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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:35 AM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for July 30 (now with diagrams) |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 12:45 AM by Jack Rabbit
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for the week ending July 30 The image of the Chess Queen is appropriate this week since there are two important women's events taking place right now See below Contents Post 1: Chess News for the week ending July 30 Post 2: Diagrams on the Jack Rabbit Chess Report Games from current events Post 3: Biel Grandmasters' Tournament Post 4: Biel Ladies' Tournament Post 5: North Urals Cup, Krasnoturyinsk Image from Caissa (Poland) |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Chess News for the Week Ending July 30 |
Dortmund Sparkassen begins
The Sparkassen, one of the biggest annual super grandmasters tournaments on the calander, began Saturday in Dortmund, Germany. Eight grandmasters with an average FIDE Elo rating of 2720 are participating: Michael Adams of Britain, Armenia's Levon Aronian, Boris Gelfand of Israel, Armenian Baadur Jobava, classical world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, Hungary's Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany and Russian Peter Svidler. All but Naiditsch and Jobava are rated over 2700. In the first two rounds, Saturday and Sunday, six of the eight games have ended in draws. On Saturday, in the first round, Leko, playing White, defeated Naiditsch and Svidler, playing Black, wn his game Jobava for the only decisive games thus far. Round three will be played tomorrow. The games are carried live at the official tournament website (once there click on "parten/games" in the red menu on the right). Stanislav Novikov (who?) scores upset win in Padubice Stanislav Novikov, a minor Russian grandmaster with a FIDE Elo rating of 2513, won the Czech Open in Pardubice when he defeated the Czech Republic's David Navara, one of the world's elite grandmasters with a FIDE Elo rating of 2719, in the final round Saturday. Novikov finished alone in first place with 7½ points out of nine games. Seven participants finished for second with 7 points each. Navara and the other pre-tournament favorite, Russian grandmaster Evgeny Najer, finished with 6½ points. Novikov is so little known that a Google image seach for him comes up empty. Nijboer leads Dutch Open after five rounds Friso Nijboer of Holland leads the Dutch Open in Dieren after five rounds with a perfect score. Friso Nijboer Sergei Tiviakov, the newly crowned Dutch national champion, is one of several competitors tied for second with four points. Nijboer and Tiviakov will play against each other in round six Monday with Tiviakov playing White. Rising British star Jessie Gilbert dies in fall Jessie Gilbert, 19, a rising star British chess, fell eight stories to her death early Thursday morning from her hotel room in Pardubice, Czech Republic, where she was participating in the Czech Open. Jessie Gilbert The police report said that Ms. Gilbert was alone at the time of her death. Her friends say that she was susceptible to sleepwalking. Ms. Gilbert was a member of the English Women's Olympic team in Torino this Spring where she played 11 games and scored 5½ points. When she was 11 years old, she played in and won the Women's World Amateur Championship. Ms. Gilbert was taking a year off from her studies at Oxford University where she was studying medicine in order to play in international events. To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields were glory does not stay And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. How to view diagrams on the JR Chess Report |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 12:55 AM by Jack Rabbit
!""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() This position is a theoretical draw Does this picture make sense to you? If not, please click here. Diagrams used in the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Merida, a true type font that is available as freeware at the above site. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Biel Grandmasters' Tournament |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 12:49 AM by Jack Rabbit
