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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:52 PM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for November 5: A Tal order this week |
Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 01:59 PM by Jack Rabbit
Note: The Chess Report is early this week because I will be out of town for the rest of the weekend.
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for the week ending November 5 Contents Post 1: News for the week Post 2: Diagrams and other features Post 3: Games from Current and Recent Events Post 4: Bonus Game: Mikhail Tal - Bobby Fischer, Candidates' Tournament, Belgrade, 1959 |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. News for the week ending November 5 |
Radjabov wins at Cap d'Agde
Grandmaster Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan won the 2006 rapid tournament in Cap d'Agde, Languedoc Province in southern France by defeating 16-year-old Ukrainian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin in the final match by a score of 1½-½. Final Match in Cap d'Agde: Sergey Karjakin and Teimour Radjabov In the first game, Karjakin played White and the game ended in a draw. Radjabov had White in the second game and won. Radjabov earned the right to play in the final match by defeating another young Ukrainian, 20-year-old Andrei Volokitin, by a score of 2-0 in the semi-finals. In the other semi-final match, Karjakin defeated Norway's Magnus Carlsen, who turns 16 at the end of November, 1½-½. Rapid chess is distinct from traditional tournament chess in that the players have only 25 minutes each to complete 40 moves. 2006-07 Bundesliga season begins The 2006-07 Bundesliga, the annual German team competition, began with two rounds in Hamburg on Saturday, October 28. The players are grouped into teams representing German corporate sponsors. Each match consists of eight games. While the league is German, most of the players are not. This week, the Jack Rabbit Chess Report features a Bundesliga game played by the world's second-ranked grandmaster, Viswanathan Anand of India, and Polish grandmaster Bartlomiej Macieja. Standings are based on individual points scored. In the first weekend, TSV Bindlach-Aktionär and OSC Baden-Baden each scored 11½ points out of a possible 16 to take the early lead. Sixteen teams compete in the Bundesliga. The next round is scheduled for November 18. Tal Memorial Tournament starts Monday in Moscow The annual chess tournament in the memory of the late former world champion Mikhail Tal begins in Moscow Monday. The tournament this year is a category 20 single round robin event featuring Levon Aronian (Armenia), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Boris Gelfand (Israel), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Peter Leko (Hungary), Shakhyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Alexander Morozevich (Russia), Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine), Alexei Shirov (Spain) and Peter Svidler (Russia). Tal would have celebrated his 70th birthday this coming Thursday. He passed away in 1992 of the kidney disease that afflicted him from childhood. Tal was born in Riga, Latvia, on November 9, 1936. At the time of his birth, Latvia was an independent nation, but was part of the Soviet Union for most of Tal's life. His ill health made it clear to him and others that he was not destined to live long; thus, Tal lived well. He smoked excessively and drank voluminously, knowing that kidney failure would kill him before lung or liver disease had a chance. This attitude toward life also carried over to Tal's chess game. At a time when positional chess was all the rage, Tal refused to shy away from taking risks. He was ever the swashbuckler and gambler. The height of Tal's career came in 1960 when, at the age of 23, he defeated Mikhail Botvinnik in a match for the world title. Botvinnik would regain the title a year later in a re-match. Tal remained a strong competitor in world championship cycles well into the seventies, with the exception of 1962. That year, Tal had to drop out of the candidates' tournament in Curaçao to be hospitalized when his kidneys acted up. He is considered to many to be the greatest tactical genius of the twentieth century. His influence on chess remains great; perhaps more professional chess players name Tal as their idol more than any other. Although a vicious attacker on the board, he was congenial and well-liked by his peers. Tal was an intuitive player. He sought complications on the board and didn't feel it necessary to calculate all variations a dozen moves deep. If he couldn't figure it out, he assumed his opponent couldn't, either, and thus he would often play such a move. His sacrifices were often shown to be unsound by extensive analysis, but Tal knew that if his opponent gave that kind of attention to each move, he'd run out of time. Tal dismissed criticism of his sacrifices with the quip, "Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine." Whether his sacrifices were sound or not is beside the point. They worked. Computers may not be impressed, but that is of no matter. Those of us made of flesh and blood are thrilled. By training, Tal was a journalist. His writings are spiced with delightful wit, impish humor and a candor missing in the work of many great masters. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Diagrams and other features on the JR Chess Report |
