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ZWISCHENZUG 8Kiril’s Klass Winning With In-Between Moves

NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH 28Canada And World News Report From Toronto

THE SPELLING BEE 34Kiri l's KornerTough Words For Lily Pawn


It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

ROCKY KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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Hi Kiril,How are you? This is my second yearto play chess. It’s my favourite game!

The puzzles in your magazine are lotsof fun, but I like the story best. I hopeyou go on the submarine again withCaptain Bemo. Can I come along?Your friend,

Hello William!It’s great to hear from you, mate. I’m doing swell.Guess what? Chess is my favourite game too! Packyour bags. The boat is sailing soon.

Bye for now, Kiril

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A basic rule of chess strategy is: “When the opponentcaptures one of your pieces, take back their piece if youcan.” Otherwise you will lose material.

But this general rule has many exceptions. So neverrecapture automatically. First look around to see if thereare other options. Maybe you will find a zwischenzug!

Zwischenzug is the German word for in-between move.‘Zwischen’ means between and ‘zug’ means move. ButEnglish speakers also say “zwischenzug”. Perhaps that’sbecause it sounds so cool!

A zwischenzug is a move that happens in the middle ofa trade, between a capture and a recapture. Instead oftaking back right away, another forceful move is playedfirst. Usually the in-between move is a check, but it canalso be a mate threat or thecapture of a valuable piece.

In this position, White can winmaterial by 1.Nxc6! (with thethreat 2.Qxc5). After 1...Qxe3,White does not take back one3 immediately, but first checkswith the zwischenzug 2.Ne7+.After 2...Kh8 3.Rxe3, Black isdown a knight.

The combination in diagram #2also has an in-between move.White plays 1.Rxe6! to removethe guard of the rook on c4. IfBlack takes back with 1...fxe6,then White is up a bishop after2.Rxc4.

So Black tries to save the rookwith 1...Rxc1, hoping for 2.Bxc1fxe6. But a zwischenzug spoilsthat plan. 2.Re8+! Kh7 3.Bxc1and White has won a piece.

In example #3, White uses thefork 1.Qf4+! to deflect the blackqueen from its defence of therook on e8. Since 1...Kc8? losesthe queen to 2.Qxf7, Black hasto take on f4 with 1...Qxf4. Butbefore White recaptures, thereis the “zwischencheck” 2.Rxe8+!After 2...Kc7 3.gxf4, White has an extra rook. Another defence to look at is 1.Qf4+ Ne5. If White plays

2.Qxf7?, then Black escapes with an in-between moveof their own, 2...Rxe1+! 3.Nxe1 Nxf7. White can still winthough by 2.Rxe5!

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This lesson looks at ways towin with in-between moves.

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A zwischenzug helps White gain material in position #4.The x-ray attack 1.Rd1! takes advantage of the pin on theblack queen. After 1...Qxb3, White grabs a rook with thein-between check 2.Rxd8+ andonly then retakes on b3. 2...Kf73.cxb3.

The defence 1...c4 is no better.White mops up the black pieceswith 2.Rxd5 cxb3 3.Rxd8+ Kf74.Rd7+ Ke6 5.Rxb7 bxc2 6.Bb2.

The most common tactical trick using a zwischenzug isshown in diagram #5. White plays 1.Nd5! which uncoversan attack on the black queen from the white queen on d2.The knight also attacks the bishop on e7.

Of course, the knight cannot be captured because thatloses the queen: 1...cxd5? 2.Qxa5. So Black has to play1...Qxd2. As usual, White doesn’t take back right away,but first picks up some material with two zwischenzugs ina row! 2.Nxe7+! Kf8 (or 2...Kh8) 3.Nxg6+! hxg6. After4.Nxd2, White is ahead by a minor piece.

Note that this tactic would not work if the black rook wason f8 instead of d8. Then Black could defend by 1...Qd8.

In-between moves can be very strong even if they don’twin material. Position #6 is a good example.

The position of the two queensis similar to diagram #5. Again,White begins with a discoveredattack by 1.Nxd5. However, thistime it is a capture.Black responds 1...Qxd2. Now,

after 2.Rxd2 Bxd5, the game islevel. But White has the cleverzwischenzug 2.Nf6+! In order toavoid the loss of material, Blackmust triple their f-pawns by 2...gxf6. Following 3.Rxd2,the weakness of the black pawn structure gives White abig positional advantage for the endgame.