Participants in the Biel Grandmasters' Tournament Front, left to right: Teimour Radjabov, Andrei Volokitin, Magnus Carlsen Rear: Yannick Pelletier, Alexander Morozevich, Lazaro Burzón The 39th annual Biel chess festival began last Monday, July 24 in Biel, Bern Canton, Switzerland. The festival consists of several tournaments, of which the tow that draw the most attention from the public are the grandmasters' tournament and the tournament featuring six of the strongest women players in the world. The grandmasters' tournament also features six players with an average FIDE Elo rating of 2674: Lazaro Burzón of Cuba, 15-year-old Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen, Russian grandmaster Alexander Morozevich, Biel native and resident Yannick Pelletier, 19-year-old Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Ukrainian grandmaster Andrei Volokitin. This is the third time Morozevich has competed in Biel; he took first prize the two other times he participated, in 2003 and 2004. After six rounds, Morozevich is leading in his bid for a third Biel title with 5 points. The only blemish on his record is a second round loss to Carlsen. Regardless of the loss, five wins in six games at this level of competition is remarkable. Carlsen, the Norwegian national co-champion, began hot with two wins out of the box, but has failed to win since and lost in the fifth round to Volokitin. He is currently in third place with 3½ points. Second place is occupied by Radjabov with 4 points (3 wins, two draws and a loss to Morozevich). Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen vs. Alexander Morozevich Internatiional Grandmasters' Tournament, Round 2 Biel, July 2006 West India Game: Kings' Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ba3 Bh6 12. b4?! The move doesn't look unusual, but actually weakens the Queenside. Better is 12. Qc2 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 then White has an equal game or a small advantage after:
12. -- axb4 13. Bxb4 f5 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. a5 Rf7 16. Nb5 If 16. Re1 then equality is established by 16. -- Nf6 17. c5 Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 dxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxd5 21. Bf3. If 16. Nf3 then:
If 17. exf5 then:
If 18. Bxc5 Bxd2 then:
If 20. Bc4 then:
If 20. -- Bxd2 then:
If 21. -- e3 then:
If 22. -- Bf5 23. Nb3 then:
If 24. -- Ba6 then:
If 26. Qd2 Rea7 then the balance continues in these variations:
If 28. Rd1 then:
If 30. -- Qd5 then:
If 31. f4 then:
If 32. -- Nd7 33. Bxg7+ Qxg7 34. Qc1 then:
If 34. f4 then:
If 36. Rdd1 then:
!""""""""# $ + + + L% $+ + + T % $t+oNw+oO% $+ +m+ + % $ +q+ + +% $+ + + +p% $ + R Pp+% $+r+ + K % /(((((((() Position after White's 36th move 36. -- Rb6? If 36. -- Rga7 then:
Other moves don't work for White:
White now wins in all variations: 37. -- Qe5 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Qxc6 and now:
After 38. -- Qxd2 39. Rxc6, White has a strong or winning position in these variations:
If 39. -- Kg8 40. Nc4 then White wins:
White concludes the game with a nifty exchange sacrifice. 40. -- cxd5 40. -- Qe7 is no better. After 41. Qxh6+ Kg8 42. Rd2 then White wins:
Black cannot prevent checkmate at g7. Morozevich resigns. Alexander Morozevich Yannick Pelletier vs. Alexander Morozovich Internatiional Grandmasters' Tournament, Round 5 Biel, July 2006 Queen's Gambit: Slav Defense (Chameleon Variation) 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3!? This is an unusal treatment of the Chameleon. More common is 5. e3 and if 5. -- dxc4 then 6. Bxc4 5. -- e6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Qa5!? Another unusual move, this time from Black. He is taking advantage of White's undeveloped King's Bishop. The text is better than the stereotypical 9. -- Be7 10. e3 0-0 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. 0-0. 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. e4 c5 12. e5 Ng4 If 12. -- Nh5 then:
