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Aleksandra Kosteniuk Mandag Den 27 2008 /8 kakbladet Medlemsblad for Dansk Skak Union VM Aleksandra Kosteniuk Mandag den 27. oktober 2008 • Politiken Cup • Baltic Sea Cup • Grand Slam Bilbao • • Vesterhavsturneringen • Efim Bogoljubov • kakbladet ISSN 0037-6043 Indhold 104. årgang, nr. 8, 2008. Årgangen omfatter 9 numre. Tag stilling ......................................... 3 Udgivet af Dansk Skak Union Politiken Cup ..................................... 6 Redaktion Thorbjørn Rosenlund, Baltic Sea Cup ................................. 20 Kongestien 16, 2830 Virum. Tlf./fax 44 49 42 10. Vesterhavsturneringen ..................... 26 Email: [email protected]. Annoncer / Skakspillerne sagde ......................... 33 turneringsindbydelser Merano og deromkring .................... 34 Sendes til redaktionen. Indsendelsesfrister Efim Bogoljubov ............................. 38 Nr. Deadline Udkommer Junior-skak....................................... 48 9 4/11 6/12 1 9/12 17/1 20 træk til skafottet .......................... 55 2 20/1 21/2 Abonnement og ekspedition En russisk stumfilm ......................... 56 Danmark: kr. 220 pr. år inkl. moms og fors. Udlandet: kr. 300 Korrespondanceskak ........................ 57 pr. år, inkl. forsendelse. Bestilles hos Skakbladets Bøger ............................................... 58 ekspedition (se Medlems- og Problemskak .................................... 61 ratingkartotek nederst på siden) Sats og montage Kommende turneringer.................... 63 TR-Text, tlf. 44 49 42 10. Tryk Schultz Hafnia, tlf. 43 22 52 00. Forsiden: Aleksandra Kosteniuk, Rusland, VM for kvinder 2008. (Foto: Cathy Rogers). Dansk Skak Union ... Formand: Erik Søbjerg, Kongevejen 6A, 7430 Ikast. Tlf. 86 13 38 41. Email: [email protected]. Kasserer: René Baarup Christensen, Heldbjergvej 3, 6200 Aabenraa. Tlf. 20 88 56 62. Email: [email protected]. Ungdom: Esmat Guindy, Stadionvej 16, 8830 Tjele. Email: [email protected]. Bankforbindelse: Nordea IT: Lars Wisler Pedersen, Tingparken 36, st.tv., 7200 Grindsted. reg.nr. 2191 Tlf. 20 75 08 13. Email: [email protected]. kontonr. 5363384406 Organisation: Henrik Knudsen, Enebærvænget 20, Appenæs, 4700 Næstved. Tlf. 55 75 21 34. Email: [email protected] Medlems- og ratingkartotek: Bjørn Laursen, Hybenvej 21, 8763 Rask Mølle. www.dsu.dk Tlf. 75 67 95 43 / 75 67 87 80. Fax 75 67 85 43. Email: [email protected]. 2 2008 /8/282 Taktik Løsninger side 62 Tag stilling v/ Bent Kølvig 1. Hvid trækker! 2. Hvid trækker! 3. Sort trækker! 0 !! !! !! # # % (' !$ $ " ) )& & Undgå damebytte! Tårnet er udfordret! Der må ske noget! 4. Hvid trækker! 5. Sort trækker! 6. Hvid trækker! ! (!% (% ! # ! $ ! ! # $ ' ) ) Er tårnafbytning bedst? Kvalitet bagud! Fribønder! 7. Hvid trækker! 8. Hvid trækker! 9. Sort trækker! % !! 0' !! !&! ! " '" # ' % ) ) ) Udvikling kontra materiel! Skæv materialefordeling! Samarbejde! 2008 /8/283 3 DØDSFALD klubmester. Næsten hvert år deltog hjalp hans venlige og empatiske Jørgen i påskestævnets veteran- væsen. klasse. Jørgen indså fordelen ved samar- Da formandsposten blev ledig, på- bejde med bl.a. naboklubberne Sten- tog Jørgen sig denne opgave og var løse og Ølstykke og tog initiativ til i de næste otte år klubben en dygtig fælles Værebro Hurtigturneringer og og energisk formand. Det lå ham på samarbejde om klubmesterskaberne, sinde at skaffe klubben nye medlem- hvilket efter hans død har