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June 2019 ® Efstratios Grivas 2019 3 24Th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Blitz 2019 the 24Th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Blitz Tournament Took Place on May 16Th The SICA Bulletin Monthly Edition (free Pdf) Sharjah International Chess Academy © 2019 Copyright © Efstratios Grivas 2019 ([email protected] - www.GrivasChess.com) SICA Chairman Talal Alzaabi ([email protected]) Editor in Chief Efstratios Grivas ([email protected]) Interviews Abdulla Murad ([email protected]) Cover Adeeb Zehrawi ([email protected]) Proofer Abdulla Murad ([email protected]) Contents SICA Data ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3 24th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Blitz 2019 ………………………………………………….. 4 24th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Rapid 2019 ………………………………………………… 6 Dubai Ramadan Team Rapid 2019 ………………………………………………………….. 7 Abu Dhabi Zayed Ramadan Rapid 2019 ……………………………………………………. 8 The Arbor School Ramadan Blitz 2019 ….………………………………………………….. 9 Sharjah Ladies Ramadan Cup Blitz 2019 …………………………………………………… 9 1st Al Batayih Ramadan Blitz 2019 ………………………………………………………….. 10 People of Determination Ramadan Blitz 2019 ……………………………………………… 10 Reaching the ‘Lucena Position’ …………………………………………………………….. 10 Sliding Closet Door ………………………………………………………………………….. 14 World’s Top-Players Coaching Program …………………………………………………… 16 FIDE Grand-Prix - Moscow 2019 …………………………………………………………... 18 Critical Positions …………………………………………………………………………….. 33 A Dangerous Game ………………………………………………………………………….. 34 Lindores Abbey Chess Stars 2019 …………………………………………………………… 38 Discovering Targets ………………………………………………………………………….. 39 SICA Training Photo Gallery ……………………………………………………………….. 41 Chess Players’ Brains are Different from Everybody Else’s …………………...…………... 42 Chess Prodigies: Paul Morphy and José Raúl Capablanca ……………….………………... 43 Contact Us ……………………………………………………………………………………. 44 Our Sponsors …………………………………………………………………………………. 44 The newly established Sharjah International Chess Academy is entitled and committed to raise the level of chess training in United Arab Emirates to high standards. Experienced and professional coaches, armed with extra-ordinary teaching material, are ready to offer you a different and very effective approach in your chess world. The programs and the courses are based on a constructive curriculum, created by one of the world’s top coaches and authors (99 books published!), GM Efstratios Grivas. Each course takes 32 lessons to be fullfield and the Academy offers five different courses for any level! Above these courses, the Academy offers additional 8-hour Thematic courses and also training for the coaches or students with a higher level. Add the blitz training sessions and the chess events sessions and you have the full picture of our offers! Finally, the Academy offers individual lessons by agreement. Studies Director Our Coaches Staff Basic Courses Advanced Courses The Positive Aspects of Chess Chess may be helpful in many ways to a child or an adult. Some of these are: ● Decision Making ● Cultivating Logical Thinki-ng ● Development of Imagina-tion ● Personal Responsibility ● Hard Work ● Constant Learning ● Socialisation GM-FST-IA-IO ● Memory Development