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Gamesfrom RecentEvents
Tacoma CitA Championship
a pawn up with a befterposition,but
National Open
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David Wight (1258)
English Opening
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Drayton Harrison (1765)
GM Darwin Laylo (2478)
Tacona, City Championship 2008
Joshua Sinanan (2154)
AA
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AI:
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Open (l) 2008
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I washopingDraytonwould play 3... .f.c4e5 2.hc3 6r0 S.gSA-o+
5+.A-sz
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DiemerGambit. But Dray'tonwould not
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haveany ofthat.
Botvinniksystem,knownfor its solidand 1 3 . . . 9 b 6
3,..eG
4.es4ft7 s.hrgAez o.9og controlled approach.To createchances
1 3 . . . b 41 4 . Q ) a 49i a 5 1 S . b 3h 6
o-o7.o-o
of my own, I opt for a reverseRuy Lopez with controlofthedarksquares
is better.
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7...a68.d4d69.a3-€"a510.b4Ac7
16...ah4!?
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drawn in lvkov-Addison, concerned
withconnectins
mr.Rooks
and
Axd3
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playingin thecenter.
13...9.d6
14.Wxd3
4
t B . a f 5 W c 7 . 1 9 . hA
e7
20,6e936te zt.f4 0eg6
B.d3 abdT 9.h3 a6 10..e.e3b5 11.g4 1 7 . s 56 o t
gcs 12.Wd2
14.cxd3
14...9.d7
A major alternativefor White is t 2.
21...6e6 22.Axe7+WxeT 23.t5+
d4 exd4 13.hxd4 Axd4 i 4.Wxd46e5t.
22.txel dxe5=
12...4xe3
13.Wxe3
14...Wb6I 5.Ee2 gd6 i 6.6a4Wc7
White'spowerfully placedKnights
17.Eae1
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weak d-pawn and mv grip on the
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but, beforeI could make my move,
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andleft theclub. Thistookmeby completesurprise.Thehighestratedplayer
thatnightattheTacomaChessClubwas
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haveused
which bothKings becomemoreexposed. moves,IrealizedI hadmiscalculated
and a full hour--on the first nine moves!
immediatelyresigned.
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OGD Slav
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GMopponentandemergedwith a slightly Matthew Robirtson (2009)
favorableposition.In the transitionfrom I)ereque Kelley (2066)
White'spositionis completelylosing.
middlegameto endgame,however,DarLas Vegas,NationalOpen (3) 2008 He mustgive up the 2-pawn and live with
win showshis classand outplaysme.
an extremelycompromisedposition.
Annotationsby DerequeKelley
32,..H,de7?
1.d4d52.c4c6 3.hc3 dxc44.a4eS
13.e3?
The first mistake.32...E'd4 blockA sidelinewhich (l believe)offers
ading in the centeris better.
Black a reasonablegame
33.trf3 goa g+.Wxd4 exd4
5.dxe5Wxdl+ 6.€xd1 AeO Z.htg
I couldtell my opponentwasrelieved
to have swappedQueens.The resulting
endgameis easierto play for White with
his betterpiecemobility andpawnclamp
on thequeenside.
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but here I. too, spenta full 30 minutes
decidingon exactlyhow bestto proceed.
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3 5 . . . a 5 .w i t h c o u n t e r p l a yo n t h e 10.Ataooseemedtoo risky. After losing
This natural move ends the game
queenside.
the c4-pawn, he may very well face a
is an improvement
abruptly. 13.9g3 would sufferthesame
worse
ending
due
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e6-pawn.
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andthe Bishopcannotmove,asf7 would
bothRooks,is better.
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40.Ed6 Axd3 41.Hxd4 €;c4 42.flg4+
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15.e4Axe4+ 16.3.d3Axd3
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White neededto play in this fashion.
As I am the lowest rated player to
A f t e r 9 . * c 2 t ? a b 4 + 1 0 . € c 1 T , play in the SpokaneCity Championship
Black's Knight doesn'thavethe option sinceits revivalin 2001,my annotations
to play to c5, thoughBlack is still better. to the gamesmight hold someentertainment value for Northwest Chessreaders.
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holdingtheh-pawn,is the
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followed by pushingthe c-pawn.
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James Stripes (1738)
Spolilme,Ciry Championship(2) 2008
Annotationsby JamesStripes
1.e4e6 2.d4d53.e5c5 4.c3ac6 5.4f3
hno
MichaelAdamscalls this move dubious
in his annotationsin Informant 69
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44.&t3 Exg2?
to Adams-Lputian,Pula 1997( 1-0,4 I ).
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I had calculated45,Exh7+ €gg
Only here did White realize he can- John Watsonrecommendsit in his book
Dangerous Weapons: TheFrench (2007).
46.E hB+€ s747.H1h7+€s6 +8.trxfA notplay 10.4d2 because
of 10...Exd2!
9d5+, winning for Black. When my op- 1t .-*.xd26b3+ 12.Sb1 6xd2+ 13.€c2 6.dxcS
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White's idea to lure Black's darksquaredBishop to the queensidemadeits
first top-level appearancein SveshnikovBareev,Eur. Club (ch) 1991(l-0, 41).
6..,4xc5 7.b4g.b6 8.b56e7 9.4d3
b g a 1 0 . O - O A 9 61 1 . - € . x g 6 f x g162 . h 3
6n0 tg.Axh6 gxh6 14.Wd2
30...Ee7
BenjaminRaphaelplayedthis move
againstNapoleon Marache at the First
3 0 . . . a 53!1 . E x e G
a 4 3 2 , E e c 6[ 3 2 .
E c 2 a 3 3 3 . E a 2E t + = ( 3 3 . . . H o 2g + . American ChessCongressin 1857 and
ga.Hxag so the variation bearshis name.
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33.EcB+Etg
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a236.Eal&n 3z.nq=
31.8a5€tz gZ.Eaxa6Ec8
2...6TG
3.4g5 d5 4.e3
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Ae6
e3
6.-€.ffigd7 7.9rc 6cO B.a36e7
Black'spracticalchances
seembet-
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?!sor r.ab3b612.
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ter in a double-Rook
ending.
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33.8c6 Eog g+.8a4Hb235.€h2s5! c4 f4 'l6.hc3 fxe3 17.fxe3dxc4 1B.9xc4
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theKing'spenetration. Axe3+ and I playedon untilmove forty.
Not 14...95? Now. Black getsaccs
36.EcBBozsz.*ss €s738.Eca8€fl 4...e6s.-Q.og
tivity for the pawn.
gxh4+
39.88a7h5 40.h4
41.€xh4
Sprenklecalledthis moveambitious.
14...O-O
15.Wxh6
Aoz t0.Ao+
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easilyparried,and Black will gain a few
tempidrivingtheKnight andQueenback.
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few targets.
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Whitenormallyplays2.c4againstthe
Dutch. In the Raphael variation, c2-c4
requiressomepreparation-if playedat
all. In gameone,I gaveup severaltempi
preparingthe move and my pieceslacked
coordination.This gamereflectsan improvementover my earliereffort.
1 0 . . . O - O1 1 . 8 c 1 4 e 4 1 2 . 9 x e 7W x e T
13.Wb36a5 14.Wb56xc4 15.9xc4
d x c 41 6 . E f d 1 ?
41...Hxa7| 42.flxa7+ &96 43.Ea4
16.Vxc4
Hxg2=;41...Exd4+??isaninteresting
1 6 . . . W e 81 7 . W x e 8E x e g t 8 . h d 4
19...€.c6 rendersthe piece a tall tactic:42.Hxd4E xaT€.€xh5f .
pawn.
