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    A New Look at the Tayler by David kane I: Introduction The Tayler Variation (aka the Tayler Opening) is a line that has been unjustly neglected, in my view. The line is of surprisingly recent vintage though it is often confused with the Inverted Hungarian (or Inverted Hanham Defense), a line which shares the same opening moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2: The Inverted Hungarian is an old opening, dating back to the 1860ʼs, at least. Tartakower played it a few times in the 1920ʼs with mixed results, using the continuation, 3...Nf6 4. d3: a rather unenterprising setup for White. In 1981 British player, John Tayler (see biographical note), published an article in the British publication Chess (vol. 46) on a line he had developed stemming from the sharp 4. d4!?. This is a move which apparently no one had thought to play before, and one that transforms the sedate Inverted Hungarian into something else altogether. Technically, it is really the Tayler Variation to the Inverted Hungarian Defense rather than the Tayler Opening, though through usage, the terms are interchangeable for all practical purposes. As has been so often the case when it comes to unorthodox lines, I first heard of this opening via Mike Basman when he published a cassette on it back in the early 80ʼs (still available through audiochess.com). Tayler 2 The line stirred some interest at the time but gradually seems to have been forgotten. The final nail in the coffin was probably some light analysis published by Eric Schiller in Gambit Chess Openings (and elsewhere) where he dismisses the line primarily due to his loss in the game Schiller-Martinovsky, Chicago 1986.
  • Draft – Not for Circulation

    Draft – Not for Circulation

    A Gross Miscarriage of Justice in Computer Chess by Dr. Søren Riis Introduction In June 2011 it was widely reported in the global media that the International Computer Games Association (ICGA) had found chess programmer International Master Vasik Rajlich in breach of the ICGA‟s annual World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) tournament rule related to program originality. In the ICGA‟s accompanying report it was asserted that Rajlich‟s chess program Rybka contained “plagiarized” code from Fruit, a program authored by Fabien Letouzey of France. Some of the headlines reporting the charges and ruling in the media were “Computer Chess Champion Caught Injecting Performance-Enhancing Code”, “Computer Chess Reels from Biggest Sporting Scandal Since Ben Johnson” and “Czech Mate, Mr. Cheat”, accompanied by a photo of Rajlich and his wife at their wedding. In response, Rajlich claimed complete innocence and made it clear that he found the ICGA‟s investigatory process and conclusions to be biased and unprofessional, and the charges baseless and unworthy. He refused to be drawn into a protracted dispute with his accusers or mount a comprehensive defense. This article re-examines the case. With the support of an extensive technical report by Ed Schröder, author of chess program Rebel (World Computer Chess champion in 1991 and 1992) as well as support in the form of unpublished notes from chess programmer Sven Schüle, I argue that the ICGA‟s findings were misleading and its ruling lacked any sense of proportion. The purpose of this paper is to defend the reputation of Vasik Rajlich, whose innovative and influential program Rybka was in the vanguard of a mid-decade paradigm change within the computer chess community.
  • Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14

    Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14

    Bulletin Round 8 -10.08.14 Trading blows Perhaps the man of the day - Paco Vallejo claimed the scalp of none other than Vladimir Kramnik Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Chess Olympiad Tromsø 2014 – Bulletin Round 8– 10.08.14 Vassily Ivanchuk came to the board ready for a fight Photo: Georgios Souleidis / chess24 Round 8 interim report: Only the missing Today we finally saw no surprises in terms of zero tolerance forfeits, but a mystery about attendance remains. As mentioned in previous reports, one member of the Libyan Open team is paired though never here, and this arrangement now also applies to the Burundi Open team - their second board has now been excluded from the event, along with the Burundi Women's team, for repeated non- appearance. By GM Jonathan Tisdall The organizers have promised a statement at advantage against the hottest man in the today's official evening press conference about Olympiad, Bulgaria's Valentin Iotov. the Burundians - who are not just not being paired, but actually missing. To sum up - it Two dull draws were recorded on the top half of appears that everyone who is here arrived at the the China-Azerbaijan match, and the remaining board on time today. games looked better for the white players, so an evenly balanced and tense match. The Azeris lead The attention-grabbing match in the Open the event on match points, the only team with section turned out to be second seeds Ukraine 13/14, while China, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and floating up to meet 18th ranked Bulgaria. The Romania are chasing with 12.
  • U.S. Championship Preview: Will Nakamura Play? See Page 20

