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CHATHURANGAM
(CHESS)
Bommireddipalli Bhima Row IBS Retd,
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PG Dip, Journalism, Chess Critic, Writer
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FOREWORD
India with its fine traditions of chess from the days of yore is emerging as a
pacesetter in this game. The nation has produced eminent chess players. We see of late
great interest in chess amongst the children and youth of our country.
There is need for creating awareness about the importance of the art and science
of chess. Sri Bommireddypalli Bhima Row, a veteran and a seasoned authority in the
game has taken the initiative to come out with a comprehensive introduction and concise
treatment of the game in his book “THE INSIDE STORY OF CHATFIURANGAM
(CHESS)”. He deliberately used the word “CHATHURANGAM” in the title to drive
home the powerful expression and breadth of Indian connotation.
Sri Bhima Row dedicated his life to the mission of popularizing and creating
awareness of the game in our country. His initiatives in this direction are indeed
commendable. His book in Telugu entitled “CFLATURANGA SHASTRA
SANGRAHAM” is a pioneering scholarly attempt and bears ample testimony to his
amazing in-depth knowledge of the game.
He is an individual with strong determination and devotion to the cause of chess.
Age cannot stifle his enthusiasm; ill health and family problems can never deter him from
his chosen path.
The present book in English is bom out of his concern for reaching out to wider
audience to enrich the practice of the game. I see his original thinking in creative insights
coming to the fore in this book. I convey my deep sense of appreciation to Sri Bhima
Row garu for his path breaking work.
I am sure this book will be of immense benefit to all those interested in the game
o f chess. I wish his endeavour all success.
About the Author
Mr. B. B him a R ow was a w a rd e d the
InternationalArbitor Title by the FIDE Congress
Paris in 1987. He received the National Arbitor
Title fro m A IC F in India earlier.
He is a great lover of the game of Chess
a n d C h e s s c ritic , c o lu m n is t, F re e la n c e
journalist & FIDE Internationa A rb ito r, and as
a prolific writer he has written several articles
on chess in several newspapers and magazines.
He is also a freelance journalist He had widely
travelled in India and conducted tournaments in
Chess. He had worked for popularisation of
B. Bhima Row chess among women and schoolchildren. He
has conducted2000 millennium-ChessAwareness Programme in the Twin Cities
of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Chess as a medium has helped him to improve
his contacts with people and social work. He has given several simultanious (40
players) and Blindfold exhibition games in public to popularise the game.
A ll this workhas earned him the prestigious Award - "1999 Man of the Year"
from theABI. He has written a concise reference book on the Science of Chess
in Telugu, which was released on February 5,2003. He has suggested a few
changes to be made in the game of chess and organization, for improving it still
further.
This book in English is completed while being sick and is written keeping in
view the necessity for educating the parents of children in different age groups.
This b o o k helps chess lovers to know the rules, procedures, organizations,
titles, ratings etc. in Chess. A ll this forms the Inside Story of Chess. Since the
gam e o f chess is born in India, he has s u g g e ste d that it should be called
Chathurangam accordingly He has dealt with all aspects of chess tike problems
extensively. He has given n u m b e r o f instructive p opula r gam es with many
diagrams which have been analyzed in depth. This will enable players to improve
their games.
He is the fo u n d e rm e m b e r and D irector o f C-DOC Organization. A fter
retirement from AIR he has devoted all his time and energy fordevelopment of
chess. He has conducted summercoaching camps in chess underYMCA-Vizag
for more then 1600 children in 12 years. He has held several positions in chess
organisation in several states in the course o f his service in AIR
CONTENTS
1. Chathurangam (Chess) then and now 1-32
1.0 History of C h ath uran g am and its b irth -1,1s Chathurangam(Chess),
an Art o r E n te rta in e r-1, In o u r E p ics-2 , F irdousi and P ouranic
S h ah n am ah -2 , Brahm in and 64 squares - 3, Reasons why this game
was called C hathurangam -4. 1.1 Stalwarts of Chess- 5, O ur forefathers-
ancestors- 5, Boris Kotisch in In d ia -6 , Victory over C apa Blanca-7,
Queen's Indian O p en ing - 8, Indian Chess C ham pionships - 8, Women
in Chess - 1 0 1 .2 The Shield pow erful than the Sword - 1 1 , The
first W orld Chess C ham pion-1 1, Anotholy Karpov USSR - 13.
1.3 Chess and Society - 14, Chess and our Family - 14, Chess and
Politics - 1 4 , Vinoba Bhave-Lenin-1 5, Chess-our schools-1 5, M om , Dad
and 1 - 1 6 , Neglect in Schools-1 6, Chess as C ultu re -17 , Chess pieces
and th eir arrangem ent-1 7. 1.4 W om en in Chess A rena - 1 8, Manchuk
Club-1 9, W orld Chess C ham pions-1 9, G eorgia Phenom ena-20, Polgar
S is te rs -2 0 , In d ia n W o m e n C hess A r e n a -2 1 . 1 .5 A n d h ra s in
In te rn a tio n a l Chess A re n a -2 3 1.6 C hess-C om puters-C ham pions -
2 7 , Birth o f C om puter S oftw are-27, Body-Soul = B ra in -M ind -27 , Von
Kaplan's Chess M achine - 2 8 , Birth of the First Program mable Computer-
2 8 , C om petition between C om puters-30, Programmers or Computers-
3 1 , The Shield is M ig htie r than the S w o rd -3 1 , Im itation Vs O riginality-
3 2 , Story o f the Cat and T ige r-32 , There lies another m oral lesson-33,
Gam e2 X3 Dfritz Com puter(W ) beats Kasparov(B) 1 -0 -3 4 , Game 2 Ruy
Lopez c65 - 3 4 .
2. Introduction to G am e of Chess 35-60
2 .0 Basic Principles and Rules -3 5 , Board Pieces and arrangem ent-
3 6 , C olo ur M atching rules-37, The pieces and the names and values-
3 7 , M a jo r-M in o r pieces-37. 2.1 Chess piecess th e ir names and moves
-3 8 , Proposal to allo w players to play using com puters-40. 2 .2 The
squares in Chess and th e ir descriptions -4 1 , The aim of a gam e-42.
2 .3 K illing a n d M o v e m e n ts -4 3 , The touched piece-43, O ne square
one p ie ce -4 3 , M aking a m ove -4 3, Exchange U p -do w n-44 . 2 .4 Special
M o ve fo r the K in g -4 4 , Know the rules before p la y in g -4 4 , C astling-
king to sa fety-4 5, C astling right of the King not of ro o k -4 5 , J-Adoube
(Arranging Pieces)-46, Restrictions in castling by king-46. 2 .5 Notations
and Technical Procedures for W riting m oves-48, The method o f writing
m oves-48, En passent rules fo r paw ns-48, 2 .6 Descriptive o r Anglo
A m erican Sysfem -50, Descriptive N otation A nglo-A m erican-50, W riting
moves in Descriptive N otatio ns-52 2 .7 O th e r System -54, Postel System
(C orrespondense Chess System) 5 4 , Telecom m unication System -56,
O ther Systems-Koch systems-57, Forsyth System-59, Figurine N otation-
6 0 , Simple M eth o d -6 0 , C om puter M eth od -60 .
In o u r Chess a re n a ,
the fo llo w in g experts w o n the
title.
1. 1 9 5 5 - D.Venkaiah (A.R)
Women in Chess
We have violated the
tra d itio n nam ely "ladies first".
Hence, let us le a rn a b o u n t
W o m e n a ls o w h o h a v e
o b t a i n e d th e I n te r n a t io n a l
M a s t e r t it le . A m o n g th e m
K h ad ilkar Sisters are to be K hadilkar Sisters
specially rem em bered. These
w o m e n b e c a m e N a tio n a l
4. M runalini Kunte
C h a m p i o n s . R o h in i th e
y o u n g e s t w o n th e A s ia n 5. Swathi Ghatte
C h a m p io n s h ip also and was 6. K o n e ru H a m p i w h o
called the Asian Q u ee n of became International master
Chess. and G ra n d m a s te r am ong
The follo w in g w o m en m en also. This is a W orld
won the N a tio n a l Record.
C h a m p io n s h ip . H ere you m ust note
1. K h a d ilk a r Sisters na m e ly that A n a n d , Hari Krishna and
V a s a n th i J a y a s h re e and K o n e ru H a m p i all w o n the
Rohini. w o rld Ju n io r C h a m p io n s h ip
titles also. Vishwanath Anand
2. Bhagyashree Thipse
o b ta in e d th e w o rld
3. S. Vijayalakshmi (T.N.) She C h a m p io n title in the speed
obta in e d G ra n d master title type of gam e.
of wom en.
T
In s u c h an a to m o s - gam e b e s id e s h e lp in g
phere the tim e has com e to C h ild re n in th e ir studies. It
evaluate w h a t place has this helps to bring togetherness in
g a m e attained, in the Society,
a n d h e n c e w e a r e to be
g c e ^ tfu l to t h a t g r e a t la d y
Chess player.
Neglect in Schools
It is o n l y w h e n th e
above atm osphere is created
in India, Chess g a m e will find
a p e r m a n e n t p la c e in o u r
C-DO C Talent Search Winners
s o c ie ty . It w i l l b e c o m e a
- Keerti, Ravi, Nikhilesh
N a tio n a l g a m e once a g a in . Kumar (The present Asian U-
At present in schools chess is 14 Champion), Yoganand
children are playing by giving took care in future.
w ro n g a ge and playing at a Chess as Culture
lo w e r age g ro u p and
w in n in g . It is high tim e AICF Alexander Kudrastav
co m p a re d two problem s in
o n e chess b o a r d a n d
showed that there is an art in
the g a m e of chess, this he did
to c e le b ra te th e 2 0 th
G a g a r in 's A n n iv e rs a ry
celebration o f G agarin's first
space flig ht. If you oarefully
look at the d ia g ra m , you will
f i n d t h a t th e p ie c e s w e re
a rra n g e d like no 2 in the left
half o f the boa rd 0 (zero) in
the right half as pro b le m and
together No. 20 is seen. This
Players and the fam ilies that
show s the p ro b le m as
participated in C-D O C events
3 m o v e r im m ense interest in
In connection with the 20th of creative prowess of art in the
Yuri Gagarin's Space flight com pose rs.
created by Alexander Kudrestov
The Chess Pieces were
arranged as below
First Problem : 2 Moves
W h ite (W) : Kc3, Ba6, N b 4 ,
p a w n b3 a n d b 7 -(5 ) Black
(B): Kc5, Ra3, paw n c6 -(3)
Second P roblem (in rig h t
halt) : 3 M oves
W h ite (W ) : Kg3, Bf5, Bh4,
a b c d e f g h
N f4 , N h 5 - (5) Black (B): Kh6,
Two Moves paw ns f6 & g7-(3)
1.4 Women in Chess Arena
T he re is a T e lu g u s a y in g " V a n ith a l N e r v a g a r a n i
V idyag aiad e M u d d a ra N e rp in c h in a n " w hich m eans "is there
a n y s k ill which a w o m a n ca n n o t le arn I f tra in e d with love?".
S h ake sp h e re c o m m e n te d in one o f h is p la y s a b o u t
w om en : "Vanity th y n a m e is w o m a n " b u t it was p ro v e d wrong
b y Vera M a n c h u k o f C zecos/avakia a g re a t chess p la y e r in
h e r a c tu a l life b y w in n in g title s p la y in g a g a in s t m e n in
to u rnam ents.
But G h a l i b , as th e
S e c r e ta r y o f th e A ll In d ia
Chess F e d e ra tio n (A IC F )
c o n trib u te d to th e
D e v e l o p m e n t o f W o m e n 's
Rentala Subrahmanyam,
National Correspondence
Chess Champion
S u b ra h m a n y a m , N a tio n a l
C h a m p io n (C o rre s p o n d e n c e
Chess C h a m p io n o f India). In
a d d itio n he had th e
d is tin c tio n o f p a r t i c i p a t i n g
five tim es in the N a tio n a ls .
Besides N a z u rd u d d in G h a lib ,
M o h a m m e d H asan, Lanka
International Arbiter FIDE
R a vi, D. V. P ra sa d , R aja
N. Ghalib (Hyderabad)
Chess. FIDE gave him the title
o f I n te r n a t io n a l A rb ite r. In
H y d e ra b a d when th e
C h a ll e n g e r f o r W o r ld T itle
matches were conducted, he
w o rke d as c h ie f A rb ite r.
Rem em ber in these matches
A n a n d lost to G a ta Kamski
a n d lost his chance to title,
mu ch to the d isa p p o in tm e n t
International Arbiter
of Indian Chess players. B. Bhimarow
Director, C-DOC, HycJ
In a d d i t i o n to h im ,
B o m m ire d d ip a lli Bhima Row, p la y e d in A h m e d a b a d , he
w h o retired fro m Indian Broad officiated as the chief arbiter.
C a s tin g S e rv ic e (IBS) w a s He c o n trib u te d to News
a w a r d e d , the N a tio n a l a nd papers and m agazines as a
International Titles of Arbiter. w riter. In H y d e ra b d the C-
In D e lh i , in th e B h ilw a r a D O C c o n d u c te d th e 2 0 0 0
G ra n d M a s te r Chess M ille n iu m Shield whose aim
C h am p io n sh ip s, he officiated is to popularise the gam e of
as Deputy C h ief Arbiter. He is chess a m o n g s t th e school
n o w the D i r e c t o r f o r th e c h ild re n . The s h ie ld was
C e n tre f o r D e v e lo p m e n t o f presented to the best school
Chess ( C - D O C ) . He is also w h ic h e n co u ra g e d chess
th e C h ie f coach fo r th e a m o n g st the students. Besides
o rg a n is a tio n . In th e tw o th e a w a rd of A m e rc ia n
N a tio n a l Chess B iographical Institute 'M an of
C h a m p io n s h ip s A and B the year' 19 9 9 a w a rd , he was
presented the 20Q0 M ille n iu m received a nd the knock out
M e d a l of H o n o u r f o r his w o rk system was started (knockout
in the Society a n d recogn ition s y s te m in a way was
fo r Chess a m o n g s t Society. in tr o d u c e d ) in th e p re se n t
d a y W o r ld C h a m p io n s h ip
T h e re are o th e r
t o u r n a m e n t s . This sh o w s ,
I n t e r n a t i o n a l A r b i t e r s lik e
t h a t th e re is no d e a rth o f
Late Sivaprasad, and G.S.M .
W is d o m a n d fo re sig h t. We
Raju o f V ija y a w a d a , K.D.Bala
have observed that in India,
krishna o f Vizag, Padma Rao
unless o u ts id e rs re c o g n is e
and LMD N a id u fro m
talen t, we ourselves d o not
H y d e ra b a d .
fin d out, as in the cases o f
Pendyala H a rik ris h n a R a b in d ra n a th T a g o re ,
and K o neru H a m p i, R a m a n u ja m etc. W h o ere
distinguished themselves, not picked up by Britishers and
only in Asia but also w o n the then only we recognized their
U -1 2 , U - 18, W o rld .talents.' We have m a n y gems
C h a m p io n s h ip s . T h e y b o th
h a il fro m V ija y a w a d a .
Ham pi becam e G ra n d
M a s te r a m o n g W o m e n a n d
later a m o n g m en also.
