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and past chess news & events | | -
Tal Memorial (August 18 - 27 / Moscow, RUSSIA)
Vassily Ivanchuk (6/9) won by a full
point; Morozevich, Gelfand, Ponomariov & Kramnik shared the 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 | | You’re
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quit trying. – Mike Ditka | [FEN "rn2k1nr/ppp2ppp/3q4/5b2/8/2P5/PP1PPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 7"] | | | The Other Guy Explorations in Man-Assisted
Machine Chess (MAMS) | “When I was a kid, my mother gave me a chess set and I started playing the game with myself. Make a move, make a move for THE OTHER GUY, and so on. I
usually beat THE OTHER GUY you know!”  The flamboyant and high-spirited Robert James “Bobby” Fischer grinning in a 1972 TV-interview rerun after his death early this year. The Other Guy -the Abominable Chess Man- has arrived. Entrenched in mass produced microelectronic circuitry, he operates in attics, villas, suburban dwellings, shacks, prisons, ships, airplanes and trains. And he makes his own moves and good ones too. He comments on games like a professional expert in the press room in real time at major online chess events. All this at the expense of 50$/Euros including an entire book store with 120 years of chess theory. The best things in life are free.  The present generation of chess machines –(Deep) Fritz, Junior, HIARCS, Tiger, Shredder, Rybka, etc.- play around ELO-2800 level and are practically invincible under tournament conditions of head calculation in limited clock-time. High ranked grandmasters (Kasparov, Kramnik) being defeated, will the computer be the ruling world chess champion forever after? I do not think so and I doubt this will ever happen. Chess computers do not actually “play” or “think”, they CALCULATE with superhuman stamina. Millions of positions per second are evaluated at each stage to select favorable ones on the basis of NUMERICAL criteria of material balance, king safety, pawn structure, piece activity, etc. installed by the programmers. IBM developed Deep Blue, the Dutchman Frans Morsch pioneered the Fritz-series, Vasic Rajlich and
his crew produced Rybka, Mark Uniacke is responsible for HIARCS. | Psychologist Edward De Bono – “The Mechanism of Mind”, “Six Hats of Thinking” - stated in the 1960s already: “We have to worry about the day
when computers start to LAUGH.” De Bono defined the human capacity of HUMOUR as a talent for quasi-irrational (he called it “lateral”) reasoning. Einstein noted that no matter how intricate a mathematical model in physics is, all new theories originate from the same kind of logic-transcending intuitive leaps of thinking. The principle holds in chess. There is more to it then mere calculation and computers can not laugh. |  Rybka author Vasik Rajlich | For amateurs not equipped with prodigal calculative and memory capacities, there is only one option in computer chess: abandon head calculation altogether and concentrate on the typical characteristic human weapons of intuition, imagination, creativity and HUMOUR... | | Two different
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| | The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia - with Graham Clayton | | Chess Blindness: Here is an example of both players suffering from chess blindness: | Bohrer v Reimer-Grunenwald, Switzerland, 1997 | Black played the terrible blunder 57....Qxb4?? He obviously wanted to win a pawn after 58.Qxb4 Nc2+ and 59...Nxb4. However he did not see that 58.Qxb4+ is check, allowing White to avoid the potential knight fork. White however, did not see that 58.Qxb4+ is check, and
