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Chess Quiz

F. Berkes T. PetrosianWorld Junior Championship Cochin,

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Can you find how the top-seededplayer of the World JuniorChampionship was crushed?

Chess News

57thRussian ChampionshipSuper-Final, Moscow

arry Kasparov beat AlexeiDreev in a crucial battle of the6 round. Without a doubt wehave seen a part of Kasparov's

thorough opening preparations Dreev tried to be equal to the task inone of his favourite lines. He madesome spectacular decisions, thenoffered a tough resistance in theendgame with 3 pawns for a piece,but everything was in vain. Kasparovscored a very important win and thus

becomes one of the leaders of theChampionship (see the annotatedgame.)

Another leader in the event, is stillAlexander Grischuk, who played arather short but still very interestinggame with the white pieces againstArtyom Timofeev. At one pointGrischuk's position seemedsuspicious but after a long thought hecame up with a spectacular sacrifice of

a knight, then his rook shared the

same fate but it was just to makeperpetual.

Bareev Svidler was a theoretical duel

in the Grunfeld Defence. Blacksacrificed a queen for rook and bishopand created an unbreakable positionso a draw was agreed rather early.

Korotylev Tseshkovsky was a toughbattle in the Benko Gambit. Blackobtained a typical compensation forthe pawn, then his initiative broughthim a couple of extra pawns butWhite's strong passed pawn in thequeen endgame was good enough tosecure the half point.

Finally, Alexander Motylev scoredhis first victory over a solid VladimirEpishin, who suffered his first defeat.It was also a tough and complicatedbattle so spectators were very contenttoday perhaps it was the mostinteresting round so far!

Round 6 results:

Grischuk Timofeev -Kasparov Dreev 1-0Korotylev Tseshkovsky -Bareev Svidler -Motylev Epishin 1-0Morozevich rest day

Standings after Round 6:1. Grischuk 4(6)2. Kasparov 3(5)3. Dreev 3 (6)4. Timofeev 3(5)

5. Bareev 3(6)6-7. Svidler, Korotylev 2(5)8. Epishin 2(6)9. Motylev 2(5)10. Tseshkovsky 2(6).11. Morozevich 1(5)

Round 7 pairings:Morozevich GrischukTseshkovsky KasparovDreev MotylevTimofeev BareevSvidler KorotylevEpishin rest dayOfficial site

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World Juniors and GirlsChampionships

Cochin, India

Indian star, Pentyala Harikrishna,and a full namesake of former WorldChampion, Tigran Petrosian, ofArmenia are sharing the lead after 4rounds.

Juniors:Round 4 results:Berkes T.Petrosian 0-1Tikkanen Harikrishna 0-1Alekseev - Yunieski Quezada 1-0Wojtaszek Jianu 1-0Gupta Paragua 0-1Zhe Quan L'Ami 0-1

Standings after Round 4:1-2. Harikrishna, T.Petrosian 43-5. Alekseev, Paragua, L'Ami 3etc.

Girls:Round 4 results:Majdan Ushenina -Zhang Jilin Vinuthna 1-0Motoc Paehtz 0-1

Standings after Round 4:1-3. Paehtz, Ushenina, Majdan 3

4-5. Mijovic, Aketayeva 3 etc.Official site

Russian Women Cup FinalVoronezh

Anna Dushenok almost secured anoverall win.

Standings after Round 8:1. Dushenok 7

2. Pogonina 5 etc. 12 players.

Unfortunately the site (in Russianonly) has not been updated sinceround 6 so we have just received somenews by phone.

Spanish Team ChampionshipsSanxenxo, Pontevedra

Round 3 results(* stands for black):

Graciense Escacs - Tiendas UPI1-2Lautier Bologan -*Malakhov Pelletier -

Lacasa Diaz Fressinet 0-1*Rahal Tiviakov -Valencia Cuna Ajedrez - FomentMartinenc 3-Vallejo Marin 1-0*P.H.Nielsen Narciso 1-0Moiseenko Jerez Perez 1-0*Arizmendi G.Gomez -Caja Canarias Revert Albox 2-2Magic Caja Insular Canarias 3-1Marcote Ibercaja 2-1

Standings after Round 3:1. Tiendas UPI 92. Valencia Cuna Ajedrez 83. Revert Albox 7 etc.Official site

Women Chess FestivalChelyabinsk, Russia

This recently finished event was

dedicated to the 85th

jubilee ofKiraZvorykina, who also participated!The World Champion NonaGaprindashviliwon the event with 5points out of 7, ValentinaKozlovskaya came second; thirdplace went to Ludmila Belavenets.