The in-between check 2.Ne7+? is not as good becauseBlack has 2...Kf8! 3.Rxd2 Kxe7 (or 3.Ng6+ hxg6 4.Rxd2).

In the German language, a chess move is a ‘zug’. Butthat is also their word for train. “Zwischen zwei Zügen”means “between two trains”. This is the caption for thedrawing on the magazine cover!

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In the next position, both queens are under attack, asituation that frequently leads to in-between moves.

If White captures the black queen by 1.Rxd6, then Blackplays 1...Rxe4 and the game is equal.

So White looks for a way totake something with their ownqueen before capturing Black’s,This tactic is called a desperado.

1.Qxe8? is a blunder because1...Nxe8! protects the queen ond6. 2.Rxd6 Nxd6 and Black is upa rook.

The right move is 1.Qxa8! After1...Rxa8 2.Rxd6, White has wona rook. But the black queen can also be a desperado.1...Qxd1! That idea works if White replies 2.Rxd1? Nxa8.However, the string of in-between moves is not over.White grabs another rook by 2.Qxe8! Then, instead ofsettling for 2...Nxe8? 3.Rxd1, Black also captures again.2...Qxb1. Finally, White wraps things up with a check andcapture. 3.Qxg6+! Kxg6 4.Nxb1. The end result is anextra bishop for White.

Well, friends, that concludes this lesson. Good luck inyour games. “Watch out for zwischenzugs!”


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Good evening, folks. Welcome to the show!We don’t have any guests tonight. So we thoughtwe would entertain you with our chess moves.Great idea, Mort. But I’m not sure our game isthat interesting.You’re right, Marley. Maybe our readers can help!

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JOSÉJOSÉ RAULRAUL CAPCAPABLANCAABLANCA(1888 - 1942)

This gifted master from Cuba learned chesswhen he was four years old just by watchinghis father play. He became the third WorldChampion in 1921 after winning a match withEmanuel Lasker in Havana by a score of 10-4.

“It is not bad to move quickly, but it is bad to move hastily.”

CAPABLANCA VARIATON (Caro-Kann Defence)1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5

José Capablanca’s nickname was “the ChessMachine”. That’s because he played so easilyand almost never made a mistake. He once wentten years with only a single loss!

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10 LIU Robert 1357

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10 DAUPHINEE William 488 NBGRADE 4GRADE 41 CHEN Norman 1014 NL2 WALSH Ian 979 NL3 KUNDU Arnab 967 PE4 BROWN Callum 878 NS5 NORMAN Alex 771 NL6 BATE Will 729 NS7 BAILEY Isaac 723 NL8 LOCKE Heidi 706 NL9 DENNY Noah 702 NL

10 DOUCETTE Luc 685 PEGRADE 5GRADE 51 RUSSELL Brett 1072 NL2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 988 PE3 QIU Nicholas 891 NL4 DORNIEDEN Jonas 838 NS5 KOSHI Benjamin 815 NS6 LATOUR Simon 761 NB7 DENNY Ethan 729 NL8 LI Kevin 727 NS9 MACDONALD Cameron 721 PE

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10 PEARSON Ethan 815 NBROOKIEROOKIE ROLLROLL top grade 1-61 HUANG Xingbo 1277 NL2 SINGH Sahejpreet 1164 NS3 RUSSELL Brett 1072 NL4 CHEN Norman 1014 NL5 KERR Ian 1007 PE6 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 988 PE7 WALSH Ian 979 NL8 KUNDU Arnab 967 PE9 KUNDU Arjun 961 PE

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10 PARK Kevin 982 NBGRADE 1GRADE 1111 QIU Christopher 1588 NL2 ROBICHAUD Nicolas 1562 NB3 PETERS Jeremy 1559 NS4 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS5 ZHANG MaoMao 1333 NL6 CROWELL Iain 1320 PE7 CHURCHILL Shea 1122 NL8 DAWSON Laura Jane 1115 NL9 HINK Ian 1091 PE

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10 JACOBS Catherine 539 ABGRADE 3GRADE 31 LOW Kevin 1613 BC2 DOKNJAS Neil 1331 BC3 SUPERCEANU Andi 1262 AB4 LAU Julian 1174 AB5 BRADFORD William 1094 AB6 HUANG Patrick 1036 BC7 TOLTON Alex 1003 AB8 JAMES Rowan 896 BC9 MEHTA Kaetan 816 AB

