Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 03:12:48 11/19/03
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Srdjan Cvetkovic
Chess Informant Editor
With or without the 3D goggles, many people seem overly eager claiming that we
have been living in the era of computer chess for quite a while. While the
ubiquitous presence and the impact of the silicon beasts can hardly be ignored,
it is still the elite of the human echelons who hold the top of the chess
pyramid, despite some serious dents stemming from the Man vs. Machine matches.
The scars have still not gone away, but the way Kasparov disposed of Deep Junior
straight from the opening in game 1 of their epic match was definitely a giant
plus for humankind; it is most likely that Artur Yusupov had exactly that in
mind when awarding the game a maximum of 10 points, thus making it his personal
choice of the most important novelty of Chess Informant’s preceding volume…
…Which brings us back to our main story: as usual, there were 30 games in a
fray, and a panel of 9 ultra-competent chess experts to determine the winner.
The honor went to Peter Svidler for his win against Bartlomiej Macieja in the
German Bundesliga club competition, rounding up a series of impressive showings.
This prestigious award concludes the year of Peter’s successes on a high note,
ahead of the field of more fancied players, especially if we bear in mind that
he occupies the fourth place on the list as well; this co-production novelty was
employed by the other co-author too, but Short somehow let the win slip through
his hands in the fifth game of his match against Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, the rising
star from Iran.
For those who will wonder at the names behind the second best novelty, it has
almost become a rule that top correspondence players often launch important
novelties prior to their over-the-board peers’ efforts; this time around, the
game between Giuliani and Kosebay had its star-studded blockbuster remake in the
Anand – Morozevich blindfold clash in Monaco, which clearly speaks for itself of
the featured game’s extraordinary importance. Number three spot went to Etienne
Bacrot, the only one to get three tens from the jury.
The accompanying theoretical survey basically consists of two parts: the first
line generally deals with the examples from the past, whereas the second one
mainly displays Svidler’s in-depth analysis of the featured game, plus the only
follow-up so far: a game between two Hungarian leading ladies, Ticia Gara and
Nikoletta Lakos. From we could see so far, Black side is in a dire need for
improvement in order to rehabilitate the line.
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