Chess E-Magazine Interactive E-Magazine Volume 2 • Issue 6 November/December 2011 Other Occupations of Famous Chess Players Chess Clocks & Timers Pal Benko Simultaneous and Blindfold Displays C Seraphim Press White Knight Review Chess E-Magazine Table of Contents contents EDITORIAL- “My Move” 3 4 FEATURE- Russian Chess INTERACTIVE CONTENT BIOGRAPHY- Pal Benko 12 ARTICLE- Chess Progam 4. 14 ________________ • Click on title in Table of Contents ARTICLE- Chess Clocks 16 to move directly to Time Honored Tradition page. • Click on “White FEATURE-Occupations of Famous Players 18 Knight Review” on the top of each page to return to ARTICLE- Math and Chess 22 Table of Contents. • Click on red type to 23 continue to next ARTICLE- News Around the World page 24 • Click on ads to go FEATURE- Simultaneous/Blindfold Displays to their websites • Click on email to ARTICLE - Pandolfini’s Advice 27 open up email program BOOK REVIEW-Karpov’s Strategic Wins 1 • Click up URLs to 1961-1985- The Making of a Champion 28 go to websites. by Tibor Karolyi ANNOTATED GAME -Hampyuk - 29 Anatoluy Karpov COMMENTARY- “Ask Bill” 31 November/December 2011 White Knight Review November/December2011 My Move [email protected] editorial -Jerry Wall Well it has been over a year now since we started this publication. It is not easy putting together a 32 page magazine on chess every couple of months but it certainly has been rewarding (maybe not so White Knight much financially but then that really never was the goal). Review We wanted to put together a different kind of Chess E-Magazine chess publication that wasn’t just diagrams, problems, analytical moves and such. We wanted to talk about Chess’s rich history, human interest Executive Editor/Writer stories, current news and some of its colorful Bill Wall players and characters. We have had articles from [email protected] chess apps for the iPhone and iPad to chess convicts, crooks, spies and the seedy side of life. We have explored chess computers and chess Publisher /Editor/ Creative game variations, street chess, tournament chess, Director and even prison chess. Gerald Wall This coming year we hope to develop even [email protected] more exciting stories and articles about chess. Many of Bill Wall’s articles can also be found at chess.com. Production/ Marketing This month we look at the rich history of chess Steve Wall in the Soviet Union. Chess has always been a huge [email protected] part of the Russian culture and some of the top Chess masters and grandmasters have come from Russia. For Subscription To me, one of my favorite articles is the [email protected] Occupations and distinctions of famous Chess Players. It is interesting to see the wide background of many great players. So Enjoy and For Advertising Rates thank you for your support. [email protected] Jerry Wall Editor © Copyright 2011 All Rights Reserved. Let us know what you think of the magazine. Perhaps you have Unauthorized reproduction, some suggestions for future articles or have other comments. in any manner is prohibited Let us know and drop me a line at: without expressed permission [email protected] from the Author or Editor. www.offthewallchess.com 3 White Knight Review November/December 2011 Feature hess was probably introduced player, chess In 1821, the first Russian chess book in Russia in the 9th century AD composer, was published by Ivan Butrimov (1782- through the Caspian-Volga trade and chess 1851). Croute. At the time, there was a Volga writer. He trade route to Baghdad. was the In 1824, Alexander Petrov wrote A In the 10th century, chess reached author of the Systemized Game of Chess together Russia from Byzantium and from the first chess with the Games of Philidor and a Vikings. handbook Commentary on them. It was the Around 1262, the Russian word for in Russian, first classical book about chess in chess, “shakhmatny”, was introduced. Shakmatnaya Russian. The book was published in St. igra, Alexander Dmitrievich Petrov Petersburg. In 1551, Ivan IV “the Terrible” published (1530-1584) banned chess in Russia. in St. In 1827, Prince Sergey Urusov was Petersburg in 1824. He died in 1867. born in Russia.. He became a Major In 1584, Ivan was preparing to play General in the Russian Army. The a game of chess with Bogdan Belsky, In 1813, Carl Friedrich Andreyevich Urusov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4) when he fainted suddenly and died of a Jaenisch (YAY-nish) was born in is named after him. He died in 1897 stroke. Vyborg, Russia. He was an Major in the Russian army. In the 1840s, he In 1838, Jaenisch was a major in In 1791, the first chess book was was among the top chess players of the the Russian army. He started writing a published in Russia. It was a translation world. His work on