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Congratulations to new World Chess ChampionMAGNUS CARLSEN. The 22 year old grandmasterfrom Norway won the title last month in a matchagainst Viswanathan Anand of India. See page 28for a full report.

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CONTENTSCONTENTS

You Are Here! 5How To Read Chess 6Chess Challenge 7Mort and Marley 13Holiday Camps 14Master Profile 15Canada Top Ten 16Tactics 101 17Regional Top 10’s 18Top Girls 22Combo Mombo 23Mate in 1 24

Mate in 2 25Mate in 3 26Lily’s Puzzler 27News 28CCC History 32Chess-o-Word 33Kiril’s Kontest 34Kiril’s Address 46Who’s The Goof? 47Tournaments 48Ratings 50Solutions 51

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ZUGZWANG 8Kiril’s Klass Stuck With The Move

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 28Canada And World News Magnus Carlsen Wins Title

THE RABBIT AND THE TURTLE 36Kiri l's KornerA Contrast Of Styles


It's easy. The board has 8 filesand 8 ranks. Files are the rowsof squares that go up and down.Each one is named by a smallletter. Ranks are rows that gosideways. Each one is namedby a number.Every square also has a name.

The first part is its file and thesecond part is its rank. In thisdiagram, a white pawn movedto e4 and a black pawn to e5.

When moves are written down,the first capital letter shows thepiece which moves. Q is queen.B is bishop. R is rook. N is usedfor knight because the king is K.If there is no capital letter, thatmeans a pawn moves.

Next is the square that thepiece moves to. Bc4 says that abishop moves to the square c4.When a piece is captured, an xis put before the square. Qxf7means a queen takes on f7.

If a pawn captures, the letterof the file it starts on is givenfirst, then an x followed by thesquare it takes on. exd5 says apawn on the e-file captures onthe square d5.

When two pieces of the samekind can go to the same spot,another letter is put after thepiece to show what file it camefrom. Rae1 tells us that a rookon the a-file moves to e1.

If the pieces that can move tothe same spot are on the samefile, then their rank number isadded. N6e4 means the knighton the 6th rank moves to e4.

Here are some special symbols:

+ check# checkmate

e. p. en passantO - O castles kingside

O - O - O castles queenside1 - 0 white wins0 - 1 black wins

½ - ½ draw! excellent move? mistake!? cool move?! weird (weak) move

The game below is written inalgebraic notation. Kiril wasnew to chess and fell into anold trap called Scholar’s Mate !

ROCKY KIRIL1. e4 e52. Qh5 d63. Bc4 Nf6?4. Qxf7 #

Oh no! Kiril got mated in justfour moves. That was no fun!

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The German word for move is 'zug'. (It’s also theirword for train.) The suffix '-zwang ' means stuck.

So if you're “in zugzwang", you are stuck moving.A player cannot “pass a turn” in chess, and this issometimes a problem.

Usually we’re glad if it is our turn to play. But notalways. There are some positions where every moveis a bad move. That's zugzwang.

In diagram #1, it is Black to play. They would like to justsit and keep their king on c7, guarding the pawn on d6.But alas, a move must be made, and the pawn and thegame are lost after 1...Kc8 2.Kxd6 Kd8 3.Ke6 Ke8 4.d6Kd8 5.d7 Kc7 6.Ke7 Kb7 7.d8=Q.

In the second diagram (previous page), we have acase of mutual zugzwang. Whoever moves loses! Oneunlucky king will have to give up his pawn. And theother one will get a new queen.

Diagram #3 shows the two kings fighting to reach thatzugzwang position (#2) with the other side to move. Whiteto play avoids the mistake 1.Ke6? because Black wouldwin after 1...Kc5.

The correct move is 1.Kf6! Then if Black plays 1...Kc5,White replies 2.Ke6, reaching the zugzwang position withBlack to move (and lose).

But Black has a trickier line. They can answer 1.Kf6with 1...Kb5!? Now White must be careful. 2.Ke6? losesto 2...Kc5. The right move is 2.Ke7!, attacking the blackpawn, but staying off the e6 square. That forces Black todefend the pawn by 2...Kc5. Then, with the black king onc5, White plays 3.Ke6. Black is in zugzwang.

One more thing to notice in this diagram is that themove 1.Ke4? would cost White their pawn but not thegame. After 1...Kc5 2.Ke3! Kxd5 3.Kd3, the position isdrawn (if White knows their basic endgames).

