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Echecs à Créon : le classement après 5 rondes

Le point sur le classement : Après 5 rondes, Maxime Lagarde pointe en seconde position avec 4 points sur 5. La norme de maître étant fixée à 6 points, on croise les doigts pour le talentueux joueur niortais entraîné par Olivier Renet. On suivra également avec intérêt l'Open international principal et sa pléiade de titrés.

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Echec et Mat - Jean Schulteis

A la Une cette semaine, Abandonnez peu, mais abandonnez mieux!

Si votre adversaire est vieux et apparemment de santé fragile, n’abandonnez pas! Qui sait s’il n’est pas à la veille d’une attaque! S’il est jeune, qui dit qu’il ne souffre pas d’un malformation cardiaque congénitale qui à tout moment pourrait mettre fin à ces jours ? Un bon nombre d’amateurs semblent raisonner de cette raison. Sous prétexte de combativité, ils vont étirer indûment des parties qui auraient tout intérêt à être écourtées.

Choisir le bon moment pour abandonner demande un minimum d’expérience, mais la règle est simple: quand vous ne voyez plus de chance réaliste d’espérer un revirement, épargnez vos nerfs et ceux de votre adversaire et abandonnez! Le temps ainsi épargné pourra être bien mieux utilisé, par exemple en analysant avec votre adversaire ou avec un moteur d’analyse.

Cadeau Bonux : Retour sur la partie Deep Blue - Kasparov (2785) ou pourquoi Kasparov n'aurait pas du abandonner ! (Man vs Machine, 2e partie, New York 1997)

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Joue pas - Feldman & Jamison

Le vainqueur Ruslan Ponomariov © le site échiquéen officiel

Dans ce tournoi d'échecs de catégorie 20 à la moyenne Elo à 2731 points, Vladimir Kramnik. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Peter Leko, Arkadij Naiditsch et Le Quang Liem, se rencontraient en double-ronde.

Echecs à Dortmund : la grille finale

Le podium du tournoi : Brillante victoire de l'Ukrainien Ruslan Ponomariov qui avec 6,5 points surclasse ses 5 adversaires. Le second à un point est le grand-maître vietnamien Le Quang Liem, vainqueur de l'Aeroflot 2010 qui confirme sa place parmi l'élite des échecs mondiaux. Le Russe Vladimir Kramnik sauve son tournoi en l'emportant dans l'ultime ronde face à Mamedyarov.

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Fingerprints
I collect diagrams of chess positions. Once collected, I print these diagrams on cards for review. My cards of pawn endgame positions from Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (2003) has been aiding my review of the instruction in that text, and has proven popular with some of my pupils. Sometimes in a chess lesson, I pull out the cards and fan them across the chessboard upside down. The student picks one, we set it up on the board, then he or she solves it. There are a few in that set that I do not yet play with full confidence. When I have mastered those, it will be time to create another set from Dvoretsky's book.

Meanwhile, I'm collecting middlegame positions. I have several sets of cards that I created years ago. The oldest are index cards upon which I stamped diagrams, and laboriously stamped each piece with red or blue ink on the appropriate square. When I look at these old cards, I am reminded of time I spent reviewing them between rounds at the Dave Collyer Memorial tournament the last time Gary Younker ran it. Gary died in 2001, and shortly after his death we created a foundation to honor his memory and continue his work. The 2001 Collyer was a good event for me. I started the event rated 1400 and had an even score against three B Class opponents. My run of success started late Saturday night when I discovered a practical chance in this hopeless position.

White to move


I'm down two pawns, and there's no stopping my opponent's d-pawn. In a final desperate ploy, I played 31.Rf1! Keith Brownlee had several ways to counter my threat, but instead played 31...d3?? I sacked a rook to force a draw by repetition. After the game, my opponent told me that he only examined my checkmate threats, of which there were none, but not my drawing combination. He also stated that this game was the first time he failed to win against the King's Gambit.

On Sunday morning I beat a B Class player in a game that summoned more tactical courage from me than was my custom. Flash cards contributed to my confidence. Within the next year, I bought some software that facilitated creating professional looking printable diagrams, and my index card collection went into storage. I collected dozens of positions from Lazlo Polgar's Chess in 5334 Positions (1994) and several databases. I printed these positions on cards with a diagram on one side and the best moves on the other.

My initial non-provisional USCF rating was in the low 1400s, but before it was published I played in an event that pushed it up to 1495. That was in 1996, but in 2000 I was back down to 1400. My success in the 2001 Collyer rocketed me up to 1450, and in 2002 I climbed over 1500. I faltered briefly in 2004, dropping to 1487 before rising to 1600 in 2005. I made it over 1700 for the second time in 2008, and kept climbing over 1800 in 2009. If I am to cross over 1900 in 2010, my training must step up a notch.


Ziyatdinov's Method

Rashid Ziyatdinov advocates learning entire games thoroughly. In GM-RAM: Essential Grandmaster Knowledge (2000), he lays out a plan for improvement based on 300 key positions. Half of these are endgame positions--most are pawn endgames and rook endgames--and the others stem from classic games. His fifty-nine games from which the middlegame positions arise span less than a century from a few 1851 victories of Adolph Anderssen to Mikhail Botvinnik's 1936 defeat of Saviely Tartakower.

I find myself drawn to certain aspects of Ziyatdinov's method. My cards from Dvoretsky's text lack the answers on the back, for example. I'm also working on memorizing games, including those in Ziyatdinov's fifty-nine. His most compelling idea is the notion that key diagrams function as fingerprints of whole games. Most collections of diagrams highlight tactical motifs. There are certainly quite a few tactical shots in Ziyatdinov's collection. But memorizing, studying, and knowing thoroughly a limited set of games--the plans that led to what happened over the board, and what might have happened--goes beyond tactical patterns. The 120 middlegame positions in GM-RAM "are like the fingerprint of the games--from this fingerprint, the associated game can be identified" (77).


Karpov's Best Games

Although I share with Ziyatdinov the conviction that nineteenth and early twentieth century games merit our attention, I am unwilling to limit my study to these old games. I may end up with more than the legendary 300 positions as I pursue Ziyatdinov's regimen (he expects the reader to supply nearly four dozen of the 300). As I am going through the best one hundred games of Anatoly Karpov that were published in Chess Informant (see "Coincidence?"), I am collecting diagrams. These diagrams are fingerprints for games worth knowing as thoroughly as Anderssen's "Evergreen Game".

Some of the positions from Karpov's games feature tactical shots. In this position from 1973, Karpov's tactical shot provoked Spassky's resignation.

White to move


The following year, in the ninth game of the World Championship Candidate's Match, another tactical shot by Karpov provoked another resignation by Spassky.

White to move


Then, in 1977 at Las Palmas, A. Martin Gonzalez perceived the futility of further resistance when Karpov's move threatened a clever mating net.

White to move


Such tactical shots are the bread and butter of chess training. But, it seems to me that if I can comprehend the thought processes that went into finding the move that Karpov played against Vlastimil Hort from this position in 1971, it might become part of the knowledge that can elevate me to expert class.

White to move


Hort played on for another eleven moves as Karpov increased the pressure. This diagram is the fingerprint of the earliest of Chess Informant's list of Karpov's 100 best. It is a positional masterpiece, Karpov's signature. As I collect these diagrams, I aim to learn the games from which they stem.
 
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2010/04/fingerprints.html
Thu, 01 Apr 2010 13:56:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista OchoxOcho Nº 224, Diciembre 2000

Aquí les dejo el enlace para descargar la última edición que se hizo de la revista OchoxOcho, se trata de la número 224, dirigida por el M. I. Román Torán y publicada en diciembre de 2000. En esta revista el editor en turno anuncia el final de esta publicación y se despide del público que les siguió durante veinte años. Va ésta como un agradecimiento a Antonio Martínez García, de España, quien ha iniciado una "Cruzada por la Revista Ocho X Ocho".

¡Que la disfruten!
Armando H. Marroquín
http://www.4shared.com/document/_iaL9-AQ/Ocho-x-Ocho_224_Ultima_.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-ochoxocho-n-224-diciembre-2000.html
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:58:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista Internacional de Ajedrez, Nº 88, Enero 1995.

Les envío una nueva colaboración para el blog, se trata de la Revista Internacional de Ajedrez, No. 88, de enero 1995, en formato PDF, 68 paginas, con tapas a color.

http://www.4shared.com/document/wgpBfxzS/revint88_enero1995%20.html

hasta la próxima,
Ricardo Fernández
Gracias Ricardo por esta excelente colaboración.
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-internacional-de-ajedrez-n-88.html
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:56:00 +0000
 
 
 
Videotutoriales Najdorf volumen 1

Hola, les dejo los videotutoriales de como jugar la najdorf, volumen 1 con subtitulos en ingles, español, italiano, aleman y turco, los enlaces son los siguientes:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8E0QTKC0
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FPL6DJ4F
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=STSTIGHI
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O01ZARAA
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C4Y296U5

Espero haber contribuido con la comunidad ajedrecistica.

Víctor Sosa
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/videotutoriales-najdorf-volumen-1.html
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:46:00 +0000
 
 
 
A guide to chess openings

José Antonio nos envía este libro "A guide to chess openings" de Leonard Barden, publicada en 1957, gracias José Antonio por esta colaboración.

http://www.4shared.com/document/SdLg2LKy/A_Guide_to_Chess_Openings_1__B.html
http://www.4shared.com/document/nffiv3tW/A_Guide_to_Chess_Openings_2__B.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/guide-to-chess-openings.html
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:58:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista Ocho x Ocho Nº 144,marzo 1994

Eros2000 nos envía la revista práctica de ajedrez OchoxOcho, Nº 144, marzo 1994, gracias Eros, excelente colaboración.

http://www.4shared.com/file/rg9S9qEk/8x8_144.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-ocho-x-ocho-n-144marzo-1994.html
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:50:00 +0000
 
 
 
Apertura Inglesa 1 y 2 - Vladimir Bagirov



Macario Pinillos Capillas nos envía este par de libros en uno solo "Apertura Inglesa 1 y 2" de Vladimir Bagirov, excelente colaboración Macario, un regreso triunfal Macario, muchas gracias por no olvidarnos.

 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/apertura-inglesa-1-y-2-vladimir-bagirov.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:54:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista Jaque, Nº 32, agosto 1974

Víctor Burgos nos envía el ejemplar de la Revista Jaque Nº 32, de agosto 1974, gracias Víctor por esta colaboración.

Invito a todos los amigos ajedrecistas, que tengan revistas Jaque, a escanearlas y enviarlas, es una gran revista, con material teórico excepcional, que no debemos dejar perder.

http://www.4shared.com/document/KWNk-ANQ/Jaque_Agosto-74.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-jaque-n-32-agosto-1974.html
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:52:00 +0000
 
 
 
Ajedrez y comunismo - Ludek Pachman - Segunda Parte A

Amigos ajedrecistas, les dejo la Parte A de la Segunda Parte del libro "Ajedrez y Comunismo" de Ludek Pachman, vamos poquito a poco.
http://www.4shared.com/document/jFpqscPF/Ajedrez_y_Comunismo_Segunda_pa.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/ajedrez-y-comunismo-ludek-pachman_24.html
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:30:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista Jaque Julio 1974


Corregido el problema, ya pueden bajar la revista Jaque Nº 31, de julio 1974, gracias a Víctor Burgos. Gracias Víctor, excelente colaboración esta tuya.
http://www.4shared.com/document/7Mo98Gek/Jaque-Julio_2010-31.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-jaque-julio-1974.html
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:10:00 +0000
 
 
 
Números de las Revistas Jaque del 1 al 100

Amigos ajedrecistas, de las 100 primeras revistas Jaque, estos son los números que hasta el momento tenemos: 25-26-27-28-29-30-31-39-74-76-77-78-79-80, si hace falta alguna me avisan por favor, sería bueno completar los cien primeros ejemplares, les invito a colaborar con esta cruzada, gracias a todos los que han enviado su colaboración.
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/numeros-de-las-revistas-jaque-del-1-al.html
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:15:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Diciembre 2009

Chess Life - Diciembre 2009

http://www.4shared.com/document/YYGBpy8-/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-12.html
 
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Fri, 23 Jul 2010 22:59:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Noviembre 2009


Chess Life - Noviembre 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/Tu6WcWH7/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-11.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-noviembre-2009.html
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:38:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Octubre 2009

Chess Life - Octubre 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/zjIvviFa/Chess_Life_2009_10.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-octubre-2009.html
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:36:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Setiembre 2009

Chess Life - Setiembre 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/BXFBeFmS/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-09.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-setiembre-2009.html
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:26:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Agosto 2009

Chess Life - Agosto 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/zveN5yFj/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-08.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-agosto-2009.html
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:08:00 +0000
 
 
 
Revista Chess Life - Julio 2009

Revista Chess Life - Julio 2009

http://www.4shared.com/document/8A7lmRiU/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-07.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/revista-chess-life-julio-2009.html
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:05:00 +0000
 
 
 
Práctica del MEDIO JUEGO en ajedrez - Ludek Pachman


Aquí tenemos un libro más de la colección Escaques "Práctica del MEDIO JUEGO en ajedrez", del desaparecido Gran Maestro Ludek Pachman, número 68 dentro de esta colección, enviadas por Peón pasado y por don Francisco Franco, desde Monterrey, México, gracias amigos por ambas colaboraciones.

Práctica del MEDIO JUEGO en ajedrez
Ludek Pachman

Los principios fundamentales que condicionan la estrategia y la táctica ajedrecística.

Muchos jugadores de ajedrez descuidan el medio juego y, sobre todo, el estudio de las reglas que rigen esta fase de la partida. Es cierto que el medio juego no puede aprenderse de memoria —como las aperturas o ciertos finales— pero hay que saber muy bien sus principios fundamentales: la estra¬tegia y la táctica correctas.

La táctica sin estrategia seria ciega, la estrategia sin táctica carece de objeto.

Muy a menudo las partidas se resuelven en el medio juego. Este manual sistemático introduce al aficionado al arte de las combinaciones y a valorar debidamente la posición de una partida.

Ludek Pachman, gran maestro internacional ya suficientemente conocido por nuestros lectores, ha logrado una obra excepcional y modélica, cuya lectura estimulará la imaginación del jugador. Partidas magistrales son detalladamente comentadas y explicadas.

Amigos ajedrecistas Juan Carlos Zambrano Padauy se ha tomado la molestia de dejar bien presentado este libro y nos lo ha envíado, gracias Juan Carlos por tu trabajo.
http://www.mediafire.com/?yomkmzvkozt
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/04/practica-del-medio-juego-en-ajedrez.html
Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:18:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Junio 2009

Chess Life - Junio 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/0RW95axj/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-06.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-junio-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:30:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Mayo 2009

Chess Life - Mayo 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/h2yGrRFV/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-05.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-mayo-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:20:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Abril 2009

Chess Life - Abril 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/s46Tead8/_2__ChessLifeMagazine_2009-04.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-abril-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:02:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Marzo 2009

Chess Life - Marzo 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/F9DOKPbu/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-03.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-marzo-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:55:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Febrero 2009

Chess Life - Febrero 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/0RlTG1ct/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-02.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-febrero-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:41:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Enero 2009

Chess Life - Enero 2009
http://www.4shared.com/document/NXnGAMVH/ChessLifeMagazine_2009-01.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-enero-2009.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:33:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Diciembre 2008

Chess Life - Diciembre 2008
http://www.4shared.com/document/ltZiB15r/ChessLifeMagazine_2008-12.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-diciembre-2008.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:23:00 +0000
 
 
 
Chess Life - Noviembre 2008

Chess Life - Noviembre 2008
http://www.4shared.com/document/zQWy90Dk/ChessLifeMagazine_2008-11.html
 
http://matika-chessismylife.blogspot.com/2010/07/chess-life-noviembre-2008.html
Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:18:00 +0000
 
 
 
La defensa Pirc - German S. Fridshtein

Volumen 29 de la Colección Escaques - ¿Cómo puede explicarse la gran popularidad de la Defensa Pirc? Apertura bastante utilizada por los grandes campeones de tiempos recientes, su atractivo se debe en parte a que no está bien estudiada, como otros sistemas de aperturas. No obstante, su éxito principal se funda en que el bando negro llega con ella a posiciones dinámicas en la cuales la ventaja de salida que tienen las blancas se reduce al mínimo. Aquí el analista soviético German Samuilovich Fridshtein reúne las recientes investigaciones acerca del moderno pensamiento estratégico que plantea esta interesante variante de la Defensa India. (Con este título, un día, la editora de la Colección Escaques reemplazó el número 29 original, el libro de Ramón Crusi Moré: 101 Minipartidas.)

Nuestra gratitud a Macario Pinillos por compartir este volumen y a Juan Carlos Zambrano por el excelente procesado.

4shared
Descargar.
 
http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/07/la-defensa-pirc-german-s-fridshtein.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:58:00 +0000
 
 
 
Los campeonatos del mundo. De Botvinnik a Fischer - S. Gligoric

Volumen 54 de la Colección Escaques - Sucesión natural al libro de Pablo Morán Los Campeonatos del mundo. De Steinitz a Alekhine, volumen 53 de Escaques. Ahora, en éste, se narran desde el primer campeonato individual, instaurado en 1948, donde se alzó triunfador Mijail Botvinnik hasta la dramática victoria, en 1972, de Robert Fischer. En este libro se encuentran los pormenores de los diez encuentros de ese período, dados entre campeón y aspirante al supremo galardón ajedrecístico. Conoceremos la historia y las partidas completas de tales campeonatos. Viajemos en el tiempo con el mundialmente famoso Gran Maestro Svetozar Gligoric, quien convivió con todos los protagonistas y campeones de esa época. Las partidas fueron recopiladas y comprobadas por el Maestro y Arbitro Internacional Robert Graham Wade.

Este eBook fue escaneado por Macario Pinillos y procesado por Juan Carlos Zambrano, a quienes se agrdece su cortesía.

4shared
Descargar.
 
http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/07/los-campeonatos-del-mundo-de-botvinnik.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:42:00 +0000
 
 
 
Finales artísticos - Genrikh M. Kasparian

Volumen 61 de la Colección Escaques - He aquí nada menos que 300 composiciones con lo mejor de la obra de Genrikh Moiseevich Kasparian. Gran compositor de finales, considerado como el mejor que ha existido en el mundo de los finales ajedrecísticos. Kasparian fue maestro emérito de deportes, árbitro internacional de composición ajedrecística, cinco veces campeón de la Unión Soviética de finales artísticos. En 1972 recibió el título de Gran Maestro Internacional de Composición de Ajedrez, fue el primer compositor en recibir tal distinción de la FIDE.

Se agradece este eBook a Macario Pinillos quien le escaneó y a Juan Carlos Zambrano por su paciencia al procesarlo.

4shared
Descargar.
 
http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/07/finales-artisticos-genrikh-m-kasparian.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:48:00 +0000
 
 
 
Práctica del medio juego - Ludek Pachman

Volumen 68 de la Colección Escaques - Muchos jugadores de ajedrez descuidan el medio juego y, sobre todo, el estudio de las reglas que rigen esta fase de la partida. Cierto es que el medio juego no se aprende de memoria —como las aperturas o ciertos finales—, pero hay que saber muy bien sus principios fundamentales: la estrategia y la táctica correctas. La táctica sin estrategia sería ciega, la estrategia sin táctica carece de objeto. Nuevamente Ludek Pachman estimula nuestra imaginación con este libro en el que comenta y explica detalladamente partidas magistrales.

Agradecemos infinitamente al Profesor Matamoros quien escaneó este volumen y a Juan Carlos Zambrano por haberlo procesado.

4shared
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http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/07/practica-del-medio-juego-ludek-pachman.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:29:00 +0000
 
 
 
Práctica de los finales en el ajedrez - Ludek Pachman

Volumen 69 de la Colección Escaques - ¿Qué entendemos por final de juego? Indudablemente que se trata de posiciones fuertemente simplificadas. Pero precísamente los finales de juego son bastante descuidados por la mayoría de los ajedrecistas, sobre todo los jugadores jóvenes. Ya E. Lasker consideraba el final de juego como la parte más importante del estudio teórico del ajedrez. Según él, los grandes maestros se diferenciaban de los aficionados por su profundo conocimiento de esta fase de la partida. Veamos en esta obra lo que nos plantea al respecto nuestro viejo conocido Ludek Pachman.

Este eBook se debe a la gentileza del Profesor Matamoros quien realizó el escaneo y a Juan Carlos Zambrano quien le ha procesado eficientemente.

