THE WEEK IN CHESS 55 29/10/95 Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Credit Suisse Masters - Horgen Switzerland
3) AARS BANK SKAK CUP IN DENMARK
4) US Senior Open Report by Mr. Kenneth B Horne.
5) 13th Microcomputer World Chess Championship by Otto Borik
6) US Class Championships by Matthew D.O'Hara
7) Agios Nikolaos Open by Ian Rogers.
8) WIC Correspondence Chess-news #2 by Bertrand Weegenaar
9) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of then (3) by Bertrand Weegenaar
10) GAMES SECTION
CS MASTERS Horgen Switzerland 35 games
Credis Tournament Horgen Switzerland 25 games
Bank Skak Cup 17 games
US Seniors Championships 38 games
US Class Championships 17 games
CORRESPONDENCE CHESS GAMES 82 games
BOOK REVIEW GAMES 16 games
13th WMCCC 187 games
Playoff Game 13th World MicroComputer Championships 1 game
1) Introduction
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My thanks to TASC Mr. Kenneth B Horne, Otto Borik, Steven J. Edwards
Matthew D.O'Hara, Bjarke Kristensen, Ian Rogers and Bertrand Weegenaar
for their help in preparing this issue.
Post PCA Match blues appear to be affecting Kasparov's form. Or perhaps
this is part of a greater trend, a decline that might even date back
to the Short-Kasparov match in 1992. Of course Kasparov might win
one or more games in the last three games he has, but at the moment
he is on target for the lowest finish he has had in a decade. Vassily
Ivanchuk, by contrast has looked very impressive so far in Horgen,
if he can settle to play his best chess all the time rather than
suffer from his rather wild mood swings then he has the class to
be the World's best player.
2) Credit Suisse Masters - Horgen Switzerland
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This is the final in the series of the PCA Classics. Ivanchuk
has taken the event by the scruff of the neck, he lost against
Short in the first round and then followed it up with 4 consecutive
wins. This included a humiliation of Kasparov, when Kasparov resigned
the round 6 game he was a pawn down and his pieces were tied down
to the extent that he couldn't move anything. To paraphrase Larsen,
I don't know what he missed but it must have been something very very
simple. Kasparov is on course for his worst performance in International
chess (although he still has 3 games to put a favourable gloss on his
performance.). Against Ivanchuk he chose one of his "junk" opening
ideas that he tends to play against the French. The tournament as
a whole he has shown that he is both badly prepared (by his own
standards) and not in very incisive form. Kasparov has now played
1. e4 for at least 4 years as his front line White opening, it is
probably time to switch back to 1. d4 which he played in his pomp.
The winner of the tournament looks like it will come from Ehlvest,
Ivanchuk or Kramnik. A key game will be Kasparov's final round
white against Kramnik. If Kasparov is to be overthrown as World
Number one, it is events like this where his closest rivals need
to kick him as he won't always play this badly. This event probably
comes too close to his defence against Anand for him to do too
much about his poor preparation that he spoke about in his post
match press conferences, but if he doesn't do anything about his
less than convincing form by mid next year then we can talk about
a successor in very serious terms. I don't recognise the Kasparov
we have seen for the last year, with very bad blunders marring
his tournament performances in a way they haven't within memory.
His comments about forgetting variations (in Amsterdam) even lead
me to ask if Kasparov might be ill. Certainly his high energy
lifestyle (not all devoted to playing chess, but politics and
business also) has taken its tole. Of course his standards, set
over a decade were impossible to keep up forever, in the last year
he seemed content to try and blow his opponents away with big ideas
(sharp variations) or else agree a draw, this appears to be the
case here also.
TASC Information systems are recording the games electronically
and they have a www page which contains the games, You can contact
Tasc at: info@tasc.nl. Their www address is:
http://www.tasc.nl/horgen95/index.html
(links from my own www page http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html).
The event will run October 21st - 1st November 1995
Round 1 (1995.10.21)
Ehlvest, Jaan - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 48 E61 Kings indian
Short, Nigel D - Ivanchuk, Vassily 1-0 53 C19 French; Winawer
Yusupov, Artur - Lautier, Joel 1/2 32 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Gulko, Boris F - Korchnoi, Viktor 1-0 31 A29 English; 1.c4 e5
Timman, Jan H - Vaganian, Rafael A 0-1 44 C17 French; Winawer
Round 2 (1995.10.22)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 39 E19 Nimzo indian
Korchnoi, Viktor - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 64 E16 Nimzo indian
Kasparov, Gary - Timman, Jan H 1/2 40 C11 French; Classical
Vaganian, Rafael A - Gulko, Boris F 0-1 54 A07 Reti (1.Pf3)
Lautier, Joel - Short, Nigel D 1/2 33 E05 Nimzo indian
Round 3 (1995.10.23)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Lautier, Joel 1-0 111 B48 Sicilian
Short, Nigel D - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 64 B57 Sicilian
Yusupov, Artur - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 25 D53 Queen's gambit
Gulko, Boris F - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 39 A26 English; 1.c4 e5
Timman, Jan H - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 51 B63 Sicilian
Round 4 (1995.10.24)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gulko, Boris F 1-0 26 A17 English; 1.c4
Ehlvest, Jaan - Timman, Jan H 1/2 11 C02 French; Advance
Korchnoi, Viktor - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 42 E12 Nimzo indian
Kasparov, Gary - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 20 C43 Petroff defence
Vaganian, Rafael A - Short, Nigel D 0-1 64 E41 Nimzo indian
Round 5 (1995.10.25)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Vaganian, Rafael A 1-0 27 C11 French; Classical
Short, Nigel D - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 37 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Yusupov, Artur - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 27 D47 Queen's gambit
Gulko, Boris F - Ehlvest, Jaan 0-1 31 E14 Nimzo indian
Lautier, Joel - Korchnoi, Viktor 0-1 53 E12 Nimzo indian
Round 6 (1995.10.26)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Short, Nigel D 1-0 67 D06 Queen's pawn
Ehlvest, Jaan - Yusupov, Artur 1/2 22 E21 Nimzo indian
Kasparov, Gary - Ivanchuk, Vassily 0-1 31 C16 French; Winawer
Timman, Jan H - Gulko, Boris F 1/2 42 A28 English; 1.c4 e5
Vaganian, Rafael A - Lautier, Joel 1/2 40 A34 English; 1.c4 c5
Round 7 (1995.10.28)
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Kramnik, Vladimir 1/2 49 B70 Sicilian; Dragon
Short, Nigel D - Ehlvest, Jaan 1/2 19 B90 Sicilian; Najdorf
Yusupov, Artur - Timman, Jan H 1/2 11 D63 Queen's gambit
Korchnoi, Viktor - Vaganian, Rafael A 1/2 54 B04 Alekhine defence
Lautier, Joel - Kasparov, Gary 1/2 27 A65 Modern Benoni
Horgen (SUI), X-XI 1995. cat. XVII (2668)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
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1 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2740 * = . 0 . . 1 1 . 1 1 4.5 / 6 2873
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2730 = * = 1 = 1 . . = . . 4.0 / 6 2775
3 Ehlvest, Jaan g EST 2630 . = * = = 1 . = = . . 3.5 / 6 2733
4 Short, Nigel D g ENG 2645 1 0 = * . . 0 = . 1 = 3.5 / 7 2687
5 Yusupov, Artur g GER 2680 . = = . * . = = = = = 3.5 / 7 2665
6 Gulko, Boris F g USA 2620 . 0 0 . . * 1 = = 1 . 3.0 / 6 2670
7 Korchnoi, Viktor g SUI 2635 0 . . 1 = 0 * . . = 1 3.0 / 6 2660
8 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2795 0 . = = = = . * = . = 3.0 / 7 2598
9 Timman, Jan H g NED 2590 . = = . = = . = * 0 . 2.5 / 6 2626
10 Vaganian, Rafael A g ARM 2645 0 . . 0 = 0 = . 1 * = 2.5 / 7 2547
11 Lautier, Joel g FRA 2635 0 . . = = . 0 = . = * 2.0 / 6 2565
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Credis Tournament Horgen
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Zoltan Almasi started with 4/4 before conceding a draw to Christian
Gabriel in this B tournament alongside the main Tournament.
