*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ IECC CHESS BITS & PIECES *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Published by the International Email Chess Club Devoted solely to E-Mail Correspondence Chess *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Volume 1, Issue 16 December 1995 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Letters to the Editor, Lisa Powell Andrew Nugteren: "In the light of the speed of transmission of messages via Internet, it is puzzling why some players are slow to respond." Reply: LP [to a friend here in Guiles, Ontario, Canada] Many members of IECC haven't a clue about the routing of Internet messages. For the IECC Newsletter that's close to be being published in rec.games.chess.play-by-email, can you please-pretty-please give me the routing from Guelph to these four addresses? DP * Included in this note. I'm surprised anyone gets anything, with the long routing required. LP FYI, I had asked a member who lives in Oregon, and he told me he doesn't know how to do this with his Windows 95. DP Doesn't surprise me. :-) Drop to a dos window and issue the command * tracert sitename *, while you are in the Explorer, of course... Ervin Akramov akramov@nlkr.info.bishkek.su Tracing route to nlkr.info.bishkek.su [194.135.206.51] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 262 ms 258 ms 259 ms ruby.sentex.ca [199.212.134.5] 3 295 ms 278 ms 258 ms kw.onet.on.ca [130.185.151.1] 4 270 ms 276 ms 298 ms toronto2.onet.on.ca [130.185.2.1] 5 287 ms 278 ms 275 ms exterior.onet.on.ca [130.185.5.1] 6 330 ms 278 ms 276 ms psp.on.canet.ca [192.68.55.1] 7 271 ms 297 ms 297 ms psp.il.canet.ca [205.207.238.142] 8 315 ms 298 ms 297 ms border3-hssi2-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.26.9] 9 349 ms 338 ms 278 ms core-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.2.81] 10 296 ms 297 ms 318 ms core1-hssi-2.NorthRoyalton.mci.net [204.70.1.94] 11 317 ms 298 ms 296 ms core1-hssi-3.WestOrange.mci.net [204.70.1.102] 12 321 ms 298 ms 298 ms core-hssi-4.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.1.97] 13 313 ms 298 ms 318 ms border2-fddi-0.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.3.18] 14 343 ms 318 ms 338 ms sprint-nap.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.45.6] 15 317 ms 318 ms 310 ms Pennsauken1.NJ.US.EU.net [192.157.69.75] 16 443 ms 417 ms 399 ms Amsterdam5.NL.EU.net [134.222.228.41] 17 665 ms 800 ms 517 ms Moscow-M9-Demos-1.RU.EU.net [134.222.20.2] 18 627 ms 678 ms 619 ms Moscow-M9-2.Relcom.EU.net [193.232.244.33] 19 661 ms 699 ms 778 ms Moscow-M9-3.Relcom.EU.net [193.124.22.67] 20 1244 ms 856 ms 1097 ms kit-gw.kit.kz [194.58.247.4] 21 1404 ms 1257 ms 1299 ms gtw.info.bishkek.su [194.135.206.3] 22 1440 ms 1358 ms 1439 ms freenet.info.bishkek.su [194.135.206.50] Trace complete. Andrew Nugteren andrewn@southern.co.nz Tracing route to southern.co.nz [202.37.188.2] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 252 ms 258 ms 257 ms ruby.sentex.ca [199.212.134.5] 3 253 ms 258 ms 258 ms kw.onet.on.ca [130.185.151.1] 4 278 ms 317 ms 277 ms toronto2.onet.on.ca [130.185.2.1] 5 350 ms 278 ms 258 ms exterior.onet.on.ca [130.185.5.1] 6 305 ms 398 ms 277 ms psp.on.canet.ca [192.68.55.1] 7 383 ms 278 ms 338 ms psp.il.canet.ca [205.207.238.142] 8 294 ms 277 ms 298 ms border3-hssi2-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.26.9] 9 316 ms 298 ms 318 ms core-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.2.81] 10 276 ms 298 ms 278 ms core1-hssi-3.WillowSprings.mci.net [204.70.1.86] 11 340 ms 356 ms 338 ms core1-hssi-4.Sacramento.mci.net [204.70.1.173] 12 338 ms 338 ms 338 ms core2-hssi-3.SanFrancisco.mci.net [204.70.1.145] 13 340 ms 358 ms 378 ms borderx2-fddi-1.SanFrancisco.mci.net [204.70.158.68] 14 371 ms 393 ms 338 ms fix-west-nap.SanFrancisco.mci.net [204.70.158.118] 15 331 ms 398 ms 398 ms PACCOM.NSN.NASA.GOV [192.203.230.6] 16 499 ms 518 ms 498 ms 132.160.254.2 17 492 ms 598 ms 516 ms feba-aotearoa.waikato.tuia.net.nz [140.200.128.3] 18 1467 ms 1339 ms 1437 ms gw-fr.sint.tuia.net.nz [140.200.240.32] 19 548 ms 1499 ms 1919 ms ferryman.southern.co.nz [192.231.84.254] 20 1725 ms 2920 ms 1779 ms southern.co.nz [202.37.188.2] Trace complete. Alan Ong alanong@singnet.com.sg Tracing