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Players Biel International Chess Festival
2009 Players Biel International Chess Festival Players Boris Gelfand Israel, 41 yo Elo: 2755 World ranking: 9 Date and place of birth: 24.6.1968, in Minsk (Belarus) Lives in: Rishon-le-Zion (Israel) Israel ranking: 1 Best world ranking: 3 (January 1991) In Biel GMT: winner in 1993 (Interzonal) and 2005. Other results: 3rd (1995, 1997, 2001), 4th (2000) Two Decades at the Top of Chess This is not a comeback, since Boris Gelfand never left the chess elite in the last twenty years. However, at the age of 41, the Israeli player has reached a new peak and is experiencing a a third wind. He is back in the world Top-10, officially as number 9 (in fact, a virtual number 5, if one takes into account his latest results that have not yet been recorded). He had not been ranked so high since 2006. Age does not seem to matter for this player who is unanimously appreciated in the field, both for his technical prowess and his personality. In Biel, he will not only be the senior player of the Grandmaster tournament, but also the top ranked and the Festival’s most loyal participant. Since his first appearance in 1993, he has come seven times to Biel; it is precisely at this Festival that he earned one of his greatest victories: in 1993, he finished first in the Interzonal Tournament (which, by then, was the only qualifying competition for the world championship), out of 73 participating grandmasters (including Anand and Kramnik). His victory in Biel against Anand is mentioned in his book, My Most Memorable Games. -
2009 U.S. Tournament.Our.Beginnings
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Presents the 2009 U.S. Championship Saint Louis, Missouri May 7-17, 2009 History of U.S. Championship “pride and soul of chess,” Paul It has also been a truly national Morphy, was only the fourth true championship. For many years No series of tournaments or chess tournament ever held in the the title tournament was identi- matches enjoys the same rich, world. fied with New York. But it has turbulent history as that of the also been held in towns as small United States Chess Championship. In its first century and a half plus, as South Fallsburg, New York, It is in many ways unique – and, up the United States Championship Mentor, Ohio, and Greenville, to recently, unappreciated. has provided all kinds of entertain- Pennsylvania. ment. It has introduced new In Europe and elsewhere, the idea heroes exactly one hundred years Fans have witnessed of choosing a national champion apart in Paul Morphy (1857) and championship play in Boston, and came slowly. The first Russian Bobby Fischer (1957) and honored Las Vegas, Baltimore and Los championship tournament, for remarkable veterans such as Angeles, Lexington, Kentucky, example, was held in 1889. The Sammy Reshevsky in his late 60s. and El Paso, Texas. The title has Germans did not get around to There have been stunning upsets been decided in sites as varied naming a champion until 1879. (Arnold Denker in 1944 and John as the Sazerac Coffee House in The first official Hungarian champi- Grefe in 1973) and marvelous 1845 to the Cincinnati Literary onship occurred in 1906, and the achievements (Fischer’s winning Club, the Automobile Club of first Dutch, three years later. -
Mind-Bending Analysis and Instructive Comment from a Man Who Has Participated in World Chess at the Very Highest Levels
Mind-bending analysis and instructive comment from a man who has participated in world chess at the very highest levels World championship candidate and three-times British Champion Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games. He is renowned as a great fighter and analyst, and a highly original player. This book provides entertainment and instruction in abundance. Games and stories from his: • World Championship campaigns • Chess Olympiads • Toi>level grandmaster tournaments, including the World Cup Jon Speelman is one of only two British players this century to gain a place in the world's top five. He has reached the sem>finals of the world championship and is one of