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Adams triumphs in Dortmund!
In this issue ---
ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION | MEMBERS’ NEWSLETTER | Sept 2013 EDITION
FEATURED ARTICLES
Great British Champions
- Tony Miles
The Master Game
- Nigel Short reminisces in an
exclusive interview
- Series 6 & 7 reviewed
British Championship
- David Howell is Champion again
- Keith Arkell annotates a
sparkling game
Junior Chess
- European Youth Team
Championships
- U16 Olympiad
Picture of Michael Adams by Ray Morris-Hill
Adams triumphs in Dortmund
Brits Abroad
AGM
British Chess Championships
Keith Arkell annotates ...
Batsford
Great British Champions
Nigel Short interview
CONTENTS
1, 4-10
2
2-3
11-12
13-15
15
16-21
22-23
DVD review - The Master Game
European Youth Team Championships
Under-16 Olympiad
Book Reviews
Calendar
24-25
26-27
28-31
34-35
36-40
Brits Abroad - Recent English successes
Congratulations to
Sabrina Chevannes
who made her third and final WIM norm,
took her rating over 2200, which means she has qualified for the WIM title, and
made her first WGM norm in the US Masters --
http://www.ncchess.org/live/us_masters_rd_9_standings.html
Congratulations to
IM/WGM Jovanka Houska
on becoming the Commonwealth
Ladies Champion. This event was held in South Africa as the Commonwealth and
South African Open Chess Championships. For results --
http://chess-results.com/tnr92675.aspx?art=1&rd=11&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984
Congratulations to
Nigel Short,
who won the Canadian Open in Ottawa, edging out
Eric Hansen on tiebreak. The two grandmasters scored 7.5/9 and finished half a
point ahead of a group of five players that included Ivan Sokolov and Lazaro
Bruzon. The Canadian Open took place July 13th-20th, 2013 in the National Hotel
and Suites in Ottawa, Canada. It was a 9-round Swiss played on eight days; rounds
2 and 3 were both played on Sunday the 14th. The time control was 90 minutes for
the whole and 30 seconds increment per move [source - chessvibes].
Other English successes -
Jonathan Hawkins
sharing first place in the Vienna Open with 7.5/9!
Andrew Stone,
equal first at the Faaker See Open in Austria
http://chess-results.com/tnr89387.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&fedb=ENG&flag=30&wi=821
http://chess-results.com/tnr79327.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&turdet=YES&flag=30&wi=984
Early start for ECF Annual General Meeting
The Board has decided that in order to allow sufficient time for the business of the meeting to be
completed, given the number of contested elections and resolutions, the AGM on 12 October will
begin at 12.30 pm rather than the normal 1.30 pm.
For the information of members, the following resolutions have been duly proposed by requisition-
ists and will be included on the agenda.
1. Proposal by Sean Hewitt (Director) on the definition of “the requisitionists”.
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That the requisitionists should be defined as:
(i) the Board
(ii) any three of a Trustee, a Representative Member of a Constituent Unit or a County, a Direct
Members’ Representative, the FIDE Delegate or the Chairman of a Standing Committee
(iii) any five Full Individual or Representative Members, as defined above in this Article;
(iv) any number of Full Individual or Representative members who collectively exercise sufficient
voting power to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting.
2. Proposal by Sean Hewitt (Director)
That the board investigate the viability with a view to bringing proposals before Council in April
2014 to allow Directors to be elected directly by individual members of the Federation.
3. Proposal on cheating by the Southern Counties Chess Union and Chess in Schools and
Communities
That Council notes the increasing problem of players cheating using electronic devices and instructs
the Board to establish procedures for the imposition of sanctions in proven cases. Such sanctions
shall include an automatic period of suspension from all events under ECF auspices
4. Proposal on County Championship rules by the Southern Counties Chess Union
That E2.3 of the County Championship rules be deleted, and E4.1 be amended to read:
Before the time fixed for the start of play the captains shall exchange team lists, with players
arranged in descending order of known current playing strength. ECF grades shall not be taken as
indicating the order of current playing strength. Any known defaults shall be placed on the lowest
boards. The names of the players, their ECF membership numbers, their ECF grading reference
numbers and their grades must be included on the Result Sheet.
5. Proposal on ECF membership by the Southern Counties Chess Union
That the Board’s decision 17.3.2013 requiring ECF Membership of all players in events organised
and graded by the ECF be RESCINDED in respect of school team competitions.
6. Proposal by Stewart Reuben (direct members’ representative) and Jack Rudd (Director)
That a Manager of Senior Chess be introduced, and this Officer reports to the Director of
International Chess.
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Erratum
In the last issue of Chess Moves, in the obituary of Ron Powis, Peter Gibbs was incorrectly referred
to as 'P.E. Gibbs'. This should have read 'P.C. Gibbs.' We apologise to Peter for the error.
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Adams triumphs in Dortmund
Any disappointment English chess fans may have felt at the absence of Mickey Adams from the 2013
British Championships was swept away by the news of the English No.1’s stunning performance in this
year’s international tournament in Dortmund.
Year in, year out, Dortmund has tended to witness the steady progression of former world champion
Vladimir Kramnik to yet another first place. Kramnik was the main challenge again in 2013, but this
time he was unable to match Adams, who was in the form of his life. Unbeaten with five wins and
four draws, Adams achieved a tournament performance rating of 2923 and, with it, one of the best
results by an Englishman in chess history.
