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Best wishes for a very good year to all the
readers!
I would like to
mention the new "Game of the Month" by Dr. Fritz Baumbach. You can see
this deeply analyzed game in the
http://www.iccf.com site.
It is always very difficult to analyze a correspondence chess game but here
we get the analysis from the player himself, not to mention that he was the
eleventh ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess.
Event ICCF
Olympiad XIV Final (1st ICCF Email Olympiad) which commenced 27 December
2002 has now been completed with confirmation of the last result (game 396)
which ended in a draw on move 101 after just over 4 years play.
Germany took first place and the gold medals with a score of 45½ points from
66 games ahead of Lithuania (39½) and USA (36).
Some games from
The Mikhail Tal Memorial which took place November 5th-19th 2006:
(1) Morozevich,A (2747) -
Mamedyarov,S (2728) [C95]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
  
 
Did Morozevich
miss a win in the endgame? 75.d7 Bxd7 76.Kxd7
g5 77.Nc6+ Kf6 78.Ne7 gxh4 79.gxh4 and White is won. I do not think
that in other variations Black can save the game.
75.Kd8 Ba4 76.Ke7
g5 77.Nd3+ Kf5 78.Nc5 Bb5 79.Ne6 gxh4 80.Nd4+ Kg4 81.Nxb5 h3 82.Nc3 Kxg3
83.Ne4+ Kg2 84.d7 h2 85.d8Q h1Q 86.Qd5 Qh4+ 87.Kf7 Qf4+ 88.Kg6 Qg4+ 89.Kh6
Qf4+ 90.Kxh5 Qf3+ 91.Kg5 Qe3+ 92.Kf5 Qf3+ 93.Ke5 Qe3 94.Qa2+ Kg1 95.Qb1+ Kg2
96.Qc2+ Kg1 97.Qd1+ Kg2 98.Qg4+ Kh2 99.Qh4+ Kg2 100.Qh5 Kg1 101.Kf5 Qh3+
102.Qxh3 ½½
(2) Svidler,P (2750) -
Morozevich,A (2747) [C92]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (8), 15.11.2006
 
Now White can play
67.Rd1 Qf6 68.e5 Qf5 69.Ra1 Qh5+ 70.Nh2 Bb6 71.Ra8+ Bd8 72.Rh8+ Kd7
73.Raxd8+ ; he chose another way to win...
67.Re5+ Kd8
68.Re6 Qg4 69.Rh8+ Kc7 70.b6+ Bxb6
71. Rh7+ Kd8 72.
Rd6+ Ke8 73. Rxh6
71.Rc6+ Kb7
72.Rh7+ Ka8 73.Rxh6 Be3 74.Rh8+ Kb7 75.Rh7+ Kb8 76.Rf6 Bc5 77.Rff7 Qc8
78.Ne5 Bd6 79.Nc6+ Qxc6 80.Rh8+ 10
(3) Gelfand,B (2733) -
Svidler,P (2750) [A05]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
It is a good
demonstration from GM Gelfand, how from a better position, with a pawn
more, he gets a completely won game in a few moves.
Black played 30...Rb8 maybe ...e5 was more resistant: 30...e5 31.h3 exf4 32.Bxf4
Qe4 33.Bg3 h5
30...Rb8 31.Qc4 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Rxb2 33.c6 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Qa7+ 35.Ke2 Qc7 36.Ba5 Qc8
37.c7 Bf8
38 Qd4 is more direct.
38.Qc6 f5 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Be5 Be7 41.Kd3 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4 10 there are
no more chances..
(4) Grischuk,A (2710) - Shirov,A (2720) [B30]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
A bishop is not
compensation against this chain of pawns, but we see excellent technique by Grischuk.
40...Bh7 [40...Bf7 41.b5 ]
41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nf4 43.d6 Ne6 44.d7 Nd8 45.Nxa6
Kd6 46.Nc5 Bg8 47.Kd4
Also 47...Be6 48.a5 Bxd7 49.Nxd7 Ne6+ 50.Ke4 Kxd7 51.Ke5 is losing.
