0 Petrosian liked this bishop's
9-zp-zp-+-+0 development and wrote a very
9zp-sn-+p+-0 instructive article about it. After 2...e6
9-zPPsNpzP-wq0 he often opted for 3. Bg5 too.
9zP-+-wQ-zp-0 3...¥g7 4.c3
9-tR-tRL+P+0
9+-+-+K+-0 The idea is to restrict his opponent's
xiiiiiiiiy bishop on g7.
Black to play 4...0–0 5.¤bd2 d6 6.e4 ¤bd7
The Czech GM is going to play e7-
3. M. Tal - T. Petrosian e5. There's nothing bad with this
Candidats Tournament Curacao (8), continuation but it doesn't help to
13.05.1962 solve the dark squared bishop's
XIIIIIIIIY problems. [In my opinion the best plan
9-+-+-trk+0 for Black is 6...c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.¥c4
9wq-+-+pzpp0 ¤c6 9.0–0 £c7 10.£e2 (or 10.¦e1 ; or
9-+l+pvl-+0 10.£c2 - Black's reaction is the same)
9+-+-+-+-0 10...h6 11.¥h4 ¤h5
9r+Lzp-+-+0 7.¥c4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.0–0 h6
9zP-+Q+N+-0 9...c6 10.a4 £c7 with the idea of
9R+P+-zPPzP0 Nñ5-e6 can also be recommended as
9+-+R+-mK-0 Akopian once played.
xiiiiiiiiy 10.¥h4 £e8
Black to play Setting the knight free. 10...g5
11.¥g3 ¤h5 12.¦e1 ¤xg3 13.hxg3 is
4. T. Petrosian - V. Korchnoi in White's favour as the light squares
Candidats Tournament Curacao (23), in Black's camp are weakened.
16.06.1962 11.¦e1 ¤h5 (D)
9rwql+k+-tr0 9r+l+qtrk+0
9+p+nvlp+p0
9p+-+-zpp+0 9zppzpn+pvl-0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+pzp0
9-zPLsN-zP-+0 9+-+-zp-+n0
9zP-sN-zP-+-0 9-+L+P+-vL0
9-+-+-+PzP0 9+-zP-+N+-0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 9PzP-sN-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play 9tR-+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
12.a4! ¥f6?!
Black underestimates White's a-
pawn advance. 12...a5 was certainly
CT-226(645) Page 2 of 4
better. Jansa's fellow countryman GM XIIIIIIIIY

Jan Smejkal (a player of exquisite 9r+l+rsnk+0
positional understanding) played a7- 9zppzp-+p+-0
a5 even before a2-a4 had been made. 9-+-+-wqn+0
13.a5! £e7 9zP-+-zp-zpp0
After 13...¥xh4 14.¤xh4 ¤f4 15.g3
¤e6 16.£b3 ¤dc5 17.£a2! White has 9-+-+P+-+0
an edge. 9+-zP-wQ-zPP0
14.¥xf6 £xf6 15.¥f1! 9-zP-sN-zP-sN0
Nimzowitch's "My System" was 9tR-+R+LmK-0
Petrosian's favourite book. This xiiiiiiiiy
prophylactic move is influenced by Black covers the g4 square but it will
Nimzowitch's ideas. It's obvious that not last for long.
Black is going to play Nf4 so White 22.¥e2! h4
prepares to meet it with g2-g3. 22...¥xh3 23.¥xh5 doesn't make
Besides the c4 square may be useful much difference.
for the knight. 23.¥g4 ¢g7 24.¤df1!
15...¦d8 (D) Next stop is e3.
XIIIIIIIIY 24...¤h7
9r+ltr-+k+0 If 24...¤e6 then 25.¥f5 followed by
9zppzpn+p+-0 Ng4.
9-+-+-wqpzp0 25.¦d3
9zP-+-zp-+n0 It appears that White's previous
move implied the rook doubling along
9-+-+P+-+0 the open file. It's hard for Black to
9+-zP-+N+-0 fight for it as the rook a8 has to watch
9-zP-sN-zPPzP0 over the a7 pawn.
9tR-+QtRLmK-0 25...¥e6 26.¥xe6 £xe6 27.¤g4
xiiiiiiiiy ¤f6
16.£e2! It's not easy to recommend
Such moves are hard to find. Maybe something better.
harder than crushing combinations. It 28.£xg5 ¤xe4 29.£h6+ ¢g8
looks as if the queen asks the enemy 30.¦ad1
knight to go where it wants to, White has total control over the
"winning a tempo". In fact, this attack central line.
is completely inoffensive while the 30...¤f6 31.¤fe3 ¤xg4
queen takes the e3 square from where 31...e4 32.¦d5! ¤xd5? 33.¤xd5 with a
it looks at both flanks at the same dreadful check on f6.
time. 32.¤xg4 hxg3 33.¦xg3
16...¤f4 17.£e3 Remember 25.Rd3!
18.g3 is threatened.. 33...¦ad8 34.¦e1!
17...g5 18.¦ed1 Now White may give up the d-file
Now 19.Nc4 is unpleasant and Black since the attack on the kingside tips
gets problems with protecting the e5 the balance.
pawn Jansa cedes the d-file. Another 34...£f5 35.h4 ¦e6?!
little victory for White. 35...£f4 36.h5 £xh6 37.¤xh6+ ¢g7
18...¦e8 38.hxg6 ¢xh6 39.gxf7 ¦e6 40.¢g2!
18...¤f8 19.£c5! lost a pawn. ¦g6 41.¦xe5 didn't save. Now Black
19.g3 ¤g6 20.h3! loses a piece.
Max Euwe once said that Petrosian 36.h5 £f4 37.hxg6
handled his pawns with the highest Black resigned. The game without
mastery. visual effects, but all of White's moves
20...¤df8 21.¤h2 h5 (D) were the links in one chain. 1–0.

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Solution to Quiz Today: Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM

Maxim Notkin.
1. T. Petrosian - L. Pachman
Bled Bled (6), 10.09.1961 Technical editors:
19.£xf6+!! ¢xf6 20.¥e5+ ¢g5 Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
21.¥g7! and mate is inevitable 1–0.
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20...¦xc4! [20...¦xc4 21.£xc4 ¥d5–
+] 0–1.
4. T. Petrosian - V. Korchnoi
Candidats Tournament Curacao (23),
16.06.1962
15.¥xf7+! ¢xf7 16.£b3+ ¢e8
[16...¢g7 17.¤e6+ ¢h6 18.¦f3+-]
17.¤d5 ¥d6 18.¤e6 b5 19.¤dc7+
¢e7 [19...¥xc7 20.¤xc7+ ¢d8 21.£e6
£xc7 22.¦fd1!! (22.¦xc7 ¢xc7
23.¦c1+ ¢d8!) ] 20.¤d4! ¢f8
[20...¥xc7 21.¤c6++-; 20...£xc7
21.¦xc7 ¥xc7 22.£e6+ ¢f8 (22...¢d8
23.¤c6#) 23.£c6 ¦a7 24.¤e6++-]
21.¤xa8 [21.¤xa8 £xa8 22.£e6 £b8
23.¤c6 £c7 24.¤e7!] 1–0.
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CT-266(685)
Editors: GM Baburin, GM Scherbakov, IM Barsky, GM Golubev, IM Notkin
CT-266(685) 23rd September 2002
Leong and European Club Cup. The Top five

teams are: NAO Chess Club
Ilyumzhinov (Grischuk, Svidler, Lautier. Kramnik
reach an agreement! will not be playing), Bosna Sarajevo
(Adams, Shirov, I.Sokolov, Movsesian,
Radjabov), the current ECC champion
I gnatius Leong, who earlier

announced that he would compete
for the FIDE Presidency, has
reached an agreement with Kirsan
Ilyumzhinov. Paragraph 3.1 of their
Norilsky Nikel (Bareev, Dreev,
Zvjaginsev,
Russian
Malakhov),
club
another
Ladia-Kazan
(Khalifman, Akopian, Baklan) and
Polonia Plus GSM (Ivanchuk,
Agreement states: "The Presidential Ju.Polgar, Krasenkow, Macieja).
Ticket of Ignatius Leong shall As always, only Eastern Europe has
withdraw in favour of the ticket of showed a serious approach to the
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov." Additional details event. Germany and England this time
are published at: are represented (what is already
www.fideonline.c/news.asp?id=79. surprise!), but with no strong teams.
Leong's previously published The Netherlands is no present at all.
MANIFESTO (Reform for a Better The single relative sensation in the first
FIDE) at press-time was still available round was the draw that German
at: www.fide-reform.org. Neukolln team reached against
Russian team.
Shirov number one on ECC Round 1, September 22nd: ASA
Rapid rating list Shlomo Har-Zvi Tel-Aviv (ISR) - NAO
The Rapid Ratings 20th September Chess Club (FRA) 2-4, Bosna Sarajevo
2002 are published at the TWIC site. (BIH) - Chess Academy (GRE) 5-1,
GM Alexei Shirov, who wrote an C.A. Reverte Albox (ESP) - Norilsky
open letter a few days concerning Nikel (RUS) 2-4, Ladia-Kazan-1000
rapid ratings, heads the list. The Top (RUS) - Schachfreunde Neukolln
ten are: 1. Shirov 279, 2. Kasparov 279, (GER) 3-3, Die Klagenfurter (AUT) -
3. Adams 279 4. Anand 278 5. Topalov Polonia Plus GSM (POL) 0,5-5,5, St-
277 6. Gelfand 277 7. Leko 275 8. Petersburg LTG (RUS) - Rochade
Morozevich 274 9. Ivanchuk 274 10. Eupen (BEL) 3,5-2,5, Hellir Chess
Tkachiev 273. The rating list is Club (ISL) - Tomsk-400 (RUS) 1-5,
accompanied by a letter by Willy Kiseljak (BIH) - Sollentuna Chess Club
Iclicki. In it he describes the current (SWE) 5-1, Corpora Lipovec (SVK) -
situation with rapid ratings, and points BM Kisela Voda Skopje (MKD) 0,5-
out that the tournament in 5,5, Clichy (FRA) - Arhus (DEN) 4,5-
Villarrobledo (where Shirov performed 1,5, Boey Temse (BEL) - A.V.Momot
very well) was not counted because Chess Club (UKR) 1,5-4,5, Danko
organisers didn't send him the Donbass (UKR) - Shakkikerho Taraus
tournament cross-table on time. "See (FIN) 5,5-0,5, Barbican (ENG) - Beer-
you next February", says Iclicki at the Sheva (ISR) 3-3, Karpaty-Galychyna
end. (UKR) - Joensuun Shakkikerho (FIN)
4,5-1,5, Studenti (ALB) - Alkaloid
European Club Cup Skopje (MKD) 1-5, Merkur
Versicherung (AUT) - Liege (BEL) 4-
starts in Greece 2, Bristol (ENG) - NSK-SZ Rafinerija
43 teams (or rather 42, since the Irish Novi Sad (YUG) 0,5-5,5, Napredak
team had no opponent) started doing Sarajevo (BIH) - Dudelange (LUX)
battle in Kallithea, Halkidiki (Greece) 5,5-0,5, Istanbul (TUR) - Zalaegerszeg
on the 22nd of September for the (HUN) 1,5-4,5, Hapoel Cellcom Kfar-
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CT-266(685) Page 1 of 3
XIIIIIIIIY
Sava (ISR) - Randaberg (NOR) 5-1, 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
Cardiff (WLS) - Hohenems (AUT) 1-5, 9+l+-+pzpp0
Crumlin (IRL) Bye 3. 9p+n+p+-+0
9+p+-+-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+P+-sn-+0
9+-zP-+N+-0
A. Finkel (2485) 9P+LzPQzPPzP0
I. Nataf (2560) 9tRNvL-+RmK-0
European Club Cup 2002 Halkidiki
(Greece) (1), 22.09.2002 B30
xiiiiiiiiy
An almost unstudied position with
Notes by GM Mikhail Golubev
many possibilities for the both sides.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 4.0–0
12.£e4
¤ge7 5.c3 a6 6.¥a4 b5 7.¥c2
CT editor Ruslan Sherbakov is cited
This line of the Sicilian is quite
as the co-author of the following
topical this year over a similar line that
cheerful game: 12.£e3 ¥d6 13.d4
one may see in the Ruy Lopez.
(13.cxb5!? , and Black should look for
7...¥b7 8.£e2 (D)
something else than the interesting,
XIIIIIIIIY but hardly sufficient 13...¤e5 14.¤xe5
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 £g5 15.¥e4 £xe5 16.¥c6+ ¥xc6
9+l+psnpzpp0 17.£xe5 ¥xe5 18.bxc6 ¤d3 19.¤a3
9p+n+p+-+0 ¦c8 20.¤c4) 13...bxc4 14.¤bd2 ¤d5
9+pzp-+-+-0 15.£e1 ¤xc3 16.¤xc4 ¥b4 (dubious
9-+-+P+-+0 for Black is 16...¤d5 17.¦b1! ¥b4
9+-zP-+N+-0 18.¥d2±; but 16...¤b5!? deserved
9PzPLzPQzPPzP0 attention) 17.¥g5 ¤xd4?! (this was
9tRNvL-+RmK-0 over optimistic; better was 17...£c7!? )
xiiiiiiiiy 18.¥a4+?! (and in this truly chaotic
situation White missed a good chance
If 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 , Black plays
with 18.¥xd8 ¤ce2+ 19.¢h1 ¥xe1
9...¤b4!
20.¤d6+!±) 18...¤xa4 19.£xb4 ¤xf3+
8...c4!?
20.¢h1 f6! 21.£xa4+ (21.¤d6+!?)
Two previous games where Black
21...¢f7 22.¦fd1 ¥d5 23.¥f4 g5
used this risky move can be found in
24.¥g3 h5 25.gxf3 h4÷ , and here a
the notes that follow. The usual
draw was agreed in Batsanin-
continuations were 8...d5 9.e5 d4
R.Sherbakov, Russian ChT (Tomsk)
10.¥e4 , as in Grishchuk-Kasparov,
2001.
Moscow FIDE GP rpd 2002 (this game
12...£c7! 13.£e3
was commented by Vladimir Barsky in
The manoeuvre £e2-e4-e3 is very
CT-574),; and 8...¤g6 9.d4 cxd4
deep, or else White was simply too
10.cxd4 ¤h4 , as in Adams-Shirov,
late in finding Black's idea 13.d4?
Linares 2002 (Nataf earlier also played
¤xd4! . One way or another, now
like this with Black).
White simply returns the sacrificed
9.b3 d5
pawn.
Clearly better for White was 9...cxb3?!
13...bxc4 14.¤a3 ¤d5
10.axb3 d5 11.d4 b4 12.exd5 £xd5
Black should have a good play, even
13.¦d1 ¤g6 14.¥g5 ¥e7 15.c4± in
if he loses the c4-pawn in some
Batsanin-Smirnov, Novokuznetsk
variations because his pieces on the
1999
light squares are placed very well!
10.exd5 ¤xd5
15.£e2 ¤a5 16.¥a4+ ¥c6
The pawn sacrifice, of course!
10...exd5?! looks suicidal,; also 17.¥xc6+ £xc6³
And Black still retains the c-pawn
dangerous for Black is 10...£xd5?! for
example, 11.bxc4 bxc4 12.¤a3 ¤a5 too.
13.¦b1 ¤g6 14.¦xb7!‚ 18.¤c2 ¥d6 (D)
11.bxc4 ¤f4 (D)
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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+-tr0 30...£g6? 31.h5! £h6 32.£xa5+- was
9+-+-+pzpp0 the point.
9p+qvlp+-+0 31.£xe6+ ¢h8 32.¦bc1 ¦c6
9sn-+n+-+-0 33.£e7 ¦cd6 34.£c7 £d5 35.¥c3
¤c6= ½–½
9-+p+-+-+0
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As a result, White obtains good Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
activity for the sacrificed pawn, Black Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
is still only slightly better. 23...£c7 Maxim Notkin.
24.¥c3 ¥xe5
Or 24...¤c6!? 25.¤xc4 ¥xh2+ 26.¢h1
, with certain compensation. Technical editors: Graham Brown
25.¥xe5 and Ralph P. Marconi.
A more standard decision would be
to exchange queens: 25.£xe5! £xe5
26.¥xe5 , and am not sure that Black Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
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25...£c5 26.¦fc1 ¦ac8 27.¥a1
¦fd8
Black's winning chances have slightly
increased, but here, the factor of time
probably started to tell.
28.h4 £d5 29.¦c2 £d3?
Simply loosing his extra pawn.
30.£e5 f6
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CT-1(785) 1st January 2003
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! defeating his compatriot Vasily

Ivanchuk in Moscow - 4½:2½.
D ear friends, the Chess Today

Team wishes you a Happy and
Prosperous New Year – may all
your dreams come true in 2003! Enjoy
Einstein Group plc took over the rights
(contracts or arrangements) previously
held by the troubled Brain Games
Network for the Brains in Bahrain
good health, enjoy life and, of course,
play good chess! (Man v Machine), Dortmund qualifier
and 2003 Chess Championship match
The New Year Day is always special – against Vladimir Kramnik.
people reflect on what happened in
the past year and try to look into the February 2002.
future. This day has some magic and I
would like to get some of that magic Five GMs - Gregory Kaidanov (USA),
into this issue. Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Aleksej
Aleksandrov (Byelorussia), Alexander
We will leave aside tournament news Shabalov (USA) and Vadim Milov
for a day or two and look at more (Switzerland) tied for first at super-
global events. Let us start with a look strong Aeroflot Open in Moscow (with
back at the most important events of 6½ out of 9). Kaidanov was first on
2002! tiebreak.
January 2002. GM Eduardas Rozentalis (2598,

Lithuania) won the huge open (678
Two rising Indian chess stars – players!) in Capelle la Grande with 7½
Sasikiran (2569) and Harikrishna out of 9.
(2502) tied for 1st at Hastings, together
with GM Barsov (2525, Uzbekistan) – Well-known chess author GM Edmar
on 6½ out of 9. Mednis died (1937-2002).
Viorel Bologan (2668) won a Loek van Wely drew his match vs.
tournament in Pamplona with 7 out of Rebel – 2:2, all games were decisive
9, 1½ points clear of Radjabov and White won every game!
(another rising star), Almasi and
Andersson. March 2002.
Nigel Short (2663) won his match Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand
against Hannes Stefansson (2604) in tied for first at NAO Masters (cat. 18)
Reykjavik - 4½:1½! in Cannes. The winners scored 6 out
of 9. Elo-favourite Alexander
Larry Christiansen and Nick De Morozevich had probably the worst
Firmian tied for first at the US result in his career, finishing clear last.
Championship in Seattle. Christiansen
won the tie-break match. Garry Kasparov won Linares (cat. 20)
– with 8 out of 12. Ruslan Ponomariov
Evgeny Bareev won Corus tournament competed with his most of the
in Wijk aan Zee with 9 out of 13. distance and finished clear second on
Alexander Grischuk was second. 6½ points, proving that his result
Adams and Morozevich tied for third results were justified. Kasparov won
place. their mini-match 1½:½.
Ukrainian Ruslan Ponomariov became GM Yasser Seirawan proposed a plan

the new FIDE World Champion after on unification of the chess world. The
This issue is prepared by GM Alexander Baburin; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-1(785) Page 1 of 8
plan got support from Bessel Kok. GM Sergei Movsesian (Czech

Republic, 2624) won a category 16
GMs Jaan Ehlvest and Oleg Korneev, tournament in Sarajevo, ahead of Ivan
won the strong Reykjavik Open with 7 Sokolov, Shirov, Dreev, etc.
points out of 9.
June 2002.
GM Alexander Morozevich won the
Amber tournament in Monaco Garry Kasparov won the FIDE Grand
(blindfold and rapid chess) with Prix tournament in Moscow. In the
combined score of 15 points out of 22, final he defeated Alexander
ahead of Shirov (14½) and Leko Khalifman, while in the semi-final he
(13½). Morozevich was best in beat Teimour Radjabov. However,
blindfold chess, while Gelfand was both matches were not easy for
best in rapid tournament. Kasparov.
GM Sarunas Sulskis (Lithuania) won Nigel Short won a strong closed

the strong Goodricke International tournament in Malmo
Open in Calcutta.
Vladimir Kramnik won a match in
April 2002. advanced chess in Leon, Spain, against
Vishy Anand - 3½:2½. Only one game
Peter Leko beat Alexander Grischuk in was decisive.
the final of FIDE Grand Prix in Dubai.
Alexei Shirov was third. WGM Zhu Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja won the
Chen knocked out Ruslan Ponomariov European Championship in Batumi,
in the first round of the event. Georgia.
GM Alexander Onischuk, who settled July 2002.

in USA, won a strong closed
tournament in Siberia. Peter Leko won the Dortmund
Qualifier. He beat Alexey Shirov
May 2002. (2½:½). in the semi-final and in the
final defeated Veselin Topalov
Vishy Anand won a Rapid Chess (2½:1½), thus gaining the right to
tournament in Prague, organised by challenge Vladimir Kramnik.
Bessel Kok. In the final he beat
Anatoly Karpov. Kasparov lost to China-USA match took place in
Ivanchuk earlier in the tournament. Shanghai. The hosts won 20½:19½.
Prague Agreement was signed by GM Ilia Smirin (2676, Israel) won

Ilyumzhinov, Kramnik and Kasparov. closed tournament in Biel (cat. 16).
There were immediate complaints
from some top GMs, who claimed that GM Loek Van Wely won the Lost Boys
the agreement left them outside of Open in Amsterdam with 8½ points
World Championship for 2 years. out of 9 – 2949 performance!
Young Cuban GM Lazaro Bruzon won August 2002.

Capablanca Memorial in Havana.
Etienne Bacrot won the French
Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2645) Championship, defeating Joel Lautier
had the best result of his career so far, in the final match.
winning category 16 tournament in
Essen (Germany) with 7½ points out September 2002.
of 9 – 2905 performance! Peter Leko
was second with also a great result – 7 GM Alexander Lastin (2625) won the
points.
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Russian Championship in Krasnodar. Russia won gold in men's Olympiad in

Bled (Slovenia), ahead of Hungary and
The New Match of the Century took Armenia.
place in Moscow on 8-11 September.
It was a 10 round Scheveningen rapid In the women's event China won
play (25 minutes + 10 seconds per again, though Georgia led for most of
move) tournament between 10 players the tournament. But that team
from Russia and 10 from the Rest of collapsed on the finish. Russia took
the World. To the surprise of many, silver and Poland – bronze.
ROW won 52-48! GM Yasser Seirawan
was captain of the winning team. GMs Viktor Korchnoi and Yona
Kosashvili won in Curaçao Open.
Shirov was the top scorer – 7 out of
10!. 3Ks – Kasparov, Kramnik and GM Thomas Luther (2538) won
Karpov had a negative result. German Championship.
Humpy Koneru became the youngest December 2002.

girl to become a GM, beating the
previous record of Judith Polgar. GM Igor Khenkin (2603, Germany)
won strong open in Dominican
BOSNA Sarajevo won the European Republic with 7½ points out of 9,
Team Cup, ahead of "Norilsky Nikel" ahead of peter Svidler, Sergei Volkov,
(Norilsk), Polonia Plus GSM (Warsaw) Daniel Fridman and Hikaru Nakamura
and NAO. (7 points).
GM Eduard Gufeld (1936-2002) died GM Ilya Smirin won Israeli

in USA from a heart attack. Championship.
October 2002 Russian GM Filippov won in the Torre

Memorial in Mexico.
Etienne Bacrot beat Boris Gelfand in a
match in France - 3½:2½. Only the Anatoly Karpov defeated his old rival
last game was decisive. Garry Kasparov in rapid chess match
in New York - 2½:1½.
Anand and Xu Yuhua defended their
World Cup titles won in Shenyang GMs Kasimdzhanov and Bologan
China in 2000 as they won again in the share first place at Pamplona.
FIDE World Cup in Hyderabad, India.
In the final Anand beat Rustam ¤¤¤
Kasimdzhanov 1½:½. As I said, the New Year Day is
somewhat magic and so today I want
Vladimir Kramnik drew against DEEP to show you some truly beautiful and
FRITZ in Bahrain – 4:4. He had an simply bizarre and weird positions –
early lead (3:1), but then lost two enjoy our collection!
games. Kudriashov – I. Ivanov
USSR, 1979
Young Hungarian GM Peter Acs XIIIIIIIIY
(2591) won category 17 closed 9Q+-+-trk+0
tournament in Netherlands. 9+P+-+-vl-0
9-+-zp-+-+0
November 2002. 9+-+P+-+-0
9-tR-+P+-+0
9+-+-+pzpp0
Boris Gelfand won rapid tournament 9-+-+-+-+0
in Cap d'Agde, defeating Anatoly 9tR-+-trNmK-0
Karpov in the final (2:0). xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
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The last moves were 1.a8£ h3!!. XIIIIIIIIY

Here White resigned despite being a 9-tr-+-+-mk0
queen up and able to get another one! 9+p+-vl-+p0
As you can see here, his decision was 9-+-zp-sn-tr0
quite reasonable: 9zp-zpPzpK+-0
2.b8£ f2+ 3.¢h1 g2+ 4.¢h2 ¥e5+ 9-+P+Pzp-+0
9+-+-+P+-0
5.¢xh3 gxf1£+ 6.¢g4 £g2+ 7.¢h5 9PzP-wQNvLR+0
£h3+ 8.¢g6 ¦g1+ 9.¦xg1 fxg1£#. 9+-+-+R+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
2.¦xe1 f2+ 3.¢h1 fxe1£–+;
White's king is on its own and has
2.£xf8+ ¥xf8 3.¦b2 ¦xa1 4.b8£ h2+ hard time surviving the attack. Here
5.¦xh2 ¦xf1+ 6.¢xf1 gxh2–+. the easiest way to win was 33...¤g4!
(from the book ‘The Most Amazing 34.¤xf4 ¦g8 35.¤h5 ¦hg6 36.£g5
Chess Moves of All Time's by GM ¥xg5 37.¢xg4 ¥f4+ 38.¢h3 ¦xg2
Emms) 39.¤xf4 exf4–+. But in the game Black
also prevailed:
In the above position the White king 33...¤d7 34.¦g5 ¦f8+ 35.¢g4
did not survive the attack of Black's ¤f6+ 36.¢f5 ¤g8+ 37.¢g4 ¤f6+
passed pawns. In our next few 38.¢f5 ¤xd5+ 39.¢g4 ¤f6+
examples the king caught cold, 40.¢f5 ¤g8+ 41.¢g4 ¤f6+ 42.¢f5
walking too much on the board. Let us ¤g8+ 43.¢g4 ¥xg5 44.¢xg5 ¦f7
start with a classical example: 45.¥h4 ¦g6+ 46.¢h5 ¦fg7 47.¥g5
¦xg5+ 48.¢h4 ¤f6 49.¤g3 ¦xg3
Averbakh-Kotov 50.£xd6 ¦3g6 51.£b8+ ¦g8 0–1
Zurich 1953
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 d6 3.¤f3 ¤bd7 Another classical example of a queen
4.¤c3 e5 5.e4 ¥e7 6.¥e2 0–0 7.0– sacrifice:
0 c6 8.£c2 ¦e8 9.¦d1 ¥f8 10.¦b1
a5 11.d5 ¤c5 12.¥e3 £c7 13.h3 Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov
¥d7 14.¦bc1 g6 15.¤d2 ¦ab8 [A53] Sochi, 1958
16.¤b3 ¤xb3 17.£xb3 c5 18.¢h2 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 d6 3.¤c3 e5 4.e4
¢h8 19.£c2 ¤g8 20.¥g4 ¤h6 exd4 5.£xd4 ¤c6 6.£d2 g6 7.b3
21.¥xd7 £xd7 22.£d2 ¤g8 23.g4 ¥g7 8.¥b2 0–0 9.¥d3 ¤g4
f5 24.f3 ¥e7 25.¦g1 ¦f8 26.¦cf1 10.¤ge2 £h4 11.¤g3 ¤ge5 12.0–0
¦f7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.¦g2 f4 29.¥f2 f5 13.f3 ¥h6 14.£d1 f4 15.¤ge2
¦f6 30.¤e2 (D) g5 16.¤d5 g4 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3
XIIIIIIIIY £h3 19.f4 ¥e6 20.¥c2 ¦f7 21.¢f2
9-tr-+-+nmk0
9+p+qvl-+p0 £h2+ 22.¢e3 ¥xd5 23.cxd5 ¤b4
9-+-zp-tr-+0 24.¦h1 (D)
9zp-zpPzp-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+P+Pzp-+0 9r+-+-+k+0
9+-+-+P+P0 9zppzp-+r+p0
9PzP-wQNvLRmK0 9-+-zp-+-vl0
9+-+-+R+-0 9+-+Psn-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-sn-+PzPp+0
9+P+-mK-zP-0
White has better bishop, etc. but the 9PvLL+N+-wq0
9tR-+Q+-+R0
presence of the pawn on h3 allows xiiiiiiiiy
Black to start beautiful attack:
24...¦xf4!!
30...£xh3+!! 31.¢xh3 ¦h6+ Black starts crushing attack. What
32.¢g4 ¤f6+ 33.¢f5 (D) makes it beautiful is that Black
develops the attack with quiet moves,
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being a queen down. ¥g7 5.£d2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.¤ge2

¤bd7 8.¥h6 ¥xh6 9.£xh6 ¥b7
25.¦xh2 ¦f3+ 26.¢d4 ¥g7! (D) 10.a3 e5 11.0–0–0 £e7 12.¢b1 a6
XIIIIIIIIY 13.¤c1 0–0–0 14.¤b3 exd4
9r+-+-+k+0 15.¦xd4 c5 16.¦d1 ¤b6 17.g3
9zppzp-+-vlp0 ¢b8 18.¤a5 ¥a8 19.¥h3 d5
9-+-zp-+-+0 20.£f4+ ¢a7 21.¦he1 d4 22.¤d5
9+-+Psn-+-0 ¤bxd5 23.exd5 £d6 (D)
9-sn-mKP+p+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-+rzP-0 9l+-tr-+-tr0
9PvLL+N+-tR0 9mk-+-+p+p0
9tR-+Q+-+-0 9p+-wq-snp+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9sNpzpP+-+-0
27.a4 9-+-zp-wQ-+0
White could not save the game, as 9zP-+-+PzPL0
the following variations show. They 9-zPP+-+-zP0
are based on the analysis of 9+K+RtR-+-0
Nezhmetdinov himself, which you can xiiiiiiiiy
find in the book Nezhmetdinov's
Best Games of Chess (available at 24.¦xd4! cxd4 25.¦e7+! ¢b6
the GM Square online shop). 26.£xd4+ ¢xa5 27.b4+ ¢a4
27.¤g1 ¦xg3 28.¤e2 ¦f3 29.¤g1 28.£c3 (D)
¤ed3+ 30.¢c4 ¤xb2+ 31.¢xb4 ¥c3+ XIIIIIIIIY
32.¢a3 b5! 33.£d4 ¥xd4 34.¤xf3 ¥c3 9l+-tr-+-tr0
35.b4 ¤c4+ 36.¢b3 ¥xa1–+. 9+-+-tRp+p0
27.¤c3 ¤ed3+ 28.e5 ¥xe5+ 29.¢c4 9p+-wq-snp+0
¤xb2+ 30.¢xb4 ¥xc3+ 31.¢a3 ¤xd1 9+p+P+-+-0
32.¦xd1 ¦xg3–+ 9kzP-+-+-+0
27.¦f2 c5+ (or 27...¦xf2 28.¢e3 ¦f3+ 9zP-wQ-+PzPL0
9-+P+-+-zP0
29.¢d2 ¥h6+ 30.¤f4 ¦xg3–+) 28.dxc6 9+K+-+-+-0
¤ed3+ 29.e5 ¥xe5+ 30.¢c4 b5+ xiiiiiiiiy
31.¢xb5 ¦b8+ 32.¢a4 ¤xb2+ 33.¢a3 Objectively stronger was 28.¦a7!, for
¤xd1–+. example, with the following nice line
27...c5+ 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.¥d3 possible: 28...¤xd5 29.¦xa6+ £xa6
¤exd3+ 30.¢c4 d5+ 31.exd5 30.£b2 ¤c3+ 31.£xc3 ¥d5 32.¢b2
cxd5+ 32.¢b5 ¦b8+ 33.¢a5 ¤c6+ £e6 33.¥xe6 fxe6 34.£b3+ ¥xb3
(D) 35.cxb3#.
XIIIIIIIIY 28...£xd5 29.¦a7 ¥b7 30.¦xb7
9-tr-+-+k+0
9zp-+-+-vlp0 £c4 [30...¦he8!] 31.£xf6 ¢xa3
9-+n+-+-+0 32.£xa6+ ¢xb4 33.c3+ ¢xc3
9mK-+p+-+-0 34.£a1+ ¢d2 35.£b2+ ¢d1
9P+-+-+p+0 36.¥f1 (D)
9+P+n+rzP-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-vL-+N+-tR0 9-+-tr-+-tr0
9tR-+Q+-+-0 9+R+-+p+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+p+0
0–1. 9+p+-+-+-0
9-+q+-+-+0
And finally, a modern example, played 9+-+-+PzP-0
9-wQ-+-+-zP0
on the highest level – one of the best 9+K+k+L+-0
games of the past decade! xiiiiiiiiy
Is not chess beautiful?! Just look at
Kasparov-Topalov what a journey the black king had to
Wijk aan Zee 1999 take!
1.e4 d6 2.d4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 g6 4.¥e3 36...¦d2 37.¦d7! ¦xd7 38.¥xc4
bxc4 39.£xh8 ¦d3 40.£a8 c3
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41.£a4+ ¢e1 42.f4 f5 43.¢c1 ¦d2 XIIIIIIIIY

44.£a7 1–0. 9r+-wqk+-tr0
9+-zp-+pzpp0
While all people enjoy attacks on the 9p+-+-+-+0
king, I also find pleasure in unusual 9zpl+Pzp-+-0
positions. Like this one: 9-+-+N+-+0
9vL-+-+N+-0
9p+-+-zPPzP0
Smyslov-Pachman 9+-mKR+L+R0
Moscow Ol 1956 xiiiiiiiiy
Queen's Gambit Declined
1.c4 ¤f6 2.¤c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 Black's d-pawn made a great career
exd5 5.¥g5 c6 6.e3 h6 7.¥h4 ¥f5 - it took three enemy pawns! Black
8.£f3 £b6 9.£xf5 £xb2 10.£c8+ has tripled pawns - formation, often
¢e7 11.¤xd5+ cxd5 12.£c1 £b4+ called the Irish Pawn Centre! As here
13.¢e2 £b5+ 14.¢f3 £d7 these pawns are hardly central, I call it
15.¥xf6+ ¢xf6 (D) the Irish Pawn Chain.
XIIIIIIIIY 16.¢b2 f6 17.¢xa2 ¢f7 18.¦d2
9rsn-+-vl-tr0 £d7 19.¥xb5 axb5 20.¦c1 b4
9zpp+q+pzp-0 21.¥b2 ¦hd8 22.¦c6 ¢g8 23.¤c5
9-+-+-mk-zp0
9+-+p+-+-0 £g4 24.¤e6 £xg2 25.¤xd8 ¦xd8
9-+-zP-+-+0 26.¤e1 £e4 27.¦c1 a4 28.f3 £e3
9+-+-zPK+-0 29.¦cd1 £b3+ 30.¢a1 a3 31.¥c1
9P+-+-zPPzP0 £c3+ 32.¢b1 ¦a8 0–1
9tR-wQ-+LsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy Want to learn more about the Irish
What a weird position, with kings on Pawn Chain? Then the following game
f3 and f6, instead of knights! This is is for you!
some kind of 'Improved Petroff'! :-)
White is better because he has Smyslov-Botvinnik,
healthier pawn structure – the d5- and Moscow, m (19), 1954
b7- pawns are somewhat weak. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.a3
16.g3 £f5+ 17.¢g2 ¥d6 18.£d1 ¥xc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.£g4 ¤f6
g6 19.¥d3 £e6 20.¦b1 ¤c6 7.£xg7 ¦g8 8.£h6 c5 9.¤e2 ¤c6
21.¦xb7 ¦ab8 22.¦xb8 ¦xb8 10.dxc5 ¦g6 11.£d2 ¥d7 12.¦b1
23.¤e2 ¢g7 24.£a4 ¤e7 25.¦b1 £c7 13.£d6 0–0–0 14.£xc7+
¦xb1 26.¥xb1 ¥b8 27.¥c2 h5 ¢xc7 15.¤d4 a6 16.¥f4+ ¢c8
28.£b5 ¥c7 29.h4 a6 30.£b7 1–0 17.g3 ¤d5 18.¥d2 e5 19.¤b3 ¥g4
20.¥g2 f5 21.0–0 ¥f3 22.¥h3 ¦f8
Pawns chains can take various 23.¦fe1 ¢c7 24.¥g2 h5 25.c4 ¤f4
configurations and some are quite 26.¥xf3 exf3 27.¥xf4 exf4 (D)
spectacular. Look at this game: XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-+0
9+pmk-+-+-0
Epishin-Baburin 9p+n+-+r+0
Vienna Open 1998 9+-zP-+p+p0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 ¤c6 4.¥e3 9-+P+-zp-+0
9zPN+-+pzP-0
¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 6.d5 ¤a5 7.¤f3 ¥d6 9-+P+-zP-zP0
8.£a4+ ¥d7 9.£xa5 a6 10.¥c5 b6 9+R+-tR-mK-0
11.¥xd6 bxa5 12.¥a3 ¥b5 13.b3 xiiiiiiiiy
¤xe4 14.¤xe4 cxb3 15.0–0–0 Both sides have tripled pawns -
bxa2 (D) double Irish pawn centre!!
28.¤d2 fxg3 29.¤xf3 gxh2+
30.¢xh2 ¦fg8 31.¢h3 ¦g4 32.¦e6
¦xc4 33.¦f6 ¦g7 34.¦xf5 ¦xc2
35.¤g5 ¦e7 36.¢h4 ¤d4 37.¦f4
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XIIIIIIIIY
¤b5 38.a4 ¤c3 39.¦c4 ¦ee2 9-+-tr-+-+0
40.¦b6 ¤d5 41.¦xc2 ¦xc2 9+-+-mk-+p0
42.¤e6+ ¢d7 43.¦d6+ ¢e7 9-zpntr-zpp+0
44.¦xd5 ¢xe6 45.¦d6+ ½–½ 9zp-zp-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
Pieces sometimes find most bizarre 9zP-+-+-zP-0
9nzP-+PzPLzP0
places to be in. Some positions are just 9+RtR-vLK+-0
hilarious (or sad, if you have such a xiiiiiiiiy
piece!). One example, which I
witnessed in Copenhagen in 1996: Speelman himself gave this move '?!'
in his book, for objectively it is not
sound. But it is very creative and for
Tseshkovsky-Nouro that deserves '!!'. 22.¦c4 ¤d4 23.b3
Politiken Cup, Copenhagen 1996 ¤b5 24.¦b2 ¤ac3 25.a4 ¤d1
XIIIIIIIIY 26.¦b1 ¤a3 27.¦cc1 ¤xb1
9-+-+-+-+0
9tRp+-+-+-0
9-+p+pmkp+0 28.¦xb1 f5 29.¥b7 g5 30.¥a6 f4
9zP-sn-+-+p0 31.¥d3 ¦xd3 32.exd3 ¦xd3
9-+-+-+-zP0 33.¢e2 ¦d5 34.gxf4 gxf4 35.¦c1
9+-+-+-zP-0 ¤b2 36.¥c3 ¤d3 37.¦g1 ¤b4
9r+-+-zPK+0 38.¦g7+ ¢f8 39.¥b2 ¦d3 0–1
9+-+-+-+N0
xiiiiiiiiy Again, this game is another good
Black to play reason to visit GM Square shop in
2003! :-) There you can find excellent
White is not only a pawn down, he the book 'Jon Speelman's Best Games'.
also effectively has a piece less.
41...¦b2 42.¦a8 ¦a2 43.¢h3 ¤b3 I once had ventured with my knight to
44.¦f8+ ¢g7 45.¦c8 ¤xa5 46.f3 a similar square too:
b5 47.g4 ¢f6 48.¦b8 hxg4+
49.fxg4 ¤c4 50.¤g3 ¦a3 51.h5 Baburin – J. Horvath
gxh5 52.gxh5 ¤e3 53.¦f8+ ¢g7 Budapest 1992
54.¦f3 b4 55.h6+ ¢g6 56.¢h4 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3
¤f5+ 0–1. d5 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.¥g2 ¤b6 7.0–0
¤c6 8.e3 0–0 9.¤c3 ¦e8 10.¤e1
While the white knight was a very e5 11.d5 ¤a5 12.e4 c6 13.¤c2 cxd5
sad piece in the above game, 14.exd5 f5 15.£e2 ¥d7 16.¦d1
sometimes putting your knights to an ¤ac4 17.b3 ¤d6 18.¥d2 ¦c8
edge can be interesting. I was pretty 19.¦ac1 e4 20.¤a3 ¥e5 21.¥f1
impressed with this game: £f6 22.¤ab5 ¤xb5 23.¤xb5 a6
24.¦xc8 ¦xc8 25.¤a7 (D)
Psakhis-Speelman XIIIIIIIIY
Hastings 1987/1988 9-+r+-+k+0
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.¤f3 c5 4.d5 e6 9sNp+l+-+p0
5.¤c3 exd5 6.£xd5 £xd5 7.¤xd5 9psn-+-wqp+0
¥d6 8.¤d2 ¤e7 9.¤xc4 ¤xd5 9+-+Pvlp+-0
10.¤xd6+ ¢e7 11.¤xc8+ ¦xc8 9-+-+p+-+0
9+P+-+-zP-0
12.g3 ¤c6 13.¥g2 ¦d8 14.¥g5+ f6 9P+-vLQzP-zP0
15.¥d2 ¦d6 16.0–0 ¦ad8 17.¦fc1 9+-+R+LmK-0
b6 18.¢f1 a5 19.¥e1 g6 20.¦ab1 xiiiiiiiiy
¤db4 21.a3 ¤a2 (D) Not that I was happy to make that
move... But everything else was even
worse! Strangely, I survived in the
game.
25...¦e8 26.¥e3 f4 27.¥c5 ¥f5
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28.¤c6! bxc6 29.¥xb6 cxd5 E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We

30.£xa6 e3 31.£b5 ¦b8 32.£xd5+ always appreciate your comments and
¥e6 33.£c6 fxg3 34.¥xe3 ¦c8 feedback!
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37.¢xh2 £xf2+ 38.¥g2 ¥f7 Chess Today. Feel free to send them our
39.¦f1 £xa2 40.¦xf7 ¢xf7 newspaper to sample – with more readers
41.£b7+ ¢f6 42.£xc8 £xb3 ½–½ the price will go down, while the quality
will go up!
Finally, let us look at some strange Chess Today is published by:
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0 £c7 11.¦e1 ¥g8!? (D) GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvlltr0 Technical editors: Graham Brown and
9zppwqnzppzp-0 Ralph P. Marconi.
9-+p+-sn-zp0 Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
9+-+-+-+-0 Alexander Baburin and protected
9-+LzP-sN-zP0 intellectual property under the
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9PzPP+-zPP+0 unauthorised reproduction, via print,
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0 electronic format, or in any form
Again, very creative thinking! Black express written permission.
wants to play ...e6, but he does not
want to allow any sacrifices on that
square. So, his move is pretty logical!
12.¤d3 e6 13.¥f4 ¥d6 14.¥xd6
£xd6 15.¤f5 £f8 16.£f3 0–0–0
17.¤g3 ¥h7 18.a4 ¥xd3 19.¥xd3
£d6 20.a5 a6 21.¦a3 g5 22.h5 £f4
23.£e2 ¢c7 24.c3 ¦he8 25.¤e4
¤xe4 26.£xe4 £xe4 27.¥xe4 ¤f6
28.¥f3 g4 29.¥d1 ¦g8 30.¦e5 ¦d5
31.¦a4 ¦g5 32.¥b3 ¦dxe5
33.dxe5 ¤d7 34.¥d1 ¤xe5 35.¦e4
¦xh5 36.¥xg4 ¤xg4 37.¦xg4
¦xa5 38.¦g7 ¦f5 39.g4 ¦f6
40.¢g2 ¢d6 41.¢g3 e5 42.¦g8
¢d5 0–1
If you come across unusual or bizarre

positions, please send them in PGN or
Chess Base format to ababurin@iol.ie.
We will publish them in Chess Today!
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CT-9(793)
CT-9(793) 9th January 2003
th
Quiz Today unwise spending decisions on the part

of those controlling the business side
of the venture combined to preclude
Mrdja (2368) - Palac (2568)
us from realizing the potential of this
45th It Reggio Emilia ITA (9),
super chess site and eventually taking
06.01.2003
the company public through an IPO,
XIIIIIIIIY which we had all hoped to do. A
9l+rtr-+k+0 number of people and institutions lost
9vl-+-+pzp-0 time and money in the venture, and
that is regrettable."
9pwq-zppsnn+0
9+P+-+-+p0 The main match called the "The FIDE
9-zP-+PzP-zP0 Man Vs Machine World Chess
9zPLsN-+-zP-0 Championship" goes ahead on Sunday
Jan 26th.
9-vL-+RtR-sN0
9+-+Q+-mK-0 Jean-Luc Chabanon took first place at
xiiiiiiiiy the 45th Reggio Emilia International
Black to play on tie-break. He scored 7
points as did Mladen Palac.
The cbv-file contains Chab-
Kasparov.com anon's impressive win over
Oleg Romanishin from the final
T wo preliminary games
between Kasparov and
DeepJunior in Jerusalem
have been cancelled because
of Kasparov's ongoing prob-
round mentioned in the
annotations to the Chabanon –
Castaldo game in CT-792.
Take a look at this symphony
of the White pawns– you won't
lems as a result of the folding regret it!
of his website kasparov.com
and action taken by the First Final Standings:
International Bank of Israel 1-2. Chabanon, Palac – 7.0
which is trying to recover $1.6m 3. Tomescu – 6.5
loaned to the site. 4. Cebalo – 6.0
5. Romanishin – 5.5
On TWIC (or alternatively on the 6-7. Mrdja, Vezzosi – 3.5
website http://ww.worldchessrating.ru 8. Castaldo – 3.0
if you prefer to read it in Russian ☺) 9-10. Scalcione, Iotti – 1.5
you may read the Press Release by
Kasparov on Legal Action over KC
On-Line prepared by his manager Below are excerpts from the
Owen Williams. Mechanics' Institute Chess Room
Newsletter 121 By John Donaldson,
Kasparov himself said on the subject: MI Chess Director
"I joined in this venture and put my
name and my own money in it with The University of Maryland at
great hopes of using the Internet to Baltimore County B, led by GM Alex
spread the game of chess throughout Sherzer and IM Eugene Perelshteyn,
the world and especially to help won the 2002 Pan Am Intercollegiate
children learn about and appreciate held in Miami immediately after
the game. Unfortunately, the Christmas. UMBC B's other team
economics of chess, the collapse of members were: FM William Morrison,
the high tech market, and some NM John Rouleau, and Battsetseg
This issue is prepared by IM Maxim Notkin; technical editor Graham Brown

CT-9(793) Page 1 of 4
Tsagaan. The winners, who were Black's position became undefend-

seeded number three, scored 5½ from able.
6, drawing only with second seed Pieper - Vlassov B01 (5), 2001
University of Texas at Dallas. UTD, led 1.e4 ¤c6 2.¤f3 d5 3.exd5 £xd5
by GMs Yury Shulman and Marcin 4.¤c3 £a5 5.d4 ¥g4 6.¥b5 0–0–0
Kaminski, tied for second with pre 7.¥xc6 bxc6 8.h3 £h5 9.£e2
tournament favorite UMBC A (GMs ¥xf3 10.gxf3 e6 11.¥e3 ¥b4
Alex Onischuk, Alex Wojtkiewicz and 12.0–0–0N
Pavel Blehm) at 5:1. Because of the One more lyrical digression: playing
rules of the competition, the two sharp openings you get used to both
University of Maryland schools did not victories over GMs and defeats against
compete against each other. Stanford untitled chess players. Here is one of
did not send as strong a team as in my most memorable losses (it
years past and finished in the middle deprived me of the first place in a
of the 30 team field which came from tournament). 12.¦g1 g6 13.¦g5 £xh3
as far away as Peru and Puerto Rico. 14.0–0–0 h6 15.£a6+ ¢d7 16.d5 exd5?
(16...hxg5 17.dxe6+ ¢e7)
Letter from CT 17.¤xd5 ¥d6 18.¦g3 £e6
19.¤b4 ¤e7 20.¦g4 £f5 21.¦e4
Reader ... £f6 22.¥f4 ¦c8 23.¢b1 ¦hd8
24.¦xe7+ ¢xe7 25.¤xc6+ ¢f8
Dear CT-Team, 26.¥xh6+ ¢g8 27.¤xd8 ¦xd8
28.¥e3 £xf3 29.£f1 ¦e8 30.£g1
W
ith greatest interest I ¥e5 31.£h1 £f6 32.£e4 ¦e6??
followed the game 33.£a8+ ¢g7 34.¦h1 1–0
"Smagin – Vlassov", Smagacz,D-Vlassov,N/Zabrze
which IM Vlassov annotated in 1991 (34)
CT-782. Nikolai offered a line (5.d4 12...¥xc3 13.£a6+ ¢d7 14.bxc3
Bg4 6.Bb5 O-O-O 7.Bc6: bc 8.h3 Qh5
9.Qd3...etc, with an "excellent position XIIIIIIIIY
for Black"). I remember a game Pieper 9-+-tr-+ntr0
9zp-zpk+pzpp0
– Vlassov, in which Pieper played 9Q+p+p+-+0
9.Qe2. This is why I would like to 9+-+-+-+q0
know what IM Vlassov will do against 9-+-zP-+-+0
the plan "c4 & d5". The line is 9.Qe2 9+-zP-vLP+P0
Bf3 10.gf e6 11.Be3 (IM Vlassov lost 9P+P+-zP-+0
against 11.Bd2...too) Bb4 12.0-0-0 9+-mKR+-+R0
Bc3 13.Qa6 Kd7 14.bc Ne7N (14...Qf3 xiiiiiiiiy
Sulypa-Zajarny, Alushta 2000) 15.c4! 14...¤e7N
Qf3 16.Rhg1 Rhg8 17.d5! e5 18.Rg3 RR 14...£xf3 15.¦hg1 g6 16.c4 ¤e7
Qh5 19.Rg5 Qh3 20.Re5 f6 Great to 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.£a4+ ¢c8
have IM Vlassov with us! I would wish 20.¥g5 ¦he8 21.¦de1 f6 22.£a6+ ¢b8
to read an article written by him with 23.¦e3 ¦d6 24.£b5+ 1–0 Sulypa,A-
the theme 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5... Best Zajarnyi,A/Alushta 2000/CBM 75 ext
wishes for the New Year!!! (24); Strategically appropriate is
14...£b5!? . I was scared of making this
Marcel Juegel move because of 15.£xb5 cxb5
16.¦hg1 g6 17.d5! but it looks like
Thank you, Marcel. Here is IM Black resists 17...¤f6! 18.dxe6+ ¢xe6
Nikolai Vlassov with his comments 19.¦de1 ¦he8! 20.¦g5 ¦d5!=
15.c4 £xf3?!
I would like to give a short comment 15...¦b8! 16.d5 exd5 17.cxd5 cxd5
to the game Marcel mentioned in his 18.£a4+! ¢d8 19.£xa7±
letter. The appropriate 14th move had 16.¦hg1
to be as follows: 14...Qb5! After the 16.d5! e5 17.¥c5 cxd5 18.cxd5 £f4+
decisive mistake on the 16th move, 19.¦d2 ¢e8
CT-9(793) Page 2 of 4
16...¦hg8?! strengthen this line, which Black used

16...¢e8 17.¦g3; 16...¤f5! 17.d5 exd5 to be unsuccessful in: 18.¦ad1 ¦b8
18.cxd5 ¤xe3= 19.£f4 ¦b5 (19...£d7 20.b3 ¦fd8
17.d5! e5 18.¦g3 £h5 19.¦g5 21.g4 ¤g6 22.£xf5 £xf5 23.gxf5 ¤f4
£xh3 20.¦xe5 f6 21.d6! fxe5 24.¦d2 ¥h6 25.¤e3 ¢h8 26.h4 ¦g8+
22.dxe7+ 27.¢h2 ¤g2 28.¦d4 ¥xe3 29.fxe3
22.dxc7++- ¤xe3 30.¦g1 ¦xg1 31.¢xg1 ¤xf5
22...¢xe7 23.¥g5++- ¢f7 32.¦a4 ¦c8 33.¥c4 ¢g7 34.¦xa6 ¢f6
24.¥xd8 ¦e8 25.¥xc7 e4 26.c5 35.¦a7 ¤e3 36.¦d7 ¤xc4 37.bxc4
£c3 27.¥d6 £a1+ 28.¢d2 £f6 ¦xc4 38.¢f2 ¢e5 39.¦xf7 ¢xd5 0–1
29.£c4+ ¦e6 30.¢e1 £h6 31.¥g3 Vukovic,Z-Rogozenko,D/Bucharest
e3 32.£f4+ £xf4 33.¥xf4 exf2+ 2000/CBM 77/Rogozenko (39))
34.¢xf2 ¦e4 35.¥b8 a6 36.¦d7+ 20.¤e3 ¦xb2 21.¥c4 ¥e5 22.£g5+
¢f6 37.¦d6+ ¢f5 38.¦xc6 ¦a4 ¢h8 23.¥b3 ¦g8 24.£h5 ¤g6 25.¢h1
39.¢e3 ¦xa2 40.¢d3 ¦a5 41.¢d4 ¤f4 26.£xf5 £h4 27.£xe4 £h5 28.£f3
h5 42.¥e5 ¦a2 43.¥xg7 h4 £xf3 29.gxf3 ¤h3 30.f4 ¥xf4 31.¤c2
44.¦f6+ ¢g4 45.¢d3 ¦a5 46.¦g6+ ¥e5 32.f4 ¤xf4 Novik,M-
¢h5 47.¦h6+ ¢g5 48.c6 ¦f5 49.c7 Kramnik,V/Sochi 1990/TD/0–1 (42)
¦c5 50.¦xa6 ¦xc7 51.¥f6+ ¢h5 18...¦b8 19.b4 ¦b5!?
52.¦a5+ ¢g6 53.¥xh4 ¦d7+ XIIIIIIIIY
54.¢c4 ¦c7+ 55.¦c5 ¦h7 56.¥g3 9-+-wq-trk+0
1–0 9+-+-snpvlp0
9p+-zp-+-+0
Annotated Game 9+r+P+p+-0
9-zPN+p+-+0
Today's Annotated Game features the 9+-+-+-+-0
encounter between the Russian and 9P+-wQLzPPzP0
British young stars from the recent 9+-tR-+RmK-0
Premier Hastings. xiiiiiiiiy
Luke takes one of the principled
A Kosteniuk (2455) lines. I prefer another one: 19...¤g6
L McShane (2546) 20.¤a5 £h4 with threats on the king's
Event: Premier Hastings ENG (9), side. But, of course, it is much easier
05.01.2003 B33 for me because I know the final result
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 of the game.
4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 20.¤e3! f4 21.¤c2
The Sveshnikov Variation of the 21.¥xb5 fxe3 22.£xe3 axb5 23.£xe4
Sicilian Defence has arisen. This is one at first sight, this position is also in
of the most fighting lines. favour of White, but she has no passed
6.¤db5 d6 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5 pawns and Black's knight and bishop
9.¥xf6 gxf6 10.¤d5 f5 11.¥d3 can outplay the White rook.
¥e6 12.0–0 ¥xd5 13.exd5 ¤e7 21...¦xd5
14.c4 e4 15.¥e2 ¥g7 16.£d2 bxc4 The following blow 21...e3!? is
17.¤xc4 0–0 18.¦ac1N denied with 22.fxe3 ¦xd5 23.¥d3!
XIIIIIIIIY fxe3 24.£xe3± and Black's separate
9r+-wq-trk+0
9+-+-snpvlp0 pawns provide White with obvious
9p+-zp-+-+0 superiority.
9+-+P+p+-0 22.£xf4 ¦e5 23.¥xa6 d5 24.¦cd1
9-+N+p+-+0 f5?!
9+-+-+-+-0 24...¤g6 25.£e3 £d6 gave Black
9PzP-wQLzPPzP0 good compensation for the pawn in
9+-tR-+RmK-0 the form of a strong group in the
xiiiiiiiiy centre and chances to attack the White
This simple move has not occurred king.
before but it looks like it can 25.¥c4! ¢h8
CT-9(793) Page 3 of 4
Now the move 25...¤g6 faces ¦xd5 33.¥xd5 ¦d8 34.¦xe4! £g6+
26.¦xd5! ¦xd5 27.£d2 and White gets 35.¢f1 £xe4 36.¥xe4 ¦xd1+ 37.¢e2
her rook back with two extra pawns a- and b-file pawns must promote)
remaining 32.¦xe5 (32.f3 £g5! 33.¦e2 ¦xd5
26.¦fe1 34.£xd5 £xd5 35.¥xd5 ¦d8 36.¥b3
XIIIIIIIIY ¦d2 37.¥c4 ¦d1+ 38.¦e1 ¦d2=;
9-+-wq-tr-mk0 32.fxe3 f3! 33.g4 £xg4 34.¦g1 £f5
9+-+-sn-vlp0 with double-edged fight.) 32...¥xe5
9-+-+-+-+0 33.¦g1! (33.£d5 ¥c3! 34.£xf5 ¤xf5
9+-+ptrp+-0 35.¦e2 ¦d8! 36.fxe3 ¦d1+ 37.¤e1 ¦a1
9-zPL+pwQ-+0 38.exf4 ¥xe1=) 33...exf2 34.¦f1 ¤xg2
9+-+-+-+-0 35.¢xg2 f3+ 36.¢h1 ¥xh2!= with
9P+N+-zPPzP0 perpetual check.
9+-+RtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 31.¦xe5
26...£c8?! It is not clear what Black has missed
One more error! Black stands well but now all his threats are easily
after 26...¤g6 27.£c1 f4 resisted. However, Alexandra makes
27.¥b3 ¤g6 28.£c1 some more accurate moves.
Now the d5-pawn needs protection. 31...¥xe5 32.¦xe4 ¦d8 33.¤d4!
28...f4?! ¥f6 34.g3 ¤f5 35.£xf3 ¦xd4
Black should have acknowledged his 36.¦e6! ¦d2 37.¦xf6 ¤d4 38.¦f8+
mistake and protected the pawn, for 1–0
instance, with 28...£d7 White has
better chances here but the opponents Solution to Quiz Today: 42...¦xc3!
have got all the struggle ahead. 42...¦xc3 43.¥xc3 ¤xe4 0–1
However, Black rushes into a fast and
"unjustified" attack instead. Correction: Yesterdays news item
29.¦xd5 ¤h4 about the ICCF Champions League
After 29...e3 White resists 30.fxe3 f3 qualifying round email chess event
31.¦f1 f2+ 32.¢h1 (32.¦xf2 ¦xf2 should have read as follows:
33.¢xf2 £f5+ 34.¢g1 ¦xd5 35.¥xd5
£xd5) 32...¦xd5 33.¥xd5± with two Each Player plays 10 games. Maximum
extra pawns. point total for each team is 40 pts.
30.£d1
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CT-9(793) Page 4 of 4
CT-10(794)
CT-10(794) 10th January 2003
th
Quiz Today Van Wely (2681, NED), Michal

Krasenkov (2651, POL), Teimour
Radjabov (2628, AZE) and Jan Timman
Hebden (2515) - Laubsch (2295) (2594, NED).
Challengers, Hastings ENG (1), 2002
XIIIIIIIIY Group B (they will start on the 14th of
9r+-+r+k+0 January): Zhang Zhong (CHN, 2620),
9+-+-+p+-0 Peter Acs (HUN, 2591), Johnny Hector
9-zp-+-+q+0 (SWE, 2590), Arkady Naiditsch (GER,
2586), Ian Rogers (AUS, 2557), Friso
9+-+-+-+p0 Nijboer (NED, 2556), Sergey Karjakin
9-vlLvL-+pzP0 (UKR, 2527), John van der Wiel (NED,
9+-+-+-wQ-0 2509), Dennis de Vreugt (NED, 2501),
Koneru Humpy (IND, 2484), Viktorija
9P+l+-zPP+0 Cmylite (LITH, 2460), Alexandra
9+-tRR+-mK-0 Kosteniuk (RUS, 2455), Harmen
xiiiiiiiiy Jonkman (NED, 2456) and Daniel
White to play Stellwagen (NED, 2426).
Richards (2260) - Williams (2390) Just recall that last year's winner of
Challengers, Hastings ENG (5), 2003 main event was Russian GM Evgeny
XIIIIIIIIY Bareev.
9-+-tr-+-tr0 The second big event – the U.S.A
9+-+-+pvlp0 Championships starts today. There is
9L+p+k+-+0 great coverage on www.chess.fm.
9+-wQp+-zp-0
Information from TWIC:
9-+-sn-vLP+0 The final schedule of the Kasparov vs.
9+-+-+-+-0 Deep Junior has been announced. The
9P+-+-zP-zP0 schedule is Game 1 Sun Jan 26th,
9+-+-+-mK-0 Game 2 Tue Jan 28th, Game 3 Thu Jan
30th, Game 4 Sun Feb 2nd, Game 5
xiiiiiiiiy Wed Feb 5th and Game 6 Fri Feb 7th
White to play all games start at 3:30pm EST. In the
New York Athletic Club (NYAC)-180
65th Corus starts 11th Central Park South - New York. The
event is International Chess Federation
A t the moment we are waiting (FIDE) and International Computer

for some big chess events. The Games Association (ICGA President
first super-tournament of the David Levy) and the US Chess
year the 65th Corus Chess event will Federation (USCF).
start on the 11th of January.
The event is called the "The FIDE Man
Group A: Vladimir Kramnik (2809, Vs Machine World Chess Champion-
RUS), Viswanathan Anand (2755, ship" and is sponsored by FIDE and
IND), Vesselin Topalov (2743, BUL), presented by X3D Technologies
Ruslan Ponomariov (2743, UKR), Corporation which covered the recent
Evgeny Bareev (2737, RUS), Vassily Kasparov - Karpov match.
Ivanchuk (2709, UKR), Alexander The time control is 40 moves in 2
Grischuk (2702, RUS), Alexei Shirov hours followed by 20 moves in one
(2699, ESP), Anatoly Karpov (2688, hour then 30 minutes for the rest of
RUS), Judit Polgar (2685, HUN), Loek the game.
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-10(794) Page 1 of 4
The XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul 3...¤f6 4.e5 ¤d5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4
Keres Memorial takes place January d6 7.¥c4 ¤b6 8.¥d3 ¤c6 9.0–0
10th-12th 2003 in Tallinn. XIIIIIIIIY
There are two stages, a preliminary
9r+lwqkvl-tr0
event 25 + 25 mins, 7 round Swiss 9zpp+-+pzpp0
system. 9-snnzpp+-+0
9+-+-zP-+-0
The Men's Main tournament (25 + 25
min) played by the 4 best players from
9-+-zP-+-+0
group A, 3 players invited directly to 9+-+L+N+-0
the Main Tournament and the best 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
Estonian player. The Women's event 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
will be played by the 5 best players of
group A of Preliminary Tournament
xiiiiiiiiy
and 3 players invited directly to the A rather popular set up of the 2.c3
Main Tournament. Sicilian.
9...¤b4
The Australian Open is in progress in An alternative is 9...¥e7
Penrith, Australia. 10.¥e2 dxe5 11.¤xe5 ¥d7 12.¤c3
¥c6
Pairings for Round 11: XIIIIIIIIY
Humphrey (8) – Wallace (9) 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
Smerdon (8) – Froehlich (7) 9zpp+-+pzpp0
Xie (7½) – Solomon (7)
Rej (7) – Schultz-Pedersen (7) 9-snl+p+-+0
Hamilton (7) – Partsi (7) 9+-+-sN-+-0
Hoffmann (7) – Fischer-Nielsen (7) 9-sn-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
The 11th Donau Open took place in
Aschach an der Donau in Austria 9PzP-+LzPPzP0
(Swiss system, 7 rounds). 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Final Standings: A typical bishop manoeuvre. Black
1. Stanec, Nikolaus – 6 points would like to exchange it for the e5
2-5. C. Horvath, Krivoshey, Mahdi, Knight, and very often Black takes on
Mazi – 5½ c6 with the pawn in these cases - so
6-9. Jurek, Lau, Orel, Wegener – 5 that White cannot exchange his
etc. isolated d pawn with d4-d5.
13.a3 ¤4d5 14.¥d3 ¤xc3
A Tale of 2 Sicilians XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wqkvl-tr0
J Shaw (2480) 9zpp+-+pzpp0
I Gourlay (2255)
Event: Challengers, Hastings ENG (7), 9-snl+p+-+0
2003 - B22 9+-+-sN-+-0
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky 9-+-zP-+-+0
9zP-snL+-+-0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.c3
A clever move order. After playing 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
2...e6 Black hasn't got the most 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
unpleasant lines for White against c3 - xiiiiiiiiy
2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 Both black knights would like to
6.Bc4 Nb6 and 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 occupy the d5-square, so Black
4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4!? exchanges one of them.
CT-10(794) Page 2 of 4
15.bxc3 ¤d7 16.¤xc6 bxc6 17.£f3 is far from the strongest choice in this
£c7 18.c4 ¥e7 19.c5?! system. In the symmetrical position
XIIIIIIIIY White has to have better chances
9r+-+k+-tr0 thanks to his better development and
9zp-wqnvlpzpp0 the Black Queen being in the middle
9-+p+p+-+0 of the board.
9+-zP-+-+-0 6.¤xe5
9-+-zP-+-+0 More precise than 6.dxe5?! £xd1+
9zP-+L+Q+-0 6...¤xe5 7.dxe5 £xe5+
9-+-+-zPPzP0 Now after the exchange on d1 White
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy could defend the e5 pawn with the f
A rather strange idea. Now Black pawn.
gets the d5-square for his Knight once 8.¥e3 ¥d7 9.£b3
more; also he has a possible counter- 9.¤a3!?
play with e6-e5... 9...¤f6!?
19...0–0 20.¥f4 e5? An interesting idea: Black is ready to
However ... not now! sacrifice a pawn.
21.dxe5 ¤xe5? 10.¤d2 ¥e7 11.£xb7
I don't know how we can explain Principled, but risky. After the
this blunder. modest 11.¤f3 White has nothing.
22.£e4 11...¦b8 12.£xa7 ¦xb2 13.£a3
XIIIIIIIIY ¦xd2!
9zp-wq-vlpzpp0 9-+-+k+-tr0
9-+p+-+-+0 9+-+lvlpzpp0
9+-zP-sn-+-0 9-+-+-sn-+0
9-+-+QvL-+0 9+-zp-wq-+-0
9zP-+L+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-zPPzP0 9wQ-zP-vL-+-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9P+-tr-zPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tR-+-mKL+R0
And it is all over now, Black xiiiiiiiiy
resigned. 1–0 Additionally Black sacrifices an
exchange, but the White king has to
stay in the center.
14.¢xd2 ¤e4+ 15.¢e1 0–0 16.¥c4
J Shaw (2480) - 16.¥d3? c4
E Lawson (2235) 16...¥h4
Event: Challengers, Hastings ENG (3), Attacking the weak f pawn.
2002 B22 17.g3 ¥f6 18.¦c1 ¦e8 19.£b2
XIIIIIIIIY
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky 9-+-+r+k+0
9+-+l+pzpp0
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 9-+-+-vl-+0
£xd5 5.d4 e5 9+-zp-wq-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+L+n+-+0
9r+l+kvlntr0 9+-zP-vL-zP-0
9zpp+-+pzpp0 9PwQ-+-zP-zP0
9-+n+-+-+0 9+-tR-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zpqzp-+-0 It's very difficult for White to
9-+-zP-+-+0 develop his h1 Rook. 19.h4? ¤xg3;
9+-zP-+N+-0 19.¢f1 ¥h3+
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 19...¤g5
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 Black begins to occupy the weak
xiiiiiiiiy light squares in the Black camp.
An interesting line, but to my mind it 20.£b7 ¥g4 21.£d5 £e7 22.¥e2
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¥e6 23.£c6 ¦c8 24.£a6 ¤e4

25.c4 ¦e8
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0
9+-+-wqpzpp0
9Q+-+lvl-+0
9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+P+n+-+0
9+-+-vL-zP-0
9P+-+LzP-zP0
9+-tR-mK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
White has defended rather
stubbornly, but what to do with the h1
Rook? The question is still open...
26.¥f3 ¤g5 27.¥e2
27.¥g2 ¥d4!?
27...¥c8!
Now Black gains a diagonal a8-h1.
28.£a3
28.£c6? ¥b7
28...£e4 29.¦f1 ¤f3+ 30.¥xf3
£xf3 Contact information. Do you want
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29.£c7+ ¥e7 30.¦xc2 ¦ac8 Maxim Notkin.
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CT-11(795)
CT-11(795) 11th January 2003
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Quiz Today http://www.chesspage.kiev.ua/?z=inte

rview.35 - there is official information
from the Ukrainian Chess Federation
R. Bauer – Bryan (and express-interview with Pono-
New England Open 1997 mariov).
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsn-+-trk+0
9zppwq-snpzpp0
9-+p+p+-+0
9+-zP-+-+-0
9-+LzP-+-+0
9+-sN-+Q+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9+-+RtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
Later in that game White was able to GM Ponomarov

find yet another tactical blow:
The story is as follows: FIDE requested
R. Bauer – Bryan Ruslan Ponomariov to sign a contract
New England Open 1997 or an agreement (the quality of which
is strongly questioned by the
XIIIIIIIIY Ukrainian side), by the end of 10th
9-+-+-trk+0 January. If he will not sign, then a
9zpp+-snpzpp0 Kasparov-Ivanchuk match will be
9n+p+-+-+0 announced by FIDE.
9+-zP-wq-+-0 I do not have any information about
9-+LtR-+-+0 Ivanchuk's opinion on this situation.
9zP-sN-+Q+-0 This may be an ultimate end of the
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 Prague agreements' spirit - even if
Ponomariov does sign everything
9+-+-+-mK-0 under this incredibly strong pressure.
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Some hope remains that it was not
Ilymzhinov himself who prepared
Chess News the ultimatum. Unofficial information
has it that Mr. Omuku was responsible
for contacts with the Ukrainian
P erhaps the main news yesterday

was the FIDE ultimatum to its
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.
This is what Chess Today received
from our contributor GM Mikhail
Federation.
I wrote my own brief comments at

chess-sector.odessa.ua/matum.htm
the message from the Chesspage is
Golubev, who is also actively involved
quite official - the site's editor is a
in Ukrainian Web sites:
press-attaché of the Ukrainian Chess
Federation. There was another, very
"Dear colleagues, apologies for the
recent express-interview with Pono-
inconvenience, it may be of interest
mariov, published in the Ukrainian
for you: some urgent news appeared
newspaper Facty on the 9th of January.
at
This issue is prepared by GM Alexander Baburin; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-11(795) Page 1 of 5
All materials are in Russian, which is who battled for a cherished spot in
still one of the official FIDE languages. some of the many qualifying events
held throughout the U.S. The field is
I hope that Ruslan Ponomariov will be completed with two top junior wild
able to play normally in Wijk aan Zee card entries determined by the AF4C,
now, despite the current crisis. which this year went to Laura Ross, 14,
and 2002 recipient of the prestigious
With best regards, Mikhail Golubev; Samford Fellowship. 18-year-old
http://chess-sector.odessa.ua" Varuzhan Akobian."
I should add that the main points, Round 1 did not see any major upsets,
which Ponomariov makes, are: but in a number of games Elo-
favourites were held to a draw. For
1. He should defend his FIDE title example, IM John Donaldson drew
using the same time control, as the against his former boss (in Inside
one he used to gain it. Chess) GM Yasser Seirawan. You can
find all games from round 1 in our
2. As the Champion, he should have database today, while we also look at
draw odds as does Kramnik have in the game of the defending US
his match vs. Leko. champion in some detail in this issue.
Chess Today will keep you posted on Most games of round 2 are still in
the developments there! And, of progress at the time of writing, but
course, we will be covering the Corus here some results: Lein-Seirawan –
tournament – IM Yochanan Afek will draw, Gulko-Brown – draw; J.
be sending special reports from the Donaldson lost to GM Stripunsky, Nick
Netherlands for Chess Today. De Firmian drew against I. Foygel.
More tomorrow!
♦ The USA Championship started in
Seattle this Thursday. The event is also ♦ In Astana, Kazakhstan, the match
covered by Chess FM and the Internet Korchnoi-Sadvakasov is taking place
Chess Club. (9-19 January). Game 1 was drawn.
The match is broadcast online on the
We received the following information site Chess in Kazakhstan.
from John Henderson:
However, the coverage could have
"Since taking over the rights to one of been better – from information on the
the most historic national titles in site it is not even clear who was
2000, the America's Foundation for playing White in game 1.
Chess (www.af4c.org) has dramatically
increased the prize fund. With a ♦ We received the following message
further hike this year of $50,000, the from our reader Adolivio Capece:
event offers a record prize fund of
$255,000, with $25,000 slotted for the "Paoli is 95 years old!
winner. On Monday January 13, GM Enrico
Paoli will be 95 years old! He is the
Twenty top players (12 men, 8 oldest player still in activity in the
women) - including defending world. If you want to send him your
champions Larry Christiansen and greetings, feel free to e-mail him at
Jennifer Shahade, and the 2001 and paoli@italiascacchistica.com
2002 US Junior Champions Aaron
Pixton and Hikaru Nakamura - were Please, do not use attachments! All
automatically seeded into the new messages will be printed and sent to
open-format event. Also competing him."
will be 36 players (32 men, 4 women)

CT-11(795) Page 2 of 5
This message was promptly followed build up the Hedgehog structure.

by an e-mail from our editor Ralph Some of our readers may remember a
Marconi: recent game Korchnoi-Macieja,
Kurasao 2002. There Korchnoi played
"This is quite an achievement for Mr. 8.¥g5.
Paoli. But he's not the oldest active 8.¥f4 ¤h5
chess player in the world. :-) It is logical to attack the bishop at
once, before White develops the a1–
To my best knowledge, ICCF IM rook, as otherwise the bishop would
Zoltan Sarosy, who lives in Canada, is just retreat to c1. For example: 8...¥b7
the oldest active chess player, albeit 9.¦d1 ¥xf3 10.exf3 ¤c6 11.b4 ¤h5
he has been playing correspondence 12.¥c1 ¥e7 13.¥e2 f5 14.f4 ¤f6 15.0–
chess for a many years now. He will 0 ¦c8 16.¥e3 ¦f7 17.¦d2 ¥f8 18.¦fd1
be 97 this year!" g6 19.¥f3 and White got unpleasant
pressure in the game Ivanchuk-
It is great to see many veterans still Zvjaginsev, Elista 1998.
playing chess – Smyslov, Taimanov, 9.¥g5 ¥e7 10.h4N
Averbakh and many others. It looks New move, but not necessarily a
that chess helps not only the mind, but good one. To me the most logical
the body as well! Maybe Chess Today option seems to be 10.¥xe7 £xe7
should be regarded as a health 11.g4 ¤f6 12.g5, as in the game
newspaper then! :-) I.Sokolov-Zvjaginsev, Panormo 2001.
That game then went: 12...¤e8 13.¦g1
Chess Today December ¥b7 14.¤d4 ¤d6 15.e3 ¦c8 16.¥d3 g6
17.£e2 e5 18.¤db5 ¤xb5 19.¤xb5 e4
Lottery 20.¥c2 d5 21.0–0–0 ¦xc4 22.¢b1 ¤d7
23.¥b3 ¦c5 24.¤c3 ¦xc3 25.bxc3 ¤c5
Last month the lucky winner in our 26.¥xd5 ¥xd5 27.¦xd5 ¤a4 28.£d2
lottery was John Cline from USA, who £xa3 29.¦d8+ ½–½.
will receive the latest New in Chess 10...f6 11.¥d2 f5 (D)
yearbook – No. 65. XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwq-trk+0
Annotated Game 9zp-+pvl-zpp0
9-zp-+p+-+0
Larry Kaufman (2415) 9+-+-+p+n0
Larry Christiansen (2566) 9-+P+-+-zP0
Event: USA Ch, Seattle (1), 09.01.2003 9zP-sN-+N+-0
Nimzo-Indian Defence, Classical 9-zPQvLPzPP+0
Variation [E39] 9tR-+-mKL+R0
Annotations: GM Alexander Baburin xiiiiiiiiy
12.e3
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 I would have preferred 12.e4. here
c5 5.dxc5 0–0 6.a3 ¥xc5 7.¤f3 b6 12...¥b7 13.0–0–0 ¤a6! 14.¤d4
(D) £e8 15.¤db5 ¤f6! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+p+pzpp0 9r+-+qtrk+0
9-zp-+psn-+0 9zpl+pvl-zpp0
9+-vl-+-+-0 9nzp-+psn-+0
9-+P+-+-+0 9+N+-+p+-0
9zP-sN-+N+-0 9-+P+-+-zP0
9-zPQ+PzPPzP0
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 9zP-sN-zP-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zPQvL-zPP+0
This system has become quite 9+-mKR+L+R0
popular again lately - Black wants to xiiiiiiiiy
CT-11(795) Page 3 of 5
XIIIIIIIIY
Black's chances are slightly better for 9-+r+-+-mk0
his chances to organise attack look 9+ltr-wq-+p0
higher than his opponent's. 9p+-+pvlp+0
16.f3 £f7 17.¢b1 ¦fc8 18.¥c1 d5 9+p+n+p+-0
19.cxd5 ¤xd5 20.£d2 ¤ac7
21.¤xc7 ¦xc7 (D) 9-+-sN-+-zP0
9zPL+-zPPzP-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-vLQ+-+0
9r+-+-+k+0 9mK-+R+R+-0
9zpltr-vlqzpp0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-zp-+p+-+0 A very good move - now Black is
9+-+n+p+-0 ready to dislodge the d4-knights.
31.¦c1 e5 32.¦xc7 ¦xc7 33.¤c2
9-+-+-+-zP0 e4 34.¤d4 exf3 35.£xf3 ¤b6!
9zP-sN-zPP+-0 This solid retreat is better than
9-zP-wQ-+P+0 35...¤c3 36.£f4 ¥e5 37.£h6 ¤e4
9+KvLR+L+R0 38.¥a5 ¦c8 39.g4, where White gets
counter-chances.
xiiiiiiiiy 36.£f2 ¥d5! (D)
22.¤b5 XIIIIIIIIY
Leaving the d5-knight alive surely 9-+-+-+-mk0
was not an easy decision for White. 9+-tr-wq-+p0
However, after 22.¤xd5 ¥xd5 Black 9psn-+-vlp+0
would also have better chances: his 9+p+l+p+-0
d5-bishop is very active. For example, 9-+-sN-+-zP0
23.¥a6? ¥b3!. 9zPL+-zP-zP-0
22...¦d7 23.¥c4 ¦c8 24.£e2 a6 9-zP-vL-wQ-+0
25.¤d4 b5 26.¥b3 ¥f6 27.¢a1 9mK-+-+R+-0
¢h8! (D) xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 37.¥a5?
Better was 37.¥xd5 ¤xd5 38.h5,
9-+r+-+-mk0 though after 38...£e4 Black is still
9+l+r+qzpp0 better - he can always get rid of
9p+-+pvl-+0 White's knight, while White cannot do
9+p+n+p+-0 the same to the d5-knight.
37...¥xb3 38.¥xb6
9-+-sN-+-zP0 38.¤xb3?? £xa3+ wins for Black.
9zPL+-zPP+-0 38...¦c8 39.¥a5 ¥g8! (D)
9-zP-+Q+P+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-+lmk0
9mK-vLR+-+R0 9+-+-wq-+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9p+-+-vlp+0
Prophylactics - if Black ever plays 9vLp+-+p+-0
...e5, it would be nice not to have his 9-+-sN-+-zP0
queen and the king on the same 9zP-+-zP-zP-0
diagonal. 9-zP-+-wQ-+0
28.¦hf1 ¦dc7 29.¥d2 £e7 9mK-+-+R+-0
Perhaps, there is nothing wrong with xiiiiiiiiy
29...¥xh4 but most chess pros won't This is when the move 27... ¢h8!
snatch such a pawn, while having comes in handy! Black wants to play
better position anyway. ... £f7.
30.g3?! 40.h5?
Perhaps White was concerned about White had to defend with 40.£e1! –
...f5-f4. The problem with this move is in order to meet 40...£f7 with 41.£b1.
that it's too slow. Now Black finalises 40...£f7 41.b4 £b3 42.£b2 £xe3
his preparations for an attack: 43.¥b6 ¦c3 0–1
30...g6! (D)
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Solutions:
R. Bauer – Bryan
New England Open 1997
Position 1: 15.¦xe6! ¤a6 16.¦e5

¦ad8 17.a3 ¦xd4 18.¦xd4 £xe5
Position 2: 19.£xf7+! 1–0

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CT-12(796)
CT-12(796) 12th January 2003
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Quiz Today Karpov and Bareev

Krush (2433) - Levina (2095) D31
start with victories
ch-USA Seattle USA (2), 10.01.2003
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-tr-+0
9+l+-vlpmk-0
9-+p+p+p+0
T he 12th World Champion
Anatoly Karpov and last years
winner of Wijk aan Zee
Evgeny Bareev started with victories
in the first super-tournament of the
9+pzPqsN-zPn0 year the 65th Corus Chess event.
9pvL-zP-+-+0 Interestingly, both Russian GMs won
9+-+-+-+-0 their games with Black: Karpov beat
9PzPL+QzP-+0 Michal Krasenkov (see our annotated
9+K+R+-+R0 game section) while Bareev outplayed
xiiiiiiiiy FIDE World Champion Ruslan
Ponomariov ...
White to play
R Ponomariov (2734)
Hahn (2219) - Pixton (2449)
E Bareev (2729)
Event: - GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (1),
XIIIIIIIIY 11.01.2003 B12
9r+-+-trk+0 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.h4 h5
9zpp+-zp-+-0 5.c4 e6 6.¤c3 ¥e7 7.g3 ¤h6
9-+p+-+-zp0 8.¥g5 dxc4!?
9+-zPpzP-zPl0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zP-+p+-+0 9rsn-wqk+-tr0
9zP-+-+-zPq0 9zpp+-vlpzp-0
9-+-wQPzP-+0 9-+p+p+-sn0
9+-+-zPlvLp0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 9-+pzP-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sN-+-zP-0
Black to play 9PzP-+-zP-+0
9tR-+QmKLsNR0
Krasenkow (2633) - Karpov (2688) xiiiiiiiiy
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (1), 9.¥xe7 £xe7 10.£xh5?! 10.¥xc4!?
11.01.2003 10...£b4 11.0–0–0? ¥g4 12.£g5
XIIIIIIIIY ¥xd1 13.£xg7 £f8
9-+-+L+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+-+pzp-0 9rsn-+kwq-tr0
9zpp+-+pwQ-0
9-zp-+-wqnzp0 9-+p+p+-sn0
9+-vlR+-+-0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9Q+-+-+-+0 9-+pzP-+-zP0
9+-+-+PzP-0 9+-sN-+-zP-0
9-+-+r+-zP0 9PzP-+-zP-+0
9+-+-+R+K0 9+-mKl+LsNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy It looks like Ruslan Ponomariov had
And from our Annotated Game – missed this move. Now White got
Karsenkow has just played 29.¢h1 rather a bad ending. Maybe Evgeny
and now Karpov came up with a nice Bareev could have realised his
final blow advantage more precisely, but he won
White to play in the end.

