On The Move #7 July11small - Chess Club · On The Move ... play interclub chess. Melbourne Chess Club has a 54 round ... match against Paul Morphy ("The Pride & Sorrow of Chess")

On The Move July 2011

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The Future of Ratings

Is there too much chess in Melbourne?

The past decade has seen a boom in chess in schools in Victoria with a consequent flow on into senior chess. Victoria has a huge number of very talented juniors with many more waiting in the wings to take their place. The top of the pyramid has kids like James Morris, Bobby Cheng and Karl Zelesco...but they only got there by climbing on the shoulders of Jason Tang, Laurence Matheson, Ari Dale and many others who are just a fraction below.

This rise in talented juniors and explosion of school chess it seems to have enthused clubs as well. Every club wants to run a junior program, a weekender, and open event during the year and play interclub chess. Melbourne Chess Club has a 54 round tournament held in just one day! Every Saturday and every Sunday you can find at least one allegro, sometimes two or more, somewhere in Melbourne.

And yet with all this chess we still have weekenders attracting only 25 players, Vic Open never cracking the 100 player mark, Vic Junior stagnating at 85 players and Australian Championships losing numbers.

Is it that the number of tournaments has grown too quickly for the chess population? Should there be a "Grand Slam" of weekend tournaments in Victoria with a concerted effort to get each of

these 4 'major' events to attract 200+ players? Do we need big events? How does it hurt to have 20 small weekenders a year instead of 4 big ones?

David CordoverChess Guru

Covering Chess in Victoria, Australia and the WorldEdited by IM Robert Jamieson

Chess World Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 41 118 087 862

On The Move

In This Issue ....

World Championship UpdateGeelong OpenH.E.Bird

Warm up PuzzlesLetters to BobBook ReviewFitzroy SkittlesStudy Engames

Food for ThoughtLearn from the GrandmastersBest in the West Ad.Sammy ReshevskyMCC Open 2011

Fortress

BORIS

GELFAND

WORLD

CHAMP2B?

The secret to success in chess is to keep your brain warm at all times!

World ChampionshipUpdate

The FIDE Candidates took place in Kazan 3rd-27th May 2011. 8 players competed to produce one world championship candidate to face Viswanathan Anand. The first and second round matches were four games plus rapid and blitz playoffs if required. The final was of six games.

“This week in Chess” reports that: “Boris Gelfand's victory against Alexander Grischuk in the FIDE Candidates Final takes the Israeli player to the summit of his profession at the age of 42.

Gelfand beat Grischuk on the white side of a Grunfeld to win the only decisive game of the 6 game match and prevent the match going into a final day of rapid and possibly blitz.”

The only question that now arises is who is Boris Gelfand?

■ Federation: Israel■ Born: June 24th 1968■ Age: 42■ World Rank: 16■ Rating: 2733■ Won around 30 events in his

career■ 1st time candidate 1993■ Candidates Semi-Finals 1997■ Won FIDE World Cup 2009■ First Israeli player to qualify for a

World Chess Championship Match■ Oldest Challenger since Viktor

Korchnoi

Challenger Boris Gelfand

Candidates Final 2011B.Gelfand ISR 2733A.Grischuk RUS 2747Grunfeld Defence1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3 Qc8 16. Kh2 Ra5 17. Rd1 Rh5 18. Nh4 Bf6 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf2 Bxh4 21. gxh4 Nd5

22. Nxd5 Rhxd5 23. Bb2 Rb5 24. Qe2! Rh5 25. e4! Bxb3 26. Rdc1! Na5 27. d5! b6 28. Be5 c5 29. dxc6 f6 30. Ba1 Rc5 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qb5 Qc7 33. Rxb3 Nxc6 34. e5 Nd4 35. Qc4+ 1-0



Geelong Open 2011

This year’s Geelong Open was held from May 27th to May 29th. Bobby Cheng took a half-point bye in round one but was still able to tie for first place with Stephen Solomon after winning their individual game.

Solo was awarded the title on count-back.

The tournament trialled the Tornelo tournament management software which seemed to be well accepted by the players and all the games from the tournament are available at: http://auschess.tornelo.com/tournaments/geelong-open-championship.

