tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48099320522458267922024-03-05T18:31:37.937-08:00Gary Walters ChessA blog devoted to chess and especially chess theory, correspondence chess, and USCF electionsGraysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comBlogger215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-37195289568986767542010-10-22T10:04:00.000-07:002010-10-22T10:04:07.448-07:00USCF Election 2011I will run again for election for the USCF Executive Board in 2011. Three seats are open, each having a three-year term. I'd like to begin the 2011 campaign by quoting two former USCF Presidents from the past couple of days:<br />
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<a href="http://main.uschess.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=201351#p201351"><img alt="Post" height="9" src="http://main.uschess.org/forums/styles/uschess/imageset/icon_post_target.gif" title="Post" width="11" /></a>by <strong><a href="http://main.uschess.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=795">redman</a></strong> on Thu Oct 21, 2010 1:14<br />
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Some may be surprised at the following.<br />
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I support enthusiastically Gary Walters in his bid for reelection to the Executive Board.<br />
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We were on completely opposite sides on the FIDE question in Irvine, but open and honest disagreement has never bothered me. Gary is exactly the kind of person we need on our EB.<br />
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Cordially,<br />
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Tim Redman<br />
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by <strong><a href="http://main.uschess.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=97">CHESSDON</a></strong> on Fri Oct 22, 2010 <br />
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It seems to me we have some very good candidates including the three rollovers from the current board. One candidate I will definitely vote for and would like to see as a possible future president is Gary Walters!<br />
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Don SchultzGraysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-17709929202746767192010-10-19T10:46:00.000-07:002010-10-19T10:56:21.982-07:00Resumption of BlogLife's twists and turns have taken me away from this blog for the past 90 days. I plan to return with a once- or twice-a-week posting(s) on November 1. The focus will be more than ever on opening theory from the perspective of correspondence play. I'm presently a 2420 ICCF-rated player, hopefully still on the rise. I'm currently ranked 13th in the U.S. (October 2010 USCF correspondence chess top 100), and I'm the 2009 USCF Absolute co-champ. I've played more than 300 correspondence games since 2007, and hopefully have something to write worth reading. Best, -GaryGraysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-16104236840146304012010-07-20T18:43:00.000-07:002010-07-20T18:43:09.323-07:00U.S. Junior Championship: King's Indian--Fianchetto VariationHarper pulls off a major upset to deny Robson the U.S. Junior Championship.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "ch-USA Junior"] [Site "St Louis USA"] [Date "2010.07.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Harper, W."] [Black "Robson, R."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2304"] [BlackElo "2562"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] {E68: King’s Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 c5 $146 (12... c6 13. Qc2 (13. a5 Ne5 14. b3 c5 15. Nde2 Be6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rbd8 18. f4 Nc6 19. g4 Qxa5 20. f5 gxf5 21. gxf5 Bc8 22. Bg5 Rd7 23. Qd2 Kh8 24. Qf4 Ne7 25. Qh4 Neg8 26. Rd3 h6 27. Rg3 b5 { Kashlinskaya,A (2344)-Chuprov,D (2561)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 129 Extra/1-0 (33)}) 13... a5 14. Rad1 Ra8 (14... Qc7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. f4 Bb7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Bf2 Nfd7 19. g5 Na6 20. f5 Ne5 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qe2 Nb4 23. Nf3 Ba6 24. b3 d5 25. exd5 Ned3 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Qd7 28. Re2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 {L’Ami,E (2598) -Pruijssers,R (2427)/Dieren 2007/CBM 119 ext/1-0 (37)}) 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bf2 Nfd7 18. Re2 Nb6 19. b3 Nbd7 20. g4 Qf6 21. Be3 Qh4 22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Bg3 Qd8 24. Red2 Qb6 25. Bf2 Qb4 26. g5 Nf8 27. Na2 {Anastasian,A (2548)-Del Rio Angelis,S (2472)/Linares 2001/CBM 081/1-0 (38)}) (12... a5 13. Ndb5 Ne5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Rad1 Nb4 17. Qc1 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Na4 b6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Re2 Ng4 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Nc3 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 {Kursova,M (2319)-Muzychuk,A (2417)/Kusadasi 2006/CBM 111 ext/0-1 (55)}) (12... Ne5 $5 13. b3 Nfd7 $14) 13. Nde2 $14 Ne5 14. b3 h5 (14... Be6 $5 $14) 15. Ra2 $16 Qe7 (15... Qc7 $16) 16. Rd2 (16. Bf4 $142 $5 $18) 16... Bxh3 $14 17. Bxh3 Nf3%2B 18. Kh1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4%2B 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Bd5 h4 (22... b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. a5 $14) 23. Kg2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a5 c4 $2 (25... Bh6 $142 $16) 26. a6 $18 cxb3 27. a7 Rbd8 (27... Rbc8 28. Bxb3 Qe4%2B 29. Kg1 h3 $18) 28. Rb1 (28. Bxb3 $6 Ra8 $18) 28... b2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qf5 $2 (30... Rc8 $18 ) 31. Qxb5 g5 (31... Re5 32. Qb6 Ree8 33. Bc6 $18) 32. Nd4 Qf6 (32... Qh7 33. Bc6 g4 34. Qg5%2B Qg7 35. Qxh4 $18) 33. g4 Re5 (33... Qg6 $18) 34. Nf3 h3%2B (34... Ree8 35. Bxg5 Qg6 36. Bxd8 Qxg4%2B 37. Kh2 Qf4%2B 38. Kh1 Rxd8 39. a8=Q Rxa8 40. Bxa8 Qc1%2B 41. Kg2 h3%2B 42. Kh2 $18) 35. Kg3 h2 (35... Kg7 36. Qb7 Qe7 37. Nxe5 Qxb7 38. Bxb7 dxe5 39. a8=Q Rxa8 40. Bxa8 $18) 36. Nxe5 Qxe5%2B 37. Kg2 Kg7 ( 37... Qh8 38. Qb1 h1=Q%2B 39. Qxh1 Qe5 $18) 38. Qb7 Rf8 39. a8=Q Rxa8 40. Qxa8 ( 40. Qxa8 h1=Q%2B 41. Kxh1 Qf6 42. Qe8 Qa1%2B 43. Kg2 Qf6 44. Bd2 Kh7 45. Bxf7 Qh8 46. Bg6%2B Kh6 47. Qxh8%2B Kxg6 48. Qe8%2B Kh7 49. Qf7%2B Kh6 50. f4 gxf4 51. Bxf4#) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-73425580925313530092010-07-17T17:29:00.000-07:002010-07-17T17:33:56.492-07:00US Junior Championship: Sicilian TaimanovHughes is holding his own until he apparenly miscalculates at move 26. Also, take a close look at Robson's novelty at 15.f4.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "ch-USA Junior"] [Site "St Louis USA"] [Date "2010.07.15"] [Round "6"] [White "Robson, R."] [Black "Hughes, T."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2562"] [BlackElo "2312"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] {B48: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 6 Be3 a6 without Be2} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 a5 13. Bc4 a4 14. a3 Qb6 15. f4 $146 (15. Be3 Qb7 16. Qf2 d6 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bh6 Ne8 19. Bg5 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rd3 Rf7 22. