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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:19:43
From: Chess One
Subject: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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






 
Date: 11 Dec 2007 10:53:19
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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





 
Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:37:06
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Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:22:43
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games
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




  
Date: 09 Dec 2007 12:24:59
From: Chess One
Subject: Re: budapest, first saturday, recent games

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