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Best wishes for a very good year to all the
readers!
I would like to
mention the new "Game of the Month" by Dr. Fritz Baumbach. You can see
this deeply analyzed game in the
http://www.iccf.com site.
It is always very difficult to analyze a correspondence chess game but here
we get the analysis from the player himself, not to mention that he was the
eleventh ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess.
Event ICCF
Olympiad XIV Final (1st ICCF Email Olympiad) which commenced 27 December
2002 has now been completed with confirmation of the last result (game 396)
which ended in a draw on move 101 after just over 4 years play.
Germany took first place and the gold medals with a score of 45½ points from
66 games ahead of Lithuania (39½) and USA (36).
Some games from
The Mikhail Tal Memorial which took place November 5th-19th 2006:
(1) Morozevich,A (2747) -
Mamedyarov,S (2728) [C95]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
  
 
Did Morozevich
miss a win in the endgame? 75.d7 Bxd7 76.Kxd7
g5 77.Nc6+ Kf6 78.Ne7 gxh4 79.gxh4 and White is won. I do not think
that in other variations Black can save the game.
75.Kd8 Ba4 76.Ke7
g5 77.Nd3+ Kf5 78.Nc5 Bb5 79.Ne6 gxh4 80.Nd4+ Kg4 81.Nxb5 h3 82.Nc3 Kxg3
83.Ne4+ Kg2 84.d7 h2 85.d8Q h1Q 86.Qd5 Qh4+ 87.Kf7 Qf4+ 88.Kg6 Qg4+ 89.Kh6
Qf4+ 90.Kxh5 Qf3+ 91.Kg5 Qe3+ 92.Kf5 Qf3+ 93.Ke5 Qe3 94.Qa2+ Kg1 95.Qb1+ Kg2
96.Qc2+ Kg1 97.Qd1+ Kg2 98.Qg4+ Kh2 99.Qh4+ Kg2 100.Qh5 Kg1 101.Kf5 Qh3+
102.Qxh3 ½–½
(2) Svidler,P (2750) -
Morozevich,A (2747) [C92]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (8), 15.11.2006
 
Now White can play
67.Rd1 Qf6 68.e5 Qf5 69.Ra1 Qh5+ 70.Nh2 Bb6 71.Ra8+ Bd8 72.Rh8+ Kd7
73.Raxd8+ ; he chose another way to win...
67.Re5+ Kd8
68.Re6 Qg4 69.Rh8+ Kc7 70.b6+ Bxb6
71. Rh7+ Kd8 72.
Rd6+ Ke8 73. Rxh6
71.Rc6+ Kb7
72.Rh7+ Ka8 73.Rxh6 Be3 74.Rh8+ Kb7 75.Rh7+ Kb8 76.Rf6 Bc5 77.Rff7 Qc8
78.Ne5 Bd6 79.Nc6+ Qxc6 80.Rh8+ 1–0
(3) Gelfand,B (2733) -
Svidler,P (2750) [A05]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
It is a good
demonstration from GM Gelfand, how from a better position, with a pawn
more, he gets a completely won game in a few moves.
Black played 30...Rb8 – maybe ...e5 was more resistant: 30...e5 31.h3 exf4 32.Bxf4
Qe4 33.Bg3 h5
30...Rb8 31.Qc4 Qa1+ 32.Kf2 Rxb2 33.c6 Rxd2+ 34.Bxd2 Qa7+ 35.Ke2 Qc7 36.Ba5 Qc8
37.c7 Bf8
38 Qd4 is more direct.
38.Qc6 f5 39.Bc3 Kf7 40.Be5 Be7 41.Kd3 g5 42.g3 gxf4 43.gxf4 1–0 there are
no more chances..
(4) Grischuk,A (2710) - Shirov,A (2720) [B30]
Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (7), 14.11.2006
A bishop is not
compensation against this chain of pawns, but we see excellent technique by Grischuk.
40...Bh7 [40...Bf7 41.b5 ]
41.Ne4+ Ke5 42.Nc5 Nf4 43.d6 Ne6 44.d7 Nd8 45.Nxa6
Kd6 46.Nc5 Bg8 47.Kd4
Also 47...Be6 48.a5 Bxd7 49.Nxd7 Ne6+ 50.Ke4 Kxd7 51.Ke5 is losing.
47...Nc6+ 48.Kc3 Ke7 49.b5 Ne5 50.b6 Nxd7 51.b7 1–0
The Bundesliga chess season in Germany
saw it's second double-round take place
18th-19th November 2006. Here are some games:
(1) Hracek,Z (2614) - Wojtaszek,R (2630) [B90]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (7), 17.11.2006
White has a difficult choice, but he must do something as his position is
already worse. Maybe 22.c4 Nf4 23.Bb4 with exchanging pieces on d3 would
make the pressure of the Black pieces less stressing for White.
