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NEWSLETTER 159 (June 05, 2014)
NEWSLETTER 159 (June 05, 2014) SILVIO DANAILOV, GARRY KASPAROV AND JORAN AULIN JANSSON – JJ TAKE PART IN THE OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF NO LOGO NORWAY CHESS TOURNAMENT The ECU President Silvio Danailov, the chess legend Garry Kasparov and the President of the Norwegian Chess Federation Joran Aulin Jansson - JJ took part in the official opening ceremony of No Logo Norway Chess Tournament which started on 2nd June in Stavanger and will end on 13th June, 2014. No Logo Norway Chess is the strongest chess tournament this year worldwide. On 3rd June the ECU President Silvio Danailov gave an interview for the Norwegian TV channel NRK TV. On 4th June Mr. Danailov officially opened the second round of the competition by making the first symbolic move in the game between Veselin Topalov and Alexander Grischuk. © Ecuonline.net Page 1 ECU President also took part in the live commentary together with GM Nigel Short and Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam. This year participants in the second edition of the tournament are: Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Anish Giri and Simen Agdestein. © Ecuonline.net Page 2 © Ecuonline.net Page 3 Standings after round 2 Rk. Name Pts. Berger Wins Black wins i-Ratingprest 1 GM Fabiano Caruana 2,0 1,50 2 1 3472 (+9,50) 2 GM Levon Aronian 1,5 1,00 1 0 2892 (+2,00) 3 GM Simen Agdestein 1,0 1,25 0 0 2783 (+4,10) 4 GM Magnus Carlsen 1,0 1,00 0 0 2767 (-3,00) 5 GM Anish Giri 1,0 1,00 0 0 2754 (-0,00) 6 GM Vladimir Kramnik 1,0 0,75 0 0 2817 (+0,90) 7 GM Alexander Grischuk 1,0 0,50 1 1 2781 (-0,30) 8 GM Peter Svidler 0,5 0,50 0 0 2594 (-4,10) 9 GM Sergey Karjakin 0,5 0,25 0 0 2600 (-4,40) 10 GM Veselin Topalov 0,5 0,25 0 0 2588 (-4,70) Official website: http://norwaychess.com CC ASHDOD ILIT WINS THE ISRAELI NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 2014 CC Ashdod Ilit won the Israeli National Team Championship 2014 with 45 game points. -
Bulletin Round 6 -08.08.14
Bulletin Round 6 -08.08.14 That Carlsen black magic Blitz and “Media chess attention playing is a tool to seals get people to chess” Photos: Daniel Skog, COT 2014 (Carlsen and Seals) / David Martinez, chess24 (Gelfand) Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 – Bulletin Round 6– 08.08.14 Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen before the start of round 6 Photo: David Llada / COT2014 That Carlsen black magic Norway 1 entertained the home fans with a clean 3-1 over Italy, and with Magnus Carlsen performing some of his patented minimalist magic to defeat a major rival. GM Kjetil Lie put the Norwegians ahead with the kind of robust aggression typical of his best form on board four, and the teams traded wins on boards two and three. All eyes were fixed on the Caruana-Carlsen clash, where Magnus presumably pulled off an opening surprise by adopting the offbeat variation that he himself had faced as White against Nikola Djukic of Montenegro in round three. By GM Jonathan Tisdall Caruana appeared to gain a small but comfortable Caruana is number 3 in the world and someone advantage in a queenless middlegame, but as I've lost against a few times, so it feels incredibly Carlsen has shown so many times before, the good to beat him. quieter the position, the deadlier he is. In typically hypnotic fashion, the position steadily swung On top board Azerbaijan continues to set the Carlsen's way, and suddenly all of White's pawns pace, clinching another match victory thanks to were falling like overripe fruit. Carlsen's pleasure two wins with the white pieces, Mamedyarov with today's work was obvious, as he stopped to beating Jobava in a bare-knuckle brawl, and with high-five colleague Jon Ludvig Hammer on his GM Rauf Mamedov nailing GM Gaioz Nigalidze way into the NRK TV studio. -
Ethics Commission Report
ETHICS COMMISSION _- PROCEDURAL RULES 1. Register of cases All complaints and reports concerning violations of the FIDE Code of Ethics shall be addressed to the FIDE Ethics Commission (hereafter called the “EC”) through the FIDE Secretariat. The FIDE Secretariat will transmit copy of them to the Chairman of the EC. A Register of the cases of the EC is set up at the office of the FIDE Secretariat. The Chairman of the EC will communicate to the FIDE Secretariat the name and the progressive number assigned to each case. 2. Language The working language of the EC is English. The EC shall, at the request of any party, authorize a language other than English to be used by the parties involved. In that occurrence, the EC may order any or all of the parties to bear all or part of the translation and interpreting costs. The EC may order that all documents submitted in languages other than English shall be filed together with a certified translation in the language of the procedure. 