British Chess Magazine - April 2016
British Chess Magazine - April 2016
British Chess Magazine - April 2016
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By GM James Plaskett
April 2016
on the road to
La Roda
From my
own praxis,
a couple of
Kan Sicilians.
From
Final placings:
1st K. Grigorian 7/9
2nd-11th J. Granda Zuniga, M. Perez Candelario,
A. Alvarez Pedraza, A. Bachmann, D. Popovic,
V. Baklan, A. Greenfeld, J. Plaskett,
M. Lopez Martinez Josep, A. Stella 7/9...
James Plaskett
Marc Ribera Cebolla
La Roda 2016, Round 5
1 e4 c5 2 f3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4
a6 5 c3 c7 6 d3 f6 7 e2 d6
8 g5 bd7 9 f4 b5 10 0-0-0 b7
11 he1 11...e7 is now a game
from my book Starting Out: Attacking
Play vs Gausel and also Spassky
Rashkovsky, but my opponent played
11...c5 12 xf6 gxf6 13 d5!?
d8? 13...a5 was required, when I
was uncertain.
14 xb5+ axb5 15 xb5+ d7
16 xb7 exd5 17 exd5+ e5
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1 e4 c5 2 f3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 xd4 a6
5 c3 c7 6 e3?! b4 7 d2 f6
8 d3 d5 9 exd5 xd5 10 0-0 xc3
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Play continued:
36...c4 37 d2+ c3 38 d7 c2+
39 g1 b2 Black reasons that the rook
on the seventh, nailing Whites king to
passivity on the back rank, will give cause
f3 28 d4 f5 29 e1 xh3 30 c4 g5
31 e3
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1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 b5 g6 4 c3 a6
5 a4 d6 6 d4 d7 7 0-0 g7 8 e1
ge7 9 d5 b8 10 c4 0-0 11 c3 h6
12 b4 xa4 Varying from Plaskett
Kamsky, Lloyds Bank Masters, 1989, which
had seen 12...f5 13 b2!? e8!? 14 b3
h8 15 c5 f4 16 d2 g5 17 c4 c8
18 c1 g4 19 a4 g6 20 a5 h5 21 a4
xa4 22 xa4 f3 23 e3 and what White
was doing on the left hand side of the board
proved far more significant than anything
Black did on the right and I won in 33 moves.
13 xa4 f5 14 b2 d7 15 d2 f6
16 c1 f7 17 c3 f4 18 c5 g5
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19 b5?! A sloppy move. 19 f3 would have
led to a Kings Indian structure, liked by an
onlooking Granda Zuniga, and where Black,
minus the venom tooth of his attack, his
light squared bishop, ought to be worse.
19...axb5 20 xb5 g6 21 cxd6 cxd6
22 c4f8 23 a4 g4 This could have been
stopped, dont forget.
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200 | BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE
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April 2016
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04/136
after 43 c1 b1 44 d7 a3 45 e1.
Very rare to see tripled d-pawns. The only
game of mine featuring anything like that
was versus Kaizauri, Ramsgate 1979.
f) Finally, one last way of avoiding the
fork at f5 is the extraordinary deflection of
35...a8!? 36 xa8 g7
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April 2016
43 a5 f6 44 c1 f8 45 c4 c8+!?
46 xd5 c5+ 47 e4 d5+ 48 d3 e4+
49 d2 exf3 50 b2+ f5 51 gxf3 d8
52 f7+ g5 53 g1+ h5 54 a6 h4
55 a7 xf3+ 56 d3 c8 57 a1 a8
and 10 in 66 moves.
Chess Questions
Answered
by IM Gary Lane
1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 d4 exd4 4 xd4 c5
5 e3 f6 6 b5!?
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White immediately puts Black under
pressure in the opening by attacking Blacks
bishop on c5 and also threatening to take on
c7. The standard reply is 6 c3.
6...xe3
Black has little choice but to accept the
offer to exchange pieces. For instance:
a) 6...b6? 7 xb6 cxb6 8 c7+ winning.
b) 6...xb2 7 xc5 xa1 8 xc7+ d8
9 xa8 and Black is busted.
c) 6...b4+ is the best of the alternatives
but White has the initiative upon 7 c3 a5
8 e2 a6 9 a4!? axb5?! 10 axb5 ce7
11 b4.