the stars of the English national team, which has won the silver medals three times in the chess Olympiads. Jon Speelman's Best Games Jon Speelman B. T. Batsford Ltd, London First published 1997 © Jon Speelman 1997 ISBN 0 7134 6477 I British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. Contents A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, by any means, without prior permission of the publisher. Introduction 5 Typeset and edited by First Rank Publishing, Brighton and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wilts Part I Growing up as a Chess player for the publishers, B. T. Batsford Ltd, Juvenilia 7 583 Fulham Road, I JS-J.Fletcher, British U-14 Ch., Rhyl1969 9 London SW6 5BY 2 JS-E.Warren, Thames Valley Open 1970 11 3 A.Miles-JS, Islington Open 1970 14 4 JS-Hanau, Nice 1971 -
Linus Olsson Gruppvinnare I Skol–SM Och IM–Inteckning I Danmark
www.schack.se TfS Linus Olsson Gruppvinnare i skol–SM och IM–inteckning i Danmark Tidskrift för Schack nummer 8/2004, årgång 110 VM–matchen i Brissago ● VM–matchen 1935 Europacupen ● Ralf Åkesson i korr–VM ● I korta drag Skol–SM ● Damallsvenskan ● Hallstahammar Open TfS nr 8/2004 Sveriges Schackförbund Slottsgatan 155 602 20 Norrköping telefon 011/10 74 20 Tidskrift för Schack är officiellt organ och medlemsblad för Sveriges Schackförbund och utkommer under 2004 med nio nummer. Det blev dubbelt svenskt i topp i en IM–turnering Ägare: Sveriges Schackförbund. i danska Faaborg. Emil Hermansson segrade på Samtliga prenumeranter är 6½ poäng (av 9), en halv före Linus Olsson (bilden). medlemmar i Tidskrift för Med detta resultat tog Olsson sin första inteckning Schacks Kamratförbund. i IM–titeln. Mer om den turneringen i nästa num- Prenumerationsavgiften mer. Några veckor dessförinnan vann Linus äldsta för 2004 är 400 kr, stödprenumeration 500 kr. gruppen i skol–SM. Läs Jonas Erikssons intervju med Postgiro 60 46 34-6. honom på sidan 500. Annonspriser: helsida 2000 kr, halvsida 1200 kr, kvartssida 700 kr, sista sidan 3000 kr. Omslagsfoto: Calle Erlandsson För annonsörer som sysslar med schacklig verksamhet utgår 50% rabatt. Manusstopp för Tidskrift för Schack Lars Grahn annonsmanus Döbelnsgatan 3 B Nummer 9: 16 november 212 13 Malmö 2005 [email protected] Nummer 1: 7 januari Redaktör och ansvarig utgivare TfS når läsarna ungefär fyra Lars Grahn veckor efter manusstopp. Prenumerationer och ekonomi Ingemar Eriksson 011/10 74 20 Tryckeri: Wallin och Dalholm [email protected] boktryckeri, Lund ISSN 0040-6848 Marknadsansvarig Copyright, texts & illustrations © Robert Ericsson TfS, Malmö, Sweden. -
Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14
Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14 Trading blows Perhaps the man of the day - Paco Vallejo claimed the scalp of none other than Vladimir Kramnik Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 – Bulletin Round 8– 10.08.14 Vassily Ivanchuk came to the board ready for a fight Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Round 8 interim report: Only the missing Today we finally saw no surprises in terms of zero tolerance forfeits, but a mystery about attendance remains. As mentioned in previous reports, one member of the Libyan Open team is paired though never here, and this arrangement now also applies to the Burundi Open team - their second board has now been excluded from the event, along with the Burundi Women's team, for repeated non- appearance. By GM Jonathan Tisdall The organizers have promised a statement at advantage against the hottest man in the today's official evening press conference about Olympiad, Bulgaria's Valentin Iotov. the Burundians - who are not just not being paired, but actually missing. To sum up - it Two dull draws were recorded on the top half of appears that everyone who is here arrived at the the China-Azerbaijan match, and the remaining board on time today. games looked better for the white players, so an evenly balanced and tense match. The Azeris lead The attention-grabbing match in the Open the event on match points, the only team with section turned out to be second seeds Ukraine 13/14, while China, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and floating up to meet 18th ranked Bulgaria. The Romania are chasing with 12. -
