101 chess questions
answered by Steve Giddins
2008
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
127 pages
Price $ 26,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-00-5
The well known Fide master Steve Giddins provides the reader in
this 101 chess questions answered book with a fascinating collection
readable topics, “As id it true that there is no luck in chess?”.
Here Giddins describes the tragic game Korchnoi – Karpov,Baguio City
1978,where Korchnoi,one of the strongest players of all time missed a
unbelievable win,
said enough Korchnoi went to loose this match by just one point.
Besides the amusing topics in this book there are also a lot of advises
to improve your playing strength as “What is the best way to train?”
First some words from Giddins:As discussed above,the most important
skill for any chess player is to be able to calculate. Petrosian’s
former trainer,Alexei Suetin,told a story of how he and Petrosian spend
three months preparing for a world championship match against Spassky.
After three months of analysing Spassky’s games and studying the
minutiae of opening schemes many moves deep,they went for dinner after
finishing there final training session.
Over dinner,Petrosian looked at Suetin and said”You know.we’ve done all
this work,but in the end,the match comes down to who is better at
going’He goes there,then I go here,then he takes that and I take this…
An excellent way to train your calculating skill is to solve endgame
studies,with out moving the pieces.
Studies are ideal because they usually have relatively clear answers.To
be sound,a study must have only one solution, so there is little danger
of being confused by alternative solutions.With a study,you have to
find a specific,tactically accurate sequence of moves,and this is
perfect material for traing your calculating abilities.
Giddins continues with three studies,where I would like to show this
one to the
reader:
White:
Kg2 Rd1 Nd7
Black:
Kd8 Rg7 and pawns on b7,e7,g6 white
to play and win!
Included are topics as Where can I find good material for study,Can you
recommend a small collection of the best chess books?,What other
weakness does the bishop have? etc
Conclusion: Very enjoyable!
How
chess games are won and lost by Lars Bo Hansen
2008
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
225 pages
Price $ 29,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-01-2
Lars Bo Hansen is a well known Grandmaster and chess author from
Denmark,in this latest Gambit Book he focuses on the five stages of the
game:Opening,The transition from the opening to the middlegame,The
transition from middlegame to endgame and technical endgames.
All this is explained by Lars Bo Hansen in lengthy chapters and often
in heavy annotated games.
This does not mean that the book is unreadable no Lars Bo Hansen
prefers explanations by instructive words above complicated game
analyses.
All together there is more text than moves and that makes a learning
book superb!
Lars Bo Hansen is a interesting chess player who does not like to take
unnecessary risks.
Lars Bo Hansen writes: I fundamentally see chess as a game in which a
draw is a natural and fair result between two equally strong players.
When I draw a game,I usually feel that I have won a half point,note
that I have lost it.
Useful for many chess students are the pages: Preparing for tournaments
and opponents.
Lars Bo Hansen describes here his meeting with a 2742 player,Teimour
Radjabov at the European Championship in Crete 2007.
I prepare in three steps.During tournaments,the whole process should
not take more than 2-3 hours.I don’t believe in preparing more than
that on a ‘game day’because you are also need to be fresh for the game!
The three steps are: Step one: Getting an overview of the opponent’s
opening repertoire in relation to my own.
Step two: Narrowing down the possible choices to a few options.
Step three: Preparing the specific line.
In step one,I briefly look through the games of my coming opponent. I
concentrate on the last 3-4 years,depending on how many games he
has played in that period.
I then sketch a table in which the openings of my opponents are matched
up against my own repertoire.I also indicate key games that may require
a deeper look.
{This all and than I only mean step one is good for one and a half page
of text!
The whole book is overfilled with instructive tips as Lars Bo Hansen
invention NUPM” No Unnecessary Pawn Moves ” in time trouble.
The first DAUT principle comes from John Nunn “ Don’t Analyse
Unnecessary Tactics ”
The second from bent Larsen KAPP principle “Keep All Pieces Protected”
These come from Bent Larsen notes in Skakbladet to an old game against
Seirawan.
NUPM aims at reducing positional slips in time pressure.Since the pawn
structure is the backbone of positional play,it makes sense-as much as
possible-to avoid making decisions on changes in it until after the
time control.
I would like to end with a smassing 17move win from Lars Bo
Hansen on the Danish chess teacher Aagaard: DEN-ch Tonder (7), 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.0-0
Na6 9.f3 Ne8 10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 c6 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Rad1 cxd5
15.fxe5 dxe5
16.Nxd5 Be6 17.Nb6 1-0
The resignation is a bit early,but now black realized that 17....Rb8 is
met by 19.Bxf5! winning a pawn with an overwhelming position.
Conclusion: This book truly helps you
to become a chess master!
Chess
training pocket bookII by Lev Alburt & Al
Lawrence
2008
http://www.wwnorton.co.uk/book.html?id=1798
208 pages
Price $18,95
ISBN: 978-1-889323
All exercise books help you to develop your tactical skills, but this
small pocket book from Lev Alburt and Al Lawrence is really very
special.
Not only it’s pocket size but all 320 key positions in this book are
carefully selected and I was surprise to see how many important themes
and ideas the authors have managed to squeeze in to it!
Included are additional thinking tips but also complete games to help
you to understand specific openings and middle game patterns, but
instructive endgame positions are not forgotten either.