7 fxe3
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April 2016
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14 xf7+! A typical combination in this
opening which might just lead to a win of
the brilliancy prize.
14...xf7 15 xf7+ xf7 16 xd6+ e7
17 xf7 e6 18 xh8 h6
10
In the next game a German grandmaster
gives 6 b5 a whirl and is rewarded with
an emphatic victory. Once again, Black
goes astray in the complications:
Leonid Kritz Peter Hohler
Liechtenstein 2005
1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 d4 exd4 4 xd4 c5
5 e3 f6 6 b5 xe3 7 fxe3 h4+
8 g3 xe4 This a very tempting line for
Black because there is no clear cut variation
for White that achieves a clear advantage.
Nevertheless I think that the practical
difficulties of having your king stuck in the
centre are hard to cope with when White
has the simple plan of castling queenside.
9 xc7+ d8 10 xa8 xh1 11 d6
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1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 d4 exd4 4 xd4 f6
5 e3 c5 6 b5 xe3 7 fxe3 h4+
8 g3 d8 Now that White has made the
concession of g2-g3 it is right to retreat the
queen and think about defending.
9 g4
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April 2016
A Good
TradeOff
Viktor Laznicka Denis Khismatullin
Poikovsky 2015
1 d4 f6 2 f3 e6 3 g3 b5 Gaining space
on the queenside but at the cost of making
the b-pawn a potential target for White.
4 g2 b7 5 00 c5 6 c3 d5
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1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 b5 a6 4 a4
f6 5 00 e7 6 e1 b5 7 b3 00
8 c3 d5 9 exd5 xd5 10 xe5 xe5
11 xe5 c6 12 d3
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The undying
Marshall Attack
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27 e3 27 f4 d4 28 e2 xe2 29 xe2
xf2+ 30 xf2 xf2 31 e3 xe3
32 xe3 xd3 and Black has an extra
pawn and an endgame that is probably
winning for him.
27...d6 28 xg4 hxg4 29 xg4 h5
30 xh5 xg3+ 31 h1 xf2 White
has no reasonable defence to the threat of
...g1+ for if 32 g4 f1+ 33 h2 d6+
wins, so he resigned.
01
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Hacktive
Chess by Noam Manella
More
Insidious
Ideas that
Redesign
Thinking
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28 c1 f4 29 c2 f7?! 30 f1
d5? 31 e5 c4 32 e3 h3 33 g3
g5 34 g4! xf3? 35 xg5 xg3
36 f6+! gxf6 37 xh4 g4 38 xf6
e3 39 xc7
10
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The
Grand Prix
Attack
Openings
for Amateurs
by Pete Tamburro
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22 b2 After 22 g1 e4 23 f2
d6 24 e5 f6 25 d7 f5 26 c5
e2 27 e1 a5 28 f1 c2 the game is
equal, but again Black s pieces are more
actively placed.
22...e4+ This knight certainly got its
share of great squares in this game.
23 g1 xd2 24 xd2 e3 Black now has
two active bishops and an active rook. Time
for an accumulation of small advantages.
25 bxc4 xc3 26 e5 f5 27 b3
h6!? Somewhat better options
were: 27...f6 and 27...c2.
28 g4 e6 29 g5 f8 30 c1
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Book Reviews
Winning Chess
Manoeuvres
Sarhan Guliev (New In Chess)
240 pages, paperback
April 2016
Other times, the manoeuvres are quite general: for example positional
sacrifices, or taking on ugly-looking doubled pawns. Specific or general,
the precedents given by the author are clearly the same idea - very often
in a quite different position, but occasionally the positions in the classic
games are eerily similar:
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The Caro-Kann
Jovanka Houska (Everyman Chess)
Jovanka Houska is a top player who specialises in the Caro-Kann as her defence
to 1 e4, so is very qualified to write her second book on the opening.
