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//-->May / June 20062nd World School Chess ChampionshipKallithea, Halkidiki 24th April – 2nd May 2006NEWSLETTER OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION£1.50Team Photo300 players were registered for the World School Championship 2006, coming from 30 countries representing4 continents, Asia, Africa, America and Europe. This was a 50% increase on last year. Greece & South Africahad huge representation with England coming next. The status of this tournament is now established so Iwas pleased again to organise a team as an extra event to the ‘normal’ junior funded schedule. Hopefully inthe future this championship will be supported and organised as one of the core activities under the JuniorChess Directorate. On this occasion sincere thanks to BCF Youth Chess Trust & Certificate of Excellence (ECF)for financial assistance.The party consisted of 12 players, 3 coaches, 17 assorted siblings/parents/grand parents and 2 managers (thissubsequently grew to at least 12 as everyone got involved). We had an early morning flight from Gatwick,Maggie Kilpatrick’s feeble attempt to be refused boarding by throwing her boarding pass away in order tostay asleep in the airport lounge was thwarted by an eagle-eyed fellow traveller.Continued on page 8EditorialTo move away from chess news my sonAndrew was married on Saturday 13thMay. After many requests from myfriends out there I attach a photographof me in a hat.ECF NewsExtraordinary MeetingsECF Board Meeting 11:00 – adjourning at 12:30BCF Extraordinary Council Meeting 13:00ECF Extraordinary Council Meeting 14:00ECF Board Meeting resumes 17:00At the Board Meeting on Saturday 13 May (for which theEditor of ChessMoves was not in attendance due to aprevious engagement) the Board agreed toappoint Cyril Johnson as Acting Chief Executive due to the ill healthof Roy Heppinstall. We all extend our best wishes to Roy for a speedyrecovery. All emails for Roy should be directed via the ECF Office.Extraordinary Meetings have been called for 24 June 2006 at CCPR, Francis Street,London. They are as follows:Don’t I clean up well!It was a wonderful time, even theweather didn’t let us down, rain hadbeen forecast but the sun shone all day.ECF Finance DirectorPlease note that Robert Richmond has resigned, with immediate effect, as ECF FinanceDirector from 16 May 2006. This position is now vacant. Please direct all enquiries tothe ECF Office.England Teams for World Chess OlympiadTurin 19 May to 5 June 006At the time of going to print the England Teams’ were leaving for Turin to compete inthe World Chess Olympiad 2006. The Teams include a combination of experience andimpressive ability, featuring many of the country’s top players.Men’s TeamBoard 1 Michael Adams– England’s strongest ever player and previous world titlechallenger (Libya 2004) and the nation’s number one since the late 1990’s. Mickey hasbeen established in the world’s top twenty for many years. Adams has representedEngland in every Olympiad since 1990 (9 times).Board Nigel Short– Former world title challenger to Gary Kasparov in 1993 and aGrandmaster since 1984. Nigel Short received the MBE in 1999 in recognition of hiscontribution to the Royal game. Nigel is also an active chess journalist.Board 3 Jon Speelman– Former World Championship candidate and threetimes British Champion, in a rich vein of form and fresh from his most impressivetournament performance in several years, in Gibraltar 2006. Jon made his debut forEngland in the European Team Championship of 1977. This is Jon’s 14th consecutiveOlympiad since Malta in 1980. Jon is also a chess journalist.Board 4 Danny Gormally– England’s newest Grandmaster achieving his titlein Gibraltar in 2005, Danny is a welcome addition to the Olympiad team. Dannyperformed impressively on his England debut at the European Team Championshipsin Gothenburg.Board 5 Stuart Conquest– Former World under 16 Champion, Stuart is an Englandregular and plays a brand of exciting crowd pleasing double-edged chess. Stuart isan accomplished linguist speaking French, German and Spanish fluently. Stuart alsorepresented England in the Olympiads held in Erevan 1996 and Bled 2002.Board 6 Nick Pert– One of our most promising young Grandmasters and Worldunder-18 Champion in 1998. Nick performed excellently on his debut at the Europeanteam championships in Gothenburg scoring an unbeaten 5/8. This will be Nick’s firstOlympiad appearance.CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006The venue was the chapel ofHerstmonceux Castle a beautiful settingfor a fantastic day.To add to our joy Andrew qualified as asolicitor on Monday 15th May.Thank you to all our well wishers.We have changed the colour of theprint of ChessMoves from blue toblack (photographs are reproducedmore clearly). There is a story aboutthe origination of the blue print– apparently blue was the colour of aformer editors football team.Cynthia Gurney, EditorContentsWorld Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FC & 8ECF News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 7Junior News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 9Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Results Round-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 - 11Grand Prix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Copy Deadline 10th July 2006Team Captainis the richly experienced and respected Allan Beardsworth. Allan, 44,also captained the England team in Majorca in 2004 and is a considerable contributorto the game.The teams are funded by a financial contribution form the English Chess Federationand the attendance of Michael Adams and Nigel Short is aided by the generouscontribution of David Norwood, who is thanked for his personal generosity andsupport.Women’s TeamBoard 1 Jovanka Houska– England’s latest International Master, the only EnglishWoman to have qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championship 2006, a formerEuropean Girls Under 20 Champion, and a regular in the England Women’s Team, forwhich she was captain at the European Team Championships in 2005.Board Jessie Gilbert– The youngest member of the team and one of England’smost promising juniors, Women’s World Amateur Champion 1999 and bronzemedallist in the European Under 14 Girls’ Championship, 2001. This will be the secondtime she will play for the team.Board 3 Jana Bellin– Awarded the Women’s Grandmaster title in 1982 and eighttimes British Women’s Champion, Jana has played many times for the national team towhich she now makes a welcome return.Board 4 Sophie Tidman– A former England junior international in team andindividual events, Sophie captained the Oxford Varsity team in 2005. She is makingher debut for the England Women’s Team.Team captainand coach is the highly respected Grandmaster, Mark Hebden, amember of the Men’s Team at the Olympiads in 1998 and 2004, and coach for the BCFat World and European junior and youth championships 2000-2005.Official site: www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org/engBBC Question TimeA special edition of the BBC’spremier political programme washeld in Moscow on 30 March.David Dimbleby was joined forthe interactive debate by chesschampion-turned-politician GarryKasparov.Go to www.bbc.co.uk/questiontimethen search for Kasparov.STOP PRESS –ENGLISHSUCCESS IN EUROPEWGM Jovanka Houska, WIM HeatherRichards and WFM Sabrina Chevannesrepresented England at the EuropeanWomen’s Rapid Chess Championship,2006, on 13th and 14th May, in Znojmo,the Czech Republic, and returned asprizewinners. Jovanka came second,Heather came equal second (4th ontiebreak), and Sabrina won the Under2100 rating prize.For a full report, see the next issue.National Club Rapidplay(Handicap) ControllerThe ECF is seeking a controller for the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap). This is aone-day team event held annually.Job Description –Reports to Director of Home ChessThe Jobholder is required to:1. Ensure the smooth running of the National Club Rapidplay (Handicap)Championships.2. This requires the jobholder to•repare entry forms and liaise with the ECF Office to arrange circulation ofPthe same.• Assistwith publicising the event as required.• Acceptentries from and liaise with clubs.• Forwardany monies and contact details for entrants to the ECF Office.• Organiseand liaise with the venue (note: a central venue to be used).• Arrangefor equipment to be provided at the venue.• Arrangefor a control team to run the event on the day.• Bepresent on the day to supervise the smooth running of the event.• Providea report of the event for the ECF website and for ChessMoves.• Arrangefor the event to be Graded.•eep the Director of Home Chess informed of the progress on organisingKthe event.•eview the format of the event (including the basis of the handicapRadjustment) from time to time in consultation with the Home ChessDirector.London MarathonOur very own Manager of Women’sChess compete in the Flora LondonMarathon to raise money for achildren’s charity.Claire writes “The marathon wasgreat. My sports therapist said acouple of weeks before the eventthat I definitely shouldn’t run it,but walk the course, as I picked upan injury that he said could do mepermanent damage if I ran. I walkedit. By mile 18 I was in agony.This is probably too muchinformation, but by mile 23 therehad been a rather unpleasantexplosion in my right shoe.I limped across the line with an oldchap called Edward, who I’d pickedup on mile 24.6hr 50min 01sec. I’m still wearingmy medal and intend to do so for therest of the week (at least). Yeah me!I overtook the Darlek (eventually).I’m glad I did it, but never again.Claire”Editors note: Claire was joined in herendeavours by Cathy Warwick a wellknow chess player.Note: financial matters for the event, e.g. the budget are the responsibility of theHome Chess Director.CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 20063Across the BoardAround the World in 18 Games- A British Museum ExhibitionAcross the Board, an exciting and fascinating exhibitionfrom the British Museum, will open to the public at THECOLLECTION, Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, DanesTerrace, Lincoln LN 1LP on Saturday 7 May.Games have been played