resigned! | Who Am I? I was born in 1856, and was a a judge by profession. Although an amateur I played in a number of tournaments throughout the 1880's and 1890's and defeated some of the famous players of this period. I played at Berlin 1881 drawing with Louis Paulsen and beating Wilfried Paulsen. In Vienna 1882 I defeated Mikhail Chigorin, James Mason and Joseph Henry Blackburne amongst others. At London 1883 I defeated Henry Edward Bird twice and at Frankfurt am Main 1887 I was victorious over Johannes Zukertort and the tournament winner George Henry Mackenzie. At Budapest 1896 I defeated Geza Maroczy and drew with the tournament winner Chigorin. Who Am I? Drag your cursor across the space between the asterisks to reveal the answer! *** Josef Noa, Hungary (1856-1903)
*** | What's New at
Chessville? | |  | (8/31) The Other Guy: Chessville is proud to introduce our readers to Albert H. Alberts, author of How To Fool Fritz: Explorations in Man-Assisted Machine Chess. "The Other Guy -the Abominable Chess Man- has arrived. Entrenched in mass produced microelectronic circuitry, he operates in attics, villas, suburban dwellings, shacks, prisons, ships, airplanes and trains..." | | |  | (8/31) Space Chess: an interview with America's chess-playing astronaut by Harvey Lerman. American astronaut, Gregory Chamitoff, recently played against all the world ground Control Centers in a single chess game as he passed over Florida in the International Space Station. Here is the story behind the game, and a fascinating interview with Dr. Chamitoff. | | | | | (8/31) Review: How to Crush Your Chess Opponents: An Inspiring Guide for the Modern Attacker by GM Simon Williams (Gambit, 2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "There have been some classic books written on how to play attacking chess (Art of Attack by Vukovic comes to mind) that have taken an approach that attacking chess can be explained in a compartmentalized or academic fashion. How to Crush Your Opponents has a different perspective, giving a more pragmatic or at the board
feel..." | | | (8/30) Alekhine's Parrot: Welcome to the weekly leader of chess events around the world. This week: 9th Montreal – “Empresa”, How not to play the Colle, Polgar Offers Olive-Branch, Ground Control to Major Greg, Category 15 in USA, A 1930’s Hollywood star?, Tal Memorial –2008,
French Championship, Women’s World Championship, Pariser Zeitung articles of Alekander Alekhine, Professor Arpad E. Elo. | | | | | | (8/30) Review: Super Tournaments 2003 Sergei Soloviov, reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur. "This book
is an omnibus offering coverage of four major tournaments held in the year 2003: Corus, Linares, Dortmund and Hoogoven. There are as many as 175 games fully annotated by GMs Khalifman, Golubev, Shipov and others, preceded by an introduction and report describing the performance of its participants. .." Includes the annotated games Judit Polgar - Viswanathan Anand, Corus 2003 and Garry Kasparov - Teimour Radjabov, Linares 2003 . | | | | | | (8/29) GM Raymond Keene, OBE: Now GM Keene has his own personal website! Learn more about this enigmatic genius, find out the latest news about his doings, and see some of the many books he has authored. Visit his picture gallery, links, and of course - his articles! | | | | | (8/28) Special Report: 2008 Staunton Memorial Tourney. A Chessville News Special
