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Jakob Vang Glud Var I Topform Ved OL Indhold SKAKbladet MEDLEMSBLADFORDANSKSKAKUNION 2018-4 Stålsat blik Jakob Vang Glud var i topform ved OL Indhold ISSN 0037-6043 Leder 3 Online: ISSN 2246-5774 OL i Batumi • Tavs Bjerre 4-15 Fremskridt, fejl og fremtid findes i både kvindeskak 114. årgang, nr. 4-2018. L er det internationale skakforbund FIDEs helt store skak- Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union. og til OL • Ellen Fredericia Nilssen 16-25 Kina erobrer verden • Lars Schandorff 26-33 fest, hvor alle verdens lande bringes sammen og kommu- Redaktion: O Politisk OL i Georgien • Poul Jacobsen 34-36 Lars Schandorff og Jan Løfberg nikerer på et helt unikt, grænseløst sprog – nemlig skakkens. Årets att. Løfbergs Forlag Ene dansker på sidelinjen • Claus Andersen 37-39 skak-OL i Batumi i Georgien fylder meget i dette nr. af Skakbladet, Svend Vonveds Vej 15 Chateau Motel, Copenhagen Chess Slam • Jan Løfberg 40-41 2300 København S. Aktuel taktik • Jacob Aagaard 42 men vi forsøger at se begivenheden fra mange forskellige synsvink- Email: [email protected] Strategiske koncepter • Jacob Aagaard 44-51 ler: der er spillernes, holdlederens, trænerens og den politiske. Og så Indsendelsesfrist til nr. 1-2019 Ungdoms-VM • Lars Schandorff 52-58 Deadline 1. februar 2019 Nyt fra DSU 59 er der turistens. Det er muligt at rejse ud og se de største skakbegi- Udkommer medio marts 2019 Uopfordret materiale aftales med Kunstig Skakintelligens åbner døren venheder. Tidligere var OL og VM-matcher store trækplastre for redaktionen. til fremtiden • Nils Hoffmann 60-62 skakturisme. Der var altid danskere til stede. Kasserer med kort varsel • Jan Løfberg 63-64 Abonnement og ekspedition Danmark kr. 250 kr. pr. år inkl. moms Brættet Rundt 65 og forsendelse. Mindeord 66 Udlandet: kr. 350 år. år, inkl. Nu kan man følge det hele online hjemmefra. Det har ændret alt. DM i ungdomsskak • Jan Løfberg 67 forsendelse. Det gælder ikke kun internationale turneringer, men i høj grad også Bestilles hos Dansk Skak Unions kasse- Løsninger på aktuel taktik • Jacob Aagaard 68-69 rer (se nederst på siden). En udbryderklub af de sjældne • Jan Løfberg 70-71 danske. Der er færre og færre tilskuere i virkeligheden. Det går ud Drama lige før start • Lars Wilton 72-73 Grafisk design og produktion over skakmiljøet, der trænger til lidt mere liv. Så herfra skal lyde en John Ovesen / Baghus Brættet Rundt 74-75 Årsregister 76-78 opfordring: gå nu ud og se noget skak i virkeligheden og del det Tryk Bialostockie Zaklady Graficzne S.A. med andre! Og det gælder selvfølgelig også for arrangørerne: sørg Al. 1000-lecia P.P. 2 15-111 Bialystok – Polen nu for, at der er noget at se for dem, der kommer, og at der er et Forsidefoto: Jakob Vang Glud havde højeste procentvise score på 1. brættet hyggeligt sted, hvor man kan diskutere partierne. ved OL. Foto: Cathy Rogers. Med dette nummer fuldender vi anden årgang som redaktører. Det Dansk Skak Union er et farvel til Jacob Aagaards store træningsserie Strategiske Kon- Formand: Poul Jacobsen, Brovangen 8, 5464 Brenderup cepter. Jacob fortsætter dog heldigvis med at levere sine fremra- Tlf. 40 83 36 16. Email: [email protected] gende opgaver. I næste nummer er Begynderskak tilbage. Vi ser Kasserer: Poul Guldbæk Olesen, Akelejevej 10, 8240 Risskov Dansk Skak Union Tlf. 660 78 95 02. Email: [email protected] frem. Sekretær: Bernhard W. Sørensen, Solbuen 99, 3400 Hillerød. Bankforbindelse: Tlf. 29 27 32 30. Email: [email protected] Danske Bank Udvikling: Arild Rimestad, Brøndbyvestervej 66C 1. -4, 2605 Brøndby. reg. nr. 3409 Tlf. 42 26 04 66. Email:[email protected] God fornøjelse kontonr. 0011548938 Organisation: Aage Dalstrup Olsen, Søndervangen 14, 1. tv., 8260 Viby J. Tlf. 20 62 33 01. Email: [email protected] Jan Løfberg og Lars Schandorff Ratingkartotek: Per Rasmussen, Stavdalvej 37, 3760 Gudhjem www.skak.dk Tlf. 56 49 51 13. Email: [email protected] 2 • Indhold Leder • 3 L er noget særligt. Skakspillere Ofra hele verden er samlet. I Ba- tumi i Georgien var 180 af verdens knap 200 nationer repræsenteret. OL i Batumi Det meste af verdenseliten spillede med, men der var også spillere med, som ikke ville brillere i klubturne- ringen i en mindre dansk klub. Ud Batumis nye bygninger skyder i vejret. over spillerne er der også samlet en Foto: Tavs Bjerre. masse officials og skakpolitikere. Jeg så for eksempel Short, Speelman, Ju- supov, Polgar med flere i spillesalen. Endnu en gang måtte Danmark rejse hjem fra skakolympiaden uden medaljer. Men nu var det jo heller ikke det vi tog derned efter. Der har, som det vil være de fleste bekendt, været lange og