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Contents

Editorial.................................................................................... 4 Malcolm Pein on the latest developments 60 Seconds with... .................................................................... 7 The world of IM Lawrence Trent Wood Green Stutter ................................................................. 8 Simon Ansell reports from the opening 4NCL weekend Ivanchuk King in Bucharest .....................................................14 The action from the Kings Tournament Living Chess in Marostica .......................................................18 Janis Nisii witnesses a special Italian festival Happy Holidays.......................................................................22 Peter Lalic wants us all to enjoy our chess Chess Psychology ............................................................................. 24 Angus Dunnington’s latest advice for the club player Morozevich Triumphs in Tashkent ..........................................26 Steve Giddins reports on the second leg of the Grand Prix The London Classic in Pictures................................................30 Christmas Quiz .......................................................................32 Challenge yourself this festive season! Readers’ Letters .....................................................................36 Studies ...................................................................................37 More on Oleg Pervakov and another competition! How Good is Your Chess? .......................................................38 Danny King on the talent of Anish Giri Forthcoming Events................................................................41 Where will you be playing in January? Find the Winning Moves..........................................................42 Test your tactical eye The Braille Chess Association..................................................46 Discover how it works and how successful it is Home News.............................................................................48 All the latest results, including a final IM norm for Ameet Ghasi Exmouth Seniors and ‘Juniors’ ................................................50 Norman Stephenson reports on this unique event Overseas News .......................................................................52 Nigel Short continues to traverse the globe Opening Trends ......................................................................54 What’s at no.1? Solutions ................................................................................55 All the answers to Find the Winning Moves New Books and Software........................................................56 Read the latest reviews Saunders on Chess..................................................................58 The troubling issue of the Women’s World Championship Photo credits: Bob Jones (pp.50-51), Christopher Kreuzer (p.52), Ray Morris-Hill (pp.5-7, 30-31, 49).

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FIDE OPEN ROUND-UPThe FIDE rated Open event whichran in the East Hall of Olympia wascontested over 9 rounds (without arest day!) and attracted 218 players,including 12 GMs and 24 IMs.

Home hopes rested on SimonWilliams who was well placed on6½/8 after a draw with top seedMelkumyan. Unfortunately Simon raninto a powerful onslaught from thetalented young Dutch GM Robin VanKampen who thereby surpassed himto tie with Melkumyan for first.

Top & Notable Scores:1= Hrant Melkumyan (ARM) 7½/91= Robin Van Kampen (NED) 7½3= Jonathan Rowson (SCO) 73= Vladimir Hamitevici (MDA) 73= Kalle Kiik (EST) 73= Yang-Fan Zhou (ENG) 73= Jovanka Houska (ENG) 7

Peter Roberson continued hismagical 2012 by picking up a secondIM norm, following wins against GMsArkell and Shaw, and it could evenhave been a GM norm had he won inthe final round.

Nr. Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 tot TPR

1 Magnus Carlsen NOR 2848 1 1 3 1 3 3 3 3 18 2991

2 Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2795 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 16 2939

3 Hikaru Nakamura USA 2760 1 0 1 1 3 3 3 1 13 2846

4 Michael Adams ENG 2710 0 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 13 2852

5 Viswanathan Anand IND 2775 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 9 2749

6 Levon Aronian ARM 2815 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 8 2701

7 Judit Polgar HUN 2705 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 6 2617

8 Luke McShane ENG 2713 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 5 2564

9 Gawain Jones ENG 2644 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2514

LONDON CHESS CLASSICEXPRESS REPORT

All photos by Ray Morris-Hill

Round 1, Saturday December 1st Round 2, Sunday December 2nd Round 3, Monday December 3rdLuke McShane 0 - 1 Magnus Carlsen Judit Polgar ½ -½ Gawain Jones Levon Aronian ½ -½ Vishy Anand

Levon Aronian 0 - 1 Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura 0 - 1 Vladimir Kramnik Vladimir Kramnik ½ -½ Magnus Carlsen

Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0 Judit Polgar Magnus Carlsen 1 - 0 Levon Aronian Gawain Jones ½ -½ Hikaru Nakamura

