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On the Web: www.BerkshireEaglBEGINNER'S CORNER8765431a b c d e f g hBLACK HAS A CRUSHERBeginner’s Corner: Hint and explanation: Threaten mate..i* *';■:,V\V .'AvFast chessmultipliesmistakesBy Shelby LymanBasic Chess FeaturesAt the recent European Women’s Chess Championship in Warsaw, Poland, games were played about 30 percent faster than usual as part of a controversial attempt by the World Chess Federation to popularize chess.As in a previous attempt in Calcutta, India, the results were disappointing.“The presence of a permanent anxiety over time,” reports Johan Zwanepol, chairman of the e-vent’s organizing committee,” led to a strong tendency towards automatic, superficial moves, seriously damaging the creative element of the games and reducing to a minimum the number which were of a really high level.He also noted the large number of serious mistakes, particularly in time pressure.The premise thatchess must heplayed faster tointerest spectatorsis debatable.The premise that chess must be played faster to interest spectators is debatable. When the U.S. public television network (PBS) offered move-by-move coverage of the 21-game Fischer-Spassky Match in 1972, the typical 40-minute game lasted five hours — about 60 percent longer than the new FIDE time limit allows. The viewing audience was, nevertheless, the largest in PBS history up to that time.The event itself — matching a quixotic American chess genius from Brooklyn against a handsome, charismatic Russian, at the height of the Cold War — was, of course, extraordinary.Although a majority of the audience barely, if at all, knew the moves of chess, they were fascinated by the logic and beauty of the unfolding games.When one of the programs was interrupted by coverage of the ’nomination of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sargent Shriver, the switchboards were besieged by thousands of angry viewers. Coverage of the chess match was promptly resumed., Below is a game between Zol-gm Evgeny and Almasi Mirosh-ichenko from the recent European Men’s Championship in Oh-tfid, Macedonia.EvgenyMiroshnichenko1. e4c52. Nf3d63. d4cxd44. Nxd4Nf6, 5. Nc3Nc66. Bg5Bd7‘ 7. Qd2Rc8OO•7*54^Nxd49. Qxd4Qa5u ■ 10. e5 11.fxe4dxe5e612. 0-0-0Bc613. Nb5Bxb514. exf6Bc615. h4g6, 16. Bc4Bc5„ 17-Qg4h518. Qe20-019. R(h)flBb420. Bh6R(f)e821. KblBxg2?22. Qxg2Rxc423. Qxg6ch! Black resignsSOLVE-ITafter 22.... Rxc4Miroshnichenko865n,,431c cl e fAlmasiWHITE TO PLAYSolution to Beginner’s Corner:1. . . . Kg2! threatens 2. Rg4 mate i(Khurtsidze-Radziewicz ’01). i
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The Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Jul 01, 2001
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