The Caro-Kann has a reputation as a
drawish defence. I have looked at database
statistics over the last 5 years and its draw
rate is 29%, slightly higher than the rate
for all defences to 1 e4 (26%). Its win rate
is 33% compared to 35% overall. So it
performs just as well as other defences, with
1 in 3 games winning for Black. It has various
advantages and disadvantages compared to
the Sicilian or 1...e5. There is less to learn
than with the other major defences, theory
changes only slowly so less to do over the
long term. The opening leads generally to a
slower game, Black is aiming to win in the
endgame rather than the middlegame, and it
is important to learn ideas and plans rather
than sharp tactical sequences.
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50
Years
Ago
by Alan Smith
The first events of 1966 had
already started the year
before. Spassky and Uhlmann
tied for first place at Hastings,
each scoring +6 =3. Meanwhile
the USA Zonal was taking
place in New York. Fischer
won his seventh national title,
but lost to both his nearest
rivals in the process. Fischer
+8 =1 -2; Reshevsky, Robert
Byrne +5 =5 -1.
The main event of the
year was to be the world
championship match between
Tigran Petrosian and Boris
Spassky. The champion
warmed up by taking part in a
six player training tournament.
He was comfortably first,
Petrosian +7 =2 -1, two points
clear of Boleslavsky, while
Korchnoi struggled. Petrosians
one loss came as Black versus
Boleslavsky when he tried the
unusual 1 e4 f6 2 e5 g8.
In the match Petrosian
established a two point lead
by winning game 10, Spassky
levelled the score by winning
games 13 and 19. At this stage
the momentum may have
been with him, but Petrosian
had three Whites to come and
only needed draws to retain
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1 d4 f6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 g7 4 e4 d6 5 f3
0-0 6 e3 b6 7 d2 7 d3 is better since
7...c5 is then a mistake, because 8 e5! e8
9 e4 nets the exchange.
7...c5 8 ge2 c6 9 d5 9 d1 b7 10 b3
e5 11 dxc5 dxc5 was Bjornsson - Tal
Reykjavik 1964. Tal won in 34 moves.
9...e5 Panno preferred 9...a5.
10 g3 e8 11 h6 h8 12 h3 a6 13 b3
e6 14 dxe6 14 f4 is consistent, while 14 e2
with the idea of castling short is safer.
14...fxe6 15 0-0-0 f7 16 f4 d7 17 d3
17 xd6? xd6 18 xd6 runs into
18...f6! and White is very weak on the
dark squares.
17...f6 18 ge2 de5 19 b1 ad8
20 c2? c6 21 h4 d4 22 d2 xe2+
23 xe2 b5
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13 xb7 d8 14 2f3 d3 15 f4
xf1+ 16 d2 xf2+ 17 d3 xe6 The
only alternative was 17...ba6 but then
White has 18 c4! and Black is effectively
material down due to his imprisoned
kingside.
18 xe6+ e8 19 c8+ f7 20 fg5+ 10
If 20...g6 21 e8+ h6 22 h5 mate, or
20...fxg5 21 xg5+ g6 22 e8 mate.
April 2016
Dont laugh...
it may happen
to you!
Here I go off-piste,
to take a look at two
unusual moves in the
opening for White on the
6th move one against
the Kings Indian and
the other against the
Sicilian. However, though
rather unorthodox,
even perhaps open to
ridicule, they should not
be underestimated as
they have each proved to
be effective weapons in
practical play. So lets give
them a closer look.
1 d4 f6 2 c4 g6 3 c3 g7 4 e4 d6 5 e2
00 6 g4!?
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e7 14 f4 e8 15 f3 d7 16 e3 e5
17 h4 I would not like to be Black in
this situation, despite what the engines say.
17...a6 18 hxg6 hxg6 19 xa6 xa6
20 f1 c4 21 f4 d3 22 e5
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10 cxd5 (10 exd5 is very unclear, but
Black has chances along the e file:
10...e7 11 h3 (11 h5? xc3+ 12 bxc3
e5 13 f1 xc4!) 11...b6 12 e3
d8 13 f3 f5 14 f1) 10...e7
11 c2 (11 h5 xc3+ 12 bxc3 xe4)
11...a6 12 h5 b8 13 f3 b5 14 e3
b6 15 h4 (15 xb5 g4 16 a3 xf3
17 xf3 xd5 18 exd5 xb5 19 b1
fb8 20 hxg6 fxg6) 15...c4 16 c1
b4 17 b3 f5 18 h6 h8 Kociscak Gallagher, Zillertal 2015.
