Chess Asia Vol. 09 No. 3 - 1994, Chess, Chess Asia, ebook, pdf

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//-->TestYourChessFantasyby lMJanPrzewoznikTheModernBenonibyGMDavidNonruood1994Schachverlag u.VertriebOlbrich GmbH,g7o9zWuzburg.'Cadogan Books, LettsHouse,Parkgate Road, LondonSWtl4NQT6averagechess playinghumans,thenewsitemthe reportedPCAworldchampionGarry Kasparov sharing firstplacewithacomputerinablitztourna-ment in Munich this yearisindeed veryOnceinawhile agood bookontheopenings comes along. Quiteunlikelyinthese daysofopeningtomescrammed withhundredsofgames,GMunsettling.ltcanbe seen asanothersignthat thedaywhenastackofmicrochips getstobe worldchesschampionisfastapproaching.Nowyoumight argue that, 'Hey, maybeFritzcanoutcalculateGazzagadzillion timestoone but whenit comestosheer chessartistryormaybe,!eS,chessfantasy,themesand ideas intheModernBenoni, usingforillustrationamere 40games.NonaloodconcentratesonthebasicButitispreciselythese 40games,eachonefully annotated byNorwood,whichmakethisbook standout.Selected fromthegamesofModernBenoni specialistslikeKasparov, Nunn,Lautierand Norwoodhimself,theydis-cusstheplans andpitfalls,theusua!and unusual ideas ofeverymajorsys-tem ofplayinthe ModernBenoni.Andwithaclarity and depthofperception notangled thicket ofvariationsandsub-variationscouldmuster.What shouldalsoendearthisworktoModernBenonidevoteesand book col-lectorsalikeisthefrankness withwhichNonryoodrevealshis'secrets'andper-humankindis stilllight yearsahead!'Andonwith another debateonwhetherchessisart orscience,amere gameorlife itself.SowecometoPrzewoznik'sTestYourChessFantasywhichattemptstogive witnesstol.rlan'schesscreativityby presentingacompendiumof chessvignettesintest form andculledmostlyfrom actualgarnes. Asthe.blurbsays:'Acollection of120chess exercisesorvarying degreesofdifficultyinwhichtheplayermayworktoexaminehischessplaying strength,unencumberedbystereotypedthoughtpatterns.'Hmm,say again?Welt, it's easy tooversimptifydescrib-ingthe chess positionsinthis bookassonal thoughtsonsomeoftheopening's most cruciallinesof play.lnaddition, his languageisclearandcrisp.Examples:thee4-e5pushis'al-mostgospel'inthe Modern Benoni; be-warethe 'springeffect',i.e.Whitecanget eggonhisfaceifherushes andpushesin toohard.-loseVenturaAsplrasForatreecatalogueof Cadoganchessexercises;you'dappreciate thembetterwhenyougetthesolutions (eitherbycerebralor bymotormeans).Chessparadoxesmightbemoreaccurate.Andif there'saMENSAchesstest,couldthis bookbe lT?--Ady Yazonbooks,pleasewritetotheaddressabove.E.GHESS{AASNVOL10No.3Table ofContentsOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOProf.ArpadElo:The Man Behind TheRatings.4.9MatchesPCAQuarterfinals.i....NovgorodSevilleMadridMunichlasPalmaslntelGrandPrix.Chess Around TheWorldLeon.MunichlntelPCABlitz..ACMComputerCh.iionacoKualaLumpurAsianNotebook.AsianJuniors...AsianRapidPhitippineChampionship..ChessNotesStrictlyforArnateurs...FIDECandidates....,..14.....19.......23.......26.......28. ..31.....35....42........42.....42...4il......u.......45.....48.....48...48........49........50.....55Sosito,JrCoverDesignby:Jacintotonion'B.CHESSASUTheManBehindThe RatingsThe Human SideofProfessorArpadE.EloByElmerD.SangalangletterfromsomeoneIdidnot know butwhose name sounded alltoofamiliar'The lettercamefrom ArpadElo,Jr..Ididnothavetoreadit.ltwasexpectedly the11friendshipoftwenty years cametoAanabrupt end whenIreceivedaharbingerof thesadnewsIwasun-preparedtoread or learn about. ThenIdecidedthatImustfacerealityfromwhichIcould not escape anyway.!tfeltworse than resigningachess gamethatIcouldnot affordtolose.Prof.Arpad E. Elo,mYdearandbelovedfriend,haddiedon November5,1992 atthe ageof89.Hewas aloneinhis apartment whentheend came.Hisbridgepartners, alarmedthat hehadnot shown upfortheirregular sessionofbridgegames that fateful afternoon,visitedhishomeand were the firstonestoknow.When a loved one passes away, welegendintheworldofchess andIoweittomyandfuturegenerationstolearnasmuchaspossibleabouthim.lnmany ways my friendshiPwithProf.Elowas unique.ln1973,whenitstarted,lwas26andhewasTfmucholderthanmy fatherwas then.Morethanawholegenerationintimeandofideas separated us butourmutualin-terestinchess, mathematics, statisticsandhistory-disciplinesthattranscendsufferashockingloss. Deathhasitsown