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EditorialMalcolm Pein on the latest developments in chess

European Individual Championship, Aix les BainsVladimir Potkin headed a stellar field of GMs in Aix but the Englishcompetitors - professional and amateur - had their moments.

Problem AlbumColin Russ presents Werner Speckmann compositions

Melody AmberThe Amber light changed to red in Monte Carlo - Levon Aronianhad the honour of the ‘last tango in Monte Carlo’.

4NCL British Team LeagueAndrew Greet reports on the fourth weekend in Daventry, with allthe contenders in their final pools. Some superb chess.

RAC Centenary CelebrationThe Royal Automobile Club celebrated its 100th birthday in style,with ten GMs taking on 100 opponents in palatial Pall Mall.

CSC at the RACThe day the Chess in School and Communities squad took onEngland’s top GMs! Sabrina Chevannes tells the amazing story.

A Knight to RememberMore like ‘Bunfight at the DK Corral’, as Drunken Knights shot it outwith Wood Green at The Plough. Ended up at Boot Hill, though...

CHESS in the 1940s (Part 3)John Saunders relates how BH Wood upset the chess establismentby nearly winning the British Championship in 1948.

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There has been a huge amount of chessactivity in London this past month, somuch so I am almost becomingoptimistic. It’s not just the continueddisplay of advertising hoardings withMagnus Carlsen in his latest pair of jeansor even the chess-themed window of adepartment store featuring the latestAgent Provocateur fragrance it’s therange and frequency of the chess eventswhich are broadening the appeal.

There was the RAC Club Centenary 100 board simultaneous which I helpedorganise at the RAC Club House in PallMall. Chess is thriving in the privatemember London Clubs where theycomplete annually for the Hamilton-Russell Cup. That’s not the Hamilton –Russell trophy competed for at theOlympiad but it is the same Hamilton-Russell. This year the competition waswon by the Royal Automobile Club andOxford and Cambridge University Club.In keeping with the sporting traditionsand the amateur spirit in which all thesematches are played, there didn’t have tobe a winner, no tie break, just jointcustodianship of the trophy.

John Saunders covers the day in moredetail inside this issue but I would justadd that I was delighted to be able tobring along a team from Chess in

Schools and Communities who had themost enjoyable day which is describedby CSC field worker Sabrina Chevannesinside. As this was the youngsters’ firstexperience of chess outside school, Ihope they don’t think all tournamentsare like this.

Next month we will have coverage ofanother simultaneous in London in April.The 12th world champion Anatoly Karpovcame to the offices of city brokers ICAPwho have several strong players in theirranks. It was another great evening in asplendid venue. Congratulations to DominicLawson and to Ryad Belabdelouahab ofICAP who made draws.

In completely different surroundings,

another team who keep the amateur

spirit alive in London is Drunken Knights,

whose performance in the London

League this year deserves a mention.

The team, captained by my old drinking

partner, the irrepressible Nevil Chan,

succeeded in winning nine straight

matches and led the league before the

(probably) decisive showdown against

the giants of UK club chess Wood Green,

who have won everything umpteen times.

The contest must surely have been thestrongest ever 12-board matchbetween UK clubs as Wood Greencaptain Brian Smith wielded the chequebook and put out ten GMs and two IMsto DK’s one guest GM, StuartConquest, and 2 IMs. The result was10-2 to Wood Green. There was agreat atmosphere and it’s good to seethat pub chess in the UK is still aliveand well, and not just in London.

This brings me to what I feel could be abig factor in chess development ifeveryone works together, wherever theyare. Permanent places to play chess aregreat for the game’s growth. There areone or two places in London but theyreceive zero or very little publicity. Thereis a café in South Kensington and aregular gathering at Caffè Nero onKensington High Street which I stumbledupon by accident once and couldn’tbelieve my eyes. There must be a lotmore going on around the country and Iwould like to hear from readers of anypermanent places to play on giant chesssets, or any cafes or pubs where chesscan be played outside traditional chessclub hours. If people knew where to go,these places would be so much bettersupported and encouraged to continue.