CT-12(796) Page 1 of 5
All other games in main event were around the US do battle once again for
drawn. the crown made famous by Bobby
Fischer, which this year has a record
Results of the 1st Round: prize fund of $255,000 – the biggest
Ponomariov – Bareev 0:1 annual prize for a chess tournament
Kramnik – Ivanchuk ½:½ anywhere in the world.
Krasenkow – Karpov 0:1
Shirov – Timman ½:½ When Fischer won his record-
Grischuk – van Wely ½:½ breaking eighth title in 1966, he only
Polgar – Topalov ½:½ took home $2,500. This year there's
Anand – Radjabov ½:½ $25,000 allotted for the winner of the
nine round event taking place at the
Pairing for the 2nd Round: Northwest Rooms at the Seattle Centre,
Bareev – Radjabov which runs daily until 18 January.
Topalov – Anand
van Wely – Polgar Early leaders on full points with two
Timman – Grischuk wins from two games are top seed
Karpov – Shirov Gregory Kaidanov (Kentucky), Yury
Ivanchuk – Krasenkow Lapshun (Brooklyn), Gennadi
Ponomariov – Kramnik Zaitshik (Philadelphia), Varuzhan
Akobian (California) and Jesse Kraai
The GM 'B' event also started on (New Mexico) – four of whom will
Saturday (sorry for the mistake in CT- have to play each other in round
794). three. On their tail however is an
ominous chasing pack of 16 just a half
Results of the 1st Round: point behind the pace setters,
de Vreugt – Hector 0:1 including defending champion Larry
Nijboer – Acs 1:0 Christiansen (Massachusetts) and six-
Cmilyte – Naiditsch 0:1 time former champion Walter Browne
Rogers – Jonkman ½:½ (California), who celebrated his 54th
van der Wiel – Koneru ½:½ birthday during round two. We
Karjakin – Zhong ½:½ organised a present of a bottle of
Stellwagen – Kosteniuk 1:0 vintage wine for Walter and it was
placed by his board. We even went as
Pairing for the 2nd Round: far as wishing this living-legend a
Hector – Kosteniuk Happy Birthday before the start of
Zhong – Stellwagen play. We were even prepared to give
Koneru – Karjakin him a rousing rendition of 'Happy
Jonkman – van der Wiel Birthday'. Typically Walter arrived 5
Naiditsch – Rogers minutes late and missed everything!
Acs – Cmilyte
de Vreugt – Nijboer Big shock of the day was the defeat of
second seed Alexander Goldin,
Also you can find a short annotations formerly of Israel. Though he's been in
from the games by GM Konstantin the United States for quite a few years
Aseev on www.ruschess.com now, this is his first Championship and
he is one of the pre-tournament
John Henderson has sent us a report favourites. He has won numerous
about the second round of the USA tournaments in the USA, and managed
Championships: to maintain a very high FIDE rating
(he is 2621 in January 2003) while
GOOD 'OL WALTER BROWNE! At playing in these opens. His defeat to
the end of day two of the AF4C US IM Yury Lapshun therefore comes as a
Chess Championships taking place in big surprise – and also makes Goldin's
Seattle, there's a five-way tie at the top task of becoming one of the few to
as the elite 58 chess player's from win on their debut even harder.
CT-12(796) Page 2 of 5
Also falling behind at an early stage is The second game of the Korchnoi –
three-time winner and local hero Sadvakasov match in Astana,
Yasser Seirawan. A second successive Kazakhstan was also drawn.
draw to tournament 'old hand' Anatoly Sadvakasov had White. The score is
Lein (a sprightful 71) likewise leaves equal 1:1.
Seirawan one point of the lead and
leaves him now playing catch-up with IM John-Paul Wallace won the 2003
the leaders. Someone who is however Pratt Foundation Australian Open
pleased with her two draws is last Chess Championships with 9 ½ points
year's woman's champion Jennifer out of 11, a full point ahead of second
Shahade, who looks to be continuing place.
where she left off last year. After an
opening round draw with Hikaru Final Standings:
Nakamura, the defending champion 2-3. Smerdon, Humphrey – 8½
followed this up with a solid draw 4-7. Solomon, Rej, Hamilton,
against GM Gregory Serper. Hoffmann – 8
8-12. Xie, Lane, Froehlich, Wilkins,
Round 2 Standings: Ilic – 7½ etc.
6-19. Gulko, Shabalov, De Firmian,
Stripunsky, Christiansen, Yermolinsky, Annotated Game
Kudrin, Nakamura, Fedorowicz,
Browne, Gurevich, Foygel, Ashley,
Perelshteyn – 1½ M Krasenkow (2633)
20-42. Goldin, Seirawan, Benjamin, A Karpov (2688)
Finegold, Ivanov, Serper, Kreiman, Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (1),
Fishbein, Mulyar, G. Shahade, 11.01.2003 E12
Enkhbat, Paschall, Pixton, Kriventsov,
Ippolito, Burnett, Lein, E. Donaldson, Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky
Krush, Muhammad, Sarkar, J. Shahade,
Shiber – 1 1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.¤c3
XIIIIIIIIY
43-52. J. Donaldson, Kaufman, 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Baginskaite, Watson, Pruess, Bennett, 9zp-zpp+pzpp0
Ross, Groberman, Markzon, Esserman 9-zp-+psn-+0
–½ 9+-+-+-+-0
53-58. Battsetseg, Hahn, Epstein, 9-+PzP-+-+0
Tsai, Sagalchik, Levina – 0 9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzP-+PzPPzP0
The XIII Rapid Chess Tournament Paul 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
Keres Memorial is in progress in xiiiiiiiiy
Tallinn, Estonia. On Saturday the main 4...¥b7
event, a round-robin for 8 players 4...¥b4 leads to a much sharper
started. There are 3 invited GMs position from the Nimtzovich Defence.
playing, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei After the text move and White's reply,
Dreev and Jaan Ehlvest and 5 winners the Petrosian system of the Queen's
of the preliminary event. Indian has arisen.
5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 ¤xd5 7.£c2 ¤xc3
Standings after the 3rd Round: 8.bxc3 ¤d7 9.e4 c5
1-3. Dreev, Miroshnichenko, XIIIIIIIIY
Morozevich – 2½ points 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
4. Ehlvest – 1½ 9zpl+n+pzpp0
5-6. Zontah, Kanep – 1 9-zp-+p+-+0
7-8. Veingold, Gavrikov – ½ 9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-+0
In the women's event of the same 9zP-zP-+N+-0
9-+Q+-zPPzP0
format Cramling and Ciuksyte are 9tR-vL-mKL+R0
leading with 2½ points out of 3. xiiiiiiiiy
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White gets a pawn center but Black, Black has a strong reply.
who leads in development, begins to 21...¦ac8 22.¥b5
attack it immediately. XIIIIIIIIY
10.¥f4 9-+r+r+k+0
To my mind this is a rather illogical 9zplvL-+pzp-0
move. White has to concentrate on 9-zp-+-+nzp0
development and getting his King 9+L+P+q+-0
away from the center, not on gaining 9-+-+N+-+0
space and so on. 9vl-zP-+PzP-0
10...¥e7 11.d5 exd5 12.exd5 0–0 9-+Q+-+-zP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
Of course it's very risky to win a xiiiiiiiiy
pawn after 12...¥xd5?! 13.0–0–0 with 22...¦xc7!
two unpleasant pins along the d-file. After 22...¦f8? 23.g4! the Queen has
13.¦d1 ¦e8 14.¥e2 c4! no squares to go to!
XIIIIIIIIY 23.¥xe8 ¥xd5
9r+-wqr+k+0 I think Black has at least enough
9zpl+nvlpzpp0 compensation for the exchange: two
strong Bishops, the King is rather
9-zp-+-+-+0 open, the c3 and f3 pawns weak, the
9+-+P+-+-0 e8 Bishop is almost off side...
9-+p+-vL-+0 24.¤f6+?!
9zP-zP-+N+-0 A dubious decision: now Black will
have two pawns for the exchange and
9-+Q+LzPPzP0 an active Rook.
9+-+RmK-+R0 24...£xf6 25.¦xd5 ¦xc3 26.£e4?!
A correct idea: Black would like to 9-+-+L+k+0
begin complications as early as pos-
sible while the White king is still in the 9zp-+-+pzp-0
center. 9-zp-+-wqnzp0
15.0–0 ¥xa3 16.¥xc4 £f6 9+-+R+-+-0
17.¤g5!? 9-+-+Q+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9vl-tr-+PzP-0
9r+-+r+k+0
9zpl+n+pzpp0 9-+-+-+-zP0
9-zp-+-wq-+0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9+-+P+-sN-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+L+-vL-+0 It looks like this move loses by
9vl-zP-+-+-0 force.
9-+Q+-zPPzP0 26...¥c5+ 27.¢g2 ¦e3 28.£a4
9+-+R+RmK-0 ¦e2+ 29.¢h1
XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+L+k+0
White doesn't want to defend 9zp-+-+pzp-0
passively and finds some active 9-zp-+-wqnzp0
counter-play. 9+-vlR+-+-0
17...¤f8 18.g3 h6 19.¤e4 £f5 9Q+-+-+-+0
20.f3 ¤g6! 9+-+-+PzP-0
Karpov plays very simple and strong! 9-+-+r+-zP0
It's become clear that none of White's 9+-+-+R+K0
minor pieces are very good, they xiiiiiiiiy
"hang" in the center. 29...¦e1!
21.¥c7!? A nice final blow. White
With an interesting idea - to catch resigned.29...¦e1 30.¦xe1 (30.¦d1
the Queen almost in the center, but £xf3#) 30...£xf3# 0–1

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Solutions:
25.¦xh5! gxh5 26.£xh5 f5 26...¦h8

27.£xf7# 27.gxf6+ 1–0
26...¥f3! 26...¥f3 27.exf3 exf3 0–1

feedback!


(353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-

Maxim Notkin.



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CT-13(797)
CT-13(797) 13th January 2003
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Quiz Today Krasenkow equalized against

Ivanchuk in the Open variation of Ruy
Lopez. Timman – Grischuk was a
Burnett (2436) - Ivanov (2520) quick draw.
ch-USA Seattle USA (3), 11.01.2003 Round 2 results:
XIIIIIIIIY Bareev – Radjabov 1:0
9-+-+-tr-mk0 Ponomariov – Kramnik 1:0
Karpov – Shirov ½:½
9+p+-+r+p0 Topalov – Anand 0:1
9-+-sN-+pvl0 Timman – Grischuk ½:½
Van Wely – Polgar ½:½
9zP-+Nzpq+-0 Ivanchuk – Krasenkow ½:½
9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+nzP-0 Round 2 standings:
1. Bareev – 2
9Q+-+-+KzP0 2-3. Karpov, Anand – 1½
9+-+R+R+-0 4-10. Shirov, Timman, Grischuk, Van
Wely, Polgar, Ivanchuk, Ponomariov –
xiiiiiiiiy 1 11-14. Kramnik, Topalov,
White to play Krasenkow, Radjabov –½
Tomorrow is a day-off.
2 Worlds at War & The most interesting games of the 2nd
Bareev goes Top round in Wijk aan Zee B in my
opinion were Koneru – Karjakin and
T he second round of Wijk aan

Zee saw the encounter of two
World Champions.
Yesterday the FIDE World Champion

Hector – Kosteniuk. You may find
them in the cbv-file.
Round 2 results:
Koneru – Karjakin ½:½
Zhang Zhong – Stellwagen 1:0
Ruslan Ponomariov demonstrated Hector – Kosteniuk ½:½
feeble play against Evgeny Bareev and Naiditsch – Rogers ½:½
I think there were very few who Jonkman – Van der Wiel ½:½
believed he would be victorious over De Vreught – Nijboer 1:0
the Brain Games World Champion Acs – Cmilyte ½:½
Vladimir Kramnik. But Ruslan has
performed a miracle in outplaying Round 2 standings:
Vladimir in great positional style (see 1-3. Zhang Zhong, Hector,
the Annotated game). In the meantime Naiditsch – 1½
Bareev defeated the youngest player 4-11. Koneru, Karjakin, Stellwagen,
of the event Teimour Radjabov Rogers, Jonkman, Van der Wiel, De
convincingly and became sole leader Vreught, Nijboer – 1
with a perfect score. Another hero of 12-14. Kosteniuk, Cmilyte, Acs – ½
the day is Anand who was patiently
defending all the game through ♦ Gregory Kaidanov has taken a
against Topalov. Vesselin prepared an lead at the USA Championships He is
exchange sacrifice in a popular line of the only one who has a perfect score
the Petrov but Vishy parried all White's after 3 rounds. The game Akobian –
threats and obtained a winning Lapshun lasted 164 moves!
ending. The other games were drawn: Some results of the 3rd round:
Karpov – Shirov and Van Wely – Zaichik – Kaidanov 0:1
Polgar fought to the last but what can Kraai – Gulko 0:1
poor people do with rook endings ☺ ? Akobian – Lapshun ½:½
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Shabalov – Fedorowicz 1:0 Annotated Game

Perelshteyn – Kudrin 1:0
Browne – Christiansen ½:½
R Ponomariov (2734)
Yermolinsky – Foygel ½:½ V Kramnik (2807)
Nakamura – De Firmian ½:½ Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (2),
Stripunsky – Gurevich ½:½ 12.01.2003 E46
Fishbein – Krush ½:½
Goldin – Ashley ½:½ Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
Seirawan – Ippolito 1:0
Pixton – Benjamin 0:1 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3
XIIIIIIIIY
Serper – Lein ½:½ 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
Enhbat – J. Shahade ½:½ 9zppzpp+pzpp0
E. Donaldson – Kreiman 0:1 9-+-+psn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Round 3 standings: 9-vlPzP-+-+0
9+-sN-zP-+-0
1. Kaidanov – 3 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
2-6. Gulko, Akobian, Lapshun, 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
Shabalov, Perelshteyn – 2½ xiiiiiiiiy
7-25. Zaichik, Browne, Christiansen, The Rubinstein System of
Nakamura, De Firmian, Yermolinsky, Nimzowitsch Defence.
Foygel, Stripunsky, Gurevich, Ashley, 4...0–0 5.¤ge2
Benjamin, Seirawan, Kreiman, With this move White shows his
Muhammad, Sarkar, Kraai, Ivanov, desire to keep the pawn structure
Finegold, Paschall – 2 unbroken. Saving a tempo on the
26-38. Goldin, Lein, Kudrin, J. light-squared bishop's development
Shahade, Serper, Fedorowicz, Pruess, he doesn't allow his opponent to play
Watson, Fishbein, Enhbat, Krush, c7-c5 as it will be met by a2-a3.
Baginskaite, Kaufman – 1½, etc. 5...d5 6.a3 ¥e7 7.cxd5 ¤xd5
7...exd5 is of equal value.
♦ News from the Korchnoi - 8.¥d2
Sadvakasov match in Astana. A ploy which you can also meet in
the Petrosian System of the Queens
Korchnoi lost the 3rd game with Indian. White puts the bishop on d2
White. Sadvakasov leads 2:1. ready for the exchange on c3,
planning to take the long diagonal.
♦ Alexander Morozevich won The 8...¤d7
XIII rapid Chess Tournament Paul 8...¤f6 9.g3 ¤bd7 10.¥g2 c6 11.£c2
Keres Memorial in Tallinn. e5 12.¦d1 exd4 13.¤xd4 ¤b6 14.h3
1. Morozevich – 5½ ¤fd5 15.0–0 gave White a stable
2-3. Dreev, Miroshnichenko – 5 advantage in Graf - Xu Jun, Bled 2002;
4. Ehlvest – 4½ after 8...¤xc3 9.¤xc3 (9.¥xc3 b6÷)
5. Gavrikov – 3½ 9...c5 10.dxc5 ¥xc5 11.¤e4 ¥e7
6. Zontakh – 2½ 12.¥c3 White is slightly better,
7. Veingold – 2 Taimanov - Karpov, Leningrad 1973
8. Kanep – 1 9.g3
XIIIIIIIIY
WGM Pia Cramling of Sweden won 9r+lwq-trk+0
9zppzpnvlpzpp0
the women's tournament. Like 9-+-+p+-+0
Morozevich she scored 5½ points out 9+-+n+-+-0
of 7. 9-+-zP-+-+0
9zP-sN-zP-zP-0
9-zP-vLNzP-zP0
9tR-+QmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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9...b6 weaken the c5 point irremediably.

A new move. 9...¤xc3 10.¥xc3 c5 Which means that White is able to
was played in Volkov - Sakaev, New decide when the a-file will be
Delhi 2000. After 11.¥g2 cxd4 opened.
12.£xd4 ¥f6 13.£d6 ¤b6 14.£xd8 22...¥a6! 23.¦a1 ¥b5
¥xc3+ 15.¤xc3 ¦xd8 Black managed A silver lining: the bishop gets a
to equalize. good square at last. 23...¥c4 24.axb6
10.¤xd5 exd5 11.¥g2 ¤f6 12.0–0 axb6 25.e4²
¤e4 13.¦c1 24.¦dc1 ¦e8 25.axb6 axb6 26.¥f1
Ponomariov accepts the exchange of ¥xf1 27.¢xf1
the dark-squared bishop. In this case XIIIIIIIIY
it will be difficult for Black to prepare 9-+-+r+k+0
c7-c5 in view of the d5 pawn 9+-tr-+pzpp0
weakness. 9-zppwq-+-+0
13...¥b7 14.£c2 ¦c8 15.¦fd1 ¥d6 9+-+p+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zP-zP-+-+0
9-+rwq-trk+0 9+-wQ-zP-zP-0
9zplzp-+pzpp0 9-+-+-zP-zP0
9-zp-vl-+-+0 9tR-tR-+K+-0
9-+-zPn+-+0 In this position Black should look
9zP-+-zP-zP-0 carefully after his queenside pawns
9-zPQvLNzPLzP0 while White has no pawn to take care
9+-tRR+-mK-0 of.
xiiiiiiiiy 27...¦b8 28.¦a6 £d7 29.¢g1 h6
Kramnik isn't in a hurry with c7-c5 30.£a3 ¦cc8!
apparently considering the positions Preventing the exchange of a pair of
that would arise as favourable for rooks. It's better for Black to have two
White. Ponomariov tries to provoke rooks to protect the pawns.
this advance. 31.h4 £f5 32.¦a7 g5
16.¥b4! XIIIIIIIIY
An interesting move. White swaps his 9-trr+-+k+0
opponent's good bishop. The 9tR-+-+p+-0
exchange on b4 would open the a file 9-zpp+-+-zp0
for White. Besides Black will have to 9+-+p+qzp-0
forget about c5 for a long time. 9-zP-zP-+-zP0
16...£f6 9wQ-+-zP-zP-0
"Mini-trap". 9-+-+-zP-+0
17.¤c3 9+-tR-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
17.¥xd6? £xf2+
This move weakens Black's king
17...¤xc3 18.£xc3 c6 19.¥xd6
shield. Probably Vladimir decided to
£xd6 20.b4 play for a win. If White takes on g5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-trk+0 then after ...Kg7 threats along the h-
9zpl+-+pzpp0 file could be created. But Ruslan finds
9-zppwq-+-+0 an excellent reply. I think after the
9+-+p+-+-0 discreet 32...£e6 33.£a6 £d6 the
9-zP-zP-+-+0 game would have ended up in a draw.
9zP-wQ-zP-zP-0 33.h5! £f3 34.£d3!
9-+-+-zPLzP0 Kramnik didn't expect this idea and
9+-tRR+-mK-0 he lost his way.
xiiiiiiiiy 34...¢h8?!
White has a durable advantage on If 34...£xh5 then 35.£f5! £g6
the queenside. Kramnik begins to seek (queen's only move) 36.£xg6+ fxg6
a place for the bishop. 37.¦d7± and Black has too many
20...¦c7 21.a4 ¥c8 22.a5! weak pawns along the 6th rank.; but
Black can't take on a5 as it would maybe he could create a fortress by
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Black is already in serious troubles.
This move loses immediately. The Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
game could have been longer after Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
36...£f6 37.bxc6 ¦xc6 38.¦xf7+! ¢xf7 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
(38...£xf7 39.¦xc6+-) 39.£a7+ £e7 Maxim Notkin.
40.£xe7+ ¢xe7 41.¦xc6 b5 42.¦xh6
b4 43.¦c6 b3 44.¦c1 g4 45.¦b1 Technical editors: Graham Brown
37.dxc5 bxc5 and Ralph P. Marconi.
XIIIIIIIIY
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xiiiiiiiiy without express written permission.
Simply overlooking White's next
move. Anyway the desperate attack
37...d4 38.exd4 ¦e8 39.c6 ¦e2 40.¦f1
¦be8 41.£a3! didn't change anything
e.g. 41...¦8e3 42.¦xf7+! The position
of the day :)
38.£g6+!
Kramnik resigned.38.£g6+ ¢f8
(38...¢h8 39.¦xf7) 39.£xh6+ ¢g8
40.£xg5+ ¢h8 (40...¢f8 41.h6) 41.¦a6
1–0
31...¤h4+ 31...¤h4+ 32.gxh4 (32.¢g1

£xf1+ 33.¦xf1 ¦xf1#) 32...£g4+
33.¢h1 ¦xf1+ 34.¦xf1 ¦xf1# 0–1

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CT-14(798)
CT-14(798) 14th January 2003
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Quiz Today To: Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov,

FIDE President
By IM Maxim Notkin
Dear Mr. President,
Ashley (2485) - Nakamura (2520)
I would like to inform you that on 11-
XIIIIIIIIY 12th January 2003 I had a meeting in
9-+-mk-+-tr0 Wijk aan Zee (the Netherlands) with
9+-+r+-zp-0 Mr. G. Makropoulos, FIDE First Vice-
9p+-+L+-zp0 President, and Mr. Z. Azmaiparashvili,
FIDE Vice-President. Unfortunately,
9+pwq-+Q+-0 despite my frequent requests and
9-+-+-zP-+0 requests from the Ukrainian Chess
9+-+-+-+-0 Federation to obtain official minutes of
the FIDE General Assembly decisions
9PzPP+-+PzP0 (made in Bled in November 2002),
9+-mK-tR-+-0 concerning reunification World Chess
xiiiiiiiiy Championship and Prague Agree-
Black to play ments, we have not received such
documents. I believe that it is
Kanep (2445) - Ehlvest (2600) necessary to make a bilateral contract
Keres Memorial Rapid Tallinn EST (2), between FIDE and me, World
XIIIIIIIIY Champion, for the Ponomariov-
Kasparov Unification World Champ-
9-+-+-+k+0 ionship match. While I share with
9+r+-+pzp-0 FIDE big responsibility for the
9-+-+p+-zp0 unification of the chess world, I
9+-wQ-+-+-0 request keeping to generally accepted
international laws and procedures.
9-+PzPq+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Regretfully, a number of previous
9r+-+-zPPzP0 FIDE projects have not been put into
9+-tRR+-mK-0 practice. FIDE Grand Prix 2002 series
broke off after two tournaments
xiiiiiiiiy instead of five planned. No match was
Black to play organised between FIDE World
Champion and World Champion
among Computer Programs. There is
News Roundup also no clear vision of the next World
By IM Maxim Notkin Championship Cycle. The only thing
we have now is unapproved project of
T oday is a day-off in Wijk aan World Chess Championship for 2003-

Zee. Nevertheless we have a lot 2005.
of information from this small
Dutch town. The FIDE World Unfortunately, nobody consulted with
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov has me as FIDE World Champion while
published an Open Letter to the FIDE Prague Agreements were being
President. It was first published in developed and signed. The meeting in
Russian. The English translation is by Wijk aan Zee should have contributed
Zoya Vlassova, Chess Today. Please to further advancement of the
contact Chess Today regarding further unification of the chess world.
reproduction. However, Mr. President, I would like
This issue is prepared by IM Maxim Notkin & IM Nikolai Vlassov; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-14(798) Page 1 of 6
to draw your attention that staging girls champion, the Indian GM (for
such negotiations during my part- men!) Humpy Koneru and the Dutch
icipation in tournaments should not be youth champion Daniel Stellwagen
acceptable in the future. (both 15) as well as the German
grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch (17).
For my part, I confirm once again my Two of the world's strongest girls are
support of the Prague Agreements and also competing here: Alexandra
my readiness to meet in a match with Kosteniuk (17) and Viktorija Cmiltyte
Mr. Garry Kasparov, official FIDE (19) who is by now Mrs. Shirov. Both
Challenger. started with a loss to their younger
adversaries, Stellwagen and Naiditsch.
Yours sincerely, Around 1500 players of all levels and
ages are expected to take part in the
Ruslan Ponomariov, numerous events of the festival during
World Champion the next two weeks, among them
present and past members of the
We also received reports about the Dutch parliament.
first 2 rounds from IM Yochanan
Afek.
Round 1: It's the youth era in the chess

world and the compositions of the top
groups of the 65th edition of the Corus
festival held in the tiny Dutch tourist
resort of Wijk aan Zee, do keep up
with the spirit. It is the second year
that Kasparov has been absent (after
he had won the A group 3 times in a
row), yet the world's elite enjoys an
impressive representation led by Lock van Wely
world champions Vladimir Kramnik,
Viswananthan Anand and Ruslan Round 2: The extremely crowded
Ponomariov. weekends in De Moriaan, the
traditional venue of the Wijk aan Zee
The youngest participant in group A is annual festival, usually inspire the
Teymor Radjabov (15) and the local players for an even extra fighting spirit
chess community is represented here and indeed after the fairly peaceful
this year just by Loek van Wely and first round there were some more
Jan Timman, after the temporary bloody encounters yesterday in group
retirement of Jeroen Piket, a regular in A.
the top group for the last decade or so.
Bareev will try to defend his surprising The most curious encounter of the
victory from last year. Three players in round was undoubtedly the duel
the top group have already won it between the current world champions:
twice in the past: Anatoly Karpov Ponomariov launched a queenside
(1988&1993) and Jan Timman minority attack inserting heavy
(1981&1985) and Vishy Anand (shared pressure on Kramnik's vulnerable
in 1989 &1998). pawn structure there. Kramnik pushed
erroneously one of the shaky pawns
John van der Wiel (43) is acting as the overlooking a surprising deadly check
nestor of the B group in which Sergej on the other wing resulting from the
Karjakin is the youngest participant sudden opening of the ranks. That
who is celebrating today (Jan. 12th) his blunder, not under particularly severe
13th birthday. Other prominent time pressure, forced Kramnik's
teenagers in this group are the world immediate resignation.
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Bareev scored a second convincing shock winner that year to become

victory, this time against young (and still is) the youngest title holder.
Radjabov, by skillfully exploiting a "I just got good", was Fischer's
pair of advanced pawns in the center explanation of his unexpected victory
and the rather cramped position of and rise to prominence. From there he
black. Topalov defended heroically a never looked back. In 1964, Fischer
lost position, with an exchange down, exceeded Sammy Reshevsky's record
against Anand, just to postpone, for of five titles (though Sammy did go on
long hours, the inevitable defeat .In to claim another two after Fischer
the NBA basketball there is an 'retired' himself from the
accurate term for it – garbage time! Championships) in impressive style as
he notched up the most extraordinary
Shirov got a slightly inferior 4 rooks record ever achieved in a modern,
ending against Karpov, a type of national competition: He won all
position which the ex-world eleven games, most of which were
champion often manages to squeeze against top grandmaster-level
the whole point from .Yet Alexei opponents. By 1966 when he played
handled the ending accurately in his eighth and final US
navigating it to a peaceful conclusion. Championships, Fischer set yet
The most attractive game in group B another record: Winning the title on
was the rather sharp battle between every appearance – played eight, won
the youngest players of the field in eight! The only one of his records so
which Karjakin, celebrating yesterday far that has been beaten is that of
his 13th birthday, managed to get a youngest-ever competitor - an honor
rook Knight and a bishop for his that now belongs to last year's AF4C
queen. However Koneru's queen wild card Hana Itkis, who was 13
proved to be extremely active against when she played. By the end of the
the young Ukrainian's exposed king, fourth round of the current
thus forcing perpetual check. championship, Fischer can rest in the
knowledge that this year the rest of his
Yochanan Afek records will remain intact – and in
particular that of winning with a
♦ USA Championships: Alexander perfect score as sole leader Gregory
Shabalov has caught up with Gregory Kaidanov ceded the draw to 2002
Kaidanov after round 4. They share Samford Fellowship recipient
the lead with 3½ points. Varuzhan Akobian. At one stage it
looked as if Kaidanov, who is in the
Below is John Henderson's report hunt for his first US title, was coming
about Round 4. jbh@af4c.org under a lot of pressure in the good
knight vs. bad bishop ending.
However Kaidanov held on to stay
In the shoes of the unbeaten and in the joint lead with
Fischerman 3.5/4. Joining him in equal first is two-
time joint winner (1993 and 2000)
D espite having last played in Alexander "Shabba" Shabalov who

the US Championships in expertly converted his endgame
1966, to this day Bobby advantage against Yuri Lapshun
Fischer continues to cast a giant through for the full point. In a nice
shadow over the US Championships little note to this game, Lapshun, who
by holding just about all the major was the 'guilty' party in his 164-move
records for the event. The erratic game the previous round to Akobian,
genius first came to world prominence picked up his tournament bulletin
in 1957 when he made his debut in before the start of the game, looked at
the national championships in New the amount of space (nearly a whole
York. The precarious fourteen-year- page!) his game had taken up and just
old rank-outsider proved to be the shook his head in disbelief – and no
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wonder when at least 80 of them were 3-7. Gulko, Akobian, Christiansen,

superfluous! Joining the chasing pack Nakamura, Perelshteyn – 3
just a half point behind the leaders is 8-25. Seirawan, Benjamin, De Firmian,
defending champion Larry Stripunsky, Yermolinsky, Finegold,
Christiansen, who beat Santa Fe's Ivanov, Zaitshik, Kreiman, Fishbein,
finest Jesse Kraai. Also getting in on Lapshun, Browne, Gurevich, Foygel,
the action is the 2001 US Junior Paschall, Lein, Muhammad, Sarkar –
Champion Hikaru Nakamura, 15, after 2½
Maurice Ashley's sacrificial assault 26-41. Goldin, Serper, Kudrin,
spectacularly back-fired after he failed Fedorowicz, Ashley, Mulyar, Kraai, G.
to spot the obvious defence. Shahade, Enhbat, Kriventsov, Ippolito,
Nakamura, who holds the national Burnett, Kaufman, Baginskaite, Krush,
record for being (at 10) the youngest Watson – 2
American ever to earn the master title, 42-46. Pixton, J Donaldson, E
puts himself up with the leaders and Donaldson, J Shahade, Pruess – 1½
the chance to become the youngest 47-53. Bennett, Battsetseg, Hahn,
winner of the title since Fischer. And, Epstein, Sagalchik, Groberman, Shiber
with two GM norms already under his –1
belt, Nakamura could be in-line for a 54-58. Markzon, Esserman, Tsai, Ross,
third and final norm to become the Levina – ½
youngest American GM since Fischer.
Round 4 results:
Kaidanov – Akobian ½:½
Gulko – Perelshteyn ½:½
Lapshun – Shabalov 0:1
Kreiman – Seirawan ½:½
Benjamin – Zaichik ½:½
Kudrin – Baginskaite ½:½
J. Shahade – Fishbein 0:1
De Firmian – Browne ½:½
Foygel – Stripunsky ½:½
Christiansen – Kraai 1:0
Gurevich – Yermolinsky ½:½
Finegold – Muhammad ½:½
Ivanov – Paschall ½:½ GM Kaidanov
Ashley – Nakamura 0:1
Goldin – Sarkar ½:½
Krush – Serper ½:½ Annotated Game
Fedorowicz – Kaufman ½:½
Watson – Enhbat ½:½ E Bareev (2729)
Lein – Pruess 1:0 T Radjabov (2624)
Mulyar – Battsetseg 1:0 Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (2),
G. Shahade – O. Sagalchik 1:0 12.01.2003 - E97
Pixton – E. Donaldson ½:½
Hahn – Kriventsov 0:1 Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov
Ippolito – Shiber 1:0
Epstein – Burnett 0:1 I could not select a game among
J. Donaldson – Ross 1:0 those played in the first three rounds
Groberman – Bennett ½:½ of the USA Championship that I
Markzon – Tsai ½:½ wanted to comment. But I did find the
Esserman – Levina ½:½ one I was looking for one among the
Wijk aan Zee tournament games!
Round 4 standings: 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4
1-2. Kaidanov, Shabalov – 3½ d6 5.¥e2 0–0 6.¤f3 e5 7.0–0 ¤c6
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8.d5 ¤e7 9.b4 ¤h5 10.¦e1 f5 Eugeny is not speeding things up.
11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.f3 ¤h5 15...a6
XIIIIIIIIY The daring of the following move
9r+lwq-trk+0 was not a success: 15...¤exd5?!
9zppzp-sn-vlp0 16.¤xd5 £xg5 17.¥xf4 exf4 18.¤xc7
9-+-zp-+p+0 fxe4 19.¦xe4 ¥h3 20.¦e2!± and
9+-+PzppsNn0 White has extra material.
9-zPP+P+-+0 16.¢h1
9+-sN-+P+-0 White is just making useful moves,
9P+-+L+PzP0 waiting for Black's "request" to take
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy the knight away from g5.
This is the principled line of the 16...h6 17.¤e6 ¤xe6 18.dxe6 ¤c6
Kings' Indian Defense, which used to Black had an idea to capture the d4-
bring resounding victories to Bareev: square with his knight and to
12...c6 13.¢h1 h6 14.¤e6 ¥xe6 "surround" the pawn on e6. But he
15.dxe6 ¤e8 16.£b3 ¤c7 17.c5 d5 failed to do it because he did not
18.exd5 cxd5 19.¥b2 £e8 20.¦ad1 manage to keep the position closed.
19.b5 ¤d4 20.bxa6 bxa6 21.¥a3!
¦d8 21.a4 a6 22.b5 ¢h7 23.¥a3 ¤xe6
24.bxa6 ¤d4 25.£xb7 ¦b8 26.£c7 XIIIIIIIIY
¤c2 27.¤b5 Bareev-Topalov Dort- 9r+lwq-tr-mk0
mund 2002/WCR collection/1–0 (61) 9+-zp-+-vl-0
13.c5 ¤f4 14.¥c4 ¢h8 15.¦b1N
9p+-zpP+pzp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zP-zpp+-0
9r+lwq-tr-mk0 9-+LsnP+-+0
9zppzp-sn-vlp0 9vL-sN-+P+-0
9-+-zp-+p+0 9P+-+-+PzP0
9+-zPPzppsN-0 9+R+QtR-+K0
9-zPL+Psn-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-+P+-0 It is already clear that actions
9P+-+-+PzP0 undertaken on moves 15–16 are more
9+RvLQtR-mK-0 in favour of White than Black. It is not
xiiiiiiiiy possible to remove the e6-splinter
The following has occurred before: painlessly.
15.¤e6 ¥xe6 16.dxe6 fxe4 17.fxe4 21...¦e8 22.¥d5! c6
¤c6 18.¥e3 ¤d4 19.¦c1 dxc5 20.bxc5 XIIIIIIIIY
¤fxe6 21.c6 bxc6 22.¥xe6 ¤xe6 9r+lwqr+-mk0
23.£xd8 ¦fxd8 24.¤a4 ¤d4 25.¤c5 9+-+-+-vl-0
¦ab8 26.¥g5 ¦e8 27.¤d3 ¦b5 28.¦c4
a5 29.¢f2 ¦f8+ 30.¢e3 ¤e6 31.h4 ¦f7 9p+pzpP+pzp0
32.¢d2 ¦d7 33.¦ec1 ¤xg5 34.hxg5 9+-zPLzpp+-0
¥f8 35.¦xc6 ¥e7 36.¢e2 ¥xg5 9-+-snP+-+0
37.¦1c5 ¦xc5 ½–½ Tukmakov,V- 9vL-sN-+P+-0
Efimenko,Z/Lausanne
2001/KasparovChess collection (37); è 9P+-+-+PzP0
15.g3 h6 16.¤e6 ¤xe6 17.dxe6 ¤c6 9+R+QtR-+K0
18.cxd6 cxd6 19.¤b5 ¥xe6 20.¥xe6 xiiiiiiiiy
£b6+ 21.¥e3 £xb5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.a4 After 22...¥xe6 23.¥xa8 £xa8
£xb4 24.¦b1 £a3 25.¦xb7 ¤d8 24.cxd6 cxd6 25.¦b6! Black has no
26.¥c1 £c5+ 27.¥e3 £a3 28.¥c1 compensation for exchange.
£c5+ 29.¥e3 £a3 ½–½ Najer,E- 23.cxd6! ¥xe6
Voitsekhovsky,S/St Petersburg RUS This is an imaginary piece sacrifice.
2002/The Week in Chess 417 (29) Obviously, it should not be taken:
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25...¤b5 26.£b3 £e8 27.¦ed1
¦d8 28.¤xb5!
The right decision! Every further
exchange shows more clearly the
pitiful role of the g7-knight.
28...axb5 29.a4 bxa4 30.£xa4 ¥f8
31.d7 £f7 32.£a5
It is not easy to play the King's Indian
Defence again after such defeats. I
think Tejmur has to study openings
more careful in order to hold among
elite players. And so far Bareev is in
sole lead in Wijk aan Zee! 1–0
25...£f2! 0–1
28...¦xf2! 28...¦xf2 29.¢xf2 ¦b2+

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CT-15(799) 15th January 2003
Quiz Today President cannot be responsible for

Stellwagen - Koneru such behavior and in consequence
Corus Chess Tournament 2003 Wijk have decided to break all relations
aan Zee, 2003 with the Einstein Group.
XIIIIIIIIY NAO CHESS CLUB
9-+-+-+-tR0 Paris, 14th January 2003
9+-+-+kzp-0
Just recall that in the 1st Round of the
9-+p+-sn-+0 65th Corus Chess tournament Evgenij
9zpp+-+QzP-0 Bareev beat Ruslan Ponomariov, and
9-+-zP-+r+0 in the 2nd Round Ponomariov beat
9+-zP-+-+-0 Vladimir Kramnik. And now, in the 3rd
9-+-+q+-+0 Round Kramnik beat Bareev – the
9+-+-+R+K0 circle has closed ☺. As on the 1st day
xiiiiiiiiy Vladimir played 1.e2-e4 – it looks like
White to play he decided to change his opening
repertoire radically. His former second
chose the Caro-Kann, where White
Chess News received a bit better ending. To know
by IM Vladmir Barsky what happened see our annotated
game section. Another World
S o far, a day hasn't gone by in

January without an open letter or
at least press release appearing in
public ☺. TWIC has published the
Champion, Ruslan Ponomariov, had a
very inferior position vs. Michael
Krasenkow, but he was able to find a
miracle escape.
following one:
Mrs. Nahed OJJEH, President of NAO Anand – Van Wely ½:½
Chess Club, has decided to break all Polgar – Timman 1:0
relations with the Einstein group. Kramnik – Bareev 1:0
Since its creation, NAO Chess Club Shirov – Ivanchuk ½:½
and its president Mrs. Nahed OJJEH Grischuk – Karpov ½:½
have been seeking the development Krasenkow – Ponomariov ½:½
as well as the reunification of the Radjabov – Topalov 0:1
world of chess. In that spirit, in July
2002, to guarantee the success of the Round 3 Standings:
"Candidates Tournament", first phase 1-4. Karpov, Anand, Polgar,
of the reunification process, Mrs. Bareev – 2 points out of 3
OJJEH put up a prize-fund of 300,000 5-11. Van Wely, Kramnik, Shirov,
Euros. The Einstein Group, in charge Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Ponomariov,
of the event, did not respect its Topalov – 1½
engagement. It did not pay out the 12-13. Timman, Krasenkow – 1
whole sum allocated to the players for 14. Radjabov – ½
the tournament. Some participants,
among them Evgeny BAREEV and Pairing for the 4th Round:
Boris GELFAND, were not paid. For Bareev – Topalov
the past four months, NAO's inquiries van Wely – Radjabov
have remained unanswered by the Timman – Anand
Einstein Group. The Einstein Group Karpov – Polgar
claims it is not responsible, giving false Ivanchuk – Grischuk
excuses. This is both scandalous and Ponomariov – Shirov
unacceptable. These carry prejudices Kramnik – Krasenkow
to the players and discredit the world
of chess. The NAO Chess Club and its
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Tournament B Kramnik-Bareev
Results of the 3rd Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Nijboer – Hector 1:0 9r+-+-tr-+0
Cmilyte – de Vreugt 0:1 9zp-mk-snpzp-0
Rogers – Acs 1:0 9-+ptRp+-zp0
van der Wiel – Naiditsch ½:½ 9+pzP-zP-+P0
Karjakin – Jonkman 1:0 9-+-+-+P+0
Stellwagen – Koneru 1:0 9+P+-vLR+-0
9P+K+-zP-+0
Kosteniuk – Zhong 0:1 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Round 3 Standings: Black to play, position after 29. ¦d6!
1. Zhong – 2½ points out of 3
It is important that White could
2-7. de Vreugt, Nijboer, Rogers, occupy the d6-outpost before Black
Karjakin, Stellwagen, Naiditsch – 2 plugged the d-file with ...Nd5.
8-9. van der Wiel, Hector – 1 ½ 29...a5 30.g5! hxg5 31.¥xg5 ¤f5
10-11. Koneru, Jonkman – 1 [31...¤d5 32.h6!]
12-14. Cmilyte, Kosteniuk, Acs – ½ 32.¦d1 a4 33.b4 ¢c8 34.¦fd3 ¦a7
35.¦d8+ ¦xd8 36.¦xd8+ ¢b7
Pairing for the 4th Round: 37.¢c3 ¢a6 38.¢d3 ¦c7 39.¢e4
Hector – Zhong ¢b7 40.¦d1 ¢c8 41.¦d8+ ¢b7
Koneru – Kosteniuk 42.¢f4 ¦c8 43.¦d7+ ¦c7 44.¦d3
Jonkman – Stellwagen ¢c8 45.¦d8+ ¢b7 (D)
Naiditsch – Karjakin XIIIIIIIIY
Acs – van der Wiel 9-+-tR-+-+0
de Vreugt – Rogers 9+ktr-+pzp-0
Nijboer – Cmilyte 9-+p+p+-+0
9+pzP-zPnvLP0
Also we found some short annotations 9pzP-+-mK-+0
by GM Valery Popov posted at: 9+-+-+-+-0
www.ruschess.com 9P+-+-zP-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Wijk aan Zee, round 3 xiiiiiiiiy
White turned his advantage into a
by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for victory with a brilliant quiet sacrifice:
Chess Today; notes to games by GM 46.¥f6!! g6
Alex Baburin Or 46...gxf6 47.exf6 ¦c8 48.¦xc8
¢xc8 49.¢g5 ¢d7 50.h6 ¤xh6
51.¢xh6 e5 52.¢h7!! ¢e6 53.¢g7 e4
A rest day following a tiring

weekend seemed to restore the
fighting spirit on the podium of
De Moriaan, the traditional venue of
54.a3 and White wins the pawn
ending.
47.hxg6 fxg6 48.¢g5 1–0.
the Corus festival. The highlight of the However the public prize of the day
third round was the impressive was awarded to Veselin Topalov who
comeback of world champion played, as Black a rather inventive
Vladimir Kramnik. Playing the main game against young Tejmour
line of the Caro-Kann as White, Radjabov. The Bulgarian sacrificed the
probably for the first time at such a exchange for a pawn and strong
level, Kramnik's spatial advantage and initiative, based on his harmonious
control over an open file in the officers that dominated successfully his
ending, earned him the victory. opponent's exposed king as well as
his misplaced rooks.
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Radjabov-Topalov With no prior provocation he moved

XIIIIIIIIY his well-placed knight from its
9-+-wq-+k+0 favourable stronghold d5 to the edge
9+-+-+p+p0 of the board, in order to get rid of his
9p+-+r+p+0 opponent's pair of bishops. However,
9+-+p+-+-0 later he failed to find a good place for
9-+pzP-+-vl0 the knight, which was eventually
9wQ-+-+-+-0 pinned and lost.
9PzP-+-zPRzP0
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 20...¤b6?! 21.¦c2 ¤a4 22.£a1
White to play £e4 23.¦d2 ¥c5 24.¥xc5 ¤xc5
25.£c3 ¦xd2 26.£xd2 g6 27.¦c1
28.£c3 £e7 29.b3 £a3 30.£c2 £e5 28.f4 £f5 29.£d6 ¦c8 30.b4
£e7 31.¢f1 cxb3 32.£xb3 £d6 (D)
33.£d3 £f4 34.£d2 £f5 35.£d3 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-+k+0
¦e4 36.£b3 ¢g7 37.£d3 h5 9+-+-+p+p0
38.£b3 ¥f6 39.¦g3 ¦f4 40.£e3 h4 9p+-wQp+p+0
41.¦g2 ¦f3 42.£e2 a5 43.¢g1 ¦f4 9+-sn-+q+-0
44.¢h1 ¦e4 45.£f1 a4 46.¦d2 9-zP-+-zP-+0
¥xd4 47.£d1 ¥e5 48.f3 ¦b4 9+-+-+-+-0
49.¦d3 h3 50.¦e2 d4 51.¦f2 ¥f4 9P+-+L+PzP0
52.£e2 ¦b1+ 53.¦d1 d3 54.£f1 9+-tR-+-mK-0
¦xd1 55.£xd1 d2 56.¦e2 £d3 xiiiiiiiiy
57.¦f2 ¥e3 58.¦f1 ¥d4 59.a3 ¢g8 30...£e4 31.£d2 1–0.
60.f4 £e4+ 61.¦f3 ¥f2 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY The draws Shirov-Ivanchuk (the
9-+-+-+k+0 Kalashnikov Variation, 20 moves) and
9+-+-+p+-0 Grischuk- Karpov (the Petroff, 35
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+-+-+-0 moves) were not particularly exciting,
9p+-+qzP-+0 while Krasenkov tried hard against
9zP-+-+R+p0 Ponomariov in a 4 bishops ending
9-+-zp-vl-zP0 before being forced into a drawn
9+-+Q+-+K0 position.
xiiiiiiiiy
Complete zugzwang! 0–1. Group B saw all three young ladies
badly treated: 15 year old Dutch
The chain of successive draws of the junior champion, Daniel Stellwagen
local representative was finally cut scored his second well-deserved
today. While van Wely drew again, victory in the tournament, this time
this time rather comfortably as Black over Humpi Koneru, who is a year
against Anand in the main line of the younger than him. Kostenjuk and
Sveshnikov, Timman got into trouble Smilyte had a similar fate against
against Mrs. Polgar, following a Zhong and de Vreugt respectively. The
peculiar knight manoeuvre. youngest GM ever Sergej Karjakin (13
years and 2 days old!) cracked
J. Polgar – Timman Jonkman's Berlin Wall in the Ruy
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-tr-+k+0 Lopez after the latter took a poisoned
9+q+-vlpzpp0 pawn.
9p+-+p+-+0
9+-+n+-+-0 Two other wins – of Rogers over Acs
9-+RvL-+-+0 and Nijboer over Hector – made this
9+P+-+-+-0 round the most uncompromising in
9PwQ-+LzPPzP0 WAZ so far.
9+-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black to play
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13-25. Finegold, Ivanov, Serper,
Nijboer-Hector Zaitshik, Kreiman, Gurevich, Foygel,
XIIIIIIIIY Perelshteyn, Mulyar, Kraai, Paschall,
9r+l+r+k+0 Burnett, Sarkar – 3 etc.
9+pwqp+n+p0
9p+nzp-zppvL0 Darmen Sadvakasov won with White
9+-+-+-+-0 the 4th game of his match in Astana,
9-+-sNP+-+0 Kazakhstan vs. Victor Korchnoi. So the
9+L+-+-+-0 score is 3:1 now in favour of much
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 younger grandmaster.
9+-tRQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play ¤¤¤
Annotated Game
20.¤f5! ¦e6 21.¥f4 gxf5 22.exf5 Kramnik
¢f8 23.fxe6 dxe6 24.£h5 ¤fe5 Bareev
25.¦fd1 d5 26.¥xe5 fxe5 27.¦c3 Event: Corus Chess Tournament 2003
¢e7 (D) Wijk aan Zee, 2003 - [B19]
XIIIIIIIIY Annotations by IM Vladimir Barsky
9r+l+-+-+0
9+pwq-mk-+p0 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3
9p+n+p+-+0 The sharper 3.e5!? has almost
9+-+pzp-+Q0 become the main weapon vs. the
9-+-+-+-+0 Karo-Kann defence. But Kramnik
9+LtR-+-+-0 chooses the more solid, classical
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 continuation.
9+-+R+-mK-0 3...dxe4 4.¤xe4 ¥f5 (D)
xiiiiiiiiy
28.¥xd5! 1–0 Black resigned in view XIIIIIIIIY
of 28... exd5 29.£xh7+ ¢d6 30.¦xd5+ 9rsn-wqkvlntr0
¢xd5 31.£xc7. 9zpp+-zppzpp0
9-+p+-+-+0
GMs Gregory Kaidanov and Alexander 9+-+-+l+-0
Shabalov are leading with 4 points 9-+-zPN+-+0
after the 5th round of the USA 9+-+-+-+-0
Championships. We are waiting for a 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
new reports by John Henderson, so 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
for now we offer you only technical xiiiiiiiiy
information:
The main alternative is 4...¤d7.
th 5.¤g3 ¥g6 6.h4 h6 7.¤f3 ¤d7
Round 5 results:
8.h5 (D)
Shabalov – Kaidanov ½:½
Akobian – Gulko ½:½ XIIIIIIIIY
Nakamura – Christiansen ½:½ 9r+-wqkvlntr0
Perelshteyn – Benjamin 0:1 9zpp+nzppzp-0
Seirawan – Lapshun 1:0 9-+p+-+lzp0
E. Donaldson – J. Shahade ½:½ 9+-+-+-+P0
Fishbein – De Firmian 1:0 9-+-zP-+-+0
Stripunsky – Browne 1:0 9+-+-+NsN-0
Yermolinsky – Lein 1:0 9PzPP+-zPP+0
Paschall – Finegold ½:½ 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Round 5th Standings: Is this move useful for White or is it
1-2. Kaidanov, Shabalov – 4 points better to keep the pawn on h4? There
3-12. Gulko, Seirawan, Benjamin, was a lot of debate about it 30–40
Stripunsky, Christiansen, Yermolinsky, years ago. As I know the more
Akobian, Nakamura, Fishbein, popular plan now is h4-h5.
Muhammad – 3½ 8...¥h7 9.¥d3 ¥xd3 10.£xd3
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¤gf6 11.¥f4 e6 12.0–0–0 ¥e7 A well calculated and evaluated

13.¤e4 (D) move! Yes, the knight on d5 could be
XIIIIIIIIY even stronger than Bishop e3, but
9r+-wqk+-tr0 Black has to spend a lot of tempi to
9zpp+nvlpzp-0 place his knight onto this central
9-+p+psn-zp0 outpost. And White gains time to
9+-+-+-+P0 exploit his space advantage and begin
9-+-zPNvL-+0 an offensive on the king side.
9+-+Q+N+-0 25...¥xe5 26.dxe5 ¤c8 27.¦h3!
9PzPP+-zPP+0 ¤e7 28.¦f3 ¦hf8 29.¦d6 a5
9+-mKR+-+R0 29...¤c8 30.¦d4 ¤e7 31.¦df4.
xiiiiiiiiy
30.g5 hxg5 31.¥xg5(D)
Vladimir Kramnik isn't afraid of
exchanges. He likes to realize (and is XIIIIIIIIY
able to do it!) even the smallest 9r+-+-tr-+0
positional advantage. 9+-mk-snpzp-0
13...¤xe4 14.£xe4 ¤f6 15.£d3 9-+ptRp+-+0
£d5 16.c4 £e4 17.£xe4 ¤xe4 9zppzP-zP-vLP0
18.¥e3 ¤d6 19.b3 ¥f6 (D) 9-+-+-+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+P+-+R+-0
9r+-+k+-tr0 9P+K+-zP-+0
9zpp+-+pzp-0
9-+psnpvl-zp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+-+-+P0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+PzP-+-+0 31...¤f5
9+P+-vLN+-0 The knight must go here. [After
9P+-+-zPP+0 31...¤d5 32.h6 White will win the f7-
9+-mKR+-+R0 pawn very soon.
xiiiiiiiiy 32.¦d1 a4 33.b4 ¢c8 34.¦fd3 ¦a7
What can we say about this 35.¦d8+ ¦xd8 36.¦xd8+ ¢b7
endgame? White has a bit more space, 37.¢c3 ¢a6 38.¢d3 ¦c7 39.¢e4
Black hasn't any pawn weaknesses. ¢b7 40.¦d1 ¢c8 41.¦d8+ ¢b7
Draw? 42.¢f4 ¦c8 43.¦d7+ ¦c7 44.¦d3
20.g4 Of course no player would exchange
Not at all. their active piece.
20...b5!? 44...¢c8 45.¦d8+ ¢b7 (D)
Bareev tries to find counter-play on XIIIIIIIIY
the queen side. In general, b7-b5 is a 9-+-tR-+-+0
typical move with such pawn structure 9+ktr-+pzp-0
- Black would like to receive d5- 9-+p+p+-+0
square for his knight.
21.¤d2 ¢d7 22.¢c2 ¥d8?! 9+pzP-zPnvLP0
A tactical inaccuracy, which is 9pzP-+-mK-+0
exploited by White immediately. 9+-+-+-+-0
Interesting was 22...a5 9P+-+-zP-+0
23.¤f3! ¥f6 9+-+-+-+-0
23...bxc4 24.¤e5+ ¢c7 25.bxc4. xiiiiiiiiy
24.¤e5+ ¢c7 25.c5! (D) 46.¥f6!
XIIIIIIIIY The final blow!
9r+-+-+-tr0 46...g6
9zp-mk-+pzp-0 In case of 46...gxf6 47.exf6 h5 -
9-+psnpvl-zp0 pawn, after Kf4-g5 has to bring home
9+pzP-sN-+P0 the victory.
9-+-zP-+P+0 47.hxg6 fxg6 48.¢g5
9+P+-vL-+-0
9P+K+-zP-+0 A very nice technical victory by
9+-+R+-+R0 Vladimir Kramnik! 1–0.
xiiiiiiiiy
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Stellwagen - Koneru
Corus Chess Tournament 2003 Wijk
aan Zee, 2003
51.£d7+ ¢g6 52.¦xf6+! gxf6
53.¦g8+ 1–0.

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Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim
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th
Quiz Today XIIIIIIIIY

9r+-wq-trk+0
Stripunsky (2554) - Browne (2484) 9zplzpnvlpzp-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-zp-+p+-zp0
9-+l+-+-tr0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zP-zP-+-+0
9zp-+q+k+-0 9zP-wQ-zPN+-0
9-zp-+-zp-tr0 9-vL-+-zPPzP0
9+-+p+-zpN0 9+-+RmKL+R0
9-+pzP-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-zP-+Q+R0 12...a5
"I played it because I didn't want to
9PzP-+-zPK+0 be tortured again by Anatoly. If I had
9+-+-tR-+-0 to lose, at least to have the game my
xiiiiiiiiy way...".
White to play 13.b5 ¦c8 14.£b3 c6 15.bxc6
¥xc6 16.¥b5? (D)
Serper (2556) - Ippolito (2378) Karpov's 16.¥b5 seems a severe
ch-USA Seattle USA (5), 13.01.2003 blunder totally ignoring the fine blow
XIIIIIIIIY 16... ¥b4+!, after which Black got the
upper hand and never looked back.
9r+l+ntrk+0 The game was awarded with the daily
9zpp+n+pzp-0 public prize.
9-+-+-+-wq0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zPp+-+-0 9-+rwq-trk+0
9-zP-vL-+-+0 9+-+nvlpzp-0
9zP-+Lzp-+N0 9-zpl+p+-zp0
9-wQ-+-+-+0 9zpL+-+-+-0
9+-mKR+-+R0 9-+-zP-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zPQ+-zPN+-0
White to play 9-vL-+-zPPzP0
9+-+RmK-+R0
Wijk aan Zee, Round 4 xiiiiiiiiy
www.coruschess.com 16...¥b4+! 17.axb4 ¥xb5 18.bxa5
by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for ¥c4 19.£a3 bxa5 20.£d6 ¥b5
Chess Today; notes to games by GM 21.d5 ¦c2 22.¦d2 £c8 23.£a3
Alex Baburin ¦xd2 24.¢xd2 ¤b6 25.£c3 ¤c4+
26.¢c2 e5 27.¢b1 £g4 28.¦c1
J udith Polgar was the heroine of

the 4th round in the WAZ festival,
scoring her first classical chess
victory ever against ex-world
¦b8 29.¦c2 f6 30.d6 £xg2 31.¤d2
£h1+ 32.¢a2 ¤xd6 33.£c5 ¦c8
0–1
champion Anatoly Karpov. Her 12...a5
move seems to be new. Another upset for White was
witnessed in the Ponomariov-Shirov
Karpov - Polgar game with a well-known queen
1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 sacrifice in the Botvinnik variation of
¥b7 5.¤c3 d5 6.cxd5 ¤xd5 7.£c2 the Slav, first introduced against Shirov
¤xc3 8.£xc3 h6 9.e3 ¤d7 10.b4 himself by Ivanchuk on the very same
¥e7 11.¥b2 0–0 12.¦d1 (D) podium in 1996.
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Ponomariov - Shirov seems to be enjoying his new romance

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 with 1.e4 openings immensely.
e6 5.¥g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 Yesterday he obtained an edge with
8.¥h4 g5 9.¤xg5 hxg5 10.¥xg5 the bishop opening against Krasenkov
¤bd7 11.g3 ¥b7 12.¥g2 £b6 and won a fine ending in a study-like
13.exf6 0–0–0 14.0–0 c5 15.d5 b4 manner starting with 69. h6! and
16.¤a4 £b5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 ending with a rare mate net after 7
cxb4 19.¥e3 ¤c5 20.£g4+ ¦d7 hours play.
21.£g7 ¥xg7 22.fxg7 ¦g8
23.¤xc5 (D) Kramnik - Krasenkow
XIIIIIIIIY 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.c3
9-+k+-+r+0 ¤f6 5.d3 a6 6.¥b3 0–0 7.0–0 d5
9zpl+r+pzP-0 8.exd5 ¤xd5 9.h3 ¤b6 10.¦e1 h6
9-+-+-+-+0 11.¤bd2 £xd3 12.¤xe5 £g3
9+qsNp+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zpp+-+-+0 9r+l+-trk+0
9+-+-vL-zP-0 9+pzp-+pzp-0
9-zP-+-zPLzP0 9psnn+-+-zp0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9+-vl-sN-+-0
This time Shirov sacked back his own 9+LzP-+-wqP0
queen at the right moment and easily 9PzP-sN-zPP+0
won with his already advanced pawns 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
on the queenside. xiiiiiiiiy
23...¦xg7N 13.£f3 £xf3 14.¤dxf3 ¤e7
23...d4 24.¥xb7+ ¦xb7 25.¤xb7 £b6 15.¤d3 ¥d6 16.¥f4 ¤g6 17.¥xd6
26.¥xd4 £xd4 27.¦fd1 £xb2 28.¤d6+ cxd6 18.¦e4 a5 19.¦d4 ¦d8
¢b8 29.¦db1 £xg7 30.¦xb4+ ¢c7 20.¦d1 d5 21.¤c5 ¤e7 22.a4 ¦e8
31.¦a6 ¦b8 32.¦xa7+ ¢xd6 33.¦xb8 23.¦4d2 ¤d7 24.¤xd7 ¥xd7 25.c4
£g4 34.¦d8+ ¢c6 35.¦a1 1–0 dxc4 26.¦xd7 cxb3 27.¦xb7 ¦ab8
Ivanchuk-Shirov, Wijk aan Zee 1996. 28.¦dd7 ¤c6 29.¦xf7 ¦xb7
24.¤xd7 £xd7 25.¦xa7 ¦g6 30.¦xb7 ¦e4 31.¦xb3 ¦xa4
26.¦fa1 ¦e6 27.¥d4 ¦e2 28.h4 32.¦b6 ¦c4 33.g3 a4 34.h4 ¤d4
¦d2 29.¥e3 ¦xb2 30.¦1a5 b3 35.¤e5 ¦c5 36.¦b8+ ¢h7 37.¤d7
31.¦c5+ ¢d8 32.¦xb7 £xb7 ¦b5 38.¦a8 ¤e2+ 39.¢g2 ¦xb2
33.¦xd5+ £xd5 34.¥xd5 ¦b1+ 40.h5! (D)
35.¢g2 b2 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9R+-+-+-+0
9-+-mk-+-+0 9+-+N+-zpk0
9+-+-+p+-0 9-+-+-+-zp0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+-+-+P0
9+-+L+-+-0 9p+-+-+-+0
9-+p+-+-zP0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9+-+-vL-zP-0 9-tr-+nzPK+0
9-zp-+-zPK+0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+r+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 40...¤c3 41.¤e5 ¦b5 42.f4 ¤e4
36.¥e4 ¦d1 37.¥g5+ ¢e8 38.¥f6 43.g4 ¤f6 44.¤g6 ¤g8 45.¤f8+
b1£ 39.¥xb1 ¦xb1 40.h5 ¢f8 ¢h8 46.¤g6+ ¢h7 47.¢f3 ¦b3+
41.g4 ¦d1 42.¥b2 ¢g8 0–1 48.¢e4 a3 49.¤f8+ ¢h8 50.¤g6+
¢h7 51.g5 hxg5 52.fxg5 ¦b4+
The honour of White in this round 53.¢f5 ¦b5+ 54.¢g4 ¦b4+ 55.¢f5
was eventually redeemed by World ¦b5+ 56.¢g4 ¦b4+ 57.¤f4 a2
Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who 58.¦xa2 ¤e7 59.¦a8 ¤g8 60.¦a7
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XIIIIIIIIY
¢h8 61.¦a8 ¢h7 62.¦f8 ¢h8 9-+-wq-+k+0
63.¢f3 ¦b3+ 64.¢e4 ¦b4+ 65.¢e5 9zp-+-+pzp-0
¦b5+ 66.¤d5 ¦a5 67.¦d8 ¢h7 9-zp-+nsn-zp0
68.g6+ ¢h8 (D) 9+P+-zp-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+P+-vL0
9-+-tR-+nmk0 9+-+-+P+-0
9+-+-+-zp-0 9P+Q+L+PzP0
9-+-+-+P+0 9+-+-+-mK-0
9tr-+NmK-+P0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+-+-+-+0 25.£c1 £d6 26.¥f2 ¤d7 27.¥c4
9+-+-+-+-0 ¤d4 28.h3 ¤c5 29.¢h2 g5 30.£a3
9-+-+-+-+0 £d7 31.¥g3 £e7 32.£b4 h5
9+-+-+-+-0 33.¢h1 £f6 34.£a3 ¢g7 35.£xa7
xiiiiiiiiy h4 36.¥xe5 £xe5 37.£xf7+ ¢h6
69.h6! ¦a7 38.£f8+ £g7 39.£d6+ ¢h7
If 69...gxh6, then 70.¦d7!, winning. 40.£xb6 (D)
70.¤e3 XIIIIIIIIY
After 70.h7? ¦e7+ Black's rook 9-+-+-+-+0
becomes a desperado: 71.¢d6 9+-+-+-wqk0
¦e6+!=. 70...gxh6 71.¤f5 ¦a5+ 9-wQ-+-+-+0
72.¢f4 ¦a4+ 73.¢f3 ¦a3+ 74.¢g4 9+Psn-+-zp-0
¦a4+ 75.¢h5 ¦a7 76.¦f8 ¦b7
77.¢h4
9-+LsnP+-zp0
Also good was 77.¦f7! ¦xf7 78.gxf7 9+-+-+P+P0
¤f6+ 79.¢g6 ¤d7 80.¢xh6 ¤f8 9P+-+-+P+0
81.¤h4. 77...¦b4+ 78.¢g3 ¦b6 9+-+-+-+K0
79.¤e7 ¢g7 80.¦f7+ 1–0 xiiiiiiiiy
40...¤xf3 41.gxf3 £a1+ 42.¢g2
After a single defeat in the third round £b2+ 43.¢f1 £c1+ 44.¢f2 ½–½
Jan Timman was back again on the
draw track, this time against Vishy Dutchman Loek van Wely scored a
Anand. According to Anand he could fourth draw in a row, this time a hard
either follow the theoretical line up to fought one (80 moves) against young
the inevitable draw or risk a Tejmour Radjabov.
worsening of his position.
In group B Dutch Junior Champion
The game Bareev-Topalov saw an Daniel Stellwagen proved he can beat
interesting duel between a pair of a man too by beating his countryman
bishops and a pair of knights with Jonkman. In one of the sharpest
queens. White sacked a bishop to encounters of the round Peter Acs
collect a few pawns, but Topalov scored his first victory over the Nestor
responded with a nice counter knight of the group, John van der Wiel. The
sacrifice to secure a draw by perpetual young ladies derby between
check. Kostenjuk and Koneru ended in a
draw, while German hope Arkadi
Bareev - Topalov Naiditsch scored a fine victory over
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2 Sergei Karjakin. Chinese GM Zhong is
d5 5.cxd5 £xd5 6.e3 c5 7.¥d2 leading the field after beating Swede
¥xc3 8.bxc3 b6 9.¤f3 ¤bd7 10.c4 Jonny Hector.
£d6 11.¥e2 ¥b7 12.¦d1 ¦c8
13.0–0 £c7 14.dxc5 ¤xc5 15.¤d4 Results of the 4th Round:
0–0 16.f3 ¦fd8 17.¥e1 £e7 Bareev – Topalov ½:½
18.¥h4 ¥c6 19.¤b5 h6 20.¦xd8+ van Wely – Radjabov ½:½
¦xd8 21.e4 ¥xb5 22.cxb5 e5 Timman – Anand ½:½
23.¦d1 ¤e6 24.¦xd8+ £xd8 (D) Karpov – Polgar 0:1
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Ivanchuk – Grischuk ½:½ ROUND FIVE

Ponomariov – Shirov 0:1 Morphy's Law
Kramnik – Krasenkow 1:0
As in many countries the champion-
Round 4 Standings: ship title gradually evolved through
1. Polgar – 3 points
time. Whilst many in the world would
2-5. Kramnik, Anand, Shirov, Bareev immediately identify with legends of
– 2½ the game such as the great Paul
6-10. Van Wely, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Morphy or perhaps George Mackenzie
Topalov, Karpov – 2 (a Scottish mercenary who became a
11-12. Timman, Ponomariov – 1½ Captain fighting for the North during
13-14. Radjabov, Krasenkow – 1 the Civil War), they, along with little
known first champion Charles Stanley,
Pairing for the 5th Round: only became US Champions by
Krasenkow – Bareev "popular acclaim" - hailed as such by
Shirov – Kramnik virtue of their playing strength in
Grischuk – Ponomariov matches and tournaments of that
Polgar – Ivanchuk particular era. In the days before such
Anand – Karpov official titles were organised to be
Radjabov – Timman fought over, they rightly were
Topalov – van Wely acclaimed champions one and all in
the record books: Stanley 1845-57;
Tournament 'B'. Morphy 1857-71, and MacKenzie
Results of the 4th Round: 1871-90. For the purists however, the
Hector – Zhong 0:1 first official champion was actually the
Koneru – Kosteniuk ½:½ 'Kentucky Lion' Jackson Showalter
Jonkman – Stellwagen 0:1 (who also has another claim to fame
Naiditsch – Karjakin 1:0 as being reputedly accredited with the
Acs – van der Wiel 1:0 invention of the curve ball in baseball)
de Vreugt – Rogers ½:½ who won the title in 1890. For nearly
Nijboer – Cmilyte 1:0 half a century thereafter, the US title
was decided by a match between the
Round 4 Standings: two top players in the country -
1. Zhong – 3½ points another legend Frank Marshall being
2-4. Naiditsch, Nijboer, Stellwagen – 3 the last incumbent to reign in such a
5-6. De Vreugt, Rogers – 2½ way, who held the title from 1905
7. Karjakin – 2 through to 1936. This all changed in
8-11. Hector, Van der Wiel, Koneru, 1936 when the national title became
Acs – 1½ an invitational affair between the top
12-13. Jonkman, Kosteniuk – 1 players in the country - dominated in
14. Cmilyte – ½ the process (and in order) by three
players: Sammy Reshevsky, who won
Pairing for the 5th Round: the first of his six titles in 1936 (his last
Cmilyte – Hector in 1969!); Bobby Fischer, who broke
Rogers – Nijboer all the records for the championship;
van der Wiel – de Vreugt and the redoubtable Walter Browne, a
Karjakin – Acs competitor in this year's
Stellwagen – Naiditsch championship, with six titles to his
Kosteniuk – Jonkman name. The new-styled Open format of
Zhong – Koneru the championship created by the
America's Foundation for Chess has
♦ There was a rest day after the 5th breathed new life - and money - into
Round of the USA Championships. So an ailing tournament; one which
it's a suitable time to read a new report unbelievably was all but cancelled by
by John Henderson from Seattle. the USCF until the intervention at the

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eleventh hour of the then Seattle but with no clear runaway leader the
Chess Foundation in 2000. This new logjam now at the top, especially with
format created by the AF4C has added the addition of more ex champions
an extra dynamism and prestige to the and a couple of hungry young
championship as the elite field of the wannabes to the chasing pack, means
US's finest battle it out for a world that this year the title could yet again
record prize fund for a national title of be decided by a nerve-wracking
$253,000, with $25,000 slotted to the playoff, which will be slotted in for
winner. And, as the competition hots Sunday the 19th if needed.
up for this year's title, the race is well
and truly open as the championship ♦ The 5th game of match in Astana,
reaches its metaphoric midway point Kazakhstan Victor Korchnoi vs.
of the rest day. A tough top-board Darmen Sadvakasov was drawn. So
encounter between the leaders the score is 3½:1½ in Sadvakasov's
Gregory Kaidanov, looking for his first favour. There will be 3 more games
title, and former champion Alexander there.
Shabalov ended after a 31-move draw.
This left the door open for a number
of former champions to play 'catch- Annotated Game
up' with some decisive play. First to
join the chasing pack was local hero A Karpov (2688)
and four-time title winner Yasser J Polgar (2700)
Seirawan, who wasted no time in Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4),
dispatching Yury Lapshun as the 15.01.2003 - E12
'Greek Gift' of Bxh7+ won the day
with a brisk 24 move win. Next up Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky
was two-time winner Joel Benjamin,
whose timely exchange on c3 against A Karpov (2688) - J Polgar (2700)
Eugene Perelshteyn led to a E12
positionally won game. Another two-
time winner Alex "The Yerminator" GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4),
Yermolinsky gradually ground down 15.01.2003
tournament veteran Anatoly Lein (a 1.d4 ¤f6 2.¤f3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3
sprightly 71) in a long ending. Draws XIIIIIIIIY
between former champion (both US
and USSR) Boris Gulko and 2002
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Samford Fellowship recipient 9zp-zpp+pzpp0
Varuzhan Akobian, and defending
champion Larry Christiansen and US
9-zp-+psn-+0
Junior champion Hikaru Nakamura, 9+-+-+-+-0
kept not only two top juniors in the 9-+PzP-+-+0
hunt for a dream first title and their
final GM norms, but also another two 9zP-+-+N+-0
seasoned champions. In a round with 9-zP-+PzPPzP0
many spectacular games, that will no 9tRNvLQmKL+R0
doubt feature in the list of best game
prizes, check out, apart from xiiiiiiiiy
Seirawan-Lapshun and Perelshteyn- The Petrosian system of the Queen's
Benjamin, Stripunsky's win over six- Indian. Just recall that in the 1st Round
time champion Walter Browne with a of Wijk, Karpov played this line with
beautiful combination, and Serper's Black vs. Krasenkow.
stunning 24 Rh8+!! over Ippolito - all 4...¥b7 5.¤c3 d5 6.cxd5 ¤xd5
likely candidates for the Paul Albert 7.£c2 ¤xc3 8.£xc3
Jnr. $1,000 Brilliancy Prize. It's Krasenkov had preferred 8.bxc3
Murphy's law I suppose (the principle 8...h6 9.e3 ¤d7 10.b4 ¥e7 11.¥b2
that if anything can go wrong, it will), 0–0 12.¦d1
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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0 but Black has a strong reply.
9zplzpnvlpzp-0 21...¦c2! 22.¦d2 £c8 23.£a3
9-zp-+p+-zp0 23.dxe6 ¦xb2!
9+-+-+-+-0 23...¦xd2 24.¢xd2 ¤b6! 25.£c3
9-zP-zP-+-+0 ¤c4+ 26.¢c2 e5
9zP-wQ-zPN+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-vL-+-zPPzP0 9-+q+-trk+0
9+-+RmKL+R0 9+-+-+pzp-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-+-zp0
A prophylactic vs. possible 12...c5 9zpl+Pzp-+-0
13.dxc5 Bf6 and exchange on c5 with 9-+n+-+-+0
equalisation. 9+-wQ-zPN+-0
12...a5!? 9-vLK+-zPPzP0
This is a new and interesting idea. 9+-+-+-+R0
Black is ahead in development and xiiiiiiiiy
therefore she tries to open a file ("a" or Pity the king on c2! He dreams of
"c") for her rook. Karpov vs. finding a quiet corner like h1...
Krasenkow did the same: he began 27.¢b1 £g4 28.¦c1 ¦b8 29.¦c2 f6
complications as soon as possible. 30.d6 £xg2 31.¤d2 £h1+ 32.¢a2
13.b5 ¦c8 14.£b3 c6 15.bxc6 ¤xd6 33.£c5
¥xc6 16.¥b5? XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-tr-+-+k+0
9-+rwq-trk+0 9+-+-+-zp-0
9+-+nvlpzp-0 9-+-sn-zp-zp0
9-zpl+p+-zp0 9zplwQ-zp-+-0
9zpL+-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9+-+-zP-+-0
9zPQ+-zPN+-0 9KvLRsN-zP-zP0
9-vL-+-zPPzP0 9+-+-+-+q0
9+-+RmK-+R0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy Final blunder after which Black wins
What a silly mistake! After, for immediately:
example, 16.¥e2!? Black still has to 33...¦c8
fight for equality. Black wins the rook, so White
16...¥b4+! resigned. 0–1
Simple, but nice. White's king has to
stay in the centre now. Solution to Quiz Today: ONE: 34.¤xf6! ¦xh3
34...¦xf6 35.¦xh8 ¦xf3 36.¦h7+ ¢f8 37.¦xd7+-
17.axb4 ¥xb5 18.bxa5 ¥c4 35.¤xd7+ ¦xf3 36.¤e5+ ¢g7 37.¢xf3± ¦h3+
19.£a3 bxa5 38.¢g2 ¦h4 39.¦h1! ¦xh1 40.¢xh1 ¢f6
XIIIIIIIIY 41.¢g2+- 1–0 TWO: 23.¤g5! £xg5 24.¦h8+!!
9-+rwq-trk+0 24.¦h8+ ¢xh8 25.£h2+ ¢g8 (25...£h6 26.£xh6+)
26.£h7# 1–0
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20.£d6?! Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
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This was the point of White's idea,
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th
Quiz Today 4.That he should be allowed to retain

the title in the event of a draw.
Mulyar (2446) - Serper (2556)
FIDE's reaction to these requests :
XIIIIIIIIY 1.The President, in consultation with
9-+-tR-+-+0 the World Championship Committee,
9+-+-+-zpk0 approved Mr. Ponomariov's request
9p+-+psn-zp0 for the dates to be postponed until
9+p+-zp-+-0 after 15 June 2003.
9-zP-+-+-+0
9zP-wq-+LwQP0 2.On the idea to split the prize money
9-+P+-+PmK0 50-50, a compromise was found to
9+-+-+r+-0 further reduce the 60-40 ratio in the
xiiiiiiiiy regulations to 55-45 between winner
and loser, while still maintaining the
White to play
sporting principles that the winner
should earn more for his efforts.
Please Mr Postman
3. In consultations with the manager
I n CT-799 Vladimir Barsky wrote:

"A day hasn't gone by recently
without an open letter or at least a
press release ☺"
of the World Champion, members of
the World Championship Committee
had asked if the issue of time control
was of utmost importance and were
informed that Ponomariov's camp
I may add he was so right that it is no would prefer the new FIDE time
longer ☺! FIDE have now published a control. While preferring the new time
press release in which they explain control, for which it had received
their view on the actual situation with criticisms in the media and from many
the match Ponomariov – Kasparov. leading Grandmasters and
You may read the full (and very Federations, FIDE nevertheless decid-
lengthy) text of this on TWIC or ed to support the request for the old
www.fide.com You may visit also classical time control because this was
chess-sector.odessa.ua/crisis.htm to one of the main points of discussion in
know Mikhail Golubev's alternative the Prague Agreement.
point of view.
4.It has always been clear since the
Below are the key paragraphs of the introduction of the new World
FIDE press release. Championship Regulations including
the regulations under which Mr.
Following several discussions with Mr. Ponomariov became World Champion
Silvio Danailov it became clear that that FIDE has always insisted as a
World Champion Ponomariov was matter of principle, that the World
making four demands: Champion should not enjoy any
special sporting privileges. Indeed, he
1.The postponement of the match was required as a rule, to play with
from May till after the 15th of June other top players from the early
2003. rounds and there was no provision
2.Splitting of the prize fund on a 50-50 whatsoever for him to retain his title in
basis. the event of a tie, hence the
3.That his World Championship match introduction of the tiebreak system.
with G. Kasparov should be played
with the new FIDE time control.