3. Notifications and Communications All notifications and communications that the EC intend for the parties shall be made through the FIDE Secretariat. All communications that the parties intend for the EC shall be made through the FIDE Secretariat. 4. Representation and Assistance The parties may be represented or assisted by persons of their choice. The names, addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, e-mails addresses of the persons representing the parties shall be communicated to the FIDE Secretariat. 5. Intervention If a FIDE Federation, a FIDE Organ or any other person has an interest in a case submitted to the competence of EC, it may submit to the EC memorials and documents. -
I Make This Pledge to You Alone, the Castle Walls Protect Our Back That I Shall Serve Your Royal Throne
AMERA M. ANDERSEN Battlefield of Life “I make this pledge to you alone, The castle walls protect our back that I shall serve your royal throne. and Bishops plan for their attack; My silver sword, I gladly wield. a master plan that is concealed. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. Squares eight times eight the battlefield. With knights upon their mighty steed For chess is but a game of life the front line pawns have vowed to bleed and I your Queen, a loving wife and neither Queen shall ever yield. shall guard my liege and raise my shield Squares eight times eight the battlefield. Squares eight time eight the battlefield.” Apathy Checkmate I set my moves up strategically, enemy kings are taken easily Knights move four spaces, in place of bishops east of me Communicate with pawns on a telepathic frequency Smash knights with mics in militant mental fights, it seems to be An everlasting battle on the 64-block geometric metal battlefield The sword of my rook, will shatter your feeble battle shield I witness a bishop that’ll wield his mystic sword And slaughter every player who inhabits my chessboard Knight to Queen’s three, I slice through MCs Seize the rook’s towers and the bishop’s ministries VISWANATHAN ANAND “Confidence is very important—even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking, then he may overlook the mistake.” Public Enemy Rebel Without A Pause No matter what the name we’re all the same Pieces in one big chess game GERALD ABRAHAMS “One way of looking at chess development is to regard it as a fight for freedom. -
The Day of Miracles. Kramnik Took the Lead. Prestige Goal by Ivanchuk. This
The day of miracles. Kramnik took the lead. Prestige goal by Ivanchuk. This are not the whole list of headlines after round 12 in Candidates Tournament in London. Long Friday was really long Friday. For the first time in the tournament absolutely all games finished after first time control and 40 moves. Today I will continue with ecologically clean annotations (Totally without computer analyzes) “online” comments by IM &FT Vladimir Poley. Text of the games you can find on organisers home page. Pairs of the day: Magnus Carlsen –Vasily Ivanchuk Levon Aroian – Vladimir Kramnik Teimour Radjabov – Alexander Grischuk Boris Gelfand-Peter Svidler Magnus avoid Rossolimo today and said straight no to Cheljabinsk (Sveshnikov) variation by 3.Nc3. Vasily after 5 minutes thought decided to transfer his Sicilian defense into Taimanov variation, old and solid version. Alternative was 3...e5, but this can lead after transformation into “The Spanish torture” where Magnus feels like fish in the water. Kramnik chosen improved Tarrash defense against Aronian. The difference from normal Tarrash- is no isolated pawn on d5. Radjabov-Grischuk- easy going with draw reputation Queens Gambit variation, probably quickpeace agreement. Both players lost chances and not enough motivated. Gelfand plays anti-Grunfeld variation. To go into the main lines against biggest Grunfeld expert Svidler was not an option. Boris will look for fishy on sides. Grischuk invites to some pawns capture for advantage in development in return and started to shake the boat. I don’t believe that Teimour will accept the gifts. Just normal Nf3 will be good neutral response. Aronian decided to get isolany himself. -
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NEWSLETTER 25 (May 23, 2011)
