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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:29 AM Original message |
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for November 19 |
Edited on Sun Nov-19-06 01:36 AM by Jack Rabbit
The Jack Rabbit Chess Report for the week ending November 19 Contents Post 1: News for the week Post 2: Diagrams and other features Post 3: Games from Current and Recent Events Post 4: Bonus Game: Vitaly Tseshkovsky - Mikhail Tal, Soviet Championship, Leningrad, 1974 |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. News for the week ending November 19 |
Edited on Sun Nov-19-06 02:17 AM by Jack Rabbit
Three tie for first in Tal Memorial
Levon Aronian of Armenia, Peter Leko of Hungary and Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine tied for first place with 5½ points each out of a possible 9 in the Tal Memorial Tournament in Moscow, which concluded Thursday with a round of short draws. It is unclear which of the three will be awarded first prize. Leko had the highest Sonnenborg-Berger score, which is the most common tiebreak used in chess tournaments; however, Aronian won three games while Leko and Ponomariov won only two. Israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand finished fourth with 5 points. The tournament was a Category 20 event in which seven of the eight participants were rated over 2700. The eighth, 15-year-old Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, is rated at 2698. Unofficial Cross Table Tal Memorial Tournament Moscow -------------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 T- (W) (-SB) .1 Levon Aronian. . . . . .- ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ (3) (22½) .2 Peter Leko . . . . . . .½ - ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ (2) (23¾) .3 Ruslan Ponomariov. . . .½ ½ - ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ (2) (23½) .4 Boris Gelfand. . . . . .½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5. (2) . . . .5 Alexander Grischuk . . .½ ½ 0 ½ - 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 4½ (2) (20.) .6 Peter Svidler. . . . . .1 ½ ½ 0 0 - ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ (1) (19¾) .7 Shakhyar Mamedyarov. . .½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ ½ ½ 4½ (0) (20¼) .8 Alexei Shirov. . . . . .0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ - ½ ½ 3½ (0) (15¾) .9 Magnus Carlsen . . . . .0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ - ½ 3½ (0) (15½) 10 Alexander Morozevich . .0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ - 3. (1) . . . The Jack Rabbit Unofficial Cross Table uses games won as first tie break The tournament is named in honor of Mikhail Tal, the great and colorful Soviet-Latvian player who was briefly world champion (1960-61). Capablanca Memorial Tournament begins in Havana The Capablanca Memorial Tournament begins today (Sunday) in Havana, on the 118th anniversary of Capablanca's birth. The main tournament is a double round robin event among six grandmasters: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Evgeny Bareev (Russia), Kamil Miton (Poland), Rubén Felgaer (Argentina) and Cubans Lenier Domínguez and Lazaro Bruzón. The Capablanca Memorial concludes on November 30. José Capablanca (1888-1942), world champion from 1921 until 1927, was the greatest chess player produced by Cuba. Like the poet José Martí, he is a national hero to all Cubans and even a regional hero in Latin America. He is given passing mention as a mythic figure in García Marquez' novel, Love in the Time of Cholera. Capablanca was a child prodigy who "learned" to play chess by simply watching his father play. According to legend, when he was four years old, he chided his father for winning a game after making an illegal move. The elder Capablanca told the child that he didn't know how to play chess, upon which little José set up the board and proceeded to defeat his father several times. At the age of 11, Capablanca became the Cuban national champion. In 1909, at the age of 20, he was a student in New York City where he defeated the perennial American champion, Frank Marshall, in a match. Marshall was so impressed with Capablanca that he accepted an invitation to participate in the San Sebastian International Tournament in Portugal in 1911 only on the condition that