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ContentsEditorial.................................................................................................................4Malcolm Pein on the latest developments

60 Seconds with... ...........................................................................................7Grandmaster Erwin L’Ami

Magnus Proves Mortal ...................................................................................8All the action from a dramatic Norway Chess 2015

Fabiano’s Fightback ......................................................................................20Caruana blew away the field in Dortmund

How Good is Your Chess? ..........................................................................24Daniel King saw experience triumph in the Mitropa Cup

Find the Winning Moves .............................................................................27Can you do as well as Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Yusupov et al?

The Yes2Chess Grand Final........................................................................30Matthew Lunn reports from both Parliament and Hyde Park

Obituary: Walter Browne ...........................................................................33Remembering the charismatic giant of American chess

The Great Ladies of Devon Chess ..........................................................34Bob Jones begins his exploration with Rhoda Annie Bowles

The Deadly Catalan Bishop........................................................................36Steve Giddins stumbled upon a copy of Shakhmanty Bulletin

Never Mind the Grandmasters................................................................40Carl Portman on his love of the game and Curt von Bardeleben

Hope Springs Eternal....................................................................................42Junior Tay shows that an opening trap doesn’t have to be fatal

Forthcoming Events .....................................................................................45

Defanging the Tricky 7 Ëf3 in the Taimanov: Part II ...................46Erik Kislik reveals a second equaliser for Black

National Chess Day .......................................................................................48David Levens is organising one on September 12th

Home News.......................................................................................................49Feasts of chess at Kings Place and the County Finals

Overseas News ...............................................................................................52Humpy Koneru withdrew, while Luke McShane visited the U.S.

Solutions............................................................................................................54

New Books and Software...........................................................................55Featuring the latest reviews from Sean Marsh and James Vigus

Saunders on Chess ........................................................................................58John Saunders looks back on Larsen’s visit to the UK in 1973

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34 g4! h5? A move typical of Topalov, but unlike theround earlier, here he simply had to sit tight,knuckle down and defend solidly.35 gxh5 Êh7 36 b4! Topalov may well have missed this strongresource. Now 36...Êh6 can be met by 37 Ìc5 Íxc5 38 bxc5 Îd2 39 Êf3 Îc2 40 Îxb5, but perhaps still better this forBlack than what now occurred.36...Íxb4 37 Ìe5 Îd5 38 Ìxf7 Îxh539 f4! Black is level on material for now, but it isWhite who is much the better coordinated.39...Êg6 40 Ìe5+ Êh7 41 Ìf7 Êg6 42Ìe5+ Êh7 43 Ìf3

43...Îf5?! Black’s position was not at all easy todefend, but he should probably have tried43...Êg6, and if 44 e4 Îc5.44 Ìg5+! Êh6 44...Êg6 was no better a defence to thepowerful check, as shown by 45 Ìxe6 Êf6(or 45...Îf6 46 e4!) 46 Ìxg7 and the tacticscontinue to work for White: 46...Îxf4 47 Ìh5+.45 Êf3 Talk about complete control. Now the e6-pawn must fall and the game is pretty muchup for Topalov.

45...Íd2 46 e3 b4 47 Ìxe6 Îh5 48 Ìxg7Îxh2 49 Ìf5+ Êg6 50 Ìe7+ Êf6 51 Ìd5+ Êe6 52 Êe4 Îh3 53 Îb6+ Êd754 Êd3 Íc1 55 Îxb4 Êd6 56 Êd4 1-0

Nakamura had plenty of chances to closethe gap, but messed up a highly promisingposition against Vachier-Lagrave, somethingwhich Vishy Anand wasn’t to do againstHammer as he demonstrated why opposite-coloured bishops tend to help the attacker. Elsewhere Grischuk was a bit worse asWhite, but held against Caruana, whileCarlsen outplayed Aronian in a complexstruggle in the run up to the time control.

M.Carlsen-L.AronianRound 8

Here Black might have secured welcomesimplification with 31...Îd3, but with Carlsenrunning low on time, Aronian was keen tocontinue what had been a positionally highlycomplex Lopez struggle.31...Ìd3? 32 Îc8+ Êh7 33 Ëa4! Unfortunately for Black, the weakness ofhis king will prove more important than thepawn he is set to harvest on b2.

