Your first chess lessons by Paul van
der Sterren
2016
Gambit
Publications Ltd
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128 pages
Price €9,45
ISBN 978-1-910093-95-5
Grandmaster
Paul van der Sterren comes with a brilliant made chess guide for
beginners where the rules of the game can be learned in no time!
Part one of this book is divided to all the chess rules and section two
holds a number of highly instructive lessons,which will take the reader
step by step
through the main elements of the game.
Included are a collection of simple exercises to help the reader to
make the transition from merely reading about chess to actually
thinking about it.
Enjoyable are the practical tips and information about great
players from the past and present.
All well packed with a lot of diagrams!
Conclusion: This book has a high
educative value!
Vera Menchik
A Biography of the First Women’s World
Chess Champion by
Robert B. Tanner
McFarland & Company,Inc.,Publishers Box 611
Jefferson,North Carolina 28640.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com
316 pages
Price $49,95
Print
ISBN: 978-1-4766-2498-3
The American chess professional Robert B.Tanner comes with a
impressive research work on the legendary Vera Menchik, Věra
Menčíková; (16 February 1906 – 27 June 1944) was a
British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player who became In 1927 the
world's first women's chess world champion.
Vera Menchik became a victim of a V-1 flying bomb, as Tanner writes:
The attack on Clapham that killed the Menchiks was
one of the first V-1
strikes.Ironically,the government had already built a 365 yard long
shelter underneath the Clapham North tube station (which is still
there).
There was also an Anderson shelter in the backyard of the
Menchik house.
Sadly they chose to seek shelter in the basement of there home.Given
the direct strike on their house they never stood a chance of survival.
Vera Menchik was a very strong chess player and even Max Euwe was one
of her victums,she had by the way a life time record of +2-1=1 against
him.
Euwe,Max - Menchik,Vera [D55]
Karlsbad ,1929
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.0-0 c5 11.Qe2 Ne4 12.Bf4 Nxc3 13.bxc3 c4 14.Bb1 b5
15.Ne5 a5 16.Qf3 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Ra6 18.Qh3 g6 19.Qh6 f6 20.Bg3 Qe8 21.f3
Ba3 22.Rce1 Bb2 23.e4 Bxc3 24.exd5 Bxe1 25.Rxe1 Qf7 26.d6 Re8 27.Rxe8+
Qxe8 28.h4 Bd5 29.h5 Ra7 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.Bxg6 Qe6 32.Qf4 Bc6 33.Bf5 Qf7
34.Qg4+ Qg7 35.Be6+ Kf8 36.Qh4 b4 37.Bf4 Ke8 38.Qh5+ Kd8 39.Qc5 Ra6
40.d5 f5 41.dxc6 Qa1+ 42.Kh2 Qh8+ 43.Kg3 Qg7+ 44.Kh4 Qh7+ 45.Kg5 Qg7+
46.Kxf5 Qh7+ 47.Kg4 1-0.
The second lost was only a year later: Euwe,Max - Menchik,Vera [D63]
Hastings, 1930
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5
exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.0-0 Ne4 11.Bf4 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 Re8 13.Qb1 Nf8 14.b4 Ng6
15.Bg3 Bd6 16.a4 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Bd7 18.Rfc1 Qf6 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Rec8
21.Qc2 Qd8 22.bxc6 Rxc6 23.Rc5 Rxc5 24.dxc5 Ra5 25.Qb2 Qa8 26.Qb6 Nf8
27.Ne5 Ra1 28.Rb1 Rxb1+ 29.Bxb1 Be6 30.Kh2 Nd7 31.Nxd7 Bxd7 32.Qc7 Qc8
33.Qxc8+ Bxc8 34.Ba2 Be6 35.Kg1 Kf8 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 Kf6 38.Kd3 Ke5
39.g4 g5 40.g3 Bxg4 41.f4+ gxf4 42.gxf4+ Kf6 43.Bxd5 Bc8 44.Bf3 Ke7
45.Kc4 Kd8 46.Kd5 b6 47.c6 Kc7 48.Ke5 Be6 49.f5 Bb3 50.Kf6 b5 51.Kg7 b4
52.Kxh7 Bc2 53.Kg7 b3 54.Bd5 b2 55.Ba2 Kxc6 56.f6 Kd6 57.e4 Bxe4
58.Kxf7 Bd5+ 59.Bxd5 b1Q 60.Kg7 Qg1+ 61.Kf8 Kxd5 0-1,It is said that
after this game Dr.Euwe’s wife came to find out who this femme fatal
was.No doubt it was quickly evident that the good doctor was not
succumbing to the plump Miss Menchik’s wiles and the two ladies
got along quite amicably.
