Kasparov how his
predecessors misled him about chess by
Tibor Karolyi & Nick Aplin
2009
Batsford Ltd, London
http://www.Batsford.com
384 pages
Price €14,99
ISBN 978-1-906388-26-3
Tibor Karolyi and Nick Aplin have written a paradox on Kasparov his
magnificent, ''My Great Predecessors’, here both authors joke with
Kasparov on his 70 lost games, were the virtual Kasparov, the
greatest chess player of all time, is blaming his losses
on former world champions.
Besides the humour, you can buy this book for the readable annotations
as we for example can see in the {instructive annoted} model game
Lasker –
Steinitz,Hastings 1895,
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Nge7 6.c3 Bd7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Re1
Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nf1 Qe8 11.Bc2 Kh8 12.Ng3 Bg4 13.d5 Nb8 14.h3 Bc8
15.Nf5 Bd8 16.g4 Ne7 17.Ng3 Ng8
Masters still play moves like this in the King’s Indian.I also played
Ng8 a few times in a King’s {this game is similar}.I won with this move
against Korchnoi in Barcelona 1989,and Khalifman and Gelfand were my
victims in the Paris Immopar Rapid in 1991.
This position seems to be like a Fischer Random chesss position.Only
three of the eight black pieces are on there starting squares of
a conventional chess game.
Both authors had the idea to write an article for the satirical chess
magazine Kingpin but slowly it became a whole book but than with a
laugh.
All together it is a enjoyable book even that it looks that Kasparov
has written the annotations to the games which he ofcourse didn't.
But I hope that Kasparov can see in the humor of this amusing read!
Conclusion: Very amusing!
John
Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
335 pages
Price $ 24,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-03-6
Grandmaster in chess John Nunn needs no introduction, but many
are not aware that he is involved with chess problems, composing an
soling as part of the British team,
on this subject Nunn wrote Solving in Style, and he won in 2004 and
2007 the World Chess Solving Championships.
As no other John Nunn knows how to help to find the best move as we can
learn in this brand new enlarged puzzle book,where he has
specially added for this new release 50 new
puzzles with hints and detailed explanations.
These instructive explanations are the soul of this book sometimes you
get the feeling that, Nunn is transferring chess puzzles with his
precisely calculated solutions in to art.
Instructive for all new comers is the chapter with “Find the wrong
move”.
Which invites you to find the played blunder.
A example: Andersson,Ulf (2640) - Velimirovic,Dragoljub (2515) [C15]
Bar Bar (10), 28.11.1997
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4
5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 e5 9.Nxf6+ Bxf6 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nc3 Bf5
12.g4 1-0.
Nunn writes: It is hard to explain how such a noted tactican as
Velimirovic could have overlooked this simple idea.Perhaps there was a
psychological element involved-he never considerd that the normally
placid Andersson would ever push his g-pawn forward more than one
square.
Reuben Fine learned us how to handle a fight between a rook and a queen
but than you must not play like Timman;
White:
Kb2,Rd3 pawn c2 Black:
Kb4 Queen f5 and a pawn on a4.
Timman played 1.Ka2?? a3! 0-1 Timman – Nunn,Wijk aan Zee 1982.
Nunn gives 1Ra3! Is the only move to draw.After 1…Qe5+ 2.Ka2
Black cannot make progress.White should keep his king on b2
except when checked ,and otherwise keep his rook posted on a3 or d3.
And two points for finding the only drawing move 1.Ra3!.
By the way with 120 points you are good enough to challenge the world
champion!
Conclusion: A book that learns you to play like Alekhine!
Great Attackers by
Colin Crouch
2009
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
268 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-579-4
IM Colin Crouch discusses various aspects of attack on the hand
of three phenomenal attacking players,Kasparov,Tal and Leonid Stein.
The last player will probably surprise you but he was a gifted
attacking player who died in a Russian hotel just in his
thirties, 38 still near the peak of his career.
Some say the circumstances of his death are still not entirely
clear,but Crouch writes:There has been the occasional speculation that
Stein’s death was not entirely clear,but there would seem to be no
substance to such accusations.
Stein was known to have had heart problems,and had been under
medication.According to Gufeld and Lazarev,Stein felt a pain in his
chest while staying at the hotel and the doctors could not save him.
Interesting to mention is that the great Bobby Fischer challenged Stein
to a match which would have been held after the Havanna Chess Olympiad
of 1966.
Crouch examines at the hand of 22 deeply analysed games {there are even
more games in this book!}the subtleties of attacking chess.
