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The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon:

The return of a Classical on its 20th anniversary edition

In 1998, Carsten Hansen and Peter Heine wrote their “Accelerated Dragon” with the best rigor of the times. The book was

a hit, and soon went out of print. Sicilian Dragon players have, unsuccessfully looked for copies to buy or borrow. At one

point, the few who sold a used copy were asking as much as $200 for it. Then, this year we got a new edition of the

Accelerated Dragon, the comeback of a now classical. FM Carsten is a regular contributor to the En Passant, having

contributed high-level, exclusive articles to this award-winning newsletter. Note that the 20th anniversary edition has new

games, improved analysis, and a few corrections. This is a must-buy for Dragon enthusiasts. As of today, the 20th

anniversary edition is not yet for sale except its Kindle edition. A paper version of this 20th anniversary should be out

soon.

John Barroso, En Passant Editor.

FM Carsten about the release of the 20th edition of the Accelerated Dragon:

In 1998 the chess world looked a lot different, especially in terms of the quality of books.

Even the bigger chess publishers released books that contained incredibly flawed analysis,

without strong chess engines to check every line, the authors were required to rely on their

own analytical skills and sense of tactical judgments and positional assessments.

What made our book interesting and what provided enduring value was both Peter Heine

Nielsen and I put our hearts and souls into the project. Peter was a young grandmaster,

eager to show his analytical skills and the depth of his understanding, I was eager to prove

that I belonged as an author based on my analytical skills and ideas and both of us were

deeply inspired by our compatriot Bent Larsen in our thinking. That put together made for

an original book that provided a bunch of fresh ideas and passion for the opening that we cared so much about.

Then came the unusual fact that the print run was extremely limited, the publisher of the first edition, was in

dire straits financially, making the availability of the book much less than it otherwise would have been and it

went out of print rather rapidly. Since then, Peter went ahead to become a top grandmaster (his rating peaking at

2700) and a coach for both Anand and Carlsen. I have written another 25 books on chess, many of them very

well received. Therefore, shortly after the 2016 World Championship match in New York had ended, we

decided that we should reissue the book with some corrections and additions, providing new readers with access

to some instructive games and annotations in an opening that is still as viable as we demonstrated it to be twenty

years ago. We hope that new readers will enjoy this book as we enjoyed writing it and revisiting the original

material.

Ashley Priore’s Queens Gambit Chess Institute’s Chess Tournament

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STORIES FROM THE BATTLEFRONT Ozbek,Melih (2037) - Schreiber,Jeffrey (1900)

[B99] Sicilian Najdorf, 7….Be7, main line

Tuesday Night (Round 5), 02.10.2015

Annotated by Melih Ozbek, Pittsburgh Chess Club Vice-President.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.0–0–0 Qc7

10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.f5 Nc5 14.f6 gxf6 15.gxf6 Bf8 16.Rg1 b4 [16...h5 17.Rg7 b4

18.Nd5 exd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.Nc6 Bb7 21.Bh3 Bxc6 22.dxc6 Ne5 23.Bd7+ Kd8 24.Qe4]

17.Nd5! [The only move in these positions.]

17...exd5 18.exd5 Bd7 [18...Nd7 19.Nc6 Bb7 20.Qe4+ Ne5 21.Kb1]

19.Re1+ [19.Rg7! 0–0–0 20.Rxf7+– Bh6+ 21.Kb1 Rdf8 22.Rxf8+ Bxf8 23.f7 h5 24.Re1 Qd8 25.a3 bxa3 26.Qxa3 Kb7

27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.dxc6+ Kxc6 29.Bg2+ d5 30.Re8 Qc7 31.Qc3 Qxf7 32.Rc8+ Kb5 33.Qxh8+–]

19...Kd8 20.Kb1! [Best. I really, really wanted to play 20.Rg7 but it doesn't work: 20.Rg7 Qa5 21.Nc6+ (21.Ne6+ Kc8

22.Re3 Ra7) 21...Bxc6 22.dxc6 b3! 23.c7+ Kxc7 24.Rxf7+ Kb6–+]

20...Na4? [It's obvious that it's only White who can attack in this position. Perhaps Black was attracted to a simplifying

tactic on c3 (after 21..Nxb2 22.Kxb2 Qc3+ etc.) but that looks very artificial, and I do not have to take on b2!]

