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Chess Mag - 21 6 10 18/09/2020 14:01 Page 3 01-01 Cover - October 2020_Layout 1 18/09/2020 14:00 Page 1 03-03 Contents_Chess mag - 21_6_10 18/09/2020 14:01 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...Peter Wells.......................................................................7 Twitter: @CHESS_Magazine The acclaimed author, coach and GM still very much likes to play Twitter: @TelegraphChess - Malcolm Pein Website: www.chess.co.uk Online Drama .........................................................................................................8 Danny Gormally presents some highlights of the vast Online Olympiad Subscription Rates: United Kingdom Carlsen Prevails - Just ....................................................................................14 1 year (12 issues) £49.95 Nakamura pushed Magnus all the way in the final of his own Tour 2 year (24 issues) £89.95 Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................18 3 year (36 issues) £125 Can you do as well as the acclaimed field in the Legends of Chess? Europe 1 year (12 issues) £60 Opening Surprises ............................................................................................22 2 year (24 issues) £112.50 Matthew Lunn has some handy tips for when you next prepare 3 year (36 issues) £165 Exploring the Science of Chess Improvement.....................................24 USA & Canada 1 year (12 issues) $90 An insight into Barry Hymer and Peter Well’s forthcoming book 2 year (24 issues) $170 How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................26 3 year (36 issues) $250 Daniel King reminds us of the Candidates tournament Rest of World (Airmail) 1 year (12 issues) £72 The Kiwi has Landed!.......................................................................................30 2 year (24 issues) £130 John Saunders recalls Murray Chandler’s arrival in the UK 3 year (36 issues) £180 Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................33 Distributed by: Brian has been enjoying Werner Keym’s new book Post Scriptum (UK only), Unit G, OYO Business Park, Hindmans Way, Chess Behind the Iron Curtain ....................................................................34 Dagenham, RM9 6LN - Tel: 020 8526 7779 Ben Graff looks back at the role of chess in the Soviet Union LMPI (North America) When a Book Makes a Difference..............................................................36 8155 Larrey Street, Montreal (Quebec), David LeMoir stumbled upon a fine game from one of his readers H1J 2L5, Canada - Tel: 514 355-5610 Views expressed in this publication are not Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................38 necessarily those of the Editors. Contributions to Carl is determined to show that the French is a fighting opening the magazine will be published at the Editors’ discretion and may be shortened if space is limited. The Mann Who Beat Bobby Fischer ..........................................................40 John Henderson remembers the late, great Wolfgang Uhlmann No parts of this publication may be reproduced without the prior express permission of the publishers. The West London Chess Club ......................................................................44 All rights reserved. © 2020 Bob Jones acquired a fascinating book which used to be BH Wood’s Chess Magazine (ISSN 0964-6221) is published by: Playing “Positionally”.....................................................................................47 Chess & Bridge Ltd, 44 Baker St, London, W1U 7RT Geoff Chandler explains the knack of ‘Positional Hope Chess’ Tel: 020 7288 1305 Fax: 020 7486 7015 Email: [email protected], Website: www.chess.co.uk Home News..........................................................................................................48 The North vs the South, 4NCL Online and the John Naylor Memorial FRONT COVER: Cover Design: Matt Read Readers’ Letters ................................................................................................52 Cover image: Lennart Ootes Your recollections and corrections - and news of upcoming events US & Canadian Readers – You can contact us via our Solutions ...............................................................................................................53 American branch – Chess4Less based in West Palm Beach, FL. 