Horgen (SUI), X-XI 1995. cat. XI (2508)
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1 Almasi, Zoltan g HUN 2630 * . . 1 . = . 1 1 1 4.5 2864
2 Zueger, Beat m SUI 2470 . * . 0 1 . . 1 1 1 4.0 2717
3 Brunner, Lucas g SUI 2530 . . * = 0 . 1 . 1 1 3.5 2630
4 Hodgson, Julian M g ENG 2590 0 1 = * . 1 . = . . 3.0 2606
5 Forster, Richard f SUI 2370 . 0 1 . * 0 1 . = . 2.5 2482
6 Gabriel, Christian m GER 2475 = . . 0 1 * = = . . 2.5 2548
7 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2585 . . 0 . 0 = * . = 1 2.0 2375
8 Kindermann, Stefan g GER 2565 0 0 . = . = . * . = 1.5 2386
9 Masserey, Yvan f SUI 2350 0 0 0 . = . = . * . 1.0 2277
10 Cramling, Pia g SWE 2510 0 0 0 . . . 0 = . * 0.5 2190
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3) AARS BANK SKAK CUP IN DENMARK
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Bjarke Kristensen sends the games from final rounds.
Aars (DEN), X-IX 1995. cat. IX (2465)
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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1 Gausel, Einar m NOR 2495 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 6.5 2627
2 Nielsen, Peter Heine g DEN 2500 = * = = = = = 1 1 1 6.0 2586
3 Shneider, Aleksandr g UKR 2530 = = * = = = 1 1 1 = 6.0 2582
4 Hansen, Sune Berg m DEN 2480 = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 1 5.5 2543
5 Larsen, Bent g DEN 2515 0 = = 0 * = 1 1 1 1 5.5 2539
6 Hansen, Curt g DEN 2620 = = = = = * = = 0 1 4.5 2447
7 Ivanov, Mikhail M g RUS 2445 = = 0 1 0 = * 0 1 1 4.5 2467
8 Brynell, Stellan m SWE 2460 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 * 1 1 4.0 2422
9 Kristensen, Jorgen Juul DEN 2335 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 * = 1.5 2206
10 Grabov, Steen DEN 2270 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = * 1.0 2135
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4) US Senior Open Report by Mr. Kenneth B Horne.
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GM EDWARD GUFELD AND MASTER RAYMOND SCHUTT ARE CO CHAMPS FOR UNITED STATES SENIOR OPEN
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GM Edward Gufeld (2602) from the Ukraine and United States (US) Master
Raymond Schutt (2293) from California tied for first place in the 1995 US Senior
Open. Note: the ratings are United States Chess Federation (USCF) ratings.
This tournament was held in the gambling and entertainment capitol of the
world, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, from 15-19 October at the Fabulous Riviera Hotel
and Casino. Our tournament director was Carol Jarecki who was the arbiter
in New York for the PCA World Championship match between Kasparov and Anand.
We were lucky to get such a top notch TD.
We had four GMs play. The highest rated GM was Edward Gufeld. He was
visiting his sister in Southern California. The second highest rated GM
was US Hall of Famer Arthukr Bisguier (2443) from New York. The third rated
GM was Rossendo Balinas who is from the Philippines but now resides in
California. Our lowest rated GM was our grand senior citizen Arnold Denker
(2375).
GM Denker almost got a part of first place. In the last round (round 5) top
board had GM Denker with 3 1/2 points was paired with white against GM
Gufeld, who had the only perfect score of 4 points. GM Denker had a won
position in this game but was unable to covert the point in a very difficult
h Pawn and Rook vs a black white Bishop. The h pawn can't be moved to h5.
The drawing move was 79.h5. This ending is in the following books:
Rook vs Minor Piece Endings by Averbakh
Six Hundred Endings by Lajos Portisch and Balazs Sarkozy
Batsford Chess Endings by Jon Speelman, Jon Tisdall, and Bob Wade
Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine
One has to be at least 50 years old to be considered by the USCF to be a
senior. Some of our seniors think that you are not a real senior until age
65. To solve this I have listed below the proposed senior titles:
Wipper Snapper Senior Citizen 50-64
Real Senior Citizen 65-79
Grand Senior Citizen 80-99
Its Great to Be Alive Senior Citizen +100
This was the 15th US Senior Open. The First was held during June 8 in Sun
City. Three (90, 92, and 94) senior opens were held in conjunction with
Cruises to the Caribbean, to Alaska, and to Bermuda. Next year's US
Senior Open will be a Cruise to Mexico sailing out of Miami Florida. Send
an E-mail to me if you want information on the 1996 Senior Open Cruise.
