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En Passant No 182 — October 2003 1

EN PASSANTOctober 2003 No.182 octobre 2003

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7 This summer MontrealÕs Andre Langlois put on yet anotherterrific event in his home town, won impressively by GMEduardas Rozentalis with 8.5/11 and a performance rating of2753. The story of the event, however, was that of CanadianIM Pascal Charbonneau, who deservedly earned his first GMnorm by finishing fifth and scoring 6.5/11! IM David Rossanalyzes a selection of interesting games, and YvesVaillancourt contributes the photography.

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2 Editorial, and Letters to the Editor.

20 IM Andrei Sokolov returns with another installment of hispopular ÒApprenticeÕs WorkshopÓ series. This time he talksabout Rules and Exceptions and Beauty in Chess.

25 ÒGM FactoryÓ columnist IM David Ross this time introducesjunior talents Nikita Kraiouchkine Justin McDonald.

32 Veteran organizer Hal Bond these days is dedicated to buildinga Canadian chess tradition in his home town of Guelph. FMRobert Hamilton notched up an IM norm of his own at thisyearÕs Guelph Pro-Am International, together with severalother notable performances by top Canadians!

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EditorialIA Jonathan Berry has sent both aphoto of tournament winner GMAlexander Moiseenko, and a revisedand improved version of the CanadianOpen crosstable from the last issue,which are reprinted with thanks hereand on the two back cover pages!

As the result of a motion from therecent AGM in Kapuskasing, futureissues of the magazine will keep theTop Canadian listings, but from nowon the mass rating lists appear onlyonce a year in August. This kind ofinformation is of course readilyavailable online, and so interestedreaders are referred to the website ofthe Chess Federation of Canada atwww.chess.ca. This change, a positiveone in my view, frees up an averageof five or six pages per issue foradditional content!

Readers, however, will no doubt alsonotice two more important changes:we have gone to 44 pages instead of48, and the magazine cover is nolonger printed on high-quality paperstock. The new CFC Executive hasbeen looking at ways to reduceprinting costs, and these decisions arethe result of their inquiries with theprinter in Ottawa.

And with that same attention towardsbudget expenditures also came theirdecision to review the editorship ofEn Passant magazine, followed by acall for proposals on the CFC website,and a successful low bid by your neweditor, Kitchener FM Hans Jung, whowill kick off his work on the magazinewith the December issue! I would liketo ask all of my regular contributors tosupport Hans in his new position, anddirect any magazine inquiries to himfrom this point onward.

As I write these last few paragraphs ofmy final magazine editorial, I amsomehow reminded of writing my firstand rather tentative one back in thesummer of 1998. Some thirty-twoissues have been printed with myname on them since, and so I wouldlike to take this opportunity andexpress my sincere thanks not only toour readership, but especially thoseplayers and organizers with whom Ihave had the privilege and pleasureof working in the last five years. Manyof your wonderful contributions are

remembered, and were alwaysappreciated. Thank you very much!

As for my plans after the magazine Öaside from increasing my involvementin several ongoing software projects ÖI will be doing more authoring forChessBase GmbH in Germany in thenear future, with a Training-CD on theGrŸnfeld Indian Defense due out bychristmas. But best of all, there shouldbe more time left over for actuallyplaying chess!

Knut Neven

Alexander Moiseenko


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Nanaimo, BCIn the report on the 2003 CanadianOpen, I omitted to mention Philip G.Haley, the inventor of AcceleratedPairings and in particular the inventorof Haley Accelerated Pairings. I didnot use Haley Accelerated Pairings,but rather the Systeme AccŒlŒrŒDegrŒssif, which borrows theacceleration technique from Mr.HaleyÕs groundbreaking system, butapplies it differently, and addsrefinements.

Jonathan Berry

Toronto, ONI beg to differ concerning yourassessment of the effect of thecomputer on the sporting aspect ofchess by directing your attention to

the dwindling membership of theCanadian Correspondence ChessAssociation. I admit that the databasesavailable from the Internet, togetherwith the tremendous calculatingpower of the microchip, represent ahitherto unthinkable opportunity toadvance our grasp of the game. Onthe other hand, there are those of uswhose sole purpose in playing, asidefrom the social niceties and thepleasure of expanding our circle offriends, is Ð if at all possible andobserving the etiquette of duesportsmanship Ð in the words of theimmortal Bobby Fischer, to beat theheck out of our opponents. (I amparaphrasing.)

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London CC SD-T #1-3Date: October 4; November 8;

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Toronto Senior Active ChampionshipDate: October 26Place: Bradgate Arms, 54 Foxbar RoadRds: 5Type: Active SwissTimes: 10:15, 11:30, 1:30, 2:45, 4TC: G/30EF: $15Prizes: $$BENReg: At site; or cheques to Martin

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Agincourt CYCC QualifierDate: November 15Place: Stephen Leacock CI, 2450

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Reg: 19:00Ð20:00 at site; or chequesto Chess Federation of Canada,2212 Gladwin Crescent EÐ1,Ottawa, ON, K1B 5N1, byDecember 15

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Ontario OpenDate: May 22Ð24Place: Holiday Inn, 664 Colborne

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Leacock CI, 2450 BirchmountRoad, Agincourt, ON, M1T 2M5,before November 15

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Seaway Valley OpenDate: November 15Ð16Place: McIntosh Country Inn and

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Canadian Junior ChampionshipDate: January 2Ð6Place: Quality Hotel and Conference

Centre, 3828 Macleod TrailSouth, Calgary

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Masters and new CFC freePrizes: $$BENReg: 18:30Ð19:00 at siteOrg: Lyle Craver (604)980Ð2040Misc: Bye 1Ð4

Vancouver Little Mountain Active #4Date: October 15, 22Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood

House, 3981 Main StreetRds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 7, ASAPTC: G/30EF: $10; $5 Jr/SrPrizes: Trophies, certificates, softwareReg: 18:45 at siteOrg: Eduardo Azmitia (604)582Ð5586;

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Kelowna Harvest FestDate: October 18Ð19Place: Boys&Girls Club, 1633 Richter StRds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 2, 7 / 10, ASAPTC: 30/90, SD 60; G/60 JuniorEF: $25; $20 Sr; $15 Jr; $5 Junior

SecPrizes: $$BENSec: Open, JuniorReg: 08:00 at siteOrg: Grant Rice (250)979Ð0009

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Stop the Machine FIDE InvitationalDate: October 24Ð26Place: Sprott-Shaw College, 2750

Rupert Street, VancouverRds: 5Type: Regular RRTimes: 6:30 / 10, 3:30 / 10, ASAPTC: G/120+30EF: $80; $50 FIDE ratedPrizes: $$G150, ChessBase CDReg: Before October 19Org: Vas Sladek (604)787Ð4553

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UBC Tuesday Night November DecemberDate: November 18, 25;

December 2, 9, 16Place: UBC Student Union, Room 215Rds: 5Type: Regular SwissTimes: 7 / 6:30 / 6:30 / 6:30 / 6:30TC: 40/90, SD/60EF: $15; $12 UBC members; $8 Jr;

Masters and new CFC freePrizes: $$BENReg: 18:30Ð19:00 at siteOrg: Lyle Craver (604)980Ð2040Misc: Bye 1Ð4

Vancouver Little Mountain Active #5Date: November 19, 26Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood

House, 3981 Main StreetRds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 7, ASAPTC: G/30EF: $10; $5 Jr/SrPrizes: Trophies, certificates, softwareReg: 18:45 at siteOrg: Eduardo Azmitia (604)582Ð5586;

Carmen Miranda (604)879Ð7104Misc: Bring sets, clocks

Vancouver Little Mountain Active #6Date: December 10, 17Place: Little Mountain Neighbourhood

House, 3981 Main StreetRds: 6Type: Active SwissTimes: 7, ASAPTC: G/30EF: $10; $5 Jr/Sr

Prizes: Trophies, certificates, softwareReg: 18:45 at siteOrg: Eduardo Azmitia (604)582Ð5586;

Carmen Miranda (604)879Ð7104Misc: Bring sets, clocks

Kamloops Grand Prix EventsDate: January 24, February 21,

September 18, October 23,November 20

Place: South Kamloops SecondarySchool Cafeteria, 821 Munro St

Type: Regular SwissRds: 4Times: 9:15, 12, 3, 6:30TC: 35/60, SD/30Reg: 08:45Ð09:00 at siteEF: $20; Jr $5; Sr $15Prizes: $$BENReg: 09:00Ð09:30 at site; or cheques

to George Hara, c/o SouthKamloops Secondary School,821 Munro Street, Kamloops,BC, V2C 3E9

Org: George Hara (250)376Ð[email protected]

Misc: Bye 1Ð3; bring sets, clocks

BC Interior Secondary School ChampionshipDate: March 6Place: South Kamloops Secondary

School Cafeteria, 821 MunroStreet, Kamloops

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9:30, ASAPTC: 40/60, SD/15EF: $15 by January 31; $20 by

February 1; $25 by February 15Prizes: Plaques, certificatesReg: 08:30 at site; or cheques to

George Hara, c/o SouthKamloops Secondary School,821 Munro Street, Kamloops,BC, V2C 3E9


Misc: Bye 1Ð5; bring boards, sets,clocks; full time G8Ð12 students

BC Amateur ChampionshipDate: April 9Ð10Place: South Kamloops Secondary

School Cafeteria, 821 Munro StType: Regular SwissRds: 6Times: 9:30, 1, 4:30 / 9:30, 1, 4:30TC: 30/60, SD/45EF: $30, Jr $5, Sr 20 by February 15;

$35, Jr $10, Sr $25 by February28; $40, Jr $15, Sr $30 by March15; $50, Jr $20, Sr $40 thereafter

Reg: 09:00Ð09:30 at site; or chequesto George Hara, c/o SouthKamloops Secondary School,821 Munro Street, Kamloops,BC, V2C 3E9


Misc: Bye 1Ð5; eligibility <2200 only

Alberta

ECC John TournamentsDate: Monday nightsPlace: Edmonton Chess ClubRds: 4Type: Active SwissTC: G/30EF: $2Reg: 18:30Ð19:15 at siteOrg: John Quiring (403)468Ð9173

Alberta OpenDate: October 11Ð13Place: Mackenzie Room, Delta

Edmonton Centre Suite Hotel,10222 Ð 102 Street, Edmonton

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 10:30, 3:30 / 9:30, 5 / 9:30, 1:30TC: 45/90 SD/45EF: $25; $20 JrSec: TBAPrizes: $$G1000Reg: 09:00Ð10:00Org: ACA; Ford Wong (780)481Ð6474

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New Brunswick

Bathurst CRCC TornadosDate: November 8Place: NBCC Cafeteria, Youghall DriveRds: 4Type: Regular SwissTimes: 9, 11:30, 2:30, 5TC: G/60EF: $20, $10 U14Prizes: $$BENReg: Leo Legacy (506)783Ð3121

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Nova Scotia

Maritime OpenDate: October 11Ð13Place: Room A201, DalTech Campus

of Dalhousie University, 1360Barrington Street, Halifax

Rds: 6Type: Regular SwissTimes: 12, 6 / 10, 4 / 10, 3:30TC: 30/90, SD/60EF: $35; $30 Sr; $25 Jr; $15 CdPrizes: $$BENReg: 10:00Ð11:00 at site; or cheques

to David Kenney, 28 BrookfieldAve, Dartmouth, NS, B2V 1V1

Org: David Kenney (902)462Ð7455Misc: Bring sets, clocks


Notes byDavid Ross

Rozentalis, EduardasNataf, Igor

Montreal International (1),2003

Sicilian: Rossolimo B31

Rozentalis starts his campaign with afine positional game against FrenchGM Igor Nataf.

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 g6 4.0-0ºg7 5.c3 »f6 6.¼e1 0-0 7.d4 d58.e5 »e4 9.ºxc6 bxc6 10.»bd2cxd4 11.cxd4 c5 12.dxc5 »xc513.»b3 »xb3 14.½xb3 d4

It is too soon to say if this advance isbetter than 14 Öºg4.

15.ºf4!?N ºg4 16.½a3 ½b6

Also possible is the centralization16Ö½d5!?

17.¼ad1 ¼fd8?

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An important improvement is17Öºxf3!? 18.gxf3 e6 since the textallows White to build up an attackquickly.

18.½xe7! ºxf3 19.gxf3 ½xb220.e6 ¼f8

WhiteÕs rook reaches the seventh rankwith decisive force after 20Öfxe6??21.¼b1!

21.½d7! ½xa2 22.e7 ¼fe8 23.¼a1½b3 24.¼xa7 ½c3

Also quite hopeless for Black is thedefenisve try 24Ö½xf3 25.¼xa8 ½xa826.ºc7.

25.¼xa8 ½xe1+ 26.¾g2 ¼xa827.½d8+ ¼xd8 28.exd8½+ ºf829.ºd6 Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Ross, DavidLesiege, Alexandre


Catalan E04

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 »f6 4.g3dxc4 5.ºg2 »c6 6.½a4 ºb4+7.ºd2 ºd6

Although todayÕs effort is my bestfrom the event, I am so out of touchwith current theory that I didnÕtrealize Kramnik has already playedthis idea against Karpov and Anand!

8.½xc4 0-0 9.0-0 e5 10.»xe5»xe5 11.dxe5 ºxe5 12.ºc3 ½e713.ºb4

A surprise for Alexandre.

13Öºd6?!

Both of us thought after the gamethat White is a little better after13Ö½e6!? 14.»d2 but after a secondlook it seems that Black has equalizedafter 14Ö¼e8 15.½c2 c6 16.»c4 ºc7.

14.ºxd6 ½xd6 15.»c3 c616.¼ad1 ½e7 17.¼d2 ºe618.½f4!N

Incredibly this position has arisenbefore, albeit with the inferior18.½h4.

18Ö¼ad8

Most likely 18Ö¼fd8 is the moreaccurate rook move.

19.¼fd1 ¼xd2 20.½xd2

2003The

Montreal Internationalby IM David Ross

This yearÕs Montreal

International was

strengthened by the

presence of legendary

GM Oleg Romanishin of

the Ukraine, and boasted

the strongest field to date

with an average rating of

2515.

Readers may be wondering how yourauthor managed to get into such aprestigious event, but this surprisinganomaly is easily explained by thefact that I was organizer AndreLangloisÕ sixth choice on a long list ofreplacements who all turned out to beunable or unwilling to play! Such goodfortune on my part could not berefused, in spite of the fact thatcompeting at such a high level withonly minimal preparation and after alengthy break would prove to be adifficult task.

The front runners in the event werethe top rated contenders Onischukand Rozentalis, with the formerholding a narrow lead for manyrounds until a loss against Natafallowed Eduardas to overtake himclose to the finish line. The two in factfaced each other the last round, withRozentalis holding off Alexander topost an impressive 8.5/11 final tallyand 2753 performance rating! Amongthe Canadians only MontrealÕs IMPascal Charbonneau impressed at 6.5/11 and his first GM title normÖ


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20Ö»d7

Instead of the text Black can also try20Ö¼e8!? when an optimist behindthe White pieces might think he isslightly better.

21.h3 f6!?

A cool move to defuse any possiblebenefit from an advance of WhiteÕskingside pawns.

22.¾h2 »e5 23.b3 a6 24.½e3

Also good is 24.e4 »f7 25.½e3 with asmall edge.

24Ö¼e8 25.½b6 »f7 26.e3 ºc827.»e4 ¼d8 28.¼d4 ¾f8?

After 28Ö¼xd4 29.exd4! ºe6 30.»c5»d6 31.»xe6 ½xe6 32.½a5 Whiteintends 33.d5 but Black is not reallyany worse.

29.a4?

Both players are short of time, andWhite should prefer 29.»c5!

29Ö¼xd4 30.exd4 ½d8 31.½c5+½e7 32.½b6

White keeps a pleasant initiative after32.½a7!

32Ö½d8 33.½c5+

And the very real possibility ofposting nothing but zeros on thecrosstable in this tournament nowprompted me to take off some of thepressure and call it a day!?

Ú.

Rozentalis and Bluvshtein were theonly winners in round two, allowingEduardas to keep his half point leadon the pack.

Notes byDavid Ross

Rozentalis, EduardasVera, Reynaldo


Sicilian: Alapin B22

1.e4 c5 2.c3 »f6 3.e5 »d5 4.»f3d6 5.ºc4 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4ºe7 8.0-0 0-0 9.»c3

Incredibly this normal looking positionhas occurred only five times in mylarge database.

9Ö»xc3 10.bxc3 »c6 11.exd6½xd6

The other capture 11Öºxd6 alsomakes sense.

12.¼e1

We have transposed into a betterknown and very difficult line forBlack. Objectively speaking White isprobably not very much better, butthe statistics donÕt bear this out forBlack, who scores very poorly fromhere.

12Öb6 13.»g5! ºxg5

Perhaps 13Öh6 is better, although thepawn on h6 could easily become atarget later.

14.ºxg5 ºb7 15.½g4

White now enjoys a big advantagewith the bishop pair and attackingchances against BlackÕs king. Thepotential weakness of ¹/c3 along thehalf open c/file is not relevant at thismoment.

15Ö»e7?

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Correct is 15Ö¼fe8. Now White has atactical shot.

16.ºxe6! h5 17.½h3

Also possible is 17.½g3 or 17.½h4.

17Öfxe6 18.¼xe6 ½d7?

After 18Öºxg2! 19.¼xd6 (or 19.½e3½d5!) 19Öºxh3 20.ºxe7 ¼f3 theopposite colored bishops provideBlack with good drawing chances.

19.¼xe7 ½xh3 20.gxh3 ¼f721.¼ae1 ºd5 22.a3 ¼c8

2003 Montreal International

## Player Old Perf New 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ##

1 Rozentalis, Eduardas 2613 2753 2642 X = = 1 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8=2 Onischuk, Alexander 2657 2712 2668 = X 1 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 83 Legky, Nikolay 2516 2652 2547 = 0 X = 1 = = = = 1 1 1 74 Nataf, Igor 2595 2645 2605 0 1 = X = = = = 1 1 = 1 75 Charbonneau, Pascal 2466 2620 2502 0 = 0 = X = 1 = 1 = 1 1 6=6 Romanishin, Oleg 2561 2539 2556 = 0 = = = X = = = = 1 = 5=7 Barsov, Alexei 2542 2504 2534 = = = = 0 = X = = = = = 58 Lugovoi, Alexei 2566 2502 2552 = 0 = = = = = X 1 0 0 1 59 Vera, Reynaldo 2543 2432 2519 0 = = 0 0 = = 0 X 1 = = 410 Lesiege, Alexandre 2605 2426 2565 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 0 X 1 = 411 Bluvshtein, Mark 2465 2402 2453 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 1 = 0 X 1 3=12 Ross, David 2362 2303 2350 0 0 0 0 0 = = 0 = = 0 X 2

Reynaldo Vera


Here too the opposite coloredbishops complicate matters, butRozentalis shows excellent techniquein converting his advantage.

23.¼e8+ ¼xe8 24.¼xe8+ ¾h725.¼e5 ¼d7 26.f4 ¾g8 27.f5 ºf728.¾f2 g6

Surely 28Ö¼d5 is a better try. Theremainder is no longer difficult.

29.fxg6 ºxg6 30.¾e3 ¼c7 31.¾d2ºf7 32.ºe7 ¼d7 33.¼g5+ ¾h734.ºf6 ºg6 35.ºe5 ¼f7 36.d5!¼f2+ 37.¾e3 ¼f5 38.h4 ¼xg539.hxg5 b5 40.¾d4 ºe8 41.¾c5¾g6 42.h4 ¾f5 43.ºd4 ¾e4 44.d6¾f5 45.¾d5 a5

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46.g6 Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Lugovoi, AlexeiLegky, Nikolay


Benoni: Snake A60

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 c5 4.d5exd5 5.cxd5 ºd6 6.»f3 ºc77.ºg5 h6 8.ºh4 ºa5

The Snake has transformed itself intoa weird Nimzo Indian!?

9.e3 ½b6 10.ºxf6! ½xf6 11.¼c10-0 12.ºe2

White has nothing special here, but IdonÕt see anything sharper to testBlackÕs setup.

12Öºxc3+ 13.bxc3

Of course 13.¼xc3 is also fine.

13Öd6 14.0-0 »d7 15.»d2 ½e716.e4 ¼e8 17.f4?

Considering what happens next, thispawn advance is far too ambitious?!

17Ö¼b8 18.a4 a6 19.¼b1 »f620.ºd3

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20Ö»xd5! 21.½b3 »c7 22.½b6»d5 23.½b3 »f6 24.c4 ºd725.¼be1 ºc6 26.ºb1 »d7?

It is hard to imagine what made Blackreject 26Öb5! 27.axb5 axb5 28.cxb5¼xb5 29.½d3 (or 29.½g3 ¼b4)29Ö½d7 with a winning position.

27.½g3 ¼bd8 28.a5 ½f6 29.e5dxe5 30.»e4 ºxe4 31.¼xe4 exf4?

Better looks 31Ö½e6!? or 31Ö½d6!?

32.¼exf4 ½e6

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Somehow White has conjured upsufficient counterplay!

33.¼xf7! ½e3+ 34.½xe3 ¼xe335.h4 ¼b3??

Why not 35Öb5!

36.ºe4! »f6 37.¼xb7 ¼a3 38.ºf3¼xa5 Ú.