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♦ January 17 is Maya Chiburdanidze's the public 'best game' prize was again
birthday. Maya is five times Women's Alexei Shirov, who upset world
World Champion. She first won the champion Vladimir Kramnik for the
title in 1978 at 17 years of age by second time! It seemed that Kramnik,
defeating Nona Gaprindashvili. To the as Black, got the upper hand in a
present day Maya is still one of the typically sharp Sicilian Sveshnikov
best female players of the world. The battle. However, a couple of
cbv-file contains four of Chiburd- inaccuracies from Kramnik in a severe
anidze's games. Just enjoy it. time pressure enabled Shirov to win a
pawn and to advance his own passed
Our congratulations, Maya! pawn up to the unstoppable
promotion.
♦ Wijk aan Zee
Shirov - Kramnik [B33]
Round 5 results: Shirov – Kramnik 1:0 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
Anand – Karpov 1:0 Grischuk – 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 6.¤db5 d6
Ponomariov ½:½ Topalov – Van Wely 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5 9.¥xf6 gxf6
0:1 Radjabov – Timman 1:0 Polgar – 10.¤d5 f5 11.¥d3 ¥e6 12.0–0
Ivanchuk ½:½ Krasenkow – Bareev ¥xd5 13.exd5 ¤e7 14.c3 ¥g7
½:½ 15.£h5 e4 16.¥c2 0–0 17.¦ae1
£c8 18.¥b3 a5 19.£g5 £b7 20.f3
Round 5 standings: h6 21.£g3 a4 22.¥c2 b4 23.¤c4
1-3. Shirov, Anand, Polgar – 3½ 4- £xd5 24.fxe4 £xc4 25.exf5 ¤d5
5. Bareev, Van Wely– 3 6-8. Grischuk, 26.f6 ¤xf6 27.¦xf6 ¦ae8 28.¦ef1
Ivanchuk, Kramnik – 2½ 9-12. ¦e2 29.¥d3 £c5+ 30.¢h1 ¦e3
Ponomariov, Topalov, Karpov, 31.¦6f3 ¦xf3 32.£xf3 bxc3
Radjabov – 2 13-14. Krasenkow, 33.bxc3 £e5 34.c4 ¢h8 35.¥c2!
Timman – 1½ (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Wijk aan Zee B 9-+-+-tr-mk0
Round 5 results: Zhang Zhong – 9+-+-+pvl-0
Koneru 1:0 Stellwagen – Naiditsch 1:0 9-+-zp-+-zp0
9+-+-wq-+-0
Rogers – Nijboer ½:½ Karjakin – Acs 9p+P+-+-+0
½:½ Kosteniuk – Jonkman 0:1 Van der 9+-+-+Q+-0
Wiel – De Vreught ½:½ Cmilyte – 9P+L+-+PzP0
Hector 0:1 9+-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Round 5 standings: White is clearly better for he has a
1. Zhang Zhong – 4½ 2. Stellwagen – safer king (and thus a stronger
4 3. Nijboer – 3½ 4-6. Rogers, De bishop!) and few pawn targets to
Vreught, Naiditsch – 3 7-8. Karjakin, attack.
Hector – 2½ 9-11. Jonkman, Van der 35...£a5 36.£d3 f5 37.£xd6 £c3
Wiel, Acs – 2 12. Koneru – 1½ 13. 38.¥d3 £d2 39.c5 £xa2 40.c6 ¦g8
Kosteniuk – 1 14. Cmilyte – ½ 41.£g6 ¦f8 42.c7 £g8 43.£c6 ¦c8
44.¥a6 1–0
Wijk aan Zee, Round 5
Dutch champion Loek van Wely had
by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for some unpleasant experiences in
Chess Today; notes to games by GM previous editions of the event. This
Alex Baburin time he seems to take business more
seriously (avoiding crazy blitz matches
Bloody battles and some terrible in the press room, for instance) and
blunders were again dominating the that definitely shows in the score
fifth round of the A group of the Corus table. After 4 successive draws he
festival in Wijk aan Zee. The winner of scored yesterday his first victory –

CT-17(801) Page 2 of 9
playing Black against Veselin Topalov. (when did this last happen?), this time
The Bulgarian picked up a couple of at the hands of Anand. In the Advance
deserted pawns on the queenside and Variation (3.e5) of his beloved Caro-
losing all sense of danger he Kann Defence Karpov sacrificed a
completely ignored a simple mating piece for 3 central pawns. However,
attack of his opponent. later he lost one of them and Anand
managed to handle the resulting
Topalov - Van Wely [B30] complications and to score an
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¤c3 e5 4.¥c4 important point.
¥e7 5.d3 d6 6.0–0 ¤f6 7.¤g5 0–0
8.f4 exf4 9.¥xf4 ¤a5 10.£d2 Anand - Karpov [B12]
¤xc4 11.dxc4 ¥g4 12.¤f3 ¦e8 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.¤c3 e6
13.£f2 £b6 14.b3 ¥h5 15.¦ae1 5.g4 ¥g6 6.¤ge2 ¤e7 7.f4 c5
£c6 16.h3 ¦ad8 17.¤h4 ¥g6 7...¤a6 8.¤g3 ¤b4 9.f5 exf5 10.a3 f4
18.¤xg6 fxg6 19.£f3 h6 20.¤d5 11.axb4 fxg3 12.hxg3 ¤c8 13.b5÷ as
¢h7 21.¥d2 (D) in E. Berg - T. Hansen, Bergen 2001.
XIIIIIIIIY 8.¤g3 cxd4N
9-+-trr+-+0 8...c4? 9.¥h3 £d7 10.0–0± Lloret
9zpp+-vl-zpk0 Fillol - Arbouche, 1994.
9-+qzp-snpzp0 9.¤b5 ¤ec6 10.f5 (D)
9+-zpN+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+P+P+-+0 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
9+P+-+Q+P0 9zpp+-+pzpp0
9P+PvL-+P+0 9-+n+p+l+0
9+-+-tRRmK-0 9+N+pzPP+-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-zp-+P+0
White's chances look better. 9+-+-+-sN-0
21...£d7 22.¤f4 g5 23.¤e2 ¦f8 9PzPP+-+-zP0
24.£d3 g6 25.¤c3 £e6 26.¤d5 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
¤d7 27.¤c7 £g8 28.¥c3 ¥f6 xiiiiiiiiy
29.¥xf6 ¦xf6 30.£d5 b6 31.£b7 The g6-bishop is lost, but Black gets
This is at least tempting! If White can a few pawns for it.
take pawns on the queenside and 10...¥c5 11.¤d6+ ¥xd6 12.exd6
bring the queen back to protect his £xd6 13.¥g2 f6 14.fxg6 hxg6
king, he will be winning. But this is a 15.0–0 ¤d7 16.¦f2 0–0–0 17.c3
big 'if'! dxc3 18.bxc3 ¤b6 19.¤f1 ¦d7
31...£g7 32.£xa7 ¦df8 33.¤b5 20.h3 f5 21.¦b1 ¦f8 22.£b3 ¦ff7
¦8f7 34.£c7 (D) 23.£c2 ¦c7 24.£d3 ¤a4 25.¥f4
XIIIIIIIIY e5 26.¥h2 f4 (D)
9+-wQn+rwqk0 9-+k+-+-+0
9-zp-zp-trpzp0 9zpptr-+rzp-0
9+Nzp-+-zp-0 9-+nwq-+p+0
9-+P+P+-+0 9+-+pzp-+-0
9+P+-+-+P0 9n+-+-zpP+0
9P+P+-+P+0 9+-zPQ+-+P0
9+-+-tRRmK-0 9P+-+-tRLvL0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+R+-+NmK-0
34...g4! 35.hxg4 ¤e5 36.£xb6 xiiiiiiiiy
¤xg4–+ 37.e5 ¦xf1+ 0–1 27.£xd5 £xd5 28.¥xd5 ¦fe7
It is a forced checkmate after 38.¦xf1 29.c4 ¤d4 30.¤d2 ¤c3 31.¦e1 b5
¦xf1+ 39.¢xf1 £f7+ 40.¢e2 £f2+ 32.¤e4 ¤xe4 33.¦xe4 g5 34.cxb5
41.¢d1 (41.¢d3 £e3#) 41...¤e3+ ¤xb5 35.¦e1 ¤c3 36.¥b3 a5
42.¢c1 £xc2#. 37.¢f1 a4 38.¥c2 ¢b7 39.¥f5 a3
40.¦c2 ¦c6 41.¥g1 ¦c4 42.¥f2 e4
Ex-world champion Anatoly Karpov 43.¦ec1 ¦ec7 44.¥e1 1–0
suffered a second defeat in a row
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XIIIIIIIIY
A painful defeat was also the fate of 9-+-+r+k+0
Dutch veteran Jan Timman who 9+-zpr+pzp-0
played very well and was about to win 9lzp-+-+-zp0
an important central pawn when all of 9+-+-+-+-0
a sudden he was tempted to a terrible 9-zP-+PzP-+0
oversight (35...Nxb4??) losing a whole 9+-+n+NzP-0
piece and the whole point to young 9-+R+-+LzP0
9+R+-+-+K0
Radjabov. xiiiiiiiiy
35...¤xb4??
Radjabov - Timman [E15] Unbelievable! Timman again rejects
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 b6 4.g3 the e4-pawn and instead blunders a
¥a6 5.¤bd2 ¥b4 6.£c2 ¥b7 piece... Still good was 35...¦xe4!.
7.¥g2 ¥e4 8.£d1 0–0 9.0–0 ¥xd2 36.¦xb4 ¦d1+ 37.¤g1
10.£xd2 d6 11.b3 ¤bd7 12.¥b2 Could it be possible that Timman did
£e7 13.¦ac1 ¦fe8 14.¦fe1 h6 not see this retreat? 37...c5 38.¦xb6
15.£c3 a5 16.¥h3 ¥b7 17.¤d2 e5 ¥d3 39.¦c3 ¦a8 40.¥f3 ¦d2
18.e4 exd4 19.£xd4 ¤c5 20.f4 41.¦xd3 ¦xd3 42.e5 ¦ad8 43.¢g2
¦ad8 21.¥g2 ¦d7 22.a3 £d8 ¢f8 44.¦c6 ¦c3 45.¤e2 ¦c4
23.¦e2 (D) 46.¢f2 ¦b8 47.¥d5 ¦c2 48.¥e4
XIIIIIIIIY ¦c4 49.¥d3 ¦a4 50.¦xc5 ¦d8
9-+-wqr+k+0 51.¥c4 ¦a7 52.¢e3 ¦a3+ 53.¢e4
9+lzpr+pzp-0 ¦d7 54.¦c8+ 1–0
9-zp-zp-sn-zp0 After two successive wins, over
9zp-sn-+-+-0 Timman and Karpov, Judith slowed
9-+PwQPzP-+0 down yesterday to maintain her lead.
9zPP+-+-zP-0 Ivanchuk chose the rare 2...a6 in the
open Sicilian and created a hedgehog-
9-vL-sNR+LzP0 like set-up which suited Judith's
9+-tR-+-mK-0 peaceful mood and draw was agreed
xiiiiiiiiy after 18 moves. Krasenkov and Bareev
23...d5! 24.cxd5 ¥xd5 25.£c3 ¥b7 got in a sharp line of the Slav, but after
26.£c2 ¤d3 27.¥xf6 £xf6 28.¦f1 a series of mutual tactical blows found
£d4+ 29.¢h1 ¤c5 30.¤f3 £d3 themselves in a completely equal
31.b4 (D) bishop vs. knight ending which left
XIIIIIIIIY them no better option than sharing the
point. The game Grischuk –
9-+-+r+k+0 Ponomariov witnessed once again the
9+lzpr+pzp-0 fashionable Berlin Wall line in the
9-zp-+-+-zp0 Ruy-Lopez. White sacrificed a pawn
9zp-sn-+-+-0 for initiative but that proved good
enough for a draw by repetition.
9-zP-+PzP-+0
9zP-+q+NzP-0 The highlight of the round in the B
9-+Q+R+LzP0 group was the fourth victory of Dutch
9+-+-+R+K0 Junior Champion Daniel Stellwagen.
This time he won over young German
xiiiiiiiiy GM Arkadi Naiditsch with a thematic
Black completely outplayed his bishop sacrifice to nail the black king
young opponent - the e-pawn is in the centre. Harmen Jonkman
doomed. recovered from his poor start on the
31...¥a6 account of Russian model Alexandra
There was nothing wrong with Kostenjuk. Tomorrow is the second
31...£xc2! 32.¦xc2 ¥xe4–+. day-off in Wijk aan Zee. The 6th
32.¦fe1 £xc2 33.¦xc2 ¤d3 round will be played on January, 18.
34.¦b1 axb4 35.axb4 (D)
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♦ USA Championships "No such thing as a rest day...

The games of the leaders on the first 3 A popular misconception has it that
boards were quick draws. It allowed on the rest day the backroom staff and
Alex Fishbein to join Kaidanov and the players in big tournaments have a
Shabalov. Fishbein defeated the "rest". Maybe in other events, but this
defending champion Larry isn't the case in the US
Christiansen in a tough 86-move Championships. While there are no
battle. See the best game of the round games played as the tournament
in the cbv-file. reaches its midway point, there is
however a lot of chess work to be
Round 6 results: done - and for the good of the game
Kaidanov – Seirawan ½:½ Gulko – in the community.
Shabalov ½:½ Benjamin – Akobian
½:½ Nakamura – Stripunsky ½:½ The mission statement of the AF4C is
Browne – Baginskaite 1:0 Christiansen "to invest in the education of our
– Fishbein 0:1 Muhammad – children and to bring chess into our
Yermolinsky ½:½ Finegold – Foygel cultural fabric." So, in order to
0:1 Ivanov – Perelshteyn 1:0 Mulyar – compete in the US Championships that
Serper 1:0 Kudrin – E. Donaldson 1:0 has a record-prize fund of $253,000,
Kraai – Zaichik ½:½ Ippolito – all the players have to sign a contract
Battsetseg 0:1 Kreiman – Paschall 1:0 with the AF4C that has within it a
Krush – J. Donaldson 0:1 Watson – provision for them to "give back" two
Goldin 0:1 J. Shahade – Kaufman ½:½ days of their time within one-year of
Gurevich – Burnett ½:½ Hahn – signing to promote chess. Mostly the
Bennett 0:1 Fedorowicz – Enhbat 1:0 players spend this time in Seattle by
De Firmian – Sarkar ½:½ Lein – Ashley playing simuls or visits to schools in
½:½ Lapshun – Pixton ½:½ G. the Washington area where we have
Shahade – Kriventsov 1:0 Epstein – scholastic chess programs. Sometimes
Pruess ½:½ Ross – Markzon ½:½ we even ask the players to do
Tsai – Shiber 0:1 Levina – Sagalchik something similar a lot nearer to home
0:1 Groberman – Esserman 1:0 if we deem it a worthy cause, though
in general most of this community
Round 6 standings: work is done in and around Seattle
1-3. Kaidanov, Shabalov, Fishbein during their free time.
–4½ 4-15. Gulko, Seirawan, Benjamin,
Stripunsky, Yermolinsky, Akobian, In between Christmas and New Year,
Ivanov, Nakamura, Kreiman, Foygel, we called on the services of WGM
Mulyar, Muhammad – 4 16-25. Goldin, Elena Donaldson and her husband, IM
Christiansen, Fedorowicz, Zaitshik, Georgi Orlov, to take part in a Living
Browne, Gurevich, Kraai, G. Shahade, Chess Battle held at the Seattle Center,
Burnett, Sarkar – 3½ 26-36. De with the redoubtable Seattle Knights
Firmian, Finegold, Serper, Kudrin, (www.seattleknights.com), a profess-
Lapshun, Perelshteyn, Paschall, Pixton, ional mediaeval combat troupe, play-
J. Donaldson, Lein, Battsetseg – 3 37- ing the part of the chess pieces on a
44. Ashley, Enhbat, Kriventsov, giant-sized board. This was a Living
Kaufman, Baginskaite, Watson, J. Chess Match with a difference, though.
Shahade; Bennett – 2½ 45-55. When a piece was taken in the game,
Ippolito, E. Donaldson; Krush, Pruess, they then had to do battle on the stage
Markzon, Hahn, Epstein, Sagalchik, with real weapons!
Ross, Groberman, Shiber – 2 56-57.
Tsai, Levina – 1 58. Esserman – ½ The whole day proved to be big
success - especially with the kids. Not
only did Elena and Georgi play two
Whilst all the players took a rest after 5 games (Georgi winning 1½-½), but
rounds, John Henderson kept on in-between the breaks we recreated
working. the chess scene from the first Harry
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Potter film (which incidentally was doing a worthy job of taking chess to
composed for the Hollywood the community".
blockbuster by our commentator, IM John B Henderson jbh@af4c.org
Jeremy Silman.) and had three kids
selected from the audience to play the ♦ The 6th game of the Korchnoi -
parts of Harry, Hermione and Ron. A Sadvakasov match in Astana ended in
fun day out that helped both to a draw.
promote chess in the community at Sadvakasov leads 4:2.
large and the forthcoming US
Championships. ♦ GM Eduard Rozentalis of Lithuania
has become a sole winner of the
We also call on some of the top Gausdal Troll Masters Open
players to do some special media Tournament (10 rounds Swiss system).
work for the AF4C during this time. Final standings:
On the rest day I had the task of 1. Rozentalis – 8
getting defending women's champion 2. Miezis – 7½
Jenn Shahade out of bed before 3-6. Hanley, Ovsejevitsch, Lugovoi,
8.00am accompany her as she was the Carlsen – 7
"special guest" on the "Bob Rivers and 7. Shumiakina – 6½, etc.
Twisted Radio" morning show at 12 years-old FM Magnus Carlsen made
Seattle classic rock radio station KZOK IM-norm.
(102.5 FM). From the billing on the
KZOK website we knew it wasn't
going to be easy: "Jennifer Shahade Readers Letter
(rhymes with "hottie"), defending U.S. With GM Alex Baburin
women's chess champion, competing
in the U.S. Chess Championships this Yesterday we received the following
week in Seattle." message from one of our readers,
concerning the following game:
On arrival, however, the radio hosts
were amazed that Jennifer was a chess Ponomariov (2734) - Shirov (2723)
player, let alone a women's champion. [D44] GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (4),
Assorted jokes about whether or not 15.01.2003
she undid a few buttons on her blouse 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3
before playing against men were e6 5.¥g5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
about as intellectual as their 8.¥h4 g5 9.¤xg5 hxg5 10.¥xg5
conversation got, and our feisty ¤bd7 11.g3 ¥b7 12.¥g2 £b6
defending champion took it with good 13.exf6 0–0–0 14.0–0 c5 15.d5 b4
humor despite the early hour. 16.¤a4 £b5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4
cxb4 19.¥e3 ¤c5 20.£g4+ ¦d7
The main activity of the day, though, 21.£g7 ¥xg7 22.fxg7 ¦g8
was a giant simultaneous organized at 23.¤xc5 ¦xg7 (D)
the Seattle Center as 25 of the players XIIIIIIIIY
each taking on rows of 20 K-12 9-+k+-+-+0
students (over 300 kids). This included 9zpl+r+ptr-0
a bus load of students from Seattle 9-+-+-+-+0
9+qsNp+-+-0
area low-income schools such as 9-zpp+-+-+0
Bailey-Gatzert Elementary, a 9+-+-vL-zP-0
participant of the AF4C classroom 9-zP-+-zPLzP0
chess program. The kids loved it! They 9tR-+-+RmK-0
got to play some of the top stars in the xiiiiiiiiy
game like Maurice Ashley, Boris 24.¤xd7 £xd7 25.¦xa7 ¦g6
Gulko, Yasser Seirawan and Walter 26.¦fa1 ¦e6 27.¥d4 ¦e2 28.h4
Browne. More importantly, the ¦d2 29.¥e3 ¦xb2 30.¦1a5 b3
player's loved it as they felt they were 31.¦c5+ ¢d8 32.¦xb7 £xb7
33.¦xd5+ £xd5 34.¥xd5 ¦b1+
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XIIIIIIIIY
35.¢g2 b2 36.¥e4 ¦d1 37.¥g5+ 9-+k+-+-+0
¢e8 38.¥f6 b1£ 39.¥xb1 ¦xb1 9tRl+r+-+-0
40.h5 ¢f8 41.g4 ¦d1 42.¥b2 ¢g8 9-+-+-+-+0
0–1 9+q+p+p+-0
9-zppvL-+-+0
"Hello, guys! 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-zP-+-zPLzP0
9+-+-+RmK-0
I suspect you have already heard this, xiiiiiiiiy
but 23...Rxg7 was first suggested by Here, according to GM Mathew
Sadler in his book on the Semi-Slav, Sadler, it is easier to play for White. I
and then by Pedersen in his book on guess we will see more games played
the Botvinnik variation (with credit to by this variation in the near future –
Sadler). Both authors suggest 24.Bd4 then it should be possible to make a
as the best move for White. clearer opinion about 24.Bd4.
23...Rg7 shows up in two games in my You can read some more about this
database. In both White played 24.Bh3 line at the Ukrainian Chess Online site.
and went on to lose. 24.Bd4 has yet to There GM Golubev shows a game
be tried. Too bad Ponomariov didn't where White went 21.Nc5!? instead of
know this, as it would be interesting to the queen sacrifice. In our today's
see what Shirov would play against it. database you can also find a game
Anyway, 24.Nd7 is the "N". where White tried 24.Bh3. That game
was annotated by GM Ruslan
Best regards, Don Aldrich" Scherbakov and published at the
Chess Publishing site a few months
There is a tendency to think that top ago.
GMs know everything, while in fact
sometimes they are also caught If you are keen to learn more about
unprepared. However, I suspect that the ultra sharp Botvinnik Variation,
Ponomariov knew this line – perhaps consider getting a book 'The Botvinnik
he just had a different opinion about Semi-Slav' by IM Steffen Pedersen
the merits of 24.Bd4. (Gambit 2000, 24.50 euros, available at
the GM Square online shop).
Let's look at the position after
23...Rxg7:
XIIIIIIIIY Annotated Game
9-+k+-+-+0
9zpl+r+ptr-0 A Shirov (2723)
9-+-+-+-+0 V Kramnik (2807)
9+qsNp+-+-0 Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (5),
9-zpp+-+-+0 16.01.2003 - B33
9+-+-vL-zP-0
9-zP-+-zPLzP0 Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
White to play
4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5
The Sveshnikov Variation served
24.¥d4! (Sadler) 24...f5 25.¤xd7!?
Kramnik loyally for many years before
25.¥h3 ¦gf7 26.¦xa7 ¦c7 27.¤e6
the Berlin Wall era.
¦ce7 28.¤g5 £e8 29.¤xf7 £xf7
6.¤db5 d6 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5
30.¦fa1 £h5 31.¥g2 f4 32.¦7a5 f3
9.¥xf6 gxf6 10.¤d5 f5 11.¥d3
33.¥f1 and he Black should have
¥e6 12.0–0 ¥xd5 13.exd5 ¤e7
played 33...Re4! in the game B.Lalic-
Black has obtained mobile pawns in
Wilson, London 1996, as IM Pedersen
the centre and in conjunction with the
mentions in his book.
white knight's bad location it
25...¦xd7 26.¦xa7
compensates him for the spoiled pawn
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structure. 21...a4
14.c3 ¥g7 15.£h5 e4 16.¥c2 0–0 After 21...¤xd5 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.¦f5
17.¦ae1 £c8 18.¥b3 White has an advantage thanks to the
Just a few years ago 18.¢h1 had opponent's weak pawns b5, d6, e4.
been considered as the main 22.¥c2 b4 23.¤c4
continuation. Last year in Dortmund White had a choice between the text
Leko demonstrated an important move and 23.cxb4 ¤xd5 24.fxe4 f4
improvement - 18...¦b8 and won two 25.£h4 ¤xb4 (25...¤e3? 26.¦xf4)
critical games against Shirov and 26.¥b1²
Topalov. Then in the rapid match in 23...£xd5
Mainz Ponomariov against Anand XIIIIIIIIY
applied successfully the text move. 9r+-+-trk+0
18...a5 9+-+-snpvl-0
Anand played 18...¤g6 which let 9-+-zp-+-zp0
White activate the knight - 19.¤c2 9+-+q+p+-0
¦e8 20.f4! exf3 21.¦xe8+ £xe8 9pzpN+p+-+0
22.£xf3 f4 23.¦e1 £d7 24.¤b4! a5 9+-zP-+PwQ-0
25.¤c6 with better position. 9PzPL+-+PzP0
9+-+-tRRmK-0
19.£g5 xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+q+-trk+0 23...bxc3 24.fxe4 fxe4 (24...cxb2?
9+-+-snpvlp0 25.exf5) 25.bxc3 f5 26.¤e3 favours
9-+-zp-+-+0 White though the defensive resources
9zpp+P+pwQ-0 are not exhausted ; 23...b3 24.axb3
9-+-+p+-+0 axb3 25.¥b1 didn't change much
9sNLzP-+-+-0 24.fxe4!
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 That's Shirov's idea!
9+-+-tRRmK-0 24...£xc4 25.exf5
xiiiiiiiiy It's impossible for Black to retain the
In case of 19.¤xb5 a4 20.¥d1 (worse piece.
is 20.¥c2 £c5 and White should play 25...¤d5
21.¤a3) 20...£c5 21.¥e2 ¤xd5 Black Too risky is 25...¤xf5 26.¦xf5 £xa2
has sufficient counterplay as 22.£xf5?! 27.¦f4 and after Qd3 White has a
is met by 22...¤xc3! 23.£xc5 ¤xe2+ dangerous attack.
24.¦xe2 dxc5 26.f6 ¤xf6 27.¦xf6 ¦ae8
19...£b7 An instructive moment. Kramnik
A new move. After 19...¤g6 20.¤xb5 defends in such a way that all his
a4 21.¥d1 £c5 pieces are involved.
A) 28.¦ef1
22.¤d4 ¥xd4 23.cxd4 £xd4 and here XIIIIIIIIY
24.£xf5 is worth considering (instead 9-+-+rtrk+0
of 24.h4 Werle,J-Nunn,J/Hamburg 9+-+-+pvl-0
GER 2003/0–1 (44)) ; 9-+-zp-tR-zp0
B) 9+-+-+-+-0
22.c4!? 22...£xc4 23.¤xd6 £xa2 9pzpq+-+-+0
24.¦e2 £xd5 25.¤xf5 ¦a5 26.g4 a 9+-zP-+-wQ-0
double-edged position arose in 9PzPL+-+PzP0
9+-+-+RmK-0
Bruzon - Handke, Oropesa del Mar xiiiiiiiiy
1999 28...¦e2?!
20.f3 h6 21.£g3 A pseudo-active move which only
Keeping an eye on Black's bishop. allows White to improve the position
Less precise is 21.£f4 (keeping an eye of his bishop. Better was 28...bxc3
on the f5-pawn :-) 21...a4 22.¥c2 b4 29.bxc3 (29.¦xh6 £d4+ 30.¢h1 £e3
23.cxb4 (23.¤c4 works only with the with perpetual) 29...£c5+ 30.¢h1 ¦e3
queen on g3 - see the game) 31.¦6f3 £c4!
23...£xb4 and the white knight doesn't 29.¥d3 £c5+ 30.¢h1 ¦e3
feel at ease.
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40...¦g8
Setting the last trap.
41.£g6!
41.c7?? £xg2+ 42.¢xg2 ¥e5+ 43.¢f3
¥xd6 44.¦c1 ¦c8=
41...¦f8 42.c7 £g8 43.£c6 ¦c8
44.¥a6 1–0
42.¦d7! 42.¥e4+?? ¤xe4 42...¤g4+

42...¤xd7 43.¥e4+; 42...¦h1+ 43.¢xh1
£a1+ 44.¦d1 43.£xg4 43.¥xg4??
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CT-18(802)
CT-18(802) 18th January 2003
Quiz Today Seirawan – Nakamura ½:½

Foygel – Benjamin ½:½
1) A. Khalifman - P. Svidler Akobian – Muhammad ½:½
Tilburg Tilburg (2), 1994 Perelshteyn – Battsetseg ½:½
XIIIIIIIIY Yermolinsky – Kreiman ½:½
Goldin – Mulyar 1:0
9-+nmk-+r+0 Gurevich – Christiansen ½:½
9+Q+-vlp+-0 Enhbat – Baginskaite 1:0
9-+Pwq-+-+0 Fedorowicz – Kraai 1:0
9+-+p+p+p0 Zaichik – G. Shahade 0:1
9-zp-+-zP-+0 Sarkar – Browne ½:½
9+P+-tR-+-0 Kriventsov – J. Shahade 0:1
9P+P+-+PzP0 Burnett – Finegold ½:½
9+-mK-tR-+-0 Paschall – De Firmian ½:½
xiiiiiiiiy Pixton – Serper 0:1
White to play E. Donaldson – Epstein 1:0
Hahn – Ippolito ½:½
Lein – Lapshun ½:½
2) A. Khalifman - G. Serper Ashley – Watson ½:½
St Petersburg op2 St Petersburg (6), J. Donaldson – Kudrin 1:0
1994 Kaufman – Bennett 1:0
XIIIIIIIIY Sagalchik – Krush 0:1
9-mk-trq+-+0 Pruess – Ross 1:0
9zppzpn+-+-0 Markzon – Groberman 1:0
9-+-+-+-tr0 Shiber – Levina ½:½
9+-tRP+p+p0 Esserman – Tsai 1:0
9Q+N+-+pzP0
9+-+-zP-zP-0 Round 7 standings:
9PtR-+-+PmK0 1. Shabalov – 5½
9+-+-+-+-0 2. Kaidanov – 5
xiiiiiiiiy 3-17. Goldin, Gulko, Seirawan,
White to play Benjamin, Stripunsky, Yermolinsky,
Akobian, Ivanov, Nakamura,
Chess News Fedorowicz, Kreiman, Fishbein,
by IM Maxim Notkin Foygel, G. Shahade, Muhammad – 4½
18-25. Christiansen, Serper, Browne,
A lexander Shabalov has taken

sole lead at the
he outplayed Alex Fishbein in the

USA
Championships In the 7th round
Gurevich, Mulyar, J. Donaldson,
Burnett, Sarkar – 4
26-37. De Firmian, Finegold, Zaitshik,
Lapshun, Perelshteyn, Kraai, Enkhbat,
Paschall, Lein, Kaufman, J Shahade,
Classical Kings Indian (see Annotated
game). All the other leader games Battsetseg – 3½
ended in a draw. Alexander Goldin 38-45. Kudrin, Ashley, Pixton, E.
has achieved a good pace after a Donaldson, Krush, Watson, Pruess,
languid start and entered an abundant Markzon – 3
group that share third place. Gregory 46-51. Kriventsov, Ippolito,
Kaidanov is clear second. Baginskaite, Bennett, Hahn, Shiber –
2½
Round 7 results: 52-55. Epstein, Sagalchik, Ross,
Shabalov – Fishbein 1:0 Groberman – 2
Stripunsky – Kaidanov ½:½ 56-57. Esserman, Levina – 1½
Ivanov – Gulko ½:½ 58. Tsai – 1
This issue is prepared by IM Maxim Notkin; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-18(802) Page 1 of 4
The world's best grandmasters have 11...c5

their second day-off in Wijk aan Zee The duo knight on a6 and pawn on
The 6th round will be played c5 restrains White's activity on the
tomorrow. queen's flank for a while. But this also
has its drawbacks as the knight is
Round 6 pairings: quite passive. Of course, senseless is
Bareev – Van Wely 11...Nc5 12.b4
Karpov – Radjabov 12.Ne1 Nh6 (D)
Timman – Topalov XIIIIIIIIY
Ivanchuk – Anand 9r+lwq-trk+0
Ponomariov – Polgar 9zpp+-+-vlp0
Kramnik – Grischuk
Krasenkow – Shirov
9n+-zp-zppsn0
9+-zpPzp-+-0
On January 18, 1966 the FIDE 9-+P+P+-vL0
World Champion-1999 Alexander 9+-sN-+-+-0
Khalifman was born. Today's cbv-
file contains some of the most
9PzP-+LzPPzP0
important and finest games of his 9tR-+QsNRmK-0
career. xiiiiiiiiy
¤¤¤
Annotated Game Another option is 12...h5 which was
A. Shabalov (2613) first put into practice by Topalov.
A. Fishbein (2489) 13.f3
Event: ch-USA Seattle USA (7), White can make the moves a3, Nd3
16.01.2003 - [E94] and f3 in any order. Shabalov prepares
Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin the f2 square for the bishop first.
Probably he had in mind the game
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 Peng Zhaoqin - Fishbein from the
5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 c6 recent 33rd NCC in Philadelphia. [Peng
The main line 7...Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 played 13.Nd3 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.exf5
is going through a crisis. The latest Bxf5 16.f3 Bg6 17.Bf2 Nf5 and Black
evidence was the Bareev - Radjabov obtained a good position though in
game from Wijk aan Zee.; The text the end Fishbein lost.
move leads to the same kind of 13...Bd7
positions as 7...Na6 ; and 7...Nbd7 ] Perhaps this is a waste of time. The
8.d5 bishop can do its job staying in its
White gains space in the centre. He initial place.
isn't going to take on c6 right now, but 14.Nd3 g5 15.Bf2 f5 16.Rb1
Black should always remember about Shabalov isn't concerned with Black's
the d6-pawn while manoeuvring. preparations on the kingside and
8...Na6 carries out his plans on the opposite
As a rule the opening of the c-file flank.
favours White. 16...g4?!
9.Be3 Ng4 I believe better is 16...f4 although
The typical 9...Nc5 in this position is with the knight on h6 it's more difficult
dubious due to 10.dxc6 bxc6 for Black to create an attack. On the
(10...Nfxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qd5!) other hand White's play on the
11.Nxe5 Nfxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe5 13.Nxc5 queenside is also hampered. After
dxc5 14.Bxc5 and White wins a pawn.] 17.a3 Nf7 18.b4 b6 both sides have
10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 their chances.
Black has driven White's bishop 17.fxg4 (D)
away from its optimal square e3, but
instead he has to think about the g4-
knight's fate.
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9r+-wq-trk+0 9-tr-wq-+k+0
9zpp+l+-vlp0 9+-+-+-vlp0
9n+-zp-+-sn0 9pzP-zp-+-+0
9+-zpPzpp+-0 9+nzpPzp-+-0
9-+P+P+P+0 9-+-+N+-+0
9+-sNN+-+-0 9+QsN-+-+-0
9PzP-+LvLPzP0 9PzP-+-+PzP0
9+R+Q+RmK-0 9+-+-+RmK-0
17...Nxg4? 26...Ne8 27.Na4 and Black is unable
A strategically mistake that gives to take the pawn back.
White an almost winning position. In 27.Nxb5 axb5
case of 17...fxg4 Black has some Maybe Fishbein counted on 27...Rxb6
problems with the minor his pieces, but it fails to 28.Qh3 axb5 29.Ng5! and
but I can't call the position after 18.a3 White checkmates or wins the queen -
(or 18.Qd2 Nf7 19.Be3 Qh4) 18...Qg5 29...h6 (29...Qxg5 30.Qc8+) 30.Qe6+
hopeless for him. Kh8 31.Nf7+
18.exf5 Nxf2 19.Nxf2! Bxf5 28.Qh3+- h6 29.Qe6+ Kh7
20.Bd3± (D) After 29...Kh8 White has different
XIIIIIIIIY ways to win e.g. 30.b7! Rxb7 31.Nxd6.
9r+-wq-trk+0 30.Rf7 Qh4 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.g3
9zpp+-+-vlp0 Qxe4
32...Qd8 33.Qg6 mating
9n+-zp-+-+0 33.Rxg7+
9+-zpPzpl+-0 Even without this in-between
9-+P+-+-+0 capture White's position would have
9+-sNL+-+-0 been completely winning.
33...Kxg7 34.Qxe4 Rxb6 1–0.
9PzP-+-sNPzP0
9+R+Q+RmK-0 Solutions to Quiz Today:
xiiiiiiiiy 1) A. Khalifman - P. Svidler
White clutches at the key square e4 Tilburg Tilburg (2), 1994
with all his might. He swaps the light- 31.Rxe7! Nxe7 32.Rxe7 [32.Rxe7
squared bishops, leaving his opponent Qxe7 (32...Qxf4+ 33.Kb1 Qf1+
with an extremely passive knight and 34.Kb2) 33.Qb8#] 1–0.
bishop.
20...Nc7 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Qb3 2) A. Khalifman - G. Serper
Connecting the rooks without losing St Petersburg op2 St Petersburg (6),
a tempo. 1994
22...Rb8 23.Nfe4 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 b5 28.Rxb7+!! Kxb7 29.Rxc7+!! Kxc7
It's too late for the Benko Gambit :-) 30.Qxa7+ Kc8 31.d6! [31.d6 Rxd6
If 24...Ne8 then 25.Qd1 and any 32.Nxd6#] 1–0.
square on the d1–h5 diagonal looks
very attractive for White's queen. ; Contact information. Do you want
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CT-18(802)
CT-18(802) 18th January 2003
Quiz Today Ponomariov – Polgar saw an

1) J. Timman - V. Topalov interesting Nimzo-Indian line where
GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (6), the Fide world champion sacked a
18.01.2003 pawn for considerable initiative on the
XIIIIIIIIY queenside. After further exchanges
9-+-+-mk-+0 Pono's rook and knight seemed a
9zpQ+-+-+-0 promising pair but with a pawn
behind it was good enough for just a
9-+-+q+-+0 draw.
9+-+-vl-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 Timman – Topalov witnessed a rather
9zP-+-+-zp-0 creative approach on Black's part
9-zP-+-zp-+0 pushing pawns ahead on the kingside
9mK-tR-+-+-0 and in the center. After the predictable
xiiiiiiiiy exchange sacrifice on d4, Timman
Black to play skilfully consolidated (38.Kb1! and
41.g3) and could draw several times
2) B. Kreiman - A. Stripunsky by perpetual check. However since he
ch-USA Seattle USA (8), 17.01.2003 has not had a single win so far he tried
XIIIIIIIIY to win at all costs (51.Qh7+??) ignoring
the finesse 53...Qc4! which
9-+-trr+k+0 consequently forced his resignation.
9+lwq-+p+p0
9pzp-+-snp+0 Bareev defended successfully against
9+-vl-+-+n0 Van Wely 's aggressive Grunfeld when
9-+PsN-+-+0 at move 40 he suddenly forgot to
9+P+-+-+P0 capture the c7 rook and consequently
9PvL-+NwQP+0 got a hopeless ending. Karpov
9+L+-tRR+K0
xiiiiiiiiy defended well an inferior pawn down
Black to play ending against young Radjabov,
sacrificing his knight for Teimor's
remaining connected passed pawns.
6th round report of the Teimor played for another long hour
the resulting rook and bishop vs. rook
Wijk aan Zee tournament ending but eventually was forced to a
draw by the 50 move rule.
by IM Yochanan Afek
The short draws Kramnik – Grischuk
I t is a typical crowded weekend in

Wijk Aan Zee as hundreds of chess
enthusiasts make it rather difficult
even to have a glance at the podium
(Dutch people are by far the tallest in
(Nimzo-Indian) and Ivanchuk –
Anand (Sicilian, 20) were not too
exciting.
The story of the B group is the

Europe). After beating both current unstoppable charge of Chinese GM
world champions Alexei Shirov was Zhong who dropped a mere half a
yesterday far from his usual form, point so far. Nevertheless the main
handling the QGA rather poorly attraction for the Dutch fans is still the
(13...Nd7?) and thus enabling, Polish local junior champion Daniel
(ex- Russian) Michael Krasenkov to Stellwagen who needs just 1 point out
score his first victory in the event as of the next 3 rounds for his first GM
well as the public prize of the day. norm.
This issue is prepared by IMs Barsky & Afek, Henderson; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-18(802) Page 1 of 5
On Friday the traditional 10 player 12. Koneru – 1½

tournament has started in WAZ. The 13-14. Cmilyte, Kosteniuk – 1
main group is actually a C GM event
with Chinese junior GM Bu the top Pairing for the 7th Round:
seeded .However he managed just to Rogers – Hector
draw his first 2 games and the leaders van der Wiel – Cmilyte
,with 2 wins each are German GM Eric Karjakin – Nijboer
Lobron and Dutch junior Erwin L'ami. Stellwagen – de Vreugt
Kosteniuk – Acs
Results of the 6th Round: Zhong – Naiditsch
Ivanchuk – Anand ½:½ Koneru – Jonkman
Kramnik – Grischuk ½:½
Bareev – Van Wely 0:1 John Henderson reports from the
Ponomariov – Polgar ½:½ USA Championships.
Krasenkow – Shirov 1:0
Karpov – Radjabov ½:½ The race for the 2003 AF4C US
Timman – Topalov 0:1 Championships was blown wide open
in the penultimate eighth round of the
Round 6 Standings: tournament taking place at the
1-3. Van Wely, Anand, Polgar – 4 Northwest Rooms in Seattle, as
points overnight leader Alexander Shabalov
4. Shirov – 3½ lost to his bete noire Joel Benjamin,
5-9. Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Grischuk, the player accredited with being the
Bareev, Topalov – 3 chess-brains behind the IBM super-
10-13. Ponomariov, Krasenkow, computer Deep Blue. With the leader
Karpov, Radjabov – 2½ losing, a multiple eight-way tie has
14. Timman – 1½ developed, with five former
champions among the eight who'll be
Pairing for the 7th Round: battling it out in the final round for the
record first prize of $25,000. And, with
Shirov – Bareev
Grischuk – Krasenkow Boris Gulko (the only player in the
Polgar – Kramnik world to have held both the US and
Anand – Ponomariov USSR national titles) beating 15-year-
Radjabov – Ivanchuk old Hikaru Nakamura, the chances of
Topalov – Karpov Bobby Fischer's record of youngest
van Wely – Timman player to win the title diminished also.
If any players are still tied for the lead
Tournament "B". by the end of the final round on
Results of the 6th Round: Saturday, they will have to come back
Nijboer – Van der Wiel 1:0 to the arena on Sunday for a nerve-
Naiditsch – Kosteniuk 1:0 wracking playoff for both the title of
De Vreugt – Karjakin ½:½ US Champion and the first prize of
Hector – Koneru 1:0 $25,000.
Acs – Stellwagen ½:½
Jonkman – Zhong 0:1 In the race for the women's title,
Cmilyte – Rogers ½:½ defending champion Jennifer Shahade
made it two wins out of two against
Round 6 Standings: tough male opposition for a score of
1. Zhong – 5½ points 4.5/9. She is now favourite to retain
2-3. Nijboer, Stellwagen – 4½ her title and first prize of $12,500.
4. Naiditsch – 4 Going into the final round, she has a
5-7. Rogers, De Vreugt, Hector – 3½ half point lead over former champion
8. Karjakin – 3 Irina Krush on 4/9.
9. Acs – 2½
10-11. Van der Wiel, Jonkman – 2
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About America's Foundation for Chess ¤¤¤

Founded in 2000, America's Annotated Game
Foundation for Chess (formerly the M. Krasenkow (2633)
A. Shirov (2723)
Seattle Chess Foundation) is Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (6),
committed to bringing chess into every 18.01.2003 - [D26]
U.S. classroom. By first making chess a Annotations by IM Vladmir Barsky
larger part of America's cultural fabric
- accessible in schools and in popular 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 (D)
culture - AF4C hopes to elevate the XIIIIIIIIY
profile of chess in America. To this
end, AF4C is providing chess 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
instruction materials and training to 9zppzp-zppzpp0
teachers, who have little or no chess 9-+-+-+-+0
background. In addition, by 9+-+-+-+-0
sponsoring high-level competitions 9-+pzP-+-+0
such as the U.S. Chess Championships, 9+-+-+-+-0
AF4C is cultivating chess role models 9PzP-+PzPPzP0
and a venue for chess excellence in 9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
America. By forging partnerships with xiiiiiiiiy
schools and corporations, AF4C plans It's a big question for me, why such
to make chess a part of every an aggressive player like Alexey
classroom experience. Shirov likes to play Queen Gambit
Accepted. Of course, Alexey plays
Round 8 Results: endgame very well, but to my mind
Benjamin – Shabalov 1:0 his strongest suit is calculation in
Kaidanov – Goldin ½:½ extremely sharp situations.
Gulko – Nakamura 1:0 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 5.¥xc4 c5
J. Shahade – Perelshteyn 1:0 6.£e2 a6 7.dxc5 (D)
Battsetseg – Kraai 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY
Christiansen – Muhammad 1:0
Seirawan – Fedorowicz 0:1
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Kreiman – Stripunsky 0:1 9+p+-+pzpp0
9p+-+psn-+0
Fishbein – Yermolinsky ½:½ 9+-zP-+-+-0
Akobian – Foygel 1:0 9-+L+-+-+0
9+-+-zPN+-0
Round 8 Standings: 9PzP-+QzPPzP0
1-8. Shabalov, Kaidanov, Gulko, 9tRNvL-mK-+R0
Benjamin, Stripunsky, Akobian, xiiiiiiiiy
Ivanov, Fedorowicz – 5 ½ points The quiet line - White avoids the
9-15. Goldin, Yermolinsky, Fishbein, isolated pawn on d4.
Christiansen, Gurevich, Burnett, Sarkar 7...¥xc5 8.0–0 b5?! 9.¥d3 ¤c6
– 5 etc. 10.¦d1 £c7 11.a4!
A logical move: White is ahead in
The 7th game of the match in Astana, development so he has to hurry with
Kazakhstan between GM Victor complications before Black has a
Korchnoi and Darmen Sadvakasov chance to castle.
was drawn (Korchnoi had White). So 11...bxa4?!
the score is 4½:2½ in Sadvakasov's After 11...b4 12.¤bd2 White receives
favour, Thus this 8-game match has the c4-square for his knight, but it
been be won by Darmen. Our looks like this wasn't very dangerous
congratulations, Darmen! for Black..
12.¦xa4 ¤b4
Defending the a6-pawn.
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13.¥b5+! (D) A human decision: White is afraid to

XIIIIIIIIY miss the check and mate along the first
9r+l+k+-tr0 rank.
9+-wq-+pzpp0 27...¢e8 28.¤e4 ¦b8 29.¥c3
9p+-+psn-+0 ¤xe3?!
9+Lvl-+-+-0 Maybe more stubborn was 29...¤b6!?
for example: 30.¤d6+ ¢e7 31.¥b4
9Rsn-+-+-+0 ¤c4 32.¤f5+?! (32.¤b7+ ¢e8
9+-+-zPN+-0 33.¥c3±) 32...¢d8 33.¥e7+ ¢e8
9-zP-+QzPPzP0 34.¥d6 ¦xb2 35.¤xg7+ ¢d8 36.¦a8+
9+NvLR+-mK-0 ¥c8 37.¥c5±
xiiiiiiiiy 30.¤c5 ¥c8 31.¦xg7+- h5
13...¤d7? 32.¥xf6 ¦a8 33.h3 (D)
After 13...¥d7 14.¥xd7+ ¤xd7 XIIIIIIIIY
15.¥d2 position also looks rather 9r+l+k+-+0
dangerous for Black but maybe he 9+-+-+-tR-0
could defend: A) 15...£b6!? 16.¥xb4 9-+-+pvL-+0
(16.¥c3 ¤f6 17.¥xf6 gxf6 18.¤c3) 9+-sN-+-+p0
16...¥xb4 17.¦xd7!? ¢xd7 18.¤e5+
¢e8 19.£g4 (19.£f3 ¦a7) 19...¦c8; B) 9-+-+-zP-+0
15...a5 16.¤a3 0–0 - White has an 9+-+-sn-+P0
initiative, but no more. 9-zP-+-+P+0
14.¥d2 ¦b8 15.¥xb4 ¦xb5 9+-+-+-mK-0
16.£c2! ¤b6 xiiiiiiiiy
16...£b7 17.¥c3 f6 (17...0–0 33...¤f5 34.¦c7 ¦a1+ 35.¢f2 ¥a6
18.¤g5!+- g6 19.¤xh7 ¢xh7 20.¦h4+ 36.¤xa6 ¦xa6 37.g4 ¤d6 38.¥e5
¢g8 21.¦h8#) 18.¦h4ƒ hxg4 39.hxg4 ¤f7 40.¥c3 (D)
17.¦a5! ¥d6 18.£xc7 ¥xc7 XIIIIIIIIY
19.¦xb5 axb5 20.¤c3 (D) 9-+-+k+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-tR-+n+-0
9-+l+k+-tr0 9r+-+p+-+0
9+-vl-+pzpp0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-sn-+p+-+0 9-+-+-zPP+0
9+p+-+-+-0 9+-vL-+-+-0
9-vL-+-+-+0 9-zP-+-mK-+0
9+-sN-zPN+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+R+-mK-0 White has two extra pawns and his
xiiiiiiiiy bishop is much stronger than the
The Black king on e8 is in the center knight. Black hasn't any chances to
still and b5-pawn is very weak - draw. 1–0.
White has clear advantage now.
20...¥d7 21.¤d4 ¥e5 22.¤dxb5 f6 Solutions to Quiz Today:
23.¤d6+ ¥xd6 24.¦xd6 ¤c4 1) J. Timman - V. Topalov
25.¦a6 ¢f7 26.¦a7 ¦d8 27.f4 (D) GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (6),
XIIIIIIIIY 18.01.2003
9-+-tr-+-+0 53...£c4!! 54.£a8+ [54.¦xc4 f1£+
9tR-+l+kzpp0 55.¢a2 £xc4+] 54...¢e7 55.£xa7+
9-+-+pzp-+0 ¥c7 0–1.
9+-+-+-+-0
9-vLn+-zP-+0
9+-sN-zP-+-0 2) B. Kreiman - A. Stripunsky
9-zP-+-+PzP0 ch-USA Seattle USA (8), 17.01.2003
9+-+-+-mK-0 26...¦xe2! 27.¦xe2 ¤g3+ 28.¢g1
xiiiiiiiiy ¦xd4! 29.¦e3 ¤xf1 0–1.
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CT-20(804)
CT-20(804) 20th January 2003
Quiz Today fighter, overcame a bad position

1) S. Karjakin - F. Nijboer against 18 year old Varuzhan Akobian
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (7), to fittingly win the last game left to be
19.01.2003 played in the tournament hall. The
XIIIIIIIIY win gives Shabalov his first outright US
9-tr-+-+-tr0 title. In 1993 he shared the title with
9+-+lmk-+-0 Alexander Yermolinsky, and in 2000
he shared a three-way tie with Yasser
9-+-+p+pzp0 Seirawan and Joel Benjamin. Shabalov,
9sn-+pzP-+-0 35, from Pittsburgh, PA, was born in
9-zp-+-+-+0 Riga, Latvia. As a youngster he was
9+PwqL+N+-0 identified as a promising talent by
9P+-wQ-+PzP0 winning the highly competitive Under
9+K+R+-tR-0 16 Championship of the Soviet Union
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play in 1982. In 1988 he chose the career of
being a professional player and
became a grandmaster in 1991. Among
his chess teachers were the late
GM Alexander Shabalov Mikhail Tal and Vladimir Bagirov.
wins 2003 AF4C US Because of political turmoil, Alex
Championship decided to move to America in 1992
and ended up in Pittsburgh where his
wife obtained a medical residency.
AF4C US WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP GOES TO
PLAYOFF
by John Henderson
Despite one playoff being avoided in

the overall championships, the three
leading women players have to come
back tomorrow to contest a playoff for
the title and the $12,500 first prize. In
the final round, defending champion
Jennifer Shahade lost to IM Ben
Finegold to finish on a score of 4.5/9.
by John Henderson This allowed the 1998 champion Irina
Krush, who drew her last round game
I n a dramatic finale to the AF4C US against IM Eugene Perelshteyn, to

Chess Championships in Seattle, catch up with her rival. And, with
No.6 seed Alexander Shabalov won Anna Hahn beating Elina Groberman,
the top prize of $25,000 and the 2003 she will now also join the two top US
national title after a nerve-wracking ladies for a three-way playoff for the
final round of play. With eight players title.
tied for first on 5.5/8 going into the
final round, a mass playoff for the title Round 9 results:
looked almost inevitable as six of the Ivanov – Kaidanov ½:½
games ended in draws. However the Stripunsky – Gulko ½:½
playoff scenario for the overall title Fedorowicz – Benjamin ½:½
was avoided as Shabalov, regarding on Shabalov – Akobian 1:0
the playing circuit as a chess street Finegold – J. Shahade 1:0
This issue is prepared by IMs Notkin & Afek, Henderson; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-20(804) Page 1 of 7
Goldin – Fishbein 1:0 WIM Jennifer Shahade scored both her

Burnett – Christiansen ½:½ second IM and second WGM norm.
Yermolinsky – Sarkar ½:½
Gurevich – Seirawan 0:1
Kraai – De Firmian 0:1 The final and 8th game of the
E. Donaldson – Ashley ½:½ Korchnoi - Sadvakasov match in
Nakamura – G. Shahade 1:0 Astana ended in a draw. Sadvakasov
Foygel – Serper ½:½ won 5:3. I think it's not out of place to
J. Donaldson – Zaichik 0:1 remind that two years ago the similar
Muhammad – Kreiman ½:½ match Korchnoi – Ponomariov ended
Perelshteyn – Krush ½:½ in a draw 4:4.
Lein – Browne ½:½
Kaufman – Battsetseg 1:0 Tomorrow IM Nikolai Vlassov will
Epstein – Tsai ½:½ comment on the main game of the US
Mulyar – Kudrin ½:½ Championships final round - Shabalov
– Akobian. Today's Annotated game
Paschall – Baginskaite 1:0 features Alexei Shirov's aggressive
Pruess – Lapshun 0:1 style.
Ippolito – Watson ½:½
Enkhbat – Markzon 1:0
Groberman – Hahn 0:1 The Wijk aan Zee Report
Pixton – Kriventsov 1:0 (7th round)
Shiber – Sagalchik 1:0 by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for
Esserman – Bennett 1:0 Chess Today; notes to games by GM
Levina – Ross 0:1 Alex Baburin
Final standings:
1. Shabalov – 6½
2-8. Kaidanov, Goldin, Gulko,
Benjamin, Stripunsky, Ivanov,
V ishy Anand played yesterday a
dynamic pawn sacrifice line
against Ponomariov. According
to the Indian star no one before dared
Fedorowicz – 6 to pick up the pawn and indeed White
9-17. Seirawan, De Firmian, rapidly enjoyed great piece play. Black
Christiansen, Yermolinsky, Akobian, should have avoided further opening
Nakamura, Zaitshik, Burnett, Sarkar – of lines by giving away the extra pawn
5½ (11...b3) as after 12.¦xa3 White 's
18-24. Finegold, Serper, Kreiman, advantage was too hard to meet and
Fishbein, Gurevich, Foygel, soon earned him the exchange and
Muhammad – 5 with a little bit of prophylactic caution
25-38. Kudrin, Lapshun, Browne, the entire game.
Mulyar, Kraai, G. Shahade, Enkhbat,
Paschall, J. Donaldson, Lein, Kaufman, Anand - Ponomariov [B32]
Krush, J. Shahade, Hahn – 4½ 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
39-44. Ashley, Perelshteyn, Pixton, 4.¤xd4 e5 5.¤b5 d6 6.¤1c3 a6
Ippolito, E. Donaldson, Watson – 4 7.¤a3 ¤f6 8.¤c4 b5 9.¤e3 (D)
45-49. Baginskaite, Pruess, Markzon, XIIIIIIIIY
Battsetseg, Shiber – 3½ 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
50-54. Kriventsov, Esserman, Epstein, 9+-+-+pzpp0
Ross, Groberman – 3 9p+nzp-sn-+0
55-56. Bennett, Tsai – 2½ 9+p+-zp-+-0
57. Sagalchik – 2 9-+-+P+-+0
58. Levina – 1½ 9+-sN-sN-+-0
Italics – female player
FM Stephen Muhammad scored his
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
third and final IM norm. 9tR-vLQmKL+R0
FM Igor Foygel scored his third and xiiiiiiiiy
final IM norm.
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XIIIIIIIIY
9...b4N 9r+l+k+-tr0
9...¥e6 10.a3 ¦c8 11.¥e2 ¤d4 12.0–0 9zpp+n+pzpp0
¥e7 13.f4 £b6 14.f5 ¤xe2+ 15.¤xe2 9-+-+p+-+0
¥c4 16.¢h1 ¤xe4 17.b3 ¥xe2 9+N+pzP-+-0
18.£xe2 £c6 19.c4 bxc4 20.bxc4 h5
21.¥b2 ¥g5 22.¦f3 h4 ½–½ Alekhine- 9-+-+-zP-+0
Galindo, Madrid 1941. 9wq-+-+-+-0
10.¤cd5 ¤xe4 11.a3 bxa3 12.¦xa3 9P+PwQ-+PzP0
g6 13.c3 ¥d7 14.¤c4 ¦b8 15.¥e3 9+R+-mKL+R0
(D) xiiiiiiiiy
XIIIIIIIIY 14...£xa2N
9-tr-wqkvl-tr0 14...£c5 15.¤d6+ ¢e7 16.¦b5 £a3
9+-+l+p+p0 17.c4 d4 18.¦b3 £c5 19.¤e4 £c6
9p+nzp-+p+0 20.£b4+ ¢d8 21.¥d3 ¦f8 22.0–0 b6
23.¤d6 ¤c5 24.¥e4 ¤xe4 25.¤xe4
9+-+Nzp-+-0 ¦g8 26.¤d6 £c5 27.£a4 ¢c7 28.¦b5
9-+N+n+-+0 £c6 29.c5‚ P. Nielsen-Holst, Aars
9tR-zP-vL-+-0 1999.
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 15.¤d6+ ¢f8 16.¦d1 £b2 17.¥e2
9+-+QmKL+R0 £b6 18.c4 d4 19.¥f3 a5 20.0–0 d3+
xiiiiiiiiy 21.¢h1 £d4 22.¤b5 £c5
23.£xd3 g6 24.¤d6 ¤b6 25.¦b1
15...f5 16.¥b6 ¦xb6 17.¤cxb6 ¢g7 26.¦b5 £c7 27.£d4 ¤d7 (D)
¥h6 18.¥d3 0–0 19.¥xe4 fxe4 XIIIIIIIIY
20.0–0 ¥e6 21.¦xa6 £h4 22.£e2 9r+l+-+-tr0
¤d8 23.¦a8 ¢g7 24.g3 ¥g4 9+pwqn+pmkp0
25.gxh4 ¥xe2 26.¦fa1 g5 27.¤d7 9-+-sNp+p+0
¦f5 28.¦xd8 gxh4 29.¦g8+ ¢f7 9zpR+-zP-+-0
30.¦a7 ¦f3 31.¤7f6+ ¢e6 32.¦e7+
¢f5 33.¤g4 ¥d2 34.¤ge3+ 1–0 9-+PwQ-zP-+0
9+-+-+L+-0
Shirov restored his good form on the 9-+-+-+PzP0
account of last year winner Bareev, 9+-+-+R+K0
cracking his favourite French Defence xiiiiiiiiy
by a double pawn sacrifice to obtain 28.f5! gxf5 29.¤xf5+ exf5 30.e6+
an overwhelming positional ¤e5 31.¦xe5 f6 32.¦xf5 ¦f8
domination. Bareev tried to stop the 33.¥d5 £e7 34.¦h5 ¢h8 35.¥e4
avalanche by a counter pawn sacrifice, ¥xe6 36.¦xh7+ £xh7 37.¥xh7
however 28.f5! was simply much too ¢xh7 38.£e4+ 1–0.
much to deal with.
Jan Timman has hard time trying to
Shirov - Bareev [C11] recover from a series of unlucky
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5 defeats. Yesterday he did not put too
¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 much resistance against his
cxd4 8.¤xd4 ¥c5 9.£d2 ¥xd4 countryman Loek van Wely. The Slav
10.¥xd4 ¤xd4 11.£xd4 £b6 Defence he chose came as some
12.£d2 £xb2 surprise for Loek, yet after the dubious
12...¤c5 13.0–0–0 ¥d7 14.£d4 a6 11...Qa5 (allowing 12.e4. Better was
15.h4 0–0–0 16.¦h3 ¥c6 17.¤e2 ¢b8 the immediate 12...e5) White got the
18.¦c3 ¤a4 19.£xb6 ¤xb6 20.¤d4 upper hand rapidly in view of the
¥d7 21.b3² Kasparov-Timman, misplaced queen and moreover the
Horgen 1995. potential advance of his central
13.¦b1 £a3 14.¤b5 (D) pawns. Black's artificial efforts to block
the pawn by a knight led eventually to
the loss of the piece in the middle of
the board, giving the Dutch champion
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a third successive point, while Judith Polgar. He won even another

Timman will try again to cut the pawn but, finding himself in an
misfortunate chain of three defeats in a opposite colour bishops endings, he
row. had nothing to fight for anymore and
Van Wely - Timman [D11] the point was eventually shared.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 g6
5.¥d3 ¥g7 6.0–0 0–0 7.¤c3 ¥g4 It seems that nobody can really stop
8.h3 ¥xf3 9.£xf3 dxc4 10.¥xc4 the amazing run of the Chinese GM
¤bd7 11.¦d1 £a5? 12.e4 (D) Zhong in the B group. In the 7th
XIIIIIIIIY round he beat young German GM
9r+-+-trk+0 Naiditsch, in an exemplary kingside
9zpp+nzppvlp0 attack following the quiet 3.¥b5+ line
9-+p+-snp+0 in the Sicilian. 33.¦xf7! was not too
difficult to calculate, yet the following
9wq-+-+-+-0 positional exchange sacrifice was
9-+LzPP+-+0 quite impressive.
9+-sN-+Q+P0
9PzP-+-zPP+0 Zhong - Naiditsch [B52]
9tR-vLR+-mK-0 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.¥b5+ ¥d7
xiiiiiiiiy 4.¥xd7+ £xd7 5.c4 ¤c6 6.¤c3
¤f6 7.d4 cxd4 8.¤xd4 g6 9.f3 ¥g7
12...b5 13.¥b3 e5 14.dxe5 ¤xe5 10.¤de2 0–0 11.0–0 ¦fc8 12.b3 a6
15.£e2 b4 16.¤a4 £b5 17.£c2 13.a4 £d8 14.¥e3 ¤d7 15.¦b1
¦fd8 18.¥e3 ¦d3 19.¦xd3 £xd3 £a5 16.£d2 £b4 17.¦fd1 ¤c5
20.£xd3 ¤xd3 21.¦d1 ¤e5 22.f4 18.£c2 £a5 19.¢h1 ¤d7 20.£d2
¥h6 23.¤c5 ¤h5 24.g3 (D) £b4 21.¥g5 ¦e8 22.¥h4 ¦ac8
XIIIIIIIIY 23.f4 ¤c5 24.£c2 £a3 25.¦f1 e6
9r+-+-+k+0 26.f5 ¤b4 27.£d1 exf5 28.exf5
9zp-+-+p+p0 ¤e4 29.¤xe4 ¦xe4 30.¥g5 ¦ee8
9-+p+-+pvl0 31.¤g3 ¤c6 32.fxg6 hxg6 (D)
9+-sN-sn-+n0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-zp-+PzP-+0 9-+r+r+k+0
9+L+-vL-zPP0 9+p+-+pvl-0
9PzP-+-+-+0 9p+nzp-+p+0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9+-+-+-vL-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+P+-+-+0
1–0. 9wqP+-+-sN-0
9-+-+-+PzP0
Grischuk-Krasenkov saw another 9+R+Q+R+K0
main line of the Sicilian Sveshnikov xiiiiiiiiy
with rather aggressive play by Black:
23...b4 seems premature as the 33.¦xf7! £c5 34.¦xg7+ ¢xg7
resulting lines proved the opening to 35.£g4 ¤e5 36.£h4 ¤f7 37.¥f6+
favour White. 36...¦c5 was the ¢g8 38.£g4 ¢h7 39.¦f1 ¦c7
decisive mistake, while 36...¢f8 40.£h4+ ¢g8 41.h3 £e3 42.¢h2
would have put much more stubborn £h6 43.£g4 ¤e5 44.¥xe5 dxe5
resistance. 45.¤e4 ¦ee7 46.¤f6+ ¢h8
47.¤d5 ¦f7 48.¦e1 ¦c6 49.¦xe5
No dramatic events were seen in £f8 50.£g3 £d6 51.c5 £f8 52.b4
either in the short draw Radjabov- ¢g7 53.£c3 ¢g8 54.£e3 ¢h7
Ivanchuk (Slav, 22 moves) or in the 55.¦e8 £g7 56.b5 1–0
much longer game Topalov-Karpov
(Nimzo-Indian, 69 moves). Kramnik Russian model Alexandra Kostenjuk
tried hard to win a rook and bishop scored her first victory over Hungarian
ending each with a pawn up against
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GM Peter Acs (135 moves!), while Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin

Karjakin beat Dutchman Nijboer in a
typical opposite attacks play in the 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5
Sicilian. The 15 years-old Dutch Junior ¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3
Champion Daniel Stellwagen made cxd4 8.¤xd4 ¥c5 9.£d2 ¥xd4
another step to his GM norm by 10.¥xd4 ¤xd4 11.£xd4 £b6 (D)
drawing with countryman Dennis de XIIIIIIIIY
Vreugt. After 3 rounds in the C group, 9r+l+k+-tr0
German GM Eric Lobron and Dutch IM 9zpp+n+pzpp0
Ruud Janssen are sharing the lead with 9-wq-+p+-+0
2.5 points.
9+-+pzP-+-0
Round 7 results: 9-+-wQ-zP-+0
Anand – Ponomariov 1:0 9+-sN-+-+-0
Shirov – Bareev 1:0 9PzPP+-+PzP0
Grischuk – Krasenkow 1:0 9tR-+-mKL+R0
Van Wely – Timman 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
Polgar – Kramnik ½:½
Radjabov Ivanchuk ½:½ 12.£d2!?
Topalov – Karpov ½:½ This line commonly leads to an
ending with White having a slight
Round 7 standings: advantage after 12.£xb6 ¤xb6
1-2. Anand, Van Wely – 5 13.¤b5; or 12.¤b5 £xd4 13.¤xd4 But
3-4. Shirov, Polgar – 4½ these types of positions suit Bareev
5. Grischuk – 4 much more than Shirov. I don't mean
6-8. Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Topalov – 3½ Shirov is less competent without
9-11. Bareev, Karpov, Radjabov – 3 queens on the board, but in a double-
12-13. Ponomariov, Krasenkow – 2½ edged middlegame with the initiative
14. Timman – 1½ he surely feels right at home.
12...£xb2?!
Tournament B Excessive self-confidence. [Such a
Round 7 results: brave man as Jan Timman didn't dare
Zhang Zhong – Naiditsch 1:0 capture this pawn. His game against
Stellwagen – De Vreught ½:½ Kasparov (Horgen 1995) continued
Rogers – Hector ½:½ 12...¤c5 13.0–0–0 ¥d7 14.£d4 a6
Karjakin – Nijboer 1:0 15.h4 0–0–0 16.¦h3 ¥c6 17.¤e2 ¢b8
Koneru – Jonkman 1:0 18.¦c3 ¤a4 19.£xb6 ¤xb6 and they
Van der Wiel – Cmilyte ½:½ got this ending with a few changes in
Kosteniuk – Acs 1:0 the location of the pieces.
13.¦b1 £a3 14.¤b5 £xa2
Round 7 standings: Bareev decides to suffer with two
1. Zhang Zhong – 6½ pawns in the pocket. The game
2. Stellwagen – 5 Nielsen - Holst, Aars 1999 saw
3. Nijboer – 4½ 14...£c5 15.¤d6+ ¢e7 16.¦b5 £a3
4-8. Rogers, De Vreught, Naiditsch, 17.c4 d4 18.¦b3 £c5 19.¤e4 £c6
Hector, Karjakin – 4 20.£b4+ ¢d8 21.¥d3 with full
9-11. Van der Wiel, Koneru, Acs – 2½ compensation for the pawn.
12-13. Jonkman, Kosteniuk –2 15.¤d6+ ¢f8 16.¦d1
14. Cmilyte – 1½ Bad is 16.£b4? a5. White's plan is
¤¤¤ simple - ¥e2, 0–0 followed by the
Annotated Game opening of the f-file.
A. Shirov (2723) 16...£b2 17.¥e2 £b6 (D)
E. Bareev (2729)
Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (7),
19.01.2003 - [C11]
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XIIIIIIIIY then 27.¤d8! winning the exchange

9r+l+-mk-tr0 since the attempt to save it leads to an
9zpp+n+pzpp0 even worse result - 27...¦a6 28.¤c6+
9-wq-sNp+-+0 ¢e8 29.¦b8! ¤xb8 30.¦d8#; B)
9+-+pzP-+-0 22...£c7
22.¤b5! £c5
9-+-+-zP-+0 The capture 22...£xc4 would have
9+-+-+-+-0 opened the c-file for the White rook
9-+PwQL+PzP0 (s) 23.¤d6 £d4 (23...£c2 24.£e3 and
9+-+RmK-+R0 Rxd3) 24.¦c1 ¤b6 25.¦c3
xiiiiiiiiy 23.£xd3
In case of 17...a5 18.0–0 £b4 White Now White has a great attacking
can choose between 19.c3 (and position for one pawn only. 23...g6
19.£xb4 axb4 20.¦a1 ¦xa1 21.¦xa1 24.¤d6 ¤b6
¢e7 22.¦a8 ¤b6 23.¦a7 and it's not 24...¢g7 loses material after 25.¥xb7
easy for Black to complete his ¥xb7 26.¤xb7
development. ) ; 17...¢e7 18.0–0 25.¦b1 ¢g7 26.¦b5 £c7 27.£d4
£b6+ (18...¤c5? 19.¦b1 £a2 20.¦a1 ¤d7 (D)
£b2 21.¦fb1 and the queen is XIIIIIIIIY
trapped) 19.¢h1 ¤c5 fulfilling all of 9r+l+-+-tr0
White's dreams after 20.f5 The text 9+pwqn+pmkp0
move allows Shirov to attack Black's 9-+-sNp+p+0
centre.
18.c4! d4
9zpR+-zP-+-0
Naturally Black is ready to give one 9-+PwQ-zP-+0
pawn back exchanging the queens. 9+-+-+L+-0
[Black can't capture the pawn 9-+-+-+PzP0
18...dxc4 in view of 19.¤xc8 ¦xc8 9+-+-+R+K0
20.£xd7; if 18...¤c5 then 19.cxd5 exd5 xiiiiiiiiy
20.f5! (not 20.£xd5 £b4+) 28.f5!?
19.¥f3 Shirov is true to himself. There were
Preparing to castling. 19.0–0?? d3+. many ways to win - for example
19...a5 20.0–0 d3+ 21.¢h1 £d4?! 28.¥xb7 ¥xb7 29.¦xb7 £c5 30.£xc5
(D) ¤xc5 31.¦xf7+ ¢g8 32.¦c7; or 28.¦d1
XIIIIIIIIY but he prefers a straight attack; less
9r+l+-mk-tr0 precise was 28.¤xc8 ¦axc8 29.¦xb7
9+p+n+pzpp0 £xc4 30.£xc4 ¦xc4 31.¦xd7 ¦xf4.
9-+-sNp+-+0 28...gxf5 29.¤xf5+! exf5 30.e6+
9zp-+-zP-+-0 ¤e5
30...¤f6 31.¦xf5 £e7 32.¥d5+-
9-+Pwq-zP-+0 31.¦xe5 f6 32.¦xf5 ¦f8 33.¥d5
9+-+p+L+-0 Probably after the game Alexei was
9-+-wQ-+PzP0 slightly disappointed discovering a
9+-+R+R+K0 nice blow 33.¥xb7! £xb7 34.¦g5+
xiiiiiiiiy ¢h8 35.¦xf6 mating (even after
Hoping that the queen and the d3- 35...£b1+ 36.¦f1+ :-) This line is more
pawn can hold White's pieces. But appropriate to his style.
Shirov's reply shows it's all in vain. 33...£e7 34.¦h5 ¢h8
Maybe the only chance for Black was 34...¥xe6 35.£e4+- (or 35.¦e1 ¦a6
21...¤c5 After 22.£e3 he should try A) 36.¥xe6 ¦xe6 37.£g4+)
as 22...¤a4 leaves White a strong 35.¥e4 ¥xe6 36.¦xh7+ £xh7
initiative in the ending e.g. 23.£xb6 37.¥xh7 ¢xh7 38.£e4+ 1–0.
(23.£xd3 ¤b2 24.£b1 a4 25.c5 £b3 is
not that clear) 23...¤xb6 24.¦xd3 ¢e7
25.¦b1 ¤d7 26.¤xb7 and if 26...a4
(26...¥xb7 27.¦xb7 ¦hd8 28.¥c6)
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1) S. Karjakin - F. Nijboer
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (7),
19.01.2003
28.£f4! [28.£f4 ¦bf8 (28...¤xb3
29.£f6+ ¢e8 30.¥xg6#; 28...¢d8
29.£f6+ ¢c7 30.¦c1) 29.£h4+ g5
30.¤xg5! £xe5 (30...hxg5 31.£xg5+
¢e8 32.¥g6+ ¦f7 33.¦gf1) 31.¤h7+!]
1–0.

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CT-21(805) 21st January 2003
Quiz Today Championship, the final result proved

Naiditsch (2585) - Koneru (2496) to be the biggest win of her career -
XIIIIIIIIY and one that shocked many of the
9rsn-+r+k+0 commentators and spectators in the
9zp-+n+-zpp0 playing hall.
9-+p+-zp-+0
9+-+p+-+P0 Biographical details of Anna Hahn,
9-+-zP-zPP+0 2003 AF4C US Women's Champion
9+-+QwqN+-0
9-zPPsN-+-+0 Women's International Master Anna
9+-mKR+-+R0 Hahn was born in Riga, Latvia June 21,
xiiiiiiiiy 1976 and currently resides in Jersey
White to play City, N.J. As a child she used to
watch her father and grandfather play
chess and when she was seven years
old her grandfather decided to take
her to the local chess club.
Her best chess achievements include

the Latvian Women's Champion in
1992 and, after moving to the U.S.,
tying for second place in the World
Girl's Championship in 1993. Anna
earned her Women's international
master title in 1995. In 2000 Anna
participated in the chess Olympiad in
Turkey, and the women's world
championship in India.
She likes chess because of the logic

and complexity of the game. Besides
Anna Hahn wins the USA chess Anna is fond of dancing and she
loves music and goes to a lot of
Women's championship concerts and performances. In other
after playoff. sports, her interests are in tennis
and kickboxing. In December 1998
by John Henderson she became a graduate of the
I n a fairytale ending to decide the University of Pennsylvania in Finance

2003 Af4C US Women's Champion, and Computer Science and is currently
underdog Anna Hahn, from Jersey working at Goldman Sachs
City, N.J, caused a major chess upset Investment Bank as a programmer.
in the three-way playoff for the Anna is now also doing
crown by beating former champions a part time Masters Program in
Jennifer Shahade and Irina Krush. Carnegie Mellon (NY location),
studying Computational Finance.
Scoring back to back wins against the
two top US women players gave Hahn About America's Foundation for
both the title and the record first prize Chess
of $12,500. For Hahn, 26, who
was seeded No.6 for the women's Founded in 2000, America's
crown at the start of the Foundation for Chess (formerly the
Seattle Chess Foundation) is
committed to bringing chess into every
This issue is prepared by IMs Vlassov & Afek, Henderson; technical editor R. Marconi
CT-21(805) Page 1 of 6
U.S. classroom. By first making chess Alexei Shirov (2723) – Alexander

a larger part of America's cultural Grischuk (2712) [B33]
fabric - accessible in schools and in 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
popular culture - AF4C hopes to 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 e5 6.¤db5 d6
elevate the profile of chess in America. 7.¥g5 a6 8.¤a3 b5 9.¥xf6 gxf6
To this end, AF4C is providing 10.¤d5 f5 11.¥d3 ¥e6 12.0–0
chess instruction materials and training ¥xd5 13.exd5 ¤e7 14.c3 ¥g7
to teachers, who have little or 15.£h5 e4 16.¥c2 £c8 17.¦ae1 0–
no chess background. In addition, by 0 18.¥b3 a5 19.£g5 £b7 20.f3 h6
sponsoring high-level competitions 21.£f4 a4 22.¥c2 b4 23.cxb4
such as the U.S. Chess Championships, £xb4 24.fxe4 ¤g6 25.£xf5 ¥xb2
AF4C is cultivating chess role 26.e5 ¥xe5 27.¤b1 ¦ae8 28.¥e4?
models and a venue for chess (D)
excellence in America. By forging XIIIIIIIIY
partnerships with schools and 9-+-+rtrk+0
corporations, AF4C plans to make 9+-+-+p+-0
chess a 9-+-zp-+nzp0
part of every classroom experience. 9+-+PvlQ+-0
9pwq-+L+-+0
As some of Chess Today readers may 9+-+-+-+-0
remember, our regular contributor GM 9P+-+-+PzP0
9+N+-tRRmK-0
Mikhail Golubev recently published a xiiiiiiiiy
number of materials concerning the 28...¥f4!–+ 29.g3 ¦e5 30.£g4
situation around the Ponomariov- ¦xe4 31.¦xe4 £xe4 32.gxf4 ¦b8
Kasparov match. You can find his 0–1
most recent Open Letter at White resigned as 33.£g2 £xb1 34.f5
http://chess- ¦b2 35.£g3 £e4 36.fxg6 £d4+
sector.odessa.ua/fideopen.htm. 37.¢h1 £xd5+ is hopeless for him.
Mikhail received a rather interesting
response from a chess reader in In another theoretical debate, the
France - Joel Bouard – see it at Bayonet variation of the Classical
http://chess- King's Indian was once again at the
sector.odessa.ua/unity_e.htm focus of young Teimor Radjabov game
– this time against FIDE World
Champion Ruslan Ponomariov. The
The Wijk aan Zee Report latter tried to challenge this highly
(8th round) fashionable line with the popular
by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for penetration Ne6, in an attempt to
Chess Today; notes to games by GM undermine the traditional kingside
Alex Baburin initiative. However Radjabov managed
to neutralise in a cool tempered
A lexei Shirov, whose victory here manner all White's threats and
over world champion Kramnik, emerged from the complications not
using the Sicilian Sveshnikov just with an extra pawn, but also with
has impressed the chess community a tremendous counter mating attack
worldwide, became yesterday the which forced the frustrated Ukrainian
victim of his own pet-line. Since he star to resign and earned the winner
was convinced that he had actually got the daily public prize.
nothing as White in the above-
mentioned game, he tried against Ruslan Ponomariov (2734) –
Grischuk a new move (21.Qf4 instead Teimour Radjabov (2624) [E97]
of 21.Qg3) and this time had even less. 1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4
d6 5.d4 0–0 6.¥e2 e5 7.0–0 ¤c6
8.d5 ¤e7 9.b4 ¤h5 10.¦e1 f5
11.¤g5 ¤f6 12.f3 ¢h8
12...¤h5 13.c5 ¤f4 14.¥c4 ¢h8
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CT-21(805) Page 2 of 6
15.¦b1 a6 16.¢h1 h6 17.¤e6 ¤xe6 d5 5.¥g2 dxc4 6.£a4+ ¤fd7

18.dxe6 ¤c6 19.b5 ¤d4 20.bxa6 bxa6 7.£xc4 ¤b6 8.£c3 ¤a6 9.0–0 c5
21.¥a3 ¦e8 22.¥d5 c6 23.cxd6 ¥xe6 10.e3 0–0 11.¤a3 ¥f5 12.¦d1 cxd4
24.¥xe6 ¦xe6 25.¥c5 ¤b5 26.£b3 13.exd4 ¤d5 14.£b3 ¤ab4
£e8 27.¦ed1 ¦d8 28.¤xb5 axb5 29.a4 15.¥d2 a5 16.¤e5 ¥e6 17.£a4 (D)
bxa4 30.£xa4 ¥f8 31.d7 £f7 32.£a5 XIIIIIIIIY
1–0 Bareev-Radjabov, Wijk aan Zee 9r+-wq-trk+0
2003. 9+p+-zppvlp0
13.¦b1N (D) 9-+-+l+p+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+nsN-+-0
9r+lwq-tr-mk0 9Qsn-zP-+-+0
9zppzp-sn-vlp0 9sN-+-+-zP-0
9-+-zp-snp+0 9PzP-vL-zPLzP0
9+-+PzppsN-0 9tR-+R+-mK-0
9-zPP+P+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-+P+-0 17...¥xe5 18.dxe5 ¥g4 19.¥h6
9P+-+L+PzP0 ¥xd1 20.¦xd1 ¦e8 21.¤b5 £d7
9+RvLQtR-mK-0 22.a3 e6 23.h4 £c6 24.axb4 axb4
xiiiiiiiiy 25.¥xd5 exd5 26.£xb4 ¦xe5
13.¥e3 27.¤d4 £a6 28.£c3 £c4 29.¤f3
13...h6 14.¤e6 ¥xe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 £xc3 30.bxc3 ¦e7 31.¦xd5 ¦c7
16.fxe4 ¤c6 17.¤d5 ¤g8 18.¥d3 32.¥d2 h5 33.¤d4 ¦a2 34.¦d8+
¤d4 19.£g4 g5 20.£h3 c6 21.¤e3 ¢g7 35.¥f4 ¦e7 36.¤f3 f6 37.¥d6
£f6 22.¤g4 £e7 23.¥e3 ¤xe6 ¦f7 38.¤d4 ¦a6 39.¢g2 g5 40.¢f3
24.g3 £d7 25.¦f1 d5 26.¦f5 dxc4 ¢g6 41.¢e3 ¦a1 42.¤f3 1–0.
27.¥xc4 ¤d4 28.¦xf8 ¦xf8
29.£h5 £d6 30.¢g2 b5 31.¥f7 Jan Timman seems deep in the mud
¤c2 32.¥c5 £d2+ 33.¤f2 ¤f6 following a fourth defeat in a row
34.£g6 ¤g4 35.¢g1 ¤ce3 against Bareev. This time Timman
36.¥xe3 ¤xe3 37.h4 (D) tried to solve the problem of an
XIIIIIIIIY isolated central pawn by giving it
9-+-+-tr-mk0 away for practically nothing! The
9zp-+-+Lvl-0 Russian did exactly what we are all
9-+p+-+Qzp0 expected to do: he simply exchanged
9+p+-zp-zp-0 all pieces up to the happy ending.
9-zP-+P+-zP0
9+-+-sn-zP-0 Evgeny Bareev (2729) – Jan
9P+-wq-sN-+0
9+R+-+-mK-0 Timman (2594) [E37]
xiiiiiiiiy 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2
37...£e2! 38.£h5 g4 0–1. d5 5.a3 ¥xc3+ 6.£xc3 ¤e4 7.£c2
c5 8.dxc5 ¤c6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.¤f3
It was a rather disastrous day for the £a5+ 11.¥d2 £xc5 12.£xc5
local participants in the A group. Loek ¤xc5 13.¦c1 ¤b3 14.¦c3 ¤xd2
van Wely was quite unhappy with his 15.¢xd2 ¥g4 16.g3 d4 17.¦c5 (D)
move 17...Bxe5 against Karpov. It was XIIIIIIIIY
just a piece of cake for the ex-World 9r+-+k+-tr0
9zpp+-+pzpp0
Champion to convert the early 9-+n+-+-+0
material advantage into an easy point. 9+-tR-+-+-0
Karpov could experience again, after a 9-+-zp-+l+0
long and dry period, the taste of a 9zP-+-+NzP-0
triumph, stopping the Dutchman's 9-zP-mKPzP-zP0
own victorious campaign. 9+-+-+L+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Anatoly Karpov (2688) – Loek van 17...d3? 18.¢xd3 0–0–0+ 19.¢c3
Wely (2668) [D73] ¦he8 20.h3 ¥e6 21.¥g2 ¥d5
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 22.¦d1 ¥e4 23.¦d2 ¢b8 24.b4 b6
CT-21(805) Page 3 of 6
25.¦c4 f5 26.g4 ¦xd2 27.¢xd2 and GM Lobron, who have 3 points

fxg4 28.hxg4 ¥d5 29.¦f4 ¦d8 each.
30.¢c3 ¦c8 31.¢b2 ¦d8 32.g5 b5
33.¢c3 ¦c8 34.¥h3 ¦c7 35.¢d2 Round 8 results:
a5 36.¤d4 axb4 37.¤xb5 ¦f7 Bareev – Timman 1:0
38.¦xf7 ¥xf7 39.axb4 ¤xb4 Ponomariov – Radjabov 0:1
40.¤d6 ¥g6 41.¤f5 ¥xf5 42.¥xf5 Karpov – Van Wely 1:0
g6 43.¥e6 ¤c6 44.¥g8 ¢c7 Kramnik – Anand ½:½
45.¥xh7 ¤e7 46.f4 ¢d7 47.e4 Shirov – Grischuk 0:1
¢e8 48.f5 1–0 Krasenkow – Polgar ½:½
Ivanchuk – Topalov ½:½
Krasenkov-Polgar saw a fairly
peaceful Queen's Indian with all light Round 8 standings:
officers exchanged to leave the heavy 1. Vishy Anand (2753) – 5½ points;
guns rather useless in view of the 2-4. Loek van Wely (2668), Judit
symmetrical pawn structure. Ivanchuk Polgar (2700) and Alexander Grischuk
drew again, this time with Topalov (2712) – 5 points;
introducing a rare guest in WAZ this 5. Alexei Shirov (2723) – 4½ points;
year: The Sicilian Rossolimo (1.e4 c5 6-11. Vassily Ivanchuk (2699), Anatoly
2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5). The last game to Karpov (2688), Vladimir Kramnik
be finished was Kramnik-Anand (2807), Veselin Topalov (2743),
where the World Champion tried for a Teimour Radjabov (2624) and Evgeny
long time to start his own comeback Bareev (2729) – 4 points;
on the account of the sole leader but 12. Mikhail Krasenkov (2633) – 3
to no avail. points;
13. Ruslan Ponomariov (2734) – 2½
The stormy run of Chinese Zhong in points;
the B group slowed somewhat down 14. Jan Timman (2594) – 1½ points.
following his second draw against
young Hungarian GM Peter Acs. Dutch Tournament "B", round 8 results:
junior champion Daniel Stellwagen Cmilyte – Karjakin 1:0
scored a 9 rounds GM norm (with a Nijboer – Stellwagen ½:½
round to go!) with his draw as Black Hector – Jonkman ½:½
against countryman GM Nijboer. Naiditsch – Koneru 1:0
Alexandra Kosteniuk demonstrated a Rogers – Van der Wiel ½:½
model recovery of a rather slow start, De Vreught – Kosteniuk 0:1
hunting a second successive male GM, Acs – Zhang Zhong ½:½
Dennis de Vreugt, who paid the full
price for the original strategy of using Round 8 Standings:
senior officers to blockade advancing 1. Zhang Zhong (2624) – 7 points;
pawns. Lithuanian WGM Victoria 2. Daniel Stellwagen (2427) 5½ points;
Cmilyte (Mrs. Shirov) finally managed 3-4. Friso Nijboer (2553) and Arkadij
to justify her first name by crushing Naiditsch (2585) – 5 points;
young Sergej Karjakin in a sudden 5-6. Ian Rogers (2569) and Jonny
mating attack. A whole female Hector (2570) – 4½ points;
celebration was partially spoiled as 7-8. Dennis De Vreugt (2504) and
Indian Humpy Koneru lost again, to Sergey Karjakin (2547) – 4points;
Germany's youngest GM Arkadij 9-11. Peter Acs (2623), John van der
Naiditsch, whose little combination Wiel (2509) and Alexandra Kosteniuk
(23.¦he1! and 25. ¦de1!) amused the (2456) – 3 points;
spectators. 12-14. Victoria Cmilyte (2452), Humpy
Koneru (2496) and Harmen Jonkman
In the C group Dutchman IM Ruud (2436) – 2½ points;
Janssen took the lead after 4 rounds
with 3.5 points ahead of IM Cherniaev
CT-21(805) Page 4 of 6
¤¤¤ This is a very unconventional move,