Gawain Jones 1 - 0 Mickey Adams Vishy Anand ½ -½ Luke McShane Mickey Adams 1 - 0 Judit PolgarVishy Anand (bye) Mickey Adams (bye) Luke McShane (bye)

Round 4, Tuesday December 4th Round 5, Thursday December 6th Round 6, Friday December 7thHikaru Nakamura ½ -½ Mickey Adams Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0 Luke McShane Magnus Carlsen 1 - 0 Judit Polgar

Magnus Carlsen 1 - 0 Gawain Jones Gawain Jones 0 - 1 Vishy Anand Vishy Anand 0 - 1 Mickey Adams

Vishy Anand ½ -½ Vladimir Kramnik Mickey Adams 0 - 1 Magnus Carlsen Luke McShane 1 - 0 Gawain Jones

Luke McShane 0 - 1 Levon Aronian Judit Polgar 0 - 1 Hikaru Nakamura Levon Aronian ½ -½ Vladimir KramnikJudit Polgar (bye) Levon Aronian (bye) Hikaru Nakamura (bye)

Round 7, Saturday December 8th Round 8, Sunday December 9th Round 9, Monday December 10thGawain Jones ½ -½ Levon Aronian Vishy Anand ½ -½ Hikaru Nakamura Mickey Adams ½ -½ Vladimir Kramnik

Mickey Adams ½ -½ Luke McShane Luke McShane 0 - 1 Judit Polgar Judit Polgar ½ -½ Levon Aronian

Judit Polgar ½ -½ Vishy Anand Levon Aronian ½ -½ Mickey Adams Hikaru Nakamura 1 - 0 Luke McShane

Hikaru Nakamura ½ -½ Magnus Carlsen Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0 Gawain Jones Magnus Carlsen ½ -½ Vishy AnandVladimir Kramnik (bye) Magnus Carlsen (bye) Gawain Jones (bye)

Despite disappointingperformances in thetournament LevonAronian, Luke McShaneand Gawain Joneswere all smiles at theclosing ceremonydinner held atSimpsons-in-the-Strand.

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A packed house every day at Olympia for what was the London Chess Classic’s strongest ever line-up and the first category 21 eventto be held in the UK (average 2752 Elo). With over 50% of the games ending with a decisive result the crowd were kept entertainedwith some great displays of fighting chess.

Magnus Carlsen on top of the world, well London at least. Thewonderboy from Norway broken another record while in town ashe surpassed Garry Kasparov’s record to become the game’shighest rated player of all time. Wins over McShane, Adams,Polgar and Jones took him to 2863.6 Elo on the live rating list.

As in previous years the London Chess Classic acted as afundraiser for the Uk-based charity, Chess in Schools andCommunities. Over 60 schools and children visited the Classicfor organised lessons, inter-school tournaments and a chance fora bit of inspiration by seeing the world’s best players in action.

Nigel Short, having decided to decline his invitation to play in themain event, joined the commentary team to give his views on theday’s games (above). He also found time to play two thirty-boardsimultaneous displays (left). His score in both simuls wasidentical, +29 = 1! An amazing feat.

A FULL REPORT ON THE LONDON CHESS CLASSIC AND FIDE OPEN WILL APPEAR IN OUR FEBRUARY ISSUE

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1) Who is the only “over the board” WorldChess Champion to have played in theBritish Chess Championship?

2) Describe the only legal way in which aplayer can touch three different pieces inone move.

3) Which English chess player married aNew Zealand chess player earlier this year?

4) According to the UK’s MetroNewspaper what is Magnus Carlsen’sannual income?

a) £275,000 b) £650,000 c) £933,000

5) The recent AGON London Grand Prixfeatured a last-minute line up change.Which player withdrew and who was hereplaced by?

6) Ukranian Anna Ushenina recently wonthe Womens World Championships. Outof the sixty four competitors what was herseeding (Based on Elo rating).

a) 7 b) 17 c) 32

Newly crowned Women’s World Chess Champion

7) Which chess player won a tournamentthis year that was named after him?

8) Which player carried over a 4 pointlead from the Sao Paulo leg of the 2012Masters Final only to lose it all in Bilbao?

9) Three players from the World's top ten*were missing from the 2012 Olympiad heldin Istanbul. Vishy Anand and MagnusCarlsen were the high-profile absentees?But who was the third?(* based on the August 2012 FIDE rating list).