Which brings me to our cover story, theinstallation of a giant chess set inHolland Park. This arose thanks to theinitiative of pianist and composer JasonKouchak. On Saturday 9 April the Mayorof Kensington and Chelsea, CouncillorBasil Davidson, actress Joanna Trollopeand chess supporters including IM JohnPaul Wallace gathered to play the

inaugural game. Each Saturday the parkkeeper will bring out the set and therewill be lessons for children in what is adelightful setting. This idea is relativelylow cost for these straightened timesand should be replicated but readersneed to take the initiative.

Also in the amateur realm, Chess Boxing

seems to be taking off, as the most

recent gathering illustrated. Over 600

spectators came to North London to

watch, and some had to be turned away,

so the next event will have to be staged

at a larger venue. The non-chess players

do seem to enjoy the chess. The next

event will be in the Autumn but there is a

card at Berlin on 24 June which features

three chess boxers from the London-

based club.

The 3rd London Chess Classic is coming

along nicely and I can reveal to those of

you who don’t follow me on Twitter that

there have been acceptances from:

Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru

Nakamura Mickey Adams, Nigel Short

and David Howell. The ninth player is

still the subject of feverish speculation

but I am saying nothing here other than I

expect this year’s tournament to be even

stronger than last year's. I am looking at

further improving the online presentation.

Tickets won’t be going on sale for a

couple of months.

It’s good to see that chess is also doing

well outside the capital. The 2011 British

Championships will be held in Sheffield

while the 4NCL continues to

expand and now even has a Northern

Division. John Carleton’s reports on the

4NCL website give a good flavour of

these highly enjoyable weekends.

Finally, well done to Sean Hewitt and his

e2e4 congresses, which are being run

all over England. Sean has taken a leaf

out of the 4NCL’s book and organised

chess in nice surroundings, usually

quality hotels in the countryside, and

these are a world apart from the

traditional weekend congress in a

primary school or church hall.

by Executive Editor, IM Malcolm Pein

Chess Editorial

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Above: 600 people paid to watch a recent

Chess Boxing event - the crowds’ eyes are all transfixed on

the giant screen relaying the moves from the boxing ring.

Below: A lifetime devotion to chess and yet

it’s ten-year-old Kimberley giving me a lesson!

Ryad Belabdelouahab of ICAP takes on Anatoly Karpov at blitz. Karpov

then went on to give a simul scoring 13 wins and conceding just two draws

(against Ryad and former Sunday Telegraph Editor, Dominic Lawson).

With only Nigel Short missing (playing the Thailand Open) this photo

shows nearly all England’s strongest players at the RAC Centenary Simul.

Above (top): Drunken Knights - A drinking club with a chess problem!

Above (bottom): Drunken Knights captain, Nevil Chan (left) pictured

with the captain of arch-rivals Wood Green, Brian Smith (right).

Above: GM Gawain Jones (left)

pictured with GM Magnus Carlsen at

the press screening of the new

documentary Bobby Fischer Against

the World, in Soho, London. The film

will be released in UK cinemas from

July this year.

CHESS Magazine will be offering

readers a chance to win tickets to the

UK premiere and DVDs of the

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Going FischingThe obsession with Bobby Fischercontinues unabated, it seems, with theimpending release of a documentary and,as previously mentioned, a full featurefilm in the works. The documentary,entitled Bobby Fischer Against the World,will premiere in London in July. Therewas a press screening recently andguess who showed up? None other thanMagnus Carlsen (pictured on previouspage with GM Gawain Jones).

In another sign of Fischermania, a Fischer- Spassky chess set fetched a record sumat auction. The autographed board andpieces were those used in the third gameof the “Match of the Century” inReykjavík in 1972. They were sold at aPhilip Weiss Auction house in New Yorkto an anonymous bidder for US $76,275.

Finally there is the excellent Endgame byFrank Brady, the critically acclaimedbiography on Fischer which has alreadybecome a best seller. Brady produced anearlier book on Fischer entitled Profile of a

Prodigy and, as Fischer’s former trainerand a resident of NYC, he is as well placedas anyone to bring the story up-to-date.

UPDATE: Chess in Schools

and Communities

CSC is now teaching in over 60 schoolsbut we still plan to extend our activities inthe areas where we already operate andmore chess coaches will be needed. Ialso intend to run more training coursesfor chess teachers in each of these areas.

