The Wyong Shire Cup 2008
Round 7 Pairings (note that this is the final round and the presentation night (the following monday) will be the
annual Mingara Versus the World - everyone is welcome. 

 1 Nutter, John (1)     [5]       :     Kodzoman, Ivan (2)    [5.5]
 2 Pascoe, John L (6)   [4]       :     Losh, Gary (4)        [4]  
 3 Kreidl, Lou (9)      [3.5]     :     Hoseman, Bill (12)    [4]  
 4 Maddy, Barry (16)    [3.5]     :     Hogan, Keith (3)      [3.5]
 5 Young, Benjamin (5)  [3]       :     Shearwood, Barry (10) [3]  
 6 Keaveney, Joseph (7) [3]       :     Svendsen, Ern (11)    [3]  
 7 Winsor, Hugh (15)    [2.5]     :     Guo, Timothy (13)     [2]  
 8 Kadlubek, John (17)  [1]       :     Frandsen, Ib (18)     [2.5]
 9 Robb, Ian (8)        [1.5]     :     Patterson, Ian (14)   [1.5]

(1) Mestrovic,Z - Payen,A
Cannes Masters 1995 Moscow, 1995
[notes by Keith and the main note is by the original author]

Diagram

from the Sunday Telegraph(Aust) Chess Challenge 2008 - March/April ?? WHITE (to play) has all the fun in today's position. Not only is he a pawn up, but his advanced e6 pawn is the type which Bobby Fischer once graphically described as "a fishbone in the opponet's throat". Black's army is huddled on the back rows, while white can switch his attack between the centre and flanks. It looks as if the game will last some time yet, but White found the quickest way to force resignation. What happened ?





for a hint (eg if you are setting up the position for coaching):

Set this position up WITHOUT the Black Queen on a7 as a hint - to see if they see that Nxe7 is checkmate














1.Qa4 black resigns



1...Qxa4 [ 1...Na6 2.Qxa6 Qxa6 ( 2...Qc7 3.Nxc7 Nf5 this protects the e7 pawn - though it is not being attacked (yet); 2...Qd7 leads to a forced checkmate in at most 9 moves 3.exd7 Kf7 4.Nxe7 Ne4 5.Qc4+ Kxe7 6.Qxe4+ Kd8 7.Rb8+ Kxd7 8.Rb7+ Kc8 9.Qc6+ Kd8 10.Qd7#; 2...f5 a forced checkmate 3.Qxa7 Bxa1 4.Nxe7+ Kh8 5.Rb8 Nc8 6.Nxc8 f4 7.Nd6 fxg3+ 8.Kh1 Kg8 9.Rxf8+ Kxf8 10.Qf7#) 3.Nxe7# Surrendering black's Queen would only delay the mate.] 2.Nxe7# 1-0

(2) polgar blog
Moscow, 04.02.2008
[Endnotes by Keith Farrell, originally on Susan Polgar's Chessblog]

Diagram

from Susan Polger's blog 4 Feb 2008 white to move - win loss or draw ?












1.g6 Ke6 2.h5 f5 3.h6 Kf6 4.g7 [ 4.h7= Kg7 5.Kc2 e5 6.Kd3 f4 7.Ke4 Kh8 8.Kf3 and neither King can afford any brave nor foolish moves] 4...Kf7 5.Kc2 e5 6.Kd3 and this (or almost same) position is analysed in Averbakh "comprehensive chess endings" the point is that black cant push their pawns. for example: 6... e4 7. kd4 kg8 8. ke5 kf7 9. kf4 kg8 10. kxf5 and white wins. if black doesnt push pawns, white circumvents them, gets to g5 and wins. the only problem is thoroughly calculating the tempos and i am too lazy to do it right now. however it appears that 6... kg8 7. ke3 f4 (or e4) is a draw, so (perhaps) 7. ke2 wins and so on :-) axel Saturday, February 2, 2008 10:30:00 PM CST 6...Kg8 [ 6...e4+ 7.Kd4 Kg8 8.Ke5 Kf7 9.Kf4 Kg8 10.Kxf5 Kf7 ( 10...e3?? 11.Kg6 e2 12.h7#) ] 7.Ke2 Kh7 8.Kf3 Kg8 9.Kf2 Kh7 10.Kg3 Kg8 11.Kh4 f4 12.Kh5 Kf7 13.Kg4 Kg8 14.Kf5 Kf7 15.Ke4 Kg8 16.Kxe5 Kf7 17.Kxf4 Kg8 and wins *

