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GAUSDAL CLASSICS
by Andrew Greet
W
Now to the part you are probably
waiting for—the games!
Round 1
hen you know where
the Gausdal Classics
are played, you’d
be forgiven for
assuming the event
referred to a ski-ing
or snowboarding competition. Gausdal
is a famous ski resort, set in a jaw-drop-
pingly picturesque area of Norwegian
mountains approximately 140 miles
outside of Oslo. But the contestants do
battle over sixty-four black and white
squares rather than white slopes.
The first Gausdal event took place in
1970. It was organised by the late
Arnold Eikrem (1932-96). Eikrem was
a promising young player in the 1950s
who later became a FIDE arbiter, chess
columnist and President of the
Norwegian Chess Federation. It is,
however, the Gausdal tournaments that
are considered to have been his greatest
passion and his legacy to the chess
world.
In the late 1990s a new organiser
stepped forward; the slightly eccentric
but highly likeable Hans Olav Lahlum,
who at present is still running the event
successfully.
This year there were five sections in
the Gausdal Classics tournament, of
which the top four were of the ‘all play
all’ format. The premier or ‘GM A’ tour-
nament consisted of four high quality
GMs (Tiviakov, Kulaots, Korneev and
wonderkid Magnus Carlsen), four IMs
and two FMs; average rating 2495.
‘GM B’ consisted of three GMs, three
IMs and four FMs (including your cor-
respondent); average rating 2415. GM
norms were possible in both of these
sections. Moving down, there were two
IM tournaments designed to give IM
norm opportunities and a final FIDE
rated section in which rated players
could aim to improve their Elo and
unrateds could gain a partial or full
FIDE rating.
One of the things that struck me about
this event was the extent to which Hans
Olav had organised everything so that
players would experience as little hassle
as possible. So instead of having to nav-
igate our own way to such a remote spot
in the mountains, a bus was provided
for all players. It departed from a cen-
tral location in Oslo and took us straight
to the hotel with a couple of hours to
spare before the first round (around
7pm). All of the chess players stayed at
the same hotel, which doubled as the
playing venue. It is hard to imagine a
more convenient arrangement.
Budgeting is made easy by the fact
that the organiser charges a single fee to
cover the entry fee, bus, accommoda-
tion and three meals per day at the
hotel. The food was some of the best I
have experienced at a chess venue.
Quite a few of these meals were of the
buffet variety, where you can go and
help yourself to a vast selection of dif-
ferent dishes. There was, however, one
strange phenomenon which ensured
that I will not forget these buffet meals
in a hurry: electric shocks! I have never
experienced anything like it before—
some people were speculating that it
was because the dining area of the hotel
had a thick carpet—not being much of a
scientist I wouldn’t really know if this
would explain it—but I would guess
that around 80% of times when I went
to pick up a metal serving implement or
item of cutlery, I was zapped by a tiny
lightning bolt! Towards the end of the
event it occurred to me that removing
my shoes before handling any of the
said items might help, and this did all
but eradicate the problem. Still, I would
be very curious to know why this par-
ticular place was so conducive to elec-
tric shocks. For comparison, optically it
looks very similar to the buffet areas at
the 4NCL hotels, and I cannot remem-
ber once receiving an electric shock at
one of these locations. In any event, I
knew that if my chess performances
were half as electrifying as the buffet, I
was due for a great tournament!
Five English players competed this
year: myself, Chris Ward and David
Howell competed in GM B; Paul
Cooksey (rated 2256) opted for one of
the IM sections; last but not least,
Simon Williams, never one to duck a
challenge, had no hesitation in entering
GM A. My main goal was to achieve
my third and final IM norm; already
having a rating of 2403, this would
guarantee me the title. Simon and David
both had GM norm ambitions. Paul also
had the possibility of an IM norm.
