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BATTLE OF THE GIANTS (Nov. 17-18, 2007)
TheRIGHTMOVE DECEMBER
English Chess Federation—Junior Chess [email protected]
2007
Fresh from their triumphs in the National Youth Chess Association
Under 12 and Under 14 finals, as well as victory over Ireland in June, a six-teen strong Sussex Junior Chess team arrived confidently in Leiderdorp, for Holland’s Battle of the Giants. With twelve English players, six national champions, and six foot seven Andrew
Tucker in the team, we felt we had to do well. Eight teams from five coun-tries were competing for the title, sub-stantial cash prizes, or for fifth place, “a large cake.”
In 2005, when the event was last held, we came third behind a very strong Belgian and Dutch team, so we knew the competition would be fierce.
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Battle of the Giants ............................................. 1
From the Director ............................................... 3
Editor’s Foreword ................................................ 5
Game of the Month ............................................. 5
Richmond Junior Chess Club ............................. 9
World Juniors 2007 ........................................... 10
Q&A ................................................................... 13
Christmas Quiz & Questions and Answers ....... 14
4 NCL Entry Form ............................................. 16
Chess Puzzle Page ............................................. 17
Junior Chess Openings ..................................... 18
National Championships + Forms ................21-23
November Answers .............................................24
C O N T E N T S (December 2007)
The first round went very well, with an impressive 14-2 victory against Dutch club, Schaakmaat. We scored 11½-5½ in the second round against the French side Le Perchay, but Zukertort of Hol-land had scored even better against the same opposition, so we knew we faced a much tougher fight against them. Af-ter a stirring team talk from Jonathan Tuck, everyone raised their game and we ended up winning 12 - 4.
On the Saturday evening, our hosts organised an evening of Krazee chess, Fischer random, and a wild version of exchange where the taken piece had to be hurled across the room to the play-er’s partner. Flying Knights filled the air as children screamed and spectators took cover.
Sunday was always going to be cru-cial. The two strongest teams from the other group, hosts Leiderdorp and the Belgian national team, had both beaten Sussex in 2005. We faced Leiderdorp
in the morning with some trepidation, but when Felix Haxby came out after five minutes with a win, the omens looked good. As it turned out, the whole team excelled themselves, scor-ing 12½ - 3. Those who finished early had the unique opportunity to play an international master dressed as Father Christmas and his two assistants, who were duly despatched by nine year old Robert Fitzgerald and ten year old Toby Harris. After one last stirring team talk from Jonathan and more words of en-couragement from our gallant captain Grant Bucher, the team faced its final battle, against the highly rated Belgian national outfit, Promotie Jeugdschaak Vlaanderen, the 2005 winners. As the players started to come back, we re-alised we were heading for a famous victory, finally winning by a margin of 13 - 3.
Every player, Grant Bucher, Joe Fra-ser, Andrew Tucker, George Salimbeni, David Grant, Alex Galliano, Zi-yuan Qu, Matthew Payne, Jude Lenier, Shyam and Ram Mohan, Polly Lambert, Rob-ert Fitzgerald, Felix Haxby, Toby Harris, and even four foot two Otto Pyper, was a giant.
The event was brilliantly organised with the Dutch arbiters impressively and seamlessly explaining the tourna-ment arrangements in five languages. We look forward to Jonathan doing the same at the next Sussex training day. The smooth running of the whole trip was a tribute to the organisational skills of Claire Salimbeni and the fantastic support of Sussex parents.
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Welcome to our bumper Christmas issue of The Right Move.
From the Director
The National Schools Chess Championships are now underway. Entries are up 45% from last year, with 135 schools competing in the local zones, hoping
to qualify for the national knockouts. We know that some schools are unable to travel to the zone stages, and so this year we are introducing two one day cham-pionships for schools who were unable to enter the championship originally, or those who didn’t make it through their zones and want another way to qualify. Entry forms for both of these championships can be found on pages 22-23. Why not take it to your chess teacher and ask if you can enter a team?