Eight living legends took part in thisround-robin tournament apart fromthose named above LudmilaLubarskaya, Larisa Volpert, Rimma

Bilunova and Vera Tikhomirova alsoplayed. All of them have been theRussian Champion in different years,some of them many times!Official site(in Russian only)
http://www.worldjunior.chessindia.org/index.asphttp://www.relex.ru/~xuser/chessfed/womencup3.htmhttp://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/http://elist.ru/~hollow/http://elist.ru/~hollow/http://elist.ru/~hollow/http://www.ajedrezmarcote.com/http://www.relex.ru/~xuser/chessfed/womencup3.htmhttp://www.worldjunior.chessindia.org/index.asp

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Annotated Gameby GM Ruslan Scherbakov

White: G. Kasparov (2813)Black: A. Dreev (2698)Russian Championship Moscow,Russia (6), 21.11.2004Semi-Slav [D43]

A very important game - Kasparov ishalf a point behind...1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.f3 f6 4.c3e6 5.g5 h6Alexei Dreev' speciality - the so-called Moscow Variation.6.h4 (D)

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Though Kasparov recently prefers tostart the game with 1. e4, his earlyefforts raised the popularity of thisAntiMoscow Gambit - a very

ambitious approach, which usuallyleads to great complications.6...dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.g3 b5 9.e2b7 10.h4The most promising continuation.10...g4 11.e5Here Black has a choice - to defendthe g4-pawn or to ignore White'sthreat.11...h5 (D)

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Both 11...bd7 ; and 11...g8 ,

keeping the h5-square for the knightand hoping to exploit the opened g-file in case of White's capture on g4,

are also known to be playable forBlack and, by the way, Dreev movedhis rook to g8 in some games.12.f3!?Kasparov shows a clear intention tocrush Black today. Besides, thisundermining move probably came asa nasty surprise for Dreev since it wasknown to be rather double-edged and

so not very popular. 12.00 bd713.c2 xe5 14.xe5 g7 15.ad100 has usually been played: 16.g3(16.f3 promises nothing due to16...h7 17.xg7 xg7 18.fxg4 xh419.gxh5 g5 and after 20.d2 Blackcan force a draw by20...h3+ 21.gxh3g3+=as was shown in a few games)16...d7 17.f3 b6 18.h1 Thisposition was recently under test:18...c5 (this is stronger than 18...e519.d5 (19.dxe5!? is also interesting:19...xe5 and here in the gameFilippov - Borovikov, ECC Halkidiki2002 White could have thought about20.f4!?) 19...cxd5 20.xd5 xd521.xd5 with better chances forWhite, Vallejo - Dreev, Biel 2002)19.d5 e5 20.fxg4 hxg4 (In the gameJohansson-Corthals, IECC 2004 Blackplayed 20...xg4 21.xg4 hxg4 andafter 22.e5 exd5 23.xd5 xd524.xd5 ae8 25.d6 a5 26.f5

found himself in trouble since his kinghad a lack of defenders) 21.c1!?with very complicated play, Avrukh -Novikov, Calvia (ol) 2004.12...bd7 13.fxg4 hxg4In a recent game Beliavsky - Kobalia,WCh Tripoli 2004 Black tried13...xe5 14.xe5 hxg4 15.xg4h6!? with wild play but it should bewell-known to Kasparov sinceMikhail Kobalia is one of his seconds.14.00 xe5

In the game Malinin - Sestjakov, Tula2001 Black was crushed after 14...h615.xf7! xf7 16.e5 e3+ 17.h2e8 18.exf6 xf6 19.xg4 e720.f3 h6 21.ae1 c5? 22.d5!+-but perhaps not everything is clear inthis line.15.xe5 (D)

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15...d7!?Didn't Black see that his knight ispinned?! A passive defence did nothelp Black much in the game Nechaev- Maksimenko, Alushta 1999: 15...e716.d2 xh4? 17.f4 with adecisive attack.; Perhaps Kobalia'smanoeuvre 15...h6!? was not so badfor Black - this would be animprovement for future battles.16.xh8 xh4The point of Black's sacrifice - due tothe threat ...g4-g3 White has no timeto save his dark-squared bishop andso Black is hoping to exploit theweakened dark-squares in White'scamp.17.xg4 xh8 18.e5! (D)

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A very strong and well-calculateddecision. Despite all dangers White isfighting for the dark-squares andimproving his knight. [The careless18.h5? could be fatal for the d4-pawn and also for the White king after18...000 19.xf7 e5 with anannoying initiative.18...xe5Black accepts the challenge butperhaps it was not the best decision,especially from a practical point ofview. [After 18...000 White's chances

were preferable after the subtle19.e1! (in case of19.e2 c5 20.xb5a6 21.a3 cxd4 Black could obtain

excellent chances to get his bishop toc5 after the forthcoming ...d4-d3)19...g7 (here after 19...c5 20.xb5 a6(20...cxd4 21.a5+-) 21.a3 cxd422.xc4 the d-pawn advance comeswithout tempo!) 20.f3 but Blackcould still find counter chances.Besides, after the text move thisinitiates simplifications, after which