Without doubt, the single most out-
standing performance came from
Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov, who won
GM A with an incredible 8|/9, a tour-
nament performance rating (TPR) of
2922! David Howell demonstrated the
increasing maturity and well-rounded-
ness of his play with an accomplished
performance in GM B. I also achieved a
certain personal milestone—more on
that later. Simon, Chris and Paul all put
in respectable performances; Chris
scoring 50% with Simon and Paul per-
forming roughly as was predicted from
their ratings.
I began with the worst possible start:
a 21-move loss to the second lowest
rated player in my section. I am not nor-
mally one to make excuses, but I can
say with a completely clear conscience
that, having started to come down with
some kind of stomach bug, as well as
suffering from a major lack of sleep
(my own fault, having decided on an
insane travelling schedule in an effort to
save on a night’s accommodation in
Oslo), I cannot remember a single occa-
sion in my life when I have felt worse
while having to play chess. But enough
about that. In the circumstances I was
quite grateful that the game finished
quickly so I could finally go to bed!
Simon arrived for round 1 to a nasty
and embarrassing shock: he had the
Black pieces, having expected to be
White. But this was only the tip of the
iceberg; Simon discovered that the
cause of the discrepancy was that he
had misinterpreted the entire oppo-
nent/colour table that had been emailed
to all participants a couple of weeks
before. That meant that not only his
preparation for round 1, but two weeks’
worth of preparation for all nine oppo-
nents had been a complete waste as he
had been anticipating the wrong colour
for each and every one of them! Oh
dear. In the circumstances it was proba-
bly not a bad thing that Simon’s slight-
ly lower rated opponent offered a very
early draw, which was accepted.
Elsewhere David had a hard fought
draw with GM Akesson, Chris drew
with Swedish IM Jonas Barkhagen and
Paul lost to a GM.
Round 2
After such a disastrous start, it was
important to bounce back quickly,
which I thankfully managed to do with
a nice win against the talented young
French IM/WGM Marie Sebag.
The following position was reached
after 15 moves:
Black
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+-+-trk+0
9+pwq-vlpzp-0
9p+-+-sn-zp0
9+-zp-zpP+-0
9P+L+-+-+0
9+-sNQ+-+-0
9-zPP+-zPPzP0
9tR-+-+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
White
4 CHESS June 2005
Andrew Greet
(2403)
Marie Sebag
(2417)
PHOTO: JOS SUTMULLER
There is no time for 32 ... Ëc1+ 33
Êg2 Ëg1+ 34 Êh3 as after 34 ... Ëf1+
35 Íg2 and Black can resign
33 Ëf4
The queens are forced off and the
game is over.
33 ... Ëxf4 34 gxf4 Îf8 35 f5! g5 36
a5 Îb8
36 ... Îxf5 37 Îe8+ Êg7 38 Îg8+
Êh7 39 Íe4 Êxg8 40 Íxf5 and since
it would be illegal for Black’s c-pawn to
‘commit suicide’ and leave the board,
the a-pawn cannot be stopped.
37 a6 Îb1+ 38 Êg2 Íd4 39 a7
Îg1+ 40 Êf3 1-0
8
|
out of 9 for Sergei Tiviakov!
In GM A, Simon lost with White to
Norwegian GM-elect Kjetil Lie in a
complex Modern Benoni. David contin-
ued his solid start with another draw
against a Grandmaster, Dimitri
Reinderman of Holland. Chris played a
slightly shaky but ultimately triumphant
game against 14-year old Jon Ludwig
(or ‘MC’ as I preferred to call him)
Hammer of Norway (remember MC
Hammer? Rapper from early 90’s, wore
giant baggy trousers, ‘Y
In this position, which resulted from a
3 Íb5+ Sicilian, White has just the
faintest of edges thanks to the hole on
d5. The game continued with the
natural...
15 ... Îad8 16 Ìd5
16 Íd5 leaves the White pieces look-
ing rather unstable on the d-file.
16 ... e4
Marie is a strong tactician who
thrives on piece activity, so I was
expecting this move which aims to
liberate the e7-bishop.