For example the game:
Kasparov,Garry - Sokolov,Andrei [B67]
URS-ch U18 Vilnius (2), 1975
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6
8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qb6 13.fxe6 fxe6
14.Be2 h5 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Rhf1 0-0-0 17.Bf3 Qc5 18.Qe2 Qe5 19.Qf2 Kb7
20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.g3 h4 22.Rd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qg5+ 24.Kb1 hxg3 25.hxg3 e5
26.a4 b4 27.a5 Rxc3 28.Qb6+ Kc8 29.bxc3 Bd8 30.Qc6+ Bc7 31.Qa8+ Bb8
32.Re4 1-0 and this game is good for eleven pages of text!
But first some instructive words from Crouch after move 20.Rfe1!
Kasparov would undoubtedly have seen the idea of the rook sacrifice by
now.He was not merely overprotecting his pawn on e4,he was already
looking at the idea with Rd5.Sokolov in turn had either not seen it
or,more likely,had seen it but not regarded it as significant.It is
important that Rfe1 and g2-g3 had to be played before Rd5,otherwise the
sacrifice would not work.Which way round should Kasparov try it?
20 g3 is the more obvious move,covering the pawn on h2,and we would
transpose to the main line if play continued 20…h4 21.Rfe1 Rc8.The
critical point is that,in comparison with the actual game,black would
not play 21…Rc8 now,but would find another plan,maybe starting with
21…hxg3 22.hxg3 Rdg8! {and not 22…Rc8? 23.Rd5!}
Black is then better and it would be no consolation for white that he
had found a fantastic sacrifice if it doesn’t wotk.
Therefore Kasparov moves the rook first.after working out that he is
not losing the pawn for nothing,and waits to see what happens.
Eleven pages of text is a lot but the following game from the master of
attack is even good for over the 11 pages: Stein,Leonid (2620) -
Smyslov,Vassily (2620) [A17]
URS-chT Moscow, 1972
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Qe2 Bb4 6.e5 Ng8 7.d4 d6 8.a3
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Ne7 10.h4 Nd7 11.h5 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 dxe5 13.h6 gxh6 14.Bxh6
exd4 15.Bg7 Rg8 16.Rxh7 Nf5 17.Bxd4 c5 18.g4 cxd4 19.gxf5 e5 20.Qd5 Rf8
21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.Bg2 Rg8 24.Qb7 Rxc4 25.dxe5 Qxe5+ 26.Kf1 Qb5
27.Kg1 Qc6 28.Qxc6 Rxc6 29.Rh8 Rcg6 30.fxg6 Rxh8 31.Bc6 Rg8 32.Bxd7+
Ke7 33.Bf5 fxg6 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Bd3 1-0
A move that Gufeld and Lazarev missed in there book on Leonid Stein is
22.0-0-0 but this one is well covered by Crouch!
The material is mainly based on the following chapters: 1,Garry
Kasparov: 1975-78,2,Leonid Stein: 1972-73,3,Mikhail Tal 1978-79 and
Garry Kasparov 1978-82.
Conclusion: A book that truly learns
you the
secrets of dynamic chess!
SOS - Secrets of
Opening Surprises 10
No Time to Study Chess Opening Theory?
2009
by Jeroen Bosch
New in Chess
http://www.newinchess.com/
143 pages
Price €19,95
ISBN 978 90 56912604
Jeroen Bosch is again responsible, for a mass of exciting lines in this
well filled openings book.
For example Adrian Mikhalchishin digs in the line from
Steinitz,1.e4 e62.e5 and the author suggests to go with this move for
open games and avoid the closed structures of the French defence.
Funny enough Mikhalchishin follows the game Steinitz –
Sellman,Baltimore,third match game of the year 1882.
1.e4 e6 2.e5 c5 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 d5 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d3
Nge7 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.Ne4 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.c3 Qc7 13.Qc2 Rad8 14.Re1 Rd7
15.Re2 Rfd8 16.Ne1 Ba6 17.Nf2 Bf6 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Be4 Nd6 20.Bf3 Bb5
21.Qc2 g6 22.Bd2 Bg7 23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Bc1 Ba6 25.Bg2 Ne7 26.Nf3 Bb7 27.Ng4
Nef5 28.Nge5 Re7 29.Rde1 Bd5 30.b3 Bb7 31.Bb2 Ne8 32.Rd2 Nf6 33.Rdd1
Nd5 34.Qf2 Ba8 35.d4 cxd4 36.Nxd4 Nxd4 37.Rxd4 Nf6 38.Bxa8 Rxa8 39.Red1
Ree8 40.c4 Rad8 41.Qd2 Rxd4 42.Qxd4 Ng4 43.Qd7 Qxd7 44.Rxd7 Bxe5
45.fxe5 Ra8 46.h3 Nh6 47.Bc1 Nf5 48.g4 Ng3 49.Be3 Kf8 50.Kf2 Ne4+
51.Kf3 Ke8 52.Rb7 Nc5 53.Bxc5 bxc5 54.Rc7 Rd8 55.Ke2 Rd7 56.Rxc5 Kd8
57.Rc6 Ke7 58.Rc8 h5 59.gxh5 gxh5 60.Rh8 Rd4 61.Rxh5 Re4+ 62.Kd3 Re1
63.Kc3 a5 64.Kb2 f5 65.exf6+ Kxf6 66.Rxa5 e5 67.c5 Ke6 68.c6 Kd6 69.Rc5
Kc7 70.b4 e4 71.b5 e3 72.Rc1 Re2+ 73.Kb3 Rh2 74.b6+ Kxb6 75.c7 1-0
Interesting to mention is that Mikhalchishin gives the improvement in
this book from Bosch: 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.g4! Nd6 15.Ng3 followed by
Be3 and Rad1.
