Dangerous
Weapons: King's Indian by Richard
Palliser,Glenn Flear & Yelena Dembo
2009
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
268 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-593-0
This latest dangerous weapons book handles the good old King's
Indian,one of the sharpest defence to 1.d4 and once the favourite pet
line of the legendary Bobby Fischer,
but first at all, which lines can we expect in this dangerous loaded
weapon book?
After the standard moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7:we reach with
chapter 1: Attacking the Fianchetto 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5
chapter 2:The Four Pawns Attack doesn’t prevent 6..e5 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 e5,
Chapter 3:The pawns that bind,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4
0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5,Chapter 4:Showdown, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4
d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 0-0 7.Nf3 e6 8.dxe6.Chapter 5: Continuing to roll
forwards, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6
7.e5,Chapter 6:Hold that d-pawn,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0
5.f3 Nc6.
Chapter7:Striking into d4,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Nc6
6.Nge2 Nd7,Chapter 8:Advance that h-pawn,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 Nbd7 6.Ng3 e5 7.d5 h5,Chapter 9:Cramp and provoke,1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5,Chapter 10:Further
constriction with the Averbakh, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Na6,Chapter 11:The Karklins –Ilincic Variation,1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nh5,Chapter 12: The
return of ..Nbd7:part one,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0
6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Be3 Re8.
Chapter 13: The return of ..Nbd7:part two,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nh5 and the return of
…Nbd7:part three, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2
Nbd7.
Glen Flear wrote the chapters,3,4,9 and 10,Yelena Dembo 1,6,12,13 and
14;and Richard Palliser was responsible for the chapters 2,5,7,8 and 11.
Spectacular is the move 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0
6.Nf3 e5,this move did not make it into the classic work from
Barden,Keene and Hartston in there famous King’s Indian Defence work.
Important for the theory of the move 6...e5 is the game: Shakhriyar
Mamedyarov,– Peter Svidler,Baku FIDE GP Baku (1), 21.04.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Nxe5
Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Na6 10.Be2 Rd8+ 11.Kc2 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Bf3 Nc5 14.Re1
Bxe5 15.fxe5 Rd4 16.Kc3 Rd3+ 17.Kc2 Rd4 18.Kc3 Rd3+ 19.Kb4 Na6+ 20.Ka5
b6+ 21.Kxa6 Bc8+ 22.Kb5 Bd7+ 23.Ka6 Bc8+ 24.Kb5 Bd7+ 25.Ka6 and
draw,yes indeed 6…e5 was a blow for the over 2700 elo playing
Mamedyarov.
After Konikowski & Soszynski in there Fearsome four pawns
attack,white has a clear superiorty,the lines after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nxe5 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 f6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Kf2,indeed this position is difficult to
estimate, but as Palliser writes:12.Kf2 gives white an extra pawn,but
Svidler must have believed that white’s central holes give black enough
compensation.
Palliser: Meeting the Four Pawns Attack with 6..e5 is likely to come as
a shock to yiur opponent.It is an approach which may especially appeal
to those who have some experiance to the 6...Na6 variation,but that is
far from essential to take up 6..e5.
The closed centre choice of 7.fxe5 dxe5 8.d5 shouldn't present to many
problems after 8..c6,facilitating ideas of both ..Qb6+ and ..b5.
I would,though,exspect that variation from stunned opponents,whereas
those with some theoretical knowledge are more likely to try 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nxe5.However,with the forcing 9....Nxe4 black
obtains decent play for his pawn and it's not too hard to see why this
presumably appealed to Svidler.
Conclusion: One of those books that
every King’s Indian players wants to have!
Starting
out: The Sicilian by John Emms
2009
Everyman
Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
268 pages
Price $25,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-593-0
This Starting out the Sicilian openings book is a updated and expanded
edition of Emms 2002 starting out book.
Now it has become a small heavy weight from 303 pages, and it holds
officially 80 model games {where 20 new ones where extra added by Emms}
but I even found many
more latest games between the lines.
But first of all you buy this book for the explanations of the Sicilian
strategies and ofcourse latest developments!
New for example is the Dragadorf Variation: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.g4 Bb7
11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxh6 Rc8 13.Qd2 b4,please see model game
five,Domany – Kojovic,Senta 2006.
Fun is also the Poisoned Pawn variation where Emms sill goes for the
footsteps of Radjabov against Karjakin,Cap d’Agde 2006: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3
10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bh4,but first some words from
Emms: Somewhat unbelievable, white can answer this attack with13.Bb5!?
Putting his bishop on prise! Understandable, many have found the
temptation of playing such an aesthetically pleasing move too difficult
to resist.
Further more,black cannot take 13.Bb5 lightly.Here’s a typical
slugfest between two grandmasters renowned for there attacking
style:Alexander Shabalov – Alexander Areshchenko,Monarch
Assurance 15th Port Erin (6), 28.09.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2
Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bb5 hxg5 14.Rb3
Qxa2 15.Qc3 axb5 16.Qxc8+ Ke7 17.0-0 Qa7 18.Rd3 Nxe5 19.Nc5 Nbd7
20.Nf5+ exf5 21.Rxd7+ Kf6 22.Rxf7+ Kg6 23.Qxf5+ Kh6 and the players
agreed a draw,in view of the impending perpetual check after 24.Qh3 Kg6
25.Qf5.
