Gosford January Open 2008
Congratulations Zach, who arrived late for round 1 (fortunately there was a BYE) and he and John Curtis soon cut down all opposition - both lead after the 1st night 5 from 5, the second half saw too many defaults - yet I must thank Paul and Duncan for the early warning that they could not make it. I will than Ben too - about not letting me know earlier, we met up the following Saturday for some social chess - you will see a couple of the positions later but don't let them fool you since Ben triumphed mostly, but I gave good value.
No Name Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 Berry-Porter, Zach 8.5 * 1 = 1 + 1 1 1 1 1 First
2 Curtis, John 8 0 * 1 1 + 1 + 1 1 + Second
3 Farrell, Keith R 6 = 0 * 0 1 1 = 1 1 1 Performance prize
4 Pascoe, John L 6 0 0 1 * + 1 0 1 1 +
5 Reynolds, Paul J 4 - - 0 - * 1 - 1 1 1
6 Losh, Gary 4 0 0 0 0 0 * + 1 1 1
7 Young, Benjamin 3.5 0 - = 1 - - * 1 1 -
8 Hoseman, Bill 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 +
9 Clark, Neil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 1
10 Bassett, Duncan 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - - 0 *
note that my draw against Zach was in the middle of his dash for bus and so his draw offer was quickly accepted.
don't forget very very soon is the
Toukley Open
Feb 9/10 Entry : Adult $40, Junior and Concession $30
And the followinw weekend at Panthers Cardiff is the Newcastle Open - Contact : mobile 0439 675 201 and ask for Bruce and the Newcastle Open
Clubwise at Gosford tonight (curses , I am so late) the Summer Swiss starts - 6 rounds, including Alex who will be coming back from New Zealand for it
and at Ettalong an afternoon G15 / 5 rounder , 2nd Feb, Entry is $5
(1) Petrosian,T - Spassky,B
World Championship, 1966
[note by Keith Farrell]
Diagram
Petrosian-Spassky,Moscow 1966 - 10th game of the World Championship match
"You may remember from the previous chapter that Petrosian won in approximately the same fashion once against grandmaster Vladimir Simagin. This is yet another demonstration of how important it is to learn the key tactical ideas - you might be able to use them over and over again" from 'Chess Gems' by Igor Sukhin
The game referred to appears next
1.Bxf7+ Rxf7 2.Qh8+ black resigned 1-0
(2) Petrosian - Simagin
1956
Diagram
Petrosian-Simagin, Moscow 1956 1.Qa8+ Kg7 2.Bxe5+ Qxe5 3.Qh8+ Kxh8 4.Nxf7+ 1-0
(3) Farrell,K - Lee,A
25.01.2008
Diagram
my penchant for pins 1.Bf4 Rc6 2.Qxa7 Qd7 3.Qd4 Rg6 4.Bxe5 fxe5 5.Rxe5+ Kd8 6.Nb5 Qg7 7.Rd5 Qxd4 8.R5xd4 Ke7 9.b4 Ra6 10.Kf1 Kd7 11.a4 Rxa4 12.Rxd6+ Rxd6 13.Rxd6+ Ke7 14.Rd4 Ra1+ 15.Ke2 h5 16.Rc4 Rh1 17.Rc7+ Kd8 18.Rxb7 Rxh2 19.g3 h4 20.gxh4 Rxh4 *
(4) Farrell,K - lee,a
25.01.2008
Diagram
1.Bd2 [ but I thought about 1.Rad1 gxf4 2.Rxe5 fxe5 3.Nxe5+ was this a 'sound' line or just 'hope chess' ie 'I hope my opponent doesn't see what I am doing'; 1.Rad1 gxf4 ( 1...Kc8 2.Re4 Qc7 3.Qb3 Rd8 4.Rc4) 2.Qxh7+ Kc6 3.Nd5 Rgc8 ( 3...Kb5 4.Qxb7+ and forced mate in nine moves) ] *
(5) J1 - J2 [D00]
25.01.2008
Diagram
Black sacrifices a Knight for 3 pawns 1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nh5 4.Be3 Qd6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nh4 Be4 8.f3 Bg6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.0-0-0 0-0-0 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.fxe4 e6 15.a3 a6 16.Be2 Be7 17.Rhf1 e5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Na4 Qe6 20.Qa5 Bd6 21.Bxa6 bxa6 22.Qxa6+ Kb8 23.Be3 c5 24.Qb5+ Kc8 25.Bxc5 Bxc5 26.Qxc5+ Qc6 27.Qxe5 Qxa4 28.Qc5+ Kb8 29.e5 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rc8 31.Qb4+ Qxb4 32.axb4 Nh5 33.Rf1 f5 34.exf6 Nxf6 35.Re1 Nd5 36.Re5 Nf4 Diagram 37.Re4 Nxg2 38.b5 Kb7 39.c4 g5 40.b4 Nf4 41.c5 Nd3+ 42.Kd2 Nxc5 43.bxc5 Rxc5 44.Re7+ Kb6 45.Rd7 Kxb5 46.Kd3 g6 47.Rd6 Rc6 48.Rd5+ Kb4 49.Rxg5 Rd6+ 50.Ke4 Kc4 51.Ke5 Ra6 52.Rg4+ Kd3 53.Rg3+ Kc4 54.h4 Rb6 55.Rf3 Rb1 56.Rf4+ Kd3 57.Kf6 Rg1 58.Ra4 Rg2 59.Kf7 Ke3 60.Rc4 Rg1 61.Rc3+ Ke4 62.Rc6 Rg4 63.Rb6 Ke5 64.Rb5+ Kf4 65.Rb6 Rxh4 66.Rb4+ Kg3 67.Rxh4 Kxh4 68.Kxg6 Kg3 69.Kh5 Kh2 70.Kg6 Kg3 1/2-1/2
(6) Young,B - Farrell,K
Ettalong Social, 26.01.2008
Diagram
G15 time control
those who know me know what I (as black) intend to play -does this work no matter what ?? what does white do to fight back ?
