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Issue 12nd of March 2012

Weekly Newsleter



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 Editorial Preface

Chess Evolution Weekly Newsletter (CEWN)is here!

In the beginning o February, during my stay in Buda-pest, I had a ew nice dinners with my “old” riend BaloghCsaba. In our talks about the Chess Evolution books, andwhat changes could be made in the uture or their im-provement, we came to the idea to create a “light ver-sion” product or a larger audience, aiming to help thechess development o the “chess lovers” o all levels.

This is how the idea o CEWN was born. O course the roadrom an idea to a complete product was long, it requireda lot o work and will require even more in the uture asit has to be updated every week. But we are both veryenthusiastic about CEWN and we truly believe it is goingto be a great addition to any chess player’s daily un! Forthat we promise our readers a ull dedication, bringingyou the most exciting read in your email every week. Youcan judge or yoursel whether our eforts are worthy byyourselves ater the rst issue o CEWN J

To make it especially enjoyable or our readers, we de-cided to start with six diferent languages, as we believe

that reading in the mother language is a lovely extra orevery chess an.

In our weekly newsletter we will try to be creative and notonly present “dry” chess material, but interesting articles,making the reading experience enjoyable or all. Readerswill be able to nd our o the most interesting gamesrom the past week, a rare game rom a World Champion

combined with a nice puzzle section, plus endgame lec-tures and a surprise section that will change every week.

Enjoy!

The most important events of the Chess Week

1. German Bundesliga, rounds 11 to 15

My club Baden-Baden continues its domination in theGerman Bundesliga with 1 point lead ahead o Bremen.Next weekend, March 17th and 18th , will take place theclash between the two teams and we can expect a veryexciting battle or the pole position. The surprising teamo Eppingen, which has been sharing until the last roundthe 2nd place with Bremen, lost surprisingly to the team

o Hamburg and is now without chances to reach thegolden medals.

1. OSG Baden-Baden 202. Werder Bremen 193. SC Eppingen 174. SG Solingen 155. SF Katernberg 156. SG Trier 137. SV Wattenscheid 13

8. SV 1930 Hockenheim 119. SF Berlin 1110. Mülheim Nord 1011. Turm Emsdetten 812. SK König Tegel 713. Hamburger SK 614. SC Hansa Dortmund 5



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16. SC Remagen 2

2. Polish Championships 2012

A particularly exciting event with a dramatic nish cameto an end. Mateusz Bartel and Bartlomiej Macieja sharedthe rst place with the amazing score o 7 out o 9. In thetiebreak luck was on the side o Bartel, who makes withthis result his hat-trick at the Polish Championship. Justa ew weeks ago Mateusz managed to win the AerootOpen and qualied with it or the Super Tournament inDortmund. An amazing year or the Polish GM!! For thatwe have dedicated a special eatured game by the cham-pion in this rst edition o CEWN.

The clear 3rd place in the tournament was taken by Mi-ton Kamil with 6,5 and 4th is Radoslaw Wojtaszek with 6points.

1-2. GM Bartel Mateusz 2658 and GM Macieja Bartlo-miej 2617 — 7.0

3. GM Miton Kamil 2623 — 6.54. GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2706 — 6.0

In the emale section the rst place was shared as well.Rajlich Iweta and Majdan-Gajewska Joanna nished with6 points rom 9, the 3rd place went to Zawadzska Jolantawith 5,5.

1-2. IM Rajlich Iweta 2428 and WGM Majdan-GajewskaJoanna 2387 — 6.0

3. WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2358 — 5.5

4-7. WGM Jaracz Barbara 2281, WIM Worek Joanna2234, WFM Kulon Klaudia 2238 and WGM Szczep-kowska-Horowska Karina 2377 — 5.0

8. WFM Iwanow Anna 2180 — 3.59-10. Chrząszcz Malvina 2074 and WIM Matras-Clement

Agnieszka 2305 — 2.0

Arkadij Naiditsch



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 4 best games of the past week

(1) Naumann,Alexander (2546)— Rapport,Richard (2547) [E62]

Schachbundesliga 2011/2012 (11), 26.02.2012[Balogh Csaba]

Ater checking numerous games, Arkadij and I agreedwithout any doubts, that the ollowing game was thebest o the week. The White player is a solid GM rom Ger-many, Alexander Naumann, while Black is the 2nd young-est grandmaster in the World, Richard Rapport! He is cur-rently the prodigy o Hungary, and is only 16 years old. Ina very complicated and di cult middlegame, both play-

ers ound the strongest moves and the game nishedwith a spectacular perpetual check. Let’s get it on!

