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Liquidation is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because it will help you to win games and save draws. In this ground-breaking, entertaining and instructive guide former US Chess Champion Joel Benjamin focuses on the practical aspects:

■ what to aim for■ how to get there■ when to start trading pieces■ how to recognize favourable and unfavourable liquidations

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Pawn endings do not arise

out of nowhere!

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3 February 2015

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

60 Seconds with... ...........................................................................................7Grandmaster Anish Giri

A Berlin War ........................................................................................................8Vishy Anand took the 6th London Chess Classic on tie-break

All hail the Speed King.................................................................................14Hikaru Nakamura proved too strong in the Super Rapidplay

The Six Games’ War ......................................................................................17Gawain Jones explains how he overcame Romain Edouard

Still Going Strong ..........................................................................................20John Saunders made his annual pilgrimage to Hastings

A Two-Horse Race? ......................................................................................24Guildford and Cheddleton are the only sides on 4/4 in the 4NCL

Opening Trends...............................................................................................28

How Good is Your Chess? ..........................................................................30Daniel King presents a fascinating game from the Qatar Masters

P.H. Clarke.........................................................................................................33The leading English player and writer passed away in December

Never Mind the Grandmasters................................................................34Carl Portman is aware that we’ve never had it so good

Forthcoming Events .....................................................................................35

The Pupil Becomes the Master ................................................................36James Essinger didn’t mind too much losing to his former pupil

Studies with Stephenson............................................................................39

The Best of 2014 ..........................................................................................40Junior Tay looks back at last year’s best attacking games

Find the Winning Moves .............................................................................43

Addiction ...........................................................................................................46Time-trouble addict Matthew Lunn shares his experiences

Home News.......................................................................................................4815-year-old IM Jinshi Bai had a fantastic December in London

Overseas News ...............................................................................................50Chinese players have dominated the opening weeks of 2015

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

New Books and Software...........................................................................55

Saunders on Chess ........................................................................................58

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Born: St Petersburg, 28th June, 1994.

Place of residence: The Netherlands.

Occupation: Chess player.

Enjoyable? Definitely.

And home life? As well! It’s good to catch amoment to recharge my batteries.

But sometimes good to escape to:Anywhere my girlfriend wants to go to. :-)

Sports played or followed: Chess, tabletennis, football.

A favourite novel? I haven’t read enoughyet to be entirely qualified to answer, but fornow I’ll pick Russian satire by Ilf and Petrov,The Twelve Chairs.

Piece of music? Depends on the mood,really. From something decent up to somecheap hip-hop.

Film or TV series? The Big Bang Theory, Suits,Inception, and, of course, all possible comedies.

What’s the best thing about playingchess? People get the impression that youare intelligent.

And the worst? No matter how good youare at losing, it never stops getting to you.

Your best move? 21...Kd6!! versus TomiNyback in the Wijk aan Zee B group.

But less memorable than your worstmove? Unlike my good moves, I’ve made somany bad ones that I can no longerremember them all.

And a highly memorable opponent?Magnus losing in 24 moves is something youcan hardly forget. A collector’s item.

Favourite game of all time? Chess is avery rich game and many games come tomind. Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999,is the one that springs to mind, but everyweek there are new gems appearing in allkinds of tournaments.

The best three chess books: GarryKasparov on Garry Kasparov, Parts I, II and III.

Is FIDE doing a good job? It is a difficultjob. No doubt a lot can be improved,especially in the areas of sponsorship andtransparency.

Or the your National Federation?Personally I can’t complain at the moment,thanks to the valuable support of the DutchOlympic Committee, but a stable corporatesponsorship would bring it to a whole newlevel for my colleagues.

Any advice for either? I am not one togive advice, but I have the feeling thatofficials have to be competent and respectour sport. Because if they don’t respect it,then who will?

Can chess make one happy? Toophilosophical a question! I do know a bunchof people, myself included, who cannotimagine their life without it.

A tip please for the club player: It doesn’tmatter in what way, but as long as you putyour time and effort into studying chess andso long as you enjoy it, the results are boundto come.

T.Nyback-A.GiriWijk aan Zee 2010

21...Êd6!! 22 a3 Ëa4 23 Îd3 b5 24 Îc3 Îhc8 25 Íe2 Ìe5 26 Êd2 b427 Îc2 bxa3 28 bxa3 Îab8 29 Îhc1 c430 Îc3 Îb2+ 31 Î1c2 Ëb5 32 Îxb2Ëxb2+ 33 Îc2 Ëb1 34 Ëc3 Îc5 35 g3f5 36 Îb2 Ëxe4 37 Êc1 Ìd3+ 0-1

Ed - Anish Giri's first work, ‘Anish Giri: MyJunior Years in 20 Games’, was published lastyear to critical acclaim. It includes his bestgames to date, as well as plenty of enjoyablewriting and wit, and is available from Chess &Bridge, retailing at £12.95 or just £11.66 forSubscribers.