Report by GM Raymond Keene on the 6th edition of this all-play-all event from Simpson's-at-the-Strand, London from August 7-18. "Grandmaster Michael Adams, the UK's highest ranked player, has won the sixth Staunton Memorial tournament at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London, ahead of a field which makes it the strongest all-play-all grandmaster event to have been held in the UK this century. The following game was instrumental in Adams victory..." | | | | | | (8/28) Virtual Pieces, Peter Wong's new website, containing original chess icons and graphics. Wong is better known as a FIDE Master of Chess Composition and the genius inside Peter's Problem World. Now he shows off his creative talents in the field of chess-themed graphics. Visit his site to see (and download for FREE!) the entire collection. | | | | | | (8/28) Review: Starting Out: The Colle by IM Richard Palliser (Everyman, 2007) reviewed by Michael Jeffreys. "While the Colle has never gotten the respect of more traditional d4 openings such as the Queen’s Gambit or Catalan, it still has a loyal following, especially amongst club players. I believe this is because it is relatively “easy” to play (meaning it requires minimal theoretical knowledge), yet still contains some poison if Black fails to take it seriously..." | | | | | | (8/28) Nuestro Círculo #317: 30 de agosto de 2008, dedicado al Maestro austríaco Berthold Englisch que vivió entre los años 1851 y 1897. Publicamos, además de su biografía y partidas, las notas "75º aniversario", "Aguafiestas 234", "Piet Zwart" y "Partidas del Cto. Femenino 2008". Nuestro Círculo, un boletín semanal de ajedrez editado en Argentina en lenguaje español. | | | | | | (8/26) Review: Psychology of Chess (CD/MP3) by Charles Vald, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Out of all the reviews that I have had posted at Chessville, the one, by far, that has gotten me the most email is the one that considered The Pself-Psych Self-Hypnosis Chess Programs. As recently as last month I had to inform a reader that the review had originally been written in 1985, that the product was no longer available... Chess players remain fascinated with the idea that hypnosis could
help..." | | | | | (8/25) Free eBook: The Two-Move Chess Problem by Benjamin Glover Laws. Originally published in London, 1890. "Strictly, a Chess Problem may be defined as a proposition requiring the discovery of some concealed chess truth..." This title includes: The Old Masters, Classes of Problems, Beauty or Merit of Solution, Construction, Difficulty of Solution, and Selected Problems. This work is now in the Public Domain; we make it available as a 3.8 MB
download in zipped PDF format. |  What a lineup we have for you this week - starting off with a quartet of reviews: We have plenty more too, including a special report by GM Ray Keene on the 2008 Staunton Memorial that includes three annotated games, a report on the recent game between America's chess-playing astronaut and Ground Control, another free eBook for you to download, and all our regular features as well. Enjoy! New Websites! GM Raymond Keene's new personal website
- click on the banner below to visit! Learn more about this enigmatic genius, find out the latest news about his doings, and see some of the many books he has authored. Visit his picture gallery, links, and of course - his articles! Next we have Peter Wong's new website, Virtual Pieces, containing original chess icons and graphics. Wong is better known as a FIDE Master of Chess Composition and the genius inside Peter's Problem World. Now he shows off his creative talents in the field of chess-themed graphics. Here are just a few thumbnails of his work, visit his site to see the entire collection. Wow! The US ChessLeague is in