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Lopez Martinez,J (2555)-Kogan,A (2542)/Arinsal 2009/CBM 131 Extra} ) 15... Qc5 (15... d6 $5 $14) 16. fxe5 $16 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. e6 dxe6 (18... dxe6 19. h3 {Combination}) (18... fxe6 19. h3 {Combination}) (18... -- $140 19. exf7%2B {Wins material}) 19. Qd4 O-O (19... Qg5%2B $5 20. Rd2 O-O $11) 20. h3 $16 c5 21. Qd6 Qg5%2B 22. Qd2 Qxd2%2B 23. Rxd2 Ne5 24. Bb5 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Ba6 25. Bxa4 Rfb8 26. Rd6 Nc4 (26... Kf8 $5 $14) 27. Rxa6 $1 $16 Rxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Bb5) (27... -- $140 28. Rxa8 {Threat} Rxa8 29. Bb5) 28. Bb5 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 h4 (29... Kf8 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Rd3 $16) 30. Rd1 e5 (30... g6 31. Rd3 Ra5 32. Nc3 $18) 31. Rd3 Rf6 $2 (31... Kf8 $142 $18) 32. b3 Rf1%2B 33. Rd1 Rxd1%2B 34. Kxd1 Ne3%2B (34... Na5 $18) 35. Kd2 Nf1%2B (35... Nxg2 36. a4 Nf4 37. a5 Nxh3 38. a6 $18) 36. Kd3 Kf8 37. a4 Ke7 38. a5 (38. Kc4 $142 f5 39. exf5 e4 40. Kxc5 e3 $18) 38... Kd7 39. a6 Kc6 40. Nd6 $3 Kb6 (40... Kxd6 41. a7 { Promotion Passed pawn}) 41. Nxf7 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-56284921100060760972010-07-17T12:45:00.000-07:002010-07-17T12:47:04.964-07:00U.S. Junior Championship: Dutch Defense--Staunton GambitI'm not a fan of the Dutch. To date I've never failed to beat it in correspondence games. If you're a fan, however, or a 1.d4 player looking for something new against the Dutch, consider the following game from the ongoing US Junior Championship. It features the Staunton Gambit, which makes for interesting chess.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "ch-USA Junior"] [Site "St Louis USA"] [Date "2010.07.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Zhao, P."] [Black "Zierk, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2267"] [BlackElo "2385"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] {A83: Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit with 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Bg5} 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qh5%2B g6 8. Qh6 b6 (8... d5 9. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 10. Nf3 Qf8 11. Qxf8%2B Rxf8 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Nc6 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. c3 O-O-O 16. Bd3 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rde8 19. f3 Rxe5%2B 20. Kf2 g5 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 g4 {1/2-1/2 Lechtynsky,J (2480)-Ruckschloss,K (2385)/Trnava 1983/MCD}) (8... c5 9. h4 d5 10. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rxd4 e5 16. Qe3 e4 17. Qg5 O-O 18. Ne5 Qxf2 19. Nxd7 Qxd4 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. h5 e3 22. hxg6 e2 {0-1 Gwiazda,S-Welz,P (2147)/Berlin 2008/ CBM 124 Extra}) 9. Nf3 Nc6 $146 (9... Bb7 10. Nxf6%2B (10. Bd3 Na6 11. c3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Qf8 15. Kb1 Nb8 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Ka1 Kb8 18. Ba6 Ba8 19. Qc2 h6 20. h4 Qf4 21. Bd3 Ne7 22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qc2 Rhg8 24. Ned2 Bh8 {Nasri,A (2261)-Saptarshi,R (2204)/Teheran 2002/CBM 087 ext/1-0 (68)}) 10... Qxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdf8 14. Rae1 Ne7 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd5 17. Nh3 g5 18. f3 Rhg8 19. Bd3 h5 20. Be4 Ba6 21. Rf2 Nf6 22. Bc2 h4 23. Bd1 Nh5 24. Re5 {Bohnsack,R (2232)-Kopylov,M (2431)/Norderstedt 2000/CBM 079 ext/0-1 (33)}) (9... Qe7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Bd3 $14) 10. c3 $16 (10. Nxf6%2B $6 Qxf6 11. Qd2 Bb7 $11) 10... Bb7 (10... d5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 $16) 11. Bd3 (11. Nxf6%2B $6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Ne7 $15) 11... d5 12. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rae1 Rde8 15. Ne5 (15. b4 Kb8 16. Qg5 Rhf8 $16) 15... Nxe5 $14 16. Rxe5 (16. dxe5 $6 Qe7 $11) 16... c5 17. Qe3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 (18. Qg3 dxc3 19. Rc1 Qg7 $14) 18... Kb8 (18... Rhf8 19. Rfe1 $16) 19. Rfe1 (19. Bb5 $5 Rd8 20. Rfe1 $16) 19... Rhf8 $14 20. f3 Bc6 (20... Bc8 $5 $14) 21. Qb4 $16 Kc7 22. Qa3 Bb7 23. Bb5 (23. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxe6 Qf4 26. Re7%2B Kb8 $19) 23... Re7 24. c4 (24. Qxa7 $4 Ra8 25. Qxa8 Bxa8 $19) 24... dxc4 25. Bxc4 ( 25. Qxa7 $2 Ra8 26. Rc5%2B bxc5 27. Qxc5%2B Kb8 28. Qd6%2B Rc7 29. Rxe6 Qg7 (29... Qxb2 $6 30. Qd8%2B Ka7 31. Ra6%2B Bxa6 32. Qxc7%2B Bb7 33. Qc5%2B Kb8 34. Qd6%2B Ka7 35. Qc5%2B Kb8 36. Qd6%2B Ka7 37. Qc5%2B $11) 30. Re8%2B Ka7 31. Qa3%2B Kb6 32. Qd6%2B Kxb5 33. Re5%2B Qxe5 34. Qxe5%2B Rc5 $19) 25... Rd8 26. Qe3 (26. Bxe6 Kb8 27. Qe3 h6 $16) 26... Kb8 27. b3 Ka8 (27... Bc8 28. a4 $16 (28. Bxe6 $2 Rde8 $19)) 28. a4 Rd6 29. a5 (29. Rxe6 $6 Rdxe6 30. Bxe6 Kb8 $14) 29... bxa5 30. Rxa5 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Bxe6 Kb8 34. Rc5 (34. Bg8 Rd7 $18) 34... Rd2 (34... Ba6 35. Rc2 $18) 35. Bg8 $18 h6 36. Bc4 g5 37. h3 Ba8 (37... a6 38. Rf5 Kc7 39. Kf1 $18) 38. Ba6 Rd8 39. Kh2 Bd5 40. Kg3 Ka8 (40... Be6 41. Rc6 Bxb3 42. Rxh6 $18) 41. b4 Bb7 42. Bc4 (42. Bxb7%2B $5 Kxb7 43. h4 gxh4%2B 44. Kxh4 Rd4%2B 45. Kh5 Rd2 $18) 42... Rd4 43. b5 Kb8 44. Be2 Rd2 45. Kf2 Rd5 (45... a5 $5 $18) 46. Rxd5 Bxd5 47. Kg3 Be6 (47... Kc7 48. h4 Kb6 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kg4 $18) 48. h4 Kc7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. f4 gxf4%2B $4 (50... Kd6 $18) 51. Kxf4 Kd6 52. g4 Ke7 (52... Bd7 53. Kg5 Kc5 $18) 53. Kg5 Bb3 54. Kh6 Kf6 (54... Bd5 55. g5 Bg8 $18) 55. g5%2B Kf7 56. g6%2B Kf6 57. Bd3 Bg8 (57... Ke5 58. g7 Kd4 59. Be2 $18) 58. Bc2 Bc4 ( 58... Ke5 59. Kg7 Bc4 $18) 59. g7 Ke5 60. Bd3 $3 Bg8 (60... Bxd3 61. g8=Q { Promotion}) (60... -- $140 61. Bxc4 {Wins material}) 61. Kg6 Kd6 62. Kf6 Bd5 63. Bg6 Bg8 64. Bf7 Bh7 65. Bc4 Kc5 66. Be2 Kd6 67. Kf7 Kd7 68. Kf8 Kd6 69. g8=Q Bxg8 70. Kxg8 Kc7 71. Kf7 Kb8 72. Ke6 Kc7 73. Kd5 Kd7 74. Kc5 Kc7 75. Kb4 Kb6 76. Bf1 Kc7 (76... Kb7 77. Ka5 Kb8 78. Ka6 Ka8 79. Bg2%2B Kb8 80. Bh1 Kc7 81. Kxa7 Kd6 82. b6 Ke6 83. b7 Ke5 84. b8=Q%2B Kf5 85. Qd6 Kg5 86. Qe5%2B Kg4 87. Bd5 Kh4 88. Qf4%2B Kh3 89. Qg5 Kh2 90. Qg2#) 77. Ka5 Kb7 (77... Kd6 78. Ka6 Kc5 79. Kxa7 Kd4 80. b6 Ke3 81. b7 Kf2 82. Bb5 Ke3 83. b8=Q Ke4 84. Qg3 Kf5 85. Bd3%2B Kf6 86. Qf4%2B Kg7 87. Qg5%2B Kf7 88. Bc4%2B Ke8 89. Kb7 Kd7 90. Qf6 Ke8 91. Bb5#) 78. Bg2%2B Kc8 (78... Kc7 79. Ka6 Kb8 80. Bh1 Kc7 81. Kxa7 Kd6 82. b6 Kc5 83. b7 Kd4 84. b8=Q Ke3 85. Qe5%2B Kd3 86. Bc6 Kd2 87. Qd4%2B Kc1 88. Qc3%2B Kb1 89. Be4%2B Ka2 90. Qb4 Ka1 91. Qb1#) 79. Ka6 (79. Ka6 Kb8 80. Bh1 Kc7 81. Kxa7 Kd6 82. b6 Kc5 83. b7 Kd4 84. b8=Q Kd3 85. Qg3%2B Kc2 86. Qe3 Kd1 87. Qf2 Kc1 88. Be4 Kd1 89. Ka6 Kc1 90. Qc2#) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-87708454017282086222010-07-14T19:14:00.000-07:002010-07-14T19:14:52.423-07:00French 101: Exchange VariationThis game provides a nice introduction to the French Exchange Variation. Black slowly outplays his opponent until disaster strikes at move 28. <br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "ch-USA Junior"] [Site "St Louis USA"] [Date "2010.07.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Zierk, S."] [Black "Holt, C."