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+ check unclear position 10800204 Makatia Alexander Pani Kenya 11100184 Austin Dirk Barbados
11000147 Mamombe Kudzanai Zimbabwe 6342230 Aydeniz Gurkan Turkey
++ double check with compensation 6307493 Marasli Tutku Kahraman Turkey 6355994 Aydin Delal Turkey
# checkmate Black is slightly better 7700148 Merritt Mario Trinidad & T. 2030403 Beckwith Stan US America
!! brilliant move 10400265 Mohammad Jawad Bahamas 2028948 Belachew Yimam Abera Ethiopia
Black has a large advantage 4805631 Mohammed Hanon Shlaga Iraq 7902999 Beldjoudi Ferhat Algeria
! good move + Black is winning 6401341 Morel Ivan Rafael Dominican R. 7903006 Bensahnoune Salim Algeria
!? interesting move 1-0 the game ends in a win for White 8700303 Mubanga Francis Zambia 7903014 Bir Boubekar Algeria
?! dubious move 14700026 Nazarov Anvar Tajikistan 11300531 Boikayo Cinky Botswana
- the game ends in a draw 6308783 Osmanli Hanife Turkey 10609431 Bongo Akanga Barthelemy Gabon
? bad move 0-1 the game ends in a win for Black 2032376 Pabon Tony US America 11300264 Bontzi Chazha Botswana
?? blunder (D) see next diagram 6000100 Palian Saras Hong Kong 14301857 Bornheim Darren South Africa
+ White is winning 7102259 Patricks Ryan Indonesia 7903022 Bouriche Ounis Algeria
White to play 2207869 Pellicer Celemi Jose Luis Spain 4424476 Buitrago Shirley Colombia
White has a large advantage Black to play 1307029 Planchamp Jacob Switzerland 8700613 Buumba Obrian Zambia
White is slightly better 5002559 Raj Sen India 5203627 Cabe Arlan Ferreria Philippines
14603187 Rajkovic Radisa Slovenia
= equal position 4406079 Ceballos Diego Fernando Colombia
Match Points
pionship
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Bursa 2010
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Match Points
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The FIDE Trainers Commission will also continue to fill-up the Trainer Hall of Fame. TRG in-
Bursa 2010
pionship
tention is that every year together with the five (5) trainers of the year awards, we will also con- 2009
Azerbaijan
tinue to honour three of our esteemed colleagues with membership of the Trainer Hall of Fame,
Armenia
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and besides creating a special place on TRG website (http://trainers.fide.com) to honour them, we
Greece
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will also be finding a permanent home for our Hall of Fame in one or more FIDE Academies
worldwide. Final Standings
Please send your nominations via email with biography attached to TRG Secretary Efstratios
1 Russia 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 15 24
Grivas (grivasefs@yahoo.co.uk) for consideration by June 30th, 2012.
The voting will take place by July 15th, 2012 and the winners will be officially announced after 2 USA 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 13 21
4 Azerbaijan 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 12 22
6 Greece 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 18
9 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12
10 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11
Nomination by:
Individual Medals Silver Banikas Hristos GRE
Following are the lists of Board Medals. In Bronze Sargissian Gabriel ARM
order for a player to be eligible for a medal,
a minimum of 6 games was required for Board 4
Address/E-mail: boards 1-4 and 4 games for the reserves: Medal Player Country
Gold Mamedyarov Shakhri AZE
Board 1 Silver Sutovsky Emil ISR
Medal Player Country Bronze Pashikian Arman ARM
Please, fill up the nominating person and the Justification: Gold Nakamura Hikaru USA Board 1st Reserve
Silver Aronian Levon ARM Medal Player Country
Bronze Grischuk Alexander RUS Gold Malakhov Vladimir RUS
Botvinnik Mikhail
Board 2 Silver Mamedov Rauf AZE
Medal Player Country Arun Prasad S IND
Bronze
Furman Symeon Gold Onischuk Alexander USA Postny Evgeny ISR
Silver Radjabov Teimour AZE
Board 2nd Reserve
Bronze Akopian Vladimir ARM
Medal Player Country
Medal Euwe Max Board 3 Gold Vitiugov Nikita RUS
Medal Player Country Mastrovasilis Athanasi GRE
Silver
Gold Ganguly Surya S IND Firat Burak TUR
Boleslavsky Isaac
Petrosian Tigran
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Information - Rules
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Turkey
Greece
Captain The FIDE Trainers Commission (TRG) is pleased to announce the fourth FIDE Trainer Awards
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
India
USA
GM Motylev Alexander
and will continue by honouring the achievements of our most successful colleagues of 2011.
1 Grischuk Alexander 1 1 7 4 64.29 2797 +06.2
Percentage %
7. Smbat Lputian (Armenia) - GM/FST
Performance
Games
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Points
Azerbaijan
Armenia The panel has been approved by the 2011 FIDE EB (Krakow * 15-22.10.2011). The awards
ceremony will take place during the 2012 FIDE Congress. A Tree of Chess sculpture
Turkey
Greece
Captain
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Egypt
Israel
India
IM Donaldson John (http://trainers.fide.com/awards-hall-of-fame.html) and a diploma will be given to each of the five
(5) winners.
1 Nakamura Hikaru 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 6 75.00 2851 +14.6
Each member of the judges panel will vote for each of the six categories separately. He will
2 Onischuk Alexander 1 1 1 1 9 6 72.22 2809 +16.8
1. Botvinnik Mikhail medal for mens trainer or captain, for best results in men competitions
where World Championships and Olympiads are valued foremost, to be considered too are long
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 standing high results.
India 2. Furman Symeon medal for womens trainer or captain, similar to Botvinnik medal but appli-
Percentage %
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Points
3. Euwe Max medal for juniors trainer, for best results in junior competitions, to be considered
Azerbaijan
Armenia
are world and continental championships plus founder of famous chess schools, training pro-
Turkey
Greece
Captain
Russia
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
USA
4 Geetha Narayanan Gopal 0 1 1 5 3 60.00 2660 +05.2 5. Petrosian Tigran medal for a special achievement over the last years.
5 Arun Prasad Subramanian 1 0 5 2 50.00 2604 +02.5
6 Adhiban Baskaran 2 1 50.00 2400 -03.0 Nominations can be made by FIDE office bearers, TRG, and Federations. Only FIDE Senior
Board Points 2 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 3
36
21 58.33
+27.9
Trainers and FIDE Trainers in exceptional circumstances can be nominated. A special form has to
Match Points 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 13 72.22 be filled in (see below). For the Boleslavsky medal we invite book publishers and chess software
16 developers as well, to make nominations in this specific category.
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 201
15 2007 05.07-13.07 Berlin Germany GER 7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
16 2007 27.07-03.08 Berlin Germany GER 8 Azerbaijan
Percentage %
Performance
17 2007 01.08-02.08 Cherry Hill USA USA 5
Games
Rating
Points
18 2007 04.10-11.10 Berlin Germany GER 9
19 2007 02.12-06.12 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia MAS 1
Armenia
Turkey
Greece
Captain
Russia
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
20 2007 16.12-21.12 Singapore Singapore SIP 5
India
USA
GM Azmaiparashvili Zurab
21 2008 14.03-20.03 Berlin Germany GER 10
22 2008 30.04-07.05 Chennai India IND 1 1 Gashimov Vugar 1 0 0 0 7 2 35.70 2560 -18.8
23 2008 03.08-08.08 Gaborone Botswana BOT 1 2 Radjabov Teimour 1 1 1 7 5 71.43 2808 +07.2
25 2008 21.10-29.10 Vung Tau Vietnam VIE 1 5 Mamedov Rauf 0 1 6 3 50.00 2599 -03.4