Descargar.
4shared
 
http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/07/practica-de-los-finales-en-el-ajedrez.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:14:00 +0000
 
 
 
Las partidas de Capablanca - Rogelio Caparrós

Volumen 89 de la Colección Escaques - José Raúl Capablanca es considerado uno de los más grandes talentos ajedrecísticos naturales de todas las épocas. Durante ocho años consecutivos no perdió ni una sola partida oficial. El presente libro reúne nada menos que 1,196 partidas del genial ajedrecista cubano. Este libro es el resultado de una investigación sin precedentes en la literatura ajedrecística, realizada por el también cubano Rogelio Caparrós y colaboradores, en el que gracias a los avances informáticos su fidelidad documental queda asegurada. Los apéndices del libro contienen abundantes tablas de clasificación de las partidas.

Un enorme agradecimiento a nuestro amigo español Antonio Marínez García, quien realizó el escaneo del libro completo y me lo envió para procesarlo, convertirlo a eBook y compartirlo con ustedes. ¡Que lo disfruten!

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http://problemistaajedrez.blogspot.com/2010/05/las-partidas-de-capablanca-rogelio.html
Sun, 30 May 2010 18:18:00 +0000
 
 
 
Ajedrez y computadoras - L. Pachman y Vas I. Kühnmund

Volumen 70 de la Colección Escaques - A principios de los 50, el experto en computadoras lord Bowden decía: Para cualquier máquina sería bastante impracticable el querer competir con un ser humano bajo condiciones razonables. Este libro da una idea de lo equivocados que pueden llegar a estar los expertos. Veamos en esta obra desde los primeros artefactos para jugar ajedrez, las primeras computadoras dedicadas al ajedrez, hasta los avances de principios de los 80 en este terreno. Viajemos al pasado de la mano de Kühnmund, especialista en computadoras, y Pachman, archireconocido analista de ajedrez, para conocer cómo aprendió a jugar la computadora... esa misma máquina que más tarde vencería a un campeón mundial del ajedrez.

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Thu, 13 May 2010 18:24:00 +0000
 
 
 
La Estructura de Peones Centrales - Boris Persits

Volumen 20 de la Colección Escaques - En la partida de ajedrez, el centro tiene una importancia decisiva. Desde los primeros movimientos los oponentes luchan por su posesión. Esta lucha toma caracteres diversos. Unas veces, los dos oponentes intentan ocuparlo con sus peones, y otras uno de ellos deja que el otro forme un sólido centro con el propósito de desmembrarlo luego y ocupar las casillas centrales con sus piezas. En este libro, Boris Persits, genial analista soviético, nos ofrece un utilísimo método práctico que facilita enormemente el estudio del dominio de las casillas centrales. ¡Pura estrategia ajedrecística moderna!

Nota: Este ebook ha sido escaneado recientemente y difiere un poco en calidad con la que ya circula por la red.

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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:33:00 +0000
 
 
 
Defensa Siciliana, Variante Scheveningen - Alexander S. Nikitin

Volumen 66 de la Colección Escaques - La Defensa Siciliana se cuenta entre las aperturas de ajedrez más populares. Una de las ramificaciones más profundas, por su contenido estratégico y táctico, es la Variante Scheveningen. Jugada por primera vez en 1923 en el Torneo Internacional de la Haya, Holanda, precisamente en ese barrio que le da su nombre. El presente volumen es parte del complejo Siciliano de Escaques, se suma a los títulos publicados sobre las variantes Najdorf, Paulsen, del Dragón y Sveshnikov. En esta obra el maestro soviético Alexander S. Nikitin nos ofrece un panorama del estado de los conocimientos teóricos y prácticos en torno al sistema Scheveningen, mediante claras ideas básicas del juego y sus líneas más características y lógicas.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:13:00 +0000
 
 
 
La trampa en la apertura - Boris S. Weinstein

Volumen 10 de la Colección Escaques - "Bajo la umbrosa arboleda del parque junto al Volga, hay infinidad de mesillas con tableros de ajedrez, el ruido de las piezas es...", así comienza este viejo libro de aperturas de ajedrez. Es uno de los pocos libros de teoría del ajedrez redactados a manera de una obra literaria, escrito por el teórico ruso Coronel Boris Samoilovich Weinstein. El resultado es un ameno cuento que nos lleva a la teoría de las aperturas, combinaciones y celadas, muy frecuentes en una partida. La obra es un excelente acercamiento para principiantes y aficionados al mundo teórico del ajedrez.

NOTA: Este pequeño ebook fue publicado, en tres PDFs, en agosto de 2009, en el blog Ajedrez, Mi pasión del Profesor Matamoros. Enviado desde Chile por Guzzano. Antes de subirlo en un solo PDF, tuve que elegir entre escanear el volumen de 1975 que tengo, o limpiar la versión de 1967 ofrecida amablemente por Guzzano... elegí el camino largo y restauré precisamente esa digitalización.

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Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:12:00 +0000
 
 
 
200 Celadas de apertura - Emil Gelenczei

Volumen 24 de la Colección Escaques - Se empieza confiadamente una partida, se hacen algunos movimientos y... de pronto, ¡todo está perdido! En este libro el húngaro Emil Gelenczei, con agudo ingenio, ha reunido las más interesantes partidas cortas del pasado que fueron decididas mediante celadas de apertura. El libro está dirigido especialmente a los amigos del ajedrez que buscan lo sorprendente y lo insólito, lo sublime y lo desconcertante, la seria aplicación y la broma.

Se ha rescatado esta versión original del libro, con la calidez de su notación descriptiva. En esta presentación electrónica, se procuró corregir los errores que contenía el impreso. Aquí mismo, en noviembre de 2009, está publicada una versión moderna en notación algebraica.

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Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:40:00 +0000
 
 
 
Táctica del medio juego - Igor Z. Bondarewsky

Volumen 19 de la Colección Escaques - Pequeño libro, pero gran tratado sobre un tema que se ha tocado poco en la literatura ajedrecística: el medio juego. Su autor, el ingeniero soviético Igor Zajarovich Bondarewsky, nos ofrece este magnífico volumen sobre la teoría de las combinaciones en el medio juego. La obra se presenta en lenguaje sencillo, justo para principiantes, aunque también resulta de gran ayuda para los experimentados que quieran conservar su nivel. El volumen contiene notas del editor que amplían su objetivo original.

NOTA: Este volumen ha sido obtenido de la versión digital DJVU que circula por la red, le he convertido a PDF, no sin antes agregarle dos o tres páginas que no tenía esa digitalización y maquillarle un poco para tratar de disimular las deficiencias derivadas de la alta compresión que aplica el formato DJVU.

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Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:35:00 +0000
 
 
 
Problemas de ajedrez - Camil Seneca

Volumen 74 de la Colección Escaques - He aquí una colección de 150 problemas ortodoxos reunida por Camil Seneca, entonces redactor en jefe de la célebre revista francesa Thèmes 64; seleccionados para Le Figaro y originalmente publicados en 1977 en el libro Les jeux du Figaro - 150 problèmes d'échecs. Sin lugar a dudas se trata de la mejor selección de problemas de los mejores especialistas mundiales. Con una introducción histórico-informativa para conocer el arte del problema, su evolución, sus escuelas y sus temas clásicos. Y, por si fuera poco, después de deleitarnos con el hallazgo de las respuestas, podremos consultar al final del volumen las soluciones y sus respectivos análisis, en ellos encontraremos los atributos que han reunido estas composiciones para ser incluidas en el libro.

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Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:57:00 +0000
 
 
 
Combinaciones en el medio juego - P. A. Romanowsky

Volumen 28 de la Colección Escaques - El consumado maestro del arte combinatorio, Romanowsky, nos ofrece en esta obra una de las partes más interesantes de la técnica ajedrecística: las combinaciones. En las esferas del ajedrez aun subsiste la costumbre de encasillar a los grandes ajedrecistas dentro de los estilos combinatorio y posicional. Sin embargo, en el libro el autor prescinde de esta metódica separación y hace una fusión casi compacta de los elementos del juego combinatorio y de posición. Así, Romanowsky dicta las leyes para aprovechar toda situación tensa posicional con ideas decisivas de la acción combinatoria.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:53:00 +0000
 
 
 
FIDE: Il Torneo dei Candidati in Russia!
Il torneo dei Candidati assegnato alla Russia!
  • la decisione presa nonostante le precedenti minacce di ritiro di Topalov
  • update la reazione del Manager di Topalov
Il Presidential Board della FIDE, riunito in Tromso, ha assegnato alla città di Kazan (Russia) il Torneo dei Candidati che determinerà lo sfidante del Campione del Mondo Anand e che si dovrebbe disputare in un periodo compreso tra il 1 Marzo e il 31 Maggio 2011. La notizia, pubblicata dal sito chessdom.com, ha sorpreso l'intera comunità scacchistica. Tutti davano, infatti, per certo che almeno una parte della manifestazione sarebbe stata ospitata dall'Azerbajan, la cui federazione aveva già provveduto a versare un acconto di 150.000  euro. La Federazione Internazionale, sempre secondo Chessdom, ha però cambiato idea facendo comunque  salva la nomina dell'azerbajano Mamedyarov quale giocatore invitato dagli organizzatori.  Con la scelta di una sede russa viene dunque superata definitivamente la questione Aronian che, a causa delle tensioni esistenti tra Armenia e Arzebajan, avrebbe avuto serie difficoltà a disputare il torneo in Azerbajan. Proprio per questo motivo sembrava, infatti, ormai certo che quarti e semifinali del Torneo dei Candidati si sarebbero disputati in due sedi diverse.

E tutti vissero felici e contenti? Macchè! Pochi giorni prima Veselin Topalov, seguendo il solco della tradizione degli scacchisti che amano complicare la vita a chi deve gestire questo sport, aveva fatto sapere, tramite una lettera aperta, che per lui sarebbe stata inaccettabile una seconda sede  russa. Secondo Veselin, infatti, il trattamento riservato a lui ed al suo team durante il Match Mondiale, perso contro Kramnik in Elista (Russia) nel 2006, era stato decisamente "unpleasant." Questa situazione, con una evidente forzatura, era stata paragonata proprio alla questione Aronian. Ma la decisone presa dalla FIDE ha comunque superato questa possibile obiezione. E', poi, per certi versi paradossale che la dichiarazione di non voler giocare contro un russo in Russia sia stata rilasciata proprio da chi ha da poco giocato, nella propria patria, un match valevole per il Titolo Mondiale contro il Campione in carica. La FIDE non ha, comunque,  tenuto in alcuna considerazione la lettera del bulgaro ed ha assegnato alla città di Kazan  addirittura tutta la manifestazione! Come reagirà l'ex Campione del Mondo FIDE? Nel caso in cui si dovesse davvero ritirare dalla manifestazione, Topalov sarebbe sostituito dal russo Grischuk (3° classificato del Grand Prix FIDE) ma è difficile immaginare che il bulgaro rinunci effettivamente alla possibilità di riconquistare il Titolo.

update 30 luglio La reazione di Danailov, Manager di Topalov e Candidato alla presidenza ECU

Come era ampiamente prevedibile, arriva l'immediata (mezza) marcia in dietro di Silvio Danailov. Il Manger di Topalov, intervistato dal sito russo sport-express.ru, parla diffusamente del Match Mondiale perso contro Anand e successivamente si sofferma sulla lettera aperta di Topalov precisando che Veselin non intendeva affermare che non avrebbe disputato un Torneo dei Candidati in Russia, ma che non avrebbe sfidato un giocatore russo in Russia! L'unica riserva posta da Danailov prima di confermare la presenza dell'ex Campione del Mondo FIDE in Kazan riguarda, e su questo non si nutrivano dubbi, i termini del contratto ed il montepremi.  E se la Finale dovesse essere  tra Topalov e Kramnik? la risposta di Danailov è stata: "Veselein si è espresso chiaramente nella sua lettera".


la lettera aperta di Topalov



Alexander Grischuk spera ...




... ma c'e' da scommetere che Topalov non rinuncerà!?




Nel frattempo l'invito di Mamedyarov è salvo!




mentre Anand, al riparo da ogni polemica, attende sereno lo sfidante




Il cremlino di Kazan




Kazan, sede del Torneo dei Candidati nel 2011



Il Tabellone tennistico del Torneo dei Candidati



Partecipanti al Torneo dei Candidati ordinati in base all'elo della lista del 1° gennaio 2010, con Topalov numero 1 in quanto perdente del match mondiale di Sofia.

  1. Topalov 2805, perdente del Mondiale 2010
  2. Carlsen 2810, rating (media lista elo luglio 2009 - gennaio 2010)
  3. Kramnik 2788, 2° giocatore con il rating più alto
  4. Aronian 2781, 1° Classificato Grand Prix
  5. Gelfand 2761,  1° Classificato World Cup 2009
  6. Mamedyarov 2741, over 2700 nominato dagli organizzatori
  7. Radjabov 2733, 2° Classificato Grand Prix
  8. Kamsky 2693,  perdente della sfida Topalov-Kamsky
Modalità del Torneo dei candidati match ad eliminazione diretta, con quarti e semifinali sulla distanza di quattro partite, e finale sulla distanza di sei partite. Durata della manifestazione: 23 giorni.

cadenza di gioco 120' x 40 mosse  + 60' x 20 mosse + 15' per terminare la partita +30" di incremento per mossa a partire dalla 61esima mossa.

eventuali spareggi rapid 4 partite rapid (25'+10). in caso di ulteriore parità si svolgeranno al massimo 5 mini match blitz (5'+3"). In caso di ulteriore parità, si disputerà una partita secca (5' bianco, 4' nero + 3" di incremento per mossa dalla 61esima mossa). In caso di patta vince il nero.

news di Chessdom sull'assegnazione a Kazan del Torneo dei candidati

news di Chessdom sulla lettera aperta di Topalov

l'intervista a Danailov
tradotta in inglese

il Torneo dei Candidati di Megalovic
 
http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1960
2010-07-30T06:00:00+01:00
 
 
 
Echecs à Créon : Maxime Lagarde à 4 points sur 5
Echecs à Créon : Maxime Lagarde © Chess & Strategy

Créon, une jolie petite ville française située dans le département de la Gironde en région d'Aquitaine, organise son 15ème Festival International d'échecs du 26 juillet au 1er août 2010.


The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding

Le crû 2010 nous réserve une belle surprise avec un 1er tournoi fermé de maîtres. Dix joueurs participent à cet événement, dont notre ami Maxime Lagarde, médaillé de bronze au dernier championnat du monde dans la catégorie minime, en photo ci-contre © Chess & Strategy

 
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Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:23:00 +0000
 
 
 
Borja Molina aprovecha un grave error de su avezado rival en el Campeonato de España Sub 16
El fuerte jugador malagueño Paolo Ladrón de Guevara, con 2188 puntos Elo, fue el rival del jugador tinerfeño de Valle de Guerra, Borja Molina (2036) en esta partida que pasamos ahora a comentarles, disputada recientemente en el Campeonato de España Sub 16 celebrado en Linares, Jaén.

Resulta curioso que el primero, que se ha ubicado por mérito propio entre los mejores jugadores de Andalucía, siendo entre otras cosas campeón andaluz cadete, haya cometido un gravísimo error en este cotejo que veremos a continuación.

Pero como decía el gran pedagogo del juego-ciencia Savielly Tartakower, el ajedrez es un cuento de hadas de las mil y una meteduras de pata (!?).

En cuanto a la progresión del jugador tinerfeño, es de todos bien conocida. Nos alegra enormemente ver hoy en la página trasera del periódico La Opinión de Tenerife (el mejor para el mundo del ajedrez tinerfeño, pues también patrocina la fabulosa página web http://www.ajedrezcanarias.com donde el que les escribe, colabora honrosamente allí con la sección histórica titulada “Secretos de Alcoba”) un bonito artículo titulado “Jaque mate al aburrimiento” en donde se narra las peripecias del “Club Valledrez” de Valle de Guerra, que se consolida por mérito propio entre los grandes del Archipiélago canario.

A este mismo club ha pertenecido Borja Molina, ahora miembro del equipo del CajaCanarias.
 

 
El “Club Valledrez” continúa en la brecha gracias a la labor de su principal instructor Jesús Manuel Rodríguez Falcón y bajo el constante apoyo de su mentor, José Eulogio Rodríguez.

Pasemos pues al desarrollo del cotejo mencionado, que enseña  otro precepto básico a los ajedrecistas activos: “Una mala jugada anula cuarenta buenas” (Horowitz).



Ladron de Guevara,P (2188) - Molina Rodriguez,B (2036) [B33]
ch España sub 16 Linares (4), 22.07.2010
[Jimenez,A sobre análisis de JL Fernandez]

Los grandes errores aparecen en todos los niveles. ¡Hay que estar siempre atentos!. 1.e4 c5 De nuevo la Defensa Siciliana, típica apertura a emplear cuando se intenta ganar con las piezas negras. 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 e5 La Pelikán!. 6.Cdb5 d6 7.Ag5 a6 8.Ca3 b5 9.Cd5 Ae7 10.Axf6 Axf6 Diagram



11.c4!? 
[Es más natural: 11.c3 ] 11...Cd4!? [Y aquí la élite juega: 11...b4 12.Cc2 0-0 13.Ccxb4 Cxb4 14.Cxb4 Db6 15.Cd5 Dxb2 16.Ad3 Ad8 17.0-0 Ae6 18.Db3 Dxb3 19.axb3 Tb8 20.Tfb1 Axd5 21.cxd5 a5 22.Ta4 Ab6 23.b4 axb4 24.Taxb4 Aa7 25.Txb8 Txb8 26.Txb8+ Axb8 27.Rf1 Rf8 28.Re2 Re7 29.g3 Aa7 30.h4 Ad4 31.Rf3 Aa7 32.Re2 Ad4 33.Rf3 Aa7 34.Re2 Ad4 1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2798)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Bilbao 2008] 12.Ad3?! Se entra en caminos prácticamente inexplorados... . [Es mejor: 12.cxb5 Ag5 13.b6 0-0 14.Ac4 Tb8 15.0-0 Rh8 16.f4 Ah6 17.f5 Ab7 18.Rh1 Axd5 19.Axd5 Txb6 20.Cc4 Tb5 21.Da4 a5 22.Tad1 Tc5 23.b4 axb4 24.Dxb4 Dc7 25.Tb1 Tc8 26.Da4 De7 27.Da6 Td8 28.Cxd6 Txd6 29.a4 Td8 30.f6 gxf6 31.Txf6 Tdc8 1-0 Ni Hua (2704)-Sun Hui (2263)/Jiangsu Wuxi 2008] 12...Tb8 13.0-0 0-0 14.b3?!N[Lo conocido es: 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Cc2 Cxc2 16.Axc2 Ag5 17.De2 Ae6 18.Tad1 Ah6 1/2-1/2 Upton,T (2255)-Ajvazi,R (2225)/Kallithea GRE 2008] 14...Ae6! 15.Cc2 Cxc2 16.Dxc2 Axd5?! Diagram



¿por qué acelerar los acontecimientos?. Vemos que ahora se entra en los peligrosos (para intentar ganar) alfiles de distinto color.
 [El GM prefiere 16...Ag5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Dc6 g6 19.Axb5 Tc8 20.Da6 Ta8 21.Db7 Tb8= JL Fernández.]17.exd5?? Pero, ¿cómo es posible esta horrible jugada que otorga inmediata ventaja al jugador tinerfeño?. [es mejor llegar a una posición tablífera que se produce tras: 17.cxd5 Db6 18.De2 Tfc8 19.a4 Tc3! 20.axb5 axb5 21.b4 Dd4 22.Axb5 Tb3= JL Fernández.] 17...e4!-/+ Simple y efectivo. Las negras ganan material. 18.Axe4 Axa1 19.Txa1 [No valía ni intentar justificarse: 19.Axh7+? Rh8 20.Txa1 g6-+ JL Fernández. (20...f5-+ JL Fernández.] 19...h6 20.Td1 Db6 [20...bxc4! 21.Dxc4 Da5 22.Dc2 Tbc8 23.Db1 Tfe8-/+ JL Fernández.] 21.Ad3 Tfe8 22.g3 Diagram



22...Tb7? 
Ahora las negras colaboran en la defensa blanca. [22...Dc5!-/+ JL Fernández.] 23.cxb5=/+ Tc7 24.Dd2 axb5 25.Db4 Tb8 Unica. [25...Tc5? 26.a4!= JL Fernández.] 26.Te1 Dc5 27.De4 g6 28.h4 h5 y las blancas intentan justificar ahora su ventaja de elo y se embarcan en un falso plan de ataque. 29.g4? [29.Te2=/+ Deep Rybka 4.] 29...hxg4 30.h5 g3!-/+ pues como suele ocurrir en este tipo de errores, es ahora el contrario quien verdaderamente ataca... . 31.Te3 [31.Tf1 Ta8 32.b4 Da7 33.hxg6?? Tc1-+ JL Fernández.] 31...Dc1+! 32.Rg2 gxf2 33.Rxf2 Db2+!-+ 34.Ae2 Tf8 ¡Cómo una roca!.35.Rg2 Dc2 36.Rf3 Dxe4+ Diagram



entrando en un final netamente ganador.
 37.Txe4 Ta7 38.a4 bxa4 39.bxa4 Tc8 movilizando la torre. 40.Rf4 Tc5 41.hxg6 fxg6 42.Ab5 Tf7+ 43.Rg3 Rg7! 44.Ac6 Tf5 45.Te7+ Rh6 46.Te6 Tc3+ 47.Rg2 Tc2+ 48.Rg3 Rg5 49.Txd6 Tc3+ 50.Rg2 Tc2+ 51.Rg3 Tcf2 Buena técnica la mostrada en el final por el jugador canario. 0-1



Un saludo.
Angel Jiménez Arteaga
http://www.ajedrezcanarias.com (Secretos de Alcoba)

 
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Caruana wins in Biel after play-off

The play-off final between Fabiano Caruana and Nguyen Ngoc Truong SonFabiano Caruana won the Young Grandmaster Tournament in Biel today. The Italian was the strongest in a necessary play-off with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, whom he beat in the final.

