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News & Notes 8
By ICCF GM Yoav Dothan

I will be happy to get comments or analyzed games – you can e-mail them directly to me.

Miniatures

I have a few books with chess miniatures. They are usually collections of games played many years, where the players did some mistakes in the openings. Below you will find some links dedicated to chess miniatures, including at least four sources where you can download the games themselves.

I have also collected some links to the books (and where they can be bought) – I tried my best not to repeat the same shops, so you have a variety of nine different internet shops.

I published a few weeks ago the game where Kramnik won with black in very few moves, then curiosity got me to look at recent games (August-September, 2006) played in grandmaster and master level tournaments if they are really so rare. Below you will find 15 of my findings, all of them played during August, 2006.

It also explains why players sometimes begin to concentrate even before the first move. There is simply no place to mechanical moves – they can lead to disaster.

Please have a look at the examples below.

Some links:

http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/short_games.html

http://www.playchess.de/blogs/chess/000031.html

ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/Newstuff/allindex.txt

Here you can download (by Bill Wall):

trap-pg.zip    110 Tactical Miniatures

minis-pg.zip   1997 Wins in 12 Moves or Less

ten-pg.zip     1132 Wins in 10 or less moves

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/apct.htm

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/kg.htm

CHESS BOOKS WRITTEN BY BILL WALL

You can download the games of 300 King's Gambit Miniatures
(1982 from : http://www.gambitchess.com/semi/db4.htm

Or buy the books at : (They have 16 of Wall's books!)

http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?

300 King's Gambit Miniatures (1982)      ISBN 0-931462-17-7    80 pages

500 Sicilian Miniatures (1983)           ISBN 0-931462-24-X   107 pages

500 French Miniatures (1984)             ISBN 0-931462-31-2   126 pages

500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures (1985)     ISBN 0-931462-38-X   127 pages

and many more.

Some books:

Modern Chess Miniatures Author: Leonard Barden
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Modern_Chess_Miniatures-ISBN_0486235416.html?isrc=b-search

1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
http://www.amazon.com/1000-Best-Short-Games-Chess/dp/0671538012

100 Soviet Chess Miniatures by P.H. Clarke
http://www.chesshouse.com/Soviet_Chess_Miniatures_p/6097.htm

Startling Correspondence Chess Miniatures by Tim Harding
http://www.chessmail.com/sales/mini_order.html

Modern Chess Miniatures - Neil McDonald
http://chessville.com/Mall/Chess4Less.htm

101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures by GM John Nunn
http://www.chess-space.com/shop/item2117.htm

Chess Miniatures and Caricatures by Jovan Prokopljevic. 80pp. (Chess Informant 2000)
http://uscfsales.com/item.asp?cID=156&PID=83

Great Short Games of The Masters by Fred Reinfeld
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?&isbn=0486292665&nsa=1

(1) Morozevich,A (2731) - Kritz,L (2578) [C42]
13th Ordix Open Mainz GER (11), 20.08.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c3 f5 10.Qb3

Maybe Rb8 is better

10...Na5 11.Qa4+ c6 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.f3 Nd6+- 14.Bg5 b5 15.Qb4 1–0

(2) Peralta,Fe (2546) - Zysk,R (2474) [A86]
Acropolis Open Athens GRE (4), 16.08.2006

1.d4 f5 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 g6 5.b4 Bg7 6.Bb2 e5 7.dxe5 Nfd7 8.Bg2 Nc6 (maybe d:e5 is better) 9.0–0 Ndxe5? (maybe 0-0 is better) 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Nf3+ 12.exf3 1–0

(3) Smerdon,D (2472) - Ris,R (2364) [C47]
Stukkenjagers Weekend Tilburg NED (4), 19.08.2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 Bd6 Very strange place to put the bishop. 5.Bc4 0–0 6.d3 h6 7.g4 Nh7 8.g5 hxg5 9.Rg1 Bc5 10.Nd5 Ne7 11.Bxg5 Nxg5 12.Nxg5 Even nicer is 12.Nf6+ Kh8 13.Nxg5 g6 14.Nxf7+ Rxf7 15.Bxf7 Nxd5 13.Qh5 1–0

(4) Pandavos,P (2312) - Khetsuriani,B (2393) [C42]
Acropolis Open Athens GRE (8), 20.08.2006

I have in my database some games that started with this gambit, but for a master to try this nowadays is really daring...

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7?! Kxf7 5.Bc4+ Be6 6.Bxe6+ Kxe6 7.0–0 Kf7 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 Re8 10.d4 Kg8 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Ng4 14.e6 Nc6 0–1

White has no compensation for the piece.

