"The chess hustler" chess detective corner

  GM Boris Gelfand says: "I play game after game" 

 this video is part of the ICC's (www.chessclub.com) free video section, here is the link to the video

 http://webcast.chessclub.com/Mexico07/Macauley/day14/day14.html

[analysis on games played by GM Boris Gelfand (not on all of them ofcourse) coming up soon to our chess hustler detective corner forum]

note: The Chess world would be a much better place if we all played game after game without worrying so much about tournament results just like GM Boris Gelfand does

 Edit: Sorry, I wil fix this post tomorrow, for now I hope you enjoy it as it is

   Masters playing for a trap on the French defence

 did you believe traps were not part of masters's opening preparations?

 well, if you did, I am glad to tell you that you were wrong, masters do have traps as part of their openings preparation, more than 60% of openings contain traps, sometimes simple traps, and sometimes well hidden ones which most masters 'know a lot about', most master tend to know a lot about the one traps that are contained within their opening repertoirs

do masters select to study an opening over others based on the traps that are contained in the opening?

well, probably not, but once they have made a choice on which opening fit their playing style the best, and they select that opening for deep study, ...off they go to find out about all the traps that might be hidden in that particular opening, let's just say that once you enter a theoretical battle against a master who knows his openings well you better know what you are doing...

 ex: the diagram bellow contains a position which is played by several above senior master level players in the world

                                  use the arrows to replay to the 'final position'

was it this time us amateurs getting a senior master in the trap?

 note: the picture above is not from corus 2008

 Hi everybody!

 .. a very nice chess game was played today between GM Vesilin Topalov and ex world champion GM Vladimir Kramnik at the corus 2008 tournament, the game feature and anusual sacrifice in one of the most complex lines of the Slave defence, I had previously made some analysis of a similar game played by Anand in which a similar sacrifice was possible and sound, because of the 'soundness' of this idea I suspected that such sacrifice could come up at the chess top level in upcomin top chess tournaments and fair enough it did today

 here is the game I had analyzed:

 [Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.08.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "GM_Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[ECO "D43"]
[NIC "SL.03"]
[Time "12:14:07"]
[TimeControl "1200+5"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. h4 Nfd7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8

this is the critical moment, at this moment i strongly belived that 13.Nxf7! was a winning move, the criteria I used while evaluting this move was, that most black pieces were locked up on the queen side and that for ex: 13...Kxf7 14.Qh5+ Kg7 maybe (15.e5!?) black pieces was going to have a hard time defending the g5 pawn, while at the same time completing development on the queen side, you are welcome to set up your engines a let them walk you throught the many ways in which white could ve won after this amazing HUMAN move 13.Nxf7!


 
 ex: (13. Nxf7  Kxf7 14. Qh5+ Kg7 15. O-O-O Qg8 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. Qxg5+ Qg6 18. Qe7+ Qf7 19. Qd8 Na6 20. Bxc4 Qf6 21. Be7 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qc7 23. Qe8 Bb7 24. Qh5 Ndc5 25. Rd3 Nxd3 26. Qg4+ Kh7 27.Bxe6 Qf4 28. Bf5+ Qxf5 29. exf5 1-0



to my disapointment the game continued in this following path and ended in a draw

13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17. O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Nd6 Rf8 22. Be2 a6 23. Bf3 Ba8 24. Qh7 g4 25. Be4 Qg5+ 26. Kb1 Nf6 27. exf6 Kxd6 28. Qh2+ g3 29. fxg3 Qxf6 30. g4+ Kd7 31. Qg3 Bb7 32. Qe3 Rg8 33. Bf3 Qg5 34. Qc3 Kc8 35. b3 Rd8 36. bxc4 bxc4 37. Ka1 Rd7 38. Qxc4 Kd8 39. Qc3 Qf4 40. Rb1 Kc8 41. Rb4 Qd6 42. Rc4 Kb8 43. Kb1 Ka7 44. Rb4 f6 45.Ka1 e5 46. dxe5 Qxe5 47. Qxe5 fxe5 48. Kb2 a5 49. Re4 Re7 50. g5 Bc8 51. g6 Bf5 52. g7 Rxg7 53. Rxe5 Bd7 54. Rxa5+ Kb6 55. Re5 Rg4 56. Re2 c5 57. Kc3 Kb5 58. Kd3 c4+ 59. Kc3 Rg3 60. Kd4 Rg4+ 61. Kc3 Rg3 62. Kc2 {Game drawn}
1/2-1/2