indimellem forbit- rede diskussioner om, hvilke betin- gelser landsholdet skal have, og hvordan får vi mest valuta for de be- grænsede midler. Den diskussion vil jeg lade ligge her. Men som salig Ri- cardo sagde: Ingen er forpligtet over sine evner. Det nytter ikke noget at bebrejde spillerne at de ikke er – og ikke spiller som – Sune Berg, Mads Andersen, Allan Stig Rasmussen etc. Det er lettere med Stockfish Vi var på forhånd lidt spændte på, hvordan det ville gå. Flere af spil- Tavs Bjerre, herrelandsholdets holdleder. Foto: Cathy Rogers. lerne havde jo ikke spillet meget op til OL, og hvordan kritikken hjem- Batumi med ca. 150.000 indbyggere viste det sig, at den altid blev over to, mefra ville lyde, hvis det ikke gik helt er en lidt sjov by. Den ligger ud til og det var fint, der var masser af tid. godt. Tonen kan være hård på Face- Sortehavet, har en stor, aktiv havn og Spillestedet lå lidt væk fra vandet, i book og chatten, og det er jo let at en kilometerlang stenstrand og en den mindre mondæne del af byen. sidde med Stockfish eller Houdini bred strandpromenade, hvor der Der var kæmpe huller i vejene, og på kørende og have meninger om, hvor blandt andet kører mange lejede et gadehjørne stod et bilvrag, der tåbeligt folk spiller. Men gennemgå- knallerter med plads til 2-3 personer. manglede alle fire hjul. Det var ende syntes jeg faktisk, at tonen var Der virker en smule uddødt her uklart, om det bare var blevet efter- sober. uden for sæsonen, selv om vejret sta- ladt der, eller om det var blevet pla- dig var fint i september/oktober. ceret som en slags reklame for det bilværksted, der lå ved siden af. “Tonen kan være hård på Byen er præget af virkelig mange For at komme ind på spillestedet Facebook og chatten, og det er fantasifulde og prangende bygnin- skulle man igennem metaldetekto- jo let at sidde med Stockfish ger, vi så masser af påbegyndte høj- rer, og indholdet af tasker blev gen- eller Houdini kørende og have huse, men kun ganske få, der nemset. Det gav lidt kø de første arbejdede på dem. Men der var i øv- dage, men fungerede ellers fint. En af Holdkaptajn Tavs Bjerre fortæller her om den 43. udgave af skakolympiaden, der blev meninger om, hvor tåbeligt rigt ikke meget tid til sightseeing. dagene stod Caruana, Nakamura, So spillet i den georgiske by Batumi ved Sortehavet. Det unge danske herrelandshold var folk spiller.” Spillestedet lå et stykke fra hotel- og Anand lige foran os. Det er altid seedet som nr. 52 og opnåede en placering som nr. 44. Jakob Vang Glud imponerede på 1. lerne, og der gik busser frem og til- sjovt at opleve stjernerne på nærme- bage. Officielt skulle sidste bus køre ste hold, men det fik ikke ligefrem brættet, hvor han leverede en ratingpræstation på 2743. fra vores hotel kl. 13.45. I praksis køen til at gå hurtigere. Mange maste OL i Batumi • 5 sig op bagfra for at tage billeder sam- forberedelse, fælles forberedelse i so- Efter femte runde var der fest, den stille i længere tid, mens man af og rigtig godt ud, 2-2 var absolut inden vældig mange gange, og Bjørn havde men med stjernerne, som tålmodigt faer i lobbyen kl. 10-12. Frokost, lidt sagnomspundne Bermudafest. Den til bliver skubbet til side af folk, der for rækkevidde, men det endte med været så venlig både at give mig et stillede op. frisk luft, bus til spillestedet kl. 14, var nu lidt af en skuffelse. Den fore- mener de skal foran, fordi de skal nå et nederlag på 3-1. par fif samt en melding om, at jeg runden startede kl. 15. Efter runden gik i et stort telt på stranden med en et fly. Det skal vi vel alle sammen … Vi havde en oplevelse af at det var scorede godt med dette træk. Så var der busser tilbage til hotellet for dunkende bas, som man ikke kunne Og når man så endelig er kommet stolpe ud i flere matcher – om man hvorfor ikke gentage? Generelt var “Spillestedet lå lidt væk fra at spise. Vi kunne sidde og spise ude slippe væk fra. Det var helt umuligt igennem, går man forvildet rundt så vil kalde det uheld, manglende ky- dette en af de ting, der lykkedes mig vandet, i den mindre på den enorme terrasse med udsigt at føre en fornuftig samtale, og der for at finde sin egen bus igen i virva- nisme (men det vil jeg ikke, jeg hader enormt godt under OL – at spille de over Sortehavet. Buffeten var glim- blev trangt i teltet, da det begyndte ret. det udtryk!) eller bare at vi ikke var gamle, kedelige og vante åbninger – mondæne del af byen. Der var rende, men der kommer et punkt, at regne. Måske er det bare mig der helt gode nok i nogle afgørende si- men alligevel at ”snyde” mine mod- kæmpe huller i vejene, og på hvor man ikke orker udbuddet mere.
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