the young and unknown Cuban would also be invited. The Tournament organizers agreed and Capablanca emerged as the tournament champion, finishing ahead of Marshall and Akiba Rubinstein. Capablanca was soon mentioned as a possible challenger to the reigning world champion, Dr. Emanuel Lasker. Capablanca finished second to Dr. Lasker in the great St. Petersburg Tournament of 1914, losing an individual encounter with Lasker. Nevertheless, negotiations for a match were in progress when World War I intervened. The match was finally held in 1921, with Capablanca winning the match without losing a single game. Capablanca held the title under Alexander Alekhine defeated him in Buenos Aires in 1927. In the meantime, Capablanca continued his winning ways winning major tournaments in London (1922) and New York (1927) and finishing second to Lasker in New York (1924). Between a loss to Oscar Chajes in 1916 and a loss to Richard Reti in 1924, Capablanca did not lose a single tournament or match game. After losing the title to Alekhine, Capablanca continued to play solid chess with outstanding results, but was frustrated in his efforts to get a rematch with Alekhine. The two did not meet again over the board until the great Nottingham Tournament in 1936, where Capablanca won his game against Alekhine and scored his last tournament championship, sharing first prize with the young Soviet master and future world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik. Capablanca retired from chess after the aborted Buenos Aires Olympiad in 1939. He died suffering a heart attack while walking home from the Manhattan Chess Club in March 1942. Capablanca is known for his clean, classical style. His games, said Sir Harry Golombek, "almost seem to play themselves." During his life he was often called a "chess machine" and is often called the Mozart of Chess in that he could make good chess look simple and easy. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Diagrams and other features of the JR Chess Report |
!""""""""# $tMvWlVmT% $OoOoOoOo% $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $ + + + +% $+ + + + % $pPpPpPpP% $RnBqKbNr% /(((((((() White to move This position is a theoretical draw Does this picture make sense to you? If not, or if it looks like a bunch of Wingdings, please click here. Diagrams used in the Jack Rabbit Chess Report are made with Chess Merida, a true type font that is available as freeware at the above link. |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. Games from current and recent events |
Edited on Sun Nov-19-06 02:01 AM by Jack Rabbit
Chess Games Analysis by JR and Fritz Alexei Shirov - Levon Aronian , Tal Memorial, Round 4, Moscow Peter Leko - Alexander Morozevich, Tal Memorial, Round 6, Moscow Boris Gelfand - Peter Svidler, Tal Memorial, Round 7, Moscow Anastasia Bodnaruk - Petr Tishin, Chigorin Memorial, Round 5, St. Petersburg Magnus Carlsen - Laurent Fressinet, Masters' Quarter-Finals, Round 1, Cap d'Agde |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Shirov - Aronian, Tal Memorial, Moscow |
Levon Aronian Alexei Shirov vs. Levon Aronian Tal Memorial Tournament, Round 4 Moscow, November 2006 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Marshall Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0-0 8. c3 d5
Black: Levon Aronian !""""""""# $ + +t+l+% $+ + +o+o% $ +o+ +w+% $+ + + B % $ +oP +p+% $+ P +p+ % $ P + K P% $+ Q + + % /(((((((() White: Alexei Shirov Position after 28. -- Ra8e8 29. Bf4
Black: Levon Aronian !""""""""# $ + + + T% $+ + + +p% $ +oL +k+% $+ + +o+ % $ +oP P +% $+ P + +p% $ P + + +% $+ + + + % /(((((((() White: Alexei Shirov Position after 47. Kh5g6 47. -- Ke7!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Leko - Morozevich, Tal Memorial, Moscow |
Peter Leko Peter Leko vs. Alexander Morozevich Tal Memorial Tournament, Round 6 Moscow, November 2006 Open Sicilian Game: Najdorf Defense 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4!?
Black: Alexander Morozevich !""""""""# $ +t+ Lt+% $+ + Oo+ % $o+wOv+ +% $+ + + O % $nO +pPm+% $P +b+ P % $ PpQ + +% $+k+ R +r% /(((((((() White: Peter Leko Position after 26. -- Qc5c6 27. Qxb4
Black: Alexander Morozevich !""""""""# $ +t+ LvR% $+ + O + % $o+ +w+ +% $+ + Po+ % $ Q + + +% $P Np+ T % $ P + + +% $+k+ +r+ % /(((((((() White: Peter Leko Position after 35. -- Qc6e6 36. Rh5!