[20...Qa5 21.Bh3 (21.Ne6+) ; 20...Kc8 21.Rg7 Ba4 22.b3 Bb5 (22...Kb7! 23.bxa4 Bxg7 24.fxg7 Rhe8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Qg3

Qd8 27.Qf2) 23.Nxb5 axb5 24.Bxb5 Kb7 25.Bc6+ Ka7 26.Bxa8 Kxa8 27.Re8+ Ka7 28.Qh5 Bxg7 29.Re7 Qxe7 30.fxe7

Bf6 31.Qxf7+–]

21.Rg7 Nxb2 [21...Nc3+ 22.bxc3 bxc3 23.Rxf7 Qb6+ 24.Nb3 a5 25.Bh3 Ra7 26.Rfe7 a4 27.Qxc3 axb3 28.Re8+ Bxe8

29.Qc8#]

22.Ne6+! [A stunner! Black's reply is forced, and it doesn't really matter how he takes on e6.]

(Diagram 1)

[22.Rxf7 was the prosaic way to win: 22...Qc3 23.Nc6+ Kc7 24.Re3 Qc5 25.Qg4]

22...Bxe6 [22...fxe6 23.dxe6 Bc6 (23...Bxg7 24.fxg7 So, let's see... When was the last time I was

down two pieces, but there were four (!) opponent pieces hanging !??? Nb2, Ra8, Rh8, Bd7 -

they're all en prise! 24...Rg8 25.exd7 (random fact: Stockfish announces mate in 17) 25...Rb8

(25...Rxg7 26.Qxa8+ Kxd7 27.Qe8#) 26.Qf7) 24.Qf5 Bxg7 25.e7+ Ke8 (25...Qxe7 26.Rxe7) 26.f7# A beautiful mate

(Diagram 4).] This is diagram 4, pasted here to illustrate the above mentioned line.

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23.dxe6 Rc8 24.e7+ Ke8 25.exf8Q+ Kxf8 (Diagram 2)

26.Kxb2 [Here I considered 26.Qe3!, which forces mate in a few moves, and I even saw the idea

Rg8+!. But in time pressure, some details around ..Qxc2+ were blurry, so I went for a safer win.

26.Qe3! Qxc2+ 27.Ka1 White is mating as the threat of Rg8+ is unstoppable: 27...Qc7 28.Rg8+

Rxg8 (28...Kxg8 29.Qg5+ Kf8 30.Qg7#) 29.Qh6+ Rg7 30.Qxg7#]

26...Qxc2+ 27.Ka1 Qd2 28.Qd1 [28.Rxf7+! I completely missed this. 28...Kxf7 29.Qb7+ Kg6

30.Qg7+ Kh5 31.Be2+ Qxe2 32.Rxe2]

28...Qc3+ 29.Kb1 Qxf6 30.Rg3 [Black has three pawns for the piece, but that's temporary. His King is still very exposed,

while my King is actually not in any real danger, especially after I play Bd3. White is winning.]

30...Rc3 31.Rxc3 [31.Bd3!]

31...bxc3 32.Bd3 Qd4 33.Qc2?! [33.Rf1]

33...Qb4+?! [33...Rg8]

34.Ka1 d5 [34...Rg8]

35.Qe2! [Forcing a queen trade, otherwise the attack is unbearable. The rest is a matter of technique.] (Diagram 3)

35...Qb2+ 36.Qxb2 cxb2+ 37.Kxb2 Kg7 38.Bxa6 Rb8+ 39.Ka1 Rb6 40.Bd3 Rh6 41.Re2 Rh3

42.Rd2 Kf6 43.a4 Ke5 44.a5 Kd6 45.a6 Rh4 46.Ra2 Rg4 47.a7 Rg1+ 48.Bb1 Rg8 49.a8Q

Rxa8 50.Rxa8 [Black played on till I forced mate the next move. A sharp, sacrificial Sicilian.]

1–0

Ashley Priore, PCC Secretary,

featured in Chess Life Ashley was featured on the September issue of Chess Life, page 9 after

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The Insane Corner, Edition 4 by John Barroso, En Passant Editor

White to move. Checkmate in three.

GM John Emms, with black, was shocked, in his own words.

Credit:

John Emms’ “The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book”, Gambit Publishers, p. 38, puzzle 143.

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Korchnoi, Viktor - D'Eramo, Patsy A., Jr.

Pittsburgh Simul 1981 A57, Benko/Volga Gambit

Korchnoi’s loss to Patsy D’eramo in a famous Simul sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chess Club:

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. e4 axb5 10.

Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. O-O Bxb5 13. axb5 Qb6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe2

Rfb8 17. f4 c4+ 18. Kh1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nd3 20. g3 Nxb2 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Bg7 23. Nf3

Nd3 24. Kg2 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd4 26. Nc6 Qxc3 27. Rf1 Rxb5 See diagram to the right >

Up to this position, according to Fritz, the position is equal, but Korchnoi’s next move puts

white behind by 1.99 points and allows two checks, which will eventually lead to the black c

pawn promotion.