In Baltimore Alexander G.Sellman was a tough opponent for Steinitz but
that is a other story!
A other classical fight comes from Jeroen Bosch who goes for the good
old Lewis Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4!? Between the lines Bosch
gives as alternative the Evans move 3.b4
3…Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 and again we are in time of the good
old Bilguer.
If 3…Bxd4 4.Nf3 Qf6? 5.0-0!? Bb6 6.Nc3 and now not 6..d6 7.Bg5
Qg6
8.Nxe5 and white wins on the spot.
Or Cohen tries to put new life into the Damiano Gambit but again it is
all a matter of taste but there are more than enough lines to go
for in this exciting written openings book.
Conclusion: Buy it, if you want to win
from out the book!
De zwarte Leeuw by Jan
van Rekom & Leo Jansen
2008
New in Chess
http://www.newinchess.com/
278 pages
Price €24,95
ISBN 978 90 56912789
This a updated and expanded update of the life work from the two Dutch
chess amateurs Jerry van Rekom and Leo Jansen.
All excitement starts with the moves 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 but
they also consider other Lion set-ups as the moves: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6
3.Nc3 e5.
The word amateur does not mean that the authors are not able to play a
good game of chess,for example I found the following game in this book:
Jerry van Rekom – Jan Timman,Tilburg 1998: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
4.f4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5 c6 9.0-0-0+ Ke8
10.Nf3 h6 11.Nxe5 hxg5 12.Bc4 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.h3 Bc5 15.Rhe1 Bf2
16.Re2 Bg3 17.Nc4 Ke7 18.e5 Nd5 19.Ne4 Bf4+ 20.Kb1 b5 21.Na5 Rac8 22.g3
Bxe5 23.Nxg5 Bf6 and white the chance of his life to beat Timman with
24.Rxe6 Kd7 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxd5 Kc7 27.Nxc6 with a great plus.
And now we must show also a game from the inventor of the Lion: Karpov-
Jansen,Rotterdam:
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 h6 6.0-0 c6 7.a4 Be7 8.Re1
Qc7 9.a5 Nf8 10.h3 g5 11.d5 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.Be2 Ng6 14.a6 c5 15.axb7
Qxb7 16.Nd2 h5 17.Nc4 Rg8 18.Na5 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Qd7 20.Qb5 Nh4 21.Qxd7+
Kxd7 22.Kf1 Nxg2 23.Rd1 h4 24.Rd3 Bd8 25.Nc4 Nh5 26.Ne2 Rg4 27.Rf3 f6
28.Ra6 Bc7 29.Ne3 Nxe3+ 30.Bxe3 Bb6 and a draw was agreed, but as
Jansen pointed out in this book 24…Nh5 would have won.
Georg Marco enjoyed a king’s flank attack and was very successful with
it against Yates:
Yates,Frederick - Marco,Georg [C41] The Hague The Hague (1), 1921
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.0-0 h6 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.Bb3
Qc7 9.Nd2 g5 10.a4 Nf8 11.a5 Ng6 12.Re1 Nf4 13.f3 Rg8 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ng3
Qd7 16.d5 Bh3 17.gxh3 Qxh3 18.Qd2 N6h5 19.Qf2 g4 20.Kh1 gxf3 21.Rg1 Bh4
22.Bxf4 exf4 23.Nxh5 Bxf2 24.Rxg8+ Ke7 25.Nxf4 Qh4 26.Rg7 Kf8 27.Rxf7+
Kxf7 28.dxc6+ Kg7 29.Ne6+ Kh8 30.Nd5 bxc6 0-1.
Tartakower tried the same move order against Tylor,Nottingham 1936 and
Castaldi Stockholm 1937 but as the two Dutch amateurs explain in
this book 10…Nd7-f8 is a awfull mistake,Castaldi,Vincenzo -
Tartakower,Saviely [C41] Stockholm ol (Men) Stockholm (2), 01.08.1937
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Be2 Be7 6.0-0 h6 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2
Qc7 9.Qd2 g5 10.Rfd1 Nf8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Be6 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Qa5 Bd8
15.Rxd8+ Qxd8 16.Nc7+ Ke7 17.Ba3+ 1-0,quick debacles in the Philidor
are not uncommon, but it is a surprise to find grandmaster Tartakower
among the victims,wrote W.H.Cozens "The Lost Olympiad, Stockholm 1937”.