Teach Like an Armenian

Chess in Schools and Communities

works in schools who agree to givecurriculum time to chess. This wouldn’tbe a problem in Armenia where it hasbeen announced that chess is going tobecome compulsory!

The government has committed around$1.5 million to a scheme that will see six-year-olds learn chess as a separatesubject on the curriculum for two hours aweek. Arman Aivazian, a spokesman forthe Armenian government declared thatchess lessons would strengthenchildren’s intellectual development byhelping them to “think flexibly andwisely”. Hear, hear!

CSC recently made a submission to thegovernment’s consultation on theNational Curriculum where we proposedone lesson a week at Year 2 or Year 3.

Armenia has always been prettyfanatical about chess. The memory ofworld champion Tigran Petrosian isrevered and people play in cafes and onthe street. Despite having a populationof just 3 million people, Armenia has 33GMs and ranks fourth in the worldbased on the ratings of the top tenplayers. The President, Serzh Sargsyan,has also been chairman of the ArmenianChess Federation for nearly ten yearsand has turned up to support thenational team which took the goldmedals at two successive ChessOlympiads in 2006 and 2008.

Miami NiceOur readers across the pond will knowthat we have a chess and bridge shop inFlorida which can be found online atchess4less.com. I thought I would do mybit for South Florida scholastic chess byassisting a school in what is colloquiallyknown in the USA as ‘the hood’. Theschool is Scott Lake Elementary, aprimary school run by an inspirationalHead Teacher, Valerie Ward. The schoolis in a relatively poor area on the

outskirts of Miami and many of thechildren are categorised as “Title 1”which refers to a set of programs set upby the US Department of Education todistribute funding to schools with a highpercentage of students from low-incomefamilies. Despite this, the school is averitable oasis and it has a thrivingchess club and an enormouslysuccessful team run by Cheryl Polite.

With little outside assistance, the schoolhas won a huge number of trophieswhich can be found all over the school.Because it’s the USA, the trophies arehuge. The Chess4less store managerand I visited the school with Jeb Bush Jr.,the grandson of George H Bush. Jeb is achess player and played some juniortournaments in his youth. I gave the teama chess lecture and then gave asimultaneous display. Some of the kidswere good, very good and the picture onthe previous page shows how I suddenlyrealised I was in a little difficulty againstKimberley. A little later I managed to getthe edge and offered a diplomatic drawwhich, after a little consideration, wasaccepted. I wish the team the best of luckwhen they go to Dallas for a nationaltournament later this month.

Malcolm Pein with keen chess player

Jeb Bush Jr., grandson of former

US president George H Bush


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THE STRONGEST EVER UK league

match” was the strapline to the

much-anticipated Drunken Knights -

Wood Green clash at The Plough pub in

London on Monday 18 April.

The DKs had won all ten London League

Division One matches before this, their

final match. A 6-6 draw would see them

lift the trophy which Wood Green had

‘owned’ since 2002!

The home team must have been pleased

with their line-up of one GM, three IMs

and six FMs, which would have been

strong enough to polish off most club

sides this side of the Urals - but when

Wood Green’s ten GMs and two IMs

strolled into The Plough, they knew they

were staring down the gun barrel.

That said, with 20 minutes left to play,

Wood Green were leading just 1½-½.

Eddie Dearing and Ben Savage of DK

had winning positions, but the anticipated

two points evaporated in time scrambles.

Blair Connell turned down an early draw

offer, but then overpressed position. DK’s

'Man of the Match' was David Moskovic,

who outplayed his GM opponent.