47...Nc6+ 48.Kc3 Ke7 49.b5 Ne5 50.b6 Nxd7 51.b7 10
The Bundesliga chess season in Germany
saw it's second double-round take place
18th-19th November 2006. Here are some games:
(1) Hracek,Z (2614) - Wojtaszek,R (2630) [B90]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (7), 17.11.2006
White has a difficult choice, but he must do something as his position is
already worse. Maybe 22.c4 Nf4 23.Bb4 with exchanging pieces on d3 would
make the pressure of the Black pieces less stressing for White.
22.Bxd5? Rxd5 23.Qe2 Rc8 24.Bb4 e4 25.fxe4 Bg4 26.Qf2 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Qe5
28.Qxf6 Rxd3 01
Only seven moves
after the previous diagram!
(2) Knaak,R (2486) - Reeh,O (2445) [E33]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (7), 17.11.2006
White should play 24.Ba1 a4 25.b4 cxb4 26.axb4 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Rb8 28.Qxb8 Qxb8
29.Rb2 but also this position is probably lost.
24.Qxa5 Ra8 [24...Reb8 is stronger with the possible continuation 25.g5 Rxb3
26.Qxc7 g6 (or R:a3) 27.Qxd6 Rc3+ 28.Kd1 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rxb2 30.Rd2 Rxd2+ and
wins ] 25.Qc3 Rab8 26.b4 cxb4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.c5? [Also 28.Kd1 c5 29.Ke2 Rb3
30.Qc1 Qe8 31.Qa1 Ra8 32.Qd1 Qa4 33.Rg1 Qb4 34.Bc1 Qxc4+ is bad , but this
loses instantly.] 28...Rb3 29.Qa5 R8b5 [Even better is 29...Ra8 and the queen
has no place to move.] 30.Qa1 Qb8 31.h4 Rxc5+ 32.Kd1 Rd5 33.Bc1 Rxd2+
34.Kxd2 Qb4+ 35.Kd1 Qc4 01
(3) Rustemov,A (2552) - Nikolic,Pr (2626) [A90]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
In a very complex position
White makes a mistake: maybe 31.b4 Rxb4 32.Nd3
Rb3 33.Rxb3 axb3 34.Qxb3 is better.
31.Ne2 axb3 32.Rxb3 Rfb8 33.Rxb6 [ 33.Nxd4 cxd4 34.Reb5 Bxb5 35.Rxa3 Ba4
36.Qb3 Bxb3 37.c5 Rb4 38.Kb2 Nxa2 39.Bb7 Bc4 ] 33...Rxb6 34.Nxc3 dxc3 35.Re3
Rb2 01
(4) Stellwagen,D (2576) - Bartel,Mat (2569) [C18]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
Black had 27...Nd4 28.Rxc3 Bc6 29.Kf1 Nxc2 30.Qxc2 Qxa3 31.Rxc4 dxc4 dxc4
32.Qxc4 Kd7 33.f3 Qa1+ with chances of draw.
27...d4 28.a5 b5 29.Ra1 Bc6 30.f3
Nxg3 31.hxg3 Qxe5 32.Kf2 Qg5 33.Rh1 e5 34.Rh8+ Kc7 35.Rh7 Qf6 36.Kg1 Ra4
[either: 36...Rc5 37.Rb4 Bd7 or 36..Kd6 are better] 37.Rxb5 e4 38.fxe4 Ra1+
39.Kh2 Qf1 40.Qxf1 Rxf1 41.Rc5 Kd6 42.Rc4 Bxe4 43.Rh8
43...Bxc2 44.Rxd4+ Kc5 45.Rd7 Kb5 46.Rxa7 Be4 47.Rb8+ Kxa5 48.Rc7 Kxa6
49.Rxc3 Ra1 could give better chances.
43...Kd5 44.Rc7 Bxc2 45.Rxa7 Be4 46.Rd8+ [Stronger is 46.Re7 Ra1 47.a7 Rxa5
48.a8Q+ Rxa8 49.Rxa8 c2 50.Rd8+ Kc4 51.Rc8+ Kd3 52.Rxf7 and it is finished]
46...Kc4 47.Re7 c2 48.Rc8+ Kd3 49.Rxc2 Kxc2 50.Rxe4 Rf5 [50...Rf6 is better! I do
not know if it is enough to draw the game, but it certainly gives better
chances.] 51.Rxd4 Rxa5 52.Rd6 f5 53.Kg1 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 Ra3 55.Rf6 Kd2 56.Rxf5
Rxa6 57.Rd5+ Kc3 58.Ke3 Kc4 59.Rd8 Rf6 60.g4 Rf7 61.Ke4 10
(5) Werle,J (2551) - Appel,R (2507) [D61]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
42.Qd8 Re7 43.Rd3 Bxf2 44.Rd5 Qxc4 45.Qxe7 Qxd5+ 46.Kxf2 Qxa2+ 47.Ke3 Qb3+
48.Ke2 and White could still draw the game.
