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GULD- DRENGENE Indhold SKAKbladet MEDLEMSBLADFORDANSKSKAKUNION 2017-4 GULD- DRENGENE Indhold ISSN 0037-6043 Leder • 3 Online: ISSN 2246-5774 ikke en fantastisk fornemmelse at kunne smække et foto af to unge Der er et yndigt land gav gåsehud • Mads Boe 4 113. årgang, nr. 4-2017. Aronian vandt World Cup • Lars Schandorff 14 nykårede danske europamestre på forsiden af Skakbladet! Det er ikke Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union. Fra Arilds tid • Arild Rimestad 27 noget, der sker hver dag. Triumfen i Rumænien er selvfølgelig Aktuel taktik • Jacob Aagaard 30 S Redaktion: hovedhistorien i dette nummer. Guldet til Jonas Bjerre og Jesper Thybo vil Lars Schandorff og Jan Løfberg Parterne nåede hinanden • Jan Løfberg 31 att. Løfbergs Forlag ApS Strategiske koncepter • Jacob Aagaard 32 for altid gøre 2017 til noget særligt i dansk skak. Men som artiklen også Svend Vonveds Vej 15 DM i ungdomsskak • 37 viser, er der mange folk involveret i ungdomsskakken, udover spillere er 2300 København S. Hold-EM på Kreta • Lars Schandorff 38 Email: [email protected] At kunne uden at ville • Lars Grahn 48 det forældre og officials, der altid rejser med til de store stævner. Det sociale Indsendelsesfrist til nr. 4 Begynderskak • Carsten Hansen 57 og det eliteprægede går op i en højere enhed, og som fin illustration af ung- Deadline 1. februar 2018 Vi havde et halvt ratingpoint for meget i snit • Kåre Kristensen 62 domsskakkens teamspirit og overskud, har de stillet en lang række fotos Udkommer medio marts 2018 Aktuel taktik / løsninger • Jacob Aagaard 67 Uopfordret materiale aftales med redaktionen. Nyt fra DSU • 69 fra turen frit til rådighed. Erfaringen sejrede i Odense • Kristoffer Dyrgaard 70 Abonnement og ekspedition Sagt om skak • 73 Danmark kr. 250 kr. pr. år inkl. moms Boris Chatalbashev bedst i Farum • Mikkel Strange 75 Men det er ikke kun de helt unge, der har været i aktion: Også herrelands- og forsendelse. Udlandet: kr. 350 år. år, inkl. Postkortets store mester • Jan Løfberg 78 holdet ved EM på Kreta og hele verdenseliten i direkte clash ved World Cup forsendelse. Nekrolog • Søren Holm Jensen 79 Bestilles hos Dansk Skak Unions Brættet Rundt • 81 i Georgien præger nummeret. kasserer (se nederst på siden). Årsregister • 83 Grafisk design og produktion Kasparov tilbage på scenen • 88 Og sidst men ikke mindst: Er der nogen, der kan huske Palle Ravn? Tjek John Ovesen / Baghus den svenske stjernejournalist Lars Grahns spændende feature. Tryk Bialostockie Zaklady Graficzne S.A. Al. 1000-lecia P.P. 2 15-111 Bialystok – Polen Forsidefoto: Et historisk øjeblik. To danske europamestre i Og så lige til allersidst: 2017 har ikke kun været et godt år for dansk ung- ungdomsskak. Jesper Søndergaard Thybo (v.) vandt ældste gruppe domsskak. Også for Skakbladet! Vi siger tak for i år og ser frem mod 2018. U18, og Jonas Buhl Bjerre vandt U14. Foto: Privat. Dansk Skak Union God læselyst Formand: Poul Jacobsen, Brovangen 8, 5464 Brenderup Tlf. 40 83 36 16. Email: [email protected] Dansk Skak Union Kasserer: René Baarup-Christensen, Luneparken 25, 6070 Christiansfeld Jan Løfberg og Lars Schandorff Tlf. 20 88 56 62. Email: [email protected] Bankforbindelse: Sekretær: Aage Dalstrup Olsen, Søndervangen 14, 1. tv., 8260 Viby J. Danske Bank Tlf. 20 62 33 01. Email: [email protected] reg. nr. 3409 Ungdom: Peter Willer Svendsen, Gåsebæksvej 5, 3.th., 2500 Valby kontonr. 0011548938 Tlf. 28 92 20 15. Email: [email protected] Organisation: Tom Petri Petersen, Rydevænget 9, 2.tv., 8210 Aarhus V. Tlf. 61 33 71 28. Email: [email protected] Ratingkartotek: Per Rasmussen, Stavdalvej 37, 3760 Gudhjem www.skak.dk Tlf. 56 49 51 13. Email: [email protected] 2 • Indhold Leder • 3 Der er et yndigt land gav gåsehud Årets ungdomseuropamesterskab i den rumænske by Constanta blev historisk med to danske guldmedaljer. Jonas Bjerre vandt U14, og Jesper Søndergaard Thybo vandt den ældste gruppe, U18. Skakbladet har bedt ungdomslandstræner Mads Boe give baggrunden for den danske succes, der kan synes både uventet og pludselig, men sådan forholder det sig på ingen måde. De to europamestre fortæller om hver deres turnering, hvor “Der er et yndigt land” blev spillet to gange, mens Dannebrog strøg til tops. Ungdomslandstræner over at have brugt mange penge gen- det gjort, at spillerne er blevet virke- nem årene, har de brugt masser af lig gode til at bruge Chessbase og Mads Boe beretter Ungdomslandstræner Mads Boe dirigerer sine tropper. Foto: Privat. tid på det, og som Anne Bjerre for- trække de relevante oplysninger ud t Danmark fik to guldmedaljer talte mig, har deres familien ikke af programmet og forstår, hvorfor Atil EM i Rumænien var en helt været på ferie sammen i mange år, “engine” vurderer som den gør. Jeg igennem