Fascinating are the lines with the moves: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7
4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qg6 10.Nxa8
Qxg2 11.Rf1 exd4 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.f4 Nfg4 14.Qd5+ Nf7 15.Qc4 Bh4+ 16.Kd1
Be6 17.Qe2 Nf2+ 18.Rxf2 Bxf2 19.f5 Qg1+ 20.Kd2 Ne5 21.fxe6 Be1+ 22.Qxe1
Nf3+ 23.Ke2 Nxe1 24.Be3 Qxh2+ 25.Kxe1 Qh1+ 26.Ke2 Qxa1 27.Nc7 h5 28.e7
Kf7 and black must win!
Indeed the Lion is a opening that needs some memorizing but,if you ask
me perfect for correspondence chess!
Conclusion: One of the most exciting
opening's books of this moment!
Play 1.b3! by Ilya
Odessky
2008
New in Chess
http://www.newinchess.com/
258 pages
Price €22,95
ISBN 978 90 56912789
The International master from Russia, Ilya Odessky deals in a very
special way with the Nimzowitsch Larsen Attack {1.b3}.
This book is more than a overview from basic elements and strategies,
usually Ilya Odessky digs with move to move annotations as for instance
there is a whole chapter on the Litus Gambit: 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 4.f3
Bh5 4.e4!?
I aware that Jacobs and Tait did step on the Litus,but Odessky digs in
it with his 21 pages of games and instructive text explanations.
Strange enough Odessku does not deal with all lines of the
Nimzowitsch Larsen Attack as Jacobs and Tait did they nearly had
place no place left for a decent introduction.
No Odessky has all the time of the world in this book and he enjoys
writing and explaining the secrets with readable words.
Odessky presents throw this book a lot of blitz games and personally I
would have preferred high level correspondence games.
Interesting for Bird players is also chapter 22 with the Nimzowitsch
Attack: 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 e6 7.d3 Be7
8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.Ne5 and good for 24 pages of text!
But this line does it bad in the statistics but I am sure
Nimzowitsch would not agree!
Wise are the words from Odessky here: One can play 'like
Nimzowitsch',but one must be ready for the opponent to play better.
Fun is the move order: 1.b3 a5!? 2.Bb2 a4 3.c4 but maybe white can
better go for 3.b4!? Or does a Nimzo- Larsen Attack player feel nothing
for a Sokolski move?
The book has as all New in Chess products a very high
standard of layout.
Conclusion: Certainley the best book
ever written on the move 1.b3!
Winning chess
middlegames by Ivan Sokolov
2008
New in Chess
http://www.newinchess.com/
286 pages
Price €24,95
ISBN 978 90 56912642
GM Ivan Sokolov explains at the hand of 45 well analysed games the
secrets of pawn strategies as double pawns, isolated pawns, hanging
pawns etc.
All at the hand of a collection of 45 complete games where Sokolov
handles all phases of the game,and that is from opening to endgame,a
strong point of this book is that Sokolov analyses also some of
his own games, and that are not only wins!
His deeply analyses make this book extremely interesting with his
touching and honest notes,where usually he needs around eight pages of
text to explain the subtleties of a game to the reader.
The chess student will appreciate the instructive openings notes as for
example after the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4
Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Sokolov writes: The purpose of this check is to
slightly disrupt black’s regular Grünfeld development. However
,given the fact that white is also losing time with his early queen
moves in the opening,the main idea behind the move is to avoid the
direct, sharp lines of the Grünfeld.7…Qd7 The other main move is
7…Nd7.Then the idea of 7.Qa4+ becomes clear.With a knight on d7,just
like in our previous game Galliamova – Tiviakov,it would be more
difficult for black to expert pressure on white’s d4 pawn.
Or after the moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5
Nxd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.e4 0-0
13.Be3 cxd4 14.cxd4,Kasparov – Najdorf,Bogojno 1982:{These 14 moves
are good for nearly four pages of text!}
Sokolov writes:A good moment to take stock and compare this position to
the previous Semi-Tarrasch game.The pawn structure is the same,but the
difference is that here the dark-squared bishops are still on the
board.In my opinion,in general this should be favourable for white
since:
Black has considerable less space to manoeuvre his pieces;Black queen
sorties {to f6}are not possible; In the case of a central pawn blockade
after d4-d5 and e6-e5 ,it is,in general, positive for white to have
the dark squared bishops on the board.Should a black pawn appear on
h6,white may get sacrificial motifs with Bxh6 and,in general,in many
lines white simply has one more piece for the kingside attack.The plus
for black-perhaps the only one-is the fact that f7-f5 idea,to undermine
white’s pawn centre and take control of the d5 square,is much easier to
execute with the dark-squared bishops still presents.
