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01-01 Cover_Layout 1 24/10/2018 09:19 Page 1 03-03 Contents_Chess mag - 21_6_10 23/10/2018 19:57 Page 3 Chess Contents Founding Editor: B.H. Wood, OBE. M.Sc † Executive Editor: Malcolm Pein Editorial....................................................................................................................4 Editors: Richard Palliser, Matt Read Malcolm Pein on the latest developments in the game Associate Editor: John Saunders Subscriptions Manager: Paul Harrington 60 Seconds with...Erik Kislik..........................................................................7 Have you seen before Erik’s favourite game, Gusev-Auerbach? Twitter: @CHESS_Magazine Twitter: @TelegraphChess - Malcolm Pein A Rainy Night in Georgia ..................................................................................8 Website: www.chess.co.uk Tim Wall shares his personal impressions of the FIDE Congress Subscription Rates: China! .....................................................................................................................13 United Kingdom A round-up of the Batumi Olympiad, where China took double gold 1 year (12 issues) £49.95 2 year (24 issues) £89.95 The Chinese Immortal.....................................................................................16 3 year (36 issues) £125 John Henderson remembers where China began at the Olympiad Europe 1 year (12 issues) £60 How Caruana can defeat Magnus..............................................................18 2 year (24 issues) £112.50 Erik Kislik shows that even Magnus’s game contains weak spots 3 year (36 issues) £165 Celebrating Peter’s Life .................................................................................24 USA & Canada Sarah Longson organised an event to remember Peter Poobalasingam 1 year (12 issues) $90 2 year (24 issues) $170 Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................26 3 year (36 issues) $250 24 more positions to suit all levels and help keep you tactically sharp Rest of World (Airmail) 1 year (12 issues) £72 Kipping: Men and Myths................................................................................30 2 year (24 issues) £130 Bob Jones explains all about a famous chess dynasty, the Kippings 3 year (36 issues) £180 Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................32 Distributed by: Carl looks at how logistics might help us at the chessboard Post Scriptum (UK only), Unit G, OYO Business Park, Hindmans Way, Memories of Krakow .......................................................................................34 Dagenham, RM9 6LN - Tel: 020 8526 7779 Chris Wood remembers a student trip behind the Iron Curtain LMPI (North America) Remembering Peggy........................................................................................38 8155 Larrey Street, Montreal (Quebec), H1J 2L5, Canada - Tel: 514 355-5610 A tribute to the remarkable daughter of B.H. 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How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................42 All rights reserved. © 2018 Daniel King takes a good look at the play of Parham Maghsoodloo Chess Magazine (ISSN 0964-6221) is published by: Chess & Bridge Ltd, 44 Baker St, London, W1U 7RT Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................45 Tel: 020 7288 1305 Fax: 020 7486 7015 A full listing of UK tournaments (and lectures!) this November Email: [email protected], Website: www.chess.co.uk Overseas News...................................................................................................46 FRONT COVER: Young Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev has been in red-hot form Cover Design: Matt Read Cover image: David Llada Home News..........................................................................................................48 Keith Arkell was another to enjoy a successful September US & Canadian Readers – You can contact us via our American branch – Chess4Less based in West Palm Solutions ...............................................................................................................52 Beach, FL. 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You can even order Subscriber Special Offers online This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54 via www.chess4less.com Works on Caruana, Carlsen, Korchnoi and Blackburne are reviewed Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John enjoyed England’s successful showing at the Olympiad Printed in the UK by The Magazine Printing Company using only paper from FSC/PEFC suppliers www.magprint.co.uk Photo credits: Brendan O’Gorman (p.51), David Llada/batumi2018.fide.com (pp.1, 5, 8-13, 58), Sean Marsh (p.48), Lennart Ootes (pp.18, 20-21). www.chess.co.uk 3 04-06 Editorial_Chess mag - 21_6_10 24/10/2018 08:46 Page 4 Chess Editorial By Executive Editor, IM Malcolm Pein @TelegraphChess There’s really too much to report on this A Few Interesting Points Khodarkovsky, the U.S. Chess Federation issue, particularly with regard to the FIDE That Arose... delegate in Batumi, secured a coveted FIDE Vice elections that took place during the Olympiad President post with the support of the pro- at Batumi. Tim Wall has covered them in some When we met privately for the first time Dvorkovich majority in the General Assembly. depth on pages 8-12 and I hope, after the some days before the vote, Dvorkovich asked We can only surmise why Garry might world championship match in London, which me if I would serve on Presidential Board – I support a Kremlin-nominated candidate in the will be just days away when you receive the declined politely. As the state of relations between FIDE Presidential election, directly or indirectly, magazine, to write about it in a lot more depth. our two countries threatens to get worse before after his long record as an opposition For the moment, I’ll just mention a few it gets better, I could not join a Russian-led politician in Russia. Perhaps he will explain... points that stood out to me and say that taking FIDE administration even if we can work part in the election was an incredible together in a limited way on specific projects. It’s too soon to say what will experience. I wish FIDE well and right now I happen in 2022 want to focus on making the match in London Garry Kasparov’s silence and his effective support for Dvorkovich Let’s see how things develop. Dvorkovich’s a success. It already feels like it may be campaign was slick, well-funded and profess- something of a wasted opportunity for English Yes, you read it right – Kasparov, the one- ional, in sharp contrast to Makro’s. I also liked chess and I make no secret of the fact that I am time opposition candidate to Vladimir Putin in many of his ideas – because, let’s face it, working on this with the new FIDE President Russia’s presidential elections. As they used to most right-minded people agree on what Arkady Dvorkovich and his colleagues. say on that wonderful American TV series needs to be done. Therefore, I’m going to see When I decided to stand for FIDE Deputy Soap: “Confused? You will be...” what develops in the next two years before I President, by far the most important Throughout the campaign, Garry’s silence decide whether to put myself forward as a objective was: was as prolonged as it was deafening. He candidate in 2022. Literally, as I was writing initially tweeted some support for Nigel this, it was announced that the Women’s World Getting rid of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov shortly after he declared, and Nigel then went Championship will be more closely aligned Tick in the box. I’ll take a little of the credit on a tour of Africa, which looks like it was with the Open and that the Women’s World for this as it seems clear that my entry into supported by the Kasparov Chess Foundation Cup will feed four players into the Candidates, the campaign made the electoral calculation Africa. Before and during the FIDE Congress in which is exactly what I was proposing! significantly worse for Ilyumzhinov and, once Batumi, Graham Jurgensen, the general his masters figured that out, he was replaced manager of the Kasparov Chess Foundation Fight Corruption with a far better candidate. Africa, was to be seen pacing the halls of the At best a work in progress, but I want to Then there was: Sheraton Hotel in Batumi talking to African delegates, trying to get them to support give the new FIDE President a chance to show he means well. There was a lot of what I Ensure that there was a timetable Essoh Essis, the Cote D’Ivoire delegate in his would regard as unethical behaviour in the for Makro’s tenure to end campaign to become African Chess Confederation (ACC) President. election which Tim refers to, but I think this I thought this