But 9 dxe6! seems much better to me:
9...fxe6 (9...b6!?) 10 xd6 c6 11 f3
xf3 12 xf3 d4 13 g4 (13 d1 e5)
13...c2+ 14 d1 xa1 15 xe6+ h8
16 f4.
7 d5 a5 8 h4 a6 9 g5 e8 10 h5
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13 g4! Very nice. The exchange of lightsquared bishops emphasizes the weakness
of the f5 square.
13...c5 Maybe he should take on g4, but
White is to be preferred after 13...xg4
14 xg4 h6 15 000 a4 16 b1 a3 17 b3
f7 18 ge2.
14 xc8 xc8
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c7 13 d4 c5 14 e5 c6 15 h5
a7 (15...e4+ 16 e2 c6 17 g4
h5 18 g5 b7 19 f3) 16 e2 e4
(16...xg2 17 f3 g6 18 c6+ d7
19 f3) 17 00 g6 18 h4 d7 19 f4
c6 20 f3 xf3 21 xf3 10 A.Czebe
R.Szekeres, Hungary 2013, in view of
21...f6 22 c6+ f7 23 b8!.
6...g6
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17...f8 17...xf7 18 xf7 xf7 19 xd3
g7 20 ad1 c6 21 d5 was perhaps
what Black did not like and White must
surely be a bit better. This line, however, is
preferable to the game.
18 cxd3 g7 19 ac1 f6 20 d5 xd5
21 exd5 f3 22 g5 f6 23 e3
Suddenly, Blacks position is precarious.
The knight on the rim is about to play a
decisive role.
23...g5
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By Alex McFarland
8.1.a
In the course of play each player is required to record his own moves and those
of his opponent in the correct manner, move after move, as clearly and legibly as
possible, in the algebraic notation (Appendix C), on the scoresheet prescribed
for the competition. It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player
is claiming a draw in accordance with Article 9.2, or 9.3, or adjourning a game in
accordance with Appendix G.1 a.
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find
the way
to win
IN THE OPENING!
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1) Caro-Kann Defence
Black to move
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2) Alekhines Defence
White to move
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3) Owens Defence
White to move
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4) From Gambit
Black to move
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5) Centre Counter Game
White to move
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6) English Opening
White to move
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7) Sicilian Defence
Black to move
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8) Ruy Lopez
Black to move
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9) Benko Gambit
White to move
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11) Sicilian Defence
12) Queens Indian Defence
Black to move
Black to move
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13) Catalan Opening
Black to move
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14) Caro-Kann Defence
White to move
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16) Three Knights Game
White to move
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17) Sicilian Defence
18) Queens Gambit Declined
Black to move
White to move
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15) Centre Counter Game
White to move
Shock!
Culture
04/136
By Theo Slade
Just over five months ago my family and I moved from Cornwall, England, to Orlando,
Florida, the Land of Opportunity. It was something that we had been thinking about
and planning for a long time, and finally, we took the plunge. Orlando, known as The
City Beautiful, is much more than just theme parks; it really is a beautiful place to live.
And as for the chess, well, the only Floridian players that I knew of were Caruana
and Nakamura, and if you ignore them, then who is there?! So you can get a good
picture inside your mind of what I was thinking when boarding the Virgin Atlantic
plane to make the giant leap across the pond.
As you can tell from my headline, the chess
culture out here is completely different from what I
imagined it to be, even if my original interpretation
was somewhat wishful. Oh, and another thing, not
only did we move countries, away from family and
friends, but I also moved from an Academy which
had only just been founded two years before, to
a virtual school in America. I now attend Orange
Country Virtual School (OCVS), which is kind of a
normal school; it is just that there is no building! I
do my work online and submit it for my teachers to
mark. I have to be disciplined, but if and when I am, it
gives me time and flexibility to study and play chess.