In 1929 the legendary “Menchik Club”was founted. Players who drew with
her would become candidate members of the club.
IM George Thomas,several-time British champion, who lost no fewer than
9 games and drew 13 games with her.
Until her marriage to Rufus Stevenson,Vera was not a British subject
and therefore not eligible to play for the British
Championship,Brighton 1938 was her first and only attempt at the title.
After Menchik died the Woman’s World Champion title remained vacant for
over five years.
The lady worldchampion from 1953,Miss Bikova wrote in 1957 a biography
of Vera Menchik.
Robert B.Tanner has managed to dig up 350 complete games of Vera
Menchik plus 21 interesting made photographs.
This highly interesting read of one of the interesting lady chess
players of all time,comes with appendices, bibliography and indexes.
Conclusion:This is a fantastic made
McFarland
read!
H.E. Bird: A Chess Biography by Hans
Renette
2016
McFarland & Company,Inc.,Publishers Box 611
Jefferson,North Carolina 28640.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com
595 pages
Price $75.00
Print
ISBN: 978-1-4766-2462-4
The Belgium chess Historian Hans Renette, provides the reader with a
detailed coverage of life and games of the legendary Henry Edward Bird
1829–1908,who was a true
adventurer at the board.
Bird was participant and survivor of the first international tournament
in London 1851,and was a sparring partner of the young prodigy Paul
Morphy.
Bird made Morphy famous with the brilliant combination 17…Rxf2!! and
18…Qa3!!
{Bird,Henry Edward - Morphy,Paul [C41] London, 1858
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 e4 7.Ne5 Nf6 8.Bg5
Bd6 9.Nh5 0-0 10.Qd2 Qe8 11.g4 Nxg4 12.Nxg4 Qxh5
13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Be2 Qh3 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Be3 Rb8 17.0-0-0 Rxf2 18.Bxf2 Qa3
19.c3 Qxa2 20.b4 Qa1+ 21.Kc2 Qa4+ 22.Kb2 Bxb4
23.cxb4 Rxb4+ 24.Qxb4 Qxb4+ 25.Kc2 e3 26.Bxe3 Bf5+ 27.Rd3 Qc4+
28.Kd2 Qa2+ 29.Kd1 Qb1+ 0-1}
Interesting are the words from Renette after 17…Rxf2!! Morphy’s
combination immortalizes the game, but it has been unclear for a very
long
time whether this combination was correct.
A discussion of almost 150 years can be concluded nowadays, with the
help of computer analysis. It appears that Bird could hope only to
reach an
endgame offering but slight chances of a draw.
For the interested reader please also see The Riddle of Bird vs
Morphy Revisited
by Karsten Müller.
This book holds all of the known games played by Henry Edward Bird,the
majority of the games are presented without notes,but nearly 40 percent
of the
complete games have been well annotated.
Pleasant to mention is that the reader will find a fine mix of
contemporary and modern notes.
The contemporary notes sometime come from different sources,where they
are carefully copied and modernized.
The author’s own analyses have been augmented by modern computer
software, but as the author explains: But always in mind has been the
aim of
improving the reader’s understanding of the position.
As we can see in this book Bird was an original player who did not
fulfil his optional but never less achieved much in chess. Although
maybe just not good
enough to be the best of his time.
But as Richard Forster describes it Henry Edward Bird was an adventurer
and a true lover of the game.
One of my favourite games in this book is Gunsberg,Isidor - Bird,Henry
Edward [B73]
Manchester, 25.08.1890
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Bd7
8.0-0 Nf6 9.f4 h5 10.h3 h4 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.a3 Nh5
14.Bxh5 Rxh5 15.b4 Qxa3 16.Ra1 Qxb4 17.Ra4 Qb6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Nxc6 bxc6
20.Nc3 Ra5 21.Rfa1 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 c5 23.Rxa7 Qb6
24.Ra3 Qb2 25.Rb3 Qa1+ 26.Nd1 Bc6 27.Bf2 Bxe4 28.Re3 f5 29.Re1 Qa4
30.Bxh4 Qd4+ 31.Qxd4 cxd4 32.Nf2 d5 33.Re2 Rxc2
34.Re1 d3 35.Nxd3 Bxd3 36.Rxe7+ Kf8 37.Re6 Bd4+ 38.Kh2 Be4 39.Rxg6 Kf7,
0-1,Bird had had as no other an excellent positional feeling
how to handle the Sicilian Dragon.