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Our top junior players have been extremely busy at the World Youth Chess Championships. Callum Kilpatrick will provide a full report on the event next month, but I would like to say that I’m thrilled with the results of our competi-tiors, some of whom had never competed as such a high level before, including one brave soul who stepped in with a week’s notice when a player withdrew. Seasoned competitors like David Howell lead the charge, starting the final round on board 1, playing the top seed in the under 18s for World Championship vic-tory. Unfortunately it was not to be, but David came equal 7th.
Congratulations to: Matthew Wadsworth u8
Anna Wang u8 girls
Adam Taylor u10
Daniel Hunt u12
Radha Jain u12 girls
Maria Wang u12 girls
Yang-Fan Zhou u14
Abigail Pritchard u14 girls
Callum Kilpatrick u16
Ankush Khandelwal u16
Amisha Parmar u16 girls
Jessica Thilaganathan u16 girls
David Howell u18
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December sees the annual Hastings International Chess Congress, a world fa-mous event, which started with a fantastic tournament in 1895, still regarded as probably the best chess event ever held. Over the years all world chess champi-ons, except Fischer and Kasparov, have played at Hastings. It’s even mentioned in Chess The Musical. Talking of Chess The Musical, there’s a 21st anniversary concert being held at the Royal Albert Hall in May 2008. For those of you too young to remember there even was a musical about chess, it was written by Sir Tim Rice and the boys from Abba, and I highly recommend it.
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Enjoy the quiz this month and have a great Christmas. Remember there are two John Robinson World Championship Grand Prix events over the holidays: Hast-ings and the London Junior Championships.
Claire [email protected]
EVENTS TO REMEMBER
The 4 Nations Chess League—page 16
NATIONAL QUALIFIER – WELLINGTON— page 22
NATIONAL QUALIFIER – NOTTINGHAM— page 23
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EDITOR’S FOREWORDby Andrew MartinInternational Master
you will soon enjoy games with play-ers all over the world at whatever time limit you choose. You may create your own chess clubs within the main club.We are developing a fantastic research facility for serious players and online lectures will take place frequently. I believe this is one of the most signifi-cant developments for the ECF in re-cent years. Let us make this club great together!
AndrewGo to: http://ecfclub.chesscube.com
GAME OF THE MONTH
ENTER THE HEDGEHOG
A NEW ECF ONLINE CHESS CLUBBy the time you read these words, the ECF will have its own online chess club. Powered by the South African company “Chess Cube,” this is a tremendously exciting development and now the best part, membership is completely free! You can join up by simply visiting ei-ther the ECF main site, the ECF Junior website, the ECF Coaching website, or www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com, following the link and simply signing up. Then start play! I am sure
Chess openings sometimes acquire strange names. The hedgehog
system of defence describes the idea of: playing on three ranks, setting up a flexible defence and waiting for the opponent to run aground against the ‘hedgehog spines’. The coming game is a perfect example of all the good things about the system. White thinks he has the initiative with his slight advantage in space and plays accordingly. He does not realise that Black lies in wait, ready to ‘rope that dope.’ As usual, once the Grandmaster gets even a glimmer of an opportunity, he takes it.
Gschnitzer,O (2427) - Lutz,C (2609)[A30]
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Bundesliga 2005-6 Germany, April 2006
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5A prelude to developing on three
ranks. Black anticipates d2-d4 after which he will reply …cxd4, dissolving the centre. 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. 0–0 Be7 7. d4
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One of two moves if White wants to genuinely play for an advantage. With 7. d4 White opens the centre, activat-ing his Queen and hoping to tie Black down to the defence of his backward d-pawn.