22.Bxd5? Rxd5 23.Qe2 Rc8 24.Bb4 e4 25.fxe4 Bg4 26.Qf2 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 Qe5
28.Qxf6 Rxd3 0–1
Only seven moves
after the previous diagram!
(2) Knaak,R (2486) - Reeh,O (2445) [E33]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Hamburg GER (7), 17.11.2006
White should play 24.Ba1 a4 25.b4 cxb4 26.axb4 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Rb8 28.Qxb8 Qxb8
29.Rb2 but also this position is probably lost.
24.Qxa5 Ra8 [24...Reb8 is stronger with the possible continuation 25.g5 Rxb3
26.Qxc7 g6 (or R:a3) 27.Qxd6 Rc3+ 28.Kd1 Qxd6 29.Rxd6 Rxb2 30.Rd2 Rxd2+ and
wins ] 25.Qc3 Rab8 26.b4 cxb4 27.axb4 Rxb4 28.c5? [Also 28.Kd1 c5 29.Ke2 Rb3
30.Qc1 Qe8 31.Qa1 Ra8 32.Qd1 Qa4 33.Rg1 Qb4 34.Bc1 Qxc4+ is bad , but this
loses instantly.] 28...Rb3 29.Qa5 R8b5 [Even better is 29...Ra8 and the queen
has no place to move.] 30.Qa1 Qb8 31.h4 Rxc5+ 32.Kd1 Rd5 33.Bc1 Rxd2+
34.Kxd2 Qb4+ 35.Kd1 Qc4 0–1
(3) Rustemov,A (2552) - Nikolic,Pr (2626) [A90]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
In a very complex position
White makes a mistake: maybe 31.b4 Rxb4 32.Nd3
Rb3 33.Rxb3 axb3 34.Qxb3 is better.
31.Ne2 axb3 32.Rxb3 Rfb8 33.Rxb6 [ 33.Nxd4 cxd4 34.Reb5 Bxb5 35.Rxa3 Ba4
36.Qb3 Bxb3 37.c5 Rb4 38.Kb2 Nxa2 39.Bb7 Bc4 ] 33...Rxb6 34.Nxc3 dxc3 35.Re3
Rb2 0–1
(4) Stellwagen,D (2576) - Bartel,Mat (2569) [C18]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
Black had 27...Nd4 28.Rxc3 Bc6 29.Kf1 Nxc2 30.Qxc2 Qxa3 31.Rxc4 dxc4 dxc4
32.Qxc4 Kd7 33.f3 Qa1+ with chances of draw.
27...d4 28.a5 b5 29.Ra1 Bc6 30.f3
Nxg3 31.hxg3 Qxe5 32.Kf2 Qg5 33.Rh1 e5 34.Rh8+ Kc7 35.Rh7 Qf6 36.Kg1 Ra4
[either: 36...Rc5 37.Rb4 Bd7 or 36..Kd6 are better] 37.Rxb5 e4 38.fxe4 Ra1+
39.Kh2 Qf1 40.Qxf1 Rxf1 41.Rc5 Kd6 42.Rc4 Bxe4 43.Rh8
43...Bxc2 44.Rxd4+ Kc5 45.Rd7 Kb5 46.Rxa7 Be4 47.Rb8+ Kxa5 48.Rc7 Kxa6
49.Rxc3 Ra1 could give better chances.
43...Kd5 44.Rc7 Bxc2 45.Rxa7 Be4 46.Rd8+ [Stronger is 46.Re7 Ra1 47.a7 Rxa5
48.a8Q+ Rxa8 49.Rxa8 c2 50.Rd8+ Kc4 51.Rc8+ Kd3 52.Rxf7 and it is finished]
46...Kc4 47.Re7 c2 48.Rc8+ Kd3 49.Rxc2 Kxc2 50.Rxe4 Rf5 [50...Rf6 is better! I do
not know if it is enough to draw the game, but it certainly gives better
chances.] 51.Rxd4 Rxa5 52.Rd6 f5 53.Kg1 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 Ra3 55.Rf6 Kd2 56.Rxf5
Rxa6 57.Rd5+ Kc3 58.Ke3 Kc4 59.Rd8 Rf6 60.g4 Rf7 61.Ke4 1–0
(5) Werle,J (2551) - Appel,R (2507) [D61]
Bundesliga 2006-7 Wattenscheid GER (7), 17.11.2006
42.Qd8 Re7 43.Rd3 Bxf2 44.Rd5 Qxc4 45.Qxe7 Qxd5+ 46.Kxf2 Qxa2+ 47.Ke3 Qb3+
48.Ke2 and White could still draw the game.
42.Nd2 a4 43.Rf4 b3 44.axb3 a3 45.b4 Qe5 46.Qd8 a2 47.Nf3 Qxf4 48.gxf4 Bf6
0–1
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