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Chess Editorial by Executive Editor, IM Malcolm Pein

There has been a huge amount of chess spirit alive in London is Drunken Knights, inaugural game. Each Saturday the park activity in London this past month, so whose performance in the London keeper will bring out the set and there much so I am almost becoming League this year deserves a mention. will be lessons for children in what is a optimistic. It’s not just the continued The team, captained by my old drinking delightful setting. This idea is relatively display of advertising hoardings with partner, the irrepressible Nevil Chan, low cost for these straightened times Magnus Carlsen in his latest pair of jeans succeeded in winning nine straight and should be replicated but readers or even the chess-themed window of a matches and led the league before the need to take the . department store featuring the latest (probably) decisive showdown against Agent Provocateur fragrance it’s the the giants of UK club chess Wood Green, Also in the amateur realm, Chess range and frequency of the chess events who have won everything umpteen times. seems to be taking off, as the most which are broadening the appeal. recent gathering illustrated. Over 600 The contest must surely have been the spectators came to North London to There was the RAC Club Centenary strongest ever 12-board match watch, and some had to be turned away, 100 board simultaneous which I helped between UK clubs as Wood Green so the next event will have to be staged organise at the RAC Club House in Pall captain Brian Smith wielded the cheque at a larger venue. The non-chess players Mall. Chess is thriving in the private book and put out ten GMs and two IMs do seem to enjoy the chess. The next member London Clubs where they to DK’s one guest GM, Stuart event will be in the Autumn but there is a complete annually for the Hamilton- Conquest, and 2 IMs. The result was card at on 24 June which features Russell Cup. That’s not the Hamilton – 10-2 to Wood Green. There was a three chess boxers from the London- Russell trophy competed for at the great atmosphere and it’s good to see based club. Olympiad but it is the same Hamilton- that pub chess in the UK is still alive Russell. This year the competition was and well, and not just in London. The 3rd London Chess Classic is coming won by the Royal Automobile Club and along nicely and I can reveal to those of Oxford and Cambridge University Club. This brings me to what I feel could be a you who don’t follow me on Twitter that In keeping with the sporting traditions big factor in chess development if there have been acceptances from: and the amateur spirit in which all these everyone works together, wherever they Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru matches are played, there didn’t have to are. Permanent places to play chess are Nakamura Mickey Adams, Nigel Short be a winner, no tie break, just joint great for the game’s growth. There are and David Howell. The ninth player is custodianship of the trophy. one or two places in London but they still the subject of feverish speculation but I am saying nothing here other than I John Saunders covers the day in more receive zero or very little publicity. There expect this year’s tournament to be even detail inside this issue but I would just is a café in South Kensington and a stronger than last year's. I am looking at add that I was delighted to be able to regular gathering at Caffè Nero on further improving the online presentation. bring along a team from Chess in Kensington High Street which I stumbled Tickets won’t be going on sale for a Schools and Communities who had the upon by accident once and couldn’t couple of months. most enjoyable day which is described believe my eyes. There must be a lot more going on around the country and I by CSC field worker Sabrina Chevannes It’s good to see that chess is also doing inside. As this was the youngsters’ first would like to hear from readers of any well outside the capital. The 2011 British experience of chess outside school, I permanent places to play on giant chess Championships will be held in Sheffield hope they don’t think all tournaments sets, or any cafes or pubs where chess while the 4NCL continues to are like this. can be played outside traditional hours. If people knew where to go, expand and now even has a Northern Next month we will have coverage of these places would be so much better Division. John Carleton’s reports on the another simultaneous in London in April. supported and encouraged to continue. 4NCL website give a good flavour of The 12th world champion Anatoly Karpov these highly enjoyable weekends. came to the offices of city brokers ICAP Which brings me to our cover story, the Finally, well done to Sean Hewitt and his who have several strong players in their installation of a giant in e2e4 congresses, which are being run ranks. It was another great evening in a Holland Park. This arose thanks to the all over England. Sean has taken a leaf splendid venue. Congratulations to Dominic initiative of pianist and composer Jason out of the 4NCL’s book and organised Lawson and to Ryad Belabdelouahab of Kouchak. On Saturday 9 April the Mayor chess in nice surroundings, usually ICAP who made draws. of Kensington and Chelsea, Councillor quality hotels in the countryside, and Basil Davidson, actress Joanna Trollope these are a world apart from the In completely different surroundings, and chess supporters including IM John traditional weekend congress in a another team who keep the amateur Paul Wallace gathered to play the primary school or church hall.