7. Re1 is the other try, intending e2-e4; another story entirely. 7… cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6
Why not 8… Nc6? It looks natu-ral enough. Yet repeated practice has shown that White is at least a little better after 9. Qf4! Qb8 10. Rd1. A po-sition is reached where it is virtually impossible for Black to play for a win, and this is why most masters don’t go for it. 9. Bg5
Positional. White wants to take on f6 and then pile up against either d7 or d6, depending on what Black plays. He will have to cede the two Bishops,
but hopes to station a Knight effectively on either b5 or e4, increasing the pres-sure. 9… a6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3
11. Qf4 is the other move, targeting d6 again. A representative sample is: 11… 0–0 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. b3 Re8 17. a4 Qc5 Karpov-Kasparov USSR 1981, about equal.
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11… Ra7 12. Rfd1Either this, or 12. Rad1, which I must
say I prefer. The idea of keeping the Rook on f1 is to play f2-f4 somewhere, but maybe that’s what the Hedgehog player wants anyway! Nevertheless Greenfeld-Pasman, Beersheva 1984 con-tinued 12… Be7 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc8 15. f4 g6 16. b3 (16. f5!? gxf5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5! (19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Qc6!; 19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Qe2 Nxd4=) 19… Bxg5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Rde1 Qxe1 22. Rxe1+ Re7 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Qxb6 Nd7 26. Qxa6‰ Tal-Short, Naestved 1985) 16… 0–0 17. h4 b5 18. cxb5 Rc7 19. Rf3 e5? 20. Nd5!! Qb7 21. b6 Qxd5 22. bxc7+–12… Be7 13. Nd2
13. Ne4 0–0 14. Rd2 Nd7 15. Rad1
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looks like it’s better for White, but over the next few moves Black gives an object lesson in sapping White’s strength and eventually takes the initia-tive himself! 15… Nc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nf3 Rfb8 20. b3 a5 21. Qc2 a4. Showing how rigid the Q-side white pawn struc-ture really is. 22. Rd3 axb3 23. Rxb3 Rxb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Ne1 Bf6 27. Nd3 g6∆ Every Black piece is better than his White counterpart. 13… Bxg2 14. Kxg2 0–0 15. Nde4N
15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Nf3 Qc8 17. b3 Nd7= 18. a4 Nc5 19. Qb1 Rd8 20. Kg1 h6 21. h4 Qb7 22. b4 Nd7 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. b5 Qc8 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 e5 28. Rdd1 Rxc4 29. bxa6 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qxa6 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qd7 Ra8 33. Rxd6 Qxe2 34. Rxb6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kh2 Qd4 37. Qxd4 ½–½, Chernin,A-Dorfman,J/Lvov 1984. 15… Rd7
Calmly defending. We reach a de-ceptive position where White appears to hold an edge, but how should one make further progress? Black is quite content to garden his own back door and all is tidy at the moment.
16. Rac1Maybe 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. b3 Qb8 18.
Rad1 but even there Black is comfort-able after 18… Rfd8=16… Nc6 17. f4 Qb8 18. h4?!
Around here White starts to run out of good ideas. Perhaps he should get the draw offer in quickly, because in reality, he has no advantage. Note the no-man’s land on the fifth rank,typical of Hedgehog positions. Whoever has command of this territory usually gets the upper hand in Hedgehog battles. Black can break out with moves such as …d6-d5! or …b6-b5! whereas White is trying to prevent these breaks and at the same time drum up something himself. 18… Qb7 19. Kh2
Hurriedly vacating the long diago-nal. 19… Rfd8
It looks like Lutz has …d6-d5! in mind. 20. Ng5 g6 21. e4 Bf6
Again very calm. Black will not break open the position until he is absolute-ly ready, with his pieces on the best squares. 22. b3 Nb4 23. Qe2 h6 24. Nf3 Bg7 25. h5
He is afraid of the impending …d6-d5 and tries to distract Black. But now Lutz starts to play very strong moves. 25… gxh5!
