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GRANDFATHER PREPARATION
This is worthy of a Chess Life story, and one of your
"Thp 50" lists: Dan E. Mayers, very active in events
in both New York and New England around 40 years
ago, is a U.S. citizen. He is in Aspen, Colorado, about
3 months a year. Otherwise he is at Loth Lorien Ar­
boretum, Wadhurst, Sussex, England.
In a Lloyds Bank Tournament, he got his FIDE
rating of 2240. This was said to be a record for most
advanced age to get an initial FIDE rating. He is 70.
Hugh E. Myers
Davenport, Iowa
SEEKING BLACKBURNE GAMES
I am compiling a collection of all games played by
].H. Blackburne, the leading English chessplayer of
his day. This will not be easy. In 1899, Blackburne
estimated that he had played 50,000 games of chess.
One must remember that he continued playing until
about 1920 when he was almost eighty years old.
He gave more simultaneous exhibitions and simul­
taneous blindfold exhibitions than anyone else who
ever lived. He also played in more than sixty tour­
naments.
I would greatly appreciate it if the readers of this
magazine would help me in locating the scores of
any unpublished or obscure Blackburne games.
Elie Solomon
6729 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, Missouri 64131
LIBRARY CHESS IS NO CRIME
Needless to say, I was appalled upon hearing that
Louis Taylor was arrested and convicted for using
a chessboard and pieces in the New Rochelle
Library. r· �
According to Andy Soltis' chess column in 'Satur­
day's New York Post dated March 6, 1993, Taylor
is scheduled to be sentenced on March 16, 1993 and
faces up to 15 days in jail and a $250 fine.
Given the facts that we know, every chess lover
cannot help but feel righteously indignant about this
outrageous situation. For those of us who know,
chess is a quiet game and can hardly be envisioned
as the disruptive influence that the librarian must
have feared when he or she phoned the police.
Moreover, most libraries have a section for kids
which includes such board games as Chutes and Lad-
- ders and Candy/and. Should these activities also be
banned as criminal by the pr,ecedent that is going
to be set with the New Rochelle case?
Not only is the basis for this case outrageous, but
the punishment is absurd. A J'lkw York City police
officer once confided to me that a first time drug
pusher when arrested is booked for 48 hour� and
then released on the streets to resume plying: �\is
trade.'
W here is the justice in a system that is harder on
someone who is trying to enrich his mind than
someone who is trying to enrich his pockets a(ilie
expense of others? . As for the theory that Fine allowed draws because
Should the court in Louis Taylor;s case actually
carry out this travesty and absurdity of justice, then
6 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
I propose that Louis Taylor's payment for any fine
be compensated by USCF (United States Chess
Federation I funds and that the USCF take any and
every appropriate action that it deems fit to rectify
this intolerable situation.
Louis M. Leiggi
Edison, New Jersey
{When the case was finally heard, Mr. Thy/or was
convicted for trespassing, not for playing "solitaire chess"
as argued by the prosecuting attorney. Mr. Thy/or was
sentenced to perform 60 hours of community service
- teaching chess to youngsters (not in the library).
-GAP]
FISCHER'S FIFTIETH
The other day was Bobby Fischer's fiftieth birth­
day and it started me wondering whether he could
ever come back to the heights he displayed in the
early seventies. After all, at 50 most players have
already seen their best days. But one must not forget
that Bobby was truly a fine athlete, and that counts
for a good deal in serious chess. Also he had a style
which rarely pennitted an opponent the opportunity
to launch a successful attack. That cOmbined with
an endgame prowess that knew no peer, apd you
have a fonnidable opponent for anyone. 'Ihle the
match with Boris was not all that great, but after
such a long lay-<>ff wasn't that to be expected? Yet
he did win convincingly. Should he continue to com­
pete, it is quite �Iy that his footwork will improve,
and he could become a factor once again. A match
between him an the present world champion
'
would outdraw anything yet seen, and create a
publicity explosion for world chess.
Arnold Denker
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
FINE-RODDY
I enjoyed the Fine-Roddy game published in your
February issue. I played in the same tournament and
also drew my game with Fine, as did the late Ar­
pad Elo.
I would argue with calling Roddy a non-master.
A couple of years before this game was played AI
Horowitz told me that Thlsa had three teenagers that
really knew . what chess was all about: Roddy,
Garver, and Mayfield. I never met Mayfield but
Roddy played m several Southwest Opens, as did .
Garver and they both did well.
Roddy's game with Fine was one that any mas­
ter would be proud of. It took courage to make a
sacrificial combination and get a draw against such
a fonnidable opponent.
Roddy served in the U.S. Army during World War
1\vo and was captured by the Germans. One of his
captors was an Estonian from Paul Keres' home
town. Roddy asked him what he was doing in the
Wehrmacht and he replied that Estonians didn't
have much choice - "The Germans are savages and
. the Russians beasts.''
the prize fund was small won't hold water. In this
· tournament, the 1940 USCF Open, played in Dallas,
we had 27 players and divided them into three
groups of nine for the preliminaries. It was not un­
til the 1947 USCF Open that George Koltanowski
and I introduced the Swiss system (he as tourna­
ment director and I as USCF Vice-Presidentl in a
national tournament, resulting in its being adopted
world-wide.
So, all Fine had to do in this preliminary tourna­
ment was to finish among the top three. He and I
tied for first place; Elo was third. He had no incen­
tive to do any better, but he proved my point by win ­
ning all his games in the playoff. Herman Steiner
was second, Weaver Adams third, Erich Marchand
fourth, and Bill Kendall of San Antonio and I tied
for fifth.
John Charles Thompson,
Billings, Montana
YOUNGER THAN WHO?
On the cover of the March issue, it says "the three
youngest participants'' under the picture of liya Gu­
revich, Patrick Wolff, and Alex Sherzer at the 1992
U.S. Championship. In fact, I am a year and a half
younger than Pat is. I doubt he would deny this.
Stuart Rachels
Oxford, England
"Happy Birthday, Bobby!"
BY THOMAS DRUCKER
_In line with the conclusion of the caption for the
picture for March in the 1993 International Chess
Calendar i''Happy Birthday, Bobby, wherever you
are!" I. the Carlisle Chess Club decided to add some
festivity to its usual Thesday meeting on the 9th of
March. The group meets Thesday evenings at the
First Presbyterian Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
and was organized about eighteen months ago by
Howard Phillips. It is safe to say that this was its
first birthday celebnition.
Although there were still a few games to finish
from the Club's first USCF-rated tournament, we
decided to postpone starting the clocks until the cake
had been cut. Scott . Robinson (our youngest
member I agreed to be photographed with the cake
and then formed part of the crowd gathering around
Club secretary Thomas Dnicker ..as he did the
honors. It is safe to say that once the cake was cut,
no one felt tempted to start.playing again until after
it had been consumed.
None of our members had met Fischer personal­
ly, but we felt entitled to celebrate. his chess heritage
on the occasion of his 50th birthday. Even if we did
not play many Fischer-like moves that evening (and
we had not be�n'able to deliver an invitation to the
champion himselfl; we hope his spirit was presiding
over the gathering. Long may his chess heritage con­
tinue! 'iS'
450
 LETTER FROM EUROPE: , .,

Man Can Still Beat Machine

any impression on the 57-year old Bent counted as a team game as well, were all
BY BJARKE KRISTENSEN Larsen, though. The Danish veteran won the played in standard tournament style with a
International Master first game easily and promptly stated: "It's six hours limit. The performance rating of
J J
D
o you want to have a game of
nonsense if they believe that they will be able Deep Blue was about ELO 2560.
chess?" asks the super­
to build a machine that can beat Garry Kas­ Deep Blue didn't live up to this in a numb�r
computer HAL in the begin­
parov in '94. Maybe in twenty more years!' of exhibition games though. The result m
ning of Stanley Kubrick's science-fiction
But when the Deep Blue team changed the these games were:
movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. And when HAL
parameter that controls the degree of activ­ Deep Blue - IM Lars Schandorff (2420 ) Vz-Vz
a little later declares, not without a trace of
ity with which the computer play it improv­ Deep Blue - IM Jens Kristiansen (2415) 1-1
pride in its synthetical voice, that its creator
ed rapidly and only a major hole in the Deep Blue - IM Svend Hamann (2380) 0-1
and tutor is about to be checkmated, then the
program made it possible for Larsen to escape Deep Blue- IM Bjarke Kristensen (2445)1/z-11/z
message of the whole scene sinks in. The com-
with three draws and win the match. Deep
puter can think. . Blue performed excellently to reach three THE GAMES:
But ·what even visionary artists like Kubrick
strongly favorable endings but were unable "It plays just as bad as I expected," stated a
and Arthur C. Clarke couldn't predict when
to convert just a single one of them into a win. most satisfied Bent Larsen after the game. The
they made their movie masterpiece back in
''We need an expert. None of us knows how grandmaster got a slight advantage from the
1968 was that reality would surpass fantasy, to win this position," complained Dr. Feng­ opening and held on to it with very little ef­
and that the class between Man and Machine
hsiung Hsu after Deep Blue had missed its fort to win.
on the chessboard wouldn't take place on a
chances in the fourth and fmal game. Never­
spaceship circling Jupiter in year 2001, but in
theless Deep Blue left the impression that not FOUR KNIGHTS GAME [C49)
February, 1993 in Copenhagen, Denmark. even the strongest grandmasters will be safe W: GM Bent Larsen
The four-game match between Deep Blue
when this bug has been fixed. B: IBM Deep Blue
and the Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen, a
If Deep Blue disappointed slightly against Copenhagen 1993, Game 1
former World Championship candidate, was
Larsen, then the computer played truly im­ 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5
originally meant to be a minor side-event to
pressive against the Danish Olympic team Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6. Bxc6!?
IBM's introduction of their new RS/6000
beating both Grandmaster Lars Bo Hansen The opening reflects GM Larsen's in­
business computer. But long before the first
(ELO 2545) and IM Henrik Danielsen (ELO telligent computer-hostile play. The classic
move was ever played things turned upside
2445). Add two draws versus IM Carsten Hoi Four Knights Defence immediately brings
down, and the ''Man versus Machine'' match
(ELO 2415) and GM Bent Larsen (ELO 2540), Deep Blue out of its opening library and into
became a major media-event that for a full
and Deep Blue won 3-1. Those seven games, a rigid structure where long-term strategical
week.had all Danes talking about chess. And
with one of La,rsen's regular match games plans are a must.
the fact that Bent Larsen scored a narrow
6.... dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. Ng3
2Vz-ll/z win was received with relief every­
Nh5?
where. The important thing was that Larsen
At this point it became obvious that Deep
proved that Man can still beat the Machine.
Blue had lost all sense of navigation and was
But the clash in Copenhagen also proved
drifting off into a totally lost position. The
that mankind's supremacy on the chessboard
computer's problem was that Larsen's attack
is unlikely to last forever - or maybe even
wouldn't become visible within its maximal
just another year. The Deep Thought team
horizon of 8 to 10 moves.
headed by Dr. Feng-hsiung Hsu have made
10. h3Nxg3 11 . fxg3Bc5+ 12. Kh2 Bc8
fundamental changes in their already im­
13. g4 Be6 14. Qe2 f6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16.
pressive chess program to develop the next
Qxe3h6 17. a4 Qb4 18. b3b6 19. Rf2 c5?!
generation of it - Deep Blue. And though this
''It looks like the interior architect got it all
was only a somewhat crippled first version
wrong,'' joked Bent after the game. Indeed,
of the program that )Vill challenge World
it is difficult to understand why Deep Blue
Champion Garry Kasparov in a year or two,
locked the queen at b4 out in the cold. Black's
it performed well enough to earn a place
best chance ought to be to prepare a king-walk
among today's top 100 grandmasters.
to b7 but...
The Copenhagen version of Deep Blue's
20. Kg3 Qa5 21. h4
software ran on 15 parallel processors and
IBM's new high-end RISC/6000 computer,
which made it able to evaluate about 2 million
positions per second, about twice as many as
its predecessor Deep Thought. A far cry from
the performance that the Deep Blue JF:f!ID ex­
pects to see, when their new software embed­
ded in chips and put 1024 of them together.
That grown up version of Deep Blue will'
evaluate about 200 million positions per sec­
ond according to Dr. Feng-hsiung Hsu. The
team expect to receive the first ten Deep Blue
chips in June. ·
GM Bent Larsen
None of these astronomical numbers made

8 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 452

 21 .... Q<;3
Probably an example of the "horizon effect:'
J'he original Deep Blue plan must have �en
21. ... Qa6 22. Ra£1 Qc8 23. Nxe5 Re8, but
Black will be lose somewhere further down
the line: 24. Rx£6! gx£6 25. Rx£6 Re7 26. Qxh6
Rh7 27. Rg6+ Kh8 28. Qg5 etc.
22. Raf1 Rad8 23. g5 Bxb3
Deep Blue estimated that White's advantage
was equal to about one pawn anyway and
since ... Bxb3 wins at least three pawns ... ! The
fatal consequences of White's kingside ati:ack
were still beyond its 10-move horizon. Black
· was and is lost.
24. cxb3 Rxd3 25. Qe2 hxg5 26. hxg5
fxgS 27. Rd1 Re3 28. Qb2 Qxb3 29.
Qxh3+ Rxb3 30. Rd5
. Ra3 31. Rxe5 g4 32.
.
Kxg4 c4 33. Rd2 Rxa4 34. Rd7 Rc8 35.
NgS Ra2 36.Rxc7Ra8 37. g3 R£2 38. Ree7
Kh8 39. Rxg7 Rh2 40. e5 Rd8 41. Rh7+
Rxh7 42. Nxh7 Rg8+ 43. Ng5, Black
resigns.
. Rxf4 45. Bxd5+
A minor adjustment to iBM Deep Blue to
make it slightly more aggressive was made
prior to the second game against Grandmaster
Larsen. On top of that Murray Campbell spent
hours on the opening in an attempt to make
Deep Blue break down one of Larsen's pet
lines. And it nearly did. After an innocent
looking novelty on move 17 Deep Blue slow­
ly build up a most promising edge. The com­
puter might even have had a winning
advantage at one point, but in the technically
very difficult endgame involving long
maneuvering man still has the upper hand.
And so Bent Larsen barely escaped with a
draw.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
Acclerated Fianchetto
W: IBM Deep Blue
B: GM Bent Larsen
Copenh<18f!n 1993, Game 2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3; c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 0-0 8. Be2
d6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Qd2Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. £3 aS 13. b3Nd7 14. Be3Nc5 15.Rab1
Qb6 16. Rfcl Rfc8 17. Rc2!
A novelty according to Larsen, a leading ex­
pert on the Black side of the Maroczy Bind
in The Accelerated Fianchetto Sicilian.
17. ... h5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5Qb4 20.
Qxb4! axb4 21. Bd2 Na6 22. Rbc1?!
It was at this point that Larsen and the other
players discovered that the programmers still
need to write a good algorithm for evaluating
simple endgames. Here the lack of such an
algorithm explains why Deep Blue didn't play
22. RXc8+ Rxc8 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Rc1! with
the idea 24. .. . Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 K£8 26. K£1 Ke8
27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Kd3 and White is wi.I)Iling.
22. ... Bd4+ 23. Kf1 Rxc2 24. 'Rxc2 Bc5
25. Bd3 Kf8 26. Bb5 Nc7 27. Bh6_; Kg8
28. Bd3Ne8 29. Bd2Nf6 30. Ke2 Rg7 31.·
Bb5 (see diagram, top of next column.)
31. ... h4
Bent Larsen was still hanging in the ropes.
One winning plan for White was to transfer
the king to b1 and play Rc4 to pick up the
10 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
Position after 31. Bb5
pawn on b4 (notice that Ra8-a5 will be meet
by a2-a4). But Deep Blue didn't "see" this at
all.
32. h3 Rd8 33. Bg5 Rh8 34. Kd3 Rh5
35. Bf4 e5 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Ba4 b6 38.
Bc6 Kf7 39. Bd2 d5 40. exd5 exd5 41. Bf4
R£5 42. Bc7Nh5 43. Re2 Nf4+ 44. Bx£4
And the computer has won a pawn - but
lost all chances to win the game, due to the
opposite colored bishops. The conclusion was
crystal cl�, Deep Blue might be a monster
in complicated positions but it was still a terri­
ble technician.
45. ... Kg746. Be4 R£7 47. Kc4 Rd7 <j,8.
Bd5Re7 49.Rc2Rei 50. Bb7 Kf6 51. Be4
Rd1 52. Kb5 g5 53. RezRal 54. Bd3 Rg1
55. Bh7 Ral 56. Kc4 Rg1 57. Kd5 Rdl+
.
58. Kc6 R£1 59. Bd3 R£2, draw.
ir
In Game 3 the Danish andmaster thought
he was winnin g after just 12 moves. "Here
the computer may sit with its two million
calculatiqns per second and see one Ipillio n
lines where it will be mated," joked Lai-5en
[B38] after the game. But � the early middlegame
IBM Deep Blue tip-toed through all the
dangerous tactics to reach a favorable ending
with queen and knight vs. queen and bishop.
But aga4J.: It is one thing to have an advan­
tage, another to turn it into a full point. In this
process Deep Blue had serious problems in
Copenhagen.
CENTER COUNTER DEFENSE [BOl]
W: GM Bent Larsen
B: IBM Deep Blue
Copen)ragen 1993, Game 3
1. e4 d5!?
The result of Campbell's two hour opening
preparation was an interesting choice: The
Center Counter. An opening Bent Larsen has
played himselfagaiilst Karpov among others,
2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.
d4 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7.0-o Nbd7 8. a3 o-o-o?
But this is beyond any dou9t toq daring as
White will gain several tempi in the attack by
threatening the Black queen.
9. Bf4Qb6 10.NbS!Nd5 11. Bg3 a6 12.
c4 axb5 13. cxd5 Bd6
The only move. �g back on d5 wolild
give White an overwhelming advantage after
' ·
13.... exd5? 14. Bxc7! Kxc715. Qc1+ Kb8 16.
Qf4+ Bd6 17. Qx£5.
14.Qb3 Bxg3 15. hxg3Nf8 16. a4 Rxd5
17. axb5 Kd7!
''I played the first 17 moves excellent and
then misplayed my position in the rest of the
game. Deep Blue did it the other way aroood:'
explained Larsen c$er the game. 'Ihle, from
here on the computer turns the tables.
18. Bc4 Rd6 19. d5 Ke7 20. Rfe1 Nd7
2.1. Q<;3?!Nf6 22.Nh4?! Bg4 23. Re3 Rhd8
24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Rae1 Rd1! 26. Qe5
Rxel+ 27. Rxe1 Rd2 28. Nf5·+ B::d5 29.
Qxf5
29. ... RdU
Well done, Deep Blue. 'frading of all the
rooks eliminates the pressure on e6 and leaves
White with no compensation at all for his
weaknesses on b5 and c4 (the colorblind bish·
op). But again the computer is unable to find
the technical win.
..
30. Qe5 Rxe�+ 3l. . Qxe1 Qd6 31. Qe2
h6?! 33. b3_ Qd7 34. Qf3 b6 35. Qe2 Kf7
36. g4 Qd6 37. g3 Nd5 38. Kg2 Kf6 39.
Qf3+ Ke7 40.Qe4Nf641.Qg6Kf8 42. g5
hxg5 43. Qxg5 Qd4
With the cute idea: 44. ... Qxf2+. But apart
from this obvious one-mover Deep Blue has
played the endgame in a very sterile and Im­
potent way, and it is more than likely that the
exchange ori gS has brought Bent Larsen back
from the brink.
44. Q<;l Ke7 45. Qg5 Kf7 46. Qcl Qe5
47. Qd2 Ke7 48. Ql>4+ Kd7 49. Qd2+
Nd5 50. Qrl3 g5 51.Qf3 Ke7 52. Kgl Qd4
53. Qh5 Qg7 54. Qg4 Kd6 55. Qe4 Qal+
56. Kg2Qf6 57.Qc2 Qe5 58. Qc1 Kd7 59.
Kg1 Ke7 60. Kf1 Kf6 61.Qa3Kf7 62. Q<;1
Ke7, draw.
The team of American programmers
behind Deep Blue was mildly disappointed.
Dr. Feng-hsiung Hsu, Dr. Murray Campbell
and Joseph Hoane all a:dmitted that they still
have a long way to go br::fore the program will
beat World Champion Garry Kasparov. May­
be they were too pessimistic, because the com­
puter should probably .. pave won the next
game too.
··
SICILIAN DEFENSE [B73]
Dragon Variation
W: IBM Deep Blue
B: GM Bent Larsen
Co[!n/logen 1993, Game 4
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6!? 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6!?
Surprise, sUrprise. The last time Larsen
played the sharp Najdorf Sicilian was some
20 ye8fs ago. Normal chess psychology is by
definition wasted on a computer, but maybe
454
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prepared it for the Sicilian Dragon.
6. a4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9. f4 Nc6 • Dow Fast Can You
10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be6 12. Ra3!? Rc8
i3. Kh1 ReS? Solve This
Such mystical rook moves have always been
both Larsen's strong point and Achilles' heel. Problem?
In this case it's obviously a misunderstanding
but maybe he thought Deep Blue would to do
nothing - just like in the endgame the day
before.
14. f5! Bxb3
This cannot have been a part of Larsen's