båret frugt mer, og han bestræbte sig for at gøre i form af den i august 2008 forenede klubben kendt i lokalområdet. Til skakklub Egedal-Jyllinge. den ende arrangerede han adskillige Jørgen var et menneske med Jørgen Jungsberg stormester-simultan-forestillinger, mange facetter, og ved bisættelsen skakklubbens deltagelse i den lokale hørte vi om hans øvrige interesser, Den 17. maj 2008 sov Jørgen Jungs- sommerfest, PR-fremstød på biblio- der blandt andet omfattede musik, berg stille ind efter nogen tids svær teket, m.m., og gjorde meget for at filosofi, meditation og bordtennis! sygdom. Han blev 76 år. involvere klubbens få juniorer i klub- Æret være Jørgen Jungsbergs Jørgen blev medlem af Jyllinge livet og i turneringerne. minde! Skakklub i 1994 og var i alle årene Jørgen var selv et arbejdsjern, og Kristian Kjær blandt klubbens allerfremmeste spil- han forstod derudover at uddelegere lere – en enkelt gang blev han endda opgaverne, så flere kom i sving. Her DØDSFALD ken, hvor han indtil sin død var træ- mindst Robins hjertesag, at skak godt ner og mentor for Rødby Skoleskak kan spilles uden tobak og alkohol. samt tidligere også for Brydebjerg I klubbens første fem år var det Skoleskak. Robin, der sammen med hustruen På grund af Robins ihærdighed Tove trak det store læs, og som har der været skak på skoleskemaet gjorde det muligt at etablere en vel- for de mindste klasser igennem de fungerende skakklub, hvor det bl.a. sidste år på Rødby Skole, hvor han lykkedes at rykke op i A-rækken i til daglig var lærer. Ved kommune- sidste sæson. sammenlægningen lykkedes det Robin fik konstateret kræft i som- også for Robin at få sat skak på skole- mers, og efter hård kamp med syg- skemaet for hele Søndre Skole (Rød- dommen måtte han opgive. Robin Robin Jacobsen by, Rødbyhavn og Holeby), hvilket var klubbens formand indtil sin død, Det er med stor sorg, at vi modtog ville have betydet at Rødby Skole- og han vil blive husket og savnet i beskeden om, at vores gode ven og skak ville have været næststørste mange år fremover. formand for Sydøstlollands skak- skoleskakklub i landet. Desværre Æret være hans minde. klub, Robin Jacobsen, er død 3. ok- nåede Robin ikke at opleve dette, da På vegne af Sydøstlollands tober, kun 64 år gammel. han blev syg i sommerferien og der- Skakklub og Rødby Skoleskak Robin Jacobsen har ydet en utro- for ikke kunne det store hold. Finn Fjeldhøj lig stor indsats for skaksporten i hele Robin vil også blive savnet blandt sit liv. På Lolland Falster er han kendt de voksne skakspillere. I 2003 star- fra sin skakklumme i Folketidende, tede Robin Sydøstlollands Skak- hvor han i mange år hver lørdag klub. Klubben blev oprettet, efter at bragte nyheder fra skakken såvel skakklubberne i både Holeby, Saks- lokalt, nationalt og internationalt købing og senest Nysted var lukket. samt altid stillede en skak opgave. Der var stor tilslutning til klubben Robins store indsats for skakken bl.a. med adskillige medlemmer, blev især lagt inden for skoleskak- hvor både far og søn spillede, og ikke 4 2008 /8/284 Aleksandra Kosteniuk vandt VM for kvinder Med finalesejr over Hou Yifan, Kina, erobrede 24-årige Aleksandra Koste- niuk, Rusland, kvindernes VM-titel. De afsluttendematcher blev spillet i XtraCon-Skakligaen og divisionsturneringen Kabardino-Balkaria i Den Russiske Føderation. I de seneste år har Kina Søndag den 1. november spilles de favorit. Holdet har sagt farvel til Lars ellers siddet solidt på tronen, og man