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Issue 316th of March 2012

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Table of Contents

» Editorial Preface 2

» 4 best games of the past week 3

» Puzzle section 15

» Endgame section 18

» Clash of the Titans 20

» Surprise section / study 22

» Solutions 23

Editorial PrefaceSo we are already in the 3rd CEWN! We hope you have en-

joyed the first editions and we continue with our promiseto make every next edition better.

A few technical details in front for our readers:

For those who don’t receive the email immediately onFriday evening: a small amount of emails are gettingblocked by “spam” filters. In case somebody is not receiv-ing the CEWN Nr 3 until Friday night — no panic, pleasewrite us an email and we will send it immediately onemore time.

Puzzle section: thanks to valuable feedback, a few modi-fications were made, so now everything should be moreeasily visible and handier.

Starting next week we will play in the European Individu-al Championship in Plovdiv. Let’s hope we will play somegood games and we could also comment somethingfrom the “first person” perspective, which is of course themost valuable one.

Arkadij NaiditschBalogh Csaba



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Issue 316th of March 2012 4 best games of the past week

(1) Cmilyte,Viktorija — Muzychuk,Anna

European Women’s Championship GAZIANTEP, 12.03.2012

[ Arkadij Naiditsch]

A decisive battle between the former European Champi-on of 2011, Viktorija Cmilyte and the new bronze medal-list Anna Muzychuk. Anna is leading the tournament witha half a point ahead and only 2 rounds till the end, so it isclear, it is going to be a sharp game. White needs the fullpoint. And indeed, in a very complicated position Whiteis getting her chance to make a full point with a fantastictactical blow-but White is missing it and missing also the

chance on the next move still to do better. In the secondhalf of the game, probably being very happy to survivesuch “turbulences” Black is playing just great!

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 lately the move 4...dxc4 got very popular here 4...e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc47.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5

Diagram # so we are in the main line of the Moscowvariation. White got a wide choice of continuations here9.Be2 the main move [9.Ne5; 9.h4 are the 2 other mainchoices of White]

9...Bg7 a relatively rare line [You can find hundreds ofgames been played on the highest level in this position

9...Bb7]

10.Qc2 probably not the best. Seems like White beena bit surprised by Blacks move 9...Bg7 [a great gamebeen played after 10.e5!? Nh5 11.a4Nd7 12.axb5 Nxg313.hxg3 c5 14.Ne4 g4

15.dxc5! gxf3 16.Nd6+ Kf8 17.Bxf3 Rb8 18.Rxa7 Maletin,P 2617-Najer,E 2672 Ch-RUS 2010]

10...Nh5 a logical move, but now the break d5 is gettingmore effective [maybe 10...Na6!? trying to make use out

of the position of the WhiteQ on c2]

11.Rd1 and of course White is playing for the d5 push!Now the question is will Black have enough time for con-solidation to be prepared for the d5 move, or Blacks posi-tion will fall apart like a card house...



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Issue 316th of March 2012 11...Nxg3 again I think it been good time to play 11...

Na6 [11...Na6 12.a3 (12.d5 N xg3 13.hxg3 cxd5 14.exd5Nb4 15.Qd2 N xd5 and Black is doing good) 12...Nxg313.hxg3 Bb7 and Black sort of half a tempo with by in-cluding the movesNa6-a3]

12.hxg3 g4

13.Nh2?! this is not the right direction for winning thegame!! [13.Ne5 h5 (13...B xe5 14.dxe5Qc7 15.B xg4Q xe516.Qd2) 14.b3! with a very complicated position]

13...f5? [why not the simple 13...h5! White N on h2 is deadnow, so White is having one piece less for the future at-tack which is a very positive news for Black]

14.exf5 exf5 15.d5! finally we see the move d5! now wecan also feel a big difference between the Black pawn onf7 and f5. Black king is now feeling himself very “naked”

15...Qf6?! in a very complicated position Black is makinga mistake [15...Qc7 this move would lead to a crazy posi-tion, which is very hard to play with out the metal friend...16.dxc6 Nxc6! 17.0–0 (17.N xb5Qa5+ 18.Nc3 Be6! hardto imagine, but it seems to be truth. Black is doing very

good here) 17...Rb8 18.Rfe1 Kf8 (18...0–0? 19.N xb5! +-) 19.Qc1! and position is not clear at all]

16.dxc6 Blacks position is falling apart. White got only oneproblem, the knight on h2, but here it is not playing anyrole, White got enought pieces to create deadly threats

16...Qxc6 [a very cool computer move is also not savingBlacks position any more 16...a6

17.Nxg4!! fxg4 18.Nd5Qxc6 19.Qe4+ with a deadly at-tack]

17.0–0?! White is missing their chance! [17.Nxg4! fxg4

18.Nxb5!! this is just an amazing combination! A dou-ble knight sacrifice on different parts of the board. This



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Issue 316th of March 2012 kind of things we dont see very often 18...0–0 (18...Q xb5

19.Qg6+ Kf8 20.Rd8+ Ke7 21.Qd6+ Kf7 22.Qc7++-) 19.Rd6Bf5 20.Rxc6Bxc2 21.Rxc4Bf5 22.Nc7 in caseViktorija would find this, she would truly deserve to bethe winner of the European Championship!]