Pleasant to mention that al lines of the Sicilian Defence get a
important turn as the good old Morra gambit populair under local chess
players: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0
Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 e5 10.h3 0-0.
Emms: White will complete his development with moves as Be3 or Bg5 and
Rac1.Black may try to neutralize the pressure on the a2-g8 diagonal
with ..Be6 and prevent white’s pieces coming to b5 with ..a6.Black’s
extra pawn on d6 is vulnerable,but it will be difficult for him to
exploit his extra pawn.White has just enough play for the pawn.
Interesting to mention is that the Taimanov is more populair at the
highest levels than it is at club ones.
Conclusion: A very complete book on
the Sicilian Defence!
The Main-Line Slav by
David Vigorito
2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
111 pages
Price $ 24,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-05-0
IM David Vigorito does not only explain you the strategies of the
Main-Line Slav: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 dxc4. but he also takes
you into the world of the Bronstein Variation that runs with the
moves: 5.a4 Bg4.
As we can learn from Vigorito if white is prepared, he has excellent
chances of gaining a real advantage as we can see in model game 17 of
this book,after 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.f3 Nfd7 8.Nxc4 e5.
Vigorito: This is the point of Black’s play.Without this
counterblow,7….Nfd7 would make little sence.Now 9.dxe5? loses to
9…Qh4+,and 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Md7 makes it difficult for white to hold
on to the pawn and to devolep normally.For a long time white’s maim
response was 9.Ne4,hoping to exploit the weak d6-square,but in recent
years white has discovered several other promising ideas.
9.Be3!: White guards against the check on h4 and now he is ready to
play g4,when he can both capture on e5 and play h4 to harass black’s
bishop.Often white can whip up a strong king’s side attack very quickly.
There are some other important alternatives and Vigorito spends around
a whole page of text to explain this all with readable words.
The material in this book is divided into the chapters: Dutch
Variation: White plays 9.Qe2,Dutch Variation: White Plays 9.Nh4,Central
Variation:Black Plays 6…Nbd7 9.Nxc4 Qc7,Central Variation: Black Plays
6…Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6,Central Variation: Black Plays 6…e6.Black avoids
5…Bf5:Bronstein and Smyslov Variations and white avoids 5.a4:The quiet
5.e3 and the Geller Gambit.
This is well explained with 25 model games where 3 of them are from the
year 2008 and 5 from 2007!
Conclusion: This book is certainly worth every penny you pay for
it!
The Grünfeld by
Valentin Bogdanov
2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
127 pages
Price $ 24,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-06-7
The experienced Russian chess trainer IM Valentin Bogdanov
explains you in a small 127 pages the secrets of the Grünfeld
Defence.
Again there are 25 deeply analysed model games,where all important
lines get a important turn,and that are in big lines:Fianchetto
Grünfeld: White plays g3,Non- Standard lines with
cxd5,Classical Exchange Variation: White Plays Ne2,Modern Exchange
Variation:White Plays Nf3,Modern Exchange Variation with Rb1,Russian
System:White Plays Qb3,Lines with Bf4 or Bg5 and the closed systems
where white plays e3.
One of the most topical systems of the Grünfeld is the Exchange
variation,and interesting enough game 13,Viacheslav Eingorn – Vladimir
Malaniuk Baku,1979{1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4
Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 e6
13.Bg5 Qd6 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Rfd1 Rfc8 16.Bb5 Rc2 17.Ba4 Rxa2 18.e5 Qd5
19.Bb3 Qa5 20.d5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.e6 Nf6 23.exf7+ Kxf7 24.Rbc1 Re8
25.Rc7+ Kf8 26.Qc1 Nh5 27.Bh6 Qa4 28.Rf1 Rae2 29.Bxg7+ Nxg7 30.Qg5 R2e6
31.Qxd5 Qe4 32.Qa2 h6 33.Qxa7 Ra8 34.Rf7+ 1-0} is contributed by the
creative Viacheslav Eingorn himself!
Going throw the model games you can feel the breath of a chess teacher
for example game 14, Vaisser,Anatoli (2576) - Vachier Lagrave,Maxime
(2527) [D85]
FRA-ch Chartres (7), 22.08.2005 1.d4 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 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2
Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.h4 Bg4 14.Ng5 Bxe2 15.Kxe2 h6 16.Nf3 Kh7 17.Qc3 b6
18.Ng5+ Kg8 19.h5 hxg5 20.hxg6 fxg6 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.Rh7+ Ke8 23.Qg7 Kd7
24.d6 Qe8 25.dxe7 Rg8 26.Qe5 Kc8 27.Qd5 Nc6 28.Rbh1 Nd4+ 29.Ke3 Rb8
30.g4 Rb7 31.Qxg8 Qxg8 32.Rh8 Rxe7 33.Rxg8+ Kb7 34.Rxg6 Rf7 35.Rh3 Nc2+
36.Ke2 Nd4+ 37.Kf1 1-0,is good for nearly four pages of text.
The endgame position that arises after the return of the pawn by
12….Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Qa5+ 15.Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.Kxd2 is also very
well explained.
Conclusion: A very high quality openings book!
Instructive modern
chess masterpieces by Igor Stohl
2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
445 pages
Price $ 34,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-08-1
This brand-new update and revised new edition of Igor
Stohl masterpiece and USCF award for best book has been impressively
expanded from 318 pages to this heavy weight of 445 pages.There
are not only 12 new games, but also corrections where made
to the
existing notes and there is a revised introduction.