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2402"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] {C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Nge7 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 O-O-O (10... O-O 11. Bg3 Rae8 12. Nbd2 Nd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nf7 19. g4 Nc8 20. Nf1 Ncd6 21. Ng3 Rxe1%2B 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re2 { 1/2-1/2 Blatny,P (2505)-Karpov,A (2725)/Austria 1993/TD}) 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 h5 13. b4 $146 (13. Nbd2 g5 14. Nf1 h4 15. gxh4 gxh4 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. Rf1 Rdg8 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Qf2 Rg3 21. Rae1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rg5 23. Ng2 Qd6 24. f4 Rg4 25. Ne3 Rgg8 26. Rg1 Re8 27. Qf3 Nd8 {Miroiu,G (2076)-Szabo,G (2509)/ Cluj 2008/CBM 123 Extra/0-1 (49)}) 13... Rde8 14. Nbd2 Nf5 15. Nb3 Rxe1%2B 16. Qxe1 Nd6 17. Qf1 Re8 18. Nfd2 (18. Nc5 Qe7 $11) 18... Qe7 (18... b6 19. a4 $15) 19. Bg6 (19. Nf3 $142 $5 $15) 19... Qe3%2B $17 20. Qf2 Qxf2%2B 21. Kxf2 Re2%2B 22. Kf1 Re3 23. Rc1 Ne7 24. Bb1 Nef5 (24... Nb5 25. h3 Bf5 26. Kf2 Rxc3 27. Re1 Bxb1 28. Rxe7 Bxa2 29. Nc5 $19) 25. Kg1 Be2 26. a4 Bd3 (26... b6 27. Nf1 Bxf1 28. Bxf5%2B Nxf5 29. Kxf1 $17) 27. Bxd3 (27. Nf1 $5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 $15) 27... Rxd3 $17 28. Kf2 Nc4 $4 (28... b6 $142 29. Ke2 Re3%2B 30. Kf2 Kb7 $19) 29. Nf1 $18 Nce3 $2 (29... Nb2 $142 30. Ke2 b6 $18) 30. Ke2 Nxf1 31. Kxd3 Nxh2 32. Rh1 Ng4 33. Rxh5 Nf2%2B 34. Kc2 Nxg3 (34... Nh6 35. Nc5 Nfg4 36. Kd2 $18) 35. Rh8%2B (35. Rxd5 $6 b6 $11) 35... Kd7 36. Nc5%2B Ke7 37. Rc8 b6 38. Rxc7%2B Kd8 (38... Ke8 39. Ne6 Nf5 40. Rxa7 Ne3%2B 41. Kd2 Nc4%2B 42. Ke2 $18) 39. Ne6%2B Ke8 40. Nxg7%2B (40. Nxg7%2B Kf8 41. Ne6%2B Ke8 42. Rxa7 $18) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-21408741993281696072010-07-12T19:04:00.000-07:002010-07-12T19:04:08.447-07:00US Junior Championship: Sicilian Moscow VariationAfter avoiding outright disaster in Round 1, Robson strikes back with the Black pieces in Round 2. If you play the Sicilian Najdorf, you have to be prepared to deal with 3.Bb5+. Here, Robson plays the "solid" choice, 3...Bd7, undoubtedly expecting to outplay his outweighed opponent in the long term. Compare this game to <a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/search/label/G23">G23</a>, where Carlsen plays the less safe but more dynamic 3...Nd7.<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "ch-USA Junior"] [Site "St Louis USA"] [Date "2010.07.12"] [Round "3"] [White "Zierk, S."] [Black "Robson, R."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2562"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] {B52: Sicilian: Moscow Variation with 3...Bd7} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5%2B Bd7 4. Bxd7%2B Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. b3 (8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Nc4 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15. Bg3 a6 16. Rad1 Nbd7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 b5 19. Rd6 Qb7 20. Qe3 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nf8 22. f3 h6 {Kharlov,A (2627)-Topalov,V (2707)/New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 8... e6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Nc3 $146 (10. Na3 O-O 11. Nac4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y (2495)-Vaulin,A (2535)/Maikop 1998/CBM 066}) (10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. c4 Rd8 13. Qf4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Ne4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. g3 b6 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qxh7 Qe5 {Soloviev,V (2342)-Velitchko,K (1825)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 119 ext/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 10... O-O 11. Qf3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11) 11... Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne4 Nc6 14. Qc3 Qd4 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Qxd4 ( 16. Rad1 Rac8 $15) 16... cxd4 $17 17. c4 (17. f4 Rac8 18. a3 d3 $17) 17... dxc3 18. dxc3 f5 19. Ng3 Rd2 20. Re2 Rad8 21. Kf1 (21. Rae1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Kf7 $17) 21... Kf7 22. Rae1 Bf6 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Re2 Rd3 25. Re3 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd3 27. Re3 Rd8 28. Re2 g5 (28... Ne5 29. Ba1 $17) 29. Rc2 $17 Ne5 30. Ke2 Ng6 (30... Nd3 31. Bc1 $17) 31. Nh5 Be5 32. g3 Ne7 33. f4 Kg6 34. fxe5 Kxh5 35. c4 (35. Ba3 Ng6 36. Bd6 Kg4 $15) 35... Kg4 $17 36. Ba3 (36. Ke3 $5 $17) 36... Nc6 $19 37. Bb2 (37. Rc3 $19) 37... Kh3 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. Bc3 Rh1 40. b4 Rxh2 41. Rxh2%2B Kxh2 42. b5 (42. Kf2 g4 43. Bd2 Nxe5 44. c5 $19) 42... Kxg3 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Kd4 (44. Ke2 $19) 44... h5 45. Bd2 (45. Kc5 h4 46. Kd6 h3 47. Kxe6 h2 48. Kxf5 h1=Q $19) 45... f4 46. Be1%2B Kg2 (46... Kg2 47. Bb4 h4 $19) 0-1 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-23936975038856458762010-07-12T16:54:00.000-07:002010-07-12T16:54:08.085-07:00US Women's Championship: Queen's Indian KrushKrush gives Marinello a little endgame lesson. After the exchange of Queens at move 28, the game is not won for Black, but the Bishop pair is vicious and the game is difficult for White, too difficult as it turns out.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEr_nJQ05C2Xyy2rH0G9vAECEl4WLtWjSesxnKDIM3gTXwyL1w9Bi_8pRcMyk9TkBc5TnlCnapUws94lERKkSYFeK4QK1ucFYXaP7DlAgNx6ou3MhKS8K99hN-siFDaV2moUJb_mOcZbO/s1600/KIf2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEr_nJQ05C2Xyy2rH0G9vAECEl4WLtWjSesxnKDIM3gTXwyL1w9Bi_8pRcMyk9TkBc5TnlCnapUws94lERKkSYFeK4QK1ucFYXaP7DlAgNx6ou3MhKS8K99hN-siFDaV2moUJb_mOcZbO/s200/KIf2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><strong>1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O</strong><br />
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Let's agree on this as the starting position for the KI Fianchetto Variation. The Queen's Knight hasn't been committed yet, unlike the other KI mainlines, and the light-squared Bishop is coming in on the long diagonal, instead of to the usual e2 or d3. White is likely going to push the e-pawn two squares as in other variations, but even that's in question. This variation usually lacks the wholesale assault by Black on the White position due to the extra protection afforded by the Bishop, and the center will tend to be more fluid than in the other mainlines (it's more difficult for Black to focus an attack on the kingside when the center is not closed). <br />
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Now White usually plays 6.O-O, but note that because the KI is a hypermodern opening Black is not tying White down to any particular move order. Black has several moves, with the principal being 6...Nbd7. Others include 6...Nc6, c6, c5, a6, Bg4, Na6, and Bf5. <br />
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<strong>6...Nbd7<em> </em></strong>The Knight is not ideally placed here, of course, but it's going to support Black's play into the center at e5. In response, White has the major move 7.Nc3, the often-played 7.Qc2, and the minor moves 7.b3 (see <a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/2010/07/kings-indian-101-fianchetto-variation_11.html">G124</a>) and 7.d5. We'll look at Nc3 in the main, consider Qc2, and handle the other two moves in subsequent games. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYUkSsMSEoDT_PE3eRkg6W04ovmtf4v_ZcCohWmoaFkJeqI_YqnqVLoXB08lQ-Xu5GqDAx9nD-_xXmYhIYThH1v4qy3B39eFYySIMUt25aKbVj7wCDX8-BvyzSKA0RwUdiL5xBVz2VUud/s1600/KIF2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsYUkSsMSEoDT_PE3eRkg6W04ovmtf4v_ZcCohWmoaFkJeqI_YqnqVLoXB08lQ-Xu5GqDAx9nD-_xXmYhIYThH1v4qy3B39eFYySIMUt25aKbVj7wCDX8-BvyzSKA0RwUdiL5xBVz2VUud/s200/KIF2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><strong>I. 7.Nc3</strong> and now <strong>7...e5 </strong>(diagram)<strong> </strong>is the best by theory. Black's equalization in this position is still in the future, but he has no weaknesses. White has the better grip on the center, and the Black Knight at d7, however necessary, is going to have to move again soon.<br />