full swing again and their web-site is hoppin' with more than 40 new articles in the past week alone! At this pace, we'll be forced to drop them from the New-On-the-Net section, at least drop the full listing. Head over to their site now and check out all the action of your favorite teams! Guardian Unlmited Chess Aug 30 2008: Vishy Anand has so far had the better build-up than his opponent Vladimir Kramnik to their world title match in Bonn 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 Jack Peters (LA Times) Alexandre Kretchetov-Julian Landaw, Southern California Ch., Century City 2008 GM Alexander Morozevich-GM Vladimir Kramnik, Tal Memorial, Moscow 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 | Peter Wong
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1st Prize SPG in 6.5 - 3 solutions
| 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nxd5 Be6 3.Nxe7 Bd5 4.Nxd5 Bd6 5.Nc3 Bf4 6.Nb1 Qd6 7.c3. 1.Nf3 e5
2.Nxe5 Bd6 3.Nxd7 Bf4 4.Ne5 Bg4 5.c3 Bf3 6.Nxf3 Qd6 7.Ng1. 1.c3 e6 2.Qa4 Bd6 3.Qxd7+ Kf8 4.Qxc8 Bf4 5.Qxe6 Qd6 6.Qb3 Ke8 7.Qd1. | Ivanchuk,V - Morozevich,A
Tal Memorial Moscow (7), 2008 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bd3 b6 13.Rb1 e5 14.dxc5 Ba4 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc1 Rfc8 18.Rxb6 Bf8 19.Ra6 Qb7 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Bxb3 23.Rb1 Qa3 24.h3 Be6 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Qc2 Bb3 27.Qb1 Ba2 28.Qb5 Rc8 29.Qxe5 Bc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qf4 Qb2 33.Qe3 f6 34.Qxc5 Qxc1+ 35.Bf1 Qe1 36.Qd4 g5 37.c4 Qc1 38.c5 Be6 39.f3 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Qe3 Qc2+ 42.Kg1 Bc4 43.Bxc4 Qxc4 44.Kh2 Kf7 45.Qa3 Ke6 46.Qa7 Qc1 47.Qb6+ Kf7 48.Qd6 Qf4+ 49.Qxf4
gxf4 50.Kg1 Ke6 51.Kf2 Kd7 52.Ke2 Kc6 53.Kd3 Kxc5 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Kd4 Ke6 56.Kc4 Kd6 57.Kb5 Ke6 58.Kc6 Ke5 59.Kd7 f5 60.exf5 1-0
Morozevich,A - Kamsky,G
Tal Memorial Moscow (8), 2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.0-0 Ne7 8.c4 dxc4 9.Na3 c3 10.Nb5 Nd5 11.Nxc3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Be7 13.Qb3 0-0 14.Qxb7 Rb8 15.Qxa7 cxd4 16.exd4 Ra8 17.Qb7 Rb8 18.Qa7 Rxb2 19.Bb5 Nb6 20.a4 Bg4 21.Kh1 Bb4 22.Na2 Be7 23.Nc1 Nd5 24.Nd3 Rc2 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Nxc1 Ne3 27.Re1 Nf5 28.Bc6 Bb4 29.Rd1 Bxf3 30.Bxf3 Qh4 31.a5 Be1 32.Ne2 g5 33.Qb7 Bxa5 34.g3 Qh6 35.Qe4 Ne7 36.Ra1 Bd8 37.Qd3 Ng6 38.Nc3 Be7 39.Ne4 Rd8 40.Qe3 Qf8 41.Kg2 Rb8 42.Bh5 Qc8 43.Rc1 Rb2+ 44.Kh3 Qb7 45.Bxg6 fxg6 46.g4 h5 47.Rc3 Qa6 48.Rd3 Qa1 49.Nd2 Qd1 50.Qf3 Qe1 51.gxh5 Rxd2 52.Rxd2 Qxd2 53.hxg6 Qf4 54.Qh5 Qh4+ 55.Qxh4 gxh4 56.Kg4 Kg7 57.h3 Bd8 58.Kf4 Bb6 59.Ke4 Bxd4 60.Kxd4 Kxg6 61.Ke4 Kg5 62.Ke3 Kf5 63.Kf3 Kxe5 64.Kg4 Ke4 65.Kxh4 Kf4 66.Kh5 e5 67.h4 e4 68.Kg6 e3 69.h5
e2 0-1
Shabalov,A (2622) - Sammour-Hasbun,J (2576) [D43]
USCL New York vs Boston Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Qc2 Qxd4 17.Rad1 Qb6 18.Qg6 Bxe5 19.Bg4 Nf8 20.Qf7+ Kxd6 21.Bxe5+ Kxe5 22.Qg7+ Kd6 23.Qxh8 Qc7 24.Qxh6 Qe7 25.Rfe1 Rd8 26.f4 gxf4 27.Qxf4+ Kd7 28.Qf2 Kc7 29.Qxa7 Ra8 30.Qd4 Rxa2 31.Rf1 Nd7 32.Kh1 c5 33.Qf2 N7f6 34.Bf3 c3 35.Qg3+ e5 36.bxc3 Ne3 37.Bxb7 Nxd1 38.Qf3 Nf2+ 39.Rxf2 Ra1+ 40.Rf1 Rxf1+ 41.Qxf1 Kxb7 42.Qxb5+ Kc7 43.Qa5+ Kd7 44.Qb5+ Ke6 45.Qc4+ Kf5 46.h3 e4 47.Kg1 e3 48.Kf1 Qd6 49.Qe2 Qf4+ 50.Ke1 Qg3+ 51.Kd1 Qf2 52.Qd3+ Ke5 White resigns 0-1
Ippolito,D (2500) - Kaufman,L (2424) [E32]
USCL Baltimore vs New Jersey Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.e5 dxe5
