News

- Viswanathan Anand (2799 'live' rating - 2789 FIDE) successfully defended his World Championship title 6½ : 5½ - winning the final game
- Gata Kamsky (2712 'live' ) has won the 2010 U.S. Championship
- Fred Flatow (FM and 1970 Australian Champion) is playing in Mingara's Lloyd Fell Memorial Rapid, already has vied with John Curtis (FM)

Is 13 a lucky number ? well that is how many played in the Gosford May Rapid 2010 - spread over 2 nights - final results were very close to ratings (see the performance table). Well done David, Colin and Nei - 1st, 2nd, 3rd (not enough players for a 3rd prize however).Tme Control was 20 mins with 10 second increments (Fischer style)

and David will be the Master in next Tuesday's Simul - come along

The Central Coast District Championship starts the week after

Crosstable
No Name              Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1  Castor, David     6      3:W  9:W  2:W  4:W  5:W  7:W      First
2  Rowlison, Colin N 5      7:W  5:W  1:L  3:W  4:W  8:W      Second
3  Clark, Neil       4      1:L  8:W  7:W  2:L  6:W 10:W
4  Losh, Gary        3.5    8:W 10:W  6:W  1:L  2:L  5:D
5  Pascoe, John L    3.5   13:W  2:L 10:W  9:+  1:L  4:D
6  Hoseman, Bill     3      9:L  0:W  4:L 13:W  3:L 11:W      first performance
7  Farrell, Keith R  3      2:L 13:W  3:L 10:W 12:W  1:L
8  Howells, Colin    2      4:L  3:L  9:L 12:W 10:W  2:L      second performance
9  Higgins, Wade     2      6:W  1:L  8:W  5:-  0:   0: 
10 Gray, Jean        1      0:W  4:L  5:L  7:L  8:L  3:L
11 Russell, Gary     1      0:   0:   0:   0:  13:W  6:L
12 Russell, Paul     1      0:   0:   0:   8:L  7:L 13:W
13 Burrell, David    1      5:L  7:L  0:W  6:L 11:L 12:L
Performance table

No  Name              Loc  Score Exp. Chg*K  Rav Rprfm

1.  Castor, David     1925 6.0/6 5.70     3 1441  2440
2.  Rowlison, Colin N 1750 5.0/6 5.28    -3 1410  1683
3.  Losh, Gary        1437 3.5/6 4.32    -8 1269  1326
4.  Higgins, Wade     1407 2.0/3 1.83     2 1324  1449
5.  Pascoe, John L    1393 2.5/5 3.40    -9 1260  1260
6.  Clark, Neil       1359 4.0/6 3.84     2 1254  1379
7.  Farrell, Keith R  1301 3.0/6 3.72    -7 1215  1215
8.  Howells, Colin    1044 2.0/6 1.38     6 1253  1128
9.  Hoseman, Bill     1002 2.0/5 1.20     8 1201  1129
10. Burrell, David    688  0.0/5 0.20    -2 1175   176
11. Gray, Jean        500  0.0/5 0.00     0 1307   308
12. Russell, Paul     1067 1.0/3 1.74    -7 1011   886
13. Russell, Gary     1114 1.0/2 1.66    -7  845   845

(1) out-of-play
example, 27.05.2010

1...h5 Diagram

Black has just made the 15th move ...h5 and my question was "is it OK for white to grab the pawn with Qxg7 ? "


hopefully there are enough blank lines before 'the answer'.


I had the position down as 'Badev-Arnaudov Bulgaria 2010' but upon searching even though they had played it this position didn't arise, oddly (I thought anyway) this position has turned up 150 times with only 1 choosing Qd1 while the rest Qe2 - I don't know where I got the super-strong impression that Badev played Qxg7 ??. The position arises out of a Taimanov Sicilian, I'll give an example game a little later.





2.Qxg7






Bf6 Diagram

and TRAPPED *

(2) Xie,George (2470) - Steadman,Michael (2264) [C04]
Sydney International Open Parramatta, NSW (7.9), 10.04.2010

1.e4 my second example comes from Grandmaster-elect (George has all his norms and has just to get his rating to nudge over 2500) in the Sydney International Open. I include it to show that this 'out-of-play' problem can happen to us all. Firstly I asked my students 'why' did white play such a provocative 9th move - and THEN 'what is wrong with that thinking ?? ' George soon sussed out that his thinking was faulty - but as many of us find ourselves realizing AFTER making the move. 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.c3 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Qa4 Diagram










9...axb5 10.Qxb5 [10.Qxa8 Diagram



looks tempting you might think ?


so - is this SO bad ??

what can black do ????