White was very safe in the endgamewith an extra piece.19.dxe5 c5+ 20.f2 xe521.e2!?Here 21.e1 also came to mind,trying to get the rook into play withoutwaste of time. However, Black couldthink about 21...f4!?21...xe221...xf2+ was not better: 22.xf2000 23.e1 and Black could facemore problems with his pawns:23...d4 24.xd4 xd4 25.h5 andso on.22.xe2 d8 23.f1 xf224.xf2 e7The penetration by 24...d2? was notpossible due to the obvious 25.e425.e3 a6 (D)

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It is not recommended to put pawnson squares the same color as thebishop's. However, there is a secretrule: if such a bad thing has already

happened then a player in many casesshould leave his pawn structure as it isor even more - to put all remainingpawns on the same "bad" squares.26.d1!?Again, Kasparov tends towardsimplifications, trying to aviod anysurprises. Everybody knows howskilfully Alexei Dreev plays with arook. 26.e4!? was an obvious andpromising alternative.

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It is essential to break Black's pair ofpawns in center - then it will be mucheasier for White to go through hisdefence.28...fxg4 29.xg4 d6An attempt to "improve" the positionby 29...c5? was losing to 30.e4 xe431.xe4+- and the Black's lonely kingwill sooner or later be pushed back byzugzwang. It is also important thatWhite has a "good" bishop to promotehis a-pawn.30.e4+ d5 (D)

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31.f3Being under time pressure, Whitewasn't sure of 31.xe6+! but itseemed to be winning: 31...xe632.c5+ d5 33.xb7 c5 (33...b434.b3! led to the same) 34.a5 b4(34...d6?! 35.e4 c7 36.d5)35.b3c3 36.d3 and White will slowlyimprove his position and undermineBlack's pawns: 36...d6 37.c4+ c638.a4 (38.e3 b5)38...d5 39.e3+e5 40.c2 d5 41.e1 e5 42.c4d6 43.d3 c2 44.c1 c6 45.d3+-and so on.31...c8 32.h5White could already begin someactions by 32.g5+!? but Kasparovprobably prefers to get to time control

without changing the position.32...a5 33.f3 e5So Black decided to improve his

bishop and increase his control overthe dark squares by advancing his e-pawn. However, in many cases suchpawns may become a target![33...e5!? deserved serious attention,just to keep waiting although Whitecould probably find some plans, forexample, 34.f2 followed by Nf2-g4and so on.

34.g5+ c5 35.e4+ d5 36.a3a6 37.h5With a mating threat!37...c8 38.f3 a6 39.g5+c5 (D)

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40.e2Again, on move 40 White wasn't sureof 40.f7 c3! 40...c8 41.f741.e4!? looked quite good.

41...b441...c3 was parried by 42.bxc3 b443.xe5 bxa3 44.c4+-42.xe5 e6So the pawn was lost by Black is stilldefending - he has two more extrapawns.43.a4!Releasing the tension which keptWhite in pressure and so made it moredifficult to make progress.43...c3 44.d3+ b6

The attempt by 44...c4 was parriedby 45.c1+ (but not 45.f4+? b346.xe6 xb2 and Black is fine)45...c5 46.bxc3 bxc3 47.d3+ andWhite wins.45.bxc3 b3 (D)

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Both of White's pawns are underattack. What to do? 46.c4! The bishopcannot take both pawns at the sametime so White will keep one pawn onthe board! 46...xa4 47.d4 c248.c5+ c7 49.f3 The position hasfinally become clear. White has

secured his pawn on c5 and now hassome possible plans to convert hisadvantage. 49...b3 50.e4 Therewas no need to calculate such lines as50.e5 a4 51.xc6 a3 although Whitewas winning with 52.a5! 50...a451.c4 c2 52.f3 a4 53.e5b7 54.e4 c7

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55.f3! A decisive manoeuvre - theknight is going to d4. 55...d156.d4 a4 57.c2! xc258.xc2 d8 59.d4 (D)

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The white king takes care about thea5-pawn so Black resigned. A tough

and very important win by GarryKasparov. 10.

Solution to our quiz:

F. Berkes T. PetrosianWorld Junior Championship Cochin,

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29...h4!! This brilliant sacrifice givesBlack a decisive attack! 30.gxh4g4+ 31.h1 xf2 32.a5 d4?32...e8+ was stronger. 33.e5Missing a good chance 33.c7! xe134.c8+ h7 35.xg4 xg4 36.exd3xh4 - Black is better but White isstill alive. 33...f4!+ 34.b8+ h735.c8 h3+ 36.h2 g337.h8+ g6 38.d6+ h539.d5+ xh4 40.g2 xe1White resigned. 01.

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