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6th CC World Champion Horst Rittner
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Contents
Horst Rittner at 70
Introduction: pages 2-3
Rittner interview
Pages 4-6
Career highlights
Page 7
Games by Rittner
Pages 8-15
Estrin Memorial
Tournament report
Pages 16-22
Four new GM games
Pages 23-25
1st ICCF Email World
Championship report
Pages 26-33
37th Hungarian CC
Championship
Pages 34-37
New Swedish CC
Champion’s games
Pages 38-44
Theory: Traxler Attack
Pages 45-49
Ectool email program
Software review
Pages 50-51, 64
ICCF Results
Pages 52-62
Book Reviews
Page 63
ECO Openings Index
Page 64
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The sixth correspondence
chess World Champion
Horst
Rittner
speaks
his
mind
Like it or not (& some
certainly don’t like
it), at 70 years
of age, a World
Champion has
earned the right
to have his say...
HORST Rittner, the 6 th CC World
Champion, is a somewhat controversial
figure in his homeland.
You can see that for yourself in the
following interview, in which the views
he expresses are his own and are not
endorsed by Chess Mail. However, a
world champion is entitled to his say.
A few months ago, he reached the age
of 70 but is still competing at a high level.
In the opinion of his predecessor Dr Hans
Berliner, Rittner is one of the best CC
players ever and made very few errors in
the games played in his prime.
As Dr Fritz Baumbach has put it, Rittner
is “the world champion of grandmaster
norms”. His record of ten CC-GM norms
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may never be equalled, and it certainly
cannot be ruled out that he will eventually
add a few more to that total.
Horst Rittner was born in July 16,
1930 in Breslau (home town of Adolf
Anderssen), which is now the Polish
city of Wroclaw. He grew up during the
turbulent years of World War II. As an
adult he lived in Berlin and was a citizen
of the communist-governed DDR.
He had learned chess (depending
on which source you consult) at the
age of 12 or 13 (i.e. during WW2) from
his father, joined his local chess club
in 1948 and took up CC in 1949. His
first tournament was Group 20 of the
Deutschen Schachblätter, taking first
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place with 13/14. A succession of good
results led to qualifying for the final of
the 2nd German championship, 1951-53
(from the DDR preliminaries) in which
he took a high position. He then won the
final of the 3 rd German Ch., 1953-56.
Three times in the 1950’s he entered
the OTB championship of the DDR but,
as he put it himself, “only with moderate
success”. He has been a CC specialist for
most of his life.
At this early stage in his career, he told
the Fernschach editor, “Chiefly I play 1
e4 but in recent times also equally 1 d4
and 1 Nf3. I prefer a positional game to
a combinative game. I don’t hold much
with the so-called advantage of the first
move. Chess theory constantly discovers
new ideas for Black, and in CC one can
directly give them a good trial.” Later in
Fernschach (1971) he said that he began
postal chess to improve his middle-game
and endgame play for OTB but soon
learned that CC was an art in itself.
Up to 1954 he worked in a bank but
then got his DDR sports job which was
followed by editorial work. Evidently
it wasn’t a great handicap for Rittner’s
career to have access to the latest
chess information and opening theory,
sometimes even before publication, but
other players have had similar advantages
without capitalising on them.
After winning the German Championship,
it wasn’t long before he made
an impression on the world stage. In the
USSR-Germany match (1955-57) he lost
both games on top board to GM Dubinin
but then he achieved the grandmaster
title by winning top board of the 3rd
Olympiad Final (1967-1971) with a 7.5/9
score. This was followed by a convincing
two-point margin of victory (with only
10 games!) in the very strong Ragozin
Memorial (1963-66), as a result of which
he was invited to play in the final of
the 6 th World Championship. (He never
played a semifinal.)
In the year subsequent to winning the
World Championship, Rittner concentrated
mostly on invitational grandmaster
tournaments organised by national federations,
usually playing two or more
simultaneously. He also scored a noteworthy
victory against Tigran Petrosian,
the former FIDE world champion, in the
early 1970s.
The reunification of Germany a decade
ago eventually brought his editorial
career to a close, but he continued to
play strong CC. He then surprised the
chess world in 1998 by taking up his
long-deferred qualification place in
World Championship Final XVI.
We begin with the interview he gave
to “Schach” a few months ago, now
published in English for the first time
(with a few cuts). There follows a survey
of Rittner’s career with tables and a
selection of his games.
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John C. Knudsen
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A Life Full of Chess: Rittner at 70
by Sibylle Heyme (Berlin)
HORST RITTNER has lived through
chess history. In 1954, at the
age of only 24, the Breslau-born
player took over as General Secretary
of the German Chess Association of the
GDR. In the 1960s he changed to become
the chief trainer of the club TSC Berlin
and in that role he coached the generation
of Fuchs, Golz, Zinn, and Baumbach.
From 1965 until his retirement in 1991 he
managed the journal “Schach”.
His greatest sporting achievement
culminated in 1971 when he won the
6 th Correspondence Chess World Championship.
On July 16, 2000 Horst Rittner celebrated
his 70 th birthday. On this occasion,
we paid him a visit to ask him
some questions about the world of
(correspondence) chess.
World Champion 1971
In those days there were no chess
computers. An advantage for me was
that I could use the 24-volume openings
book series from Sportverlag, which had
just been published at this time. As a
result I often reached the middle game
with a big advantage.
I mostly analysed alone, but sometimes
with Kurt Richter whom I visited once a
week. All his life, Richter was an untiring
attacker, and I could profit very much
from his wealth of tactical ideas.
My world title in 1971 brought me no
special prestige in East Germany. I was
cited by Roland Weißig, at that time vice
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Rittner in 1971 at the time he became
World Champion
president of the official sport federation
of the GDR, the Deutscher Turn- und
Sportbund (DTSB). I received a gift of
honour. Later I got the Friedrich-Ludwig
Jahn Medal, the only sports functionary
to receive it. But at Sportverlag, my
colleagues were proud of my World
Champion title.
As for alternatives, I once wanted to
become a singer. I had a good tenor
voice and formerly I sang in a choir.
16 th CC World Ch.
I am now playing once more in the
World Championship. I sought a great
tournament, because I no longer get
so many invitations. As a former World
Champion, I was entitled to a free place,
as was also Jørn Sloth, who like me never
tried to defend his title.
I have no ambitions for the title.
Meanwhile, I am playing too quickly
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and impatiently in this tournament.
Yet perhaps it will bring me the 11 th
fulfillment of the GM norm, which in this
Category 16 tournament (the strongest
World Championship of all time) requires
8½ points form 16 games.
ICCF and BdF
For 30 years, from 1961-91, I was a
Vice President of ICCF and Chairman
of the Qualifications Commission. Four
times I was re-elected with a big majority.
The biggest problem I had was to get the
permission of the DTSB to put forward
my candidacy.
Since 1990, I am in conflict with the
German CC organisation, especially with
Messrs Soltau and (Eckhard) Lüers. I was
flung out of my function at ICCF. Our
last quarrel was over the selection of the
Olympiad team.
Although I had achieved ten GMnorms
(a world record!), and also belonged
on the team by Elo rating, I was not
nominated for the first Olympiad team.
Other players should “gain experience”.
“Gain experience” – that is just absurd in
postal chess, where a tournament lasts
five years. Ability should always be the
criterion.
In BdF, there are too few democratic
decisions, it is only a pseudo-democracy.
We have no selection congresses, no
discussions. ICCF is more democratic,
but here it displeases me that English has
become the main language.
Postal times
The postal traffic with Russia and
the Ukraine is still catastrophic, and
even with Poland a card can take an
eternity. Praiseworthy, however, is the
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development in the Baltic States which
now have similar postal times to central
Europe.
In 1990, I began a Dutch correspondence
tournament, in which I played
only under the condition that I could post
my cards not in the letterbox near my
home, in the East, but a mere kilometer
away in West Berlin. Moves from East
Berlin would take 10 days to arrive, from
the West only two. It was so curious that
I was even accompanied by a TV crew
and filmed doing it.
CC versus OTB
Correspondence chess is qualitatively
higher: more accurately, there are fewer
blunders. I have won against several
grand-masters in postal chess, against
whom I wouldn’t have had any chance
over the board.
CC players are amateurs, who pay
money out and receive none, because
it is an expensive hobby. Most players
regard CC simply as a substitute for OTB
play, which they cannot practise any
longer for various reasons.
I might also be critical about the
prizes for the World Championship,
which cannot be compared with those
in OTB. There is only a prize of honour:
the World Champion receives a silver
plate on which the tournament table is
engraved.
Computers in CC
Many CC players stopped their activities
because of chess computers. I have
also thought about it, but I decided to
continue because I need the challenge
of mental work.
The computer offers, however, also
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an enormous saving of time concerning
analysis: one can reach with a click of a
button the current position, so you avoid
the burdensome setting up of the pieces.
Games develop tidily, tactical oversights
are practically a thing of the past, and
the proportion of draws is undoubtedly
increased. But the fun has definitely
been reduced.
I first played against van Oosterom
about 20 years ago and beat him
with Black in 20 moves. Later he got
computers. The next time we played was
in a little Dutch tournament; I could with
great difficulty hold him to a draw.
The future of CC
In its present form, correspondence
chess has no future. The technique should
be improved so that the exchange of
moves by email becomes compulsory.
The time question is the most important.
Many older players still prefer to
send their move by postcard. Thus in
the current World Championship I am
playing only two games by fax; the rest
of the opponents are sending the good
old postcard.
One way to a prosperous future would
be, to introduce quite young people
to CC. Correspondence chess has a
high training value because you are
forced to deal with opening theory and,
furthermore, it develops your ability to
analyse.
“Schach”
From 1965 to 1990 there were no
changes in the journal “Schach” apart
from its format. We had the very good
regular series, School of Combinations
and Chess Problems.
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In general, we were not free to choose
the contributions ourselves. The boss of
the publishing house Sportverlag had the
right to allow or forbid every article!
The CC part was longer than it is today.
Furthermore, we published reports of
chess events involving children and
young players. Of course the magazine
carried no advertisements (in the GDR,
there was no advertising at all!).
Older
One can continue in CC longer than
in OTB but the playing strength declines
slowly with age. In CC a border lies at
about 60 years of age.
I no longer follow developments in
chess so intensively. I don’t play OTB
chess any more and I don’t deal with
published games in magazines. In CC
I still trust in my old openings and
keep them up to date with the newest
Informators.
70 & a little bit wiser
“To win a world title in CC, one must
devote at least as much time as is required
for a doctorate,” observed in 1971 the
new World Champion Horst Rittner,
“which is why I have not defended my
title”.
Why then after a further 30 years
has he changed his mind and entered a
strength-stealing world final?
“I might show that I am not yet a spent
force,” explained Rittner, “but above all,
also some defiance to BdF, when they
did not select me for the olympiad team,
despite my record achievement of ten
GM norms”.
Many thanks for the conversation.
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6th CC World Champ. FInal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts.
1 Rittner, Horst Robert DDR * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 12½
2 Zagorovsky, Vladimir P USSR ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12
3 Estrin, Yakov B. USSR 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 10
4 Thiele, Erich DDR 0 0 0 * 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9
5 Sanakoev, Grigory K. USSR ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 8½
6 Kellner, John Vincent AUS 0 ½ 1 1 0 * ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 8½
7 Stern, Dieter BRD 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½
8 Hybl, Jaroslav CZE ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7½
9 Kauranen, Risto FIN ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 7
10 Nyman, Sture Valentin SVE 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7
11 De Carbonnel, Heinz BRD 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ 0 6
12 Karker, Norbert BRD 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 0 1 ½ 6
13 Ljungdahl, John SVE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 5½
14 Sevecek, Rudolf CZE ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 5
15 Aarseth, Sverre NOR 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 4
16 Jansen, C. NLD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 * 3
Reply from Grandmaster Soltau
WE INVITED Messrs H-E.
Lüers and A.Soltau to reply to
remarks made by GM Rittner
in his interview as they were unfavourably
mentioned. We received the following
comment from GM Achim Soltau.
IT IS true that Rittner was ICCF Vice
President and a favourite of Hans-Werner
von Massow — up to that moment, when
Rittner refused a hommage to Bertl von
Massow in “Schach” after her death.
From that moment von Massow was his
enemy. Even “Shakhmatny Byulleten”
printed an hommage.
BdF did not “fling out” Rittner. He
retired by himself because BdF was not
willing to pay Rittner’s expenses for the
job of ICCF Vice-president. He was at
that time Chefredakteur of the magazine
“Schach”, which belonged at that time to
the “Springer-Verlag”, the biggest and
richest publishing house in the German
Federal Republic. He could have paid
these expenses from his own salary.
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Indeed there is some lack of democracy
in BdF. But you cannot organize a
meeting of all 6000 members as a
general assembly. The members of
the presidium are therefore elected by
postcard. Normally the proposal of the
old board is accepted by the members.
If I knew a better method...
Rittner’s ten GM norms
The tournaments in which GM Rittner
achieved his ten CC-GM norms were as
follows: CC Olympiad III Final 1958-61
(best result on board 1); Ragozin Memorial
1963-65 (1 st ); World Ch. VI Final
1968-71 (1 st ); BdF-25 1970-74 (3 rd place,
10/14); Perfors Memorial 1976-80 (4 th ,
8/12); Purdy Memorial 1979-84 (2 nd );
NBC-15 Volmac A 1982-86 (1 st , 11/14);
Dr R.Blass Mem. 1987-92 (2 nd on
tiebreak, 10/14); ASIGC 2000-A 1995-99
(9/14, tie for second); Lewkowitz Memorial
B 1994-99 (4 th , 10.5/16).
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Bishop’s Opening (C30)
E. Serbe (Groitzsch) -
Horst Rittner (Werdau)
Germany ch (DDR-prelim), 1951
Notes by Kretschmar
1 e4 e5 2 ¥c4 ¤f6 3 d3 ¤c6 4 ¤c3
¥c5 5 f4 d6 6 ¤f3 ¥e6 7 ¥xe6
7 ¥b5 a6 8 ¥a4 b5 9 ¥b3 0–0 10 f5
¥xb3 11 axb3 h6 12 h3 b4 13 ¤e2 d5
Schneiders-Firmenich, corr 1946.
7...fxe6 8 fxe5 dxe5 9 ¤a4 £d6 10
¤g5 ¢e7 11 ¤xc5 £xc5 12 c3 ¦ad8
13 £b3 ¦d6 14 ¢e2 ¦hd8 15 ¥e3
£a5 16 £c4
Threatens ¥c5 but better 16 ¦ad1.
16...h6!
16...b5 17 £c5 threat a4!.
17 ¤h3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0
9zppzp-mk-zp-0
9-+ntrpsn-zp0
9wq-+-zp-+-0
9-+Q+P+-+0
9+-zPPvL-+N0
9PzP-+K+PzP0
9tR-+-+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
17...¦xd3 18 ¤f2
18 £xd3 ¦xd3 19 ¢xd3.
18...¦xe3+!!
18...¦3d7 19 a4! …19...£a6 20 £xa6
bxa6 21 b4 ¦b8 22 ¦hb1 idea b5.
19 ¢xe3 £b6+ 20 ¢f3
20 ¢e2 £xb2+.
20...¦f8 21 ¤d3 ¤d5+ 22 ¢e2 ¤f4+
23 ¤xf4
23 ¢d2 ¦d8!.
23...£xb2+ 24 ¢d3
24 ¢f3 ¦xf4+ 25 ¢e3 £f2+ 26 ¢d3 ¦f8!.
24...exf4 25 £c5+ ¢f7 26 ¦he1
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If 26 ¦hc1 b5–+ or 26 e5 ¦d8+ 27 ¢e4
£e2+ 28 ¢xf4 g5+ 29 ¢g3 ¦d3+.
26...¦d8+ 27 ¢c4
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-tr-+-+0
9zppzp-+kzp-0
9-+n+p+-zp0
9+-wQ-+-+-0
9-+K+Pzp-+0
9+-zP-+-+-0
9Pwq-+-+PzP0
9tR-+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
27...b5+! 28 £xb5 ¦d4+!! 0–1.
If 29 cxd4 £c2 mate.
Tarrasch French (C06)
K. Henning (Kiel) -
Horst Rittner (Werdau)
2 nd German CC Ch 1951-54, Final
Notes by Rittner, Fernschach 1954
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤d2 ¤f6 4 e5 ¤fd7
5 ¥d3 c5 6 c3 ¤c6 7 ¤e2 cxd4 8
cxd4 ¤b6 9 0–0 ¥d7 10 f4 g6 11 ¤f3
h5! 12 a3 a5! 13 £c2 ¦g8 14 ¥e3
a4 15 ¤c3 ¤a5 16 ¥f2 ¥e7 17 ¤g5
¦c8 18 h4 ¤b3 19 ¦ad1 ¤c4 20 ¢h2
£c7 21 £e2
21 ¥xc4 £xc4 threat ...¥xa3.
21...¤xb2 22 ¤xd5
Avoids the loss of a pawn but does
not improve White’s position.
22...exd5 23 £xb2 £c3 24 £a2
If 24 £e2 Black should probably not
capture on a3 at once but secure himself
somewhat against the e5-e6 threat by
24...£c6.
24...¢f8 25 ¥e1
Attempting to give up a pawn for
some attack.
25...£xd4 26 ¥b4 ¥xb4 27 ¥b5
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¢e7 35 ¢f1 ¤d4! 36 ¦xd4 £xd4 37
£b2 ¥xf2 0–1.
Rittner in the mid-1950s when he won
the 3rd Gernan CC Championship
¥d2! 28 ¥xd7 ¦c3 29 ¢h1 £c4 30
e6 f6 31 ¤h3
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This soon brings about the collapse of
the white position.
32 gxh3 £e4+ 33 ¢g1 ¥e3+ 34 ¦f2
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Queen’s Gambit (D56)
Horst Rittner (Werdau) -
O. Rüster (Krölpa)
2 nd German CC Ch 1951-54, Final
Notes based on those by the players
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 ¤f3 d5 4 ¥g5
¥e7 5 ¤c3 0–0 6 e3 h6 7 ¥h4 ¤e4
8 ¥xe7 £xe7
HR: By transposition, we have arrived
at the elastic Lasker variation. This is a
really arid way of playing that I certainly
had not expected from Rüster.
9 £c2 c6 10 ¥e2 ¤d7 11 0–0 ¤xc3
12 £xc3 dxc4 13 ¥xc4 c5?
HR: The first departure from theory.
Better is 13...b6 14 e4 ¥b7 15 ¦fe1 ¦fc8
etc. (Gilg-Eliskases, 1939).
OR: I am thoroughly in agreement
about the dubiousness of this move; I
risked it in order to go my own way.
14 ¦fd1 b6 15 ¥b5!
HR: This is why: Black’s 13th move
has made the b5 square available so that
in the following moves the c5-pawn
becomes weak.
15...¥b7 16 ¥xd7 ¥xf3 17 gxf3
£xd7 18 dxc5 £c6 19 e4 £xc5
OR: My original plan was to recapture
with the pawn, then ...¦ac8 followed
by ...f5. Then I suddenly saw the possibility
that Rittner points out in his note
to move 27, and calculated the game
continuation as far as move 30. At first
this variation appeared good to me, but
I had overlooked that if I play 31...¦xf3
White does not have to capture on a7
immediately.
HR: 19...bxc5 is no better as Black
must reckon with the threat b4.
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¦b5 23 ¦d7 ¦a5 24 ¦c2 ¦b8 25 ¦c7
¦bb5 26 ¦d2 ¦b8 27 ¦dd7 c4! 28
¦xc4
If 28 bxc4 ¦b1+ 29 ¢g2 ¦g5+ 30 ¢h3
¦bg1 etc.
28...¦xa2 29 ¦cc7 ¦xb3 30 ¦xf7
¢h8! 31 ¦xg7
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31...¦b1+?
31...¦xf3 32 ¦h7+ ¢g8 33 ¦cg7+ ¢f8
34 ¦xa7 ¦xa7 35 ¦xa7 ¦f4 36 ¦a4 would
keep a few drawing chances but Rüster
wanted to end the game quickly.
32 ¢g2 ¦bb2 33 ¦ge7 ¦xf2+ 34 ¢g3
¦g2+ 35 ¢f4 e5+
Black cannot avoid the loss of another
pawn: 35...¦a6 36 ¦xa7 ¦xa7 37 ¦xa7
¦xh2 38 ¦e7.
36 ¦xe5 1–0.
Catalan Opening (E01)
E. Ziems (Dölme) -
Horst Rittner (Berlin)
3 rd German CC Ch 1953-56, Final
Notes by Rittner, Fernschach 1957
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 ¥g2 ¤bd7
5 cxd5 exd5 6 ¤c3 c6 7 ¤f3
Better is 7 ¥f4.
7...¥d6 8 0–0 0–0 9 £c2 ¦e8 10 e3
£c7
10...£e7 11 ¤d2 ¤f8 12 e4 dxe4 13 ¤dxe4
10
¤xe4 14 ¥xe4 ¥h3 15 ¦e1 f5? 16 ¥d5+.
11 ¤d2 ¤f8 12 e4 dxe4 13 ¤dxe4
¤xe4 14 ¥xe4 ¥h3 15 ¦e1 £d7
15...f5? 16 ¥d5+.
16 ¥d2 f5 17 ¥h1 ¢h8 18 d5 c5 19
£d3 a6 20 a4 ¤g6
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21 f4? c4!
The opening of the diagonal a7-g1 is
immediately decisive. Instead of f4, White
should have exchanged the rooks.
22 £f3
22 £xc4 ¦ac8 23 £d3 ¥c5+ 24 ¥e3
£d6 25 ¥g2 ¤xf4 26 gxf4 £g6-+.
22...¥c5+ 23 ¥e3 ¦xe3 24 ¦xe3 ¦e8
25 ¦ae1
25 ¤d1 £e7 26 ¢f2 ¥g4.
25...¦xe3 26 ¦xe3 £e8 0–1.
If 27 ¢f2 ¥g4 or 27 ¤d1 £xa4.
Winawer French (C19)
Leonardo Lipiniks (ARG) -
Horst Rittner (DDR)
CCOL3 final, bd.1, 1958-61
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤c3 ¥b4 4 e5 c5 5
a3 ¥xc3+ 6 bxc3 ¤e7 7 a4 ¤bc6 8
¤f3 £c7 9 £d2 f6
9...¥d7 10 ¥d3 b6 11 0–0 c4 12 ¥e2
¤f5 13 ¥a3 (13 g4! ¤fe7 14 ¤h4 0–0
15 ¥a3²) 13...h5 14 ¦fe1 f6 15 ¥f1 h4
(15...0–0–0 16 g3! ¢b7) .
10 exf6 gxf6 11 ¥a3
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11 ¥e2 c4 12 £h6 (12 0–0!?; 12 ¤h4!?)
12...¤g6 13 ¤h4 ¦g8 14 ¥h5 £g7=.
11...c4 12 ¥e2 ¤g6 13 0–0 ¥d7 14
¤e1?
14 ¦fe1.
14...0–0–0 15 g3 h5 16 h4 e5 17 dxe5
¤gxe5 18 ¥c5 ¥g4 19 ¤g2 £a5 20
¥b4
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If 20 ¥d4?! ¤xd4 or 20 ¥e3?! d4.
20...¥xe2! 21 £xe2 ¤xb4 22 cxb4
£xb4 23 ¤f4 d4 24 £e4
24 ¤xh5?! d3 25 cxd3 cxd3 26 £d1
£e4 27 ¤xf6 ¤f3+ 28 ¢h1 ¦xh4+ 29
gxh4 £f4.
24...£d6 25 £f5+ ¢b8 26 ¤xh5 d3
27 c3 £c6! 28 f3 £b6+ 29 ¢h1 £b2
30 ¤xf6 £xc3 31 ¦ab1 £d4 32 £e4
b6 33 a5 c3! 34 axb6 £xe4 35 bxa7+
¢a8 36 ¤xe4
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36...c2 37 ¦bc1 ¦hf8!
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37...d2 38 ¦xc2 d1£ 39 ¦xd1 ¦xd1+
40 ¢g2÷.
38 ¢g2 ¤xf3 39 ¦f2
39 ¦xf3 d2.
39...¤e1+! 0-1.
White resigned as after 40 ¦xe1 ¦xf2+
41 ¢xf2 d2 42 ¤xd2 ¦xd2+ 43 ¢f3 ¦d1
44 ¦e8+ ¢xa7 45 ¦c8 c1£ 46 ¦xc1 ¦xc1
the endgame with two pawns versus ¦
is hopeless, since the black ¢ can get in
front of the passed pawns: 47 g4 ¢b6 48
h5 ¢c5 49 ¢e4 ¢d6 50 ¢f5 ¢e7 51 ¢g6
¢f8 52 g5 ¢g8 and zugzwang will soon
be inevitable: 53 ¢f6 ¢h7 54 ¢f5 ¦f1+
55 ¢g4 ¦h1 56 h6 ¢g6 etc.
Rittner had two great clashes with
Moscow grandmaster Simagin. Here is
the encounter which he won.
Richter-Rauzer Sicilian (B66)
Horst Rittner (DDR) -
Vladimir Simagin (USSR)
Ragozin Memorial 1963-66
Notes by Rittner in Schach
1 e4 c5 2 ¤f3 ¤c6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4
¤f6 5 ¤c3 d6 6 ¥g5 e6 7 £d2 a6 8
0–0–0 h6 9 ¥e3 ¥d7
It’s known that 9...¤g4 10 ¤xc6 bxc6
11 ¥c5 ¥b7 12 h3 dxc5 13 £xd8+ ¦xd8
14 ¦xd8+ ¢xd8 15 hxg4 gives Black an
unfavourable endgame because of the
weakness of his queenside.
10 f3
10 f4 appears more active but the text
move also has its cunning points. It’s
hard for Black to find a safe place for his
¢ because kingside casling can be met
by the pawn-storm g4-g5.
10...b5 11 ¤xc6 ¥xc6 12 £f2 £c7
13 ¥d3 b4
A long time ago, GM Simagin had
written in Shakmaty, subjecting the 4th
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match game Smyslov-Botvinnik (1957)
to a precise analysis. He found that after
13...¥e7 14 £g3 g6 15 ¢b1 0–0–0 White
could have achieved an advantage by
16 a4! (instead of 16 £f2 ¢b7). It was
therefore very interesting for me to see
how Simagin would solve his opening
problem.
14 ¤e2 d5 15 e5! ¤d7
After 15...£xe5 16 ¥f4 £h5 17 g4
Black must give up a piece to save his
£.
16 f4 ¥b5 17 ¢b1 ¥xd3 18 cxd3 b3
19 ¦c1 bxa2+ 20 ¢a1 £b7 21 ¦c2!
¦c8
If 21...¥e7 22 ¦hc1 0–0 23 ¦c7 £b5
24 ¤d4.
22 ¦xc8+ £xc8 23 ¦c1 £b7 24 f5!
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No great research was needed before
playing this pawn sacrifice, because it
can hardly be accepted.
24...exf5
If 24...¤xe5 25 fxe6 fxe6 (25...¤xd3
or 26 exf7+) 26 £g3 the ¢ must remain
in the centre.
25 ¥d4
Not 25 £xf5 g6 26 £h3 ¥g7.
25...¥e7 26 £xf5 0–0 27 e6 ¤f6
Black has managed to castle but he
is lost on account of the weaknesses at
d5 and g6.
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27...fxe6 28 £xe6+ ¦f7 29 ¤f4.
28 ¤f4 ¥d8
28...fxe6 29 £xe6+ ¢h7 30 £f5+ ¢g8
31 ¤g6+-.
29 ¦c8! fxe6 30 £xe6+ £f7 31 £xa6
¤e4 32 £e6 ¤g5 33 £xd5 £xd5
34 ¤xd5
Black continued this totally lost endgame
for half a year.
34...¤e6 35 ¥e3 ¦f1+ 36 ¢xa2 ¢f7
37 ¦c2 ¢e8 38 b4 ¢d7 39 ¢b3 ¥g5
40 ¥c5 h5 41 ¢c4 h4 42 d4 ¥d8 43
b5 g5 44 b6 h3 45 b7 1–0.
If 45...¦b1 46 ¥b6! ¥c7 47 ¥xc7 ¤xc7
48 ¤b4.
In the World Championship Final, his
compatriot Erich Thiele donated a half
point, but this was not a fix: the solution
was very hard to see.
Catalan Opening (A13)
Horst Rittner (DDR) -
Ernst Thiele (DDR)
6th CC World Ch Final 1968-71
1 ¤f3 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 g3 d5 4 ¥g2
dxc4 5 0–0 c6 6 a4 ¤a6 7 ¤a3 ¥xa3
8 ¦xa3 ¤b4 9 b3! cxb3 10 ¦xb3 a5
11 d4 0–0 12 ¥a3 £c7 13 £b1!?
13 ¥xb4 axb4 14 ¦xb4 ¤d5 15 ¦c4
¤b6 16 ¦b4 ¤d5=.
13...¤fd5 14 e4 ¤b6 15 ¥xb4 axb4
16 ¦xb4 ¤xa4 17 ¦c1 ¦a7 18 £b3
b5 19 ¤e5
19 e5.
19...¥d7 20 ¤xc6 ¥xc6 21 d5 exd5
22 exd5 ¤c5!ƒ 23 ¦xc5 ¦a1+ 24 ¥f1
£e7! 25 £e3 £d6! 26 £c3
26 dxc6? £d1.
26...¥d7 27 ¢g2 ¦d1 28 ¦d4 ¦xd4
29 £xd4 ¦b8 30 £b4 ¦b6 31 ¥d3
White offered a draw.