26 2008 30.11-05.12 Bali Indonesia RIN 1 6 Mamedov Nidjat 1 3 2 66.67 2601 =00.0
Percentage %
Performance
34 2010 26.01-30.01 Antalya Turkey TUR 2 Armenia
Games
Rating
Points
35 2010 15.02-20.02 Tripoli Libya LBA 1
Azerbaijan
36 2010 16.03-20.03 Singapore Singapore SIP 7
Turkey
Greece
Captain
Russia
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
India
37 2010 07.05-09.05 Atlanta USA USA 7
USA
GM Petrosian Arshak
38 2010 27.06-01.07 Kallithea Greece GRE 1
39 2010 26.07.29.07 Johannesburg South Africa SAF 1 1 Aronian Levon 1 1 0 1 1 9 6 66.67 2789 +01.3
41 2010 24.09-26.09 Khanty Mansiysk Russia RUS 1 4 Pashikian Arman 0 1 1 6 3 58.33 2671 +02.5
42 2010 22.10-28.10 Porto Carras Greece GRE 2 5 Petrosian Tigran L 0 0 6 2 33.33 2460 -13.4
43 2010 08.11-10.11 Rijeka Croatia CRO 1 6 Kotanjian Tigran 0 0 00.00 0000 =00.0
Percentage %
Performance
51 2011 21.05-23.05 Alger Algeria ALG 1
Games
Rating
Points
Azerbaijan
52 2011 27.06-28.06 New York USA USA 8
Armenia
53 2011 28.06-01.07 Erkuhuleni South Africa SAF 2
Turkey
Captain
Russia
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
India
USA
54 2011 01.08-06.08 Bangkok Thailand THA 1 GM Nikolaidis Ioannis
55 2011 03.08-10.08 Binh Duong Vietnam VIE 2
1 Kotronias Vasilios 0 0 0 7 2 28.57 2539 -05.7
56 2011 26.09-02.10 Yerevan Armenia ARM 1 2 Papaioannou Ioannis 1 0 1 7 4 57.14 2678 +05.3
57 2011 03.11-06.11 Lima Peru PER 1 3 Banikas Hristos 1 1 0 8 4 56.25 2688 +08.9
58 2011 19.11-25.11 Caldas Novas Brazil BRA 1 4 Halkias Stelios 0 1 1 0 7 3 50.00 2611 +04.2
59 2011 16.12-18.12 Berlin Germany GER 11 5 Mastrovasilis Dimitrios 1 3 2 66.67 2647 +03.1
Percentage %
Performance
Council & Members/Advisors & Editors
Games
Rating
Points
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Turkey
Greece
Captain
Russia
FIDE Trainers Commission - Council 2011-2014
Brazil
Egypt
India
USA
GM Greenfeld Alon
N Title Surname-Name Country
1 Gelfand Boris 0 1 0 7 3 42.86 2651 -10.6 1 Chairman Mikhalchishin Adrian Slovenia (Ukraine)
2 Roiz Michael 0 6 2 41.67 2601 -04.9 2 Secretary Grivas Efstratios Greece
3 Smirin Ilia 0 1 5 2 50.00 2596 -04.9
3 Councilor Boensch Uwe Germany
4 Sutovsky Emil 1 1 1 0 7 4 64.29 2689 +03.6
Percentage %
5 Member Petrosian Arshak Armenia (Europe)
Performance
Brazil 6 Member Vladimirov Evgeny Kazakhstan (Asia)
Games
Rating
Points
Azerbaijan
7 Member Ye Jiangchuan China (Asia)
Armenia
Turkey
8 Member Zapata Alonso Colombia (America)
Greece
Captain
Russia
Egypt
Israel
India
USA
GM Lima Darcy
FIDE Trainers Commission - Technical/Editorial 2011-2014
1 Vescovi Giovanni 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14.29 2362 -23.9
N Title Surname-Name Country
2 Leitao Rafael 1 0 1 8 4 56.25 2677 +06.7
1 Editor Bosch Jeroen Netherlands
3 Fier Alexandr 0 0 9 3 38.89 2532 -08.4
Performance
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one that occurred in the game. Alushta 2009
Games
Rating
Points
42.a4 Qd7 43.Qb4 Qc7 44.Ld3 Qd7 XABCDEFGHY
Azerbaijan
45.Qe4 Qe8 46.Qb7+ Qf7 47.Qc6 (D)
Armenia
8-+-+-+-+(
Greece
Captain
Russia
Brazil
Egypt
XABCDEFGHY
Israel
India
USA
GM Grivas Efstratios
8-+-+-+-+( 7+-wq-+-zpk'
1 Haznedaroglu Kivanc 0 0 0 1 6 2 33.33 2536 +02.8
16.67
+05.3
Banikas Hristos
32.Lxg5 Qxd6 33.Lf4 Qa6 34.Rxc8 2-+-wq-+PmK" 59...Qh6+ 60.Kg3 Qf4+ 61.Kf2 Qf6
Rxc8 35.Re1 Ra8 36.Qd5 Rd8 37.Qxf5 62.Qd7 Qh4+ 63.Ke2
Tomashevsky Evgeny Qxa2 38.Lg5 Ra8 39.Lf6 Qc4 40.Re4 1+-+-+-+-! 63.Kf1 g3 64.Qh3 Qxh3 65.gxh3 f5
E17 Bursa 2010 Qc1+ 41.Kg2 66.exf5 Kf6 67.Kg2 Kxf5 68.Kxg3 d5
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Lb7 1-0
xabcdefghy 69.Kf2 d4 70.Ke2 (70.h4 Kg6 71.Ke2
5.Lg2 Le7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Qc2 c5 8.d5 exd5 53...Qf4+! 54.Kh1 Qf6 Kh5 +) 70...Kg5 71.Kd3 Kh4 72.Ke4
9.Nh4 b5 10.cxd5 b4 (D) Gelfand Boris Black is preparing the plan ...g5-g4 with two Kxh3 73.f4 d3! 74.Kxd3 exf4 +.
ideas in mind: first is to isolate the e4-pawn
XABCDEFGHY Vescovi Giovanni
(in the case of exchanging pawns on g4) and
63...Qg3 64.fxg4
E07 Bursa 2010 The pawn ending after 64.Qxg4+ Qxg4
8rsn-wq-trk+( 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Lb4+ the second one is to move his g-pawn to g3,
65.fxg4 Kf6 66.Kf3 Kg5 67.Kg3 f6
in order to strangle the white king (if White
7zpl+pvlpzpp' 5.Ld2 Le7 6.Lg2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Lf4 68.Kf3 Kh4 + is easily won for Black.
Nbd7 9.Nc3 Nh5 10.Lc1 Nhf6 11.b3 b6 does not capture this pawn on g4).
64...Qxg2+ 65.Ke3 Qg3+ 66.Ke2 Qf4
6-+-+-sn-+& 55.Qc7 g5 56.Qd7 Qe6 57.Qd8?!
12.Nd2 Lb7 13.e4 Lb4 14.Lb2 c5 67.Qxd6 Qxg4+ 68.Kf2 Qf4+ 69.Kg1
57.Qc6 was the best option: 57...g4 58.hxg4
15.exd5 cxd4 (D) (D)
5+-zpP+-+-% hxg4 59.fxg4 (59.Kg1 g3 and the white king
XABCDEFGHY gets into mating nets) 59...Qxg4 60.Qxd6 XABCDEFGHY
4-zp-+-+-sN$ Qxe4 61.Qc7 Qe1+ 62.Kh2 Qe3 63.g4! (to
8r+-wq-trk+( 8-+-+-+-+(
3+-sN-+-zP-# stop the advance of the f-pawn) 63...Qf2+
7zpl+n+pzpp' (63...Kg6 64.Qc8) 64.Kh3 Qf4 65.Qb8 and 7+-+-+pmk-'
2PzPQ+PzPLzP" it is very difficult for Black to make progress.
6-zp-+psn-+& 57...g4 58.hxg4 hxg4 (D) 6-+-wQ-+-+&
1tR-vL-mK-+R!
5+-+P+-+-% XABCDEFGHY 5+-+-zp-+-%
xabcdefghy
The position was well-known to both players
4-vlPzp-+-+$ 8-+-wQ-+-+( 4-+-+Pwq-+$
but probably a bit better to White! 3+PsN-+-zP-# 7+-+-+pmk-' 3+-+-+-+-#
11.Nf5!!
A very strong novelty prepared by Banikas 2PvL-sN-zPLzP" 6-+-zpq+-+& 2-+-+-+-+"
beforehand. Previously 11.d6?! was played:
11...Lxg2 12.dxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxg2 bxc3
1tR-+Q+RmK-! 5+-+-zp-+-% 1+-+-+-mK-!
14.0-0 cxb2 15.Lxb2 d6 16.Ne3 Nbd7 xabcdefghy 4-+-+P+p+$ xabcdefghy
17.Rfd1 Rfe8 18.Qd3 d5 19.Nxd5 Qxe2 16.Nb5! 3+-+-+P+-# 69...Qg5+
20.Qc3 Rab8 21.Rd2 Qh5 22.Rad1 Qh6 This looks better than 16.Nce4?! exd5 And the queen exchange is inevitable, lead-
23.Nxf6+ Nxf6 24.Rd6? Ne4 0-1 Aga- 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Ne4 2-+-+-+P+" ing to a won pawn ending...
ragimov,D-Aroshidze,L Baku 2007. (19.Nf3 Lc3 20.Lxc3 dxc3 21.Qd4 Rac8 70.Kf2 Qf6+ 71.Qxf6+ Kxf6 72.Kf3
11...d6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Nd4 Rfd8 24.Nf5 Kf8
1+-+-+-+K! Kg5 73.Kg3 f6
11...bxc3 12.Nxe7+! (12.d6? Lxg2 13.dxe7 25.Ne3 b5 Lieb,H-Straeter,T Germany xabcdefghy 01
7+-zp-+pzp-' 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.axb5 axb5 28...Lxd5 White will not survive.
6-+-+-+-+& 19.Nd4 Rxa3 20.bxa3 Nd3 21.Lxd3 29.Qxd7 Lxd5 30.Re8?
Horowitz Israel cxd3 22.Nxb5 The intermediate 30.Nf3! would have saved
Pavey Max 5zp-mkP+p+-% 22.Lb2 Qa5 23.Nf5! Kasparov,G- the half point: 30...Qc1 31.Re8 Qf4+ 32.
New York 1951 4-+p+-zP-+$ Karpov,A London/Leningrad 1986 is a well- Kg1 Qc1+ (32...Lxf3? 33.Rxf8+! Kh7
XABCDEFGHY 3+-zP-mK-zP-#
known game, but of course much analysis 34.Rxf7 Qe5 35.Rxf3 d2 36.Rd3 Qe1+
has been done since then ... 22.N2b3 Nc5 37.Kh2 d1Q 38.Rxd1 Qxd1 39.a4 +)
8-+-+-+-+( 2P+-+-+-zP" 23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.Nxb5 Qa5 25.a4 Ra8 33.Kh2 Qf4+.
7+-mk-+-+p' 26.Ld2 Qxa4 27.Qxa4 Rxa4 28.Nc3 30...Qf4+ 31.Kg1 d2! 32.Qa4 (D)
1+-+-+-+-! Rb4 29.Rb1 Rxb1+ 30.Nxb1 f6 31.f3 c4 Or 32.Rxf8+ Kh7! 33.Qa4 Qe4 34.f3
6-+p+-+pzP& xabcdefghy 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Le3 Lb4 34.Ld4 g5 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 d1Q +.
35.Ke3 Lc8 36.Nc3 Ld7 37.g4 - Wu XABCDEFGHY
5+-+p+pzP-% 41.Kf3 f5! 42.g5! Xibin-Xu Jun China 1987 was another try.
4-zp-zP-zP-+$ 42.Kg3? Kd5! 43.gxf5 Ke4 44.Kg4 Kd3 22...Qa5 8-+-+Rvlk+(
45.Kg5 Ke3! 46.Kg4 Kf2! 47.Kh4 Kf3 It seems that Black can also try 22...La6
3+-+-+L+-# 48.Kg5 Kg3! 49.f6 gxf6+ 50.Kxf6 Kxf4 23.a4 Lxb5 24.axb5 Qb6 25.Nc4 Qxb5
7+-+-+pzp-'
51.Ke6 Ke4 52.Kd6 Kd3 + ; 42.gxf5+ 6-+-zp-+-zp&
2-+Q+-zP-mK" Kxf5 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Ke4 g6! +.
