In this issue
* Important tournament change
* Coal City Open
* WA Championships
* Letters
* World News
* Chess World Grand Prix 2003
* Upcoming tournaments
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 Bxf3 5.Bxf3 Nbd7 6.c4 c6
Interesting is 6. ... e5. White can choose between the risky 7. cxd5 exf4 8. gxf4 and 7. d3 with unclear play.
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. O-O e6 9. d3 Bc5+ 10.Kh1 h5?
Aggressive and enticing, but this is the start of Black's problems. Simply O-O looks fine.
11.e4 dxe4 12.dxe4 e5 13.Nc3 h4?! 14.g4 g6 15.f5 Bd4 16.Nb5 Qb6 17.Nxd4 Qxd4
Possible is 17. ... exd4 18. Bf4 g5!? 19. Bxg5 Ne5 with some play for the lost material.
18. Qe2 Rc8 19.Bg5
Black's position does not look too bad but I believed that a patient build-up by White would eventually expose his inherent weaknesses. I was certainly not prepared to jump into some murky variation like 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bg4 Ng3+ 22. hxg3 hxg3+ 23. Kg1 Rxc1 or Rh2 followed by Rcc2.
19....Rc6 20.Rfd1 Qb6 21.Rd2 O-O 22.Bxh4 Rfc8 23.Rad1 Nc5 24.g5 Nh7 25.Qe3!
Heading for a3 and e7 to attack Black's back rank.
25....Na4?!
After 25...Nf8, White is a pawn up and has the 2 bishops but, maybe, no quick finish although 26. Bg3 followed by h4-h5 may be hard to meet.
26.Qa3 Nc5 27.b4 Na6
If 27. ... Nd7 28. Rxd7 Rc3 29. Qa5 Qxa5 30. bxa5 Rxf3 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Rxd8+ Nf8 33. f6 and White will eventually manoeuvre his bishop to the a3-f8 diagonal and win the knight on f8.
28.b5! Rc3 29.Qe7 Rc1 30.Bf2 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Qxb5
Other tries: a) 31. ... Nc5 32. Bb3 Qc7 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Rd8+ wins
b) 31. ... Qc7 32. Rd7 Qc4 33. fxg6 Qf1+ 34. Bg1 Nf8 35. gxf7+ Kh7 36.Bg4 wins
c) 31. ... Qa5 32. Rd7 Qxa2 33. fxg6 Nf8 34. gxf7+ Kh7 35. Qf6 wins.
d) 31. ... Qa5 32. Rd7 Qxa2 33. fxg6 Qxf2 34. gxf7+ Kh8 35. f8=Q+ Qxf8 36. Qxh7#
In all these lines, the White bishops combine to keep Black at bay just long enough.
32.fxg6 Qf1+ 33.Bg1 Nf8 34.Rf2
Finally, the Black King falls into the mincer!
34....Qc4 35.gxf7+ Kh7 36.g6+ Kh6
It does not help to play 36. ... Nxg6, but it does give White the chance to under-promote:
37. f8=N+ Kh6 38. Qh7+ Kg5 39. Qxg6+ Kh4 40. Qg3#
37.Qh4+Kxg6 38. Rf6+
Here, Black resigned in view of Qh6# (Notes by Hadyn Barber)
Thanks to Rob Maris for the info.
1-2 Xie, George 2168 6
Lip, Michael 2012 6
3-4 Castor, David 1812 5.5
Zvedeniouk, Ilya 1891 5.5
5 Charles, Gareth 2045 5
6-14 Peters, Duncan 1837 4.5
Butler, Geoffrey T 1939 4.5
Jones, Brian A 2184 4.5
Tan, Justin 2123 4.5
Jones, Lee R 2107 4.5
Boardman, Jeffery 1672 4.5
Stead, Kerry 1977 4.5
Norman, Brendon 1831 4.5
Marshall, Justin R 1785 4.5
15-20 Hlabano, Segopotso 1500 4
Thaw, Chee Yin 2194 4
Vagle, Raymond 1850 4
Jurd, Sebastian 1574 4
Dickson, Ian C 1659 4
Fitzpatrick, Andrew 1532 4
21-25 Mendes da Costa, Alex 1443 3.5
Kavetski, Dmitri 1731 3.5
Sloper, Christian 1655 3.5
Huddleston, Heather 1608 3.5
Bratten, Gideon 1784 3.5
26-34 Lithgow, George 1260 3
Groenhout, Ron 1702 3
Bonjekovic, Tom 1435 3
Miranda, Adrian 1305 3
Charles, Jeremy 1200 3
McGuirk, Michael 1241 3
Parker, Trent 1168 3
Deacon, Graeme 1372 3
Vidler, Peter J 1332 3
35 Behne-Smith, Jonathan 777 2.5
36-41 Behne-Smith, David 1288 2
Losh, Gary 1409 2
Nemeth, Bela L 1389 2
O'Brien, Theresa 1400 2
Tyler, Jason 1356 2
Chiddy, Lance 642 2
42 Behne-Smith, Sarah 786 1.5
43-44 Scaife, Jeff 600 1
Escribano, Jose 1574 1
Dortmund 2003
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Bologan,V 2650 +164 ** ˝˝ 10 ˝˝ 1˝ 11 6.5/10
2 Kramnik,V 2785 -72 ˝˝ ** ˝˝ 1˝ ˝˝ ˝˝ 5.5/10 27.00
3 Anand,V 2774 -59 01 ˝˝ ** 0˝ ˝1 1˝ 5.5/10 25.75
4 Radjabov,T 2648 +56 ˝˝ 0˝ 1˝ ** ˝˝ 01 5.0/10
5 Leko,P 2739 -124 0˝ ˝˝ ˝0 ˝˝ ** ˝˝ 4.0/10
6 Naiditsch,A 2574 +34 00 ˝˝ 0˝ 10 ˝˝ ** 3.5/10
Average elo: 2695 <=> Category: 18
gm = 4.00 m = 2.00
Match Baramidze-Belikow 2003
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1 Belikov,V 2499 ˝101˝1˝˝˝˝ 6.0/10
2 Baramidze,D 2470 ˝010˝0˝˝˝˝ 4.0/10
Round "6"
Threatening 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rc8#
33...Ba7+ 34. Kh1 Rxf3 35. Rxf8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ 1-0
Round "7"
Anand-Bologan 1-0
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6
8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14.