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Photo: Ray Morris-Hill

Ryad Belabdelouahab of ICAP takes on Anatoly Karpov at blitz. Karpov then went on to give a simul scoring 13 wins and conceding just two draws Above: 600 people paid to watch a recent (against Ryad and former Sunday Telegraph Editor, Dominic Lawson). event - the crowds’ eyes are all transfixed on the giant screen relaying the moves from the . Below: A lifetime devotion to chess and yet it’s ten-year-old Kimberley giving me a lesson!

Photo: John Saunders Photo: Sue Maroroa

Photo: John Saunders

Above (top): Drunken Knights - A drinking club with a ! Above (bottom): Drunken Knights captain, Nevil Chan (left) pictured with the captain of arch-rivals Wood Green, Brian Smith (right). Above: GM Gawain Jones (left) pictured with GM Magnus Carlsen at the press screening of the new documentary Against the World, in Soho, London. The film will be released in UK cinemas from July this year. Photo: John Saunders CHESS Magazine will be offering readers a chance to win tickets to the UK premiere and DVDs of the documentary in a future issue.

With only Nigel Short missing (playing the Thailand Open) this photo shows nearly all England’s strongest players at the RAC Centenary Simul.

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Going Fisching Teach Like an Armenian outskirts of Miami and many of the children are categorised as “Title 1” Chess in Schools and Communities The obsession with Bobby Fischer which refers to a set of programs set up works in schools who agree to give continues unabated, it seems, with the by the US Department of Education to curriculum time to chess. This wouldn’t impending release of a documentary and, distribute funding to schools with a high be a problem in Armenia where it has as previously mentioned, a full feature percentage of students from low-income been announced that chess is going to film in the works. The documentary, families. Despite this, the school is a become compulsory! entitled Bobby Fischer Against the World, veritable oasis and it has a thriving will premiere in London in July. There The government has committed around chess club and an enormously was a press screening recently and successful team run by Cheryl Polite. guess who showed up? None other than $1.5 million to a scheme that will see six- Magnus Carlsen (pictured on previous year-olds learn chess as a separate page with GM Gawain Jones). subject on the curriculum for two hours a With little outside assistance, the school week. Arman Aivazian, a spokesman for has won a huge number of trophies In another sign of Fischermania, a Fischer the Armenian government declared that which can be found all over the school. - Spassky chess set fetched a record sum chess lessons would strengthen Because it’s the USA, the trophies are at auction. The autographed board and children’s intellectual development by huge. The Chess4less store manager pieces were those used in the third game helping them to “think flexibly and and I visited the school with Jeb Bush Jr., of the “Match of the Century” in wisely”. Hear, hear! the grandson of George H Bush. Jeb is a Reykjavík in 1972. They were sold at a chess player and played some Philip Weiss Auction house in New York CSC recently made a submission to the tournaments in his youth. I gave the team to an anonymous bidder for US $76,275. government’s consultation on the a chess lecture and then gave a National Curriculum where we proposed simultaneous display. Some of the kids one lesson a week at Year 2 or Year 3. were good, very good and the picture on the previous page shows how I suddenly Armenia has always been pretty realised I was in a little difficulty against fanatical about chess. The memory of Kimberley. A little later I managed to get world champion Tigran Petrosian is the edge and offered a diplomatic revered and people play in cafes and on which, after a little consideration, was the street. Despite having a population accepted. I wish the team the best of luck of just 3 million people, Armenia has 33 when they go to Dallas for a national GMs and ranks fourth in the world tournament later this month. based on the ratings of the top ten players. The President, Serzh Sargsyan, has also been chairman of the Armenian Finally there is the excellent Endgame by Chess Federation for nearly ten years Frank Brady, the critically acclaimed and has turned up to support the biography on Fischer which has already national team which took the gold become a best seller. Brady produced an medals at two successive Chess earlier book on Fischer entitled Profile of a Olympiads in 2006 and 2008. Prodigy and, as Fischer’s former trainer and a resident of NYC, he is as well placed as anyone to bring the story up-to-date. Miami Nice Our readers across the pond will know UPDATE: Chess in Schools that we have a chess and bridge shop in Florida which can be found online at and Communities chess4less.com. I thought I would do my CSC is now teaching in over 60 schools bit for South Florida scholastic chess by but we still plan to extend our activities in assisting a school in what is colloquially the areas where we already operate and known in the USA as ‘the hood’. The more chess coaches will be needed. I school is Scott Lake Elementary, a also intend to run more training courses primary school run by an inspirational Malcolm Pein with keen chess player for chess teachers in each of these areas. Head Teacher, Valerie Ward. The school Jeb Bush Jr., grandson of former is in a relatively poor area on the US president George H Bush

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HE STRONGEST EVER UK league kingside. It’s not like Black is hurrying to match” was the strapline to the develop or even attack d4. 5...c5 6 h5 h6 Drunken Knights Tmuch-anticipated Drunken Knights - The Drinking Club with a Wood Green clash at The Plough pub in Chess problem.... London on Monday 18 April.