route to singnet.com.sg [165.21.1.10] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 264 ms 258 ms 258 ms ruby.sentex.ca [199.212.134.5] 3 626 ms 438 ms 418 ms kw.onet.on.ca [130.185.151.1] 4 454 ms 459 ms 518 ms toronto2.onet.on.ca [130.185.2.1] 5 520 ms 618 ms 599 ms exterior.onet.on.ca [130.185.5.1] 6 485 ms 358 ms 458 ms psp.on.canet.ca [192.68.55.1] 7 601 ms 579 ms 578 ms psp.il.canet.ca [205.207.238.142] 8 622 ms 618 ms 578 ms border3-hssi2-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.26.9] 9 508 ms 598 ms 579 ms core-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.2.81] 10 491 ms 498 ms 599 ms core1-hssi-2.NorthRoyalton.mci.net [204.70.1.94] 11 783 ms 619 ms 498 ms core1-hssi-3.WestOrange.mci.net [204.70.1.102] 12 446 ms 478 ms 459 ms core-hssi-4.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.1.97] 13 808 ms 698 ms 698 ms border2-fddi-0.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.3.18] 14 533 ms 618 ms 538 ms sprint-nap.NewYork.mci.net [204.70.45.6] 15 595 ms 538 ms 538 ms fd-0.enss218.t3.ans.net [192.157.69.4] 16 613 ms * 454 ms t3-3.cnss32.New-York.t3.ans.net [140.222.32.4] 17 531 ms 499 ms 457 ms t3-0.cnss48.Hartford.t3.ans.net [140.222.48.1] 18 453 ms 339 ms 477 ms t3-2.cnss43.Cleveland.t3.ans.net [140.222.43.3] 19 486 ms 518 ms 558 ms t3-1.cnss27.Chicago.t3.ans.net [140.222.27.3] 20 * 659 ms 716 ms t3-1.cnss96.Denver.t3.ans.net [140.222.96.2] 21 528 ms 638 ms 678 ms t3-1.cnss8.San-Francisco.t3.ans.net [140.222.8.2] 22 655 ms 439 ms 378 ms cnss12.San-Francisco.t3.ans.net [140.222.8.196] 23 1251 ms 1279 ms 1298 ms 192.103.60.74 24 1281 ms 1259 ms 1299 ms singnet.com.sg [165.21.1.10] Trace complete. Sean Robertson benr@eastcoast.co.za Tracing route to eastcoast.co.za [196.14.167.2] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 262 ms 279 ms 252 ms ruby.sentex.ca [199.212.134.5] 3 475 ms 578 ms 537 ms kw.onet.on.ca [130.185.151.1] 4 444 ms 706 ms 319 ms toronto2.onet.on.ca [130.185.2.1] 5 419 ms 585 ms 448 ms exterior.onet.on.ca [130.185.5.1] 6 502 ms 536 ms 468 ms psp.on.canet.ca [192.68.55.1] 7 575 ms 479 ms 437 ms psp.il.canet.ca [205.207.238.142] 8 598 ms 559 ms 498 ms border3-hssi2-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.26.9] 9 546 ms 519 ms 519 ms core-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.2.81] 10 540 ms 407 ms 366 ms border2-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.3.82] 11 434 ms 445 ms 418 ms ameritech-nap.Chicago.mci.net [204.70.25.6] 12 438 ms 399 ms 518 ms aads-F.sprint.net [198.32.130.228] 13 515 ms 538 ms 594 ms sl-chi-6-H3/0-T3.sprintlink.net [144.228.56.9] 14 842 ms 425 ms 528 ms sl-chi-3-F0/0.sprintlink.net [144.228.50.3] 15 586 ms 528 ms 559 ms sl-pen-2-H2/0-T3.sprintlink.net [144.228.10.37] 16 546 ms 534 ms 594 ms sl-pen-1-F0/0.sprintlink.net [144.228.60.1] 17 335 ms 317 ms 397 ms sl-dc-6-H2/0-T3.sprintlink.net [144.228.10.33] 18 603 ms 860 ms 658 ms sl-dc-4-F0/0.sprintlink.net [144.228.20.4] 19 697 ms 779 ms 878 ms sl-cwf-1.sprintlink.net [144.228.76.66] 20 * 933 ms 892 ms c0-Jhb-e3.ISnet.net [196.14.0.98] 21 1453 ms 1240 ms 1453 ms c1-Dbn.ISnet.net [196.14.0.10] 22 1733 ms 1298 ms 939 ms eastcoast.co.za [196.14.167.2] Trace complete. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ IECC MEMBER OF THE MONTH Each issue we introduce to our readers a different member. ******************************************************************* Jeffrey Stoffers [by his father, Ben Stoffers] Jeffrey was born in a Rotterdam hospital on March 30, 1988. In his first year he suffered from Cow-milk allergy. In that time he developed his lungs by crying a lot. He survived the allergy after a year's recuperation -- but suffered a fall, injuring his head. Result: a fracture of the skull and of course Intensive Care in the hospital. Nevertheless he made it through the early years very well, thanks to his splendid lungs, and today without any disadvantage. When Jeffrey he was three he played already some non-chess games on his dad's computer. By the time he reached the age of 6 he learned the first moves on a chessboard. With his turn for arithmetic it didn't take long before he was a hard-to-beat opponent for his father. The next move was to join the local chess club in 1994: "The Pionier" (pion = pawn / pionier = pioneer). In his first year he did very well by ending third in a newbie competition and ending second within an area tournament tour. This year he is not very successful at concentrating on the game, which one can see in his results. Jeffrey discovered a new challenge when his father's computer was connected to The WEB. E-mail chess was a new opportunity to play the game and since it has to do something with computers, it has been doubly interesting. Now Jeffrey is a member of the IECC since August 1995. He is so enthusiastic that he had 3 matches at the time and has now joined the IECC Chess Academy. Cherishing a favourite opening is not yet part of Jeffrey's game. The opening he plays most often is the one with the four knights. After that his enthusiasm drives him at a high pace when concentrating on his moves. He is young enough and very enthusiastic to learn more about openings, and strategy and tactics to improve his performance during his matches. In short, he derives pleasure when playing, and never feels that the challenge of any game is anything like the burden of work, or a chore that must be accomplished. His parents and IECC's Lisa Powell share the pleasure of his enthusiasm and his determination to become adept at what GM Jan Timman wrote about in his book: The Art Of Chess Analysis. If you want to see how Jeffery looks like, visit his home page by: http://GlobalXS.nl/home/s/stoffers/ and please leave him a message (if possible in Dutch). ******************************************************************* IECC GAME OF THE MONTH Analysis By Bill Wall, Jim Ferguson and FM Chuck Schulien IECC MEMBER DRAWS KASPAROV IN WORLD INTERNET SIMUL World PCA Champion Garry Kasparov gave a simultaneous exhibition with 10 players from around the world on the Internet Chess Club (ICC) on December 4, 1995. This was the first time a World Chess Champion has played on the Internet. Kasparov scored 7 wins and 3 draws in the "Intel Virtual Chess Challenge." One of the players who obtained a draw was IECC member Erhard Frolik of Reutlingen, Germany. Here is a look at that game. Garry Kasparov - Erhard Frolik (Reutlingen, Germany) 10-game Internet Simultaneous Exhibition, Dec 4, 1995 Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Variation [D15] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 [The Slav Defense to the Queen's Gambit] Bill Wall 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 [The usual move here is 4...dxc4] Bill Wall [4...a6 is an opening variation for the 1990's. Black immediately fights for space on the queenside, preparing the ...b5 thrust. This has a lot in common with the Meran Defense, but Black has not yet consigned his bishop on c8 to the b7 square by playing ...e6. White's best counter is not clear.] Chuck Schulien 5.Ne5 [The usual response is 5.e3. Other moves are 5.c5, 5.Qb3, 5.cxd5, 5.g3, 5.Bf4, 5.Bg5 and 5.a4. Kasparov's move is not mentioned in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, but it has been played before.] Bill Wall [Look at all of the games which are cited after this point! The Encyclopedia is not an important source when the variation in question is truly modern. Most of the important games have been played in the past five years, after the Encyclopedia was published. [CS] 5...Nbd7 [5...b5 6.cxb5 (6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Qb3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.e3 O-O = Stanciu-Brandis, Bucharest 1993) 6...cxb5 7.Bf4 e6 8.e3 (1-0, 63) Robert Huebner-C. Pieper, Germany 1991; 5...e6 6.Bf4 (6.g3 b5 7.c5 Nfd7 8.Nd3 g6 = Dokhoian-Rausis, Lublin 1993) 6...Be7 7.e3 b5 8.cxb5 cxb5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O (1-0, 52) Alterman-Vainshtein, Israel 1992; 5...g6 6.Bf4 {6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.Nxc4 Be6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 (0-1, 38) Browne-Christiansen, US Ch, Key West, Florida; 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O b5 10.Qb3 Bb7 11.Bg5 (1-0, 48) Korchnoi-Epishin, Spain 1995} 6...Bg7 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg3 (1-0, 40) Alterman-Titov, Manila (Olympiad) 1992; 5...Bf5 6.Qb3 b5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.a4 bxa4 9.Qxa4+ (1-0, 