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Volume 11 Issue4

4 TALB EFORE THESACRIFICIAL ALTAR

Dr.Minev unearthed a w o nderful article on sacrificial play

by the immortal Mikhail Tal and we feature Part I in this

issue.

10 IT SVISHYAT

LINARES

VishyAnandco ntinued his winning ways at Linares and has

taken over the second spot on the FIDE rating list behind

Kasparov. Yasser annotates.

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The U.S. Am ateurTeamChampionship (East) welcomed the

FIDEWo rld Champion and,

yes,

he got to

play first board.

34 JACK PETERS INTERVIEW

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ublisher s

essage

N

ow that

we

have moved

to a

monthly

rather than a biweekly

format

for the

magazine,

I am

hard-

pressed to keep up with the mercurial

changes in the world of

chess.

In the

space of a month, anything can happen,

and

seems to do so with regularity.

Since FIDE successfully organized its

1997 World Championship,PCACham-

pion Garry Kasparov has come under

increasing pressure

to

defend

his

ver-

sion of the title again. Garry'srefusal to

accept a spot in the recent FIDE Gronin-

gen Semifinals, combined with a com-

plete absence of any semblance of a PCA

qualifyingsystem,haseclipsed Kasparov

from thechampionship limelight Garry's

own

recent admissions

of PCA

failings

presaged

a"stunning"announcement and

itfinallycame

at the

1998 Linares tourna-

ment

At

a press conference before thetour-

nament, Garry proudly announced the

formation ofsomething called theWorld

Chess Council. This would have been a

bit more newsworthy if the WCC was

not, at

least,

the fourth such organiza-

tion

that

Garryhasfounded. Long-suf-

fering chess fans

may

recall the Grand-

Masters Association (GMA), the Euro-

pean

Chess Union (ECU) and the Pro-

fessional

Chess Association (PCA). Each

of these august organizations was sup-

posed solve

all the

chess

world's

prob-

lems

and the

first

two aredead, while

the PCA's life-support system is about

to be unplugged.

So now that Garry wears the World

Chess Council crown, what can we ex-

pect? Well,

the

word

"council"is de-

fined

as: "a) An assembly of persons

called together for consultation, delib-

eration,

or

discussion,

b) A

body

of

people elected or appointed to serve in

an

administrative, legislative, or advi-

sory capacity,

c) An assembly of church

officials and theologians convened for

regulating matters of doctrine and disci-

pline."

The first two definitions don't

completely fit and the third definitely

doesn't,but

let's

not quibble. Who are

the WCC members and to which par-

ticularly onerous problems in the chess

world are they addressing themselves?

The

WCC is a "council" of two,

Garry

Kasparov and Linareschess or-

ganizer Luis Rentero,

and

they have

called themselves together to legislate

andadvise on the World Chess Champi-

onship. Kasparov and the PCA found

the whole Candidates process quite tedi-

ous and expensive; so the WCC cut the

Gordian knot

and

named

Anand and

Kramnik

as the finalists, the winner to

meet Garry for the title.

So why my mirth and expectation of

an

early WCC collapse? Why, the prin-

cipals themselves Luis Rentero is fa-

mous

for finingplayers and,in general,

making a big nuisance of himself. His

blacklisting of players in the past has

earned him theenmity ofmany. B

Kasparov and Karpov have publi

feudedwith Rentero to the point of m

tual embarrassment. Now these t

fiery, temperamental personalities are

work

together? I think not The f

run-in between these two volatile prin

pals should

be the

last.

The second bump is that Anand has

jected Kasparov's

offer

Anand

had

sign

a FIDE World Championship contr

stating thatif hereached the quarterfi

orbeyond,hewouldnotplayin anyot

(competing) World Championship eve

While Garry

and

Luis believe (proba

correctly) that the contract isunenfor

able, Anand chooses to keep his word.

Perhaps Garry should skip the qua

fying step and simply challenge the u

fettered

Kramnik? Well, there is rath

big

problem here also.

I'm

sure

highly-principled VladimirKramnikwo

be extremely unhappy about being

vited to a WCCFinal. Itwould b

cruel irony

if

Vladimir were

to

aband

his principles

now and

become

a"cou

cilman"after refusing

to

play

in

Gr

ingen because of Karpov's favora

seeding. But if

I

m right about the co

bustible nature of the WCC, Vladim

will be spared the dilemma.

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said,

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Tactics,Tactics

and

MoreTactics

Reflections Before theSacrificial Altar

M,:

ikhailTa l (1936-1992) was a great

player and a m agnificent

journalist.

He

was

also

a

rare World Champion

wh o

gladly

shared the secrets of his

suc-

cesses an d failures inmany articles and

annotations.

The

following article

is

one of his

little-known masterpieces,

in

which he discuss different aspects of

tactics

and

combinational thinking.