26.Qxd3 f5 Doran,C-Fox,A Liverpool
2008 or 22...Qb8 23.a4 La6 24.Lb2 Lxb5
1tr-+-wq-+-! 42...Kf7 43.Kg3 Kg6 44.Kf3 25.axb5 Qxb5 26.Ld4 Ra8 Hoshad-
5+-+l+-+-%
44.Kh4. 4Q+-sN-wq-+$
xabcdefghy 44...Kh5 45.Kg3 g6!? 46.Kh3!
Rino1 Internet 2007.
23.Nd4 Qc3 24.Nb5
White is pretty much lost, but the game con- Forcing stalemate was the only way to avoid
Or 24.Nf5 Nc5 25.f3 Lxd5 26.exd5
3zP-+-+-+P#
tinues. a loss.
74...Qc1
Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Nb3 28.Qe8 Qxc1+ 29.
Kh2 Nxd2 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Qxf8 Nf1+
2-+-zp-zPP+"
74...Qg1+ 75.Kh3 Ra3 76.Qe2 Qh1+! 1+-+-+-mK-!
(76...Kb6 77.Kh4 Qh2 #) 77.Kg3 Qxf3+ 32.Kh1 Ng3+ 33.Kh2 Nf1+ 34.Kh1 -
Bannik Anatoly
(77...Rxf3+ +) 78.Qxf3 Rxf3+ 79.Kxf3 Ragozin Viacheslav
Shirov,A-Karjakin,S Bilbao 2009. xabcdefghy
b3 +. 24...Qa5 25.Nd4 Qc3 (D)
Riga 1952 32...Lc6!!
75.Qe2 Qxf4+ 76.Kh3 Qxf3+?? XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY Brilliant, but what follows is even more bril-
76...Kd7 +. liant!
77.Qxf3 Ra3 78.Kh4!! 8-+-+-+-+( 8-+-+rvlk+( 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.Ne6+ Kg8!
A miraculous save by White. Black has no
7+-+-+-+-' 7+l+n+pzp-' White resigned due to 35.Nxf4 Lxa4 and a
choice but to end the game with stalemate. new queen is born ...
78...Rxf3 6-+-+-+-+& 6-+-zp-+-zp& 0-1
2...a4 3.bxa4 b3! 4.cxb3 d3 Moscow 1964 8-+-tr-+-tr( Exercise 1 (Page 172): Ljubicic Filip-Nataf
01 XABCDEFGHY Igor Alexandre Solin 1997
7+Lzp-wqpzpp' Solution: 50...Ke2 # 01
Example 5 8-+-+-+-+( 6-+-+lsn-+&
XABCDEFGHY 7+p+-+-zp-' Exercise 2 (Page 172): Schmit Aaron-Lang
5+Q+-+-+-% Torsten Germany 1988
8-+-+-+k+( 6-+-+-zp-zp& 4-vlP+-vL-+$ Solution: 63.Kc6! # 10
7+-+-+-zp-' 5+k+-+P+-% 3+-sNkzP-zPP# Exercise 3 (Page 172): Fahnenschmidt
6-+-+-+-+& 4-+-+-+PzP$ Gerhard-Loos Roland Crailsheim 2000
2PzP-+-zP-+" Solution: 82.Kg6 # 10
5+-+-+-+-% 3+-+KzP-+-#
1tR-+-mK-+R!
4pzppmK-+-+$ 2-+-+-+-+" Exercise 4 (Page 172): Fell Nathan-
1+-+-+-+-!
xabcdefghy McVeigh James Churchill 2000
3+-+-+-+-# Solution: 49...Ke5 # 01
2PzP-+-+P+" xabcdefghy 8ABCDEFGH Exercise 5 (Page 172): Wright Ian-
1.e4 Kc6 2.e5!
1+-+-+-+-! Black has a dangerous passed pawn, so 8-+-+-+r+( Wicklander Mathew Kambah 2000
Solution: 40.Kh4! # 10
xabcdefghy White has to try immediately to create his
7+R+-+-zpk'
own passed pawn.
1...c3! 2.bxc3 b3! Exercise 6 (Page 172): Van den Berkmortel
We can call that a long or delayed break.
2...fxe5 3.g5 hxg5 6p+-+N+-+& Theo-Hitzgerova Gabriela Prerov 2001
Not helpful is 3...Kd7 4.f6 Ke6 5.fxg7 Kf7
3.axb3 a3
6.gxh6 b5 7.Ke4 b4 8.Kd3 and the white 5+-+p+PzP-% Solution: 65.Ke7! # 10
And the white pawns block their king's way.
01 king successfully wins both opponent's
pawns.
4-+-+-+-+$ Exercise 7 (Page 173): Capo Vidal Uriel-
3+-+nvL-+-# Gonzalez Emmanuel Villahermosa 2001
Example 6 4.f6 gxf6 5.h5
White gave up nearly all his pawns, but the Solution: 19.000! # 10
XABCDEFGHY last one is unstoppable.
2-+-+-+-mK"
Exercise 8 (Page 173): Grivas Apostolos-
8-+-+-+-+( 10 1+-+-+-+R! Karabourniotis P. Kallithea 2002
7+-+-+pzp-' Cako Laszlo xabcdefghy Solution: 41.Kg2 # Or 41.Kg1 # or 41.Kg3
Arhangelsky Vladislav # 10
6-+-+p+p+& Hoogeveen 2002
5+-+-zP-zP-% XABCDEFGHY 9ABCDEFGH Exercise 9 (Page 173): Ambroise Thibault-
Genin Alexandre Clichy 2003
4k+-+-zP-zP$ 8-+-+-+-+( 8-mk-+-mKQ+( Solution: 69.Kg7! # 10
3+-+-+-+-# 7+-+-+-+-' 7+-+-+R+-'
2-+K+-+-+" 6-+p+-+-+& 6-+-+-+-+&
1+-+-+-+-! 5zp-+k+pzp-% 5+-+-+-+-%
xabcdefghy 4-+-+-+-zp$ 4-+-+-+P+$
The doubled pawns allow White to conduct 3+P+-mK-+P# 3+-+-+-+-#
a multiple break: 2-+-+-+-+"
1.f5!! exf5 2.h5! gxh5 3.g6! fxg6 4.e6 2-+P+-zPP+"
Almost everything has been sacrificed, but 1+-+-+-+-! 1+-+-+-+-!
the last pawn is on its way to the top.
10 xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 44 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 173
1.g3? Ree Hans
1ABCDEFGH 4ABCDEFGH 1.f4 g4 2.Kd3 was correct. Now follows a Ftacnik Lubomir
8L+-+-+-+( 8-+-+-+-+( typical, but unexpected break. Kiev 1978
1...g4! 2.gxh4 gxh3 3.Kf3 f4! XABCDEFGHY
7+-+-+-+p' 7+-tr-+-+-' Creating a typical box for the opponent's
6-+-+-+-+& 6q+-+k+K+& king. 8-+-+-+-+(
4.h5 Ke5 7+-+-+-+-'
5+-+-+-+-% 5+-+-+p+P% Now the king stops White's pawn and it is
4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-vl-+$ time to resign. 6-zp-+-zpp+&
01 5+-+-mk-+p%
3+-+-+-+-# 3+-+-+-+-# Listengarten Leonid 4p+-+P+-zP$
2P+-+-+PzP" 2-+-+-+P+" Chepukaitis Genrikh
Soviet Union 1959 3zP-+-mK-zP-#
1+-+qmk-mK-! 1+-+-+-+-! XABCDEFGHY 2-zP-+-+-+"
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy 8-+-+-+-+( 1+-+-+-+-!
2ABCDEFGH 5ABCDEFGH 7+-+-+-+-' xabcdefghy
6-zp-mk-+-+& 56...g5?
8-+Q+-+-+( 8-+-+-+-+( Black overlooks a typical break.
7mk-+K+-+R' 7+R+-+-+-' 5zp-+p+p+-% 57.g4 hxg4
Or 57...gxh4 58.gxh5 f5 59.h6 f4+ 60.Kf3
6-+-+-+-+& 6p+-+-+kzp& 4P+-mK-+-+$ Kf6 61.e5+ Kg6 62.e6 h3 63.e7.
Short Nigel
6p+-zp-snp+& demonstrate their knowledge of classics. study, but which first was found by Horwitz.
Nowadays it is more difficult, as we have Now it is easy.
Felgaer Ruben 5wq-+-sn-+-% special time control without adjournments 100.Kd3 Kb1 101.Kd2 Nb2 102.Kc3
B38 Buenos Aires 2001 and 30 seconds increment. For this reason Kxa1 103.Kc2 Nd3
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 4-+P+P+-+$ the importance of studying endgame is obvi- 01
5.c4 Lg7 6.Le3 Nf6 7.Nc3 00 8.Le2 d6 3+-sN-vLP+-# ous.
9.00 Ld7 10.Nc2 (D) It is interesting to see one recent example, Example 1 - Loyd Samuel 1860
XABCDEFGHY 2PzPNwQL+PzP" where a top player found the classical ma- XABCDEFGHY
8r+-wq-trk+( 1+-tRR+-mK-! noeuvre. And if it is still a question; do they
8-+-+-+-+(
know it or they try to find it during the
7zpp+lzppvlp' xabcdefghy game? We used to cal this process many 7+-+-+-+-'
15.b4 years ago to reinvent the bicycle!.
6-+nzp-snp+& Much better than 15.Na3 h5 16.Kf1 La4!? The next position was analyzed 150 years 6-+-+-+-+&
17.Re1 Lc6 with excellent counterplay for ago!
