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Game of the Week – Analysis by Laurence Matheson

Chan,L - Schon,E [A50] BHCC Friday Grades Melbourne (4.1), 05.09.2014 Box Hill's current Friday Night tournament is the Grades, where players are broken into groups of 10 players. In the top division Jason Tang and Eugene Schon are head and shoulders above the field and after this round have a 1.5 point buffer over the field. We'll look at Eugene's game today. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 The "Two Knights' Tango"; Black seemingly encourages White's centre forward, similar to the Alekhine's after 1.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Ne7 5.e4 White now has an impressive pawn centre, but Black will have annoying dark square play 5...Ng6 6.Bd3 [6.Be3 Bb4 7.f3 is another way to play the position] 6...Bc5 7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 c6!? [8...a6 or 8...a5 are more common, to give a nice square for the bishop] 9.Bc2 [9.Na4 Be7 10.Be3 may have been a better choice, when the bishop is very passive] 9...cxd5 10.cxd5 [10.exd5! was the less conventional but better choice in this instance as Black's knights look clumsy on the kingside; 10...d6 11.Bg5 and Black will have to try something like 11...Qc7 , though 12.Nd2 -e4 is very annoying] 10...a6 Now everything is in order for Black 11.b3 [11.d6 Qb6 picks up the pawn] 11...d6 12.Na4 Ba7 13.Ba3? This is a bit of a wild goose chase, as the bishop and knight have very little influence here and will simply have to move again when the Black queenside pawns roll 13...Nf4?! [13...b5 14.Nc3 Bg4! is very annoying;

15.h3 (15.Bd3 Qa5 16.Bb2 Bd4 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.Qd2 Bxf3 19.gxf3 and White's kingside is very ugly) 15...Bxh3! 16.gxh3 Qc8 and Black is close to if not

winning] 14.Nb2 b5 15.Nd3 Nxd3 16.Bxd3 Bg4 The

right idea, but White's pieces are no longer

uncoordinated 17.Rc1 [It may have been more prudent

to immediately question the bishop with 17.h3 ; does

Black really want to leave the bishop hanging on the

kingside?] 17...a5 18.Re1 b4 19.Bb2 Nd7 Black now

switches plans and aims to exploit his dark square

control on the queenside 20.Bb5 A tactical shot that's

more complicated than meets the eye 20...Bxf2+

21.Kxf2 Qb6+ 22.Kg3 Bxf3 23.gxf3?! Now Black is

simply a pawn up [23.Qd3!? is more interesting;

23...Bxe4 (forced, as d7 is also hanging) 24.Rxe4 Nc5

25.Rxc5 Qxc5 and we are left with the interesting

material balance of a rook and 2 pawns vs 2 bishops,

certainly better than the game] 23...Qxb5 24.Rc6 Ra6

25.Rc7?! [The ending after 25.Qe2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 Rxc6

27.dxc6 Nb8 28.c7 Na6 29.Rd2 Nxc7 30.Rxd6 is

probably a safer place for White] 25...Nc5 26.Qc2 Qb8

27.Rc6 Rxc6 28.dxc6 Ne6 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Rd5 Nf4

31.Rd1 Qb6 32.Rc1 h5 Suddenly White's king safety

has become a problem, and his bishop is completely

out of play 33.Qc4? The final losing move [White had

to play 33.h4 , though Black is certainly winning]

33...h4+! 34.Kg4 [34.Kxh4 Qf2+ 35.Kg4 Qg2+ 36.Kh4

g5#] 34...Qd8 Also winning, but a simpler win was

34...Qf2 35.Qc2 Ne2, when ...Qg2+ with a similar

mating pattern to before is unstoppable 35.Rd1 Qf6

36.Bc1 Rxc6! 37.Qf1 [37.Qxc6 Qe6+ mates] 37...Rc2

38.Bd2 Qh6 39.Be3 [39.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 40.Kh3 Rxh2#]

39...Qh5# 0–1

Laurence Matheson

Position after 32…h5


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(1) Spassky,Boris V (2650) - Karpov,Anatoly (2700) [B18]