33...Ëxb2 34 Ëe4+ Îf5 35 Êh2! Carlsen finds the only way to retain anear-decisive advantage, while side-stepping35 Ìh4? Ëxf2+ 36 Êh2 Ëf4+.35...Ìf4 36 Îc2?? This, however, is both a step in the wrongdirection and a move which even allows Blackto take over the advantage. Even with only aminute and a half left, one would haveexpected Carlsen to spot 36 Ìh4 Ëxf2when White can actually go 37 Ìxf5 exf5and then 38 Îc2! or prefer 37 Îg3.

36...Ëa1?? Aronian had no time-trouble excuses, butmakes an even worse blunder. Instead, he mighthave X-rayed the white king with 36...Ëb8!when 37 g3 (37 Ìe5 Ìg6 doesn’t especiallyhelp White either, and he has to avoid thevicious 37 g4? Ìg6! 38 gxf5 exf5 followed bya deadly discovery) 37...Ìd5 38 Îd3 Ìf6 39Ëe2 Îxd3 40 Ëxd3 Ëb5 would have leftWhite grovelling, down a pawn.37 g4 Ëf1 The move Aronian had pinned his hopeson, so White’s next must have come as ahorribly cold shower.38 Ìe1! 38 Ìh4?? would have allowed 38...Îd1, butafter the text Black is simply red-faced and busted.38...Ìh5 39 gxf5 exf5 40 Ëc4 1-0

Topalov Gets Home The internet audience were hoping for abattle royal as Vishy Anand, now trailing byjust half a point, took the black pieces againstVeselin Topalov in the final round. Variousexperienced grandmasters weren’t sooptimistic and the sages were proved correctas Topalov hoovered the pieces in yet anotherRagozin, with the players following an earliergrandmaster game and shaking hands on arepetition after just 18 moves. The rest of the field were largely trying toend the tournament on a good note. Grischukwas unable to add to his sole win overHammer, but did improve on Aronian’s play, aswe’ve seen, to hold MVL. Giri was also wellprepared, outpreparing and then outplayingCaruana in a theoretical Open Lopez, andeven missing a pretty good chance at onestage to join the tie for second. Even more

Like Carlsen, Norway Chess 2015 is not a tournament which Levon Aronian will look back onfondly. Little wonder that he looks pained when interviewed by Yasser Seirawan, having wonjust the one game and missed a decent chance against his bete noir, the world champion.

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The Best of Browne(Solutions on page 54)

(1) W.Browne-B.ZuckermanNew York 1973

White to Play

(2) W.Browne-M.QuinterosWijk aan Zee 1974

White to Play

(3) W.Browne-E.WinslowPaul Masson Open 1977

White to Play

(4) Y.Seirawan-W.BrowneCalifornia Masters, Berkeley 1979

Black to Play

According to the United States Chess Federation, Walter Browne (pictured here at the 1973Atlantic Open) won more chess tournaments in America than any other player.

Walter likely made more money from pokerthan chess, with recorded tournament

winnings of over $300,000!

Pictured here at the World Chess Hall ofFame in late 2014, Walter was inducted into

the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2003.

Walter Browne Career HighlightsBrowne won the U.S. Junior Championship in 1966.

He played in 24 U.S. championships from 1973-2007, winning the title six times. Indeed,only Bobby Fischer and Sammy Reshevsky have won more American titles (each with eight).

Among his many international successes was winning Wijk aan Zee in 1974 and 1980, aswell as Venice in 1971, Reykjavik in 1978, Chile in 1981 and in Indonesia in 1982.

In 2012 he wrote an autobiography published by New In Chess. In the critically acclaimedThe Stress of Chess... and its Infinite Finesse he discussed his life and his 101 best games.

He was the 2014 US Senior Chess Champion.