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This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54 You can even order Subscriber Special Offers online A Gambit and two Elk & Ruby books receive detailed attention via www.chess4less.com Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John recalls Les Blackstock’s finest hour at Marlow in 1970 Printed in the UK by The Magazine Printing Photo credits: Chess24 (pp. 14-15), CHESS Magazine archive (p.39), Crown House Publishing (p.7), Company using only paper from FSC/PEFC Harry Gielen (p.9), Arnold Lutton (p.23), Ray Morris-Hill (p.4), Brendan O’Gorman (pp. 12, 49), Niki suppliers www.magprint.co.uk Riga/World Chess (p.27), Lennart Ootes (Cover, p.6), John Saunders (p.46), Wikimedia (p.40). www.chess.co.uk 3 22-23 OpeningSurprises_Chess mag - 21_6_10 18/09/2020 13:50 Page 22 Opening Surprises Matthew Lunn has some handy tips for next time you prepare for a game Ben Johnson’s superb ‘Perpetual Chess 6 e3 c6 7 Ìc3 is slow, but pleasant for have opted for 3...d5, as recommended by Podcast’ includes a variety of advice on how to White, or here 4...c6 5 e3 e6 6 c3 (6 c4 Andrew Greet in his Everyman book on the improve, and given the range of interviewees, Íb4+ is irritating). Accelerated Dragon. this advice is often contradictory: 4 Ìc4 d6 4 d4 cxd4 5 cxd4 d5 6 e5 Ìc6 i. Focus on endings – this will have the 4...d5 5 Ìce5 justifies White’s bizarre In my glance at this line, I’d assessed that biggest impact on your results, as you approach. these sorts of positions weren’t critical – i.e. will convert promising positions and save 5 Íf4 not dangerous for Black. This is correct, but worse ones. unhelpful as White has a straightforward way ii. Focus on tactics – you will find to achieve an enduring edge, which is exactly opportunities throughout the game that your the sort of position I wanted to avoid against opponents will miss. my stronger opponent. iii. Focus on openings – computers make it 7 Íb5 Íg4 8 Íxc6+ bxc6 9 Ìbd2 e6 easy for your opponent to out prepare you, 10 h3 Íxf3 11 Ìxf3 Ìe7 and extensive knowledge in a range of lines will enable you to spring traps of your own. I am an adherent of the third option, not because I think its the best way to improve my chess, but because I enjoy it. IM Kaare Kristensen describes enjoyment as the tenet of chess improvement, which is advice I think we can all appreciate. Preparation for a game can reap benefits at all levels, and over the last few months I have come to believe in the value of surprise. White once again goes for a London If you play the same variation of the Sicilian System, and kicking the weird knight with Dragon week in, week out, your opponent ...b5 will be positionally risky, as it creates a has a clear target. Conversely, whilst useful pawn hook. springing surprises can undermine an opponent’s prep, and give a psychological The Personal Novelty advantage, it will be for nought if you don’t Black’s opening hasn’t been a disaster, but understand the resultant positions. With this the resulting middlegame is no fun at all, due in mind, I wanted to explore different types of to the enduring weakness on c6. The ...c5 R.Cumming-M.Lunn pawn break is essential (...f6 is pretty risky), opening surprise, and summarise the Martlets Cup 2020 advantages and pitfalls of each. but very difficult to achieve: for instance, I’d c3 Sicilian love to be able to play 11...c5, but after The Theoretical Novelty 12 dxc5 Ëa5+ 13 Íd2 I can’t win the pawn 1 e4 c5 2 Ìf3 g6 back with 13...Ëxc5 because of 14 Ëa4+ with There are two types of opening I must confess that I had played this move Îc1 and/or a nasty bishop move to follow. preparation that are guaranteed to surprise once before, and Rhys was aware of this. It is, 12 0-0 0-0 13 Îe1 Îb8 14 b3 Ëa5 your opponent. The first, and most dramatic nevertheless, a good example of the dangers 15 Ëd2 approach, is to play a move that you know of trying to surprise your opponent in the they won’t have seen before, such as: opening, as his measured response ultimately 1 d4 f5 2 Ìa3!? exposed my lack of positional awareness. This move doesn’t appear in Chess24’s 3 c3 database (unlike moves such as 2 a3, 2 Íd2 A very good practical choice, and one and 2 Ëd2, for some reason). If your which I had only superficially prepped for. opponent rarely varies their openings, the I felt comfortable in the Maroczy Bind odds of you being able to play a novelty like positions after 3 d4 cxd4 4 Ìxd4 Ìc6 5 c4 this are very high. This particular move has Ìf6 6 Ìc3 d6, and here 4 Ëxd4 Ìf6 5 e5 two advantages: the knight will find a home Ìc6 6 Ëa4 Ìd5 7 Ëe4 is a tabiya in the on c2 (or e5, if your opponent
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