L a te Sri R e n ta la
S u b ra h m a n y a m , w h o d id not
lik e the S w iss s y s te m in
to u r n a m e n t s r e c o m m e n d e d
the knock o u t system in those
days. A fte r m a n y years, his
Late G. Srinivas Rao (Vizag)
s u g g e s tio n was p ro p e rly
in our In d ia n s o il t o be Bhima Row. Bhima Row was
discovered by ourselves. th e c h ie f c o a c h a t Y M C A ,
V isakhapatnam and coached
F rom I n d ia and
a p p ro x im a te ly 1 6 0 0 boys &
A n d h ra P rade sh, th e
Girls in his 12 years. Amongst
y o u n g s te r U -1 4 N a tio n a l
those S.Kirthi and Ravikumar
C h a m p io n , M a s te r
sto o d firs t in th e State
K e s h a v a n a n d a Krishna was
C h a m p io n sh ip and played in
to p a r tic ip a te in Porto Rico
th e N a tio n a ls a n d b ro u g h t
W o rld U -1 4 ,
fa m e to V isakhapatnam & C-
C h a m p io n s h o p .T h e D e lh i
D O C . During those days 10
D u rb a r failed to help him fo r
year old N ik h ile sh Kumar
p a rticip ation. Bhima Row did
and his b ro th e r
his best to collect don a tio n s
Yoganandkum ar w ere
in V is a k h a p a tn a m a nd help
discovered by C -D O C . Now
h im t o p a r t i c i p a t e in th e
N ik h ile sh K um ar became
Tournam ent. In an o th e r case,
the U -1 4 Asian Champion.
Late G . S r in iv a s Rao w a s
This fact is known only to a
r e c o m m e n d e d and selected
few, w h ile Nikhilesh Kumar
by Bhima Row fo r C o a ch in g
w o n , th e A s s o c ia tio n to o k
in the H ig h s p o rts school in
credit fo r this. They have not
Tiblisi o f G e o rg ia , w h o also
recognised the p art played by
d id not r e c e iv e any
C - D O C and the Association
assistance fro m G overnm ent.
took all the credit concealing
He was also not helped by
the truth. It is a pity that the
the Associations.
parents o f N ikhilesh Kumar
In th is ca se a ls o have also not m entioned C-
d on ations were received and DO C 's C o ntrib ution.
he w a s s e n t to T ib lis i by
1.6 Chess Computers - Champions
Programmers or
Computers?? .
N o w - a - d a y s they are Campemenous
c a lle d p r o g r a m m e r s ra th e r w h o stopped the match and
th a n c o m p u te r s . U n d e r the o rd e re d the players to play
n a m e o f p r o g r a m m e r s the further 24 games. The winner
fo llo w in g can be n a m e d . shall get 12.5 o r 13 points or
S h re d d a r fro m G e rm a n y if either of them gets 6 points
Hiyare, Rebel, Virtual Chess, early, he shall be declared as
Pentiun, N im jo Francisco etc. W o r ld C h a m p i o n . T h o u g h
a nd FRITZ 6 m o v e d a h e a d both are Russians K asporov
a m o n g them . N o w the latest belong ed to G e o rg ia , and his
FRITZ 8, it a p p e a rs is ready w in n in g was n o t w e lco m e d ,
to com ple te with humans(See b u t KARPO V b e l o n g in g to
later pages). M O S C O W and had g o t fa m e
to the country earlier (Russia).
D o you k n o w th a t in So K a s p a r o v c o m p l a i n e d
198 5, Kasporov a nd Karpov a n d d e s c r i b e d t h a t he is
p la y e d 4 8 g a m e s b e tw e e n p la y in g a g a in s t th r e e a n d
S e p te m b e r 1 9 8 4 to 1 9 8 5 , u l t i m a t e l y w o n - r e s u lt in g
but still n e ith e r g o t 6 wins, e m b a ra s m e n t to all.
T h o u g h b o t h th e p l a y e r s ,
The Shield is Mightier
p ro te s te d a g a in s t, th e
Thgn the Sword
decision o f President o f FIDE
F lo re n c o Com pam enous W h ile a n a ly s in g the
gam es played in the battle of
Chess, this th e m e t h a t the original thinking powers and
sh ie ld is m ig h t ie r th a n the m ay becom e victim to these
Sword, has com e out clearly. T ig e r s and C r o c o d ile s
So th e C h a m p i o n s a n d a m o n g com p u te rs and they
e x p e rts i n d u l g e d in g iv in g are in v itin g th e ir own
im p o r ta n c e to Defense a nd destruction unless they take
d ra w in g o u t gam es, instead care of themselves.
o f ta k in g risks in o ffe n s iv e Kasporov lost to Deep
attacks. In this connection we Blue and A nand against FRITZ
s h o u ld r e c a ll t h e F r e n c h th o u g h both w ere W orld??
saying th a t o n e s h o u ld n o t Cham pions. The writing is on
play Chess w ith o u t a liking to the wall! Beware?
kill.
Imitation Vs
" D is c r e tio n is b e tte r Originality
p a rt o f VALOUR," d e lig e n tly
But one truth comes
f o l l o w e d b y e x p e r t s lik e
o u t o f th is . A n y im ita tio n
C a p a b l a n c a a n d L a s k a r,
created will be less than the
putting into practice regularly
o riginal, because the Artist or '
t h e i r m a s t e r y in d r a w n
the C re a to r uses 99.5% of his
g am es.
mental powers to create. The
In the b e g in n in g the 0.5% balance is left to himself
Russian P io n e e r c o m p a r e d so that he can improve on it
w ith A m e ric a n s 4 .6 later!
p r o g r a m m e , w h ich to o k the
h e lp o f CYBER 1 7 6 a n d
Story of the CAT and
s h o w e d s p e e d in s o l v in g
TIGER
solutions in chess. W hile the The s to ry g oe s that
other played Chess correctly one CAT and a TIGER once
b u t slowly. C o m p u te r chess b e c a m e c lo se f r ie n d s and
m a d e la r g e s t r id e s a n d d e c id e d to e x c h a n g e th e ir
advanced fro m 13th to 18th k n o w le d g e a n d s k ills with
level in m aking moves. each other. A t the end, the
M a n , w h ile b e in g t i g e r r o a r e d h a p p i l y a nd
engrossed in the mystery of attacked the cat. But the cat
c o m p u t e r s , m a y lo s e his im m e d ia te ly c lim b e d a tree
and sat on it safely, the tiger th e O r i g i n a l b a n k a n d the
a s k e d 'M y d e a r f r i e n d , I m o n k e y ju m p e d b a ck to its
b e le ive d y o u fu lly , b u t w h y tree a n d escaped.
did you n o t te a c h m e t r e e
M e a n w h ile m any
clim bing? the cat replied "If I
c o m p u te r s h a ve c o m e in to
had d o n e so, m y f r i e n d , I
lim e lig h t in their tournam ents,
w ould not be living now".
n e w c o m p u t e r s h a v e bee n
There lies another c o m p e tin g , (one o f th e m
Moral lesson 'S h r e d d e r ' f r o m G e r m a n y ,
using the softw are p r o g r a m
A n o th e r s to ry ,
w ritte n by S te p h e n M e y e r
similarly, a C r o c o d ile a n d a
w o n the 9th W o rld C o m p u te r
m o n k e y b e c a m e frie n d s .
Chess T o u rn a m e n t and
There was dea rth o f fo o d in
p o c k e t e d t h e 'S H A N N O N
the area and the m o n ke y was
TROPHY'. Ferret P rogram m e
in a p ro b le m . The C ro c o d ile
cre a te d by Bruce M o re la n d
offered to take th e m to other
lost its place by a whisker, in
side o f the river, w h e re there
a tie break. It is a salutation
is p le n ty o f f o o d a v a ila b le .
to the hu m a n intellect which
F in a lly th e m o n k e y g o t his
created these machines.
turn to sit on the C ro c o d ile fo r
its tra n sp o rt to the o th e r side W e h a ve seen Blind
of River. H a lf w a y th ro u g h , it Fold gam es. But these differ
saw the s k e le to n s and f r o m th e C o m p u t e r C hess
re m a in s o f o t h e r m o n k e y s , g a m e s . T h e r e is a v a s t
w h o t r a v e lle d e a r lie r , a n d d iffe re n c e and no
sensing d a n g e r d e c id e d to c o m p a r is o n .
escape f r o m the C r o c o d ile . But we are not aw are
"Oh king C ro c o d ile , I fo rg o t
h o w this struggle between the
to b r in g m y h e a r t w ith m e
M a n a nd the M a c h in e will last
and left it on the tree, before fo r suprem acy, But m an will
com ing d o w n . Let us g o and not lose. Rem em ber the Cat
bring it b ack!! The C ro c o d ile & T i g e r s t o r y a n d th e
which liked the taste o f heart
C r o c o d il e & M o n k e y story.
fell into the tra p a n d o b lig e d M a n s h o u ld n o t f o r g e t and
the m o n k e y a n d returned to
b o w t o th e M a c h in e . T h e losing a full point and trails.
M e n ta l Power o f m a n m ust The score was 0 .5 - 1 .5 with 2
keep the p o w d e r dry. These gam es to play -
are to be w ritten in g o ld e n
G am e 2 Ruy Lopez c65
letters in the story of Chess.
G am e 2 Fritz (White) Kasparov (Black)
X 3 D Fritz C o m p u te r (W ) I. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
Vs K as p aro v (B ) 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6
M an vs M a c h in e 5. c3 g6 6. 0-0 Bg7
m a tc h o f th e c e n t u r y w a s 7. Nbd2 0-0 8. Rel Re8
p l a y e d a t t h e N e w Y o rk 9. d4 Bd7 10.d5 Ne7
Athletic C lub, at New york city I I . Bxd7 Nxd7 12.a4 h6
on N o v 11, 2 0 0 3 . In the first 13. a5 a6 14.b4 f5
g a m e X 3 D Fritz escaped with 15. c 4 N f6 16. Bb2Qd7
a d ra w in the ope n in g g a m e 17. R b l g 5 18. exf5 Qxf5
in the semister defence of the 19. N fl Qh7 20. N3d2 Nf5
best o f fo u r series and having 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 h5
a d v a n ta g e as it has to play 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Rbel Rf7
with w hite colour. 25. R,e2 g4 26. Qb3 Raf8
27. c5 Qg6 28. cxd6 cxd6
In the second g a m e
29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Bh6
K a sparov g o t into a serious
31. Qb6 Kh7 32. Qb4 Rg7..Rg8
b lu n d e r d u rin g the first tim e
33. Rxe5 dxe5 34. Qxf8 Nd4
c o n tr o l a n d he w e n t d o w n
35. Bxd4 exd4 36. Re8 Rg8
37. Q e7+ Rg7 38. Qd8 Rg8
39. Q d 7 + 1-0.
Even a World Champ
makes a blunder under time
pressure lost by a pawn thro pin
as Kasparov had to m ake 9
moves in 12 minutes. In the
32th move before that both had
even chances. After all Kasparov
is also hum an and to err is
Move 32 Black Rg7 human???
Introduction to
Game of Chess
2.0 Basic Principles and Rules
C h e ss is a s c ie n c e a n d m o s t p r o b a b ly m a x im u m
n u m b e r o f b o o k s ha ve been p rin te d on this subject. Books are
very e s s e n tia l f o r le a rn in g chess. W hen the g a m e is b e in g
w a tch e d b y those w h o have n o kn o w le d g e a b o u t the g a m e
they w o n d e r w h a t these tw o p e o p le are d o in g sittin g silently. I f
yo u try to e x p la in the g a m e b y a m e re sta te m e n t th a t g a m e
starts w ith a n id e a o f m a tin g o p p o n e n t's k in g a n d then the
g a m e ends. This does n o t exp la in the g a m e fu lly a n d easily
when the q u e stio n arises, "how d o y o u m a te the kin g as n o
fast a ctio n is seen". In y e a r 1 2 9 0 the firs t chess b o o k was seen
in m a n u a l s c rip t o n ly , the a u th o r b e in g Ja ckob Se/sen.
M C' f f 7
u ■ * 6
5
1 urn mmm 4
11 -
3
2
1
_ E d
a b o d e f g h a b o d e f g h
W hite Square is in the Right Black Square should not come
corner for both sides to the right side for both sides
b o ard , Correct w ay is that the Placing of Pieces
r ig h t h a n d c o rn e r sq u a re
s h o u ld b e w h it e f o r b o t h
players. First they must know
s o m e th in g a b o u t the chess
b oa rd . The b o a rd consists of
8x8 sq u a re s a lte rn a te ly
a rra n g e d and coloured Black
a nd W hite tota lling in all 64
squers. If you keenly observe
you can say th a t the b o a rd
can be also m a d e by 8 files a b c d e f g h
(Strips) vertically consisting of White queen in White Square
B la c k a n d W h it e S q u a r e s Black queen in Black Square
a l t e r n a t i v e l y c a l le d a , b , c ,
d ,e ,f,g , and h f ile s . each having 16 pieces out of
A lte rn a tiv e ly you can m a k e which 8 are called (soldiers)
th e b o a r d w ith h o r iz o n t a l and the other eight consists of
strips called ranks n u m be ring 1 king and queen two bishops
1 -8 o n e a n d o n e o v e r the two knights and two rooks.
other these are called 8 ranks
a g a i n s t th e v e r t i c a l ro w s A f t e r p l a c i n g the
called files. boa rd in the correct way the
p ie c e s a r e a r r a n g e d as
Rule : In the national gam e s h o w n in th e d i a g r a m the
there is no specific rule fo r the nearest row belongs to white
placin g o f the b o a rd but in
and the farthest row belongs
the in te rn a tio n a l system the
to black, the player w h o gets
b o a rd s h o u ld be in such a
the toss is called white. The
way that the right side corner
player w h o gets black pieces
square is only white. Figure
is re fe rre d to as black. The
fo r both also shows w rong way
when black squares comes on g a m e is started by w hite only,
the right. m o v in g a p ie c e a n d then
b lack moves pieces in reply
Board Pieces and a nd it is co m polsury to make,
Arrangement m o v e s w h ic h a r e m a d e
Chess g a m e is played a lt e r n a t iv e ly & t h e r e is no
choice to say pass to avoid a
m ove.
Colour Matching Rule
If y o u n o t ic e th e
a r r a n g e m e n t o f pieces you
see t h a t t h e q u e e n s a r e
p la c e d a c c o r d i n g to t h e i r
colour w h ite q u een in w h ite
s q u a r e , b la c k q u e e n in
black square, this is called
colour m aching rule because
queens are ladies w h o prefer
their ow n colours fo r c o lo u r
m a tc h in g . Grand M aster Rusian
P o n o m aro v, U k ra in e
The Pieces and the 15th FIDE In te r n a tio n a l
names and values Chess C h a m p io n
(powers) each. The king has no price
F ro m th e f ig u r e you because it is priceless, which
c a n see t h a t t h e k in g is means if there is no king there
represented by K, q ue en by is no battle o r k in g d o m . The
Q , kn ig h t by N, bishop by B king can m ove to 8 squares
and ro o k by R and paw ns by one at a tim e in any direction.
P. The p o w e r s o f p ie c e s is Q u een to 2 7 squares, Knight
given as: 9 points fo r queen ju m p in g to 8 squares, Bishop
3 f o r kn ig h t, 3 + fo r bish o p to 1 3 squares d ia g o n a lly and
and 5 f o r ro o k a nd paw n 1 Rook 14 squares vertically or
Symbol No. Value Max.
h o rizo ntally.
Squares.
Controlled.
Major - Minor pieces
king (K) 1 Priceless 8
The queen a n d ro o k
Queen(Q) 1 9 27
are called m a jo r pieces while
Knight(N) 2 3 8 can jump
th e Bishop a n d K n ig h t are
Bishop(B) 2 3+ 13
c a lle d m in o r pieces as p e r
Rook (R) 2 5 14 the points and evolution given
Pawn (P) 8 1 each 2(only front) above.
