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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:19:43
From: Chess One
Subject: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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US player Bill Paschall does well in another Sicilian [Event "First Saturday 2007 december IGM"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2007.12.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Kosanovic, Goran"] [Black "Paschall, William M"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2352"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2007.12.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. = Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qa6 13. Nd4 Rfd8 = 14. f3 Rac8 15. g4 Be8 16. h4 Rc4 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. g5 = Kh8 21. Rg1 Rdc8 22. c3 Ra4 23. b3 d4 24. cxd4 Ra5 25. gxf6 Bb5 0-1
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Date: 11 Dec 2007 10:53:19
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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Wlod - she missed a GM norm by one point ! - but I saw the tpr. Her Rating was [from memory] about 2411 Fide, and her tpr was 26xx. [[Thank you, btw for the analysis of my gambit game. I will look at the first half again with your suggestions, otherwise I never thought I was better either, per your analysis - it was too congested and a bit slow - I will also look at the '2 rooks' line. I have since looked at what I should have done, [book says] which against Qd3 I should play a knight to e5 earlier, and even sacrifice it for open lines. I am less sure about your early Bg5. It became fun in the second half when the bishops got loose. But what do I do if someone plays it again tomorrow? Once I played an English Defence set up against it, and did well on the white squares. But I //would// play this line again in a blitz game, since White gets all the headaches]] Here was the message from Mihlos, who, if you are interested, will also send you every game of his tournaments. The GM section has ended. ZHAO, Zong-Zuan (AUS) achieved GM-norm with 7 points of 9 games. RAJLICH, Iweta (POL) showed up outstanding performance but one point shy of GM-norm. Attached are results of R 8 and R9, Final rankings of the GM section. Phil
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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:37:06
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Subject: No One Gives a Shit
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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:22:43
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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and here is some analysis of a world cup game, courtesy FirstSaturday, and annotations by Fred Friedel [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"] [Date "2007.12.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Carlsen, M."] [Black "Cheparinov, I."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2670"] [Annotator "Friedel,Frederic"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2007.12.06"] [SourceDate "2007.12.06"] {Carlsen and Cheparinov already met in the third round of the World Cup = in Khanty-Mansiysk two years ago. The two regular games ended with the = score 1-1 then, each of the opponents winning with the black pieces! After that in = the rapid Magnus knocked out Ivan by winning both games. In the two years = period both players constantly grew in strength and now belong to the strongest grandmasters in the world. High time for a new confrontation!} 1. d4 Nf6 = 2. Nf3 g6 {The King's Indian is a dangerous weapon in hands of tactical = players. It usually leads to sharp tactical battle, where White gains space = advantage, but where Black often keeps good counterplay possibilities against the white = king. It fits perfectly to Cheparinov's aggressive playing style.} 3. Bg5 {No, = thank=20 you. The young Norwegian, who, by the way plays the King's Indian = himself from time to time, declines the invitation and chooses a solid and quiet = set-up, without big ambitions to fight for the opening advantage. Earlier = Carlsen used to play 3.g3 in this position.} Bg7 4. Nbd2 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. c3 c5 7. = dxc5 dxc5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Qe3 g5 { A novelty. Cheparinov gains the bishop pair for the price of weakening = his kingside pawn structure.} 14. Bg3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 b6 16. Nh2 Bh5 17. g4 { So after all Carlsen couldn't resist the temptation and tries to exploit opponent's provokative play.} ({The more cautious} 17. Be2 {is answered = with} Bg6 {and again in order to avoid passivity White must take some = aggressive actions connected with f2-f4.