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This lesson looks at positionswhere you don’t want to move.

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In example #4, both kings arestuck defending a pawn on thekingside.

But there are still mobile pawnson the queenside. Whoever runsout of pawn moves first will lose. 1.c4!

This is the only move whichallows White to win the tempobattle. After 1...b6 2.b4 d6 3.b5 or 1...d6 2.b4 b6 3.b5,Black has nothing good to play. White could also win byplaying 2.b3 on the second move followed by 3.b4.

Other first moves by White lose:1.b4? b5 2.c3 d51.c3? b5 2.b3 d6! 3.c4 b4!

(or 3.b4 d5 )1.b3? b5 2.c3 d6! 3.c4 b4!

(or 2.c4 bxc4 3.bxc4 d6)Zugzwang happens mostly in pawn endgames, but it can

also occur in endings with other pieces. Position #5 wascomposed by Henri Rinck in 1917.

Queen and knight vs. queen is usually a draw, but Whitewins here with a clever zugzwang. 1.Kd2! This is a hardmove to understand until you look at the black options.

The black king has no movesat all. The black queen has nogood check. More importantly,she must keep d7 protected tostop Qd7#. But the only movethat guards d7 and doesn’t losethe queen is 1...Qe7. That letsWhite mate with 2.Qb8#.

Other white king moves on thefirst turn allow a check by theblack queen. (1.Kd4 Qh8+!)

Example #6 is more complicated. Material is even andthe position looks level. However, White to play can winby forcing a zugzwang situation. 1.Bc8+!The “best defence” at this point

is to surrender the knight withthe hopeless 1...Nd7 2.Bxd7+.

After the normal move 1...Kg5,Black gets “zugged”. 2.h4+ Kh53.Be6!

Now, if it were White’s turn,Black would be in good shape.But Black has to move and both of their options lose theking! 3...g5 4.Bf7# or 3...Ne4 4.Bg4# Ouch!

In diagram #7, we have a late middlegame position withseveral pieces still on the board. Black is up a pawn buttheir pieces are not active. White’s next move takes awayall of Black’s freedom.

1.Rc7If Black could just sit and do nothing, then White has no

easy way to break through. But Black must take a turn,and any move they make loses material. 1...Ra8 2.Bxa8or 1...Bb7 2.Bxb7 or 1...Bd7 2.Rxd7 or 1...Kg7 2.Rxe7+or 1...Nd5 2.Bxd5 exd5 3.Rxc8+ or 1...Ng8 2.Rf7#.

Zugzwang. You move, you lose!

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Our final position is a famous zugzwang problem called“Organ Pipes”, composed by Sam Loyd in 1859. It getsits name from the arrangement of the black rooks andbishops. They are supposed to resemble the pipes abovea large musical organ.

The key move is 1.Qa5!No mate is threatened, but

mate on the next turn cannotbe stopped!

Black has fifteen moves tochoose from and every singleone helps White.

Can you find all the mates?solutions below


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Hello, chess fans. Welcome to the show!

Tonight we are proud to present the 2013“Position of the Year”.

That’s right, Mort. It’s from the third victoryby Magnus Carlsen in his world championshipmatch against Vishy Anand.

Thanks, Marley. Carlsen just played 28...Qe1and Anand resigned because 29.Rh4 Qxh4!30.Qxh4 leaves him down a rook.

Long live King Magnus!

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1. . . Re6 2.Nf5#1. . . Re5 2.Qxe5#1. . . Bc5 2.Qa1#1. . . Bd6 2.Qd5#1. . . Be7 2.Qe5#1. . . Bg7 2.Qxb4#1. . . Bh6 2.Qxb4#

Bye for now!

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ALEXANDERALEXANDER ALEKHINEALEKHINE(1892 - 1946)

This Russian master won the first USSR Championshipin 1920. A year later he immigrated to France. In 1927 hebecame the fourth world chess champion by defeatingJose Capablanca 18½-15½ in Buenos Aires, Argentina.He lost the title to Max Euwe of the Netherlands in 1935,but won it back in a rematch two years later.

“Chess for me is not a game, but an art.”ALEKHINE DEFENCE

1.e4 Nf6The main line is 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6.

Alekhine was a chess fanatic. He played constantly.Yet his games were always fresh with new ideas.