NEWSLETTER 25 (May 23, 2011) EUROPEAN WOMEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-TBILISI’2011 VIKTORIJA CMILYTE IS THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION!!! Lithuanian grandmaster Viktorija Cmilyte is the new European women chess champion. She won the 12-th EWCC-Tbilisi’2011 with 9 points in the final ranking. GM Viktorija Cmilyte The Former World Champion GM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) took the silver medal with 8.5 points. GM Elina Danielian (Armenia) won the bronze medal with 8 points. GM Antoaneta Stefanova GM Elina Danielian © Europechess.net Page 1 Place and date: Tbilisi, Georgia; May 6-18, 2011 Prize fund: € 110,000 System: 11-round, Swiss Rate of play : 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. The opening ceremony was attended by the Georgian Minister of Sports and Youth Mr. Lado Vardzelashvili, the Mayor of Tbilisi Mr. Gigi Ugulava and Mr. Mahir Mammedov, Director General of the oil company SOCAR Energy Georgia – General Sponsor of the tournament. The European Individual Women’s Chess Championship - Tbilisi’2011 was officially closed by the President of the European Chess Union Silvio Danailov. Official web-site: www.tbilisi2011.ge Final Ranking (first 27 players) : Rank Title Name FED Rating Points TB1 TB2 TB3 N K rtg+/- 1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija LTU 2504 9 2692 65 78 11 10 24,3 2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2506 8,5 2637 65 80 11 10 18,4 3 GM Danielian Elina ARM 2506 8 2629 65 80 11 10 17,5 4 IM Matveeva Svetlana RUS 2380 8 2413 49 61 11 10 8,3 5 IM Khotenashvili Bela -
Dvoretsky Lessons 5
The Instructor Averbakh I AM IN THE PROCESS of writing an instructional endgame book. In the course of my work on this book, besides the rather extensive materials I had already accumulated, I of course made use of works by other authors, including the multi-volumed endgame set by Yuri Averbakh. Upon testing this material I found that an amazing number of endgames, including some well-known ones which have migrated from book to book, have been poorly analyzed and incorrectly evaluated. The following example must set some sort of record. Yuri Averbakh, Chess Endings (Rook) Page 299, Position No. 734 (See The Diagram) Instructor Black to move First, I will give Averbakh’s commentaries. Mark Dvoretsky 1... Ra2! "The only move! 1...h5 is a mistake, because of 2. Kd6! (2. Re8 Ra6+! 3. Kxf5 Rxa7 4. Kg5 Ra5+ 5. Kf4 Ra2 is only a draw) 2... Kh7 3. Ke7 Kg7 4. Ke6 Ra2 5. Kxf5 Rxf2+ (5...Ra5+ 6. Kf4 Kh7 7. Rf8! Rxa7 8. Kg5 Ra5+ 9. Rf5 and wins) 6. Kg5 Ra2 7. Kxh5 Ra4 8. Re8 Rxa7 9. Kxg4, and White wins." 2. Kxf5 Rxf2+ 3. Kxg4 Ra2 Draw Before reading what follows, I propose that the reader perform the following exercise (in the style of the outstanding John Nunn’s Chess Puzzle Book): How many of the moves that Averbakh gives as best - or at least normal - are really mistakes that change the outcome of the game? And now, let us begin our analysis. After 1...Ra2, White wins: instead of 2. Kxf5? [1 mistake], he plays 2. -
On March 30, 2010, Mozambique Issued 6 Stamps (Scott: 1993) That
On March 30, 2010, Mozambique issued 6 stamps (Scott: 1993) that pays tribute to the following chess players: Garry Kasparov, Vasily Smyslov, Anatoly Karpov, Viswanathan Anand, Bobby Fischer and Veselin Topalov. Vladimir Kramnik is featured in the sheet selvage. On March 30, 2010, Mozambique issued a souvenir sheet (Scott: 1993) with a single high denomination stamp, which pays tribute to chess great Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010). On March 30, 2010, Mozambique issued 6 stamps (Scott: 1992) which features the following female chess champions: Antoaneta Stefanova, Pia Cramling, Viktorija Cmilyte, Xu Yuhua, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Judit Polgar and, in the sheet selvage, Zhu Chen. On March 30, 2010, Mozambique issued a souvenir sheet (Scott: 2019) which features chess champion Alexandra Kosteniuk on the high denomination stamp and, in the sheet selvage, Zhu Chen. In 2010, Bulgaria issued a souvenir sheet commemorating the Anand-Topalov match. In 2010, Georgia issued a chess stamp. (Michel 586) In 2010, Nagormo-Karabakh issued stamps on children’s books, one including chess. In 2010, Togo issued 2 chess stamps. (Michel 3629/3+B) In 2010, Nepal issued its first chess commemorative cover and postmark, commemorating the 1st Lalitpur Cup International Open Rating Chess Tournament in July, 2010. On November 30, 2010, Mozambique issued 4 stamps (Scott: 2105) that paid tribute to Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010). On November 30, 2010, Mozambique issued a souvenir sheet (Scott: 2117) in tribute to Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010). In 2010, Lithuania issued a commemorative chess stamp in honor of Vladas Mikenas (1910- 1992). He was an International Master and chess journalist. In 2010, Armenia issued a stamp depicting Henrik Kasparyan and correspondence chess. -
Vasily Smyslov