1.d4f6 2.c4 g6 3.f3g7 4.g3 0–0 5.g2 d6 6.0–0c6 7.c3 The starting position o the King’s Indian de-ence, 4.g3 system. Black has many diferent setups, romwhich, the main move is 7... a6, with the same idea as thetext move, preparing or queenside action with b5.

7...b8 8.h3 Ater preventing g4, White wants to oc-cupy the center with e4. [8.e4 g4]

8...f5 A very rare move! According to my database,only 9 times it has been tried beore. The idea is simply tostop e4. [The main move is 8...a6 9.e4 b5 with very longtheory, and hundreds o games.]

9.d5 a5 10.d2 Logical reac tion by White. He sendsthe knight to the edge o the board, where in general it ispoorly placed, and at the same time, he wants to push e4

with tempo. 10...c5! Black prepares or counterattack onthe queenside with a6 and b5. He tries to give a role orhis knight on a5.

11.e4d7 12.c2 a6 13.b3! For White it is necessary tohold the c4 pawn. I Black could orce him to take on b5,then he would achieve big advantage. However, i White

manages to keep his structure, then the a5 knight will beout o the game orever.

13...b5 14.b1h5 15.b2 e5! Ater White successul-ly stabilized the queenside pawn structure, Black is orcedto nd another plan. Rapport nds an excellent way to dothis, he organizes his play on the kingside.

16.e2 f5! 17.f4!

The tension has grown to the maximum! All the pawnsand pieces have prepared or the battle. So it is time or

immediate action!

17...bxc4 18.bxc4



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18...xb2!! A antastic intuitive exchange sacrace byRapport! He wants to clariy the situation and opens upthe center or his bishops, in order to lunch a mating at-tack. The value o the King’s Indian bishop on g7 will bemuch higher than the rook on b2.

19.xb2 exf4 20.gxf4 fxe4 21.xe4h4!? Black could

have reset the material equality, but he preers to savehis bishop or the attack! [21...xb2 22.xb2 would leadto more or less balanced position in both lines. 22...e7(22... xc4 23.c3b6 24. xd6) 23.c3]

22.bb1 Naumann tries to save his exchange advantageor the uture, but with this he gives an important tempoto his opponent. 22...xh3 23.xh3xh3 Only the a5knight seems to be out o the game, but it has a very im-portant role, to prevent White rom playing b3, bring-ing in this way an important deender around his king.

24.f2! The only move! Tries to protect the king. 24...e3!? Very talented and resourceul idea. He had to ore-see his 26th move and, and also the consequences o it.

25.g2 White threatens to trap the queen with 3,however, Rapport had this idea in mind.

25...d4! [25...x4+? 26.x4 x4 27.b8+ suddenlyBlack king would get into danger.]

26.f3 Seems like, Black can resign, but...

26...xc4!! Lightning rom a clear sky! White cannot ac-cept any o the hanging pieces because he would losemore material. However, he also comes up with a brilliantidea!

27.xd6!! Naumann tries to lure the knight, i he manag-es then the queen could be taken. Meanwhile, he threat-ens to take on c4 with both pieces, since e4 is not hang-ing anymore. So, Black needs to act urgently! [27.xc4?xe4–+; 27.xe3??xe3+–+]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 27...xf4!! Amazing! Another sacrace!! Let’s count!

From White’s point o view, his rook and knight are hang-ing, while on the other side queen, rook, and knight arein the air.

28.xf4! White chooses to take the right piece!

28...

xf4+ 29.

xf4

xf4 30.

xc4

g4+! And atera plenty o only moves by both sides, White ended upwith a rook more, but Black can give perpetual check with the cooperation o his remaining pieces.

31.h2 [31.1 White cannot escape this way 31...g1+32.e2 2+ 33.d1 1+ 34.d2 2+ 35.c1 (35.d3f5+=) 35...e1+ 36.d1c3+ 37.c2=]

31...h4+ 32.g2 g4+ 33.h2 h4+ 34.g2g4+

Draw! A very exciting game, where both players deservedto get the ull point, but unortunately it was not possi-ble or any o the sides, they had to share it. My experi-ence strangely shows that in games likes this, when allthe pieces are hanging, there is very high percentage ordraws. But in any case a antastic game, truly deserving towin the title game o the month! 1/2



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 (2) Lauber,Arnd (2464)

— Baramidze,David (2591) [E50]

BL 2011/2012 (11), 26.02.2012

[Arkadij Naiditsch]

1.d4 We do not witness oten a win or black in “Nimzo”

in 24 moves! For this help rom White is needed and o course a great play by Black. In the current game Whiteproblems are starting by being greedy with 9. dxe5e 10.xe5. On this Black reacts with the right idea, buta wrong concrete play giving White a chance or a greattactical blow 12. x7!!. Instead White is choosing thewrong 12.xd7 and getting very quickly under deadlyattack. Let’s see details o how the game developed.