7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Nc5 10.Rd1 Qe7 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 a5 13.Be2 a4 14.Qe3 b6 15.Bg5 f6 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Bh6 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Nd4 Qf7 20.f4 Bb7 21.f5 e5 22.Nb5 Kh8 23.0-0 Nc6 24.Bf3 Na5 25.Bd5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Rg8 27.Qf3 Nc4 28.Qe2 Nd6 29.Nc3 Qe8 30.Be3 Nb3 31.Kh1 b5 32.h3 Nd4 33.Qd3 c5 34.Ne4 Nxe4 35.Qxe4 Qh5 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.d6 Qf7 38.Rc1 Qd7 39.Rc7 Qe8 40.Qh4 Black forfeits on time 1-0
Tangborn,E (2455) - Martinez,M (2469) [D23]
USCL Miami vs Seattle Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Rd1 0-0 10.e3 h6 11.Qe2 Bh7 12.Nbd2 Ne4 13.Nc4 Be7 14.Nfe5 Nb6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.f3 Nf6 17.Bd2 Nfd7 18.Nd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.f4 Nd3 23.a3 Bf6 24.Rab1 Rd6 25.Nb3 Rad8 26.Ba5 Nxb2 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Rxb2 Qd1+ 29.Bf1 Bxb2 30.Qxb2 Rd3 31.Nc5 Rd5 32.Bxb6 axb6 33.Ne4 Qf3 34.Nf2 Qxe3 35.Qe2 Qxe2 36.Bxe2 Ra5 37.Ne4 Rxa3 38.Nd6 b5 39.Kf2 b4
40.Nc4 Ra2 41.Ke3 b3 42.Nd2 b2 43.Bd3 c5 44.Bb1 Ra3+ 45.Ke2 b5 46.Be4 Rc3 47.Nb1 Rc1 48.Kd2 b4 49.Bd3 c4 50.Bc2 Kf8 51.Be4 Ke7 52.Bc2 Kd6 53.Be4 Kc5 White resigns 0-1
Lopez,B (2486) - Serper,G (2592) [B42]
USCL Miami vs Seattle Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.Qe2 g6 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.Rac1 Nde5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Be3 Nd4 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.f3 f5 18.b4 f4 19.Bf2 g5 20.Ne2 Rad8 21.c5 Ba4 22.Re1 Rd7 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.Bc4 Qe5 25.Qd3 h5 26.c6 bxc6 27.Bxa6 g4 28.Bh4 Qb8 29.Bc4 Qe8 30.e5 Bb5 31.Bxb5 cxb5 32.Rc5 Ra7 33.Re2 Qd7 34.Rxb5 Rfa8 35.Bf6 Ra3 36.Qg6 d3 37.Rf2 g3 38.hxg3 fxg3 39.Qxg3 R3a7 40.Qxg7+ Qxg7 41.Bxg7 Kxg7 42.Rd2 Rxa2 43.Rxd3 Kg6 44.Rd7 Re2 45.Ra5 Rc8 46.Rc5 Ra8 47.Rcc7 Rxe5 48.Rg7+ Kh6 49.Rg3 Rg5 50.Rh7+ Kxh7 51.Rxg5 Kh6 52.Re5 Ra6 53.b5 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 Ra2+ 55.Re2 Ra8 56.Rxe6+ Kg5 57.Re5+ Kg6 58.b6 Black resigns 1-0
Smith,B (2442) - Vovsha,E (2532) [B96]
USCL Queens vs Philadelphia Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 bxc3 12.exd7+ Nxd7 13.Qc4 cxb2+ 14.Kb1 Qxc4 15.Bxc4 Ne5 16.Bd5 Rb8 17.Rhf1 Bb7 18.Bb3 f6 19.Bf4 Bxe4 20.Rfe1 Bxg2 21.Nf5 Kd7 22.Rg1 Bf3 23.Rdf1 Be2 24.Rf2 Bc4 25.Nxg7 Bxb3 26.axb3 Rg8 27.Rfg2 a5 28.Nh5 Rxg2 29.Rxg2 Ke6 30.Rf2 a4 31.Bg3 axb3 32.Rxf6+ Ke7 33.cxb3 Rxb3 34.Bxe5 dxe5 35.Rf5 Bh6 36.Rxe5+ Kf7 37.Ng3 Bg7 38.Re1 Ra3 39.Kc2 Rc3+ 40.Kb1 Ra3 41.Kc2 Ra1 42.Rb1 Kg6 43.Nf1 Rxb1 44.Kxb1 Kg5 45.Ne3 Bd4 46.h4+ Kf4 47.Nd5+ Kg4 48.Ne7 Bf6 49.Nd5 Be5 White resigns 0-1
Milman,L (2502) - Burnett,R (2412) [B06]
USCL Carolina vs Tennessee Internet Chess Club (1),
27.08.2008 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nf3 Qc7 8.0-0 Ngf6 9.Bh6 0-0 10.Rfe1 e5 11.Ne2 d5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bxb5 cxb5 17.Nc3 Qf4 18.Qxd5 Be6 19.Qxb5 Rab8 20.Qc5 Rxb2 21.Ne4 Rb6 22.Qd4+ f6 23.a4 Bf5 24.a5 Re6 25.g3 Qf3 26.Ng5 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Qb7 28.Qd6 Kg8 29.Re7 Qxe7 30.Qxe7 fxg5 31.Qxa7 Bxc2 32.Qc5 Bf5 33.a6 Black resigns 1-0 | | =============== The average grandmaster makes three mistakes in every game. The average chess player makes three mistakes on every move. – Garry Kasparov Analyze a position for more than one day. Because your mental and emotional states change from day to day. Dr Jekyll may find what Mr. Hyde overlooks. – Chris Van Dyck Tactics are it. People under 2000 shouldn’t study
