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Tfs 5.06.Pmd 1 06-08-14, 12.52 Tfs Årgång 112 Tidskrift för Schack 5/2006 www.schack.se TfS Sverigemästaren JOHAN HELLSTEN och flickvännen Alexandra Macías SM i Göteborg ● OS i Turin – del 2 ● I korta drag ● Raymond Weinstein – ett tragiskt geni TfS nr 5/2006 Elo-listan ● Schackentusiasten Hjalmar Söderberg ● Schackhistoriska strövtåg ● Studier TfS 5.06.pmd 1 06-08-14, 12.52 TfS Årgång 112 Tidskrift för Schack Lars Grahn Döbelnsgatan 3 B 212 13 Malmö Sveriges Schackförbund [email protected] Slottsgatan 155 602 20 Norrköping Redaktör och ansvarig utgivare telefon 011-10 74 20 Lars Grahn Tidskrift för Schack är officiellt Prenumerationer och ekonomi organ och medlemsblad för Sveriges SF:s kansli Sveriges Schackförbund 011-10 74 20 och utkommer under 2006 [email protected] med åtta nummer. Ägare: Sveriges Schackförbund. Grafisk form Lars Grahn Prenumerationsavgiften för 2006 är 400 kr Korrektur PlusGiro 60 46 34-6. Stellan Brynell Ordförande i Informationskommittén Jonas Eriksson Annonser [email protected] helsida 2000 kr halvsida 1200 kr kvartssida 700 kr Sista sidan 3000 kr Utländska konton För annonsörer som sysslar Prenumeranter i Danmark, Finland och Norge kan betala med schacklig verksamhet prenumerationsavgiften till TfS-konton i respektive land. utgår 50% rabatt. Danmark: Nordea 2040 5496 831 669 400 D kr Finland: Nordea 182030–7443 55 euro Norge: Nordea 6021.07.19256 400 N kr Manusstopp IBAN: SE84 9500 0099 6042 0604 6346 för annonser BIC: NDEASESS Nummer 6 23 augusti Kontoinnehavare: Tidskrift för Schack Nummer 7 4 oktober Slottsgatan 155, 602 20 Norrköping Nummer 8 15 november Tryckeri: Wallin & Dalholm Boktryckeri AB, Lund ISSN 0040-6848 Copyright, texts & illustrations © TfS, Malmö, Sweden. TfS når läsarna ungefär fyra All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be veckor efter manusstopp. reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from TfS. TfS nr 5/2006 TfS 5.06.pmd 2 06-08-14, 12.52 NUMMER 5innehåll 2006 4 SM i Göteborg Johan Hellsten gjorde det som många drömmer om att göra: han bröt upp från den inrutade tillvaron för att pröva något helt annat. För fyra år sedan emigrerade han till Chile och började försörja sig på det som tidigare var hans försummade passion: schackspelet. I somras hälsade han på i Sverige och vann SM i Göteborg. Vi porträtterar Sverigemästaren (bilden till höger), och han berättar själv om sin väg fram till SM-titeln (sidan 7). Emanuiel Berg har kommenterat ett par av sina SM-partier (sidan 19). 54 Raymond Weinstein – ett tragiskt geni Raymond Weinstein förutspåddes en lysande framtid när han vann USA-mästerskapet för juniorer sjutton år gammal. Liksom Bobby Fischer växte han upp i Brooklyn, och de tränade tillsammans. Höjdpunkten i Weinsteins schackkarriär blev en tredjeplats i USA-mästerskapet 1960-61. Weinstein var intagen på ett hem för mentalsjuka när han tre år senare begick ett mord. Indrek Martinson lärde känna Weinstein under det amerikanska studentlandslagets besök i Stockholm sommaren 1961. De började brevväxla. Här berättar Martinson historien om ett tragiskt geni. 69 “Till lycka för de många“ Hjalmar Söderberg beskrev en medelväg för dem som “icke kunna lefva och icke vilja dö“. Han ordinerade ett schackbräde. Bo Gentili berättar om den store författarens vurm för schackspelet. SM: Showen som kom av sig (Mästarelit) 26 SM: Feltänkt (Veteran-SM) 28 SM: Axel Smith juniormästare 30 Sveriges Schackförbunds kongress 37 OS i Turin – del 2 39 I korta drag 50 Elo-listan (1 juli) 63 Semlorna 64 Medarbetare i det här numret: Nilssons pjäser 66 Emanuel Berg, Christer Brundin, Stellan Schackhistoriska strövtåg 72 Brynell, Peter Dalling, Jörgen Elfström, Kombinationer 74 Jonas Eriksson, Calle Erlandsson, Bo Studier: Matt med kung och torn 75 Gentili, Johan Hellsten, Mats Johansson, Dödsfall 80 David Knopfler, Rolf Lekander, Indrek Landet runt Martinson, Kristoffer Nilsson, Axel Oskar Revelj och hans skyddsänglar 82 Ornstein, Bo Plato, Cathy Rogers, Jonas En etablerad turnering (Deltalift Open) 85 Sandbom, Axel Smith, Håkan Åkvist. Växjöspelen 87 Spiltan & Pelaro IM-turnering 88 Omslagsfoto: Salongernas IM-turnering 90 Lars Grahn Påskturneringen i Norrköping 91 Vinjettfoto: Tävlingskalender 93 Mats Johansson TfS nr 5/2006 TfS 5.06.pmd 3 06-08-14, 14.30 SM i Göteborg ohan Hellsten ville byta livs- J stil. Han sa upp sig från jobbet som systemutvecklare på Ikea och ”Den här sommaren är falsk flyttade från Malmö till en öken- marknadsföring för Sverige.” stad i nordligaste Chile. Det är drygt fyra år sedan han emigre- JOHAN HELLSTEN rade. När Hellsten berättar om var- för han ville bryta upp låter allt nästan självklart. Han tycker fort- farande att systemutveckling är roligt, så det var inte jobbet i sig som fick honom att dra vidare. Det var annat som tyngde honom. – Det som tog knäcken på