Author: Joshua Lee
Date: 08:25:09 02/08/00
Hi, I am ICC rated 1823 and i was wondering if i should bother with this software? I have read Comprehensive chess course Vol 2 and 3 Simple checkmates by A.J Gillam Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca A primer of Chess by Capablanca Logical Chess Move By Move By Chernev Lasker's Manual of Chess The Complete ChessPlayer Capablanca's Last Lectures (good book, hard to find!) My System Teach yourself better chess Half of Pandolfini's 300 Elementary Checkmates and I'm currently reading How to Reassess your chess pg 210 Here's my game from a recent simul any advice is much appreciated thankyou Leahy,K (2335) - Lee,J (1335) [A31] Crestview Chess Club, 2000 [Hiarcs 7.32 (180s)] 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 [5...g6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 Bd7 8.0-0 Bg7 9.c5 dxc5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 Qc8 12.Nxc5 Bh3 13.Qa4 0-0 14.Bg5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd5 16.e4 Qg4 17.Bd2 Nb6 18.Qc2 Qe2 19.Rac1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2 Krivonosov,O-Lanka,Z/Groningen 1991/CBM 26 ext (19)] 6.e3 [6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.g3 (8.Bd2 e6 9.g3 Be7 10.Bg2 0-0 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Rc1 c5 13.Na4 Rc8 14.b3 Qe8 15.Nb2 Ba6 16.Nc4 Nb6 17.Na5 Qd7 18.Bf4 Nd5 19.Be5 Rfd8 20.Qd2 Qb5 21.Nc4 Nb6 22.Qf4 Qd7 23.Qg4 f6 24.Bc3 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Kh8 26.h4 Bf8 27.Bf3 f5 28.Qf4 Bd6 29.Qe3 Bxc4 30.Ba5 Bxa2 31.Bxd8 Rxd8 32.Rfd1 c4 33.Ra1 f4 34.gxf4 Bb3 35.Rxa7 Qe8 36.Rd4 h6 37.h5 1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Beliavsky,A/Leningrad 1974/URS-ch (37)) 8...Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 e5 11.Bg2 Kc7 12.Be3 Be6 13.0-0 Be7 14.a4 a5 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Bc4 17.Bd4 Bf6 18.Rfb1 Rhb8 19.Kf2 Rb3 20.Be4 Re8 21.Bxf6 Rxe4 22.Be5+ Kc8 23.e3 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bd5 25.Rb8+ Kd7 26.Bd4 Kc7 27.Rh8 c5 28.Bxg7 Rxa4 29.Rxh7 Ra2+ 30.Ke1 a4 31.c4 Bxc4 32.Rh5 Kc6 33.Bf8 Bd5 34.e4 Bxe4 35.Rxc5+ Kd7 36.Ra5 1/2-1/2 Nimzowitsch,A-Schlechter,C/Karlsbad 1911/HCL (36); 6.Qa4!? Qb6 7.Ndb5±] 6...e5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 Secures b5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.Qc1 Nb4 11.e4 [11.Qb1 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6²] 11...Qd3± [¹11...Nd3+!? would keep Black alive 12.Bxd3 Qxd3] 12.Bxd3³ [¹12.Be2 Qd6 13.Be3±] 12...Nxd3+ 13.Kd1 Nxc1 14.Kxc1 Bc5 15.f3 Consolidates g4 15...Ba6 16.Kc2 0-0 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Rhe1µ [18.Na4 Bd3+ 19.Kc1 Bf8³] 18...Bf2³ [18...Bd3+ 19.Kc1µ] 19.Rh1 Bd3+ 20.Kc1 Rb7 21.b3 Prevents intrusion on c4 21...Bc5 Threatening mate: Ba3 22.Kb2 Bd4??± gives the opponent counterplay. A classical outpost [¹22...Rbd7 would keep Black in the game 23.Be1 Rd6³] 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bxf6! White has managed to stay ahead 24...gxf6 25.Rxd3 c5 26.Kc2 c4 27.bxc4 Rc8 28.Rb1 Rxb1 29.Kxb1 Rxc4 30.Kc2 [30.Nd5 Kf7+-] 30...Kg7 31.Kb3 Rc8 32.Nb5 Rb8 33.Kc4 Rc8+ 34.Kb4 Rb8 35.Ka4 Bg1 36.h3± [36.Rd7+ Kg6+-] 36...Kg6 37.Rd1 Bf2 38.Rd2 Be3 39.Rc2 a6?+- [¹39...h5!?±] 40.Nc3± [¹40.Nc7!?+-] 40...Bh6?+- [¹40...Rc8±] 41.Nd5 Bg7 42.Ka5 Kg5 43.g3 Rf8 [43...f5 44.h4+ Kh5 45.Rc7 fxe4 46.Rxg7 Rb5+ 47.Kxa6 Rxd5 48.Rg5+ Kh6 49.fxe4 Ra5+ 50.Kb6 Rxa2 51.Rxe5+-] 44.h4+! a forceful check 44...Kg6 45.Kxa6 [¹45.Ne7+!? and White can already relax 45...Kf7 46.Nf5 Bh8+-] 45...f5 [45...Ra8+ what else? 46.Kb5 Ra3+-] 46.Ne7+ [46.Ne7+ Kf7 47.Nxf5+-; 46.Rc6+ makes it even easier for White 46...Kf7 47.Rc7+ Kg8 48.Ne7+ Kh8 49.Nxf5 Bf6+-] 1-0
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