throughout the world since AncientTimes. The Roman game Duodecim Scripta was scratchedonto seats in amphitheatres, evidence of which was found byarchaeologists thousands of years later. In Egypt, as shown onburial papyri, the dead played Senet with the gods as a test tosee if they were worthy to pass into the afterlife. Snakes andladders is an ancient game that originates from India and wasused to teach morality. Good behaviour led up the ladderswhile bad behaviour meant moving down the bad snakes.Across the Board explores these games and many moreincluding mancala, pachisi, ludo and more familiar familyfavourites such as Monopoly.The highlight of theexhibition is a numberof Lewis chessmen, 12thcentury, delicately carvedwalrus ivory chess piecesfound on the Isle of Lewisin Scotland. They were usedas inspiration for the chesspieces in the famous filmHarry Potter and ThePhilosopher’s Stone. The Lewis chessmen were recently votedone of the top ten treasures in the British Museum.To our knowledge it will be the very first time these uniqueand world famous chess pieces have been on public displayin Lincolnshire, so make sure you don’t miss this wonderfulopportunity to see them.Come and see theexhibition, investigatethe games, learn therules, explore theexhibition and have funplaying the many replicagames.Throughout the courseof the exhibition,there will be a livelyprogramme of eventsfor all ages. To find outmore about the eventsprogramme, please visitwww.acrosstheboard.org.uk from the 10th May, or call into THECOLLECTION, we look forward to welcoming you.Across the Board opens at THE COLLECTION on Saturday 27May and will run until the 3 September. The museum is openseven days a week from 10.00am - 5.00pm with the last entry at4.30pm. Admission to the exhibition is £1.00 for adults £0.60 forconcessions and a family ticket costs only £2.60.Across the Board is funded by the Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Educationand Skills (DfES) under the national/regional museumpartnerships programme for education 2004-06. It ismade available through the British Museum’s Partnershipprogramme.If you have any queries relating to the exhibition, pleasecontact Kathy Holland Keeper of Visitor Services:Kathy Holland, Keeper of Visitor services,THE COLLECTION Art & Archaeology in Lincolnshire, DanesTerrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP.Tel: 01522 550956, Email: kathy.holland@lincolnshire.gov.ukFax: 01522 550991The final scores, after an entertaining evening were -Draughts - Lancashire 7.5, Bury 0.5Frank Bednall 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Ron Taylor 1 - BernardSharples 0 ;Anthony Boyle 1 - Jim Litherland 0 ; Fred Gill 1 - JohnGrindrod 0 ;Philip Jackson 0.5 - Martin Bryant 0.5 ; Steve Duffy 1 - PeterLogan 0 ;John Reade 1 - Brian Forrest 0 ; Keith Rogers 1 - Lee Baron 0.Chess - Lancashire , Bury 6Ron Taylor 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Anthony Boyle 0 - BernardSharples 1 ;Fred Gill 0 - Jim Litherland 1 ; Philip Jackson 1 - John Grindrod0;Steve Duffy 0 - Peter Logan 1 ; John Reade 0 - Brian Forrest 1 ;Keith Rogers 0 - Lee Baron 1 ; Frank Bednall 0 - Steven Press 1.A rematch is intended for 2007, although whether the chessplayers will be any better at draughts by then is doubtful!Chessmen Feel The Draught(s) !As part of the Bury Chess Club 50th Anniversarycelebrations, the club accepted a challenge from theLancashire Draughts Association to a combined chessand draughts match on nd May 006.The Draughts Association can trace its history back to the19th century, so that they were by far the senior party. Theyalso had an advantage in having two county chess players intheir line-up.The evening took the form of one game at each discipline,with 25 minutes each on the clock for each game. Thedraughts match went very much as expected, with onlyBury’s Martin Bryant, himself a former county draughtsplayer, able to salvage half a point.The teams adjourned briefly for drinks and sandwiches, andthen set off to play chess!This produced a closer contest, and on top board Bury’sMick Norris was taken to the time limit by an experiencedopponent, and lost on time.Mick Norris, Chairman Bury Chess Club4CHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006InternationalNews7th European Individual ChampionshipKusadasi – Turkey 3-17th April 006by Richard AlmondPerhaps like me you have only ever thought of such grand events being for strongtitled professionals? I found out about a year ago that actually the Championshiprules for both Individual and Women’s are that member Federations cannominate as many players as they like and there isn’t a minimum rating. The onlyrestriction is that all players have to be entered by their Federation. However Iassume the ECF would enter any Member that would be a fitting representativeof English Chess in terms of conduct and not necessarily chess skill.Of course as an amateur it is on a self-financing basis. However apart from taking part inthe premier European individual competition there is some opportunity to experiencethe host country and culture. The rating prizes are quite