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Test Yourself World Chess News CT-259(4696) CT -259 (469 6) The First Daily Chess Ne wspaper on the Net Monday, 16 September 2013 Test Yourself 1. Carlsen 2870 (+8) 2. Kramnik 2796 (+2.4) 3. Aronian 2795.4 (−17.6) Malakhov - Eljanov 4. Grischuk 2785.8 (+0.8) ACP Cup Riga (1.1), 13.09.2013 5. Nakamura 2782.6 (+10.6) 6. Caruana 2778.8 (−0.2) XIIIIIIIIY 7. Anand 2775 (0) 8-+-+-+-+0{ 8. Topalov 2769 (0) 7+-+-mknmKP0 9. Gelfand (2765.4 (+1.4) 6-+-+p+-+0 10. Karjakin 2762 (−10) 5zp-+-+-+-0 4-+-zp-+-+0 3+-+-+-+-0 Zurich 2014 2-+L+-+-+0 1+-+-+-+-0 The 3 rd Zurich Chess Challenge is xabcdefghy scheduled to take place from January th th 29 to February 4 . Six elite grandmasters will participate: Magnus Carlsen (#1 in the Sep rating) World Chess News Levon Aronian (2) Fabiano Caruana (5) Viswanathan Anand (7) Sinquefield Cup, USA Hikaru Nakamura (9) Boris Gelfand (11) In the previous CT issue we informed our readers about the technical results This should be the first clash between of the Saint Louis super tournament, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen after Sinquefield Cup . their upcoming world championship At the closing ceremony, the event match in Chennai. The regulations of sponsor Rex Sinquefield and the the tournament are unusual. The tournament organiser Tony Rich presented grandmasters will play a roundrobin Magnus Carlsen with the trophy. with a classical time control, which will be followed by a rapid tournament with colours reversed on the last day. A win in the classical part counts 2 points and a draw 1 point. Wins in the rapid tournament count 1 point and draws half a point. The main sponsor is Oleg Skvortsov. He is organising the Zurich Earlier Sinquefield announced that next Chess Challenge for the 3 rd time. The year they want to organise a first Zurich Chess Challenge in 2012 tournament again, "maybe a little was a match between Kramnik and bigger". Aronian. The second event in 2013 was Below are the standings in the a doubleround robin with Kramnik, unofficial live ratings (2700chess.com) Anand, Caruana and Gelfand. after the St. Louis super tournament: (Source: chessnews.ru) This issue is prepared by GM Mikhail Golubev; technical editor: Graham Brown Subscription is 15 euro for 3 months. For further details please refer to http://www.chesstoday.net CT-259(4696) Page 1 of 3 Women's World Chess 10...exd4 Championship Of some interest is the line 10...¤xe4 11.¤xe4 d5 12.dxe5 dxe4 13.e6 ¤e5!? September 16 th is a free day at the (13...fxe6 14.c3² BrkljacaPopchev, match. The score after 4 games is: Hou Belgrade 2007) 14.exf7+ ¦xf7. Yifan 3 - Ushenina 1. 11.¥xd4 (D) XIIIIIIIIY Official website . 8r+l+-trk+0{ 7zppwqn+pvlp0 6-+pzp-snp+0 Annotated Game 5+-+-+-+-0 By GM Mikhail Golubev 4P+NvLP+-+0 3+-sN-+-+-0 Jakovenko (2724) - Svidler (2746) 2-zPP+LzPPzP0 ACP Cup Riga LAT (1.2), 13.09.2013 1tR-+Q+RmK-0 Pirc, Classical (Two knights); B08 xabcdefghy Today we will look at another game 11...¦d8 from the ACP Rapid Cup, which was Sensible also is 11...¤e5 where White successfully organised in the Latvian can try 12.¤e3 (or maybe 12.a5). capital. 12.£d2 1.¤f3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 ¤f6 4.¤c3 A bit imprecise, most likely. After ¥g7 5.¥e2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.a4 (D) 12.¤e3 Black can consider 12...