Monthly Archives: December 2012
Korbach GM 2012
Here’s a tough endgame win by Czebe,A against Gutman,L from the Korbach GM tournament in Germany.
Latvian Championships
At the beginning of his career, Gutman tied for 11–12th at Riga 1967 (LAT-ch; Jānis Klovāns won), which was the first of many appearances in the Latvian championship; he tied for 5–7th place in 1969, tied for 4–5th in 1971, won in 1972, tied for 7–8th in 1973, took 3rd in 1974, took 4th in 1975, took 2nd in 1976, tied for 2nd–3rd in 1977, tied for 7–9th in 1978, tied for 4–5th in 1979.
Major Tournament Sucesses
- 1972 he won, equal with Alvis Vitolinsh and Šmits, the Riga Chess Championship.
- 1974, he tied for 6–7th in Pärnu.
- 1975, he tied for 6–8th in Riga.
- 1976, he tied for 7–9th in Riga.
- 1977, he tied for 6–7th in Homel.
- 1978, he tied for 4–7th in Vladivostok.
- 1978, he won in Haapsalu.
In 1984, at third board in the 26th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki (+4 –3 =3).
(more)…’
Gutman had the initial chances but did not capitalize which allowed Czebe to slowly take over. Eventually the game was decided in a RR-RR ending.
Gutman,L (2498) – Czebe,A (2481)
QP g3 vs King’s Indian[A04]
1st Korbach GM Korbach GER (10.1), 15.12.2012
Position 1
The position looks sedate and more or less equal. What do you suggest for white?
White to Play
Position 2
Black seems to be making progress in the RR-RR ending but now the doubled c-pawns are under attack after 37.Ra4. If black is not careful there may be some serious counterplay on the c-file to deal with. What do you suggest for black?
Black to Play
Verifying Georgiev and Kolev-The Sharpest Sicilian 2012
Here is game #24 from The Sharpest Sicilian 2012(The Sicilian Najforf) from Chess Stars by GMs Kiril Georgiev and Atanas Kolev.
This is a truly fantastic book that explains well, analyzes deeply and gives 46 annotated games as well.
I did my best to check the analysis of just one game and after an afternoon’s work I’m not sure I found everying or checked every possible nook and cranny. There is tons of deep and original analysis give in the annotated games. I cannot possibily do it justice as an amateur but here are my findings for this game.
Papadopoulos,Ioannis (2450) – Kolev,Atanas (2569)
Sicilian Najdorf English Attack 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3[B90]
Athens Acropolis op-A 24th Chalkida (3), 12.08.2009
Position 1
Black has initiated complex counteplay with 17…Nxf2. Black is willing to sacrifice the exchange for activity. How should white respond?
- 18.Qd2
- 18.Nxd7(as played)
- 18.Qd5
- Something else
White to Play
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22.0-0(as played)
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22.b4
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Something else
Toronto Chess News Issue 1-8 2012
For Canadian, Toronto and World News
The latest fully illustrated edition(pdf and chessbase) is now out. See http://www.torontochessnews.com/
Issue # 1-8, December 15, 2012 – 68 pages:
Articles, etc.
Women’s World Chess Championship – An Alternative Format? 4
Interesting Canadian Chess Personalities – Harmony Zhu 31
Malmsten on Chess – Chess Club Websites by part-time columnist Erik Malmsten 58
Ken’s Chess Trivia by columnist Ken Kurkowski 63
TCN Readers Have Questions 64
TCN’s “Readers’ Opinion” Column 64
Corrigenda 67
Tournament Reports
Women’s World Chess Championship, Russia 7
Panama Chess Open II 11
FIDE 2012-3 Grand Prix # 2 ( Tashkent ), Uzbekistan 12
London Chess Classic, England 18
22nd World Senior Chess Championship, Kamena Vourla, Greece by Andre Zybura 27
The Battle of Toronto Invitational 34
Toronto Junior Championship 36
Toronto Women’s Championship 37
Toronto Seniors’ Championship 39
Organizations with News Reports
Chess Federation of Canada ( CFC ) by Bob Armstrong 30
Greater Toronto Chess League ( GTCL ) by Egis Zeromskis 39
Scarborough Chess Club ( SCC ) by Ken Kurkowski 40
Annex Chess Club ( ACC ) by Marcus Wilker 48
Willowdale Chess Club ( WCC ) by Michael Barron 49
Burlington Chess Club by Bob Gillanders 50
Mississauga Chess Club by Bob Gillanders 51
Aurora Chess Club by Graeme Knight 52
Ajax Chess Club by David Ho 54
Hamilton City Chess Club by Bob Gillanders 54
Kitchener-Waterloo Chess Club by Kai Gauer 55
Tournament Notices
Hart House Winter Open 65
GTCL League Cup 66
2013 Toronto Closed Championship – Advance Notice 66
Junior News-Trindad and Tobago
New Champion
Shemilah James of St Ursula’s Girls’ Anglican School won T&T’s lone gold medal in the Female Under-10 competition, while Fatima College’s Joshua Johnson won silver in the Male Under-12 category.
The other T&T players who won medals were Javanna Smith, Tyler-Marie Mungal, Shannon Yearwood and Sean Yearwood…(more).’
T&T Medallists
- Shemilah James (St Ursula’s Primary): U-10 Female (gold)
- Joshua Johnson (Fatima College): U-12 Male (silver)
- Javanna Smith (Holy Name Convent): U-16 (bronze)
- Tyler-Marie Mungal (Bishop Anstey): U-14 Female (bronze)
- Shannon Yearwood (St Joseph’s Convent, Pos): U-12 Female (bronze)
- Sean Yearwood (Trinity Primary, Pos): U-10 Male (bronze)
ChessKids(AUS)
I just stumbled onto this.