42.Nd2 a4 43.Rf4 b3 44.axb3 a3 45.b4 Qe5 46.Qd8 a2 47.Nf3 Qxf4 48.gxf4 Bf6
01
(6) Straeter,T (2345) - Ernst,S (2512) [E46]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
In this position Black has a strong continuation: 22...Nc4 23.dxc6 bxc6
24.Bxc6 Nxb2 25.Nd5 Be6 26.Bxe8 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Bxd5 28.Bxb5 g6 and Black is
better.
I think that this was the mistake that cost the game afterwards the moves
were natural.
22...Be4 23.Ne6 Rxe6 24.dxe6 Bxg2 25.exf7+ Nxf7 26.Kxg2 Qg5 27.Qd7 Qg6 28.Rad1 c5
29.Qd5 cxb4 30.axb4 Qc6 31.Qxc6 bxc6 32.Rd7 Ng5 33.h4 Ne4 34.Ra1 Rxa1
35.Bxa1 c5 36.Kf3 Nf6 37.Bxf6 gxf6 38.bxc5 Bxc5 39.Rd5 Bf8 40.Rxb5 Kg7
41.Rd5 Kg6 42.g4 Bb4 43.Ke4 Be1 44.h5+ Kg7 45.Kf5 Bh4 46.Rd7+ Kh6 47.Rb7 Bg5
48.Rb8 Kg7 49.Ke6 Bh4 50.Rb7+ Kh6 51.Rb5 Kg7 52.Rd5 Bg5 53.Rd7+ Kh6 54.Kf7
Bh4 55.Kg8 f5 56.Rxh7+ Kg5 57.Rg7+ Kh6 58.Rg6# 10
(7) Popovic,Pe (2483) - Timman,J (2565) [B42]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Koelln GER (7), 17.11.2006
In this position Black could play 26...Nc6 27.Qc5 Qb8 28.a3 Nf4 29.Rxd6 Qxd6
30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.Rf3 Ne6 32.Rd3 Rxd3 and Black is equal.
26 ... b5
27.Bxb5 h5 28.Re1 h4 29.Rg5 f6 30.Rexe5 Kg7 (30...f:e5 is better)
31.Rxg6+ Kxg6 32.Bd3+ Kf7 33.Rh5 Qb6 34.Qd2 Ne3 35.Nc1
Now Black has to play: 35...Rd5 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Rxh4 Nf5 38.Rg4+ Kf8 39.Rf4
Qe6 with some chances. The next move is losing, but White did not choose the
winning move!
35.. Rc8 36.Rh7+ [Winning at once is 36.fxe3 Rc5 37.Rxh4 Qd8 38.Rc4 Rxc4
39.Bxc4+ Kf8 40.Nd3 Qd7] 36...Kg8
Here White turns his large advantage to an even position: he should play
37.fxe3 Rxd3 38.Qxd3 Rxc1+ 39.Kf2 Qxb2+ 40.Kf3 but now his advantage is far
less then he could get at the 36th move.
37.Rxh4 Nf5 [Now it is
Black's turn to miss the drawing move: 37...Qc6
38.Qxe3 Qxc1+ 39.Bf1 Qxe3 40.fxe3 Rc1 41.Rf4 Kg7] 38.Rg4+ Kf8 39.Qf4
[Another mistake - the winning move is: 39.Ne2 Qc5 40.h4 a5 41.h5 Rc7 42.a4
Rg7 43.b4]
Now Black has a very nice move:
39...Rd4 40.Qxf5 Rxc1+ 41.Kh2 Rxg4 42.hxg4
Qxb2 with a draw. Now the game ends.
39...Ng7 40.Qh6 Rxc1+ 41.Kh2 Qa5 42.g3 10
Here are some notes on the 75th Chess Championship of Ukraine (final) which
took place in Poltava 24th November - 3rd December 2006. The event was a 32
player knockout with five rounds.
