I haven't been posting over the holiday as I've been on vacation, but I'm about to play a double round robin tournament in Michigan this weekend with:
Kevin Czuhai - 2200
Tony Nichols - 2109
Andy Catlin - 1963
I'll post my games and later analysis...
Friday, December 28, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Bad Sport
I actually look forward to poor sports because now I can call them out on my blog! The first player is: HermanSteiner. In this equal position where I am black, he played the blunder Rxa6.
After I played Bxb3! and won easily, he proceeds to tell me how lucky I was, calls me "luckyboy," etc. HermanSteiner, I'm so sorry you blundered. If I'm lucky, ok, but at least I'm not the loser!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Beliavsky - Spassky, Baden 1980
Choose a move -- answers are in the comments. Note: sometimes moves might be equally good or bad.
Position #1
A) Ne6 B) d6 C) Bc6
Position #2
A) Ne6 B) d6 C) g6
Position #3
A) Qe5 B) Nxd5 C) Bxd5
Position #4
A) g5 B) d6 C) Rb4
Position #5
A) d5 B) Rc7 C) Rd7
Position #6
Position #6
A) Qxh4 B) Rf6 C) Qc1+
Baden 1980
Baden
Vienna, 1980
Average Rating: 2528 (Category 12)
120 games: +29 =67 -24
I spent an hour guessing the moves of the game between the two leaders: Beliavsky-Spassky. I'll post a multiple choice exercise based on the game.
Vienna, 1980
Average Rating: 2528 (Category 12)
| Player | Rtng | Score | S | B | N | B | V | S | L | S | G | S | A | M | G | V | H | J | Perf Chg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: | Spassky, Boris V | 2615 | 10.5 / 15 | X | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2672 +11 |
| 2: | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 2590 | 10.5 / 15 | 0 | X | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 2673 +15 |
| 3: | Nunn, John DM | 2515 | 10.0 / 15 | = | = | X | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 2654 +29 |
| 4: | Byrne, Robert E | 2530 | 9.0 / 15 | = | 0 | = | X | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 2600 +14 |
| 5: | Vaganian, Rafael A | 2590 | 9.0 / 15 | = | = | 0 | = | X | 1 | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 2596 +0 |
| 6: | Smejkal, Jan | 2565 | 8.5 / 15 | = | = | = | = | 0 | X | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | 2576 +2 |
| 7: | Liberzon, Vladimir M | 2545 | 8.0 / 15 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | X | = | = | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | 1 | 2548 +0 |
| 8: | Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 8.0 / 15 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | X | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2551 +9 |
| 9: | Gheorghiu, Florin | 2605 | 7.5 / 15 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | X | = | = | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2523 -18 |
| 10: | Stean, Michael | 2530 | 7.0 / 15 | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | = | X | = | 0 | = | 0 | = | 1 | 2507 -6 |
| 11: | Adorjan, Andras | 2550 | 7.0 / 15 | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | X | = | = | = | 1 | = | 2506 -11 |
| 12: | Miles, Anthony J | 2545 | 7.0 / 15 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | X | = | = | 1 | 1 | 2506 -9 |
| 13: | Gligoric, Svetozar | 2565 | 6.5 / 15 | 0 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 0 | = | = | = | = | X | 0 | 1 | = | 2476 -20 |
| 14: | Van der Wiel, John TH | 2465 | 6.0 / 15 | 0 | = | = | 0 | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 2461 +0 |
| 15: | Hoelzl, Franz | 2415 | 3.5 / 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 0 | 2325 -15 |
| 16: | Janetschek, Karl | 2325 | 2.0 / 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | X | 2220 -14 |
120 games: +29 =67 -24
I spent an hour guessing the moves of the game between the two leaders: Beliavsky-Spassky. I'll post a multiple choice exercise based on the game.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Amsterdam 1980
Here is the Cross Table:
Amsterdam, 1980
Average Rating: 2582 (Category 14)
| Player | Rtng | Score | Ka | Ti | So | Ho | Ri | Do | Va | La | Perf Chg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1: | Karpov, Anatoly | 2725 | 10.0 / 14 | XX | == | == | =1 | 10 | =1 | 11 | 11 | 2720 -1 |
| 2: | Timman, Jan H | 2600 | 9.0 / 14 | == | XX | == | =1 | == | =1 | =1 | 1= | 2682 +15 |
| 3: | Sosonko, Gennadi | 2545 | 8.0 / 14 | == | == | XX | == | == | == | 1= | =1 | 2637 +18 |
| 4: | Hort, Vlastimil | 2595 | 7.5 / 14 | =0 | =0 | == | XX | =1 | == | 1= | 1= | 2609 +1 |
| 5: | Ribli, Zoltan | 2610 | 7.0 / 14 | 01 | == | == | =0 | XX | 1= | 01 | 10 | 2578 -7 |
| 6: | Dolmatov, Sergey | 2535 | 7.0 / 14 | =0 | =0 | == | == | 0= | XX | 1= | 11 | 2589 +11 |
| 7: | Van der Wiel, John TH | 2465 | 4.0 / 14 | 00 | =0 | 0= | 0= | 10 | 0= | XX | 10 | 2441 -3 |
| 8: | Larsen, Bent | 2585 | 3.5 / 14 | 00 | 0= | =0 | 0= | 01 | 00 | 01 | XX | 2389 -36 |
56 games: +20 =29 -7
I can't really tell you about the history of this tournament, or anything like that. I wasn't even born yet. All I know is that these tournaments in Amsterdam were sponsored by or in some way affiliated with IBM. So, the winner was Karpov and he had 7 wins for me to look at. I'd like to share with you Karpov's win with the black pieces over Bent Larsen. Here is the decisive moment:
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| Question: White is to move - what is Black's threat? |
Answer: 1...Rxe3 2.fxe3 Qxe3+ forking the king and rook.
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| White just played Nd4 attacking the queen. Question: What is wrong with that move? |
Answer: After 1...Bxd4 2.Bxd4 Qd2 Black has a triple attack.
Question: What are Black's three threats in that position?
Answer:
1) The Black queen attacks the rook on c1
2) The Black queen attacks the bishop on d4
3) The Black rook threatens 1...Re1+ 2.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 3.Bf1 Ba6
So, if you saw from the diagrammed position: 1...Bxd4 2.Bxd4 Qd2 3.Qf4 Re1+ 4.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 5.Bf1 Ba6, good job because Bent Larsen missed it when he played Nd4.
Here is the complete game:
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