31...g6 32 h4 h5 33 ¥e2 £e5 34 ¥f3
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¦a6 35 ¦c1 ¦f6 36 ¥e4 ¢g7 37 f4
£d6 38 £d4 £b6 39 £e5 ¢g8 40
¦c7 ¥g4
Too late, Black offered a draw.
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41 ¥xg6! fxg6
41...¦xg6? 42 ¦c8+.
42 £e7 £xc7 43 £xc7 ¦f7 44 £b8+
¢g7 45 £xb5 ¥f5 46 ¢f3 ¥g4+ 47
¢e3 ¥f5 48 ¢d4 ¥g4 49 ¢c5 ¥f5
50 £e8 ¥g4 51 ¢c6 ¥h3 52 £e3
¢h7 53 d6 ¥g2+?!
53...¢g7! holds.
54 ¢b6 ¥h3 55 £e7 1-0.
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Thiele resigned in a drawn position in
view of 55...¢g7? 56 ¢c7 or 55...¦xe7?
56 dxe7 ¥d7 57 ¢c7 ¥a4 58 ¢d8 ¢g7
59 e8£ ¥xe8 60 ¢xe8.
However, he could have played 56
¢c7 ¦g7!! 57 ¢d8 (57 £xg7+ ¢xg7 58 d7
¥xd7 59 ¢xd7 ¢f7 with the opposition,
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and Black draws) 57...¦f7! 58 ¢e8 ¦g7!
59 £e5 ¥d7+ 60 ¢d8 ¥g4 61 £e8+ ¢h7
62 d7 ¥f5! (62...¥xd7? 63 £xd7 ¦xd7+
64 ¢xd7 ¢g7 65 ¢e7+-) 63 ¢c7 ¥xd7!
64 £xd7 ¢g8!! (The reserve tempo!) 65
¢d6 ¦xd7+ 66 ¢xd7 ¢f7=.
Tarrasch French (C09)
Joop van Oosterom (NLD) -
Horst Rittner (DDR)
NBC Volmac-A 1982
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤d2 c5 4 exd5
exd5 5 ¤gf3 ¤c6 6 ¥b5 ¥d6 7 dxc5
¥xc5 8 ¤b3 ¥b6 9 0–0 ¤ge7 10 ¦e1
0–0 11 ¥e3 ¥g4 12 ¥xb6 axb6 13
c3 £d6 14 ¥e2 ¤g6 15 h3 ¥e6 16
¥f1 ¤f4 17 £d2 h6 18 £e3 ¥f5 19
£xb6?! ¥e4 20 £e3 ¦fe8 21 ¤bd4
¤xd4 22 ¤xd4?
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22...¥xg2! 23 £g3?!
23 £xe8+ ¦xe8 24 ¦xe8+ ¢h7 …25
¥xg2? £g6!.
23...¥xf1 24 ¢xf1 £a6+ 25 ¢g1
¤e2+ 26 ¤xe2 ¦xe2 27 ¦ed1 ¦xb2
28 ¦xd5 £e2 0–1.
That was the miniature to which Rittner
referred in the interview.
The game between ex-world champion
Petrosian and the East German
broadcasting organisation was supervised
by Rittner. Each week a move was made.
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Dr Fritz Baumbach says that Rittner
practically played the game himself.
Winawer French (C16)
DDR TV viewers -
Tigran Petrosian (USSR)
Television corr. game 1970-71
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤c3 ¥b4 4 e5 b6 5
a3 ¥f8 6 ¤f3 £d7
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Against Nedeljkovic (Vienna 1957),
Petrosian had played 6...¤e7 and eventually
drew. This time he follows the
move Korchnoi played against the same
opponent in that event. Nedeljkovic
replied 7 ¥e2 but nowadays 7 ¥b5 c6 8
¥a4 is usually preferred.
7 b4 c6
a) 7...¤e7 8 ¥d3 c5 9 bxc5 bxc5 10
¤b5 ¤f5 11 dxc5 ¥xc5 12 c3 ¤c6 13 0–0
a6 14 g4 ¤fe7 15 ¤bd4 £c7 16 ¦e1 ¥d7
17 £e2 £a7 18 ¤b3 ¥b6 19 ¦b1 ¤g6 20
a4 ½–½ Ciocaltea-Maric, 1969.
b) 7...¤c6 8 ¥d3 a5 9 b5 ¤a7 10 ¤g5
f5 11 exf6 ¤xf6 12 0–0 ¥e7 13 ¦e1 £d6
14 £f3 0–0 15 ¥f4 £d8 16 £h3 h6 17
¤xe6+-Spassky-Pech, 1990;
8 ¦b1 ¤e7 9 ¥d3 ¥a6 10 0–0 ¥xd3
11 £xd3 £b7 12 a4 g6 13 ¤d1 ¤d7
14 ¤e3 b5 15 ¤g4 h6 16 ¥d2 ¥g7
17 h4 h5 18 ¤e3 a6 19 a5 ¤f8 20
g3 £c7 21 ¤g2 ¤f5 22 ¥g5 ¤h7 23
14
¤f4 ¢d7 24 £d2 ¢c8 25 ¤d3 ¤xg5
26 hxg5 ¥f8 27 ¢g2 ¥e7 28 ¦h1
¢b7 29 ¦h2 ¦af8 30 ¤f4 £d8 31
¤h3 ¦h7 32 ¦bh1 ¦fh8 33 ¤fg1
£f8 34 c3 £d8 35 ¤e2 ¢a7 36 f4
£g8 37 ¤hg1 ¢b8 38 ¤f3 ¢c7 39
¦h3 ¢d7 40 ¦1h2 ¢e8 41 £c1 ¢f8
42 ¢f2 ¢g7 43 £h1 ¥d8 44 ¤e1
¥e7 45 ¤d3 ¥f8 46 ¤ec1
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46...h4 47 g4 ¤g3 48 £e1 ¥e7 49
¤e2 £d8 50 ¤xg3 hxg3+ 51 ¢xg3
¦xh3+ 52 ¦xh3 ¦xh3+ 53 ¢xh3
£h8+ 54 £h4 £c8 55 ¢g3 ¢g8 56
¤e1 £d7 57 ¤f3 £c8 58 £h3 ¢g7
59 ¢f2 £d7 60 ¤h4 ¢g8
(Baumbach’s book “52-54 Stop” has
the misprint 60...¢h8, but then White
would play ¤xg6+ and mate next.)
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61 f5 exf5 62 gxf5 ¥xg5 63 e6 ¥xh4+
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64 £xh4 fxe6 65 fxg6 £g7?
According to Dr. Baumbach, 65...e5
was necessary, although after 66 £h7+
£xh7 67 gxh7+ ¢xh7 68 dxe5 ¢g6 69
¢e3 ¢f5 70 ¢d4 ¢e6 71 ¢c5 ¢xe5 72
¢xc6 ¢e4 73 ¢b6 ¢d3 74 ¢xa6 ¢xc3 75
¢xb5 d4 76 a6 d3 77 a7 d2 78 a8£ d1£
79 £a3+ White has winning chances with
queen and pawn against queen.
66 £d8+ £f8+ 67 £xf8+ ¢xf8 68
¢e3 1–0.
In the same year (1998) that he started
World Championship XVI, Horst Rittner
completed the following game against
the reigning world champion. This supports
his claim that he is still strong
enough to play on the German team in
an olympiad final.
Tarrasch French (C07)
Tõnu Õim (EST) -
Horst Rittner (GER)
H-W. von Massow Memorial, 1996-99
Notes by Rittner in Schach
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 ¤d2 c5 4 ¤gf3 cxd4
5 exd5 £xd5 6 ¥c4 £d6 7 0–0 ¤f6
8 ¤b3 ¤c6 9 ¤bxd4 ¤xd4 10 ¤xd4
a6 11 b3
More current in these times is 11
¦e1 £c7 12 ¥b3 ¥d7 (Kramnik) or
the sharper, very extensively analysed,
variation 12...¥d6 13 ¤f5 ¥xh2+ 14 ¢h1
0–0 15 ¤xg7.
11...£c7 12 £f3 ¥d6 13 h3
It’s astonishing that the double World
Champion proceeds so cautiously. Black
has more problems after 13 ¦e1 0–0 14
¥b2 b5 (14...¥xh2+ 15 ¢h1 £f4 could
be investigated) 15 ¥d3 ¥b7 16 £h3
¦fe8 17 ¤f5!? exf5 18 ¥xf6! ¥e4!= (but
not 18...gxf6? 19 ¥xf5!) .
13...0–0 14 ¥b2
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In the event of 14 a4, to prevent the
...b5 advance, there follows 14...e5! 15
¤e2 (15 ¤f5? e4) 15...¥d7 16 ¤g3 ¦ae8!
and Black stands well.
14...b5!
This is not my discovery, but is known
for a long time. Now 15 £xa8 doesn’t
work because of 15...¥b7 16 £xf8+ ¥xf8
17 ¥d3 e5!–+; and 15 ¥d3 ¥b7 16 £d1
(16 £e2 e5!–+) 16...¦ad8 is somewhat
favourable to Black.
15 ¥xb5
Õim’s ¥ sacrifice is not new and was
perhaps planned at move 13. He obtains
a pawn-roller on the queenside.
15...axb5 16 ¤xb5 ¥h2+ 17 ¢h1
£b8 18 a4?!
In the game L.Vajda-M.Galyas, Budapest
1995, there occurred 18 c4 ¥b7 19
£e2 ¤e4 20 a4 ¦d8 (20...¥e5!?) 21 ¦ad1
¦xd1 22 ¦xd1 ¥e5 23 ¢g1 ¥xb2 24
£xb2 £f4 25 £d4 g5 26 £b6 ¦b8 27 a5
¤d2 28 ¤d6 ¤f3+ 29 ¢f1 ¤h2+ 30 ¢g1
¤f3+ 31 ¢f1 ¤h2+ ½–½ .
18...¥b7 19 £e2 ¤e4 20 ¦fd1 ¥e5
21 ¥xe5?
Better 21 c4 as now the black £
immediately creates threats.
21...£xe5 22 ¢g1 £g5 23 £e3
Õim surely has not played this move
gladly. The white pawn structure is now
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Grigory Sanakoev and Horst Rittner at the 1996 ICCF Congress in Bad Neuenahr
decisively ruined.
23...£xe3 24 fxe3 ¦fc8! 25 c4 ¢f8
26 ¤d6
The mighty ¤ must be driven out.
26...¤xd6 27 ¦xd6 ¥e4!
However, its place is taken just as
strongly by the ¥ which now threatens
...¥c2.
28 ¦b6 ¦d8 29 ¦a2 ¦d1+ 30 ¢f2
¦ad8 31 a5 ¦8d2+ 32 ¦xd2 ¦xd2+
33 ¢e1 ¦xg2 34 a6
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This is the end of a forced sequence.
White can only trust in his passed
pawns
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34...g5!
However, a very quick Black breakthrough
clarifies the front.
35 ¦b5 ¦a2 36 ¦xg5 ¦xa6 37 ¦b5
¦a2 38 b4 ¦c2 39 c5 f5!
The next pawn steps forward.
40 ¦b8+ ¢f7 41 ¦c8 e5! 42 b5 f4 43
exf4 exf4 44 b6 f3 45 ¦d8 f2+ 46 ¢f1
¥f5 0-1.
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Estrin Memorial event completed
Estrin Memorial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts.
1 Samarin, Igor RUS * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10
2 Kivimäki, Jaakko FIN ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 10
3 Blasberg, Gabriel S ARG 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½
4 Khlusevich, Sergey RUS ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9
5 Morgado, Juan S. ARG ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9
6 Grodzensky, Sergey RUS 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9
7 Rubinchik, Leonid Y. UKR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
8 Kopylov, Igor A RUS ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8
9 Gipslis, Aivars P. † LAT ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8
10 Pyshkin, Alexander † RUS ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½
11 Minakov, Yury M. RUS 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 5½
12 Sliwa, Bogdan S. POL 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 4½
13 Borisov, Veniamin I. RUS ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 4
14 Muravyev, Sergey UKR 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 2½
15 Naivelt, Mikhail R RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
THE Yakov Estrin Memorial was
organised by the Russian CCA to
honour the 7th CC World Champion,
Yakov Borisovich Estrin (1923-87).
The tournament, which began in 1995,
was completed a few months ago. Sergey
Grodzensky has produced a handsome
commemorative booklet with all the
games. It includes some games by Estrin
and photographs of him with his family
and other players.
The tournament was in Category XII
(GM=8.5pts) and resulted in victory
for Igor Samarin (Russia) on tiebreak
from Jaakko Kivimäki (Finland). Several
players obtained the grandmaster title as
the contenders scored heavily against the
tail-enders who included GM Sliwa.
Some games already appeared in
CM (e.g. Morgado-Gipslis, Blasberg-
Grodzensky and the Minakov-Borisov
miniature, also in my book).
One player, Naivelt, dropped out
early and Muravyev only completed
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some of his games. Last year both GM
Gipslis and IM Pyshkin died but they
had both finished their participation in
this tournament.
The following games are instructive.
Igor Samarin (RUS) -
Gabriel Blasberg (ARG)
Estrin Memorial corr, 1995
Notes by Tim Harding
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Black has been under pressure for
some time and now offers an ending
with a pawn less.
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41...£f6 42 £xf6 ¦xf6 43 ¦xb7 ¦a6
44 ¦b5 ¦a2 45 e3 ¥h5 46 g4 ¥g6
47 g5+ ¢g7 48 ¥f5 ¥xf5 49 ¦xf5
¢g6 50 ¦e5 ¦a4 51 ¢g3 h6 52 gxh6
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53 ¦f5 ¦a6 54 ¦f4
The ¦ cuts off the black ¢ and ties the
black ¦ to defence of the e-pawn.
54...¦g6+ 55 ¢h3 ¦e6 56 ¢g2
The ¢ marches to the queenside and
eventually forces the black ¦ to adopt the
inferior lateral defence of the e-pawn.
56...¢g5 57 ¢f1 ¦e7 58 ¢e2 ¦e5
59 ¢d2 ¦d5+ 60 ¢c3 ¦d3+ 61 ¢c2
¦a3 62 ¢d2 ¦a2+ 63 ¢e1 ¦a4 64
¢f1 1–0.
The ¢ marches back to g3 after which
f2-f3 is a decisive threat.
Spanish (C70)
Leonid Rubinchik (UKR) -
Jaako Kivimäki (FIN)
Estrin Memorial 1995
Notes by Kivimaki in Kirjeshakki
1 e4 e5 2 ¤f3 ¤c6 3 ¥b5 a6 4 ¥a4
¤ge7 5 c3 d6 6 d4 ¥d7 7 ¥e3 h6 8
¤bd2 g5 9 dxe5 dxe5 10 h4 g4 11
¤h2 h5 12 ¤hf1 ¤g6 13 g3 ¥e7 14
¥c2 £c8
14...¥e6 15 ¥b3 £d7 16 ¥xe6 £xe6
17 £b3 £xb3 18 axb3 Anand-Yusupov,
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Wijk aan Zee 1994.
15 ¤b3 b6 16 £e2 £b7 17 ¥d3 ¤d8
18 ¤fd2! a5 19 a4 f5?!
19...¢f8.
20 0–0–0! f4 21 gxf4 exf4 22 e5!
22 ¥d4? 0–0!.
22...¤f8! 23 ¥xf4 ¤de6 24 ¥e3
¥xa4
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25 ¦hf1!!
Better than 25 ¥b5+ ¥xb5 26 £xb5+
c6! 27 £xb6.
25...¥d7 26 f4 gxf3 27 ¤xf3 a4 28
¤bd4 a3 29 b3 £d5 30 ¤xe6 £xe6
31 ¥c4 £h3 32 ¤g5 ¥xg5 33 ¥f7+
¢d8 34 ¥xg5+ ¢c8 35 ¦d3 £g4 36
¥xh5 £xe2 37 ¥xe2 ¤e6 38 ¥g4
¤xg5! 39 ¥xd7+
39 ¦xd7 ¦xh4 40 ¦d4+ ¢b8.
39...¢b7 40 b4!!
40 hxg5? a2 41 ¢b2 a1£+! 42 ¦xa1
¦h2+.
40...¤f7
If 40...¦xh4 41 b5! or 40...a2 41 ¢b2
¦xh4 42 ¢a1!.
41 ¦e3! ¦xh4 42 b5?
Black now uses his passed a-pawn to
force a dramatic draw.
Correct is 42 ¢b1! with winning chances.
This slip may have cost the Finnish
player first prize in the tournament but it
took great play to expose it.
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42...¦f4!! 43 ¥c6+ ¢c8
43...¢b8 44 ¦g1!.
44 ¢c2!
44 ¦xf4 a2–+.
44...¦xf1 45 e6 ¦c1+! 46 ¢b3 a2 47
exf7 ¦a3+ 48 ¢c4 ¦a4+ ½–½.
White cannot go to the d-file because
of ...¦d1+ and ...¦d8.
Bogo-Indian Defence (E11)
Aleksandr Pyshkin (RUS) -
Gabriel Blasberg (ARG)
Estrin Memorial 1995
Notes by GM Gabriel Blasberg
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 ¤f3 ¥b4+ 4 ¥d2
£e7 5 g3 ¤c6 6 ¥g2 ¥xd2+ 7 ¤bxd2
d6 8 0–0 a5 9 e4 e5 10 d5 ¤b8 11
¤e1 0–0
A different plan was chosen by the
young player Tal Shaked against Piket:
11...h5 12 h3 ( or 12 ¤ef3 V.Tukmakov-
K.Arkell, Reykjavik open 1990) 12...h4 13
g4 ¤bd7 14 ¤d3 g5 15 b3 ¤f8 16 a3 ¤g6
17 ¦e1 0–0 18 b4 ¥d7 19 f3 b6 20 £c2 c5
Piket-Shaked, Fontys, Tilburg 1997.
12 ¤d3 ¤a6
12...h6 13 £c2 ¤a6 14 a3 ¤c5 15 b4
¤xd3 16 £xd3 ¤h7 17 £c3 axb4 18 axb4
¦xa1 19 ¦xa1 f5 led to a draw in 38
moves in J. Lopez Martinez-D. Suarez,
Spanish Ch, Torrevieja 1997.
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13 £c2
White could not break Black’s position
after 13 f4 ¤g4 14 £e2 f6 15 f5 ¤h6 in
Tempone-Slipak, Clarin GP 1995.
13...c6
“Observing” the white queen at c2.
14 dxc6
a) 14 £c3 cxd5 15 cxd5 ¥d7 16 ¦fc1
¦fc8 17 £a3 ¥b5 18 ¥h3 ¦xc1+ 19 ¦xc1
a4 (½-½ in 54 moves) Farago-Drasko,
Sarajevo 1983;
b) 14 ¦fc1 ¤d7 15 a3 ¤dc5 16 ¤xc5
¤xc5 17 b4 axb4 18 axb4 ¦xa1 19 ¦xa1
¤a6 20 £c3 c5 21 b5 ¤b4 (½-½ in 76
moves) Yusupov-Vyzmanavin, Moscow
1981.
14...bxc6
From this point, the game is “out of
the books”.
15 £c3
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15...¤c5!?
A very important decision. In view
of the threat £xa5, I make this “ugly”
move, that allows White to “destroy” my
queenside pawns. I did not like 15...a4
or 15...¤c7.
16 ¤xc5 dxc5
We have arrived at a pawn structure
similar to the drawn game Portisch-
Fischer, Sousse 1967, which started with
a King Indian! These structures were
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and 1940’s.
17 h3
White’s plan is f4 and ¤f3, but he does
not hurry.
a) 17 f4 ¦e8 18 £xe5 £xe5 19 fxe5
¦xe5 20 ¦ae1 ¥g4 21 h3 (21 ¤f3 ¥xf3)
21...¥e6÷;
b) 17 ¤f3 ¦e8 18 ¤h4 ¦d8 19 ¤f5
£c7÷.
17...¦e8
Sadly, it seems that there is not enough
time for the manoeuvre 17...¤e8-c7-
e6-d4.
17...¤e8? 18 f4 f6 (18...exf4 19 gxf4 f6
20 e5±) 19 fxe5 fxe5 20 ¦xf8+ ¢xf8 21
¤f3+-. In view of this I had to choose a
different trip for my knight.
18 ¦ad1 £c7
Black intends to play ...¤d7-f8-e6.
For this reason he puts his queen on c7,
supporting both the a5 and e5 pawns.
19 £e3
This move makes difficult the black
knight’s manoeuvre. From this point,
the game was played via email. We had
spent 13 months to make the first 18
moves (mostly from the theory); we spent
only 7 months to make the remaining
44 moves!
19...¤d7 20 f4
It was also interesting to consider to
move the knight to the king side, 20 ¤f3
for ¤h4-f5, and then the push f2-f4.
20...¦b8
Using the open file as a compensation
for the weak pawns.
21 b3 a4
Now the weak a-pawn disappears,
and the white b-pawn becomes weak.
22 ¤f3 axb3 23 axb3 exf4 24 gxf4
¤f8!
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An interesting position: White has
more space, but all the black pieces are
well placed, awaiting developments. I
think the chances are balanced.
25 ¦d3
Supporting the b3-pawn and still
working on the open file.
If 25 £xc5 ¤e6! (25...¦xe4? 26 ¤d4±)
26 £e5 £b6+ 27 ¢h2 ¥a6 Black recovers
the pawn and gets a comfortable
position.
25...¤g6 26 ¤d2
The start of a manoeuvre to place
the ¤ on g3. The £ cannot take on c5
without losing her own f4-pawn.
26...f6
Controlling the e5 square in a solid
way.
27 ¦f2 ¦a8
With b3 well defended, the ¦ is activating
in another direction.
28 ¤f1 ¦a1 29 ¢h2 £e7 30 ¤g3
¤h4 31 ¦fd2
The position is complex, and it is
possible that when White was able —
finally! — to double his ¦’s on the open
file, he overestimated his chances.
If 31 e5 ¤xg2 32 ¦xg2 fxe5 33 fxe5
£h4 (33...£xe5? 34 £xe5 ¦xe5 35 ¦d8+
+-) 34 ¤e4 ¥xh3 35 ¤f6+ (35 £xh3
£xe4) 35...¢h8 36 £xh3 (36 ¤xe8?
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¥xg2+) 36...£f4+ 37 £g3 £h6+ 38 £h3
£f4+ with perpetual check.
31...¤xg2 32 ¢xg2 h5!
A temporary sacrifice, making use
of the weakness of the e4-pawn and
the undefended £ at e3. 32...¥e6 was
also playable.
33 £f3
Taking on h5 would not be good. 33
¤xh5 ¥f5! and now:
a) 34 ¢f2 £xe4 35 £xe4 ¦xe4 36 ¦g3
¢f8 37 ¤xg7 (37 ¦xg7 ¦d4) 37...¦xf4+
38 ¢e3 ¦e4+ 39 ¢f3 ¦e5;
b) 34 ¤g3 34...¥xe4+ 35 ¤xe4 £xe4+
36 £xe4 ¦xe4=.
33...h4 34 ¤h1?
A mistake that will cost a pawn. Until
now, White had played with ambition
but carefully. It was necessary to play
34 ¤e2 with the possible continuation
34...¥e6 35 ¤c3 ¦b8 36 £h5 ¦aa8 37
£xh4 ¦xb3 and the chances are even.
34...¥f5!
The bishop makes his first move on
move 34 and is sacrificed! However,
White cannot take it, because of the
weakness of his first rank. Not 34...£xe4?
35 £xe4 ¦xe4 36 ¦d8+ +-.
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35 ¤f2
35 exf5?? would lose after 35...£e1
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36 ¦d1 ¦e2+ 37 ¤f2 ¦xd1–+.
35...¥xe4 36 ¤xe4 £xe4 37 £xe4
¦xe4
Arriving at a double rook endgame. I
trusted I could win, in view of the weak
pawns of h3, f4 and b3, and the exposed
situation of the white king.
38 ¢f3 f5 39 ¦d1
White could not permit ...¦h1 or
...¦g1.
39...¦a3
I thought that I could get a bigger
advantage before simplifying. Now the
threat is 40...¦d4.
40 ¦d8+ ¢h7 41 ¦1d3
41 ¦8d3 ¦d4 42 ¦xd4 cxd4 43 ¦xd4
¦xb3+ 44 ¢g2 ¦c3–+ 45 ¢h2 g6 46 ¦d7+
¢h6 47 ¦d4 c5 48 ¦d8 ¦xc4 49 ¦h8+
¢g7 50 ¦xh4 ¦e4–+.
41...¦e1
Better than 41...¦d4 42 ¦8xd4 cxd4
43 c5³.
42 ¦f8
If 42 ¢g2 then 42...¦aa1 would win,
e.g. 43 ¦d2 ¦g1+ 44 ¢f2 ¦h1 45 ¢g2
¦ag1+ 46 ¢f2 ¦g3 47 ¦2d3 ¦h2+ 48
¢f1 ¦hxh3–+.
42...¦f1+!
The idea is ...¦h1, but this important
intermediate check has the virtue to
separate more the white king from the
h3-pawn. There was a trick: 42...g6?? 43
¦d7+ ¢h6 44 ¦h8#.
43 ¢e3
43 ¢g2? ¦xf4.
43...¦h1
Now a forced sequence.
44 ¦xf5 ¦xh3+ 45 ¢d2 ¦xd3+ 46
¢xd3 ¦xb3+ 47 ¢e2!
A good decision. The king goes to the
kingside in order to control the h-pawn.
The alternative 47 ¢c2 would lose faster:
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47...g6! 48 ¦f7+ (48 ¦xc5? h3 49 ¦xc6 h2
50 ¦c7+ ¢h6 51 ¦c8 ¦b7–+) 48...¢g8 49
¦c7 (49 ¦f6 ¦g3 50 ¦xc6 h3 51 ¦xc5 h2
52 ¦c8+ ¢g7 53 ¦c7+ ¢h6 54 ¦c8 ¦a3!
55 ¦h8+ ¢g7 56 ¦h4 ¦a8!–+) 49...¦g3
50 ¦c8+ ¢g7 51 ¦c7+ ¢h6 52 ¦xc6 h3
53 ¦c8 ¢h5 54 ¦xc5+ ¢g4–+.
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47...¦g3!!
The most difficult move of the entire
game. It cost me many hours of analysis.
Black decided to lose the h-pawn in
order to activate his king.
a) 47...h3? 48 ¢f2 ¦b2+ 49 ¢g1 ¢g6
50 ¦xc5 ¦g2+ 51 ¢h1 ¦f2 52 ¦xc6+ ¢f5
53 ¦c7! g6 54 ¦f7+ ¢g4 55 ¦g7 with a
probable draw.
b) 47...g6? 48 ¦xc5 ¦g3 49 ¦xc6 h3
50 ¢f2 ¦g4 51 ¦c7+ ¢h6 52 ¦c8 ¢g7
53 ¦a8 h2 54 ¦a1 ¢f6 55 c5 ¢f5 56 c6
¦xf4+ 57 ¢g3=.
48 ¦h5+
The other reply I had to foresee
when I played 47...¦g3 was 48 ¢f2 ¦g4!
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(48...¦g6? fails in view of 49 ¦h5+ ¦h6
50 ¦xc5 h3 51 ¢g1) and now:
a) 49 ¢f3 has the defect of drawing
away the king from g1 and h1: 49...¦g6 50
¦e5 (50 ¦xc5 h3 51 ¦h5+ ¦h6 52 ¦xh6+
gxh6!! winning the pawn endgame.)
50...¢h6 51 f5 ¦g1 52 ¢f2 ¦c1 53 ¦xc5
h3 54 ¦xc6+ ¢g5 55 ¢g3 ¦c3+ 56 ¢h2
¢xf5 57 ¦d6 g5 58 ¦d5+ ¢g4 59 ¦d4+
¢h5 60 c5 g4 61 ¦d5+ ¢h4–+;
b) 49 ¦h5+ ¢g6 50 ¦xc5 ¦xf4+ 51
¢g2 ¢h6 52 ¦xc6+ ¢h5–+.
48...¢g6 49 ¦xh4 ¢f5 50 ¢f2 ¦g6
Threatening 50...¦h6 51 ¦xh6 gxh6,
winning. For this reason, the next move
is forced.
51 ¦h5+
Not 51 ¢f3? ¦h6 52 ¦xh6 gxh6–+.
In this case, the doubled pawns are very
useful, e.g. 53 ¢g3 h5 54 ¢h4 ¢xf4 55
¢xh5 ¢e4 56 ¢g4 ¢d4 57 ¢f3 ¢xc4 58
¢e2 ¢b3 59 ¢d2 c4 60 ¢c1 c3 61 ¢b1
c2+ 62 ¢c1 c5–+.
51...¢xf4 52 ¦xc5 ¦e6
Now Black is winning.
53 ¢g2
If 53 ¦a5 g5 54 ¦a6 g4 55 ¢g2 ¢e5
56 ¢g3 (or 56 ¦a4 ¦g6 57 c5 ¢d5 58
¦a5 g3 59 ¦a1 ¢xc5–+) 56...¦g6 57 ¦a2
¢d4 58 ¦a4 (58 ¦c2 ¢d3 59 ¦c1 c5)
58...c5–+.
53...¢e4!
Allowing ¦g5, but the c-pawn decides
the fight.
54 ¦g5 ¢d4 55 c5 ¦e5 56 ¦xg7 ¢xc5
57 ¢f3 ¢d4 58 ¦g1 c5 59 ¦d1+ ¢c3
60 ¢f4 ¦h5 61 ¢e3 c4 62 ¦g1 ¢b3
0–1.
Sadly, the IM Alexander Pyshkin,
a gentleman, died after finishing this
tournament, in which I obtained the
GM title.