Prize-Winners:=1st Place - IM Stephen Solomon, Bobby Cheng ($800)=3rd Place - Michael Sugrue, Geoffrey Gill, IM Leonid Sandler, Gregorio Albarracin, Tony Davis ($80)

U/1600 - Jamie Kenmure ($150)2nd - William Stokie ($75)

Top Junior - Benjamin Spencer ($100)2nd - William Maligin ($50)

Final Leading Scores

5/6 S.Solomon & B.Cheng4 M.Sugrue, G.Gill, L.Sandler, T.Davis &

G.Albarracin3.5 D.Garner, S.Fletcher & J.Kenmure(26 players)

Geelong Open 2011IM S.Solomon 2426FM B.Cheng 2362French Defence1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 h6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.c3 Nc6 8.O-O g5 9.h3 h5 10.g4 hxg4 11.hxg4 Qb6 12.c4 cxd4 13.cxd5 Ncxe5 14.dxe6 Qxe6

15.Re1 Qxg4+ 16.Kf1 Kd8 17.Be4 Rh1+ 18.Ke2 Rxe1+ 19.Kxe1 Bb4 20.Bd5 Nd3+ 21.Kf1 Nf4 22.Bc4 d3 23.Ke1 Ne5 24.Nh2 Qg1+ 25.Nf1 Ng2# 0-1.



IM Solomon v FM Cheng

H.E.BirdChess Master

1830 -1908

by IM Robert Jamieson

I have a number of eBooks on my iPad but only one chess book "Chess History & Reminiscences" by H.E.Bird.

This inspired me to play through some of Bird’s games on chessgames.com to see how chess players in the mid-19th century played. Initially I was disappointed and thought that Bird made some obvious blunders ... but then I looked further.

Henry Edward Bird had a impressive CV. He played in the first International Chess Tournament (London 1851) as well as most of the other great tournaments of the 19th Century such as Vienna 1873, New York 1876, Hastings 1895 and London 1899. He even played a short match against Paul Morphy ("The Pride & Sorrow of Chess") plus games against World Champions Anderssen, Steinitz and Lasker.

In Bird's time the aim was not so much to win your game but rather to create a brilliant sacrificial attack which would then bring credit on you and perhaps end up as a famous chess masterpiece. Did he succeed? Have a look and judge for yourself.

Here is Bird playing White against the World Champion, Steinitz, in 1867. A strange game with a nice finish.

London 1867H.E.Bird W.SteinitzRuy Lopez/Berlin Defence1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.O-O Nxd4? (Allowing White to recapture with a developing move. 7...0-0 was safer.) 8.Qxd4 Nc5 9.f4 b6 10.f5

10...Nb3?! (A nice trap, but not necessarily good) 11.Qe4 Nxa1 12.f6 Bc5+ (Obvious, but 12...Bf8 was safer) 13.Kh1 Rb8? (Saves the R but not the K! Better was 0-0) 14.e6!? (Flashy, but the simple 14.fxg7 Rg8 15.Qxh7 was good) 14...Rg8 15.Qxh7 (Missing mate in 3 with 15.exd7+ but perhaps going for a more artistic finish) 15...Rf8 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Re1+ Be7 (17...Qe7 also loses but forces White to find the mate in 6 moves. Can you?) 18.Qg8+ Rf8 19.f7#.

So Bird has his pretty finish after all.



Beating the World Champion, Steinitz, is nice but it is altogether a different matter playing Paul Morphy, the great American chess prodigy of the 19th century. See if you can pick Black’s next two moves from the diagrammed position.

London 1858H.E. BirdPaul MorphyLatvian Gambit1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bd6 9.Nh5 O-O 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.O-O-O

17...Rxf2!! 18.Bxf2 Qa3! 19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4 23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+ 28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1

Bird’s book makes interesting reading and, for a boring accountant, Bird shows some humour. Reflecting on one of his losses he commented “I played more like a goose than a Bird!”