This work from Hans Renette holds a large amount of facts about Bird’s
life and tournaments he played in the second half of the nineteen
century,all wel brought
to day light.
This beautiful work comes with 85 photos, 1,198 games, 376 diagrams,
tables, appendices, notes, bibliography and indexes.
Conclusion: A truly wonderful work on
the life and games from the great Henry Edward
Bird!
ChessBase Magazine issue 174
2016
October/November
http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail
info@chessbase.com
ISSN 1432-8992
Price Euro 19.95
The main tournament file on this DVD is good for 720
entries and where a small 96 of them cover excellent annotations as for
example: Van Foreest,Jorden (2584) - Bauer,Christian (2584) [C14]
Vaujany op 7th Vaujany (9), 24.07.2016
[Van Foreest,J]
1.e4 Going into this game I was in the sole lead with 7 out 8, and a
draw would almost certainly guarantee me the tournament victory. Bauer
however needed to win to have a chance for a prize, so I knew there
would be a battle ahead. 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Usually I play
4.e5, but there are some tricky lines and Bauer must have prepared
something. The textmove I had looked at during the tournament, but for
my girlfriend! As I remembered the lines pretty well I decided to play
it myself as well. 4...Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 6.h4 is the sharper option,
but as a draw was a good result for me I decided to play the safer
approach. 6...Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 All
of this is pretty old theory, and not many people go for these lines as
white anymore. White probably doesn't have much of an advantage, but I
think my position is quite safe. 11...0-0 12.0-0 Here is where my
opening knowledge ended. 12...f6 13.Ne2!? I was surprised to see this
was a novelty, as this is a very standard move in the French. I want to
play my knight around to d4 which will be its best place. [13.exf6 is
what everyone plays in this position. I must admit that I hardly
considered this move. 13...Qxf6 14.g3 Now White wants to play
¦ae1 and ¤e5, and I think White is a tiny bit better.]
13...Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Usually whenever Black captures the white bishop in
the French white recaptures with cxd3. White will then have a open
c-file to work with and the pawn on d3 takes some light squares onder
control. In the present position however I saw nothing wrong with
taking with the queen however. Next I want to put a knight on d4 and
play my rooks to the center and I liked my position. 14...Bd7 Black
develops the bishop. Sometimes he can play his bishop around to g6 via
e8 but this is not so easy to achieve. 15.Ned4 fxe5 16.Nxe5 The most
natural way to recapture, as my goal is to trade all pieces except for
the black bishop which is not such a great piece. [16.fxe5 I considered
this way of recapturing briefly as I had seen a small trick which
unfortunately doesn't work. 16...Be8 17.Nxe6? This was my idea, but it
doesn't work. 17...Bg6! (17...Qxe6 18.Ng5 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Bg6 20.Nxe6
Bxd3 21.cxd3 Re8 22.Nc5 and the position is very drawish) 18.Qxd5 Bf7
19.Nfg5 and White seems to hold everything together, but... 19...Qxg5!
and nothing works for White. 20.Rxf7 Qe3+!-+] 16...Nxe5 17.fxe5 I have
finally gotten the position that I wanted. My knight is on d4, and if I
would be able to trade all the heavy pieces I would have a nice
endgame. For the moment however there are still a couple of weak spots
in my position, and Bauer tries to make use of them. 17...Qb4!? This
attacks my pawn, and it isn't so easy to deal with this. [17...Rxf1+
18.Rxf1 Bb5 was a way to force the trade of the knight against bishop,
but Black will never be able to win the resulting positions. 19.Nxb5
axb5 20.Qxb5 Rxa2 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Ra8=] 18.Rfb1 This move looks very
ugly, as both of my rooks are now in the corner. I didn't see how Black
could make use of this however. And next I will play c3, which will
secure my position and then bring my rooks back into play. [18.b3?!
Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Bb5 20.Nxb5 axb5 is not good for White as suddenly the
pawn on a2 is very hard to defend. 21.Ra1 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 b4µ;
18.Qe3 I considered this move for a long time, but unfortunately it
doesn't work. 18...Rxf1+ (18...Qxb2 19.Rfb1) 19.Rxf1 Qxb2 20.Qf2 h6
21.Qf7+ Kh7 22.Nxe6 Qb6+! and White loses a piece.] 18...Rf4 19.c3 Qc5
20.Qd2 [20.Rf1 Bb5 is not advisable.] 20...Raf8 21.Re1 Unfortunately
the desired 21.¦f1 doesn't work as the pawn on a2 will be left
hanging. [21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Qc4+ 24.Kf2 Qxa2] 21...Bb5
22.a3 Black now has strengthened his position to the maximum. His rooks
are on the only open file, his bishop has found some work and the queen
also looks nice. It is however very hard for Black to do anything next.
White doesn't really have any weaknesses in his position and only White
can improve his position. 22...h6 [22...Rf2 is a recommendation of the
engine. The resulting positions are probably equal, but to a human mind
it seems strange to simply give up both rooks for a queen. 23.Qxf2 Rxf2
24.Kxf2 Bd3! This is the point. The bishop will get to e4, after which
the black queen can attack White's pawn on e5.] 23.h3 Qe7 Bringing the
queen over to the kingside and trying to generate some threats. However
I do consider this a small inaccuracy as now I get the opportunity to
trade one pair of rooks, which will make my position much easier to
play, [23...Rf2 as on the previous move is probably the best way for
Black to proceed.] 24.Re3 Next I will play ¦f3 and trade a pair
of rooks. 24...Qf7 [24...Qh4 25.Nxe6 Rf2 (25...d4 26.Nxd4 Rf2 27.Qe1)
26.Qe1] 25.Rf3 Rxf3 26.Nxf3 Qf4 Black trades the queens, which will
help me, but it wasn't so easy to suggest anything else. 27.Qxf4 Rxf4
28.Re1 Bd3?! I do consider this Black's first real mistake of the game.
Now the trade of the rooks will be forced, and Black will be left
without any counterplay at all. [28...Kf7 followed by ...¢e7 seems
to me as Black's best possibility. I am maybe slightly better, but
Black will always have some counterplay with his rook and the game
should end in a draw.] 29.Nd4 Kf7 30.g3! Now Black is forced to trade
the rooks. 30...Re4 31.Rxe4 Bxe4 This is basically White's dream
position. The white knight is very strong, binding the black king to
the defence of the pawn on e6 and it can go to both flanks. The black
bishop also may seem like a nice piece, but in fact it will never be
able to do anything as all the white pawns will soon be on dark
squares, making it impossible for him to attack any of them and
basically making the black bishop a ghost. 32.Kf2 g5 33.Ke3 Bg2 34.h4
The position is very hard to defend for Black and it might even be
objectively lost. I think that taking on h4 is the best defensive plan
for Black, when Black remains with a pawn on h6 which isn't easy to
attack. Still White can improve his position and it is very very hard
for Black to keep his position together. 34...Bf1 [34...gxh4! 35.gxh4
Bf1 36.a4 b6 (36...Ke7 37.Nb3 b6 38.a5 bxa5 39.Nxa5 is similar to the
mainline.) 37.b4 Ke7 38.a5 (38.Kf4 seems logical, but it doesn't
achieve much. 38...Bd3 39.Kg4 Bg6 and White doesn't book progress. Note
how compared to the game it isn't easy to attack Black on the kingside)
38...bxa5 39.Nc6+ Kf7 40.Nxa5 Kg6 41.Kf4 Kh5 and Black should be able
to hold a draw I think: 42.Kg3 Kg6 43.Kg4 Be2+ 44.Kf4 Kh5 45.Kg3 Kg6
46.Nb3! Now the white knight gets to d4, forcing the black king to f7
when eventually white will get his knight to f4 making sure the black
king will never be able to get any counterplay on the kingside. When
White has achieved that his king will go to the queenside with very
good winning chances.] 35.a4 I decided to slowly improve my position,
however now I think that it is better to take on g5 when Black
constantly has to worry about my king coming to g4. 35...b6 36.b3
[36.hxg5 hxg5 37.b4] 36...a5? This only helps my position as now I can
very easily make a passed pawn on the queenside with b4. 37.Nc6?! A
huge mistake, I had seen the idea of b4 of course but wanted to get an
even better version, however doing this I forgot that I allow the black
king to become active. [37.hxg5 hxg5 38.b4 and now sooner or later
White should win the black pawn on a5 and the game.] 37...Ke8? The
decisive mistake, as the black king won't be able to help on the
queenside and should've been trying to get some counterplay on the
kingside. [37...Kg6! and now with Black's king becoming active it
should be a draw. 38.Nd4 Bh3 39.Kf3 Kh5=] 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.b4 Kd7 40.Nd4
Now the black position is completely hopeless as he can't defend the
king and queenside at the same time. 40...Bc4 41.bxa5! A last accurate
move. [41.Kf3 would've been a terrible blunder after 41...b5! and
suddenly Black creates a passed pawn on the queenside.] 41...bxa5
42.Kf3 The rest is simple. 42...Ba6 43.Kg4 Bc8 44.Nb3 Kc6 45.Nxa5+ Kc5
46.Kxg5 Bd7 47.Kf6 Bxa4 48.g4 Kb6 Black manages to trap my knight, but
it doesn't matter anymore as my pawns will queen. 49.g5 Kxa5 50.g6 Bc2
51.g7 Bh7 52.Kxe6 Kb5 53.Kd6 1-0.
