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Chess Mag - 21 6 10 13/11/2017 21:36 Page 3 01-01 Decemberr Cover_Layout 1 13/11/2017 21:07 Page 1 03-03 Contents_Chess mag - 21_6_10 13/11/2017 21:36 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...Chris Ward........................................................................7 Twitter: @CHESS_Magazine The leading Kent coach and GM will be commentating at the Classic Twitter: @TelegraphChess - Malcolm Pein Website: www.chess.co.uk Brexit Looms for White Rose .........................................................................8 Steve Barrett reports from a final foray into the European Club Cup Subscription Rates: United Kingdom How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................14 1 year (12 issues) £49.95 Daniel King presents a fine win by Santosh Gujrathi Vidit 2 year (24 issues) £89.95 3 year (36 issues) £125 Magnus on the Move.......................................................................................18 Europe Junior Tay watched Carlsen’s first appearance in Singapore 1 year (12 issues) £60 2 year (24 issues) £112.50 Chris Ward defeated in Orpington Simul................................................22 3 year (36 issues) £165 Actually Chris scored pretty well, as Conrad Allison explains USA & Canada 1 year (12 issues) $90 Not so Sunny in Crete.....................................................................................24 2 year (24 issues) $170 Kanwal Bhatia reports from the European Team Championships 3 year (36 issues) $250 Stocking Fillers...................................................................................................30 Rest of World (Airmail) Sean Marsh has some suggestions for your Christmas list 1 year (12 issues) £72 2 year (24 issues) £130 How not to Organise a Simul .......................................................................32 3 year (36 issues) £180 Charles Higgie hopes you will learn from his mistakes Distributed by: Post Scriptum (UK only), Enjoying Life à Paris.........................................................................................34 Unit G, OYO Business Park, Hindmans Way, Carl Strugnell witnessed a lecture down the local club by a GM Dagenham, RM9 6LN - Tel: 020 8526 7779 LMPI (North America) Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................37 8155 Larrey Street, Montreal (Quebec), Can you do as well as the stars at the European Club Cup? H1J 2L5, Canada - Tel: 514 355-5610 Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................42 Views expressed in this publication are not Carl Portman enjoyed some good fortune in a recent league game necessarily those of the Editors. Contributions to the magazine will be published at the Editors’ A Return to Norway.........................................................................................44 discretion and may be shortened if space is limited. John Pigott was inspired by the beautiful scenery in Oslo No parts of this publication may be reproduced without the prior express permission of the publishers. Home News..........................................................................................................48 Alan Merry scooped the big prize at the Coventry 4NCL Congress All rights reserved. © 2017 Chess Magazine (ISSN 0964-6221) is published by: Forthcoming Events.........................................................................................50 Chess & Bridge Ltd, 44 Baker St, London, W1U 7RT Will you be squeezing in a trip to the Classic or Hastings? Tel: 020 7288 1305 Fax: 020 7486 7015 Email: [email protected], Website: www.chess.co.uk Overseas News...................................................................................................52 Vassily Ivanchuk wasn’t fazed by having to walk his king to d4 FRONT COVER: Cover Design: Matt Read Solutions ...............................................................................................................54 Cover photography: 123rf.com New Books and Software..............................................................................55 US & Canadian Readers – You can contact us via our American branch – Chess4Less based in West Palm Sean Marsh was inspired by two young Canadian authors Beach, FL. Call toll-free on 1-877 89CHESS (24377). You can even order Subscriber Special Offers online Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 via www.chess4less.com John ponders a recent game by Stephen ‘the Rookie’ Moss Photo credits: euroteams2017.com (pp.26, 28), Rolf Haug (p.47), Andy Howie Printed in the UK by The Magazine Printing (p.50), Eteri Kublashvili (pp. 10, 36), Phil Makepeace (pp.7, 33, 52), Amruta Mokal Company using only paper from FSC/PEFC (p.35), Lennart Ootes (p.52), Fiona Steil-Antoni (pp.15, 45), Sophie Triay (p.11, suppliers www.magprint.co.uk right), The Guernsey Press (p.49). www.chess.co.uk 3 07-07 60SecondsChrisWard_Chess mag - 21_6_10 13/11/2017 21:40 Page 7 think you are!), you’d better be sure before breaking general principles. C.Ward-I.Rausis Le Touquet 1992 Baltic Defence 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Íf5 3 Ëb3 e5 4 cxd5 exd4 5 Ìf3 Íc5 6 Ìxd4 Íxd4 7 Ëa4+ Ìc6 8 dxc6 b5 9 Ëxb5 Ìe7 10 e3 Îb8 11 Ëe2 0-0 12 Ìc3 Ìxc6 13 g4 Íxc3+ 14 bxc3 Íe4 15 Îg1 Ìe5 16 Íg2 Ìd3+ 17 Êf1 Ìxc1 0-1 And a highly memorable opponent? The main man Magnus, although then he was but a boy. Born: 26th March 1968 in Biggin Hill. Favourite game of all time? That’s a C.Ward-A.Summerscale toughie; there are plenty of Fischer and Place of residence: South-east London. British Ch., Nottingham 1996 Kasparov ones to choose from. Occupation: Chess educator (hopefully), and Slav Defence The best three chess books: Winning With (vaguely) entertainer-oh and salsa dance teacher. The Dragon (1 and 2!), as well as Chess 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Ìc3 dxc4 4 e4 b5 5 a4 Choice Challenge are available from all good Enjoyable? I’d say so. b4 6 Ìb1 Ía6 7 Ìf3 Ìf6 8 e5 Ìd5 book stores. Am I being biased? 9 Ìg5 h6 10 Ëh5 hxg5 11 Ëxh8 Ìf4 And home life? Definitely. 12 Íe3 Ëd5 13 f3 Ìe6 14 Ìd2 Ìxd4 Is FIDE doing a good job? Not exactly. Why 15 0-0-0 c3 16 Ìc4 Íxc4 17 Îxd4 Ëxe5 all the continuous and petty rule changes? But sometimes good to escape to: Relax Are they really for the better? by the sea, a snowy mountain for exhilaration and, well, Las Vegas! Is the ECF doing a good job? Honestly I was rather unimpressed with the cancellation of the Sports played or followed: I watch football Player of the Year award, the ECF having and play squash. advertised one candidate as the “children’s choice” and then been surprised when children A favourite novel? Any good psychological supported him. Get an experienced panel to thriller. decide or whatever, but don’t punish a barely 8- year-old boy for matters obviously beyond his Piece of music? The piano section of control. Perhaps I’m wrong and he’s also responsible ‘School’ by Supertramp. for Brexit and Trump, but at least Shreyas Royal Film or TV series? Bourne Trilogy, Dexter, showed what he was all about with his excellent Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Walking European Under-8 silver medal performance. In Dead... Gee I should get a life! general England has some wonderful young talent and we should start offering our backing. 18 Ëxf8+! 1-0 What’s the best thing about playing Any advice for them? Listen to the people! chess? Rather obvious: winning! But less memorable than your worst move? The advantage of having a poor memory is Can chess make one happy? Absolutely, And the worst? Probably investing a lot of that eventually I’ve managed to forget them. although unfortunately the inverse is also true. time and then still losing. I will, however, always remember my 1992 clash with Igor Rausis. 11 moves into the A tip please for the club player: Look after Your best move? From Beckenham to game my opponent had all of his pieces out your pieces and they will look after you! Bromley, I love my new place! But that’s not and had castled, whereas as White all I had to what you meant, is it? Not sure about best, but show for my development was having placed Ed. - Chris will once again be commentating 18 Ëxf8+ against Summerscale en route to my queen in front of my king. Six moves later alongside Daniel King and Maurice Ashley at winning the 1996 British Championship will be it was game over, and not in my favour. A big, this month’s London Chess Classic. forever ingrained in my mind. Sorry, Aaron! big lesson: just because you are good (or www.chess.co.uk 7 48-50 Home_Chess mag - 21_6_10 13/11/2017 21:19 Page 48 Home News BELFAST – The Ulster Masters took place at Open: 1-2 Matthew Sadler (Amersfoort), Hampshire Congress (3-5 November). Queen’s University Belfast’s Students’ Union Richard Bates (Hackney) 4½/5, 3 Alan Merry Open: 1-2 Mike Waddington (Dorchester), (13-15 October), including Manuel Cabanas (Bury St Edmunds) 4. Peter Anderson (Ringwood) 5/6, 3-4 Michael Jimenez who travelled up from Dublin to play. Major: 1-2 Stephen Lewis (Stowmarket), Fernandez (Southampton University), Matt However, Jimenez and fellow pre-tournament Ole Bay-Petersen (Cambridge) 4, 3-6 Yasser Chapman (Fareham) 4. favourite Stephen
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