Unstereotyped, but White has to spend time regaining this pawn, which will in turn decrease his control of the centre. 25… gxh5 is a complex solution
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to the position. Note in the end how it is White’s King that gets hounded on the K-side open lines. 26. Nd4 Nc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rf1 Bxc3! 29. Rxc3 d5!
You could say this was the culmina-tion of Black’s opening strategy.
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30. Qxh530. e5 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd2 32. Rxc6
Rxe2+ 33. Kh3 Rxa2 34. Rxb6 Rdd2 35.
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Rh1 Rdb2 does not look too friendly for White, but he might be able to hang on for a draw. Rook endings depend almost exclusively on activity and here White is very passive.
Meanwhile 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rd1 dxc4 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Rxc4 Qg4! 34. Qxg4+ hxg4 35. Rc6 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 37. Rxb6 Kg7 leaves White toiling for a draw. 30… dxe4 31. Qxh6 f6!!
Excellent. White’s King comes under direct threat. 32. Qxf6 Rh7+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rh2+! 36. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 37. Kh3 Rh1+ 0–1.
The final attack is easy work for a Grandmaster, but this does not dimin-ish the acheivement in this game. Black played perfectly.
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The Richmond Junior Chess Club held an Open Day on Saturday, No-
vember 24th, with a Blitz Tournament followed by a Simultaneous Display by International Master (and ECF Junior Coaching supremo) Andrew Martin.
In the blitz tournament, the U18 sec-tion resulted in a four-way tie between Edward Ko, Nishant Jogkelar, Michael Pettit, and Jasper Tambini. Alfred Drink-water triumphed in the U11 and Theod-ore Dias scored 100% in the U9.
The juniors had less success in the simultaneous, where Andrew scored a massive 36 wins out of 36 in a lit-tle short of three hours. However he graciously admitted that he’d had to give many of the games his 100% con-
centration. Just as well, because un-beknown to Andrew, Jamie Jones of Trafalgar School (see photo) is the 6 year old nephew of Grandmaster Joe Gallagher.
It has been a busy time for the Rich-mond Juniors. The BBC recently held an audition involving some of the club members and we expect to see 6 of them on TV in the New Year, competing in a mental martial arts competition!
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The Richmond Junior Chess Club runs every Saturday during term time from 2 to 5 p.m. Contact Peter Sowray for more information (07720 716 336, [email protected] or visit the web site www.rjcc.org.uk).
The Richmond Junior Chess Club
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World Juniors andGirls Championships 2007
by Gawain Jones
The World Junior Championships (or World U20s as it is otherwise
known) took place from the 2nd to 17th October in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Playing for England were my-self, David Howell, and Sarah Hegarty, while Glenn Flear went as coach. We arrived very early in the morning on the 1st and spent a day recovering from our overnight travel before the first round. We played in the Petrosian Me-morial chess centre which was pleasant on the top boards but rather noisy on the bottom boards.
GM Ahmed AdlyThe overall winner of the Juniors
was the Egyptian GM Ahmed Adly. His win was particularly remarkable as he came straight from the Isle of Man tournament. But, due to his sponsor-ship, he had to travel from England to Armenia via Moscow! He lost his first round game, but then won the follow-ing seven games to take the outright lead including beating yours truly in round five after I declined an early draw offer. He lost his round nine and ten games, but came back by winning his final three rounds to win the tour-nament with 10/13 becoming the first player from the African continent to win a major World Chess title.
The Russian Grandmaster Ivan Popov came second, half a point behind, and GM Wang Hao from China came third
on tiebreaks. The following game shows Ahmed’s his aggressive style; in-deed, he agreed to not one draw.