(3) Tragaris,R - Crosby,S [B10]
Central Coast District Champ 2007 Gosford, 29.01.2008

1.e4 c6 2.f3?! a shaky start 2...Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 but recovered composure well with 2 developing moves [ 4.d4; or 4.Nge2 ] 4...Nh5?! 5.Nh3 [ 5.Nge2 d5 6.Bb3] 5...d5 6.Bb3 Bxh3 7.gxh3 Qh4+ 8.Ke2 Nf4+ 9.Ke3 [ 9.Kf1 Qxh3+ 10.Ke1 Qh4+ 11.Kf1 Bc5 threatening mate on f2 12.d4 Bxd4 13.Qd2 Qh3+ 14.Ke1 Qxf3 15.Rf1 Ng2+ 16.Qxg2 Qxg2] 9...d4# 0-1

(4) Broekhuysel,P - Lane,I [C54]
Sydney International Open 2008 Gosford, 03.2008
[notes by Keith Farrell]

sometimes referred to as a 'hack-attack' or perhaps "I sacrifice here; and there and I attack you here and I attack you there - I attack .. everywhere" 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.0-0 h6 10.Bb3 Be6 11.Nc4 Ba7 12.Ne3 Diagram

new territory at last - or at least never been played in the database I have12...Ne7 13.Nh4 d5 14.Nef5 Kh7 15.Bc2 Ng6 16.Qf3 Nxh4 17.Nxh4 g6 the signs are propitious to sacrifice a piece 18.Nf5 [ 18.Qe2 dxe4 although both Hiarcs and Junior both initially considered ...c5 they eventually came around to agreeing with Fritz9 on this capture 19.dxe4 Nh5 ( 19...b5 Junior 8's preference) 20.Nf3 Qf6-/+] 18...gxf5 19.exf5 Bd7 20.Qh3 Ng8 21.d4 with white's 2 Bishops exerting maximal influence 21...e4 22.f3 Re8 23.fxe4 dxe4 24.Qh5 Qf6 25.g4 building up the heat on the Kingside 25...Qg7 26.g5 Nf6 27.Qh4 e3 28.g6+ Kh8 29.Rf3 Bc6 30.Bxe3 Diagram

a further sacrifice [ 30.Rxe3 h5 31.b5 Bd5 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Bg5] 30...Bxf3 31.Bxh6 Bh5?? [ 31...Re2] 32.Bxg7+ Kxg7 33.gxf7 Re5 34.Qg5+ Kxf7 35.Bb3+ Ke7 36.Qg7+ *




A few words about the following : In a recent episode of the television series 'Terminator ...' they had a plot revolving around a chess engine (named the "Turk" of course), whenever I think of self-aware intelligences whose creative impulse lead to a conclusion of getting rid of human life, I alwys suspect chess computers, however; I digress. One episode involved a computer-chess tournament in the diagrammed position - the show's commentator liked white's central control etc etc and then after black's 17th we saw reaction shots and heard comments saying that black was in zugzwang (totally lost being their translation I'm guessing).

Anyways after the show I thought "hey I'll get the position and show it to the 'coach-ees', I recognised the 'Philidor's legacy foundation and had gone into it with them a bit a couple of months before (so I quote what I had then in the next column). It was a tricky job going thru frame by frame - and then the game went on to a totally new (to me) position and then the 'hint' they gave sunk in "just like Fischer-Byrne 1956" sunk in - oh - blush - we should all be familiar with the classics.

ps the 'Turk' was the one with the white bits - and I thought these mean & nasty machines were invincible ...