This all is good for around 15 % new material and we truly can
speak of an excellent update!
The first edition ends the game Anand – Khalifman,Shenyang 2000,and
Stohl has included for this edition the following games: Avrukh
–Dautov,Istanbul 2000,Shirov – Grishchuk,Fide KO WorldChampionship,New
Delhi 2000,Lautier – Svidler,Biel 2001,Khalifman – Rublevsky,Kazan
2001,Leko – Adams,Dortmund 2002,Saidali – Gleizerov,Abu
Dhabi,2002,Anand – Ponomariov,Linares 2003,Anand – Markowski,Bundesliga
2004,Kramnik – Anand,Dortmund 2004,Ivanchuk – Volkov,Saint Vincent
2005,Van Wely – Topalov,Wijk aan Zee 2006 and Aronian – Anand,Mexico
City 2007.
This all is good for around 124 pages of explanations and that mean
that Stohl needs around ten pages of text to explain you everything of
the played game.
And that is included opening middle and endgame,where I must say that
his middlegame analyses are superb!
For example I compared the analyses from Stohl,game Anand –
Ponomariov,Linares 2003;
with John Cox,who has written not so long ago a book on the Berlin
Wall,
where he analyses the same game: 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.Nc3 Be7 10.Rd1+ Ke8
11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Ke7 13.Rd3 h6 14.Nf3 g6,Stohl writes: Faced with a
new idea,Ponomariov responds with a solid but rather passive move.
Just as the previous note,black can play the more active 14…g5.However
it’s not easy to evaluate this move unequivocally. Here the e5-pawn is
well protected by the knight and black’s space gain may yest backfire
as a weakening of his own kingside.After 15.h3!? {15.g4 Ng7 16.h3
allows black to lash out immediately:16:h5!promisies him full-blooded
counterplay}white’s idea is to play g4 at a suitable moment {another
point of Anand’s 14th move is that the f3-knight deprives black of the
response…Nh4},followed by Kg2-g3 and possible h4. This plan will be
especially effective after the exchange of one or both pair
rooks.15…Rd8?! {15…Ng7! Is stronger, as ik keeps more tension in the
position}16.Rxd8 Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Ke7 18.g4 Ng7 19.Kg2 Bd7 20.Kg3 Rg8
21.Ne4 Be6 22.Nf6 Rh8 23.b3 Ne8 24.Nxe8 Kxe8 25.Nd4 {Nd2!?} Bc8 26.Nf5
f6 27.exf6 Kf7 28.Ne3 Kxf6 29.f4 gave white a durable endgame advantage
in Korneev- Marcelin,Istanbul Ech 2003.
14…h5 is another double-edged option, although it stops g4 and gains
space on the king’s side
it has the drawback of giving white’s knight{s} access to g5.
And now Cox: 14…g5 shouldn’t be so effective where the e5-pawn is
firmly defended,and 15.h3 Rd8 16.Rxd8 Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Ke7 18.g4 Ng7 19.Kg2
Bd7 20.Kg3 Kg8 21.Ne4 Be6 22.Nf6 Rh8 was better for white in Korneev –
Marcelin,Istanbul 2003{Khalifman’s model game},and now Khalifman says
that white should have played 23.h4 gxh4+ 24.Kxh4 c5 25.Ne1 Ne8 26.Nd5+
Bxd5 27.Rxd5 b6 28.Ng2 Ng7 29.f4 h5 30.f5 hxg4+ 31.Kxg4 Ke8 32.Ne3 Rh1
33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Nxd1 with a winning endgame.
Conclusion: GM Igor Stohl truly looks
in- depth at all key aspects of the game!
Chess Informant
103
2009
Beograd
http://www.sahovski.com
323 pages
Price £ 20.50
Informator 103 comes with 407 annotated games and 511 game fragments,
taken from various tournaments that where held between May 1st, 2008
and August 31st of the year 2008.
Some of the top tournaments are La Habana, Sofia, Sarajevo, Bazna,
Foros, Dortmund, Poikovsky, Biel, Paks, Sochi, Maniz - rapid, Warszawa,
London, Moscow, Amsterdam, Montreal etc.
The list of tournaments is nearly twenty pages long,and the best of the
Informator goes to the creative Peter Svidler.