17...a6!bravo for Black, this move is showing good nerves

and has a hidden idea in itself 18.Nd5 [18.a4! been thelast chance for White to stay in the game 18...0–0 19.axb5axb5 20.Nxb5Bb7 21.Qxc4+Kh8 22.Qxc6Nxc6 Whiteis better, but Black got good drawing chances due to theirbishop pair plus the knight on h2 who is completely outof game]

18...Ra7! and here we see it. Suddenly the rook from a8came into the game with a very important effect, protec-tion of the square e7, Black is doing better now

19.b3 c3 20.Rd3 White is getting greedy at the wrongmoment. Whites chances are in the active play... [20.Rfe10–0 21.Nf1 followed byNfe3 next been still an option tocontinue the game in more or less unclear position]

20...0–0 from this moment Black is playing a great game!

21.Rc1 Be6 22.Nxc3 Rc8 White won the pawn backbut position is very bad. Blacks bishop pair is totally dom-inating the board and it is not easy for White to avoid im-mediate material losses

23.b4?! [23.Qd2Rd7 24.Bf1! would still give White somechances to fight for half a point]

23...Rd7! 24.Re3 Rdc7 25.Qd2 Nd7 White got nomoves... Black knight is comming into game and the endis near...

26.Bd1 Ne5 27.Ne2 Nc4 28.Qe1Qd6! Black is play-ing excellent

29.Rb3Nb2 30.Rxc7 Rxc7 31.Nf4Rc1! precise till the

end!

32.Qxe6+Qxe6 33.Nxe6Rxd1+ 34.Nf1

34...Nc4 and it is time for White to resign. White can notavoid a loss of a knight on f1, next Black move is Nd2

35.Nxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc3 Nd2 37.Rc7+ Kf8 38.Rc6Nxf1 39.Rxh6Nxg3+ 0–1



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (2) Brodsky,M (2558) — Jojua,D (2507) [D31]

Cappelle la Grande, 09.03.2012

[Balogh Csaba]

In the following game, we will see an interesting strategi-cal pawn sacrifice in the opening, which might be very

unpleasant for Black in future. The experienced UkrainenGM, Mikhail Brodsky, got really nice compensation, leadin development, powerful centre and a dangerous attackagainst the Georgian GM’s king.

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 Black plays the rock-solidQueen’s Gambit, which is recently, definitely the mostpopular opening against 1.d4 on the highest level.

4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 [5...Nf6 is the other mainline.]

6.e3Bf5

7.g4 This great move belongs to Botvinnik, who tried it3 times in the World Championship match against Petro-sian, back in 1963. White is planning queenside castling,when he must organize his play on the kingside, and thecentre.

7...Be6 In the aforementioned match, Botvinnik played8.h3, however in 1970, he came up with a new idea against

Spassky: 8.h4!? White continues the plan, started in theprevious move.

8...Nd7 [Accepting the sacrifice would be a mistake, be-cause of 8...Bxh4 9.Qb3 and Qb6 does not work any-more, due to the h4 bishop. Black is forced the weakenhis queenside decisively. 9...b6 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Ne5 with

more, than enough activity for the pawn.]

9.g5 A beautiful strategical idea, introduced by Morozev-ich in 2012, instead of the 9.h5 line! At first sight, the textmove seems to be a mistake, since after 9...h6 10.gxh6Nxh6, White only created weakness on h4, and helpedBlack to finish the development. As we will see, White hasa different idea!

9...h6

10.g6! Shocking move! The idea is the create strongholdon e5 for a minor piece. Lures the pawn from the f-file,when the attack in the centre with e4 will be very dan-gerous. In addition, if Black accepts the sacrifice, he mustdefend passively to keep his advantage.

10...fxg6 [Because of the last reason I mentioned before,Giri decided to not take on g6, rather to finish the devel-opment. In my opinion, this is the right approach from



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Issue 316th of March 2012 Black point of view. 10...Ngf6 11.gxf7+ Bxf7 12.Bd3

Nh5 with an unclear position in Morozevich-Giri, ReggioEmilia 2012.]

11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Qc2 g5 The most logical move, to getrid of the doubled pawns. [12...Bxh4 13.Bxg6+ Nxg614.Qxg6+ Bf7 15.Qxg7 Bf6 16.Qg2 Ne7 17.Nf3 and

the e5 square yield White a comfortable advantage.; Inan other game between two GMs, Barsov tried differ-ent move, but had no success for equalizing. 12...Bf613.0–0–0 Ne7 14.Nge2 Bf5 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bxe417.Bxe4 Peralta-Barsov, Catalunya 2012]

13.hxg5 Bxg5 14.Bg3 [14.Be5 was an alternative 14...Bf6 15.0–0–0 and the centre starts to march.]