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<strong>8.e4 </strong>White also plays 8.h3 here, but it has little independent significance. Black now plays 8...c6 almost half the time and 8...exd4 a little over a quarter of the time. The other two common moves are 8...Re8 and 8...a6. After 8...c6, play may continue 9.h3 Qb6 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Ne8 and Black is okay. Continuing, <strong>8.e4 c6 9.h3 </strong>(9.b3 Re8 10.h3 exd4) <strong>9...Qb6 10.Re1 </strong>(diagram)<strong> </strong><br />
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<strong>II. 7.Qc2 e5 </strong>(the alternative is 7...c6 and it may be objectively as good 8.Rd1 Qc7 9.Nc3 e5 with a slight advantage to White) <strong>8.Rd1 Re8 </strong>(8...Qe7 Nc3 9.c6 e4 10.exd4=) <strong>9.Nc3 c6 10.e4 </strong>(10.b3 and now while 10...e4 has been the move of choice, this position deserves closer attention) <strong>10...exd4 </strong>(10...Qe7 and look particularly at 11.b3 or d5) <strong>11.Nxd4 </strong>(diagram) and Black is okay. <br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "Biel"] [Site "Biel"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "2730"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1990.07.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1990.12.01"] {E69: King’s Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7 0-0 e5 8 e4 c6 9 h3} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 c6 9. e4 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne8 12. Nf3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qa4 a5 (14... Nc7 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Qb4 Ne6 17. c5 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bf1 b5 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. Nf4 d3 22. e5 d2 23. Red1 Qa4 24. Qxa4 bxa4 25. Nd3 Bxh3 26. Rxd2 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Bxe5 28. Rad1 Bf6 29. Nb4 {Marin,M (2561)-Eriksson,J (2415)/Stockholm 2002/CBM 085 ext/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 15. a3 $146 (15. Be3 Qxb2 16. Rec1 Qb4 17. Qd1 Qd6 18. Qxd6 Nxd6 19. Bc5 Nxc4 20. Na4 b5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Bf1 Ba3 23. Rxc4 bxc4 24. Nb6 Rb8 25. Nxc4 Bc5 26. Nxe5 Rb2 27. Nd3 Rc2 28. Re1 Be6 29. Re2 Rxe2 {Lingnau,C (2225)-Volke,K (2395)/Germany 1991/GER-chT2/0-1 (46)}) 15... Nc7 (15... Be6 16. Bf1 $11) 16. Be3 $14 Qxb2 17. Rec1 b5 18. Qd1 bxc4 19. Bc5 Ne6 20. Na4 (20. Rab1 $5 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxc5 22. Na4 $14) 20... Qb3 $11 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 {Attacking the isolated pawn on a3} (21... Kxf8 $143 22. Qd6%2B Kg8 23. Qxc6 $18) 22. Bf1 Nd4 23. Rxc4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Be6 25. Rc3 Rd8 (25... Rb8 $5 26. f4 f6 $11) 26. Kg2 $14 Rb8 27. Nc5 Rb2 28. Bd3 Ba2 29. Na4 (29. Bc4 Bxc5 30. Bxa2 Bd6 $14) 29... Rb3 $11 30. Ra1 Rxc3 31. Nxc3 Bb3 32. Ne2 a4 (32... Ne6 33. Rc1 Bxa3 34. Rxc6 $14) 33. f4 (33. Nxd4 $142 exd4 34. Rc1 Bxa3 35. Rxc6 $16) 33... Nb5 $2 (33... c5 $142 34. Nxd4 exd4 $11) 34. fxe5 $18 Bg7 35. Rc1 Bxe5 36. Rxc6 Nxa3 37. Ng1 Kf8 38. Nf3 Bb2 39. Nd2 (39. Rc7 Bf6 $18) 39... Bd1 40. Rc7 Be5 (40... h5 41. Nf3 $18) 41. Rc5 (41. Rc1 Bc2 42. Rxc2 Nxc2 43. Bxc2 a3 $18) 41... Bd4 (41... f6 42. Rc1 Bc2 43. Rxc2 Nxc2 44. Bxc2 $18) 42. Rc8%2B (42. Rc1 $5 Bc2 43. Rxc2 Nxc2 44. Bxc2 a3 $18) 42... Ke7 43. Rc7%2B Ke6 (43... Kd6 $5 44. Rxf7 Nc2 45. e5%2B Ke6 46. Bc4%2B Kxe5 47. Nf3%2B Bxf3%2B 48. Kxf3 Bc5 49. Rxh7 a3 $18) 44. Nf3 $18 Bb2 45. Rb7 Bc1 (45... Bc3 $142 $18) 46. Kf2 h5 (46... Kf6 $18) 47. Be2 Bb3 (47... Bc2 48. Nd4%2B Kd6 49. e5%2B Kxe5 50. Nxc2 Nxc2 51. Rc7 $18 (51. Rxf7 $6 Be3%2B 52. Kf3 Bc5 $11)) 48. Nd4%2B Ke5 49. Nxb3 axb3 50. Rxb3 Kxe4 51. Bd3%2B (51. Bd3%2B Ke5 52. Ke1 $18) 1-0 '/></object></div><br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1991.01.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Salov, Valery"] [Black "Lautier, Joel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1991.01.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "14"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1991.06.01"] {E60: King’s Indian: Unusual lines and Fianchetto Variation without Nc3} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1 Re8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 c6 11. h3 Qc7 12. c5 b6 (12... Nf8 13. Be3 N6d7 14. Nbd2 Ne6 15. Nc4 b6 16. b4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. h4 Qa5 20. Rac1 Qa3 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rad8 23. Rd3 Qb2 24. Rd2 Qb7 25. Bh3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Rcd1 { Baider,D (2125)-Krivec,J (2343)/Queenstown 2009/CBM 128 Extra/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Nh5 $146 (14... Bf8 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Nbd2 Rab8 18. a3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Ng7 21. Ng5 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. h4 Ree8 24. Bh3 Rb7 25. h5 Nf6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A (2520)-Smirin,I (2560)/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM 027 ext}) (14... Ba6 $5 15. Be3 Rab8 $14) 15. Be3 $16 Nf8 16. Nbd2 Ba6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Red8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Bh3 Rxd1%2B 21. Rxd1 Rd8 $2 (21... Nd4 $142 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 $18) 22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bxa7 Nf6 27. a4 (27. Nxe5 $6 Nxe4 28. Nxc6 Nc3 $16) 27... Nd7 (27... Nxe4 28. a5 Nc3 $18) 28. a5 Bf8 29. a6 c5 (29... Bd6 30. Be3 Bb8 31. Ng5 $18) 30. Nd2 Kf7 (30... Bd6 31. Nc4 Nb8 32. Nxd6 Nxa6 $18) 31. Nc4 (31. Nc4 g5 32. Bb6 Nxb6 33. Nxb6 gxh4 34. a7 hxg3 35. a8=Q $18) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-90241358154701916982010-07-08T13:23:00.000-07:002010-07-08T13:23:59.027-07:00Pirc 101: Austrian AttackRobson plays a nice game against Molner in the 5th round of the 38th World Open. The opening is the Austrian Pirc. The move to pay attention to is White's 9th, e5. The Rybka 4 Book (Jiri Dufek) gives 9.Qb5+, which has been the principal practice over the board. <br />
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Be3 Qa5 (8... Qc7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Qa3 Be6 14. Nf6%2B exf6 15. Rxd8%2B Rxd8 16. Bb5 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez Garcia,J (2457)-Linares Napoles,O (2295)/Havana 2009/ CBM 130 Extra}) 9. e5 $146 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Kh2 Be6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qb4 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. f5 Bd7 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Nxe7%2B Kh8 19. Qxd6 Rad8 20. fxg6 Bb5 21. Qf4 Bxe2 22. gxh7 Nh5 23. Qf5 Rd2 {Shmarina,D (1762) -Bulatkhanova,B (2023)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 Extra/0-1}) (9. Nd4 Nc6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. h3 Rfc8 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 a6 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rhe1 e5 21. Nb3 exf4 22. Bf1 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rc6 {Azadmanesh,M-Van Wissen,M (2160)/Enschede 1996/CBM 055 ext/0-1 (40)}) (9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nbxd6%2B exd6 13. Nxd6%2B Kf8 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qa3 Nxd6 16. Bc5 Ke8 17. Bxd6 Bf8 18. Qc3 Bxd6 19. exd6 Rg8 20. O-O-O Be6 21. Bb5 Kd7 22. Rhe1 h5 23. h3 h4 {Zaitsev,I-Karasev,V/Riga 1970/URS-ch/1-0}) ( 9. Qb5%2B Qxb5 10. Bxb5%2B Nc6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bxc6%2B bxc6 13. e5 dxe5) 9... dxe5 10. Qb5%2B Nc6 