In

my

opinion, this

is a

classic work,

which

every chess player should know.

IMNikolay

Minev.

Translated

from Shakhmaty

(Riga),

3-8/1966, and adapted for

Inside

Chess

by IM

N ikolay Minev.

Unanno-

tated

moves have been added

in

some

cases in order to

complete

the

ga me

scores.

The

next three edi t ions

of Dr.

Minev's column wil l be devoted to the

article

b yM ikhail Tal.

Edi tor

by G M M ikhail Tal

L

ong, long

ago,

some unknown

wise

m an

(perhaps Brahmin,

plowman

or

warrior) invented

th e

mar-

velous game

of

chess which

has had

many

mighty patrons over

th e

years.

In

the course of time, the patrons have

changed quickly, while the rules of the

game

have changed slowly, but one pa-

troness still remains and, it seems, is

alive in the heart of every chesscon-

noisseur. We are speaking of the chess

Goddess with

th e

original

and

very

pleasant name,

Caissa. Her k in

Pegasus, the Muses, Psyche, Hephaes-

tus

also ha ve m any devotees, devo-

tees ready to make sacrifices, because

they

all

patronize

th e

arts,

and the

arts

demand

sacrifices.

Caissa also demands sacrifices, and

her servants are generous. Faced with

the demanding altar

of the

Goddess,

some give

up

hope

of

sporting successes

and opt for an unclouded and pleasant

life.

However, ma ny other ofCaissa's

unknown

servants offer

her

sacrifices

literally

al l

their lives,

from

childhood

to a ripe old age, experiencing with the

same passion, every strong move

and

every fo olish mistak e. It is true, their

names are not mentioned in chess maga-

zines, but the chess would not exist

without these unknown soldiers.

The most widespread offering at

Caissa's

altar

is the

sacrifice

of the

chess board's inhabitants. How ma ny

Rooks, Knights, Bishops, a nd pawns a re

laid at Caissa's sacrificial altar each

year Queens also sha re

th e

common

fate

from time

to time,

players

vol-

untarily part withtheir

strongestpiece.

Of

course, the ultimate fate of these

sacrifices differs. Caissa gratefully

ac-

cepts some of the sacrifices and the

player secures

the

recognition

of his or

her contemporaries and the admiration

oftheir descendents. But not

always,

sometimes the Goddess rejects the

sac-

rifice (I

think, today this

is

described

as

"an

incorrectsacrifice"). What

is to be

done then, but to wait for the next holi-

day,

and it is not far

away, because

every game can,

and

must,

be a

holiday.

It so

happens that

I

haveoften been

be -

fore Caissa's sacrificial altar and I have

given m any sacrifices

to

her. Som e were

successful, some not very successful at

all.

I

want

to

share some thoughts

on the

subject with

my

more

or

lessexperienced,

m ore or less successful, colleagues. The

reader will

no t

find formulaehereocon-

fidentlypredict th e fate of agiven sacri-

fice. These are simply reflections, re-

flections

and

nothing m ore.

GM

Mikhail

Tal-Am ateur

Riga(simul)1958

17.}xf7

23.d5 AbS

24.d6

25.d7+xd726.g8mate

GM Mikhail Tal-Amateur

Tbilisi (simul)

gxf5

23.1.e6

Sg8+

24.See3

g6

1-0

e eptive ranquillity

he aggressiveness of chess pla

shows itself in differe nt wa ys. S

from

th e

first moves, bring home

t

opponent what calamities he should

pect and every blow is preceded by

active play. Others

are

quiet

for a

t

modestly developing the pieces an

seems they don't intend anything m

acing

at

all.

Th e

position

is

drowsy

opponent is at rest and, as a rule, in

situations a subtly prepared explo

proves to be exceptionally effec

Hereis one of such example of

de

tive tranquillity.

French

C O O

GM

Evgeny Vasiukov

GM M ikhail

Tal

Baku, USSR Championship1

I.e4 e62.d3 d53.}d2 tf6 4.

k

S.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4AcS7 ,g2

8.O-O O-O9.e2

Ae6 10.c3

a5

13.xc4

14.JLd2Sad8 IS.Sadl

INSIDE C HES S Is


5/9

Considering the position, it would

seem that the game will continue in a

calm, positional way , with no possibility

for

comb inations. This is not true.

When

I

began

to

think over

m y

six-

teenth move, I automatically gave atten-

tion to the continuation

16...Sxd2,

bu t

very

quickly I realized that this mo ve at-

tains nothing

fo r

Black, because after

17.xd2Sd8

18.r

c

l

Sxdl

19.Sxdl

he

remains simply w ithout

an

Exchange.

Now

fo r something in the field of

imagination. It turns out that if White's

Bishopis not on g2, but on

h3,

the com-

bination

is feasible Ithought fo r forty

minutes.