Black: Alexander Morozevich !""""""""# $ + + + T% $+ + O + % $o+ + +l+% $+ +pP + % $v+ + +t+% $P + + + % $ P +nR +% $K R + + % /(((((((() White: Peter Leko Position after 26. -- R8h8 50. Nf4+!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Gelfand - Svidler, Tal Memorial, Moscow |
Edited on Sun Nov-19-06 02:33 AM by Jack Rabbit
Boris Gelfand Boris Gelfand vs. Peter Svidler Tal Memorial Tournament, Round 7 Moscow, November 2006 English Queen's Gambit: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+
Black: Peter Svidler !""""""""# $ + +t+l+% $Tw+m+o+o% $oNv+o+o+% $+ P + + % $ +b+ P +% $+w+ B + % $ P + RpP% $R + + K % /(((((((() White: Boris Gelfand Position after 23. -- Nb8d7 24. Nxd7!
Black: Peter Svidler !""""""""# $ + + +l+% $+ W +oVo% $ +p+o+o+% $+ + + + % $ +q+ P +% $+ + + + % $ + Bk+pP% $+ + + + % /(((((((() White: Boris Gelfand Position after 35. -- Qa7c7 36. Ba5!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Bodnaruk-Tishin, Chigorin Memorial, St. Petersburg |
Fourteen-year-old Russian talent Anastasia Bodnaruk took the scalp of grandmaster Petr Tushin in the fifth round of the Chigorin Memoial in St. Petersburg in late Octiber. The young lady earned a WIM norm for her performance in St. Petersburg.
Anastasia Bodnaruk To view this game, the user needs to unzip a file and to have a PGN viewer. Please click here, go to the bottom of the page and click on all available games (just underneath the portait of Chigorin). This is game #237 out of 388. That will take care of the file. If you don't have a PGN-viewer, I recommend Crafty or GNU Chess. Anastasia Bodnaruk vs. Petr Tishin Chigoin Memorial, Round 5 St. Petersburg, October 2006 Italian Royal Game: Clam Opening/Neo-Classical Defense (Giucco Pianissimo) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6
Black: Petr Tushin !""""""""# $t+ + T +% $VoOq+oOl% $o+ + + O% $+ + N + % $ + +p+ W% $+bP + N % $pP + Mk+% $R + R + % /(((((((() White: Anastasia Bodnaruk Position after 20. -- Kg8h7 21. Bxf7!
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Carlsen - Fressinet, Quarter-Finals, Cap d'Agde |
Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen vs. Laurent Fressinet Quarter-Final Match, Round 1 Cap d'Agde, Languedoc Province (France), October 2006 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Gothic Raider Defense (Open Defense) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5
Black: Laurent Fressinet !""""""""# $ T + + K% $+ + + Oo% $ +o+t+ +% $+r+o+ + % $oM P W +% $+ +q+p+ % $pP + BpP% $+ +r+ K % /(((((((() White: Magnus Carlsen Position after c7c6 27. Qf5! 1-0
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-19-06 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. Bonus Game: Tseshkovsky - Tal, Leningrad, 1974 |
Edited on Sun Nov-19-06 01:55 AM by Jack Rabbit
Mikhail Tal Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal Soviet Championship (Final), Round 2 Leningrad, November 1974 Spanish Grand Royal Game: Gothic Raider Defense (Open Defense) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3
Black: Mikhail Tal !""""""""# $t+ W Tl+% $+ O + Oo% $o+ +v+ +% $+o+oP + % $ + PmO +% $+ + +p+ % $pPb+ +pP% $R Bq+rK % /(((((((() White: Vitaly Tseshkovsky Position after 16. f2f3 16. -- Ng3!!
Black: Mikhail Tal !""""""""# $ + + + L% $+ + + O % $o+ + + +% $+ + R +b% $ + T P +% $+o+ + + % $ +wO BpK% $+ +r+ + % /(((((((() White: Vitaly Tseshkovsky Position after 39. Bh4f2 39. -- Rxf4!
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