The play-off final between Fabiano Caruana and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

The Young Grandmaster Tournament was part of the Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland, which takes place July 17-30. Anish Giri, David Howell, Fabiano Caruana, Maxim Rodshtein, Parimarjan Negi, Dmitry Andreikin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son played.


Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Round 9 (final) standings

Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Round 9 standings

Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Play-off Semi-final

Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Play-off Semi-final

Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Play-off Final

Young Grandmasters (Biel) | Play-off Final


Round 9 & play-off

As leaders Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave drew in the last round, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son was able to catch the two in the standings by beating Giri. In fact the Vietnamese finished first on tiebreak. As regulations dictated, on Thursday morning a rapid play-off was played between the players who finished on shared 1st place. It was decided that the numbers 2 and 3 played each other and the winner would play Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son.

But first things first: the final round on Wednesday. From a quiet King’s Indian Attack, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son slowly outplayed Anish Giri, who might regret his 17th move (e.g. 17…Rfe8 looks close to equal). After a forced sequence of moves an ending was reached where White had more than enough compensation for the pawn.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Anish Giri
Biel 2010
Diagram 4
Position after 28.Rxb7.

The Vietnamese continued to play strongly and although Black might have been able to hold the draw, the win seemed fully deserved.

Rodshtein must have missed a win somehere against Tomashevsky. Both 37.Qd4! and 40.Ne4! seem to lead to a decisive advantage. Andreikin reached equality remarkably easily against So, using the Old Indian. The ending was soon better for Black thanks to his superior knight, but it was never winning. Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave drew relatively quickly to secure the rapid play-off.

Play-off

And so we come to this morning’s action. Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave first both won one rapid game (10 minutes & 10 seconds increment) with the white pieces. What exactly happened in the first game is not yet clear to us – was one more move played (Bxg3) and did the Frenchman touch his queen? It’s more likely that the game was saved incompletely. In any case, he recovered well and won a nice, tactical ending to level the score.

Vachier-Lagrave continued strongly, and reached a promising position again with the white pieces in the Armageddon blitz game.

Vachier-Lagrave-Caruana
Biel 2010
Diagram 5
Here 38.Rb2?! allowed 38…Qa4! and the tables turned, as …Qd1 and Ra1 cannot be prevented. White should still be able to hold it, but the defence proved too difficult.

Caruana had an even narrower escape in the first game of the final against Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, as he defended an ending two pawns down to a draw. In the second game he struck decisively.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son-Caruana
Biel 2010
Diagram 6
Here 30.Rc2 should draw. 30.b3?! was answered by the strong 30…a3! and after 31.Ra8 Ra5 32.Rxa5 bxa5 33.Nd4 Nb4 34.Nb5 Nxa2 35.Nxa3 Nc1 Black won a pawn, which was, like in almost any knight ending, decisive.

Games rounds 9 & tiebreak

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Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana with the winner's medal in Biel

Links

 
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Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:30:59 +0000
 
 
 
The Total Chess Library

Piranesi - Carceri XIVBeing a database programmer, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surprised when I recently dreamt I had to develop a chess database. But it wasn’t an ordinary chess database.

Carceri XIV – Giovanni Battista Piranesi

I was told by a faceless person to make a chess database of all chess games ever played. If that doesn’t sound like much, it’s because that was not all. The man told me it must also contain all chess analyses ever made, as well as every comment, opinion or text ever written about any move. It would be a database of all existing chess knowledge -an endless chess library. It was like making the chess version of Jorge Luis Borges’ Total Library. The ultimate Mega Database – an entire chess universe.

I started by collecting all existing chess books ever written – both ancient manuscripts and newly printed books. I visited all chess libraries in the world and went through all privately owned chess book collections. But this clearly wasn’t enough. I had to visit every chess player in person to ask for any scoresheets of games that they had in their possession. Then, I went through all local club magazines and internet blogs to find games I missed. This reminded me that I had to get all chess magazines as well. And, of course, I downloaded all digital books, DVD’s, game analyses and instruction guides on chess.

When I had rubricized all material and put it in a more or less logical order, I started thinking about how to put everything in a database. It didn’t take me long to realize I wouldn’t be able to use existing chess database software. It would just be too impractical. For 1.e4 alone, hundreds if not thousands of comments somehow had to be entered in the database, and this can’t be done with a regular database program. While it is possible to add comments in different languages in some software, you can’t add comments by different sources – at least not dynamically.

So I started thinking about how to develop this chess database myself. Basically it had to contain many more dimensions than the current ones – in fact, it had to have an infinite amount of possible entries for comments and analyses. All published praise of 47…Bh3!! and 23…Qg3!! had to be entered into the database somehow. Actually, it should also be possible to add multiple annotation symbols, because perhaps some commentators had awarded these moves not with two, but only with one exclamation mark (a grave sin, I must say). The database design must take this into account as well.

With the help of data warehouse design techniques, I was able to establish which dimensions my database should have. Obviously there should be dimensions with information about the sources (the books themselves), and information related to the games, or game fragments. This could be players’ names, the year in which it was played, where it was played, and so on. The moves and sub variations (including move number, to keep track of things) should be stored in a different dimension (or, in its technical term, a ‘fact table’). Any game, including its sub-lines, could develop like a garden of forking paths, leading to an infinite amount of moves.

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'Datavault' model of a data warehouse

The same was obviously true of comments. But there was an additional problem: comments could not only be related to moves, but also to people who had written them. in his books, Kasparov often refers to older authors, for example. At this point in my dream, my faceless principal interrupted my musings. He ordered me to also store all information about the people who had written the annotations: what use would the project otherwise be? This implied I had to include all biographies of chess commentators in my database. And of course, the commentators could also be chess players themselves, so they should also be linked back to the players and games dimensions.

When I had finished my design – or at least thought I had – a long-feared question arose in my head: where to start? Which data should be put into the database first? Would it be wise to work ‘backwards’ in time, starting with the most recent chess books and adding entries in the database for every name, move or comment that returned a blank? Wouldn’t it be wiser to start with the first chess manuscripts – the recent reconstruction of Francesch Vicent’s mysterious treatise, the surviving games of Ruy Lopez, or perhaps even the first ancient Arab chess problems?

In the end, I decided it wouldn’t really matter – it was a Sisyphus job in any case – and so I started with a game collection from 2010. It happened to be a new book on Capablanca. Slowly but steadily I worked my way back. Then I realized I had forgotten something crucial. Within comments, there could also be references to other works – references to database entries that didn’t exist in my digital library yet! I was suddenly faced with what is sometimes called ‘orphans’ – database references that can’t be traced back (anymore) to their primary dimension. In order to proceed, I had to put all titles in the system first. And so I started again.

My success didn’t last long. I soon found out that many chess authors use references to non-chess related literature all the time. Kasparov quotes Ilf & Petrov, Donner quotes Nietzsche. Once you start paying attention to it, chess and literature are completely intertwined. To be complete, the entire world literature should be included in the list as well. And that’s only the beginning of a myriad of problems. For instance, how to deal with references to literature that has been lost over the centuries?

I now realized the entire Total Chess Library idea would be quite pointless without having access to each and every chess book ever written; every game or analysis – including those that have been destroyed, mutilated, lost for good. I was trapped in a labyrinth I had created myself.

Then I woke up, of course. While I cycled to work, I thought about what use such a megalomanic project could be. Nobody would ever be able to use this monstrous database. The information would be sitting there in some kind of super computer without anyone ever touching it. At first I felt anger, then sadness. Then I felt like nothing had really changed. It was just like work.

As I switched on my laptop at work and opened the data warehouse environment I was currently working on, I remembered the words from another Borges story, The Library of Babel:

At that time it was also hoped that a clarification of humanity’s basic mysteries — the origin of the Library and of time — might be found. It is verisimilar that these grave mysteries could be explained in words: if the language of philosophers is not sufficient, the multiform Library will have produced the unprecedented language required, with its vocabularies and grammars.

For four centuries now men have exhausted the hexagons … There are official searchers, inquisitors. I have seen them in the performance of their function: they always arrive extremely tired from their journeys; they speak of a broken stairway which almost killed them; they talk with the librarian of galleries and stairs; sometimes they pick up the nearest volume and leaf through it, looking for infamous words.

Obviously, no one expects to discover anything.

 
http://www.chessvibes.com/columns/the-total-chess-library/
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:42:11 +0000
 
 
 
Ponomariov wins by a point in Dortmund

Ponomariov wins Dortmund by a pointRuslan Ponomariov from the Ukraine Sunday won the 2010 Sparkassen Chess Meeting, keeping his full point margin and strengthening his return to the world’s elite. Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem finished on a splendid sole second place.

I must admit that after two weeks of enjoying the Provence region in France, with nothing but sun, baguettes and beautiful little villages, I’ve not quite settled down yet behind my computer. Hundreds of emails are still waiting to be answered, and then there’s chess… what was it again, dark square down left, white queen on a white square, no?

‘The best thing of going on holiday is returning home’, my mother tends to say semi-jokingly, but even when it means saying goodbye to the mediterranean weather and returning to cloudy Amsterdam, for me returning does have one big plus. It’s something I experience not too often. I switch on the computer, open the browser and go to ChessVibes.com, and then I can read many stories and articles that are completely new to me!

I haven’t read everything yet but limited myself to the Dortmund articles for preparing this last round’s report. It’s surprising to see regular guests Kramnik and Leko underperform, although we shouldn’t forget that such things happen to every player every now and then. Le Quang Liem is clearly a force to reckon with now that he finished his very first super tournament in clear second place. Like my compatriot Robert Gesink, who cycled his first complete Tour de France this year and finished on a 6th place, the Vietnamese GM kept pace with the strong field and eventually climbed to a solid plus one score.

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Le Quang Liem, who qualified by winning this year's Aeroflot, proved a more than worthy participant

It’s too difficult to find a Tour analogy for every player, but if we try a few more then we have to name Mamedyarov Dortmund’s Andy Schleck. The Azeri GM attacked aggressively and was a clear contender for victory, but his blunder against Naiditsch in round 6 was similar to Schleck letting his chain of his bicycle popping out of the derailleur in stage 15, just as he sought to distance himself from Contador.

Calling Vladimir Kramnik this year’s Lance Armstrong would be too far-fetched, but it’s clear that the 2010 edition wasn’t his tournament. The 9-times winner fell off his bike twice, against Ponomariov and Naiditsch, and compensated this with wins against Naiditsch and Mamedyarov in the last round.

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Vladimir Kramnik thinking things over, before beating Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

This way Ponomariov kept his full-point margin in the final standings, and Kramnik caught Mamedyarov on shared third place with fifty percent. Leko finally won a game, against Naiditsch, and so the two shared last place with a minus two score.

By holding on to the yellow jersey in Dortmund, Ponomariov confirmed once more that he has returned to the world’s elite. After finishing second at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk and the final Grand Prix in Astrakhan, the Kings’ Tournament in Romania went less successful. There the Ukrainian felt he played too superficial in the opening phase, but he remained optimistic for his next strong tournament, in Dortmund. And rightly so. Ponomariov virtually re-entered the world’s top 10, for the first time since April 2006.

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With strong, all-round chess Ruslan Ponomariov secured tournament victory

Games round 10

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Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2010 (Dortmund) | Round 10 (final) standings
Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2010 (Dortmund) | Round 10 (final) standings

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The stage of the city theater in Dortmund

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A happy Ponomariov with flowers and trophy

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All players and some officials posing one more time

Photos by Georgios Souleidis

Links

 
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/ponomariov-wins-by-a-point-in-dortmund/
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:42:01 +0000
 
 
 
Dortmund R9: Ponomariov secures first place, Naiditsch beats Kramnik

Naiditsch - Kramnik (c) Georgios SouleidisIn the pentultimate round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Arkadij Naiditsch upset Vladimir Kramnik while Peter Leko came tantilizingly close to beating Le Quang. Ruslan Ponomariov took no risk and secured his first place in the standings.

With just one round to go, the standings were seriously mixed up today after Naiditsch beat Kramnik. In the previous round, Naiditsch didn’t look half so good as Ruslan Ponomariov demolished him in an outstanding positional game.

Before moving on to today’s games, let’s see how Pono outplayed the German in round 8:

33.Be5! Rxf6 34.Rfc1! Bd7 35.Rab1! with a winning bind for White, which the Russian converted in 46 moves.

Yesterday’s other games looked bleak compared to this. As feared, Leko-Kramnik was a bloodless draw and though Mamedyarov tried hard to beat Le Quang, the young Vietnamese defended accurately and professionally secured the draw.

Today, Shakriyar Mamedyarov surprised tournament leader Ponomariov as early as move 5:

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g4!?

This has only been played 5 times according to the database, but never by a 2500+ player. Ponomariov bravely ‘castled into it’ with 5…0-0 but grabbed the g-pawn a couple of moves later anyway. White, of course, obtained decent compensation for it and actually seemed to be fine after the opening. However, just when thinks started to look exciting, Ponomariov traded queens after which the game suddenly became drawish.

In this position, Black has a number of interesting alternatives, such as 25…Qxf4, 25…Rae8 or 25…Bxf4, with a very exciting and complicated game. Instead, Black chose to play it safe in this stage of the tournament with 25…Qc5 26.Qxc5 bxc5 = . He is now one point ahead of his competitors, so naturally he had every reason to be satisfied!

Ponomariov, certain of (shared) first place already (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Peter Leko finally looked ready to win his first game of the tournament with Black against Le Quang, but had to satisfy himself with a draw after 119 moves anyway. He got his chance after Le Quang played too optimistically in an otherwise normal position.

29.Rc7? bxa4 It’s hard to see what White had in mind here. Perhaps he wanted to play 29.Rc6 but ‘overstretched’ by one square. Now, after 30.Bc4 Qb8 White remained a pawn down. To the delight of his fans, Leko seemed to be making steady progress in the endgame.

Le Quang - Leko (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

However, by now we should all know how tough it is to really beat Le Quang. He kept on making tough moves and though many moves were played, Leko couldn’t find a clear win until, finally, White was on the verge of collapsing.

103.Rd7 The funny 103.Bd3 is the computer’s suggestion. 103…Rh2+ 104.Kf1 Ke3 It suddenly looks very dangerous for White, but fortunately for him, the theoretical endgame after 105.Rxd5 Rf2+ 16.Kg1 Rxe2 107.Rxe5+ Kxf3 108.Rf5 is a book draw. No doubt heavily disappointed, Leko tried for 10 more moves before offering a draw.

Naiditsch - Kramnik (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Arkadij Naiditsch is having a weird tournament, but after today, he will probably be happy after all. He recovered excellently from yesterday’s loss by beating Vladimir Kramnik in 34 moves. It was a complex game (Kramnik played the Pirc Defence), with some very interesting tactics. Let’s have a closer look.

14…Qh4+ 15.Kd1!? After 15.Bf2 Qg5! things are also highly unclear. 15…Bxd4 Also interesting is the natural-looking 15…Re8.

16.Bxa6! e5 17.Bxc8 Rfxc8 18.c3 It looks like White is on top after all, but Black has tremendous counterplay: 18…Rab8 19.Qc4

Here, it seems Kramnik faltered with 18…c5?! where the principled 18…Rxb2 would have led to a very difficult position, offering Black a very dangerous initiative after 19.cxd4 Rxg2. Instead, after the text, White played the very strong 19.Bc1! after which he appears to be better.

Still, things were far from clear until Black again moved his c-pawn:

25…c4? A bettter chance was 25…Reb8. 26.Qd1! After this strong defensive move, White can hold on to his extra piece. Black’s attack quickly faded and Naiditsch collected the point.

Naiditsch(photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Standings after 9 rounds:

1. Ponomariov 6
2. Le Quang, Mamedyarov 5
4. Kramnik, Naiditsch 4
6. Leko 3

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 8 & 9

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Links

 
http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/dortmund-r9-ponomariov-secures-first-place-naiditsch-beats-kramnik/
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:16:18 +0000
 
 
 
Registration and travel details for Olympiad

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Dear Chess Friends!

Attention to all FIDE Federations! Please be informed that July 28, Wednesday is the last day for any possible changes or amendments, concerning the composition of your teams, bookings for charter or accommodation.

After July 28 any changes will not be considered!


Please pay attention to the last confirmed charter schedule:


19.09.2010 (To Khanty-Mansiysk)


Departure

Flight number

Venue

Plane

Arrival

Airport


9:15

FQ9768

Milan-Khanty 

A320-200/180Y

22:00

Malpensa


10:00

 G9 1557

Dubai-Khanty 

Airbus 320-200/150Y

17:25

 


11:00

 OP?9271

Dubai-Khanty 

Boeing 737-500/100Y

18:20

 


13:00

HV 8287

Munich-Khanty 

Boeing 737-700/140Y

22:15

 


20:00

LG 7525

Munich-Khanty 

Boeing 737-800/186Y

5:35

 


21:15

OK 8776

Prague-Khanty 

A321/ 204Y

5:00

 


20.09.2010 (To Khanty-Mansiysk)


Departure

Flight number

Venue

Plane

Arrival

Airport


11:00

 U6 3480

Dubai-Khanty 

Airbus 320-200/160Y

18:35

 


0:05

 

Moscow-Khanty 

A320-214/140Y

6:10

Sheremetyevo


11:00

HH 9921

Moscow-Khanty 

Boeing 757-200/218Y

15:50

Domodedovo


11:15

HH 9923

Moscow-Khanty 

Boeing 757-200/218Y

17:00

Domodedovo


04.10.2010 (From Khanty-Mansiysk)


Departure

Flight number

Venue

Plane

Arrival

Airport


11:20

HH 9924

Khanty-Moscow

Boeing 757-200/218Y

12:20

Domodedovo


13:10

HH 9922

Khanty-Moscow

757-200/218Y

14:10

Domodedovo


17:00

 

Khanty-Moscow

A320-214/140Y

18:00

Sheremetyevo


12:00

 U6 3479

Khanty-Dubai

Airbus 320-200/160Y

15:45

 


12:30

 OP?9272

Khanty-Dubai

Boeing 737-500/100Y

15:50

 


18:10

 G9 1558

Khanty-Dubai

Airbus 320-200/150Y

21:50

 


16:45

OK 8777

Khanty-Prague

A 321/ 204

17:30

 


18:30

FQ9769

Khanty-Milan

A320-200/180Y

21:00

Malpensa


19:45

HV 8288

Khanty-Munich

Boeing 737-700/140Y

21:35

 


21:00

LG 7528

Khanty-Munich

Boeing 737-800/186Y

23:00

 


Official Olympiad web-site www.ugra-chess.com

 
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Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:12:57 +0000
 
 
 
The first Internet-based FIDE Arbiters' Seminar
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For two weekends in July, 17 participants from across North America came together virtually, to take part in the first ever Internet-based Arbiter Seminar! The seminar is a recent addition to the requirement for those seeking recognition by FIDE for the title of FIDE Arbiter, but it also opens a new way in the training of the Arbiters globally.

Traditionally, this seminar has been held in a physical location with lecturer and participants traveling to some destination, established by the seminar organizer. Unfortunately the traditional format of the seminar requires considerable financial expenditure by the organizer and participants. As such, some national federations have not had the opportunity to organize this required seminar.

The idea for the Internet-based Arbiters' Seminar began in March 2010 during the first arbiter seminar held in the United States which I organized. I discussed this concept with David Sedgwick from England, who was acting in the capacity of Chief Lecturer. David in turn referred me to the Chairman of the FIDE Arbiters' Commission, Mr. Takis Nikolopoulos to discuss the matter further.

Takis explained to me that the idea of organizing a FIDE Arbiters' Seminars on the Internet had been already discussed in the FIDE Arbiters' Commission's meetings in the Halkidiki 2009 FIDE Congress and the Commission was trying to find a way to organize the first on line Seminar. So we discussed the details and found it to be a worthy experiment to undertake and as such the Internet-seminar (hereafter referred to as webinar) was born, with Takis serving as the Chief Lecturer, and myself as the Assistant Lecturer, webinar moderator, and technical support. It was decided that as it would be the first time that such a Seminar was organized, the participants would not be charged a fee and the Lecturers would receive no stipend.