18.6e5 b5 19.f3695 20.hc5=
42.flxe7+&xe7 43.fla7+€tA a+.€xnS
20.We3H,tSzt .Eabl Wa6 22.a4Eaf8 H s 1
1 8 . . . g . d 71 9 . 6 c 3 e 5 2 0 . A d b 5
23.f3 E5f7
44...Hg7??leadsto an elementary 20.6xe4fxe421.De27
The action shiftsto the queenside. win for White,i.e.,45.Exg7&xg7 46.
1B.Ecl Wo6 tg.hc3 Ac4
24.4b5 Axbs 25.axbsWb6 26.8c5 a6
20...6xc321.Axc3 Ac6 22.6d5 Eac8
€ss.
45.'t4Eg2 46.trd7 Eg1 47.f5+ exfS
aB.Exd5€e749.Ed6Hsa 50.d5E g.1
27...a51
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EeS58.€f5Ee1 59.H.f4
He260.Ea4
29...ExaO
30.Bcb5Ha2 31.ExbT
Etz+
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6t.€e4
62.€f5 Etz+ 69.
Hoz gz.H.xf7€xf7 gg.Hoz+ €te
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did notfind it, althoughit is there.
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Northwest Chess
An InterviewWith NM lgnacioPerez
But thereis not that big . . . well. it's not that it's big here. But,
anyway,what you feel as a player,the . . . fmonetarymotivaLl/hointroducedyou to chess,how did you learn?
tion] is small. The money,andtheseotherconditionsthey are
Oh, in my country [Cuba],it was my cousin. . . he just the otherpart. But, mostly,it's the game. That'swhat we like.
told me how to movethe pieces.
So what is the appealof chessfor you, why did stick with chess?
How old wereyou then?
With chess?
Oh, as far as I know by then - I mean.as I was told by
Yeah,wasit.justthesportingaspect?
my parents- I was six or sevenyearsold.
No, no. Chess,eversinceI learnedthe moves. . . chess
Do you rememhertheJir,stgame,tvouplq,scl.)
. . . tookme. . . I meanwithchess,I learnedhowtosolvethings
No. no.
. . . how to think calmly in most situations. . . how to say"no"
and how to say"yes" at somepoints . . . how to solvemost of
Ll/ctsvour cousin vour mctin competition grov,ing up'?
the situationsin my life that happenwith me and otherpeople.
At first, becausehe was the only one around. But then.I
And that's rvhy I will say that chesswas probablythe main
startedgoingout and playingwith fiiendsof mine.
thing that I playedasa sport. My main sportwasalwayschess.
Did you have a ches.sc'luh vort pluved in al school'.)
Even though I knew how to play baseball,boxing, running,
u asthe main one. Justprettymuch like Fischet it was
chess
No. I didn't haveone.
to me.
So hor did you go .fi'on plu.r'ingwith vour./riendsto beingso
Do vouhuveanyparticular goals.forchess,is theresomelevelyou
strong? How did you inrprcra.'
are tn'ingto reachor something
vouare tryingto accomplish?
Oh, becausein mv country. . . it's like any otherpart of
Yeah.yeah. I haveone.
the world: whenyou areconsistentlypracticing,that'show you
getgood. . . alonguith talent.Evenbackthen.I didn't have Okal'. (long pause) You want to tell us what it is'?
many tools: books.coachingand this and that. I neverhad
(laughs)Oh yeah,why not! Justwaitinguntil you askme!
coaching.I coachedmyself.
Whatis vour goalfbr chess'?
Yeah.Did you haveany./avrtrite
books?
My goal in chessis to becomea GM . . . but my main one
Oh. tacticalbooks.
besidethat is to becomethe fastestplayerin the U.S.,in blitz.
By Nat Koons
(after a pause) So, in Cuba, is ('apablunc'a a nalional champion,
is he sort of. . .
Right,right! Over the whole world. not only Cuba.
(injest) Soyou try to plalt like Capuhlunc'u
then.
Nah, I try to play like Tal. For the initiative.
Yes.
Like Nakamuraright now is giving me five to one,I would
like to be the one to give him five to one! Yeah,I know it's
goingto be a long.long time, but it's just a matterof time.
Doesteachingft in with thut, doesit help?
Sodid you play in lournamenlsin Cubu,.1,oulh
tournaments
or the
Cuban(hampionship'?
Teaching. . . teachingpeople...teachingat a schoolhelps
the playerhow to teachhimself. It alsotellsthe playerthe right
No, no. I did not qualifofor theCubanCharnpionship.
But way to study,the right way to expressthings to the next perI did qualify for the other levelsthat were requiredfor the son. Teachingalso encouragesthe playerto makeevenmore
CubanChampionship.You first haveto play in severalquali- effort in chesslike I mentioned...Even though I heardabout
ffing toumamentsbeforeyou areeligiblefor the championship. someother playerssayingthat teachinghastaken sometime
from their own preparation, with me it
doesn't work that way.
Are there differences between lournuments in
Cubaand tournaments
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some of the gamesyou've played, do
you have any memorablemoments,ar4t
stories you'ld like to share?
Well, that's very interesting. . .
I think. . . Ithink. . . which one . . .
which one . . . therewere too manv. Are vou askinsme about
Yeah.Wouldtherebe trophiesorjust the,sutisfaction
of winning? the oneshere,in the U.S., or in my country or overall?
Not really a trophy . . . well. yeah,a trophy,just like here. Overall.
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Let'sseehere.Yeah,in my countryI've got one. Very
Yeah,but that was back in '97.
verymemorable.
Here,I thinkI've gotoneor two,but,in my
Oh, okay.
country therewasit seemsto metheonethatreally is unforYeah,that was way back in '97. I also beat Slava,also
gettable.
I(as it a decisivegamein a tourndment?
It was, it was. and not only that, it encouragedme to move
forward. That game gave me the passto the next section,the
next level.
Did you win?
Right, I won that game,and. becauseI won, I got to the
next level. I qualified for anothertournamentthat was rieht
after that one.
How did thegamego? Whatwasparticularly . . . I inragineit was
very lense.
way back in 2003 or 20A4,in the WashingtonClass. But l,ve
playedbigger gamesthan thoseones. It doesn't count to me
as a great achievement.becausein order for me to measure
myself as a player . . . first of all, I haveto play a match with
the person. I haveto look at this otherguy's achievements:how
consistentlythey have beenwinning toumaments,who have
they beenplaying with, how much strengthdo they really have?
JustbecauseI beattheseguyswho havebeatenme . . . It's not
the sameas playing a match.
Haveyou played matchesbefore?
Oh yeah, I played matchesin my country. But here, I
haven't played one. And that's the reasonthat I haven't felt
Right,right. JustbecauseI haveto win, this otherguy has
as strong as I would like to feel. Becausea chessplayer is
to win, the winner of this gamehasthe passto the next level.
supposedto measurehimself by playing strongtoumaments
It was very very tough,I'll neverforget. That was one of my
and matches,strong matches,where there is big money inmost importantmomentsin my life in chess,this tournament.
volved or not: but still strong matches,strongtournaments.