}) 17... Bg6 18. g3 Rad8 19. f4 Nd4 {Who = said anyt hing about "a solid and quiet opening set-up"? Well, in reality the = players' style and fighting spirit counts more than any other factors. It is = curious that in spite of wild complications the position remains about equal. = The only difference to the usual equality is that here any mistake can lead to immediate disaster for either side.} 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bf1 gxf4 22. gxf4 = Ne6 ({ I doubt that the cautious} 22... Bh7 { in order to keep the material balance did cross Cheparinov's mind.}) 23. = e5 { Due to the large amount of variations to calculate, it is difficult to = choose which pawn to advance. Carlsen's move is more cautious, opening = fewerdiagonals for black pieces and trying to keep the queen away from the white king.} = ({ Advancing the other pawn looks possible too:} 23. f5 Be5 24. Ndf3 = ({worse is}=20 24. Nhf3 Bf4) 24... Bf4 25. Qf2 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Qf4 ({or} 26... Nf4 {after = which White is not necessarily forced to take the bishop, but can choose = between moves like 27.e5 or 27.Qh4, with compensation for the exchange.}) 27. = Re1 Ng5 28. Nxg5 Qxg5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qg3 a6 {with a double-edged position.}) = 23... f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. f5 Ng5 26. fxg6 Re6 27. Qf2 Be5 28. Rxe5 (28. Nhf3 = { is bad in view of} Bg3) 28... Qxe5 29. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Qf4 31. Re1 = Rxe1 { In such positions the side with the rook usually aims to exchange = pieces, since in endgame the rook with a pawn has better chances to fight = against two minor pieces.} ({Nevertheless it deserved attention} 31... Qxg4+ 32. Bg2 = Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 {and now interesting is} Rd6 {with complicated play. White = can't activate his minor pieces due to his vulnerable king.}) 32. Nxe1 Qxf2+ = 33. Kxf2 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 {Thanks to the pawn on g6 White's chances are preferable, = but Black should be able to make a draw. However, Magnus showed a better = technique and nicely used the small inaccuracies made by Cheparinov, achieving a = winning position. Then in the end both players missed the right continuations. = The last one to err was Cheparinov....} Rd1 (34... Rxb2 35. Nd3 Rxa2 36. = Nxc5 Rb2 { is a possible alternative}) 35. Ke2 Ra1 (35... Rb1 36. b3 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 = Rxa2 38. Bxb5 $16) 36. Bg2 c4 (36... Rxa2 $4 37. Bd5+) 37. a3 Rb1 38. Nc2 Rxb2 = 39. Be4 Kg7 40. Ke3 Rb3 41. Kd2 Kf6 (41... e5) 42. Nd4 Rxa3 43. Nxb5 Ra5 44. Nc7 = Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kh8 46. Ke3 Ra1 47. Kd4 a5 48. Bc6 a4 49. Be8 Rg1 50. g5 a3 51. = Bf7 Rxg5 52. Nxg5 hxg5 53. Bxc4 Kg7 54. Kd3 $2 (54. Ke5 Kxg6 55. Ba2 g4 56. = Kf4 Kf6 57. Kxg4 Ke5 58. Kf3 $18) 54... Kxg6 55. Kc2 g4 56. Kb3 (56. Bd3+ Kg5 = 57. c4 e5 58. c5 g3 59. Bf1 ({or} 59. Be4 Kf4 60. Bg2 e4 61. c6 e3 62. c7 e2 63. = Kd2 a2) 59... e4 60. c6 e3 61. c7 g2 62. Bxg2 e2 63. Kd2 a2 $11) 56... Kf5 57. = Kxa3 { This endgame is easy to analyze thanks to the available so-called = tablebases. Playing it with no time is a completely different thing, so I will just indicate the mistakes, without deep analysis.} g3 $2 (57... Ke4 58. Ba6 = e5 $11 {Also 57...Kf4 and 57...e5 are sufficient for a draw.}) 58. Bf1 $2 = ({Correct is } 58. Bd5 e5 59. Bg2 {(or 59.Bh1)} e4 60. Kb3 e3 61. Kc2 {winning}) = 58... e5 $2 (58... Kf4 {(or immediately 58...Ke4)} 59. c4 Ke4 60. Kb4 e5 61. Kc3 = (61. c5 Kd5 62. Kb5 e4 63. Bg2 Kd4 64. c6 e3 65. c7 e2 66. c8=3DQ e1=3DQ $11) = 61... Kf3 62. c5 Kf2 63. Bh3 e4 64. c6 e3 65. c7 e2 66. c8=3DQ e1=3DQ+ $11) 59. Kb3 $2 = { This move again allows Black to escape} ({White must start with} 59. Bg2 = e4 ( 59... Kf4 60. c4 $18) 60. Kb3 Ke5 61. Kc4 $18) 59... Kf4 $2 {The last = mistake.} (59... Ke4 $1 60. Bg2+ Kd3 $1 {still achieves a draw.}) 60. Bg2 Ke3 61. = Kc4 Kf2 62. Be4 (62. Be4 g2 63. Bxg2 Kxg2 64. Kd5 $18) 1-0
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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:24:59
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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And lookit! The Sic Wing Gambit [note Player's names are pseudonyms] [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [White "David Bronstajn"] [Black "Deep Blue"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 e5 6.axb4 Bxb4 7.Ra3 Bxa3 = 8.Bxa3 e4 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Nb5 Nc6 11.Nd6+ Kd7 12.Nc4 Qd5 13.Ne3 Qh5 14.g4 Qh6 15.Ng1 = Kc7 16.Bg2 Be6 17.Ne2 Nf6 18.Nc3 Qg6 19.Nb5+ Kd7 20.f3 Qg5 21.Nd6 Qh4+ 22.Kf1 exf3 = 23.Qxf3 Nxg4 24.Nxb7 Nxe3+ 25.Qxe3 Rae8 26.Bxc6+ Kxc6 27.Qc5+ Kxb7 28.Qb5+ Kc8 = 29.Qc6+ Kd8 30.Qd6+ Bd7 31.Qb8+ Bc8 32.Qd6+ Bd7 33.Qb8+ Bc8 34.Qd6+ 1/2-1/2
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