Candidates sf1 Leningrad (6), 1974

(by IM Max Illingworth)

[In my previous newsletter I noted that there would be a Part 2 for my examination of the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian, but I've decided that this might be a better subject for an openings periodical. However, the following game leads to a very similar structure to the one in the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian and is perhaps even more instructive than the games I was originally going to analyse for this part. If you have the 'My Great Predecessors' series you may like to compare my notes to Kasparov's.] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.0–0 Ngf6 9.c4 Bd6 [9...Be7 is more common, but after 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Bf4 0–0 12.Qe2 White is slightly better, as after 12...c5 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Qa5 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.a3² White's pieces are placed more actively and he has better control of the open d-file, and if Black doesn't break out with ...c5 White will gain queenside space with a3 and b4 and leave Black cramped.] 10.b3 0–0 11.Bb2 [Against this setup I second Karpov's approach of spurning ...c5 in favour of piece play, as the b2–bishop lacks mobility when stuck behind the d4–pawn.] 11...Qc7 [11...Qa5 is a nettlesome move, and if White is lured forward with 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.a3 , Black can create queenside counterplay with 13...b5! , after which 14.b4?! Qa6 15.c5 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Qb7 was better for Black in Shaw-Dautov, Bled Olympiad 2002, because his knight will be far better on d5 than White's bad b2–bishop. I highly recommend studying Dautov's notes on this game in Mega Database.] 12.Bxg6 hxg6 [Diagram : The advantage of this kingside pawn formation for Black is that the pawns on g6 and e6 stop a future f4–f5 break by White without weakening the dark squares (as a h7–g6–f7–e6 formation would).]

13.Qe2 Rfe8 14.Ne4 [The exchange of knights gives

Black more freedom and nullifies White's space

advantage - in fact if all the knights were exchanged,

Black would be better because of the weakness of the

d4–pawn. But what else can White do?]

[14.Ne5 doesn't achieve anything for White because of

the undermining 14...c5! , when 15.f4?! cxd4 16.Bxd4

Nxe5 17.fxe5 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Nd7 is an

example of how Black can benefit from overambitious

play by White - the weakness of the e5–pawn gives

Black the chances on offer in this position.]

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14...Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Be7 [15...e5 is a decent pawn break, but the structure after 16.dxe5 Nxe5 is too symmetrical to give either side winning chances.; 15...a5!? and ...a4 is one way to generate queenside counterplay, as blocking it with 16.a4 weakens the b3–pawn and b4–square, whereas 16.Rad1 a4 17.Qh4 Be7 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Qxg5 axb3 20.axb3 Ra2 gave Black good queenside counterplay in Senff-Schandorff, Germany 2006, as the b3–pawn is now backward.] 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.Rfe1 Qa5 [Don't let the computer's 'plus over equals' evaluations fool you - in every line it is shuffling its pieces around without finding a good pawn break.] 18.a3 [18.Qc2 could be met by 18...b5!? again to try and set up White's queenside pawns as targets, though Karpov probably would have continued the waiting game.] 18...Qf5 19.Qe2 [19.Qxf5 gxf5 improves Black's pawn structure - doubled pawns are not a problem when they don't split the pawn structure into more islands.] 19...g5 20.h3 g4 21.hxg4 Qxg4 [Diagram 22.d5 [Spassky finally gets a chance to break - and he goes right in! This is often where Black's chances lie in these equal positions - the opponent feels they have to do something with their extra space, and they create the chances we're looking for. Humans aren't the type to wait around idly for a long time!]

