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Winners of FIDE’s World Cup tournament bring chess back to its historical rootsBEGINNER'S CORNER8764321aI) c clf8hBLACK'S BEST MOVE?Hint: Better than ... Nxd3.□ □ □Apparently it was fate that decreed Shengyang, China, as the venue for the 2000 World Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cuptournament - a much better place than, say, London or Frankfurt to celebrate the two Asian winners; Viswanathan Anand of India and Xu Yuhua of China, the men’s and women’s winners.Although Anand was the pretournament favorite, he had to contend with a phalanx of European chess talent, including Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Yev-eny Bareev, Nigel Short and the IDE world champion, Alexander Chalifman.Xu, rated only fifth among 24 competitors, proved her mettle by defeating Natalia Zhukova, the current European women’s champion. Among the also-rans were the present and former world champions, Xie Jun and Maya Chiburdanidze.Most historians agree chess originated in India and spread to China.Millions in both countries still play ancient forms.Only in recent years have they begun to challenge and beat the West at their own game - the so-called international or Western variant of chess. With more than 2 billion population between them, China and India’s rapidly growing chess cultures should greatly enrich international chess.Among the most impressive young players in the world are China’s Xiangzhi Bu, who became the youngest grandmaster in chess history earlier this year at age 13, and Humpy Koneru of India, who at the same age recently became the youngest British women’s champ.In the game below, Anand smoothly gains a victory over Mohamed Tissir of Morocco, who resigns in an unenviable position.Anand Tissir1. e42. Nf33. d44. Nxd45. Nc36. Bg57. Qd28. 0-0-0 9. Nb310. f311. Nb512. Qelc5d6cxd4Nf6Nc6e6Be70-0Qb6Rd8Rd7Qd813.g4b614.h4Bb715.N(f)d4Nxd416.Nxd4Rc817.Kbl•618.BelR(d)c719.g5Nd720.Rh2d521.e5Bc522.h5Bxd423.Rxd4Nf824.Bd3Rd725.g6resigns (a)(a) Black - who has meager counterplay - has little stomach for the coming onslaught of white rooks, bishops and queen against his king.□ □□Solution to Beginner’s Corner: 1.... a5! 2. Qb5 c6! attacks and wins the queen.□ □ □Shelbv Lyman is a national chess master.BLACK RESIGNSafter 25. g6Tissir8764321a b c d e f u hAnandBLACK TO PLAY
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