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CONTENTS From the Secretary’s Desk Editor’s Page ICCF Congress 2001, Rimini, Italy M.K.Mohamed Passes Away The Fourth AICCF Championship, 1504 The Fifth AICCF Championship, 1505 Auto-Chess-O-Graphy 21 Here and There Success in the Email Olympiad Heritage More Heritage Games Section Readers Write Short Comments Corchegimmic New Tournaments Tournament Results Completed Tournaments Ratings International Section News From the Africa Asia Zone
E.G.Meherhomji A.Chatterjee H.J.Samtani
Dushyant Tyagi Santhosh Paul Nagesh J. Dr. A.Chatterjee Santhosh Paul
M.Samraoui
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FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK th
A meeting of the AICCF Management Committee was held on Sunday, 10 February 2002 at the residence of Dr. Chatterjee in Colaba, Mumbai. Mr. P.S.Dabholkar and Dr. A.Saxena were also present. We observed a 2 mins in memory of M.K.Mohamed. We are seriously considering introducing titles AICCF-IM, AICCFGM and organising tournaments for this purpose. Other national federations, too, award their own titles. We must also consider organising ICCF Tournaments with invitations to ICCF IMs and/or GMs and enough national participation to help our players reach ICCF title norms. Members who would be interested in these type of tournaments may please write to us. We debated about players who send their reply during a cessation period (or special cessation) and ruled that players are not supposed to reply during their leave period, if they do, it would amount to termination of the cessation period. We have received a large number of new memberships recently, mostly people who have come across our web site. However we must continue our efforts to attract new members and for this we intend to advertise in appropriate newspapers/magazines and seek other publicity. Our new members: Ajay Kr. Bansphore (Life Member), N.Gopinathan Pandalai (Life Member), Kum. Ashna Joseph, P.J.Joseph, Prabhat Kumar and Shubam Sanat Jain.
E.G.Meherhomji Hon. Secretary-cum-Treasurer
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EDITOR’S PAGE The new year is a time for resolutions, and I had already made a resolution that I would try to get rid of some old traditions. As Bulletin Editor, I inherited the peculiar numbering system of the Bulletin. Thus, the previous issue was called Vol. 9, No. 1A, but I do not think any reader would bother about these numbers. It would in all likelihood be termed the “Happy Diwali” Bulletin or more correctly the Nov 2001 Bulletin. From now on we will just refer to the Bulletins by date. The current issue is somewhat delayed, for which I apologise to the readers. I only hope that the contents will make up for the lapse. The highlight of the new year is the performance of two of our players in the international scene. Santhosh Matthew Paul has achieved an IM norm and a GM norm and in fact his performance is sufficient for us to ask ICCF to award him the IM title right away. So Santhosh Paul is IM elect. But let him speak for himself (p. 14). As anticipated Anil Kumar has become SIM. This came about when he won against Mr. Krister Johanssen in the Email Olympiad. Congratulations Santhosh Paul and Anil Kumar! We also congratulate S.K.Somani for his 7/11 on board 6 in the Olympiad, in fact he missed the IM norm by half a point! Here is the game that won the SIM title for Anil Kumar: Anilkumar, N.R. - Johansson, Krister Olympiad XIV Semi Final-1 Board1 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 Be6 9.Rb1 f6 10.O-O O-O 11.d3 a5 12.b5 Nd4 13.Nd2 Bd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Ne4 f5 16.e3 fxe4 17.exd4 exd4 18.Bb2 Nc3 19.Bxc3 dxc3 20.Bxe4 Qd4 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.Bxb7 Rad8 23.Be4 Qc5 24.Qb3+ Kh8 25.Kg2 Bd4 26.f4 Rb8 27.a4 c6 28.Qc4 cxb5 29.Qxc5 Bxc5 30.axb5 Bb4 31.Bc6 Rfd8 32.Rfd1 Rd4 33.Kf3 Rbd8 34.Be4 R4d6 35.d4 g6 36.Bc6 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxd4 38.b6 Rc4 39.b7 Bd6 40.Bd5 Rc5 41.Ke4 Bb8 42.Kd4 Rc7 43.Rxc3 Rxc3 44.Kxc3 Kg7 45.Kc4 Kf6 46.Be4 a4 47.Kb4 a3 48.Kxa3 h6 49.Bxg6 Kxg6 50.Kb4 h5 51.Kc4 Kf6 52.Kd4 h4 53.Ke4 h3 54.Kf3 Kf5 55.g4+ Kf6 56.Kg3 Bd6 57.Kxh3 Bxf4 58.Kg2 Kg5 59.h3 Bb8 60.Kf3 Bc7 61.Ke4 Bb8 62.Kd5 Kf6 63.Kc6 Ke6 64.h4 1-0 We await more AICCF players to continue the trend set by Anil Kumar and Santhosh Paul!
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ICCF CONGRESS 2001, RIMINI, ITALY H.J.Samtani President H.J.Samtani files a second report about the ICCF Congress. The first report appeared in the Nov. 2001 Bulletin
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have the pleasure of sharing my experience of ICCF Congress with you. I was fortunate to be the first Indian to have attended the ICCF annual conference, which was held at Rimini, Italy, during 22-29 Sep 2001 at Hotel Continental E dei Congressi, Rimini, Italy. Over 75 delegates represented various countries. The majority was from th Europe but in spite of the 11 Sept. attack there were many delegates from America. Formal inauguration of the rd conference was held on 23 morning after a get-together drink party on 22nd evening. Mr. Alan Borwell, President of ICCF, very admirably conducted the conference. After welcoming the delegates (making a special mention about my participation), he outlined the agenda and guided the discussions keeping in mind the set objectives of the conference which are to meet the aspirations of the CC world. The discussions held in the conference were frank and open. The delegates were very knowledgeable and could back their opinions with sound arguments. On each issue everyone was given an opportunity to speak and then an attempt was made to arrive at a consensus decision. In cases of widely differing views, the matter was put to vote and the majority
decision, even when of a small majority, was promptly upheld. People not knowing English were also patiently heard through interpreters. It was democracy at its best. At this stage I want to describe the Structure of ICCF. It consists of: 1. The Congress comprising of representatives from affiliated National CC organisations. It is the final authority in ICCF. 2. Executive Board, elected every 4 years, consists of President, Dy. President, General Secretary, Treasurer and Zonal Directors. 3. Management Committee appointed by Executive Board. This consists of Commissioners for Tourneys, Rules, Ratings, Marketing, Qualifications, Internet and Projects. During the conference each Commissioner and Zonal Director presented his report and action plan for the future. I took active part in the deliberations and was part of the team, which was assigned the task of giving suggestions on various rules. I put forward a suggestion to improve e-mail tourney format and participated in getting clarifications on various rules. Presentation of title awards was a major highlight of the conference. I received two awards on behalf of our Mr. Anil Kumar who could not make the trip. Following is the
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break-up of total awards given: CC Grandmaster 12 titles, CC SIM 104, CC IM 162, CC Lady IM 7, CC International Arbiter 13. Everyone applauded when, for the second year in succession, former world champion Dr. Fritz Baumbach brought a huge bag on the stage to collect the awards won by Germany. This year they won 67 awards. Berti Voc Massow awards for long service to ICCF were given to M/s Halme (FIN), Marconi (CAN) and Mastrojeni (ITA). An award was given to Italian website ww.asigc.it. Other highlights: ♦ Ukraine CC Federation was granted membership. ♦ A standing ovation was given to M/s Gerhard Binder and Roald Berthelsen for their tremendous contribution regarding ratings and TD respectively. ♦ Zonal Director Samraoui made a special mention about the enthusiasm of our Dr. Prabhakar. ♦ Timmerman is the 15th World CC Champion. With his inclusion, the Jubilee tournament includes all 9 living world champions. All their games will appear on www.icc.com. ♦ Brazil (208), Germany (221) and USA (206) are the only countries having given more than 100 entries for Jubilee e-mail open. ♦ Existing names of WCCC namely Semi final - ¾ final & ¼ final are retained. ♦ FIDE rules are available on http://handbook.fide.com ♦ Ms. Evelin Radosztics (OST) is new ICCF webmaster. A dedicated ICCF server would be developed.
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♦ A simultaneous exhibition was organised by a ASIGC. GM Igor Efmov (Georgia) was generous in accepting draw offers. ♦ Italian Chess Federation ASIGC provided excellent location and facilities. They also organised a full day picnic to Duncal Palace in Urbino and Gradara Fort in Italy. The former was worth going miles to see. ♦ Five minutes a game tourney was held among participants. I was lucky to score two wins out of six against regular blitz players. Some points concerning rules etc. are worth noting: • ICCF e-mail time limit is now 60 days for 10 moves. • It will always be acceptable to consider a message as having arrived the following day (recipient’s local time). • Thematic games are not rated as most players consider these games as experimental. • There is no exception to the 50 move rule for draws. • Dates sanctioned for leave/cessation are both inclusive. • Mention of check is not necessary. • In ICCF games the numerical notation is the default one. (In AICCF we have decided on algebraic). Players may however use more then one notation provided they explicitly agree before the start of the game. If the two notations do not agree, the move is to be treated as ambiguous and referred back to the player. • If a conditional continuation is proposed by the opponent, a player
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has to repeat all the moves upto the point where he differs. • There is no touch and move rule in CC. I distributed copies of our Bulletin among the delegates. It was well received and helped improving our image among the congress members. In particular World Champion Mr. Grigory Sanakoev praised it. th Jubilee book A historical 50 covering all aspects of CC is planned for publication in 2002 by ICCF. The book will be of around 300 pages, weigh about 1 kg and will be priced around US $20. Members should confirm their requirement so that we can try for quantity discount. th The Conference concluded on 29 September with a dinner hosted by ICCF. ASIGC had organised a spectacular Brazilian dance show during dinner. The next ICCF Congress is planned in Portugal during 5-12 Dec. 2002. Thereafter it will be in Czechoslovakia in 2003 and in Brazil or India in 2004. Before reaching Italy I was full of apprehensions about language problems and personal safety in Italy. To my pleasant surprise, I found the people to be very friendly and helpful. I found some Italians especially those of the younger generation, had a working
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knowledge of English and went out of the way to help. Weather was just fine. On the last day we had a half day free. I took full advantage of it and saw the entire ancient city of Rimini on foot, taking a lot of snaps. I was particularly impressed with the thinly populated country, cleanliness in the surroundings and adherence to rules. The people take special care to preserve their heritage. Earlier I had noted that the wooden doors in Duncal Palace were covered with thick plastic to guard against being spoiled! A number of delegates from other countries approached me to organise friendly CC matches with Indian players. If we want to play there is no dearth of opponents. Members should confirm their willingness to our Hon. Secretary. I am fortunate to have come into contact with many celebrities and friends. I can’t single out individuals as all were friendly and helpful, but would be doing an injustice if I don’t mention the names of Samraoui, Gian-Maria Tani and Alan Borwell himself. I feel honoured to have met four world champions and had myself photographed with them. I express my sincere thanks to Dr. A.Chatterjee, Dr. D.R.K.S. Rao and Dr. A.Saxena who helped me a lot on various matters. (Pic. shows H.J.Samtani in play with Valer Eugen Demian)
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M.K.MOHAMED PASSES AWAY th
On 20 December 2001 and just short th birthday, M.K.Mohamed of his 79 suffered a cardiac arrest and AICCF lost one its active donor members. Seventeen games where he was playing are annulled. He had completed 160 games in AICCF winning 81 and drawing 15. His last published rating (this bulletin) is 926. All his opponents remember him fondly. Here is how some of his friends remember him. Dushyant Tyagi: He was a thorough gentleman and a good player. Whether he was winning or losing, his reply was always on time (not like some players who become indifferent in their reply when faced with a difficult position). It happened once that Mr. H.J.Samtani wrote Mr. M.K.Mohamed’s address in a letter to me. The letter reached Mr. M.K.Mohamed, upon which realising the situation, he put the postcard in an envelope and sent it to me promptly. As a result both Mr. Samtani and myself were saved of a lot of trouble in sending reminders. There are many good players in AICCF, however, we will always feel the void left by the departed soul. Some of my games with him were in interesting positions and I used to await his letters eagerly. Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao: He was a good CC friend of mine and we had a lot of correspondence on religious matters. He was a perfect gentleman and a model AICCF member. I have great respect for him. I think he was Anil Kumar’s guru in chess. May his soul rest in peace. Prof Gian-Maria Tani (Italy): I was informed by Georges Gamant that Mr. M.K.Mohamed is dead. It has been a very sad news for me! I knew Mr. Mohamed as a very kind gentleman: he sent me twice some phone-cards from Qatar (his son works there) and about 10 days ago I wrote to him, thanking him. Probably my letter didn't reach him in time. I ask you to forward my condolence to Mr. Mohamed's family.