The theory files cover:
Krasenkow: English A20
1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6,Souleidis: Trompowsky Attack A45 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4
c5,Reinke: Sicilian B20 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3,Postny: Sicilian B31
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 0-0
8.h3,Iotov: Sicilian B37 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7
6.Nc2 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.Nc3 0-0 9.0-0,Ris: Sicilian B38 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6
3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2 d6 9.0-0 Bd7
10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.f3 Nd7 13.Be3 a5 14.b3 Nc5 15.Rab1,
Stohl: Sicilian B94 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Bg5 Nbd7,Kuzmin: Four Knights Game C49 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Ne2,Bronznik: Chigorin Defence D07 1.d4
d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 and at last Marin: Slav Schlechter
Variation D94
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3
Bxf3 9.Qxf3 e6.
Included on this well loaded DVD are:Video reports with Erwin I’Ami on
the good old King’s Indian,Simon Williams does Move by Move, Rainer
Knaak: Opening Trap, Mihail Marin: Strategy, Oliver Reeh: Tactics and
the great Karsten Müller covers two introductory texts,33
annotated endgames,plus training questions and five classic videos.
Higly interesting is also the contributionb from Rogozenco who digs in
the famous ‘Evergreen game”Anderssen – Dufresne Berlin 1852.
Included is a complete booklet in two languages.
Conclusion: This is smashing material!
How to exchange pieces
by Elisabeth Pähtz
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Price Euro 29.90
System requirements:Pentium-Processor
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The well known lady GM Elisabeth Pähtz, former chess prodigy
provides the user of this DVD in two languages with all the necessarily
techniques of the so called chess piece exchanges as we can see
in one of her highly instructive video games:
Larsen,Bent - Nielsen,Axel [A38]
Nordic-ch Esbjerg (2), 1953
[Jaroslaw Srokowski]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.Nc2
Bg7 9.b3 0-0 10.Bb2 a6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.Rc1 b5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7
15.cxd5 Ne5 Dank des Bauern d5 hat Weiss Raumvorteil, er kontrolliert
das schwache Feld c6 und begrenzt die Wirkung der schwarzen
Leichtfiguren Laeufer d7 und Springer e5. Das schwarze Sorgenkind ist
in erster Linie der Springer e5. Obwohl er im Zentrum steht, ist g4 das
einezige freie Feld fuer ihn.. 16.h3! Mit disem Zug beginnt Weiss die
Jagd auf den Springer e5. Es droht f2-f4 16...Qb6 Richtet sich gegen
f2-f4 [16...Bc8!? 17.Nd4±] 17.Qd4! Im Endspiel werden die
Probleme von Schwarz noch groesser, weil die Dame eine wichtige
Verteidigunsfigur ist. In unserem Fall wird die Schwaeche des Punktes
c7 spuerbar. 17...f6 18.Qxb6! Jetzt verlieren die schwarzen Tuerme den
Kontakt untereinander, was die Verteidigung erschwert. 18...Rxb6 19.Nd4
g5 20.Rc7 Hier kann man schon von zwei Schwaechen sprechen: 1) die
Kontrolle der c-Linie 2) die langfristige Passivitaet des schwarzen
Springers. 20...Rd8 21.Kh2 Mit diesem Zug deckt Weiss den Bauern h3 und
bereitet Laeufer g2-e4-f5 vor. Damit will er die Schwaeche der weissen
Felder ausnutzen, die nach der Springerrettungsaktion entstanden ist.