    U.S. Championship Preview: Will Nakamura Play? See Page 20

    U.S. CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW: WILL NAKAMURA PLAY? SEE PAGE 20 MARCH 2015 IFC_Layout 1 2/9/2015 2:33 PM Page 1 OIFC_01_Layout 1 2/8/2015 7:47 PM Page 1 24th annual CHICAGO OPEN May 21-25, 22-25, 23-25 or 24-25, 2015 Open 9 rounds, others 7 rounds, Memorial Day weekend at luxurious Westin North Shore Hotel GM and IM norms possible! Free lectures & analysis of your games by GM John Fedorowicz! $100,000 PRIZE FUND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED! Open Section: 9rounds, 5/21-25, 40/2, Top 7section s ent ry fee: $207 online at SD/30, d10, open to all. chessaction.comby3/16,$227online by Other Section s: 7rounds, choice of5/22- 5/20, $250 online until2hrs before gameor 25, 5/23-25 or5/24-25. 40/2, SD/30, d10 at site until1hrbefore game. Open $100 except rounds 1-2 of3dayare G/60, d10, more for US players not FIDE or USCF androunds 1-4 of2dayare G/30, d10. 4- 2200/over.Nocheck at site, credit card OK. day, 3-day & 2-day schedulesmerge and Speci al entry fees: GMs in Open free, compete for same prizes. $200 deductedfrom prize. IMs & WGMs in Westin ChicagoNorth ShoreHotel, 601 Open $100, another$100deductedfrom N Milwaukee Ave, WheelingIL60090. Free prize. $100 less to seniors 65/over, except parking. No unrate dallowed in U1900, U1000 Section. U1700, U1500 or U1300.In 8 sections: Minimum prize $300 forforeign GMs, foreign IMs orforeignWGMs in Open Section Open Section : $10000-5000-2500-1300- who play all 9 gameswith no byes.NoEF 1000-800-600-500-400-400, clear/tiebreak deduction from minimum prize.
  • Is It Time to Bring Back Adjournments? the United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer

    Is It Time to Bring Back Adjournments? the United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer

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  • YEARBOOK the Information in This Yearbook Is Substantially Correct and Current As of December 31, 2020

    YEARBOOK the Information in This Yearbook Is Substantially Correct and Current As of December 31, 2020

    OUR HERITAGE 2020 US CHESS YEARBOOK The information in this yearbook is substantially correct and current as of December 31, 2020. For further information check the US Chess website www.uschess.org. To notify US Chess of corrections or updates, please e-mail [email protected]. U.S. CHAMPIONS 2002 Larry Christiansen • 2003 Alexander Shabalov • 2005 Hakaru WESTERN OPEN BECAME THE U.S. OPEN Nakamura • 2006 Alexander Onischuk • 2007 Alexander Shabalov • 1845-57 Charles Stanley • 1857-71 Paul Morphy • 1871-90 George H. 1939 Reuben Fine • 1940 Reuben Fine • 1941 Reuben Fine • 1942 2008 Yury Shulman • 2009 Hikaru Nakamura • 2010 Gata Kamsky • Mackenzie • 1890-91 Jackson Showalter • 1891-94 Samuel Lipchutz • Herman Steiner, Dan Yanofsky • 1943 I.A. Horowitz • 1944 Samuel 2011 Gata Kamsky • 2012 Hikaru Nakamura • 2013 Gata Kamsky • 2014 1894 Jackson Showalter • 1894-95 Albert Hodges • 1895-97 Jackson Reshevsky • 1945 Anthony Santasiere • 1946 Herman Steiner • 1947 Gata Kamsky • 2015 Hikaru Nakamura • 2016 Fabiano Caruana • 2017 Showalter • 1897-06 Harry Nelson Pillsbury • 1906-09 Jackson Isaac Kashdan • 1948 Weaver W. Adams • 1949 Albert Sandrin Jr. • 1950 Wesley So • 2018 Samuel Shankland • 2019 Hikaru Nakamura Showalter • 1909-36 Frank J. Marshall • 1936 Samuel Reshevsky • Arthur Bisguier • 1951 Larry Evans • 1952 Larry Evans • 1953 Donald 1938 Samuel Reshevsky • 1940 Samuel Reshevsky • 1942 Samuel 2020 Wesley So Byrne • 1954 Larry Evans, Arturo Pomar • 1955 Nicolas Rossolimo • Reshevsky • 1944 Arnold Denker • 1946 Samuel Reshevsky • 1948 ONLINE: COVID-19 • OCTOBER 2020 1956 Arthur Bisguier, James Sherwin • 1957 • Robert Fischer, Arthur Herman Steiner • 1951 Larry Evans • 1952 Larry Evans • 1954 Arthur Bisguier • 1958 E.
  • Distributional Differences Between Human and Computer Play at Chess

