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De: The Chessville Weekly <newsletter@...> Asunto: The Chessville Weekly Volume 8 Issue 19 Para: mario_castilla2001@... Fecha: martes, 7 de julio de 2009, 11:16 pm
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Karpov vs. Kasparov Chess Match (September 21 - 24 / Valencia, SPAIN) Diario Marca announces a 12-game match (4 rapid + 8 blitz games) between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov // More information here (Spanish)
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Dortmund Chess Tournament (July 2 - 12 / Dortmund, GERMANY) Round 5: Leko - Bacrot: 1-0 Kramnik - Jakovenko: 1/2 Carlsen - Naiditsch: 1-0 / Carlsen (3.5/5) leads the tournament // Official site
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San Sebastián Chess Tournament (July 6 - 16 / San Sebastián, SPAIN) Round 1: Nakamura, Vallejo & Vachier-Lagrave share the lead after winning today // Official site
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37th World Open (June 29 - July 5 / Philadeplhia, USA) Evgeny Najer and Hikaru Nakamura shared the first place; Najer won the title as there wasn't an Armageddon blitz play-off (Nakamura left Philadelphia to play in the San Sebastián chess tournament) // Standings - Official site
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Czech Open (July 16 - August 2 / Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC) Official site
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XXVII Andora Chess Open (July 18 - 26 / ANDORRA) Official site
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Biel Chess Festival (July 18 - 31 / Biel, SWITZERLAND) Morozevich, Ivanchuk, Gelfand, Alekseev, Vachier-Lagrave & Caruana // Official site
Past news // Future events
other online chess news resources The Week In Chess (TWIC) The most complete Tournament News Mig's Daily Dirt - Commentary on Current Chess Events The Chess Oracle Monthly International Chess News The Campbell Report Correspondence Chess News
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The Moment of Zuke: Critical Positions and Pivotal Decisions for Colle System Players |
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Already Play the Colle System?
Learn to Play it Better! |
by David Rudel author of Zuke 'Em |
7 modules written just for Colle System Players.
Over 150 practice problems accompany lessons written in Rudel's crystal-clear, inimitable style. |
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Play the Sicilian Kan - a dynamic and flexible repertoire for Black
by GM Johan Hellsten
Reviewed by NM Bill McGeary
Everyman Chess, 2008 ISBN: 9781857445817 |
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The Sicilian variation 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 has been the odd child of the defense for at least the last 40 years. Unlike the Najdorf or Dragon the Kan was never swayed back and forth by sacrifices of pieces or long calculated variations.
Actually, the most hotly debated topic in this line has been the name! I remember when a pamphlet on "the Paulsen Sicilian" was our only source of material on the line and the name Kan was an exotic aberration from some far-off place.
By any name the line was never the meat which our heroes partook, only solid players who were more interested in scoring wins than debating move 18 in the Sicilian. This never struck a chord with much of the chess playing public, but perhaps it has been their loss. At least, until now.
GM Hellsten explains in the preface of Play the Sicilian Kan that he had practiced the Caro Kann and Petroff early in his international career, but found a boredom in some of the positions. He was guided to the Kan because of Taimanov's work and was carried to a fascination with the line.
Hellsten was impressed by the Kan immediately because decisions of strategy and manoeuver were the core of the variation instead of analytical depth. This sounds like a great find for any player looking to have a defense to 1.e4 that provides winning opportunities as well as a solid base...
Read the complete review of Play the Sicilian Kan - A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black
From the Publisher's website:
Johan Hellsten is a Grandmaster and a former Swedish Champion who has represented his country in numerous Olympiads and team tournaments. He has enjoyed many tournament successes and has won individual gold and bronze medals at the European Team Championships. He is currently employed as a chess teacher at the Sports Federation of Chimborazo, Ecuador.