21...h6 22.Be4 Kf8 23.f4 Nf7 24.Bf3 Eine gute Alternative war 9.Le4-f5
[24.Ne6+? Bxe6 25.dxe6 d5! Larsen 26.Bf5 Nd6 mit guten Remischancen]
24...Rbb8 25.Ne6+ Bxe6 26.dxe6 Nh8 27.f5+- Der Triumph der weissen
Strategie: Der Springer ist gefangen. 27...b4 28.Bb7 a5 29.e4 Die
schwarzen Figure sind gelaehmt. Weiss kann machen, was er will. Z.B.
Tf1-d1-d5: a5. Schwarz kann nur tatenlos zu sehen. 1-0.
This all is well packed in 16 video files,several testing positions,two
extra ChessBase strategy files and a extra game file.
Video running time is 4 hours and 35 minutes.
Conclusion: GM Elisabeth Pähtz
truly helps you to become a player from master class!
TrainingMaster Class
Master Class Vol.7: Garry Kasparov
by Dorian Rogozenco, Dr. Karsten Müller, Mihail Marin and
Oliver Reeh
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ChessBase comes with a impressive made master class collection DVD on
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Garry was born in 1963 in Baku, Azerbaidzhan.He was originally named
Garry Vainshtain, but following the death of his father when Gary was 7
years old, he adopted his mother’s maiden name.
From early age he was a gifted child, and the story is that he solved
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Besides the large amount of 2637 Kasparov games, where many of them are
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But there is so much to tell about this DVD, there is even a small
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and German) the authors Dorian Rogozenko, Mihail Marin, Oliver Reeh and
Karsten Müller explain you all the secrets of Kasparov’s play.
As bonus there is even a video analysis of Kasparov’s famous
computer games by the great endgame expert Karsten Müller:
Kasparov,Garry (2785) - Comp Deep Blue [A07]
New York man vs machine New York (1), 03.05.1997
[Karsten Müller]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.b3 Nd7 4.Bb2 e6 5.Bg2 Ngf6 6.0-0 c6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2
0-0 9.h3 Bh5
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10.e3 "A very unusual move, indeed I can find no examples of it from
practical play. The normal moves here are 10 e4 and 10 Qe1. Of the two,
I would judge 10 e4 to be the more flexible. In this way White can
reserve the option of either Qe1 or Qe2, depending on Black's reply.
The merits of 10 e3 are rather hard to find; Kasparov soon adopts the
Qe1 and e4 plan, but having lost a tempo in the process. Perhaps his
idea was simply to take DB out of its opening book. "(Nunn in ChessBase
MEGABASE) 10...h6? Kasparov trick directly pays dividends. This move
not only does not help but it creates fresh problems for the light
squared bishop. 11.Qe1 Qa5? Misplaces the queen. The plan to exchange
the bishops with Ba3 is easily stopped and the move has not only no
point but Black has even problems with the unprotected queen in several
lines. 12.a3 Bc7?! another odd move, but it is already not easy. [One
sample line in which Black has problems due to the unprotected queen is
12...Bg6 13.e4 e5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.Ne4 Qxe1 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Nxe1 Nb6
18.f4 and White has a dangerous initiative.] 13.Nh4! This threat to
hunt the bishop with g4 provokes a serious weakening 13...g5 14.Nhf3 e5
"All this looks absolutely horrible to the human eye. Having pushed
both e- and g-pawns, the f5-square has become a serious weakness. If
White could plant a knight there, then the game would be decided.
However, DB isn't as stupid as that; there is no straightforward route
by which a knight can reach the key square. Nevertheless, this
long-term weakness remains a lasting burden for Black."(Nunn) 15.e4
fixes the weakness on Black's kingside. 15...Rfe8 16.Nh2 Kasparov
follows a slow but clear plan to regroup a knight to f5 with Qc1, Re1,
Nh2-f1-e3-f5. This schmatic thinking is typical for humans. Here it
works very well as Black has no clear targets or aims. So Deep Blue
finds it difficult to find a plan. 16...Qb6 17.Qc1 [17.Ng4!?] 17...a5
"At last DB hits upon a plan for developing counterplay, although in
this particular position it is not very effective. The natural
follow-up is ...a4 to induce b4, and then ...c5. However, ...c5 is hard
to arrange because of the pressure on d5, and if Black exchanges first
on e4, then the route Nc4-e3-f5 is opened up for the knight on d2. We
can see how, time and time again, Black's natural plans are frustrated
because they would seriously expose the weakness on f5."(Nunn) 18.Re1
Bd6 19.Ndf1 dxe4 20.dxe4 Bc5 21.Ne3 Rad8 22.Nhf1 g4? The computer
weakens its kingside unneccesarily. Hsu explains it as follows:"The
move was the result of a bug we had introduced just before the rematch.