U.S. SENIOR OPEN STANDINGS
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Name rtng rd 1 rd 2 rd 3 rd 4 rd 5 TOT
1 Gufeld, Edwoard.........2602 W 29 W 34 W 8 W 4 D 5 4.5
2 Schutt, Raymond W.......2293 W 43 W 25 W 33 D 3 W 11 4.5
3 Bisguier, Arthur B......2443 W 49 D 18 W 22 D 2 W 12 4
4 Balinas, Rosendo........2427 W 76 W 23 W 9 L 1 W 21 4
5 Denker, Arnold..........2375 D 30 W 60 W 18 W 13 D 1 4
6 Gross, Ronald Jose......2304 W 31 W 24 D 14 D 21 W 23 4
7 Kerkay, Eugene..........2272 W 50 D 19 W 27 D 14 W 24 4
8 Ciaffone, Robert........2208 W 52 W 66 L 1 W 26 W 25 4
9 Bicknell, Donald A......2157 W 20 W 38 L 4 W 28 W 31 4
10 Hook, William...........2286 W 67 D 27 D 26 W 15 D 14 3.5
11 Wagner, Carl E..........2264 W 45 W 36 D 17 W 16 L 2 3.5
12 Mayntz, Fred............2221 W 51 W 48 D 15 W 17 L 3 3.5
13 Kleiman, Joseph L.......2188 D 60 W 63 W 19 L 5 W 36 3.5
14 Agree, Arnold H.........2137 W 53 W 37 D 6 D 7 D 10 3.5
15 Satterlee, Ray Doyle....2116 W 68 W 42 D 12 L 10 W 38 3.5
16 Shapiro, Oscar..........2115 W 32 D 41 W 39 L 11 W 37 3.5
17 Kleist, Frederick.......2090 W 46 W 28 D 11 L 12 W 40 3.5
18 Faelten, Eion M.........2011 W 55 D 3 L 5 W 42 W 44 3.5
19 Lazcano, Hector.........1911 W 71 D 7 L 13 W 45 W 33 3.5
20 Broyles, James S........1664 L 9 W 58 D 37 W 39 W 34 3.5
21 Turim, Fred.............2125 W 62 D 39 W 41 D 6 L 4 3
22 De Leon, Jose Juan......2063 W 54 W 47 L 3 L 31 W 46 3
23 Batchelder, Conrad......2046 W 77 L 4 W 43 W 49 L 6 3
24 Berry,Gregory...........2006 W 69 L 6 W 50 W 30 L 7 3
25 Matzner, Bruce..........1969 W 70 L 2 W 67 W 51 L 8 3
26 Schauer, Ronald R.......1952 W 65 H--- D 10 L 8 W 50 3
27 Owens, David C..........1942 W 56 D 10 L 7 D 29 W 51 3
28 Capsalis, John..........1813 W 81 L 17 W 54 L 9 W 52 3
29 Wagner, Joseph..........1800 L 1 D 46 W 74 D 27 W 53 3
30 Currell, John R.........1738 D 5 W 64 D 34 L 24 W 54 3
31 Uhler, Lloyd M..........1736 L 6 W 69 W 32 W 22 L 9 3
32 Saunders, Dale L........1600 L 16 W 81 L 31 W 73 W 49 3
33 Gray, William F.........2131 W 61 W 40 L 2 D 38 L 19 2.5
34 Ynigo, Arturo B.........2056 W 44 L 1 D 30 W 52 L 20 2.5
35 Hayes, Rea B............2000 L 47 L 54 X--- W 69 D 43 2.5
36 De Leon, Joseph C.......1909 W 72 L 11 D 45 W 61 L 13 2.5
37 Callaway, Joseph E......1900 W 73 L 14 D 20 W 64 L 16 2.5
38 Sefton, Douglas W.......1900 W 79 L 9 W 53 D 33 L 15 2.5
39 Schultz, Donald D.......1883 W 59 D 21 L 16 L 20 W 60 2.5
40 Poulsen, Sief M.........1862 W 74 L 33 D 61 W 62 L 17 2.5
41 Holz, Donald G..........1835 W 75 D 16 L 21 L 46 W 61 2.5
42 Keesey, Horace..........1829 W 80 L 15 D 62 L 18 W 56 2.5
43 Wehrmeister, H L........1716 L 2 W 65 L 23 W 71 D 35 2.5
44 Horne, Kenneth B........1707 L 34 W 80 W 63 H--- L 18 2.5
45 Owen, Herbert R.........1703 L 11 W 56 D 36 L 19 W 62 2.5
46 Moeller, Robert A.......1564 L 17 D 29 W 60 W 41 L 22 2.5
47 Overstrom, Ronald.......1505 W 35 L 22 L 49 W 48 H--- 2.5
48 Buckendorf, Glen........1900 W 57 L 12 L 52 L 47 W 65 2
49 Mc Larnan, Don..........1769 L 3 W 55 W 47 L 23 L 32 2
50 Nunez, Terry D..........1710 L 7 W 71 L 24 W 72 L 26 2
51 Twombly, Roy W..........1703 L 12 W 57 W 66 L 25 L 27 2
52 Brister, Charles E......1700 L 8 W 72 W 48 L 34 L 28 2
53 Markowski, Alina F......1664 L 14 W 73 L 38 W 58 L 29 2
54 Cohen, Joseph S.........1532 L 22 W 35 L 28 W 74 L 30 2
55 Mayer, Carol............1507 L 18 L 49 L 58 W 75 W 72 2
56 Barnhill, David.........1500 L 27 L 45 W 75 W 66 L 42 2
57 Serwatowski, Felix......1446 L 48 L 51 L 69 W 80 W 70 2
58 Maier, William H........1411 L 66 L 20 W 55 L 53 W 69 2
59 Stuart, James...........1341 L 39 L 61 L 65 W 68 W 71 2
60 Leben, Frank J..........1686 D 13 L 5 L 46 W 63 L 39 1.5
61 Stuhmer, Adolf H........1662 L 33 W 59 D 40 L 36 L 41 1.5
62 Ruderman, Carol C.......1630 L 21 W 75 D 42 L 40 L 45 1.5
63 Hartwell, T C...........1600 H--- L 13 L 44 L 60 W 74 1.5
64 Gruenberg, Fred.........1600 H--- L 30 W 68 L 37 U--- 1.5
65 Lord, William W.........1500 L 26 L 43 W 59 H--- L 48 1.5
66 Bullockus, Theodore.....1900 W 58 L 8 L 51 L 56 U--- 1
67 Nyman, William A........1711 L 10 W 70 L 25 U--- U--- 1
68 Cook, Howard W..........1601 L 15 L 74 L 64 L 59 W 80 1
69 Gullmes, Ake............1507 L 24 L 31 W 57 L 35 L 58 1
70 Arthur, Lyle C..........1500 L 25 L 67 L 73 W 81 L 57 1
71 Crowther, Duane.........1500 L 19 L 50 W 80 L 43 L 59 1
72 Newhall, Luther.........1483 L 36 L 52 W 81 L 50 L 55 1
73 Toups, Ray..............1400 L 37 L 53 W 70 L 32 U--- 1
74 Rystrom, D W............1302 L 40 W 68 L 29 L 54 L 63 1
75 Gerochi, James..........1215 L 41 L 62 L 56 L 55 W 81 1
76 Hufnagel, Frank.........1765 L 4 D 77 F--- U--- U--- 0.5
77 Ginsburg, Marshall......1524 L 23 D 76 F--- U--- U--- 0.5
78 Fielding, G. K..........2106 F--- U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
79 Backes, Jack A..........1400 L 38 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0
80 Pash, Shirley J.........1169 L 42 L 44 L 71 L 57 F--- 0
81 Klimas, Anthony.........unr. L 28 L 32 L 72 L 70 L 75 0
GM EDWARD GUFELD IS CHAMP FOR US SENIOR OPEN BLITZ
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The US Senior Open Blitz Tournament was a 14 person round robin,
which was played after the third round of the Senior Open. GM Edward Gufeld
took firstplace with 12/13. GM Bisquier took second with 11.5/13. GM Balinas
with 8.5/13. Somehow these GMs have a habit of winning everything.