18) Yermolinsky-Rohwer, Philadelphia (World Open) 1992; 5...Ne4 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.c5 Be6 8.e3 Bd5 9.f3 Nd7 10.fxe4 Bxe4 11.Nf3 e6 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O (1-0, 54) Novikov-Efimov, Forli 1993; 5...dxc4 6.Nxc4 b5 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 e6 10.e3 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bxc5 (1/2-1/2, 46) Ruban-Dreev, Russia 1995] Bill Wall 6.Bf4 [6.g3 Nxe5 (6...e6 7.Bg2 Nxe5 8.dxe5 Nd7 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 {10.f4 Bc5 11.e3 O-O 12.O-O (1-0, 38) Rabinovich-Chekurov, Szombathely 1993} 10...d4 11.Qxd4 Bc5 12.Qd1 (1-0, 58) Farago-Tolnai, Hungary 1994) 7.dxe5 Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bf4 Bf5 11.O-O-O (1-0, 38) Davies-Velicka, Budapest 1993;] Bill Wall [Perhaps 7...d4!? improves for Black] Chuck Schulien 6.cxd5 Nxe5 (6...cxd5 7.Bf4 e6 8.e3 b5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Be7 11.a4 (1-0, 39) Gelfand-Shirov, Russia 1993) 7.dxe5 Nxd5 8.e4 (8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Qxd5 cxd5 = Pelletier-Sammalvuo, Halle 1995) 8...Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 e6 11.Be3 {11.a4 Kc7 (1/2-1/2, 26) Dizdarevich-Schandorff, Moscow Olympiad 1994} 11...Kc7 12.a4 c5 13.Bd3 Bd7 (1/2-1/2, 37) Hulak-Loncar, Croatia 1995; 6.e3 e6 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Bd6 10.e4 e5 11.O-O h5 12.Bb3 O-O (0-1, 37) R. Stone-Livshits, Canadian Ch, Ottowa, 1995] Bill Wall 6...e6 [6...Nxe5 7.dxe5 Ne4 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.O-O-O+ Ke8 11.f3 (1-0, 65) Huebner-Bagirov, Germany 1994; 6...dxc4 7.Nxc4 Nd5 8.Bd2 e6 9.Ne4 N7f6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.e4 Nc7 (1/2-1/2, 78) Jangjgava-Giorgadze, Ankara, Turkey 1995] Bill Wall [The early ...dxc4 idea is interesting. I wonder if Gary would find a way to play in the center, perhaps with e4!?] Chuck Schulien 7.e3 Nxe5 [7...Bb4 8.Bd3 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nd7 11.Bg3 Qa5 12.Qc2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 c5 (1/2-1/2, 66) JUNIOR-SOS, 8th World Computer Chess Ch, Hong Kong, 1995] Bill Wall 8.Bxe5 Be7 [8...Bd6 9.Bxd6 Qxd6 10.c5 Qe7 11.f4 O-O 12.Bd3 b6 (0-1, 46) Gavrikov-P. Nikolic, Switzerland 1994] Bill Wall [My experience in the London system suggests that opposing the bishop with ...Bd6 is the best way to play. Black fights for e5 and opposes White's active bishop.] Chuck Schulien 9.c5 [This is a typical idea in these positions. White wishes to prevent ...b5. He will now play for a break with a4, b4, b5. Meanwhile, Black must make haste to create play in the centre.] Jim Ferguson [Perhaps a new move. 9.Bd3 b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.O-O O-O 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 a5 14.Qe2 (1-0, 26) Borovikov-Koutsin, Ukraine, 1995] Bill Wall [I like the latter game for White, but understandably Gary wanted to clamp down on the queenside, preventing ...b5. Moreover, the game becomes very clear strategically after 9.c5, and this is something which one likes when playing simultaneous games!] Chuck Schulien 9...O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Bg3 e5! [And here Black's counterplay arrives! If 12.de Nxc5 is good for Black.] Jim Ferguson 12.b4 [The natural moves seems to be 12.O-O. Perhaps Black then starts to roll his K-side pawns with 12...f5 or 12...e4, then ...e5] Bill Wall [12.O-O is FAR from good here. It will leave White's King in dire straits. 12.b4 is very natural and prepares b5 while supporting the c5 pawn.] Jim Ferguson [Jim is correct. White need not castle, and must win the game on the queenside. He can only lose it fooling around on the kingside. Flexibility is maximized by playing the moves which MUST be played, first: in this case, pushing the b-pawn.] Chuck Schulien 12...e4 [Black chooses to close the position and play for a K-side pawn storm. He could also have kept the position more open with 12...ed 13.ed Re8 followed by ...Bf6, ...Nf8-e6 with pressure on the d-pawn. However, the text move seems more attractive.] Jim Ferguson [Another idea is 12...exd4 13.exd4 f5 or 13...a5] Bill Wall [Black makes a critical decision, resolving central tension and playing for competing wing