In round three Rozentalis finallycoughed up a draw against Barsov,while Onischuk scored his first win atthe expense of Ross who misplayedthe opening horribly. Legky won anExchange Slav against Lesiege, andNataf prevailed in a nice attackinggame against Vera. But without adoubt the most interesting matchuptoday was that between CanadaÕs twoyoung IMs!

Notes byDavid Ross

Charbonneau, PascalBluvshtein, Mark


French: Advance C02

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 ºd75.»f3 ½b6 6.a3 c4?!

Black usually follows up on 5Ö½b6with 6Öºb5 in order to exchangelight squared bishops. MarkÕs moveorder looks inaccurate since it allowshis opponent to quickly strike on thequeenside with the b3 break, which isusually something Black is able toprevent with a timely Ö»a5.

7.»bd2 »c6 8.b3! cxb3 9.»xb3»a5 10.»xa5 ½xa5 11.ºd2

Statistically Black scores a miserable29 percent from this position!

11Ö½c7 12.ºd3 h6 13.0-0 »e714.½e2 »c8 15.ºe3 »b6 16.»d2ºc6

BlackÕs stands so poorly that even theincredibly risky 16Ö½xc3 might beworth a second look.

17.f4 g6 18.¼fc1 ½d7 19.a4!?

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Nikolay Legky


Pascal decides that his developmentlead and superioir coordination willdecide the game.

19Ö»xa4 20.c4! »b2 21.cxd5exd5 22.ºb1 ºb5 23.½f3

Black cannot construct an adequatedefense in the face of so manythreats.

23Ö»d3 24.¼c3 ¼c8?? 25.¼xc8+½xc8 26.½f1! ½c3 27.¼xa7 ºb428.¼a8+ ¾e7 29.¼xh8 »xe530.½xb5 ½xe3+ 31.¾h1 »c632.»f1 Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Vera, ReynaldoNataf, Igor


King’s Indian: Classical E99

This win by Nataf must have beenespecially sweet because Vera hadbeaten his KingÕs Indian setup inKapuskasing just one week earlier.

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.ºe2 0-0 6.»f3 e5 7.0-0 »c68.d5 »e7 9.»e1 »d7 10.ºe3 f511.f3 f4 12.ºf2 g5 13.¼c1 ¼f6

Since Black has a decent score fromthis position, it is imperative thatWhite reacts sharply before hisopponentÕs kingside attack gains toomuch momentum.

14.c5!?

This pawn sacrifice temporarilydiverts BlackÕs attention, but I havemy doubts about its soundness.

14Ö»xc5

Here 14Ödxc5 might also be playable,but looks wrong on general principles.

15.b4 »a6

The knight looks a bit clumsy here atfirst, but actually slows down WhiteÕsplay on the c/file very effectively.

16.»d3

The exchange 16.ºxa6 bxa6 must bewrong, since it removes an importantdefender from WhiteÕs kingside.

16Ö¼h6 17.a4 ½e8 18.¾h1 ºd7N

This is a likely improvement over18Öc6 from Lopez MartinezÐVolokitin,Leon EU ch tt (5), 2001.

19.½b3 ¾h8 20.»b2?

At this moment 20.ºg1!? might bemore accurate, because then 20Ö½h5can be answered by 21.»f2! NowBlack is winning the race!

20Ö½h5 21.ºg1 g4! 22.fxg4 ºxg423.ºxg4 ½xg4 24.»b5 ºf6

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25.»xc7??

Hard to believe, but the computerlikes 25.»xa7!? when 25Ö¼g6 (Whiteis also safe after 25Öºh4 26.½f3 ½g527.»d3 ºg3 28.h3; or 25Ö¼g826.½f3) 26.¼c2 ¼ag8 looksimpressive, but offers nothingconcrete for Black.

25Ö»xc7 26.¼xc7 ½e2 27.¼d1½xe4!

The ending after 27Ö¼g6!? 28.½c2¼xg2 29.½xe2 ¼xe2 30.»d3 ¼xe4 isalso winning comfortably.

28.»c4 »f5 29.ºf2 ºh4 30.ºxh4¼g8

Why not just 30Ö»xh4!

31.½f3 ½xf3 32.gxf3 ¼xh433.¼d2

WhiteÕs only hope is 33.¼xb7 butthen the same 33Öe4 still wins forBlack.

33Öe4 34.¼f7 »g3+ 35.¾g1 »e2+36.¾f1 ¼g1+ Ù.

Rozentalis stayed in the lead bycollecting win number three whenRoss hung a pawn in a perfectlyreasonable position. Meanwhile Legkywon his second game in a row againstan obviously out-of-form Bluvshtein.Onischuk failed to convert a niceadvantage with a miscalculation, butthe coolest game of the round wasthat between Lesiege andRomanishin.

Notes byDavid Ross

Lesiege, AlexandreRomanishin, Oleg


Nimzo Indian: Rubinstein E43

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3b6 5.ºd3 ºb7 6.»f3 0-0 7.0-0ºxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.»d2

Logical, as White needs to play for thecentral advance e4.

9Öd6 10.e4 cxd4 11.cxd4 e5!12.f4!?

Very energetic! White looks betterhere, but Black defends calmly.

12Ö¼e8

More sensible than 12Öexd4 13.e5!?(but not 13.ºb2? »c6) 13Ödxe514.fxe5 »fd7 15.»f3 withcompensation for White.

13.fxe5 dxe5 14.d5 »bd7 15.»b3¼c8 16.g4!?

Once again the most active. White isjust a little better after 16.ºa3.

16Öb5!?

An amazing resource, but not quitesound! Instead 16Öh6 17.g5 hxg518.ºxg5 ½e7 looks a little better forWhite, although we cannot really faultRomanishin for declining to play sucha position.

17.cxb5 ½b6+ 18.¼f2!

The only move, since 18.¾g2?! ¼c319.½d2 runs into 19Ö»xd5!!

18Ö¼c3 19.h3 ¼ec8

Igor Nataf


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20.ºb2?

But here 20.g5! »e8 (also very goodfor White is 20Ö»h5 21.½xh5 ¼xd322.½xf7+ ¾h8 23.¾g2 ½xb5 24.ºa3½a4 25.¼af1 ½xe4+ 26.¾h2; or20Ö»c5 21.»xc5 ½xc5 22.gxf6 ¼xc123.½xc1 ½xc1+ 24.¼xc1 ¼xc1+25.¾g2 ¼c3; and finally 20Ö¼xd321.½xd3 ¼c3 22.½xc3 ½xf2+23.¾xf2 »xe4+ 24.¾e1 »xc3)21.½e2 ½g6 22.ºd2 leads to a bigadvantage for White!

20Ö½e3! 21.ºxc3 ¼xc3 22.½f3½xd3

The position after 22Ö¼xd3 23.½xe3¼xe3 24.¼c2 ¼xe4 25.¼c7 ºxd526.g5 ¾f8 27.gxf6 »xf6 looksunclear.

23.½xd3 ¼xd3 24.¼c2 »xe425.¼c7 ºxd5 26.¼xd7 h5 27.¼xa7¼xh3! 28.b6 hxg4 29.b7 ¼g3+30.¾h2 ¼h3+ 31.¾g1 ¼g3+

A terrific fighting draw!

Ú.

Rozentalis won again, this timedefeating Charbonneau whoblundered in an already inferiorposition. Lesiege and Romanishin bothwon for the first time in thetournament, while Vera and Rossdrew fairly quickly. MeanwhileOnischuk started his ascent to secondplace with this defeat over Legky.

Notes byDavid Ross

Legky, NikolayOnischuk, Alexander


King’s Indian: Fianchetto E67

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 g6 3.g3 ºg74.ºg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 »bd77.»c3 e5 8.½c2 ¼e8 9.¼d1 c610.e3

So far the players are following thegame WittÐSpraggett, CA 1980! Withhis next move Black retains a flexibleposition.

10Öa6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.»g5?! ½e713.»ge4 »xe4 14.»xe4 »c515.b3?

The position after 15.»xc5 ½xc516.e4 is equal, whereas now Blacktakes over control of the d/file.

15Ö»xe4 16.ºxe4 ºg4 17.¼d2¼ad8 18.ºb2 ¼xd2 19.½xd2 ¼d820.½e1 ½f6 21.¼c1 h5 22.¾g2 h423.h3 ºf5 24.ºxf5 ½xf5 25.e4½g5 26.¼c2

White can reclaim the d/file andequality with 26.¼d1!

26Öhxg3 27.fxg3 ¼d3 28.ºc1 ½d829.ºe3 ºf8 30.½e2

Better is 30.¼f2!? ½d7 31.g4. InsteadWhite soon commits a fatal mistake.

30Öºb4 31.h4 ¾g7 32.¼c1??

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32Öºc5! 33.ºxc5 ¼d2 34.¼c2¼xe2+ 35.¼xe2 ½d1 36.¾f2 ½h137.ºb4 ¾h6 38.ºe7 ¾h5 39.ºf6

½a1 40.¾g2 ¾g4 41.¾f2 ½c342.¼e3 ½d2+ 43.¼e2 ½d6 44.ºg5f6 45.¼d2 ½a3 46.ºe3 ½c147.¼d6 ½c2+ 48.ºd2 ½d1 49.¼d3f5 50.exf5 gxf5 51.h5 e4 52.¼d8½f3+ 53.¾e1 e3 54.h6 exd2+55.¾xd2 ½g2+ Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Lugovoi, AlexeiLesiege, Alexandre



1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e30-0 5.ºd3 d5 6.»f3 c5 7.0-0 »c68.a3 ºxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.ºxc4½c7 11.ºd3

White has tried many different ideasin the old main line of the NimzoIndian without ever establishing aclear path to an advantage. In thesubsequent play Alexei attempts toopen the position for his bishops, butthis is no easy task against the well-coordinated Black forces.

11Öe5 12.½c2 ¼e8 13.dxe5 »xe514.»xe5 ½xe5 15.f3 ºd7 16.a4¼ad8 17.¼e1 ºc6 18.e4 »d519.ºd2 »f4 20.ºf1 c4

So far itÕs all established theory, withBlack comfortably drawing all fivegames in my database from thisposition.

Alexei Lugovoi

Alexander Onischuk


21.ºe3

White doesnÕt have much after21.ºxf4 ½xf4 22.½f2 ½d2.

21Ö»d3 22.ºxd3 cxd3 23.½b2?!

Lugovoi attempts to improve on thepreviously played 23.½d2.

23Ö¼e6!?

Also attractive for Black looks theimmediate counterstrike 23Öf5!?

24.ºd4

The greedy 24.ºxa7? lands White inbig trouble after 24Ö¼h6 25.h3 (or25.g3 ½h5 26.½g2 f5!) 25Ö¼xh3!26.gxh3 d2!

24Ö½h5 25.½f2 ¼h6 26.g4 ¼g627.¾h1 ½a5 28.¼ed1 h5!?29.gxh5 ½xh5 30.¼xd3 ¼e831.¼e3 a5

White really has no favorable way toprevent BlackÕs kingside break Öf5which is guaranteed to generateplenty of compensation for the pawnsacrifice.

32.¼g1 ¼ee6! 33.¼ee1 f5!

It is instructive to note how impotentWhiteÕs bishop is in the comingdefense. Opposite colored bishops,while an important drawing resourcein many endgames, often benefit theattacker in middlegame positionswhere one side has play against theopponentÕs king.

34.¼xg6 ¼xg6 35.¼g1?

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35Öfxe4 36.¼xg6 ½xg6 37.h4 exf338.¾h2 ½f7 39.½g3 ºxa440.½b8+ ¾h7 41.¾g3 ºc6 42.½f4½g6+ 43.½g4 ½xg4+ 44.¾xg4 a445.c4 a3 46.h5 a2 47.¾g3 b648.¾f2 ¾h6 49.¾e3 ¾xh550.ºxg7 ¾g4 51.ºe5 ºe8

Alexandre concludes the game inattractive fashion, as it now becomesclear that WhiteÕs remaining pawn isdoomed.

Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Charbonneau, PascalRozentalis, Eduardas


French: Advance C02

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 ºd75.»f3 ½b6 6.ºd3 ºb5 7.dxc5ºxc5 8.b4 ºxd3 9.½xd3 ºf810.0-0 »e7 11.ºe3 ½c7 12.»a3a6 13.ºc5N

A new move, but the usual 13.c4doesnÕt offer White much either.

13Ö»ec6 14.ºxf8 ¾xf8 15.¼fe1»d7 16.½e3 h6

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17.c4!?

White initiates great complicationsthat are difficult to evaluate. A morecareful approach is 17.»c2!?

17Ö»xb4 18.¼ab1 a5 19.»b5 ½c5

Maybe playable, but needlessly riskylooks 19Ö½xc4 20.»d6 ½xa2 21.»d4»xe5!

20.»fd4?

Rozentalis is a well known endgamespecialist, and so Pascal rejects 20.a3!?½xe3 (White is also a bit better after20Ö»c6 21.½xc5+ »xc5 22.cxd5exd5) 21.¼xe3 »c6 22.cxd5 exd523.»c7 ¼d8 24.»xd5 g5! with a smallendgame advantage.

20Ödxc4 21.»d6 ¾g8 22.a3 »d3

Also reliable looks 22Ö»d5!?

23.¼b5 ½xa3 24.»xc4 ½c325.»d2 »7c5?

The ending after 25Ö»7xe5 26.¼xe5(White loses material after 26.¼b3½c5 27.¼xd3 »xd3 28.½xd3 ¼d8)26Ö¼c8 27.¼xe6 »xe1 28.½xc3¼xc3 29.¼xe1 is very promising forBlack.

26.»4b3! »a4 27.¼a1 »db2?28.½e2?!

BlackÕs pieces are tied up ratherawkwardly, and after 28.½e4! Whitemay even be a little better in spite ofthe two pawn deficit.

28Öb6! 29.»e4 ½c7 30.»d4?

Pascal begins to lose the thread of thegame. Much better is 30.¼c1! ½d731.»d6 with unclear complications.

30Ö¼c8! 31.h4 ½c4 32.½d2 »d333.¼xa4!?

A reasonable try in a difficult situation.

33Ö½xa4 34.½xd3 ½c4 35.½e3½c1+ 36.¾h2 ½xe3 37.fxe3 a438.¼xb6 ¼a8

The ending is difficult for White, butnot necessarily lost.

39.»c3

Black ends up with a winningadvantage after 39.¼b2 ¾h7 40.¼a2¼hc8 41.»d6 ¼c3 42.»xf7 ¾g643.»d6 ¼xe3 44.»xe6 ¼xe5 45.»f4+¾h7 largely because WhiteÕs knightslack solid footing after so many pawnshave disappeared from the board.

39Öa3 40.»a2 ¾h7 41.»c6 ¼hc842.¾g3 ¼a4 43.¾f3 ¼xh4 44.¼a6¼h1 45.»cb4 ¼f1+ 46.¾e2 ¼a147.¼xa3 ¼c5 48.¼a7 ¾g6

Pascal has rounded up BlackÕs passerwith the help of the two knights, butleft himself in a position that isdifficult to defend on the other side ofthe board.

49.¼d7 ¼b1 50.¼d2 ¼xe5 51.»d3¼g5 52.¾f2 ¼f5+ 53.¾g3 ¼b3

Eduardas Rozentalis


54.»ac1 ¼a3 55.»e2 ¾h7 56.e4¼fa5 57.¾f2 ¼a2 58.¼d1 g559.¼c1 ¾g6 60.¾e3 h5 61.g3¼2a3 62.¼c8 ¼a8 63.¼c5 ¼d864.»c3 ¾f6 65.»e5?? ¼xc3+ Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Romanishin, OlegBluvshtein, Mark


Queen Pawn D02

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.ºg2cxd4 5.0-0 d5 6.»xd4 e5 7.»b3ºe6 8.»c3 ºe7 9.f4

Amazingly, White has not managed towin a single game with this move inmy database!?

9Öexf4 10.gxf4

The alternative 10.ºf4 looks playable.

10Ög6 11.¾h1 »c6

As played in TischbierekÐHracek, DEBL 2000, while RomanishinÐUlibin,Moscow 1994, continued 11Ö0-0.

12.ºe3 0-0 13.»d4N

White tried 13.½d2 with equality inseveral earlier games.

13Ö½d7!?

More forcing is 13Ö»xd4!? althoughafter 14.½xd4 »g4 15.ºg1 ºf616.½b4 a5 17.½b3 d4 18.»d5 ºg719.¼ad1 the position looks equal.

14.»xe6

A surprise decision. White hopes thatthe bishop pair together with someattacking chances compensates forstrengthening BlackÕs center in thisway.

14Öfxe6 15.ºg1 ¼ad8 16.e3 ºc517.½e2 »e7?!

Black has nothing to complain about,but here he should prefer 17Öºb4!?

18.¼ad1 ½c7 19.»b5 ½b6 20.b4!ºxb4 21.e4 ºc5?

Mark should definitely try 21Ö½a6!22.c3 (or 22.exd5 exd5 23.c4 »f5)22Öºa3 23.exd5 exd5 24.ºxa7 »f5with a better position than in thegame.

22.ºxc5 ½xc5 23.»d4

The point. White wins back his pawnwith a good position.

23Ö½b6 24.exd5 »exd5 25.½xe6+¼f7 26.f5! ¼d6

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27.fxg6! hxg6

Forced, since accepting the sacrificewith 27Ö¼xe6 28.gxf7+ ¾f829.»xe6+ ½xe6 30.ºxd5 »xd531.¼de1 »e3 32.¼f3 is disastrous forBlack.

28.½c8+

White keeps only a small edge after28.ºxd5 ¼xe6 29.ºxe6 ¾g7 30.ºxf7¾xf7.

28Ö¼d8 29.½h3 »e7?

After 29Ö¼dd7 (also no good is29Ö¼e7 30.½g3 »e4 31.ºxe4 ¼xe432.»f5) 30.c4 »b4 31.c5! Black hasno defense against the dual threats of»b5-d6 and »e6. That leaves 29Ö¼d6as MarkÕs best try, although White isclearly better here too.

30.»e6 ¼xd1 31.¼xd1 »fd5 32.c4¼h7 33.½g3 ½xe6 34.cxd5 ½d735.d6 »f5 36.½xg6+ ¼g7 37.ºd5+¾h8 38.½e6 b5 39.¼d3 »xd640.¼h3+

An incredibly energetic game!

Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Vera, ReynaldoCharbonneau, Pascal


Reti A07

1.»f3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.ºg2 ºg4 4.b3»d7 5.ºb2 »gf6 6.0-0 e6 7.d3ºe7 8.»bd2 0-0 9.h3 ºh5 10.e4h6

Most games proceed with 10Öa5 inthis position.

11.½e1 »e8 12.d4?! f5!? 13.exd5exd5 14.c4

An option is 14.½e6+ though itÕs notclear that the queen is comfortable onits lofty perch deep in Black territory.

14Ö»c7 15.½c1 »f6 16.»e5 »e417.g4! ºe8 18.f3

The knights work well together after18.½c2 »e6! with a small edge toBlack in the possible line 19.gxf5»xd2 20.½xd2 ¼xf5 21.½d3 ¼f822.¼ae1 »f4.

18Ö»g3 19.¼e1 ºh4! 20.»f1 fxg421.fxg4 »e4 22.¼e2 »e6 23.ºxe4dxe4 24.½e3 ºg5! 25.½c3 c5!26.d5?

After this mistake WhiteÕs positionbegins to disintegrate. Much better is26.dxc5! »xc5 (but not 26Öºe7?27.b4) 27.b4 »a4 28.½d4 »xb229.½xb2 a5! with a nominal edge toBlack.

26Ö»d4 27.¼xe4 ½f6 28.»g3ºg6 29.¼f1

The attempt to relieve the pressurewith several exchanges by 29.»xg6½xg6 30.»f5! »xf5 31.gxf5 ¼xf532.¼g4 still keeps Black firmly incharge.

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29Ö½xf1+!

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Another way to cash in for Black is29Öºxe4 30.¼xf6 ºxf6 31.½e3 ºxe532.»xe4 »f3+ 33.¾h1 ºxb2.

30.»xf1 ºxe4 31.½e1 ºd332.»g3 ¼ae8 33.¾g2 ºf434.»xd3 ¼xe1 35.»xe1 ¼e836.»f3 »xf3 37.¾xf3 ºxg338.¾xg3 ¼e2 39.ºc1 ¼xa2 40.d6¾f7 Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Nataf, IgorLesiege, Alexandre


Petroff C42

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »f6 3.»xe5 d64.»f3 »xe4 5.d4 d5 6.ºd3 ºd67.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.½c2 »a6 10.a3¼e8 11.»c3 ºg4 12.»xe4 dxe413.ºxe4 ºxf3 14.ºxf3 ½h4 15.g3½xd4 16.¼b1N

IgorÕs novelty is not likely animprovement over the wellestablished alternative 16.ºe3.

16Ö»c5 17.b4 ½d3 18.½xd3»xd3 19.¼d1 »e5?

Alexandre around here miscalculatessomething, and soon lands in adifficult endgame. Normal instead is19Ö¼e1+!? 20.¼xe1 »xe1 21.ºd1with only a nominal edge to White.

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20.ºxc6 bxc6 21.¼xd6 c5 22.bxc5»xc4 23.¼a6 ¼e1+ 24.¾g2 h625.c6 ¼c8 26.h4 »b6 27.¼xa7¼xc6 28.¼a6 ¼cxc1 29.¼xc1¼xc1 30.¼xb6 ¼a1 31.¼b3 h532.¾f3 ¼a2 33.¾e3 f6 34.f4 g535.fxg5 fxg5 36.hxg5 ¾g7 37.¾d3¾g6 38.¾c4 ¾xg5 39.¾b5 ¼f240.a4 ¼f5+ 41.¾b4 Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Bluvshtein, MarkLugovoi, Alexei


Sicilian: Richter Rauzer B63

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 »c6 6.ºg5 e67.½d2 ºe7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.»b3 a5?!