mig var att stiga upp väldigt tidigt på morgonen och pendla mellan bostaden i Malmö och jobbet i Helsingborg. Vissa delar av året såg jag knappt dagsljus. Jag steg upp tjugo över fem under tre års tid. Det kändes inte helt fel att åka från vinterkyla i Sverige till högsommar i Chile. Den euforin kan jag fortfarande minnas. – Det är märkligt att stora delar av jordens befolkning väljer att bo i de mest kylslagna delarna av planeten. Flykten från kylan var välpla- nerad. Han tog privatlektioner i spanska, och under 2001 gjorde han resor till tre spansktalande länder. – Jag var och hälsade på en kompis i Mexiko, finske schack- spelaren Tapani Sammalvuo. Han bodde där ett tag med fru och barn. Sedan blev jag via internet inbjuden till en turnering i Chile. Det var i södra Chile i maj. Senare på året spelade jag ett par turneringar i Spanien. – Efter Spanienresan i septem- ber satt jag och valde mellan Mexiko, Chile och Spanien. Till sist valde jag det mest avlägsna målet. Jag tillbringade några dagar i Valparaíso i samband med Chilebesöket i maj och tyckte att det var en fin stad. Jag hade en kompis där som kunde hjälpa mig 4 TfS nr 5/2006 TfS 5.06.pmd 4 06-08-14, 12.53 Från Malmö till Arica Johan Hellsten gjorde det som många drömmer om att göra: att bryta upp från den inrutade tillvaron och pröva något annat. Han emigrerade till Chile och började försörja sig på det som tidigare var hans försummade passion: schackspelet. I somras hälsade han på i Sverige och vann SM i Göteborg. Text och foto LARS GRAHN med det praktiska när jag flyttade et ena gav det andra. Hellsten – Ja, i alla fall en del partiställ- dit. Och så blev det. Det var i D anställdes på det största uni- ningar kommer garanterat med. början av 2002. versitetet i staden. Han började Eleverna får ofta kombinations- Hellsten hade sparat en slant som schackinstruktör med ter- övningar och där kan Dxa3 kom- under åren på Ikea, men hade minstarten i mars 2003. Det tar ma med. [Se 24...Dxa3+! mot annars tänkt försörja sig på att ge Johan en kvart att cykla från två- Johan Eriksson i Hellstens SM- schacklektioner och spela i Syd- rummaren i centrala Arica till reportage. LG] Det är lätt för amerika. Tillvaron i Valparaíso universitet. dem, det ser de rätt snabbt. var miltals från en säker inkomst Universitetets rektor är en Kanske något annat. Vi kör alltid som systemutvecklare, oceaner schackentusiast och brinner för något slutspel och några hela från sjukförsäkringar och andra projektet. Han tog initiativet till partier. allmänna trygghetssystem. Men att Hellstens kursmaterial sam- – Det känns som ett privile- det var ett mycket medvetet val. manställdes till en bok med gium att få ägna sig åt någonting Under en turnering i Peru lärde titeln “Ajedrez Conceptual“. Den som jag tycker så mycket om, och han känna några schackspelare lämnade tryckeriet för ett par att inte bara spela utan också från Arica, Chiles nordligaste stad. månader sedan. Större förlag har undervisa. Det är en utmaning. Den ligger i ett ökenområde nära visat intresse att ge ut boken på – Schack finns som ett tillvals- gränsen till Peru. Klimatet skiljer andra språk än spanska. ämne på universitetet, men det sig inte mycket från vad man har – Boken består till största delen är inte jag som håller i den kur- upplevt i Sverige denna heta av kursmaterial. Jag har bytt ut sen. Mina lektioner ligger utanför sommar. lite. Det har varit ett dubbelrik- den schemalagda tiden. Jag ger På hemvägen till Valparaíso tat flöde av information. En del inga betyg. blev det en god middag med ett kursmaterial har gått rakt in i – Chile har i någon mån utsökt chilenskt vin i Arica med boken, men i en del fall har elev- kopierat det nordamerikanska de nyvunna vännerna och diskus- ernas frågor och analyser skapat utbildningssystemet med ganska sioner om en återkomst och en nya exempel. Varje gång jag mycket satsning på sport. Varje schackkurs. Hellsten skulle bli testar något på eleverna så har de universitet har idrottsverksamhet schackinstruktör. något de undrar över, och deras – fotboll, tennis, basket. Och i – Ett par veckor senare åkte jag frågor hjälper mig att förklara Chile har man även schack. Det tillbaka till Arica. Det var en tret- dragen bättre. Texten blir därige- avsätts pengar till tränare. tio timmar lång bussresa. Kursen nom mer didaktisk, mer pedago- – Det finns chilenska universi- varade i sex dagar och avslutades gisk. tetsmästerskap för lag i olika spor- med en riktig chilensk grillkväll Och nu kommer förstås en del ter, och tränarna följer med till hemma hos en av kursdeltagarna. av SM-partierna att ingå i under- tävlingarna. Först är det zonkval Det var mycket trevligt. visningen. – vi hör till den norra zonen – och TfS nr 5/2006 5 TfS 5.06.pmd 5 06-08-14, 12.53 SM i Göteborg sedan möts segrarna i respektive zon i en final.
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