Are thereanygamesfrom the U.S.that are memorable,or that stick (pause)You might hearpeoplesay"Oh this guy-I don't want
out in your mind . . .
to mentionany names-this otherplayer from way back,or this
Let's seehere. . . no, therewas one.(pause)Well, I don't otherplayerright now,he'sgood,he'sthis andthat.whatever,,'
rememberexactly which tournament,but it was at this tour- I hearthat and I laugh inside and say to myself: "They don't
namentherethat I had it tough-well, now that t'm talking with know what they are talking about. They don't haveany idea
you, therewasthis gameat this toumamentwhereI wasWhite what chess,what real chessis about." But when I was in my
and you were Black, and the whole [time] from move nine on country I knew,I felt. what real chesswas about. I remember
. . . andyou cameout with this move g...d5 in this Ruy Lopez I usedto play. . . I tellthesepeoplewhen I havetime, Dereque
and then you actually told me after the gamethat it had been Kelly and theseotheryoung kids I play blitz with, I tell them
sometimesthat in my country I useto play theseguys----oneof
playedbefore.
them took 500 (Cuban)bucksfrom me, and he was not even
Yes.
an FM. He usedto beatGMs in blitz.
ItwasthelastroundatClass.Hewasthebestinmycountryhewas
Championship
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time I leanon a player:makingpressureon the playerwith the
clock, and in someof theselines sacrificinghere.and makine
him worry about what I'm trying to do. B-utI've never beei
in this situation[from theotherside].. . I mean,maybga couple.
tfuee times in my whole life that this hasbeenhappeningto me!
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havesomethingto prou", somethingof
value at stake,you don,t just let thingJhappen. That,sa lie.
Yeah.
That remindsme, I was playing this IM who just passed
away, JesusRodriguez Cordova, he was well known in the
whole cuban community. He was alreadyan IM by the time
I think therewasa big gameyou playedwith Orlov in one of the I got to know him at the local club, and I used to go there evClint Ballard tournaments,
maybethe Slugfest?
ery single day. Later on, he becameCuban Chainpion, and
No, rememberOrlov didn't play in that one. Maybe you're when I heard he passedaway it was a great sorrow to me.
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talking about the one on Bainbridge?
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(afier a pause)Let s changethe topic. ll'hat changeswouldyou like to seein the chess I will nevergive that up. It's avery very
world? ll/hat is going right, what is going wrong?
good thing. It's not how much further to
Thereare a lot of things going wrong. The main one, it seemsto me, the only go, but how healthyit is to your real life.
one that really needsto change,is that any organization,in any part of world, in Basically,thosequestionsyou askedme
any country, should suppoft chessin the way it supports. . . [other sports]. For before,how to improvethings in chess
instance:take football. It has support. Baseball:it hassupport,by companiesand . . . well, basically,now I'm in Washingthis and that. Any other sport in the whole world has support. But I hate when I ton State,I can say . . . people like you
hearsomepeoplesometimessaying:"Oh, chess,that's a smartgame. Oh, chess!" oughtto be involved in the organization.
It soundsmuch too modest,like lip service. It's just sayingsomethingto say it. Peoplethat do thingslike this. interviewChessis the oldestgame:why hasn'tany companytakenthis gameseriously?Right ing the players,creating motivation for
now peopleare beginningto seethe value of chess.why don't peoplewith money players,it's good we've got the ones
give it real support?That is the main weaknessof the chessworld. It doesn'thave we've got, and we've got to get more to
to be a hugechange.like in Russi4 and it doesn'thaveto be the whole United States, contribute.Sometimestherearedifficulties,and logisticalproblems,but I don't
but why couldn't it starthere?
think it's that hard. It's all a matterof
Are thereany othersubjectsyou like to talk about?
findingthe right people.
That's a good question. I rememberreadingyour interview with Serperfrom Thankyou, Ignacio
Peres.
the magazineand, as far as I can remember,he talked about Mikhail Tal. He in.boct68oq6t
cluded Thl, in order to saythat Tal was a greatfriend, that he didn't have any enemies. Tal was a championin classicaland blitz. And he saidsometimesthat by Th" gu*", Ignacioand I discussedhave
beingthe best,by beingchampion,[that alone]createsenemies.And that'sright, I already recently appearedin Northwest
agreewith Serper.I havenothing againsthim, and I will neverhaveany,thingagainst Chess. Instead,here is a selectionof
any greatplayer. There is one thing that I noticehe neverdoesat toumaments,and gamesfrom Ingacio'sblitz partner,IM
it's a qualitymostof us shouldleam,especiallyfrom him. And that is the energy RodrieuezCordoba:
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game! I look at chessin this way. One:my goal in a tournamentis to win first place
and first prize. And then secondone: my pride is involved,to prove things. And
just becauseI'm wastingenergyon theseother
theremay be pain if I don't succeed,
things. That'swhy Serper,in his interview,which I still haven'tfinishedreading
by the way, was sayingthingsthat makesense.Whenyou arethe champion,when
you are on top, you get hate:theseother peoplecriticize you . . .
Do you haveany gamesyou'd like to includewith the interview? WithSerpe4I included one with all thesesacrifices.
The gamewith Serperfrom StateChampionship?I think I can say that if I'd
playedthe sameway up to the point I sacrificedthe Exchange,againstany other
player in WashingtonState,I would havewon. But becausethat was him, that he
really took the requiredtime to find every single good move startingfrom that point
on, the result of the gamewas what it was. You can take it as an example.
Anvthingelse?
Yes,let's see. . . with chess,I know I havea lot to do in orderto reachmy goals.
The easypart of my goal is that I know for surethat I am going to make it. The
otherpart is just a matterof time. The time is to me not an enemy. . . I'm not justi$ing things,saying"Oh, I didn't do this, I should'vedonethis," you won't ever
hearthat from me, that's the first thing. I will nevergive up thosethings ['m doing
that I know arepositive. I might give up otherthings that arenegative,but not chess,
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SoHow Manv ChessBoardPositions
by Eric Holcomb
Perhapssomeof you may recall hearingor readingat one
time or anotherthat thereare about l0{'rboardpositionsand
l0r:0movesequences
in thegameof chess.rvherefor example
l0a0is the number" l " followedby 40 zeroes-avery largenumber indeed!(10'r0is very much Iargerstill-greaterthan the
numberof atomsin the knownuniverse!)
chessboardpositionswith all 32 chessmen
on theboard.without regardto therulesof chess.(ln otherwords.thecltessmen
may be placedon any squares.as long as eachnranoccupies
a differentsquare.)The resultingnumberis rvrittenas 64ll
( 3 2 ! x ( 8 ! ) r ' ( 2 ! )w
" 'h
. i c hh a sa n u m e r i c avl a l u eo 1 4 . 6 3 5 lx0 r r .
o r 9 . 2 7 0 x 1 0 | ( a l m o s1t0 | ) i f t h e r e s u l ti s d o u b l e db. e c a u s e
distinctdependingon rvhoseturrr
chesspositionsareconsidered
it is to nrove.
In gametheory the complexity of a board game is often
expressedin termsof the "statespacecomplexity"(numbero1'
from the initial position),and
legalboardpositionsreachable
the "game-treesize" (numberof move sequences).
Chessis
indeeda very complexgame.althoughnot the mostcomplex.
Amongmajorboardgames.thatdistinctionbelongsto the Japanesegameof Go playedon the traditionall9xl9 board.(See
the Wikipediaarticleon "GanreComplexity.")