1987 October 3
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YEARBOOK the Information in This Yearbook Is Substantially Correct and Current As of December 31, 2020
OUR HERITAGE 2020 US CHESS YEARBOOK The information in this yearbook is substantially correct and current as of December 31, 2020. For further information check the US Chess website www.uschess.org. To notify US Chess of corrections or updates, please e-mail [email protected]. U.S. CHAMPIONS 2002 Larry Christiansen • 2003 Alexander Shabalov • 2005 Hakaru WESTERN OPEN BECAME THE U.S. OPEN Nakamura • 2006 Alexander Onischuk • 2007 Alexander Shabalov • 1845-57 Charles Stanley • 1857-71 Paul Morphy • 1871-90 George H. 1939 Reuben Fine • 1940 Reuben Fine • 1941 Reuben Fine • 1942 2008 Yury Shulman • 2009 Hikaru Nakamura • 2010 Gata Kamsky • Mackenzie • 1890-91 Jackson Showalter • 1891-94 Samuel Lipchutz • Herman Steiner, Dan Yanofsky • 1943 I.A. Horowitz • 1944 Samuel 2011 Gata Kamsky • 2012 Hikaru Nakamura • 2013 Gata Kamsky • 2014 1894 Jackson Showalter • 1894-95 Albert Hodges • 1895-97 Jackson Reshevsky • 1945 Anthony Santasiere • 1946 Herman Steiner • 1947 Gata Kamsky • 2015 Hikaru Nakamura • 2016 Fabiano Caruana • 2017 Showalter • 1897-06 Harry Nelson Pillsbury • 1906-09 Jackson Isaac Kashdan • 1948 Weaver W. Adams • 1949 Albert Sandrin Jr. • 1950 Wesley So • 2018 Samuel Shankland • 2019 Hikaru Nakamura Showalter • 1909-36 Frank J. Marshall • 1936 Samuel Reshevsky • Arthur Bisguier • 1951 Larry Evans • 1952 Larry Evans • 1953 Donald 1938 Samuel Reshevsky • 1940 Samuel Reshevsky • 1942 Samuel 2020 Wesley So Byrne • 1954 Larry Evans, Arturo Pomar • 1955 Nicolas Rossolimo • Reshevsky • 1944 Arnold Denker • 1946 Samuel Reshevsky • 1948 ONLINE: COVID-19 • OCTOBER 2020 1956 Arthur Bisguier, James Sherwin • 1957 • Robert Fischer, Arthur Herman Steiner • 1951 Larry Evans • 1952 Larry Evans • 1954 Arthur Bisguier • 1958 E. -
I\Ew Zealand
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Monarch Assurance International Open Chess
Isle of Man (IoM) Open The event of 2016 definitely got the Isle of Man back on the international chess map! Isle of Man (IoM) Open has been played under three different labels: Monarch Assurance International Open Chess Tournament at the Cherry Orchard Hotel (1st-10th), later Ocean Castle Hotel (11th-16th), always in Port Erin (1993 – 2007, in total 16 annual editions) PokerStars Isle of Man International (2014 & 15) in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina in Douglas Chess.com Isle of Man International (since 2016) in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina in Douglas The Isle of Man is a self-governing Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland. The island has been inhabited since before 6500 BC. In the 9th century, Norsemen established the Kingdom of the Isles. Magnus III, King of Norway, was also known as King of Mann and the Isles between 1099 and 1103. In 1266, the island became part of Scotland and came under the feudal lordship of the English Crown in 1399. It never became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain or its successor the United Kingdom, retaining its status as an internally self-governing Crown dependency. http://iominternationalchess.com/ For a small country, sport in the Isle of Man plays an important part in making the island known to the wider world. The principal international sporting event held on the island is the annual Isle of Man TT motorcycling event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_the_Isle_of_Man#Other_sports Isle of Man also organized the 1st World Senior Team Chess Championship, In Port Erin, Isle Of Man, 5-12 October 2004 http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/worldseniorteam2004/ Korchnoi who had to hurry up to the forthcoming 2004 Chess Olympiad at Calvià, agreed to play the first four days for the team of Switzerland which took finally the bronze medal, performing at 3.5/4, drawing vs. -
Mating the Castled King