Adly,A (2494) - Laznicka,V (2610)[C00]
WJun Yerevan ARM (8), 11.10.2007
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3The King’s Indian Attack. An open-
ing that doesn’t require much theory, just an understanding of the general positions.4... d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. 0–0 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 Nd7 10. c4
A typical KIA position has emerged. White is going to play on the kingside while Black attacks in the centre or on the queenside. White should not have any advantage, but this type of position appeals to aggressive White players. I played the KIA for a few years myself.10... Qc7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4! Nf8
12... cxd4 13. Nb3 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 f6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Qh5+ is good for White.13. Nf1 Ne6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne3
The d5-pawn cannot be taken as af-ter 15. Qxd5? Ncd4 forces White to give up his Queen: 16. Qxb7 Ne2+! 17. Rxe2 Qxb7 18. Nd4 Qa6! The point be-hind Ne2+ as now when the d4-Knight moves the Rook will be en prise.15... d4 16. Nd5 Qd7 17. Nd2 Nb4 18. Nxe7 Bxg2 19. Nf5!
Ahmed correctly keeps his Knight rather than recapturing on g2. His King is safe while his Knight can an-noy Black.19... Bd5 20. Ne4 Kf8
Black would like to castle, but after
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20... 0–0 21. Nxg7! destroys Black’s de-fences. 21... Kxg7 (21... Bxe4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Rxe4) 22. Nf6 Qb5 (22... Qc6 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qf5 quickly is mate.) 23. a3 regains the piece.21. a3 Nc6 22. Qh5?!
Uncomprising chess often gives the other player chances to take the advan-tage and here Black played22... d3
22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 g6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxd6 27. Bf4 Nxf4 when Black is a pawn up.23. Nf6!
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A very pretty sacrifice getting straight at Black’s King. It is unlikely that Ahmed calculated to the end, and in-stead, plays intuitively.23... gxf6 24. Qh6+ Kg8
24... Ke8 25. Qxf6 Rg8 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ng7 28. Nf5 regaining the piece and White continues the attack.25. exf6!
White’s attack is too strong despite Black’s extra piece. The last few moves are a very picturesque finish to the game. Black has absolutely no way to stop White’s plan. See if you spot his idea.25... Re8
Cutting out Ne7+ ideas.26. Bf4! Rc8 27. Bd6 Ncd4 28. Qg7+!! 1–0.
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The World Girls’ ChampionshipThe World Girls’ Championship was won by Russian WIM Vera Nebolsina on 10/13, half a point ahead of WGM Jolanta Zawadzka from Poland and WGM Salome Melia from Georgia. Top seed Dronavalli Harika, an Indian IM, was leading the tournament with 8½/10 but fell off towards the end and finished in 5th.
The English contingent finished re-spectably. After a good start I went from 3 out of 4 to 5 out of 9 before winning my last few games to finish on 8½/13 placing 5th= and 9th on tiebreak. David was a little disappointed with 7/13 and came 26th. In all the games he lost he had previously declined draws (as did I strangely). Sarah was doing well but lost her final three games, after doing well in all of them and finished on 4½/13 and 52nd place just below her seeding.
Below is my one of my games from the tournament.
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Gupta,A (2470) - Jones,G (2567)[E81]
WJun Yerevan ARM (2), 04.10.2007
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 0–0 5. Be3 d6 6. f3
The Sämisch Variation of the King’s Indian Defence.6... c5 7. Nge2 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Ng3
10. Nc1 is the theoretical move.10... Qb4 11. b3?!
Instead White should trade Queens with either 11. Nb5 or 11. Nd1.11... Nfg4!
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12. Rc1The Knight is invulnerable as 12.
fxg4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc3 would pick up White’s Queen, and so White needs to give up his important dark-squared Bishop leaving himself very vulner-able.12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 b5!? 14. cxb5 f5!
The last two moves have destroyed White’s centre and White is forced to defend against the many threats.15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. Qf2 a6
Black now has a sort of souped up version of the Benko gambit with his developmental advantage and play on the kingside as well.