Annotated Game but the idea is clear: to get control
Alexander Shabalov over the g5-square. But is it worth two
Varuzhan Akobian tempi?
Event: USA Ch 2003- [C02] 15...¦c8 16.¤e2 a5 (D)
Annotations by IM Nikolai Vlassov XIIIIIIIIY
There were many leaders before the 9-+r+k+r+0
last round of the USA Championship 9+p+lvlp+-0
but only Shabalov managed to win the 9-wqn+p+-+0
9zp-+pzPp+p0
last game. 9-zP-zP-+-zP0
9zP-+-+NzP-0
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 ¤c6 9-+-+NzP-+0
5.¤f3 £b6 6.a3 ¤h6 (D) 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
9r+l+kvl-tr0 17.b5!?
9zpp+-+pzpp0 Unexpected pawn sacrifice. After
9-wqn+p+-sn0 17.bxa5 ¤xa5 18.¥g5 ¥b5 19.¥xe7
9+-zppzP-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0 ¢xe7 Black would stand is a bit better
9zP-zP-+N+-0 - his pieces are more active.
9-zP-+-zPPzP0 17...£xb5
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 Now Black's queen and the a5-pawn
xiiiiiiiiy prevent him from playing his bishop
7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¤f5 9.¥b2 ¥e7 to b5 and moving his knight to c4, so
10.h4 h5 11.¥d3 g6 12.¥xf5 gxf5 White has won a couple of tempi.
13.¤c3 ¦g8 14.g3N (D) 18.¥g5 a4 19.¦b1 £a5+ 20.¢f1
XIIIIIIIIY ¥xa3 (D)
9r+l+k+r+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpp+-vlp+-0 9-+r+k+r+0
9-wqn+p+-+0 9+p+l+p+-0
9+-+pzPp+p0 9-+n+p+-+0
9-zP-zP-+-zP0 9wq-+pzPpvLp0
9zP-sN-+NzP-0 9p+-zP-+-zP0
9-vL-+-zP-+0 9vl-+-+NzP-0
9tR-+QmK-+R0 9-+-+NzP-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+R+Q+K+R0
This is a novelty, but the idea is quite xiiiiiiiiy
typical for this variation: White White keeps on giving Black pawns
prepares to move his king to the g2- and Black continues to take them!
square because he does not want to Now he has a dangerous passed pawn
take his rook away from the h-file. on the queenside.
Other examples: 14.0–0 ¦g4 15.¤e2 21.¦a1?!
¥d7 16.g3 0–0–0 17.¥c1 ¦dg8 18.¢h1 Better looked 21.¢g2, with further
¢b8 19.¥f4 ¢a8 20.£d2 f6 21.exf6 ¤e2-f4-h5-f6.
¥xf6 22.¦fc1 e5 23.dxe5 ¥xh4 21...£b4
24.¤xh4 £xf2 25.¤g2 h4 26.¦f1 hxg3 An attempt to catch the white rook
27.¦xf2 gxf2 28.e6 ¥xe6 29.£e3 ¥f7 21...¥b2 22.¦xa4 £b5 could be met
30.£xf2 d4 31.¦d1 1–0 Grischuk- by 23.¢g2! ¤xe5 24.¤xe5 £xa4
Zhang Pengxiang, Shanghai 2001. 25.¤xd7! £xd7 26.£b3! and b2-
14.¤g5 £xd4 15.£xd4 ¤xd4 16.¤xd5 bishop is trapped.
¤c2+ 17.¢d2 exd5 18.¢xc2 ¥xg5 22.¤f4 ¦h8
19.hxg5 ¦xg5 20.¥d4 ¥e6 21.g3 ¢d7 Black is determined to give nothing
22.¥e3 ¦g4 23.¥f4 ¦gg8 24.¢d3 to White.
¦gc8 25.¦ac1 ¦c4 26.¦xh5 a5 23.¢g2 b5 24.¥f6 ¦h6 25.¦e1
27.¦xc4 dxc4+ 28.¢c3 ¢c6 Grischuk- £f8 26.£e2 (D)
Sakaev, Tomsk 2001.
14...¥d7 15.¥c1!?
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9-+r+kwq-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+l+p+-0 9+-+lmk-+-0
9-+n+pvL-tr0 9-+r+-+p+0
9+p+pzPp+p0 9+-zPpzPpmKp0
9p+-zP-sN-zP0 9-wQ-+-zP-+0
9vl-+-+NzP-0 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+QzPK+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9tR-+-tR-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
26...¥e7 49.£b3 ¦e6 50.£xd5 ¥c6 51.£a2
After 26...¤a5 27.¤g5 ¤b3 28.¦ad1 ¥d7 52.¢h6! ¥e8 53.¢g7 ¥d7
¥c1! 29.¤xh5 ¦g6 30.¤h3! White also 54.£h2 ¦c6 55.£h4+ ¢e8 (D)
has compensation. XIIIIIIIIY
27.¥g5 ¦h8 28.¦ec1 ¦b8 29.¦ab1 9-+-+k+-+0
¥xg5?! 9+-+l+-mK-0
Now White begins to get the upper 9-+r+-+p+0
hand. 29...¤a5 deserved 9+-zP-zPp+p0
consideration. 9-+-+-zP-wQ0
30.hxg5 £a3 (D) 9+-+-+-zP-0
9-tr-+k+-tr0 9+-+-+-+-0
9+-+l+p+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+n+p+-+0 56.£f6!
9+p+pzPpzPp0 White is happy to sacrifice the queen
9p+-zP-sN-+0 for he can soon get another one!
9wq-+-+NzP-0 56...¦xf6 57.exf6 ¥e6 58.c6 g5
9-+-+QzPK+0 59.fxg5 f4 60.g6 fxg3 61.f7+ 1–0.
9+RtR-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy Solution to Quiz Today:
Better was 30...¤a5, although after Naiditsch-Koneru:
23.¦he1! £xd3 24.¦xe8+ ¢f7
31.g6 ¤c4 32.¦h1 White's attack is 25.¦de1!!+- The key move! 25...£e4
very dangerous. 26.¤xe4 ¢xe8 27.¤xf6+ ¢f7 28.¤g5+
31.g6! fxg6 32.¤xe6! 1–0.
Possibly Black missed this blow in Contact information. Do you want to report
his calculations - now White has a a tournament or have a suggestion concerning
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35...£xg5 36.¦c7+ £e7 37.¦xe7+ go down, while the quality will go up!
¢xe7 38.¦c5 ¦hc8 39.£a6+- (D)
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XIIIIIIIIY
against Karpov. Shirov was involved 9-+R+-vl-tr0
again in the Sicilian Sveshnikov 9+-+r+kzp-0
complex, this time as Black and forced 9Q+-+pzp-+0
a draw by repetition on move 22. No 9+p+-+-+-0
special dramatic events were seen also 9-+-+-+-zP0
in van Wely-Ivanchuk (Slav, 20 9+-+-+-+-0
moves), Radjabov-Kramnik (Queen's 9PzP-vLq+-+0
9+-mKR+-+-0
Indian, 19 moves) and Anand- xiiiiiiiiy
Krasenkov (Berlin Wall, 19 moves). 35...¥b4! 36.£c6 ¥xd2+ 37.¢c2
The toughest battle in the top group ¥a5+ 38.¢b3 £xd1+ 0–1
was undoubtedly Grischuk-Bareev,
displaying the ultra sharp advance The Berlin Wall line in the Ruy Lopez
variation in the Caro-Kann. When the seemed under a big threat in Topalov-
white king eventually managed to find Ponomariov when the latter
shelter on the queenside, by a kind of discovered a surprising exchange
artificial castling manoeuvre, Black sacrifice and his bishop proved
opened a new front there and after the powerful in the queenside pawn
finesse 35...¥b4! it was all over. battle. This courageous bishop was
finally sacrificed for the last white
Grischuk - Bareev [B12] pawn to secure the hard fought draw.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.¤c3 e6
5.g4 ¥g6 6.¤ge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.¤f4 The B group made it up to the
¥h7 9.¤xh5 cxd4 10.¤b5 ¤c6 bloodthirsty public with plenty of
11.¤xd4 ¤ge7 (D) fighting spirit. Even the Chinese GM
XIIIIIIIIY who seems to be unstoppable on his
9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9zpp+-snpzpl0 way to the A group next year prefers
9-+n+p+-+0 to do it in grand style and yesterday
9+-+pzP-+N0 beat De Vreugt in an excellent game.
9-+-sN-+PzP0 The Dutchman probably missed his
9+-+-+-+-0 best practical chance 13...g3!? 14.hxg3
9PzPP+-zP-+0 ¦g8!.
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy Zhong - De Vreugt [C68]
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6
12.¦h3 a6 13.¥g5 £b6 14.¤xc6 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.0–0 ¥e7 6.¤c3 ¥f6
¤xc6 15.¥d3 ¥xd3 16.¦xd3 7.£e2 ¥e6 8.b3 ¤e7 9.¥a3 g5
£b4+ 17.c3 £e4+ 18.¦e3 £g2 10.d4! (D)
19.¦c1 £g1+ 20.¢d2 £xf2+ XIIIIIIIIY
21.¦e2 £c5 22.£a4 ¦c8 (D) 9r+-wqk+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+pzp-snp+p0
9-+r+kvl-tr0 9p+p+lvl-+0
9+p+-+pzp-0 9+-+-zp-zp-0
9p+n+p+-+0 9-+-zPP+-+0
9+-wqpzP-vLN0 9vLPsN-+N+-0
9Q+-+-+PzP0 9P+P+QzPPzP0
9+-zP-+-+-0 9tR-+-+RmK-0
9PzP-mKR+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-tR-+-+-0 10...g4 11.¦ad1!
xiiiiiiiiy 11.¤xe5? £xd4 12.¤d3 £xc3 13.¥b2
23.¦f1 ¦c7 24.¢c1 d4 25.¦d1 ¦d7 £xb2 14.¤xb2 ¥xb2µ.
26.¦ed2 £xe5 27.cxd4 £e4 11...exd4
28.¦c2 f6 29.¥d2 b5 30.£xa6 11...gxf3 12.£xf3 ¥g7 13.dxe5 £c8
¤xd4 31.¦c8+ ¢f7 32.¤g3 £xg4 14.£g3‚.
33.¦g1 ¤e2+ 34.¤xe2 £xe2 12.¤xd4 ¥xd4 13.¤a4 ¤g6 14.c3
35.¦d1 (D) ¤f4 15.£c2 ¤h3+ 16.gxh3 gxh3
17.¦d3 ¦g8+ 18.¢h1 £h4 19.cxd4
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Koneru – Acs 1:0
£xe4+ 20.f3 £h4 21.¤c5+- 0–0–0 Kosteniuk – Nijboer 0:1
22.¤xe6 ¦g2 23.£c5 ¦dg8 24.£e5
fxe6 25.¥c1 ¢b8 26.¦dd1 ¦f8 Round 9 Standings:
27.¥e3 ¦xa2 28.£xe6 £h5 29.d5 1. Zhong – 8 points
¦e8 (D) 2. Nijboer – 6
XIIIIIIIIY 3. Stellwagen – 5½
9-mk-+r+-+0 4-6. Karjakin, Naiditsch, Hector – 5
9+pzp-+-+p0 7. Rogers – 4½
9p+p+Q+-+0 8. de Vreugt – 4
9+-+P+-+q0 9-12. Cmilyte, van der Wiel, Jonkman,
9-+-+-+-+0 Koneru – 3½
9+P+-vLP+p0 13-14. Acs, Kosteniuk – 3
9r+-+-+-zP0
9+-+R+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy Wednesday will be the last rest day of
30.dxc6! ¦e2 31.£h6 £f5 32.£g5 the tournaments.
£e6 33.¦d8+ 1–0
As in previous years, the men's and
Karjakin recovered quickly from his women's Indian Championships are
defeat in the 8th round by beating the round-robin events with 21 and 13
solid Australian GM Jan Rogers. The players respectively. The strongest
whole bottom group made a Indian players Anand and Konery
successful escaping attempt before the have been playing in Wijk A and B,
[final] free day, which falls to the while all the other best players are
general elections in Holland. fighting for national awards. In the
men's section Sasikiran has the best
German GM Eric Lobron and Dutch IM results so far – 4 ½ points out of 5.
Ruud Janssen are sharing the lead in Harikrisna and Barua have the same
the C group with 4 points out of 5. score but after 6 games, while Kunte
has 4 points out of 6. In the women's
event Mohota is leading with 3½
Results of the 9th Round: points out of 4. Aarthie and Harika
Anand – Krasenkow ½:½ have half a point less.
van Wely – Ivanchuk ½:½
Polgar – Shirov ½:½ ¤¤¤
Grischuk – Bareev 0:1 Annotated Game
Radjabov – Kramnik ½:½ A. Grischuk (2712)
Topalov – Ponomariov ½:½ E. Bareev (2729
Timman – Karpov ½:½ Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (9),
21.01.2003 - [B12]
Round 9 Standings: Annotations by IM Vladimir Barsky
1. Anand – 6 points 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 (D)
2-3. van Wely, Polgar – 5½ XIIIIIIIIY
4-6. Shirov, Grischuk, Bareev – 5
7-11. Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Karpov, 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
Topalov, Radjabov – 4½ 9zpp+-zppzpp0
12. Krasenkow – 3½ 9-+p+-+-+0
13. Ponomariov – 3 9+-+pzP-+-0
14. Timman – 2 9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
Tournament "B". 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Results of the 9th Round: 9tRNvLQmKLsNR0
Zhong – de Vreugt 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
Stellwagen – Cmilyte 0:1 If Grischuk could play e4-e5 he
Karjakin – Rogers 1:0 makes this move :-) to be serious,
van der Wiel – Hector ½:½ 3.e5 is Alexander's main weapon
Jonkman – Naiditsch 1:0 against the French and Karo-Cann
CT-22(806) Page 3 of 5
Defences. As a coincidence, these XIIIIIIIIY

openings are Bareev' favourite 9r+-+kvl-tr0
defences vs. 1.e4, so Evgeny couldn't 9+p+-+pzp-0
avoid this pawn move! 9pwqn+p+-+0
3...¥f5 4.¤c3 e6 5.g4 ¥g6 6.¤ge2 9+-+pzP-vLN0
c5 7.h4 h5 8.¤f4 ¥h7 9.¤xh5
cxd4 10.¤b5 ¤c6 11.¤xd4 ¤ge7
9-+-+-+PzP0
12.¦h3!? (D) 9+-+R+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9PzPP+-zP-+0
9r+-wqkvl-tr0 9tR-+QmK-+-0
9zpp+-snpzpl0 xiiiiiiiiy
9-+n+p+-+0 16...£b4+!
A first step in a quite an unusual
9+-+pzP-+N0 queen's penetration into the
9-+-sN-+PzP0 opponent's camp.
9+-+-+-+R0 17.c3 £e4+ 18.¦e3 £g2 (D)
9PzPP+-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9tR-vLQmKL+-0 9r+-+kvl-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+-+pzp-0
This looks like a novelty. Half a year 9p+n+p+-+0
ago Grischuk himself played 12.a3 in 9+-+pzP-vLN0
his game vs. Yasser Seirawan, Moscow
Grand-Prix FIDE, 2002.; Another 9-+-+-+PzP0
possibility is 12.¥b5 9+-zP-tR-+-0
12...a6 9PzP-+-zPq+0
In case of 12...¤xe5?! 13.¥b5+ ¤5c6 9tR-+QmK-+-0
14.¥g5!? it's rather hard for Black to xiiiiiiiiy
complete his development. Bareev Maybe this sounds a bit strange
plays very calmly. (because only the black queen takes
13.¥g5 part in the offence now), but it's very
After the "bright" move 13.¥h6!? difficult to find a good move for White
Black gets the better chances: now. For example:
13...¤xd4 (13...gxh6?? 14.¤f6#; 19.¦c1
13...£a5+!?) 14.£xd4 ¤c6 15.£a4 19.¤g3? ¥c5 20.¦e2 ¤xe5–+; 19.f4?!
¥xc2!? 16.£xc2 ¦xh6³ ¥c5 20.¦f3 (20.¤xg7+ ¢f8) 20...¤d4!
13...£b6 (20...¦xh5!? 21.gxh5 d4) 21.cxd4 ¥b4+
Maybe Black could take a pawn - 22.¦c3 £xb2µ; 19.f3?!
13...¤xe5!? but after 14.¥f6! White 19...£g1+ 20.¢d2
could gain an unpleasant initiative, for 20.¢e2? £xg4+–+
example: 14...£a5+ 15.b4 £xb4+ 16.c3 20...£xf2+ 21.¦e2
£d6 17.¥xg7 (17.¤xg7+!? ¥xg7 In the endgame after 21.£e2 £xe2+
18.¥xg7 ¦g8 19.¥xe5 £xe5+ 22.¦xe2 ¦c8³ (22...b5?! Black will
20.¦e3÷) 17...¥xg7 18.¤xg7+ ¢f8 have a small but long-term advantage
19.¤h5÷ in view of the weaknesses of e5-
14.¤xc6 ¤xc6 15.¥d3 ¥xd3 pawn. )
Though after 15...£xb2!? 16.f4 ¥xd3 21...£c5 22.£a4 ¦c8 23.¦f1
17.¦xd3 Black's position looks quite Attacking the weak point f7.
solid, I could understand Bareev who 23...¦c7
disliked pawn b2 after his game vs. Black defends it in advance.
Shirov a couple of rounds earlier... 24.¢c1 (D)
16.¦xd3 (D)
CT-22(806) Page 4 of 5
9-+-+kvl-tr0 9-+R+-vl-tr0
9+ptr-+pzp-0 9+-+r+kzp-0
9p+n+p+-+0 9Q+-+pzp-+0
9+-wqpzP-vLN0 9+p+-+-+-0
9Q+-+-+PzP0 9-+-+-+-zP0
9+-zP-+-+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzP-+R+-+0 9PzP-vLq+-+0
9+-mK-+R+-0 9+-mKR+-+-0
24...d4! This move loses immediately. Much
A sign for counter-attack. It is more stubborn was 35.¦c2!
curious that Black's undeveloped 35...¥b4! 36.£c6
pieces - the f8-bishop and the h8- 36.¦xh8 ¥xd2+ 37.¢c2 £d3#
rook - take a rather active part in the 36...¥xd2+ 37.¢c2
game, while it's hard to say the same White had to resign here, but maybe
about the g5-bishop and the h5- Alexander was in time-trouble and did
knight. Also Black's king is safer. not have time to do it...
25.¦d1 ¦d7 37...¥a5+ 38.¢b3 £xd1+ 0–1.
25...dxc3?? 26.¦d8#!
26.¦ed2?! Solution to Quiz Today:
Without the e5-pawn White's A. Kosteniuk- F. Nijboer
position will be become very difficult. GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (9),
26.¥f4!? 21.01.2003
26...£xe5 27.cxd4 £e4 28.¦c2 f6µ 36...¦g1+! 37.¦xg1 ¤xf2+
29.¥d2 38.¢g2 ¦g8+ 0–1
29.¥xf6 ¦xh5 30.gxh5 gxf6–+
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40.¦xb1 ¤c2# GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
32...£xg4 33.¦g1 ¤e2+?! Technical editors: Graham Brown and Ralph P.
Black could win by force after Marconi.
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CT-23(807)
CT-23(807) 23rd January 2003
th
Quiz Today Kramnik – Topalov

Krasenkow – Radjabov
Shirov – Anand
Bacrot (2653) - Fressinet (2606) Grischuk – Polgar
FRA-ch Pool B Marsailles (7),
Tournament B
19.08.2001
Hector – Naiditsch
XIIIIIIIIY Acs – Jonkman
9r+-+-trk+0 de Vreugt – Koneru
9zpp+-+pzp-0 Nijboer – Zhong
9-sn-+-+p+0 Cmilyte – Kosteniuk
Rogers – Stellwagen
9wq-+pzP-+-0 van der Wiel – Karjakin
9Pvl-tR-+-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0 ♦ Krishnan Sasikiran is leading
9-zP-vLQzPPzP0 with 6 points out of 7 in the Indian
Championships. Dibyendu Barua
9tR-+-+-mK-0 also has 6 points, but has played one
xiiiiiiiiy more game. Kunte and Harikrisna
White to play have 5½ points out of 8.
Bacrot (2653) - Dao Thien (2572) In the women's event Ramaswamy

EUR-ASIA m 30' Batumi (10), Aarthie has 4/5, Mohota – 3½/4 and
19.09.2001 Harika 3½/5.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+-tr0 ♦ On 22nd of January Etien Bacrot
9+l+nwqpzp-0 celebrated his 20th birthday. Despite
his youth he is 3-times French
9-sn-+p+-zp0 champion and one of the brightest
9zp-+-zP-sNQ0 new stars in the World. Our congrat-
9PvlpzPN+-+0 ulations, Etien, take a look at two of
9+-+-+-+-0 his combinations in our Quiz today
section.
9-+L+-zPPzP0
9+RvL-+RmK-0 Annotated Game
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Zhang Zhong (2624)
Dennis De Vreugt (2504)
Anand Leads, 4 to Go Event: GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (9),
21.01.2003 C68
W ednesday was the last rest

day of the 65th Corus Chess
tournament Just recall that
going into the last 4 Rounds Vishy
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky
Today lets take more careful look at

tournament B of Wijk-aan-Zee, and at
Anand is leading the main event with
6 points out of 9, while in tournament the leader, Chinese GM Zhang Zhong.
B Zhang Zhong has 8 (!) points. To tell the truth, his lead isn't a
surprise because Zhang Zhong is a
Pairing for the 10th Round: well-known GM with brilliant tactical
Tournament A: skill and his own style of play.
Bareev – Karpov
Ivanchuk – Timman 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6
Ponomariov – van Wely 4.¥xc6
CT-23(807) Page 1 of 3
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvlntr0 Black didn't dare to take the knight.
9+pzpp+pzpp0 As compensation White could get two
9p+L+-+-+0 or even three pawns and an
9+-+-zp-+-0 unpleasant initiative, i.e.: 11...gxf3
12.£xf3 ¥g7 (12...¥g5?! 13.dxe5 £c8
9-+-+P+-+0 14.£g3±) 13.dxe5 £c8 14.£g3
9+-+-+N+-0 (14.¥xe7?! ¢xe7 15.£g3 ¦g8)
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 14...¤g6 15.f4ƒ
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 12.¤xd4 ¥xd4 13.¤a4 ¤g6 14.c3
xiiiiiiiiy ¤f4 15.£c2 ¤h3+!?
Usually the Exchange variation of XIIIIIIIIY
the Ruy Lopez is associated with a 9r+-wqk+-tr0
quite endgame with slightly better 9+pzp-+p+p0
chances for White, but with Black 9p+p+l+-+0
having some counter-play thanks to 9+-+-+-+-0
the Bishop pair etc... But let's 9N+-vlP+p+0
continue. 9vLPzP-+-+n0
4...dxc6 5.0–0 ¥e7!? 9P+Q+-zPPzP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
5...¥g4!? xiiiiiiiiy
6.¤c3 Black begins sharp counter-play. But
6.¤xe5 £d4 now it's White who will have extra
6...¥f6 material.
Black develops in a rather original 16.gxh3 gxh3 17.¦d3!
way. First of all he tries to prevent d2- An only move which wins a piece.
d4. After 17.¢h1? £f6 in view of check on
7.£e2 ¥e6 8.b3 ¤e7 9.¥a3 g5!? f3 White hasn't time to take the d4
XIIIIIIIIY bishop that is now unpinned and
9r+-wqk+-tr0 ready to flee.
9+pzp-snp+p0 17...¦g8+ 18.¢h1 £h4 19.cxd4
9p+p+lvl-+0 £xe4+ 20.f3 £h4 21.¤c5
9+-+-zp-zp-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+P+-+0 9r+-+k+r+0
9vLPsN-+N+-0 9+pzp-+p+p0
9p+p+l+-+0
9P+PzPQzPPzP0 9+-sN-+-+-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9-+-zP-+-wq0
xiiiiiiiiy 9vLP+R+P+p0
A very aggressive approach. But 9P+Q+-+-zP0
what about development? The King is 9+-+-+R+K0
in the center still, so White decides to xiiiiiiiiy
open the play and is prepared to White has an extra Knight now.
sacrifice to do it. Black's only chance is his strong pawn
10.d4!? g4 11.¦ad1 on h3 and control over the g2-square.
XIIIIIIIIY 21...0–0–0 22.¤xe6 ¦g2 23.£c5
9r+-wqk+-tr0 ¦dg8
9+pzp-snp+p0 XIIIIIIIIY
9p+p+lvl-+0 9-+k+-+r+0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9+pzp-+p+p0
9-+-zPP+p+0 9p+p+N+-+0
9vLPsN-+N+-0 9+-wQ-+-+-0
9P+P+QzPPzP0 9-+-zP-+-wq0
9+-+R+RmK-0 9vLP+R+P+p0
xiiiiiiiiy 9P+-+-+rzP0
It's a point. Of course not 11.¤xe5? 9+-+-+R+K0
£xd4 xiiiiiiiiy
11...exd4 Black has two very dangerous threats

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xiiiiiiiiy
1–0

20.£g4! ¤c4 20...¥e7 21.¤xd5 £c5
22.¦c1+- 21.£h3 g5 22.¥xg5
¤xe5 23.¦xb4! 23.¦xb4! £xb4
24.¤xd5 £g4 25.¤e7# 1–0
18.¤xf7! £xf7 19.¤d6+ ¥xd6

20.¥g6 0–0 21.¥xf7+ ¦xf7
22.exd6+- ¥d5 23.£d1 c3 24.¥a3
¤c4 25.¥c5 ¤d2 26.¦c1 ¥b3
27.£e1 ¤xf1 28.£xc3 ¥xa4
29.¦xf1 ¥b5 30.¦b1 1–0
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CT-24(808)
CT-24(808) 24th January 2003
th
Quiz Today to keep on the momentum.

14. ... ¤d3+
XIIIIIIIIY
Neelotpal (2406) - Ravi (2419) 9r+-wqk+-tr0
ch-IND Mumbai IND (5), 20.01.2003 9zpp+-vlpzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+n+-+l+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-zP-+-+-0
9+-+-+p+-0 9-+-zp-zPPzP0
9-mk-+p+-zp0 9+-sNnvL-+-0
9zp-sn-zP-+P0 9PzPP+Q+-+0
9+-mKR+L+R0
9Pzp-mK-zP-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 However Anand calmly picked up all
9P+L+-+-+0 gifts (according to him his ...a5 move
9+-+-+-+-0 was the most important to secure,
xiiiiiiiiy whenever needed, the square b4 for
White to play the knight) and eventually a precious
point to maintain his clear lead. (See
our annotated game for the full story.)
Anand Accelerates
Judith Polgar regained her killer
A fter a long series of draws

followed by pleasant pressroom
chatting, Ivanchuk decided it
was time for business, displaying an
instinct after a couple of peaceful
rounds on the account of young
Grischuk. The world's strongest
woman ever "seduced" the Russian to
original knight maneuver in the Ruy- a poisoned pawn and his hungry
Lopez aimed at dominating Timman's knight suddenly found it difficult to
queenside rook. retreat. Although she blundered the
piece back in time trouble her 3
13.¤c6 passed pawns still managed to do the
XIIIIIIIIY trick.
9r+-wqkvl-tr0
9+-zpn+pzpp0 47. ... e5 0-1
9p+Nzp-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zp-+-+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+P+P+-+0 9+k+-+-+-0
9+-+-+P+-0 9-+n+-+-+0
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 9+-+pzp-+P0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9-+-+-tR-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-zpL+-+-0
9P+-+-+-tr0
The Dutchman's attempt to obtain 9+-mK-+-+-0
counter chances against the somewhat xiiiiiiiiy
exposed white king, with a suicidal Ponomariov got the upper hand
sacrifice, was easily refuted by the following the Sicilian Rossolimo
Ukrainian who will hopefully show a against van Wely, thanks to a strong
bit more of what he is capable of in protected passed pawn e7. In a 4
the remaining rounds. rooks ending Loek blundered an
important pawn and then also some
Alexei Shirov experienced once again further drawing chances.
an unpleasant upset to one of his
favourite lines- the advance variation Topalov had a long suffer against the
of the Caro-Kann. As usual he set fire world champion while Krasenkov was
on the board sending ahead a bunch another victim to the invincible
of pawns and even sacrificed a piece Classical king's Indian of young
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CT-24(808) Page 1 of 4
Radjabov. The only draw in this Round 10 standings:

bloody round was seen in Bareev- 1. Zhang Zhong – 9
Karpov in a dull bishop vs. knight 2. Stellwagen – 6½
ending. 3-4. Naiditsch, Nijboer – 6
5. Karjakin – 5½
The B group continues to be a 6-7. De Vreught, Hector – 5
spectacular one-man show of the 8. Rogers – 4½
Chinese Zhong , who scored yesterday 9-11. Cmilyte, Van der Wiel, Jonkman
his eighth victory against GM Nijboer. –4
The Dutchman sacrificed a pawn 12-14. Kosteniuk, Koneru, Acs –3½
(28.Ne4), to sieze the open file, but
probably ignored the powerful 29... ♦ Indian Championships
Ra8! Round 9 standings:
1. Sasikiran – 7/8
The Australian GM Rogers suffered a 2. Kunte – 6½/9
second defeat against rising Dutch 3. Barua – 6/9
junior Daniel Stellwagen in the highly 4. Harikrishna – 5½/8
sharp Botvinnik line of the Slav- 5-6. Ravi, Neelotpal – 5/8
Meran. The latter came up with a
surprising small exchange sacrifice,
after which his pawn parade was
simply unstoppable. That nice victory Annotated Game
earned him the daily public prize.
Yochanan Afek A Shirov (2723)
V Anand (2753)
Wijk aan Zee Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (10),
Round 10 results: 23.01.2003 - B12
Shirov – Anand 0:1
Kramnik – Topalov 1:0 Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
Ivanchuk – Timman 1:0
Bareev – Karpov ½:½ 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 ¥f5 4.¤c3 e6
Grischuk – Polgar 0:1 5.g4 ¥g6 6.¤ge2 c5 7.¥e3
Ponomariov – Van Wely 1:0 This sharp line of the Caro-Kann is
Krasenkow – Radjabov 0:1 very popular nowadays. Two days ago
Grischuk, playing Bareev, opted for
Round 10 standings: 7.h4
1. Anand – 7 7...¤c6 8.dxc5 ¤xe5
2. Polgar – 6½ The main line. Both opponents had
3-7. Kramnik, Van Wely, Ivanchuk, experience playing this position for
Radjabov, Bareev – 5½ Black at the Russia vs Rest of the
8-10. Shirov, Karpov, Grischuk – 5 World match. Shirov against Grischuk
11. Topalov – 4½ tried 8...¦c8 but obtained an inferior
12. Ponomariov – 4 position; Anand successfully tested
13. Krasenkow – 3½ 8...a6 against Motylev.
14. Timman – 2 9.¤f4
This move has been played a few
Wijk aan Zee B times by the US Champion-2003
Round 10 results: Alexander Shabalov. And again for
Nijboer – Zhang Zhong 0:1 Shirov himself this position is familiar.
De Vreught – Koneru 1:0 The knight has another route also -
Hector – Naiditsch 0:1 9.¤d4
Rogers – Stellwagen 0:1 9...¤e7 10.£e2
Cmilyte – Kosteniuk ½:½ Shirov - Gyimesi (FIDE WCh,
Van der Wiel – Karjakin ½:½ Moscow 2001) saw 10.¥b5+ ¤7c6
Acs – Jonkman ½:½ 11.£e2
10...¤7c6 11.0–0–0 ¥e7
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XIIIIIIIIY queen protects both f5 and h4 pawns

9r+-wqk+-tr0 while the c4 square could be assigned
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 to a bishop e.g. 21...hxg4 22.d5 ¤b4!?
9-+n+p+l+0 23.¥c4! with unclear play.(23.axb4?!
9+-zPpsn-+-0 axb4 24.¥xb4? ¦a1+ 25.¢c2 ¦xd1
9-+-+-sNP+0 26.¢xd1 £xd5+)
9+-sN-vL-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+QzP-zP0 9r+-wqr+k+0
9+-mKR+L+R0 9+p+-vlpzpl0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+n+-+-+0
A reasonable novelty. 11...£a5 has 9zp-zP-+P+p0
been played before but after 12.¥d4! 9-+QzP-+PzP0
White managed to make use of the Q 9zP-vL-+-+-0
vs K opposition along the e-file. 9-zP-+-+-+0
12.¤fxd5!? 9+-mKR+L+R0
This interesting sacrifice could have xiiiiiiiiy
been even stronger after 12.h4! 21...¥xh4! 22.¥d3
12...exd5 13.f4 d4! 22.d5 is harmless now in view of
Of course the cowardly 13...¤d7 22...¤e5
14.f5 wasn't taken into consideration 22...hxg4 23.¢b1?
by Anand. Too slow. Shirov's only chance was
14.h4! 23.¦dg1 and if 23...£g5+ then 24.¥d2
XIIIIIIIIY Taking the g4 pawn, White can still
9r+-wqk+-tr0 disturb the opponent's king.
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 23...£g5 24.¢a1
9-+n+-+l+0 24.¥d2 £f6 followed by Bxf5.
9+-zP-sn-+-0 24...¦ad8
9-+-zp-zPPzP0 Black has consolidated, his
9+-sN-vL-+-0 advantage is obvious.
9PzPP+Q+-+0 25.¥b1 ¤e7! 26.¥xa5
9+-mKR+L+R0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-trr+k+0
Bad was 14.fxe5 (or 14.f5) in view of 9+p+-snpzpl0
14...¥g5! (I like this geometry!) 9-+-+-+-+0
14...¤d3+! 9vL-zP-+Pwq-0
It reminds me of Anand's 26th move 9-+QzP-+pvl0
in his game against Topalov from the 9zP-+-+-+-0
2nd round. 9-zP-+-+-+0
15.cxd3 h5! 9mKL+R+-+R0
In case of the immediate 15...dxc3 xiiiiiiiiy
White takes the piece back after 16.h5 ¥xf5!? 27.¥xd8 ¦xd8
16.f5 ¥h7 Giving the exchange back Anand set
So Black wins a piece but his light- his bishop free. Now Black has a
squared bishop is out of play for a material advantage and a dangerous
while. passed pawn in addition.
17.¥d2 dxc3 18.¥xc3 0–0 19.d4 28.¦hf1 g6 29.£b3 ¥e6 30.£xb7
After 19.gxh5 ¥f6 White's initiative £d5! 31.£xd5 ¤xd5 32.¦h1 ¥f2
vaporises. 33.c6 ¦c8 34.¦c1 g3 35.¥e4 ¤f6
19...a5 36.¥g2 ¥d5!
White was threatening with d4-d5. White resigned. Without the bishop
Anand prepares a square for the he's unable to stop the g-pawn.
knight's retreat. 0–1
20.a3 ¦e8
Now White should defend against
the check on g5.
21.£c4
21.£f2 was better. From here the
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40.¥g6! ¤xa4 40...fxg6 41.hxg6+-

41.¥xf7 ¤c5 42.f5! exf5 43.e6
¤xe6+ 44.¥xe6 f4 45.¢e4 ¢c5
46.¢xf4 a4 47.¢e5 b3 48.¥xb3!
1–0

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CT-26(810)
CT-26(810) 26th January 2003
Quiz Today We are pleased to bring you today, IM

R. Ramesh - J. Sriram Yochanan Afek's 11th round report
ch-IND Mumbai IND (7), 22.01.2003 from the WAZ
XIIIIIIIIY
The highlight of the 11th round in the
9-+-vlrtrk+0 A group was undoubtedly the amazing
9+q+-+-+-0 victory of the Dutch champion Loek
9-+-zP-+p+0 van Wely over world champion
9+-+-zppzP-0 Kramnik . After the effective
9-zpN+-+-+0 manoeuvre
9+p+Q+-+-0 £d2-h6 Black, though having a
9P+P+-+-+0 perfectly sound position, found it hard
9+K+R+-+R0 to make real progress while White had
xiiiiiiiiy that concrete plan g4-¦g2. The
White to play decisive mistake was 38..£xf6? (38...
£e6 was called for) after which the
emerging ending was probably
Kasparov vs Deep Junior hopeless. Loek said he had calculated
Match to start today! the whole bishop ending starting with
48.b5! , Including the finesse 49.c5! up
to the inevitable promotion. The
S unday, 26th January,

Kasparov vs. Deep Junior
the
match starts in New York City. In

the 1st game Kasparov will play with
impressive game earned him the daily
public prize. His countryman Jan
Timman, on the other hand, would
prefer to forget this year's WAZ
White. ordeal and the earlier the better. Never
before has he committed so many
Just recall the playing schedule: blunders in such a short period. Just
Game 1 - Sun. 26th Jan yesterday, against Ponomariov,
Game 2 - Tue. 28th Jan 21.a3??, losing the exchange on the
Game 3 - Thur. 30th Jan spot, seemed the worst of them all.
Game 4 - Sun. 2nd Feb Topalov-Krasenkov saw another
Game 5 - Wed 5th Feb version of the fashionable Berlin wall
Game 6 - Fri. 7th Feb line in the Ruy-Lopez with a new
move 13..¥e6. Black gave away his
All games start at 3:30PM EST. g5 pawn for the c2 one allowing White
The event is called the The FIDE Man to take over. A real thriller occurred
Vs Machine World Chess between two of the most peaceful
Championship and is sponsored by players of the top group: Ivanchuk vs.
FIDE and presented by X3D Karpov. 16... ¥g4! Looks new, leading
Technologies Corporation which to a series of mutual tactical blows.
covered the recent Kasparov - Karpov Karpov emerged from the
match. The time control is 40 moves complications with the exchange for a
in 2 hours followed by 20 moves in pawn but with no real winning
one hour then 30 minutes for the rest prospects. The fight went on just for a
of the game. The Prize Fund is $1 couple of more moves before Vasily
million with a $500,000 fee for Garry had his 10th draw in the tournament.
Kasparov, the other half being Anand-Grischuk was a thirteen move
divided: Winner gets $300,000 to the draw following the Rossolimo line of
winner and the loser $200,000, in the the Sicilian. Judith Polgar did not
case of a tie, $250,000 each. achieve much against the Burn
Official coverage: variation of Bareev's beloved French
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This issue is prepared by IMs Afek & Barsky; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-26(810) Page 1 of 5
and after massive exchanges a drawish queen, but committed a couple of

rook ending appeared. Radjabov failed inaccurate moves. Jan Timman failed
to take advantage of his superior again to show any sign of recovery
pawn structure in a bishop and rook from his disastrous form but he could
ending against Shirov. hardly find in Kramnik the right
opponent for his comeback, especially
Wijk aan Zee B after the latter's defeat from the round
before. He gave away, again, a pawn
In group B the Chinese GM Zhong for practically no compensation and
arrived yesterday at the office as usual later a second one. His king, stuck in
to collect his daily point, his 9th win so the center, eventually led to the loss of
far! With 3.5 points ahead of the his pinned knight too. Krasenkov-van
others and the ticket to the top group Wely was perhaps the shortest draw in
next year in his pocket, he will try to the entire event, yet the other two
have even more fun in the remaining draws of the round were achieved
rounds. after really tough fights, both in the
usually solid Caro-Kann. Anand was
Dutch IM Ruud Janssen is leading the surprised by Judith's 16.g4 (D)
C group with 5.5 points out of 7,
ahead of German GM Eric Lobron 5. J. Polgar - V. Anand
XIIIIIIIIY
The Wijk aan Zee Report 9r+-+-trk+0
(12h round) 9zpp+-vlpzp-0
by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for 9-+p+psn-zp0
Chess Today 9wq-+-+-+P0
9-+-zP-vLP+0
On the eve of the last round the 9+-+Q+N+-0
players gave one more try to improve 9PzPP+-zP-+0
their position in the final standings.
Ponomariov managed to crack the
9+K+R+-+R0
reputed rock-solid Petroff employed xiiiiiiiiy
by Karpov with the spectacular in a main line of the Caro-Kann, but
30.¦xe6! (D) after the rather original 18...g5! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
R. Ponomariov - A. Karpov 9r+-+-trk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+-vlp+-0
9-+r+rvlk+0 9-+p+p+-zp0
9zpp+-+pwq-0 9+-+-+qzpP0
9-+-+R+-+0 9-+-zP-vLn+0
9+-+p+Lzpp0 9+-+-+N+-0
9-+-zP-+N+0 9PzPPwQ-zP-+0
9+-+-+-zPP0 9+K+-+-tRR0
9PzP-wQ-+P+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-tR-mK-0 he handled the complications
xiiiiiiiiy splendidly up to the peaceful
conclusion. Asked whether that was
After which it was just a matter of the most solid way to win the
technique to convert the 2 pawns tournament, he replied that he had no
advantage into a full point. Ivanchuk is better choice, as he was practically
back to his 50% after being defeated forced to play the only moves, no
for the first time in the event, by matter what the situation in the
Bareev, who demonstrated excellent tournament was. This exciting game
attacking play. According to the earned Judith and Vishy together the
winner, Ivanchuk still obtained some daily public prize. Shirov insisted
drawing chances even without his
CT-26(810) Page 2 of 5
again on the advance variation of the Karjakin – Stellwagen ½:½

Caro-Kann and following an eventful Van der Wiel – Kosteniuk 1:0
battle with Topalov defending skilfully De Vreugt – Naiditsch 0:1
against all threats, Alexei had Rogers – Zhong 1:0
nothing better than forcing a draw by Hector – Acs 0:1
perpetual check. Cmilyte – Koneru 0:1
The great hero of the round was Standings after the 12th Round:
undoubtedly the Australian GM Jan 1. Zhang Zhong – 10
Rogers, who following a rather 2. Nijboer – 7½
mediocre performance so far, created 3-4. Stellwagen, Naiditsch – 7
a mini -sensation in group B by finally 5. Karjakin – 6½
stopping the stormy run of the 6-7. Van der Wiel, De Vreugt – 6
Chinese clear leader Zhong. 8-10. Rogers, Acs, Hector – 5½
Nevertheless despite his first defeat 11. Koneru – 5
Zhong had already secured his 12. Kosteniuk – 4½
glorious victory a couple of rounds 13-14. Cmilyte, Jonkman – 4
before.
Pairing for the last, 13th Round:
Dutch IM Ruud Janssen is the sole Stellwagen – Hector
leader of group C with 6.5 out of 8 and Kosteniuk – Karjakin
a draw in the last round against Zhong – van der Wiel
Chernaiev would grant him a GM Koneru – Rogers
norm. Jonkman – Cmilyte
Results of the 12th Round: Naiditsch – Nijboer
Polgart – Anand ½:½ Acs – de Vreugt
Bareev – Ivanchuk 1:0
Grischuk – Radjabov 1:0 ¤¤¤
Kramnik – Timman 1:0
Shirov – Topalov ½:½ Annotated Game
Ponomariov – Karpov 1:0 E. Bareev (2729)
Krasenkow – van Wely ½:½ V. Ivanchuk (2699)
Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (12),
Standings after the 12th Round: 25.01.2003 - [E34]
1. Anand – 8 Annotations by IM Vladimir
2. Polgar – 7½ Barsky
3-4. Van Wely, Bareev – 7 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.£c2
5-6. Grischuk, Kramnik – 6½ (D)
7-11. Shirov, Ivanchuk, Ponomariov, XIIIIIIIIY
Radjabov, Topalov – 6 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
12. Karpov – 5½ 9zppzpp+pzpp0
13. Krasenkow – 4 9-+-+psn-+0
14. Timman – 2 9+-+-+-+-0
9-vlPzP-+-+0
Pairings for the final, 13th Round: 9+-sN-+-+-0
Anand – Bareev 9PzPQ+PzPPzP0
Radjabov – Polgar 9tR-vL-mKLsNR0
Topalov – Grischuk xiiiiiiiiy
van Wely – Shirov Eugeny Bareev likes this solid line
Timman – Krasenkow (Classical variation) of Nimzo Indian
Karpov – Kramnik defence - the Queen protects the
Ivanchuk – Ponomariov knight on c3 and White avoids double
pawns c3 and c4.
Tournament B 4...d5 5.cxd5 £xd5 6.e3 c5 7.¥d2
Results of the 12th Round: ¥xc3 8.bxc3!?
Nijboer – Jonkman 1:0 This move was popular in 1930s, but
CT-26(810) Page 3 of 5
Bareev likes it. Nowadays much more

popular is 8.¥xc3 Fritz offers 18...¤g8 but as a human I
8...b6 couldn't believe this move :-)
8...0–0 9.¤f3 b6 10.c4 £h5 11.¥e2 19.¦ae1
¥b7 12.0–0 ¤bd7 etc. Bareev - An alternative was 19.¥f5!? ¦d8
Huzman, Panormo 2001. (19...¥c6 20.e6 fxe6 21.¥xe6©;
9.¤f3 ¥b7 19...¤e7?! 20.¥xd7+ ¢xd7 21.£a4+
9...¤bd7 10.c4 £d6 11.¥e2 ¥b7 ¤c6 22.¦fd1©) 20.e6 fxe6 21.¥xe6©]
12.¦d1 ¦c8 13.0–0 £c7 14.dxc5 ¤xc5 19...¤b4
15.¤d4 0–0„ Bareev - Topalov, Wijk 19...0–0 20.¤g5 g6 21.¥e2 £h4 22.g3
aan Zee 2003, 4th Round. £d4 (22...£h6 23.¥g4+-) 23.¤f3!±;
10.¥e2 ¤bd7 11.0–0 ¦c8?! 19...¤c7!? 20.¤g5 ¤e6
Maybe more precise was 11...0–0 20.¥xb4 cxb4 21.£d2 ¥xf3
Because Black's king is still in the 21...0–0!? 22.¤g5 h6 23.e6 ¤c5
center White decides to sacrifice a 24.exf7+ ¢h8
pawn to open some files to expose 22.e6! ¤f6
the king on e8. 22...fxe6 23.¦xe6+ ¢d8 (23...¢f7
12.c4 £e4 13.¥d3 £g4 (D) 24.¥g6+! hxg6 25.£xd7+ ¢g8
XIIIIIIIIY 26.£xc8+ ¢h7 27.£d7±)]
23.£f4! (D)
9-+r+k+-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpl+n+pzpp0 9-+r+k+-tr0
9-zp-+psn-+0 9zp-+-+pzpp0
9+-zp-+-+-0 9-zp-+Psn-+0
9-+PzP-+q+0 9+-+-+-+q0
9+-+LzPN+-0 9-zp-+-wQ-+0
9P+QvL-zPPzP0 9+-+L+l+P0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 9P+-+-zPP+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+-tRRmK-0
14.d5!?
And here it is.
xiiiiiiiiy
14...exd5 15.cxd5 ¥xd5 A key position. Can Black save his
Black has to accept the "gift", bishop or not?
because otherwise his position after 23...0–0
e3-e4 will be very difficult. Also Black After 23...¥c6 24.exf7+ ¢xf7 25.¦e5
couldn't take on d5 with knight, for £h6 26.¥c4+ ¢f8 27.£d4‚ White
example: [15...¤xd5? 16.¥f5 ¤b4 receives a very strong attack. A much
(16...£h5 17.£e4+ ¢d8 18.¦fd1‚) more complicated situation arises
17.¥xb4 £xb4 18.¦fb1 £a3 19.¥xd7+ after; 23...¥d5!? for example: 24.e7!?
¢xd7 20.£f5+ ¢e8 21.¦d1+- (24.¦e5 £h6 25.¥b5+ ¢e7 26.£xb4+
16.e4 ¥b7 ¦c5) 24...¤d7 25.¥b5 ¥e6 26.¦e5
Obviously the second pawn was £h6 27.£d4! ¦c1! (27...¢xe7?
poisoned: 16...¤xe4? 17.¦ae1! 28.£xd7+) 28.¦xe6 ¦xf1+ 29.¢xf1
(17.¦fe1 f5 18.¤g5 ¤e5 19.f3 ¤xf3+ £xe6 30.£xg7 £xa2 31.£xh8+ ¢xe7–
20.¤xf3 0–0÷) 17...f5 18.¤g5 0–0 +] 24.e7 ¦fe8 25.¦e5 ¤d5? (D)
19.f3+- XIIIIIIIIY
17.h3 £h5 18.e5 ¤d5 (D) 9-+r+r+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zp-+-zPpzpp0
9-+r+k+-tr0 9-zp-+-+-+0
9zpl+n+pzpp0 9+-+ntR-+q0
9-zp-+-+-+0 9-zp-+-wQ-+0
9+-zpnzP-+q0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-+L+l+P0
9+-+L+N+P0 9P+-+-zPP+0
9P+QvL-zPP+0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy
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27.¦xh5 ¥xh5 28.¦e1 ¤d5 Technical editors: Graham Brown
More stubborn was 28...¥g6 29.¥b5 and Ralph P. Marconi.
¤f5 30.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 31.£c7 Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
29.¦xe8+ ¦xe8 30.¥c4! ¤c3 Alexander Baburin and protected
31.£c7 b5 32.¥b3 a6 (D) intellectual property under the
XIIIIIIIIY International Copyright convention.
9-+-+r+k+0 Any unauthorised reproduction, via
9+-wQ-+pzpp0 print, electronic format, or in any form
9p+-+-+-+0 whatsoever is strictly prohibited
9+p+-+-+l0 without express written permission.
9-zp-+-+-+0
9+Lsn-+-+P0
9P+-+-zPP+0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
33.f4!
This strong move wins at once: Black
can't defend the f7-point and save his
bishop at the same time.
33...¤e2+ 34.¢h2 1–0.
Solution to Quiz Today

R. Ramesh - J. Sriram
ch-IND Mumbai IND (7), 22.01.2003
30.d7! [30.£xb3 £f7] 30...bxc2+
[30...bxa2+ 31.¢a1 ¦e7 32.£h3+-]
31.£xc2 ¦e7 32.£h2 £e4+
33.¢a1 ¦g7 34.¤d6! 1–0

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CT-27(811)
CT-27(811) 27th January 2003
Quiz Today The Wijk aan Zee Report

A. Naiditsch - F. Nijboer F (13h and final round)
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (13), by IM Yochanan Afek, especially for
26.01.2003 Chess Today
XIIIIIIIIY
V
9-+-+-+-mK0 ishy Anand went undefeated
9+p+l+-tr-0 to win the top group of the 65th
9-+-zp-mk-+0 Corus tournament in the Dutch
9+-+P+pzp-0 tourist resort of WAZ for the third time
9p+P+-+-zP0 in his career. It was, however, the first
9+-+L+R+-0 time his triumph was his alone to
9PzP-+-+P+0 saveur. His drawn game with Bareev
yesterday (a French, in 14 moves) was
9+-+-+-+-0 the 59th in a row (in the last 4 editions
xiiiiiiiiy here) without a single loss!
White to play
Judith Polgar, going undefeated as
Anand wins Corus, while well this year, drew in 19 moves
Kasparov takes first game following a peaceful Queen's Indian to
gain the highlight of her entire career
against DJ! so far, ahead of several current and
former world champions, to establish
once more her unshakeable position
as the strongest lady player ever .The
other short draw of the round was
achieved, following a main line of the
Nimzo-Indian , between the great Ks,
Karpov and Kramnik. For Kramnik it

was the first serious classical chess
event since Dortmund 2001 (except a
few battles with silicon monsters) and
it indeed showed , as it is rather rare
for him to lose 3 games in one
N ew York City (26 Jan 2003):

The first game of the Kasparov
vs Deep Junior match was
easily won by the man. Kasparov
played White. In a sharp line of Slav
tournament.
Van Wely sacrificed a pawn in the

main line of the Queen's Gambit
Accepted and penetrated with both
Defence (Anti-Meran) with 7.g4 he rooks to the seventh rank. It looked
got the advantage. On the 17th move dangerous when Shirov in a well-
Junior unexpectedly sacrificed the timed counter attack left the
exchange but obtained nothing Dutchman in a hopeless position with
instead. 10 moves later the computer 2 pawns down. Nevertheless Loek's
resigned in a completely lost ending. final result this year is a great
Kasparov leads 1:0. Nikolai Vlassov improvement comparing the
will comment on this game for you in memorable disaster of the previous
the next CT issue. The 2nd game will edition. That could hardly be said
be played on Tuesday, January 28. about the exceptionally poor
performance of his countryman Jan
Timman who managed to draw a
This issue is prepared by IMs M. Notkin & Y. Afek; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-27(811) Page 1 of 4
clearly inferior ending against Timman – Krasenkow ½:½

Krasenkov, obtaining an uncrackable
fortress position. Without a single win Fianal standings:
Timman found himself down there at 1. Anand – 8½
the very bottom and is going to have a 2. Polgar – 8
rest from competitive chess for several 3. Bareev – 7½
months. Topalov-Grischuk saw 4-8. Van Wely, Ivanchuk, Shirov,
another interesting version of the Grischuk, Kramnik – 7
Sicilian Sveshnikov in which White 9-10. Topalov, Radjabov – 6½
masterfully obtained a winning 12. Karpov, Ponomariov – 6
position but somewhere around time 13. Krasenkow – 4½
trouble he spoiled it and got one of 14. Timman – 2½
those rook endings where two
connected passed pawns are Chinese GM Zhang Zhong has
insufficient for a win. Ponomariov demonstrated a clear superiority in the
blundered heavily already at move 20 Wijk aan Zee B His final score is 11
against Ivanchuk probably seeing points, 3 points ahead of the second
21.Bc5 but ignoring 21.Qc5!, which place!
won the exchange in a couple of more
moves, and then the entire game. It Round 13 results:
seems that the whole world Zhang Zhong – Van der Wiel 1:0
championship affair and the pressure Stellwagen – Hector 1:0
put on him to sign the contract had a Kosteniuk – Karjakin ½:½
direct effect on Pono's performance Naiditsch – Nijboer 1:0
here. Acs – De Vreught ½:½
Koneru – Rogers 1:0
Jonkman – Cmilyte 1:0
The Wijk aan Zee B group was won
in grand style by Chinese GM Zhang
Final standings:
Zhong who paved his way to the A
1. Zhang Zhong – 11
group next year, scoring impressively
2-3. Stellwagen, Naiditsch – 8
10 wins, 2 draws and just one loss.
4. Nijboer – 7½
German GM Arkady Neiditsch (17),
5. Karjakin – 7
beating Dutchman Friso Nijboer and
6. De Vreught – 6½
Dutch IM Daniel Stellwagen (15),
7-9. Acs, Van der Wiel, Koneru – 6
beating Swedish GM Johny Hector and
10-11. Hector, Rogers – 5½
scoring a well-deserved GM norm,
12-13. Kosteniuk, Jonkman – 5
shared second.
14. Cmilyte – 4
Group C saw a dramatic turn around
Indian Championships
in the very last round when Dutch IM
Round 14 standings:
lost to Russian IM Cherniaev and
1. Sasikiran –11
missed his chance for a GM norm and
2. Harikrishna – 10
first place. German GM Eric Lobron
3. Kunte – 9½
took advantage of the circumstances
4. Barua – 8½
to win the tournament with 7/9,ahead
5. Ganguly – 8
of Janssen and Chinese GM Bu 6.5
6-8. Neelotpal, Ravi, Venkatesh – 7½,
each, Cherniaev 6 and Croatian GM
etc.
Cebalo 5.
All the leaders except for Kunte have
played 13 games.
Round 13 results:
Anand – Bareev ½:½
Radjabov – Polgar ½:½
Van Wely – Shirov 0:1
Ivanchuk – Ponomariov 1:0 ¤¤¤
Karpov – Kramnik ½:½
Topalov – Grischuk ½:½
CT-27(811) Page 2 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9r+-+k+-tr0
V. Ivanchuk (2699) 9+lwq-+pzpp0
R. Ponomariov (2734) 9p+n+psn-+0
Event: GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (13), 9+-vl-+-+-0
26.01.2003- [D27] 9Pzp-+-+-+0
9+N+LzPN+-0
Annotations by IM Maxin Notkin
9-zP-+QzPPzP0
1.¤f3 d5 2.d4 ¤f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 9tR-vLR+-mK-0
e6 5.¥xc4 a6 6.0–0 c5 7.dxc5 xiiiiiiiiy
¥xc5 8.£e2 b5 13...¤a5
Many people play 8...¤c6 ; or 8...£c7 Ruslan makes an unusual decision to
9.¥d3 ¤c6 10.¦d1 give up a bishop. I believe there's
White has a variety of plans - 1) nothing bad with 13...¥d6 14.e4 0–0.
10.a3 followed by b4 and ¥b2; 2) 14.¤xc5 £xc5 15.e4 ¤b3 16.¦b1
10.¤c3 with ideas of e4 or ¤e4 ; 3) After the suggesting itself 16.¥e3
10.¤bd2 and the knight can go to e4 £h5 White loses the e4-pawn.
again or b3 16...0–0
10...£c7 11.a4 The exchange 16...¤xc1 gives White
This line arose a few times in the a huge advantage in development.
games of the 1930's. Salo Flohr played After 17.¦bxc1 £b6 (17...£h5 18.¦c7;
it with Black against three World 17...£a5 18.¤d2) 18.¤e5 0–0 19.¤c4
Champions. followed by e4-e5 the white knight
11...b4 gets the excellent d6-square while the
Flohr tried this advance against queen will provoke the weakening of
Alekhine (Bled 1931) and Euwe his opponent's kingside by £h5 (or
(Amsterdam/ Karlsbad 1932) and lost £e4 in case of ¤f6-d5).
both games. This made him turn to 17.¥e3 £h5 (D)
the pawns exchange. The position XIIIIIIIIY
after 11...bxa4 has already been met in 9r+-+-trk+0
Wijk aan Zee. Krasenkow against 9+l+-+pzpp0
Shirov played 12.¦xa4 ¤b4 13.¥b5+ 9p+-+psn-+0
¤d7 14.¥d2N Black couldn't solve the 9+-+-+-+q0
new problems and lost. 9Pzp-+P+-+0
12.¤bd2 ¥b7N 9+n+LvLN+-0
Alekhine - Flohr continued 12...0–0
13.¤b3 ¥e7 14.e4 ¤d7 15.¥e3 and
9-zP-+QzPPzP0
the weakness of the c5-square failed 9+R+R+-mK-0
Black eventually.; Against Euwe Flohr xiiiiiiiiy
prevented Nb3 by means of 12...¤a5 The retreat along the c-file 17...£c6
but after 13.b3 ¤d5 14.¥b2 ¤c3 allows White to set an unpleasant
15.¥xc3 bxc3 16.¤e4 ¤xb3 17.¦ab1 opposition by 18.¥c2 ¤c5 (18...¤a5
¤a5 18.¦dc1! White obtained a strong 19.¦bc1) 19.¦bc1! (the ideas of Bxc5,
initiative and won quickly - 18...¥e7 e5, Bxh7+ are in the air) 19...¤cxe4
19.¦xc3 £d8 20.¦d1 £b6 21.¤fg5 g6 20.¦d4 and Black's pieces lack
22.£f3 0–0 23.¤f6+ ¥xf6 24.£xf6 ¥b7 steadiness.
25.¤xh7! ¦fd8 (25...¢xh7 26.¥xg6+ 18.£c2!
¢g8 27.¦d7+-) 26.h4 ¦d7 27.h5 £d8 Now 18.¥c2 ¤c5 doesn't hurt at all.
28.h6! 1–0 18...¤a5 19.¦bc1
13.¤b3 (D) 19.£c5 which looks dangerous is met
by 19...£xc5 20.¥xc5 ¦fd8 21.¥xb4
¦xd3! 22.¦xd3 ¥xe4 23.¦bd1 ¥xd3
24.¦xd3 ¤c6 and Nd5 equalizing.]
19...¦ad8?!
Maybe after 19...¦ac8 Ponomariov
didn't like 20.£e2 aiming at the a6-
CT-27(811) Page 3 of 4
pawn; and in case of 19...¦fc8 White E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We

can play 20.£d2 this time having the always appreciate your comments and
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9-zPQ+-zPPzP0
9+-tRR+-mK-0 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
xiiiiiiiiy
The FIDE World Champion simply
overlooked the White's next move, Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
otherwise I don't know what to think. Maxim Notkin.
20...¦xd3 fails to 21.£xd3 ¥xe4
22.£xa6 ¥xf3 23.gxf3 ¤b3 24.¦c8 Technical editors: Graham Brown
winning; 20...¦c8 was necessary. and Ralph P. Marconi.
21.£c5! Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
Apparently he counted on 21.¥c5 Alexander Baburin and protected
¦c6 and White's bishop is in danger; intellectual property under the
or 21.¥xa5 £xa5 22.e5 ¦c6 and International Copyright convention.
Black's pieces escape the double Any unauthorised reproduction, via
attack. print, electronic format, or in any form
21...£xc5 22.¥xc5 whatsoever is strictly prohibited
The game is over. Ivanchuk is no in without express written permission.
hurry to take the rook and is rewarded
by a knight for his patience.
22...¦d7 23.¤e5!? ¦dd8 24.¥xb4
¤b3 25.¦c3 ¦fe8
25...¤d4 26.¥xf8 ¢xf8 27.¦c7
26.¦xb3 ¥xe4 27.f3 ¥f5 28.¦d2
¦b8 29.¥xa6
Black resigned. 1–0.
Solutions to Quiz Today

A. Naiditsch - F. Nijboer F
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (13),
26.01.2003
37.¥xf5! ¥xf5 38.¦xf5+ ¢xf5
39.¢xg7 gxh4 40.¢f7 ¢f4 [40...b6
41.¢e7 ¢f4 (41...¢e5 42.a3) 42.¢xd6
¢g3 43.¢c6 ¢xg2 44.d6 h3 45.d7 h2
46.d8£ h1£ 47.£d5+] 41.c5! 1–0

CT-27(811) Page 4 of 4
CT-28(812)
CT-28(812) 28th January 2003
Quiz Today Round 1 results:

I Rogers - Zhang Zhong A. Shabalov - L. Christiansen, L – ½:½
GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (12), A. Gershon - B. Macieja – 1:0
25.01.2003 P. Svidler - K. Miton – 1:0
XIIIIIIIIY G. Vescovi - T. Markowski – 1:0
A. Volokitin - S. Movsesian - ½:½
9-+-+-+k+0
9+-zp-+p+-0 The game A. Motylev - M. Al-
9-+-+-+pzp0 Modiakhi will be played on Saturday,
9+-+-+-vl-0 which is a rest day.
9-zPqvLr+-+0
9+-zP-+-+-0 Round 2 results:
9-+-wQl+PzP0 L. Christiansen - L. Motylev – 0:1
9+-tR-tR-mK-0 B. Macieja - M. Al-Modiakhi – 1:0
xiiiiiiiiy S. Movsesian - A. Gershon - ½:½
White to play K. Miton - A. Volokitin – 0:1
T. Markowski - P. Svidler - ½:½
A. Shabalov, - G. Vescovi – 0:1
T he whole world is now keeping

a sharp eye on the Man vs
Machine match.
Kasparov managed to start it with a
Garry
2. Cat. X GM-B Tournament: An 11
round, round robin tournament (25
January – 5 February)
brilliant victory! Please, see below the
first encounter annotated by IM Round 1 results:
Nikolai Vlassov. Tomorrow is the E. Berg - P. Blatny – 0:1
second game of the match. R. Schmaltz - V. Dinstuhl – 1:0
J. Moreno - H. Kallio – 1:0
Indian Championship: E. Perelshteyn - M. Mulyar – 1:0
Official coverage at: H. Nakamura - G. Seul – 1:0
http://www.venuschessacademy.com/
index.html The game W. Paschall - D. Fridman, D
Round 15 Standings: will be played on Saturday, a rest day.
1. Krishnan Sasikiran - 12/14;
2. P. Harikrishna - 10½/14; Round 2 results:
3. Abhijit Kunte - 10/15; H. Kallio - P. Blatny – 1:0
4. Dibyendu Barua - 9½/14; W. Paschall - E. Berg – ½:½
5. Surya Shekhar Ganguly, - 8½/14; M. Mulyar - D. Fridman – 0:1
6. M.R Venkatesh - 8½/14; G. Seul - E. Perelshteyn – 0:1
7. Das Neelotpal - 8/14; V. Dinstuhl - H. Nakamura – 1:0
8-10. Kidambi Sundararajan; J. Moreno - R. Schmaltz – ½:½
Lanka Ravi;
Tejas Bakre - 7½/14, etc. The game W. Paschall- D. Fridman
will be played on Saturday.
The 20th Bermuda International
Chess Festival has started on 25th 3. Bermuda Open: A five rounds
January. The festival includes the weekend Swiss Open. (7 February – 9
following events: February)
4. Bermuda Blitz: 6 February
1. Cat. XV GM-A Tournament: An
11 round, round robin tournament (25
January - 5 February) ¤¤¤
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CT-28(812) Page 1 of 4
9...e5?!
Annotated Game This move is one of the reasons for
Garry Kasparov Black's troubles. I wonder why he
Deep Junior made the previous move if he was
Event: Man vs Machine Match, NYC going to make this one?! [Interesting is
(1), 26.01.2003 - [D45] the sharpest line 9...¥b7!? 10.e5 c5!
Annotations by IM Nikolai Vlassov 11.exf6 ¥xf3 (11...£xf6) 12.fxg7 ¦g8
13.£xh7 ¤f6 14.¥b5+ ¢e7 15.¥g5
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 ¥f4! ½–½ Barsov,A-
5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 ¥d6 (D) Kohlweyer,B/Porto San Giorgio
XIIIIIIIIY Judging by Kasparov's comments he
9r+lwqk+-tr0 knew of this possibility and was ready
9zpp+n+pzpp0 for it.
9-+pvlpsn-+0 10.g5 ¤h5
9+-+p+-+-0 Starting from here I began
9-+PzP-+P+0 experimenting comparing the moves
9+-sN-zPN+-0 made by "my" Junior vs the Junior
9PzPQ+-zP-zP0 Kasparov was playing. Below I am
going to highlight the differences. In
9tR-vL-mKL+R0 this position "my" Junior stubbornly
xiiiiiiiiy wanted to give the knight to White
For the last 10 years this quiet and after 10...exd4?! 11.¤xd4 ¤e5?! Does
solid Queen's Gambit has been the c6-pawn cost more than a knight?!
followed by the keen move 12.gxf6 £xf6 13.¥e2+-; 10...¤g4 does
7.g4!? not help 11.d5! and the knight is
for a great deal of the time. And trapped.
Kasparov himself was at the root, the 11.¥e3 0–0
first game of that kind included in As for this move "my" Junior did not
chess bases had been played by him even have any desire to review it! It
in 1992. immediately felt up to playing more
7...dxc4 8.¥xc4 "proactive" 11...b5 or; 11...exd4
RR The even more reckless move 12.0–0–0 £c7 13.d5!N (D)
8.e4!? has occured before 8...e5 9.g5 XIIIIIIIIY
exd4 10.¤xd4 ¤g4 11.h3 ¤ge5 12.¥e3
¤c5 13.0–0–0 ¤ed3+ 14.¢b1 £e7
9r+l+-trk+0
15.¦g1 g6 16.¥g2 0–0 17.¢a1 ¥f4 9zp-wqn+pzpp0
18.¥xf4 ¤xf4 19.h4 ¦d8 20.£d2 ¤cd3 9-zppvl-+-+0
21.£e3 ¥g4 22.¦d2 £e5 0–1 9+-+Pzp-zPn0
Adams,M-Kasparov,G/Dortmund 1992 9-+L+P+-+0
8...b6 9+-sN-vLN+-0
This move is necessary for the 9PzPQ+-zP-zP0
development of the c8-bishop 9+-mKR+-+R0
because the knight on d7 can't make xiiiiiiiiy
useful moves... A very strong novelty, which was
9.e4 (D) decisive for Kasparov's victory. The
XIIIIIIIIY following has occurred before:
9r+lwqk+-tr0 [13.¢b1 and; 13.¥e2 By the way,
9zp-+n+pzpp0 Kasparov spent quite a lot of time on
9-zppvlpsn-+0 this move. Did he strive to recall or
9+-+-+-+-0 manage to find it during the game?
9-+LzPP+P+0 13...b5?!
9+-sN-+N+-0 More reliable is 13...¥b7 , but Junior
9PzPQ+-zP-zP0 is so fond of counter attack...
14.dxc6! bxc4 15.¤b5!
9tR-vL-mK-+R0 Not so clear is 15.£d2 ¥b4! 16.cxd7
xiiiiiiiiy ¥b7 the knight on d6 is more
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CT-28(812) Page 2 of 4
dangerous for Black than a pawn on many moves in a row?! "My" Junior
d7. suggested opening "the window":
15...£xc6 16.¤xd6 (D) [21...g6
XIIIIIIIIY 22.¢a1 ¤g6 23.¦c1 ¥a6 24.b3!
9r+l+-trk+0 That's it! The bulwark on c4 fallsl, the
9zp-+n+pzpp0 knights were too late.
9-+qsN-+-+0 24...cxb3 25.£xb3 ¦a8 26.£xb5
9+-+-zp-zPn0 ¥xb5 27.¦c7
In conclusion I would like to
9-+p+P+-+0 concentrate on a curious "side" effect
9+-+-vLN+-0 of my "experiment". Kasparov's play
9PzPQ+-zP-zP0 did not differ much from "my" Junior's
9+-mKR+-+R0 recommendations than the two Juniors
xiiiiiiiiy differing from one another. His
Immediately after the opening, performance was above reproach, but
Black's position looks like a country Junior would have managed to defeat
annexed by enemies. And it is not the himself even not worse if he had got
king on g8 who rules but imperial the same position after the opening.
representative, the knight on d6! We can ascertain that the Human won
16...¥b7 his first game thanks to an excellent
The despairing attempt to relieve by home preparation. And, of course, he
means of 16...f5?! also does not lead did not lose his nerve. We will hope
to success 17.¤xf5 ¦xf5 18.exf5 £xf3 that, at least playing with White, Junior
19.£xc4+ ¢h8 20.£f7 £c6+ 21.¢b1 will succeed in getting the better
¥b7 22.¦he1 £e4+ 23.¢a1+- and position after the opening and
Black falls. defending more zealously. 1–0.
17.£c3 ¦ae8 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY Solutions to Quiz Today
9-+-+rtrk+0 I Rogers - Zhang Zhong
9zpl+n+pzpp0 GMB Wijk aan Zee NED (12),
9-+qsN-+-+0 25.01.2003
9+-+-zp-zPn0 33.¦a1! [33.£c2 ¦xd4! 34.cxd4
£xd4+ 35.¢h1 ¥xc1] 33...¢f8
9-+p+P+-+0 34.¦a8+ ¢e7 35.£c2+- £e6
9+-wQ-vLN+-0 36.¦a6 c6 37.¦a7+ ¢e8 38.¥c5 f5
9PzP-+-zP-zP0 39.¦ea1 ¥e3+ 40.¥xe3 ¦xe3
9+-mKR+-+R0 41.£d2 1–0
xiiiiiiiiy
Not every chess programme can Contact information. Do you want
"realise" that the d6-knight is stronger to report a tournament or have a
than the rook. Junior knows it! But the suggestion concerning Chess Today?
only thing Black can hope for here is
that the opponent slips up during time E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We
trouble. GM Shipov indicated the always appreciate your comments and
beautiful: 17...¦fd8? 18.¤xf7! ¢xf7 feedback!
19.¦xd7+!+- Please tell your chess friends about
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Junior is not happy to sacrifice the readers the price will go down, while
c4-pawn, maybe one of the knights the quality will go up!
will manage to get on d3?
21.¢b1 ¤f8?!
Junior is fulfilling its long-term plan!
It is transferring both of its knights on
f4 and after that - on d3! But who will (353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-
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CT-29(813)
CT-29(813) 29th January 2003
Quiz Today computer. I don´t like those close

A. Gershon (2571) - B. Macieja positions with a Caro-Kann-Slav
(2629) pawn structure, which are difficult for
GMA Bermuda BER (1), 25.01.2003 computers".
XIIIIIIIIY
You can find the game with analyses
9-+-+-+-+0 by Jan van Reek at the official website:
9+-+-+-+-0 www.chessevents.nl. The next game
9-+-+p+p+0 will be played on Tuesday, 13.00 CET.
9+-+k+-zP-0 You will also find some pictures on
9-+n+-+-+0 the official website. This game is
9+-+-+K+-0 included in the attached game files.
9L+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Krishnan Sasikiran keeps his
xiiiiiiiiy leading position after the 17th Round
White to play of 40th Indian Championships .
Position after 60... ¢d4-d5
1. Sasikiran – 14 points
3-4. Kunte, Barua – 10½
Bareev vs 5-7. Neelotpal, Ganguly, Venkatesh –
Hiracs X 9 etc. (all the leaders had played 16
match starts - games)
first game Also see our Annotated Game section.
drawn
The Bermuda GMA and GMB 2003
tournaments,
Quiet opening in Maastricht Round 3 Standings.:
by Eric van Reem GMA
(Press officer Chess Events Maastricht 1-2. Vescovi, Svidler – 2½ points
Foundation) 3. Gershon – 2
4-8. Motylev (after 2 games),
T he first game of the Man vs.

Machine match Bareev-Hiarcs
X ended in a draw. Dick
Klokgieters from sponsor Duwell
Markowski, Movsesian, Volokitin,
Macieja – 1½ etc.
GMB
opened the match at 1 PM CET. 1-2. Schmaltz, Perelshteyn – 2½
Bareev, playing Black, chose the points
French Opening. Hiarcs avoided the 3. Nakamura – 2
exchange of queens in the middle 4-7. Paschall (out of 2), Fridman (out
game. After 25 moves Black seemed to of 2), Dinstuhl, Moreno Carnero – 1½
have a slight advantage, but Hiarcs etc.
could defend its position. Bareev
thought that he was almost winning
after the queens were exchanged, but
he could not find a winning variation. ¤¤¤
"Well, let´s try again tomorrow",
Bareev smiled. Mark Uniacke was not
unhappy with the draw. "The
exchange variation is drawish, but the
open position is good for the
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CT-29(813) Page 1 of 4
Annotated Game 14...¥d5 15.£xd4 b3!?