2.1 Chess Piecess their
Names and Moves
In chess there are strange r u le s . In the In d ia n epic, our
Ram ayan, it is sp e cifie d th a t Ram a has o n ly one wife a n d only
o ne arrow . H ere in chess it does n o t apply. Pawns g e t strange
p o w e rs o f p ro m o tio n to h ig h e r category, i f it reaches the last
ra n k a n d can be c re a te d as queen, rook, b ishop o r kn ig h t as
p e r y o u r choice d e p e n d in g on the p o sitio n o r deploym ent o f
the forces a t the tim e a n d there can b e 8 extra queens, rooks,
Bishops a n d Knights a t a n y one tim e i f a ll the 8 p a w n s reached
the o th e r side.
6
in protecting the king.
5
3. 2 Rooks - (R) Rook has 5 4
p o in t s in s o m e t a c t i c a l 3
position tw o rooks are better 2
than Q u e e n . Rook moves up
1
5 . 2 K nights - (N ) In the
India n g a m e in north they
c a ll t h e K n i g h t 1 V 2, 2 V 2
a b c . d e f g h (D ade and A dai) becuase it
Rooks w ay goes one square straight up
or dow n o r moves dia g o n a lly
or d ow n a m o n g files o r ranks
to other colour and other way
and covers 14 squares.
straight m oving two squares
4 . 2 B ishops - (B) If you and turn ing one square either
n o t ic e c a re fu lly th e w a y perpe nd icu la rilly. There
a r r a n g e m e n t o f p ie c e s on is a n o th e r s p e c ia lity th a t it
boa rd y o u w ill see o ne b ishop
o f b is h o p s ancl w ill never
sacrifice o r exchange a knight
fo r bishop.
There is a p ro p o s a l to co n d u ct to u rn a m e n ts giving
p la ye rs the com puters fo r use w hile p la y in g . It is s im ila r to
a llo w in g m a th e m a tic a l ta b le s o r c a lc u la to rs to students
w ritin g an exam ination. E xa m in a tio n in la w a llo w stun dents
access to b o th w h y n o t in chess? g iv in g co m p u te rs in
futu re? But one th in g is sure ; the g a m e loses its ch a rm a n d
m a y d is a p p e a r finally.
2.2 The Squares in Chess and
their descriptions
(Algebraic and Technical Procedures)
1 A m e ric a n D e s c r ip t iv e
a b c d e f g h n o ta tio n . 2) A lg e b ra ic
N o ta tio n , a) A lg e b ra ic Long
Rank, File, Long Diagonal
N o ta tio n b) A lg e b ra ic Short
So th e s q u a re s o n th e le ft Notation 3) Figurine Notation
han d co rn e r a n d rig h t hand 4) C o m p u te r N o ta tio n 5)
corn e r a l , h l a n d bla ck a8, T e le g r a p h ic /T e le g ra m
a n d h 8 th e d i a g o n a l s a re N o tation, 6) Correspondence
fro m al to h8 a ll b la c k
Notation 7) Koch Notation 8) Placing of Pieces
Forsyth N o ta tio n .
(2) In T h e F re n c h
la n g u a g e the bishop is called
Fow and indicated by symbol
(F) and in the Dutch langua ge
(L) fo r Lopez. And m any of the
English speaking countries it
is in d ic a te d by (B) Bishop,
while printing the g a m e with
the actual figure of bishop is
Dr. B.R.L. Row Phd printed .
C-DOC Technical Advisor (3) G e n e r a l ly K f o r
the files a nd ranks etc. In the King Q fo r Q ueen, R fo r rook,
1981 In te rn a tio n a l Chess B fo r Bishop, N fo r Knight.
C o n g r e s s th e p a r t ic ip a t in g (4) T h e p a w n s a r e
m e m b e rs fro m the countries
in d ic a t e d by (P) b u t w h ile
have a g re e d and finalised the w ritin g m ove it is om itted and
the square written like e-4, d- ex. queen e3, (Q e3) Knight
4, h-5 etc m eaning that pawn N f3 , R d l. The pawn moves
is m oving to those squares. a r e d i f f e r n t i a t e d by n o t
w r itin g R But the square to
(5) 8 files vertical row
w hich it has m oved. Queen
of squares are indicated by a
paw n is moved to 4th rank it
to h in the small letter from
is d4 and if the oponent black
the w h ite side.
a ls o m o v e d th e p a w n to
(6) The 8 ranks (the centre it is written as d5, in the
h o riz o n ta l rows) o f squares olden days there used to be
are num be red fro m 1 -8 from a dash o r hyphen after the
w h ite side only. Because of symbol of piece which like Q-
this white arranges its forces a 4 a ls o th e y used to write
in 1st a nd 2nd ranks, while nam es in the long form by
black does so in the 7 and 8 first piece where it is situated
ranks. and or hyphen, after which the
(7) As p e r th e rules square to which is moved like
indicated in above, each and N a l -c3
every squares of 64 squares (9) W h e n one pie
a r e i d e n t i f i e d b y th e f i l e k ills a n o t h e r p ie c e o f the
symbol and its rank just as in o p p o n e n t the symbol "into" is
g r a p h . A lo o k at the fig u re used like B x e5 Knight x f3,
shows that the 4 corners o f the rook x h5 etc in the case of
b o a r d th e s q u a r e s a r e p ie c e s and th e p la c e s
indicated by a l , h i fo r white between paw ns which it has
and black a8, h8. moved like D x e5.
(8) The m e th o d o f e n P assant Rule fo r
w riting moves paw ns
Eve ry m ove is The paw n has a
id entified 1st by the sym bol special right o f killing a piece
o f the piece m oved and then w h ile in m o tio n a nd we will
the square to which it moved learn a b o u t it later.
( 1 0 ) S o m e t im e s t w o (12) O t h e r in d ic a t io n
kin g h ts can m o v e in to s a m e a re 0 -0 -0 in d ic a te s lo n g
s q u a re f r o m d iffe r e n t files f o r c a s tlin g a q u e e n s id e c a s tlin g
have Nd2 s q u a re and a n d t h e k in g m o v e s to C l
a n o th e r k n ig h t in g l s q u a re s q u a re a n d Rook a t the a l
can also m o v e to th e f3 s q u a re b r o u g h t to d l s q u a re . In th e
so if yo u w rite a m o v e as N f 3 sam e w a y 0 -0 is i n d i c a t e d
it d o e s n o t g iv e c o rre c tly s h o rt to c a s tlin g o r k in g side,
Discriptive Notation
descriptive notation. Similarly
(Anglo American)
o u r b o o k & culture is stored
in Sanskrit la n g u a g e . These (1) E ve ry p ie c e is
books are very valuable and in d ic a te d by the firs t letter
also present in every house after the m ove like K-R-B-N
Black q u e e n so t h e y a r e c a lle d
y y
q u e e n s r o o k QR, Q N , Q B
jy y sim iliarly KN-KR. The file a is
E E -2
K ** c.
SO SO
called queen rook file, QR file
o a. SO
x -B
o .5 f -B o
o ’e </3 -s
.2 f o
etc. And sim ilarly KB file, KN
l/l
0! * s so ’5 o
file and KR file follow ing the
B B s s E 5 * 0£
cn
Q
J
O
y y
y y
y OX) OX C/D
y OX OX same procedure the pawn in
3 B B 3 G a B B
the second r a n k in queens
O a O ' 3 3 3 3
y y y — y y ro o k file is written as QNP,
so so sd sd SO so sd so
QBP etc. The figure shows the
B -O y ■3 y W) -e
n a m e o f files in d iscrip tive
a b c d e f g h
system.
White
Files in Algebraic and Here in the descriptive
Descriptive Notations system the ranks are given
num bers fro m white and also
and queen by Q , but in Indian
f r o m the b la c k side i.e. up
system the queen is called as
a nd d o w n , the black counts
minister.
f r o m to p to b o tto m . So to
(2) The b o a rd is in d ic a te th e s q u a re in the
d iv id e d in to tw o p a rts a n d
th e re is n o r e s tr ic t .on th e
......"■'7,1
Board. There is restriction that a8 b8 c8 d8 e8 f8 gS h8
Writing Moves in
Descriptive notation a b c d e f g h
6. W hen a pawn 6
5
reaches last ra n k by killin g
4
the rook it is p ro m o te d as a
Q ueen and written as PxR/Q 3
2
o r PxR = Q th is m e a n s th e
paw n killed R in the 8th rank 1
and can also be written as PR-
8 = Q , here is a eg: w ritin g 14.0-0 NQ2 14.0-0 Nd7
m o v e s in d e s c r i p t i v e a n d
pieces given in the d ia g ra m
a lg e b r a ic n o ta tio n u p to 14
in page 52 it is usually written
m oves a n d th e p o s itio n o f
as b e l o w in d i a g r a m th e
a r r a n g e m e n t o f the pieces
Descriptive Algebraic
c a n be d e s c r ib e d as K h 8
White Black White Black
means KKR8, Q C 8 means the
1. P-Q4 N-KB3 1. d4 N-f6
Q is the Q B 8 s q u a re RG!
2. P-QB4 P-K3 2. c4 e-6
means RG-! KN-1 square the
3. N-Qb3 B-N5 3. N-c3 B-b4
above is d e s c r ib e d th e
o
oI
Forsyth System 3
2
(th is a ls o u se d to
1
indicate position of the chess
a b c d e f g h
pieces) Exam ple fo r w ritin g D eploym ent
the a c tu a l g a m e , the w h ite B, System (bracket for Black
m o v e s f ir s t a n d s ta rts th e Pieces)
black's clock, a nd the g a m e 8 4 (R)l (K)1
goes on, a nd the pieces are 7 (P)l (Q)(R)1 (P)2
in d ic a te d in th re e d iff e r e n t 6 4 (P) 1 (B) Q
ways. The d e p lo y m e n t of 5 2 (P) (P) 2 R1
forces is written on the score 4 8
sheet fro m the 8th rank dow n 3 6 PB
A. System 7
8 4rl kl 6
7 p 1q r 1p2 5
6 4 p lb Q 4
5 2 pp2Rl 3
4 2
8 ()
3 6 PB
2 P4 PI K
1 4 R3 1. d4 d5,2. c4 e6,3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7,5. e3 0-0,6.NB Nbd7
rank. So against the 4th rank, Simple Method
N o 8 is written. And inthe 5th
The p ro b le m s are
rank also has no pieces, it can
w hen position o f pieces are
be written as 8 / 8 or 8 + 8 = 16.
writen easily as shown below
Figurine Notation
W h ite : K e l Q d l Ral Rh 1
(used in media) B fl Bg5 (6 pieces)
In t h is s y s te m , th e pawns : a 2 b 2 , c4,d4,e3,f2,
pieces a r e n o t in d ic te d by g 2 ,h 2 (8 pawns)
l.d 4 d5 2 .c 4 e6
1) K,Q vs K - 9 moves
2) K,2R vs K - 12 moves
3) K & 1 R vs K - 16 moves
4) K & 2B - 2 0 -2 5 moves
5) K& B and N vs K - 3 0 - 4 0
m oves L o n e ly K in g m a te d by
K in g & Q u e e n
m ating of the K is do n e as per position, W hite K is in a l and
the moves given below. the R is b l square.
1. Kb2, Kd5 5. Q g 5 , Kf7
3. Q g 6 , Kf4 7. Q g 2 , K d l
This can be m a d e by
th o s e w h o a r e p r a c t i c i n g
a b c d e f g h
re g u la rly a n d g o o d players
but we advise the b ig in n e r to Lonely King mated by
treat the Q as a Rook a nd King and Rook
mate the lonely K as per the W h it e has to m o v e
p roced ure given b e lo w until a n d d r iv e th e K as s ta te d
very fam iliar. O therw ise there earlier to the nearest rank or
is d a n g e r w h e n it results in file at the edge and when the
stale m ate a n d as draw. kin g s are o p p o s ite to each
other attack K by the R in the
Lonely King Mated by
last Rank o f File & C h e c k
King & Rook
mate. You w a n t to drive K to
This s itu a tio n always the nearest edge which is the
arises w h en the extra paw n 8th rank. For this we have to
which is p ro m o te d as a Rook place the Rook in the 4th rank
or inthe m id d le g a m e itself a t b 4 a n d b r in g th e K ing
one has lost a ro o k all the o p p o s ite to the b la c k kin g
pieces a re e x c h a n g e d . The and say check which enable
procedure is as follow s the R the black to m ove next to 5
has only 5 points & pow er and higher ranks.
less than Q p o w e r by 4 points
E v e r y t im e w e m u s t
hence it will take 7 / 8 moves
ask o p p o n e n t king to com e
m ore fo r m ating the king (see
o p p o s it e s q u a r e a n d th e n
the d ia g r a m below). The Kd5
give a check to the K by a you w ill lose the Rook as a
Rook. The same procedure is result o f the touched move
repeated to g ra d u a lly forcing rule.
the king to move to the 8th
3. King & 2 Rooks
rank o r edge.
Mate the lonely King
1. Kb2 Kd4 6. Kd4 Kf4
T h is p r o c e d u r e is
2. Kc2 Ke4 7. R flch.K g5 e a s ie r th a n th e a b o v e two
cases here there is no work for
3. Kc3 Ke5 8. Ke4 Kg6
the King. O n e of the rooks will
4. Kc4 Ke4 9. Ke5 Kg5 then control the file or rank (4)
Prevent the king com ing to
5. R eich .K f5 10.R g1ch.K h4
h ig h e r rank the next rook says
1 1 . Kf5 (n o t f4 ) A f t e r th e check and a l t e r n a t i v e ly
1 Oth move the king should not moves o f Rs in the file or ranks
g o to f4 but to f5 and force force the king each time to go
the o p p o n e t to com e opp osit to a rank o r file nearer to the
king in the same file a t the edge.
tim e you say check by white
eg. The pieces are placed in
rook. The black K won't com e
d ia g r a m w hite king at K d l,
because of the check a nd is
Ra 1, Rh 1. The black king is at
forced to the a file etc. 11. Kf5
Kh3 12. Kf4 Kh2 it moves
8
in the same file to waste some 1
moves and force the w hite to H 7
a b c d e f g h
i l l i i A
Berlin defence A
1) e4 e5 iw im IS
2) NO Nc6 Illl§§ V';
pew
3) Bb5 Nf6 iis S&i life
Old Steinitz defence
Ia a a t :: A A A
& a
1 ) e4 e5 a b c d e f g h
2) NO Nc6 White's 6th Move
3) Bb5 d6
exd6 enpassant capture
Scotch Game Two Knights Defence
1) e4 e5 2) NO Nc6 3) d4 exd4 (For Four knights game see
4) Nxd4 Nf6 5) Nc3 Bb4 instructive games sector)
Phildor's Defence a. I)e4 e5,2)NG Nc6,3)Bc4 Nf6,
4)Ng5 d5,5)exd5 Na5,6)d3 h6,
1) e4 e5 2 )N f3 d 6 3) d4N f6 7)Nf3 e4,8)Qe2 Nc4
4) Nc3 Nd7 5) Bc4 Be7
6)0-0 0-0 7)Qe2 c6,8)a4 a5 b) 1) e4 e5 2) NO Nc6 3) Bc4 Nf6
4) d4 exd4 5) 0-0 Ne4 6) Rel
5
4. B o le s la v s k y V a r ia tio n
4
(B olesla vsky is a th e o ritic a l
3
e x p e rt a p a r t fro m b e in g a
2
player)
1) e4 c5 2) NO Nc6 3) d4 cxd4 1
4) Nxd4 Nf6 5) Nc3 d6
6) Be2 e5 7) Nb3 Be7 etc. Black's 7th Move h4 h6
in th is v a r ia t io n th e s ix th In th is v a r ia tio n th e
m ove o f b la ck m akes KP to g a m e usually goes to d ra w
e5 a tta ckin g the w h ite K night
at kings d4, 1) Main Line
1) e4 c6 2) d4 d5 3) Nc3 dxe4
K R ichtor-R auzer attack 4) Nxe4 Bf5 5) Ng3 Bg6
1) e4 c5 2) N13 Nc6 3) d4 cxd4 6) NJ3 Nd7 7) h4 h6 etc.