18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qe220. 0–0 gives Black the choice be-
tween 20... Nd3 or (20... Ng4 21. fxg4 Bd4).20... c4 21. 0–0 Nd3
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White has no way to avoid losing material.22. Nb5
22. Rc2 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qd4+ picks up the Rook.
22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Nxf5 Qg5 24. Nxg7 Nxc1 should leave Black with a win-ning advantage.22... Nxc1 23. Rxc1 cxb3 24. axb3 Ra1
trading off further material as I felt it would be easiest to use the extra ex-change in the endgame.25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 f4
27... Be5 immediately is probably more accurate.28. Ne2 Be5 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Nc6 Ra2 31. Kf1 Bf6
And again 31... Rc2 would be a slightly more accurate move. Nonthe-less Black still has the advantage and I managed to eventually convert.32. Nxf4 Rc2 33. Ne6
White’s Knights look dangerous, but I can successfully play around them.
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33... Rxc4 34. g4 Kf7 35. f4 Rc2Keeping White’s King stuck on the
back rank.36. g5 Bb2 37. h3 Rh2 38. f5 Ke8
38... Rxh3 straightaway is also pos-sible, but he has no way to defend the pawn and so first I improve the posi-tion of my king.39. h4 h6!
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40. g6 Bf6 41. Nc7+ Kf8 42. Nd8 Rxh4White’s pawns start dropping.
43. Kg2 Rh5 44. Nce6+ Kg8 45. Nf7 Bg7 46. Kf3 Rxf5+ 47. Ke4 Rf6 48. Nf4 h5 49. Nd8 Bh6 50. Nxh5 Rxg6 51. Ne6 Kf7 52. Kf3 Rxe6!
The easiest way to win the position. The Bishop and two pawns easily over-power the Knight.53. dxe6+ Kxe6 54. Ng3 d5 55. Nh1 Kd6 56. Ng3 e6 57. Ne2 Kc5 58. Ng3 e5 59. Kg4 Kc4 60. Kf5 Bf4 61. Nh1 Kd3 62. Nf2+ Ke2 63. Nh3 d4 64. Ke4 Be3 0–1.
My thanks to Glenn Flear for his help and preparation for the games and letting me use his laptop when mine stopped working halfway through the tournament. My thanks also to Ange-line Howell for arranging the techni-cal side.
Q&AMussie Mengesha writes from Addis
Ababa:What is the best way to prepare a new
opening?
Whatever openings you eventually choose, the best way to prepare is:
1) FAMILIARIZATIONPlay through a number of games at
reasonable speed with the opening in question (20–30), to get the basic ideas and patterns of play in your head. At this stage IGNORE DETAIL.
2) TRY THE OPENING OUT.Try it in friendly or quick games at
your club, on the Internet or against a playing program.
3) CHECK.The lines used in practical play in
your opening books. You are now start-ing to learn theory!
4) REPEAT.Do stages 2 and 3 for a few weeks.
5) STUDY.Study the book more carefully now
and learn concrete lines.6) PLAY.
Play your new opening repertoire choices in competitive games! Finally, don’t forget to:
7) ANALYSE.Analyse your games afterwards. You
can continuously update your open-ing knowledge this way. This is how the best players do it—follow tried and trusted methods. What is the point in trying to go your own way before you have even mastered the basics?
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CHRISTMASQUIZ and
QUESTIONS
5 questions : 5 positions. Enjoy them.
1) Who is the current World Chess Champion?
2) Who is the current President of FIDE (the International Chess Federation)?
3) Who is the English Chess Federa-tion Director of Junior Chess and Edu-cation?
4) Who was the first British over-the-board Grandmaster?
5) Who was the winner of this year’s British Championship in Great Yar-mouth?
White to play. Who wins and why? It’s a win for White.
POSITION TWOSAM LOYD
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White to play and mate in three.
POSITION THREEFor some strange reason the game
begins. 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 d4!
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The Romford Gambit, a very cool re-ply to the arrogant Grob’s Attack.4. Bxb7 Nd7 5. Bxa8 Qxa8
Black has tremendous positional compensation. Now White plays a very poor move. 6. Nf3?