There is something for all players of all levels here in this book from
bank rank weaknesses till zug zwang.
For the good order this Pocket Book II' is a sequel 'Chess Training
Pocket Book': 300 that was published back in 1997.
Useful is the index of games,themes and ideas and this is seen seldom
in exercise books!
Conclusion: With this book you can expand your tactical skills in no
time!
Dangerous Weapons:
Flank Openings by Richard Palliser,Tony Kosten & James Vigus
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
252 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-583-1
This latest dangerous weapons book from Pallister,Kosten and
Vigus is completely divided to all kind of tricky Flank Openings as:
1 Fun Fun Times with Nimzowitsch's 4 e4 (1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4
e4),2 Fighting Back against the Kostenites: Part 1 (1 c4 e5 2 g3 c6 3
d4 e4),
3 Fighting Back against the Kostenites: Part 2 (1 c4 e5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2
c6 4 d4 exd4 5 Qxd4 Na6),4 Disaster on the Dark Squares (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3
e6 3 e4 c5),
5 Further Aggression with the Mighty Mikenas (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4
d5),6 An Improved Löwenthal? (1 c4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4
eS 5 Nb5 a6),
7 The Kasparov Gambit (1 c4 c5 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5 5 Nb5 d5 6
cxd5 Bc5),8 Slaying the Slav (1 c4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 e3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 b3
Bd6 6 Bb2 Nbd7 7 Qc2 0-0),
9 Kramer's Gambit (1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4),10 An Enhanced Benoni (1
Nf3 d5 2 c4 e6 3 b3 Nf6 4 Bb2 Be7 5 g3 0-0 6 Bg2 c5 7 0-0 Nc6 8 e3 d4),
11 Larsen's Antidote to the From (1 f4 e5 2 fxe5 d6 3 exd6 Bxd6 4 Nf3
Nf6 5 Nc3) and 12 Beware the Polar Bear! (1 f4 d5 2 Nf3 g6 3 g3 Bg7 4
Bg2)
The phenomenal Tony Kosten from France is responsible for the
chapters 1,4,5,8 and 9.
Richard Pallister contributed the chapters 2,3,6 and 7.
Interesting to mention are the lines that James Vigus wrote on the
Bird,these are not only written with love but offer even experts on the
Bird a great joy!
For example on 1.f4 e5 2.fxe5 d6 3.exd6 Bxd6 4.Nf4 Nf6 5.Nc3!?
Vigus gives the surprising move 6.g3!Known from the game Larsen –
Soby,Copenhagen 1964.
Yes we can still learn from the creative ideas of the great Bent
Larsen, he understood more about the Bird than other player of his time!
For all white players who wish to avoid theory,they could consider the
good old line from Nimzowitsch, 1 c4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3 Nf3 Nc6 4 e4.
Kosten writes:When I first took up the English Opening I realized that
it would be difficult to learn all the theory of the main lines in one
fell swoop,so I decided on a move practical approach: first quickly
learning some rare lines,before gradually adding the major ones.Thus
against the Four Knights Defence,I avoided 4.g3 and played
Nimzowitsch’s move 4.e4 with
geat success.
A fine example is his game against Farago: Kosten,Anthony C (2530) -
Farago,Ivan (2520) [A28] Amantea op Amantea, 1992
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 Bb4 5.d3 d6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Bg2 Nd4 8.Nxd4
Bxd4 9.h3 Be6 10.f4 c6 11.Ne2 Bc5 12.Bf3 Qb6 13.Kf1 Be3 14.Kg2 exf4
15.gxf4 Bxc1 16.Qxc1 d5 17.f5 dxe4 18.dxe4 Bd7 19.e5 Ng8 20.c5 Qc7
21.e6 fxe6 22.fxe6 Bxe6 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Qg5 Nf6 25.Rae1+ Kf8 26.Rhf1 h5
27.Bd5 Rh6 28.Qxh6 gxh6 29.Rxf6+ Kg7 30.Rf7+ Kg6 31.Bb3 Qa5 32.Nf3 Re8
33.Rxe8 Bxe8 34.Ne5+ Kg5 35.h4+ Kxh4 36.Nf3+ 1-0
This game is analysed by Kosten with nearly five pages text!
Conclusion: Sharpen your flank skills with this exciting written
openings book!
The
greatest ever chess tricks and traps by Gary Lane
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
234 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-577-0
Gary Lane provides the reader in this greatest ever chess tricks
and traps book with a amazing collection short cuts.
Some are well known as the seven move lost from the poor Ree against
Petrosian,at the Wijk aan Zee tournament from 1971,but many others as
for example the game Banks – Karmmark.Internet Blitz 2007,are brand new.
Where white went for the extraordinary and forgotten Jerome
Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+?
These moves, as we can read in this entertaining work from Lane
is named after the American player Alonzo Wheeler Jerome 1834-1902 of
Paxton,Illinois,and was analysed in the American Chess Journal in
1874.It has to be remembered that in the 19th century people liked to
attack and never defend.
This book from lane is not only very exciting game collection but above
all, a very good read.
Nearly all major openings are divided with a instructive example of
play and all games in this book are pleasantly indexed with names and
openings.
All together I counted around 110 complete games where some are good
for over two pages of text!