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Four games from top events
Sicilian, English Attack (B80)
Roberto Alvarez (ARG) -
Hans-Marcus Elwert (GER)
CAPA X Jubilee email, 1999-2000
1 e4 c5 2 ¤f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4
¤f6 5 ¤c3 a6 6 ¥e3 e6 7 f3 b5 8 g4
h6 9 £d2 ¤bd7 10 0–0–0 ¥b7 11
h4 b4 12 ¤a4 £a5 13 b3 ¤c5 14 a3
¤xa4 15 axb4 £c7 16 bxa4 d5 17 e5
¤d7 18 f4 ¤b6 19 f5 ¤xa4 20 fxe6
¤c3 21 exf7+ ¢xf7 22 ¥d3 ¥xb4
23 ¦df1+ ¢g8 24 £f2 ¥a3+ 25 ¢d2
¤e4+ 26 ¥xe4 dxe4
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27 g5!
Roberto Alvarez’s novelty, which
improves on 27 £f5 ¥b4+ 28 ¢d1 £c4
29 ¤e6 £d5+ 30 ¢e2 £c4+ 31 ¢d1 £d5+
32 ¢e2 £c4+ ½–½ Anand-Gelfand, FIDE
World Cup, Shenyang 2000.
27...¥d5 28 e6!
A few days after this game ended,
Shirov got the same position but he
continued 28 gxh6 which Alvarez had
rejected as it leads only to a draw:
28...¥b2 29 ¦b1 ¥c3+ 30 ¢c1 ¥xd4 31
¥xd4 e3 32 £xe3 ¥xh1 33 ¦b6 ¦c8 34
£b3+ £c4 35 hxg7 ¦xh4 36 ¦b8 £xb3
37 ¦xc8+ ¢xg7 38 cxb3 ¦xd4 39 ¦c7+
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½–½ Shirov-Anand, Olympic exhibition,
Sydney 2000.
28...¦f8 29 £g2 £c4 30 ¦xf8+ ¥xf8
31 g6 1–0.
Scheveningen Sicilian (B85)
David Kilgour (SCO) -
Ulf Andersson (SVE)
CCOL12 Final bd.1, 1998-99
From Korrschack 4/2000
1 e4 c5 2 ¤f3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4
¤f6 5 ¤c3 d6 6 ¥e2 ¤c6 7 0–0 ¥e7
8 ¥e3 0–0 9 f4 £c7 10 ¢h1 a6 11
a4 ¦e8 12 ¥f3 ¤xd4 13 £xd4 e5
14 £d2 exf4 15 ¥xf4 ¥e6 16 ¦fd1
¦ad8 17 h3
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9-+-trr+k+0
9+pwq-vlpzpp0
9p+-zplsn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9P+-+PvL-+0
9+-sN-+L+P0
9-zPPwQ-+P+0
9tR-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
17...h6
Improving on 17...£c8 18 £f2± 1–0,
41 in Panchenko-A.Sokolov, Moscow
1981 [INF 31/298].
18 £f2 ¢h8 19 a5 ¤d7 20 ¤d5 ¥xd5
21 ¦xd5 ¤e5 22 ¥h5 g6 23 ¥d1
¥f8 24 c3 ¥g7 25 ¥b3 ¤c4 26 ¦ad1
¦xe4 27 ¥xc4 £xc4 28 ¥xh6 £c7
29 ¥f4 ¢g8 30 ¥xd6 £c4 31 ¦5d2
¥h6 32 ¦d3 ¦e6 33 £f3 £b5 34 b4
¥g7 35 ¥g3 ¦xd3 36 ¦xd3 ¢h7 37
¦d1 £c4
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24
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-+-+0
9+p+-+pvlk0
9p+-+r+p+0
9zP-+-+-+-0
9-zPq+-+-+0
9+-zP-+QvLP0
9-+-+-+P+0
9+-+R+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
Presses on c3 and prevents £xf7
because of the reply ...¦e1+.
38 £xb7
Andersson, in conversation with Korrschack
editor Lars Grahn, indicated:
a) 38 ¢h2 ¦e7© as with the queen on
c4, White cannot play ¥h4.
b) 38 ¦d7 ¦f6 39 £xb7 ¦f1+ 40 ¢h2
¥xc3 (Threatening ...¥g7, ...£a2-a1)
and if 41 ¦c7 ¥d4! 42 ¦xc4 ¥g1+ 43 ¢h1
¥d4+ with perpetual check.
38...¦e3
There are several threats and Black
has f7 protected.
39 ¢h2
39 £c7 £b3 (Threat ...¦xc3) 40 ¦c1
£a3 41 ¦c2 £b3 and now not 42 ¥f2??
(nor 42 ¥f4?? ¦e1+ 43 ¢h2 £xc2) 42...
£b1+ 43 ¢h2 ¥e5+. Instead White might
play 41 ¦f1 ¦xc3 42 £xf7 ¦xg3 43
¦f4 threatening mate, when Black has
43...¦g5 44 ¦h4+ ¦h5 45 ¦xh5+ gxh5
46 £xh5+ ¢g8 47 £d5+ ¢h7 with a
draw.
39...¦xg3! 40 ¢xg3 ½–½.
Andersson intended 40...£e2! which
threatens a ¥ check on e5. Lars Grahn
gives the variation 41 ¦d5 £e3+ 42 ¢h2
£f4+ 43 ¢g1 £c1+ 44 ¢f2 £c2+ 45 ¢f3
£xc3+ and White cannot avoid perpetual
check.
Benoni Defence (A65)
Grigory Sanakoev (RUS) -
Roberto Alvarez (ARG)
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1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 g6 4 ¤c3 d6 5
e4 ¥g7 6 ¥d3 0–0 7 ¤ge2 e6 8 0–0
exd5 9 cxd5 ¤a6 10 h3 ¦e8 11 ¤g3
¦b8 12 f4
XIIIIIIIIY
9-trlwqr+k+0
9zpp+-+pvlp0
9n+-zp-snp+0
9+-zpP+-+-0
9-+-+PzP-+0
9+-sNL+-sNP0
9PzP-+-+P+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black now plays an interesting pawn
sacrifice.
12...c4!? 13 ¥xc4 b5 14 ¥d3 b4
14...¤c5 15 ¥xb5 ¦xb5 16 ¤xb5 £b6
17 ¤d4 (17 e5!) 17...¤cxe4 18 ¤ge2
¤xd5 19 ¢h2 ¥a6 20 ¦e1? ¤f2 and Black
went on to win in Ruth Sheldon-Alan
Norris, Hampstead 1999.
15 ¤a4 £a5 16 a3 ¥d7 17 axb4 ¦xb4
18 ¥c2
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+k+0
9zp-+l+pvlp0
9n+-zp-snp+0
9wq-+P+-+-0
9Ntr-+PzP-+0
9+-+-+-sNP0
9-zPL+-+P+0
9tR-vLQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Now Black exploits the overloaded
bishop:
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18...¤xe4! 19 ¤xe4 ¥xa4 20 ¦xa4
¦xa4 21 ¥xa4 ¦xe4 22 ¥c2 £c5+
23 ¢h1 ¦d4 24 £e2 £c4 25 £xc4
¦xc4 26 ¥d3 ¦a4 27 b3 ½–½.
Najdorf Sicilian (B99)
Hans-Marcus Elwert (GER) -
Joop van Oosterom (NLD)
NBC Millennium Email corr, 2000
1 e4 c5 2 ¤f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4
¤f6 5 ¤c3 a6 6 ¥g5 e6 7 f4 ¤bd7 8
£f3 £c7 9 0–0–0 ¥e7 10 g4 b5 11
¥xf6 ¤xf6 12 g5 ¤d7 13 f5 ¥xg5+
14 ¢b1 ¤e5 15 £h5 £d8 16 h4
“It is surprising that this move is not
more popular” wrote GM John Nunn in
‘The Complete Najdorf, 6 ¥g5’ (1996).
16...¥f6 17 fxe6 0–0 18 ¥h3 ¢h8 19
¤d5 fxe6 20 ¥xe6
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwq-tr-mk0
9+-+-+-zpp0
9p+-zpLvl-+0
9+p+Nsn-+Q0
9-+-sNP+-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+-+0
9+K+R+-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
Black has tried several moves here,
most usually 20...¤c4 which has had
dreadful results. Nunn’s book mentions
20...g6 and 20...¦a7 but van Oosterom
tries something else.
20...¥d7
20...¤c4 21 ¤c6 £e8 22 £xe8 ¦xe8 23
¤xf6 gxf6 24 ¥xc4 bxc4 25 ¦xd6 ¦xe4
26 ¦xf6 ¥d7 27 c3 ¢g7 28 ¦d6 ¥f5 29
¢c1 ¥g4 30 ¤d4 ¥e2 31 ¦e1 ¥d3 32
¦xe4 ¥xe4 33 ¤e6+ ¢g8 34 ¤c5 ¥f3 35
¦xa6 1–0 Hyldkrog-Tanggaard, Korning
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21 ¦df1 ¤c4 22 ¦xf6 ¦xf6 23 ¥xd7
¦h6
This was presumably the point of van
Oosterom’s innovation, since 23...£xd7
24 ¤xf6 gxf6 25 £h6 is clearly unsatisfactory
on positional grounds: an ending
with Black a pawn down is likely to
arise soon.
24 £f5
24 £g4 ¤e5.
24...¦xh4 25 ¦d1
25 ¦xh4?? £xh4–+.
25...£f8?
White has two active minor pieces for
a rook and pawn. Black hopes to make
some trouble with his kingside pawns
after the queens are exchanged but his
pawns on the other wing are too easily
gobbled up.
25...¤d2+ 26 ¢a1 may also be good
for White; however 26...¤xe4 27 ¤c6!?
£f8 is an improvement on the game.
26 ¤e6 £xf5 27 exf5 ¤e5
The white bishop appears trapped
but help is on the way.
28 ¤ec7 ¦f8 29 ¥e6
Now the knights can start their meal.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+-tr-mk0
9+-sN-+-zpp0
9p+-zpL+-+0
9+p+NsnP+-0
9-+-+-+-tr0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPP+-+-+0
9+K+R+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
29...¤f3 30 ¤xa6 ¤d4 31 ¤ac7 ¤xf5
32 ¦f1 g6 33 a3 ¦e4 34 ¤c3 ¦e5 35
¤3xb5 ¢g7 36 a4 h5 37 a5 1–0.
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Progress report on the ICCF First
Email Chess World Championship
IN MAY 1999, 14 semifinal sections
began with 154 players in the first
ICCF Email Chess World Championship,
sponsored by New In Chess. After
about 18 months, the sections are drawing
to a close with some qualifiers already
decided.
Here we shall look at each section in
turn, and give a few games. Thanks to
the two TD’s for providing up-to-date
information close to press time.
The next-stage, Three-Quarter Finals
or Candidates sections, should start
around mid-2001. Two players qualify
from each of the 14 semifinals groups but
they can be joined by a number of other
players: qualifiers from postal groups
who choose to switch, players with a
fixed rating over 2600 etc.
So far four sections have been
completed. Probably all groups will be
complete early in 2001.
As it is the intention of ICCF to
start semifinals of postal and email
championships in alternate years, the
second email world championship
(WC25) may also start later this year, but
possibly this is subject to sponsorship
deals.
SECTIONS 1-7
TD: Juan Antonio S.
Goncalves (Brazil)
Section 1
With three games left, Christian
Sender (Germany) is assured of qualifying
with 8/10. The other place is between
Chris Sergel (USA), who has finished
on 7½, and Carlos Evanir Costa who
has the same score and one game still
in play.
Section 2
This was the first section to be completed
and we already gave the crosstable
in CM 8/2000 page 56. The qualifiers
were Osman Kosebay (TRK) 9½ pts (!)
and Miklós Träger (HUN) 7pts; see their
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game below. ICCF Deputy
President (Tournaments).
Eckhard Lüers (GER) also
scored 7 and missed out on
tiebreak.
Section 3
The only remaining game
cannot affect the top places
so we print the table. The
qualifiers are Jan Marcinkiewicz
(POL) and Dr Ian
S. Brooks (ENG), who is
TD for sections 8-14; they
both scored 7/10.
Section 4
In semi-final 4, Hermann
Rhode (GER) has
7/10 and must wait to see
what happens. Michiel
Plomp (NLD) is safe on
7½/9, still playing against
P. Kaczorowski (POL) who
has 5½/8 and needs at least
a point and a half (a tiebreak
favours him).
Section 5
In this section (see table)
the gulf between high and
low-scorers was very pronounced
and totals that
would have won some
other groups are insufficient
here. The two outstanding
games don’t affect
the qualifiers, who are
Holger Namyslo (GER)
8½/10 and Horácio Neto
(POR) 8/10.
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Email Wch-1 sf-01 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 T. Kokkila FIN ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 5
2 A. Gonzalez F. ESP ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 . 4 (2)
3 C. Sender GER 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8
4 S.G. Simonenko TKM ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 4 (1)
5 T. Thomson SCO ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 4½
6 G. Siviero ITA ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 . ½ 0 0 3 (1)
7 F. Kristensen DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 J.Cesar Luzardo URU 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 . 1 0 0 0 2 (1)
9 M.J.P.Schroeder NLD ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 6½
10 C.T. Sergel USA ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½
11 C.E. Costa BRS 1 . ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ (1)
Email Wch-1 sf-03 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 V. Andriulaitis LIT ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ . 1 ½ ½ 5½ (1)
2 I. Brooks ENG ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7
3 C. Gatto ITA ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 4½
4 E. Osbun USA ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 3
5 H. Behling GER 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½
6 J. Marcinkiewicz POL ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
7 M.B. de Oliveira BRS ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½
8 Z. Krecak CRO .0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 5 (1)
9 L. Luk HKG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 J-C. Lüers GER ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½
11 R. Anil Kumar IND ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 4½
Email Wch-1 sf-04 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 H-E. van Kempen GER 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 5½
2 F.A.Camaratta USA 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ . 0 ½ 4½ (1)
3 M.P. Plomp NLD ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 . 1 1 7½ (1)
4 I. Christov BLG 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 2½
5 H. Rhode GER ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7
6 A. Mrugala CAN 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 4½
7 A. Satici TRK 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 5
8 M. Tarmak EST 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 3
9 P. Kaczorowski POL 1 . . 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ (2)
10 Z. Nyvlt CZE ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
11 L.E. Esquivel PAN 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Email Wch-1 sf05 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 M. Koch GER ½ 0 0 ½ . 1 1 1 . 0 4 (2)
2 H. Namyslo GER ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½
3 S.E. Stolyar RUS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 2½
4 H. Neto POR 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8
5 T. Barnsley ENG ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7
6 A. Yeremenko UKR .0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6 (1)
7 K. Josefsson SVE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 2½
8 P. Salcedo M. CUB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
9 M. Horvat SLO 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2½
10 J. Jaluvka CZE . ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 2½ (1)
11 P. Ilyes NOR 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
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Email Wch-1 sf-06 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 S.Teichmeister OST 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
2 L. Pecot FRA 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 . 5½ (1)
3 C.Cranbourne ARG ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 . 6 (1)
4 A.J. Moura POR 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 3½ (1)
5 D.S. Finnie SCO ½ ½ ½ . 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 5 (1)
6 C. Løfgren DEN 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 . 0 1 . 1½ (2)
7 A. Blum GER 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 6
8 C. Posylek CAN 0 ½ 0 0 0 .½ 0 1 ½ 2½ (1)
9 D. Menéndez ARG 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 8
10 F. Acosta Ruiz CUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 M. Rybak CZE 0 ..1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 4 (3)
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Email Wch-1 sf-07 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 G. Cardelli ITA ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½
2 A. Gysi SWZ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 5½
3 H. Schorra GER 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 3
4 M. Hedrera ARG ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 6½
5 I. Schrancz HUN ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 6½
6 G. Sapundjiev BLG 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ (1)
7 T. Craig SCO ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
8 P. Bratholm DEN ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 4½
9 L. Lamarche R. CUB 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 3½
10 J. Wimmer GER 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ (1)
11 M. Hryniw CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Email Wch-1 sf-08 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 H. Broß GER 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7
2 C. Blanco G. GUA 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 6
3 H.F. Glaser GER ½ ½ 1 . 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ (1)
4 G.H. Lambers NLD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 V.V. Aleshnia RUS ½ 0 .1 1 . 0 1 1 ½ 5 (2)
6 A.P.Mascarenhas BRS ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5
7 H. Onoda JAP ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 5½ (1)
8 Y. Dothan ISL 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 5½
9 D. Blair IRL ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 2
10 J.L. Rodriguez ARG ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5
11 Z.Timar HUN 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 5½
Email Wch-1 sf-09 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 A. Kamenets UKR 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½
2 A.A.Kozlowicz ARG 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½
3 L.M.T. Quaresma POR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 H-D. Vötter GER 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
5 W.T.Brandhorst USA ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 5½
6 P.M Giulian SCO 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½
7 P. Berclaz SWZ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
8 A. Kubasky SLK 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 2½
9 G. Boonet BEL ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
10 A. Beyer PER 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1½
11 D. Grossu ROM ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 6
Section 6
Although as many as
five games are still open,
the players involved
cannot catch up (see
table). The qualifiers,
both on 8/10, are Daniel
Menéndez (ARG) and
Dr Sven Teichmeister
(OST). The game Pecot-
Cranbourne from this section
was published in CM
1999/11 (page 31).
Section 7
The winner is known:
Gabriel Cardelli (ITA)
7½/10. The second place
tie-break appears to
depend on the outcome
of the final game between
Georgy Sapundjiev (BLG)
and Gerhard Wimmer
(GER) who have 5½/9
while two players are
already on 6½/10: Marcelo
Hedrera (ARG) and István
Schrancz (HUN).
However, if ICCF
employs its usual
Sonneborn-Berger
tiebreak then it is not too
hard to see that Schrancz
gets the second spot
whatever happens. This
is because SB penalises
consistent players and
favours those who score
against those higher in
the table (he beat both
Hedrera and Wimmer)
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and drop points to weaker
opponents. This is the
arbitrary criterion underlying
SB and I am doubtful
whether players should be
excluded from a Three-
Quarter Final place under
such flimsy grounds. It is
not a like a Final where
there must be a winner or
a World Cup which has a
fixed number of places in a
final or semifinal.
Rules for tiebreaks are
one of the discussion topics
that were deferred until the
2001 Congress.
SECTIONS 8-14
TD: Dr Ian S. Brooks
(England)
Section 8
Horst Broß (GER) has
certainly qualified, with
seven points in the bag.
There are now several possibilities
arising from the two
unfinished games involving
Valery V. Aleshnia (RUS).
If Aleshnia wins both his
games he qualifies, but if
he doesn’t beat Helmut F.
Glaser (GER) then Glaser
qualifies instead. If he beats
Glaser but only draws with
Hirokaz Onoda, then they
would be equal on 6½ points
but I think Aleshnia is slightly
ahead on tiebreak.
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Email Wch-1 sf-10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 J.A.Goncalves BRS 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ (1)
2 D. Rost GER 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ (1)
3 R.Raijmaekers NLD 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4½
4 T. Schmidt GER 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5
5 A. Mukherjee ENG ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 7½
6 C. Guizar MEX 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 4 (1)
7 E. Miciak SLK ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 5
8 K. Johansson SVE ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
9 D. Simic YUG 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1½
10 K. Prabhakar IND 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ (1)
11 R. Navarro COL 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½
Email Wch-1 sf-11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 V.V.Pankratov RUS 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7
2 J. Aldrete Lobo MEX 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 3
3 P. Coleman ENG ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 7
4 J. Watson SCO 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 2½
5 J. Bohak SLO ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3
6 K-F. Grimm GER ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
7 S. Terada JAP 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 3½
8 T. Strand NOR ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7
9 H. Brusila FIN 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 2
10 R. Lutzenberger GER ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½
11 O. Uralde ARG ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½
Email Wch-1 sf-12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 O. Sande NOR 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
2 E. Werner GER 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½
3 K-U. Groth GER 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 3
4 S. Kudela CZE 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 7
5 R. Degerhammar SVE ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 6
6 M. Millstone USA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 3 (1)
7 P. Callens BEL 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 3½
8 U. Lauk EST ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
9 O. Buraschi ARG ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½
10 P. Toth HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5
11 Z. Brkic YUG ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 4 (1)
Email Wch-1 sf-13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 G. Branding GER ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 7
2 H-J. Hofstetter GER ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 7
3 S. Smithers USA ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 7
4 D. Matic CRO 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 3½
5 M. Davila Texeira URU ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 3½
6 W.J. Jordan AUS ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 2
7 G. Rivas Romero PER 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1½
8 M. Rocius LIT 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5
9 C.M. de Holanda BRS ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5½
10 V. Birarov ISL ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8
11 C. Menghi LUX 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5
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Section 9
This completed group was won by
Alejandro A. Kozlowicz of Argentina
with 8½. Joint second on 7, with an
equal SB tiebreak if I am not mistaken,
are Philippe Berclaz (SWZ) and Guido
Boonet (BEL).
Section 10
This is the only group with no certain
qualifier at the time of going to press. Ajoy
Mukherjee (ENG) and Krister Johansson
(SVE) have finished on 7½ but Jose
Antonio Goncalves (TD for sections 1-7)
can equal this if he beats Detlef Rost.
The other unfinished game could have a
bearing on tiebreaks.
Section 11
Section 11 has been won by R. Lutzenberger
(GER) and Oscar Uralde
(ARG). Surprisingly, V. Pankratov failed
to qualify.
Section 12
One game remains open: between
Brkic and Millstone. In this hard-fought
group, the winner is Stanislav Kudela
of the Czech Republic (7 pts.) with
Osvaldo Buraschi (ARG) taking the
second qualifying spot half a point
behind him.
Section 13
This section has ended in clear victory
for Israeli master Vladimir Birarov
but there is a three-way tie for second
between Gerd Branding (GER), Dr.
Hans-Joachim Hofstetter (GER) and
Steven A. Smithers (USA). If an SB
tiebreak is enforced, this will benefit
Branding.
Section 14
See the crosstable below. The last
open game cannot affect the result. Josep
Mercadal Benejam (ESP) has won with
8/10 and Sergey Anatoli Romanov (RUS)
gets the second qualifying place.
Games Selection
Nimzowitsch Defence (B00)
Marcelo Hedrera (ARG) -
István Schrancz (HUN)
Email Wch sf07, 1999
Notes based on those by Schrancz,
Tavsakk Feb 2000.
1 e4 ¤c6 2 d4
Or 2 ¤f3 ¤f6 3 e5 ¤g4!? 4 d4 d6 5 h3
¤h6 and now:
The Kibitzer
A new column by Tim
Harding is posted on the
second Wednesday of
every month.
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Email Wch-1 sf-14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 S.A. Romanov RUS ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7½
2 J. Mercadal B. ESP ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8
3 W. Siewert GER ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6
4 C. O'Hare IRL 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 3½
5 J. Vetter GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6
6 P.P. Taboada CHI 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 2½ (1)
7 M. McArthur CAN ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 4
8 A.Dzwikowski POL ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 5½
9 Y.S. Grodzensky RUS 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 2½
10 H. Jurca ROM 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 (1)
11 G. Altanoch MGL 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 2½
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a) 6 ¥xh6 gxh6 7 ¤c3?! ¥g7 8 ¥b5
0–0 9 0–0 dxe5 10 ¥xc6 exd4 11 ¤e2
bxc6 12 ¤exd4 £d6 13 c3 c5 14 ¤b3 ¦b8
15 £c2 c4 (0–1, 31) P.Donka-Schrancz,
Debrecen (OTB) 1998.
b) T.Craig-Schrancz, in the Email Wch,
went instead 6 ¤c3 a6 7 ¥g5!? dxe5 8 d5
¤b8 9 ¤xe5 g6 10 £d2 ¤f5 11 g4!? ¤d6
12 ¥h6 ¤d7 13 ¤xd7 ¥xd7 14 0–0–0!
¥b5!? (At this point, Craig explains in his
notes in the Scottish CC magazine, White
decided to incur a first etl rather than
make a hasty reply. Under the old rules
this is a valid tactic but he won’t be able
to get away with this any more.) 15 ¢b1!
¥xh6 16 £xh6 ¥xf1 17 £g7! ¢d7 18
¦hxf1 £f8 19 £d4! ¦e8 20 ¦fe1 £h6
21 ¦d3 £h4
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-+r+-tr0
9+pzpkzpp+p0
9p+-sn-+p+0
9+-+P+-+-0
9-+-wQ-+Pwq0
9+-sNR+-+P0
9PzPP+-zP-+0
9+K+-tR-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Here Black offered a draw and White
used up all his time bar one day to find
the winning line. As Craig remarks, in
email you can be confident of being
able to make same-day replies; such
a policy could be fatal in postal. The
game ended 22 ¤a4! h5 23 ¦de3 ¤b5 24
£b4! ¢c8 25 c4 ¤d6 26 c5 ¤b5 27 c6!
b6 28 d6! 1–0.
2...d5 3 ¤c3
3 e5 ¥f5 (3...f6 4 f4 ¥f5 5 ¥b5 e6 6
c3 £d7 7 ¤f3 ¤h6 8 0–0 a6 9 ¥e2 ¥e7
10 ¤bd2 fxe5 11 fxe5 0–0 12 ¤b3 ¤f7
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13 £e1 b6 14 £g3 ¤cd8 15 ¥e3 ¤b7
L.Lamarche-Schrancz, Email Wch 1999)
4 c3 f6 5 f4 e6 6 ¤d2 ¤h6 7 ¤df3 ¥e4
8 ¤h3 £d7 9 ¤f2 f5 10 ¥b5 a6 11 ¥a4
¥e7 12 0–0 0–0 13 ¥e3 ¤g4 14 ¤xg4
fxg4 15 ¤e1 h5 16 ¤d3 £e8 Oksanen-
Schrancz, Finland-Hungary email match
1999 (0–1, 40).
3...¤f6!? 4 e5 ¤d7 5 e6!? fxe6 6 ¤f3
6 ¥d3 ¤f6 (6...g6 7 h4 ¥g7 8 h5 ¤f8=
Bobkov-Sokolov, corr 1960) 7 ¤f3 g6 8
h4 ¥g7 9 h5 ¤xh5 10 ¤g5 ¤f6 11 ¤xh7
¤xh7 12 ¥xg6+ ¢d7 13 ¥xh7 ¤xd4 14
¥e3 c5 15 ¦h5 ¢c6 16 £g4 ¥f6 17 0–0–0
e5 18 £g3 £a5–+ L.Kotan-Schrancz,
Sarospatak (OTB) 1999.
6...g6!
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+lwqkvl-tr0
9zppzpnzp-+p0
9-+n+p+p+0
9+-+p+-+-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-sN-+N+-0
9PzPP+-zPPzP0
9tR-vLQmKL+R0
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Instead of 6...e5÷ Golubev-Sergeev,
Kiev 1995.
7 ¤g5
7 h4 ¥g7 8 h5 e5!? 9 dxe5?! (9 ¤xd5
¤f8!?; 9 hxg6!?) 9...¤dxe5 10 ¤xe5
¤xe5 11 £xd5 ¥g4! 12 £xd8+ ¦xd8 13
hxg6 ¤f3+? (13...hxg6=) 14 gxf3 ¥xc3+
(14...¥xf3 15 ¥h6±) 15 ¢e2²; 7 ¥b5
¥g7 8 h4 0–0 9 ¥xc6 (9 £e2 ¦xf3! 10
gxf3 ¤xd4³) 9...bxc6 10 h5 e5 11 hxg6
hxg6 12 £e2 exd4! 13 £e6+ ¦f7 14 ¤g5
¤e5 15 ¤xf7 ¥xe6 16 ¤xd8 ¦xd8 17
¤e2 ¤c4 18 ¥h6 ¥f6 19 0–0–0!? ¤xb2 20
¢xb2 d3+ 21 ¢c1 dxe2µ Curtis Carlson-
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John L.Vehre Jr, CCLA North American
Master Final 1988.
7...¤f6 8 ¥b5 £d6 9 0–0 ¥g7 10 ¦e1
0–0 11 g3 ¤g4! 12 £xg4 ¤xd4 13
¥d3 e5 14 £d1 h6 15 ¤xd5 £xd5
16 c3 hxg5
16...¤f5!? 17 £e2!? ¤d6 (17...e6? 18
¤f3 ¤xg3 19 hxg3 £xf3 20 £xf3 ¦xf3 21
¥xg6=) 18 ¥c2! £c6 19 ¥b3+ ¢h8 20
¤e6 ¥xe6 21 ¥xe6©.
17 cxd4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0
9zppzp-zp-vl-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+qzp-zp-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+L+-zP-0
9PzP-+-zP-zP0
9tR-vLQtR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
17...¥f5!
17...exd4!? 18 ¦xe7! ¥h3!? 19 £b3
£xb3 20 axb3 ¦ae8 (20...¦fe8 21 ¦xa7!)
21 ¥xg5 ¦xe7 22 ¥xe7 ¦e8 23 ¥g5 ¢h7
24 f3=.
18 ¥f1
18 ¥xf5 ¦xf5 19 dxe5 £xd1 20 ¦xd1
¦xe5 21 ¥e3 ¦a5!? 22 ¦d7 (22 ¦d2!? ¥f6
23 ¦c1 ¦xa2 24 ¦xc7 b6 25 b3 ¦xd2 26
¥xd2 ¢f7³) 22...¥xb2 23 ¦b1 ¥f6 24
¦xb7 ¦xa2 25 ¦bxc7 a5–+.
18...exd4 19 ¦xe7
19 ¥g2 £f7 20 ¥xg5 e5 21 f4 (21 £d2
c5) 21...¦ae8 22 fxe5 (22 ¥xb7 exf4 23
¥xf4 ¦xe1+ 24 £xe1 ¦b8) 22...¥xe5 23
¥xb7 d3 24 £b3 £xb3 25 axb3 ¥xb2µ.