I
I
on the board,'villbe less
Tlte actualnumberof chessmen
than32 onceoneor morecaptureshavetakenplace.Thereis
in the calculatiorr
no singleformulato handlethis cornplexity'
'hested"
of boardpositions.lnstead.a computerprogramwith
loopsis requiredto sumup all thepossibilities.Won'tthisprogramtakearrimpossiblylong time to run? No. the cornputer
is not loopingon theactualboardpositions,but ratheron how
manyof eachpiecetypeareon the board.possiblywith sonre
In this,the first of tuo articles.the authorwill discussthe extra uork to accountfor light- and dark-squaredBishops.
numberof chessboardpositions.andvariousestimates
of this pawn promotion,or otherconsiderations.For eachloop.the
quantity.In a secondafticle.theauthorwill reporton a remark- statistical
fbrmulais appliedandthe resultssurnmed.
involring oneestimate
ablecoincidence
of thenumberof chess
The authordevelopeda Visual Basiclbr Excel program
boardpositions.and also discussthe numberof chessmove
(macro)thatexecutes10.497.600
suchloopsin a fer.vseconds
sequences.
wereas fbllows:
on a nrodernPC.The author'sassumptiorts
Althoughit's beenknoun for manyyearsthatthe number
(l)
A I I p i e c e s( e x c e p tK i n g s ) n i a y b e e i t h e ro n
of possiblechessboardpositionsis at least104",
an exactcalor otFthe board.
positionsis impossiblein pracculationof thenumberof Ie-sal
(l)
Pawnsmay be placed anywhereon the 2nd
tice because
of complications
suchaspawnstructureandboth
ranks
without
regardto the nroves(e.g..captures)
thrLr
7th
Kings beingin check. The bestthat can be done is to calcuget them there.
would
be
that
required
to
late "upper bounds"basedon variousassumptions(for ex(3)
Bishopsmustremainon theiroriginal(light
ample,neglectingpa$ n structure.checks,pawnpromotionsto
or dark)colorsquares.
new pieces,etc.). The resultingestimates
canvary widely de(4)
pendingon the assumptions!
Obtainingnew pieces(e.g.,morethanone
promotionis not allowed.Chesslegend
pawn
Queen)by
The theoryof combinatorialstatisticsunderliesall of the
Philidor
approved
of thisrule!!
calculations.For example,startr" ith an emptyboardwith 48
(s)
Positionsarecountedwithoutresardto one
squaresaccessibleto pawns.and placefour identicalWhite
both
Kings
in
check,includingcheckingeachother.
or
(stapawnson the board. The numberof distinctarrangements
(6)
t i s t i c a l c o m b i n a t i o n s ,n o t c h e s s c o m b i n a t i o n s ! )i s
Eachpositioncountstwicedueto whoseturn
it is to move (again.without regardto checks).
48x47x46x45I (1 x2x3x4): I 94.580. Continuing with four
Blackpawnsgives44x43x42x411(1x2x3x4):135,7
5l combi(7)
Loss of the ability to castleor capturee/r
nationsfor eachWhite pawn arrangement,
for a total (actually
passanlis not considered.
a product)of I 94,580x| 3 5.'75 1:26,4 14,429,580.The possiIn statisticaltheory,the sameanswershouldresultno
bilitiesarealreadyin the billions!
matterwhat orderthe piecesare placedon the board.but it
Statisticianswould normally write the numbersgiven makessenseto placethe pawnsfirst, thenthe Bishops,because
a b o v e i n " f a c t o r i a l " n o t a t i o n , f o r e x a m p l e 4 8 ! l thesepiecesrequireextrabookkeeping.(Pawnsarerestricted
(44!x4!)=194,580,
where48! (48 factorial)is the productof to 48 squares,
fbr
and Bishopsrequireacconntingseparately
allpositive integersfrom I to48. etc. The factorof 4! in the light and dark squares.Oncethe Bishopsare placed,no firrdenominatorarisesbecauseall White pawns (or all Black ther accountingoflight and dark squaresis necessary
fbr the
pawns)areassumed
(Never otherpieces.)Readersrvith programrning
to be identicaland interchangeable.
may be
experience
mind that one of them camefrom a differentchessset:that able to understand
how the author'smacroperfonnstlre redoesn'tcount!)
quiredcalculations.
An Excelfilewith themacrowill be availChesswebsite,nwchess.com,whenthis
able
on
the
l{orthwesl
In 1950,computerchesspioneerClaudeShannon(l9l 6published
article
is
in
the magazine.
2001) usedthis statisticaltheoryto calculatethe numberof
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t3
positions
The author'shighestestimateof 1.8983x 1050
(ust under l05owithout the doublecounting)is consistentwith
the Allis estimateof 1050positions,but not havingreadAllis'
Ph.D.thesis,the authoris not certainhow Allis derivedhis
"upper bound" of 5x105:,which seemsunrealisticallyhigh.
One thing, however,is clear: the vast majority of the "state
chessboardpositionscould only arisein
space"of about 1050
try it.)
practicethrough the cooperationofboth playersto bring about
O f t h e 4 . 1 5 2 9 x 1 0 4 c0 a l c u l a t e db o a r d p o s i t i o n s .
an absurdseriesof pawn promotions,resultingin lots of extra
I . 1057x1040,
or aboutone-quarter,involveall 32 chessmenon pieces the
on
board! Furthermore,the capturesrequired to
the board. This is over 800timessmallerthanShannon'ses- "clear the way" for pawn promotionwould severelylimit the
timate,in partbecauseof the restrictionon Bishops,but mostlr numberof possiblepositions.For example,of the 4.7875x 104'q
becausepawnscannotbe on the lstor 8thranks.(Think about positionsin line #6 above.75o/orequirethat all of the original
it or try it - place l6 pawnson the boardat random,and less 32 chessmen(or their promotedequivalents)still be on the
than lYo of the time will any two ranks(or files) specifiedin chessboard.
Horveve(asnotedearlier,thereareonly about1033
advancebe completelyemptyof pawns.)
possiblepositionsin a standardgameof chessbeforeany capIt's true that the vast majority of theseboardpositionsare tureshavetakenplace.Requiringthatat leastfour blackpawns
simply impossiblein a real gameplayedfrom the standardini- mustbe capturedto "clearthe war"' for all eightwhite pawns
tial position,or evena "Chess960" position. For example.of to promotereducesthe numberof possibleboardpositionsto
the l. 1057xl0{ positionsthatinvolveall 32 menon theboard. about l0'5.(The flexibility of the author'scomputerprogram
the authorestimates
thatonly I in l0 million (aboutl0rr posi- makesit relativelyeasyto do thosekindsof calculations.)
tions) have"no capture"pawn structureswith one Black and
This is still a longway from answeringthequestionof how
one White pawn on eachfile. (For eachfile, thereareonly' l5 manychessboardpositionscan arisellom a legalsequenceof
possiblearrangementsof the White and Black pawnsbefore mo!'esfrom the startingposition.The author'sguessis that it's
any captureshave taken place. For all eight files, that gives closerto l0a5than 1050,
but the questionis certainlyworthy of
( 15;'= 2.563x l0narrangements
of the pawns.)But this limi- turtherstudy.For playersnot satisfiedwith this immenselevel
tation can be removed by playing the original version of of complexity,thereare alwayschessvariantsthat increasethe
"bughouse"chesswhere capturedchessmencan be put back size of the "state space,"for exampletwo-board bughouse,
almost anywhereon the board. (Not that crazy two-board ver- Capablancachess,and Seirawanchess!
sionof"bughouse"chessthat kids play today!)
What about that remarkablecoincidencementioned?It
The answeris approximately4.1529x1040
boardpositions.
Fourteendecimalplacesarecalculatedin Excel,but somer'r'ill
be meaninglessdue to round-off €rors. With commercialll,
availablemathematicssoftwarethat performsunlimited precisionarithmetic,it shouldbe possibleto calculateall 4l digits of the answerexactlv! (Pleaselet the authorknow if vou
Many more chessboardpositionsare possibleby allowing promotion to multiple Queensor other pieces. The
Wikipediaarticleon the "Shannonnumber"(10r20move sequences)quotesr€cent(1994) estimatesby Victor Allis in a
for an "upperbound"on the numberof
Ph.D.thesisof 5x 1052
chesspositions,and about 105'for the "true number" of legal
positions. Wow! That's a lot more than the l0a0or so positions without pawn promotion!
involvesthe number4.1529x l0ot'asdiscussedabove.The
coincidencedoesnot involve the much largernumberof atoms
in theuniverse,but it doesinvolve somethingsimilarof physical significancehereon Earth.The authorwill award a prize
of a one-yearWCF or OCF membershipto the first personwho
correctly identifiesthe coincidencebefore the author's next
articleis published.(Seethe insidefront coverof the magazine
for contactinformation.)