K. Sasikiran (2664) An interesting attempt at counterplay:
S. Ganguly (2556) Black develops his Knights with tempi.
Event: ch-IND Mumbai IND (16), 16.¥xb3 ¤c6 17.£e3 ¤c5 18.¦fd1
28.01.2003 - [D27] 18.¥a2 ¤b4 19.¤d6 ¤xa4=
18...£b8
Annotations by IM Vladimir 18...¤xb3!? 19.£xb3 ¦b8©
Barsky 19.¥a2 ¤b4 (D)
1.¤f3 d5 2.d4 ¤f6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 XIIIIIIIIY
e6 5.¥xc4 c5 6.0–0 a6 7.¥b3 b5 9rwq-+-trk+0
(D) 9+-+-vlpzpp0
XIIIIIIIIY 9p+-+p+-+0
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 9+-snlzP-+-0
9+-+-+pzpp0 9PsnN+-vL-+0
9p+-+psn-+0 9+-+-wQN+-0
9+pzp-+-+-0 9LzP-+-zPPzP0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9tR-+R+-mK-0
9+L+-zPN+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 20.¤d6!
9tRNvLQ+RmK-0 Not only Garry Kasparov knows (see
xiiiiiiiiy CT-812), that a Knight on d6 usually
A popular line of the Queen Gambit stands very well! :-)
accepted. 20...¤xa2
8.a4 20...¤c2? 21.£xc5; 20...¤xa4?
First White tries to weaken his 21.¥xd5 ¤xd5 22.¦xd5 exd5
opponent's pawn structure on the 23.¦xa4±
Queen side. 21.£xc5 £xb2 22.¥d2
8...b4 9.¤bd2 Black has regained the pawn, but his
And the Knight is headed for c4. knight a2 is nearly trapped now.
9...¥b7 10.e4!? ¥e7 22...¦ab8 23.£a7 ¥d8?!
Black didn't dare to accept the pawn Interesting was 23...¥xd6!? 24.exd6
sacrifice, maybe in view of 10...¤xe4 ¥xf3 25.gxf3 ¤c3!? for example:
11.¤xe4 ¥xe4 12.¦e1 ¥d5 (12...¥b7 26.¥xc3 £xc3 27.d7 (27.£xa6
13.d5) 13.¥g5ƒ £xf3„) 27...£a5 28.¦ac1 £g5+
11.e5 ¤fd7?! 29.¢h1 £f4 30.¦c3
11...¤d5 looks much more natural. 24.a5!
12.¤c4 0–0 13.¥c2 (D) Simple and strong: the Bishop has to
XIIIIIIIIY stay on d8 now.
24...¦b3?!
9rsn-wq-trk+0 Black thinks about attack, but it
9+l+nvlpzpp0 would be better to evacuate his Knight
9p+-+p+-+0 a2 from it's poor off-side position.
9+-zp-zP-+-0 25.£xa6 ¦xf3 26.gxf3 £xe5 (D)
9PzpNzP-+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+N+-0 9-+-vl-trk+0
9-zPL+-zPPzP0 9+-+-+pzpp0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9Q+-sNp+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+lwq-+-0
With the strong protected pawn on 9-+-+-+-+0
e5 White has clearly the better chances 9+-+-+P+-0
here. 9n+-vL-zP-zP0
13...cxd4 14.¥f4! 9tR-+R+-mK-0
White defends the e5-pawn once
again - Aron Nimzovich would be xiiiiiiiiy
happy!
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CT-29(813) Page 4 of 4
27.¤e4 XIIIIIIIIY
The Knight hurries to defend his 9-+-+-+-+0
King. 9+-tR-+-zpk0
27...¥c7 28.¤g3 ¥xf3 29.£c4! 9-+-+r+-+0
And Queen does the same. 9zP-+N+p+-0
29...¥d5
29...¥xd1? 30.¦xd1 and Black looses
9-+-zp-+qzp0
the Knight a2 or Bishop c7. 9+-+-vLQ+-0
30.£c2 h5 31.¦xa2 h4 32.¥c3 9-+-+KzP-+0
£g5 (D) 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-trk+0 48.¤f6+! ¦xf6 49.£xg4 d3+
9+-vl-+pzp-0 50.¢xd3 fxg4 51.¥d4 ¦g6 (D)
9-+-+p+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zP-+l+-wq-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9-+-+-+-zp0 9+-tR-+-zpk0
9+-vL-+-sN-0 9-+-+-+r+0
9R+Q+-zP-zP0 9zP-+-+-+-0
9+-+R+-mK-0 9-+-vL-+pzp0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+K+-+-0
9-+-+-zP-+0
33.¦xd5! 9+-+-+-+-0
Thanks to this exchange sacrifice xiiiiiiiiy
White unpins the knight on g3 and 52.¦xg7+!
receives a decisive advantage. But the 52.¦xg7+ ¦xg7 53.¥xg7 ¢xg7 54.a6
realisation was also very interesting h3 55.a7 h2 56.a8£+- 1–0.
and full of tactical blows.
33...exd5 34.¥d2 £e7 Solutions to Quiz Today
34...£g4 35.£xc7+- A. Gershon (2571) - B. Macieja
35.¤f1 £d7 36.£a4 £e7 37.£g4 (2629)
37.a6 GMA Bermuda BER (1), 25.01.2003
37...f5 38.£f3 ¦f6 39.¤e3 d4 61.¥xc4+! I suspect, for Black this
40.¤d5 ¦g6+ 41.¢f1 £c5 (D) exchange was like a bolt from the blue
XIIIIIIIIY - the pawn ending will be winning
9-+-+-+k+0 for White very easily. 61...¢xc4
9+-vl-+-zp-0 62.¢e4 And King takes both e6 and
9-+-+-+r+0 g6. Black resigned. 1–0.
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CT-30(814)
CT-30(814) 30th January 2003
th
Quiz Today against Hiarcs 8. It is obvious that the

new version is stronger than its
predecessor: Hiarcs X crushed his
Shabalov (2613) - Vescovi (2592)
younger version 4½-½. "I think that
this new version is about 50-60 ELO
points stronger than Hiarcs 8. I have
37. ... ¤e6?
XIIIIIIIIY been working full-time on this version
9-+-tr-+-+0 since October. I am a bit nervous
9zp-+-+pzp-0 before the games start, you could say
9-zp-mkn+-+0 that I am the nervous part of the
9+-+p+-wQ-0 program!', Mark Uniacke told us
9-+-zP-tR-+0 before the game.
9+-sN-wq-+-0
9PzP-+-+-+0 Hiarcs has often played in the famous
9+K+L+-+r0 Aegon Man vs. Machine tournaments
xiiiiiiiiy in The Hague in the nineties. Hiarcs
White to play played 30 games in 'Aegon' and scored
18,5 points (62%). In 1997, during an
White either gave up here or lost on exhibition before the last Aegon
time. However, he could draw this tournament started, Hiarcs 5 played
game easily ... games against Anand and Timman:
both games ended in a draw.
Kasparov 1½ Junior ½ GM Igor Glek (ELO 2576) came to
Maastricht on Wednesday to help his
T op grandmasters are deeply

concerned about the situation in
the Chess World and have
appealed to Mr. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in
an Open Letter.
good friend Bareev. They obviously
prepared an English opening (very
polite, since Hiarcs is an English
program!) and after the new move 11
..Be6
The second encounter of Kasparov vs

Deep Junior was drawn. Now we are
looking forward to the third game,
which is taking place tomorrow.
Please, find below annotations to the
second game of the match.
Another Man vs Machine match is

being held in Maastricht. The second
game was also drawn here. It is
included in our cbv file and we are XIIIIIIIIY
grateful to Eric van Reem for the 9r+-wqk+-tr0
following report ... 9+pzp-sn-vlp0
Strategic battle ends in a draw
9-+-zplsnp+0
by Eric van Reem (Press officer, Chess 9+P+-zpp+-0
Events Maastricht Foundation) 9-+P+-+-+0
9+-sN-zP-zP-0
Mark Uniacke arrived at the Centre
Ceramique early to get his fast Athlon
9-+-zPNzPLzP0
2.4 Ghz with 1GB RAM started and to 9+RvLQmK-+R0
play a few blitz games with Hiarcs X xiiiiiiiiy
This issue is prepared by IM Nikolai Vlassov; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-30(814) Page 1 of 4
Hiarcs felt quite comfortable. The Agdestein, Simen g NOR 2578;

English program closed the centre and Cramling, Pia g SWE 2492 1.0;
Bareev took the opportunity to take Epishin, Vladimir g RUS 2626;
the initiative on the queenside. Glek Hamdouchi, Hichem g MAR 2615;
thought that white was slightly better McShane, Luke J g ENG 2568;
after 31 moves, Palac, Mladen g CRO 2591;
31..Nf6 Pavlovic, Milos g YUG 2560;
XIIIIIIIIY Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2613;
9-tr-+-+-+0 Kotronias, Vasilios g CYP 2573;
Lalic, Bogdan g ENG 2547;
9+-zpq+lmk-0 Luther, Thomas g GER 2575;
9Rsn-+-snp+0 Speelman, Jonathan S g ENG 2583; etc.
9+P+p+p+p0 After the 18th round of Indian
9-+-zPpzP-zP0 Championship Krishnan Sasikiran is
9+-sN-+-zP-0 still in the sole lead with 2 points
9Q+-+LzP-+0 ahead.
9+-vL-+-mK-0 Official coverage at:
www.venuschessacademy.com
xiiiiiiiiy
but "it is difficult to find the correct Round 18 Standings:
plan. Black has a cramped position Sasikiran, Krishnan - 14.5/17;
but maybe it is easy for computers to Harikrishna, P - 12.5/17;
defend this position. It is a good Kunte, Abhijit - 11.0/17;
position to play with white against a Barua, Dibyendu - 11.0/17;
human player, but against a computer Neelotpal, Das - 10.0/17;
it is a different story. I can remember Venkatesh, M.R - 10.0/17;
that I played against Fritz 3 in a Ganguly, Surya Shekhar - 9.5/17;
tournament in Bonn in 1995. I thought Sundararajan, Kidambi - 9.0/17;
that I had a winning position but Fritz Thipsay, Praveen M - 9.0/17;
found some incredible moves. I could Bakre, Tejas - 9.0/17; etc.
not believe that the computer could
hold the position." Back to the game: The 20th Bermuda International
Hiarcs tried to take over the initiative Chess Festival
with moves like 36 ..e3 and 37.. ¤xb5. www.bermuda.bm/chess
However, that gave some tactical
chances for the 36-year old Muscovite. Cat. XV GM-A Tournament:
It was not enough to get a winning Round 4 standings:
advantage though: the game ended in Vescovi, Giovanni - 3.0;
a draw. Svidler, Peter - 3.0;
Markowski, Tomasz - 2.5;
On Thursday the third game will be Motylev, Alexander - 2.0;
played on 13.00 CET. The games can Christiansen, Larry M - 2.0;
be followed live on the official Movsesian, Sergei - 2.0;
website: www.chessevents.nl. You Gershon, Alik - 2.0; etc.
may also like to follow the games on
the ChessBase server and chat with Cat. X GM-B Tournament:
friends about the game. Round 4 standings:
Schmaltz, Roland - 3.0;
The Gibraltar Chess Congress has Perelshteyn, Eugene - 3.0;
started on 28th January 2003. A lot of Paschall, William M - 2.5;
players managed to win the first game. Nakamura, Hikaru - 2.5;
Among them are: Fridman, Daniel - 2.0;
Dinstuhl, Volkmar - 2.0;
Short, Nigel D g ENG 2690; Moreno Carnero, Javier - 2.0;
Tiviakov, Sergei g NED 2635; Berg, Emanuel - 2.0; etc.
CT-30(814) Page 2 of 4
Annotated Game 12...a5

Black is starting to struggle for the
d4-square.
Deep Junior (2750)
13.¦c1
G. Kasparov (2847)
The break 13.c5 is harmless for both
Event: Chess21 www.chess21.com (2), players: 13...a4 14.cxd6 £xd6 15.¥xa7
29.01.2003 B42
axb3 16.¥e3 bxa2 17.¥c4 ¤xd5
18.¦xa2! with a probable draw.
Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov 13...a4 14.¥xa7 ¦xa7 15.¤d2
15.¤a1 deserved consideration with
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
the knight transfer to c2, where it is
a6 able to keep control of d4, and even
XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 move to e3 and support another
9+p+p+pzpp0 knight on d5.
9p+-+p+-+0 15...¤d4 16.£h5
9+-+-+-+-0 White yearns for an attack on the
9-+-sNP+-+0 Queen's side, but everything is quite
9+-+-+-+-0 stable there.
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 16...¤e6
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 Black's knight hops from the good d4
xiiiiiiiiy to go to the excellent c5.
The Paulsen Variation of the Sicilian 17.¦c3 ¤c5 18.¥c2
Defense has arisen. Garry makes an In the light of further developments it
excellent choice. If one can avoid was safer to move one more square
sharp forced lines in the Sicilian, away: 18.¥b1
delicate comprehension is required, 18...¤xd5 19.exd5 g6!
which Junior is lacking. Being unafraid of the illusory
5.¥d3 ¥c5 6.¤b3 ¥a7 7.c4 ¤c6 weakness (White has nothing to attack
8.¤c3 d6 9.0–0 ¤ge7 10.¦e1 Black with), Black is lining up an
Most players prefer 10.¢h1 with impenetrable fortress against White's
further f-pawn advancement. bishop on c2.
10...0–0 11.¥e3 e5 12.¤d5N 20.£h6 f5 21.¦a3?!
XIIIIIIIIY Unhumanlike interest in the a4-pawn
9r+lwq-trk+0 lures White to the brick of disaster. By
9vlp+-snpzpp0 the way, he is slightly worse here. An
9p+nzp-+-+0 attack on Black's king 21.¦h3 is
9+-+Nzp-+-0 resisted by the simple 21...b6 - and
9-+P+P+-+0 the rook on a7 is of use here!
9+N+LvL-+-0 21...£f6!
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-+QtR-mK-0 Provoking White into winning the
xiiiiiiiiy exchange, Black is arranging a strong
This is a novelty and it is unlikely to attack on the Queen's side!
be a good one. Having placed the 22.b4 axb3! 23.¦xa7 bxc2 24.¦c1
knight on a beautiful square in the It is necessary to eradicate the pawn
center, White loses the opportunity to 24...e4 25.¦xc2
press the weak pawn on d6. Here XIIIIIIIIY
stronger and more "human" is 12.¥xa7 9-+l+-trk+0
9tRp+-+-+p0
¦xa7 13.£d2 ¥e6 14.¥f1 b6 15.¦ed1 9-+-zp-wqpwQ0
and White is slightly better here. 9+-snP+p+-0
15...¦d7 16.¦ac1 f5 17.f3 f4 18.¤d5 g5 9-+P+p+-+0
19.£f2 ¤c8 20.c5 bxc5 21.¥xa6 ¥xd5 9+-+-+-+-0
22.exd5 ¤6e7 23.¥d3 ¦a7 24.£c2 9P+RsN-zPPzP0
¢g7 25.¥xh7 c4 26.¤d2 ¤b6 9+-+-+-mK-0
Kogan,A-Bezold,M/Wuerzburg xiiiiiiiiy
19961–0

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participate in the defense. 27...¥f5!
This is an important intermediate
move! Taking advantage of the back
rank weakness, Black gains one more
tempo. 28.¦c1 £b2 29.¦d1 fxe3
30.£xe3 ¥d3!µ
26.¤f1 f4 27.¦a8!
The only, but sufficient defense.
Sacrificing the Queen, White gets rid
of half the remaining Black pieces.
27...e3 28.fxe3 fxe3 29.£xf8+!
¢xf8 30.¦xc8+ ¢f7
Game drawn. Playing for a win is not
safe for either side. ½–½
38. ¤b5+ ¢c6 39. ¤xa7+ ¢d6 with

repetition because the king is unable
to move to the 7th rank due to ¦xf7
winning the Queen. 0–1

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CT-31(815)
CT-31(815) 31st January 2003
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Quiz Today Your reporter, and match director

Hans Adriaanse, joined Evgeny to see
Die another day, the newest James
Svidler (2693) – Christiansen (2562) Bond movie. Evgeny told me that he is
GMA Bermuda BER (5), 29.01.2003 James Bond fan: "I have at least 10
XIIIIIIIIY Bond movies on tape in Moscow".
9-+-tr-+k+0 Afterwards he smiled: "Hmm, no
9+-+-wq-+-0 Russians in this movie, does that mean
9p+-+-+p+0 that we are not the bad guys
9snpzpl+-sN-0 anymore?"
9-+-+L+-wQ0
9+PzP-+-+-0 In the third game, Bareev obviously
9P+-+-+PzP0 did not want to be the bad guy with
9+-+-+RmK-0 black. In a French Defence, Hiarcs
chose another variation to game 1, but
xiiiiiiiiy could not get an advantage. The
White to play English program grabbed a pawn, but
it was not difficult to equalize for
black. After 36 moves Bareev offered a
E vgeny Bareev played 13 games

in the Corus Chess Tournament
in Wijk aan Zee and had just
one day to recover from that tour-de-
force. On Tuesday the first game of his
draw. Mark Uniacke accepted that
offer. "I am a bit disappointed that I
could not get more out of the opening
with white. I have been through a lot
of Evgeny's games, but it is hard to
match against Hiarcs X started. His find a weak spot in his repertoire. His
results so far (three easy draws) prove
openings are sound and it is difficult
that it is not necessary to have a
to get an advantage."
certain version of an engine weeks or
even months in advance. Bareev: "I
The last game will be played on
just play and really don't care what
Friday, 31 January, 13.00 CET. You can
the name of the program is: Fritz,
follow the games live on the website
Junior or Hiarcs, what's the difference?
www.chessevents.nl.
I am a professional chess player, I just
play".
Eric van Reem
Mark Uniacke keeps on working on
Krishnan Sasikiran won the 40th
his engine, even in Maastricht :"Since
Indian Championships ahead of
Hiarcs 8 was released last year, I have
schedule, two Rounds before the
made 196 new versions, this version in
finish and... lost his first game in this
Maastricht is called Hiarcs 8.196. I
competition! (You can find it in our
have been able to work full-time on
database today.)
the engine since October. I hope that
Hiarcs 9 will be released this year. I do
Standings before the last Round:
only release a new version when it is
1. Sasikiran – 15½ points out of 19
at least 40 ELO points stronger than its
predecessor. And this Maastricht
3. Kunte – 12
version is at least 60 points stronger
4. Barua – 11½
than Hiarcs 8. I would not mind to get
5-6. Neelotpal, Ganguly – 11 etc.
the top spot on the SSDF list again".
After 13 games in Wijk and two in Women events:

Maastricht, Evgeny Bareev wanted to 1. Aarthie – 8 ½ points out of 11
think of something else than chess. 2-3. Mohota, Vijayalakshmi – 8 etc.

CT-31(815) Page 1 of 3
There will be one more round. Of course this simple developing

move doesn't pretend to be a
The Bermuda GMA and GMB 2003 "refutation" of the Gruenfeld Defence",
tournaments, Round 5 Standings. but it's quite poisoned.
5...0–0 6.¦c1 c5
GMA A month ago in his match vs. Karpov
1-2. Vescovi, Svidler – 4 points Kasparov choose another line: 6...dxc4
3. Markowski – 3½ 7.e3 ¥e6 (7...¤bd7 8.¥xc4 c5 9.dxc5
4. Gershon – 3 ¤xc5 10.0–0 ¥e6 11.¥xe6 ¤xe6
5. Movsesian – 2 ½ 12.¥e5 Karpov - Kasparov, New-
6-8. Motylev (4 games), Christiansen, York 2002 (m/3)) 8.¤g5 ¥g4 9.f3 ¥c8
Macieja – 2 etc. 10.¥xc4 c6 11.£b3 e6 Karpov -
Kasparov, New-York 2002 (m/1). In
GMB both games Karpov had a small
1-3. Schmaltz, Perelshteyn, advantage after the opening.
Nakamura – 3½ points 7.dxc5 dxc4 8.e4 £a5 9.e5
4-5. Paschall (4 games), Berg – 3 etc. XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnl+-trk+0
Also see our Annotated Game ... 9zpp+-zppvlp0
9-+-+-snp+0
9wq-zP-zP-+-0
Annotated Game 9-+p+-vL-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
A Gershon (2571) 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
A Shabalov (2613) 9+-tRQmKL+R0
Event: GMA Bermuda BER (5), xiiiiiiiiy
29.01.2003 - D92 9...¦d8
An alternative is 9...¤h5 for example:
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky 10.¥e3 ¦d8 11.¤d2 ¥xe5 12.¥xc4
¤c6 13.£b3 e6 14.¤f3 ¥f4 15.0–0
Nowadays grandmasters have to ¥xe3 16.fxe3 £xc5 17.¤e4 £e7
memorise a huge amount of opening 18.g4© draw, Dreev - Zvjaginsev,
variations in order to avoid opening Germany 2000.
disasters. But from time to time such 10.¥d2 ¤g4 11.¥xc4 £xc5
collapses happen even to the best of Another line runs after 11...¤c6
them. The next game is a good 12.¤b5 ¦xd2!? etc.
example of such a situation - a very 12.¤e4 £b6
strong grandmaster, USA champion XIIIIIIIIY
2003 Alexander Shabalov, forget the 9rsnltr-+k+0
theory in a very sharp line and ... it 9zpp+-zppvlp0
was all over very soon. And his 9-wq-+-+p+0
opponent didn't make a single original 9+-+-zP-+-0
move! 9-+L+N+n+0
9+-+-+N+-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 d5 4.¤f3 9PzP-vL-zPPzP0
¥g7 5.¥f4 9+-tRQmK-+R0
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 13.¥xf7+
9zppzp-zppvlp0 Nice move, but this combination has
9-+-+-snp+0 been known for more than 40 years!
9+-+p+-+-0 13...¢xf7 14.¤fg5+
9-+PzP-vL-+0 13.Bxf7 was first played by Tigran
9+-sN-+N+-0 Petrosian vs. Pal Benko. And the
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 American grandmaster found a
defence: 14.¦xc8 ¦xc8 15.¤fg5+ ¢g8!
9tR-+QmKL+R0 16.£xg4 £c6! (16...¤a6? 17.¤d6! and
xiiiiiiiiy White won soon in the games Lukacs
CT-31(815) Page 2 of 3
- Berndt, AUT-ch 1999 and Lukacs - Chess Today is published by:

Szeberenyi, Budapest 2000.) 17.¤d6 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
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g5 draw, Petrosian - Benko, Curasao
1962 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
14...¢e8? Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
14...¢g8! Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
15.¦xc8 ¦xc8 Maxim Notkin.
15...¤xe5 16.¦xd8+ £xd8 17.¤e6
¤d3+ 18.¢f1+- Technical editors: Graham Brown
16.£xg4 ¤d7 and Ralph P. Marconi.
XIIIIIIIIY
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xiiiiiiiiy
16...£c6 17.¤d6+ with check!
17...exd6 18.£e6+ ¢d8 19.exd6+-
17.¤d6+!
And Shabalov resigned, while the
following game ran two moves
more:17.¤d6+ exd6 18.£e6+ ¢d8
19.exd6 Black resigned, Ruzele -
Roeder, Gelsenkirchen 1999.
1–0
31.¥xd5+ Black resigned in view

of31.¥xd5+ ¦xd5 32.¦f8+!! £xf8
(32...¢xf8 33.£h8#) 33.£h7# 1–0

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Deep Junior bounces Shabalov, Alexander - 2½/6;

Volokitin, Andrei - 2/6;
Macieja, Bartlomiej - 2/6;
T he Kasparov vs Deep Junior

match is getting more and more
exciting. The computer has
managed to win Game 3 and equalize
the score. Now everything starts all
Al-Modiahki, Mohamad - 1½/5
Cat. X GM-B Tournament

Round 6 Standings:
Paschall, William M - 4/5;
over again. Please see our Annotated
Schmaltz, Roland - 4/6;
game to see how Deep Junior, playing
Nakamura, Hikaru - 4/6;
Black, beat Kasparov.
Perelshteyn, Eugene - 4/6;
Berg, Emanuel - 4/6;
Another Man vs Machine match has
Fridman, Daniel - 3/5; etc.
finished today. GM Bareev drew the
last game and the match against
Mr. Rolf Behovits, the new press
HiarcsX.
officer and spokesman of the
"Dortmund Sparkassen Chess
The 40th National A Champion-
Meeting 2003", informs of the
ships of India has finished today.
following:
Krishnan Sasikiran won it with 16
1. The event takes place in the
points out of 20. Official coverage at:
Dortmund Theatre from 31 July to 10
http://www.venuschessacademy.com/
August 2003.
index.html
Final Standings:
2. A double round robin system with 6
Sasikiran, Krishnan - 16; Harikrishna,
GM involved (category 19/20) will be
P - 14; Kunte, Abhijit; Barua, Dib-
played. Among the six players are
yendu - 12½; Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
Classical World Chess Champion
- 12; Neelotpal, Das; Sund-ararajan,
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), his
Kidambi - 11½;
challenger for the World Title Peter
Leko
Ramaswamy Aarthie won the Wom-
(Hungary) and Wijk aan Zee winner
en's Indian Championship.
Viswanathan Anand (India). These
players already accepted the
Final Standings:
invitation.
Ramaswamy, Aarthie – 9; Subbaraman,
Vijayalakshmi – 9; Mohota, Nisha;
3. The Dortmund Organising
Harika, Dronavalli – 8½; 5. Swati,
Committee agreed to invite the winner
Ghate – 8.0; etc.
of the AEROFLOT OPEN at Moscow,
which is supposed to take place from
The 20th Bermuda International
10th to 20th February 2003. For the
Chess Festival
first time, Germany's big hope -
Grandmaster Arkadi Naiditsch (17)
Cat. XV GM-A Tournament: From Dortmund - will have the
Round 6 standings: opportunity to challenge the elite.
Vescovi, Giovanni - 5/6; Another top GM will complete the
Svidler, Peter - 4½/6; field.
Markowski, Tomasz - 4/6;
Gershon, Alik - 3/6; 4. The time control will be the classical
Movsesian, Sergei - 3/6; one and identical with the World
Motylev, Alexander - 2½/5; Chess Championship Match Kramnik
Christiansen, Larry M - 2½/6; vs. Leko:
Miton, Kamil - 2½/6;
This issue is prepared by: IM Nikolai Vlassov; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-31(816) Page 1 of 4
40 moves for 2 hours each player, 20 by not castling making Black defend.
moves for 1 hour each player, 15 10...¤xg4!?
min+30 sec. per move each player for XIIIIIIIIY
the rest. 9r+lwq-trk+0
9zp-+nvlpzpp0
5. The festival character of Dortmund 9-zpp+-+-+0
will not be changed. The organizers 9+-+p+-+-0
are preparing for 2 Opens of different 9-+-zP-+n+0
levels, art exhibitions, presentations of 9+-sNLzPN+-0
chess articles and many more 9PzPQvL-zP-zP0
9tR-+-mK-+R0
activities. xiiiiiiiiy
Principled decision. After 10...g6
6. More information for chess players, 11.g5 ¤h5 12.e4 White attacks with
e.g. concerning the Dortmund Open "no expense spared".
and other issues can be obtained from 11.¦g1
the Tournament Director, Mr. Stefan It is difficult to refrain from taking the
Koth, via email: skoth17418@aol.com pawn 11.¥xh7+ ¢h8 12.¦g1 ¤df6
13.¥d3 c5 14.h3 ¤h6 15.e4! White's
attack is very serious. but the position
Annotated Game breaks down and Black has an
opportunity for counter play.
Kasparov (2847) Kasparov prefers saving a tempo to
Deep Junior (2750) knight moves.
Event: FIDE Man vs Machine WCh 11...¤df6!?
New York (3), 30.01.2003 D45 A very important move. But it is
likely that the position requires such a
Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov decision. After 11...¤gf6 12.0–0–0,
with a probable double rook attack on
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e3 e6 the g-file, White's attack becomes very
5.¤f3 ¤bd7 6.£c2 b6 dangerous.; The trapping move 11...f5
Black is not interested in a repetition is beautifully resisted by 12.h3! (but
of Game 1 at all (i.e. 6...¥d6 ) That's not by 12.¥xf5? ¦xf5! 13.£xf5 ¤de5–
why the computer is the first to vary +) 12...¤gf6 (12...¤h6 13.¤xd5! cxd5
from that game. 14.£c6 ¦b8 15.£xh6+-) 13.¥xf5±
7.cxd5 exd5 8.¥d3 ¥e7 9.¥d2N 12.h3 ¤h6
The idea of this novelty is quite XIIIIIIIIY
simple: to prepare long castling and 9r+lwq-trk+0
attack on the king side. The following 9zp-+-vlpzpp0
has occured before: 9.0–0 0–0 10.b3
h6 11.¥b2 ¥b7 12.¦ac1 ¥d6 13.¤e2 9-zpp+-sn-sn0
¦e8 14.¤g3 a5 15.a4 ¦c8 16.£b1 ¦c7 9+-+p+-+-0
17.¦fe1 £a8 18.¥c3 ¥a6 19.¥c2 ¦cc8 9-+-zP-+-+0
20.¥f5 ¦cd8 21.b4 axb4 22.¥xb4 9+-sNLzPN+P0
¥xg3 23.hxg3 ¥c4 Barbero,G- 9PzPQvL-zP-+0
Rausis,I/Bern 1998 0–1; and a sharp 9tR-+-mK-tR-0
9.e4 xiiiiiiiiy
9...0–0?! 13.e4!?
Such rigidity deserves censure. Black 13.0–0–0 deserved consideration,
should have made the useful move completing mobilization. For instance,
9...¥b7 and waited to see which side 13...¢h8 (13...¥xh3 14.e4 ¤hg4 15.e5
White castled. ¤e4 16.¤xe4 dxe4 17.¥xe4± White
10.g4!? wins the material back keeping the
When both sides are attacking on terrible attack.) 14.e4 dxe4 15.¤xe4
different sides of the board, the White's possibilities can be
bottom line is to be ahead of your demonstrated by a wonderful, but not
opponent! And Garry saves a tempo compulsory, line: 15...¥xh3 16.¦xg7!!
CT-31(816) Page 2 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-tr-mk0 second rook succeeds in occupying
9zp-+-vlptRp0 the g-file.
9-zpp+-sn-sn0 18.¥f4 f6?!
9+-+-+-+-0 This is a pretty strange move. For the
9-+-zPN+-+0 sake of protecting e5 Black deprives
9+-+L+N+l0 itself of a square which is very
9PzPQvL-zP-+0
9+-mKR+-+-0 important to its minor pieces. This is
xiiiiiiiiy even more curious because "my"
16...¢xg7 17.¥xh6+ ¢xh6 18.£d2+! Junior did not take this move seriously
¢g7 19.£g5+ ¢h8 20.¤xf6 ¥xf6 recommending 18...£d7! with the
21.£h6 with checkmate Queen's involvement in protection
13...dxe4 14.¥xh6?! along the c8-h3 diagonal. Black stands
White has lots of possibilities but it is merely a bit worse. 19.¤e5 £xh3
not easy to choose the best one... 19.0–0–0 ¥d6
White has a very good chance of a win 19...£d7 again deserved consider-
after 14.¥xe4! ¢h8 15.¥xh6 gxh6 ation. Black's desire to spend a tempo
16.¥xc6 ¦b8 17.£d2!± on exchanging the bishop, which it
14...exd3 has been so careful with, is unclear.
XIIIIIIIIY 20.£e3 ¥xf4 21.£xf4 ¥xh3!?
9r+lwq-trk+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-+-vlpzpp0 9r+-wq-+nmk0
9-zpp+-sn-vL0
9+-+-+-+-0 9zp-+-+-+p0
9-+-zP-+-+0 9-zpp+-zp-+0
9+-sNp+N+P0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPQ+-zP-+0
9tR-+-mK-tR-0 9-+-zP-wQ-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-sN-+N+l0
15.¦xg7+ 9PzP-+-zP-+0
And here White had some options to 9+-mKR+-+-0
choose from 15.¥xg7 ¤g4! (15...dxc2??
16.¥xf6+) 16.£xd3 ¢xg7 17.hxg4 xiiiiiiiiy
Taking into account the Black king It is frightful for a Human is take
position, two White's knights have such a pawn, but not for a Machine!
good chances against Black's bishops. Refutation is out of sight. So, I can't
15...¢h8 16.£xd3 ¦g8 rule out the possibility that this is the
Oh, dear! White is so short of the strongest move in the position.
second rook! But Garry decided to 22.¦g1 £b8!
save it. Black can't put up with the White
17.¦xg8+ ¤xg8! Queen occupying the strong attacking
XIIIIIIIIY position and finds the only way to
dispel it.
9r+lwq-+nmk0 23.£e3
9zp-+-vlp+p0 After 23.£h4 ¥f5 24.¤d1 £e8! Black
9-zpp+-+-vL0 is OK.
23...£d6 24.¤h4
9+-+-+-+-0 The knight is trying to turn the Black
9-+-zP-+-+0 king out of its comfortable home. In
9+-sNQ+N+P0 the meantime, there was an
9PzP-+-zP-+0 opportunity to take the h7-pawn at
the very beginning...
9tR-+-mK-+-0 24...¥e6 25.¦h1 ¦d8
xiiiiiiiiy Black has completed its development
Unlike White, Black has got a and is afraid of nothing now.
narrow path of only moves. Much 26.¤g6+ ¢g7 27.¤f4 ¥f5 28.¤ce2
worse is 17...£xg8 18.0–0–0 and the ¤e7 29.¤g3
CT-31(816) Page 3 of 5
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0 to take on d5 twice due to check on
9zp-+-sn-mkp0 g5 with queen exchange. White had a
9-zppwq-zp-+0 winning position by the 13th move
9+-+-+l+-0 (Junior did not manage to cope with
9-+-zP-sN-+0 its openings problems), but chose the
9+-+-wQ-sN-0 wrong way and missed the win with
9PzP-+-zP-+0 the 14–15th moves. After that both
9+-mK-+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy opponents were struggling zealously...
It looks like White has managed to until the 32nd move, where Kasparov
cause serious threats, but it is just an overlooked decisive counter play from
illusory thing... his rival. The Computer has equalised
29...¢h8! the score!
The only, but quite sufficient move 0–1
for successful defence.
30.¤xf5 ¤xf5 31.£e4 £d7! Contact information. Do you want
XIIIIIIIIY to report a tournament or have a
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After this (and again the only!) the quality will go up!
protection White should have resigned
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£xh7 38.£xf6+ with perpetual check Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
through f6-d8-h4.) 33.£xg7+ ¤xg7 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
34.¤g6+ ¢g8 35.¤e7+= Maxim Notkin.
32...¤xd4!
There is a threat of moving the Technical editors: Graham Brown
knight back on b3 with checkmate on and Ralph P. Marconi.
d1.
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33...¢g8 34.¤e7+ ¢f8 35.¤d5
35.¦xh7 ¤b3+! 36.¢c2 ¤a1+! 37.¢c3
£d2+ 38.¢c4 b5+ 39.¢c5 £d6#
35...£g7! 36.£xd4 ¦xd5
Irreproachable play. It is impossible
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CT-33(817)
CT-33(817) 2nd February 2003
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Quiz Today The Dannemann Classico 6-game

match between 18-years old Alex-
andra Kosteniuk and the 13-year
Ledger (2397) - Plaskett (2467) old Sergey Karjakin started on Satur-
Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay GIB (3), day in Brissago, Switzerland. The first
30.01.2003 A12
game, in which Kosteniuk had White,
XIIIIIIIIY was drawn. You can find the text in
9-+-trr+k+0 our database.
9+-+-+pzpl0
9-+-+-+-+0 Gibraltar #1:
9+-zP-sn-zP-0 Short work of the c3
9-+-+P+-+0 Sicilian ...
9zP-wQ-+-+R0
9-vL-zp-wqL+0 J Shaw (2470)
9+-+R+-+K0 N Short (2690)
xiiiiiiiiy Event: Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay
GIB (3), 30.01.2003 B22
Black to play
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky
Verscovi leads in
Bermuda. I'd like to annotate in brief an
interesting set up by Short in a popular
Short on 3/3 in line of the 2. c3 Sicilian.
Gibraltar. 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.c3 ¤f6 4.e5 ¤d5
5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.¥c4 ¤b6
7...¤c6!?
The Bermuda GMA and GMB 2003 8.¥d3 dxe5 9.dxe5 ¤a6
tournaments, Round 7 Standings.
XIIIIIIIIY
GMA 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
1. Vescovi – 5½ points 9zpp+-+pzpp0
2. Svidler – 5 9nsn-+p+-+0
3-4. Markowski, Movsesian – 4
5-6. Motylev (6 games), Gershon – 3½ 9+-+-zP-+-0
7-8. Christiansen, Macieja – 3 etc. 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+L+N+-0
GMB 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
1-2. Schmaltz, Berg – 4½ points
3-6. Paschall (6 games), Fridman (6), 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
Nakamura, Perelshteyn – 4 etc. xiiiiiiiiy
Here it is: The knight is going to b4
Nigel Short has a perfect score after or c5 in order to exchange Queens,
the 3rd Round of the Gibraltar Chess and an endgame will, at the very least,
Congress. not be bad for Black - the e5 pawn
will be a target for the black knights.
2-8. Luther, Hamdouchi, Kotronias, Of course it's not an absolutely new
Tiviakov, Speelman, Sulskis, Korneev idea; for example, take a look at the
– 2½ etc. following game: 9...¤8d7 10.£e2
¥b4+ 11.¤c3 ¤c5 12.¥c2 ¥d7 13.0–0
Please see our Annotated Game ¥xc3 14.bxc3 ¥a4! 15.¥xa4+ ¤bxa4
section. 16.¦d1 £a5³ Strigunsky - Rotstein,
Ukraine 1991.
CT-33(817) Page 1 of 3
10.0–0 ¦e5 34.¢h2 ¢f8 35.g3 ¢e7

10.£e2!? 36.¥g2 ¢d6 37.¥xc6 ¢xc6
10...¤c5 11.¥c2 £xd1 12.¦xd1 38.¢g2 b5 39.¢f3 ¢c5 40.¦b3 b4
¥d7 13.¤c3 ¦c8! 41.¦d3 ¦d5 42.¦e3 g6 43.¢e2 e5
XIIIIIIIIY 44.f3 f5 45.b3 ¢d6 46.¢e1 ¦d4
9-+r+kvl-tr0 47.¢e2 ¢d5 48.¢e1 e4 49.¢e2
9zpp+l+pzpp0 ¢e5 50.¢e1 ¦d5 51.¢e2 ¦a5 0–1
9-sn-+p+-+0
9+-sn-zP-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0 Gibraltar #2:
9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzPL+-zPPzP0
Another brilliant short
9tR-vLR+-mK-0 game - by Speelman
xiiiiiiiiy
With the idea Nc5-a4; Black would J Speelman (2583)
like to exchange light-squared J Bellon Lopez (2428)
bishops and a pair of knights also. Event: Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay
14.a4 GIB (3), 30.01.2003 - B27
White prevents this threat but
weakens the b4-square. Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky
14...a5 15.¤d4 ¥e7 16.¤b3 ¤c4!
It's obvious now that Black has won 1.¤f3 c5 2.e4 g6!? 3.¥c4!?
the opening struggle and taken the XIIIIIIIIY
initiative. 9rsnlwqkvlntr0
17.¦e1 0–0 18.¤xc5 ¥xc5 19.¦e4 9zpp+pzpp+p0
¥b4 20.¤a2? 9-+-+-+p+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-zp-+-+-0
9-+r+-trk+0 9-+L+P+-+0
9+p+l+pzpp0 9+-+-+N+-0
9-+-+p+-+0 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9zp-+-zP-+-0 9tRNvLQmK-+R0
9Pvln+R+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+-0 Jonathan Speelman likes rather
9NzPL+-zPPzP0 unusual lines; and as we can see, his
9tR-vL-+-mK-0 opponent does also.
xiiiiiiiiy 3...¥g7 4.0–0 e6 5.¦e1 £c7
20...¤xe5! 21.¤xb4 axb4 22.¥b3 What's the idea behind this move? I
¤d3 23.¥d2 ¥c6 think Black prevents d2-d4 (after
XIIIIIIIIY which the d6-square is very weak) -
9-+r+-trk+0 now after d4 cxd4 Bishop c4 will be
9+p+-+pzpp0 attacking with the Queen. On the
9-+l+p+-+0 other hand Black has lost a tempo for
9+-+-+-+-0 development.
9Pzp-+R+-+0
9+L+n+-+-0 6.c3 ¤c6 7.¤a3!
9-zP-vL-zPPzP0 White prepares both d2-d4 (Knight
9tR-+-+-mK-0 a3 defends Bishop c4) and Na3-b5
xiiiiiiiiy sometime.
Black has an extra pawn and a better 7...¤e5?!
position; Short has realised his advan- XIIIIIIIIY
tage. It looks like this is a rather 9r+l+k+ntr0
simple and unpleasant method against 9zppwqp+pvlp0
9-+-+p+p+0
the 2.c3 Sicilian isn't it? 9+-zp-sn-+-0
24.¦g4 h5 25.¦h4 ¦fd8 26.¥g5 9-+L+P+-+0
¦d7 27.¦d1 ¦a8 28.¥c2 ¦a5 9sN-zP-+N+-0
29.¦xd3 ¦xd3 30.¥xd3 ¦xg5 9PzP-zP-zPPzP0
31.¥f1 ¥xa4 32.¦xb4 ¥c6 33.h4 9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-33(817) Page 2 of 3
A very strange decision: Black totally White has too many threats so Black
forgets about development... 7...¤ge7?! has to resign.19.¥b3 h6 20.¥h4 g5
8.d4 d6 9.¤b5 £b8 10.¥f4 e5 11.dxe5 21.£d5 (21.£e2) 21...¤xd5 22.¦e8#
dxe5 12.¤d6+±; 7...a6 8.d4 b5!? 1–0
8.¤xe5 ¥xe5 9.d4!
Of course! The h2 pawn is worth Solution to Quiz Today:
next to nothing here.
9...cxd4 10.cxd4 ¥xh2+ 11.¢h1 39...£e2 40.£c2 £e1+! 40...£e1+
With the simple threat of e4-e5, 41.¢h2 ¤g4# 0–1
winning the Bishop.
11...¥d6 12.¤b5 £b8 13.e5 ¥c7 Contact information. Do you want
XIIIIIIIIY to report a tournament or have a
9rwql+k+ntr0 suggestion concerning Chess Today?
9zppvlp+p+p0 E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We
9-+-+p+p+0 always appreciate your comments and
9+N+-zP-+-0 feedback!
9-+LzP-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 Please tell your chess friends about
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9tR-vLQtR-+K0 Chess Today. Feel free to send them
xiiiiiiiiy our newspaper to sample – with more
14.d5! readers the price will go down, while
White sacrifices a second pawn to the quality will go up!
paralyse the opponent's position.
14...¥xe5 Chess Today is published by:
It's very hard to offer an alternative Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
move. Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Tel:
15.d6
XIIIIIIIIY (353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-
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9-+-zPp+p+0
9+N+-vl-+-0 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
9-+L+-+-+0 Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
9+-+-+-+-0 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
9PzP-+-zPP+0 Maxim Notkin.
9tR-vLQtR-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy Technical editors: Graham Brown
A picturesque position! and Ralph P. Marconi.
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18.¥xe6!
A nice final blow.
18...¤f6
18...dxe6 19.d7 ¥xd7 20.£xd7+-;
18...fxe6 19.£f3+ ¤f6 20.¥xf6 ¥xf6
21.£xf6+ ¢g8 22.¤e8+-
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CT-34(818)
th
Quiz Today Korneev, Johansen, Palac, Tiviakov –

3½
Dinstuhl (2416) - Blatny (2475)
GMB Bermuda BER (6), 30.01.2003 ♦ The Dannemann Classico
XIIIIIIIIY match
www.chessbase.de
9-+-+-+-+0 The 2nd game of this match between
9+Q+-+-zpk0 Kosteniuk and Karjakin ended in a
9-+R+r+-+0 draw. The score is 1:1.
9+-+p+-+p0
9-+-zPqtr-zP0 ♦ The 20th Bermuda
9+-+-+-zP-0 International Chess Festival
9-+-+-zP-+0 www.bermuda.bm/chess
9+-tR-+-mK-0 Saturday was the day-off. Today's
xiiiiiiiiy Annotated game features the leader of
Find: a) Black's next move; b) the best the Tournament A Giovanni Vescovi
defence for White of Brazil who has scored 5½ points
out of 7. Peter Svidler is half a point
Kotronias (2573) - Cramling (2492) behind.
Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay GIB (2),
29.01.2003 Annotated game
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-mk-+0 A Volokitin (2565)
9+l+q+-zp-0 G Vescovi (2592)
9-+-zp-zpLtr0 Event: GMA Bermuda BER (5),
9zp-+P+P+-0 29.01.2003 C92
9P+-+-wQ-zp0 Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
9+-vL-+-+P0
9-zP-+-+P+0 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4
9+-+-tR-+K0 ¤f6 5.0–0 ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6
xiiiiiiiiy 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 ¥b7 10.d4 ¦e8
White to play This variation is named after GM Igor
Zaitsev. He discovered that the assault
11.Ng5 isn't dangerous for Black in
Latest News this position as after the rook's retreat
White has no way to exploit the
T he 4th game of Kasparov – Deep

Junior match is played tonight –
I mean Moscow time ☺. Read
the full report in tomorrow's CT issue.
tempo.
11.¤bd2 ¥f8 12.a4 h6 13.¥c2
It's almost the only reasonable way to
maintain the tension in the centre.
White needs to protect the e4-pawn
♦ Gibraltar Chess Congress before transposing the knight to g3 via
www.gibraltarchesscongress.com f1.
In the 5th round Vasilios Kotronias 13...exd4 14.cxd4 ¤b4 15.¥b1 c5
beat Nigel Short and shares the lead Black has given up the centre in
now with Sarunas Sulskis who order to attack the white pawns
defeated the Champion of Germany without delay.
Thomas Luther. 16.d5 ¤d7 17.¦a3
Apparently Black is going to play f7-
Round 5 standings: 1-2. Kotronias, f5. Therefore White prefers to hold the
Sulskis – 4½ 3. McShane – 4 4- knight on d2. From here it protects the
10.Short, Hamdouchi, Epishin, pawn and obtains the e4-square after
CT-34(818) Page 1 of 1
e4xf5 while the rook has good Volokitin counted on this attack but it
perspectives along the 3rd rank. is parried by one precise move.
17...f5 18.¤h2 24...£e8!
XIIIIIIIIY Of course not 24...¤xc1? 25.¤xh6!
9r+-wqrvlk+0 mating. Now White has to take care of
9+l+n+-zp-0 his miserable bishop.
9p+-zp-+-zp0 25.¦e3 £xe6 26.dxe6
9+pzpP+p+-0 Threatening with 27.e7.
9Psn-+P+-+0 26...¥e7
9tR-+-+-+P0 The black bishop escapes easily the
9-zP-sN-zPPsN0
9+LvLQtR-mK-0 fate of its opponent.
xiiiiiiiiy 27.¤b3
This line has been played by many A smart but insufficient resource.
"authorities". 27...bxa4 28.¤a5 ¤xc1
18...c4 Far less strong was 28...¥d5 29.¥d2
A rare move. Vescovi opted for the ¤xb2 30.¤xh6! gxh6 31.¥c3+
main continuation 18...¤f6 against 29.¤xb7 ¦b8 30.¤a5
Topalov (FIDE World Ch Moscow XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-+-mk0
2001) and Ye (FIDE World CUP, 9+-+-vl-zp-0
Hyderabad 2002) and lost twice. So it 9p+-zpP+-zp0
was a time to deviate. 9sN-+-+P+-0
19.¦g3 9p+p+-+N+0
White has scored good results 9+-+-tR-+P0
applying other moves. 19.¦f3 was 9-zP-+-zPP+0
played in Timman - Piket, Amsterdam 9+-sn-+-mK-0
1995; Ivanchuk against Karpov (Monte xiiiiiiiiy
Carlo 1993) chose 19.exf5 there are a 30...c3!
lot of complicated double-edged lines A nice little shot.
here. For our purposes I would just 31.bxc3
like to notice that 19...¦xe1+ (Karpov 31.¦xc3 ¤e2+
played 19...¤c5 20.¦xe8 £xe8 21.¦g3 31...a3
¤bd3) 20.£xe1 ¤c5 isn't good due to The pawn is unstoppable.
21.¤xc4! 32.c4 a2 33.¦a3 d5!
19...¤c5 20.exf5 Still there was a chance to make a
It's quite another matter. Black's mistake. After 33...¦b1? 34.¤c6 Black
knight arrives at d3 on time. wins nothing but the exchange.
20...¦xe1+ 21.£xe1 ¤bd3 34.¦a4 ¦b4 35.¦xa2
22.¥xd3 35.¦a3 ¦b1–+
The Ukrainian junior goes the wrong 35...¤xa2 36.cxd5
way. Better was 22.£d1 ¥xd5 23.b3! It's obvious that White's pawns aren't
and after 23...¤xc1 White has the in- dangerous. Vescovi plays accurately to
between 24.bxc4! with unclear the end. 36.¤c6 ¦b1+ 37.¢h2 ¥d6+
position. followed by dxc4 loses as well.
22...¤xd3 23.£e6+? 36...¤c3 37.¤e3 ¦b1+! 38.¢h2
Again better was 23.£d1 ¦b5 39.¤c6 ¥d6+
23...¢h8 24.¤g4 Check! That's what he played
XIIIIIIIIY 37...Rb1+ for.
9r+-wq-vl-mk0 40.f4 ¤xd5
9+l+-+-zp-0 The simplest way. No need to
9p+-zpQ+-zp0 complicate with 40...¥xf4+ 41.g3
9+p+P+P+-0 41.¤xd5 ¦xd5 42.e7 ¥xe7
9P+p+-+N+0 43.¤xe7 ¦c5
9+-+n+-tRP0
9-zP-sN-zPP+0 Both white pieces are cut off.
9+-vL-+-mK-0 Another a-pawn is going to promote.
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¦g6+! 39.¦xg6 £xc1+ 40.¢h2 ¢xg6
41.£a6+ ¢h7 42.£d3+ g6 43.£xd5
£f4+–+ 37...£xh4+ 38.¢g1 £g3+
39.¢h1 ¦e4! 40.£b1 g6! 41.¦6c4
£f3+ 0–1
31.¥xf6! ¥xd5 31...gxf6 32.£xh6+

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CT-35(819)
CT-35(819) 4th February 2003
Quiz Today dual monitors set up to observe the

1) G. Vescovi - A. Motylev actual position and the analysis
GMA Bermuda BER (8), 02.02.2003 position. There was one large 3D
XIIIIIIIIY projection tv in the corner. The view
through the glasses was interesting but
9-+q+-+-mk0 not exceptional. After several hours I
9+r+-sn-vl-0 did get a headache from wearing the
9-zp-+-+-tr0 glasses.
9zpNzpNzpR+-0
9PsnP+P+Q+0 Several luminaries of US chess were
9+-vLP+-+-0 introduced and comments were made
9-+-+-zP-zP0 by the Shahade siblings and Susan
9tR-+-+-+K0 Polgar.
xiiiiiiiiy
White to move The commentary by GMs Ashley and
Seirawan was excellent. The move
8...¤d7 caused quite a stir. The move
Kasparov 2 - DJ 2 12.h3 was considered to weaken the
dark squares and was kind of a
A fter the regrettable defeat of the

human in Game 3 the struggle
in the Kasparov vs Deep Junior
match was strained to the breaking
computer move. On the move 21.b4
Kasparov expression went
contortions. It was obvious that he
was very unhappy with his position.
into
point. Kasparov is playing White only With all the moving to and fro of the
one more time in remaining three knights Seirawan and Ashley were to
games. Moreover, Garry has scored the point of laughter in not
just 2 points having winning positions understanding any more than the
all the time, which are not so easy to audience. The moves 32.¢h1 and
obtain. In Game 4 for the first time 34.¢g1 provoked a lot of laughter
during the match Junior did not stand from the audience. Seiriwan joked that
worse even for a single moment. 34.¢g1 was to avoid the dangerous
Besides, Kasparov had to show bishop on b7. Move 33.¤xc6 was
remarkable endurance and cheered as it meant there was now a
inventiveness when he was defending. pair of knights that couldn't
Now everything will be on the line go back and forth. Hopefully the
during the last two games as Chess Today analysts will have better
happened in the Kramnik-Fritz match. luck with the game.
Please find the annotations to the
fourth game of the match below. Kasparov's use of time was interesting;
he had a long think in the opening. He
Letter to the Editor eventually went ahead of time over
(CT Reader, Doug Schwetke (Texas, the computer and then had about 2
USA) sent in the following letter of his minutes a move left on about move
first hand experiences watching game 26. Just before the time control at
4 in NYC --- RPM) . move 40 Kasparov had 5 minutes to
Deep Jr's 2 minutes. After the game he
Hi! stated he was concerned about his
Just wanted to give my impressions of time trouble in the previous.
the Kasparov-Jr match. I was lucky
enough to watch game 4 in New During the last several moves the
York. There was a standing room only machine operator appeared to leave
crowd. The observers of the game are the stage on every move. Ashley and
mostly in a large room with multiple
This issue is prepared by IM Nikolai Vlasov ; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-35(819) Page 1 of 5
Seirawan were certain of the draw. My Round 8 standings:

impression was that the operator was 1. Vescovi, Giovanni - 6.5;
aware of the draw and was getting 2. Svidler, Peter - 6.0;
advice from the team on when "the 3. Markowski, Tomasz - 5.0;
public" would recognise the game as 4. Motylev, Alexander - 4.5;
drawn. After Black's last move, 5-6 Gershon, Alik; Movsesian,
Kasparov put his watch on ( a sign the Sergei - 4.0; etc.
game has a result) and the operator
immediately returned to the board, Cat. X GM-B Tournament
made the last move and offered a Round 8 Standings:
draw. 1-2 Schmaltz, Roland; Fridman,
Daniel - 5.5;
In the interview after the game 3. Nakamura, Hikaru - 5.0;
Kasparov thought he may have even 4-6 Berg, Emanuel; Perelshteyn,
been lost at one point but I was Eugene; Paschall, William M - 4.5; etc.
unable to understand where he was
talking. Kasparov was gracious and Vasilious Kotronias is in the sole lead
had his picture taken with some at Gibraltar Chess Congress with
children chess players from one point ahead.
Philadelphia. Round 6 Standings:
1. Kotronias, Vasilios - 5.5;
A fascinating experience. I wish I 2-3. Sulskis, Sarunas; McShane, Luke
could attend more of the games. I - 4.5;
have some pictures if you are 4-15 Epishin, Vladimir;
interested. Palac, Mladen; Korneev, Oleg; Short,
Nigel D; Hamdouchi, Hichem;
David Surratt of the Lalic, Bogdan; Johansen, Darryl K;
The Chessville Weekly Tiviakov, Sergei; Speelman,
http://www.chessville.com Jonathan S; Cherniaev, Alexander;
informs us that Chessville has posted Reinderman, Dimitri; Pavlovic, Milos
Max Panfilov's word & picture reports - 4.0; etc.
from Games 1 and 4 at:
Game 1: ¤¤¤
http://www.chessville.com/News/Kas Annotated Game
parov_v_Deep_Junior/Round_1.htm Deep Junior (2750)
Game 4: G. Kasparov (2847)
http://www.chessville.com/News/Kas Event: FIDE Man vs Machine Wch
parov_v_Deep_Junior/Round_4.htm NYC (4), 03.02.2003- [B44]
Annotations by IM Nikolai Vlasov
Thank you David for this interesting 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
information. 4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤b5 d6 6.c4 ¤f6
7.¤1c3 a6 8.¤a3
The youngest GM ever, Sergey A "Hedgehog" line has arisen. It was
Karjakin, won Game 3 of his match named either after the nice living
against Alexandra Kosteniuk. creature, who has the ability to over
power a viper, or after anti-tank
The 20th Bermuda International fortification...
Chess Festival 8...¤d7!N (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Cat. XV GM-A Tournament: 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
9+p+n+pzpp0
Giovanni Vescovi managed to hold his 9p+nzpp+-+0
leading position after Round 8. 9+-+-+-+-0
9-+P+P+-+0
9sN-sN-+-+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
This issue is prepared by IM Nikolai Vlasov; technical editor Ralph Marconi
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XIIIIIIIIY
Exclamation mark here does not 9-+r+r+k+0
show appreciation of this unusual 9+lwq-vlpzpp0
chess move, but highlights Garry's 9pzp-zppsn-+0
capability to make his opponent vary 9+-+-sn-+-0
from the opening library and come to 9-+P+P+-+0
independent decisions at such an early
stage. And Junior is not usually good 9+PsN-vLP+P0
at it. As for losing two tempi, they are 9P+NwQL+P+0
not so important in the "hedgehog" 9+-tR-+RmK-0
line. Humans used to interpret this xiiiiiiiiy
position as follows: 8...¥e7 9.g3 ¥d7 Garry misses a very interesting
10.¥g2 ¦c8 11.0–0 ¤e5 12.¥f4 0–0 opportunity. 17...b5! White is faced
13.£e2 £c7 14.¦ac1 ¦fd8 15.¦fd1 with a difficult choice: it can sacrifice
¥e8 16.h3 £c5 17.£d2 ¢f8 18.¤e2 either the c4-pawn or e4- pawn, or a
¤c6 19.¥e3 £b4 20.¦c3 £a5 21.¤c2 piece for the initiative! Here are the
¤e5 22.£d4 b5 23.£b6 £xb6 24.¥xb6 possible alternatives: 18.cxb5 (18.f4
Anand,V-Salov,V/Biel 1993 ½–½. ¤ed7 19.f5; 18.¥f2 bxc4 19.bxc4 ¤xc4
9.¤c2 ¥e7 10.¥e2 b6 11.0–0 ¥b7 20.¥xc4 £xc4 21.¤e3 £b4 22.¦c2)
12.h3?! 18...£xc3 19.£xc3 ¦xc3 20.bxa6 ¥a8
This move is not essential for White 21.¥d4 Each alternative offers pretty
here. The "Hedgehog" is one of the good chances for Black. But Garry
most unpleasant lines for modern bets on viscous positional
chess programs. On the one hand manoeuvring and avoids the breaking
such programs evaluate the position in open of the game, which is of potenial
White's favour in view of space benefit to the computer. 18.a3 ¤ed7
advantage. On the other hand they are Again 18...b5!
unable to look far ahead and specific 19.¦fd1 £b8
calculation of several moves is not of Another missed opportunity! 19...¤c5
any help because there are a lot of 20.¦b1 d5! with an excellent play by
moves of almost equal value. The Black. Further I will not dwell upon
position is changing considerably from each move of that kind, it is obvious
one move to another and decisions that Garry followed the strategy of not
made by a program one after another to break open the position. He is sure
could turn out to be "incoherent". not to play against a human in such a
12...0–0 13.¥e3 ¦c8 14.£d2 ¤ce5 way!
15.b3 ¤f6 16.f3 20.¥f2 ¦cd8
Having "danced" with his knights, At this moment my friend, Sergey
Garry has made White's pawns occupy Shipov (expert in this line), made
light squares. In combination with h3 misprint while commenting the game
it therefore has weakened the dark on-line, recommending d6-d6! That's
squares and gives Black a point of exactly what Garry was doing almost
attack in breaking the game. during the whole game! :) 20...d5
16...£c7 21.b4 ¥a8
One of the Black's idea is to choose a 21...d5 22.cxd5 exd5 23.exd5 ¥d6]
suitable time for a breakthrough with 22.a4
d6-d5 or b6-b5. It is necessary, Taking advantage of Black's apparent
though, to assess the result of such a delay, Junior sets his "infantry"
breakthrough at every move. marching.
17.¦ac1 ¦fe8 (D) 22...¦c8 23.¦b1 £c7 24.a5!? (D)

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XIIIIIIIIY
9l+r+r+k+0 27...¤c5
9+-wqnvlpzpp0 27...d5 28.exd5 (28.cxd5 ¥b4)
9pzp-zppsn-+0 28...¥c5
9zP-+-+-+-0 28.£a2 ¤fd7 29.¤a4 ¤e5 30.¤c2
¤cd7 31.¤d4 ¦ed8 32.¢h1!?
9-zPP+P+-+0 White's attack has reached b6, but
9+-sN-+P+P0 has been stopped. Junior did not
9-+NwQLvLP+0 manage to find another attacking plan
9+R+R+-mK-0 so far.
xiiiiiiiiy 32...¤c6 [
An interesting break with a pawn It was worth waiting to see what
sacrifice. would happen after: 32...h6 But for
24...bxa5 some reason Garry decided to
By the way "my" Junior rejected this exchange a couple of knights.
move and instead favoured: 24...b5!? 33.¤xc6 ¦xc6 34.¢g1 h6 35.£a3!
In this case, White's chances of The knights exchange allowed
initiative development are not less White's attacking objective, the d6-
than in the game. For instance, 25.¤e3 pawn.
¤e5 (25...bxc4 26.¥xc4 ¤e5 27.¥xa6 35...¦dc8 36.¥g3 ¥f8 37.£c3 (D)
£xc3 28.¥xc8± White's passed pawns XIIIIIIIIY
are very dangerous) 26.¤xb5!? (White 9-wqr+-vlk+0
does not have to be in a hurry with a 9+l+n+pzp-0
sacrifice: 26.¦bc1 , but here Black 9pzPrzpp+-zp0
might have a perilous counter play:
26...¤xc4 27.¤xc4 bxc4 28.b5 d5
9zp-+-+-+-0
29.bxa6 dxe4 with initiative.) 26...axb5 9N+P+P+-+0
27.cxb5 d5 28.b6 £b8 29.exd5 ¤xd5 9+-wQ-+PvLP0
30.¤xd5 ¥xd5 31.a6 and it is likely 9-+-+L+P+0
that it would be necessary to give the 9+R+R+-mK-0
piece back. xiiiiiiiiy
25.b5 ¥b7 The pawn on a5 falls. It looks like a
Even under the blows of White's serious threat of loss is hanging over
pawns, Black keeps the position Black.
closed and does not agree to 37...¤e5! 38.c5!
encounter the battle: 25...¤b6!? 26.¤e3 After the exchange 38.¥xe5 dxe5
d5!? with puzzling complications (and 39.£xa5 White has a formidable
maybe it is even possible to break the looking position, but I can't see the
computer trying to get from him the way to break Black's defence: 39...¦d8
exact evaluation of such position:) 40.c5 ¦xd1+ 41.¦xd1 £c8
27.bxa6 dxe4 28.¤b5 £f4 38...¤d7!
26.b6 Having trapped the pawn on c5, the
A more "humanlike" plan for White is knight eradicates it!
to transfer his knight to a5 via d4 and 39.£xa5 ¤xc5 40.¤xc5 ¦xc5
b3. 26.¤d4 And the passed pawn on 41.£a4 (D)
b6 is very dangerous! XIIIIIIIIY
26...£b8 27.¤e3 (D) 9-wqr+-vlk+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+l+-+pzp-0
9-wqr+r+k+0
9+l+nvlpzpp0 9pzP-zpp+-zp0
9pzP-zppsn-+0 9+-tr-+-+-0
9zp-+-+-+-0 9Q+-+P+-+0
9-+P+P+-+0 9+-+-+PvLP0
9+-sN-sNP+P0 9-+-+L+P+0
9-+-wQLvLP+0 9+R+R+-mK-0
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The computer is unable to Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
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48.£xb7 ¦xb7 49.¦xd5 ¦c6 whatsoever is strictly prohibited
50.¦db5 h5 51.¢f2 without express written permission.
51.¦xh5 ¦cxb6 Three pawns against
two with rooks on the board - this is a
draw.
51...¦e6 52.f4 g6 53.¢g3 ¢g7
54.¢h4 ¢h6 55.¦1b4 ¦d6 56.g3 f6
57.g4 hxg4 58.hxg4 ¢g7 59.¦b3
¦c6 60.g5 f5 61.¦b1
White's rooks are tied to the
protection of the extra pawn . There is
no chance of a win. Game drawn!
½–½.

G. Vescovi - A. Motylev
43.¤d6! Black resigned in view of
43...Rxd6 44.Nxe7 Rxe7 45.Rh5+ and
the Queen on c8 is falling. 1–0.

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CT-36(820)
Quiz Today instead of the 5 million US $ for the 2-

year cycle in 1997-1998. The
explanation for reducing the prize
Karjakin - Kosteniuk
fund was that the money saved this
Dannemann Masters Brissago,
way would be used for the FIDE
Switzerland (4), 04.02.2003
Grand Prix.Without stating reasons,
Quiz taken from today's annotated
the FIDE Grand Prix 2002 was stopped
game below.
after two stages instead of the
XIIIIIIIIY scheduled five. Furthermore, its
9-+-+R+-+0 official results have not been
9+-+-+kzpp0 published. As this is one of the most
9r+-zp-+-+0 important tournaments in the official
9zP-+lzpp+-0 FIDE calender, we find these situation
9-zP-+-+-+0 unacceptable. Also, we are worried
9+L+-+P+-0 about the lack of reliable information
9-+-+-+PzP0 concerning the world championship
9+-+-+-mK-0 2003 which the FIDE congress
xiiiiiiiiy scheduled for November/December of
this year. For professional players like
White to play and win us, it is absolutely necessary to plan
Solution in annotated game far ahead so that we can prepare
ourselves for the confirmed date and
Open letter to Kirsan the rules of this tournament. In this
Illjumzinov letter, Mr President, we have
expressed but a small part of the
S ome days ago an Open Letter by problems which have recently been
a group of leading GMs to Kirsan worrying the grandmasters and the
Illjumzinov had appeared on the whole chess world.
Internet. It was first published in
Russian on www.chess-express.ru On Sincerely yours, L. van Wely, E.
Tuesday it was placed on Bareev, A. Karpov, R. Ponomariov, A.
www.chesstoday.com/twic/twic.html Grischuk and A. Shirov.
with some additional GM's signatures.
Below is the letter: Wijk aan Zee, Holland, 26.01.03"
Dear Mr President, Additional signatures: V. Kramnik, V.

Topalov, J. Polgar, M. Krasenkov, T.
We, a group of leading grandmasters Radjabov.
participating in the international
tournament in Wijk aan Zee, turn to The 20th Bermuda International
you in this critical moment for the fate Chess Festival
of world chess. We are deeply worried
about the fact that the three stages of Round 9 Standings.
the FIDE Grand Prix have not been GMA
played. The first stage took place in 1. Vescovi – 7 points
Dubai in April 2002, the second in 2. Svidler – 6½
Moscow in June of the same year. As it 3. Markowski – 5½
is known, during the FIDE congress 4. Motylev – 5
2000 in Istanbul it was decided to 5-10. Macieja, Miton, Christiansen,
return to the 2- year cycle of staging Gershon, Movsesian, Shabalov – 4
the world championship. The prize 11. Volokitin – 3½
fund remained the same as for the 1- 12. Al-Modiahki – 2½
year cycle, i.e. three million US $
This issue is prepared by IM Vladimir Barsky ; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-36(820) Page 1 of 3
GMB XIIIIIIIIY
1-2. Fridman Schmaltz – 6 points 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
3-4. Nakamura, Perelshteyn – 5½ 9+-+-+pzpp0
5. Paschall – 5 9p+-zp-sn-+0
6-7. Moreno Carnero, Berg – 4½ 9+-+Pzp-+-0
8-9. Dinstuhl, Kallio – 4 9-+N+-+-+0
9+-+-vL-+-0
10. Seul – 3½ 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
11. Blatny – 3 9tR-+QmKL+R0
12. Mulyar – 2½ xiiiiiiiiy
A popular plan, which was used in
Sergey Karjakin won the 4th game earlier games by Sergey Kariakin and
The Dannemann Classico 6-games Ruslan Ponomariov. White evacuates
match vs. Alexandra Kosteniuk. The his Knight from "off-side" on a3 and
score is 3:1 in Kariakin's favour. prepares to gain the b6-square. Now
White has a pawn majority on the
Also see our Annotated Game section. Queen-side, so there will be the
¤¤¤
permanent threat of b4-b5 creating a
"Maltese Cross"! passed a-pawn. On the other hand
S. Karjakin (2547) the d-pawn has become weak and
A. Kosteniuk (2456) also Black could create a very strong
Event: Dannermann Classico Match, and flexible pawn centre after f7-f5.
Brissago, Switzerland (4), 04.02.2003 12...¦b8 13.¥e2 ¥e7 14.a4 0–0
- [B32] 15.0–0 ¥b7
Annotations by IM Vladimir Almost the same position arises after
Barsky 15...¤d7 16.a5 f5 17.¤b6
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 16.¤b6 ¤d7 17.a5 f5 18.f3 ¤xb6
4.¤xd4 e5 (D) 19.¥xb6 £d7 20.b4 (D)
9r+lwqkvlntr0 9-tr-+-trk+0
9zpp+p+pzpp0 9+l+qvl-zpp0
9-+n+-+-+0 9pvL-zp-+-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9zP-+Pzpp+-0
9-+-sNP+-+0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-+P+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9-+-+L+PzP0
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
Since Alexandra Kosteniuk's second 20...¥d8
during this match is the famous GM Interesting was 20...¥g5!? trying to
Eugenij Sveshnikov there's nothing create counter-play along the c-file
strange that she plays the Sicilian with (The bishop takes control over the c1–
4...e5. square), f.e. 21.¦b1 ¦bc8 with the
5.¤b5 d6 6.¤1c3 threat of £f7.
6.c4; 6.a4!? 21.¥e3 ¥f6 22.¦b1 (D)
6...a6 7.¤a3 b5 8.¤d5 ¤ce7 XIIIIIIIIY
Black also has some alternatives 9-tr-+-trk+0
here, for example: 8...¤ge7 ; 8...¤f6 9+l+q+-zpp0
9.c4!? ¤xd5 10.exd5 bxc4 11.¤xc4 9p+-zp-vl-+0
¤f6 12.¥e3 (D)
9zP-+Pzpp+-0
9-zP-+-+-+0
9+-+-vLP+-0
9-+-+L+PzP0
9+R+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-36(820) Page 2 of 3
22...£f7?! 34.£e3„; but not 30...¦xa6??

I believe better was 22...¦fc8!? 31.¦xc8+ £f8 32.¥xd5+ ¢h8
preventing Be2-c4, f.e. 23.b5 axb5 33.¦xf8#
24.¥xb5 £f7 25.¥c6 (25.£a4 ¥xd5 31.¦xc1 ¦xa6?
26.¥d7 ¦xb1 27.¦xb1 ¦a8 28.¥xf5 Looses by force, though after 31...¦f8
¥d8) 25...¥a6 26.¦e1 ¥h4 27.g3 32.¥xd5 £xd5 33.b5± White is better.
¥d8„ (27...f4!?) 32.¦c8+ £e8 33.¦xe8+ ¢f7 (D)
23.¥c4 ¦fc8 24.£d3² XIIIIIIIIY
Now pawn d5 is very well protected l 9-+-+R+-+0
and White has the better chances 9+-+-+kzpp0
thanks to pressure on the Queen- 9r+-zp-+-+0
side. 9zP-+lzpp+-0
24...¦a8 25.¦fc1 £h5 9-zP-+-+-+0
Black has to find counter-chances
somewhere. 9+L+-+P+-0
26.¥b3 ¥g5 27.£d2! (D) 9-+-+-+PzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+-mK-0
9r+r+-+k+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+l+-+-zpp0 34.¦a8!!
Obviously Black calculated only
9p+-zp-+-+0 34.¥a4 ¥b3 35.¥b5 ¦a7„ After the
9zP-+Pzppvlq0 text White wins a piece, so Black
9-zP-+-+-+0 resigned. A nice combination "Maltese
9+L+-vLP+-0 cross"! 1–0.
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Maybe Black missed her opponent's
next move or move 34th. Better was Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
29...£e7 A) 30.b5 axb5 31.£xb5 Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir Barsky,
¦xc1+ 32.¦xc1 ¥a6 (32...e4!?) 33.£b6 GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
£g5!?„; B) 30.¦xc8+ 30...¦xc8 31.b5 Technical editors: Graham Brown and
axb5 32.£xb5 Ralph P. Marconi.
30.£xa6! Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
Nice move, of course, it doesn't spell Alexander Baburin and protected
death for Black, just yet. intellectual property under the
30...¦xc1+?! International Copyright convention. Any
A miscalculation. Better was unauthorised reproduction, via print,
30...¦cb8 31.£d3 ¥xb3 32.¦xb3 e4!? electronic format, or in any form
(32...¦xa5? 33.bxa5 £xb3 34.¦c8+ ¢f7 whatsoever is strictly prohibited without
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CT-37(821)
th
Quiz Today 2002 and 2003 Larry Christiansen and

Alexander Shabalov share the
penultimate place. The latter is
Agdestein (2578) - Palac (2591) probably too relaxed after snatching
Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay ENG (8), $25,000 a couple of weeks ago. In the
04.02.2003
10th round he suffered the second
XIIIIIIIIY opening catastrophe in the tournament
9r+-+r+-mk0 (see the Annotated game and also his
9zp-+-+-wq-0 game against Gershon in CT-815).
9lzp-+-+-zp0
9+-zp-+P+-0 Round 10 standings:
9-+-zPN+Q+0 Tournament A
9zP-+L+-+-0 1. Vescovi – 7½
9-+-+-+-tR0 2. Svidler – 7
9+-+-+-mK-0 3. Markowski – 6½
4-5. Miton, Motylev – 5
xiiiiiiiiy 6-9. Macieja, Movsesian, Gershon,
Here white to played 30.¤g5? which Volokitin – 4½
was a decisive mistake. 10-11. Shabalov, Christiansen – 4
12. Al-Modiakhi – 3
i) What should White have played on
move 30? Tournament B
ii) After 30.¤g5?, what is Black's star
1. Fridman – 7
move ?
2-3. Nakamura, Schmaltz – 6½
4. Perelshteyn – 6
Latest News 5-7. Moreno Carnero, Paschall, Kallio
–5
W hile I was preparing this

issue, the 5th game of the
Kasparov vs Deep Junior
match in New York started and ended.
8. Berg – 4½
9-10. Dinstuhl, Seul – 4
11. Blatny – 3½
12. Mulyar – 3
It was a 19 move draw. Let me quote
www.worldchessrating.com "Game 5 ♦ GM Vasilios Kotronias of Cyprus
of this match looks like it may start a retains a sole lead before two final
whole new era in the history of Man rounds at Gibraltar Chess Congress
vs Machine clashes. In a calm line of
the Nimzo-Indian Defence it was Round 8 standings:
Junior who went for a speculative 1. Kotronias – 6½
piece sacrifice. After 30 minutes of 2. Sulskis – 6
hesitation Kasparov decided to allow a 3-6. McShane, Short, Palac, Epishin –
drawish continuation". In the next CT 5½
issue IM Nikolai Vlassov will comment 7-18. Luther, Hamdouchi, Korneev,
on this game for you. Johansen, Tiviakov, Speelman,
Campora, Plaskett, Cherniaev,
♦ The Brazilian GM Giovanni Reinderman, Shaw, A. Ledger – 5, etc.
Vescovi is half a point ahead of Peter
Svidler before the final round in the ♦ The 5th game of The Dannemann
main event of The 20th Bermuda Classico match Kosteniuk – Karjakin
Inter-national Chess Festival. This ended in a draw. Karjakin leads
distance has been established four 3½:1½. Thus he has already won the
rounds ago and since then their results match. The final game will be played
were identical. The USA Champions of tomorrow.

CT-37(821) Page 1 of 4
♦ GM Evgeny Agrest of Sweden is 8.£xc7 ¥c5

sole leader of 3rd Griesheimer Tourna- XIIIIIIIIY
ment (Cat. 11). He has scored 5½ 9r+-+k+ntr0
points in 7 rounds. Galdunts, 9zppwQ-+pzpp0
Prusikhin and Jakubiec who share the 9-+n+p+-+0
second place have only 4 points. 9+Lvl-+l+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
Before talking about the Shabalov –
Miton encounter I'd like to take a look
9+-+-+-sN-0
at a game that lasted only 13 moves. I 9PzPPzP-zPqzP0
suppose Bellon Lopez – Baum from 9tR-vL-mK-sNR0
the cbv-file will draw the short games xiiiiiiiiy
collectors' attention as well. 9.£f4?
Dubious is 9.£xb7 ¥xf2+ (9...£xf2+?
10.¢d1+-) 10.¢d1 ¥g4+ 11.¤1e2
Annotated games ¥xe2+ 12.¥xe2 ¦b8 13.£a6 ¥xg3 and
here only 14.¦f1! allows to go on
J Plaskett (2467) fighting; but 9.¤xf5 unexpectedly
J Speelman (2583) gives White a notable advantage as the
Event: Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay capture on f2 isn't dangerous while
ENG (6), 02.02.2003 -B01 after 9...£xh1 (9...exf5 10.£xb7 £xf2+
11.¢d1+-) 10.¢f1! it's difficult for
Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin Black to defend the queenside.
9...0–0–0 10.¥xc6
Both opponents are well known for 10...Nd4 was an unpleasant threat.
their original; perhaps I could even 10...£xc6
say eccentric, style. Obviously with a pair of bishops and
1.e4 d5 2.¤c3 a better development Black has an
Of course Jim Plaskett knows that the edge.
normal reply is 2.exd5, this day he 11.d3 ¤f6 12.£f3?
decided to try something less routine. XIIIIIIIIY
2...dxe4 3.¤xe4 ¤c6 4.¥b5?! 9-+ktr-+-tr0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpp+-+pzpp0
9r+lwqkvlntr0 9-+q+psn-+0
9zppzp-zppzpp0 9+-vl-+l+-0
9-+n+-+-+0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+L+-+-+-0 9+-+P+QsN-0
9-+-+N+-+0 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0 9tR-vL-mK-sNR0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-vLQmK-sNR0 It turns out to be that the control over
xiiiiiiiiy the b4-square was very important
Hey it's not a Ruy Lopez! As Black's thing. White should have played
next move shows better is 4.¤f3 12.¤f3µ
4...£d5! 5.£e2 ¥f5 6.¤g3!? 12...¥b4+! 13.¥d2
White can't play 6.d3?? £xb5; To Other moves are worse - 13.c3
give up one bishop in the very ¥xc3+; 13.¢d1 ¥g4; 13.¢f1 ¥h3+!
beginning - 6.¥xc6+ £xc6 7.d3 is 13...£xc2!
boring; while 6.f3 looks a bit "ugly" White resigned.13...£xc2 Now
6...£xg2 14.¦c1 doesn't win the queen but
6...¥xc2!? loses the rook (14.¥xb4 £xb2 is
7.£e5 e6? hopeless as well) 14...£xc1+
7...¥d7 0–1

CT-37(821) Page 2 of 4
White resigned, Illescas - Sadler,

A Shabalov (2613) Linares 1995; few months later Karpov
K Miton (2544) being unaware of this novelty fell into
Event: GMA Bermuda BER (10), the trap against Lautier (Amber-rapid
04.02.2003 - D20 1996) and preferred to give up the
queen for a rook and a minor piece
Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin 10.¥xc4 b6 11.£xa6 ¦xa6 12.¥xa6
The ex-World Champion managed to
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 ¤c6 make a draw but the evaluation is
Black has a rich choice of opening quite clear; Karpov's assistant Vladimir
systems - 3...¤f6 ; 3...e5; 3...c5 Epishin tried to revive the line by
4.¥e3 ¤f6 5.¤c3 means of the queen sacrifice - 10.¥c5
Lately White prefers 5.f3 because of b6 11.¥xd6 bxa5 12.¥a3 but lost two
the idea that you will see pretty soon. games - to Vaulin (Majkop 1998) and
5...e5 6.d5 ¤a5 7.¤f3 ...Baburin (Vienna 1998). And it's not
I played this position against GM the only Alex' win in this line! ; One of
Balashov (Moscow 1996) and opted the up-to-date examples is 10.b4 b6
"discreetly" for 7.£a4+ c6 8.dxc6 ¤xc6 11.£a3 a5 12.£c1 axb4 13.¤d1 b5 and
9.¥xc4 (the idea of IM Polovodin Black won, Sturua - Kharlov,
9.¤f3!? deserves attention) 9...¥b4 European Championship, Batumi
10.¤f3 0–0 11.0–0 ¥xc3 12.bxc3 ¤xe4 2002; apparently better is 10.¤a4 b6
13.¦fd1 £f6 14.¥xf7+ and a draw was (10...£e7!? 11.a3 ¤xe4 12.¥xc4 b5
agreed in view of 14...¦xf7 15.£xe4= 13.¥d3 ¤f6 14.¤c3 e4) 11.¤xb6 cxb6
And if I was more educated then I 12.¥xb6 £e7 13.a3 ¤xe4 14.¥xc4 and
would have known that the game Black has a compensation for a pawn
Vyzmanavin - Sadler (Paris 1994) had 10...¤xe4
already proved the harmlessness of Depriving the queen of the c3 and d2
this variation for Black. Anyway it's squares. White faces the same old
good that I didn't play 7. ¤f3. problem - what to do with his main
7...¥d6 8.£a4+ piece.
After 8.¥xc4 ¤xc4 9.£a4+ c6 11.0–0–0?
10.£xc4 cxd5 it's White who may have The queen is ready to retreat humbly
problems. to e1 but it seems that Shabalov forgot
8...¥d7! the game Illescas - Sadler.
Now in case of 8...c6 9.dxc6 ¤xc6 11...c3! 12.b4
10.¦d1 White would have been clearly Karpov's idea doesn't serve with
better but the knight on a5 was just a white king on the queenside -
bait. 12.¤xc3 b6 13.£xa6 ¦xa6 14.¥xa6
9.£xa5 a6! ¤xc3 15.bxc3 £a8–+
XIIIIIIIIY 12...b6 13.£a3 a5
9r+-wqk+-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+pzpl+pzpp0 9r+-wqk+-tr0
9p+-vl-sn-+0 9+-zpl+pzpp0
9wQ-+Pzp-+-0 9-zp-vl-+-+0
9-+p+P+-+0 9zp-+Pzp-+-0
9+-sN-vLN+-0 9-zP-+n+-+0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 9wQ-zp-vLN+-0
9tR-+-mKL+R0 9P+-+NzPPzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-mKR+L+R0
The simple 10...b6 is threatening xiiiiiiiiy
trapping the queen. The statistics in Anyone would be glad to get such
this position is awful for White. position with Black after 13 moves
10.¤e2 only!
Clearing the path for the queen. The 14.£b3 axb4
first trial of this idea was absolutely Apart from being objectively bad
triumphant - 10.¤b1 ¤xe4 11.¢d1 c3! White's position is highly annoying.

CT-37(821) Page 3 of 4
I'm sure you know what I mean :) Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM

15.¤g3 ¦a3 16.£xa3 Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
All the queen's retreats lose - 16.£c2 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
b3! 17.£xe4 (17.axb3 ¦a1+) 17...¦xa2; Maxim Notkin.
16.£b1 c2! 17.£xc2 ¤xg3 18.hxg3
¦c3; 16.£c4 ¤xg3 17.hxg3 £a8 Technical editors: Graham Brown
16...bxa3 17.¤xe4 0–0 18.¤xc3 f5 and Ralph P. Marconi.
The rest is easy.
19.¥c4 b5! 20.¥b3 Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
20.¥xb5 ¥xb5 21.¤xb5 £b8–+ Alexander Baburin and protected
20...b4 21.¤e2 f4 22.¤xf4 intellectual property under the
Of course 22.¥d2 e4 23.¤fd4 £f6 International Copyright convention.
was more stubborn but I can imagine Any unauthorised reproduction, via
Alexander's feelings about his print, electronic format, or in any form
position. whatsoever is strictly prohibited
22...exf4 23.¥d4 £a8 24.¦d2 £a6 without express written permission.
25.¦c2 ¥a4 0–1
i) After 30.£xg7+ ¢xg7 31.f6+! White

doesn't run the risk of losing e.g. A)
31...¢g6 32.¥xa6 ¦xe4 33.¥d3; B)
31...¢f7 32.¤d6+ ¢xf6 33.¤xe8+ ¦xe8
34.¥xa6; C) 31...¢g8 32.¥xa6 ¦xe4
33.¥c4+ ¢h7 (33...¢f8 34.¦xh6)
34.¥d3; D) 31...¢f8 32.¥xa6 ¦xe4
33.¦xh6 ¢f7 (33...¦g4+ 34.¢f2 ¦g8
35.¥c4) 34.¥c4+ ¦e6=
ii) 30...¥xd3! 31.¦xh6+ £xh6

32.¤f7+ ¢h7 33.¤xh6 ¦g8 0–1

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CT-38(822)
th
Kasparov – Deep IM S. Galdunts und IM M. Prusikhin

have chances for GM-norms if they
Junior win their last round games.
T he Kasparov vs Deep Junior

match is coming to its end.
Tomorrow is the final game,
which will decide the outcome of this
exciting encounter. Nikolai Vlassov
In the IM-Tournament IM Stephan
Solonar and Jiri Jirka are sharing the
first place before the final round. IM B.
Grabarczyk, FM H. Gohil und FM C.
Schramm are half a point behind.
comments on Game 5 in today's issue
♦ The Dannemann Classico match Annotated game

has finished in Brissago, Switzerland.
Sergey Karjakin defeated Alexandra
Kosteniuk. The final score is 4-2. G. Kasparov (2847)
Deep Junior (2750)
Event: Chess21 www.chess21.com (5),
♦ Giovanni Viscovi won GM-A
06.02.2003 - E48
Tournament of The 20th Bermuda
International Chess Festival with Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov
half a point ahead of Peter Svidler.
Final standings: 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3
1. Vescovi, Giovanni - 8.0; The Rubinstein variation of the
2. Svidler, Peter - 7½; Nimzo-Indian Defence has arisen.
3. Markowski, Tomasz - 7.0; 4...0–0 5.¥d3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5
4. Motylev, Alexander - 6.0;
7.¤ge2 ¦e8 8.0–0 ¥d6 9.a3 c6N
5. Milton, Kamil - 5½; etc. At first sight this is a sensible move
strengthening the pawn in the center,
Daniel Fridman is in clear first at but humans haven't played the
Cat. X GM-B Tournament position in this way! The following has
Final Standings: occurred before: 9...h5 10.f3 c5 11.£e1
1. Fridman, Daniel - 8.0; ¤c6 12.£h4 g6 13.¥d2 ¥f8 14.¦ad1
2. Nakamura, Hikaru - 7½; a6 15.¥c1 cxd4 16.exd4 ¥g7 17.¥g5
3. Perelshteyn, Eugene - 7.0; £d6 18.¥b1 b5 19.¢h1 b4 20.axb4
4. Schmaltz, Roland – 6½; ¤xb4 21.£f2 a5 22.¦fe1 ¥d7 23.¤c1
5. Moreno Carnero, Javier – 5½; etc. ¤h7 24.¥e3 Baumegger,S-Wells,P
/Germany 1997 0–1; 9...a5 10.f3 c5
♦ Before the last round Vasilious 11.£e1 ¤c6 12.£h4 h6 13.£f2 b6
Kotronias is keeping the sole lead at 14.¥d2 ¥a6 15.¥xa6 ¦xa6 16.¦ad1
Gibraltar Chess Congress half a £b8 17.g4 b5 18.dxc5 ¥xc5 19.¥c1
point ahead of Nigel Short and ¦d8 20.¤d4 b4 21.axb4 £xb4 22.¤ce2
Sarunas Sulskis. a4 23.¢h1 ¦c8 24.¤f5 ¤e5 25.¤ed4
¦e8 26.¦g1 ¤h7 27.h4 ¦b6 28.f4 ¤c4
Round 9 Standings: 29.g5 h5 ½–½ Mchedlishvili,M-Zvjag-
insev,/Moscow 2002; 9...¤g4 10.¤f4
1. Kotronias, Vasilios - 7.0; 2-3 Short, c6 11.h3 ¥xf4 12.exf4 ¤f6 13.¥e3
Nigel; Sulskis, Sarunas – 6½; 4-9 ¤bd7 14.£f3 ¤b6 15.b3 £e7 16.¦fe1
Palac, Mladen; Epishin, Vladimir; ¤e4 17.¤xe4 dxe4 18.¥xe4 ¥e6
Johansen, Darryl K; Plaskett, Jim; 19.¥c2 f5 20.¥d2 £f7 21.¦e5 ¤d7
Shaw, John; Ledger, Andrew – 6.0; etc. 22.¦e3 ¤f6 23.¦ae1 ¥d5 24.¦xe8+
Obukhov,A-Ikonnikov,V /Cheliabinsk
GM Evgeny Agrest has won the 3. 1990 ½–½
Griesheimer Tournament in advance. 10.£c2
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XIIIIIIIIY
9rsnlwqr+k+0 draw here. The following leads to
immediate draw 16.¤g3 ¤h2+ 17.¢f2
9zpp+-+pzpp0 ¤g4+=; The only way to play for a win
9-+pvl-sn-+0 is 16.g3!? White has still more
9+-+p+-+-0 difficulties because here Black has two
9-+-zP-+-+0 possibilities, the results of which are
hard to calculate accurately and quite
9zP-sNLzP-+-0 difficult to estimate:
9-zPQ+NzPPzP0 A)
9tR-vL-+RmK-0 Another possibility is 16...¤h2+
xiiiiiiiiy 17.¢f2 ¤g4+ 18.¢e1 £h3! The Queen
is chasing the f1–rook not allowing the
The last move made by White looks White king to run to the left. In spite
like it is provoking Black to sacrifice of the fact that Black has only one
on h2, but judging by the following pawn compensation for a piece, it is
struggle, Kasparov did not expect not so easy for White to unravel the
Junior to be so insolent. To keep the tangle of his own pieces. The position
position closed, it was sufficient to is unclear. 19.¦d1 (19.e4 £g2 20.f5
make the following move: 10.¥d2 ¤h2! 21.¦f4 ¥xf5!?) 19...¦xe3;
10...¥xh2+!? B)
If humans played this game, the signs 16...£h2 Black is trying to keep the
would rather be quite the opposite White king on f3.
because Black's attack seems to be B1)
very unprepared - he has an 17.¦ae1
undeveloped Queenside. B1a)
11.¢xh2 ¤g4+ 12.¢g3 17...¤xe3?! 18.¥xe3 £h5+ (18...¥g4+
Of course, impossible is 12.¢g1?? 19.¢xg4 ¦xe3 20.¥xh7+!+-) 19.¢g2
£h4–+ ¦xe3 20.¤g1!+-;
12...£g5 13.f4 £h5 B1b)
Black's idea rests on the fact that 17...h5 ;
White can not make the move Rh1. If B2)
he had a Queen on d1 he would not 17.f5
have any doubts about his position.
B2a)
14.¥d2 £h2+ Probably, even stronger is 17...¤d7!!
Black does not have enough 18.¢xg4 (18.e4 ¤ge5+ 19.dxe5 ¤xe5+
compensation after 14...¦xe3+ 20.¢e3 c5!! 21.¤xd5 ¤g4+ 22.¢f4
15.¥xe3 ¤xe3 16.£d2 ¤xf1+ ¤e5=) 18...£g2 19.e4 ¤f6+ 20.¢f4
17.¦xf1±, and White has to win little dxe4 21.¥xe4 ¤xe4 (21...¦xe4+!
by little. 22.¤xe4 ¤d5+ 23.¢e5 ¥xf5! with a lot
15.¢f3 £h4! of complications requiring serious
XIIIIIIIIY home analysis (preferably involving a
9rsnl+r+k+0 lot of people and computers).) ;
9zpp+-+pzpp0 B2b)
17...h5 18.e4 dxe4+ 19.¥xe4 ¤d7
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9-+-zP-zPnwq0 9zpp+n+pzp-0
9zP-sNLzPK+-0 9-+p+-+-+0
9-zPQvLN+P+0 9+-+-+P+p0
9tR-+-+R+-0 9-+-zPL+n+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-sN-+KzP-0
Here it is: the crucial position! Losing 9-zPQvLN+-wq0
is 15...£h5 16.¦h1!+- 9tR-+-+R+-0
16.¥xh7+ xiiiiiiiiy
In reality Garry resigned himself to a 20.¥g5 c5! 21.¦ae1 cxd4 22.¤xd4
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¤ge5+ 23.¢f4 £h3! 24.£e2 ¤c5 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM

XIIIIIIIIY Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
9r+l+r+k+0 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
9zpp+-+pzp-0 Maxim Notkin.
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9+-sn-snPvLp0 Technical editors: Graham Brown
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colossal show, it must be admitted that
computers have the upper hand in
such position, perhaps only David
Bronstein has another opinion... ; and,
of course, impossible is 16.¦h1?? £f2#
16...¢h8 17.¤g3
17.g3 ¤h2+ 18.¢f2 ¤g4+ 19.¢e1
£xh7 20.£xh7+ ¢xh7 21.¦h1+ ¢g8
with an obvious advantage to Black.
17...¤h2+
The idea of taking on h7 with the
bishop was to give Junior the
opportunity to slip up and proceed
with the worse end game. 17...£xh7
18.¦h1 ¤h6 19.£xh7+ ¢xh7 20.f5!±
Black inexorably forces the perpetual
check.
18.¢f2 ¤g4+ 19.¢f3 ¤h2+ ½–½

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Quiz Today Final standings:

B. Baum - A. Barsov 1-2. Kotronias, Short – 7½
Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay ENG 3-4. Palac, Shaw – 7
(10), 06.02.2003 5-9. Johansen, Tiviakov, Sulskis,
XIIIIIIIIY Epishin, A. Ledger – 6½
10-18. Cherniaev, Plaskett, Speelman,
9-+-+-+-mk0 Luther, Pavlovic, Lalic, Reinderman,
9zp-+-+-+p0 Barsov, D. Ledger – 6, etc.
9-+-+p+-+0
9+-+-+p+-0 GM Evgeny Agrest won the 3rd
9-trL+-zP-+0 Griesheimer Tournament. Michael
9+-wqP+-+P0 Prusikhin scored the GM norm.
9-zp-+-+-+0
9+Q+-+-tRK0 Final standings:
xiiiiiiiiy 1. Agrest – 7
Black to play 2. Prusikhin – 6
3. Galdunts – 5½
4. Jakubiec – 5
Kasparov vs DJ: 3-3 tie! 5-6. Buhmann, M. Grabarczyk – 4½
(The final game ended in an exciting 7. Ruck – 4
draw. In tomorrow's issue we will 8. Krivoshey – 3½
feature the 6th game annotated by IM 9-10. Kritz, Kunin – 2½
Nikolai Vlasov. Stephan Solonar and Bogdan
--- Ralph P. Marconi) Grabarczyk won the IM-Tournament
scoring 5½ points.
N ext week the giant Aeroflot-

open starts in Moscow. The
first round will be played on
Tuesday, 11 February. Today at the
press conference Anatoly Karpov
Annotated Game
¤¤¤
Kotronias,V (2573)
answering the reporters' questions Short,N (2690)
repeated the ideas stated in the top Event: Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay
GMs Open Letter to Kirsan ENG (5), 01.02.2003 - [B03]
Iljumzhinov (see CT-820). The ex- Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin
World Champion was quite severe in 1.e4 ¤f6 2.e5 ¤d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4
his statements so the fighting for the ¤b6 5.f4
elite players rights is in full swing. The sharpest line of the Alekhine
Defence. White seizes all the space in
Nigel Short caught up to Vasilios the centre but he needs to act
Kotronias in the final round of the vigorously lest his advanced pawns
Gibraltar Chess Congress Thus, they become vulnerable.
share first place, a half point ahead of 5...dxe5 6.fxe5 ¤c6 7.¥e3
Mladen Palac and John Shaw. The Not 7.¤f3 which allows Black to put
winners met in the 5th round (see his light-squared bishop on a good
Annotated game section.) square 7...¥g4 putting pressure on the
key point - d4.
According to TWIC, Shaw got his first 7...¥f5 8.¤c3 e6 9.¤f3 £d7
GM norm after Jim Plaskett lost on Preparing to castle on the queenside.
time after forgetting that the time limit In this way Black aims one more piece
didn't include extra time at move 40. at d4. Now 9...¥g4 would have lost a
At this moment he was two pawns up tempo. Nevertheless this move is one
in an ending. Our congratulations to a of the main continuations as it
lucky man, John! corresponds with Black's general idea
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of putting a pressure on his 16.d6! (D)

opponent's centre.; many interesting XIIIIIIIIY
games have been played after 9...¥e7 9-+ktr-+-tr0
as well. 9+pzpq+-zpp0
10.¥e2 0–0–0 11.0–0 f6 (D) 9-sn-zPp+-+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9zpN+-zpl+-0
9-+ktr-vl-tr0 9PvlP+-+-+0
9zppzpq+-zpp0 9+-+-vL-+-0
9-snn+pzp-+0 9-zP-+L+PzP0
9+-+-zPl+-0 9tR-+Q+RmK-0
9-+PzP-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-sN-vLN+-0 16...¤a8
9PzP-+L+PzP0 The only way to protect the c7-
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 pawn. Since the knight has taken up
xiiiiiiiiy this ridiculous position in any event
11...¥g4 is possible again virtually maybe it was better to carry out this
forcing 12.c5 ¤d5 with unclear play. retreat on the previous move.
12.d5!? 17.c5
This move could be played after Black has to reckon with c5-c6.
12.exf6 gxf6 17...¢b8 18.¥f3
12...¤xe5 18.¦c1!?
Bad is 12...exd5 13.¥xb6! axb6 18...c6?!
14.cxd5 and 14...¤xe5? loses to Depriving his opponent of various
15.¤xe5 fxe5 16.¦xf5! £xf5 17.¥g4. tactical possibilities - on the other
13.¤xe5 fxe5 14.a4! hand it gives him a powerful pawn d6
Beginning play against the badly and makes his knight's position even
placed knight on b6. This often more desperate.
happens to the b6-knight. I may point 19.¤a3 e4 20.¥e2 b6
at some lines of the Grunfeld Defence Otherwise after ¤c4 the game would
(Fianchetto) or Sicilian where the be decided.
knight on b3 is the most passive of 21.cxb6
White's pieces. Replacing one strong pawn with
14...a5? another. After 21.¤c4!? bxc5 22.¥g5
Better is 14...¢b8 as was played in White wins the exchange - 22...£b7
the game Gutzeit-Carl, Hochspeyer (22...¦df8? 23.¤e5+-) 23.¥xd8 ¦xd8
1967. Black prepares the knight's but apparently Kotronias didn't like
retreat to c8 without weakening the the idea of activating Black's pieces.
pawn structure on the queenside 21...£xd6 22.£xd6+
where his king stays. With the queens on the board -
15.¤b5 22.£b3 White's initiative could be
White creates threats without delay. even stronger.
The black knight lacks support. 22...¦xd6 23.¦ad1 ¦hd8?
15...¥b4 A fatal mistake. Black is unable to
15...exd5 is still impossible due to hold the d-file by means of 23...¦d5
16.¥xb6 cxb6 17.¦xf5; the idea of due to 24.¦xd5 cxd5 25.¥a6! with the
White's knight assault is revealed in highly unpleasant threat of ¥f4+; the
the line 15...¢b8 16.d6! ¥xd6 17.c5 only chance was 23...¦xd1 24.¦xd1
(17.¤xd6 is not that strong in view of e5! taking control over the d7 square
the curious reply 17...£c6! and if and in case of 25.¥a6 ¥g4! the white
18.£b3 then 18...£xd6 19.c5 £d5! rook should leave the d-file.
saving the piece) 17...¤d5 18.cxd6 24.¦xd6 ¦xd6 (D)
¤xe3 19.£d2! (19.dxc7+? £xc7) 19...c6
(19...¤xf1? 20.£xa5+-) 20.£xe3 cxb5
21.¦fd1 and White has an advantage
thanks to a strong passed pawn.
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26.¥f2! ¢b7 GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
Black gives up a piece and the game Technical editors: Graham Brown and
is over. Now there was no time for Ralph P. Marconi.
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30.¥e3!
The black pawns on the kingside are
blocked.
30...g6 31.¢f2 ¦xd1 32.¥xd1 c5
33.¥b3! ¤xb6 34.¤xb6 ¢xb6
35.¥g8
And the pawns fall, Black resigned.
1–0.
Solution to Quiz today:

B. Baum - A. Barsov
Gibraltar Masters Catalan Bay ENG
(10), 06.02.2003
38...¦xc4!–+ 39.£f1 [39.dxc4
£xh3#] 39...¦c8 40.£e2 £c6+ 0–1.