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original plan as it at the same time gives White Norwood-Marsh
a powerful pair of bishops and justifies the Walsall, 1992
somewhat silly-placed Ra3. But the alternative
14 . ... Bd7 wasn't nice: 15. aS! and 16. Bb6.
15. Rxb3 Qd7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Nd5
On a 486/33 Mhz machine, Fritz2 announced
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 amazing picture encompassing the entire bat­
tle. It is not at all easy for White to Win, and
initially I even thought that I could hold the
position by sticking to this kind of defense.
All the problems of the position reduce to
more or less successful attempts by Black to
build a fortress, after the White queen picks
up one of the rooks. My evaluations of each
such attempt will be more or less in the nature
of a concise argument, but it stands to reason
that the readers have the right to disagree with
them, if they should find any grounds for this.
Th be frank, I doubt whether such searches
have any serious chances of success, although
readers, as they say, always see more... And so:
49. Bb6 Bf2+ 50. Bx£2 Nx£2 (but not 50. ...
Rxf2? 51. Qa8+Kc7 52. QXh8, when further
FIC3�Tif'JC3 commentary is unnecessary) 51. Qa8 + Kc7
52. Qxh8 (52. Qa5+ 'Kd6 53. Qb4+ Ke5 54.
chess Qxd2Ne4 is unconvincing) 52. ...Ng4 53. Qe8
Rdl+ 54.Kg2 Rd2+ 55.K£3 (55.Kg3 Rd3+
56. K£4 Rd4+ leads to an immediate draw) 55.
Battle with the Viewers ... Rxd5 56. Qx£7+ Rd7 -White is unable to
win this ending. ·
Part III Stronger is 49. Qa8+ Kc7 50. Qa5+ (cap­
turing the rook with 50. Qxh8? immediately
BY WORLD CHAMPION allows Black to initiate the drawing
mechanism 50. ... Nell etc.) 50. ...Kd6 51.
GARRY KASPAROV
Qxd2 Nf4.
TV-1 Viewers-GM Garry Kasparov But what now?
Spanish TV, 1993 White is at a cross­
roads, and the three
most natural paths
lead to a draw:
52. Qb4+? Kxd5
53. Be3 Ke5 54. Qe7+
Ne6 55. Bg5 R£8! (55.
...K£5? loses after 56. ---=-===-::.::..:::..:.::.-'-'===­
Qx£7Nxg5 57. hxg5!(but not 57. Qd5+Kx£6
58. Qxg5+Kg7 59. Qxg3 R£8 with a draw) 57.
...Kxg5 58. Qe7!, and it will soon all be over)
56. Bh6 Rd8 57.Qx£7 Bxh4 58. Bg7K£5 '-this
unusual ending is drawish;
Position after 43. g3! 52. Qe3?Kxd5 53, Bb6 (after 53.Kfl Ne6
made my next video recording for it is all very simple) 53. ... Rb8! (53. ... Rc8?
I Spanish television in May in Paris. The
weather was beautiful, and I much
wanted to avoid spoiling my mood by losing
loses to 54. Qf3+ Ke6 55. Qe4+ Kd6 56.
Qe7+) 54. Qd4+ (or 54.KflNe6l54. ...Kc6
55. Qc5+ Kd7 (here also it is n6t loo late to
the game . . . In principle there was no way go wrong: 55....Kb7? 56. Qc7+ Ka6 57. Qa7+
to save it, but with the city in the full bloom Kb5 58. Bf2!, and White wins) 56. Qc7+Ke6
of Spring I suddenly sensed that, by maintain­ 57.KflNd5! -the knight comes to the rescue
ing the coordination of'my few remaining just in time; . ..
pieces, I could still hope for success. And so 52. Qa5?NeZ+ 53. Kg2 Nxd4 54.Kxg3 Ke5!!
I sent the inove 55. Qc7+Kxd5(55. ...Kxf6?fails to 56. Qd6+!)
43. ... Be5! 56. Qx£7+ Ne6 57. Qxg6(57. Qe7?! sets Black
And yet, initially, preference had reen given fewer problems, since his fortress proves im­
to 43. ... Bxg3 44. Qb5+ Kc8 45. Qc4+Kb7 pregnable: 57 .... Ke5 58. f7 R£8 59.K£3 Rh8
46. Qb3+Ka8! 47. Qa4+Kb7 48. Qa7+Kc8... 60.K.f3 R£8 61.Kd3 Rh8 62.Kc4 R£8 63.Kb5
So that you can make a competent judgement Rh8 64.Kc6 ReS+ 65.Kb7Rf8) 57....Ke5 58.
about the quality of f7 R£8 59.K£3 Rd8 60.K£2 (or 60. Qg8 R£8)
my choice, first look x 60. ... R£8 61.Ke3 Rd8 62.·Qxh5+K£6 63. Qh7
at the great diversity (nothing is changed by 63. Qf3+ Ke7 64. h5
of variations that can R£8 65. h6 Rxf7 66. Qb7+K£6 67. Qb2+Kg6
arise in this case. = ) 63. . :. R£8 64. h5 Rxf7 65. Qg6+ Ke7 66.
The profound re­ h6 Nf8 with p. draw.
sources of attack and The correct solution begins to seem natural
defence, interweav­ and understandable only after lengthy search­
ing in magical coor­ es convince the analyst of t�e futility of all
dination, create an __:.:==-.:.=.:.=-=:::.===:c.... other possibilities. Here it is:
12 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
52. Qa2! Rb8(or 52. ... Nxd5? 53. Qa3+) 53.
Ba7!! -a colossal move, completely destroy­
ing the coordination of the Black pieces; this
is the whole point! - 53. ... Rb4 (53. ... Re8
54. Qa3+Kxd5 55. Qb3+! does not help, or
53. ... ReS 54. Qa6+ Kd7 55. Qb7+ Rc7 56.
Qb5+ Kc8 57. Qe8+, with a win for White
in both variations) 54. Qa3 Bel 55.Kfl Bd2
56. Be3 and White wins.
By the now established tradition, I will also
give the "false trails": 53.Kfl?Bxh4! 54. Qa6+
Kxd5 55. Qa5+Kxd4 56. Qa7+Ke4 57. Qxb8
Bx£6 58. Qe8+K£5(58. ... Be5!? is also satisfac­
tory) 59. Qx£7 g5 with a draw, or 53. Bb2Nxd5
with the same result.
However, initially my attention was fo­
cused on another tempting defensive possibili­
ty: 43. ... Ne5.
In this case, of the two queen checks, White
would not have needed to choose the only cor­
rect one. Both win, although not
flculty:
. without dif.
44. Qd6+!Kb7 (if 44. ...Kc8 45. Bxe5) 45.
Qb4+ (45. Bxe5? Bxe5 46. Qxe5 fails to 46.
... Rc8 47. Qe7+ Ka6 48.Qa3+Kb5 49�Qb3+
Ka5 with a draw) 45....Kc7 46. Bxe5+ (but
not 46. Bb6+?Kc8! 47. Qc3+ Kb7 48. gx£4
ReS! with a draw) 46. ... Bxe5 47. Qe7+! (47.
Qxd2? Kd6 48. Qb4+Kxd5 49. Qb3+Ke4 50.
Qx£7 is insufficient on account of 50. ...K£5)
47. ...Kb6 48. Qxe5 Rd3(also bad is 48. ... Rc2
49. Qd6+ Kb5 50. Qd7+ Kb6 51. QX£7 Ra8
52. Qe6+Kb5 53. Qel Raa2 54. f7 Rg2+ 55.
Kfl Rh2 56. Qbl+Kc4 57. Qxa2+) 4g.. Qd6+
Kb5 50. Qc6+ Kb4 51. d6 and White wins.
The other possibility 44. Qb6+ Kc8 45.
Qa6+ Kc7 46. Qa7+ Kc8 (or 46. ... Kd6 47.
Qc5+Kd7 48. Qe7+ Kc8 49. Bxe5 Bxe5 50.
Qxe5 Rc2 51. Qal!) 47. Bf2! also leads to
Black's defeat. For example:
47.... ReS 48. Qa8+ Kd7 49. Qa4+Kd6 50.
QXe8 Be3 51. Qd8+; or
47. ... Rd8 48. gxf4Nf3+ 49.Kfl! R8xd5 50.
Qx£7 Nh2+ 5 1.Kgl! Nf3+ 52.Kg2 Nxh4+ ·
53.Kh3;or
47. ... Rxf2 48. Qx£2! (but not 48. Kx£2?
Ng4+ 49.K£3 Be5! with an unclear game) 48.
... Bxg3 (also bad is 48... . Bd2 49. Qc5+!) 49.
Qxg3 ReS 50. Qa3!, and Black nevertheless
fails to save the game; and finally,
47. ...Ng4 48. gx£4 (48. Qa6+ is insufficient
for a win: 48. ...Kc7 49. Bb6+ Kd6! 50.gx£4
(or 50. Be3+ Kxd5 51. Bx£4 Rdl+ 52. Kg2
Rd8! 53. Qb7+ Kc5! 54. Qx£7 Rld2+! with the
idea of 55. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 56.KflNh2+!, draw­
ing) 50. ... Rxd5, and Black holds the position)
48. .. : Rxf2 (48. ... Nx£2 49. Qa8+ Kd7 50.
Qc6+ Kd8 also loses to SL d6!Nh3+ 52.Kfl
Rf2+ 53.Kel Re8+ 54. Kdl Rfl+ 55. Kd2
Rf2+ 56. Kc3 Re3+ 57. Kd4) 49. Qa8+Kc7
(or 49. ... Kd7 5o. Qc6+ Kd8 51. d6, etc.) 50.
Qxh8 .Rxf4 51. Qe8! and White wins.
In principle, the practical chan�es of expect·
ing a mistake by the opponent, even playing
by correspondence, are very great in each of
these branches, but being well familiar with
the viewers by now, I considered such a risk
to be completely inadmissible...
The opponents are again offered an ex­
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Ka6 48. Qd6+ Ka5 49. Qa3 + Kb5, and 44.
Qb6+ Kc8 45. Qa6+ Kc7 46. Bb6+ Kd6 47.
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possible. But each time, right to the end, I had
a faint hope that the viewers would not fmd ·
this one. Alas... Once again I can only raise
my hat to my in no way inferior opponent...
The following move fully deserves this.
45. Bb6!!
Just as they did a few moves ago with the
knight, this time the viewers avoid winning
my rook, in order to maintain their domina­
tion and not allow out of the h8 comer, the
piece that has been stuck there for so long!
I would ask you to judge how "obvious" is
the saving defence after 45. Be3 Rb2 46. Qxd3
Kb7!! . ..
A problem-like idea spoils an otherwise dual
solution in the variation 45. Qc4+ Kb8 46.
Qb3+ Ka8? 47. Bb6!!
Incidentally, in this case too 47. Be3 Rb2!
48. Qxd3 Kb7!! allows Black to save the game.
You can gain an impression about all the ideas
of the defense by playing through the varia­
tions below:
49. Bd4 (49. d6 Ra8 50. Qd5+ Kb8, or 49.
Qa3 Ra8 50. Qe7+ Bc7) 49. ... Bxd4+ 50. Qxd4
Rbl + ! 51. Kf2 (if White strives recklessly for
a win, he may even lose: 5 1 . Kg2 Rc8 52. d6
Reel 53. d7 Rgl + 54. Kf3 Rgfl + 55. Ke4?
Rbel + 56. Kd5 Rdl ! j 51. ... Re8!! (51. ... Rc8?
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is bad in view of the simple 52. d6 Reel 53.
d7) 52. d6 Reel 53. Qd5+ Kb6 54. Qxf7 Rfl +
55. Ke3 Rbel+ 56. Kd4 Rdl + 57. Ke5 Rdel+
58. Kd5 Rf5+ 59. Kc4 Rcl + 60. Kd3 (60. Kb3
also achieves nothing on account of 60. . ..
Rb5+ ) 60 . ... Rdl + 61. Kc3 Rxd6 with a draw.
After 47. Bb6, alas, Black cannot save the
game by either 47. ... Nb4? 48. Qxb4 Ra2 49.
Qc4, or 47. ... Rb8 48. Qa4+ Kb7 49. Qc6+
Ka6 50. Be3 + with an easy win. Similar varia­
tions also refute corresponding possibilities in
the actual game.
... Since my contract with Spanish Televi­
sion severely restricted the total number of
broadcasts, the game had to be concluded
quickly by some means or other. After the
course taken, resulting in such a position, the
only way to resolve matters was by·a direct
clash at the board with the best represen­
tatives of this so mysterious, and formidable
team. Lengthy discussions with Leontxo led
finally to an agreement on the fmal formula
of play. For the concluding match-simul with
me there were to be six persons: two grand­
masters (as it transpired later - Illescas and
Ochoa), two keen juniors, and two prominent
enthusiasts from the mass of viewers.
Moreover, my next move, and it was a com­
mitting capture ...
45. ... Bxg3
�
... I had to communicate to the viewers
beforehand. As can be understood from the
indirect data, the "viewers" - now I am
forced to use this word in inverted commas
- were hoping to crush me. Indeed, what
problems could arise, not only for the grand­
masters, but also for the talented juniors, who
had made a good study of the situation in such
a forcing, and to judge by everything, win­
ning position for White? As for the two re­
maining boards, in the event of doubts they
could apparently conclude the game with
perpetual check, seeing that this possibility
would still be open to White for the next few
moves...
However, with a shrewd plan of campaign
already in mind, by haggling with Leontxo I
managed to obtain conditions that were so
necessary for its successful implementation.
In the blitz simul, which took place live on
Spanish television, each of the grandmasters
had 5 minutes on his clock, the juniors - 10,
and the amateurs - 15. And in all the games,
which were to be played simultaneously, I had
the same fifteen minutes in reserve.
But about how this battle concluded - see
the following issue. 'lr
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Less Is More
BY GM ANDY SOLTIS
once announced a mate in eight. I've
I
played speed chess with Bobby Fischer.
And I even solved a mate in three - once.
But in thirty years of taking this game
seriously, there's one pleasure I've never
tasted: I have never underpromoted.
I say "pleasure" because pawn under­
promotion has to be the rarest, arguably the
prettiest, and perhaps the most enjoyable of
all the funny board tricks that the rules allow.
Enjoyable, that is, to the underpromoter.
Alexander Belyavsky - Boris Spassky
Linares 1990
Here the straightforward 1 . R(7)-B6ch KxP
2. RxB fails to 2 . ... R-R8ch and Black queens.
White can himself promote with 1. P-R8(Q)
and then 1. ... RxQ 2. R(7)-B6ch!. But )3lack
foils that with a counter-promotion, 1. ... P'
B8(Q)ch! 2. RxQ RxQ
But if you remembered that this was played
in February 1990, you'd know what to do. It
had just become the Year of the Horse:
16 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
The way to win was 1. P-R8(N)ch! K-B3 2.
R(5)-B6ch and Black resigned in view of 2� . . .
B-K3 3. R-B7 mate!
Of course, if I really wanted to, I could have
under-promoted at one time or another.
Everyone can. If you play long enough, you're
bound to arriv� at some random, dead-won
endgame against an opponent who refuses to
resign. So, you build an anny of extra knights
or bishops or whatever.
The most common form of underpromotion
occurs when it doesn't make much of a dif,­
ference what new piece you bring back to the
board:
TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE [C59J
W: Robbins
B: J.W Showalter
Lexington 1910
1. P-K4 P-K4 2. B-B4 N-KB3 3. N-KB3
N-B3 4. N-N5 P-Q4 5. PxP N-QR4 6. B­
N5ch P-B3 7. PxP PxP 8. B-K2 P-KR3 9.
N-KB3 P-K5 10. N-K5 Q-Q5 1 1 . N-N4 BxN
12. BxB P-K6 13. P-KB3? P-KR4! 14. B­
R3 Q-R5ch 15. K-K2 Q-B7ch 16. K-Q3 R­
Q1ch 17. K-B3 P-K7! 18. Q-N1 N-Q4ch 19.
K-Q3 N-K6ch 20. K-B3 QxQ 21. RxQ
And now, the drum roll, ... ta-da:
21. ... N-Q8ch 22. RxN PxR(NJ mate.
Of course, promoting to a mere queen
wouldn't have changed the outcome of the
game. But often underpromotion does make
a difference, like when Viswanathan Anand
beat Anatoly Karpov in a candidates match
game, two years ago, thanks to a knight pro­
motion - with check - that averted a
drawish endgame.
But these are the rare pleasures of over-the­
board chess. More often when you see an
underpromotion that makes a difference, it oc­
curs in a problem or composition. In one
classic example of Fairy Chess - a two-move
Reflexmate by the Yorkshireman T.R. Dawson
- there were eight different lines employing
underpromotion. The Black king pawn could
be promoted to four different pieces and so
could the Black queen pawn.
Reflexmates - which are a kind of losing­
chess problem - are pretty sophisticated
stuff, even for problem fans. About the only
kind of problems that I like are construction
tasks. And one of my favoritc:;s is:
Compose the shortest possible game that
ends with a promoted knight delivering
mate.
Clearly, it couldn't be shorter than five
moves since that's how long it takes a pawn
to transverse the board. And, in fact, games
of only five moves can be composed to meet
the above task. For example: 1. P-Q3 P-K4
2. K-Q2 P-K5 3. K-B3 PxP 4. P-QN3 PxKP
5. K-N2 PxQ(NJ. Also, 1. P-Q4 P-K4 2. K­
Q2 PxP 3. P-QN3 P-Q6 etc.
This, by the way, can also be done in five
moves promoting to a bishop. (solution on
page 73.)
Okay, these moves look , ridiculous. But
there have been real games that ended ab­
ruptly this way. For example, N.N.-Gotez,
Strasbourg 1880 went:1. P-K4 P-K4 2. P­
KB4 PxP 3. P-QN3? Q-R5ch 4. P-N3? PxP
5. P-KR3? P-N7ch 6. K-K2 QxPch 7. K-B2
PxR(N) mate.
There are also some real promotions that
look so bizarre that you'd guess they were
composed. This is one that really occurred in
a postal game:
Palevich-Lebelt
Correspondence 1985
White can't stop the king pawn from pro­
moting but he found the wonderful l . NxPch
PxN 2. R-Q1 ! ! .
Now i f Black creates a new queen o r rook
it's a stalemate, and a bishop won't win for
him. So he played 2 . ... PxR(N)! 3. B-K4! NxP!
4. BxB NxP 5. B-QS and the only winning try
left was 5. . . . P-B6! 6. BxN P-B7.
Again, it looks hopeless but White carne up
with a second miracle: 7. B-N 1 ! ! . The game
ended in a draw.
Often underpromotion with a check is the
only way it will work. But there are occasions
when queening a pawn with check is a
blunder, even in grandmaster games. For ex­
ample, had Patrick Wolff made a second
queen - for free and with check - against
Alex Yermolinsky during a late round game
in Durango last December, he would not be
U.S. Champion today (see Chess Life, May
1993, p. 42).
Here's another case when queening with
check fails but knighting wins:
RUY WPEZ [CSO]
Open Defense
W: Alexander Cherepkov
B: David Bronstein
28th ScNiet Championship, Moscow 1961
1. P-K4 P-K4 2. N-KB3 N-QB3 3. B-N5
P-QR3 4. B-R4 N-B3 5. 0-0 NxP 6. P-Q4
P-QN4 7. B-N3 P-Q4 8. NxP!? NxN 9. PxN
B-N2
To play the Open Defense you have to know
that the bishop move that's best against 8. PxP
- 8. . . . B-K3 - is bad here because of 10. P­
KB4 and P-BS.
10. P-QB3 B-B4 1 1 . Q-N4 Q-K2 12. N­
Q2 QxP! 13. NxN PxN 14. B-KB4 Q-B3 15.
QR-Q1 0-0 16. BxP QR-K1 1 7. B-KB4 B­
K2 18. B-K3 R-Ql l9. R-Q4 RxR 20. BxR
Q-N4 21. Q-Q7 B-Rl 22. B-K3 Q-B3 23. R­
Q1 P-KR4 24. Q-B7 R-K1 25. R-Q7 B-QB3
26. B-Q4 Q-R3 27. B-K3 Q-83 28. B-N5
QXB 29. QxB P-K6! 30. R-Q5 P-K7!!
460
 Black can win with the prosaic 75 . ... N-K4
(76. B-R7 N-N5 and the pawn mates; 76. B­
B7 K-B7) or with 75. ... K-K7 followed by 76.
. . . K-B8. However, Rubinstein found the most
enjoyable - and could have armounced mate
in five: 75 . . . . N-B7ch 76. BxN PxB 77. KxP
P-B8(R) ! ! and mate next. (Queening, of course,
leads to stalemate.)
This is one of the first grandmaster ex­
amples of "rooking a pawn." There are no
famous examples involving a bishop
although ...
At the 1974 Olympiade at Nice, GM Ray­
mond Keene created a second dark-squared
bishop. The choice of piece didn't matter since
either a queen or bishop on the promotion
square had to be captured.
So why did Keene do it? Simply to see how
many chess publications would assume there
was a typo in the tournament bulletin "and
blindly print 41. ... P-R8(Q)." All but one, an
English magazine, passed the test. <it>

A fairly routine middlegame has suddenly

become exciting.
31. QxRch K-R2 32. B-B2ch P-N3 33.
QxPch K-R3 34. P-KN3
White was forced to create hlft and will now
be down a queen for a rook. Or will he?
Black was all set to play 34 . ... P-K8(Q)ch
35. K-N2 Q-B3 when he noticed 36. RxPch!
PxR 37. Q-R7ch K-N4 38. P-KR4ch K-NS 39.
Q-N8ch! and it's White who mates. So ·...
34. ... Q-B8ch 35. K-N2 Q-B8ch 36. K­
B3 P-K8(N)ch!
And the game ended with White' s resigna­
tion after 37. K-K3 NxBch 38. K-Q2 N-N5! 39.
RxPch!? KxR! 40. Q-R7ch K-N5 4 1 . PxN
BxPch. Only at the end did White notice a key
difference: 41. QxPch K-B6 42. Q·B5 mate is
short-circuited by 4 1 . ... B-N4ch.
One of these days I'm going to play through
the first couple of hundred pages of the Ox­
ford Encyclopedia ofChess Games, one of those
beautiful-looking books you put in your
library and never open. And I'm going to fmd
the very first player who had the pleasure of
underpromotion.
I do )mow that in 1737, Philip Stamma
published the first problem using an under­
promotion, as well as some composed games
that were still being quoted a century later.
Chess authorities since Stamma 's day have
occasionally objected to the flexibility of the
rule - particularly that you could have a sec­
ond queen or a third knight or even a second
white-squared bishop. For example, J.H. Sar­
ratt protested in 1821: "Surely two white
(-squared) bishops would constitute a much
greater anomaly than two queens: '
Making new bishops or rooks is the rarest
of underpromotions. At Vienna 1908 the
opening pioneer Simeon Alapin began his
game with Akiba Rubinstein with his
patented 1 . P-K4 P-K4 2. N-K2!? N-KB3 3. P­
KB4. Some 72 moves later...

461
 can't be played be­ White won after
cause it seemingly 25 . ... Bd5? 26. Bxd5
leaves both pawns en Nxd5 21. Rxc5 Nb6
prise- but they are 28. Kfl. But I think
actually immune! If Black missed a bril­
10. ... KxP 1 1 . Q-Q8+ liant drawing re·
KxP 12. Q·N 8 + source by 25. ... Rxe4!
skewers the Black 26. dxe4 Nd3 27. Ra1
queen. Or 10 . ... QxP Be6 28. Rxa7 h5!
1 1 . Q-R8 mate. Final ---"""'--"....O:...:.:!..=.:::..c-=-- threatening to win a
ly, on 10 . . . . K-R2 1 1 . Q·Q7 + K-N 1 12. Q·Q8 + pawn by ... Nxb2 or ... hxg4. How about it?
K-R2 13. Q-B7+ K-R1 14. Q-B8+ K-R2 15. P­
A: Your idea is certainly better than Spassky's
N6+ wins.
defense. Although it's hard for White to make
It's not the only mistake in this particular
progress in your final position, Black still has to
ending. Fine misses a mate in two in the note
fight for a draw after 29. Rb7 hxg4 30. hxg4 Bxg4
to move 10 after 10. Q·Q6 + K-N4 by 1 1 . Q·
31. Kg2.
B5+ K-R3 12. Q-N6.
Only about 40o/o of the endgames are dia·
grarnmed and there's no index of player/com· DANGEROUS. GAMBIT
posers, which makes it hard to locate things. Manny Infante
Some primitive people have a counting system Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
that goes, "One, two, many," which reminds
me of Fine's arrangement of material. It's also
Q: My question concerns
Kieseritzky Gambit

EVAN S hard to tell where the analysis of a game

begins and ends, �d the numbering system
leaves much to be desired.
in the Petroff De·
fense: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4.

on chess In diagram 357 (Marshall-Euwe, Bad Kis­

singen 1928), Fine and both players made the
incorrect assumption that White can't permit
Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6
6. Nh4. (diagram)
Gambit Review
Blac k ' s pawn to � magazine (#2, 1992)
queen. But actually r&1i
THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: condemns this for =c..==-.=..::=-­
"Santa, please bring me a defense to 1. e4." this is the quickest
White because of __...:..:.::. .=. :c...
..c :.:..:.
.:..: ._ !
way to win (after 8. ...
_ _

- Ken Jones, Independence, Missouri.
BY GM LARRY EVANS
THE BEST QUESTION
FINE BLINDSPOIS
Gary A. Crum
Louisville, Ohio
Q: Over the last few years I've fmmd literally
thousands of mstances of faulty analysis in
various books and magazines. I'm not quite
sure I understand Moody's concept "com­
munal blindspots" Uanuary '93, page 18),
though it does seem strange after 1 . e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3 . Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5
K-B2). (diagram)
Instead of 9. R·
R7+ K-Q3 10. R·K7
which only forces
Black's king closer to
the pawns, a very
poor policy, more efficient is 9. R-R8! P-R6 10.
P-B7 P-R7 1 1 . P-B8/Q R-N4+ (or 1 1. ... P-R8/Q
12. R-R7 + mates ill four) 12. K-B3 P-R8/Q 13.
Q-N8 + forces mate.
In any event, the main point I'm trying to
make is that most blunders are the result of
an incorrect assumption. Moody's concept
doesn't seem new. Dr. Thrrasch said some­
thing very similar (but in German).
A: You made your point! Fine's Basic Chess
two postal games with 6 . ... g6 7. f4 c6! But
in Informant 44 (game 372) Pinter and Szell
give 6. Nh4! and Rand Springer magazine (#3,
1992) agrees with this assessment in citing the
same game (Szell-Autenrieth, Magyarorszag
1987). Please comment.
A: "Theory holds that Black can get the better,
game by taking and holding the gambit pawn; but
the evidence is not conclusive, for many attack­
ing and defensive ideas have yet to be tried out,"
(Hooper 1967). This dangerous gambit was a
favorite ofMorphy. On 6. Nh4 g6 7. f4 c6 is now
suspect due to 8. f5 d5 9. fxg6 dxc4 10. Qh5 Kd7.
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shares the most interesting items from his mailbox with
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no one has yet noticed 6. 0-0. Naturally, I'm
curious whether he can provide many more
examples. On the other hand, I don't see how
this line represents any actual improvement
over the standard 6. d4.
Anyway, it seems to me nearly every tac­
tical shot that is overlooked is based on the
incorrect assumption that some move can't be
played because it loses material (when it
doesn't). This is one of the things that makes
chess so fascinating: apparently an "impossi­
ble" move turns out to be the quickest or
perhaps the only way to win, even with little
material on the board. For example, diagram
Endings (1941) was a great book that has more
or less held up for halfa century; a revision is long
overdue which includes discoveries by computers
in exceptions to the 50-move rule. As Bob Lin­
coln noted in Chess Life lastjanuary (page 86):
"I learned that a super computer proved rook and
bishop can win against bishop and knight (it takes
nearly 200 moves)."
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563 in Reuben Fine's Basic Chess Endings (after panion to Chess. This book normally retails for
9 . ... K-R3) . (See diagram.J
Q: Both Yasser Seirawan in Inside Chess and $29.95.
John Fedorowicz in Chess Life stated that Black
Instead of a long-winded win by 10. Q-Q6+ To enter, send your questions to· the address
is lost after 25. Bd2 in Fischer-Spassky, #17,
K-R2 1 1 . K-R4, everyone assumed 10. P-N5 + ! above.
1992. (diagram)

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Keres awarded Black a plus but he overlooked 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. f4 Be7 7. Nf3 0-0 8. Bd3
11. g7! Bxg7 12. Qg4 + and Qxg7 regaining the CAPPED PAWN b6 9. e5 ...
piece. Charles H. Beitel VI Premature. Better is 9. Qe2 to prevent Black
Kissimmee, Florida from relieving the cramp by ... Ba6.
9. ... dxe5 10. fxe5 Nd5 1 1 . 0-0 Ba6 12.
ALL ROADS LEAD 10 ROME Q: What is capped piece odds? I heard it's Nxd5 exd5?
George W. Taylor slightly higher than queen odds.
Strategically wr.ong. White's failure to play
Starke, Florida
A: Capped pawn is a handicap that requires the sharply has permitted 12 . ... Qxd5! to keep
Q: Thanks for your fine analysis to the first mating move be made with a certain pawn pressure on the backward pawn at d4. From
six games of Fischer-Spassky II last Novem­ designated before the game begins - and this now on Black's prospects are lifeless.
ber and December. I enjoyed it very much! pawn may not be promoted to a queen. Once the 13. Rf2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc6 1 5. Bd2 a6?
This diagram is the tail-end of Saemisch-Reti, weaker side eliminates this capped pawn {even Fiddling while Rome burns. Black should
presented in "Solitaire Chess" last October by sacrifice} he wins automatically. start thinking about defending the kingside
(page 24) - and I'm miffed! {diagram} with either 15 . . . . f6 or Qd7.
Pandolfini notes: 19. Raf1 b5 1 7. h3 h6
READER'S SHOWCASE
' '.Take 4 points part Needlessly weakening the fortress. Still in­
credit for 29. R£4 dicated is 17 . ... f6. Now White strengthens
with the idea of 30. BRASH the attack.
Rh4+ 3 L Qh6 and Robert Escalante 18. Nh2! Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rf5 Qe7
32. Qh8 mate." But Buena Park, California A better try is 20 . ... Qg6 leaving e7 free for
while everyone else the knight.
Please forgive my brashness in sending this
scored 5 points for 21. Ng4 Qh4
game for possible publication, but perhaps
29. g6, I came up Pointless but Black is already in a bad way.
you will agree that the final combination is
empty with 29. Be4!
pretty.
forcing mate after 29 . . . . Rfe8 (or 29 . ... Kg8
30. Qh6 f5 3L gxf6, etc.) 30. Bh7+ Kf8 3 L
Rx£7 + ! Kxf7 33. Qf6. SICILIAN DEFENSE [B22)
I believe that 29. Be4! is the best finish to
Alapin Variation

an artistic gem. True, other moves are also W: Robert Escalante [ 1 748)

good enough to win; but I'm looking at it as B: Gina Sanchez [ 1518)

one might view a Rembrandt or a Monet. Pasadena, California 1992

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6
A: Playing a great game has been compared to
A more active response is 2. . .. d5.
trying to paint the Mona Lisa while an opponent
3. d4 cxd4
yanks at your brush {as noted by Ken Jones}.
Lets White occupy the center without hin­
You're right that Black can resign no matter
drance. More usual is 3 . . . . Nf6 .4. dxc4 Nc6 22. Rf6! Ne7
which move White selects. 29. Be4! {as well as
(not 4. ... Nxe4? 5. Qa4+ followed by Qxe4) It's all over. If 22 . ... gxf6 23. Nxf6 + is also
the prosaic 29. Qh6+ KgB 30. Be4} is lethal. One
to deny White's QN access to c3. decisive.
problem with the scoring system is that you get
4. cxd4 e6 23. Rxh6! Qxh6 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25.
no points even when you find a move better than Less cramping is 4. ... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7.
the one given in the game or the analysis. Rf6 Kg7 26. h4, Black resigns. �

A PLAYABLE BLUNDER
Fred J. Meyer
Chicopee, Massachusetts
Q: In the Open Defense to the Ruy Lopez
after 1 . e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. Re1 White mov"''
Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Nd5 {diagram} cer­ A. P-QS
tainly 8. ... d6 9. B. N-K6
Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxe7 ,C. N-QZ ,
Qxe7 1 1 . d4 Nd7 12.
·

dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5

Nxe5 14. f4 Bg4 15.
Qd2 Qc5 + is equal
enough.
�Iter s. Nds
No;. Ill
Yet the "blunder" 8 . ... Nxa4? also looks
playable. For example, 9. Nxe5 Nb6 10. Nxc6
(if 10. Qh5 0-0) 10 . . . . dxc6 1 L Rxe7+ (if 1 1 . �;�� �y�s .
Nxe7 Be6 12. Nf5 Qf6 is equal) 1 1. ... Kf8 12. ,:;.