4) Nxd4 Nf6 5) Nc3 d6 6) Bg5 e6
7) Qd2 Be7 8) 0-0-0 0-0 2) Panov Botwinnik attack
in this v a ria tio n the w hite king 1) e4 c6 2) d4 d5 3) ex d5 cxd5
g o e s to lo n g c a s tle a n d 4) c4 Nf6 5) Nc3e6 6) Nf3 Be7
a tta cking fro m king side. 7) C5 0-0 8) b4 b6 9) Bd3 Bd2
10) Be3 Ng4 11) 0-0 a5 etc.
9) f4 Nxd4 10) Qxd4 h6 etc.
4.3 Closed Openings
These c lo s e d by b la ck is g e n erally seen in
o p e n in g s have been other w o rd s the K Indian by
t h o r o u g h ly a n a ly s e d b u t black m oves is bishop to g7
som e gam es started as open w h ile Q In d ia n it moves to b7.
o p e n in g s b u t la te r ch an ged
3. G runfeld Defence
to the closed gam e. Here we
ha ve discussed the g e n e ra l 4. Nim zovitch Defence
circum stances as they a p p e a r
F u rth e r th e fla n k
only. o p e n ig s a re id e n tifie d as
Let us recall th a t open English ope nin g with c4 Reti,
o p e n in g s m oves th a t KP is B ird s a n d o th e r Irre g u la r
m o ve d e4 as firs t m ove by o p e nin gs like W oolw oom lu in
w hite and black replies by e5. A u s tra lia w h ic h com m ence
w ith R paw ns being pushed
U n lik e th e a b o v e
ahead.
c lo s e d o p e n in g s in v o lv e
b la c k does n o t re p ly by e5 Queen, Pawn openings
in s te a d it m a y m o v e a n y (Closed Systems)
o th e r piece o r paw n in its first (a) Q u eens Gambit
m ove. w h ere the QBP is m oved to c4
The clo sed o p e n in g a nd o ffe r it to the oponent in
a re c a te g o r is e d or the second m ove.
s y s te m e tis e d by w h a te v e r 1) If this o ffe r is accepted
n a m e it is ca lie d . Th ese and Black take it by dxc4
clo se d g a m e s g ive n b e lo w
com e under the category. 2) D e c lin e d c a lle d
queen's g a m b it declined.
1 . Q u e e n P aw n o p e n in g
in c lu d in g g a m b its o n th e The moves are 1) d 4,
queen side. d5 2) c4, e6 o r N f3 C hanging
to o th e r d e fe n c e s like
2 . In d ia n o p e n in g s th e o rth o d o x Tartacover, Laskar,
moves include bishops g o in g
E xchange v a ria tio n s Tarash,
to b2, g2 by w hite and b7 g7 C h ig o r in e tc , f in a lly
s y m m e tric a l d e v e lo p m e n ts 8) Ne2, Cxd4 9)Cxd4, Nc6,
c h a n g e to d e fe n c e s . L ike 10)Be3 0-0, ll)0-0etc
A lbin C o u n te r G a m b it. A fter the 1 1th m ove it
is seen w h ile d 4 p a w n is
3) Q u e e n 's G a m b it
a tta c k e d r ig h t fr o m th e
Declined Q C D includes Slav
b e g in n in g .
d e fe n c e w h e r e th e b la c k
p ro te c ts th e d 5 p a w n by 2. Kings Indian defence
m o v in g c6 as 1) d 4 , d 5 a) ld 4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7,
2 ) c4,c6 and Laskar defence. 4.e4 d6 5. f3 0-0
T h e m o v e s 5 f3 is
N o te : W it h o u t
nam ed as Samisch va ria tio n .
g a m b it others are Stone w a ll
defence, C olie Systems and 6. Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5
other attractive o p e n in g s are 9. 0-0-0
a v a ila b le . See In s tr u c tiv e b) W hite Fianchetos to g2
gam es sector. Here the first 4 moves
b) Versov O p en in g : are as abo ve but in the 5th
m ove w hite one as above but
Moves : 1) d 4 , N f6 2 )N c3 , d5 in the 5th m ove w hite moves
3) Bg5, N b7 4) N f3 , g 6 etc. his Bishop to g2. This is called
Indian Defensive b g2 va ria tio n , and moves are
Systems show n below.
In th is w h ite m o ve s
Kings Indian defence,
w ith o u t b o th e rin g a b o u t how
Samisch Variiation.
b la c k has re p lie d w h ile the
b la ck ch a n g e s its m oves in
I * 8
m any w ays. The ch a n g e d
system a re g iv e n d iff e r e n t
lil ij7
nam es as b e lo w : J m -* 16
i , A A A . I 5
1) Grun field D efence : here
J O B Afl II] 4
th e Q P d 4 is s u b je c te d to
se ve re a tta c k s fr o m b la c k ■ m I a b 3
rig h t fro m the b e g in n in g . AAA m A A! 3
l)d 4 ,N f6 2)c4,g6 3)N c3,d5 l j.^ 1 1 1
4) cxd5, Nxd5 5)e4, Nxc3, a b c d e f g h
4. N im jo In dian Defence :
1) d4, Nf6 2) c4 e6 3) Nc3, Bb4 (c) Birds O pening :
4) Qc2, d4 5)h3, Bxc3 5) Qxc3 Here C .B ird is nam e of one
6) Ne4 player.
5. Dutch Defence I)f4,d5 2)e3 g6 3)Nf3, Nf6
l)d4 e6 2)c4 f5 3) g3 Nf6 (d) Sokolsky O pening
4) Bg2 Be7
l)b 4 , d 5 o re5 2)B b2,N f6
(d) Flank O penings
3) e3, Bf5 4) Nf3, e6
(a) The ^ n g lis h
o p e n in g by white's first m ove
c4 by w hich w hite keeps the
b la c k g u e s s in g to f o llo w
w hite's g a m b it o r G ru n fe ld .
T h is a p p lie s to th e a b o v e
d iff e r e n c e a ls o . E n g lis h
ope n in g is played by experts
w h o t h o r o u g h ly p la n th e
g a m e a g a in st black possible
reply.
(b) Reti O p en ing :
l)N f3, d5 2) c4 c6 3)b3, Nf6 4)Bb2
Bf5 5) g3, e6 6) Bg2 Nd7
(Late) Er. B.M. Jawaharlal I.O.F.S.
C-DOC Advisor Computers
The Middle Game
5.0 Weapons
W hat is the aim in p la yin g the g a m e ? Yes it is sim ple
we h ave to ca p tu re the kin g s a n d win the g a m e. To win you
req u ire p ro fice n cy in the e n d g a m e itself. To win it is n ecessa ry
to kn ow w hat w ea p on s are there, h o w they a re to b e used,
a n d a t w hat tim e ? in M a h a b h a ra t Indian e p ic the g re a t K am a's
curse is know n to us. it sa ys that the w eapon when it is very
n ecessa ry to use h is w eapon, d o e s n o t com e to h is rescu e as
p e r the cu rse from h is tea ch er "Parasuram a". O n e sh o u ld know
w h en w h e re , w h ich a n d h o w a w e a p o n is to b e u s e d
appropriately. A n y m iss-u se o f the w eapon m ay b rin g in ruin.
Ju st b eca u se it is a va ila b le it sh o u ld n o t b e u se d in a lig h t way
w ith o u t d e e p a n a ly sis (th e c o n se q u e n c e s a n d th e m o ves
th ereafter).
6. O ve r w o rke d piece 5
4
7. Remove su p p o rt
3
8. C o m b in a tio n s 2
9. Psuedo Sacrifices a nd 1
a b c d e f g h
10. Blocking and line cle a rin g
White 4th Move Bg5 Ne5
1. d 4 , N f6 , 2. c4, e5 1. Q c 8 c h ., Q f8 (Line
Blocking)
3. d 5 , Bc5 4. Bg5
2. Bxh7 ch. (Black k x h7) or
you can see the white
Kh8 forced
bishop has pinned the Black
knight in the f6 square. It looks 3. Q x Q , b la c k has lost his
lik e a g o o d m o v e b u t in Q u e e n b e c a u s e th e b lack
practice it does not w o rk as a king is supporting the Queen
pin because of 4 ..... N e 5 , at f8 and also the pawn in h7
k e e p in g s u p p o r t to tw o
5. B is h o p x Q??
pieces. We played Bxh7, and
B xf2C h.m ate
the K has to m ove to h8 or
2. Over Worked piece k ill b is h o p in v ie w o f the
and remove the forced m ove the black Q has
support lost the support from the king
and consequently the white Q
eg. : B e lo w th e
devowers the black Queen. It
d e p lo y m e n t s h o w n in th e
is because the king has taken
d ia g ra m .
the re s p o n s ib ility to protect
W hite K g l, Bd3, Qc3 -(3) s im u lta n e o u s ly tw o pieces,
i.e. Q f8 and paw n at h7 and
Black Kg8, Q e 7 and pawns
at the sam e tim e we removed
at f7, g 7, h7 - (5)
o n e s u p p o rt a n d the other
Over Worked Piece also lost its support.
Let us e x a m in e
a n o th e r exam ple
Smothered Mate
This m eans the king is
surrounded by it ow n piecess
u n a b le to m o v e w h e n the
o p p o n e n t delivers check here
forced moves are used.
The a rra n g e m e n ts o f h6 and here the king cannot
piecess are as in d ia g ra m m e . kill the queen.
W hite K g l, Q c 4 , N f7 .. (3)
2. Q g 8 R xQ , 3)
Black Kg8, Ra8, P's at g7 and N f7 ch . a nd sm othered m ate,
h7 - (4) the b la ck king has no em pty
S q uare to m ove b lo cked by
its ow n rook and paw ns and
fin a lly g o t m ated.
X-ray attack
A r r a n g e th e piecess
onthe b o a rd as shown below
paw n a 7 ,g 2 - (2)
a b c d e f g h
Smothered Mate B la ck : K e7, R a l - (2) the
1. Nh6, dis double check Kh8 foced g a m e m oved like this.
2. Qg8 ch. RxQ (King x Q is not
possible) 1 . W h ite R ook Rh8
3. Nf7 ch. mate (smothered) a nd Black has o n ly one m ove
N ote: Under double check the king i.e. Kill the paw n a7 otherwise
has to move the paw n w ill g o to a 8 and
p ro m o te d itself as Q ueen so
here the w hite moves are very there is no o th e r w ay but to
Vicky and the king is m ated. kill it R x a7.
1) Nh6 dis double ch. Kh8 not f8
1) Rh8, Rxa7
2 ) Qg8ch. Rxg8 forced
E x p e r ie n c e s h o w s th a t th e e x p e r ts in d u lg e in
m a n oeu vres in the m iddle g a m e keep in g an eye on probable
e n d g a m e p o sitio n . In the ep ic M ah abh arata it is stated that
A b h im a n ya w hile an am brio learn t h ow the Padm a M anoeuver
h a s to b e crea ted . This Padm a M a n o eu ver is a com plicated
on e w hich a llow s the o p p o n en t ea sy a ccess a n d entry into the
a rm y d ep lo ym en t b u t com in g ou t is a lso d ifficu lt unless he
kn ow s the m eth o d it is s a id that Lo rd S ri Krishna who was there
when A rju n a w as n arratin g h ow to en ter the Padm a M anoeuver
e n g a g e d A rju n a to diviate from the to p ic o f telling Abimanya
h o w to g e t ou t o f the trap. S ri Krihsna d id so becau se he thought
i f A b im a n ya le a rn t h ow to en ter a n d com e out o f a Padma
M a n o e u v e r h e w ill b e c o m e a g re a te r m an a n d crea te
p ro b le m s in wich ca se S ri K rishna h a s h im se lf to com e again
in a n o th er Avtar. So he d istu rb ed A rju n a a n d a rra n g ed another
to p ic so that A bim an ya d o e s n ot kn ow the m eth o d o f coming
o u t from Padm a M anoeuver. I f you re a d the e p ic Abhim anya
en ters the K aurov's arm y m anoeuvre fightin g b u t fa ils to come
ou t a n d g e ts killed .
We kn o w h o w G o d s a lso p la y trick s so m e tim es to
esta b lish D harm a in the w orld!!
to d 4 s q u a re K d5 a n d n o t 5
4
Kd4. W ith the p o s itio n Kd5
3
Blacks king c a n n o t co m e to
2
c6 but only to c7. Then w hite
1
king moves to c5 and o b ta in s a b c d e f g h
its o p p o s itio n . T h e re a fte r W hite paw n sure to get
prom oted
3 .......Kd6 4) Kb5 Kc7 kin g th e re is alw ays a slip
or (5 Kb7 o r d7) 6 w hite Kd6 between the cup and the lip
(o r K b 6) M e a n w h ile it as in o n e m o m e n t decides
moves the paw n to c5 white w h e th e r you g o to hell or
t u r n in g goes to c6 and heaven.
m eanigly to see th a t the Black
Queening the Pawn
King does not threaten the c8
Q u e e n in g the pawn
s q u a re th e paw n s h o u ld
involves a few methods and
reach c5 and the w hite king
procedures. For instance one
to c6 and g o into o p p ositio n
m u s t e v a lu a te h o w many
and also the Black King to
m o v e s th e p a w n takes to
leave the c file and g o to d8
reach the last rank but also
o r b8 square. The w hite king
how m any m oves the
uses the tu rn in g m a n o u v e r
o p p o s ite k in g re q u ire s to
and goes to either d7 o r b7
re a c h th is s q u a re is to be
and is able to drive the Black
coun ted .
king not to a g a in reach the
c8 square. Then the paw n is For this there is
advanced to c6, c7 .... c 8 = Q .
"1) Square law"
thereafter white king w ith the
help o f Q m ates the Black 2) The Second Consideration
H e re w e s h o w y o u
p e c u la r set up d u r in g th e
g a m e w h ic h you m a y fa c e
and try to get a passed paw n a b c d e f g h
7
ii) If 1 b6 - axb6 2) c6if Black
6 reply 2) axb6 3) a6-a7 and
5 a 8 -Q
4
2) if Black goes to 5 without
3
kilin g w hite kills b7 pawn by
2
cxb7, the w hite b8 = Q
1
a b c d e f g h
White 1. b6 axb6
(or cxb6)
6.5 Lucena Position and other Manoeuvres
In every g a m e we .. Lucena position
com e a c ro s s fa m ilia r
fo rm a tio n s o f p ie c e s a fte r
some moves. O n e o f these is
"Lucena Position" w h ic h we
can fr e q u e n tly see in th e
game. If you recognise it as
Lucena Position you m ay have
to k n o w th e p r o c e d u r e s
in v o lv e d and p la y
accordingly. O n e w h o knows a b c d e f g h
it plays it in a playful speed. Blacks first move Rh6
Let us n o w e x a m in e
the Ladder o r step m ethod see
a b c d e f g h
d ia g r a m th e p o s itio n o f White Knight traps Black Queen
piecess is as below. c3 d 3 , e4, e5, f5 steps and
inthe 1 1h m ove Q f6 _ in the
W hite : Kh2, Q a 8 , N e 6 ..(3 )
Black d ia g o n a l.