BlackÕs results with this move areabysmal, and so most players prefer9Ö½b6.

10.a3 a4 11.»d4 h6N

So far Black players have tried 11Öd5.

12.ºxf6! ºxf6 13.»db5 ½b614.f4! ¼d8 15.¾b1 ¼a5 16.h4 d517.exd5 exd5!?

Instead 17Öºxc3! 18.»xc3 exd5doesnÕt look so bad.

18.»xd5 ¼xd5 19.½xd5 ºe620.½d3 »a7 21.½d6! ¼xb522.ºxb5 ½xb5 23.½b4 ½a624.½c5 »c6 25.f5 ºe7 26.½f2ºc4 27.¼he1

Three minors vs two rooks usuallyfavors the pieces, but here Mark hasan idea that roughly balances thechances. Note that 27.¼d7?? ½b528.¾a1 ºf6! is a really bad idea!

27Ö½b5

Now BlackÕs bishops coordinatebeautifully after 28.¼e3 ºf6 29.c3 andso Mark continues with his originalplan.

28.¼xe7!? »xe7 29.g4

WhiteÕs king is now safe, and BlackÕsminors for the moment do not worktogether very well. The remainder ofthe game looks like a time scramble.

29Öh5?! 30.¼e1 »d5 31.g5 ½c632.½g3 ¾h7?

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33.b3?

BlackÕs king turns out to occupy avery unlucky square, but White failsto take advantage with 33.g6+! fxg634.¼e6 »c3+ 35.bxc3 ½b5+ 36.¾c1ºxe6 37.½xg6+ ¾h8 38.½xe6 and alikely winning advantage.

33Öaxb3 34.cxb3 ºa6??

Again Lugovoi misses the samedecisive shot. Instead 34Öºe2! keepsBlack on top.

35.g6+! fxg6 36.¼e6 »c3+ 37.¾a1½h1+ 38.¼e1 ½c6 39.fxg6+ ½xg640.½xc3 ºd3 41.½d4 ºf5 42.a4½g4 43.½f2 ºg6 44.¾b2 ½d745.¼e2 ½d3 46.¼e7 ºe4 47.½c5½b1+ 48.¾a3 ºf3 49.½c3 ½g650.½d4 ºc6 51.¼e3 ½g4 52.½xg4hxg4 53.¼e5 g3 54.¼h5+ ¾g855.¼g5 g2 56.¾b4 ¾h7 57.¾c5 g658.a5 ºe4 59.b4 ¾h6 60.b5 ºf361.¾d4 ºe2 62.b6 ºf1 63.¾e3¾g7 64.¾f2 ¾f6 65.¼xg2 Ø.

Among the many decisive games inthis round is the following importantwin by Onischuk over Romanishin.This would, in fact, be OlegÕs only lossof the tournament! ElsewhereRozentalis hangs a pawn againstLegky, but manages to hold on for thedraw. Meanwhile Pascal takes a hugestep towards his first GM norm with anice win over Vera, and Bluvhsteinwins a tactical game against Lugovoi.Nataf scores a technical win overLesiege to start his own run up theleaderboard to third place.

Alexandre Lesiege


Notes byDavid Ross

Onischuk, AlexanderRomanishin, Oleg


Nimzo Indian: Classical E43

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.½c2 d5 5.cxd5 ½xd5

This is RomanishinÕs pet line againstthe Nimzo Indian.

6.e3 0-0 7.ºd2 ºxc3 8.ºxc3 c5

Very rare. Black got a draw with 8Öb6in IvanchukÐShort, Shenyang FIDEWC (1) 2000.

9.dxc5 ½xc5 10.¼c1

White must be better here.

10Öa5 11.»f3 »c6 12.ºe2 »d513.»g5? f5 14.0-0

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14Ö»xe3

Black has little choice, since decliningthe offer just leaves him standingworse.

15.½d3 »xf1 16.»xh7 »e5?

Incredibly, the position after16Ö¾xh7 17.½h3+ ¾g8 18.ºxg7»g3!! 19.½h8+ ¾f7 20.ºh5+ »xh521.½xh5+ ¾xg7 22.¼xc5 e5 looksabout equal! But 16Ö¼d8! is maybebest, when itÕs not clear that Whitehas sufficient compensation after17.½h3 ½e7 18.f4 (or 18.¼xf1 e5)18Ö»d4 19.ºxd4 ¼xd4 20.»g5 g621.ºxf1 (21.½h6 ½g7) 21Ö½g7.

17.½h3 »g4

White is much better after 17Ö»g318.hxg3 »g4 19.»xf8.

18.¼xf1 ¼d8 19.»g5!

Also quite strong is 19.ºxg4!? fxg420.½xg4 ½c7 21.»g5 e5 22.½e4 andWhiteÕs attack continues.

19Ö»h6 20.½h5 e5 21.½g6 ¼a622.ºxa6 bxa6 23.½h7+ ¾f824.½h8+ »g8 25.»f3 ºb7

26.»xe5 ¼d6 27.½h5 »h628.½g5 ½b6 29.¼e1

A tough result for Romanishin, wholost the game after missing just onemove.

Ø.

Onischuk gains another half point onRozentalis on the leaderboard, whileLesiege has one of his brightmoments to score against Bluvshtein.Nataf is in complete control in hisgame vs Ross, and then survives aserious error in time trouble. Barsov,meanwhile, suffers his only loss in theevent in a sensational game vsCharbonneau. Pascal punishes someindecisive play from his opponent inthe early going, but then lets theRussian get back in the game with apossible perpetual check sequence.Alexei now wants more, butinexplicably forgets about the clockand loses on time!

Notes byDavid Ross

Lugovoi, AlexeiOnischuk, Alexander



1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e30-0 5.ºd3 d5 6.»f3 c5 7.0-0 dxc48.ºxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 b6 10.ºg5ºb7 11.½e2 »bd7

This line is named after Karpov in oneof my Nimzo Indian books. Black isvery solid, but as usual White hasgood piece play to compensate forthe isolated pawn.

12.¼ac1 ¼c8 13.»e5

Very likely 13.ºa6 or 13.ºd3 arebetter tries for an advantage, sinceBlack has done quite well in practiceafter the text.

13Ö½c7 14.»b5 ½b8 15.»xd7

Both players must have consideredand then rejected 15.»xf7!? since it isunlikely that WhiteÕs materialadvantage after 15Ö¼xf7 16.ºxe6 isthe significant factor in the position.Interestingly enough, the analysisengines on my computer all want toplay this way?!

15Ö»xd7 16.½g4 ¾h8 17.ºf4 e518.dxe5 »xe5 19.½g3 f6 20.»d4ºd6 21.»e6?

Clearly much better is 21.»f5!?

21Ö¼g8! 22.ºb3 g5?!

Black is actually a little better after thecorrect 22Ö¼xc1 23.¼xc1 g5 24.ºxe5ºxe5 25.½h3.

23.¼xc8 ºxc8?

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24.ºc1?

We have reached a critical moment,and what turns out to be the turningpoint in the game. Instead of the text,White has 24.»xg5! fxg5 (BlackdoesnÕt look ok after 24Ö¼g6 25.¼e1!;or 24Ö¼g7 25.¼d1!) 25.¼e1 ºe6(since 25Ö¼e8 26.ºxg5 wins forWhite) 26.ºxe5+ ºxe5 27.¼xe5 ½c728.½c3 ½xc3 29.bxc3 ºxb3 30.axb3with chances to convert the extrapawn in the rook ending.

24Ö»g6

Here 24Öºa6! is decisive!

25.f4 ºxe6 26.ºxe6 gxf4 27.½h3¼d8 28.ºf5 ¾g7 29.½g4?

White keeps more or less equalitywith 29.¾h1!

29Ö½c7 30.ºxg6 hxg6 31.ºxf4½c5+ 32.¾h1 ½b4! 33.a3

More efficient is 33.h3. The remainderis easy for Black.

33Ö½xb2 34.¼d1 ½xa3 35.h4ºe7 36.¼xd8 ºxd8 37.h5 g538.½f5 gxf4 39.½g6+ ¾f840.½h6+ ¾e8 41.½g6+ ¾d742.½f5+ ¾c7 43.h6 ½a1+ 44.¾h2½e5 Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Charbonneau, PascalBarsov, Alexei


French: Advance C02

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 »c65.»f3 ºd7 6.ºe2 »ge7 7.»a3cxd4 8.cxd4 »f5 9.»c2 ½b6 10.0-0 ¼c8 11.¾h1


Curiously, Alexei lost this veryposition in the best game of lastyearÕs event, viz. DegraeveÐBarsov,Montreal Int. (9) 2002.

11Ö»a5 12.g4 »e7 13.»fe1

The game has transposed intoGrischukÐGulko, North Sea Cup 2000,won eventually by White.

13Öh5!?N

I have spent considerable time on theanalysis of this game in the past fewdays, and IÕm not at all sure anymorethat this move is a good idea! Worthlooking into is 13Öºb5.

14.gxh5 »f5

Again 14Öºb5!? looks right.

15.ºg4 »h6?!

Alexei felt after the game that thismove is the source of BlackÕsdifficulties in this position, andsuggested 15Ö»c6!? as a possibleimprovement.

16.ºh3 »c6 17.b3 ¾d8

White looks a little better after17Ö»b4 18.»xb4 ºxb4 19.ºe3 ½d820.»f3; while 17Ö»e7 can easilytranspose to the game.

18.»g2 ¾c7 19.»f4 ¼d8 20.¼g1¾b8

Is BlackÕs king really safer here thanon e8, and, if so, was the trip worththree precious tempi?

21.ºb2 »e7 22.»e3 »ef5 23.ºc3¼c8 24.ºb2 ºb4 25.»xf5! »xf526.ºxf5 exf5 27.¼c1 ¼cg8 28.¼g2

½h6 29.»xd5 ºd2

White happily wins material and thegame after 29Öºc6?? 30.¼xc6!

30.¼c5 ºc6 31.f3?

It seems odd that White now misses31.¼xc6! bxc6 32.»e7.

31Öºxd5! 32.¼xd5 ºf4 33.½e2½xh5 34.¼d7 ¼c8 35.d5 ¾a8!36.d6

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WhiteÕs position somehow looksmuch better, but it turns out thatBlackÕs drawing resource is ratherdifficult to stop!

36Ö¼c2! 37.½xc2 ½xf3 38.ºd4

Not so easy to calculate in a timepressure situation is the risky looking38.¾g1 ºe3+ 39.¼f2 ½g4+ 40.¾f1ºxf2 41.½xf2 with equality after41Öf4! But even more shocking iswhat happens next. Barsov, perhapslooking for more than the perpetualcheck after 38Ö¼xh2+ 39.¾g1 ¼xg2+40.½xg2 ½d1+ 41.¾f2 (or 41.½f1½g4+) 41Ö½xd4+ etc, lets hisremaining minutes tick away andloses on time!

Ø.

Notes byDavid Ross

Lesiege, AlexandreBluvshtein, Mark



1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3c5 5.»ge2 b6 6.a3 ºa5 7.¼b1 ½e7

A far more popular alternative forBlack is 7Ö»a6.

8.ºd2 ºxc3

Again 8Ö»a6 or else the move8Öºa6!? are also playable.

9.ºxc3!?

Reshevsky once tried 9.»xc3 ºb710.f3 in ReshevskyÐDimitrijevic,Lugano op 1987.

9Öd6 10.»g3 ºb7 11.d5!?

Fewer chances for an advantage areoffered by 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.»h5»xh5 13.½xh5 0-0.

11Ö»bd7 12.ºe2 0-0-0!?

Quite promising for Black looks 12Ö0-0 13.e4 (13.dxe6 ½xe6 14.0-0 ¼fe8 isabout equal) 13Ö»xe4!? 14.ºxg7(Black is better after 14.»xe4 exd515.»g3 d4 16.ºxd4 cxd4 17.0-0)14Ö¾xg7 15.»xe4 exd5 16.»g3¾h8.

13.0-0 h5! 14.ºf3

The consequences of 14.b4 h415.»h5 h3 are unclear.

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14Öe5?

The wrong idea. Black is not worseafter 14Ö»e5!

15.»f5 ½f8 16.e4 g6 17.»e3 »e818.ºe2 ½e7 19.b4 »c7 20.f4 f621.f5 g5 22.ºxh5! ½h7 23.g4 ½e724.¼f2 »e8 25.a4 cxb4 26.ºxb4»g7 27.a5 »xh5 28.gxh5 g429.¼g2 ¼xh5 30.axb6 axb631.ºe1 ¾c7 32.¼gb2 ¼a8 33.c5!»xc5

Or 33Ödxc5 34.»c4! with a similarfate for Black.

34.¼xb6 ºa6 35.¼c6+ ¾d736.¼xc5 dxc5 37.½a4+ ¾c838.½c6+ Ø.

In round eight Alexander Onischukpicks up the necessary point with apowerful game against Lesiege, whilethe big news of the round is PascalÕsfirst GM norm by virtue of scoring anice win over yours truly! The gallerywas packed this night in anticipationof PascalÕs possible achievement and,as fate would have it, I had the bestseat in the house!

Pascal Charbonneau


Notes byDavid Ross

Ross, DavidCharbonneau, Pascal


Sicilian B40

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 e6 3.d3 »c6 4.»bd2ºd6!?

A funny move order, but likely to justtranspose into a KingÕs Indian Attack.My refusal to play theoreticalpositions in this tournament, broughtabout by my lack of preparation,predictably led to many wretchedlypassive positions?!

5.c3 ºc7 6.ºe2 »ge7 7.½c2 0-08.a3 a5! 9.b3 d5 10.ºb2 e5!

This move came as a surprise, and inhis discomfort White now starts toconsume oceans of time on the clock.

11.0-0 h6 12.¼fe1 d4 13.cxd4cxd4 14.¼ec1 ºe6!

PascalÕs pieces are well coordinated,and he enjoys a considerable spaceadvantage. On the other hand, theonly positive thing that can be saidabout my position at this moment isthat it is solid.

15.½d1 ½d7 16.»e1 g6 17.¼c2¼fc8 18.ºc1?!

Doubling rooks with 18.¼ac1 makesmore sense.

18Ö¾g7 19.¼b1 b5 20.g3 f521.»g2 f4 22.gxf4 exf4

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23.e5?

This idea doesnÕt work, but White ishappy to finally work up someactivity for his pieces.

23Ög5 24.»e4 »xe5 25.»c5 ½d626.»e4 ½d8 27.¼c5 ¼ab8 28.ºb2»7g6 29.»e1 ºb6?

Finally a mistake that allows White tolevel the chances. Unfortunately mytime was now very short, and the

remaining moves had to be flashedout in blitz mode. Much better forBlack than the text is 29Ö½d7!

30.¼xb5 g4 31.»c2 f3 32.ºf1 ½d733.¼xb6! ¼xb6 34.»xd4

You just have to love those knights!

34Öºd5 35.¼c1 ¾h7 36.¼xc8½xc8 37.½d2 ¼a6 38.b4 axb439.axb4 ½f8 40.b5 ¼a4 41.½c2?¼a7 42.»c6

The right idea, but played one movetoo late! After 41.»c6! White keepssome compensation.

¼c7 43.½a4 ºxc6 44.bxc6 ½f5!45.½a8

White spent nearly all of hisremaining time searching in vain forsomething better, but his best chanceis likely the ending after 45.»g3 ½f646.ºxe5 »xe5 47.½e4+ »g648.½xg4 ¼xc6 49.d4.

45Ö¼xc6 46.d4 ½xe4 47.dxe5»f4! 48.½e8 ¼g6! 49.e6 »h3+50.¾h1 »xf2+ 51.¾g1 »h3+52.¾h1 f2+

The audience applauded after thegame in appreciation of such a goodfight, and I offered my congratulationsto Pascal on achieving his first GMnorm. Renewed confidence is anamazing thing in chess, as he went onto score his second and well deservednorm only two weeks later at theAmerican Continental with a 2650performance rating!

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Notes byDavid Ross

Onischuk, AlexanderLesiege, Alexandre


Slav D30

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.»f3 »f6 4.e3 e65.»bd2

Karpov has occasionally employedthis unusual setup, which provides agood way to avoid the moretheoretical main lines.

5Öºe7

Alexandre can also try 5Öc5!?

6.ºd3 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.e4 ºb79.½e2 dxe4 10.»xe4 »bd711.¼d1 ½c7 12.ºg5 c5

This advance usually signals that Blackhas achieved equality, but today weare dealing with an exception!?

13.dxc5 »xc5N

Alexander went on to win after13Öbxc5 14.»xf6+ ºxf6 15.ºxh7+¾xh7 16.½d3+ ¾g8 17.½xd7 ½xd718.¼xd7 ºxb2 19.¼b1 ºxf3 in theearlier game OnischukÐMikhaletz,2000.

14.»xf6+ ºxf6 15.ºxf6 gxf616.ºc2 ½f4 17.b4 »e4

White is a little more comfortableafter 17Öºxf3 18.½xf3 ½xf3 19.gxf3»a6 20.a3.

18.¼d7! ºc6 19.¼d4 f5 20.¼ad1¼ac8 21.b5 ºb7

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22.ºxe4! ºxe4

Better than 22Öfxe4 23.»e1!

23.»d2 e5 24.¼d7 ºa8 25.¼xa7¼cd8 26.¼a3! ¼d6?

A critical error, though after 26Ö¾h8!White is also close to winning.

27.»f1! ¼xd1 28.½xd1 ½xc429.¼g3+ Ø.

David Ross


In round nine Rozentalis matchesOnischuk with a win of his own toremain half a point out of first place,while Charbonneau coasts home witha draw against Nataf and the GMnorm in his pocket!

Notes byDavid Ross

Bluvshtein, MarkOnischuk, Alexander


Ruy Lopez: Marshall C89

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºb5 a64.ºa4 »f6 5.0-0 ºe7 6.¼e1 b57.ºb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 »xd510.»xe5 »xe5 11.¼xe5 c6 12.d3

This is not better than 12.d4.

12Öºd6 13.¼e1 ºf5 14.»d2?!

Much more common is 14.½f3.

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14Ö»f4! 15.»e4

White might try 15.d4 next time.

15Ö»xd3! 16.»xd6 ½xd6 17.ºe3½g6! 18.¼f1 »xb2

Black has picked up a pawn, andconverts his advantage with littletrouble.

19.½d2 »d3 20.f4 c5 21.ºc2¼ad8 22.¼ad1 c4 23.ºd4 ¼fe824.ºxd3 cxd3 25.¼de1 h5! 26.¼f3h4 27.¼fe3 ¼xe3 28.¼xe3 f6 29.a3¼e8 30.½a2+ ¾h7 31.½f2 h332.¼xe8 ½xe8 33.gxh3 ½h534.½d2 ½xh3 35.ºf2 ½g4+36.ºg3 ½f3 37.ºe1 ºe4 38.ºg3¾g6 39.ºe1 ¾f5 40.ºg3 g6 Ù.

Notes byDavid Ross

Charbonneau, PascalNataf, Igor


Sicilian: Sveshnikov B33

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 e5 5.»b5 d6 6.»1c3 »f67.ºg5 a6 8.»a3 b5 9.»d5 ºe710.»xe7 »xe7 11.½d3 ºb712.ºxf6 gxf6 13.0-0-0 d5 14.exd5½xd5 15.½xd5 »xd5 16.c4

White is unlikely to achieve anythingwith 16.¼g1 0-0-0 17.g3.

16Ö»b4 17.cxb5 »xa2+ 18.¾c2ºd5! 19.ºc4

Not likely 19.bxa6 ¾e7! with lots ofactivity for Black!

19Öºxc4 20.»xc4 axb5 21.»d6+¾e7 22.»f5+ ¾e6 23.»g7+ ¾e724.»f5+ ¾e6 25.g4

This looks very strong, but Black findsa fantastic defense!

25Ö»b4+ 26.¾b3 »d5 27.¼d2¼ag8 28.f3 h5 29.¼hd1

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29Öhxg4!

Forced, but as it turns out perfectlyfine for Black!

30.»g3 gxf3 31.¼xd5 ¼xg3

32.hxg3 ¾f5 33.¾c3 ¾g4 34.¼d7¼h7 35.¾d3 f5 36.¾e3 ¼h237.¼1d2 f4+ 38.gxf4 exf4+ 39.¾d3f2 40.¼d1 ¾f3 41.¼xf7!

The ending is complicated, but alsolooks drawn after 41.¼a7 ¼h3 42.¾d4(but not 42.¼aa1 ¾g2+ 43.¾d2 ¼b344.¼ab1 f5 45.¼dc1 f3 46.¼f1 f447.¼fc1 ¼e3 and Black wins) 42Ö¾g243.¼aa1 ¼f3 44.¼f1 ¼b3 45.¾e4¼b4+ 46.¾e5 f3 47.b3 ¼xb3 48.¾d4.

41Ö¼h3 42.¾d2 ¼g3 43.¼f1 ¼g444.b4 ¼g2 45.¾d3 ¼g4 46.¼f8¼g5 47.¾d4 ¾e2 48.¼xf2+ ¾xf249.¼xf4+ ¾e2 50.¼h4 ¾d251.¼h2+ ¾c1 52.¼e2 ¾b1 53.¼f2¼h5 Ú.