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CT-40(824)
Quiz Today Sergey Tiviakov, Mikhail Gurevich,

1. H. Nakamura - E. Berg Antuaneta Stefanova, etc.
GMB Bermuda BER (8), 02.02.2003
¤¤¤
XIIIIIIIIY
9R+n+-wQ-+0 Annotated Game
9+pmkl+-+-0 Deep Junior
9-+-+p+-+0 Garry Kasparov
9+-+-zPp+-0 Event: Man vs Machine Match, NYC
9-+-zp-mK-+0 (6), 08.02.2003 - [B92]
9+-zp-+-+r0 Annotations by IM Nikolai Vlasov
9-+-+-zP-+0 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
9+-+-+-+-0 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7
xiiiiiiiiy 8.0–0 0–0 9.¢h1 ¥d7 10.¥e3 ¥c6
White to play 11.¥f3N
Humans have played 11.f3 a5
CHESS NEWS (11...¤bd7 12.a4 ¦c8 13.a5 h6 14.£d3
¤e8 15.¤d5 ¥xd5 16.¦fd1 £c7
17.¦dc1 ¥f6 18.£c4 ¥e7 19.¦d1 ¤df6
A s announced in yesterday's
issue the Kasparov vs Deep
Junior match ended in a 3-3
draw. Unfortunately, Kasparov did not
20.¥d4 ¤h7 21.exd5 ¤ef6 22.¦a3 ¥d8
23.¥f2 1–0 Lutz,C-Gutman,L/Frankfurt
1996/EXT 99 (23)) 12.¤d2 a4 13.¤c4
b5 14.¤b6 ¦a7 15.¤bd5 ¦b7 16.£d2
manage to win the 6th game and ¤a6 17.¤xf6+ ¥xf6 18.¤xa4 ¤c7
accepted a draw after the 28th move 19.¤c3 b4 20.¤d5 ¤xd5 21.exd5 ¥d7
just at the point when the spectators 22.¥c4 ¦e8 23.a4 bxa3 24.¦xa3 ¦xb2
were waiting for a hard struggle to 25.¥b5 e4 26.fxe4 ¦xe4 ½–½ Lutz,C-
ensue. So, they were very Gallagher,J/Biel 1996/CBM 55 (26); RR
disappointed about the quick draw. 11.¤d5 ¤bd7 12.f3 ¤xd5 13.exd5 ¥a4
Neither human, nor computer proved 14.£d2 h6 15.£b4 ¥xb3 16.axb3 £c7
their superiority. My comments on the 17.c3 ¥g5 18.¥g1 f5 19.¥d3 ¦ae8
final game of this Man vs Machine 20.¦ae1 h5 21.¥c2 g6 22.g4 hxg4
exciting encounter is featured in 23.fxg4 e4 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.¦e2 ¥h6
today's annotated game section. Oll,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/Tallinn
1998/CBM 62 ext/1–0 (37)
Hikaru Nakamura won the 11...¤bd7 12.a4 b6
Bermuda Blitz, which was held on Proactive 12...b5 is tactically refuted
the 6th of February. It was a 5 round by 13.¤a5! £xa5 14.axb5± (indicated
robin tournament and Nakamura by GM Shipov)
scored 8.5 out of 10 with half a point 13.£d3 ¥b7
ahead of Vescovi, Volokitin, E. Berg & The bishop's journey from c8 to b7
P. Blatny. made in three moves gives a strange
impression, however, Black can afford
The 11th Open Internazionale Valle this here as in the "hedgehog" line.
d'Aosta starts on the 8th of February. 14.h3
This is a 9 round Swiss tournament. As it had happened in Game 4,
The time control is 100 minutes for 40 Junior again had difficulties with
moves + 50 minutes for 20 moves + finding a proactive plan.
10 minutes + 30 seconds for each 14...¦c8 15.¦ad1 h6 16.¦fe1 £c7
move beginning from the first one. 17.g3 ¦fd8 18.¢h2 ¦e8 19.¦e2
The participants include Zurab £c4
Azmaiparashvili, Victor Korchnoi, Kasparov could not wait for his
opponent's position to weaken any
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longer and seeing DJ's inability in mutual agreement to the draw, which
making progess, Garry proceeded made the spectators furious. However,
with entering the better endgame. from the chess and sporting points of
20.£xc4 ¦xc4 21.¤d2 ¦c7 view this is quite obvious. The game
22.¥g2 ¦ec8 23.¤b3!? (D) could possibly proceed with the
XIIIIIIIIY following: 28...f6 29.a5 bxa5 30.¥b2
9-+r+-+k+0 ¦c8 31.¤xa5 ¢f7 32.¥a3. Even if
9+ltrnvlpzp-0 Black has a slight advantage here, it is
9pzp-zp-sn-zp0 unlikely that a Human could turn it
9+-+-zp-+-0 into a win, playing against a
Computer.
9P+-+P+-+0
9+NsN-vL-zPP0 Solution to Quiz today:
9-zPP+RzPLmK0 1. H. Nakamura - E. Berg
9+-+R+-+-0 GMB Bermuda BER (8), 02.02.2003
xiiiiiiiiy 37.¦xc8+ ¥xc8 38.£d6# 1–0
Having the worse position, Junior
provokes Kasparov into an exchange Contact information. Do you want to
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although it was not difficult for GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
Kasparov to calculate 28.¤d4! exd4 Technical editors: Graham Brown and
29.¦xe7 ¦xc2 30.¥xd6 ¦c4 31.¥a3 Ralph P. Marconi.
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CT-41(825)
Quiz Today
1. P. Pascal - A. Atalik
11 Open Saint Vincent (1), 08.02.2003
XIIIIIIIIY
T he FIDE website has published
an interesting post Kasparov -
DJ match Press Conference by
Garry Kasparov. The following are
only Kasparov's answers but it's not
9-wq-+-+k+0 difficult to imagine the journalists'
9+ltr-+pzp-0 questions.
9-+-wQp+-zp0
9+-+p+-+-0 GK: I played the sharpest line I could
9R+-+-+-+0 in the opening.
9+-+-zP-zP-0 GK: I sacrificed with 23...Rxc3 and
9-tr-+-zPLzP0 then I offered a draw. I wasn't sure I
9+-+-+RmK-0 was better. I believe it was a logical
xiiiiiiiiy move and the best move, but it's hard
Black to play to do these things against a machine.
Perhaps I should have waited.
2. V. Kortcnoi - C. Yeuillaz GK: I wanted to play normal chess. I
11 Open Saint Vincent (1), 08.02.2003 admit I completely blundered Bc1-a3,
XIIIIIIIIY which is a very nice manoeuvre.
9r+r+n+k+0 GK: Against any human player I
would continue fighting in the final
9zp-wq-zppvlp0 position. Black is definitely not worse.
9-+-zpl+p+0 But to win it would take a long, long
9zp-+-+-zP-0 time and there is the pressure of
9-+P+PzP-+0 playing the computer.
9+PsN-vL-+P0 GK: The longer the game goes, the
9P+-+L+-+0 chance to blunder increases and the
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 program will never make a big
xiiiiiiiiy mistake. And a draw was a good
White to play result. Before the game the main item
on my agenda was not to lose.
GK: I came into this match wanting to
Post Kasparov-DJ match dominate, but there is a gap between
Press conference our desires and our abilities. I knew I
published at FIDE website would get good positions, but
finishing these off is the hard part.
GK: In game two, I had a winning
position and missed it. In game three I
missed winning chances and then
even blundered the draw. So I feel I
outplayed it.
GK: I analysed the sacrifice in game 5
extensively and I have to admit it was
a good sacrifice. It was a unique
situation and a good move.
GK: We looked at it deeply and White
might be a little better but White is
under a lot of pressure. It's a big
moment for computer chess that it
played something like 10...Bxh2 in
game five.

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GK: To win the game today requires Annotated Game

more energy and creativity than ever C. Bauer (2578)
and Junior symbolises these advances. P.Roberts (2185)
But it's still vulnerable, we saw some Event: 11 Open Saint Vincent (1),
shortcomings here in this match. We 08.02.2003 - [B07]
saw its strengths and weaknesses Annotations by IM Vladimir
both. Barsky
GK: The machine will never collapse, 1.d4 d6 2.e4 ¤f6 3.¤c3 e5 (D)
but a human can never be so sure. XIIIIIIIIY
We are anticipating a giant Aeroflot 9rsnlwqkvl-tr0
Open 2003 which takes place in 9zppzp-+pzpp0
Moscow 10th-20th February. There will 9-+-zp-sn-+0
be about 150 (!) grandmasters, among 9+-+-zp-+-0
them: Alexander Grischuk RUS 2712,
Petr Svidler RUS 2693, Alexey Dreev 9-+-zPP+-+0
RUS 2690, Vladimir Malakhov RUS 9+-sN-+-+-0
2677, Vadim Zvyagintsev RUS 2671, 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Joel Lautier FRA 2670, Loek van Wely 9tR-vLQmKLsNR0
NED 2668, Rafael Vaganian ARM 2667,
Ilia Smirin ISR 2664, Emil Sutovsky ISR xiiiiiiiiy
2651, Konstantin Landa RUS 2649, With this move order Black offers a
Konstantin Sakaev RUS 2645, Sergey rather tricky endgame.
Roublevski RUS 2644, Vladislav 4.¤ge2
Tkachiev FRA 2642, Alexander If 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.£xd8+ ¢xd8 6.¥c4
Motiliev RUS 2640, Alexander Lastin ¥e6 7.¥xe6 fxe6 and Black in fact has
RUS 2636, Mikhail Kobalia RUS 2635, a solid position. White therefore
Aleksej Aleksandrov BLR 2633, Victor decided to continue the struggle into
Bologan MDA 2630, Gregory the middlegame.
Kaidanov USA 2629, Igor Khenkin 4...¤c6 5.f3!? ¥d7?! 6.¥e3 g6
GER 2624 etc. 7.£d2 ¥g7 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
The 11th Open Internazionale Valle 9r+-wqk+-tr0
d'Aosta (Italy) started on Saturday.
Some results of the 1st round:
9zppzpl+pvlp0
VALENTI – AZMAIPARASHVILI ½:½ 9-+nzp-snp+0
KORTCNOI – YEUILLAZ 1:0 9+-+-zp-+-0
RICHARDS – TIVIAKOV 0:1 9-+-zPP+-+0
M. GUREVICH – DE WIT 1:0
FLEAR – VOLKOV 0:1
9+-sN-vLP+-0
BAKLAN – PANTALEONI 1:0 9PzPPwQN+PzP0
GIRETTI KANEV – NISIPEANI 0:1 9tR-+-mKL+R0
PALAC – DE LA TORRE 1:0 xiiiiiiiiy
TOLHUIZEN – HUZMAN ½:½ Now this is a position from the Pirc-
DELCHEV – DEKKER 1:0 Ufimtsev Defence. But it's hard to say
PASCAL – ATALIK 0:1 what Black's bishop is doing on d7.
BAUER – ROBERTS 1:0 8.0–0–0 h6
Black wants to avoid the exchange of
Also see our Annotated Game section. bishops after 8...0–0 9.Bh6. But all this
is too slow, allowing White to create
his offence without any problems.
¤¤¤
9.¢b1 a6 10.g4 b5 11.h4 b4 (D)

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9r+-wqk+-tr0 9r+-wq-mkn+0
9+-zpl+pvl-0 9+-zp-+p+-0
9p+nzp-snpzp0 9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0 9zp-+Nsn-+-0
9-zp-zPP+PzP0 9-zp-+PsNltr0
9+-sN-vLP+-0 9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPwQN+-+0 9PzPP+-wQ-+0
9+K+R+L+R0 9+K+R+LtR-0
12.¤d5 a5 24.¦xg4!
After 12...¤xd5 13.exd5 ¤e7 14.dxe5 A nice final shot.
dxe5 (14...¥xe5 15.¥xh6) 15.¤g3!? 24...¤xg4
White also has clear a advantage. 24...¦xg4 25.¤e6+
13.g5 ¤g8 14.gxh6 ¥xh6 15.f4! 25.¤e6+ ¢e8 26.¥b5+
Of course White would like to open 26.¥b5+ c6 27.¥xc6+ £d7 28.¤dc7+
as many files as possible - the black ¢e7 29.¦xd7# 1–0.
king stays in the center still...
15...¥g7 16.dxe5 dxe5 (D) Solutions to Quiz today:
XIIIIIIIIY 1. P. Pascal - A. Atalik
9r+-wqk+ntr0 11 Open Saint Vincent (1), 08.02.2003
29...¦xf2! 30.£b6 [30.¦xf2 ¦c1+;
9+-zpl+pvl-0 30.¢xf2 ¦c2+] 30...¦xg2+! 31.¢xg2
9-+n+-+p+0 d4+ 32.¢g1 [32.¢h3 ¥g2+!] 32...¦c2
9zp-+Nzp-+-0 33.¦b1 ¦g2+ 34.¢f1 ¦xh2
9-zp-+PzP-zP0 35.£xb7 ¦h1+ 36.¢g2 ¦xb1–+
37.£e4 ¦a1 38.¦xa1 £b2+ 39.¢f3
9+-+-vL-+-0 £xa1 40.exd4 0–1.
9PzPPwQN+-+0
9+K+R+L+R0 2. V. Kortcnoi - C. Yeuillaz
xiiiiiiiiy 11 Open Saint Vincent (1), 08.02.2003
17.f5! 18.f5 ¥d7 19.¤d5 £d8 20.f6! exf6
A Typical pawn sacrifice: White 21.gxf6 ¥xf6? [21...¥f8 22.¥g4±]
opens the g-file. Now the King on e8 22.¦xf6! [22.¤xf6+ ¤xf6 23.¥g5?
has no hiding place either on the £b6+ 24.¢h2 ¤xe4µ; 22.¦xf6 ¤xf6
queen side nor on the king side. 23.¥g5] 1–0.
17...gxf5 18.¦g1 f4
18...¥f6? 19.¦xg8+! ¦xg8 20.¤xf6+ report a tournament or have a suggestion
£xf6 21.£xd7++-; 18...¥f8? 19.¦xg8! concerning Chess Today?
¦xg8 20.¤f6+ £xf6 21.£xd7#;
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19.¥xf4! exf4 20.¦xg7 ¢f8 21.¦g1 always appreciate your comments and
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¦xh4 22.¤exf4 ¥g4
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GM Mikhail Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin.
Technical editors: Graham Brown and
Ralph P. Marconi.

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Quiz Today tournament is getting stronger and

stronger with every year. The current
1. Nisipeanu – Welling edition features many very strong
Saint Vincent (2), 09.02.2003 GMs. Let us have a look at the results
XIIIIIIIIY among those who were on 100% score
9-+-+rtr-+0 after 2 rounds:
9+p+l+-mkp0
9-+n+p+p+0 1 Korchnoi - Godena ½-½
9+-snp+-+-0 2 M. Gurevich - Arizmendi 1-0
9-zP-+-+-+0 3 Legky - Volkov 0-1
9+-+-tRNsN-0 4 Ortega – Nisipeanu ½-½
9PwqL+-zPPzP0 5 Palac - Skripchenko ½-½
9+-+RwQ-mK-0 6 Delchev - Efimov 0-1
xiiiiiiiiy 7 Vassallo - Atalik ½-½
White to play 8 Bauer - Ibrahimov ½-½
9 Nevednichy - Saldano ½-½
2. Skembris – Azamaiparashvili 10 Szekely – V. Georgiev ½-½
Saint Vincent (3), 10.02.2003 11 Rotstein - Sedina 1-0
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-wq-tr-mk0 12 Mitkov – Arakhamia-Grant 0-1
9zp-zp-+-+p0 13 Costantini - Golod ½-½
9-+-zp-+-+0 14 Fontaine - Sanchez ½-½
9+-zp-+-+P0 15 Tiviakov (1½) – Djingarova (2) 1-0
9Q+P+lzp-+0
9+-+-+P+-0 As you can see, Elo-favourites are not
9PzP-+L+P+0 having an easy time of it in St. Vincent;
9+-mKR+-+R0 they won just 4:2, with many draws.
xiiiiiiiiy Things will probably get even tougher
Black to play as the tournament progresses. In our
database you can find some games
3. Relange-Geveke from St Vincent (rounds 2 and 3). See
Saint Vincent (3), 10.02.2003 also our Annotated Game section.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-+-+0 Today the Aeroflot Open starts in
9+p+rtR-vlk0 Moscow. High prizes ($25,000;
9ptR-+-vL-+0 $15,000; $10,000; 2x$5,000; 3x$3,000;
9zP-+P+l+p0 5x$2,000; 7x$1,000, etc) attracted
9-+Lzp-+-+0 many top players, including GMs
9+-+-+-+-0 Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler,
9-+-+-+P+0
9+-+-+-mK-0 Alexey Dreev, Joel Lautier and
xiiiiiiiiy Loek van Wely. Perhaps the fact that
White to play this year the winner of the Aeroflot
Open will be invited to Dortmund
super-tournament (summer), also
Tournament News played a role in attracting so many top
players.
Y esterday the third round was

played at the traditional open
tournament in Saint Vincent
(Italy). I took part in that tournament a
Vladimir Kramnik sent a letter to the
participants of the tournament,
emphasising the importance of the
few years ago and liked it a lot – classical time control in chess: "Only
beautiful scenery, good playing [the] classical or professional time
conditions and excellent food. control provides to a player the
Obviously, I was not the only player unique opportunities for experience of
who noticed that, since the
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all the beauty and thorough fullness of cxd5.) 6...e6 7.g4 ¥g6 8.¤e5.
our wonderful game. I am sure, that 6.£xf3 e6 7.¤c3 ¤bd7 8.¥d2 (D)
one can expect excellent games, XIIIIIIIIY
which shall be remembered for a long 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
period of time." 9zpp+n+pzpp0
9-+p+psn-+0
Chess Today will be covering this 9+-+p+-+-0
tournament extensively – stay tuned!
9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-sN-zPQ+P0
Annotated Game 9PzP-vL-zPP+0
GM Vitaly Golod (2532, Israel)
IM Lawrence Cooper (2353,
9tR-+-mKL+R0
England) xiiiiiiiiy
Event: Saint Vincent Open 09.02.2003 White has two bishops and more
- D11 - Slav Defence space. His plan is to gain space on the
Annotations by GM Alexander kingside with g2-g4. With his last
Baburin move, White prepares long castle - in
case he needs it.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 (D) 8...¥b4
XIIIIIIIIY Logical idea - Black wants to fight for
the e4-square. Another move is
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 8...¥d6, for example: 9.g4 h6 10.h4
9zpp+-zppzpp0 ¥b4 (10...£e7 11.0–0–0 0–0–0 12.¢b1
9-+p+-sn-+0 ¦he8 13.g5 hxg5 14.hxg5 ¤e4
9+-+p+-+-0 15.¤xe4 dxe4 16.£g4 f5 17.gxf6 ¤xf6
9-+PzP-+-+0 18.£g6± Baburin-Hanley, Port Erin
9+-+-zPN+-0 2001.) 11.¥d3 dxc4 12.¥xc4 £e7
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 13.0–0–0 ¤d5 14.e4 ¤xc3 15.bxc3 b5
9tRNvLQmKL+R0 16.¥b3 ¥a3+ 17.¢b1 a5÷ Bacrot-
xiiiiiiiiy Bareev, Enghien les Bains 2001.
This is a very popular system 9.¥d3 ¤b6?!N
nowadays - White avoids the main A novelty - Black wants to force
line of the Slav - 4. ¤c3 dxc4 5.a4 ¥f5. cxd5. However, this idea is time
Also, if now Black wants to play the consuming. Two other examples:
semi-Slav, after 4...e6 White does not 9...0–0 10.a3 ¥d6 11.g4 dxc4 12.¥xc4
have to play the Meran Variation ¤d5 13.e4 ¤5b6 14.¥a2 c5 15.d5 exd5
(arising after 5. ¤c3 ¤bd7 6. ¥d3 dxc4 16.¤xd5 ¤xd5 17.¥xd5 ¤f6 18.¥g5
7. ¥xc4 b5) – he can avoid it by £a5+ 19.¥d2 £d8 20.¥g5 £a5+ ½–½
delaying ¤b1–c3 (or playing ¤b1-d2). Mikhalchishin-Ehlvest, Kujbyshev
Kramnik employs 4.e3 regularly. 1986.; 9...dxc4 10.¥xc4 e5 11.a3 ¥a5
4...¥g4 12.0–0 0–0 13.¦ad1 ¥c7 14.¥a2 exd4
Logical - Black should develop this 15.exd4 h6 ½–½ Zarubin-Rublevsky,
bishop prior to playing ...e6. Another St Petersburg 1994.
option is 4...¥f5 5.¤c3 e6 and now 10.cxd5 cxd5?!
White should hunt the enemy bishop, I would have preferred 10...exd5,
if he wants to get any advantage: keeping the pawn structure more
6.¤h4!. Black also often plays 4...a6, dynamic. 11.a3 ¥d6 After ...0–0, ...
delaying development of the c8 ¦e8 and ...£e7 Black would be able
bishop. to fight for control over e4.
5.h3 ¥xf3 11.a3 ¥e7 12.b3!
Also possible is 5...¥h5. Then White This move highlights that the b6-
usually opts for 6.¤c3 (after 6.cxd5 knight is misplaced.
Black should play 6...¥xf3! 7.£xf3 12...0–0 13.g4!? (D)
cxd5 - Black lost a tempo, but White
has reduced his spatial advantage and
the number of his options by playing
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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0 An interesting transformation, typical
9zpp+-vlpzpp0 for modern chess, has occurred: White
9-sn-+psn-+0 threatened to develop play on the
9+-+p+-+-0 kingside, which prompted Black to
open the other flank (with ... ¥xa3).
9-+-zP-+P+0 As a result, White has promising play
9zPPsNLzPQ+P0 on the queenside now!
9-+-vL-zP-+0 29...£f7 30.¦b6 ¦d8 31.¥e1! £d7
9tR-+-mK-+R0 32.¥h4 ¥e7 33.¥g3 £c8
xiiiiiiiiy 33...¥d6 34.¦xd6 £xd6 35.f5
Interesting idea - White starts 34.¦1b2 ¥a3 35.¦2b3 ¥c1
grabbing space on the kingside, while 36.f5!+- (D)
his king will be pretty safe on e2. XIIIIIIIIY
Black cannot counter this plan with 9-+qtr-snk+0
...e6-e5, which justifies White's 9+ptr-+-zpp0
strategy. 9-tR-+p+-+0
13...¦c8 14.g5 ¤fd7 15.h4 ¦e8
Perhaps better was to play 15...f5
9zP-+p+P+P0
immediately. Then White would have 9-+-zP-+Q+0
to open play with 16.gxf6, but then 9+R+LzP-vL-0
Black's rook might be better off on the 9-+-+K+-+0
f-file than on e8. 9+-vl-+-+-0
16.£g3 ¤f8 17.f4 a6 18.h5 f5 xiiiiiiiiy
19.gxf6! ¥xf6 20.¤d1! (D) This is a signal for the final attack.
XIIIIIIIIY 36...exf5 37.¥xf5 ¦c2+ 38.¢f3
9-+rwqrsnk+0 £c4 39.¥d3 £c8 40.¦xb7 £xg4+
9+p+-+-zpp0 41.¢xg4 ¦a2 42.¦b8 ¦xb8
9psn-+pvl-+0 43.¦xb8 ¢f7 44.¦b7+ ¢g8 45.¥e5
9+-+p+-+P0 (D)
9-+-zP-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zPP+LzP-wQ-0 9-+-+-snk+0
9-+-vL-+-+0 9+R+-+-zpp0
9tR-+NmK-+R0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9zP-+pvL-+P0
White's advantage is becoming clear - 9-+-zP-+K+0
he has play on the kingside, while 9+-+LzP-+-0
Black has no obvious plan. 9r+-+-+-+0
20...¤bd7 21.¦b1 9+-vl-+-+-0
Prophylactics against ...Nc5. xiiiiiiiiy
21...¥e7 22.¢e2! ¥xa3 23.b4 £e7 1–0.
24.¤f2 a5 25.bxa5 Nice win by GM Golod - this game
Black saved the bishop, but now shows that two bishops still count for
White has play down the b-file. something!
25...¤f6 26.¤g4 ¤xg4 27.£xg4
¦c7 28.¦b3 ¥d6 29.¦hb1 (D) Solutions to Quiz Today:
XIIIIIIIIY Nisipeanu-Welling:
9-+-+rsnk+0 White played 22.£c3+!, forcing
9+ptr-wq-zpp0 immediate resignation, since Black
9-+-vlp+-+0 was losing a piece in all variations:
9zP-+p+-+P0 22...£xc3 23.¦xc3 ¤xb4 (23...¤a6
9-+-zP-zPQ+0 24.b5 or 23...¤e4 24.¥xe4 dxe4
9+R+LzP-+-0 25.¦xd7+) 24.¦xc5. 1–0.
9-+-vLK+-+0
9+R+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy Skembris–Azamaiparashvili:
21...¦xb2! 22.¢xb2 [22.fxe4 ¦xe2–+]
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22...£f6+ 23.¢a3 [23.¢c1 £c3+]

23...¦b8! 24.£b3 ¦b6! 25.£xb6 axb6
26.¢b3 ¥f5!–+ 27.¥d3 ¥e6! 28.a4 c6
29.¥e4 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.¥d5 ¥xd5
32.¦xd5 b4 33.¦d3 ¢g7 34.¦xd6
£c3+ 0–1
Relange-Geveke: 36.¥d3! 1–0.

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Current Tournament Vaganian 0 : 1 Fressinet

Hansen 1 : 0 Speelman
Events: Graf ½ : ½ Nunn
(Aeroflot in Moscow and 11th Aosta
Open) by GM Mikhail Golubev The nice win by Shirov over Van Wely
in this match attracted wide attention
T he Aeroflot Open 2003 which

started in Moscow on February
11th 2003 is certainly an
extraordinary open tournament. This
in Germany:
Annotated Game 1
A. Shirov (2699)
L. Van Wely (2681)
once again is confirmed by the results
on the three first boards in the initial Event: BL 0203 SG Koln Porz -
round (Zagrebelny-Grischuk, Svidler- Lubecker SV Porz (10.3), 08.02.2003-
Belov, Kozyrev-Dreev – all draws). [B30]
What I personally dislike about the Annotations by GM Mikhail
Aeroflot Open system is that Golubev
grandmasters are required to pay a big 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¤c3 ¤f6
start fee there. But this may also After 3...e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.¤xd4 ¤f6
guarantee that they will be angry and White can also avoid the Sveshnikov
aggressive and we'll see a lot of variation by 6.¤xc6 bxc6 7.e5
fighting chess. In comparison, the 4.¥b5!
11th Aosta Open in Saint Vincent According to theory, White can fight
looks like rather a modest event, for advantage in this variation.
despite that it is very strong and 4...£c7 5.0–0 e6 6.¦e1 ¤g4
interesting by all usual standards. The 7.¥xc6 bxc6 8.e5 f6 9.d4 cxd4
Top three results of Round 4: Efimov 10.£xd4 ¤xe5 11.¤xe5 fxe5
(3) - Gurevich (3) 0-1, Volkov (3) - 12.¦xe5 ¥e7
Rotstein (3) 1-0, Arakamia-Grant (3) - The immediate 12...¥d6 13.¥f4
Korchnoi (2,5) 0-1. could make the game one move
shorter.
Decisive matches in two European 13.¥g5 ¥d6
Leagues: Bundesliga and Belgian 13...d6 14.¥xe7 dxe5 15.£c5!
Interclub Championship 14.¥f4! (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Last weekend, the really critical 9r+l+k+-tr0
matches took place in German 9zp-wqp+-zpp0
9-+pvlp+-+0
Bundesliga and Belgian Interclub 9+-+-tR-+-0
Championships. 9-+-wQ-vL-+0
9+-sN-+-+-0
In Bundesliga (BL), two superclubs, 9PzPP+-zPPzP0
Köln Porz and Lübecker SV had a 9tR-+-+-mK-0
perfect score before meeting each xiiiiiiiiy
other. The battle between these two Shirov is in his element.
dream teams ended in a win for 14...c5
Lübecker, with the following board 14...¥xe5?! 15.¥xe5 £b6 16.£g4!
results: 15.£e3 a6?!
(Black can hardly survive this way,
SG Köln Porz 3 - 5 Lübecker SV but he was worse in any event.
Lutz ½ : ½ Adams 16.¤d5 £c6 17.¦g5 h6 18.¥xd6
Khalifman 0 : 1 Grischuk hxg5
Van Wely 0 : 1 Shirov Or 18...£xd6 19.¦d1 hxg5 20.¤f6++-
Sokolov ½ : ½ Lautier , and if 20...¢e7 , then 21.¤g8+!? ¦xg8
Andersson ½ : ½ Epishin 22.£xg5+
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19.¦d1 ¦h6 (D) surprising results in Stuttgart:

XIIIIIIIIY Round 10 (Saturday, 8 Feb): Stuttgart-
9r+l+k+-+0 Kreuzberg 4-4, Baden Oos-Neukölln
9+-+p+-zp-0 3,5:4,5 (seven draws and one win for
9p+qvLp+-tr0 Neukölln!).
9+-zpN+-zp-0 Round 11 (Sunday, 9 Feb): Kreuzberg-
9-+-+-+-+0 Baden Oos 3-5 (Anand won against
9+-+-wQ-+-0 Almasi), Neukolln-Stuttgart 2,5:5,5.
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 I played only on Saturday, my lucky
9+-+R+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy win against Raj Tischbierek helped my
20.¤e7! £a4 21.£f3 team to save a match. I will comment
Now the game is completely over. on this game below in today's
21...¥b7 22.£xb7 ¦d8 23.¤g8 annotated game 2 section below.
(Of course, Shirov finds a most
spectacular way to win.) The Bundesliga site is
23...¦h8 24.£f3 ¦xg8 25.£h5+ at:www.schachbundesliga.de; on 11
February all games from rounds 10
25.£h5+ g6 26.£h7. 1–0.
and 11 became available and of
course reports (in German) and
After 11 rounds completed, the
photos appeared there much earlier.
standings in the first half of the
Bundesliga crosstable looks as follow:
In the Belgian Interclub
1. Lübecker SV 22 (63½)
Championship, the a crucial match
2. SG Köln Porz 20 (61)
3. SV Werder Bremen 18 (54½) took place also - the current
champion, Liege, played against the
4. Hamburger SK 15 (49)
5. SC Baden Oos 14 (51½) leaders, my team Eynatten. Nine
6. Solinger SG 14 (47) grandmasters (6 for Eynatten, and 3 for
7. TV Tegernsee 13 (47½) Liege) participated in probably the
8. SC Kreuzberg 12 (44½) strongest match in history in the
Belgian League. Eynatten was the
It is unlikely that anything will happen favourite, but our team even over-
in the four remaining rounds (i.e. two scored against Liege. (e.g. Golubev
BL weekends) that will derail saved half point vs Chabanon, despite
Lübecker on their way to their third the fact that my position in mutual
champion title in a row. Their time trouble was totally lost).
opponents will, nevertheless, try to
fight as hard they can, including my Liege 1,5 - 6,5 Eynatten
own team, Stuttgarter Schachfreunde. Degraeve 0 - 1 Naiditsch
Winants 0 - 1 Goloshchapov
For the second and last time in the Chabanon ½ : ½ Golubev
season, on the last weekend Stuttgart Cekro 0 - 1 Nijboer
was one of four BL weekend places. Kocsis 0 - 1 Horvath Csaba
Four teams represented in Stuttgart Wuts 1 - 0 Horvath Adam
were Baden Oos (headed by Vishy Hautot 0 - 1 Horvath Tamas
Anand), SC Kreuzberg, SFR Gulbas 0 - 1 Baramidze
Neukölln and our SSF team. Thanks
The current standings of the leaders
to the firm Dürr, Stuttgart has,
possibly, the nicest venue in speaks for itself, and can hardly make
my team-mates unhappy:
Bundesliga, and there is always many
spectators. Photos by Thilo Gubler (SC 1. Eynattten 49.5
Baden-Oos) from the last weekend 2. Temse 39
are available at 3. Liege 37.5
www.chessbase.de/bundesliga/nachri 4. Hoboken 36.5
chten.asp?id=195. 5. Rochade 35.
There are three more rounds to go.

As usual in BL, there were some
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Note that in Belgium board points are XIIIIIIIIY

important, not a match points. 9rsnlwqk+ntr0
A few more words about my other 9zppzppzppvlp0
chess activities. 9-+-+-+p+0
This Saturday I expect to be 9+-+-+-+-0
completely crushed in the traditional
Dutch Open Blitz Championship in 9-+-zP-+-+0
Dordrecht, see list of participants at: 9+-+-+-zP-0
www.blitzchess.nl/eng/subscriptionlist 9PzPP+PzPLzP0
.htm. 9tRNvLQmK-sNR0
xiiiiiiiiy
I continue to spent a lot of time, White's setup can be unpleasant for
following the conflict between GM King's Indian players.
Ruslan Ponomariov and FIDE, 3...¤f6
which is backing GM Garry I decided to play a Pirc Defence.
Kasparov. I collect materials at 4.e4 d6 5.¤c3 0–0 6.¤ge2 e5 7.h3
chess-sector.odessa.ua/crisis.htm. exd4
It is unlikely now that unity will take Usually Black plays 7...¤c6, 7...c6 or
place. Still, among chess journalists 7...¤bd7.
there are those who are familiar with 8.¤xd4 ¦e8 9.0–0 ¤a6
the real situation and who try to White, perhaps, is slightly better, but
propose some compromise solutions. it's not easy to stop Black's
See independent propositions by Mark counterplay completely.
Crowther and Franklin J. Campbell at 10.¤b3!? (D)
the bottom of the above mentioned XIIIIIIIIY
webpage. 9r+lwqr+k+0
9zppzp-+pvlp0
Web Watch 9n+-zp-snp+0
Among internet chess news I can 9+-+-+-+-0
mention the fact that the fide.com site
is now unavailable. This pause in their 9-+-+P+-+0
web service was previously 9+NsN-+-zPP0
announced at the FIDE site, so it's 9PzPP+-zPL+0
disappearance is no surprise this time. 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
At the same time I recently become xiiiiiiiiy
familiar with two Yugoslav chess sites. This prevents ...¤c5, and also
On chess.vrsac.com with its sometimes White will have e4-e5 if
impressive FIDE rating database, I Black will play with his c8 bishop.
wrote a short piece at my site, and 10...¤b4
another resource is at: An interesting move, but of course
www.geocities.com/jovanpetronic - there were alternatives.
IM Petronic's personal page with 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥e3 a5 13.£d2
interesting links. The safest continuation for White
¤¤¤ was 13.a3 ¤c6
Annotated Game 2 13...a4!N
R. Tischbierek (2523) Later I discovered that our play was
M. Golubev (2528) not new up to this point, despite the
Event: BL 0203 Stuttgarter Sfr - SC fact that 9...¤a6 is a very rare move.
Kreuzberg Stuttgart (10.3), 08.02.2003 13...¢h7?! occurred in Ljubojevic-
- [B07] Jhunjhnuwal, Luceren OL 1982.
Annotations by GM Mikhail 14.¤d4 (D)
Golubev
1.g3 g6 2.¥g2 ¥g7 3.d4 (D)

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9r+lwqr+k+0 Black has extremely good
9+pzp-+pvl-0 compensation for the pawn: two
9-+-zp-snpzp0 bishops, and White's queenside
9+-+-+-+-0 structure is still bad.
9psn-sNP+-+0 22...¦h5!?
Fritz proposes 22...¤xe4!³
9+-sN-vL-zPP0 23.h4?!
9PzPPwQ-zPL+0 23.g4! was probably correct. Then I
9tR-+-+RmK-0 could play 23...¤xg4!? (or the calmer:
xiiiiiiiiy 23...¦c5 24.£d3÷) 24.hxg4 ¥xg4 ,
14...a3 15.bxa3 what is very unclear.
15.b3 was a serious alternative, but 23...¤g4
Black still has many chances. I could 23...¤xe4!?
play 15...¢h7 then(but would also 24.¤f3
think of 15...d5 16.exd5 ¤fxd5 24.¤ce2!? was a better way to defend
17.¤xd5 ¤xd5 18.¥xh6 ¥xh6 this already dubious position.
19.£xh6 ¤c3) 24...¦c5
15...¦xa3 16.¤db5 ¦a5! 17.a3?! 24...¥g7!?
GM Tischbierek missed the 25.£b4
possibility of ...¦e5! after further 25.£d3 ¥e6!?
¥xh6. Otherwise he probably would 25...¥g7 26.¦a3 £f6 (D)
play 17.a4! , with mutual chances. XIIIIIIIIY
17...¤c6 18.a4 (D) 9-+l+r+k+0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+p+-+pvl-0
9-+lwqr+k+0 9-+pzp-wqp+0
9+pzp-+pvl-0 9+-tr-+-+-0
9-+nzp-snpzp0 9PwQ-+P+nzP0
9trN+-+-+-0 9tR-sN-+NzP-0
9P+-+P+-+0 9-+P+-zPL+0
9+-sN-vL-zPP0 9+-+-+RmK-0
9-+PwQ-zPL+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 27.¤e2
The point was 18.¥xh6 ¥xh6 I expected some waiting move,
19.£xh6 ¦e5! , returning a pawn after because after 27...¦xc3 White will
20.¦ab1 (or 20.a4 ) 20...¦h5 and have 28.e5, and not everything is
21...¥xh3(or even 20...¥xh3! at once) clear. 27.¦d1!? …¦xc3 28.e5! dxe5
18...¤e5 29.£xc3 £e7 (29...£f5) 30.¤g5 e4
18...¢h7 19.f4!? 31.£b3; 27.a5!?
19.¥xh6 ¤c4 27...¦xc2 28.¤f4
This is probably better than Black should be better also after
19...¥xh3 20.¥xg7 ¢xg7÷ 28.¤fd4!? ¦c5 (28...c5?! 29.£b5 cxd4
20.£d4 30.£xe8+ ¢h7 31.¤f4) 29.f3 ¤e5
20.£c1 ¥xh6 21.£xh6 c6 22.¤a3 …30.f4 ¤g4.
¤xa3 23.¦xa3 ¥xh3 24.¥xh3 ¦h5. 28...¦b2µ 29.£e1
20...¥xh6 21.£xc4 c6 22.¤d4 (D) 29.¦b3 ¦xb3 30.£xb3 ¦xe4; 29.£c4
XIIIIIIIIY ¦xf2! …30.¦xf2 ¤xf2 31.¢xf2 £b2+
9-+lwqr+k+0 29...d5 30.¤g5 (D)
9+p+-+p+-0
9-+pzp-snpvl0
9tr-+-+-+-0
9P+QsNP+-+0
9+-sN-+-zPP0
9-+P+-zPL+0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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9-+l+r+k+0 Alexander Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill,
9+p+-+pvl-0 Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Tel:
9-+p+-wqp+0 (353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-
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9tR-+-+-zP-0
9-tr-+-zPL+0 Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
9+-+-wQRmK-0 Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
xiiiiiiiiy Maxim Notkin and IM Nikolai Vlassov.
30...dxe4
There should be various ways to Technical editors: Graham Brown
convert Black's advantage. Taking into and Ralph P. Marconi.
account further time trouble, I tried to Chess Today is copyright 2002 by
play simpler. Alexander Baburin and protected
31.¤xe4 £e7 32.¦a1 ¥f5 33.¤d6 intellectual property under the
£xe1 International Copyright convention.
33...¦xf2!? (Fritz) - I didn't consider Any unauthorised reproduction, via
this move during the game. print, electronic format, or in any form
34.¦axe1 ¦xe1 35.¦xe1 ¥d4! whatsoever is strictly prohibited
36.¤h3! ¤xf2 without express written permission.
36...¥e6!?
37.¦e8+ ¢h7 38.¤g5+
38.¤xf5!? gxf5 (38...¦b1+ 39.¥f1
¤xh3+ 40.¢h2 gxf5 41.¥xh3) 39.¤xf2
¥xf2+ 40.¢h2 ¦b3µ
38...¢g7 39.¤xf5+ gxf5 40.¢f1
40.¢h2? ¤g4+ 41.¢h3 ¥g1! 42.h5
¤f2+ 43.¢h4 ¦b4+–+
40...¤g4
40...¤d3!? 41.¦d8
41.¥f3 ¤e3+
White resigned, despite the fact that
he could have played on for some
time. Possibly the correct decision by
Raj Tischbierek (the Editor of German
chess magazine 'Schach') - on Sunday
he won a game against Rustem
Dautov! 41...¤e3+ 42.¢g1 (42.¢e1?
¥c3#) 42...¤g4+ (42...¦a2!?) 43.¢f1
¤h2+ 44.¢e1 ¥f2+ 45.¢d1 ¤xf3
(45...¥xg3!?) 46.¤xf3 ¥xg3 , and so
on. 0–1.

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Quiz Today V. Popov – Akhmetov 1:0

Alexandrova – Burmakin 1:0
Smirnov – Vlassov 1:0
Morozevich– Savchenko
Frolyanov – Eljanov 0:1
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (1),
Sharavdorj – Bu X. 0:1
11.02.2003
Al Sayed – Galkin 0:1
XIIIIIIIIY Lahno K. – Mchedlishvili 0:1
9-+-+k+-tr0 Grischuk – Kozyrev 1:0
9+-+-+pvl-0 Balashov – Svidler ½:½
9-+-+-+-zp0 Dreev – Zagrebelny 1:0
9+p+qzp-zpQ0 Young Georgian Merab Gagunashvili
9-+-zpN+-sn0 beat Alexander Morozevich – this is
9+-+P+P+-0 the main sensation of the second day.
9-zPPvL-+PzP0 There are more than 500 players in
three sections; they play in the
9+-+-+RmK-0 splendid and large hall of central
xiiiiiiiiy Moscow hotel 'Russia' 200 metres
White to play away from the Red Square. It looks
like the playing conditions are pretty
good this year. But there are some
W hen we give the results of

open-tournaments we give
the first 5-10, sometimes 15
boards, not more. But the Aeroflot
problems, of course. One of them –
there are Internet publications of only
the top six boards. The organisers
don't prepare pgn-files for all other
Open 2003 is so strong and interesting games but only scan and prepare jpg-
that we decided to change tradition a files. So it's rather difficult to follow
little. The following are the results of the games of the open.
the 30 top boards from Round 2. Note
that on boards 1-27 players had a full Top boards for the 3rd Round:
point, on boards 28-30 – half a point. Zvjaginsev – Popov
Eljanov – Aleksandrov
Gagunashvili – Morozevich 1:0 Bologan – Smirnov
Adianto – Zvjaginsev 0:1 Moiseenko – Gagunashvili
Dvoirys – Van Wely ½:½ Bu – Chuchelov
S. Ivanov – Smirin ½:½ Galkin – Dolmatov
Sakaev – Brodsky ½:½ Efimenko – Sadvakasov
Jakovenko – Rublevsky ½:½ Najer – Alexandrova
Aleksandrov – Kempinski 1:0 Mchedlishvili – Ulibin
Ovetchkin – Bologan 0:1 Romanishin – Grischuk
Granda Zuniga – Romanishin 0:1
Fominyh – Tregubov ½:½ Also see our Annotated Game section.
Shaposhnikov – Kazhgaleyev ½:½
Degraeve – Moiseenko 0:1 The 11th Open Internazionale Valle
Chuchelov – Vasiukov 1:0 d'Aosta
Morovic Fernandez – Jussupov ½:½
Dolmatov – Loginov 1:0 Standing after the 4th Round:
Turov – Efimenko 0:1 1-2. M. GUREVICH, VOLKOV – 4
Neverov – Lerner ½:½ points
Sadvakasov – Korotylev 1:0 3-10. Azmaiparashvili, Kortcnoi,
Korobov – Najer 0:1 Tiviakov, Nisipeanu, Atalik, Golod,
Ulibin – Vokarev 1:0 Miladinovic, Costantini – 3½ etc.

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Pairings for Round 5: 9r+-+k+-tr0
M. Gurevich – Volkov 9+-wqlvlpzp-0
Miladinovic Igor – Azmaiparashvili 9p+nzppsn-zp0
Kortcnoi – Atalik 9+p+-+-+-0
Tiviakov – Golod 9-+-sNPzP-+0
Costantini – Nisipeanu 9+-sNLvL-+P0
9PzPPwQ-+P+0
9+K+R+-+R0
The strongest Icelandic player, GM xiiiiiiiiy
Hannes Stefansson (2569) plays a 6 White plays very straightforwardly,
game training match against GM Sergei but such play is rather unpleasant for
Movsesjan (2663) in Reykjavik, Black. Sadvakasov simply prepares
Iceland. The first two games were won g2-g4-g5 with a crushing attack on
by the guest. the kingside.
13...0–0!?
Annotated game Without any danger!
14.g4 ¤xd4
D Sadvakasov Black has to hurry with counter-play
A Korotylev in the center and on the queenside.
Event: Aeroflot-open (2), 12.02.2003 15.¥xd4 b4 16.¤e2 e5 17.¥f2 ¥c6
B66 18.¤g3 d5
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-trk+0
Annotations: IM Vladimir Barsky 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
9p+l+-sn-zp0
"Please notice my game today! It was 9+-+pzp-+-0
the best I have ever played!" - 9-zp-+PzPP+0
exclaimed Darmen Sadvakasov, who 9+-+L+-sNP0
had just finished his battle against 9PzPPwQ-vL-+0
Alexei Korotylev and spotted me. "If 9+K+R+-+R0
you'd played against Fritz 8 your "nice" xiiiiiiiiy
attack would hardly have lasted more Usually in the Sicilian, Black has
than 5 moves!" - replied Alexei good play after such a counter-blow
sceptically. OK, in any case lets take a in the center. But the situation is still
look at some interesting chess! very complicated: White has a nice
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 square on f5 for his knight and there
4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥g5 are a lot of other pieces on the board.
XIIIIIIIIY 19.exd5 ¤xd5 20.fxe5
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zpp+-zppzpp0 9r+-+-trk+0
9-+nzp-sn-+0 9+-wq-vlpzp-0
9+-+-+-vL-0 9p+l+-+-zp0
9-+-sNP+-+0 9+-+nzP-+-0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9-zp-+-+P+0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0 9+-+L+-sNP0
9tR-+QmKL+R0 9PzPPwQ-vL-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+K+R+-+R0
Today the Rauser system is less xiiiiiiiiy
popular than the Najdorf, Sveshnikov 20...¤c3+!?
or Paulsen systems, but all this is only Black begins complications. It is
a matter of fashion, of course. interesting that it isn't so simple to take
6...e6 7.£d2 a6 8.0–0–0 h6 9.¥e3 the important e5 pawn, for example:
¥d7 10.f4 20...£xe5 21.¦he1 £g5 22.¤f5 ¥f6
An alternative is 10.f3 but the text (22...£xd2 23.¤xe7+ ¤xe7 24.¦xd2±)
move is more aggressive. 23.£xg5 ¥xg5 (23...hxg5 24.¥c4!?)
10...b5 11.¥d3 £c7 12.¢b1 ¥e7 24.¥d4±; Maybe better was 20...¥g5!?
13.h3 21.£e1 ¦fe8 22.¥d4 ¥f6 23.£f2 ¥xe5

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24.¥xe5 ¦xe5 25.¦he1= 30.¦xg5

21.bxc3 ¥xh1 All the White pieces attack the poor
If 21...bxc3 22.£xc3 £b7+ 23.¢a1 king on g8...
¥xh1 24.¦xh1 and White is better. 30...g6
22.c4 XIIIIIIIIY
White has to agree to play further 9-+-trr+k+0
without an exchange in view of 9+lwq-+p+-0
22.¦xh1 bxc3 23.£c1 ¦ab8+ 24.¢a1 9p+-+-+p+0
¦b2–+ On the other hand the f5 9+-+-zPNtR-0
knight, together with the e5 pawn, will 9-zpP+-+-+0
cost at least as much as a rook. 9+-+LwQ-+P0
22...¥f3 9P+P+-+-+0
9+K+-+-+-0
22...¥g5!? xiiiiiiiiy
23.¦g1 30...f6 31.¦xg7+
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-trk+0 31.¦h5!
9+-wq-vlpzp-0 The final blow after which Black has
9p+-+-+-zp0 no defence.
9+-+-zP-+-0 31...f6
9-zpP+-+P+0 The alternatives are 31...gxh5 32.£g5+
9+-+L+lsNP0 ¢f8 33.£g7#; 31...£xe5 32.¤h6+ ¢h7
9P+PwQ-vL-+0 33.¦xe5+-; 31...¦xe5 32.¦h8+ ¢xh8
9+K+-+-tR-0 33.£h6+ ¢g8 34.£g7#; 31...gxf5
xiiiiiiiiy 32.£g5+ ¢f8 33.¦h8#
23...¦ad8 32.£g1 g5 33.exf6
White has good compensation for And Black resigned. A really nice
material in all lines, i.e.: 23...¥g5 game, or Fritz 8 has to analyse it
24.£e1 ¦fe8 25.¥d4 ¦ad8 26.£f2©; overnight? :-) 1–0
23...£xe5 24.¥d4 £g5 (24...£xd4?
25.¥h7+; 24...¥g5 25.£f2 £d6 Solution to Quiz Today: 23.f4! exf4 23...0–0
26.¥xg7!±) 25.£f2 ¥c6 26.¤f5 ¥f6 24.fxg5+- 24.¦xf4 ¤g6 24...£d7 25.¦xf7
£xf7 26.¤d6+; 24...0–0 25.¦xh4+- 25.¦f5!
27.¥e3+- £d7 25...£xf5 26.¤d6+; 25...£d7 26.¥b4!+-
24.£f4 ¥b7 1–0
If 24...¥c6 then 25.¤f5
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move. Black would like to attack the Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov,
key pawn e5 from c3, but... 26...¦fe8 IM Vladimir Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
27.h4 ¥d2 28.¤d6© Maxim Notkin. Technical editors: Graham
27.g5!! Brown and Ralph P. Marconi. Chess Today is
Very nice: the storm is beginning! copyright 2002 by Alexander Baburin and
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27...h5 28.g6 f6 29.exf6 £xg3 30.f7+ unauthorised reproduction, via print,
¢h8 31.¥xg3+-; 27...¥xg5 28.h4+- electronic format, or in any form whatsoever is
28.¥e3 ¥xe3 29.£xe3 ¦fe8 strictly prohibited without express written
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Aeroflot Open – 6 on the second game. The current score is

1½:½ in Short's favour.
perfect score
Scandinavian Attack
T he Third round of the Aeroflot
Open 2003 has not clarified the
top places. Six players have
managed to score 3 out of 3, they are
Zvjaginsev, Alexandrov, Bologan,
A Novelty in the Portuguese Variation
P Smirnov
N Vlassov
Moiseenko, Najer, Efimenko. Event: Aeroflot -op Moscow (2),
12.02.2003 B01
Here are the results of the 10 top Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov
boards:
Zvjaginsev – Popov 1:0 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 ¤f6 3.d4 ¥g4
Eljanov – Aleksandrov 0:1 4.¥b5+ ¤bd7 5.f3 ¥f5 6.c4 e6
Bologan – Smirnov 1:0 7.dxe6 ¥xe6 8.c5 c6 9.¥d3
Moiseenko-Gagunashvili 1:0 XIIIIIIIIY
Bu X. – Chchelov - ½:½ 9r+-wqkvl-tr0
Galkin – Dolmatov - ½:½ 9zpp+n+pzpp0
Efimenko – Sadvakasov 1:0 9-+p+lsn-+0
Najer – Alexandrova 1:0 9+-zP-+-+-0
Mchedlishvili – Ulibin - ½:½ 9-+-zP-+-+0
Romanishin – Grischuk- ½:½ 9+-+L+P+-0
9PzP-+-+PzP0
9tRNvLQmK-sNR0
Nikolai Vlassov annotates his game xiiiiiiiiy
against Pavel Smirnov played in This sacrifice has been waiting its
Round 2 for today's issue. chance for a year and a half. In the
second round of last year's Aeroflot
The 11th Open Internazionale Valle tournament I was trying to trap GM
d'Aosta Dvoirys in this line but he managed to
vary earlier.
Sergei Tiviakov, Liviu-Dieter Nisip- 9...¤xc5!N 10.dxc5 ¥xc5 11.¤e2
eanu, Suat Atalik and Igor Miladinovic £b6 12.¤bc3 0–0–0
joined Mikhail Gurevich and Sergey XIIIIIIIIY
Volkov share the lead after Round 5 9-+ktr-+-tr0
with 4½/5. 9zpp+-+pzpp0
9-wqp+lsn-+0
Pairings for round 6: 9+-vl-+-+-0
Nisipeanu – Tiviakov 9-+-+-+-+0
Atalik - Gurevich Mikhail 9+-sNL+P+-0
Volkov - Miladinovic Igor 9PzP-+N+PzP0
9tR-vLQmK-+R0
The third game of match between GM xiiiiiiiiy
Hannes Stefansson and GM Sergei Black has not only a pawn for his
Movsesjan ended in a draw. Movsesjan piece, but also the White king is stuck
is leading 2½:½. in the centre and there are open lines
for attack!
GM Nigel Short is playing a 6-game 13.¥g5?!
match against GM Ehsan Ghaem This was the end of my home
Magami. The match is played under preparation. The following moves
FIDE rules and time control (90 have been reviewed more carefully
minutes + 30 seconds). The first game 13.£c2 and; 13.¢f1
was a draw, Short was the winner of 13...£xb2!?
CT-45(829) Page 1 of 3
This is not an easy decision. 23...£a5 24.¦b1 ¦ed8 25.¦b3 h5³

Calculation of this beautiful line 24.¥e4!
13...¤d5!? 14.¥xd8 ¥f2+ 15.¢f1 ¤e3+ The bishop was immediately
16.¢xf2 ¤xd1+ (16...¦xd8 17.£g1! transferred to the square, which Black
¦xd3=) 17.¢e1 ¦xd8 (or 17...£f2+ had been determined to take away.
18.¢xd1 ¦xd8 19.¢c2 £xg2) 18.¦xd1 24...e5?!
£xb2³ and comparison of this Black is unlikely to win the end
position to the one I eventually chose game after 24...¦ed8 25.¥f3 £c5+
had taken too much time.; The 26.£xc5 bxc5 27.¦c1 b6 28.a4! but, at
following also deserved consideration least, it was impossible to lose here.
13...¥e3 14.¥xf6 gxf6 15.£c2 h5³ - 25.¥xh7! e4?!
and Black has long-term compen- The idea is correct, Black has no right
sation. to exchange queens not having a
14.¦b1 £a3 15.£c2 ¦he8 16.¥xf6 pawn on h7. But it is not necessary to
gxf6 17.¢f1 ¥b6 give up one more pawn. 25...£h6=
XIIIIIIIIY 26.¥xe4 ¢c7 27.¥f3 £f7
9-+ktrr+-+0 27...£a5 is equal
9zpp+-+p+p0 28.¦b1 £e7 29.¦b3 £d7 30.¦e3
9-vlp+lzp-+0 ¦a8 31.a4 ¦a5 32.h4 ¢b8 33.h5
9+-+-+-+-0 ¢a7 34.£c4 ¦d1 35.£c3
9wq-sNL+P+-0 9-+-+-+-+0
9P+Q+N+PzP0 9mkp+q+-+-0
9+R+-+K+R0 9-zpp+-zp-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9tr-+-+-+P0
Interesting is 17...a6!? with the idea to 9P+-+-zP-+0
deprive White of the opportunity to 9+-wQ-tRL+-0
give his rook for the bishop at the cost 9-+-+NmKP+0
of a tempo, but during the game I 9+-+r+-+-0
determined that I could do well xiiiiiiiiy
without it. 18.¥f5 ¥a7 19.¥xe6+ ¦xe6 35...¦xa4?!
20.£xh7 £c5 21.£h4 £e3= It is amazing but Junior considers this
18.¤f4 £d6 19.¤ce2 losing move, which gives up the last
Unfortunately, not this one 19.g3? pawn on theking side, to be the
£xf4!–+ strongest one! How wonderful I took
19...£e5 20.¤xe6 fxe6 to it (Junior):( White is unlikely to win
Also possible is 20...¦xe6 21.¥f5 after the strong 35...£d6 For instance,
£e3 22.¦xb6 axb6 3.¢e1=, but I 36.h6 ¦h1 37.£d4 £xd4 38.¤xd4
decided to keep more pieces for an ¦xh6 39.¦e7 ¢a8 40.¦e8+ ¢a7
attack 41.¤xc6+ bxc6 42.¥xc6 b5 43.¥xb5
21.¦xb6 axb6 22.¢f2 f5=
XIIIIIIIIY 36.£xf6 £d2 37.£c3
9-+ktrr+-+0 I missed this response during the
9+p+-+-+p0 time trouble.
9-zpp+pzp-+0 37...£d8 38.g3 £d6? 39.£e5
9+-+-wq-+-0 Immediately winning was 39.¦e8!± ,
9-+-+-+-+0 but both of us were in time trouble.
9+-+L+P+-0 39...£d2 40.£c3 £d6
9P+Q+NmKPzP0
9+-+-+-+R0 40...£d7
xiiiiiiiiy 41.f5
22...¦d6?! Having made 40 moves, White
Black's advantage could be fixed began to advance passed pawns. It
with 22...f5µ and White would have to was not a safe decision because the
rush into a hard struggle for illusive king was at risk with three of Black's
escape. ; 22...£d6 23.¥xh7! major pieces trying to reach it.
23.f4 £h5 41...£d7 42.g4 £d6 43.¢g2 ¦aa1

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44.f6 ¦h1 45.£e5 £d2 46.¢g3 have happened quite differently if I

£e1+ 47.¢f4 ¦f1 48.£c3?! had not missed three(!) pawns from
XIIIIIIIIY the kingside in a row. 1–0
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56.¢f7 ¦d7+ 57.¦e7 ¦d6
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9-+-+-+-+0
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Quiz Today Mamedyarov – Romanishin ½:½

Dreev – Mchedlishvili 1:0
1. Bologan - Smirnov Grischuk – Jakovenko ½:½
Aeroflot (3) Malakhov – Sorokin ½:½
XIIIIIIIIY Lautier – Artashes Minasian ½:½
9-+-+-+k+0 Sveshnikov – Smirin ½:½
9+-+-+p+p0 Tkachev – Brodsky ½:½
9ptr-+q+pvL0 Ovetchkin – Kobalia ½:½
9+Psn-zp-+-0 Kaidanov – Kempiski 1:0
9R+-+P+-+0 Yemelin – Epishin ½:½
9+-trP+-+P0 Khenkin – Degraeve 1:0
9-+-+-wQP+0 Pelletier – Nataf 0:1
9+-+-+RmK-0 Granda Zuniga – Vasiukov 1:0
xiiiiiiiiy Shaposhnikov – Tregubov ½:½
White to play Ikonnikov – Jussupov ½:½
Kotsur – Shomoev 0:1
2. Sutovsky - Dvoirys Avrukh – Lugovoi 0:1
Aeroflot (3) Savchenko – Fedorov ½:½
XIIIIIIIIY Popov – Turov 1:0
9r+ktr-+-+0 Sadvakasov – Markowski ½:½
9wqp+-+p+p0
9p+-+-sN-+0 9 players – Zvjagintsev, Najer,
9+-+-wQ-+-0
9-zPlsNP+-+0 Rublevsky, Moiseenko, Bologan,
9+-+R+-+-0 Lastin, Galkin, Aleksandrov,
9-zPP+-+PzP0 Efimenko – lead with 3½ points. 21
9+-+-+-+K0 players have scored 3 points.
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Round 5 pairings:
(solution in annotated game) Zvjagintsev – Najer
Rublevsky – Moiseenko
Perfect Scores end at Bologan – Lastin
Galkin – Aleksandrov
Aeroflot-Open Efimenko – Kaidanov
Dolmatov – Dreev
A fter 4 rounds there is no player

with a perfect score at the
Aeroflot-open in Moscow.
Three games by the leaders were all
Van Wely – Ulibin
Sutovsky – Popov
Sakaev – Izoria
Gagunashvili – Khenkin
draws, which allowed three lucky
players to catch up to them. The 11th Open Valle d'Aosta
Nisipeanu beat Volkov and leads
Round 4 results (top 30 boards): with 6½ points after 7 rounds. Rotstein
Moiseenko – Zvjagintsev ½:½ is clear second with 6 points. Volkov,
Aleksandrov – Efimenko ½:½ M. Gurevich, Tiviakov, Palac,
Najer – Bologan ½:½ Nevednichy, Miladinovic and Golod
Fressinet – Van Wely ½:½ are half a point behind sharing third
Chuchelov – Sutovsky ½:½ place.
Dolmatov – Sakaev ½:½
Neverov – Rublevsky 0:1 The 3rd game of the Nigel Short –
Lastin – Bu Xiangzhi 1:0 Ghaem Maghami match in Tehran was
Aronian – Galkin 0:1 drawn. The score is 2:1 in Short's
Ulibin – Kazhgaleyev ½:½ favour.

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The 4th game of the Movsesian – on e1 and most likely his king on h1
Stefansson match in Reykjavik was and then to begin action in the centre
won by Sergei Movsesian and thus he by e4-e5 that would provide his c3-
has secured the overall victory. The knight with the e4-square. Before
next game ended in a draw. 11.0–0–0 had been played.
Movsesian leads 4:1 before the final 11...¤xb3
encounter. Strictly speaking this position has
¤¤¤ already been seen in practice. In the
Annotated Game game Sordo - Fernandez from a
Sutovsky secondary Spanish tournament which
Dvoirys saw a slightly different move order
Event: Aeroflot Open (3) - [B86] White captured on b3 with the knight
Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin apparently being afraid of the pin
along the a7-g1 diagonal. Sutovsky
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 shows that he doesn't care.
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥c4 12.axb3 £c5 13.¦ad1 e5? (D)
The Sozin Attack was the lethal XIIIIIIIIY
weapon in the hands of Robert James 9r+l+k+-tr0
Fischer. 9+p+-vlpzpp0
6...e6 7.¥b3 ¤bd7 8.¥g5 9p+-zp-sn-+0
9+-wq-zp-vL-0
The main line is 8.f4 ¤c5 and here 9-+-sNPzP-+0
White has a rich choice between 9.e5 9+PsN-+Q+-0
(9.f5; 9.0–0; and 9.£f3 ) 9-zPP+-+PzP0
8...¤c5 9+-+R+RmK-0
In our Olympiad issues you may find xiiiiiiiiy
the game Morozevich - Cvitan which So what? White has lost a piece? In
continued 8...h6 9.¥h4 £a5 10.£e2 fact the following few moves have
9.f4 demonstrated clearly that this way is
9.£e2; and 9.£f3 are playable as pernicious for Black. Therefore
well. 13...0–0 was better now and since
9...¥e7 10.£f3 £c7 (D) 12...£c5 turned out to be a blank shot
XIIIIIIIIY it would have made sense to castle
9r+l+k+-tr0 instead of it.
9+pwq-vlpzpp0 14.b4! £a7
9p+-zppsn-+0 The only retreat. Bad is 14...£xb4?
9+-sn-+-vL-0 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6 16.¤d5 £c5 17.b4 £c4
9-+-sNPzP-+0
9+LsN-+Q+-0 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.¤xf6+ gxf6 20.£xf6;
9PzPP+-+PzP0 14...£c4 doesn't change anything in
9tR-+-mK-+R0 view of 15.b3!
xiiiiiiiiy 15.¥xf6 ¥xf6
Sutovsky himself played this position Even worse is 15...gxf6 16.fxe5 dxe5
with Black. He opted for one of the 17.¤d5
typical ideas in the Najdorf System 16.fxe5 dxe5 17.¤d5! (D)
with bishop on g5 - 10...h6 11.¥h4 g5 XIIIIIIIIY
12.fxg5 ¤fd7 13.0–0 ¤e5 14.£h5 ¥xg5 9r+l+k+-tr0
Bezemer - Sutovsky, Lost Boys 2002, 9wqp+-+pzpp0
but after 15.¥g3! ¥e3+ 16.¢h1 £g5 9p+-+-vl-+0
9+-+Nzp-+-0
17.£d1! found himself in an inferior 9-zP-sNP+-+0
position and couldn't beat his 9+-+-+Q+-0
opponent who was just a 2320 player. 9-zPP+-+PzP0
11.0–0 9+-+R+RmK-0
A new move in this position though xiiiiiiiiy
the idea of kingside castling can be White's threats along the f-file mean
met in similar lines of Sozin Attack. more than the doomed knight.
White plans to put his queenside rook 17...¦f8
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Protecting the f7-pawn and taking Getting rid of the pin and threatening
the rook away from h8 where it would with ¦c3.
have been attacked after the double 25...¥c4 (D)
capture on f6. The decision of the XIIIIIIIIY
Aeroflot organisers to present the 9r+ktr-+-+0
games by the jpg-version of the sheets 9wqp+-+p+p0
instead of pgn sometimes may 9p+-+-sN-+0
produce a misreading. Not everyone 9+-+-wQ-+-0
has clear handwriting. For example 9-zPlsNP+-+0
here some sources point out 17...¦b8 9+-+R+-+-0
as the move played by Dvoirys. But 9-zPP+-+PzP0
9+-+-+-+K0
then White would have easily won xiiiiiiiiy
after 18.¤xf6+ gxf6 19.£xf6 so I 26.¤e6!
suppose I was right reading Black's Wow! The knight that should have
17th move as ¦f8.; after 17...exd4 died a long time is still alive! And
18.e5! d3+ 19.¢h1 Black is helpless; as ironically puts an end to the game.
well as in case of 17...0–0 18.¤xf6+ Black resigned in view of 26.¤e6 fxe6
gxf6 19.£xf6 exd4 20.¦d3+- (26...¥xe6 27.¦c3+; 26...¥xd3
18.¤c7+ ¢e7 27.£c7#) 27.¦xd8+ ¢xd8 28.£d6+
18...¢d8 loses to 19.¤xa8 exd4 20.e5 ¢c8 29.£d7+ ¢b8 30.£d8# - a very
followed by £d5+ nice mate! 1–0.
19.¤d5+
19.¤xa8 exd4 20.¤c7 was enough to Solution to Quiz today
win but Sutovsky wants more. 1. Bologan - Smirnov
19...¢e8 (D) Aeroflot (3)
XIIIIIIIIY 36.¦a3! ¤xd3 [36...¦xa3 37.£xc5; 36...¤b3
9r+l+ktr-+0 37.bxa6] 37.£h4 [37.£h4! ¦c8 38.¦xd3] 1–0
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20...exd4 21.¦xf6 gxf6 22.£d6! and the price will go down, while the quality
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mate is inevitable.
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Quiz Today FIDE President and the Presidential

1. E. Ghaem Maghami - N. Short Board of FIDE. The meeting which
Match Tehran IRI (4), 15.02.2003 was attended by the President of the
White played 15.¤c3 with the idea Chess Federation of the Ukraine, Mr.
of 15...dxc3? 16.¥xc3 with a mating Victor Petrov, FIDE Executive Director
threat on g7. Find a refutation for Emmanuel Omuku, Assistant to the
Black? FIDE President Berik Balgabarv and
XIIIIIIIIY Representative of the State Committee
9r+-tr-+k+0 of Physical Culture and Sport of the
9+p+nvlpzpp0 Ukraine, Mr. Leonid Timoshenko saw
both the FIDE President and the World
9-+p+-wq-sn0 Champion reviewing the principles of
9zp-zP-+-+-0 the Prague Agreement and the
9-zP-zp-zP-+0 unification matches for the World
9zP-sNL+-wQ-0 Championship.
9-vL-zP-+PzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0 President Ilyumzhinov commended
xiiiiiiiiy World Champion Ponomariov for his
Black to play suggestions regarding his upcoming
match with Kasparov as well as his
2. S. Papa - M. Godena proposals regarding the unification
11th Aosta Open Saint Vincent ITA (7), match between the winner of his
14.02.2003 match with Grandmaster Kasparov and
XIIIIIIIIY the winner of the Kramnik - Leko
9-+-tr-vl-mk0 match, as well as the post unification
9+l+-+pzpn0 cycle of the World Championship.
President Ilyumzhinov assured the
9-+-+-+-zp0 World Champion that his proposals
9+-zp-wQN+-0 will be submitted to the next meeting
9-+-+-+P+0 of the Presidential Board of FIDE
9+-sN-vL-+-0 scheduled 22-23 February 2003 in
9-wq-+-tR-zP0 Bucharest for consideration.
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy None of the leading players were able
Black to play to win in the 5th round of the Aeroflot
Open 2003 and as a result there are 14
players that have 4 points out of 5.
World Champion And the Elo-favourites Grischuk,
Ponomariov to Svidler, Dreev, Morozevich and
Defend his Title Against Malakhov are not among them.
Kasparov Some results of the 5th round:
(FIDE has published the following Zvjaginsev (3,5) – Najer (3,5) ½:½
official press-release on their website Rublevsky (3,5) – Moiseenko (3,5)
www.fideonline.com.) ½:½
Bologan (3,5) – Lastin (3,5) ½:½
F ollowing a meeting with FIDE

President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in
his Moscow office Wednesday,
World Chess Champion Ruslan
Ponomariov reaffirmed his willingness
Galkin (3,5) – Aleksandrov (3,5) ½:½
Efimenko (3,5) – Kaidanov (3) 0:1
Dolmatov (3) – Dreev (3) ½:½
Van Wely ( 3 ) – Ulibin (3) 0:1
Sutovsky (3) – Popov (3) ½:½
to defend his title against World no 1 Sakaev (3) – Izoria (3) 1:0
rated player Garry Kasparov under the
Gagunashvili (3) – Khenkin (3) ½:½
Match Regulations as approved by the
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Nataf (3) – Granda Zuniga (3) ½:½ wins and 3 draws). The Last game was
Kazhgaleyev (3) – Deviatkin (3) ½:½ drawn.
Shomoev (3) – Mamedyarov (3) 0:1
Romanishin (3) – Fressinet (3) 0:1 GM Nigel Short won the 4th game,
Lugovoi (3) – Chuchelov (3) 1:0 again with Black in his match vs.
Jobava (2,5) – Grischuk (2,5) ½:½ Ehsan Ghaem Maghami in Tehran,
Svidler (2,5) – Sveshnikov (2,5) ½:½ Iran. The score is 3:1 in Short's favour
Morozevich (2,5) – Anastasian (2,5) now.
0:1
A. Minasian (2,5) – Malakhov (2,5) 1:0 Book Review
Ovetchkin (2,5) – Lautier (2,5) 0:1 by Andy Ansel
Smirin (2,5) – Yemelin (2,5) 1:0
Amonatov (2,5) – Tkachev (2,5) 0:1 I was quite excited when I received
Kobalia (2,5) – Berelovich (2,5) ½:½ Taming the Sicilian by Nigel Davies
Epishin (2,5) – Shaposhnikov (2,5) (Everyman Chess, 144 pages, $19.95)
½:½ to review. As a dedicated 1.e4 player, I
Tregubov (2,5) – Savchenko (2,5) have always played the Closed
½:½ Sicilian, but my recent results with
Brodsky (2,5) – Aronian (2,5) ½:½ these lines in ICCF e-mail play have
Ikonnikov (2,5) – Rustemov (2,5) ½:½ been disappointing. Thus, with much
Jussupov (2,5) – Kovchan (2,5) 1:0 anticipation, I started reading through
Poluljahov (2,5) – Milov (2,5) 0:1 this book hoping to find a new
Beshukov (2,5) – Neverov (2,5) 0:1 response to the Sicilian.
Top boards for the 6th round: The gist of Davies' recommendation is
Mamedyarov (4) Zvjaginsev (4) a g3 system against the Sicilian. My
Moiseenko (4) Sakaev (4) first impression of the work was that
Fressinet (4) Rublevsky (4) the lines (and notes) that were given
Lastin (4) Najer (4) provided fairly skimpy coverage with
Aleksandrov (4) Lugovoi (4) one or two games and that the reader
Ulibin (4) Bologan (4) would have to use other resources and
Kaidanov (4) Galkin (4) put in a lot more effort to actually
Dreev (3,5) Bu X. (3,5) learn and use this opening. I decided
Lautier (3,5) Fedorov A. (3,5) to look at his recommended line
Popov (3,5) Smirin (3,5) against the Accelerated Dragon (which
Gagunashvili (3,5) Sutovsky (3,5) I play as Black) and compare it to my
Tkachev (3,5) Sorokin (3,5) bible – Accelerated Dragons by
Khenkin (3,5) Jakovenko D. (3,5) Donaldson and Silman (D&S). Boy
Granda Zuniga (3,5) Lerner K. (3,5) was I in for a shock! Much as I loathe
Adianto (3,5) Kazhgaleyev (3,5) criticising a GM's work (since he is a
Anastasian (3,5) Jussupov (3,5) much better player than I am), I feel
Milov (3,5) A. Minasian (3,5) that I am the perfect intended
Korobov (3,5) Dolmatov (3,5) readership (i.e. ELO 2000 player.) and
Deviatkin (3,5) Efimenko (3,5) that my opinion should count.
Neverov (3,5) Nataf (3,5)
(Also see our Annotated Game First, Davies' coverage of this line is
section.) limited to one game. The line we are
looking at is:
GM Sergei Movsesjan beat the 1.e4 c5 2. ¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
strongest Icelandic GM Hannes 4.¤xd4 g6 5. ¤c3 ¥g7 6.¤de2
Stefansson in a 6-game training ¤f6 7.g3 (D)
match . The final score was 4½:1½ (3