Everyone admired Alekhine as a player, but manypeople disliked him as a person. One reason was hisfailure to give Capablanca a deserved rematch.

He died poor and lonely while still world champion.

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10 JOHNSON Nicholas 1817


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10 DOUCETTE Luc 685 PEGRADE 5GRADE 51 RUSSELL Brett 1147 NL2 MCCALLUM Karla Lynn 1114 PE3 DORNIEDEN Jonas 947 NS4 QIU Nicholas 894 NL5 KOSHI Benjamin 865 NS6 LI Kevin 848 NS7 CUI Cynthia 844 NB8 MACDONALD Cameron 774 PE9 LATOUR Simon 761 NB

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10 WANG Jeffrey 1391 NS

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WHITE TO MOVEMate in 4

BLACK TO MOVEWin Materialsolutions page 51

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A decoy is a sacrifice that forces the opponent tomove a piece to a square which will help us.

Black to play has a mate in 4 moves by deekingthe white king to the right with 1...Rd1+! 2.Kxd1. Thisallows the black queen to invade on the back rank.2...Qb1+ 3.Kd2 Qxc2+ 4.Ke1 Qc1#

But if White goes first, they win material with adecoy of their own. 1.Qxd8+! Kxd8 sets up the knightfork 2.Nc6+ Kc8 3.Nxb4. White is up a rook.

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IN ONE MOVE.solutions page 51

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IN TWO MOVES.solutions page 51

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IN THREE MOVES.solutions page 51

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Hi boys and girls!This puzzle uses just

the sixteen white pieces. In the starting position,

White has 20 possiblemoves (4 by knights and16 by pawns). Your goalis to make that numberlarger.

Make one move so thatWhite will have the mostpossible moves on thenext turn.

Then do the same thingfor two, three, four, five,six, and seven moves.

Begin each time fromthe starting position.

Good luck.

MOVE MAXIMIZERWhite has 20 possible moves in this diagram.

A. Play one turn so there are the most possible movesin the resulting position.

B. Play two turns to maximizethe possible moves.

C. Play three turns ...D. Play four turns ...E. Play five turns ...F. Play six turns ...G. Play seven turns ... solutions page 46


CANADA AND WORLD NEWS

BRITISH COLUMBIAThe B.C Junior Championshiptook place on November 9-10 inVancouver. The 20 player eventended with a three-way tie forfirst place between Jason Cao,Tanraj Sohal, and Davaa-OchirNyamdorj.

Sixteen year old Tanraj Sohalwas also the clear winner of the98th B.C. Chess Championship,held on October 12-13. All eightparticipants were masters.

QUEBEC TEAMSThere were 434 players at the

Scholastic Team Tournament inMontreal on December 7-8. Thewinning schools were:

K-3 1. Fernand-Seguin 2. La Vérendrye

K-6 1. F.A.C.E. 2. Fernand-Seguin

7-11 1. Notre-Dame

TORONTO GRAND PRIXThe first Grand Prix tournamentof the 2013-2014 Toronto serieswas held on November 24 andattracted a record 255 players.Things are growing in big T.O.!

NEW BRUNSWICKThe winner of the 2013 NewBrunswick Chess Championshipwas 22 year old Elias Oussedik(Moncton). Second place in thesix player October round robinwas Jean Desforges (Moncton).

NEWFOUNDLANDThe 2013-2014 Newfoundland

and Labrador Individual ChessChampionship was played onNovember 11 in St. John’s, with54 players attending. The champions are:

PRIMARY Peter Dormody ELEMENTARY Brett Russell JUNIOR HIGH Stefan Boon-PetersenHIGH SCHOOL Christopher Qiu

ALBERTA JUNIORThe 2013 Alberta Junior ChessChampionship was a six playerround robin, held November 9in Calgary. First place went toIM Richard Wang (Edmonton),followed by Diwen Shi (Calgary)and David Miller (Grand Prairie).

For those people who may notknow, in chess “junior” refers tocompetitions for players under20 years old.

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013Magnus Carlsen is the new world chess champion. The 22 year

old Norwegian superstar won the title by defeating ViswanathanAnand of India in a match held last month at Chennai, India. Thefinal score was 6½ to 3½.

Carlsen, the highest rated player ever, earned 1.5 million dollarsfor his victory. He also received a deluxe trophy and a wreath!Perhaps his friends are starting a new tradition too. As part oftheir celebration, they threw him in a swimming pool. It seems thatMagnus didn’t mind at all.