(1) Kravtsiv,M (2446) - Kryvoruchko,Y (2581) [B33]
75th ch-UKR m Poltava UKR (1.1), 24.11.2006
A nice win for the lower rated player!
Black could get a draw with 56...Kf6 57.d7 Rf8 58.Rc8 Rg5+ 59.Kh4 Rgg8
60.Bg4 Ke7 61.Rc4 Rb8 62.Re4+ Kd6 but played 56..Rg6 57.Bd5 Rh6+ 58.Kg5 Rg6+
59.Kh5 Rh6+ 60.Kg4 Rg6+ 61.Kf3 Rxd6 62.Bxf7 Rd2 63.Ra7 Kf6 64.Bc4 Ra2
65.Rxh7 a4 66.Ra7 a3 67.Kxf4 10
(2) Lahno,Kateri (2459) - Drozdovskij,Y (2561) [C10]
75th ch-UKR m Poltava UKR (1.1), 24.11.2006
Another nice win for the younger and lower rated player!
Black already has problems.
He could try the passive ...Be8, or playing 28...b5 and
after 29.c5 Bd5 with many difficulties. The next move shortens things:
28...Rc8 29.Rd7 Qxd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.Qd4 Bc6 32.h4 Be8 33.Kc2 Rc5 34.b4 Rf5
35.Kd2 (Qd8!) Bc6 36.Ke2 b5 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qc7 Bf3+ 39.Ke3 bxc4 40.Qxa7 e5
41.b5 Bd5 42.Qc5 Rf3+ 43.Kd2 Rd3+ 44.Kc2 Kg6 45.b6 Be4 46.Qxe5 Re3+ 47.Kd2
Rd3+ 48.Kc1 10
(3) Zubov,A UKR (2537) - Vysochin,S (2531) [D15]
75th ch-UKR m Poltava UKR (1.1), 24.11.2006
White could enhance the activity of his pieces by playing 29.Ne7+ Kh7 30.Ra7
h5 31.e4 dxe4 32.Qxe4+ f5 33.Qxe6 Rf6 34.Qc4 Nc6 35.Qb5 with a large
advantage.
29.Ne5 Qc8 30.Rb1 f6 31.Ng6 Qxb7 32.Rxb7 Re8 33.h4 Nc6 34.Rc7 Na5 35.Nf4 e5
36.Nxd5 exd4 37.Ne7+ Kh8
Another good chance for
White: 38.exd4 Nb3 39.d5 Nd4 40.h5 Kh7 41.Rd7 with a
large advantage.
38.Ng6+ Kg8 [He
should play: 38...Kh7 to prevent the next move.] 39.exd4 Nb3
40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Ng6+ [Maybe 41.Nf5] 41...Kg8 42.d5 Nd4 43.Rd7 h5 44.Ne7+
Kf8 45.Ng6+ and finally the game was drawn on move 85.
(4) Kislinsky,A (2495) - Goloshchapov,A (2552) [B22]
75th ch-UKR m Poltava UKR (1.1), 24.11.2006
White could try
17.Qxd6 fxg2 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.Qxd8 Rxd8 20.Rxd8+ Qxd8 21.cxb7 Bf3 22.Be3 Bxb7
23.Rxa7
Analysis Diagram: after 23.Rxa7
17.h3 fxg2 18.Kxg2 Be2 19.Qxh7+ Qxh7 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.cxb7 Rad8 22.Ba3 Bb8
23.c4 Bxf1+ 24.Kxf1 Rd1+ 25.Kg2 Rd7 01
Here are some notes on the The Remco Heite Chess Tournament which took place
over the weekend of 24th-26th November 2006 in Wolvega, Netherlands. The
field was a Category XIV GM event which was won convincingly by Loek van
Wely who drew just one game.
(1) Van Wely,L (2676) - Hort,V (2501) [D94]
Remco Heite Inv Wolvega NED (1), 24.11.2006
Here White had an interesting continuation: 56.Rg7+ Bxg7 57.Rxg7+ Kd8
58.Nb7+ Ke8 59.Nd6+ Kf8 60.Rb7 Qxh3 61.Bd2 with some chances to win.
