*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ IECC CHESS BITS & PIECES *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Published by the International Email Chess Club Devoted solely to E-Mail Correspondence Chess *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Volume 1, Issue 7 May 1995 Published SemiMonthly *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Editor: Sherman Klausner - klaus@interaccess.com *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ THE FOUNDER'S CORNER By Lisa Powell ********************************************************************* My deepest apologies to those members of IECC who have written to thank me for the small doses of help which I have managed to provide in the midst of managing a small star that shows symptoms of becoming what a close friend chooses to call a super nova. Well, I guess that's the kind of support and gross flattery that friendship is all about. The staff of IECC does strive to make time for the personal touch. To have friends like that to work with is precious beyond words. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ IECC MEMBER OF THE MONTH Each month we introduce to our readers two different members. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Bernd Sorg Born 1969 in Tettnang (South-Germany) My father taught me to play chess at the age of 12. He told, that when he was young, his father taught him chess, and they played regularly every week one or two games. First he (naturally) lost every game, but after a year or two he won almost all games, and his father didn't play with him anymore. Well, history repeated itself. When I became good enough not to be fooled by one-move traps, my father lost interest in playing with me. I needed another chess partner, and solved the problem by buying a chess computer. Unfortunately, at this time chess computers were primitive and played very badly, but much better than I did. I lost without a chance of winning. Maybe this experience marred my relationship with chess computers. There was really a need to change the methodology. I went to the local library and read some chess books. With this knowledge I not only solved my problem of playing chess computer problem, but also reached a reasonable result at our school championship. Then my teacher suggested that join the local chess club. I started at this chess club with a (German) rating of about 1600. In the next three years I used a lot of time playing and training chess, with the result that I played my best chess (but not my most successful!) at the end of this period. Most of my recent opening theory knowledge comes also from this time period. And then, then came my military obligation. (In Germany there is compulsory military service). I played almost no chess, but got the opportunity to visit Canada for three weeks (more correct is for one weekend, at which we are able to do what we want). At the beginning of my study of computer science I didn't play chess very often. But in the first week, I met a fellow student, who suggests during a very uninteresting lesson that we play a blindfold game. Because of a lot of uninteresting lessons I played many blindfold games during my study. I also improved my endgame technique, because this fellow student won a lot of rook-endings with one pawn less against me. In the second semester of my study I started working in a research institute. My boss in this institute became a professor in Vienna, and asked me to go with him. Now I live and study in Vienna. At the moment I can win local chess tournaments, but if the prize money is too small, it does not attract good players. My greatest success was the win of the Wuerttembergische B-Championship last year. In the team championship we failed this year to win the last match and missed to qualify for the third German league where our chess club never played so far. But generally, I'm only successful in blitz-chess, therefore in email-chess no one has to be afraid of me. Beside chess, I like going to cinema, reading books, doing nothing, and so on... What I don't like are chess computers. Main openings: white (mostly d4 (sometimes e4, or c4, or something else) black (classical french, gruenfeld, benoni, budapest) Main chess-philosophy: If you have no plan, create yourself a weakness and defend this weakness ********************************************************************* IECC Featured Game Analysis By Major William D. Wall ********************************************************************* THE SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT - A LESSON IN CONTROLLING THE CENTER by Bill Wall Simon Zirians - James Quinn, IECC Quad, 1995, B21 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 [The Smith-Morra Gambit, a popular gambit in the Sicilian defense] 3...dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Bf4?! [The main line is 10.Rd1. White's idea is to give up a pawn for quick development and control of the center with a few tricks.] 