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nc7 (13. fxe5 $143 Ng4 14. Bc5 Nc6 $17) 13... e4 14. Ne5 (14. Nxa8 $143 exf3 15. Nc7 Ng4 $15) 14... Ng4 $2 (14... Be6 $5 15. Nxa8 Rxa8 $11) 15. Bd2 $1 $16 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Nc6 (16... Rb8 $5 17. Bxa5 Bxe5 $14) 17. Nxa8 $16 Bxe5 18. Bc3 Bd6 (18... Bb8 19. b4 Bd6 20. O-O-O Nxb4 21. Bxb4 Bxb4 22. Nc7 $16) 19. Rd1 $18 Bb8 20. b4 (20. Kf2 Bg4 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rc8 $16) 20... Bg4 (20... Ne5 $142 $5 21. b5 b6 $18) 21. Be2 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rc8 23. b5 Ne5 24. b6 Rxc3 25. Rd8%2B Kg7 26. Rxb8 Rxc2%2B 27. Ke3 axb6 ( 27... Rxa2 28. Rg1 $18) 28. Nxb6 (28. Kxe4 $142 $5 Re2%2B 29. Kf4 Nc4 $18) 28... Ng4%2B 29. Kf4 (29. Kd4 $142 $5 e5%2B 30. Kd5 Rd2%2B 31. Kc4 Ne3%2B 32. Kb3 Rd3%2B 33. Kb2 Nxg2 34. Nc4 $18) 29... f5 $16 30. Rxb7 Rf2%2B $4 (30... Rxg2 $142 31. Rxe7%2B Kh6 $14) 31. Kg3 $18 h5 32. h3 (32. Rxe7%2B $6 Kh6 $14) 32... f4%2B 33. Kh4 Ne3 ( 33... Nf6 34. g3 Kh6 35. gxf4 e5 $18) 34. Kg5 Nf5 35. Nd5 f3 (35... Nd6 36. Rxe7%2B Nf7%2B 37. Kh4 Rxg2 38. Nxf4 g5%2B 39. Kxh5 gxf4 40. Rxe4 Rxa2 41. Rg1%2B Kh7 42. Rxf4 Ra5%2B 43. Kh4 Ra7 $18) 36. Nxe7 (36. g4 $142 Nh6 37. Rxe7%2B Nf7%2B 38. Kf4 Rxa2 39. gxh5 gxh5 $18) 36... Rxg2%2B 37. Kf4 Ng3 (37... Nxe7 38. Rxe7%2B Kf6 39. Rxe4 Rxa2 40. Kxf3 Ra3%2B 41. Re3 Ra4 $18) 38. Nf5%2B (38. Nf5%2B Kf6 39. Nxg3 g5%2B 40. Kxe4 Rxa2 41. Nxh5%2B Kg6 42. Ng3 Ra4%2B 43. Kxf3 Ra3%2B 44. Kf2 $18) 1-0 [Site "Jermuk ARM"] [Date "2010.07.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Kosintseva, Tatiana"] [Black "Hou Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C11"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (64m)"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] {C11: French: Classical System: 4 e5 and 4 Bg5 dxe4} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 {The only serious move.} c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 {7... cxd4 and 7...a6 are more common.} 8. Qd2 {8.Be2 is also good.} O-O 9. Be2 b6 $6 {9...a6 is objectively better.} (9... a6 10. O-O b5 11. Nd1 b4 12. Nf2 Qb6 13. c3 a5 14. g4 Ba6 15. Nd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. f5 Rac8 19. Nfe1 Bg5 20. Nxb4 Bxe3%2B 21. Qxe3 Bxe2 22. Rf4 Qxb4 23. Qxe2 g5 24. fxg6 {Timofeev,A (2657)-Wang Hao (2610)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM 114/0-1 (66)}) 10. Nd1 $146 (10. O-O f6 (10... f5 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 a5 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. c4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qb7 21. Be3 Qa6 22. Kf1 dxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxc4 Qxc4%2B 25. Rxc4 {Jerez Perez,A (2388)-Anton Guijarro,D (2265)/Barbera del Valles 2009/CBM 131 Extra/1/2-1/2}) 11. exf6 (11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rf2 Bb7 15. c3 a5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Ng3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kislik,E (2302)-Berczes,D (2458)/Budapest 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 11... Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bg1 Qc8 18. dxc5 b4 19. Rfe1 bxc3 20. Qxe6%2B Rf7 21. Ng5 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bd7 23. Re3 Bxc5 24. Rxc3 Bxg1 {Baramidze,D (2593)-Berczes,D (2458)/Biel 2008/CBM 125 Extra/0-1 (49)}) 10... f5 (10... Nxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bh4%2B 13. g3 Be7 $15) 11. c3 $14 a5 12. O-O Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Bf2 $14) 13. Bxa6 $16 Rxa6 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd4 $6 Bc5 17. Qc3 Nf6 18. Bxc5 Ne4 $14) 16... Nb5 (16... Nc6 $5 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 $16) 17. Qe2 $18 Nc7 18. d6 b5 (18... Ra8 19. Nc3 (19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nc3 Nc5 $16) 19... Na6 20. Qc4 $18) 19. dxc7 (19. a4 $142 $18) 19... Qxc7 $16 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rfd1 (22. Rad1 Nb6 $14) 22... Nc5 23. Rd4 Nd3 24. Rxc4 Nxb2 (24... g5 $5 $14) 25. Rc7 $16 Bd8 26. Rb7 Nc4 27. Bc5 (27. Bf2 $142 $5 Rc6 28. Ne2 $16) 27... Bb6 $14 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Rc7 (29. Rxb6 $142 Nxb6 30. Rb1 $14) 29... Ne3 (29... Nb2 $142 $11) 30. Re1 $16 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rc5 (32. Rd1 Rd8 $18) 32... a4 ( 32... Rb2 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rdxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxa2 36. e6 $16) 33. Rxd5 Rb2 ( 33... Rb4 $5 34. Rf1 $16) 34. Rc1 $18 Rxa2 35. Rd7 Rb8 36. h3 a3 $2 (36... Kh8 $142 37. Rcc7 Rg8 $18) 37. Rcc7 Ra1%2B (37... Kh8 38. Rxg7 Re2 39. Rxh7%2B Kg8 40. Rcg7%2B Kf8 $18) 38. Kh2 a2 39. Rxg7%2B Kh8 40. Rxh7%2B Kg8 41. Rcg7%2B Kf8 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rhg7%2B (43. Rhe7 Rf1 44. Rxa2 Rxf4 $18) 43... Kh8 44. Rgf7 (44. Rge7 $5 Rf1 45. Rxa2 Rxf4 $18) 44... Rf1 45. Rxa2 Rxf4 46. Raa7 Re8 47. e6 $1 Rh4 (47... Rxe6 48. Rf8# {Mate attack}) 48. Rxf5 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-69450474227785076972010-07-03T15:56:00.000-07:002010-07-03T16:06:01.776-07:00French 101: Classical in JermukTatiana Kosinteva beats Hou Yifan in a French Classical in Jermuk, Armenia. While the novelty in the game is 11.Nd1, which is dubious, the bigger flaw in the game is Black's plan to exchange the light-squared Bishops. Black position is left stretched out of shape, and Kosinteva drives the point home.<br />
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Nd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. f5 Rac8 19. Nfe1 Bg5 20. Nxb4 Bxe3%2B 21. Qxe3 Bxe2 22. Rf4 Qxb4 23. Qxe2 g5 24. fxg6 {Timofeev,A (2657)-Wang Hao (2610)/Taiyuan 2006/CBM 114/0-1 (66)}) 10. Nd1 $146 (10. O-O f6 (10... f5 11. Nd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5 14. Nf2 a5 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. c4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qb7 21. Be3 Qa6 22. Kf1 dxc4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxc4 Qxc4%2B 25. Rxc4 {Jerez Perez,A (2388)-Anton Guijarro,D (2265)/Barbera del Valles 2009/CBM 131 Extra/1/2-1/2}) 11. exf6 (11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Ne2 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Rf2 Bb7 15. c3 a5 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Ng3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Kislik,E (2302)-Berczes,D (2458)/Budapest 2008/CBM 126 Extra}) 11... Nxf6 12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Bg1 Qc8 18. dxc5 b4 19. Rfe1 bxc3 20. Qxe6%2B Rf7 21. Ng5 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bd7 23. Re3 Bxc5 24. Rxc3 Bxg1 {Baramidze,D (2593)-Berczes,D (2458)/Biel 2008/CBM 125 Extra/0-1 (49)}) 10... f5 (10... Nxd4 $5 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bh4%2B 13. g3 Be7 $15) 11. c3 $14 a5 12. O-O Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Bf2 $14) 13. Bxa6 $16 Rxa6 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd5 (16. Qxd4 $6 Bc5 17. Qc3 Nf6 18. Bxc5 Ne4 $14) 16... Nb5 (16... Nc6 $5 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 $16) 17. Qe2 $18 Nc7 18. d6 b5 (18... Ra8 19. Nc3 (19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nc3 Nc5 $16) 19... Na6 20. Qc4 $18) 19. dxc7 (19. a4 $142 $18) 19... Qxc7 $16 20. Nc3 Qc4 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rfd1 (22. Rad1 Nb6 $14) 22... Nc5 23. Rd4 Nd3 24. Rxc4 Nxb2 (24... g5 $5 $14) 25. Rc7 $16 Bd8 26. Rb7 Nc4 27. Bc5 (27. Bf2 $142 $5 Rc6 28. Ne2 $16) 27... Bb6 $14 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. Rc7 (29. Rxb6 $142 Nxb6 30. Rb1 $14) 29... Ne3 (29... Nb2 $142 $11) 30. Re1 $16 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Rc5 (32. Rd1 Rd8 $18) 32... a4 ( 32... Rb2 33. Rd1 Rd8 34. Rdxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxa2 36. e6 $16) 33. Rxd5 Rb2 ( 33... Rb4 $5 34. Rf1 $16) 34. Rc1 $18 Rxa2 35. Rd7 Rb8 36. h3 a3 $2 (36... Kh8 $142 37. Rcc7 Rg8 $18) 37. Rcc7 Ra1%2B (37... Kh8 38. Rxg7 Re2 39. Rxh7%2B Kg8 40. Rcg7%2B Kf8 $18) 38. Kh2 a2 39. Rxg7%2B Kh8 40. Rxh7%2B Kg8 41. Rcg7%2B Kf8 42. Ra7 Kg8 43. Rhg7%2B (43. Rhe7 Rf1 44. Rxa2 Rxf4 $18) 43... Kh8 44. Rgf7 (44. Rge7 $5 Rf1 45. Rxa2 Rxf4 $18) 44... Rf1 45. Rxa2 Rxf4 46. Raa7 Re8 47. e6 $1 Rh4 (47... Rxe6 48. Rf8# {Mate attack}) 48. Rxf5 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-61725679092744083202010-07-01T07:19:00.000-07:002010-07-01T12:12:27.369-07:00July FIDE Rating List: Four Things<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PCoXMjK0QlLo84X8gIzIK4JCFAatfyVFppxv7pK2nmn2Qkt1ugKNBZYcu7COHkDVWfgGDsqi-qvfMW1Wb-5izgKociXcSM8TXrq83Y6zWCqeEC3V46azXHNerwBrC6xXWgoUrmblsbdl/s1600/all+time+high+rtgs.