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9r+lwqk+-tr0 9r+lwqkvl-tr0
9zpp+pzppvlp0 9+pzpp+pzpp0
9-+n+-snp+0 9p+n+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+-+P+-+0 9L+-+n+-+0
9+-sN-+-zP-0 9+-+-+N+-0
9PzPP+NzP-zP0 9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 9tRNvLQ+RmK-0
Note that Davies' main line is 6...d6 From time to time White "refutes" the
with 6...Nf6 as a side note; however Open variation of the Ruy Lopez, but
this is the main line in D&S. Davies always there are always many players
then gives 7...d5!? as the follow up; who dare to play it again and again.
however D&S gives 7...b5!. Perhaps The Ex-soviet, now American GM
the author wasn't familiar with the Kaidanov is one of them.
game Marinkovic-Davies, Vrnjacka 6.d4 b5 7.¥b3 d5 8.dxe5 ¥e6
Banja, 1991 ?! You can find this game 9.¥e3!?
in today CT database. My database has A logical move - White immediately
38 games with the 7...b5 line and takes control over the weak dark
Black scores an impressive 59%. Thus squares in Black's camp. But more
in the one line that I am familiar with, popular lines are: 9.c3; or 9.¤bd2!?
I found sloppy and incomplete 9...¥e7 10.c3 0–0 11.¦e1
research in Davies' book for properly 11.¤bd2!?
learning this line. 11...¤a5!? (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
Based on the Accelerated Dragon and 9r+-wq-trk+0
the overall thin coverage on other 9+-zp-vlpzpp0
lines, I doubt that this book offers 9p+-+l+-+0
much to the reader. I welcome a
comprehensive repertoire book for
9snp+pzP-+-0
White against the Sicilian (à la Beating 9-+-+n+-+0
the Sicilian by Nunn which had some 9+LzP-vLN+-0
great original analysis), but cannot 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
recommend this book at all. 9tRN+QtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
¤¤¤ This looks like a novelty - Black has
À la Steinitz! played previously 11...£d7
12.¥c2
Z. Efimenko (2590) Maybe better was 12.¤bd2!? ¤xb3
G. Kaidanov (2629) 13.axb3 though it wasn't so easy for
Event: Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS White to part with the light-square
(5), 15.02.2003 - [C83] bishop, of course.
Annotations by IM Vladimir Barsky 12...¤c4 13.¥c1
Last year's winner of the Aeroflot- The dark-square bishop is an
open, G. Kaidanov, won a nice game important piece also, no doubt, but
against Z. Efimenko and now shares now Black gains a very big advantage
first place. Can he win back to back in development
tournaments?! 13...¥c5 14.¤d4? (D)
1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4
¤f6 5.0–0 ¤xe4 (D)

CT-47(831) Page 3 of 5
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0 his rooks. Black is clearly better in this
9+-zp-+pzpp0 endgame.
9p+-+l+-+0 24.h3?!
9+pvlpzP-+-0 a new mistake.
24...d4 25.¤e4
9-+nsNn+-+0 This move loses the knight.
9+-zP-+-+-0 25...¤g6 26.¥g5 ¦d5 27.h4 d3
9PzPL+-zPPzP0 28.¥b3 ¦f5+ 29.¢e3 ¦fe5 (D)
9tRNvLQtR-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+r+k+0
Obviously White missed his 9+-zp-+pzpp0
opponent's strong reply. The only 9p+-+-+n+0
move was 14.¥xe4 dxe4 15.¤d4
(15.£xd8 ¦axd8 16.¦xe4 ¦d1+
9+p+-tr-vL-0
17.¦e1 ¦fd8³) 15...¥d5!?ƒ with better 9-+-+N+-zP0
chances for Black. 9+L+pmK-+-0
14...¤xf2! 9PzP-+-+P+0
A typical shot, but very nice in any 9tR-+-+-+-0
event. xiiiiiiiiy
15.¢xf2 £h4+ 16.¢g1 30.¢xd3 ¦xe4 31.¦f1 ¤h8! (D)
16.g3 £xh2+ 17.¢f3 (17.¢f1 ¥h3#) XIIIIIIIIY
17...h5!?‚; 16.¢f1 f6!‚ 9-+-+r+ksn0
16...¥g4 17.¦e2 9+-zp-+pzpp0
17.g3 ¥xd1 18.gxh4 ¥xc2; 17.£d3 9p+-+-+-+0
£xe1+
17...¥xe2 18.£xe2 ¥xd4+ 19.cxd4
9+p+-+-vL-0
£xd4+ (D) 9-+-+r+-zP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+L+K+-+-0
9r+-+-trk+0 9PzP-+-+P+0
9+-zp-+pzpp0 9+-+-+R+-0
9p+-+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+p+pzP-+-0 À la Steinitz!
32.¥d5 ¦e1 33.¦xe1 ¦xe1 34.b4
9-+nwq-+-+0 ¤g6
9+-+-+-+-0 White had to resign somewhere here,
9PzPL+Q+PzP0 but maybe he hadn't enough time to
9tRNvL-+-mK-0 do it.
xiiiiiiiiy 35.¢d4 h6 36.¥d2 ¦d1 37.¢c3
Black wins many pawns. ¤xh4 38.¥b7 ¤f5 39.¥xa6 ¤d6
20.£f2 £xf2+ 21.¢xf2 ¤xe5 (D)
22.¥f4 ¦fe8 23.¤c3 ¦ad8 (D) XIIIIIIIIY
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+k+0
9-+-trr+k+0 9+-zp-+pzp-0
9+-zp-+pzpp0 9L+-sn-+-zp0
9p+-+-+-+0 9+p+-+-+-0
9+p+psn-+-0 9-zP-+-+-+0
9-+-+-vL-+0 9+-mK-+-+-0
9+-sN-+-+-0 9P+-vL-+P+0
9PzPL+-mKPzP0 9+-+r+-+-0
9tR-+-+-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
xiiiiiiiiy 40.¢d4
A pair of bishops is almost always a It's difficult to believe that this move
very dangerous weapon, but Black has was actually made on the board. I
too many extra pawns together with suspect that White had resigned here
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an arbiter in accordance with his role

had placed both kings on the dark
central squares d4 and e5. 0–1.
Solution to Quiz today

1. E. Ghaem Maghami - N. Short
Match Tehran IRI (4), 15.02.2003
15...¤xc5! [15...dxc3? 16.¥xc3]
16.bxc5 dxc3 17.¥xc3 ¥xc5+!
18.¢h1 ¥d4µ and black won a
pawn and realised the victory step by
step on move 49.
2. S. Papa - M. Godena
11th Aosta Open Saint Vincent ITA (7),
14.02.2003
31...¦d1+! 0–1.
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Quiz Today Milov – Artashes Minasian 1:0

1. H. Saldano - N. Friedrich Korobov – Dolmatov ½:½
11th Aosta Open Saint Vincent ITA (8), Deviatkin – Efimenko 0:1
15.02.2003 Neverov – Nataf ½:½
XIIIIIIIIY Grischuk – Brodsky ½:½
9rwq-+n+k+0 Berelovich – Svidler 0:1
9+p+-trNzp-0 Kempiski – Van Wely 1:0
Romanishin – Landa ½:½
9p+l+-zp-zp0 Shaposhnikov – Kobalia ½:½
9+-+-+-+-0 Degraeve – Epishin ½:½
9-+-+-tR-wQ0 Tregubov – Morovic Fernandez ½:½
9+-tRL+-+-0 Aronian – Ikonnikov 1:0
9PzPP+-+PzP0 Rustemov – Shomoev ½:½
9+-+-+-mK-0 Savchenko – Ehlvest ½:½
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Round 7 pairings:
Zvjagintsev – Aleksandrov
Aleksandrov leads Sutovsky – Fressinet
Jussupov – Sakaev
Aeroflot Open Rublevsky – Ulibin
Efimenko – Lastin
T he 6th round of the Aeroflot-

open saw the Byelorussian GM
Alexey Aleksandrov taking the
lead, turning a crowd of leaders into a
Bologan – Milov
Najer – Kaidanov
Kazhgaleyev – Fedorov
Galkin – Moiseenko
swarm of pursuers. Aleksandrov has 5 Sorokin – Mamedyarov
points now. There are 19 players half
a point behind. You will find all of The hero of the FIDE World
them in the pairing list below. The Championship in Las Vegas 1999, GM
ELO favourites still encounter Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania,
difficulties in scoring wins. Svidler, has won the 11th Open Valle d'Aosta
Dreev and Smirin have 4 points that took place in Saint Vincent.
Grischuk, Morozevich, Malakhov and The final standings:
Lautier are on "+1" level. Van Wely has 1. Nisipeanu – 7½
scored 50%. 2-4. Tiviakov, Azmaiparashvili,
Nevednichy – 7
Round 6 results (top 30 boards): 5-15. M. Gurevich, Rotstein, Golod,
Mamedyarov – Zvjagintsev ½:½ Palac, Korchnoi, Atalik, R. Ibrahimov,
Moiseenko – Sakaev ½:½ V. Georgiev, Bauer, Baklan, Kveynis –
Fressinet – Rublevsky ½:½ 6½, etc.
Lastin – Najer ½:½
Aleksandrov – Lugovoi 1:0 The 5th game of Nigel Short – Ghaem
Ulibin – Bologan ½:½ Maghami match in Tehran was drawn.
Kaidanov – Galkin ½:½ The score is 3½:1½. Nigel has secured
Dreev – Bu Xiangzhi ½:½ has thus secured the match win with
Lautier – Fedorov 0:1 one game is left to play.
Popov – Smirin ½:½
Gagunashvili – Sutovsky 0:1
Tkachev – Sorokin 0:1
Khenkin – Jakovenko ½:½ ¤¤¤
Granda Zuniga – Lerner ½:½
Adianto – Kazhgaleyev 0:1
Anastasian – Jussupov 0:1
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Annotated Game 11.bxc3 ¤c6 (D)

Aleksandrov,A XIIIIIIIIY
Lugovoi,A 9r+lwqr+k+0
Event: Aeroflot-open (6) - [E48] 9zpp+-+pzpp0
Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin 9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-zpp+-+-0
This game features the triumph of a 9-+-zP-+-+0
good middlegame plan. 9zP-zPLzPP+-0
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e3 9-+-+N+PzP0
0–0 5.¥d3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.¤ge2 9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
Aleksandrov is one of the experts in xiiiiiiiiy
this line of the Nimzo-Indian Defence. Here Aleksandrov demonstrates an
His pieces know their places very instructive regrouping.
well. 12.¦a2!
7...c6 Note that the capture on c5 is
Just a reminder that Deep Junior disadvantageous for White as well as
against Kasparov chose 7...¦e8 8.0–0 the c5-c4 advance for Black.
¥d6. 12...£c7 13.¤g3 ¥e6 14.¥b1!
8.0–0 ¦e8 9.f3 (D) ¦ac8?!
XIIIIIIIIY Unlike White, Black has no clear idea
9rsnlwqr+k+0 of his plans. It's obvious that after the
9zpp+-+pzpp0 moves ¦af2 and £d3 White would
9-+p+-sn-+0 have to prepare e3-e4 in order to
9+-+p+-+-0
9-vl-zP-+-+0 activate his pieces. Therefore
9+-sNLzPP+-0 14...¦ad8 looks logical to put pressure
9PzP-+N+PzP0 on the d4-pawn in advance. After
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 15.¦af2 h6 16.£d3 £a5 17.¦d1 ¥c8
xiiiiiiiiy it's not easy for White to improve.
9...c5 15.¦af2 £d7?!
The situation in the centre is different To have the rook in opposition to the
after f2-f3 and Black can thus safely queen is better.
advance the c-pawn one square 16.£d3
further. In case of d4xc5 White would Black should parry the threat of
be unable to siege the isolated d5- 17. ¤h5 threat.
pawn because of the weakness on e3. 16...h6 17.¦d1
[However it seems to me that 9...b6! White begins the final preparation for
with the idea of Ba6 that was played in the advance in the centre.
Giorgadze - Piket, Istanbul 2000 is 17...¦c7 18.¥b2 (D)
more promising for Black. XIIIIIIIIY
10.a3 ¥xc3 9-+-+r+k+0
Black gives up the bishop 9zpptrq+pzp-0
consolidating his opponent's centre at 9-+n+lsn-zp0
the same time. A dubious strategy in 9+-zpp+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
my opinion, but it's not time to talk 9zP-zPQzPPsN-0
about White's advantage yet. [The 9-vL-+-tRPzP0
game D. Gurevich - Tisdall, Brighton 9+L+R+-mK-0
1982 saw 10...cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 xiiiiiiiiy
12.bxc3 ¤c6 13.¤f4 £c7 14.¥b1 ¤e5?! White's pieces are still hidden behind
15.¤xd5 ¤xd5 16.£xd5 £xc3 17.¥d2! his pawn chain, but the approaching
£b2?? (17...£xa1? 18.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 e3-e4 will change everything.
19.¦xa1; 17...£c4) 18.¦a2! and Black [Premature is 18.e4 cxd4 A) if 19.¥f4!?
resigned for his queen is trapped and then 19...dxe4! (19...¦cc8? 20.e5+-)
18...¥e6 doesn't help in view of 20.fxe4 ¤g4!; B) 19.cxd4 19...dxe4
19.£xe6! Strangely enough in previous 20.¤xe4 ¤xe4 21.£xe4 (21.fxe4 ¥g4)
games White always preferred 21...f5
11.exd4. 18...¤a5 19.e4! I believe Black's
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position is strategically lost after 28.£xh5 g6

already. The outlines of White's 28...b5
following play are known since the 28...g6 29.c4! and the black knight is
time of Botvinnik. out and the white dark-squared
19...dxe4 20.fxe4 ¥c4 bishop is in.
Worse is 20...¤g4 21.¦f4 29.c4! ¤xc4 30.¤xc4 bxc4 31.e6
21.£f3 ¤g4 22.¦fd2 ¥b3 (D) fxe6
XIIIIIIIIY Everything else loses as well -
9-+-+r+k+0 31...£d6 32.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 33.£xh5+
9zpptrq+pzp-0 ¢g8 34.¥e5; 31...£a4 32.¥xh7+ ¢xh7
9-+-+-+-zp0 33.d6; 31...¤g5 32.¥h7+!? ¢h8
9sn-zp-+-+-0 (32...¢xh7 33.£xh5+ ¢g8 34.exd7)
9-+-zPP+n+0 33.£xh5
9zPlzP-+QsN-0 32.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 33.£xf8 exd5
9-vL-tR-+PzP0
9+L+R+-mK-0 34.¥e5 ¦c8 35.¦xd5!
xiiiiiiiiy Black resigned. 35.¦xd5 £xd5
Black tries with all his might to break 36.£xg7# 1–0.
the harmony of White's pieces.
Aleksandrov's next move shows it's all Solution to Quiz today
in vain. 1. H. Saldano - N. Friedrich
23.¤f5! 11th Aosta Open Saint Vincent ITA (8),
For a crushing attack White doesn't 15.02.2003
need two rooks! 28.¤xh6+! gxh6 29.¥c4+ ¢h7
23...¥xd1 24.¦xd1 h5 30.¦g3 ¤g7 [30...£a7+ 31.¢f1;
An unnecessary weakening move. 30...£e5 31.¥g8+; 30...¦g7 31.£xh6+!
More stubborn was 24...¤f6 though ¢xh6 32.¦h4#] 31.¦xf6 ¤h5
White has a variety of attractive plans, 32.¦xh6+! ¢xh6 33.£g5+ 1–0
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Aleksandrov continues to Smirin – Dolmatov

Efimenko – Sutovsky
lead Aeroflot Open Sakaev – Najer
Smirnov – Rublevsky
A lexey Aleksandrov is once the

person of the day. Today in the
7th round of the Aeroflot-open
he scored his fifth win; this time
over Vadim Zvjagintsev whose play in
Lastin – Galkin
Kaidanov – Lerner
Granda Zuniga – Lugovoi
Ulibin – Moiseenko
the opening was far from rational (see The final game of the Nigel Short –
Annotated game section). With 6 Ghaem Maghami match in Tehran was
points Aleksandrov is half a point a quick draw. Short won the match
ahead of Victor Bologan, Alexey 4:2.
Fedorov and Maxim Sorokin. All the
other players listed in the Round 8 Tomorrow a Category XV tournament
pairings below have scored 5 points. starts at the Reykjavik Art Museum.
Michael Adams, Alexei Shirov, Ivan
Round 7 results (top 30 boards): Sokolov, Etienne Bacrot, Bartlomiej
Zvjagintsev – Aleksandrov 0:1 Macieja, Viktor Korchnoi, Luke
Sutovsky – Fressinet ½:½ McShane, Hannes Stefansson, Helgi
Jussupov – Sakaev ½:½ Gretarsson and Stefan Kristjansson will
Rublevsky – Ulibin ½:½ be taking part in the event which is
Efimenko – Lastin ½:½ organized by Hrokurinn Chess Club.
Bologan – Milov 1:0 The official site is:
Najer – Kaidanov ½:½ http://www.hrokurinn.is
Kazhgaleyev – Fedorov 0:1
Galkin – Moiseenko ½:½ (CT publishes a statement by a
Sorokin – Mamedyarov 1:0 number of leading professional GMs)
Svidler – Kempinski 1:0 Statement from the group of
Jakovenko – Dreev 0:1
Smirin – Sadvakasov 1:0 players with regards to newly
Bu Xiangzhi – Khenkin ½:½ formed GM steering
Jobava – Granda Zuniga 0:1 committee and possible
Nataf – Aronian ½:½ changes in the World
Dolmatov – Sveshnikov 1:0 Championship
Lugovoi – Neverov 1:0
Lerner – Popov 1:0
Korobov – Smirnov 0:1
S. Ivanov – Grischuk ½:½
Morozevich – Romanishin 1:0
Anastasian – Malakhov ½:½
A t the moment professional
players (grandmasters)
facing challenging times with
regards to the WCC and reunification
are
Brodsky – Lautier ½:½ of the chess World. From the reports

Landa – Shaposhnikov ½:½ in the press it could have been
understood that [the] GM Steering
Artashes Minasian – Tkachev 0:1
Committee has been established to
Kobalia – Degraeve 1:0
Epishin – Savchenko ½:½ cooperate with FIDE in order to
Ovetchkin – Tregubov 0:1 ensure that the next WCC and the
Yurtaev – Rustemov ½:½ post-unification period would be
organised in the best interests of the
Round 8 pairings: professional players involved. Sadly,
Aleksandrov – Bologan the GM Steering Committee had not
been elected using any form of
Fedorov – Sorokin
Fressinet – Svidler general elections principles. It should
Dreev – Jussupov be therefore understood that
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grandmasters currently "elected" in the Man vs. Mashine

Steering Committee cannot take by Pete Tamburro
decisions on behalf of the other
players. [The] GM Steering Committee You could just imagine it in your
should be an important body mind, sports fans... The announcer in
representing the interests of the dramatic voice intoning, 'We're going
players and elected by the players. into the 10th inning of this seventh
Therefore [the] top two hundred game of the World Series, baseball
players (according to the last two FIDE lovers, and we have a great duel
Elo lists) should be given a chance to between the best in the sport.
choose their representatives in the ' The Yanks seem to have a slight edge
legal and fair elections. Needless to with the experienced bullpen, but the
say grandmasters sitting on the Diamondbacks are tough outs. They
Steering Committee should not hold never swing at a bad pitch and will
other functions within FIDE or expect cream it if the relief ace serves just one
to receive wild-cards for the various fat one up to the plate. And with the
kinds of the FIDE events. pressure of it being the deciding game,
anything can happen! 'Wait, Joe Torre
Currently FIDE is planning drastic is walking up to the umpire. Yes, our
changes in the World Championship mike has picked it up! He's offering
cycle possibly forfeiting democratic the Diamondback manager a draw!.
achievements of the past years and 'The Diamondback team is having an
giving privileged positions to the very impromptu meeting in the dugout.
few. Hopefully majority of the They're nodding their heads. Yes, fans,
grandmasters would be consulted it's a tied World Series. They will split
before such (unpopular) moves will the money and everyone goes without
be made. risking loss.'
"Joe, Joe Torre, can we have a word
Signed: Kramnik, Shirov, Gelfand, with you."
Khalifman, Svidler, I. Sokolov, "Sure."
Kasimdzhanov, Sasikiran, "Joe, you seemed to have an edge
Rublevsky, Bologan, Andersson, going into extra innings. What made
Tregubov, Vaganian,Tkachiev, you offer the draw?"
Chernin, Huzman, Cu. Hansen, "Well, I didn't want one mistake by
Vallejo, Illescas, Zvjaginsev, Rivera to cost us the series. That
Iordachescu, Onischuk, Smirin happened before and it might affect
him psychologically. Plus, maybe
Letter to the Editor Giambi and Williams might not have
come through for that run we needed.
The recent match in New York You know how Mr. Steinbrenner hates
between Garry Kasparov and Deep to lose. That way we don't have to risk
Junior drew a lot of attention and losing for anyone. It was a great series,
received great publicity. It was very wasn't it?"
good for the game, which was once "Im sorry, Joe, I couldn"t hear that last
again in [the] media spotlight. But as comment. The booing is getting too
you may recall, the last game was loud. And with those seats landing so
somewhat of an anti-climax. The fact close to you on the field, you had
that a draw was agreed in still a very better go."
complex position, clearly irritated
many... Chess Today received the Hard to imagine, huh? Well, if Garry
following article from our reader Pete Kasparov and the rest of the world
Tamburro (USA). Many would know class GMs want chess to take its
Pete because of his work on Chess rightful place as a sport, they had
FM. better understand that every real sport
has winners and losers, champions
and also-rans, and that champions –
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and heroes – have to risk loss to on d3 because in case of d5xc4 he isn't

achieve greatness. Without further going to take on c4 immediately. [The
comment, we present the 'deciding' various methods have been tested to
game of the Man vs. Machine World make Black's 5th move useless or at
'Championship.' least harmless. 6.a4 which was played
in Khalifman - Ivanchuk, Moscow
Deep Junior Computer (blitz) 1993 simply covers the b5-
Garry Kasparov square. Black should play d5xc4
Man v. Machine World Championship, followed by c7-c5 obtaining the
2003 position of the Queen's Gambit
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 Accepted.; After 6.b3 (Riazantsev -
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e7 Aleksandrov, Batumi 2002 and
8.0–0 0–0 9.¢h1 ¥d7 10.¥e3 ¥c6 Korchnoi - Nikolic, Istanbul 2000)
11.¥f3 ¤bd7 12.a4 b6 13.£d3 White is no longer afraid of b7-b5 as
¥b7 14.h3 ¦c8 15.¦ad1 h6 he would capture on c4 with the
16.¦fe1 £c7 17.g3 ¦fd8 18.¢h2 pawn. Playing 6...¥b4 here, Black
¦e8 19.¦e2 £c4 20.£xc4 ¦xc4 hampers the opponent's comfortable
21.¤d2 ¦c7 22.¥g2 ¦ec8 23.¤b3 development; The curious 6.cxd5 exd5
¦xc3 24.bxc3 ¥xe4 25.¥c1 ¥xg2 7.¤e5 was played in an "ancient"
26.¢xg2 ¦xc3 27.¥a3 ¤e8 28.f4 game Rubinstein - Tartakower,
½-½. Rotterdam 1931. White is going to
fortify the knight by f2-f4 and Black
¤¤¤ can't take on e5 because of the
Aeroflot Drama insufficient protection of the d5-
V. Zvjagintsev pawn.; the encounter Botvinnik -
A. Aleksandrov Thomas, Nottingham 1936 was the first
Event: Aeroflot-open (7) - [D30] that saw 6.c5 Black is unable to
Annotations by IM Maxim Notkin manage without c7-c6 and White
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.e3 means to use the weakening of the
¤bd7 5.¤c3 (D) b6-square in this case.
XIIIIIIIIY 6...dxc4 7.a4!
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 After 7.¥xc4 b5 8.¥e2 c5 Black
9zppzpn+pzpp0 solves all his opening problems.
7...b6
9-+-+psn-+0 Sooner or later White will have to
9+-+p+-+-0 touch his light-squared bishop one
9-+PzP-+-+0 more time taking on c4 whereas Black
9+-sN-zPN+-0 develops it without a loss of time.
9PzP-+-zPPzP0 8.e4
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 8.¥xc4 ¥b7 9.0–0 is a normal
xiiiiiiiiy continuation. The position is about
5...a6 even as White's dark-squared bishop
By this slightly unusual move order is restricted by his own pawn chain.
Black is trying to win a tempo as 8...¥b7 9.e5 ¤d5 10.¥xc4 ¥e7
compared with the Meran Variation (D)
which arises after 5...c6 Black's main XIIIIIIIIY
idea here is to play d5xc4, b7-b5 and 9r+-wqk+-tr0
then c6-c5. As a rule for the latter 9+lzpnvlpzpp0
advance he needs to play a7-a6 first in 9pzp-+p+-+0
order to protect the b5-pawn. After 9+-+nzP-+-0
5...a6 Black has a positional threat of 9P+LzP-+-+0
the exchange on c4 followed by b7-
b5.
9+-sN-+N+-0
6.¥e2 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
White develops the bishop on e2 not 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
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11.h4?! (20.0–0 £f6) 20...¢d8 21.0–0 £f6

Surely Zvjagintsev knew that he was 22.¦d1+ ¢c8 23.¥e6+ ¢b8 24.¥f4+
breaking the general opening rules. ¢a7–+
But sometimes it's beyond our will. In 19.¥xe6 ¥c5 20.¤e5+
this game the desire for win lead to The farewell check. or 20.£d2 ¦ae8]
quite the contrary. Right was 11.¤xd5 20...¢h8
¥xd5 (11...exd5 12.¥d3 c5 13.0–0 and White resigned. "Aeroflot Drama" :)
Black has some problems with the b7 0–1.
bishop) 12.¥xd5 exd5 13.0–0 0–0
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£xg2
15...¤xe5!–+ 16.dxe5 £xe5+
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Quiz Today Some results of the 8th round:

A. Fedorov - M. Sorokin Aleksandrov (6) – Bologan (5,5)
Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (8), ½:½
18.02.2003 Fedorov (5,5) – Sorokin (5,5) 1:0
XIIIIIIIIY Fressinet (5) – Svidler (5) 0:1
9r+-wq-vlk+0 Dreev (5) – Jussupov (5) 1:0
9zpnzp-+-zp-0 Smirin (5) – Dolmatov (5) ½:½
Efimenko (5) – Sutovsky (5) ½:½
9-zp-+-zp-zp0 Sakaev (5) – Najer (5) ½:½
9+-+P+-+-0 Smirnov (5) – Rublevsky (5) ½:½
9-+P+N+-+0 Lastin (5) – Galkin (5) 0:1
9zP-+Q+-+R0 Kaidanov (5) – Lerner (5) 1:0
9-vL-+-zPPzP0 Granda Zuniga (5) – Lugovoi (5) 1:0
9+-+-+-mK-0 Ulibin (5) – Moiseenko (5) ½:½
xiiiiiiiiy Kotsur (4,5) – Morozevich (4,5) 0:1
White to play Bu X. (4,5) – Zvjaginsev (4,5) 1:0
Tkachev (4,5) – Nataf (4,5) ½:½
Kirsan Iljumzhinov Sulskis (4,5) – Kobalia (4,5) 0:1
Garry Kasparov hold Press Khenkin (4,5) – Morovic (4,5) 1:0
Chernyshov (4,5) – Tregubov (4,5) 0:1
Conference Aronian (4,5) – Shomoev (4,5) 0:1
Ionov (4,5) Kazhgaleyev (4,5) ½:½
T oday a press conference was

held by FIDE President Kirsan
Iljumzhinov and
Kasparov in Moscow. The main
Garry
Mamedyarov (4,5) – Bocharov (4,5)
1:0
Milov (4,5) – Goloshchapov (4,5) ½:½
Grischuk (4) – Anastasian (4) 1:0
theme was the results of the recent
Malakhov (4) – Jobava (4) ½:½
Kasparov – Deep Junior match in
Lautier (4) – Volzhin (4) 1:0
NewYork City. It was announced that
Sveshnikov (4) – Van Wely (4) ½:½
the strongest human GM will regularly
Vaganian (4) – Amonatov (4) ½:½
play vs. the strongest computer chess
Landa (4) – Fominyh (4) 1:0
program. In addition Iljumzhinov
announced that Kasparov will play vs. Brodsky (4) – Motylev (4) 0:1
Ponomariov in Buenos-Aires Yurtaev (4) – Epishin (4) 1:0
(Argentina) from the 19th of June to
the 7th of July. The price fund will be Top boards for the 9th round:
Fedorov (6,5) – Aleksandrov (6,5)
not less than $1,000,000!
Svidler (6) – Kaidanov (6)
You can find additional details (only in Galkin (6) – Dreev (6)
Bologan (6) – Granda Zuniga (6)
Russian still) at:
Morozevich (5,5) – Mamedyarov (5,5)
www.worldchessrating.ru and
Najer (5,5) – Smirin (5,5)
www.chess-express-ru
Sutovsky (5,5) – Dolmatov (5,5)
Sorokin (5,5) – Sakaev (5,5)
Two Belarusian GMs, Alexei
Rublevsky (5,5) – Efimenko (5,5)
Aleksandrov and Alexei Fedorov –
Kobalia (5,5) – Ulibin (5,5)
now share the lead with 6½ points
Shomoev (5,5) – Khenkin (5,5)
before the 9th and final round of the
Tregubov (5,5) – Smirnov (5,5)
Aeroflot Open 2003 and will play each
Moiseenko (5,5) – Bu X. (5,5)
other on the last day. Just recall that
Gagunashvili (5) – Grischuk (5)
the first prize in this event is $25,000
Lautier (5) – Yurtaev (5)
plus a vacation in Dortmund-2003
Nataf (5) – Landa (5)
superb tournament.
Shaposhnikov (5) – Tkachev (5)
Motylev (5) – Belov (5)
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Lugovoi (5) – Lastin (5) So called improved Tarrasch Defence.

Kazhgaleyev (5) – Savchenko (5) Tarrasch, though, thought that his
Timoshenko (5) – Fressinet (5) wonderful defence (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.
Jussupov (5) – Ionov (5) ¤c3 c5) didn't need any
Sadvakasov (5) – Milov (5) "improvements".
Goloshchapov (5) – Popov (5) 5.cxd5 ¤xd5 6.e4
Lerner (5) – Izoria (5) 6.e3!?; One of the most original move
I've seen in this position is 6.a3!?
Also see our Annotated Game section. 6...¤xc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¥b4+
9.¥d2 ¥xd2+ 10.£xd2 0–0
A category XV tournament (average 11.¥c4 ¤c6 (D)
elo - 2618) organised by Iceland's XIIIIIIIIY
Hrokurinn Chess Club is underway at 9r+lwq-trk+0
the Reykjavik Art Museum. The event 9zpp+-+pzpp0
will run from the 18th to 27th of
February. The list of participants were
9-+n+p+-+0
published in CT-833. Gretarsson 9+-+-+-+-0
leads with 1 point, followed by all the 9-+LzPP+-+0
others with a ½ point. 9+-+-+N+-0
9P+-wQ-zPPzP0
Round 1: 9tR-+-mK-+R0
Sokolov – Macieja ½:½ xiiiiiiiiy
Stefansson – Shirov ½:½ This line leads to rather well known
Bacrot – Adams ½:½ and sharp positions in which every
McShane – Korchnoi ½:½ move costs are critical.
Gretarsson – Kristjansson 1:0 12.0–0 b6 13.¦ad1 ¤a5 14.¥d3
¥b7 15.¦fe1 (D)
Pairing for the 2nd Round: XIIIIIIIIY
Sokolov – Stefansson 9r+-wq-trk+0
Shirov – Bacrot 9zpl+-+pzpp0
Adams – McShane 9-zp-+p+-+0
Korchnoi – Gretarsson
Macieja – Kristjansson 9sn-+-+-+-0
9-+-zPP+-+0
¤¤¤ 9+-+L+N+-0
Improved Tarrasch Defense 9P+-wQ-zPPzP0
A. Dreev (2690) 9+-+RtR-mK-0
A. Jussupow (2592) xiiiiiiiiy
Event: Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS 15...£e7
(8), 18.02.2003 - [D41] 15...¦c8 was played in the following
Annotations by IM Vladimir classical game: 16.d5! exd5 17.e5! ¤c4
Barsky (17...¦c6!? 18.¤d4 ¦h6 19.f4 ¤c6
20.¤f5© Khenkin - Straeter,
1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 e6 3.¤f3 d5 4.¤c3 Recklinghausen 1996.) 18.£f4 ¤b2
c5 (D) 19.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 20.¤g5+ ¢g6 21.h4!!
XIIIIIIIIY ¦c4 22.h5+ ¢h6 23.¤xf7+ ¢h7
9rsnlwqkvl-tr0 24.£f5+ ¢g8 25.e6! £f6 26.£xf6 gxf6
9zpp+-+pzpp0 27.¦d2 ¦c6 28.¦xb2+- Polugaevsky -
9-+-+psn-+0 Tal, Moscow 1967. The famous
9+-zpp+-+-0 Russian GM Lev Polugaevsky had
9-+PzP-+-+0 always analysed opening lines very
deeply, this particular one until move
9+-sN-+N+-0 25-30.; Another possibility is 15...h6
9PzP-+PzPPzP0 for example: 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 ¤c4
9tR-vLQmKL+R0 18.£e2 £c7 19.¤d4 ¦ae8 20.f4 b5
xiiiiiiiiy 21.¢h1 £b6 22.¥f5© Gulko -
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XIIIIIIIIY
Jussupow, Riga 1995. 9l+-tr-tr-mk0
16.d5!? 9+-+-+-zpp0
16.£f4 f6 17.d5 e5 18.£d2 ¦ac8 9-+-+-+-+0
19.¦c1 ¦xc1 20.¦xc1 ¦c8 21.¦xc8+ 9wq-+Nsnp+-0
¥xc8 22.£c3 ¥g4„ Ruck - Graf,
Yerevan 2001. 9-+-+P+-+0
16...¦ad8 9+L+-wQ-+-0
Black decides to save his pawn on e6 9P+-+-zPPzP0
to cover the f5-square. 16...exd5!? 9+R+-tR-mK-0
17.e5 (17.exd5 £d6„) 17...¤c4 xiiiiiiiiy
(17...d4!? 18.¤xd4 ¦ad8 19.¤f5 £e6 28.f3
20.£g5 g6÷) 18.£e2© 28.£g5!?
17.¤d4 ¥c8?! 28...fxe4 29.fxe4 ¤g4 30.£d4
With the same idea. Black doesn't ¥xd5
want to exchange on d5. 17...exd5 30...¦f4!?
18.¤f5 (18.e5!?) 18...£f6 19.exd5 ¢h8 31.exd5 (D)
20.¤e7!? ¦fe8 21.£b4!?± XIIIIIIIIY
18.¤b5!? 9-+-tr-tr-mk0
White has to find new targets to 9+-+-+-zpp0
attack. He tries to weaken Black's 9-+-+-+-+0
queen side. 9wq-+P+-+-0
18...a6?!
18...exd5 19.exd5 £d7 20.£c2 g6 9-+-wQ-+n+0
21.¤c3±; 18...¥a6!? 9+L+-+-+-0
19.¤c3 ¥b7 20.¤a4! (D) 9P+-+-+PzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+R+-tR-mK-0
9-+-tr-trk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+l+-wqpzpp0 31...¦f4!?
9pzp-+p+-+0 The last attempt.
9sn-+P+-+-0 32.£xf4 £c5+ 33.¦e3
33.¢f1 ¦f8; 33.¢h1 ¤f2+
9N+-+P+-+0 33...¤xe3 34.¢h1 ¦f8
9+-+L+-+-0 34...¤xd5 35.£f5 £d4 36.¥xd5+-
9P+-wQ-zPPzP0 35.£e4 ¤f5?! (D)
9+-+RtR-mK-0 XIIIIIIIIY
xiiiiiiiiy 9-+-+-tr-mk0
Now it's hard to defend b6 pawn and 9+-+-+-zpp0
the knight on a5. 9-+-+-+-+0
20...exd5 9+-wqP+n+-0
20...£d6 21.¦b1 exd5 22.¦xb6+-
21.¤xb6 £c5 9-+-+Q+-+0
21...dxe4 22.£xa5+-; 21...¤c4 9+L+-+-+-0
22.¤xd5 ¥xd5 23.exd5+- 9P+-+-+PzP0
22.¤xd5 ¤c6 9+R+-+-+K0
Because Black couldn't play xiiiiiiiiy
22...¥xd5 23.exd5 ¦xd5? 24.¥xh7++- 36.¥c2! £c3? 37.£xf5! 1–0.
,and White wins an extra pawn
without any compensation for Black. Solution to Quiz Today
23.¦b1 ¥a8?! 24.¥xa6 A. Fedorov - M. Sorokin
Two extra pawns. Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS (8),
24...f5 25.£e3 £a5 26.¥c4 ¤e5 18.02.2003
27.¥b3 ¢h8 (D) 32.¦xh6!! gxh6 [32...f5 33.¤f6+
gxf6 (33...¢f7 34.£xf5+-) 34.£g3+
¥g7 (34...¢f7 35.¦h7+ ¢e8 36.£g6#)
35.¥xf6+-] 33.¤xf6+ ¢f7 [33...¢h8
34.£h7#] 34.£f5! ¤c5 [34...¥g7
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35.£e6+ ¢g6 36.¤e4+ ¥f6 (36...¢h7

37.£f7 £f8 38.¤f6+ ¢h8 39.£g6+-)
37.f4!?+-] 35.¤e4+ [35.¤g8+! ¢e8
(35...¢xg8 36.£g6+ ¥g7 37.£xg7#)
36.£g6+ ¢d7 37.£c6+ ¢c8 38.£xa8+]
35...¢e8 36.£g6+ ¢d7 37.¤xc5+
¢c8 [37...¥xc5 38.£e6#; 37...¢c8
38.¥f6 ¥e7 39.¥xe7 £xe7 40.£g8+
£d8 41.£e6+ ¢b8 42.¤d7+ ¢b7
43.£c6+ ¢c8 (43...¢a6 44.¤c5+! ¢a5
45.£a4#) 44.¤xb6+ axb6 45.£xa8+
¢d7 46.£xd8++-] 1–0.
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Aeroflot Open: Viorel Bologan first calculation, according to the rules).

on tie-break! This showed that Viorel Bologan was
the Aeroflot Open 2003 winner, the
P rior to the final and 9th round of

the Aeroflot Open 2003, two
Belarusian Grandmasters, Alexei
Alexandrov and Alexei Fedorov,
shared the lead with 6½ points.
final standing being: 1. Bologan 2.
Alexandrov 3. Fedorov 4. Svidler.
On behalf of the Chess Today team, I

congratulate our colleague, Moldovian
Normally, their last round game would Grandmaster Viorel Bologan on his
decide the ultimate winner of the victory. Viorel is not only active as a
competition. However, Alexandrov player, but he is also an active chess
and Fedorov made a draw quickly, journalist, the author of countless
therefore giving chances to the six in tournament reports in various chess
the chasing pack who were all on 6 magazines. I should also of course
points before the last round. mention that in 2002, an interview
with Viorel Bologan was published in
Some might criticise the Belarusian CT-657.
GMs for their quick draw, but I
certainly wouldn't. The motivations to More news of the final day of the
end the game peacefully, share the big Aeroflot Open will be reported by my
money and keep good personal Moscow colleagues in the next CT
relations in such a situation are issue, and Viorel Bologan's decisive
obvious. The same problem of quick win over Granda Zuniga will be the
last round draws arose in another annotated game.
great recent tournament, the US
Championship. It is very unattractive ELDI Snelschaak Marathon in
for the sponsors to see such results, Mercure Hotel Dordrecht
but to correct the situation, in my view A special report by GM Mikhail Golubev
the system should be somehow
corrected. One quite radical idea,
which I like, is to give 0.4 points for a
draw with White, and 0.6 points for a
draw with Black. Then we can avoid
sharing of places by a large number of
players, and the possibility to make a
quick draw will be less tempting.
So, Alexandrov's and Fedorov's

pursuers got their chance, and this
chance was taken by Viorel Bologan
and Peter Svidler, who won their
games against Granda Zuniga and Photo By Adri Timmermans
Gregory Kaidanov, respectively.
Bologan and Svidler joined ON 15 February 2003 I participated in
Alexandrov and Fedorov and all four the famous, and at the same time
players ended the tournament with 7 unusual tournament - Open Dutch
points. The name of tournament Blitzchess Marathon, or ELDI Snel-
winner (to whom, by the way, a place schaak Marathon, named after the new
in the Dortmund tournament was tournament main sponsor, ELDI
awarded) was determined, according Chemicals. 200 players competed in 17
to the average ELO of the winner's double rounds (i.e. we played two
opponents (highest and lowest ratings games against each opponent in each
of opponents were excluded from the of the 17 rounds - 34 games overall).
This issue is prepared by GM Mikhail Golubev; technical editor Graham Brown
CT-51(835) Page 1 of 4
The Dordrecht Marathon always has a Vreugt (23) 5. Nikolic. 6. Bosboom. 7.

strong list of participants including Andersson. 8. Popovic, P. (all 22½) 9.
mainly, but not only, the strongest Speelman, 10. V.Gurevich 11.
Dutch players. The previous winners Solomunovic, (all 22) 12. Piket, 13
were Piket (1996, 2002), Van Wely Smeets 14. Fridman 15. Nijboer 16.
(1998, 2000), Kir. Georgiev (1997), Sadler 17. Solleveld 18. Mohr 19.
Vaganian (1999), Lautier (2001). The Cekro 21½ (all 21½).
first prize in 2003 was as high as 1600
euros, not bad for some 9 hours of Having 21 points, I shared 20th place
work even for a top grandmaster. with four other players, having the
Taking into account the strong best Buchgolz in the group. The latter
competition from Aeroflot, several fact is not surprising, because I
possible participants, including Van finished with ½/4 in the two last
Wely and Lautier, were absent. Even rounds, losing 0-2 to Seirawan, and
so there were many famous players then ½-1½ to Piket. Before that, my
competing. The top 10 players were I. results against the top 19 players were
Sokolov, J. Piket, P. Nikolic, Y. not disastrous: 2-0 vs. Nijboer, 1½-½
Seirawan, M. Sadler, U. Andersson, J. vs. Popovic, Solomunovic and Mohr,
Timman, J. Speelman, D. Fridman, F. 1-1 vs. de Vreugt, Bosboom and
Nijboer, and were several other GMs Gurevich, and ½-1½ vs. Fridman.
including A. Barsov, P. Popovic, D. de
Vreugt, J. Gdanski, V. Gurevich and Despite an unimpressive personal
myself. result, I should say that the
tournament was absolutely wonderful.
The tournament battle was quite Together with six main organizers,
exciting, participants showed many there were 19 other arbiters who
great ideas, silly blunders, and worked on the tournament; therefore
unpredictable results. The tournament it is not surprising that rounds started
favourite GM Ivan Sokolov made a in accordance with the previously
draw in the first round against an published schedule. The pleasant and
opponent more than 700 ELO points spacious tournament venue was
lower! Many club players are quite provided by the luxurious Mercure
dangerous in blitz. Also I twice, hotel, which is also one of the event
finished mini-matches against 1900+ sponsors. In the playing hall, the
players with a 1½-½ score. Yasser pairings were automatically shown on
Seirawan was on the top board more several big screens. It was no problem
often than anyone. On this board the to eat and drink in the tournament
games were transmitted for the buffet even between rounds, but there
spectators onto a large display. He was also the main hotel restaurant and
won his first 5 matches with a score 2- even a McDonalds, situated some
0, and Jan Timman, Ivan Sokolov and 100m away from the Mercure hotel.
Jeroen Piket played less successfully, The media were present throughout
but close to the very end Sokolov the whole of the tournament.
reached the leaders. Everything was Organizers put every possible effort
finally decided in the very last round, into helping invited foreign players
before which Seirawan was sole leader find a hotel - this resulted in the fact
with a half point margin. Follower that I didn't even see the town of
Sokolov and Timman won their Dordrecht, because it was not
matches with a 2-0 score, while necessary for me to leave the hotel.
Seirawan scored only 1½. So, three But I was very happy to see such a
players shared the first place. The tournament. Chess organizers in other
Buchgolz system defined the following countries who plan to put on
order of winners: something similar can be strongly
advised to visit one of the next Open
The final results: 1. Sokolov, 2. Dutch Blitzchess Marathon, to see how
Timman 3. Seirawan, (all 25) 4. de it's done in Dordrecht.
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In this issue's CBV file I provide first 9r+l+k+-tr0
board games (source - the tournament 9+pwqp+pzpp0
site blitzchess.nl), and also some of 9p+nvlpsn-+0
the relatively more sensible of my 9+-+-+-+-0
games that I was able to reconstruct 9N+-sNP+-+0
after the tournament end. Apart from 9+-+-vL-zP-0
the event site, nice reports with photos 9PzPP+LzP-zP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
are available at chessbase.com and xiiiiiiiiy
schakers.info. This subvariation clearly has theor-
etical value. In 2000, Anand, defeated
One more blitz game ... Shirov with it in the FIDE Wch Final.
10...¤xe4
Luc Vanstreels -Mikhail Golubev I would prefer to call this move
Event: blitz game Eynatten, 02.2003 dubious, but will limit myself to 'risky'.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-tr0 Anand's move was 10...b5. It so
9zpp+-snk+q0 happened that I witnessed one of the
9-+-+-+-tr0 most important recent games on this
9+-+PwQ-zp-0 topic: 11.¤b6 ¦b8 12.¤xc8 ¦xc8
9-+-+-zp-+0 13.c4! (13.a4 occurred in Shirov-
9+-+-+P+p0 Anand, FIDE Wch Final New
9PzP-+Lsn-mK0 Delhi/Teheran 2000.) 13...¤xd4
9+-tR-+-+R0 14.¥xd4 bxc4 15.¦c1 £b8 16.¥xc4±
xiiiiiiiiy Svidler-Macieja, Bundesliga 2002/
This position occurred in a blitz game 2003. Peter Svidler won that game,
that I played recently in the Eynatten, and later said that he found 13.c4 in
Belgium chess club. At this point, we the same way he finds all his best
found that the chess clock wasn't novelties, during the game!
working properly, and started to 11.¥f3 ¤f6
analyse, instead of play. 11...f5 12.¥xe4 fxe4 13.¤xc6 £xc6
14.¤b6 ¦b8 15.£h5+ g6 16.£h6 ¥e5
29.¦c7 ¦e8 30.d6 ¦e6 31.¥c4 17.¥f4 ¥xf4?! 18.£xf4 d6 19.¤xc8
¤g4+ 32.fxg4 £c2+ 33.¢xh3 ¦xc8 20.£f6± was Smejkal-Spassov,
£xc4 34.£f5+ ¢g8 35.£xg5+ ¤g6 Oerebro 1966.
36.¦xc4 ¦e3+ And draw. Is chess not 12.¤b6!
beautiful? XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+k+-tr0
Annotated Game 9+pwqp+pzpp0
9psNnvlpsn-+0
V Bologan (2630) 9+-+-+-+-0
Z Granda (2623) 9-+-sN-+-+0
Event: Aeroflot Open Moscow (9), 9+-+-vLLzP-0
19.02.2003 B49 9PzPP+-zP-zP0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Annotations: GM Mikhail Golubev This is a new and interesting move;
earlier occurred 12.c4.
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 12...¦b8
4.¤xd4 e6 5.¤c3 £c7 6.¥e2 a6 After 12...£xb6 13.¤xe6 it is clear
7.0–0 ¤f6 8.¥e3 ¥b4 without variations that White gets an
At the highest level in modern chess, extremely dangerous attack for a
Black often declines the chance to piece.
play classical Scheveningen positions, 13.¤xc6 bxc6
which arise after 8...d6. This is a matter Clearly better for White is 13...dxc6?!
of fashion, the Scheveningen is not yet 14.¤c4 ¢e7 15.¥b6 £d7 16.¥a7±
refuted of course! 14.¤c4 ¥e7!
9.¤a4 ¥d6 10.g3 Probably the correct decision - other
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moves give White a direct attack: ...d5 in such a structure, but how is he
14...¢e7?! 15.£e2! followed by ¦ad1.; to do that with his king in the centre?
or 14...¥e5?! 15.¤xe5 (15.¥c5 d5!; White then would have chances to
15.¦e1!?) 15...£xe5 16.¥f4 £xb2 open the position and develop an
17.£d6!? ¦b7 18.¥e3. attack quickly.
15.¥f4 £a7 21.a3 a5 22.£a4 £c7 23.¦fd1 f5
XIIIIIIIIY 24.¦d3 ¢f7 25.£b5 ¥f6 26.¦bd1
9-trl+k+-tr0 XIIIIIIIIY
9wq-+pvlpzpp0 9-+l+-+-tr0
9p+p+psn-+0 9+-wqp+kzpp0
9+-+-+-+-0 9-+-+pvl-+0
9-+N+-vL-+0 9zpQzp-+p+-0
9+-+-+LzP-0 9-+P+-+-+0
9PzPP+-zP-zP0 9zP-+R+LzP-0
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 9-zP-+-zP-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+R+-mK-0
16.¤d6+!? xiiiiiiiiy
This is also correct, at least from a 26...¦d8?
practical point of view. After grabbing Not an obvious, but an important
the exchange by 16.¥xb8 £xb8÷ mistake, which Bologan confidently
White's initiative evaporates. exploits. 26...¥d4 was correct. White
16...¢f8! is better after 27.b4 (or 27.¦xd4!? )
16...¥xd6?! is extremely dangerous 27...axb4 28.axb4, but a lot of play is
for Black, e.g. 17.£xd6 (17.¥xd6 ahead.
¦xb2 18.¥a3 £b8!) 17...¦xb2 18.¦ab1 27.¦d6! ¥d4 28.¦1xd4! cxd4 29.c5
£b7 (18...£b6 19.¥e3 £b5 20.¥c5 If White can take on d4 calmly, he
¢d8 21.£e7+ ¢c7 22.c4+-) 19.¥xc6 will get a dominating position with
dxc6 20.¦xb2 £xb2 21.£xc6+ ¥d7 equal material. Granda Zuniga decides
22.£a8+ ¢e7 23.£xh8+- to defend the pawn, but this way
17.c4 loses even faster.
XIIIIIIIIY 29...e5?! 30.£c4+! ¢e7
9-trl+-mk-tr0 Or 30...¢f8 31.¥h5! g6 32.¥xg6 hxg6
9wq-+pvlpzpp0 33.¦f6+ wins. Maybe this was what
9p+psNpsn-+0 Black missed when he made his 29th
9+-+-+-+-0 move.
9-+P+-vL-+0 31.£d5 ¦e8 32.£xe5+ 1–0
9+-+-+LzP-0
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Quiz Today Interview with Yasser Seirawan by

Mikhail Golubev
Sarthou (2375) - Lucchetti (2181)
National I Montpellier FRA (3) Dear Yasser, you initiated the Chess
02.02.2003 Unity Plan back in 2002. The biggest
XIIIIIIIIY recent problem – Ruslan Ponomariov's
9r+l+-+k+0 involvement in the process – seems to
9+p+-+-zpp0 be solved now. Are you satisfied with
9p+-wqp+-+0 the current standing of the Unity Plan?
9+-+-+rsN-0 Do you consider that the chess world
9Psn-zPQ+-+0 has had to pay a certain price for the
9+-vL-+-zP-0 unification?
9-+-+-zPP+0
9+-tR-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy Dear Mikhail, It is my pleasure to
White to play answer your questions and to try and
bring some satisfaction to your read-
Song - Stuart (2215) ers. The road to unity in chess has
Open Auckland NZL (9), 31.01.2003 been very difficult, requiring the
XIIIIIIIIY goodwill of all parties concerned. As
9r+l+kvlr+0 expected, problems have hampered
9zppsn-+p+p0 the effort, yet I remain hopeful that it
9-+-zp-vLp+0 will succeed.
9+-zpq+-+-0
9-+-+-zP-+0 First, we should put World Champion
9+-zP-+N+-0 Ruslan Ponomariov's position in
9P+-+L+PzP0 perspective: on the one hand he is
9tR-+Q+RmK-0 very fortunate that the effort to unify
xiiiiiiiiy the chess world has occurred 'on his
White to play watch'. Without the unity effort, he
would face being placed in Round
T
he following interview was One of the next FIDE World Knock-
conducted via e-mail shortly Out Championship. While he could be
after the Dutch blitz champion- expected to win a handsome prize,
ship, where both Grandmasters took mathematically, his chance to repeat
part. The questions by GM Golubev his performance as World Champion is
are in italics. very slim. Indeed, it is the random-
ness of the format that I and others
have criticized, that paved the way to
the new double-elimination format
proposed by GM Khalifman in Prague.
Being 'forced' to play a World Champ-
ionship match for a one million dollar
prize fund against the World's best-
known player, Garry Kasparov, is
quite a fortunate happenstance. On
the other hand, as World Champion,
Ruslan has certain rights. He is putting
his title at stake ahead of his expected
challenge of a December 2003 Knock-
out event. If he were to lose the match
to Kasparov, he would no longer be
World Champion and would lose
GM Yasser Seirawan certain commercial advantages. Ruslan
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therefore felt quite justified in making to pay. Yet at the end of the day, it is
certain demands. absolutely imperative for sponsors,
organizers, players and fans that unity
I was fearful that the draw-odds and is achieved so that chess can grow.
time-control demands would be
insurmountable. I was therefore quite A few days ago world top Grand-
relieved to read that Ruslan and FIDE masters, including Kramnik and
President Kirsan Iljumzhinov were Shirov, published an open letter in
able to meet and overcome these TWIC-432, discussing the current
differences. I've also read that this situation with the GM Steering
match is to take place in Buenos Aires Committee. What is your view on that?
during a timeframe and for a prize-
fund formula suitable for Ruslan. So It is hard work to build up something
both parties compromised and I over time and create something
congratulate Ruslan and Kirsan for concrete and positive. Ask Utut
making their effort. As a chess fan, I Adianto of Indonesia, Eugene Torre of
look forward to an exciting the Philippines, Miguel Quinteros of
Ponomariov versus Kasparov match! Argentina or Joel Lautier of France, if
you don't believe me. Signing an open
Regarding the Kramnik versus Leko, letter is easy. Especially, if you didn't
Classical Chess World Championship even have to write it yourself. Frankly,
match, I don't have any information. criticism comes far to easily for chess
I've read that two cities are being grandmasters. This is due to the great
considered but little else. The Prague amount of frustration and disillusion-
Agreement envisioned two World ment that is rampant amongst
Championship matches in the May professional chess players. I tried very
2003 time frame and a unification hard to get grandmasters to agree to
match in October 2003, completing serve on the GM Steering Committee.
the first cycle. This would be followed The reality is that there was a ballot, a
by a Knockout tournament in vote and an election of a GM Steering
December 2003 for new challengers to Committee in Bled. I am very grateful
emerge in a second cycle. If the to my colleagues who agreed to
Kramnik - Leko match gets postponed serve.
there will be to many practical
problems to overcome and the Unfortunately, the very reason for the
possibility of unity in 2003 will simply GM Steering Committee has been put
slip away. to question. The Prague Agreement
envisioned a GM Steering Committee
So, a mixed picture. A lot of time has that would help construct the rules of
passed since Prague and I would have the cycle and represent the players.
liked to have seen much more Indeed there were a lot of discussions
progress made. Yes, the whole chess about a Players Health & Benefit Fund
world paid a price for uniting the amongst other promising ideas that the
chess world. Whether one likes the GM Steering Committee would try to
FIDE Knockout tournament or not, the develop. In Bled, a FIDE World Chess
format had the huge advantage of Championship Committee (WCCC) of
confirming a World Champion at its three persons, Georgios Makropoulos,
conclusion within a very short period Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Israel
of time. While grandmasters will be Gelfer were appointed. So the role of
able to compete for the FIDE World the Steering Committee has been
Championship Title in 2003, the largely usurped. We are not "steering"
process of Candidate Matches means the cycle at this time.
that 2005 is the earliest date for a
grandmaster other than Ponomariov, I challenge any of the writers of the
Kramnik, Kasparov or Leko to be open letter to take my place on the
crowned. That is indeed quite a price GM Steering Committee and to work
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for positive change. Then with great 'silent majority' and much prefer a
delight I too can play the role of critic boisterous crowd!
just as unfairly as them. To make
changes, small positive steps are Do you see any chances to force
required. Let's create a structure world top 200 players to complete the
where folks can serve, let us create a poll on professional time control? As I
process where they can be elected and know, you invested a lot of time and
then go ahead and make our sport energy in this project.
better for all. 2004 is fast approaching
for the Spanish Minorca Olympiad This is a prime example of the
where we will have new elections. I disillusionment that exists amongst the
welcome candidates to apply now! top players. I as well as other
Perhaps, our top 200 GMs would even members of the GM Steering
care to vote? At least we can hope. Committee, worked very hard to get
the views of our colleagues about the
I should also say, there seems to be a time controls, for example. Many
great deal of 'fear' within this open couldn't be bothered to answer.
letter. Fear that the members of the Others answered that their voice
GM Steering Committee will leverage wouldn't be heard and that they
their roles and duties for personal wouldn't be a party to a 'sham' vote.
gain. Furthermore, there seems to be a Yet, the vast majority of the players
concern that somehow there is a who deigned to vote DID show their
'permanency' to such a structure. strong support for a Professional or
Goodness gracious, nothing could be Classical time control. The WCCC in its
further from the truth! We are not a regulations recommendations, accep-
GMA creating events. We are an ted the time control of 40/2, 20/1,
advisory body trying to encourage Game/15 + 30 Seconds. So this was a
positive change. In the worse case, we great achievement. Yet, the thanks for
make a collective mistake. A terrible this success from my colleagues has
possibility to be sure, but hardly a been remarkably muted. Good deeds
tragedy. Mistakes can be undone! At go unmentioned. This is not a
best, we can 'force' the adoption of prescription for creating positive
such things as Khalifman's double- change and encouraging folks to work
elimination, agreement about the hard. 'Forcing' players to do
types of time controls, titles, ratings something, even something that
and other aspects vital to the financial benefits them and their sport, such as
well-being of our top players. Let me a proper dress code, is sure to
be clear: without a GM Steering provoke the ire of the players. It
Committee, or a similar body, we will seems like a no-win situation, which
have nothing at all. Open letters will makes me very sad.
be a shout for attention and then it will
fade away. I should also like to add During the FIDE Congress in Bled in
that I will not be the President or the 2002 some information emerged,
Chairman of the GM Steering claiming that you might take an official
Committee. I've offered to be the position within FIDE. What is the
Secretary (a most disagreeable post) in current situation with your
order to lessen the workload for involvement in FIDE's work?
others. As soon as we meet and elect
ourselves – provided we have a job to For clarity, I have no official position
perform – an agenda and an open within FIDE. Nor was I offered a FIDE
discussion can ensue. position. The offer was to work on
behalf of FIDE Commerce, a for-profit
Well at least I'm grateful for their company that has the commercial
open letter. My colleagues are sharing rights of FIDE, but is an independent
their concerns and show that they do entity. FIDE Commerce is undergoing
care about their sport. I dislike the a major restructuring and I have no
CT-52(836) Page 3 of 5
position within it. Mr. Berik Balgabaev On 15th of February I witnessed your
has been performing the duties and victory, shared with Ivan Sokolov and
responsibilities of FIDE Commerce Jan Timman, in the Dutch Open Blitz
President for the past few months Championship. What are the current
following Bled. For those unfamiliar ambitions of Yasser Seirawan as a
with him, he was the chief organizer player? Do you plan to play in World
of the Russia versus the Rest of the Chess championships?
World match, which was a wonderful
competition that was organized very For a few years I have been thinking
well. If he is as successful within FIDE of joining the exodus of grandmasters,
Commerce as he was with the Russia leaving the sport. After selling Inside
versus ROW event, good things can Chess magazine to the Chess Cafe
happen! website in September 2001, I was well
on my way to an early retirement. I
Recently you were a commentator at wanted to give a parting gift to the
the Kasparov vs. Deep Junior match in chess world as thanks for all the
New York. Could you tell us what wonderful things that chess has given
surprised you more - the ...Bxh2+ me. I could think of no finer thanks
sacrifice played by Deep Junior or the than to try and help unify the chess
result of 12 year old Karjakin vs. world. If I could stimulate that
Shirov, Karpov, Pilgar and Ponomariov process, I could then give a kind and
in Benidorm in late 2002? graceful wave goodbye. At the time, I
had the feeling of being a champion of
I must say that working as a lost causes. I was greatly uplifted by
commentator during the Kasparov- Bessel Kok, Erik Anderson and Dato
Junior match was a pleasure. The Tan Chin Nam in the whole process
games were simply great. I enjoyed and if not for their encouragement I
the first five games immensely and the wouldn't have initiated the effort. I
sixth game was shaping up to be a was happily relieved as others stepped
fascinating battle. The audience was forward playing constructive roles. A
disappointed by the premature peace key figure, FIDE President Kirsan
agreement, as was I. Kasparov was Iljumzhinov, seized the opportunity
fighting the ghosts of computers past and embraced it. At certain times, he
as well as his own form. Objectively, could easily have been derailed and
Kasparov should have won this match given up. But he persevered and
by a convincing score, but as all chess made a huge difference in crafting an
players know, the hardest thing to do agreement.
is win a won position and his slips in
games two and three haunted him. I My exit was delayed as the process
must also mention that my co-host, took a lot longer then I had expected!
GM Maurice Ashley was terrific and A lot more effort as well. More or less
the star of our commentary team. after Bled, I realized that I had nursed
Erudite and witty, Maurice made the the process as far as I could. I had an
whole experience a lot of fun! In short, obligation to America' s Foundation
the match occupied my attention. I For Chess (AFFC) to compete in the
found Junior's Bxh2+ sacrifice astonis- US Championships in January and to
hing - a tremendous breakthrough in my Hilversum Dutch League Chess
computer programming. When one Club. Once the Dutch League is
thinks about computers as routinely finished in May 2003, then I can
defeating the very best players in the withdraw myself satisfied that I've
world, I envision such types of chess done my best. I will certainly follow
where the human player is events in the chess world and lend a
overwhelmed by the calculative supporting hand where I'm able.
requirement of combinative sacrifices. Unfortunately, I have to be realistic
The advances in computer chess is about chess. Sponsors have been
exciting to behold. disappearing for years and I see this
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decline as continuing. If unification

succeeds then chess has every
reasonable expectation of growing
and I may yet reverse my intended
course.
1. 23.¥xb4! £xb4 24.¦xc8+! ¦xc8

25.£xe6+ 1–0
2. 14.¥b5+! ¥d7 15.¦e1+ £e6

16.¦xe6+ fxe6 17.¥xd7+ ¢xd7
18.c4 ¦e8 19.£a4+ ¢c8 20.£xa7
¥e7 21.¥xe7 ¦xe7 22.¦b1 ¤a6
23.£a8+ ¤b8 24.¤g5 h6 25.¤e4
¦d8 26.¦b6 ¦ed7 27.¤xd6+ 1–0

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Quiz Today: Lugovoi - Lastin Annotated Game

XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0 A Shirov (2723)
9+q+-+p+k0 E Bacrot (2671)
9-vl-+pwQp+0 Event: Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (2),
9zp-+-zP-vL-0 19.02.2003 - C42
9-+-+-+pzP0
9+-+-+-+-0 Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov
9-zPr+-zP-+0
9+-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 3.¤xe5 d6
White to play 4.¤f3 ¤xe4 5.d4 d5 6.¥d3 ¤c6
7.0–0 ¥e7 8.c4 ¤b4 9.¥e2 ¥e6
Instead of ¥e6, Anand castled against
A fter round 3, Bartlomiej Macieja,

Ivan Sokolov, Viktor Korchnoi,
Alexei Shirov and Michael
Adams share the lead at The
Kasparov in Linares 2000 and drew,
9...0–0 10.¤c3 b6 11.a3 ¤xc3 12.bxc3
¤c6 13.cxd5 £xd5 14.¦e1 ¥b7
15.¥d3 ¦ae8 16.c4 £d8 17.d5 ¤b8
Hrokurinn Chess Festival in Reykjavik
with 2 out of 3. 18.£c2 g6 19.¤e5 ¥f6 20.¥b2 ¤d7
21.f4 ¥g7 22.£f2 ¤c5 23.¥c2 £d6
Round 3 results: 24.¦e3 f6 25.¤g4 ¦xe3 26.£xe3 ¥c8
McShane - Shirov - ½:½; 27.f5 ¥xf5 28.¥xf5 gxf5 29.¤f2 ¤e4
Stefansson - Macieja - ½:½; 30.¤xe4 ½–½
Gretarsson, Helgi Ass - Adams 0-1 XIIIIIIIIY
Kristjansson – Korchnoi - ½:½; 9r+-wqk+-tr0
Bacrot - Sokolov, Ivan 0-1 (The
Shirov-Bacrot game from round 2 is 9zppzp-vlpzpp0
today's annotated game.) 9-+-+l+-+0
The opening ceremony and 9+-+p+-+-0
drawing of lots at the traditional 9QsnPzPn+-+0
Linares Supertournament (XX 9+-+-+N+-0
category) was held on the 21st
of February 2003. Round one 9PzP-+LzPPzP0
starts on the 22nd of February. This is a 9tRNvL-+RmK-0
double round robin tournament.
Players include Garry Kasparov, xiiiiiiiiy
Vladimir Kramnik, Vis-wanathan 10.£a4+N
Anand, Peter Leko, Ruslan This is an interesting novelty. Shirov
Ponomariov, Francisco Vallejo Pons is usually considered to be an
and Teimour Radjabov. outstanding generator of chess
combinations, but he has also shown a
The 19th Capelle La Grande lot of examples of how he can play
International Open takes place 22nd the end game brilliantly. That's why
February to 1st March 2003. Invited the early queen exchange should
players include Alexander Moiseenko, come as no surprise. The following
Karen Asrian, Artyom Timofeev, Zahar has been played before 10.¤c3
Efimenko, Eduardas Rozentalis, Suat 10...£d7 11.£xd7+ ¢xd7
Atalik, Edvins Kengis, Thomas Luther, Shirov's next opponent will know
etc. what he had in mind for 11...¥xd7
12.¤c3 ¤xc3
Maxim Notkin is preparing a big A careless move. Stronger was
exciting report on the Aeroflot Open 12...¤f6
tomorrow. Don't miss it! 13.bxc3 ¤c6 14.¦b1
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XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-+-tr0 Black survives thanks to this
9zppzpkvlpzpp0 unexpected blow! But, of course, it
9-+n+l+-+0 was not easy to find it three moves
9+-+p+-+-0 ago. 25.¥xf3 ¦xd1+ 26.¥xd1 ¥xa3
9-+PzP-+-+0 27.¤xc4 ¦d5 28.¥g4+ f5 29.¤e3 ¦c5
9+-zP-+N+-0 30.¥xf5+ with a possible draw
9P+-+LzPPzP0
9+RvL-+RmK-0 22.¤xe7 ¦xc1 23.¤xd5 ¦xd1+
xiiiiiiiiy 24.¥xd1 ¦d6 25.¤e3 ¦d3
The d5-square is not safe, the Black 26.¥a4+ ¢d6 27.¤xc4+ ¢c5
king is in the centre, White has a 28.¤e3 ¦xc3 29.¢f1
proactive rook on the b-file. These XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
combine to give White an advantage. 9zp-+-+pzpp0
14...dxc4 15.d5! 9-+-+-+-+0
Alexey does not miss the opportunity 9+-mk-+-+-0
to lure out the Black king. 9L+-+-+-+0
15...¥xd5 16.¦d1 ¢e6 17.¦xb7 9+-tr-sN-+-0
¦ab8 18.¦xc7 ¦hc8 9P+-+-zPPzP0
XIIIIIIIIY 9+-+-+K+-0
9-trr+-+-+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9zp-tR-vlpzpp0 The smoke has cleared, White has a
9-+n+k+-+0 material advantage and manages to
9+-+l+-+-0 turn it into a win by move 54.
9-+p+-+-+0 29...g6 30.¢e2 ¢d4 31.¤c2+ ¢e4
9+-zP-+N+-0 32.¥b3 f5 33.h4 f4 34.¤e1 ¢f5
9P+-+LzPPzP0
9+-vLR+-mK-0 35.¤f3 ¦c7 36.¢d3 h6 37.¢d4 g5
xiiiiiiiiy 38.¥c4 ¦d7+ 39.¥d5 ¦c7 40.hxg5
19.¦xc6+ hxg5 41.¥e4+ ¢f6 42.¤e5 ¦c1
19.¤g5+ ¥xg5 20.¦xc8 ¦xc8 43.¤d3 ¦c2 44.a4 ¦a2 45.¥c6 ¦c2
21.¥xg5 White is two bishops up, but 46.¢d5 g4 47.¤xf4 ¦xf2 48.g3
he is not happy yet. ¢f5 49.¥d7+ ¢g5 50.¤e6+ ¢h5
19...¦xc6 20.¤d4+ ¢d7 21.¤f5 51.¤c5 ¦f3 52.¤e4 ¦d3+ 53.¢e5
XIIIIIIIIY ¦a3 54.¥e8+ 1–0
9-tr-+-+-+0
9zp-+kvlpzpp0 Solution to Quiz Today 38.¥h6!+-
9-+r+-+-+0 1–0
9+-+l+N+-0
9-+p+-+-+0 Contact information. Do you want to report a
9+-zP-+-+-0 Today? E-mail us at ct@gmsquare.com. We always
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9+-vLR+-mK-0 tell your chess friends about Chess Today. Feel
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22.a4 ¦a5 23.¤e3 ¦d6 24.¥a3 ¥f3!!
XIIIIIIIIY Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
9-+-+-+-+0 Scherbakov, IM Vladimir Barsky, GM Mikhail
Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin. Technical editors:
9zp-+kvlpzpp0 Graham Brown and Ralph P. Marconi.
9-+-tr-+-+0
9tr-+-+-+-0 Chess Today is copyright 2002 by Alexander
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CT-54(838) 23rd February 2003
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Quiz Today: Sokolov (2688) - Round 4 results:

McShane (2568) Hrokurinn Reykjavic Macieja – Korchnoi 1:0
ISL (4), 21.02.2003 Sokolov – McShane 1:0
XIIIIIIIIY Shirov – Gretarsson 1:0
9-+-+rtrk+0 Adams – Kristjansson 1:0
9zpp+-+-+p0 Stefansson – Bacrot ½:½
9-+p+lsnp+0
9+-+p+-wq-0 Round 5 results:
Bacrot – Macieja ½:½
9-+-zP-+P+0 McShane – Stefansson 1:0
9+-+LzP-wQP0 Gretarsson – Sokolov ½:½
9PzP-+-tRNmK0 Kristjansson – Shirov 0:1
9+-+-+R+-0 Korchnoi – Adams 1:0
xiiiiiiiiy
White to play Round 5 standings:
1. Shirov – 4
T oday we have plenty of

interesting news to report as the
Linares Supertournament has
just started. The first round saw
Kramnik paired with Kasparov.
2-3. Macieja, Sokolov – 3½
4-5. Korchnoi, Adams – 3
6. McShane – 2½
7. Stefansson – 2
8-9. Gretarsson, Bacrot – 1½
Kramnik thought that he had obtained 10. Kristjansson –½
nothing in the opening (Queen's
Gambit Accepted) and suggested a As you already know, the GM Viorel
draw on move 18. According to Emil Bologan of Moldova (for the Western
Sutovsky White had a slight advantage public they use the more ordinary
in the final position and should have name Victor) has won the Aeroflot-
played for a win. open on tie-break (average ELO of
the opponents) sharing first place with
Anand outplayed Ponomariov in a Alexey Aleksandrov and Alexey
better ending, demonstrating brilliant Fedorov (both from Byelorussia and
technical skill. In a Berlin Wall, White's good friends to each other) and Peter
knights were omnipresent. Radjabov Svidler of Russia.
was attacking Leko with White in the
Petrosian System of the Queen's Today we will talk about the winners
Indian and had good winning chances but let me first give you the results of
but the Hungarian managed to defend all those who won a prize in this giant
and won in the ending. event (there were 36 in total). Even at
the end of this list you will find well-
Round 1 results: known names. And you wouldn't
Kramnik – Kasparov ½:½ discover the ELO-favourite Alexander
Anand – Ponomariov 1:0 Grischuk among them. He has made a
Radjabov – Leko 0:1 lot of draws and lost the final game
scoring a humble '+1'. Imagine how
Hrokurinn Chess Club Tournament in strong the tournament was!
Reykjavik.
Alexey Shirov has taken sole lead after The final standings:
two victories over the local players. In 1-4. Bologan, Aleksandrov, Fedorov,
the 4th round Macieja beat Korchnoi Svidler – 7
but on the next day the veteran 5-10. Najer, Galkin, Rublevsky,
recovered completely defeating none Sakaev, Dreev, Smirnov – 6½
other than Michael Adams. 11-28. Ulibin, Dolmatov, Moiseenko,

CT-54(838) Page 1 of 6
Bu Xiangzhi, Savchenko, ¢f8 19.c3 d5

Gagunashvili, Sutovsky, Kaidanov, XIIIIIIIIY
Lugovoi, Morozevich, Popov, 9-+r+-mk-tr0
Mamedyarov, Kobalia, Shomoev,
Tkachev, Khenkin, Granda Zuniga, 9+pwql+pvl-0
Timoshenko – 6 9p+-+pzpn+0
29-55. Romanishin, Nataf, 9+-+p+-+-0
Sadvakasov, Lerner, Efimenko,
Kovchan, Smirin, Frolyanov, Van
9-+-+PzPNzp0
Wely, Lautier, Malakhov, Jussupov, 9+NzPL+-+P0
Morovic Fernandez, Ovetchkin, 9PzP-+Q+P+0
Sorokin, Tregubov, Al Sayed, Ionov, 9tR-+-+R+K0
Landa, Motylev, Belov, Milov, Izoria,
Adianto, Yurtaev, Burmakin – 5½, etc.
xiiiiiiiiy
20.f5! ¤f4 21.¦xf4!
Viorel Bologan White gives up the exchange in order
Born December 14, to drive the black queen into a corner.
1971. ELO 2630. 21...£xf4 22.¦f1 £g5
The winner of Jurmala After 22...£g3? 23.e5! fxe5 24.¦f3 the
(1991), Novgorod open queen is trapped; the alternative was
(1995), New York open 22...£d6 23.e5 (23.fxe6 £xe6 24.¤d4)
(1997), Keres Memorial 23...fxe5 24.f6 ¥h6 25.¤xe5 ¥g5
in Tallinn (1998), Belfort (1999), Minsk 26.¤d4 and White has obvious comp-
zonal tournament (2000), Shanghai ensation.
(2000), Poikovskij (2001), Pamplona 23.¤d4 exf5 24.exf5 ¦e8 25.£d1
(2001) and AEROFLOT-OPEN (2003). ¢g8 26.¥c2!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+ktr0
For the past few years Bologan has 9+p+l+pvl-0
lived in Moscow. He has a beautiful 9p+-+-zp-+0
wife (visit www.worldchessrating.com 9+-+p+Pwq-0
for the evidence) and a little daughter. 9-+-sN-+Nzp0
Viorel plays professional, but at the 9+-zP-+-+P0
same time creative, chess. He has 9PzPL+-+P+0
scored many nice wins, which he 9+-+Q+R+K0
willingly annotates for numerous xiiiiiiiiy
magazines in Russia and abroad. As a Actually none of the black pieces are
winner of Aeroflot. Bologan will be able to improve their position. White
taking part in the supertournament in plays as if he had a material
Dortmund this year. advantage.
26...¥c6 27.b4 ¦e7 28.a4 ¢h7
In CT-835 Mikhail Golubev annotated 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 ¥e8 31.¥b3
the game that brought Bologan victory ¦c7 32.¥xd5 ¦xc3 33.¥xb7
in the Aeroflot. Today I offer to you a The first achievement - White has
queen hunt. obtained a passed pawn.
33...¦c5
V Bologan (2630) XIIIIIIIIY
V Milov (2592) 9-+-+l+-tr0
Event: Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS 9+L+-+pvlk0
(7), 17.02.2003 - B61 9-+-+-zp-+0
Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4
9+Ptr-+Pwq-0
4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥g5 ¥d7 9-+-sN-+Nzp0
7.£d2 ¦c8 8.¤b3 h6 9.¥xf6 gxf6 9+-+-+-+P0
10.¥d3 ¥g7 11.0–0 h5 12.¢h1 h4 9-+-+-+P+0
13.h3 a6 14.¤d5 e6 15.¤e3 £c7 9+-+Q+R+K0
16.f4 ¤e7 17.£e2 ¤g6 18.¤g4 xiiiiiiiiy
CT-54(838) Page 2 of 7
34.£b1! 54...¦8xb7 55.£g8+ ¢h6 56.¤g4++-

not 34.£b3 £d2 55.¢c1 ¦xg2 56.¤xg2 £a3+
34...¦c4 57.¢c2 £a4+ 58.¢d2
34...£d2? 35.¤b3; probably 34...¥d7 The checks will be over soon. Black
was better trying to bring the king's resigned. 1–0
rook into action.
35.¤f3 £h5 Alexey Aleksandrov
It's getting harder. 35...£f4 didn't Born May 11, 1973. ELO
relieve the pressure in view of 36.¤fe5 2633.
¦b4!? 37.£e1! £d4 38.¤c6 ¥xc6 The winner of Nikolaev
39.bxc6 zonal tournament
36.b6 ¥c6 37.¥xc6 ¦xc6 38.£b5?! (1993), Stockholm
Stronger was 38.£d1! ¦xb6 (1995), Minsk (1996),
(38...£xf5 39.¤d4) 39.¤d2! ¢g8 Zhukov Memorial (1996), Moscow
(39...£g5 40.¤e4) 40.¤e4+- exploiting (1996), Kstovo (1998), Petrov
the desperate position of queen. Memorial (2000), Krasnodar (2000).
38...¦d6 39.£c5 ¦dd8 40.b7 ¦b8
41.¦b1 ¦hd8 42.£b5 It's plain to see from these statistics
Nothing has really changed as that the first peak of Aleksandrov's
compared to the position after 25 career was in 1996. Maybe we are
moves. witnessing a new rise. He's a good
42...¢h8 43.¤f2 ¥f8 44.¤g4 ¥g7 positional player with superior ending
45.¦c1 technique. Already in the mid 90's
XIIIIIIIIY Aleksandrov scored many wins
9-tr-tr-+-mk0 playing the Berlin Wall with Black. So
9+P+-+pvl-0 in some sense he was a teacher of
9-+-+-zp-+0 Kramnik ☺ Alexey is an expert in the
9+Q+-+P+q0 Nimzo-Indian with White as well. His
9-+-+-+Nzp0 Aeroflot games got an abundant
9+-+-+N+P0 coverage in CT as he was always at
9-+-+-+P+0
9+-tR-+-+K0 the top. Let me make a reference to
xiiiiiiiiy CT-832 & 833 and pass on to Alexey's
45...£h7 compatriot and namesake.
It seems the queen doesn't have
much fun. Alexey Fedorov.
46.¢g1 £g8 47.¦c7 £f8 Born September 27,
Her Majesty is almost back. 1972. ELO 2579.
48.£c4 ¦d1+ The winner of Chigorin
48...¢g8 49.¤xh4 ¦d1+ 50.¢f2 Memorial (1996), Aars
49.¢f2 £d6 50.¤e3! £g3+ 51.¢e2 (1999). Two times
The knights protect everything. Byelorussia champion.
51...¦b1 52.¦c8+ ¢h7 53.£xf7
Despite a lack of first places in strong
XIIIIIIIIY tournaments, Alexey almost reached
9-trR+-+-+0 2700 status in 1999. That year he won
9+P+-+Qvlk0 a couple of events, then knocked out
9-+-+-zp-+0 Gulko and Timman at the FIDE World
Championship and then performed
9+-+-+P+-0 excellently at the European Team
9-+-+-+-zp0 Championship in Batumi. His initial
9+-+-sNNwqP0 attempts to enter the 'high society'
9-+-+K+P+0 weren't successful. Fedorov failed in
Polanica Zdroj and scored moderately
9+r+-+-+-0 in Wijk aan Zee. Chess fans have
xiiiiiiiiy always liked Fedorov for his romantic
53...¦b2+ 54.¢d1 £d6+ style. Alexey plays The King's Gambit
CT-54(838) Page 3 of 7
and sharp Sicilian for White, Dragon 10...0–0 11.exf5 £e7+

and King's Indian for Black. At the Of course not 11...¦xf5? 12.¥d5+
Chigorin Memorial 1996 yours truly 12.¢f1
was checkmated in 20 moves in King's I believe the king would have stood
Gambit. By the way I'm proud to say better on the queenside - 12.¢d1
that against both Bologan and followed by Kc2, Rad1, Rhe1. Now the
Aleksandrov I have '+1'. h1 rook is out of play.
12...¥g7 13.£d5+ ¢h8 14.fxg6
In the CT-834 Quiz you can see a XIIIIIIIIY
sample of Fedorov's attacking play.
Today I'd like to offer a rather fun
9r+l+-tr-mk0
game from the second round. 9zppzppwq-vlp0
9-+-+-+P+0
A Minasian 9+-+Q+-+-0
A Fedorov
Event: Aeroflot (2) - A21
9-+P+-+-+0
Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin 9+-sN-+-zP-0
1.c4 g6 2.g3 ¥g7 3.¥g2 e5 4.¤c3 9PzP-+-zPLzP0
f5 5.e4 ¤h6 9tR-+-+K+R0
A risky move.
9rsnlwqk+-tr0 14...c6!?
9zppzpp+-vlp0 14...£f6 15.£d2 £xg6 was more
9-+-+-+psn0 cautious but it's not Fedorov's style.
9+-+-zpp+-0 15.£h5 h6 16.¦e1 £b4 17.¤e4?
9-+P+P+-+0 White should have taken care of the
9+-sN-+-zP-0 c4-pawn - 17.£e2 b6 18.¥e4 ¥a6
9PzP-zP-zPLzP0 19.¥d3
9tR-vLQmK-sNR0 17...£xc4+ 18.¢g1 d5 19.¤g5 ¥g4
xiiiiiiiiy 20.£h4
6.d4! ¤c6 XIIIIIIIIY
The line 6...exd4 7.¥xh6 ¥xh6
8.£xd4 0–0 9.exf5 is worse for Black 9r+-+-tr-mk0
than the game continuation because 9zpp+-+-vl-0
against 9...£e7+ White has 10.¤ge2 9-+p+-+Pzp0
7.¤f3 9+-+p+-sN-0
The variations 7.dxe5 ¤xe5 8.f4 (or
8.¥xh6 ¥xh6 9.f4 ¤g4 10.£d4) ; and 9-+q+-+lwQ0
7.d5 ¤d4 8.¤ge2 are reasonable 9+-+-+-zP-0
alternatives 9PzP-+-zPLzP0
7...¤xd4! 9+-+-tR-mKR0
Bad is 7...exd4? 8.¥g5! ¥f6 (8...¤e7?
9.¤d5) 9.¥xf6 £xf6 10.¤d5 £d8 xiiiiiiiiy
11.¤xd4± 20...¦xf2!
8.¤xd4 exd4 9.¥xh6 ¥xh6 Playing against Fedorov you should
10.£xd4 always be ready for such tricks.
XIIIIIIIIY 21.h3
9r+lwqk+-tr0 21.¢xf2 ¥d4+ 22.¦e3 £e2+ 23.¢g1
¥xe3#
9zppzpp+-+p0 21...£c2! 22.¦h2
9-+-+-+pvl0 Isn't it funny?
9+-+-+p+-0 22...£d2 23.¦f1
9-+PwQP+-+0 23.¦b1 ¥d1! 24.¦xd1 £xd1+
9+-sN-+-zP-0 25.¢xf2 ¥d4+ winning the queen
9PzP-+-zPLzP0 23...¦xf1+ 24.¥xf1
9tR-+-mK-+R0 24.¢xf1 £d1+ 25.¢f2 ¥d4#
xiiiiiiiiy 24...£e3+ 25.¢g2 ¥f5
CT-54(838) Page 4 of 7
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-+-mk0 L Fressinet (2593)
9zpp+-+-vl-0 P Svidler (2693)
9-+p+-+Pzp0 Event: Aeroflot Open Moscow RUS
9+-+p+lsN-0 (8), 18.02.2003 B43
9-+-+-+-wQ0 Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
9+-+-wq-zPP0 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
9PzP-+-+KtR0
9+-+-+L+-0 a6 5.¤c3 b5 6.¥d3 d6 7.0–0 ¤f6
xiiiiiiiiy 8.£e2 ¥e7 9.a4 b4 10.¤a2
It's time to reap the harvest. XIIIIIIIIY
26.¤f3 ¥e4 27.£f4 £b6 28.£d2 9rsnlwqk+-tr0
¦f8 29.¥e2 £xb2 30.£xb2 ¥xb2 9+-+-vlpzpp0
31.¦h1 c5
White resigned. He's completely 9p+-zppsn-+0
helpless against a pair of bishops and 9+-+-+-+-0
a pair of passed pawns. 0–1 9Pzp-sNP+-+0
9+-+L+-+-0
Peter Svidler.
Born June 17, 1976. ELO 9NzPP+QzPPzP0
2690. 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
Three times Russian xiiiiiiiiy
champion (1994, 1995, 10...e5!
1997). Also shared the A good novelty. After 10...a5 11.c3 e5
first place in the Russian 12.¥b5+! ¢f8 (12...¥d7 13.¤f5)
Championship in 1998. The semi- 13.¤b3 White has an edge.
finalist of FIDE World Championship 11.¤b3 ¤c6 12.¥g5 0–0 13.¥c4
2001. The winner (or co-winner) of a5 14.c3 £b6
Novosibirsk (1995), Nordic Grand Prix Black is playing for the Na2
(1997), Tilburg (1997), Dortmund restriction.
(1998), Biel (2000), North Sea Cup 15.¥e3 £b7 16.¤d2 ¦d8
(2000). 16...¥e6 was more precise.
17.¥d5!?
One of the most friendly and XIIIIIIIIY
communicable grandmasters in the
world. Without doubt Peter is an elite 9r+ltr-+k+0
player. In the above-mentioned 9+q+-vlpzpp0
Tilburg-1997 tournament, he shared 9-+nzp-sn-+0
first place with Kasparov and Kramnik. 9zp-+Lzp-+-0
Unfortunately the existing system of
supertournaments (if you're not 2700 9Pzp-+P+-+0
they don't regard you as a man) 9+-zP-vL-+-0
deprives him of the events he certainly 9NzP-sNQzPPzP0
deserves to play in. As far as I know 9tR-+-+RmK-0
his current ELO has exceeded the
'magic number' and maybe Svidler will xiiiiiiiiy
get the invitations at last. To catch up 17...¥f8!?
with the leaders of the Aeroflot he 17...¤xd5 18.exd5 ¤b8 19.c4
needed to win his four final games in a followed by b2-b3, Rae1, Nc1–d3 is in
row. As you can guess, he did it! ☺ White's favour.
18.¥xc6
Before I show his game from the 18.c4!?
penultimate round I'd like to remind 18...£xc6 19.cxb4 £xa4
you (or to let you know) that Peter is a In case of 19...¤xe4 20.¦fc1 £b7
happy father of twins. Without this 21.bxa5 ¦xa5 22.b4! White gets a pair
information the story would be of dangerous passed pawns as
incomplete. 22...¦xa4? loses to 23.¤xe4 £xe4
24.¤c3
CT-54(838) Page 5 of 6
20.b5 34.¦xa7 c3 35.¦a2 ¦d7 36.¦c2 ¦dxb7

After 20.¥b6! Black can play for and the c3-pawn remains on the
counterplay, sacrificing a pawn - board; and if B) then 31.¦xa5
20...¦d7 (or try to equalize in the 31...¦xb7! 32.¤xf6+ ¢g7 33.¤h5+ ¢h6
ending 20...¥a6 21.£d1 £xd1 34.¦a6+ ¢xh5 35.g4+ ¢xg4 36.¦xb7
22.¦fxd1 ¦db8 23.bxa5 ¤d7) 21.bxa5 c3 and Black should win despite a loss
¥a6 22.£d1! £b5 23.£c2 d5 of the exchange
20...¥e6 29...¥d4 30.¦ab1 ¦b3! 31.b6 a4
XIIIIIIIIY 32.¤xf6+ ¢g7 33.¤d7 a3 34.b7
9r+-tr-vlk+0 ¦d8
9+-+-+pzpp0 34...¦d8 35.b8£ ¦dxb8 36.¤xb8 a2–+
9-+-zplsn-+0 0–1
9zpP+-zp-+-0
9q+-+P+-+0 Solution to Quiz Today 28.¦xf6!
9+-+-vL-+-0 ¦xf6 29.h4+-
9NzP-sNQzPPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
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¥d4! 30.b7 (30.¦a4 ¦b3!) 30...¦b8 and
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(32.¤c6 ¦xb7! 33.¦xb7 ¥xa1)
32...¢xe7 33.¦a8 then 33...¥a7!
CT-54(838) Page 6 of 7
CT-55(839)
th
Quiz Today: Ponomariov (2734) - After the second round Kramnik and
Kramnik (2807) B31 XX SuperGM Anand have 1½/2, Leko has 1/1,
Linares ESP (2), 23.02.2003 Radjabov 1/2, Vallejo ½/1, Kasparov
XIIIIIIIIY ½/2, Ponomariov 0/2.
9rtr-+-+-+0 Annotated Game:-
9zp-+-+k+-0 French Defence Novelty
9-+-+l+-+0
9tRPzp-vl-zpp0 Kasparov (2847)
9-+-zpPzp-+0 Radjabov - (2624)
Event: XX SuperGM Linares ESP (2),
9+-+-+P+P0 23.02.2003- C11
9-+P+-vLP+0 Annotations: IM Maxim Notkin
9tR-+-+NmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5
¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 a6
Black to play
8.£d2 b5 9.a3
Preventing b5-b4. In the early years
T oday is a day-off at the

Hrokurinn Chess Club Tourn-
ament in Reykjavik. So today
we focus totally upon Linares
especially because the 2nd round saw
of the exploration of this line it was
thought that White couldn't allow this
mass of queenside pawns. So the
majority of games saw the exchange
9.dxc5. But then it was discovered that
some exciting events. The sensational
the advance of black pawns on the
Kasparov – Radjabov encounter is our
queenside, that we will see here,
Annotated game. What else is possible
might favour White. Indeed it's not so
when a promising junior defeats
easy for Black to progress after b5-b4
World No.1?
and c5-c4 if White's king is not there,
while White has a clear idea of
Kramnik has gained revenge for his
preparing f4-f5 which works better
loss against Ponomariov in Wijk aan
with the centre closed. Therefore even
Zee. The Brain Games Champion
the provocative 9.¥d3 c4 10.¥e2 b4
solved all the opening problems and
11.¤d1 has been played. Kasparov
converted a pair of bishops into a
isn't afraid of c5-c4 at all but prefers to
point convincingly. The way Kramnik
impede b5-b4.
handled his pawns was amazing. The
9...£b6
FIDE Champion is on 0/2.
9...¥b7 10.¥d3 was played in a game
played by Kasparov's permanent
Paco Vallejo played well against
assistant Yuri Dokhoian (Dokhoian -
Anand. It seems after winning the
Vasiukov, Moscow 1990).
exchange he had fulfilled his plan and
10.¤e2 c4 (N)
a draw was agreed ☺ In the final
position Paco could try to get more. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+kvl-tr0
Round 2 results: 9+-+n+pzpp0
Kasparov – Radjabov 0:1 9pwqn+p+-+0
Ponomariov – Kramnik 0:1
Vallejo – Anand ½:½ 9+p+pzP-+-0
9-+pzP-zP-+0
It is difficult to asssess the standings in 9zP-+-vLN+-0
this tournament because of the 9-zPPwQN+PzP0
unusual format of the tournament.
Let's wait until the end of the first lap. 9tR-+-mKL+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-55(839) Page 1 of 3
The original research commences. 20.¤xe6 fxe6 21.¥e2!?