1...f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3b4 4.e3 More usual is the move

order 4....0–0, and at 5. 3 c5. In the current game itmakes no diference, but in general it could...

4...c5 Back to the main lines, another option or White is

5.f3 [5.ge2 cxd4 6.exd4 0–0 7.a3 e7 8.4]

5...0–0 6.d3xc3+?! I don’t think this can be the rightdesicion. Black is giving away his bishop and White hasnot even asked Black or it by playing a3. We can ndthousands o games played ater [6...d5 7.0–0 c6].

7.bxc3 d6 8.e4 White is too impatient. Better is rst towait or the Black knight to come out to c6 and then playe4, and at Black’s e5 to have d5 with a tempo. [8.0–0c69.e4 e5 (9...cxd4 10.cxd4 e5 11.d5 b4 12.c5! a very im-portant move, in case Black would have managed to playd7 and made the blockade on c5, Black would havebeen the one smiling) 10.d5 e7 11.h4! In this type o

positions it is usually important to start rst some actionon the king side. 11...g6 12.xg6 hxg6 13.g5]

8...e5 9.dxe5?! This is a very concrete play, but a seriousmistake. Better would have been o course to move 9.d5and White might be still a bit better. [9.0–0?! cxd4 10.cxd4g4 And only Black can be better; 9.d5 bd7 10.0–0

h5]

9...dxe5 10.xe5

Who said A must say B. [10.0–0 c6 still probably withmore or less equal position.]

10...e8?! The most logical, but not the correct one. Herewe see a clear example o how vast the game o chessis. Probably almost all o us would have played here themove that we see in the game and eventually would haveended up with a 0 instead o having a stable advantage

and push or a ull point. [10...d6! a hard move to ndover the board. 11.4

a) 11.3 d8! Here we can see the idea o 10...d612.e2 (12.e5 xd3 13. xd3 xd3 14.exf6 xc3 conWith a big and clear advantage in the endgame ) 12...xd1+ 13.xd1 xe4 14.c2 e8 15.e3 c6 16.0–



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 0 b6 White’s position is really unpleasant and prob-

ably the pawn on c3 will all soon. Not oten we can seethe case when the combination o + is dominatingagainst + , o course White’s horrible pawn structureis heping that.

b) 11.4e8 12.c2

12...c7! A silent but very strong move. White cannotsave the exchange o two light pieces against the Blacksrook, which gives Black a clear advantage 13.0–0 xe514.xe5xe5 15.d8+e8 16.d1c6 17.c7g418.3 c8; 11...c6 Black needs to act very quickly, notgiving White a “ree” move to castle. 12.0–0 (12. xc6 xc6 13.0–0 xe4 ) 12...xe5 13.xe5 xe5 14.e1g5! Amazing move! Not oten we can see moves likethat, but in the concrete situation it is giving Black a sta-

ble advantage. With the move 14...g5 Black is not lettingWhite’s bishop out o c1 to 4, which is disturbing White’sdevelopment. Black’s idea is easy, to be sae on the king-side and by playingd7-c6,ae8 eat away White’s pawnon e4. But o course a move like “g5” is clearly a moverom the category “dont try this at home”.]

11.f4 [11.4c7]

11...bd7

12.xd7? Giving away a sudden chance. [12.x7!

A antastic move! White is giving away a piece or just a pawn,but getting in exchange enough time to castle and now bethe one with dangerous threats! 12...x7 13.0–0 Due tomany tactical threats, Black is not able to keep a piece up,

even to give it back or 2 pawns. Now we can eel clearly thepower o White’s bishop pair combined with White’s centralpawns! 13...g8 14.e5 b6 It might be that Black has chanc-es or escaping, but White is doing clearly much better.]

12...xe4! A great move based on exact calculation.[12...xd7? 13.e5 and White is just a pawn up.]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 13.e5 Probably better chances or escape would give

[13.0–0 xd7 14.e1 c6 White’s position is very bad,but still not lost.]