14...Bf6 15.Nge2 It is difficult to say, which develop-ment of the g1 knight was more advisable. Both has very

big pluses, without minuses. The text move prepares forNf4 and e4. [15.Nf3 with the idea of Ne5 has also guar-anteed an edge.]

15...h5 Black wants to save his bishop pair, which hewould have lost after the normal 15...Ne7 [15...Ne7 wouldstrongly met by 16.Nf4 Bf7 17.Nh5! getting the pair ofbishops 17...Bxh5 18.Rxh5]

16.0–0–0 h4

17.e4! Using the pin on the h-file. Brodsky does not wastetime on bishop moves, and immediately opens up thecenter ahead of the king...

17...Nh6 18.Bf4 g5 [On 18...dxe4 I generally prefer19.Bxe4 which helps White in further opening of thecenter with d5.; The computer’s suggestion 18...Ng4

strongly met by 19.Rhf1! g5 20.exd5 Bxd5 21.f3! when,even the machine realizes how bad his position is.]

19.Bd2 [19.exd5 led to promising positions as well. 19...Bxd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 (20...Q xd5 21.Nc3) 21.Be5]

19...dxe4 20.Bxe4 Just as in the 18th move, I prefer thebishop take, in order to push d5 in the near future. Blackmust make a difficult decision, about where to put hisking. As we will see, bothKf7, or playing for 0–0–0, havetheir problems.

20...Kf7 The Georgian GM, decides to find shelter forhis king on the kingside, where he has not too manypawns, but can use his minor pieces for defending. Thenext moves are all about d5! White wants to push it, whileBlack must prevent is at any cost. [20...Qc7 with the ideaof 0–0–0 21.f4! g4 22.f5 Bf7 23.Bf4 and d5 is coming inthe next move; 20...Qd7 21.Rhe1Kf7 has a nice refuta-tion with diagram (21...0–0–0 22.d5! ) 22.d5! cxd5 23.Nxd5Bxd5 24.Bc3!+-]

21.Be3 Rc8 Black pins two pieces in one move, Whitehas to lose some time to refresh the threat.

22.Kb1 Qd7 23.Qd2! Rg8 24.Bc2! After the queenleft the g5 without her protection, White rightly changeshis mind, and frees the e4 square for the knight, whichwill attack the g5 pawn and f6 bishop in the same time.



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Issue 316th of March 2012 [Black prepared a cold-blooded idea against 24.d5 cxd5

25.Nxd5 Nf5! after which, it is not that easy to breakthrough.]

24...Bf5 25.Ne4 Ne6 [25...Bxe4 26.Bxe4 without thewhite squared bishop, the d5 move is even more deci-sive!]

26.N2g3! Parade of the knights!

26...Be7 [26...hxg3 27.Rxh6+-]

27.Nxf5Nxf5

28.Bb3! It is clear, that Black has lost this battle. He canonly wait, how his opponent is going to finish him. In the

following moves, White uses all the light squares, whichbecame vulnerable after the bishop is taken.

28...Kf8 29.Qe2! heading to f3 or h5, in addition freesthe way for the d1 rook, when d5 becomes even morecrucial.

29...R

g6 30.d5 [30.Q

f3 was also winning]30...Neg7 31.Nc5Qc7 [31...Bxc5 32.Bxc5+Nd6

33.f4! Opening the f-file. Not so nice position for playerswho prefers to knights to bishops.]

32.dxc6 bxc6 33.Qc4 and mate is coming soon! A greatgame by Mikhail Brodsky. It will be interesting to see,what the big guys, like Aronian, Kramnik and the otherswill find out against the 10.g6! move. In my opinion, theywill search for new ideas in the other mainline with 5...N

f6. 1–0



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (3) Hou,Yifan (2639)

— Stefansson,Hannes (2531) [C26]

Reykjavik Reykjavik, 11.03.2011

[Balogh Csaba]

In our next example, we can enjoy a nice positional game

with a neat finish by the current Women World Champi-on, Hou Yifan!

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3Nf6 3.g3 This is the so-called Mieses vari-ation. Black can decide now the character of the game.

The text move leads to an opened position, while theBc5, d6 setup is rather for positional players.

3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bd6 7.Nf30–0 8.0–0Nd7

9.d4 So far, Black played the most common moves of

the variation, which is a bit strange to me, since I alreadydon’t see the way, how he could equalize.

9...c6 10.Re1 exd4 [Black could not hold the tension inthe center with 10...Re8 since after 11.dxe5 he is losingmaterial.]

11.cxd4Nb6 Logical play by the Icelandic GM. He triesto create a blockade on c4 withBe6. If he manages to doso, he would be fine. However, Hou Yifan finds a very niceidea, which allows her to push c4, before Black could setup his ideal position.

12.Qd3! A positional double threat! The main idea, what

Black must parry isNg5, but after that, White is in time toplay the importantc4move!

12...h6 [12...Be6? 13.Ng5] 13.c4 White achieved a smalladvantage from the opening. She has the better pawnstructure, and more space, which gives her the possibilityfor more comfortable piece play.