All together we have a unique chess where the reader has the
opportunity to learn all phases of the game.
But also the inside
information on Sokolov’s colleagues are worth reading.
Conclusion: This book is truly
overloaded with instructive notes!
Playing the Queen's
Gambit by Lars Schandorff
2009
Quality Chess
248 pages
Price €23,99
The Danish GM Lars Schandorff born 1965 provides you in this latest
Quality chess book with a complete repertoire for white on the moves
1.d4 d5 2.c4.
All material is based on 66 well analysed model games where the
following repertoire lines are covered: Queens Gambit Declined 1.d4 d5
2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5,Queen’s Gambit Accepted 1.d4 d5
2.c4 dxc4 3.e4,The Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5,The Semi-Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6
5.Bg5,The a6-Slav 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5,The Tarrasch
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3,The Chigorin 1.d4
d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg5 and some minor lines as for
example the Albin Counter Gambit and von Henning-Schara Gambit.
Some lines as the Chigorin with 5.Bg5 belong to one of the pet lines
of the author himself, and that insures you with some sharp
excitement.
Pleasant to mention are between the model games of this book are
fifteen correspondence games and that is for a over the board GM
surprising and of course much better than dubious internet games which
we see more than enough.
The work is very complete with a bibliography, index of full games and
a clear index of variations so it is no problem to find your way throw
this book.
Pleasant to mention are Lars Schandorff’s instructive advises as
for example after
the moves: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bg4 6.Ne5 Nbd7
7.Nxg4 Nxg4 8.e4 e5 9.Qxg4 exd4, with good compensation for the piece.
This line was suggested by
Palliser as a surprise weapon for black in Dangerous Weapons: The
Queen’s Gambit.
A safe choice for white is after Lars Schandorff 8.e3 Ngf6 9.Bxc4
e6 10.0-0
Bb4 which looks like a normal Slav where black has given up his light
squared bishop for a knight.His structure is solid,but with the pair of
bishops and more space white should be better after something like
11.Qc2 0-0 12.Rd1 Qa5 13.e4 with advantage.
Conclusion: One of those books that
every black player fears!
Play the Queen's
Indian by Andrew Greet
2009
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
256 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-580-0
IM Andrew Greet presents in this latest Everyman opening’s book a
complete repertoire for black in the Queen’s Indian based on the
following lines: Early Bishop Developments,The Straightforward
4.e3{1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6}The Hybrid System: 4.Nf3 Bb4,The Hybrid
System: 5.e3,The Hybrid System: 5.Qb3!? The Hybrid System: 5.Bg5,The
Main Line Hybrid: 5.Bg5 with 9.e3
The Petrosian Variation: 4.a3 Ba6,The Petrosian Variation: 5.e3,The
Petrosian Variation: 5.Qc2,The Petrosian Main Line: 10.Bf4 &
10.Bg5,The Fianchetto Variation: 4.g3 Ba6,The Fianchetto Variation:
5.Qa4,The Fianchetto Variation: 5.Qc2!?The Fianchetto Variation: 5.b3
and The Fianchetto Variation: 5.b3 b5!? 6.cxb5.
The material is presented as a classical openings and not based on
model games which personal prefers me, specially this one from Andrew
Greet which is overloaded with instructive notes.
For the lovers of the Miles variation, Andrew Greet goes for 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Bf4 Bb7 5.e3 Be7! Greet:This is Black’s most solid
move. For the time being he refrains from any central activity,
preferring to develop a piece while conveniently preparing
..Nh5,forcing the exchange of the enemy bishop.Black should care to
avoid 5….c5?! 6.d5! exd5 7.Nc3 which is dangerous, as shown by 7…dxc4
8.Nb5! Na6 9.Bxc4 with excellent compensation for the pawn.
In the Hybrid System Greet goes for the line: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 and the moves with the
sacrifice 8.Qc2 0-0 9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 f5 11.b4 Nd7 12.Bb2 Qe8 13.0-0 Qh5
14.d5 e5 are good for seven pages of text!
Exciting is chapter sixteen with the Fianchetto Variation,the main line
of the b5 system:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 d5, Greet:
With this move black establishes control over the centre,while
questioning the usefulness of the bishop on g2.White will usually
castle either here or on the next move,but occasionally he postpones it
in favour of immediate queenside action.
Conclusion: I have seldom seen such a
well written repertoire book!