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" rw="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PCoXMjK0QlLo84X8gIzIK4JCFAatfyVFppxv7pK2nmn2Qkt1ugKNBZYcu7COHkDVWfgGDsqi-qvfMW1Wb-5izgKociXcSM8TXrq83Y6zWCqeEC3V46azXHNerwBrC6xXWgoUrmblsbdl/s320/all+time+high+rtgs.bmp" width="320" /></a></div>See the <a href="http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6471">ChessBase story</a> regarding Magnus' amazing attainment, which is now official. Note several things about this all-time top ten list. <strong> First</strong>, Carlsen's achievement at 19 is nothing short of amazing. I anxiously wait to see just how much he will achieve. <strong>Second</strong>, taken by itself, Fischer's inclusion on this list 38 years after reaching his peak rating is also amazing, but it is particularly so when one accounts for almost 40 years of inflation. If memory serves, Fischer actually lost rating points by defeating World Champion Spassky. <strong>Third</strong>, Kasparov's and Karpov's positions on the list are noteworthy because of the age of their ratings. Karpov remains in the top ten despite the lapse of sixteen years and the attendant inflation, and Kasparov still holds the first position eleven years after his peak. Neither Carlsen, nor anyone else, will likely bump him down anytime soon. <strong>Finally</strong>, only one country has more than one player on this list. Unsurprisingly, it is Russia with four.Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-23106782205646051412010-06-30T19:20:00.000-07:002010-07-01T07:00:58.403-07:00Petroff 101: 5.Nc3; 7.Bf4 or 7.Be3--Five Boards to Compare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSde_xk0fEErTT2ujKeCX1zPFmQ-gmIlEtdUvRuy0ZSXlR-VZ-aRmC8D5bPOst-jzOm4LS1y8lK5Qv_sn7mACIozuqns1zEJyt00uU-laTCUvYjoOtQRyUaZhUhASdbkBCWkqmABPeBu6k/s1600/Pet2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ru="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSde_xk0fEErTT2ujKeCX1zPFmQ-gmIlEtdUvRuy0ZSXlR-VZ-aRmC8D5bPOst-jzOm4LS1y8lK5Qv_sn7mACIozuqns1zEJyt00uU-laTCUvYjoOtQRyUaZhUhASdbkBCWkqmABPeBu6k/s200/Pet2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><strong>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 Oh no! 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3</strong> Play 5.d4 to head for the mainlines. <strong>5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 (diagram)</strong> 6.bxc3 is okay, but I think it is objectively inferior. The idea is that White is going to play down the half-open d-file and often shove the kingside pawns northward. <strong>6...Be7</strong> Why this? The Bishop is almost assuredly going to develop to the e7 square, while the queenside minor pieces can go to several squares. In particular, Black will clarify the placement of one of the White Bishops, usually the dark-squared Bishop, before deciding whether to develop the Knight to d7 or c6. <strong><em>Now White has two major options: 7.Be3 or 7.Bf4. Which?</em></strong> Let's look at five positions each of higher level games five moves later, after White's 12th. Survey the positions and see if they help the choice based on your preferences.</div></div><br />
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Black is slightly better with the Bishop pair and potential for play down the b-file. White wins the game.<br />
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The game is roughly equal. Black will win the pawn back after the exchanges on d6 by forking the Rook and f-pawn via e4. White wins the game.<br />
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Again, White is slightly better due to better coordinated pieces and a space advantage. White wins the game.<br />
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White is slightly better due to better better coordinated pieces and a space advantage. Black wins. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Johnsson states that the chairman of the Match Organizing Committee, Gudmundur G. Thorarinsson, can authenticate the table. </div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-63646423308078099342010-06-28T19:40:00.000-07:002010-06-29T04:58:12.499-07:001.d4 Sidetracks: Torre, London and Colle Systems, But Not ReallyBruzon takes the great Ivanchuk out of mainstream theory quickly, but to no good end. White declines to go down a beaten path repeatedly until we reach the following position:<br />
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<strong>1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2</strong><br />
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A lot of known lines have been avoided to this point, but the game is at least now on the cusp of the Catalan. ChessBase classifies this position with the Torre, London, and Colle systems, but it's none of these. If you have a name for this, drop a comment. Nevertheless, the position has been reached often, and Black's next odd-looking move can be described as an anti-Catalan: <strong>4...b5 </strong>Perhaps the kid Carlsen has shown the old master a thing or two. See the second game below.<br />
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Chess Genius, by Richard Lang of Mephisto fame<br />
Chessmaster<br />
Chess Tiger<br />
Fritz, Deep Fritz <br />
Gandalf<br />
HIARCS<br />
Junior <br />
The King - the engine of the commercial Chessmaster program<br />
Ktulu<br />
Loop (also the engine for Wii Chess)<br />
Naum versions 2.1 and later<br />
Onno<br />
Rebel - (see also ProDeo)<br />
Ruffian 2<br />
Rybka<br />
Shredder<br />
Deep Sjeng<br />
Smarthink<br />
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The controversy is not so much with these engines, but rather with the "free," "open source" engines that are cropping up. There are many of these as well, led by what's known as the IPPOLIT family, including <strong>RobboLito</strong>, <strong>Igorrit</strong>, <strong>IvanHoe</strong>, <strong>FireBird</strong> and <strong>Fire</strong>. Some have claimed that the IPPOLIT engines are nothing more than decompiled versions of Rybka that have been tweaked (for better or worse) and tossed onto the market. Last I checked, the IPPOLIT authors were an anonymous group calling themselves the "Decembrists." One could also add <strong>Strelka</strong> to this list and the name Yuri Osipov (a pseudonym?). There's also an open source, free engine known as <strong>Stockfish</strong> (Tord Romstad (Norway), Marco Costalba (Italy) & Joona Kiiski (Finland)). This last engine has substantial legitimacy in the fact that it's been accepted for rating by the CCRL. The authors may have perfectly good reasons for why they would want to offer this engine at no charge.<br />