At first, my intention w as to

continue16...Sd7,

provoking

my

oppo-

nent to

play

17.Ah3

(with

tempo ),

b ut

I decided

mat

this would be too cheap.

Whitecan continue simply17.jk.cl, re-

taining a small positional ad vantage. So

I played.

. .

16...Sd6

And

now,

to my

astonishment, Vasi-

ukovquickly answered with

. . .

d8

. . .

which

w as

im mediately followed

by:

17...Sxd2

Sxdl 20.Sxdl

Th e

point

of Black's

combination.

Now the

threat

is not

only against

the

2-pawn,but, firsta nd foremost, 21...h6.

That's where the negative qualities of

the move

17.Ah3

are shown.

2lJlf5

The Exchange can be saved by 21.

Ag2,butthenafter21. . .1?xf2+22.

&hl

&e3 23.)h3 Axel 24.}xf2 &xb2,

Black has an

advantageous endgame.

21...g6

22.b4 axb4 23.cxb4

e7

24.

Black, continuing to pay attention to

theKing's

wing,

doesn't

want

to

sim-

plify the

position

and

declines 24...

xg5

25.Axc6

xcl 26.Sxcl

bxc6

27.2xc6

JU6. In the

game, Black

achieved an easily winning

position,

bu t

blundered in time trouble, and the game

ended

in a

draw.

d8 26.xb7 xg5 27.

28.a4 ^f8

29.A,bS

^d6

}xa4 31.


6/9

Even a cursory assessment of the po-

sition shows that the mass of White

pieces on the King's wing looks impres-

sive: Queen, Rook, both Knights, dark-

squared Bishop. Nevertheless, that's

no tenoughfor asuccessful attack. D ur-

ing the last few moves, as if bewitched,

I looked steadily at the h6- and g7-

squares,scrutinizing

all the

possible

and

impossible sacrifices: Axh6,


7/9

only two

minor pieces

for the

Queen,

but almost all his forces aremobilized.

If Black

succeeds

in

winning

the e4-

pawn,

then

his offensive

will become

dangerous.

For example, if

17. a5,

then 17...Axe4

is possible, as well as

17....&a8 (I

especially liked this move),

withtheintentionofcapturingon e4with

the Knight. In

this latter case, Black's

light-squared

B ishop will haveaveryim-

portant

role

in

subsequent play.

It

seems

that the

only move which

brings the

correctness

of

Black's con-

ception into questionis 17.b4

Ab6

18 .

c4 ,

and if

18...}xfl+, then 19.c5.

But

even

then,

Black

w ill hav e enough com-

pensation for the

Queen.

Kristinsson

did

no t

find this continuation

an d

gave

back

m y

ma terial, with interest.

18.1xfl

&xc6

White's

pawns

on the

queenside

are

not

dangerous, because B lack's attack

develops

faster.

The

remaining fight

is

also

interesting.

19x4

d6

20.0C2

JLd4

21M

e5

2115&e7

21a4

g624.b5

Aa8

25.'e2

Scg826.a5

h5

27.g3 Sh7 28. g2

Shg7

29.

fxg6

Sxg630Sf3}h731.el}g532.Sfl

32...ixe4

37.xgl

Ixg3+

3 4 .< > h 2

36.Sxgl

Sxgl+

0-1

King s Indian Classical E96

GM

Sv etozar Gligoric

GM

Mikhail

Ta l

Leipzig Olympiad 196

I.d4> 2.c4

g6

3.}c3Ag74.e4

d6

S

O-O6.Ae2e5

7.O-O bd7

8.

l Ie8 9.Afl c6lO.Ebl

exd4

11.

12.f3a513 e3c714.

15.b3

Sad8

16.a3Ac8 17.

b4

axb4

18.axb4x

19.Sbcl

A H A

Th e

result

of the

opening

is

clearly

in

White's favor.

He possesses

greater

space

and it isdifficult tofind

possibili-

ties for

Black

counterplay.

White's

at-

tack th reatens to become irresistible in a

few

moves. Know ing ho w inflexibly

and

with what clear purpose

the

Yugo-

slavian Grandmaster

realizes

positional

advantages,

I was

sure that passive

de-

fense

equalled defeat.

That's

why I be-

gan to

fish

in

troubled waters.

I

succeeded in sharpening the situation

an d takingthe

fight

to my opponent. I

must

confess that

a

considerable role

was

played

by

mutual

time

trouble.

23...c5

24.bxc5

dxcS2S.Axd8

26.ShiIxd8

Black has no

obvious compensation

for

the sacrificed Exchange, bu t White

was unable to find the most effective

continuations and Black managed to

achieve counterplay.

