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       Published by the International Email Chess Club
      Devoted solely to free E-Mail Correspondence Chess

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Volume 4, Issue 21                                July 1997
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Message from the Senior Advisor of IECC: Lisa Powell

In the summer of 1986, I retired at the age of 62 from the
working world. At a luncheon of executives of the corporation
I was both pleased and a tad embarrassed by the speeches, and
by the plaque I was awarded.

Eleven years later, having worked at chess organization in
the BBS world, then via Internet, I agree with Oliver Wendell
Holmes: "It is very pleasant to have the tight straps
unbuckled and the heavy collar lifted from the neck
and shoulders."

And yet, I must confess that my life of a working retirement
has awarded me the great gift of friendships throughout
the world that has made the daily grind of running chess
organizations well worth the investment of time and energy.

However, I am NOT leaving IECC. As Senior Advisor, I will
continue to help the IECC organization.

I could not have taken this step without the assurance that
IECC will continue to thrive under the excellent leadership
of CEO Kyle Evans, Executive VP Raouf El-Messiry,
Ray Phillips and -- well, I will not list all the great staff
members who have helped me so much, and who have made IECC
so successful.

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                IECC MEMBERS OF THE MONTH

Each month we will introduce different members of IECC.

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Kyle Evans
CEO IECC
age 43
Software Developer
Austin TX, USA

When the work days emd, it's refreshing to have hobbies.
Other than chess, they include playing the bagpipes and
harp, playing bridge and skydiving.

I enjoy playing around eight e-mail games at a time --
but due to IECC staff duties, I'm not nearly there!
My rating is around 1300, so I'm easy to beat! I usually
wind up making a thoughtless play sooner or later in the
game that ruins even the best laid plans. This sound
familiar to anyone else?

I've met many wonderful acquaintances in IECC, and am
impressed with the calibre of members we can attract, as
well as the general friendliness.

Last year I volunteered to help out, and as a result met
even MORE great folks. I think that it is the contact
with such great folks that makes it all very much
worthwhile -- in addition to helping keeping the
organization running so efficiently, that keeps me going.

And of course I love the chess games, even though I only
win about 30% of them!  You don't have to be a master
to enjoy IECC -- or to help out!

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     Game Analysis by Master Andres Valverde


[Event "Swiss 50.1"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Valverde, Andres"]
[Black "Angus, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3

{A good line that is not played frequently in the
Cunningham gambit, the point is the control of d5}

 Bh4+ 5.Ke2 Be7

{Others :5..d5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.d4 +=
	   5..Bg5 6.d4 ( or 6.d3 and Nd5) +=}

6.d4 g5 7.h4

{P.Keres select as main line 7.Kf2 +=}

g4 8.Ne1 Bxh4 9.Bxf4 Bg5

{I think this is an error. The exchange of
black bishops is good for white}

10.Qd2 Bxf4 11.Qxf4 d6 12.Kd2

{Allows the developing of Bf1}

12...Qf6 13.Qe3 Nc6 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bb5 a6 16.Ba4 b5
17.Bb3 Na5 18.Qf4 Be6 19.Nd3

{White has a clear positional advantage; his king is
sure and the black king is not;
his pieces are well situated}

Nxb3+ 20.axb3 a5 21.Ne5 ?

{And here comes the error. I thought I have two ways
to win and selected the most "beautiful".
21.Raf1 would had increased the pressure. Black cannot
capture the knight - where I spent my analysis time -
but simply...}

21...Bxd5 22.exd5 Qf6

{And the white "attack" went away. However white has
positional compensation for the pawn}

23.Nd3 Qxf4+ 24.Nxf4 Ke7

{The white Rook is better in e1 than in a1, then
this move is another error}

25.Rae1+ Kd8 26.Rh4 Nf6 27.Rh6 Ng8 28.Rh4 Nf6 29.Rh6

{Both players haven't any better move, the positional
advantage of white is not enough to play to win} 1/2-1/2

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Analysis by Senior Master Ian Peddie

[Event "P-294"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.03.25"]
[White "Widegren Johnny"]
[Black "Boys Ken"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7

(3...d6 is the Fischer Defence)

4.Bc4 Nf6

(4.d4 Bh4+ 5.Ke2 Bg5 6.Nc3 is another way to go)

5.e5 Ng4

(5.Qe2 and 5.d3 are also playable, though the
text is more in the spirit of a Kings Gambit)

6.Nc3 d6

(6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 d5 8.exd6 Bxd6 9.Qe1 Ne7 10.h3 Nf6
11.Ne5 0-0 12.Bxf4 Nfd5 13.Bd2 += [Estrin])

7.exd6 cxd6 8.O-O Ne5 9.Bb5+ Nbc6 10.d4 a6

(10...Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 0-0 12.Qxf4 Bf6 = [11.Ba4 would
remove black's option of a later b4 viz:
11.Ba4 b5 12.dxe5 bxa4 13.exd6 a3!? 14.dxe7 Qb6+])

11.dxe5 axb5 12.Bxf4 b4

(a useful intermezzo)

13.Ne4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5

(15...Be6 introduces a veritable slugfest of tactics
after 16.Qd3 Qd4 17.Rfd1 Qxb2 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 --
and there is much more to that position than meets
the eye!)