Backgroundof the Author
To checkthis out, the authormodified his Excel macroto
engi!'he
Eric
l{olcomb,hasan MSdegreein aerospace
atrthor
includepawn promotionsto otherpieces,while removingthe
neering,and vorked as an engineerfor The Boeing Companyfor
restrictionon Bishops.The results,summarizedin the table neurlv20 years. Eric now pursueshis ovn businessactivilies,enjoys
below,are quite interesting.(Note the useof the "8" notation plu.ringchess,and seruesas businessmanagerfor NorthwestChess
for powersof 10 commonlyusedin computerinput/output.) nrdgd:tne
sl.
I
2
3
4
5
6
7
t4
Assumpllons
Powns on 2ndto 7thronks, bishops on originol color squores, no pown promotion
i o n e w p i e c e s ;2 t o 3 2 m e n ; p o s i i i o n sc o u n t t w i c e d u e t o t u r n t o m o v e .
Some os # I qbove except bishoosunrestricted.Thereore f or fewer loops
b e c o u s e i t i sn o l o n g e r n e c e s s q r yt o k e e p t r q c k o f l i g h t o n d d o r k s q u o r e s .
S h o n n o ne s t i m o t e( f o rc o m p o r i s o n ) o
; l l 3 2 c h e s s m e no n b o o r d , n o p o w n
promotion; no other restrictions.
S o m e o s # 2 q b o v e e x c e p t p o w n p r o m o t l o nJ o o n e ( o n d o n l y o n e ) o f t h e
following piece types ollowed: rooks,knights,bishops.
Some os #2 obove excepi pown promotion to queens ollowed.
Some os #2 obove except pown promotion to oll four piece types ollowed.
Some os #6 obove except pqwns moy be ploced on ony ronk, even I5ror 8th
ronkswithout promotion.
August
2OOA
# Boord Posiflons
# Loops
4.1529E+4O
10,497,6A0
236.196
1.4445E+41
n/o
9.2595f+42
1,285,956
5.3227f+44
2,125,764
75,585,636
75,5A5,636
4.52591+45
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d\F?n
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wlrenPeterLeko andVladimir
5=e a)
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Viswanathan'\ i.h) Anand,aged
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a:d
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Who is Vladimir Kramnik?
sandaboutwho must play whom, who Ernilia,at thatpointthc :trongesttournashouldn'tplay whom, and who is or is ment ever held. bcatrrrcreigningWorld
Vladimir Kramnik.aged3-1.a RusChampionKasparorin tlreprocess.
nollegitirnate...
sian-bornGrandnraster.
is currentlrtied
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players 1995.butbeatAlcrci\hirov in Tehranin prodigy and a studentof the famous
highest-rated
and accomplished
school,Kramnik
of the rnonent and of the past l5 years 2000to win the Flt)I. \\ orld Champion- Botvinnik-Kasparov
for
I II)l: Champion.he stoodout amonghis youngclassmates
(except for the retired Galry Kasparov) ship. The reigninr.r
won
the
Mexico
Citr
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pieces
playing
round-robin
his
affinity
for
trading
and
go headto headin a twelve-gamematch
to takeplacein Bonn,Germany,October in2007, whereall t'rf'tirctop players.ex- the endgame.The then untitledplayer
was in 1992proclairnedby Kasparovto
l;l to Novernber2. Anand.asthe winner cept Topalov,took pan
in Mexico City lastyear.will be the deAnandis firmoust,,r.luickcalculat- be the biggesttalenthe'd everseen,and
fendingchanrpion,
but will not receive ingabilityandantazinrlrrapidplay.His Kasparovinsistedhe be placedon the
draw odds. And Kramnik hasnot lost a rvillingness
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andtheonly onerenraining
will be on the andembraceshis rolc .r- ir nationalhero at the ChessOlympiadthat year,and has
whereit shouldhavebeenall in India.
beenone of the world's top playersever
chessboard.
since.
this tirne.
The fbllowingrrcli-knt'run
is
-uame
but alsor)lical lbr Anand.
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Kramnik is famousfor his deeppowho
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apart
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sitionalunderstanding,
his skill in simpliposition:
Karpovrverebattlingoverthe WorldCup opponent's
fied positions,and latell,for his tenacity
in 1989,down on a much lower board
in holdingslightly'\\'orse
endgames.He
C ' e n t a r - ( () l t t i l t ' t '
Kramnik.age 14,andAnand,age 19,sat
won the unofficial but u'idely acknowlGM ViswanathanAnand
dou,nto do battle:
edgedtitle of WorldChampionby defeatGM Joellautier
ing Kasparovin a matchin 2000,which
(]iuoco Piano
Biel 1997 he subsequentlydefendedagainstLeko in
NM Vladimir Kramnik
1.e4d5 2.exd59xd5 3 lc3 WaS4.d4 2004 and Topalov in 2006 He also sufGM Viswanathan Anand
hto s.6t3 c6 6.Ac4 ;f5 7.2e5 e6 8. fered from a prolonged sickness(from
Moscoru,WorldCup 1989 g aA g 6 9 . h 4A b d T 1 0 . i x d 7L x d T 11 . which he has now recovered)that may
3 s 2 r 3 l e 3 6 n O t a . havehurt his resultsfor someyears,when
1.e4 e5 2.4't3 6cO 3.4c4 AcS 4.c3 h 5A e 4 1 2 . , 8 hA
af6 5.d3 d6 6.9b3 O-O 7.4q5 a6 8. Aos Oos 15.f3Ab4 14.at2Axc3 17. he wascriticizedfor being lessthandomi6 o o z A a 7 9 . 6 t r h 6 r o . A h 4g 5 r ' t . b x c 3W x c 3 1 8 .H b 1 9 x d 4 1 9 .E , x b 7 nant in toumamentplay.
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Against the Semi-Slav,Kramnik
The following game is Kramnik at
his best:a faint advantagethat grows as playsboth 5.4g5 and 5.e3 (in fact,plays
piecesleavethe board,finally becoming it with both colors). Kramnik-Anand
from Mexico City went 1.d4 d5 2.c4 cG
decisiveat the very end:
3,4f3 6t0 +.6c9 e6 5.495 h6 6,g.h4
Nimzo-IndianCIassical
dxc47.e4g5B.Ag3 b5 9.4e2 -€"OztO.
GMVladimirKramnik
O-o AbdT 11.6e5 Ag7 12,a,xd76xd7
13.3.d6a6 14.9h5 Ata ts.Axrg HxfB
GM PeterLeko
1996 16.e5gb6 17.b30-O-O 1B.bxc46xe5
1.d4Af6 2.c4eG3.4c3 Ao+ +.Wcz 19.c5WaS20.6e4 Wb4 21.Ado Exdo
O-O5.a3Axc3 6.Wxc3OGz.AgSAO7 22.cxd6hdZ and Black had enough for
8 . f 3h 6g . g n +d 5 1 0 . e 36 o o z 1 1 . c x d sthe Exchange. It is perhapsimportant
hxd5 12.AxdB6xc3 13.4h4Ads 14. that this game was played late when
9tz cs 15.e4Ae7 16.6e2EacS 17. Anand was leadingand Kramnik had to
Ac3 cxd41B.Axd46c5 19.Ed 1 trfd8 win.