Re1!
An innovation. White is unworried about ...g4 because of 15.Qxh6 gxf3 16.Rxe6+!! fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.Bh6+ Rg7 19.Bg6
14...Bf8 15. Qf5 Bg7 16. h4 Kf8 17. Qh3 Rh8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxg5 cxd4 21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Rxe6!!
fxe6 23. Be7+!! Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. Nxd4!
Black's king is trapped in the middle
Qc5 26. Bf5 Qe5 27. Nf3+ Qd5 28. Qg3+ Ke7 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Qg5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Be4 Rh5 33. Nh4 Rg8 34. Ng6+ Kd8 35. Qf7 Re8 36. Bd3 1-0
Round "8"
Radjabov-Naiditsch 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 f5 13. Rg1 Kh8 14. g4!
White develops a surprisingly strong attack very quickly
g6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 fxg4 17. Rxg4 g5
Even 17...gxh5 18.Rg5 is pretty hopeless
18. Nxg5 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. cxd4 h6 21. Ne4 Rg8 22. Nd6 Nf6!?
22...Rxg4 23.Qxg4 Rg8 24.Bg6
23. Rg6 Rxg6 24. hxg6 Nd5 25. Qh5 Kg7 26. f5 1-0
Round "9"
Bologan-Radjabov 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Ng5 O-O 8.
f4 Bg4 9. Qe1 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nd4 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Be6 15. Kh1 Kh7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qg2 Rf7 18. Rg1 Raf8 19. Ne2 d5 20.
Nf4 g5 21. Ng6!!
A bolt from the blue! 21...Kxg6 is met by 22.Bxg5!! hxg5 23.Qxg5+ Kh7 24.Qh4+ or 22...Kh7 23.Bxf6! Bxf6 24.Qg6+ Kh8 25.Qxh6+ Rh7 26.Qxf8#. Meanwhile, white wins the exchange because of the dual threats of Nxf8 and Ne5 ... but it's not enough to win the game!
21...Nh5!? 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qh3 Kg6 24. Raf1 d4! 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. Rg4 Bf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4
Black has a great knight and the white rooks have little scope.
28. Qg3 e5 29. h4 Qe6!? 30. b3
I suppose the answer to 30.hxg5 is 30...h5!? keeping the position closed on the kingside eg 31.Rh4 Qxa2 with good counterplay, rather than the hyper-adventurous 30...hxg5!??! (or 30...Rh8!?) opening the g-file for white - and the h-file for Black, eg 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rxg5+ Kf7!? 32.Rg7+ Ke8 33.Re1!? (defending against 33...Rh8+ and Ne2+) Rh8+ 34.Qg5 Rxf3!? or 33.Qh4 Ng6!?
30...b5! 31. a3 Rh8 32. Qh2 Rf8 33. Qg3 Rh8 34. Rxf4!? exf4 35. Qh2 c4 36. Rg1 Rc8 37. bxc4 1/2-1/2
Great defence by Black.
Hogeschool Zeeland - Netherlands -Leading final scores, 9 rounds:
8.0 Kasimdzhanov
7.5 Nisipeanu, Iordachescu, Ikonnikov, Tiviakov, Arkell, Werle, Haub, Stellwagen,
Mohandesi, Bakhmatov
6.5 Pedersen, Gyimesi, Ernst, Tiggelman, Afek, Geirnaert, Struk, Meenakshi,
Medvegy, Nijboer
UK Championships - Leading final scores, 11 rounds:
8.5 Kunte
8.0 Harikrishna, Kotronias, Motwani
7.5 Arakhamia-Grant, Gallagher, Pert, Rowson, Summerscale
7.0 Bakre, Ganguly, Ghasi, Gormally, Hossain, Howell, Rahman, Sowray
With consideration,
Olimpiu Urcan
petemarlowe@hotmail.com
Hi Paul
Just a query about the game Johansen - Lojanica from ANU Open in
bulletin 228.
I'm not sure if anyone has pointed this out already, but after the
reported move 49 Rxa4?? black could have mated in one by 49...Qxg3. I
find it hard to believe both players would have missed this so I suspect
a clerical error in the bulletin, (unless I've replayed the game
incorrectly.)
It's also true as pointed out in the bulletin that 57...Qf3+ would have
won quickly for black, as would 61...c2, but those oversights are more
explicable than two good players missing mate in one.
No doubt the true story will emerge from someone who saw what happened.
Did Johansen fall victim to a guillotine finish or something?
Regards, Guy West.
NSW RAPID PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP - POSTPONED
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