NOTES BY DAVID MOSKOVIC

Drunken Knights 1 - Wood Green

D. Moskovic (2293) - D.Berczes (2535)

French Advance1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 b6!? 4 c3 £d7 5 h4!? Trying to secure space on the

kingside. It’s not like Black is hurrying to

develop or even attack d4. 5...c5 6 h5 h6

7 ¥f4 ¤e7 8 dxc5!? After 8 ¤f3 ¥a6 9

¥xa6 ¤xa6 10 0–0, White has an edge,

but it’s complicated. Blocked French

advance positions are very hard to

assess because they are non-forcing

and there is a huge choice of reasonable

alternatives. 8...bxc5 9 ¤f3 g5!? 10hxg6 ¤xg6 11 ¥g3 Although h6 is not

threatened, 11 £d2!? is still interesting. I

preferred to make the bishop safe than

get tied down. 11...¥a6?! Thematic, but

actually loosening. It might be better to

just develop. 12 ¥xa6 12 c4! is more

decisive: 12...¥xc4 13 ¥xc4 dxc4 14

¤bd2 ¤c6 15 ¤xc4 and White stands

slightly better 12...¤xa6 13 ¤bd2 ¥e714 £e2 £b7 15 b3 15 0–0?! h5!,

intending h4-h3, is annoying. 15 a3?! c4!

threatens 16...¤c5 with counterplay.

15...¦d8 16 a3

A Brief History of the Clubby Nevil Chan

Drunken Knights were formed in the

late sixties by George Leyton and

Chris Haynes. The team at that time

consisted of players from Harrow

and Hayes Chess Clubs

(Middlesex). In the early years the

club played in the Hillingdon

League, before venturing into the

London League in the 1971-72

season. The team was proposed for

membership of the London League

by Bob Wade, who silenced a

detractor making a long speech at

the AGM by saying the name did not

matter, and that Drunken Knights

would be a worthy addition.

The Knights played their matches at

the League's central venues, St.

Brides Institute and then Bishopsgate

Institute, before moving to their home

at The Plough in the 1989-90 season.

Nevil Chan has captained the team

since 1993.

In 2007-08, Knights entered a

second team which won Division 4

that season. DK2 then went on to

win Division 3 in 2008-09, and

Division 2 in 2009-10. The team was

unbeaten until their debut Division 1

match this season against DK1!

Last season, a third team was

formed which won Division 4. DK3

are currently joint leaders of Division

3 with one match remaining. Should

they gain promotion, Drunken

Knights would be the only club to

have ever had a third team qualify

for Division 2.

DK policy has always been not to

pay appearance fees. Several GMs,

namely David Norwood, Stuart

Conquest and Simon Williams, have

played for the Knights with the

promise only of a full glass for the

evening. Simon memorably pointed

out it might have been cheaper to

pay him a fee...

Drunken KnightsThe Drinking Club with a

Chess problem....

The London Chess League began in 1887 and it is believed this was the strongest match ever

played in it. And probably the strongest local league match held anywhere in the UK, too.

The 4NCL has seen stronger line-ups but is a national level team competition.

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16...¤b8 16...h5, grabbing some space,

might be best. So maybe I should have

played 16 ¦h5. There are so many ways

to play these positions, it’s hard to know

what to do! 17 b4 ¤d7 18 ¤h4?! 18 ¢f1,

18 ¤b3, and 18 ¦h5 would all have been

better here. 18...¦g8?! Played quickly.

Immediately after playing 18 ¤h4, I

realised I had missed 18...¥xh4! 19 ¥xh4

¦c8! where it looks like Black is getting a

lot of play and, although it’s still very

complex, I think I’d prefer Black here. 19¤xg6 ¦xg6 20 0–0 ¢f8 21 ¤f3 At each

juncture, my analysis engine is listing

10–15 continuations of approximately

equal value for each side! 21...¢g8 22¤h4?! I make the same mistake again,

allowing Black the chance to exchange a

bishop for a knight. 22 ¦ab1 is one

alternative, to try to get the black queen

off the long diagonal. 22...¦g7?!22...¥xh4 23 ¥xh4 d4!? 24 f3 ¦c8 is

unclear. 23 £h5 d4!? Dangerous,

because the pawn is easily blockaded

and can become weak. 24 cxd4 cxd4 25£xh6 ¤b6 26 ¤f3 d3 27 ¦fd1 ¤a427...£e4!? is possible. 28 ¦ac1 a5 29£e3