and IM Mokhliss El Adnani Efstratios Grivas Exercise Beginner - Intermediate Expert Classes ● Concentration Medium Classes ■ The monthly cost for the participation is on 440 AED and for the second child of the family on 350 AED. Ramadan offer is continued and it is on 400 AED and 200 AED for the second child. ■ Transportation can be obtained on demand (Sharjah & Ajman) and on the cost of 280 AED monthly (second child for free). ■ An important course consisting of 3 hours per week (1.5 hours twice per week). Each course is made of 32 constructive lessons, fully documented, following a chess curriculum of knowledge and improvement. SICA offers five courses, from beginners to experts and each participant is pre- evaluated of his strength, joining the relative course. ■ Events, as handicaps & simultaneous exhibitions, tournaments and chess-movies nights, as per program. ■ Coach classes, Extra thematic classes, workshops with world-class coaches and extra private lessons on demand (extra costs). SICA Bulletin - June 2019 ® Efstratios Grivas 2019 3 24th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Blitz 2019 The 24th Sharjah Masters Ramadan Blitz tournament took place on May 16th. It was a XABCDEFGHY 9-round event (5+3), with total prizes of 8rsnlwqkvl-tr( 10.200 AED. 7zp-+pzppzpp' Final Standings (170 Participants) P Title Surname-Name FED Rtg Pts 6-+-+-sn-+& 1 GM Guseinov Gadir AZE 2707 8 5+pzpP+-vL-% 2 IM Dimakiling Oliver PHI 2405 8 4-+P+-+-+$ 3 IM Khademalsharieh S. IRI 2461 7½ 4 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2599 7½ 3+-+-+-+-# 5 IM Al Qudaimi Basheer YEM 2399 7½ 2PzP-+PzPPzP" 6 IM El Taher Fouad EGY 2401 7 1tRN+QmKLsNR! 7 GM Arencibia Walter CUB 2364 7 8 FM Abdisalimov Abdim. UZB 2333 7 xabcdefghy 9 Hilwani Talal SYR 2339 7 A rare variation which has served me very well since 1983, when I first employed it. 10 FM Othman A. Moussa UAE 2185 7 White does not accept the sacrifice and 11 GM Grivas Efstratios GRE 2401 6½ looks for the initiative. 12 IM Ali Sebbar MAR 2346 6½ 4...Ne4 13 FM Abdurakhmonov M. UZB 2068 6½ The main line. A nice game went by 4...g6 14 IM El Adnani Mokliss MAR 2419 6½ 5.d6 bxc4 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Qd2 Bg7 8.e4 h6 15 IM Mastrokoukos George GRE 2311 6½ 9.Bf4 g5 10.Be3 exd6 11.Qxd6 Ng4 16 Saif Ahmed UAE 1673 6½ 12.Bxc4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qa5 14.Nge2 Ne5 15.Bd5 Nd3+ 16.Kd2 Nxb2 17.Rhf1 Rf8 17 Nowroozian Nader IRI 1635 6½ 18.Rab1 Na4 19.e5 Nb6 20.Rxb6 axb6 18 GM Haddouche Mohamed ALG 2434 6 21.Ng3 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Rxf6 Qb4 19 Dr. Murtaza Ali PAK 2051 6 24.Nf5 Qb2+ 25.Kd1 1-0 Grivas,E- 20 Zayed Ali Al-Hamed UAE 1924 6 Kjeldsen,J Cannes 1995. 5.Bf4 Qa5+ This check is supposed to be the best. A recent game went by 5...d6 6.f3 Nf6 7.e4 b4 8.a3 Na6 9.axb4 Nxb4 10.Nc3 g6 11.Nge2 Bg7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2 h4 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Be3 Bh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.f4 Nf6 18.Ne3 e6 19.0-0 Nh5 20.e5 a5 21.Ne4 Ra6 22.Bxh5 Rxh5 23.Nf6+ 1-0 Grivas,E- Razan,A Sharjah 2019. 