Name WBCA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 TOT
1 GM Ed Gufeld 2602 X 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0
2 GM Art Bisguier 2443 0 X 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
3 GM Ros Balinas 2400 1 0 X 1 0 1 0 1 1 = 1 0 1 1 8.5
4 Eugene Kerkay 2180 0 0 0 X = 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 7.5
5 Ron Gross 2313 0 0 1 = X 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7.5
6 Steve Barbre 2220 0 = 0 0 1 X 1 = 0 1 1 1 1 = 7.5
7 Art Ynigo 2161 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 7.0
8 JA Blacksone 2256 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 X 1 0 1 = 1 1 6.0
9 Mark Gagnon 2134 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 1 1 0 1 1 6.0
10 Bill Hook 2174 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 1 1 = 1 6.0
11 Bob Ciaffone 2030 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1 1 1 4.0
12 Jose De Leon 2063 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 X 0 0 2.5
13 Jeff Gallegos 2174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 X 1 2.5
14 David Owens 1971 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2.5
GM EDWARD GUFELD IS LOOKING FOR SPONSORS
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GM Edward Gufeld is looking for sponsors and a place to hold a supper chess
competition. His idea is to hold a competition between the top six players
in the world for best games. Prizes for top five games. This would not be
a tournament because scores would not count. Nine loses and one win could
take first prize if the win was the best game. This competition would be a
double round robin. A player could win more the one prize if he had more
than one game in the top five games. It is possible that a player that was
a loser in one of the best games could get some of the prize for that game:
say the winner would get 70% and the loser would get 30%.
A jury of GMs plus the chess public opinion. Maybe those who bought in
advance the Competition Book could vote for the best games or maybe the
vote could be by a 1-900 number during TV coverage.
Any body interested in this project please contact GM Gufeld at
Ukraine, 252034 Kiev-034
Lessenko Apt. 8
5) 13th Microcomputer World Chess Championship by Otto Borik
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The 13th Microcomputer World Chess Championship was held from Oct. 17th
till Oct. 24th in Paderborn (Germany). In the opposite to the Open World
Chess Championship for Computers, which was held in May 1995 in Honkong
(won by Fritz 3) no mainframes, no experimental programs etc. were invited
to Paderborn. There played only microprocessor based commercial chess
programs in this tournament.
(Games were posted to the internet by Steven J. Edwards and this table
was constructed from those games. The games appeared originally on the
www page, http://www.uni-paderborn.de/S-HP/IPCC/WMCCC.html)
Paderborn (GER), VIII 1995.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL
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1 MChess Pro 5.0 +15 +24 +10 =14 =20 +16 + 8 - 3 = 2 + 6 = 4 8.0
2 Chess Genius +13 - 3 +30 -27 +11 +10 +29 +14 = 1 + 8 = 6 8.0
3 Ferret +33 + 2 -20 +29 +12 =17 +14 + 1 - 8 = 4 = 7 7.5
4 Nimzo 3 - 8 +28 =13 - 6 +21 +24 +27 +17 +16 = 3 = 1 7.5
5 Virtual Chess =21 - 9 =15 +23 +24 =12 +16 = 7 +17 =14 + 8 7.5
6 Dark Thought =26 +22 -14 + 4 +13 +20 +17 - 8 + 9 - 1 = 2 7.0
7 Hiarcs X +32 -10 -27 =19 =15 +30 +25 = 5 +20 +12 = 3 7.0
8 Quest + 4 +12 +29 +20 =17 =14 - 1 + 6 + 3 - 2 - 5 7.0
9 The King =22 + 5 -17 +15 -16 +13 =10 +12 - 6 +19 +14 7.0
10 Gandalf +25 + 7 - 1 -16 +30 - 2 = 9 +29 -14 +27 +17 6.5
11 Junior +30 -29 -12 +28 - 2 +19 =13 -27 +21 +16 +20 6.5
12 Kallisto +31 - 8 +11 +21 - 3 = 5 +20 - 9 +27 - 7 +19 6.5
13 Bobby II - 2 +33 = 4 +18 - 6 - 9 =11 -19 +34 +29 +28 6.0
14 Shredder =17 +16 + 6 = 1 +27 = 8 - 3 - 2 +10 = 5 - 9 6.0
15 Amy II - 1 +23 = 5 - 9 = 7 +28 -22 =25 -18 +32 +31 5.5
16 Isichess 2.0 =19 -14 +26 +10 + 9 - 1 - 5 +18 - 4 -11 +24 5.5
17 Schach 3 =14 +26 + 9 +24 = 8 = 3 - 6 - 4 - 5 +22 -10 5.5
18 Alpha I -27 +31 =21 -13 -28 +32 +23 -16 +15 -24 =30 5.0
19 Centaur M =16 -21 =22 = 7 =26 -11 +34 +13 +29 - 9 -12 5.0
20 Cheiron +34 +27 + 3 - 8 = 1 - 6 -12 +22 - 7 =26 -11 5.0
21 Comet = 5 +19 =18 -12 - 4 -25 =33 =24 -11 +31 +34 5.0
22 Dragon = 9 - 6 =19 +25 -29 +26 +15 -20 =24 -17 =23 5.0
23 Gromit -29 -15 +34 - 5 =33 +31 -18 +26 -32 +30 =22 5.0
24 Mephisto +28 - 1 +25 -17 - 5 - 4 +30 =21 =22 +18 -16 5.0
25 Stobor -10 +34 -24 -22 +31 +21 - 7 =15 -26 =33 +32 5.0
26 XXXX = 6 -17 -16 +32 =19 -22 =28 -23 +25 =20 +27 5.0
27 Chess System Tal +18 -20 + 7 + 2 -14 =29 - 4 +11 -12 -10 -26 4.5
28 Mirage -24 - 4 +31 -11 +18 -15 =26 -32 +33 +34 -13 4.5
29 Zeus +23 +11 - 8 - 3 +22 =27 - 2 -10 -19 -13 +33 4.5
30 Diogenes 2.0 -11 +32 - 2 +33 -10 - 7 -24 +34 =31 -23 =18 4.0
31 Breakthrough -12 -18 -28 +34 -25 -23 +32 +33 =30 -21 -15 3.5
32 Nightmare - 7 -30 =33 -26 +34 -18 -31 +28 +23 -15 -25 3.5
33 Francesca - 3 -13 =32 -30 =23 +34 =21 -31 -28 =25 -29 3.0
34 Ananse 2.0 -20 -25 -23 -31 -32 -33 -19 -30 -13 -28 -21 0.0
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Mchess Pro 5.0 won the tie-break (one game only). ChessGenius had a good
position but he failed to push his four connected pawns on the kingside in time.