attacks. This also increases the effect of White's queenside play by unblocking the bishop on g3. On the other hand, Black calculates that his pawn storm is also quite dangerous!] Chuck Schulien 13.Be2 f5 [It doesn't seem at all consistent to play 12. ... e4 and then play 13...Nf6 and 14...Bf5. Having said *hop* he must *jump*, as the Russian proverb goes. In other words, Black is now committed to a K-side pawn storm since he has no other way to play VP Communications You can get the latest IECC activities and news updates from: 1- news group rec.games.chess.play-by-email 2- ftp site at 'ftp.pitt.edu' in the area 'group/chess/NEWS' 3- World Wide Web page at: 'http://kerouac.pharm.uky.edu/rgbIECC/IECC.html' 4- email access to ftp site or WWW site (see below) 5- these direct maillings from me ONLY IF you can't get the any of the above to work (I'll help) and ONLY IF you confirm this with me !!! *************************************************************************** INSTRUCTIONS: for ftp site access via email - this only took a few minutes to work when I tested it today! *************************************************************************** North American users send Mail to: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu European users send Mail to : bitftp@vm.gmd.de Subject: Whatever you want Body: as follows: FTP ftp.pitt.edu USER anonymous cd group/chess/NEWS ls iecc* get ieccpyra.txt QUIT *************************************************************************** INSTRUCTIONS: for WEB site access via email This is slower than ftp-by-email and may not work if the agora site is 'down' *************************************************************************** send an email to: agora@www.undp.org {no subject as this will be filled in by the mail server} {body of message} send http://kerouac.pharm.uky.edu/rgbIECC/pyramid.txt ============================================================================ Michael Power power@wolves.sta.dfo.ca IECC VP Communications ************************************************************************** Notes on IECC Archives By Ken Boys *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ The steady growth of the IECC continues and we receive more and more reports of completed games. Some are extremely interesting and some are text book examples which usually end up in draws. Several members requested examples of games played by our Masters and I believe this is a good example of a "Ruy Lopez/Schliemann" game which could NOT be described as boring. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 d5 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.d4 Bg7 9.dxe5 0-0 10.e6 Ne5 11.Nd4 c5 12.Nf5 Bxe6 13.Nxg7 Kxg7 14.Bf4 Ng6 15.Qxe6 Nxf4 16.Qg4+ Ng6 17.O-O-O Kh8 18.Bd3 Ne5 19.Qf5 Qc7 20.f4 Ng6 21.g3 c4 22.Be2 Ne7 23.Qe6 Rad8 24.c3 Rd6 25.Qh3 b5 26.a3 a5 27.Kc2 b4 28.axb4 axb4 29.Ra1 Rb8 30.Rhc1 bxc3 31.bxc3 d4 32.cxd4 Nc6 0-1 There are several RECENT additions and alterations of our PGN format. There are also a few alterations of explanations which members frequently misunderstand. [Event "M-21"] [Site "IECC"] [Date "1995.03.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Fisher, Bobby"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.g3 h6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Bc5 5.e4 Nge7 6.Be3 b6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.c3 Bb7 10.0-0 Ng6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.f4 f6 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.Qxg6 1-0 Notes: Please note the spaces to the left of the Site, Date, Round... This helps insure a complete reception. Occasionally, we receive an incomplete game report such as the one below; [Site[Event[Date[Round[White[Black[Result 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.g3 h6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Bc5 5.e4 Nge7 6.Be3 b6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.c3 Bb7 10.0-0 Ng6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxc5 bxc5 13.f4 f6 14.Qh5 Qe7 15.Qxg6 1-0 ------------- [Event "M-21"] Game (Single rated game) = [Event "G-?"] Swiss tournament = [Event "Swiss #?"] Quad tournament = [Event "Quad #?"] Pyramid Match = [Event "Pyramid"] Class tournament = [Event "CL-?"] Thematics = [Event "TH-M.?"] Trio Match = [Event "Trio #?"] Knock Out = [Event "KO-?"] Match = [Event "M-?"] [Site "IECC"] The Chess Assistant program which we use WAS unable to keep record of our games' "Event" and we decided to utilize the "Site" space to insure our games' important "Event" logs. We recently received the "Fix" for the PGN2CA converter from Russia and we are now able to return to the original format. [Date "1995.03.24"] [Date "Year.Month.Day"] [Round "1"] Use the number "1" for *ALL* games except in Matches and Swiss tournaments. In those, use the proper round number to clearly identify the game. For example, The first Round in a Swiss or Class Match is documented as, "[Round "1"]. The winners of the first "Round" compete in the second "Round". 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 h6 3. Bg2 e5 = Requires editing ^ ^ ^ Please, NO space between the move numbers and the moves. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ IECC CHESS ACADEMY +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* Game Analysis by Jim Ferguson Senior Instructor afn26059@freenet.ufl.edu Hooker,D-Fortman,Z 1.e4 d6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Ne8 9.Bd3 f5 10.gxf5 gxf5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Bxf5 Rxf5 13.Rg1 Kh8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nce4 hxg5 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Nxg5 Nc5 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qxf5+ 1-0 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 In this system, White plans the very ambitious plan of b4, c5, and Nc4. Play is very complex and double-edged since Black has a rather potent K-side attack to counter White's Q-side hopes. 9. ... Ne8 ?! Practice has shown that Black's best bet is to spend a move slowing down White's Q-side attack with either 9. ... a5 or 9. ... c5. A large body of theory has arisen after 9. ... a5 10.Rb1 Nd7 11.a3 f5 12.b4 Kh8!? (Kasparov's plan, involving ...Nf6, ...Neg8, ...Nh6) with many of the world's leading players taking part in both sides of the debate. 10.b4 Consistent and very strong. White intends to open up the Q-side as quickly as possible. The obvious idea here is 11.c5. 10. ... a5 Unattractive alternatives are 10. ... b6 11.c5! bc 12.bc dc 13.Ba3 and 10. ... f5 11.f3 Nf6 12.c5 f4 13.Nc4. In both cases, White's attack on the Q-side is well underway before Black can start anything tangible on the K-side. 11.Rb1?! Weak. Much better here is 11.Ba3! The name of the game for White is opening up the Q-side with pawn breaks so that his pieces can mop up Black's forces before Black can get things together on the K-side. The point of 11.Ba3 is two-fold. Firstly, 12.c5 is now threatened. Secondly, if Black tries 11. ...ab 12.Bxb4 b6, White can play 13.a4 right away, with the idea of cracking Black's Q-side open with a5 followed by a later c5. Note the difference in attacks here: Black hasn't even played the mandatory ...f5 yet while White already has an open file and all of his pieces are mobilized and properly positioned for different pawn breaks. Note also that 11. ... b6 12.ba Rxa5 13.Bb4 Ra8 only serves to reach the previously discussed position. After the text move, White's attack is MUCH slower. 11. ... ab Good. Not allowing 12.a3 and 13.c5. 12.Rxb4 f5 13.Ra4? White should try for c5 as soon as possible. 13.Nb3 Nf6 14.f3 b6 15.Be3 followed by a4, a5, and c5 was White's best plan. 13. ... Rxa4 14.Nxa4 b6 15.Qb3 ?! Cheap. White should play for a5 with 15.Nb3 f5 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nc3 followed by a4, a5 with an unclear and exciting position. 15. ... Nf6 ?! Inaccurate. Black has a free hand on the K-side and so thus prevent ANY cheap counterplay. Thus, he should avoid simplifications and play for mate with 15. ... Kh8! Look at White's game: his Knights are useless, as is his misplaced Queen and his unmoved QB. Black will play Nf6, Neg8, N or B to h6, etc. Black's game is too powerful here and White shouldn't last long. 16.f3 White should play 16.c5 at once. 16. ... Bh6 Again, 16. ... Kh8 stops all tricks. 17.c5 bc 18.Nxc5 Kh8 Weaker is 18. ... dc 19.d6+ Kh8 20.de Qxe7 21.ef followed by Ba3 with compensation for the pawn due to the passed a-pawn and Black's bad pawn structure. 