13...Bb4 14.Bd2 By exchanging the dark squaredbishops, White keeps the initiative, but in the same timeeases Black’s defending task. [The principled move was

14.Re2 to keep all the pieces on board, since it is veryhard for Black to coordinate them.]

14...Bxd2 15.Nxd2Qf6



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16.a4! We must remember on this move, it is very typi-cal for this pawn structure! White would like to play a5-a6, creating weaknesses on the queenside, where she isclearly better. The b7 and c6 pawns are too much vulner-able, Black can not hope in equality.

16...Bf5 17.Qc3 The human move, keeping the strong

bishop on board. [However an interesting plan was sug-gested by the computer: 17.Be4 after exact hanging thestrong bishop, the knight arrives to the center with a tem-po, and it can quickly create serious problems on the d6square. 17...Bxe4 18.Nxe4Qg6 19.a5Nd7

20.Qa3! very subtle move. Nd6 is going be really an-noying for Black.]

17...Rad8 18.a5 Nc8 19.Nb3 [19.Re5 came into con-sideration]

19...b6 Black would like to exchange some pawns on thequeenside, but he can not get rid of all of them! [19...Rfe8was better chance]

20.R

e5! c5 This was the point of the previous move,White can not take on c5...

21.Rae1 [21.dxc5? Rd3]

21...cxd4 22.Nxd4Bd7 23.c5! bxc5

24.Qxc5 The a7 pawn remained on board, which actual-ly causes all the problems of Black’s positions. He can notescape to any kind of endgames, since a7 pawn mightbe hardly defendable. In addition, the c8 knight is forcedinto passivity.

24...g6 [24...Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Nc6 Bxc627.Bxc6]

25.h4 Opening the back rank, and trying to weaken thekingside.

25...h5



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26.Ne2! Very nice play by Hou Yifan! She transfers herknight to f4, where it might be sacrificed on g6 and onh5 with different kind of mating attacks, and also wantsto jump to d5, when the f6 check could be decisive. [26.Bc6!? was an alternative]

26...Rfe8 [26...Qd6 27.Nf4Qxc5 28.Rxc5 The exchange

of the queens would only save Black from getting mated,but the endgame will be still lost for him.]

27.Nf4 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Qd6 29.Qc3? This a mistake,which gives Black a chance to survive. [29.Qe3! shouldhav e been played, when Black is simple paralyzed. Hehas no useful move, whileNd5 is coming.]

29...Ne7! Thanks to the mistake in the last move, Blackcan finally activate his knight. Stefansson starts to findthe only moves.

30.Nd5Be6! [30...Nxd5? 31.Rxd5Qe7 32.Qd4 the pinwould be deadly for Black.]

31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Nh7+ Probably, White was in timetrouble, so now and in the next move, she repeats twotimes, to approach to the 40th move.

32...Kg8 33.Nf6+Kf8 34.Rc5 White opens the diago-nal for the queen, so she creates hidden threats after dif-ferent knight jumps.

34...Nf5? Black is aiming for further activation of theknight by jumping to d4, but it was already necessary forhim to take care of his king, by offering exchange of the

queens. [34...Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd4 36.Qxd4 Rxd4 37.Rc7Rd2 Black could have good chance to save the game.]

35.Nh7+Kg8 36.Nf6+Kf8

37.Nd5!? [37.Bd5! was even better 37...Ne7 only move,but still after (37...B xd5 38.R xd5Qe7 39.N xh5+-) 38.Bxe6Qxe6 39.Nh7+Kg8 40.Ng5!Rd1+ (40...Qd6 41.Qc4Qf642.Rc7 +-; 40...Qe2 41.Qf6 Rd1+ 42.Kh2) 41.Kh2 Qe142.Qxe1 Rxe1 43.Rc7 a6 44.Ra7 the endgame must bewinning.]

37...Kg8?! This move allows to the World Champion tofinish the game beautifully! [37...Ne7 would have beenthe only move, which is practically impossible to find fora human. The position remains difficult for him anyway.38.Nf4!?]



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Issue 316th of March 2012 38.Rc6! Qb8 [38...Qf8 39.Nf6+ Kh8 40.Nxh5+ (40.

Rc7!? ) 40...Nd4 41.Nf4]

39.Nf6+Kf8

40.Rxe6 [Pretty finish! In the last move of the time trou-ble, when people usually commits the most foolish mis-takes, Hou Yifan finds a brilliant way to finish the game.Black resigned immediately, seeing the line 40.Rxe6!!fxe6 (40...Qb1+ 41.Re1) 41.Nd7+! Rxd7 42.Qh8+ Ke743.Qxb8+- An instructive game, about how to handlethis pawn structure. In my opinion, Black is more clever,if he chooses the closed system against the Mieses varia-tion with 3...Bc5 and d6.] 1–0

(4) Avrukh,Boris (2591)— Navara,David (2700) [D76]

Reykjavik Open 2012 Reykjavik (4.2), 09.03.2011

[ Arkadij Naiditsch]

We are facing an interesting game from one of the big-

gest opens in the world, the Reykjavik Open. The secondseed David Navara is coming out with a slightly worse po-sition out of the opening, due to a very interesting idea11.Qc2!?, I guess, we will see more often this move in thefuture games. Unexpectedly, White is loosing the controlover the game from move 19 and getting quickly in a lostposition by a very nice tactic by Black

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd56.Nf3Nb6 7.Nc3Nc6 8.e3 0–0 9.0–0 Re8 10.Re1 a5

we are still in the opening part. Actually only in the be-ginning of it!!