The following fantastic game by IgorNataf from round ten turned out to becritical in determining the top finishersin the final standings! MeanwhileEduardas Rozentalis set up the lastround showdown between the twotop rated GMs with an important winagainst Mark Bluvshtein.

Notes byDavid Ross

Nataf, IgorOnischuk, Alexander


Scotch C45

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.d4 exd44.»xd4 ºc5 5.ºe3 ½f6 6.»b5!?

Oleg Romanishin

Alexei Barsov


Very unusual and considered suspectby theory! Does Nataf have a newidea in mind?

6Öºxe3! 7.fxe3 ½h4+ 8.g3 ½d89.½g4 ¾f8 10.½f4 d6 11.»1c3»ge7 12.ºc4 f6?

White builds up strong pressure afterthis. Considerably more accurate is themove order 12Ö»e5!? 13.0-0 (evenworse is 13.ºb3 »7g6 14.½f1 [or14.½f2 ºh3] 14Öºg4) 13Öf6 14.ºb3with an edge to Black.

13.0-0-0 »g6 14.½f1 »ce515.ºb3 ºg4 16.¼d2 ºd7 17.h3h5 18.»d4 c6?

This idea works out badly, but I havepreciously little else to suggest forBlack in this difficult situation.

19.»f5! ºxf5 20.exf5 »e7 21.e4±a5 22.ºe6 ½c7 23.g4 g5

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24.h4!

BlackÕs kingside defense collapsesafter this advance, and Nataf wins in adirect attack on the king.

24Ögxh4 25.¼xh4 ½b6

Also bad is 25Ö»xg4 26.½h3.

26.»d1! ¾g7 27.gxh5 ¾h7 28.¼g2¼hg8 29.¼g6! ½d8 30.½f4 ½f831.¼h2 ¼h8 32.»e3 ¼e8 33.¼hg2»5xg6 34.fxg6+ ¾g7 35.¼h2 f536.exf5 »xg6 37.f6+ Ø.

TodayÕs only decisive game finds yourwriter on the receiving end of ahorrible beating. Rozentalis, on theother hand, nets the required halfpoint to become the 2003 MontrealInternational Champion.

Notes byDavid Ross

Onischuk, AlexanderRozentalis, Eduardas


Nimzo Indian: Classical E32

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb44.½c2 0-0 5.a3 ºxc3+ 6.½xc3 b67.ºg5 ºa6

Rozentalis has played this line before,so it could not have come as asurprise to Onischuk. White is usuallya little better, but the opponentÕsposition is difficult to crack.

8.½f3 »c6 9.e3 ¼e8 10.»h3 h611.ºxf6 ½xf6 12.½xf6 gxf6 13.b4ºb7 14.»f4 f5 15.ºe2 »e7 16.f3d6 17.¾f2 c5 18.¼hd1 ¼ed819.dxc5 dxc5 20.¼xd8+ ¼xd821.»d3 ¼c8 22.¼b1 cxb4 23.axb4

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¼c7 24.¼a1 »c8 25.¼a4 ¾f826.b5 »d6 27.»c1?

To be preferred is 27.»f4 with a smalledge to White.

27Öºc8! 28.»a2 ºd7

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Black now gets in the criticalqueenside pawn advance 29Öa5 andwith that the position completelylevels out.

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Congratulations to Andre Langlois andhis team for putting together amemorable event, GM EduardasRozentalis on his fine victory and, ofcourse, once again young PascalCharbonneau on his first GM norm!Eduardas keeps winning tournamentsby virtue of his amazing technique,rather than sharp opening play orirresponsible decisions in themiddlegame, which I believe is quitea remarkable feat in such strong anddistinguished company!


Apprentice’sWorkshop

with IM Andrei Sokolov

Rules and Exceptions andBeauty in ChessWhy do we like chess? One reason,perhaps, is that it allows us todemonstrate mental superiority overan opponent. But for most of us suchcompetitive aspects are not the mostimportant after all. Occasionally anopportunity presents itself to becomean artist in the creation of a brilliantidea, and to touch, however briefly,that which is beautiful in the game. Atthese times, even winning the gamewith the help of a bad mistake fromthe opponent gives less satisfactionthan the idea itself. The compositionmust not be spoilt, either by you orthe opponent! Occasionally, the pullof such a brilliant idea can interferewith the normal course of eventseven at the highest level. TigranPetrosian, in his first match for theWorld Championship against BorisSpassky in Moscow 1966, was leadingby two games without any defeatsafter eleven games. But then in gametwelve, Tigran fails to seize theperfect combination.

Notes byAndrei Sokolov

Petrosian, TigranSpassky, Boris

Moscow Wch (12), 1966English A42

1.»f3 g6 2.c4 ºg7 3.d4 d6 4.»c3»d7 5.e4 e6 6.ºe2 b6 7.0-0 ºb78.ºe3 »e7 9.½c2 h6 10.¼ad1 0-011.d5 e5 12.½c1 ¾h7 13.g3 f514.exf5 »xf5 15.ºd3 ºc8 16.¾g2»f6 17.»e4 »h5 18.ºd2 ºd719.¾h1 »e7 20.»h4 ºh3 21.¼g1ºd7 22.ºe3 ½e8 23.¼de1 ½f724.½c2 ¾h8 25.»d2 »f5 26.»xf5gxf5 27.g4 e4 28.gxh5 f4

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29.¼xg7!! ½xg7 30.¼g1 ½e5

Also completely hopeless is 30Öexd331.½xd3 ½xg1+ 32.¾xg1 ¼g8+33.¾h1! fxe3 34.½xe3 ¼g5 35.»e4!¼e8 36.h4 ¼xh5 37.½d4+ ¼ee538.»f6; or else 30Öºg4 31.¼xg4½xg4 32.ºd4+ ¾g8 33.ºxe4 ¼f734.f3 ½g5 35.ºg6 ¼e7 36.»e4 whenBlackÕs ship sinks fast.

31.»f3!! exd3

Even worse is 31Öexf3 32.ºd2followed by 33.ºc3.

32.»xe5?

And here is the miss at the criticalmoment! Natural and decisive is32.½xd3 ºf5 33.»xe5 ºxd3 34.ºd4dxe5 (or 34Öºe4+ 35.»f3+)35.ºxe5+ ¾h7 36.¼g7+ ¾h8 whenthe bishop and extra pawns easilyovercome the rook after 37.¼xc7+¾g8 38.¼g7+ ¾h8 39.¼xa7+ ¾g840.¼g7+ ¾h8 41.¼g3+ ¾h7 42.¼xd3.

32Ödxc2 33.ºd4! dxe5 34.ºxe5+¾h7

The position is almost the same, buthere BlackÕs ¹/c2 just holds thebalance and forces White to settle forperpetual check only.

35.¼g7+ ¾h8 36.¼f7+ ¾g837.¼g7+ ¾h8 38.¼g6+ ¾h739.¼g7+ Ú.

The outcome of the game itself didnot have a significant influence on thematch at this moment, since Petrosian

still remained with a big lead.However, subsequently Tigran lostconfidence and control over thematch, losing twice in the next sevengames while playing much worsethan he had in the first half of theconfrontation!

Another brilliant combination that iswell known and inextricably linkedwith other beautiful ideas in chess isthe following.


Steinitz, WilliamVon Bardeleben, Curt

Hastings 1895Italian Game C54

1.e4 e5 2.»f3 »c6 3.ºc4 ºc54.c3 »f6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 ºb4+7.»c3 d5?!

The more common 7Ö»xe4 is muchbetter than the text.

8.exd5 »xd5 9.O-O ºe6

The capture on c3 with 9Öºxc3 (or9Ö»xc3 10.bxc3 ºxc3 11.ºxf7+ ¾f812.½b3 ºxa1 13.ºa3+ »e7 14.¼e1and White wins) 10.bxc3 »xc311.½b3 is far too risky and leavesWhite with a very strong initiative.

10.ºg5 ºe7 11.ºxd5! ºxd512.»xd5 ½xd5 13.ºxe7 »xe714.¼e1 f6 15.½e2 ½d7 16.¼ac1

Nearly eighty years after the game,GM Zaitsev discovered that 16.¼ad1!¾f7 17.»e5+!! fxe5 18.dxe5 isWhiteÕs surest way to victory!

16Öc6?!

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It turns out that Black can equalizewith 16Ö¾f7! since the exchangesacrifice 17.½xe7+?! (here 17.½c4+»d5 is only equal) ½xe7 18.¼xe7+¾xe7 19.¼xc7+ ¾d6 20.¼xb7 ¼hb8is better for Black. WhiteÕs problemafter the text is that his opponent willalmost surely play 21Ö¾f7 followed


by 22Ö»d5 when the isolated pawnshould give Black the better chances.

17.d5!!

The correct answer, and the rightmoment to recall an importantprinciple of chess play: in thediagrammed position White is betterbecause he has a development lead.However, such an advantage is onlytemporary if White does not continueforcefully and allows his opponent tocatch up. Accordingly, Steinitz followsone of his own rules of chess theory,which postulates that the side withthe advantage must attack or else letthe advantage slip out of his hands!

17Öcxd5

Von Bardeleben sees that 17Ö¾f718.dxc6 »xc6 19.¼cd1 leaves Whitewith a decisive initiative and, since healready has ideas about his owncounterplay, isnÕt too afraid of thecoming attack against his king.

18.»d4 ¾f7 19.»e6 ¼hc8

Black defends against 20.¼c7although perhaps 19Ö»c6 is atougher defense. After 20.»c5 ½c821.½b5 ¼b8 (much worse is 21Ö»d822.»d7 »c6 23.½xd5+ ¾g6 24.g4)22.»a6 ¼a8 (but not 22Öbxa623.½xd5+) 23.½xd5+ ¾g6 24.»c5¼d8 25.½e4+ f5 26.½h4 the situationisnÕt too clear, but I do not doubt thatWhite wins here as well!

20.½g4! g6 21.»g5+ ¾e8

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Already quite a few years ago somecomputer program found that Whitegets a winning endgame with thesimple 22.»xh7!? But in that case, ofcourse, no one would remember thisnearly century old game!

22.¼xe7+!! ¾f8!

This was Von BardelebenÕs idea whenhe played 17Öcxd5. Steinitz nowcannot make any captures because ofhis own weak back rank.

23.¼f7+! ¾g8! 24.¼g7+! ¾h8!

Naturally 24Ö¾f8 25.»xh7+ ¾xg726.½xd7+ is not an option.

25.¼xh7+!!

After this last blow Von Bardelebenleft the tournament without resigningthe game first. Now the possibleconclusion is 25Ö¾g8 26.¼g7!! ¾h8when the open h/file allows thequeen to hunt down BlackÕs king with27.½h4+ ¾xg7 28.½h7+ ¾f829.½h8+ ¾e7 30.½g7+ ¾e8 31.½g8+¾e7 32.½f7+ ¾d8 33.½f8+ ½e834.»f7+ ¾d7 35.½d6#.

Ø.

Here the checking sequence with anunprotected rook makes a very strongimpression! Another view on thesubject of beauty, however, wasgiven by a coach of mine, GMVladimir Bagirov, who liked to saythat Òhere is the beauty of chessassailed, and impossible to protectÓ!An interesting approach, though I stillprefer the alternative Òbeauty in chessis the exception and not the ruleÓ! Inchess there exist many common rulesand principles involving, for example,the strength of pieces, or defendingoneÕs weaknesses, which are likelycorrect in 95% of all cases.

Occasionally, however, thesecommonly applied principles do notwork, as in cases like the one justexamined. But rather than focus oncombinations to illustrate my topic, Iwould like to focus on another typeof exception. Sometimes it is possible,for example, that the weaker side inan otherwise hopeless situation is ableto offer tough resistance against muchsuperior forces. An example might bea minor piece fighting against aqueen. In the following game such agreat advantage was not enough

against an opponent who manages tobuild a secure fortress.


Petrosian, ArshakHazai, LaszloErevan, 1970

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Black is certainly worse, perhaps lostalready, and so he must search veryhard for a way to escape his fate.Hazai has noticed that the position isalmost completely closed, however,and so he tries desperately for a wayto lock the queenside in order to stophis opponentÕs play.

32Ö½b6!!? 33.»xb6+?

Already in some trouble on the clock,Arshak cannot resist the temptation!And who would have thought that theextra queen is now insufficient toforce victory? The correct way is33.½d2 followed by piling up on andeventually winning BlackÕs a/¹.

33Öcxb6 34.h4

The game is of course drawn if Blackis allowed to play 34Öh4.

34Ögxh4 35.½d2 h3! 36.gxh3 h4!

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Nicely played! BlackÕs fortress iscomplete, and even WhiteÕs queen isunable to break through.

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The interest here does not lie in thefight itself, there really wasnÕt one, butin the fact that the bishop was able tolock the position in such a way as toprevent the only access to BlackÕsfortress. This type of mechanism iscommon in studies and compositions,but much more unique in tournamentplay. Another much more interestingexample is the following encounter.


Beikert, GuentherSokolov, Andrei

Cappelle la Grande op (3),1995

Trompowsky A45

1.d4 »f6 2.ºg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.ºxf6½xf6 5.e5 ½e7 6.»d2?!

An interesting idea: White offers apawn in exchange for several tempi. Iwould prefer the normal 6.c3 but thatis only a matter of taste.

6Ö½b4!? 7.»gf3 ½xb2 8.ºd3 »c6

Black wins a second pawn, and this isactually a good illustration of the factthat such opening play by Whiteoften demands several consecutivesacrifices in order to support hiscounter initiative. The balance of thegame is now Ôall or nothingÕ.

9.O-O »xd4 10.»c4 ½c3 11.»fd2»c6 12.»e4 ½d4 13.c3 ½d5 14.f4ºc5+ 15.¾h1 »e7 16.½e2

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White appears to have at leastsufficient compensation for hismaterial investment, and hisopponent must be concerned withthe safety of both his king and queen,not to mention serious problems withpiece development.

16Öb6!!

Very well played! Black ignores hisopponentÕs main threat and allows hisqueen to be captured. Very importantis the fact that Black takes theinitiative in the process, thus limitingthe strength of WhiteÕs main attackingpiece. Later we will discuss thesefactors in more detail!

17.»f6+ gxf6 18.ºe4 f5 19.ºxd5»xd5

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Black has in fact enough material forthe queen, but here his bishop pairand firm control of the light squaresactually give him the advantage.White soon faces a very unpleasantattack along the g/file.

20.¼f3 ºb7 21.»d2

Much too slow. Such an imbalance inmaterial usually requires very strongmeasures! A much better attempt is21.¼b1!? with the idea of eliminatingat least one of BlackÕs dangerousbishops. Play might continue21Ö¼g8?! (or 21Öa5 22.¼b5!) 22.»a5»xf4 23.¼xf4 ºxg2+ 24.½xg2 ¼xg225.¾xg2 bxa5 26.¼h4 with a ratherunclear position. However, Black canavoid all this with the very cool move21Öºc6!

21Ö¼g8 22.»b3 ºe3! 23.g3

White hardly has anything better,since there is no other way to protect¹/f4 and 23.¼xe3 »xe3 24.½xe3¼xg2 is just lost for White.

23Öºxf4! 24.gxf4 »xf4 25.½f1O-O-O

At the moment Black has only abishop and a handful of pawns for thequeen. Normally this is not enoughwhen there are no passed pawns, buthere the bishop easily holds its ownagainst the lady!

26.»c5!

Nice try!

26Öºc6!

Black reacts carefully! The hasty26Öbxc5? 27.¼b1 »d5 28.¼xb7 ¾xb729.½b5+ loses his advantage.

27.»d3 ¼g4 28.¼e1 ¼dg8 29.»xf4¼xf4 30.¼ee3 ¼gg4 31.½h3 h5!

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The final blow! Black demonstratesthat he is not in a hurry to win backmaterial, and the win can come, forexample, by creating a passed pawnon the queenside. White can offer noresistance.

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WhiteÕs troubles in this game areindicative of those experienced ingeneral by the side with the queenwhen defending against several minorpieces. One of the most commondefensive ideas in chess is toexchange off attacking pieces to limitthe opponentÕs aggressive potential.But when playing with the queenagainst several lesser pieces this is notpossible, and the queen thereforeoften proves to be a rather ineffectivedefensive piece. The same ideaapplies to the principle ofoverprotection: if the queen isinvolved in the defense, most tradesturn out very unprofitable for theowner of the lady!


Bilek, IstvanGligoric, Svetozar

Teeside (8), 1972English: Botvinnik A24

1.c4 »f6 2.»c3 g6 3.g3 ºg74.ºg2 O-O 5.d3 c6 6.e4 d6 7.»ge2»bd7 8.O-O e5 9.h3 »h5 10.¾h2»c5 11.ºe3 »e6 12.d4 c5 13.dxc5dxc5 14.»d5 »d4 15.f4

White gains the initiative.

15Öºe6 16.f5 ºxd5 17.exd5

I would prefer the alternative capture17.cxd5!?


17Ö»f6

Also possible of course is 17Ö»xf518.ºxc5 »d6.

18.g4 gxf5 19.gxf5?!

A risky move. Much better looks19.ºxd4 exd4 20.¼xf5 when theopposite colored bishops promiseWhite intense pressure.

19Ö¾h8 20.»c3 e4!

An excellent reaction! Black gives acentral pawn in order to increase thescope of his bishop, and prevent21.»e4 with advantage to White.

21.¾h1 ¼g8 22.ºg5 ºf8!!

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What an idea! Readers should noticethat virtually all of the dark squares inWhiteÕs position are weak, and soGligoric wants to exchange WhiteÕsqueen bishop Ð even at the cost ofsacrificing his queen for two minorpieces. Afterwards, the game isdecided on the dark squares!

23.»xe4

White, perhaps, should avoid thegame continuation in favor of 23.½d2(Black is clearly better after 23.ºxf6½xf6 24.»xe4 ½h4) even though hestill has problems after 23Öºe7.

23Ö»xe4!

Black has no back way, since 23Öºe7now runs into 24.d6!

24.ºxd8 »g3+ 25.¾g1 ¼xd8

White emerges with a huge materialadvantage, but that is not the mostimportant factor in the evaluation ofthe position. Black, even without anyconcrete immediate threats, cancalmly build up his position, andeventually leaves his opponentunable to cope with his problems.

An interesting experiment for myreaders is to set up this positionagainst a computer program: at firstthe evaluations give a win to White,and only when Black later refuses totake the rook with his knight does the

machine realize that White is inserious trouble!

26.¼f3 ºd6 27.½d3 ¼de8!

Black prefers to keep his knight!White cannot force the exchangesacrifice until Black finds the rightmoment to cash in.

28.¼af1?

A characteristic panic reaction in thiskind of situation: in his attempt toreduce the pressure White offers toomuch material. The liquidation nowleads to a lost ending.

28Ö»xf1 29.¼xf1 »e2+ 30.¾h1

Even worse than this is 30.¾f2 ºg3+31.¾f3 »d4+.

30Ö»g3+ 31.¾g1 »xf1 32.¾xf1¼g3

The situation is quite thematic: theopposite colored bishops renderWhiteÕs defense very difficult, sincehis bishop cannot offer resistance onthe dark squares. White desperatelytries for some activity, but it is toolate.

33.½d1 ¼eg8 34.½h5 ¼xg235.½xf7 ºe5 36.f6 ºd4 Ù.

An attractive piece of chess strategyby the famous Szvetozar Gligoric!Such possibilities of course do notpresent themselves very often,though perhaps not as seldom asmight be supposed. Accordingly,some practical advice is in order: themost important idea for either side inpositions with a material imbalance isactivity. The side who manages totake the initiative is very often theone that is able to demonstrate anadvantage.

In BeikertÐSokolov we saw howexchanging the opponentÕs mostdangerous pieces can be an effectivestrategy, thus leaving the other sidewith many fewer active possibilities.The side with the minor pieces, forexample, often prefers bishops, sincethe queen is unable to compete withcontrol of the same diagonal occupiedby the bishop. Opposite coloredbishops can be very useful also, onceagain making it more difficult for theside with the queen to defend theÔwrongÕ color complex. But now letÕsreturn to our theme of beauty inchess, with an examination of severalinteresting situations involving passedpawns.


Shirov, AlexeiYudasin, Leonid

Moscow (7), 1994Nimzo Indian: Rubinstein E42

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3c5 5.»ge2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5»e4 8.ºd2 »xd2 9.½xd2 a510.a3 ºxc3 11.»xc3 a4 12.ºd3ºd7!? 13.O-O »c6 14.ºc2

Ivanchuk immediately ran into troubleafter 14.¼ae1? »xd4! 15.»xd5 ºc616.»b6 ¼a5! when the weakness of¹/c5 gave Black the advantage in thegame IvanchukÐSeirawan, Tilburg1992. Note that 17.½xa5?? is notpossible in view of 17Ö»f3+ 18.¾h1½h4 19.h3 ½f4.

14Ö»e7 15.¼ae1 b6 16.½d1 bxc517.dxc5 ½a5 18.½d4 O-O! 19.¼e3

Worse is 19.ºxh7+?! ¾xh7 20.½h4+¾g8 21.½xe7 ¼a7 22.½d6 ¼d8! witha small edge to Black.

19Öf5?