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10 JENSEN Ryan 1305 ABGRADE 1GRADE 1111 WANG Richard 2476 AB2 LI Kevin 2231 MB3 LO Ryan 2196 BC4 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC5 WANG YueKai 1937 AB6 PERICO Jenry 1843 AB7 PANG Michael 1836 MB8 LUDWIG Michael 1785 AB9 BANSAL Prabjeet 1684 AB

10 SONG Henry 1645 ABGRADE 12GRADE 121 SOHAL Tanraj 2322 BC2 KALAYDINA Regina 1914 AB3 WASSERMAN Leor 1874 MB4 LI Chang He 1842 BC5 XIAO Alice 1814 BC6 SINGH Krishneel 1715 AB7 VIRJI Naveed 1534 AB8 REYNOLDSON Nigel 1475 SK9 LI Stanley 1236 AB

10 DING Jill 1164 BCHONOUR ROLLHONOUR ROLL1 WANG Richard 2476 AB2 SOHAL Tanraj 2322 BC3 CAO Jason 2309 BC4 LI Kevin 2231 MB5 AWATRAMANI Janak 2227 BC6 LO Ryan 2196 BC7 DOKNJAS John 2080 BC8 KONG Dezhong 1980 BC9 LAI Jingzhou 1952 BC

10 WANG YueKai 1937 AB



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GRADE 3GRADE 31 ZHU Harmony 1638 ON2 GUO Hazel 1026 ON3 RADIN Claire 986 ON4 GOGA Flavia-Maria 870 QC5 KAMATH Maya 700 ON

GRADE 4GRADE 41 TAN Kylie 1238 ON2 CHERTKOW Sasha 1060 ON3 ZHAO Zi Tong 948 QC4 SIVALINGAM Salini 893 ON5 MALE PATHIRANAGE Thisandi 888 ON

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10 ROBITU Carla 1279 AB

GRADE 7GRADE 71 LIU Dora 1544 ON2 WANG Constance 1542 ON3 ZHU Jiarong 1529 ON4 YU Cindy 1330 QC5 MILICEVIC Ljudmila 1250 ONGRADE 8GRADE 81 ZHOU Qiyu 2166 ON2 WANG Kelly 1670 QC3 SHI Linda 1598 QC4 PENG Janet 1589 ON5 GAO Christine 1527 QCGRADE 9GRADE 91 TAO Rachel 1624 ON2 POBERESHNIKOVA Agniya 1586 ON3 LI Kristen 1444 ON4 GIBLON Melissa 1372 ON5 PANDY Saramae 1325 ONGRADE 10GRADE 101 PENG Jackie 2205 ON2 YUN Chang 1870 QC3 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 ON4 ROSCA Maria Alexandra 1230 QC5 ZHANG Rebecca 1061 ONGRADE 1GRADE 1111 GIBLON Rebecca 1679 ON2 LORANGER Erika 1401 QC3 HOU Louisa 1211 QC4 XIA Linda 1143 ON5 DAWSON Laura Jane 1115 NLGRADE 12GRADE 121 KALAYDINA Regina 1914 AB2 XIAO Alice 1814 BC3 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1795 ON4 WANG Yan 1599 QC5 MA Indy 1527 QC

1 PENG Jackie 2205 ON2 ZHOU Qiyu 2166 ON3 KALAYDINA Regina 1914 AB4 YUN Chang 1870 QC5 SAMETOVA Zhanna 1838 ON6 OUELLET Maili-Jade 1826 QC7 XIAO Alice 1814 BC8 VYRAVANATHAN Sobiga 1795 ON9 GIBLON Rebecca 1679 ON

10 WANG Kelly 1670 QC

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CCOOMMBBOO MMOOMMBBOO !!!!

WHITE TO MOVEMate in 3

BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 49

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Our theme is discovered check. One piece movesso that another piece behind it gives check. Becausethe opponent has to deal with a check, the piece thatmoves is free to go almost anywhere, even to asquare where it is attacked.

White wins material with the sacrifice 1.Qxd7+!After 1...Kxd7 2.Bf6+! Kc7 3.Bxh4, White is up a rook.

Black to play can mate in 3 by 1...Qxh2+! 2.Kxh2Ng3+. Disco check! 3.Kg1 Rh1#.

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IN TWO MOVES.solutions page 49

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Hi boys and girls!

MOVE MINIMIZERWhite has 20 possible moves in this diagram.