10...Nb6]


10...Bd6 probably seeing the fault as soon as his hand left the piece this also shows that 'taking advantage of a gaff from an IM' is not automatic, but a BIG help for sure 11.a4 0-0 12.a5 Ne7 13.h4 e5 14.Qb3 Kh8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.0-0 Bg4 17.Ng5 h6 18.f4 hxg5 19.hxg5 Qg6 20.Ra4 Bc5+ 21.Rd4 N5c6 22.Nf3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Qd3 24.Qxb7 Nxd4 25.cxd4 Bxd4+ 0-1

(3) US Champ 2010 - Round 2 Robson-Yermo
double attack eg, 17.05.2010
[notes by Keith]

16...Bxb3 17.cxb3?? Diagram

this allows a really good move for black


what is it ?


it is a DOUBLE ATTACK


also a DISCOVERED ATTACK - particularly when the KING is being attacked TOO 17...Nd4+ you have to protect the King FIRST


this was inspired by the actual game which follows
*

(4) Robson,Ray - Yermolinsky,Alex
2010 U.S. Championship Saint Louis (2.12)

This was played early May in the United States Championshiip 2010 and what you will see is use of the IMAGINATION to see whether a certain move is worth playing AT ALL like last week some moves can involve TRAPPING PIECES or putting them OUT OF PLAY - what do you think we mean by those two phrases ???? 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qe2 Bb4 8.Bd2 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0-0 d5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.g3 Bf5 15.Bg2 Rac8 Diagram

and here white has a choice of quite a few moves - but tempting is capturing the black pawn on d5 by the Rook on d1 is this a good move or not ???? we have our IMAGINATION or VISUALISATION to helkp us out 16.Bf4 do this FIRST was what the white player chose [16.Bxd5 Nb4 Diagram

; 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rb5 a6 18.Rb6 VERY VERY out of play - but the computer prefers it in the short term it seems that white will have to exchange Rook for Knight or a Bishop (5 Versus 3 points) which is costly(18.Rc5 Bxc5 although this is tempting t is too simple - THERE IS BETTER(18...Bxb3 19.cxb3?? Nd4 DOUBLE ATTACK with King being one of the pieces attacked - as the previous position showed (19...Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Nd4 ORDER OF CAPTURING is an important area we use our IMAGINATION and VISUALISATION with 21.Qd3 Qxc5+) 20.Rxc7 Nxe2+ 21.Kd1 Rxc7) ) ] 16...Qb6 17.Rxd5 Bxc2 [17...Be6 18.Rb5 this is probably enough to show the difference between capturing with the Rook FIRST and PREPARING for it] 18.Qxc2 Na5 19.Nxa5 Rxc2+ 20.Kxc2 Qxf2+ 21.Rd2 Qc5+ 22.Kb1 Qxa5 23.Rc1 b5 24.Rd7 Bf6 25.Bd6 Qd2 26.Rc2 Qd1+ 27.Rc1 Qd3+ 28.Rc2 Re8 29.Bc6 Re1+ 0-1

(5) Lilienthal,Andor - Capablanca,Jose Raul [E24]
Hastings 3435 Hastings (5), 01.01.1935
[notes by Keith]

Andor Lilienthal 1911-2010 Vs Jose Capablanca 1888-1942 coincidentally the game I include later occurred in the same year this game was referenced in Peter Parr's article noting Andor's passing and the famous Queen Sacrifice 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Ba6 9.e4 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Qxc4 Qc6 13.Qd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.0-0 a5 16.Qc2 Qc4 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 e5 19.dxe5 Qxe4?? Diagram

I shall leave a few lines for you to ponder











20.exf6 Qxc2 21.fxg7 Rg8 22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Rae1 Nc5 24.Rxe4+ Nxe4 25.Re1 Rxg7 26.Rxe4+ 1-0

(6) Gerasimov - Smyslov,Vasily [D05]
Moscow, 1935
[notes by Keith]

I was reading the article [2010#3] ' New in Chess ' by Jan Timman about the recently passed Away Vasily Smyslov(1921-2010), a World Champion (mind you for only a year till Botvinnik won the return match) when the following caught my eye. 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.a3 b6 9.c4 Bb7 black has a lot of his pieces 'potentially' pointing towards white's King - ie Queen and 2 bishops, a lot of clearance moves would have to be made ... 10.Nc3 a6 11.Re1 but white is not simply twiddlinng thumbs either 11...cxd4 12.exd4 0-0 13.Na4 keeping black 'on-track' since if black does 'nothing' then white has a neat pawn thrust 13...Bf4 [13...-- 14.c5 bxc5 15.dxc5 Bf4 16.Nb6] 14.Ne5?! [while Fitz, Ryka and Stockfish like - all evaluations go from about half a pawn ahead for white to beinng about the same FOR black 14.c5 Rybka and Stockfish like g3 more while Fritz 10 gives g3 a 'tiny' minus 14...b5 (since 14...bxc5 15.Nxc5 leaves white a nice outpost) 15.Nb6] 14...dxc4 15.bxc4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qc6 17.Bf1 this Bishop becomes overworked, ugly though it may be f3 or even Qf3 was called for 17...Rfd8 18.Qb3 wrong direction - away from protecting the King 18...Ng4 19.h3 Diagram