    Distributional Differences Between Human and Computer Play at Chess

    Multidisciplinary Workshop on Advances in Preference Handling: Papers from the AAAI-14 Workshop Human and Computer Preferences at Chess Kenneth W. Regan Tamal Biswas Jason Zhou Department of CSE Department of CSE The Nichols School University at Buffalo University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY 14216 USA Amherst, NY 14260 USA Amherst, NY 14260 USA [email protected] [email protected] Abstract In our case the third parties are computer chess programs Distributional analysis of large data-sets of chess games analyzing the position and the played move, and the error played by humans and those played by computers shows the is the difference in analyzed value from its preferred move following differences in preferences and performance: when the two differ. We have run the computer analysis (1) The average error per move scales uniformly higher the to sufficient depth estimated to have strength at least equal more advantage is enjoyed by either side, with the effect to the top human players in our samples, depth significantly much sharper for humans than computers; greater than used in previous studies. We have replicated our (2) For almost any degree of advantage or disadvantage, a main human data set of 726,120 positions from tournaments human player has a significant 2–3% lower scoring expecta- played in 2010–2012 on each of four different programs: tion if it is his/her turn to move, than when the opponent is to Komodo 6, Stockfish DD (or 5), Houdini 4, and Rybka 3. move; the effect is nearly absent for computers. The first three finished 1-2-3 in the most recent Thoresen (3) Humans prefer to drive games into positions with fewer Chess Engine Competition, while Rybka 3 (to version 4.1) reasonable options and earlier resolutions, even when playing was the top program from 2008 to 2011.
  • NEWSLETTER 59 (January 16, 2012)

    NEWSLETTER 59 (January 16, 2012)

    NEWSLETTER 59 (January 16, 2012) 1ST EUROPEAN RAPID & BLITZ CLUB CUP-OPEN AND WOMEN- ROMANIA’2012 The 1st European Rapid & Blitz Club Cup will take place on August 8th -12th, 2012 in Bucharest, Romania. GENERAL REGULATIONS 1. Participation The valid regulations to be followed are the "ECU Tournament Rules" approved by the General Assembly of the European Chess Union. According to the Rules for the European Club Cup, participation is open to every club who has the approval of its own national federation. 2. Organizing fees 150 Euro per team for rapid competition 100 Euro per team for blitz competition 3. Application, registration 3.1. Every federation who intends to participate with one or more club teams must inform the organizing committee before 1st of July 2012, of its acceptance of the invitation specifying the name of the teams. 3.2. Entry forms must be completed and returned to the Tournament office not later than the 1st of July, 2012, by fax at +40213174700 or mail stamped by the Federation, or by official e-mail to [email protected]. This date is the registration deadline. The basic team composition must be written in the entry form. 3.3. The complete registration form must include first name/s, surname/s, ID number, FIDE or/and National title, and passport number of each player and captain. It must also include the name and telephone/e-mail/fax number of the Chief of Delegation (if any), the person in charge of every Club and bank transfer details. © Europechess.net Page 1 3.4.
  • Dutchman Who Did Not Drink Beer. He Also Surprised My Wife Nina by Showing up with Flowers at the Lenox Hill Hospital Just Before She Gave Birth to My Son Mitchell

    Dutchman Who Did Not Drink Beer. He Also Surprised My Wife Nina by Showing up with Flowers at the Lenox Hill Hospital Just Before She Gave Birth to My Son Mitchell

    168 The Bobby Fischer I Knew and Other Stories Dutchman who did not drink beer. He also surprised my wife Nina by showing up with flowers at the Lenox Hill Hospital just before she gave birth to my son Mitchell. I hadn't said peep, but he had his quiet ways of finding out. Max was quiet in another way. He never discussed his heroism during the Nazi occupation. Yet not only did he write letters to Alekhine asking the latter to intercede on behalf of the Dutch martyrs, Dr. Gerard Oskam and Salo Landau, he also put his life or at least his liberty on the line for several others. I learned of one instance from Max's friend, Hans Kmoch, the famous in-house annotator at AI Horowitz's Chess Review. Hans was living at the time on Central Park West somewhere in the Eighties. His wife Trudy, a Jew, had constant nightmares about her interrogations and beatings in Holland by the Nazis. Hans had little money, and Trudy spent much of the day in bed screaming. Enter Nina. My wife was working in the New York City welfare system and managed to get them part-time assistance. Hans then confided in me about how Dr. E greased palms and used his in­ fluence to save Trudy's life by keeping her out of a concentration camp. But mind you, I heard this from Hans, not from Dr. E, who was always Max the mum about his good deeds. Mr. President In 1970, Max Euwe was elected president of FIDE, a position he held until 1978.