But first the best game of the preceding volume: goes to the
fascinating queen sacrifice of the brilliant Ivanchuk: Ivanchuk,V
(2751) - Karjakin,Sergey (2732) [B87]
Nice (rapid) 102/180, 2008
[Ivanchuk,V]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.exd6 Bxd6
12.Qe3 Bc5 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.Qxe6+!?N [14.Bxf6 - 98/(169)]
14...fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qe5 [15...Qb6
16.Nxg7+ Kf8 17.Ne6+ Kf7 (17...Ke8 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Rhe1+ Ne7 20.Bxf6
Rd8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.Bxd5+-) 18.Nxc5+ Kg6 19.Rd6!! Qxc5
(19...Kxg5 20.Rxf6!! Kxf6 21.Nd5+ Kg7 22.Nxb6+-) 20.Rxf6+ Kg7 21.Bh6+
Kxf6 22.Ne4+ Kg6 23.Nxc5±;
15...Bb6 16.Rhe1 Qxh2 (a) 16...Qb8 17.Nc7+ Kf8 18.Ne6+ Ke7 19.Nxg7+ Kf8
20.Bh6 (20.Bxf6 Qf4+ 21.Kb1 Qxf6 22.Ne6+ Kf7 23.Nf4+=) 20...Ng4 21.Ne6+
Ke7 22.Bg5+ Ke8 23.Nd5!!±) 17.Nxg7+ (17.Nc7+ Kf8 18.Ne6+=)
17...Kf8 18.Bxf6 Qf4+ (18...Na5 19.Ne6+ Kf7 20.Bxh8 Nxb3+ 21.axb3 Rxh8
22.Rd7+ Kg6 23.Rxb7f) 19.Kb1 Qxf6 20.Ne6+ Kf7 (20...Qxe6 21.Rxe6©)
21.Nf4+ Kf8 22.Ne6+=;
15...Bd6 16.Rhe1 (16.Nxc7+ Bxc7 17.Rhe1+ Ne7 18.Bd5 Ra7 19.Bxb7 Rxb7
20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nd5 Be5 22.f4 Bb8 23.Nxf6+ Kf7 24.Nh5 Rg8
25.g3÷) 16...Kd7!! (a) 16...Qb8 17.Nxg7+ Kf8 18.Ne6+ (18.Bxf6
Na5 19.Re8+ Qxe8 20.Nxe8 Bf4+ 21.Kb1 Nxb3 22.axb3 Rg8 23.Ng7 Bxg2
24.Rd7÷) 18...Kf7 19.Bxf6 Kxf6 20.Ne4+ Ke7 21.Nxd6±)
17.Nxc7 (17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Nxc7 Kxc7 19.Nd5+ Kb8 20.Nb6 Bf4+ 21.Kb1 Ra7
22.Nd7+ Kc7 23.Nxf6÷) 17...Kxc7 18.Rxd6! Kxd6 19.Bf4+ Kd7
20.Rd1+ Ke7 21.Re1+=;
15...Qe7 16.Rhe1 Qxe6! 17.Rxe6+ (17.Bxe6 Ne7 18.f3 Rd8µ) 17...Ne7
18.Rde1! a) a) 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Rd8 21.Nxe7 Kf7!
(21...Bxe7 22.Rxd8+ Kxd8 23.Rxa6 Kd7³) 22.Rde1 Rde8µ; b) b)
18.f3 Rd8³; 18...Kd7 (18...Rd8 19.a4 b4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Ne4 Bxe4
22.R1xe4 f5 23.Re2©) 19.Rd1+ Kc8 20.Re5! Bb4 21.a3 Ng6! (21...Bxc3
22.Rxe7+-) 22.Be6+ Kc7 23.axb4 Nxe5 24.Bf4 Bxg2 25.Bxe5+ Kb6
26.Ne2©] 16.Nxg7+ [16.Rhe1!? Qxe1 17.Rxe1 Be7 18.Nxg7+ Kd8 19.Rxe7
(19.Nf5 Rf8 20.Bh6÷; 19.f3!?) 19...Kxe7 (19...Nxe7 20.Bxf6 Kd7
21.g4 Rhf8 22.g5 Kd6 23.Ne6÷) 20.Nh5 Kd6 21.Bf4+ (21.Nxf6
Na5³; 21.Bxf6 Rhe8 22.Ng7 Re1+ 23.Kd2 Rh1³) 21...Ke7
(21...Kc5 22.Nxf6f) 22.Bg5=]
16...Kf8
17.Ne6+ Kf7 [17...Ke8 18.Rhe1 Qxg5+ (18...Qxe1 19.Nc7+ Kf8
20.Rxe1+-) 19.Nxg5+ Ne7 20.Re6 Bxf2 21.Re2 Bc5 22.Rf1 Bd4 23.Nf7 Rf8
24.Nd6++-;
17...Ke7 18.Rhe1 Bxf2 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Ng7 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Rf1 Raf8
23.Rxf2 Rhg8 24.Nf5+ Kd7 25.Bh6÷]
18.Rhe1 Qxe1? [18...Bxf2! 19.Rxe5
Nxe5 20.Nd8+ Kg6 21.Bxf6 Kxf6 22.Nxb7 Rhf8 23.Ne4+ Kg7 24.Kb1©
(24.h3!?©) ;
18...Qxg5+ 19.Nxg5+ Kg6 20.Nce4 Be7 (20...Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bb4 22.c3 Be7
23.Bc2±) 21.Nf7! Rhe8 (a) 21...Rhf8 22.Ned6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Bc8
(23...Na5 24.Be6 Bc6 25.f4 Nh5 26.b4±) 24.Re3, . ¦g3)
22.Rd3 (22.Ned6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bc8 25.c3 Bd7 26.Bc2+ Kg7
27.a4=; 22.Nfd6 Nxe4 23.Bf7+ Kf6 24.Rxe4 Red8 25.Rf4+ Kg7 26.Rg4+=)
22...Nxe4 23.Rxe4 Bg5+ 24.Nxg5 Kxg5 25.Rd5+ Kg6 26.Rg4+ Kf6 27.Rf4+ Ke7
(27...Kg6 28.Rd6++-) 28.Rh5±]
19.Nxc5+
Kg6 20.Rxe1 Kxg5 21.Nxb7 Nd4 22.Nd6 Rhf8 23.f3 [23.Re7!]