As for example the following victory in the opening: Skurski,Jan (2069)
- Gasik,Piotr (2189) [B12] POL-ch sf Polanczyk (6), 09.11.2000
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4 Bb4+ 7.c3 dxc3
8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qxd8 cxb2+ 10.Ke2 bxa1Q 11.Ng5+ Kg6 12.Qe8+ Kh6 13.Ne6+
g5 14.Bxg5# 1-0
As we can read in the book from Lane black has tried to avoid defeat at
this point with no success.
Conclusion: This book is
overloaded with unbelievable shortcuts!
Play the
Sicilian Kan by Johan Hellsten
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
320 pages
Price $25,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-581-7
The Swedish Grandmaster Johan Hellsten reveals in this latest
Everyman Chess book the secrets of the Sicilian Kan.
The Kan or Paulsen Variation as some call it,is close related to the
Taimanov.
Black has a very flexible positions and he can go for an Hedgehog
set-up or even a play a kind of Maroczy Bind.
Johan Hellsten focuses heavily in this heavy loaded move to move
openings book on the moves: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6.
Moreover Chapter six features as the author writes in his introduction
the different move order 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 followed by d2-d4.
When you decide to take up the Kan you don’t have to fear long term
weaknesses or bad bishops to worry about.
All material is explained at the hand of 40 deeply analysed games where
you get the feeling, why is Hellsten throwing his secrets of the Kan
away.
Interesting to mention is a Maroczy Bind combination with the typical
Qg4-e2 manoeuvre.
A typical example is game 32,Gouliev – Sikula,Nancy 2007,
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Qe2
d6 9.0-0 Nd7 10.c4 b6 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.Be3 Bb7 13.Rac1 Ngf6 14.Nd2 0-0
15.f3 Rac8 16.Qf2 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Qb8 18.a4 Rfe8 19.Bf1 Ba8 20.Nb3 Bf8
21.a5 Nc5 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Na4 Nd7 24.Qc2 Bc6 25.Ra1 Qc7
½-½
Even that this game is only 25 moves long,Johan Hellsten needs over ten
pages of text to explain it!
And not to forget black had every reason to play on,Hellsten gives
after 26.Nc3 Rb8 followed by…Bg7 with pressure against white’s weakend
queenside.
Pleasant to mention is that the Kan is one of the easiest variations of
the Sicilian to learn and to play!
Included is a bibliography and index of games.
Conclusion: A very important reference work on the Sicilian Kan!
Chess
Informant
102
2008
Beograd
http://www.sahovski.com
339 pages
Price GBP 20.50
It is always exciting for me when the Informator drops at my front
door, nearly I can not wait to play to take up the Informator and play
throw all the latest well analysed games,and that are in this issue a
refined selection of 421 annotated games and 467 game fragments.All
taken from the events held between January 1st, 2008 and April 30st,
2008.
Again the tournaments in this issue are impressive: Odessa,
Maalot-Tarshiha, Wijk aan Zee, Moscow, Morelia/Linares, Nice, Heviz,
Merida, Plovdiv, Baku, etc.
The list of contributors is even more impressive: V. Anand, Kramnik,
Ivanchuk, Leko, Svidler, Mi. Adams, Sergey Karjakin, B. Gelfand, Ju.
Polgar, Bu Xiangzhi, Rublevsky, Nisipeanu, Wang Hao, Bologan,
Sasikiran, Roiz, Kasimdzhanov, Inarkiev, Motylev, A. Volokitin, Ki.
Georgiev etc.
Yes indeed we have here the best chess magazine in the world.
But first a view inside: The most important theoretical novelties of
the preceding volume goes to the game Kramnik – Aronian,Mexico City
2007.
Kramnik,V (2769) - Aronian,L (2750) [E15] Mexico City 101/419, 2007
[Kramnik,V]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3
d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 b5
15.Re1 bxc4 16.Bf1 Nb6 17.Rb1!N [17.Nc5] 17...Nd5 [17...c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5
19.Qh5 Qd5 20.Qh4±;
17...Rb8 18.bxc4 (18.Nc5 Bb5 19.a4 Nd5 20.Ba1 c3 21.axb5 cxb5 22.b4 a5
23.Bg2 axb4 24.Bxd5±) 18...Nxc4 (18...Bxc4 19.Rxb6±)
19.Rxb8 Qxb8 20.Nc5 Nb2 21.Bxb2 Bxf1 22.Ba3 Bh3 23.Qh5 (23.Nd7 Qb7)
23...Bf5 24.Nd7±] 18.Ba1 Bb4 [18...Qa5 19.bxc4 Nb6
20.Qc2±;
18...Rb8 19.bxc4 (19.Nc5) 19...Rxb1 20.Qxb1±] 19.Nc5! [19.bxc4
Bxe1 20.Qxe1 Nb6 21.Qc3f] 19...Bxe1 [19...Qa5 20.bxc4! Bxe1 21.Qxe1
Qxe1 22.Rxe1 Nc7 23.Bc3±;
19...Nc3 20.Bxc3 Bxc3 21.Re4± .Qa5 22.b4 Qxa2 23.Nxa6 Qxa6
24.Qc2] 20.Qxe1 cxb3 [20...Nc7 21.bxc4±] 21.Nxa6 [21.Bxa6 bxa2
22.Rb2 Rb8 23.Rxa2 Nb4²] 21...bxa2 22.Rb2 Nc7 [22...Re8 23.Rxa2
Re7] 23.Rxa2± Nxa6 [¹23...Nb5!?] 24.Rxa6 Qd7 [24...c5
25.Qe5! c4 (25...cxd4 26.Bxd4 f6 27.Qxe6+ Kh8 28.Be3 Re8 29.Qb3+-;
25...Qd5 26.dxc5+- .Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Rxc5 28.Bd6) 26.d5 Qf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6
28.Bxf6 exd5 (28...c3 29.Ra4 Rfe8 30.Rg4+ Kf8 31.Rg7+-) 29.Bh3±]
25.Qc3 f6 26.Qc5 Rf7 27.Bc3 Qb7 [27...Kh8 28.Bc4;
27...Qd5 28.Bc4 Qxc5 (28...Qe4 29.Ra1) 29.dxc5 Re7 30.Rxa7 Kf8
31.Ra6±] 28.Qc4 Qd7 29.Bg2 Kh8 30.Bxc6 Qb7 31.Kg2!+- h6
[31...Re7 32.Bb4 Ree8 33.Bd6 Red8 34.Qa4 Qb1 35.Be7 Rg8 36.Bc5] 32.d5
Qb8 [32...exd5 33.Bxb7 Rxc4 34.Bxd5] 33.dxe6 Re7 34.Bb4 Rec7 35.e7 1-0
Please also see Informator issue 101/49.