5+-+-+-+-% Black, Anand,V-Larsen,B Roquebrune
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+P+P+-+$ 1992. The game would be practically de- Gashimov Vugar 4L+-+-+-sn$
cided after 15.c5! when Black would be fac- Ponomariov Ruslan
3+-sN-vL-+-# ing big troubles. Khanty Mansiysk 2011 3+-+-+-+p#
2PzPN+LzPPzP" 15...Qd8 16.Na3 a5 17.b5 Le6 18.Na4
Nfd7 19.b6
XABCDEFGHY 2-+-+-+k+"
1tR-+Q+RmK-! And White had a huge advantage. 8-+-+-+-+( 1+-+-mK-+-!
xabcdefghy 19...Nc5 20.Nxc5 dxc5 21.Qxa5 Nd7 7+-+-+-+-' xabcdefghy
22.Nb5 Ra8 23.Qd2 Qxb6 24.f4 Nf6 25.
10...a6 Qc2 Lg4 26.e5 Lf5 27.Qb3 Ng4 28. 6-+-+-+-+& Incredibly, first time this position appeared
The weaker plan is 10...Qa5? 11.f4 Rac8 Ld2 h5 29.Lf3 Red8 30.Le1 f6 31.a4 in analysis of the great composer, and well
12.Rb1! a6 13.b4 Qd8 14.Qd3 and White fxe5 32.a5 Qf6 33.h3 exf4 34.hxg4 hxg4
5+-+-+k+K% before Horwitz!
was much better in the game Short,N- 1.Ld7
Andersson,U Wijk aan Zee 1990.
35.Lxb7 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 Rf8 37.g3 f3 4-+-+-+-+$ 1.Lc6+? Kg1 2.Lh1? Kxh1 3.Kf1 Kh2
38.Qe3 Kh7 39.Rd2 Qa1 40.Rh2+ Kg8
11.f3 41.Ld5+
3+-+-+-+n# 4.Kf2 Ng6 5.Kf1 Kg3 6.Kg1 Ne5
A typical move - an additional defence of 7.Kh1 Ng4 8.Kg1 h2+ 9.Kh1 Nf2 #.
the e4-pawn. White wants to free his c3
10 2pvL-+-+-+" 1...h2
knight from this assignment; it is also ac- For some years the plan of retreating the 1+-+-+-+-! 1...Nf3+ 2.Ke2 Nd4+ 3.Ke3 h2.
tively preventing the move ...b5. knight to b3, preparing the move c5, was 2.Lc6+ Kg1
11...Rc8 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Qd2 very popular. We have in mind the next dia-
xabcdefghy 2...Nf3+ 3.Ke2 h1Q 4.Lxf3+.
Possibly the strongest move is 13.Kh1 Ne5 gram: 82.Kh4 Nf4 83.Kg3 Ke4 84.La1 Nd3 3.Lh1!! Kxh1
14.Na3 Qa5 (preparing ...b5) 15.Qb3! with 85.Kg2 Ke3 86.Kg3 Nc5 87.Kg2 Ke2 3...Ng2+ 4.Ke2 Nf4+ 5.Ke1.
the unpleasant threat Lb6. Korchnoi Viktor 88.Kg3 Na4 4.Kf2!
13...Qa5 14.Rfd1 Anand Viswanathan White built the perfect Harwitz position and The idea has to be conducted correctly.
The plan 14.Na3 Le6 15.Nab1 is interest- B38 Wijk aan Zee 1990 can proceed with king to c1 according to There is always room for a wrong decision:
ing but too slow; it did not bring success to 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 Chekhover manoeuvre, but Ponomariov is as it can be easily proved: 4.Kf1? Nf3
White in the game Gulko,B-Nielsen,P 5.e4 Lg7 6.Le3 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Le2 00 not convinced yet! 5.Kf2 Nd2.
Esbjerg 2000. 9.00 Ld7 10.Nb3 (D) 89.Kg2 Nb6 90.Kg3 Nc4 91.Kg2 Ne3+
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 72 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 145
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Lc4 Nc6 4.00 Nf6 23.Qh6! Lxf6 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Le5 XABCDEFGHY blockade on the dark squares but they made
5.Qe2 e6 6.c3 Le7 7.Lb3 00 8.d4 Qc7 10 many light squares weak (b5, c6). The
9.dxc5 dxc5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Lf4 Rd8 8r+-wq-trk+( bishop moved to c8 and left the important d7
12.Nbd2 Nf8 13.Rad1 b6 14.Lg3 Lb7 Lahno Kateryna square to the knight, which has a task on c5.
15.Ne4 Rxd1 16.Rxd1 Rd8 (D) Khotenashvili Bela
7zpp+lzppvlp' After the return of the knight to d4, Black
XABCDEFGHY B12 Tbilisi 2011 6-+nzp-snp+& has no choice but to exchange a pair of
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Lf5 4.h4 h5 5.Lg5 knights. Because of the weak light squares it
8-+-tr-snk+( Qb6 6.Ld3 Lxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.Nd2 Qa6 5+-+-+-+-% would be unforgivable to allow one of the
9.c4 Lb4 10.b3 Ne7 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.00 4-+P+P+-+$ knights to move to b5 and the other one to
7zplwq-vlpzpp' Lxd2 13.Qxd2 Nf5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Ng3 threaten moving to d5. The fact is that the
6-zpn+p+-+& Nxg3 16.fxg3 00 (D) 3+NsN-vL-+-# knight on c6 is not playing a significant role
in the position.
5+-zp-zP-+-% XABCDEFGHY 2PzP-+LzPPzP" 14...Nxd4 15.Lxd4 (D)
4-+-+N+-+$ 8r+-+-trk+( 1tR-+Q+RmK-! XABCDEFGHY
3+LzP-+NvL-# 7zpp+n+pzp-' xabcdefghy 8r+lwq-trk+(
2PzP-+QzPPzP" 6q+-+p+-+& The old rule says that advancing a rook
pawn, with the unpleasant threat of a5 7+-+nzppvlp'
1+-+R+-mK-! 5+-+pzP-vLp% (...a4), is always good against the placement 6-zp-zp-+p+&
of the knight on b6 (b3). So, Black tried fol-
xabcdefghy 4-+-zP-+-zP$ lowing that rule: 5zp-+-+-+-%
17.Nf6+! Kh8?! 3+P+-+-zP-# 10...a5!? 11.Nd2 4-+PvLP+-+$
The less evil was 17...gxf6 18.exf6 Rxd1+ If 11.a3 then 11...a4 with the destruction of
19.Qxd1 Qd7 20.fxe7 Nxe7 when White
2P+-wQ-+P+" the queenside. Because of that White gave 3+-sN-+-+-#
would just have a clear advantage in the end- 1tR-+-+RmK-! up another tempo. The knight on d2 defends
2PzP-+LzPPzP"
ing due to his bishop-pair and his better the e4-pawn and its partner on c3 is already
pawn structure. 17...Lxf6 18.exf6 Rxd1+ xabcdefghy prepared for action (on b5 or d5). 1+-tRQ+RmK-!
19.Lxd1 Qd8 20.fxg7 Kxg7 21.Lc2 Ng6 Black's king is rather week and the attack 11...Lc8
22.h4 was also better than the text move. must be decisive but accurate. The second logical possibility is 11...Ne8 xabcdefghy
18.Ng5! Rxd1+ 19.Qxd1 Nd8 17.Lf6! gxf6 with play against the d4-square; for exam- 15...Lh6!
The alternative was 19...gxf6 20.Nxf7+ There is not much that Black can do any- ple: 12.Rc1 Nd4 13.Nb3 Nxe2+ 14.Qxe2 A very instructive moment. Black won a
Kg8 21.exf6 Qd7 22.Nh6+ Kh8 23.Qg4 more: 17...Qb6 18.Lxg7! Kxg7 19.Qg5+ a4! 15.Nd4 Nc7, like in the game tempo and for him it is even more important
Ng6 24.Nf7+ Kg8 25.Nd6 Nd8 26.fxe7 Kh7 20.Qxh5+ Kg7 21.Qg5+ Kh8 Cvetkovic,S-Martinovic,S Cetinje 1991. to keep the darksquared bishops. If not,
Qxe7 27.h4 and White will soon win. 22.Rf6! Qxd4+ 23.Kh2 Qd3 24.Rh6+ 12.Rc1 White's attack would become very danger-
20.Qh5! Qh7 25.Rxh7+ Kxh7 26.Rf1 + or After the principled 12.c5 dxc5 13.Lxc5 ous. For example: 15...Lb7 16.Lxg7 Kxg7
Another piece joins the attack. Also good 17...Nxf6 18.exf6 Kh7 19.fxg7 +. Le6 14.Nc4 Nd7 15.Le3 Rc8 the posi- 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.f4 Nc5 19.f5. Black
was 20.Lc2 g6 21.h4. 18.exf6 Rfc8 tion is at least equal for Black. would not have enough pieces on the king-
20...gxf6 18...Nxf6 19.Qg5+! Kh8 20.Rxf6 +. 12...Nd7 13.Nb3!? side and White's pieces would be able to
What else? 20...h6 21.La4! La6 22.Ne8 19.Qh6! Nxf6 20.Qg5+! Kf8 21.Qxf6 Korchnoi in his provocative style! The attack freely (Nd5, Rc3-h3).
Qb7 23.Nxf7+ + or 20...Qc6 21.Ld5! 10 knight that recently spent two moves for the 16.f4
Qa4 22.h3 gxf6 23.exf6 Lxf6 24.Nxf7+ manoeuvre Nd4-b3-d2 will, in the next two After 16.Rc2 e5! 17.Le3 Lxe3 18.fxe3
moves, backtrack over the same squares: Nc5 19.Lf3 Lb7 Black's position would
+ is a lost case. Conclusion
21.exf6 Qc6 22.Ld5! This tactical theme is often met and it is Nd2-b3-d4! What an absurd action! be at least equal.
Winning an important tempo. easy to understand and practice it. Can be 13...b6 14.Nd4 16...Lb7 17.Le3 Nc5 18.b3!?
