Poison from Dagomys

BY: BOBBY ANG

(As published in Chess Piece, BusinessWorld, 30 April 2010)

The World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Veselin Topalov started last April 24. We will begin our coverage this coming Monday. Let us finish first my report on the Russian Team Championship by reliving a decisive top board encounter between two of the top players in the world in a very topical opening line -- the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn.

IM Andrija Fuderer was one of the top players of Yugoslavia in the early ’50s -- he won the national championship in 1953 and represented his country in three Olympiads. A turning point in his career was the 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal. Fuderer had strong hopes of finishing in the top 9 (out of 21) to qualify for the Candidates’ tournament, but was extremely disappointed to be relegated to the bottom half of the standings. He then quit chess and went back to the University to get a degree in Chemistry, earning a Ph.D. from the University of Zagreb and went on to become a famous inventor (for example, a new compression process for refrigeration).
He was to play for Yugoslavia in a few more team events after his retirement as a chess professional, but in Gothenburg, his last official tournament, Fuderer was to achieve his main claim to fame -- it was he who introduced the Poisoned Pawn Variation to the world.

Keres, Paul -- Fuderer, Andrija [B97]
Gothenburg Interzonal (16), 10.09.1955
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Well, that was quite a rout administered by the great Estonian Paul Keres. The pawn sacrifice 8.Qd2 coupled with 10.e5 became a big favorite for White due to this game and some more Mihail Tal brilliancies. However, in the ’60s, an American by the name of Bobby Fischer dared to grab the b2-pawn almost every time he faced the 6.Bg5 variation and won several outstanding games. After that, the pawn sacrifice lost its popularity and became a rare guest in top tournaments.

During the 2004 Calvia Olympiad interest in the Poisoned Pawn Variation was reawakened after two crushing wins by Teimour Radjabov using the 10.f5 (instead of 10.e5) line. Many more players started taking it up again, and with the participation of such names as Shirov and Anand each game tried to refute the findings from previous ones. Here is my humble attempt to update our BW readers.

Ivanchuk, Vassily (2748) -- Grischuk, Alexander (2756) [B97]
17th TCh-RUS Premier Dagomys RUS (7), 08.04.2010
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Conclusions? From the theoretical aspect Black is still OK, but the defensive task is not that easy so you can still expect many more Poisoned Pawn games to come.
Reader comments/suggestions are solicited. E-mail address is bangcpa@gmail.com

VIEW ANNOTATED GAMES: World Chess Championship 2010 (Rounds 4 and 5)

Photo from WCC 2010 official website

Annotations by GM Christian Bauer and IM Alexander Ipatov of chessdom.com:
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14-YEAR-OLD BOY GAINS OUTRIGHT 2 IM TITLE NORMS IN SUBIC CHESS

IN PHOTO: FM JAN EMMANUEL GARCIA

Below is the spectacular Round 2 win of "Jem" over GM Zhang Zhong of Singapore, the game which I think highlighted his participation in the just concluded Asian Continental 2010 OPEN.
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BY: MARLON BERNARDINO

A day after getting his outright two (2) International Master norm, RP whiz kid Fide Master Jan Emmanuel Garcia (2315) defeated GM Saleh Salem (2483) in the ninth and final round at the conclusion of 9th Asian Individual Chess Championships at the Subic Exhibiton and Convention Center in Subic, Olongapo City yesterday.

Garcia prevailed with the advantageous white pieces after 40 moves of English Opening.

“Masayang-masaya po ako kasi nagbunga na din y’ung full support ng pamilya ko at ni cong. (Butch) Pichay sa chess career ko.” said the young Garcia, son of lawyer Florand and Elizabeth Garcia.

The 14-year-old incoming third year high school student of Ateneo de Manila University Garcia, dubbed as the next Wesley So in the Philippine chess tallied a total 5.5 points on account of 3 wins, 5 draws and a loss in nine outings of the week-long event, organized by National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) president/ chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr.

