10 - Chess Around The Globe

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Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.

CT-154, 10 April 2001
Chess around the Globe
T oday lets take a look at chess

events all over the world. First the
International GM
tournament in Antalya (Turkey) has
norm
2. D. Kokarev − D. Pavlov
Russia ch. under 20, Kazan 04.2001
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9-+-+-tr-+0
ended with S. Halkais taking first. 9+-+-+-mk-0
9p+l+-trp+0
Final standings: 9+-zp-+-wQ-0
1. S. Halkias – 9 points out of 13 9-zp-+-tR-sN0
2-3. S. Skembric, Kr. Georgiev – 8 9+P+-wq-zP-0
4-6. A. Moroz, C. Arduman, A. 9-zPP+-+P+0
Mastrovasilis – 7 9+-+-+R+K0
7. M. Popchev - 6½ etc. xiiiiiiiiy
White to play
th
The 19 International Open tournament (Solutions on page 4)
starts in Metz, France. Among the 120 ¤¤¤
participants there are GMs Degraeve, Annotated Game
Eingorn, A. Sokolov, Schekachev,
P. Smirnov − A. Shomoev
Delchev,Gallagher and others. There
were only few draws in the first round.
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Notes by IM Vladimir Barsky
Also the Moscow championship is in
progress. This tournament with some his game was played in the
GMs and IMs isn’t weaker than many
opens or even some country
T Russian under 20 Championship.
it's in progress in Kazan. This event
championships. 94 participants will fight attracted the strongest of our juniors
for 3 spots in the Russian championship (except GM A.Grischuk), such as IMs
which will start in Elista, Kalmykia at the E.Shaposhnikov (Elo 2525),
end of April. The prise fund is very S.Grigoriants (2515), P.Smirnov
modest as usual. (2511), V.Potkin (2470), and the
"Russian Polgar sisters" Tatiana and
Tactical Puzzles: Nadezhda Kosintseva − they didn't
want to play with girls. By the way,
1. A. Severiukhin − I. Arakelov the girls tournament is also quite
XIIIIIIIIY strong. We'll hear about these
9-+-+-+-+0 juniors, as winners of international
9+l+-zp-mkp0 tournaments very soon. I'm sure of it!
9p+-wqPzpp+0 You can find more information about
this event (in Russian but it doesn't
9wQ-zp-+-+-0
matter − only schedule and games)
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at www.chess.ufanet.ru. Young
9+-+r+-+P0
players usually like sharp opening
9-+-+R+P+0
systems and these two guys are no
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exception.
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1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4
Black to play
¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e6 7.g4 (D)
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XIIIIIIIIY 16...£xh1?! 17.¥g2 ¥h6+ 18.¥d2

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

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

XIIIIIIIIY Ralph P. Marconi.
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Solutions to tactical puzzles:
1. 34...¦xh3! 35.£d2 35.gxh3 £g3+

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

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

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

in the TWIC #335 – new issue available Alexander Rustemov – Soppe 1½:½
now Ivan Sokolov – Levon Aronian 2:1
Lev Psakhis – Roman Dzindzichashvili
2:1
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Sergejev – Victor Mikhalevski 2:0 (2) Kosintseva − Hairullin

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

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

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

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

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

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(3) 21.¥xd6 £xd6 22.¦e8+! ¦f8

23.¥xh7+! ¢xh7 24.£xd6 ¦xd6
25.¦xf8 and White won: 25...¤e7
26.¦e1 ¦d7 27.f4 ¥c6 28.¦e3 ¤d5
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CT-156 12th April 2001
OTB News and ICCF Roiz, Sutovsky, Tiwari, Van der Doel,
Zifroni and Zoler.
Top Ten
Vladimir Epishin won the 7th Werther-
A
Category XVII round-robin Schloss Open (Germany) with 5 points
tournament began in Enghien- out of 5.
les-Bains, France. The format 2-8. M. Kopylov, I. Zaragatski, I. Glek,
is very popular here: 5 local players A. Rizouk, V. Mejers, G. Sarakauskas,
(Vladislav Tkatchiev is one of them) A. Hoffmann – 4 etc.
and 5 foreigners.
Our technical editor Ralph
Results of the 1st round: Marconi informs us about the top-
Alexander Grischuk - Vladimir ten ICCF rating list. The list is
Akopian ½:½ valid for the period from 1 April 2001 to
Laurent Fressinet - Evgeny Bareev 0:1 30 September 2001. He pointed out that,
Loek Van Wely - Viktor Bologan 1:0 OTB (over the board) GM Ulf Anderson
Etienne Bacrot - Christian Bauer ½:½ is #1, but he still has an unfixed rating in
Joel Lautier - Vladislav Tkatchiev ½:½ the ICCF rating system. He needs 30
rated games to become established.
Today will be the second round:
Akopian – Tkatchiev 1. Andersson, Ulf (SVE GM) 2756 (24)
Bauer – Lautier 2. Timmerman, Gert Jan (NLD GM)
Bologan – Bacrot 2744 140
Bareev – Van Wely 3. Oosterom, Joop J. van (NLD GM)
Grischuk – Fressinet 2719 (146)
4. Lykhin, Oleg (RUS) 2700 (16)
As usual we have attached all games of 5. Rause, Mrs. Olita (f LAT GM) 2689
the 1st round in cbv and pgn-files. Also (159)
see our annotated game section. 6. Neumann, Joachim (GER IM) 2684
(42)
Another tournament in France is The 7. Tarnowiecki, Dr. Harald (OST GM)
Metz Open. It starts on the 7th of April 2679 (131)
but its organisers are in no hurry, and we 8. Hansen, Curt (DEN GM) 2674 (25)
know only the results of the 2nd round. If 9. Bang, Erik (DEN GM) 2670 (155)
you are interested please visit their site: 10. Elwert, Hans-Marcus (GER GM)
http://www.europe- 2664 (193)
It is interesting that right now Ulf
As we wrote yesterday, The Liberzon Andersson is playing a 6-game match
Memorial – Israel Open Championship – OTB with another top-ICC player Curt
is in progress in Tel-Aviv. After two Hansen, in Skelleftea, Sweden. The first
rounds the following players have perfect and second games were drawn. In the
scores: Acs, Avrukh, Boim, De Vreugt, open section with 2 points out of two are
Doettling, Donchenko, Golod, Gyimesi, G. Sax, P. Kiriakov, J. Hector, T.
Mittleman, Murey, Postny, Rabinovich, Hillarp-Persson, E. Gausel and T.
Nybock.