22...Qe8 either proved a short combination or a long- Anand probably did not understand White's White already had problems. After 18.Lf3
22...exd5 23.fxe7 and White promotes next! term compensationally sacrifice. Both cases play, though it was not so unreasonable. e5! 19.Qd2 is not possible due to 19...exf4
seem pleasant for the attacking part! What did Black achieve while the white 20.Lxf4 Lxf4 21.Qxf4 Nd3. For this rea-
knight was dancing around? He moved the son Korchnoi decided to seek complications.
a7- and b7-pawns to a5 and b6, which has its 18...Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Lxe4 20.Qd4 Lc6
www.fide.com http://trainers.fide.com pros and cons. The pawns did set up a 21.f5!?
3+-sN-+N+-# 4-+-+-+-vL$ A.Alekhine. And so White went on to win Nxd4? Rxd5 27.Nf5 Rcd8 .
later, although we must admit that Black did 26...cxd4 (D)
2PzPQ+LzPPzP" 3+-+-+-+-# not put-up his best defensive skills, making Forced: 26...Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.
2-zPQ+pzPPzP" things easier for his opponent. Yes, even at Nh6+.
1+K+R+-+R! the highest level weak moves are lurking XABCDEFGHY
xabcdefghy 1+K+-+-+R! everywhere and obviously it is not an easy
xabcdefghy job to avoid them 8q+rtr-+k+(
16.Rd6 23...h6 24.000 Rae8 25.Lf6+ Kh7 26.f4
Setting up the threat of Nd5, but as Potkin Now Black has a dangerous passed pawn to exf3 27.Lxf3 Na5 28.Lxb7 Nxb7
7zp-+-+pzpp'
explains in his notes for NIC Magazine boot. 29.Rd7 Nc5 30.Rxf7+ Kg6 31.Rxc7 6-zp-+-+n+&
3/2011 Black can afford to ignore the threat: 22.c6 Nd4 23.Qd3 Nd3+ 32.Kb1 Kf5 33.Rd1 Nxe5 34.
16...00 17.Nd5 23.cxb7 Ra1+ 24.Kxa1 Nxc2+ 25.Kb1 Rf1+ Ke4 35.Rxa7 Nc4 36.Rd7 Ke3 5+-+N+N+Q%
As he can profitably sacrifice his strongest e1Q+ 26.Rxe1 Nxe1 27.Lg3! Nxg2 28.
piece! Kc2 f5 29.b8Q Rxb8 30.Lxb8 Kf7 is a
37.Re1+ Kf3 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Rd4
Ne3 40.Rh4
4-+-zp-zP-+$
17...cxd5! 18.Rxb6 axb6 long line by Potkin; Black wins the ending 10 3+P+-+-zP-#
Black only has a rook and a knight for the since his king will reach d5, when his activ-
queen, but to compensate for the material ity, combined with his material advantage Duz-Khotimirsky Fedor Ivanovich
2P+-+-+-zP"
imbalance, he has the open a- and c-file as will suffice. Bannik Anatoly 1+-+-+RmK-!
well as strong central pressure. The white 23...Nxc6 24.f3 A14 Vilnius 1949
king clearly isn't all that safe on the queen- Black wins in a direct attack on the king 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Le7 xabcdefghy
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 82 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 135
Lb7 9.c3 Nf6 10.N2g3 00 11.g5 Nxe4 23.d5 Nc4 24.Kb1 . after 24.Qxe2 Ra4! (gaining a tempo) 25. 4.h3
12.Nxe4 Kh8 13.Qh5 Qe8 (D) 19.dxe5 (D) Lg3 Rfa8 26.Rd1 Nb4 or 24.Lg3 Rfe8 After 4.Kf2 Ng4+ 5.Kg3 (or 5.Kg1 Nf6
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY 25.Re1 Nb4 +. [rather than repeat moves with 5...Ne3]
24...Ra4 25.Qd7 Black gains good chances with 5...Nf6.
8r+-+qtr-mk( 8r+-wq-tr-mk( 25.Qxe2 Rxh4 26.Qxb5 Rb4 and rook, 4...f5!
bishop and knight will outgun the queen. Brute force! Black is opening up the long
7zplzp-vlpzpp' 7zplzp-+p+p' 25...Rxh4 26.Qxb7 Rd4! diagonal. If Black thinks he can play more
6-zpn+p+-+& 6-zpn+-+-+& And now the passed pawn decides, as there quietly with the mysterious 4...Rb8, with
is no good defence to ...Rd1 next move. the concrete threat of taking on d4 followed
5+-+-+-zPQ% 5+-+-zPp+-% 01 by ...c3, then he is mistaken: 5.f5!? and now,
4-+-zPN+-+$ 4-+-+-+-wQ$ If it was already difficult for Jobava in the
following 5...Lxd4 6.cxd4 c3, White has
7.Qd3 cxd2 8.Qxe3 Rxb2 9.Rd1 Rxe4
3zP-zP-+-+-# 3zP-zP-+-vL-# above example to perceive that winning the 10.Qc3 Re1+ 11.Rxe1 dxe1Q+ 12.Qxe1
queen was in fact a Pyrrhic victory, then we Rxg2+ 13.Kf1 Lc6 14.Qxa5 and sud-
2-zP-+-zPLzP" 2-zP-+-zPLzP" can certainly understand that White missed denly we are in a situation where the queen
1tR-vL-mK-+R! 1tR-+-mK-+R! the unpinning manoeuvre in the next game: is at its best. There are pawns on both wings.
Her majesty can move back and forth very
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy Bologan Viktor
quickly, while the pieces have no strong-
14.Nf6! 19...Rg8?! Piket Jeroen
holds at present.
'A correct offer of a pawn, securing for Black should have gone 19...f6! 20.Qh3! Biel 1999
5.Qa2
White a strong and most likely irresistible (20.e6 Re8) 20...Nxe5!! 21.Lxb7 Qd3! XABCDEFGHY What else? Bologan is trying to get his
offensive' - A.Alekhine. 22.Qf1 (22.Lxa8? Nf3+ 23.Lxf3 Re8+ queen into play. 5.exf5 Nxg2 6.Nxc4
14...Lxf6 +) 22...Nf3+ 23.Lxf3 Qxf3 24.Kd2
8ltr-wqr+k+( Lxd4+ 7.cxd4 Nxf4 with excellent attack-
If Black accepts the sac with 14...gxf6?! then Rad8+ 25.Kc2 f4 26.Re1 fxg3 27.fxg3 . 7+-zp-+pzp-' ing chances for Black.
after 15.gxf6 Na5 (15...Lxf6 16.Le4 +) 20.Lf3? 5...Lxe4 6.Nxc4
16.Lxb7 (16.fxe7 Qxe7 17.Lxb7 Nxb7 White should have played 20.Qf4! Rg6
6-vl-zp-sn-zp& Nor can White solve his problems with
18.Lg5 f6 19.Lh6 Rg8 20.000 Nd6 21.Rg1 Qd3 22.Qd2 . 5zp-+-+-+-% 6.Nxe4 for after 6...Rxe4 7.Re1 Rde8
21.Rhe1 ) 16...Nxb7 17.fxe7 Qxe7 20...Qd3! (7...d5) 8.Rxe3! Rxe3 9.Qxc4+ Kh8 (9...
18.Lf4 (18.Lg5 f6 19.Lh6 Rg8 20.000 'An ingenious resource; but, as the following 4P+psNPzP-vL$ Kf8 is perhaps even stronger) as Black is
Nd6 21.Rhe1 ) 18...Rg8 19.000
White gets a better position in every varia-
shows, Black, in adopting it, did not actually 3+-zP-tR-+-# still better with two rooks already for the
queen.
realise how many interesting possibilities it
tion. opened to him' - A.Alekhine. 2-zPQsN-+PzP" 6...Ld5 7.b3 (D)
15.gxf6 gxf6 16.Qh4 Qd8 21.Le2 XABCDEFGHY
Forced. If 16...Qe7? then 17.Le4 wins. White should be careful now: 21.Lxc6?
1tR-+-+-mK-!
17.Lf4! e5 La6! (21...Lxc6? 22.Qf6+ Rg7 23.Qxc6) xabcdefghy 8-+-trr+k+(
Maybe Black should think of 17...f5!? 22.Qh5 Rg4 +.
18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.Lxc7 Rd7 although 21...Qe4?
1...Nd5! 7+-zp-+-zp-'
Black would actually be in trouble if it were
after 20.Lg3! (20.Lf4?! f6 [20...Na5 'Leading to a lost endgame. From an objec- not for this sacrifice. Piket has made the 6-vl-zp-+-zp&
21.Lxb7 Nxb7 22.Rg1 ] 21.Rd1 [21.0 tive point of view it is certainly a pity that brilliant assessment that rook and piece are
00? Nxd4!] 21...Rg8 22.Lf3 Ne7 =) Black avoids the fantastical complications ample compensation for the queen here.
5zp-+l+p+-%
20...f6 21.000 White stands better. It must deriving from 21...Qc2!, a move which with 1...Qe7 2.Rae1 would favour White, and 4P+NsN-zP-+$
be noted that bad is 17...Rb8? 18.Lxc7! the right continuation would have secured the same holds true for 1...Qd7 2.Lxf6.
Qxc7 19.Qxf6+ Kg8 20.Lxc6 Rfd8 him a draw' - A.Alekhine: 22.Qf6+ Rg7 2.Lxd8
3+PzP-sn-+P#
21.Qh6 +. The weak black king allows all 23.Rg1! (23.e6? Re8! 24.Rg1! La6!! No better is 2.Rh3 Nb4 . 2Q+-+-+P+"
kind of tactical continuations, which help [24...Rxe6 25.Le5! +] 25.Lxa6 Qxb2!! 2...Nxe3 3.Qb1 Rbxd8
White to get an advantage - something has [25...Rxe6+ 26.Le5!! Qe4+! 27.Kf1 All of Black's pieces are well placed, 1tR-+-+-mK-!
already went wrong for Black... Qxe5! 28.Qxg7+ Qxg7 29.Rxg7 Kxg7 ]
18.Lg3 f5 26.Rd1 Rxe6+ 27.Le5 Qxc3+ +)
whereas White's heavy pieces are lost in the xabcdefghy
corner. White's king is vulnerable as well.