 here is the game played by Topalov and Kramnik today containing a similar idea as analyzed in the game above

 quote from Susan's blog: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/

Incredible action: Topalov 1-0 Kramnik

Position after 21...b4

GM Topalov (2780) - GM Kramnik (2799) [D43]
22.01.2008

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Bg7 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ne4 Ke7 15.Nd6 Qb6 16.Bg4 Raf8 17.Qc2 Qxd4 18.Qg6 Qxg4 19.Qxg7+ Kd8 20.Nxb7+ Kc8 21.a4 b4 22.Rac1 c3 23.bxc3 b3 24.c4 Rfg8 25.Nd6+ Kc7 26.Qf7 White has a small edge but the position is extremely complicated! 26...Rf8 27.cxd5 Rxf7 28.Rxc6+ Kb8 29.Nxf7 Re8 30.Nd6 Rh8 31.Rc4 Qe2 32.dxe6 Nb6 33.Rb4 Ka8 34.e7 Nd5 35.Rxb3 Nxe7 36.Rfb1 Nd5 37.h3 h5 38.Nf7 Rc8 39.e6 a6 40.Nxg5 h4 +- 41.Bd6!! This move gives White an almost decisive advantage. It is still a way to go but Topalov is in good shape. 41...Rg8 42.R3b2 +- Qd3 43.e7 Nf6 44.Be5 Nd7 45.Ne6 1–0

 

 note: for deep analysis of this game you can check the game of the day video which is posted to the ICC video section (free videos) everyday (note: the video might have not been posted yet) http://www.chessclub.com/chessfm/index.php#videos

note: you can also visite: chessvibes.com to check on the topalov conference video related to this game

enjoy!

 Something to look into when playing against 1.d4: The Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5!?)

 The following is a link to a page at chessvideos-tv website containing several videos by poster under the handle The Chess Gym http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-video-search.php?q=The+Chess+Gym in 'this' page you will find to videos featuring The Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5) made and posted by The Chess Gym, the videos can be found under the titles

1. The Chess Gym vs Student Rob1

2. The Chess Gym vs Rob1b

note: very entertaining and intructive two videos on the Englund Gambit

The following is a link to another interesting video posted at youtube on the Englund Gambit as well  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FO2cIlD9Rs

note: last but not less, there is also a book written by FM Ken Smith and NM John Hall, the name of the book is The Englund Gambit and The Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit Coplex, this book is out of print, but it could be possible to find  searching through the internet

 note: links to more information and videos on this interesting gambit will be greatly appreciated

enjoy!

              The fascinating Reti Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bb2!?)

 The following is a link to an interesting six parts video 'lesson' on the reti gambit, the videos are called -The fascinating Reti gambit-, I found the videos to be very interesting and entertaining

 here is the link:  http://www.truveo.com/The-Fascinating-Reti-Gambit-part-1-of-6/id/1415743841

 enjoy !

  Hi everybody!

 just to let you about another very fun video (if you are a 1.e4 or a 1.e4 e5 player you might want to check this one out)

 'This' following is the link to the video made and posted to chessvideos-tv.com site by NM Dennis  http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1464 , the video is called improvisations in the italian game

 Attention: Some of the ideas presented in this video are unsound, some may even be not at all, but there are for sure some points and ideas in the video worth to consider/ analyze deeper, in this video Dennis also talks about some ideas actually supported and considered good by chess theoreticians

 note: this video goes well together with some other two knight defence related videos we recommended in a previous post (post #18, post numbers on the upper right hand corner) to this forum

   enjoy!   