A. Play three turns so there are only 17 possible movesin the resulting position.

B. How many turns do youneed to reduce the numberof possible moves to 16?

This puzzle uses justthe sixteen white pieces.

In the starting position,White has 20 possiblemoves (4 by knights and16 by pawns). Your goalis to make that numbersmaller.

Make three moves sothat there are 17 possiblemoves on the next turn.That’s the easy part.

Then try to get down to16 possible moves. Youmight be surprised howtough that is! Good luck.

solutions page 49


CANADA AND WORLD NEWSCANADIAN YOUTH

The Canadian Youth ChessChampionships took place July10-13 in Ottawa, with 216 boysand 62 girls taking part. Thisyear’s national champions andrunners-up are:< 8 Nameer Issani ON

Neil Doknjas BCRowan James BC

<10 Luke Pulfer BCRohan Talukdar ONShawn Rodrigue-Lemieux QC

<12 Kevin Wan ONYuanchen Zhang ONJeffrey Xu ON

<14 Jason Cao BCJohn Doknjas BCWenlu Yu ON

<16 Adam Dorrance NSAgastya Kalra ONRichard Wang ABRyan Lo BC

<18 David Zhang ABAquino Inigo ONKonstantin Semianiuk ON

The winners of the separategirls competition were:< 8 Harmony Zhu ON<10 Jeannie Zhang ON<12 Maili-Jade Ouellet QC<14 Qiyu Zhou ON<16 Rebecca Giblon ON<18 Alice Xiao BC

Alexandra Botez BC

Good luck to everyone at theWorld Youth Championships.

WORLD JUNIORThe 52nd World Junior Chess

Championship was played atKocaeli, Turkey in September. Among the 117 players were 10

grandmasters and 26 internationalmasters, including IM RichardWang from Edmonton, Alberta.The new champion is Yangyi Yu

(China), who went undefeatedwith 11 points out of 13 games.Last year’s winner, AlexanderIpatov (Turkey), finished second.

It was a tough tournament forRichard Wang. He placed 88thwith 5½ points.

77 girls competed in the WorldGirls Under 20 Championship,won by Aleksandra Goryachkina(Russia). No Canadians played.

NORTH AMERICAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPThe 10th annual North American Youth Chess Championship

was held in downtown Toronto on August 14-18. Organized by theChess’n Math Association in conjunction with FIDE and the ChessFederation of Canada, the nine round event set a new attendancerecord with 353 participants (250 boys and 103 girls). Over ahundred players from the United States took part, plus twenty morefrom Mexico, Costa Rica, and Haiti.

The prizes were plentiful, with trophies for the top five in eachsection and FIDE titles for some gold medalists. Fourteen year oldAkshat Chandra (New Jersey) placed first in the open under 18section to earn the International Master title. Canadian winnersincluded Sergey Noritsyn who scored a perfect 9-0, Harmony Zhu,and new FM Yuanchen Zhang. A complete list of champions isgiven on the next page.

MANITOBAThe Manitoba Championship

was held from May to August inWinnipeg. For the sixth year in arow, the winner was 22 year oldmaster Trevor Vincent. Secondplace went to provincial juniorchampion Kevin Li. FM Yuanchen Zhang Harmony Zhu Girls under 8 Champion


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the winner, with Dmitry Andreikin(Russia) second. Canadian GMsBator Sambuev (Montreal) andEric Hansen (Calgary) were botheliminated in the first round. :-(

WOMEN’S CHAMPIONA match for the 2013 Women’s

World Championship took placeSeptember 10 to 27 in Taizhou,China between reigning champAnna Ushenina (Ukraine) andnineteen year old challengerHou Yifan (China).

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<18 Akshat Chandra USJustus Williams US

<16 Alexander Velikanov US<14 Alex Bian US

Joseph Bellissimo ONKadhir Pillai US

<12 Yuanchen Zhang ON<10 Sergey Noritsyn ON< 8 Maximillian Lu US

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Alexandra Botez BC<16 Gisela Roque Sola MEX<14 Kimberly Ding US<12 Jennifer Yu US

Maili-Jade Ouellet QC<10 Martha Samadashvili US

Sanjana Vittal US< 8 Harmony Zhu ON

In sections with ties, the player inbold placed first on tiebreak points.