This position hasn't been seen before. XIIIIIIIIY
11.g4 9-+ktr-+-tr0
I spoke a bit with the GM Emil
Sutovsky about this game. He believes 9+-+-vl-zp-0
Kasparov could act more carefully - 9pwqn+p+-+0
11.g3 then Bg2, 0–0 and so on as 9+p+pzP-+-0
Black is unable to achieve something 9-+pzP-vLn+0
special on the queenside. The text
move allows Radjabov to begin 9zP-zP-+-sN-0
counterplay. 9-zP-wQL+-zP0
11...h5 12.gxh5 9tR-+-mK-+R0
Not 12.g5? g6 and the kingside is
closed forever.
xiiiiiiiiy
12...¦xh5 13.¤g3 ¦h8 14.f5 21...¤gxe5!?
Kasparov acts in the usual In case of 21...¤xh2 or 21...¦xh2
straightforward way for this position. 22.¦xh2 ¤xh2 the knight will not find
14...exf5 15.¤xf5 his way back home. Just a few moves
ago Radjabov would have played here
XIIIIIIIIY 21...¤h6 Now he finds a more active
9r+l+kvl-tr0 way.
9+-+n+pzp-0 22.£e3!
9pwqn+-+-+0 After 22.dxe5 d4; or 22.¥xe5 ¤xe5
23.dxe5 ¥c5 a position arises in which
9+p+pzPN+-0 Kasparov would have preferred to be
9-+pzP-+-+0 Black. A long-term initiative for a
9zP-+-vLN+-0 piece is secured.
9-zPPwQ-+-zP0 22...¤d7?
Right was 22...¥d6! and if 23.dxe5
9tR-+-mKL+R0 then again 23...¥c5 with comp-
xiiiiiiiiy ensation for the piece.
15...¤f6! 23.£xe6 ¥h4
This was the idea behind Black's XIIIIIIIIY
previous move. With the help of this 9-+ktr-+-tr0
trick Radjabov gets good squares for 9+-+n+-zp-0
his pieces. Nevertheless it's early to 9pwqn+Q+-+0
talk about equality. 9+p+p+-+-0
16.¤g3
Both 16.exf6 ¥xf5; and 16.¤xg7+ 9-+pzP-vL-vl0
¥xg7 17.exf6 ¥xf6 are harmless. 9zP-zP-+-sN-0
16...¤g4 17.¥f4 ¥e6 9-zP-+L+-zP0
After 17...b4 18.axb4 £xb4 19.c3 9tR-+-mK-+R0
White retains the advantage due to the xiiiiiiiiy
weak pawn on d5. 24.£g4?
18.c3 ¥e7 What has confused Kasparov in the
18...¤a5 19.¦d1 ¤b3 20.£c2² - b3 line 24.£xd5! ? Here's an example:
is scarcely a better place for the knight 24...¦de8 25.0–0–0! ¥xg3 26.hxg3
than c6. ¦xh1 27.¦xh1 ¦xe2 28.¦h8+ ¤d8
19.¤g5 29.£a8+ ¤b8 30.¥xb8+-
19.h3 ¤h6 looks natural but I 24...g5! 25.¥d2
suppose Kasparov saw the position 25.¥xg5?! ¦dg8 and White loses the
after his 23rd move from here queen - 26.£xh4 ¦xh4 27.¥xh4
regarding it as a favourable for White. Kasparov confessed he overlooked
19...0–0–0 this simple line.
The dark-squared bishop is good 25...¦de8
and Radjabov doesn't give it up. Annoying threats appear...

CT-55(839) Page 2 of 3
26.0–0–0 ¤a5 36.¦e8 ¥c4 37.¦xe5 c1£ 38.¦xc5

XIIIIIIIIY £xf1+ 39.¢h2 £xf2 40.¦xc4 g4 0–1
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31...£xf5 32.¦xf5 ¦df8 33.¦xf8+ Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
¤xf8 34.¥f3 ¥h4! Maxim Notkin.
Stronger than 34...¦xh2 35.¦xh2
¥xh2 36.¥xd5 and Black has a lot of Technical editors: Graham Brown
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xiiiiiiiiy
37...¤dc5!
A nice realization!
38.¥f7 ¦e7 39.¥h5 ¤d3
Black has activated his pieces, further
resistance is senseless. Kasparov
resigned. 0–1
Solution to Quiz Today 29...d3!

30.¦xa7+ ¢f6! 31.¦xa8 ¦xa8 32.¦xa8
32.¦c1 ¥b2 33.¦b1 dxc2 32...dxc2
33.¦f8+ ¢g6 34.¦e8 ¢f7 35.¦f8+!?
¢g6 35...¢xf8 36.¥xc5+ ¢f7 37.¥a3
CT-55(839) Page 3 of 3
CT-56(840)
th
Quiz Today of 7. Yace came in second and Brutus

V. Korchnoi (2642) - M. Adams took the third prize.
(2734) Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (5),
22.02.2003 The 6th Malaga Open started on the
XIIIIIIIIY 21st of February 2003. Players include
9-+-+r+k+0 1. Sergei Tiviakov ( NED) 2635
9sn-+-+pvl-0 2. Oleg Korneev ( RUS) 2613
3. Aimen Rizouk (ALG) 2519
9-+-+psnpzp0 4. Roberto Cifuentes Parada (ESP)
9+lzPp+-+-0 2506
9-+-zP-vL-zP0 5. Mihai Suba (ROM) 2501
9+-wq-+NsN-0 6. Pia Cramling (SWE) 2492
9-+L+-zPP+0 7. Rodrigo Vasquez (CHI) 2481, etc.
9+RwQ-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy Round 5 standing:
White to play 1. Sergei Tiviakov - 5
2-5. Aimen Rizouk, Alexis Cabrera, Pia
Cramling, Frank de la Paz - 4.5; etc.
Kramnik leads at Linares
Eight players are sharing the lead with
T he 3rd round of the Linares Super

tournament (XX category) was
played on the 24th of February
2003. All three games: Leko-
3/3 in the 19th CAPPELLE LA GRANDE
INTERNATIONAL OPEN. They are
Henrik Teske, Vladimir Burmakin,
Alexander Shneider, Konstantin Aseev,
Kasparov, Radjabov -Ponomariov, and Spartak Vysochin, Krzysztof
Kramnik-Vallejo were drawn. Anand Jakubowski; Philipp Schlosser and
had a day-off. Aleksander Mista
Standings after 3 rounds: ¤¤¤

1. Kramnik - 2.0 (3)* Annotated Game
2-4. Anand - 1.5(2), Radjabov - 1.5
(2), Leko -1.5 (2) R. Ponomariov (2734)
5-6. Kasparov - 1(3), Vallejo 1(2) V. Kramnik (2807)
7. Ponomariov - 1 (3) Event: XX SuperGM Linares ESP (2),
23.02.2003 - [B31]
* (note: number between ( ) refers to Annotations by IM Nikolai Vlasova
the number of games played.) Kramnik won this game convincingly
in revenge for his deafeat in Wijk-
Pairings for the 25th of February: aan-Zee.
Ponomariov-Leko 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 g6
Vallejo-Radjabov 4.¥xc6 dxc6 5.h3 ¥g7 6.d3 ¤f6
Anand-Kramnik 7.¤c3 ¤d7 (D)
Kasparov will have a day off. XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqk+-tr0
Please, see annotated game
Ponomariov-Kramnik, played in
9zpp+nzppvlp0
Round 2. 9-+p+-+p+0
9+-zp-+-+-0
The 12th International Paderborn 9-+-+P+-+0
Computer Chess Championship took 9+-sNP+N+P0
place from the 19 to 23 February 2003. 9PzPP+-zPP+0
Fritz won this tournament with 5 out 9tR-vLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
This issue is prepared by IM Nikolai Vlasova; technical editor Ralph Marconi
CT-56(840) Page 1 of 4
A well known variation of the This move looks unconvincing to me.

Sicilian Defence that is still in fashion Black has three pretty good
has arisen. The last move of the Black opportunities 18...¥d7 ; 18...¦b8;
knight is the beginning of the journey 18...0–0 in any case he has no problem
on the itinerary: d7-f8-e6-d4. Black, to equalise.
however, is in no hurry to castle. It's in 19.d4?!
his interest to find out the intentions of To break open the position at Black's
the White king first. strongest point is colourful and ...
8.¥e3 e5 9.£d2 h6 suicidal for White. White missed a
Avoiding the exchange of the dark- good chance to get the lost initiative
squared bishops. back by 19.a4! ¤d4 20.axb5 cxb5
10.0–0 £e7 11.a3 ¤f8 12.b4 ¤e6 21.c4! and Black is in a tight corner -
13.¤a4 b6 14.¤h2?!N files are open for the White rooks and
This game demonstrated that this was Black's g7-bishop can not participate
obviously not the best response and in the game. The following is not
h2-knight was anticipating his bad dangerous at all 21...¤b3 22.£b4 ¤xa1
fate. At the same time it is not clear 23.¦xa1± with more than enough
how White is going to struggle for compensation for exchange.
advantage. [14.bxc5 b5 (This is the 19...exd4 20.¤d3 ¤xc5
idea of Black's previous move. Having The following is quite good for Black
prepared in advance, the Black pawn 20...a5 21.e5 ¤xc5 22.¤xc5 £xc5
attacks the White knight, b5-pawn 23.¥xd4 £d5 but this is a matter of
cannot be taken and the queen's side personal taste.
is not open. ) 15.¤c3 f5! (Worse is 21.¤xc5 £xc5 22.¦fd1 ¥e6
15...¤xc5 16.d4! exd4 17.¥xd4 ¥xd4 23.£b4!? (D)
18.£xd4 and White is slightly better.) XIIIIIIIIY
16.exf5 gxf5 17.£e1 (The rook 9r+-+k+-tr0
sacrifice is hardly appropriate in the
line 17.a4 b4 18.¤e2 f4 19.¤xf4 exf4 9zp-+-+-vl-0
20.¥xf4 ¥xa1 21.¦xa1 0–0; as well as 9-+p+l+-+0
the piece sacrifice in the following line 9+pwq-+-zpp0
17.d4!? f4 18.¤xe5! fxe3 19.fxe3 ¥xe5 9-wQ-zpPzp-+0
20.dxe5 ¤xc5 21.£d4 ¥e6 22.¤e4
¤xe4 23.£xe4 ¥d5 , although all 9zP-+-+P+P0
these lines need verification (and 9-+P+-vLPsN0
Kramnik has probably done it 9tR-+R+-mK-0
already).) 17...0–0 and Black's position
is a bit more proactive .]
xiiiiiiiiy
14...f5! 15.f3 A witty attempt! After 23.¥xd4
A logical move. Since Black has two ¥xd4+ 24.£xd4 £xd4+ 25.¦xd4 ¢e7
bishops, White is trying to keep the White is in a hard end game.
position closed. 23...£b6!
15...f4 16.¥f2 h5 17.bxc5 b5 White's idea proves to be correct in
18.¤b2 g5?! (D) case of 23...£xb4 24.axb4 d3 25.cxd3
¥xa1 26.¦xa1 and White manages to
XIIIIIIIIY block Black's pawns on the queen's
9r+l+k+-tr0 side.
9zp-+-wq-vl-0 24.a4
9-+p+n+-+0 24.¥xd4 does not work because of
24...c5! 25.¥xc5 a5! (D)
9+pzP-zp-zpp0
9-+-+Pzp-+0
9zP-+P+P+P0
9-sNPwQ-vLPsN0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
CT-56(840) Page 4 of 4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+k+-tr0 0–1.
9+-+-+-vl-0 Solution to Quiz Today
9-wq-+l+-+0 V. Korchnoi (2642) - M. Adams
9zppvL-+-zpp0 (2734) Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (5),
9-wQ-+Pzp-+0 22.02.2003
31.¦b3! £c4 [31...£a5 32.¦a3+-]
9zP-+-+P+P0 32.£b2! ¥a4 33.¤d2 ¥xb3
9-+P+-+PsN0 34.¤xc4 dxc4 35.¥xb3 cxb3
9tR-+R+-mK-0 36.£xb3+- ¤d5 37.£a4 ¦d8
xiiiiiiiiy 38.¥xh6 ¥xh6 39.£xa7 ¥g7
with material advantage. 40.c6 ¦c8 41.¤e4 1–0.
24...c5 25.£xb5+ £xb5 26.axb5
¢f7 27.¦a5 ¦hb8 28.¤f1 ¥e5 Contact information. Do you want
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32.¦xa8 dxc2 33.¦f8+ ¢g6 Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM
33...¥f7–+ would decide the Ruslan Scherbakov, IM Vladimir
outcome at once. Barsky, GM Mikhail Golubev, IM
34.¦e8 ¢f7 35.¦f8+! (D) Maxim Notkin and IM Nikolai Vlassov.
XIIIIIIIIY Technical editors: Graham Brown
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xiiiiiiiiy
The last trick is unable to change the
alignment .
35...¢g6
Even after 35...¢xf8 36.¥xc5+ ¢f7
37.¥a3 ¥c4–+ Black has to win, any
way.
36.¦e8 ¥c4 37.¦xe5 c1£ 38.¦xc5
£xf1+ 39.¢h2 £xf2 40.¦xc4 g4
CT-56(840) Page 4 of 4
CT-57(841)
th
Quiz Today Obviously, none of this matters once

I. Sokolov (2688) - S. Kristjansson the players reach the halfway and the
(2432) end point of the tournament, but I just
Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (6), thought I'd share my comments with
24.02.2003 you.
XIIIIIIIIY Best regards,
9-+-vl-+-+0 Baldomero Garcia
9+-+-+-+p0
9-+-+P+-zP0 OK, lets do the same as the ICC.
9+-+p+kzP-0 Round 4 standings:
9p+-zP-+-+0 +1 Kramnik (4 games), Leko (3),
9mK-+-+-+-0 Anand (3)
9-+-+-+-+0 +0 Radjabov (4), Valleo (3)
9+-vL-+-+-0 -1 Kasparov (3)
xiiiiiiiiy -2 Ponomariov (4)
White to play
Wednesday will be a rest day.
Draws all around again in
4th round at Linares Alexei Shirov became the sole leader
after his victory with Black over
A ll three games were drawn in Michael Adams (see our annotated

the 4th round of the Linares game section) in the 7th round of a
Supertournament. Anand and category XV tournament in Reykjavik.
Kramnik finished their game very
soon, while Vallejo Pons – Radjabov Round 6th results:
and Ponomariov – Leko only after Sokolov – Kristjansson 1:0
great battle. In both cases Black had Shirov – Korchnoi ½:½
extra material, but couldn't exploit it. Macieja – Adams ½:½
Kasparov had a rest day. Stefansson – Gretarsson ½:½
Bacrot – McShane 0:1
Before announcing the standings after
4 rounds of play lets cite the following Round 7th results:
letter from one of our readers: McShane – Macieja 0:1
Gretarsson – Bacrot 0:1
Hi. I understand that the standings at Kristjansson – Stefansson ½:½
Linares might be a bit confusing: one Korchnoi – Sokolov ½:½
could say that Kramnik is leading with Adams – Shirov 0:1
2 points (after 3 rounds – editorial),
followed by Leko and Anand with 1.5 Round 7 Standings:
points. You clearly state the number of 1. Shirov – 5½
games played for each of the players. 2-3. Sokolov, Macieja – 5
However, that's not quite accurate: 2 4. Korchnoi – 4
points out of 3 is 67% while 1.5 out of 5-6. McShane, Adams – 3½
2 is 75% (which means they're leading, 7. Stefansson – 3
and not Kramnik). ICC follows what I 8. Bacrot – 2½
think is a more sensible way of giving 9. Gretarsson – 2
the standings: they give plus scores: 10. Kristjansson – 1
+1 Kramnik, Leko, Anand
+0 Radjabov, Valleo Round 8th pairing:
-1 Kasparov Macieja – Shirov
-2 Ponomariov Sokolov – Adams
Stefansson – Korchnoi
Bacrot – Kristjansson
CT-57(841) Page 1 of 4
McShane – Gretarsson The right decision: now Black is

unable to create a pawn chain in the
Five players are leading with 4½ center.
points after the 5th round of Cappelle 8...d6
la Grande Open: Vysochin, Mista, Black has to exchange this pawn
Aseev, Shaw and Gajewski. 33 otherwise his bishops haven't any
players are in hot pursuit half a point future.
behind. 9.exd6 £xd6 10.£e2 f6 (D)
XIIIIIIIIY
The Malaga Open has also been in 9r+l+kvl-tr0
progress. 9zp-+-+-zp-0
Pairings for the 7th round: 9-+pwqpzpn+0
TIVIAKOV [5½] – DE LA PAZ [5½] 9+-zp-+-+p0
CIFUENTES PARADA [5] – CABRERA
[5½] 9-+-+-+-zP0
MATAMOROS FRANCO [5] – 9+P+-+N+-0
CRAMLING [5] 9PvLPzPQzPP+0
RIZOUK [4½] – PEREZ CANDELARIO 9tRN+-mK-+R0
[5] xiiiiiiiiy
VASQUEZ [4½] – BORBJERGGAARD 11.£e4 ¢f7 12.¤c3 e5 13.0–0–0
[4½] ¥e7 14.d3 ¥e6 15.g3 (D)
CHEPARINOV [4½] – BARRIA ZUÑIGA XIIIIIIIIY
[4½] 9r+-+-+-tr0
HERRERA [4½] – PAZ LADRON DE 9zp-+-vlkzp-0
GUEVARA [4½] 9-+pwqlzpn+0
TISSIR [4½] – BELLON LOPEZ [4½] 9+-zp-zp-+p0
FERNANDEZ SILES [4½] –
KOVACEVIC [4½] 9-+-+Q+-zP0
RASMUSSEN [4½] – LESKOVAR [4½] 9+PsNP+NzP-0
BLAZQUEZ [4½] – SALDAÑO [4] 9PvLP+-zP-+0
9+-mKR+-+R0
¤¤¤ xiiiiiiiiy
Annotated Game A very interesting and complicated
M. Adams (2734) position. Both sides have their own
A. Shirov (2723) pluses and minuses. White would like
Event: Hrokurinn Reykjavik, Iceland to open the f-file to attack king on f7.
(7), 25.02.2003- [B30] Black has his counter-chances on the
Annotations by IM Vladimir queen-side and in the center (we'll
Barsky see in the game an exchange sacrifice
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 e6 on d4).
4.¥xc6 bxc6 5.b3 ¤e7 (D) 15...¦ad8 16.¦hf1
XIIIIIIIIY Preparing something like ¤g1 and
9r+lwqkvl-tr0 f2-f4.
9zp-+psnpzpp0 16...¥h3 17.¦g1 ¥g4 18.¦de1
9-+p+p+-+0 £e6 19.¤d2 ¦d4 20.£g2 ¦hd8
9+-zp-+-+-0 (D)
9-+-+P+-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+P+-+N+-0 9-+-tr-+-+0
9P+PzP-zPPzP0 9zp-+-vlkzp-0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0 9-+p+qzpn+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-zp-zp-+p0
Knight is going to g6, leaving the f6 9-+-tr-+lzP0
square for the f7-pawn. Black would 9+PsNP+-zP-0
like to create a barrier vs. bishop b2. 9PvLPsN-zPQ+0
6.¥b2 ¤g6 7.h4!? h5 8.e5 9+-mK-tR-tR-0
xiiiiiiiiy

CT-57(841) Page 2 of 4
21.f3 ¥h3 22.£f2 ¥f5 23.¤ce4 32.¥xd4 cxd4 33.h5 d3!? (33...£b4!?)
£d7!? (D) 32...¤d3+!?
XIIIIIIIIY In any case Shirov finds a breakthrew
9-+-tr-+-+0 on the key point d3!
9zp-+qvlkzp-0 33.cxd3 £xb3 (D)
9-+p+-zpn+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-zp-zpl+p0 9-tr-+-+-+0
9-+-trN+-zP0 9+-+-vlk+-0
9+P+P+PzP-0 9-+p+-zp-+0
9PvLPsN-wQ-+0 9zp-zp-zp-+-0
9+-mK-tR-tR-0 9P+PtrN+RzP0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+q+P+Q+-0
In my opinion White is better here so 9-vL-+-+-+0
Shirov tries to make the game more 9+-mK-tR-+-0
complicated. xiiiiiiiiy
24.g4?! This is the culmination point of the
A double-edged move - the knight game.
on g6 receives the very good square f4 34.£g2?!
"free of charge". Why not 24.¥xd4 It looks like White could win here by
cxd4 25.f4!?± (25.¤c4!?± But of course force: 34.¤g5+! ¢e8 35.¥xd4 £b1+
it's very difficult to understand and 36.¢d2 A) 36...cxd4 37.£xc6+ ¢f8
calculate the following complications, (37...¢d8 38.¤f7#) 38.¤e6+ ¢f7
and it doesn't matter - with a 39.¦g7#!; B) 36...£a2+ 37.¥b2
computer or without it.) (37.¢e3 cxd4+ 38.¢e4 fxg5
24...¥e6 25.¤c4 hxg4 26.fxg4 39.¢xe5!?+-) ; 34.¥xd4?! Only leads to
¥xc4 27.dxc4 ¤f4 (D) a draw. 34...cxd4 35.¤g5+ ¢g7
XIIIIIIIIY 36.¤e6+ ¢h6 37.¦g6+ ¢xg6 38.¤f4+
9-+-tr-+-+0 exf4 39.£g4+ ¢f7 (39...¢h6
9zp-+qvlkzp-0 40.£xf4+=) 40.£e6+ ¢g6 41.£g4+=
9-+p+-zp-+0 34...¥f8 35.¦g6?!
9+-zp-zp-+-0 Is this a decisive mistake or not? Fritz
9-+PtrNsnPzP0 says that White can draw after 35.¦f1!?
9+P+-+-+-0
9PvLP+-wQ-+0 ¥h6+ 36.¢b1 £xd3+ 37.¢a1 ¦xe4
9+-mK-tR-tR-0 38.¦xe4 ¦b4 39.¦xf6+ ¢xf6 40.£f2+
xiiiiiiiiy ¢e7 41.¦xe5+ ¢d8 42.£f6+ ¢c7
28.£f3 43.£e7+ £d7 44.£xd7+ ¢xd7 45.¦xc5
Now after 28.¥xd4 cxd4 in view of ¦xa4+ 46.¢b1=; 35.£f2 ¥h6+ 36.¢b1
d4-d3 Black will have full £xd3+ 37.¢a1
compensation for the exchange. 35...£xd3 36.¦xf6+ ¢e7 (D)
28...a5 29.a4 £b7 30.g5!? XIIIIIIIIY
30.¥xd4 cxd4 31.g5 (31.¤f2 d3!? 9-tr-+-vl-+0
32.¤xd3? ¤xd3+ 33.cxd3 £xb3‚) 9+-+-mk-+-0
31...d3 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.£g4 £b4!?„ 9-+p+-tR-+0
30...¦b8 31.gxf6 gxf6 32.¦g4 (D) 9zp-zp-zp-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9P+PtrN+-zP0
9-tr-+-+-+0 9+-+q+-+-0
9+q+-vlk+-0 9-vL-+-+Q+0
9-+p+-zp-+0 9+-mK-tR-+-0
9zp-zp-zp-+-0 xiiiiiiiiy
9P+PtrNsnRzP0 37.¥xd4??
9+P+-+Q+-0 Of course this is a blunder, but I
9-vLP+-+-+0 couldn't find any defence for White,
9+-mK-tR-+-0 for example: 37.¦e6+ ¢xe6 38.£g6+
xiiiiiiiiy ¢e7 39.£f6+ ¢e8 40.£xe5+ ¢d7
CT-57(841) Page 3 of 4
41.¤f6+ ¢c8–+; 37.¦f2 ¦xc4+ 38.¦c2 whatsoever is strictly prohibited

¥h6+ 39.¤g5 (39.¢b1 ¦cb4–+) without express written permission.
39...¦xb2! 40.¢xb2 ¦b4+ 41.¢c1
(41.¢a1 £a3+ 42.¦a2 £c3+ 43.¦b2
¦xa4+ 44.¢b1 £xe1+) 41...£a3+
42.¢d1 ¦d4+ A) 43.¦d2 £xa4+
44.¢c1 (44.¢e2 ¦xd2+ 45.¢xd2 £a2+
46.¢d1 £xg2–+) 44...£a1+ 45.¢c2
£xe1–+; B) 43.¢e2 ; 37.¤d6!? A)
37...¦xd6 38.¦xe5+ ¢xf6 (38...¢d8
39.¦xf8+) 39.¦e3+ ¦xb2 40.£g5+ ¢f7
41.¦xd3+-; B) 37...¢xf6 38.£g5+ ¢e6
39.£xe5+ ¢d7 40.£e6+ ¢c7 41.£f7+
¢b6–+] 37...¦b1# 0–1.

I. Sokolov (2688) - S. Kristjansson
(2432)
Hrokurinn Reykjavic ISL (6),
24.02.2003
51.¥f4!! ¢xe6 [51...¢xf4 52.g6
hxg6 53.h7 ¥f6 54.e7+-] 52.g6 ¥f6
53.¥e5 hxg6 54.h7 1–0
feedback!
(353-1) 278-2276. Fax/phone: (353-

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Quiz Today: P. Cramling – Tissir share money if points are equal. This
Malaga Open, 26.02.2003 means that the 1st placed player after
XIIIIIIIIY tiebreak gets all the money for 1st
9-+-tr-trk+0 place, 2nd place gets 2nd prize and so
9zpp+n+p+p0 on. This doesn't take away all quick
9-+pvl-snp+0 draws, but at least a player with a bad
9zP-+-+p+-0 tiebreak will try to win to get the big
9-+-zP-+-+0 money. Regards Håkan Winfridsson'.
9+-sN-zPP+-0
9L+qvL-wQPzP0 I am aware of this system, but
9tR-+-+R+K0
xiiiiiiiiy personally dislike it – sometimes the
White to play difference in prize money might be
huge and why should someone be
Letters to the Editor punished if their first (second) round
opponent has a bad tournament? I
think the so-called Hort System is best
Y esterday we received two

messages concerning an error
in our solution to the tactical
quiz. Let's give that position first:
- when half of the prize money is
distributed according to the tiebreak
and half is shared equally.
I. Sokolov – S. Kristjansson Coming back to yesterday's tactical

Reykjavic 24.02.2003 quiz, I am very glad that two readers
XIIIIIIIIY spotted our error – this means that
9-+-vl-+-+0 some people actually read Chess
9+-+-+-+p0 Today! :-)
9-+-+P+-zP0
9+-+p+kzP-0 Chess News
9p+-zP-+-+0
9mK-+-+-+-0 Yesterday was a rest day at Linares,
9-+-+-+-+0 but there are plenty of other
9+-vL-+-+-0 interesting tournaments in progress. In
xiiiiiiiiy the category XV tournament in
Here White played 51.¥f4!! and Reykjavik, round 8 saw the following
won after 51...¢xe6 52.g6 ¥f6 results:
53.¥e5 hxg6 54.h7 1–0. We gave
another line: 51...¢xf4 52.g6 hxg6 Macieja - Shirov - ½:½
53.h7 ¥f6 54.e7+-. I. Sokolov - Adams - ½:½
Stefansson – Korchnoi - 0-1
But as GM Harry Schussler (Sweden) Bacrot – Kristjansson - 1-0
wrote, 'White has to play something McShane – Gretarsson - 1-0
like 54. ¢xa4 first.' – because in our You can find these games in our
variation Black takes on e7 with database.
check.
Before the last round Alexei Shirov is
Another CT reader from Sweden - leading on 6 points. GMs Bartlomej
Hakan Winfridsson – came to a similar Macieja (Poland, 2629) and Ivan
conclusion: 'The right move is 54.h8£ Sokolov (Netherlands, 2688) are half a
¥xh8 55.e7 1-0.' He then added: point behind. Victor Korchnoi is on 5
'In CT-835 GM Golubev had a points. Elo-favourite Michael Adams is
discussion about quick draws in the on 50%.
last round, and had no good answer
on how to get rid of them. In Sweden The last round should be intriguing as
were I live, some tournaments don't two of the leaders face each other,
CT-58(842) Page 1 of 5
while the other leader meets with one different leagues – in France, UK,
of the players from the bottom of the Austria and Germany.
X-table: I will cover all those leagues in detail
in one of our forthcoming issues – you
Gretarsson - Macieja may recall that we touched upon this
S. Kristjansson - McShane subject in CT-827, when GM Golubev
Korchnoi - Bacrot wrote about the German League (BL)
Adams - Stefansson and the Belgian Team Championship.
Shirov – I. Sokolov
GM Alex Baburin (2558 Ireland)
In the Malaga Open round 8 saw the GM Vallejo Pons (2628 Spain)
following results on top boards: Event: French Team League, Drancy
(2), 01.02.2003
Cabrera – Tiviakov - ½:½ Annotations: GM Alexander Baburin
Perez – Cifuentes – 1:0
Pia Cramling – Tissir – 1:0 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.e3 ¥f5
Borbjerggaard – Cheparinvo – 0:1 5.¤c3 a6 (D)
S. Kovachevic – Matamoros - 0:1 XIIIIIIIIY
De La Paz – Herrera - ½:½ 9rsn-wqkvl-tr0
9+p+-zppzpp0
Again, you can find these games in our 9p+p+-sn-+0
database. 9+-+p+l+-0
9-+PzP-+-+0
Before the last round the standings are 9+-sN-zPN+-0
as follows: 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
1. GM Sergei Tiviakov (2635, xiiiiiiiiy
Netherlands) – 7 points; This is a popular alternative to 5...e6
2-7. GM Pia Cramling (2492, Sweden), 6. ¤h4.
IM Alexis Cabrera (2478, Columbia), 6.¥d3
GM Franco Matamoros (2460, Another option is 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.£b3
Ecuador), IM Manuel Perez (2404, for example: 7...¦a7 8.¤e5 e6 9.¥e2
Spain), IM Ivan Cheparinov (2478, h5? 10.0–0 ¤bd7 11.¤xd7 ¤xd7 12.e4
Bulgaria) and IM Karsten Rasmussen dxe4 13.¥e3 £b8 14.d5 ¥c5 15.¥xc5
(2396, Denmark) – all are on 6½ ¤xc5 16.£b6 ¤d7 17.£b4 e5 18.¦fd1
points. ¦h6 19.¦ac1 ¦d6 20.¥xh5 ¦b6
21.£a5 ¦xb2 22.d6 ¥e6 23.¤d5 ¢f8
At the time of writing, the Web site of 24.£c3 ¦a8 1–0 Avrukh-Abolianin,
the big open tournament in Cappelle Antwerp 1997.
la Grande (France) seems to be down, 6...¥xd3 7.£xd3 e6 8.0–0 ¥e7
so we will cover its progress 9.e4 0–0 (D)
tomorrow.
XIIIIIIIIY
Annotated Game 9rsn-wq-trk+0
9+p+-vlpzpp0
Today I would like to show one of my 9p+p+psn-+0
recent games. As you will see, it was
quite a painful experience – I lost a 9+-+p+-+-0
completely winning ending to one of 9-+PzPP+-+0
the Linares players. Well, chess is not 9+-sNQ+N+-0
only about winning, and hopefully I 9PzP-+-zPPzP0
can learn a thing or two from this
game. And the sooner I get it out of 9tR-vL-+RmK-0
my system, the better! The game was xiiiiiiiiy
played in the French team league. As I 10.¥g5
don't play in tournaments much 10.e5?! dxc4 11.£xc4 ¤d5 would be
nowadays, I signed up for 4 (!!) pretty good for Black, but 10.¦d1, as
CT-58(842) Page 2 of 5
in Kramnik-Morozevich, Dortmund 23.£xc6 £xc6 24.¤xc6 ¦d6

2001, is probably better - White 25.¦c1 ¦c8 (D)
should keep more pieces on the XIIIIIIIIY
board. 9-+r+-+k+0
10...dxe4 11.¤xe4 ¤bd7 9+-+-+pzpp0
11...¤xe4 12.¥xe7 ¤xf2?? 13.£a3+-. 9-+Ntrp+-+0
12.¦ad1 a5 9+-+n+-+-0
Black wants to gain some room on 9p+-zP-+-+0
the queenside. One small drawback of 9zP-+-+-+-0
this plan is that this pawn might 9-zP-+-zPPzP0
9+-tR-tR-mK-0
require attention later. xiiiiiiiiy
13.¤xf6+ White has won a pawn and while this
Here I also considered 13.¤c3 aiming may not be enough for a win yet, he
for e2, ¤e5, etc. certainly has a serious advantage.
13...¥xf6 14.¥xf6 ¤xf6 15.¤e5 a4 26.¤e5!
16.¦fe1 £a5 17.c5 26.¤b4? ¦b8.
White fixes the pawn structure. Here 26...¦b8 27.g3!?
Black thought for about 10 minutes I wanted to control the f4-square and
before our clock broke down (low to secure the back-rank. 27.¦c4 f6
battery?). The arbiter brought another 28.¤d3 ¤b6 29.¦b4 e5.
digital clock, but it did not work 27...f6 28.¤d3 ¢f7
either. Since that was their last spare I also considered 28...¦b3 29.¤c5
DGT clock, the arbiter brought a ¦xb2 30.¤xa4 ¦a2 31.¤c5 ¦xa3
mechanical clock and we started to 32.¤xe6 Then after 32...¢f7 White has
play with a different time control - a winning shot: 33.¤c7!+- ¦a2
without increment, etc. All this time 34.¤xd5 ¦xd5 35.¦c7+ ¢g6 36.¦ee7
Vallejo was sitting and examining the ¦xd4 37.¦xg7+ ¢f5 38.¦c5+.
position. I believe in such a situation a 29.¦e2
player should get up and leave the Here I wanted to play 29.h4,
board. I had a similar case in Istanbul grabbing more space on the kingside,
2000 and there too my opponent took but did not like the line 29...¦b3
unfair advantage of the situation. 30.¦ed1 ¤b6 31.¦c7+ ¦d7 32.¦xd7+
17...¦ad8 18.¤c4 £a6 19.£c2 ¤xd7 - 33.¤c5 ¤xc5 34.dxc5 ¦xb2
19.¤b6 £xd3 20.¦xd3 ¤d5 21.¤xa4 35.¦d7+ ¢g6 36.c6 ¦c2 37.c7 e5. Still,
¤b4 is fine for Black. after 33.¦d2! White has good winning
19...¤d5 20.a3 (D) chances.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-trk+0 29...g5 30.¤c5 ¤b6 (D)
9+p+-+pzpp0 XIIIIIIIIY
9q+p+p+-+0 9-tr-+-+-+0
9+-zPn+-+-0 9+-+-+k+p0
9p+NzP-+-+0 9-sn-trpzp-+0
9zP-+-+-+-0 9+-sN-+-zp-0
9-zPQ+-zPPzP0 9p+-zP-+-+0
9+-+RtR-mK-0 9zP-+-+-zP-0
xiiiiiiiiy 9-zP-+RzP-zP0
9+-tR-+-mK-0
20...b5?! xiiiiiiiiy
Black had to play patiently. 20...¦d7 31.¤xe6
21.¦d3 ¦fd8 22.¦ed1 ¤f4 23.¦3d2 On this move I spent 8 of the
¤d5. Then White's only plan is play remaining 15 minutes. Vallejo was
on the kingside, perhaps using the 3rd already in time-trouble, having only 2
rank for a rook lift. But Black should minutes left. Objectively this move is
have enough counter-play. not good.
21.cxb6 ¤xb6 22.¤e5 ¤d5? 31...¦e8 32.d5
Keeping the pawn with 22...¦c8! was 32.¦c7+?? ¤d7.
certainly better.

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32...¤xd5 ¢f5 46.a5 ¤c4 47.a6 ¦a2 48.a7.

Better was 32...¦xd5! 33.¦ce1 ¦c8! 44...¤xb2 (D)
and White's knight is shaky. XIIIIIIIIY
33.¤d4 ¦xe2 34.¤xe2 ¤b6 9-+-+-+-+0
35.¦c7+ ¢g6 36.¦b7 h5 37.¤c3 g4 9+R+-+-+-0
38.h3! (D) 9-+-+-zpk+0
9zP-+-+-+-0
XIIIIIIIIY 9-+-+-+p+0
9-+-+-+-+0 9+-sN-+-zP-0
9+R+-+-+-0 9-snr+-zP-+0
9+-+-+K+-0
9-sn-tr-zpk+0 xiiiiiiiiy
9+-+-+-+p0 This move, unsettling White's knight,
9p+-+-+p+0 looks very natural. But strangely
9zP-sN-+-zPP0 enough, 44...¦xf2+!? is not a bad try:
45.¢g1 ¦f3! (D)
9-zP-+-zP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-mK-0 9-+-+-+-+0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+R+-+-+-0
White kept extra pawn and activated 9-+-+-zpk+0
9zP-+-+-+-0
his pieces - winning prospects are 9-+-+-+p+0
good. 9+-sNn+rzP-0
38...¤c4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.¤xa4 9-zP-+-+-+0
¤e5 41.¤c3 ¦d2 42.a4 ¦c2! (D) 9+-+-+-mK-0
9-+-+-+-+0 Then White would have to choose
9+R+-+-+-0 (always difficult!) between two
promising lines:
9-+-+-zpk+0 46.a6!?
9+-+-sn-+-0 ¦xg3+ 47.¢f1 ¦f3+ 48.¢e2 ¤f4+
9P+-+-+p+0 49.¢d2 ¦d3+ 50.¢c2 ¦d6! 51.¦b4!
9+-sN-+-zP-0 (51.a7? ¦a6 52.¤b5 g3) 51...¦xa6
52.¦xf4 ¢g5 53.¦d4. White should be
9-zPr+-zP-+0 winning, but things are still tricky.
9+-+-+-mK-0 46.¤e2!? ..¦e3 (46...¤c5 47.¦b5 ¤a6
xiiiiiiiiy 48.¦b6) 47.¦b3 ¦xe2 48.¦xd3 ¦xb2
This is better than 42...¤f3+? 43.¢f1 49.¦a3 ¦b7 50.a6 ¦a7 51.¢f2 f5
¤h2+ 44.¢g2 ¤f3 45.a5 ¦c2 46.¢f1!. 52.¦a4 (D)
The character of this endgame is pretty XIIIIIIIIY
clear: Black will try to take 1–2 pawns, 9-+-+-+-+0
9tr-+-+-+-0
while White will push his a-pawn to 9P+-+-+k+0
the limit. White is winning, but not 9+-+-+p+-0
without some difficulties. 9R+-+-+p+0
Here Vallejo offered a draw - an 9+-+-+-zP-0
incredible display of arrogance! I 9-+-+-mK-+0
wonder if he could do it in a similar 9+-+-+-+-0
situation against Kasparov in Linares?! xiiiiiiiiy
That would be interesting! 52...¢g5 53.¦a5 ¢f6 54.¢e3 ¦e7+
Anyway, I guess his main idea was to 55.¢d4 ¦a7 56.¢c5 f4 57.gxf4 g3
annoy me, so I just replied that I'd like 58.¢b6 g2 59.¦a1.
to play. It seems that after 46.¤e2!? White
43.¢f1! wins, but this may not be easy to
43.a5? ¦c1+ 44.¢g2 ¤f3 45.¤e2 is foresee.
clearly inferior. 45.¤e4?
43...¤d3 44.a5 Here I was spoiled for choice, but
Better was 44.¤e2! ¤xb2 45.¤f4+ chose the worst move possible,
CT-58(842) Page 4 of 5
despite spending 11 of the remaining 54...¤f4+ 55.¢d2 ¦f2+ 56.¢d1

35 minutes on it. The knight is shaky 56.¢e3
on e4, which Black managed to 56...¤d5 57.¦b3
exploit in the game. My first intention Here I offered a draw - we both had
was to play 45.¤e2, restricting the about 1 minute left.
enemy rook for a while and getting an 57...f4 58.¦a3 ¤e3+ 59.¢e1 g3 (D)
option of playing ¤f4+. It looks like XIIIIIIIIY
White wins after 45...¤d3 46.¦b3 ¤e5 9-+-+-+-+0
(46...¦xe2?? 47.¢xe2 ¤c1+ 48.¢d1 9+-+-+-mk-0
¤xb3 49.a6+- I saw this line.; 46...¤c5 9P+-sN-+-+0
47.¦c3 ¦xc3 48.¤xc3+-) 47.¦a3 ¤c4 9+-+-+-+-0
48.¦a1 ¤d2+ 49.¢g2 ¤b3 50.¤f4+ ¢f5 9-+-+-zp-+0
51.¦a3 ¤d4 52.a6+-. 9tR-+-sn-zp-0
Also good was 45.¤d5!? ¤d3 46.a6 9-+-+-tr-+0
9+-+-mK-+-0
¦xf2+ 47.¢g1 ¦e2! (47...¦a2 48.a7 xiiiiiiiiy
¤c5 49.¦e7+-) 48.¦e7 (48.¤c3 ¦e1+ 60.a7??
49.¢g2 ¦a1 50.a7 ¤c5 51.¦e7) I completely lost my mind! Actually,
48...¦a2 49.a7 ¤e5 50.¦c7 and White on the falling flag I saw move 60.¤f5+!
should win. but did not play it. That would have
Endgame play used to be my strong saved the game:
side, but I have noticed that recently I 60...¤xf5
have made a lot of mistakes in them. 61.a7 ¤e3 62.a8£ ¤c2+ 63.¢d1
Perhaps this is because my calculation ¤xa3 64.£xa3= ¢g6 (64...g2??
is rusty (many endings are about 65.£a7+; 64...¦f1+ 65.¢e2 g2
calculation!). Another explanation is 66.£e7+=).
that lack of practice and serious
60...¢f6
training means that I am pretty tired
61.¤xe3 fxe3 62.¦xe3=.
after 4 hours of play. Anyway,
60...¤c2+! 61.¢d1 g2 62.¤f5+ ¢f6
something to think about!
63.¦a6+ ¢xf5 64.¢c1 g1£+
45...¦c1+!
65.¢b2 and soon Black checkmated.
I missed this move completely,
0–1
counting only on 45...¢f5 46.¤d6+
¢e6 47.¤b5! and White wins.
Solution: 20.¥c4! 1–0
46.¢e2 ¦c2+ 47.¢e1
Or 47.¢e3 ¤c4+ 48.¢d3 ¤xa5! (the Contact information. Do you want to report a
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xiiiiiiiiy Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan
For some strange reason this logical Scherbakov, IM Vladimir Barsky, GM Mikhail
move came as a surprise to me. Here Golubev, IM Maxim Notkin and IM Nikolai Vlassov.
we both had about 8 minutes left, but Technical editors: Graham Brown and Ralph P.
while Vallejo kept playing well, my Marconi.
play deteriorated... Chess Today is copyright 2002 by Alexander
49.¦b6+ ¢g7 50.¤d6 ¦xf2+ the International Copyright convention. Any
51.¢g1 ¦f3 52.a6 ¦xg3+ 53.¢f1 unauthorised reproduction, via print, electronic
¦f3+ 54.¢e2 format, or in any form whatsoever is strictly
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CT-59(843)
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Quiz Today: Stefansson (2569) - The 6th Malaga Open started on the
Korchnoi (2642) E32 Hrokurinn 21st of February 2003. Players include
Reykjavic ISL (8), 26.02.2003 1. Tiviakov, Sergei Ned 2635;
XIIIIIIIIY 2. Korneev, Oleg Rus 2613;
9-+-+-+rmk0 3. Rizouk, Aimen Alg 2519;
4. Cifuentes Parada, Roberto Esp 2506;
9+-+-+-trp0 5. Suba, Mihai Rom 2501;
9-+p+lzp-+0 6. Cramling, Pia Swe 2492;
9+-zP-zpP+-0 7. Vasquez, Rodrigo Chi 2481; Etc.
9-+-wqp+-+0
9zP-tR-sN-+P0 Round 8 standing:
9-+-+-wQP+0 1 Tiviakov, Sergei - 7
9+-tR-+-+K0 2-7 Cheparinov, Ivan, Rasmussen,
xiiiiiiiiy Karsten, Perez Candelario, Manuel,
Matamoros Franco, Carlos Cabrera,
Black to play
Alexis; Cramling, Pia – 6½ Etc.
Latest News:
Aleksander Mista is leading with 6/7
in the 19th Cappelle la Grande
T
th
he 5 Round of the Linares
Supertournament (XX category) International Open. 18 players have
was played on the 27th of 5½/7.
February 2003.
Radjabov- Anand ½-½ Annotated Game:
Kasparov –Ponomariov 1-0
Leko-Vallejo 1-0 Kasparov
Ponomarev
Standings Event: XX SuperGM Linares ESP (5),
Leko +2 3(4) 27.02.2003
Anand +1 2½(4) Annotations: IM Nikolai Vlassov
Kramnik +1 2½(4) 1.¤f3 ¤f6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.¥g2
Radjabov = 2½(5) ¥b7 5.c4 ¥e7 6.¤c3 ¤e4 7.¥d2
Kasparov = 2(4) ¥f6 8.0–0 0–0 9.¦c1 d5 10.cxd5
Vallejo –1 1½ (4) exd5 11.¥f4 ¤xc3 12.bxc3 ¤a6N
Ponomariov –3 1(5) XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-trk+0
9zplzp-+pzpp0
Pairings for the 28th of February: 9nzp-+-vl-+0
Anand - Leko, 9+-+p+-+-0
Vallejo - Kasparov, 9-+-zP-vL-+0
Kramnik - Radjabov 9+-zP-+NzP-0
Ponomariov has a rest day. 9P+-+PzPLzP0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0
Category XV in Reykjavik, xiiiiiiiiy
This is a novelty, a new move
Final Standings: 1. Shirov, Alexei g ESP against the subversive c3-c4. In that
2723 7.0; 2. Macieja, Bartlomiej g POL case the equalizing c7-c5 would
2629 6.0; 3. Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI follow. At the same time the knight on
2642 6.0; 4. Sokolov, Ivan g NED 2688 a6 is rather passive and White should
5½; 5. McShane, Luke J g ENG 2568 give up the c3-c4 plan in order to
5.5; 6. Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 attack the kingside, for instance, with
5.0; 7. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2671 3½; the move h2-h4, which gives him an
8. Stefansson, Hannes g ISL 2569 3.0; advantage.
9. Gretarsson, Helgi Ass g ISL 2516 2½; 13.e4!?
10. Kristjansson, Stefan m ISL 2432 1.0; The pawn gift is illusory, it can be
CT-59(843) Page 1 of 3
taken back if White wants. 20...¦e6

13...dxe4 14.¤d2 g5? It is no easier even after the move
XIIIIIIIIY 20...¦ae8 because of 21.¦f5 £d8
9r+-wq-trk+0 22.¦cf1!± The lack of the a6-knight is
9zplzp-+p+p0 disastrous for Black in any case.
9nzp-+-vl-+0 21.¦f5
9+-+-+-zp-0 The following seemed to be even
9-+-zPpvL-+0 stronger 21.c4! £d6 (21...£d8 22.¦xe6
9+-zP-+-zP-0 fxe6 23.¦f1±) 22.£xg5+ ¢h8 23.¦xf7
9P+-sN-zPLzP0 £xd4+ 24.¢h1± Anyway, White has a
9+-tRQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy serious attack with material equality.
After 14...¦e8 15.¦e1 the position 21...£c6?
opens and the a6-knight does not The following was the best chance
participate in the game. for Black 21...£xa2!? 22.£xg5+ ¦g6
15.¥e3!? 23.£f4± in order not to just be a pawn
Garry chose a more complicated line. down for nothing..
I would prefer 15.¤xe4! ¥xe4 22.£xg5+
16.¥xe4 gxf4 17.£h5 ¦e8 18.£xh7+ Even stronger is 22.¦cf1 involving
¢f8 19.¥b7! returns the knight and the the rook in the attack
Black position is in ruins. For example 22...¦g6
after 19...c5 (19...¥g7 20.¥xa6 £d5 XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-+k+0
21.a4±) 20.¥xa6 cxd4 21.¦fd1! White 9zp-zp-+p+p0
is a pawn up, Black's king is not 9nzpq+-+r+0
protected and bishops of different 9+-+-+RwQ-0
colour strengthen the attack. 9-+-zP-+-+0
15...¦e8 16.f4!? 9+-zP-+-zP-0
To break open files for attack. 9P+-sN-+-zP0
16...exf3 17.¥xf3 ¥d5! 9+-tR-+-mK-0
9r+-wqr+k+0 23.£h5
9zp-zp-+p+p0 Not bad was 23.£f4 immediately
9nzp-+-vl-+0 attacking the f7-pawn.
9+-+l+-zp-0 23...¦f8
9-+-zP-+-+0 23...¦e8 didn't redeem the position -
9+-zP-vLLzP-0 24.¤f3! (The rook sacrifice 24.¦xf7
9P+-sN-+-zP0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0 ¢xf7 25.£xh7+ ¢f8 26.¦f1+ ¦f6
xiiiiiiiiy 27.£h6+ ¢f7 28.£h7+ leads to
Ruslan shows great tenacity in nothing but perpetual check.) 24...f6
defence. Losing is 17...¦xe3 18.¥xb7 25.¤h4 ¢g7 26.¤xg6 hxg6 27.£f3+-
¦xc3 19.¤b3! ¦xc1 20.£xc1 and 24.¤f3 f6 25.¤h4 ¦g7 26.£h6
White has to win ¤b8 27.¦h5 f5
18.¥xd5! More stubborn was 27...¦e8 28.¤f5
The apparently winning 18.£e2 is ¦f7 29.¦h4, but in this case Black's
refuted by 18...¤b4! and Black is OK. position is extremely difficult too.
18...£xd5 19.¦xf6 ¦xe3 20.£g4 28.£f4 £e4 29.¦f1 £xf4 30.¦xf4
XIIIIIIIIY ¦g4 31.¦fxf5 ¤d7 32.¦xf8+ ¤xf8
9r+-+-+k+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9zp-zp-+p+p0 9-+-+-snk+0
9nzp-+-tR-+0 9zp-zp-+-+p0
9+-+q+-zp-0 9-zp-+-+-+0
9-+-zP-+Q+0 9+-+-+-+R0
9+-zP-tr-zP-0 9-+-zP-+rsN0
9P+-sN-+-zP0 9+-zP-+-zP-0
9+-tR-+-mK-0 9P+-+-+-zP0
xiiiiiiiiy
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The game enters the endgame with

White a pawn up. There is no
compensation for it, and the position
is technically won. This was
confidently shown by Kasparov:
33.¢f2 ¤d7 34.¤f5 ¢h8 35.¢f3
¦g8 36.¦h6 ¦f8 37.g4 ¤f6 38.c4
¢g8 39.¢f4 ¦f7 40.g5 ¤e8
41.¢e5 ¦d7 42.¢e6 ¦f7 43.¦f6!
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+n+k+0
9zp-zp-+r+p0
9-zp-+KtR-+0
9+-+-+NzP-0
9-+PzP-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9P+-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
43...¤xf6 1–0
Solution: 41...¦xg2! 42.£h4?

42.£xg2 ¦xg2 43.¢xg2 £d2+ 44.¢g1
(44.¢g3 ¥xf5) 44...¥b3 42...£d2!
43.£xf6+ ¦8g7 44.£xe5 ¦2g3! 0–1

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Quiz Today: Kramnik (2807) - The 7th round may change things a lot
Radjabov (2624) Linares (6), – look at the pairings:
28.02.2003
XIIIIIIIIY Kasparov – Anand
Leko – Kramnik
9-+l+Qtrk+0 Ponomariov – Vallejo Pons
9tr-+-+-zp-0 Radjabov has a free day.
9pwq-+p+-tR0
9+p+pzpP+-0 The 6th Malaga Open has just finished
9-+-sN-+-+0 in Spain. The top-seeded GM Sergei
9+-+-+-+-0 Tiviakov has won the event.
9PzPP+-+PzP0
9+K+R+-+-0 Final standings:
xiiiiiiiiy 1. GM Sergei Tiviakov (2635, NED) –
White to play 7½ points,
From our annotated game 2-7. IM Alexis Cabrera (2478, COL),
GM Pia Cramling (2492,
SWE), GM Carlos Matamoros
Chess News: Franco (2460, ECU), IM
GM Ruslan Scherbakov makes a
welcome return to CT to report Manuel Perez Candelario
on the 6th round at Linares and (2404, ESP), IM Ivan
annotates the Kramnik-Radjabov Cheparinov (2478, BUL), GM
game. Oleg Korneev (2613, RUS),
IM Karsten Rasmussen (2396,
T he 6th Round of the

Linares super-
tournament has just finished.
Vladimir Kramnik has crushed

DEN) – 7 etc.
Chess in Ireland
by GM Alex Baburin
Teimour Radjabov's French Defence in Last weekend an international
excellent style and now he is sharing tournament took place in Bunratty
the lead with Vishy Anand, who has (near Limerick, about 200 km from
eventually broken Peter Leko's tough Dublin), west of Ireland. The Bunratty
resistance. At some point it looked like Congress (chief organiser - by Gerry
Leko had obtained miraculous chances Graham) established a new record for
to escape but it was a kind of illusion. chess tournaments in Ireland – with
317 players competing in four different
Garry Kasparov got under pressure sections. Most players were from
against Paco Vallejo Pons so a draw Ireland, but there were visitors from
was not so bad a result for him today. UK, Netherlands, Spain, Slovakia and
Austria. There were three GMs in the
Anand – Leko 1:0 Masters Section: many-time British
Vallejo Pons – Kasparov ½:½ Champion Dr John Nunn, many-time
Kramnik – Radjabov 1:0 US Champion Joel Benjamin and
Ponomariov had a rest day. Alexander Baburin. After some tense
struggles the event ended in a 5-way
Standings after 6 rounds: tie between IM Brian Kelly, GM John
Anand, Kramnik +2 3½(5) Nunn, Dr Yuri Rochev, GM Alexander
Leko +1 3(5) Baburin and Lorin D'Costa, all scoring
Kasparov +0 2½ (5) 4½ points out of 6 and receiving 350
Radjabov –1 2½(6) euros each. The time control in the top
Vallejo –1 2 (5) section was 90 minutes per game each
Ponomariov –3 1(5) (without increment). There was one
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CT-60(844) Page 1 of 5
round on Friday, three on Saturday After 9.¤d4 ¤xd4 10.¥xa8 b4 11.¥e3

and two on Sunday. ¥h3 12.¥g2 ¥xg2 13.¢xg2 £a8+
14.¢g1 ¤f5 15.¤d5 ¤xd5 16.cxd5
It was an enjoyable tournament and a £xd5 17.¥d2 £b7 Black was fine in
good holiday break – most people the game Cobb-Nunn, 2000.
stayed in the 4-star Fitzpatrick Hotel, 9...dxe5 10.¥xc6 ¦b8 11.cxb5
which has swimming pool, sauna, etc. axb5 12.b4!
The playing hall was very spacious Of course, not 12.¥xb5?, because of
and comfortable. Moves from the top 12...¥h3 13.¦e1 ¦xb5 14.¤xb5 £d5
board were demonstrated on a big and White is in trouble.
screen, using DGT technology. The 12...¥h3 13.¦e1! £d6 14.¥f3 (D)
Bunratty Congress is an annual XIIIIIIIIY
tournament, so if you would like to 9-tr-+-trk+0
play there in 2004, check its Web site 9+-zp-zppvlp0
for details. 9-+-wq-snp+0
9+p+-zp-+-0
The following game received warm 9-zP-+-+-+0
greetings in Bunratty, as the defending 9+-sNP+LzPl0
champion Brian Kelly (Ireland) 9P+-+PzP-zP0
9+RvLQtR-mK-0
defeated the top-seeded player in xiiiiiiiiy
round 4: White stands better because the e5-
pawn makes the g7-bishop passive.
Brian Kelly Black tries to free his game, but only
John Nunn deepenes his problems:
Event: Bunratty Masters (4), 22.02.2003 14...c5? 15.a4!
- A16 This excellent move gives White a
Annotations: GM Alexander Baburin dangerous passed pawn.
1.c4 g6 2.¤c3 ¥g7 3.g3 ¤f6 4.¥g2 15...bxa4 16.b5 ¦fc8 17.£xa4 c4?
0–0 5.¤f3 d6 6.0–0 ¤c6 7.d3 (D) 18.dxc4 £d4 (D)
9r+lwq-trk+0 9-trr+-+k+0
9zppzp-zppvlp0 9+-+-zppvlp0
9-+nzp-snp+0 9-+-+-snp+0
9+-+-+-+-0 9+P+-zp-+-0
9-+P+-+-+0 9Q+Pwq-+-+0
9+-sNP+NzP-0 9+-sN-+LzPl0
9PzP-+PzPLzP0 9-+-+PzP-zP0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0 9+RvL-tR-mK-0
Black is playing the King's Indian 19.¤d5
defence, while White is playing the The computer suggests a pretty line
English Opening. His plan is here: 19.¦d1! £xc3 20.¥b2 £xc4
queenside expansion with ¦b1, b2- 21.¦d8+ ¦xd8 22.£xc4, winning.
b4-b5, etc. 19...e4 20.¤xe7+ ¢h8 21.¤xc8
7...a6 exf3 22.£a7 ¤e4 23.exf3 (D)
This is a rare move, but even Spassky XIIIIIIIIY
tried it once! Black prepares ...b5. 9-trN+-+-mk0
Usually Black plays something like 9wQ-+-+pvlp0
7...e5 8.¦b1 a5 9.a3 h6!? here ruling 9-+-+-+p+0
out ¥g5 and so keeping better control 9+P+-+-+-0
over the d5-square. 9-+Pwqn+-+0
8.¦b1 b5?! 9+-+-+PzPl0
Nunn has already tried this move 9-+-+-zP-zP0
before, but in this game it gets more or 9+RvL-tR-mK-0
less refuted. Better is 8...¥d7 9.b4 b5. xiiiiiiiiy
9.¤e5! Black could have resigned here...
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XIIIIIIIIY
23...£c3 24.£e3 ¦xc8 25.fxe4 £c2 9r+l+-trk+0
26.¥a3 ¦xc4 27.b6 ¥d4 28.£e2 9+-wqn+pzpp0
¥g4 29.£xc2 ¦xc2 30.¦f1 1–0 9p+-+p+-+0
9+pvlpzP-+-0
Linares Annotated Game: 9-+-vL-zP-+0
Can the French Defence beat 2Ks? 9+-sNL+-+-0
9PzPP+-wQPzP0
9+-mKR+-+R0
Kramnik (2807) xiiiiiiiiy
Radjabov (2624) Taking into account what happened
Event: Linares (6), 28.02.2003 - C11 next we can recommend including
Annotations: GM Ruslan Scherbakov 13...¥xd4 14.£xd4 b5, distracting the
White queen from the K-side first.
Vladimir Kramnik has just changed his 14.£h4!
first move to 1. e4 and so he hasn't got This new idea looks quite strong -
much experience yet. But today it was White forces the weakening of the
not so difficult for him to prepare as Black king shield. After 14.¤e2 ¥e7
Teimour Radjabov recently prefers the 15.¢b1 ¥b7 it was not easy for White
French... to begin the K-side attack, Moreda -
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¤f6 4.e5 B. Kovacevic, Nova Gorica 2001.
¤fd7 5.f4 c5 6.¤f3 ¤c6 7.¥e3 14...h6
cxd4 8.¤xd4 ¥c5 9.£d2 0–0 Obviously Black did not want to
10.0–0–0 a6 weaken his dark squares by 14...g6 but
XIIIIIIIIY it was maybe a worthy alternative.
9r+lwq-trk+0 15.¤e2
9+p+n+pzpp0
9p+n+p+-+0 Now White is simply going to push
9+-vlpzP-+-0 his g-pawn with a strong attack. Black
9-+-sN-zP-+0 cannot quickly create any counter
9+-sN-vL-+-0 chances on the opposite flank so he
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0 should find them somewhere else.
9+-mKR+L+R0 15...f6!? 16.£g4! ¥xd4 17.¤xd4
xiiiiiiiiy ¤c5 18.£g6!
This complicated line of the French The queen is doing a great job!
Defence is rather well researched. The 18.¦he1!? looked natural but Vladimir
most popular move is a tempting prefers a more concrete and energetic
pawn advance 11. h4, which has been approach.
successfully used by Garry Kasparov. 18...¤xd3+
The alternative is the prophylactic 11. Of course, 18...f5?! 19.g4 was
Kb1. Kramnik comes up with a fresh unacceptable for Black.
approach, which looks promising - at 19.¦xd3
first he is going to provoke some XIIIIIIIIY
weakening of the Black K-side to 9r+l+-trk+0
make the attack more effective.
11.£f2!? ¤xd4 9+-wq-+-zp-0
Perhaps Teimour was taken by 9p+-+pzpQzp0
surprise - his defensive plan does not 9+p+pzP-+-0
look very good. Black's main 9-+-sN-zP-+0
problems is his bishop on c8 so
11...¥xd4!? 12.¥xd4 b5 13.¥d3 b4 9+-+R+-+-0
followed by ...a6-a5 and ...Bc8-a6 9PzPP+-+PzP0
seems more to the point. 9+-mK-+-+R0
12.¥xd4 £c7 xiiiiiiiiy
Now Black has to spend time to
19...£c4?
defend his bishop on c5 - and this is
This move is hard to accept. First of
not the only drawback, as we'll see.
all, it is just inconsistent with previous
13.¥d3 b5
play - Black was trying to oppose
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XIIIIIIIIY
White's forthcoming K-side attack. 9-+l+-trk+0
Then, Black was definitely worse and 9tr-wq-+-zp-0
he had to defend - instead he is trying 9p+-+pzpQzp0
to attack with just a queen - White can 9+p+pzPP+-0
simply ignore it since he has a very 9-+-sN-+-+0
good piece in defence - his king, who 9+-+R+-+-0
can defend himself if needed. Finally, 9PzPP+-+PzP0
9+K+R+-+-0
White is definitely going to create a xiiiiiiiiy
direct attack on the K-side - and in A concrete and very energetic
this critical moment Black is moving approach - White gives Black a
his queen as far from his king as chance to get his bishop into play but
possible... 19...fxe5?! was losing a it does not help him much.
pawn: 20.¤xe6 ¥xe6 21.£xe6+ ¢h8 22...£b6
22.fxe5±; but 19...¦a7 was tempting - Both 22...fxe5 23.¤xe6 and 22...exf5
Black had to bring something into 23.e6 were equally bad for Black.
play! 23.¦h3!
20.¦hd1! Finishing the game with direct attack.
XIIIIIIIIY 23...fxe5 24.¦xh6! ¦f6
9r+l+-trk+0 24...exd4 was losing to 25.£h7+ ¢f7
9+-+-+-zp-0 26.f6! ¢e8 27.fxg7 ¦xg7 28.£xg7+-
9p+-+pzpQzp0 and so on. This is not the only way to
9+p+pzP-+-0 win this position, just a matter of taste.
9-+qsN-zP-+0 25.£e8+ ¦f8
9+-+R+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY
9PzPP+-+PzP0 9-+l+Qtrk+0
9tr-+-+-zp-0
9+-mKR+-+-0 9pwq-+p+-tR0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+p+pzpP+-0
White does not pay much attention 9-+-sN-+-+0
to Black's threat, freeing his rook on 9+-+-+-+-0
d3 for K-side actions. 9PzPP+-+PzP0
20...¦a7 9+K+R+-+-0
Again, Black changed his mind xiiiiiiiiy
although he has obviously realised 26.¦h8+! ¢xh8 27.£xf8+ ¢h7
that 20...£xa2 was just bad due to the 28.¤f3
simple 21.¦g3 ¦f7 22.exf6 and after 28.¦d3 exf5 29.¦h3+ ¢g6 30.¤f3
22...£a1+ 23.¢d2 £xb2 24.¢e2+- was another good way.
White's attack was irresistible while 28...£c7
Black had no chance to disturb the The bishop on c8 was hanging, by
White king. the way...
21.¢b1 29.fxe6 e4 30.¤g5+ ¢h6 31.h4
Thanks to Black's uncertain play ¢h5 32.£f5 g6 33.g4+ ¢xh4
White has got an enormous advantage. 34.¦h1+ ¢g3 35.¦g1+ ¢h4
21...£c7?! 36.£f6
Black changes his plans every move XIIIIIIIIY
- it is not a big surprise White quickly 9-+l+-+-+0
gets a decisive advantage. At least he 9tr-wq-+-+-0
should have tried to get some counter 9p+-+PwQp+0
chances by using his queen on c4 9+p+p+-sN-0
since he had put it there: 21...b4!? 9-+-+p+Pmk0
9+-+-+-+-0
deserved attention keeping in mind a 9PzPP+-+-+0
possible fxe5 fxe5 and Rf8-f1 if White 9+K+-+-tR-0
moves his rook from d3. Yet, White xiiiiiiiiy
could push the queen away with 22.b3 Black resigned. It was clearly not
if he wanted. Teimour's day... 1–0
22.f5!
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Quiz Today: Vasquez (2481) - Jaime Kasparov – Kramnik

Montalvan (2307) Malaga op–06 (9.8), Leko – Radjabov
27.02.2003 Ponomariov – Anand
XIIIIIIIIY Vallejo Pons is has a free day.
9-+lwq-+ktr0 Tournament News
9+-sN-+-zpp0
9-+-vlP+-+0 The Anibal Open has started in
9+-+pwQ-+-0 Linares.
9n+-+-+-+0 The 125 player field is headed by
9+-+LvLP+-0 1. Alexander Beliavsky (2649, SLO)
9-trP+-+-zP0 2. Oleg Korneev (2613, RUS)
9+-mKR+-+R0 3. Andrei Kharlov (2597, RUS)
xiiiiiiiiy 4. Evgeny Najer (2585, RUS)
Black has just played 23. ..Bf8-d6. 5. Alexander Delchev (2583, BUL)
and now White found a brilliant way 6. Evgeny Gleizerov (2579, RUS)
to finish the game. 7. Bartosz Socko (2577, POL)
8. Vasilios Kotronias (2573, CYP) etc.
Latest News
The biggest world open has just
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n the crucial game of the 7 Round finished in Capelle-la-Grande
of the Linares super-tournament (France) – more than 600 players have
Garry Kasparov beat Vishy Anand. participated in the event with more
The rook and pawn endgame seemed than 80 GMs and 50 IMs among them.
drawish but it turned out to be not so
easy to hold it over the board. 7 players shared first place:
1-7. Vladimir Burmakin (2575, RUS),
Leko – Kramnik was a rather boring Eduardas Rozentalis (2585, LTU),
draw in a Sveshnikov Sicilian while Philipp Schlosser (2534, GER),
Ruslan Ponomariov has eventually Alexander Areshchenko (2566, UKR),
scored his first win, having shown Jakov Geller (2448, RUS), Dmitry
great technique in an opposite- Bocharov (2524, RUS), Evgeny
coloured bishop endgame which Miroshnichenko (2538, UKR).
looked impossible to win.
There were a lot of interesting games
Kasparov – Anand 1:0 played there today - here are a couple
Leko – Kramnik ½:½ of highlights ...
Ponomariov – Vallejo Pons 1:0
Radjabov had a rest day. E Kengis (2570) – I Efimov (2480)
Cappelle la Grande (8), 28.02.2003
Standings after 7 rounds: XIIIIIIIIY
1. Kramnik +2 (4/6) 9-+-+-+R+0
9+-+rwq-+p0
2-4. Kasparov, Leko, Anand +1 (3½/6) 9-+-+-+-mk0
5. Radjabov –1 (2½/6) 9+-+Pzp-zp-0
6-7. Ponomariov, Vallejo Pons –2 9-+-+-+-+0
(2/6) 9tr-+-wQ-zP-0
9-+-+PzP-+0
Kasparov seems fully recovered after 9+R+-+-mK-0
his disastrous start. He is already xiiiiiiiiy
sharing second place and tomorrow White's position is totally winning but
he might even take the lead – look at he found the quickest and the most
the pairings for the next 8th round: attractive way. (see page 4)
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P Schlosser (2534) – A Raetsky played about... 400 years ago,

(2444) Cappelle la Grande (8), continued 3...£h4+ 4.g3 £e7 5.£h5+
28.02.2003 ¢d8 6.fxe5 £xe5+ 7.¥e2 ¤f6 8.£f3 d5
XIIIIIIIIY 9.g4 h5 10.h3? (10.g5!) 10...hxg4
9-+-+-+-mk0 11.hxg4 ¦xh1 12.£xh1 £g3+ 13.¢d1
9+-+-wQ-+-0 ¤xg4 14.£xd5+ ¥d7 15.¤f3? ¤f2+
9p+-+-+-zp0 16.¢e1 ¤d3+ 17.¢d1 and now a well-
9zP-+P+-+-0 known 17...£e1+! 18.¤xe1 ¤f2#
9-+-wqNzpPzP0 checkmate, NN - Greco, Europe 1620!
9+-+-+r+-0 4.£h5+ ¢e7!
9-+-+-+K+0 4...g6 was losing to 5.fxg6 ¤f6 6.g7+!
9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy ¤xh5 7.gxh8£+-
If White takes the rook Black will give 5.d3 ¤f6 6.£g5!? h6 7.£h4 d5
perpetual check. Can White achieve 8.g4?!
more than a draw? (See page 4) White prefers to be materialistic but
he should not forget development.
Annotated Game The immediate 8.dxe4 looked more to
the point, keeping the better chances.
C Kennaugh (2290) 8...¢f7 9.dxe4 h5!
XIIIIIIIIY
K Shirazi (2438) 9rsnlwq-vl-tr0
Event: Open Cappelle la Grande (7), 9zppzp-+kzp-0
27.02.2003 - C30 9-+-+-sn-+0
Annotations: GM Ruslan Scherbakov 9+-+p+P+p0
The following game was played in a 9-+-+PzPPwQ0
style which was common a few 9+-+-+-+-0
centuries ago. I hope you will enjoy 9PzPP+-+-zP0
the battle. This is still a type of chess 9tRNvL-mKLsNR0
and is sometimes no less attractive xiiiiiiiiy
than subtle rook endgames etc! ... An excellent resource. 9...dxe4? was
1.e4 e5 2.f4 f5!? just bad due to 10.¥c4+
XIIIIIIIIY 10.e5 hxg4 11.£g5 ¤bd7 12.¥e2
9rsnlwqkvlntr0 White decided to help his queen.
9zppzpp+-zpp0 12...¦h5 13.£g6+ ¢g8 14.exf6
9-+-+-+-+0 ¤xf6 15.¥xg4 ¦h6 16.£g5 ¥e7
9+-+-zpp+-0 17.¥f3
9-+-+PzP-+0 XIIIIIIIIY
9+-+-+-+-0 9r+lwq-+k+0
9PzPPzP-+PzP0 9zppzp-vl-zp-0
9tRNvLQmKLsNR0 9-+-+-sn-tr0
xiiiiiiiiy 9+-+p+PwQ-0
Kamran Shirazi is known for his 9-+-+-zP-+0
tricky style. Now he demonstrates a 9+-+-+L+-0
crazy approach - who is playing the 9PzPP+-+-zP0
King's Gambit?! 9tRNvL-mK-sNR0
3.exf5 xiiiiiiiiy
White has tried many possibilities 17...¤e4 18.£g2 ¥h4+ 19¢f1
here, it seems interesting to keep ¥xf5 20.¥e3 £f6 21.c3 ¦e8
tension with 3.¤c3 but Black can XIIIIIIIIY
maybe show great patience by 9-+-+r+k+0
3...¤c6?! 9zppzp-+-zp-0
3...e4 9-+-+-wq-tr0
A similar 3...exf4?! was proved to be 9+-+p+l+-0
bad in the old game Chigorin - Hruby, 9-+-+nzP-vl0
Vienna 1882: 4.£h5+ g6 5.fxg6 ¤f6 9+-zP-vLL+-0
9PzP-+-+QzP0
6.g7+! ¤xh5 7.gxh8£ £h4+ 8.¢d1+-; 9tRN+-+KsNR0
One interesting game, which was xiiiiiiiiy
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Black has already developed all of The smoke has cleared - Black has a
his pieces and his initiative looks decisive advantage.
threatening. Yet, White still has one 33.¦xh3 ¦xh3 34.¦e1 ¦h2+
serious advantage - he is a whole 35.¢e3 ¥f5 36.a3 ¦h3+ 37.¢d4
piece up. ¢f7 38.¢xd5 ¦xc3 39.¤c4 ¥e6+
22.¤d2?? 40.¦xe6 ¦xc4 41.f5 ¦c5+ 42.¢e4
It seems that White has lost control ¦a5
over the situation - he has just ignored
all the threats. 22.¥d4 was correct but XIIIIIIIIY
after 22...£f7 White still has certain 9-+-+-+-+0
problems with development. 9+pzp-+kzp-0
22...¤xc3! 9-zp-+R+-+0
22...£a6+! was also not bad: 23.¥e2 9tr-+-+P+-0
¤xd2+ 24.¥xd2 ¦xe2! 25.¤xe2 £d3 9-+-+K+-+0
26.h3 ¦g6–+ 9zP-+-+-+-0
23.bxc3 ¦xe3 9-+-+-+-+0
23...£xc3! was maybe even stronger. 9+-+-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
24.¤e2 ¦g6 25.¤g3 ¥d3+ 26.¢g1
White resigned. Nowadays, when a
£b6! 27.£f2 ¥xg3 28.hxg3
XIIIIIIIIY very small mistake can be fatal in such
9-+-+-+k+0 tournaments as Wijk aan Zee or
9zppzp-+-zp-0 Linares and most of the top players are
9-wq-+-+r+0 very careful about their ELO rating, we
9+-+p+-+-0 don't see this kind of play very often...
9-+-+-zP-+0 0–1
9+-zPltrLzP-0
9P+-sN-wQ-+0 Solution:
9tR-+-+-mKR0
xiiiiiiiiy 24.£xg7+!!
28...¦xg3+! Inviting the opponent's king for a
Black does not give his opponent a walk.
second's respite! 24...¢xg7 25.¦hg1+ ¢f6
29.¢h2 ¦exf3! 30.£xb6 25...¥g3!? was more tenacious but it
XIIIIIIIIY could only prolong the suffering in the
9-+-+-+k+0 lost endgame after 26.¦xg3+ ¢f8
9zppzp-+-zp-0 27.¥h6+ ¢e7 28.¥g5+ ¢d6 29.¥xd8
9-wQ-+-+-+0 ¦xd8 30.¤xd5 ¥xe6 31.¥e4+-
9+-+p+-+-0 26.¥g5+ ¢e5 27.¦de1+ ¢d4
9-+-+-zP-+0 28.¥e3+ ¢e5 29.f4+
9+-zPl+rtr-0
9P+-sN-+-mK0 29.¥c5+ was a bit quicker: 29...¢f4
9tR-+-+-+R0 (29...¢f6 30.¤xd5#) 30.¤xd5+ ¢xf3
xiiiiiiiiy 31.¦ef1# checkmate.
The f3 rook is hanging but Black can 29...¢f6 30.¥d4+ ¢e7
move it before taking the queen. The king has successfully escaped to
30...¦h3+ 31.¢g2 ¦fg3+ 32.¢f2 his camp but only to resign after
axb6–+ 31.¦g7+
9-+-+-+k+0 9-+lwq-+-tr0
9+pzp-+-zp-0 9+-sN-mk-tRp0
9-zp-+-+-+0

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