It seems that 18...exd4! is playable: 19.00 23...Qxb2 24.e6!! Qxa1+ 25.Ld1 Nd4! Piket now decides the game with a direct
Bologan now prevents the knight from es-
0 f5 20.Qh6 f6 21.Rhg1 Rf7 22.cxd4 Na5 (25...Rd8? 26.Ld6! + ; 25...Qb1? 26.f3!! attack on the king.
caping by means of
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 134 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 83
7...Lxd4! 8.cxd4 Nxg2 9.Qf2 Re6! + Schut Lisa
Preparing a switch to g6, as well as doubling David Alberto Blocking the f6-square
rooks on the e-file. Bologan now takes a Bethune 2010
worthless pawn, but his position was hope- XABCDEFGHY Efstratios Grivas
less anyway.
10.Nxa5 Rde8! 8-+r+r+k+( Concept bishops way to h7.
Piket is playing with all his pieces. The blocking of the f6 (f3)-square in front 18...exd4 19.Rf6! (D)
11.Nc4 Rg6 12.Kh2 Nxf4! 13.Rg1
7+l+nvlpzpp' of the castled king with a piece (knight, XABCDEFGHY
13.Qxf4 Re2+. 6pzp-zpp+-+& bishop or rook) which can be captured by
13...Rxg1 the opponent, is a usual tactical theme which 8r+-+qtr-mk(
And White resigned. 5+-+-+-zP-% can often meet in practice.
The idea is rather simple: to immobilize
7zpp+-+pvlp'
01 4Pwq-+PzP-+$
As should be obvious by now, we are
the opponents f-pawn (mainly), creating at 6-+psn-tR-+&
3tR-sN-vL-+-# the same the best possibilities for an eventu-
studying complex examples where one side ally successfully attack. The cost of a piece 5+-+-+-+Q%
has positional compensation for the loss of 2-zPPtR-+LzP" is usually compensating by the activity of
the queen (or in some cases insufficient 4-+-zpP+-+$
compensation).
1+-+-+-wQK! the rest of his army, creating good chances
of combinations or lethal attacks. 3+-sNL+-+P#
We are not concerned with combinations xabcdefghy The most famous example is probably the
where the sacrifice of the queen leads to, 22...Qxb2 following one:
2PzPP+-+P+"
say, direct material gain, or a mating attack.
Before we continue, we have to establish
The strongest continuation. David sacrifices 1tR-+-+-mK-!
his queen for sufficient material. Another Fischer Robert James
what would roughly be the material equiva- useful feature of queen sacrifices is that they Benko Pal xabcdefghy
lent of a queen. Normally speaking, rook always unbalance the game. Quite playable B09 New York 1963 Blocking the f-pawn's advance is the right
and minor piece cannot withstand a queen for Black is 22...Qa5 23.Rb3!?. However, 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Lg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 way to finish-off the job. Bad would be the
(note, though, that this was the material dis- 22...Nc5 23.Rd4 Qxb2 24.Lc1 Qxc2 immediate 19.e5? due to 19...f5! and Black
5.Nf3 00 6.Ld3 Lg4 7.h3 Lxf3 8.Qxf3
crepancy in Bologan-Piket). has no problem!
25.Rd2 + is wrong. Nc6 9.Le3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5
When the weaker side has an additional 19...Kg8
23.Rb3 Qxb3 24.cxb3 Rxc3 25.Ld4 12.Qxf5 Nd4 13.Qf2 Ne8 14.00 Nd6
pawn, he should often be able to draw; an- There is now way out: 19...dxc3 20.e5 + or
25.Rb2. 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qg4 c6 17.Qh5 Qe8 (D)
other pawn should give winning chances. 19...Lxf6 20.e5 +.
25...Rxb3 XABCDEFGHY
I will not concern myself with queen ver- 20.e5
Rook, knight and two pawns are more than
sus two rooks. As is well-known, two rooks 8r+-+qtr-mk( And only now!
enough. Black has excellent winning
are normally stronger (but it depends on the
chances. 20...h6 21.Ne2!
number of open files and whether the rooks
26.Qa1?! e5! 27.Qa2?!
7zpp+-+pvlp' And Black resigned as after 21...Lxf6
are coordinated or not).
When it comes to queen versus minor
Black is also better after 27.Lxe5!? (27. 6-+psn-+-+& 22.Qxh6 or 21...Nb5 22.Qf5 mate follows.
fxe5?! Lxg5!) 27...Nxe5 28.fxe5 Lxg5 White rightly avoided the immediate 21.
pieces, then generally one requires three
(28...dxe5? 29.Rd7) 29.Rxd6. 5+-+-zp-+Q% Rxd6?! due to 21...Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Lxe5
minor pieces to fully compensate for a queen
(in such cases well-coordinated pieces offer 27...Rb4 28.Lc3 Rc8! 4-+-snP+-+$ 23.Ne4 Lxd6 24.Nxd6 Rab8 25.g4 .
good winning chances). David is demonstrating an excellent com- 10
Having more pieces generally means that mand of positions with unbalanced material. 3+-sNLvL-+P#
29.Lxb4 Rc1+ 30.Lf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kg2 Of course this is supposed to be an easy
one can attack a target more often than a
Rxf4
2PzPP+-+P+" example, so lets try to investigate this at-
sole queen can defend it. tacking theme with the help of various other
The pieces do require coordination and Black now has two minor pieces and three 1tR-+-+RmK-! examples, which are presented in chrono-
pawns for the queen. He will win another
strongholds, while a queen may be very ag-
pawn soon. Also important is the excellent
xabcdefghy logical order (but for no particular reason!):
ile, and can quickly switch between attack-
coordination of Black's forces and the vul- A famous position which can be found in
ing one weakness and another. Alekhine Alexander
nerable position of Whites king. nearly every tactical theme chess book but
All these observations are rules of thumb Euwe Max
32.Lxd6?! from the ...next move! Well, Fischer's com-
only. Clearly, strategical considerations or C15 Utrecht 1935
32.Kg1 a5 (32...Lxe4?! 33.Qc4 and the bination actually started here.
compensating factors may tilt the balance 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Lb4 4.Nge2 dxe4
queen becomes active) 33.Lxd6 Lxg5 . 18.Lxd4!
towards one side or the other. 5.a3 Le7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.g4 b6 8.Lg2
This 'un-natural' exchange opens the d3-
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 84 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 133
another way, but Black plays without any moves. 32...Lxe4+ 33.Kg1 Rg4+ 34.Kf1 Lxg5 White threatens Ne4 or so it seems; Lasker
risk, as befits good technique in a winning 40...g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Le1 g4 43.fxg4 35.h3 Rh4 36.Le7? now played
position. Ke4 44.g5 Ke5 Black has to play more accurately after 1...Nc2!
XABCDEFGHY 01 36.Rf2 Ld3+ 37.Kg2 and now 37...Rc4! When after
(37...Lc4? 38.Rc2 ) 38.Qb3 e4. 2.Ne4
8-+-+-+k+( Further Improvement 36...Rf4+ 37.Kg1 Lxe7 38.Rxd7 Lc5+ He gave up his queen with
What is the right frame of mind to get into The bishop pair and four pawns wins: 2...Qxe5! 3.Nf6+ Qxf6 4.Rxf6 Nxf6
7zpp+r+pvl-' before a chess game? I would say you need 39.Kh2 h5 40.Rd8+ Kh7 41.Rd2 Rf1 4...Nxe1 5.Rf4 Rd1 was also good, when
6-+-+-+pzp& to be cheerful, positive and optimistic and 42.Qc4 Rh1+ 43.Kg3 Rg1+ 44.Kh2 f5 Black will regain the queen and remain a
your brain should be free of distraction. 45.Qf7 Rg6 46.h4 Lg1+ 47.Kh3 f4 pawn up in the ending.
5+-+-+-+-% The second item on the agenda might not 48.Qf8 Rg3 # 5.Rc1
4-+-zp-+-+$ always be possible to achieve, but you 01 Or 5.Re2 Rd1 6.Rxc2 Rxf1+ 7.Kxf1.
should strive hard for positivity. During the 5...Ne4 6.Le2 Nd4
3+-+R+-+-# game it is essential not to beat yourself up, This game may remind us of the classical Such powerful knights. Euwe's queen is
as this is a primary cause of meaningless and example Ilyin Zhenevsky-Lasker, Moscow clearly too passive. He now tries to activate
2PzPrvL-zPPzP" very poor moves. 1925, where Lasker sacrificed his queen in a his strongest piece, but it is already too late.
1tR-+-+K+-! Even if you make a mistake, you have to typical Sicilian middlegame to unbalance the 7.Lf3 Nxf2 8.Qc4 Nd3! 9.Rf1 Ne5
keep believing in your position and try to game (he won easily, even though objec- 10.Qb4 Nexf3+ 11.gxf3 Ne2+ 12.Kh2
xabcdefghy make the best of it. After the game, learn all tively White could have obtained some ad- Nf4+ 13.Kh1
31.Rxc1 Rxc1 32.Ke2 Rb1! 33.Rd3 the lessons you can from what has just hap- vantage). Interestingly, Kasparov (in My 13.Kg3 g5 +.
Ke6 34.h4 Kd5 + 35.Ld2 Ke4 36.Rg3 pened and then move forward. Great Predecessors Volume I) observes that 13...R2d4! 14.Qe7? Kg7!
f4 37.Rd3 Le5 38.f3+ Kd5 39.Le1 Ld6 This is a simple enough philosophy, easy properly speaking this is not really a sacri- Black now wins by a direct mating attack.