9...e5 [Although Black is left with a backward d pawn, White fails to exploit it. If White had a rook on d1, he could now play Nxe5] 10.Bg5 Bg4 [Black threatens to play 11...Nd4 and 12...Nxf3+] 11.Qd3 [White could play 11.Be3, then 12.Rad1] 11...Rc8 12.Bb3 [Not 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bxg5 14.dxc6 bxc6, losing another pawn] 12...O-O 13.Rac1 [Better may be 13.Rad1 or 13.Nb5. White gave up a pawn and must find some compensation.] 13...h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 [15.Nb5 looks more natural, attacking the backward d-pawn. But after 15...Bxf3 16.Qxf3 a6, White will have to retreat his Knight back.] 15...Bxf3 16.Qxf3 [No good is 16.Nxf6+? Qxf6 17.Qxf3 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Nd4 19.Kg2 Nxb3 20.axb3 Rc6, and White has two doubled pawn structures] 16...Bg5 17.Rcd1 [Or 17.Rc3 Nd4 18.Qd3 Qd7] 17...Nd4 18.Qd3 [Of course, not 18.Qg3?? Ne2+ and 19...Nxg3 wins the Queen] 18...b5 19.f4 [Perhaps 19.a3 or 19.Rfe1 is better. White is exposing his king now.] 19...Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Nxb3 21.Qxb3 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 exf4 23.Rxf4 Rc4 [23...a6 is a little safer] 24.Qd3 Rfc8 [Or 23...Qc6 and 24...Rc2] 25.Qd5 [Threatening 26.Qxf7+. Not 25.Qxd6?? Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Rc1+ 27.Rd1 Rxd1 mate.] 25...R8c7 26.Qa8+ [Better is 26.Rdf1. Black may then try 26...R4c5 27.Qb3 Rc4] 26...Kh7 27.Qd5 [27.Qe8 is met with 27...Qd4! 28.Rdf1 Qe5] 27...Qc5 28.Rf5? [White should not simplify in this endgame. White needs to keep his Queen and play 28.Qd3 and 29.Rdf1 if he wants any chances.] 28...Qxd5 29.Rfxd5 [Bad is 29.exd5 Rc2 30.Rb1 Rxb2! since 31.Rxb2 Rc1 32.Rf1 Rxf1 is mate] 29...Rxe4 30.Rxb5 [30.Rxd6? Re2 wins another pawn for Black] 30...Rd4 31.Rf1 [Or 31.Rb1. Not 31.Rxd4?? Rc1+ 32.Rd1 Rxd1 mate] 31...Rd2 [It's almost always a good idea to place your rook on the 7th rank] 32.h3 [Why not expand with 32.h4 or 32.a4] 32...f6 [Freeing up the other rook and trying to play Rcc2] 33.Rg1 [Or 33.a4 first] 33...d5 [Or 33...Rcc2. Black wants to push his passed pawn first] 34.Kh2 Rcc2 [With both rooks on the 7th, White cannot avoid losing another pawn] 35.Ra5 [Or 35.a4. If 35...Rxb2 36.Rxb2 Rxb2 37.Rd1] 35...Rxb2 36.Rxa7 Rxa2 37.Rxa2 Rxa2 38.Rd1 Ra5 39.Kg3 [Or 39.Rd4 first, then 40.Kg3] 39...Kg6 40.Kf4 Kf7 41.Ke3?! [41.Rd4 or 41.Rb1 are better choices] 41...Ke6 42.Re1 Kd6 43.Rd1 [Or 43.Re2] 43...f5 44.Rd3 [44.Kf4 looks more natural, though Black can defend his pawn] 44...Ke5 45.Rd2 [45.Rb3 is better] 45...d4+ 46.Kf3 Ra3+ 47.Ke2 Ke4 48.Rb2 g5 49.Kf2 Rc3 50.Re2+ Re3 51.Rb2 g4 52.hxg4 fxg4 53.Kf1 [Best is 53.Rb7] 53...g3 54.Rb1?? [54.Rb7] 54...Kd3 55.Ra1 Kc2 56.Ra2+ Kb1 57.Ra6 d3 58.Ra3 Kb2 0-1 ********************************************************************* THE NEWBIE CORNER By Sherm Klausner ********************************************************************* Thanks to the creative efforts of Lisa, and help from her staff, this club is developing and moving forward towards its intended goals. How do things really get done in an organization like this? It starts with ideas from Lisa and ideas contributed to her. Then members of the staff take over and carry out the necessary details. It involves many hours of work and devotion. The payoff is in a job well done and watching a group grow in the manner that we all want. The job of building this club as "The Friendly Club" is difficult and has only really just begun. Your input is needed on every issue at hand. Anyone can issue comments from the sidelines, and although that is also important, what we really need right now are people in the club to step forward and volunteer some of their talent. The more people on the Staff of IECC, the better. It would be pleasing to see every member of IECC a staff member doing something to contribute. Imagine the wealth of talent we have embodied in our membership! Other groups seem to be run by a chosen few. Our goal is to have you help run your this club of ours! Step forward and drop us a line letting us know that you are willing to work for IECC! *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* IECC ..... The Friendly Chess Club! *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*