“Maraming tayong magagaling na mga batang chess player, kailangan lamang nilang mabigyan ng break kaya nga marami tayong International chess tournament na i ioorganize,” said NCFP president/ chairman Prospero “Butch” Pichay Jr.

Actually, Jan Emmanuel fell short for his GM title norm aspiration but needed one IM norm to complete his IM title requirement.

“Kung naka 6 points si Jem (Jan Emmanuel) GM norm pa sana.” Said Jan Emmanuel’s father lawyer Florand Garcia.

“Counted sa 2 IM norm nakuha ni Jem kasi Asian Continental event ito,” he added.

Fondly called Jem in a local chess circuit, he opened his bid a draw against Asia’s First GM Eugene Torre in the 1st round then upset Singaporean GM Zhang Zhong in the second round. A back-to-back draw against Vietnamese GM Tu Hoang Thong and Mongolian Bayarsaikhan in the 3rd and 4th round before yielding to Vietnamese IM Nguyen Huyn Minh Huy in the 5th round.

But he came back after salvaging a draw over 1996 Asian junior champion Vietnamese GM Nguyen Anh Dung in the 6th round then toppled compatriot IM Oliver Barbosa in the 7th round.

A draw with countryman GM John Paul Gomez in the 8th and penultimate round to clinch his outright two (2) IM norm before suprising GM Saleh Salem in the 9th and final round yesterday.