29...¤b2?? Instead, 29...axb4 30 axb4

¤b2 31 ¦d2 £xb4 32 ¦b1 ¤c4 33 ¦xb4

¤xe3 34 ¦b3 ¤d5 35 ¦dxd3 gives Black

reasonable drawing chances, despite the

pawn deficit. This is actually what my

opponent had intended to play. In the

heat of the moment, he simply forgot to

capture on b4, and played 29...¤b2

immediately. After we reached the time

control on move 30, he sat with his head

in his hands for about three minutes, in

disbelief at what he had done. 30 ¦d2¤a4 We both now had 16 minutes left on

the clock. 31 ¦xd3 ¦xd3 32 £xd3 axb433 axb4 ¦g4 33...¥xb4 34 ¦c4! and

White has too many threats. 34 ¥h4 34

b5! is even stronger: 34...¦b4 (34...¤b2

35 £e3) 35 ¥h4! 34...¤b2 35 £c3 ¥xh436 ¤xh4 £xb4 37 £c8+ ¢h7 37...£f8

38 ¤f5! £xc8 39 ¦xc8+ ¢h7 40 ¤d6 is a

difficult ending for Black, but perhaps he

is lost after 40...¤d3 41 ¤xf7 ¤xf2 42

¢xf2 ¦f4+ 43 ¢e3 ¦xf7 44 ¦e8 ¦g7 45

¢f3 ¦f7+ 46 ¢e4 ¦g7 47 ¦xe6 ¦xg2 48

¦f6, etc. 38 £e8! ¦g7?? 38...¦xh4?? 39

£xf7+ ¢h6 40 £xe6 ¢g5 41 £f6+ ¢g4

42 f3+ ¢g3 43 £g5+ wins. 38...¢g7 39

£d8 £f8 40 £f6+ ¢g8 41 g3 and

perhaps Black can hold, but it’s very hard

in a time scramble! 39 ¦c8 £e1+ 40¢h2 £xe5+ 41 g3 ¦g5 42 £xf7+ ¦g743 £e8 ¦g4 44 ¤f3 £g7 45 £d8?! 45

£h5+! forces the win of the black queen.

45...¦c4 46 ¦xc4 ¤xc4 47 £d3+ 1–0

A memorable evening for players and the

many spectators, especially the

impromptu 'closing speech' by Chris

Haynes, a founder member and previous

captain of the Drunken Knights. Chris

emphasised that a great chess team is

not about money - then proceeded to buy

a round for practically the whole Plough.

Incidentally, the season’s not ever: Wood

Green still have one match left, but need

only a draw to retain their title.

An Early Drunken Knights -

Wood Green Encounterby Nevil Chan

In 1995-96, Drunken Knights caused

an upset by beating favourites Wood

Green early on in the season. There

were no GMs on the Wood Green

payroll back then, but still a couple of

IMs to contend with. Their captain at

that time, Bob Turnham, took it rather

badly. Half our players had arrived

late from the pub - nothing new there.

The following day he accused

George of putting off his opponent

by belching, and subsequently

posted me an extract from the rules,

highlighting inappropriate conduct.

George was given a reprimand - and

free beer next match.

Drunken KnightsThe Drinking Club with a

Chess problem....

DRUNKEN KNIGHTS Title ECF Elo WOOD GREEN Title ECF Elo

1 Stuart Conquest g 229 2529 0 - 1 Luke McShane g 255 2683

2 Eddie Dearing m 220 2412 0 - 1 Jonathan Rowson g 244 2576

3 Karl Mah m 226 2428 0 - 1 Jon Speelman g 238 2521

4 Peter Sowray f 223 2340 ½ - ½ Bogdan Lalic g 234 2474

5 Gary Quillan f 213 2383 0 - 1 Nick Pert g 237 2570

6 Dan Bisby f 215 2306 0 - 1 Neil McDonald g 233 2460

7 David Moskovic f 215 2293 1 - 0 David Berczes g 235 2535

8 John Merriman 213 2253 0 - 1 John Emms g 229 2475

9 Ben Savage f 208 2289 0 - 1 Krisztian Szabo g U/G 2517

10 Chris Duncan f 207 2314 0 - 1 Chris Ward g 230 2449

11 Blair Connell 203 2263 0 - 1 Richard Pert m 224 2457

12 Colin Crouch m 205 2343 ½ - ½ Graeme Buckley m 214 2394

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