!""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() White to move This position is a theoretical draw Does this picture make sense to you? If not, or if it looks like a bunch of Wingdings, please click here. Diagrams used in the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Merida, a true type font that is available as freeware at the above link. Also, the JR chess report makes the main variation in annotations more distinct and readable by putting it in red. A secondary variation, is in blue and other colors are used if needed. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. Games from current and recent events |
Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 02:09 PM by Jack Rabbit
Chess Games Analysis by JR and Fritz Zhao Xue - Koneru Humpy, Masters' Group A, Round 4, Cap d'Agde Vishy Anand - Bartlomiej Macieja, Bundesliga, Round 2, Hamburg Zeinab Mamedyarova - Ivan Cheparinov, Essent Open Tournament, Round 1, Hoogeveen Laurent Fressinet - Magnus Carlsen, Masters' Quarter-Finals, Cap d'Agde Andrei Volokitin - Teimour Radjabov, Masters' Semi-Finals, Cap d'Agde |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Zhao - Koneru, Masters' Group A, Cap d'Agde |
Zhao Xue Zhao Xue vs. Koneru Humpy Masters' Group A, Round 4 Cap d'Agde, Languedoc Province (France), October 2006 East India Game: Nimzo Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 0-0 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qb6
Black: Koneru Humpy !""""""""# $w+tT vl+% $+ + +oO % $oO +oM O% $+ + Q + % $ PpN + +% $P Nb+ + % $ B + +vP% $+ R +rK % /(((((((() White: Zhao Xue Position after 23. -- Bb7xg2 24. Rxf6!!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Anand - Macieja, Bundesliga, Hamburg |
Vishy Anand Vishy Anand (OSC Baden Baden) vs. Bartlomiej Macieja (SV Wattenscheid) Bundesliga 2006-07, Round 2/Board 1 Hamburg, October 2006 Open German Game: Spassky Opening (Caro-Kann Defense) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4
Black: Bartlomiej Macieja !""""""""# $t+w+ Vl+% $O + + Om% $ +o+ O +% $+oM B +p% $ + Nt+ +% $+ + +n+ % $pPq+ P +% $+ K + Rr% /(((((((() White: Vishy Anand Position after 27. -- f7f6 28. h6!!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mamedyarova - Cheparinov, Essent Open Tournament, Hoogeveen |
Ivan Cheparinov Zeinab Mamedyarova vs. Ivan Cheparinov Essent Open Tournament, Round 1 Hoogeveen, October 2006 Catalan Game: Chandler Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. 0-0 e5 7. Nb5
Black: Ivan Cheparinov !""""""""# $ + T +l+% $+o+ +oOo% $o+ + v +% $+ + M + % $ + +b+ +% $+ P + P % $pPq+ PkP% $RnW + + % /(((((((() White: Zeinab Mamedyarova Position after 22. Qe2c2 22. -- Qe1!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Fressinet - Carlsen, Masters' Quarter-Finals, Cap d'Agde |
Magnus Carlsen Laurent Fressinet vs. Magnus Carlsen Quarter Final Match, Round 2 Cap d'Agde, October 2006 Closed Sicilian Game: Saragossa Opening (Alapin Variation) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2
Black: Magnus Carlsen !""""""""# $ V + +l+% $O +w+o+o% $p+ + + +% $+ B +o+ % $ P Ot+ +% $+ + +q+p% $ + + +p+% $+ +r+ K % /(((((((() White: Laurent Fressinet Position after 33. Qd3f3 33. -- Qe6!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Volokitin -Radjabov Masters' Semi-Finals, Cap d'Agde |
Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 02:06 PM by Jack Rabbit
Teimour Radjabov Andrei Volokitin vs. Teimour Radjabov Semi-Final Match, Round 1 Cap d'Agde, Languedoc Province (France), Novemver 2006 Open Sicilian Game: Sveshnikov Defense 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5
Black: Teimour Radjabov !""""""""# $ + + T L% $+ + + Oo% $ + + + +% $+ + + +p% $ R + + +% $O P + + % $ + + +p+% $+ + + K % /(((((((() White: Andrei Volokitin Position after 40. Rd4Xb4
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. Bonus Game: Tal - Fischer, Belgrade, 1959 |
Edited on Sat Nov-04-06 02:35 PM by Jack Rabbit
This game was played in the candidates' tournament of 1959. Tal won the tournament and the right to challenge then-world champion Mikhail Botvinnik for the title the following year.
Bobby Fischer was competing in his first world championship cycle. He was only 16 years old. The tourament was a quadruple round robin among eight players. Tal won all four of his games with Fischer. Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal vs. Bobby Fischer Candidates' Tournament, Round 20 Belgrade, October 1959 West India Game: King's Indian Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 0-0 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
Black: Bobby Fischer !""""""""# $t+v+ Tm+% $+oOmW +l% $o+ + + O% $+ +p+o+ % $ O + W +% $+nNb+ + % $p+ + +pP% $+ + RrK % /(((((((() White: Mikhail Tal Position after 22. Qe7f6
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