fantastisk præstation. Vi hvor det ikke handlede om skak. Ka- synes ofte vores spillere – med den argumentet med, at man trods alt er alle sidste år i Prag, hvor Jonas fik imod god modstand og skulle efter skal helt tilbage til Curt Hansens eu- lenderen har simpelthen været boo- høje grad af selvstændighed – er en bedre spiller efter et langt hårdt bronze, men ellers skal vi tilbage til fridagen møde en velspillende græ- ropamesterskab i 1982 og VM-titel ket med skak næsten hver weekend bedre forberedte end modstanderne, stævne end inden, er hver gang ble- 2011, hvor Nils Grandelius vandt ker på kun 2314 i rating. Han havde året efter for at finde tilsvarende re- de seneste mange år… selvom vi ved, at der sidder en stærk vet købt – dog lidt på afstand af tur- guld i U18 i Bulgarien. dog lige vundet tre kampe i træk sultater. Og så endda to danske guld- Gennem årene har der været østeuropæisk GMer og har hjulpet neringen! Det gamle mundheld om, Jeg plejer ikke rigtig at have noget imod 2450+ spillere.Vi kommer ind medaljer ud af seks mulige i den mange forskellige dygtige trænere modstanderen. at det der ikke slår én ihjel gør én specielt forhold til den danske natio- i partiet efter 32 træk: åbne række, hvor de traditionelt ind over, og dét at spillerne har kun- stærkere, ser også ud til at holde her nalmelodi “Der er et yndigt land”, stærke lande på ungdomssiden Rus- net få forskelligartet træning, har be- Begge spillere har indgået i mit elite- i 2017! men lige netop her, spillet når vores Hvid: Jesper Thybo (2466) land og Aserbajdsjan kun fik én stemt også gjort en stor forskel. arbejde, siden jeg startede som ung- to danske spillere kom på podiet, gav Sort: Georgios-Alexandros guldmedalje hver! Endelig vil jeg nævne, at begge er domslandstræner i januar 2012 og Det var en fantastisk følelse to gange gåsehud over hele kroppen. En skøn Kouskoutis (2314) topmotiverede og elsker skak, og har deltaget i samtlige træningssam- at stå uden for hotellet og vente med fornemmelse! Mange gange er jeg efterfølgende gennem mange år har trænet eks- linger de seneste fem år. Dygtige un- Dannebrog på at vores nye europa- blevet spurgt om, hvordan det over- tremt disciplineret, systematisk, dervisere som GM Artur Jussupow, mestre kom med bussen og løb os i Jesper Thybo beretter hovedet kunne lade sig gøre, og struktureret og ikke mindst lagt rig- GM Andrei Maksimenko, GM Allan møde. Nerverne var ikke rigtig nået havde jeg et klart, entydigt svar på tig mange timer i “lønkammeret”. Stig Rasmussen, GM Jakob Vang at komme på højkant i det sidste Det er altid spændende at spille store det, ville det sikkert være højst inter- Glud, GM Lars Schandorff, GM Curt parti. Dertil havde begge modstan- stævner som EM for ungdom, og da essant for mange andre! Men der er Mens de fleste andre skakforbund Hansen, IM Klaus Berg og GM Zol- dere spillet åbningen for dårligt! Al- det i år var sidste gang som deltager, alligevel nogle faktorer som skal har langt større budgetter end vores tan Ribli har skaffet spillerne masser lerede efter omkring træk 15 var jeg var jeg meget ambitiøs angående fremhæves, og som er væsentlige for og dermed kan medbringe både af spændende input, som de så selv sikker på at de begge ville vinde par- turneringen. Jeg var seedet 6 i en at det er kommet hertil. en delegationsleder, holdkaptajn og efterfølgende har kunnet bearbejde tierne, og med klart bedst korrektion gruppe, hvor de første 40 spillere Forældreopbakningen har været stormestre til den daglige træning, yderligere. inden sidste runde at blive europa- havde over 2300 i rating. enorm gennem alle årene, hvilket er har vi altid måttet klare os med min- mestre. Jeg startede med en hurtig sejr ekstremt vigtigt. Både Jonas og Jes- dre. I år havde vi FM Tobias Rostga- Jeg har også haft fornøjelsen at rejse over en franskmand, tilfældigvis i pers forældre har været parat til at ard med, fordi Køge Skakklub havde med dem til enten EM eller VM Præmieoverrækkelsen på en åben Fransk! 2. runde lignede også noget, ofre rigtig meget. De har stået med fundet nogle midler, men ellers har hvert år – og enkelte gange sågar scene inde i byen var også en helt der ville gå min vej, men i en ellers Stillingen har tidligere i partiet været planlægning af turneringer, skabt det altid været sådan, at man meget begge dele. Mange gange har rating- fantastisk oplevelse. Jeg plejer ikke at god stilling kollapsede jeg og endte i dynamisk balance, men i løbet af de rammerne for træning, taget med til er på egen hånd i løbet af de inter- tab været mere reglen end undtagel- deltage, da jeg efter en lang turnering med at tabe. Det slog mig dog ikke sidste fem træk havde jeg fået over- turneringerne og meget mere. Ud- nationale stævner. Til gengæld har sen.
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