11.Qc2!? Avrukh is a very well prepared player andone more time he is showing it with his interesting idea11.Qc2!? This move is almost a novelty!! [11.Qe2 is themain continuation for White 11...Be6 (11...e5 12.dxe5N xe5



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Issue 316th of March 2012 13.N xe5B xe5 14.e4 is the another main line) 12.Nd2Nb4

13.Rd1 c6 14.a3N4d5 15.Nce4 with a fighting position]

11...e5 a standard reply in this kind of positions 12.Nxe5Nxe5 13.dxe5 Bxe5 14.e4 c6 a move with a hiddentrap [14...Be6 15.f4 Bd4+ 16.Be3 Bxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Qd418.Qf2 and maybe White is doing little better]

15.Bh6 [now 15.f4?! is not working cause of 15...Bd4+16.Be3 Bxe3+ 17.Rxe3 Nc4 18.Rd3 Qb6+! the key isthe check on b6 that is now possible after Black played14...c6]

15...Qe7 Black continues to play against f4, to make itless effective 16.f4 [16.Rad1 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.f4 Qc5+19.Kh1 Bxc3 (19...Bd4 20.f5!‚ typical break through forWhite) 20.bxc3Nc4 with a very complicated position]

16...Qc5+ 17.Kh1Bxc3 18.bxc3 [18.Qxc3?! exchangeof Queens is a bad idea for White 18...Qxc3 19.bxc3Na4!usually all the endgames are fine for Black]

18...Nc4 [18...Qh5 19.Bg5Nc4 20.Bh4 and again Whiteis in time to avoidBh3 move]

19.Rad1?! a too standard play, White should have beenmore careful [right would be 19.Bg5! to avoid Blacks Q

coming to h5 19...Be6 (19...Bg4 20.h3 Be6 21.Bf6 Qh522.Kh2 and White is doing better) 20.Bf6 Qh5 21.Kg1!Bh3 22.Bh1 and White is in time to avoid the exchangeof the bishops].

19...Qh5! Black is using their sudden chance! A high classplayer like Navara, You don’t need to ask twice

20.Bg5 Bh3 21.Qf2?! quite a senseless move, Whitelost totally control over the position [much more solid hasbeen 21.Bf6Bxg2+ 22.Kxg2]

21...h6?! A very important moment in the game! Whitegot 2 options, to take on h3 first and then to play Bf6,or to continue with immediate Bf6 [21...Bxg2+! the cor-rect move order for Black! 22.Kxg2 (22.Q xg2Ne3) 22...h6! (22...R xe4 23.R xe4 Q xd1 24.Rd4! ) 23.Rd4 (23.Bf6R xe4! see the game) 23...hxg5 24.Rxc4 gxf4 With a clear

advantage for Black]

22.Bf6? a blunder [22.Bxh3! would be the right move22...Qxh3 23.Bf6 Qe6 24.e5 b5 25.Rd4 Position isquite hard for an evaluation. White is controlling the d-file, what is of course super important and in case Whitemanages to create any threats on the king side, it couldget really dangerous for Black. On the other hand, Black



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Issue 316th of March 2012 managed to exchange the White squared bishops, which

is very good. The knight on c4 is having a great position.But what to do next for Black — this is hard to say... that’swhy the evaluation of the position should be with a smalladvantage for White]

22...Bxg2+ 23.Kxg2

23...Rxe4! a very nice tactical trick!

24.Rxe4Qxd1 25.Rd4Qh5! probably White blunderedthis move. White again can not take the knight on c4

26.Qe1?! [26.f5! the last chance to fight, and probablya good one!! 26...Qxf5 27.Qxf5 Ne3+ 28.Kf3 Nxf529.Rd7Rb8 30.c4! with good chances for a draw]

26...Qf5 27.Bh4? [27.Qe7 Ne3+! 28.Qxe3 Qxf629.Rd7 Whites position is bad, he is a pawn down, but

still Black will have a long way to win this position. Whitealways got the idea of playing Qe5 after which a rookendgame is arising, and as we know, in rook endgamesthe drawing chances are increasing!]

