29.12.2009– That's a praiser of past times, conservative, old fashioned, classic. It describes our reporter at the International Chess Congress in Hastings 28th December 2009 through to 5th January 2010 but also the event itself. Steve Giddins, who received a Latin phrasebook for Christmas, is said reporter. We are using "oldstyle" ChessBase diagrams to keep him happy. Round one report.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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29.12.2009– Our 2009
Christmas Puzzle series is all about baffling computers. But that is not
easy, given today's monster machines and super-smart programs. And sometimes
a bit daunting for human beings, who do not always grasp what their electronic
counterparts have missed. So today, as a relaxing prelude, we bring you an exhilarating
story of a hippophile
chess composer.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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28.12.2009– ... was the situation in this recent game from the German Bundesliga, where White to play had to calculate the consequences of
27.Rf7-f4+. How would you assess the position after that (diagram)?
A) White is better;
B) the position is balanced;
C) Black has the advantage.
The solution is here,
but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.Читать дальше »
28.12.2009– If you are following our Christmas puzzles you will know that a new one is
being posted every day and can be viewed by going to the index
page (we do not post daily alerts). Number three showed a thrilling win,
number four a clever positional draw, both theoretically very difficult for
computers to comprehend. Some positions require a little lateral thinking by
us humany. Give
it a try.Andrew Martin:
The Trompowsky - The easy way - 2nd Edition Thirty years ago the Trompowsky opening was almost totally unknown. It took a few spectacular games by Rafael Vaganian to bring 2.Bg5 into the limelight, and after that, the die was cast. Today 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 is used by many of the best players in the world and a whole body of complicated theory has built up.
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27.12.2009– Alexander Grischuk and Peter Svidler both won in round six and drew in round seven to maintain their places at the top of the table. Grischuk has 5.0/7 with a 2833 performance, Svidler 4.5/7 at 2778. In the women's section Alisa Galliamova has conceded a single draw. She lead by a full point, with a 2868 performance, but can still be caught, e.g. by Nadezhda Kosintseva.
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