way ofremindingus how frail andvulnerable humanlifeis.Andhowvalu-able!Pleasant memories ofthelovedone return spontaneously, atrandom,kaleidoscopinginbits andPieceswithout regardtothe chronologyof rea!events.wefee! acedainurgetosharethem with others.Perhaps weareafraidthatotherwisethesememories wil! belostonus.Or maybe itisthe subcon-sciousexpressionofhow fortunate wehad beenforhaving hadapersonalen-counter with himin hislifetime.!tiswithsuch afeeling thatIsharemymemoriesthevicissitudesoffashions-bridgedthe wide agegap. We were destinednever evertomeet each other inper-son.Buta personal encounterdidnotwarmrelationshiptodevelop.Whensometragiceventsstruckhisfamilyinseemtobeanecessaryconditionfor a1985,he revealedtome hisfeelingsin aofProf.Elo.Hewasacontemporaryletter.'l feelverysentimental aboutthefriendshipand rapport thatwe have es-tablished overthesefewyears.Hereweare, halfaworldapart,neverhavingmetCHESSASUfacetoface,ofdifferent raceanddif-ferentcultural background andwecommunicate as brothers orasfatherandson-it'struly touching.Itreasurethisfriendshipnow especially when mylile has reachedsucha lowebb.'Humilityisan unmistakabletrailof atrulygreat man. Prof.Eloremained un-affectedbythe celebrity status andin-grandmaster drawagreedtowhenthegamehadnobearingon thestand-ings.'Prof. Elowas amanof cuhure.Folkternationalfamehisremarkableand classical music were his constantirterest.He keptane)ftensive libraryotclassicalmusic recordingsinhissubur-ban home inBrookfield,Wisconsin.IoncetreatedhimtoasamplingofFilipinofolkmusicbysending himacoupleoftape cassettes filled with kun-dimansandnative classicaltunes.ltreadhisbook-TheRatlngoftookalongwhile,andafter several let-Chessplayers, PastandPresent-|ters, beforelreceivedhiscommentarywrote tocomplimenthimforexplainingon them.Ilearnedthat this wasbe-the conceptsof statisticsexceptionally cause his wasthevintagereel-to-reelwell,herespondedhumbly saying,'ltistaperecorderandplayer, andthatherarelythat one receives suchapprecia-hadtoborrow onethat couldPlaYtionforone's work duringhislifetime,somodern-dayrecordings. He hadantam naturally gratified that you foundequaldegreeoffondness forliteraturemy bookasignificantcontributionto which doesnotmakeilsurPrisingtotheliteratureofchessas well asoffindhistechnicalworkinfusedhereandstatistics.' Hedid nothide hisembar-therewithaptliteraryquotations.Hisrassment whenIrequestedhim tosend exceptional expository ability undoub-methe score ofhis favoritechesstedlyhad the stampoftheliterati.games which he, himself, hadPlaYed.He obliged, modestlyremarking thatFolk and classicalmusictheywere interestingbut wouldnotwere his constant interest.quatityasmasterpieces.FewareawarethatProf.ElometBobbyFischertwiceacrossthechessboard. Theirfirsten-counterwas on July4,1957intheNewWesternOpen,Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Ofthis game,whichhealmost drew, herecalledthat whathefeltmostwasaachievement,theEloRatingSYstem,broughthim.Whenin1979,after having-Hekeptanextensivelibraryof classical musicrecordingsin his suburban homeinBrooklield,Wisconsin.Hewaswitty.Every sooftenhisletterconstant and relentlesspressurHx-would containunusual witticisms.actlywhat all whoplayed Fischerex-perienced. They met again, andforthelasttime,inthe1970swhen Fischer beatWhenIwas editing the second editionof hisbook,TheRatlngofGhessplayers,Past andPresent,lsimcerely believedandthereforecareless-tyremarkedthatIwouldmakeit1O0%him inasimultaneous exhibition.Prof.Elo drewtwogameswithReuben Finein1935Milwaukeeand1940Dallas,whenthelatter wasatthepeakofhischess career,yetProf.Elodidnotthumphis chest forthisachievement.lnstead, heself-deprecatinglycom-mentedthatthe1935Elo-Fine gamewasasloppy exhibition withnocredittoeitherplayerandbestforgoften'andthe other draw'couldbe classedasafreefromcomputational andtYPo-graphicalerrors.Hewas quick to makemerealizemy empty boast whenhesubtlycensuredme in amanner only aphysicist(hewas one) woulddo.Hetoldme,thesearchforerrorsinanymanuscript follows thelaw ofexponen-tial decay.lfon thefirst readingonefindsacertaanpercentageoferrors,CHESSASU [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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