27...b5! now Whites hopes are almost down to 0 to savethe game. Black is not only a healthy pawn up, but having

a better knight against Whites bad bishop, which is tak-ing a horrible position on h4

28.Qe7 Maybe White is in a time trouble... anyway itwould probably not make anymore a big difference

28...Kg7 29.Qe2

29...c5! a nice finishing move [29...g5 30.fxg5 hxg5 31.g4!Black is still much better, but White didn’t loose the bish-op]

30.Re4 g5! 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.a4 [now at 32.g4 Qd5 issimply winning, that’s why Black needed to include 29...c5]

32...Rd8 [32...gxh4 would win of course as well]

33.Rf4 gxf4 34.Bxd8 f3+! easy but pretty

35.Qxf3Qxf3+ 36.Kxf3 bxa4 0–1



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Issue 316th of March 2012 Puzzle section

(5) Barbosa,Ev (2399) — Andriasian,Z (2616)

28th Cappelle Open Cappelle la Grande FRA, 03.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1...–+

(6) Cheparinov,I (2664) — Akshayraj,K (2422)

Reykjavik Open Reykjavik ISL, 08.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-

(7) Fridman,D (2653) — Huschenbeth,N (2509)

83rd ch-GER 2012 Osterburg GER, 06.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1...=

(8) Iordachescu,V (2644) — Saidov,B (2389)

6th Agzamov Memorial Tashkent UZB, 09.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (9) Socko,B (2636) — Naumkin,I (2443)

Moscow Open 2012 Moscow RUS, 31.01.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-

(10) Hoang Thanh Trang (2438) — Paehtz,E (2459)

Gazientep Gaziantep TUR, 12.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-

(11) Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (2662)— Li Shilong (2549)

HD Bank Cup, 06.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+/-

(12) Kozul,Z (2602) — Brkic,A (2587)

Zagreb, 10.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (13) Papin,V (2575) — Thorhallsson,T (2398)

Reykjavik Open, 11.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1.+-

(14) Gunnarsson,J (2424) — Hess,Ro (2635)

Reykjavik Open, 08.03.2012

[CEWN ]

1...–+



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Issue 316th of March 2012 Endgame section

(15)

[Balogh Csaba]

This week, we study rook endgames with a- or h-pawns!In these cases has the defensive side the biggest draw-

ing chances. However, in this example, Black’s king is toofar, and White’s rook has enough time to rescue the kingfrom the corner. Black king should stay on e7, in order tomake a draw, as we will see in the next diagram. 1.Rc2Ke7 2.Rc8 This is the winning technique! 2...Kd7 [2...Kd6 3.Rb8 Ra1 4.Kb7 Rb1+ 5.Kc8 Rc1+ 6.Kd8 Rh1Black’s trickiest try, but it does not save him. 7.Rb6+Kc5

8.Rc6+!Kd5 (8...Kb5 9.Rc8Rh8+ 10.Kc7Rh7+ 11.Kb8+-) 9.Ra6Rh8+ 10.Kc7+-] 3.Rb8Ra1 4.Kb7Rb1+ 5.Ka6Ra1+ 6.Kb6 Rb1+ 7.Kc5 1–0

(16)[Balogh Csaba]

In practice, we can very often meet with this endgame.Black’s king is now close enough to the corner, White hasno winning chance at all. 1.Rh2 [1.Rd3Rb2; 1.Rc2Kd7]1...Kd7 2.Rh8 Kc7 3.Rb8 Ra1 White has managed tosend away the rook from the b-file, but Black king has

just arrived, and the king will remain squeezed into thecorner. 1/2



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (17)

[Balogh,Csaba]

This is the so-called Vancura position. By attacking thepawn from the side, Black does not allow White to acti-vate his rook, and get out from the corner. And when thewhite king is trying to approach to the pawn, he couldnot hide himself against the side checks. 1.Kd5 [1.a7Ra62.Kd5 Ra1 If the pawn is pushed to a7, then Black canhold the draw with vertical checks, if his king is on g7 orh7! 3.Kc6 Rc1+ 4.Kb6 Rb1+ 5.Kc7 Rc1+ 6.Kd6= (Withrook on b8 and pawn on b7, the outcome is the same)]1...Rf5+ 2.Kc4 Rf6 3.Kb5 Rf5+ 4.Kc6 Rf6+ 5.Kb7Rf7+ If White does not push his pawn until a7, and so,keeps a square on a7 for his king against vertical checks,Black holds the draw, by giving horizontal checks. 1/2

(18)

[Balogh,Csaba]

White pawn has reached the 7th rank, but there is notime for vertical checks, because of the bad position ofBlack’s king. 1...Rg7+ [1...Rd1+ 2.Kc6 Rc1+ 3.Kd5Rd1+4.Ke4 Re1+ 5.Kd3 Rd1+ 6.Ke2 Ra1 7.Rh8++-] 2.Kc6Kg5!! Black hides his king behind his own rook from thetreating check! [2...Kh7? 3.Rh8++-] 3.Kb6Rg6+ 4.Kb5Rg7 1/2



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Issue 316th of March 2012 Clash of the Titans

(19) Tal,Mihail — Gurgenidze,Bukhuti [B15]

URS-ch36 Alma-Ata, 1968

[Balogh Csaba]

The next game, I would like to present, is played by the“magician of Riga”! Yes, yes, the 8th World Champion,Mikhail Tal! His amazing fantasy for combinations, hasput him to the top of the chess world. He won the titleagainst Botvinnik in 1960, when he was only 24 years old!Unfortunately for him, Botvinnik took a revenge on him inthe next year, and he was not able to win back his crown,but anyway we will never forget his fantastic victories,

from which I would like to show you one. His victim wasBukhuti Gurgenidze, Grandmaster from Georgia.