Black : Kh8, Q g 8 , Pawn on
11. Q f6 c h . Kh7 12) N f8 ch.
h6 ... (3)
Q x f8 (forced) otherw ise it is
Here W h ite uses the a m ate. 13) Q x Q and Black
ladder o r step m ethod and Q resigns.
appoaches the f6 square and
checks. But here n o rm a lly the
2. Hellors Eccentric
Menoeuvre
Black Q ueen should g o to g 7
fo r Blocking it and save the See the d ia g ra m the position
king. But if it does, the w hite o f pieces is as below
queen with the s u p p o rt o f its
W hite : Kg7, Q d 8 , N g 6
knight takes the b lack queen
and mates the king. To avoid Black : Ke4, Q c6 - (2)
this if the Black kin g m oves In 1 8 7 3 C. H e llo r a
from h8 to h7 and then the chess expert has enunciated
white knight goes to N f8 and a m e th o d fo r c a p tu rin g the
gives check, the b la c k King queen w ith this m ethod and
since it cannot g o to h8 o r h7 h e n ce th e m e th o d g o t th is
Black Q ueen is force d to kill
the w hite N to a v o id m ate , Hellors eccentric manoever
without the supp ort o f its king
8
which is in h7 and away. The
7
Black Q ueen th e re fo re gets
6
killed by w h ite Q u e e n a n d
white wins. 5
4
Let us see h o w th is
3
method works
2
1. Q a lc h . Kh7 2) Q b lc h .K h 8
1
3) Q b2ch. Kh7 4) Q c2 ch.Kh8
a b c d e f g h
lik e th is th e Q ueen White Queen with Night traps
approaches the f6 square via Black Queen
n a m e . T h e w h ite q u e e n w hite uses the X ray weapon.
attacks the Black King w hich
if a )..... Kd5 N e7 ch. fork and
is in the centre and inthe end
Black's Q ueen is lost.
m a n a g e s to m ove th e kin g
a nd its Q u e e n to be in the if b )..... Kc4 fo rk by Ne5
sam e file o r sam e d ia g o n a l if c) Kc3 queen to c l X ray and
a n d uses the X ray W eapon queen is lost
and attacks the Black Q ueen
and gob b le s it. The Speciality if d) Kd3 fo rk by Ne5
in th is m e th o d is th a t th e if e) Ke4 Q h l and X ray in
w h ite q u e e n g iv e s c h e c k w h ite d ia g o n a l.
repeatedly by the help o f the
kn ig h t also and drives it at last In th e d ia g ra m the
path o f the white's attacking
to escape to o n ly 5 squares
Q ueen. Q h 4 , e l , g l or cl for
left. In these squares if th e
Black king moves to any one check and if other squares the
of the 5 squares, it is attacked kn ig h t fo rk w ill take away the
by the X ray w eapon fo r w hite queen.
Q and loses the black Q ueen. T h e se m o tiffs or
Here the p o sitio n o f K n ig h t m a n o e u v re s a re to be
has attained im p ortance and p r o p e r ly u n d e rs to o d and
w h ite p ro fu s e ly uses it as a p p lie d w h e n e v e r such a
supp ort and attacks the king. position occurs.
M o r e o v e r th e k n ig h t a ls o
controls the squares so th a t
3. The Wheel : Indirect
k in g c a n n o t g o to th e s e Here the Knight helps
squares. th e q u e e n to tra p the
o p p o n e n t's queen. Here the
Let us see h o w th is
eccentricity is seen as though
m anoeuvre is used.
instead o f circling it uses the
l. Q h 4 c h Ke3 2) Q e l ch. Kd4 tria n g u la tio n moves and goes
3) Q g lc h . and the Black king ro u n d a n d ro u n d the king.
has only 5 squares to escape The im p o rta n t point is white
this check but if it moves to moves its Q ueen and invites
a n y o n e o f a b o v e s q u a re s
the king to kill the kn ig h t. If This m anoeuvre is like
the king gets into this tra p and this.
accepts the k n ig h t s a c rific e
Position
and Black avoids it to escape
• the X ray as both o f th e m w ill W hite : Kf8, Q c7 , Ne4 - (3)
h be in th e s a m e f ile o r Black : Kd4, Q g 6 - (2)
diagonal. See fig u re .
1. Qc5 ch. Kd3
The W h ite Q ueen 2. Qc3ch Ke2
The eccentric: indirect 3. Qd2ch. KG
4. QI2ch Kg4
5. Qg3 ch. Kf5
6. Nd6 ch. Kfh
7. Ne8 ch. K5
8. Ng7ch
The fa m o u s G e o rg e
Mur said out o f his experience
"In life the bad way
appears more attractive
and tempting than the
correct way."T h e fo llo w in g
g am e illu s tr a te s th is Ruy
Lopez v a ria tio n S to c k h o lm
1943.
Dr. (Col) M . SITARAM, m d , d m , fise
5
(16, h4 h6 17 hxg5 hxg5 18.
1
17. h4 Bc5ch. 18. Kh2 h6
19. bxa6 Kg8M! (Planned)
W h ite 23.Qc6 See fig. if 20. hxg5 hxg5ds.ch.
20. g3 Qf8!! (2 1 .N f3 + Qf5)
l.e 4 e5 2) Nf3 Nc6 3) Bb5
21. Kg2 Qf5 see fig.
cj6 4) Ba4, Nf6 5)0-0 Nxe4
22. Bxg5 hxg5
(5th m ove indicates th a t it is
an open gam e) 6) d4 b5 7) 23. Qc6 gxh4 g4
Bb3 d5 8) dxe5 Be6 9) a4! 24. Qxa8 (R) ch. Kh7
N a5! 10) Nd4 Nxb3 25. Qxh8(R)ch. Kxh8
11 )cxb3 bxa4 12) b4 c5 13)
26. a7 hopes to equalse after
Nxe6 fxe6
killing the pawn Q g5
14. f3! Ng5 15. Qa4+ Kf7 27. a7 = a8 = Q + Kh7 White
16.b5? c4
resigns.
W h ite pushes its There is no w ay to prevent
pawns fo rw a rd and hopes to m ate. If 28. g4 Q f4 and then
p rom ote as Q ueen and m ay Q g 3 etc.
7.5 King Pawn Opening - French Defence
(A ttack thy n a m e is Frank J M arshall)
c) it 1 7 ... Q a 5 18)
N xf7 + Kh5 19) Q h 3 + Kg6
2 0 )N h 8 ch. mate)
White 17 Rxd6
But the gam e moved
have m oved Kf8) like this.
13) N g 5 + Kg6 (13.... 17. Rxd6 Q a 5 (Qxd6 invites
Kg8 14 ) Q h 5 N f6 1 5 )Q x f7 trip le fo rk by Nxf7)
Kh8 16) R e 4 ! N xe4 17)
18. N xf7 disch. Kh7
Q h5ch. Kg8 18) Q h7ch. Kf8
19 )Q h 8 ch . Ke7 20) Q g 7 ch. 19. N g 5 + Kg8 20)Qb3ch.
and mate) Resigns 1-0 because if 20
Kf8 2 1 )Q f7 c h . m ate and
14) h 4! Rh8 (1 4 f5
2 0 ... N d 5 21. Rxd5 Be6 22)
15 ) h 5 + Kf6 16) Q x d 4 Ke7
R xd8ch. Rxd8 2 3 . Q e6 +
17)Q xg7 check and Mate)
Kf8 24)Q f7ch . mate.
15) Rxe6 ch!!! N f6
N o te : P lay th is gam e
16) h 5 + Kh6 (But 16... Rxh5
fre q u e n tly and im prove your
17) Q d 3 + Kh6 18) Q h 7
QP o pe nin g!
c h .m a te ) (B u t if 16. K f5
The Inside Siory of Chathurangam (Chess) 7. Instructive Games
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d) Queen : Q u e e n
b) Pieces : Bishop o f
goes to f3 g iv in g a d itio n a l
white moves to d 3 fro m f l
s u p p o rt e4 s q u a re to
and retreats to c2 squa re of
e x c h a n g e th e k n ig h t a n d
b l and keeps its e lf in th e
helps the Bishop to m aintain
d ia g o n a l bl to h7. The
its presence in the d ia g o n a l
Bishop in the Black squa re i.e.
and later to h5, h6 and try to
cl comes out in a c tio n late check m ate the king w ith the
there in c l- h 6 d ia g o n a l and help o f B, N, R etc.
keeps it in c o n tro l and
e) Rooks : The queens
prevents c o u n te r a tta c k by
ro o k a t a 1 rem ains at a 1 only
Black.
till the end g a m e g u a rd in g
c) Knights Q u e e n s th e 1st ra n k a n d does n o t
knight moves to d 2 -N d 2 and com e into action till the end
takes care o f the o p p o n e n t a n d it has no p la c e in the
who moves his kn ig h t fro m f6 attack. The Kings rook comes
to e4 and b lo c k th e w h ite to f l after castling moves to
Bishops d ia g o n a l a n d w h ite f3 and then to Rh3 and helps
exchanges it by N xe4. Later the queen in the attack at the
it goes to f3 to adva nce to e5 sam e tim e w hile in f 1 keep an
or g5. eye o n th e f7 s q u a re f o r
p o ssib le a tta ck in the op e n
Kings kn ig h t a t f l tries
file .
to reach e5 square as e a rly
as possible a n d has m u ch f) King : The king has
difficulty there. T hat is w h y the n o w o rk a n d p la c e in th e
f2 pawn is m o ve d to f4 as attack unless the attack fails.
early as possible.
7.8 Queens Pawn Gambit - Declined
Bxh7 Marshall attack variation
In this variation M a rsh a ll attack has im pressed many
a n d g a in e d im m ense p o p u la rity offerin g a ll his p ieces to Black
in its attack a g a in st the B la ck King. In p a rticu lar the sacrifice
o f Bishop on h 7 paw n (BxKRPch. o r Bxh7) a n d forces the king
out from h is castle is a g o o d exam ple worthy o f using and
rem em bering a s on e o f the im portant m otiffs o f the game of
chess. It applies to both white and Black equally. Let us
exam ine the d ep lo ym en t o f fo rce s o f B la ck a n d White and
h ow the M a rsh a ll attack su cce ed s in the position . Examine the
m oves carefully.
king 12... exd5 13.Qh5 Re8
14) Q x f7 + Kh8 15)Qh5+
K g 8 1 6 ) Q h 7 + Kf8 17)
Q h 8 + Ke7 18) Qxg7check
m a te .
10. Bxh7 Kh8 (av
taking the Bishop and moves
Marshall Attack
QP G a m b it Declined
M ic h a e l lal
1. d4 d5 2)c4 N f6 3) c xd5
N xd5 4) N f3 e6 5) e4 N f6
6 )N c 3 Bb4 7) Bd3 N b d 7
8 ) 0 -0 0 - 0 9 )e 5 N d 5 10)
Bxh7 (fam ous Bishop sacrfice
on h7) This sacrifice is known
as M arshall attack variatio n.
10)Bxh7 Kxh7 ll ) N g 5 c h .
K g8 1 2 )N x N fo rc e d a b c d e f g h
otherwise it gives support to White 10. Bxh7ch.
to h8) W hite has 2 separate
moves fo r attack. Let us see
how I and II.
I system uses whites
II ..... Bc2
11. The Bishop com es
back to c2 square a nd then
you have fu rth e r 2 ways.
a l attack on the line
White 11 Ng5 g6
10. Bxh7, Kh8 11) Bc2
c5 12) Bg5 Q c 7 13) N x d 5 11) 16... Kf8 1 7)Bh6 +
(NxN) exN 14) B e7 R e l Ke7 18) Q g 7
15)Ng5 g6 16) Q g 4 Kg8 17)
G o in g II (b) Line
Qh4 Nf8 18)Bf6 N h 7 1 9)Q xN
Kf8 20)Q g8 ch.m ate. 12) .... Q e7 13) Q h 4
wins.
Let us see a2 line of attack
B comes back to c2 This M a rs h a ll a tta ck
v a r ia t io n illu s tr a te s to us
11) Bc2 g6 12 )..Q d 2
m a n y c o m b in a tio n s a n d
Rel 1 3 )Q h 6 + Kg8 1 4)N xd 5
m otiffs w hich are useful. For
exd5 15)Bg5 Be7 1 6 ) e 6 N f8
practice place the pieces on
17) exf7 + Kf7 18 )B g 6 + N xg6
B o a rd a n d try to p la y th e
19 )Q h 7 + Ke6 20) Q x g 6 +
m oves fro m the text. Next try
Kd7 21) N e5ch.m ate
to p la y the m oves by m in d
Let us see II line of attack w ith o u t m oving the pieces of
Bishop does not come back both sides. It teaches one to
a p p re c ia te the m o tiffs a nd
11. N g 5 g 6 1 2) Q g 4
h o w to use them and at w hat
In this also you have 2 ways.
tim e s . B e fo re g o in g to a
II a l ) 1 2 .. Kg 7 m atch if you try this analysis
13)Qh4 Rh8 14) N xe6 fxe6 by m in d and w ith o u t m oving
15)Q h6+ Kf7 16 )Q x g 6 th e pieces it increases yo u r
c o n f id e n c e a n d r e s u lt in
i) 16... K e 7 Q g 7 + 17)
w in n in g the gam es.
Ke8 Bg6ch.
7.9 English Opening - Symmetrical
Variation
The p ie c e s u se d in the m atches have been defined as
to th e ir d im en sio n s o f h eig h t, the b a se a s circu la r o f size,
co lo u rs etc h a ve b een d e fin e d b y F ID E a n d they g o by the
n am e "Stauntan typ e" n a m e d a fte r H o w a rd Stauntan. This
English m an p la y e d in 1843 won o ver another chess giant
SAINT AM A N T b e s id e s p la y e d an im p o rta n t ro le in the
E n g la n d vs. F ra n c e team to u rn a m en ts. In Lon don 1851
tournam ents in an extra o rd in a ry style he sh ow ed his skill.
W h ite 17 B g5
7.11 Beware you may lose before you
actually won
W e see o c c a s io n a lly s ta le m a te o r a lo ss a n d
those inexperienced p layers o p p o n e n t resorting to counter
who acquired skill recently, in atta ck.
their over enthusiasm w h en For exam ple we give
nearing a win m ake m istakes a s a m p le w h e re a fa m o u s
of a s e rio u s n a tu r e a n d chess p la y e r an A m e ric a n
realise that the w in is s lip p in g p la y e d in a g a m e a g a in s t
from their hands. A m e ric a n Chess C h a m p io n
A Slip b e tw e e n th e C u p Reshivisky in New York 1942
an d th e Lip U .S. C h a m p io n s h ip
t o u r n a m e n t in his g a m e
We invite you to keep
a g a in s t M aste r P h iln ic in a
this dictum in your m in d th a t
fe rro c io u s atta ck and a b o u t
"You m ay lose b efo re y o u to w in in a m om e nt m ade a
actually w on th e g a m e " w r o n g m o v e a n d g o t in to
a pp lies to a ll. Som e
t r o u b le . P h iln ic to o k th is
opportunities slip a w a y fro m
c h a n c e a n d w ith p o w e rfu l
our h a n d s . H a v in g m o re
m oves b ro u g h t a stalem ate
pieces than y o u r o p p o n e n t
p o sition a g a in st Reshvisky.
and y o u r B a ttle p o s itio n
h ighly b e tte r th a n y o u r D e p lo ym e n t o f Pieces
opponent a n d g e ttin g th a t W hite : K h l, Q f5 , Pawn a 5 -
fealing of Joy a p p ro a c h in g a
(4)
win in his a n x ie ty a n d
excitement m akes a m istake Black : Ka7, Q e 3 , a6, b7, g4,
in the m o v e o r in th e h4.... (6)
sequence of moves, loses his W h ite p la y e d Q f2
initiative or a piece sadly the R e s h iv is k y w a s fo r c e d to
position goes dow n in the next exchange Q ueens Q xQ
few moves. Instead o f w in n in g otherw ise lose the Q ueen. In
he m ay fa c e su d d e n ly a a5 w hite paw n is blocked by
N e w York 1942 7. a4 Nc6 28. axb5 axb5
8. Qe2 Be7 29. Nxe7Kxe7
Reshivisky / Philnic
9. Rd 1 0-0 30. Bxb5 Qc2
10. dxc5 Qc7 31. Ba3 Qc3
11. b3 Bxc5 32. Qc4 Qal+
12. Bb2 Bb7 33. Kh2 Qxa3
13.Nbd2 Bd7 34 Qxc8 Qa5
14. Racl Nb4 35.Qc5+ Kd8
15. Ng5 Qe7 36. Qd6+Kc8
16. Ndf3 h6 37. Qxe6+ Kb8
17. Nh3 Rfd8 38. Bc4 Qc7+
18. N f4R xdl+ 39. e5 Ne4
19. Rxdl Rd8 40. f4 Nd2
Stalem ate W hite 1 Qf2 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 41. Qxh6 Nxc4
b la c k 's a 6 p a w n a n d th e 21. Ne5 Nbd5 42. Q18+ Ka7
W h ite k in g has n o e sca p e 22). Nh5 Be7 43. Qxb4 Nb6
route o r square to go and so 23. h3 Qc7 44. e6 Nc8
it resulted in a stalem ate. 24. e4 Nb4 45. Qd4+ Kb8
T hat is w hy they say 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 46. Qe5 1-0
"Be w atchful you m ay not win 26. Nxg7 Bc8
but you m ay also lose" which 27. Nf5 b5
applies to all.