Accidents do Happen

MCC Open 2011M.Pyke v M.Rujevic

Black to Play

An initial evaluation of the above position is that IM Rujevic is as dead as a dodo. White is two pawns ahead with a dangerous passed pawn and his King is safe. What could possibly go wrong?1. ... Be4 2.g3 Looks safe enough, but it does expose White’s King a bit. 2.Qd2 1-0 would have been a good alternative.2...Bd5 3.Qd2 OK, but 3.Qa4 covering both c2 and e4 and threatening 4.Qe8+ was more precise.3...Qe4 4.g4 g5 5.Qf2 gxf4 Now 6.Ng6+ Qxg6 7.Qd4+ is OK for White. Even 6.Nf3 is fine.6.d7????? is not. 6...Qh1# 0-1.

Oh well, accidents do happen!



Warm-Up PuzzlesThis month’s puzzles are all from grandmaster games and should be a good test of your tactical ability.

Position 1 (1 move)

White to Play

Position 2 (2 moves)

White to Play


White to Play


Black to Play

Answers below:



ANSWERS:#1 1.Rg6! and wins.#2 1.Rxd8! Rxd8 2.Be7 and wins.#3 1.Nxe5! Nxe5 2,Qc5+ Ke6 3.Qd5+ Kf6 4.Qd6+ and wins.#4 1...Rxg5+ 2.Kh6 Kf5 3.h8=Q Rg6+ 4.Kh5 NF5+ 5.Kh4 Rg4#

More Letters from Readers for you to enjoy...

Letters to Bob...

This letter is from Robert of East Berwick

Dear Bob,

I’m confused. I wanted to play in a chess championship over the last long week-end but the organiser didn’t like me and banned me from the tournament. Is he allowed to do that?

Dear Robert,

You need to understand how Victorian Chess is structured.

There is the Victorian (closed) Championship which is restricted to strong players only; there is the Victorian Open Championship in which anyone may play; and there is the the Victorian Not-Open Championship in which only friends of the tournament organiser can play.

I’m guessing you may be associated with a certain chess guru who is in the bad books with some tournament organisers and that is why you weren’t allowed to play in the Victorian Not-Open Championship.

You need to either change gurus or you can come around to my place and I’ll give you a game. I’m banned too!

This letter is from DUke MIChael of Fitzroy

Dear Bob,

I’m a retired member of the aristocracy and I spend my time these days telling the ACF how to be more business-like. In my spare time I play in allegro tournaments at the Fitzroy Chess Club where I try to teach the

peasants how to play better chess. My problem is that one of the peasants, “young Jimmy”, has started beating me and it’s very embarrassing losing to a member of the lower classes. What should I do?

Dear Duke,

Firstly let me say how nice it is to have a letter from royalty. I too am a fervent monarchist but I haven’t been to the Fitzroy Chess Club for some years after it was taken over by anarchists a few years ago. I believe they have even hired a graffiti artist to deface the exterior of the club!

The solution to your problem is simple. Instead of wasting your time trying to tell the ACF how to be more business-like (a futile task as their Deputy President {not KB - the other one} tells me they are not a business. Instead you need to get some intensive chess coaching so that you will improve and continue to beat the “little Jimmies” of this world. Ideally you could bribe one of Australia’s top coaches, Dave Hack, to coach you instead of little Jimmy, who I understand is his star pupil. That way you get to improve and you knobble little Jimmy at the same time.

Alternatively I know an excellent blog by Michael Baron with lots of instructive articles about how to improve your chess. Its http://australianchess.blogspot.com/ and contains all the latest theory.

Hope that helps,-Bob

BOB’S PRIVACY POLICYPlease be advised that opinions expressed on this page are entirely those of the author and have no connection with any chess official, chess club, association or chess guru. If the material published in any way causes offence and you do not wish to read it then it’s probably too late as you have reached the bottom of the page.



Book Review

Garry Kasparov onMy Great Predecessors

Reviewed by IM Robert Jamieson

I don’t read many chess books these days as I prefer to play through games on my iPad but I recently noticed some new books in the chess shop and stopped for a look.

I was particularly attracted to five volumes by Garry Kasparov on “My Great Predecessors” and I ended up buying volume 2 on Euwe to Tal.

It’s a great read! Kasparov really gives you an insight into the personalities of the world champions and analyses their strengths and weaknesses. The games that he has selected are very well annotated (with a little help from his computer!) and I like the fact that each games has 4 or 5 diagrams so that you

can follow them in your head rather than having to set up a board and play through them.