Nxb6 cxb6 leads to opposite colored bishops

A. Q-K!j
and a likely draw.
s; R-Qt
A: Your 9. ... Nb6 improves on 9. ... 0-0 10. Nxc6 C. N·R3
dx.c6 11. Nxe7+ KhB 12. Qh5 Nb6 13. Re4 Qd6
14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nd5 16. Be5! {Yates-Conde,
Hastings 1922-23}. The ease with which Black You have three op,tioris to consider for each of the pbsitiolts l:rbo1ie; bur oJllt one �of thein
can equalize against 6. Rel is why 6. d4 is consi­ is The Best Move. When you':ve decided which move you would play: in each position,
Check It Out on p<lge_ 73.
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· endgame
LA B
Two Minor Pieces
vs. a Rook
BY GM PAL BENKO
I
t is well known that two minor pieces,
particularly in the middlegame, are
stronger than one rook with even one or
two pawns added. But this situation is not the
same in the ending at all .
Let us take a look at the following position:
jose Capablanca-E manuel Lasker
Saint Petersburg, 1914
White to mo-ve
The ending was drawn after still 65 more
moves; that is, Capa did his utmost to win it.
Lasker chose the setup h6-g7-f6 with his
pawns, which proved to be the correct defense
against Capablanca' s try of putting his pawns
on f5-g4-h4. Whi�e broke through by g4-g5,
however it meant the trading of two pawns
each, and he could not force any win with his
reduced material.
This very important ending is to be found
in my book Chess Endgame LessonS but I am
convinced by having seen the followirigposi-
tion in Budapest quite recently that I ought
to show it to my readers once again, because
as the Romans stressed, "Repetitio est
mater studiorum.''
Now we will see and study this typical end­
ing position in the course of two endgames
played in the zonal tournament or the so­
called Eastern Block, in which its best masters
participated between March 3rd-16th, 1993
in Budapest.
GM Ljubomir Ftacnik-GM Gyula Sax
Budapest Zonal, 1993
White to move
In the above position Black has one pawn
as compensation for the rook vs. two minor
pieces, but his passed pawn is rather more
weak than strong; for this very reason he must
strive for the draw.
At the same time, White tries to win the
passed d-pawn or to tie the Black rooks to it
and so to force them into a defending position.
29. Ng5 Ke7?
For the time being, the Black king has no
active role, yet Black exposes it to some
unpleasant checks later on. Of course 30.
Nxh7 is not playable because of 30. ... f6;
however, Black ought to have played for the
3 to 3 pawns on the kingside as in the men­
tioned Capa-Lasker endgame. Therefore he
had to sacrifice his d-pawn by exchanging a
pair of rooks, and trade of the b-pawn for his
a-pawn as well. In addition, he would have
had an easier task than Lasker since Ftacnik
had a light-squared bishop which could not
have attacked the g7 pawn after the possible
pawn breakthrough on g5, not to mention that
it is the "wrong" bishop for his h-pawn.
Thus Black could have reached the drawn
endgame as follows: 29. . . . ·h6 30. N£3 Rb6 31.
Rxd4 j31. Nxd4? does not work because of 31.
... Rbd6) Rxd4 32. Nxd4 �4! 132 . ... Rb4? would
be a blunder: 33. Bc4! a4 34. Nc2 followed by
35. bxa4, and White wins.) 33. bxa4 Rb4 and
after ... Rxa4 an ending similar to the just­
shown drawish one occurs.
30. Rdl h6 31. Nf3 Rc3?!
Perhaps he should have preferred 31. ... d3!?
32. Nxd4 Kf6
Here again the disadvantage of 29 . ... Ke7
is seen. The text is forced, since 32 . ... Rxb3??
doesn't work after 33. Nc6+ .
33. Rd2 Rd6 34. Kg2 Rd5 35. Bc4 Rd8
36. Ne2!? Rxd2 37. Nxc3 Ke7
Black has managed to achieve an exchange
of rooks, but White was able to keep his
b3-pawn and thus has some winning chances.
However, it will not be easy, since coopera­
tion among his pieces can be set up only with
great complications. In addition, Black's rook
became stronger in the open position since it
can attack and defend on boths sides at the
same time.
38. Kf3 f6 39. Nd5 + Kd6 40. Ne3 Kc5
41. h4 h5 42. Bf7 Rd7 43. Be8!
Of course, White does not take on hS
because there would follow 43. ... Rb7,
eliminating the b-pawn at last. The fine text
move hinders the trade of the a-pawn. In this
way, White succeeded in increasing his edge.
43. ... Rb7 44. Ba4 g5
Black strives to trade pawns, since each
reduction gives him some hope and chance
to draw this difficult ending.
45. hxg5
There was no better way, for on 45. Ke4
Black has 45 . ... gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4+ 47. Nc4
·
Rxa4! etc.
45 . ... fxg5 46. Nc4 Rf7+ 47. Kg2 Kb4
48. Ne5 Rf5 49. f4!
And White has reached his goal! He has
created a passed pawn. And 49 . ... h4 does not
work owing to 50. g4! Rxf4 51. Nd3+ and
wins.
49 . ... gxf4 50. gxf4Kc3 51. Kf3 Rf8 52.
Ke3!?
If 52. Ke4?! then, or course, 52. ... h4! 53.
Ng6 h3! is possible with chances for survival.
52 . ... Rf6 53. Ke4 h4 54. f5 h3 55. Ng4
Rh6 56. Nh2
Black's passed pawn is blockaded, but how
to stop White's?
56. ... Rd6 57. Kf4 Rd2 58. Kg3 Rg2+!?
More chances were given by 58. ... Rd5 etc.
59. Kxh3 Rf2 60. Bd7 Kxb3 61.Ng4 Rf1
62. Kg2 Rdl 63. Be6+ J5c3
It is Black's misfortune that 63 . ... Kb2, to
assist the a-pawn in promoting, was also bad
because of 64. Ne3 and on 64. ... Rd8 there
follows 65. Nc4+ Kc3 66. NxaS and because
of Nc6+ the king is cut off from d4.
64. f6 Rd8 65. Ne5 a4 66. f7 a3 67. Nc6
Ra8 68. Kg3 Kb2 69. Nb4!
and Black resigns.
The a-pawn is blockaded, for instance 69.
... Kc3 70. Na2+ Kd4 71. K£4! and Black is
hopelessly cut off from the £-pawn.
The moral is: It is worth studying end­
games, at least in order to learn basic positions
- it means points in tournament chess.
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 21
 ON THE <YfHER HAND
After a success for the two pieces, let us see
one for the rook! The game was played in the
same ronal event in Budapest.
Judith Polgar-Jasek Gdanski
Budapest Zonal, 1993
White to move
A well-known French pawn position! The
queens were just traded. Though White has
two pawns and a rook against Black's two
minor pieces, the doubled c-pawns will not
help much for the moment. But White still has
the possibility of breaking through with her
pawns on f5, and create connected passed
pawns. For this very reason, she stands better.
32. Rab1 Bc8 33. Rf3 Rh5
Black tries to hinder the occupation of the
h-file.
34. Rbfl Rh4 35. Rg3+ Kf7 36. Rff3
White intends to trade the active rook.
36 . ... Ng6
On the seemingly more active 36 . ... Nc6
may follow 37. Rh3 Rxh3 38. Rxh3 Kg7 39.
g4 Nxa5 40. Rh5! and Black can only to pre­
vent the f4-f5 breakthrough by 40 . ... Kg6,
when White's rook penetrates to the eighth
rank. Black must defend himself against these
two threats constantly in the following moves
as well.
. Solving an endgame "study" involves the consideration ofsubtle, complex, and often l�
vatiatton& Unlike problems, · most studies resemble �ons that could oc� over-the-bOard.
Also, unlike problems.-th e winning lines do.not necessarily lead directly to c}le(:krDate. In •
smne cases, ypu tnli${ simply reach a thepz:etically won or drawn position for "White · :
-The reader should· Qe warned: many solutions will-run seveJ'&l moves deep. Some
�d be longer. fuai twenty moves.
. If .tau thiJik jo.u've. gol tile right answer;s - or if you'· re simply b8:ffled ...,... Check It OUt.
·: :.on page n. .
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22 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
37. Kf2 Bd7 38. Rh3! Rxh3 39. Rxh3
Kg7
Neither here nor earlier could Black take
on f4 because knight would then be lost to the ·
f-flle pin.
Part one is now over. Black's rook has been
traded, generally a gOod idea against two
minor pieces, as it deprives them of its
assistance.
40. Ke3 Ba4 41. g4! Ne7
41 . .. . Bxc2 was bad owing to 42. Rh2·when
White breaks through with either f5 or Rb2.
But now Black defends everything. Never­
theless White has a fme plan: her king in­
trudes via the dark squares on the queenside
into Black's camp. This threat forces Black to
weaken his position further.
42. Kd2! Bd7 43. Rh5! Be8 44. Rh1 Bd7
45. Rbl Bc6 46. Kc1! Kg6
On 46. . . . Ng6 47. f5 again decides the game
for White.
47. Kb2 Ng8 48. Ka3 Nh6 49. Rg1 Bd7
50. Kb4 b6 51. axb6 axb6
White seems to have reached no result
despite the opening of lines because the rook
is tied down to the defense of the g-pawn. But'
the following return of the king will ch.ange
the situation.
52. Ka3! Kf7 53. Kb2 Kg6 54. Kc1 Be8
answers
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· The tournament was sponsored by Continental
55. Kd2 Ba4 56. Ra1 Be8 57. Rg1 Ba4 58.
Rg2! Kf7 59. Ke3 Kg6 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Kg3
Kg6 62. Rh2 Nf7 63. Kh4! Nh6
64. Rf2
The game was here adjourned. At first look
Black has reached a defendable position. I
analyzed this ending together withJudit, and
we decided that Black must get into
Zugzwang. However, a lot of masters did not
•
agree with us.
64. ... Bd7 65. Rf1 Ba4 66. Rbl b5 67.
Rc1 Ng8 68. Rf1! Bxc2
On 68 . . .. Nh6 White plays 69. Rf2, and
because of Zugzwang Black must allow fS,
winning. _
69. Rf2! Be4 70. Rb2 Nh6 71. Rxb5 Bf3
72. f5 + ! ex£5 73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. gS Ng8 75.
Rb7+ Kf8
H 75 . ... Kg6 76. Kg3! followed by 77. Kf4
and 78. e61 and White wins in this case too,
because the knight is trapped.
76. g6 f4 77. e6 Ne7 78. Rxe7!, Black
resigns.
On 78 . . . . Kxe7, 79. g7 wins immediately.
Indeed this is a masterly-played endgame.
It is very instructive; Judit understood the re·
quirements of this ending and carried out her
plans accordingly til victory. lifr
·H E R E & Th-HER6
Thxas: 2nd Southwest Cla&s Championships
The 2nd annual Southwest Class Championships,
played at the Radisson Hotel in Dallas, February
26-28, attracted 124 players. Senior Life Master Curt
Jones of 'Il!nnessee scored a 5-0 sweep in the Master­
Expert Section, a point ahead of Eric Peterson.
, Following with 31/2 were Lester Van Meter, Robert
Weinberg, and Adrian Rios. The Expert prizes were
shared by George 'll"ammell, Ivan Reyes, and Robert
Holyfield, each with 3. Eligio Alvarado Swept the
Class A section with 5, while Kelly Clover, Juan
Yabraian, and Victor Nocetti each scored 4.
Class B winners: J.P. Cerminaro, 5. James M. Mur·
phy, 4, Richard Newcomb, David Ward, and Mar·
vin Bolden, 31/z .
Class C winners: Benjamin Tiller, 4'12, Paul Zinke,
David Walls, and Kevin M. Brown, 4.
DIE winners: Kevin Leigh Hall, 41/2, Mark Brill
and Richard Calcaterra, 4, and Michael L. Sullivan,
·
31/z.
Chess Association and directed by Larry King and
Ralfll'\ Whitford. - Bill Goichberg
466
 Ladies Chess Olympiad followed by
Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The Soviet team
consisted of Merike Rytova, Marta Litinska­
ja, Liudmila Belavenets, and Nadezda
Krasikova. IV World Champion Belavenets
went 7-0 on Board Three.
There has been a decline in interest in ladies
correspondence chess, and the ICCF Tourna­
ment Director has asked all national federa­
tions to try to attract more lady players to
international correspondence chess. The
question has often been raised in this column
as to whether or not there should be a separate
women's championship. The decline in
women's participation in postal chess does not
seem to be related to women enjoying greater
success in play against men. I will leave it to
the reader to conjecture why, when interna­
tional play has been growing, women's par­
ticipation has been declining.
The highest rated woman in ICCF play?
. Olita Rau5e (2535) of Latvia. The highest rated
US woman is Irene Aronoff, number eleven
but this is a passive sacrifice which · Black
doesn't have to take. Stronger here is 21. e5!
dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ne4
when White maintains a strong attack.
21. ... Nd7 22. £5 e5
The gate slams shut on the critical a1-h8
diagonal and White's attack begins to fade.
The d5 square has been neutralized and Black
has the better chances.
23. B£2 RedS 24. Bh4 g5!?
This surprising thrust must have caught
Orlova off guard. The idea is to seal the
kingside after 25. Bf2 f6 followed by ... Nc5
and ... d5 with the better game. Nevertheless,
this was the best way for White to go. Instead,
she finds a speculative way to sacrifice a pawn
for an attack that does not materialize.
25. £6? Bx£6 26. Bf2
Failing is 26. Bxg5 Bxg5 27. Qg3 f6 28. h4
Nc5 29. Rd2 Qg7 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Qxg5+
fxg5 with a winning game.
26 . ... Bg7!
Perhaps Orlova had calculated that Black

'C H E C K in the world, at 2270. Liudmila Belavenets, the

current world champion has a 2210 rating.
would be forced to "save" the d6 pawn w1th
26. ... Be7 when 27. Bg4! Bxe4? 28. Rxe4! Qxe4
29. Bf5 is a winning line.

is i n the ma i l
GAME OF THE MONTH 27. Rxd6 N£6
This was the decisive game in the N Women's The results of 25. f6? are now clear. White's
World Championship. A draw or a win would forces are uncoordinated, Black's king is safe,
have given the title to Orlova. Only a victory and the e-pawn is weak. Black has the -ad­
sufficed for Belavenets. vantage.
Belavenets Wins Title 28. Bc5 Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Re8 30. N£2 Bd7
SICILIAN DEFENSE [B85) 31. Qg3 Qb6 32. Rd1
W: N. Orlova Naturally White avoids 32. Bxe5? Rxe5 33.
B: Liudmila Belavenets Qxe5 Qx£2 when Black wins. Now Black an­
BY NM ALEX DUNNE
IV Women's World Championship ticipates 32. ... Re6 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 Qxf2 35. Qb8+ ! Ne8 36. Qxb4 when the c2
he IV Ladies World Correspondence 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. 0-0 d6 8. £4 N£6 pawn can't be taken and White would have

T Championship has been won by

Lil,tdmila Belavenets of Russia.
Belavenets was presented the gold medal
symbolic of her victory at the ICCF Congress
in Graz. Second place, on lesser tiebreaks, was
taken by N. Orlova, also of Russia, and the III
Woman's World Champion Luba Kristol
(Israeli finished third.
The new world champion was born Jnne
7, 1940, in Moscow where she now works as
a mathematician. Her chess achievements in­
9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe1 0-0 1 1 . Qg3 Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Kh1 Bc6 15. Rad1
Rac8
ECO ends here, giving 15. ... Qb7 16. Bf3
Rad8 17. Rfe1 g6 18. Qh3 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20.
Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Qh6 f6 as equal
in Olaf&son-Liberzon, Geneva 1977. Recent
game;;s have been exploring 15. Rael .
· 16; Rfe1 g6
By relieving the pressure on g7, Black can
play to pressure e4. Without that center
chances in the ending.
32. ... Re6 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxe5 Ng4!
With this slash, Black forces White to
sacrifice her queen and enters a winning
endgame.
Correspilrl:fience chesspli�.a:rtr jnvitai fq. senti their
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ly guarding the e-pawn as 21. ... Nxe4? 22. brilliau.C;i�:tQ. �j'!x:;J)lmt).e, �
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 35. Nxg4 Bxe5 36. Nxe5 Be6 37. h3 Qc7
38. Nd3 Qg3
Black operates with the threat of ... Bxh3
and thereby forces White's pieces into defen­
sive postures.
39. Rf1 b3!
Now the knight on d3 lose� its protection.
Belavenets finishes the demolition of Black's
game with a few sharp pawn moves.
h6 12. Bx£6 Qxf6 13. dS Bd7 14. Nc4 Bc7
10URNAMENT NOfES
1S. Qd3 cxd5 16. exdS 0-0-0 17. a4 g6 1S.
b4 B£5 19. Qe2 Kd7 20. aS Bxc2 21. Qxc2 GOLDEN KNIGHTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Q£4 22. Qe2 fS 23. Nb2 Ke7 24. g3 QgS According to official USCF Postal Department
records, these are the latest Golden Knights
25. Nd3 K£7 26. £4 Q£6 27. fxe S dxe5 2S.
Championship Final weighted-point scores:
c4 Bd6 29. Qe3 e4 30. Nc5 BxcS 31. bxc5
Rd7 32. a6 b6 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Rab1 b5 1988 Finals l41st Annual Championship)
3S. cxbS RxdS 36. b6, Black resigns. 88-N( 1: R. LaFiair 37.85; H. Trimpi 36.10; C. O'Con·
nell 35.10; S. 33.85; P. Ilosvay 30.50; H. Simp­
Ham

40. cxb3 h5! 41. e5 g4 42. Be4 Qe3 43.

son 25.50.
• In this topsy-turvy game White tries an ex­
88-N( 4: H. Crane 42.85; D. Marshall 35.00; W
Re1 Qd2 44. Rf1 Bxb3 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. periment in the opening and Black gains an Brower 32.70; W Naff 30.60; W. Thlbot 30.50; J. Hud­
Rf4 Bd1! edge only to lose in the complications. dleston 30.45.
Preserving the g-pawn and taking the g4 88-S( 13: B. Neff 41.35; A. Uoyd 32.45; D. Shanholtzer
square away from the rook. Black now GRUNFELD DEFENSE [085] 31.35; C. Barnum 30.75; G. Cohen 26.85; M. Magill
threatens ... g3 and ... Be2. Exchange Variation 22.25.
47. Kh2 Be2 48. b4 Qe3! W: Jean Desforges 12305)
There is no hurry in this ending: Black can B: Dennis Pineault 12400) CLASS, RATING, VIC10RY,
AND THEMATIC. 10URNAMENTS
save the g-pawn by ... g3+ and then take the Canadian Closed Championship 1.992
Class, 1990 'Ihlt. No. J. Crump . . . 154
knight. 1. d4 N£6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 dS 4. cxdS NxdS J. Vilardi . . . . . 399 E. Bravo . . . . 139
49. B£5 g3+ 50. Kh3 Bxd3 51. Rg4+ K£8 S. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 0-0 S. Be2 fS K. Whlte . . . . . . 124
. . .

R. Graham . . . 270 . . . . .

52. Bxd3 Qxd3 53. Kh4 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Qb3+ KhS 11. Rd1 Nxd4 Class, 1991 Class, 1992
Capturing the g-pawn doesn't help after 53. 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. NgS e6 14. £4 Q£6 1S. ]. Martinson . . . . . 397 R. McRae . . . . . . . 199
Rxg3 Qf5+ 54. KhZ Qxe5 55. b5 Ke7 56. b6 NbS Bxb2 16. h4 Bd7 17. h5 BeS 1S. hxg6 C. Clark . . . . . . . . 369 J. Thompson . . 126
L. Strull H. Newton . . . . . . 1 1 1
. . .

Kd7 57. b7 Kc7 58. Kh3 Qh5 mate . 354

Bxg6 19. Bh5 BeS 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. Qxe6 H. Chapel . . . . . . . 333 J. Steele . . � . . . . 64
. . . . . . .

53 . ... Qe3, White resigns. Qxe6 22. Nxe6 RfeS 23. fxeS Rxe6 24. W Salyer . . . . . . 333
. .

. J. 'Kayes . . . . . . 52
After 54. Rxg3 Qxe5 the ending is lost as Nxc7 RaeS 2S. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. RhS RxeS Prize, 19.9 1
H. Newton . . . . 313
. . . . . . . 292
. .

Black can use the £-pawn and king to attack 27. Rd4 RaS 2S. exfS Rxa2 29. RgS, Black S. Weiss .

R. Collins . . . .. . . 38
C. Rathbone . . . . 291
A Greuter
.

White's shaky king. resigns. J. Allen . . . . . . . . . 274

.

. . . . . 36
Z. Skraba .
. .

R. Pierson . 240
• Erik Osbun shows python-like ability as he
. . . .. . 30
M. Decker
.

HERE AND THERE A. Stevens . . . . . . 213

. . . .. . . .5
. . . . . .

slowly squeezes runner-up Blechar in what

P. Stone . . . . 198 Thematic, 1991
.

• The Dr. R. Blass Memorial l 1987-1992) has proved to be the decisive game of the 6 CCLA . . . . .

finished with Horst Rittner !Germany) taking M. Mulqueen . . 185 M. Chapman . . TK14
Championship.
. . .

J. Steele . . . . . . . 184
first place with a 10-4 score. Tied for second
. .

and third place were E. Eichhorn
!Switzerland) and V Zagorovsky !CIS) at
·
9Vz-4Vz.
• Chris van Dyck has finished second in the
XV W9rld Championship Round two with a
score of 13Vz-2Vz. First place was won by T.
Hamarat of Thrkey with 14-2.
• Check!, the Canadian correspondence chess
magazine, celebrated its SOOth issue. Con­
gratulations! Canada had further reason to
celebrate as it has qualified for the XI Olym­
piad Final for the first time ever.
• Bradley Julien !Cornwall, Ontario) has won
the 1985 Canadian Open Correspondence
Chess Championship with an undefeated 6-1
score. The Canadian Closed Correspondence
Champion was a tie between for Jean
Desforges and Denis Pineault, both of Quebec
and both with 10Vz-1Vz score.
• Erik Osbun !McKinleyville, CA) has won the
Sixth CCLA Championship with an
undefeated 8-2 score.
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W: Erik Osbun 12350) To avoid having your unfinished game clos­
B: M. Blechar 12310) ed out as a double-forfeit, refer to Rule 28 in
6th CCLA Championship the blue-colored CC rulebook . The blue-colored
rulebook covers games already in progress prior
1. d4 dS 2. c4 c6 3. N£3 N£6 4. Nc3 dxc4 to January 1, 1992. llf your game began after
S. a4 BfS 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 S. 0-0 0-0 December 31, 1991, it is too early to be con­
9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 BhS 12. cerned with what happens when your playing
B£4 ReS 13. eS NdS 14. NxdS cxdS I S. h3 time expires but for your reference, refer to
a6 16. g4 Bg6 1 7. h4 ReS 1S. Rfcl Bxd3 Rule 16 in the white-colored CC rulebook.)
19. Qxd3 Qb6 20. b3 aS 21. Kg2 £6 22. ex£6
Nx£6 23. NeS RfS 24. Bg3 Bd6 2S. £3 BxeS NEW MASTER
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IV WORLD WOMEN'S CORRESPONDENCE
CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 1314 PTS.
Belavenets X 1 I> I> I> 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 101>
Orlova 0 X 1> 1 1 1> I> '1 1 1 1 1 1 101>

GAMES Kristol 'h I> X 1 1 0 0 I> I> 1 1 1 1 9

X ill 1 1 1 y, 1 \\ 1 1 1 9
Horst Rittner shows why he has been con­ Ya k o v l e v a I> 0 0
Ry1ova \\ 0 0 'h X I 1 \\ 1 0 I 1 1 1 8\\
sistently in the top ranks of postal players for Praznik 0 I> 1 0 0 X ill \\ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8\\
over twenty-five years. Manthey 0 \\ 1 0 0 II X 1h y, 1 I \\ I 1 1\\
H o nfi I 0 \\ 0 y, \\ \\ X \\ ill \\ 0 1 1 6\\

RUY WPEZ Heigi 0 0 \\ ill 0 0 \\ II X I ill 1h I I 6

Keso 0 0 0 1 0 0 \\ 0 X I I I I Sill
Classical Defense
W: Horst Rittner 12595)
Rubzova 0 0 \\ 0 0 0 ill ill 0 X I I I 41h

y
CI a rke 0 0 0 0 ill 1 \\ 0 0 X ill I 3ill

B: P. Bezwla 12410) Ignatschenko 0 0 0 0 0

I
0 0 0 0 ill X 1 1\\

Blass Memorial 1987·90 Cunningham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 I

1. e4 e5 2. N£3 Nc6 3. BbS BcS 4. 0-0 Women's World Correspondence Champions:
.
Nd4 S. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 c6 8. I. Olga Rubtsova, II. Lora Yakoleva, "Ijust love it
Ba4 d6 9. Na3 N£6 10. Bc2 Be6 11. BgS III. Luba Kristol, IV. Liudmila Belavenets� when you speak French to me."

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. provocative move 13. Kd21 even though it
..:::' would be inappropriate in the 7. ... Nbd 7line.
GM·Joel Benjamin
Q: I have two questions in the King's Indian
Petrosian Variation. . inclusion of 7. ... aS rather than 7. ... Nbd7 is to
1. 1. d4Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. Nf3 0·0 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 aS 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2
Nxg3 13. fxg3 hs 14; 0-0 Bh6 15. Bd3
(Mecking-Cuellar, 1967) is assessed by ECO
as +I=. I agree with this evaluation. However,
unlike the positions which arise after 7. ...
Nbd7 instead of 7. ... aS, Black can achieve
the freeing advance 14 . ... f5 (this move is not
mentioned in EGO) rather than 14 . ... Bh6 in
the line above. After the obvious 1S. exfS BxfS
16. Nde4, I am not sure how to evaluate the
position. White has the great square e4 for his
knight which threatens to penetrate via gS.
However White is, in essence, sown a pawn.
Black's eS-pawn, though safely blockaded
now, could win in the endgame. _Furthermore,
White has given up his good bishop and, most
importantly, Black no longer has the back·
ward f-IJaWn that allOWS White to cramp
Black's position by pressw:izing the fS square.
Is it the case that White's domination of the e4
square is enough to outWeigh Black's strengths?
What is your evaluation. and how wouldyou han­
dle the position from the White side?
2. I recently had a game, DeVaro-Laurence
Epstein, in which Black deviated from the
above line with 1 L ... Nf4. The game con­
tinued 12. hxgS hxg5 13. Kd2 f5 14. Bx£4 ex£4
15. RhS g4 16. NgS Qe8 17. Qhl Qg6 18. Qh4
Bf6 19. Rhl Qg7 and White had the ad­
vantage.
Although 1 1 . ... Nf4 is not mentioned in
EGO, it has been played in the 7. ... Nbd7 line
with the following continuation:
12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qc2
13. Kd2 fS 14. Bx£4 ex£4 1S. ex£5 NcS l6.
Rh5 Bx£5 17. RxgS Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 ·l +
13. ... f5 14. exf5Nc5 15. Bxf4 Bxf5 16.
Bxg5 Bxc2 17. Bxd8 RaxdS 18. Kd2 Bg6
.
19. Raf1 +1-.
26 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
THEDREi":ICALLY
SPEAKI NG
(Brinck-Claussen-Larrain, Ha.van� 19�.)
So EGO condemns 13. Kd2 because of tl"!e
above line. However, it seems to me that
White is much better placed in my ganie
(when 7 . ... aS was substituted for 7. ... Nbd7)
to play 13. Kd2 than in the EGO line. 7. ... aS
is a wasted move, since the theatre of war in
this line is the kingside. Furthermore, Black's
knight isn't developed and ready to hop irito
c5 to cause White problems. Fot these reasons
I think that White is justified in playing the
Is 13. Kd2, as in my game, · correct or shCiuld l
have played 13. Qc2 ·as indicated by ECO in. the
7. ... Nbd7 line?Also, is my suspicion correct that
11. . Nf4, condemned by ECO in the 7. ... Nbd7
..
line, is even worse in the 7. ... aS line since the
White's advantage?
Jed DeVaro
Haddon Heights, NJ
A: 1. You appreciate the strategic elements
pretty well, but it Is White's better develop­
ment and kingside chances (due to the new­
ly opened b1�h7 diagonal) that tilt the balance
in White's favor. Let's �ontinue your variation
with 16 . ... Bh6 (otherwise 17. NgS) 17. Bd.3
Nd7 and now White has interesting
possibilities:
.
(A) 18. NgS BxgS 19. Bx£5 with chances to
exploit Black's airy kingside.
!B) 18. Rxf5!? Rxf5 19. Nxd6 with a pa�n
and an initiative for the exchange. The key for
White is to act before Black completes his
mobilization. I£ he does, 14. ... fS will probably
be proven premature.
2. Your game continuation gave White a
nice initiative. 13. Qc2, introducing the �eat
of 14. Bx£4 ex£4 15. eS, looks promising as
well. The crucial point is that Black is in no
position to allow the kingside to open when
his knight is so far from the defense of his
king, in comparison to the other line which
you cite. I like your sensible approach to this
openings problem. When confronted with a
new position, relate it to known theory and
figure out what the differences mean.
Send yaur questions to:
Theoretically Speaking
c/o . Chess I:;ife 'if
186 Route 9W
New Windsor, New York 12553
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should include appropriate diagrams.
GM Patrick Wolff
Q: In the diagrammed position
GM Reuben FiDe gives 1. e4! Ke6 2. e5! Ke1
(2. ... d6 3. exd6 Kxd6 4. Kc4 K�6 5. c3 and
White has the opposition) 3. KdS Ke& 4� Kd6
Kd8 5. c4 Kc8 ior 5. ... Ke8 6. e6!) 6. Ke7 Kc7
7. cS Kc8 (7 . ... Kc6 8. .Kd8) 8. c6J cb:c6 9. e6
c5 10. Kf8 c4 1 i- e7 c3 12. e8 Q+ ..
.. =
In Basic ChesS Endings Correc(i.ons by Sariluel
Louie, Louie gives 5. e6 +-, which.simplliies
to a book win with a king more th� one rank
away from tfie queening pawn. Louie. gives
a quicker, simpler win. However, White can
simplify one move earlier with 4. e6. Am I
n9t correct?
Thomas A. Sims
'fracy,, CA
A: You are indeed correct. I a.ssuine that Fine
must have been working very quickly and
must not have. proofread the manqSc:rlpt very
carefully, f9r there i.$ no other exp��on for
how such a strong player could have ffiiss«!
such a sirilple idea. You are also absolutely
right that 4. e6 is faster than Mr. Louie's-sug­
gestion of 5. e6, but note tha�. you have only
found a mll)or correction, while Louie has
found an entirely different idea than Fine uses.
Still , chess is a game of alertness!
Q: In the Sicilian Sveshnikov, in one of the
main lines there is a relatively unanalyzed
oiove at move 12 arid subsequently at move
15:
1. e4 c5· 2. Nf3 Nc6 3, 64 cXd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nc� e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.Na3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. ext5 Bxf5
12. Qf3 ..
.
The IJ¥iin line here is 12. c3, presumably
to prevent- 12 . ... Nd4, but neither I nor. any
of our club member can see why this early
queen strike is a bad move because of the
following forced sequence: .
12. ... Nd4 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Qxa8+
· Ke7, and now the only analysis I have gives
 KEY KRACKERS
1 5. c3 which ultimately leads to a good posi­
tion for Black. But we can't see how Black has
anything if White plays 1 5. Qxa6. BY 6AVID L BROWN
How canyou punish White for the early
. 12.
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PROBLEM SOLUTIONS Solutions to
No. 926 1. Nd4! No. 927 1. Ng6! No. 928
1 . Ne5! No. 929 1. Rg4! No. 930 1 . Rd3! No.
931 1 . Qh8! No. 932 1: Be5! thr. 2. Bd4+ ; 1.
.. . R-cliecks 2. BxR. No. 933 1. Bd4! thr . 2.
BxeS+ ; 1 . ... Kxe6 2. QxeS+ ; 1. ... KdS 2.
RxeS+ . No. 934 1. Qd7! ( ... KxdS) thr. 2.
Qxe6+ ; 1. ... Nf3 2. Bg6 + ; 1. ... eS 2. RxeS+.
No. 935 1 . _Kc7! 'K£3 2. Nc3 Ke3 3. Bgl + (2.
... K£2 3. Bxf4); 1 . ... KeS 2. Bg1 Ke4 3. Nc3+
(2. ... f3 3. Rel + ); 1. ... f3 2. Nf6+ Ke3 3. Bfl.
No. 936 1. Bf4! RdS 2. Bd2 NbS 3. Bh6 Rd7 •

Problems Nos. 926-937 (April), with solutions 4� Be3+ Bxe3 5. Nc6+. No. 937 1 . Qh8i d4
in bold type. 2. R£3 d3 3. Qh2 gxh2 4. Ra4 Ng3 5. Rxf2+ .
No. 944
ty: 1970
Cor Goldschmeding No. 945 Arnoldo Ellerman No. 946 Gino Mentasti
lsi Pl. lnt'l 'learn 2nd Pl. lnt'l'learn ty. 1970 3rd Pl.. Int'l Team ty. 1970

A: Black has three tries that I see after 1 5.

Qxa6:
(a) 15 . ... Bc8!? 16. NxbS (16. Qa8 Bb7 17.
Qa'i' Bh6 is a problem for White as 18: NxbS
NxbS 19. BxbS Ra8 traps the queen.) 16 . ...
Bxa6 (16. ... Qxc2?? 17. Qxd6+ ; 16. ... Qd7 17. Mate ia1 'l'wo Mate in Two Mate in Two

Qa4 +1-) 17. Nxc7 Nxc2 + 18. Kd1 Bxfl [18. No. 947 Dr. M. Niemeljer No. 948 Wart.on/Cresswell No. 949 Colin Vaughah
... Nxa1 19. B�6 +1-] 19. Kxc2 Bxs2 20. Rhe1 HM 8th Am. Ch. Con. 19Z1 1st Pr. 'Busmen�s Chess Rev ' 1968 Znd Pr. 'Busmen's Chess Rev' 1968

Bh6 21. NbS is uncl� altl1ough probably bet­

ter for White,
(b) 15 . ... Nxc2+? 16. Nxc2 Qxc2 17. Rd1 !
is good for Whife.
(c) 15. b4! 16. NbS Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 ( 17.
·'·

Kd2 Bh6+; 17. Ke2 can't be good, since at the

least Black can play 17 . ... Qc4+ 18. Kd1 QcS)
17. ... QcS, and here it seems to me that Black
has 'enormous compensation·for the exchange,
enough to say that he �as ' 'punished' ' White
for the early queen sortie. 'iJi> in Two
·

Mate in Two
.
Mate in Two Mate
No. 9s0 Frank FWery No. 951 Leonid Zagoruyko No. 95Z N. Leontieva
1st Pr. 'Echec+' 1992 lstPr. 'Shak. v SSSR' 1969 Znd Pr. 'Shak. v SSSR' 1969

HERE & T�ERE

New York: Buffalo Open
Sixt}T-seven players competed in the Buffalo
Open, played Feb111ary 12-14 at the Hyatt
Regency in Buffalo, New York. 9th ranked
Peter Ktirzdorfer (2223) scored an upset will
with 4¥2-Vz , a half point ahead of CM Alex
Shabalov, Pennis Allan, Andrew Karklins,
Mate In Three Mate in Three Mate in Three

K. H. Ahlhelm Manfred Zucker

Leonid Khinkas, and top Expert Eric No. 953
6th Pr. 'Schwulbe' 1968
No. 954
1st Pr. 'Schwalbe' 1968
No. 955 Rainer Paslack
4th Pr. 'Schwalbe' 1968
Gra!Jowski. Top Under 2000 was Timothy
Holman With 3, '13-year old Christoph_er Mack
SCQred a S.Q sweep in the Under 1800 section.
Next with 4 were Vince Woodard, Halcohn
Riddle, Patrick Robinson, and Benito Passan­
tino. Tied for Uridei: 1600 pnzes With. 3 were
R. Anthony Rupp, J�h Grande, Brett Levin,
Mark Gaxrett, and Steven Baer. Also scoring
3 was top Under 1400 Matthew Comes; 2nd
U1400 was Rusty · Wilson. Alan Benjamin
directed for Continental Chess Association.
Mate in Four Mate In Five Mate i.o Seveo

CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 Z7

 ach spring the most highly touted young players in the world exhibi

E the latest fashions in Linares. Thi� year the new look featured a sh
line in the Queen.' s Gambit Accepted. Shirov, Kramnik, Anan'd, Gel
fand and Kamsky each gave the line their own personal interpretations, and
rio doubt their efforts will be imitated on both �ides of the Atlantic.
In the first round of the tournament, Alexei Shirov made a statement b
sacrificing the house in an attempt to get at Vladimir Kramnik' s king. Th
conservative Kramnik was unimpressed by the new line, and Shirov' s fashio · ·

show did not gamer rave reviews.