The technology chosen for the webinar was a combination of Dim Dim and Skype. While Dim Dim is capable of handling voice conferences, it only provides a localized US phone number at no cost. Toll-free calling is available for an additional fee however we did not wish to experiment with this added cost at this time.

Through the combination of Dim Dim and Skype, we were able to display the slide show presentation that Takis had prepared, while speaking at the same time. We maintained all participants on 'mute' to reduce background noise, and if there were any questions, they could utilize the public chat feature in Dim Dim where either Takis or I would respond.

The Seminar was held over two weekends (10, 11, 17 and 18-July), in three sessions of five hours each, while the last session was for the Examination test, that was sent to the participants and returned by them by a specific time, via e-mail. The participants who will achieve at least 80% in the test (which included 36 questions with 100 points maximum), will be awarded a norm for the title of FIDE Arbiter, according to the Regulations for the title of Arbiters.

During the sessions all the Arbiters' issues, according to the Regulations of the training of the Arbiters (Laws of Chess, Tournament Rules, Titles and Ratings Regulations, Systems of games, Swiss pairings Rules e.t.c.), were discussed and analyzed, while the differences in the regulations between USCF and FIDE were mentioned. The participants had the possibility to ask questions and receive answers through the chat window.

In conclusion, both Takis and I found the experiment a success, with minor technical and logistical issues, which will be worked out during a second experiment, after we deliver our report to the FIDE Arbiters' Commission in September at the FIDE Congress.


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Below are some feedback received from the webinar participants:

- "I thought that the on-line seminar is a great idea. There were a few technical issues that seemed to work themselves out. The exam questions were good, and covered a wide range of topics, and challenged our knowledge. More time for the test would be recommended especially for those that are typing challenged. All in all it was a good experience. I do like, very much, how you kept on top of the technical issues, and your hosting. Takis is a very good presenter."
David Kuhns, Minnesota USA - US Chess Federation National Tournament Director and Chair of USCF Rules Committee

- "Overall, the seminar seemed to be quite successful to me. I was pleasantly surprised how well Skype and Dim Dim worked for the presentation. How cool was that -- Takis at home in Athens, Greece, presenting to attendees scattered across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico! I was really glad that between the two weekends, I spent a good bit of time getting familiar with the FIDE web site and the handbook."
Ken Ballou, Massachussetts, USA - US Chess Federation National Tournament Director

- "It's amazing to me that I was taught by a guy in Greece in a seminar organized by a guy in Chicago with fellow students from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. As a whole, I think the seminar was excellent and went really well. I appreciate the opportunity to attend this seminar because I probably wouldn't have done it any other way. Previously, I've read up on the differences between FIDE and USCF and structured the U.S. Masters Championship so that norms could be achieved. Nevertheless, it was good to step through all the rules again. I think future seminars would be very worthwhile and if we could get more FIDE arbiters in the U.S., there would be more FIDE tournaments in the U.S. which would be a good thing."
Kevin Hyde, North Carolina, USA - US Chess Federation National Tournament Director

- "First I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for giving me the chance to take this seminar on line, I want to assure you that your efforts are appreciated and that you have my gratitude. I was thinking what I improve on this seminar, and I could not think about one thing that I would change. With this seminar on line, you are opening new ways for the FIDE family to grow and to improve the quality of the tournaments around the globe. When actions as this seminar, I hope then one day chess will be recognize as a sport everywhere and some day will be part of the Olympics. The seminar by itself was very well structured and presented, and the participants added to the learning experience. Their questions and their experience and of course on top of all this Takis' high level of professionalism and knowledge."
Andrei Botez, Canada - Canadian Chess Federation Tournament Director

The Internet Arbiter Seminar was a great experience. I would like to say thank you to Mr. Muradian and Mr. Nikolopoulos for coming up with this wonderful idea.

A major advantage of having such seminar is that it reduces arbiter's costs to travel to a place that have such seminar. As a University student, I could not afford to travel outside my province to take the FA seminar even though it is my dream to someday obtain the FA title. So, when I saw this idea on the website, I was so excited and quickly send an email to Mr. Muradian and Mr. Nikolopoulos. Thanks to them for giving me this great opportunity to attend this seminar.

Secondly, the power point slides presented in this seminar was nicely organized and easy to understand. The slides can be helpful tool when studying for the examination. Thirdly, it was a great honor to be taught by one of the top arbiter in the world, Mr. Nikolopoulos. Mr. Nikolopoulos gave many examples and it was interesting to hear how things are different in European tournaments. Mr. Nikolopoulos was also very good in answer any questions that were brought up. He also used the online whiteboard to explain some of the concepts (i.e. calculating norms, ratings, etc).

Even though sometime there were problems regarding the audio (either very noisy with background noise or no sound at all). Mr. Muradian was there to fix the problem and the seminar was back in session with minimal delay. Mr. Muradian took his time to notify everybody the start of meeting.

Initially, I had family vacation on the same two weekends but decided to skip them to join this Internet Arbiter Seminar. But, I have no regrets because I learned many new things that I have never learned before in my life. So, thanks again Mr. Muradian and Mr. Nikolopoulos.

Simon Ong, Canada - Canadian Chess Federation Tournament Director


Mr. Takis Nikolopoulos
International Arbiter
Chairman, FIDE Arbiters Commission

Mr. Sevan A. Muradian
North American Chess Association
International Arbiter and International Organizer


 
http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/4669-the-first-internet-based-fide-arbiters-seminar.html
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:51:10 +0000
 
 
 
Biel, Young Master: Caruana vince agli spareggi!

?E' Lui il Migliore!

Mancava solo Magnus Carlsen, il numero uno al Mondo. Per il resto erano presenti praticamente tutti i migliori giovani giocatori del Mondo e alla fine ha prevalso lui, Fabiano Caruana! Nove turni a cadenza classica non erano bastati per decretare il vincitore del torneo Young Master, di Biel, e si è dovuto ricorrere a delle partite di spareggio. Il nostro portacolori ha prima battuto, nel'Armageddon (1-1 le partite blitz), il francese Vachier-Lagrave e successivamente ha superato in Finale, per 1,5 a 0,5 (partite rapid),? il vietnamita Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, aggiudicandosi così la vittoria del prestigioso torneo.? Fabiano potrà, così, festeggiare degnamente il suo compleanno domani, quando compirà 18 anni.

Per vedere cosa è successo nel 9? ed ultimo turno a cadenza classica clicca QUI




Spareggi blitz/rapid:

Classifica Finale del torneo a cadenza classica
1. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIE, 2617)
5.5 24.00
? Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2723)
5.5 23.75
? Fabiano Caruana (ITA, 2697) 5.5 23.25
4. Dmitry Andreikin (RUS, 2650)
5.0 ?
5. Wesley So (PHI, 2674) 4.5 19.50
? Evgeny Tomashevsky
(RUS, 2708)
4.5 18.75
? Maxim Rodshtein (ISR, 2609)
4.5 18.50
8. Anish Giri (NED, 2672)
4.0 ?
9. David Howell (ENG, 2616)
3.5 ?
10. Parimarjan Negi (IND, 2615)
2.5 ?

Semifinale, partite blitz? (5'+2")

?Fabiano Caruana ?- ?Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1
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?Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ?- ?Fabiano Caruana 1 0

Semifinale, Armageddon (
5' il bianco 4' il nero che vince in caso di patta)
?Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ?- ?Fabiano Caruana 0
1

Finale, partite rapid
(10'+10")
Fabiano Caruana ?- Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 1/2
1/2
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son ?- ?Fabiano Caruana 0
?1

Vince Caruana!

La partita decisiva, nella quale Caruana conduce in porto magistralmente un finale di Cavalli con un pedone in più.

Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2617) - Fabiano Caruana (2697) [D02] Tiebreak - Finale, Biel Internationales Biel/Switzerland, 29.07.2010
1.d4 d5 2.Af4 c5 3.e3 Cc6 4.c3 Cf6 5.Cd2 e6 6.Cgf3 Ad6 7.Axd6 Dxd6 8.Ab5 Ad7 9.0?0 0?0 10.Db3 a6 11.Axc6 Axc6 12.Da3 Cd7 13.Tfd1 b6 14.Cb3 a5 15.Tac1 a4 16.Cbd2 Dc7 17.c4 Db7 18.dxc5 Cxc5 19.Ce5 Tfd8 20.Cxc6 Dxc6 21.h3 Tac8 22.Dc3 h6 23.Cf3 Db7 24.cxd5 Txd5 25.Dc4 Tcd8 26.Txd5 Dxd5 27.Dxd5 Txd5 28.Rf1 Cd3 29.Tc8+ Rh7 30.b3 a3 31.Ta8 Ta5 32.Txa5 bxa5 33.Cd4 Cb4 34.Cb5 Cxa2 35.Cxa3 Cc1 36.Cc4 Cxb3 37.Re2 a4 38.Rd3 Rg6 39.Rc3 Cc5 40.Rd4 Ca6 41.Ce5+ Rf6 42.Cd3 e5+ 43.Rc4 Rf5 44.Rb5 a3 45.Cc1 Cc7+ 46.Rc4 Ce6 47.Rb3 Cc5+ 48.Rxa3 Re4 49.Rb2 Cd3+ 50.Rc2 Cxf2 51.Rd2 Rd5 52.Re2 Ce4 53.Cd3 Cc5 54.Cb4+ Re4 55.Ca2 Ca4 56.Rd2 f5 57.Re2 g5 58.Rd2 h5 59.Re2 g4 60.hxg4 fxg4 61.g3 Rd5 62.Cb4+ Rc4 63.Cc6 Cc3+ 64.Rf2 Rd5 65.Ce7+ Re4 66.Cg8 Rd3 67.Rg1 Ce4 68.Rg2 Rxe3 69.Ce7 Cf6 70.Cf5+ Rd3 71.Rf2 e4 72.Ce3 h4 73.Cg2 e3+ 0?1


Foto tratte dal sito ufficiale



premiazione, foto di gruppo


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la Finale



la Semifinale

Sito Ufficiale

Articolo di presentazione di Darkstorm

 
http://www.scacchierando.net/dblog/articolo.asp?articolo=1958
2010-07-29T11:00:00+01:00
 
 
 
The Brits and Social Media
This seems to be ruining a perfectly good ad banner, but I suppose it's one way of emphasising the message. In case you miss it, the British Chess Championships are underway!


A couple of things about the BCC coverage. First, they've got a dedicated Facebook page, and secondly, a Twitter account. Two very good ideas, especially for well-established regular events. The Facebook page allows you to publicise the event while the tweets keep those who can't make it abreast of happenings during the event.

Now I know we all just miss TCG's live blogging. As it happens, I've discovered a new tool for this purpose. Google Wave. Here's how it's done.

There's even a chess example here!
 
http://closetgrandmaster.blogspot.com/2010/07/brits-and-social-media.html
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:57:00 +0000
 
 
 
Progressez aux échecs avec Jean Hébert !
Progressez aux échecs avec Jean Hébert !

Chaque mardi, notre ami le maître international canadien d'échecs Jean Hébert nous propose sa lettre d'information HPE.

 
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/07/progressez-aux-echecs-avec-jean-hebert_27.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:12:00 +0000
 
 
 
Echecs à Dortmund : Ruslan Ponomariov l'emporte
Echecs à Dortmund : Ruslan Ponomariov

Le tournoi d'échecs Sparkassen Chess-Meeting de Dortmund se déroulait du 15 au 25 Juillet avec 6 super grands-maîtres d'échecs.

 
http://www.chess-and-strategy.com/2010/07/echecs-dortmund-ruslan-ponomariov.html
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:24:00 +0000
 
 
 
The Fabulous 10s: Chess and Online Media

Chess.FM

Over at chessclub.com (aka ICC), I have been doing some Game of the Days for Chess.FM online broadcasts. I remember way back when Tony Rook started Chess.FM.  At some point, I suggested Skype be used.  Tony Rook was bought out, new leadership took control of ICC, and … Skype was introduced as a broadcast platform. :)   I did Game of the Day for Rounds 9 and 10 of Dortmund 2010 Sparkassen (Naiditsch-Kramnik and Leko-Naiditsch).  I learned from a viewer that Naiditsch is pronounced NIGH-ditch not NAY-ditch.

Chess.Com

Over at chess.com, I composed some video lectures on “When to Use (and When Not To Use) Computer Engines.

Some reasons so far to use the engines:

1) you play a game or observe a game where the opponent plays an inferior opening and you forget what to do (or, if you are observing, the inferior side “gets away with it” illogically) – check later with a computer!

In Lecture 1, I went over 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6? 6. e5! Bc5 7. Ndb5! as an example to see the comprehensive, computer-backed, refutation.

2) you see a high level game giving an inferior opening some rough treatment and you want to meld that into a complete way of dealing with it – check with the computer!  In lecture 2, I went over the Blumenfeld Declined (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5!) as an example.  Why am I the only person who heard of the Dutch Blumenfeld theme tournament?

Chukcha Jokes

Chukcha (Russian Eskimo) is going to Moscow and his friends ask him to bring back some butter.

They tell him to find it on sale, simply find the longest line.

He found the Lenin’s Tomb line instead.

When asked why he did not bring back any butter, he said “I found the longest line, but when I got closer, I found out the salesman was dead.”

And for Some Dutch Scenery

Mark Ginsburg and Christine Syben in Delft, Holland December 1989 - photo E. Tall


 
http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2010/07/26/the-fabulous-10s-chess-and-online-media/
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:19:13 +0000
 
 
 
Fremont Open Next Weekend!
The New Fremont Chess Club promotes chess for both adults and advanced juniors with a wide variety of activities. In addition to rated games on Friday nights from 8-11pm, the club hosts weekend tournaments plus camps and lectures by Grandmasters or International Masters. Celebrities who taught in Fremont include 2008 US Champion GM Yury Shulman and the reputed trainer GM Gregory Kaidanov. Check out a recent interview with Shulman by high school student Aditya Kumar.

The Fremont Open will take place next weekend, July 31 to August 1. The organizers hope to match the turnout from the past two years (average of 70). The early entries appear to be a bit sluggish, but the event seems like a good practice opportunity, especially for 1600 to 1900 rated players.
  • Event: Fremont Open
  • Date: July 31 - August 1.
  • Location: Club Sport.
  • Format: 4 round swiss in 3 sections (M/X, A/B and U1600).
  • Schedule: Register: Saturday 9:00-9:45. Rounds: both days at 10:00 and 3:30.
  • Time control: 30/90, G/60.
  • Entry fee: Postmarked by 7/26: $60. On site: $70. Play up for $10 per section.
  • Prize fund: $2400 based on 70 paid entries, including $350 for 1st place in M/X.
  • Contact: kenneth.zowal (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
  • Tournament Flyer
  • Advance Entry List
 
http://fpawn.blogspot.com/2010/07/fremont-open-next-weekend.html
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:38:00 +0000
 
 
 
Buena partida de Kevin Meneses en el Campeonato de España Sub 16
El tinerfeño Kevin Meneses ha logrado clasificarse en el puesto undécimo como el mejor jugador de Canarias en el reciente Campeonato de España sub 16 celebrado en Linares (Jaén) – Cuna del ajedrez internacional.



La partida que sigue la ganó, con las piezas negras, ante un rival de envergadura, el MF zaragozano Daniel Forcén, con un ELO de 2379 puntos!.



Merece la pena verla con comentarios, sobre análisis realizados por el GM José Luis Fernández, que en representación de CajaCanarias, se encarga de “cultivar” el juego-ciencia al muchacho tinerfeño que se encuentra en franco periodo de progreso.


Enhorabuena para Meneses por el resultado obtenido y pasemos ahora a disfrutar de esta bonita partida!:


Forcen Esteban,D (2379) - Meneses Gonzalez,K (2172) [B81]
ch España sub 16 Linares (5), 22.07.2010
[Jimenez,A sobre análisis del GM JL Fernandez]

1.e4 c5 Defensa Siciliana. Decidida forma de afrontar una dificil lucha contra el Maestro FIDE zaragozano de 2379 puntos ELO. 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4 Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 La variante Najdorf. ¡La variante de los campeones!. 6.h3 Diagram




Esta variante me recuerda al siempre estudioso maestro, Robert Fischer. 6...e6 A "Bobby" le jugaron de otras maneras, pero el genial ajedrecista les ganó a todos sus rivales!. [6...Cc6 7.g4 Cxd4 8.Dxd4 e5 9.Dd3 Ae7 10.g5 Cd7 11.Ae3 Cc5 12.Dd2 Ae6 13.0-0-0 0-0 14.f3 Tc8 15.Rb1 Cd7 16.h4 b5 17.Ah3 Axh3 18.Txh3 Cb6 19.Axb6 Dxb6 20.Cd5 Dd8 21.f4 exf4 22.Dxf4 Dd7 23.Df5 Tcd8 24.Ta3 Da7 25.Tc3 g6 26.Dg4 Dd7 27.Df3 De6 28.Tc7 Tde8 29.Cf4 De5 30.Td5 Dh8 31.a3 h6 32.gxh6 Dxh6 33.h5 Ag5 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Db3 Txf4 36.Te5+ Rf8 37.Txe8+ 1-0 Fischer,R-Bolbochan,J/Stockholm 1962/IZT; 6...b5 7.Cd5 Ab7 8.Cxf6+ gxf6 9.c4 bxc4 10.Axc4 Axe4 11.0-0 d5 12.Te1 e5 13.Da4+ Cd7 14.Txe4 dxe4 15.Cf5 Ac5 16.Cg7+ Re7 17.Cf5+ Re8 18.Ae3 Axe3 19.fxe3 Db6 20.Td1 Ta7 21.Td6 Dd8 22.Db3 Dc7 23.Axf7+ Rd8 24.Ae6 1-0 Fischer,R-Najdorf,M/Ol Varna 1962; 6...g6 7.g4 Ag7 8.g5 Ch5 9.Ae2 e5 10.Cb3 Cf4 11.Cd5 Cxd5 12.Dxd5 Cc6 13.Ag4 Axg4 14.hxg4 Dc8 15.Dd1 Cd4 16.c3 Cxb3 17.axb3 De6 18.Ta5 f6 19.Dd5 Dxd5 20.Txd5 Rd7 21.gxf6 Axf6 22.g5 Ae7 23.Re2 Taf8 24.Ae3 Tc8 25.b4 b5 26.Tdd1 Re6 27.Ta1 Tc6 28.Th3 Af8 29.Tah1 Tc7 30.Th4 d5 31.Ta1 Tc6 32.exd5+ Rxd5 33.Td1+ Re6 34.Td8 Rf5 35.Ta8 Te6 36.Th3 Ag7 37.Txh8 Axh8 38.Txh7 Te8 39.Tf7+ Rg4 40.f3+ Rg3 41.Rd3 e4+ 42.fxe4 Td8+ 43.Ad4 Rg4 44.Tf1 Ae5 45.Re3 Ac7 46.Tg1+ Rh4 47.Rf3 Td7 48.e5 Tf7+ 49.Re4 Tf5 50.e6 Ad8 51.Af6 Axf6 52.gxf6 Txf6 53.Rd5 Tf2 54.Te1 1-0 Fischer,R-Reshevsky,S/New York 1962; 6...e5 7.Cde2 Ae6 8.g4 d5 9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Ag2 Cxc3 11.Dxd8+ Rxd8 12.Cxc3 Cc6 13.Ae3 Ab4 14.0-0-0+ Re7 15.Ce4 Thd8 16.a3 Aa5 17.Ac5+ Re8 18.Cd6+ Txd6 19.Txd6 Ac7 20.Txc6 1-0 Fischer,R-Sillars,K/Manter,L/Sim Tour Cicero 1964] 7.g4 d5 A un ataque por un flanco, las negras responden con el consabido contragolpe por el centro!. 8.Cde2 Ab4 La lucha por el centro, ¡comienza!. 9.exd5 Cxd5 10.Ag2 0-0 11.0-0 Cxc3 12.Cxc3 Dc7 Jugando a ganar!. 13.Df3 En realidad empieza ahora la preparación teórica de ambos rivales en esta partida. José Luis Fernández, siempre atento a los cambios de moda, nos indica por dónde van los cauces de la teoría en esta línea de juego. [13.Ce4 Ad7 14.c3 (14.g5 Ae7 15.Ae3 Ac6 16.Dg4 Cd7 17.Tfd1 Rh8 18.Dg3 e5 19.Cc3 f5 20.f4 Ad6 21.Tf1 Tae8 22.Axc6 Dxc6 23.Tad1 exf4 24.Axf4 Db6+ 25.Rh1 Axf4 26.Txf4 Ce5 27.Ca4 Dc7 28.Dc3 De7 29.Tg1 Cg6 30.Td4 f4 31.Cb6 De6 32.Db3 De2 33.Dd3 f3 34.Cd5 De6 35.Rh2 De5+ 36.Rh1 f2 37.Tf1 Dxg5 38.Tg4 Dh5 39.Tg3 Te1 0-1 Vehi Bach,V (2393)-Cruz,C (2544)/Montcada i Reixac (Spain) 200914...Ae7 15.Ag5 Axg5 16.Cxg5 h6 17.Ce4 Ac6 18.Dd6 Tc8 19.Tfd1 Cd7 20.Td4 e5 21.Td2 1/2-1/2 Rombaldoni,D (2442)-Palac,M (2571)/Senigallia ITA 2009/The Week in Chess 756] 13...Cc6 [13...f5 14.gxf5 Txf5 15.Dg3 Ad6 16.f4 Cc6 17.Ae3 Ad7; 13...Ad6 14.Ae3 Cd7 15.Tad1 (15.Ce4 Ae5 16.c3 Tb8 17.De2 Cf6 18.Cxf6+ Axf6 19.Tad1 b5 20.Td2 Ab7 21.Tfd1 Axg2 22.Rxg2 Tfd8 23.Df3 Txd2 24.Txd2 Ae5 25.De4 h6 26.Ad4 Af4 27.Ae3 Ae5 28.Ad4 Af4 29.Ae3 Axe3 30.Dxe3 Tc8 31.De4 g6 1/2-1/2 Klein,D (2262)-Van der Wiel,J (2475)/Groningen NED 2009/The Week in Chess 79115...Tb8 16.De4 Cf6 17.Dd4 Ae5 18.Db6 Dxb6 19.Axb6 Te8 20.Aa7 Ta8 21.Ad4 Axd4 22.Txd4 Tb8 23.Tfd1 h6 24.Ca4 Rf8 25.Cb6 e5 26.Td8 Ae6 27.Txb8 Txb8 28.Te1 Td8 29.Txe5 Td6 30.Ca4 Td1+ 31.Rh2 Td2 32.Rg3 Txc2 33.Axb7 Axa2 34.b4 Tc4 35.Te2 Txb4 36.Txa2 Txb7 37.Cc5 Tc7 38.Cxa6 Tc3+ 39.Rh2 Cd5 40.Ta4 g5 41.h4 gxh4 42.Td4 Cf6 43.Cb4 Ch7 44.Cd5 Ta3 45.Ce3 Cg5 46.Td8+ Re7 47.Th8 Ta2 48.Cf5+ Rf6 49.Txh6+ Re5 50.Cxh4 Txf2+ 51.Cg2 f6 1/2-1/2 Van Kampen,R (2383)-Van Oosterom,C (2402)/Haarlem NED 2009/The Week in Chess 772] 14.Td1 [14.Af4 Ad6 (14...Da5 15.Tfd1 f5 16.g5 e5 17.Dd5+ Rh8 18.Dxa5 Axa5 19.Axc6 exf4 20.Af3 Axc3 21.bxc3 Tb8 22.Td6 g6 23.Te1 1-0 Adhiban,B (2483)-Carstensen,J (2295)/Paris FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 81715.Axd6 Dxd6] 14...Ad6 15.Ce4 Ah2+ 16.Rh1 Ae5 ¿Cuánto hay que estudiar ajedrez hoy en día para progresar?. [16...f5 17.Cg3 Axg3 18.fxg3]17.Ae3N Encima, como vemos, la Novedad se produce sobre una partida recientemente jugada en la madre patria rusa!. [17.c3 Ce7 18.De3 Cg6 19.Dc5 Ch4 20.Dxc7 Axc7 21.Cd6 Cxg2 22.Cxc8 Taxc8 23.Rxg2 Tfd8 24.Ae3 Rf8 25.Rf3 Re7 26.Re4 e5 27.a4 1/2-1/2 Kokarev,D (2612)-Dvoirys,S (2563)/Voronezh RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 816] 17...Ad7 [No se puede tomar en b2: 17...Axb2 18.Tab1 Ce5 19.Af4 Dxc2 20.Db3 Dxb3 21.axb3 Cg6 22.Ad6 Ae5 23.Axf8 Rxf8 24.Cd6 Re7 25.Cxb7 Axb7 26.Axb7 Ta7 27.Ag2 a5+/= JL Fernández.; 17...b6? 18.Cc5+/- JL Fernández. (18.Cf6++/= JL Fernández.] 18.Ac5 f5! Diagram