13...h4+ 14.g3xg3 15.hxg3 [15.g1e4+-+]

15...xh1+ 16.d2 xd1+! The most simple win.

17.

xd1

17...f6! The key move o Black’s idea started with 12...xe4! White’s knight does not have other squares or es-cape than to go back to 3 , which is giving enough timeto create deadly threats.

18.f3g4 19.e2ad8+ 20.d2

20...d7! White is not able to deend one o his bishops,which is leading to immediate loss o the game.

21.b1de7 22.g1xe2+ 23.xe2xe2 24.xb7g2 0–1



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 (3) Bartel,Mateusz (2658)

— Markowski,Tomasz (2612) [B40]

Polish-ch Warsaw POL (9), 26.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]

The second game that we will look into this edition o

CEWN is rom the last round o the Polish individual Cham-pionship. Bartel had to win, in order to win the event. Hisopponent was the strong and experienced GM TomaszMarkowski. Bartel played the game with huge sel-con-dence because he has just won the strongest open o theseason - Aeroot Open in Moscow. Let’s enjoy the game!

1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.c3 a6 4.g3 White decides to play anon-theoretical position to orce his opponent into think-ing right rom the start o the game.

4...b5 5.g2 b7 6.d3 d6 7.0–0 f6 [Practice showsthat it is better to start with 7...e7 to prevent White’snext move.]

8.g5! White lunches immediate attack, rees the wayor his -pawn.

8...c6 9.f4 e7 10.e2 White wants to occupy thecenter with his pawns. He is intending to play c3 and thend4.

10...0–0 11.c3 d5 Markowski wants to open up the posi-tion, but o course Bartel is not partner in this plan. Whitehas to keep the center closed, in order to attack on theank. This is an important rule!

12.e5!d7 13.d4 Prevents Black rom pushing d4 by do-ing it himsel.

13...b4 Both sides have their plans. White needs to con-centrate on kingside attack, while Black must try to ndcounterplay on the queenside, with a5,a6 ideas.

14.h4! Protects the knight and But in any case a antasticgame, truly deserving to win the title game o the mon-thin that way creates the dangerous threat o 5! It orces

Black to send away the attacker rom g5, but with this heweakens his own kingside.

14...h6 15.h3 a5 16.f5! The attack is coming anyway,even i it is less dangerous than with the knight on g5.Now the knight might appear on 4, and later on h5 withpotential sacrices. White wants to play 6!, this orcesBlack to take on 5.

16...exf5! 17.xf5 bxc3 [In my opinion, here Black should have chosen a diferent direction or his bishop

with 17...b6 18.2 c8! 19.e4 (19.hf4 g4!) 19...bxc3 20.bxc3 cxd4 21.cxd45! with double-edged posi-tion.]

18.bxc3 cxd4 19.cxd4a6 White protects his knight one2, attacks the d5 pawn, and brings another piece intothe attack. However, it might seem, that he closes theway back or his rook on 5, where it could be trapped.



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 20.hf4! b6 [interesting tactical lines arise ater 20...

g6!? 21.xg6! xg6 22.xd5+ h7 23.x8 (23.d2g5!) 23...x8 24.xc6xe2 25.xe2xd4+ 26.e3!c5! (26... xa1 27. xh6+g8 28.d5+e6 29. xe6#)27.h2! which avours or White at the end.]

21.b1!! Bartel prepares or a sacrice with both o his

rooks. Now, he is ready to take on b6, and then on d5.21...g6? [21...c8 22.xb6!xb6 23.xd5d8 24.2would have given more than enough compensation orWhite, but still, this should have been the way or Black to play.]

22.xg6! The reworks begin with an intuitive knightofer which destroys the deenders o the king! 22...fxg623.xf8+ xf8 24.f4! Bartel is not in a hurry! He is apiece down and plays a quiet move. However, this kind o quiet moves are sometimes the most unpleasant. In onemove White has created so many threats (xg6, e6,

c2, g4, xb6) that Black is unable to deend himsel.24...b8 [Even the computer’s most stubborn movegives no chance to save the game: 24...c8 25.xg6!5 26.x8 xb1 27.xh6! xb1, and g4 threats27...5 28.3!xd4 29.2+-]

25.g4 [25.c2! was more precise, according to thecomputer as well 25...e7 26.xg6+- with winning at-tack.]