23...b4
[23...Ra7!]
24.Nce4+ Nxe4
25.Rxe4 Nxb3+ 26.axb3 (¦ 9/n) 26...a5 27.Rg4+ Kf6 28.Ne4+ Ke5
29.Rh4 a4 30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Nc5!+- [31.Rxh7?! Rd8 32.Re7+ Kf5
33.Nd2 Ra1+ 34.Nb1 b3! 35.Re1 (35.c3?? Rxb1+ 36.Kxb1 Rd1# #) 35...bxc2
36.Kxc2 Rc8+ 37.Kd3 Rd8+=]
31...Ra1+
32.Kd2 Rg8 33.g3 Rf1 34.Ke2 Rb1 35.Rxb4 Kd5 36.Ne4 Kc6 37.h4 Rh1
38.Rc4+ Kb6 39.b4 Rd8 40.Rc5 Ra8 41.c3 Ra2+ 42.Ke3 Re1+ 43.Kf4 Rf1
44.Rh5 Ra8 45.Rh6+ Kb5 46.Nd6+ Ka4 47.Rxh7 Kb3 48.Rc7 Rd8 49.Nf5 1-0
And the most important theoretical novelty to: Topalov,V (2780) -
Kramnik,V (2799) [D43]
Wijk aan Zee 102/333, 2008
[Krasenkow,M]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6
5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7
12.Nxf7!?N [12.Nxd7 - 102/332]
12...Kxf7
13.e5 Nd5 [13...Rf8!? 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Be5 Kg8 16.Qc2 Qe7
17.Rae1©]
14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6
16.Bg4 Raf8 [16...Rhg8!? 17.Qc2 Nf8]
17.Qc2 Qxd4? 18.Qg6 Qxg4 19.Qxg7+ Kd8
20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4!f b4 22.Rac1 c3
[22...Rfg8!? 23.Qf7 Rf8 24.Nd6+ Kc7 25.Qg6 Rhg8 26.Qb1²]
23.bxc3 b3? [23...Rfg8²;
23...bxc3!? .24.Rb1 c2]
24.c4! Rfg8
25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 Rf8 27.cxd5? [27.h3! Rxf7 28.hxg4 Nf4 29.Nxf7
Ne2+ 30.Kh2 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 b2 (31...Rb8 32.Rb1 Nc5 33.f4 gxf4 34.Bxf4 Rf8
35.Be3+-) 32.Rb1 Rb8 33.f4! gxf4 34.Bxf4 Rf8 (34...Nc5 35.Nxh6 Nxa4
36.g5+-) 35.Rxb2 Rxf7 36.Kg3+-]
27...Rxf7
28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7 Re8? [29...Qe2!! 30.Rc3! (30.Nxh8? Qxf1+!
31.Kxf1 b2; 30.Rb1? Qa2) 30...b2 31.Rb3+ Ka8 32.Nxh8 Nc5! 33.Rb5!
(33.Rb4?! a5!; 33.Rxb2 Qxb2 34.dxe6 Nxe6) 33...Nxa4 (33...a6 34.Rxc5
Qxf1+ 35.Kxf1 b1Q+ 36.Ke2 Qe4+ 37.Kf1=) 34.Rxb2 Qxb2 35.dxe6 Qb6 36.e7
Qe6÷]
30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4!+- Qe2
32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 [34.Rxb3 Qg4 35.e7 Qe6 36.Rc3 Qxe7
37.Rfc1+-]
34...Nd5 35.Rxb3 Nxe7
36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5 [37...Nf4 38.Bxf4 gxf4 39.Nb5! Qxe5 40.Rc1
Rb8 (40...a6 41.Nc7+ Ka7 42.Rc6; 40...Kb7 41.Nc7+ Kc8 42.Na6+ Kd7
43.Rb7+ Kd6 44.Nb4) 41.Nc7+ Qxc7 42.Rxc7 Rxb3 43.Rc4 f3 44.g4!+-]
38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 [39...Nf4
40.Nxg5]
40.Nxg5 h4 41.Bd6 Rg8
42.R3b2 Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7 45.Ne6 1-0
Please also see the excellent extra annotations of Bjelajac!
Conclusion: The Informator is more than a
must!
Chess opening
essentials 2 by Stefan Djuric,Dimitri Komarov & Claudio Pantaleoni
2009
New in Chess
http://www.newinchess.com/
288 pages
Price €27,95
ISBN 978 90 56912697
The trio Stefan Djuric,Dimitri Komarov and Claudio Pantaleoni not
only explain you how to play and understand the Dutch and all kind of
1.d4 moves but above all you buy these opening’s book for the clear cut
explanations.
It is for many chess students not easy to get involved with chess
openings seen the mass of lines and lack of explanations that most ECO
volumes of openings book offer us ,no these chess opening essentials
are perfect for all new comers who like to learn in no time the most
important lines.
This second volume holds every line, that is possible after the moves
1.d4
and 1.d4 d5.
And that is included the Modern Defence {where they recommend for the
imaginative and lazy ones the line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6
5.Nf3 a6 6.Be2 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.0-0 where white has a more fluid
game}Pseudo Benoni,Keres Variation {1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4}Franco-Benoni
& Schmid-Benoni,Dutch Defence,Blackmar-Diemer
Gambit,Pseudo-Trompowsky,Veresov,Colle System,Torre Attack,London
System,Chigorin Defence,Albin Counter-Gambit,Baltic Defence {1.d4 d5
2.c4 Bf5}Slav Defence,Queen’s Gambit Accepted,Tarrasch Defence and all
kind of Queen’s Gambit Defences.