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This move seems like a very securereaction to limit WhiteÕs attackingchances on the kingside, but it isactually a mistake! BlackÕs best moveis 19Ö¼fc8 with an unclear positionafter 20.¼h3 (once again 20.ºxh7+?!¾xh7 21.½h4+ ¾g8 22.½xe7 missesthe mark after 22Ö½d8!) 20Ö»g621.ºxg6 hxg6 (21Öfxg6 22.»e4!)22.½h4 f6 23.½h7+ ¾f7 24.¼h6! ¼g825.¼xg6 ½xc5 26.½h5 ¼ac8!

20.ºxa4! ºxa4 21.¼xe6 »g622.b4!

Not so good is 22.»xd5?! ºb3!whereas after the text ShirovÕsconnected passers together with hiswell coordinated forces ensureWhiteÕs advantage.

22Ö½a7 23.b5 ½a5 24.b6 ºe825.»xd5!?


Passed pawns must press forward!They become more powerful as theyapproach their queening square, andfor this reason Shirov preferred 25.b7!¼b8 26.¼b6! after the game.

25Öºf7 26.¼xg6!

Alexei is never afraid of sacrifices inhis quest to realize the dominantfeature of the position. Here he needstime to push his pawns, and so therook disappears from the boardwithout losing any time!

26Öºxg6

The only move, as mate follows after26Öhxg6?? 27.»e7+ ¾h7 28.½h4#.

27.c6

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ThatÕs the position Shirov wanted!Black has an extra rook, but thosepassers are well supported and havealready reached the sixth rank! Thesituation remains far from clear,however, as BlackÕs major piecesstand ready to offer stiff resistanceagainst the intruders. If Blacksucceeds in stopping them, he wins.

27Ö¼ae8?!

The critical moment, and I cannotexplain why Yudasin avoids the verynatural 27Ö¼ad8 28.¼d1! (Black winsafter 28.»e7? ¾f7 29.½h4 [I cannotfind anything better for Alexei, andwhile it does not loose immediately,White cannot hope for more than adraw after 29.½b2!?] 29Ö½xb630.½c4+ ¾xe7 31.¼e1+ ¾d6 32.c7¼de8!) 28Ö¼fe8 29.h4 ºf7 30.»f6+!gxf6 31.½xd8 ¼xd8 32.¼xd8+ ¾g733.c7 with a draw by perpetual checkafter 33Öºe6 34.b7 ½e1+.

Interestingly enough, both Shirov andMoiseev do not mention this idea intheir annotations to the game, eventhough the outcome of a draw byperpetual check is not uncommon incases involving intuitive sacrifices.

28.b7 ºf7

Black cannot afford to weaken hisback rank with 28Ö¼e1? 29.h3 ¼xf1+

30.¾xf1 ¼e8 and White wins after31.¾g1. Moiseev gives 28Ö½b5 butthis is also bad because of 29.a4!½xc6? 30.b8½ ¼xb8 31.»e7+.

29.»b6 ºe6

Yudasin already understands that hehas no winning chances. ShirovÕspawns are too close to promotion.

30.h4?!

Shirov decides against 30.c7! with anextra pawn after 30Ö½a7 31.c8½¼xc8 32.bxc8½ ¼xc8 33.½d6.

30Ö½xa3 31.¼b1

The earlier complications have leftboth players in time trouble, whichexplains the inaccuracies that follow.This time 31.c7?! ½a7! only equalizes,but here 31.¼a1! is an even betterway for the rook to assist the pawns.

31Ö¼d8?

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The deciding mistake in time trouble.Yudasin allows his opponent toremove one of the defenders ofBlackÕs back rank, and the resistanceis broken! BlackÕs best defense is31Ö½a2! 32.¼b4 ¼b8 33.½d6! whenBlack can keep fighting.

32.½xd8!! ¼xd8 33.c7 ¼f8

Or 33Ö½d6 34.cxd8½+ ½xd8 35.»c8ºxc8 36.b8½.

34.b8½ f4 35.¼e1 ½d6 36.c8½Ø.

I actually had the pleasure ofwitnessing this game live, and Iremember the deep impression thatShirovÕs play after the initial sacrifice20.ºxa4 made on everyone in theaudience. His entire focus, as if anartistic production of some sort, wason the movement of his pawns incomplete disregard of common chesslogic. Armed ten years later with a topcomputer program an analyst canspot several rough moments in theproceedings, but they cannot spoilthe overall impression of ShirovÕsbrilliant conception!

Unfortunately it is more difficult toidentify beauty in chess than in otherartistic endeavors. Music and evenpainting or sculpture are almostuniversally appreciated and requirevery little expertise or technicalunderstanding. In chess, however,beautiful ideas do require a certainlevel of competency from theobserver in order to be fullyaccessible and appreciated. The chessfan is a unique creature, in that hederives pleasure not only from theoutcome of the struggle, but also theprocess and the ideas that shape agame from start to finish. Theperception of beauty in chess is asomewhat subjective matter, anddepends to some degree onindividual tastes and preferences.Most of my readers, however, willhave found at least some pleasure inthe examples dealing with materialimbalances in this article.

Can we draw any conclusions or offersome handy advice on the subject ofbeauty in chess and how it can beapplied to our own practice? Critical,for example, would be for a playerduring the game to be able to sensethe moment when an exceptionalidea might be Ôin the airÕ. But theanswer to this question, unfortunately,has to be an emphatic ÒNoÓ! Elsebeauty in chess could be reduced tolittle more than a technical method!?On the other hand, let me offer thefollowing indicators:

1) the coordination of your forces isrelatively high

2) an important target in youropponentÕs position can be attackedquickly

3) preferably such a target is locatednear the opponentÕs king

4) your sacrifice removes a criticaldefender and forces the opponent toreact passively

5) there has to be a clear way toincrease the pressure

6) your position doesnÕt offer easymarks for your opponentÕs queen toattack Ð remember that being on thedefensive usually means trouble

And a final word of caution: if not allof these factors are present, or if astrong defensive idea exists for youropponent, then your brilliant sacrificialidea is probably better left unplayed!Beauty in chess, in these cases, islikely to cost you the whole point!


GMF A C T O R Y

by IM David Ross

This time I will partly keep mypromise to my readers and includesomething on kids who are not fromthe Montreal or Toronto areas.

First, however, I must mention 7-year-old Nikita Krakouchkine, a recentarrival in Montreal, who is quitesimply the most promising talent Ihave ever come across. He hasalready defeated many experiencedtournament players, including oneExpert, in Active chess. Nikita madehis debut on the national stagerecently, when he showed very deeptheoretical knowledge and an eye fortactics at the Canadian JuniorChampioship that were characteristicof players many years his senior.

Notes byDavid Ross

Godbout, MathieuKraiouchkine, Nikita

Shawinigan CA ch jr (6), 2003Grünfeld: Exchange D88

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 d5

One of KasparovÕs favorite choices.Black temporarily surrenders thecenter, but with the intention offighting for it again later.

4.cxd5 »xd5 5.e4 »xc3 6.bxc3ºg7 7.ºe3 c5 8.ºc4 »c6 9.»e20-0 10.0-0 cxd4 11.cxd4 ºg4 12.f3»a5 13.ºxf7+

The Sevilla Variation was debated onseveral occasions in matches for theworld title between Karpov and

Kasparov. Black is fine, but he needsto know some theory. From myperspective as a trainer I cannotimagine teaching such a young playertheoretical lines of this depth, butafter looking at this game I mightreconsider!

13Ö¼xf7 14.fxg4 ¼xf1+ 15.¾xf1½d7

So White wins a pawn, but hisexposed king and generally poorpiece coordination providecompensation for his opponent.Among BlackÕs alternatives are15Ö½d6!? and 15Öe5!?

16.¼c1?

Why White would return his extrapawn is a complete mystery to me.Instead he should try something like16.g5!? or 16.h3!

16Ö½xg4 17.½c2?

NikitaÕs fine plan can be preventedwith the much better 17.½d3!

17Ö¼f8+ 18.¾g1 b5!

Nikita shows that he has gone beyondmemorizing a few moves, and that heunderstands the position on a deeperlevel. White wil have to be verycareful now in order not to end upstanding worse.

19.a4!

Mathieu is up to the task. The textslows the opponent just enough toprevent Black from posting all hispieces to the desired squares.

19Ö»c4 20.axb5 »xe3 21.½b3+

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21Ö»d5!

How many adults would make thiscool move? The knight is lost nomatter what, and so Black insists onhis own terms.

22.½xd5+ e6 23.½c4 ½xe4 24.h3¼d8?!

After 24Öºh6! Mathieu needs to find25.¼c3! to maintain equality.

25.¼d1 ½d5! 26.½a4 ½e4 27.½c4½d5 28.½a4 ½e4 29.½c4

Neither player can accomplish muchhere, so the game ends in a draw.Simply an amazing game from a 7-year-old youngster!

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I had the pleasure of meeting JustinMcDonald at the Canadian Junior inShawinigan last month. Justin finishedthird last year in the U12 Section atthe CYCC and went on to representCanada in Greece last November atthe WYCC. Justin has developedimpressive tactical vision in his games,which is likely in part the result of hiswork with Kitchener FM Hans Jung,together with a focus on soundmiddlegame play and endgametechnique. His first coach, Hal Bond,seems to have left Justin with anappreciation of the game and a desirefor learning that is not often seen inplayers of his age. In the followinggame Justin defends well to draw thehigher rated 14-year-old KishorRamaswamy from Montreal.

Notes byDavid Ross

Ramaswamy, KishorMcDonald, Justin

Shawinigan CA ch jr (3), 2003Queen Pawn A48

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 d6 3.c3 g6 4.ºg5ºg7 5.»bd2 0-0 6.e3 b6


A reliable way of meeting thisvariation.

7.ºc4!?

More accurate looks 7.a4 while7.ºd3!? ºb7 8.ºxf6 ºxf6 9.h4!? wasplayed by GM Gata Kamsky not toolong before he left the world of chessfor medical school at the age of 19!

7Öºb7 8.0-0 »bd7 9.½c2 ¼c810.¼fe1

More ambitious is 10.e4!?

10Ö¼e8 11.a4 a5?!

Black's ¼/c8 can exert much moreinfluence with 11Öc5! 12.a5 cxd413.exd4 ºxf3 14.gxf3 ½c7 andunclear complications.

12.e4!

Now White is a little better.

12Öe5 13.dxe5 »xe5 14.»xe5dxe5 15.b4 ¼a8 16.½b3 ½e7 17.f4

Kishor invokes a very ambitious planto bomb Black on f7 after theopening of the f/file.

17Ö½f8

Another possible defense is 17Öexf418.e5 ½d7!! 19.»f3 »g4 20.ºxf4 ½f5!

18.¼f1! »xe4 19.»xe4 ºxe420.fxe5 ºf5 21.ºd5?!

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Better is 21.ºf6!

21Ö¼a7?!

The exchange sacrifice 21Ö¼xe5!?22.ºxa8 ½xa8 reminds me of avaluable piece of advice offered tome many years ago: FM JonathanBerry, my first formal coach at age 15,taught me that a bishop and pawn arequite often worth a rook when the

other bishop comes as part of thebargain!

22.g4!? ºe6 23.ºxe6 ¼xe624.¼ad1! c5?

The sequence 24Ö¼a8! 25.¼d7 ºxe526.¼fxf7 ½xf7 27.¼xf7 ¾xf7 28.½d5¼ae8 29.bxa5 bxa5 30.½xa5 is only alittle better for White.

25.¼d8?!

A better try is 25.bxa5! (Black isn'tmuch worse after 25.¼xf7!? ½xf726.¼d8+ ºf8 27.ºh6 ¼ae7! 28.¼xf8+½xf8 29.ºxf8 ¾xf8) 25Öbxa526.½b5! ¼a8 (or 26Ö¼xe5 27.¼d8¼xg5 28.¼xf8+ ºxf8 29.¼f4 h5)27.¼d7 ¼b8 28.½xa5 ºxe5 and now29.¼dxf7! with advantage for White.

25Ö¼e8 26.¼fd1 ¼a8 27.¼xa8¼xa8 28.bxa5 bxa5 29.e6?! fxe630.½xe6+ ¾h8 31.¼f1 ½e8

With a more reliable openingrepertoire and additional experienceJustin should easily pass the 2000rating milestone very soon.

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The

Building a Tradition

The Guelph Pro-Am

International has quickly

established itself among

the premier events on

CanadaÕs summer

calendar. By attracting

elite players from around

the world, the

competition offers top

Canadians a rare

opportunity to achieve

coveted title norms. For

other chess enthusiasts,

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be discovered gem.

Hosted among the tall

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and a rare opportunity to

mingle with some of the

worldÕs best.

Hamilton and Thomas RousselRoozmon achieved IM norms!Although Barsov is not considered tobe among the worldÕs very elite,Alexei is capable of showingextremely strong chess. He was alsothe steadiest performer in the field,and it took five straight wins from thevastly talented Danish IM TomasHutters to catch up to the tournamentleader. Canadian Robert Hamiltonachieved his IM norm with anexcellent 3/4 score against GMopposition, and finished in a tie forthird with GM Alexander Moiseenkoand IM Edward Porper at 6.5/9. Topranked Alexander Moiseenko pulledhimself together in the second halfafter a rather shaky start, while IsraeliIM Edward PorperÕs uniquelydisturbing board manner betrays avery strong player who is capable ofturning in great performances!

SpainÕs GM Pia Cramling scored 6/9 towin sixth place outright after animportant last round win over CubanGM Walter Arencibia. Pia, once themedia darling of the chess world inpre-Polgar days, is married to GM JuanManuel Bellon Lopez. Half a pointbehind at 5.5/9, FM Nelson Castanedasplit his share of seventh place withCanadians Thomas Roussel Roozmonand Yan Teplitsky. The virtually

Guelph Pro-AmInternational

by FM Robert Hamilton

This, combined with the fact thatGuelph is but a short distance awayfrom convenient transportation linksto metropolitan Toronto bodes wellfor the eventÕs future success andgrowth. Behind all good events thereare good organizers, and Guelph is noexception. The event is the initiativeof veteran Canadian chess supporterHal Bond, who is dedicated towardsmaking incremental improvementsand building a Canadian tradition.

On With the ShowThis yearÕs championship sectionboasted more than twentyinternationally titled players amongthe thirty-eight entries, includingdefending champion Nikolay Legky,and fellow GMs Alexander Moiseenko,Alexei Barsov, Walter Arencibia, PiaCramling and Juan Manuel BellonLopez, as well as IMs Tomas Huttersand Edward Porper. Leading theCanadian charge were IMs YanTeplitsky and Mark Bluvshtein, FMsRobert Hamilton and Goran Milicevic,and talented future stars ThomasRoussel Roozmon and ChristianStevens. In addition, Canadian chesshistorians were delighted to see thereturn of TorontoÕs maverick master,FM John McPhail to competitive playafter a lengthy absence.

A CDrom on the eventcan be ordered for $20via credit card from theCFC, or by cheque fromHal Bond, 6 Wildwood

Place, Guelph, ON, N1H7X9, Canada

When the dust had settled, the eventwas won jointly by GM Alexei Barsovand IM Tomas Hutters with the finescore of 7/9, while Canadians Robert

Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez


unknown Castaneda sprinted out to asensational 5/5 start, but faltered inthe second half in the face of verystrong and determined opposition.Not to be outdone, however, theyoung and tremendously talentedThomas Roussel Roozmon began hiscampaign with a draw againstCramling and a win over defendingchampion Nikolay Legky! By the finalround a near-2500 performance andan easy IM norm had been secured. Aloss to Barsov in round eight spoiledCanadian super-IM Yan TeplitskyÕschances for a higher finish, especiallywhen this disaster was followed by amisguided refusal to take the drawagainst IM Tomas Hutters in the finalround.

Among the remaining players,Canadian IM Mark Bluvshtein wentunbeaten against four GMs andentertained realistic chances for a GMnorm until he lost a complicated tiltagainst Robert Hamilton in roundeight. The no-shows included GMWalter Arencibia, who got mated in ashort game vs Hamilton in round twoand lost to Cramling in round nine.

Defending champion GM NikolayLegky managed only 5/9 after losinghis equanimity at the hands of TomasRoussel Roozmon in the secondround. GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopezlost to Canadian Christian Stevens inthe first round, and would finish theevent with another dramatic failure inthe last round vs Robert Hamilton.

Notes byJohn MacPhail

Bellon Lopez, Juan ManuelStevens, Christian

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (1), 2003Queen Pawn: Veresov D01

1.d4 d5 2.»c3 »f6 3.ºg5 c5

Interesting, but probably not verysound.

4.ºxf6 gxf6 5.e4 dxe4 6.dxc5 ½a57.½d5 a6 8.½c4

Surely the simple 8.0-0-0 is not bad.

8Ö»c6 9.¼d1 f5

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10.ºe2

White is in trouble, and his best betnow might be 10.½a4 with somehope of surviving an inferior ending.

10Öºg7 11.¾f1 ºe6 12.»d5 0-013.»h3 ºxd5 14.¼xd5 e6 15.¼d1¼fd8 16.c3 »e5 17.½b3 ¼xd1+18.ºxd1 ½b5+ 19.ºe2 ½xb320.axb3 »d7 21.g4

Desperation, but White is lost anywayafter, for example, 21.b4 a5.

21Öfxg4 22.ºxg4 »xc5 23.¼g1¾f8 24.ºh5 h6 25.f3 »xb326.fxe4 »d2+ 27.¾e2 »xe428.¼f1 »d6 29.»f4 ¾e7 30.»d3¼c8 31.ºf3 ¼c4 32.h3 a5 33.¼g1¾f8 34.¼a1 b6 35.»f2 ¾e736.»g4 f5 37.»e3 ¼c5 38.¼g1ºf6 39.¼g6 ºg5 40.¼g7+ ¾f641.¼d7 ¼e5 42.¼xd6 ºxe343.¾d1 ºc5 44.¼c6 ¾g5 45.ºe2¼e3 46.ºc4 e5 47.h4+ ¾xh448.¼xh6+ ¾g3 49.¾d2 ¼e4

50.¼g6+ ¼g4 51.¼xg4+ ¾xg452.ºe6 e4 53.¾e2 ¾f4

An impressive performance byChristian Stevens.

Ù.

Notes byRobert Hamilton

Hamilton, RobertArencibia, Walter

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (2), 2003Nimzo Indian: Rubinstein E56

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 e6 3.»c3 ºb4 4.e3

I havenÕt studied theory in a longtime, and often seek unconventionallines as a means of avoiding theory. InGuelph, however, I decided to playreliable main lines and work fromreasonable positions in spite of mytheoretical handicap.

4Öc5 5.ºd3 »c6 6.»f3 d5 7.0-0dxc4 8.ºxc4 0-0 9.a3 ºa510.dxc5!?

In the Larsen Variation 10.½d3 is avery common move, whereas thetext is considered inadequate bytheory since it allows Black to weakenhis opponentÕs queenside pawnstructure, albeit in exchange for thebishop pair and some interestingpossibilities!?

10Öºxc3 11.dxc3 ½a5

Recommended by theory as best.After 11Ö½xd1 12.¼xd1 »e4 13.a4!White has a reasonable advantage.

12.½e2 ½xc5

At some point Black has to find animprovement, but here 12Ö½xc313.ºb2 is bad, and White also hassuperior prospects after 12Ö»e413.a4.

13.e4! »e5?!

After this White obtains a comfortableinitiative. Black obviously fears 13Öe514.a4 when White can combine ºa3and »g5 ideas to present Black withprobems on f7. BlackÕs most reliableoption might be 13Öb6.

14.»xe5 ½xe5 15.ºd3

WhiteÕs aggressive intentions againstthe Black king are clear, and Arencibiais left with very few squares on whichto create counterplay.

15Öºd7 16.f4 ½xc3

A difficult decision to criticize. Blacktakes a pawn as some form of

Walter Arencibia

Nelson Castaneda


compensation for his inferior position,and it seems fairly clear that refusingto do so does not really change thecharacter of the game.

17.ºb2 ½c5+ 18.¾h1 ½e719.¼f3!

White goes directly for the king,which is quite justifiable in view of hisgrip on the central dark squares andlack of Black counterplay on thequeenside.

19Öºc6 20.¼h3 h6 21.¼e1

White is in no hurry to advance thecentral pawns, as there are severalstrong building moves available tosignificantly improve his position first.In the meantime, Black lacks equallyconstructive defensive ideas.

21Ö¼fd8 22.ºb1 ¼ac8 23.¼g3¼c7

Such a modest move emphasizesBlackÕs difficulties in opposing WhiteÕsbuildup.

24.ºc3 b6 25.h3 ºb7 26.ºb4!

WhiteÕs position has improvedconsiderably in the past six moves,and he is now ready to initiate thedecisive assault. The text drives thequeen from the defense of the darksquares surrounding BlackÕs king, andin some lines threatens to invade withºf8.

26Ö½d7 27.e5 »e8

After 27Ö»d5 28.½g4 Black mustcritically weaken his kingside with28Ög6.

28.½h5 ½c6

And not instant disaster after 28Ö¾h829.ºf8 f5 30.exf6 »xf6 31.ºxg7+.

29.f5

A tragic reversal would be 29.½xh6½xg2+!

29Öa5

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30.f6! axb4 31.fxg7 f5 32.exf6»xf6 33.½xh6 ½d6 34.ºg6 Ø.