6.Nd2 d6 (D) Modern theory suggests 6...g5 7.Be5! □ Grivas Efstratios (2401) (7.Be3? bxc4 8.Qc2 Nf6 =+ Grivas,E- ■ Othman Moussa (2185) Khalifman,A Leningrad 1989) 7...f6 8.Bc3! A57 Sharjah (4) 16.05.2019 Nxc3 9.bxc3 oo/= Ivanisevic,I-Vuckovic,B 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 Valjevo 2011. In middle 2012 I wrote an The 'Benko or Volga Gambit' is a good extensive survey on the 4.Bg5 variation for choice in quick time controls as Black's play 'New In Chess Yearbook' and to my is more or less easy and creates a lot of knowledge this was the only one published tactical possibilities. ever on this line. Very few people are 4.Bg5 (D) following chess editions in the Gulf… SICA Bulletin - June 2019 ® Efstratios Grivas 2019 4 XABCDEFGHY Bohn,U Budapest 2017. 8rsnl+kvl-tr( XABCDEFGHY 7zp-+-zppzpp' 8rsnl+kvl-tr( 6-+-zp-+-+& 7zp-+-zppzpp' 5wqpzpP+-+-% 6-+-zp-+-+& 4-+P+nvL-+$ 5+RzpP+-+-% 3+-+-+-+-# 4-+q+-+-+$ 2PzP-sNPzPPzP" 3+-+-+-+-# 1tR-+QmKLsNR! 2P+-vLPzPPzP" xabcdefghy 1+-+QmKLsNR! 7.b4!? xabcdefghy A wild continuation, which I know since 11.Qb1! 1981, but I was able to play it only once A good novelty to 11.e3? Qxa2? beforehand! Well, waiting for 36 years to re- (11...Qxd5!, is critical) 12.Bc3 Bf5 (12...e6 employ it, doesn't seems to be usual... 7.f3 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Ne2 +/- Nf6 (7...g5 8.Be3 Nxd2 9.Bxd2 Qb6 10.Bc3 Shashin,A-Dommes,V Leningrad 1971) Rg8 11.cxb5 +=) 8.e4 Mikhalevski,V- 13.Rb2 Qa3 14.Qc1 Nd7 15.Rb8+ Rxb8 Ekstroem,R Bad Wiessee 2000, also favours 16.Qxa3 Rb1+ 17.Kd2 Nb6 18.Qxa7 Rxf1 White. 19.Qb8+ Kd7 20.Qxb6 e5 21.Qb5+ 1-0 7...Qxb4 8.Rb1 Qc3 9.Rxb5 (D) Verdier,P-Ramazzotti,B France 1984. This strong novelty is analysed in my 2012 XABCDEFGHY Survey! And the funny stuff is that it is 8rsnl+kvl-tr( White to play on the queenside, which is usually Black's territory of action in the 7zp-+-zppzpp' 'Benko Gambit'! 6-+-zp-+-+& 11...Nd7 11...Na6, loses to 12.e4 Qa4 (12...Qd4 5+RzpP+-+-% 13.Rb7! +-) 13.Rxc5! (13.Ra5 Rb8) 4-+P+nvL-+$ 13...Nxc5 14.Bb5+ +-. 12.e4 3+-wq-+-+-# White has invested a pawn for the initiative and superior development and Black is 2P+-sNPzPPzP" suffering... 1+-+QmKLsNR! 12...Qd4 The alternative is 12...Qa4 13.Ne2 f5 14.f3 xabcdefghy +/-, which is mentioned in my NIC Survey. 9...Nxd2? 13.Nf3 Qf6 14.Rb3 Black gets greedy and goes for pawn 14.Ra5, is good as well: 14...g6 (14...g5 hunting, neglecting his development. 9...g5, 15.Bxg5 Qg6 16.Bb5 +-) 15.Bb5 Bg7 is probably best: 10.Be3 Bf5 11.Rb3 Qa5 16.Bc6 +-. 12.Qa1 += Grivas,E-Deze,A Patra 1983. 14...e5 15.Bb5 10.Bxd2 Qxc4 (D) 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bb5 +-. 10...Qf6, doesn't solve Black's problems 15...Qd8 16.Bc6 Ba6 (D) either: 11.e4 e6 12.Ne2 Be7 13.Rb3 exd5 White’s position is already won and he has 14.cxd5 Nd7 15.Ng3 +/- Przedmojski,R- just to choose the way… SICA Bulletin - June 2019 ® Efstratios Grivas 2019 5 17.Bxa8?! XABCDEFGHY No need to win material! Clearly better is 8r+-wqkvl-tr( 17.Qb2! c4 18.Ra3 Rb8 19.Qc3 Rb1+ (19...Qc8 20.0-0 +-) 20.Ke2! Rxh1 21.Rxa6 7zp-+n+pzpp' Be7 22.Rxa7 0-0 23.Rxd7 +-. 6l+Lzp-+-+& 17...Qxa8 18.Ra3 Here Black lost on time, but his position is 5+-zpPzp-+-% critical as well after 18.Ra3 Qc8 19.Qb3 Be7 4-+-+P+-+$ 20.Qa4 Bb7 21.0-0 +-. An easy win, based on good theoretical knowledge and some 3+R+-+N+-# great ‘help’ from my opponent, who is a quite good tactician by the way.
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