The popular and charismatic youngchampion has been a media sensationsince winning the world crown. Thelast time a chess player generatedthis much public attention was whenBobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in1972.

Three cheers for Magnus Carlsen!LONG LIVE THE KING


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MARITIME SCHOLASTIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPThe fourth annual Maritime Scholastic Team Championship was

held in Dieppe, NB on November 23 between teams from NovaScotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Each provincefielded 24 players for the four round match, which was divided intofour groups by grade.

The overall winner, for the fourth time in a row, was Team NewBrunswick with 62½ points (out of 96 games). PEI placed secondthis year, with 41 points, just a half point ahead of Nova Scotia.See page 46 for a photo of the New Brunswick team.

The individual champions, pictured below, were AlexandreXavier-LeBlanc (NB K-3), Karla Lynn McCallum (PE 4-6), SamSong (NB 7-9), and Adam Dorrance (NS 10-12).

Other players deserving mention, with perfect 4-0 scores, wereNB: Adam Makarov, Alexandre Robichaud, Nathaniel Schrader,Drake Lyons, Cynthia Cui, Vincent Francoeur; PEI: Aidan Marsh;and NS: Lee Wang.

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CHESS-O-WORDCHESS-O-WORDDO YOU KNOW THE WORLD CHAMPIONS?

In this word search, you are looking for the names of the sixteen world chess champions.

To use a pencil, print out this page from the pdf file.

RIDDLE : Which number is the champ?_ _ _

STEINITZLASKERCAPABLANCAALEKHINEEUWEBOTVINNIK

TALSMYSLOVPETROSIANSPASSKYFISCHER

KARPOVKASPAROVKRAMNIKANANDCARLSEN

The words below are hidden in the puzzle. Someare written forwards and some backwards. Othersgo up, down, or on a diagonal. Just like a queen!When you find a word, circle it. After you find themall, there will be 3 letters not circled. Unscramblethose three letters to answer the riddle. solution page 45

ACNALBAPAC

LLASKERLNB

EKIFINNZAO

KASINSETNT

HSOSMPSIDV

IPRCAALNOI

NATHRSRIEN

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CCAANNAADDIIAANNCCAANNAADDIIAANN CCHHEESSSSCCHHEESSSS CCHHAALLLLEENNGGEECCHHAALLLLEENNGGEETHETHE FIRSTFIRST 25 YYEARS25 YYEARS

1989 Ottawa1990 Ottawa1991 Montreal1992 Montreal1993 Edmonton1994 St. John’s1995 Toronto1996 Fredericton1997 Montreal 1998 Winnipeg 1999 Summerside2000 Calgary2001 Toronto2002 St. John’s2003 Montreal2004 Winnipeg2005 Ottawa2006 Moncton2007 Quebec City2008 Edmonton2009 Toronto2010 Montreal2011 Victoria2012 Halifax2013 Ottawa

Ontario has placed first 17 of the last 19years. In other years, they were second 5times and third 3 times (1991-1993).

Quebec has been team champion 8 times,including the first 6 years. They also wonin 1997 and 2009. They came in secondplace 15 times. They were third in 2000 andfourth in 2011.

British Columbia has come in second place5 times (1991-1993, 2000, 2011) and third 15times, including 2013.

Alberta has placed fourth 15 times and fifth5 times (1994-96, 2005-06). They finished inthird place in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2011.

New Brunswick came fifth 6 times (1992,1998-2000, 2013) and sixth 14 times. In 1989they finished in third place!

Newfoundland has placed fourth 3 times(1994-1996) and fifth 3 times.

Nova Scotia came in sixth place in 2005,2007, and 2008. They were seventh 7 times.

Manitoba was third in 2002 and 2006, fourthin 2003 and 2005, and fifth in 1990-91, 2001,2004, and 2007-12.

Saskatchewan was sixth in 1998 and 2011,and seventh in 1997, 2000, 2004.

Prince Edward Island had its finest momentin 1993 when they came in seventh place.