(5) Brandenburg,D (2392) - Broekmeulen,Ja (2284) [B22]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Qe2 dxe5 8.Nxe5 N8d7?+- [8...Be7 9.0–0²]

9.Nxf7 1–0

(6) Golubev,M (2467) - Agafii,V (2317) [B87]
Sunny Pawn A Illichevsk UKR (10), 30.07.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Qf3

Here Black should play ...Bg7 or ...Rg8.

10...Nd7? 11.Bxe6! fxe6 12.Nxe6 Qb7 13.Qh5+ Ke7 14.Nd5+
1–0

If 14...Kxe6 15.Qe8+ Be7 16.Qxe7#

(7) Britton,R (2288) - Ward,C (2461) [B25]
93rd ch-GBR Swansea WLS (3), 09.08.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.0–0 0–0 9.Be3 b6 10.d4 Ba6 11.Re1 Rc8 12.a4 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.dxc5 d4 0–1 And White had enough.

(8) Day,L (2278) - Adams,Mi (2732) [C34]
4th Staunton Mem London/Crowthorne ENG (9), 23.08.2006

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Ne7 4.d4 d5 5.Bd3 dxe4 6.Bxe4 Ng6 7.h4 Bd6 8.Nc3 0–0 9.Qd3 h6 10.Ne2 (e5 is more consistent) Nd7 11.Qb3 (again, e5 is better) Nb6 12.c4? Be6 13.Qc2? This is the losing move. 13...Bxc4 0–1

(9) Otte,Mari (2117) - Timman,T (2260) [C34]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (8), 02.08.2006

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 h6 4.Bc4 d6 5.h4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.d4 Nh5 8.Ne5 dxe5 9.Qxg4 Ng3 10.dxe5 Nxh1 11.Bxf4

11...Nf2?+- Black forgot the basics – first develop your pieces! 11...Nc6 12.Rd1 Nd4 12.Qf5 Qd7 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.e6 Qd4 15.Bxc7+ 1–0

(10) Steiner,B (2253) - Kostic,Vl (2433) [D00]
15th Open A Vienna AUT (7), 04.08.2006

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nc6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e5 5.dxe5 d4 6.exd4 Qxd4

White should play 7.Qd2 0–0–0 8.Nc3 Qxd2+ 9.Bxd2

7.Qc1 Bxb1 8.Rxb1 Bb4+ 9.Ke2 Qe4+ 10.Be3 Nd4+ 11.Kd1 0–0–0 12.f3 Nb3+ 13.Bd2 Rxd2+ 14.Qxd2 Qxb1+ 0–1

(11) Minyeyevtsev,S (2209) - Steenbekkers,F (2239) [C15]
Open Brasschaat BEL (9), 27.08.2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qd3 Nge7 7.Be3 0–0 8.Rd1 e5 (8...dxe4 and Black is better!) 9.b4 Bb6 10.exd5 Nxd5? The losing mistake. 10...exd4 or 10...Nxd4 are good for Black. 11.Nxd5 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Nxb6 1–0

(12) Tate,E (2380) - Bady,G (2227) [B55]
107th Annual US Open Chicago USA (3), 07.08.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 a6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3

Here start Black's troubles. 7...Nxd4 or 7...g6 would have been better.

7...Qb6 8.Nc2 g6 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Nb4 11.Ne3 Qa5 12.Kf2 Bh6 13.a3 Bd7 14.Qd4 1–0

(13) Bensch,P (2225) - Polak,T (2473) [B32]
15th Open A Vienna AUT (2), 30.07.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nce7 9.Nb4 Nf6 10.Bd3 d5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.exd5 Nexd5

Here White's position is already inferior, and he should play 13.Nxa6 b4 14.Nb1 Bd6 15.Bb5+ Bd7 16.0–0

13.Nc6 Qc7 14.Nxe5 Bxa3 and seeing ...Qc3 White resigned 0–1

(14) Rogulj,B (2413) - Cosic,R (2220) [B09]
6th Open Velika Gorica CRO (2), 20.08.2006

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 (d:e5 or Nfd7) 6.h3 Nh6 7.g4 c6 8.Be3 dxe5 9.dxe5 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.Bc4 Nf7 13.Rh2 f5 14.Bc5 1–0

(15) Holtackers,D (2130) - Sijbesma,R (2262) [A31]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (9), 03.08.2006

Another example of the punishment one gets for not developing: 11.0-0 for example.

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bc5 8.e3 0–0 9.Be2 a6² 10.N5c3 e4 11.Qc2 Re8 12.a3 Bf5 13.Bc1 Nbd7 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.b4 Bd6