An automatic tuning run for the evaluation function pointed out to us
that the weighting for one class of of king safety terms should be
increased...What we did not realise was that, in extreme cases, the new
weights reached the maximum allowed values and become saturated. In
other words, Deep Blue no longer distinguished between a very bad and
an even worse position. Tossing away tha g-pawn therefore meant nothing
to Deep Blue as long as it eliminated Garry's h-pawn."
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[After 22...Bg6 Black's activity compensates for the kingside
weaknesses and the position is about equal.] 23.hxg4 [The slightly
surprising 23.Nd2!? to protect e4 in case of 23...gxh3 24.Bxh3 was a
very serious alternative, which also gives White an advantage and is
probably even better than the game.] 23...Nxg4 24.f3?! This slight
weaknening of the kingside is not neccessary. It will give Deep Blus
counterplay, which seems to be sufficient. But it has to be admitted
that the following bishop manoever Bc5-e7-g5 was difficult to foresee.
[24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Ne3 (Nunn) is slightly preferable to the game
continuation as White's has made no concession and has kept his
kingside shield completely intact.] 24...Nxe3 25.Nxe3
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25...Be7! A strong regrouping of the bishop. From g5 it also shields
the weaknesses on the kingside, while the pressure on the diagonal
a7-g1 leads to nothing real. 26.Kh1 Bg5 27.Re2 a4 28.b4
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28...f5!! "Correct. Black must make use of his temporary piece activity
to make some inroads. Passive play would allow White to get back on
track exploiting his strategic advantages."(Nunn) 29.exf5!? Kasparov
chooses the principled approach, which involves an exchange sacrifice.
[The alternative 29.Qe1 is met by 29...fxe4 30.Nc4 Qa6! (this reveals
one point of 27...a4) 31.Rxe4 Nf6 32.Nxe5 Rd2 33.f4 Nxe4 34.Qxe4 Qe2
35.Qxe2 Rxe2 36.fxg5 Rxc2 37.Bd4 Rd2 38.Bc3 Rc2 with a draw by
repetition.] 29...e4 30.f4 Bxe2 [The greedy 30...Bxf4? is punished by
31.gxf4 Bxe2 32.Qd2 (Nunn) and wins.] 31.fxg5 Ne5 [31...hxg5?? runs
into 32.Nc4] 32.g6! Kasparov keeps his pawns united. [32.gxh6? is met
by 32...Nf3 (32...Rd6?? runs into 33.Nc4! (Nunn)) 33.Bxf3 (33.Ng4 Rd1+
34.Qxd1 Bxd1 35.Rxd1 Rd8) 33...Bxf3+ 34.Kh2 Rd6 35.Ng4 e3 and Black's
counterattack prevails in both cases.] 32...Bf3 33.Bc3!? Kasparov
protects d2 prophylactically to prepare a queen transfer to the
kingside. The direct [33.Qe1 is answered by 33...h5! (33...Qb5? 34.Bc3
transposes to 34.Qe1, which is better for White.; After 33...Bxg2+?
34.Nxg2 Nf3 35.Qc3 Qd4 36.Ne3 Black can not maintain the blockade.)
34.Bc3 Qc7 with equality.] 33...Qb5?
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Hsu explains this mistake as follows:"Deep Blue was willing to trade
the queens as its king was less safe. But Garry also had two connected
passed pawns...that could become very valueable in the endgame
phase...The ability to use this endgame feature existed in the chess
hardware but was not in use. Joe wrote the code...Afterwards Deep Blue
played 33...h5 instead." I guess that 33...h5? is a misprint and Hsu
means 34...h5! as [33...h5? runs into 34.f6 Nxg6 35.Bxf3 exf3 36.Ng4
hxg4 37.Qh6 Kf7 38.Qh7+ Ke6 39.f7 and White wins.;
33...Rd7 to prepare the retreat Qd8 equalises, e.g. 34.Bxe5 (34.Qe1 Qd8
35.Bxe5 Rxe5 36.Qc3 Rdd5) 34...Rxe5 35.Bxf3 exf3 36.Ng4 Qd4 37.Nf6+ Kg7
38.Nh5+ Kg8 39.Nf6+ with a draw by repetition.] 34.Qf1!? Logical from a
human point of view and in the game this move worked well. Maybe
Kasparov has smelled that Deep Blue is going to exchange queens.