Then after 6. ... b4 7. eXf6 bxc3 8. bxc3 exf6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. e5 threatening 10. Q£3.
9. Bxc4, despite his tattered pawn structure, paradoxical reply which does not seem t
Black has easy p4ty with ... Bd6, ... Nd7-b6, work is 7. ... Qd8?!, which has the dual meri

GAM E
etc. The text attempts to hold up ... b4 while
still threatening e4-e5. In response, 6. ... a6 is
weak because of 7. e5 b4 8. exf6 Qxc3 9. bxc3,
and 9. ... exf6 would lose to 10. Qe2+
6. ... Qa5
of the month
of stopping 8. eS, because d5 is supported, an.
threatening 8. ... b4, because the queen wi
not be later attacked by the White bishop
However, 8. NxbS! Nxe4 9. Bxc4 is ve
strong, since 9 g6 loses to 10. d6! Nxd6 1 1
. .•.

Spring Fashion
BY GM MICHAEL ROHDE
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPI'ED
[0201
W: GM Alexei Shirov
B: GM Vladimir Kramnik
Linares 1993, Round 1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5
3 . ... Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nc6 has fallen
out of favor, as White can play the pawn sac
6. NeZ! (6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Bb3 Bg4! 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7
9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Qxg4 Qxd4 1 1 . Qe2 Qxe5
12. Be3 or he can simply get a good game with)
Nb6 7. Bd3 On the other hand, 3. ... e5 a Dlugy
favorite, still has a fairly good reputation,
assuming after 4. Nf3 Black follows it up with
4. ... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4. Less
reliable is 4. ... exd4 5. Bxc4! Bb4+ 6. Nbd2
with the initiative.
4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5
Until tliis move was discovered, this line
was considered an inferior attempt to get to
the position after 5. ... e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. e5,
etc., a line which usually arises after 1. d4 d5
2: c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4.
In the move order used in the game, 5. ... e6
can be met by 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. Nxd5! Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 with a monster bishop.
This position was reached four times in Nxd6+ exd6 ( 1 1 . ... Qxd6 12. Q£3) 12. Bd
Linares. Qe7+ 13. Qe2
7. Bd2 8. e5 bxc3 9. B:xc3 Qa6
Players of the White pieces declined to
repeat this move again this tournament.
A possible improvement is 9. ... Qs:;7 10.
ex£6 1 1 . Bxc4 13d6 with a more active positio
Beljavsky-Anand, Round 2 instead continued for Black than he obtains in the game. Perha
7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2. White establishes his Kramnik feared that Shirov might try th
center, and then consolidates his position. crazed 10. d6!?
After 8. ... Na6 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf5 1 1 . 10. exf6 exf6 1 1 . b:l Be7 12. B:xc4 Qd
g4 Bg6 12. a4 Nb4 13. K£2 White stood better 13. Ne2 o-o 14. 0-0 f5
Black will be fme if he can get in th
and eventually won.
By Round 5, when thematic ... Nd7 and ... B£6, sadd)ing Whit
Gelfand tried the with passive minor pieces.
same thing, Anand 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Ng3 g6
prepared a vicious
surprise: after 9. f3 he
unleashed 9. ... Nb4!!
fdiagramJ
Gelfand did not
like the meek 10. Ncl
Nxc3 1 1. bxc3 Na6 as then White's pieces
would be too passive to provide compensa­
tion for the pawn. So he played 10. fxe4 Nd3 +
1 1. Kd2, but after 1 1 . ... g6!! White's tangled
position was demoralizing. After Gelfand
threw back some material with 12. b3 Bg7 13.
bxc4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 Bxe5 15. Nfe2 b4 16.
Qa4+ Qxa4 17. Nxa4 BJia1 Black won the
1 7. Rxe7!!
endgame. Shirov is the kind of player who will go t
Kamsky was convinced, and essayed the
great lengths to make a thematic idea wor
Black side of the opening in Round 6 against
Here he plans on arranging a matiflg attac
Beljavsky, who had just witnessed the
on the dark-squared diagonal.
devastation of his antidote to 6. ... Qa5. But
1 7. ... Qxe7 18. d6 Qh4
Beljavsky had new ideas. He tried 7. a4 pitch­
Interesting and unclear iS 18. ... Qg5 19. Qd
ing the e-pawn with 7. ... Nxe4 8. Nge2 as the Rb8 20. Ne4 Q£4!, playing "in"your-face'
N/e4 and Qla5 are being driven back. jThis
defense. But noqo. ... Qh4 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 2
pawn toss is reminiseent of the Benko Gam­ ·

Qe5.
bit line 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6
19. Qd5 Rb8
5. e3 Bb7 6. Nc3 axb5 axb5 7. Bxb5 Qa5 8.
e4!? Nxe4 9. NeZ, as in Beljavsky-Adams, Til­
burg 1992.) &rmsky retorted 8. ... Nd6, a ma­
neuver borrowed from the "Woozle" ( 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Qc2 Qa5+ 5. Nd2
f5 6. f3 Nd6). After 9. axbS Qb6, Beljavsky
found himself forced to straighten out Black's
position with 10. Bxd6 exd6, and Kamsky later
won after a tough battle.
7 . . b4
. .

6. Bf4!! The renewed threat of 8. e5 forces this

Of course, 6. Nxb5 Qa5+ leads to nothing. move. Instead, 7. ... Nbd7 8. Nf3 would not
Previously the main move here was 6. e5. improve matters; and 7. ... e5? is refuted by

28 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993

 20. Nxf5!?
The other possibility is 20. Rel Bb7 and
now:
(A) � 1 . Qxf5?! gxf5? 22. Nxf5 Rfe8 23.
f
Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxh is unclear; or 22. ... QgS
23. Ne7 + Qxe7 24. tixe7 Rfe8 25. Re3 forc-
ing 25 . ... Nf8, but this is unnecessary, Black
has 21. ... Qxg3!! and White's best but meager
hope is 22. Qxf7+ Rxf7 23. hxg3 Rbf8 24. Re7;
(B) 2 1 . Nxf5 Bxd5 (no�21. ... gxf5 22. Qxf5
Rbd8 23. Re7) 22. Ne7 + Qxe7 23. dxe7 Bxc4!
24. exf8,.Q+ Kxf8 25. bxc4 Nb6 with equali­
ty; or
(C) 2 1 . Qd2! Rfe8! - the f8 square needs
to be vacated for the Black queen in this varia­
tion 22. Re7! Rxe7 23. dxe7 Qxe7 24. Qh6
-

Qf8 (not 24. ... NeS 25. £4, or 24. ... Nf6 25.
Nxf5) 25. Qf4 Qe7! and it is unclear whether
White has more than a draw with 26. Qh6.
20. ... gx£5 21. Rel Qg4
The knight sac stopped 2 1 . ... Bb7 because
of 22. Qxf5 followed by 23. Re7.
22. f3
Not good enough is 22. ReS Qg6 23. Qxf7+?
Qxf7 24. Bxf7 + Kxf7 25. Re7 + as the king
escapes with 25. . .. Kg6.
22. ... Qg6 23. Re7 Bb7 24. Qd3
Having coughed up a whole rook, Shirov
plays positionally, setting up the threat Bc3-al
and Qd3-c3. Kramnik must choose between
24. ... Nb6, 24. ... N£6, and 24. ... f4, all of which
seem pretty good.
24. ... Nb6 25. Bal Nxc4 26. Qc3 f6 27.
Qxc4+ Kh8

28. Kf2!
Black is winning but it is difficult to adjust
to the new order. For example, 28 . ... Rbd8 29. •
Qxc5! Rf7 30. Qc7 is a mess. Black must keep •
•
an eye on the f6 square, the d-pawn, and his
own loose pieces. The best way to get activi­

usOOQtEffi
ty was 28 . ... f4! threatening 29. ... Rg8.
28. ... Qh6? 29. Bc3 Qg6 30. d7 Rbd8
Too materialistic. Again 30 . ... f4 was called A vailable In May!
for. Get all the important chess events from around the
31. Qxc5 Rg8 32. g3 f4 33. g4 Rdf8??
Things were headed in the wrong direction, world ! Order now!
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 a rn at e ld.J r ' s
Letting the Advantage Slip
BY IM .JEREMY SILMAN
ll the examples will start from the follow­
A ing diagram:
This position came about in a game Silman­
Gross, American Open 1992. (The opening
moves were: 1 . d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dS 4. Bg2
dxc4 S. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 BdS B.
Qd3 Be4 9. Qd1 cS 10. Nc3 Bc6 1 1 . 0-0 Nbd7
12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. KxgZ BcS 15.
Rdl 0-0 16. e4 Qe7 17. Qe2 Bxd4 1B. Rxd4 e5
19. Rd1 Nb6.) I showed this to three students
and asked them to figure out what was going
on. Once that was done, we played it out, with
them taking the White pieces and me getting
Black. .
As always, I recommend that the serious
student get a notebook and write out his
thoughts about this position. Lay out all the
plusses for both sides, what the correct plans
are for either color, and then write out a series
of moves that you think are best. When you
have finished doing this, take a look at how
the actual game went and see how close you
came to what really happened. If you were
way off the mark, pay close attention to the
comments in all these games so that you can
gain a proper understanding of the possi­
bilities in this type of situation.
CATALAN SYSTEM (E03)
W: Jeremy Silman
B: Ron Gross
American Open 1992
What's going on in this seemingly boring
position? The pawn structure is more or less
symmetrical, nobody can lay claim to any
space advantage, all the pieces are well
defended and neither king is in any trouble.
Aside from the fact that White's pieces are
more aggressively posted since they are try­
ing to take control of d5 while Black's knights
are trying to defend that square, the one ma­
jor imbalance is a minor piece difference:
White has a bishop and knight vs. two knights.
32 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
In the game, White will use Steinitz' s rule
(To make knights ineffective you must take
away all their advanced support points) and
try to restrict the knight on b6 by b3 and a4-a5.
He will also place the bishop on the flexible
e3 square and move his queen to bS where
it eyes the pawns on b7 and eS. All these things
are small in themselves, but together they add
up to unpleasant pressure on the Black
position.
20. Be3 RfdS
On 20. ... Qb4 White would have played the
bothersome 21. BgS.
2 1. Qb5!
Making each of his pieces better to their
Black coUnterparts. White's queen is obvious­
ly superior to Black's lady on e7, his c3.-knight
(ready to leap into dS at a moment's notice)
is more aggressively posted than either Black
jumper, and his bishop defends d4 and is con­
stantly threatening to chop on b6.
21. ... Qe6 22. b3
Simply keeping the knight out of c4.
22. ... h6
Black should have tried the more aggressive
22. . .. hS! intending to advance to h4 with
some kingside threats.
23. a4 Rxdl 24. Rxdl ReS 25. Rd3 Qc6?
Jack Peters recommended 2S. ... Rc7 26. aS
NcB. This holds onto his material for the time
being but Black's position still remains quite
unpleasant.
26. Qxe5 ReS 27. Qd6 Nxe4
Now Black loses by force.
28. Qxc6 bxc6 29. a5! Nxc3
Black would also lose a pawn after 29. ...
NdS 30. Nxd5. Even worse is 29. ... NcB 30.
Nxe4 Rxe4 3 1 . RdB+ picking up a piece.
30. axb6 Nd5 3 1. bxa7, Black resigns.
Black's case is hopeless. For example 31 . ...
RaB 32. RxdS! cxdS 33. b4 followed by
bS-b6-b7.
In the games that follow, the amateur's
thoughts are in normal type while my com­
ments are in italics.
I didn't expect my students to play as I did,
White's play is rather subtle. However, I did
hope that they would notice the bishop vs.
knight imbalance and try to make something
of it. Instead though, I found that my students
(with the exception of D.P.), after noting that
this imbalance was present, neglected to try
to turn it into something significant.
CATALAN SYSTEM (E03)
W: D.P. ( 1000) •
B: Jeremy Silman
Practice Session
DP: White's king {see diagram) is a bit open
so I prefer Black's position. Black's e-pawn
is potentially weak. The main imbalance is
bishop vs. knight and, at the moment, I have
control of a file. I would now like to develop
my pieces. I'd like to get my knight to d5 so
BgS gives me more control of that post.
However, hls b6 knight also controls dS and
I don't know if I really want to give up my
dark squared bishop. Maybe a3 followed by
b4 and Bb2 is good since that adds new
pressure to eS.
]S: In our next two games, lxJth Mite players
will not question giving up their bishop for the
enemy knight. DP. deserves praise for thinking
that his bishop deserves to be retained. Unfor­
tunately, the plan he does come up with is bad
because it fails to use the Steinitz rule (take
squares away from knights). Instead, he gives the
inactive Black knight on b6 a wonderful post on
c4!
20. a3 Rfd8
DP: I'm not terribly worried about the trade
so I'll keep going with my plan.
21. b4 Rxdl
. DP: I don't want to move my knight
backwards S() my move is forced.
�2. Qxdl ReS
DP: With Qf3 I advance and eye e4 and c3.
JS: He hasn't noticed that Black isjumping o
the c4 square. Avoid creating holes in your own
position!
23. Qf3 Qc7
DP: I will guard the knight and free m
rook.
]S: Poor DP. doesn't realize it, bui he is back
to his old pattern of reacting to his opponent'
moves. This is a bit unfair since he starts out wit
a good breakdown of the imbalances and looks
for an aggressive way to continue. Why do thi
turn out so badly for him then? He doesn't take
his opponents possibilities into seriolis considera­
tion. In other words - he will create a weakness
and not realize that it might be used against
- him.
24. Bd2 Nc4
DP: I can't let you take on d2.
]S: He tried 25. Qd3 but I pointed out it l
a piece after 25. .. . Nxd2.
25. Bel Rd8
DP: I can play 2S. NbS to put pressure o
his queen and advance the knight. It's dum
though. He's much farther forward than m
and I don't like his c4 knight. I can go to c
and get ready for a fork or skewer. Unfor
tunately, that would hang my a3-pawn. I'
play h4 and hope to chase his knight on f
away with a later g4-g5. Then the dS-squar
might become available.
]S: Unable to find a solution to his proble
on the queenside, he lashes out on the other si
of the lxJard.
26. h4 Qc6
DP: What is he up to? My e4-pawn is well
defended. He's protecting f6 again whic
means maybe he's intending g6. I can't mov
my rook due to my a3 pawn so I'll play fo
more time. .
JS: Note how l-'Vhite is coming up withall kin
of esoteric rubbish to explain his opponent�
moves. He should be able to figure out thei
significance � working out how they relate to t
positive imbalances in Black's position.
Here Black is simply defending the bS and d
squares and putting more pressure on the
pawn. He is also giving his queen the option o
going to e6 in some circumstances.
27. b5
]S.• A one-move attack· that simply chases th
queen to a good post on e6.
27 . ... Qe6
 DP: I'll get my a-pawn to safety by advan­
cing it to a4.
28. a4 Rd4
DP: Guarding his c4 knight. I'll play Ne2
and attack his rook.
29. Ne2??
and I stopped the game since White hung
his e-pawn.
I hope the reader won't think me overly
harsh for my comments in this game. I was
not criticizing the man; just the player and his
erroneous thinking processes. He does some
things extremely well but if he wants to ad­
vance in the rating system, he will have to ac­
cept my literary lashings and iron out these
problems.
CATALAN SYSTEM [E03]
W: P.H. (1600)
B: Jeremy Silman
Practice Game
PH: I like 20. Nd5. If he takes, I get a strong
passed pawn. I have to get my bishop into play.
So f4 and if he takes I play Bx£4. However, my
king would then be open. I could also play
Qb5 to support the d5-square and the Nd5.
I could also pin by Bg5 to control d5 more.
]S: I told him that he was not breaking the posi­
tion down into imbalances. Instead, he is just
looking at a bunch of moves.
· ·
20. Bg5
PH: This also connects my rooks and
develops my bishop.
]S: He never recognized his bishop for knight
advantage so it's not possible for him to try and
ma}J.e use of it.
20. ... Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
PH: Now Rd 1 to trade rooks allows me to
continue my fight for the d5 square.
]S: Though he has not done things in the way
that I have suggested to him, to his credit he is
following a reasonable idea {domination ofdS or
the creation of a passed pawn) with admirable
determination.
22. Rd l h6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8
PH: I will exchange so I can have d5 and
the center.
24. Bxf6 Qxf6
PH: Now I will try to get a passed pawn.
25. Nd5 Qd6
PH: Now I will support my knight and eye
e8.
26. Qb5! Kf8 27. Nxb6
PH: This gives him doubled -pawns.
]S: At the moment his knight is superior to
Black's so why should he swap it without getting
the passed pawn that he so desperately wanted?
One must avoid ctumping a plan for baubles ly­
ing on the side of the road
·
27. ... axb6
Pl:l: Now I will trade queens since he has
a doubled pawn and my king is closer to the
center. .
]S: I don't know why he thought that his king
was closer to the center. It's clear that the opposite
is true.
28. Qd5??
]S: White has played a reasonable game and
the correct result would have been a draw. In-
stead he rushes into a lost king and pawn end­
game. He didn't realize that a passed pawn can
be a target if it doesn't have support.
28 . ... Qxd5 29. exd5 Ke7 30. Kf3 fs 31.
g4 g6
and White lost the d5-pawn and the game.
CATALAN SYSTEM [E03]
W: G.S. ( 1200)
B: Jeremy Silman
Practicegame
GS: Af first glance I see that Black's queen
is undefended. White has a bishop and lmi.ght
vs. two knights. My bishop �s to move to
complete development. So that would be one
of my first considerations. I also control dS so
I could move my knight to dS attacking his
queen. This would also allow me to occupy
both open files.
]S: G.S. noted the bishop vs. knight difference
but made no attempt to use it.
20. Bg5
GS: I really like this move.
20. ... h6
GS: Putting the question to my bishop. If
I take his knight and play Racl, I could grab
both files. I think this is a good idea. After Bxf6
if he takes with the paWn I've got a check.
21. Bxf6 Qxf6
GS: Now I'll advance to d5 and attack his
queen.
22. Nd5 Nxd5
GS: Now I'll take with the rook and dou­
ble up on the open d-ftle.
]S: Notice how he isjumping back and forth
between a few ideas. One second he is trying to
control d5. Then he is hoping to play on both open
files. Finally he is going to double on the d-file.
His thoughts are scattered and things only work
out because he started with a solid position and
trading a bunch ofpieces did nothing to hurt him.
23. Rxd5 Qe6
GS: Black is piling up on my rook. Now I
can place all three of my pieces on that d-file.
]S: Black plays a planless, passive game {no
way to play chess!) and waits to see how White
will react.
24. Radl f6
GS: Now he's lined up his queen and king
on the a2-g8 diagonal which is alarming. If 25. '
Qc4, I don't have any threats. How can I get
to that king? I can play Rd6 and chase him
and if he leaves the diagonal I could check him
on c4. However he has ... Qf7 when the
diagonal is still defended. My original plan
was to place all my pieces on the file. He coUld
challenge me with ... Rd8 while I do this. I'm
looking at Qh5 followed by Rd6 because he
can't push the g-pawn so my queen is safe.
If 25. Qh5 Qf7 26. Qx£7+ Rx£7 is an even ex­
change but it weakens his back rank.
]S: White should see that Black can't challenge
on the d-file since White would chop anything that
dared to step there. White is also unaware that
any move ofthe rook on: dS would hang the pawn
on a2.
25. Qh5 Rac8
GS: Now he's threatening to bring his rook
down to the seventh rank and attack my
pawn. So 26. Rd6 Q£7 27. Qx£7 + Rx£7. If I
could only get his rook off of f8 and my rook
onto d7.
JS: We hadjust discussed double attacks so I
was secretly creating a situation where the
possibility for such an attack would exist.
26. Rd6 Qxa2
GS: I saw that but I didn't think he would
take it. I guess I thought he had to defend with
... Qf7. Now I have to worry about my
b2-pawn. If I move my rook to d7 then ... Qxb2
is met by Qg6 and I may mate him.
27. Rd7
GS: This gives me a double attack on g7 and
b7. -
27. ... b6
GS: Protecting his pawns. I'll follow through
with my plan.
28. Qg6?
]S: A quick move usually means a missed op­
portunity. He missed the winning 28. Qg4! with
a double attack on g7 and c8. If 28. .. . Rf7 29.
Rxf7 picks up the c8-rook. 28. ... g5 would also
lose to 29. Q/5. For a full explanation of tactical
motifs {notjust a bunch ofpositions), see SeiraV.Jan
& Silman's new book Winning Chess Tactics.
28. ... Rf7
GS: I'm in a bad endgame so Rx£7 is no help
since his other rook gets into play: 29. Rx£7
Qxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 3l. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7
Rc2.
29. Rd8 + Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Rf8
GS: If Rx£8+ Kx:£8 is good for Black. I've
got a lost endgame but what can I do aboul it?
31. Rxf8+??
JS: What a strange move! Hejust said this was
bad and then he does it anyway. I suspect this
was due to too much respect for his opponent.
Natural, obvious, and best is 31. Rd7 Rf7 32.
Rd8 + RfB 33. Rd7 lea� to a draw.
If his opponent was lower-rated then he was,
he would almost certainly look for a better move.
Ifyou sufferfrom this fear ofthe opponent syn­
drome , you should refrain from looking at your
opponent's rating until after the game.
31. ... Kxf8
and I stopped the game.
LESSONS FROM THESE GAMES
(1) The imbalance of bishop vs. knight is of
vital importance. If you have the bishop, you
must strive to take away all the advance posts
from the enemy knight. If you have the knight,
you must fight to create a good home for the
horse and to create situations where the
bishop is not particularly useful.
(2) Bishop vs. knight does not necessarily
favor one piece or the other; you must plant
seeds which allow your piece to prosper. The
�e holds good for all the other imbalances.
If you don't recognize and use it, you will find
that this so-called advantage won't do you any
good.
(3) You must take your opponent's possibilities
into account!
(4) Don't ever play a quick, thoughtless move.
That will usually tum out to be the move that
ruins your game. '1fi>
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 33

REUBEN FINE 1914-1993
hile the questions haven't been
W
asked for close to 50 years, they
will remain unanswered. What if
Fine had won A.V.R.O. outright? What if he
had played Alekhine in 1939? What if he had
taken part in the FIDE World Championship
Thurnament in 1948?
·
As a young teenager, Reuben Fine hustled
nickels at the Manhattan Chess Club, and
usually won enough of them to help feed his
family. When asked to stop (an affront he
never forgot, but eventually forgave) , he did
·-. and promptly moved his base of operations
over to the Marshall Chess Club. He gained
notice first by winning the club's "B" Cham­
pionship in 1 929-30, by finishing second in
the 1931 New York State Championship, and
by winning the first of his seven U.S. Open
titles in 1932 - all before the age of 18!
After repeating as the U.S. Open Champion
in 1933, he had to be part of the Olympic
team (anything else would be unthinkable),
and as third board on the winning team,
he scored 6-1-6, and his international star
began to ascend. In just four more years
he would be engaged as World Champion
Euwe's second, in the latter's return match
against Alekhine during the last two months
of 1937.
PillSbury and Marshall notwithstanding, the
European chess community had not seen
anything like this from an American since the
days of Paul Morphy, almost 80 years earlier.
Through Hastings 1937-38, Fine placed first
or tied for first 12 times in international com­
petitions, followed by three second place
finishes, two third place finishes, and a tie for
fourth place in Hastings 1937-38. His only
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M any unwary rivals h,av� -been misled.
34 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
dismal result was in Kemeri/Riga 1937. A
month later, Fine announced his engagement
to Miss Keesing, and a month after that, he
finished second in Semmering/Baden, behind
Keres, but ahead of Capablanca, Reshevsky,
Flohr, Eliskases, Ragosin and Petrov [Korn,
Meet the Masters].
Even so, in these 22 international events
(including three Olympiads), Fine scored an
impressive 120-21-82, or 72.6%! Quite under­
standably, he was considered one of the top
six players in the world. The late Arpad Elo,
in his work, The Rating of Chess Players, Past
& Present ( 1 978), gave Fine a rating of 2660
for his best five-year period of activity, and this
was undoubtedly the period considered.
GREATEST TRIUMPH
And yet, Fine's greatest triumph - and
perhaps disappointment - was yet to come.
Mter a brief respite from tournament play
(he was preparing the 6th edition of Modem
Chess Openings, which quickly became known
as the "Chessplayer's Bible"). Fine returned
to Europe to play in what was to be his last
event on foreign soil - AY.R.O. 1938. By his
own admission, this was to be his swan song,
his last appearance as a chess professional; he
had decided that it was time to finish his
education. No more lessons at $2.50 an hour;
no more matches for $ 10.00 stakes (Compare
that to Fischer's five mil!); no more book
royalties totalling $3.00 a year.
And there was a decided change in his play.
Previously contented to wait for small oppor­
tunities to present themselves, Fine played
spirited chess at AY.R.O., seized an early lead
and held on to tie for 1st place, equal with
Keres, but second on
tiebreaks which made
Keres the "official"
challenger for the
World Championship
title, held by Alekhine.
That match never
took place. World War
II did. International
chess stood still until
1 946, and so did many
careers. Fine went to
work for the war ef­
fort, first as a translator
( French, Spanish, ,
Italian, Dutch, Yiddish
and German) , and
then for the Depart­
ment of the Navy, first
I as part of a team which
� tried to determine
"'� y · •'\ ;i where German U­
�
Boats were most like-
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ly to surface, and later
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as part of a research team concerned wi
' ' Kamikaze bombings: '
Fine was far from inactive in chess d
·
this period. A prolific writer, he turned o
chess book after chess book: Practical Ch
Openings, The Ideas Behind the Openings, Ch
the Easy Way, Basic Chess Endings, Chess M
ches On!, The World's a ChessBdard By the
of the 1940's, more than 100,000 copies of ·
books had been sold (by 1976 that figure h
passed the 500,000 mark).
He won the U.S. Open three more tim
he wrote "Game of the Month" for Ch
Review, and he laid claim to being the''fast
player alive" by winning almost every rapi
transit, blitz, or speed event he entered.
CROSSROADS
But in 1 946, there was another crossroa
Mter the war ended, life resumed. Botvi
challenged Alekhine. Alekhine died. Fine s
gested a six-player challengers tourname
FIDE waffled. Fine suggested that he
Keres should be considered co-champio
FIDE waffled. Fine suggested a "West
World Championship' ' match between
shevsky, Euwe, and himself; there were
backers. Nothing seemed to be moving in an
direction.
Should he devote another year of his ·
preparing for a match I tournament whi
may or may not take place at any time in
near future?
He chose to earn his doctorate, and did
in 1948.
And he never looked back.
But we who were weaned on Chess the
Way, and we who still read the latest incar
tion of the ' 'Chessplayer' s Bible' ' and we w
learned the basics in Basic Chess Endings,
we who consider "Fine" books (clear, clev
and to the point) to be trusted friends -
are doomed to look back to 1948 forever. . .
Reuben Fine entered St. Luke' s-Roosev
Medical Center on January 25th, after suffe
ing a severe stroke. On March 26th, he di
from complications developed from pne
monia. He was married and divorced fo
times, and is survived by his son Benjami
his wife Marcia, his daughter Ellyn F'
Halpert, and a stepson, Harry DeMell.
Matches
Opponent:
Herman Steiner
Year:
1932
Score:
51/z-41/z
Arthur Dake 1933 6-4
I.A. Horowitz 1934 6-3
1937 5-3
Gideon Stahlberg
Herman Steiner 1944 3Vz-Vz
Miguel Najdorf 1948 4-4
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 Be4! Bxc4! 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. Bc3! Nd4! Rb6 31. Kd2 a6 32. bxa6 Rxa6 33. Kc3,
18: N:xd4 c:xd4 19. Bxh7 + Kf8! 20. Bb4 Black resigns.
d3!! 21. Bxe7 + Rxe7 22. Q:xd3 Q:xd3 23. Dr. Lasker's Chess Career {with Fr
e:xd3 Nb6 24. Be4 Rd8 25. Racl NdS 26. KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE (E72J 'Beinf¢ldl . '

Fianchetto Variation The Al�e-Bogoljubow Match

a3 Red7 27. Kg2 b6 28. Kf3 Nc7 29. Ke3 '1934 [with Fred. Beinfeldl .
W: Reuben Fine
Na6 30. Rc3 NcS 31. Rf2 Rd4 32. fS Ra4
B: George Koltanowski 1935 The Book of the Cambridge Springs
33. Rg2 Rad4 34. Rf2 Ra4 35, Rg2 Rad4
Hastings 1936-37
lhternationai 1burnam¢nt 1904. [wi
36. Rc4 R4d6, draw. others]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 1937 Jnternational Chess Congx;ess, . .�
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPI'ED [037) 5. g3 0-0 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 eS 8. d5 Ne7 dam 1936.
W: Reuben Fine 9. 0..0 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 1 1 . Qd2 Nf6 12. f3 . 193'9 Modern Ch¢ss �gs 6th ed. .
'
B: Emanuel Lasker Kh8 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 fxe4 15. fxe4 1941 Basic Chess Endings. .
Nottinghmn 1936 Bd7 16. h3 Neg8 17. Qe3 h5 18. Nc1 Qc8 194'2 Chess the, E;asy Way. .
' 1. d4 dS 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 19. Kh2 Kg7 20. Nd3 Nh6 21. Qd2 Qe8 22. 1942 Reshevsky·Kashdan-43 United Stat
Championship Chess tdatch. [n.d.)
c5 Qe7 23. b4 Nh7 24. Qe3 Qg5 25. Qxg5
The Ideas Behfud the Che&S
5. e3 0..0 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 cS 8.0..0 a6
1943
9. Qe2 bS 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. dxcS! BxcS 12. NxgS 26. b5 Rxfl 27. Rxfl Rf8 28. Rxf8
,openings,
e4 Nbd7 13. BgS h6 14. Bh4 b4 15. Na4 Kxf8 29. c6 Bc8 30. Nb4 Ke8 31. cxb7 1945 Che.ss Ma!:ches.Oril
Be7 16. Rfdl NbS 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Racl! Bxb7 32. Nc6 a6 33. Bf1 axb5 34. BxbS 1948 Piactifal Chess · OMiings.
Ndf6 19. g3 aS 20. NcS Rfc8 21. Nxb7 Bxc6 35. Bxc6+ Kd8 36. Kg2 Ng8 37. h4 1� The World's ·a Cliesiiboard .
Qxb7 22. NeS Rxcl 23. Rxcl Rc8 24. Nf7 38. a4 Ne7 39. Bb7 Kd7 40. aS Nd8 1949 The Ideas Behind the Chess Open·
mgs. Znd ed. · · · ··

Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qc2! Qb7 26. Qc6! Qa7 41. a6 Nc8 42. NbS Nb6 43. Na7, Black
27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Nc6 Qc5 29. e5 + g6 30. resigns. 1951 The Wodd�s Great Chess (qarn�
exf6 Nxf6 31. Qb7 Kg8 32. Be2 NdS 33. 19.52 The Middle Game in Chess.
NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE [E37J 19:).� Lessons From my Games: a �n
NeS, Black resigns.
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W: Reuben Fine B: Reuben Fine Theories. ·
Hastings 1936-37
1963 Freud: · a Critical Re-evaluation of
B: Savielly Thrtakower
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1 . d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. 1889-1914: (with F. ReinfeldJ
5. e3 0..0 6. Bd3 b6 7.0..0 Bb7 8. b3 cS 9. e3 e5? 9. cxd5! Q:xd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 1967 The Psychology of the Chess Playel:
Bb2 Nc6 10. Rcl ReS 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. cxdS Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2 + 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. ; 1969 "Basic Chess Endings. 2nd ed.
The Healing of the MiJld: the Tee h­
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e:xdS 13. NbS Qb8 14. dxcS bxcS 15. Bxf6 Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 Be6 16. dS 0..0..0 17. 1971
Bxf6 16. RxcS Nb4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. dxe6 fx,e6 18. Kg4? Qx£2! 19. Bxa1 h5 +
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1973 .Bobby Fischer's Conquest of the
21. h3 g6 22. Rbl Be7 23. Qb2 Ba6 24. 23. Bxg4 hxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Qxg2 + 25. Kf5 Wotld's Chess Championship; the
Qxa3 Bxa3 25. Rdl Kf8 26. Nel Bb7 27. Rh5+ 26. Kf6 Rf8+ 27. Ke6 Qg8+, White Psychology and IIacties of the Title
Nd3 a6 28. Rd2 Ke7 29. Rc2 Kd6 30. Kfl resigns. �Match.
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DUTCH DEFENSE [A90) Tho\,lght: From the Beginnings
W: Reuben Fine {1886-190()T through ld Psychology
B: Alexander Alekhine ! 1900-19141 to Ego Psycho1ogy .
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12.0..0 eS 13. c5+ Kh8 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. 1979 The Intimate Hour.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Bxc5 17. Qxf5 Rd8 18. i981 ·The Psychbanalytic Vision.
Qc2 Qe6 19. Na4 Be7 20. a3 Rd4 21. h3 1982 The HeaJing of,the M,ind: the 'Iech­
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Nf6 41. Qc4 Qe7 42. Nb3 Qd6 43. NaS perience.
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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Semi-Meran Defense
W: Reuben Fine
B: Sir G. A. Thomas
Hastings 1936-37
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dS 4. Nf3 Nbd7
5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0-0 0..0 8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 1 1. Qe2! Bf4
12. Bxf4 Qx£4 13. Rad1 Rb8 14. Rd2 Nf6
15. Bc2 Qc7 16. Rfdl c5 17. Qe5! QxeS 18.
dxe5 Ne8 19. NgS g6 20. Rd8 bS 21. cxbS
Nc7 22. Ne4 NdS 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Rxf8
Kxf8 25. N:xdS e:xd5 26. R:xdS Be6 27.
Rxc5 Bxa2 28. b3 Ke8 29. Kfl Kd7 30. Ke1
[0461 Qd2 44. Nxc6 Qe1 + 45. Bfl Nxe4 46. Qe2
1986 · Narcissism, the Self, and Sociecy.
Qxe2 47. Bxe2 g6 48. Nxe5 Nc3 49. Bd3 1987 The FOTgotten Man: Und�ding
Kg7 50. f4 Nd5 51. b5 Kf6 52. Kf2 Nb6 the Male Psyche.
53. Ke3 Na4 54. Kd4 Ne6+ 55. Kd5 Nc7 + 1988 'Iroubled Men: the Psychology,
56. Kc6 Ne6 57. b6 Nd8+ 58. Kd7 Ne6 59. tional. Conflictsr and Th�apy o£ M
b7 Nac5 + 60. Kc8, Black resigns. 1st ed.
f 19� Cu.xrent and Historical Perspectives
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FRENCH DEFENSE [C 1 7)
Winawer Variation
1990 · Love and Work;: fue Value System .
Psycli9BllilySi
l s.
W: Reuben Fine 1� The Histoiy, of Psy<;hoanaly,sis. ,N
B: Mikhail Botvinnik expllld l ed ed.
AVRQ Amsterdam 1938, Round 1 'Il,vtibled Women: Roles and Reali ·
In Psych�Ytic Perspective. 1st
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36 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
 RETIJRN to the FRENCH RIVIERA
BY EDMAR MEDNIS
International Grandmaster
I surf flock to Cannes, a town of 72,000 on the
n the summer months worshippers of sun and
French Riviera. May is the time of the world-famous
Cannes Film Festival when movie stars and those
hoping to be stars come to see and be seen. By now
another tradition has become firmly established:
February is the month for the annual Festival des
Jeux (festival of gamesl. This year's festival, held
February 13-20, was the seventh and my fourth.
The festival is an exciting and impressive event.
With its site being the beautiful Palais des Festivals
situated on the beach promenade, the action is right
in the center of town. There are the traditional games
(chess, bridge, backgammon, go, Othello, checkers,
Scrabble, belote, etc. I, some 30 parlor games and
over 200 video games. The overall numbers were
of the same impressive order of magnitude as last
year: 80,000 visitors from 30 countries and 6000 ac­
tive participants in th·e various tournaments.
The concept of the festival is a very democratic
one: there is something for every skill level. Mrs.
Nadine Seul, director of the festival, explains it as
follows: ''We want the beginner to have things to
do, the active amateur to be kept busy, and those
at the highest level of mastery to also be challenged:'
The dates have already been set for the Eighth
Festival des Jeux: February 19-27, 1994. Mrs. Seul
also is happy to make the following announcement:
"Next year, Mr. Milos Forman - the famous movie
director - has promised to appear. Not coinciden­
tally, he is a great chess enthusiast:• Information
regarding next year's events can be obtained by
writing or calling Mrs. Nadine Seul, director, Festival
des Jeux, Palais des Festivals, La Croisette, 06403
Cannes, France (telephone 93-39-01-011.
THE ROYAL GAME
Not only does chess get top billing at the festival
but the breadth of activities involving our royal game
has increased considerably. Witness the following
brief description:
• The ' 1\ssociation Cannes-Echecs" each day hac\
arranged for visitors instruction, demonstrations,
facilities for skittles, simuls, etc. Over the past 15
years under the dynamic leadership of President IM
Darnir Levacic it has grown to be the largest chess
club in France with 2800 members (including
childrenI of whom 661 are registered as tournament­
playing members with the French Chess Federation.
It fields ten teams in the annual French National
Club League and twice has been voted the outstand­
ing chess club in France. This growth has allowed
it to hire five paid employees.
• 1\vo round robin youth tournaments were held
concurrently with the Opens: separately for eight
boys and eight girls under the age of 12. Moreover,
two open youth tournaments took place the
weekend of February 20-21.
• The Open International de Cannes, a nine-round
Swiss for those without a FIDE rating, had 184 par­
ticipants (147 last yearl. There were 30 cash prizes,
with first being 7000 French francs (about $ 1250).
• In the evening of Febuary 19, a classy ceremony
481
took place at the deluxe Hotel Majestic to award the
"Philidor 'frophy" to those voted the Male and
Female French Players of 1992-1993. The winners:
GM Joel Lautier and the 16-year-old Champion of
France, Claire Gervais.
• The emphasis on youth activities was
underscored by a series of six game matches under
the name "'frophy of the Young Champions."
Oganes Danilian of Armerria defeated Eloi Relange,
the French Junior Champion, 3¥2-2¥2; Claire Ger­
vais of France and Almira Skripchenko of Moldavia,
the World Girls Under-16 Champion, battled to a
3-3 tie.
KRAMNIK-LAUTIER
The centerpiece of the "Young Champions" mat­
ches was that between two of the top-rated players
of the world: France's No. 1, Joel Lautier, age 19,
No. 14 in the world with a 2645 FIDE rating, ver­
sus the latest phenom, Vladimir Kramnik of Russia
who, at 17, is already No. 6 with a 2685 rating. Again,
the number of games was six, with the currently
normal international time limit: the six-hour session
with first time control at 40 moves in two hours
followed by 20 moves in one hour and then ad­
journment.
The official prize fund was $4000, with the win­
ner getting a 60% share. Added to this were the star­
ting fees, which were significantly higher than the
prize fund. GMs Lautier and Kramnik produced five
decisive results. Throughout, fighting chess and
opening innovations were the order of the day.
The eventual result of the first two games was for
a considerable time unclear. An eyewitness at the
post-mortems confided to me that "neither player
would come to a conclusion on what was really go­
ing on:' GM Kramnik won both games. GM Lautier
came back to win !with WhiteI Game 3 in good style
and I have chosen this as my annotated game. Game
4 was critical for the match course: as Black in the
King's Indian GM Lautier employed an important
novelty on Move 12. After his 15th move (1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 o-o 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. 0-0-0 a6 10.
Kb1 b5 11. Ncl exd4
12. 1bd4 Rb8! 13. Nb3
bxc3 14. Bxc4 15. a31
(diagram), White offered
a draw.
Though already well
ahead in time, GM
Lautier, apparently hap­
py at getting an easy draw with Black, accepted. GM
Anatoly Vaiser told me that he and GM Kramnik
spent some two hours analyzing the final position
and only at the end of the session found a satisfac­
tory way to retain equality for White.
Envigorated by this "lucky draw," GM Kramnik
didn't give his opponent a chance in the last two
games. He ftrst outplayed GM Lautier in a
maneuvering game on the Black side of a Closed
Catalan and then squeezed out a 72-move win in
an endgame from a topical variation of the Slav
Defense where White has a minor piece for three
pawns. The firtal result: 4¥2-1¥2 for Kramnik. The
stronger player did win, yet GM Lautier was a wor­
thy opponent in every game.
ENGLISH OPENING [A21]
W: GM Joel Lautier
B: GM Vladimir Kramnik
"Young Champions," Cannes 1993, Game 3
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6
An ambitious plan, whereby Black aims for the
most flexible King's Indian formation yet risks
White's neXt move. The ''safe'' way of preparing the
KB fianchetto starts with 2. ... Nc6; if Black looks
for flexible classical play, then 2. ... Nf6 is the move.
3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 NC6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3!
GM Lautier is probably the world's leading ex­
pert on the White side of this variation. Since White
will have to fianchetto his QB, it is important to do
so before Black increases his edge in minor piece
development. For instance, 6. g3 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8.
b3 Nxe4! 9. Nxe4 d5! with promising complications
for Black, Franco-Romero Holmes, Leon 1990 -
see Informant 50/16.
6. ... aS
Starting immediate counterplay on the queenside.
More common has been 6. ... Be6 7. e4 aS 8. Bb2
a4 9. Rdl axb3 10. axb3 g6 1 1. Bd3 Bg7 12. Nge2
().{) 13.().{) when White's spatial advantage gives him
a slight edge, J. Lautier-1. Piasetski, Manila Inter­
zonal 1990.
7. Bb2 a4 8. Rd1 a:xb3 9. a:xb3 g6 10. e4 Bg7
11. Bd3 Nd4
Instead, with 11. ... Be6, Black could have
transposed into Lautier-Piasetski, cited earlier. Since
that move would have made little sense at this point,
we can conclude that GM Kramnik's treatment of
the variation is the
superior way.
12. Bc2 Nxc2+ 13.
Qxc2 o-o 14. Nge2
Nh5 15. o-o {diagram}
. The central pawn
structure is characteristic
of a King's Indian varia­
tion where Black ha5
"given up the center" by
playing ... exd4. White has a typical advantage in
space and therefore a slight advantage. With his King
safely castled, White is ready to activate his pieces
with 16. Nd5, planning to exchange off the dark
square bishops. thereby weakening Black's kingside.
Therefore Black must start his counterplay.
15 . ... f5 16. c5!? fxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Bxg7
Nxg7 19. c6! Bf5!
The bulletin recommends here 19. ... Ne6 and
after 20. Nd4 b6 with a ''good game for Black:' But,
of course, White plays 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. Qxc5, aiming to place his knight on d4 and
thereby having the dominating minor piece. So as
not to be left with an inferior bishop, GM Kramnik
quite perceptively exchanges it off for a "good"
knight. .
20. N2g3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rb8 22. Rd3 bxc6
23. Qxc6 Rb6 24. Qc3
White is also somewhat better in the endgame
after 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxb3 26. Rd7, but
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 37
 needing to win, GM Lautier prefers to have more
pieces left on the board.
24. ... Re6 25. Nc5 Ree8 26. b4 c6 27. Nb3 Qd6
28. Nd4 R£6 29. Re3 RefS
White has annoying pressure against the c-pawn
and Black must defend very carefully. Risky is 29.
... Rxe3?! 30. fxe3! Rx£1+ 31. Kx£1 Qxh2 32. Nxc6
when the passed b-pawn can become a dangerous
threat.
30. Re2 Nf5 31. Nb3 Nh6?
Up to here Black has played very well, but now
starts a most unlucky plan to misplace his knight,
while handing the e-flle over to White. After the
logical 31. ... Re6! Black is very close to full equali­
ty since 32. Rxe6 Q)ce6 33. Rc1 can be met by 33.
... Qf6! (34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Rb8).
32. h3 Nf7?! 33. Nc5 Ng5?! 34. Rfe1
The threat is 35. h4 Nf7 36. Nd7 (or 36. Ne6); after
34. ... R£4, strong is 35. Qg3. I see no satisfactory
defense.
34. .. R6f7 35. h4
.
Ne4 36. N:xe4 d:xe4 37.
Qc4! Qd5 38. Rc1!
(diagram}
White wants to make
sure that the extra pawn
he winds up with is the
passed b·pawn. GM
lautier's handling of the
resulting endgame is flawless and I will refrain from
any further comments.
38 . ... R£6 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxf2 41.
Rxc6 Rf1 + 42. Kh2 R8f4 43. Rcc4 Rxe4 44.
Rxe4 Kf7 45. Kg3 Rb1 46. Kf4 h5 47. Kg5 Rb2
48. g3 Rb3 49. g4 Rd3 50. Kh6! hxg4 51. Rf4+
Ke7 52. Rxg4 Rd6 53. Re4+ Kd8 54. Kg7 Rb6
55. Kf7, Black resigns.
With White's king active and Black's king cut off
from the kingside, White will capture Black's g­
pawn after 55. ... Kd7 56. Rd4+ ! Kc7 57. Rg4 Kd7
58. Rxg6 and queen the h-pawn after 58. ... Rxb4
59. h5.
GRAND PRIX DE CANNES OPEN
The major open, ·reserved for those with a FIDE
rating, had 140 participants ( 112last year), including
15 GMs jlO invited), 31 IMs and IWGM Alisa
Galliamova. Rated 2445 by FIDE, she impressed me
with both her play and her charm. Even after a tough
last-round loss left her at 6 points, her performance
rating was an excellent 2560. Outside the chess
world she is known as the wife of the Super-GM
Vassily Ivanchuk.
The prize fund totaled 85,850 FF ($25,300) and
ranged from 14,000 FF ($32,500) for first, down to
750 FF for places 26-30. The sole leader after Round
7 was Canadian GM and former candidate Kevin
Spraggett with 6-1. Short draws in the last two
rounds gave him an excellent 7-2 result (a 2669 per­
formance rating) and, on tiebreak, the winner's
trophy. However, he had to share the money with
four others. 1M James Howell of England with a per­
formance rating of 2651 made a GM norm with
· plenty to spare, but the fact that he played only two
GMs (instead of the required 3) may be a problem.
I had a mixed tournament, with fme games alter­
nating with poor moves, leading to a "nothing
special" plus-one result. In every way the tourna­
ment functioned most smoothly; with full credit due
to 'Iburnament Director IM Damir Levacic and
38 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
Chief Arbiter Mr. Jean Duche and their fine staffs.
My featured game shows why the Colle Open­
ing - a favorite in club play - has disappeared from
the higher levels of the international arena.
COLLE SYSTEM [005]
W: NM Michel Libens
B: GM Edmar Mednis
Grand Prix de Cannes Open, 1993
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nbd2
An unusual move, yet faultless if White's aim is
the Colle. In fact, after Black's 7th move, one of the
main line variations of the Colle is reached.
3. ... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.()-() o-o
I like this variation because the positioning of the
QN and KB combines the elements of soundness
and potential activity. For instance, the QN applies
pressure on d4 and in combination with the KB sup­
ports a potential ... e5 advance. Of course, a large
number of different move orders can lead to this
important position. The "official" move order as us­
ed in the Encyclopedia ofChess Openings, Volume D
is: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6
6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. o-o o..o.
8. dxc5
The continuation favored by theory, with the point
that after White's coming necessary e4 advance he
is not left with an isolated d-pawn as would occur
after the immediate 8. e4?! cxd4! 9. cxd4 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Be7! when the d-pawn is more of a weakness
than strength. However, there is also a disadvan­
tage associated with the text: by exchanging the d­
pawn for the c-pawn, White risks being left with
a central inferiority with nothing to show for it.
Insipid is 8. Re1 e5! when 9. e4? cxd4 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. cxd4 exd4 simply left White a pawn down
in R. Swanson-E. Mednis, St. Cloud Open, 1990.
8 . ... Bxc5 9. e4 Qc7 10. Qe2
The theoretical approach is to fight over the e5
square. White now threatens 11. e5, and if 1 1. ...
Ng4? 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 ?£"
13. Ng5+.
Nevertheless, a signifi­
cant alternative is to give
Black an isolated d-pawn
after 10. exd5 exd5 (10.
... Nxd5?! 11. Ne4 is too
passive for Black)
(diagram).
To understand the
resulting position it is important to compare it to
the similar one that results after the formerly main
line of the Thrrasch Variation of the French Defense:
1. e4e62. d4d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ng£3 Nc6
6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6
10. Re1 0-0.
Here White has a normal opening advantage. Yet
in our situation Black is 1 to 2 developmental tem­
pos ahead, and his king knight is placed more ac­
tively on f6. This gives him comfortable equality,
as in E. Colle-I. Kashdan, Bled 1931: 1 1. Nb3 Bb6
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne4 14. Rae1 Bf5 15. Be3 Bg6.
10. ... Bd6 1 1. h3
This obvious move, preventing ... Ng4, seems to
be an opening novelty. It comes at a cost, however:
a lost tempo for development. Standard is 1 1 . Re1
Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. exd5 exd5, with
equality, G. Koltanowski-V. Soultanbeieff, Match,
Brussels 1935.
11 . ... Bd7! 12. Re1 dxe4
Being ahead of White in development, Black
can afford this centrally advantageous exchar1•
even though it notice­
ably furthers White's
lagging development.
13. N:xe4 N:xe4 14.
Qxe4? (diagram}
This automatic recap­
ture is quite wrong be­
cause Black will be able
to energize his central
pawn majority. Correct
is 14. Bxe4 Rae8!, with the most likely correct
tion being "equal chances."
14. ... f5 15. Qe2
. Also after 15. Qh4 Rae8 White lacks a viable
and in due course Black will get in ... e5.
15 . ... Rae8 16. Bd2 h6 17. b4 e5!
Strategically desirable and also, despite first
pearances, tacticiilly sound.
18. Bc4+ Kh7! 19. Ng5+ Kg6
Obviously not 19 . ... hxg5?? 20. Qh5+ mate.
king is safe on g6 because Black's pieces are
and centrally developed and the f5 and e5
control key central squares. White's knight is
en prise and must retreat.
20. Nf3
After playing the text, White offered a draw.
does have the unusual move repetition 20. ...
21. Ng5+ Kg6 at his disposal, but that is hardly
reason to call it quits. However, now more acc:uraill
would have been 20. ... a6! denying the b5
to the knight.
20. ... e4 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Bb3?!
After this, White will never get out'of his
Mandatory is 22. NbS when 22. ... Qxc4 23.
Q)ce2 24. Rxe2 Rb8 25. c4 is an equal enclgmne. .
would have played 22. ... Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Re7,
the exchange of one set of minor pieces
White's defensive task easier.
22 . ... Nd3 23. R£1 Kh7
Black's general approach is to first ensure
fort for his king and then look to develop an
against White's king under cover of the
pawn center.
24. Bc2 Nf4 25. Qd1 Kh8 26. Ba4 Nd3
Nbs Qb8 28. Rb1 Bh2+ 29. Kh1 a6 30.
Bxa4 31. Qxa4 Bf4! 32. Be3 Be5 33. b5 f4
Bd2
White's king is much too unsafe to risk an
at counterplay with 34. bxa6? fxe3, e.g. 35.
Nx£2+ 36. Rx£2 ex£2, or 35. Nc6 Nx£2+! 36.
ex£2.
34. ... Nc5!
Now that White has been pushed back
more, it is in order to consolidate the gains
safeguard the queenside.
35. Qb4 Qc8 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Nb3 Bd6!
Qb6 Rf6 39. c4 Bf8 40.
Qa5 Nd3 41. Bc3 Rg6
42. Kh2 (diagram}
After 42. Qh5 Kh7!,
followed by 43. ... Rg5,
White risks getting his
queen trapped on the
kingside. Therefore
White tries to improve
his king safety so that a
... f3 could be answered by g3. Of course, the
saic 42. ... Q}cc4 is now a simple win. Yet there is
 even more effective cuhnination of Black's previously thematic strategic play.
42. ... Rxg2 + !!, White resigns.
The main line is 43. Kxg2 f3+ 44. Kg3 (44. Kh2 Bd6+ 45. Kgl Qxh3l You'll Love This Russian Clock!
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B: GM Vladimir Kramnik "Young Champions," Cannes 1993, Game 1
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 e4
5. Ng5 (diagram} 5. ... e3 6. d4 exf2+ 7. Kxf2
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 Kings, Pawns, and Politics
One player not sharing this view was the
most illustrious absentee - Nigel Short.
"I don't want to play in the Soviet cham­
pionship; ' he sniffed to press after beating
Timman, in response to a Spanish hack ask­
ing him why he was snubbing Linares.
It's quite true that the lineup was dominated
by Eastern bloc players with very difficult
�"" names (one of my unfortunate editors foamed
at the mouth when I had to dictate copy over
� the phone; "Ev-GAY-nee Ba-RAY-ev, Ar·
� TYURR Yoo-SOO-pov" etc) but another
reason for Nigel's boycott is the brains and
� gnashing of teeth and doomed protest as the
bread behind Linares - the local "peseta
�
� squillionaire" (as one newspaper dubbed him)
a.. Luis Rentero.
World Champion Garry Kasparov The mutual dislike between Short and Ren­
tero is well-known. The Englishman has
BY CATHY FORBES publicly accused Rentero (sponsor of Short­
Women's International Master Karpov and technical director of Short­
he annual Linares international tourna­
cupied as your diligent scribe was, needless
to say, with reporting the valiant deeds of our
chessic heroes, this aspect of my investigative
journalism was sadly neglected.
FORMER MINING 'IOWN
Linares is a former mining town of 60,000 in­
habi�ts currently celebrating the centenary
of its most famous son, classical guitarist An­
dres Segovia. Linares' main industrial enter­
prise is now the Suzuki car factory, where
management plans to axe 60-70 per cent of
the workforce were causing much wailing.
tournament began.
I arrived in time to observe the acclimatiza­
tion process of some early comers. Rustam
and Gata Kamsky immediately enqUired as
to the whereabouts of the gymnasium, which
for the convenience of pugilists such as Father
Kamsky is equipped with a resilient punching­

T
Timman) of reluctance to cough up on pay·
ment has grown from modest begin­ day. Rentero, in turn, was not slow to accuse bag. (Later on in the tournament, poor old Ar­
nings in 1978 to its present status as the Short of cowardice, pointing to his dismal last tur Yusupov, whose room was adjacent to the
world's strongest chess tournament. Boasting place in Linc:res 1992. Kamskys', complained of the decibel count
a superlative category 18 rating and a field that from his neighbours when Kamsky lost a
included 1 1 the world's top 14 Elo-rated RATINGS 100 WW game).
players, the tournament attracted enormous Rentero' s desire to raise the tournament The gym isjust around the comer ftom the
publicity and hordes of youthful autograph category meant a notable lack of media­ Anibal, and a convivial group of players took
-hunters. beloved westerners. No Mickey Adams, no advantage of the first free day to sweat it out
Their quarries were as follows: Judit Polgar, and Gata Kamsky as the all­ together in the sauna.
Age Rating World Current
Name American boy. Tennis was a popular off-board relaxation.
Rank Country Jonathan Speelman's invitation was can­ Bareev is very good, Karpov is enthusiastic
�· 29
41
2805
2725 2
1 Russia celled because his rating was too low. ' 'I was
'uninvited' but I will be there as a guest of the
and Kramnik, playing for the first time,
lvanchuk
·-1"'· Russia
23 2710 3= showed enormou's potential. Bareev' s regime,
·

Ukraine
Anand 23 2710 3- India tournament; ' he said, adding humorously: completely geared to chess success, also in­
Gelfand 24 2690 5 Byelorussia "It's a new workfare scheme for unemployed
Kramnik 17 2685 6 Russia
cludes yoga, at which he was photographed
Shimv 20 2670 7 LatVia Grandmasters.' ' in poses which ordinary mortals inight con­
Bareev 26 2670 8 A portly, grey-haired, elderly and individ­ sider a touch uncomfortable - presumably
28
Russia
Salov 2660 10 Spain
Kamsky 18 2655 12 USA ualistic chess aficionado, Rentero and his in search of the inner strength that could give
Yusupov 33 2645 14= Russia Hotel Anibal have in recent years become him an advantage over the other 2600s
Timman 41 2665 18 bywords for top-class chess. In addition to the
.·

Bel' k 39 2610. 41=
Ljut:';eJ'c
42 2605 46=
One non-chess playing observer com­
mented, with the refreshingly down-to-earth
perception possessed only by non-chess
players: ' 'They are all a bit weird.' '
Appearance fees are known to exceed prize
money. The fee for an ' 'ordinary'' player was
about $7,000. Kasparov's was rumored to be
$80,000. Linares is sJ)onsored jointly by local
municipal authorities and a supermarket
chain formerly owned by orgaruser Luis Ren­
tero. Rentero was bOught out by a Belgian
t.!:
chain, part of e deal being that Supenn.er­
cados Match �IDuld continue to sponsor the · Roman ruins in the vicinity of Linares - a
tournament.
British chess author Kevin O'Connell, sup­
plier/manager of the ' 'Intelligent Chess Soft­
ware' ' demo equipment, describes r.i!tares a5
' 'the Wimbledon of chess.' '
"They play here because it's the tourna­
ment to play in," he said.
Netherlands
GM tourney, the Anibal has hosted numerous
Ukraine
Spain
Candidates' matches, the most noteworthy
being Nigel Short's demolition of Karpov.
The Anihal takes its name from the famous
Carthagenian general Hannibal, who in the
course of his elephantine marching across the
Alps is reputed to have stopped off in the olive
groves of Linares to pick up a wife named
Hirnilce. Hence the ''Himilce' ' restaurant
wherein the players sample daily well-known
variations from a reliable but somewhat
limited gastronomical repertoire.
The only evidence to authenticate the
Hannibal-Himilce legend is some rather vague
peaceful, sunny, but rather dusty and unex­
citing town. It's hard to believe Hai,lnibal
would have given it a second look.
Nonetheless, Grandmaster · Timman as­
·' sured me that there were many agreeable bars
and discotheques to be found if one were only
prepared to sally forth on an evening. Oc-
There must be something in the methods
of the man who thrice won the Hastings
premier, but here other training routines could
put in a strong claim to validity.
OI'HER TRAINING ROUTINES
Vladimir Kramnik, tipped by Kasparov as a
potential pretender to his throne, was not
averse to a bit of a "sesh" (British chess argot
for drinking, smoking, blitzing and ge.nerally
carousing into the small hours). Bareev re­
marked of him: "It's · incredible. Vladimir
studies chess, drinks, smQkes, plays sp<)rts,
sees girls - where does· he get the t:iJne?"
The extremely tall prcid,igy, hand-pi6ked by
Kasparov for the Manila Olympiad (he scored
8Vz/9) was assisted in his relaxation by his sec­
ond, former Sovi� chawpiQn Vitaly Theshkov­
sky, 49,_ who only w�jJ(f bed when the
supply of Rioja and dgap!tt�s was C<:)1llplete­
ly exhausted. Theshkovsky's Russl.an ciga­
rettes. were i:the worst I haye ever irihaled.
Understandingly, he explained: "Russia - bad