anything else. You need to work on the ability to count and calculate. – Mig Greengard The practical chessplayer knows that knowledge is not ability. Moreover, positional knowledge is quite separate from tactical strength, which is the predominating factor in one’s overall chess capability. There is no substitute for tactical competence. – Dan Heisman Perceiving when a game reaches a crisis is one of the greatest skills in chess. – Ludek Pachman Paradoxically, what one often needs in these 'positional' lines is a sharp tactical eye. – John Watson (on the English Opening) You can permit yourself any liberty in the opening except the luxury of a passive position. – Grigory Sanakoev (World CC Champion) Do not be in a hurry to do something you can't undo. – Kelly Atkins Having made a mistake or inexact move, you should not think "everything is lost", and be vexed, but quickly orientate yourself, and in the new situation, look for a new plan. – David Bronstein Be aggressive, but play soundly. Don't take unnecessary chances. – Bruce Pandolfini Never murder a man who is committing suicide. – Woodrow Wilson Gaining victories by intuition alone is quite rare. As a rule, good intuition may assist us in obtaining good positions, but to actually cash the point it is vital to perform an accurate analytical calculation. – Amatzia Avni It's far more important not to do anything stupid than to create brilliant combinations. – Larry Evans In chess, attention is more important than concentration. – Frank J. Marshall Even with a good position, a player, no matter how strong, cannot afford to relax his attention even for one move. – Jose R. Capablanca =============== Gelfand,B - Kramnik,V Tal Memorial Moscow (7), 2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Rfd1 Rac8 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Qb1 a6 14.Bf1 h6 15.g3 Bb8 16.Bg2 b5 17.e4 dxc4 18.e5 Ne8 19.bxc4 c5 20.cxb5 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 cxd4 22.Ne2 Nxe5 23.Bg2 d3 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Nf4 axb5 26.Nxd3 Nc4 27.Ba1 Ned6 28.Nb4 Qe8 29.Qd3 Ba7 30.Qe2 Nf5 31.Qf3 Bb6 32.Nc6 Nce3 33.fxe3 Nxe3 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Nxg2 36.Nb4 Ne1 37.Qe2 Rc1 38.Rd1 Qc8 39.Rxe1 Qc5+ 40.Kh1 Rc4 41.Nd3 Qc6+ 42.Qg2 Qxg2+ 43.Kxg2 Rc2+ 44.Nf2 Rxa2 45.Rb1 f5
46.Rxb5 Kf7 47.h4 ½-½ =============== Alekseev,E - Mamedyarov,S Tal Memorial Moscow (7), 2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Nf6 10.Bf3 Be7 11.Bf4 0-0 12.c3 a6 13.Re1 Ra7 14.a4 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qc8 16.a5 Bc5 17.Rad1 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.Qb6 Ra8 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.c4 Rfd8 23.Red1 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Kf8 25.g4 Ke8 26.g5 Ng8 27.Be5 f6 28.gxf6 gxf6 29.Bc7 Ne7 30.Rd6 Kf7 31.Bb6 e5 32.Bc5 Ng6 33.Rxc6 Nf4 34.Be3 Nd3 35.b3 f5 36.Rd6 e4 37.f4 Rg8+ 38.Kf1 Rg4 1-0 =============== Ponomariov,R - Shirov,A Tal Memorial Moscow (7), 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.Re1
a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 e5 9.Nb3 d6 10.Nc3 f5 11.f4 g6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Bg5+ Ke8 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd5 Kf7 17.Rf1 h6 18.Bh4 Kg8 19.c3 Bd3 20.Rfe1 g5 21.Bg3 Rd8 22.Nf6+ Kf7 23.Ng4 e4 24.Nf2 Be7 25.Nxe4 Bc4 26.Nbc5 Bxc5+ 27.Nxc5 Kg6 28.b3 Bf7 29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.Nd6 Bd5 31.Ne4 Rc2 32.c4 Bxe4 33.Rxe4 Nb4 34.Re6+ Kf5 35.Rd6 Rxa2 36.Rf1+ Ke4 37.Re1+ Kf5 38.h3 1-0 =============== Kamsky,G - Leko,P Tal Memorial Moscow (7), 2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.c3 b6 6.a4 a6 7.Nbd2 Bb7 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 d6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Re1 0-0 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Ne3 Rfe8 14.Rc1 e5 15.Bb1 b5 16.c4 bxa4 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.c5 dxc5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Bxf6 Rxf5 22.Bxf5 Qf4 23.Nh4 Qh6 24.Qc2 Qxf6 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Be4 Rb8 27.Bxb7 Rxb7 28.Qxa4 Qxb2 29.Rf1 Qb5 30.Qf4 Qd3 31.g3 Kg8 32.Qc1 c4 33.Rd1 Qb3 34.Kg2