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THE FOURTH ALL INDIA CORRESPONDENCE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, 1504 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Player N.R.Anil Kumar R.K.Chauhan M.Satheesan A.Chatterjee Gautam De Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao A.G.Nagradjane N.Neelakantan K.Lhouvum M.L.Juneja T.K.Chaudhuri V.H.Chole C.S.Mohan T.Chandran K.C.Sukumaran
1 2 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Score 10.5/12 9.5/12 8.5/11 9.5/13 7/10 6/10 7.5/13 6.5/12 7.5/14 4/8 3/10 2/11 2.5/14 2/12 1/12
% 87.5 79.2 77.3 73.1 70.0 60.0 57.7 54.2 53.6 50.0 30.0 18.2 17.9 16.7 8.3
It seems possible that R.K.Chauhan can join Anil Kumar at the top spot (so that tie breaking rules will have to be applied). It will depend upon what happens in Anil Kumar’s last 2 games and R.K.Chauhan’s games vs. M.L.Juneja and T.K.Chaudhuri. Meanwhile Satheesan has not completed any more games since Nov ’01 and Dr. Chatterjee is now left with only 1 pending game. These 4 players will, in all probability take the first four positions, though Gautam De is not far behind. So another close finish is in the offing. Some games: Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao - N.R.Anil Kumar Catalan System, E00 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.c5 a5 10.Nd4 Qc7 11.Nd2 e5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Nf3 e4 14.Nd4 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 Ng4 17.Nd4 Ne5 18.O-O Nd3 19.Bc3 Bf6 20.f3 Be5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Qd2 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Rfb8 24.h3 Rb5 25.Rfb1 Rab8 26.Qd1 axb4 27.Qg4 f6 28.axb4 Qc8 29.f5 Qf8 30.Qg3 R8b7 31.Rb3 Nxb4 32.Rb2
Qb8 33.Qg4 Kh8 34.Qh4 Rf7 35.Qe1 Kg8 36.Qd1 Rfb7 37.Qg4 Kh8 38.Qh4 Rf7 39.Qe1 1/2-1/2 R.K.Chauhan - A.G.Nagaradjane Queen’s Gambit, D39 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 b5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Bxc4?? bxc4 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Qxc4 c6 13.O-O O-O 14.Ne5 Rc8 15.Qb4 Rc7 16.Qa5 Qd8 17.Rab1 f6 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.Qb4 Na6 20.Qa4 Nc7
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21.Nc5 Rcb8 22.Rb7 Rxb7 23.Nxb7 Qb8 24.Nc5 Be8 25.Qc2 Qc8 26.Qd3 Rb8 27.Re1 Rb6 28.e5 f5 29.Qc4 Qb8 30.Qd3 Rb2 31.c4 Qb6 32.Kf1 Ra2 33.Qc3 Bg6 34.Nd3 Qa6 35.Nb4 Nd5 36.Nxa6 Nxc3 37.Nb4 Rxa3 38.Nxc6 Kf7 39.Rc1 f4 40.Ke1 Bd3 41.c5 Nd5 42.Nb4?? Nxb4 0-1 M.L.Juneja - A.G.Nagaradjane Queen’s Gambit Accepted, D26 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 a6 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bb1 Bc6 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Ne5 Nxg3 18.Nxd7 Bxd7 19.hxg3 Qb8 20.Qd3 b4 21.Ne2 Bb5 22.Qf3 Qe5 23.Rc2 O-O 24.Rd1 f5 25.Qh5 Kg7 26.Rcd2 Rf7 27.exf5 exf5 28.Kh2 Bxf2 29.Rd6 Rf6 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.Qf3 Bb6 32.Bxf5 Re8 33.Nc1 Bc6 34.Qf1 Re3 35.Qxa6 Rxg3 36.Kxg3 Qe5+ 0-1 T.K.Chaudhuri - K.Lhouvum French Defence, C11 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.Nc5 Bxc5 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Qa3 14.Qc2 Ne4 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Be2 a5 17.O-O axb4 18.Ng5 Bb7 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Bxb5 Qxa2 22.Rc2 Qa7+ 23.Kh1 Rfd8 24.Qc1 bxc3 25.Rxc3 Nd4 26.Bc4 Nf5 27.Re1 Qd4 28.Bf1 h5 29.Rc7 Rac8 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Qb1 Bd5 32.Qd1 Qxd1 33.Rxd1 Ne3 34.Re1 Nxf1 35.Rxf1 e3 36.h4 Rc2 37.Kh2 Rxg2+ 38.Kh3 e2 39.Re1 Rf2 40.f5 Bc4 41.fxe6 fxe6 42.Kg3 Rf1 43.Rxe2 Bxe2 44.Kg2 Kh7 45.Kh2 Kg6 46.Kg2 Kf5 47.Kh2 Bf3 48.Kg3 Ke4 49.Kh3 Kf4 0-1
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M.L.Juneja - K.Lhouvum Gruenfeld Defence, D97 Lhouvum writes, "I lost as my opponent played like a seasoned master" 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Na6 8.Bf4 c5 9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Rxd4 Qa5 11.e5 Be6 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Bxb5 Ne8 14.Bxa6 bxa6 15.Ra4 Nc7 16.O-O Rfc8 17.Rd1 Rab8 18.b3 h6 19.h3 Rb7 20.Ra5 Nb5 21.Ne4 Bf5 22.Ng3 Nc3 23.Rd4 Bb1 24.a4 Ba2 25.b4 Bb3 26.Rc5 Rxc5 27.bxc5 Rc7 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.Nd4 Be6 30.c6 g5 31.Bd2 Nxa4 32.f4 gxf4 33.Bxf4 Nb6 34.Nh5 Bh8 35.Kf2 Nc4? 36.Nxe6 fxe6 37.Nf6+! Kg6 38.Rxh8 Winning quickly was, 38.Rg8+! Kf5 (38...Kf7 39.Rxh8 exf6 40.Rh7+ +-) 39.Kf3! Threatening g4# 39...Nxe5+ 40.Bxe5 Kxe5 41.Ng4+ +38...exf6 39.exf6 e5 40.Rxh6+ Kf5 41.Bc1 a5 42.g4+ Ke4 43.g5 Kf5 44.Ke2 Nd6 45.f7 Nxf7 46.Rf6+ Ke4 47.g6 1-0 K.Lhouvum - V.H.Chole Queen’s Gambit, D38 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.g3 dxc4 9.Bg2 O-O 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Nxc4 e5 12.O-O Qe6 13.Qb3 exd4 14.cxd4 Qxe2 15.Rfe1 Qg4 16.Re7 Qxd4 17.Rd1 Qc5 18.Rexd7 Bxd7 19.Rxd7 Rad8 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Ne3 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Ne3 c6 followed by Qe7 wins the B. 21...b5 In this position Black with 2 P and R vs B+N is definitely better off with a more active Q and strong Q-side pawns. However he underestimates
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the power of the minor pieces and falters later in the game.
22.Bd5 Rd7 23.Nf5 Kf8 24.Ne3 a5 25.Be4 Rd4 26.Bd3 c6 27.Kf1 Rb4 27...a4 was the right path. 28.Qd1 Rb2 29.Be4 Ke7 Needlessly exposing the K. 30.Nf5+ Ke8 31.Qf3 Kf8 32.Qf4! With this move White snatches the initiative. 32...Qb6 33.Nxg7! And White is winning. 33...Kxg7 34.Qe5+ Kf8 35.Qxb2 c5 36.Bd3 b4 37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.Qe5+ Qe6 39.Qxc5+ Qd6 40.Qxd6+ Kxd6 41.Ke2 Kd5
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42.Ke3 1-0 R.K.Chauhan - V.H.Chole Sicilian Rauser, B63 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bd7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Rd3 Rg8 14.Rg3 Rg6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Rdd3 Rc5 17.f4 Bc6 18.Bg4 b5 19.f5 Rg5 20.Rde3 Re5 21.h4 Rg7 22.Ne2 d5 23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Nf4 Rxe4? The only way to offer some resistance was 24...Rxg4 25.Rxg4 Rxe4 26.Rxe4 dxe4 += 25.Bh5+! Of course. 25...Rf7 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Rc3 Qd7 28.Qb6 Bd6 29.Nxe6 Bb7 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Qxb7! Kxe6 31...Qxb7 32.Nd8+ 32.Qxe4+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Ke6 34.Qxh6 Be5 35.Rd3 Qa7 36.Rd1 Qb7 37.Qf8 Kf5 38.Qg8 Qc6 39.Rf1+ Ke4 40.b4 Qc3 41.Qa8+ Kd4 42.a3 Qxa3 43.Rd1+ Kc4 44.Qe4+ And mates next. 1-0
THE FIFTH AICCF CHAMPIONSHIP, 1505, 2001-2003 The main news in this tournament is that AICCF Champion N.R.Anil Kumar has withdrawn from the tournament losing all his games. It was noticed already that N.R. had become somewhat irregular. Clearly he was playing in too many games both in the domestic sector and ICCF. After Dr. Surveyor put in a claim of default and Dr. Chatterjee claimed on time limit, Anil Kumar decided to terminate all his games. In the current period only his loss to Dr. Surveyor has been rated, but when all his losses are taken into account his rating will fall substantially. This seems to have been anticipated in the acrticle, Trends in AICCF Ratings (See box p.21 Nov 2001 Bulletin). There is only 1 other reported result, Vaibhav Saxena’s win against K.Lhouvum. Also A.G.Nagradjane has scored over Dr. Chatterjee (not in time to be included in the current rating period). The game appears on p. 35.
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AUTO-CHESS-O-GRAPHY 21 In this issue we present the write up of Dushyant Tyagi, an upcoming player who is playing in the 1505 Championship. The article is translated from Hindi. Name: Dushyant Tyagi th Date of Birth: 15 October 1964 Address: Village Lahorgarh, P.O. Meerpur, Dist. Meerut 250 502 Phone: 95121-86607 Mother tongue: Hindi Family: My wife Saritha and three children, Bharat, Himalaya and Anthariksh. Bharat is th th studying in the 9 , Himalaya in the 5 and st Anthariksh is in the 1 . My father, Shri Ramesh Tyagi, died when I was just 4 months old. My mother, Smt. Shikhsha Tyagi brought me up, but she too did not th live long. When I was in the 10 class, she too left for her heavenly abode. Being alone, the entire family responsibility was th left to me and I was unable to continue my studies after 12 class. My wife gives me unfailing help in looking after the shop that I run. Profession: Farming, Shop and Dairy (Milk). Other Interests: Old film songs especially those of Mukesh. I like watching old films, my favourites are Mother India, Upkar and all of Manoj Kumar’s patriotic films. Learnt Chess: I learnt desi chess (chess with Indian rules) 15 years ago. There is no other chess player in my village, in fact the game is looked down upon. I stumbled upon International chess (i.e. chess as we know it) in 1993 when I visited Meerut and have been playing since then, Performance in OTB: My performance in OTB is nothing to talk about since I play only in a local championship at Meerut. Here I won second position. Performance in CC: I started playing CC in November 1997. Initially I joined as an ordinary member for 2 years, but soon became a life member. I am always thankful to Mr. Shams Khan who met me in Meerut and told me about AICCF. At that time I did not pay attention, but I liked playing with him by letters, so I asked for AICCF’s address and began playing in AICCF. I was playing friendly CC with Mr. Shams Khan already for a year prior to joining AICCF. Now AICCF has become a part of my life. I have acquired several good friends while playing CC like, C.Venugopalan, Shams Khan, Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao, K.Lhouvum, Pranab Bhowmick, Cpl. Bhowmick, Prem P.Padhi, Dr. A.Chatterjee, Vijay Shivdasani, Avinash Agarwal, P.G.Mandviwala, T.Pavan Kumar, A.G.Nagradjane, N.K.Bajpai and others.
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While I faced some bitter experiences in CC I also made many good friends. Some players stopped replying when they were in weak positions. While I was sending them friendly reminders they lodged claims against me. But some players like A.G.Nagradjane, C.Venugopalan, Shams Khan, M.K.Mohamed always gave me guidance.
Played 96
Wins 65
Draws 11
Losses 20
Score 70.5
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Pending 72
Favourite First Move: 1.e4 Favourite Opening: As White: Sicilian and Scotch Game; as Black I play the Caro Kann. Favourite Chess Players: Vishwanathan Anand and Nigel Short. Favourite CC Players: N.R.Anil Kumar, Mookiah Reddy, H.J.Samtani and Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao. My Interesting Games Dushyant Tyagi - H.J.Samtani T.No. 7336 Scotch Gambit, C44 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.c3 d3 6.b4 Be7? 7.Qb3 d6 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.O-O Bf6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Bc4 Nge7 12.Ng5 Bxg5 13.Bxg5 Ne5 14.f4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 h6 16.Bh4 Ng6 17.Bg3 Qf7 18.Qxd3 Kg8 19.f5 Ne5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Qg3 Qf6 22.Na3 b6 23.Nc4 Ba6 24.Nxe5 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Kh7 26.Ng4 Qc6 27.e5 Rhf8 28.f6 Rf7 29.Qd3+ 1-0
Dushyant Tyagi - A.G.Nagradjane T.No. 4248 This game appears with notes by A.G.Nagradjane in the Games Section. N.K.Bajpai - Dushyant Tyagi T.No. 4248 Caro Kann, B15 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.b4 e6 6.a3 a5 7.b5 c5 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Bxd4 a4 10.Nf3 Nc5 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.O-O Nb6 13.Qd2 Be7 14.Bd3
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Bd7 15.Ne2 O-O 16.Qe3 Rc8 17.Rfc1 Na8 18.Nc3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Qa5 20.h3 Rc7 21.Nd2 Rfc8 22.Ndb1 Bc5 23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.Ne4 Bxb5 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.Qg3+ Kh8 27.exf6 Rg8 28.Qe3 Qc7 29.Ra2 d4 30.Qxd4 Rcg5 31.g4 Be2 32.f4 Rxg4+ 33.hxg4 Rxg4+ 34.Kh2 Rxf4 35.Qc3 Rh4+ 0-1 Dushyant Tyagi - A.G.Nagradjane T.No. 7199 Sicilian Morra Gambit, B21 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 d6 6.f4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be3 Nf6 9.h3 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Qe1 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.f5 Na5 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bc2 Nc4
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17.Bc1 b4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nxb2 20.Rd2 Nc4 21.Ng5 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Bf6 23.Ne4 Qa5 24.Nxf6+ exf6 25.Rd4 Ne5 26.Qh4 1-0 Dushyant Tyagi - B.K.Rath T.No. 7238 Sicilian Pelikan/Lowenthal, B33 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 a6 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Qxd6 Qe7 9.Qd1 O-O 10.Bg5 Qb4 11.Bxf6 Qxb2 12.Nd5 Nb4 13.Rb1 Nxc2+ 14.Kd2 Qxa2 15.Qxc2 Qxc2+ 16.Kxc2 gxf6 17.Nxf6+ Kg7 18.Rb6 h6 19.Bc4 a5 20.Rd1 Rd8 21.Nh5+ Kg8 22.Rxh6 b5 23.Bxb5 a4 24.Rhd6 a3 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Bc4 0-1
HERE AND THERE WEDDINGS IN THE AICCF FAMILY With 2001 drawing to a close, there were two weddings within the AICCF Management Committee families. Sayuri (daughter of Shri P.M.Dalvi) and Mahender (President H.J.Samtani’s son) found their life partners. AICCF wishes them a happy wedded life. For the latter th occasion, the reception on 8 December at Mumbai was well attended by AICCF members. BEREAVEMENT President H.J.Samtani’s father passed away after a massive heart th attack on 16 December. He was 88. Mr. Samtani also had to cope with a second bereavement when his mother-in-law expired in January. Our condolences to the family.
OUR PLAYERS IN OTB Vaibhav Saxena performed well at the National Sub-Junior, Raipur (November 2001). In fact he missed th a golden opportunity in the 7 round when he blundered a rook against Somak Palit in an advantageous position. S.Ramya won the K.S. Subramaniya Iyer Memorial Trophy in the Under -14 Girls section. This tournament was conducted by Solar Chess Club, Cennai. A.G.Nagaradjane came sixth in the Pondicherry State Champ. (Jan 2002) with a score of 6.5/9 losing one game drawing three. The loss came after blundering a B in a winning ending. Contd on p. 25
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COVER STORY
SUCCESS IN THE EMAIL OLYMPIAD Santhosh Matthew Paul
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have some good news for my AICCF friends. Playing on third board for the Indian team in the first Email Olympiad, I finished with 8/11. First, it gave me happiness to fetch points for my country, though I understand we will not be able to advance to the next round. Also, I bagged my first (and probably last!) GM norm. This performance also makes me eligible for the IM title. AICCF has sent the application to the ICCF Titles Commissioner and the next step is for the delegates at the next Congress in Portugal to approve it. Approval by Congress is necessary because normally 14 games are required for the IM title, whereas my tournament had only 11 games. However, the logic is that had this been a 14 game tournament of equivalent category, 8/14 would have been more than sufficient for the IM title (in fact 7/14 would be enough). I believe Congress earlier has approved similar applications, so in my case also it may be a formality. I am, therefore, an IM-elect. The GM title is out of bounds for me, as my playing strength and chess understanding are well below GM level. One swallow does not a summer make. However, theoretically speaking, another GM norm from a tournament with a minimum of two GM's and two SIM's in the field will fetch me the GM title. In this short piece, I will describe my experience with this tournament.