første træk i XtraCon-Skakligaen to Schandorf, men som erstatning fået skal helt tilbage til Elisabeth Bykova, steder i landet, hos oprykkeren Næst- den stærke kvindelige IM Victorija som var mester 1958-1962, for at ved og i Århus. Dermed er Dansk Cmilyte, Litauen, på holdet. finde den sidste russiske VM Skak Unions divisionsturnering i sin De mest sandsynlige konkurren- 47. sæson gået ind i en ny tidsalder ter til mesterskab og sølvbowle er og er nu på omgangshøjde med an- som de seneste år Århus/Skolerne og dre sportsgrene, der er mere forvænt Brønshøj, men det indbyrdes styrke- med at have sponsorer til holdturne- forhold kan forskubbes fra match til ringen. match, fordi nogle af de stærkeste IT-firmaet XtraCon har allerede spillere kan være optaget af andre skabt økonomisk grundlag for flere turneringer i udlandet. Faktisk er der Mind Sports Games enkeltmandsturneringer, senest den flere udenlandske stormestre i stærke internationale XtraCon EMT XtraCon-Skakligaen end danske, Danmark har deltaget i World Mind i september, der blev vundet af GM nemlig fire svenske GM'er, en fra Sports Games i Beijing. Værtsnatio- Kaido Kulaots, Estland, foran Jon Estland, og kun tre fra Danmark. nen vandt både herre- og dameræk- Ludvig Hammer, Norge, og Hans Turneringen afsluttes med dob- ken, mens det danske herrehold slut- Tikkanen, Sverige, og nu har man beltrunde 21.-22. marts. Oprindeligt tede som nummer 16, og kvinderne indgået en aftale med Dansk Skak var det planlagt til weekenden 7.-8. som nummer 18. Union, der indebærer et historisk marts, men da det europæiske skak- Efter brætpoint ville de danske navneskift på divisionsturneringens forbund, ECU, ændrede sine datoer kvinder være sluttet helt oppe som toprække. for europamesterskabet valgte DSU nr. 5 sluttet som nummer 5, og Og sportsligt kan det godt blive at justere programmet. Louise Fredericia var den suveræne spændende. De seneste otte års me- topscorer med 7½ point og en rating- sterhold, Helsinge, er endnu en gang www. divisionsskak.dk/ præstation på 2375, den næsthøje- ste blandt samtlige kvinder. I herrerækken vandt Kina i fina- len to gange 3-1 over Ukraine, mens damerne med 14-årige Hou Yifan i spidsen ligeledes besejrede Ukraine Ledige poster i organisationen med to gange 3-1. Mere om Mind Som det bl.a. fremgår af bagsideannoncen i dette blad, har Steffen Sport Games i Skakbladet nr. 9. Pedersen valgt at afslutte sine ansættelser som leder af Dansk De danske enkeltpræstationer: Skaksalg og som nyhedsredaktør på dsu.dk, med udgangen af oktober måned. Det er begrundet i at Steffen har fået andet arbejde, Herreholdet: som han starter i fra den 1. november. 1. Allan Stig Rasmussen 5½/9 2. Karsten Rasmussen 3/9 Jeg skal på Dansk Skak Unions vegne takke Steffen Pedersen for 3. Steffen Pedersen 4/9 en dygtig og samvittighedsfuld indsats i de år han har bestridt 4. Jakob Vang Glud 5/9 jobbet som nyhedsredaktør på dsu.dk, og den desværre ret så korte periode han har bestridt jobbet som leder af Dansk Skaksalg ApS, Dameholdet: og som sekretær og presseansvarlig i Dansk Skak Union. 1. Oksana Vovk 4/9 Stillingerne har været opslået på dsu.dk og ved rundsending til alle 2. Louise Fredericia 7½/9 Unionens klubber. Når dette blad er i trykken forventer bestyrelsen 3. Marie Frank-Nielsen 5½/9 i Skaksalget og forretningsudvalget i Unionen at have ansat nye 4. Miriam Olsen 3½/9 personer på de meget vigtige poster.
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