19...d3 20 ¦xc7
20 ¥g2 £d4! (20...£c4!?÷) 21 ¥xg5
(21 £b3+ ¢h8 22 ¥e3 £xb2 23 £xb2
¥xb2 24 ¦b1 d2 25 ¦d1 ¦ad8³) 21...
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¦ae8 22 ¦xc7 ¦e2 23 ¥e3 ¦xe3 24 fxe3
£xe3+ 25 ¢h1 d2 26 ¦xb7 (26 £b3+
£xb3 27 axb3 ¦e8–+) 26...¦e8 27 £f1
£e1 28 ¥d5+ ¢h8–+.
20...¥d4 21 ¥e3
21 £e1 ¥h3 22 ¥xh3 ¥xf2+ 23 £xf2
¦xf2 24 ¢xf2 ¦f8+ 25 ¢g1 £d4+–+.
21...¥xe3 22 fxe3 ¦ac8 23 ¦xc8
23 ¥g2 £e6 24 ¦xc8 £xe3+ 25 ¢h1
¥xc8 26 £e1 £xe1+ 27 ¦xe1 d2–+.
23...¦xc8 24 ¥g2
24 £b3 £xb3 25 axb3 d2 26 ¦d1 ¦d8
27 ¥e2 ¥c2.
24...£e5 25 £f3
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-+k+0
9zpp+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+p+0
9+-+-wqlzp-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+pzPQzP-0
9PzP-+-+LzP0
9tR-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
25...¥g4! 26 £d5+
26 £xg4 £xe3+ 27 ¢h1 ¦c1+.
26...£xd5 27 ¥xd5+ ¢h8 0–1.
English Opening (A28)
Rune Degerhammar (SVE) -
Michael Millstone (USA)
Email Wch sf12, 1999
Notes by Degerhammar (shortened)
1 c4 e5 2 ¤c3 ¤f6 3 ¤f3 ¤c6 4 a3!?
e4 5 ¤g5 £e7 6 f3!?
6 d3 may be better.
6...exf3 7 ¤xf3 d6 8 d3 ¥g4
8...¥e6 9 e4 0–0–0 10 ¥e2.
9 e4 0–0–0
9...¤d4!?.
10 ¥e2 ¥xf3 11 ¥xf3 ¤d4 12 0–0
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¤d7?! 13 ¥g4 ¢b8 14 ¥e3
To develop threats against Black’s
king. 14 ¤d5!? is another idea.
14...¤e6 15 b4 ¤e5 16 ¥xe6 £xe6
17 b5 ¤d7 18 ¤d5 g6
18...c6?? 19 ¥xa7+! ¢xa7 20 £a4+
¢b8 21 bxc6+-.
19 a4
Possibly 19 £a4 is better but I followed
my plan.
19...¥g7 20 ¦a2
My analysis gave equal play after 20
¦a3 f5 21 a5 ¦df8 22 b6 cxb6 23 axb6
a6 24 exf5 ¦xf5 25 ¦xf5 £xf5 26 ¦a5
¦e8 27 g4. Putting the ¦ on a2 is more
flexible.
20...¦df8 21 a5 f5
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9-mk-+-tr-tr0
9zppzpn+-vlp0
9-+-zpq+p+0
9zPP+N+p+-0
9-+P+P+-+0
9+-+PvL-+-0
9R+-+-+PzP0
9+-+Q+RmK-0
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22 ¥xa7+!! ¢xa7 23 b6+ ¢b8 24
bxc7+ ¢a8
24...¢c8 25 a6 ¥d4+ 26 ¢h1+-.
25 exf5
Opens the diagonal h1–a8 for White’s
queen in some variations.
25...¦xf5 26 ¤b6+ ¢a7 27 ¦xf5
gxf5 28 c8£ ¥d4+ 29 ¢h1 ¦xc8 30
¤xc8+
The rest of the game is just technique.
30...¢b8 31 ¦e2 ¤e5 32 ¤b6 £h6
33 £f1 £h5 34 h3 £g5 35 g4 £d8 36
£xf5 ¥xb6 37 axb6 £xb6 38 £xh7
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£b1+ 39 ¢h2 £f1 40 £e4 ¤f3+ 41
¢g3 1–0.
The following game was won by the
player who made the highest score in the
semifinals. It was featured as one of the
earliest ICCF website Game of the Month
series, with notes by the winner and
GM Palciauskas. We just give the main
points and the full notes are available
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Najdorf Sicilian (B87)
Osman Kosebay (TRK) -
Miklós Träger (HUN)
1 st Email Wch, sf02 1999
1 e4 c5 2 ¤f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4
¤f6 5 ¤c3 a6 6 ¥c4 e6 7 ¥b3 b5 8
0–0 ¥e7 9 £f3 £c7 10 £g3 0–0 11
¥h6 ¤e8 12 ¦ad1 ¥d7 13 f4 ¤c6
14 ¤xc6 ¥xc6 15 f5 ¢h8
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+ntr-mk0
9+-wq-vlpzpp0
9p+lzpp+-vL0
9+p+-+P+-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+LsN-+-wQ-0
9PzPP+-+PzP0
9+-+R+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
16 f6!
A novelty; this sacrifice of the exchange
seems the best way to maintain
the attack.
16...¥xf6
16...gxh6 17 fxe7 £xe7 18 £f4 b4
(18...f5 19 £xh6 b4 20 ¤e2 ¥xe4 21
£xe6 £xe6 22 ¥xe6 ¥xc2 23 ¦d2 =) 19
¤e2 e5 20 £xh6 ¥xe4 21 ¤g3 ¥g6 22
¤f5 ¥xf5 23 ¦xf5 with an attack.
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17 ¦xf6! b4 18 ¤e2 gxh6 19 £f4
¤xf6
Checking immediately with 19...£a7+!
is better because it prevents the game
continuation with 21 ¦d4. GM Palciauskas
reckoned this would lead to a draw.
Also possible was 19...¥xe4 20 ¦xe6
¥xc2 with an unclear position.
20 £xf6+ ¢g8 21 ¦d4 ¥b5
21...£b6 is met with 22 ¤f4 £a5 (if
22...e5? 23 ¤e6 or 22...£c5 23 ¥d5!) 23
¥d5! b3 24 h3! bxc2 (24...£d8 25 £xh6
¢h8 26 ¥xc6! bxa2 27 ¦a4 ¦c8 28 ¥d7!
¦xc2 29 ¦xa2 ¦g8 30 ¦xa6 e5 31 ¥f5
¦g7 32 ¦xd6 £g8 33 £f6 exf4 34 ¦d8
¦cxg2+ 35 ¢f1 and wins) 25 ¤xe6 c1£+
26 ¢h2 £g5 27 ¤xg5 hxg5 28 £xg5+
¢h8 29 £f6+ ¢g8 30 ¦d3 and wins.
22 ¤g3
At first sight 22 ¤f4 seems to be a
move of equal strength, but after 22...£d8
23 £xh6 ¢h8 24 c4 bxc3 25 e5 ¦g8 26
¥c2 ¦g7 27 ¤h5 £g5 28 £xg7+ £xg7
29 ¤xg7 dxe5 Black has an advantage.
The point is that 27 ¦g4!! is not available
here.
22...£d8
Best. 22...£c5 23 ¥d5! £xc2 24 h4!
¥e2 25 ¥xa8 ¦xa8 26 ¢h2 £xb2 27
£f2.
23 £xh6 ¢h8 24 e5 ¦g8 25 c4
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-wq-+rmk0
9+-+-+p+p0
9p+-zpp+-wQ0
9+l+-zP-+-0
9-zpPtR-+-+0
9+L+-+-sN-0
9PzP-+-+PzP0
9+-+-+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
25...¦g6!?
This came as a total surprise to me.
I felt for the first time, that victory was
coming soon.
After 25...bxc3! I could not find anything
better than 26 ¥c2 f5 27 exf6 ¦a7
28 ¦h4 ¦f8 29 £xh7+ ¦xh7 30 ¦xh7+
¢g8 31 ¦g7+ drawing.
26 £f4 ¥e8 27 ¥c2 f5
a) 27...¦g7 28 ¤h5 ¦g5 29 ¦xd6 £e7
30 ¤f6 ¦g7 31 £h6;
b) 27...£g5 28 ¥xg6 £xf4 29 ¦xf4
dxe5 30 ¦xf7 hxg6 (30...¥xf7 31 ¥xf7)
31 ¦e7 ¢g8 32 ¤e4!;
c) 27...¦g5 28 ¦xd6 £e7 29 £h4.
28 exd6 +- £f6
If 28...£a5 29 d7 ¥f7 30 ¥xf5! exf5 31
£xf5 or 28...¥d7 29 c5.
29 ¤h5! ¦xg2+ 30 ¢xg2 ¥xh5 31
d7 ¦g8+
31...¦d8 does not help either 32 ¢f2!
e5 (32...¥f3 33 ¢xf3 e5 34 £xf5 £xf5+
35 ¥xf5 exd4 36 c5; 32...¥g4 33 £e3
e5 34 ¦d5 e4 35 £d4 £xd4+ 36 ¦xd4
f4 37 ¥a4 e3+ 38 ¢e1) 33 £h4 £xh4+
34 ¦xh4.
32 ¢f1 £g7 33 £f2 ¦d8 34 ¥a4 e5
35 ¦d3 f4
35...£g5 36 ¦g3 £c1+ 37 ¢g2.
36 £h4 1-0.
And here Miklós resigned without
waiting for 36...¦g8 37 £xh5! when:
a) 37...£g1+ 38 ¢e2 ¦g2+ (38...£g2+
39 ¢d1 £f1+ 40 ¢c2 ¦g2+ 41 ¦d2) 39
¢f3;
b) 37...f3 38 £xf3 £g1+ 39 ¢e2 ¦g2+
40 £xg2! £xg2+ 41 ¢d1;
c) 37...£g2+ 38 ¢e1 £h1+ 39 ¢d2
¦g2+ 40 £e2 ¦xe2+ 41 ¢xe2 and the
Black £ will run out of checks.
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István Sinka wins the 37th
Hungarian Championship
THE 37 th Hungarian CC Ch
was won by István Sinka,
who was my opponent
on board 1 in the 5 th European
Team Championship preliminaries
a few years ago. The final
began on 15 March 1998 and
ended on14 March 2000.
Thanks to Péter Tóth, editor
of the Hungarian CC magazine
Távsakk, for providing the
games and bulletin.
The defending champion,
2601-rated Miklós Tráger, was
also unbeaten but conceded
too many draws and finished
fourth. Also noteworthy is
the fifth place achieved by
Etelka Csom Néméthne. An
ICCF LM, Mrs Nemeth was a
finalist in the 5 th ICCF Ladies
World Championship a few
years ago.
Here is one of the most
exciting and original games we
have seen recently, with notes
by the winner in Távsakk.
Istvan Sinka... won the championship with
aggressive play. See the crosstable on page 39.
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Sicilian Defence (B22)
István Sinka -
Csaba Szücs
Hungary ch-37, 1998-2000
Notes by Sinka
1 e4 c5 2 c3 d5 3 exd5
£xd5 4 d4 ¤f6 5 ¤f3 ¥g4
6 ¤bd2!? ¤c6 7 ¥c4 ¥xf3
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37th Hungarian CC Ch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pts.
1 Sinka, István * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 13½
2 Szücs, Csaba 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 13
3 Paróczai, Attila ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½
4 Träger, Miklós ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 11½
5 Csom Néméthne, Etelka ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 10
6 Chrobák, Gyula 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9½
7 Csillag, Béla 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½
8 Gombkötö, Ottó 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 8
9 Timár, Zsolt 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8
10 Veres, Endre 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
11 Nemes, Béla ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 7
12 Török, Sándor 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 7
13 Metál, Imre 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 6
14 Pálffy, Dr. István 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 1 5½
15= Révész, Béla 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 4
15= Söreghy, János ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 1 4
17 Vida, Pál 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * ½
8 £b3 ¤a5 9 £b5+ £d7 10 ¤xf3
¤xc4 11 £xc4 cxd4 12 0–0!?
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvl-tr0
9zpp+qzppzpp0
9-+-+-sn-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+Qzp-+-+0
9+-zP-+N+-0
9PzP-+-zPPzP0
9tR-vL-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
TH: An enterprising gambit novelty
which could alter the evaluation of the
aggressive 6 ¤bd2 sideline again. 12
£xd4 is only equal.
12...dxc3
12...e6 13 ¦d1 ¦c8 14 £b3 ¥d6
(14...¥c5 15 ¤e5 £d5 16 £a4+±) 15
¦xd4 £c6 16 ¥g5².
13 ¥f4!? cxb2 14 ¦ad1©
White has given up in turn the pawns
on d4, c3 and b2 but has great piece
activity.
14...b5!?
36
14...£c6.
15 £e2 ¤d5 16 ¥e5 b1£ 17 ¦xb1
a6 18 a4 b4
18...f6? 19 axb5 fxe5 (If 19...£e6 20
£e4 ¦c8 21 bxa6 ¤c3 22 £b7 ¤xb1
23 a7 ¤d2 24 ¤xd2 fxe5 25 ¤f3+- or
19...axb5 20 ¦xb5 fxe5 21 ¤xe5 £d6
22 ¤c4±) 20 ¤xe5 £e6 21 bxa6 ¤c3 22
£f3 ¦c8 23 a7+-.
19 ¦fd1 e6 20 ¦bc1 £b7 21 h4!?
21 ¤g5 ¥e7 22 £f3 (22 ¤xf7 0–0!)
22...0–0! 23 ¦c7 £b6 24 ¦xd5 exd5 25
¦xe7 £g6 26 h4 h6 27 ¤h3 ¦ae8 28
¦xe8 ¦xe8 29 £xd5 £h5 30 f4 £xh4µ.
21...h6 22 ¤d4!
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+kvl-tr0
9+q+-+pzp-0
9p+-+p+-zp0
9+-+nvL-+-0
9Pzp-sN-+-zP0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+QzPP+0
9+-tRR+-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
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22...¤c3?
After this mistake, White launches
a fierce attack on the ¢ in the centre.
The situation would be less clear after
22...¦c8 23 £e4!?© or 22...¥e7 23 ¤xe6!
fxe6 24 £h5+ ¢d8 (24...¢f8 25 £f3+ ¥f6
26 ¦c7 £xc7 27 ¥xc7 ¤xc7 28 £c6²) 25
¦c7 £xc7 26 ¥xc7+ ¢xc7 27 £g4÷.
23 £h5± ¦c8
a) 23...¤xd1 24 ¦c7 £xc7 25 ¥xc7
¤c3 26 ¤xe6±;
b) 23...g6 24 £g4 h5 (24...¤xd1 25
¤xe6!? h5 26 £c4) 25 £h3 ¤xd1 (25...¦h7
26 ¤xe6 fxe6 27 £xe6+ ¦e7 28 £xg6+
¦f7 29 ¦e1+-) 26 ¦xd1! (26 ¤xe6 £e4!)
26...¦h7 (26...¦g8 27 ¤xe6 ¦c8 28 ¦e1
¥e7 29 ¥d6 ¦c1 30 ¦xc1 ¥xd6 31 £e3±)
27 ¤xe6 fxe6 (27...¥e7 28 ¤c7+ ¢f8 29
¤xa8 £xa8 30 ¦c1+-) 28 £xe6+ ¥e7 29
£g8+ ¥f8 30 £xg6+ ¦f7 31 ¥f6+-;
c) 23...0–0–0 24 ¤b3 ¦xd1+ 25 £xd1
£d5 26 £e2‚.
24 ¤xe6 g6
24...¤xd1 25 ¤c7+.
25 £g4 h5 26 £h3! ¤e2+ 27 ¢h2
¤xc1
27...¦xc1? 28 ¦d8+ ¢e7 29 £e3+-.
28 ¥xh8 ¥e7
28...¤e2? 29 £e3 £e7 30 ¤c7+ ¦xc7
31 ¥f6! …31...£xe3 32 ¦d8#.
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+k+-vL0
9+q+-vlp+-0
9p+-+N+p+0
9+-+-+-+p0
9Pzp-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-+Q0
9-+-+-zPPmK0
9+-snR+-+-0
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29 £e3! £c6
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29...fxe6 30 £xe6 £c7+ 31 ¥e5 £c4
32 £d7+ ¢f7 33 ¦d4 ¦d8 34 £xd8 ¥xd8
35 ¦xc4 ¤d3 36 ¦d4+-.
30 ¤g7+ ¢f8 31 £h6 g5 32 ¤e6+
¢e8 33 £h7!+- £xe6
33...¥d6+ 34 f4! … 34...¥xf4+ 35 ¤xf4
gxf4 36 ¦e1++-.
34 £g8+ ¥f8 35 ¥g7 £e7 36 ¦d5!
£c7+
36...f6 37 ¦d1.
37 g3 ¢e7
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+r+-vlQ+0
9+-wq-mkpvL-0
9p+-+-+-+0
9+-+R+-zpp0
9Pzp-+-+-zP0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-zP-mK0
9+-sn-+-+-0
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38 ¥f6+! ¢e8
38...¢xf6 39 £xg5+ ¢e6 40 £f5+ ¢e7
41 £e4+ ¢f6 42 ¦f5+ ¢g7 43 £d4++-.
39 ¦e5+ £xe5
39...¢d7 40 £xf7+ ¢c6 41 £d5+ ¢b6
42 ¦e6+ ¢a7 43 ¥e5!+-.
40 ¥xe5 gxh4 41 ¥d6 hxg3+ 42 fxg3
¢d7 43 ¥xf8 ¢e6 44 £h7 ¦xf8 45
£h6+ ¢e7 46 £xc1 1–0.
Also noteworthy is the fifth place
achieved by Etelka Csom Néméthne. An
ICCF LM, Mrs Nemeth was a finalist in the
5th ICCF Ladies World Championship
a few years ago.
All the games of the 37th Hungarian
Championship will be included in the
database on our MegaCorr-2 CD next
year, as well as several previous Championships
and other recent Hungarian
games.
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New Swedish
Champion
Conny Persson
annotates
CHESS Mail reader Conny Persson
is the new Swedish Correspondence
Chess Champion, winning
SSKK SM 1999 with a game and time to
spare. Finally he finished with +10 =4
-0 but he was already certain of victory
in August 2000 when he had reached
11 points.
Our table on the next page shows
the situation when we went to print
in late November but you can find the
current crosstable on the Web page
http://home3.swipnet.se/~w-36794/
sskk/res/svm_1999.html
The new champion is: 54 years of age,
married, and working as a postman in
the famous port city of Göteborg, on
the Baltic Sea.
He was awarded the CC-IM title by
ICCF for his achievements for Sweden
West on board 5 in the current VII Baltic
Sea Team Tournament. In the 1996
Swedish Championship he won the 3rd
prize.
Now he is playing in the late-started
section Semifinal 13 of ICCF World
Championship XXIV.
Here are a selection of his games which
are submitted with his own notes.
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Najdorf Sicilian (B92)
Lennart Rydholm -
Conny Persson
Swedish Corr Ch 1999-2000
1 e4 c5
In SSKK SM-96 I played safety first,
1...e5. Now I was striving for more
asymmetrical positions with chances for
both sides.
2 ¤f3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 ¤xd4 ¤f6 5
¤c3 a6
The Najdorf is synonymous with the
all-time greats of chess — Tal, Fischer
and Kasparov. It offers Black the best
of both worlds — excellent winning
chances without exceptional risks.
6 ¥e2
In my three Najdorf games of SM-99 all
my opponents chose this more positional
line. Rydholm has, by the way, had good
results with 6 f3!?.
6...e5 7 ¤b3 ¥e7 8 0–0 0–0 9 ¥e3
¥e6 10 £d3
One of Lennart’s specialities. More
common is 10 ¤d5 but White wants to
prevent 10...¤xd5 11 exd5 ¥f5.
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10...¤bd7
More accurate than the immediate
...¥xd5.
11 ¤d5 ¥xd5 12 exd5 ¤c5 13 £d2
13 ¤xc5 dxc5 14 ¦fd1 e4 15 £d2
¥d6 16 a4 £c7 17 g3 ¦ae8 18 a5 ¤d7
gave Black good play in King-Browne,
Reykjavik 1990.
13...¤fe4
13...£c7 14 f3 h6 15 c4 ¤h7 16 ¤xc5
dxc5 17 ¥d3 gave an edge to White in
Apicella-Brunner, Debrecen Echt 1992.
14 £b4 a5 15 £b5 £c7 16 f3
New. 16 ¤xc5 dxc5 17 £c4 ¤f6 18
¦fd1 ¥d6 19 a3 ¤d7 20 ¦ab1 ¦ac8
21 g4?! £d8 gave Black good play in
Nikolenko-Voitsekhovski, Minsk 1998.
16...¤f6 17 c4 ¤fd7 18 ¤xc5 ¤xc5
19 ¥xc5 dxc5 20 ¥d1 ¥d6 21 h3
Considering the continuation, I think
21 g3 would have been preferable.
21...f5 22 ¥c2 £e7
The black queen now becomes very
active!
23 ¦fe1 £h4 24 £b3
After 24 £b6 could follow 24...£h6 25
¢h1 (25 £xb7? £f4) 25...¦f6 etc.
24...£f4 25 ¢f1 a4 26 £d3 £h2 27
£e3 e4 28 £g1 £e5 29 ¦ab1 £d4
29...b5!? 30 cxb5 £xd5 31 b3 axb3 32
¥xb3 c4 favours Black.
30 £xd4 cxd4 31 ¥xe4!?
This bishop sacrifice is probably
White’s best chance for an active game.
31...fxe4 32 ¦xe4 ¥c5 33 ¢e2
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33...¦a6!?
Black has good winning chances, but
to achieve the win is not easy. If 33...b5
34 cxb5 ¦fb8 35 ¢d3 ¦xb5 36 ¢c4 ¦ba5
37 ¦be1 and Black has difficulties to
proceed.
I wanted to place my rooks more
actively before I played ...b5.
Swedish CC Ch. 1999 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts. Unf.
1 Per-Erik Berglund Göteborg • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ . 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 5½ 1
2 Jan Viberg Örnsköldsvik ½ • 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 8 -
3 R G Hagelin Karlskoga ½ 0 • 1 ½ . 0 . 0 0 ½ . 0 2½ 4
4 Ulf Larsson Lund 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
5 Sven-Eric Sagström Enköping ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 5½ -
6 Stefan Rilberg Vasta Frölunda 0 ½ . 1 ½ • ½ ½ . 0 ½ . 0 . ½ 4 4
7 Ove Nyhlén Linköping ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 . 9 1
8 Christer Thörnros Söderhamn .½ . 1 ½ ½ 0 • 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 4 2
9 Ulf Norevall Uppsala 1 0 1 1 ½ .0 1 • ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 6½ 1
10 Conny Persson Göteborg ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 1 12 -
11 Åke Oskarsson Bräkne-Hoby ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ • 1 1 1 ½ 10 -
12 Johnny Becker Eskilstuna ½ ½ .1 ½ .0 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ 5 2
13 Stefan Andéer Östersund 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ 9½ -
14 Lennart Rydholm Göteborg 1 1 1 1 ½ . 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 • 1 7½ 1
15 Peter Backe Örebro 1 ½ . 1 1 ½ . ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 • 7 2
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34 ¢d3 ¦b6 35 ¦e2 ¢f7 36 ¦be1
¦b4 37 ¦c2 ¦b8 38 ¦e6 b5! 39 cxb5
39 ¦c6 bxc4+ 40 ¦xc4 ¦xc4 41 ¢xc4
¥e7–+.
39...¦8xb5 40 ¦ee2
40 ¦a6? ¢e7–+.
40...¥b6 41 d6 ¦d5 42 ¦c6 ¥d8 43
f4 ¦b6 44 ¦c4 ¦a6 45 ¦e4 ¦dxd6
46 ¦exd4 ¦xd4+ 47 ¦xd4 ¥f6 48
¦b4
48 ¦d7+ ¢e6 49 ¦b7 ¦d6+ 50 ¢e2
¦c6 51 ¢d1 (51 ¦b4 ¦c2+ 52 ¢f1 a3!)
51...¢f5 –+.
48...a3! 49 b3 ¦d6+ 50 ¢c2 ¦c6+ 51
¦c4
The exchange of rooks makes the
winning procedure easier, but 51 ¢d1
¦c3 52 ¦e4 ¢g6 is also hopeless.
51...¦xc4+ 52 bxc4 ¢e6 53 g3 ¢d6
0–1,
For example, 54 ¢b3 ¢c5 55 ¢xa3 (55
f5 g6! 56 fxg6 hxg6 57 g4 g5–+) 55...¢xc4
56 f5 ¢d4 57 ¢b4 ¢e4 58 g4 ¢f3 59 a4
¥d8 and Black can trade his bishop for
White’s passed a-pawn.
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Budapest Defence (A52)
Conny Persson -
Christer Thörnros
Swedish Corr Ch 1999-2000
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e5
This gambit is quite a respectable
opening. White will seek to cause Black
inconvenience due to the sensitive d5-
square and the time it takes to regain
the e5-pawn.
3 dxe5 ¤g4
3... ¤e4 is the Fajarowicz, for which
the editor of Chess Mail is an advocate,
I believe!?
4 e3 ¤xe5 5 ¤h3
White avoids an exchange of knights
on f3 and intends to place d5 under firm
control. Practice has shown that Black
has real problems finding counterplay
in this line.
5...¥b4+
5...¤g6!? 6 £h5 ¤c6 7 ¤c3 ¥b4 8 ¥d2
d6 9 ¥e2 £f6 10 a3 ¥a5 11 b4 ¥b6 12
0–0 £f5 13 £xf5 ¥xf5 14 ¤g5 0–0 15
¤d5 with an edge for White, Shabalov-
Getz, Philadelphia 1992.
6 ¥d2 ¥xd2+ 7 £xd2 d6 8 ¤f4 0–0
9 ¤c3 ¥e6
9...¤bd7 10 ¥e2 a5 11 0–0 ¤c5 looks
like a King’s Indian but without the
counterplay.
10 ¤xe6 fxe6 11 0–0–0 ¤bc6 12 f4
¤d7 13 h4
White is starting a general kingside
pawn-push while Black, who is not
ready for a pawn-push on the opposite
wing, seeks to counter in the centre.
13...e5 14 g4 exf4 15 exf4 ¤c5 16 h5
£d7 17 h6!? £xg4
A very risky pawn snatch, but e.g.
17...¤b4 18 ¤b5 a5 19 hxg7 £xg7 20
¢b1 ¦ae8 (20...£xg4? 21 ¥d3 ¤bxd3 22
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¦hg1 +-) 21 a3 ¤c6 22 ¥g2 ¢h8 23 ¦h4
gives White strong play.
18 hxg7 ¦f7
If 18...¢xg7 19 ¤d5 ¦f7 20 ¥e2 £e6
21 ¥h5 or 18...£xg7 19 ¥d3 ¤xd3+ 20
£xd3 ¦f6 21 ¤e4 — in both cases with
a clear advantage for White.
19 ¤d5 ¦e8 20 £h2 £f5 21 ¥e2!
A move that was hard to find. If 21 b4
¤xb4! 22 ¤xb4 £xf4+ 23 £xf4 ¦xf4 24
¦g1 and Black is out of his difficulties.
21...¦e4 22 ¦dg1 ¤d4 23 ¥d1 ¤de6
24 b3
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White is about to win. Black, who has
burnt his ships, must attack at all costs.
24...¤d3+ 25 ¢b1 ¦e1
Leads to the loss of a piece but 25...
¤dxf4 26 £xh7+ £xh7 27 ¦xh7 ¤xg7 28
¤f6+ loses as well.
26 ¦xe1 ¤xe1+ 27 ¢a1 c6 28 ¤c3
¤xg7
28...¤d3? 29 ¥g4!+-.
29 ¦xe1 £xf4 30 £xf4 ¦xf4 31 ¥c2 h5
Black’s last hope is his passed
h-pawn.
32 ¦d1 ¦f2 33 ¢b1 h4 34 ¤e4 ¦g2
35 ¤xd6 h3 36 ¥e4 1–0.
The bishop blocks the pawn, e.g.
36...¦e2 37 ¥h1 ¦e7 38 ¤c8 ¦e2 39
¤xa7 ¤f5 40 ¤xc6 bxc6 41 ¥xc6 h2 42
a4 and White wins.
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Queen’s Indian Defence (E12)
Conny Persson -
Peter Backe
Swedish Corr Ch 1999-2000
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 ¤f3 b6 4 a3
Popularized by Petrosian and later
practised by, among others, Kasparov
in the eighties. The idea is quite easy:
To be able to play ¤c3 without being
bothered by ...¥b4.
4...¥a6 5 £c2 c5 6 e4
6 d5 exd5 7 cxd5 ¥b7 (7...g6 8 ¤c3
¥g7 with a Benoni type of position.)
8 e4 £e7 9 ¥d3 ¤xd5 10 0–0 ¤c7 is
also possible.
6...cxd4 7 ¤xd4 ¥b7 8 ¤c3 ¥c5
8...¤c6 9 ¤xc6 ¥xc6 10 ¥f4 ¥c5 11
¥e2 is also common. With the move
played Black immediately fights for
control over d4.
9 ¤b3 ¤c6 10 ¥f4
This has lately been the hottest move
in the theoretical discussion. If Black
plays 10...e5, White will try to utilise his
strongpoint on d5.
10...0–0
A gambit line Black has recently
experimented with.
11 ¦d1
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After careful consideration I decided
to decline the gambit (11 ¤xc5 bxc5 12
¥d6). I chose between the actual move
played and 11 0–0–0.