We didn’t receive any correct solutions to June’s contest.1 Mate in 1 1.Qb7# 2 Mate in 2 1.Qd5+ Qxd5 2.Re8# (1...Kh8 2.Qxd8#)3 Maze Nf1-h2-g4-e5-d7-b8-a6-b4-a2-c1-e2

-d4-b5-a7-c8-e7xg84 Loyd A.Kh8 B.Kg1 C.Ke4 (Qe3#)

Maybe that knight maze was too tricky!Good luck with this contest.

WELCOMEWELCOME TOTO MYMY CONTEST !CONTEST !Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the nextpage? Mail me your answers if you do.One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.White moves first in the mate problems.In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”before, here are some examples:

In a CHESSMAZECHESSMAZE only one whitepiece moves. In this maze, it isthe white rook. The object is tocapture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the rook can be taken.Draw a line to show the path ofthe rook. This is a Maze in 11.That means you should get theking in eleven moves or less.

The TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD was inventedby Sam Loyd, a famous chesscomposer. They are called triplebecause there are three parts. Inpart A, you place the black kingon the board so that he is incheckmate. In part B, place him instalemate. For part C, put theblack king down so that Whitehas a mate in 1. solutions page 49

KIRIL'S KONTESTKIRIL'S KONTESTE-mail entries to: [email protected]

Deadline: November 25

Only the white ROOK moves.Capture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the rook can be taken.

MAMATE IN 1TE IN 1

CHESSMAZE IN 13CHESSMAZE IN 13 TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD

MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2

PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :A CheckmateB StalemateC Mate in 1


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THESPELLING

BEEChesstown was buzzing with excitement. The streets

were busy. The cafes were full. Everybody was talkingabout words and letters. It was Spelling Bee weekend!

The big event was being held at the luxurious RoyalHall. Students from all the regional schools were there tocompete in the annual championship.

As usual, the master of ceremonies was GrandmasterSpud Potatowoski, with his feathery

assistant Quacky the Duck.

Kiril and Lily were both taking part inthe spelling bee. Unfortunately for Kiril,he got eliminated in the first round.He spelled one word right, but then hemessed up on ‘zwischenzug’.

“Z, W, I, S, H ...”Spud shook his head. “Sorry, Kiril,

that’s incorrect.”

But don’t feel bad for him. Most of the players wereknocked out in the early rounds. In fact, by the end ofthe morning, there were only two contestants left, LilyPawn and a young bishop called Spelling B.

As you can tell from his name, this kid was a naturalborn speller. He was an excellent student too. Everydayhe read the dictionary and memorized vocabulary lists.Good luck stumping him!

Of course, Lily is no slouch. She hadn’t missed a wordyet. That afternoon she would face Spelling B in thefinals. It was sure to be a great match!

SEMI-SLAV

5. Bg5Pinning the black knight.Another popular move is

5.e3. The Meran Variation,named for a town in Italy,goes 5...Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc47.Bxc4 b5.

5. . . . Nbd7Safer and saner than the

sharp lines of the BotvinnikSystem: 5...dxc4 6.e4 b5.

6. e3 Qa5Lily unpins her knight on f6

and pins the white knighton c3.

6...Be7 would transposeto the Orthodox Defence ofthe Queen’s Gambit.

One more name to go,and then we’ll get on withthe game! This position isknown as the CambridgeSprings Defence. (That’s aplace in Pennsylvania.)

1. d4 d52. c4 Spelling B opens with the

Queen’s Gambit.

2. . . . c6 Most players either accept

the gambit with 2...dxc4 ordecline it by 2...e6. But Lilylikes to defend this way

SLAV DEFENCE

3. Nc3 Nf64. Nf3

Both white knights developto their best squares. Blackhas a big decision to makenow.

4. . . . e6After this solid move, the

opening is called the Semi-Slav Defence. The pawn one6 blocks in the bishop atc8, but it also strengthensthe centre and opens a linefor the other bishop.

Sometimes Lily plays the“normal Slav” with 4...dxc45.a4 Bf5 or 5.e4 b5.

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After lunch, the pawns went backstage with Quacky,waiting for the competition to start. Lily brought along achess set to pass the time. While she was setting upthe pieces, Spelling B walked over and said hello.

“Hello,” he said, “Are you a chess player?”Lily smiled. “Well, that’s a silly question. Would you like

to have a game?” It was exactly the answer the bishop was hoping for!

“Yes, please, that would be fun.”

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11. Ndxe4The knight must be taken.

11. . . . dxe4 Kiril and the never quiet

Quacky were watching thegame. After this move, theduck began to giggle.