[Event "Playoff 13th WMCCC"]
[Site "Paderborn GER"]
[Date "1995.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "MChess Pro 5.0"]
[Black "Chess Genius"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O c6
8. Re1 Nbd7 9. h3 Bd6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 O-O-O
14. a3 Nb6 15. Bf1 Rh4 16. g3 Rh5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rdh8 19. c4 Bxg3
20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Qg2 Rxh3 22. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kf2 Rb3 24. Bc1 Rh4 25. Re3
Rxe3 26. Kxe3 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc4+ 28. Kf2 f6 29. b4 g5 30. Bg2 Ne5 31. Bd2
Rc4 32. Ra2 Kc7 33. Bh3 Kd7 34. Bf1 Rh4 35. Bg2 Kc7 36. Ra1 Rc4 37. Ke2 Rc2
38. Be4 Rb2 39. Kd1 Rb3 40. Ke2 Rh3 41. Rh1 Rxh1 42. Bxh1 Nc4 43. Bc1 g4
44. Bg2 b6 45. Kd3 Ne5+ 46. Ke4 Ng6 47. Bf4+ e5 48. Bg3 bxc5 49. bxc5 Ne7
50. Bf1 Kc6 51. Bf2 g3 52. Bg1 g6 53. a4 a5 54. Bb5+ Kc7 55. Kf3 Nf5 56.
Bd3 Ne7 57. Kxg3 Kc6 58. Be4+ Kd7 59. Ba8 Ke6 60. Kg4 Nd5 61. Bb7 Nb4 62.
Be3 Kd7 63. Bd2 Nc6 64. Ba6 Nb4 65. Bb5+ Ke7 66. Bxb4 axb4 67. a5 Kd8 68.
a6 Kc7 69. Bc4 f5+ 70. Kg5 f4 71. Bd5 b3 72. Bxb3 f3 73. Bc4 f2 74. Bb5 e4
75. Kf4 g5+ 76. Kxe4 Kb8 77. c6 Kc7 1-0
Here are three best games from this tournament with some remarks:
1) Isichess 2.0-MChessPro
39.Kf2? is a mistake. After 39.Bf1 Black is ...Bb5 forced, with draw after
40.Qc8+ Kg7 41.Qg4+ etc. - perpetual check.
[Event "13th WMCCC"]
[Site "Paderborn GER"]
[Date "1995.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Isichess 2.0"]
[Black "MChess Pro 5.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5
8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Bg7 14.
O-O f4 15. c4 b4 16. Nc2 Rb8 17. b3 O-O 18. a3 bxa3 19. Rxa3 a5 20. Rfa1
Qd7 21. Qe2 Rb7 22. Nc3 Bg4 23. f3 Be6 24. Nb5 Rfb8 25. Qd2 Na7 26. Nxa7
Rxa7 27. b4 Rc7 28. bxa5 Bxc4 29. a6 Be6 30. Nb4 Ra7 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Kh1
Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Rc8 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qa4 36. Kg1 Bf6 37. Nc6 Bd7 38.
Nb8 Qd1+ 39. Kf2 Bh4+ 40. g3 fxg3+ 41. hxg3 Bxg3+ 42. Kg2 Be1 43. Qc2 Bh3+
44. Kxh3 Qxf3+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kh1 Bf2 47. Qxf2 Qxf2 48. Bb5 Qb6 0-1
2) Gandalf - Chess Genius
A good game. 15...e3! is a very strong move. Black is already better.
[Event "13th WMCCC"]
[Site "Paderborn GER"]
[Date "1995.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gandalf"]
[Black "Chess Genius"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 e4
8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne7 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Rfd8
14. b3 a5 15. c3 e3 16. fxe3 Nb4 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Be1 Nxe5 19. Bg3 f6 20.
Rd4 c5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 c4 25. Kf2 Kf7
26. bxc4 Bxc4 27. Bb3 Bxb3 28. axb3 b5 29. Ke2 e4 30. Kd2 Ke6 31. Kc2 h5
32. h3 h4 33. Kb2 Kd5 34. Ka3 Kc5 35. Kb2 a4 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxa4 Kb4 38.
Kc2 Kxa4 39. Kc3 Kb5 0-1
3) Hiarcs X - Gandalf
The most exiting game from this tournament. Gandalf played probably a prepared
"killing variation". 8.Nxh8? is bad - 8.g3! with Re1 to follow is winning for
White. 9.g3? is the second, decisive mistake. 9.Be2 Bd6 10.g3 Nxg3 etc. is draw
by perpetual check; Black has nothing better. After 10.Be2? (game) White is lost
already.
[Event "13th WMCCC"]
[Site "Paderborn GER"]
[Date "1995.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hiarcs X"]
[Black "Gandalf"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 6. Bc4 Nxe4 7. Nxf7
Qh4 8. Nxh8 d5 9. g3 Qh3 10. Be2 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 Bg4 12. Qd3 Ng5 13. Qb5+ c6
14. Re1+ Kf8 15. Ng6+ Kg8 16. Qd3 hxg6 17. Qa3 Bf3 18. Re7 Qg2# 0-1
6) US Class Championships by Matthew D.O'Hara
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The 1995 US Class Championships were help on October 20-22, 1995 in
Syracuse New York. There was a 5-way tie for first place between GM's
Alexander Yermolinsky, Alexander Ivanov, Semyon Palatnik, IM Joshua
Waitzkin, and William Paschall. All five scored 3 1/2 points in the 5 round event.
Following with 3 points were Dean Ippolito and Ronald Burnett. I have
transcribed all the legible scoresheets.
US CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS Syracuse New York, X 1995
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Yermolinsky, Alex g USA 2560 52 11.04.58 M 3.5
Ivanov, Alexander V g USA 2530 41 01.05.56 M 3.5
Palatnik, Semon g UKR 2475 17 26.03.50 M 3.5
Waitzkin, Joshua m USA 2440 41 04.12.76 M 3.5
Paschall, William M. f USA 2330 28 19.12.72 M 3.5
Ippolito, Dean USA 2270 9 18.07.78 M 3.0
Burnett, Ronald f USA 2370 16 15.05.67 M 3.0
------------------------------------------------------------------
7) Agios Nikolaos Open by Ian Rogers.
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Agios Nikolaos Open
October 19-27 87 players from 21 countries, 9 rounds
Final scores:
=1. Atalik (GM TUR 2525)
Skembris (GM GRE 2525)
Kuzmin (GM UKR 2525)
Kotronias (GM GRE 2590)
Miles (GM ENG 2600)
Saltaev (IM UZB 2520)
Avrukh (IM ISR 2430)
Nenashev (GM UZB 2585)
Papaioannou (FM GRE 2405) (IM norm)
Tzermiadianos (IM GRE 2400) 6.5 Each 137,500 Drachma
=11. Rogers (GM AUS 2600)
Golod (IM UKR 2540)
Guliev (IM AZE 2495)
Mikhalevski (IM ISR 2495)
Pavlovic (GM YUG 2470) 6
=16. Miladinovic (GM GRE[!] 2555)
Stefansson (GM SWE 2520)
Arakhamia (WGM GEO 2420)
Beshukov (GM RUS 2500)
Kr. Georgiev (GM BUL 2445)
Har-Zvi (IM ISR 2535)
K.Nikolaidis (FM GRE 2315) (IM norm)
Riemersma (IM NED 2415)
Seitaj (IM ALB 2395)
Moskalenko (GM RUS 2545)
Vojinovic (FM YUG 2425)
Zahariev (IM ALB 2380) 5.5
8) WIC Correspondence Chess-news #2 by Bertrand Weegenaar
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During the last annual - ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation)
conference (this year in Norway), there has been decided that beside letter and
fax, also E-mail is an acceptable way of transporting moves in a correspondence
games if both players agree upon doing so. The ICCF has made an agreement with
the International Email Chess Group for organising a first complete E-mail CC-
tournament.
A report on this meeting was made by ICCF-president Henk Mostert (Netherlands)
and can be read on IECG-news bulletin. For information send mail to
franz@hemsoft.ping.dk or editor@forestedt.se
A. Schaakschakeringen July/August 1995: no 308
Starting this Week in Chess every month as part of Correspondence News I will
bring a summary of the contents of Schaakschakeringen, monthly cc-magazine of
the Dutch Correspondence Federation, NBC (Nederlandse Bond van
Correspondentieschakers). The NBC is a member of the International
Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF), which is the largest CC-organisation on
earth with ± 100.000 members.
Besides giving a summary of the contents of the issues in the future, the games
of the issue can be found in the games section of this WIC-magazine. To those
interested in receiving a sample copy of Schaakschakeringen, they can write to
Bertrand Weegenaar, J.Grimmstraat 12, NL-3533 CA UTRECHT, Netherlands or leave a
message at H.vanhouten@solair1.inter.NL.net
This 308th issue of Schaakschakeringen is a great step forward. Besides it's the
first CC-magazine to be brought to Internet, almost the complete issue was made
computerised, where the games where created by Tascbase, the text with
WordPerfect, send to the PreChess bulletin Board of Heinse van Houten (Hoogeveen,
Netherlands, lay-out with Ventura Publisher and send by modem to van Spijk
Publisher, where the postscriptfile could be used directly in there press-
machines. Greater speed, more flexibility to us the editors and more
possibilities for lay-out.
Contents:
Correspondence chess and chess computers/cards/software are becoming more and
more of an enemy. Especially in lower classes computers are used to boost up
chess strength not only for own use, but also to "find" moves in CC-games.
To the question who strong and useful computer software is at higher levels, Wim
van der Wijk tried some games using Fritz 2 in a World Champion semi-final. The
conclusion is: it's hopeless. The software was beaten hardly in the games van
der Wijk (Fritz2) - Karason and van der Wijk(Fritz2) - Skorna.
To show that Wim ca play chess himself, several games are added from this SF and
Master class group.
The NBC-tournamentleader Henk Mostert (also ICCF-president) contributed by
congratulating Gert Jan Timmerman on reaching first place in the ICCF rating list
(See also WIC #47) and L.Mooren for becoming ICCF-International Master
To the death of V.Zagorovsky, John Hawkes contributed in presenting several very
interesting annotated games.
The last two years a lot of questions where asked me by Dutch CC-players which
rights where created by winning what tournament. Where you could use ones ELO-
rating etc. All the different ICCF-rules where put together in an article by
myself, which to the NBC-readers hopefully gives answers to these questions.
In the book review part new books by Batsford and Dreier Verlag, as well on the
Latvian where presented. Two guest reviewers (CC-GM van Perlo and Latvian gambit
specialist John Elburg) contributed. The books are also reviewed in Books, Books
#1 and #2.
A games selection by Tom de Ruiter with the motto "Good or bad, as long it's a
gambit", gives 11 games from NBC-tournaments.
Results and final tables from ended NBC-groups finishes this issue.
B.Schaakschakeringen September 1995: NO 309
This issue has the first part of a profile by Hans Bouwmeester on himself.
Several great victories are analysed extensively. The games and analyses can be
found in the games selection.
From IM A.C.van der Tak a very interesting article on the Budapest Gambit is
presented: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4!. Novelties in the 4...Bb4+ and
4...Nc6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nf3 f6!? are given.
Besides the normal "local" scores also several results from Dutch CC-players in
European-groups are given.
C. Schaakschakeringen October 1995: no 310
The first item of this latest Schaakschakeringen contains selected games where
Black used the Marshall-gambit. Extensive analyses are by John Elburg on the
games Hagenbach - Hendriks, cr EU/M/GT/323 and Ellison - Weegenaar, cr WCCF
Candidates 12.
The second part of an extensive self-portrait by Hans Bouwmeester can be read in
this issue. The games and analyses are included in the games file of this WIC-
issue.
And there are the normal columns: book reviews by Weegenaar, practise in the
endgame by Ger van Perlo and a games selection by again John Elburg on forthcoming
ICE-theme tournament. Selected games are about 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5
d5 5.exd5 Na5 and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3
D. Correspondence Chess in Cuba: F.H.Perez Cruz
Cuban chess is mostly remembered through Jose Capablanca. But this pre-war and
decades ago. In CC-chess Cuba has a bad name, especially through a lot of postal
problems. This has resulted in a type of ban by the ICCF, so Cuban players only
can play in Latin-American tournaments or through organisations like the WCCF.