A n a n d s QP opening
"There is always a slip is a surprise now-a-days and
between the cup and the lip" A n and learnt from Kasparov
and English saying is w o rth
fro m the Summit World little
re m e m b e re d .
match in 1995. Panamarov
Extra G a m e s a cce p te s th e g a m b it pawn
A nand Vs Panam arov and bym ove 20 all the Rooks
Chess Classic M ain z, are exchanged and QP and
G e rm an y BP a b o v e a re k ille d . The
1 . Q u e e n 's g a m b it m o v e m e n t o f 4 pieces a
accepted D 27 Q ueen left Black with a weak
1. (14 d5 4. e3. e6 Q u e e n 's R o o k p a w n and
2. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 c5 w hite has to be watchful of his
3. ND Nf6 6. 0-0 a6 b a c k ra n k as th e position
equal and the spectators w ere 21. Bd3 Nc4 33. Bxc4 Qxc4
feeling b o re d b u t w o k e u p 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4
when A n a n d s a c rific e d his 23. Qd2 Rf7 35. Ne4 Be7
knight in the 25th m ove and 24. Bh6 Bf6 36. Nd2 Rc7
one more sac next m ove. 2 25. Radi Qh4 37. Rxe5 Bf6
knights fo r 2 paw ns exchange 26. Be3 Nc5 38. Re2 a5
is against w h ite b u t n o t so 27. Bxc5 bxc5 39. h3 Rxc3
and Panamrov re tu rn e d the 28. Qe3 c4 40. Ne4 Rc7
second one. A n a n d h a d 3 29. Qc5 Qf4 41. Nd6 Black
pawns fo r his o ne piece. In 30. Qe3 Qh4 resigned
move 34 P anam arov played 31. b3 Kg7
Qa5 and A n a n d w o n m o re 32. Qe2 Rc7
pawns a fte r w r a p p in g th e
Z a n g th o n g is to p
Black king a n d fo rc e d th e
seed in the to u rn a m e n t. He
exchange o f q u e e n s a n d
w ent in fo r an o ffb e a t dou ble
Panamarov resigned on the
fia n c h e tto defence and H ari
46th move as W hite has to o
Krishna in this second m ove
many pawns to pre ve n t one
by e4 tu rn in g it in to French
single Knight, Black resigned
defence. Black was lured into
on the 46th M ove.
ove r extending his centre in
2. French D efencethe: early m id d le gam e. Ne4
Hastings I n t e r n a t io n a l in 10 th m ove H a ri K rishna
Congress put his N to e4 and rig h t in
GM R H arikrishna (Ind) Vs th e c e n tre a n d w o n a n
Zhang thong (C hina) exchange by fo r c e .
1. d4 e6 11. R e l a6 H arikrishna 4th w in with w hite
2. e4 b6 12. c3 f6 pieces a n d d ra w s by Black
3. ND Bb7 13. Bf4 e5 pieces and his p e rfo rm a n ce
4. Bd3 d6 14. dxe5 fxe5 was 2 7 1 6 a staggering fig u re
5.0-0 Nd7 15. Bg5 d5 sending a la rm signals in elite
6. Nc3 g6 16. Ng3 Nc6 circles in th e ir arena.
7. Bg5 Ne7 17. Be2 Na5 3. Sicilian Kalashnikov
8. e5 Bg7 18. Nd4 0-0 1 9 th C ity o f L in a re s
9. exd6 cxd6 19. Ne6 Qc6 Tournam ent
10. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nxf8 Rxf8
G .M . Visw anath A nand Vs 15. N el Qb7 36. h5 Bg5
Alex Shirov (Rus) 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 37. Qf3 Rc8
1. e4 c5 16. h5 Qg4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rdl Rc6
2.N 13N c6 17.13 Qg3+ 18. Rxd5 Rc5 39. Qe2 Rc8
3. d4 cxd4 18. K dl Bg5 19. Radi Rxd5 40. Rhl Kg8
4. Nd4 e5 19. Nxc6 Bxe3 20. Rxd5 Rc8 41. f3 Rb8
5. Nb5 d6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 2 1 .c3 b4 42. Qf2 Rb7
6. Nc3 a6 21. Qd3 Bg5 22. c4 g6 43. hxg6 fxg6
7. Na3 b5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. g3 Rc5 44. c5 dxc5
8. Nd5 Nf6 23. h6 gxh6 24. Rdl a5 45. Qxc5 Bd8
9. c4 b4 24. Kc2 d5 25. Nc2 Kg7 46. R cl Kf7
10. Nxf6ch. Qxf6 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qd3 Rc6 47. Qe3 Kg7
11. Nc2 Qg6 26. Qxd5 Rd8 27. Ne3 Qc8 48. Rc4 Rd7
12. Qd5 Bb7 27. Qc5 Rd2+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 49. Qcl h5
13. Nxb4 Rc8 28. Kb3 Kg7 29. Qe2 Bd8 50. Rc6 Rd6
14. Be3 Be7 29. a3 e4 30. Nd5 Rc5 51. Rc8 Qd7
15. h4 0-0 30. Rh3 Qf4 31. Qe3 Be7 52. Qc5 Kh6
31. fxe4 1-0 32. Rd3 Bd8 53. Rb8 Bf6
4. Judith Stuns A nand 33. Qd2 Rc6 54. Qe3 Bg5
34. Q dl Kg8 55. f4 exf4
60th Hoogovens Chess
35. h4 Kg7 56. Rh8 1-0
Tournam ent
Sicilian Defence In Jan 22n d at Wijk
W ijk A an Zee Jan 22nd Aan Zee in the 6th round of
the 6 0 th H oogovens Chess
G M Polgar Vs G M V.Anand
to u rn a m e n t at De Moriaan, in
1. e4 c5 8. Bc4 0-0
one o f the days 2 big upsets
2. N13 d6 9. 0-0 Be6
Judith Pogar of Hundary tried
3. d4 cxd4 10. Qe2 b5
her best to w in over
4. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Bb3 Bxb3
V is w a n a th a n A n a n d in 56
5.Nc3 a6 12. axb3 Nbd7
moves w hen A nand playing
6. Be3 e5 13. R fdl Qc7
Black had resigned. The gme
7. NO Be7 14. Bg5 Rfc8
opened as e4 c5 Sicilian B90. Knight did not go back but attacked
Judit took a d va nta ge w ith the the W hite Queen. 5. fxe6
Maroczy pawn structure and Qa4ch.mate White resigned.
defeated Anand in 56 moves.
7. Pam ant Vs Club Player
In the final position Black lost
London 1932
after the Q s a c rific e 5 6 ......
Kg7, 57. Q d 4 + Bf6 5 8 . Q x f6 1 . e4c6 5. e6 fxe6
59. Rxf6 Rh7 + 60. Kxh7 N xf6 2 . d4d5 6. Qh5 ch. g6
fork Black Q ueen is lost. 3. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bxg6 hxg6
4. e5N fd7 8. Bxg6 ch.mate
5. More gam es - M in ia tu re s
Note a) Black does not care
Steimen Vs Thom pson
for 5... Nc3 as 6. exf7 Kf7 so king
Dallas - 1 9 42
1. d4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 may not be able to castle which is
2. c4 e6 6. e4 Nxc3 not abig dis advantage,
3. Nc3 Nf6 7. bxc3 Nc6 b) He has failed to see the on coming
4. Nf3 c5 8. d5 Ne7 Q sacrifice of W hite and mating
9. Bb5+ Bd7 with W hite Bishop and f7xe6 8.
10. Bxd7ch. Qxd7 (If KxB 11. Qa5ch.g6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Bxg6
NK5ch. Kel 12. Qrch. and wins) ch.mate.
11. Ne5 Qb5 (If 11.... Qc7 d6 wins a
8. D en ker Vs Budding
piece or of 11 Qc8 12. Qa4ch. Kd8
13.Nxf7ch. Kd7 14. Bf4ch. leading M aster M ac M urray
to mate) N e w York 1932
12. dxe6 fxe6 threat PxP 1. Nf3 Nf6 9. Nb5!! Qd7
13. RablRadl 14.Qxd8ch. Kxd8 2. c4 c5 10. Bd2 e5
15. Rxb4 resignes 3. Nc3 Nc6 11. 0- 0-0 (idea
6. Shortest G a m e e v e r 12. Bb5 Nd4
played b e tw e e n M a s te r in 13. Nc7ch.)
to u rn a -m e n t c o m p e t it io n 4. d4 cxd4 12. Bg5 Qf5
ending in ch eckm ate in 8th 5. Nxd4d5 13. Nc7ch. K18
move
6. Qa4 Qd7 14. Rd8ch. Nxd8
Gibaud Vs Lazarus 7. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qc8ch.mate
Paris, 1 9 2 4
8. N cxd 5Q xd 5 (Move 9 white is
1. d4Nf6 3. dxe5Ng4
aiming at Nc7 triple fork)
2. Nd2 e5 4. h3 Ne6
To p lay the gam es E.Z Adam s (White) Vs
in Descriptive notation for C. Torre (Black)
practice
1.PK 4PK 4 12. PB4 PxP
Note : W hen he resigned after 2. NKB3 PQ3 13. PxP RK1
22n d m ove w rite the position 3. PQ4 PxP 14. KRK1 PQR4
o f pie ce s o n th e B o a rd in 4. QxP NQB3 15.RK2RQB1
A lg e b ra ic n o ta tio n . 5. BQN5 Ba2 16.QRK1 QQ2
6. BxN BxB 17.BXN! BXB
Try o tra p and get trapped?
7. NB3 NB3 18. QKN4! QN4
Sad?
8. 0-0 BK2 19. QQB4!! QQ2
1. N e w York 1 9 18 , 9. NQ5 BxN 20. QB7! QN4
Ruy Lopez 10. PxB 0-0 21. P-QR4! QxRP
Blanca (White) Vs 11. BN5 PB3 22. RK4!!! QN4
F onaroff (Black)
1. PK4PK4 12. NQ4 NQ2 3. Q u een Indian Defence
2. NKb3 NQB3 13. NB5 BB3 W. M orrisa Black Vs
3. BN5 NB3 14. QKN3 NK4 J.R. C apa Blanca
4. 0-0 PQ3 15. BB4 QB2 1. d4 Nf6 15. Racl Nc6
5. PQ4 BQ2 16. QRQ1 QRQ1 2. Nf3 e6 16. e4 Ne7!
6. Nb3 Bk2 17. RxP RxR 3. e3 b6 17. e5 Nd5!
7. RK1 PxP 18. BxN RQ8 4. Bd3 Bb7 18. Bd2 Be7
8. NxpNxN 19. RxR BxB 5. 0-0 Be7 19. Nel Q17
9. QxN BxB 20. NR6ch. KR1 6. b3 0-0 20. f4 Rb8
10. NxB 0-0 21. QB QxQ 7. Bb2 Ne4 21. Bc4 b6xc5
11. QB3 PB3 22. NxPch. fork 8. c4 f5 22. b4xc5 h6
Resigns 9. Nc3 Qe8 23. Nc2 g5
2.N e w O rleans 1925 10. Qc2 Nxc3 24. Rbl g5xf4
Phildor Defence 11. Bxc3 Qh5 25. Rb3 Bc6
G ive the p o s itio n o f pieces 12. Qe2 Na6 26. Bxf4 Nxf4
and pawns on the boa rd after 13. c5 Nb8 27. Rlxf4 Kh7
m ove 15 in Forsyth notation 14. b4 Bf6 28. Ne3 Bg5!
29. Rxf5 Bxe3 44. Ba6 Rc2xa2 !5 .d 5 N a 5 28. Qe2 Nd6
30. Qxe3 Qg6 45. Bc8 Ra3+ 16. Ba2 c6 29. Nxc5 Qxc5
31. Rf2 Bg2! 46. Ke2 Rc3 17. b4 Nb7 30. Qg4 Re8
32. Rb3xb8 Be4+ 47. Bxd7 a3 18. c4 Rc8 31. Rdl Bg6
33. Qg3 Rb8 48.d5 c6xd5 19. d5xc6 Qxc6 32. Qf4 Qb4!
34. Qg6+ Kxg6 49. c6 Kf7 20. c5 Nd8 33. Q cl Be4
35. R2f6+ Kg7 50. Ra4 Ke7 21. Bb2 d6xc5 34. Rel Qa5
36. Rf4 Bf5 51. Ra8d4 22. b4xc5 Qxc5 35. Bb3Qa8
37. RD Rbl+ 52. Re8+ K17 23. Bb2xe5 Nd7 36. Qb2 b4
38. Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Ra8 Be4 24. Bb2 Qb4! 37. Re3 Bg6
39. Kg3 Rd2 54. Ra7 Rc2+ 25. Nb3 Nc5 38. Relxe8 Qxe8
40. Rf4 a5 55. K el a2 26. B al Bxe4 39. Q cl Ne4
41. h4 c6 56. K d ld 3 27. Nd4 Nb7 40. Bd5 Nc5
42. K13 a4 57. Bc8+ Kg6 41. Nb3 Nd3
43. Ke3 Rc2 White resigns sealed move extra passed pawn.
This is one o f the m ost Kasparov resigned.
unknown m a s te r p ie ce s o f 6. V ienn a 1948
Chess Literature. Soyka Vs Toth
1. Pk4 Pk4 7.K N 1Q R 5
5. World C ham pionship 2 . NK B3NQB3 8. QB1 RBI
Moscow, 14th Sep 1 9 8 5 3. BB4 NB3 9. PQ3 NQ3
Kasparov Vs Karpov 4. NN5 BB4 10. NxNch. PxN
5. NxBP BxP+ 11.QK2NQ5
Zaitsev Variation of Ruy
6. KxB NxP+ 12. QQ2 QN5
Lopez
13. Resigned.
1. e4 e5 8. c3 0-0
Queen is lost for white
2. Nf3 Nc6 9. h3 Bb7
7. Receiving end for
3. Bb5 a6 10. d4 Re8
M a rs h a ll, Siouxcity 1906
4. Ba4 Nf6 11. Nd2 Bf8
Shoup Vs M arsh all
5.0-0 Be7 12. a4 Qd7
1. Pk4 Pk4 4. NxP NB3
6. Rel b5 13. a4xb5 a6xb5
2 . N K B3N Q B3 5.NxNNPxN
7. Bb3 d6 14.Ralxa8 Bxa8
3. PQ4 PxP 6. BQ3 RQN1
7. BKN5PQ4 ll.B x N Q x B 13. RN6 PxR
8 . PK5QK2 12. BxQP+KJBl 14. QxNch. PxQ
9. 0-0 QxP 13. BxQBP+ KB1 15. BxP check mate.