c3 35.Rd8 Rc7 36.Nf5 Qb7+ 37.f3 Qb2+ 38.Qxb2 cxb2 39.Rb8 Rc2+ 40.Kh3 a5 41.Ne3 Rf2 42.Nc4 a4 43.Nxb2 a3 44.Nc4 a2 45.Ra8 f6 46.Kg4 Kf7 47.Kf5 Rxf3+ 48.Ke4 Ra3 0-1 =============== Kramnik,V - Alekseev,E Tal Memorial Moscow (8), 2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 Nge7 8.b4 h6 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.d3 0-0 11.Bd2 Be6 12.Ne1 f5 13.Qa4 f4 14.e3 g5 15.b5 Na5 16.Ne2 b6 17.exf4 gxf4 18.gxf4 Ng6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Qd1 Qd7 21.Be4 Bf5 22.Bxa5 bxa5 23.Ng3 Bxe4 24.dxe4 Qh3 25.Nf5 Rbd8 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.Nxf3 Rd3 28.Ne1 Rc3 29.Kh1 Bf6 30.Rg1 Kh7 31.b6 axb6 32.Rxb6 Rf7 33.Ng2 Rxa3 34.Nge3 a4 35.Ng4 Bg5 36.Ngxh6 Bxh6 37.Rgxg6 Bf4 38.Kg2 Rb7 39.Rh6+ Bxh6 40.Rxb7+ Kg6 41.Rb6+ 1-0 =============== =============== Please forward
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=============== Shirov,A - Mamedyarov,S Tal Memorial Moscow (8), 2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 e5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bc4 Qa5 12.0-0 Bc5 13.Qf2 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 0-0 15.h3 Re8 16.Bb3 Be6 17.Na4 Rad8 18.Nc5 Qb6 19.Rf3 Bxb3 20.axb3 a5 21.Nd3 Qc7 22.Raf1 Rd4 23.Rxf6 gxf6 24.Nf2 h5 25.Qh6 Re6 26.Qxh5 Kf8 27.c3 Rd7 28.Ng4 Ke7 29.Kh2 Qb6 30.Qh8 Qxb3 31.Nxf6 Rd8 32.Qg7 Qxb2 33.Ng8+ Kd6 1-0 =============== Meerovich,I (2131) - Harper,W (2301) [E25] USCL Arizona vs Chicago Internet Chess Club (1), 25.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd3 f5 9.e4 fxe4 10.fxe4 Ne7 11.Nf3 0-0 12.Be2 Nec6 13.0-0 Nd7 14.Be3 Qe7 15.e5 h6 16.Qg6 Qf7 17.Qg3 Qh5 18.Nh4 Qxe2 19.Bxh6 Rf7 20.Rxf7 Kxf7 21.Qxg7+ Ke8 22.Qg8+ Nf8 23.Qxf8+ Kd7 24.Qd6+ Ke8 25.Rf1 Black resigns 1-0 =============== Adamson,R (2344) - Burgess,J (2263) [B42] USCL Arizona vs Chicago Internet Chess Club (1), 25.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.0-0 Nbc6 7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.f4 d6 9.Nd2 Be7 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.c3 0-0 12.Kh1 b5 13.Qe2 e5 14.f5 Bb7 15.g4 Rfe8 16.g5 Bf8 17.g6 fxg6 18.fxg6 h6 19.Ng5 Nd8 20.Bd2 d5 21.Rf7 Qd6 22.Qf3 dxe4
23.Nxe4 Qe6 24.Rf1 Be7 25.Qh5 Rf8 26.Rxg7+ Black resigns 1-0 =============== =============== Altounian,L (2533) - van de Mortel,J (2460) [A37] USCL Arizona vs Chicago Internet Chess Club (1), 25.08.2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.a3 a5 7.d3 d6 8.Nd2 Nge7 9.Nf1 0-0 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Ned5 Rb8 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.h4 Bg4 14.Ne3 Be6 15.h5 Nd4 16.Ned5 Bg4 17.Bg5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne6 19.Bd2 Nc7 20.hxg6 hxg6 21.Bg2 Be6 22.Ne4 b6 23.Bh6 f6 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4
d5 26.cxd5 Bxd5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Nxc5 Qc6 29.Bxg7 Rxb1 30.Qxb1 Kxg7 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Ne4 f5 33.Ng5 Ne3 34.Rh7+ Kf6 35.fxe3 Kxg5 36.Qb4 f4 37.exf4+ exf4 38.Qxf8 Qc1+ 39.Kf2 Qe3+ 40.Kf1 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 f3+ 42.Kf2 Black resigns 1-0 =============== Kaufman,R (2348) - Molner,M (2397) [A57] USCL Baltimore vs New Jersey Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.a4 Qa5+ 6.Bd2 b4 7.Qc2 d6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Bd3 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.h3 0-0 12.Bf4 Qc7 13.Re1 Nh5 14.Bh2 e5 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Nbd2 e5 17.Rad1 Nb8 18.Nf1 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nc6 20.Be2 Rf8 21.Ne3 Bc8 22.Nd5 Qd8 23.Kh1 Qh4 24.Qd2 Bh6 25.f4 Bxh3 White resigns 0-1 =============== Shankland,S (2364) - Schneider,I (2396)
