Bi-Weekly Online Magazine (20th August) – Volume 1, Issue 05 Patrons: In this issue: Lev Khariton & GM Rashid Ziyatdinov Editor-in-chief: Chess at Large……………………………………Pg. 02 Anwar Qureshi Annotated game…………………………………..Pg. 07 Managing Editor: 32 Square…………………………………………Pg. 09 Goran Tomic Q & A…………………………………………….Pg. 23 Executive Editors: Bi-Weekly Chess Novelty………………………..Pg. 25 Abdul Karim & James F. Holwell Tactical Corner…………………………………...Pg. 27 Designed by: Winning with Development Advantage………….Pg. 30 Goran Tomic & Karim Mio’s Hidden Ideas………………………………Pg. 36 Mating Mail………………………………………Pg. 44 Editor’s Note: Letter to Editor: Dear Readers, Dear Chess Chronicle Team, The 5th issue of the “Chess Chronicle” is in I’d like to tell you that the 4th issue is the your mail. We are taking “baby steps” to winner…. “Ground breaking” a world class improve, issue by issue! chess publication! 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He made his first appearance Vishwanathan Anand, I thought I would at Linares in 2005, finishing tied last with provide you with an armchair scorecard 4/12. With a solid game and excellent for the upcoming world championship theoretical preparation he was the great tournament in San Luis, Argentina. The chess surprise at the Tripoli 2004 World festival will begin with an opening ceremony Championship unexpectedly made his way on Tuesday, September 27th in a specially through to the final, winning mini-matches designed architectural project (called the against Alejandro Ramirez, Ehsan Ghaem "Chess Box"... representing "a huge chess box Maghami, Vasily Ivanchuk, Zoltan Almasi, where pieces are kept") which was built next Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov to to the Hotel Potrero de los Funes, and will be meet Michael Adams in the final match for used exclusively for the chess championship. the title, and the right to face world number Round one of this historic battle matching one Garry Kasparov. In the final six-game eight of the strongest players in the match at Tripoli, both players won two world begins on the following day. games, making a tie-break of rapid games Incidentally, the matches will be necessary. Kasimdzhanov won the first game broadcast live via the Internet at with black, after having been in a difficult www.ajedrezdepunta.com. position. By drawing the second game he became the new world champion. In the July The players 2005 FIDE list, Kasimdzhanov had an ELO rating of 2670, making him number 35 in the Current FIDE World Champion - Rustam world and Uzbekistan's number one. He has Kasimdzhanov been rated as high as 2706 (in the October 2001 list). Rustam is seen as the long shot to Born December 5, 1979; from Uzbekistan. repeat as world champion. Previously, his best results included first in the 1998 Asian Championship, second in the Michael Adams World Junior Chess Championship in 1999, Born November 17, 1971; from Great Britain. first at Essen 2001, first at Pamplona 2002 On the July 2005 FIDE rating list he is (winning a blitz playoff against Viktor number thirteen in the world with an ELO Bologan after both had finished the main rating of 2719. Adams won the British tournament on 3.5/6), first with 8/9 at the Championship in 1989 at the age of 17. He Vlissingen Open 2003, joint first with Liviu won it again in 1997, jointly with Matthew Dieter Nisipeanu with 6/9 at Pune 2005, a Sadler. In 1993 he finished equal first (with bronze-medal winning 9.5/12 performance on Anand) in the Groningen tournament to board one for his country at the 2000 Chess determine challengers for the Professional Olympiad, and runner-up in the FIDE World Chess Association World Championship title. Cup in 2002 (losing to Anand in the final). He This took him to the knock-out stage, where has played in the prestigious Wijk aan Zee he beat Sergei Tiviakov in the first round, but tournament twice, but did not perform well lost to Anand in the second. In 1994 he The First Bi-Weekly Online Chess Magazine. For subscription visit http://www.chesschronicle.org or http://www.pakchess.com All material copyright © Chess Chronicle, unless otherwise indicated - 2 - played in the Candidates of the FIDE World 1993 Judit beat former world champion Boris Championship, losing to Boris Gelfand in the Spassky 5.5-4.5 in a 10-game exhibition first round. In 1997, he took part in the FIDE match. In 1998 she defeated yet another World Championship, which, for the first former world champion, Anatoly Karpov by a time, was a large knock-out event, the winner score of 5-3. Later that year, she became the of which would play a match against reigning first woman to win the U.S. Open champion, Anatoly Karpov. This tournament Championship. Judit could almost certainly included most of the world's top players have won the title of Women's World (Kasparov, Kramnik and Gata Kamsky were Champion of Chess several times over. No the only notable absentees), and Adams won other woman was even in the top 100 of the short matches against Tamaz Giorgadze, FIDE rating list, while Judit entered the Top Sergei Tiviakov, Peter Svidler, Loek van 10 in 2003. However, she has refused to Wely, and Nigel Short, before coming up participate in women-only chess events, against Anand in the final round. Their four stating that she wants to be the true World games at normal time controls were all drawn, Champion of Chess. Her climb up the ranks as were four rapidplay games at quicker time once seemed to put her on target for the world limits, before Anand won the sudden-death championship, but although she has played game, knocking Adams out. In the 2004 FIDE many winning games against some of the Championship, he again found his way world's best players, she has yet to win a through to the final, winning matches against major tournament. In 2004 Judit took some Hussien Asabri, Karen Asrian, Hichem time off from chess to give birth to her son, Hamdouchi, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Oliver. In a controversial decision, she was Akopian and Teimour Radjabov, before consequently considered inactive and not losing to Kasimdzhanov in the final (3.5-4.5 listed on the January 2005 FIDE rating list. after rapidplay tie-breaks, the match having Judit returned to chess at the prestigious been tied 3-3 after the six standard games). Corus chess tournament on January 15th Among his other notable results are joint first 2005, scoring 7/13. She was therefore relisted at Dos Hermanas in 1995 (with Kamsky and in the April 2005 FIDE rating list, gaining a Karpov), joint first at Dortmund in 1998 (with few rating points for her better-than-par Kramnik and Svidler), and clear first at Dos performance at Corus. In May she also had an Hermanas in 1999, ahead of Kramnik, Anand, better-than-par performance at a strong Svidler, Karpov, Veselin Topalov, Judit tournament in Sofia, finishing third. Easily Polgar and others. the strongest female chess player in history, in the July 2005 FIDE rating list she was ranked Judit Polgar number eight in the world with an ELO rating Born July 23, 1976; from Hungary. Her rise of 2735, the only woman on FIDE's Top 100 started at the age of 9, when she won the list. Her aggressive style and fiercely unrated section of the New York Open, competitive nature has become a Polgar winning 7 games and drawing one. At age 11 trademark, and she is a "dark horse" favorite she earned an International Master title - to become the first female to win the World younger than Fischer or Kasparov. At age 13 Chess Championship. she won the World Under 14 Champion for boys and became FIDE's highest rated Vishwanathan Anand woman.