Secondly, there are rarely set scoresheets. Most players merely record their moves
in their scorebooks. Next, you have to bring your own set and clock to the game. As
you can imagine, boards come in all shapes and sizes (mostly square!), and sets
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vary from the regulation Staunton pieces to the very ornate nice to look
at, but difficult to play with. Everyone also seems to have a different clock,
although analogue clocks are unheard of (woo hoo!). The first battle with ones
opponent is to decide whose set to use! In my short spell here I have already
had two disputes with my opponents before a pawn has even been pushed...
Overall, American events are less formal. Players are allowed to listen
to music through their headphones, and if someones phone goes off the
arbiters (or Tournament Directors (TDs), as it would be over here) do not
mind it as much as they do in England. This leads to some funny scenarios.
In one tournament, where several GMs were playing, someones phone
went off extremely loudly, and everyone looked round. As you do, he just
apologised nonverbally and walked
out of the playing room quickly. As it
transpired after the game, his phone
went off because of a tornado alert! It
Theo Slade E. Cooke
was all over the news, and there was
US Amateur Team South, 2016
a possibility of it actually affecting us!
Thank goodness it did not...
The game that I have chosen to
feature is not necessarily typical of the
tournaments I have been playing in.
Maybe next time I can tell you about
the choice between two- and three-day
schedules, the option to buy yourself
back into the tournament if you lose
your Friday night game (!), and even
different time controls for different
rounds!! Normally I have no time to
prepare, I have few, if any, games of
my opponent, and I do not know my
opponents anyway. However, this game
was an exception because I had already
played Cooke before. See Cooke
Slade, Turkey Bowl, 2015.
Just generally, I would say that I am quite
an emotional person, and my coach has
tried to curb this. One massive advantage
of living here is that I am now coached by
GM Lars Bo Hansen, and his wife, WIM
Jen Hansen, who have a very innovative
training system, which you can even access
from the UK! If you are interested, you
can find out more at orlandochesshouse.
com. However, this tournament was a
team event, and I always get a bit (!) more
emotional in these events, because I have
a passion for winning as a team, rather
than just individually...
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12 d5! I thought that this was Girilike, but actually, there was an amazing
resource that I had overlooked, or, at least,
it was amazing for me! :) 12 d5! xd5
13 exd5!! I find this the real star move,
recapturing with the pawn and blocking
in the light squared bishop! But White
will play c3, c2, and maybe d4 and
everything is alright.
12...xd5 13 exd5 b8 13...b4! Its
amazing what you miss... 14 dxc6 bxc3
15 bxc3 e8 and the position is only
equal because of the weak c6-pawn and
undeveloped pieces.
14 d4 bd7 15 e1 g8 16 e4 Stopping
...f5, but embarrassingly completely
overlooking 16...h6.
17 dxe5 dxe5 18 b4 gf6 Clever; he
knows he cant caveman me.
19 xf6 (=) Dammit! Too relaxed and
full of myself here. Needed to be more
vigilant, and then I would have earned
my draw for the team efficiently and with
peace of mind. Stockfish says it is not
even that bad.
19...xf6 20 d2 Played after a long
think. I was very annoyed with myself,
telling myself what an idiot I was, but I
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48 f3 I touched my king to play 48 e3,
then realized 48...d5 wins for him. Gotta
be careful! Then played it to f3 - no harm
was done.
48...g5 49 h4 gxh4 50 gxh4 c4 51 g3
e5 52 h5 a4 53 d8 xa5 54 h8 Now I
had very little time (seconds) to his enormous,
in comparison, time advantage (at least twenty
minutes). However, I schooled him in this
ending, even with less time and fewer years.
Do not mess with me in the ending! :)
54...a3 55 xh6 xc3+ 56 g2 c7
57 xa6 b7 58 h6 b4 Thought I was
dead lost here but then came up with an
ingenious save.
59 g6 Both of us stared at this position in
disbelief, knowing that it should be a draw,
but how has this happened?! Probably
56...c7 was a bit hasty.
59...b3 60 g7 xg7+ = 60...b8 61 h7
b2 62 g8
61 hxg7 b2 62 g8 b1 63 g7+
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RAPIDPLAY
CHESS
By GM Alexander Cherniaev
GM Alexander
Cherniaev
is a regular
participant in
Adam Raoof's
rapidplay
tournaments in
north London
Photo by
Brendan
O'Gorman
1 f3 f6 2 g3 g6 3 g2 g7 4 00 00
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www.ajedrezespectacular.com
Based on the game...