)e5

28.)d5

< > g 7

29.Sbl

30.Sb3d731.Sebl Sa632.

633.h3 h534.tf5

2a4

35.

Sb6

We36. c2

Sa337.S6b3

0a4

38.)b6Sa239.ixa4

Gligoric does

no tfall

into

the

trap.

If

39.Slb2?,then

39...xb3

andBlackis

already out of any

troubles.

39...1xc2

Th e

game

was

adjourned h

Analysis showed that only

after 41

does White maintain good winn

chances. Instead,

Gligoric

sealed

other, mo re natural-looking move.

Now,

in my

opinion,Black'sinitia

promises him a

draw.

42.Sxb7J,xh3

43.gxh3

Sxg2

46.Sfxf7+

Ia249.Sb6+

50.\e6+

< g6 51.id8+

&g5

Draw

g3

54.)xd4+


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M PaulKeres GM

Mikhail Tal

Bled

(ct) 1959

Black's position ispreferable. W hite's

King's wing has weaknesses and, on oc-

casion, Black's Bishop threatens to en-

te r play with effect. In

other words,

terrible tactical clouds are hanging over

W hite's position. Here the moves 28...

lTc6 or 28...We7 look attractive, but

they

don't force events enough. How-

ever, Black has an order of moves with

whichhe achieves a very dan gerous at-

tack

b yforce.

28... xe3

29.Hcl

The

only move. 29.Axc8 and 29.

dxe3 are weak because of

29...W c6

29...We7 30.dxe3

It is clear that in case of 30.Axe8 or

SO.HxcS,30...1fxh 4

will

follow.

Wh3+ 32.e2

I hadreached this position in my pre-

liminary calculations.

I

have three

pawns for the piece and White's K ing is

in a bad

position.

(Translator s

note:

This

is the

s pringboard posit ion

s ee

Tal s note to the d iagram abo ve.)

33...Sfd8+ 34. d4 W g3 35.Sf4

Sxcl?

Here I blundered and allowed White

good possibilities

fo r

counterplay.

In -

stead,

th e

immediate 35...ttg2+

36.

Jle2

ttd5

gains

a

fourth pawn

and re-

tains

excellent prospects for a strong at-

tack. In playing

35.. .Hxcl?,

I over-

looked W hite's 38th move.

36.xclg2+

37.Ae2

d538.Wc7

Sd7

39.Wc4

After the exchange of Queens, Keres

demonstrated in masterly fashion that,

in

this situation,

the

piece

is

stronger

than three pawns.

39...*g740. ?xd5

AxdS

41.Ab5

Sc7

42.e4 AaS43.*>e3 Hc3+ 44.Ad3b3

4S.Sfl

Sc5

46. xb3 SxeS 47.Scl

ShS 48.Sc7 4>f6

49.)c5 < > e 5

50.

}d7+ d651.Sa7e552.Sxa8< > x d 7

53.Sxa5Sh3+54. f 6

As it turned out, the King is safer go

ahead

than staying at home on the eig

rank. The

King

is not

lonely

on f6 fo

is

in a

crowd

of

friends.

If my

oppon

had more time at his disposal, I wo

have

probably chosen 34.Ad2

or

Ae3,ma intaining sufficient initiative

the

piece. I

don't know

ho w

eve

would

have developed further, bu t thi

not the topic of our conversation. W hi

striving

to add oil to the fire

further

hea

an

already very tense situation. Bronst

began

to

carry

out a

sharp,

and as it

peared to him, a forced, variation.

34Se4 ?dl+

35.h2

Sxet36.

I

w as

confident here that

was

the only move, and

after

37.Wxd

Sxd4 38 .Ab2 Hxh6+ 39.4>gl

S

40.Sa4

4"e5 41.

g3

the game muste

in a

draw.

A

draw seemed

to me

most normal result of a

game

in wh

the attack (so I was convinced) and

defense (thisIstill wantedtoverify) w

at high levels. Sudd enly, Bronstein

swered with another move:

36...Se5

In my

preliminary calculations,

I

considered

Black's

last move

to be

los

and

had

prepared

the

following variati

37.Sa5 d6 38.Af4 Ad5 39.1

xh6+

40.*>gl Wxa6

41.xe5+ a

42.Wg5

mate.

But I

enjoyed only

a f

seconds basking in the glory of the s

cessful hunter when m y intentions bu

like

a soap

bubble, hi

calculating

beautiful

variation, I forgot a small de

I

also

have a King. Black can ea

take

advantage of this circumstance

playing

37...e2

with an instant win.

37.Af4

This is what is

left

at my

disposal,

it was refuted with the same pros

continuation.

W hite resigned

after

few

moves.

Sa5+< S ? d 4lSh5Ad542.'S?h3

15

0-1

Thus White 's psychological weap

boomeranged

against him.

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