What should happen next?
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POSITION FOURSHINKMANN 1887
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White to play and mate in 8 moves. There are two solutions and either one will do.
POSITION FIVEHELPMATE IN 4
DIE SCHWALBE 1965
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In this first position its Black to play and HELP White to checkmate him in 4 moves.
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The 4 Nations Chess League is the most prestigious team chess event held in the UK. Competitors include some of the world’s best Grandmasters!
We want to introduce young players to the excitement of the 4NCL.
You are invited to enter the new 4NCL under 18 Junior Championship.You can enter as a school or club team or simply as a group of chess friends.
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CHESS PUZZLE PAGEFindthebestwin!Someareeasierthistime.
Answers are on the back page.
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White to move and win.
Black to move and win.
White to move and win.
White to move and win.
White to move and win.
White to move and win.
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So Black gambits a pawn. What does he have for his investment?
1) A lead in development;2) The easy plan of …Qe7, …0–0–0,
…Ngf6 and …Rhe8;3) Pressure might then follow on the
d-file or against the pawn at e4. I would be the first to say that this
might not be enough against perfect defence, but as you will see, it’s not quite as easy as all that for White. Fur-thermore, as young players learn most and enjoy chess more when they are at-tacking, this gambit is not a bad choice for the occasional game. It was a fa-vourite of the legendary 19th Century Master Joseph Henry Blackburne. 6. Be2
It may be better to hit the Bishop im-mediately. No matter, Black goes back to h5. 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 (7. Be2 Qe7 8. 0–0 Ngf6 9. Nc3 0–0–0 10. Nd4 Bg6 (10… Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qe5 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Be3 Rhe8‰) 11. Re1 Geller,J-Flaming,V/Salekhard, RUS 2006 and now 11… Bc5 limits the White advan-tage: 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Rhe8‰) 7… Ngf6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 0-0-0 11. Bg5 Bb4 12. e5 Rde8 13. 0–0 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nxe5 16.
Fantinel,Thibault - Vinsot,R (2181)[C41]
Open Condom, France, July 2006
THE MOVE THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK OVERLOOKED
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4Black’s opening choice was made in-
famous by the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard in a legendary toe-to- toe against Paul Morphy. Seeing that game, no wonder everyone thought 3… Bg4 was complete rubbish. It may well be, but this month I present an unusual gambit for Black which might put the nose of an unprepared opponent out of joint. 4. dxe5 Nd7!?
The nobility preferred 4… Bxf3? an awful move. 5. exd6 Bxd6
JUNIOR CHESS OPENINGS
The Duckby Andrew Martin
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Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5= Djurhuus,R-Egeli,P/Oslo NOR 2007. This looks rath-er level. 6… Ngf6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. 0–0 0–0–0 9. Bd2 Rhe8
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Just about the best development Black can get in this system. It remains to see whether he has enough. In true amateur style, Fantinal panics and goes very passive, instead of fighting back.10. Re1 Kb8!?
10… Nxe4! was straightforward: 11. Nxe4 (11. Nd5 Qe6 12. Be3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ndf6ƒ) 11… Qxe4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bd3 Qd5∆11. Nb5 Bc5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Rf1 Nxe5–+
White has completely failed to come to terms with Black’s central pressure.14. Nxe5 Rxd2
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Ouch!
15. Nxg4 Rxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxf2! 17. Nxf2 Qxe2 18. Nc3 Qxc2 0-1.
Rather crushing.
SUPPLEMENTARY GAMES
Morphy, Paul - Isouard, Carl[C41]
Paris 1858
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4!? 4. dxe5 Bxf3? 5. Qxf3
5. gxf3 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4± Pachman.5… dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6?
6… Qd7.7. Qb3
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7… Qe7◊7… Qd7 8. Qxb7 Qc6 9. Bb5.