40 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993

country, interesting life.' '
As for another up-and-coming youngster,
Alexei Shirov, he and his second, Greek GM
Kotronias, soon realized the error of an ail­
work-and-no-play approach. After a loss that
owed something to over-reliance on dodgy
technical preparation, he surged back towards
the leaders after opening his souvenir
magnum of Brut and letting his hair down.
Next he relieved Kramnik of his champagne
and then was forced to start buying two bot­
tles of wine a night to maintain his rhythm.
Kasparov's routine seemed to consist chiefly
of a daily walk, always at exactly 12:30 pm,
wearing a flat Ca.p and accompanied by the
man described by Timman as his ' 'chief cook
and bottle-washer'' - an elderly, charmless
and completely un-cute guy by the name of
Dworkovich. "Why does Garry like him?" I
wondered to Timman.
"Who likes Garry?" was Jan's reply.
Well, later on someone arrived who ap­
parently does like Garry and is prepared to
help him - GM Sergei Makarichev, who was
on hand from Round 7 onwards.
Karpov was assisted by tennis companion
Drnitrij e Bjelica and GM Podgaets. Short has
accused Karpov of the superstition of never
washing his hair unless he lost a game. In
Linares he appeared for meals on more than
one occasion obviously the better for a good
shampooing.
ONE-UPMANSHIP
But to return to the beginning: the opening
ceremony at the town hall was a jolly affair
marred only by the absence of the two star
attractions - Kasparov and Karpov were both
sick. Kasparov arrived in Linares announcing
his illness and Karpov promptly followed suit.
Pure coincidence, I'm sure.
Vishy Ananci assured me, straight-faced,
that the two K' s were suffering from what I
delicately rendered in a report as upset
stomachs. He confessed next day that he had
beenjoking, necessitating an urgent, red-faced
rewrite.
·
The problem of course, was that it wasn't
easy to get first-hand info from the bedridden
superstars as to the exact nature of their
ailments. Clarification was provided by Kas­
parov after the tournament.
He said winning Linares was almost as im­
portant as winning the world championship
- ' 'and that is why I was very upset that I
came to Linares with a very strong flu.' '
He said he had even contemplated with­
drawing from the ,tournament. "I even
thought I might not be able to play if I had
some complicati<fns with my lungs.''
But his determination came to the rescue.
' 'Becat;se ofthe importance ofthe tournament
I decided that despite my physical condition,
I would fight."
The method o( drawing lots was the selec­
tion of nurnber�:Champagne bottles. In an
amusing display of pre-tournament one­
upm��hlp, the players attemeted to "im­
prove'' on each other's stage entrances; Ivan- ­
chuk blundered and forgot his champagne.
485
Gata Kamsk;y knocked over a flower arrange­
ment: Shirov hit on the method of walking to
one end of the stage and then working his way
backwards along the handshakes to his bot­
tle. Yusupov' s novelty was to greet the ladies
on the stage. Timman got to the man at the
lectern no-one had reached before.
Deputies drew for K and K - Dworkovich
for Garry and Bjelica for Thlya. Karpov and
Bjelica were co-authoring a book on the tour­
nament. I can't see it making the best-seller
lists.
ROUND 1: FEBRUARY 23
Kasparov and Karpov missed the first round,
having requested a postponement of their
games against Ljubojevic and Salov. Photog­
raphers who had made the four-hour drive
from Madrid were reduced to snapping empty
seats as the two stars kept to their beds.
Rentero resorted to some typical sabre­
rattling. "If they don't play tomorrow, they
won't get paid," he warned.
Ljubojevic complained: ''I was ready to play
today, and now I am damaged. The rules
should be changed. In other sports, you must
either walk out or play.' '
In the absence of the K's, the main story was
the upset of Beljavsky beating Ivanchuk in
three hours. ' 'Ivanchuk was not careful; ' was
Ljubo's verdict.
. Kd2 Be8 32. Nf3 Re7 33. Rbh1 Rc7 34. Rh7 Rc6'
Next to win was Anand against Tunman,
whose defeat was put down by Ljubojevic to
faulty opening strategy. .
The most exciting game was the clash of two
rising stars - Shirov-Kramnik. Krarnnik lost
on time after a thrilling battle,
Gelfand and Bareev kicked off with a
cautious draw, and Kamsky adjourned in a
winning rook ending against Yusupov after
6 1 moves.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED . [036]
Exchange Variation
W: GM Alexander Beliavsky
B: GM Vassily Ivanchuk
Linares 1993, Round
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5.
cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Bd3
ReS 10. h3 Nf8 lL Bf4 Be6 12. 0-0 N6d7 13.
Rabl Nb6 14. b4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. a4 a6
17. Nd2 Re7 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Nc5 Nbd7 20. f4
f6 21. f5 Bf7 22. Qf2 aS 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. bxa5
RXa5 25. Rb6 Qa3 26. Rfbl Ra8 27. R6b3 Qe7
28. Qf4 ReS 29. Kf2 g5 30. Qf3 h5 31. a5 h4
32. Na4 Qd8 33. Nc5 Rde7 34. Nxb7 Qc7 35.
Bfl Kg7 36. Kgl Kh6 37. a6'Bb5 38. Qf2 Nd7
39. Rcl, Black resigns.
RUY WPEZ [C70]
W: GM Viswanathan Anand
B: GM Jan Timman
Linares 1993, Round 1
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3
Na5 6. 0-0 d6 7. d4 Nxb3 8. axb3 f6 9. Nc3 Bli7
· 10. Nh4 Qd7 11: Nd5 Qf7 12. c4 c6 13. Ne3 Ne7
14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 g6 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rcl ReS
18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. exf5 gxf5\ 20. Bb4 f4 21. ...:
Bxd6 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qg7 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Qc7
Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxe3+ 26. Khl Bg7 27. Bel Qf4
28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Nxe5, Black resigns.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED [047]
Meran Defense
W: GM Boris Gelfand
B: GM Evgeny Bareev
Linares 1993, Round 1 ,
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3
Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. BX£4 b5 s, Bd3 Bb7 9. a3
b4 10. Ne4 N:xe4 11. B:xe4 Qc7 12. 0-0 bxa3 13.
bxa3 Bd6 14. Rbl 0-0 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bd2 Rab8
17. Bb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 N:x£5 20. Qg4
Nd3 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qa4 Qc5 23. Nd4 Rfc8
24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. h3 aS 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. Nxa5
Ra8 28. Qe4 Qxa5 29. Qxd3 Qxa3, draw.
FRENCH DEFENSE [ClS]
Winawer Variation
W: GM Gata Kamsky
B: GM Artur Yusupov
Linares 1993, Round 1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. lDru:3 c5 7. Qg4 0-0 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5
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Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13.
Qg4 Qf7 14. h4 Qf5 15. Qxf5 Rxf5 16. Ke2 h6
17. g4 Rf7 18. Ragl Bd7 19. Ne1 Raf8 20. f4
Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rg3 Nd8 23. Ng2 Rf8
24. Ke3 Ba4 25. Rcl g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rh3
Nf7 28. Rh5 ReS 29. Nel Rc6 30. Rb1 Rc7 31.
35. Rlh5 ReS 36. Ke3 a5 37. Rhl a4 38. R7h2
b5 39. Rf2 Rc7 40. Rh5 Re7 41. Rfl Rb7 42.
'
Kf2 Rb6 43. Kg3 Ra6 44. Rxg5 Nxg5 45. Nxg5
Bg6 46. Rf2 Rb6 47. Kh4 Ra6 48. Nh3 Be4 49.
Kh5 Ra7 50. Ng5 Re7 51. N:xe4 d:xe4 52. Kg6
e3 53. Re2 Rf7 54. Rxe3 Rf2 55. Bel Rxc2 56.
Rb1 Rxc3 57. Rxb5 Kf8 58. Rb4 Rxa3 59. R:xc4
Ral 60. g5 a3 61. Ra4 a2 62. Ra7 Ke8 63. Kxg7
Kd8 64. g6 Ke8 65. Ra6 Ke7 66. Ra8 Kd7 67.
Kg8 Ke7 68. Ra7 + Ke8 69. g7 Rh1 70. Rxa2 Ke7
71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Ra5 Ke7 73. d5 exd5 74. Rxd5
Rh2 75. Ra5 Rhl 76. Ra7+ Ke8 77. e6 Rh2 78.
Rf7 Rhl 79. e7 Rh2 80. Rf8+ Kxe7 81. Rf3 Ke8
82. Re3 + Kd7 83. Re4, Black resigns.
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page 28.
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Another title shot for Anatoly Karpov?!
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 41
 ROUND 2: FEBRUARY 24
The moment all the fans had been waiting for
- the two K' s appeared for action.
Kasparov, looking confident, smiled and
waved as he entered the playing hall. Sitting
opposite his opponent Ivanchuk, Kasparov
displayed his famous face-pulling repertoire.
With "Chucky" staring into space as usual,
the paparazzi had a field day.
But hopes for fireworks from the champ
were dashed when Kasparov, hampered by
his flu and the black pieces, agreed to a draw
in 26 moves. Fortunately for spectators, the
other games yielded four decisive results.
Karpov went down to a shock defeat against
Timman, losing on time on move 35. ' ' I fmal­
ly got him ," gloated Tirnrnan, alluding to his
botching of numerous won games against the
Zlatoustian philatelist. "It means a lot to me
to beat Karpov. I played a good game, and he
collapsed.' '
Outsider Beljavsky delivered another
shocker. The former Soviet champion con·
tinued his giant-killing operation by scalping
Anand, and moved into the joint lead with
Shirov, who had cashed in on Bareev' s rook­
hanging blunder.
Krarnnik recovered from his first-round
defeat to win the exchange and the game
against Kamsky.
Yusupov, perhaps tired from his adjourn·
ment, settled for a drawn ending against
Ljubojevic. Salov, Karpov's "postponee," got
off the mark by drawing with Gelfand.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
Scheveningen Variation
W: GM Vassily Ivanchuk
Lirwes 1993, Round 2
B: GM Garry Kasparov
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 d6 6. f4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 S. 0-0 Qc7 9. Khl
0-0 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 ReS 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2
Bd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20. Rfcl Qxf2
21. Nxf2 d5 22. Bd2 aS 23. g3 Bc5 24. Bxb4
Bxb4 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rc2 b5, draw.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
Classical Fianchetto
W: GM Artur Yusupov
B: GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Linares 1993, Round 2
:1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2
d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 S, h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10.
c5 dxc5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Bg5 Nc7
14. Be7 Re8 15. Bd6 Ne6 16. b3 Qa6 17. Qc2
b6 18. Nb2 Qb7 1 9. Nd3 aS 20. h4 Qa7 21. Rfdl
Ba6 22. Bh3 Nef8 23. Qc3 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 a4
25. Radl axb3 26. axb3 Qa5 27. Qxa5 bxa5 2S.
Bxf8 Nxf8 29. Rcl a4 30. bxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxc5
Rxe4 32. Rxc6 B�S 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 B£6,
draw.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED
Cambridge Springs Defense
W: GM Vladimir Kramnik
Linares 1993, Round 2
B: GM Gata Kamsky ·
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5
42 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 e5 9. Nb3
Qc7 10. Be2 dxc4 1 1. Bxc4 0-0 12. 0-0 Bd6 13.
h3 Re8 14. Radl exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. f4 B:xd4
17. R:xd4 Rxe3 18. Rfdl Nf8 19. f5 Qe7 20. Bxe3
Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2 + 22. Kxf2 Bxf5 23. Rd8
RxdS 24. Rxd8 b5 25. Be2 aS 26. Bf3 Bd7 27.
Ra8 g5 2S. Ra6 Ne6 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 b4
31. Ne2 a432. Rc4 Nd5 33. g3 Kf8 34. Nd4 Nec7
35. Nc6 b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Nb4 Ke7 38.
Nxd5+ Nxd5 39. Rd4 Ke6 40. Rd3 h5 41. Rxb3
f5 42. Rb8 f4 43. RhS fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Nf6 45.
b4 Kd5 46. Rh6 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 h4 48. Kf3 Nd2+
49. Kg4 Ne4 50. b5 Nf2+ 51. Kf5, Black resigns.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED [D43J
Semi-Meran Defense
W: GM Evgeny Bareev
B: GM Alexey Shirov
Linares 1993, Round 2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3
dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. a3 0-0 9. e4 c5
10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxb5 Qc7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. .
Qa4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Nc5 15. Qd4 Ng4+ 16. Kgl
Nb3 17. NbS Qb8 18. Qd6 Nxal 19. h3 Nf6 20.
[B85]
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Rumor· has it that Ljubomir Ljubojevic may
possibly be Fischer's next opponent . . . another
world championship match?!
Bd3 Nb3 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bh4 Ne3
24. Bd3 Qxd6 25. exd6 Ba6 26. Be7 Rfb8 27.
Nc7 Bxd3 28. Nxa8 Nf5 29. Nc7 Be4 30. Kf2
[E69J
Nc5 31. b4 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+ 33. Kd2 Nxg2
34. Ne5 f6 35. Rel Nxel 36. Nd7 Nf3+ 37. Kc3
ReS, White resigns.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
[A49J
Fianchetto Variation
W: GM Valery Salov
B: GM Boris Gelfand
Lirwes 1993, Round 2
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 5.
0-0 d6 6. a4 Na6 7. Nc3 c5 S. h3 cxd4 9. N:xd4
Nc5 10. Be3 Bd7 1 1. aS Qc8 12. Kh2 d5 13. Nf3
e6 14. Bd4 Rd8 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. f4 BeS 17. e3
Nfe4 lS. Qel Nd6 19. Ng4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
·
21. Qd2 h5 22. Nf2 KgS 23. e4 Nc4 24. Qd4 Qc5
25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. exd5 Ne3 27. Rfcl Nxg2 28.
[D52]
Kxg2 exd5 29. Na2 d4 30� Nbf Rac8 31. Rdl
Na4 32. Nfd3 Bb5 33. Rd2 ReS 34. Kf2 Kg7 35.
Rel Rxel 36. Kxel Bd7 37. h4 B(S 3S. Kf2 b6
39. axb6 Nxb6 40. Re2 aS 41. Na6 Nd5 42. Nac5
Ne3 43. b3 Bg4 44. Rd2 Bdl 45. Nb7 Bxc2 46.
Nxa5 Rc3 47. Ne5 f6 48. Nec6 Ng4+ 49.
Be4 50. Nxd4 Rxg3 51. Re2 f5 52. Ne6+
53. Ng5 Rgl + 54. Kd2 Rhl 55. b4 Bd5 5
Nh7+ Kf7 57. Ng5+ Kf6 58. Nh7+ Kf7 -
Ng5+ Kf6 60. Nb7+, draw.
ENGLISH OPENING
W: GM Jan Timman
B: GM Anatoly Karpov
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 b6 5.
Bb7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. Qc2 ReS 8. Rdl d6 9. d4
10. Qxc3 Nbd7 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13.
Nb6 14. Ba3 Be4 15. Bfl bxc4 16. bxc4 Bc6 17.
Qa5 Bxf3 18. exf3 d5 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. f4
2i. Rd2 Nf6 22. Bg2 Nbd5 23. Rb2 h5 24. B
RecS 25. Rb7 Qd8 26. Kg2 h4 27. Qa4 aS
ReS Nd7 29. Rc2 N7b6 30. Qb5 Q£6 31.
RdS 32. Qe4 Nd7 33. f5 hxg3 34. hxg3 Nf8 3
Rc6 Nb4, Black lost on time.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPI'ED
W: GM Alexander Beliavsky
B: GM Viswanathan Anand
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. N
b5 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nge2 Na6 9. f3 N
10. Nxc3 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. a4 Nb4 13. Kf2
14. axb5 Qb6 15. Be3 g6 16. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 17.
Kg2 Bg7 18. f4 g5 19. Ra6 Qb7 20. Qa4 Nx
21. Qa2 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nd3 23. QxC4 Nxe5
Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Ne4 Rd8 26. Rdl h5 27. g5
28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qc6+ Rd7 30. Nc5 Qxc6 3
dxc6 Rd5 32. Rxa7 0-0 33. Nd7 Rd8 34. b6 d
35. b7 d2 36. Ral dl=Q 37. Rxdl Rxdl 38. c
Rlxd7 39. b8=Q Rxb8 40. cxb8=Q+ Kg7 4
Qe5+ Kg6 42. h4 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44.
Rdl 45. Qh8, Black resigns.
REST DAY: FEBRUARY 25
Kasparov and Karpov both drew their first bl
today. Playing their postponed first-round game
Kasparov efficiently annihilated Ljubojevic wi
black, while Karpov stole the show with
flourishing queen sacrifice against Salov.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE
Classical Variation
W: GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic
B: GM Garry Kasparov
Linares 1993, Round 1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 aS
10. Rbl Nd7 1 1. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 f4 14.
Nb3 axb4 15. axb4 g5 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Ral
Rxal 18. Qxal Nf6 19. Qa7 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4
21. h3 Nh6 22. Bel Rg8 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Khl
Bh4 25. Nf3 Bxel 26. Nxel Nh4 27. Rf2 QgS
2S. Nf3 Nxf3 29. Bxf3 Bxh3, White resigns.
QUEEN'S INDIAN .DEFENSE ,,
.
.... (E18)
Fianchetto Variation . :� ·
W: GM Anatoly Karpov
:·'
B: GM Valery Salov
ti�ares 1993, Round 1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3'l>Ei' 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8, 0-0 0-0.�:Rcl c5
10. d5 exd5'}1. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxdz · d6 13.
Nde4 Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 a6 16. a4 ReS 17.
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Nb6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Nc4 25. b3 Nb6 26. g6 fxg6 27. f5 gx£5 28.
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 Although he looked in trouble at one point,
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down against Gelfand, and Ljubojevic drew
with Kramnik.
It was a long tournament. Some players
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save their energy for later rounds.
PETROFF DEFENSE (C43)
W: GM Viswanathan Anand
B: · GM V!!SSily Ivanchuk Linares 1993, RDund 3
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. o-Q Qb4 S. c4 ().()..()
9. c5 g5 10. Nc3 Bg7 1 1. g3 Qb3 12. Nxe4 dxl:4
13. Bxe4 Bb5 14. Bgz Qf5 15. Be3 Bx£1 16. Bxfl
RheS 17. Qa4 KbS lS. Rd1 c6 19. Rd3 Qe4 20.
Ra3 a6 21. Bd3 Qg4 22. Rb3 Bxd4 23. Rxb7 +
Kxb7 24. Qxa6+ Kb8 25. Qb6+ KaS 26. Qxc6+
KbS 27. Qb6+ KaS 2S. Bb5, Black resigns.
QUEEN'S INDIAN DEFENSE (ElSJ
Fianchetto Variation
W: GM Anatoly Karpov
B: GM Alexander Beliavsky
·
Linares 1993, Round 3
1. d4'Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3
Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 S. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5
Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 1 1. Nd2 0.() 12. 0.0 Rc8
13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dx£4 16. c6
cxb3 17. Rel Bb5 IS. axb3 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6
20. Rxa7 Qf6 2h Nc4 Nc5 22. QxdS RxdS 23.
B:xf6 Rxf6 24. b4 Ne6 25. N�b6 Ng5 26. Rd7
Nf3+ 27. Kf1 RbS 2S. Redl KfS 29. Nd5 R!i!6
30. Nc7 Rh6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Rld5
Ne4 34. RdS+ RxdS 35. RxdS+ Kg7 36. NeS+
Kg6 37. Kg2 {6 3S. Rd7 Rh5 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40.
Re7 f5 41. Re6+ Kg5, Black resigns.
BOGO-INDIAN DEFENSE (Ell)
W: GM Boris Gelfand
B: GM Jan Timn'lan Linares 1993, Round 3
�· d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5
5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 &d2+ 7. Bxd2 0.0 S. e3 Ne4
9. Rdl Qf6 10. Bd3 Qg6 11:0.0 Nc5 12. Qxc6
Nxd3 13. Qxc7 ,Nxb2 14. Bb4 ReS 15. Ne5 Qf6
16. cXd5 Nxd1 17. d6 Nb2 18. d7 Bxd7 19. Qxd7
RacS 20. Qxb7 aS 21. Bxa5 Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4
23. Bb4 RccS 24. Qb5 h6 25. a4 RbS 26. Qc4
Qf5 27. Bc5 Rbl 2S. aS RebS 29. Bb6 Qb5 30.
Qxb5 Rxb5 31. Ral RaS 32. &;l e5 33. g3 exd4
34. exd4 Rbxa5 35. Bx85 Rxa5 36. Kg2 KfS 37.
Rel Ra4 3S. Rd1 Ra3 39. g4 Ke7 40. Rel + Kd6
41 . h4 Rd3 42. Re4 g5 43. h5 Kd5 44. ReS+ Kd6
45. Re4 _Kd5 46. ReS Rxd4 47, Kg3 Rf4 4S. RaS
Rf6 49. Ra7 Ke5 .50. f3 Rf4 51. Ra6 Rf6 52.
Ra5+ Ke6 53.· Ra:7 Kep 54. Kf2 Rf4 55. Ke3,
draw.
SICILIAN DEFENSE [B54)
Pseudo-Keres Attack ·.
W: GM Alexey Shirov
B: · GM Valery Salov Linares 1993, Round 3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4; Nxd4 e6 5.
Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 S. Nb3 b5 9. Qe2
Na5 10. 0.0.0 Nc4 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rd4 Bb7 13.
Rxc4 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc6 16. f5
Ne5 F· Na5 Nxc4 IS. Nxc4 Rc.S 19. Na5 Rxc3
20. bxc3 Bxe4 21. Rfi h5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. g5
44 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
Be7 24. c4 RfS 25. RxfS+ BxfS 26. Kd2 Kd7
27. Nb3 eS· 2S. Ncl Ke6 29. Ne2 b4 30. Nc3 Bc6
31. Kd3 Be7 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5+ Kxd5 34.
c4+ Ke6 35. Ke4 h3 36. a4 BdS 37. g6 Bh4 3S.
Bgl Bel 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke2 Bb4 White resigns.
PETROFF DEFENSE (C42)
W: GM Gata Kamsky
B: GM Evgeny Bareev
Linares 1993, RDund 3
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4
5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. 0.0 0.0 S. c4 c6 9. Nc3
Nxc3 10. bxc3 dx£4 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7
13. Ng5 Nf6 _14. h3 Bb5 15. f4 b6 16. Nf3 Bxf3
17. Rxf3 ReS IS. BeJ Bc7 19. Rafl Qd6 ZO. Bf2
Re4 21. Bh4 RaeS 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Khl Rel
24. a4 b5 25.' g3 a6 26. Kg2 b5 27. axb5 cxb5
2.8. Bd5 Rxfl 29. Rxfl h4 30. gxh4 Qxb4 31.
Qf5 Qe7 32. Rf3 RdS 33. Bb3 Rd6 34. QcS+
QdS 35. Qf5 Rf6 36. Qe4 g6 37. fs Qd6 3S. Kf1
Qb2 39. Qg4 Qb2 40. Bd5 Qcl+ 41. Kg2 Qd2+,
draw.
ENGLISH. OPENING (A12)
W: GM Ljubornir Ljubojevic
B: GM Vladimir Kramnik
Linares 1993, Round 3
1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2
e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. 0.0 Bd6 S. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 ().()
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Ncxe2 ReS 13.
d3 NfS 14. Qd2 aS 15. a3 Ne6 16. Nf5 BfS 17.
b4 Nd7 IS. Bc3 a4 19. e4 � 20. dxe4 Nb6
21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Bb2 Nc8 23. Rfdl Ne7 24. Nfd4
Ng6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Nd4 ReeS 27. Nf5 Nf4
zs. Rd2 Rads 29. Rad1 bs 30. Kf1 Rxd2 31.
Rxd2 Ne6 32. Qc3 h5 33. g3 c5 34. bxc5 Qxc5
35. Nh6+ Kh7 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 37. Nxf7 Nxe4
38. Re2 Kg8 3�. Ngs Nd640. Rxe8 Nxe8 41. Ne6
Be7 42. Nd4 Nd6 43. Bel Bf6 44. Nc2 Nf5 45.
g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Nd447. Nxd4 Bxd448. f4 Kf7,
draw.
ROUND 4: FEBRUARY 27
Those wise in the ways of Senor Rentero knew
it was not a question of whether, but when,
he would get tough with the more work-shy
horses in his stable. Rentero's abhorrence of
the quick Grandmaster draw has led him to
incorporate a fighting clause'' iti the contracts
''
of several players forcing them to play at least
forty moves before opening peace negotia­
tions. He points to the high percentage of
decisive games in Linares as justification for
his strong-arm policy.
It was the fourth round, where the Draw
.Machine scored five jand eventually six) out
of seven, that convinced "El {ustigador" jhis
subsequent local media sobriquet) that it was
time for the big stick.
Here is a sample letter to one of the of­
fenders:
"Dear Alexi:
Through this letter I inform you that I will
deduct 100,000 pesetas from (sic) tour (sic)
.fighting clause, as included il) your agreement.
I hope that in the coming Dihe ro�ds you will
honour the fighting clause of tb�signed agree­
ment, since as you now (sic) tdplay in'i..i.nares
this is a basic and fundamental requisite.
Luis Rentero
This bombshell was promptly copied to the
press and Rentero 5mugly watched as the, er,
mud hit the fan.
Shirov was agitated and outraged. If
"
Rentero does not withdraw this threat im­
mediately; I Will leave tomorrow; ' he stormed.
He defend� his 21-move draw with Tinunan.
' 'It was a fair result in an honest game. This
is teirible. I came here to play chess, not to
get involved in conflicts."
· Asked why HE had not been taken to task,
T'rrnman replied, ''I never sign contracts with
fighting clauses. I am trusted to play to win.''
One assume$ Kaspaiov was left alone for sim­
ilar re&Sons. "It's not a question of money, it's
a question ofjustice;' protested Kramnik, who
drew with l{asparov in 19 moves. "I would
probably have lost if I'd played 9n."
British IM Malcolm Pein, who saw a fax of
this game, was skeptical. "This game looks
prearranged. All the moves have been ana­
lysed before.'' Other commentators c:l.isagreed.
Ivanchuk aroUsed Rentero's ire by offering
a draw to Yusupov after 20 moves. On receiv­
ing his perialty notice, he stormed about look­
ing for his tormentor. Shouting: "I'm busy!"
� he brushed aside reporters, he was soon
in urgent CQnsultation with Rentero via a
crowd of interpreters.
Anand drew with Karpov, but escaped the
lash by prolonging the struggle for 38moves;
however, even to my untrained eye there still
seemed to be plenty of play left in the posi­
tion. If !lischer weren't alive, he'd be turning
in his grave.
After six hours, still another indecisive
resUlt: �ljavsky-Gelfand, adjourned after �H
moves with Gelfand a pawn up in a nonethe�
less drawn queen ending. On resumption the
following day, the game lasted only seven
more moves.
The only hero of round 4 was Bareev, who
beat an increasingly off-form Ljubojevic,
finishing with a fme rook sacrifice,
PETROFF DEFENSE [C43)
W: GM Vassily Ivanchuk
B: .GM Artur Yusupov Linares 1993, Round 4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5.
Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7; ().() Bd6 S. c4 c6 9.
cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 ().() 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5
g6 13. Qh3 ReS 14. Bh6 ReS 15. Nd2 Bd7 16.
Qf3 Qh4 17. g3 Nxd2 IS. Bxd2 Qxd4 19. Bc3
Qg4 20. Qxg4, draw.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE (E86J
Saemisch Variation
. W: GM Vladimir �
B: GM Garry Kasparov Linores 1993, RDund 4
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 B,g7 4. e4 d6 5. f3
0-0 6. Be3 es 7. Nge2 c6 S; ·Qd2 Nbd7 9. oo-0
a6 10. Kbl b5 11. Nc1 exd4 JZ. B:xd4 b4 i3.Na4
c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. �6 :8e7 16. Qg3 Bh4 17.
.
Qb3 Be7 IS. Qg3 Bb4 lW Qh3, draw.
QUEEN'S,GAMBIT ·i>E�LINED (D32J
W: GM Evgeny .Bareev
•.' "
B: GM Ljubo� Ljubojevic
· . , ,, Linares 1993, RDund 4
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5.
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Ne5 Be4 33. Kh2 Rg8 34. Kh3 Bxf3 35. Rxf5.+ Rg5 36. hxg5, Black
resigns.
KING'S INDIAN DEFENSE [E69]
Classical Fianchetto
W: GM Valery Salov
B: GM Gata Kamsky Linares 1993, Round 4
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Hall of Fame Opens Near White House
BY JOHN McCRARY
S chess history. Like other historical museums,
uppose there were a national museum of U.S.
it would contain artifacts from past centuries, items
owned by the greats, and displays describing the
evolution of the game. Such a national museum
would be ideally located near the world-famous
Smithsonian.
Unrealistic? No, a reality now, since the U.S. Chess
Hall of Fame Museum opened just five blocks from
the White House (and walking distance from the
Smithsonian, the Capital, the Lincoln and Jefferson
Memprials, the Washington Monument, etc.).
Chessplayers can now boast of the best-located
Hall of Fame of any endeavor, in the world's most
famous neighborhood! The Hall of Fame Museum
is part of the U.S. Chess Center, housed on one
spacious floor of a beautiful new office building at
1501 M Street. The Center, conceived by Maryland
attorney David Mehler, bustles with activity: classes
for inner-city kids, tourneys of all types, lectures by
famous players, a chess sto.re, etc.
When one enters the museum, one starts a tour
of U.S. chess history from its early origins to the pre­
sent. Items once owned by Morphy, Fischer, and
other greats are on display. Historic artifacts, from
the earliest American cheSs books and magazines,
to the first commercial chess comput�s. are includ­
ed. Wall displays tell the story of U.S. chess from
many angles, and contain much new information
you are almost guaranteed not to have previously
encountered.
Quick, now - Was Paul Morphy present at the
first U.S. chess championship?-(Yes, but as an eight­
year-old spectator, not a player.) Can you name all
three U.S. citizens to be considered CYI'B World
Champions? Morphy, Fischer, and who? What
significance does Blue Lick, Kentucky, have on
world chess history?
FAMILY EXPERIENCE
Now, you can bring the family along on a perfect
chess vacation. While you visit the Hall of Fame and
'play in a tourney at the U.S. Chess Center, your
spouse and kids can stroll on down to the White
House and the Smithsonian. Your spouse will speak
be welcomed into the new Hall-of-Fame library.
(Direct such articles to R.J. McCrary, 1520 Senate
St. #129, Columbia, SC 29201.)
Donations of artifacts are also welcome. Please
write to Dr. McCrary at the address just given if you
have something of historic interest. Cash donations
more kindly of chess in the future! (It works, trust
are needed; and donors of specified amounts will
me.)
be acknowledged in the museum itself. All dona­
The official opening of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame
tions of artifacts or money are tax-deductible if made
in Washington was held February 17, 1993. (Hun­
through the U.S. Chess 'Ihlst, 186 Route 9W, New
dreds had already seen the partially-completed
Windsor, NY 12553. *
museum before its official opening.) There was snow
outside: but fortunately the "winter storm of the
century" was still two weeks away.
Speakers at the ceremony included both the cur­
rent and past USCF Executive Directors, AI
Lawrence and Dr. Gerald Dullea, respectively.
Lawrence spoke of the cultural progress as it in­
volves each generation's building upon the
achievements of its predecessors. Dr. Dullea allud­
ed to the two "H's" - history and heritage - and
asserted that the study of the first "H" was most
meaningful if it led to a greater appreciation of the
second "H:'
David Mehler, Director of the U.S. Chess Center,
read a message from GM Arthur Dake, a member
of the Hall of Fame, �eminding us that chess is im­
portant because it develops mind and character.
Mehler then recognized Dr. Dullea and Steve Doyle
(former USCF President) as two who fought the
necessary battles to create the U.S. Chess Hall of
Fame. He also recognized Dr. John McCrary and
Harold Dondis for helping develop the Hall of Fame
and facilitating its move to Washington. Mehler also
recognized his wife, Janice Mehler, and Center
General Manager Sam Bisbey, for their major con­
tributions.
Harold Dondis, Chairman of the U.S. Chess 1hLst
(which owns the Hall of Fame), noted in his witty
remarks that it had been necessary to move the Hall
from its previous site in New Windsor, NY, because
it was taking business from the Baseball Hall of
Fame to the North! The fmal speaker was Dr. John
McCrary, historical· researcher and Hall of Fame
Chairman, who gave a "great moments" tour of
chess history.
So much for the past; now for the future! The Hall
of Fame should contribute to understanding our
heritage by stimulating new research into chess
history. Historical research should be a living science,
in which hypotheses are formed and tested, and old
dogmas challenged by new knowledge! New
research articles on any phase of chess history will
Above right, David
Mehler and
Harold Dondis cut
the f'rrst slice of
celebration cake
(center). Fonner
Executive Director
Gerard Dullea was
one of many
speakers at the
well-attended
.opening.
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REUBEN FINE
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FRENCH DEFENSE [Ct7]
Winawer Variation
W: Reuben Fine
B: Salo Flohr
AVRO, Amsterdam 1938, Round 5
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NIMZO-INDIAN DEFENSE (E34J
Capablanca Variation
W: Jose Capablanca
B: . Reuben Fine
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RUY' LOPEZ- -' .. [C76J
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'N'�o-Steinitz Variation .
W: Reuben Fine
B: Alexander Alekhine
AVRO, Amsterdam }938, Round 13
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3Nc6 3. BbS a64; Ba4 d6
5. 0·0'�7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 S. dxeS'N�5
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RUY LOPEZ
Worall Attack
W: Reuben Fine
B: Paul Keres
AVRO, Amsterdam 1938, Round
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25. b3 Nxd5 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Bd2 d5 28.
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Rbt c4 35. Kfl Bc5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 37. Ne3
c3 38. Nc2 Net 39. Na3 Bc5
40. Kxel
"It is scarcely exaggerating to suggest that
Reuben Fine carne within one move of
becoming the first world champion from the
United States."
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... K£7 43. Re5 K£6 44. Rb5 Bd6 45. Rb6 Ke7
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Rel K£6 47. Rgl Kg6 48. Ret B£6 49. Rgl
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Kd3 K£4 57. RbS Kg3, White resigns.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
Four Knights
W: Abraham Kupchik
B: Reuben Fine
Metropolitan ChessI.eague, New York 1939
1. e4 c5 2. N£3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 N£6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. {3 e5 10. Bd2? Be6 1 1.
0-0-0 Nd7 t2. a3&5 13. Rhel Kc7 14. Bfl
Bf2 15. Rez' M
, 4 16. Reel a5 17. Be3
Bxe3 + 18. Rxe� Nc5 19. a4 g5 20. b3 g4
21. fxg4 Bxg4 22� Be.2 Be6 23. Rft RhgS
24. Rf2 RadS 2S . . Bifo Rrl7 26. Ref3� Rg7
27. h3 Kd8 2S. Kb2 Ke8 29. Re3 Rrl4 30.
Be2 Ke7 31. Bfl Rg8 32. Kct RgdS 33.
Rfe2 Rb4 34. Ret? Bxb3! 35. cxb3 Nxb3+
36. Kb2 Rrl2+ 37. Ka3 Nd4, White
resigns.
SICILIAN DEFENSE (B80]
Scheveningen Variation
W: Reuben Fine .
B: Miguel Najdorf
New York International 1948-49
[C86] 1. e4 c5 2. N£3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. 0-0 e6 9.
Qe2 Nbd7 tO. a3 Qc7 11. £4 Rc8 12. h3
Qc4 13. Q£2 d5 14. e5 Bc5? 15. Be3 Ne4
7 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nb3! Qxc2 18. Nxc5
Qx£2+ 19. Rx£2 Nxc5 20. Ret Nd7 2t.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc2 0-0 23. Bxe4 f6 24.
Bd4 fxe5 25. fxe5 Rrl8 26. Rc7 N£8 27. Bc5
Bd 7 28. Ra7 BeS 29. Bd6 Bg6 30. Bc6 Bd3
31. b4 h5 32. Rxa6 ReS 33. Kf2 h4 34.
gxh4 Ng6 35. Kg3 Kh7 36. h5 NbS 37. K£4
N£7 3S. Bc5 Rc7 39. B£3 Bc4 40. Be4+
Kh6 41. B£5 Ng5 42. Bg6 Nxh3+ 43. Kg3
Ng5 44. RaS, Black resigns.
RETI SYSTEM [A09]
W: George Kramer
B: Reuben Fine
New York International 1948-49
I. N£3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 c5 4. Bxc4 Nc6
5. b4 e6 6. b5 Nce7 7. Nc3 N£6 S. 0-0 Ng6
9. d3 Be7 10. h3 0-0 1 1 . a4 Kh8 12. Rei
Nd7 13. Qb3 b6 t4. Be3 Bb7 15. a5 bXa&
t6. Ra2 Bd6 17. Real Bc7 18. Ne2 Qe7 19.
Bd2 Nb6 20. Bxa5 £5! 21. Bxb6 Bxb6 22.
Ng3 N£4 23. Rbl fxe4 24. dxe4 RadS 25.
Qe3 Q£6 26. Kh2 g5! 27. e5 Qg7 2S. Rhl
Nxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxf3, White resigns.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED [035]
Exchange Variation
W: Reuben Fine
B: LA. Horowitz
New York International 1948-49
1. d4 N£6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 c6
5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Bd3
0-0 9. 0-0 ReS 10. Qc2 NfS 11. Rfet Bg4
t2. Nd2 Be6 13. Nfl Ng6 14. £4 Bd7 15.
Ng3 ReS 16. £5 NfS 17. e4 dxe4 tS. Ncxe4
Be7 19. Bx£6 Bx£6 20. Nd6! Rxe l + 21.
Rxel Qa5 22. Kft RbS 23. Nx£7 h6 24.
Qb3 Kh7 25. Nh5 Bx£5 26. Nxf6+ gx£6 27.
Re7 Kg6 2S. Ne5+ Kg5 29. h4+, Black
·
resigns.
QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED {05 11
(B42] W: Reuben Fine
B: 0. Esteiger
..·./"
'Simultaneous Exhibition. Cuba 1951
1. d4 e6 2. c4 ·N£6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c6
5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. �3 Be7 S. N£3
a6 9. Qc2 b5 10. 0-0 Bb7 l h Racl ReS 12.
Qe2 0-0 t3. a4:! b4 t4. Nbl Qa5 15. Ne5
Nb6 16. b3 Rxcl t7. RxCl h6 IS. B£4 ReS
' 19. RxcS+ NxcS 20. Qc2 BfS 21. Nx£7!!
Kx£7 22. lk7 Nb6 23. Bg6+ KgS 24. Nd2
Be7 25. N£3 Nfd7 26. BeS! Nc5 27. Qg6!
Bf6 28. Ne5 Nxb3 29. Ng4! 8xd4 30. exd4,
Black resigns. �
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 47
 l ' 1993 NOVAG GRAND PRIX
33rd Annual Fur Rondy UPDATE