Included in this issue is a theoretical survey to this game from
M.Bjelajac!
The best of Chess Informant goes to Vlastimil Hort where you can find
some of his ever best games and fragments of games.
In endgames you will find a superb. Pawn ending from Kasparov against
Fauland,Graz 2007.
Again there are some fine studies who are waiting to be solved.
Conclusion:Not one of the best but simple the best chess publication in
the world!
Chess Informant
102 on CD
2008
Beograd
http://www.sahovski.com
Price £ 20.50
Chess Informant 95 printed boek +
CD is only £ 27.50
It is also possible to obtain the latest Informator files on this CD
well packed in a eye catching Chess Informant Reader 2.1 program.
Probably the most of us prefer the good old book but this Chess
Informant reader program is a powerful tool which is able to do much
more than only playing throw the latest Informator files.
Chess Informant has a site where you can download the Chess Informant
Expert please see:
http://www.sahovski.co.yu/other/index.php?other=8
Personal it is very interesting to have to have the electronic version
on your computer but for the owners of a database program,they could
consider to buy Informator 102 as PGN,CBH or as Chess Assistant file.
Going throw all the Informator’s is nearly impossible
and these Chess Informant CD readers offer the user the opportunity to
access all Informator’s extra utilities as playing chess, importing
games etc.
It is even possible to include electronic openings encyclopaedias!
Conclusion: Certainly more than a
alternative for the printed book!
My 60
memorable games by Bobby Fischer
2008
Batsford Ltd, London
http://www.Batsford.com
384 pages
Price €19,90
ISBN 978-1-906388-30-0
This brilliant work from Bobby Fischer,now pleasantly converted
by Anova Books in to algebratic is master piece on it’s self.
What I also like is the original typeface of this book which reminds me
at the original edition, that was published by Faber and Faber back in
1969.
A original edition of Fischer easy sells for €80,00 and more,but take
care some copies state “ first printing “though their dust jackets show
Fischers’s tournament through 1971.
The typescript of the manuscript with handwritten analyses from Fischer
was sold for $6060,please see Great Chess Books of the Twentieth
Century in English by Alex Dunne.
But so far I am aware of Fischer has never signed a copy of his book!
It took Fischer over three years to write this book but it was not with
out mistakes.
For the interested reader please the CD from Robert Hübner on
Bobby Fischer where you shall find a complete file with Fischer’s
mistakes.
Some games in this book as Fischer – Benko,Unite States Championship
1963-64 are truly brilliant,please game 46 of this book: Fischer,Robert
James - Benko,Pal C [B09]
USA-ch (Rosenwald 10th) New York (10), 30.12.1963
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3
Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 gxf5 12.Qxf5 Nd4 13.Qf2 Ne8 14.0-0 Nd6
15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Qg4 c6 17.Qh5 Qe8 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Rf6 Kg8 20.e5 h6 21.Ne2
1-0
Fischer wrote there is no defence to the threat of 22.Rxd6.On 21…Nb5
22.Qf5 wins.Or 21…Bxf6 22.Qxh6 forces mate.
Larry Evans collaborated on the book where Fischer did the analyses and
Evans the rest and that was included the typing!
Conclusion: A classic master piece!
Praque 1905
The first congress of the central association of Czech chess players
Praque 1905
by Vlastimil Fiala
2006
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
158 pages
Price €25,00
ISBN 80-7189-562-2
The chess historian Vlastimil Fiala covers in this beautiful
printed hard cover bookthe first congress of the central association of
Czech chess players
that was held in Praque of the year 1905.
Besides the interesting historic information about this congress there
was also a very strong main tournament of the UJCS which had
important
players as Duras and Treybal.
All games of this tournament are well recovered in this book but also
the secondary tournament which was won by Stanislav Sery is pleasantly
presented with all the played games.