Kramnik's openingphilosophywith
Black is basednot on counterattackand
initiative,but on equalizationand simply
not losing. It's beena winning strategy
in World Championshipmatches: Kasparov was unable to break through the
Berlin Defensein 2000 (and, in the last,
must-win game,played the Catalan!),
Leko was unableto get an edgeagainst
the Petroffin 2004 randhe.too. switched
to 1.d4midway throughthe match),and
Topalovin 2006 simply avoided1.e4 altogether.I don't expectAnand to do the
same,but he'll have to think up something.
2 0 . 9 e 3E x d l 2 1 . € x d 1e 5 2 2 . b 4 o , e l
Or. . . perhapsnot. Perhapsthe
In his matchwith Topalov,Kramnik
23.&c2 6c6 24.&b2 €fB 25. gc4 reliedon 5.e3.andwith this movehewon work hasbeendonefor him! Kramnik's
6cd4 26.Axe6Axe627.hb5EaB28. two decisivegamesin the playoff. This aura of invincibility in the Petroff was
a 4 A a 6 2 9 . h a 3 E c B 3 0 . b 5A o z g t . variationis lesssharpthan 5.4g5, and damagedin the recentDortmund tournaE,cl Excl 32.€xc1 €e7 33. a5 bxaS thereis lesspossibilityfor an unpleasant ment,wherehe lost to bothNaiditsch and
34.9xa7f5 35.exf5At+ SO.gS6hS surprise(for either side). An additional Ivanchuk. And neitherlosswas a fluke:
39.b0Axf3 considerationfor Kramnik may be what Naiditschcameup with a brilliant novelty
37.Aca695 38.6xa5.Q.d5
aO.h3Ag5 41.b7 9xb742.6xb76xh3 happenedin his matchwith Leko (during and won a nic€ game,and Ivanchukgot
43.9b6€oz ++.9e3€e7 45.6c5 96 Kramnik's1.e4period):his "refutation" a small edgeof BishopagainstKnight in
46.fxg6€tO +z.9xh6 €xg6 4B.Ae3 of the Marshall gambit, which he had an openposition and then kept the pres1-0
preparedwith a computer.turnedout to sureon until Kramnik cracked.
be completelyflawed. Kramniklostthe
IfAnand doesvary it will be difficult
gameand nearlythe match. My predic- to predict what will happen. Kramnik
tion is that Kramnikwill beginwith 5.e3, relied on both the Slav and Semi-Slav
andswitchto 5..Q.g5only if he absolutely againstTopalov(not too successfully,in
After a feu vearsof experimentation needsto.
my opinion,at leastasfar asthe opening
with 1.e4,Kramnikhasgonebackto the
battle). Against Leko, he played the
Or maybehe'll play the English.
queenpawn openings. His deadliest
and the Queen'sIndian and even
QGD
openingweaponis the Catalan(an exthe Benoni (tme, in a must-win situation).
traordinary+17:10-0 accordingto my
It's difficult to predictwhat he would play
database).with which he beat Morozeagainst1.d4 by Anand. Your guessis as
vich and Leko in Mexico Citl lastyear,
Anandalmostinvariablyplays1.e4. goodasmine!
a s w e l l a s A n a n d ( C o r u s 2 0 0 7 ) a n d Such is his masteryof it tirat Khalifman
OrAnand could play the English.
Topalov (Games One and Ten. Elista hasnamedhis king pawnrepertoireseries
2 0 0 6 ) . I t h i n k A n a n dw i l l a v o i d 1 . d 4 (at ten booksand counting)Openingfor
RecommendedReading
6tOZ.cq e6, allowing3.g3 (the Cata- Wite According to Anand. His lifetime
A From London to Elista by
lan), although,true, this was his latest recordagainstthe Petroff,Kramnik's faEvgenyBareev,et al. An inside
choiceagainstKramnikin Monaco.who v o r i t e d e f e n s e ,i s a c o o l + 3 0 : 3 3 + .
account by Kramnik's second;
in tum avoidedthe Catalan(to avoidre- Against Kramnik in the Petroff, he's *3
I've not read it, but it's gotten
vealinghis preparation?),
play'ed3. af3. :1 l-O. But a closerlook revealsthevicravereviews.
andendedup losingbadly(seethegames tories camein a rapid game,a blindfold
B www.kramnik.com. Kramsection).
game,and a classicalgamewhereKramnik's websitehasgames,photos
and interviewswith Vlad, includAnand will have to make a choice nik blundereda piecein theopening.Not
ing "From Steinitzto Kasparov,"
betweenhis other main defences.the particularly convincing, especiallyin
a fascinatingtour of chesshisandthe Semi- light of their Mexico City gamewhere
Queen'sGambitAccepted
tory through its champions.
Slav. Anand has not played the QGA Anand was White: when Kramnik finally
againstKramnik sinceLeon 2002(again, endedhis preparation,Anand was a pawn
has a
C www.tnq.in/vishwa.html
seethe games). In fact, after this game down and had to play exactly to make a
meteoric
nicetimelineofMshy's
he hasonly playedthe QGA sporadically draw (which he did). He did betterin
career.Bottom line: "Grandmas(for instance,againstKamsky in 2006, Wijk aanZee this year,achievinga subter ViswanathanAnand is quite
which he lost). The Semi-Slavtherefore stantialadvantage,but Kramnik was still
simply, the greatestsportsman
looks like the most likely choice.
India haseverproduced."
able to draw.
Kramnik As White
Anand As White
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www.chessbase.com/newsgives
detail.asp?newsid=4628
Anand's view of the World
Championship,including what
he thinks of what Kramnik has
been saying. This is on the exsite.
cellentChessBase
The Day Kasparot, Quit and
Other ChessIntertiews by Dirk
Jan ten Geuzendam. Excellent
interviews with Kramnik and
Kasparovanalyzingthe London
match,aswell as withAnand on
the aborted Kasparov-Anand
matchin 1998.With manyother
great interviews (my favorite:
Bronstein),this is simply a book
you shouldreadanyway!
php?id=
www.e3e5.com/article.
1496. Priorto Mexico City this
website askedGMs their opinions on who would win. Lots of
interestingcomments.
G
www.uep-worldchess.
com is
the oflicial matchsite.
H
My Life and Games by
Kramnikand Damsky.
VishyAnand: Iv[yBest Gamesof
Chessby Anand & Nunn.
Topalov-Kramnik, 2006 World
Chess Championship: On the
Edge in Elista by Topalov and
Ginchev, if you want to know
what really happenedin "Toiletgate."
K
Kramn ik vs.Leko 2004 by Breutigam, Yusupov and Lutz. AnotherI don't have,but I'll recommend it anyway! Yusupov and
Lutzare both excellentauthors.
Look up Anand or Kramnik on
www.chessgames.
com, they've
played somegreatgames!
Kramnik Defeats Anand
Queen'sGambit Accepted
Kramnik-Anand
Dortmmd 2001
Annotations by NM Nat Koons
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cally takesover the board.
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23.9h3 h6 24.9f5 b5 25.9b4 trdB g5
Z O . f l c Z 9 4 2 1 . W c 1 W e t Z Z . H O I Ae3, simply 26.HxfB+decides,while
26.8e7 Wc4
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e5 35.9b4 hxg336.hxgsEoz 37.Wa5 variation given by Anand in Informant
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strategic,
with Kramnik'spassedd-pawn
Berlin defensesdoesn't win him many
againprovingdecisive.