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(7/4) Review: Play the Sicilian Kan - A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black by GM Johan Hellsten (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Hellsten was impressed by the Kan immediately because decisions of strategy and manoeuver were the core of the variation instead of analytical depth. This sounds like a great find for any player looking to have a defense to 1.e4 that provides winning opportunities as well as a solid base...Play the Sicilian Kan is a repertoire book, focusing on the variations after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6..." |
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(7/4) Kosteniuk and Zimaletto: Chess player, Grandmaster, current Women's World Chess champion and young mother, Alexandra Kosteniuk will take an active role in the design and modeling of the new 2009/10 Zimaletto Sport chic collection. "I am very happy of my collaboration... with Zimaletto, which show that beauty and intelligence go well together!" |
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(7/4) The Chess Player Chronicles: another new chess-themed cartoon from the wit & pen of Gary Gifford. Find it, along with more than two dozen other chess cartoons, on our cartoon page. |
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(7/4) Free eBook: Chess Sparks, or Short and Bright Games of Chess collected by John Henry Ellis. London, 1895. Includes games by Légal, Rousseau, Philidor, La Bourdonnais, Horwitz, Staunton, Bird, Kierseritzky, Max Lange, Anderssen, Steinitz, Paulsen, Morphy, Löwenthal, Blackburne, From, Burn, De Vere, Winawer, Mason, etc. |
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(7/4) Nuestro Círculo #361: 4 de julio de 2009, dedicado al ajedrecista y problemista italiano Philip Stamma que vivió entre los años 1705 y 1755. Además de su biografía y finales de estudio, en este número puedes leer la cuarta de una serie de notas tituladas "Buenos Aires 1939" dedicadas a la recordación del histórico hito del ajedrez argentino; la nota "1a. Olimpíada del Mercosur" con las últimas partidas de este
torneo que dieron el triunfo al equipo brasileño y "Ajedrez y Cerebro" referida a la jornada que bajo ese título se acaba de realizar en el histórico "Club Argentino de Ajedrez". |
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(7/1) Chess Quiz: from Jim Mitch (aka Professor Chester Nuhmentz) comes a brand new 20-question quiz aimed at the stronger club and tournament players out there. Try your hand at this fun (and educational) quiz about chess, chess-players and the world of chess. See if you can beat the high score, or even just the average - which last month was 68%. I just know you folks can do better than that! Good luck, and good chess!! |
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(7/1) Recon64: More great chess training from Jim Mitch (aka Professor Chester Nuhmentz). For July we look at Deep Blue (Computer) vs. Garry Kasparov; Philadelphia, 1996, the first game where a computer defeated a reigning world chess champion under standard tournament time controls. Similar to Predict-A-Move and Solitaire-type chess exercises, Recon64 challenges players to find candidate moves from master games. |
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(7/1) Chess Vision Training: Improve your 'chess-vision' with Jim Mitch's (aka Professor Chester Nuhmentz) training exercise, wherein you try to imagine up to 10 moves being made from a starting diagram, with the goal of finding all the legal captures and checks that could be made in the envisioned position. For July we look at Deep Blue (Computer) vs. Garry Kasparov; Philadelphia, 1996, the first game where a computer defeated a reigning world chess champion under standard tournament time controls. |
Kosteniuk Designs and Models for Zimaletto
The Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk will present the collection Sport Chic of the modern fashion brand Zimaletto.
Chess player, Grandmaster, current Women's World Chess champion and young mother, the beautiful and charming Alexandra Kosteniuk will take an active role in the design of the new 2009/10 Zimaletto Sport chic collection. She will also model for the new Zimaletto collection.
The Zimaletto Sport chic collection will include comfortable and practical outfits made of velours, knitware and cotton, with black & white chess motives.
"It's not a woman for clothing, but clothing for a woman" - that's the main motto of this collection. Sport suits made with expensive materials and high heels, so much loved by Alexandra, are the latest word of fashion!
Traveling around the world, giving countless simultaneous chess exhibitions, lectures and interviews, Alexandra never stops showing that chess is cool. In fancy outfits from the Russian fashion brand Zimaletto Alexandra feels herself a true Chess Queen.
Alexandra Kosteniuk says about Zimaletto...
Read the entire article: Kosteniuk and Zimaletto
Also see Alexandra's pages here at Chessville, which include many pictures of this beautiful Grandmaster, and a number of carefully annotated games.
Vacuum tube chess set Slippery Brick - Portland,OR,USA This just may be the most awesome and nerdiest chess set ever. You're looking at Paul Fryer's Vacuum Tube Chess set. It's one of only seven made. ...
Special to The Washington PostWashington Post - United States The Austrian chess composer Alois Wotawa (1896-1970) created more than 350 chess problems and endgame studies. He was famous for infusing his studies with ...
Caoili reigns supreme in Oceania chess zonalsBusiness Mirror - Philippines FILIPINO-Australian Women International Master Arriane Caoili went undefeated to rule the women's division of the World Chess Championship Oceania Zonal ...
Former chess world champ to play convictsRT - Moscow,Russia Chess grandmaster and former undisputed champion of the world, Anatoly Karpov, will play an online chess tournament with a Krasnoyarsk prisoner Sergey ...
SF Chess Club ChampionsThe Fulton County News - McConnellsburg,PA,USA Southern Fulton High School Chess Club is proud to announce two 2008-2009 school tournament champions. The club's sponsor, Bard's Automotive Sales, ...