8. Nc3!8. Qxb7 Qb4+ 9. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 10.
Bd2+–.8. Bxf7+! Kd8 (8… Qxf7 9. Qxb7+–)
9. Qxb7 Qb4+ 10. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 11. c3 Bc5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Rf8 14. Be6 h6 15. Bxd7 hxg5 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Nf3 Rxb2? 18. 0-0-0+ 1-0, Tenk-Egert, Brno 1930.8… c6 9. Bg5 b5?
9… Qc7.
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6... Qe7 7. 0–0 Ngf6 8. Re1 0–0–0 9. Ng5 Ne5 10. h3 h6 11. Nxf7 Qxf7 12. hxg4 Bc5 13. Nd2 Bxf2+ 14. Kh2 h5 0–1, Specht,I-Kolkin,M/Unna 2004.7. Nc3 Qe7 8. Bg5
8. Nd4 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Bb4 10. 0–0 0–0 11. Nf5 Qe6 12. f3 Rfe8 13. Qf2 Bc5 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ned1 Nh5 18. Nf2 c6 19. Nd3 Bd4 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f5 24. Kg1 Be5 25. g3 f4 26. gxf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Nd3 Rf8 29. Nxf4 Rxf4 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Ne2 Qf7 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Qb3 b5 34. Rd3 Qf6 35. Qc3 Ne5 36. Re3 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Rd8 38. Ng1 b4 39. Qe1 c5 40. Re2 Qf6 41. Qf2 Rd1 42. Rd2 Qxf3+ 43. Qg2 Qxg2+ 44. Rxg2 Kf7 45. Rf2+ Ke6 46. Kg2 Ng4 47. Re2 Rc1 48. h3 Ne5 49. b3 Ra1 50. Nf3 Rxa2 51. Nxe5 Kxe5 52. Kf3 c4 53. Rd2 Ke6 54. bxc4 b3 55. Rd3 bxc2 56. Rc3 Ra3 0–1, Kosintseva,T-Yurtaev,L/Sa-mara 2002.
8... h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. 0–0 Nxe4 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Nxe4 Qxe4 13. Re1 Qb4 14. Qe2 c6 15. Bd3 Qf4 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg4+ ½–½.
10. Nxb5!10. Be2 Qb4=
10… cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd711… Kd8 12. 0-0-0+
12. 0-0-0 Rd8 13. Rxd7! Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Rxd7+
15. Qxe6+ fxe6 16. Bxf6+–15… Nxd7 16. Qb8+!! Nxb8 17. Rd8#
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Remember to use an opening choice like this to learn about tactics and to learn how to attack. These are the main advantages in employing old-fashioned gambits such as this one.
Apicella,M (2465) - Vaisser,A (2575)[B07]
Cappelle la Grande, 1994
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6... Ngf6
WE HAVE A PRIZE WINNERFOR NOVEMBER!
Akash Jain of Wellington Col-legeCongratulations. Claire Sum-merscale has mailed you a prize, a lovely wooden chess set.
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The Right MoveEditor: Andrew [email protected]
ECF Director of Junior Chess & Education:
Claire Summerscale.
Proofers:
Claire Summerscale, Bob Long, Andrew Martin.
Design: Bob Long.
A N S W E RLowe - Aston
Lloyds Bank Masters, London, 1981
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Black to play and win!1… Qh1+! 2. Kxh1 Nxg3+ 3. Kg1 Rh1# Simple when you see it, frus-trating when you don’t!
English Chess FederationJunior Chess Magazine
1. 1. c4! Qe6 2. Bxc5.
2. 1… Bxe5 2. dxe5 c6.
3. 1. Qh4! with a mate threat or winning a piece.
4. 1. Nxc6, winning a piece.
5. 1. Nxh6 Kh8 2. Nxf7.
6. 1. Bh6 Bf6 2. Bxg7 Bh4 3. Qg4.
Answers toPuzzleson page 17
Don’t forget to look over the Entry Form for this very special event on page 16.
