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Tal Memorial (August 18 - 27 / Moscow, RUSSIA)
Round 6: Alexander Morozevich (4.5/6) keeps the lead after beating Ponomariov today, Ivanchuk´s in 2nd place // Official site -
6th Staunton Memorial Tournament (August 7 - 18 / London, UK)
Michael Adams won the tournament, Loek Van Wely finished in 2nd place // Official site -
Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (September 2 - 13 / Bilbao, SPAIN)
Anand, Ivanchuk, Topalov, Carlsen, Radjabov & Aronian // Official site | | It is good to
have an end
to journey
towards, but
it is the journey
that matters,
in the end. - Ursula Le Guin | | [FEN "1k6/4R3/2K5/8/8/8/8/3n4 w - - 0 1"] | | | Play the Slav
by FM James Vigus Everyman Chess, 2008
ISBN: 9781857445572 | softcover, 224 pages
figurine algebraic
notation | | The arrival of Play the Slav at my door was a bright spot to my day. I had wanted to play the Slav as a young player, but was dissuaded by my friends as they always seemed to be having such wonderful games playing the Benko Gambit and Kings Indian. Playing the Slav required a hand more sophisticated than mine. In addition, the material available was either written in a foreign language or somewhat out of date. So, I passed on it. A couple of decades later, better material appeared on the subject and my feel for the game was more refined. I dabbled with it, but never completely committed to it. At the point that Play the Slav arrived, I was
ready for a new direction. No defense to the Queens Gambit has been considered more stable than the Slav. I use the word stable deliberately because the common word, solid, doesn't convey the true nature of the defense. It is true that Black stakes a spot in the center and holds on to it like a mother bird to the nest, but there is more. Should White overreach, or take liberties trying to force matters, the defender has plenty of resources to cause the advantage to switch sides of the board. Contemporary players of the Black pieces have adopted an approach of using the pawn breaks on e5, c5 or b5 as small levers to develop activity that creates winning opportunities without waiting for an error from the opponent. Being able to play the defense
for a win has made it much more palatable to players of many strengths and styles. James Vigus has brought much of that freshness of thought to Play the Slav. There is an introduction and then eleven chapters total. Without exception each chapter develops a brand of play to allow the Black player to carry some of the play. The first six chapters are devoted to 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4, which has been the touchstone of the Slav for decades. The very first chapter looks at 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 which is the sharpest White attempt in this branch of the Slav. Right from the start we see a change in approach, with Vigus adopting the "Sokolov Defence", 5...Nbd7 6.Nxc4 Nb6. A sideline previously, this variation offers Black plenty of
chances in the simple Slav style... | The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia - with Graham Clayton | | Will To Win: During the 1925 Moscow international
tournament three Soviet psychologists, Dyakov, Petrovsky and Rudik carried out tests on several of the players in an effort to determine the factors likely to lead to success when playing chess. They published a paper called "Psikhologiya shakhmatnoy igry" in Moscow in 1926. The only factor that they could isolate was that several of the players had an exceptional will to win. Will To Study: The first university to introduce a course on chess was Moscow University in 1965. The course was called "Chess History and Theory", and the lecturers included Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, David Bronstein, Mikhail Tal and Alexander Kotov. | What's New at Chessville? | | | | (8/23) Review:
Play the Slav by FM James Vigus (Everyman Chess, 2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "No defense to the Queens Gambit has been considered more stable than the Slav. I use the word stable deliberately because the common word, solid, doesn't convey the true nature of the defense. It is true that Black stakes a spot in the center and holds on to it like a mother bird to the nest, but there is more. Should White overreach, or take liberties trying to force matters, the defender has plenty of resources to cause the advantage to switch sides of the board..." | | | | | | | | | | | | (8/23) Review: Depth and Beauty: Chess Endgame Studies of Artur Mandler, Translated and Edited by John Beasley, reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur. "This book is a labour of love by John Beasley, author and columnist for Endgame Studies, British Chess Magazine. Artur Mandler (1891-1971) was a brilliant endgame composer and analyst. He was a close