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5 A rare move in the Caro-kandefense, which the Georgian grandmaster has tried sev-eral times.

4.a3! White reacts precisely, after stopping his oppo-nents idea to push b4, the c5 square becomes a weak-ness in Black’s camp.

4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bf5 6.Bd3!? Typical Tal! He does not

care about losing a pawn in the opening, if he gets 2 tem-pi for that. Gurgenidze respected his opponent, and didnot accept the “gift”.

6...Bxe4 [6...Qxd4 7.Nf3 Qd5 8.Qe2 White gets verystrong initiative for the pawn, Black’s pieces are com-pletely undeveloped.]

7.Bxe4 Black could not be too happy with his opening.He gave up his bishop pair, and weakened his queensidepawn structure might be a problem in the future.

7...Nf6 8.Bd3!? Amazing! I think, almost everybodywould have retreated the bishop on f3, and developewith Ne2, to make pressure against the weakened c6

pawn, and having a better position. However, Tal was al-ways thinking about giving mate. He played Bd3, offer-ing the same “gift” on d4, and he expects his opponentto castle short side, when his d3 bishop will eye danger-ously on the h7 square. [8.Bf3]

8...e6 [In my opinion, the sacrifice should have been ac-cepted for the 2nd time. 8...Qxd4 9.Nf3 Qd8 10.0–0 e611.Re1Be7 12.a4 b4 13.Ne5 when, White definitely getsstrong compensation, but at least, Black could have said,

that he was a pawn up!]9.Nf3 Be7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.0–0 0–0 12.Re1 Re813.Ne5! After both players have developed their pieces totheir logical places, it is time to have some action! Tal scareshis opponent with the possibility of the sacrifice on f7.

13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Qg4! Of course, the piecesare going into the attack. Where also could have theygone, if Tal is leading them?! :-)

15...a5



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Issue 316th of March 2012 16.h4!! What?! A blunder from the World Champion? Of

course not! It is an intuitive pawn sacrifice, just as the d4pawn in the opening phrase. This time, the Georgian de-cides to take it, otherwise h5, and the king is under mat-ing attack.

16...Bxh4 17.g3Be7

18.Kg2!! And here we get the point of the sacrafice! Themagician just wanted to get rid of his h-pawn, in order touse the h-file for mating with the rook.

18...g6 Black must try to close the diagonal of the d3bishop.

19.Rh1Bf8 Gurgenidze tries to bring defenders aroundhis king, but he is just too late.

20.Bg5! Developing with tempo, and opens the 1st rankfor the a1 rook, to join into the attack.

20...Qc7

21.Rxh7!! Tal does not want to waste time on doublingthe rooks on the h-file. He is crushing immediately.

21...Qxe5 [If Black takes the rook 21...Kxh7 22.Rh1+Kg8 23.Qh4 Bg7 24.Bf6! Qh8! threats with mate 24...Nxf6 25.exf6 nowQh7 threats with forced mate 25...Kf826.Qh8+!Bxh8 27.Rxh8# would have been another nice

finish!]

22.Rxf7!! When the Magician starts to sacrifice, then itis really hard to stop him! This time, Black has no otherchoice, must take the rook. [22.Rah1Bg7 would not beso easy.]

22...Kxf7



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23.Bxg6+! Of course! What else!

23...Kg8 If the bishop is taken now or in the next move,Black loses his queen. [23...Kxg6 24.Bf4+Kf6 25.Qh4+!Kf7 26.Bxe5+-]

24.Bxe8Bg7 [24...Rxe8 25.Bf6++-]

25.Bd7 [25.Bxc6+-]

25...Nc7 26.Bxc6 Black has managed to not be mated,but he ended up with 2 pawns down and lost position.

The rest is matter of technique.

26...Rf8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Bf3 Qxc2 29.Rd7 Rf730.Rd8+ Rf8 31.Bf6! Even is completely winning posi-tion, Tal is playing for the spectators!

31...Qh7 32.Be4 Qh6 33.Bg5Qh8 The queen is pur-sued into the corner.

34.Rd7 and Black resigned. Typical victory by Tal! Whenhe had a good day, he won all his games in this style. Andhe had quite often a good day, luckily for chess fans! :-) 1–0

Surprise section / study

(20) Benko,P

1984

[Chess Evolution]

1. +-



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Issue 316th of March 2012 Solutions

(21) Arabidze,M (2337) — Romanko,M (2416)

Gazientep, 05.03.2012

[Solutions]

45.Bf6+! 1–0[45.Bf6+Kxf6 46.Qe5#]

(22) Dzagnidze,N (2559) — Mammadova,G (2324)


[Solutions]