[C06] USCL San Francisco vs Dallas Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Re1 0-0 13.Nhg5 h6 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Rxe6 Ng4 16.g3 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 Rxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Rf8 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Kg2 Kh8 21.Qxf4 Black resigns 1-0 =============== Krasik,I (2144) - Rosenberg,E (2201) [D16] USCL New York vs Boston Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nd5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 e6 10.g4 Bg6 11.h4 f6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Bxe6 Qg3+ 15.Ke2 Qg2+ 16.Ke3 Bd6 17.Bc8 Nd7 18.Bxb7 Ne5 19.Rg1 Qh2 20.Bxa8 0-0 21.Bb7 f5 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.exf5 Rxf5 24.Rf1 Qg3 25.Kd2 Nxf3+ 26.Kc2 Qg6 27.Qd3 Qg2+ 28.Bd2 Rf7 29.Bxc6
Black forfeits on time 1-0 =============== Erenburg,S (2592) - Benjamin,J (2644) [C96] USCL Baltimore vs New Jersey Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 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 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Ne4 Nb7 17.b3 Qd7 18.Be3 Raf8 19.Nh2 Qe8 20.Qd3 c4 21.Qd2 Bd8 22.f3 Qg6 23.Kh1 Na5 24.Rab1 h6 25.Red1 R5f7 26.Qb2 Bc7 27.Bg1 Rf4 28.Qa3 Nd7 29.b4 Rxe4 30.fxe4 Nf6 31.bxa5 Nxe4 32.Nf1 Nf2+ 33.Bxf2 Rxf2 34.Ne3 Qg3 35.Qc1 Bxa5 36.Rf1 Rxg2 37.Nxg2 Qxh3+ 38.Kg1 Bb6+ 39.Rf2 Qg3 40.Rbb2 h5 41.Rbe2 h4 42.Re3 Qg5 43.Kh1 h3 44.Rf8+ Black resigns 1-0 =============== =============== =============== =============== Lenderman,A (2528) - Costigan,R (2288) [D96] USCL Queens vs Philadelphia Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qxb7 0-0 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Qxa8 Nxe5 11.dxe5 d4 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nd5 Qxe5 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Bd2 Qb5 16.Qxa7 Qxb2 17.g3 Re8 18.Bg2 d3 19.e3 Bg4 20.Rc1 Nd7 21.h3 Be6 22.Nd5 Ne5 23.Qa4 Rd8 24.Qb3 Rb8 25.Qxb2 Rxb2 26.f4 Nd7 27.Rc8+ Nf8 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.Bc3+ Bg7 30.Bxb2 Black resigns 1-0 =============== Andrews,T (2350) - Zaikov,O (2376) [B86] USCL Carolina vs Tennessee Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Nbd7 8.Bg5 Nc5 9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.f5 Bd7 12.0-0
0-0 13.Kh1 b5 14.Qh3 Nxb3 15.axb3 b4 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qc8 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.exd5 Bxg5 21.Qg4 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Qf4 23.Qe2 Bf6 24.Rf1 Qe5 25.Qc4 Qb5 26.Qf4 Qe2 27.Rg1 Qxe6 28.Qxb4 Bxb2 29.Qb7 Re8 30.Qxa6 Bd4 31.Rf1 Qe2 32.Qxe2 Rxe2 White resigns 0-1 =============== Shen,V (2265) - Zimmer,R (2328) [B35] USCL Baltimore vs New Jersey Internet Chess Club (1), 27.08.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 a5 9.0-0 d6 10.Ndb5 b6 11.f3 Ba6 12.a4 Nd7 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Bc4 Ne5 15.Be2 Bc8 16.Rad1 Be6 17.b3 Qd7 18.Nd4 Kh8 19.f4 Nc6 20.Bb5 Bxd4 21.Bxd4+ f6 22.Rfe1 Qb7 23.Nd5 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Bg4 25.Rd2 e5 26.Qf2 Be6 27.Bc4 f5 28.exf5 Rxf5 29.Qg3 exf4 30.Qc3+ Kg8 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.Bxe6+ Nxe6 33.Ne4 Rd8 34.Nxd6+ Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Nc5 36.Qh8 Black resigns
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