11...e5 12 ¥g5 ¤d4 13 ¤xd4 ¥xd4
14 ¥d3 h6 15 ¥h4!?
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In my database there was only one
game, with 15 ¥xf6. The move played
invites Black to the following dubious
combination.
15...¥xc3+ 16 £xc3 g5 17 ¥g3 ¤xe4
18 ¥xe4 ¥xe4 19 f3 ¥c6 20 ¥xe5
f6 21 ¥d6 ¦e8+ 22 ¢f2 ¦e6 23 ¦he1
£e8 24 ¦xe6 £xe6 25 £d3 £f7 26
b4
White has a clear initiative.
26...¦e8 27 b5 ¥b7 28 ¥b4 ¥c8 29
a4 a6 30 £c3 £e6 31 £d4 £e2+ 32
¢g3 £e5+ 33 £xe5 ¦xe5 34 ¦d6
¦e6 35 ¦xe6 dxe6
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An interesting endgame has ensued,
where White has certain winning chances
in spite of bishops of opposite colour.
36 ¥e7 ¢f7 37 ¥d8 e5 38 ¥xb6 ¥e6
39 bxa6 ¥xc4 40 a7 ¥d5 41 ¢f2 h5
42 g4 h4 43 ¥d8 ¥c6 44 ¢e3 ¢e6 45
a5 ¥d5 46 a6 ¥c6 47 ¢d3!?
A move that no computer would
play!
47...¥xf3 48 ¢c4
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48...h3?
Missing the draw which is not easy
to find:
48...¥a8 49 ¢c5 e4 50 ¥a5 (50 ¢d4
¢f7 51 ¢e3 ¢g6 52 ¥e7 f5 53 gxf5+
¢xf5=) 50...e3! (50...f5 51 gxf5+ ¢xf5
52 ¥d2!) 51 ¢d4 e2 52 ¢e3 f5 53 gxf5+
¢xf5 54 ¢xe2 g4 55 ¥e1 h3 56 ¢e3 ¢e5
57 ¥g3+ ¢f5 58 ¢d4 ¢e6 59 ¢c5 ¢d7
60 ¢b6 ¢c8 =.
49 ¢c5 f5 50 gxf5+ ¢xf5 51 ¢d6
1–0.
If 51...g4 52 ¥h4 ¥a8 53 ¢c7 ¢e6
54 ¢b8 etc.
Nimzoindian Defence (E26)
R.G.Hagelin -
Conny Persson
Swedish Corr Ch 1999-2000
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 e6 3 ¤c3 ¥b4
“The best defence of the world what-
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ever opening” according to Hagelin, but
the alternative Queen’s Indian does not
appeal to him very much.
4 a3
The Sämisch is White’s most radical
method of “refuting” Black’s fight for the
centre by means of piece control.
He believes that the doubled pawns
will reinforce, rather than weaken, the
centre.
4...¥xc3+ 5 bxc3 c5
This active continuation has enjoyed
great popularity, fixing White’s doubled
pawns and keeping the option for Black
of eventually opening the c-file at his
will. In the long run, White can hardly
resist Black’s pressure on the queenside.
Nonetheless, White’s attacking chances
on the kingside are considerable, and
this game shows instructively how Black
must try to neutralise his opponent’s
initiative on that wing.
6 e3 ¤c6 7 ¥d3 e5
7...0–0 8 ¤e2 b6 9 e4 ¤e8 10 0–0 ¥a6
11 f4 f5 is more common but probably
not better than the line actually played.
8 ¤e2 d6 9 e4 exd4
9...0–0 10 0–0 h6 11 d5 ¤e7 12 f3
gives the game a quite different, closed
character.
10 cxd4 cxd4 11 0–0 0–0 12 ¦b1
White’s rook manoeuvre ends up as
a loss of tempo. Probably better would
have been 12 ¥b2 or directly 12 ¥g5.
12...£a5!?
12...¤d7 13 ¥b2 ¤c5 14 ¤xd4 ¤e5
15 ¥e2 ¤xe4 with an even game in
Haimovich-Stanec, Graz 1997.
13 ¦b5 £c7 14 ¥g5 ¤d7 15 f4
15 ¤f4!? idea 16 ¤d5.
15...¤c5 16 ¤g3 a6 17 ¦b1 £a5 18
e5!?
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18...¤xd3
Just one example of how dangerous
White’s attack might be: 18...£xa3 19 ¥f5
dxe5 (19...h6 20 ¥xh6! gxh6 21 £g4+
¢h8 22 £h4 ¥xf5 23 £xh6+ ¥h7 24 ¤f5
with mate) 20 fxe5 h6 21 ¥c1 £c3 22
¥xc8 ¦fxc8 23 ¤f5 ¤e6 24 ¦xb7 ¦ab8
25 £g4 ¢h8 26 ¤xh6 with a decisive
attack.
19 £xd3 dxe5 20 f5!?
If 20 fxe5 £xe5 and Black should
win.
20...f6 21 ¥d2 £c7 22 ¤e4 ¤e7 23
g4 ¥d7 24 ¥b4 ¥c6 25 ¤c5 ¦f7 26
¤e6 £d7 27 ¦fc1 g6
Black has strengthened his position
and White’s attacking chances are
exhausted.
28 ¥xe7 ¦xe7 29 ¤c5 £d6 30 ¤e6
e4 31 £b3 gxf5 32 gxf5 ¢h8 33 £b2
¦g8+ 34 ¢f1 ¦xe6! 0–1.
White resigned in view of 35 fxe6 e3
with a mating attack.
King’s Indian Defence (E94)
Conny Persson -
Jan Viberg
Swedish Corr Ch 1999-2000
1 d4 ¤f6 2 c4 g6 3 ¤c3 ¥g7
Nowadays I prefer to play White in
the King’s Indian.
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4 e4 d6 5 ¤f3 0–0 6 ¥e2 e5 7 0–0
¤a6
This variation is one of the most important
developments in recent decades. It
turns out that the knight can quickly spring
to an active post if the position opens up,
while it is well and flexibly placed for
most types of closed centre.
8 ¥e3
Considered to be the most troublesome
move for Black. White supports his
centre and awaits Black’s plan.
8...¤g4 9 ¥g5 f6
This is less popular than 9... £e8, but
is certainly playable.
10 ¥c1
In accordance with the general principle
that c1 is a better retreat square
than h4 when White has already castled
kingside.
10...¤h6 11 ¦b1! exd4!?
11...¤f7 12 dxe5 dxe5 13 b4 c6 14 b5
¤c7 15 ¥a3 ¦e8 16 bxc6 bxc6 17 £a4
¥d7 18 ¦fd1 £c8 19 c5!? gave White a
strong position in Benjamin-Kindermann,
Novi Sad OL 1990.
12 ¤xd4 ¤c5
12...f5? 13 ¥xh6 ¥xh6 14 exf5±.
13 ¥e3 ¦e8 14 ¤b3 ¤e6 15 £d2
¤f7 16 f4
16 ¦bd1 b6 17 f3 ¥b7 18 ¦fe1 ¤e5
19 ¤d5 ¢h8 20 ¤d4 ¤xd4 21 ¥xd4 c6
22 ¤c3 £e7 etc. was Gausel-Sandén,
Stockholm 1997. I wanted to play more
aggressively with the f-pawn.
16...a5 17 f5 ¤eg5 18 ¦f4
The heavy artillery is to be transported to
the kingside in order to attack Black’s ¢.
18...¤e5 19 ¦bf1 a4 20 ¤d4 c6
White is slightly better but encounters
great difficulties penetrating Black’s
hedgehog defence.
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21 ¤c2 ¤gf7 22 ¦h4 ¥d7 23 b4 axb3
24 axb3 £c7 25 b4 ¦ec8 26 ¤d4
£d8 27 ¤b3 £e7 28 ¦h3
The rook is to put pressure down the
g-file, and at the same time White is
trying to start a “two-fronts-war” with
his knights on the queenside.
28...¦e8 29 ¤a5 ¥c8 30 ¤a4 ¤d7
31 ¦g3 g5 32 ¤c3 ¤de5
Better 32...c5 to stop White’s c-pawn,
e.g. 33 ¤d5 £d8 34 ¤b3 b6 is unclear.
33 ¤b3 £c7 34 c5 dxc5 35 bxc5 ¦d8
36 £b2 ¥f8 37 ¦d1 ¦xd1+ 38 ¤xd1
£e7 39 ¥d4 h6 40 ¤e3 ¥g7 41 ¤d2
¤d7 42 £c3 ¢h7 43 ¥h5 ¤fe5 44
¤ec4 ¤xc4 45 £xc4 ¥f8
45...¤e5 46 £c3 would have set up a
tougher resistance.
46 h4! 1–0.
The final blow. If:
a) 46...¥g7 47 hxg5 fxg5 48 e5! ¤xe5
49 ¦e3+-, or
b) 46...¤xc5 47 hxg5 ¥e6!? 48 ¥g6+ ¢h8
49 gxf6 £d6 (49...¥xc4 50 fxe7+ ¥g7 51
f6+-) 50 f7+ ¥g7 51 ¥xg7+ ¢xg7 52 £c3+
¢f8 53 £h8+ ¢e7 54 £e8+ ¦xe8 (54...¢f6
55 e5+ ¢xe5 56 ¤c4+ +-) 55 fxe8£+ ¢f6
56 e5+ ¢xe5 57 ¤c4+ +-, or finally
c) 46...¤e5 47 ¥xe5 fxe5 (47...£xe5
48 £f7+ ¥g7 49 ¥g6+ ¢h8 50 ¦d3+-) 48
¤b3 ¢g7 49 hxg5 hxg5 50 £c1+-.
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Turmoil in the Traxler Two Knights
Survey/Review by Tim Harding
FEW variations in chess are so tactically
complex and fun to investigate
as the Traxler counter-attack in
the Two Knights Defence, 1 e4 e5 2
¤f3 ¤c6 3 ¥c4 ¤f6 4 ¤g5 ¥c5. The
positions that typically arise (especially
when White provokes the piece sacrifice
on f2) are terrifying in their randomness.
Kings go for walks, knights eat rooks
in the corner, material is unbalanced,
checks and mate threats abound and
pieces land up on unusual squares.
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Researching and analysing this variation
in enormous depth has been a
labour of love for Dan Heisman (an
American OTB player rated 2285 by
FIDE). The fruits of his work are now
available as a CD-ROM electronic book
published by Pickard & Son of Dallas,
Texas (www.chesscentral.com or PO Box
2320, Wylie TX 75098); price $29.95.
Mr Heisman is a member of the International
Computer Chess Association
and worked at both the Kasparov-Deep
Blue matches. If any opening would lend
itself to new discoveries being made by a
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computer, you would think this might be
it, and he has used computers extensively
to analyse the critical positions.
The Traxler Counterattack CD
really requires you to have ChessBase
on your computer (CB6, 7, 8 or the
free ChessBase Light would do) as the
analysis and text (54 detailed surveys) are
all included in a 1650-game Chessbase
database. (However a complete PGN file
is also included.)
I decided to compare some of Heisman’s
opinions and discoveries with
what is said about this line in the standard
reference works and the new
book “Zweispringersystem bis Traxler-
Gegengambit” by József Pálkövi (Caissa
Chess Books, Kecskemet 2000).
This is not intended to be the kind
of article that makes new analytical
suggestions, but in view of the wide
discrepancy between what different
sources say about the Traxler, I think
a comparative survey is useful. I shall
start with the popular 5 ¥xf7+ lines
and in part 2 I shall move on to the
line where White is coming closest to
a refutation.
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9r+lwqk+-tr0
9zppzpp+pzpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-vl-zp-sN-0
9-+L+P+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0
xiiiiiiiiy
This move, leading to spectacular
complications, was discovered by Czech
master Karel Traxler in the 1890s and was
much analysed by the Wilkes-Barre Club
of the USA in the 1930s. Revived in the
1960s by Yakov Estrin, a lot more has
been discovered about it since.
When studying sharp openings, it is
usually best to look first at “established”
GM sources to see “what the world
knows”. Only then can you judge if a
new idea is actually good.
This approach to study is particularly
valuable for CC as there are often easy
points to be won in sharp openings
against opponents who don’t have good
reference books or up-to-date databases,
and/or who are too ready to believe what
the standard works recommend.
I began with “NCO” (Nunn’s Chess
Openings, 1998) especially as this was
one of the sections edited by John Nunn
personally. He devotes two lines (and
several notes) to the Traxler.
He said the ¤ capture on f7 is losing
for White while the ¥ capture promises a
slight advantage if followed up by 6 ¥b3!,
but 5 ¥xf7+ ¢e7 6 ¥d5 is unclear.
“ECO” (3 rd edition, 1997) on the other
hand considers 5 ¤xf7 is equal whether
White continues with 6 ¢xf2 or 6 ¢f1.
New evidence may revive the latter.
It is not easy to find new games which
are not on the CD but here are a couple
of recent games which illustrate how
White can lose if he puts a foot wrong.
Eberhard Rosenhahn (GER) -
Jonathan A. Tait (ENG)
Thematic RC/1/93/final corr ICCF, 2000
1 e4 e5 2 ¤f3 ¤c6 3 ¥c4 ¤f6 4 ¤g5
¥c5 5 ¥xf7+
5 ¥xf7+ is the choice of those who
follow orthodox theory or just want to
keep the position under some sort of
control. White settles for just an extra
pawn but it is not easy to prevent Black
from obtaining compensation.
5...¢e7 6 ¥c4!?
Better than its reputation says Heisman.
6 ¥d5 or 6 ¥b3 would be normal;
see the next game.
6...¦f8 7 d3²
Heisman says “A simple move; Black
cannot do anything drastic.” He gives the
following line to illustrate that: 7...¥xf2+?
8 ¢xf2 ¤xe4+ 9 ¢g1 ¤f2 10 £h5 d5 11
¤xh7 ¤xh1 12 ¥g5+ ¦f6 13 £g6+-.
7...d6 8 h3 £e8 9 0–0 £g6 10 ¢h2?
h6 11 ¤f3
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9r+l+-tr-+0
9zppzp-mk-zp-0
9-+nzp-snqzp0
9+-vl-zp-+-0
9-+L+P+-+0
9+-+P+N+P0
9PzPP+-zPPmK0
9tRNvLQ+R+-0
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11...¤g4+! 12 hxg4 ¥xg4 13 ¤bd2
£h5+ 14 ¢g1 ¤d4 0–1.
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Pavle Hrvacic (CRO) -
István Brindza (YUG)
Mare Nostrum teams, Board 3, 1999
1 e4 e5 2 ¤f3 ¤c6 3 ¥c4 ¤f6 4 ¤g5
¥c5 5 ¥xf7+ ¢e7 6 ¥d5
Before following the main game, let
us take a look at 6 ¥b3 as recommended
by Nunn.
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9r+lwq-+-tr0
9zppzppmk-zpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-vl-zp-sN-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+L+-+-+-0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0
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Now play may go 6...¦f8 (6...£e8 and
6...d6 are also possible.) 7 0–0 d6 8 ¤c3
£e8 9 ¤d5+ ¢d8 10 c3 h6 (10...£g6 11
d4 exd4 12 ¤f4+-) 11 d4 exd4 12 ¤xf6
¦xf6 13 e5 (Howell-David, Groningen
1995) 13...¦f8 14 exd6 hxg5 15 ¥xg5+
¦f6 16 dxc7+ ¢xc7 17 ¥xf6 gxf6 18
¦c1² Howell. See INF 66/278; this is the
recommended line in ECO too.
However it is not clear that 7 0-0 is
best; castling may well be premature
as it clarifies White’s intentions for his
opponent. 7 d3 keeps Black guessing
more, and 7 ¤c3 assures White of some
advantage says Heisman.
After 7 0-0, instead of 7...d6 Black
can play 7...h6! when the most reliable
printed source is still “The Italian Game”
by Botterill & Harding (Batsford, 1977)!
Harding-Gardner, corr 1975, continued
8 ¤f3 d6 9 h3! ¤xe4 10 c3 following
an old analysis by V.Panov. Then
I was hit by 10...¥xf2+! (10...¤xf2 is
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the only move says Pálkövi, but it leads
to the same position.) 11 ¦xf2 ¤xf2 12
¢xf2 and now not 12...¥f5 13 d3 £d7 14
¥d5!² as in Bormann-Andrae, corr 1990
(cited by Pálkövi) but 12...¥xh3!³.
I replied 13 d3 and got a dra.w
Heisman, who rediscovered this line
which other theoreticians have overooked,
thinks 13 gxh3 (not 13 £h1?! £d7)
may be the lesser evil. Anyway, Black is
the one playing for a win here.
(Nevertheless 9 h3 may give White an
edge. As my old book said, 10 ¥d5!? is
better than 10 c3 despite the loss of time
with the ¥, and Estrin later agreed.)
Now we return to the game and
the 6 ¥d5 line.
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9r+lwq-+-tr0
9zppzppmk-zpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-vlLzp-sN-0
9-+-+P+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPzP-zPPzP0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0
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6...¦f8
In a rare outing for the Traxler at
GM level, Beliavsky got a draw against
Karpov with 6...d6 at the 1983 USSR
Spartakiad. Against Anand in 1991,
Beliavsky preferred 6...£e8 and won, but
he stood worse in the opening.
7 ¦f1?!
A very strange move. 7 ¤f3 and 7 0–0
are the normal choices.
7...£e8 8 ¥xc6
8 ¤c3 d6 9 h3 £g6 10 d3 h6 11 ¤f3?
(11 ¥xc6 was necessary.) 11...£xg2
12 ¤h4 ¥xf2+ 13 ¦xf2 £g1+ 14 ¦f1
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£g3+ 15 ¢d2 £g5+ 0–1 Efimov-Shirov,
Gausdal Arnold Cup 1991.
8...dxc6 9 d3 ¥g4 10 f3 ¥d7! 11 f4?
¥g4 12 £d2 £h5! 13 fxe5!?
From this point the notes to the game
are by the winner.
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9r+-+-tr-+0
9zppzp-mk-zpp0
9-+p+-sn-+0
9+-vl-zP-sNq0
9-+-+P+l+0
9+-+P+-+-0
9PzPPwQ-+PzP0
9tRNvL-mKR+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
13 ¤f3 ¥xf3 14 gxf3 £h4+ 15 ¢d1
£h3 16 £e2.
13...¤d5!?
13...¤d7? 14 ¤f3 ¥xf3 15 £g5+ £xg5
16 ¥xg5+ ¢e6 17 gxf3 h6 18 ¥d2 ¤xe5
19 f4 ¤g4 20 f5+ ¢e7 21 h3 ¤e3 22 ¥xe3
¥xe3 23 ¢e2 ¥b6 24 ¤d2 g6 25 fxg6
¦xf1 26 ¦xf1 ¦g8 27 ¦f7+ +-.
14 ¤f3!
14 d4 ¦xf1+ 15 ¢xf1 ¦f8+ (15...£xh2
16 dxc5 ¦f8+ 17 ¤f3 ¦xf3+ 18 gxf3 ¥h3+
19 ¢e1 £g1+ 20 ¢e2 £f1#) 16 ¢g1 ¤f4
17 ¤c3 (17 dxc5 ¤e2+ –+) 17...£xg5 18
g3 ¤h3+ 19 ¢g2 £xd2+ 20 ¥xd2 ¦f2+
21 ¢h1 ¥f3# () ; 14 £a5?? ¥b4+.
14...¤e3! 15 £f2! ¥b4+
15...¥xf3 16 gxf3 ¦xf3 17 £xf3 £xf3.
16 c3 ¤xf1 17 £xf1 ¥xf3 18 gxf3
¦xf3 19 £g2 ¦af8! 20 £g5+ £xg5
21 ¥xg5+ ¢e6 22 cxb4?
22 ¤d2! ¦h3 23 ¤f1 (23 cxb4 h6 24
¤b3 hxg5 25 ¤c5+ ¢e7 26 ¤xb7 ¦xh2
27 ¦c1 ¦ff2–+) 23...¥e7 (23...¦hf3 24
¤d2 ¦h3 25 cxb4 h6) 24 ¥d2 (24 ¥xe7
¢xe7 25 ¢e2 g5 26 ¦d1 ¦hf3) 24...¥h4+
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25 ¢e2 ¦f2+ 26 ¢e1 ¦hf3–+.
22...¦f1+ 23 ¢d2 ¦8f2+ 24 ¢c3
¦xh2 25 a4 h5 26 b5 h4 27 d4 h3 28
¥d8 ¦hh1 29 ¥xc7 ¦xb1 0–1.
We now move on to the lines where
White plays the “obvious” capture on f7
with the knight.
Readers of Pionierskaya Pravda -
GM Mikhail Tal
Telephone corr, USSR 1968-69
1 e4 e5 2 ¤f3 ¤c6 3 ¥c4 ¤f6 4 ¤g5
¥c5 5 ¤xf7 ¥xf2+
This piece sacrifice is the main point
of the Traxler. The white king is forced
into an exposed position whatever the
reply. First, what happens if he takes
the bishop? (Part two will deal with the
6 ¢f1 line.)
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9r+lwqk+-tr0
9zppzpp+Nzpp0
9-+n+-sn-+0
9+-+-zp-+-0
9-+L+P+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPzP-vlPzP0
9tRNvLQmK-+R0
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6 ¢xf2
Accepting the piece was once believed
to lead to an early draw with best play
but nowadays Black is preferred.
6...¤xe4+ 7 ¢g1
7 ¢e3 £e7µ says Nunn.
7...£h4 8 g3 ¤xg3 9 hxg3?
White must try 9 ¤xh8 but equality
is the best he can hope for. 9...d5!?
(9...¤d4=) 10 £f3 ¤f5!µ.
9...£xg3+ 10 ¢f1 ¦f8
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Already with a clear plus for Black
says Nunn.
11 £h5 d5! 12 ¥xd5
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9r+l+ktr-+0
9zppzp-+Nzpp0
9-+n+-+-+0
9+-+Lzp-+Q0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-wq-0
9PzPPzP-+-+0
9tRNvL-+K+R0
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12...¤d4
12...¤b4! is recommended for Black
by Heisman.
13 £h2 £g4 14 £xe5+ ¥e6 15 ¥xe6
£f3+ 16 ¢g1 ¤e2+ 17 ¢h2 £f2+ 18
¢h3 £f3+ 19 ¢h4 £f2+
19...£xh1+ 20 ¥h3+ ¢xf7 21 £e6#!.
20 ¢h5?
After 20 ¢h3! the game should have
ended in perpetual check.
20...¦xf7 21 ¥xf7+ ¢xf7 22 ¦h2
£f3+ 23 ¢h4 g5+ 24 £xg5 ¦g8 25
£h5+ £xh5+ 26 ¢xh5
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9-+-+-+r+0
9zppzp-+k+p0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+K0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9PzPPzPn+-tR0
9tRNvL-+-+-0
xiiiiiiiiy
Now Heisman has the end of the game
mixed up.
26...¤g3+? 27 ¢h6 ¤f5+ 28 ¢xh7
¦g7+ ½–½.
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(See Grodzensky & Romanov, “Khod
v Konverte”, page 145. This was the
actual finish but Heisman has it only as
a variation.)
Moscow schoolboy Vadim Brodsky
later showed that Tal had missed a win:
26...¤f4+! 27 ¢h6 (27 ¢h4? h5!) 27...¦g6+
28 ¢xh7 ¦g7+ 29 ¢h6 (According to
Heisman, this position was called a draw
by GM Soltis in the January 16, 2000
“New York Post’; not 29 ¢h8 ¤g6#)
29...¢g8! and Black will finish ...¦g6#.
(Heisman has only rediscovered a win
which Brodsky found 30 years earlier.).
Can anyone clarify the circumstances
of this game? I think it was a CC consultation
game in the USSR. Heisman just
calls it Readers v Tal. We have also seen
White given as “White Rook Youth Club”
and as “Chitatelj” (a transliteration of the
Russian word for Readers).
The mating position in Brodsky’s
variation is an echo of Rotlewi’s win
against Fahrni at Karlsbad 1911:
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9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+-+k0
9-+-+-mK-+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9p+-+-sNR+0
9+-+-+-+-0
9-+-+-+-+0
9+-+-+r+-0
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79...a3?? (79...¦b1) 80 ¢f7 ¢h6 81
¢g8 1–0.
In part 2 (our next isue), we shall look
at the most critical line, 5 ¤xf7 ¥xf2+
6 ¢f1 where major improvements for
White have been found recently.
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Ectool, a solution for email players
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by Tim Harding
ANYONE who plays chess by email
needs a program to manage the
games. There are several advantages
to using a specialist chess program
rather than just ordinary email
software; in particular, generating and
sending/receiving move messages in
the same program that stores the games
reduces the risk of “clerical” error.
The most popular of such programs is
Ectool. Later this year, other software for
this purpose will be reviewed.
Email chess software should:
a) store the moves/positions and time
data of the games you are playing;
b) display positions graphically;
c) generate email messages to opponents,
and collect their replies;
d) enable your games to be exported
to chess database programs.
Ectool does all these tasks and more.
Now in version 6, it is written by Spanish
programmer Andrés Valverde, who was
interviewed in Chess Mail 5/2000. I have
been using Ectool for my email games
in recent months.
The initial window has several menus
but most of the main functions are
accessible in Ectool 6 via three main
buttons called Load, Mail, Connect (and
there’s a fourth button, Exit).
Games Manager
Clicking “Load” brings you to a list of
all the available games, which will usually
be all the email games you currently
have in progress. Those games where it
is your turn to move are highlighted and
you can set “alarms” to warn you when
your move is overdue.
Games are stored by Ectool in separate
files with the extension ECT. When
you start a new game, you enter the
game data with such information as the
opponent’s name and email address, the
colours and what format to use in the
email messages.
Ectool is very versatile here as it can
produce PGN messages as required
by clubs like IECG, but can also generate
messages in the ICCF template
using either the numeric or algebraic
notations.
Information about opponents (even
pictures) can be stored in an address
book. However, at present this address
book is not linked to the game data.
When an opponent notified me of an
email address change, I altered this in the
address book, assuming the messages
to him would now go to that address
(as would be the case with my normal
email program, Eudora). However, the
address for the opponent in the game
data remained unchanged and he did not
get my move although I was unaware
of this. I guess this is on the wish-list
for version 7.
To load a game, you click on the
game list and it brings up the game
window, which you can near the top of
the screenshot.
The games window is in two parts. On
the left is the list of moves, with the dates
received and sent and the total times.
On the right is a graphical chessboard,
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A screenshot of Ectool 6 showing the toolbar, the games window
and the mail manager window, which can be maximised.
and you can have the black pieces at
the bottom if you are playing Black in
the game. Moves are easily made with
the mouse and then appear in the list
on the left.
Ectool automatically calculates the
time taken for a move, assuming that
the date received is the same as the
opponent’s date of sending and that the
date sent is the current date. However,
you can correct this information by
clicking on the dates. This brings up
a small window called Time Register
where you can adjust the dates on a little
calendar. You can enter adjustments
to the time calculation in a box called
(somewhat awkwardly) Penalisation.
For example, if your opponent had
initially sent an illegal move, the time
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penalty would be entered here. Also if
either player’s time for a move has to
be reduced because of leave a minus
number would be entered here.
The games window also has menus
where you can do such things as add
comments to the move (for your eyes
only, not the opponent’s).
When you have entered your new
move, made any necessary adjustments
and saved the new state of the game,
you can click Message to create an email
message to the opponent.
One thing I found difficult with the
program at first was what to do when a
game ends. In my opinion there should
be a button beside the board where you
can quickly enter a result. Instead you
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9, 26135 Oldenburg, Germany. Fax +49 (0441)-13662. Email: elueers@t-online.de
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CZ-326 00 Plzen, Czech Republic. Email: mark.audit@pm.cesnet.cz
Email Tournament Office: Chris Lüers, Email: Chris.Lueers@t-online.de
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World Championship
XIV final
Tournament Director: Roald Berthelsen,
Marknadsvägen 75, S-183 78 Täby
(SVE).
Email: roald.berthelsen@swipnet.se
105. Baumbach ½ Buj ½ (adjudication).
Final result: see crosstable on p.53.
World Championship
XV final
TD: Witold Bielecki, al. Jaworowa
34a/2, PL 53-123, Wrocław (POL).
Email: polszach@arka.mtl.pl
94. Timmerman ½ Barlow.
World Championship
XVI final
TD: Witold Bielecki, al. Jaworowa
34a/2, PL 53-123, Wrocław (POL).
Email: polszach@arka.mtl.pl
28/9. Kofidis 0 Sevecek, Soltau, 30.
Ekebjaerg ½ Mohrlok, 31. Rittner ½
Soltau.
World Championship
XIX 3/4-final
TD: Witold Bielecki
S1 56. Bock ½ May, 57. Savage 0
Kratochvil, 58. Marczell ½ Elwert, 59.
Kubach 1 Scuderi, 60. Gessat ½ Lukez,
61/4. Linna 1 Ludgate, Habermehl,
Scuderi, ½ Marczell. S2 51. Mraz ½
Polzer, 52. Holmberg ½ Pasko, 53.
Grabinger 1 John. S3 67. Haese 1 Kraft,
68. Kalinichenko ½ Tochacek, 69/71.
52
Knebel 1, Stern, Grohde ½ Winge, 72/3.
Herr 1 Knebel, 0 Read (adj). GM-title:
Dr. W. Stern (GER). S4 53/4. Staudler,
Schuett ½ Olofson, 55/6. Leiber ½
Mooij, 0 Fleetwood, 57/8. Mooij 1
Sawatzki, ½ Zitkus, 59. Bulla 1 Paul.