(8) Byrne,D - Fischer,R [D97]
New York Rosenwald New York, 1956

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 c6 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Nb6 10.Qc5 Bg4 11.Bg5 Na4 12.Qa3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Bxe7 Qb6 15.Bc4 Nxc3 16.Bc5 Rfe8+ 17.Kf1 Diagram

white's King is in severe difficulties 17...Be6 18.Bxb6 other moves lead to less spectaular losses, but still losses 18...Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 reminds us of 'Philidor's legacy' 20...Nxd4+ 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

          

(5) Farrell,K - Bassett,D [C50]
Gosford Grades Div 2 April 2008 (1), 01.04.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 h6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.d4 Ba7 8.Nxe5 0-0 9.Ng6 Re8 10.e5 d5 11.exf6 Rxe1+ Diagram

12.Qxe1 dxc4 13.Ne7+ Nxe7 14.Qxe7 [ 14.fxe7 Qe8 15.Qe4 c6 16.b3 Be6 17.Ba3 cxb3 18.axb3] 14...Qxe7 15.fxe7 Be6 16.Bf4 Bb6 Diagram

17.a4 a5 18.Na3 Re8 19.Re1 Bd7?? [ 19...Rxe7?? 20.d5] 20.Nxc4 Bxa4?? 21.Nxb6 cxb6 22.Bc7 Bc6 23.Bxb6 a4 24.Bd8 f5 25.f3 Diagram

25...Kf7 26.Kf2 g5 27.c4 b5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.Re5 Bd7 30.d5 Rg8 31.Ke3 Rg6 32.Kd4 Ra6 33.Re3 Diagram

33...Ra8 34.Rc3 Rb8 35.Rc2 f4 36.Ke5 Rb5 37.Kd6 Be8 38.Rd2 Rb7 39.Ke5 [ 39.Re2; 39.Kc5 Rb3 40.Re2 Bd7 41.d6 Re3 42.Rc2 a3 43.b4 Re5+ 44.Kd4 Re3 45.Bb6 Re1 46.Kc3 Rd1 47.Bc5 Be6 48.d7 Bxd7 49.Ra2 Bb5 50.Rxa3 Rd3+ 51.Kb2] 39...Bd7 40.d6 Rb5+ 41.Kd4 Ke8 42.Kc4 Re5 43.Kd4 white offered draw 43...Rb5 44.Rc2 h5 45.Re2 g4 46.Kc4 g3 47.hxg3 fxg3 48.Re4!? Rxb2? [ 48...Kf7 49.Rf4+ Rf5] 49.Rf4! Be6+ 50.Kc3 Rb3+ 51.Kc2 Bf7 52.Rxa4 [ 52.Rxf7 Kxf7 53.d7 Re3 54.Bb6 Rxe7 55.d8Q h4 56.Bc5] 52...Rb7 Diagram

53.Bc7?? Bb3+ oh Calamity ! ! ! white resigns 0-1

(6) Curtis,J - Rowlison,C [B51]
Gosford Summer 2008 Gosford (4), 18.02.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Re1 e6 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.b3 a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qf3 Qc7 13.Bb2 c5 14.Nde2 Bc6 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qd3 Nf6 17.Nf4 d5 18.exd5 Qxf4 19.dxc6 Rfd8 20.Qg3 Qd2 21.Re2 Qd6 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.Na4 Rxc6 24.Rd1 Kf8 25.Red2 Ke8 26.Be5 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Rd6 Rxd6 29.Bxd6 Ne4 30.Bxc5 Nxc5 31.Nxc5 a5 32.Kf1 Ke7 33.Ke2 Bb6 34.Na4 Bd4 35.f3 Kd6 36.a3 e5 37.b4 axb4 38.axb4 f5 39.Kd3 g5 40.g4 f4 41.Ke4 h6 42.Kf5 Ba1 43.h3 Bd4 44.b5 Kc7 45.c5 Kb7 46.Ke4 Kc7 47.Kd5 Kb7 48.Nb6 Bxc5 49.Kxc5 e4 50.Nc4 exf3 51.Nd6+ Kc7 52.b6+ Kd7 53.Ne4 h5 54.gxh5 g4 55.hxg4 black resigns 1-0