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Anand'sbestknown fans,but againstAnand it's a wise stratvictoryoverKramnik,comingwith the egy. Witnessthe following:
Queen'sGambit Accepted
Blackpiecesin a classical
timecontrol.
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1.4
5.Axc4 Ato o.o-o a6 7.3.b3cxd48.
exd4bc6 9.4c3 Ae7 10.9s5O-O1I .
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EOz ZO.We496 21.Wxc4Hxb2 22.
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by NM Nat Koons
1.4f3 6tA z.c+ e6 3.6c3 d5 4.d4 c6
5.495 h6 6.9h4 dxc47.e4g5 8.4g3
b 5 9 . 4 e 2 A o z t o . e 5 a h s 1 1 . a 4a 6
12.hxgS!?
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Sicilian Najdorf
Anand-Kramnik
Dortmzmd (rapid) 2004
Annotationsby NM Nat Koons
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W i t h t h e d o u b l et h r e a to f . . . E f r B +
is not nearly as fast.
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and...6d4.
25...4c5 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.gxh5 Oxb3
Whitewill resretthisw'eakening. 7 3 . E c 3E n B +7 a . & g 26 o q t s , H t z
28.axb3
Wda 29.Yc2trtg so.tro t gfo
Hxh2+76.*f1Ent+ z z .Ss 2Ec 1!
27...We4 28.Yb49c6 29.Axc5Wxc5
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Ato gs.rss5 34Eoor Aoo 35.9d3 78.Hc4 Ae3
79.Exd4 Axd4 B0.Ee2
*to gt.€nz Eat 82.&92 Egt+
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works perfectly:
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Kramnik-Anand
Anrstcrdam1996
Annotations
by NM Nat Koons
1.4f3 c5 2.c4 gO3.d4 cxd4 4.Axd4
hc6 5.e4 6t0 6.Acg d6 7.4e2 Axd4
B.Wxd4As7 9..Q.e3O-O 10.9d2 €"e6
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forward.
Anandwonon move108.
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qt.Ea3
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B a 5 5 1 . € n g A t a 5 2 & 9 2 6 e B 5 3 . 97.-Q"01+
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1 . C o n t e s t p r o m o t e r / s p o n s o r :S a n d s R e g e n c y C a s i n o H o t e l , 3 4 5 N A r l i n g t o nA v e R e n o N V 8 9 5 0 1 i n c o o p e r a t i o nw i t h N o r f h u l e s t C t e s s , c / o E r i c
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pnntedentry forms are returned
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8 . Entry forms must be received by September 15, 2008, and the winner will be announcedon September 17, 2OO8.
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C a s r n oH o t e lo r t t s p a r e n tc o m p a n y
Northwest
Chess
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September26-28 or September 27-28
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controlot 40/2& SD/l (exceptRd I of the 2-doyoption
- G/64) with q prizefund of $1000bosed on 58 poid
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Infoline
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206-4t7-s40s
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Addressfor Entries
SCC Tnmt Dir
24 2 0S 1 3 7S t
SeattleWA 98168
EntryFees:$33 by 9/24, $42 ot site. SCC memberssubtroct$9. Membersof other dues-req'dCCs in BC,
OR,& WA - subtroct$4. Unrotedployersrneewith purchose of l-yr USCF& WCF. Add Sl for 2-doy option.
Mokecheckspoyobleto SCC.
Registrofion:
Fri.7-7:45pm or Sot.9-9:45om. Rounds:Fri.
6u
: 4n5.I ,l - 5 .
B p m , S o t .( 1 0 @ G / 6 4 ) - 1 2 : 3 0 -S
Byes:2 ovoiloble.Rounds4 or 5 mustcommitof registrotion.Misc.:USCF& WCFrequired.NS. NC.
The Green Open at the SCC
SCC Championship
September13-14
S e p t . 5 ,1 2 , 1 9 ,O c t . 3 , 1 0 , 2 4 ,N o v . 7
A four-round,two-section,Swisswith a time control
otG/9O + 3O secondsper move.The prizefundof $660
ls fullyguananteedand prizeswill be increasedif more
than 4O players.TD: H.G.Pitre. Limitedto 48 players.
Open
First
$14O
tFl OO
Second
Third
SEAO
u2000
$ao
Fleserve (U18OO)
First
$7O
Second
SE6O
Third
SESO
u1600
u1400
sE40
sE40
Entry Fee:$32 in advance,$37 at site.Discounts:$4member of any NW CCs;$4-anriving by bus,bike,foot,
or carpool;$4-junior"or senior.
Format: 7-rdSwissheldon Fridayevenings.TC:
351100and25/60.EF: $28if rec'dby9/3,535
thereafter.SCCmemb.req'd- special$24tnmt
memb. Prizefund: 75%of EFs. Prizes:23o/ot6%,u20009%,u18008%,u16007%,u1400
6oh,Unrated 3o/o,Endurance3olo. Reg: Fri. 77:45 p.m. Rds: Fridays 8 p.m. Make-up
Games/Alternate ScheduleforRds l-3: 8 p.m.
Wed.Oct. 1-1 make-up(G/ 75) game;lI-2:306 Sat.Oct 4-3 make-up(G/90) games.Byes:4
(1 in rds 5-7,commitby l0/1,7). Misc: USCF
memb.req'd. NS. NC.
Registration:Sat. 9:15-9:45 a.m.
Rounds:Sat. 10-3:30, Sun. 10-3:30.
&Aug 10,Sept21
Half-point byes: commit by negistration.
Miscellaneous:USCF& WCF membershiosreouined.
Couponsredeemablewith localmerchantswill be avaif
able at this event.A Masten will lecture on an educational topic for playensnated 18OO on below starting
about 2:45 p.m.each day.
Entry/lnfo: H.G.Pitre, 70O Crockett Sffeet #105, Seattle WA 981 09; 206-284-33'14: hgpitneogmail.com.
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bus departs everyhalf-houreach eveningto NorLhgate.
22
SCCSundayTornado&
Format: 4-SS. TC: G/64. EF: $tZ (+$Sfee for non-SCC).Prizes:
lst 35%. 2nd 27oh,Bottom Half lst 22oh,2nd l6% ($10 from each
E F g o e st o p r i z e f u n d ) . R e g : l 0 : 3 0 - l l : 1 5 a . m . R d s : l l : 3 0 - l : 5 0 4:10-6:30. Misc: USCF,WCF/OCFmemb.req'd, OSA. NS, NC.
EOctober4
F o r m a t : 3 - S S ,8 -
EF: $10 (-$5 feefor
$16(b/8). Reg: 10-10:45
SCC Lo-Roller Octagonal&
plyr sectionsby rating. TC: G/90.
non-SCC). Prizes: lst $32,2nd
Misc: USCF, WCF/OCF memb.
August 2008
Northwest Chess
Future Bvents
ro indicatesa ChristopherMemorial llW Grand Prix event
Aug 9
WABlitz Championships
All-Economy Thcoma Fall Open[b
fuSept 6-7
Site: TacomaCC, 409PuyallupAveE, Rm I l, 2ndfu (DTI Soccer
Bldg). Format: 5-SS TC: Rd 14160, Rd 2-Gl90, Rds3-5-C/
120.EF: $12. Prizefund: None.Reg:9-9:45a.m. Rds: 10-l4, l0-3 or ASAe.Byes:Two %-pt.byesavail. on request.No
unwantedbyes;SteveBuck will be houseman.Misc: USCF &
OCF/WCFmemb.req'd. OSA. NS. NC. Ent/Info: GaryDorfter,
8423E' B' St,Tacoma
WA 98445; 253-535-2536,ggarychess@aol.
com.