The DKs had won all ten London League A Brief History of the Club Division One matches before this, their by Nevil Chan final match. A 6-6 draw would see them lift the trophy which Wood Green had ‘owned’ since 2002! Drunken Knights were formed in the late sixties by George Leyton and The home team must have been pleased Chris Haynes. The team at that time with their line-up of one GM, three IMs consisted of players from Harrow and six FMs, which would have been and Hayes Chess Clubs strong enough to polish off most club (Middlesex). In the early years the sides this side of the Urals - but when club played in the Hillingdon Wood Green’s ten GMs and two IMs League, before venturing into the 7 ¥f4 ¤e7 8 dxc5!? After 8 ¤f3 ¥a6 9 strolled into The Plough, they knew they London League in the 1971-72 ¥xa6 ¤xa6 10 0–0, White has an edge, were staring down the gun barrel. season. The team was proposed for but it’s complicated. Blocked French membership of the London League advance positions are very hard to That said, with 20 minutes left to play, by Bob Wade, who silenced a assess because they are non-forcing Wood Green were leading just 1½-½. detractor making a long speech at and there is a huge choice of reasonable Eddie Dearing and Ben Savage of DK the AGM by saying the name did not alternatives. 8...bxc5 9 ¤f3 g5!? 10 had winning positions, but the anticipated matter, and that Drunken Knights hxg6 ¤xg6 11 ¥g3 Although h6 is not two points evaporated in time scrambles. would be a worthy addition. threatened, 11 £d2!? is still interesting. I Blair Connell turned down an early draw preferred to make the safe than The Knights played their matches at offer, but then overpressed position. DK’s get tied down. 11...¥a6?! Thematic, but the League's central venues, St. 'Man of the Match' was David Moskovic, actually loosening. It might be better to Brides Institute and then Bishopsgate who outplayed his GM opponent. just develop. 12 ¥xa6 12 c4! is more Institute, before moving to their home decisive: 12...¥xc4 13 ¥xc4 dxc4 14 at The Plough in the 1989-90 season. NOTES BY DAVID MOSKOVIC ¤bd2 ¤c6 15 ¤xc4 and White stands Nevil Chan has captained the team Drunken Knights 1 - Wood Green slightly better 12...¤xa6 13 ¤bd2 ¥e7 since 1993. D. Moskovic (2293) - D.Berczes (2535) 14 £e2 £b7 15 b3 15 0–0?! h5!, French Advance intending h4-h3, is annoying. 15 a3?! c4! In 2007-08, Knights entered a 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 b6!? 4 c3 £d7 threatens 16...¤c5 with counterplay. second team which won Division 4 5 h4!? Trying to secure space on the 15...¦d8 16 a3 that season. DK2 then went on to win Division 3 in 2008-09, and Division 2 in 2009-10. The team was unbeaten until their debut Division 1 match this season against DK1!

Last season, a third team was formed which won Division 4. DK3 are currently joint leaders of Division 3 with one match remaining. Should they gain , Drunken Knights would be the only club to have ever had a third team qualify for Division 2.

DK policy has always been not to pay appearance fees. Several GMs, namely David Norwood, Stuart Conquest and Simon Williams, have played for the Knights with the promise only of a full glass for the evening. Simon memorably pointed The London Chess League began in 1887 and it is believed this was the strongest match ever out it might have been cheaper to played in it. And probably the strongest local league match held anywhere in the UK, too. pay him a fee... The 4NCL has seen stronger line-ups but is a national level team competition.

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to play these positions, it’s hard to know what to do! 17 b4 ¤d7 18 ¤h4?! 18 ¢f1, Drunken Knights 18 ¤b3, and 18 ¦h5 would all have been better here. 18...¦g8?! Played quickly. The Drinking Club with a Immediately after playing 18 ¤h4, I Chess problem.... realised I had missed 18...¥xh4! 19 ¥xh4 ¦c8! where it looks like Black is getting a lot of play and, although it’s still very An Early Drunken Knights - complex, I think I’d prefer Black here. 19 Wood Green Encounter ¤xg6 ¦xg6 20 0–0 ¢f8 21 ¤f3 At each by Nevil Chan juncture, my analysis engine is listing 10–15 continuations of approximately In 1995-96, Drunken Knights caused equal value for each side! 21...¢g8 22 an upset by beating favourites Wood ¤h4?! I make the same mistake again, Green early on in the season. There allowing Black the chance to a were no GMs on the Wood Green bishop for a knight. 22 ¦ab1 is one payroll back then, but still a couple of alternative, to try to get the black queen IMs to contend with. Their captain at off the long diagonal. 22...¦g7?! that time, Bob Turnham, took it rather 22...¥xh4 23 ¥xh4 d4!? 24 f3 ¦c8 is badly. Half our players had arrived unclear. 23 £h5 d4!? Dangerous, late from the pub - nothing new there. because the is easily blockaded and can become weak. 24 cxd4 cxd4 25 The following day he accused £xh6 ¤b6 26 ¤f3 d3 27 ¦fd1 ¤a4 George of putting off his opponent 27...£e4!? is possible. 28 ¦ac1 a5 29 by belching, and subsequently £e3 posted me an extract from the rules, highlighting inappropriate conduct.