Included are a lot of complete games but above all I would buy these
books for the instructive explanations.
For example the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit gets after the move 1.d4 d5 2.e4
nearly one page of instructive text!
Included are strategic introductions,ideas and a little historical
background.
Chess opening
essentials 3 by Stefan Djuric,Dimitri Komarov & Claudio Pantaleoni
2009
New in Chess
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336 pages
Price €27,95
ISBN 97809056912703
In volume three, Stefan Djuric,Dimitri Komarov & Claudio
Pantaleoni go for the Indian Defences as the Benko
Gambit,Benoni,Budapest Gambit,Catalan,Bogo-Indian Defence,Queen’s
Indian Defence,Nimzo-Indian Defence,Grünfeld Indian Defence and
the good old King’s Indian Defence.
Going throw the book it surprised me to see the large amount of latest
2008 games and above all the practical advises that I found throw this
book.
But first a fine example from the King’s Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8g3 Stopping ..Nf4.In
quite a few books you will find 8.Nh2 {Lilienthal 1947}followed by two
explanation marks.However,a recent discovery on the 12th move puts this
enthusiastic annotation into doubt.After …Qe8 9.Be2 Nf4 10.Bf3 f5
11.g3!{11.h4 is too slow: 11..Na6 12.g3 Nc5!! 13.gxf4 exf4 with
excellent compensation} 11… Nxh3 12.Bg2 Qf7!!
And here is the novelty:the idea is to attack f2 {after 12…f4 13.Nf3 g5
14.Bxh3 g4 15.Bg2 gxf3 16.Qxf3 white is better}13.Bxh3 fxe4 14.Ng4
{14.Nxe4 Bxh3 and black has the advantage}14….Bxg4 15.Qxg4 Qxf2 16.Kd1
Qd4+ 17.Ke1 white can not avoid perpetual check {17.Bd2? e3 17.Kc2?
Rf2+ 18.Kb3 Na6 with a winning attack}17….Qf2+ with a draw.
8….f5 9.e4xf5 gxf5 10.Ng5 Nhf6 11.Bg2 h6 12.Ne6 Bxe6 13.dxe6 Nc6,and
any outcome is possible with such a complex position.
On the Budapest Gambit, Stefan Djuric,Dimitri Komarov & Claudio
Pantaleoni suggest on the Fajarowicz: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Qc2
d5 5.exd6 Bf5 6.Nc3 Nxd6 7.e4 Nxe4 8.Bd3 Nxf2 9.Bxf5 Nxh1 with a
unclear play but take care this line has brought black many resounding
victories.
The material is also very up to date.
Conclusion: Ideal opening's books for club players!
Chess Informant
103 on CD
2009
Beograd
http://www.sahovski.com
Price £ 20.50
Chess Informant 95 printed boek +
CD is only £ 27.00
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 games.
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 103 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.
Dear chess friends it is even possible to include electronic
openings encyclopaedias!
But first back to the Informator games,in the game Gashimov – Shirov
Poikovsky 2008,I found the interesting novelty: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5
a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5
Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8
17.Nd2 Re6 18.a4 Qh5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nf1 Rfe8 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 Qf5
23.Bd2 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 h5 25.h4 g6 26.b3!? A very strong positional move
and it seems that black has to avoid this position!
Smashing is also 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxe5
dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5+ f6 9.0-0-0+ Bd7 10.g3 Kc8 11.Rxd7!Please see
game 44 under section A42.
Would not surprise me if this is the end of the Averbakh variation!
Or must black go for 6…Bxe5!?
Conclusion: Certainly more than a alternative for the printed
book!
The Scotch Game by Nigel Davies
2009
ChessBase
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Price € 26,99
System requirements:
Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,Windows XP or Windows
Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
GM Nigel Davies provides you on this DVD with a complete repertoire
opening based on the Scotch Four Knights {covered in part one of this
DVD: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4} and other Scotch lines as
for example Kasparov’s favourite one, the Mieses
variation,{covered as part two :1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5}.
But as Davies so instructively explains these variations need a lot of
more memorizing than the modern lines and the Scotch Four Knights
is more than a interesting choice.
It was the choice of Steinitz against Zukertort in there 1886 World
Championship match,and the great Nimzowitsch once practised it with
great success.
But Davies does not waste time with all classics he prefers a modern
touch of latest games.
The video running time is around 5 hours and you will pass 34 well
filled video files,and that is included a game with the Steinitz
System,as Gutman once wrote in his book on 4…Qh4 the boldest and most
dangerous of black’s defences to 4. Nxd4.