w
2. c4 Nc6!?). This variation traces its begin­ The following point totals reflect most
BY ROBERf S. MOORE nings to the 1920's and the great Mexican GM events through early March. The Grand
hy call it a Festival," one Carlos Thrre. It was amusing to listen to Orlov
J J sourdough spieler asked,
Prix is a year-long contest sponsored by
describe how two master-strength players, Novag Industries, with $22,000 in prizes.
' 'Isn't it still just a tourna­ finding themselves in terra incognita, thought For more information about the Grand
ment?" As a matter of fact, this year's festivi­ at length about a standard position only to Prix, see page 53.
ties inc! uded a reception for visiting masters, choose an apparently aggressive line which
dog sled rides, a grand tournament, visits to L Alexander Ivanov MA 82.00
loses a pawn with infinitesimal compensation.
a glacier, chess lectures, mountain climbing, Piasetski spoke on the elusive GM Duncan
2. Alexander Shablov PA / 53.25
a Blitz tournament, an exhibit on the history 3. Sergey Kudrin CT 44.00
Suttles, a modem-day Nimwvich who has 4. Dmitry Gurevich IL 38.50
of chess in Alaska, as well as extensive plan­ been routinely willing to test highly theoretical 5. Gregory Kaidanov KY 34.66
ning for a series of cooperative ventures with notions in practical play. Piasetski based his 6. Igor Ivanov CA 33.80
players from the Russian Far East. Defmite­ talk on the first chapter of FM Bruce Harper's 7. Mladen Vucic NY 30.66
ly, the Rondy ' 'tournament'' is no longer a se­ book on Suttles which is in progress. 8. Mikhail Braude FL 24.00
date gathering of ahnost exclusively Alaskan Silman spoke on lonely Alice Pawns (Iso­ 9. John Watson CA 24.00
players. lated QPs), giving a balanced treatment of 10. Alex Sherzer MD 22.00
. For the first time this year, we were honored winning, losing, and drawing strategies from 1 1 . Renard Anderson CA 22.00
by the participation of the accomplished prob­ all perspectives.
12. Georgi Orlov WA 22.00
lemist and illustrator Vladimir Kozhakin from Finally, there was a general membership
13. Gennady Sagalchik NY 2 1.33
Magadan in the Russicin Far East,· where he 14. Curt Jones TN 20.66
meeting and a meeting of the Board of Direc­ 15. Larry Remlinger CA 20.25
is the chess coach in the school system. A cu­ tors of the Alaska Chess League, Inc. in cele­ 16. Brian McCarthy NJ 17.66
riosity is that in flying from Magadan to An­ bration of our newly achieved non-profit 1 7. Jack Peters CA 16.50
chorage, one leaves on Thursday, crosses the status and for the election of officers. Robert 18. John Grefe NY 16.00
international dateline, and arrives on Wed­ S. Moore was elected President and Thd Rader 19. John Curdo MA 1 5.30
nesday! Vice President. These officers were in tum 20. Joel Benjamin NY 14.00
Orlov also rode an elephant to victory in the proud to announce a generous gift of $ 1 500 21. Alex Fishbein WY 14.00
Blitz Championship scoring 6-0 match points from an Anchorage firm, Consumer Elec­
22. Alex Yermolinsky NJ 14.00
(12 games, 6 opponents) followed by Silman 23. Ben Finegold MI 13.00
tronics Services, in support of the 1993 Alaska
with 41/z-1 Vz, and by Piasetski and John Myatt Open. �
24. Boris Men OH 13.00
(1764!) with 4-2, ahead of NM Edward Sawyer
25. Ronald Messick UT 12.00
and thirteen others. UNDER 16:
L Charles Gelman
·

In a simul of 34 players, Orlov, Silman and VA 4.00

Piasetski played in tandem, each making every 33rd Annual Fur Rendezvous 2. Tal Shaked AZ 2.00
third move. Orlov estimated that this arrange­
3. Jorge Zamora Jr. RI 1 .00
Anchorage, AJaska
ment took 400 points away from the IMs' February 1 7-24, 1993
UNDER 2400:
combined average rating (2521-400=212 1 ) L Renard Anderson CA 22.00
because of wide differences in playing styles. OPEN: 2. Brian McCarthy NJ 1 7.66
1st: IM Georgi Orlov, 5Vz·Vz. 2nd-4th: IM Leon Piaset· 3. Ronald Messick
ski, NM Steve Gordon and Expert Floyd Stretch, 5-1.
Under these conditions, it was not surprising
UT 12.00
to see the two state champions, Ed Sawyer 5th-7th: IM Jeremy Silman, Rick Everett (who upset UNDER 2200:
Silman!, and Alaska Open Champion Mike Berki,
(Alaska) and John Smithwick (North Carolina) 4Vz-1 Vz. 8th-14th: John Smithwick, Vladimir Kozhakin L Ronald Messick UT 12.00
win, and to have six other players draw. But and five other players, 4-2. 2. Lee T. Battes NY 8.00
a remarkable 26 playe�s lost! Darcy Robinson ofjuneau and Ray West of Fairbanks 3. Jon Sanford FL 7.50
became the Rondy champion of Southern and Northern 4. David Tew FL 7.50
In the lectures, Orlov, in a soft voice reminis­ Alaska respectively. Fifty-nine players participated in this
cent of the classic actor Peter Lorre, presented wild tournament with many upsets.
his Black Knights Thngo Defense ( 1 . d4 Nf6
,
NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL
1 7th CENTRAL FLORIDA SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZEWINNERS
CHESS CHAMPIONSH IP PRIZEWINNERS March 6-7, 1993 . Somerset, New Jersey
Ocoee, Florida March 26, 1993 CHAMPIONSHIP: 1st: Ocean Township; 2nd: Wall Thwnship; �d: Cherry Hill East;
GRAOES 6-8: 1st: Adam Schoenfelder; 2nd-3rd: Billy Boon, Bruce Mason.
4th: Cherry Hill West; 5th: Ramsey; 6th: Thaneck; 7th: ColumbJ.a; 8th: St. Joe's; 9th:
Marlboro; lOth: Camden.
GRADE 5: 1s!: Charles Birnstihl; 2nd-3rd: Brian Jones, Jeff Buchanan; 4th: Spencer BOOSTER: 1st: Cherry Hill East, 18; 2nd-3rd: Wali Thwnship, Ridgefield Park, 16; 4th:
Merrell; 5th-6th: Marc Gersen, Victor Gomez. Middletown North, 14Vz; 5th: Longbranch, 13Vz. "
GRADE 4: 1st: Rya,n Carroll; 2nd-4th: Anthony Bimstihl, Ryan Ferguson, Phi!lip JUNIOR HIGH: 1st: Truth-Hart Complex, 14; 2nd: Bell Oaks M.S., 13; 3rd: North Arl­
Brix; 5th: Kaelt;n Jakes; 6th: John Weatherwax. ington, 1 1 .
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GRADES 2: 1st: Dane Noll;. 2nd: Michael Reilly.
INDIVIDUAL: .
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The 1 7th Annual Cen�al- Florida Scholastic Chess Championship was held on M�rch Vernon· 9th· Brant Baker; lOth: Mohammed Thnrnoy. , .'- .,
A
26 at the Ocoee Middle Schopl. Almost 100 students in grades K thru 8 competed m 5 BOOS':fER: 1st-2nd: Michael O'Connor, Alex MarszaloWiez;'5-0; 3rd: Paul Bra.!h:
sections. This unrated eY,nt was staned 1 7 years ago by Harvey N. Lerman, chess orgamzer _ :_;
Robert Gut; 5th· Anthony Mihalic.
,_- -,_
·

:JUNIOR HIGH: 1st: Mandar Muzumdar; 2nd: Jo� II" Nuccio; 3rd: Andy Ens; 4th:
and co-founder of the Central Florida Chess Club. It has bee11 responsible for the introduc­
Bart�,
_ _

_ !'yt Brown; 5th: Ed Solovey.

tion of hundreds ofchildre·n into the game of chess, many 9f which lat'!r become members
· - ::
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lfuEMENTAR'S: 1st-2nd· Thomas eff Knapf, 5-Q; 3rd: Pan Staroselskv, 41/
�yuki
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of the USCF. This year's event was held in the city of Ocoee (near Orlando} whzch 1s Jbtp:�.O!!l GJBde: David Schwerin, · · .� ti. 'lb :3�'1� "<?rade:
becoming one of the largest proponents of scholastic chess m the Soutii. The tournament ·Sat{�. ·Mich a� Somers, 4-1. Thp K·2n : ' Daniel Spre � , .<?:hristopher Blfd.
is organized and directed by volunteers,_ as all monies are used for troph1es, and lunch cipated Mike Somers, joger Inglis, William Coburn, Walt H��hap.
J2i;.ifUilents parti
is donated by Burger King. Conne11 Grasso, andjoe Eppolito were the diTectorskJ(ganizers for the NewJersey Sta�. ptess
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ll
 LINARES:
arch 5th was a free day at Linares
M and idle minds did indeeP. prove to
be the devil's playground. The
Himilce reStaurant air was thick with intrigue.
Ears on stalks, I flitted from table to table try­
ing to discover what was going on. The trou­
ble was, nobody really knew.
Certainly, Campomanes visited the
neighbourhood to talk to Karpov and Tirirman
- in some haste, arriving in the dead of night
and "summoning" them separately to his villa
in the nearby town of Ubeda to discuss their
possible - and, it must be said, farcical -
world title match in the event that Short and
Kasparov were officially defaulted.
Certainly, neither Timman nor Karpov were
visibly against the idea. Garry was unmoved
at the prospect of being stripped of his FIDE
title, saying: "My match wi.th Nigel will be the
one recognizee!. by everybody: '
Kasparov, recovering his healt}l and his
form, had begun to appear at meal times. He
wa5 also becoffiing more gregarious to both
players and journalists as his new political po­
sition began to take . shape. He spoke
energetically, promoting his ideas about a new
futtire for professional chess whenever he
sensed a sympathetic audience.
Discussing the future of the world cham­
piopship under the auspices of his and Short's
riew iilliance he said, "My ideas are quite
vague, but I'm interested· in any system that
is commercially viable," adding rhetorically,
"what role could FIDE pave?"
Kasparov Siiic!. tQe orgaruzational role in the
world championship cycle could be taken over
by the International Management Group
(IMG) which was behind one of the rival bids
to stage the Kasparov-Short clash in London . .
Campomanes visited Kasparov in Linares.
Kasparov's verc:4ct:
"They mishandled the situation. A better
proposal is on �e table. I told him ''I'm sorry,
I got a better deal. Business is business:;
Timman seemed to be enjoying the whole
thing hugely. 'Sirice Campo had committed
FIDE by putting Karpov <lPd him on "stand­
by," l).e was already relishing ·the'prospect of
suing FIDE if t4ey trie9 to b<!ck. .out.
"I will see �hat �ppens. It will be a
revenge match for me," ,he said, referring to
his defeat by Karpov in Kuala Lumpur in !990.
I suggested tp Tiirunan that since he and Kar-
pov had both lost to Short - nof to mention
Kasparov. they woqld make themselves a
_
laugb.ing-stock by playing for any sort of world
title. Kasparov qmcurred in, �thing terms.
"Such ii matoh would Qe a joke. Of course
Karpov is eager to play Jre. has rio reputa-
,_
tion to d�stroy. But jf Ti.m.tiJ,an is �nsible; .he ;
will refuse."
' The category. IV event was th�.. l�test in the .series
But, I began to wonder, had the incoherent
goings-on, confusing press statements, inter-
nal conflicts of the �hess world, . begun to
jeopardize the very prospect of a Short-
. LeSie� might be said to have made two!!
50 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
Behind The Scenes
By WIM Cathy Forbes
Kasparov match? Clearly crucial would be the
credibility of Short and Kasparov's new body,
the Professional Chess Association.
Much bitterness was expressed in Linares
about Kasparov's actions vis a vis the GMA.
Could he be relied upon not to change his
mind at whim?
As for Short, his decision to abandon his
Presidency of the GMA and go it alone with­
out consulting other members was con­
demned.
But the general belief was that Short felt
betrayed by the small size of the bid from
Manchester, having . been led to believe the
prize fund would be substantially bigger.
It just seems that both Short and Kasparov
decided that the time had come to get rid of
FIDE once and for all . But to justify their anti­
FIDE campaign on the basis of the decision
to award the match to Manchester is to tread
on shaky ground.
FIDE's documents show that in fact, for
once, they made a sane and responsible deci­
sion. They consulted - or at least, attempted
t� consult - both players, and sought expert
and official opinion before making a sensible
decision in favor of a reputable and bona fide
bidder.
The problem was that before this FIDE had
made a couple of blunders. Probably the worst
was to allow only a week after the end of the
Candidates final a5 a deadline for the first
round of bidding. Although there was much
enthusiasm for staging the match in Britain,
sponsors wanted to be sure that the challenger
would be Sh9rt before putting money on the
table. A week was not long enough to put sen­
sible bids together, and naturally the first
round ended in a fiasco.
With hindsight, the seeds of trouble were
probably sown even earlier, when during
Fischer-Spassky II Campo decided Jugoskan­
dic tycoon Jezdimir Vasiljevic was the ideal
patron for world chess. Campo to-ed and fro­
ed between Belgrade and Budapest, encourag­
ing bidding for Ka�parov-Short from the in-
LeSiege Wins Marshall CC International
T shall traveled almost one hundred years ago
ravelling in the same direction as Frank Mar­
(from Montreal to Manhattan!, International Mas­
ter Alexander LeS)ege, 17-year-<>ld champion of
Canada, ran away from the field in the Marshall
Chess Club Winter International. In the club's
Greenwich Village townhouse from February 17 to
28, LeSiege scored an undefeated 9¥2-1112 to fmish
· 1 V2 P.Oints ahead of 1M Victor Frias and 1M-elect
Maurice Ashley in the twelve-player round robin.
- spon sored by Dr. �ric Mos�ow':oC'West,(;l�. Con-
.· ,
nectic;ut.
'l·· .
..
Only the top three finishers, who no longer need­
.
ed them, achleved � results ( +41. Ind!!ed, at +8,
famous Serbian "banker," who has since fled
to Israel in the wake of the collapse of his
dodgy bank. Time spent in attempting to rake
in this tainted gold might have been better
spent trying to encourage legitimate bidders.
Hence thejustification for Nigel Short's charge
that FIDE "woefully undersold" his match
with Kasparov.
Kasparov, to his credit, has always been
against Vasiljevic's involvement with sponsor­
ing major chess events. Even though Short has
perhaps not always been immune to the lure
of Serbian dollars - money is, after all, money
- it was surely evident that even the most
reputable Serbian bid would be at best on the
borderline of legality under international law.
Never even mind any moral issues!
When it became clear that his $5.6m bid
would be rejec:;ted·, Vasiljevic gave a press con­
ference in Belgrade at which he alleged that
he and Campomanes had discussed plruls to
ensure that Kasparov lost his title this year.
Ironically, this is what - in one sense -- has
now happened.
Vasiljevic was out for revenge on Kasparov
for his role in the expulsion of the Yugoslav
teams from Debrecen (the Vasilj evic­
sponsored European Tham Championships)
last year. Possibly Campo was j ust humoring
another crazed sponscir with more money
than sense in a well-meaning effort to separate
him from his ill-gotten gains for the greater
good of chess, but surely he might have been
better advised to spend more time in Man­
chester, or London?
Kasparov made it clear that the breakaway
initiative was Short's idea, buf-that he was
·
prepared to go along with it - respective at­
titudes that puzzled Timman. ' 'It's clear what
Nigel is after - more money. But Garry ' s
motivations are very unclear."
On the other hand, the general opinion was
that Kasparov, with his unassailable position
as undisputeq champion, could have nothing
to lose in the long term - chess needs him
too much. <it>
QUEEN PAWN OPENING
JD05)
Colle System
W: Martin Olesen
B:
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 · .
3. e3 c5 4. Nc6 5. 0-0
d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bh2
0-0 8. � b6 ?· c4t; .
Bb7 10. Rd ReS 1 1.
·
Qe2 Rc7 12. Rfd1
dxc4 13. � Qa8 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Ng5 �
16. f4 g6 17. fxe5 Nd7
18. Nxh7 (diagram} 18. ___:_. =-o.
=: = =:.:...__
... Kxh7 19. e6 Nf6 20. Qf2 Nb4 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
494
 MARSHALL C.C. WINTER �RNATIONAL 1992 Book of the Year
(G'ategory N, �: 71h) ,
New York City • Feb� 17:-zs, 1'993
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BY HANON W. RUSSELL

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!2. NM Gn>.!i� DM 0 0. D o · 0. 0 (published by the htside Chess people), The Oxford
Companion to Chess by Whyld & Hooper (Oxford
22. Qxf6 Nxd3 23. e7 Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Nxc1 25. University Press), Baden-Baden 1925 edited by
ENGLISH OPENING [A37]
Rx�l Bxg2 26. Qg5 Bc6 27. Rfl Kg8 28. N£3 W: Eric Moskow
Adams (Ca:issa Editions) and The Complete Games
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B: ll'vi Alexandre LeSiege
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1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3
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10. cui5 exd5 11. Qcl edition which had appeared in 1984 was acclaim­
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20. e3 d4 21. e4 Nge5 This remarkable two-volwne Set belongs in the­
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QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED (D32]
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Thrrasch Defense •
8c6 28. Nd2 Rc7 29. W: IM Mark Ginsburg
are probably in the 1750-2250 rating range.
b3 B�+ 30. Kb2 In the same vein as Fine's The Ideas Behind the
B: Maurice Ashley
axb3 3.1. Bc4 bxa2+ Openings fifty years ago, Soltis traces the historici!.l
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1. c4 c5 2. N£3 N£6 3. Nc3 e6 4; e3 Nc6 5. d4 In doing so, the strategy behind the openings and
Nxbl Qxb1 +, White
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resigns.
0-(1 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Bb8 13. RCl .
Actually, these books may be the logical sequel
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�
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.•

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10. 0-0 Nbd7 U. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. b4.Rd8
reader's grasp of not -bnly w�y certain opening
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moves are played but 1i1.1So the eonsequerices of
•.