Vasily Smyslov Volume I The Early Years: 1921-1948 Andrey Terekhov Foreword by Peter Svidler Smyslov’s Endgames by Karsten Müller 2020 Russell Enterprises, Inc. Milford, CT USA 1 1 Vasily Smyslov Volume I The Early Years: 1921-1948 ISBN: 978-1-949859-24-9 (print) ISBN: 949859-25-6 (eBook) © Copyright 2020 Andrey Terekhov All Rights Reserved No part of this book may be used, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any manner or form whatsoever or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the express written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Published by: Russell Enterprises, Inc. P.O. Box 3131 Milford, CT 06460 USA http://www.russell-enterprises.com [email protected] Cover by Fierce Ponies Printed in the United States of America 2 Table of Contents Introduction 6 Acknowledgments 9 Foreword by Peter Svidler 11 Signs and Symbols 13 Chapter 1. First Steps – 1935-37 14 Parents and Childhood 14 Chess Education at Home 18 The First Tournaments 22 The First Publications 26 The First Victories over Masters 34 Chapter 1: Games 41 Chapter 2. The Breakthrough Year – 1938 49 USSR Junior Championship 49 The First Adult Tournaments 53 The Higher Education Quandary 54 Candidate Master 56 1938 Moscow Championship 62 Chapter 2: Games 67 Chapter 3. The Young Master – 1939-40 80 1939 Leningrad/Moscow Training Tournament 80 The Run-Up to the 1940 USSR championship 87 Chapter 3: Games 91 Chapter 4. Third in the Soviet Union – 1940 118 World Politics and Chess 118 Pre-Tournament Forecasts 121 Round-By-Round Overview 126 After the Tournament 146 Chapter 4: Games 151 3 Chapter 5. -
FIDE Congress Krakow, Poland Executive Board 20-21 October 2011
FIDE Congress Krakow, Poland Executive Board 20-21 October 2011 MINUTES 0.1. Obituaries. We mourn the passing in the preceding year of friends of FIDE among whom we remember: GM Larry Evans (USA) GM Leonid Yurtaev (KGZ) Mr. Abdolhossein Navabi (IRI) – 1st President of the Iran Chess Federation IM Greg Hjorth (AUS) IA Tang, Kum-Foo (SIN) – SCF President 1998-2000 Dr Wong, Yip-Chong (SIN) – SCF President 1987-1991 GM Konstantin Lerner (ISR) IA Yackov Zinder (RUS) IA Wilfredo Abalos (PHI) 1. Report of the President. President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov presented his report. Before the start of the FIDE Executive Board 2011, please let me on your behalf thank the Malopolska Chess Association and its President Jan Kusina, municipality of the city of Krakow, and our friend Andrzej Filipowicz for the organization of our Congress. Krakow has already hosted the FIDE Presidential Board meeting and this year, they organized World School Individual Championship, and we are here again in this beautiful city. In our opinion, for FIDE and entire chess community, the year after Khanty-Mansiysk has been a productive and good one. I would like to once again thank the Russian Chess Federation and everyone who was involved in the brilliant Chess Olympiad organization in Khanty-Mansiysk. The World Cup has just finished there recently, and it is now expecting the Women’s World Chess Championship next November, in the international Chess Academy. They fulfilled their financial obligations. And the FIDE share from these events is more than 1 mln USD. The contract will be signed with them regarding the event. -
79 FIDE Congress 23-25 November 2008 Dresden, Germany GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 0.1. Obituaries. We Mourn the Passing in the Prece
79th FIDE Congress 23-25 November 2008 Dresden, Germany GENERAL ASSEMBLY AGENDA 0.1. Obituaries. We mourn the passing in the preceding year of friends of FIDE among whom we remember: • GM Robert James Fischer (USA) – World Champion • Nicola Palladino (ITA) – Honorary Member • GM Buhuti Gurgenidze (GEO) • GM Karen Asrian (ARM) • Philip Hogarty (IRL) –President of the Irish Chess Union • Heinz Meurer – ICSC President • Yosef Lapid – ex President of the Israeli Chess Federation 1. Report of the President. President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov shall deliver his annual report. 2. Financial Report 2.1. Report of the Auditors. Annex 1 is the report of the FIDE External Auditors, Messrs Ernst & Young on the financial statement of FIDE for the period 1st January to 31st December 2007. 2.2. Treasurer’s Report. Treasurer Nigel Freeman to report. Annex 2 is accounts for year ending 31st December 2007. Annex 3 is explanations on accounts. 2.2.1. Amendment to Financial Regulation 9.2. The Treasurer proposes that the annual rating fee shall be 1 euro per player with a maximum each year for each Federation of 1500 euros. There will be no discount in future for rating reports sent by electronic means as all reports now meet this requirement. 2008 General Assembly Agenda – page 1 2.2.2. Exclusions. FIDE Treasurer to brief the members of the Executive Board. 2.2.2.1. Exclusion of Chile and Ivory Coast Chess Federations. 2.3. Permanent Fund Report. Annex 4 is the report on the FIDE Permanent Fund, by Permanent Fund’s Administrator Lucas Brunner. 2.4.