If White thought he was sacrificing a Pawn, then he miscalculated. It would be better to play in a way to maintain material equality: 14. hxg4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 and now:
14. -- exd5 15. hxg4 !""""""""# $t+v+lV T% $+ +m+oOo% $oW + + +% $+o+oP + % $ + O +p+% $+q+ +n+ % $pP + Pp+% $+ +rKb+r% /(((((((() Position after White's 15th move 15. -- Qe6! The text is better than 15. -- Bb7?! when:
16. Be2 If 16. Bf4 then Black has a strong position after 16. -- Nc5 17. Qc2 d3 18. Bxd3 Qxg4 19. Bg3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Qe4+ 21. Qxe4 dxe4. 16. -- Nc5 17. Nxd4 Qxe5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 18. -- Qe4?! would give White some hope of survival: 19. Qc3 Be6 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Rh5 Qf6 23. g5 Qd8 19. Bxe3 Na4 20. Nf5 Nxb2 21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd2 If 22. Rd4 then:
If 23. Bf3 Rc8 then:
If 24. Rc2 Rd8 then:
If 25. Rc2 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Bb4+ 27. Kd1 Rd8 then:
If 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 then:
White is hopeless. If 30. f3 Bxa2 then:
Black wins in all variations. If 33. g5 a5 then:
36. Rc4 Rd3+ is also futile:
If 38. Ra1 Bc6 then Black wins as follows:
If 40. Bd4 a3+ then Black could finish it off in one of these lines:
Pelletier put up a stubborn resistance, but the time had come to resign. This is a fine effort by Morozevich. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Biel Ladies' Tournament |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 01:09 AM by Jack Rabbit
Participants in the Biel Ladies' Tournament Front, left to right: Almira Skripchenko, Yelena Dembo, Anna Muzychuk, Pia Cramling Rear: Ekaterina Atalik, Monika Socko The Biel Ladies' Tournament is also taking place in Switzerland. The participants include two international grandmasters, Pia Cramling of Sweden and Almira Skripchenko of France. Ms. Cramling, at 43 the oldest player in the field, became a grandmaster in 1992 when FIDE began granting women the title. The other participants are Turkey's Ekaterina Atalik, Yelena Dembo of Greece, 16-year-old Slovenian Anna Muzychuk and Monika Socko of Poland. After six rounds, Ms. Cramling leads with 4½ points over Ms. Dembo, who has scored four points. Ms. Cramling drew her first three games and as of this morning, when she defeated Mlle. Skripchenko, she has won three in a row. Similarly, Ms. Dembo started with four straight draws and has won her last two. Pia Cramling Ekaterina Atalik vs. Pia Cramling International Ladies' Tournament, Round 4 Biel, July 2006 East India Game: Nimzo-Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 For many years, this was the almost automatic response to the Nimzo-Indian. Nowadays, the older 4. Qc2 is back in vogue. 4. -- 0-0 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. 0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Ne2 After 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 both sides would be satisfied with either of these variations:
If 11. -- Ne5 then:
If 13. b4 e5 14. Ne2 then:
If 15. -- Bc6 then he equalibrium is maintained:
If 17. -- Qc6 then:
If 21. b4 Rfd8 then the game remains level:
If 22. -- b6 then:
If 24. b4 then:
If 25. Qc7 then:
If 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 then the equalibrium is maintained in these variations:
If 29. -- Qg6 30. Qxe5 then:
If 32. Qxe5 Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxa4 then:
If 33. Nxe5 Qxg4 34. Nxg4 then the the game remains level in these variations:
White makes the fatal mistake. Correct is 35. Qxg5! hxg5:
!""""""""# $ + T L +% $O + +o+o% $ V + + O% $+ + N W % $t+ +p+ +% $+ + + Q % $ + + PpP% $+ R +r+k% /(((((((() Position after White's 35th move 35. -- Rxe4! This is an example of the occupation of the center being hollow and vulnerable. White had her pieces there, but the center was not fortified. The text move is like knocking the keystone out of a decaying arch. 36. Qa3+ 36. Rfe1 is also futile for White after Black replies 36. -- Qxg3: 37. Nf3 Qf5 may be a little better for White, but Black has a strong or winning advantage in all variations: Retaking is out of the question: 39. Qxa7 Qxc1 40. Rxc1 Re1+ and Black delivers checkmate on the next move. 39. f4 Qe7 40. Qg3+ Kh8 41. f5 Qg5 42. 0-1 White is a whole piece down and under attack. Mrs. Atalik resigns. Ms. Cramling took the lead at the half-way point in the tournament by defeating Monika Socko of Poland, who had held the lead since the second round. Pia Cramling vs. Monika Socko International Ladies' Tournament, Round 5 Biel, July 2006 !""""""""# $ + + + T% $+rM O Lo% $m+ Op+o+% $+ Op+oPp% $ +p+ P N% $+p+ + +b% $ + K + +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() Position after Black's 63rd move Black has just played 63. -- Rf8-h8? This took a cramped position and made it unplayable. Better was 63. -- Ra8. 64. h6+! Believe it or not, this virtually wins one of the Knights on the other wing. 63. Kf8 65. Bf1 Ke8 The King attempt to run to the other side in order to free the imprisoned Rook, but there is no time. Black is lost. If 65. --Ne8 then 66. Ra7 Nac7 67. Nf3 Rg8 68. Kc3 Rh8 69. b4 and now Black can do nothing but make passive waiting moves while White tightens the noose: 69. --cxb4+ 70. Kxb4 Rg8 71. Nd4 Rh8 72. Nb5 Nxb5 73. cxb5 Rg8 74. Ra8 Rh8 75. b6 Rg8 76. Bb5 Rh8 77. Rxe8#. 66. b4 cxb4 67. c5 Kd8 68. Bxa6 Nxa6 69. Rb6! And the Knight is gone. 69. -- Nc7 70. Rb8 is checkmate. 69. -- dxc5 70. Rxa6 Rather than resign here, as she could have done, Black waits for her passed Pawns to be taken. There is no way to save them. 70. -- Kc7 71. Rc6+ Kb7 72. Rxc5 Ra8 73. Rb5+ Kc7 74. Rxb4 Ra3 75. Ke2 1-0 Ekaterina Atalik at her wedding palying chess with the groom, Turkish grandmaster Saut Atalik (Istanbul, November 2005) Ekaterina Atalik vs. Almira Skripchenko International Ladies' Tournament, Round 3 Biel, July 2006 This position shall be used to illustrate the cardinal rule of the Jack Rabbit theory of chess: In order for one to win a chess game, one's opponent must first lose it. This isn't sush a brilliant observation. It is merely the correllary of the idea that from the initial position a perfect game of chess (that is, one in which neither player makes a mistake) will end in a draw. !""""""""# $ + + T T% $+v+m+oL % $oW O Mo+% $+o+pO +o% $ P Vp+ +% $P +bNq+p% $ + BnPp+% $+ R +r+k% /(((((((() Position after White's 24th move 24. -- Nh7? If 24. -- Rc8 then: Analysis Diagram !""""""""# $ +t+ + T% $+v+m+oL % $oW O Mo+% $+o+pO +o% $ P Vp+ +% $P +bNq+p% $ + BnPp+% $+ R +r+k% /(((((((() Hypothetical position after 24 -- Rc8 Let us now look at a variation that closely resmebles what was played in the actual game, only with the Black Rook on c8 and the Black Knight on f6. 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Nf5+? This sacrfice is a blunder. We should conclude that the move is so bad, it would probably not have been played by a master as strong as Mrs. Atalik. Nevertheless, it illustrates an important point. 26. -- gxf5 and the most likely continuation is 27. Qxf5 Ne5 28. Qg5+ Ng6 and the Black King is safe with Black poised for a counterattack with her Pawns and Pieces well defended; Black should win. The pyrotechnic display in the game doesn't work now: if 27. Qg3+ then 27. -- Kh7 28. Rc6 Bxc6 29. Qd6 and White does not accomplish the gain of tempo as in the actual game. 20. -- Rh8 (preventing the White Queen from returning to g3) 30. Qf4 Kh8! 31. Qh6+ and now 31. -- Nh7 can be played (it is, in fact, Black's only legal move) and White's attack is spent. The only thing she accomplished in this variation is to give away a Rook; Black wins easily. 25. Nxd4 exd4 !""""""""# $ + + T T% $+v+m+oLm% $oW O +o+% $+o+p+ +o% $ P Op+ +% $P +bNq+p% $ + B Pp+% $+ R +r+k% /(((((((() Position after Black's 25th move 26. Nf5+!! If 26. Nc2?! Rc8 then then the game is level in these variations: The text move leads to a quicker end than 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ Kf6 30. Rc6 Bxc6 31. Qxd6+. Note that White now has the King's wing of the sixth rank enitrely at her disposal; this would not have been the case with the Knight on f6, which explains why the same maneuvers failed in the analysis of Black's 24th move. 28. --- Bxc6 29. Qxd6+ Kg7 30. Bh6+ Kg8 31. Qg3+ 1-0 Black's fate is sealed: if 31. --- Ng5 then 32. Qxg5+ Kh7 33. Qg7 is checkmate. Mlle. Skripchenko resigns. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. North Urals Cup, Krasnoturyinsk |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 01:37 AM by Jack Rabbit