Westler Krejcik
Vienna 1913
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Starring
Markus
Ragger
Ever since it was first published
way back in 1915, the spy thriller
The Thirty Nine Steps, has been
adapted for stage and screen
over and over again, thereby
making its principal character,
Richard Hannay, effectively the
rightful forerunner of James Bond
himself. We might also mention
that the show is currently on
tour in the UK, after closing a
nine year run at the Criterion
theatre, in Londons Piccadilly
Circus. Readers interested in
chess history might recall that
the Criterion was the venue for
the mighty London Tournament
of 1883, sensationally won by
Zukertort who also had a great
run, scoring 22 points from 26
games and outdistancing his
rivals by a full three points!
Anyway, back to the present, in
Gibraltar we were treated to a
chessic version of The Thirty Nine
Steps, featuring a fresh adaption
by Austrian grandmaster Markus
Ragger, presently the worlds
highest rated player under 2700,
who won each of his first four
games in precisely 39 moves!
And if that wasnt enough, after an
interval of just one round he then
proceeded to make a diamond-cutdiamond draw with the eventual
winner of the tournament, Hikaru
Nakamura again in 39 moves.
Here is how the story unfolds...
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THE
THIRTY
NINE
STEPS
Paul Zwahr Markus Ragger
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49...f1 (If 49...e2 50 f4+ e1
51 c1+ f2 52 g1 mate) 50 g3 e2
51 f4+ f3 52 c1+ e1 53 d2 e2
54 d1+ e1 55 xf3+ g1 56 f2+
h1 57 xe1 mate.
Prasana Vishnu Markus Ragger
Round 3, Tradewise Gibraltar 2016
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By Alan Smith
G. Dufresne T. Grube
Liverpool Manchester 1872
1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 c4 c5 4 b4 xb4
5 c3 c5 6 d4 exd4 7 0-0 d6 8 cxd4 b6
9 d5 a5 10 b2 f6 11 d3 e7 12 c3
0-0 13 e2 g6 14 g3 e5 In another
game between the two, Grube tried 14...c5
15 c1 d7 16 f5 xf5 17 exf5 e5 but
lost in 25 moves.
15 h4 c5 Blacks pawn majority counts
for little until the endgame.
16 c1 xd3 17 xd3 c7 18 gf5 c4
19 g3 xf5 20 xf5 d7 21 c3 b5
22 g4 h8 23 g3 g6 24 h4 f7
25 h6 g7 26 f4 b4 27 f5 c3 28 c1
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first played five years later. 3...f5
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1 e4 e5 2 f3 c6 3 b5 d6 4 d4 exd4
5 xd4 d7 6 c3 f6 7 0-0 e7 8 xc6
bxc6 9 c4 0-0 10 d3 h8 11 h3 c5
12 f4 h5 13 h2 f5 14 e5 f4 Trying to
block Whites bishop out of the game.
15 d5! b8 16 f3 g6 17 xh5 gxh5
18 exd6 cxd6 There is a case for 18...xd6!?
which keeps Whites bishop quiet.
19 d5 g5 19...xb2 is inferior on
account of 20 xf4.
20 fe1 f5 21 h4
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21...c4 This costs a pawn, but Black cannot
have liked the look of 21...h6 22 e7
f8 23 c3+ g8 24 f6!.
22 xc4 xh4 23 xf4 f8 24 g3 c8
25 d4+ f6 26 xf6 xf6 27 xf6+xf6
28 e7 The exchange of queens has not
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the better structure and the safer king.
28...g4 29 xa7 xc2 30 e1 e2
30...e2 is met by 31 xe2 xe2 32 d7
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31 e7 b5 If 31...g4 then 32 e3
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c8 5 cxd5 cxd5 6 c3 e6 7 f4 a6
8 a4 a7 9 b6 d8 10 xb8 xb8
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12 c1 g5 13 e5 h6 14 c8+ 10
Since 14...f6 15 d7+ forks king and
queen.
By way of a postscript, even as recently
as the latest Gibraltar tournament, an
English chess reporter confused Anna
and Mariya Muzychuk, attributing
Annas win against the strong French
grandmaster Laurent Fressinet, to
Mariya!