ASIAN CONTINENTAL 2010 (OPEN) RESULTS

FINAL RANKINGS

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2667	7,0	2537	35,5	44,5
2	GM	SO Wesley	PHI	2665	6,5	2550	38,0	49,5
3	GM	GUPTA Abhijeet	IND	2560	6,5	2528	36,5	48,0
4	GM	ZHOU Jianchao	CHN	2650	6,5	2518	35,5	45,5
5	GM	LE Quang Liem	VIE	2689	6,5	2466	32,0	42,0
6	GM	YU Yangyi	CHN	2574	6,0	2573	40,5	51,5
7		ZENG Chongsheng	CHN	2350	6,0	2545	36,5	46,5
8	GM	DING Liren	CHN	2565	6,0	2539	37,5	48,0
9	GM	LI Chao B	CHN	2613	6,0	2524	38,0	47,5
10		WAN Yunguo	CHN	2424	6,0	2497	34,5	44,0
11	IM	SETHURAMAN S P	IND	2493	6,0	2490	33,5	42,5
12	GM	ZHOU Weiqi	CHN	2584	6,0	2446	31,0	39,5
13		YU Ruiyuan	CHN	2309	5,5	2572	39,0	50,5
14	FM	GOLIZADEH Asghar	IRI	2454	5,5	2536	36,5	44,5
15	GM	BAKRE Tejas	IND	2465	5,5	2536	35,5	44,0
16	GM	SASIKIRAN Krishnan	IND	2686	5,5	2515	35,5	46,5
17	FM	GARCIA Jan Emmanuel	PHI	2315	5,5	2498	32,5	42,0
18	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	2527	5,5	2492	38,0	48,5
19	GM	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	IRI	2575	5,5	2457	34,5	44,5
20	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2642	5,5	2443	33,0	43,0
21	GM	ANTONIO Rogelio Jr	PHI	2572	5,5	2440	33,5	44,0
22	IM	HARIKA Dronavalli	IND	2473	5,5	2436	30,5	39,0
23	GM	HARIKRISHNA P	IND	2660	5,5	2427	35,0	44,5
24		XIU Deshun	CHN	2493	5,5	2419	31,5	40,5
25	GM	ZHANG Zhong	SIN	2603	5,5	2400	33,5	42,5
26	IM	KHAMRAKULOV Dzhurabek	UZB	2509	5,5	2393	31,0	39,0
27	GM	WEN Yang	CHN	2520	5,5	2384	29,5	37,0
28	IM	NGUYEN Huynh Minh Huy	VIE	2469	5,0	2557	39,0	49,0
29		WANG Li	CHN	2383	5,0	2516	35,5	45,0
30	FM	BATTULGA Namkhai	MGL	2357	5,0	2516	34,0	43,5
31	IM	BARBOSA Oliver	PHI	2452	5,0	2509	37,0	44,0
32	GM	GEETHA Narayanan Gopal	IND	2604	5,0	2503	38,0	48,5
33	GM	NGUYEN Anh Dung	VIE	2464	5,0	2496	34,5	45,0
34	GM	SHARAVDORJ Dashzegve	MGL	2443	5,0	2484	33,5	40,5
35	GM	GOMEZ John Paul	PHI	2507	5,0	2481	34,0	44,0
36	IM	DIMAKILING Oliver	PHI	2441	5,0	2453	28,0	37,0
37	GM	LAYLO Darwin	PHI	2527	5,0	2442	33,5	43,0
38	GM	DAO Thien Hai	VIE	2523	5,0	2416	33,5	41,5
39	IM	ADHIBAN B	IND	2510	5,0	2404	32,0	41,0
40	GM	RAHMAN Ziaur	BAN	2558	5,0	2402	29,5	38,0
41	GM	BUI Vinh	VIE	2480	5,0	2378	29,5	38,5
42	GM	AL-SAYED Mohammed	QAT	2503	5,0	2364	26,0	34,5
43	IM	YANG Kaiqi	CHN	2396	4,5	2564	37,5	46,0
44	IM	NGUYEN Thanh Son	VIE	2440	4,5	2529	34,5	44,0
45	IM	NADERA Barlo A	PHI	2405	4,5	2525	34,5	43,5
46		GUNDAVAA Bayarsaikhan	MGL	2471	4,5	2514	36,0	45,5
47		DARINI Pouria	IRI	2398	4,5	2509	31,0	37,0
48		LU Shanglei	CHN	2340	4,5	2496	32,5	42,0
49	IM	GOH Weiming	SIN	2426	4,5	2486	32,5	41,5
50	IM	KUDERINOV Kirill	KAZ	2442	4,5	2483	31,0	40,5
51	IM	DABLEO Ronald	PHI	2464	4,5	2436	31,0	40,0
52	IM	TOUFIGHI Homayoon	IRI	2491	4,5	2435	32,0	41,5
53	IM	GAO Rui	CHN	2464	4,5	2422	31,5	41,0
54	GM	SALEM A R Saleh	UAE	2483	4,5	2390	31,5	41,5
55	IM	NOLTE Rolando	PHI	2420	4,0	2513	33,0	42,0
56	FM	CHAN Wei Xuan Timothy	SIN	2341	4,0	2504	30,5	39,0
57	FM	PASCUA Haridas	PHI	2358	4,0	2495	32,0	41,5
58	GM	NEELOTPAL Das	IND	2445	4,0	2485	34,0	43,0
59	IM	DUONG The Anh	VIE	2425	4,0	2474	29,5	36,5
60		WANG Chen	CHN	2390	4,0	2472	34,5	43,0
61	FM	HABLA Jony	PHI	2316	4,0	2472	32,5	39,0
62	FM	SEGARRA Randy	PHI	2298	4,0	2457	31,0	39,5
63	GM	TU Hoang Thong	VIE	2483	4,0	2419	32,0	41,5
64	FM	ALHUWAR Jasem	UAE	2308	4,0	2407	25,5	33,5
65		MARIANO Nelson Iii	PHI	2118	4,0	2399	25,0	32,5
66	GM	TORRE Eugenio	PHI	2506	4,0	2378	31,0	39,5
67	IM	GINTING Nasib	INA	2397	4,0	2366	27,0	35,0
68		LOU Yiping	CHN	2429	3,5	2549	35,0	44,0
69	WIM	PADMINI Rout	IND	2319	3,5	2439	30,0	38,0
70	IM	BITOON Richard	PHI	2476	3,5	2421	32,0	41,5
71	GM	SUNDARARAJAN Kidambi	IND	2520	3,5	2405	27,0	34,5
72		LI Hanbin	CHN	2330	3,5	2377	28,0	35,5
73		DATU Alcon John	PHI	2220	3,5	2376	24,5	31,0
74		LUMANCAS Lyndon	PHI	2289	3,5	2370	24,5	31,0
75		OLAY Edgar Reggie	PHI	2304	3,5	2348	27,5	35,0
76		CAUSO Deniel	PHI	2302	3,5	2135	22,0	28,0
77		MACALA Allan	PHI	2283	3,0	2524	36,0	45,5
78		SENADOR Emmanuel	PHI	2401	3,0	2495	34,0	43,0
79		FLORENDO Paulo James	PHI	2262	3,0	2448	30,5	38,0
80	FM	YEE Soon Wei	BRU	2209	3,0	2448	27,5	35,5
81		TURQUEZA Mari Joseph	PHI	2087	3,0	2358	26,5	35,0
82	FM	DE RAMOS Julius	PHI	2314	3,0	2355	27,0	34,5
83		GALINDO Joseph	PHI	0	3,0	2206	24,5	30,0
84		PAULO Bersamina	PHI	1927	2,5	2190	24,0	30,0
85	IM	WOHL Aleksandar H	AUS	2441	2,5	2168	24,0	31,5
86		LEGASPI Rhobel	PHI	2314	2,0	2436	29,5	38,5
87		LU Yijie	CHN	2349	2,0	2344	24,0	30,0
88		GALVAN Jesus	PHI	0	2,0	2201	24,0	29,5
89		DE LEON Luke Matthew	PHI	0	1,0	2034	18,0	23,5
90		ABELGAS Roel	PHI	2170	0,0	0	31,5	40,5