1.Qg3 [ 1.Kg1 Qe3+ 2.Rf2 Qxd4 3.Raf1 Re4 4.Kh1 Qxd5 5.Qg2 Rh4+ 6.Kg1 Qd4 7.Rb1] 1...Rh8+ 2.Kg1 Rxg2+ 3.Qxg2 Qe3+ 4.Qf2 Qg5+ [ 4...Qe4 5.Qg3 Rh1+ 6.Kf2 Qxd4+ 7.Kf3 Qxa1] 5.Qg2 Qe3+ 6.Qf2 Rh1+ 7.Kxh1 Qxf2 8.d6 Qxd4 *
(7) Farrell,K - Young,B
Ettalong Social 1 Ettlong, 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
...Rxg8 ??
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
[,Keith]
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
(11) Krush,I - Caruana,F [D18]
Corus C Wijk aan Zee NED (6), 18.01.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nh4 Qe7 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bd2 c5 13.dxc5 Diagram
13...Qxc5?! 14.Na2 evidently missing the tactical weakness 14...Rc8 [ Junior 8: 14...Rc8 15.Rac1 Qxc4 0.62/9 ] 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qb3+ Qc4 17.Qxb4 Qxb4 18.Bxb4 Nc6 19.Bc3 Ne4 20.Rfd1 Rd8 21.f3 Nc5 22.Nb4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.a5 a6 26.Kf2 Nb3 27.Ke2 Ke6 28.Kd3 Kd6 29.e4 Nc5+ 30.Ke3 fxe4 31.fxe4 Nde6 32.Nd5 Nd7 33.g3 Nd8 34.Kf4 Ne6+ 35.Ke3 Nd8 36.g4 g5 37.Nf6 Nxf6 38.Bxf6 Ne6 39.b4 Kc6 40.Kd3 Kb5 41.Kc3 h6 42.h4 gxh4 43.Bxh4 Nf4 44.Bf2 Ne2+ 45.Kd3 Nf4+ 46.Kd4 Kxb4 47.Be1+ Kb5 48.Bd2 Ng6 49.Kd5 b6 50.axb6 Kxb6 51.Ke6 Kc5 52.Kf6 Nf8 53.Bxh6 Nd7+ 54.Ke6 Kc6 55.Be3 Nf8+ 56.Kf7 Nd7 57.Bd4 1-0
(12) Farrell,K (1406) - Porter,L (1104) [B18]
CC District Championship 2003 (6), 15.07.2003
[notes by Keith]
The only reason for this is the THEME of Philidor's Legacy
that is : I was being outplayed when an opportunity presented itself ... 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Bd3?! e6 [ 5...Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qb6-+] 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Bxf5 Bxg5 10.Qe2?? 0-0 times W - 116, B - 117 [ missing 10...Qa5+! 11.c3 Qxf5-+] 11.Bxe6?! Diagram
highly dubious - yet I knew it at the time 11...Re8 [ 11...fxe6 12.Qxe6+ Kh8 now what, one wonders ( 12...Rf7 13.Ne5 ( 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.Qc8+ Rf8 This was my "hoped for" line and neither Queen move leaves white better - though it -is- some sort of activity) 13...Qf6 14.Qxf7+ Qxf7 15.Nxf7 Kxf7+-) 13.0-0] 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Ne5+ Kg8 and black is left with a good plus 14.Rd1?! Qa5+! building his lead. W - 106, B - 108 15.c3 Nd7 just the ticket - according to Fritz [ 15...Qxa2? 16.Qh5 Nd7 17.Qxg5 Qxb2 though black would be left with the slimmest of pluses, it would still be a plus, with a much better-developed game than previously] 16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.0-0 at long last, that pin had been a self-induced pain in the side for sooo long 17...Nf6?? Diagram a calamitous move ??W - 103, B - 101, allows a mate-in-4 [ 17...Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 I assumed that this fork was enough - clearly I was playing more in hope mode than reality ( 18...Rxe5 19.f4 Rc5 an intermezzo I clearly missed 20.Qe4 Bh4) 19.f4 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 Bf6] 18.Nf7+ Kg8 19.Nh6+ Kh8 Actually Les was a gentleman since at first (having seen the mate a move before) he was going to opt for the 'quicker' mate but then let me go for the pretty finish. 20.Qg8+ Nxg8 21.Nf7# W - 58, B - 56 1-0