Endgame Studies
Why not try composing a study yourself?
With a good program to check your analysis,
its no longer the hard grind it used to be.
If you want to have a go, send me your
composition and it may appear in BCM. Here
are four studies newly composed by BCM
readers. Each is White to play and draw.
The first of the two studies by Paul Michelet is
an extended version he has made of a study of
his which appeared in Correspondence Chess
magazine last year. The solution is 1 d2
xd2 2 e7 e1+ 3 xe1 xe1+ 4 h3
b2 5 a4 b1 6 c2+ xc2 stalemate. If
2...b2 3 d7+ g5 4 e5+ f6 5 xe2
b1 6 xd2 draws. If White tries 1 e7,
Black doesnt play 1...e1+, but instead will
queen his b-pawn after 1...b2 and that looks
winning but its not completely clear, so if any
reader would like to analyse that line in detail
Id be pleased to see your conclusions.
The second Michelet study solves by 1 xh7
xh7 2 a4 e3 3 xc2 e2 4 d1, with two
underpromotion lines: 4...e1 5 a4 and
4...e1 5 h5 c2 6 e2. After the knight
promotion, it looks as if 5 e2 would work,
but after 5...c2 we would reach a position
of zugzwang after White moves his bishop,
the knight will be able to travel to a square
from which it can threaten two mates at
once. So instead White first goes to h5 and
only after 5...c2 does he play 6 e2 which
transfers the zugzwang to Black, who has to
release the White king or allow d1. This is
an outstanding composition White sacrifices
both his pieces, Black underpromotes twice, to
two different pieces, and there is a reciprocal
zugzwang to finish. All that from a position
with only two bishops and a knight.
Now test your solving skills on the two
studies by Paul Byway. Six moves to find in
the first and seven moves in the second. No
other clues, because neither is difficult!
April 2016
Your Own
Compositions!
by Ian Watson
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Draw
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Endgame
Studies
Solutions
(See page 247)
Byway: 1 b7+ c8
2 b5 c1 3 f5 f1
4 b5 d7 5 c4 e6
6 f8 f3 7 d4 and
Black cannot make
progress (e.g. 7...e7
8 e4). White threatens to sacrifice
his rook and Black responds with an
underpromotion to a rook.
1 f8+? c7 2 f7+ d6 3 f6+
d5 4 f5+ e4 5 c5 d3
6 d5+ c4 7 d8 f3 8 c8+ b3
9 b8+ a3 10 c8 f2 wins. In the
main line, if Black promotes to a
queen, then of course 3 c5+ xc5
stalemate. There are also 3...c4
4 b5 e4 5 c6 d8 6 d5 a4
7 e5 drawing, and 4...f3 5 c4 f2
6 d3 d1+ 7 e2 drawing. This
study is an extension of a study by
E.B. Cook, which was first published
in 1864(!).
by Christopher Jones
Grandmaster of
Chess Composition
As usual, in order to enjoy
these original problems to the
full it may be best to have a
quick go at solving them, or at
least speculating as to what the
solutions might look like. But
dont feel constrained to do so (in
any problem worth its salt there is
some enjoyment to be had from
just playing through the solution)
and in particular dont get bogged
down in the last one, which may
take even experienced solvers
some time to unravel. Remember
that in helpmates Black
generally plays first, initiating a
collaborative sequence of moves
leading to his being mated. I
say generally because when
the stipulation includes a halfmove (as happens in our fourth
problem) its White who initiates
the sequence so we look for
what would be a helpmate in 5
preceded by a white move. Also
whilst in introductory mode a
warm welcome to this column to
Yuri and Ioannis!
Problem
World
1 2
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April 2016
Raoof Details as above Under 2200 (ECF 200), Under 1900 (ECF 160), Under 135 (ECF graded not
FIDE rated) congress every month! Now in SECTIONS. All moves in 60 minutes each PLUS 30 seconds a
move throughout. 150 1st, 75 2nd in each section PLUS rating prizes. Space STRICTLY limited space, so
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required for ENGLISH players).
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Bromley High School, Blackbrook Lane, Bromley, Kent BR1 2TW. 9:30 am 7:30 pm.