chess openings book on chess openings. of Benjamin Franklin’s Morals of Chess is regarded as the birth of modern and published in St. Petersburg. The openings theory. He died in 1872. In 1840, Jaenisch left the Russian title was Pravila dlia Shashechnoi Igry army to concentrate full time in writing (Rules for the Game of Chess). In 1819, Ilya Shumov was born. He a book on chess openings. was one of the first serious Russian In 1794, Alexander Dmitrievich chess players. In 1867, he published the In 1842, Jaenisch published Analyse Petrov was born in Viserovo, Russia. He first book on chess compositions. He Nouvelle des ouvertures du jeu des became the first strong Russian chess died in 1881. Echecs (A New Analysis of Chess 4 Continue White Knight Review November/December2011 Openings). Volume one was published police. Schiffers and Alexander Solovtsov tied in Dresden in French. In 1843, volume for 3rd-4th. They were followed by two was published in St. Petersburg. In 1866, the first chess match Nikolai Petrovsky, Andrey Asharin, between masters in Moscow was Vladimir Lizel, N. Nerling, and Evgeny In 1844, the played. Sergey Urusov defeated Philipp Von Schmidt. first chess match Hirschfeld (1840-1896) in a match with between two two wins, two draws, and one loss. In 1879, Chigorin defeated masters in Russia Shiffers in a match for the Russian was held. Carl In 1867, Ilya Shumov published the championship. Chigorin won with 7 Jaenisch played first book in the world about chess wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws. Alexander Petrov. compositions. It was published in St. They each won one Petersburg. In 1880, Chigorin organized the first game each. chess club in Russia. The club was in St. In 1873, Chigorin was hustling chess Petersburg. Carl Jaenisch at the Cafe Dominika in St. Petersburg. In 1881, Chigorin defeated Alapin In 1849, Jaenisch defeated Ilya In 1874, Emmanuel Schiffers in a match with two wins and one loss, Shumov with two wins and one loss. defeated Andrey Chardin in a match held in St. Petersburg. The match was held in St. Petersburg. with 5 wins and 4 losses. The match was held in St. Petersburg. Schiffers was In 1885, Nikolai Krylenko was born. In 1850, Shumov defeated Jaenisch considered the Russian champion until He died in 1938. He was a Russian in a match with two wins and a loss. his student, Mikhail Chigorin, defeated revolutionary and Soviet jurist. The match was held in St. Petersburg. him in a match in 1879. In 1886, St. Petersburg defeated In 1850, Emmanuel Stepanovich In 1875, Szymon Winawer defeated London in a telegraph match. Schiffers was born in St. Petersburg, Ilya Shumov in a match with 5 wins and Russia. He was the Russian chess 2 losses, in St. Petersburg. In 1886, Chigorin tried to establish champion for 10 years. Schiffers was a national chess organization in Russia, known as “Russia’s Chess Teacher.” He In 1875, Chigorin gave up his but the government barred even died in 1904. government post as a clerk in a state distributing leaflets about the proposed institution to be a full time chessplayer. association. In 1850, Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was born in Gatchina, Russia. He was In September, 1876, Chigorin In 1889, Schiffers was the first the first public chess worker, organizer, published a chess magazine called Russian to lecture on chess. and journalist in Russia. Shakhmatny Listok (Chess Newsletter). It had only 250 subscribers. In 1889, Chigorin lost to Steinitz in In 1851, Shumov defeated Jaenisch in a world championship match, held in a match with two wins. In 1876, Russia Havana. held its first master In 1853, Petrov defeated Sergey chess tournament, In 1891, Chigorin defeated William Urusov in a match with 3 wins and in St. Petersburg. Steinitz with two wins in a telegraph a draw. The match was held in St. The winner was match. Petersburg. Later that year, Urusov Andrey Asharin, defeated Shumov in a match with 4 wins followed by Mikhail In 1892, Alexander Alekhine was and 3 losses. Chigorin, Emmanuel born in Moscow. Schiffers, Hermann In 1854, the charter of the Clemenz, and Mikhail Chigorin In October-November 1893, Petersburg Society of Chess Amateurs Semyon Alapin. Mikhail Chigorin and Siegbert was created. Members included Tarrasch tied in a match with 11 points Shumov, Urusov, and Viktor Mikhailov. In October-November 1877, each, held in St. Petersburg. a chess tournament was held in St. In 1859, Russia’s first Russian chess Petersburg. The winner was Chigorin, In 1895, there was only one chess magazine, Shakhmatny Listok, (Chess followed by Schiffers, Asharin, periodical in Russia, Shakmanty Newsletter) was published. It lasted Clemenz, and Alapin. Bulletin. until 1863. The editor was Viktor Mikhailov.