ChessBase Magazine 97
Reviewed By
Prof. Nagesh Havanur
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Editorial Board: Frederic Friedel, Rainer Knaak And André
Schulz
Published By ChessBase
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A
rich chess feast awaits the viewers of this CD. There are the long
awaited games from Dortmund 2003. These games should be seen and
enjoyed along with the fine Multimedia Report carried in
CBM-96. (Ed. Do not miss the
remarkable encounter between tournament winner Viorel Bologan and Teimour
Radjabov in Chessville’s Annotated Games Section.)
Biel 2003 marked the return of Alexander
Morozevich, who won the tournament ahead of Bacrot and Smirin (Ed. A feat
that Moro just repeated at the Biel 2004 tournament; read this
Interview with Alexander Morozevich from the official tournament
site.) His victory
was not, however, without adventures as shown in the following game:
Korchnoi- Morozevich
[B14] Biel 2003
[Click
here to follow the game on an interactive JavaScript board]
The
annotations to this game are by GM Dautov. I have also added a few
comments by GM Alexander Volzin from the Russian magazine Chess-Express
64.
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3
4.d5 may be met by 4… Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5 -Volzin
4…cxd4 5.exd4 Nf6 6.Nf3 d5 7.Bg5
7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 is also possible-Volzin
7…Ne4
Or
7...0-0 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 (9.Nxd5 Bg7) 9...Bg4 with compensation for
the pawn.
8.cxd5 Nxg5
After 8...Nxc3 9.bxc3 Qxd5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0 0-0 a position
resembling the
Grünfeld Defence is reached.
9.Nxg5 0-0
Or
9...Qb6!? 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Qe2 0-0 12.0-0 Bxb5 13.Nxb5 Nd7 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Nc3
Rad8 16.Qc4 Rd7 17.Rfe1 Rfd8=
10.Qd2 Nd7 11.Bc4 Bh6?!
      
  
 
 
  