10. RK1 NK5 14. QQ8ch! Resigns.
14... BxQ15 RK8ch.mate 10. W ho has more power
in m aterial
8. Berlin 1879
1. K QB N R P
Snitzler Vs A lexander
2. K R R B N P P
1. e4 e5 8. Rgl Bb4+
3. K B N N R R P
2. d4 exd4 9. Nc3 Qh3
3. c3 dxc3 10. Rg3 Qh6
11. H ow m any moves are
4. Bc4 cxb2 11. Qb3 Bxc3(N)
r e q u ir e d fo r a paw n to
5. Bxb2 Qg5 12. Qxc3 Nf6
reach the last rank when
6. N13 Qxg2 13. Rg6! hxg6
there is no piece Blocking
7. Bxf7ch. Kd8 14. Qxf6ch. gxf6
it in the end game.
(if 7.. Kxf7 8. Rgl 15. Bxf6 ch.mate
Qh3 9 Ng5+ fork
and Q is lost)
Quiz
9. Exercise on notations
W rite th e m o ve s in
1. What is a Fiancheto
A lg e b ra ic n o ta tio n and give
2. What is meant by "in situ"
p o s itio n s o f th e p ie c e s a t
3. What is "en prize"
move no. 12 as per algebraic
4. Ex plain smothered mate with
sim ple m ethod, starting with
an example.
W hite and then Black and also
5. What is a Stalemate.
Forsyth system (a), (b) or (c).
6. What is a Flag Fall or lost on
1. Pk4 Pk4 7. BxPch. KQ1
time.
2. PQ4 PxP 8. RN1 BN5ch.
7. Exchange up, exchange down.
3. PQB3 PxP 9. NB3 QR6
8 . W h ich takes more squares long
4. BQB4 PxP 10. RN3 QR3
diagonal or file.
5. QBxP QN4 11. QN3 BxNch.
6. NKB3 QxP 12. QxB Nf6
Problems in Chess
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Problem No. 7. Problem No. 1 3
W hite to play and win White M ate in Two M oves
W hite : Kh4, Q a 3 , Ne6
White : Kb3, Rb2, Be4,
Black : Kh7, Q b 8
Ba5 - (4)
Problem No. 8
(In m em o ry of R.C. W illiam s) Black / Kd 1, Nh3 - (2)
White M ate in Two M o ves Pawns ; g4 - (1)
W hite : K a 6; Q h 6 , Ra4, R d l, Problem No. 14
B b l, Ba3, N b 4, N g 6 - (8) White M ate in Three Moves
Pawns : <^_2, b2, b3, c6, f2 -(5)
White : Ka 1, Q b l , Bg2,
B la ck : Kc5, Bd2, N h3 - (4)
N a 7 , Ne8 - (4)
B la c k : K e l, B d l, Nc8 - (3)
Pawns : c7 , e6, f5 - (3)
Pawns : 6 7 , e2, f5, g7 - (4)
Problem No. 9
Problem No. 15
White M ate in Two M oves H elp m a te
White : Ka3, Q c6, Bf5 - (3)
Pawns : nil White : Kb5, Q b 6 , Re6, Ba8(
Bh6 - (5)
B la ck : Ka 1 - (1)
Pawns : f4 - (1)
Pawns : b3, c4, d5 - (3)
Problem No. 10 Black : Ke3, Q a 3 , Rb7, Rd4,
M a te in Three M oves Be5, Bg8, N b 8 - (7)
Pawns : 6 7 , d3, e2, f5, f6 ; g3,
White : Kd3, Q f7, Nc7, Rbl - (4)
g4 - (7)
B la ck : Ke5 - (1) Problem N o. 16
Problem No. 11 British Problem Chess Society
White M ate in Two M oves Brian H arley A w a rd fo r Best
Two m oves : 1991-92
White : Ke6, Q d 8 , Rb3,
A w a rd w in n e r C .C .S .
N d 4 - (4)
N arayanan (In d ia )
B la ck : Kc4 - (1)
White : Ka2, Q g 7 , Rb6; Rc4,
Pawns : c5 , c6, h6 - (4)
Bb3, Bc3, Nc2, Ng5 - (8)
Problem No. 12
White M ate in Two M oves Pawns : b5, c5, f4 - (3)
White : Kd2, Q h l, Bg4, N f5 , Black : Kd5, Q e8, Ra8, Rh6,
N b 4 - (5) Nf5 - (5)
B la ck : Kd2, B d l - (2) Pawns : a5, e3 - (2)
Pawns : e2 - (1)
(For solutions see page no.229)
Chess is an
Entertaining Game
9.0 Chess as an Entertainer
Chess is a stra n g e g a m e , an ea sy a n d entertaining one.
But some experts d e scrib e it a s a tough g am e. Though it is not
so, the expert w ants to sh o w h is p ro w e ss in tournam ent a n d
make it look tough w hen they m eet a n oth er expert.
D e plo ym en t of pieces
White : K e f, Ra 1, Rh 1, Bf7,
B e l, N d 5 , Ne5 - (7)
pa w n s : a2, b2, c2, d2, e4,
f2, g2, h2 - (8)
Black : Ke7, Q d 8 , Ra8, Rh8,
B d l, Bf8, N b 8 , N g8 - (8)
White 7. Nd5check. Pawns : a7, b7, c7, d6, g6,
h7 - (6)
Announcing before hand th e s e d a y s th e s e e x p e rts ,
that a mate w ill be made I n t e r n a t i o n a l m a s te r s &
in six or some specific no. G ra n d Masters care less fo r
of moves is another fa m e than how much money
fascinating feature which t h e y w i l l g e t in D o ll a r s ,
livens the game of chess. Pounds or Rubles, irrespective
o f w h e t h e r it is a W o r ld
Some p e o p le tre a t C h a m p io n s h ip o r O ly m p ic
chess as s o m e d i s g u s t in g g a m e . There are m any w ho
game and look d o w n on it. ask "O k, h o w m uch do you
As the s a m e t i m e s o m e Pay" fo r participation. It is high
people t h i n k it is a v e r y tim e we isolate these people
d iffic u lt gam e fit fo r a n d e n c o u ra g e Chess a fte r
intellectuals only. There is a d i v e r t i n g th e s e f i n a n c i a l
false o p in io n in c ir c u la tio n breeds fro m M oney to fame.
that the g a m e is still a liv e
W o rld Chess
because of the experts o nly
C h a m p io n s are professionals
otherwise it w o uld have gon e
atleast even to d a y highlight,
to o b liv io n lik e S a n s k r i t
th e g a m e m a y b e c o m e
language.
p o p u la r and result in the birth
Infact, it is o n ly th e of new trends. Editors are not
chess lovers a n d o r d i n a r y a ttra c te d by g a m e s of
average club players w h o are Kasparov o r Karpov and print
giving life to the g a m e f o r its them in the papers, because
popularity and patronized by re ade rs feel they are d o w n
people. They m a y n o t p la y right boring as they play fo r
the gam e but as spectators a d r a w and w ith o u t thrill in
they know w h a t is a g o o d a t t a c k i n g . T h e y d r a w th e
game and w h a t is enjoyable. gam es and get into the Prize
These a m a te u rs are List and get cash.
responsible f o r k e e p in g it
If we carefully see we
lively. In e a rlie r days
d o not find any new variation
im p o r ta n c e w a s g i v e n to
o r o p e n in g g o in g by th e ir
fame rather than m o n e y a nd
n a m e s , say w h e t h e r it is
participation in to u rn a m e n ts
K a s p a ro v or K a rp o v or
though the prize m o n e y was
Anand. The sam e o ld
low even fo r the 1st prize. But
The Inside Story of Chathurangam (Chess) 9, Chess as an Entertainer A
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openings have survived and whose talent is seen are able
no new o p e n in g s w e re to play but the poor players <1111
discovered d u rin g these 30 a nd even talented have no /n
y e a rs. O n ly th e g a m e s o f c h a n c e b e c a u s e it has .
stalwarts like Tall, Fischer or b e c o m e costly to meet the .
C a p a p l a n c a a r e seen in above expenses.
p a p e r s a n d b o o k s . T h e se
K ee p th e G a m e with in
w e re g r e a t m en w h o g a v e
reach of all ^
im p o r t a n c e m o r e to f a m e
than m oney and because of To keep the game in
this have retained their place the houses it is necessary that
in the history of chess. t h e r e a r e lim its in prize
money, incentives and prizes.
The credit fo r driving
Players get nothing but the
this g am e from the houses is
money goes to Hotels etc. So
c la im e d by the present d a y
the entry fee is very high now- ..
people and Brothers are not
a -d a y s . It is s im ila r to the
seen p la y in g th e g a m e in
expenses on marriages going
t h e ir houses w h e r e g r a n d
sky high and nothing to the
father and grandson engage
B r id e o r G r o o m a nd the
themselves in this gam e. You
parents going to courts and
g e t a ch a n c e to p la y o n ly
m o rtg a g in g their property for
when you enter a tournam ent.
the w k e of meeting marriage
E n try fe e a n d s p e n d in g
expenses in India. Kasparov
m oney in cities fo r stay and
m ade the prize mony an issue
b oa rd fo r p a rticip a tio n in a
and rebelled against the FIDE
tournam ents are reflecting on
fo rm in g a seperate
the people and their parents
association going under the
w h o ta k e t h e ir c h ild r e n to
n a m e o f G r a n d Masters
p a r t i c i p a t e in e v e n ts f o r
Chess A sso ciatio n. Now-a-
c h ild r e n h ave to u n d e r g o
days th e re are two
m any inconviences.
organ isation s in chess GCA
The situation is such la te r c a l le d as PCA
t h a t w e h a v e to w o n d e r P r o f e s s io n a l Chess
whether we can see the gam e Association and FIDE. It is a
p la y e d a t a ll. O n l y th o s e v e r y a m m u s in g featu re
while we say our Motto is
"Gens una Sumus". H o w I 1
far is it true??? liil iiA
s j p i m i 4%;
T h e re is a P r o v e r b
"Yadha Raja t h a d h a Praja" !* *a £>
People are as g o o d as the SL
Raja. The people get their ! J 6
king they d e s e rv e . If the jA 'A A . : A A iff
King is good the peo ple are 1 ± & fi
good. M o r e o v e r in o t h e r a b c d e f g h
words we m ay say the people W hite 6. d3 Ne5
get the g o v e r n m e n t t h e y
deserve. R e m o v in g th e Q u e e n
a n d P layed g a m e
So th is e x a m p l e o f
London 1 8 7 0
bifurcation of FIDE has go n e
down to N a tio n a l W h i t e : P o tte r - K e l (Q
A ssociations lik e A I C F o f rem oved fro m board)
India., S o m e t i m e b a c k ,
R a l, R h l, B e l, Bc4, N c3 ,
about to go to courts w h ile
N e5-(7)
state A s s o c ia t io n s have
already given precedents o f Pawns : a2, b2, c2, d3, f2, g2,
going to c o u rt. It is a sad h2 - (7)
situation and players benefit
Blacks Chess Lover : Ke8,
only when w e e s c h e w th is
Q d 8 , Ra8, Rh8, Bc8, Bf8,
mentality and try to get back
N e5, N a 5 - (8)
the g a m e t o its p l a c e in
houses and the country. Pawns : a7, b7, c7, d7, f 7, g7,
h 7 -(7 )
To e n te rta in the
spectators some players play In th is g a m e Potter
rem oving t h e i r Q u e e n o r h a s r e m o v e d his Q u e e n .
pieces and win the g a m e . We R e m o v in g Q u e e n is a
see below such an effort o f the speciality. But announcing
game Potter aga in st a chess m ate in 6 moves is a rarity.
lover. I ) e 4 e5 2) N f3 Nc6
3) Bc4 N f 6 4 ) N c 3 N a 5 Rati / Tartakover 1910
5)N xe5 N e 4 6)d3 Nc5 (see
the fig u re Potter ann o u n ce d
m a te in 9 m o v e s to th e
spectators a nd did so fro m
the move)
7) Bxf7 Ke7 8) Bg5 +
Kd6 9 ) N b 5 + Kxe5 10)f4 +
Kf5 11 ) N d 4 + Kg4 12) h3 +
K g3 13) Ne2 + K xg2
1 4 ) B d5 + N e 4 1 5 ) Be4
check and mate.
W hite sacs its Queen at Qd8 and
From the ab o ve you then mates in 2 moves
see that the king was driven
out of its base e8 trave lle d White : Reti
th ro u g h the centre a n d the Black : Tartakovar
fla n k a n d a rriv e d n e a r the
1) e 4 c6 2 )d 4 d5 3) Nc3
castled king of white and got
dxe4 4) N xe4 Nf6 5) Qd3
m ated in g 2 square. W h ite e5 6) axe5 Q a 5 + 7) Bd2
p la y e d w i t h o u t th e Q u e e n Q x e 5 8 ) 0 - 0 - 0 N x e 4 9)
and also won. .Qd8ch.
As o n e m o r e s m a ll Q to d8 and the king is forced
present to the readers we give to k ill it K xd8 10 Bg5 +
you the g a m e betw e en the D oublecheck and mate in 2
great Tartakovar w ho goes by moves as below.
th e nam e o f " W a lk i n g 1) 10... Kc7 1 Bd8 Ch.mate.
e n c y c l o p a e d i a " a n d is a
2) If 1 0 ...... K e8 1 Rd8
synonym fo r m e m o ry power.
ch.m ate.
His p l a y a g a i n s t a n o t h e r
e x p e r t Reti in 1 9 1 0 in a T h is m in i a t u r e will
a t t r a c t a n y chess lo ver
m in ia tu re m a d e a shocking
because it is b e yo nd
s u rp ris in g m o ve s a c rific in g
im a g in a tio n when one
his Q u e e n and m a te d Sacrifices his Q u e e n in the
T a rta k o v e r in just u n d e r 2 m iddle g a m e and mates.
moves.
FIDE Organisation
10.0 "GENS UNA SUMUS" meaning
"We are One Family" - Really??
C hess is a stra n g e g a m e, an ea sy a n d entertaining one.
But som e experts d e scrib e it a s a tough g a m e. Though it is n o t
so the expert wants to sh o w h is p ro w e ss in tournam ent a n d
make it lo ok tough when they m eet a n o th er expert.
K a s p a r o v d e fe a te d
Karpov in 1985 and retained
the title before he created the
G ra n d M a s te r Chess
A s s o c ia t io n w h ic h later
c h a n g e d to P ro fe ssio n a l
Chess Association. He did
Certificate not defend his title but played
th e W o r ld title m atch with
his title unless some im portant N ig e l S h ort u n d e r the new
c h a n g e s w e re m a d e in the b a n n e r. N o w we have two
rules of the cham pionship. He W o r ld C h a m p io n s one of
f e lt t h a t th e d e f e n d i n g G C A another Karpov of FIDE.
C h a m p io n shou ld show his
This started creating
p r o w e s s by w in s o v e r th e
Vertical Cleavage in National
challenger. The rules say the
Chess Associations also. AICF
d e fe n d in g c h a m p io n retains
had been able to abort the
th e t it le if he r e m a in s
division though it went to court
undefeated. Hence the draws
a n d settled o u ts id e by the
FIDE President FIDE Vice President AICF Secretary
Ummer Khoya
titles IM or G M.
