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FIDE-CiS FSM Magazine 071

FIDE Chess in Schools


Viswanathan ANAND has won the
Candidates tournament with a round to
spare. A lead of 1.5 points going into the
last round is a great achievement for the
oldest player there.

He has well and truly earned his rematch
with World Champion agnus Carlsen.
!hat will "e in Novem"er.



photos of Viswanathan ANAND


from http#$$candidates%&1'.fide.com


(n this issue#
% (n the )eginning
"y (gor *u+hin
, A *imple -ndgame . %
"y /*! 0evin 12Connell
5 *tavroulou !*13A0(D14 56reece7
World 4nder 1' 6irls Champion
8 !he Chess 9ieces
"y /rancesca 01*!-N(40 5age :7
and a game "y her mum
; 9u<<les
"y /*! 0evin 12Connell
ore and more sportsmen play chess and
it2s never too late to learn. !he man
shown here= Carmelo Anthony= is a top
"as+et"all player 5he earned >%1? million
last year7. He is %@ years old and has
pic+ed up the game over the last couple of
years. Aphoto Wi+ipediaB


The FIDE motto that we feature in ever
issue!

"ens #na Sumus
$%e are one famil&
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In the Beginning Chess Camp 4 by Igor Sukhin

In the Beginning 197 5Chess Cam'(-7)7
)lac+ to move and win. )lac+ pawn on the
third ran+ or white pawn on the siCth ran+.




In the Beginning 198 5Chess Cam' '.8'7
)lac+ to move and win. )lac+ pawn on the
third ran+ or white pawn on the siCth ran+.




197. 1...d3d2.

198. 1...e3e2.



In the Beginning 199 5Chess Cam' '.8@7
White to move.
a+e a draw.




In the Beginning 200 5Chess Cam' (-*77
)lac+ to move.
Chec+mate in two moves.



199. 1.b1-a1.

200. 1...h3h2.
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A Simple Endgame 2 by FST Kein !"Connell
3ast time 5/*&:87 ( loo+ed at how to use
the +ing to shepherd a lone pawn through
to promotion. 4sing the o''osition was a
+ey part of the techniDue.
(f you are unsure of what the o''osition is=
then you should loo+ again at that article.
Here is an eCample with many pawns on
the "oard. !he position is from the game
3oren< *CH(33AE F Nicolas CH-CA= World
Eouth Championship u1% 1pen. )lac+ to
play.

53...c5c4 )lac+ ta+es the opposition=
forcing the white +ing away from the
support of the e.pawn. 54.f5xe6 [54.f5f6
c4c5 55.e4d3 c5d5; 54.e4e3
c4d5] 54...f7xe6 55.e4f3 c4d4
!his wor+s Gust as well here as ta+ing the
diagonal opposition on d5 . )lac+ is simply
going to gra" the e.pawn no matter what.
56.f3g3 d4xe5 57.h3h4 e5d4
58.h4xg5 h6xg5 59.g3f3 d4d3 01.
!a+ing the opposition is "est and the
Duic+est way to win= although advancing
the e.pawn was also good enough. !here
was no point White continuing#.60.f3f2
e6e5 61.f2e1 e5e4 62.e1-d1 e4e3
63.d1-e1 e3e2 8th ran+ and not chec+ .
remem"er thatH
!he o''osition is often a"solutely crucial=
as was the case in )old"aatar A3!AN!4EA
F -lena (0HA(3(NA= World Eouth
Championship= u; 6irls= %&1,. White2s
move.

43.g4xh5+?? [43.h3h4! h5xg4 44.h4xg4
g6f6 45.g4h5 f6f7 46.h5g5 f7
e6 47.g5g6 and the black king i d!i"en
a#a$ b$ the %&&%iti%n] 43...g6xh5 b't n%#
the %&&%iti%n g%e the %the! #a$ 44.h3
g3 h5g5 45.g3f3 g5h4 46.f3
e3 h4g3 47.e3e2 g3f4 48.e2
d3 f4f3 and )lac+ had an easy tas+ to
finish off.
A pawn on the edge of the "oard can "e
much more difficult and is often not
enough to win F it all depends on the
defending +ing. !a+e a loo+ at the
following position. (t2s from Iac+y.3ong
14!H4E F N6 Chi !ou= World Eouth
Championship= u1' 1pen= %&1,. )lac+ to
move.
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50...d7c8 51.a3a4 c8b8 52.a4a5
b8a8 53.a5a6 a8a7 54.b5a5
a7a8 55.a5b6 a8b8 56.a6a7+
b8a8 !he most that the pawn can ever
achieve if the defending +ing gets in the
corner. Now itJs give stalemate or give up
the pawn= which amounts almost to the
same thing. 57.b6a6 -.

After a while= this idea "ecomes second
nature= as in Koland )-L4(D-NH14!
5%&,87 F 3uca 0-**3-K 5%%'@7= World
Eouth Championship= u1: 1pen= %&1,.