17 Ëb3 Ìxd5 18 Íxd5 Ëe5 19 c4
I felt during the game that I had made
just a little bit of progress during the last
few moves. However Black plays,
White will have a small initiative due to
the more active bishop and slightly
weak Black pawns.
19 ... Íd6 20 g3 Ëxf5 21 Îae1
The pawn sacrifice is only temporary.
21 ... Íe5
21 ... Îfe8 22 Ëxb7 and the a- or e-
pawn will drop next move. 21 ... Îb8
would avoid material loss, but this
would have been a pretty miserable
move to have to make. White is firmly
in control after 22 Îxe4.
22 Ëxb7 Ëf6 23 Îxe4 Îb8 24 Ëa7
Ëd6 25 Îfe1
XIIIIIIIIY
9-tr-+-trk+0
9wQ-+-+pzp-0
9p+-wq-+-zp0
9+-zpLvl-+-0
9P+P+R+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-zP-+-zP-zP0
9+-+-tR-mK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
25 ... Íd4
25 ... Íxb2 would have given me a
choice between the simple 26 Îe7 Êh8
(26 ... Ëf6 27 Îxf7!) 27 Îxf7± or 26
Îe6!? fxe6 (26 ... Ëd8 27 Îxa6) 27
Îxe6 Ëd8 28 Îe8+ Êh8 29 Îxd8
Îbxd8 30 Ëxc5 with very good win-
ning chances.
26 Îe7 Îxb2
Black always seems to be just a move
too slow to consolidate or create real
counterplay. Perhaps 26 ... Ëf6 but 27
Îxf7 Îxf7 28 Ëxb8+ Êh7 29 Îf1 is
very strong.
27 Îxf7 Êh8 28 Êh1!
I was very pleased with this cool
move, sidestepping any potential dis-
covered checks. It is very hard to sug-
gest a defence for Black now.
28 ... Îxf2 29 Îxf2 Íxf2
29 ... Îxf2? 30 Îe8+ Îf8 31 Ëf7
wins.
30 Îe6 Ëd8
If 30 ... Ëb8 31 Ëxb8 Îxb8 32 Îxa6.
31 Ëxa6
XIIIIIIIIY
9-+-wq-tr-mk0
9+-+-+-zp-0
9Q+-+R+-zp0
9+-zpL+-+-0
9P+P+-+-+0
9+-+-+-zP-0
9-+-+-vl-zP0
9+-+-+-+K0
xiiiiiiiiy
White has not only won a crucial
pawn, he also has great piece activity
(32 Îxh6+ is threatened) which can be
used to tie down the Black pieces and
force a queen exchange. The a-pawn
will then prove decisive.
31 ... Ëg5
Desperately searching for counter-
play.
32 Ëd6 Îd8
ou Can’t Touch
This!’). Rated at 2303, Hammer is obvi-
ously highly talented, although perhaps
not surprisingly his lack of experience
did count against him at times in this
toughly contested tournament.
Definitely a name to watch out for in
the future though. Finally, Paul
Cooksey made it 3|/5 for the English
contingent with a win over a 2237.
Round 3
The first all-English clash ended
peacefully as I grovelled my way into a
bomb-proof fortress of a position with
Black against Chris Ward. Luckily for
me Chris missed a couple of opportuni-
ties to really crank up the pressure
before settling for a repetition. David
Howell skilfully nurtured an opening
advantage into a win against German
FM Thomas Michalczak, while in GM
A, Simon’s start went from bad to
worse as he faced Mr 2900 himself,
Sergei Tiviakov:
White
Simon Williams Black
The following position was reached
after 13 moves of a French Tarrasch.
XIIIIIIIIY
9r+l+-trk+0
9zppwq-+-zpp0
9-+nvlpsn-+0
9+-+p+-vL-0
9-+-zP-+-+0
9+-+L+N+-0
9PzP-+NzPPzP0
9+-tRQ+RmK-0
xiiiiiiiiy
June 2005 CHESS 5
Sergei Tiviakov
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