We received 3 correct solutions to October’s contest.1 Mate in 1 1.Qf1# 2 Mate in 2 1.Bc6 Kf3 2.Rg5# 3 Maze Rh8-g8-g7-b7-b8-a8-a4-d4-d8-e8

-e5-h5-h2xb24 Loyd A.Kf4 B.Kh4 C.Kc1 (Rf1#)

The winner of the drawing for a Kiril T-shirt is:Thomas Wang of Ontario

WELCOMEWELCOME TOTO MYMY CONTEST !CONTEST !Can you solve the 4 puzzles on the nextpage? Mail me your answers if you do.One lucky person will win a Kiril T-shirt.White moves first in the mate problems.In case you never saw a “maze” or “loyd”before, here are some examples:

In a CHESSMAZECHESSMAZE only one whitepiece moves. In this maze, it isthe white queen. The object is tocapture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the queen can be taken.Draw a line to show the path ofthe queen. This is a Maze in 8.That means you should get theking in eight moves or less.

The TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD was inventedby Sam Loyd, a famous chesscomposer. They are called triplebecause there are three parts. Inpart A, you place the black kingon the board so that he is incheckmate. In part B, place him instalemate. For part C, put theblack king down so that Whitehas a mate in 1. solutions page 51

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Deadline: January 25

Only the white QUEEN moves.Capture the black king withouttaking any pieces or movingwhere the queen can be taken.

MAMATE IN 1TE IN 1

CHESSMAZE IN 13CHESSMAZE IN 13 TRIPLE LOYDTRIPLE LOYD

MAMATE IN 2TE IN 2

PLACE THE BLACK KING IN :A CheckmateB StalemateC Mate in 1


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K I R I L’ SORNER

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THE TURTLEOne day a rabbit was hopping down the road when he

came across a turtle along the way. The speedy rabbitwas in a hurry, but he stopped for a minute to say hi.

“Hey, Turtle. How are you doing?” “Hello, Rabbit. I’m doing just fine. I’m going to a chess

tournament.”“Me too. But you better get a move on, or you’ll be late.”“Don’t worry, friend. I’ll be there on time.”“Well, I don’t know how. You don’t look very fast. It’s a

long way and I’ve gotta run. Good luck.” So the rabbit sped off down the road. And the turtle

smiled, “See you soon!”

Perhaps the rabbit was going tooquickly. Or maybe he wasn’t payingattention. But when he turned at thenext corner, he didn’t even see thebus stop sign.

Of course, that’s where the turtle was going to catch his ride. And he was waiting patiently when the bus arrived.

Imagine the rabbit’s surprise later, when the bus passedhim by and the turtle waved from the window.

The rabbit wanted to wave back, but he couldn’t. Hewas busy running, and there wasn’t time to slow down.

The turtle got a head start.He had the white pieces, sohe moved first.

1. c4The English Opening, an

excellent choice for playerswho want a slow positionalgame.

1. . . . e5The rabbit jumps at the

chance to advance in thecentre. He’s looking for asharp tactical battle.

The position is now like aSicilian Defence (1.e4 c5)with colours reversed.

2. Nc3 Qh4? This rabbit is in the habit

of moving fast and playingfor a quick attack. It workssometimes, but not usually.

3. d3White guards the pawn at

c4 and opens a line for thebishop on c1. Also good is3.Nf3 Qxc4 4.Nxe5.

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When the rabbit finally got to the tournament, the turtlegreeted him at the door.

“Hey Rabbit. How are you doing?”“Very funny, Turtle. I’m doing just

fine. I’m ready to play chess.”“Me too! We better find our

seats. The first round is aboutto begin.”“Okay, friend, I hope you win.”

The turtle smiled. “Thanks,Rabbit. But we’re playing eachother!”

3. . . . Bc5In a flash, the rabbit takes

aim at the weak spot f2.

4. g3The turtle defends against

the threat and prepares tofianchetto his bishop on g2.

4. . . . Qf6Black retreats and attacks

the f-pawn again. 5. Nf3White develops the knight

and blocks the f-file. 5. . . . Nc6

6. Bg5The turtle brings out his

bishop with tempo, chasingthe black queen.

6. . . . Qg6And the rabbit has to run.

7. Bg2The turtle thought about

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11. Nh4! The turtle saw right away

that this knight move wasstrong, but he calculatedseveral turns ahead beforehe played it on the board.

11. . . . Qh5The queen has nowhere

else to go.

12. Bf3 Ng4The only way to save the

queen.

13. h3!Attacking a pinned piece

with a pawn is a standardtactic for winning material.

13. . . . h6!?