Chess DVD's
ChessBase Magazine
extra issue 127
January 2009
Fritztrainer videos with Lubomir Ftacnik
ChessBase
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The master file on this CD is good for
14818 entries, and all played between October and December 2008 but all
games are without any annotations to the games.The most important
tournament of this file goes with 973 games to the
Belgrade Trophy,but the small entries as the Dutch Championship are
certainly not less
interesting.
Between these games I found a smashing Latvian win from the Yugoslavian
chess player Dejan Milutinoc: Kovacevic,Boris (1899) -
Milutinovic,Dejan (2076) [C40]
Belgrade Trophy 21st Obrenovac (4), 30.11.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Qg6 7.Ne3 Be7
8.Ncd5 Bd8 9.Be2 Qf7 10.0-0 c6 11.Nc3 d5 12.f3 exf3 13.Rxf3 Nf6 14.Bd3
0-0 15.Bf5 Be6 16.Qd3 g6 17.Bxe6 Qxe6 18.Bd2 Nbd7 19.Re1 Qd6 20.a3 Bc7
21.Nf1 Ng4 22.g3 Bb6 23.Ne2 Nde5 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Qb3 Nf3+ 26.Kg2 Nxe1+
27.Bxe1 Qe6 28.Qd3 Bxd4 29.Nxd4 Qxe1 30.c4 Rxf1 0-1
Some manage to win in no time as the game: Ten Velde,Jeffrey (1529) -
Mostertman,Conrad (1900) [C31] Groningen op-B Groningen (6), 27.12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.dxc6 Nxc6 5.Bb5 exf4 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 Qb6+
8.d4 Qxb5 0-1
But it is all not very impressing, more instructive are the extra
included video files from Rainer Knaak!
Conclusion: For all who like to keep
abreast of latest
developments!
ChessBase
magazine issue #128 on DVD!
Chess Olympiad in Dreden
February 2009
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The highlight of this DVD are the Olymiad games of
Dreden,where I
found 5520 games where 46 of them are terrible well analysed.
But first one of those high quality analysed games:
Kramnik,Vladimir (2772) -
Short,Nigel D (2642) [D07]
Dresden ol (Men) 38th Dresden (6), 19.11.2008
[Krasenkow]
1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 A quiet
response to the Chigorin Defence.
6...Bd6 7.Bg3 Nge7 8.e3 Qd7 Here are other practical examples:
[8...a6 9.Bd3 (9.a3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qd6
11.Na4 Nd8 12.Nc5 Rb8 13.Rc1 Ne6 14.Qa4+ c6 15.b4 f6 16.Bd3 Bf5??
(16...g6²) 17.Bxf5 Nxf5 18.Nxb7 1-0 Spiridonov,N (2405)-Ligoure,G
(2240)/Cannes 1990/EXT 1997) 9...Bh5 10.a3 Bg6 11.b4 Na7 12.Na4 Nb5
13.Nc5 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Nd6 15.Ne5 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 g6 17.g4 c6 18.a4 b5 19.a5
Nc4 20.Ke2 Qd6 21.f4 Kf8 22.g5 Nf5 23.Rh3 Kg7 24.Rah1 Qc7 25.g4 Nfd6
26.Rh6± 1-0 Cebalo,M (2515)-Fioramonti,H/Martigny 1986/EXT 2002
(36);
8...0-0 9.Be2 a) 9.Rc1 Qd7 10.Be2 Rfe8 11.a3 Nf5 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.0-0 a6
14.Qb3 Nce7 15.Rfe1 Rab8 16.Rcd1 c6 17.e4 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nh4 19.Na4 Qf4
20.Nc5 1/2 Lalic,B (2503)-Skytte,R (2404)/Aarhus 2003/CBM 097; b) 9.Bd3
h6 (9...Kh8 10.a3 a6 11.Qc2 Qd7 12.b4 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rae8 14.Ne2 a5 15.b5
Na7 16.0-0 h5 17.Rfc1 c6 18.bxc6 Naxc6 19.Kh1 g5 20.Rg1 Rg8
21.Nc3² 1-0 Iskusnyh,S (2482)-Kuzmin,I (2198)/Russia 2007/EXT 2008
(36)) 10.a3 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Qd6 12.Rc1 Qf6 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Nb5 a6 15.Nc3
Rfe8 16.Na4 Nf5 17.0-0 a5 18.Nc5 b6 19.Nd3² 1-0 Bosboom Lanchava,T
(2363)-Botsari,A (2297)/Ermioni Argolidas 2005/CBM 107 ext (26);
9...Nf5 a) 9...a6 10.Rc1 Qd7 11.a3 f5 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.g3!? Rae8 14.0-0
f4? (14...Kh8 15.Na4² Atalik,S) 15.exf4? (15.gxf4! Bh3 16.Re1 Qg6+
17.Ng5± .h6? 18.Bh5+- Atalik,S) 15...Nf5 16.Ne5?