Legky, NikolayRoussel Roozmon, Thomas

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (2), 2003Various: Torre A46

1.d4 »f6 2.»f3 e6 3.ºg5 h64.ºh4 g5 5.ºg3 »h5 6.e4 »xg37.hxg3 ºg7 8.c3 d6 9.»bd2 »c610.ºd3 ½e7 11.½b3 b6 12.ºb5ºd7 13.½c4 »a5 14.ºxd7+ ½xd715.½e2 c5 16.d5 exd5 17.exd5+½e7 18.a4 f5 19.½xe7+ ¾xe720.0-0-0 ¼he8 21.»h2 ¾f7 22.g4fxg4 23.»xg4 ¾g6 24.¼he1 a6

25.¾c2 h5 26.»e3 »b7 27.g4 h428.»f5 b5 29.f4 gxf4 30.»xh4+¾f7 31.»f5 ºe5 32.¼e2 ¼h833.»e4 ¼ag8 34.g5 ¼e8 35.g6+

Based, perhaps, on somemiscalculation.

35Ö¾xg6 36.¼g1+

White disdains the perpetual checkafter 26.»g5+ ¾f6 27.»e4+.

36Ö¾f7 37.¼eg2 ¼h5 38.»g7 f339.¼f2 ¼g8 40.¼xf3+ ¾e741.»xh5 ¼xg1 42.axb5 axb543.»hg3 ¼g2+ 44.¾c1 ¼g1+45.¾c2 ¼g2+ 46.¾b1

And after this refusal to settle for arepetition Black is probably alreadybetter.

46Öb4 47.»f5+ ¾d7 48.»e3 ¼e249.»g3 ºxg3 50.¼xg3 bxc351.bxc3 »a5 52.»f5 »c4 53.¼g7+¾d8 54.¼g4 ¼e5

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55.»g7

The losing move. White may be ableto draw with 55.»h6!? but this verdictis by no means reliable.

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Yura Ochkoos - Steven Demmery

Hans Jung


Notes byTomas Hutters

Stevens, ChristianPeredun, Andrew

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (5), 2003English A22

One of the really nice things about arelatively small event like this one isthat the field soon becomes a bit likea big family, and one cannot help butshare in the drama and emontionalups and downs of the other familymembers. How is MacPhail doingtoday? Is the coffee ready? Who willbabysit Anna? Anyway, this game inparticular was certainly not one of thebest of the tournament, but it is filledwith curious moments that gave riseto some nice associations andconversations during and after theroundÖ

1.c4 e5 2.»c3 »f6 3.»f3 e4 4.»g5b5!

Practically forced, and a nice gestureby Andrew, considering the presenceof the inventor of this line, GM JuanManuel Bellon Lopez, who played itwith some success back in the 1970s!

5.d3! ºb4!?

The traditional main line goes 5Öbxc46.dxe4 h6 7.»xf7! with a clear edgefor White. Black, of course, rarelyplays this way anymore. And for methe position on the demonstrationboard brought back nice memories ofa win that went 7.»f3 ºb4 8.e5 »e49.½d4 »xc3 10.bxc3 »c6 11.½xc4ºa6 12.½b3 ºa5 13.ºa3 ¼b8 14.½c2d6 15.0-0-0 0-0 16.exd6 cxd617.ºxd6 ½f6 18.ºxf8 ¾xf8 19.e3»b4 20.½d2 »xa2+ 21.¾c2 ½g6+22.ºd3 ºxc3 23.¼b1 ¼xb1 24.¼xb1½c6 25.½e2 ½a4+ 26.¼b3 ºxd3+27.½xd3 »b4+ 28.¾xc3 »xd329.¼b8+ ¾e7 30.¾xd3 ½a6+ 31.¾c3½f1 32.¼b7+ ¾f6 33.¼xa7 ½xf234.¼a6+ ¾e7 35.¼a7+ ¾e8 36.¼a8+¾e7 37.¼a7+ ¾d6 38.»d4 ½xe3+39.¾c4 ½e4 40.¼xf7 ½d5+ ÙSorensenÐHutters, DK 1990.

6.dxe4 ½e7 7.ºd2?

White has a healthy extra pawn after7.cxb5!

7Ö0-0?

After 7Öbxc4! material is equal, andBlack should be fine.

8.a3?

Again 8.cxb5! or 8.»xb5 is the rightidea.

8Öºxc3 9.ºxc3 »xe4?

Instead 9Öbxc4 10.e5 »g4 11.»f3½c5 12.e3 »c6 is better for White,but not clearly lost for Black.

10.»xe4 ½xe4 11.cxb5 a6 12.bxa6c5?

Now Black is dead! Practically anyother move is better, provided that itdoesnÕt put something en prise orallows what happens next.

13.½d6! »xa6 14.¼d1 ºb715.½xd7!

A healthy appetite is a good thing inlife as well as in chess.

15Ö¼ab8 16.f3 ½e3 17.½d2 ½e718.½d6 ½e3 19.½e5 ½h6 20.e4 f621.½e6+ ¾h8 22.ºxa6 ¼be823.½c4 ºxe4

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Black has been lost for some time,and now the game finishes in a waywhich, somehow, feels like a logicalconclusion to this baroquemasterpiece!

24.0-0 Ø.


Mikanovic, GoranLegky, Nikolay

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (6), 2003Benoni A60

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.»c3exd5 5.cxd5 ºd6 6.»f3 ºc7 7.g3d6 8.ºg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4

White tried the alternative 10.a3!? inVladimirovÐKasimdzhanov, Namangan2000.

10Ö¼e8

LawsonÐLegky, Guelph Pro-Am Int.(4) 2003, reached the same position!

11.h3 »bd7 12.»d2

Perhaps an effective Anti-Snake-Benoni might be called the MongooseAttack, but here Black is able to get inÖb5 for an advantage.

12Ö¼b8 13.e4 b5 14.axb5 axb515.f4

Correct seems 15.b3!? when Blackcannot claim c5 for his knight as inthe game.

15Öc4 16.b4 cxb3 17.ºb2 »c518.¾h2 b4 19.»e2 ºa6?

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Nikolay allows a surprisingly effectiveexchange sacrifice, whereas19Ö»fxe4 20.»xe4 »xe4 21.»d4½f6 22.¼e1 ½g6 23.½xb3 f5 24.¾g1ºb6 should win comfortably.

20.¼xa6! »xa6 21.»d4 ¼b622.»c6 ½d7 23.½xb3 »c524.½c4 b3 25.½d4 ¼a8 26.»c4»a4

Although complex, the line 26Ö¼b527.e5 »e8 28.¼e1 ºd8 29.½e3 f530.exd6 »e4 31.ºxe4 fxe4 32.½xe4ºf6 33.»6e5 ½b7 seems to lead onlyto a small edge for White.

27.e5 »xb2 28.»xb6 ºxb629.½xb6 »c4

White has a crushing advantage.

30.½d4 dxe5 31.½xc4 exf432.½xb3 fxg3+ 33.½xg3 ¾h834.¼b1 h6 35.¼b8+ ¼xb8

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36.½xb8+ ¾h7 37.½e5 »e838.½e7 ½xe7 39.»xe7 »d640.¾g3 f6 41.ºf1 g6 42.ºd3 f543.¾f4 ¾g7 44.¾e5 »f7+ 45.¾d4¾f6 46.»c8 h5 47.ºb5 h4 48.d6g5 49.ºe2 g4 50.hxg4 fxg451.ºxg4 »xd6 52.»xd6 h353.ºxh3 ¾g6 54.¾e5 ¾g7 55.ºf5¾f8 56.¾f6 ¾g8 57.»f7 ¾f858.ºh7 ¾e8 59.»e5 ¾f8 60.»d7+¾e8 61.¾e6 ¾d8 62.¾d6 ¾e863.ºg6+ ¾d8 64.»c5 ¾c865.ºh5 ¾d8 66.»b7+ ¾c867.¾c6 ¾b8 68.¾b6 ¾c8 69.ºg4+¾b8 70.»c5 ¾a8 71.ºf5 Ø.


Peredun, AndrewPredescu, Sebastian

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (6), 2003Sicilian: Sozin B86

A Sicilian Sozin comes out looking likeMorphy versus Anonymous!

1.e4 c5 2.»f3 d6 3.d4 cxd44.»xd4 »f6 5.»c3 a6 6.ºc4 e67.ºb3 »bd7 8.½e2

Looks reasonable, but not covered inSmall ECO on the Sozin.

8Öb5 9.ºg5 »c5 10.0-0-0 ½c711.f4 ºb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5»fe4 14.»xe4 »xe4?

The position looks about equal after14Öºxe4 15.¼hf1 ¼c8 16.¾b1 »xb3.After the text, Black has a basictactical shot to end the game.

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15.»xb5 axb5 16.½xb5+ ºc617.ºa4 Ø.


Teplitsky, YanBarsov, Alexei

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (8), 2003Queen's Gambit: Tartakower D58

1.c4 e6 2.»f3 d5 3.d4 »f6 4.»c3ºe7 5.ºg5 h6 6.ºh4 0-0 7.e3 b68.½b3

The current game casts some doubton this move, so perhaps Whiteplayers should prefer one of themany available alternatives, such as8.cxd5, 8.ºe2, 8.¼c1, 8.ºd3, 8.½b3,8.¼b1 and 8.½c2.

8Öºb7 9.ºxf6 ºxf6 10.cxd5exd5 11.¼d1 ¼e8 12.a3 ¼e713.ºd3

WhiteÕs principal alternative is 13.ºe2½d6 (White has prevented 13Ö c5)14.O-O a6 15. »e5 »d7 with goodplay for Black.

13Öc5 14.ºb1

Evidently Black also has a good gameafter 14.dxc5?! d4! 15.0-0 bxc5 (butnot 15Öºxf3 16.gxf3 »d7 17.exd4)16.»e4 (or 16.ºe2 ½b6 17.½xb6axb6 18.exd4 »c6 with advantage toBlack) 16Öºxe4 17.ºxe4 ¼xe418.½b7 »c6 19.½xc6 ½e8 20.½xc5dxe3 21.fxe3 ºxb2 with an edge.

14Ö»a6 15.0-0 g6 16.¼fe1 ¼c817.¼d2 ¾g7 18.½d1 ½e8 19.»e2»c7 20.»f4 »e6 21.»xe6+ ¼xe622.dxc5 bxc5 23.ºa2 ¼b624.ºxd5 ºxd5 25.¼xd5 ºxb2

Black has built up a winning position,but here 25Öc4! (25Ö¼xb2 26.¼d6 isa bit annoying) 26.¼e2 ¼xb2 is amore efficient way to clamp down onWhiteÕs counterplay.

26.½c2 c4 27.h4 ¾g8 28.h5 ºg7

Or the simple 29Öºxa3!?

29.hxg6 fxg6 30.¼c1 ¼b2

Since White can scarcely afford to usehis queen for blockading duty, drivingit away might not be the right idea.More sensible, and in fact stronger is29Öc3! 30.½d3?! ½a4.

31.½d1 c3 32.¼d7

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32Ö½f8

WhiteÕs counterplay is no longer ajoke since, for example, the hasty

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32Öc2?? 33.¼xg7+ turns the tables inan instant. A computer might play32Öa5 or 32Öa6 in this position, butthe human solution is 32Ö¾h8!followed by 33Öc2 with good chancesto score the full point.

33.½d5+ ¾h8 34.¼f7

Why not 34.¼xa7 c2 35.»e5 ½f536.»f7+ ¾h7 37.»g5+! ¾h8 38.»f7+with a draw?

34Ö½d8

Of course not 34Ö½xa3? 35.¼xg7!¾xg7 36.½d7+ and White wins.

35.½e4 ¼b6

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A little stronger is 35Ö ½d6! 36.¼xa7(Black retains winning chances after36.»d4?! ¼f8 37.¼xf8+ ½xf8) 36Öc237.»e1! ¼b1 38.¼xb1 c1½ 39.¼xc1¼xc1 40.¾f1 ½d2 41.½e8+ ¾h742.¼xg7+ with perpetual check.

36.»e5?

White can turn the tide with 36. »d4!

36Ö½d6

The game is over after 36Ö½d2!

37.¼e7 ¾h7 38.»f7 ½f6 39.¼xa7¼f8 40.½d5 c2

Things get a little messy at the end,but White really has no more chances.

41.¼c7 ¼b1 42.¼7xc2 ¼xc1+43.¼xc1 ¼xf7 44.¼c2 ½a1+45.¾h2 ¼f5 46.½e6 ¼h5+ 47.¾g3¼g5+ 48.¾h2 ½f1 49.½e4 ¼e550.½c6 ¼h5+ 51.¾g3 ¼g5+

52.¾h2 ºe5+ 53.f4 ¼h5+ 54.¾g3ºg7 55.½d6 ½e1+ 56.¾f3 ¼h157.¼f2 ½a5 58.¾g3 ½h5 59.½e6¼e1 60.¼f3 ¼e2 61.½h3 ½a562.¾h2 ½xa3 63.e4 ½c1 64.e5¼e1 65.½d7 ¼h1+ 66.¾g3 ½e1+67.¼f2 ¼f1 68.½d2 ½xf2+69.½xf2 ¼xf2 70.¾xf2 h5 71.g4h4 72.¾g2 ¾g8 73.¾h3 ºxe5 Ù.

Notes byTomas Hutters

Porper, EdwardHutters, Tomas

Guelph Pro-Am Int. (8), 2003Bogo Indian E11

This game proved critical in the finalstandings overall, as well as the huntfor a GM norm for both players. Butanother factor that made the gamespecial was the fact that Edward and Ihad just spent two weeks together atthe Kitchener Futurity, which taughtme that he plays healthy, classicalchess. Maybe a bit too classical, andmaybe a weakness for me to exploit!

1.d4 e6 2.c4 ºb4+ 3.ºd2 a5 4.»f3

In round six, Thomas RousselRoozmon played 4.g3 and after 4Öd5failed to appreciate the differencebetween this position and a standardCatalan.

4Ö»f6 5.»c3 b6 6.g3 ºb7 7.ºg2ºxc3!?

To my knowledge, this move hasonly been tried in a handful of games.In my case it is an improvisation over

the board, but the fact that GM OlegRomanishin has played it lends somesupport to BlackÕs idea.

8.ºxc3 »e4 9.¼c1?!

Too hard a verdict? I think this routinemove deserves to be called dubious.White does not challenge the »/e4and lets Black freely choose a veryflexible setup. In FleshÐRomanishin,Dortmund (10) 1976, White played9.½c2.

9Ö»a6!?

Black plays with the well known ideaof 10Ö»b4 11.a3? »a2!

10.a3?!

And White takes the threat a bit tooseriously. Better is 10.0-0 since on10Ö»b4 White has a good reply in11.½b3.

10Öc5! 11.d5!?

Very sharp, but clearly based on amisjudgment of the position! Porperneeds 1.5/2 for his GM norm, and so awin with White is just about required.More sensible is 11.dxc5 »xc312.¼xc3 »xc5 with rough equality,though WhiteÕs queenside pawns canbecome weak later.

11Ö0-0 12.»h4 exd5 13.cxd5»xc3 14.¼xc3 d6 15.0-0

The absence of two sets of minorpieces and BlackÕs superiority on thequeenside suggest that White and notBlack is worse in this Benoni structure!

15Öb5 16.e4 c4?!

Again very sharp. Black sets up Ö»c5-d3 but at the same time loses somegrip in the center. More prudent

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Frank Pushkedra


therefore is 16Öb4 17.¼e3 ½f6 with acomfortable position in which the fateof the game does not hang on everymove.

17.½d4! g6 18.½d2?

White hesitates, or maybe he wasseduced by a kingside attack thatdoesnÕt exist? Much better is 18.f4!»c5 19.e5 with a very sharp position.

18Ö»c5 19.½h6?

Sometimes having no plan is actuallybetter than having a bad one?!

19Ö½f6! 20.»f5 ºc8!

My analysis engine insists that20Ö¼fe8 is stronger, but I will playthe text in my next game as well.Black looks forward to a very unevenfight between his knight and WhiteÕsbishop!

21.g4 ºxf5 22.gxf5 »d3 23.¼b1¼fc8

White for now relies on the tactic23Ö»xb2 24.¼h3 but his position isprobably lost already. In time BlackÕsqueenside pawns will be unstoppable,and the knight might eventually landon f4 to wreak havoc on WhiteÕsdisorganized and positionally bankruptkingside.

24.ºf1 b4 25.¼c2 b3 26.¼d2

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Mark Bluvshtein

Goran Milicevic

The following sacrifice, which wasprepared on move twenty, gave mesome aesthetic satisfaction.

26Ö»xb2! 27.¼dxb2 a4

In practice, White is defenselessagainst the coming pawn avalanche.

28.fxg6 hxg6 29.ºxc4

Edward decides to return the pieceand come up for some air before thepawns completely suffocate White onthe queenside. A funny if somewhatirrelevant line is 29.½c1 c3 30.¼e2 c231.¼b2 ½xb2 with a decisiveadvantage for Black.

29Ö¼xc4 30.¼e2 ¼ac8

Material balance has been restored,and BlackÕs remaining positionaltrumps are quite decisive.

31.¾g2 ¼c2 32.¼xc2 ¼xc233.½e3 ¼c3!

Black secures g5 or f3 for the queen.

34.½d2

Another logical conclusion is 34.½e2½g5+ 35.¾f1 ¼c1+ 36.¼xc1 ½xc1+37.¾g2 b2.

34Ö½f3+ 35.¾g1 ¼c2

Now on 36.½e3 ½xe3 37.fxe3 b2Black has absolute control over theseventh rank. A nice tribute to AaronNimzovich and fellow Danish chessgreat Bent Larsen.

Ù.


Moiseenko, AlexanderCastaneda, Nelson

Guelph Pro Am-Int. (8), 2003Queen's Gambit Orthodox D60

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.»f3 »f6 4.»c3ºe7 5.ºg5 0-0 6.e3 »bd7 7.ºd3h6 8.ºh4 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.exd4dxc4 11.ºxc4 »b6 12.ºb3 ºd713.½d3 »fd5

Small ECO considers only 13Ö»bd514.»xd5 with an edge to White.

14.ºg3 »b4 15.½e2 ºc6 16.a3»4d5 17.»e5 »xc3 18.bxc3 ºa419.ºa2 »d5

Perhaps 19Ö¼c8!?

20.½f3

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White now threatens 31.c4 followedby 32.½xb7 and itÕs not so clear howBlack should respond. Perhaps themost natural move is 20Öb6 whilemoving the bishop to f6 or g5, andeven the more active and thereforerisky 20Ö½a5 look like reasonablealternatives.


20Ö½a5

An interesting position. If White goesahead and wins a pawn with the linesuggested in the previous note, thenBlack would like to counter withÖ»e2+ and Ö»xd4. The possibilityexists that some unforeseen tactic willembarrass one or both of BlackÕsbishops, but White has also weakenedhis center and moved the queenoffside. So what to do?

For the moment Black loses materialif he tries Ö½xc3 or Öºxa3 whileÖ»xc3 allows ½xb7. Therefore, quiteconceivably, White should take amoment and first improve theposition of his kingÕs rook. It is,however, not at all clear if 21.¼fe1 isany better than 21.¼fb1 while 21.¼fc1puts the rook on a square that isunder attack when Black takes on a3with the bishop. Moiseenko, in theend, goes for the forcing continuation!

21.c4

Crafty considers the alternatives21.¼fb1 b6 22.ºb3 ¼ac8 23.c4 »f624.ºh4 ¼fd8 25.½e3 ºe8 26.ºxf6ºxf6 27.¼e1 ºxe5 28.dxe5; or21.¼fe1 ¼ac8 22.ºxd5 exd5 23.»c6¼xc6 24.¼xe7 ¼xc3 25.½g4 ¼e8

26.¼xb7 ¼c2; and finally 21.¼fc1¼ac8 22.c4 ºg5 23.¼cb1 »c3 24.¼b4»xa2 25.¼xa2 ºe7 26.c5 b6 asslightly better for White.

21Ö»c3 22.½xb7 ºxa3 23.»xf7

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So far everything is forced, but nowNelson goes astray very quickly?!

23Ö½b6 24.½f3 ½xd4 25.ºe5½xe5 26.»xe5 ¼xf3 27.»xf3 ºb228.¼ae1 ºc2 29.¼xe6 a5 30.¼b6ºa3 31.¼a1 ¼d8 32.h4 ¼d1+33.¼xd1 ºxd1 34.ºb3 a435.ºxd1 »xd1 36.¼a6 »c337.»e5 ¾f8 38.»d7+ Ø.








Across Canada

CA

Canada

Ukrainian IM Alexey Maly Visits CanadaMy visit to Canada was prompted bymy participation in the Canada-Ukraine Parliamentary Program, whichprovides a unique opportunity forundergraduate students to work asinterns in the Canadian House ofCommons in Ottawa for two months.Chess, however, also figuredprominently on my calendar, and withthe assistance of Neil James Frarey Iwas able to take part in three events.First came the Eastern Ontario Openin Ottawa, a short event with onlyfive rounds organized by Mr. Holmes.The winner was decided in thefollowing game from the last round.

Notes byAlexey Maly

Maly, AlexeyAl Rayyan, MohammadOttawa op (5), 2003

Slav D46

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 »f6 4.ºd3 e6

The strongest move in this position is4Öe5.

5.»f3 »bd7 6.0-0 ºe7

Probably no better than 6Öºd6.

7.»bd2

This is a decent alternative to theusual 7.»c3.