I was quit unhappily surprised when my opponent Francisco H.Perez Cruz wrote me
his first move in a WCCF Candidates (WM semi-final), stating he was the then
(1994) ruling Cuban champion. Time for some investigation and it came rapidly
clear this was a man to play nice and easy against. Besides winning the 1990-
1992 VIII Cuban championship with 14 out of 16 games, he came third in the Hans
Werner von Massow Memorial (10,5 out of 15) and doing very well in the von
Massow meorial II. Unfortunately the post is very, very slow so 9 moves are made
in 1,5 year time, but he has send several interesting games, together with
material from Telescacco and Mate Postal, and the database of course (thanks Ken
Mac Donald) 20 high quality games are enclosed with this WIC-issue.
9) BOOKS, BOOKS and more of then (3) by Bertrand Weegenaar
-----------------------------------------------------------
First one thing must be clarified. Text editors can behave quite strange. In my
previous issue of books I have named Schaak!, opening booklets by Jaap van der
Kooij, giving them 1100 games per issue. Sorry, but 100 was meant. The +/- (plus
above minus) on my computer came to the editors through some file formatting as a
1. So also Kasparov s database isn't 1.800.000 games large, but just a million
lesser. (about I think), and the disk from Interchess on 1.Nc3 don't contain
1600 games but more or less 600.
And every time when I have them some tips to buy:
OPENING
Das Winckelmann Reimer-gambit, Thomas Winckelmann, Tomwing Verlag 1995, 186 p.
TOURNAMENT
For fast publication and delivery:
World Chess Championship Kasparov v Anand, Raymond Keene, Batsford 1995, 128 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7819-5)
SPECIAL
The NIC-QUIZ disks (Tactics levels 1800 till 2200), Interchess 1995
A lot of books appear on my doorstep but I'm most intrigued by books from
"amateurs", chess players and -lovers who search for new ideas in openings, old
history on players, and dedicate a lot of time and energy in doing so. In a lot
of cases they publish their own books (several appear as no publisher)
which is possible thanks to the usage of computers, laser-jet printers and
photo-copiers. Three books in this BOOKS have seen the daylight. Two privately
published and one in the cheap and quality series by Rochade Europa.
Das Winckelmann Reimer-gambit, Thomas Winckelmann, Tomwing Verlag 1995, 186 p.
Price: DM 34.80
Thomas Winckelmann has "created" a very interesting sub variation in the French:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.bc3 de4 6.f3! (Qg4 is the old move.) and
called it the Winckelmann-Reimer gambit. It has it's roots in the Blackmar
Diemer-gambit, but the changes of White in the WRG are even better. Thomas has
played this lines dozens of times in Master class correspondence tournaments, he
has organised theme-tournaments, for years published a magazine called Killer-
Schach and organised analysis-competitions (one to prove that after 6...ef3 7.Nxf3
Nf6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 c5 10.Bg5 h6 11.De1!! Black is lost. Where did he went
wrong?) to see of his line can hold every test. And first of all, taking the
pawn is deadly for Black. (For better known gambits this isn't always the case!)
The book gives 514 analysed games, with somewhat to many !!-marks, but
Whites play is quit simple: placing the bishops on the diagonals, often a rook
on the b-line (often swapping over by b5 to the Kings side. And in many cases the
knight comes via h3 to g5 in a decisive Kings side-attack. Bishops crushing g7 or
h7 are frequently been seen. OK, the players in these tournaments aren't all
GM's, but it was Hubner who gave 6..e5!? with winning play for Black (!) who
seems quit wrong in this judgement.
Best play can be achieved by 6...c5 and now 7.Bb5+! Bd7 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.fxe4 Qa5
10.Rb1 and 7.Rb1! Nc6 8.Nh3 are the mainlines.
It's maybe not the line which make you worldchampion, but certainly will hold
your opponent very busy in clubplay and rapidchess. Playing White in the
Winkelmann-Reimer gambit is a piece of cake and very enjoyable.
The book has a good lay-out, completely figurines.
More info: Thomas Winckelmann, Lindenstrasse 43, D-23611 Bad Schwartau, Germany.
To get some taste several newer games taken from Gambit Reue are added to the
games section of this WIC-issue.
Fajarowicz-gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4!, Niels Jorgen Jensen, Eleprint
1995 (2nd edition), 48 p.
Price : DM 13,50
N.J.Nielsen has a great interest in gambit lines. Books in his openings series are
about the Hubsch-line, the Blackmar-Diemer, The Gibbins-Weidenhagen and the
Elephant-gambit. And now on the Fajarowicz. The book is written using figurines
and Danish, but an introduction is included in English. It's a second edition
and the new lines and discoveries can be found after 4.a3 Nc6 and 4.Nf3 Nc6
(Bb4+?! 5.Nbd2!). After 4.Nd2 Nc5! and 4.Qc2 Bb4+ Black can reach an equal
position quit easily.
For those interested in this nice booklet, can write to N.J.Jensen,
Svanemollevej 6, DK-2100 Kopenhagen , Denemarken or send an E-mail to Tom
Purser, 72703.2253@compuserve.com.
Kombiniere...Matt!, Hilmar Ebert, Rochade Europa 1995, 96 p. (ISBN 3-920748-28-
X)
Price: DM 9.80
Mr.Ebert has thematically organised tens of chess combinations. In 9 lessons on
mating combinations (p.e.Aljechin the magician, the famous N.N., endgame-effects)
and specialities (e.g. genial and humorous endgame) all types of beautiful
chess positions come along. A very nice booklet.
World Chess Championship Kasparov v Anand, Raymond Keene, Batsford 1995, 128 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7819-5)
Price: £ 9.99
Can there be deep analysis on this match only two weeks from when the last move
was played. Of course not, but this wouldn't be the intention of Keene when
writing the book. It gives coverage on all the things that happened, including
some important points in the games, but for in-depth we have to wait for NIC-
magazine and the Informator. But this will be the first book on the match I
suppose.
Steve Davis plays Chess, Steve Davis & David Norwood, Batsford 1995, 112 p.
(ISBN 0-7134-7813-6)
Price: £ 9.99
Batsford has been sponsored very big lately, by several papers (the matchbook
names the Times, the Pein-book The Daily Telegraph), and for this book the
"help" of ex-Snooker-world champion Steve Davis was called for. He met
coincidentally with Graham Burgess, managing director of Batsford during a
chess exhibition. (Snooker is a very British-game, and the last years very
popular on TV. Steve Davis was the emperor of this sport in the first half of
the 80's.)
Batsford gave Davis a training GM, David Norwood, and the book contains the
story of how Steve started serious training, went to a chess club and visits a
tournament.