19.Ne6 ? White can play 19.Nb7! and still be O.K. For example, 19. ..Bxb7 20.Qxb7 Bxd2 21.Bxd2 fe 22.Ba5! and White has enough play for the pawn. After the text, the game loses interest. I hope the moral of this game is evident! Both sides must open up on the side of the board where they have the edge as quickly as possible. Too many defensive moves or time wasting plans will cost either side! ----------- Exchange between Staale Soerensen and Lisa Powell LP: Memorizing variations alone is not good, but becoming knowledgeable about the ideas, and being adept at calculating -- as Andrew Soltis describes the process in The Inner Game Of Chess -- is a big step in the right direction. SS: Interesting. Looking at my games, it's not hard to see that I can improve my calculating ability a lot. I make too many tactical blunders, and I guess I play too passively sometimes because I'm not too confident in calculations. I think the game below is a good example of that. Instead of 6... Ng8 (after 5.d4 exd4 6.e5) I could have played 6... d5, but I guess that it looked kind of wild to me and that I didn't have the guts to play it. [Date "1994"] [White "Stein Sjuls Hansen"] [Black "Staale Soerensen"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 This is book. C50 in ECO [Encyclopedia of Chess Openings. After 4.0-0 Nf6 you are in line 7 [page 242 of my copy of ECO]. 5.d4 Now your 5...exd4 is not the sharp move. Please look at 5...Bxd4. White playing a very sharp line, and this move blunts White's opening surge. Then if 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Be3 Ne6 8.Nc3 O-O, Blacks stands well, IMHO. SS: Now, why didn't I play Bxd4? I can't remember. It certainly looks like a good line. I guess that White has a lead in development (three pieces against Black's two), but Black has the extra pawn and the pawn on e5 looks like it can be defended well. LP: I think we have much to explore in both games, but I will leave you with this for the moment. Okay? SS: Yes and thanks. I really appreciate that you take the time to do this. Getting your comments on the games is really inspiring. It makes me think about my games in ways I didn't do before, and I've a growing feeling that I've really started to think chess. LP: Can I use this in the next IECC Newsletter? SS: Certainly. I'm happy to contribute in this way. *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* News item!!! World Champion Gary Kasparov gave a simultaneous exhibition with 10 players from around the world on the Internet Chess Club on Monday, December 4, 1995. It was the first time a World Chess Champion has played on the Internet, and it was an exciting opportunity for the 10 players -- as well as of great interest to members of email chess organizations. Kasparov scored 7 wins and 3 draws in the "Intel Virtual Chess Challenge". The 3 players who obtained draws with the World Champion: Alexander Lerner, New York: game 1 Kim Hvarre, Denmark: game 3 Erhard Frolik, Reutlingen, Germany: game 9 Game 1 - Alexander Lerner, New York =================================== 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e4 d6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Na5 11.Nd2 h6 12.Re1 g5 13.Nf1 Ba6 14.Ne3 Qd7 15.Qc2 O-O-O 16.a4 Kb8 17.Qa2 Nh5 18.Nf5 Nf4 19.Bf1 Rdg8 20.Rb1 Kc7 21.f3 f6 22.Rb2 Ng6 23.Bd3 Nf4 24.Bf1 Ng6 25.Bd3 Nf4 26.Bf1 Ng6 1/2-1.2 Game 2 - Steve Ronksley, London =============================== 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nb3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Be6 10.Bf1 Rc8 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.c3 a6 15.h3 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Qd3 Rc8 18.Rad1 Qc7 19.Re2 Qc4 20.Qxc4 Rxc4 21.Nd2 Rc7 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 h6 24.Be3 Kf8 25.g4 Kg8 26.a4 Kf8 27.a5 Rec8 28.Rb4 Ke8 29.Kf1 Kd7 30.Rb6 Ke8 31.Ke2 Kd7 32.h4 Ke8 33.f3 Kd7 34.f4 Ke8 35.h5 Rd7 36.Kd3 Kd8 37.Rh1 Ke8 38.c4 Kf8 39.b3 Rdc7 40.Rh2 Ke8 41.Ke4 Kf8 42.hxg6 fxg6 43.f5 g5 44.Bd4 Rd7 45.Kd3 Kf7 46.Bxg7 Kxg7 47.Kd4 Rcc7 48.b4 Rc8 49.Rh3 1-0 Game 3 - Kim Hvarre, Denmark ============================ 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Qc7 7.Bg2 e6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Bb7 12.c4 c5 