The First Email Olympiad is an international team event. This was the first time I was playing in a team event (discounting the time I represented Cochin in the National Cities Chess Championships in the early Nineties; N.R.Anilkumar represented Trichur in that event), and I was a bit apprehensive. I play chess primarily for aesthetic pleasure; competitive considerations are usually secondary, though I must confess that I hate to lose. I don't balk at unclear complications. The result so far has been many decisive games (both ways), and fewer draws. A more ‘professional’ and energy-saving approach would be to reduce the risk-level, but I seem to be addicted to complications. My opening repertoire is narrow, and the Olympiad is no place to experiment, so I decided to rely on my old favourites. As for the style of play, here too I decided I had no alternative but to play in my natural fashion, and leave the rest to Fate. (I don't believe changing one's style of play midstream is wise. I think that was why Kasparov lost to Deep Blue.) If the result were an unmitigated disaster, I would think twice about playing a team event again. I had the ICCF games databases with me, and I searched it for games of my opponents. I found some games there, but it did not really help my preparation. I was not sure
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if my opponents would repeat the same lines; there were not enough games to make that clear. Besides, there was no time for that kind of preparation. I was playing the Lodge Memorial, a 14 game international email event with 9/14 being the result needed for the IM title. Anyone who has played by email knows 14 games is a heavy load to carry. Add to that another 11 Olympiad games, and I wondered if I had bitten off more than I could chew. In fact, just before the start of the Olympiad, I wrote in an email to teammate, P.M.Dalvi: “I'm already overloaded, but still looking forward to crossing swords with some of the strongest players in the CC world. Opportunities like this don't grow on trees! Hope we perform above our rating expectation.” The Lodge Memorial began in July 2000, and the Olympiad in September. By the time the Olympiad began, most of the Lodge Memorial games were past the opening stage, and I did not like what I was seeing. It looked as though I was set to lose a clutch of games there; indeed, I could count three games as being objectively lost, while there were perhaps faint chances of converting one minus game into a draw. That realisation came as a shock, and served as a wake-up call. I knew I had to play my cards well in the remaining games. Ultimately, I lost four games, won four, and drew the remaining six to finish the Lodge Memorial with a respectable 7/14 - two short of the IM title-fetching mark. Those Lodge Memorial losses had a beneficial effect on my Olympiad games - I was just that teeny-weeny bit more
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careful. Possibly, the motivation level was also sky-high; it was an opportunity to make up for the Lodge Memorial losses. Mentally, I think I rolled up my sleeves. Now, some data about the players on board 3 in our group. Argentina and Russia were the strongest teams. There was one GM, one SIM and four IM's. My strongest opponents were GM Morgado of Argentina (rated 2602) and IM Romanov, the CC Champion of Russia (rated 2535). The average rating was 2426. At 2331, I brought up the rear with only Mehul Gohil of Kenya below me at 2200. (A strange coincidence: in a limericks contest conducted by kasparovchess.com, my entry was selected as the WORST limerick, with none other than the same Mehul Gohil finishing just behind me.) The event was Category 8, with the IM norm being pegged at 6/11 and the GM norm at 8/11. I enquired about the norms only well after the tournament got underway, when I realised that the games were turning out well for me. Now a few words about the games. My most memorable game was against IM Romanov (I think he is SIM now) of Russia. I had the Black pieces and the opening moves were rattled off at lightning speed. He played 1.d4, I defended with the Grunfeld Defence, and on the 19th move, he played a move I had not seen before. I give notes to this game here, which was first published in the Internet magazine ‘Correspondence Chess News’, ccn.correspondencechess.com. In the introduction, I wrote: “When Romanov played 1. d4, I was reminded of the fact that Russia had
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a top-class Grunfeld-basher on one of their top two boards, a player who had even outplayed Leko in his favourite opening. Was Romanov another Grunfeld-basher? Romanov was the strongest player I had ever faced (apart from GM Morgado). He hailed from the Mecca of chess, and I had heard about the strength of even unrated Russian players. The Russian is strong. Period. Also, had I learnt anything from my defeat to Ernst Schuckermair in a similar line of the Grunfeld? I singled out the game against Romanov for special attention, spending much more time on it than any of my other Olympiad games. I was very happy to eventually draw, in a game that illustrates many typical Grunfeld-ish motifs. I value it above many of my other flashy wins.” I have not commented on the opening moves; they are all standard theory. The references to Rowson in the notes are to his excellent book ‘Understanding the Grunfeld’. I had my share of luck, but after the Lodge Memorial misfortunes, I think it was deserved. My Kenyan opponent resigned after just two moves had been played. I'm not sure what his problem was, and I think he lost all his games. I also won one game (against IM Guizar of Mexico) on time limit. In my game against Novak of Slovenia, I played an incorrect piece sacrifice (18.Nd5 would have been correct with the Black Queen on b7) and should have lost, but my opponent overlooked a tactic to go down. He said after the game, that 30...Rf5 was meant for another game. The last game to conclude was versus Lagerborg. He definitely had an
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advantage in the middle game, but I was able to break free and force him to accept a perpetual check. It was this draw that took me to 8/11. I liked my Dragon wins over Raijmaekers and Gysi, particularly because I had lost two Dragons in the Lodge Memorial. The Knight was the hero of the latter game. The Grunfeld repaid my trust in it against Miciak, when I was able to draw without difficulty, employing a rather unfashionable line suggested by Rowson. I found the Sicilian Sveshnikov a hard hut to crack. Against Kostakiev, after his 15...Rb8 (normal is 15...0-0), I feel White should get the advantage. I'm not sure exactly where I slipped up, and writing this article reminds me that I have to find out! The only game I lost was from the White side of a Sveshnikov to GM Morgado. 16.a4 was played with the intention of following a Leko-Krammnik game (which I had studied), believing that White had good prospects. Normal is 16.0-0. The GM demonstrated his superior understanding, and I went down without a fight. After the game, he was kind enough to point out some errors. He recommended 24.Kh1 instead of 24.Re1 (and yes, I did get into trouble on the g1-a7 diagonal in the game) and 25.fxe3!? instead of 25.Bb3. That leaves the game with Milan. 6...Nd4 was a novelty suggested by Khalifman at his GM School website, www.gmschool.com as leading to an unclear position. I liked his suggestion, and decided to give it a try. 6...Nf6 instead would have followed the famous Kasparov-The World Internet game. I think I deployed my forces correctly in the
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centre, and used my King-side pawns well. White was soon forced to part with an exchange. All in all, this was a nice way to end the year. I will end this write-up with some thoughts on international play. Email has completely changed the face of international CC. Consider that I started playing CC in 1998, just four years ago. If I had played by post, how many games could I have completed in these four years? Certainly not anywhere near enough to fulfil a title requirement. Email, by reducing the time needed to complete tournaments, makes it possible for a newcomer to achieve success in a short time frame. There is also the advantage of less expense; ten moves can be dispatched to different parts of the world with one local call. How much would you have to pay by way of stamps if they were postal games? In fact, in some countries, international email play has become so popular that domestic tournaments have become endangered. I would not like to see that happen in India. However, I think more AICCF players should be playing in ICCF email events and making their presence felt in those circles. I think at the very least, the top ten (probably more) can get the IM title if they try. The GM title is probably only for the likes of N.R.Anilkumar. Indian players will have to deal with some handicaps when playing internationally. Most of us cannot afford the latest books, magazines like ‘New in Chess’, CD's of opening reviews, encyclopaedias, computers, software, coaches etc. However, even a CC player with the
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material resources to buy all the latest chess stuff in the world will have only limited time to absorb it all. If he is not careful, he will only end up overloading himself. So, maybe the lack of access to latest information may not be that big a handicap. Chess is rich enough for originality even today, when it is being analysed threadbare. Specialise in a few openings you feel comfortable with and get to know them well. Invest in a couple of books on your favourite openings. You will then have a snapshot of the state of theory at the time of the book's publication. Subsequent developments can be tracked by following annotated games at sites like Kasparovchess regularly, and by religiously downloading and storing latest games from the familiar site, ‘The Week in Chess’, (TWIC) www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Games played in your favourite lines since book publication can then be studied. OK, if you don't have the latest magazines, you will have to work out the games yourself, but that is not a bad exercise. After all, what is the fun in following published analysis blindly? Do original work and you may even find big holes in published analysis! In fact, theory moves so fast that very few can keep up with all the latest wrinkles. Understand the opening you play, play through the latest with your openings, go through GM annotations of these games if available, and if these are not available, do not despair but try and work things out yourself, and do not blindly follow the latest fashion. Be aware of and also beware of opening theory! I stress the opening
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because if this phase is not handled correctly, you will face an uphill struggle for the rest of the game. It goes without saying that other aspects of the game are also important. What about opponents using the latest PC programmes on fast computers? Using computers to analyse ongoing positions is forbidden in AICCF play but not in ICCF. In my opinion, computers are big zeros when it comes to planning. At best, they are useful for checking calculations in highly tactical positions. Even here, you are better off doing the calculations manually, or you may find your calculating skills eroding. On the other hand, a database programme like Chessbase that allows one to perform various types of searches is invaluable for the serious player. I must thank my team captain, Dr. Prabhakar, for his sensible leadership throughout the event and the TD, Roald Berthelsen, who did a very good job. In conclusion, I hope you enjoy the games below. The pink clouds are already fading, as I am not doing so well in the Jubilee Open. In fact, I learnt later that if you love your rating, do not play in Opens. My Olympiad rating gains could be wiped out by the Jubilee. My tournaments seem to alternate between good and bad. Luckily, with email, you can erase the memories of a bad event by doing well in the next, which will be just a few months away. To borrow what a writer has said about writing, whenever I look at the chessboard, whatever else is happening in my life does not seem to matter, and that feeling is the
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most important thing; not ratings or titles. Play well… White: Romanov, Sergey Black: Matthew Paul, Santhosh EM/OL14/GP1/B3 ICCF Email Gruenfeld, D85 The first question I asked Romanov on starting the game was whether he was related to the Russian royal family. His reply was in the negative. From his introduction, I came to know that Romanov was the director of a research institute, and I was taken aback when he told me about the high background radiation in some parts of Kerala. He has been playing CC in Russia since 1980, and started international play in 1997. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 Here we go again! 8...O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 A familiar position. 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5
15...Bxf3 Precise. I could not bring myself to move 15...Ne5 after playing over Khalifman's win over Leko at Linares
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2000. Rowson says 15...Ne5 “is probably the best move in the given position, and it's good to know that Kasparov seems to think so too". He then adds (prophetically?): "I don't understand why 15...Bxf3 has not been played more often....” 16.Bxf3 I expected 16.gxf3 16...Ne5 17.Rxb7 a5 An Illescas idea, though he played it in a slightly different position: the Black pawn was on 'h7'. 18.Rxe7 18.Bc5 a4 19.Bxe7 Rfb8 20.Rxb8+ Rxb8 21.d6 Qe6 22.Qxa4 (22.Be2 a3 23.Qa4 a2 -+) 22...Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Qh3 24.Qa5 Qxf3 25.Qd5 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2, Van Wely-Svidler, Biel 2000 18...a4 Black has compensation
19.Be2 N Black now has to constantly reckon with f4. I was out of the book now and had to think for myself. 19.Bd4 "It is important to fight for this diagonal since otherwise the apawn and 'g7' Bishop have an excellent partnership to deliver the pawn all the way to 'a1' - Rowson. 19...Nxf3+ 20.gxf3 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 a3 22.Kg2 Qb2 23.Qxb2 axb2 24.Rb1
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Rfb8 25.d6 Kf8 26.Rc7 Ra1 27.Rxb2 Rxb2 28.Rc8+ Kg7 29.d7 Rd2 30.d8=Q Rxd8 31.Rxd8 =
was how Bacrot-Illescast, Pamplona 1997/98 finished. As I said earlier, the Black pawn was on 'h7', which does not seem to matter very much. This game is cited in Rowson's book. 19...Qb2 Taking charge of the a1-h8 diagonal by forming a battery with the g7 Bishop and also getting out of the way of the 'a' passer, so there is no loss of time. I was led to this move by Rowson's comment on the importance of securing the long diagonal. Possibilities: 19...a3 20.Bd4 Rfe8 (20...Nc4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ +-) 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.f4 +/Black cannot allow White to mobilise his centre like this. 19...Rfc8 I did not like any of the resulting positions. 20.Bd4 A) 20...Nc4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qd4+ Kg8 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 (23...Qxc4?? 24.Re8+) B) 20...Nc6 21.dxc6 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Qxe2 23.c7 C) 20…Rc2 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Bd3 Rd2 23.Qf3 Rf8 (23...f6 24.Qg4 +-) 24.Rxe5 Qb2 25.Re7 a3 26.Ra7
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19...Nc4 (Preventing 20.Bd4) 20.Bc5 a3 with a complicated game. 20.Rc7 The Rook returns to help combat the a-passer. The alternatives do not seem to disturb Black: (a) 20.Qd2 a3 21.Qxb2 axb2 22.Rb7 Rfb8 23.Rxb8+ Rxb8 24.Rb1 Rb4 25.f3 Nc4 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.d6 (27.Kf2? Ra4 28.d6 Ra1 29.d7 Rxb1 30.d8=Q+ Kh7 -/+) 27...Rc6 28.f4 Rxd6 29.e5 Rd3 30.Kf2 f6 31.Rxb2 fxe5 = (b) 20.f4? Qa3 -/+ (c) 20.Bd4 Nf3+ 21.Bxf3 Bxd4 22.Rc7 a3 23.Rc2 Qb4 24.Ra2 (24.Qe2 Qb3 25.Qd2 Be5 26.Be2 Ra4 27.Bd1 a2 -+) 24...Bb2 25.Qd3 Rfc8 26.d6 Rc3 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Rd1 Rc1 29.Rxc1 Bxc1 30.Qd1 Bb2 -+ 20...a3 Naturally, the pawn is advanced at every opportunity. Black is a pawn down, and White has a protected 'd' passer. Yet, Black is able to generate sufficient counterplay with his a-passer. 21.Rc2 Qb3 22.Bd4 22.Rd2 and now: A) 22...Qxd1 Exchanging Queens here seems premature. 23.Rfxd1 a2 24.Bd4 Rfb8 (24...Nf3+? 25.gxf3 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 a1=Q 27.Rxa1 Rxa1+ += Though Black is the Exchange up, the White position is compact and his centre pawns can be mobilised.. Meanwhile, there are no weaknesses my Rooks can attack.) 25.Ra1 Rb1+ 26.Bf1 Nf3+ 27.gxf3 Rxa1 28.Bxa1 Bxa1 29.Bc4 Bb2 30.Bxa2 Rxa2 31.Kg2 Black can claim to be a piece up, but neither Bishop nor Rook can move. This is not stalemate - but it comes close!) B) 22…Qb4 23.Rd4 Qb2 =
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Other possibilities: 22.Qd2 Rfb8 23.f4 a2 24.Rcc1 (24.fxe5 a1=Q 25.Rxa1 Rxa1+) 24...Ra3 25.Bc5 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Qxd3 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 -/+ 22.Rc1 Qxd1 23.Rfxd1 a2 24.f4 Nd7 25.e5 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Bxe5 27.Ra1 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Rfb8 29.Kf2 Rb1 30.Bd4 Ra4 31.Bc3 (31.Ke3?? Rxd4) 31...Rxa1 32.Bxa1 Rb4 33.d6 Kf8 -/+ 22...a2 22...Nf3+ 23.gxf3 Bxd4 24.Rd2 Qxd1 25.Rfxd1 Bb2 26.Bc4 Rfc8 27.Ba2 Bc1 28.Re2 Bf4 29.e5 +/23.Ba1 [23.Qd2? Rfc8! (23…Ra4 24.Ba1 +=; 23...Nf3+ 24.Bxf3 Bxd4 25.Rxa2 Rxa2 26.Qxd4 +=) 24.Rxc8+ Also bad are: 24.Rb2 Nc4 25.Qxh6 (25.Bxc4 Qxc4 -+) 25...Bxh6 26.Rxb3 Nd2 27.Rh3 Bg7 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Ra1 Rcb8 -+) 24.Rfc1 Rxc2 25.Rxc2 Nf3+ -+ 24.Rcc1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Nd3!! -+ 24...Rxc8 25.Rd1 Rc2 26.Qe1 Rxe2 27.Qxe2 Nf3+ 28.Qxf3 Qxf3 29.gxf3 Bxd4 -+ ] [23.Rc1 Qa4 24.Ba1 (24.Qxa4 Rxa4 25.Ba1 Rxe4 26.Rc2 Ra8 27.Rd1 Rb4 28.d6 Nd7 29.Rcc1 (29.Bf3 Rb1 30.Rcc1 Ra6 -+) 29...Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Rb2 31.Bf3 Rc8 32.Bd5 Rcc2 33.f4 -/+) 24...Qxe4 25.Qd2 Rfd8 26.Rfd1 Rd6 27.Rc2 Rad8 =] 23...Qa4 23...g5!? An interesting idea that I had not considered. My first thought was that the f4 thrust would smash open my King-side, but then realised that White was hardly in a position to
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think about the King-side. Too many things were happening on the opposite flank! 24.Rc7 Qb6 25.Qc2 Rfb8 with initiative: Junior Tay. 24.Rd2
24.f4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bxa1 -+ 24.Bd3 Rfb8 =+ 24.Re1 Nf3+ 25.gxf3 Bxa1 26.Bc4 Bb2 27.Rxb2 Qxc4 28.Qa1 Rfd8 = 24.Qd2 Rfb8 25.f4 Nd3 26.Qxd3 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Rb1+ 29.Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.Rxc1 a1=Q 31.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32.Bf1 Ra3 -/+ 24...Qa5 A strange move, right? Black has a reasonable alternative here; a measure of how comfortable the Black position is; though this of course, is just hindsight. During the game, I died a hundred deaths. 24…Qxe4 Stephen Ham 25.Rd4 Qf5 26.f4 Nd7 27.Bg4 I stopped here because I thought this was winning for White. The sight of the Two Bishops intimidated me. But when I showed this game to Stephen Ham after it was over, he looked deeper. 27...Bxd4+ 28.Qxd4 Qf6 29.Bxd7 Qxd4+ 30.Bxd4 Rfb8 31.Bc6 Ra6 32.Ra1 Rb1+ 33.Kf2 Kf8! = Stephen Ham.