)lac+ played 63...a5a4 and offered the
draw [64.c3b2 and int% the c%!ne!] -.

We can have a "it of fun with this idea.
!he thing to remem"er is that getting the
defending +ing into the corner draws.

0nowing these simple things can ma+e a
"ig difference to your score. Here is a
position= White to move= from the game
*he"ani WA3(D F A"u AlhaiGaa !HA-K=
World Eouth Championship u1& 1pen=
%&1,.

White resigned. !he position is drawn #
56.g4xh5 g6xh5 57.c4d3 f4xf3
5(.d3d2 f3g4 5).d2e2 g4xh4
60.e2f2 h4h3 61.f2g1 White
ma+es it to the corner and so would have
saved a half point.
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Staroula TS!#AKI$!% &'ree(e) *orld %nder +4 'irls Ch,

*tavroula was "orn on %' arch %&&& and
shares her "irthday with the 8
th
World
Champion Vasily *myslov 51@%1.%&1&7. Her
current rating is %1'5 and has the title of
W/ 5Woman /(D- aster7.
/rom 0avala= she won the 6ree+ 4nder.1&
6irls Championship two years running
5%&&@ and %&1&7= scoring ;$@ and then
;.5$@.
3ater in %&1&= she played on home soil
59orto Carras7 in the World Eouth 4nder.
1& 6irls Championship. *eeded ,
rd
= she
finished :
th
= scoring 8.5$11.
(n %&11= she was runner.up in the 6ree+
4nder.1% 6irls Championship= half a point
"ehind the winner Anastasia AVKA(D14=
"ut two points ahead of the "ron<e
medallist.
(n the %&1% World Eouth Championships=
in ari"or 5*lovenia7= she was seeded 11
th

in the 4nder.1% 6irls= "ut finished "elow
par in 1;
th
place 58$11 ?: .% M,7.
!his time= %&1,= she was the top seed and
fully Gustified it= scoring @$11 5?; .1 M%7.
)a+hora A)D4**A!!1K1VA of 4<"e+istan
also scored @$11 and it is a pity that the
two did not play each other. Kussia2s Anna
Vasenina too+ the "ron<e medal.

!sola+idou.Vasenina= round 1&

(n the final round *tavroula had the "lac+
pieces against third seed W/ 6unay
AADLADA of A<er"aiGan. (t was a
nervy affair= with medals at sta+e for "oth
players.
1.e2e4 c7c5 2.g1-f3 d7d6 3.d2d4
c5xd4 4.f3xd4 g8f6 5.b1-c3 a7a6
6.c1-e3 f6g4 7.e3g5 h7h6 8.g5h4
g7g5 9.h4g3 f8g7 10.h2h3 g4e5
11.c3d5 e7e6 12.d5e3 d8b6
13.d4b3 b8d7 14.c2c3 0-0 15.h3h4
g5g4 16.h4h5 a6a5 17.d1-c2 a5a4
18.b3d2 a4a3 19.b2b3 b6c6 20.f1-
e2 b7b5 21.a1-c1 c8b7 22.f2f4 g4xf3
23.g2xf3 d7c5 24.0-0 e5d7 25.g1-h2
d7f6 26.b3b4 f6xh5 27.b4xc5 c6xc5
28.c2d3 *lack ha &lent$ %f c%+&enati%n
f%! the &iece. 28...h5xg3 [2(...,c5g5!-
2)..f1-g1 /h5xg3 30..g1xg3 0g7e5 31..c1-
g1 g(h( 32./e3f1 .f(g(! gi"e an idea
%f %+e %f the &%ibilitie.] 29.h2xg3 c5
g5+ 30.e3g4 f7f5 [30...h6h5! b't n%
d%'bt *lack #a thinking ab%'t getting the f(
int% acti%n.] 31.f3f4 g5g6 32.e4xf5 f8xf5
33.d2f3 g6f7? [33...0b7xf3 34.0e2xf3
.a(a4 35.0f3e4 .a4xe4 36.,d3xe4 h6h5
and *lack i 12.] 34.f3d4? [34.,d3xd6
#a i+&le and g%%d.] 34...f5c5 [34...,f7
g6!-] 35.d4xb5 [35.f4f5!] 35...c5d5
36.b5d4 h6h5 37.g4e3 e6e5
[37....d5c5 3(.0e2f3 0b7a6 3).c3c4
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.a(f( 40./d4e2 and 3hite ha e"e!$thing
'nde! c%nt!%l4 % that the ext!a &iece #ill
&!e"ail.] 38.e3xd5 b7xd5 39.d3f5?
[3).f4xe5! 0g7xe55 40.g3h3 ,f7d75
41.,d3f5 i c!'hing4 b't ne!"e can be ha!d
t% c%nt!%l4 e&eciall$ ince 3hite +ight ha"e
had il"e! %! b!%n6e #ith a #in4 #hile
7%lakid%' #%'ld ha"e been %'t %f the +edal
had he l%t.] 39...e5xd4 40.f5xf7+ d5xf7
41.c3c4 a8b8 42.e2d3 g7f6 43.c1-
b1 b8c8 44.b1-b3 h5h4+ 45.g3f2
d6d5 46.f1-g1+ g8f8 47.c4c5 c8xc5
48.b3b8+ f8e7 49.g1-e1+ e7d6
3hite i till bette! he!e. 50.b8f8 [50..b(
a( .c5c3 51..a(a65 .c3c6 52..a6xa3
and 3hite ha !ealitic #inning chance.]
50...h4h3 51.f2g1 f6h4 %"e! the next
fe# +%"e4 *lack ta!t t% %'t&la$ he!
%&&%nent 52.e1-b1 c5c3 53.d3f5 d6
e7 54.f8h8 e7f6 55.f5d7 h4g3
56.h8xh3 g3xf4 57.b1-f1 f6g5
58.h3f3 c3xf3 59.f1xf3 f4e3+
60.g1-f1 f7g6 61.f3g3+ g5f6
*lack8 bih%& &ai! i "e!$ dange!%'. 3hite
h%'ld ha"e t!ied t% bale %'t #ith 62.d7a4?
[62..g3xg65] 62...g6d3+ 63.f1-e1 d3
c4 64.g3g2 f6e5 [7he i++ediate
64...d4d3 h%'ld be &la$ed.] 65.a4d1?
d4d3 66.d1-b3 d3d2+ 9t8 all
%"e!:[66...d3d25 67..g2xd2 0e3xd25
6(.e1xd2 0c4xb3] 0-1