S5 52/7. Tsoukkerman 1 Kristinsson,
Jorgensen, ½ van Kempen, Nimtz,
Hefka, 0 Zilberberg, 58/9. Kuehnel ½
Kazoks, Hefka, 60. Cuno 1 Jorgensen,
61. Zajontz ½ Hefka. S6 47. Hafner
½ Butze, 48. Cranbourne ½ Mueller,
49. Teichmeister ½ Spitz, 50/1. Lüers 1
Blanco, ½ Atakisi.
World Ch. XXII
Semi-final
TD: Witold Bielecki
S01 93/4. Bensiek 1 Peli, ½ Edwards,
95. Aleshnya 1 Hamilton. S02 92.
Pedersen 1 Kusnetsov. S03 84. Eiben 0
Cardelli, 85. Kurth 1 Palsson. S04 98/9.
Wang 1, Ugge 0 Matyukhin. Qualifi ed
for a 3/4-fi nal: M. Rümmele (GER).
S05 85/6. Zawadka 1 Haufe, Chrestani.
IM-title: A. Zawadka (POL). S06 94.
Whiteside ½ Svoboda. S07 IM-title:
M. Drtina (SLK). S08 76/8. Kantorik
½ Espindola, 0 Tsvetkov, Tkaczyk, 79.
Gromotka 0 Espindola. S10 95. Verdier
0 Jakobetz.
World Ch. XXIV
Semi-final
TD: Witold Bielecki
Late section, Section 13 (Start:
31.10.2000 - Category VII; GM: 8
points - IM: 6 points). Players: Toon
Notten (NED), Henk Panman (NED),
Aleksandr V. Chigishev. (RUS), Yury
V. Gutop (RUS), Thed Klauner (LUX),
Mario Versili, (ITA), Otakar Pachman
(CZE), Dr. Giora Peli (ISL), Valerijs
Krivonosovs, (LAT), Ilmars Graudins
(LAT), Conny Persson (SVE).
Results, S02 6. Staroske ½ Voetter,
7. Satici ½ Marcinkiewicz. S06 4/5.
Schmitzer 1 Cvetnic, ½ Brobakken,
6/15. Thomson 0 vs. all. S07 3/5.
Forsloef ½ Roach, Schneider, Herrmann.
S11 5/7. Teichmeister 1 Barlow,
Baumgartner, ½ Sunna, 8/9. Ernazarov 1
Baumgartner, ½ Dufek, 10. Baumgartner
½ Faisst, 11/20. Taboada 0 vs. all.
Ladies World Ch. VII
Semi-final
TD: Gianni Mastrojeni, Via A. Smareglia,
12,00143 Roma RM (ITA).
Email: mastro@micanet.it
Section 1: 67. Dambrauskaite 1 Siewert.
Section 2: 71.Abolina 0 Rosenfield;
72.Barber 0 Roos; 73.Roos 1 Abolina;
74.Abolina 0 Bazantova; 75.Jatsenko ½
Botseva; 76. Bazantova 0 Yatsenko.
Section 3: 54.Popov ½ Kubikova;
55.Sukhareva 1 Merino; 56.Abolina 0
Sukhareva.
Ladies Olympiad V,
Final
TD: Hans Wiesner (CAN)
Congratulation to the following player
for having achieved various titles J.
Roos (FRA) LGM Title 5½/8 I. Perevertkina
(RUS) LIM Title 4/6 S.
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World Championship XIV Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts.
1 Õim, Tõnu O. EST * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 11
2 Ekebjærg, Ove C. DEN ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
3 Lecroq, Michel OST 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9½
4 Hamarat, Tunc FRA ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9½
5 Webb, Simon ENG ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 8½
6 Morgado, Juan S. ARG 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8
7 Stern, Dr Werner GER 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7½
8 Sanakoev, Grigory K. RUS 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 7
9 Anton, Volker-M. GER 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
10 Boll, Peter Albertus NLD 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
11 Baumbach, Fritz GER ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
12 Franzen, Jozef SLK 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 5½
13 Kristol, Luba ISL 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 5½
14 Buj, Pablo ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 3½
15 Cordovil, João POR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
Bengtsson (SVE) LIM Title 4/8.
Results, Board 1 26. Mozna (CZE) 0
Jones (ENG), 27. Roos (FRA) ½ Fratila
(ROM), 28. Bengtsson (SVE) ½ Roos,
29. Roos 1 Radzikowska (POL), 30.
Perevertkina (RUS) 1 Mozna (#21),
31. Bengtsson ½ Perevertkina. Board
2 19. Barber (ENG) 1 Aksiuczyc
(POL). Board 3 19. Babulova (CZE) 1
Karlsson (SVE), 20. Moisoiu (ROM)
½ Babulova. Board 4 23. Hendrickson
(USA) 0 Nejezchlebova (CZE). 24.
Nejezchlebova 1 Kopec-Umiastowska
(POL). 25. Kopec-Umiastowska 1
Legall (FRA) 26. Rufitskaya (RUS) 1
Legall, 27. Mihai (ROM) 1 Legall.
Ladies Olympiad VI,
Preliminaries
TD: Hans Wiesner (CAN)
Section 1 Board 1 10. Roos (FRA)
½ Popov (JUG), 11. Roos 1 Hagarova
(SLK), 12. Cimina (LAT) 0 Roos, 13.
Minescu (ROM) 0 Roos. Board 3 9.
Popovic ½ Malahovska (LAT). Board
4 7. Chorvatova (SLK) 1 Legall (FRA),
8. Legall 0 Mihai (ROM), 9. Matanovic
(JUG) 1 Legall, 10, Legall 0 Zimina
(RUS).
New Captain Argentina: Claudio
Goncalves
Section 2 Board 3 15. Fonio (ITA) 1
Tilk (EST).
C.C. Olympiad XII
Final
Tournament Director: Roald Berthelsen,
Marknadsvägen 75, S-183 78 Täby
(SVE) roald.berthelsen@swipnet.se
Board 1: 32 Hamarat OST 1 Portilho
BRS, Board 2: 47/48 Saksis LAT 1
Deidun CAN, ½ Nimtz GER. 49 Cresce
MN/32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pts.
1 M. Henk GER ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8
2 W. Fuchs GER ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6½
3 W.M. Vlasveld NLD 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 6
4 H. Otte GER 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½
5 S. De Paz Nistal ESP 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5
6 A. Kovács HUN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5
7 F. Geider FRA ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½
8 J.A. Cornu SWZ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4
9 R. Nocci ITA ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4
10 H. Alvarez Villar ARG 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3½
11 J. Sandberg SVE 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 3
BRS 1 Neuschmied OST, 50 Gouw
NLD 0 Gefenas LIT, Board 3: 41
Felicio BRS ½ Sevecek CZE, Board 4:
41 Joao BRS ½ Cody CAN, 42 Mousa
QTR 0 Issler SWZ, Board 5: 51 Al-
Khateeb QTR 0 (silent) Busemann
GER, Board 6: CORR: 59 Watson SCO
1 Barata/Mascarenhas BRS
Leaves: Shadarevian 2-16/11 (FIDE
Olympiad), 25/11-15/12 (FIDE IA in
India), Mraz 18/10-1/11 (spec)
Team Results: 10 LAT-GER 2½-3½ ,
11 LAT-CAN 5½-½.
C.C. Olympiad XIII,
Preliminaries
TD: Roald Berthelsen
Email: roald.berthelsen@swipnet.se
Section 1, Board 2: 37/38 Baumbach
GER 1 Salcedo CUB, 0 Sande NOR. 39
Piccoli BRS ½ Roose BEL, Board 6:
33 Ripoll ESP ½ Botchev BLG
Team Result: 11 GER-NOR 4-2.
Section 2, Board 1: 54 Read ENG
1 Nizynski POL, Board 5: 53
Jedrzejowski POL 1 Oon SIP, Board 6:
53 Rocius LIT 1 Pierzak POL, 54 Riva
LUX 1 Cvetnik CRO.
Team Result: 23 POL-SIP 6-0.
Section 3, Board 1: 44/45 Wallner
OST ½ Stornelli ITA, Aldrete MEX.
46 Hyldkrog DEN ½ Hamilton AUS,
Board 2: 47 Zaric AUS 1 Jardorf
DEN, Board 3: 51 Schelleman CAN
1 Gramer SVE, Board 5: 45 Kolcak
SLK 1 Degerhammar SVE, Board 6:
52/53 Cassidy IRL 1 Trehan IND, ½
Cardoso MEX.
Team Results: 12 DEN-AUS 2-4, 13
IND-IRL 2½-3½.
Section 4, Board 1: 46 Mooij NLD ½
Dronov RUS, Board 2: 31/32 Karason
ISD ½ Camilleri MLT, Boissel FRA,
Board 3: 52 Vincenti MLT 0 Pillhock
NLD, 53 Herb FRA ½ Pinkovetsky
RUS, Board 4: 44 Maillard USA ½
Thomson SCO, 45/46 van Egmond
NLD ½ Timor HUN, Mirkovic YUG,
47 Leotard FRA 1 Sammut MLT, Board
6: 52 Neil SCO ½ Salmins LAT.
Team Result: 11 LAT-SCO 4½-1½ 1
Krivonosovs 1Kilgour, 2 Batakovs 1
Borwell, 3 Viksna ½ Gillam, 4 Boleslavs
½ Thomson, 5 Gaujens 1 Sprott, 6
Salmins ½ Neil
Leave: Svacek 18/11-17/12 spec
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Preliminaries
TD: Roald Berthelsen Email: roald.berthelsen@swipnet.se
Section 1, Board 6: 1 Petkov BLG 1 Cardoso MEX.
Title Norms Section 1: Board 1 Category 9 GM-norm 8
pts IM-norm 5½ pts, Board 2 Category 8 GM-norm 8 pts
IM-norm 6 pts, Board 3 Category 8 GM-norm 8 pts IM-norm
6 pts, Board 4 Category 4 IM-norm 7½ pts Rule 4 C, Board
5 Category 4 IM-norm 7½ pts Rule 4 C, Board 6 Category 4
IM-norm 7½ pts ILM-norm 3 pts,
Section 2, Board 3: 1 Rodriguez Abreu CUB ½ May DEN,
Board 5: 1-2 Sakai JPN ½ Vega Palma CUB, Grabner OST.
Title Norms Section 2, Board 1 Category 9 GM-norm 8 pts
IM-norm 5½ pts, Board 2 Category 8 GM-norm 8 pts IM-norm
6 pts, Board 3 Category 7 GM-norm 8½ pts IM-norm 6½
pts, Board 4 Category 6 IM-norm 7 pts Rule 4 C, Board 5
Category 4 IM-norm 7½ pts, Board 6 Category 2 IM-norm
8 pts Rule 4 C.
Section 3, Board 2: 1/3 Peres POR ½ Sinka HUN, Holanda
BRS, Coleman ENG, Board 3: 1-2 Hardicsay HUN ½
Delavekouras GRC, Zivkovic CRO, Board 4: 1-3 Barnsley
ENG ½ Rissanen FIN, Morais POR, Gaujens LAT.
Title Norms Section 3, Board 1 Category 9 GM-norm 8 pts
IM-norm 5½ pts, Board 2 Category 8 GM-norm 8 pts IM-norm
6 pts, Board 3 Category 5 IM-norm 7 pts, Board 4 Category 5
IM-norm 7 pts, Board 5 Category 4 IM-norm 7½ pts, Board 6
Category 4 IM-norm 7½ pts Rule 4 C,
Section 4, Board 1: 1-3 Van Osmael BEL ½ Cardelli ITA,
Chorfi ICP, 0 Ilyes NOR . 4 Ilyes 1 Cardelli. Rybak CZE ill.
Re-start 9/10. Board 2: 1 Tilgham USA ½ Kösebay TRK,
2 Siigur EST ½ Johnson IRL, Board 3: 4 Sergel USA ½
Samraoui ICP, Board 5: 1-2 Klausen NOR 1 Albano USA,
Batres GUA.
Title Norms Section 4, Board 1 Category 10 GM-norm 7½
pts IM-norm 5½ pts, Board 2 Category 7 GM-norm 8½ pts
IM-norm 6½ pts, Board 3 Category 6 IM-norm 7 pts, Board
4 Category 5 IM-norm 7 pts Rule 4 C, Board 5 Category
4 IM-norm 7½ pts ILM-norm 3 pts, Board 6 Category 3
IM-norm 8 pts,
Leaves: Simic 6-20/10, Romanov 20-30/10, Kostakiev
25/9-12/10, Miciak 23/10-3/11, Samtani 1-15/10, Sapundjiev
4-21/10, Stefanov 10-25/10, Hagelstein 28/9-18/10, Moise
18/10-17/11, Salceanu 27/9-16/10, Oikamo , 26/9-25/10,
Barnsley 17-27/10, Hnervet 5-10/10+27/10,7/11, Costa 1/11-
30/11+1/12-31/12 (spec), Hardicsay , 18/10-11/11, Hofstetter
19-31/10 (ill), Arduman and Gurcan 28/10-13/11 (FIDE OLY),
Bross 21-28/10, Harding, 16/10-10/11, Vaindl 16-22/10. Kim
25/9-5/10 (techn.problem).
Master Norm Tournaments
TD: Carlos Flores Gutiérrez, El Recreo 2 - Sport Aljarafe,
E-41940 Tomares (Sevilla), Spain
Email: c.fl ores@retemail.es
MN/20: 53. Feytens ½ Levertov. MN/23: 53. Pankratov 1
Karásek. MN/32: 55. Kovács 1 Nocci. MN/40: 50. Berriot
½ Litovicius. MN/52: 52. Kruchem 1 Sánchez Ródenas.
MN/57: Diani 1.etl vs. Shishkov nc. m. 21 MN/59: 45.
Kriese 1 Moreno Ramos, 46. Kriese 0 Macs. MN/63: 42.
Sánchez Ródenas ½ Nocci. MN/65: 33. De Abreu 1 Schreiber,
34. Klein 1 Galvan, 35. Chorvát ½ Pesonen. MN/66: 43.
Castellano 0 Bergmann. Master result: Bergmann (GER).
MN/67: 48. Fogagnolo ½ Gibney. MN/68: 42. Lachmann 1
Romero Sánchez, 43. Romero Sánchez 0 Krüger, 44. Vasilev
½ Rosin. MN/69: 46. Szczepaniewicz 1 Lennox, 47. Lennox
54
1 Schmaus. MN/71: 31. Vötter 1 Auzins. MN/72: 44. Montag
½ Hampl. MN/73: 22. Dalvi ½ Richter. MN/74: 36. Thomsen
1 Schmelz, 37. Schmelz 1 Fröberg, 38. Ziese ½ Fröberg.
MN/75: 34. Nocci 1 Bensiek. Jungnickel 1.etl vs. Cornu nc.
m. 41 MN/76: 38. Labuz 0 Betzelt. MN/77: 32. Hempel ½
Larsen. MN/78: 18. Dondelinger ½ Striepens, 19. Fomin
½ Wuttke. MN/79: 15. Schreiber ½ Balta, 16. Schreiber ½
De Vriendt, 17. Ferré Pérez 0 Baum, 18. Just 0 Engelhardt.
MN/80: 13. Goertz ½ Fields, 14. Niro ½ Goertz, 15. Goertz
0 Salov. MN/81: 32. Nitsche 1 Reed, 33. Huuskonen ½ Idler,
34. Reed 0 Canal Oliveras. MN/83: 17. Ryska 0 Schaar, 18.
Ryska ½ Fischer, 19. Dearnley 1 Schaar. MN/85: 4. Richter
1 Mathes, 5. Pechwitz ½ Richter, 6. Mathes ½ Pechwitz.
MN/86: 1. Winkler ½ Bensiek. MN/87: 7. Koch 0 Liebert.
MN/88: 1. Armani ½ Pommerel.
Leaves: Canibal 1-9.12, Hallier 20.9-3011 (special), Perea
Montero 9-29.10 (special), Reichel 9-18.11, Sandström
17-31.12 + 1-30.1.
Email Master Norm Tournaments
TD: Carlos Flores Gutiérrez
EM/MN/012: 53. Pietrocola ½ Fernandes. EM/MN/013: 54.
Leroy 1 Schmidt. Master result: Leroy (BEL). EM/MN/014:
49. Lautenbach ½ Smithers, 50. Lautenbach 1 Halwick,
51. Shure 1 Lautenbach, 52. Halldorsson 0 Lautenbach.
EM/MN/015: 48. Kruse ½ Buecker, 49. Verducci ½ Rezzuti,
50. Buecker 1 Verducci, 51. Verducci ½ Olausson, 52. Schmidt
1 Beaumont. Master results: Beaumont (ARG) and Buecker
(GER).
Leaves: Blau 10-24.11 (special) (corr.).
TD for new groups starting from 1/1/2000: Grayling V. Hill
(USA). Email: Gvhill@aol.com
EM/MN/016: 53.Huybrecht 0 Kharitonov, EM/MN/017:
23.Voetter 1 Wosch, 24.Giobbi 0 Pribyl, 25.Grau Ribas 0
Wosch, 26.Berloef 1 Kaczorowski, 27.Blum 0 Kaczorowski,
EM/MN/018: 33.Lagerborg 1 Gierth, 34.Hernaez Fernandez
1 Lagerborg, 35.Rowley 1 Gierth, 36.Gierth ½ Andersen,
EM/MN/019: 29.Bellmann 1 Mary, 30.Rabrenovic ½ Menghi,
31.Behling 1 Pietrocola, 32.Montverde 1 Mary, 33.Pietrocola
1 Hariman, 34.Koch ½ Droessler, 35.Menghi 1 Hariman,
36.Menghi 1 Koch, 37.Mary 0 Rabrenovic. Koch 1st etl against
Rabrenovic, EM/MN/020: 14.Schmelz ½ Bueno, 15.Mrazik 0
Novak, 16.Alpert ½ Tinjaca, 17.Alpert ½ Limayo, 18.Siviero
½ Mrazik, 19.Alpert ½ Siviero, 20.Mrazik 1 Schmelz, 21.
Cerqueira Filho 0 Pauwels, EM/MN/021: 17.Krabbe 0 Tay,
18.Tay ½ Castellano, 19.Eilmes 0 Krabbe. Master Norm: Tay
(SIP). EM/MN/022: 12.Agostini 1 Canibal, 13.Senischev ½
Deneuville, 14.Senischev ½ Rosche, 15.Santagata 1 Armani,
16.Kmiecik ½ Agostini, 17.Santagata ½ Shreiber, 18.Senischev
½ Canibal, 19.Agostini ½ Sabaev, 20.Deneuville 0 Canibal,
21.Kmiecik 0 Shreiber, EM/MN/023: 9.Gutsche 1 Nielsen,
10.Gutsche ½ Grimm, 11.Thomsen ½ Prabhakar, 12.Grimm
½ Thomsen, 13.Grimm ½ Van Unen, 14.Gutsche ½ Schmidt,
EM/MN/024: 2.Blau 1 Schaar, 3.Castellano 0 Balabaev.
Leaves: Baklanov 13/10-26/10, Berglöf 13/10-29/10 (special),
Kaczorowski 07/10-05/11, Prabhakar 21/10-04/11, Sabaev
11/10-25/10.
H-W. von Massow Memorial
Organised by BdF. Tournament Director: Roald Berthelsen,
Marknadsvägen 75, S-183 78 Täby (SVE).
Email: roald.berthelsen@swipnet.se
89 Timmerman 1 Baumbach, 90 Timmerman ½ Sanakoev, 91
Webb ½ Morgado. Webb has concluded all games 7 pts/14.
1/2001

Millennium
Email
Organised by NBC.
TD Nol van’t Riet
AA.Riet@inter.NL.net
9. van Oosterom ½ Andersson,
10. Andersson. ½Tarnowiecki.
CAPA-X
Jubilee
TD: Marcelo Esses (ARG)
8. Morgado ½ Alvarez. 9.
Berdichesky 0 Rause, 10.
Elwert 0 Sanakoev, 11.
Morgado ½ Berdichesky.
WT/M/GT/371 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts.
1 Castelli, S. ITA 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½
2 Gilbert, Ch. FRA 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
3 Prokopp, H. GER ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12
4 Schmidt, T. GER ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½
5 Gnirk, H. GER ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9
6 Lagergren, H. FIN 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
7 Mostowik, D. POL 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½
8 Tobies, R. GER 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½
9 Horst, L. GER 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7
10 Bullockus, T. USA 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6
11 Chladek, V. CZE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
12 Waldrep, C.E. USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
13 Dashkevich, V.I. RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
14 Koser, E. GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
15 Jacimovic, Z. YUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
World Tournaments: Master Class
Sections from 764: Rubens Battistini, via A. Costa 106/2,
I-40134 Bologna (ITA) rig4592@iperbole.bologna.it
WT/M/765 17. Jasak 0 von Rein. 770 16. Taiana 1 Weyand,
17. Vins 0 Taiana. 775 17. Pakroff 1 Rodriguez F. 18. Sandberg
½ Cane, 19. Zmokly ½ Pakroff. 776 20. Peetoom ½ Gorochov.
779 17. Greiner ½ Donatini. 780 11. Oon 0 Bauer. 781 18.
Malmberg 0 Fields, 19. Fields 1 Heinig. 782 16. Zanetti Fay,
17. Gajarsky ½ Litz. 785 20. Incelli 0 Wilshusen. 787 18.
Starke 0 Baroin, 19. Baroin 0 Schmidbauer. 788 13. Tinjaca
½ Schmidbauer. 789 15. Lawrwnce ½ Groth. 790 18. Dege
½ Mehlhorn. 19. Fleischanderl 1 Hymas. 791 16. Pihlajnen
0 Niro, 17. Norris ½ Pihlajnen, 18. Pihlajnen 0 Vosahlik.
792 19. von Rein 1 Karelin, 20. Grabowski 0 von Rein.
794 13/4. Boschek 0 Korchut, 0 Schmidt. 795 10. Kaiser 1
Kevicky. 796 16. Andersson ½ Kastner. 797 16. Six 0 Lunek.
17. Johannesson 1 Giddins, 18. Lunek 1 Svendsen. 798 12.
Tramacere 1 Diener, 13. Johannesson 0 Tramacere. 799 11/2.
Rehor ½ Schröder, ½ Lertora. 800 8. Daum 1 Milgram, 9.
Milgram 0 Packroff. 801 4. Chrobak 1 Lertora. Wilkes 1 st
etl vs Chrobak. 802 5. Günther 1 Svensson. 803 7. Carlson
1 Schmidt. 8. Papenfuß 1 Schmidt. 804 4. Einarsson ½
Kuntermann. 805 15. Maruhn 0 Costa. 806 11. Bighi ½
Richter, 12. Richter 1 Schirmer. 13. Andersson ½ Dodgson.
807 10. Lane ½ Hallberg. 11. Malmberg 1 Hallberg. 808 7.
Detmer 0 Sandberg, 8/9. Sandberg ½, Detmer 0 Goudlaugsson,
10/1. Sagström 1, Fischer 1 Detmer.
Vacations: Dushin, Carlson, Heise, Hill, Kisters, Salgaocar,
Richter.
New series, WT/M/1001 15. Standke ½ Höglund. 1002 5/6.
Antin 0 Arounopoulos, ½ Schulze, 7. Hallier 1 Schulze,
8. Vasseur ½ Chessing. 9. Schulze 0 Arounopoulos. 1003
5. Staf ½ Giorgi. 6. Kretschmer ½ Fischer, 7. Fischer ½
Staf, 8. Staf ½ Gromotka, 9. Gromotka ½ Kretschmer. 1004
13/4. Arounopoulos ½ Kröncke, ½ Pohle, 15/6. Otte ½
Arounopoulos, 1 Pohle, 17. Dege ½ Pohle, Kröncke 1 st etl. vs
Pohle. 1005 5. Blauhut ½ Drazkowski, 6. Gindl ½ Sacerdotali,
7. Schumacher ½ Gindl, 8/9. Andersson ½ Trottnow, ½
Schumacher, 10. Trottnow ½ Schumacher. 1006 5. Gundrum
0 Heidtmann. 6. Roux ½ Grigat. 1007 1. Ward 0 Isigkeit
(errata), 15. Isigkeit ½ Keuter. 16. Bialas ½ Blokland. 1008 1.
Packoff ½ Molzahn. 1009 1. Phillips 1 Heinig. 1010 Detmer
vs all: games cancelled.
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Vacations: Blauhut (special), Canibal, Engelhardt, Hallier
(special), Heinig, Heise, Hill, Kotelnikov, Kröncke, Martin.
Pihlajinen, Pohle, Schwertel, Woldmo.
GT (except #389: Tani): Rubens Battistini, via A. Costa 106/2,
I-40134 Bologna (ITA)
WT/M/GT/358 102. Grigoriev 0 Miettinen. 103. Vlasveld
½ Grigoriev. 359 103. Martschenko ½ Dannehr. 367 103.
Liukmanov 1 Gnirk. 371 105. Mostowik ½ Gnirk. (see the
crosstable) 375 104. Petrov 1 Eilers. 377 100. Bacon ½ Bohak.
378 99. Serafimovic 0 Kosebay, 100/1. Stoliar 0 Serafimovic,
0 Schmalstieg. 381 100. Thal 0 Tria. 101. Radoslavic 0
Shchebenjuk. 383 94. Alfimov ½ Gebhardt. 387 98. Nakic 0
Brusila. 388 98. Wagner ½ Drysdale, 99. Gertz 0 Drysdale.
Bothe 1 st etl. vs Horvat. 390 89. Katzl 1 Astanin. 90. Katzl 0
Delfs, 91/2. Schönbeck 1, Drazkowski 1 Katz. 391 61. Hill ½
Saveljev, 62. Saveljev 1 Silfver, 63. Lafarge ½ Saveljev, 64/5.
Hill 1 de Boer, 1 Hüttmann, 66. Hill ½ Pawlowski. 67. Lafarge
1 de Boer, 68. Pipitone ½ Bortolin, 69. Mogilny ½ Saveljev.
392 88. Gatto ½ Kharitonov. 393 53. Chiva Vega 1 Lagergren,
54. Sparnacini 0 Chiva Vega, 55. Simon 0 Goedkoop, 56.
Ilyin 1 Golovkin. 57. Cordoba 1 Sparnacini, 58. Spendowski
0 Goedkoop, 59. Chiva Vega ½ Cordoba. 394 79. Jakubov-
Karkuth continues, 81. Ciprian 0 Gromotka, 82. Caldieri ½
Pitters, 83. Jakubov 0 Pitters, 84. Gronkowski 1 Jakubov.
395 69. Pukropski ½ Chmelik, 70. Sneppe 1 Weber. 71.
Amann 1 Chomicki, 72. Gebhardt 0 Sneppe. 396 69. Zautzig
1 Arbrile, 70. Herold ½ Frijling. 71. Arbrile 1 Herold, 72.
Zmuk ½ Duben. 397 74. Rawlings 1 Nazarov. 75. Nazarov
1 Rasmussen, 76. Pietruske 0 Rawlings, 77. Trushnikov ½
Incelli, 78/9. Goldt ½ Chomicki, 1 Incelli. 398 58. Shablinsky
1 Ansorge, 59. Wsciubiak 0 Nicholson, 60. Jodice ½ Mokrys.
61. Smolensky 0 Garcia Riera, 62. Mokrys 1 Nicholson, 63.
Garcia Riera 1 Wsciubiak. 399 80. Marusiak 0 Jeninson. 81.
Steinberger 0 De Smet, 82. Jenkinson 0 Keuter, 83. Marusiak
0 Jenkinson, 84. de Boer 0 Marusiak. 400 46/7. Tödter 1
Denaro, 0 Vornanen, 48. Hymas 0 Keitsch, 49. Keitsch 1
Hug, 50. Hymas 0 Talmadge. 51. Kaluza ½ Vornanen, 52.
Hymas 0 Langschmidt, 53. Belis 1 Hymas, 54. Talmadge ½
Belis. 401 25. Nefedov 0 Wolff, 26. Pampa 0 Kugeler. 27.
Danzanvilliers ½ Mrkvicka, 28. Mrkvicka 1 Kugeler, 29.
Norin ½ Walther, 30. Walther ½ Pampa, 31/2. Montgomery
0, Walther 0 Danzanvilliers, 33. Mrkvicka 1 Gnirk. 402 39.
Isikeit 1 Ciprian, 40. Ciprian 0 Bergerhoff, 41/2. Korchut
0 Eilers, 0 Rain, 43. Saslowski 0 Moscovic, 44. Roelens ½
55

Bilawer, 45/6. Sacher 1 Isigkeit, ½ Gnirk, 47. Isigkeit ½
Bilawer. 48. Devocelle 0 Bergerhoff, 49. Bergerhoff 1 Rain,
50. Moscovic 0 Roelens, 51. Droßler 0 Bergerhoff. 403 56.
Hey ½ Bullockus. 57. Hey ½ Lagergren, 58. Fröberg 1 Grube,
59. Sparnacini 0 Hey, 60. Holschuh 1 Sparnacini. 404 28.
Langreder 1 Schneider, 29. Poithier ½ Langreder, 30. Carmel 0
Gebhardt, 31. Otto 0 Gnirk. 32. Langreder 0 Tobies, 33. Tobies
1 Schneider, 34. Poithier ½ Tobies. 405 43/54. Horchman 0
vs all, 55/6. Engelhardt 1 Preussner, 1 Melson, 57. Melson ½
Knebel. 406 43/4. Lobanov ½, Martin 0 Gebhardt, 45. Vaindl
½ Prokopp, 46. Gebhardt 0 Vaindl, 47. Rieseler ½ Gachon,
48. Lobanov ½ Rieseler, 49. Rieseler 0 Vaindl. 50/1. Rohde ½
Langreder, 1 Schulze, 52. Lobanov ½ Bärschneider.