16.Nxf7!! [16.Qa6 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Be7 18.Rxd4 Bb5!19.Rxd8 Bxa6 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8] 16...Rxb7 [16...Rxf717.Bxc7 Nxc7 18.bxc5+-; 16...Nxf4 17.Nxd8 Rxb718.Nxb7+-] 17.Nxd8 Rxd8 18.bxc5+-

(23) Koepke,C (2404) — Pinter,J (2546)Austrian league, St. Veit, 04.03.2012

[Solutions]

23.Bxg5! Qxg5 24.Bxf7+! Rxf7 25.Qxg5 Bxg526.Rxe8++-



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (24) Lalic,B (2468) — Vorobiov,E (2580)


[Solutions]

24.Qf7!! [24.Nf7+ Rxf7 25.Qxf7 Bc6! 26.Ne6 Qg827.Qxg8+ Kxg8 28.Rab1 Be5] 24...Rxf7 [24...Bg7

25.Nce6!] 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxd8 Bf3 [26...Bxa127.Rxa1+-] 27.Nde6Bxd1 28.Rxd1Rxa2 29.Rd3 1–0

(25) Petrosian,T (2643) — Arutinian,D (2553)


[Solutions]

55.Nxe5+! Nxe5+ 56.Kf4 Kd5 [56...Nf7 57.Kxf5+-]

57.Kxf5Kd6 58.h5! [58.Kf6?Ng4+ 59.Kg5Ne5 60.h5Ke6=]

58...Nf7 59.Kf6 Nh6 [59...Ne5 60.h6+-] 60.Kg6! Ng461.h6Ke7 62.h7Ne5+ 63.Kg7Nf7 64.g4! 1–0[64.h8Q?

Nxh8 65.Kxh8 Kf6=]

(26) Fauland,A (2452) — Bosiocic,M (2580)

Austrian league, St. Veit, 03.03.2012

[Solutions]

58...Qf5+? [58...Qe7+!! 59.Kxf4 Qh4+ 60.Ke5 (60.Ke3??Qd4#) 60...Qe7+ 61.Kf4= (61.Kd5?Qb7+ 62.K xc5Q xf3) ] 59.Kd6 Qf6+ 60.Kd7 Qf5+ 61.Kc6 Nxe2?[61...Qc8+ 62.Kb5Nxe2 63.Qxe2Qd7+ 64.Kxc5 Qf5+65.Kxb4Qxb1 66.c5] 62.Qxf5 gxf5 63.Kxc5+-



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Issue 316th of March 2012 (27) Mammadova,G (2324) — Repkova,E (2416)


[Solutions]

23.Nb3! gxf5 [23...Bxe6 24.Qxc5! Qxc5+ 25.Nxc5Bxf5 26.Rxe8Rxe8 27.gxf5+-] 24.Nxc5Bc6 25.Rxf5+-

(28) Tazbir,M (2513) — Amin,B (2608)


[Solutions]

27...Rxe4! 28.f5 [28.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 29.Nhf3 Qxb1–+;28.bxc4 Rxe2+ 29.Nxe2 Bxc2–+] 28...Rxe2+ 29.Nxe2

Qxc2 [29...Re8!?–+] 30.Qxc2 Ne3+ 31.Kf2 Nxc232.fxg6Be5 33.gxf7+Kxf7–+

(29) Siebrecht,S (2463) — Dranischnikov (2327)

Osterburg, 03.03.2012

[Solutions]

11.e5! dxe5 [11...Bxg2 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Kxg2+-]12.Bxb7 Ra7 [12...exd4 13.Bxa8 dxc3 14.Qxd8 Rxd815.bxc3]

13.Nc6!Qxd1 14.Nxe7+Kh8 15.Rxd1 [15.Nxd1!Rxb716.b3! Rxe7 17.Ba3+-] 15...Rxb7 16.b3! b5 [16...Rxe7



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Issue 316th of March 2012 17.Ba3+-] 17.Be3! bxc4 [17...Re8 18.Bc5] 18.bxc4

Re8 19.Bc5 Rc7 20.Bd6 Rxc4 21.Rac1+-

(30) Kaspret,G (2292) — Diermair,A (2429)

Austrian league, St.Veit, 04.03.2012

[Solutions]

39.d6!! Rxd6 40.Bc3!! Rxc3 [40...Rxd2 41.Bxd2Bxd242.Bd5+ Ne6 43.Qe8+ Qf8 44.Bxe6+ Kg7 45.Qg6#]41.Rxd6 Bxd6 [41...Rc1+ 42.Kg2 Rxh1 43.Bd5+ Ne644.Bxe6+ Kf8 45.Rd8+ Ke7 46.Qe8#] 42.Bd5+ Ne643.Qe8+ 1–0

(31) Gurgenidze,D

1977

[Chess Evolution]

1.Rb5+! Ka6 2.Rb6+! Ka5 3.R3b5+! Ka4 4.Rb4+!Ka5 5.R6b5+! [5.b3 Rh5!=] 5...Ka6 6.b3! Raa8 7.Rb6+!

Ka7 8.Rb7+! Ka6 9.R4b6+! Ka5 10.Rb5+! Ka611.b4! 1–0

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