The rabbit tries a littletrick. He is hoping that theturtle plays too fast andfalls for 14.hxg4? Qxg5!

14. Be3The turtle considered his

options and then retreatedthe bishop. He knew thatthe pinned knight was notgoing anywhere.

Sorry, Rabbit. Tricks are for kids.

14. . . . d6 After 14...Nxe3? 15.Bxh5

Nxf1 16.Rxf1, White is upa queen for a rook. 15. Rab1! The turtle is in no hurry

to capture on g4. First heactivates a rook along theb-file. By putting pressureon the black pawn at b7,he keeps the bishop on c8tied to its defence.

15. . . . f5

7. . . . Bb4The rabbit didn’t want the

white knight going to b5 ord5, so he pins him.

8. 0-0 White castles and frees

the pinned knight on c3.

8. . . . Bxc3Black takes the knight out

of the game and doublesthe white pawns.

9. bxc3

The turtle was very happywith this position. His kingis safe inside a protectiveshell of pawns. His pieceshave more freedom thanBlack’s. And the doubledpawns are actually a goodthing. They help control thecentre and give his rooksthe open b-file.

9. . . . Nf610. Qd2

The queen protects thebishop at g5 a second timeand clears the first rank forthe rooks.

“Connecting your rooks” is an important goal in opening strategy.

10. . . . 0-0?The speedy rabbit castled

without thinking. He shouldhave thought.

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16. hxg4 fxg417. Bd5+The bishop gains a tempo

with check. 17.Be4 is alsogood, threatening to trapthe queen by 18.Bg6.

17. . . . Kh8

The rabbit didn’t like hisposition. But things couldbe worse. He’s only downa knight for a pawn, hisrook has the open f-file,and his queen is placedaggressively.

18. f4!Bold and accurate play by

the determined turtle. Heplans to activate the rookon f1 by trading pawns.

Activating your rooks is an important goal

in middlegame strategy.

18. . . . Re8The rabbit was moving so

quickly, he didn’t even seethat after 18...exf4 19.Bxf4,he had a fork with 19...g5.But the turtle had seen itand he was ready with awinning discovered attack:20.Be5+! Nxe5 21.Rxf8+.

19. fxe5 Opening the f-file.

19. . . . Nxe5The best way to recapture.

19...Rxe5 20.Bf7! traps theblack queen, and 19...Qxe520.Ng6+ forks her.

20. Bxb7 There goes the b-pawn.

20. . . . Bxb7The chess clock is ticking

and the turtle was gettingshort on time. So now hebegan to play a little faster.21. Rxb7 The rook invades the 7th

rank, threatening to take ona7 or c7.21. . . . c5This advance saves both

pawns, and also opens the7th rank for the white rook.

22. Rf5!Nearly trapping the queen.22. . . . g5The only chance.

23. Bxg5!

The turtle strikes! Whitegives up his bishop for twopawns and blasts open theblack king.23. . . . hxg524. Rxg5 Qh6The only “safe square”.

At this point, Black is downjust two pawns, but ...

25. Rg8+!A discovered attack picks

off the black queen.

The rabbit still had plentyof time on his clock but heplayed his next move in aninstant.

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WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONS1. Steinitz, Wilhelm 1886 -94 Austria, USA2. Lasker, Emanuel 1894 -1921 Germany, USA3. Capablanca, Jose 1921 -27 Cuba4. Alekhine, Alexander 1927 -48* Russia, France5. Euwe, Max 1935 -37 Netherlands6. Botvinnik, Mikhail 1948-63* Russia7. Smyslov, Vasily 1957 -58 Russia8. Tal, Mikhail 1960 -61 Latvia9. Petrosian, Tigran 1963 -69 Armenia

10. Spassky, Boris 1969 -72 Russia, France11. Fischer, Robert 1972 -75 USA, Iceland12. Karpov, Anatoly 1975 -85 Russia13. Kasparov, Garry 1985 - 2000 Azerbaijan, Russia14. Kramnik, Vladimir 2000 -07 Russia15. Anand, Viswanathan 2007-13 India16. Carlsen, Magnus 2013- Norway

* lost title but won rematches


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The turtle won all his games at the tournament and wasawarded the first prize. The rabbit never slowed downbut a few of his tricks worked on other players, and hefinished in a tie for third place.

Before leaving, the turtle stopped to say goodbye to hisnew friend. “I’m heading home now, Rabbit. I hope I runinto you again someday.”