friend of Reti whose studies he collected and published in 1931. This book is a critical edition of his work Studie (Prague, 1970), a collection of his endgame compositions..." | | | | | | (8/23) Nuestro
Círculo #316: 23 de agosto de 2008, dedicado al Maestro alemán Johanes Metger que vivió entre los años 1850 y 1926. Publicamos, además de su biografía y partidas, las notas "Caballero del Ajedrez", "Genial descubrimiento", "Herramientas siglo XXI", "El Aguafiestas 233" y "Partidas del Torneo Argentino Femenino". Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. | | | | | | (8/23) Alekhine's Parrot: Welcome to the weekly leader of chess events around the world. This week: Chess in Prison, O! Canada!, Ground Control to Major Greg, 2008 Olympiad – US Squads, Tal Memorial, French Championship, Hastings, Staunton Memorial, Chess Variants, Liberals, Radicals… | | | | | | (8/23) Editorial: Is CXR Trying To Take Down the USCF? by Russ Mollot, founder of Chess Express Ratings. "We support the many vital services provided by the USCF and are not (as some people fear) trying to cause any harm to that organization...However, we do not believe that the USCF has some "Divine Right" to a monopoly..." | | | | | | (8/20) New Download Page - Free Chess eBooks: We now have more than 20 eBooks available, and dozens more just waiting to be added to our growing collection. So many, in fact, that we had to make a special page just for these eBooks. You'll find everything from problem collections to historical books to opening analysis and more! Check it out on our new Free Downloadable Chess eBooks page. | | | | | | (8/20) Free eBook: The Modern Chess Instructor by William Steinitz, originally published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York & London, in 1889. The World Champion included essays on the principles of the game, 'Chess as a Training of the Mind and How to Improve', and his annotations of a match between himself and Tschigorin played at Havana in early 1889, along with analysis of a half-dozen openings and beginner instruction. | Guardian Unlmited Chess Aug 25 2008: Before I discovered that the Spanish was the proper answer to 1 e4 e5, I was, true to my name, a supporter of the King's Gambit Barden on Chess Aug 23 2008: Michael Adams took first prize at the Staunton Memorial grandmaster tournament this week The Week In Chess (TWIC) also here get John Watson's book reviews Annotated Games Jack Peters (LA Times) IM Alvaro Blanco Fernandez-IM Enrico Sevillano, U.S. Open, Dallas 2008 Richard Rapport (Hungary)-IM Sandor Farago (Hungary), Budapest 2008 Puzzles & Problems Tell us about your favorite site that you would like us to keep an eye on for you. Write: Newsletter@... <TOP>Position of the Week Solution Ponomariov,R - Mamedyarov,S
Tal Memorial 2008 Moscow (3), 2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.a3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Bc5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bg2 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.Qa4 Bg4 13.Bg5 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Rxe2 15.Rac1 Bb6 16.Qxc6 Qe8 17.Bxf6 Qxc6 18.Rxc6 gxf6 19.Bxd5 Rd8
20.Bc4 Rxb2 21.Rxf6 Rd7 22.Rf3 Rbd2 23.Kg2 Kg7 24.Re1 R2d4 25.Bb5 R7d6 26.Re5 R6d5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Bc4 Rd7 29.Kf1 Re7 30.Rf4 Bc7 31.Rg4+ Kf8 32.Rh4 Kg7 33.Bd3 h6 34.Rg4+ Kf8 35.Rd4 Re6 36.Rd7 Re7 37.Rd5 Re5 38.Rd4 Re6 39.Rc4 Bb6 40.Rc2 Rd6 41.Bb5 Ke7 42.f4 Rd5 43.a4 Rd6 44.Ke2 Kf6 45.Kf3 Kg7 46.h4 Rd5 47.g4 Bd8 48.Ke4 Rd6 49.h5 Re6+ 50.Kd5 Re7 51.Rc4 Bc7 52.Ba6 Bb6 53.Kd6 Re6+ 54.Kd7 Be3 55.Bb5 Rf6 56.f5 Rb6 57.Rc7 a5 58.Kc8 Rf6 59.Rd7 Bf4 60.Ra7 Bd2 61.Kd7 Rb6 62.Kc7 Rf6 63.Ra8 Bb4 64.Rd8 Be7 65.Rd5 Bb4 66.Bc6 Kf8 67.Rd8+ Kg7 68.Kb6 Bc3 69.Kb5 Bb4 70.Bd5 Be1 71.Bc4 Bc3 72.Ra8 Be1 73.Rxa5 Bxa5 74.Kxa5 Rd6 75.Kb5 Kf6 76.a5 Kg5 77.a6 Kxg4 78.a7 Rd8 79.Kb6 Kxf5 80.Bd5 Ke5 81.Kc7 Rh8 82.Bb7 f5 83.Bc8 Rh7+ 84.Bd7 Rh8 85.Bc8 Rh7+ 86.Bd7 Rh8 87.Bc8 ½-½
Mamedyarov,S - Gelfand,B
Tal Memorial 2008 Moscow (6), 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5
