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01-01 Cover -March 2021_Layout 1 17/02/2021 17:19 Page 1 03-03 Contents_Chess mag - 21_6_10 18/02/2021 09:47 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...Jorden van Foreest.......................................................7 Twitter: @CHESS_Magazine We catch up with the man of the moment after Wijk aan Zee Twitter: @TelegraphChess - Malcolm Pein Website: www.chess.co.uk Dutch Dominance.................................................................................................8 The Tata Steel Masters went ahead. Yochanan Afek reports Subscription Rates: United Kingdom How Good is Your Chess?..............................................................................18 1 year (12 issues) £49.95 Daniel King presents one of the games of Wijk,Wojtaszek-Caruana 2 year (24 issues) £89.95 3 year (36 issues) £125 Up in the Air ........................................................................................................21 Europe There’s been drama aplenty in the Champions Chess Tour 1 year (12 issues) £60 2 year (24 issues) £112.50 Howell’s Hastings Haul ...................................................................................24 3 year (36 issues) £165 David Howell ran out a clear-cut winner as Hastings went online USA & Canada Identifying the Goal ........................................................................................26 1 year (12 issues) $90 2 year (24 issues) $170 Amatzvia Avni on defending, manoeuvring and converting 3 year (36 issues) $250 The Windmills of Your Mind .........................................................................30 Rest of World (Airmail) The Thomas Crown Affair remains a favourite with John Henderson 1 year (12 issues) £72 2 year (24 issues) £130 The Roaring Twenties......................................................................................32 3 year (36 issues) £180 Ben Graff explores the 1920s and the parallels with today Distributed by: 2020: The Year of the Great Clear-Out.................................................35 Post Scriptum (UK only), Unit G, OYO Business Park, Hindmans Way, (And how a plastic record survived it), by Geoff Chandler Dagenham, RM9 6LN - Tel: 020 8526 7779 Find the Winning Moves.................................................................................36 LMPI (North America) Can you do as well as the players in the Champions Chess Tour? 8155 Larrey Street, Montreal (Quebec), H1J 2L5, Canada - Tel: 514 355-5610 Refining Fine: Part One ..................................................................................40 Views expressed in this publication are not Aidan Woodger updates us with his research into Reuben Fine necessarily those of the Editors. Contributions to the magazine will be published at the Editors’ Miniature Joy ......................................................................................................43 discretion and may be shortened if space is limited. Mike Donnelly on why there is much to learn from miniatures No parts of this publication may be reproduced without the prior express permission of the publishers. Never Mind the Grandmasters...................................................................46 Carl Portman pays tribute to his late friend David Everington All rights reserved. © 2020 Chess Magazine (ISSN 0964-6221) is published by: Home News..........................................................................................................48 Chess & Bridge Ltd, 44 Baker St, London, W1U 7RT The 4NCL leads the way online with its leagues and congresses Tel: 020 7288 1305 Fax: 020 7486 7015 Email: [email protected], Website: www.chess.co.uk Overseas News...................................................................................................50 The Czech-American chess titan Lubos Kavalek has passed away FRONT COVER: Cover Design: Matt Read Studies with Stephenson...............................................................................51 Cover image: Jurriaan Hoefsmit Brian examines composition in South America and by John Nunn US & Canadian Readers – You can contact us via our Solutions ...............................................................................................................52 American branch – Chess4Less based in West Palm Beach, FL. Call toll-free on 1-877 89CHESS (24377). This Month’s New Releases ..........................................................................54 You can even order Subscriber Special Offers online The latest from Thinkers Publishing and McFarland are reviewed via www.chess4less.com Saunders on Chess............................................................................................58 John enjoyed following Wijk aan Zee and recalls Lubos Kavalek Printed in the UK by The Magazine Printing Company using only paper from FSC/PEFC Photo credits: Chess24 (pp.21, 23), CHESS Magazine Archive (pp.42-43, 45, 58), Jurriaan Hoefsmit suppliers www.magprint.co.uk (pp.7-8, 10-12, 14-16, 18), Brendan O’Gorman (pp.26, 51), Wikimedia (p.44). www.chess.co.uk 3 07-07 60secondsJVF_Chess mag - 21_6_10 17/02/2021 16:21 Page 7 Ëxb2 31 Ëc4+ Êh8 32 Êd3 a5 33 Ëc8 Ëa3+ 34 Êe4 b3 35 cxb3 a4 36 Îb1 Ëb4 37 Ëc4 Ëb7+ 38 Ëd5 Ëb4 39 Ëc4 Ëd2 40 Íg4 a3 Ed. – Turn to page 15 to see how Jorden went on to win in further style. But less memorable than your worst move? Too many to name. 41 Ëf7 Ëc2+ 42 Êd5 Ëc5+ 43 Êe4 a2 And a highly memorable opponent? 