56.Be1 Kc7 57.Rg8 Qxh3 58.R2g3 Qh2+ 59.Kd1 Nd7 60.Rh8 Qh5+ 61.Kd2 e5 62.Bf2
Now Black has a very good move, maybe even a winning one: 62...Qh6 63.Rhg8
Qh1 64.dxe5 fxe5 65.fxe5 Qe4 66.Kd1 f4!
Analysis Diagram: after 66...f4!
62...e4 63.Rgg8 Qh1 64.Rg1 Qh5 65.Ke1 Qf3?? [Should play 65...Qe8 66.Rxh7
Qb8 67.Rg8 Qxb4+ 68.Kf1 Qb5+ 69.Kg2 Kc8 with a draw] 66.Rxh7 10
(2) Timman,J (2565) - Huebner,R (2612) [C13]
Remco Heite Inv Wolvega NED (3), 25.11.2006
A beautiful game where
White's brilliant attack demolishes Black's position very
quickly.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bc4
cxd4 9.00 Be7 10.Qe2 00 11.Rad1 Qb6 12.Rxd4 Qxb2 13.Bd3 h6 14.Bxh6 gxh6
15.Qe5
Black should play 15...Kh8 16.Nd2 Qb6 17.Rh4 Rg8 18.Qf4 Rg7 19.Rxh6+ Kg8
20.Qh4 Kf8 21.Rxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxf6 with an even position.
15 .. Qb6 16.Rh4 Rd8 17.Rxh6 Kf8 18.Qg3 (Maybe even better is 18.Qf4 Ng8
19.Rh8 e5 20.Qg3 Bf6 21.Rxg8+ Ke7 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23. N:e5) 18...Ke8 [Better is :
18...Ng8 19.Rh8 Bf6 20.Rxg8+ Ke7 21.Rxd8 Qxd8 22.Ng5] 19.Ne5 Black is
already lost but the next move finishes the game. 19...Qc7 [Also 19...Bd6 20.Rxf6
Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Rd5 22.Qg3 Qc5 is not much better.] 20.Bb5+ Kf8 [Black did not
wait to see Rh8+ and mate next move.] 10
(3) Werle,J (2551) - Van Wely,L (2676) [D16]
Remco Heite Inv Wolvega NED (5), 26.11.2006
44...Re5 [Playing: 44...Kg8 45.Kf4 Kf8 46.h6 e5+ 47.Kf3 Rh1 48.Ke4 Rh4+ 49.Kxe5
Rxh6 was also an option.] 45.fxe6 fxe6 46.Bd3+ Kh6 47.Bg6 Re1 48.Kf4 Re2
White could have better drawing chances with 49.f7 Kg7 50.Kf3 Rh2 51.Kg3 Rh1
52.Kg2 Rh4.
49.Bd3 Rf2+ 50.Ke5 Kg5 51.h6 Kxh6 52.Kxe6 Rf3 53.Be4
[Better was: 53.Bc2 Rc3
54.Bd1 Kg6 55.Bh5+ Kh7 56.Ke7 Re3+ 57.Kf8 Rxb3 58.f7 Rb4 59.Be2 Rf4]
53...Re3 54.Kd5 Rxb3 55.Kd6 c4 56.Ke7 Re3 01
(4) Hort,V (2501) - Huebner,R (2612) [D30]
Remco Heite Inv Wolvega NED (5), 26.11.2006
White's position begins to deteriorate after this move. Better was 23.g3
waiting to see what is Black's plan.
23.Nc5 Nc4 24.Rxc4 Rd1+ 25.Qe1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rd5 (Maybe even stronger was
Qc7 or Rd2) 27.b4 Qd8 28.Rcc1 Qg5 [Again 28...Qc7 29.f4 a5 30.a3 axb4
31.axb4 Rd4 is stronger.] 29.Ne4 Qd8 30.Nd6 Qb6 31.b5 c5 32.a4 Qa5 33.g3 h6
34.Re4 Rd4 35.Re3 f5 36.Rxc5 Rxa4 37.Nxf5 Qb4 38.Rc8+ Kh7 39.Nd6 Qb1+ 40.Kg2
Ra1 41.Rc7 Qh1+ 42.Kh3 Qf1+ 43.Kg4 Qxf2 44.Re4 Qxh2 45.Ne8 h5+ 01
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