una buena forma de abrir la posición. 19.gxf5 Txf5 Debilidad en "e6" frente a dos del rival: "h3" y "f2". Buen negocio para Kevin. 20.Db3 Ca5! Juego dinámico.21.Db4 Cc6 22.Da3 Td8 23.Cd6?=/+ Las blancas, sin necesidad se embarcan en un mundo de complicaciones que terminarán pagando caro... . [Es mejor 23.Td2= Deep Rybka 4.] 23...Axb2! aceptando el reto. 24.Dxb2 Txc5 25.Dxb7 Ce5! 26.Db4 [No es posible el cambio de damas, como bien refleja el GM: 26.Dxc7 Txc7 27.Td2 Ac6 28.c4 Cf7 29.Tad1 a5 30.Axc6 Txc6 31.Cxf7 Txd2 32.Txd2 Rxf7 33.Tc2 Re7=/+ JL Fernández.] 26...Tf8 cuatro islotes de peones frente a tres. Y mejor calidad en las piezas negras que están bien ubicadas, sobre todo las dos torres. 27.Dd4? [27.f4 Unica, pero la ventaja sigue siendo de las negras: 27...Cg6 28.f5 Tb8-/+ JL Fernández.] 27...Ac6 28.Ce4 Tc4! Diagram





la posición de las blancas se va resquebrajando poco a poco... . 29.De3 Axe4 30.Axe4 Tc3! 31.Td3 desesperado sacrificio de calidad. [Tampoco valía: 31.Ad3 Cf3 32.Rg2 Dh2+ 33.Rf1 e5 34.Re2 Cd4+ 35.Rd2 Txd3+ 36.Rxd3 Tf3-+ JL Fernández.] 31...Cxd3 32.cxd3 Dc5 33.Rg2 Txf2+ comienza una grata velada (para Tenerife) de fuegos artificiales. [33...Dxe3 34.fxe3 Tc2+ 35.Rg3 (35.Rg1 Tff2) 35...Te2] 34.Rxf2 Tc2+ 35.Rf3 Dh5+ 36.Rg3 De5+ 37.Df4 Dxa1¡Fruta!. 38.Db8+ Rf7 39.Axh7 De1+ 40.Rf3 De2+ [40...De2+ 41.Rf4 Dh2+-+ Muy buena partida del tinerfeño Kevin Meneses ante un duro rival que se vio desbordado en el medio juego. ] 0-1


Un saludo.
Angel Jiménez Arteaga
http://www.ajedrezcanarias.com (Secretos de Alcoba)

 
http://ajedreztenerife.blogspot.com/2010/07/buena-partida-de-kevin-meneses-en-el.html
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:11:00 +0000
 
 
 
CHANTAL MORALES HENGMITH Y JOSE MIGUEL JIMENEZ MENDOZA, los ajedrecistas del Club Deportivo de Ajedr
... de elo Internacional en el IV Open Internacional de ajedrez Hotel Avenida de Canarias, con un total de 31,8 puntos de elo FIDE y 21 puntos de elo FIDE pasando Chantal la barreda de los 1624 Puntos y Jose Miguel los 1717,respectivamente, siendo Chantal la 6ª ajedrecista y Jose Miguel el 15º ajedrecistas en obtener mas elo Internacional en este torneo, cumpliendo así con uno de los objetivos previstos en la preparación de los ajedrecistas del Club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas.



También es digno de destacar la excelente actuación del resto de a deportistas del Maspalomas, como: Ayoze Monzón Alemán que consiguió dos tablas importantes ante un Maestro Internacional y un Maestro Canario; Agustin Marrero Cardenes, que consiguió el premio al mejor Sub14, después de haber realizado muy buenas partidas con un Gran Maestro y un Maestro FIDE; Alberto Suárez Fleitas que consiguió un punto ante un ajedrecista de elo internacional y por último destacar la actuación del deportista mas veterano del Club deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas Molina Rosa Cecilio que puntuo esta vez contra un ajedrecista no titulado pero que demostró que la preparación seguida por el C.A. Maspalomas esta dando sus frutos.

 
http://ajedrezypunto.blogspot.com/2010/07/chantal-morales-hengmith-y-jose-miguel.html
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:08:00 +0000
 
 
 
IVAN ZALGADO LÓPEZ CAMPEON del IV OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ, HOTEL AVDA. DE CANARIAS EL C.D. MAS

... Agustín Marrero Cardenes, ajedrecista del club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas se proclamo Campeón en la categoría Sub 14 del IV Open Internacional de ajedrez de Vecindario.

Termino el IV Open Internacional de Ajedrez Hotel Avda. Canarias, como empezó, con sorpresas de última hora, donde el joven, Español, Ivan Zalgado se alza con la victoria final por tener mejor desempate, ante el Peruano Miguel Muñoz y solo un Canario entre los 14 primeros de la General, el joven MI Jorge Cabrera Trujillo.

Al haber muchos candidatos para tan pocos premios la terminación del torneo se prolongo al máximo, por parte de los ajedrecistas que tenían alguna aspiración a premios, dando emoción al torneo hasta el último instante.
 
http://ajedrezypunto.blogspot.com/2010/07/ivan-zalgado-lopez-campeon-del-iv-open.html
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:48:00 +0000
 
 
 
MIGUEL MUÑOZ PANTOJA EL M.I. DE PERU LLEGA ALA ULTIMA JORNADA DEL OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ VECI
.... la sorpresa para el Maspalomas.



El Open Internacional de Ajedrez Vecindario, llega a su última jornada con un líder Peruano, El Maestro internacional Miguel Muñoz Pantoja quien ha demostrado mayor regularidad en este torneo, cediendo solo dos tablas en las últimas rondas.



Como no podía ser menos en este torneo en la octava jornada se produjeron múltiples sorpresas de la que destacamos para el Club Deportivo de ajedrez Maspalomas, la de Cecilio Molina Rosa, ajedrecistas de ochenta y un año que sigue practicando el ajedrez y que en esta octava ronda se vio recompensada con una victoria elegante ante un joven rival de mas de cincuenta y cinco años menos que el, competa las sorpresas para el Maspalomas las Tablas de Ayoze y de José Miguel que junto con Chantal se están revelando como los ajedrecistas del Maspalomas mas regulares en este torneo.



 
http://ajedrezypunto.blogspot.com/2010/07/miguel-munoz-pantoja-el-mi-de-peru.html
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:36:00 +0000
 
 
 
III Blitz de Ajedrez Fiestas del Tuno Agosto 2010
 
http://ajedrezsanmateo.blogspot.com/2010/07/iii-blitz-de-ajedrez-fiestas-del-tuno.html
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:33:00 +0000
 
 
 
I Abierto Fiestas de Playa de Santiago
Ayer Viernes 23/07 se celebró en la plaza del Carmen el I Abierto "Fiesta de Playa de Santiago".




La Clasificación fue la siguiente:

1 Gerardo Fernandez, 2180 6 14.5 20.5 21.0
2-3 Alvaro Arcia, 1614 4.5 14.5 22.5 17.5
Severo Arteaga, 1612 4.5 14.5 22.0 16.5
4-5 David Exposito, 1512 4 13.5 21.0 15.0
Agonay Magdaleno, 1420 4 11.0 16.0 13.0
6-13 Antonio Rivero, 1312 3 13.5 19.0 12.0
Rebeca Chirino, 1410 3 13.0 21.0 11.0
Airan Exposito, 1513 3 13.0 19.5 14.0
Enrique Urbina, 1213 3 12.5 17.0 9.0
Ricardo Urbina, 1311 3 12.0 17.5 10.0
Jaime Exposito, 1620 3 12.0 16.5 9.0
Leon Konrad, 1312 3 11.0 17.0 10.0
Ricardo Chirino, 1410 3 10.5 14.0 9.0
14 Rodrigo Alvarez, 1212 2 12.5 19.0 10.0
15-17 Alberto Alvarez, 1213 1 12.0 17.0 2.0
Diego Mendoza, 1211 1 7.0 13.0 4.0
Andrew Martinez, 1009 1 6.0 10.0 2.0


La comision de Fiestas de Playa de Santiago ofreció 3 premios: 1ero Absoluto, 1ero Sub 14 y 1ero Sub-12


Gerardo Fernandez de Bilbao ,1180 elo FIDE  ganó el primer premio absoluto invicto. Disfruta sus vacaciones en la isla y decidió pasar una amena tarde con los jugadores de la isla:




Alvaro Arcía se llevó el 1º Premio sub 14.




Y Severo Arteaga el 1er Premio Sub-12


Agradezco a todos lo participantes, en especial a los que vinieron de los otros municipios su predisposición a pasar una tarde amena. Todos mostraron una gran deportividad. Tambien agradezco a la comisión de las fiestas de Playa de Santiago  la organización del evento.

 
http://ajedrezlagomera.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-abierto-fiestas-de-playa-de-santiago.html
Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:45:00 +0000
 
 
 
British Chess Championship in Kent

Chess players in Kent for British Championships
Sunday, July 25 2010, 14:39

KENT NEWS: The country's top chess players are arriving in the county for the British Chess Championships.

It's the 97th time the championships have been held, and this year the University of Kent in Canterbury is playing host to the hundreds of competitors and spectators.

The tournament organised by the English Chess Federation, will be opened by Amanda Cottrell, chairman of Visit Kent.

Actor CJ de Mooi is also a singer and television presenter with extensive credits and is best known for his quiz show appearances on Eggheads where he is a regular member of the expert team.

He is also president of the English Chess Federation, and said: "It's an honour to be involved with the English Chess Federation at this time and this most prestigious event in our home calendar promises to be an exciting and inspiring experience.

"A great number of players consider the Championships as central to their season and we are delighted to see so many returning year after year for all the tournaments that make up this fantastic event.

"Chess in Britain is prospering at every level due to their tireless efforts."

It is the first time the event has been held in Kent since 1929, and among the more than 700 competitors will be England number one and Grandmaster, Micky Adams.

Also on hand will be experienced chess coach Nick Nixon, who will be teaching juniors for free.

And International Master Andrew Martin will also be available in the morning for individual or small group coaching of juniors who play only in the afternoon.

• The event runs from Sunday, July 25-Saturday, August 7. For more information go to http://www.britishchess2010.com.

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2010-07-25T06:43:00.000-05:00
 
 
 
Errores en la Apertura – Minijuegos (3) Doble de Dama decisivo

erroresprehistoriaPreparando unas notas para Recursos Tácticos, sobre Dobles y Descubiertos, recordé que en la Base de Minipartidas 2009/2010 (hasta 10 jugadas) que estaba organizando; varias partidas se definían con un Doble de Dama (15%).

Burradas, como decíamos en Errores en la Apertura – Minijuegos:

“Hay errores por desconocimiento, lisa y llanamente una burrada. Fallas que no son por no conocer la apertura, sino por no conocer el concepto, ni la estrategia ni la táctica. Claro que hay “celadas”, más o menos sutiles y todos podemos caer. Pero lo que son burradas, son burradas.”

 
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:02:19 +0000
 
 
 
Dortmund R7: Karpov visits, Mamedyarov strikes back

Kramnik - Ponomariov (c) Georgios SouleidisIn round 7 of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess-Meeting, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov took revenge for yesterday’s sad loss while Anatoly Karpov visited the tournament he won seventeen years ago.

Perhaps the most exciting event of the day was not one of the games in the super tournament, but FIDE Presidential candidate Anatoly Karpov’s visit to the Dortmund Chess-Meeting – even though he only made one chess move today.

He did give press conferences, interviews and posed for the many photographers who had been invited to Dortmund. Karpov has been very busy lately lobbying for his presidency in various countries all over the world, so it’s no surprise he shows up in Germany. At the time of writing, it’s not yet known whether Karpov made any important announcements in Dortmund.

Karpov posing for photographers (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

But back to chess. Supposing Liem Quang Le honoured the Twelfth World Champion by playing the Caro-Kann today might perhaps be a little too far-fetched, but he certainly did good business, easily drawing Arkadij Naiditsch.

In a pretty much unknown position after just 10 moves, Quang Le went for 11…c3 after which he seemed to have no problems whatsoever. Indeed, the Vietnamese afterwards explained that “in this sideline of the Caro-Kann, Black has so many possibilities that it’s not difficult to deviate”. Quang Le continues to impress in this tournament, comfortably defending his second place in the standings, ahead of former World Champion Kramnik.

Kramnik (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Slightly more exciting was the game between the two Russians, Kramnik and Ponomariov. Kramnik no doubt wanted to try something serious with the white pieces (the opening was a Queen’s Indian) but with some accurate defensive operations, Ponomariov stayed in control all the time.

It looks like Black may be in a bit of trouble, but 18…Qh4! is a very clever move that keeps the dynamic equilibirum. After 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Rae8 22.e3 e5!

Black has plenty of counterplay in the center and Kramnik subsequently couldn’t find anything concrete to play for. The game was drawn after 37 moves.

Mamedyarov - Leko (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

The game of the day was, of course, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov’s sweet revenge for yesterday’s blunder against Naiditsch. Today, he beat the unfortunate Peter Leko in a fine positional game. In a quiet English Opening, the Azeri slowly but steadily increased the pressure on Leko’s position, putting all his active pieces on light squares until the moment was there to harvest.

22.Ncxb6! Rxb6 23.Nxb6 Qxb6 24.Qxc5 Qd8 25.d4!

25…exd4 26.e4 Actually the computer engines are even more enthusiastic about the natural 26.Rfd1 after which White seems to be just winning. But Shakh’s move isn’t bad at all as he still crashes through in the center sooner or later. Leko couldn’t cope with the pressure and though it still looked tricky for a couple of moves, Mamedyarov kept his cool this time and collected the point at move 39.

With his victory, Mamedyarov again moves up into second place together with Quang Le. They face each other in the next round, while Ponomariov will try to increase his lead with White against Naiditsch. We presume Leko-Kramnik is not unlikely to end in a quick draw, though perhaps the Hungarian will think back to the fifth match game in 2004. Let’s hope he’ll find the inspiration to play a great game once more against his former World Championship rival.

Standings after 7 rounds:

1. Ponomariov 4,5
2. Le Quang, Mamedyarov 4
4. Kramnik 3,5
5. Naiditsch 3
6. Leko 2

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 7

Game viewer by ChessTempo

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Sutovsky on the Candidates Matches: change the regulations

SutovskyThe Israeli GM Emil Sutovsky was recently invited by President Ilyumzhinov to discuss the current problems in the FIDE Candidates Matches cycle. Here is his open letter to the participants, with some radical solutions.

Dear colleagues!

On July 20 I was invited to meet FIDE President, Mr.Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, in order to discuss the situation with the Candidates Matches 2011. I was given few minutes to submit my proposal, and it was agreed, that I will publish an open letter on this very important matter. Please, find the text below.

Election campaigns are approaching their climax, however, there are some issues related to the professional chess, which should be discussed now. Luckily, despite being a member of the World Championships and Olympiads Committee (WCOC), I am not involved in the political fight, so I took my time to analyze the situation from the professional point of view. Unfortunately, it took me some time to be heard, but hopefully, it’s not too late.

According to the current regulations, the Candidates are supposed to play quaterfinal (4 games), semifinal (4 games) and final (6 games) matches in a succession (presumably in March-April 2011), and the winner of this marathon will challenge the World Champion in 2012.

This format has drawn a serious criticism. Indeed, it is very strange to determine the strongest player in such short matches. And, obviously, the chess world would prefer to see the real battle between the top players, while the present format hardly provides players with a possibility to show their best chess. Actually, there are many more drawbacks to the present format, but instead of specifying them all, I’d rather pass to my suggestion.

I propose to play quaterfinal and semifinal matches (6 games each) in a succession (March-April 2011), while the final match should be organized separately and consist of 8 games (September-October 2011).

The advantages are obvious:

  • A. 6-games match represents much more objective way to determine a deserved winner.
  • B. Two best players would have enough time to rest and prepare for the final match.
  • C. The final match would get much bigger publicity, and its financial value might be much higher than 180.000 Euro, which stands in the current regulation.
  • D. It is much better for the spectators – as we know, the attention span is now much shorter than it used to be – staging final match as a separate event
    will ensure maximal public attention.

Of course, there is a serious drawback – my proposal contradicts the current regulations. However, I know that most of the players would prefer to play longer matches. Still, in order to change the regulations, we need the consent of all the Candidates. That’s why, I ask the players to express their opinion,
and if you support the proposed changes, I will submit an official proposal.