28. Qxe7 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bf2 31. Qe4 c3 0-1

The second diagram shows how the game ended on move 31. If continued, Fritz give a large advantage (+3.58) to black if

32. Qe8+ and an even larger advantage (+5.94) if 32. Ne7+. Fritz plays the position to an endgame where white loses in

any of the two lines.

Diagram of final position after 31…c3.

Patsy D’Eramo can be found at http://users.zoominternet.net/~paderamo/

YISRAEL’S TACTICS SOLUTIONS: # 1 An effort from the World’s U10 Championship +4.53 1. Bxe4 dxe4 2. dxc5 Rxc5 3. Red1 Rd8 4. Be5 Rc6 5. c5 Bxe5 6. Qxd7 Rxd7 7. Rxd7 Bc7 8. b4 Kf8 9. Rd4 Ke8 10. Rxe4 Bb6 11. Kg2 Bd8 12. Rd4 Be7 13. Kf3 h6 14. Rcd1 b6 15. cxb6 Rxb6 16. Rc4 Bd6

17. a3 Ke7 18. Rc2 g5 19. Ke4 Bb8

#2 +8.36 1. Re6 Nc8 2. Rxd6 Rxd6 3. Qe5+ Kg8 4. Qe3 Kg7 5. Qxc5 Rfd8 6. Qc3+ Kg8 7. Bb3 Nb6 8. Qa5 Nc8 9. Re1 Kg7 10. Qc7

#3 +299.851. Nd8+ Bf5 2. Qxf5+ Ke8 3. Qf8+ Kd7 4. Qxg7+ Kc8 5. Qg4+ Kd8 6. Rf8+ Ke7 7. Qg7+ Kd6 8. Rf6+ Kd5 9. Qg5+ Ke4 10. Rf1 Qc5 11. Qxc5 Rd8 12. Qf5+ Ke3 13.

Re1+ Kd2 14. Qf2+ Kd3 15. Qe2#

#4 +299.74 Yes, I’m sure many of you figured out that with the best defense it is a forced mate in 26 (actually Ludvigsen resigned after 8 moves) 1. Rc7+ Kc7 2. Qe7+ Kb6 3. Nxc4+ Ka6 4. Qd6+ Ka7 5. Qc5+ Ka8 6. Qxf8+ Ka7 7.Qxf7+ Ka6 8. Qf6+ Ka7 9. Qb6+

Ka8 10. Qd8+ Ka7 11. Qc7+ Qb7 12. Qxb7+ Kb7 13.e6 Ra8 14. d5 f4 15. e7 Rg8 16. gxf4 h4 17. e8=Q Rxe8 18. Rxe8 h3 19. Re7+

Ka6 20. d6 g5 21. d7 Kb5 22. d8=Q Kc5 23. Rc7+ Kb4 24. Ne5 gxf4 25. Qb8+ Ka3 26.Ra7#

#5 Houdini rates the “obvious” variation starting with the capture 1…..Nc5 at -1.30 in blacks favor, however Grandelius goes for the neck with the forced mate 1... Rf6+ 2. Nxf6 Qxf6+ 3. Kg4 Qe6+ 4. Kf3 Qf5+ 5. Ke2 Qxf2+ 6. Kd1 Qd2#

#6 -5.74 1... Nf6 2. Nxe5 Rxc2 3. Bxc2 Qa1 4. Qf4 Qxe5 5. Qxe5 Nxg4+ 6. Kh3 Nxe5+ 7. Kh4 Kg6

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Pittsburgh Chess History, Edition 2:

Legendary Korchnoi gives Simul against 40 in Pittsburgh By John Barroso, En Passant Editor

Korchnoi was not a World Champion, but has defeated several of them and was among the highest players of his day. He

visited Pittsburgh, gave a Simul sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chess Club in 1981. See newspaper write-up below. In this

edition we published one of his losses in that Simul, when he played against Patsy A. Deramo, former PCC member.

Credit: newspapers.com

The above write-up appeared in Pittsburgh Press on April 15, 1981. Wikipedia tells us that the newspaper appears now in

the afternoon online edition of the Post-Gazette.

With a membership ($44.95 for six months) subscribers gain access to more than 140 million historical documents in the

newspapers.com database.

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Chess is 99% Tactics Yisrael Isaacson

Find the best winning line. Some positions may have a number of winning lines, but the answers given are those that the

chess engine Houdini 4 evaluates as best and will have a valuation at least 2 – 3 points higher than the next best.

White to move.

Khotenashvili vs Djukic

Marina d'Or 1998

White to move.

Nandhidhaa vs Karthikeyan

Groningen 2016

White to move.