ASIAN CONTINENTAL 2010 (WOMEN)

FINAL RANKINGS

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	POURKASHIYAN Atousa	IRI	2292	7,0	2343	36,0	394,0
2	WFM	DING Yixin	CHN	2315	6,5	2354	36,0	398,0
3	IM	WANG Yu A	CHN	2335	6,5	2333	38,0	398,5
4	WGM	TAN Zhongyi	CHN	2464	6,0	2317	38,0	393,5
5	WGM	SUKANDAR Irine Kharisma	INA	2316	5,5	2305	37,0	390,0
6	WGM	NGUYEN Thi Thanh An	VIE	2309	5,5	2295	33,5	387,0
7		LKHAMSUREN Uuganbayar	MGL	2115	5,0	2291	32,5	366,5
8	WGM	JU Wenjun	CHN	2500	5,0	2282	36,0	384,5
9	IM	TANIA Sachdev	IND	2393	5,0	2280	36,0	384,5
10	WGM	HOANG Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2318	5,0	2245	35,5	370,5
11	WIM	HOANG Thi Nhu Y	VIE	2200	5,0	2215	26,0	345,5
12	WIM	MUMINOVA Nafisa	UZB	2338	5,0	2127	27,5	330,5
13	WIM	KIRAN Manisha Mohanty	IND	2259	4,5	2318	34,0	390,5
14		WANG Jue	CHN	2180	4,5	2278	33,0	379,5
15		BERNALES Christy Lamiel	PHI	2043	4,5	2254	29,0	348,5
16	WGM	MEENAKSHI Subbaraman	IND	2348	4,0	2309	34,0	371,0
17	WIM	PHAM Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2338	4,0	2230	33,5	346,0
18		XU Huahua	CHN	2082	4,0	2195	25,5	345,5
19	WFM	DEWI Aa Citra	INA	1945	4,0	2191	26,5	349,0
20		SALVADOR Aices	PHI	2058	4,0	2155	26,5	349,0
21	WFM	HAKIMIFARD Ghazal	IRI	2151	3,5	2266	32,0	362,0
22		SUEDE Akiko Charmaine	PHI	1945	2,0	2121	28,0	321,0
23	WIM	MENDOZA Beverly	PHI	2078	1,5	2108	28,0	326,0
24	WFM	AL-ZAROUNI Kholoud Essa	UAE	1868	0,5	2166	28,0	317,0

VIEW ANNOTATED GAME: Yu Ruiyuan vs GM Wesley So

Annotation by EMIR GAMIS (PULSAR) and NM GLENN BORDONADA