7Ö0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.»xe4 »xe4

My previous experience in thisposition wasnÕt too successful viz.9Öb6 10.ºf4 ºb7 11.»xf6+ »xf612.½e2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.¼ad1½b6 15.»e5 ¼ad8 16.¼d2 ºa817.¼fd1 ¼d4 18.ºg5 ¼fd8 19.ºxf6ºxf6 20.ºxh7+ ¾xh7 21.¼xd4 ¼xd422.¼xd4 cxd4 23.½h5+ ¾g824.½xf7+ Ú MalyÐErmolaev,

Kharkov Kaissa 2003. Black shouldprefer this to the text.

10.ºxe4 c5?!

Better is 10Ö»f6.

11.ºc2 cxd4 12.½xd4 »c5

Black also failed to solve all of hisproblems after 12Öºf6 13.½e4 g614.¼b1 ½a5 15.a3 »e5 16.b4 ½c717.c5 ºd7 18.»d4 ºc6 19.»xc6»xc6 20.ºe3 in the game VanHermanÐKrueger, Hamburg, 1993.

13.½g4!?N

The queen exchange 13.¼d1 ½xd414.»xd4 e5 15.»b5 ºe6 16.b3 ¼fd817.ºe3 did not give White much inZilbermanÐHansen, Oberwart 1998;but better than the text is 13.½e5! b614.½h5 g6 15.½h6 ºb7 16.»g5 ºxg517.ºxg5 ½d4 18.b3 with acomfortable edge.

13Öf5?!

Black should go for 13Öe5 andresolve his problems with thedevelopment of º/c8 after 14.½h5e4 15.»g5 ºf5 16.¼d1 ½b6 17.b3.

14.½g3 ½e8 15.ºg5?!

Better looks 15.ºf4 b6 16.ºe5 ½f717.¼ad1 ºb7 18.b4 ºe4 19.bxc5ºxc2 20.¼d7 with a small advantage.

15Öºxg5 16.½xg5 e5 17.½e3»d7?

After this BlackÕs position becomesvery difficult. His last chance is17Öe4!? 18.½xc5 exf3 19.¼fe1 ½g620.½d5+ ½f7 21.½xf7+ ¼xf7 22.gxf3and White is not really much better.

18.¼ad1 e4 19.»d4 a6

Black is in trouble on the clock. To bepreferred is 19Ö½e5 20.f3 »f6 21.c5¾h8 22.½c3 ºe6 23.»xe6 ½e624.fxe4.

20.f3 exf3 21.½xf3 g6 22.¼fe1½f7 23.c5! ¾h8

A better try is 23Ö½f6 24.ºb3+ ¾h825.»e6 but again with a clear Whiteadvantage.

24.»e6 »e5 25.¼xe5 ºxe626.½c3 ¾g8?

A big mistake of course, but after26Öºxa2 27.¼a1 ½c4 28.¼xa2 Whiteis also much better.

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27.¼xe6 Ø.

Next came an event held in beautifulBrantford, not far from Toronto. Mythanks to Mr. Hallon for organizing thetournament, and to Mr. Handon for hisassistance with my accommodation.Five consecutive wins were requiredto take first place, with the mostdifficult coming in round three againsta very resourceful opponent.

Notes byAlexey Maly

Maly, AlexeyRoetteler, Martin

Brantford op (3), 2003King's Indian: Classical E98

1.d4 »f6 2.c4 g6 3.»c3 ºg7 4.e4d6 5.»f3 0-0 6.ºe2 e5 7.0-0 »c68.d5 »e7 9.»e1 »e8 10.ºe3 f511.f3 ¾h8 12.a4 »g8 13.a5 ºh614.ºf2 »gf6 15.»d3 f4?!N

A novelty, but not a good one?! Blackhas just about solved the problem ofhis dark squared bishop, and nowvoluntarily shuts it in again. Better is15Ö»h5 16.c5 »ef6 17.b4 a6 18.»b2»f4 19.»c4 ½e7 20.¾h1 ºd721.cxd6 cxd6 22.»b6 ¼ad8 withequality in GelfandÐPolgar, DosHermanas 1996.

16.c5 g5 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.a6 b619.»b4 ¼g8 20.»c6 ½d7 21.»b5g4 22.»bxa7?!

White has built up an excellentposition, and now decides to force theplay. As it turns out, however, it isnecessary to first protect my kingwith something like 22.½c2 g323.ºe1 gxh2+ (or 23Ö½f7 24.h3 ½h525.ºd3 ºxh3 26.gxh3 g2 27.¼f2)24.¾xh2 »h5 25.¼h1 »g3 26.ºxg3


fxg3+ 27.¾g1 ºf4 28.ºd3 »f629.½e2 and White keeps a smalladvantage.

22Ö¼xa7 23.»xa7 ½xa7 24.½b3g3

There is also the very interestingpossibility 24Ögxf3 when I do not seeanything better for White than25.ºxb6 ¼xg2+ 26.¾h1 »g4 27.ºxa7¼xh2+ 28.¾h1 ¼g2+ with perpetualcheck. Also possible, of course, is24Ö»d7 25.½c4 gxf3 26.ºxf3 »c727.b4 »xa6 28.ºe2 f3 29.ºxf3 whenWhite is a little better.

25.ºxb6 ½f7?

Missing an opportunity to try for25Ögxh2+ 26.¾h1 (26.¾xh2 ½g727.¼f2 ½g3+ 28.¾g1 »g4) 26Ö½g727.¼f2 »h5 (27Ö»c7 28.½b4 »a829.½xd6 »xb6 30.½xb6 (but there isalso 28.g4 fxg3 29.¼g2 when Whitehas some chances in a dangerouslooking position) 30Öºg5 31.ºc4ºh4 is equal) 28.½c2 »g3+ 29.¾xh2ºd7 30.¾g1 ½g5 and Black wins!

26.h4! »c7 27.ºxc7?!

Zeitnot on both sides! White does notsee that 27.¼fc1! »a8 28.¾f1 ¼e829.ºg1 ºf8 30.½c3 ºd7 31.b4 leadsto an advantage.

27Ö½xc7 28.a7 ºb7 29.¼fc1 ½e730.ºa6 ºa8 31.ºc8

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White already looks forward to aneasy win after ºh3 but now myingenious opponent comes up with avery interesting tactical resource!

31Ö»xe4! 32.fxe4 f3 33.¼c4

The extra pawn after 33.½xf3 ºxc134.¼xc1 ½xa7+ 35.¾f1 ½g7 36.ºf5¼f8 37.b4 ¼b8 38.½c3 is not so easyto realize for White.

33Ö½xh4 34.ºh3 fxg2

After 34Öf2+ 35.¾f1 (but not 35.¾h1½xh3+! 36.gxh3 g2+ 37.¾h2 g1½+38.¼xg1 fxg1½#) White is winning.

35.¾xg2 ¼f8

After WhiteÕs reply Black no longerhas any chances!

36.½xg3!! ¼g8 37.¼a3!

Now all of WhiteÕs pieces suddenlyconverge on the opposing king. Therest is pretty simple.

37Ö ¼xg3+ 38.¼xg3 ºg5 39.¼g4½e1 40.¼c8+ ¾g7 41.¼xa8 ¾h642.¼xg5 ½d2+ 43.¾h1 ½xg544.¼f8 ½c1+ 45.ºf1 ½e3 46.a8½Ø.

My third and final competition tookplace in Montreal due to anunexpected invitation from Mr.Roussel, and help once again withaccommodations from Mr. Langoua.Much stronger opposition this time,with an average rating of 2304 in aFIDE category 3 event. CalifornianDavid Pruess had a terrific 8.5/9 resultfor first place and a well deserved IMnorm, while I finished back at 6/9 in ashare for second place with MichaelSchleifer.

Notes byAlexey Maly

Voskanyan, VahagnMaly, Alexey

Montreal PQ ch (3), 2003Caro Kann: Classical B19

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.»c3

Another game from the same eventdid not turn out well for me after3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 »f6 5.»c3 e6 6.»f3ºe7 7.cxd5 »xd5 8.ºd3 »c6 9.0-0 0-0 10.a3 »f6 11.ºc2 b6 12.½d3 ºb713.¼e1 g6 14.ºh6 ¼e8 15.¼ad1 ¼c816.»g5!N »g4?? 17.»xf7 ¾xf718.½f3+ »f6 19.ºb3 ºd6 20.d5! »a521.dxe6+ ¾e7 22.»d5+ ºxd523.ºxd5 ¼f8 24.b4 with a winningadvantage for my opponent inPruessÐMaly, Montreal PQ ch 2003.

3Ödxe4 4.»xe4 ºf5 5.»g3 ºg66.»f3 »d7 7.h4 h6 8.h5 ºh79.ºd3 ºxd3 10.½xd3 »gf611.ºd2 e6 12.0-0-0 ºe7 13.½e2

This idea does not work out well forWhite. Much better is 13.c4 b5!14.cxb5 cxb5 15.½xb5 ¼b8 with anunclear position.

13Ö0-0 14.»e5

In TiviakovÐMagem, Buenos Aires1996, White demonstrated anotherplan with 14.¼he1 c5 15.»f5 cxd4!16.»3xd4 (Black is also better after16.»xe7+ ½xe7 17.»xd4 ¼fc8!)

16Öºc5 17.»xh6!? (17.»xe6?!)17Ögxh6 18.ºxh6 ¼e8 19.½f3 ºf820.ºg5 ¼c8 21.¾b1 ¼c5 22.ºh4¼xh5?! (22Öºg7!). It seems to methat Black has no problems in thesepositions.

14Öc5 15.»xd7

Another possibility is 15.dxc5 ºxc516.»xd7 ½xd7 17.ºxh6 ½a4 withunclear play.

15Ö½xd7 16.dxc5 ½a4

In BerezovichÐIzoria, Moscow 2000,Black was better after 16Ö½d517.¾b1 ½xc5 18.ºc3 ½c6 19.f3 »d520.ºd4 b5 21.»e4 ¼fd8 22.»c3 b423.»xd5 ¼xd5 24.g4 ¼ad8.

17.¾b1 ºxc5

Or 17Ö¼fc8.

18.c4!N

The main idea behind this new moveis to control d5.

18Öb5!?

This may not be the strongest reply,but it makes sense to counterimmediately on the queenside.

19.¼h4 ¼fd8 20.¼c1 ¼ab8 21.ºc3ºe7 22.»e4 »xe4 23.¼xe4 b424.ºe5 b3 25.axb3

Better is 25.a3 ¼b7 26.¼g4 f6 27.ºc3e5 with an edge to White.

25Ö¼xb3 26.¼g4 f6 27.ºc7

In time trouble White now forces theplay. The calm alternative 27.ºc3 stillgives him a small edge.

27Ö¼d7 28.c5 ½c6?

Afterwards it became clear to me that28Ö½b5! 29.½xb5 ¼xb5 30.ºd6ºxd6 31.cxd6 ¼d5 is much stronger.

29.ºd6 ¼db7 30.½xe6+

White is better after 30.¼c2.

30Ö¾h8 31.¼c2 ½b5 32.½e2??

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But this final mistake costs White thegame. Vahagn has to force the drawwith 32.½c8+ ¾h7 (since 32Öºd833.½xd8+ ¾h7 34.ºe5 fxe5 35.½d2


½f1+ 36.½c1 [36.¾a2?? ¼a3!!] is betterfor White) 33.½f5+. The remainderdoes not require comment.

32Ö¼xb2+ 33.¼xb2 ½xe234.¼xb7 ºxd6 35.cxd6 ½xg436.d7 ½d1+ 37.¾b2 ¾h7 38.¼xa7½d4+ 39.¾b3 ½d5+ 40.¾b4 ¾g841.g4 ¾f8 Ù.

Playing chess in Canada was apleasure. I met very interestingpeople and, of course, received somepocket money! Hopefully I will beable to return very soon for anotherchess vacation.

Rep: Alexey Maly

BC

British Columbia

Vancouver BC OpenAfter a yearÕs absence the BC Openreturned with a vengeance, attractinga total of 73 players for the largestturnout in many years! ItÕs not entirelyclear why so many players decided tocome out this time, though perhapsthe promotional efforts of PeterStockhausen had something to dowith it. The event started at theVancouver Bridge Centre, but due toa double booking was moved to theCroatian Community Centre for thefinal two days. The players managedto ignore a bit of noise from severalother groups in the building, but ourthanks are nevertheless due to RobertTopic for making this facility availableat such short notice!

20-year-old IM-elect Jiri Jirka is thisyearÕs British Columbia OpenChampion. Jiri has already wonnumerous youth events in his nativeCzech Republic, and is currently inVictoria for a month visiting familyfriends. Jirka won the tournament inconvincing style with five wins,followed by a last round draw tosecure top spot. FM Jack Yoos,Fanhao Meng and Nigel Fullbrook tiedfor second with 4.5/6, while JesseBouvier also scored 4.5/6 to securethe U2100 prize and free entry intothe BC Closed Championship later thisyear. Yamei Wang scored 4/6 with

wins over Gerry Neufahrt and JoeOszvald for second place in theU2100. Meanwhile Curtis Lister,Tony Verma, Evgeni Goutor, ErnieKrzyzowski and Andrey Kostinsplit the U1900 prize money.

In the U1800 Section Sumon ChaiPhonchiangkwong led by 1.5points after five rounds and couldafford to lose his last round game. PetrLabik, Richard Reid and William Jungtied for second place, while TiffanyTang claimed the U1600 prize aheadof James Taylor, Rodolfo Planas, JamieHarper, Lesley Cheng and Vlad Gaciu.Meanwhile Lo-Ching Chow tookhome the U1400 money ahead ofAlvin Chi.

Notable particularly in the U1800Section were the strong performancesby several junior players, many ofwhom are successfully making thetransition from junior tournaments tomuch larger Open events with longertime controls. This bodes well for thefuture of BC chess, even if the youngupstarts are causing discomfort fortheir elders. As one veteran playerruefully put it, Òthese juniors just donÕthang pieces any more!Ó

Org: Katherine Davies;TD/Rep: Stephen Wright

AB

Alberta

Calgary Chess Club Summer Active #2Held at the new club venue at theDays Inn on 16th Avenue, the eventdrew ten players who watched JuliaKerr take first place with a perfect 5/5 score. Janna Poliakov, Tom McKayand Roy Yearwood tied for second afull two points behind at 3/5. Theevent was made more interesting byseveral surprise upsets, including thefollowing encounter between theeventual winner and her much higherrated opponent.

Notes byJulia Kerr

Kerr, JuliaChrumka, Jeff

Calgary active (4), 2003Dutch: Stonewall A90

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.»c3 »f6 4.g3 d55.ºg2 c6 6.»h3 ºd6 7.ºf4

Another possibility is 7.c5 ºe7 8.ºf4b6 9.½a4 bxc5 10.dxc5 »h5 11.b4»xf4 12.»xf4 also with an advantagefor White.

7Ö0-0 8.ºxd6 ½xd6

Black should not let his opponentexchange dark squared bishops.

9.c5

This idea is quite common in gamesat the Master level.

9Ö½e7 10.»f4 »e4 11.»d3 »xc312.bxc3

Later on White can play for theadvance c4 so the doubling of c/¹s isnot a problem.

12Ö»d7 13.e3 e5 14.½b3 e415.»f4 g5 16.»e2 b5 17.h4 g418.a4 bxa4 19.½xa4 ºb7

BlackÕs remaining bishop has a hardtime finding suitable work, given thatthe pawn structure reduces it to littlemore than an oversized pawn.

20.0-0 ¼fb8 21.¼fb1 »f8

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22.»f4

WhiteÕs decision to trade knights iscorrect, since Black is left with a verypoor bishop.

22Ö»e6 23.»xe6 ½xe6 24.ºf1½c8 25.½a2

White prepares the decisivebreakthrough c4 which results in avery strong passed pawn on the c/file.

25Ö¾g7 26.c4 ½e6 27.cxd5 cxd528.½a5 a6 29.½c7+ ½f7 30.½e5+¾f8


A better try is 30Ö½f6 as White nowwins a piece for nothing.

31.c6 Ø.

TD: Alexandre Rodioukov;Rep: Justin Snelling

ON

Ontario

St.Catharines Is It Summer Yet ActiveThis end of July event found JuraOchkoos and GrimsbyÕs FrankPushkedra in a share for first, whilePeter Bos and John Erickson split theU2000 prize money. Elsewhere IvanKudelka and Greg Barrett shared topspot in the U1700 Section.

TD/Org/Rep: Keith Wight

Barrie 2 in 1 Active #1-2In the first of our two Active eventsAlbert Runstudler finished in frontof Istvan Kiss in the Open Section,while Adrian Wood took the U1600Section. Meanwhile 10-year-oldMelissa Darbyson of North Bay wonthe U1200 Section. In the secondevent, Tom Carleton took first in theOpen Section, followed by AllanCourtney in second place. A specialthanks to the Kitchener people forsupporting our first venture aftertwelve years.

Rep: Bryan Wood

NF

Newfoundland

St.John's Newfoundland OpenThis year Grant Spraggett was thesurprise entry in our traditional LabourDay event at the University, but alsonotable was the play of 10-year-oldAman Hambleton, who earned a MVPaward at this yearÕs National Chess

Challenge in Montreal. Edwin Tsuidefended well against Spraggett butfinally lost on time, while AndrewSmith held Grant to a well playeddraw. This left Grant Spraggett inclear first with 4.5/5, followed byAndrew Smith, Edwin Tsui and AmanHambleton tied for second with 3.5/5.

Notes byAlick Tsui

Tsui, EdwinSpraggett, Grant

St.John’s NF op (3), 2003Pirc B06

1.e4 g6 2.d4 »f6 3.»c3 d5 4.e5»h5 5.»f3 ºg4 6.ºe2 c6 7.h3ºxf3 8.ºxf3 »g7 9.ºf4 »d710.½e2 e6 11.»d1 h5 12.g4 ºe713.»e3 a6 14.¼g1 g5 15.ºh2 hxg416.»xg4 »f5 17.c3 ¼xh3 18.0-0-0½a5 19.¾b1 0-0-0 20.ºg3 ¼dh821.»e3 »xe3 22.½xe3 ¾b823.ºg4 ¼3h7 24.f4 gxf4 25.ºxf4c5 26.ºf5 ¼h5 27.ºc2 cxd428.cxd4 ¼h3 29.½f2 ½d8 30.ºd2½f8 31.ºb3 ¾a7 32.¼c1 »b8?

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33.¼c7 »c6 34.¼c1 ¾b635.¼7xc6+ bxc6 36.ºa4 ¼h137.ºe1 ¼8h7 38.½e3 c5 39.½c3¾a7 40.dxc5 ºxc5 41.a3?!

White has put up a tenacious defenseso far, but in time trouble now missesthe much better 41.ºf2 ¼xc1+42.½xc1 ½c8 43.ºxc5+ ¾b7 44.b4¼h4 45.½d2 ¼c4 46.¾b2.

41Öºb6 42.¾a1 ½b8 43.ºd7

And White shortly lost on time. Theposition, in any case, is quite lost.

Ù.

Rep: Alick Tsui

Chess The Hard Way

by D. A. Yanofsky

Diagrams: 354 Pages: 236


Chess the Hard Way is about thelife and times of a great CanadianGrandmaster. This selection of 129games gives the reader a pictureof the fighting chess he alwayschampioned throughout his career.Abe Yanofsky was a child prodigy,CanadaÕs first Grandmaster and themost important Canadian chesspersonality of the 20th Century. In1939 he was discovered by thechess world when, at fourteen, heplayed second board for theCanadian team at the ChessOlympiad in Buenos Aires. He wasthe youngest player at the eventand he achieved a score of 85 percent. Abe Yanofsky went on towin many tournaments, includinga win over the World ChampionMikhail Botvinnik at Groningen in1946. He was Canadian Championeight times and British Championonce. In his professional career,Abe Yanofsky was a distinguishedlawyer and a QueenÕs Counsel. Hereceived the Order of Canada forhis contributions to chess.