Sery won before Hromadka and,it is very strange thta Stanislav Sery is
not mentioned in the book
Chess
Personalia from
Jeremy Gaige.
Interesting to mention is that some players from the country gave the
name of the Prague chess club as there club because in those days it
was common for country players to be registered in the exciting and
officially acknowledged clubs of Praque.
There was also an interesting contest in the speed solving of two
problems,authord by the well known P.K.Traxler.
Included is an impressive Bibliography,name index,general
index,openings and players index plus a index of the games of the
Secondary UJCS tournament.
Conclusion: A very nice collectors
item!
A memorial to
William Steinitz by Charles Devide
2006
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
99 pages
Price £18.99
A other interesting reprint from Fiala is this 1901 reprint from
Charles Devide on a memorial to William Steinits where some readers
will recognize it as the same work which Dover reprints brought on the
market under the title William Steinitz selected chess games Dover
Publications 1974.
The slight difference between these two books is that the Dover edition
was expanded with a new preface by David Hoop,but that where only six
extra additional games.
This 1901 reprint starts with a eight page biographical overview and
covers around 74 games where the annotations to the games are much more
intensive than the above mentioned book on Morphy.
So this book tell his Steinitz story at the hand of a biography and
games chronologically arranged with an analyses of play as Devide
describes it in this book.
Included in this book is one of his most beautiful games and well
against Russian Mikhail Chigorin where Chigorin was supplied with free
brandy and Steinitz with free champagne.Steinitz explained later that
he drank champagne to handle his nerves.
Conclusion: Small but beautiful work on Steinitz!
Ter herdenking aan het
veertigjarige
bestaan van den Nederlandse
Schaakbond
1873-1913
2008
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
107 pages
Price €15,00
ISBN 978-80-7189-592-3
On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the Dutch chess federation a
master tournament was held at the year 1913, in Scheveningen at the
prestige Kurhaus
hotel.
There where seven foreign and seven Dutch masters,seen that that the
start and finish dates for this event were fixed,the players where
forced to play two games on Monday and Friday.
But this was no problem for the young Alekhine to gain a first
price,even that he lost after a terrible mistake in the last round to
Janowski.
Before leaving Scheveningen,Alekhine played a offhand game with
Janowski for a theoretical argument. The game was won by him. Alekander
Alekhine’s Chess Games,1902-1946.
This work from Fiala is fantastic made reprint in hard cover despite
the bad quality of the photograph.
But for the rest it is a prefect reprint!
Conclusion: Excellent piece of work!
Secondo Congresso
Torneo Scachistico Nazionale Italiano in Livorno
2008
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
128 pages
Price €15,00
ISBN 978-80-7189-573-2
Secondo Congresso Torneo Scachistico Nazionale Italiano in Livorno is a
128 page reprint of this in September 1878 played tournament.
The books looks very good but it is all in the Italian language
included Italian notation which is even more difficult than the English
one.
Included are 38 complete games and so far I could see these games have
never seen any publication before.
This time no hard cover but the reproduction is from a very high
quality!
Conclusion: A very high quality
reproduction!
Vierde Internationale
Schaakwedstrijd te
Scheveningen 1905
2008
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
93 pages
Price €15,00
ISBN 978-80-7189-591-6
In 1905 there was the fourth international chess contest held in
Scheveningen with players as Frank Marshall and Rudolf Spielman.
For many it will be no surprise that Frank Marshall won this tournament
but a sensation In this tournament was the second place of the
Dutch chess player Benjamin Leussen.
Marshall,Frank James - Leussen,Benjamin,
Scheveningen Scheveningen (12), 09.08.1905
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Nf3 c6
8.e3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 f5 12.Rae1 Ndf6 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.h3
Nh6 15.Ne5 g5 16.Qe2 Be6 17.Qh5 Qg7 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.f3 exf3 20.Rxf3
Rxf3 21.Nxf3 g4 22.hxg4 Nxg4 23.e4 Nf6 24.Qh4 Kh8 25.e5 Nd7 26.Qg5 Rg8
27.Qxg7+ Rxg7 28.Ne2 Kg8 29.Nf4 Kf7 30.Rf1 Ke7 31.Kh2 Nf8 32.Nh5 Rg6
33.Nf6 Nd7 34.Nxd7 ½-½
Unfortunately for the Dutch chess world Leussen decided later to become
a teacher and he died at the age of 47.
I would like to end with a first class win from Leussen:
Spielmann,Rudolf - Leussen,Benjamin,
Scheveningen Scheveningen (3), 01.08.1905
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 d6
8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 Nd7 10.g4 Nb6 11.f5 Bd7 12.Qd2 Ne5 13.Bxb6 Qxb6 14.Nd5
Qd8 15.Rf1 0-0 16.g5 e6 17.f6 exd5 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.exd5 a5 20.Nd4 Qb6
21.c3 Rfe8 22.0-0-0 a4 23.a3 Qc5 24.Qf4 Kg8 25.Qh4 Qxd5 26.Nf5 Qa2
27.Nxd6 Be6 28.c4 Rec8 29.Ne4 Nxc4 30.Nf6+ Kf8 31.Nxh7+ Ke7 32.Rxf7+
Bxf7 33.Qe4+ Ne5+ 34.Kd2 Qxb2+ 35.Ke1 Rc1 36.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37.Kf2 Qb2
38.Nf6 Bc4 39.Kg3 Rh8 40.h4 Qxe2 41.Qxb7+ Ke6 42.Qb6+ Kf5 0-1
Again the photograph in this book is from a poor quality but I have a
better one for you!