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White’s plan is to lodge the bishop on thesuperb d6-square. Now Black has a toughdecision to make.19...Íxe5!? Objectively, this piece sacrifice is unsound, butBlack had been emboldened by White’s tentativeplay following the initial win of the pawn. Instead, White retains the edge after thestronger 19...Ìxe5 20 Ìh2! Ía4 21 Ìxg4Ìxg4 22 Íxe7 Ëxe7 23 Íf5 Ìe5 (if23...Ëh4 24 Íxg4 Ëxg4 25 c4!, and if 25...d426 Ëd3 or 25...dxc4 26 Îe4!) 24 Íh3,although here Black’s activity and the pin on theb3-knight give him some compensation.20 Íxe7 Îdg8 Things are becoming scarier by the move.For the price of a piece, Black has obtained ahuge kingside attack and it was probablyextremely difficult for White to adjustpsychologically to the turn of events.21 Íf1 A natural defensive move to play, but Houdinicomes up with a superb counterattacking plan:21 Êh1! Îxg2 22 Íh7! (suddenly the queen’sposition on c2 has become useful in defendingthe bishop) 22...Î8g7 23 Íf8 Î7g3! 24 Íxh6Ëd8 25 fxg3 Îxc2 26 Íxc2 Íxg3 27 Îg1and the worst is over for White who still has amaterial edge.21...Íe8?! This move actually deserves two questionmarks as it loses, but it does have the meritof utterly confusing White who seems to bebackpedalling following the piece sacrifice. A more logical choice was 21...Íf4 22 Íc5e5 when Black has kingside pressure and astrong centre as compensation for his piece.22 Íc5??

White cracks and now it’s all over as theBlack attack reaches a critical status. Instead, the brilliant deflection tactic 22 Ìa5!gives White a winning advantage as he effectsmore exchanges to establish a grip in the centre.Both 22...Ìxe7 23 Ìxe5 and 22...Ìxa5 23 Ìxe5cement White’s central control.22...Ëg7!

There is already no defence to this treblingagainst g2.23 Íd3 White’s king tries to make a prison break as23 g3 Íxg3! 24 Íh3 Íf4+ 25 Êf1 Ìe5!26 Îxe5 Íb5+! loses.23...Îxg2+ 24 Êf1 Íh5 It’s party time for Black.25 Îe3 Íf4 Now White has to start to return material.26 Êe2 Íxe3 27 Êxe3 Also pointless is 27 Íxe3 Îf8 28 Ìbd4 Ìe5.27...Íxf3 28 Êxf3 Ëe5

Cutting off the king’s escape route andthreatening the devastating ...Î8g3+ withmate to follow.29 Íe4 dxe4+ 30 Êe2 Ëf4 31 Îf1 Îd832 Íe3 Ëf3+ 33 Êe1 Ìe5 Of course, the simplest is 33...Ëxe3+ 34 fxe3Îxc2, but by now why bother?34 Ìc1 Ìd3+ 35 Ìxd3 exd3 36 Ëd2 e537 Îh1 h5 38 Êf1 Îdg8 39 Ëxd3 Îxf2+!40 Êe1 Ëxh1+ 41 Êxf2 Ëg2+ 42 Êe1Ëh1+ 43 Ëf1 Ëxf1+ 44 Êxf1 a6 0-1

So do remember, hope springs eternal forthose who are trapped. Moreover, if one’sopponent has bungled material early in thegame, all the more should one should have aheightened sense of danger to overcome thenatural tendency to be complacent andmentally bag the point. Indeed, it’s littlewonder that the maxim about ‘winning thewon game being the hardest part of the game’has been attributed to many of the old masterssuch as Albin, Steinitz, Lasker and Marshall.

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Up until the mid-1960s I was a very keenchess player and considered to be one ofEngland’s young talents. Promising youngplayers then were generally in their late teensor early 20s, but now promising youngplayers are many years younger than that. Ireached a grade of 199, as published inCHESS at the time, and competed in threeBritish Championships, with a best score of5/11 at Whitby in 1965. While I still hadsome ambition in the sixties, I scored 1½/2against A.R.B. Thomas, West of EnglandChampion for many years, and achieved thesame score against Gerald Abrahams of 1 d4d5 2 c4 c6 3 Ìc3 e6 4 Ìf3 dxc4 fame. I also had victories against a few othernotables, including John Fuller, England’sregular board 6 at the time, but I lost allambition during Whitby when I realised thateven if I made International Master, I was nevergoing to make a living at chess. With aburgeoning career in electronics and a youngfamily to bring up, I finally quit chessaltogether, although ironically in that same yearI was awarded a best game prize by the MCCUfor the following win against Pat Hogan.