19...Rd3!! 20.Qxb6 still covering the f2 square, things are way too late though and the attacks too numerous 20...Rxh3 capturing the Rook exposes mate on h1 21.Bd4 Bh2+ 22.Kh1 Bxe5+ white resigned as at the very least black can catwheel the Bishop to c7 and get the white Queen the following Quote fron Jan Timman packs a lot of punch - "It is a variation on the famous combination Rotlewi-Rubinstein, Lodz 1907. As a 14 year-old, Smyslov must have known this game."


1 - his age
2 - assumed that youngsters study famous games etc etc
0-1

(7) Fell,Lloyd Stanley - Purdy,Cecil John Seddon [A83]
AUS-ch Perth (10), 08.01.1963

I chose these to Mark Lloyd's (1918 - 2010 ) passing and who he played against - both Purdy's; both Champions - John going on t5o win this Chapionship1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.h4 c6 8.Bxf6 exf6 9.0-0-0 f5 10.f3 c5 11.Qa4 exf3 12.Re1+ Be7 13.d6 Nxd6 14.Nd5 f2 15.Rxe7+ Qxe7 16.Nxe7 fxg1Q 17.Rxg1 Kxe7 18.Qf4 Ne8 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Qxf5+ Nf6 21.Qxc5+ Ke8 22.Qc7 d5 23.Bb5+ Bd7 24.Re1+ 1-0

(8) Fell,Lloyd Stanley - Purdy,John Spencer [D55]
AUS-ch Perth (12), 10.01.1963

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Be6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Qa4 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qh4 Qxh4 15.Nxh4 Nd7 16.Nf3 Rcb8 17.b3 a5 18.Nd2 a4 19.Ke2 Kf8 20.Ra1 Rb4 21.Rhc1 Ke7 22.Bc2 a3 23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Rc3 Kd6 25.Rac1 Nb6 26.Nb1 Ra8 27.f3 f5 28.f4 Ra5 29.Kd2 d4 30.exd4 Rxd4 31.b4 Rxb4 32.Rxa3 Rxa3 33.Nxa3 Rxf4 34.Nb5+ Kc6 35.Ke3 Nd5+ 36.Ke2 Ra4 37.Kf3 Nf4 38.Bf1 Bd5+ 39.Kg3 Bxg2 40.Bc4 Bd5 41.Nd4+ cxd4 42.Bb3+ Kd6 43.Kxf4 Bxb3 44.axb3 Ra5 45.Rd1 Rd5 46.Rd3 Ke6 47.h4 g6 48.Kf3 h6 49.b4 Ke5 50.Ke2 g5 51.hxg5 hxg5 52.Rb3 d3+ 53.Kd2 Kd4 54.b5 Kc4 0-1

(9) Dzindzichashvili,Roman - Suetin,Alexey S [B47]
Goglidze Memorial Tbilisi, 1969

This is the Sicilian : Taimanov as mentioned earlier - the very first in my database with THAT position at the 12th move 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 h4 13.Be3 Nf6 14.Bd4 e5 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Rd2 b5 18.a3 Bb7 19.Bg5 hxg3 20.hxg3 Qg4 21.Bxf6 Qxe2 22.Rexe2 gxf6 23.Nd1 Rc5 24.Ne3 Bc8 25.Bf3 Be6 26.Bg4 Rg8 27.Bf5 Bf8 28.b4 Rc6 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Bh6 31.a4 bxa4 32.Ra5 Ke7 33.Rxa4 Rb8 34.c3 Rxc3 35.Rxa6 Rc7 36.Rb2 Bc1 37.Rb1 Bd2 38.b5 Bc3 39.Rc1 Rxb5 40.Ra8 Rb2 41.Ra3 Ba5 42.Rxc7+ Bxc7 43.Ra7 Rc2 44.Kg2 Kf8 45.Ra8+ Kg7 46.Rc8 Rc5 47.Kf3 Ba5 48.Rxc5 dxc5 49.Bd7 Bc3 50.Bb5 Bd4 51.Ke2 Kg6 52.g4 Kg5 53.f3 1/2-1/2

(10) Rotlewi,Georg A - Rubinstein,Akiba [D40]
Lodz1 Lodz, 1907

these two played thrice in 1907 - all quick wins by Rubinstein, a 4th game in 1911 was drawn 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Bd6 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Qd2 Qe7 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bc7 18.e4 Rac8 19.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.Be4 Diagram

fireworks start 21...Qh4 22.g3 Rxc3 23.gxh4 Rd2 24.Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25.Qg2 Rh3 0-1