Sincerely yours,

Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky

 
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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:12:18 +0000
 
 
 
An anxious game

When you support a team in any game you are anxious about win. It is the same feeling in chess as in other sport, when your team wins you feel relief for the win. I am member of E.E.S.Korydallou. In the Greek championship we played against strong team OS Triandrias. The score is 6-5 and we have still a game that is not so clear who is winning

Anxious game

And I captured the moment that we see the opponent of Maria Ikonomopoulou gave her hand to resign. In smiles you can see the relief of my teammates.
The relief

 
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Summer cup 2010

playing hall @summer cup 2010

Many friends often ask me about Greek tournaments. Last year I tried to make a guide for Greek chess open tournaments but I didn’t manage to complete it before I left my pc to complete my military service. And actually I have not personal experience for all the greek tournaments except 3. (Summer Cup, Kavala & Nikea).
The last 2 years I am the chief arbiter of “Summer Cup “. Usually in a place that I go 2 times, 2nd I believe that was worst than first. But not in Porto Carras hotel. I like this tournament not only because is a quiet chess tournament that players have everything to play good games (silence, room between boards) and that makes it an easy job for the chief arbiter (almost no complaints) but also because of the place. 5 star hotel next to Neos Marmaras that has a real exciting night life, and beautiful beaches.

Pool spa bar

So if someone asks me about a tournament that he would the best conditions I am sure is “Summer cup “.
Of course there always some disadvantages, summer cup has no sponsors so it does not invite any player. But this makes easier for strong players that everywhere pay to go for the 1st prize that is 1000€. Last year won FM Antonis Hadzimanolis and this year GM Trajko Nedev won the first prize almost easily. So even for GM maybe is a good tournament that will give them more money that other with too strong competition.

GM Trejko Nedev

 
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EL M. I. MIGUEL MUÑOZ PANTOJA, SIGUE LIDER DEL IV OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ VECINDARIO. Chantal
...la sorpresa para el Club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas.





El IV Open Internacional de Ajedrez Vecindario se pone cada vez más interesante, a pesar del Liderato indiscutido del Maestro Internacional Peruano, Miguel Muñoz Pantoja, de tras de el se apelotona un gran grupo de ajedrecistas titulados Grandes Maestros , Maestros Internacionales, Maestros FIDE, tanto Masculino como Femenino, entre estos perseguidores de miguel se han colado, por meritos propios, jugadores que aún no tienen titilación Internacional pero están demostrando que deberían tenerla y creemos que en este torneo podrán conseguir su norma de Maestro Internacional que les abrirá el camino a la Maestría Internacional, esos deportistas son, Pedro Eugenio Torres Ventosa, Stephane Bressac y Javier Iñigo Muñoz.





Por Parte de del los integrantes del Maspalomas Participantes en este Gran Evento, esta vez son . Chantal Morales Hengmith y Alberto Suárez Fleita son los que dan la sorpresa, para el Club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas, ganando sus respectivas partidas, que junto a las tablas conseguidas por José Miguel Jiménez Mendoza hacen que los objetivos de preparación previstos por el C.A. Maspalomas estén dando sus frutos, a partir de ahora solo nos queda disfrutar de estas dos últimas Jornadas que prometen ser muy interesantes.




 
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MIGUEL MUÑOZ PANTOJA LIDERA EN SOLITARIO EL IV OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ VECINDARIO. El ajedreci
Como ya es habitual en el IV OPEN INTERNACIONAL DE AJEDREZ VECINDARIO torneo plagado de sorpresas, la más importante ajedrecísticamente hablando, la que esta protagonizando el Maestro Internacional Peruano Miguel Moñuz Pantoja, quien lidera el Torneo por delante de cuatro Grandes Maestros Internacionales en un evento con mas de ciento veinte ajedrecistas y se esta convirtiendo en la verdadera revelación de dicho torneo.



El ajedrecista del Club deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas, Ayoze Monzón Alemán, como no podía ser menos, da la sorpresa haciendo tablas con el Maestro Canario Gerardo González, siendo el deportista más destacado del Maspalomas en el torneo, junto a Agustín y José que tienen los mismos puntos, seguidos por Agust y Chantal con dos puntos y medios.




 
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Los Ajedrecistas del Club Deportivo Ajedrez Maspalomas pasan el ecuador del IV Open Internacional de
Este Miércoles 21 de julio de 2010 se ha realizado la 5ª jornada del IV Open Internacional de Ajedrez Vecindario, donde los ajedrecistas del Club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas han superado el ecuador del mismo con suerte dispar, a pesar del buen ajedrez mostrado por los ajedrecistas Agustín Marrero Cárdenes, José Miguel Jiménez Mendoza y Ayoze Monzón Alemán quienes se en por debajo del 50% de los puntos en litigio, aun así queda mucho torneo por delante, habida cuenta de la dureza del mismo, donde se empiezan a dar verdaderas sorpresas, como la derrota del numero uno del Ranking de este torneo a manos del Peruano y Maestro Internacional Miguel Muñoz Pantoja, quedando así como único ajedrecista ganador de todas la partidas en juego.



No sería justo, que al igual que se ha reconocido la actuación de Ayoze y José Miguel
Ante un Maestro Internacional y un Maestro Canario respectivamente, no reconocer la gran partida realizada por Agustín Marrero Cárdenes ante un Maestro FIDE, partida en la que la joven promesa del Club Deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas demostró su buen estado de forma y que esperamos se vea recompensada con los triunfos que se merece.








 
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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:08:00 +0000
 
 
 
XV Open "Ciudad de Balaguer"

Vocaturo e Axel Rombaldoni in Cataluña
  • III turno GM Vocaturo - WMI Linares Napoles 1-0
  • Daniele resta a punteggio pieno. A. Rombaldoni sale a 2
  • IV turno GM Maletin 2617 - GM Vocaturo LIVE h 16:30
Dopo l'ottima prestazione nel torneo di Benasque, prosegue l'avventura spagnola di Vocaturo che partecipa alla 15esima edizione dell'Open internazionale "Ciudad de Balaguer". Il torneo si disputa dal 19 al 27 luglio in Balaguer (Spagna) e i nostri colori vengono difesi anche dal Maestro Internazionale Axel Rombaldoni. Il lotto dei partecipanti è molto qualificato: 18 GM, 20 MI e 3 WGM. Gli over 2600 sono sei: l'ucraino Drozdovskij (2624), numero uno del tabellone, i russi Bocharov, Maletin e Burmakin, l'armeno Melkumyan e il cubano Quesada.

Il Montepremi complessivo è di 13.000 euro, dei quali 2.300 andranno al vincitore. E' prevista la trasmissione in diretta delle prime 10 scacchiere.

 

Migliori 30 iscritti per elo FIDE
1 UKR GM Drozdovskij Yuri UKR 2624
2 RUS GM Bocharov Dmitry RUS 2618
3 RUS GM Maletin Pavel RUS 2617
4 ARM GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2606
5 RUS GM Burmakin Vladimir RUS 2605
6 CUB GM Quesada Perez Yuniesky CUB 2603
7 ARM GM Andriasian Zaven ARM 2588
8 CUB GM Corrales Jimenez Fidel CUB 2574
9 SWE GM Andersson Ulf SWE 2567
10 MEX GM Leon Hoyos Manuel MEX 2556
11 ENG GM Haslinger Stewart G ENG 2552
12 GEO GM Aroshidze Levan GEO 2548
13 USA GM Bhat Vinay S USA 2536
14 ITA GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2526
15 ESP IM Fluvia Poyatos Joan ESP 2499
16 CUB IM Gomez Garrido Camilo CUB 2499
17 ESP GM Oms Pallisse Josep ESP 2494
18 LAT IM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2486
19 LAT IM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2485
20 CUB IM Guerra Mendez Jose Angel CUB 2480
21 ESP IM Vila Gazquez Xavier ESP 2478
22 ESP IM Fluvia Poyatos Jordi ESP 2467
23 DOM GM Mateo Ramon DOM 2459
24 BUL IM Berbatov Kiprian BUL 2455
25 CUB IM Pozo Vera Sandro CUB 2453
26 MKD IM Colovic Aleksandar MKD 2452
27 ITA IM Rombaldoni Axel ITA 2448
28 ESP IM Aloma Vidal Robert ESP 2445
29 CUB IM Gomez Ledo Roberto Carlos CUB 2445
30 GER IM Kohlweyer Bernd GER 2436


Yuri Drozdovskij, numero uno del tabellone



la WGM Swaminathan che nel primo turno ha bloccato sulla patta il numero 1 del tabellone



la WIM cubana Linares Napoles, avversaria di Vocaturo nel 3° turno

Balaguer è un comune spagnolo di circa 15.000 abitanti, situato nella comunità autonoma della Catalogna.


la Chiesa di Santa Maria, che si trova nella parte alta della città

regolamento

calendario si disputano 9 turni dal 19 al 27 luglio con inizio delle partite alle ore 16:30

cadenza di gioco 90' x 40 mosse + 30' per terminare la partita + 30" di incremento per mossa dalla prima mossa

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2010-07-21T22:00:00+01:00
 
 
 
Biel, Young Master: III turno

Negi - Caruana 0-1!

Dal 19 al 28 Luglio si svolge, in Biel, il fortissimo torneo "Young Master" riservato ad alcuni tra i migliori giovani GM in circolazione, compreso il nostro Fabiano Caruana che oggi affronterà il Grande Maestro Parimarjan Negi , 17 anni, elo FIDE 2615. Il giovane giocatore indiano è diventanto Grande Maestro il 1° luglio 2006, all'età di 13 anni, 3 mesi e 22 giorni. Nella classifica dei più giovani GM di sempre, Negi è il secondo giocatore più precoce, prima di Carlsen e dopo Karjakin (12 anni e 7 mesi).  Altri  cinque partecipanti a questo torneo sono presenti tra i primi venti di questa speciale classifica: Wesley So 8°, Vachier-Lagrave 11°, Giri 14°, Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 17° e Caruana 18° (14 anni, 11 mesi e 10 giorni),

Negi,Parimarjan (2615) - Caruana,Fabiano (2697) [B25]

Biel Internationales Schachfestival Biel/Switzerland (3), 21.07.2010

1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.Cge2 Cf6 4.g3 g6 5.Ag2 Ag7 6.d3 d6 7.0–0 Tb8 8.h3 b5 9.a3 0–0 10.Tb1 Ad7 11.Ag5 a5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Cxa4 Ce5 14.Cec3 Ac6 15.b3 Te8 16.Dd2 Dc7 17.Cd5 Cxd5 18.exd5 Axa4 19.bxa4 Tb4 20.Ta1 Teb8 21.Tfe1 c4 22.Ta3 cxd3 23.cxd3 Tb2 24.De3 Tc2 25.Taa1 h6 26.Axh6 Axh6 27.Dxh6 Tbb2 28.Tab1 Db6 0–1

III turno
Dmitry Andreikin 1/2 Evgeny Tomashevsky    
David Howell 1/2 Anish Giri    
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1/2 Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son    
Maxim Rodshtein 0-1
Wesley So    
Parimarjan Negi 0-1 Fabiano Caruana    

IV turno giovedì 22 luglio ore 14
Evgeny Tomashevsky -   Fabiano Caruana    
Wesley So -   Parimarjan Negi    
Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son -   Maxim Rodshtein    
Anish Giri -   Maxime Vachier-Lagrave    
Dmitry Andreikin -   David Howell    

Classifica dopo tre turni
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1. So, Wesley g PHI 2674 * . . ½ . . . 1 1 .
2. Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2697 . * . ½ . . . ½ . 1 2
3. Tomashevsky, Evgeny g RUS 2708 . . * . ½ ½ . . . 1 2
4. Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2723 ½ ½ . * . . ½ . . .
5. Andreikin, Dmitry g RUS 2650 . . ½ . * ½ ½ . . .
6. Giri, Anish g NED 2672 . . ½ . ½ * . . ½ .
7. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son g VIE 2617 . . . ½ ½ . * . ½ .
8. Rodshtein, Maxim g ISR 2609 0 ½ . . . . . * . 1
9. Howell, David W L g ENG 2616 0 . . . . ½ ½ . * . 1
10. Negi, Parimarjan g IND 2615 . 0 0 . . . . 0 . * 0




Da sinistra Giri, Howell, Caruana, Rodshtein, Negi, Andreikin, Tomashevsky, Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So e Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son

Regolamento


calendario dal 19 al 28 luglio i 10 giocatori si affrontano in un girone all'italiana di sola andata. L'inzio delle partite è previsto alle ore 14, ad eccezione dell'ultimo turno che inizierà alle ore 10. Domenica 25 luglio è previsto l'unico giorno di riposo.

cadenza di gioco 2 ore x 40 mosse + 1 ora per 20 mosse +30' per terminare la partita.

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Articolo di presentazione di Darkstorm

 
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2010-07-21T21:30:00+01:00
 
 
 
1? Memorial Najdorf, 100 anni dalla nascita

Memorial Najdorf (POL) con Valsecchi, Bove e Bentivegna !

  • 5° T Bentivegna - GM Evgeny Sveshnikov 2487 0-1
  • GM Jakubowski 2506 - Bove 1-0
  • 6° T LIVE h.17
  • MI Staniszewski  2389 - Bentivegna
  • Bove - MI Wieczorek 2315
Si svolge dal 17 al 25 Luglio presso il Centro Sportivo di Varsavia, Polonia, il 1° Memorial Najdorf. Il torneo internazionale che vede la partecipazione di una cinquantina di titolati è dedicato al 100 anniversario dalla nascita del campione polacco-argentino. Si tratta di un 9 turni,    cadenza di gioco 90 minuti x 40 mosse + 30 minuti + 30 secondi di incremento.

Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997) giocò 3 Olimpiadi con la Polonia e 11 con l'Argentina dove conquistò 3 medaglie d'oro ed una d'argento individuali e 4 d'argento e 3 di bronzo con la squadra. Importante il suo contributo alla teoria delle aperture, in particolare la Siciliana e l'Est-Indiana.



Centro sportivo di Varsavia, sala di gioco

Tra i favoriti troviamo: il bielorusso Zhigalko, che ha sfiorato il titolo di Campione del Mondo under 20 in Argentina nel 2009 giungendo 1° alla pari col francese Vachier Lagrave con cui perse i tie break per l'assegnazione del titolo; il polacco Macieja, forte GM da alcuni anni milita nella squadra di Chieti nel CIS Master e la rivelazione norvege (non Carlsen!) Jon Ludvig Hammer che nell'ultimo anno ha inanellato una serie di perfomance grandiose, in particolare il +4=4-2 alle Olimpiadi 2008 di Dresda come esordiente, il +4=5 al Campionato Europeo a squadre 2009 (perfomance 2792!) ed infine al recentissimo 38° Campionato greco a squadre dove ha ottenuto una perfomance pari a 2891 grazie alle vittorie ottenute sul GM Naiditsch Arkadij,GM Kempinski Robert 2612 ,GM Bologan Viktor 2695 ,GM Moradiabadi Elshan 2571 ,GM Balogh Csaba 2628.

Sono presenti alcuni giovani italiani: il MF Alessio Valsecchi, il MF Francesco Bentivegna e il MF Alessandro Bove. La loro partecipazione è stata possibile grazie ad un progetto di scambio e crescita tra giovani italiani e polacchi reso possibile dalla disponibilità degli organizzatori del Memorial Najdorf e del Festival Internazionale di Livigno.

1 GM Zhigalko, Sergei BLR 2647
2 GM Macieja, Bartlomiej POL 2618
3 GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig NOR 2610
4 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej BLR 2604
5 GM Radulski, Julian BUL 2593
6 GM Erdos, Viktor HUN 2589
7 GM Dziuba, Marcin POL 2576
8 GM Malakhatko, Vadim BEL 2569
9 GM Mis'ta, Aleksander POL 2562
10 GM Vysochin, Spartak UKR 2555
11 GM Petrov, Marijan BUL 2545
12 GM Olszewski, Michal POL 2543
13 GM Brodsky, Michail UKR 2537
14 GM Simonian, Hrair ARM 2521
15 GM Berczes, David HUN 2519
16 GM Jakubowski, Krzysztof POL 2506
17 IM Warakomski, Tomasz POL 2499
18 IM Bernasek, Jan CZE 2495
19 GM Socko, Monika POL 2485
20 GM Boros, Denes HUN 2479
21 IM Burg, Twan NED 2449
22 GM Butnorius, Algimantas LTU 2439
23 IM Krysztofiak, Marcin POL 2436
24 IM Sznapik, Aleksander POL 2434
25 IM Cernousek, Lukas CZE 2408
26 IM Staniszewski, Piotr POL 2389
27 IM Beinoras, Mindaugas LTU 2386
28 IM Bobula, Mateusz POL 2384
29 IM Czerwon'ski, Aleksander POL 2378
30 MF Bove Alessandro ITA
31 m Krzyz.anowski, Marcin POL 2377
32 m Nguyen, Piotr POL 2372
33 FM Valsecchi, Alessio ITA 2370
34 m Deszczynski, Adam POL 2352
35 FM Rej, Tomek AUS 2344
36 FM Bentivegna, Francesco ITA 2343
37 IM Zozulia, Anna BEL 2323
38 WGM Doluhanova, Evgeniya UKR 2312
39 m Stoma, Pawel POL 2309
40WGM Kadziolka, Beata POL 2305




GM Sergej Zhigalko, bielorusso, n°1 di tabellone



GM Jon Ludvig Hammer n°3, un altro campione dalla Norvegia!



MF Alessio Valsecchi



MF Alessandro Bove



MF Francesco Bentivegna



"Rynek", la piazza mercato della città vecchia di Varsavia



                       Varsavia, Parco Lazienki


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38? Dortmund Sparkasse


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6T: Pono 4, Le 3,5, Mamedyarov e Kramnik 3, Naiditsch 2,5, Leko 2

15-25 luglio: Kramnik, Leko, Mamedyarov, Ponomariov, Le Quang Liem, Naiditsch: inizia lo Sparkassen Chess-Meeting di Dortmund. L'evento è davvero tra i più importanti della stagione, paragonabile al Corus e a Linares. I sei giocatori disputeranno un doppio girone all'italiana, di conseguenza si tratterà di un torneo a 10 turni, questa è una recente innovazione nel formato, visto che sino a pochi anni fa 8 giocatori si affrontavano unicamente ?all'andata?, totalizzando così 7 turni in effetti forse non abbastanza per dare una chiara indicazione della forma dei partecipanti.

Novità invece assoluta qui a Dortmund sarà l'applicazione della Regola di Sofia: i giocatori non potranno quindi offrire la patta ai propri avversari. A detta degli organizzatori questo ?garantirà che ogni partita sarà combattuta sino alla fine?. L'esperienza sembra dimostrare che non è proprio così, ma si apprezza lo sforzo fatto per diminuire le patte, che a detta di molti l'anno scorso sono state decisamente troppe.?



Gli Organizzatori: Gerd Kolbe (Direttore), Uwe Samulewicz (Direttore della Sparkasse di Dortmund), Birgit J?rder (Sindaco), Stefan Koth (Direttore del Torneo)

Come ovvio in un supertorneo, i ?superpartecipanti? hanno davvero poco bisogno di presentazioni:

l'ex Campione del Mondo Vladimir Kramnik (Elo 2790, numero 4 al mondo)?è chiamato a difendere il primato nel ?suo? torneo: ha infatti vinto qui a Dortmund qualcosa come 9 volte, testa di serie numero 1 quest'anno, facile voglia puntare alla doppia cifra.

Peter Leko (2734, 16)?è anche lui in qualche modo ?a casa?: secondo gli organizzatori è difficile immaginare un Dortmund senza di lui: lo ha vinto 3 volte (importante in particolare nel 2002, quando il torneo ebbe valenza di Candidati, portando Leko, vincitore su Topalov, a sfidare per il Titolo proprio Kramnik) ed è inoltre molto legato alla Germania: parla il tedesco e ha conosciuto la moglie proprio qui a nord delle Alpi.

Arkadij Naiditsch (2684, 51)?è invece davvero il giocatore di casa: benché nato a Riga, in Lettonia, rappresenta da anni il Top degli scacchi tedeschi e dal 2003 viene costantemente chiamato a difendere il nero-rosso-oro della bandiera tedesca qui a Dortmund. Non è una supercorazzata come molti degli altri partecipanti e di conseguenza ha dovuto registrare risultati non eclatanti, ma nel 2005 è riuscito a uscire vincitore in un campo che vedeva ?noti spingilegno? come Kramnik, Topalov, Svidler, Adams e Van Wely.


Benché molti non riescano a pronunciare nella stessa frase le parole ?Campione del Mondo? e ?Ruslan Ponomariov? (2734, 14)?è innegabile che non è esattamente da tutti imporsi a 18 anni come Campione del Mondo FIDE, menchemeno trovandosi di fronte in finale tale Vassily Ivanchuk. Da allora (2002) non ha fatto sfracelli ma si è dimostrato giocatore, benché con alti e bassi, capace di competere bene con gli over 2700. Arriva da un'ottima World Cup, è al varco per vedere se lo stato di forma può continuare.