25...e8 26.xg6 g7 This allows White to nish the

game beautiully. [26...h7! would have been the onlymove, but still ater 27.4 White has only a small mate-rial disadventage (2 pawns or the piece), yet his strongattack continues. (27.h5!? also very interesting. 27...d328.xb6! xb6 29.4 Despite being a rook down, thethreat o xd3 andxd5 gives white better position.)]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 27.xb6!! Ater eliminating the deender o the d5

pawn, White’s bishop enters the battle and decides theoutcome o the game.

27...xb6 28.xd5+h7

29.f5!! [29.5 and Black resigned because ater 29...xg6 (otherwise 8+ double check and then h7mate) 30.g8+! xg8 31.xg6+- and Black cannot doanything against the threats xh6 and d5. Great victoryrom Bartel, who continued his winning streak! Right a-ter winning the Aeroot open, he became Polish Cham-pion as well!] 1–0



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 (4) Lenic,Luka (2641)

— Zherebukh,Yaroslav (2580) [E81]

BL 2011/2012 (10), 25.02.2012

[ Arkadij Naiditsch]

We are acing a very interesting and exciting game with

many culmination moments! It seems like the openingbattle was won by Black, who managed to get a nice po-sition. Aterwards in a very complex position Black madea mistake, instead o 23...e6 ? Black should have playedthe 23...xd4 with a better position. Then we see a rareposition where White is material down, but is totallydominating the board. A great example o a typical gameo a Kings-indian deence! Let’s get it on!

1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.e3

c6 [6...c5 This is the main move o the theory.]7.d2 a6 a relatively rare continuation. Black is avoidinga concrete play against White center or a while-insteadthey are trying rst to create some pressure by playing b5and only ater to continue with e5 or c5moves.

8.a4 a radical action against Black’s plan, but it is leav-ing a whole on the b4 square and probably leaving Whitewithout any opening advantage. [8.d3 b5 9.ge2 isanother way or White to continue the game.]

8...a5 [Why not 8...bd7 9.d3 e5, and the answer isbacause is probably because o the 10.d5! (10.ge2 exd411.xd4 c5!? an interesting tactical try to get imme-diatelly a comortable positions. (11...a5 this would leadus to a similar position as we can see later in the game) 12.c2 b6! (Black is not in time to get the ideal posi-

tion ater 12...a5 a 13.e5! ) 13.a5 now Black wanted to playa5 13...b4)]

9.d3 [9.g4 a6 10.h4 (10.h6?! xh6 11. xh6 b612.0–0–0 b3!) 10...h5 11.g5 d7 12.0–0–0 With a verysharp play and chances on both sides. White will try tocreate an attack by pushing the pawn orward, Black in-

stead will search his counter chances by playing c5 or try-ing a break through by playing b5.]

9...a6 10.d1 A prolactical move against the Blacksthreat b4. [10.ge2 b4 11.b1 To exchange thebishop or black’s knight is not an option or White. A-ter the exchange Black will do perectly ne 11...e5= AndWhite’s rook on a1 is out o play.]

10...e5 11.ge2e7 To me this move is looking a littlestrange. Why not to choose the 11...exd4 or 11...d7, both

o these moves seem to be more logical. 12.0–0 exd413.xd4 [13.xd4 d7 and due to the weak eld onb4, Black is doing well.]

13...e8

14.h1 White is putting the king on the sae square h1and preparing or the uture attack by plaing 4-5.



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 14...f8 Black is trying to get the knight to c5 without

exchanging the bishops. A dangerous plan because itcosts Black at least a tempo and White is ully preparedto start a strong play on the kingside. More sae was. [14...d7 15.xg7xg7 16.g3 dc5 17.e2 d8 18.4 6White has more space and some attacking chances on

the king side, but the position is ar away rom clear. Incase Black manages to play e6-7 then d7-d8 thenb4 and maybe to break through with d5 — Black willdo very nicely.]

15.de1 in my opinion an “over preparation” rom White,it was time to start some action by playing [15.g3d716.4 and we are having a very unclear position. The rstassessment says Black’s position is looking very passiveand dangerous, but Black’s position has also many pluses.In case Black manages to develop pieces like:dc5,b4,

h6 Black will create a strong pressure on White’s center,and each movement in the center will generate a hole init which Black immediatelly would make use o. In act,here we are acing a very typical king indian position withvery good chances or both sides. May the stronger play-er win :)] 15...d7 16.f4 Finally White is starting to marchorward. 16...h6 17.g3

17...ac5?! [17...dc5! letting also the bishop on c8 toparticipate in the game 18.c2 b4 and here we canclearly see why White should have not played 8.a4.19.xc5 (19.e5 dxe5 20. xe5 e6 even i the position isstill super complicated, it looks like Black’s chances arenot worse than o his opponent.) 19...dxc5 20.e5 White is

trying their last hope, to bring the to 6, but it seemsthat White is too slow or that. 20...e6 21.b3 (21.ge4ed8 22.e2 xc2 23.f6+h8 24. xc2d4 and Black is dominating the game.) 21...ad8 22.2 5! a very im-portant move, oten used as a “blocker” against the Whiteattacking attemps.]