Vacations: Castellano, Garcia Riera, Goedkoop, Keitsch,
Knebel, Mrkvicka, Mokrys, Sacher, Szczepaniak, Walther.
Higher Class
TD: Joseph Deidun Sr. P.O. Box 371, Bloomfi eld, On. Canada
KOK 1G0
Final Results,WT/H/922 20/1. Paglino 0 Disselhorst (adj),
0-0 Hudák (dbl. def). Positions: 1. S. Carlowitz (GER) 5½,
2. D. Hudák (SLK) 4. 3./4. P. Bauget (FRA), J. Disselhorst
(USA) 3, 5. M. Paglino (ARG) 2½, 6. F. X. Kalvoda (GER)
½, H. G. Küthe 0. 932 21. Gzel 0 Sardella. Positions: 1./2. A.
Sardella (ITA), K. H. Six (GER) 5½, 3./5. L. Gzel (POL), L.
Krook (SVE), P. Henschel (GER) 3, 6./7. P. Jonovic (AUS),
E. Tafner (BRS) 0. 937 21. Naayer ½ Rotkop (adj). Positions:
1. W. Schmidt (GER) 6, 2. M. Naayer (NLD) 4, 3./4. A. Bode
(GER), A. Strebkovs (LAT) 3½, 5. L. Rotkop (USA) 3, 6. D.
T. Bishop (NZD) 1, 7. T. Genestier (FRA) 0.
Results, 945 15. Ginzborski 1 Espi Gemeno. 949 20.
Schönbeck ½ Wong. 953 12. Moncelsi 1 Krook. 954 11/4.
de Lima 0 (def) vs rest, 15/7. Aymard 1 Küthe, Moncelsi,
Wesslèn. 956 17. Saad 0 Moon. 959 13/4. Flecher, Küthe
0 Grout. 960 18/9. Stevenson 1 Küthe, Schmitt (def). 962
corr. 8. Thomas ½ Lukyanets. 12. Lukyanets ½ Bode. 963 11.
Gräber 1 Wick, 12/3. Bighi 1 Kappel, ½ Lennartz. 965 4/8.
Stock 0 vs rest. 966 2/3. Dreissen, Zens 1 Zödl, 4/5. Novák 1
Zödl, 0 Zens. 968 3. Lappka ½ Underwood.
Vacations: Wettstein.
WT/H/GT: TD Gary Ruben, 1319 Poprad Avenue, Pickering,
On, Canada L1W 1K9. Email: gruben@attglobal.net
WT/H/GT/53: 53. 102. Rubini 0 Fengsrud (adj), 103.
Romanzow ½ Rubini (adj), 104. Romanzow ½ Lertora (adj).
57. 100. Gerasimchuk 1 Squires. 58. 78. Rubinstein 1 Goode
79. Rubinstein 1 Hymas 80. Rubinstein ½ Gundrum 81.
Rubinstein 1 Justesen 82. Ogrodnik 0 Rubinstein. 59. 94.
Naftalin 0 Serrier 95. Naftalin 1 Rogulski. 60. 79. Mostowik
0 Raffaele. 61. 89. Fengsrud ½ Koshakin 90. Fengsrud 0
Mauro, 91. Raffaele 1 Fengsrud 92. Di Lupo 1 Raffaele, 93.
Kozhakin ½ Raffaele. 62. 49. Anderson 1 Savelli 50. Raffaele
1 Pazdziorko, 51. Raffaele 1 Veroni 52. Bendig ½ Raffaele.
63. 76. Justesen ½ Bruschetta 77. Bruschetta ½ Dobrzycki, 78.
van Meggelen 0 Bruschetta. 64. 53. Kotel’nikov 1 Gruneberg
54. Kotel’nikov 1 Ribkinskis, 55. Ilnicki 1 Zopanali 56. Ilnicki
1 Sisak. 65. 79. Bobel 1 Gladysz 80. Gladysz 0 Borner 81.
Martin 0 Bobel. 66. 70. Vasseur ½ Retzer 71. Polklaser ½
Eshoj, 72. Krustkalns ½ Eshoj 73. Denzin ½ Justesen 67.
13. Smolka ½ Strnad 14. Bobel ½ Deville, 15. Deville 1
Esterbauer 16. Deville 1 Justesen, 17. Gamant ½ Justesen 18.
Deville 1 Gamant, 19. Simunek 0 Posthoff.
WT/H/1001: 1001. 7. Fredriksson 1 Borner 8. Zielinski 1
Borner, 9. Coast 0 Fredriksson, 1008. 1. Sygnowski ½ Clair
2. Mai ½ Clair.
Vacations: Sygnowski, Winkler, Kotel’nikov.
Open Class
TD: Carsten R. Thomsen, Skolevej 14,DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
Email: crt_else@post6.tele.dk
001: 1/6. Musso 0 All 7. Stöckert ½ Haeberle 8. Stöckert 1
Bhari 9. Bhari 0 van Speybroeck, 002: 1. Sowter 1 Lieske
2. Stöckert 1 de Clercq 3. Lieske 0 Stöckert 4. Heiermann 0
Stöckert 5. de Clercq 1 Lieske, 003: 1. Ribes 0 Stöckert 2.
Buchhauser 0 Stöckert, 004: 1. Stöckert 1 Pettersson, 005: 1.
Göritz ½ Maruhn, 006: 4. Mendes 0 Hirstel, 007: 3. Malzan
1 Bogott 4. Bogott 0 Lüdigk 5. Cecchi 1 Ekmark 6. Ekmark 1
Bogott 7. Ekmark ½ Lüdigk, 008: 8. Hohenberger ½ Malzan
9. Riegsecker 0 Malzan 10. Mirbach 1 Hohenberger, 012:
7. Kandler 1 Kreßmann, 013: 2. Unger ½ Drevikovsky 3.
Bredenhof ½ Unger 4. Lau ½ Kandler 5. Kandler 1 Unger, 016:
1. Jäger 0 Kaupat, 022: Heel (games cancelled) (He withdrew,
before he started to play, with an acceptable excuse).
First Class
TD: Jørgen Axel Nielsen P.O. Box 1861, DK-8270 Højbjerg
(DEN). Email: janiccf@private.dk
Final Results, WT/I/1427: 15.Hurley 1 Kissick. Positions:
1.B Fister (FRA) 5, 2.Prof. C J Roos (RSA) 3½, 3.R. Drion
(BEL) 3, 4.K J Hurley (ENG) 2½, 5.P Kissick (AUS) 1,
6.P. Berenquer (FRA) 0 7.B Heinze (GER) annulled. 1439:
18/9.Gräfrath,Hurley 0 Piazza, 20/1. Mühle 0-0 Hurley,
Meslin. 1/2.F Piazza (ITA), B Gräfrath (GER) 5, 3.A.
Henk (GER) 4, 4/5. D Mühle GER, K J Hurley ENG 2, 6.D
Meslin (FRA) 1, 7.F F Torre (BRS) 0. 1442: 21.Coelho
0 Hartmann. Positions: 1.D. Harmann (FRA) 5, 2.W M
Coelho (BRS) 4½, 3.T Blanken (GER) 4, 4.T Kolczykiewicz
(GER) 31 5/6. G Pfeiffer (GER), J H Zuidhof (NLD) 2, 7.M
A Pintavalle (USA) 0.
Results, 1437: 14/5.Haeberle 0 Shura, Piazza. 1445: 19.
Warnest 0 O’Connor. 1446: 15.de Paulo ½ Brömme. 1451:
12/4.Schulz 1 Vaesen, Hurley, Hoss.
Vacations: Hurley.
WT/I/GT: M. Müller-Töpler, Wesendonkstr. 15a, D-81925
Münich (GER) Michael.Mueller-Toepler@icn.siemens.de
Final results, WT/I/GT/35: 103/5. Turner ½ Kracht, Faber,
Legrand. Positions: 1. D. Hanebutt (USA) 11, 2. M. Bär
(GER) 11, 3. T. Pagel (GER) 10½, 4. P.A. Legrand (FRA)
10½, 5. L. Kühner (GER) 9, 6. R.F. Turner (SCO) 8½, 7. C.
Quaranta (ITA) 8½, 8. H-A. Faber (GER) 7½, 9. D. Jeschke
(GER) 7, 10. B. Ludekus (GER) 6½, 11. M. Aho (FIN) 5½,
12. E. Mittag † (GER) 4, 13. W. Kracht (GER) 3½, 14. R.
Staggat (GER) 2, 15. G. Dipilato (ITA) 0.
Results, 50 102. Gasparello 1 Ranelli. 54 92. Rynkevich ½
Cakl, 93. Davis 0 Rynkevich. 56 74. Müller 0 Addis. 57 69.
Ekmark 0 Cento, 70. Vitvar 0 Künzel, 71. Loomos 1 Vollbrecht.
58 71. Wacaster 1 Coope, 71. Harenberg 1 Dostal.
Second Class
TD: E. Karelin, a/ja 15 RUS-113534, Moscow, Russia
Email: evgeny.karelin@rinet.ru
Final Results: WT/II/917. 21.Oliveira 0 Geilen Positions: 1.
R.L. Hudson (ENG) 6, 2. P. Geilen (GER) 4½, 3. E. Bussola
(BEL) 3½, 4/5. W. Lindberg (USA), A.R. Oliveira (BRS)
3, 6. R. Lajeunesse . (CAN) 1, 7. P.S. Heybouer (NLD) 0
924. 20. Omar 0 Sworowski 21. Omar 0 Gusmano. Positions:
1/2.P.Sworowski (POL), J.M.Vermeulen (NLD) 5½, 3.
A.Gusmano (ITA) 4, 4/5. E.Asten (FIN), G.M.Omar (ARG)
2½, 6.W.Steinberg (GER) 1, 7. N.H.Meltesen (USA) 0.
Results, 928.17.Sandrucci 1 Weiss 934. 13.Neve de Mevergnies
56
1/2001

ASIGC 2000-A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts. Pos.
1 Juan S. Morgado ARG ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8 7-9
2 Csaba Meleghegyi HUN ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9 2-6
3 Catello Del Vasto ITA 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 4½ 13
4 Maurizio Tirabassi ITA ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 9 2-6
5 Samuele T. Pizzuto ITA 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 4 14
6 Angelo Peluso ITA ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 9 2-6
7 Rodolfo A. Redolfi ARG 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 6 11
8 Alessandro Miotto ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
9 Horst Rittner GER ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 9 2-6
10 Claudio Casabona ITA ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 9½ 1st
11 Stefan Brzozka POL 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 8 7-9
12 Fabio Finocchiaro ITA ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 9 2-6
13 Mladen Gudjev BLG ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5½ 12
14 Michele Petrillo ITA 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6½ 10
15 Giorgio Baiocchi ITA ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 8 7-9
ASIGC 2000-A Organised by Italy. TD: Mohamed Samraoui, Postfach 1414, D-52114 Herzegonrath (GER)
105. Meleghegyi 1 Baiocchi (adjudicated). Final result, see crosstable above. We hope to have a report in a later issue.
Antonio Pacini Memorial B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts.
1 Lair Valio Alves BRS 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 . 1 ½ 9½ (1)
2 Alfredo Lupo ITA 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9
3 D. Cleto Jr. BRS ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 9
4 J.E. Deforel ARG 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 3
5 S.M.F. Dias BRS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8½
6 N.C. Ferreira BRS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 7½
7 D. Gimenez ARG ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
8 R. Grosso ARG 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 7½
9 C. Hernáez F. ESP 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ . 1 0 6 (1)
10 J.A.P. Moreira POR 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 . 1 ½ 5½ (1)
11 N. Morihama BRS 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 5½
12 G. Rivas Romero PER 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 5
13 F.A.B. da Silva BRS .0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 . .½ 0 ½ 0 4 (3)
14 Alain Rogemont FRA 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½
15 R. Thomas ENG ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7
Antonio
Pacini
Memorial
Tournament Director:
Alberto Mascarenhas
(BRS)
The tournament is
decided with three
games still unfinished.
Lair Valio
Alves is the winner
with a game in hand.
See crosstable.
IM title: Alfredo
Lupo and Sérgio
Dias.
0 Petricek 936. 12. Krag-Jakobsen 0 Schneider 937. 9.
Holmberg ½ Bukacek.
GT TD: Leonardo Madonia, Via D’Azeglio 17, I-40123,
Bologna (ITA) Email: tec4196@iperbole.bologna.it
WT/II/GT/42 44/6. de Rijk, Roux, D’Amato 1 Hildebrand.
GT/43 59/60. Brunni, Meherhomji 1 Schwerdtfeger, 61.
Eansworth 0 Bajpai.
Third Class
TD: Poul Rasmussen, Strandboulevarden 25 III, DK-2100,
Copenhagen Ø (DEN)
Final result, WT/III/958 21. Eschger 1 McMaaster Positions:
1. U. Eschert (GER) 5, 2/3. R. Gentner (GER) 4½, R. McMaster
(IRL) 4½, 4. C. Meador (USA) 4, 5. S. Quiantana (ESP) 2, 6. Y.
Herlinvaux (BEL) 1, 7. H. Ludwig (GER) 0.
WT/III/960 18. Schmidt 0 Bogers . WT/III/ 961 18. Schimle 0
Thompson. WT/III/962 17. Whitecotton ½ Bartholome. WT/III
966 10. Mendes 0 Paguan 11. Manarin 1 Mendes. WT/III 967
13. Manarin 1 Richardson. WT/III 968 7. Jones 1 Selby.
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David Lodge Memorial
Organised by BFCC. TD: Alan Rawlings (ENG)
30. Asquith 1 Dearnley; 31. Asquith ½ Ward; 32. Kovacs ½ Asquith;
33. Menghi 1 Rhodes; 34. Dearnley ½ Reis; 35. Rhodes 1 Paul.
Wolfgang Heidenfeld Memorial
Organised by Ireland. TD: Alan Rawlings (ENG)
38. Winckelmann 1 Knol; 39. Harding ½ Bösenberg.
Mario Napolitano Memorial
Tournament Director: Egbert Bösenberg
38. Jovcic 1 Nienhuis, 39. Nienhuis 0 Mirkovic, 40. Nienhuis 0 Zlender,
41. Toscano 1 Zlender, 42. Nienhuis 0 Toscano, 43. Nienhuis 0 Piccardo,
44. Bohak 0 Picardo, 45. Sarink 0 Mirkovic, 46. de Blasio ½ Zlender, 47.
de Blasio 1 Sarink, 48. Nienhuis 0 Kalinichenko, 49. Zlender 1 Sarink,
50. Mirkovic 0 Calzolari, 51. Conti 0 Toscano, 52. Conti ½ Bohak, 53.
Mirkovic ½ Conti, 54. Jovcic ½ Conti, 55. Tsvetkov ½ Conti, 56. Conti 0
Kalinichenko, 57. Conti 0:0 Nienhuis, 58. Piccardo ½ Jovcic.
57

European Tournament Office
Zonal Director &Tournament Offi ce Controller: Egbert Bösenberg, Schulberg 1 D-07586 Oberndorf.
Phone/FAX: 0049 36606 60276 Email: EBoesenberg@t-online.de Website: http://home.t-online.de/home/Eboesenberg
European Championships
TD: Jørgen Axel Nielsen P.O. Box 1861, DK-8270 Højbjerg
(DEN) Email: janiccf@private.dk
EU/FSM/59: Kolcak etl vs Salceanu, ncm 56 10/4/00. 61:
91/2. Gaprindashvili 1 Leconte, Stepanov. Gaprindashvili etl
vs Hobusch ncm 50 10/20/00. 62: 88. Dr. Bulla ½ Hotting.
Pankratov etl vs D’Adamo ncm 28 10/23/00, Podymov etl vs
Hotting ncm 41 10/21/00.
63 rd EU-FSMSemifinals
63-2: 68. Obertin 1 Baumgartner. Dr Kuperman etl vs Obertin
ncm 26 10/16/00. 63-3: 116/7. Peuraniemi, Weinitschke 0
Chytilek, 118. Weinitschke 1 Wiesinger. 1. and GM norm
R Chytilek (CZE) 13½ (1), 2. U Burgarth (GER) 12.
Congratulations! 63-4: 92. Winckelmann ½ Dambrauskas,
93. Tuominen 1 Dr Schepers, 94. Constantinou 0 Rädeker.
63-5: 51. Dothan 1 Galvan, 52. Dothan ½ Hase. Papai etl vs
Galvan 10/16/00 ncm 22 and Galvan 2. etl vs Papai 10/16/00.
63-6: 93. Sjögren ½ Topchy. 63-7: 71/2. Vandermeulen 1
Podzielny, Schütt, 73. Rissanen 0 Schütt, 74. Lanz Calavia 0
Resche. Ljubicic etl vs Schütt ncm 29 10/14/00.
5 EU Teams Final
TD: Egbert Bösenberg
Board 1: 8. Merilo EST ½ Trapl CZE, Raupp 1.etl Merilo,
Board 2: 12. Rumiancevas LIT ½ Read/Prizant ENG, Board
3: 10. Gozman UKR ½ van Kempen GER, 11. van Kempen
1 Valerio ENG, Board 4: 4. Malmstig SVE 0 Danek CZE, 5.
Malmstig 0 Reppmann GER, 6. Malmstig 1 Copar SLO, 7.
Hefka SLK ½ Copar, Board 5: 6. Hugentobler SWZ 1 Jordan
ENG, 7. Cilento ITA ½ Gerhardt GER, Merilo 1.etl Forslöf,
Board 6: 8. Giertz SWZ ½ Savchak UKR, 9. Bohlin SVE
½ Giertz, 10. Giertz ½ Tiits EST, 11. Sedlacek CZE ½ Tiits,
Board 7: 7. Voss GER 1 Degerhammar GER, 8. Lucchini
SWZ ½ Degerhammar, 9. Degerhammar ½ Uogele LIT,
Board 8: 6. Barnsley ENG ½ Siviero ITA, 7. Bondar UKR
½ Rydholm SVE, 8. Kask EST 0 Rydholm, Preziuso 1.etl
Rydholm, Board 9: 2. Carleton ENG 0 Hagström SVE, 3.
Urban CZE ½ Rakay SLK, 4. Broß GER ½ Urban, 5. Landolfi
ITA ½ Hribersek SLO, Board 10: Hüls 1.etl Smith, Board
11: 3. Toothill ENG 0 Blomstrand SVE, 4. Drtina SLK ½
Mannhart SWZ, Kangur 1.etl Kveinys and Mannhart, Board
12: 7. Tammemägi EST ½ Rocius LIT.
Holidays: Bohak (27.10.-13.11. and 24.11.-03.12.-spec),
Cilento (16.-25.10. spec), Gerhardt (27.09.-15.10), Jordan
(02.-15.10), Lemke (25.09.-04.10), Mraz (18.10.-01.11),
Reppmann (02.-21.10), Richardson (13.-25.10).
6 EU Teams Prelims
TD: Joachim Walther, Kramerring 8, D-06502 Neinstedt (GER)
Email: Walther-Neinstedt@t-online. de
Group 1, Board 1: 14. Rauduve LIT 1 Christoffel SWZ, 15.
Rauduve LIT 0 Österman FIN. Board 2: 10. Agejevas LIT ½
Filutowski POL. Board 3: 15. Roerosgaard NOR ½ Houston
IRL, 16. Craig SCO 0 Martin Clemente, ESP, 17. Michel SWZ
½ Ljubicic CRO, 18. Martin Clemente ESP ½, Luksas LIT.
Board 4: corr.13. Makarov RUS ½ Giulian SCO (not Michel
½ Ljubicic), 15. Neuvonen FIN 1 Muzas EST, 16. Girod SWZ
0 Marcinkiewicz POL, Matic 1.etl. Makarov (ncm.31). Board
6: 12. Barrios Troncoso ESP ½ Pigg FIN, 13. Pigg FIN 1
Strand NOR, 14. Barrios Troncoso ESP ½ Finnie SCO. Board
7: 14. Lennox SCO ½ Magallon Minguez ESP, 15.Blair IRL
½ Cvetnic CRO, 16. Blair IRL ½ Bazela SLK, 17. Wojtura
POL ½ Kramer SWZ, 18. Cvetnic CRO ½ Magallon Minguez
ESP, Andresen 1.etl. Kramer (ncm.30); T.Andresen (NOR)
withdraws, new player H.Sjøl (time counts from 1/11/00).
Board 8: 15. Baumgartner SWZ 1 Fayne IRL, 16. Aird SCO
½ Karasek SLK. Board 9: 7. Robb IRL 1 Rupsys LIT, 8.
Lehto FIN 1 Norris SCO, 9. Suarez Sedeno ESP ½ Muri SWZ,
Board 10: Montgomery 1.etl. Maksimov (ncm.8), Novikovas
1.etl. Vaclav (ncm.21). Board 11: 10. Hrvacic CRO 0 Løvholt
NOR, 11. Findlay SCO ½ Stankevicius LIT, 12. Rissanen FIN
1 Forte IRL, Hrvacic 1.etl. Veselsky (ntl. 15/10/00). P.Hrvacic
(CRO) withdraws, new player: N.Piculjan (from 15/10/00).
Board 12: 13. Freydl SWZ 1 Adamson IRL, 14.Paredes Prats
ESP ½ Jäderholm FIN.
Leave: Miciak 23/10-03/11/00, O`Siochru spec.leave 06/10-
14/11/00, Sheehan 30/09-15/10/00.
Position (25/10/00, after 155/660 games = 23.48%): 1.Slovakia
(9, 5 Pts./16 games/ 59.37%), 2.Finland (24/42/57.14%),
3.Russia (6/11/54.55%), 4. Norway (19/35/54.29%), 5./6.Spain
& Lithuania (16/31/51.61%), 7. Poland (7/14/50.0%),
8.Switzerland (20.5/42/48.81%), 9.Ireland (13.5/29/46.55%),
10.Croatia 10/24/41.67%), 11.Scotland (13.5/35/38.57%).
Group 2, Board 1: 12.Hartung Nielsen DEN ½ Pichler OST,
13.Atakisi TRK ½ Mihalko HUN, 14. Hartung Nielsen DEN
½ Tochacek CZE, 15. Sandström SVE ½, Pichler OST. Board
2: 14. Christov BLG ½ Schrancz HUN, 15. Schrancz HUN 1
Gerzina SLO, 16. Timson ENG ½ Schrancz HUN, 17. Gerhold
OST 0 Hedlund SVE, Board 3: 13. Hribersek SLO ½ Timar
HUN, Board 4: 13. Vecek SLO 0 Stagl OST, 14. Lassen DEN
½ Carlsson SVE, 15. Hotting NLD 1 Erdogan TRK (2.etl.), 16.
Smith ENG 1 Lassen DEN, 17. Palsson ISD 1 Lassen DEN,
Board 5: 8. Gombkötö HUN ½ Berggreen DEN, 9. Stuart
NLD ½ Berggreen DEN, 10. Berggreen DEN 1 Mayr OST,
Board 6: 17. Bilgin TRK ½ Nemes HUN, 18. Bures CZE 1
Hansen DEN, 19. Bures CZE ½ Bengtsson SVE, Board 7:
18. Rada OST 0 Veres HUN, 19. Sandbom SVE 1 Nielsen
DEN, 20. Ignatov BLG 1 Nielsen DEN, 21. Quakkelaar NLD
0 Nielsen DEN, 22. Veres HUN ½ Sandbom SVE, Board
9: 14. Kristjansson ISD ½ Jotov BLG, 15. Lynn ENG ½
Dikmen TRK, 16. Notten NLD 0 Bäckström SVE, Board 10:
12. Znuderl SLO 0 Thompson ENG, 13. Thompson ENG ½
Guldberg Hansen, DEN, 14. Valent OST 1 Johansson SVE,
15. Moucka CZE ½ Guldberg , Hansen DEN, Board 12: 22.
Sigurmundsson ISD ½ Laursen DEN, 23. Laursen DEN 1
Jaksa SLO, 24. Laursen DEN ½ Svensson SVE, 25. Palffy
HUN ½ Jaksa SLO, 26. Svensson SVE 1 Jaksa SLO, 27.
Laursen DEN 1 Stefanov BLG, 28. de Riuter NLD ½ Jaksa
SLO, 29. Laursen DEN 1 Palffy HUN.
Leave: Sapundiev spec.leave 04/10-21/10/00, Grabner
spec.leave 12/10-12/11/00, Laursen 01/11-17/11/00, Berggreen
12/10-26/10/00, Karason spec.leave, 26/10-20/11/00.
Position (25/10/00, after 190/660 games=28, 79%): 1.
Czech Republic (14 Pts./23 games/60, 28%), 2. England
(27/46 =58.70%), 3.Sweden (27/47/57.45%), 4.Iceland
(18.5/34/54.41%), 5./7.Denmark (24/48/50%), Austria (18/36
58
1/2001

EU/M/1189 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts.
1 V. Schulz GER ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5½
2 R. Berglund SVE ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 4
3 Ph. Corde FRA 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4
4 H. Dullemond NLD 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 3
5 J. B. Garcia ESP 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 2½
6 K. Michel GER 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1½
7 Dr. H.-D. Gierse GER 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½
=50%), Bulgaria (7/14/50%), 8.Netherlands (16/33/48.48%),
9.Hungary (16.5/36/45.38%), 10.Turkey (14.5/34/42.65%),
11.Slovenia (7.5/29/25.86%).
Group 3, Board 1: 2. Dauga LAT ½ P.Spitz FRA, 3. Haufe
GER 1 Simon LUX, 4. Haufe GER, ½ Cleto POR, 5. Haufe
GER ½ van Leeuwen BEL, Board 2: 10. Weber LUX ½
C.Spitz FRA, 11. Zimmermann GER ½ Nikitin EST, Board
3: 5. Maerten GER 1 Mertens LUX, 6. Mertens LUX 1 Roose
BEL, 7. Strautins LAT ½ Maerten GER, 8. Maerten GER 1
Kotsis GRC, Board 4: 9. Amaro POR ½ Blaskowski GER;
Amaro 1.etl. Van De Wynkele (ncm.19), Board 7: 9. Negele
GER ½ Riva LUX, Board 8: 14. Pragua GER ½ Teemaee
EST, Board 9: 21. Rei EST ½ Daubenfeld LUX, Board 10:
10. Schartz LUX ½ Glowatzky GER, Board 12: 5. Baufays
BEL ½ Kirsch LUX.
Position (25/10/00, after 134/660 games=20.30%): 1.France
(14 Pts./20 games /70%), 2./3.Germany (30/44/68.18%)
& Israel (15/22/68.18%), 4.Italy (8/13/61.54%), 5.Latvia
(6.5/11/59.10%), 6./7. Estonia (9.5/19/50%) & Luxemburg
(21.5/43/50%), 8. Belgium (16.5/34/48.53%), 9.Portugal
(5/15/33.33%), 10.Yugoslavia (4/17/23.53%), 11. Greece
(5/30/16.67%).
Master Class
TD: H. Otte, Dorfstr. 6, D-17459 Zempin (GER)
Email: FSOtte@aol. com
1164 20. Kuzenkov ½ Vella 1188 19. Garcia ½ v. Willigen
1189 21. Berglund 1 Garcia. See the crosstable. 1194 17.
Kaltchev 1 Dubois. 1217 18. Sellerie ½ Raptakis 1219 19.
Kiss 1 Semmelroth. 1223 20. Bazantova 1 Kudryavtsev.
1230 21. Scaramuzzo ½ Braun. See the crosstable. 1231 19.
EU/M/1230 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts.
1 H. Heß GER 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5
2 J. Braun GER 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 4½
3 M. Mathias GER ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½
4 R. Wittstadt GER 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 3½
5 G.Scaramuzzo ITA ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 2½
6 E. Roth UNG 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 2
7 E. Dekeyser (ill) BEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Balow 1 Incelli. 1232 17. Heilmann 1 Kiss. 1233 18. Fries 1
Hellstroem. 1237 10/15. Tsymbalov 0 in all games = silent
withdrawal. 1239 9/14. Tsymbalov 0 in all games = silent
withdrawal. 1240 13. Michel ½ Rasmussen. 1241 16. Weigend
0 Lemieux. 1242 15. Jensen ½ Zorr 16. Cuno ½ Jensen 1245
14. Steinhauser ½ Sendobry 15. Lahlum ½ Benedetto 1247 5.
Schmitzer ½ Hoffmann 1248 15. Hanison 1 Kuehne 16. Boga
0 Buscher. 1251 15. Brobakken 1 v. Lent. 1253 Jongman 0
Roenkkoe. 1254 6. Voliani ½ Wyrwala 7. Hofmann 1 Rochel
1255 12/3. Nagel 0, Vainio ½ Rudolf 14. Packroff 1 Nagel
15. Winter ½ Lisjutin. 1256 8. Winkler 1 Cattani 9. Cattani ½
Hess 10. Buettner ½ Metelmann 1257 4. Wystrach ½ Gerold
5/14. Oezel 0 in all games (13A) 15. Rautenberg ½ Wystrach
16. Anderson 1 Busek. 1258 8/9. Thorn Leeson 1, Zill ½
Beisser 10. Lindberg 0 Wikman 11. Beisser ½ Panciroli 1259
7/13. Meinhardt 0 in open games = withdrawal, illness. 1260
6/7. Oakes ½ Miethke, 0 Gerold 8. Gerold 1 Reichert. 1262
4/5. Sellerie ½ Hallier, Michel 6. Goergen 1 Flemming 1263
3. Wieland 1 Lakatos 4/5. Boemelburg, Schloegel ½ Wieland
6. Donzellotti ½ Braun. Schoegel 1. st etl. vs. Wieland. 1264
12. Diener 0 Weber. 1265 5/6. Nagel ½ Gullotto, Floegel 7/8.
Floegel ½ Sacerdotali, Rausch. 1266 2. Hanison 0 Lelenko 3.