Conclusion: A must for every chess
book collector!
The book of the
Counties'Chess Association Hereford 1885
2007
Olomouc
Moravian Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
96 pages
Price €15,00
ISBN 978-80-7189-574-9
The 20th British Counties Chess Association Congress was held in
Hereford.
The first place went to Joseph Blackburn with 8 points followed
by Bird and Schallop on 7½ points.The tournament was held at the
prestige, assembly Room of the Green Hotel.
In this lovely made reprint, we can read that there was a first price
of
£60,00
which was won by no less than the legendary Joseph Blackburne.
That time a small fortune!
Going throw the MegaData base from ChessBase I only could find one game
of this tournament!
Besides the master tournament there where also two first class
sections,a handicap tournament and a problem tournament.
Nearly all games in this book carry annotation from players as
Bird,Blackburne,Gunsberg,Mason Ranken etc.
I have no remarks on the reprint of this lovely printed book, which saw
it’s original print in the year 1886.
Personal I enjoyed the atmosphere of this tournament and the price of
this reprint is only €15,00!
Conclusion: A lovely made
reprint!
Quarterly for chess
history 13
2007
Moravian
Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
434 pages
Price € 32,00
Quarterly for chess history 13 holds the following readable issues:
Chess Archives: History of Chess Tournaments,Chess in California,Chess
Biographies of:
K. Hromadka,Rudolph Sze,W. Lewis,Forgotten Chess Tournaments: Munich
1886,Zoppot 1937,Classical Chess Matches:Showalter vs Albin, 1894
Great Chess Players,Correspondence Chess:Old Singapore, 1900-1902
Women's Chess:Showalter vs Worrall, 1894,Women Chess Notes,Chess
Research,
Chess Players' Chronicle,Chess Miscellany Chess Reviews and more.
Fascinating is for example the story of the mysterious chess life of
the Chinese chess player Rudolph L Sze.
This brilliant student had no problems out playing the great Emanuel
Lasker with the good old Latvian Gambit:
Lasker,Emanuel - Sze,LR [C40]
Washington sim Washington, 1910
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d6 4.d4 e4 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nfd2 Bxf5
8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc4 d5 11.Ne3 Be6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Nb5 Nb6 14.c3
c6 15.Na3 Rf7 16.Nac2 Nbd7 17.Qd2 Nf8 18.Rae1 Ng6 19.f3 Nf4 20.Nd1 N6h5
21.fxe4 Qg5 22.Nce3 Nxg2 23.Kh1 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 Raf8 25.Rg1 Qh4 26.exd5
Bxd5+ 27.Nxd5 Qe4+ 0-1
This 17 page article appeared in a slightly different form at
chesscafe.com in 2006,at it received the Chess Journalists of America
{CJA} 2006 Best Historical Article Award.
Going throw this book you will see a lot of unknown games and even
forgotten crosstables as the one from the Brooklyn Chess Club of 1892
which is even missing by Gino di Felice.
Although the tournament was attended by players as
Kemeny,Hodges,Delmar,Hanham and Pollock.
Quarterly for chess
history 14
2007
Moravian
Chess
http://www.moravian-chess.cz
434 pages
Price € 32,00
Dr. Vlastimil Fiala is a man, that has a unbelievable passion
for chess research.
A major part of his life lays in the cellar’s of chess library’s and
every time I pick up the magazine of chess history, I am impressed what
Fiala has managed to dig up for the readers: In this latest issue you
can find: Chess Archives {With Salo Flohr,Zukertort and Steinitz},Chess
Biographies {Hromadka,Flamberg and Duchamp}Forgotten Chess
Tournaments,Great Chess Players, Correspondence Chess,Women’s
Chess,Chess Research,Chess Miscellany, Chess Problems and Chess Reviews.
Interesting to mention in this issue is the early career of Vera
Menchik,where Fiala is covering the years 1923-1925 {part 1}
Vera Menchik learned to play chess at the age of nine, taught by her
father in Moscow. She attended her first tournament in wartime in the
school chess circle.
In 1923 Vera joined the Hasting Chess Club,she was fortunate in being
able to receive instruction from J A J Drewitt and the master,Geza
Maroczy.
The latter had suffered privation during World War I and,on coming to
Hastings,had been allowed to stay at the Albany Hotel free for a period
of time.
But that is a other story.
Here one of the first games from the young Vera Menchik:
Menchik,Vera – Danahay J.W
Hastings,First Class Section A.1923
1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Bxf6 Nxf6
8.Nd2 Be7 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Qh5 11.0-0 b5 12.Ne5 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Bb7
14.Ne4 0-0 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.Rxc5 Nd5 18.Rdc1 f6 19.Nxc6 Bxc6
20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 Nb4 22.Rc3 Nxa2 23.Ra3 Nb4 24.Bxb5 a6 25.Bxa6 Rb8
26.Bc4 Kf7 27.Ra7+ Kg6 28.Bxe6 Nd3 29.b3 Rb6 30.Bf7+ Kh6 31.Bd5 Nc1
32.Ra3 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nc3 34.Bc4 Ne4 35.Ke2 Rb4 36.f3 Nc3+ 37.Kd3
½-½
It is not easy to lay hand at these gamers from Menchik,the ChessBase
Megadata base starts around the year 1928 covering games of Menchik.