Top Rating ListsThese lists include current members that have been rated in a CFC event within the last twelve months

Top Canadians1. Lesiege, Alexandre QC 25652. Tyomkin, Dimitri ON 25343. Zugic, Igor ON 25144. Charbonneau, Pascal QC 25025. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24846. Hergott, Deen ON 24757. O'Donnell, Tom ON 24628. Bluvshtein, Mark ON 24589. Hebert, Jean QC 2455

10. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 245011. Schulte, Oliver BC 243512. Hamilton, Robert ON 243313. Hartman, Brian ON 243214. Quan, Zhe ON 243015. Cummings, David ON 243016. Yoos, John C. BC 242517. Livshits, Ron ON 242518. Glinert, Stephen ON 238919. Findlay, Ian ON 238320. Reeve, Jeff AB 238221. Spraggett, Grant NL 237222. Dougherty, Michael ON 236623. Schleifer, Michael QC 236224. Ross, David QC 235025. Ochkoos, Jura ON 234826. Roussel Roozmon, T QC 234527. Mikanovic, Goran QC 234128. Day, Lawrence ON 233829. Berry, Jonathan BC 233130. Milicevic, Goran ON 233131. Vaingorten, Yaaqov ON 233032. Ristovic, Nenad AB 232833. Divljan, Igor ON 232534. Duong, Thanh Nha QC 232435. Krnan, Tomas ON 232436. MacPhail, John ON 231937. Al Rayyan, Mohammad ON 231838. Gansvind, Valeriya BC 231639. Neven, Knut AB 230540. Filipovich, David ON 230241. Tipu, Vincentiu ON 230242. Pushkedra, Frank ON 230043. Saleh, Maher ON 230044. Moffat, Andrei ON 229545. Howarth, Anthony PE 229346. Vlaovic, George MB 229247. Pacey, Kevin ON 229048. Valdizon, Armando ON 228549. Kiviaho, Robert ON 228550. Stevens, Christian ON 228551. Scoones, Dan BC 228452. Huber, Gregory AB 228353. Barclay, Wayne ON 227854. Lipnowski, Irwin MB 227655. Morin, Glenn BC 227656. Djerkovic, Miladin ON 227657. Bailey, Doug ON 227358. Zendrowski, Jay ON 226959. Garcia, Alvaro ON 226860. Aronov, Yuri ON 2265

Top FIDE1. Lesiege, Alexandre QC 25352. Spraggett, Kevin ON 2530

3. Tyomkin, Dimitri ON 24714. Teplitsky, Yan ON 24675. Zugic, Igor ON 24556. Bluvshtein, Mark ON 24477. Charbonneau, Pascal QC 24428. Ivanov, Igor QC 24389. Linskiy, Oleg QC 2424

10. Hebert, Jean QC 242211. Suttles, Duncan BC 242012. Pelts, Roman ON 241713. Nickoloff, Bryon ON 241314. Hartman, Brian ON 240515. Schulte, Oliver BC 239716. Hergott, Deen ON 238517. Cummings, David ON 237718. Yoos, John C. BC 237019. O'Donnell, Tom ON 236720. MacPhail, John ON 236521. Glinert, Stephen ON 236222. Schleifer, Michael QC 235623. Amos, Bruce ON 235524. Milicevic, Goran ON 234825. Livshits, Ron ON 234426. Piasetski, Leon BC 233727. Harper, Bruce BC 233628. Spraggett, Grant NL 233529. Coudari, Camille QC 232530. Findlay, Ian ON 2325

Top Women1. Gansvind, Valeriya BC 23162. Charbonneau, Anne Marie QC 20613. Benggawan, Amanda ON 20294. Mongeau, Diane QC 20295. Kagramanov, Dina ON 20286. Khaziyeva, Dinara QC 20157. Wang, Yamei BC 19678. Smith, Hazel ON 19599. Goutor, Valentina BC 1958

10. Sviridovitch, Alina ON 1955

Top 19&201. Charbonneau, Pascal 20 QC 25022. Glinert, Stephen 19 ON 23893. Raheb, David 20 ON 22584. Lawson, Eric 19 QC 22555. Tang, Charlie 19 ON 22316. Masse, Hugues 20 QC 22147. Rolfe, Warrick 19 ON 21998. Henson, Joshua 20 MB 21549. Bachand Fleurent, J 19 QC 2125

10. Tang, Edward 19 BC 1984

Top 17&181. Divljan, Igor 17 ON 23252. Kapadia, Ronak 18 NB 21743. Cai, Allan 18 ON 21744. Ng, Gary 17 NS 20995. Charbonneau, Anne 18 QC 20616. Benggawan, Amanda 17 ON 20297. Kagramanov, Dina 17 ON 20288. Khaziyeva, Dinara 17 QC 20159. Henry, Liam 17 ON 2009

10. Wang, Yamei 17 BC 1967

Top 15&161. Bluvshtein, Mark 15 ON 24582. Roussel Roozmon, T 15 QC 23453. Krnan, Tomas 15 ON 23244. Stevens, Christian 16 ON 22855. Meng, Fanhao 15 BC 22566. Predescu, Sebastian 15 ON 22487. Buscar, Michael 16 ON 21138. Davies, Lucas 15 BC 20899. Ramaswamy, Kishor 15 QC 2024

10. Kazmaier, Daniel 15 AB 2020

Top 13&141. Quan, Zhe 13 ON 24302. Panjwani, Raja 13 ON 21663. Vincent, Trevor 13 MB 20524. Peng, David Yu 14 ON 19845. Goutor, Valentina 14 BC 19586. Vadachkoriya, Irakli 13 ON 19267. Pauric, Allen 14 ON 19068. Jacobs, Chaim Akiva 13 ON 18259. Khayutin, Constantine 14 ON 1822

10. Dinca, Cornelia 14 AB 1777

Top 11&121. Noritsyn, Nikolay 12 ON 22092. Thavandiran, Shiyam 11 ON 21843. Smith, Hazel 12 ON 19594. Sviridovitch, Alina 11 ON 19555. Kaminski, Victor 12 AB 19376. Davies, Noam 12 BC 19037. Eshleman, Brandon 12 AB 18538. McDonald, Justin 12 ON 18189. Hambleton, Aman 11 NL 1737

10. Hier, David 12 ON 1722

Top 10&Under1. Mai, Lloyd 10 ON 17032. Fan, Brendan 10 ON 16663. Yuan, Yuanling 9 ON 16094. Kraiouchkine, Nikita 8 QC 15775. Kaminski, Thomas 8 AB 15466. Martchenko, Alex 10 ON 14657. Szalay, Karoly 10 ON 13968. Kleinman, Michael 9 ON 13749. Raymer, Elliot 10 BC 1360

10. Gibson, Kevin 10 ON 1356

Top Active Ratings1. Ross, David QC 24432. Cummings, David ON 24103. McTavish, David ON 23584. Findlay, Ian ON 23545. Bailey, Doug ON 23436. Ochkoos, Jura ON 23067. Bluvshtein, Mark ON 23018. Pushkedra, Frank ON 22999. Kiviaho, Robert ON 2289

10. Reeve, Jeff AB 228811. Jung, Hans ON 225412. Valdizon, Armando ON 223413. Devenport, Martin ON 2233

Olympic Fund Update

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Kapuskasing - 2003 Canadian Open

### Player ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ##

Open Section

1 Moiseenko, Alexander 2658 D35 W39 W12 W8 D2 D15 W4 W13 W5 D9 82 Wojtkiewicz, Alexander 2583 W19 W10 W13 W4 D1 W5 D15 D3 D12 D8 7=3 Iljushin, Alexei 2593 W26 D14 D9 D5 D25 W56 W37 D2 D15 W12 74 Christiansen, Larry 2585 W27 W20 W15 L2 W6 D8 L1 D14 W56 W16 75 Arencibia, Walter 2562 W21 W31 D16 D3 W24 L2 W35 W7 L1 W15 76 Nataf, Igor 2589 W28 W18 D8 W16 L4 D7 D13 L12 W14 W20 6=7 Kudrin, Sergey 2578 D20 W42 D14 D25 W41 D6 W11 L5 D24 W26 6=8 Hauchard, Arnaud 2536 W92 W41 D6 L1 W10 D4 W24 D15 D9 D2 6=9 Tyomkin, Dimitri 2530 W29 D0 D3 W55 D13 D35 D14 W31 D8 D1 6=

10 Porper, Eduard 2475 D32 L2 W21 W42 L8 W41 D20 W35 D11 W25 6=11 Krnan, Tomas 2256 L15 L28 W36 W32 W17 W18 L7 W26 D10 W24 6=12 Vera, Reynaldo 2549 D41 W54 L1 W30 D14 W68 D31 W6 D2 L3 613 Cramling, Pia 2528 W22 W34 L2 W52 D9 W25 D6 L1 D18 D27 614 Perelshteyn, Eugene 2520 W36 D3 D7 D24 D12 W16 D9 D4 L6 W30 615 Jonkman, Harmen 2464 W11 W35 L4 W29 W31 D1 D2 D8 D3 L5 616 Bellon Lopez, Juan 2463 W37 W50 D5 L6 D140 L14 W25 W32 W30 L4 617 Cummings, David 2458 L44 D22 L41 W60 L11 W34 W40 D20 W35 W29 618 Zatonskih, Anna 2463 W33 L6 W44 L31 W28 L11 D32 W41 D13 D19 5=19 Fierro Baquero, Martha 2353 L2 D32 D48 D56 W21 L20 W43 W29 D27 D18 5=20 Quan, Zhe 2343 D7 L4 W50 W57 L35 W19 D10 D17 W31 L6 5=21 Meng, Fanhao 2328 L5 D48 L10 W76 L19 W116 W23 L22 W38 W32 5=22 Wang, Hao Yuan 2275 L13 D17 L35 W65 W34 D26 L56 W21 D32 W31 5=23 Panjwani, Raja 2207 L31 W65 D32 W78 L71 L24 L21 W34 W40 W35 5=24 Patterson, Roger 2186 D69 W74 W43 D14 L5 W23 L8 W37 D7 L11 5=25 Balbutin, Nelson 2151 D61 W99 W85 D7 D3 L13 L16 W59 W58 L10 5=26 Ross, David 2385 L3 W66 D0 D73 D30 D22 W36 L11 W37 L7 527 Pogonina, Natalija 2380 L4 W36 W37 D28 D16 L31 W58 L30 D19 D13 528 Lobach, Pavel 2367 L6 W11 W34 D27 L18 L32 D41 L56 W44 W38 529 Predescu, Sebastian 2280 L9 W71 W56 L15 W23 L37 W39 L19 W36 L17 530 Lipnowski, Samuel 2107 L62 W89 W96 L12 D26 D59 W33 W27 L16 L14 531 Pira, Davoud 2438 W23 L5 W33 W18 L15 W27 D12 L9 L20 L22 4=32 Stevens, Christian 2262 D10 D19 D23 L11 W44 W28 D18 L16 D22 L21 4=33 Rolfe, Warrick 2237 L18 W49 L31 W39 L37 W71 L30 L36 D47 W0 4=34 Demmery, Steve 2208 W0 L13 L28 D68 L22 L17 W44 L23 W43 W36 4=35 Gersov, Evgeny 2392 D1 L15 W22 W59 W20 D9 L5 L10 L17 L23 436 Tang, Charlie 2270 L14 L27 L11 W70 W92 W75 L26 W33 L29 L34 437 Kret, Ted 2226 L16 W67 L27 W64 W33 W29 L3 L24 L26 L44 438 Barber, Glen 1816 L39 D106 L99 L90 W116 D72 W69 W44 L21 L28 439 Tot, Nandor 2091 W38 L1 W91 L33 W42 L55 L29 D54 L57 L0 3=40 Wing, Richard 1813 L42 D108 L58 L89 W46 W44 L17 W77 L23 L0 3=41 Lawson, Eric 2287 D12 L8 W17 W44 L7 L10 D28 L18 L0 L0 342 Palsson, Halldor 2106 W40 L7 W82 L10 L39 W111 L0 L0 L0 L0 343 Quiring, John 2005 W82 D87 L24 W84 D51 L54 L19 L53 L34 L57 344 Kleist, Frederick 2251 W17 D0 L18 L41 L32 L40 L34 L38 L28 W37 2=45 Zivcak, Martin 0 W94 D79 L70 W92 L67 L0 L71 L0 L0 L0 2=46 Amar, Oscar 1511 L0 D0 D0 W133 L40 L92 L0 L0 L0 L0 247 Graves, Charles 1961 D0 D0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 D33 L0 1=48 Ginsburg, Mark 2416 L50 D21 D19 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 149 Cooke, Mathew 1975 W91 L33 L81 L124 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 1

Expert 2000-2199 Section

50 McTavish, David 2195 W48 L16 L20 W67 W75 W52 W54 D55 D51 D56 6=51 Nahutin, Yevgeni 2062 W79 D62 L78 W93 D43 W58 D55 D52 D50 W59 6=52 Krayushkin, Victor 2181 W84 D73 W87 L13 W53 L50 W57 D51 D55 D54 653 Kagramanov, Dina 2085 D74 W60 L73 W81 L52 L57 D59 W43 W110 W55 654 Ng, Gary 2087 W76 L12 D88 W62 D56 W43 L50 D39 D59 D52 5=55 Rohanchuk, Ed 2074 W77 D0 W61 L9 D58 W39 D51 D50 D52 L53 5=56 Davies, Lucas 2065 W96 W70 L29 D19 D54 L3 W22 W28 L4 D50 5=57 Mayo, Alvah 2123 L73 W83 W138 L20 L68 W53 L52 L58 W39 W43 558 Palmer, Jordan 2018 D80 L61 W40 W77 D55 L51 L27 W57 L25 W0 559 Egorov, Mikhail 2111 L70 W90 W80 L35 W71 D30 D53 L25 D54 L51 4=

A 1800-1999 Section

60 Wong, Wylon 1812 D0 D0 W107 L17 W65 W67 W70 D61 D62 W66 761 Morabito, Matthew 1882 D25 W58 L55 W126 D74 W66 W73 D60 L65 W68 6=62 Goutor, Valentina 1830 W30 D51 D0 L54 D69 W76 D68 W63 D60 W65 6=63 Robinson, Kenneth 1990 D0 D0 L93 W125 L70 W69 W64 L62 W72 W71 664 Davies, Noam 1901 D81 D0 W111 L37 W72 D73 L63 W71 D74 W70 665 Lane, Travis 1890 W98 L23 W108 L22 L60 W77 W74 W73 W61 L62 666 Henry, Liam 1985 W93 L26 W92 W102 L73 L61 D67 W75 W70 L60 5=67 Smith, Andrew 1918 W88 L37 W106 L50 W45 L60 D66 L72 W76 W0 5=68 Wang, Yamei 1905 L87 W112 W110 D34 W57 L12 D62 L70 W73 L61 569 Tsui, Edwin 1883 D24 L85 L74 W106 D62 L63 L38 W140 W77 W73 5

70 Shahi, Bahram 1841 W59 L56 W45 L36 W63 W74 L60 W68 L66 L64 571 Puiras, Jarmo 1943 W86 L29 D0 W95 L59 L33 W45 L64 W75 L63 4=72 Solis, Jaime 1883 D0 D81 L102 W97 L64 D38 D76 W67 L63 D77 4=73 Smith, Hazel 1849 W57 D52 W53 D26 W66 D64 L61 L65 L68 L69 4=74 Whissell, Mavros 1812 D53 L24 W69 W105 D61 L70 L65 W76 D64 L0 4=75 O'Connor, Michael 1982 D85 D80 D86 W99 L50 L36 W77 L66 L71 D76 476 Keep, Richard 1812 L54 W101 W134 L21 D77 L62 D72 L74 L67 D75 3=77 Faust, Steven 1804 L55 W118 W129 L58 D76 L65 L75 L40 L69 D72 3

B 1600-1799 Section

78 Abi Ayad, Zohayr 1664 D0 W114 W51 L23 W96 D86 W81 W90 W79 D84 7=79 Goutor, Evgeni 1772 L51 D45 D0 W118 W95 W82 W90 W86 L78 D80 6=80 Ede, Albert 1771 D58 D75 L59 W110 W94 L81 W83 W85 W86 D79 6=81 Panjwani, Dilip 1705 D64 D72 W49 L53 W83 W80 L78 W87 D84 W88 6=82 McKay, Brian 1760 L43 W117 L42 W111 W91 L79 L84 W95 W94 W89 683 MacLeod, Neil 1673 W120 L57 L84 W134 L81 W91 L80 W93 W97 W87 684 Smith, Maurice 1797 L52 D102 W83 L43 D0 W96 W82 D88 D81 D78 5=85 Nurmi, Kari 1735 D75 W69 L25 L113 W110 D89 W93 L80 L87 W91 586 Tripp, Mark 1718 L71 W124 D75 W101 W89 D78 D87 L79 L80 D90 587 Uuetoa, Harold 1716 W68 D43 L52 W104 L90 W99 D86 L81 W85 L83 588 Lawson, Jonathan 1708 L67 W123 D54 D117 L93 W95 W89 D84 D91 L81 589 Livingston, Alex 1634 W139 L30 D116 W40 L86 D85 L88 W98 W90 L82 590 Juma, Sadiq 1628 W140 L59 D115 W38 W87 W93 L79 L78 L89 D86 591 Mattson, Marv 1724 L49 W116 L39 W138 L82 L83 W99 W92 D88 L85 4=92 Zimninski, Nick 1709 L8 W126 L66 L45 L36 W46 W97 L91 D95 W119 4=93 Dinca, Cornelia 1766 L66 W137 W63 L51 W88 L90 L85 L83 D96 D94 494 Thomas, Mario 1657 L45 W132 L104 D116 L80 L97 W98 W96 L82 D93 495 Sadeghi Aval, Pouya 1611 W132 D0 D0 L71 L79 L88 W96 L82 D92 D98 496 Rivas, Edgar 1780 L56 W104 L30 W115 L78 L84 L95 L94 D93 W97 3=97 Jones, Avery 1606 D0 D115 D118 L72 L99 W94 L92 W100 L83 L96 3=98 Katainen, Ernest 1694 L65 L138 L114 W107 L111 D110 L94 L89 W100 D95 399 Davidian, David 1767 D0 L25 W38 L75 W97 L87 L91 L0 L0 L0 2=

100 Harder, Nancy 1642 L117 L125 L133 L136 L120 W139 L110 L97 L98 L112 1

C 1400-1599 Section

101 Yuan, Yuanling 1535 W130 L76 W123 L86 W104 W106 W117 W105 W102 D103 7=102 Kraiouchkine, Nikita 1518 W131 D84 W72 L66 D113 L117 W115 W106 L101 W104 6103 Mattson, Dane 1482 D114 L111 L122 W130 L106 W119 W109 W108 W113 D101 6104 White, Chris 1456 W128 L96 W94 L87 L101 W121 W113 W117 W105 L102 6105 Hawley, Robert 1554 L126 W130 W137 L74 W114 W113 W108 L101 L104 D109 5=106 Deimert, Elroy 1599 W133 D38 L67 L69 W103 L101 W121 L102 W117 D108 5107 Kathiramalainathan, K 1593 L134 W136 L60 L98 D0 L118 D0 W119 W116 W113 5108 Newman, Eric 1554 W127 D40 L65 L122 W118 W109 L105 L103 W111 D106 5109 Bush, David 1539 L123 W131 L124 W127 D115 L108 L103 W120 W112 D105 5110 Kleist, Carol 1590 W125 D0 L68 L80 L85 D98 W100 D116 L53 W118 4=111 Vera, Jesus 1587 D0 W103 L64 L82 W98 L42 W120 L113 L108 W117 4=112 Von Keitz, Michael 1566 W122 L68 L126 W128 D117 L115 L116 W118 L109 W100 4=113 Carrier, Maurice 1492 L138 W139 W135 W85 D102 L105 L104 W111 L103 L107 4=114 Lyall, David 1492 D103 L78 W98 D129 L105 D120 D118 W115 L0 L0 4115 Tuason, Alfred 1443 D129 D97 D90 L96 D109 W112 L102 L114 D118 D116 4116 Aliev, Inara 1426 W136 L91 D89 D94 L38 L21 W112 D110 L107 D115 4117 Korhonen, Gaylord 1400 W100 L82 W119 D88 D112 W102 L101 L104 L106 L111 4118 Geley, Shawn 1465 W135 L77 D97 L79 L108 W107 D114 L112 D115 L110 3=119 Mignault, Robert 1572 L124 W133 L117 L137 L121 L103 W0 L107 W120 L92 3120 Berube, Claude 1410 L83 L135 L0 W140 W100 D114 L111 L109 L119 L128 2=121 Rutherford, John 1584 L137 D0 D0 L123 W119 L104 L106 L0 L0 L0 2

D U1400 Section

122 Harper, Jamie 1333 L112 D0 W103 W108 W124 L123 W138 W137 W128 W127 7=123 Chung, Kevin 1260 W109 L88 L101 W121 W131 W122 W124 W125 D127 W133 7=124 Smith, Duncan 1368 W119 L86 W109 W49 L122 W129 L123 W126 W137 W135 7125 Nadeau, Gabrielle 1372 L110 W100 W16 L63 D138 L137 W132 L123 W129 W131 5=126 Nadeau, Dominique 1333 W105 L92 W112 L61 L129 W131 D134 L124 W138 W130 5=127 Nadeau, Francois 1336 L108 L129 W100 L109 W132 W128 D137 W138 D123 L122 5128 Filion, Nikesh 1058 L104 W140 D0 L129 D133 L127 W136 W132 L122 W120 5129 Lawson, Bianca 1042 D115 W127 L77 W128 D126 L124 D130 D135 L125 W138 5130 Migneault, Dominik 1290 L101 L105 W140 L103 D135 W133 D129 W136 D131 L126 4=131 Plamondon, Andreanne 1189 L102 L109 W139 W132 L123 L126 W135 W134 D130 L125 4=132 Chan, Michael 1392 L95 L94 W136 L131 L127 W140 L125 L128 W139 W137 4133 Milinkovic, Mate 1389 L106 L119 W100 L46 D128 L130 D0 W139 W134 L123 4134 Pyykka, John 1385 W107 D0 L76 L83 W137 L138 D126 L131 L133 W139 4135 Hawley, Gordon 1073 L118 W120 L113 L139 D130 W136 L131 D129 W140 L124 4136 Thrones, Tyler 947 L116 L107 L132 W100 W139 L135 L128 L130 W0 W140 4137 Tsui, Alick 1374 W121 L93 L105 W119 L134 W125 D127 L122 L124 L132 3=138 Smith, Stephanie 1172 W113 W98 L57 L91 D125 W134 L122 L127 L126 L129 3=139 O'Connor, Joseph 0 L89 L113 L131 W135 L136 L100 W140 L133 L132 L134 2140 Tessier, Adam 0 L90 L128 L130 L120 W141 L132 L139 L69 L135 L136 1141 Lo, Jonathan 0 L0 L0 L125 L0 L140 L0 L0 L0 L0 L0 0

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