(7) Robinson,A - Curtis,J [B20]
Gosford Summer 2008 Gosford (5),

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Re1 Nd7 10.Kh1 Nc5 11.e5 Nxd3 12.cxd3 0-0 13.a3 f5 14.f4 d4 15.Ne2 a5 16.Bd2 a4 17.b4 axb3 18.Qxb3 c5 19.a4 Qd5 20.Qxd5 exd5 21.Reb1 Ba6 22.Nc1 Rfb8 23.Kg1 c4 24.Kf1 cxd3 25.Rb3 Bc4 26.Rxd3 Bb4 27.Ke1 Bxd3 28.Nxd3 Bc3 29.Ra2 Rb1+ 30.Ke2 Ra1 31.Rxa1 Bxa1 32.Nb4 Rxa4 33.Nxd5 Kf7 34.h3 g6 35.g4 Ra3 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.h4 Rh3 38.Be1 Bc3 white resigns 1-0

(7) Farrell,K - Young,B
Ettalong Social 1 Ettalong, 26.01.2008
[notes by Keith Farrell]

Diagram

what is the temptation to play (if it were white to move ?? ) Nf7+ ...Kg8 - who knows the rest ? Nh6 double check ...Kh8 who knows the rest ? Qg8+!! sacrifice the Queen ...Kxg8 what is the next move ? N Nf7 mate - smothered mate - "Philidor's legacy" 1...Ned5 *

(8)
Philidor Legacy, 1497
[notes by Keith Farrell]

Diagram

a position from LUCENA circa 1497 - book in 1804 which included Philidors text and a diagram which the author (Thomas Pruen) called "a clever legacy" - later in Hoyles 'Treatise on Chess' (1808) it had become 'Philidor's legacy' the above paraphrased from 'the Oxford Companion to chess' 1.Qe6+ Kh8 2.Nf7+ Kg8 3.Nh6+ [ a computer with its fresh eyes showed this which would have indeed been handy since I had a position 3.Nd8+ Kh8 4.Qe8+ Qf8 5.Qxf8#] 3...Kh8 4.Qg8+ Rxg8 5.Nf7# *

(9) [C50]
Philidor Legacy
[notes by Keith Farrell]

1.e4 in 'Royall Game of Chesse-Play" by Francis Beale in 1656 it gives this game by Greco - Greco 1600-1634 was a leading Italian player of his time and was one of the early chess authors 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Re1 0-0 6.c3 Re8 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Ng4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qh4 11.Nf3 Qxf2+ 12.Kh1 Qg1+ 13.Nxg1 Nf2# *

(10) Krush,I (2473) - Carlsson,P (2501) [E55]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (8), 12.01.2008
[notes by Keith Farrell]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.Qb3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Re1 b6 Diagram

13.Ba3 Rd8 Irina said in the after-the-game interview "It's the standard smothered mate thing, but I've never had a chance to carry it out in one of my own games. You know it's pretty rare - it's one of those things wher, you know you'll find in a tactics book; you learn it but to actually create it in your own games is like really rare so it was probably one of the prettiest ideas I've ever had gotten a chance to use in my own games 14.Bxe6 the sacrifice was "invting to be played - it's not a protected squre , neither is f7 by the way" 14...fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Ng5 Diagram

"is very natural, anyone can play these moves ... you are threatening the famous smothered mate ..."16...Nf8 "but the problem is he made this move, double attack on the Queen with the two minor pieces" ... "okay - you can make a draw like this" 17.Nf7+ Kg8 [ "okay - you can make a draw like this" "but hre is the move I was actually counting on - Qf7" 17...Kg8 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ "so I sat for an hour, just not understabding ' just where's my win' " ... but you have to feel there's a win"] 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Qf7 Qf4 20.Bc1 Be6 [ or Queen to anywhere 20...Qh4 21.Qg8+ Nxg8 22.Nf7# "it would have been very pretty, it's pretty amazing tht such a little thing like where is the [white] Knight - g5 or h6"] 21.Bxf4 Bxf7 22.Nxf7+ Kg8 23.Nxd8 Rxd8 24.Be5 Nd5 25.c4 Nb4 26.Rab1 Nc6 27.c5 bxc5 28.dxc5 Ne6 29.Bf6 Re8 30.Bc3 Kf7 31.Rb7+ Kg6 32.Rd7 Kf5 33.Rd5+ 1-0