13.Nc3 e5 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 Qd7 16.Kh1 Qg4 17.Qxg4 Nxg4 18.Bg1 Rd8 19.Rad1 Nf6 20.b3 Bc6 21.Rfe1 Nh5 22.Be3 Bh4 23.Re2 g6 24.Red2 Be7 25.e5 Bxg2+ 26.Kxg2 dxe5 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.fxe5 Bc7 29.Rd5 O-O 30.Kf3 Re8 31.Bxc5 Bxe5 32.Ne4 f5 33.Nd6 Re6 34.b4 Nf6 35.Rd2 f4 36.b5 axb5 37.cxb5 g5 38.b6 g4+ 39.Kg2 f3+ 40.Kf1 g3 41.hxg3 Bxg3 42.Rd1 f2 43.Bxf2 Bxd6 1/2-1.2 Game 4 - Jayakumar Srinivasan, India ==================================== 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O b6 9.e4 h6 10.f4 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.dxc5 Re8 14.Qc2 f5 15.Bxf5 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Rxe2 17.c4 Ne3 18.Qe6+ Kf8 19.cxb6 Qd4 20.Ba3+ 1-0 Game 5 - Eric Larson, Washington DC =================================== 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e4 Nxc3 8.b2xc3 Be7 9.Bd3 c5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qa5 13.a3 b6 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 Nd8 16.Re1 Bf6 17.Rc1 Qxa3 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Ba6 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Be7 Qd3 22.Qh5+ Kg8 23.Bxf8 Nb7 24.Be7 Bc4 25.d6 Nd8 26.Bxd8 Rxd8 27.Qh4 Qxd6 28.Qxc4 a5 29.h3 Ra8 30.Qc6 Qxc6 31.Rxc6 b5 32.Rb6 b4 33.Ra1 1-0 Game 6 - John Firor, Burnaby, Canada ==================================== 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Nf1 O-O 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ng3 d5 13.h4 dxe4 14.dxe4 h6 15.h5 Bh7 16.g5 Ng4 17.Ng1 Bd6 18.Qxg4 f5 19.gxf6 Rxf6 20.N3e2 Raf8 21.f4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 e5 23.Nf3 exf4 24.Bd2 Re8 25.O-O-O Bxe4 26.Rhe1 Ne5 27.Nxe5 Qxe5 28.Rxe4 Qxe4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Be1 Re8 31.Bf2 b6 32.Rd7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 1-0 Game 7 - Sunil Matabeek, New York ================================= 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Nf1 O-O 10.g4 Bg6 11.Ng3 Re8 12.g5 Nh5 13.Nh4 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Kh7 15.gxh6 gxh6 16.Rf1 Rf8 17.Qg4 Qc8 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Rxf5 Ne7 20.Qh5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Qd8 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.f6 Qxf6 24.Qxf6 1-0 Game 8 - Luke Mcshane, London ============================= 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 Bd7 9.h3 a6 10.b3 Rb8 11.Bb2 b5 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Rad1 bxc4 14.dxc4 Ne5 15.Ba1 Bxh3 16.f4 Bxg2 17.fxe5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.exd6 Bxa1 20.dxe7 Rfe8 21.Rxa1 Rxe7 22.Rad1 Qe6 23.Qd6 Qh3 24.Qxb8+ Kg7 25.Kf2 Qg2+ 26.Ke1 Bf3 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Qf4 1-0 Game 9 - Erhard Frolik, Reutlingen, Germany =========================================== 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Ne5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 Be7 9.c5 O-O 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Bg3 e5 12.b4 e4 13.Be2 f5 14.h4 g6 15.a4 Qe8 16.Bf4 Qf7 17.b5 axb5 18.axb5 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qg7 20.Qa5 Bd8 21.b6 h6 22.Kd2 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bd6 Be7 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.Qa1 Nf6 27.Qg1 Rf7 28.g3 Rh7 29.Rxh7 Qxh7 30.Qa1 f4 31.Qa8 Qf5 32.gxf4 gxf4 33.Qb8 f3 34.Ba6 Qd7 35.Bf1 Kf7 36.Na2 Qd8 37.Bh3 Nd7 38.Qf4+ Nf6 39.Qb8 Nd7 40.Bxd7 Qxd7 41.Nc1 Qh3 42.Qc7+ Kf6 43.Qd8+ Kf7 44.Qc7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2 Game 10 - Danny Mozes, Israel ============================= 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.d4 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Be7 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.b3 Qd6 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Rfd1 Qb4 17.Na4 Qb5 18.Rc4 Rac8 19.Rdc1 Ba3 20.R1c2 Qf5 21.h3 Nd5 22.Kh2 Bd6+ 23.g3 Nb4 24.Rd2 Rb8 25.Kg2 Rdc8 26.Nc5 Rb5 27.a3 Nd5 28.b4 Nb6 29.Rc1 Qd5+ 30.Qf3 Nc4 31.Rd3 a5 32.bxa5 Bxc5 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.dxc5 Rxa5 35.Rcc3 Rca8 36.Bc1 Rxc5 1-0 *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+* IECC ... 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