Highly recommended is the contribution in this article from Tim Harding
who describes the visits of Johannes Zukertort and William Steinitz to
Dublin,1879 and 1881.
Harding writes: Exhibition tours of chess clubs by great masters were
their bread-and-butter work,especially when matches and tournaments
were infrequent. This ofthen meant travelling in cold weather,staying
in uncomfortable hotels to minimise exspenses,and not enjoying chess of
much quality.The games played, usually in simultaneous exhibitions and
sometimes blindfold,could have provided little professional
satisfaction in terms of the quality of games or opposition.
Conclusion: Facinating books!
Chess CD's & DVD's
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Rybka the strongest of all chess engines needs
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For some weeks I am playing with this interface and to be honest it
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First of all this program is able to open ChessBase & Chess
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Rybka runs in the aquarium as a speed fish yes the name Rybka is
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Easy in use are the database utilities and it transfers
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The master file on this DVD with tournaments is good for
nearly 1078 entries where you shall find superb analyses from the
strongest players in the world.
In this issue you can find annotated material from top
tournaments as Sochi,Moscow and Bilbao.
But first game a fine game from the young Magnus Carlsen:
Pelletier,Yannick (2569) - Carlsen,Magnus (2775) [E15]
Biel GM 41st Biel (6), 26.07.2008
[Carlsen]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6
5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 d5 I wanted to play for a win. I don't
know about Yannick's intentions, but anyway 7...c6 wasn't satisfactory. 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 0-0 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 The
normal way to treat these positions is to put the knight on a6, from
where it can be transferred to e6 via c7 after having played ...c5. The
text move was played by Leko against van Wely in Dortmund. The knight
will still usually go to e6, in this case via f8.
12.Bf4 With the knight on
d7 it is better to put the pawn on c6, because d5 would be weaker than
with the knight on a6, and in addition the c7-square would not be
covered in case of an eventual ¤b5. 12...c6 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Rcd1 The idea
of this slightly weird-looking move is to play ¤e5, when the
rook would be well placed on d1. However, after Black's response,
¤e5 will not really have the desired effect, and White will have
to change plans. Still the move cannot really be called a mistake, as
nothing much is happening here anyway, and a tempo loss isn't that
serious. 14...Bb4! 15.Bd2 [15.Ne5
Nxe5 16.Bxe5 (16.dxe5 Ng4) 16...Nd7 fails to impress.] 15...Rc8 16.Qb2 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Qf8 A
totally unnecessary move, as e4 ¥xc3 exd5 will probably never
really be an issue. However, since my opponent had already consumed a
lot of time, and didn't seem to have found a plan, I thought it might
be a good idea to just wait and see. 18.Bh3
Rcd8 19.Qc2 h6!? [The
normal 19...Ne4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxb4 Qxb4 23.Ne5 Rxd4
24.Nxc6 Bxc6 25.Qxc6 Red8 26.Rxd4! is obviously fine for Black, but not
especially interesting. I wanted to keep the pieces on the board!] 20.Nh4 Probably a good move, even
if this is what I wanted to provoke with my previous move. The knight
looks nice on f5, but it is also a bit loose. 20...c5 21.Nf5 a6 I felt that I
had to cover the b5-square, and this certainly felt more natural than
the computer suggestion of ¥a6.
22.Qb2 Bxc3 I decided that it was time to ease the pressure.
[Rybka's suggestion of 22...cxd4 23.Nxd4 Ne5 with nice piece play as
compensation for the isolated pawn is probably also fine.] 23.Bxc3 Ne4 24.dxc5 Nxc3 25.Qxc3 bxc5 26.Qa5
Nf6 27.Qb6? The critical
moment in the game. Pelletier got too excited and missed a simple
tactic, after which the white pieces are suddenly loose, and soon
everything falls apart. [27.Rc1 Ne4 28.Bg2 Bc8 or;
27.Bg2 would have led to a normal position, where Black has a weak pawn
pair in the centre, but should have sufficient dynamic counterplay,
often connected with the ideas of d4 and ¤e4.] 27...Bc8! 28.Kg2 [28.Nxh6+ gxh6
29.Bxc8 Rd6! is what Pelletier had missed.;
28.f3 Be6 29.e4 g6 30.g4 is a slightly better chance according to
Rybka, but I will refrain from taking this varation any further, as I
guess neither of us calculated this, and the position really confuses
me. Anyway, Black must be winning here.] 28...Ne4 29.f3 Ng5 [29...Nc3 was
another interesting possibilty, which I in the end rejected because
after 30.Rd3 (30.Rd2 d4 with ...¤d5 to come is deadly.)
30...Nxe2 31.Re3 Bxf5 32.R3xe2 Rxe2+ 33.Rxe2 Bd3 I would "only" be a
pawn up.] 30.g4 h5 The most
effective. 31.Rc1 g6?! [31...Nxh3
was more accurate. My choice in the game was based on an oversight.