ChessKids(AUS) FB ChessKids Australia
Ormond Champs
‘KILVINGTON Grammar students are making waves in the chess world.
Darcy, 6, Aaron, 6, and Oliver, 5, recently competed in the Chess Kids Interschool Chess Championship at the University of Melbourne.
Year 2 student Elijah Cordover came equal first in the junior primary division and the team came 10th overall…(more).’
TWIC 945 Grunfeld Developments
TWIC 945 was a quiet issue for Grunfelds. I picked one interesting game from the 5th Kolkata Open(IND) The game was won by GM Abhijit Kunte. Amongst Kunte’s numerous accomplishments is winning the 2006 Canadian Open Championship.
Tournament Results
Dzhumaev,M and Sethuraman,S shared first with 8/11.
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| Name | Rating | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dzhumaev,M | 2530 | 8.0/11 |
| 2 | Sethuraman,S | 2520 | 8.0/11 |
| 3 | Wojtaszek,R | 2734 | 7.5/11 |
| 4 | Sengupta,D | 2540 | 7.5/11 |
| 5 | Ganguly,S | 2630 | 7.5/11 |
| 6 | Ni Hua | 2660 | 7.5/11 |
| 7 | Tiviakov,S | 2663 | 7.5/11 |
• Became India’s 4th Grandmaster in the year 2000 and second from Maharashtra.
• Four Asian (Three Team and one Individual) medals (1 Gold ,2 silver, 1 bronze).
• Two Commonwealth (individual) medals. (1 silver, 1 Bronze).
• Member of Indian Team for past 10 years.
• Represented India in last consecutive four Chess Olympiads.
• Member of Indian Team which one Gold Medal at Asian Team Chess Championship at Iran. This is India’s 1st Gold Medal.
• Winner of Canadian Open at Kitchner 2006.
Kunte,A (2511) – Gupta,Ab (2662)
Schlecter Slav 6.Bd3 [D94]
5th Kolkata Open IND (11.8), 13.12.2012
Position 1
The knight attacks Re7 and b7. How should black defend?
- 20…Re7 (as played)
- 20…Qc7
- Something else
Black to Play
Position 2
Black has just played 20…Re7 to secure b7 and the rook. Now white has to make some big decisions for example what is the future for Nd6? What do you suggest for white?
White to Play
Chess Art by Diana Mihajlova
Here’s some nice artwork by artist and chessplayer Diana Mihajlova.
Morin,Y(CAN) in Budapest
Mr. Yves Morin(CAN) played in a RR in Budapest this month at First Saturday scoring 2.5/9.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou,Qiang | 2345 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5/9 |
| 2 | Kislik,E | 2361 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5/9 |
| 3 | Kantor,G | 2306 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5/9 |
| 4 | Szeberenyi,A | 2331 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0/9 |
| 5 | Grimm,D | 2198 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5/9 |
| 6 | Lyell,M | 2226 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5/9 |
| 7 | Kahn,E | 2255 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.5/9 |
| 8 | Boguszlavszkij,J | 2208 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 3.0/9 |
| 9 | Morin,Y(CAN) | 2201 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 2.5/9 |
| 10 | Szalanczy,E | 2259 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 2.5/9 |
Here is his nice win against FM Lyell.
Morin,Y (2201) – Lyell,M (2226)
Reti[A06]
FSIM December 2012 Budapest HUN (4.5), 05.12.2012
Critical Position 1
Black is tied up and under big pressure. The e5 pawn is about to fall also. What should white play?
- 29.Nxe5
- 29.Bxe5
- Something else
White to Play
Frau Bundesliga 2012-13
Here is a recent game(TWIC 945) featuring Rudolf,Anna(HUN) from the Women’s Bundesliga.
Moser,E (2443) – Rudolf,An (2294)
Scotch 4…Bc5[C45]
Frau Bundesliga Div1 2012–13 Germany GER (4.4), 02.12.2012
Position 1
White has strong pressure in a RRB-RRB ending. What is the best way to continue?
White to Play
1st Korbach GM 2012
GM Czebe,A won this GM tournament by a clear point with 8/11. Czebe,A travels the world far and wide. Earlier this year he won the Melaka Open in Malaysia.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czebe,A | 2481 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0/11 |
| 2 | Svane,R | 2371 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7.0/11 |
| 3 | Meijers,V | 2478 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0/11 |
| 4 | Zwahr,P | 2303 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6.5/11 |
| 5 | Pap,M | 2521 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5/11 |
| 6 | Andersen,Mad | 2464 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6.0/11 |
| 7 | Izso,D | 2331 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5/11 |
| 8 | Gutman,L | 2498 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5/11 |
| 9 | Poetsch,H | 2458 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 5.0/11 |
| 10 | Lampert,J | 2288 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3.0/11 |
| 11 | Kearns,C | 2103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 3.0/11 |
| 12 | Vuckovic,Alek | 2334 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 3.0/11 |
Vuckovic,Alek (2334) – Czebe,A (2481)
Philidor Ending[B07]
1st Korbach GM Korbach GER (9.6), 14.12.2012
Position 1
The ending is roughly equal. What should black do now? This is about planning and understanding, not tactics.
- -Advance on the kingside with …g5
- -Continue development with …Be6
- -Play for the d4 outpost with …Ne6
- -Something else
Black to Play
Position 2
Black has some pressure on the d-file and a strong bishop but what’s next?
- -Create a second front on the kingside
- -Open up lines on the queenside with 30…c4!
- -Get the king more involved on the queenside with 30…R8d7 then …Kd8-c7-b6 etc
- -Something else
Black to Play
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