George was given a reprimand - and free beer next match.

capture on b4, and played 29...¤b2 immediately. After we reached the on move 30, he sat with his head in his hands for about three minutes, in disbelief at what he had done. 30 ¦d2 ¤a4 We both now had 16 minutes left on the clock. 31 ¦xd3 ¦xd3 32 £xd3 axb4 33 axb4 ¦g4 33...¥xb4 34 ¦c4! and White has too many threats. 34 ¥h4 34 b5! is even stronger: 34...¦b4 (34...¤b2 35 £e3) 35 ¥h4! 34...¤b2 35 £c3 ¥xh4 29...¤b2?? Instead, 29...axb4 30 axb4 36 ¤xh4 £xb4 37 £c8+ ¢h7 37...£f8 ¤b2 31 ¦d2 £xb4 32 ¦b1 ¤c4 33 ¦xb4 38 ¤f5! £xc8 39 ¦xc8+ ¢h7 40 ¤d6 is a ¤xe3 34 ¦b3 ¤d5 35 ¦dxd3 gives Black difficult ending for Black, but perhaps he reasonable drawing chances, despite the is lost after 40...¤d3 41 ¤xf7 ¤xf2 42 16...¤b8 16...h5, grabbing some space, pawn deficit. This is actually what my ¢xf2 ¦f4+ 43 ¢e3 ¦xf7 44 ¦e8 ¦g7 45 might be best. So maybe I should have opponent had intended to play. In the ¢f3 ¦f7+ 46 ¢e4 ¦g7 47 ¦xe6 ¦xg2 48 played 16 ¦h5. There are so many ways heat of the moment, he simply forgot to ¦f6, etc. 38 £e8! ¦g7?? 38...¦xh4?? 39 £xf7+ ¢h6 40 £xe6 ¢g5 41 £f6+ ¢g4 DRUNKEN KNIGHTS Title ECF Elo WOOD GREEN Title ECF Elo 42 f3+ ¢g3 43 £g5+ wins. 38...¢g7 39 £d8 £f8 40 £f6+ ¢g8 41 g3 and 0 - 1 1 Stuart Conquest g 229 2529 Luke McShane g 255 2683 perhaps Black can hold, but it’s very hard 2 Eddie Dearing m 220 2412 0 - 1 Jonathan Rowson g 244 2576 in a time scramble! 39 ¦c8 £e1+ 40 ¢h2 £xe5+ 41 g3 ¦g5 42 £xf7+ ¦g7 3 Karl Mah m 226 2428 0 - 1 Jon Speelman g 238 2521 43 £e8 ¦g4 44 ¤f3 £g7 45 £d8?! 45 4 Peter Sowray f 223 2340 ½ - ½ Bogdan Lalic g 234 2474 £h5+! forces the win of the black queen. 5 Gary Quillan f 213 2383 0 - 1 Nick Pert g 237 2570 45...¦c4 46 ¦xc4 ¤xc4 47 £d3+ 1–0 6 Dan Bisby f 215 2306 0 - 1 Neil McDonald g 233 2460 A memorable evening for players and the 7 David Moskovic f 215 2293 1 - 0 David Berczes g 235 2535 many spectators, especially the impromptu 'closing speech' by Chris 0 - 1 8 John Merriman 213 2253 John Emms g 229 2475 Haynes, a founder member and previous 9 Ben Savage f 208 2289 0 - 1 Krisztian Szabo g U/G 2517 captain of the Drunken Knights. Chris emphasised that a great chess team is 10 Chris Duncan f 207 2314 0 - 1 Chris Ward g 230 2449 not about money - then proceeded to buy 11 Blair Connell 203 2263 0 - 1 Richard Pert m 224 2457 a round for practically the whole Plough. 12 Colin Crouch m 205 2343 ½ - ½ Graeme Buckley m 214 2394 Incidentally, the season’s not ever: Wood Green still have one match left, but need 2 - 10 only a draw to retain their title.

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