18.c2 b6! absolutely correct play by Black, he needs totry to be as solid as possible in the center, and wait or theWhite’s break through hoping to have enough rrsistanceagainst it.

19.f2f8

20.e5 White had enough o moving around and startsthe concrete action — nally!

20...dxe5 21.fxe5 g7 The culmination o the game. There is not a single major exchange until now, all piecesexcept a ew pawns are on the board, and White has a



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 very wide range o attacking possibilities. It is very hard

to take the right desicion over the board.

22.ce4?! White is choosing the wrong knight move [avery interesting sacrice was 22.5!? gx5 23.x5 624.4 g4 25.e4 xe4 26.xe4 With a strong at-tack.]

22...xe5

And here White goes or a very spectacular move23.d6!? Probably the decisive mistake o the game.

[Also 23.xc5 would bring White no winning chancesater 23...xd4 (23...bxc5 24. xe5 xe5 25.e4 ora pawn White has a strong initiative due to Black’s bad

development.) 24.xd7 xe1 25.xd4 x1+ 26.x1xd7 27.xd7c5 In this a bit unusual position, prob-ably only Black is the one who can ght or a win dueto the bad White pawn structure plus very uncordinatedposition o White pieces. In case Black manages some-how to get out the rook rom a8 to d or e le, the position

o White could get rom dangerous into bad.]23...e6? [23...xd4! would have been the correct reply,Black needs to change pieces and the more the better,or it the main goal is to reduce White’s attacking pow-er. 24.xd4 xe1 25.xe1 e6 We can see that Black isdoing now very solid again. 26.d2 a6 27.b3 (27.df5b4!) 27...dc5 and it is quite unclear i White has any-thing or the pawn. Black is doing clearly better!]

24.xf7 f6

[24...xd4 25.xd4 and the mate on h8 is deadly.]25.xe5! Great play by White. White will be materialdown, having only Rook + piece against the Black queen,but the open position o the Black’s monarch plus the un-der development o the a8+c8 gives White enoughtime to create a deadly net around Black’s King [Too



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 passive way to bring Black into trouble is 25.e3?! x7

26.xe5xe5 27.xe5e6]

25...xf2 26.xf2 e7 [26...d6 This move is givingWhite a chance or a very beautiul nish

27.g4! xd4 28.e8+ g7 29.h5+! gxh5 30.e7+g8 31.h6+h8 32.xh7#]

27.fe2 xe5 [27...d6 28.xc6 xc6 29.e8+ 830.1e7ce6

31.h5!!]

28.xe5+-

Black is hopeless against the White attack.

28...e6 Best way to ght in a lost position, more quick-ly the game would end ater. [28...d6 29.e8+ 730.e5 d2 31.c3! With a deadly attack on the na-ked king.] 29.c5 a pretty move, White wants to bring anextra piece into the attack by playing b3, but White’s

position is already strong enough to end the game evenwithout it. [29.c3 and the next White move ise4 aterwhich White threat will lead to a loss o some material orBlack and the loss o the game consecutively.] 29...bxc530.c3 c4 The only move to block the [immediatelyloosing is 30...b8 31.d3! The bishop is reaching his -nal destination, the diagonal a2-g8] 31.e4f8



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 32.b1 White is bringing the bishop to a2 where Black

will not be able to protect his c4 pawn. [Another movewith the same idea would have been 32.d1 Black can-not deend against the multiple White threats like g4or e2 and in case o 32...c7 33.e2 d5 (33...a634.f1+-) 34.xc4 a6 35.xd5 xc4 36.d7+- White

is obviously winning.]32...c7 33.a2 d5 This move is losing immediatly.[White would have a chance or a pretty combinationnow 33...a6 34.xa5 d5 35.xa6! a very typical,but anyway beautiul sacrice 35...xa6 36.xc4 Black is a queen up or only 2 light White pieces, but nothingcan save Black rom a 0 in the tournament table 36...xa437.6+ 7 (37...x6 38.xd5+ With just a piece upor White) 38.xd5xc4 (38...cxd5 39.xd5# a very nicemate!!) 39.1+e8 40.x8+x8 41.6+-]

34.xc4b7

35.g5 This move doesn’t change much, but why notto nish the game immediatly by playing [35.1! h636.6+h8 37.xd5+-]

35...h6 36.e4 We can rarely see such a dominationo the White pieces over the Black ones. Even loosing

2 tempos in the last 2 moves doesn’t help Black to havea chance or an escape.