Kermer 1 Hanison. 1267 3/4. Mischke 1 Luettke, ½ Packroff
5. Lagergren ½ Gundrum 6. Vincent ½ Packroff 7/8. Packroff,
Kuhl ½ Luettke. 1268 12. Buse 1 Beisser 1269 2. Michel ½
Floegel 3/4. Mayr 0 Michel, ½ Floegel 1272 1. Wyrwala 1
Naundorf 2. Larrass ½ Wyrwala.
GT to #437, TD: G.Weinitschke, A-Puschkin-Str. 1, D-99842
Ruhla (GER)
433 79. Capuano 1 Sarier. 435 103. Titov 0 Duarte Fernandez.
EU/M/GT/442 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts.
1 Dr. Z. Krecak CRO ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½
2 T. Schmidt GER ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
3 V. Dell Isola ITA ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11
4 A. Wosch GER 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
5 G. Rogala POL 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10½
6 R. Wittstadt GER 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½
7 Dr. D. Molzahn GER ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½
8 M. Kröncke GER 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½
9 R. Loerke GER 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
10 Y.P. Karelin RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 5½
11 A.E. Demidov RUS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
12 K. Volke GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
13 D. Unukovic YUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
14 C. Weiss OST 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
15 M. Bak DEN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CXEB-30
Years
Organised by Brazil. TD:
TD: Carlos Flores Gutiérrez
(ESP)
Group A 3. van Kempen
½ Felicio 4. Patrici ½
Costa
Group B 62. Mascarenhas
½ Asker 63. Silva
0 Benz 64. Silva 0 Rain
65. Asker 0 Gonçalves IM
Norm: Gonçalves (BRS)
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GT from #438, H. Otte, Dorfstr. 6,
D-17459 Zempin (GER)
442 105. Krecak 1 Rogala (adj.). See the
crosstable 444 104. Saveliev ½ Gnirk.
447 92. Packroff ½ Majorov 93. Vaclav
½ Nocci 94. Braczo 0 Perpiglia 95.
Majorov ½ Vaclav. 449 93. Onatsevich
1 Horvat 94. Kasperavicius 1 Jongman.
450 80/3. Kaminskas 0 Haerting,
Nagel, Freise (5B) 84. Nagel 1 Savenok.
451 93. Valent ½ Boccia 94. Klepzyn
1 Marotz 95. Djuric 0 Webers 96.
Webers 1 Kurtovic. 452 83. Marczell 1
Harjunpaeae 84/5. Dubko 1 Holovsky,
Blessing 86. Mayr ½ Dubko. 453 61.
Incelli 0 Kulejewski 62. Mulenko ½
Rilberg 63. Rilberg 0 Mayr. 454 78.
Dostan ½ Tarascio. 455 75. Dikmen
0 Jongman 76. Ylipartanen 0 Dikmen
77/84. Tsipin (RUS) 0 in all open games
( Engelhardt, Chielewski, Dikmen,
Walther, Ylipartanen, Loeffler, Nyvlt,
Poeltner) = silent withdrawal 85/6.
Antonenko 1 Walther, Beisser. corr.
51. Walther 1 Beisser, not ½. 456
77/8. Larsen 1, Patzer ½ Kochetov
79. Schwieger ½ Larsen 80. Lupo ½
Siigur 81/2. Mogilnyi 1 Vicanek, 0
Lupo. 457 81. Lisjutin ½ Klausner
82. Skerlik ½ Luettke 83. Volkas 1
Sifnatsch 84. Sifnatsch ½ Malyshev.
458 78. Mamonovas 1 Jaloszynski 79.
Smuk 0 Mamonovas 80. Hartung 1
Jaloszynski. 459 73/4. Andrieux ½,
Holovsky 0 Prechtel 75/6. Prechtel 1
Vadum, 0 Da Riva 77. Holovsky ½
Sonntag 78. Pechwitz 1 Dziedzic. 460
66/7. Kontulainen 0 Proettel, Laurenc
68/9. Laurenc 1 Marusiak, ½ Proettel
70/1. Johansen ½ Kontulainen, Laurenc
72. Proettel 1 Marusiak. 461 68. Gachon
1 Fedukovic 69. Jorda 1 Prokopp 70.
Rakay ½ Gachon. 462 64. Boada 1
Grassmehl 65. Johnson ½ Pauwels 66.
Lupo 1 Kliesch 67. Kliesch 1 Boada
68. Lew ½ Rittweger 69. Rettenbacher
½ Grassmehl 70/1. Johnsen, Kliesch
½ Zubarev 72. Voveris 0 Mischke. 463
68. Marcinkiewicz 1 Stojanas (5B) 69.
Pongrac ½ Lagergren 70. Schoenbeck
0 Marcinkiewicz 71. Marcinkiewicz 1
Sabel 72. Stojanas 0 Spitz (5B) 73/4.
Devocelle 1 Pongrac, ½ Schoenbeck.
464 27. Schcherbin 0 Marcinkiewicz
28. Christoffersen 0 Busom 29. Mariani
½ Hofer 30/1. Hofer ½ Baerschneider,
Nitsche 32. Nitsche 1 Holovsky
33. Holovsky 0 Marcinkiewicz 34.
Marcinkiewicz 1 Hansen 35. Mariani
½ Nitsche 36/7. Presado 1, Hofer 0
Christoffersen. 465 22. Lauro 0 Hartung
23. Karelin ½ Lauro 24. Daroczy ½
Feco 25. Mariani ½ Hartung 26. Beth
0 Lauro 466 31. Masetti 1 Mayr 32/3.
Fleischanderl 1 Masetti, Norrelykke
34/5. Norrelykke 1 Mayr, ½ Rohr 36.
Zainetdinova 1 Coets 37. Rohr 0 Zainetdinova
38. Fleischanderl 0 Lehmann
39/40. Sifnatsch 1 Jongman, 0 Mayr 467
35/6. Marotz 1 Neri, ½ Heaton 37/8.
Heaton 1 Rieseler, ½ Wakolbinger 39.
Lagergren ½ Heaton. 468 10. Nanauer
½ Schowalter 11. Deisz 1 Torhola 12/3.
Weinitschke 1 Deisz, Beth 14. Beth 1
Wilshusen 15/6. Schwieger, Poeltner
0 Weinitschke.
corr. of table 440: Kaliwoda 1
Jongman, not 0; Kaliwoda place 14.
Higher Class
TD: Marco Caressa, Via Campolimpido
59, I-00010 Villa Adriana (RM), Italy
Email: caressa@rdn. it
Final Results, 1251 11. Chigishev
1 Griffiths (corr.) Positions: 1. A.V.
Chigishev (RUS) 5½, 2. W. Bachmann
(GER) 4½, 3. Z. Nowak (POL), 4. V.W.
Griffiths (ENG) 3, 5. G. Grünenberg
(GER) 2½, 6. A. Maier (OST) 1½, 7.
D. Gallo (ITA) 0. 1291 21. Battista 1
Lambrechts Positions: 1. L. Battista
(ITA) 5, 2./3. H.-J. Falke (GER), D.
Vincnt (FRA) 4, 4. E. Kratz (GER)
3½, 5. H.-J. Wastel (GER) 2½, 6. C.
Lambrechts (BEL) 2, 7. O.K. Hageberg
0.
Results, 1270 18. Vecek ½ Tibbert,
1283 15.Alexander ½ Hauptmann, 16.
Hauptmann ½ Kevicki, 1287 9. Griffiths
0 Soetewey, 1292 20. Gerola 1 Retzer,
1294 17. Viakofski 1 Göhle, 18. Casella
0 Viakofski, 1297 19. Mayer 0 Bingler,
1300 12. Mika 0 Dubleumortier, 1302
15. Huber ½ Canal, 1305 2. Viullemin
½ Almarza Mato, 3.Sprenger ½ De
Waard, 4. Lüddeckens ½ Almarza
Mato, 1306 6. Costa ½ Eschenbacher,
7. Eschenbacher 0 Lilleøren, 8.
Eschenbacher 1 Metschan, 9. Lilleøren
½ Costa, 1307 9. Mosser ½ Denzin,
10. Mosser ½ Wengler, 11. Curnillon ½
Mosser, 1308 3. Vogel 1 Bonnet, 1309
4. Di Lao 0 Kern, 1310 3. Kerner ½
Schmolei, 4. Schmolei 1 Rabouan,
1311 1. Conti 0 Vogel, 2. Conti 0
Pipper, 3. Conti 0 Muñoz Osorio, 1313
2.Gräfath 0 Wastel, 3. Valencia Ciordia 0
Nedozral, 4. Valencia Ciordia 0 Gräfath,
5. Valencia Ciordia 0 Morosi, 1315 2.
Vetter ½ Holmstrøm.
EU/H/GT to #257, TD: Vladimir
Houdek, 364 52 Žlutice 99 (CZE)
No results this time.
EU/H/GT TD for 258 onwards: Zdenek
Nyvlt, Reneova 28, CZ-621 00, Brno
(CZE).
Email: nyvlt@scova. vabo. cz
265 95. Tibbert 0 Gubats; 96. Gubats 1
Vecek; 97. Eeckhout1/2 Gubats; 98/9.
Lebedev ½ Eeckhout, 1 Dobner; 266
101. Remis 0 Lelenko; 267 91. Mrazik
½ Dzenis; 92. Dzenis 1 Rautenberg; 268
97. Sierlak 0 Faure; 269 98/9. Lapse ½
Goitre, 0 Hildner; 100. Cook ½ Madsen;
101/3. Goitre 0 Tritt, 1 Schroder, ½
Senay; 270 95. Kwitkowski ½ Querci;
Polklaser 0 Querci; 97. Panciroli ½
Kessler; 98. Hanison ½ Mrazik; 271
0 272 60. Esterbauer ½ Richter; 273
56. Jorgensen 1 Kolanek; 57/8. Sousa
½ Coclet, 0 Hollbach; 59. Wesche 0
Janous; 274 39. Caron 1 Justesen; 40.
Salzman 1 Frydendal; 41. Caron ½
Madeiras; 42. Esterbauer ½ Richter.
Open Class
TD: Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit, Arnold-
Zweig-Straße 74, D-18435, Stralsund
(GER)
Email: Isigkeit@01019freenet. de
EU/O/001: 10.Cottle 1 Bedbur;
EU/O/003: 09.Calnot 0 Matozan;
10.Kandler 1 Calnot; 11.Denning 1 Calnot;
12.Kandler 0 Denning; EU/O/004:
08/10.Vagasy 0 Richards, Bydelsky,
Campani; EU/O/007: 08.Preuße 0
Harvey; EU/O/008: 12.Würebesser
½ Balke; 13.Würzebesser 1 van den
Brack; 14/18. Petrof 0 Kristensen, Balke,
Musso, Würzebesser, van den Brack;
EU/O/009: 02/07.Meyer 0 Mrs. Schultz,
Galli, Harvey, Wundahl, Kellerer,
Plenzick; EU/O/011: 05.Winkler ½
Geilich; 06.Geilich 1 Jänisch; 07.Jänsch
1 Winkler; EU/O/012: 01.Azzong
0 Fehr; EU/O/013: 01.Gerlach 1
Enderlein; EU/O/014: 01.Hanreich
0 Meißner; EU/O/015: 02.Jänisch 1
Soja.
First Class
TD: Hans-Jürgen Isigkeit (GER)
Email: Isigkeit@01019freenet. de
Final result, EU/I/1894: 20.
Eibelshäuser ½ Indrak; 21.Magoni 1
Pfeiffer. Positions: 1./2. M. Bonte
(NLD), Z. Indrak (CZE) 4½; 3. A.
Donner (GER) 4; 4./5. S. Eibelshäuser
(GER), J. Magoni (FRA) 3½; 6. G.
Pfeiffer (GER) 2; 7. U. Koglbauer
(OST) 0;
Results, EU/I/1886: 18.Vlcek 1 Sanz
Velez; EU/I/1896: 15.Gronau ½ Ford;
16.Schluderbacher ½ Ford; 17.Grco
1 Schluderbacher; EU/I/1898: 14.de
Baan ½ Steinbrück; EU/I/1899: 18.van
Leijden ½ Wesseln; 19.Aligeorgiou 1
Wesseln; EU/I/1902: 15.Eschenbacher
1 Danese; EU/I/1904: 13.Vranidis 0
Kinez; EU/I/1905: 18.Horn 1 Usavalehto;
EU/I/1906: 12.Born 1 Miss Hurley;
13.van Leijden 1 Born;
EU/I/GT/334: 103.Vlcek ½ Moon;
104.Ricci ½ Preuß; EU/I/GT/335:
77.Ruszin 1 Köhler; 78.Wedel 1
Ruszin; 79.Ricci 1 Wedel; EU/I/
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GT/336: 77.Hjalmarsson ½ Schweitzer;
78.Jungeblut ½ Hjalmarsson; 79.Strick
1 Fava; 80.Prof. Dr. Schüler 1 Fava;
81.Ekmark ½ Vettenburg; 82.Kerner ½
Ekmark; 83.Ekmark 0 Fava; 84.Ekmark
0 Schweitzer; 85.Zebre 1 Bijtelaar.
Second Class
TD: Heinz Prokopp, B. -Kellerman-Str.
43, D-39120 Magdeburg (GER)
Email: HProkopp@aol. com
Results: EU/II/1222 16. Samonas 1
Willett, 17/8. Exler, Hahn 0 Randisi, 19.
Hörburger 0 Hahn, 1228 18. Steinbach
1 Fietkau, 1229 11. Pilz 0 Bartholome,
1230 14. Campani ½ Rolko, 1231
10. Hoffmann ½ Scavo, 11. Asten ½
Lüdigk, 12. Scavo 0 Asten, 1232 5/6.
Georgi, Meier ½ Carbonell, 7. Georgi
1 Meier.
Final Result, EU/II/GT/190 103/4.
Longo 0 Caparros, Aguirre, 105. Aguirre
½ Caparros. Positions: 1. F. Nolf
(BEL) 12½, 2. /4. D. Mazza, (ITA), X.
Caparros Fernandez, (ESP), P. Aguirre
Inchaurbe, (ESP), 12, 5. P. Mantovani,
(ITA), 10½, 6. C. Longo, (ITA), 9½, 7.
W. Gölles, (OST), 8½, 8. K. Förster,
(GER), 7, 9. G. Skrotzki, (GER), 6, 10.
F. Goguillon, (FRA), 5, 11. L. Lang
(GER), 4, 12. O. Valenet, (FRA), 3,
13. P. Schwan, (GER), 2, 14. H. Bredl,
(GER), 1, 15. S. Reichel, (GER), 0.
Results: 192 98. De Rijk 1 Lakota, 193
93. Henrick ½ Casalino, 94. Casalino
1 Vaccari, 95. McIntee ½ Zschau, 194
91. Fourrage 1 Lehmann.
New European
Tournaments
Start date November 20, 2000
EU/M/1276 Hermann Knoll OST,
Josep Borrellas Comellas ESP, Manfred
Kröncke GER, Ermanno Ricci ITA,
Heinz Wolff GER, Heino Mammen
GER, Juraj Vaclav SLK, Franz-Josef
Schröders GER, Hajo Gnirk GER,
Claude Bernard FRA, Bo Lindström
SVE EU/M/1277 Antonio Sardella
ITA, Reinhard Drobusch GER, Boris
Markovich Gechtman RUS, Karl-Adolf
Kling GER, Oliver Wiechmann GER,
Hinderikus Jongman NLD, Michel
Pellisseri FRA, Werner Nitsche GER,
Frank Beckmann GER, Herbert Nagel
OST, Albi Gmür SWZ.
EU/H/1322 Robert Dagonnier BEL,
Wolfgang Heyn GER, Henryk Gaida
POL, Karl Shoup GER, Wolfgang
Richter GER, Fernand Cipriani FRA,
Franz Mosser OST EU/H/1323 Csaba
Hadrik HUN, Wolfgang Richter GER,
Roland-R. Wick GER, Jacques Parotte
BEL, Jürgen Schulz GER, Bonne
W. Faber NLD, Alberto Veroni FRA
EU/H/1324 Lauri Huttunen FIN,
Victor Neyens LUX, Hans-Dieter
Zimmermann GER, Herbert Mayer
GER, Bostjan Benko SLO, Stanislaw
Schatilow GER, Frank Eastwood
ENG EU/H/1325 Dominique Senay
FRA, Adolf Haeberle GER, Wolfgang
Steinbrück GER, Ronald Beullens BEL,
James Day ENG, Wolfgang Evers GER,
Kjell Johansson SVE.
EU/O/024 Rüdiger Weinmesser OST,
Manfred Exler GER, Kevin O‘Farrell
IRL, Joachim Kleine GER, Kurt Förster
GER, Luis Rodenas Balana ESP,
Ian Mason ENG EU/O/025 Dimitris
Mavreas GRC, Manfred Wermann
GER, Maximino de la Calle Iturrino
ESP, Gerard P. Gill IRL, Erich Strick
GER, Michael Fuhr GER, Reijo Neva-
Juoni SVE EU/O/026 Steve Cole ENG,
Allan Tholin SVE, Hans Jungeblut
GER, Rosendo Nicolas Andreu ESP,
Fritz Borrmann GER, Heinz Wunderlich
GER, Robert Drost NLD.
Reg Gillman Mem.
TD: Alan Rawlings (ENG)
Section A: 8. McNab ½ Peluso.
Section B: 61. Soltau 1 Frostick; 62. Frostick
0 Andriulaitis; 63. de Groot ½ Sande; 64.
Sande 1 Kazoks; 65. Frostick ½ Soberano;
66. Buraschi 1 Soberano; 67. Andriulaitis
½ Brooks; 68. Andriulaitis 1 Miettinen [IM
norm: Vytautas Andriulaitis (LIT)]; 69
Brooks ½ Buraschi [GM norm: Osvaldo
Buraschi (ARG)]; 70. Cranbourne 0
Buraschi; 71. Brooks 1 Rüfenacht [GM
norm: Dr. Ian Brooks (ENG)].
Section C: 35. Veen 1 Nielsen
Section D: 90. Uralde ½ Kaczorowski; 91.
Anil Kumar 1 Quattrocchi [IM title: NR Anil
Kumar (IND)]; 92. Gaujens ½ Anil Kumar;
93. Foldvary ½ Kaczorowski; 94. de Waard
½ Uralde. Final score: Gaujens 10½, Uralde
7. Section E: 62. Canibal ½ Flores Gutiérrez;
63. Flores Gutiérrez 1 Brusila; 64. Lüers 0
Zavanelli; 65. Zavanelli 1 Larsson.
Amici Sumus
LADAC/CAPA. TD: Alan Rawlings
Section A: 80. Rodriguez 1 Diani.
Rodriguez v Pietrobono 1 st etl against
both players, new counts move 29.
Section B: 67. Flores Gutiérrez 1 Milher
[IM norm: Carlos Flores Gutiérrez
(ESP)]
Afro-Asia Zone
Tournament Offi ce: Mohamed Samraoui, Postfach 1414,
D-52114 Herzegonrath (GER) Email: samraoui@aol. com
1st Asian CCC
17-18 Balabaev 2 Al Thani 0.
2nd Asian CCC
9. Ernazarov 1 Anilkumar0.
3rd African CCC
3.Samy 1Bhari 0, 4. Knol ½ Chorfi ½.
Afro-Asian Email
Championships
2 nd Championship,Final
27. Anilkumar 1 Santhosh 0, 28. Høidahl
½ Chorfi, 29.Kagiyama 0 Santhosh 1.
3 rd ChampionshipPrelims
Group B: 27. Bambang 1 Brother 0.
AAOpenTournaments
AA/E01: 11 Simons 0 Kucukali 1.
AA/E02: no new results. AA/E 03:
16.A. Sharden ½ Nechadi ½, 17.Hichem
½ Du Plessis ½..
Announcements
AA /open Tournaments
New tournaments (postal and Email
with 7 players each) are arranged for
players from Africa and Asia .The
entries (no fee required) should be
sent to M. Samraoui, postfach 1414,
D-52114 H´rath, Germany . Email:
samraoui@aol.com.
4th Email Afro-Asian Championship
2001- 2002
The applications for the preliminaries
which will start on 15.01.2001 are open
for chessplayers from Africa and Asia.
The entries (no fees required) should
be sent by Email to samraoui@aol.com
not late than 31.12.2000.
Interzonal match
TD: Mohamed Samraoui, Postfach
1414, D-52114 Herzegonrath (GER)
Email: samraoui@aol.com
H. Odeev (TKM) replaces Al Thani on
1st board for Africa /Asia team
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North America Pacific Zone (NAPZ)
Zone Director: Ralph P. Marconi, 540 Saint-Thérèse, Joliette, QC J6E 4A8 Canada Email: marconi@pandore.qc.ca
Zonal online results service: http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/napzlink.htm (c/o J.Franklin Campbell)
8th North American CC Ch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts. Pos.
1 William Bogle CAN • 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 6 10-11
2 Wayne Conover USA 1 • 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 4-6=
3 Joseph Deidun Sr. CAN ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 6½ 9th
4 Michael Edelstein CAN 0 ½ ½ • 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 7 8th
5 Jon Edwards USA 1 1 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11½ 1st
6 Kevin W. Embrey USA 1 1 ½ 1 ½ • 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 10 3rd
7 Paul Hodges USA 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1½ 15th
8 Robert E. Hux USA 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9½ 4-6=
9 Zoltan Leskowsky CAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ • 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 2 14th
10 E.S. Martinovsky USA 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 • 1 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 4-6=
11 Barry K. Nalepa USA 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 • ½ 0 0 0 3 13th
12 N. Eric Pedersen USA 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 1 8 7th
13 Paul L.Thompson USA 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ • 1 1 10½ 2nd
14 Solomon Weinstock USA 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 • ½ 6 10-11
15 Stephen Wright CAN ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 ½ • 4½ 12th
USA Championship
ICCF-US Secretary: Professor Max
Zavanelli.
TD: Allen Wright
USCCC13 Final:
Burris ½ Shea, Koppersmith 1 Shea,
Koppersmith ½ Potter, Burris ½ Smith,
Morss 1 Shea.
NAICCC VIII
TD: Ralph P. Marconi (CAN)
Email: marconi@pandore.qc.ca
105. Edelstein 0 Edwards (adjudication).
Final result, see crosstable. ]We hope to
have a report in our next issue.
NAICCC IX
TD: Ralph P. Marconi (CAN)
Email: marconi@pandore.qc.ca
3. Koppersmith ½ Jacobs, 4. Miettinen
½ Jones, 5. Savage ½ Pedersen, 6.
Jacobs ½ Bowerman.
Gordon Greig has withdrawn due to ill
health. I have annulled his games. The
category remains the same, but the
norm requirements have changed:
Category VII, for 13 games: GM
Norm: 10 pts.; IM Title: 7½pts.
Master Class
TD: Allen Wright
NAPZ M-70: Oon Soon Tee ½ Katzl.
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Higher Class
TD to #41: Thomas Dougherty
Email: dougherty@compuserve.com
Web: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/
homepages/dougherty/
H-40 Onstad ½ Lee. Final result, see
crosstable below.
TD from #42 onwards: Clive Murden
(AUS)
Email: clivem@sympac.com.au
H-43 Silva ½ Tiling (#5 overlooked
earlier), 10. Reynolds 1 Silva, 11.
Williams ½ Tiling.
Open Class
TD: Alan Jones
Email: alan.jones@ch.novartis.com
No new results. Correction, NAP-
ZO-01: 1. Winbush 1 Moeckel; 2.
Moeckel 1 Dougherty; 3. Dougherty
1 Winbush; 4. Winbush 1 Stubbs; 5.
Lord 0 Stubbs.
First Class
TD: Clive Murden (AUS)
Email: clivem@sympac.com.au
NAPZ I-43 5. Gustafson ½ Harris.
NAPZ 1-44 15. Pagunsan 0 Loomis.
PATT4
Organised by USA. TD: J. Franklin
Campbell (Michigan)
Email: franklin@voyager. net
http://correspondencechess. com/
marconi/patt4. htm
Board 1: 26. Aldrete 1 Jones, 27.
Jones ½ Aldrete. Board 2: 3. Demian
½ Guizar (correction), 5. Guizar ½
Demian. Board 3: no new results.
Board 4: 6. Lopez ½ Siemms, 7.
Siemms ½ Lopez, 8. Kusanagi 0 Sunna,
9. Sunna 1 Kusanagi. Board 5: 14.
Keast 0 Fichaud. Sorensen 1 st etl v.
Raynes in both games. Board 6: no
new results. 90 of the 180 total games
are now finished (50%).
NAPZ H-40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts.
1 David Lee AUS X 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 4½
2 Gene Estes USA 1 X ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5
3 Paul Onstad USA ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 1 4
4 J. Hymas CAN 0 0 ½ X 1 1 1 3½
5 Th. Brochard USA 0 ½ ½ 0 X 1 1 3
6 G. Pagunsan USA 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1
7 F. Pickney USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
1/2001

IT’S hard to dislike a
book which tries to
make chess fun.
It’s Your Move by GM
Chris Ward (Everyman Chess,
144pp., stg. £14-99, ISBN
1-85744-296-2) is a puzzle
book with a difference: personalised
multiple choice!
First he introduces five
characters whom you would
probably recognise at your
local chess club and then
each puzzle is seen through
their eyes. Ambitious Andy,
Ballistic Bob, Cautious Carol,
Devious Dave and Steady
Eddie have very different
styles and temperaments and
they each choose a different
move each time. Your task
is to identify which of them
is right about each of the 50
test positions.
This is a book which is
clearly aimed at the younger
reader, and the typesetters,
First Rank, have signalled that
bytheir choice of the typeface
Comic Sans (except for the
figurine chess moves). This is
my 10-year-old daughter’s
favourite font. However,
adults could enjoy this book
too.
The Ultimate Chess
Puzzle Book by GM John
Emms (Gambit Publications,
240pp. larger format, stg.
£6-99, ISBN 1-901983-
34-X) is a very different and
much more heavyweight
BOOKS
Reviewed by
Tim Harding
affair. It contains 1001 puzzles,
most of which are likely to
be new to readers as they
are drawn from recent games
(1998-2000), the author’s
own practice and littleknown
USSR Championship
games.
They are graded to begin
with basic tactics and get
progressively harder. After
page 64, hints disappear and
most positions are presented
with no advice: just like real
chess! This book would take
a lifetime to exhaust and it
would be a good present for
an improving player who
really needs to be tested.
The Hedgehog by Romanian
GM Mihai Suba is one
of the few chess books to
emerge during 2000 from
the Batsford stable (156pp,
stg. £14-99, ISBN 0-7134-
8696-1). It’s a strange piece
of work, packaged in a rather
dull way. It doesn’t help that
he just dives into his material
without defining terms.
What is the Hedgehog?
Chapter 18 of “The Chess
Analyst” by North American
CC Champion Jon Edwards
is much more helpful: “I do
not think of the Hedgehog as
an opening at all, but rather
as a structure that players can
reach from many different
openings... [involving] black
pawns on a6, b6, d6 and e6...
[with] no white d-pawn.”
If you want a collection of
lightly-annotated games on
this theme, Suba’s book may
be of some value. However,
if you want to learn how to
play the Hedgehog, then it is
not much use unless you are
already an advanced player.
His text looks as if it was
delivered in a fairly raw state
and not given much editing,
whereas it needed tender
loving care.
Batsford’s new owners
Chrysalis will have to do a
lot better than this if they
want to regain the loyalty
of readers and authors. Last
April we made a proposal to
them about co-operation in
our small series of planned
titles and we didn’t even
get the courtesy of an
acknowledgment, despite
reminders. I think Everyman
Chess and Gambit Publications
don’t have much to
worry about right now.
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Ectool email chess program review (from page 51)
have to go to the Tools menu, bring up
the right part of the game data window
and change the Result marker from “*” for
ongoing game to 1-0, 0-1 or ½-½.
Mail managing
Ectool expects to be connected direct
to your POP and SMTP servers. In theory,
you could use it to generate the messages
and then cut-and-paste them into an
ordinary email program. Andres Valverde
warns however that AOL users cannot get
full value from his program: “AOL doesn’t
support SMTP and POP3 mail protocols.
Don’t ask me why, ask them.”
Ectool facilitates management by
asking you to mark message headers for
download. I connect first with Ectool and
see what messages are waiting. I get the
ones which are obviously chess moves
and leave the others on the server. Then
I upload any moves I have queued and
check the rest of my mail with Eudora.
I strongly recommend not making
instant reply moves while online and so
I don’t look at the incoming messages
until I have finished my email session.
(I have found, under Windows 98, that
Ectool frequently freezes if I try to look
at the new messages while Eudora is
checking mail.)
The mail windows are the part of
Ectool I like least. You can reorder the
inbox by sender or date, but I think the
program badly needs to indicate when
an incoming message is unread, or read
but not answered.
Ectool runs under Windows 3.1x, 95,
98, NT and 2,000. It is shareware so you
can try before you buy; at move 20, you
cannot save the game any more and must
register to continue. The price is quite
cheap (15 Euros) and once you have
paid, you get free upgrades. You can buy
at the website http://www.ectool.nu/
which has a lot of other information.
The program is available in English,
Spanish, French, German, Italian, Catalan
and Portuguese. Current versions are:
6.00 for Win 95/98/NT; version 3.00 for
Windows 3.1x. (shareware) and ECTool
lite (16 bit) is free.
A13 12
A28 32
A52 40
B66 11
B80 23
B85 23
ECO
Index
C16 14
C19 10
C30 8
D56 9
E01 10
E11 19
A65 24
B87 33
C06 8
C57 45-49
E12 41
B00 30
B92 38
C07 15
(theory)
E26 42
B22 35
B99 25
C09 13
C70 18
E94 43
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