Objectively a bit stronger was [34.Qe1! when White is for choice, but
it is not clear, if he can win, e.g. 34...Nxg6 (34...Ng4? is refured by
an amazing queen sacrifice 35.Bxf3 exf3 36.Nxg4 Rxe1+ 37.Rxe1
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Now follows a line trademark of the machines: 37...Kf8 38.Bg7+ Kg8
39.Bf6 Kf8 40.Be7+ Kg8 41.Kg1 f2+ 42.Nxf2 Qxf5 43.Bxd8 and White has
good winning chances.) 35.fxg6 Qh5+ 36.Kg1 Bxg2 37.Kxg2 (37.Nxg2?! is
met by 37...e3 38.Qf1 Qxg6 39.Qf3 e2 40.Kf2 e1Q+ 41.Rxe1 Qxc2+ 42.Kg1
Rxe1+ 43.Nxe1 Qg6 when Black has good drawing chances.) 37...Qf3+
38.Kh2 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Qxg6 40.g4 Rf8 41.Qh4 Rd7 42.Rf1 Rxf1+ 43.Kxf1 Qg5
44.Qxg5+ hxg5 45.Ke2 and White is in control.] 34...Qxf1+? Brings
White's rook into play with gain of time. [After the direct 34...h5
Black is not worse.] 35.Rxf1 h5 36.Kg1!
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A very strong move which shows that Kasparov's trumps are long term.
[36.Bxe5? allows Black to blockade the pawns after 36...Rxe5 37.Bxf3
exf3 38.Rxf3 Kg7] 36...Kf8? An odd move. Black must play [36...Ng4!
which keeps the balance according to Keene and Hsu. This is a bit too
optimistic as after 37.f6 Re6 38.Bh3 (38.Nf5? is met by 38...Nxf6
39.Bh3 Rde8 40.Bd4 Be2 with equality.) 38...Rxf6 39.Bxg4 Rxg6 40.Bh3
Rxg3+ 41.Kh2 Rg5 42.Rf2
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as given by Keene White is still for choice as he is in full control
and dominates the dark squares. But Black might be able to defend as
White has only pawns on the queenside left. It is an open question and
more analysis is needed.] 37.Bh3! b5 38.Kf2 Kg7?! makes White's job
easier, but as as g4 can not be stopped in the long run, Kasparov is
winning in any case. [38...Rd6 39.Rg1 Kg8 (39...Ng4+ 40.Bxg4 hxg4
41.Rf1 Red8 42.Kg1) 40.g4 hxg4 41.Bxg4 Bxg4 42.Rxg4 and White wins in
both cases due to the strength of his passed pawns as the blockade is
broken.] 39.g4! Kh6 40.Rg1 hxg4 [40...h4 41.g5+ Kg7 42.Ng4 wins as
well.] 41.Bxg4 Bxg4 42.Nxg4+ Nxg4+ 43.Rxg4 Rd5 44.f6
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44...Rd1? This random move was the result of a bug and loses easily. So
Kasparov was wondering after the game why the machine had not played
[44...Rf5+! Together with Frederic Friedel, Fritz and his second
Dokhoian he found the line 45.Ke3! Rf3+ 46.Ke2 Rxc3 47.f7 Rd8 48.g7
Rxc2+ 49.Ke1 Rc1+ 50.Kf2 Rc2+ (50...e3+ 51.Kg2 e2 52.g8Q Rxg8 53.fxg8Q
Rg1+ 54.Kf3 Rxg4 55.Qh8+ Kg6 56.Qe8+ Kf5 57.Qf7+ Ke5 58.Kxg4) 51.Kg3
Rc3+ 52.Kh4 Rc1 (52...Rd1 53.g8N+) 53.g8Q Rh1+ 54.Kg3 Rg1+ 55.Kf4 Rf1+
56.Ke5 Rd5+ 57.Ke6 Rf6+ 58.Kxf6 and White wins in all cases. It is of
course not that surprising that White's attack is quicker. But to work
out the details is another matter. Of course the Kasparov camp could
not know that the computer's choice was the result of a bug and not of
deep calculation.] 45.g7 1-0.
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