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25.Rb2 An unnatural move. This Rook has been rushing hither and thither like a headless chicken. 25.d6? A plausible enough move, but meets with a smashing refutation. 25...Nf3+!
26.Bxf3 (26.gxf3 Qg5+ 27.Kh1 Bxa1 /+ and Black can operate on a new front: the Kingside.) 26...Bxa1 27.Rd5 Bf6! 28.Rxa5 Rxa5 29.Qd2 a1=Q 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Bd1 Rb8 -+ 25.h3 Rfb8 Operating on the 'b' file is a natural plan here. For one thing, the 'b1' square fairly screams out for occupation. Once 'b1' falls, so will 'a1'. (25...Nf3+ 26.gxf3 Bxa1 27.Bc4 Bb2 28.Rxb2 a1=Q 29.Qxa1 Qxa1 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kg2 +=) 26.d6 Rb1 27.Qc2 Nd7 28.Rd5 Qb6 29.e5 Nxe5 30.Qc3 Rxa1 Elimination of the blockader. 31.Rxa1 Nd7 32.Qc1 Bxa1 33.Qxa1 Qb1+ 34.Rd1 Rb8 -+ 25.Kh1 Nf3 26.Rxa2 Qxa2 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Bxf3 Qb2 unclear What is one to make of this? The presence of the Queens means White has to be careful about flinging his pawns forward. The Black Queen is very active, and the Queen Rook commands the 'a' file. At the same time, there are no weaknesses in White's compact setup.
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25...Rfb8 Naturally! The important 'b' file is mine. 26.Rxb8+ A tormented life comes to a merciful end. 26.Qc2 Qa3 (26...Rxb2 27.Bxb2 Nf3+ 28.gxf3 Bxb2 29.Qxb2 a1=Q 30.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 31.Qxa1 Rxa1+ 32.Kg2 =+ Give each side a Rook more, and I would prefer White. The additional firepower would enable him to get his pawn majority moving. As matters stand here, however, maybe Black is a shade better.) 27.Rxb8+ Rxb8 transposes into the game. 26.Rb3 Rxb3 27.Qxb3 Qd2 28.Qd1 Qb4 29.f4 Nc4 30.Bxg7 Ne3 31.Qd4 Qxd4 32.Bxd4 Nxf1 33.Kxf1 Ra4 34.Ba1 Rxe4 35.g3 Rb4 =+ 26...Rxb8 27.Qc2
27...Qa3! The key move, in the ultimate analysis, to control b2. 28.d6 Unique to correspondence chess is the fact that some moves can come to be associated with significant events in one's life. I had to take around a week's leave at this point in order to bring my wife's ailing
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grandmother from Thiruvananthapuram to Cochin. My father in law accompanied me. I spent the entire train journey, five hours in all, studying the position on my pocket set. The return journey was in an ambulance, and again, I was able to spend some time on this game. By the time I was back in Cochin, I had worked out the game to the end. 28.f4 Looks very strong, but there is a problem
28...Nf3+! 29.gxf3 (29.Bxf3 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Rb2 31.Qd1 Qb4 32.Rxa2 Rxa2 -/+ The dark squares in the White camp are weak. Rook and Queen are fearsomely active.) 29...Bxa1 [Possible is 29...Rb2 30.Bxb2 (30.Qd3 Rb3 31.Qc2 Rb2 =) 30...Qxb2 31.Qc8+? (31.Qxb2 Bxb2 32.d6 a1=Q 33.Rxa1 Bxa1 34.d7 Bd4+ 35.Kg2 Bb6 =) 31...Kh7 32.Bc4 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 a1=Q 34.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 35.Kg2 Qb2+ 36.Kh3 Bg1 initiates a mating attack.] 30.Rxa1 Rb2 31.Qd1 (31.Qc1 Qa7+ 32.Kf1 Qb6 leads to similar positions as 31.Qd1.) 31...Qe3+ (31...Qb4 32.Kg2 Rb1 33.Rxa2 Rxd1 34.Bxd1 Qd6 =) 32.Kf1 Qb6 Putting White in a quandary. 33.Kg2 Black can repeat moves with 33...Qe3 (or 33.d6 Rb1 34.d7 Rxd1+ 35.Rxd1 Qd8 36.Bb5 Kf8 37.Ke2 Ke7 38.Bc4 (38.e5?? Qb6 -+)
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38...a1=Q 39.Rxa1 Qxd7 40.Bd5 Qc7 =+) 33...Rb1 34.Rxa2 Rxd1 35.Bxd1 Qd6 The exposed White King and uncoordinated White pieces are important considerations. Maybe White can survive. At any rate, the 'd' passer hardly looks like it will pose a threat. 36.Ba4 Qxf4 37.Bc6 Kg7 28.Rd1 Nd7 29.Bc4 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Rb2 31.Qc1 Qb4 32.Bxa2 Qd4 33.Qe3 Qa4 -/+ 28...Qb3
It took me some time to hit on this move in the train, but I was elated once I saw that it worked! 28...Nd7 I tried hard to make this work for a long time 29.Bc4 Bxa1 30.Rxa1 Rb2 31.Qc1 Qb4 (31...Rb1 +=2 32.Rxb1 axb1=Q 33.Qxb1 Qxd6 += Black has good drawing chances, since pawns are all on one flank and the Knight is better in this kind of struggle.) 32.Bxa2 Qd4 33.Qe3 Qa4 34.Bxf7+ Kg7 35.Rc1 +/- Apart from the dangerous White passers, my King is exposed and liable to be trampled
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underfoot by the heavy pieces that remain on the board. 29.Qc7 29.Qxb3 Rxb3 30.Bxe5 (30.f4 Nf3+ 31.gxf3 Bxa1 32.Rxa1 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 Rxa1 34.d7 Rc1 35.d8=Q+ Kg7 36.Qd4+ Kg8 =; 30.Rd1?? Nd7 -+) 30...Bxe5 31.Bc4 Rb2 32.d7 Bc7 = 29...Qb1 30.d7 Forcing the draw; probably a wise decision. 30.f4? Nf3+ -/+ 30.Rd1? Nf3+ -/+ 30.h3 Kh7! (30...Qxf1+!? 31.Bxf1 Rb1 32.Bc3 Nf3+ 33.gxf3 Bxc3 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Qxc3 a1=Q 36.Qxa1 Rxa1 =+; 36…Nd7 31.Qxd7 Bxa1 32.Bc4 Rf8 33.Qa7 Be5 34.Bxa2 Bh2+ 35.Kxh2 Qxf1 36.d7 +- This line suggested 30...Kh7, removing the King from the vicinity of f7) 31.Rd1 Nd7 32.Qxd7 Bxa1 33.Qxf7+ Bg7 -/+ 30...Nxd7 31.Qxd7 Qxa1 32.Rxa1 1/2-1/2 A game that gave me great satisfaction. Romanov's only comment after the game was that Black was equal after 15...Bxf3. All things work together for good to them that love the Grunfeld! White: Raijmaekers, Rene Black: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Sicilian Dragon, B76 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Ne4 Re8 15.h4 Nf4 16.Qe1 Bd5 17.c4 Qc7 18.Bd6 Qb6 19.g3 Bxe4 20.fxe4 Ne6 21.h5 c5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rd5 Rad8 24.Qd2 Bf6 25.Kb1 Qc6 26.Bg2 Nd4 27.Rxd4 cxd4 28.c5 Bg7 29.Bf3 Re6 30.Qh2 Rexd6 31.cxd6 d3 0-1
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White: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Black: Novak, Joze Sicilian Scheveningen, B85 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O Qc7 8.f4 Be7 9.Bf3 Nc6 10.Kh1 O-O 11.Be3 Bd7 12.Qe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qg3 Rac8 15.Rad1 b5 16.a3 Rfd8 17.Rfe1 a5 18.Nd5 exd5 19.exd5 Bb7 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Re1 Qf8 22.Bxf6 Re8 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Bc3 Rc8 25.Qf2 Qe7 26.Bxa5 Qf6 27.Bg4 Rc4 28.Qe3 Kf8 29.h3 Rxf4 30.Bf3 Rf5 31.Qa7 1-0 White: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Black: Guizar, Clement Sicilian Narjdorf, B92 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.a4 1-0 White: Miciak, Emmanuel Black: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Gruenfeld Smyslov, D98 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4 9.d5 Na5 10.Qa4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c6 12.O-O b5 13.Qa3 Rb8 14.Qb4 Nd7 15.Be3 a6 16.Be2 Rc8 17.Qa3 c5 18.Nd1 e6 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.f4 Qb6 21.Rc1 Nc6 22.Bg4 Nd4 23.e5 h5 24.Bf3 Nf5 25.g3 a5 26.Bf2 Bh6 27.Qc3 g5 28.fxg5 Bxg5 29.Rc2 Ng7 30.Bg2 Rf5 31.Re2 Qc7 32.Qb3 Rb8 33.Qc2 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Nxe5 35.Qxc5 Qxc5 36.Bxc5 Nc4 37.b3 Rc8 38.bxc4 Rxc5 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.Kf2 Nf5 41.Ke2 Kg7 42.Rf2 1/2 -1/2
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White: Santhosh, M Paul Black: Morgado, Juan Sebastian Sicilian Pelikan, B33 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.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.c3 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.Nce3 Be6 15.Bd3 f5 16.a4 b4 17.O-O bxc3 18.bxc3 Kh8 19.Rb1 Ne7 20.Nxe7 Qxe7 21.Bc4 f4 22.Nd5 Qf7 23.Rb6 e4 24.Re1 e3 25.Bb3 exf2+ 26.Kxf2 f3 27.g3 Qh5 28.h4 Qf5 29.Ne3 Qc5 30.Rb7 Bc8 31.Rf7 Rxf7 32.Bxf7 Bd7 33.Bd5 Rf8 34.c4 Bc3 0-1 White: Vukosavljevic, Milan BlacK; Matthew Paul, Santhosh Sicilian Rossilimo, B52 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nd4 7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 e5 9.d3 g6 10.OO Bg7 11.f4 Ne7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Qf3 Qg4 14.b3 Qxf3 15.Rxf3 h4 16.Ne2 f5 17.Bd2 Kd7 18.a4 Rae8 19.Raf1 Nc6 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Rh3 Bf6 22.Bc1 g5 23.Nxd4 g4 24.Re3 Nxc4 25.Nxf5 Nxe3 26.Bxe3 d5 27.Rf4 dxe4 28.dxe4 Re6 29.Bd4 Rg8 30.g3 hxg3 31.hxg3 Bxd4+ 0-1 White: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Black: Kostakiev, Dmitar Sicilian Pelikan, B33 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Na3 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd5 f5 12.Bd3 Be6 13.O-O Bg7 14.Qh5 f4 15.c4 bxc4 16.Bxc4 Rb8 17.Nc7+ Qxc7 18.Bxe6 Nd4 19.Rac1 Qe7 20.Rc8+ Rxc8 21.Bxc8 Qa7 22.Nc4 O-O 23.Bf5 h6 24.b3 a5 25.Nxd6 Qc5 26.Nc4 a4 27.Qd1 axb3 28.axb3 Rb8 29.Nd2 Qb4 1/2-1/2
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White: Gysi, Adolph Black: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Sicilian Dragon, B74 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Qa5 13.Rb1 Bc4 14.f5 Nd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Rf2 Qe5 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd5 Qxd5 19.exd5 Rfc8 20.Re1 Ne5 21.a3 a6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.h3 b5 24.Re3 R8c5 25.Rfe2 f5 26.Rd2 a5 27.Ree2 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rxc3 29.a4 bxa4 30.Rd4 a3 31.Ra4 Kf7 32.Rxa5 Nc4 33.Ra4 Ne3 34.Rd2 Nxc2 35.Kf2 Ne3 36.Ra2 Nxd5 37.R4xa3 Rc1 38.Ra8 Nc3 39.R2a3 e5 40.h4 Ne4+ 41.Ke3 Rc2 42.Ra2 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Rg3 44.Kf1 Rg4 45.R2a7+ Ke6 46.Re8+ Kd5 47.Ra5+ Nc5 48.Rh8 Kd4 49.h5 Rf4+ 50.Ke2 gxh5 51.Rxh5 Ne4 52.Ke1 Nc5 53.Ke2 e4 54.g3 Rf3 55.Rg5 d5 56.Rg8 Re3+ 57.Kf1 Rb3 58.Ra2 Rb1+ 59.Kg2 e3 60.Rd8 Ne4 61.Ra4+ Ke5 62.Re8+ Kd6 63.Ra6+ Kc5 64.Kf3 Rb3 65.Rf8 Kd4 66.Ra4+ Kd3 67.Rxf5 Nc3 68.Ra1 d4 0-1 White: Matthew Paul, Santhosh Black: Lagerborg, Krister Sicilian Narjdorf, B90 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.h3 Nf6 11.Qf3 Qb6 12.O-O-O Nc6 13.Nxc6 Qxc6 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Ne5 16.Qa3 b5 17.f3 Bb7 18.Bf2 e6 19.Ne3 Ke7 20.Be1 a5 21.Bxa5 Rhb8 22.b4 Rc8 23.Rd2 Ng6 24.Rhd1 Be5 25.Kb1 Ba6 26.Ng4 Bf4 27.Qb2 h5 28.Nf2 Bxd2 29.Rxd2 Ne5 30.Qd4 Rab8 31.g3 Rg8 32.f4 gxf4 33.gxf4 Nc4 34.Bxc4 bxc4 35.Nd1 Qc5 36.Qb2 Qa7 37.a4 Rbc8 38.Qc3 Bb7 39.f5 Bxe4 40.f6+
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Kf8 41.Rxd6 Qa8 42.Qe5 Rg1 43.Rd8+ Rxd8 44.Qc5+ Kg8 45.Qxg1+ Bg6 46.Bxd8 Qxa4 47.Qh2 c3 48.Be7 Qb3+ 49.Kc1 1/2-1/2
* * * ACCIDENT PRONE We have all been quite worried about Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao and his family, but the news is that all is now well in the Rao home. First he suffered a heart attack which he describes as minor (can any heart attack be termed minor?). Then his wife had an accident with the kitchen mixer. Luckily the subsequent surgery was successful and she recovered completely. As if all that were not enough, while using a scooter he accidentally fell off and was in bed for 3 days. We request Prof. Rao to be a bit more careful from now onward!
