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#1
Posted 24 March 2004 - 09:26 AM
March 23, 2004, Tuesday ,THIRD EDITION
CHESS NOTES
By Harold Dondis and Patrick Wolff, Globe Correspondents
A graceful and even poetic game today between prominent Chinese
player Zhao Jun and Artashes Minasian, one of a number of Armenian
players who are among Europe's strongest.
This game was played at the Aeroflot Open in Moscow, a tourney
studded with grandmasters and similar to the American Swiss tourney.
It received full coverage on Russian television.
Even good poetry requires hard work, and in this fianchettoed
defense against a King's pawn opening, Jun, as White, precipitates a
climacteric position with his 14th move. Minasian first forces Jun's
rook out of play and then accepts the offer of the pawn. Jun finds
that he can't take it and elects to defend his position.
The pawn edge still requires intense computation by Minasian. With
his 25th move, Minasian invites Jun to push back his bishop. But this
is a trap, and Jun bites on the cheese.
Zhao Jun - Minasian
Modern Opening
Aeroflot Open, Moscow, 2004
Zhao Jun Minasian
White Black
1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7
3. Nf3 d6
4. Bc4 c6
5. Bb3 Nf6
6. Nc3 O-O
7. O-O Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3
9. Qxf3 Nbd7 (a 10. Be3 Qc7
11. a4 e6 (b 12. a5 b5
13. axb6 axb6
0-1
14. d5? © Rxa1!
15. Rxa1 cxd5
16. exd5 exd5!
17. Ra2 (d) Ne5
18. Qd1 Nc6
19. Ra4 (e) Ne7
20. Qa1?! (f) Nf5!
21. Bg5 Qc5!
22. Bxf6 Bxf6
23. Nxd5 Bd4!
24. Qe1 b5
25. Ra2 Kg7! (g 26. c3? Re8! (h a) Black has relative freedom of
movement and no weaknesses, so he has basically equalized.
I might have preferred 11. . . . b6 first, in light of the note to
White's 14th move.
c) Counterintuitively, it was correct to play 14. Rxa8! Rxa8 first,
and only then 15. d5, which might give White the advantage. The point
is that after 15. . . . exd5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5,
the rook on a8 and the pawn on f7 are attacked.
d) White has no good way to win the d5 pawn, e.g. 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Qxd5 (18. Bxd5 Qxc2) 18. . . . Bxb2, or 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 (18.
Nxd5 Qxc2) 18. . . . Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3.
e) To prevent . . . Nb4, which causes troubles if White captured on
d5.
f) This takes the queen away from the center, where it belongs.
g) Laying a clever trap, which White misses.
h) White has no defense! If 26. Qxe8 (26. Qf1 Bxf2+! 27. Qxf2 Re1+
wins) 26. . . . Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf1 Ng3#; 27. Kh2 Bg1+ 28. Kh1
Ng3#) 27 . . . Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Bg1+ 29. Kxg3 Qf2+ 30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kg5
Qg3#.
NOTES:
Annotations by grandmaster Patrick Wolff, a two-time US champion, who
offers chess exercises and more at www.wolffchess.com.
#2
Posted 24 March 2004 - 10:20 AM
2. d4 Bg7
3. Nf3 d6
There we go again with a Nimzo-King crossing
People should play Queen's gambite more often
#3
Posted 14 June 2004 - 12:45 PM
Moscow 14 June 2004. In the first three rounds the Armenians were overmatched by the World all-stars. Today was like two separate tournaments with the heavyweights on each team battling it out in a Linares-caliber line-up. The decisive games came from below, however, as van Wely and Lputian crashed to their third losses. The World kept its four-point lead.
More coverage in here
#4
Posted 14 June 2004 - 02:36 PM
#5
Posted 14 June 2004 - 04:57 PM
I tried to learn chess when I was about 16 or 17, but couldn't get the hang of it at all, beyond memorising all the standard openings. I wonder if it has sort of an age limit after which it is impossible to learn properly (like learning a language being easier when you are a little kid).
I'm good at Tavla though
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Posted 14 June 2004 - 06:58 PM
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#8
Posted 20 June 2004 - 11:01 AM
playchess.com which is a German site called the match Petrosian team vs. the world,the famous spanish site chess21 which was also bradcasting the match live like all other chess sites called Armenia vs.the world,while many other web sites including Chessbase.com which is a partner of playchess called it Armenia and friends vs.the world!!
from Armenian team was playing,in addition to best Armenian GMs,world Champion Kasparov,worlds no.4 peter Leko a hungarian and armenian "pessa"(groom ,his wife is an Armenian and he insisted on playing as an armenian!!)and top Grandmaster Gelafand from Israel!!!! he also insisted playing on The armenian team as former Petrosian chess school student.
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Posted 24 October 2004 - 01:05 PM
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Hahahahahaha .. no doubt!
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Posted 24 October 2004 - 06:10 PM
You sons both look like GREAT kids. VOntsvor hoparin qashats linen..
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