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I am currently running Rybka 4, Shredder12, Fritz 12, Deep Fritz 12, Firebird 1.2, and Stockfish 1.7.1 JA on my machines. I'm not entirely comfortable with all of these engines, and I do believe that it is in all of our best interests to support only the legitimate (non-prirated) efforts. I do not have the software skills to challenge any of the above programs, and I'll thus be looking to others to offer explanations of legitimacy or otherwise. (Any such claims of illegitimacy have been weak to date, although certainly plausible.) The reason behind the intellectual property protections afforded by patent, trademark, and copyright laws are obvious--to incentivize creativity. Until the answers are clear or more clear, I will continue to purchase the leading commercial programs to support the progress of chess engines, but I will also explore and run my own tests on the engines being called into question. <br />
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To the extent that any programmers are taking code from one of the commercial engines and quickly improving it in a pirated release, more issues are raised than just copyright protection. If the commercial programmers are withholding improvements, they may be entitled to the protections of the law, but they aren't necessarily going to get my undying support.Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-38906468697853701822010-06-27T15:41:00.000-07:002010-06-27T15:44:07.709-07:00King's Indian 101: Classical Variation--9.Nd2This King's Indian comes from the 17th Correspondence World Championship. White scores with the third of the big three White responses to the Mar Del Plata Variation of the King's Indian: 9.Nd2. The move may only be inferior to 9.Ne1 and 9.b4 in terms of the times it has been played. Play is often across the entire board as in this game, and here, Black simply wasn't able to hit hard enough on the kingside. The novelty in the game is at White's 20th. <br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "corr W-17ch"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2002.03.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Raupp, Thomas"] [Black "Rohde, Wolfgang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2533"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (75m)"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2002.03.08"] [EventType "corr"] [Source "ICCF Archive"] [SourceDate "2005.09.23"] {E97: King’s Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 Ng8 14. Qc2 Nh6 15. Nb5 {White intends c5} axb4 16. axb4 Nf6 17. c5 Nh5 18. cxd6 (18. Nc4 Ra6 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1%2B 21. Bxf1 Ng4 22. Ne3 Ra8 23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Nb5 Nf4 25. Be3 h5 26. h3 Bc8 27. Kh2 h4 28. Rc1 Bf8 29. cxd6 Qg5 30. Nxc7 Qg3%2B 31. Kh1 Qxe3 32. Nxa8 Nh5 {Beliavsky,A (2622)-Kotronias,V (2598)/Turin 2006/CBM 113/1-0 (39)}) 18... cxd6 19. Nc4 Ra6 20. Nc3 $146 (20. g3 Nf6 (20... Nf7 21. Na5 Qb6%2B 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Na3 Raa8 24. Qd3 Qd8 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Rbc1 Ng5 27. Kh1 Nh3 28. Kg2 Ng5 29. Kh1 Nh3 30. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A (2615)-Polgar,J (2630)/ Groningen 1993/CBM 039}) 21. Bg5 Nf7 22. Be3 Bh6 23. Bxh6 Nxh6 24. Ra1 Nf7 25. Rxa6 bxa6 26. Na7 Bd7 27. Kh1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Kg7 29. Bd3 Bh3 30. Nc6 Qc7 31. Ra1 Ng5 32. Rxa6 Nfxe4 33. Ra7 Qxa7 34. Nxa7 Rf2 {Smirnov,V (2305)-Dydyshko,V (2505)/Minsk 1994/CBM 042 ext/0-1 (35)}) (20. Be3 Nf4 $16) 20... Bd7 (20... Nf4 21. b5 Ra8 22. b6 $16) 21. Be3 (21. b5 Ra8 22. Na4 Rc8 $16) 21... fxe4 (21... b5 $5 22. Na5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nf4 $14) 22. b5 $16 Ra8 23. Nxe4 (23. Nxd6 $6 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 $15) 23... Nf5 24. Bb6 Qe7 25. g4 Nf4 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Ng3 (27. Nexd6 $143 Qg5%2B 28. Kf2 Qh4%2B 29. Kg1 Qg5%2B 30. Kf2 Qh4%2B 31. Kg1 Qg5%2B $11) 27... h5 28. Rf2 h4 29. Nf1 Nh3%2B (29... e4 $5 30. fxe4 Nh3%2B 31. Kh1 Nxf2%2B 32. Bxf2 Qxe4%2B 33. Qxe4 fxe4 $14) 30. Kh1 $14 Nxf2%2B 31. Bxf2 Bh6 32. Nfe3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 f4 34. Ng4 h3 35. Bd3 Qf7 36. Rg1 Rg8 (36... Qxd5 $2 37. Be4 Bf5 38. Bxd5 Bxc2 39. Bh4 $18 (39. Bxb7 $6 Rab8 40. Bc6 Ba4 $18)) 37. Be4 (37. Be4 Rac8 38. Qd1 $18) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-67808957316877557122010-06-27T07:18:00.000-07:002010-06-27T07:28:57.261-07:00King's Tournament: King's Indian Classical with 7...Na6The last round of the King's Tournament in Medias saw all three games end with a Black victory. In the game Gelfand-Radjabov, Radjabov played 6...Na6 in the Classical Variation, a move he's only played once previously. The notion behind this move is usually to avoid the body of theory after 6...e5 and 7...Nc6. Radjabov likely knows this theory better than anyone, having played into the line more than 70 times, but even Radjabov is not above side-stepping an opponent's preparation. Oftentimes 6...Na6 simply transposes to the more mainstream move order 6...e5 7.O-O Na6, and that's what happens here. The verdict is out on 7...Na6 (which is this game by transposition), but the general thought is that White has additional options due to a lack of pressure on the White center. Here, the novelty is 12...d3 and it would seem that White has won the opening phase, but it's never quite so simple....<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "4th Kings Tournament"] [Site "Medias ROU"] [Date "2010.06.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Nisipeanu, LD."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "2813"] [BlackElo "2672"] [Annotator "Stockfish 1.7.1 JA 64bit (90m)"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2010.06.14"] {C63: Ruy Lopez: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Ne5%2B c6 11. d4 Qh4%2B 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Rhf1 (16. Nf7 Bxf7 17. Bxf7 Rhf8 18. Bc4 Rde8 19. d5 c5 20. Rhf1 Kb8 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. Bg5 a6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxe4 Qxh2 25. Rh1 Qxg3 26. Rxh7 Rfe8 27. Qf5 b5 28. Bf1 Re1 29. Qh5 Qf4%2B 30. Kb1 Qxf1 {Timman,J (2635)-Speelman,J (2615)/London 1989/ Candidates/0-1}) 16... Rhe8 $146 (16... Rhf8 17. Kb1 (17. Bxe6%2B Qxe6 18. Qc4 Rde8 19. Qxe6%2B Rxe6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Ne3 h6 22. Bxf6 Rexf6 23. Kd2 Rf2%2B 24. Ke1 Rxf1%2B 25. Nxf1 g5 26. Ke2 h5 27. Nd2 Re8 28. Ke3 h4 29. Rg1 hxg3 30. hxg3 g4 31. Nxe4 Rf8 {Slaby,J (2376)-Vreugdenhil,F (2087)/Olomouc 2003/CBM 095 ext/1-0 (58)}) (17. g4 Rde8 18. Bxe6%2B Rxe6 19. Rf5 Rfe8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rh5 Qxh5 22. gxh5 fxe5 23. Qxe4 h6 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Qf5 Kc7 26. a4 a6 27. h3 R8e7 28. Kb1 Rf6 29. Qg4 Bf4 30. Rf1 Be5 31. Rxf6 {1-0 Blauert,J (2418)-Simonsen,O (2239)/ Klaksvik 2002/CBM 090 ext (31)}) 17... Rde8 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd1%2B 19. Rxd1 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. a3 Qf5 22. Bf4 e3 23. Rxd5 e2 24. Qxe2 cxd5 25. Qb5 Rd8 26. Qc5%2B Kb8 27. e6%2B Ka8 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Qxg7 Rc8 30. e7 Qxc2%2B 31. Ka1 b6 32. Qf8 {Zaitsev,I (2430)-Ivanov,V (2385)/Moscow 1994/CBM 040/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 18. Bxe6%2B Qxe6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Ne3 Nd5 21. c4 Nxe3 22. Bxe3 Rf3 23. d5 Qg6 24. Ka1 Ref8 25. Rfe1 