(16.Qd3!± Atalik,S) 16...Bh3 17.Nxd5? Nfxd4! 18.Bc4 Rxe5!
19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Nf4+ Nxc4 21.Nxh3 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Ncd2 23.Ng1 Nxf1 24.Qb3+
Kh8 25.Nxf3 Nd2 26.Nxd2 Qxd2 27.Qc2= 1-0 Atalik,S (2619)-Hamad,A
(2277)/Izmir 2006/EXT 2007/[Atalik] (40); b) 9...Ng6!? 10.Rc1 Nce7
11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.0-0 c6 13.Na4 Nc8 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.b4 Nd6 16.a4 1/2
Sundararajan,K (2495)-Roy Chowdhury,S (2393)/Visakhapatnam 2006/CBM 111
ext; 10.Qb3 (10.Qc2 Nh6 11.a3 Re8 12.Nb5 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bb4+?! 14.Ke2?!
(14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Bxf5 Nxc2+ 16.Bxc2±) 14...Be4? (14...Bxd3+
15.Qxd3 Ba5) 15.Bxe4? (15.Nxc7! Bxf3+ 16.Kf1!±) 15...dxe4 16.Ne5
Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bd6 18.Qxe4÷ 0-1 Savchenko,S (2532)-Schuermans,R
(2239)/Le Touquet 2006/EXT 2007 (24)) 10...Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bb4 12.Rc1 Qd6
13.0-0 Bxc3 14.Rxc3 Nd8 15.Bd3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 c6 17.Kg2 g6 18.Rh1 Kg7
19.g4 Qd7 20.Rcc1 f6 21.Rh4 Nf7 22.Rch1² 1-0 Relange,E
(2490)-Schuermans,R (2165)/Le Touquet 1998/EXT 2000 (30)] 9.a3 [9.Be2
0-0 10.0-0 Bxg3 11.hxg3 Ng6?! Here it doesn't work. 12.Qb3! Nce7
13.Qxb7 Rfb8 14.Qa6 Rxb2 15.Qa3 Rbb8 16.Rab1 c6 17.Rfc1 Bf5 18.Rb3 Rxb3
19.axb3 Rb8 20.Na4 Qb7 21.Nc5± 1-0 Milos,G-Van Riemsdijk,H
(2375)/Brasilia 1982/EXT 2002 (72)] 9...0-0 10.Bd3 a6 11.Bxd6 Bxf3
[11...Qxd6? 12.Bxh7+! Kxh7 13.Ng5+ Kg6 14.Qxg4 f5 15.Qf4 Qxf4 16.exf4
Nxd4 17.0-0-0±] 12.Qxf3 Qxd6 13.Qg3 Rfd8 14.b4² Black has
yet to rearrange his knights; White is preparing his queenside attack.
14...g6?! Looks like a loss of time. [14...Nc8 could have been met with
15.b5!;
but 14...Na7!? 15.Na4 Nac8 16.Rc1 c6 17.Nc5 Rb8 , then trying to
transfer the knight to d6 (or just putting it to b6), was probably
still possible.] 15.Na4 Nc8 16.Rc1 The c6 knight can't move now.
16...Ra7 17.0-0 b5?! Desperation but what to do? If Black waits, White
doubles his rooks along the c-file.
18.Qxd6 Rxd6 19.Nc3! [<19.Nc5 Nb6] 19...N6e7 20.Bxb5! In the
endgame a rook and two pawns are usually stronger than two knights.
20...axb5 21.Nxb5 Rda6 [21...Rb7 22.Nxd6 Nxd6 23.Rc5] 22.Nxa7 Rxa7
23.Rc5 Nb6 [23...Rxa3 24.Rxc7] 24.Ra1 Kf8 25.a4! Ke8 26.a5 Nc4 27.Ra2
f5 28.Kf1 Kd7 29.Ke2 Nd6? This allows the white pawns to move forward.
[29...c6 30.Kd3 Nd6 31.f3²] 30.b5! Nc4 [Black probably overlooked
30...Nb7 31.Rxc7+! Kxc7 32.b6+ Kb8 33.bxa7+ Kxa7 34.Rc2+-] 31.Ra4!? Kd8
[31...Rxa5? 32.Rcxc4; 31...Nxa5? 32.Rc2] 32.a6 Nb6 33.Ra1 Nec8 34.h3!
Opening a "second front" - a standard technique. 34...h5 35.g4! hxg4
36.hxg4 fxg4 37.Rg1 Ne7 38.Rxg4 Na4 39.Rh4!? c6 It was probably better
for Black to accept the exchange sacrifice but White should win anyway:
[39...Nxc5 40.dxc5 Kd7 41.Rh8 Nc6!? 42.Kd2! Nb4 (42...d4 43.e4!?)