[If White played more patiently with 22.Rd3 , Black would be aiming to put his knight on f5, bishop on f6 and his e8–rook on d7 - then it would be hard for White to avoid losing a pawn to some ...c5 or ...e5 trick. I'm not saying he can force this, but if White stops this plan you can switch to probing moves on the queenside with ...b5, or ...a5–a4 first.] 22...cxd5 23.cxd5 e5! [A nice trick, exploiting the immunity of the e5–pawn.] 24.d6 [24.Nxe5? Qxe2 25.Rxe2 Bd6 26.Rde1 Nxe5 27.Bxe5 Bxa3 sees Black win a pawn with ...Rxd5 next turn.; 24.Bxe5?! Bxa3 25.Qc2 Nxe5 26.Nxe5 Qh5 is not a disaster for White, but with pawns on both sides, the bishop is better than the knight.] 24...Bf6 [24...Bf8 was more accurate to keep the pressure on the weak passed pawn and make the kingside majority as mobile as possible.] 25.Nd2 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 Rc8 27.Ne4 [27.Nc4 is better as 27...b5 28.Ne3 sees the knight find a great square on d5.] 27...Bd8 [Black wants to boot the strong White knight with ...f5.] 28.g4 f6 29.Kg2 Kf7 30.Rc1 Bb6 31.Rec2 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Ke6 [Diagram

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Black has improved his position more than White and he is already pressing quite unpleasantly as the d6–pawn has become a weakness and Black's pieces are more securely positioned. Notice how the rook's occupation of the c-file is useless as it lacks a penteration point down that file.] Now Black is winning as the knight dominates the bishop, Black has control of the open c-file, and the White pawns are fixed on light squares where they can't be defended by the dark-squared prelate.] 41.Bb2 b6 42.Bd4 [Kasparov gives plenty of analysis to prove that 42.Rc3 Rxc3+ 43.Bxc3 Kxd6 44.b4 b5! , forcing the creation of a passed pawn on the queenside, wins for Black. I won't repeat this analysis here as it isn't relevant for our Caro-Kann understanding.] 42...Rc6 43.Bc3 Rc5 [43...Rxd6 44.Rxd6+ Kxd6 transposes to the note to move 42, and sitting and waiting instead with 45.Kf3 fails to 45...Ne5+ 46.Kg3 Kd5 47.Bd2 Nd3 48.Bc3 Nc5 followed by ...Ke6 and ...f5, and then the White queenside pawns will be demolished.] 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Kg3 Ne5 46.Bxe5 fxe5 47.b4 [The decisive mistake.] [47.Kf2 Rd8 48.Rf3 Rxd6 49.Rf5 swaps some pawns off, and the counterplay with the passed g-pawn will save White's bacon. Instead White loses rather simply.]

47...e4 48.Rd4 Ke5 49.Rd1 axb4 50.Rb1 Rc3+ 51.Kf2 Rd3 52.d7 Rxd7 53.Rxb4 Rd6 54.Ke3 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Ra3 [White resigned. I'll see you in my next contribution!] 0–1

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Bits & Pieces Weekend of 6-7 September saw the Best In The West Tournament held in Altona. It was a beautiful weekend for the

parents by the beachside, warm weather, nice coffee and good company. Many BHCC and CJCC members competed in a

large field.

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2014 Sept 14

Rookies Cup

SUNDAY CHESS TOURNAMENT Location : 3 Rochester Road Canterbury Date : August 10, at 12.30 PM Part of the 2014 Rookies Cup series. A tournament for Juniors and Seniors Entry fees : $15 BHCC, CJCC members and Chess

Australia students. $20 visitors

The venue at 3 Rochester Rd Canterbury (by Trevor Stanning)

I have spoken to the Mason’s guy today (and briefly) he said they have an offer from a buyer who wants 120

day settlement.

This means we should definitely plan to use the 3 Rochester Rd venue for our intended TERM 4 activities

including the Canterbury Summer Swiss.

The buyer has issues to sort through with the Council and the Masons so it is not yet a signed contract.


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Advanced Group Coach GM Darryl Johansen When: from 2 till 3.30 Group sizes There is one group of maximum 10 Skill levels For advanced juniors with tournament skills

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Coaching updates.(by Trevor Stanning)

Sunday 31st August.