10) Which Hollywood film star wasreported to have signed up to play BobbyFischer in a forthcoming film of the 1972world championship match?

11) Which legend of the game appearedon TV in August to dispel rumours that hehad been kidnapped?

12) Who said "I would never bite anyoneunder the rank of general"...

13) In July this year, the President of theTurkish Chess Federation, Ali NihatYazici, proposed to "suspend from FIDE"the seven chess federations that startedtwo court cases against the World ChessFederation recently. Name any four ofthe seven countries threatened withsuspension...

14) Which former England football teammanager paid a surprise visit to the 2012Istanbul Olympiad?

15) Which Dutch Grandmaster wasdenied entry to the US this summer?

President of the Turkish Chess Federation, Ali Nihat Yazici (above), but which countries did

he propose were suspended from FIDE

16) What practice long-abandoned inprofessional chess was reintroduced atthis year’s ACP Golden Classic held in theNetherlands?

17) Which Russian Grandmaster lost asix-game blitz match to KuKa, the chessplaying robot who taunted him by offeringhim an energy drink before the start of thefirst game?

18) Why did German police suspect a 60year-old chess player was holding ahostage in his home this July?

19) Which English grandmaster raisedfunds and oversaw the refurbishment ofthe grave of Johannes Zukertort?

20) Which grandmaster gained the wild-card entry into this year's Tal Memorial bytopping an online poll?

21) Which of the players revealed they hadturned down Kasparov's help in advanceof the World Championship match?

TheChristmas

Quiz

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Who is this English GM at the grave ofJohannes Zukertort?

22) Which Chinese GM won their thirdnational championship in four years, agedjust nineteen?

23) Which famous chess tournament wascancelled for the second time in two years?

24) What was special about the DonostiaChess Festival held at the beginning of 2012?

25) The Chess Oscar for 2011 wasawarded in November of this year toMagnus Carlsen which was hardly asurprise; but who came second?

26)What was different about the rapidplaytournament won by GM Martin Petr with aperfect score of 13/13?

27) Who or what played the following gameagainst Kasparov in June of this year.

NN - Kasparov1 e3 ¤f6 2 ¤c3 d5 3 ¤h3 e5 4 £f3 ¤c65 ¥d3 e4 6 ¥xe4 dxe4 7 ¤xe4 ¥e7 8¤g3 O-O 9 O-O ¥g4 10 £f4 ¥d6 11£c4 ¥xh3 12 gxh3 £d7 13 h4 £h3 14 b3¤g4 15 ¦e1 £xh2+ 16 ¢f1 £xf2# 0-1

28) The ChessBase website published anApril Fool's Joke this year claiming that IMVasik Rajlich, progammer of Rybka, hadrefuted which opening?

29) Which two UK chess players werefeatured in a pre-Olympics campaign forAdidas called “Take the Stage”?

30) Which player has played in more thanhalf of all of the Chess Olympiads? Andfor a bonus point which English GM did hebeat at the Istanbul Olympiad

31) How many longplay games did VishyAnand win in 2012?

32) In 2002 he was the youngest everplayer to make it to the FIDE top 100players list at the age of 14. In 2003 hebeat three former/reigning FIDE WorldChampions with the black pieces and in2004 he reached the semi-finals at theFIDE World Chess Championship. InNovember 2012 he achieved a new ratinghigh, who is this player?

33)World Championship challenger BorisGelfand has played for how many differentteams at Chess Olympiads?

34) Identify the three Secret Santaspictured in the column below....

35) From the starting position Whitepromises to make the following moves 1 f3,2 ¢f2, 3 ¢g3 and 4 ¢h4. Construct a gamewhere Black mates after his fourth move.

36) This one was shown to me by a memberof our shop staff, João Santos, who hadbeen shown it by a friend on Facebook.

White to play and win

37) From the starting position reach thediagrammed position shown below in 4 moves.

38) And if you find 37) too easy, reach thediagrammed position below in just five moves.

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39) The game starts with 1 e4 and finisheswith Black playing 5...¤x¦ checkmate.What are the moves in between?

40) The following position was reached ina game this year with White to move. Whowere the players and what was the result?