ENCOURAGE OUR PLAYERS TO BECOME ACTIVE It is noticed that several of our players have become inactive. This could be due to preoccupation with official duties, family life etc. While AICCF has always been concerned about members taking on too many games at one time, we now express also the other concern where a member is playing hardly any games. Accordingly the Rating List (p. 45) indicates the members who have less than 5 games pending and we request them to consider joining a new tournament.
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HERITAGE
Episode 10: JOSE RAOUL CAPABLANCA (1888-1942) By Nagesh J.
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apablanca was the greatest natural player of all time. His genius for chess earned him the title of Chess Machine from his contemporaries. Good moves seemed to flow from him effortlessly. His games are models of simple and efficient chess. He was born in Cuba and learnt chess by watching his father play with friends. He improved rapidly and at the age of 12 defeated Juan Corzo, the champion of Cuba, in a match. He was sent to the Columbia University in USA for his engineering studies. He frequently visited the Manhattan Chess Club where he used to play hundreds of friendly games against the leading players of New York. In 1908, his patron withdrew his financial support and Capablanca was forced to earn his livelihood himself. He could not sustain his studies and continued to look for success in chess. In 1909, Marshall (see Heritage-6, Feb 2001 Bulletin, p.17), the American champion agreed to a match with him. Capablanca won +8=14-1 and came
back to Cuba as an established master. In his very first international tournament at San Sebastian, 1911, he won first prize (+6=7-1) ahead of Rubinstein, Vidmar and Schlechter. He became recognized as a leading master in the world and the same year, challenged World Champion Lasker to a match. However, some of Lasker's conditions were not acceptable to Capablanca and a match could not take place. In 1913, the Cuban Foreign office appointed him as an ambassadorat-large. Having been relieved of his financial worries, he commenced a tour of Europe visiting many cities and playing short matches or exhibition games against the leading masters. The outbreak of the First World War prevented Capablanca from challenging Lasker again. During this period, he won 3 strong tournaments at New York in 1915, 1916 and 1918. In 1921, Lasker could not avoid a match which Capablanca won +4=10 to become World Champion. He won the tournaments at London 1922 and New York 1927. During this time, he was regarded as practically
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invincible and his name was known to millions of people. In 1927, he was challenged by Alekhine to a match at Buenos Aires. He under-estimated his opponent and lost +3=25-6. The years 1928 to 1931 were not happy for Capablanca. His marriage was floundering and he strove in vain, for a return match. He then practically retired from the game for more than 3 years. In 1934, he met Olga, an expatriate Russian who, in 1938 became his second wife. He decided to resume his chess career and won the category 13 Moscow tournament one point ahead of Botvinnik. However, chess was no longer easy for him as there were more world class players and the study of openings was becoming more important. During the great AVRO tournament of 1938, he suffered a slight stroke. The following year, after the Chess Olympiad, he died of a heart attack in New York. All the best players of the world had the highest regard for Capablanca's genius. He had a unique talent for finding the best moves with minimum effort. His judgement was legendary and his style was direct and classical. He was extraordinarily brilliant in the endgame. Of debonair appearance, intelligent and handsome, he had a sort of magnetic aura about him. His games are models of crystal clarity with the purpose achieved in a lucidly brilliant manner. He also wrote books on chess, with My Chess Career and Chess Fundamentals being the most popular. Below I give a game that won the 1st Brilliancy prize at the New York 1927 tournament.
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J.R.Capablanca - R.Spielmann Queens Gambit Declined, D38 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.Bg5 Bb4 5…Be7 is the best move for Black. 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Qa4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Already White has a strong centre. 8…0-0 9.e3 c5 10.Bd3 c4 A bad move. 11.Bc2 Qe7 12.0-0 a6 13.Rfe1 Planning e4. 13…Qe6 14.Nd2 b5 15.Qa5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.a4 Qd5
18.axb5! A brilliant bishop sacrifice. White gets a tremendous passed pawn on the a-file and a dominating position in the centre. 18…Qxg5 19.Bxe4 Rb8 20.bxa6 Rb5 21.Qc7 Nb6 22.a7 White has a winning position after just 22 moves. 22…Bh3 23.Reb1 Chess is a cruel game. White exchanges black's active rook and himself occupies the open file. 23…Rxb1+ 24.Rxb1 f5 25.Bf3 f4 26.exf4 1-0
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MORE HERITAGE Mir Sultan Khan, 1905-1966 By Dr. A.Chatterjee
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ike Dushyant Tyagi (see AutoChess-O-Graphy 21, this Bulletin), many chess players in India first learn the game in its desi variant before becoming acquainted with the modern rules. There may have been countless players particularly in pre-partition rural India with special skills for intricate manoeuvring, skills which would forever be hidden to the arena of international chess. One such player was Mir Sultan Khan with the notable exception that he was picked out by an Indian Nawab and exposed to the worldwide chess colloseum. Sultan Khan went far. In the three and a half years of his rather short international career, he was thrice British Champion, represented Britain on top board in several team championships, beat Dr. Tartakower 6½ - 5½ in a match and recorded enough wins in tournaments to be considered of world championship rank. At Hastings (1930-31) he defeated Capablanca in their single encounter (see game below), and came third in the tournament (behind Euwe and Capablanca). In Prague (1931) he drew against Alekhine and Bogoljubov and defeated Rubenstein and Flohr with a total score of 11½ out of 17. Sultan Khan was India’s sole beacon, the only pillar symbolising world class in a game that originated in India. We would have to wait another 50 years before a dashing Vishwanathan Anand would carry the baton from there.
Mir Sultan Khan was born in a remote village of undivided Punjab in 1905. When he was 21 he learnt the international rules and went on to win the National Championship. In recounting the success of Sultan Khan, we must note that the man behind his story was Colonel Nawab Sir Umar Hayat Khan, his sponsor and mentor, the man who took him to Europe and gave him a chance to compete internationally. Sultan Khan was uneducated, spoke no English and his “book” knowledge was only that he had picked up by watching other players who were able to read English. But in the intricacies of middle game with positions delicate manoeuvres and combinative skills honed from his early days of Indian chess, he came into his own. In 1929, soon after his arrival in England, Yates and Winter spent much time with him. It was then that Sultan Khan picked up his chess knowledge. It has been said of Sultan Khan that he was lazy and the gaps that remained in his knowledge accounted for that little bit never allowed him to become world champion. But this is a harsh judgement of a player with supreme chess insight, who achieved all he did on his native talent, and who being uneducated had not the wherewithal to undertake study.
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The truth of the matter is that had Sir Umar Khan continued longer with Sultan Khan in England, India might have seen a World Chess Champion long before Vishy Anand was born. In 1933, faced with pressures from the British Raj, Sir Umar returned to India. It was not practical to leave Sultan Khan back in England. Thus ended the candlelight supreme of Indian Chess, for fate did not allow him to continue his progress. After Sir Umar died, Sultan Khan made his living farming on a plot he inherited from the nawab, and the golden memories of his heydays were left behind. Here is his famous win over Capa: Sultan Khan - J.R.Capablanca Hastings 1929-30 Queen’s Indian Defence, E12 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Qc2 f5 12.Nb5 Bd6 After Tartakower's recommendation: 12...a6 13.Qxc7 (13.Nxc7 Rc8 14.Ne6 Rxc2 15.Nxd8 Rxb2 16.Nxb7 Nxf2 -/+) 13...axb5 14.Qxb7 Ndc5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 White emerges on top with 16.Bc7! 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.h4 Rc8 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.Nd2 Ndf6 17.Nxe4 fxe4 18.Be2 Rc6 19.g4! Rfc8 19...Qe6 20.g5 Nd7 21.Bb5 Rc7 22.Qb4 and the d6 pawn falls 20.g5 Ne8 21.Bg4! Better than 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 22.Qb3 Rc1+ 23.Kd2 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Qc7 when Black has counterplay to compensate the loss of a pawn. 21...Rc1+ 22.Kd2 R8c2+ 23.Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24.Kxc2 Qc7+ 25.Kd2 Qc4 26.Be2 Qb3 27.Rab1 Kf7 28.Rhc1 Ke7 29.Rc3 Qa4 30.b4! Qd7 31.Rbc1 a6 White has a definitely superior position, but there is no clear win in sight. Now
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Sultan Khan's Indian style manoeuvring comes to the fore. White's plan is to secure his own King on the Q-side, restrict Black's mobility by advancing his pawns on both flanks and eventually to penetrate to c6 and win the b6 pawn.
32.Rg1 Qa4 33.Rgc1 Qd7 34.h5 Kd8 35.R1c2 Qh3 36.Kc1 Qh4 37.Kb2 Qh3 38.Rc1 Qh4 39.R3c2 Qh3 40.a4 Qh4 41.Ka3 Qh3 42.Bg3 Qf5 43.Bh4 g6 44.h6 Qd7 45.b5 a5 46.Bg3 Qf5 47.Bf4 Qh3 48.Kb2 Qg2 49.Kb1 Qh3 50.Ka1 Qg2 51.Kb2 Qh3 52.Rg1 Bc8 53.Rc6! At last! The culmination of White's plan which he has executed with extreme patience, allowing Black to repeat moves, himself repeating moves when required. 53...Qh4 54.Rgc1 Bg4 55.Bf1! Qh5 56.Re1 Qh1 57.Rec1 Not 57.Rxb6 Bh3 58.Rc6 Bxf1 59.Rcc1 Qf3! 60.Rxf1 Qe2+ 57...Qh5 58.Kc3! Qh4 59.Bg3! Qxg5 60.Kd2 Qf5 61.Rxb6 Ke7 62.Rb7+ Ke6 63.b6 Nf6 64.Bb5! Qf3 65.Rb8 1-0 Capablanca resigns rather than face 65...Nd7 66.Re8+ Kf7 67.b7! Bh5 68.Re1 Bg4 69.Bxd7 or 65...Nh5 66.Re8+ Kf7 67.Rc7+ Kf6 68.Rf8+
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GAMES SECTION Santhosh M.Paul Please submit your games for publication to the Games Editor: Santhosh Matthew Paul, Earalil Market Road, Convent Jn, ERNAKULAM, Kochi 682011. Email:
[email protected]. We open with a drastic example of crime and punishment on the chessboard. Black creates holes around his King position, and the retribution is swift. Debiprasad Sarkar A.V.S.Nambiar T.No. 7256 Scotch Game, C45 Notes by Debiprasad Sarkar 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nxd4 This is very rarely played nowadays. Here 4...Nf6 or 4...Bc5 are familiar variations. 5.Qxd4
5...c5?! Now there are holes on d5/d6. Better was 5...Ne7 6.Bc4 Nc6 etc. 6.Qe3 Nf6 7.Nc3 a6? Better was 7...d6 with the idea of 8...Be7 and 9...0-0. 8.e5 Ng4 9.Qe4
Preventing the immediate ...b5 or ...d5 push and attacking the Knight on g4. 9...h5 10.h3 Nh6 11.Be2 g6 Now White has another hole at f6 to capture. 12.Nd5 Bg7 12...Be7 13.g4! hxg4 (13...d6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Bf4 +/-) 14.hxg4 Bg5 15.Nf6+ Bxf6 (15…Kf8 16.Bxg5 +-) 16.exf6+ Kf8 17.g5 +13.Nf6+ Kf8 13...Bxf6 14.exf6+ Kf8 15.Bxh6+ Rxh6 16.Qf4 Rh8 17.O-O-O +/14.Bg5 Qb6 14...Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qa5+ 16.b4 cxb4 17.Bxh8 +15.O-O-O! Bxf6 16.exf6 Qe6 17.Qf4 The Queen should be preserved in this advantageous position. 17...Ng8 There were three other possibilities: 17...Qxe2 18.Bxh6+ Kg8 19.Rhe1 +17…Qxa2 18.Bxh6+ Kg8 19.Bc4 +17...Nf5 18.Bc4 +/18.Bc4 Qf5? 19.Qd6+ 1-0 Black resigned here, for after 19...Ne7 (19...Ke8 20.Rhe1+ Qe6 loses the Queen, followed by mate.) 20.Qxe7+ Kg8 21.Qxf7#
In the next game, a momentary lapse of reason by Black on the thirteenth move results in immediate capitulation. Unlucky thirteen?!