Three players are tied on 5/6 with a round to go in the Sunday term 3 coaching group. Expect the tournament winner to come from Fergus Civerton, William Wang, or Razi Mikael. Thirty-four players attended with a welcome to four newcomers: Vibhu De Silva, Emma tan, Nicholas Tan, and Jasmine Wu. Sunday 7th September.

The Sunday Term 3 Coaching group had two winners, William Wang (6/7) and Fergus Chiverton (6/7). Well done by these two players. In all, 67 players participated throughout the term with much learning and enjoyment of chess. The next Sunday events for juniors are SEPTEMBER 16thROOKIES, October 12th ROOKIES, and October 19th Term 4 coaching (start).

The term 4 flyers will be available in printed form at the Club. Or, if you email to [email protected] or davidflude

([email protected]) we will send a PDF file to you through the internet. We will also post the flyers on the

Canterbury Junior Chess website http://www.canterburychess.org.au/ under the coaching TAB.

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Canterbury Junior Sunday Term 3 - Round 7

Results No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total

1 Mikael, Khairi 587 [4.5] 0:1 Chiverton, Fergus 301 [5]

2 Chen, Angus 517 [4.5] 0:1 Wang, William 555 [5]

3 Mikael, Razi 526 [5] 0:1 Atkinson, Carly 681 [4]

4 Lo, Kendrick 601 [3] 1:0 Mikael, Riana 459 [4]

5 Leong-La, Callista 638 [3] 0:1 Thiagarajan, Mahalakshme [3]

6 Cheong, Je-Rard [3] 0:1 Asaka, Samuel [3]

7 Lee, Lachlan [2.5] 0:1 Wang, Adrian 100 [2.5]

8 Galieu-Datsin, Eric 801 [2] 0:1 Dhingra, Arjun [2]

9 Atukorala, Riveen 251 [2] 1:0 Mann, Henry [2]

10 Gao, James 101 [2] 0:1 Nicolaci, James [2]

11 Atukorala, Jayan [1.5] 0:1 Aumann, David 201 [1.5]

12 Wayne, Austen 10 [1.5] 1:0 Gao, Daniel 101 [1.5]

13 Wayne, Nathan 101 [1] 1:0 Huang, Christopher [1]

14 Huynh, Travis [1] .5:.5 Lo, Keith 251 [0]

15 Wu, Jasmine 51 [0] .5:.5 Alagappan, Arjun [.5]

16 Liang, Iris [.5] 0:1 Tao, Sophie [2.5]

17 Li, Oliver [2] 1:0 Wang, Eva [3]

Standings

Place Name Rtg Loc

Score

1-2 Wang, William 555 6

Chiverton, Fergus 301 6

3-4 Mikael, Razi 526 5

Atkinson, Carly 681 5

5-6 Mikael, Khairi 587 4.5

Chen, Angus 517 4.5

7-11 Mikael, Riana 459 4

Lo, Kendrick 601 4

Thiagarajan, Mahalakshme 4

Asaka, Samuel 4

Soetanto, Brandon 151 4

12-14 Kahatapitya, Mahen 3.5

Tao, Sophie 3.5

Wang, Adrian 100 3.5

15-22 Leong-La, Callista 638 3

Atukorala, Riveen 251 3

Li, Oliver 3

Cheong, Je-Rard 3

Wang, Eva 3

Nicolaci, James 3

Dhingra, Arjun 3

White, Thomas 151 3

23-27 Lee, Lachlan 2.5

Ljubicic, Ivan 251 2.5

Aumann, David 201 2.5

Wayne, Austen 10 2.5

Goh, Ren 2.5

28-34 Galieu-Datsin, Eric 801 2

Mann, Henry 2

Wayne, Nathan 101 2

Gao, James 101 2

Edwards, Isaac 2

Li, Steven 201 2

Tie, Samuel 706 2

35-38 Huynh, Travis 1.5

Gao, Daniel 101 1.5

Atukorala, Jayan 1.5

Huang, Ilo 101 1.5

39-48 Alagappan, Arjun 1

de Silva, Vibhu 151 1

Huang, Christopher 1

DÁndrea, Aden 1

Valecha, Aadit 101 1

Yuen-Williamson, Henry 1

Umagiliya, Kinu 1

Umagiliya, Ranudi 1

Werner, Lucas 1

Yong, Marc 1

49-57 Lo, Keith 251 0.5

Wu, Jasmine 51 0.5

Liang, Iris 0.5

Tan, Emma 301 0.5

Mohanraju, Aryan 0.5

Ou, Phil 0.5

Yuen-Williamson, Charlie 0.5

Cheung, Oscar 0.5

Cao, Edward 0.5

58-67 Tan, Nicholas 301 0

Thong, Aidan 0

Shafaie, Kian 0

Jassal, Joel 0

Yao, Jason 0

Rizza, Harry 0

Peng, Yuhong 0

Peng, Yuxiang 0

Lee, Ethan 0

Ding, Adison 972 0


Sunday ARVO Swiss

31st August.