Karpov vs Korchnoi

Baguio 1978 (game 8)

White to move.

Adams vs Ludvigsen

Oakham 1986

Black to move.

So vs Grandelius

Malmo 2011

Black to move.

Reshevsky vs Larsen

Lugano 1968

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THREE YEARS IN A ROW! We have won, once again, the Chess Journalists Award for Best USA Newsletter 2018!

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Gareyev, King of Blindfold played stunning tactics!

(1342) Yu, Jerry – (2678) Gareyev, Timur (Black is playing blindfolded). [C50], Hungarian Defense

Pittsburgh Blindfold Simul, 15 Boards, June 2nd 2018.

The event took place at the Pittsburgh Chess Club premises on 5604 Solway Street.

PGN format to more easily type into a playing software like Fritz:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.Nbd2 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bh2 Qf6 11.Bxe6 fxe6

12.Qe2 0–0–0 13.0–0 Rhg8 14.Nxe5 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Nd4 16.Qd1 gxf4 17.Nef3 Rg6 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19.c3 Bb6 20.Kh1

Rdg8 21.Qf3 Qh4 22.Nc4 Rxg2 23.Qxg2 Rxg2 24.Kxg2 Bxf2 25.Rxf2 Qg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxd3+ 27.Ke1 Qxe4+ 28.Re2 Qh1+

29.Kd2 Qxa1 30.Rxe6 Qxa2 31.Re8+ Kd7 32.Re4 b5 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.h3 Be6 8.Nbd2 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Bh2 [10.Nxe5 Nxg3 11.Nxc6

Qf6]

10...Qf6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 0–0–0 13.0–0 Rhg8 14.Nxe5 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Nd4 16.Qd1 gxf4 17.Nef3 [17.Ng4 Qg7 18.c3

Nc6 19.d4 Bb6 20.Qf3 h5 21.Nh2 Ne5 22.dxe5 dxe5 23.Nc4 Rd3]

17...Rg6 [17...Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 (18.Qxf3 Rg3 19.Qe2 Rdg8) 18...Qg7 19.Ne1 Rdf8 20.Qf3 Qxb2]

18.Nxd4? [18.Kh1! Rdg8 19.c3 Nxf3 20.Qxf3 Rxg2 21.Rg1= Rxg1+ (21...R2g7 22.e5!? dxe5 23.Ne4 Qf8 24.Rxg7 Rxg7

25.Qh5 Bd6 26.Rg1=) 22.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 23.Kxg1 b5 24.d4 Bb6 25.Qh5 b4 26.Kf1 bxc3 27.bxc3 Kb7 28.Nc4 Qg7 29.Ke2]

18...Bxd4 19.c3 Bb6 20.Kh1 Rdg8 21.Qf3 Qh4! 22.Nc4 [22.Rae1 Rxg2 23.Qxg2 (23.d4? R2g3 24.fxg3 Qxh3+ 25.Kg1

Rxg3+ 26.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 27.Kh1 Qh3+ 28.Kg1 c5 29.Nf3 e5 30.Rd1 cxd4 31.cxd4 Bxd4+ 32.Nxd4 exd4 33.Rd2 Qe3+ 34.Rff2

d3–+) 23...Rxg2 24.Kxg2 Qg5+ 25.Kf3 (25.Kh1 Qa5 26.a3 Qa4 27.Rc1 Qb5 28.Nc4 Qh5 29.Kg2 Qe2) 25...Qh5+ 26.Kg2

Qa5 27.Nc4 Qxa2 28.Rd1 Qb3 29.Nxb6+ axb6 30.Rd2µ; 22.d4 Rxg2 23.Rg1 R8g3 24.Rxg2 Rxh3+ 25.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 26.Rh2

Qd3 27.f3 c5µ]

22...Rxg2 23.Qxg2 Rxg2 24.Kxg2

24...Bxf2! 25.Rxf2 Qg3+ 26.Kf1 Qxd3+ 27.Ke1 [27.Kg1 Qxc4 28.Rxf4 Qd3]

27...Qxe4+ 28.Re2 [28.Kd2 Qxc4 29.Raf1 e5–+]

28...Qh1+ 29.Kd2 Qxa1 30.Rxe6 Qxa2 31.Re8+ Kd7 32.Re4 b5 0–1

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Insane Corner Solution, edition 4:

Below is the John Emms very text. Fritz 13

could not find any defenses for Black as the

Black king will be trapped after Nb7+

G. Flear vs. J.Emms, Hastings, 1989/90:

1. b8Q+

(this came as a bit of a shock!)

1…Bxb8 2. Nb7+ Kc8 3. Ne7#

(1-0)

Above is the position

after 3. Ne7#

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