8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nde4 0-0-0 15.Bh5 Nf4 16.Bxf7 Nxe5 17.Bxe6+ Kb8 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.Nxf4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Rxd4 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Ka8 24.Be3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bf5 Qd5 27.Qg4 Bxb2 28.h4 Bd4 29.Bg6 Rg8 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Qe6 Qd5 32.Qe7 c5 33.f3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Qxg7 Rxg7 36.h5 b4 37.Kg1 Bxe4 0-1
Leko,P - Ivanchuk,V
Tal Memorial 2008 Moscow (6), 2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Rc8 15.Ng4 Nxg4 16.Qxg4 Nc5 17.Bc2 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.Ne3 g6 20.Rd1 Bh6 21.b4 Ne6 22.Bb3 Kh8 23.Nd5 Bxc1 24.Raxc1 Rf8 25.Rc2 f5 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qh5 Qd7 28.Qh6 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Qe7 30.Rcd2 Rc6 31.g3 f4 32.Kh2 Rf6 33.Qh5 Qf8 34.R5d3 e4 35.Qd5 exd3 36.Qxc6 fxg3+ 37.fxg3 Ng5 38.Bd5 Qh6 39.h4 Nf3+ 40.Bxf3 Qxd2+ 41.Kh3 Qxa2 42.Qb6 Qe6+ 43.Kg2 Qf5 0-1 | | =============== =============== =============== Shirov,A - Kamsky,G, Tal Memorial, Moscow (2), 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Be5 Bg7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nfg5 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 Bd5 13.Bxg7 Nxg7
14.Nc3 h6 15.Nxd5 hxg5 16.Ne3 Rd8 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.g3 Nf6 19.Rd1 Qd7 20.Bc4 e6 21.Kg2 Kf8 22.h3 Nf5 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Qe3 Rg8 25.h4 Ng4 26.Qe2 gxh4 27.Rxh4 Qe7 28.Rh3 Qg5 29.Qd2 f4 30.Be2 Nf6 31.Bf3 e5 32.Qc2 exd4 33.b4 Qe5 34.Qd2 fxg3 35.Re1 gxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Qg5 37.Qxg5 Rxg5 38.Rh8+ Ng8 39.Rd1 Kg7 40.Rh4 d3 41.Re4 Nf6 42.Re7 Rf5 43.Rxb7 Ng4+ 44.Kg3 Ne3 45.Re1 Nc4 0-1 =============== Morozevich,A - Kramnik,V, Tal Memorial, Moscow (3), 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nxh2 9.Nxh2 Bxh2 10.Rxg7 Nf8 11.Rg2 Bd6 12.e4 Ng6 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.0-0-0 dxe4 16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nd2 c5 18.dxc5 Bd7 19.b4 0-0-0 20.Rg3 e5 21.Rd3 Be6 22.Ra3 a6 23.c6 bxc6 24.c5 Qg5 25.Rxa6 Kd7 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 Ne7 28.Kc2 Ke8 29.Nf3 Qf6 30.Rd6 Rxd6 31.cxd6 1-0 =============== Leko,P - Shirov,A, Tal Memorial, Moscow (3), 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.f3 Rc6 16.Bb6 Rxb6 17.axb6 Bxb3 18.cxb3 Qxb6+ 19.Kh1 Qxb3 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Rxd5 Rd7 24.g3 Kf8 25.f4 f6 26.Kg2 Bd8 27.Kf3 Ke7 28.b4 Rc7 29.Rxc7+ Bxc7 30.Rd1 Bb6 31.Ke2 Bd4 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.f5 Bb6 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.Rc2 Bb6 36.g4 h6 37.h4 Bd8 38.Kc4 Kc6 39.Kb3+ Kd7 40.Kc4 Kc6 41.b5+ axb5+ 42.Kb4+ Kd7 43.Kxb5 Be7 44.Rd2 Kc7 45.Rd1 1-0 =============== Ponomariov,R - Leko,P, Tal Memorial, Moscow (5), 2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Qh5 18.Bc2 f5 19.f3 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Qxf3 21.Bd2 Qxd3 22.Bxd3 f4 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Kf2 fxg3+ 25.hxg3 c5 26.c4 Nb6 27.cxb5 c4 28.Bf1 axb5 29.Bg2 Rf8+ 30.Bf3 Be7 31.Ba5 Na4 32.b3 Bf6 33.Kg2 Bxd4 34.Rf1 Rxf3 35.Rxf3 Nb2 36.Rf5 c3 37.Rxb5 c2 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rc8 Nd1 40.Bd2 Bc3 41.Bc1 1-0 =============== Kamsky,G - Mamedyarov,S, Tal Memorial, Moscow (5), 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 a5 15.b4 Rc8 16.Rad1 axb4 17.axb4 Rc4 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Be2 Rxb4 20.Nxb5 Bxe4 21.Bg7 Bxc2 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rd4 d5 24.Rxb4 Bxb4 25.Rc1 Be4 26.Rc7 Qd8 27.Qe3 Qh4 28.Qg3 Qf6 29.Qe3
Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qa2 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Qd1 Nf6 33.h3 Bd2 34.Qf1 Bxf4 35.Nc7 Qd2 36.Ne8+ Nxe8 37.Rxe8 Qe3 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Qd2 40.Qg1 Qe2 0-1 =============== =============== Please forward
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The battle for the ultimate truth will never be won. And that's why chess is so fascinating. – Hans Kmoch
Chess is a good way to learn, to keep the brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium. Those who see chess merely as a means of self-proof make