I learnt a lot about Euwe, who I once played in a simul when he toured Australia in the 1970s, who comes across as a true gentleman as well as a very good chess player.

Take for instance the following position form his world championship match against Alekhine. It looks like a quiet position but Euwe comes up with a !! move. Can you find it? (By the way the 5 volumes of Kasparov are very cheap at $35 to $45 each - thanks to the AUS $!)

Euwe v Alekhine 1935

White to Play



Answer:Euwe played 1.Ra2!! preventing ...Bb5 and tying Black up. He then won comfortably on the kingside.

Fitzroy Skittles

By Robert Jamieson

Back in the 1970ʼs I used to enjoy playing in the annual Beaumaris Skittles Event which was run my Edwin Malitis and sponsored by David Tabak.

The “skittles” format gave players starting points that varied from 1.5 points for the top players to 5 points for lower rated players. Each loss then cost you a point and each draw half a point and when you were down to zero you were eliminated.

This handicap gave everyone a chance to win the huge $100 first prize. Glancing back through my old copies of “Chess in Australia” I see that in 1973 I took first prize with 12 straight wins but second place was Michael Maksacheff on 3 handicap points so everyone has a chance. Way back in =6th place was a 13 year-old boy also on 3 points named Ian Rogers.

This type of tournament can

also create a few strange scenarios. On one occasion I was in the final play-off against Tony Weidenhoffer who had only half a point left. I offered a draw in a slightly better position and he immediately accepted. Only then did someone point out to Tony that by accepting he had eliminated himself!

This year the MCC is organising the “Fitzroy Skittles” on Sunday 4th September as per the flyer below. Why not come along - it sounds like great fun.



FOOD FOR THOUGHT...by FM Grant Szuveges

For the past 12 years, even through my time away from chess, I continued to think about the game and the scene that it is played in.

Six or seven years ago, I had the thought that I would like to write some articles about the chess scene here in Australia with some ideas that I have thought up over time. Although I had all of these ideas, I really didn’t know what form of medium to use to express them, but now that “On The Move” has been relaunched and is now a fixture in Victorian chess, I feel that it is the perfect place to unleash my ideas onto the chess audience and hopefully contribute more to the game itself!

My ideas are not criticism of any chess organisations in Australia or of the way that chess in Australia is currently run – they are simply food for thought, and thus that will be the name of my column. Not everyone will necessarily like all of my ideas, however hopefully some of them will be at least considered by clubs, state and national bodies.

ARTICLE 1: JUNIOR CHESS– Let’s reward participation!

While I consider junior chess to be extremely important to the Australian chess scene, I have one major issue with the way it is run – it is way too elitist! Recently a parent was telling me about the JETS

(Junior Elite Training Squad) program – which until then, I had never heard of. The JETS program is the epitome of elitism, with only the very best juniors of each age group being invited to participate! It simply rewards the best players and leaves the rest on the scrapheap!

There is a place for elitism in chess, but I don’t think that junior chess is that place. When I think of elite players I think of grandmasters, not of 9 year olds rated 1400 yet playing at 1700 strength! If these kids were adults nobody would care one iota. Yet because they are still kids, those with self appointed doctorates in chess talent

scouting tout them as future GMs and “the next big thing”… Becoming a GM is a lot harder than people think!

What really concerns me though is the effect that the “elite” tag has on the kids – both on the kids who have it

and the kids who don’t. I fear that the “elite” ones who are being given special treatment are being given a false impression that chess is easy and that they will get to the top regardless. The reality is that the ones who work hardest will go the furthest. I also fear that the kids who are not considered “elite” will drop out of chess or simply become bitter and disillusioned with the game and the lack of opportunities it provides for them to improve. These kids also need recognition!

While we certainly should not scrap the JETS program, the “best junior” prize in tournaments or national and state junior titles, we should also focus on rewarding participation and effort. In other words, reward the kids who play the most – they are the ones paying more entry fees to clubs and tournament organisers and they are the ones who love the game and will keep the chess scene going in the future!