40.Ld2 to apply and will certainly lead to an im- fice, but merely a form of exchange. 15.Qc7 R8d5 16.Re1 Rg5 17.Qxc6 Rd8
40.Lf2 Lc5 leaves White without good provement in your chess-playing strength. Although I do not want to give too many 01
classical examples (they may be found in
So far we have seen examples where the
many books) another game from the second
pieces were well coordinated, even though
World Champion surely deserves to be men-
http://trainers.fide.com tioned here. In Zurich 1934, the 65-year old
play was all over the board. In general, it is
more favourable for the pieces when the
Lasker defeated Max Euwe one year before
position is more compact (in such cases the
The Trainers Site! the latter would become World Champion.
He did so in excellent style:
long distance power of the queen is less
relevant).
Euwe Max Larsen Bent
Lasker Emanuel Chandler Murray
Zurich 1934 Hastings 1987
XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
8-+-trn+k+( 8r+lwqr+k+(
7zp-+-+p+-' 7+psn-+-vlp'
6-+p+p+p+& 6-+-+-+p+&
5+-+-zP-wq-% 5+-+-zpp+-%
4PsnL+-+-+$ 4-+Pzp-+-+$
3+P+-+RsN-# 3wQ-+P+-zP-#
2-+-tr-zPP+" 2-+-sNPzPLzP"
1+-+-tRQmK-! 1tRR+-sN-mK-!
xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 132 FIDE TRG Yearbook 2011 85
18.Ld5+ 32.Rxh7+ Kg8 33.Rb7 ern style of all-round excellence. Opening 14.bxc3 Lxc3 White's pieces hang, al-
The simple 18.Qb3 can be met by 18...Rxa1 The rest is agony for Black: specialists are all too easy to pick off with though he can keep fighting with best play:
19.Rxa1 e4. 33...Qa6? 34.Nxe5 Le6 35.Re7 Kf8 the advent of databases. 15.Lh6 Lxe1 (15...Re8? 16.Re3 + ;
18...Kh8 36.Nhg6+ Kg8 37.Rxe6 Qa2 6.Ld3 15...Lxa1? 16.Qxa1 +) 16.Qxe1 Qxd3
18...Nxd5 19.Qxa8 Nc3 20.Rxb7! Nxe2+ Mate is now forced. The natural looking 6.c4 is inaccurate. After 17.Ne5 (17.Qe5? f6 18.Qxe7 Rf7)
21.Kf1 Lxb7 22.Qxb7 Nc3 23.Ra7 Qf6 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Re7+ Kh6 40.Ng4+ 6...Nb4 Black suddenly develops an initia- 17...Qd4 18.c6 (18.Lxf8 Kxf8 19.Nxg4
24.c5 was indicated by Larsen. White is Kh5 41.Re5+ Lg5 42.Nf4+ Kxg4 tive, threatening to take on d4 followed by Qxg4 ) 18...bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qf6
much better due to his strong passed pawn 43.Lf3 # the check on c2. Therefore White must place 20.Nxe7+ Kh8 21.Nd5 Qd4 22.Lxf8
(and control of the seventh rank). 10 the knight on a3, after which Black easily Rxf8 23.Ne3 Le6 24.Rd1 Qe5 25.Qb4
19.Qxa8! Nxa8 20.Rxa8 Lh6?! achieves comfortable play: 7.Le3 Lf5 Kg7 26.Qe7 a5 27.h3 Rb8 and Black is
20...Qe7 21.Lxb7! Le6 (21...Lxb7 22. It is surely no coincidence that we may 8.Na3 (8.Nd3 e5! ) 8...Nd7 =. Besides only slightly better in the final position. I get
Rxb7! Qf8 23.Raa7) 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8 find many more suitable examples of our 6.Ld3, other attempts to fight for the advan- the impression Topalov was quite shocked
23.Ra1 Lf8 24.Ra8 Qe7 25.Ld5 and subject in Larsens practice. His combative tage are 6.Le2 and 6.Lc4. by the ease with which Black equalized us-
White is better because the position is com- attitude induced him to look for opportuni- 6...Nd7 ing the 'inferior' 'Alekhine's Defence'.
pact. ties to unbalance the game. I refer the eager An economical idea where Black tries to 13...cxd4 14.cxd4 e6
21.Ndf3 Qe7 22.Lxb7! Ld7 student to such games as Neikirch-Larsen, exchange White's strong knight. Everything is under control and White's
22...Lxb7? 23.Rxb7. Portoroz 1958 and Van den Berg-Larsen, 7.Nxd7 weak pawn on d4 is nothing to write home
23.Rxe8+ Lxe8 24.Ld5 Qd6 25.Rb7 Beverwijk 1959. Topalov is surprised and plays an insipid about.
The immediate 25.h4 is also good, but Lar- In compact positions the side opposing the move. But 5...c6 is a logical idea, developed 15.Qb3?!
sen presumably just wanted Black to play queen will often be able to draw (despite his by Tony Miles. Black waits to see what After 15.h3 Lxf3 16.Lxf3 Qb6 17.Lxd5
25...g5. material deficit) by means of a fortress. White is doing and then reacts with ...Lf5, exd5 18.Le3 the position is utterly miser-
25...g5 26.h4! gxh4 Aiming for this can be a conscious defensive ...Nd7 or ...g6 as appropriate. Meanwhile able for White. I think best now is
26...g4 27.Ng5 Lxg5 28.hxg5 h6 29.gxh6 strategy. ...c6 is always useful. 18...Rfe8! (18...Qxb2 19.Qd3! Qb6
Qxh6 30.Rb8 Qg6 31.Ng2 Kg7 32.Nh4 7...Lxd7 8.00 g6 9.Nd2 20.Rab1 Qc6 21.Rec1 Qd7 22.Qb5!)
Qh5 33.Nxf5+ +. Khalifman Alexander Somewhat better is 9.Re1 Lg7 10.c3 00 with an ongoing big plus. White may grovel
27.Nxh4 Ld7 28.Nef3 f4 Karpov Anatoly 11.Lg5 although Black hardly has any a draw, but that is the height of his ambition.
28...Le6 29.Lxe6 Qxe6 30.Rb8+ Kg7 Dos Hermanas 1993 opening problems. 15...Lxf3!
31.Rb5 wins easily. XABCDEFGHY 9...Lg7 10.Nf3 00 11.Re1 Very concrete. Black wins the central pawn.
29.Le4 (D) More cautious is 11.h3 =. 16.Lxf3 Lxd4 17.Lxd5 Qxd5 18.Qxd5
XABCDEFGHY 8r+-+-trk+( 11...Lg4! 12.c3 c5! (D) exd5 19.Rd1
4-+-zP-+-+$ 8r+lwq-trk+( (open files?) cut off the king needs open files
cut off king
3+P+Q+PzPp# 7zp-+-+pzpp' Bishop active attack long distance long distance
3+-+-+-+-# order to be able to decide on the correct 7zpl+-wqp+p' play 16.Nxd8 Rxd8 then White would end
up being a piece down. Even after 17.Le6+
2p+-+-zp-+" move. The continuation 1.b5? a2 2.b6 cxb6 6-zp-zp-+p+& Kf8 18.Lxc3 White would still lose be-
3.cxb6 a1Q 4.b7+ Kd8 5.b8Q+ Ke7 cause of the pin with 18...Re8.
1mK-+-+-+-! 6.Qe8+ Kf6 = is not sufficient for a win. 5+-zp-sNLzP-% 16...Kg7 17.Lxc3+ Rf6 18.Lxf6+ Qxf6
1...e4 2.b5 e3 (D) 4-zPP+-sn-+$
xabcdefghy 19.gxf6+ Kxh6 (D)
(see next diagram) My opponent actually saw everything up to
13...Kg4 14.Rxf2 g5 15.Kxa2 Kg3 3zP-wQ-+-+-# this point. In the post game analysis, she told
3.La4!!
16.Rf5 2-vL-zPPzP-zP" me that she totally forgot that in this posi-
A fantastic multi-function move! The bishop
10 tion, she no longer has her rook on f8 any-
controls the d7- and e8-squares. At the same 1tR-+-mK-tR-!
time, it blocks the a-file and thus prevents more. White has a significant material ad-
the a-pawn from promoting with check. xabcdefghy vantage. Therefore, the position is already
3.b6? cxb6 4.cxb6 Kd7! 5.b7 a2! 6.Lxa2 e2 winning no matter what. Unfortunately, this
is one of them with the idea to 'pin' the
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Here Black is also surviving after 19...Lxg4 This in-between move wins a piece. After 7.b8Q e1Q . variations. This one is by Amatzia Avni.
(but not 19...Ne4 20.Nxg6 [20.Nxe4 19.Nxe5 Lxe5 Black would still get some XABCDEFGHY XABCDEFGHY
Qxh4 +] 20...Lxc3 21.bxc3 Lxg4 22.f3 counter chances.
Lh3 23.fxe4 Rg8 24.Rf7+ Kxg6 25.Qf2 19...Kg8 8-+k+-+-+( 8-+-+-tR-vl(
Kh5+ 26.Kh1 Lg2+ 27.Kh2 Lxe4 Moving into a discovery with 19...Kxh6
28.Lg5 Qxg5 29.Rxe4 +) 20.Qxg6+ would be deadly too.
7mK-zp-+-+-' 7+-sn-+-+-'
Kh8 21.Lxh6 Rg8 22.Lxg7+ Rxg7 20.hxg7 Nxd3 6-+-+-+-+& 6-+-+-+-+&
23.Qh6+ Kg8 24.Ng6 Nh7 with compli- 20...Nxe3 21.Qxe3.
cations. 17.Lxh6!? was also not bad with a 21.Qxd3 (D) 5+PzP-+-+-% 5+-+P+-+-%
strong attack after 17...Lxh6 (17...Nxg4 XABCDEFGHY 4-+-+-+-+$ 4-+-+-+p+$
18.Lxg6+ Kxg6 19.Rxe8 +) 18.g5 Lg7
19.gxf6 Lxf6 20.Ne4 . 8r+lwqr+k+( 3zpL+-zp-+-# 3+-+k+-+-#
17...Ng4 7zpp+-+-zP-' 2-+-+-+-+" 2-+-+-+K+"
This was my top choice. After 17...hxg5
18.Nxg5+ Black is lost. 6-+-zp-+p+& 1+-+-+-+-! 1+-+-+-+-!