36...d8 37.h3 [37.1 Again the same winning movewould end the game instantly, probably such an inaccu-racy can be only explained by the deep time trouble.]

37...d7 38.e6 g7 39.f6+f7 40.xd5

Too much is too much, Black resigns 1–0



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 Puzzle section

(5) Vallejo Pons,F (2716) — Maiwald,JU (2459)

Schachbundesliga, 26.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]

(6) Wegener,D (2364) — Nisipeanu,LD (2638)


[Balogh Csaba]

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(7) Henrichs,T (2473) — Fontaine,R (2552)


[Balogh Csaba]

(8) Fontaine,R (2552) — Najer,E (2637)


[Balogh Csaba]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 (9) Huschenbeth,N (2510) — Postny,E (2622)


[Balogh Csaba]

(10) Volokitin,A (2686) — Steingrimsson,H (2562)


[Balogh Csaba]

(11) Moranda,W (2568) — Gajewski,G (2616)

War szawa, 23.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]

(12) Moranda,W (2568) — Mista,A (2587)

Warszawa, 26.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 (13) Kempinski,R (2610) — Jaracz,P (2542)

Warszawa, 24.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]

(14) Jaracz,P (2542) — Kuzmicz,K (2451)Warszawa, 26.02.2012

[Balogh Csaba]



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 Endgame section

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[Balogh Csaba]

In the rst month, we will study theoretical rook end-games. It is really useul to remember all these exam-ples because despite the small amount o pieces on theboard, we can very oten meet these situations in prac-tice! 1...h6 Occupying the 6th rank is a very importantdeensive method. This is the so-called Philidor position.White’s only try to improve his position is to push hispawn, but then the king will have no shelter against thevertical checks, and Black holds the draw. 2.e6 h1= 1/2

(16)

[Balogh Csaba]

In case the deensive side had no possibility to take theactive position, and gives perpetual check vertically,then White has a winning position, i he has e- or -pawn.

1.g7+!f8 2.h7! The winning technique! Because o the mate threat, Black is orced to move into the 7 check,but then he quickly loses he rook. 2...g8 3.f7+ f84.h8+e7 5.xb8 1–0

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[Balogh Csaba]

In contrast to the previous example, in case o g- and h-pawns, Black can hold the draw, even with passive de-ense. 1.g7+ h8 2.h7+ g8 White’s only winningchance could bei7, however the chess board is not wideenough to make this move. 1/2



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[Balogh Csaba]

Useul to know, i White has 2 g-pawns, and Black isorced to deend passively, then White can convert hisadventage into winning. 1.a6! Very precise move toavoid stalemate! [Ater 1.g7? Black would survive in spec-tacular way 1...c6+ 2.g6 xg6+! 3.xg6 stalemate] 1...b8 2.g7! This time, there is no danger o giving stale-mate. 2...c8 3.f6!b8 4.f8+! The 2nd g-pawn getsits role. This is the only way to win! 4...xf8 5.gxf8Q+xf8 6.h7 1–0

(19)

[Balogh Csaba]

I Black has the chance to deend with the Philidor meth-od, he holds the draw even against doubled pawns.White could have double e- or -pawns as well, againstthe right deense, he can not win the game. 1.g6 b1! And, as we already know, Black holds the draw with verti-cal checks. 2.h6 h1+ 3.g5 b1 4.g7 b6 5.h5c6 6.g5 b6 7.g6 b1 The unny thing is, White could

have 5 pawns on the same le, against the Philidor de-ense, he could not win the game. 1/2



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 Clash of the Titans

(20) Alekhine,Alexander — Opocensky,Karel [D10]

Paris Paris, 1925

[Balogh Csaba]