Mating the Castled King By Danny Gormally Quality Chess www.qualitychess.co.uk First edition 2014 by Quality Chess UK Ltd Copyright 2014 Danny Gormally © Mating the Castled King All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any fo rm or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Paperback ISBN 978-1 -907982-71-2 Hardcover ISBN 978-1 -907982-72-9 All sales or enquiries should be directed to Quality Chess UK Ltd, 20 Balvie Road, Milngavie, Glasgow G62 7TA, United Kingdom Phone +44 141 204 2073 e-mail: [email protected] website: www.qualitychess.co.uk Distributed in North America by Globe Pequot Press, P.O. Box 480, 246 Goose Lane, Guilford, CT 06437-0480, US www.globepequot.com Distributed in Rest of the Wo rld by Quality Chess UK Ltd through Sunrise Handicrafts, ul. Skromna 3, 20-704 Lublin, Poland Ty peset by Jacob Aagaard Proofreading by Andrew Greet Edited by Colin McNab Cover design by Carole Dunlop and www.adamsondesign.com Cover Photo by capture365.com Photo page 174 by Harald Fietz Printed in Estonia by Tallinna Raamatutriikikoja LLC Contents Key to Symbols used 4 Preface 5 Chapter 1 - A Few Helpful Ideas 7 Chapter 2 - 160 Mating Finishes 16 Bishop Clearance 17 Back-rank Mate 22 Bishop and Knight 30 Breakthrough on the g-file 40 Breakthrough on the b-file 49 Destroying a Defensive Knight 54 Breakthrough on the h-file 63 Dragging out the King 79 Exposing the King 97 -
Chess Mag - 21 6 10 19/10/2020 20:17 Page 3
01-01 Cover - November 2020_Layout 1 19/10/2020 20:43 Page 1 03-03 Contents_Chess mag - 21_6_10 19/10/2020 20:17 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...Michael Duke ..................................................................7 Twitter: @CHESS_Magazine We discover all abour Mr Dodgy, of Chess24 and Chessable fame Twitter: @TelegraphChess - Malcolm Pein Website: www.chess.co.uk The Run is Over.....................................................................................................8 But Carlsen still prevailed as Firouzja shone at Norway Chess 2020 Subscription Rates: United Kingdom England Shines....................................................................................................14 1 year (12 issues) £49.95 Danny Gormally continues his coverage of the vast Online Olympiad 2 year (24 issues) £89.95 3 year (36 issues) £125 How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................18 Europe Daniel King has been enjoying reading Arkell’s Endings 1 year (12 issues) £60 2 year (24 issues) £112.50 All Tied Up ............................................................................................................22 -
He Is Now One of the World's Elite Players, but Has Hikaru Nakamura
APRIL 2013 RESOLUTE GM FineLine Technologies JN Index He is now one of the world’s elite players, 80% 1.5 BWR PU but has Hikaru Nakamura topped out? APRIL THE WORLD’S MOST WIDELY READ CHESS MAGAZINE www.uschess.org 04-2013_goichberg_ads_membership_ad 3/13/13 9:21 PM Page 1 WORLD’S BIGGEST OPEN TOURNAMENT! $250,000 PROJECTED PRIZES $175,000 41st Annual MINIMUM GUARANTEED! WORLD OPEN Hyatt Regency Crystal City, near D.C. 9 rounds, July 3-7, 4-7, 5-7, 1-7 or June 29-July 7 GM & IM norms possible, top 3 sections are FIDE rated, GM lectures & analysis! VISIT OUR NATION’S CAPITAL SPECIAL FEATURES! 5) International 6/27-7/1: GM & IM norms possible, warmup for main event. The World Open comes to the Washington 1) Schedule options. 5-day is most popular, 4-day and 3-day save time and money. 7-day is leisurely, 6) Unique- big money U2400 Section! area for the first time, a few miles away in and new 2-weekend avoids conflict with work. Arlington, VA. 7) Open Section fee $100 more if FIDE 2) GM & IM norms possible in Open. Open, U2400, 2199/below; makes section stronger. Room rate $95, parking $6 to $10, free airport and U2200 are FIDE rated. shuttle- all cheaper than last year! 8) Many side events; see chesstour.com 3) Anti-sandbagging rule: $2000 prize limit if any or April Chess Life. Free shuttle to DC Metro, minutes from Washington’ post-event rating posted 6/30/12-6/30/13 was historic attractions! more than 30 points over the section maximum.