 This following links to a video made and posted to youtube by user canstein, the video features a game on the french defense between Anand and Shirov, this video goes well together with some of the material we presented in post 22 in this forum, this line presented in this video  could be used as a option for white when your opponent doesn't go for the 3.. Bb4 line

here is the link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cHWgGcRv9mI

 note: very entertaining, enjoy! 

  this folowing links to a very interesting article by Lubomir Kavalek on the popular recent game between GMs Topalov and Kramnik at the Corus 2008 tournament http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021001836.html

 this following is a video featuring a variation of the french defense tarrasch variation which you might not want to get into with the white pieces  http://youtube.com/watch?v=1T1q4M2bFSA&feature=related 

 enjoy!

 ..For those who are fun of playing 1.d4 we have found a poster at youtube.com with five videos (most of them 1.d4 colle system related videos) which we find to be very intructive/well narrated

 here is the link: http://youtube.com/user/PawnsAreTasty

 we hope you enjoy the videos, we will keep an eye open for more interesting videos and material involving 1.d4 and other options to 1.e4 openings

note: the poster of this videos seems to be associated to a website called teachmechess.com (nothing to do with us)

Edit: this a link to another youtube page, the poster's videos feature material related to the stonewall attack, other 1.d4 openings options to 1.e4 (very well presented/narrated videos as well)

here is the link: http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=GreenCastleBlock&p=r

        enjoy!

 This is a very interesting free close to 30 minutes duration video by Pete Tamburro on the scandinavian defense at ICC video section, you will be able to watch this first part free (about 30mins) of a 5 parts work by Pete Tamburro on the Scandinavian (you will need to stablish an ICC acount to watch remaining parts on the work)

here is the link: http://webcast.chessclub.com/Tamburro/Tamburro_B01_1/Tamburro_B01_1.html

enjoy!

note: there are lots of videos at the ICC homepage chessclub.com (you will need to look for video lecture link which usually appears towars the middle right part of the page and scroll down to free section if you are not a member)

        The inbetween move video story (non-fiction)

  'couple' of months ago on the internet I had come accross a very interesting chess video made by mathematician, writer and chess NM (national master) Dana Mackenzei, the video was called the inbetween move and featured one of the most intructive and well presented chess related lectures I had watched since the last time I had looked at one of my DVDs by GM Roman Dzindzichashvili, unfortunately after I watched the video went away from my computer and came back to it I could not find my way to that video again, it was untill a couple of days ago that I finally could, guess what?.. even then the same kind of thing happened to me and I ended up not being able to find the video again untill today when I remembered that the video was somehow related to the website chesslectures.com, so I accessed the website and went directely to the videos preview section hoping to find that video, well I did not find the video there, but I found a video narrated by a NM named Dana Mackenzei who happened to have the same voice I had listened to in that one video I was looking for, off I went to do a search on NM Dana Mackenzei (I had to find that video) , Bingo!, after a couple of minutes of search I found Dana's chess blog (no video there), went back and googled again and Bingo! (real Bingo this time) Dana Mackenzei's website appeared infron of me and at the very bottom of the page the 'golden' link which appeared after a few lines saying

 ...where I give regular chess lessons, you can preview one of my lessons by clicking this link

I clicked the link, My windows Media Pleayer opened up, and there it was the lesson by NM Dana Mackenzei on the inbetween move

here is the link to Dana Mackenzei's webpage, you can find the link to the video at the very bottom of the page just like i did http://www.danamackenzie.com/

enjoy!

 .. just a little note for those of you who like to play either side of the Ruy Lopez

 there was a theoretical struggle on round 2 of the Morelia-Linares in several lines of the Ruy Lopez including the Marshal attack lines, I think that those who like to play the Ruy Lopez might not want to miss the report of round 2 which appeared at chessbase.com website yesterday and the GTD (game of the day) video from round 2 by GM John Fedorowich in which he analyzes several lines of the Ruy Lopez, the video features the game Anand-Aronian and can be found at chessclub.com  video section

edit: note: there is also a very intructive article writen by GM Kavalek on the Ruy Lopez Berlin defense, the washington post article can be found at the following link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/17/AR2008021701894.html

 this following links to one of Macauley's chess videos 'master pieces', the video features GM Gata Kamsky back in 2007

  here is the link: http://macauley.blip.tv/file/487764/

 how Rybka 'saw' this following game !