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BEGINNER’S CORNER -hint explanation;Sacrifice and mate Viva AnandBEGINNER'S CORNERa b c d e f g hBLACK HAS A KILLERBy Shelby LymanFor most everyone it was not business as usual at the Frankfort Chess Classic 2000 - a welcome relief to Viswanathan Anand who gloriously swept the tournament with a 71/2-21 /2 score. It was vindication time for the Indian grandmaster who has slumped badly during the last year and a half while drifting down from second to sixth-ranked in the world.Finishing a full point-and-a-half behind Anand was Garry Kasparov. This was the first occasion in two years that Kasparov had not won a major tournament in which he participated. A small consolation to the World Champion was that Vladimir Kramnik, his prospective opponent in a title match scheduled for October, did even worse. He trailed in third place a full point behind Kasparov.The tournament was notable for anomalous results. Peter Leko, who is notoriously difficult to defeat, nevertheless dropped five games to finish in a lie for last with Alexander Morozevich. Bat he managed despite his dreadful result to beat both Kramnik andKasparov. Fbr Kramnik, the losswas his first in more than a year.It is welcome news for the chess world that Anand - who at his best is a potential world champion and a symbol of the renaissance of Asian Chess - is back in form. The tournament - which featured the six highest-ratedplayers in the world - was by design one of the strongest ever held. The result should raise Anand at least a couple of notches on the world ranking list.Below is a ninth-round crusher against Alexei Shirov * third-ranked in the world - who lost both of his games against Anand.AnandShirovl.e4e62, d4d53. Nc3 Nf64. eSN(f)d75. N(e)e2c56.c3Nc67. f4Qbfi8. Nf3 Be79.»30-0l O. i'l-i iO11. Rh3Na512. b4 exb413.axb4Nc414. Ng3a515. Bd3f516. NgSRd817. Qh5Bxg518. Qxg5Rf819.NH5Rf?20. Rg3g621.Bxc4dxc422. b: Qxb523. a3 b624. Qh6Bb725. Rxg6ehhxg626. Qxg6chKh827. Qxf7Rg828.B18Black resigns (a)(a) White threatens 29. Bg7ch,etc. If 28 Rxf8, 29. Qg7 mate.If instead, 28 NxfB, then 29.Nf6 threatening both 30. Qxg8 mate and 30. Qxh7 mate.Solution to BEGINNER’S CORNER: 1..... Qxh3ch! 2. gxh3 2.R{h)xh3 mate (Grishuk-Short ‘00).Copyrigki 2000 by Shelby LymanBLACK RESIGNSafter 23. Bf8!ShirovabcdefghAnandBLACK TO PLAY
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