Contact: [email protected] Website: http://www.kjca.org/event/120 ECF rapidplay all juniors welcome!
20 May: Gosforth Kids Chess Tournament
Newcastle Great Park Community Centre 4:30 pm 6:30 pm. Contact: Charles Storey. Details as above
21 May: Sussex Junior Worthing Rapidplay
Worthing College, Sanditon Way, Worthing, West Sussex BN14 9FD. Contact: Sandra Manchester e-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.sussexjuniorchess.org 6 round Swiss in 4
sections U18 Major, U18 Minor, U11 Major, U11 Minor. Open to all aged under 18 on 31st August 2015.
21 May: 7th Muswell Hill Rapidplay
Clissold Arms, 105 Fortis Green, London N2 9HR. Contact Adam Raoof. Details as above - 10:30 am 5:45 pm
SWISS 6 ROUNDS Open/Major U160/Amateur U120; Time Control: G25+5 seconds a move throughout; 500
prize fund.
26 May: 6th Pimlico Summer Tournament
St Saviour's Church Hall, St. George's Square, Pimlico, London SW1V 3QN. 6:30 pm. Contact: Steve Sonnis
e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.pimlicochessclub.com/summer-open-tournament/5 round
Swiss standard play tournament starts Thursday 26 May and held every Thursday evening until 30 June,
excluding 23 June due to the referendum. 3 ECF graded sections Open, U150 and U120. Tradewise Grand
Prix qualifier. ECF silver members and above. 25 to enter.
27 May: Gosforth Kids Chess Tournament
Newcastle Great Park Community Centre. 4:30 pm 6:30 pm. Contact: Charlie Storey. Details as above.
27-29 May: Huddersfield Congress
Huddersfield Ukrainian Club, 7 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield, HD1 5RA. Contact: Nigel Hepworth e-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://www.huddersfieldchessclub.co.uk
27-30 May: e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun Congress Crowne Plaza London-Gatwick Hotel
Contact: Sean Hewitt e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.e2e4.org.uk/gatwick/may2016/index.htm
Four FIDE rated sections Open; U2050; U1850; U1650. FREE ENTRY for women and girls.
28 May: Poplar Rapidplay
Langley Hall, St.Nicholas Church Centre, Ettrick Street, Poplar, London E14 0QD. Norman Went e-mail:
[email protected] Tel: 07905 360659 Web: http://www.spanglefish.com/docklandschessclub
starts 10:30AM ends 6:00PM. 6 round Swiss seeded rapid-play tournament with two grade banded sections;
Minor Under 130 and Major Under 171.
28-30 May: 48th Cotswold Chess Congress
Kings School, Gouda Way, Gloucester, GL1. Contact: John Harris e-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://cotswoldcongress.co.uk/ Accommodation http://www.thecityofgloucester.co.uk/ Refreshments
throughout the day. Bookstall and ample free parking available in the school grounds. Both bus and train
stations are only ten minutes walk.
28-30 May: Castle Chess 12th Potters Bar Congress
(1st FIDE-rated) Potters Bar United Reformed Church. Contact: Tony Corfe / Marc Shaw e-mail:
[email protected] Website: http://castlechess.co.uk OPEN (FIDE), MAJOR (FIDE) U1800, MINOR
(non-FIDE) U120 incl Challenger U100. Guaranteed prize fund minimum 150 per event. 6 rounds two per
day. Played in a modern church hall. Grassed area and plenty of parking.
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Solutions to
Problems
...it must be 1 x!
In Johns 2-mover wed like to play x,
to threaten a mating capture of the other
b by the wd5 But which should the
w capture? Try 1 xc6 (threat 2 dxe6).
Now the defences ...e5 and ...xc6+ fail
respectively to 2 a7 and 2 dxc6. But
there is no mate after 1...e4!, which
accordingly is the refutation. So we turn
to 1 xe6!, and now indeed all Blacks
defences fail: ...c5/...xe6/...f7/...e
4/...xc4/...cxd5 to, respectively, g7/
dxe6/f4/xf5/b2/xd5. Very good
and varied use made of Whites forces,
particularly that hemmed-in !
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