1) Viswanathan Anand in 1988. Untilrecently Commonweath citizens wereeligible to play and Vishy played in the1988 British Championship, aged 18. Hedidn’t win, finishing 15th=, losing threegames and scoring 6½/11.

2)Any promotion which features an exchange– for example pawn takes rook = queen.

3) Gawain Jones married New ZealandWIM Sue Maroroa.

4) c – £933,000.

5) Peter Svidler withdrew to be replacedby Michael Adams.

6) c – 32.

7) Karpov beat Ivanchuk in the final to winthe "Trophée Anatoly Karpov".

8) Fabiano Caruana.

9) Alexander Morozevich.

10) Tobey Maguire.

11) Boris Spassky.

12) Kasparov following his arrest forallegedly assaulting a police officer (who,incidentally, was a lieutenant) at the PussyRiot trial.

13) England, France, Georgia, Germany,Switzerland, Ukraine and USA.

14) Fabio Capello.

15) Loek van Wely who did not have thework visa necessary to give a chesslesson at a childrens camp.

16) Adjournments.

17) Alexander Grischuk.

18) Concerned neighbours had calledpolice after hearing the man repeatedlyshout "you won't get out of this!", howeverhis screams were aimed not at a hostagebut at his online chess opponent.

19) Stuart Conquest.

20) Luke McShane (pictured below) whonarrowly beat Alexei Shirov in the public vote.

21) Boris Gelfand.

22) Ding Liren.

23) Linares.

24) Each player played simultaneously atwo game match against their opponent.

25) Boris Gelfand.

26) It was held on a train.

27) The chess computer (Turing "PaperMachine") designed by Alan Turing.

28) The King's Gambit - he claimed thatafter 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 that 3 ¥e2 was theonly move that held a draw for White; allother moves ended in a loss!

29) IM Yang Fan Zhou and GM Michael Adams.

Garry Kasparov (pictured above) addressingthe Turing conference in Manchester

30) Eugene Torre played in his twenty-firstOlympiad and managed a win as Blackagainst Nigel Short.

31) Just three. Against Rainer Buhmann(in the Bundesliga), Boris Gelfand (in theWorld Championship match) and finallyagainst Gawain Jones (in this year’sLondon Chess Classic).

32) Teimour Radjabov.

33) For the USSR in 1990, for Belarus in1994 and 1996 and from 2000 he‘s playedfor Israel.

34) Our secret santas in order ofappearance were Julian Hodgson,Andrew Greet and Anish Giri.

35) 1 e4 e6 (or 1...e5) 2 ¢f2 £f6 3 ¢g3£xf3+ 4 ¢h4 ¥e7#

36) Interestingly this position stumps mosttop-end chess computers... Attempts like1 ¦a2 ¢h3 2 ¤g5 (2 ¤f4 ¢g3 3 ¤e2¢h3=) 2...¢g4 don’t work. Neither doessacrificing White’s minor pieces for Black’spawns as the resulting Rook vs. Bishopending is a draw. The surprising solution is1 ¦h1!! and after 1...¢xh1 White plays2 ¤f4 and after a few moves ofmanoeuvring will deliver checkmate. Forexample 2...¥e8 3 ¢d2 ¥f7 4 ¢e1 ¥h55 ¢f2 ¥g4 6 ¤e6 ¥e2 7 ¤g7 ¥d3 8 ¥e5 f49 ¥xf4 ¥g6 10 ¥e5 ¥e4 11 ¤h5 ¥d5 12 ¤g3#

37) 1 ¤f3 d5 2 ¤e5 Nf6 3 ¤c6 ¤fd7 4 ¤b8 ¤b8.

38) Transpositions are possible. Onecorrect solution is: 1 ¤f3 ¤f6 2 ¤c3 ¤c63 ¤d4 ¤d5 4 ¤c6 dxc6 5 ¤xd5 cxd5(transpositions are possible).

39) 1 e4 ¤f6 2 f3 ¤xe4 3 £e2 ¤g3 4£xe7+ £xe7+ 5 ¢f2 ¤xh1.

40) The game was Stephen Gordonagainst Gawain Jones in the rapidplay play-off for this year’s British Championship andeven though Gawain lost his queen with thevery next move he still manged to win.

ANSWERS

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