FIDE Student Chess Magazine FSM078_A4-en_1041_113601

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1 FIDE-CiS FSM Magazine 078FIDE Chess in Schools

This time of year is awash with sport. In

Brazil, the FIFA World Cup is well under

way, with all the top soccer teams.

On the chessboard, we hae the World

!apid and Blitz Championships in "ubai.

They are the sub#ect of our ne$t special

issue.

Tennis also has some top eents. The

French Open finished recently in %aris and

Wimbledon is about to start in &ondon.

This issue of your ma'azine features some

tennis. We hae "#o(oic playin' Bec(er.

Can you construct the se)uence of moes

that led to the position on pa'e *+

We 'ie a 'ame played by ir -eor'e

Thomas photo from Wi(ipedia below/. 0e

was a ery 'ood tennis player 1 he played

at Wimbledon. 0e was twice British Chess

Champion, but his real forte was

badminton 1 he was the world2s best

player in the early 3456s.

In this issue7

5 In the Be'innin'

by I'or u(hin

8 "aid . -oliath

Ta(e heart and build your

confidence for 'ames a'ainst hi'her

rated opponents.

* "#o(oic9Bec(er: -eor'e Thomas9"eos

; &idia Tomni(oa !ussia/

World u3< -irls Champion

< %uzzles

by FT =ein O2Connell

Gens Una Sumus

(We are one famil!


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In the Beginning Chess Camp 4 by Igor Sukhin

King + rook vs. King + knight

In the Beginning 217 Chess Cam" #-$%&/Blac( to moe. Blac( wins the (ni'ht.

In the Beginning 218 Chess Cam">9553/

White to moe. White wins the (ni'ht.

217. 1...e2g2 threatenin'2...g2g1+.218. 1.h5h8+ and2.h8h7+.

In the Beginning 219 Chess Cam">955


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David v. Goliath

What do you do when you face a much

hi'her9rated opponent+ "o you simply

assume that you are 'oin' to lose the'ame+ If you ma(e that assumption, you

will almost certainly be proed ri'ht Or

do you do your leel best, fi'htin' as hard

as you can eery inch of the way+ That2s

the way to ta(e the part of "aid a'ainst

-oliath.

The idea of "aid . -oliath is based on

the mythical tale of the youn' boy "aid,armed only with a slin'shot, sent out to

fi'ht a'ainst a 'iant called -oliath. A well9

aimed stone from the slin'shot hit the

'iant on the head and (illed him.

Our 'ood friend -? atalia %o'onina runs

an e$cellent web site po'onina.com/ and

one of the most interestin' re'ular items

is the section called Dai) s* Golia+h ,

U"se+s of +he Wee*

In that section, Candidate ?aster %eter

hdano 'ies the most une$pected

upsets of the past wee(. 0e has done this

for D6 wee(s now, so there are a lot of

'ames to be found there.

The usual cut off for %eter2s choice of

'ames is a ratin' difference of 866 points,but it can be a lot more. ?ost of the

'ames are played between adults, but

sometimes a 'ame between a child and an

adult is featured. One such is the followin'

'ame between an adult rated 5855,

playin' White and a ten9year9old boy

rated more than *66 points lower 3


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17.d1d6 [17.f3g5 h6xg5 18.c1xg5f7f6 19.g5xf6 g7xf6 20.c2g6+ g8f8 21.g2xb7 e7xb7 22.g6xf6+ b7f723.f6h8+ f7g8 (23...f8e7?24.h8xc8+) 24.h8f6+ g8f7=

(24...f8e8? 25.d1xd6+ g8f726.d6xe6+ e8f8 27.f6h6+ f7g728.e6f6+ f8g8 29.f6g6) ]17...3e7d6 18.,g5 0/7g214.3$2h7+ g8,8 2.3h7h8+ ,8e7 21.3h8$8

21...h6g5 [21...g2c6!+] 22.g1g23d6d5+ 2.,2, /8d7 2*.3$8$7,7,6 25.#1-#2 #8d8 26.#2d23d5/5 27.d2$2 $*$ 28.3$7$d7e5 24.g2,2 d8h8 .3$$7+3/5d7 1.,2g2 h8d8 2.0$1-/2e5,7 .3$7$ ,7d6 *.$2d23d7$8 5.3$/ 3$8$* 6.3/d13$*$7 7.d2d d6$* 8.0/2$1/6/5 4.##* #7#6 *.h2h[40."#3x#8 c7x#8 41.#1x#8+ e7x#842.$4xb5 $6xb5=] *...d8d *1.e2d[41.#1x#3 c4e5 42.#3#1 b5x$4%]*1...3$7d6 *2.#*/5 #6/5

%edro Antonio2s "ad, #ustifiably proud,

proided the 'ame and photo. %edro

scored >E4 in that tournament in April. 0e

is now rated 3


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Novak Dokovi! " Boris Be!ker

ou no doubt (now that many famous personalities also li(e to play chess. The photo'raph

here was posted by "#o(oic on his Twitter feed. It shows him playin' Boris Bec(er in %aris

the day before the final of the French Open tennis / Championship.

There are some stran'e thin's about the position. For e$ample, what route did Blac(2s

)ueen ta(e from d


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#idia $%&NIK%'( )*ussia " ,orld -nder / Girls Champion

The winners of the championship with distin'uished officials

&idia, a WF? Woman FI"G ?aster/, rated

only 53;D tied for first with her hi'her

rated collea'ues iaziul(ina 58*>/ and

Ibrahimoa 556*/, all three scorin'


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0ere it is Tran, White, to moe.

39.h5f4 e4g3+ 40.f1!e1 (eepsWhite in the 'ame.

The 'ame continuation was 4.,h*

4...#2,2+ *.,1-e1 [40.f1!g1 "f2f7+] *...0$5/*+ *1.e1-d1 ,2d2+*2.d1-e1 [42.#1!c1 b4$3+ 43.c1!b1 e4c3+ 44.b1!$1 $3b2&]*2...d2d5+ -1

A conincin' finish by &idia came in her

'ame, as White, a'ainst Ale$andra Botez

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Puzzles selected by FST & FM e!in "#$%nnellwww.(ochess.com/

1 White to play. imple techni)ue.

Anna ?JC0J= 1 "elphine -!A

World outh Ch u3; -irls, Belfort 566*

2 Blac( to moe. "efend the f; or BeD+

G'le ?O!=JAITG 1 Glisabeth %AG0T

World outh Ch u3< -irls, Oropesa del ?ar 344

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