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

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

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

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

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Scheveningen. More often White prefers

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

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http://www.spskak.dk/turn2001/dm_stil.s
html
http://www.iranchess.com/zone31.htm
http://pscave.com/solett/eng/index.html

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Unlucky For Some Today will be the forth round:

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

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

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Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess ¤¤¤

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

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task isn't simple at all.

34...f5 35.¥g2 ¤d7 36.£e1 £d6 ¤¤¤
Only a computer can recommend such Answers to Quiz
a dangerous variation as 36...£xa4
37.£e7+ ¢h6 (1) 33...¥c5! 34.¦xc5 ¦d1+?! [34...¦xc5
37.£c1 35.£xc5 ¦d1+ 36.£g1 (36.¦g1 £xe4#)
36...¦xg1+ 37.¢xg1 £xe4-+] 35.¦g1 ¦xe4
37.b5!?
36.¦c8+ ¦e8+ 37.¦c6 ¦d6 38.¦f1 [38.¥h6!?
37...b5!? gxh6 39.¦c1] 38...£xc6+ 39.£xc6 ¦xc6-+ -+
A useful move − pawn leaves the
diagonal h1-a8 that the g2 Bishop is (2) 43.¤e5! £xe5 [43...¥xe5 44.£xe7+ ¢g8
controlling. 45.¦f8#; 43...¦xf4 44.£f7+ ¢h8 45.¤xg6#]
38.a5 h4 44.£xe5 ¥xe5 45.¦xb4 ¥d6 46.¦c4 h5
I suspect Black had time−trouble: 47.¢f3 ¢f6 48.¢e4 e6 49.¦c1 ¥a3 50.¦g1
young players like to make pawn−moves ¥c5 51.¦g2 ¥d6 52.f3 g5 53.f4 g4 54.¦b2
in zeitnot. ¥e7 55.¦b5 ¢g6 56.¦g5+! ¢h6 [56...¥xg5
39.gxh4 ¢h6 40.£e1?! 57.fxg5 ¢f7 (57...¢g7 58.¢e5 ¢f7
59.¢d6+−) 58.¢e5 ¢e7 59.g6+−] 57.¦e5
It's hard to believe that Black could
1-0
make a draw after 40.£c7! for example
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51.¥b7 ¢h5 52.¥c6 ¢h6 Editors:
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9-+-+-+-+0 Technical editors:
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9p+Lvl-+pmk0 Chess Today is copyright 2001 by Alexander
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xiiiiiiiiy
53.¥b7 ½-½ White can't improve his
position. What a lucky escape for
Grischuk!

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

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

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

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

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

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(3) 29.¦xh7+! ¤xh7 30.f6! g5 31.£xg5

¦g8 32.¦xh7+ 1-0

ml
http://www.galeon.com/capablanca/
html
http://www.schachfreundedeizisau.de/Ne
ckarOpen/

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

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

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The First Daily Chess Newspaper on the Net

Editors: GM Alexander Baburin, GM Ruslan Scherbakov and IM Vladimir Barsky.

Chess around the Globe

T oday lets take a look at chess

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

this game. Previously played was: An interesting alternative was

37.£g3 (D) Technical editors: Graham Brown,

Solutions to tactical puzzles:

1. 34...¦xh3! 35.£d2 35.gxh3 £g3+

2. 32.¤xg6! ¦xg6 33.¦f7+ ¦xf7 34.¦xf7+

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Legendary 78-year old Svetozar Gligoric Sensations of the first round:

According to the report by Sinisa Joksic Round 2:

Sergejev – Victor Mikhalevski 2:0 (2) Kosintseva − Hairullin

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

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

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Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess (2) Hjartarson − Kasparov

FIDE Zone 3.1a, Iran. (3) Bareev − Kasparov

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Scheveningen. More often White prefers

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XIIIIIIIIY Please tell your chess friends about

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Unlucky For Some Today will be the forth round:

W hat a mysterious number …

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Skelleftea (Sweden) International Chess ¤¤¤

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task isn't simple at all.

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

(1) Shaidullina − Zainullina

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

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