FINAL RESULTS:
1.
2.
3-4.
5-8.
9.
10.
Adams
Kramnik
Leko; Naiditsch
Andreikin; Meier; Caruana; Wang Hao
Khenkin
Fridman
7 (out of 9)
6�½
4�½
4
3�½
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As the scores show, the event was dominated by Adams and Kramnik; no one else exceeded the 50%
mark. After six rounds, the two leaders were tied for first. Round 7 proved to be decisive, as Adams
chalked up his fifth win to move to 6/7, while Kramnik succumbed to Andreikin in the only defeat to
be suffered by either of the top two players.
So, how did Mickey do it? To answer this question, let us examine each of his games, round by round.
Round 1
gave little indication of what was to follow. Black against the eventual tail-ender, Adams
pressed hard but to no avail. The opening phase was, frankly, rather dull (a Four Knights) and mate-
rial was rapidly exchanged on a grand scale. Black was able to reach a pawn-up rook and pawn end-
ing, but it never seemed to offer realistic winning prospects. The game was played to the bitter end,
with stalemate on the 54th move.
Daniel Fridman (2629) – Michael Adams (2740) [C47]
41st GM Dortmund (1), 26.07.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 d5 9.exd5 cxd5
10.h3 Rb8 11.Qf3 c6 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.b3 Rb4 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.Ne2 Re8 17.c3 Rb6 18.Ng3
Rbb8 19.Re2 Bd7 20.Rae1 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 g6 22.Nf1 a5 23.Qg3 Qxg3 24.Nxg3 a4 25.bxa4 Ra8 26.Bc2
c5 27.Nf1 Bxa4 28.Bxa4 Rxa4 29.Ne3 h5 30.f3 Ra3 31.Nd1 h4 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Rb2 Nh5 34.Rd2 Nf4
35.Ne3 Rxc3 36.Nxd5 Nxd5 37.Rxd5 Rc2+ 38.Ke3 Rxa2 39.Rxc5 Rxg2 40.Rc4 g5 41.Rg4 Rg3 42.Kf2
Rxg4 43.fxg4 Ke7 44.Ke3 Kd6 45.Ke4 f6 46.Kf5 Ke7 47.Ke4 Ke6 48.Kd4 f5 49.gxf5+ Kxf5 50.Ke3 g4
51.hxg4+ Kxg4 52.Kf2 h3 53.Kg1 Kg3 54.Kh1 h2
�½–�½
Round 2
saw a masterful technical display by Adams. In an ending with rook and opposite coloured
bishops, he patiently manoeuvred in an effort to make something of his one advantage, a passed
pawn on the kingside.
Adams - Dmitri Andreikin, (2727) [C67]
41st GM Dortmund (2), 27.07.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3
Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Rd8 16.Nd4 Bc8
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17.c3 Rd5 18.e6 Bf6 19.exf7+ Kxf7 20.Bxc7 g5 21.Nf3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Re8 23.Nd2 b5 24.f3 Bf5
25.Kf2 Re7 26.Bd8 Rd7 27.Bxf6!
(The only move to maintain equality. It forces Black to find an
equally accurate reply, as 27...Kxf6 leaves him worse after 28. Ne4+.)
27...Bc2 28.Rg1 Rxd2+
29.Ke3 Rd5 30.Bh8 Kg8 31.c4 bxc4 32.Bc3 Kf7 33.Rc1 Bd3 34.h4 gxh4 35.Rh1 Rg5 36.Kf2 Rd5
37.Rxh4 Ke6 38.Rh2 a5 39.Kg3 a4 40.a3 Rg5+ 41.Kh4 Rd5 42.Rh1 Kf7 43.Re1 Bg6 44.Re3 Bd3
45.Be5 Kg6 46.Re1 Bc2 47.Bc3 Kf7 48.Re2 Bd3 49.Re3 Bg6 50.g4 c5 51.Re1 hxg4 52.fxg4 Bc2
53.Rf1+ Ke7 54.Rf4 Bd3 55.Bg7 Ke6 56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rb6 Kf7 58.Bc3
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58...Bc2?
(It seems astonishing that Black can lose this ending, but this turns out to be an error.
58...Ke7, intending to meet 59. g5 with 59...Rd6 would have been a tougher nut to crack.)
59.g5
Rd1 60.g6+ Ke7 61.g7 Rg1 62.Rb7+ Ke6 63.Rb8 Bh7 64.Kh3 Kd5 1–0
Black resigned before
White could play 65. Rh8.
In
Round 3,
Adams produced a quite beautiful game. With Black against super-GM Fabiano Caruana,
he found a superbly judged positional sacrifice on move 17 to unbalance the game. His opponent
failed to cope with the changed nature of the position and was comprehensively outplayed.
Fabiano Caruana (2796) - Adams [C67]
41st GM Dortmund (3), 28.07.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3
Bd7
Varying from Andreikin's 9...Ke8 in the previous round.
10.Rd1 Kc8 11.g4 Ne7 12.Ng5 Be8 13.f4 h5 14.Kf2 b6 15.f5 Kb7 16.Nc3 hxg4 17.hxg4
If we take stock of the position, it's clear that Caruana has more space thanks to his advanced king-
side pawns. His knight on g5 looks very active, and he controls the d file. Two of his pieces are on
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