the game experience uncomfortable and drive many of the better, more sensitive brains to analysis, correspondence, problems, studies and the like. – Abelard
There's something in the British psyche. We're very good at being buccaneers and pirates, and we're very good at being merchant bankers. Chess is very much like that, a sort of piracy of the mind, a sort of opportunism. – Raymond Keene
Chess is in its essence a game, in its form an art, and in its execution a science. – Baron Tassilo von Heyderbrand und der Lasa
There is no other game so esteemed, so profound and so venerable as chess. In the realm of play, it stands alone in dignity. – Ely Culbertson
Not without reason is it the one game that, since its invention around A. D. 600, has been played in most of the world, has captivated the imagination and interest of millions, and has been the source of great sorrows and great pleasures. – Norman Reider
For surely, of all the drugs in
the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable. – Assiac
If drink is the curse of the working classes and work is the curse of the drinking classes then chess is the curse of the thinking classes. – J. Ross
Chess is a kind of mental alcohol… unless a man has supreme self-control. It is better that he should not learn to play chess. I have never allowed my children to learn it, for I have seen too much of its evil results. – Henry Blackburne
Chess is a terrible game. If you have no center, your opponent has a freer position. If you do have a center, then you really have something to worry about! – Siegbert Tarrasch
Chess is eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game. – Paul Morphy
Those who rely on chance should play cards or roulette. Chess is something quite different. – Tigran Petrosian
The point is that chess doesn’t have a strict criterion of correctness. Chess is a multiform game! – Bent Larsen Chess is the greatest game ever invented, because it only looks like a game. – Scott Kerns
Chess - now there’s a game of kings. Civilized, strategic. – Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption)
Chess is an art appearing in the form of a game. –From a Soviet encyclopedia
Chess is imagination. – David Bronstein
Chess is not an equation. – Source Unknown
Chess is a game of bad moves. – Andrew Soltis
Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders. – Saviely Tartakower
Chess is the struggle against error. – Johannes Zukertort
Chess is not for timid souls. – Wilhelm Steinitz
Chess is ruthless: you've got to be prepared to kill people. – Nigel Short
Chess is only a recreation and not an occupation. – Vladimir Lenin
Chess, like love, is infectious at any age. – Salo Flohr
Chess will always be the master of us all. – Alexander Alekhine =============== Morozevich,A - Ponomariov,R, Tal Memorial, Moscow (6), 2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 dxc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 Nc5 10.Be3 Nce4 11.Qe5 b5 12.g4 c5 13.g5 Qa5+ 14.b4 cxb4 15.gxf6 Bb7 16.Bd2 Rfc8 17.Bxb4 Qb6 18.c5 Qd8 19.Rg1 g6 20.Rd1 Qxf6 21.c6 Bxc6 22.Rg4 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 f5 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Bg2 a5 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Bd2 Rc4 28.Rg5 Ra4 29.Rxb5 Rxa3 30.Rb7 a4 31.Bf4 Rb3 32.Rxb3 axb3 33.Rb1 e3 34.Bxe3 Rb8 35.Kd2 Rb4 36.f3 e5 37.Bf2 1-0 =============== =============== Cherniaev,A - Smeets,J [B22] Staunton Memorial (11), 18.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.0-0 d5 12.h3 a5 13.a4 Ba6 14.Re1 e6 15.b3 Bb4 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Rc1 Rc8 19.Qd2 Qa5 20.Ra2 c5 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.Rac2 0-0 23.Qe3 Rfc8 24.Rxc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Nxc5 26.Nbd2 Qc7 27.Ne1 Nd7 28.Ndf3 h6 29.Qd4 Qc3 30.Qxc3 bxc3 31.b4 Bc4 32.a5 f6 33.exf6 e5 0-1 =============== Kramnik,V - Kamsky,G
Tal Memorial 2008 Moscow (6), 2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Rc1
dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.0-0 Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5 e5 15.Bh2 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qc4 Nf6 18.e4 Rac8 19.Ng5 Nd4 20.Ne7+ Kf8 21.Nxe6+ Kxe7 22.Nxd8 Rxc4 23.Bxc4 Ne8 24.Nxf7 b5 25.Bd5 Ne2+ 26.Kh1 Nxc1 27.Rxc1 Qd2 28.Rc8 Qxf2 29.Bg1 Qf1 30.Ra8 Nc7 31.Rxa7 Kd7 32.b3 g5 33.a4 g4 34.hxg4 Qf6 35.g5 Qf4 36.axb5 Qh4+ 37.Bh2 Qe1+ 38.Bg1 ½-½ =============== =============== =============== =============== |
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