“Look, Kiril, it’s a pawnsandwich! The black pawnon e4 is between two whitepawns on e3 and e5.”

Kiril tried not to laugh.But it was no use. What astrange bird!

12. 0-0 Spelling B was too smart

to fall for 12.Qxe4? Bxc3+13.bxc3 Qxc3+.

12. . . . Bxc3Lily doubles up the white

pawns and stops the whiteknight from taking on e4.

13. bxc3Capturing with the queen

13.Qxc3 would be met by13...Qxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe5.

13. . . . Nxe5The knight takes a pawn

and opens a diagonal forthe patient bishop on c8.

14. Qxe4 White is glad to eliminate

the black central pawn. It’smuch more valuable thanthe weak pawn on c3 thatthe queen was guarding.

7. Nd2Spelling B plays the book

move. The knight retreatsto defend against ...Ne4.

The game would be equalafter 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2.

Less good is 7.Bd3? Ne48.Bxe4 dxe4 9.Ne5 Bb4!,when Black stands better.

7. . . . Bb4Lily develops her B and

threatens to win a pawn. Another option is 7...dxc4,

when 8.Bxc4? Qxg5! dropsa bishop, a common trapin this defence. So Whitehas to trade by 8.Bxf6 Nxf6before taking back on c4.

8. Qc2 Protecting c3.8. . . . 0-0A castled king is a happy

king. (Most of the time!?)

9. Be2 e5Lily strikes in the centre.

Eventually this will free herbishop on c8.

10. dxe5The ending is equal after

10.Bxf6 Nxf6! 11.dxe5 Ne412.Ndxe4 dxe4 13.0-0 Bxc314.Qxc3 Qxc3 15.bxc3 c5.

10. . . . Ne4!This move is much better

than getting a weak kingand doubled f-pawns with10...Nxe5? 11.Bxf6 gxf6.


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However, Lily is not in ahurry to capture on c3.

14. . . . f6Also good is 14...Ng6!?

15.Bf4 Nxf4 16.Qxf4 Qxc3.

15. Bf4?This natural looking move

is actually a blunder. Theposition would still be levelafter 15.Bh4.

15. . . . Bf5!An awesome tactical shot

by Lily Pawn. How do youspell “KAPOW”!?

16. Qd4Spelling B saw that taking

16.Qxf5? loses the queento the discovered attack16...Nf3+! 17.Bxf3 Qxf5.

16. . . . Rad8Trapping the queen!

In 1923, grandmaster EfimBogolyubov reached thisposition and his opponentresigned. But Spelling Bdecides to fight on. 17. Bxe5!A tricky move that almost

saves the game. If Blackplays 17...fxe5? now, thenWhite has 18.Qh4.17. . . . Rxd4So long, queenie!

18. Bxd4Things could definitely be

worse. White has arook, bishop, and pawn for the queen.

5+3+1 = 9

18. . . . c5!Holy cow! Lily is the trap

master. Her target this timeis the bishop on d4. The Bhas nowhere to run.

19. e4!?But Spelling B is still not

ready to give up. Again hefinds a way to keepBy sacrificing a pawn, heavoids the loss of a piece. 19. . . . cxd4If 19...Bxe4, then 20.Be3.

20. exf5 dxc3Lily was pleased with her

position. Besides having aqueen for rook and bishop,she also has a dangerouspassed pawn on c3.

Just then, GM Potatowoskistuck his head through thecurtain and shouted, “Fiveminutes, guys!”

White’s best move here isthe active 21.Bf3. Insteadhe defends the pawn on f5.21. Bd3 Rd8The rook develops with an

attack on the bishop. 22. Rfd1 Qa3

Lily is planning to invadewith her queen on b2 .23. Rac1?Perhaps Spelling B was in

a rush, or maybe it was thebuzzing in his ear, but thiserror will cost him dearly.

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battling.


Even Kiril saw what was

coming next. Sometimes it’s

easier to find good moves

when you’re a spectator.

23. . . . Rxd3!

The white rook on d1 was

overloaded. It had double

guard duty, protecting the

bishop and the rook on c1.

He couldn’t do both jobs.

24. Re1

24.Rxd3? allows mate by

24...Qxc1+ 25.Rd1 Qxd1#.

24. . . . Qxc1!?

There are many ways for

Black to win but this little

combo simplifies quickly to

a totally winning position.