44 Îc1 a1Ë 45 Îxc5 Íxc5 46 Ëd5 Born: 30th April 1999 in Utrecht, the Magnus. Ëe1+ 47 Êd3 Ëd1+ 48 Êc4 Ëxd5+ Netherlands. 49 Êxd5 Ía3 50 Íf5 Êg8 51 Êxe5 Îh8 Favourite game of all time? Morozevich 52 Êd5 Ìh7 53 gxh7+ Êf7 54 Íg6+ Place of residence: Bruges, Belgium. against Vachier-Lagrave. Êf6 55 f4 Íc1 56 f5 Íd2 57 Êd6 Íe1 58 Êd7 Íb4 59 Êc7 Êe5 60 Êd7 Ía3 Occupation: Chessplayer. 61 Êc6 Êd4 62 Êc7 Êc3 63 Êd7 Êb4 A.Morozevich-M.Vachier-Lagrave 64 Êd6 Êxb3+ 65 Êd5 Íb2 66 Êd6 Enjoyable? Loving every moment of it. Biel 2009 Íf6 67 Êc5 Êc3 68 Êd6 Êd4 69 Êc6 Sicilian Najdorf Îd8 70 Êb6 Êd5 71 Êc7 Êc5 72 Íf7 And home life? I’ve just moved to Bruges. g5 73 fxg6 Îd6 74 Íe8 Íe5 75 Êb7 It’s a beautiful town and I am very happy here. 1 e4 c5 2 Ìf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Ìxd4 Ìf6 Îb6+ 76 Êc8 Êd6 0-1 But sometimes good to escape to: 5 Ìc3 a6 6 f3 e6 7 Íe3 b5 8 Ëd2 Ìbd7 Hanging out with friends, watching movies, 9 g4 h6 10 0-0-0 b4 11 Ìce2 Ëc7 12 The best three chess books: All of going for walks. h4 d5 13 Ìf4 e5 14 Ìfe6 fxe6 15 Ìxe6 Kasparov’s books, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Ëa5 16 exd5 Ëxa2 17 Ëd3 Êf7 18 g5 Manual and Secrets of Modern Chess Sports played or followed: None really. Ìxd5 19 Íh3 Strategy by John Watson. A favourite novel? Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. Is FIDE doing a good job? I’m not following too closely, but I think so. Piece of music? Currently listening to Coldplay – Paradise. And it’s good! Or your National Federation? In all honesty, not really. For instance, they could Film or TV series? Breaking Bad. help organise more events in the Netherlands. What’s the best thing about playing Any advice for either? Chess is very chess? One can put thousands of hours into popular now, so I think it’s a good moment to studying chess, yet still discover new things look for sponsorship. and enjoy the beauty of the game. Can chess make one happy? To be truly And the worst? At the highest level, happy about a game of chess does not definitely the amount of memorisation of happen often, but when it does it is the best theory required at times. feeling in the world. 19...Ìxe3 20 Ìd8+ Êe7 21 Ìc6+ Êf7 Your best move? Can’t remember too many 22 g6+ Êg8 23 Ëxe3 Íc5 24 Ëe4 Ìf8 A tip please for the club player: For those games, so I’ll go with my last game. Here I 25 Îd8 Íb7 26 Îxa8 Íxa8 27 h5 Îh7 seeking to improve, don’t work too much on landed 21 Ìb5! against Nils Grandelius. 28 Îe1 Íxc6 29 Ëxc6 Íd4 30 Êd2 your openings! www.chess.co.uk 7 24-25 Hastings_Chess mag - 21_6_10 17/02/2021 16:04 Page 24 Howell’s Hastings Haul As Hastings went online, former local boy David Howell ran out a clear-cut winner As we mentioned last month, David 21 d4 Ìe4!. have been sensible, but instead both players Howell was a worthy winner of the Caplin 21...Ìd7 22 d4 were to miss a resource. Hastings All-Play-All, which at least ensured 28...Îc7? 29 Íc3 that there was a version of Hastings this year. Far from terrible, but 29 Ìc3! Íc6 (or It may have been a 12-player online rapid, 29...Íb3 30 Ìb5) 30 f5! would have but what the tournament lost in terms of exploited the unfortunate line-up of black tradition, it made up for in strength. pieces, and if 30...exf5 31 d5 Íb7 32 Ìb5 Like many a tournament winner, Howell Îc5 33 Íd4. required a slightly fortuitous start. He 29...Ìb7 30 Íb4 Ìb8 31 Ìd6+ Ìxd6 appeared to be cruising to victory with a large 32 Íxd6 Îc8 33 c5! positional advantage against Matthew Quite a transformation for the hanging Wadsworth in the opening round, but possibly pawns. They were once back on c4 and d3, hadn’t fully adjusted to playing rather than but now the strong advanced c-pawn, allied commentating or to the 15+10 time control. to the bishop-pair, gives White decent Whatever the case, Howell incorrectly sealed winning chances. up the kingside after which a strong central 33...Ìc6 34 Êe3 counter suddenly gave the Cambridge Howell is sensibly in no rush, although he University IM dangerous counterplay. Indeed, Thus far Howell’s play has been most must also have been tempted by 34 f5!?, and Wadsworth should really have won before unhurried and he might have continued in if 34...exf5? 35 d5 Ìe7 36 Ía6! Îd8 37 overlooking a resource which we’ll see in this that stead with 22 Íc3!? Ìd5 23 Íd2 Íc4 with quite some initiative for White. month’s Find the Winning Moves. followed by Êf2 and possibly even a kingside 34...Ìe7 35 g4 Íb3? After that dramatic beginning Wadsworth expansion.