32.Kxh3 hxg4+ 33.fxg4 g6 34.Ng3 Qh6+ 35.Kg2 Bxg4 would transpose to the
game.] 32.Ng3 Nxh3 [32...Qh6
was my intention, but this fails to 33.Nxh5 (33.Nf5 is also
reasonable.) 33...Nxh3 34.Nf6+]
33.Kxh3 hxg4+ 34.fxg4?! [34.Kg2 was a better chance, even if
Black is nearly winning anyway.] 34...Qh6+
35.Kg2 Bxg4 36.Qxc5 Losing immediately, but it was hard to
suggest anything reasonable anyway.
36...Re3? [36...Rc8 is the most obvious move, and I tried for a
while to find a forced win after it. Unfortunately the right solution
37.Qa3 Rxe2+! 38.Nxe2 (38.Rxe2 Rxc1-+) 38...Qh3+ 39.Kf2 Qf3+ 40.Kg1
Qe3+ 41.Kg2 Bh3+ with mate never crossed my mind.] 37.Qd4 In serious time-trouble
Pelletier allows a combination. It has to be said that White was in
serious trouble anyway though. [37.Kg1 is what I considered the best
defence, after which I planned 37...Rc8 38.Qa3 Rce8 which should still
give Black a practically winning advantage.] 37...Qh3+ 38.Kg1 Rxg3+ 39.hxg3 Qxg3+ 40.Kh1
Bf5 Pelletier resigned because of[40...Bf5 41.Red1 Qg5!
protecting d8 in case of £xe4. The decisive ¥e4 will now
follow.] 0-1
Besides the opening video files there are of course the well known
theoretical files as from Peter Lukacs and Laszlo Hazai on the
Anti-Dutch A04: 1.Nf3 f5 2.d3,Michail Marin A10 on the English 1.c4 g6
2.e4 e5.
Igor Stohl digs in the Anti Grünfled A16: 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4, New ideas in the Leningrad can be found by Mihail
Marin A 89 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qb3.Alexey Kuzmin concentrates on the
Sicilian B90: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3.
Hannes Langrock shows a repertoire for black against the Tarrasch-Part
1 C03: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6.
Leonid Kritz looks at the Wall: C67: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0
Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3Ke8 10.h3 Be7.
Lubomir Ftacnik goes for the Slav Defence D111.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7.Michal Krasenkow Grünfeld
Defence D91: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 nxg5
7.Nxg5 e6.Efstratios Grivas gives his secrets away against the Queens
Indian E15: Part one, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3.
Tibor Karolyi goes for the Stonewall in the Queen’s Indian: 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5
Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 f5 12.0-0 0-0.
Evgeny Postny Nimzo Indian E25: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4 and Martin Breutigam
looks at the King’s Indian E61:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3.
The ICCF Telechess files is good for 1140 entries and includes the 21st
World Championship,which waqs won by Joop van Oosterom.
Other columns are Daniel King: Move by Move,Oliver Reeh: tactics,Peter
Wells: Strategy,Karsten Müller: Endgames plus 7 endgame videos!!
And 21 games!!
Rainer Knaak: Opening trap.
New is the folder data for Pocket Fritz 3.
Included are updates and a booklet of 26 pages!
Conclusion: Certainly a must have DVD!
ChessBase Magazine
extra issue 126
November 2008
Fritztrainer videos with Lubomir Ftacnik
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This ChessBase Extra
Magazine comes with a collection of 38255 clean games all played
between Enschede 1/8 and Can Picafort Masters Can Picafort of
26.10.2008.
I can guarantee you between these 38000 there is allays something of
your interest.
Personal I am very interested in Latvian games and I was very pleased
to find in this master file 14 Latvian games.
As the following games show us you are never to old to pick up the
Latvian Gambit!
Gensch,Manfred (1725) - Aufmwasser,Guenter (1632) [C40]
GER-ch Seniors-B 20th Erfurt (3), 07.08.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Qg6 7.Nd5 Qf7
8.Nde3 Nf6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Nd2 Be6 12.c4 Qd7 13.Qc2 d5 14.c5
Nc8 15.f3 Ne7 16.b4 Nf5 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Qc3 Be7 ½-½
All together there where six black wins and that is not bad for the
Latvian Gambit!
GM Ftacnik is responsible for two video files one with the best game of
the Tal Memorial 2008 and a tricky line in the English opening,1.c4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6! Yes the knight would like to go to d4!
Conclusion: A mass of latest
games!
ChessMagazine's
British
Chess Magazine No.11
Volume
128
November 2008
Price: £3.70
Starting with the World Championship match between Kramnik
and Anand,Ian Rogers was at the spot,where he specially analyses for
the BCM readers the first four games.
BCM editor John Saunders is good for the notes of game five and
six.
The remaining games are up for next month.
All together this WK report is good for sixteen pages of this
heavy loaded issue and that is included six creative made photographs.
Other contributions are 4NCL October Weekeend,Russian Championship,
Bilbao Grand Slam and the European Championship {part2}.
Readable are as always are News in Brief,Speelman on the Endgame {Jon
Speelman analyses a fascinating endgame from the European Union
Championship.
Quotes and Queries,Endgame Studies,Reviews and New Books etc.
Conclusion: Buy it for the contribution on the World Championship
match!