D.Levens-P.HoganChapman 1970Sicilian Najdorf

1 e4 c5 2 Ìf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Ìxd4 Ìf65 Ìc3 a6 6 Íg5 At the time this was the most commonway of dealing with the Najdorf, which didn’tthen enjoy the popularity that it does today.6...e6 7 Ëf3 7 f4 followed by Ëf3 was more commonlyplayed, but I always like to keep my opponentsguessing. Besides Pat Hogan, who, I believe,played a game or two for Ireland, knew me well.7...Íe7 8 0-0-0 Ëc7 9 Íe2 Ìbd7 10 Ëg3 b5 11 Íf3 Íb7 11...b4! would have given Black the better game.12 Îhe1 Îc8 13 Îd2 b4

14 Ìd5!? I had expected 13...b4 and planned thisreply. Black’s king is still in the centre and Iinstinctively wanted to keep it there. Thoughthe sacrifice probably isn’t fully sound, it givesBlack plenty of opportunities to go wrong.

14...exd5 15 exd5 Ìe5 16 Îxe5! Keeping the pot boiling.16...dxe5 17 d6 Íxd6 18 Ìf5

18...Íf8? 18...Îd8! becomes clear with the modernbenefit of Fritz. 19 Íxb7 It’s time to cash in as 19...Ëxb7?? 20Ëxe5+ Íe7 21 Ìd6+ wins.19...Îd8 20 Îxd8+ Êxd8 21 Íxa6 h622 Ëd3+ Ëd7 23 Ëe4 Ëa7 Avoiding 23...hxg5?? 24 Ëa8+ Êc7 25Ëb7+ Êd8 26 Ëb8+ Ëc8 27 Ëxc8#.24 Ëd5+ Êc7 25 Ëxe5+ Êb6? Losing quickly, but if 25...Êc6 26 Ëb5+Êc7 27 Íf4+ Êd8 28 Ëc6 Ëd7 29 Ëa8+.26 Íe3+ 1-0

My opponent was very complimentaryafter this game; he couldn’t believe that I sawso much. The truth is, of course, I didn’t (hadI done so, I might not have played 14 Ìd5). Isimply saw the main ideas and was fairlyconfident that my superior developmentallied to Black’s exposed king would sooner orlater tell in my favour. I was a lot youngerback then and far more willing to allow myintuition to have free rein. 25 years later, when I was 57, I wasinvited out of retirement by a good friend,whose club was in serious decline – myjoining gave them a total membership of 6!By persuading the members to move out oftheir pub venue into a well-lit church hall, wenow have a membership around 60, half ofwhich are juniors. Two years later I was askedto a coach a couple of promising Under-11s

to help them qualify for the England juniorsquad, and I have been coaching ever since. During these last 17 years what has becomepainfully obvious to me is the negative attitudeof the general public towards chess and chessplayers. When I was interviewed on a nationalradio station many years ago the openingquestion was: “Isn’t chess a bit of a geekygame?”. My response was: “I wouldn’t say thatto Lennox Lewis if I were you!” (Lennox Lewiswas the World Heavyweight boxing championat the time and a keen chess player). When Malcolm Pein launched his firstLondon Chess Classic, John Inverdale, writingin the Sunday Telegraph, also referred to“geeky chess players”. Some years ago one ofNottingham’s top juniors became officially the18th most improved player in the country, butwithin six months of going to secondary schoolhe had been bullied out of chess altogether,and a very promising girl at junior school wasalso bullied out of chess. Sadly there are otherstoo, even including juniors who are at schoolswith a chess-playing tradition. It is time that the public were made moreaware of chess and to do this I propose launchinga National Chess Day on September 12th. Mysuggestion is that all county associations hire astand in an indoor market and spend the wholeday playing chess as the public walk past,offering lessons or games for a pound donationor more to Mind, the charity we are supporting.If most associations do something on the sameday, I am sure that the media will becomeinterested and give chess some worthwhilepublicity. If you are willing to become involved,please do your best to get juniors taking part. I intend to supply posters and T-shirts forcounty associations taking part, while Mindwill provide collecting boxes and literature(contact Vicky Urquart: v@urquhart.org.uk).Further information can be obtained from me:davidlevens@chesscoach.co.uk, but pleaseinform me what you may be doing, so I cancontact the media. With a little effort we canraise a good sum of money for Mind and dochess a lot of good in the process.

August 2015

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David Levens argues for an annual day to celebrateour great game and improve its public image

Did you know that US PresidentGerald Ford named October 9th“National Chess Day” in 1976??

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