25. Rxc1 c2!

It’s curtains for White after

26.Rxc2 Rd1# or 26.Kf1

Rd1+ 27.Rxd1 cxd1=Q#.

0-1

“I resign, Lily. That was a

great game. You really are

a chess player!”

Lily Pawn smiled. “Thanks,

Spelling B. Let’s go spell

some words!”

She got it right, and then it was Spelling B’s turn with

the word ‘zugzwang’. Correct again.

This went on for the entire list of twenty chess words.

Neither player made an error. Every letter was perfect.

There was only one thing left to do. It was time for a

playoff using proper names of players and openings.

Spud asked for the special envelope.

“Spelling B, you’ll begin this round: ‘Benoni’.”

That was an easy one for the bishop. Then it was Lily’s

turn. The crowd gasped in silence when Spud spoke the

word. “‘Bogolyubov’.”

Lily hesitated for a moment or two, and then began,

“B, O, G, O, L, U, B, O, V.”

Spud was as surprised as anyone. “Sorry, Lily, that is

incorrect. Spelling B, can you spell it?”

The young bishop took a deep breath and straightened

his tie. “B, O, G, O, L, Y, U, B, O, V.”

Quacky gave the thumbs up, and the crowd cheered

their new champion. His name is Spelling B!

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After everybody found their seats in the auditorium,

Spud cleared his throat and welcomed them back to the

Chesstown Spelling Bee.

“Ladies and gentlemen, our two final contestants are

Lily Pawn and Spelling B. One of them will be this year’s

champion. For their benefit, we ask that you all remain

seated and stay absolutely quiet during the competition.”

Then Quacky flew up by the microphone and shouted,

“But it’s okay to applaud later when we have a winner!”

“Thank you, Quacky. That’s right. But now, may I please

have the next list of words?”

“Sure thing, boss! Here’s the envelope.”

Grandmaster Potatowoski opened it and unfolded the

list. “Lily Pawn, the first word goes to you: ‘fianchetto’.”

Grandmaster Efim Bogolyubov (1889-1952) was from Kiev, Ukraine. He lost two

matches for the world championship against Alexander Alekhine, in 1929 and 1934.

In Russian, his name is Богопюбов. After 1914, he lived in Germany where it was

spelled Bogoljubow. No other player’s name gets spelled in so many different ways.

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATE IN 1TE IN 11 1.Ne5#2 1.Qe8#3 1.Rb7#4 1.Qe8#

MAMATETE IN 2IN 21 1.Qd8+ Kh7 2.Qh8#2 1.Qxg6+ Kh8 2.Bf6#

1...Kf8 2.Qxf7#3. 1.Re8+ Kh7 2.Bd3#4 1.Qh2 Kd8 2.Qb8#

MAMATETE IN 3IN 31 1.Qh7+ Kf8 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Qxg7#2 1.Ne7+ Kh8 2.Ng6+ hxg6 3.Rh3#3 1.Qd4 Kc7 2.a8=R Kc6 3.Rc8# 4 1.Rf7+ Kg8 2.Rg7+ K any 3.Rg8#

1...Kh6 2.Bc1+ Re3 3.Bxe3#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Rf8+ Bxf8 2.Nf5+ Bg7

3.Bxg7#2 1...Rxc2+ 2.Kxc2 Ne5+

3.Kb1 Nxg4 (2.Kb1 Qxb2#)


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TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Ke1# B. Kg2= C. Kg4 (Qh5#)

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLERA. 1.a3 2.f3 3.h3

After these three turns, White has 17 possible moves: 13 pawn, 2 rook, 1 knight, 1 king.

B. 1.a3 2.b3 3.f3 4.h3 5.Ra2 6.Rb2After these six turns, White has 16 possible moves: 12 pawn, 2 rook, 1 knight, 1 king.

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Re7+ (2.Rxc7)2 1.Bb6+ (2.Bxd8)3 1.Rb6+ (2.Rxb2)

1.Rxh6+ (2.Rxh8)4 1.Nf6+ (2.Nxh5)

1.Nf4+ (2.Nxh5)1.Nxc7+ (2.Nxa8)1.Nb6+ (2.Nxa8)

WHO’SWHO’S THETHE GOOF?GOOF?see page 48

WHO’SWHO’S THETHE GOOF?GOOF? solutions1. Black has three rooks (and 8 pawns).2. Both kings are in check.3. The goof is the white pawn on c6. It would need two

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