“Another step Australian chess can

take to move forward is to reward activity and

participation”

I suggest that we run another program along side JETS – a program where the 30 kids who play the most FIDE or ACF rated tournament games get to be part of a similar special training squad. You never know, you may just find a diamond in the rough who knows how to defend and knows how to work hard at the board because he/she has had to do it all by him/herself! I find that these players are mentally tougher and chess often means more to them than it does to the ones whom it has come easier to at an early age. Chess is full of players who blossomed late. Malcolm Pyke, Domagoj Dragicevic and even GM Darryl Johansen all did rather well for themselves despite not being considered “elite” whilst still juniors.

Of course not all juniors invited to a squad will become strong players. There will be kids involved in the current JETS program who will never make 1800. The point is though, that some of these kids, while becoming 1300 at chess, may become 2500 at chess administration or 2400 at finding sponsorship for chess.

While it is great that the Australian chess scene is nurturing the strongest juniors playing chess in this country, another step Australian chess can take to move forward is to reward activity and participation. Lets reward the juniors who play the most chess and keep playing the game, whether they get to 1300, 1500, 1800 or even minus 1800!

Next time:In the next issue, I will discuss what I feel is the biggest problem facing Australian chess at the moment – the loss of adults rated between 1900 and 2300. Too many of these players are leaving chess for any number of reasons! I have some ideas which we should consider implementing in order to keep these players in the game – remember, it is from this crop of players that we will find our next FMs, IMs and even GMs!



Learn from the GrandmastersKarpov v Spassky 1973

White to Play

Here is an interesting position from the 1973 Moscow Teams Championship. Spassky is the exchange ahead for a pawn. What would you play if you were Karpov and what should Spassky reply?

1.Bxc4 looks tempting but Karpov chose 1.Nh4. Spasskyʼs reply? “I resign!” Whatʼs going on here? Canʼt Black play 1...Rg8 or Nf8 for instance?

After 1.Nh4 Rg8 (1. ... Nf8 2.Nxg6 Nxg6 3.Rxd6 Qxd6 4.Qh5+ Kg8 5.Qxg6+ Kf8 6.Nf5 Re6 7.Nxd6) 2.Rxd6 Qxd6 3.Nhf5 gxf5 4.Qh5+ Kg7 5.Nxf5+ Kf8 6.Bxc4 Qe7 7.Bxg8 1-0 so it looks like Spassky was correct after all. What can we learn from this? Perhaps Karpov and Spassky look at moves (sacrifices) that we ignore. Perhaps they look deeper than us so that they have a better idea of what is coming.

Something to think about next time you play.

Move in haste, repent at leisure.

In chess it’s very easy to focus on your grand plans and to forget about what your opponent is doing. That’s why you need to develop a patient routine whereby you always check for surprise replies before you make your move.

Sometimes even very good players forget this procedure.

Vic. Open 2011Tony Davis 1876FM Bobby Cheng 2335French Defence1.Nc3 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3 c5 8.e5 Be7 9.dxc5 Nd7 10.Qe2 Nxc5 11.O-O-O a6 12.h4 f5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.g4 f4 15.g5

15...b5?? 16.Bxh7+ 1-0After 16...Kxh7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.g6 mate follows.



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Sammy Reshevsky1911 - 1992

From chess prodigy togrumpy old man in a silly hat

Sammy Reshevsky was a child prodigy at chess who toured Europe then America as a young boy giving simultaneous displays to amazed audiences.

"How could this little boy dressed in a sailor suit be so good at chess?" He won the USA Championship no less than seven times and, according to Kasparov was perhaps the strongest player in the world from 1946-1956 although he never got to play a match for the World Championship.

QUOTESGM Reuben Fine: “Others get tired, or excited, or rattled, or lose interest, or lose hope; Reshevsky never.”

Botvinnik: “Why donʼt you take your cap off?”Reshevsky: “I always wear it.”Botvinnik: “Even at night?”Reshevsky: “Yes.”

In the Candidates Tournament at Zurich in 1953, one of the strongest tournaments ever, Reshevsky was battling to finish ahead of the Russians. His crucial game was against Geller, where Reshevsky as White reached the diagrammed position below two pawns ahead. Surely this is a win?