But it's also a book for chess club players, giving very interesting advice on how
to get good results in chess, and not studying hundreds of chess games, but
starting to get a general idea of what's happening in a chess game.
The exhibition games are very lively commented by Davis and Norwood, and it was
fun to read it.
Guide to chess, Malcolm Pein, Batsford 1995, 128 p. (ISBN 0-7134-7814-4)
Price: £ 8.99
OK, another book for those to learn chess. But recommended because it also
contains lot's of information on how to use computers, chess and E-mail,
Internet etc.
From Rochade Verlag some new books for a very cheap price. The first very exotic
the other two very nice, for the lovers of chess beauty:
Schach in flotten Versen, Helmut Tribus, Rochade Europa 1995, 160 p. (ISBN 3-
920748-27-1)
Price: DM 9.80
The history of chess in poems (German).
99 Schonheitspreise aus 150 Schachjahren, L.Steinkohl, Rochade Europa 1995, 126
p. (ISBN 3-920748-26-3)
Price: DM 9.80
99 Beauty prices in 150 years chess. In hundreds of tournaments games have been
awarded with prices for the most beautiful game, swindle, combination etc. One
famous tournament had 17 beauty prices. L.Steinkohl has selected 99 of them,
some are famous, others are lesser known. With every game there's a little story
on the tournament and the players. And so I came across Mr. O.S.Bernstein (1882-
1962), who being an amateur played beautiful chess in several periods of his
live. Between a very busy live where he was ruined several times, he managed to
play chess at a very impressive high level. He lost in 1914 a beautiful game
from Capablanca in St.Petersburg, played in the Groningen 1946-tournament where
Botwinnik became the unofficial post-war world champion and won a beautiful game
against Najdorf in Montevideo 1954 at the age of 72. Bernstein also was known as
a great openings theorist and was feared by all his colleagues. I've added some
games from him in the games selection.
WHO CAN TELL ME MORE ON THIS MAN, AND SEND MATERIAL OR TITLES OF BOOKS WITH
GAMES!!!!
Also included are 4 games which won prices in USA championship 1988, for best
game (Rohde - Seirawan, this is in the book), endgame (Kudrin - Gulko) ,
swindle (Seirawan - de Firmian) and the best draw (Seirawan - Federowitsch).
Enjoy the games, and if you want more, much more, buy this booklet and make
yourself happy for several evenings.
The NIC-QUIZ disks (Tactics levels 1800 till 2200), Interchess 1995
Price: $16 for each level.
Interchess comes also with combinations, but this time on disk in a quiz format. A
total of 5 disks, for every level one. A disk contains 50 positions with has
several question per position. There are points to be scored which later
indicate if your are to strong (or weak) for the attended level. I liked the way
it was presented (but had some problems with the mouse and messages the system
gave).
1946-1970 Het tijdperk Botwinnik, Hans Bouwmeester, van Spijk 1995, 111 p. (ISBN
90-6216-125-1)
Price: Dfl. 34,50 (approximately 20$)
Language Dutch
Hans Bouwmeester was pupil and colleague of Max Euwe, with whom he worked for
years on the famous Losbladige (today Schach Archiv), which probably was the
first systematic published work on openings which appeared regular. Besides
opening it also had middle- and endgame sections. Besides being an active
player, he worked as chess trainer with the young Jan Timman and Jeroen Piket.
The last 25 years he also played correspondence chess and earns himself a GM-
title (see also the games in the games section from CC News (2). He's also a very
skilled writer of chess books (in Dutch) with dozens of titles to his name.
This very beautiful presented book, covers the period 1946 till 1970, when
M.Botwinnik had to fight to get and keep his chess throne. He lost and won again
from Smyslov, Tal and Petrosian. The book contains 12 games from Botwinnik and
18 from the young chaps who wanted to be on the highest platform.
The analyses (several also by Euwe, also from the Losbladige Archives) are very
educational (Bouwmeester was mathematics teacher by profession) and in depth.
The book has several interesting photos from the fifties and sixties.
Addresses
Batsford Ltd
4 Fitzhardinge Street
London W1H 0AH
England
E-mail: 100617.2702@Compuserve.com (Graham Burgess, managing editor)
Cadogan Books
London House
Parkgate Road
London SW11 4NQ
England
Net-address: chess@cadogan.demon.co.uk
Also distributing for Pickard&Sons, Grandmaster Publishing, Hypermodern Press
and Hays Publishing in Europe
Chess Enterprises
107 Crosstree Road
Moon Township, PA 15108-2607
USA
E-mail: Dudley@Robert Morris.EDU
Drukkerij van Spijk
P.O.Box 210
NL-5900 AE Venlo
Netherlands
Dreier Verlag
Reinhold Dreier
Seydlitzstrasse 13
D-67061 Ludwigshafen
Deutschland
Interchess
P.O.Box 3053
NL-1801 GB Alkmaar
Netherlands
E-mail: nic@xs4all.nl
WWW: http://www.xs4all.nl/~nic/
S1 Editrice
Via Porrettana 111
I-40135 Bologna
Italy
E-mail: LW3BOL11@CINE88.CINECA.IT
(temporarily)
Verlag Mädler
Lilienthalstrasse 52
D-40474 Dusseldorf
Deutschland
Rochade Verlag
H.Köhler
Vogelsbergstrasse 21
D-63477 Maintal
Deutschland
E-mail: 100600.2505@compuserve.com
Books reviewed in Books
(??) gives issue of WIC where book was reviewed.
OPENING-THEORY
Winning with the Benko, Byron Jacobs, Batsford 1995, 144p. (ISBN 0-7134-7232-4)
Price: £ 12.99 (51)
The complete Vienna, M.Tseitlin en I.Glazkov, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN 0-
7134-7606-0)
Price : £ 12.99 (51)
The complete Benoni, Lev Psakhis, Batsford 1995, 256 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7765 2)
Price: £ 15.99 (51)
The Sämisch King's Indian, Joe Gallagher, Batsford 1995, 240 p. (ISBN 0 7134
7730 X)
Price: £ 14.99 (51)
The Latvian Gambit,Tony Kosten, Batsford 1995, 144 p. (ISBN 0 7134 7619 2)
Price: £ 12.99 (51)
Nimzo-indian Defence Classical Variation, I.Sokolov, Cadogan Press 1995, 148 p. (ISBN
1 85744 120 6)
Price: $17.95 (51)
Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk System (C78), J.Konikowski, S1 Editrice, 1995, 283 p.
(ISBN 88-86127-36-7)
Price: 30.000 Lires (51)
Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20-D29), S1 Editrice, 1995, 179 p. (ISBN 88-86127-34-
0)
Price: 26.000 Lires (51)
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