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Dushyant Tyagi – A.G.Nagradjane T.No. 4248 French Exchange, C01 Brief notes by A.G.Nagradjane 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.O-O Bg4 7.Re1 Nbc6 8.c3 Qd7 9.b4 a6 10.h3 Bh5 11.a4 += (11.Nbd2 Bg6 12.Nb3 b6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 O-O =) 11...h6 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.Qc2
13...Ng6?? (13...Rfe8 would bring some relief) 14.Bf5 1-0 (If 14...Qd8 15.g4)
Fourteen year-old Ramya handles the following game like a seasoned veteran. She plays the Smith-Morra gambit against the Sicilian, which was once a favourite weapon of ICCF GM Stephan Busemann. A th wrong step by Black on the 6 move is all she requires to seize the advantage, and subsequently the game. Selvi S.Ramya – S.M.Hule T.No. 7250 Sicilian Morra Gambit, B21 Notes by A.G.Nagradjane 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 e5 Another good line is 4...Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Rd1 Bd7 =
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5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Bc5?!
Better was 6...Bb4 !? 7.Bxf7+ Demolishes the pawn shield. 7...Kxf7 Decoy theme. 8.Qd5+ Ke8 8...Kg6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qa3 Bg4 11.Be3 +/9.Qxc5 With the idea Nb5. 9...d6 10.Qa3 Qa5 10...Nf6 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.O-O-O with advantage in development. 11.Qxd6 +/- Nge7 This is a mistake. Correct is 11...Bg4 12.Bg5 Nh6 +/12.O-O More precise is 12.Bg5 Qb4 13.Qxb4 Nxb4 14.Nb5 +/12...Bg4 +/-
13.b4! An interesting pawn sacrifice.
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13...Qd8 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 Black cannot save himself by: 14...Rxd8 15.b5 Nd4 16.Nxe5 Ne2+ 17.Nxe2 Bxe2 18.Re1 +/15.b5 Bxf3 16.bxc6 16.gxf3 Nd4 17.Rd1 Ke8 +/16...Bg4 16...bxc6 17.gxf3 Rf8 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.f4 exf4 20.Rb1 +/17.cxb7 +/- Rb8 18.Bg5 18.Rb1!? might be the shorter path. 18...Kc7 19.f3 Bh5 20.Ba3 +/18...Rxb7 1-0 Black resigned here. If 19.Nd5 Ke8 20.Nxe7 Rxe7 21.Bxe7 Kxe7 22.Rac1 +/-
Now, an attractive attacking game from Lhouvum, featuring a cascade of sacrifices, in the risky (for Black!) Polugayevsky Variation. Lev Polugayevsky, who popularised this opening scheme, played his first serious tournament game with this variation against Nikitin in the 26th USSR Ch. held in Tbilisi, 1959. He won in 32 moves. I came to know this from the answers to the Chess Café (www.chesscafe.com) Annual Holiday Quiz - and was reminded of the following game. K.Lhouvum – V.Shivdasani T.No. 4239 TH-16 Thematic Polugayevsky Variation, B96 Notes by K.Lhouvum Being Thematic, the game starts th with White to send his 10 move. Theory provides variations upto 17 moves. Many thematic tournaments start out in an equal position. However, some like the present one seem to tilt in favour of White - quick development for a mere pawn.
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 8.Qf3 was Nikitin's choice in the first ever serious tournament game by Polugayevsky (referred to earlier) with this variation –Games Editor. 8...dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Qg4 Qxe5 13.Be2
My dynamic opponent commented (on being asked) that this move appeared to be a novelty to him. 13...Nf6 He also preferred 13...Be7 to the text ex-post facto. Theory says 13...Bc5 leads to += and 13...h6/h5/Nf6 as leading to +-. Very recently, Shivdasani wrote to me that he thought 13...b4 was best. After the 13th move, he confessed that he was completely at sea. I replied to him that 13...b4 was interesting, with the following analysis: 13...b4 14.Bf3 A) 14…bxc3 15.Bxb7 Ra7 16.Rhe1 Nf6 (Qc7/h2 also) 17.Bxf6 +/B) 14...Bxf3 15.Nxf3 Qc7 16.Nd5 Qc6 (16...Qb7 17.Rhe1 Nc6 18.Rxe6+) 17.Nxb4 +/14.Bxf6 Qxf6?
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26.Bd3 Rg8 27.Rxe7+ Bxe7 28.Qxe7+ Kh6 29.Qe3+ Kh7 30.Qg5 1-0
The lesser evil was: 14...gxf6 15.Rhe1 The text allows White to sacrifice a Knight for a dangerous assault on the King. 15.Ncxb5 axb5 16.Bxb5+ Ke7 17.Rhe1 g6
18.Nxe6 Black is lost after this. Idea Qb4+. 18...fxe6 19.Rf1 Nc6 Now Black cannot escape. 19...Bh6+ 20.Kb1 Qxf1 21.Qb4+ Kf7 22.Rxf1+ Kg8 23.Qe7 and mate follows. 20.Rxf6 Kxf6 21.Qf4+ Kg7 22.Rd7+ Ne7 23.Rxb7 h5 24.Qe5+ Kh7 25.Qxe6 Rd8 Black's last hope was the trap Bh6+ Rd1 mate, which could happen in OTB when the flag is shaking to fall but not in CC.
The players wondered after the game where Black went wrong. Indeed, it can be hard sometimes to pinpoint the losing move. In my opinion, the culprit here is 6...c6. The Grunfeld player has to attack the White centre quickly whenever possible, else he will be doomed to fatal passivity, as this game shows. The correct move was the active 6...c5! and Black could look to the future with confidence. Black's sixth move may not be literally a losing move, but in the long run, I think it is a definite mistake. P.B.Dhanish – H.J.Samtani T.No. 7252 Gruenfeld Defence, D91 Notes by P.B.Dhanish 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 A positional line in the Grunfeld. 5...dxc4 5...Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 is more usual as in Karpov-Korchnoi, London 1984. 6.e4
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6...c5! –Games Editor. 7.Bxc4 O-O 7...b5 8.Bd3 h6 9.Be3 b4 10.Ne2 Qa5 11.O-O += Bazan. O-Marini, Margate 1960. 8.O-O Nbd7 8...Qc7 9.e5 Ne8 10.Qd2 Bg4 11.Qf4 Qd7 12.Rad1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 += Toikkamen Pekka-Koivikko Jari, Finland Jr, 1987 9.Qd2 9.e5 Nb6 10.Bxf7+ Rxf7 11.exf6 exf6 -/+. So there is no quick refutation. 9...Nb6 10.Bb3 Be6?! Permitting doubled isolated pawns! 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Bh6 Nfd7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Nf3 h6 18.a4 a5 19.Ne2 Qf7 20.Qc3 Kh7 21.Nc1 Qf4 22.Re1 Qd6 23.Nd3
Now all White's pieces are on good squares and Black is hard pressed to find a move. 23...Nc8 24.Nfe5! Nxe5 24...Ncb6 25.Nc5 Ra7 26.Rac1 Rf4 27.Qe3 g5 28.Nexd7 Nxd7 29.Nxe6 +/25.dxe5 Qc7 26.Nc5 Qb6 27.Re3 Rf7 28.Nxe6 Qa7 29.Rf3! 1-0 After the game, my illustrious opponent asked where he had gone wrong, and I too was not able to answer. Maybe this game illustrates
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A brilliantly conducted King-side attack by Dhanish. Black's initiative burns like a slow fuse, and is eventually rewarded with a mating attack. Mookiah Reddy – P.B.Dhanish T.No. 7246 Opening, E43 Notes by P.B.Dhanish 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.e3 Bb7 6.Be2 6.Bd3 leads to usual positions as in 6...Ne4 7.O-O f5 8.Bxe4? fxe4 9.Nd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O =+ Gligoric-Larsen, Havana 1967 6...Ne4 7.Qb3 Discarding centre control with 7.Qc2 7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Ba3 Nd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rfd1 Qe8 Black's pieces are working harmoniously, while White is plan less. 12.Nd2 This invites Black to have a free hand on the King-side. 12...Nxd2 13.Rxd2 f5 14.c5 Qg6 15.g3 dxc5 16.dxc5
16...f4!! 17.Qc4!
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Bringing reinforcements to the Kingside. 17.Bd3 Ne5! 18.Bxg6 Nf3+ 19.Kg2 Nxd2+ 20.Kh3 Nxb3 -+ 17.exf4 Qe4 18.f3 Qe3+ 19.Kf1 Qxd2 20.c6 Bxc6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Bxf8 Qxc3 23.Bxg7+ Kxg7 -/+ 17...Ne5 18.Qd4 fxg3 19.hxg3 Qf5 20.e4 Qg5 It looks like White has escaped the storm. But Black is not concerned with just a pawn as in 20...Bxe4 21.f4 Qg6 22.Kf2 21.Rdd1 Ba6 22.Bc1! Qf6 23.Qe3 Bxe2 24.Qxe2 Nf3+ 25.Kg2 Qxc3 I couldn't believe myself. White manages with the loss of just a pawn ! 26.Be3 Qf6 26...Qe5 is also interesting. 27.Rac1 Qg6 28.Qc2 Rf7 29.c6? Neglecting Black's buildup on the Kingside. 29...Ne5 30.Bd4 Raf8 31.Rf1 Nf3 32.Be3 Nh4+ 33.Kh2 Qh5 34.Rh1 Rf3 35.Kg1 Qg4 36.Rh2 # 36...Rxg3+! 37.fxg3 Qxg3+ 38.Kh1 Prolonging the pain. 38...Qf3+ 39.Rg2 Nxg2 40.Qxg2 Qxe3 41.Rg1 Qh6+ 42.Qh2 Rf6 43.Rd1 Qg5 44.Rd8+ Kf7 45.Qxc7+ Kg6 And now White resigned. 0-1 A.G.Nagaradjane - A.Chatterjee 1505 Championship French Winawer, C18 Notes by A.Chatterjee 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 Ne7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 Nbc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 dxc3 13.Nxc3 a6 14.Ne2 Nf5 15.h3 Na5
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15...O-O-O 16.g4 Nh4 17.Rb1 Na5 18.Bd2 Nc4 +- Berndt - Thieme Garmann, Wiesbaden Open 1994 16.g4 Bb5 17.Qc3 Qxc3+ 18.Nxc3 Bxf1 19.Rxf1 Nd4 20.Ra2 Rh8
After the game was concluded, Nagaradjane wrote, “Most of our game was about the opening. I think the correct continuation was 20...Rc8 21.Bd2 Rh8 22.Ne2 Rxc2 +=”. However I was aware of this line from the game Timman - Short, Rotterdam WCup 1989 which continued 23.Rxc2 Nxc2+ 24.Kd1 Nxa3 25.Bxa5 Nc4 26.Bd2 Rxh3 27.Bc1 1-0 (move 52). I had prepared an interesting deviation at some point in the game giving me a good position. However, Nagaradjane appears to have forgotten that during the game he sent the following as a conditional move. He wrote, “If 20...Rc8 21.Kd2” I was hard pressed to find any good continuation. In fact 21.Kd2! looked so strong that I decided to alter my plans and try a different 20th move altogether... with catastrophic consequences! 21.Rh1 Nf3+ 22.Ke2 Nh4 23.Na4 b5 24.Nc5 Nc4 25.a4 bxa4 26.Rxa4 a5 27.Nb3 Ng6 28.Bd2 Rh4 29.Kf3 Nxd2+ 30.Nxd2 Ke7 31.Kg3 f6 32.exf6+ Kxf6 33.c4 1-0
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Dear Editor, Thank you very much for your appreciation of my Heritage articles. Also, thanks for your compliments for my contributions to Chess Mate. In fact, you would be interested to know that the Assistant Editor of Chess Mate wrote to me saying that they have noticed my articles in AICCF Bulletin, and Chess Mate would also like to receive contributions from me on a regular basis. So, I have to thank AICCF for the Bulletin and compliment you for the excellent editorial work. Nagesh J.
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The standard of the games included in the Games Section is very much improved. Well analysed games are very useful to our readers. In summary, I really liked this well prepared and edited Bulletin and wish to thank you for this wonderful product. Other chess players, too, are appreciative of the quality of the bulletin…really a Happy Diwali Bulletin! I was very happy to read about Santhosh Paul’s achievement in the st 1 Email Olympiad. He is doing a fine job as Games Editor and I wish to thank him for his efforts. A.G.Nagaradjane
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because at that time I was playing many tournaments and I was at Ahmedabad. In Ahmedabad I was not able to devote much time. I was transferred to Nazira (Assam) in May 1999. I started playing only one tournament that was 1504. Here, there is no other activity other than to sit at home. The sun rises around 4 am and sets at 5 pm. There is no city life. My working hours at the office are 8.30 to 4.30. I got enough time to concentrate on Chess. In the last two years in Ahmedabad I was not even selected for PSCB to represent ONGC. Since I came here, I won the Regional Championship three times in a row. I represented ONGC in PSCB from here in 1999 and 2000. I analysed myself after reading your analysis. I have nothing more to say about the Bulletin because I don't have words. AICCF is having steady upward trend and there is no scope for saturation. R.K.Chauhan Nazira (Assam)
[email protected] Dear Editor, I have visited your web site and I found the report made by Mr. Samtani very interesting. He participated actively in the Rimini Congress. By the way, I hope your th readers are aware of the 5 Email Afro-Asian Championship. It was announced in the ICCF web site and the TWIC website too. Med Samraoui Germany
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Dear Editor, I read the article by Mr. Tim Krabbe. It was so wonderful that I read it 4-5 times. Also I liked the article, Mathematical Diversion written by Dr. D.R.K.S.Rao. I request you to publish more such articles in future. Nikhil Kamat 15, Zenab Niwas 2nd floor, 238 L.J. Road Mumbai- 400028
[email protected] Dear Editor, I regret that I was unable to prepare the second instalment of my article, Trends in AICCF Ratings in time. However, I came to know that you have already prepared the article and I have gone through the excellently analysed work done by you. CC is the ideal platform for chess players who cannot play OTB due to lack of time. Initially I thought this meant that there is no pressure of time in CC. However, CC is associated with some time-control also. During the long ongoing of some CC tournaments, a CC player may become fatigued by postal chess due to his otherwise busy life. This causes delay in replying within the stipulated time and may lead to the player becoming inactive in CC, thus ending his further climb in the Rating Chart. This is frequently seen in Indian CC. In the above context, it is very difficult to guess who would become the topmost Indian rated player in next two or three years. We may on the other hand consider the all-time-high ratings of the individual players to judge the best player of
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AICCF. Anil Kumar’s 1502 is the best rating so far achieved. Will anybody, like Lhouvum’s declaration in the past, come forward and declare an attractive prize to the
player who can surpass landmark in the near future?