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Invitare Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2761, 6), già presente nel 2008, non sembra essere stata una pessima idea da parte degli organizzatori: ?The Shark? è noto per il suo gioco aggressivo e tattico, capace di trovare sempre nuove idee quando si tratta di mettere pressione all'avversario. Tra l'altro arriva da una vittoria alla President Cup di Baku (assieme a Kramnik e Kamsky): se è al top della forma, aspettiamoci buone cose.


I cinque giocatori fin qui nominati sono stati invitati dall'organizzazione e hanno gentilmente accettato: per essere qui?Le Quang Liem (2681, 55)?ha invece?dovuto vincere un ?torneuccio? quale l'Aeroflot di Mosca (probabilmente l'Open più forte del Mondo). Nel 2005 è diventato Campione del Mondo under 14, ha iniziato a ?farsi le ossa internazionali? rappresentando il Vietnam in 2 Olimpiadi (2006 e 2008) e ora è pronto per confrontarsi con l'élite. Come molti asiatici in rapida crescita, è quasi impossibile stabilire la sua reale forza di gioco: vedremo cosa saprà fare a Dortmund. A dargli il benvenuto sarà il Campione in carica Kramnik: la sorte gli ha assegnato il primo turno.


A proposito: ecco la tabella degli incontri:


Giorno di riposo dunque il 20 luglio. E chi passasse da quelle parti proprio il 20 luglio avrà la possibilità di incontrare i Campioni presenti, di ottenere il loro autografo e di partecipare all'estrazione di diversi premi, sono piccole chicche che si fanno apprezzare.

Il tempo di gioco previsto è di 100 minuti per le prime 40 mosse, poi 50 per le successive 20 e infine 15 minuti per finire, il tutto con 30 secondi di abbuono a partire dalla prima mossa. A quanto affermato dagli organizzatori, l'esperienza indica che in 4 ore saranno finite circa la metà delle partite, mentre dopo 6 ore l'80/90 % delle sfide dovrebbero essere finite. Chi non avrà modo di essere online alle 15, orario di inizio delle partite (l'ultimo turno è invece previsto per le 13), ha quindi un'idea di quando poter tornare a casa per i risultati : - )

La media Elo dei partecipanti è di 2734, 10 punti in meno dell'anno scorso per pura cronaca, rendendolo un torneo di Categoria XX?

La sede di gioco sarà, come da qualche anno a questa parte,?il? Teatro Cittadino

All'epoca dell'edizione 2007 (Fonte: Chessbase)

Come in ogni megatorneo che si rispetti sono stati organizzati diversi eventi di contorno: segnaliamo il Torneo dedicato all'ex Cancelliere tedesco Helmut Kohl, un round robin a 10 giocatori, evento ?minore? di tutto rispetto: 3 GM, Eckhard Schmittdiel (GER, Elo: 2485), Romuald Mainka (GER, 2484) e?Mihail Saltaev (UZB, 2495), 1 WGM, Carmen Voicu (RUM, 2346), 1 IM, Markus Sch?fer (GER, 2382) e 2 FM, Laurence Webb (ENG, 2313) e Patrick Zelbel (GER, 2345).?


Dal 17 al 25 si disputeranno anche due Open, il primo riservato a chi ha un punteggio Elo superiore a 1700 e il secondo per chi lo ha inferiore ai 1900.

Il Torneo ad oggi:

E' dal 1973 che la Sparkassen (Cassa di Risparmio) di Dortmund sponsorizza il torneo. L'evento si è rapidamente imposto tra i principali del panorama scacchistico, aggiungendo edizione dopo edizione nomi illustri sul libro dei vincitori: Ciocaltea, Andersson, Keene, Hort, Gruenfeld, Ribli, Geller...All'inizio degli anni '90, per non farsi mancare nulla, il libro suddetto ha anche incamerato i nomi di Kasparov (1992) e Karpov (1993). Ma da allora il torneo è diventato ?proprietà? di Kramnik, che lo ha vinto 4 volte di fila dal 1995 al 1998, lo ha ?lasciato? a Leko nel 1999 per poi riprenderselo nel 2000 e nel 2001. L'allora Campione del Mondo ha visto poi trionfare nuovamente Leko (2002), Bologan (2003), Anand (giusto per non avere buchi nel curriculum immagino : - ) ) (2004), il giocatore di casa Naiditsch (2005), per poi imporsi nuovamente nel 2006 e nel 2007. Leko non ha perso il vizio di interrompere le serie locali di Kramnik e nel 2008 ha nuovamente vinto. Kramnik, dal canto suo, non ha perso quello di vincere a Dortmund e nel 2009 è tornato in vetta, distanziando di un punto gli inseguitori Carlsen, Jakovenko e lo stesso Leko.

Scacchierando in diretta da Dortmund!

All'arrivo, la sede di gioco si mostra imponente

Pronti ad entrare...

...un'occhiata a come procede il Torneo...

...e finalmente siamo in Sala da gioco!

La "concorrenza" è numerosa, ma il nostro inviato si avvicina ai giocatori

Naiditsch - Ponomariov

Naiditsch - Ponomariov bis

Mamedyarov - Le

Kramnik - Leko: 1/2 1/2 fisso : - )

Un bis anche per chi ha disputato un Match mondiale

Peter Leko all'apparente ricerca di qualcosa per riempire il bicchiere

"Aiutato" dalla programmazione del Teatro, il nostro inviato infine ci saluta

Scacchierando ringrazia Andreas Kuhn per il gentile e ottimo lavoro

Scacchierando danke an Andreas Kuhn fur die freundliche und gute Arbeit

Il sito ufficiale http://www.sparkassen-chess-meeting.de/2010/

 
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XXVIII Open di Andorra

Shytaj e Mogranzini alla conquista del Principato di Andorra
  • IV turno MI Shytaj - GM Lazaro Bruzon 2653 1/2!
  • V turno MI Shytaj - GM Kogan 2541 1/2
  • VI turno GM Almeida Quintana 2559 - MI Shytaj 
È in corso di svolgomento la 28esima edizione dell'"Open Internacional d'Andorra". Il torneo si disputa dal 17 al 25 luglio in Erts, villaggio del principato di Andorra nella parrocchia di La Massana, e dopo quattro turni i Maestri Internazionali Luca Shytaj e Roberto Mogranzini si stanno comportando molto bene. Dopo aver vinto con avversari abbordabili nei primi due turni, Luca ha battuto il MI Loeffler nel terzo e ha fermato sulla patta, nel quarto, il numero uno del tabellone, il Grande Maestro cubano Lazaro Bruzon (2653). Dopo la vittoria del torneo di Udine, che è seguita ad un periodo non  esaltante, Mogranzini continua a dare segni di riscatto pattando con Narciso (2540) e De La Riva (2532), due Grandi Maestri che hanno pattato anche contro Martha Fierro Baquero! Grazie a questi risultati, Mogranzini è rientrato nella lista del Live Rating.

Oltre al GM Lazaro Bruzon, partecipano al torneo altri quattro over 2600: il bulgaro Delchev, l'ungherese Balogh e i francesi Edouard e Hamdouchi. Tra i 16 GM presenti, spicca poi il nome di Kevin Spraggett che nel 1989, dopo aver superato Andrei Sokolov negli ottavi, perse con l'allora sovietico Jussupow nei quarti di finale del Torneo dei Candidati. Da segnalare, infine, la presenza della WGM Cory T.Deysi, Campionessa del Mondo Femminile under 16.

Il Montepremi è di 10.000 euro, dei quali 2.100 andranno al vincitore. È prevista la trasmissione in diretta delle prime quattro scacchiere.
 
Migliori 35 iscritti per ELO FIDE
1 g Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2653
2 g Delchev Aleksander BUL 2632
3 g Balogh Csaba HUN 2628
4 g Edouard Romain FRA 2620
5 g Hamdouchi Hicham FRA 2600
6 g Spraggett Kevin CAN 2575
7 g Almeida Quintana Omar CUB 2559
8 g Paunovic Dragan SRB 2553
9 g Alsina Leal Daniel ESP 2546
10 g Kogan Artur ISR 2541
11 g Narciso Dublan Marc ESP 2540
12 g Arizmendi Martinez Julen Luis ESP 2532
13 g De La Riva Aguado Oscar AND 2532
14 g Gonzalez Vidal Yuri CUB 2522
15 m Ipatov Alexander ESP 2507
16 m Moreno Ruiz Javier ESP 2494
17 gm Cori Jorge PER 2486
18 m Pavlovic Milos M SRB 2483
19 m Zoler Dan ISR 2474
20 m Vernay Clovis FRA 2470
21 m Shytaj Luca ITA 2466
22 m Delorme Axel FRA 2455
23 m Almagro Llamas Pablo ESP 2451
24 m Panelo Marcelo ARG 2450
25 g Zilberman Yaacov ISR 2441
26 m Philippe Christophe FRA 2431
27 m Konguvel Ponnuswamy IND 2416
28 m Vehi Bach Victor Manuel ESP 2405
29 m Gagarin Vasilij RUS 2403
30 wgm Cori T. Deysi PER 2403
31 m Berkovich Mark A ISR 2397
32 f Demuth Adrien FRA 2394
33 m Mogranzini Roberto ITA 2387
34 m Benitah Yohan FRA 2382
35 wim Fierro Baquero Martha L. ECU 2372

FOTO TRATTE DAL SITO UFFICIALE



4º turno: per Shytaj una patta di prestigio contro il GM cubano Lazaro Bruzon!



3º turno: la Fierro patta con il GM di casa, De la Riva




WGM Cory T. Deisy




una panoramica della sala di gioco


Il Principato d'Andorra è un microstato (468 km², circa 85.000 abitanti) situato nei Pirenei orientali tra la Francia e la Spagna.



regolamento

calendario dal 17 al 25 luglio si disputano 9 turni, con inizio delle partite alle ore 15:30 con l'eccezione dei primi due turni, che si sono disputati alle ore 16, e dell'ultimo turno che avrà inizio alle ore 9:30.

cadenza di gioco 40 mosse in 90' + 30' per terminare la partita con 30" di incremento per mossa dalla prima mossa.

sito ufficiale

risultati su chessresult

Visore
 
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I nomi dei 2 vincitori degli inviti a Senigallia!
? and the winner is....

2 INVITI PER I GIOVANI per i TORNEI DI SENIGALLIA !

Il Blog Scacchierando è lieto di annunciare i nomi dei due fortunati e meritevoli giovani che hanno vinto il "pass gratuito" per i due Festival di Senigallia di fine Luglio ed inizio Agosto:
RosaMaria Casolino e Nicola Altini !

L'iniziativa prevede la partecipazione gratuita (soggiorno + iscrizione) ad alcuni Festival Internazionali organizzati da Scacchi Randagi e ASD Alto Cosentino (per i nati dal 1992 in poi).Tali gratuità sono messe a disposizione di Scacchierando che decide a quali giovani attribuirle? tra quelli che hanno scritto una email alla redazione per proporsi.

Negli ultimi mesi si sono avvalsi di tale opportunità con successo:
  • Giacomo Gregori e Roberto Palazzotto che hanno partecipato al torneo Costa Viola in Gennaio.
  • Gerardo Consalvo che ha disputato il Festival di Fabriano a Giugno.
  • Ed ora è la volta di RosaMaria Casolino e Nicola Altini a Senigallia.

Chi saranno i giovani che meriteranno di partecipare ai prossimi tornei di Fermo, Amantea e Livigno? Sta a voi deciderlo, leggendo il regolamento a fondo pagina ed inviando una mail di candidatura per il concorso/progetto di crescita.





RosaMaria Casolino, Campionessa Italiana Under 16 2009 vince il Titolo Regionale 2010



Nicola Altini, CM 2120, classe 1995

REGOLAMENTO e PROSSIMI EVENTI

I giovani Under 18 possono scrivere una email a info@scacchierando.net per candidarsi? per i tornei di:

  • FERMO (Marche) = 20-28 Agosto
  • AMANTEA (Calabria) = 29 Agosto- 5 Settembre ( 4 inviti !!!)
  • LIVIGNO (Lombardia) = 10 -18 Settembre


REGOLAMENTO DEL PROGETTO INVITI per i GIOVANI QUI

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Dortmund R6: Naiditsch beats Mamedyarov, other games drawn

Naiditsch (c) Georgios SouleidisAfter yesterday’s rest day, Arkadij Naiditsch scored his first victory of the tournament while the other two games ended in relatively quiet draws.

In today’s round, Naiditsch did excellent business after a slightly bleak tournament so far, while Ponomariov and Le Quang consolidated their leading positions.

Le Quang had pretty good chances today against Kramnik after some fine opening preparation. In a topical line of the Catalan Defence, the Vietnamese had prepared a novelty that got Kramnik thinking.

After 16 moves of well-known theory, the following position was reached:

Instead of the still known 17.Nxd7 (Dominguez-Carlsen, Nizza 2010), Le Quang played 17.Rac1! – a move he said afterwards to have found at home – after which White retained his slight but certain opening advantage. A couple of moves later, Kramnik faced an ‘octopus’ on d6 which got him in some serious (practical) trouble.

21…c4? (21…f6! had to be played – Le Quang) 22.b3! after which White opened the c-file with a huge positional plus. Sadly for Le Quang, he let his advantage slip away and the Russian managed to flee into a drawish endgame where his bishop and rook proved sufficiently solid against Le Quang’s queen. A narrow escape for Kramnik!

Le Quang - Kramnik (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Ponomariov never really got into trouble against Leko in yet another Catalan variation. Optically, it looked a bit tricky for Black at some point, but Pono was apparently just in time to free his bishop and get his counterplay going.

Leko - Ponomariov (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Obviously, it’s not Peter Leko’s tournament so far, especially not after Naiditsch passed him in the standings today.

Actually, the German was “lucky” to beat Mamedyarov – except that there is no such thing as luck in chess, of course. Still, it must be admitted that White was better during most of the game. Consider the position after Naiditsch has just played 24…Qb2:

Here, the machine suggests 25.Qd3! with a big advantage in all lines. On 25…Qb7, White continues with the logical 26.Ng4 and 27.f4 with a strong attack, while 25…Rc6 runs into 26.Rab1 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Qa2 28.Ng4 Kg7 29.Rb7 with a very nasty initiative for White. However, Mamedyarov played 25.Nf3 after which Black seemed to be OK again, until Black mistakenly exchanged rooks and White was back in the driver’s seat.

Mamedyarov again decided to make a knight move (32.Nh2) but 32.Bxg5! looks absolutely killing since after multiple captures on g5, the black rook will be left hanging on d8, and after 32…Qb6 White has the extremely difficult-to-find 33.Bf6! Rg8 34.Ng5+!! followed by Qd3+ and Rxd7 with a winning game.

Instead of this, Mamedyarov totally ruined his day when a few moves later he committed a really horrible blunder:

Now 36.Qd3+ looks about equal, but here the Azeri suddenly played 36.Rxd7?? and resigned furiously without waiting for the obvious. A small tragedy, indeed.

Mamedyarov - Naiditsch (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Standings after 6 rounds:

1. Ponomariov 4
2. Le Quang 3,5
3. Mamedyarov, Kramnik 3
5. Naiditsch 2,5
6. Leko 2

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 6

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Dortmund R5: Slugfest! Kramnik scores first win

Kramnik (c) Georgios SouleidisIn the most exciting round of the Sparkassen Chess-Meeting in Dortmund so far, Vladimir Kramnik beat Arkadij Naiditsch while the other games also ended decisively.

Report by Daan Zult

If people wondered whether Ruslan Ponomariov could recover from his loss against Quang Le in round 4, in round 5 this was answered with a convincing yes. In a highly positional game he slowly outplayed Mamedyarov, in which every time it seemed his opponent had solved his positional problem, Ponomariov presented Shakh with a new one.

In the opening, Mamedyarov accepted a double f-pawn. When he solved this problem, he was confronted with pressure on his c-pawn and an isolated h-pawn. When he solved these problems, he suddenly had to deal with an isolated d-pawn and f-pawn and weakened white squares. These last two problems finally became too much to handle and forced Mamedyarov to capitulate in a position where amateurs might have continued for a couple more moves:

Final position after 51.Kc4. Black resigned.

On top level, Pono’s advantage was evidently decisive. His victory can’t really be characterized by some single move brilliancy, but more by superior positional play all over the game. It must have been a huge disappointment to Mamedyarov, who appeared to be on a roll in the previous rounds.

Shakriyar Mamedyarov (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

The big surprise of the round was Quang Le’s victory over Peter Leko, with the black pieces no less. Against Quang Le’s Caro Cann, Leko attempted to get an advantage by temporally sacrificing a pawn, hoping to end up with the bishop pair against two nights. However, the time that was required to recover the pawn was not wasted on Quang Le, who managed to exchange one knight for a bishop and disturb Leko’s pawn formation.

Leko -Quang Le (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

On top of that, Quang Le managed to get a ‘superpferd’ on d5, from where the knight dominated all play.

In return, Leko was left with a seemingly active bishop on d6, but in reality it was more like a ‘bear without teeth’ (as we say in Holland). Slowly but surely, Quang Le managed to convert his good knight vs bad bishop endgame into the a full point. The question remains whether it’s Quang Le’s second victory in a row because his opponent considered him an easy prey, or whether he can compete with the very best. Time will tell.

In his fifth round game, Kramnik finally showed his true power. When Naiditsch tried to tackle Kramnik’s Catalan the Leko-way by sacrificing a pawn for active play. Kramnik was ready to give back some material for active play of his own.

Kramnik gave a rook for a knight and two pawns with 25.Nxd4! Bxb1 26.Nc6! and managed to permanently lock out Naiditsch rook by means of Nc6xa5. The rook trap became a real problem for Black when Kramnik was able to attack the rook with… his king!

Position after 48.Kb5. Naiditsch resigned after two more superfluous moves.

With Kramnik back on 50% and only one point behind leader Ponomariov, he might still be able to defend his title in the second half of the tournament, but with three more black games to go it will certainly be a hard nut to crack. The tail enders Leko and Naiditsch, who missed their chances in their games against Kramnik and Ponomariov, will have to forget about tournament victory and do some serious damage control.

Sebastian Siebrecht makes the first move in Kramnik - Naiditsch (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Standings after 5 rounds:

1. Ponomariov 3,5
2. Mamedyarov, Le Quang 3
4. Kramnik 2,5
5. Naiditsch, Leko 1,5

Games start daily at 15.00 CET (tuesday is a rest day) and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 5

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Review: Modern Ideas in Chess

Review: The Caro-KannSometimes the big new titles from the big publishers get all the attention. It’s true these are often great buys, but there’s also the risk of overlooking little gems by smaller publishers. Or, as the great Italian philosopher Calimero used to say, “Life’s so unfair when you’re small”.

Even though it’s only 130 pages and looks decidedly modest in size, Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Réti (1889-1929) is a real classic in chess literature. First published in 1923, Russell Enterprises recently published a “21st century” edition in English with figurine algebraic notation and a foreword by Andrew Soltis. I hadn’t read the book before. I wish I had.

Modern Ideas in Chess is a compilation of 45 essays on the evolution of chess understanding from the mid-1850s until the 1920s. After almost ninety years, it is still as fresh and insightful as it was to contemporaries of the great Slowakian player. In fact, one of the reasons why the book still looks so modern is probably because of its compact size. Réti’s style of analysing is also very sober and his prose quite imaginative. Most importantly, he had an incredibly sharp eye when observing the chess style of his great predecessors.

The book starts with some lucid chapters in praise of Paul Morphy, whom Réti saw as “the first positional player”. For instance, he points out that in the following position after 5.Ng5, a move “Morphy would certainly never have made”, players before Morphy often used to play 5…Ne5, because it looked attractive to protect the pawn at f7 and attack the bishop on c4 at the same time.

However, after 5…Ne5? 6.Bxf7+ Nxf7 7.Nxf7 Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 White has a clear advantage. Morphy, on the other hand, simply played 5…Nh6! and if White proceeds in similar fashion by taking on f7 and then picking up the bishop at c5,

The pawn at d4 is protected, as Morphy (in consequence of his developing move 5…Nh6) exchanged the otherwise undeveloped piece and not the already developed knight at c6. White has a bad game and the premature attack by 5.Ng5 is refuted.

Actually this example served as a good wake-up call to myself, since it made me realize chess is not about making nice moves, but about making good moves. (It’s the rule I tend to forget most in chess.) It is a point Réti makes time and again in his essays. Here’s another great example from his analysis of Morphy’s fourth match game against Anderssen in 1858, which is also a good illustration of Réti’s often original way of describing chess moves.

Anderssen – Morphy
Paris (4) 1858

13.Nc3 Does Anderssen intend to make a developing move here? Certainly not. That it happens to be one is merely chance. It is essentially an attacking move which threatens 14.Nxd5, 15.Qd3, while 14.Qd3 can at once be parried by Black with 14…Nf6.