The games in round 6 of the Sunday ARVO Swiss were keenly fought with most of the 10 boards proceeding past the

6pm base time expiry.

Rad Chmiel continues his good form and accounted for his another major rival, Marcus Raine. With one round to go

Rad has a half-point break on the field and is likely to paired against John Nothdurft in the final round on the 7th of

August.

7th September

The Sunday ARVO Swiss was still in the balance in the last round and the last game to finish; John Nothdurft (4.5/6) versus Rad Chmiel (5.5/6).

John had built up a commanding position and declined Rad’s offer of a draw which would have guaranteed John a share of second place. The quality of chess played was high until both players exhausted their base time and started to ‘surf the increment’ When time becomes short then the risk of oversights increases, but also the time to reflect on how to best manage the board position is very reduced. It is often best when short of time, but in a superior position, to consolidate the major pieces and play some ‘wood-shuffling’ type moves to build up a residue of time to re-assess before attacking. Tempting as it is to rush the opponent into playing quickly, this is not a sound strategy for the player with the superior position. John had Rad’s king trapped on the second rank in a nasty pin such that Rad’s rook no longer defended a key pawn. It looked like a pawn for free; but in reality the black king was also defending the pawn and could easily step-out of the pin. The game finished immediately with a cry of anguish and a shake of hands.

Canterbury Sunday ARVO Swiss #1 - Round 7

No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total

1 Nothdurft, John D 1507 [4.5] 0:1 Chmiel, Rad 1739 [5.5]

2 Flude, David A 1635 [4] 1:0 Martinez, Octavio 1756 [5]

3 Sucevic, Milic 1414 [3.5] 1:0 Bergmanis, Olgerts 1515 [3.5]

4 Millington, Garry 986 [2.5] 1:0 Chiverton, Fergus 431 [3]

5 Wang, William 637 [1.5] 0:1 Neymanis, Eric 1080 [2.5]

6 Salvagno, Michael [2] 1:0 Chiverton, Barnaby [2.5]

7 Snow, Richard A 791 [2] 0:1 Hooi, Ethan 385 [1.5]

8 Hooi, Kathleen [.5] 1:0 Wang, Adrian [0]


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Coaching Co-ordinator : Trevor Stanning.

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information is accurate, complete or up-to-date.

Australian Junior Chess League

is responsible for managing the national and

international affairs of Australian junior chess.

www.australianjuniorchess.org.au

The AUSJCL publishes a free bulletin to disseminate information

regarding Australian Junior Selection/Representation. Raelene

Zelesco is the current editor and distributor of this bulletin.

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BHCC/CJCC President. The Box Hill Chess Club/ Canterbury Junior Chess Club is seeking expressions of interest for the Chess President role. Please apply to the secretary of the BHCC if interested.

Chess President Role Description

Skills Required: Dependability, organizational skills, commitment and genuine interest in the Box Hill and Canterbury Junior Chess Clubs survival and growth

To Chair and lead club committee meetings

Set the strategic direction of the club and promote the mission of the club

Be the primary contact for the Club

Ability to delegate tasks

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.australianjuniorchess.org.au/

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