generous, with several prizesin each band and a less than 2000 category. I had the good fortune to be the onlycompetitor in the 2000-2200 category and won 900 euros simply by completing theevent. Doesn’t seem a bad deal that I had 2 weeks in a 5 star hotel in Turkey for about thesame cost as a one week tournament in the UK! So if you are 2100+ strength, why notgive it a go?Both the Individual Championship and Women’s Individual Championship took placetogether at the Korumar Hotel in Kusadasi, Turkey. Where the players, officials and otherdelegates were extremely well looked after by the Hotel staff and the Turkish ChessFederation.My aim was to try to play my best in every game and lose because of my opponent’ssuperior ability rather than mistakes I shouldn’t make. Although of course I did makemistakes, I was happy with most of my games. My losses in rounds 4 and 5 were the mostdisappointing as I badly collapsed from OK positions after 20 odd moves. Howeverthe other 4 games that I lost were by narrower margins. As it turned out, I more thanachieved my target as I had some of my best results ever. Securing two wins and a drawagainst IMs with black, as well as a draw with GM Winants. Regrettably in the latter Iagreed a draw under the false impression my opponent had perpetual check. He didn’tand I probably should have won having held the advantage for most of the game. Ifinished with 4/11 which by far surpassed my expectations having played 3 GMS and 6IMs.On the rest day there were organised guided excursions of either a boat trip or toEphesus. I visited Ephesus, which is a Roman City dating back to 1500 BC. It was a greatexperience to walk around such an extensive ancient site. In the afternoon we were takenup into the mountains to the house were it is reputed the Virgin Mary spent her finalyears.On the day of the closing ceremony, the remaining chess was tie break play-offs formedals and World Championship places. That provided also the opportunity of a freeday and a privately arranged Anglo (myself, Jessie, Jovanka)-Lithuanian boat trip to thenearby Greek Island of Samos, which is very beautiful.The only other English representative in the Individual, Simon Williams finished with4.5/11. He made a good start by drawing with GM Kotronias (2598) but finished a pointand a half below his expected score and therefore a backward step as regards reaching2500. However the Championship is so tough, it is hard to imagine that he hasn’t gainedmuch extra knowledge and experience to put him in good stead for forthcoming events.At the top, the Gold medal was won by an outsider.,17th seed GM Zdenko Kozul with8.5/11. He managed to maintain a lead over top seed Vassily Ivanchuk in the final rounds.Who perhaps paid the price for drawing his first two games. So silver GM V Ivanchuk 8/11and after tie break matches, bronze went to GM Kiri Georgiev 7.5/11. They headed a totalCHESSMOVES – MAY / JUNE 2006of 79 Grandmaster and 38 InternationalMasters in a field of 138 players from 36countries.It was a very enjoyable event and I wouldlike to sincerely thank Cynthia and RupertJones for organising my entry and makingit possible for me to go. Also Gerry Walshfor invaluable encouragement during theevent.Kovacevic,Blazimir (2468) -Almond,Richard (2093) [D45]7th Europ.Ch Men Kusadasi / Turkey(.65), 05.04.0061.c4 c6 .d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nf3Bd6Not being familiar with the positionfrom the Black side, I somehow forgotthe normal move is Nbd7. Perhaps thefaux pas worked to my advantage as it isplayable if unusual.6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b58.Be Nbd7 9.0–0 0–0 10.b3 Bb7 11.Bba6 1.Qc Rc8 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4Qe7 15.Rad1 f5White perhaps under-estimated this plan when he opted for13.Ne4. The minor pieces well co-ordinatedwith the pawn structure already suggestpossibilities of Black launching a king sideattack.16.Qb1 c5 17.a4? c4White’s movetempted this advance which partiallycloses the centre, and gives the immediatethreat of c3-c2 to be dealt with.18.bxc4bxc4 19.Bc3 Bd5Completing the closureof the centre in preparation for an attack.Otherwise a later d4-d5 may have been apossible counter thrust for white.0.Nd?Bxh+!The instant it was clear the knightwould touch down on d2, I was thinkingof sacrificing a bishop! Either for a win or adraw!1.Kxh Qh4+ .Kg1 Bxg! 3.f3[23.Kxg2 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 Rf6 25.Nf3 Rh6+26.Nh2 Qh4 wins] 23...Qg3 24.Ne4!? Aningenious return of the piece with the ideaof white’s next. As of course 24.Rf2 losesto Bh3+.4...fxe4 5.Be1 Qg5 6.f4 Qg67.Rf Bf3+ 8.Kf1 Qh5 9.Bxf3 exf330.Kg1The only move.30...Rf6 31.RhRg6+ 3.Kh1 f!Rendering white helplessto Black’s several threats.0–1GREAT NEWS FOR CHESS CLUBS . . .Cover for Club Equipment(new for old)(up to £5,000,000)ECF CLUB andCONGRESS INSURANCEPublic LiabilityContact the ECF Office for further details:tel: 01424 775222email office@englishchess.org.ukECF is an appointed representative under FSA regulations5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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