18.gxh6 Nde5 xabcdefghy xabcdefghy
The key variation that I spent a considerable
5+-zpP+-sN-%
3...e2 1.d6! (D)
amount of time calculating was 18...Nxe3 4-+P+-+n+$ 3...a2 4.b6 cxb6 (4...a1Q 5.b7+ Kd8 1.Rxh8? Nxd5 =.
19.hxg7 Nxf1 (D)
XABCDEFGHY 3+-sNQvL-+-# 6.b8Q+ Ke7 7.Qe8+ Kf6 8.Qh8+ +) XABCDEFGHY
5.cxb6 a1Q 6.b7+ Kd8 (6...Kc7 7.b8Q #)
8r+lwqr+-+( 2PzP-+-zP-+" 7.b8Q+ Ke7 8.Qe8+ Kd6 9.Qd7+ Kc5 8-+-+-tR-vl(
7zpp+n+-zPk' 1+-+-tRRmK-! 10.Qc6+ Kb4 11.Qb5+ Kc3 (11...Ka3 7+-sn-+-+-'
12.Qb3 #) 12.Qe5+ +.
6-+-zp-+p+& xabcdefghy 4.b6 cxb6 6-+-zP-+-+&
21...Lf5 4...c6 5.b7+ Kd7 6.b8Q e1Q 7.Qd6+ Ke8
5+-zpP+-+-% My opponent actually thought he was doing 8.Qxc6+ Kf7 9.Lb3+ Kg7 10.Qb7+ Kf6
5+-+-+-+-%
4-+P+-+-+$ OK, until he realized that after 21...Nxe3 I 11.Qb6+ Kg7 12.c6 +. 4-+-+-+p+$
don't have to recapture on e3. I can play 5.cxb6 e1Q (D)
3+-sNL+N+-# 22.Qxg6! instead. The rest was easy. XABCDEFGHY 3+-+k+-+-#
22.Nce4 Ne5 23.Qe2 Kxg7 24.Kg2 Qe7 2-+-+-+K+"
2PzP-wQ-zP-+" 25.Lf4 Nf7 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Qc3+ Ne5 8-+k+-+-+(
1+-+-tRnmK-! 28.Nxd6
7mK-+-+-+-' 1+-+-+-+-!
10
xabcdefghy 6-zP-+-+-+& xabcdefghy
The next position came from one of the 1...Le5! 2.d7
At first I was trying to make one of the games which I played only a few months
forceful moves such as the sac with after the game above.
5+-+-+-+-% 2.dxc7? Lxc7 =.
2...Ne6 3.Re8 Nf4+ 4.Kg3
20.Lxg6+ or 20.Ng5+ work. Those ideas In this game, my opponent was my old 4L+-+-+-+$ 4.Kh2? Lc7 5.Rc8 La5 = ; 4.Kf2 Lc7 =.
did not work. But it was quite pleasurable rival (and friend), the legendary former
when I finally noticed the hidden quiet move Women's World Champion Maia Chibur-
3zp-+-+-+-# 4...Lc7
20.Qg5!! that unexpectedly wins the game! 4...Nh5+ is followed by 5.Kh4! Lc7
For example, 20...Qxg5+ 21.Nxg5+ Kxg7
danidze at the Calvia Chess Olympiad. 2-+-+-+-+" 6.Kxh5 g3 7.Rg8 winning. If Black gives
22.Rxe8 and the black knight on f1 gets Polgar Susan 1+-+-wq-+-! double check with 4...Ne2+ there follows
Chiburdanidze Maia 5.Kf2 g3+ 6.Ke1! (6.Kf1? g2+! [the king
trapped after 22...Nd2 23.Re2 Kf6 24.f4.
Black also loses after 18...Lxh6 19.Lxh6
A17 Calvia 2004 xabcdefghy is diverted by the black knight] 7.Kxg2 Lf6
Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Nxh6 21.Lxg6+ Kxg6 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Lb4 4.Qc2 00 6.b7+ Kd8 7.b8Q+ Ke7 8.Qe8+ or 7...Lc7 with a draw in each case)
5.a3 Lxc3 6.Qxc3 c5 7.b4 b6 8.Lb2 d6 10 6...Lc3+ (6...g2 7.d8Q+ Ld4 8.Rg8
22.Re6+ Nf6 23.Qg5+ Kf7 24.Qxh6
Lxe6 25.Ng5+ Ke8 26.Nxe6 Qe7 9.g4 Lb7 10.g5 Nh5 11.Rg1 e5 12.Lh3 g1Q+ 9.Rxg1 Nxg1 10.Qd5 + and ac-
Nf4 13.Lf5 g6 (D) Example 3 - Avni cording to the tablebases, White can force
27.Qh8+ +.
After only 13 moves we have reached an And here is another study to help with the mate in 22 moves) 7.Kd1 La5 8.Rxe2
19.Ng5+! finding of moves and the calculation of
original position. Maia had just played
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Kd4 9.Ra2 (9.Rg2 Ke5 10.Rxg3 Ke6 6.Re5!!
11.Rd3! +) 9...Lc7 (9...Lb6) 10.Ke2 A wonderful finish. Once more, the ending Calculate Deeper
Ke5 11.Ra8 +. of two minor pieces against a queen is
5.d8Q+ Nd5+! (D) Black's best option. Susan Polgar
Counter-check! 6...Lxe5+ 7.Kxg4 Ke4 8.Qa8
XABCDEFGHY White will win, but he has a lot of work in Concept 15.g4!
front of him. There are two types of positions in chess, This is a very important move. Otherwise
8-+-wQR+-+( 10 ones which require precise calculation, and the black knight returns from h5 to f6 and
others where you can largely rely on intui- Black has a decent position. At first glance,
7+-vl-+-+-' tion and judgment. a move such as g4 looks rather risky, espe-
6-+-+-+-+& One of the common mistakes many play- cially once your king has already castled to
ers make is that they try to calculate every- the kingside. However, here White by play-
5+-+n+-+-% thing, even at times when there is no need ing energetically will justify the aggressive
4-+-+-+p+$ for it. By doing so, they spend a lot of time play.
on the clock. This then cause them to end up 15...fxg4 16.hxg4 Nhf6 (D)
3+-+k+-mK-# in time trouble, which in turn results in mis- XABCDEFGHY
takes or even blunders on the board.
2-+-+-+-+" However, in this article, I would like to 8r+lwqr+-+(
1+-+-+-+-! share with you some of my personal experi-
7zpp+n+-vlk'
ence where actually calculation is crucial. In
xabcdefghy fact, the point is to calculate deeper and 6-+-zp-snpzp&
more precisely than the opponent.
FIDE TRG Trainers Awards 2008-2009-2010 The first example is from a game of mine 5+-zpP+-+-%
Medals 2008 2009 2010 which I played in a small open tournament 4-+P+-+P+$
Botvinnik Mikhail Petrosian Arshak Azmaiparashvili Zurab Tukmakov Vladimir in Oklahoma in 2004. This was my first
(Men Trainer) Armenia Georgia Ukraine tournament after a long break since my WC 3+-sNLvLN+-#
match against Xie Jun in early 1996.
Furman Symeon Ye Jiangchuan Ye Jiangchuan Dokhoian Yury 2PzP-wQ-zP-+"
China China Russia
(Women Trainer) Polgar Susan 1+-+-tRRmK-!
Euwe Max Mikhalchishin Adrian Mikhalchishin Adrian Bykhovsky Anatoly Hulsey Mark
(Juniors Trainer) Slovenia Slovenia Russia E71 Saltwater 2004 xabcdefghy
Boleslavsky Isaac Jussupow Artur Grivas Efstratios Dvoretsky Mark 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Lg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 This is another key moment in the game.
(Author) Germany Greece Russia 00 6.Lg5 h6 7.Le3 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Ld3 17.g5
Nbd7 10.Nf3 exd5 11.exd5 Re8 12.00 It was clear that White has significant ad-
Petrosian Tigran Lputian Smbat Nikitin Aleksandr Illescas Miguel Nh5 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Rae1 f5 (D) vantage in development, and especially in
(Special Achiev.) Armenia Russia Spain view of the rather committing 15.g4, I have
XABCDEFGHY to find to right follow-up to it. In this posi-
Botvinnik Mikhail Bondarevsky Igor Chebanenko Vyach. 8r+lwqr+-+( tion, I had three tempting lines to choose
Soviet Union Soviet Union Moldavia from. Each of them requires substantial deep
Boleslavsky Issac Bykhovsky Anatoly Koblenz Aleksandr 7zpp+n+-vlk' calculation. In addition to the move I played,
Soviet Union Russia Latvia 6-+-zp-+pzp& I also considered 17.Qc2, and even
Gurgenidze Bukhuti Furman Sumeon Zaitsev Igor 17.Lxh6. Let's first examine the interesting
Georgia Soviet Union Russia 5+-zpP+p+n% complication that can arise starting with
Geller Efim 4-+P+-+P+$ 17.Qc2 Black's only response to defend the
Hall of Fame
Soviet Union pawn on g6 is 17...Nf8. Now, there are two
Nikitin Aleksandr 3+-sNLvLN+P# logical roads: 18.Nh4 to simply attack the
Russia 2PzP-wQ-zP-+" pawn on g6 the third time, but Black seems
Kart Viktor to be OK after 18...Nxg4 19.Lxg6+ Kg8
Ukraine 1+-+-tRRmK-! 20.Lxe8 Qxh4 21.Lf4 (21.f4 Lxc3
Samarian Sergiu xabcdefghy 22.bxc3 Lf5 +) 21...Ne5, or first sacrific-
Romania ing with 18.Lxg6+ Nxg6 and then 19.Nh4.
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