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SHORT COMMENTS N.R.Anil Kumar: The latest bulletin is simply superb. It goes on improving with every issue. Vijay Shivdasani: I received the Nov '01 Bulletin. Very good! I particularly liked your new innovative article, "Trends in AICCF Ratings" Dushyant Tyagi: Congratulations on bringing out the nice Nov 2001 Bulletin. I liked it very much. Thank you for including my letter in it. T.K.Chaudhuri: The Diwali issue of the AICCF Bulletin shows that a lot of pain and labour has been put into it its publication. Day by day it is becoming a very serious CC Bulletin. Mohan Jayaraman
[email protected]: Corchegimmic 23 diagram does not appear to be correct. Black's King is in check and it is White to move. (Ed: A wrong diagram appeared on the web version of the Nov 2001 Bulletin (the printed copy was ok), but was subsequently corrected). I have received the hard copy of the August, 2001 bulletin by post. I also wish to have copies of the previous bulletins. The bulletin is really great and contains a wealth of information. R.Raman
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CORCHEGIMMIC SOLUTION TO CORCHEGIMMIC –23
In this position from Lippmann – Bottcher, Frietal 1972, we asked for White’s best course of action. The solution is: 1.dxe6! Rxc1 2.exf7+ Rxf7 If 2…Kg7 3.Raxc1 Bd8 4.Bb4 Rxf7 5.Bxf7 Kxf7 6.Rfd1 Ke8 (or 6…Qe6 7.Rc7!) 7.Re1+ Kf7 8.Rcd1 +3.Raxc1 Kg7 4.Rc8 Also winning is 4.Bxf7 Kxf7 5.Nxg5+! Qxg5 6.Rxf4+ etc. 4…Rf8 5.Bc3+ Nf6 6.Rc6 g4 7.Ne5 Qg5 8.Rd1 f3 9.gxf3 g3 10.Rd7+! Kh6 11.Ng4+ Kh5 12.Nxf6+ Rxf6 13.Rxh7+ 1-0 Correct solvers: Nikhil Kamat and Anish Das Sarma have both sent in substantially correct solutions. The lack of other attempts leaves the Editor wondering if the position was so difficult.
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Syre-Nunchert, Leipzig 1973 White to move Evaluate the soundness of the sacrifice 1.Rxh7 Solutions should be sent to the Bulletin Editor at the following address, Dr. A.Chatterjee 102 Meghnad, TIFR Housing Complex, Colaba, MUMBAI 400 005 Or by Email:
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The following pages are printed directly from our computer database. Please check your results and report any discrepancies to Dr. A.Chatterjee, 102 Meghnad, TIFR Housing Complex, Colaba, MUMBAI 400 005. Rating queries should be accompanied by a selfaddressed stamped envelope (a reply post-card is not sufficient) and should include a table with Tournament Number, Opponent’s Name, Opponent’s Colour, Opponent’s Rating, Result, Points Gained or Lost. In the event of a result not reported, it is necessary to write to the concerned Tournament Director as well.
NEW TOURNAMENTS 4-Player Double-Game Tournaments 4271 R.K.Kapoor, Shyamal Sarkar, Manjesh Kumar, Mohan Jayaraman (Adj. Date: 15-01-04) 4272 C.Venugopalan, P.P.Padhi, Pandalai N.G., Prabhat Kumar (Adj. Date: 01-03-04) 7-Player Single-Game Tournaments 7271 Dr Nagaraj, Yamini Hule, Atish Das Sarma, Shyamal Sarkar, Bansphore, Prabhat Kumar, Shubam Sanat Jain (Adj. Date: 01-03-04) 7272 Subhash Hule, Baksha, Kanishka, Vidyadharan, Shyamal Sarkar, Manjesh Kumar, Pandalai N.G. (Adj. Date: 01-03-04)
Defaulting Players V.Sadashiva and Sudhir N. have defaulted 6 or more games in the current period. They will not be allotted any tournaments upto January 2004.
Extension of Adjudication Date The following games are extended: 7207: Chole - Nagesh J. to 01-05-02 7211: Chole - Nagesh J. to 05-04-02 7220: Mandviwala - B.K.Rath to 15-05-02 7241: A.Dutta Gupta - P.Bhowmick to 30-07-02 A.Dutta Gupta - S.K.Somani, T.N.Kanishka - S.K.Somani to 30-06-02 7242: S.K.Somani - A.Dutta Gupta to 30-06-02 7247: Kulkarni - Bhave, Ravi Prakash - P.Bhowmick, P.Bhowmick B.K.Rath, P.Bhowmick - M.G.Kulkarni, B.K.Rath - Ravi Prakash to 30-07-02
Adjudication Date Past or Approaching Players in the following tournaments are reminded to send in all their pending games and also a summary of their results to the concerned TD within 30 days of the adjudication date (except when a game has been specifically extended by the TD): 4236-4238, 7249-7252: Adj. date 31-03-02 4239-4244, 7253: Adj date 30-04-02 7254: Adj date 15-05-02
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Tournament Directors Players are reminded that there are several Tournament Directors, and one should send results and other correspondence to the appropriate TD. At present, Shri M.B.Mulla, Shri E.G.Meherhomji, Shri H.J.Samtani, Shri K.V.Lakshminarayana, Dr. A.Chatterjee (Email Tournaments) and Shri A.G.Nagradjane are the TDs in various tournaments. We also draw the attention of members to the new rule for cessations published on p. 4 of the February 2001 Bulletin.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS `1’ means `won over’; `0’ means `lost to’; `=’ means `drew with’; `(both)’ means `both the games’; `w/d’ means `withdrew’; `nr’ means `no result’; `n/s’ means `non-starter’.
Championship Tournaments 1504 Anil Kumar 1 T.K.Chaudhuri, Neelakantan & Satheesan; Lhouvum, Chauhan & Dr DRKS Rao 1 Chole; Chole 0 Chatterjee & T.K.Chaudhuri; Juneja 1 Dr DRKS Rao & Lhouvum; Juneja & Chauhan 0 Nagradjane; Chatterjee 0 Chauhan; Sukumaran 0 Chatterjee; Dr DRKS Rao = Anil Kumar; Lhouvum 0 Anil Kumar; T.K.Chaudhuri 0 Lhouvum; G.De 0 Satheesan; Chatterjee 1 T.K.Chaudhuri. 1505 Vaibhav Saxena 1 Lhouvum; Anil Kumar 0 Surveyor.
4-Player Double-Game Tournaments 4209 Chole 0(both) Anil Kumar; Wahee 1 Chole 4213 Wahee 1 Sadashiva 4216 Cpl.Bhowmick = Manish Sharma; Cpl.Bhowmick 0 Vaibhav Saxena 4221 Dr DRKS Rao = Jaggappa Rao & Lhouvum 4222 Wahee 0 Sadashiva; Sadashiva 0 Wahee 4225 Sadashiva 0(both) Wahee 4227 Nikhil Kamat 1 Shivdasani 4229 C.Venugopalan = Wahee & Tyagi; Wahee 0 Tyagi 4232 Bajpai 1 R.K.Kapoor; R.K.Kapoor 1(both) Wahee 4233 Mahesh Kulkarni 0(both) Wahee; Cpl.Bhowmick 1 Mahesh Kulkarni; Mahesh Kulkarni 0 Tyagi; Tyagi 0 Wahee 4236 Dr Nagaraj & Valsan K. 0(both) Barun Das; Mookiah Reddy 1(both) Barun Das; Mookiah Reddy 1 Valsan K.; Valsan K. 0 Dr Nagaraj 4237 Prabhanandan & Shivdasani 1(both) Valsan K.; Valsan K. 0(both) Saxena A.; Shivdasani 1 Saxena A. 4239 Shivdasani 0 Mookiah Reddy; Pandavakrishna 0 Shivdasani 4241 Salathia 0(both) Yamini Hule
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4243 Subhash Hule 1(both) J.Vivek; Subhash Hule 0 Vinod Sharma 4244 Dr DRKS Rao 0 Nagradjane; Nagradjane = Dr DRKS Rao; Dr DRKS Rao 1(both) Tyagi 4248 Dr DRKS Rao & Nagradjane 1 Bajpai; Tyagi 0 Dr DRKS Rao; Bajpai 0(both) Tyagi 4249 V.K.Gosar 0(both) Wahee 4251 C.Venugopalan 0(both) Shams Khan; C.Venugopalan 0 Tyagi 4253 Wahee 1 Pranab Bhowmick; Pranab Bhowmick 1(both) Sudhir; Pranab Bhowmick 1 Wahee 4255 Anpazhakan 0 S.S.Ramaya 4256 Saxena A. 1 B.K.Rath; Akash Das Sarma 1 Saxena A. 4257 Meherhomji 0(both) Nagradjane; P.P.Padhi 0 M.C.Chandran 4258 Tyagi 1 Rabindra Kumar 4260 Shivdasani 1 Suparna Marathe 4261 Rana Dey & Sudhir w/d 4267 M.V.Niranjan 0(both) Deshpande 4268 Akash Das Sarma & Nikhil Kamat 1 Amey Shirsekar
7-Player Single-Game Tournaments 7197 Somani 1 Sadashiva 7205 Dr Nagaraj = Chole 7211 Chole 0 Prabhakar 7215 B.K.Rath 1 Mohamed; Tyagi 0 Somani 7220 P.E.Sarate nr Avinash Agarwal & Juneja; Avinash Agarwal nr Juneja 7221 D.V.Jadhav nr R.K.Kapoor; Dr DRKS Rao 1 R.K.Kapoor 7222 Nishanth nr Pawan K. Sharma & D.V.Jadhav; D.V.Jadhav nr Juneja & Pawan K. Sharma; Pawan K. Sharma nr Juneja; Juneja nr Nishanth; Subhash Hule 1 Juneja 7223 D.V.Jadhav nr P.P.Padhi & Nishanth; Nishanth nr P.P.Padhi; Sadashiva 0 Somani 7228 A.D.Gupta = Mookiah Reddy 7229 Anish Das Sarma = A.D.Gupta 7231 Hittalamani nr Yamini Hule, Nishanth & Avinash Agarwal; Amit Kumar Sharma nr Hittalamani & B.K.Rath; B.K.Rath nr Hittalamani & Yamini Hule; Nishanth nr Avinash Agarwal & Amit Kumar Sharma; Avinash Agarwal nr B.K.Rath & Amit Kumar Sharma; A.D.Gupta 1 Hittalamani; B.K.Rath 0 A.D.Gupta 7232 Nagesh nr Sheeraz Ahmed, Amit Kumar Sharma & Samuel; Sheeraz Ahmed nr Samuel & Amit Kumar Sharma; Amit Kumar Sharma nr Samuel; Sadashiva nr Nagesh 7233 Bajpai 1 M.C.Chandran 7234 Mandviwala = Prabhanandan; P.P.Padhi nr Nishanth; Vaibhav Saxena nr P.P.Padhi 7235 Samuel nr D.V.Jadhav, Torvekar & V.K.Gupta; B.K.Rath 1 Samuel & Sadashiva; D.V.Jadhav nr Torvekar & Rajasekhar; Torvekar nr Rajasekhar; Rajasekhar nr Samuel; V.K.Gupta 0 B.K.Rath; V.K.Gupta nr D.V.Jadhav; Sadashiva nr V.K.Gupta 7236 T.Pawan Kumar 0 Samtani, Tyagi & Mookiah Reddy; Mohamed 0 Tyagi 7237 Shelke nr Daruwala, D.V.Jadhav & Deshpande; Daruwala nr D.V.Jadhav & Deshpande; D.V.Jadhav nr Bobby & Nishanth; Sadashiva & Nishanth nr Shelke; Bobby nr Nishanth 7238 B.K.Rath 1 D.V.Jadhav & Y.Sandeep; Y.Sandeep nr Sadashiva & Nishanth; D.V.Jadhav nr Nishanth & Y.Sandeep; Sadashiva 0 Tyagi & B.K.Rath; Tyagi 1 Y.Sandeep & B.K.Rath; Y.Sandeep 0 Nikhil Kamat; Nikhil Kamat = Tyagi
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7239 Ketan Rekh nr Jaggappa Rao & P.P.Padhi; Jaggappa Rao 0 Mandviwala; Jaggappa Rao nr P.P.Padhi 7240 Barun Das 1 Lhouvum; Vaidya nr Pariya 7241 Y.Sandeep 0 Subhash Hule; Kanishka = Cpl.Bhowmick; Cpl.Bhowmick = Y.Sandeep; Subhash Hule 0 A.D.Gupta; Cpl.Bhowmick 0 Somani; A.D.Gupta 1 Kanishka; D.V.Jadhav nr Y.Sandeep 7242 Somani 1 Ravi Prakash; A.D.Gupta 0 Ravi Prakash 7243 V.N.Swathi nr Joy & Pariya; Swapan Das nr Pariya & V.N.Swathi; Pranab Bhowmick 1 Swapan Das; Pariya nr Joy 7244 C.Venugopalan 0 Shams Khan; Somani 1 Ravi Prakash; C.Venugopalan nr Swapna; Swapna nr D.V.Jadhav; Shams Khan = Somani 7245 Dabholkar 0 Mohamed & Dr Nagaraj; Prabhanandan 1 Dabholkar; Prabhanandan = Dr Nagaraj; Mohamed 0 Yamini Hule; Dr Nagaraj 1 Yamini Hule 7246 Tyagi 0 Mohamed; Mookiah Reddy 0 Dhanish; Dhanish = Tyagi 7247 Mahesh Kulkarni nr Sanjay Dudeja; Shah A.A. nr B.K.Rath; Sanjay Dudeja nr Shah A.A.; Ravi Prakash 1 Bhave; B.K.Rath 1 Mahesh Kulkarni; Bhave 1 Cpl.Bhowmick; Bhave 0 B.K.Rath 7248 Mookiah Reddy & R.K.Kapoor 0 Ravi Prakash; Shams Khan = Mookiah Reddy; Ravi Prakash 1 Shams Khan; Ravi Prakash = Bhave 7249 Shams Khan = Saxena A. 7251 Valsan K. w/d 7252 Valsan K. 0 Dhanish, B.K.Rath & Shams Khan; Samtani & Mookiah Reddy 1 Valsan K.; Dhanish 1 Samtani 7254 Atish Das Sarma 1 Atul Deshpande; Valsan K. w/d; Valsan K. 0 Atish Das Sarma 7255 Dr Nagaraj & Ramamurthi 0 T.K.Chaudhuri; Dr Nagaraj 1 Ramamurthi 7256 Dhanish 1 Nambiar; V.K.Gupta 0 Dhanish; D.Sarkar 1 G.Thangkhiew 7257 C.Venugopalan, Dabholkar & Lhouvum 1 S.Upadhyay; C.Venugopalan & Dabholkar 0 Anish Das Sarma; Lhouvum 1 C.Venugopalan 7258 Nagradjane 1 Tyagi & Swapan Das; Tyagi 1 S.Upadhyay; S.Upadhyay 1 Nagradjane 7259 Anpazhakan 0 Lhouvum & C.Venugopalan; Trehan 1 Samuel; C.Venugopalan 0 Lhouvum; Lhouvum 1 Mandviwala 7260 Sudhir 0 Lhouvum & V.P.Gandhi; Dr Nagaraj & M.Talukder 1 Sudhir; V.P.Gandhi = M.Talukder; M.Talukder 0 Lhouvum; V.P.Gandhi 1 Mohamed; Prabhanandan 1 M.Talukder 7261 A.D.Gupta 0 Samtani; Shams Khan 1 Meherhomji 7263 Rana Dey w/d; Samtani 1 Atul Deshpande; Atul Deshpande 0 Dabholkar 7264 Vinod Sharma 1 D.V.Jadhav; D.Sarkar 1 Anpazhakan 7265 Samtani 0 Mandviwala; Trehan = Samtani 7266 Anish Das Sarma 1 Subhash Hule 7268 Suparna Marathe 1 M.V.Niranjan; M.V.Niranjan 0 Akash Das Sarma