¦e8!?. XIIIIIIIIY One of the critical options is 12.f4!?. 8rsnlwq-trk+0{ 12...¤c5 7zpp+-zppvlp0 Also approximately equal, perhaps, is 6-+pzp-snp+0 12...¤f8!? 13.£e3 d5 14.exd5 ¤xd5 5+-+-+-+-0 15.¤xd5 cxd5 16.¥xg7 ¢xg7 17.£d4+. 4P+-zPP+-+0 13.£e3 b6!÷ 14.a5 ¥e6 (D) 3+-sN-+N+-0 XIIIIIIIIY 2-zPP+LzPPzP0 8r+-tr-+k+0 1tR-vLQ+RmK-0 7zp-wq-+pvlp0 xabcdefghy 6-zppzplsnp+0 5zP-sn-+-+-0 7...£c7 4-+NvLP+-+0 Somewhat more often played are both 3+-sN-wQ-+-0 7...a5 and 7...¤bd7. 2-zPP+LzPPzP0 8.¥e3 ¤bd7 1tR-+-+RmK-0} The main alternative is 8...e5. xabcdefghy 9.¤d2! e5 10.¤c4 (D) XIIIIIIIIY 15.b4?! 8r+l+-trk+0{ It is difficult to show any advantage for 7zppwqn+pvlp0 White. For example, 15.¦fd1 ¥xc4 6-+pzp-snp+0 (15...b5? 16.¤xd6!) 16.¥xc4 b5 5+-+-zp-+-0 17.¥xb5 ¤e6!÷ and Black probably 4P+NzPP+-+0 has enough for a pawn. (Not 17...cxb5? 3+-sN-vL-+-0 18.¥xf6 ¥xf6 19.¤d5+). But after White's move Black captures the 2-zPP+LzPPzP0 initiative. 1tR-+Q+RmK-0 15...¥xc4!³ 16.bxc5 xabcdefghy Black is much better after 16.¥xc4?! White is slightly better. The same ¤g4! 17.£g3 (17.£d2 d5–+) 17...¥xd4 position, but with an extra tempo h2- 18.bxc5 b5!? 19.cxd6 £xd6. h3 for White (as Black lost time for 16...b5! (D) ...£d8a5c7) occurred in Golubev- Rakhmangulov, Odessa open 2003. This issue is prepared by GM Mikhail Golubev; technical editor: Graham Brown Subscription is 15 euro for 3 months. For further details please refer to http://www.chesstoday.net CT-259(4696) Page 2 of 3 XIIIIIIIIY Solution to our Quiz: 8r+-tr-+k+0 7zp-wq-+pvlp0 Malakhov - Eljanov 6-+pzp-snp+0 ACP Cup Riga (1.1), 13.09.2013 5zPpzP-+-+-0 XIIIIIIIIY 4-+lvLP+-+0 8-+-+-+-+0{ 3+-sN-wQ-+-0 7+-+-mknmKP0 2-+P+LzPPzP0 6-+-+p+-+0 1tR-+-+RmK-0} 5zp-+-+-+-0 xabcdefghy 4-+-zp-+-+0 3+-+-+-+-0 17.cxd6? 2-+L+-+-+0 The lesser of evils was 17.¥xc4 ¤g4! 1+-+-+-+-0 18.cxd6! £xd6 19.¥xf7+! ¢xf7 20.£f3+ xabcdefghy ¢g8 21.£xg4 £xd4 22.£e6+³. 17...£xd6 18.¦ad1 77...e5? Or: 18.¥xf6 £xf6!. 18.¥c5 £e6; 77...¤h8!–+ (Eljanov, facebook) 78.¢h6 18.¥xc4 £xd4 19.£xd4 ¦xd4. (78.¢xh8 ¢f8–+) 78...¢f6 79.¢h5 ¢g7 18...¤g4! 19.£h3 ¥xd4 (D) 80.¢g4 ¤f7–+. XIIIIIIIIY 78.¢g6!= e4 79.¥xe4 a4 80.¢f5 8r+-tr-+k+0 ¤h8 81.¥b1 ¢d6 82.¢e4 ¢c5 7zp-+-+p+p0 83.¥a2 a3 84.¢d3 ¤g6 85.¢e4 6-+pwq-+p+0 ¤h8 ½–½ 5zPp+-+-+-0 4-+lvlP+n+0 3+-sN-+-+Q0 Contact information . Have some comments about 2-+P+LzPPzP0 Chess Today? E-mail us - we appreciate your feedback! Chess Today is published by Alexander 1+-+R+RmK-0} Baburin, 3 Eagle Hill, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland. xabcdefghy Tel: (353-1) 278-2276. E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.chesstoday.net 20.¥xc4 Editors: GMs Baburin, Scherbakov and Golubev. More stubborn was 20.£xg4 but Technical editors: Graham Brown, Ivan Baburin and Ralph Marconi. obviously Black has a big advantage there. Chess Today is copyright 2000-2013 by Alexander 20...¤xf2–+ 21.¥xf7+ ¢g7! 0–1 Baburin and protected intellectual property under the International Copyright convention. Subscribers are allowed to non-commercially distribute copies of Chess Today at their chess club, chess tournaments and via e-mail (on an occasional basis). Any other use and distribution (reproduction, via print, electronic format, or in any form whatsoever), as well as posting on the Web, is strictly prohibited without express written permission. 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