Sophie Matisse $16000 Chess SetLuxist - Santa Monica,CA,USA Now she has created a $16000 chess set as part of the "The Art of the Game" exhibition. The exhibition will take place at Beyond the Border International ...
Chess: The search for eurekaMuskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA By Eric Morrow The screw pump is a screw inside a hollow pipe. At the bottom end of the pipe the screw scoops up water and transfers the water up the pipe. ...
Kids get play time at chess campCarlisle Sentinel - Carlisle,PA,USA (Jason Malmont/The Sentinel) Young students play chess Wednesday at Cumberland Valley's Chess Camp. (Jason Malmont/The Sentinel) Jennifer Yi places her hand ...
Chess NotesBoston Globe - United States Annotations by grandmaster Patrick Wolff, a two-time US champion who offers chess exercises and more at www.wolffchess.com.
ON CHESS Serious pursuers rarely bluffColumbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA As the master of chess epigrams, Savielly Tartakower famously noted, "Only the strong player knows how badly he plays." Mikhail Tal, "the Magician From Riga ...
Vassily Ivanchuk ends slumpLos Angeles Times - CA,USA Kamsky fared better when the World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced the rules for the Candidates matches which will select the challenger for the 2011 ...
Special to The Washington PostWashington Post - United States The 18-century French chess player Andre Danican Philidor always wanted to play his defense aggressively. Even today, some players look for sharp ... |
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Puzzles & Problems
Chessville - Problem of the Week William Harvey's Chess Puzzles - Solutions Here are some chess puzzles taken from games of the German GM, Igor Glek. It's White to move and win. - WH
a) http://www.wtharvey.com/gleked.png Glek vs Thomas Willemze, Utrecht, 1999 3r2r1/4bp2/Bp1knp2/p2p1R2/P2P4/2P3P1/7P/2B1RK2 w - - 0 1
b) http://www.wtharvey.com/glekae.png Glek vs Regina Ribeiro, Lyons, 1990 r4rb1/ppp1qk2/2np2pR/6P1/4NPp1/2Q5/PPP1B3/2KR4 w - - 0 1 c) http://www.wtharvey.com/glekad.png Glek vs Torsten Fiedler, Erfurt, 1989 5qk1/1p3ppp/p5r1/P4N2/1nr1P3/6Q1/1P4PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1
d) http://www.wtharvey.com/glekbe.png Glek vs Carsten Lingnau, Dortmund, 1992 1rrbb1k1/1p3p2/pB1p2p1/3Np3/P3P3/3B2P1/1PPq3P/4RQ1K w - - 0 1
e) http://www.wtharvey.com/glekcd.png Glek vs Oscar Lemmers, Belgium, 1995 r4r1k/p1q1Np1p/1p2nPp1/1Pp1N3/7Q/7P/2P2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day National Scholastic Chess Foundation - Problem of the Week Chesshaven - Tactical Exercise of the Day The London Times - Winning Move & Column, Both Daily
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Solution to the Position of the Week
Today's position was taken from 200 Challenging Chess Puzzles (Greif). The solution, however, is the responsibility of your humble Editor & his copy of Fritz.
Carlsen,M (2772) - Naiditsch,A (2697) [C67] Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (5), 06.07.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.h3 Ne7 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bg3 Ke8 13.Rad1 Bb4 14.Ne2 h5 15.Ned4 h4 16.Bh2 Nf8 17.Bf4 Bd7 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Rfe1 c5 20.e6 fxe6 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Nf5+ Kf6 23.Ne3 Be8 24.Ng4+ Ke7 25.Nge5 Bg6 26.Rd5 b6 27.Rd2 Bf5 28.Ng5 Kf6 29.f4 Ng6 30.Nd7+ Ke7 31.Nxe6 Bxe6 32.f5 Nf4 33.fxe6 Rhd8 34.Rf2 g5 35.Kh2 a5 36.a4 Rg8 37.Ne5 Rae8 38.Nf3 Nxe6 39.Re5 Kd6 40.Rd2+ Kc6 41.Rde2 Kd6 42.Nxg5 Ng7 43.Rxe8 Rxe8 44.Rxe8 Nxe8 45.Nf3 c4 46.Nxh4 c3 47.b3 Kc5 48.Nf5 Kb4 49.g4 Ka3 50.Kg3 Kb2 51.Ne3 Kc1 52.Kf3 Kd2 53.h4 Ng7 54.h5 Ne6 55.h6 c6 56.Ke4 b5 57.Ke5 Ng5 58.Kf5 Nf7 59.h7 Kxe3 60.g5 1-0 |
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Not Really About Chess, But...
Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein
To call his understanding of theory abysmal is to leave no suitable word to describe his grasp of its practice. - Terry Pratchett
You can't depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus. - Mark Twain
A fool hath no dialogue within himself; the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second. - Lord Halifax
The phrases men are accustomed to repeat incessantly end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message. - Cullen Hightower
Think ahead: today for tomorrow, and for many days beyond; the wisest of precautions, to take time for this: for to the ready there are no accidents, and to the forewarned no dangers. - Baltasar Gracian
We think in generalities, but we live in details. - Alfred North Whitehead
Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don´t try to fathom the unfathomable. - Kozma Prutkov
We hear and apprehend only what we already half know. - Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny. - Nathaniel Branden
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. - Henri Bergson
We usually see only the things we are looking for - so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not. - Eric Hoffer
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust
Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas. - Alfred North Whitehead
Originality consists of the achievement of new combinations, and not of the creation of something out of nothing. - Richard Clemence
A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It is very good for a man to talk about what he does not understand; as long as he understands that he does not understand it. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all. - John F. Kennedy
Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them. - Lin Yutang
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. - Rabindranath Tagore
We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. - Albert Einstein
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Leko,P (2756) - Bacrot,E (2721) [E15] Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (5), 06.07.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rd1 Nc6 11.Qa4 Nf6 12.Nh4 Qc8 13.Nf5 Nd4 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc5 17.Rd3 b5 18.Qf4 0-0 19.b4 Bb6 20.Bb2 Rfe8 21.e3 Rac8 22.Nd2 Bd8 23.Rd1 Rc2 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.a3 Ra2 26.Nf3 Qa6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Rxa3 29.Rd6 Qa4 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ra1 32.Rxa1 Bxa1 33.Rxd7 Rf8 34.Qd6 g6 35.Nh2 Bc3 36.Ng4 Bg7 37.Nf6+ Bxf6 38.gxf6 Rc8 39.Rxf7 1-0
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Carlsen,M - Jakovenko,D [C67] Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (1), 02.07.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Ne2 Be7 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Nf4 Bd5 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Nd4 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Ngxe6 Bxe6 18.h4 a5 19.a3 a4 20.Rfe1 g6 21.f3 Ra5 22.c3 Rb5 23.Re2 Ra8 24.Rd4 Raa5 25.Kf2 Rxe5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxa4 Rb5 28.b4 c5 29.Ra7 cxb4 30.cxb4 Kd7 31.Ne2 Rb6 32.Ke3 Bc4 33.Nd4 Kd6 34.Ra5 Ra6 35.Rxa6+ bxa6 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 Ke5 38.Nc6+ Kf6 39.Kf4 Ke6 40.h5 gxh5 41.gxh5 Bd3 42.Ke3 Bf1 43.h6 Kf6 44.Ne5 Bb5 45.Kd4 Ba4 46.h7 Kg7 47.Nxf7
Kxh7 48.Ng5+ Kg6 49.Ne6 1-0
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Bacrot,E (2721) - Carlsen,M (2772) [D44] Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (4), 05.07.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 b5 8.e5 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 0-0-0 15.0-0 b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 Rxg7 24.Bd4 Rc7 25.Nxb7 Rg6 26.Ra5 Qxb7 27.Bxd5 Qb8 28.Be5 Qb6 29.Bxc7 Qxc7 30.Rfa1 a6 31.Rxa6 Rxa6 32.Rxa6 c3 33.bxc3 bxc3 34.Be4 Qc4 35.Bf5+ Kd8 36.Ra1 Qe2 37.Kg2 Qe5 38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Bb1 f5 40.h3 Kf6 41.Rd3 Qe4+ 42.Kh2 Qe1 43.Rf3 Qxb1 44.Rxc3 Qf1 45.Rf3 Ke5 46.Rf4 1/2-1/2
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Naiditsch,A (2697) - Kramnik,V (2759) [C42] Sparkassen GM Dortmund GER (4), 05.07.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Re1 Bf5 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nc3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Be3 h6 14.b4 Ndf6 15.h3 Qd7 16.Ne2 Bxh3 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Rxe5 19.f3 Rae8 20.Bf4 Rh5 21.fxe4 dxe4 22.Bc4 Bxg2 23.Ng3 Bf3 24.Qb3 Rh4 25.Bd6 Qh3 26.Bxf7+ Kh7 27.Qb2 Ng4 0-1
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