43.Rh7+! Kd8 (43...Ke6 44.Kc3 Nxa6 45.bxa6 Rxa6 46.Rxc7+- ) 44.Rh4 Nc6
(44...Nxa6 45.Ra4) 45.Rh8+ Kd7 46.Kc3+-] 40.Rh8+ Kc7 41.Rc2 Nb6 42.Rh7
Kb8 43.bxc6 Rc7 44.Kf3 Ka7 45.Ra2 Nbc8 46.Rb2 Kxa6?? A blunder
in a lost position. [46...Rxc6 47.Rb7+ Kxa6 48.Rbxe7 Nxe7 49.Rxe7 Rf6+
50.Kg3 Kb6 51.Re5 Kc6 52.f4 Rd6 53.Kg4 Kd7
54.Kg5+-;
46...Nb6 47.Ke2 Kxa6 48.f3]
47.Rh1 [47.Rh1 Nxc6 48.Ra1+ Na5 49.Rba2+-] 1-0
Other important tournaments that are covered on this DVD are
Nanjing and the Fide GrandPrix.
Hot are the theoretical surveys,starting with : The Giuoco Piano,C50
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 d6 by Mihail Marin,The Classical variation in the Exchange
Ruy
Lopez,C69
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 f6 6.d4 exd4
7.Nxd4 c5 Dejan Bojkov.
Lubomir Ftacnik digs in the Chigorin Defence D07,
1.d4 d5 2.c4
Nc6,Michal Krasenkow goes for the Semi Slav D45,
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3
Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4.
Evgeny Postny discusses the Grünfeld D85:
1.d
4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0
Bb7 11.d5!?.
The great Efstratios Grivas provides the reader with a complete
repertoire against the Bogo –Indian Defence E11,1
.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3
Bb4+ 4.Nbd2.
Alexey Kuzmin is doing the Queen’s Indian E15,
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5!? exd5 8.cxd5.
Igor Stohl looks at the Sämisch Variation in a WCh Match,Nimzo
Indian E25,
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 c5
7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 f5:Many considered this position as a
sensation!
Hannes Langrock looks the French Defence C03:
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7
4.e5,A repertoire for black against the Tarrasch-Part 3.
Tibor Karolyi Looks at the Sicilian B67,
1.e4
c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 NF6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.Be3,This
move as we can read is not a loss of a tempo!
Peter Lukacs and laszlo Hazai look both at a Colle setup against the
Caro-Kann B10,
1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5
cxd5 4.Ne5.
Mihail Marin studies the Sämisch in the Pirc B07:
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6
3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 nbd7 6.f3 b5 and Leonid Kritz handles
the
Centre Counter B01,
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4
4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0
6.c4.
Other files of interest are the ICCF Telechess files with
over 2000
correspondence games,Karsten Müller Endgames {Not only 17 games
but also eight endgame videos in Fritztrainer format!}
Daniel King with his excellent Move to Move column,Rainer Knaak Opening
Trap,Oliver Reeh Tactics and a lot of extra video reports as the one
from Magnus Carlsen who annotates his impressive victory over the
top Czech player David Navara!
Plus a booklet of 25 pages
included!
Conclusion: Dear reader, there is no
better way to spend your {chess} money!
ChessMagazine's
British
Chess Magazine No.2
Volume
129
February 2009
Price: £4,05
This issue of BCM starts with a detailed coverage of the
Hastings tournament,which was won by the Russian chess player Igor
Kurnosov.But Simon Williams won the 1000 brilliancy prize for his last
round win against Stephen Gordon.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Nde4 Qb6 13.a4 a5 14.Rc1 Nxc3 15.Nxc3
b4 16.Ne4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc4 Bd5 19.0-0 0-0 20.Rxc5 Bxe4 21.Rb5
Qc6 22.f3 Bc2 23.Qd2 Bxa4 24.Rc1 Bxb5 25.Rxc6 Bxc6 26.h4 Rfd8 27.hxg5
Nf8 28.Qc1 Be8 29.gxh6 f5 30.Qg5+ Bg6 31.Bc4 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Re8 33.Bb5 Rb8
34.Qe7 Bf7 35.Qf6 1-0.
In Chess Questions Answered, Gary Lane goes for the Scandinavian
line 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Wa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Ne4!?
In games department we can see a game from Sam Collins who just made
his first grandmaster norm.
The 4NCL {British Team Championship} is reported with seven pages and
many wil enjoy the game David Eggleston – David Howell,where black went
for the Colman variation:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6
8.Qf3 Rb8.
Other readable contributions are Speelman on the endgame,News in
Brief,Reviews and New Books,Quotes and Quotes and Queries,Problem World
and a superb. Article from Bernard Cafferty {Conversations at the chess
board}.
Conclusion: Hours of good read are
insured!