16.Bxe5 O-O 17.Qf3 f6

(17.Qd3 would have rendered 17...f6 less potent
as white would have had 18.Bd4 available)

18.Bf4 Be6 19.b3?

(White should not be unduly worried about
the a pawn as the position is still so fluid
that snatching a pawn here is very dangerous.
Perhaps 19.Qe2!? is better and worthy of
consideration, and it denies black a potential
pin which he soon exploits in the game)

19...Qc6

(Emphasising the disadvantages of 19.b3
The C pawn is now weakened.
Was white worried about Bc4 at some stage?


20.Nd6

(baling out with 20.Ng3 was probably better
though the ending that offers looks grim)

20... Rfd8! (solid and sound)

21.Nxb7??

(loses immediately.  21.Qxc6 bxc6 22.Ne4 Bf5
23.Rfe1 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 Rxa2! 25.Ree1 Rxa1
26.Rxa1 Rd4 at least makes white work
to clinch the point)

21...Qxf3 22.Rxf3 Rd7 0-1

(24.Re3? Rxa2 etc.)

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Analysis by Lisa Powell,
  Vastly improved by Senior Master Ian Peddie

[Event "Swiss 49.1"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Evans, Kyle"]
[Black "Richard, Andy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Be7
7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2

[8.c3 Bd7 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.cxd4]

8...b6 9.c4 Qc7 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Qc2 cxd4

[11...Nb4 12.Qb1 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 cxd4 14.Qxd4 dxc4
 15.Qxc4 Qxc4 16.Nxc4 Rac8, and Black is
 much better - Ian Peddie]

12.Nxd4 Nb4 13.Qc3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Ba6

[15...Ng4 16.f4 Rad8 17.Qc2]

16.Rac1 Qb7 17.e4 Rad8

[16...Rac8 17.f3 e5 18.Nf5]

18.e5 Nh5

[18...Nd5]

19.Qe4 Qxe4 20.Rxe4 Bb7 21.Rg4 Rd7 22.Rd1 Rfd8 23.h3 g6
24.f3 Ng7

[After 24.f3 Ng7? (black could have won immediately
with 24...f5!! Ian Peddie]

25.Rd2 h5 26.Rg3 Bh4 27.Kf2

[27...Nf5 28.Nxf5 Rxd2+ 29.Nxd2 Rxd2+ 30.Kf1 Rxb2]
              [29...Nxf5 is far better - Ian Peddie]

27...Bxg3 Bxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Nf5+

[After 28 ...Nxf5?, Black is clearly winning, but better
29.Nxf5 Rxd2 30.Nfd6 Rxb2
31.Nxb2 Ba6 32.Kf4 Rd7 33.Nd1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Another improvement for Black is 32...Bf1,
 instead of 32...Rd7? -- Ian Peddie

The major question is: Black is winning so easily at
the end -- why did he agree to a draw.  Ian Peddie
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Analysis by Expert Wilbert Schreurs

[Event "KO-202.2"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2 of 2"]
[White "Heichal, Gideon"]
[Black "Schreurs, Wilbert"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 a6

If there is one thing I hate in chess, it is to be beaten
because of lack of theoretical know-how. In my younger
days, when I was trying to qualify for the Dutch
youth-championships, I once lost a crucial game because my
opponent had read the newest edition of the
Chess-Encyclopedia -- and I had not. Since then (some
twenty years ago), I have always tried to keep away from
theory. And believe it or not, I still have to lose my
first IECC-game with this move.

2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.O-O Nf6

The first five moves are quite predictable.

6.e5 Nd5 7..c3 Be7 8.a4 b4 9.c4 Nb6 10.a5 Nc8

At first sight Black's position looks rather bad, but I am
not so sure about that.

11.Bc2 d6 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Nbd2 O-O 14.Qe2 c5

With this move black gets some air. It turns out to be
a temporary `offer'.

15.Qd3 g6 16.exd6 Nxd6 17.dxc5 Nf5 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Qd2 Nxe3
20.fxe3 Nxc5 21.Nxc5 Bxc5

Black has a much better position now. He has two strong
bishops and he is quite sure that he will win the weak
e-pawn. Besides that, White has no clear plan.

22.b3 Rad8 23.Qf2 Ba8

Just to see what White is going to do.

24.Ng5 Qe5 25.Nf3 Qc3

Black is putting up the pressure and forces white into
some kind of Zugzwang. The white pawn will get lost anyway.

26.Rae1 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rd2 28.Re2 Rfd8 29.Bb1 Rxe2
30.Qxe2 Rd2

Maybe it was better to take the b-pawn first, but that's
a luxury-choice. The game is already decided.