“Me too, Turtle. It was fun. But say, do you have anextra bus token I could borrow?”

25. . . . Rxg8?After 25...Kxg8, White mates

with 26.Qxh6 Nf7 27.Qg6+.26. Qxh6# “Good game, Turtle. You were

always one step ahead of me.”“Thanks, Rabbit. It was close.

I almost ran out of time in theend.”

A good pace, not haste, is the way to win a race.

... or a game of chess.ACNALBAPAC

LLASKERLNB

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NATHRSRIEN

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The champ is number ONE.

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LILLILY’SY’S PUZZLERPUZZLER solutionsA. one turn After 1.e4 or 1.e3, White has

30 possible moves. K1 Q4 R0 B5 N5 p15 B. two turns 1.e3 2.Qg4

47 possible moves K2 Q21 R0 B5 N5 p14 C. three turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5

52 possible moves K3 Q19 R0 B10 N6 p14 D. four turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4

57 possible moves K4 Q19 R0 B15 N6 p13 E. five turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4 5.Bf4

61 possible moves K4 Q19 R0 B20 N6 p12 F. six turns 1.e4 2.d4 3.Qh5 4.Bc4 5.Bf4 6.Nc3

67 possible moves K5 (includes castling) Q19 R3 B20 N9 p11

G. seven turns 1.d4 2.d5 3.d6 4.d7 5.d8=Q 6.e4 7.Qh5 72 possible moves K3 Q40 R0 B10 N6 p13 Without a promotion, the maximum is 69.

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* SSOOLLUUTTIIOONNSS *MAMATE IN 1TE IN 11 1.Qc8#2 1.Re8#3 1.Qg6#4 1.Ng2#

MAMATETE IN 2IN 21 1.Qb2 Ka5

2.Qb5#2 1.Nf6+ Kf8 2.Bh6#3. 1.Qxf8+ Kxf8 2.Rh8#

1...Rxf8 2.Ne7#4 1.Qxc6+ bxc6 2.Ba6#

1...Kd8 2.Qc7#

MAMATETE IN 3IN 31 1.Ke6 Kf8 2.Rg1 Ke8 3.Rg8#

1...Kd8 2.Rc1 Ke8 3.Rc8#2 1.Nf6+ gxf6 2.Qg6+ Kh8 3.Rxh6#

1...Kh8 2.Qh7#3 1.Qf7+ Kh8 2.Qf8+ Rxf8 3.Rxf8# 4 1.Rh8+ Kxh8 2.Qh2+ Kg8 3.Qh7#

COMBOCOMBO MOMBOMOMBO1 1.Re8+ Kh7 (1...Kf7 2.Rf8#)

2.Rh8+ Kxh8 3.Qxh6+ Kg8 4.Qxg7#

2 1...Rxf2+ 2.Kxf2 (2.Kd1 Rxc2)2...Qh2+ 3.Ke3 Qxc2


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wwwwww.chess-math.org/ratings/rate.htm.chess-math.org/ratings/rate.htm CHESSMAZECHESSMAZEQd2-e1-h1-h8-a1-a8-c8-c6xe8

TRIPLETRIPLE LOYDLOYDA. Kd1# B. Kh1= C. Ka3 (Qb2#)

LILLILY'SY'S PUZZLERPUZZLERsee page 46.

CHESS-O-WORDCHESS-O-WORDsee page 45.

TTACTICSACTICS 1011011 1.Ne7+ (2.Nxc8)2 1.Qf5+ (2.Qxc8)3 1.Nc7+ (2.Nxa8)

1.Nd6+ (2.Nxb7)4 1.Qa5+ (2.Qxa3)

1.Qc3+ (2.Qxa3)1.Qf4+ (2.Qxh4)1.Qh2+ (2.Qxh4)

WHO’SWHO’S THETHE GOOF?GOOF?1. White has 2 bishops on light squares (and 8 pawns).2. Black is in an impossible double check.3. The goof is the white rook on c7. There is no way it could

have gotten out from behind the white pawns.4. Black has 2 promoted pieces, but still has 7 pawns on

the board. Because there are unmoved pawns on e7 andg7, we know that the original black bishop on f8 nevermoved. So the bishop on c1 must be a promoted pawn.The only way to explain the double check from Bc1 andRe1 is by the promotion ...d2xe1=R+.

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