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam (2614) - Vladimirov,Evgeny (2586) [C45]
Namangan zt Namangan, 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Nf6 [6...Qxe4
7.Ndb5 Bxc3+ (7...Kd8 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.Nxc3 Qd4 10.Bd3 Nge7 11.Qh5 f5
12.Re1 h6 13.Bd2 a6 14.Rad1 g6 15.Qe2 Qg7 16.Na4 Rh7 17.Bc3 Qf8 18.Bc4
b6 19.Qe3 Rb8 20.b4 d6 21.Nc5 bxc5 22.bxc5 d5 23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.Bf6+ Re7
25.Rxd5+ Bd7 26.Bxe7+ Nxe7 27.Rdd1 Ke8 28.Qe5 Rc8 29.Rxd7 Kxd7 30.Qe6+
1-0 Sevillano,E (2490)-Kretchetov,A (2335)/Los Angeles 2003) 8.bxc3 Kd8
9.0-0] 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.Nf5 Qxe4 9.Bd3 Qg4 10.f3 Qa4 11.bxc3 Kf8 [11...0-0
12.Nxg7 Kxg7 13.Bh6+ Kxh6 (13...Kg8 14.Qd2 Qh4 15.Bg5) 14.Qd2+ Kg7
(14...Kh5 15.g4+ Nxg4 16.fxg4+ Kxg4 17.Kh1) 15.Qg5+ Kh8 16.Qxf6+ Kg8
17.Qg5+ Kh8 18.Qh6] 12.Qe1 Ne8 [12...d6 13.Nxg7 Kxg7 14.Qg3+ Kf8
15.Bh6+ Ke7 16.Bg7 Re8 17.Qg5 Be6] 13.Qg3 d6 14.Nxg7 Rg8 [14...Nxg7
15.Bh6 Rg8 16.Bxh7] 15.Bh6 Rxg7 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.f4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Bf5
19.h3 Qb5 20.Rxe8+ [20.Rf3] 20...Kxe8 21.Qxg7 Bxd3 22.Re1+ Kd7 23.Qxf7+
Kc6 24.Kh2 Bc4 25.Qxh7 Bxa2 26.Re7 Rc8 27.Qe4+ Kb6 28.f5 Bd5 29.Qd4+
Kc6 30.f6 Rg8 31.Bg7 Qf1 32.Qg4 Kb6 33.h4 a5 34.h5 c5 35.h6 Qd3 36.f7
Bxf7 37.Rxf7 Re8 38.Qd7 Qe4 39.Qxd6+ Kb5 40.Qd7+ Ka6 41.Qf5 Qh4+ 42.Qh3
Qe4 43.h7 a4 44.h8Q 1-0
By the way it is certainly not a pawn that Davies would like to take as
he so instructively explains in this game.
Conclusion: Recommend for both sides
of the board!
The ABC of the
Sicilian Dragon by Andrew Martin
2009
ChessBase
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E-Mail
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Price € 26,99
System requirements:
Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,Windows XP or Windows
Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
IM Andrew Martin does not only explain you how to play and
understand the strategies of the Dragon,he also offers you a
interesting line on this DVD ,that is based on a mixture
between the Dragon and
the Najdorf,as we can see in the following model game, which is
by the way very well analysed by Martin: Leake,J -
Ward,Christopher [B75]
London league, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 a6 8.Bc4
Nbd7 9.Qd2 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.0-0-0 h6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.h4 h5 14.Rhe1 Qc7
15.Bg5 Nb6 16.Qe2 [16.Be6 Nc4 (16...fxe6 17.Nxe6 Qd7 18.Nxg7+ Kf7
19.e5; 16...Rb8) ] 16...0-0 17.g4 hxg4 18.fxg4 Nc4 19.Rd3 Qc5 20.Red1
[20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Rdd1 Rb8] 20...Rfe8 21.h5 [21.Bc1 e5 22.Nf3 Nxg4]
21...Qxg5 22.hxg6 fxg6 23.Rf3 e6 24.Rdf1 Nd2+ 25.Ka1 Nxb3+ 26.axb3 b4
27.Qh2 bxc3 28.Rh1 cxb2+ 29.Kxb2 0-1
One of the most interesting games {also on this DVD!} with the attack
7…a6 comes from the great Botvinnik:
Littlewood,J - Botvinnik,M
Hastings 1962,1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7
7.f3 a6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.0-0-0 Nc5 [11...Rc8 12.Kb1
Ne5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Rxc3! 15.bxc3 Qc7 (15...Qa5) 16.Kb2 Nfd7 17.Qg7
Rf8 18.Qxh7 Nb6] 12.Kb1 Nxb3 [12...Rc8 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 e5 15.Qg7
Rf8 16.Nde2 Nxb3 17.axb3 b4 18.Nd5 (18.Na4 Rg8 19.Qh6 g5!) 18...Nxd5
19.exd5 Qc7 20.c4 bxc3 21.Nxc3 f5µ] 13.cxb3 0-0 14.Bh6 Bxh6
15.Qxh6 b4 16.e5 [16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qd7 18.Nc6 Nxd5] 16...Nd7! 17.h4
bxc3 18.h5 dxe5!! 19.hxg6 Nf6 20.bxc3 [20.Nf5 c2+ 21.Kxc2 Qc8+]
20...exd4 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Rxd4 Qa5 23.Qe3 Nd5 24.Qd2 Nxc3+ 25.Ka1 Rad8
26.Rc1 Qxa2+ 27.Qxa2 Nxa2 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1.
I compared the notes from Martin with the original notes from Botvinnik
out his book,Botvinnik’s Best Games Volume 3:1957-1970 than I only can
say please give me the instructive notes from Andrew Martin!
Running time is four hours and ten minutes so in a small day time you
are able to take up a very dangerous line.
Conclusion: Andrew martin offers you here a unique openings line
on the Dragon
which needs nearly no memorizing at all!