Qb8 is. g3 Qa8 19. Bg2 Ne5 20. Na4 Nfd7 21.
deviating from "book" strategy.
£4 Nxr4 22. 1bc4 1bt4. . .
American Grandmaster Andrew Soltis sums up
23. QxC4 b5 24. 9fi � J.Y� t the purpose of thiS 5eries in the introduction: ": .. (O)ur
bxa4 25, Nc6 {�
attention will be directed at the basic, underlying
25:\;.;lJX£6 26. dxc6 . .
themes of each 9pening and va.ruiilon and how they
Nfd7. Qb7 d5 28.�.7 ·•
/ . "No-No-No! Bad Mo\!e! dictate the proper methods - as well as punish the
Rc8 �9. QXa8 R4.�
. ' improper methods - of conducting play. This
30. Rc1 Rc8 U ; . · Bfi :·· ' Bad, bad_ movef"
knowledge is not refuted; it does not become ob­
NeS 32. Bb6 N:Xct;,.Ja:
solete. Knowing the right way to restrain the isolated
·

�7 Rb8 34• BC5 �e5

After Z5. Nd; d-pawn in the Thmisch Defense, for example, or
35. Bxa6 ex£4 36: 1¢4 .
how to conduct a queenside attack on the White
Bh6 37. Rd7 Bx£4 J8. Rxd5 Re8 39. Kg2 g5 40.
side of a Ruy Lopez is not going to become a useless
Rd7 Re4 41. Bd3, Black resigns.
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495 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 51
 BOOK O F THE YEAR
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 51
bit of information in the next generation or
two of tournament chess."
That is really what it this, and its
predecessor, is all about. Soltis deftly com-
hines analytical and historical approaches to
lead the reader into an enlightening discus-
sion of the theory of the opening in question.
For example, when looking at Breyer's
Variation of the Ruy, after the moves 1 . e4 eS
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7
6. Rel bS 7. Bb3 0-0 S. c3 d6 9. h3 NbS 10.
d4 Nbd7 1 1 . Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 ReS 13. Nfl
BfS 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 (Soltis' comments to this
point have been omitted), look what the
author has to say:
This center is one of those typical middle-
game minefields of modern chess.
Theoretically, White is better off because he
has two center pawns on the fourth rank,
facing only one. (But the stress must be on
the first word in that sentence -
"theoretically:' )
Most strategic plans, in this or other mid-
dlegam� with lots of pawns, fall into one
of two categories: either you change the
nature of the pawn structure, that is, by cap-
tures or advances, or you live with the pawns
the way they are. Here, with no open files,
both sides have to � thinking about chang-
ing the structure. Black can do it with (a) . . .
exd4, to unveil an attack on the e4-pawn and
pressure d4, (b) with ... cS, trying to pressure
d4 by other means, 8nd (c) with .. .d5!?, which
liquidates everything.
Each has its advantage8 but also its disad-
vantages. With ,,.exd4; Black surrenders
pawn control of key squares and creates the
possibility of a powerful e4-e5 advance by
White. With .. .c5, on �e other hand, he may
allow a closing of the center with d4-d5 that • ,
is favorable to White. (Once Black plays .. .c5 .
he no longer has .. .c6. to challenge the
d5·�eadCd chain). And die tpcqcal dangers
_
in .:..d5 are myriad.
.
·
Now let's consider it from· Whi.te'sl'side.of
the board: His chief methcx4, ef Changing the
:
�wn structure in the center are (a! exthang-
ing with dxeS and (b) a�cing with d-4-dS. ·
The former has the dra�k, ,of cr�tmg
(after .. .dxe5) a symmetric$pawn'S structure'
�
- a pawn on e4 facing <;J e on e5 - tHat is
usually dead even. Th¢' capture is'. often <.
played when it is tactj&illy favora�e. But -
vi�.
from a strategic pe lrit of i_f-rarely ac: .
, ..-.
complishes much. · . . ' . biter Jorge Vega and National Master,
gi'c
• · ·•'
This is a typical discussion of stt�e aims .. Joaquin Araiza. Closed circuit televisior.iwas�
and considerations, with the author slo)Nly, ;J·· �rovided for an analysis roo� , w�ere profes-
methodically leading the reader througl} a
thorough understanding of the opening. "ln
short, the publisher may not be the biggest in
'
the world, and the author inay not & the best
known, but � two-volume work may be the
most irnpo;tant English-language q�ntribution
to strategic comprehension of the middlegame
since Nimzovich. Bravo to Soltis and Chess
Digest!
70 CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993
The Other Linares:
1 993 Mexican Championship
dered the chess "mecca" of Mexico, and is a
Press Release,
model to be followed.
National Closed Championship Committee
he quest for the national chess cham-
T
SICILIAN DEFENSE [B48]
ionship, called the "Linares Battle," Paulsen Variation
was held between International W: 1M Roberto Martin del Campo
Masters Gilberto Hernandez and Roberto B: IM Gilberta Hernandez
Martin del Campo in Linares, Nuevo Leon, Mexico Championship, Linares NL 1993, Game 1
Mexico during the week of February A nnotations by PM Ibrahim Martinez
23-March 1. Hernandez retained his title in Salomon;
a great sporting success that held the interest 1. e4 c5-2.Nf3 e6.3. d4 cxrl44. N:xrl4 Nc6
of the national fans. 5.Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 NeS
Held at the Exposition Hall of the Linares 9. h3 Bc5 10. Na4
Cultural Center, the match was a duel of Better than 10. Qe2 and 10. Khl played in
Sicilian Defenses and sharp moves, in which other games.
the players showed intellectual capacity, 10. ... Ba7 11. c4!
theoretical preparedness, and technical A very good idea; White has dS dominated.
knowledge. Hernandez of San Luis Potosi, 11. ... d6
only 23 years old but already possessing one Very dangerous is 1 1 . ... Nxc4 because 12.
Grandmaster norm, defeated Martin del Cam- Bxc4 Qxc4 13. b3! Qb4 14. Nc2 Qxe4 15. Bxa7
po, a 26-year-<>ld native of Mexico City, by the Rxa7 16. Qd6! and Martin del Campo has very
score of 31/z-21/z. good compensation for the pawn.
The third game, one of strategic maneuvers, 12. Rcl Bd7 13. Nc3 0-o
saw Gilberto exchange two rooks for queen Not good is 13 . ... Nxc4 because of 14. Bxc4
and pawn; an emotional decision that brought Qxc4 15. NdS Qxa? 16. Nc7 + winning an ex­
him to the brink of losing. Gilberto performed change.
wit,h admirable precision and adjourned with 14. b3 Rac8?
a strange disposition of pieces in which the Better is 14. ... RfdS.
Black queen saves the game by means of 15. Bb1! Qb8 ,
perpetual check. Gilberto is not playing carefully; better is
An opening mistake by Martin del Campo
1 5. ... h6.
in the fourth game allowed the champion to 16. a4 Ng6
demonstrate his acumen, giying the finishing Maybe better is 16. ... Nc6 1 7. Nxc6 Rxc6
touch with threats of mate. when White's advantage is smaller. ·
The fifth ganie was filled with moments of 1 7. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Bg5 Qc7
great excit�t with both opponents sacrific- _
ing material. Gilberto gave up a knight for two
.pawns, Winning t�e exchange. Roberto Mar-
tin .responded energetically, sacrificing .a rook
for iffi active bish.op:,, '"- .
· ·' .
The match-ende<i,d�a!hat;call¥., Glearly the
�· . . nervousness of the co'nt��ts wici'registered
�m their fingertips. Gilberto ·H�dez;' p,Iay-'
i,ng White, came close to losihg, but Roberto · ,
Martin seemed too fatigued to pi�s and ac: ·.
· quiesc� to a bishops of opposite cole� eQli.: ,
game where he could not exploit his maternil
advantage. A highly exciting finish. ·.
The National Closed Championship was
·
sponsored by the local government and the
r.> city mayor, Lie. Fernando Gonzalez Mor;ales, : The best, . -· if 19. . . . ex£5 Black
_
· and endorsed by the Mex.tcan Chess Federa- , · would lose: :W. . gx£6 2<1. NdS QcS 22. Qh6
�
·
·:. tion. Play was supervisea by Intematio��M"' · :.. 4 2�:;�5:
Jose"·
· ·
:· '• �:. .Nd�_ . Bxd5 . .
· · .
Bkio� cannot- �ake with t�'� pawn because
of 21·. . a�fr gX£6 22. Qh6 with checkmate.
s10nal players and fans mvestlgated the · 21. cxd5 Qd7 22. Bxf6 _gxf6 23. ,N_g3? �
.. Robert0;could have won Wlth 23. Rxc!' Rxcs
sharpest moves. · =·
The Exposition Hall of the Linares Culfur<!J . J?3\ .. :'QxcS? 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 followed
•
Center provided an excellent scenario for tlie ""r by 26. Qh6 and 2 �. �:ic£6 �g) 24. �e�
players and spectators. The players competed ' fxe6. �5. Qxd6, but 1t 1s posstble that he didn t
�
on a L ares-style ,che� set, ��de �f eboll;Y
,
sei!' this variation.
wood, Candelilla and ,GaVla, deSlgned by 2� . ... Kh8 24. Nh5 Qe7 .
25. Khl.7
keen chess fan Raul Romel. . Wtth 25. Qh6 Q£8 26. QxfS+ RxfS 27. NX£6
� Linares, Nuevo Leon, tan now be consi- White could have ,:won a pawn.
(· "•· 514
,
 25. ... Rxcl 26. Rxc1 Rg8 27 . Rc3 exdS
28. Qxd5 Bxf2 29. QfS Bd4 30. Rc8 Qe6
31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rc7
White has lost a pawn, but has compensa­
tion in the rook on the seventh rank.
32 . ... b5 33. axbS axb5 34. Bd3 Be5
If 34. ... b4 35. Bc4 ReB 36. Bxe6 and the
Black rook cannot take the bishop because of
mate on c8.
35. BxbS d5
Both players are in time trouble.
36. Rf7 Rc8 37. Kg1 dxe4 38.Nxf6 Rcl+
39. Kf2 Bd4+ 40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kh2 Be5+
42. Kg1 Bxf6 43. Rxf6 Rxb3 44. Be8 Rb6,
draw.
SICILIAN DEFENSE
Sozin Najdorf
W: IM Gilberto Hernandez
B: IM Roberto Martin del Campo
Mexico Championship Linares NL 1993, Game 2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. N:JUI4 Nf6
5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7
9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12.
Re1 Bb7 13. f3 0-0 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1
Bf6
This is a novelty; normal is 15 . ... Kh8.
16. Bg5?
Better is 16. f4.
16. ... Bxc3 1 7. bxc3 a5 18. Be7?
Better was 18. a3 and if 18 . ... a4 19. Ba2
Kh8 20. Be7 Rg8 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Qxd6
Qxc3 Black is better, but White may have a
defense.
18 . ... a4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bxf8 Kx£8 21.
Qh3 Qxc3
It it easier to win with 21. ... Qc4.
22. Qxh7
It was better to take the pawn at e6, open-
ing lines and forcing Black to play very exactly
to con5erve his advantage.
22 . ... Nf6 23. Qh3 Qe5 24. Kh1
24. f4 is stronger, and if Qx£4 25. Qxe6 Re8
(Not 25 . ... Rd8? because of 26. e5 and White
has the initiative) 26. Qxd6+ Qxd6 27. Ricdp
o.OO
B�t4 28. Rb6 and White has g .c�ances to,: Jili7 3f. Q43+ R8f5 winning; if 32. R6d2 e4! ' 5. �(:3 Qc7 �. �3 a6 7. Qd2
draw. ..� ·.. ;_' '
24. ... Ke7 25. Qh4 ReS 2�. Qf2 RCs 2?' .. "
Re2 g5 28. Red2 Nd7 29. Rd4 . .
It is better to complicate�291 Rxd6 Qxd6 ' _:; 36. Rg6! and Roberto is better.
30. Rxd6 Kxd6 - BJack ras-tlu:e-e;p,leces fqr
the queen, but the positimi is ..i!Pcleat. .
29 . ... Rc6 30. h3·\Nb6. 3 ]i; l,{b4 Qc5 32.
Qe1 Nc4 33. Rd3 Rb6'34. �."6i ))4"35. Qd 1
Just like the frrshgame, q6th plilyers.ar� m . ;37 ... :. Kh7 38. R£2 Qh4 39. Rd7 Be4 40. Rff( " - ·.Not 1 1� ... Bb4, for l.?. Ncxb51 Qa5 13. Nd6+
"zeitnot:'.. ·
'ii;\, ·";':! ; ··� _; QgS and now Black has tlie advantage.
�
35. ... Qe5 36. Rd4 Ne3 3<7, -
38. Rc4 Na3 �,. Rc7+ Kf!}T.. '�.t..}' i
R0berto couitl'win with 39: :.. · Ifi;i&. �
40. � 1 b3!. · <;!
40. Rxb4 Rxb4?? •r
.This is a blunder; now Black is completely;
lost. Mter 40. ... NbS Black was still in the
fight.
41. Qxb4
Winning a piece.
41. ... NbS 42. Rxb7 Qa1 + 43. Kh2
Qe5+ '44. Kg1 Nc3 45. Qb6 Kg6 46. Qc7,
·
Black resigns.
515 ···, ;
SICILIAN DEFENSE (B56] SICILIAN DEFENSE (B23]
Boleslavsky Variation W: 1M Gilberto Hernandez
W: 1M Roberto Martin del Campo B: 1M Roberto Martin del Campo
B: IM Gilberto Hernandez Mexico Championship. Linares NL 1993, Game 4
Mexico Championship, LintJres NL 1993, Game 3 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. NdS
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 g6 5. Nec3 Nd4
5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 This move is not so good. Better was 5. ... a6.
0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10. Bb3 NaS!? 6. Bc4 Bg7?
The normal move here is 10 . ... h6. Better is 6. ... Nf6 7. a4 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Bg7
1 1. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nxb3 and White has only a small advantage.
14. axb3 Ne8 15. Bxe7 7. d3!
15. Nd5 and if Bxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxd5 Now Black cannot progress with the king
and White is clearly better. knight because of 8. Bg5! with a win.
15 . ... Qxe7 16. Nd2 f5 1 7. exf5 Rxf5 18. 7 . ... d6 8;0-0 Be6 9. f4
Nc4 Rf7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Ncd5 Following with his idea of attacking f7.
Better was 20. Nbd5 and if Qg5 2 1 . Ne4 9. ... f5?
(B87]
with White advantage. A "harakiri," opening a line that his oppo­
20. ... Qg5 21. Ra4? nent will use to strengthen the attack. A bet·
And here better was 21. f3 with the idea of ter defense was to be had with 9 . ... £6.
putting the rooks on the d-file. 10. a4!
21. ... Qg6 22. Rd3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 Now Black has no counterplay on the
24. f3 Rdf8 25. Ra1 Bf5 26. Rd2 h5 27. queenside.
Nd5 R6f7 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Rad1 Rxf3 30. 10 . ... Nf6 1 1. Nxf6+ Qxf6
Rxd6 QgS If 1 1 . ... Bx£6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. BxdS Qe7
14. ex£5 gx£5 15. c3 and 16. Qb3, and White
has a clear advantage.
12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 0-0-0 14. c3 Nc6
15. aS Kc7
There is no satisfactory defense, but better.
was 15 . ... a6.
16. Qb3 Rb8 1 7. Qb5 a6 18. Qb6+ Kd7
19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. 'Bf4 Qf6 21. ex£5 grl5 '
22. Rae1 Ne5 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nc6 25.
Be6+ Ke8 If
25. Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4 Nxd4
·'·
28. Rxd6+ Ke7 29. Rxd4 winning.
26. Qc7 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1, Black resigns.
31. Nc4? SICILIAN DEFENSE . (B48]
As always in this match both players were Paulsen Variation ..
in tune trouble here. White should have · '1/'{.: 1M Roberto Mart.iii del Campo
played 31. �d7. with,an,e_qual position. ' . B: IM Gilberto Himiandez
31. ... R£2?- · ,·/·. :0. :.
· · Mexico Champ;miship, Linares NL 1993, Game 5
, · ·_· . ,
· 3 J .. ... EIC6! �d 'Jf ��- Nxe5 Rf2! 33. .Qc4:+- , , 3 'l, e4 c5 2. Nf3 � 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6
.
. . ... .with Black -advantage. . Robe� didn't want to repeat the variation
•. 32� Qxf� Rxf2 33. Kxf2 Bc6 34. Ne3 from the first game, where he played 7. Bd3.
• ·
· � . ._Qf.4:t 35. Ke2 Qxh2 36. Rfl? . 3
. , 7. ... Nf6 8. f :b5 9.0-0-0 Ne5 10. Kb1?
. :6efter is the n(lrmal 10. Bd3.
. . 36:: :.. Kh7? �:��
10; :.. "Bb7
· . · It is possible that Gilberto didn't see 36. ... . �
Here � H. M ooks better, with the idea
B�t.37. Hd8 + (If 37. Rf2 Bf3 + ! 38. Kx£3 e4+ 1 1. . . . ij4
. 12. Nce2;f,
foUowed by ... Qxd6 and Black should win) . . 1,1 . ... b4
·<l\
Ke7 14. Nxbj �d White s��d .win.
••
.N¥£2 ·�'7; Rf2 Qh1 38. Rf1 Qh4 39. Rf7 Qe4 . 1�. N�4 ho;13. gS
'
·,
40. 'IUS! h4? Thls·is !iiforced move because Black was
d if Better is 40 . ... g6 41. Rg� Kh6 with a small "� a�ut .to play ... d5.
., • -�: advantage for the Black pteces. . 13 . ... hxg5 14. Bxg5 Nxf3!?
. 41. Rg5 Bb5+ 42. c4 Bc6 43. Rg4 Qb1 Nota bad move, but 14. ... Be7 looks better.
¥' Rxh4+ Kg8 45. Rd2 Qa2 46. Ng4 Bxg2 is.' Nx£3 Nxe4 16. Qf4 Qxf4 1 7. Bxf4
4'7. Nxe5 Qa5 48. cS? Nf2 18. Pg2 Nxd1 19. Rxd1 d6 20. Nb6
'ti .<- 48. Rh5! with the better position to White. Rd8 21: Nc4 BdS?
It looks like Gilberto didn't see White's next
. ·. , ,,.,
48 . ... Qc7 49. Rh5 Bc6 50. Kd1 Be8 5 1 .
RgS Qxc5 52. Rdg2 Qd4+ 53. Kc1 �8 54. move. Better was 21. ... Bx£3 22. �x£3 d5 23.
Kb1 Qd1 + 55. Ka2 Qe1 56. Nc4 bS 57. Ne5 Bd6 and the game goes on:
Rf5 + Bf7 58. Rgf2 bxc4 59. Rxf7 + Kg8 22. RxdS!
60. bxc4 Qb4 61. b3, draw.
An excellent move, destroying Black's most
CHESS LIFE I JUNE 1993 7 1
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picking up a pawn as well.
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SICILIAN DEFENSE
W: IM Gilberto Hernandez
B: IM Roberto Martin del Campo
Mexico Championship, Linares NL 1993, Game 6
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4
Again Roberto changes the line, this time
from the 3. . .. eS of game 4.
4. d3 g6 5. Nxd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. g3
d5 8. Bg2 dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10.0-0 Ne7 1 1 .
Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c 3 0-0 14. cxd4
exd4 15. N£4 Qd6 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rfe1
Rfe8 18. Nd3 g5 19.- Racl Qg6 20. Nb4
Rac8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Nd3
22. NdS looks interesting, but this may be
dangerous, and Gilberto only needs to draw.
event Chess will be oonsideted an unofficial ..
[B23J needed include,·bu:t �e.. not limite4· to, oolh"
' cmripetition this yei!I and,. if successful, will
puters, communicati?n equi];lm�nt� golf �
.then become an official event in ali ruture
(or transpqz:.tation and eqW,pment Set�ltpi
gan'les; Games Coordinator, Christine r.
Kinley; is working With USCF �t Direc- public address and sound systems, coillwi-
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tor 'BOb Nasiff and ;f:bu'ry Sabine 'ol the Ten. . · tion tin:Ung and scoring deVices, competitio
athl¢c& e ql.lipment, laun<;iry serVi�, medicatw
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What was Martin del Campo thinking at
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idea of ... h4, opening the position,

24. Nc5 CONGRESS PRIZEWINNERS EN PASSANT
Now White has a very e,qual pPSition. ' New York, ,.N� York Man:h 20-21. 1993 • Massachusetts and the USCF lost a treasure with
24. ... Qc6 25. Nxd7 Qx41; 26. JUt Jitc8
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27. Rcl Rxcl ·t

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MASTERIEXP$.r. 1st·2nd: Gata Kamsky. Gennady · the pasSing of Eleanor Godard 'Thrry this past
. Sagalchik,, 3'>f>; 3rrfo5th:· Alsx Yeqnolinsky, Karman
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December 15th. She was 74. She served the

Roberto seems resigned to the draw. . . ; .Shirazi, Dimitri London, 3c.. . :�: . ·.:
28. Qxcl g4 29. Qdl..Qc6 30; Kg2 gx£3 + '
Jl.:iassachusetts Chess Association in many capacities
ONDER 2000: 1st: Valliih Oaynoysky,: �>;. ; �ii-�tit· (editor,.membership secretary, treasurer!, but more
31. Kx£3 Qf6+ 32. K� Qe6 33. Qbl h5 lgor. ;>elivanov, Ra.phae lJ?lugoft Jay.Kleinrnan;Mar' llnportantly she served the chess community as, a
34. b3 h4 35. Qd3 Be!\.36. Qf3 hxg3 .37. . jan �onin, Pat,ri"ck I.ewis,. 3. • ,
har:dworkit1� .and tireless promoter of the game;
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hxg3 Qg6 38. Bc4 K£8 3�. a4 Ke7 40. Bd5 UNDt:ll !600: lst: Matthew Cheng, · 4; _'2nd-:fth: "?.
Douglas· Franc, }ian He, Dmltry &,;;hm;ider, 3,_ ,_ ;
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It was easier to draw with 4 L Bc4'and then 59 players tumed out for tlw New llirk Mw<;hCJie&s.Om, . •- The. S�oudsburg {PAl and Hackettstown . (NJ)
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go back to d5 without proglems �or Wl).ite.if- gress, including2 grandmasters, 4 interium,o;ialrltasteri, · . Chess cltibs �ere saddened by the passing of 80-year-
and 15 masters - a record for a non-scholastic to�ma·
41. ... Qh7 42. b4 Qh2 -t; 43. IU1 B£4 44.. · .,. old cfend\rrs. Gene was active in both clubs until
� ment at the Club!
Jk
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Qg2 Qh6 45. Qf3 f6 46. 4 Bd6 47. e5 L---.---::-��--....:...___J · Jus . �q�. reeent illn.ess. His demeanor and will­
QllS
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fxe5 48. Q£7 + Kd8 49. Qf4 + 50. Ke1 . A���� to_l�elp·o!lt. �ttract@ many new members
Kc7 51. b5 Bb4+ 52. � Qxg4'+- 53. Q£3 )
f o bot_h C1(!os,1 as well_ jtS t�. th� ,.USCF. '
Qxf3 + 54. Kx£3 Kd6 5$. Ke4 Bel 56. Be2

rc
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Bg3 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. B Kb4 59. Bdl Bf2
· • Ow <;:d�dolenc'�s go
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Q;t to former USCF

60. Bc2 Bh4 61. Bdl'Bf6 62. .�2 Bg7 63, "'
Bd1 Bf6 64. Bc2 Be7 65. Bd1 Bc5·66.. Bc2
'freas.urei":ruld Vic�:Fresident George Cunningham
· �n�tlie lqs{o( �� �e Evel May l. z, 1907 -
e4+ 67. Kxe4 Kc3 68. Bd3 KbJ 69. Kd5
Kxa4 70. Kc4 Ka3 71. Be4 Kb2 72. Bf5 Kc1 ' . ..,
,
• ��arch 1�; 1993!''F.or decades,Yihf
Evllyn Cunningham
· '':W¥·a fiXture at. the U.S. Open, no matter where it
),
73. Bg6 Kd2 74. Bf5 Ke3 75. Bg6 J.l,d6 76� �
-,:, �·., •
�was held. No ch� widow was bored with Eve!}'\I
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Bf5 Bc5 77. Bg6 K£4 78. Bh7 Ke5 79. Bd3. P OSTA L CHESS
Kd6 80. Bc2 Kc7 81. Be4 d3, cftaw. � .;.. " . ",.�. found, In fact, no one could. be bored with Evelyn
Kfft . �
�-�i>'�un�. She w� a delight to·all.the participants, and
',f
. · .- she will be nussed.
1993 National Open
Las Vegas, Nevada
June 1 1-13 • Clara Collins, May 7, I 905 - February 16, 1993.,
. Put the Pun back in chess! . cousin toJack and EthelCollins, was for many years,
S�e page 54 for complete details. an active member of the "Collins Kids" team. Our
condolences g� out to jack �� Ethel. 'iP

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I. 1. ... QxPch! wins (2. KxQB-K4 inateJ. After
2. K-R1 Black proceeds with 2 . ... R-K7 or
2 . ... B-K4.
II. 1. QxR forced resignation because of 1. ...
QxQ 2. N-KSch.
III. 1. Q-N5ch KxP ( 1 . ... K-Rl 2. RxR PxR 3.
QxPch and 4. QxBPch is an easy endgame
win) 2. R-KBl! QxPch (or 2 . ... Q�R3. 3. R­
B7ch and 2 . ... Q-K1 3. R-B6J 3. K-R 1 and
the rook invades. The game ended with 3.
... R-Q2 4. Q-BSch!.
IV. 1 . Q-K3ch! K-RS (1. ... K-N3 2. Q-Q3ch and
1. ... K-NS 2. Q-K2ch drop the rook) 2. Q­
K1ch! K-N4 (2 . ... K-R6 3. Q-B1ch) 3. Q­
QZch ! K-RS 4. K-BS and compared with the
position after 1 . ... K-RS Black does not
have a saving check to stop S. Q-RZ mate.
Black resigned in view of 4. ... K-N6 S. Q­
Q3ch or 4. ... R-R6 S. Q-R2ch R-R6 6. Q­
B4ch and mates.
V. 1 . ... BxP! wins: (a) 2. QxB R-RS 3. R-NSch
K-N2 4. R-N7ch K-R l ! S. R-N8ch R-Nl and
Black wins the endgame, ot (bJ 2. NxB
.
P-N8(Q)ch .
VI. 1. R-K7! and now 1. ... B-B1 or 1 . ... B-B4
drop the queen to 2. N-B6ch RxN 3. R­
K8ch. The game went 1. ... B-B2 2. R-Q7!
Q-B1 3. N-B6ch K-R1 4. RxB QxBch S. K­
RZ. No better is 3 . ... K-N2 4. B-QS KxN
S. RxBch!.
VII. Not 1 . QxN? Q-Q7ch or 1 . P-B4?, which
was played and lost. The win is 1 . RXPch
NxR ( 1 . ... K-R3 2. P-B4) 2. QxNch K-R3 3.
B-BS! threatening 4. P-B4. After 3 . ... Q­
Q7ch 4. K-R3 K-N4 S. B-R7! Black is lost.
VIII. 1. ... QxQ 2. RxQN-N4! and now ... N•
B6 is will promote a pawn: 3. N-Q1 R-E:l !
4 . K-N2 R-KS S . K-B3 and now 5,. .... N-Bp
'is not best. Better is S . ... NxP_! 6. R-RLN­
B7 7. R-N1 N-Q5ch 8. K-N2 N-N4 and nbW
9. ... N-B6!.
IX. 1. Q-Rl ! threat�ns 2. PxB among .others.
Now 1. ... B-Q2 2. PxP &xP 3. NxN .or 1 .
... B-Bl 2 . QxKP lose as does 1 . ... BxPch
�- NxB RxN 3. �h. After 1. .. . NXN 2,
PxB! RxR 3. QxA:h Q.£3 4. Q5ffich K-N2 '
S. BxR QxB. White finished 'Off with 6. Q­
C. There's almost no bad move in this posi­
tion, and 1 . N-Q2 is also quite strong; but
instead of being put on ice, Black can con­
tinue to breathe with 1. . . . Q-Nl .
II. A Anand-Timman, Moscow 1992.
A. Although White is a piece up, it seems he
must give something back. A sharp solu­
tion that gains two pieces for a rook is 1 .
Q-R4! QxB 2. QxB RxP 3. B-K3 B-B3 4 . B­
Q4 BxB S. PxB R�B6 6. P-R4 R-R6 7. QxRP
QxR S. Q-K7, Black resigns.
B. If White had nothing better, then 1. N-Q4
BxR 2. BxB P-K4 3. Q-K2! (3 . ... PxN 4. QxB
QxQ S. RxQ PxP 6. P-B7! R-QS + 7. K-RZ
RxB S. R-Q7!) would be okay - but shun
complications when a clean alternative
does the trick.
C. Black has chances to defend after 1. BxP +
KxB. This should only be chosen as a last
resort.
III. B Dvoiris-Feher, Budapest 1 99 1 (note to
move 14, September '9i, page 7) .
A. Bjarke Kristensen shows 1 . . . . Q-K6? is
refuted by 2. N-QS! QxQ 3. N-K7 mate.
B. Gary Crum, Louisville, Ohio, writes: "It's
hard to suggest what Black is to do, but per­
mitting mate can't be a serious-sl!ggestion.
A better try is 1 . . . . R-Ql protecting the
pawn and giving the king an escape
square." Indeed 2. BxN BxB 3. Q-RZ P-B4!
may be tenable. , . .
_ Kd6 3. h4! Rg3 4. Kh2 wins, but now on
C. After 1. . . . N-R3 White has {he' pleasant
choice either of regaining the !)awn by 2.
RxP or of contitiuing �e attack with 2. R­
RS! Q-N3 (if 2 . .. . . Q·N6 3. R-Q3) 3. P-KN41
(3 . . . . NxP 4. QJU N-R3 S. R-Nl' Q-K3 6<
RXN wins) . .
IV. C F'iket (Holland)-Sturua (Georgia). Etrr�
pean Team Championship 199� .
A. The plausible L . . . BxN 2. RxQ BxQ + 3.
RXQ RxP 4. BxP leads to nought (4 . . . . R­
- RS + S. R-Ql) . The best Black can do is
' draw.
B. On 1 . . . . Q-N3? 2. N:QS! (stronger than 2.
NxP) 2 . ... Q-B3 3. R-Q6! would put a smile
_on White's face. . .
C. The game continued 1 . . . . QxR! 2. QxQ
3 . . . . Rd3 4. Be4 and S. BfS, and Black gets
nowhere.
4. Be4!
and Black has two tries to stop S. BfS:
(AJ 4 . ... Rh5 S. Bg6! RgS 6. Nd6!!
6. Ne7? ReS 7. Nc6!? Re6! S . Be4 ReS + !
9. NbS Rxe4 10. Nd7 Rd4 1 1 . NbS Kb6
wins.
6. ... Rxg6 7. Ne8 + Kc8 8. Nd6 + Kc7
9. Ne8 + Kb6 10. Kb8 Rg8 1 1 . a8N +
Kc6 12: Nac7 draw;
(BJ 4. ... Rf7
5. BdS! Rf6 6. Be6!! Rxe6 7. Ne7!
Only this double piece sacrifice saves the
day. If 7. Nd6? Re7! S. NbS + Kb6 9. Nd6
Rd7 10. Kb8 Rxd6 wins as before.
7 . ... ReS! 8. Nd5 + Kc6 9. Nf6! Rb5!
10. Ng8!!
Avoiding the last pitfalls 10. NeS? RdS and .
10. Nd7? RhS! 1 1 . NbS + Kc7 12. Nd7
Rds 13. NbS Kb6 . wins.
10 . ... ReS 1 1 . N£6! draw.
An exciting duel between the two minor
pieces and the rook.
1629 (TroitzkyJ: If Black wins the g-pawn'
and sacrifices his rook for the knight, then
the game is a draw because of the h-pawn
with the wrong colored bishop. How to'
avoid that?
1. Nc6 + Ke3!
GiVing a new problem. If 1 . . . . KcS 2. Ne7
2. Ne7 Kf2 3. h4 Rg1 + and Black escapes
_with perpetual check. Yet,
2. h4! Rxg6 3. Ne7!!
solves fhe·problem. Take a good look -
·_. the rook'is trapped, for example 3 . ... Rg3
4. NfS + Kf4 S. 'Nxg3 wins. �
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FINISHING UP.'
We discovered .�er going to press last
month that we had truncated the J.Polgar-
.._ Spassky match,iChess Life May 1993, page
'<�- 46). The lOth gllnie finished:
64. Rf3 f5 65.. Rf4 Re2 66. Khl Re4
-.
67. Rf2 Kh4 6 Kg2 Rb4 69. Kh2 Re4
70. Kg2 f4 71. f«3 ReS 72. Rg2 g5 73.
..
Rg4+ Kxh3 7� Rg3+ Kh4, White
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resigns.

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KSch K-N 1 7.''Q-N5ch �-Rl. 8. R-Bl !: �
.
BxN + 3. K-K2 KR-Q1 4. QxNP/7 N-N4 S.
P-K4 RxP 6. QxP R-R7 + 7. K-K3 B-Q7 + ,
Thanks_ to Luis �
uets for wondering

l 2b 1.
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why sh� !tad resigneo.
White resigns. � '
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J_ - 22 � -:-
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j_
l t>wuc.'E �
I. B _ .Lewis;:-Parltinsoh, blitidfold gari);; .. BENKO'S BAFFLERS �: ��
.... )
·Erigland 1S13, as presented by Pandolfini . , -,.,_
.. ��. � ..... ..

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. in "Solitaire �hess" last January.
A. White's position is clearly overwhelming
and he won after 1 . P-QS Q-K1 2. 0-0.
B. Alan Lasser, Stratford, Connectitut;
:\,, - , -�N�· - 1628 (Mek) : White's material would
:·�; ·-·
·.� overwhelming, but his king is in dire
--:-:.... �--straits in the comer. For example 1 . Bc6?
\ Kc7 2. Nc4 Kxc6 3. _Nd6 Kc7! 4. NbS +
•.

wonders why no credit was given for the Kb6 S. Nd6 Rd7! 6. Kb8 Rxd6 7.
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crushing l. Ne6! dxe6 2. BgS + Kf7-3. BxdS a8N + Kc6 S. Nc7 RdS -t 9. Ka7 Jld7
RxdS 4. Nd2 "'h�n. Black has only two wins. Therefore:
bishops for-the queen. l. Nc4! Kc7 2. Nd6! Rd7! 3. Nc8! Rh7
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