31.Qe1 Bxe3+ 32.Kh1 Qe5 33.f4

The only way to prevent the loss of lots of material.
If 33.Qg3, then 33... Bf4, followed by ..Rxh2+
.....Bxf4 34.Qxe5 Bxe5

Althought the bishops have a different colour, the
advantage is too great to give White any chance.

35.c5 Rxh2+ 36.Kg1 Rh3 37.c6 Rc3 38.Be4 f5 39.Bg2 Kf7
40.Rf3 Rxf3 41.Bxf3 Bc7 42.Be2 Bxa5 43.Bxa6 Kf6
44.Kg2 Bb6 0-1

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Analysis by Expert Wilbert Schreurs

[Event "KO-207"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Varley, Trevor"]
[Black "Schreurs, Wilbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

This was our second game in KO-207. At first we both
thought that we only had to play one game, which
turned out to be wrong. I won the first one, so a draw
was enough to reach the next round quickly.

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Be2

4.d4 would be the normal move, but White wants to
get control over the diagonal

4.. Bb7 5.Bf3 Qc8

I too did not want to give up the diagonal!

6.Bxb7 Qxb7 7.Qf3 Qxf3 8.Nxf3 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5
11.d4 Nd7

 ... heading towards e4

12.Bd2 Nf6 13.O-O Bd6 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Rc6

White is hoping to build up a strong position on the c-line.
But this plan is without real perspective, because Black
has no weak points on this line.

15...Kd7 16.Rfc1 f6

better was ...Nc5, but I decided to wait to strenghten my
position first

17.Be1 a5 18.a4 Rac8 19.Nh4 Bb4 20.Kf1 Bxe1 21.Kxe1 Nc5

White still had the possibility to play Rc6-c2, but he seems
not interested. So at last I decided to `cash' the quality

22.R6xc5 bxc5 23.Rxc5 c6 24.Kd2

White could have played Rxa5, but that would not differ much.
His pawns at the queenside are fully unprotected, so Black
would `eat' them anyway

24...Rb8 25.b3 Rxb3 26.Rxa5 Rhb8 27.Ke2 g6 28.Kf3 Kc7
29.g3 Kb6 30.Rc5 Ra8 31.a5+ Rxa5 32.Rxa5 Kxa5 33.Ng2 c5
1/2-1/2

Black still has a clear advantage, although a win would take
lots of playing -- and even then it is not sure that the
quality is enough. But because we were behind in time in
KO 207 and the other players were waiting for us to finish,
I offered a draw, which Trevor accepted.

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Analysis by Master Don Camper

Burlak,Ilya - Scrace,Geoffrey
Swiss 50.1 IECC (1), 1997

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3  ... book, but why exchange?

4...Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.Nf3

[6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Nge2 Qa6 8.Qh3 Ne7= keeping Queens on board;
 6.Ne2]

6...Qa5+ 7.Bd2

[7.c3 Qa6 8.Qxa6 Nxa6=; 7.Nc3 Qa6 8.Qd1 Nd7 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3
Gallinnis,N-Lutz,C 1987 1/2-1/2]

7...Qa6

[7...Qb5?!; 7...Qb6 8.Nc3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Rxb7]

8.Qxa6
[8.Qb3]

8...Nxa6 9.0-0
[9.Ke2]

9...c5= 10.c3
[10.Nc3=]

10...Ne7
[10...Rc8]

11.Na3 Nc6 12.Nc2
[12.Nb5=]

12...Na5
[12...Rc8; 12...Be7]

13.b4
[13.dxc5 worth a look 13...Nc4 (13...Nxc5? 14.b4+-;
13...Bxc5? 14.b4+-) 14.b4 Rc8 15.a4+/=]

13...cxb4 14.cxb4 Nc4 15.b5
[15.a3]

15...Nc7
[15...Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Nb4 17.Nxb4 Bxb4 18.Nf3 Ba3=/+]

16.a4 Nxd2 17.Nxd2 Be7 18.Nb3
[18.Rac1; 18.Ne3?!]

18...b6 19.Ne3 0-0
[19...Kd7 worth consideration ]

20.Rac1
[20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Rc6]

20...Rfc8 21.Rc6 Ne8 22.Rfc1 Rcb8
[22...Rxc6 23.bxc6 Rc8...unclear]

23.g3 Ba3
[23...a6=]

24.R1c2 a6 25.bxa6
[25.f4?!]

25...Rxa6 26.a5 Bb4 27.axb6 Raxb6 28.Rxb6 Rxb6 29.Rc8
[29.Nc5=]

29...Kf8 30.Nc2
[30.Nc5]

30...Rb7
[30...Ke7]

31.Kg2 Be7 32.Nc5
[32.Na5 Rc7 33.Rxc7 Nxc7 34.Nc6=]

32...Rc7 33.Rxc7 Nxc7
[33...Nxc7 34.Nd3 Nb5=]


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