COMPLETED TOURNAMENTS
We heartily congratulate the winners (names in bold) of the following tournaments: 4209 Anil Kumar 6, Chole 3, C.Venugopalan 2, Wahee 1 4213 Sadashiva 5, Wahee 5, Lalit Kapoor 0, Pawan K. Sharma 0
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4216 Vaibhav Saxena 5.5, Shivdasani 3.5, Cpl.Bhowmick 2.5, Manish Sharma 0.5 4221 Dr DRKS Rao 5, Lhouvum 4.5, Jaggappa Rao 2.5, R.Raman 0 4222 Sadashiva 5, Wahee 5, G.S.Thakur 2, Jaggappa Rao 0 4236 Mookiah Reddy 5.5, Barun Das 4, Dr Nagaraj 1.5, Valsan K. 1 7197 Somani 5.5, Sadashiva 4.5, Ravi Prakash 4.5, *Aindley 2, Mohamed 2, T.K.Chaudhuri 1, Valsan K. 0.5 7205 Chole 5, Somani 5, Dr Nagaraj 4.5, Trehan 2.5, *Kutty 2, Munish Goyal 1, B.Mehta 0 7221 Sadashiva 6, Dr DRKS Rao 4, Sukumaran 3, Mandviwala 3, R.K.Kapoor 2, D.V.Jadhav 1, Wahee 1 7222 Sadashiva 6, Subhash Hule 4, Dabholkar 4, D.V.Jadhav 1, Juneja 0, Nishanth 0, Pawan K. Sharma 0 7228 Atish Das Sarma 5, A.D.Gupta 4.5, Mookiah Reddy 4, Chole 3, Prabhanandan 3, Sukumaran 1.5, Nishanth 0 7229 Nagradjane 5, Anish Das Sarma 5, A.D.Gupta 4, Chole 1, Jaggappa Rao 1, D.V.Jadhav 0, Sirohi 0 7231 A.D.Gupta 6, Yamini Hule 3, B.K.Rath 1, Avinash Agarwal 0, Nishanth 0, Amit Kumar Sharma 0, Hittalamani 0 7232 Sadashiva 5, G.S.Thakur 5, Subhash Hule 3, Nagesh 1, Samuel 0, Amit Kumar Sharma 0, Sheeraz Ahmed 0 7233 Lhouvum 5, Nagradjane 4.5, Bhave 4.5, M.C.Chandran 3, V.K.Gupta 2, Bajpai 1, Jaggappa Rao 1 7234 Prabhanandan 4.5, Mandviwala 3.5, Vaibhav Saxena 3, *Kutty 2, Nishanth 1, P.P.Padhi 1, C.L.Choudhari 0 7235 B.K.Rath 6, Sadashiva 4, V.K.Gupta 2, D.V.Jadhav 0, Rajasekhar 0, Samuel 0, Torvekar 0 7236 Mookiah Reddy 5, Tyagi 4, Samtani 2.5, Mohamed 2, T.Pawan Kumar 1.5, *Aindley 1, V.N.Swathi 0 7239 Nagradjane 5, A.D.Gupta 4, Mandviwala 3, Ketan Rekh 0, P.P.Padhi 0, *Kutty 0, Jaggappa Rao 0 7240 Mookiah Reddy 5, Barun Das 5, Lhouvum 4.5, Nagradjane 3.5, Pandavakrishna 2, Vaidya 0, Pariya 0 7245 Prabhanandan 5.5, Dr Nagaraj 5.5, Mohamed 3, Yamini Hule 3, Dabholkar 2, Bobby 2, Mohan 0 7246 Dhanish 5.5, Mookiah Reddy 4.5, Mohamed 4, Tyagi 4, Mohan 1, Vyas 1, Daruwala 1
*** A Gambit, equally well attacked and defended, will not be decisive; it is true that he who gives the pawn has the pleasure of uniformly attacking, and a prospect of winning, which would be realised, if he on the defensive did not maintain the most undeviatingly good play for the first ten or twelve moves. -Philidor
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RATINGS The top 25: (1) Anil Kumar N.R. 1458 (2) Satheesan M. 1367 (3) Somani Sunil K. 1344 (4) Chauhan Rakesh K. 1340 (5) Chatterjee Dr A. 1325 (6) Neelakantan N. 1285 (7) Reddy Mookiah 1278 (8) De Gautam 1276 (9) Rao Dr D.R.K.S 1241 (10) Ravi Prakash S.M. 1229 (11) Saxena Vaibhav 1226 (12) Dhanish P.B. 1204 (13) Nagradjane A.G. 1199 (14) Prabhakar Krishna 1196 (15) Saxena Rakesh GD 1194 (16) Lhouvum Kammang 1182 (17) Salgaocar S.A. 1158 (18) Shivdasani Vijay 1151 (19) Dalvi Prasad M. 1141 (20) Das Barun 1129 (21) Ganapathi Cdr R. 1113 (22) Sharma Manish 1109 (23) Pandit Vijay D. 1107(24) Lakshminarayana 1105 (25) Tyagi D. 1098. Aaron Arvind • Agarwal Avinash Ahmed Sheeraz Anand T.R. • Anil Kumar N.R. Anirudh S. Anpazhakan S. Arunkumar R.A. • Bajpai N.K. Baksha Ansar K. Bansphore Ajay K. Bhan Suraj • Bhaskar Priyamva. Bhave Milind N. Bhowmick Cpl. P. Bhowmick Pranab Bhute Nikhil P. • Bobby V.S. Chandran Sgt MC Chandran T. • Chandrasekharan • Chandrashekar Chatterjee Dr A. Chatterjee Urmila • Chaudhuri T.K. Chauhan Rakesh K. Chavan Hrishikesh Chole Vikrant H. Choudhari C.L. • Dabholkar P.S. Dalvi Prasad M. •
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Daruwala M.P. • Das Barun Das Swapan De Ashutosh • De Gautam Dehadray S.R. • Deshpande Atul R. Deshpande Y.G. Devaraju H. • Devlekar C.R. Dey Rana Dhanish P.B. Dinakaran J.P. • Dudeja Sanjay Dutt B.S. • Fernandes S.A. • Gala K.L. Ganapathi Cdr R. • Gandhi Vishnu P. Gosar Vinod Kumar Goyal Munish • Gupta Anirudh D. Gupta Anuj • Gupta Naveen K. • Gupta Vijay Kumar Hittalamani Dr.S. Hota Subhranshu • Hule Subhash M. Hule Yamini M. Jadhav Dinesh V. Jain Shubam Sanat
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Jain Veerendra • Jayaraman Mohan Jose Antony G •. Jose Joseph G. • Joseph Kum. A. • Joseph P.J. • Joy P.O. Juneja Madan Lal Kamat Nikhil Kanishka T.N. Kantharaja N. • Kapoor Lalit • Kapoor Dr R.K. Karmokar Ayan • Kaushik Rishi • Khamparia Akshat Khan Shams Kini Harish • Kirubhakaran R. • Komathi Ms Selvi • Krishnan T.N. Kulkarni Mahesh G Kulkarni S.P. • Kumar Amit • Kumar Awani • Kumar K.Shiva Kumar Manjesh Kumar P.R. • Kumar Pavan T. Kumar Prabhat Kumar R. Ravi •
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The AICCF Bulletin Kumar Rabindra Lakshminarayana • Lhouvum Kammang Mahadevan K. • Mandviwala Pervez Marathe Suparna Meherhomji E.G. Mehrotra Sanjay • Mehta Bikram • Mittal Dr Lalit K • Miyani Ketan P. • Mody Suresh M. • *Mohamed M.K. Mohan C.S. • Mukherjee T.K. • Mulla Mehli B. • Murali R.C. • Nagaraj Dr A. Nagesh J. Nagradjane A.G. Nalladaru K.A. Nambiar A.V.S. Nambiar Vivek • Naveen Kumar A. Nayak Satya S. • Neelakantan N. Niranjan M.V. Nishanth H.M. Nizamuddin S.K. Padhi Prem P. Pandalai N.G. Pandavakrishna Y. Pandit Vijay D. • Pariya Paresh M. Pathak Pramod B. • Patil Abhijit A. • Paul Santhosh M. • Paulson T.L. • Phani Dr. Mohan Pinge Shankar • Prabhakar Krishna Prabhanandan K.
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Feb 2002 Pradhan D. • Prakash R. • Rajasekhar P. • Rajesh K. • Ramamirtham • Ramamurthi K.V.S. Raman R. Ramaya Selvi S. Ramesh J. Randeria V.S. • Rangarajan M. • Rao Dr D.R.K.S Rao E. Vijay Ravi • Rao P. Jaggappa Rath Bijay K. Ravi Prakash S.M. Reddy Mookiah Rekh Ketan S. • Sadashiva V. Sahiyar Diniyar • Sait Zahid H. Salathia H.S. Salgaocar S.A. • Samtani H.J. Samuel V. Sanath V. • Sandeep Y. Sandhu R.S. • Sarate Pradeep • Saravanan K.S. • Sarkar D. Sarma Akash Das Sarma Anish Das Sarma Atish Das Satheesan M. Saxena A. Saxena RGD • Saxena Vaibhav Seetaramayya L. Semeel V.S. Senthilnathan S. • Shah A.A. •
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Shaikh Md. Hanif • Sharma Amit Kumar Sharma M.P. Sharma Manish Sharma Pawan K. • Sharma R.D. Sharma Vinod Sharma Vipul K. Shelke G.B. Shetty V.B. Shirsekar Amey R. Shivdasani Vijay Shukla N.P. • Singh Er Baldev • Singh Oinam I. • Sirohi Narendra Somani Sunil K. Sarkar Shyamal Srinivas Vuyyuru • Sudhir N. Sukumaran K.C. Sundararajan S. • Surveyor Dr A.B. Swapna V. Swathi V.N. • Talukdar Gaurav Talukder Manik Tamrakar B.B. • Thakur G.S. Thangkhiew G. Thangkhiew W. • Torvekar G.S. Trehan Anirudh Trivedi Kalapi B. Tyagi D. Umashankar Cpl • Unni C.S. • Upadhyay S. Vaidya Piyush H. • Vaithianathan V. • Valsan K. Veerakumar B. •
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*deceased •inactive Ratings are updated every 1 Jan and 1 July and remain frozen in the interim period. All results published in this Bulletin (i.e. actual results received upto 31-122001 and valid claims upto 01-12-2001) are rated. This time we have included a new feature in the Rating Chart. Players who have less than 5 pending games have been shown inactive (•). In some cases the concerned player may be involved in ICCF games with little time to spare for the domestic sector, but in other cases, we urge these members to write to Mr. Meherhomji to enter a new tournament.
INTERNATIONAL SECTION Dr. Prabhakar has been transferred to Orissa and is yet to establish an Email connection. An update of the International Section will be possible only in the next Bulletin. Erratum: 10/99/2 Kaupat Heike = Nikhil Kamat (GER); EM/J50/P162: Herriot = Nikhil Kamat. 11/99/1: F.Bendig (GER) 1 Nikhil Kamat, David Law (ENG) 1 Nikhil Kamat
NEWS FROM THE AFRICA ASIA ZONE From the Zonal Bulletin No 10 M.Samraoui
[email protected] • S.K.Somani has qualified for the 2 Afro-Asian Email Final. • After Barlow´s GM title from South Africa, Paul Matthew Santhosh (IND) st achieved the GM norm with 8 /11 in the 1 Email Olympiad. El Hitmi (QAT) st won the 1 Asian Championship. Nazar Ernazarov (KAZ) is the likely winner nd of the 2 Asian championship. He has finished with 7/8 (6 wins 2 draws). • In the Africa Asia Challenger GM Tournament, N.R.Anil Kumar is participating in Group B (a category X1 tournament): Vaindl (CZE – 2602), GM Rufenacht (SWZ – 2488), GM Barlow (RSA – 2438), SIM De Oliveira (BRS – 2565), SIM Benz (ARG – 2560), SIM Haugen (NOR – 2555), SIM Mercadal (ESP – 2551), SIM Vinot (FRA – 2513), SIM Atakisi (TRK – 2505), nd
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IM Szczepankiewicz (POL – 2529), IM Aleshnya (RUS – 2502), IM Anilkumar (IND – 2487), IM Hervet (FRA – 2455), IM Nienhuis (NLD – 2391), Sakai (JAP – 2367). AA open tournaments (Email only): These tournaments with 7 players are a good alternative for unrated players to enjoy CC. No entry fees are required. Interzonal 2002: All players with a rating 2400 + are invited to apply before 31.4.2002 for this competition. 8 players will be selected for this competition which will start in September 2002. It is possible to achieve GM norm, SIM norm or IM norm in this competition. Interzonal 2000: Europe A is leading with 29 points (14 games unfinished), followed by Africa/Asia with 26 points (16 unfinished). On the individual level: H.Odeev 3.5/7, Mk. Samraoui 3.5/6, J.Barlow 5/8, F.Atakisi 5.5/7, K.Chorfi 2.5/8, S.Simonenko 4.5/7, N.R Anilkumar 2.5/5 and H.Onoda 0.5/2. st 1 ICCF email Olympiad (results updated to 27.11.2001): The only team of the Africa/Asia zone still in course for the qualification is Kazakhstan. Section 1: India 28 points (7 games unfinished): 47%; Kenya 8.5 points (4 unfinished games): 14%. Bd 1: N. Anilkumar 6 pts/11 , W. Simmons 1 pt/11 Bd 2: P. Dalvi 4 pts/11 , J. Mullen 4 pts/11 Bd 3: P. Santhosh 8 pts/11 , M. Gohil 0 pt/11 Bd 4: V. Saxena 3,5 pts/8 , A. Sharden 3,5 pts/8 Bd 5: H. Samani 2 pts/10 , I. Babu 0 pt/11 Bd 6: S. Somani 5 pts/9 , K. Munemba 0 pt/11 st
1 Asian CC Final: M. El Hitmi (QTR) leads with 6.5/8. Gautam De has 1.5 from 6 (4 games pending) nd 2 Asian CC Final: N.R.Anilkumar has 1/4 (4 games pending) AA/E 02: M.C.Chandran has 3/5 (1 game pending) AFROATIN Individual: Section 1: J. Barlow (8.5) and N.R. Anilkumar (7.5) are qualified for the Final Section 2: N.Neelakantan finished with a creditable 6/10 but missed qualifying for the final 5th Email Afro-Asian championship: Starting shortly. Please rush your entry directly to
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