Attacking the king by Rustam Kasimdzhanov
2009
ChessBase
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Price € 29,99
System requirements:
Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,Windows XP or Windows
Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive.
The phenomenal GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov explains you in a good four hours
the secrets of attack based on the games of some of the greatest
players of all time.
All material is based on games from world champions as players
like:Steinitz,Lasker,Capablanca,Alekhine,Euwe,Botvinnink,Smyslov,Tal,Petrosian,Spassky,
Fischer,Karpov,Kasparov,Karpov and of course the great Kasimdzhanov
himself.
All together there are eight games from Rustam Kasimdzhanov on these
video files and that makes this DVD so unbelievable instructive!
Usually annotators often try to guess what was in a player’s mind but
with the games of Kasimdzhanov you have direct access to first
class annotations but above all
instructive and understandable explained by a world top player!
Some players as Bobby Fischer who had a unique attacking talent as
Rustam Kasimdzhanov explains the play of this great chess legend:
because he immediately saw what is important, as for example we
can see in his game against Rober Bryne:1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2
d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e3 0-0 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.0-0 b6 10.b3 Ba6 11.Ba3
Re8 12.Qd2 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rfd1 Nd3 15.Qc2 Nxf2 16.Kxf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1
Nxe3 18.Qd2 Nxg2 19.Kxg2 d4 20.Nxd4 Bb7+ 21.Kf1 Qd7 0-1
{Robert Byrne, - Fischer,Robert James, USA-ch New York (3), 18.12.1963}
His move 14…Nd3 is one word fantastic!
Byrne his lost was a matter of the wrong rook as Fischer wrote in his
book My 60 memorable games: I spend a evening just staring at he
position after 14.Rad1,trying everything, unwilling to let my
brilliancy go down the drain.The more I looked,the more I liked white’s
game!
Conclusion: One of those ChessBase
top
DVD’s
ChessBase Magazine
extra issue 128
March 2009
Dorian Rogozenco Chess Classic in Video
ChessBase
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ISSN 1432-8992
Euro 12.99
This latest ChessBase Magazine extra
holds a impressive 16495 games all played between December 2008 and
February 2009.
A fine shortcut comes from Jonas Janulynas who was very successful with
the Latvian Gambit,where he played the so called Poisoned pawn
variation:
Ralys,Vincas (1878) - Janulynas,Jonas (1809) [C40]
LTU-ch sf Vilnius (6), 16.02.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.Nf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 d5 7.Qh5 Nf6
8.Nd6+ Kd8 9.Nf7+ Ke7 10.Qe5+ Kxf7 11.Bxd5+ Nxd5 12.Qxd5+ Ke8 13.d3 Nc6
14.Nc3 Bh3 15.Qh5+ g6 16.Qe2 Nd4 17.Qe3 Nxc2+ 0-1
The white player had no idea how to handle it and played the weak 5.Nf7?
Forced is 5.d4! but dear reader it can get complicated!
Included on this CD are 3 multimedia files with some fine annotated
games from the great Dorian Rogozenko,who analyses some fine classic
games.
And I am sure the fans of the The Sveshnikov Reloaded will enjoy the
following B33 game:Ivanchuk,Vassily (2710) - Van Wely,Loek (2661) [B33]
EU-Cup 19th Rethymnon (3), 30.09.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5
11.g3 fxe4 12.Bg2 Bg7 13.Bxe4 Rb8 14.Qh5 Ne7 15.Nxe7 Qxe7 16.c3 Be6
17.Rd1 Qd7 18.0-0 h6 19.Nc2 0-0 20.Ne3 f5 21.Bd5 Kh8 22.Bxe6 Qxe6
23.Nd5 f4 24.Rd2 Rf5 25.Qe2 fxg3 26.hxg3 e4 27.Rfd1 Rbf8 28.f4 Qg6
29.Qxe4 Qxg3+ 30.Rg2 Qh3 31.Ne7 Rh5 32.Ng6+ Kg8 33.Nxf8 Qh1+ 34.Kf2
Qxd1 35.Qh7+ Kxf8 36.Qxg7+ Ke8 37.Qg8+ Kd7 38.Rg7+ Kc6 39.Qa8+ Kb6
40.Qb7+ 1-0
Conclusion: Overloaded with a lot of
latest
games!
ChessMagazine's
British
Chess Magazine No.3
Volume
129
March 2009
Price: £4,05
The 18-year old Sergey Karyakin came to Wijk aan Zee and won!
This is all is well covered by the witness reports of Ian Rogers,this
all is good for over twelve pages of text plus some fine photographs of
our chess heroes.
Raaphy Persitz,BCM popular columnist has passed away and John
Saunders,Leonard Barden and Amatzia Avni pay tribute to this great
chess player.
Raaphy Persitz was one of the strongest players resident in Britain in
the 1950s and 1960s.
Sam Collins features two games of the Australian Dave Smerdon,who just
made his fourth grandmaster norm.
John Saunders is responsible on the spot coverage of the Gibtelecom
Masters,Shaun Taulbut does a fine Test Your Chess!
Others are Speelman on the Endgame,where the great master looks at a
pawns versus knight endgame he just played in Gibraltar.
Other readable columns are Quotes and Queries,Endgame Studies,Reviews
and New Books!
Conclusion: One of those magazines you must have!