He had just played his rook to f5 attacking Black's last pawn. Black can defend the pawn with either 1...Ra5 or 1...Kg4, but could he save the game? How can Black draw?

Reshevsky v Geller 1953

Black to Play (answer at end)



Reshevsky v Najdorf 1952

White to play and win (answer at end)If Black has time for one more move (Kg7) he is probably OK but Reshevsky gets in first. What was his winning move?



ANSWERS:1. Geller played 1...Rf3+!! as 2.Kxf3 is stalemate and after 2.Kg3 Rxg3+ is the same. Reshevsky played on with 2.Ke2 Rxg3 3.Rxf5+ Kxh4 4.Kf2 Ra3 but had to concede a draw as his King is cut off from the passed pawn and he cannot make progress. Poor Sammy had missed his chance to win the tournament and challenge the Russians for the World Championship.2. Reshevsky played 1.Bb4! and Black resigned as 1...Bxb4 2.Rxb8+ Kg7 3.Rb7 wins the Q.

MCC Open 2011This event was convincingly won by IM James Morris with a score of 7.5/9.

Carl Gorka supplied a lively round by round commentary on his chess blog. Here is the game between the two leaders.

D.Dragicevic v J.Morris1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Rb8 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Nxa5 bxa5 15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Rec1 Nb6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. fxe5 Nxa4

21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qxa4 Qxe5 24. Qxa5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Bb7 26. Re1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rb5 28. Qc3 Qd5+ 29. Kg1 e5 30. Rbd1 Bb4 31. Qxb4 Rxb4 32. Bxb4 Qa8 33. Bxf8 Qxf8 34. c3 Qc5+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 36. Kh3 Qc8+ 37. Kg2 Qb7+ 38. Kg1 Qxb2 39. Rc1 Qb6+ 40. Kf1 a5 41. c4 a4 42. c5 Qc6 43. Kg1 h5 44. Red1 a3 45. Rd6 Qf3 46. Rdd1 a2 47. c6 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Qxc6 49. Rd8+ Kg7 50. Raa8 Kg6 51. Rh8 Qf3 52. Rhd8 Kf5 53. Ra2 Kg4 54. Rf2 Qe3 55. Kg2 Qe4+ 56. Kg1 Kh3 57. Rh8 Qg6 58. Rb8 f5 59. Rb3 Kg4 60. h3+ Kg5 61. Kh2 Qe6 62. Rfb2 f4 63. gxf4+ Kxf4 64. Rf2+ Ke4 65. Re2+ Kd4 66. Rd2+ Kc4 67. Rb7 Qa6 68. Rc7+ Kb3 69. Rxf7 e4 70. Re7 Qc6 71. Rdd7 Qg6 72. Rd4 h4 73. Rdxe4 Qg3+ 74. Kh1 Qxh3+ 1/2-1/2

FORTress!An unusual resource in chess is the “blockade.” The losing player sets up a fortress which his opponent cannot breach.

Take the following position for example. The Q should beat the two pieces but Black has set up a fortress and just moves his K from a7-a8-b8 and draws.

Reshevsky v Fischer 1966

White to Play

Have a look at the position from the 1966 USA Championship between the veteran Reshevsky and the young Bobby Fischer.Has Fischer set up a fortress that his more experienced opponent cannot breach?The answer is at the bottom of the page.

For a bit of fun have a look at the following position.

White to Play and draw!

I won’t give you the answer, but if you are struggling think of a pyramid!



ANSWER to Reshevsky v FischerNo! 1.Kc3!! Kh7 (If 1. ... Rf3+ 2.Kb4 Rxb3+ 3.axb3 Kh7 4.Kxb5 Kh6 5.Kc4 Kh5 6.b4 Kh4 7.b5 Kxh3 8.b6 g4 9.b7 g3 10.b8=Q 1-0) 2.Kb4 Re5 3.a3 Kh6 (3. ... Kh8 4.Qd3 Kh7 5.Qxb5) 4.Qg8 g4 5.h4 g5 6.h5! 1-0.

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On The Move #7 July11small - Chess Club · On The Move ... play interclub chess. Melbourne Chess Club has a 54 round ... match against Paul Morphy ("The Pride & Sorrow of Chess")