S
not g e t s a m e c o l o u r in W B
co n se q u e n t r o u n d s m o r e
5 .4
than twice. We give here fo r
the sake o f s m a ll c lu b s o r 6 * .3
groups in a p a rtm e n ts co u ld
play a to u rn a m e n t in Round
Robin S ystem w h e n t h e
p a rtic ip a n ts a r e a b o u t 7. Round 3
Here each player m ust play
with the rest of the 6 players W B
and the colour1 he gets has to
change in every round. 2
3 ^ 7
The p ro c e d u re is we
4 * \ , b
give a num ber f o r all players
by lots. T h e n w r i t e t h e 5 bye
numbers vertically as show n
Round 4
below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Round 1 1-7 5-4 2-1 6-5 3-2 7-6 4-3
2-6 6-3 3-7 7-4 4-1 1-5 5-2
W B * 3-5 7-2 4-6 1-3 5-7 2-4 6-1
4 B y e lB y e 5 B y e 2Bye6Bye3Bye7Bye
H e re Bye is g iv e n
Black in the first round and
n e x t r o u n d it c h a n g e s to
3 i/ . 5
W hite. Bye gots 1 /2 or 1 point
4 * Bye as they m ay decide.
Round 2 If you have even nos
Here the last no. 5 w h o played o f p la y e r s i.e . 8 N o . 8 is
with Black in the co lo u m n has written inthe place of Bye and
to play with W hite aga inst no. play like this.
Black and w rite the o th e r In round 1,8 plays with Black with 4
nos. as shown has to play with
In round 2*8 plays with White with 1
the Bye.
In round 3, 8 plays with Black with 5
In round 4, 8 plays with White with 2 You can create tables yourself
In round 5, 8 plays with Black with 6 fo r even no. or base no, of
p la ye rs as abo ve. You are
In round 6, 8 plays with White with 3
d o in g th e m a in job of an
In round 7, 8 plays with Black with 7
arbitor. So begin doing it now
W hen the players are and prepare yourself in future
even no Write the table with to b e c o m e an A rb ito r after
one less as with 7. The no that studying rules of the game.
is re m o ve d is w rite n in the N o w a d a y s c o m p u te r s are
place of Bye as shown above. able to do the pairing.
Hi
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St!
C -D O C has closely
asso cia te d itse lf in Schools
g iv in g fre e c o a c h in g and
m a d e th e g a m e p o p u la r
a m o n g s t students and also
the teaching staff who were
encouraged to learn how to
S afhya Sai V ih a r School, coach and im prove the game
Bovenpally, Hyderabad was in th e ir school including how
awarded the 2000 millennium to cond uct tournam ents. He
shield. Principal Mrs. Minakshi h a d in c lu d e d Chess along
Bakshi receiving it from w ith h is s o c ia l w o rk and
Mrs. Padma Bhima Row. th ro ugh the gam e activity the
C.DOC - Chairman
society in g e n e ra l a n d n o C h a n c e llo r o f Potti S riram ulu
wonder th e A m e r ic a n Tel ug u U n iv e r s ity &
Biographical In s titu te h a d M a d u g u la N aga Phani
awarded the Best M a n o f the S h a rm a of S a ra s w a th i
Year 1999 and also the 2 0 0 0 P e e th a m w h o h a d g iv e n
millenium G o ld M e d a l o f s e v e ra l A s h ta v a d ha na ms
honour to h im and (som ebody's lig h tn in g a b ility
established him in the p ro p e r to co m p o se instan tly poem s
place in the Chess A re n a & on request fro m audience on
the public. a n y t o p ic a n d w a s th e
c h a irm a n w ith C a b in e t ra n k
Through the C -D O C in th e O f f ic i a l L a n g u a g e
he was a b le to ru n a 5 C o m m itte e fo r Telugu) Mr.Row
coloumn Chess Page in the p u b lis h e d a rtic le s in no. o f
local evening d a ily "C itizen" Telugu M agazines, papers as
in English and la te r th ro u g h a Freelance Journalist.
Telugu W e e kly m a g a z in e s
As D ir e c to r o f C -
C hatim pu, S u p r a b h a ta m ,
D O C , in se rvin g th e Chess
Preethi etc. and it is
c o lu m n in E n g lis h D a ily
creditable th a t he w a s a b le
" C itiz e n " o f H y d e r a b a d ,
to write on chess in English
M r.R o w m e n tio n e d B o b b y
and T elugu p a p e r s a n d
Fischer as the Player o f the
magazines to m ake it
2 0 0 0 m ille n n iu m w h ich was
popular am ongst p e o p le . He la ter endorsed by the Forum
was also seriously involve d in o f W o rld C hess p la y e rs in
bringing a b o u t a s m a ll electing & n o m in a tin g Fischer
reference b o o k in T e lu g u as the 2 0 0 0 m ille n iu m Player
“C h a th u ra n g a S a s th ra o f Chess. It is taken as a credit
Sangraham " a c o n c is e f o r th e C - D O C 's v ie w s
treatment o f th e scie nce o f endorsed by so many.
chess. The b o o k w as w id e ly
We know o f m any
read in th e s ta te w ith th e
c o a c h in g in s titu te s in o th e r
a p p re c ia tio n of
places in In d ia ., but m ost of
G .V .S u b ra h m a n ia n V ic e -
th e m g a v e im p o r ta n c e to illn e ss & recovery in 2003
m oney in s te a d of th e a fte r p u b lis h in g his Telugu
D e v e lo p m e n ts fo r Book "C h a th u ra n g a Sashtra k
p o p u la r is in g th e g a m e in Sangrarmham" it is learnt that
schools and public. Its receipt he is alm ost ready to launch
o f a p p re c ia tio n o f th a t as an o th e r book titled the "Inside U
grateful in the helping hand S to ry o f C h a th u ra n g a m l
ha ve b r o u g h t o u t th e re a l (Chess)" a reference book on
character of the org a n isa tio n concise treatm ent of Science
which was running on low key. of Chess in Einglish and also
the general status of the game
In H yd e ra b a d , in the
in p u b lic . Its struggles and jj
1 1th N a tio n a l C onference of
ju s tific a tio n s tria ls w ith its
Sports Psychology in M a rch
slogan "GENS UNA SUMUS" «
1998 by th e O s m a n ia
and the p a rt played by Big
U niversity Shri Row had the
players in underm ining FIDE
p re v ile g e o f P re s e n tin g a
and its resurrection by Russia
paper under th e tit le
by Kirsan llyum zhinov and the
"grasping a b ility of a child -
skillful organisation of Chess \
Chess players - a study" was
in Asia by its Vice President
w e ll receive d by the sports
U m m e rk o y a (o f C a lic u t/
a u t h o r ity c o n d u c tin g th e
K o z h ik o d e ). AICF of India.
conference as the first p ap er
Every o rg a n is a tio n has its
in their history fo r a p ap er on
silver lining and besides the
the gam e of Chess.
d a rk e r side also. FIDE and
His C hess a c tiv itie s , .Chess Story are no exception
in c lu d e d " S im u lta n io u s to it. So the Inside Story of
d is p la y of C h e ss and C h a th u r a n g a m (Chess)"
b lin d fo ld exhibition of Chess justifies the Title of the book.
in P u b lic L ib r a r ie s at C -D O C now stands
Cuddapah and YMCA tra n s fe rre d to Ram akrishna .
V is a k h a p a tn a m . M is s io n a fte r B h im a Row's
V o lu n ta r y tr a n s fe r o f the
F ollow in g his serious
responsibility in 20 0 4 .
In Cuddapah Central Library Author Bhima Row giving
Simultaneous with 40 Players and Blindfold exhibition
Sri Bhima Row receiving the ABI aw ard of 1999 Man of the
Year thro Lions Club President Chandra Mouli, Hyderabad.
Russia Vs Rest of
the World - 2002
W e k n o w t h o f th e M o s t o f th e W o r ld
USSR is on top o f the W o rld C h a m p io n s fro m Russia take
in Chess a n d m a n y o f th e a d e c is io n to p la y w ith
World C h a m p io n s are fro m students and School C h ild re n
Russia. C h e ss b e c a m e a to give a boost to the g am e
family gam e and it is le a rn t and m ay also advise them on
it is played th e re in Parks th e ir sp irit a b o u t defects and
also. When one o f the W o rld h o w to c o rre c t th e m se lve s.
Champions was asked "W hat They are also seen ta kin g part
is your p la n n o w th a t yo u in s im u lta n e o u s gam es w ith
have won the title" He q u ickly p u b lic and lovers o f the gam e
replied th a t he w ill visit his o f chess in Parks etc.
place a n d p la y w ith th e The first m atch to take
children of h is p la c e place between USSR and the
C o m pare th is w ith o u r Rest o f the W o rld to o k place
players w h o have o b ta in e d in B e lg ra d e in 1 9 7 0 . The
IM titles. They th in k to o m uch s p e c ia lity o f th is w a s th a t
of themselves and w h en o ne Bobby Fischer has played fo r
of the N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s Rest o f the W o rld . But inspite
was a s k e d to b r e a k h is o f it USSR w o n it a t Score
Journey fr o m B o m b a y to 2 0 .5 - 19.5 and a g a in proved
Delhi a t A h m e d a b a d he th e ir s u p re m a c y in 1 9 8 4 in
reacted "w h a t w ill yo u p a y London in the classical m ode
me"? The reason fo r asking o f session m atches a nd won
him to break his jo u rn e y was, it w ith a score o f 2 1 -1 9 .
that he co u ld p la y w ith the
players a t A h m e d a b a d so N o w USSR h a d a
that they could b e n e fit fro m p o litica l uph eaval and broke
his presence. u p to in to several states and
th e re g re w a suspicio n th a t m atch: Russia vs Rest ot the
Russia m ay not be as storng W o r ld P la ye d d u rin g
as it was because the players S e p te m b e r 8 th to 11th in
m ig h t have le ft Russia. But 2 0 0 2 by a Score of 48-52.
Russians m a in ta in e d th a t the M o re o ve r Shirov from Spain
u p c o m in g y o u n g s te rs w ith his 2 6 9 0 ELO points
A le x a n d e r M u ro z e v ic h a n d o b tained the m axim um no.
A le x a n d e r G r is c h ik a re o f grace points. The % of wins
enough to dispel any doubts a m ong st the gam e points of
a b o u t Russian suprem acy. Kasparov was only 4 /1 0 , the
n e w FIDE c h a m p io n 6 /1 0
O n e m o re reason is
and Anand 5 /9 the
th a t A n a n d has becom e the
p e rfo rm a n c e s w e re viewed
ra p i d C h e ss W o r ld
s tra n g e ly c o m p a re d to the
C h a m p io n a n d th e FIDE
level of anticipation from the
w o r ld C h a m p io n y o u n g
g e n e ra l p u b lic a nd Chess
R u ssian P a n a m a ro v of
Players.
U k r a in e w ill be p la y in g
a g a in st Russia. T he W o rld is
c h a n g in g a n d th e tim e of
R ussia had th e
w h e e l is r o ta tin g fa s t no
privilege o f having the G M A
d o u b t. The sad p a rt of all
W o rld C h a m p io n K a sp a ro v
these is that Viswanath Anand
and FIDE ex W orld C h a m p io n
has b e e n d e p riv e d o f the
Karpov and FIDE first W orld
c h a n c e to p la y th e W orld
C h a m p io n (who played under
C h am p ion ship . A suggestion
new rules) K a liffm an , besides
g a in in g g r o u n d is th a t
the ever green K ram nik w ho
Panam arov m ay play against
are all playing fo r Russia and
Kasparov fo r the unification
hen ce th e y w e re c o n fid e n t
of the tw o w a rrin g factions.,
th a t th e re need n o t be any
in the Chess arena. They may
doubts of Russia's Strength in
even squeeze in Kram nik to
beating the Rest o f the W orld.
the process and he may get
But fate has decided a chance though his win over
otherwise and Russia lost the Kasparov was not recognised
by FIDE. A nand has no activity establishing a Chess School.
at the high level fo r atleast 3 Yets th a t is w h a t every chess
years a n d w e h e a r he is v e te ra n d o e s w h e n o u t o f
planning to re tu rn to In d ia C o m p e titio n and A n and is no
and s ta rt c o a c h in g by exception and India benefits
by it no d o u b t!.
S ep tem b er 2 0 0 2 , 8th to 11 th
Russia Vs Rest of the W orld
Players and th e ir ratings
in K rem lin Palace, Moscow
9 . T im o r R a ja B ov (A z e r
Baizan) 2 6 1 8
(Reserve Players)
Now th e o th e r
category th e S e cond W o rld
Cup w as c o n d u c te d in
Hyderabad, In d ia . The firs t
one w as c o n d u c te d Tn
Shemia ng C h in a in
September. A n a n d w o n th e
World C u p C h a m p io n s h ip
Que Youhan (C h in a ) w o n it
amongst the w o m e n . Meenakshi Subbaraman (21)
T h ie p r e s e n t W o r ld Victory over Ex-World
Cup w as c o n d u c te d in Champion Jhu Chen
October 9th to 2 1 st 2 0 0 2 in
Hyderabad, In d ia , th e sam e d e fe a te d th e W o rld C h ess
defend ed t h e ir t it le s and C h a m p io n fro m C h in a Ju
earned 4 6 , 0 0 0 & 2 4 ,0 0 0 Chen in 36 m oves has
dollars each. boosted Indias p rid e to a new
high. A nd G M Koneru H a m p i
In th e f ir s t Round
the W o rld J u n io r C h a m p in
Robin of 6 players g ro u p there
G irls was q u e stio n in g to know
was an upset th a t S a sikira n
w h a t is a loss? M e ena kshi lost
(Tamil N adu) In d ia d e fe a te d
in the q u a rte r finals but drew
Anand. Besides this 12 year
her g a m e a g a in st Q u e yuhan
D ro n a v a lli H a r ik a o f A.P.
(China). A n d H um py lost in the
India defeated the erst w h ile
S e m i fin a l to Q u e Y o u h a n
6 tim e s e x - c h a m p io n of
(C h in a ) w h o u ltim a te ly w o n
Russia GM M aya
the C h a m p io n s h ip . Ivanchuk
C h ib u rd n id g e . F u r th e r
d is a p p o in te d every b o d y by
Meenakshi S u b b a ra m a n (21)
losing in the first ro u n d ro b in
who recently b eca m e an IM
g r o u p a n d m a d e a n e a rly
only th e p r e v io u s m o n th
exit! Semi Finals :
80
i
Yours truly,
(V. Anand)
W hen A n a n d becam e the first G ra n d M aster o f India, I
just played a g im m ick on the Postal D epartm ent, to know as a
su r/e y o f how m uch the*people are a w are o f Chess, its players,
and th e ir titles etc. The A u th o r posted a letter as "Viswanath
A n a n d - First G ra n d M aster o f India" India w ith o u t address
but w ith a postscript on back page - "It is a challenge to the
postal d e p a rtm e n t to fin d o u t w ith th e ir chess aw areness, deliver
the letter to him , I am g la d they to o k the ch alle nge & delivered.
The postal a u th o ritie s w e re p ro m p tly a n d profusely
th a n ke d requesting them to "Keep in touch w ith the Progress
o f Chess in India".
The inside story of
Chathurangam (Chess)
A concise treatm ent of science of
C hathurangam (C hess) a reference
handbook for schools colleges and
budding champions aspiring for world
titles of age group competitions authored by the FIDE
International Arbiter, Chess Critic, Writer, Columnist and
Freelance Journalist. -— Mr. Bhima Row Bommireddipalli
of Hyderabad, (India.) Tel.: 040-27425962.
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fa m ily , b u t a la s in p r a c tic e it h a s b een its reverse. But chess is progressing
inspite of it, becuase as the author seriously believes it is primarily a family
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game born in India which catered to the intellectual and family requirements of
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