This
dubious novelty amounts to loss of time and only misplaces the bishop.
The
alternative 11...Qb6 would likely lead to a draw.12.Rd1 Qb4 13.Bb3 a5 14.Ba4
Nb6 15.a3 Qc4 16.Qe2 Bf5 17.Bb5 Qxe2+ 18.Kxe2 Rad8 = (Ljubojevic-Kamsky
Melody Amber 1996)
12.f4
Dautov
suggests an interesting possibility. 12.0-0!? Nb6 13.Bb3 e6 14.Nxf7! Bxd2
15.Nxd8 Rxd8 16.dxe6 Kf8 17.Rad1 winning.
12...Nf6 13.0-0 a6 14.a4
Bf5 15.a5 Rc8 16.Bb3
16.b3!? Ne8 17.Na4 is also playable.
16...Qd6 17.Rfe1
17.Na4
Rc7 18.Nb6? Nh5! 19.g3 Bxg5 20.fxg5 Nxg3 loses for White according to
Dautov. However, White can improve on this line with 18.Nc5.(NSH)
17...Qb4 18.Ra3 Rc7 19.Ba2!
Qd6?!
19...b5
20.axb6 Qxb6 could have generated some counterplay.
20.g3 Rfc8 21.Nf3 Bf8
21...Bg7 may be the lesser evil, although White has a fine plus after
22.Ne5.
22.Ne5 Kg7 23.Rb3!± e6?!
Playing with fire, but there is really no choice. 23...Nxd5? 24.Nxf7! Kxf7
25.Rb6+- Or 23...Qd8? 24.Rb6 Nd7 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.d6+ Rc4 27.Rxb7 exd6
28.Qe2 d5 29.g4+-.
24.dxe6 Rd8
24...Bxe6 25.Rb6 Qd8 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Nf3 (why not 27.Rxe6? -NSH) -Volzin
25.Nf3!
Not 25.exf7? Qxd4+ 26.Qxd4 Rxd4 nor 25.Nxf7? Qxd4+ 26.Qxd4
Rxd4 In both cases Black threatens …Rd2 winning. 25.Rd1 may be a
reasonable alternative.
25...Qc6! 26.Qf2 Ng4 27.Qg2
Bc5?!!
The
last gamble!
28.Rb6?
Not 28.dxc5?? Qxc5+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+. 28.Kh1! could have
given winning chances: 28…Rxd4 29.Nxd4 Nf2+ 30.Kg1 Bxd4 31.Qxc6 bxc6 32.Rb4 Nd3+
33.Rxd4 Nxe1 34.Rd1 Nd3 35.exf7+-.
Or 28… Ba7 29.exf7+-
28...Bxb6 29.axb6 Qxb6! 30.e7?
Missing a win with 30.h3! according to Volzin. 30...Nf6?
loses without a fight to 31.exf7. 30...Rxd4 is more complex.31.Kh1
(31.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf2+ 33.Kh2 fxe6 34.Bxe6 Nd3 35.Re2 Bxe6 36.Rxe6 Nxb2
37.Qxb2 Qxc3 38.Re7+ Kf6 39.Qxc3+ Rxc3 40.Rxb7) 31...Rb4 32.Nd5 Rxb2
33.Nxb6 Rxg2 34.hxg4 Rxa2 35.gxf5 wins.
30…Rxd4!
Not
30...Re8? 31.Nd5±
31.Kh1
Not
31.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf2+ 33.Qxf2 (33.Kg1 Nd3+ 34.Kh1 Nxe1-+)
33...Qxf2 34.e8Q Be6!! -+
31...Re4
32.Rxe4?
Other
alternatives are no worse, but very fascinating!
32.e8Q
Rxe8 33.Rxe8 Nf2+ 34.Kg1 Ne4+ 35.Kh1 Qe3 36.Rxe4 Bxe4 37.Nxe4 Qxe4 with
threats of …Rc1 or …Rc2 and a powerful attack.
Or
32.Nxe4 Rxe7 33.Neg5 Rxe1+ 34.Nxe1 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Nd3+ 36.Kf1 Qe3!-Dautov.
Now
37. Ngf3 Bh3! wins for Black.-NSH
32...Nf2+ 33.Qxf2
Not 33.Kg1 Nxe4+ 34.Kh1 (34.Kf1?? Bh3!)
34...Rxe7 wins
33… Qxf2 34.e8=Q
Not 34.Ng1 Rxc3 35.e8Q Rc1 36.Qxf7+ Kh6 37.Qf8+ Kh5
Black wins!
34…cdQxf3+ 35.Kg1 Bxe4?
Missing 35...Bh3! 36.Qe5+ f6 37.Qxc7+ Kh6-+
36.Qe5+
Not 36.Qxe4? Qxe4 37.Nxe4 Now Volzin’s idea 37.. Rc2
38.Bd5 Rxb2 (instead of Dautov’s line 37…Rc1+ 38.Kf2 Rc2+) is best as the
White king is not allowed to move up and the Black rook dominates the 7th
rank.
36...Kf8 37.Qh8+ Ke7
38.Qe5+ Kf8
38...Kd7 39.Qd4+=
39.Qh8+ 1/2-1/2
Apart from the 2003 Dortmund and Biel
tournaments, this issue also includes games of the French Championship and
Yongchuan Zonal Tournament in China among others.
Aficionados of rapid chess will be
delighted to find the games of the Anand-Polgar Match at Mainz. Anand won
the hard-fought match by the score 5:3. In all CBM-97 contains 1861 games
out of which 500 are annotated.
The
Theory section has six texts on
openings with
select databases by acknowledged experts in the field:
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A16 Anti-Grünfeld By GM Evgeny Postny
1.c4 Nf62.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7
7.0-0 0-0 8.d3 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 (66 Games)
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B47 Paulsen By GM Zoltan Ribli
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6
7.0-0 b5 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9.a4 (28 Games)
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Sicilian Dragon By GM Dorian Rogozenko
1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7
7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 (49 Games)
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D38 Ragozin Variation By GM Zoltan Ribli
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6
7.e3 0-0 8.Rc1 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.exd4 (19 Games)
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D89 Grünfeld Main Variation By FM Jerzy Konikowski
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bd3Be6 (20
Games)
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D43-49 Semi-Slav By GM Christopher Lutz
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 (36
Games)
The Multimedia Report deals with the
European Club Team tournament in Crete. The NAO Club from Paris deservedly
won that event. Kasparov’s team, Ladia-Kazan, missed the cup and the glory,
partly because of a rare loss by Garry himself against Alexander Huzman of
Israel. The hot, stuffy and crowded playing hall had the players sweating it
out, and yet few seemed to mind the discomfort and inconvenience. While the
images capture the mood of the tournament perfectly, the interviews with
players like Peter Svidler, Sergei Movsesian, and Laurent Fressinet are
rather dull and disappointing.
Telechess, the section dealing with
correspondence chess, offers 9000 correspondence games of which 37 are
annotated. The section on Strategy carries the second part of the article by
GM Peter Wells on Material Imbalances: The Queen v. Other Pieces, with 16
illustrative games. Wells has been a regular contributor to this section
ever since volume 77. ChessBase should seriously consider publishing a
collection of all these articles on a single CD. Reading them is no less
than a liberal education in modern chess.
Warmly Recommended
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