Ba5 26. Rh1 a6 27. Bf4 Bb4 28. Rhf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Bc5 30. dxc6 bxc6 31. Qe1 {Hunt,A (2392)-Chapman,M (2351)/Melbourne 2000/CBM 077 ext/1-0 (36)}) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rxf6 Bxe5 19. Rxe6 (19. Bxe6%2B Rxe6 20. dxe5 Rxd1%2B 21. Kxd1 Rxe5 22. Rf8%2B Kc7 23. Rf7%2B Kc8 24. c4 $11) 19... Rxe6 $11 20. Bxe6%2B Qxe6 21. dxe5 Qh6%2B 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 e3 24. Qe2 Qg5 25. Kd1 Kc7 (25... Qxe5 $143 26. Qg4%2B Kc7 27. Qf4 e2%2B 28. Ke1 $16) 26. Qd3 Qh5%2B (26... Qxe5 $143 27. Qxh7%2B Kc8 28. Qg8%2B Kc7 29. Qf7%2B Kd8 30. Qf8%2B (30. Qxb7 $6 Qd5%2B 31. Ke2 Qd2%2B 32. Kf3 e2 33. Qa8%2B Kd7 34. Qb7%2B Kd8 35. Qb8%2B Kd7 36. Qb7%2B Kd8 $11) 30... Kd7 31. Qb4 $16) 27. Kc1 Qh6 28. Kd1 Qh5%2B 29. Ke1 Qxh2 (29... Qxe5 $143 30. Qxh7%2B Kd6 31. Qd3%2B (31. Qxb7 $6 Qd4 32. Qb8%2B Kd7 $11) 31... Kc7 32. Qc3 $16) 30. Qd6%2B Kc8 31. Qf8%2B Kc7 32. Qe7%2B Kc8 1/2-1/2 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4809932052245826792.post-64591704211335465102010-06-24T17:44:00.000-07:002010-06-28T04:43:08.180-07:00ICCF World Championship, 19th Finals: Sämisch KIIn this game, Whte accepts Blacks offer of a pawn (see 7.dxc5) and is ultimately punished for it. White's 14th, however, is less than accurate. <br />
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Click <a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/2010/06/kings-indian-101-introduction-part-iii.html">here</a> for Part III: Four Pawns Attack<br />
Click <a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/2010/06/kings-indian-101-introduction-part-v.html">here</a> for Part V: Averbakh System<br />
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6<strong> 5.f3</strong> introduces the Sämisch Variation. White fortifies e4 and employs a flexible system, including that the King can be tucked away to either side of the board. Should Black play an early c5, the opening will often look more like a Benoni than a KI. The main choice by Black now is <strong>5...O-O</strong>; Black may also play 5...c6, 5...Nbd7, 5...e5, 5...Nc6, and 5...a6. In response to 5...O-O, White has a major move, <strong>6.Be3</strong>, and two minor choices, 6.Bg5 and 6.Nge2 (see<strong> </strong><a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/2010/06/pat-he-comes-like-catastrophe-of-old.html"><strong>G111</strong></a>). After 6.Be3, Black has no less than seven moves that have been played more than 1,000 times in Mega 2010. Kasparov has played five of them. For purposes of this introduction, let's reduce the numbers by looking at 2600+ players, with the winning percentage, as always, from White's persepective:<br />
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6...c6 3 Games 83.3%<br />
6...a6 3 Games 83.3%<br />
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So, it's 61 games, with more than two-thirds of those games involving one of two moves: 6...e5 or 6...c5, with those two moves showing a plus on the Black side. Unless there be any mistake, the players of the White pieces in all of the above games were also above 2600. The thrust of this intro is to identify some of the major lines of play, and, as always, the details of the opening will be drawn out through games. <br />
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<strong>A. 6...e5</strong> and now White has 7. d5 and 7.Nge2, with mainline play as follows:<br />
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1. <strong>7.Nge2</strong> (keeps the tension)<strong> Nc6 8.d5 (8.Qd2) Ne5 9.Ng3 e6</strong><br />
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2. <strong>7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 </strong>and Black's compensation is indicated by that in over 700 games, White has a mere 47% win rate despite the extra pawn. (<a href="http://graysonebc.blogspot.com/2010/06/iccf-world-championship-19th-finals.html"><strong>See G114</strong></a>)<br />
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3. <strong>7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.cxd5 a6</strong><br />
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[Site "Medias ROU"]<br />
[Date "2010.06.21"]<br />
[Round "7"]<br />
<strong>[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]</strong><br />
<strong>[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]</strong><br />
[Result "1-0"]<br />
[ECO "B35"]<br />
[PlyCount "127"]<br />
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]<br />
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Rg5+ 61. Kh4 Rg1 62. f4 Ke7 63. c7 Rc1 64. Kg5 1-0<br />
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<div><object data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" height="600" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&light=cccccc&dark=777777&border=0&bordertext=cccccc&headerbackground=0&headerforeground=ffffff&mtbackground=cccccc&pgndata=[Event "4th Kings"] [Site "Medias ROU"] [Date "2010.06.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B35"] [Annotator "Deep Rybka 4 x64 (45m)"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] {B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Qe2 (12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bh6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc4 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Rad1 a5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 a4 20. Nd2 Rd4 21. Qe3 Qd6 22. Ne2 Rd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Bxe6 26. a3 Nd5 {Akopian,V (2696)-Bacrot,E (2728)/Nalchik 2009/CBM 130/1-0 (57)}) (12. Nf3 Be8 13. Bg5 Nd7 14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne7%2B Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Bxd6 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd5 Bc3 21. Bxb7 Bxe1 22. Qxe1 Qxa2 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra1 Qxc2 25. Rxa7 Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Kurnosov,I (2602)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Moscow 2009/CBM 129}) 12... Qh5 13. Nf3 $146 (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rad1 Qxe2 15. Rxe2 Be8 16. f3 {1/2-1/2 Pioch,Z (2315)-Bobras,P (2355)/Augustow 1996/CBM 057}) 13... h6 14. Rad1 g5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Rxb7 Bxh3 19. Nxg5 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Bg4 21. Nf3 e6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxh6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ra6 25. Rc7 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. c3 Rb8 28. f4 Rbb6 29. Rd7 Rc6 30. Re3 (30. Rb2 Rab6 31. Rc2 a5 $14) 30... Rxa2 31. e5 dxe5 32. fxe5 Rc5 33. Rg3%2B Kf8 34. Rf3 Rxe5 35. Rfxf7%2B Ke8 36. Rfe7%2B Kf8 37. Rh7 Kg8 (37... Rg5%2B 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rxa7 $14) 38. Rdg7%2B (38. Rhg7%2B Kh8 $16) 38... Kf8 $14 39. Rb7 Kg8 (39... Rg5%2B $5 40. Kf1 Kg8 $14) 40. Rhg7%2B $16 Kh8 41. Rge7 Rg5%2B 42. Kf1 Rc2 43. Rbc7 a5 44. Rxe6 a4 45. Ra6 Rg4 ( 45... Rg7 $5 46. Rxg7 Kxg7 47. Rxa4 Rxc3 $16) 46. c4 $1 Rg7 (46... Rcxc4 47. Ra8%2B) (46... Rgxc4 47. Ra8#) 47. Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Rxa4 Kf6 49. Kg2 Ke5 50. Ra5%2B Ke6 51. Rc5 Kd6 52. Rd5%2B Ke6 53. Rd4 Ke5 54. Rh4 Rc3 (54... Kf6 55. Kf3 $18) 55. c5 $1 Kf5 (55... Rxc5 56. Rh5%2B) 56. Rh8 Kf4 (56... Ke5 57. f3 $18) 57. Rc8 Ke5 58. c6 Kd6 (58... Ke6 59. f3 Rc1 60. Kf2 $18) 59. f3 Rc5 (59... Ke7 $18) 60. Kg3 Rg5%2B 61. Kh4 Rg1 62. f4 Ke7 63. c7 Rc1 (63... Rh1%2B 64. Kg4 Rg1%2B 65. Kf5 $18) 64. Kg5 (64. Kg5 Rg1%2B 65. Kf5 $18) 1-0 '/></object></div>Graysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07852655385684288369noreply@blogger.com