!he Championship was played in
Decem"er= "ut in 1cto"er *tavroula did
not +now whether she would "e a"le to
play= saying Nif ( don2t find someone to
finance my accommodation= as ( cannot
afford the costs= then ( will not manage to
participate there.2 /ortunately= a sponsor
came forward.

Keceiving a special award from 6ree+ 9rime
inister Antonis *amaras
5photos 6ree+ Chess /ederation7

How did *tavroula "ecome a strong
playerH (n an interview with David 0erans
for !he Voice of Kussia= she said#
The first trainer I ever had was Spiridon
Malgarinos (rating 1651), a specialist for
young children chess training. t first, I had
lessons at school. !e "ade "e understand
what chess is, and he persuaded "e to #oin
the chess clu$ of %avala (in northern
&reece). I had lessons with hi" for one year.
Till now, I still go to the chess clu$ of %avala,
which has really helped "e to i"prove "y
chess s'ills, and it has provided all "y
trainers. My second trainer, for two years,
was (IM )'aterini *a'hiridou (rating +16,).
She really helped "e to i"prove "y s'ills,
and than's to her guidance I too' first place
in the &ree' -hess -ha"pionship for &irls
aged 1. and /nder when I was nine years
old. My ne0t trainer for two years was &M
1e#an ntic (rating +262). !e is a very
i"portant person for "e, as he helped "e to
i"prove "yself. !e was always giving "e
good "aterial to study. !e suggested so"e
good $oo's according to "y repertoire, and
he helped "e to i"prove "y s'ills very
"uch. This year I have changed trainers, and
"y new one is the very well3'nown &M
thanasios Mastrovasilis (rating +55.).
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The Chess -ie(es by Fran(es(a Kosteniuk &age .)


White# AleCandra 01*!-N(40 56 %';@7
)lac+# Komain -D14AKD 56 %:::7
/rancesca2s mum= Women2s World Champion %&&;.
%&1&= was the artist here 56eneva asters %&1,7.

1.e4xh7+ g8h8 [1...g(xh7 2.,g3h45 h7
g6 3./c6e7;] 2.g3h4 1-0 9f 2.../d7f6 (or
2...c7xc6 3.h7b1+ h8g8 4.h4h7#) 3..f1xf6!
(3.e5xf6 wins= "ut is a little slower to mate.&
3.../e(xf6 4.0h7d35 h(g( 5.e5xf6 and )lac+ will
"e matedO if he "loc+s the mate on h8 then 5...g7g6
6.,h4h6 and thereJs no stopping the mate on g8.

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Puzzles selected "y FST & FM e!in "#$%nnell 5www.+ochess.com7

1 White to play. *imple techniDue.

*tavroula !*13A0(D14 F Anna VA*-N(NA
World Eouth Ch u1' 6irls= Al Ain %&1,

2 )lac+= to play= is winning. What2s "estH

D( )-N-D-!!1 F *tavroula !*13A0(D14
World Eouth Ch u1' 6irls= Al Ain %&1,


3 White to play. What2s "estH

*tavroula !*13A0(D14 F Kiya *AVAN!
World Eouth Ch u1' 6irls= Al Ain %&1,

4 )lac+ to move. (s ...)f'.g5 "estH

D( )-N-D-!!1 F *tavroula !*13A0(D14
World Eouth Ch u1' 6irls= Al Ain %&1,

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