I would like to present you a game played by the 4thWorld Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine. The gamewas played in 1925, when he was 43 years old. Two yearslater he won the Title against Capablanca. Alekhineplayed this game in his usual tactical style, bringing all hispieces into the attack, and when the moment arrived hemade a nal decisive blow.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.c3 f6 4.e3 f5 An inaccuracy inthe Slav deence. Because o this, Black loses the ght or

the center. Alekhine nds the best way to exploit it.5.cxd5!xd5 By taking with the knight, Black admits hismistake in the previous move, and enters a slightly worseposition. [Still it is a better decision than taking with thepawn since ater 5...cxd5 which would be the necessaryreaction, i Black wants to equalize in the opening, Whitequickly attacks the weakend b7 with 6.b3 and thetypical deence with 6...b6 would not work, because o 7.xd5! xb3 8.x6+! check, and White wins a pawn.]

6.c4 e6 7.ge2! The right de velopment o the knight.White’s plan is to push e4 in the next move, since thenaterxc3, he can take back with the kningt, controllingthe e4 square. 7...d7 8.e4 xc3 9.xc3 g6 10.0–0h4?! Hard to explain this move, Black starts kingside ac-tion with his queen. However, he loses important time indevelopment, which Alekhine efectively exploits. [10...

e7 should have been played, but still ater 11.b3 0–012.e3 6 13.3˛ White has a small advantage, thanksto his nice central pawns.]

11.d5!! The World Champion immediately opens the leson Black’s king, which is stuck into the center. 11...exd512.g3! This subtle in-between move is needed beore

taking back on d5, in order or the bishop on c4 not tohang 12...f6 13.exd5 c5 Black decides to nd shel-ter or his king on 8. [We will see, i he wants to castle,it would not help as well. 13...e7 14.e1 e5 (14...0–015.dxc6!+-)

15.4! very nice temporary piece sacrice 15...xc416.d6 0–0–0 (16...0–0 17.dxe7 fe8 18.d7



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 Black has serious problems with activating his pieces, due

to the e7 pawn. ) 17.d5!! In order to be able to take on e7,White must rst close the d-le. 17...cxd5 18.dxe7 de819.xd5+- and mate is coming soon, all the lines areopen in ront o the Black king. Alekhine would denitelynd all these hard moves, this kind o play was in his vain.]

14.e1+f8 15.f4! Developing, and deending the 2square at the same time.

15...b6 16.b3 [16.dxc6!? bxc6 17.e4xe4 18.xe4xc4 19.xc4+- Would lead to big adventage or White,but Alekhine preers to keep many pieces on board, inorder to mate his opponent.]

16...h5 Black tries to push h4, trying to create some attack on the h-le. At the same time he opens the h7 square orhis king. I he could reach there, then he could make some

kind o articial castling and connect the rooks. [16... d817.e2xd5 18.xd5 cxd5 19.ad1+-]

17.h4! Alekhine does not give any counterplay to Black.

17...g8 18.c1! Great move, brings the last unem-ployed piece into the ght. This is a typical sign o a greatplayer!

18...d4 19.dxc6 bxc6

20.e4! Forces Black to give up his deending bishopon g6. O course, our hero happily sacrices his b2 littlepawn.

20...xe4 21.xe4 c5 [21...xb2 22.c5+-]

22.e2! Small, but brutal move. White wants to pene-trate on the e-le with his rook. e7 and e8+ are the

main threats, this orces Black to make another weaken-ing around his king.

22...g6 23.g5d6 24.f3! White lunches decisive at-tack against the Black king, by attacking the 7 and g6pawn. 24...f8



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Issue 12nd of March 2012 [24...h7 25.4 8 26.h6! not the only possible win,

but denitely the nicest 26...xh6 27.x7 and the pindecides the game 27...c4 28.xc4!! to keep open the diag-onal or the bishop on b3. 28...x7 (28... xc4 29. xc4+-Black is a rook up, but simply unable deend his kingrom the mating attack. ) 29.c8+! xc8 30.x7+ h8

31.

g8# A picturesque mate!]25.xd4! White destroys the main deender, and opensthe le or the other rook to nish the game. At this mo-ments, we can realize how great was theGrandmaster’s18th move.

25...cxd4 26.c6!! The nal blow. The rook unexpected-ly stops on c6! Probably Black was waiting or c7, whichis also winning, but the text move is much stronger.

26...h7 [26...h7 27.xg6+g7 28.xh5+-]

27.xf7 c8 28.xg6 andxh5 is coming with mate,so Black resigned. A beautiul crush by Alekhine, whoshowed in this game again how antastic tactical abilitiesthe great Champion had. 1–0

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