Mall,l5600 NE EighthSt,BelleweWA 98008.
Site: Crossroads
K-12),7r-SS.TC: G/5. EF: Open$25if
Format:2sec.(Open,
K-12Sl5. PrizeFund:60%of EFs.
rec'dby 7/12,$30thereafter.
Prizes: Openbasedon entries(includesu2l). K-|2 trophies&
medals.Reg:noon-I2:25pm.Rds: lst rd- 12:30.Misc. Open
Eastern Washington Openft
FbSept27-28
WCF memb.req'd. Rules:clockmove;illegalmove- add2 min
(Rm 201), GonzagaU., N 900 Pearl St, SpoSite:
Schoenberg
Ctr
chess4life.
com(Openby 7ll2);
to opp. Info/Ent: 425-283-0549.
kane(SW cornerof campus- I blk E of Division/RubyoffDeSmet
WA98005.
Chess4lifeCenter,13555Bel-RedRd,Ste200,Bellevue
Ave). Format: 5-rd. Swiss. TC: G/120. EF: $21 by 9126,$26at
site. $5 discountfor ul8. Prize Fund: $$725gtd. Prizes: $150125,A 65-35,B 65-35,C 65-35,D/E/unr65-35,Upset50. Add'l
Sitez Manito ParkQust inside the main entrance), 1702 S Grand
poss.ifentries exceed30. Classprizesb/5 per class;
classes/prizes
Blvd, Spokane,WA 99203. Format: Single or Double RR. TC:
classes/prizes
may be reconfiguredif lessthan 5 classentries.Reg:
G/10. EF: $l I (can be paid at club or at site). UNR free d
Sat. 8:30-9:30a.m. Rds: Sat 10-2:30-7,Sun 9-l:30 (or nsep).
purch. l-yr. USCF+WCF. Prize fund: 100%opayout. Prizes:
Byes: One t/rpt.bye avail. if requestedby end of precedingrd (rd
$100 (b/10), other prizes b/entries. Reg: l0-10:30 a.m. Misc: 3 for any Sundaybye). Misc: USCF membershipreq'd. TD reUSCF memb. req'd. Coffee & snacks provided. Info: David servesright to use classpairings in f,rnalrd. NS. NC. W. Info:
Griffrn, 509 -928 -3260, db grfhr?.' hotmail. com.
Entries: Spo509-210- | 772 (cell); www.spokanechessclub.org.
kane CC. c/o Kevin Korsmo N 9923 Moore, Spokane,WA 99208PCC Game-in-608 9339
FAug 23,Sept27
Site: Portland CC, 8205 S\\' l{th Ave, Portland OR 97219.
Format: 4-rd Swiss. TC: C 60. TD may switchto 5SS and Gl45
if more than 25 entries. EF: Sl0. 35 discountfor PCC members.
No advanceentries. Prize Fund: SS200/b20. Prizes: $60-40-30,
U1800 35, U1500 35. Reg: Q-Q,i0 am. Byes:One t/z-pt.byeavall.
if requestedat reg. )Iisc: L SCF& OCF/WCF membershipreq'd,
il gmail.com, 503-246-2978, www.
OSA. Info: portlandchessclub
pdxchess.org.
FAug 23
Summer LightningF
F:Aug 23-24
Tacoma Summer Open&
Scholastic
5u rnrTe,r Chess
+
Ca rnps
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Site: TacomaCC, 409PurallupAreE. Rm I 1,2ndfu (DTI Soccer
Bldg). Format: 5-SS TC: G ll0 EF: $30 in advance,
$40at
for K-8
varioussitesWA
site. Juniors:S20,$25. Economr(no Prizes):$12. LrNRfreewl Chess4Life
-yr.
Elliott Neff 425-283-0549kids@chess4life.
com www.chess4life.
com
purch.I
USCF+WCF.Prize fund: 67%oof full-payEFs. Prizes:
Aug ll-15
. . . . . .B
. ellevueWA
25Yo,top 3rd l1%io,
middle3rd I {o o.bottom3rd l3%o(2 prz grysif
18-22
.. SammamishWA
fewerthan9 full EFs).Reg:9-9:{5a.m.Rds: 10-2:30-7,10-3
or
1
8
2
2
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esne.Byes:Two%-ptbyesavail.)lisc: USCF& OCFAVCF
memb.
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ChessCampat Sea.......................
AlaskaCruise
req'd. OSA. NS. NC. Ent/Info: GaryDorfrrer,8423E'B' St,
25-29
BellerucWA
TacomaWA 98445; 253-535 -2536.eearychess@aol.com.
Frorn the
Business
Manager:
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Chessfor use at scholastic
tournaments or other chess events?
Pleasecontact
GaryDorfner[Washington]
or
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Northwest Chess
ChessOdyssey
for ages6-19
varioussitesOR
pete@chessodyssey.com
www.chessodyssey.com
503-504-5756
A u gl 8 - 2 2
ChessVision
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BeavertonOR
for ages5-18
varioussitesOR
North WilsonvitleOR
Shoreline WA
Evergreen School
D. Lanvaysummerprogram@evergreenschool.org
206-957I 533
(ages
Aug I l-15
Siamese
6-15)
(ages8-15)
18-22
Super-Advanced
WGM Elena Donaldson& IM Georgi Orlov various sitesWA
www.chessplayer.com/camps2007.htn
2W36345 ll chess64@comcaslnet
grades8-12
WA
A u gI l - 1 5
Seattle
grades
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K-6......
..Woodinville
WA
gradesK-8
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BellelueWA
25-29
August 2008
23
OpenEvents
8,15,22 TCC SummerChampionship(rds 2-4)
9
WA BlitzChampionships
SCC SundayTornado NEw DATE
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13
SimultaneousExhibition
F,l5-17 SeafairOpen
Rr23
8 PCC Game-in-60
SummerLightning
lir23
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JavaFusionOpen
30
F3O-SepI Oregon Open
August 2008
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wwl,.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com
TacomaWA
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SeattleWA
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...SeattleWA
503-246-2g7Sportlandchessclub@gmail.com
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. Portland OR
David Griffin 509-928-J260
dbgriffin@hotmail.com
SpokaneWA
ggarvchess@aol.com
253-535-2536
www.tacomachessclub.netfirms.com
TacomaWA
253-535-2536gga4chess@aol.com
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September2008
5 , t 2 , 1 9 S C C C h a m p i o n s h i p( r d s l - 3 )
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5.12.19'ICCF'allQuads
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SCC SundayTornado
SCC Infoline206-4l7-5405cfkleist@cs.com
www.seattlechess.org
... SeattleWA
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26
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cfkleist@cs.com
www.seattlechess.org
lb26-28 SeattleFall Open
... SeattleWA
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portlandchessclub@gmail.com
503-246-2978
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SpokaneWA
30
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... SeattleWA
3.10,24 SCC Championship(rds 4-6)
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... SeattleWA
SCC Lo-Roller Octagonal
SCC Infoline206-4I 7-5{05cfkleist@cs.com
www.seattlechess.org
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... SeattleWA
4
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SeattleWA
(rds2-6)
3,10.17,24.31
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SeattleWA
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ScholasticEvents
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24 SammamishAugustQuads
15 TCCWed.KidsNight
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USCFNATIONAL
Scholastics
For informationon any nationalevent,visit www.uschess.org
Nov.7-9
NationalYouthAction
BrownsvilleTX
Dec.12-14
NationalK-12/Collegiate
Ghampionship
Kissimmee
FL
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(in our Future Events
Section)or displayad in this issue.