The North Urals Cup, an even stronger supertournament for ladies than the one in Biel, is taking place now in the town of Krasnoturyinsk in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. The tournament is a single round robin event with ten participants: Maia Chibudanidze of Georgia, Lithuania's Viktorija Cmilyte, 12-year-old Chinese prodigy Hou Yifan, Nadezhda Kosintsev of Russia and her sister, Tatiana Kosintseva, 16-year-old Ukrainian Katya Lahno, Svetlana Matveeva of Russia, Armenian Lilit Mkrtchian, Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria and Zhu Chen, formally of China who began this year playing under the flag of her husband's country, Qatar. Ms. Chiburdanidze, Ms. Stefanova and Ms. Zhu are all full international grandamsters and each has held the title of women's world champion at one time. Ms. Chiburdanidze, the senior participant in the field, won the title when she was 17 years old and held it for 12 years. Three former women's world champions competing in Krasnoturinsk Zhu Chen (top), Maia Chiburdanidze and Antoaneta Stefanova The other participants hold the title of woman grandmaster (WGM) except for young Ms. Hou, who is a FIDE master (FM) who is expected to achieve higher titles rapidly. Given the strength of this tournament, she may score a norm just for coming. After seven rounds, Ms. Zhu and Ms. Lahno are tied for the tournament lead with 5½ points each. Ms. Mkrtchian is in third place with 4 points. Katya Lahno Katya Lahno vs. Maia Chiburdanidze North Urals Cup, Round 5 Krasnoturyinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, July 2006 German Defense (Caro-Kann Defense) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. 0-0-0 0-0? This is the losing move. Black would do better to develop the Queen's Knight and castle long. White is too well poised to attack against the King's wing to put the King there. Better is 11. -- Nbd7 when a satisfactory game for both sides is achieved in these lines:
12. -- fxg6 is too risky. After 13. h4:
If 13. -- Nh5 14. Nxh5 gxh5 15. Qg5 then:
If 14. -- Qd5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bf3 then:
If 15. -- Nf4 16. Ne4 then:
If 17. -- Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2
If 18. -- Rad8 19. Qxf4 then:
If 19. -- N7b6 20. Be4 then:
If 21. -- Kf8 22. g3 then:
!""""""""# $ + + +L+% $O + T O % $ +o+ +o+% $+o+mM N % $ + + T +% $+ + +b+ % $pPp+ Pp+% $+ KrR + % /(((((((() Position after Black's 22nd move 23. Rxd5! Black would get back in the game after the pedestrian 23. Bxd5+?! cxd5:
23. -- cxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Rxe6 26. Bxe6 Nc4 If 26. -- Nf7 27. Bd7 then White wins the following variations:
29. -- Rh4 doesn't work any better; 30. g3 and now White wins:
If 30. -- Rf4 31. f3 then White wins:
White is ready to advance her Queenside Pawn majority. If 33. -- Rh1 34. Rd2 then:
White has an advanced passed Pawn, a Rook that can easily be put behind it and an active, centralized King; Black's Rook is temporarily offsided. The rest of the game is a matter of technique. Ms. Chiburdanidze resigns. Of all the games fetured this week, the following is my favorite. I'm a sucker for a piece sacrifice. Lilit Mkrtchian Antoaneta Stefanova vs. Lilit Mkrtchian North Urals Cup, Round 5 Krasnoturyinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, July 2006 Barcza Opening 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nd7 4. -- Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. 0-0 e5 is level. 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. 0-0 e5 8. e4 dxe4 8. -- Qc7 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. d4 0-0-0 11. Qe2 Bd6 is satisfactory for both sides. 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Qe1 0-0 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qe2 a5 14. Bg5 h6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bd2? This move invites a tactical stroke that gives a clear advantage to Black. When the dust settles, Black will have won three Pawns for a Bishop. Correct is 16. Nxb6 and if 16. -- Bxb6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rd7 then Black maintains the equalibrium with:
!""""""""# $t+ +t+l+% $+o+ WoO % $ Mo+ M O% $O V O +v% $p+n+p+ +% $+ + +nPp% $ PpBqPb+% $R +r+ K % /(((((((() Position after White's 16th move 16. -- Bxf2+!! If 16. -- Nxc4 17. Qxc4 then:
If 19. Kg1 Qxc4
If 22. -- Qxb2 then:
If 23. Qxf5 then:
If 24. g4 e4 25. Nh2 Qg1+ then:
If 27. Kd1 e4 28. Bg2 then:
If 28. Bg2 Qg4 then:
If 31. R1d6 f3 32. Bh1 Rf8 33. Qh2 Qg5 34. Rd1 Rae8 35. R7d4 e3 then:
Black almost throws away her victory. The correct move is 34. -- Qxa4!:
However, White also errs. The move to avoid loss is 36. Qf5:
36. -- e2 37. Bxe2 Qxd3 38. Qg4 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Rxe2+ 0-1 White must either surrender her Queen or submit to checkmate. Ms. Stefanova resigns. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-31-06 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bonus Game: Novikov defeats Navara to win the Czech Open |
Edited on Mon Jul-31-06 08:06 PM by Jack Rabbit
Stanislav Novikov, the 2006 Czech Open champion, is a 21-year-old student and resident of Moscow. He says he plays chess infrequently. If this game is any indication of what he can do, let's hope that changes.
In an interview published yesterday on the official tournament website, Novikov seems to almost disbelieve both that he won the whole thing or that he defeated an elite grandmaster to do it. The action in Pardubice David Navara vs. Stanislav Novikov Czech Open, Round 9 Pardubice, July 2006 West India Game: King's Indian Defnese 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 Na6 7. 0-0 e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11. dxe5 The King's Indian Defense has many variations; any of the following lines and many more are popssible here, all giving both sides a satisfactory game:
If 12. Qc2 Nf7 then the following lines establish an equalibrium:
The text move is risky and leads to trouble. White may not appreciate the potential strength of Black's possible Kingside Pawn advance. Safer is 17. exf5:
White must be very cafeful not to get a lost position. If 20. g3 Ng5 then:
Again, White lives dangerously. Dr. Tarrasch warned us a hundred years ago about making the KR3 point (h3 for White, h6 for Black) a target by advancing the h-Pawn when the King's position is inadequately defended. Less risky is 21. Bc4:
After this, White is completely lost. If 22. Bc4+ Kh8 then:
If 23. Bc3 then:
There is nothing more White can do to prevent the sacrifice of the Bishop at h3. If White attempts to gain space on the other wing with 24. a4 then:
!""""""""# $t+v+ +l+% $OoM W Vo% $ +o+ + T% $+ P O + % $ P +pO +% $+ B +pOp% $pN + +p+% $R QrNbK % /(((((((() Position after White's 24th move 24. -- Bxh3!! White has taken too many risks and Black now punishes him for it. The sacrifice is beautiful. 25. gxh3 If White refuses the offering with 25. Nc4 then Black continues to get a strong advantage from his Kingside attack with 25. -- Bc8 26. Nd6 Rh2 27. Bc4+ Kh8 28. a4 b6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. -- Nxh3+ 26. Bxh3 Rxh3 27. Ng2 If 27. Rd2 then 27. -- Qh4 28. Kf1 Rh2 29. Qc2 Qh3+ 30. Rg2 Nb5 31. Nd1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxe1+ 33. Kxe1 Qh1+ 34. Kd2 Qxg2+ 35. Kc1 Qf1 36. Kb2 g2 and Black wins. 27. -- Qf7 28. Kf1 28. Nxf4 is futile: Black replies 28. -- exf4 and now Black wins in all variations:
If 29. Qc2 Qh5 then:
If 30. Qb2 Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 then:
Navara resigns. A fine game by Novikov. Hail to the unknown. |
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