One of the things that make Réti’s book such an entertaining read, even today, is his constant comparison between great players. This is something that isn’t often seen those days. Kasparov, in his monumental My Great Predecessors series, explicitly says comparing players from the past is pointless because each great player contributed something valuable to the development of chess. This is in fact the same point of view Réti expresses in his book, but Réti doesn’t shy away from comparing the great players with concrete examples, which is something Kasparov never does.

Steinitz-Chigorin
Havana (4) 1892

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3

One sees here at once the difference between Morphy and Steinitz. The former was always anxious to press on at the earliest possible moment with d2-d4. Steinitz on the other hand does not want to break through the center, but is more concerned with buidling up for himself a strong position, to enable him subsequently to prepare an attack on the kingside.

Réti constantly comes back to the points he previously made, maintaining a clear line throughout the book. One of the highlights is the chapter on Capablanca. Probably my favourite fragment is where he describes a consultation game he once played together with the great Cuban. It proved to be a turning point in Réti’s own development as a chess player.

Fähndrich & Kaufmann – Capablanca & Réti
Vienna 1914

A position was arrived at here in which the opportunity presented itself to develop a hitherto undeveloped piece and indeed with an attack. The move 14…Re8 would have had that effect and was in accordance with the principles prevailing when I grew up and which correspond almost entirely with Morphy’s principles (for he would without considering have chosen that move).

To my great astonishment Capablanca would not even consider the move at all. Finally he discovered the following maneuver by means of which he forced a deterioration of White’s pawn position and thereby later on his defeat:

14…Bd4 15.Qd3 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4! 17.Qd4 g5 18.Ne5 Bf5

With this game began a revolution in my conviction as to the wisdom of the old principle, according to which in the opening every move should develop another piece. I studies Capablanca’s games and recognized that contrary to all the masters of that period he had for some time ceased to adhere to that principle.

Réti goes on to explain that Capablanca, of course, also had to develop his pieces in order to carry out any plan at all, but that the difference lies in “those particular and unusual moves” which made Capablanca so vastly superior. Again, he doesn’t shy away from comparing Capablanca’s new technique with that of the older masters. The following position is from a well-known line in the Four Knights game.

Réti first shows how in a game Tarrasch-Lasker from 1908, White developed normally by means of 11.Bg5, which develops a piece and looks in accordance with everything we know about chess. But then he points out that

The essential element of the position is due to the center pawn formation at e4 and d6. By means of it White can get the knight on to the fifth rank and it would be well protected. In order to avail himself of that possibility Capablanca in same position [Capablanca-Fonaroff, New York 1918] played 11.Qc3 so as to land the knight on b5 via d4 on the favourable square f5.

(Interestingly, it seems that the move 11.Bg5 has prevailed after all, since it is by far the most popular choice in my database. But I was pleasantly surprised to see that last year, the strong Brazilian grandmaster Vescovi did play Capablanca’s 11.Qc3. In the end, of course, Réti’s point is not about the objective value of Qc3 over Bg5, but about Capa’s creative – and revolutionary – vision.)

Réti’s description of chess evolution brings him, naturally, to the Hypermodernists. Interestingly, here not all attention goes out to Alekhine automatically. This is, of course, partly due to the fact that Alekhine hadn’t become World Champion yet at the time of Reti’s writing. In fact, Réti attributes a lot of Alkehine’s development of strength to Capablanca:

When Alekhine divided with Nimzowitsch the first prize at the all-Russian tournament of 1914, everybody said that he had been lucky. Alekhine’s friendship with Capablanca, who went to Russia in 1914, marked a turning point in his chess career. During his intercourse with Capablanca, he learnt the latter’s new technique, the lively dynamics of which suited Alekhine’s disposition, and added a methodical groundwork to his originality, whereupon he was able to build still further.

But besides Alekhine, Réti also pays tribute to now lesser-known players such as Gyula Breyer, and the book contains very interesting and nuanced portraits of Akiba Rubinstein and Efim Bogolyubov. (More nuanced than Kasparov’s, I’d say.) Réti’s open-mindedness and constant self-reflection also shows in the following fragment on the youngest generation (which included young Max Euwe):

He who with inward struggles and frequent doubtings has co-operated in elaborating a new school of chess [i.e. Hypermodernism - AWM], experiences a remarkable feeling when he realizes how the younger masters, without trouble, and almost as a mattter of course, accept and make use of recent technical acquisitions as if such acquisitions had been merely presented or handed down to them.

Richard Réti

Tellingly, one of the very few fragments in the book from Réti’s own games is a crushing loss against Bogolyubov (Berlin 1919). It’s a pity that his own games and the impression he made on others are strangely absent from Modern Ideas in Chess. We have to be content with such marvellous quotes as:

The layman thinks that the superiority of the chess master lies in his ability to think out 3 or 4, or even 10 or 20, moves ahead. Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, “as a rule not a single one.”

It’s only fair that history has given Richard Réti, who died at the age of 40, a firm place in Caissa’s eternal Hall of Fame. His grand idea of chess as an ever developing science is still the foundation of every chess improvement book that appears on the market. But before buying those, you should read Modern Ideas in Chess.

Small in size though it may be, in importance it is enormous.

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Dortmund R4: Goodmorning, Vietnam!

Quang Le (c) Georgios SouleidisIn round 4, Quang Le from Vietnam showed he did not come to Dortmund to serve as cannon fodder! After the 2700+ aggression he faced in round 3, Quang Le was able to gear up and confront Ponomariov with some tactics of his own.

Report by Daan Zult

Until move eleven of a Grünfeld Indian, both players were familiar with the position from the white perspective. Earlier this year the position arose in Quang Le – Sasikiran (Moskou, 1-0) and Ponomariov – Carlsen (Nice, 0-1). Now Ponomariov was the first to deviate from both games with 11… b6, where Sasikiran played 11… Bd7 and Carlsen 11… Rd8.

Ponomariov’s move was only played twice before, both times by Gata Kamsky in 1991, in which he won and lost a game. The move might be a little bluff, because after 12.dxc5 dxc5 13.Qd5 or 12.dxc5 Ne5 the move is essentially a pawn sacrifice in a complicated position where white seems to have the better chances. This is further confirmed by the loss of Kamsky against Rao Vivek, who did accept the sacrifice and won the game. Quang Le rejected the sacrifice and played the more solid and careful 12.Bf4, after which he retained a small but evident advantage.

Whether Ponomariov tried to complicate the position in an eager to win or whether he thought it was a wise plan is unclear, but with 18… h5? he asked too much of his position.

It gave Quang Le the opportunity to show his true color, when with 19.Nxg6! Nxg6 20.Bd6 he unleashed some excellent tactics that gave him a pawn and the bishop pair. Fortunately for Ponomariov the position did not end in a clear cut win position and he might still have drawn it with accurate play. However, in an ending with bishops of opposite color Ponomariov showed once more it was not his day.

With 31… h4, he gave Quang Le the opportunity to create two connected passed pawns, starting with 32.f4, 33.e5, followed by g2-g3, which Quang Le confidently converged into a full point. With his victory Quang Le bounced back to a 50% score and brought new tension into the tournament standings. He also once again showed that Vietnam is a chess country to reckon with in the future. Kudos to Quang Le.

Liem Quang Le (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

In terms of ‘fire on the board’, the other games where less interesting. In particular Mamedyarov – Kramnik, which was a big exchange feast in the QGD and could be considered the first rest day for both players, although in fact Black seemed slightly more pleasant after the opening.

Mamedyarov - Kramnik (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

Mamedyarov will probably be happy now that he is in sole lead. Kramnik can also be satisfied with his play, and he can now try to get back in the tournament with white against Naiditsch in round 5.

The game Naiditsch – Leko, a Ruy Lopez Arkhangelsk, was not much different. With 15.Qd2 Leko was the first to deviate from a game Leko – Shirov, played in 1997, where he played 15.Qg3. This new move is unlikely to attract a bunch of screaming fans, because it did not change the evaluation and result of the game, which after a couple of exchanges ended in a drawn rook endgame.

Naiditsch - Leko (photo by Georgios Souleidis)

The big winners of round 4 were Quang Le and Skakhriar Mamedyarov, who is now in sole lead. Round 5 (played today) might show some fighting chess, because in Leko – Quang Le and Kramnik – Naiditsch, the rating favorites have white and might not let black walk with an easy draw.

Moreover, we have the number 1 and 2 of the standings competing against each other, where Pono might try to get back on top by having a shot at Shakh with white. However, the statistics on the FIDE site show this would be a surprise, because all their six previous rated games ended in a draw.

Standings after 4 rounds:

1. Mamedyarov 3
2. Ponomariov 2,5
3. Le Quang 2
4. Kramnik, Naiditsch, Leko 1,5

Games start daily at 15.00 CET and can be followed live here.

Dortmund Games round 4

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Working meetings of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in Moscow
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Meeting with FIDE Commission for World Championships & Olympiads (WCO)

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On July 20, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met in Moscow with the members of FIDE Commission for World Championships & Olympiads (WCO) GM Emil Sutovsky and Honorary Vice President Mr. Israel Gelfer.

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FIDE President also met with with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the State of Palestine in the Russian Federation, H.E. Dr. Mustafa Fa’ed and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Embassy, Mr. Zaul Awad.

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LOS AJEDRECISTAS DEL CLUB DEPORTIVO DE AJEDREZ MASPALOMAS NO SUPERAN EL CORTE DE LOS JUGADORES CON
Los ajedrecistas del Club deportivo de Ajedrez Maspalomas no superan el corte de los jugadores con mas de 2100 puntos de elo Internacional en el IV Open de ajedrez Internacional Vecindario, en su cuarta ronda disputada el 20 de julio de 2010 en Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana.
Solo la joven Chantal Morales Heimiht ha podido salvar los muebles del Maspalomas en esta jornada, siendo la única que ha puntuado.


En esta jornada se volvieron a producir múltiples sorpresas a cargo de ajedrecistas que luchan por una mejora de su elo Internacional y están puntuando ante Profesionales del ajedrez Internacional, algunos de estos jugadores Canarios destacados son Nicolás Natalicchio, Omar García y José Luís Rodríguez que están tuteando a Maestros internacionales y por lo tanto salvando el Prestigio de los ajedrecistas Canarios, participantes en el mismo.

Habida cuenta de la gran cantidad de jugadores foráneos invitados a este evento y que hace del mismo un gran logro para el ajedrez Canario ya que este evento esta caracterizado por el Gran numero de ajedrecistas invitados, no solo los foráneos sino los también algunos ajedrecistas destacados Canarios, todo gracias al Patrocinador del Evento Hotel Avenida de Gran Canaria, que esta apostando por el deporte base y por una promoción de Santa Lucía de Tirajana a través del deporte y más concretamente de Ajedrez.


 
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Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:35:00 +0000
 
 
 
Former world chess champion visits Vietnam

Former world chess champion visits Vietnam
Last update 08:20, Wednesday, 21/07/2010 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge – Russian former world chess champion Anatoly Evgenyevich Karpov arrived in HCM City on July 19 during his Asian tour to campaign for chair of the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Karpov, 59, was very friendly. He always smiled and was willing to talk to anybody who likes chess. He attended the opening ceremony of the National Young Rapid Chess Championship 2010 and shared his experience with young Vietnamese players.

Before going to Malaysia, he talked with Tuoi Tre newspaper.

Q: To become a grandmaster of chess like you, what is more important– talent or training?

Karpov: I think talent accounts for 20 percent of success and up to 80 percent is training hard and gaining experience from your own games.


Q: To develop chess, which conditions does a country need?


Karpov: The prerequisite condition is a broad chess movement. Then chess players must show their professionalism. In addition, the assistance of the government and businesses is very important.


Q: What do you know about Vietnam’s chess?


Karpov: You have Le Quang Liem, who has played at world leading tournaments. I believe that Vietnam has many talents and it will be the home to many world chess champions.


Q: Chess players have good mathematical thinking. Is it better if you don’t play chess, but research mathematics?


Karpov: I don’t know, but chess helps life a lot. Through chess, people can train their discipline and logical thinking ability to perfect themselves and improve their memory.


Q: How does chess playing benefit students?


Karpov: Chess playing has really developed in the last two decades. More masters and grandmasters of chess have appeared. In many countries, chess is taught at schools. That’s the nursery to discover who will become grandmasters of chess and excellent mathematicians.


Q: If you are elected as FIDE Chair, what will you do to further develop chess?


Karpov: If I’m elected, I will exempt appointment fees for grandmaster and master titles and I will do my best to support chess playing movements in developing countries.


Developing chess must originate from mass movements, so I will set up at least one chess club for each age in nations with chess movements.


In Vietnam, I have thought of building two chess clubs, one in HCM City and one in Hanoi.


Source: Tuoi Tre

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Una tarde con Don Salvador Palmero: Un “gomero” que batió a ¡Bobby Fischer!

“¡Perdiste chambón!”. Esta fue la expresión del niño José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera, dando la voltereta en el suelo, cuando a los cinco años batió a uno de los amigos de su padre, que acudían regularmente a su casa a jugar al ajedrez… .

El término “chambón” se aplica a alguien que tiene una escasa habilidad en el juego. Y es muy utilizado en gran parte de América Latina. También, como no, en Venezuela, país a donde fue a parar nuestro personaje de esta crónica a mediados de los años cincuenta.

Don Salvador Palmero tiene en la actualidad 76 años y posee en su haber un record (!?) totalmente histórico. ¡Batió a Bobby Fischer! en una simultánea que el genial ajedrecista dio en Caracas en 1960.



Posiblemente él y el eminente Maestro Internacional Antonio Medina, español de nacimiento, pero nacionalizado venezolano, sean de las pocas personas de origen español que hayan conseguido batir al gran genio por autonomasia del ¡ajedrez universal!.

Salvador nació en el pueblo canario, de la Isla de la Gomera, de Vallehermoso. Miembro de una familia amplia de 11 hermanos. En 1941 un curioso hecho fue la causa que hizo que pocos años más tarde su vida cambiase por completo: su hermana mayor se casó con un ingeniero venezolano y se fue a vivir a Caracas.

Cuando meses después del acontecimiento, llegaban a su pueblo cartas desde Venezuela, con recortes de revistas y periódicos, toda la familia quedaba prendida inmediatamente por el encanto de la “Tierra de Gracia”, como Cristóbal Colón la denominó.

Vallehermoso era entonces, nos dice, un pueblo muy pequeño. “En él habían sólo un coche y dos camiones…”· Pese a que el cabeza de familia gozaba de una posición económica holgada, 7 de sus hijos (incluido Salvador) se ¡fueron para allá!.

Antes, Salvador había estudiado la carrera de Perito Agrícola en la Universidad tinerfeña de La Laguna (sede de la actual “Universiada ajedrecística” que se desarrolla felizmente con carácter anual). También había compartido sus estudios con la práctica del fútbol, siendo componente del famoso equipo lagunero del Juvenil Hespérides.

Don Salvador, mientras nos cuenta su historia, nos enseña una foto suya de la época. Caramba, ¡era todo un dandy!.  

Cuando llega a Caracas, pronto se aficiona al ajedrez e ingresa en un club muy humilde, el del Barrio de Sarría.

Empieza a jugar en 3ª categoría y pronto casi por talento natural sube a 2ª y enseguida se planta en la 1ª División Nacional. Por su don de gentes (¡las novias no le faltan!) empieza a ser conocido en el Distrito Federal. En el ranking oficial ajedrecístico de 1958 ocupa el puesto décimotercero de Caracas.

Otra curiosa anécdota, ésta relacionada directamente con el ajedrez, le hará cambiar de nuevo, su vida. Resultó ser que entre torneo y torneo conoció a un recién aficionado al juego-ciencia, que tenía una empresa de topografía, el profesor Miguel Carnicero. Hizo amistad con él y éste le requirió (tras un curso realizado en 1959) para que formase parte de su propia empresa (!?). Así pasó de trabajar en una librería a desarrollar este interesante trabajo. Pero mientras sus compañeros topógrafos realizaban diariamente sus labores de medición del terreno, Palmero en el despacho principal de la empresa, ¡le daba clases de ajedrez a su jefe!. Tal fue la afición surgida que en cierta ocasión Carnicero debió enfrentarse en un torneo a un gran campeón venezolano, Napoleón Alberto Caro. La diferencia entre ambos aún era notable y Carnicero pronto fue “barrido” (¡como un chambón!) del tablero.



Pero un tiempo más tarde, en 1965, tras arduo estudio de la teoría de la Defensa Francesa, Carnicero, dispuso para su entrenador Palmero y su familia (su mujer y entonces una niña recién nacida; luego llegaría otra hija y un hijo) del mejor hotel existente en el lugar de la nueva contienda (lejos de Caracas) donde Carnicero se iba a medir de nuevo a Caro. Esta vez el resultado fue favorable para sus intereses pues Carnicero derrotaría con negras y con la ¡Defensa Francesa! a su gran rival y de este modo Palmero, siguió progresando profesionalmente en su trabajo (bien remunerado, por cierto) de ¡topógrafo!.

Cuando le requerí a Don Salvador que me contase cuál había sido su mejor partida de competición me sugirió aquella que le había enfrentado al Dr. Irving Perret, un multimillonario constructor de la gran Urbanización La Floresta, en Altamira. Palmero, sin complejos, ganó una brillante partida, que terminó con ganancia de una pieza en el medio juego.        

Desde principios de los sesenta, Palmero era todo un experto del ajedrez en Caracas y era ampliamente respetado por sus rivales, donde los mejores formaban un "coto cerrado" en el que era muy difícil entrar.

Cuando se enteró de que Bobby Fischer llegaría a la capital venezolana invitado por su amigo Isidoro Cherem (empresario de productos de importación y personaje de gran educación estudiantil) para realizar varias exhibiciones, Palmero pronto se encargó de “reclutar” a los mejores ajedrecistas venezolanos para dignificar la presencia en aquel país del que ya era reconocido, con sólo 17 años, como genio del ajedrez.

Así, sólo una semana después del torneo de Buenos Aires de 1960, Fischer hizo acto de presencia en la capital venezolana. Atrás había quedado el peor torneo de la historia de Bobby, pues quedó clasificado en el puesto décimocuarto de un total de veinte ajedrecistas. Sus cinco derrotas (Unzicker, Uhlmann, Benko, Wexler y Eliskases) cosechadas en aquella competición todavía le escocían. Bobby no estaba pues en plenitud moral cuando llegó a Caracas y en general se le vió bastante cariacontecido. Falta de costumbre a esa extraña situación ¡sin lugar a dudas!.

Y por fin llegó el gran día. Fue el 2 de agosto de 1960. Lugar: El Patio Deportivo del Lar Gallego, en la Avenida Las Acacias de Sabana Grande de Caracas.

Bobby dio aquella simultánea a 47 tableros desde las 20,30 h. hasta la 1,40 h. de la madrugada. Tardó pues en terminar 5 horas y 10 minutos. Al final cosechó el siguiente puntaje: +39 =6 – 2.

Los vencedores fueron Pedro Galarraga y este ¡prodigioso jugador gomero!, Salvador Palmero.

Pedro Galarraga era también una persona inteligente. Resultó ser luego concejal de uno de los distritos más ricos de Venezuela, el de Sucre, del Estado de Miranda; una zona fundamentalmente industrial. Un personaje que empezó en la política desde la humildad. Iba de un lugar a otro con su coche de 10 años, mientras otros políticos se desplazaban en modelos como Mercedes y muchos hasta con chófer. Esa popularidad le llevó hasta lo más alto, presidente de su propio distrito, pero años más tarde (lamentablemente) y según Palmero, Galarraga se vería implicado en un tema de “corrupción” política… .

Recuerda también Palmero que Fischer tomó una actitud despectiva en aquella partida con Galarraga cuando de repente perdió su dama y tuvo que verse obligado a abandonarla, desarrollada bajo el Ataque Yugoslavo contra la Variante del Dragón de la Defensa Siciliana.

Mientras me lo contaba, enseguida le vino a la memoria a Palmero un precioso cotejo de Bobby que en aquella ocasión no es que perdiese la dama sino que la entregó, para conseguir una brillante victoria. Veámosla:


Quinteros,Miguel Angel - Fischer,Robert James [A35]
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (5), 25.07.1970
[Jimenez,A sobre notas de Soltis]

1.c4 g6 2.Cc3 Ag7 3.Cf3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Cxd4 Cc6 6.Cc2 Axc3+! 7.bxc3 Cf6 8.f3 d6 9.e4 Ae6 10.Ae2? [10.Ah6!+/=]10...Tc8 11.Ce3 Da5 12.Ad2 Ce5 Posición compleja, en donde Fischer obtiene la iniciativa. 13.Db3 Cfd7! protegiendo indirectamente "b7". 14.f4 Cc5=/+ 15.Dc2 Cc6 16.0-0 Da4! 17.Db1 Ca5 Diagram