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To the delight of organisers TaoBhokanadh and Sean Hewitt, over400 players took part in a newventure at this year’s LondonChess Classic, the ‘SuperRapidplay’, which was held overthe opening weekend at Olympia.Many of those had entered in thesmall hope they’d be paired withone of the ‘super six’ (MichaelAdams, Vishy Anand, FabianoCaruana, Anish Giri, VladimirKramnik and Hikaru Nakamura), orone of the many other stars ondisplay. Indeed, all of England’sleading six grandmasters werepresent, as was Loek van Wely,rising American star DanielNaroditsky, and several stars ofyesteryear, of whom Mike Basman,John Nunn, and Jon Speelman allimpressed at various stages. Top seed was Hikaru Nakamuraand the American speed whizz didn’tdisappoint, racing to 8½/9. That wasonly sufficient in such a monsterfield for a half-point lead over VishyAnand. Nakamura sensibly used thewhite pieces to force exchangeswhen the two then met and while itwas to his credit that Anand tried to win, theIndian’s unbalancing of the position never lookedtoo wise and he stumbled to defeat. Of course,Nakamura rode his luck at times – we saw lastmonth how he had to play a piece in arrears formost of his encounter with James Adair – andhe was forced to defend well to hold a muchworse endgame against Matthew Sadler, butoverall he was a fully deserving winner of the£8,000 first prize. Moreover, Nakamura’sresult was good enough to give him the first-ever ECF grading to begin with a ‘3’. The speed of Nakamura’s play was moststriking. As he ground away in an early roundagainst Aaron Summerscale, it felt like he’dreached the ending using up almost no time inthe process (the time control was 25 minutesfor all the moves plus a generous 10 secondsa move), in sharp contrast to the English GM’shanging flag. Likewise, the clock played amajor role when the two outright leaders metin the penultimate round.

F.Caruana-H.NakamuraRound 9

Caruana had enjoyed an edge for most ofthis long manoeuvring battle, but Nakamurahad defended well and by this stage the

Japanese-born American had lefta few more minutes than theAmerican-born Italian. That was toprove pivotal.45...Ìb3! Freeing the rook for activeduties and unbalancing theposition.46 Ìxb3? White will struggle to catch theb-pawn after this. Caruana wasclearly worried by an invasion ond2, but with the calm 46 Îg4! hewould have kept everythingtogether, as shown by 46...Îd247 Ëg3 g6 48 Ìe4 and46...Ìxc5 47 bxc5 e4 48 Îxe4Îxc5. Black’s best try is 46...Ìd247 Ìe4 Ìc4, but even hereWhite is OK if he goes active with48 Ëa7! Îd7 49 Ëc5 Ìxa3 50Îh4 when it’s surprisingly toughfor Black to make any progress.46...axb3 47 Ëe3? As so often, a second mistakefollows hot on the heels of thefirst. It seems that the grim 47Ëb2 had to be tried and after

47...Îd3 either 48 h4!? or 48 Ëxe5 Ëxe5+49 Îxe5 Îd2 50 Êg3 b2 51 Îe1, althoughin both cases it’s hard to imagine that Whitewould have managed to survive.47...b2 48 Ëe1 Îd4 0-1 And that was suddenly that, as if 49 Ëb1Îxe4 50 fxe4 Ëf4+ 51 Êg1 Ëc1+.

The final round saw Kramnik held byNaroditsky, which enabled Anish Giri to claimoutright second and £5,000 by overcomingMatthew Sadler, the English star’s first defeatafter a fantastic run which had seen himoutplay the aforementioned Naroditsky toreach 5/5 before drawing with Anand,Nakamura and Kramnik. Giri couldn’t copewith Nakamura in another endgame in theirindividual encounter, but elsewhere waspretty determined, practical and impressive.

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Top seed and speed demon Hikaru Nakamura proved too strong in the Super Rapidplay at the London Chess Classic

Speed King

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All hail the...

Hikaru Nakamura is all smiles at the closing ceremony afterpicking up the £8,000 first prize for winning the

Super Rapidplay. He is pictured here with his mother, Carolyn Nakamura, a professional violinist.

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A.Giri-V.KramnikRound 6

Four Knights Game

1 e4 e5 2 Ìf3 Ìc6 3 Ìc3 Ìf6 4 h3!? The first surprise and a move clearlychosen to get Kramnik out of book in this firstSunday round.4...Íb4 5 Íd3!? And this is the second. White’s play may lookridiculous, but the reversed version of this idea,4 Íb5 Íd6!?, was pretty trendy a few yearsback and here Giri has the useful extra move h3.5...0-0 In a later round Mickey Adams preferred5...d6 and after 6 a3 Ía5 7 b4 Íb6 8 Ìa40-0 9 0-0 d5 (natural, although 9...Íe6 10Îe1 h6 11 Íb2 Ìh7 might be a better try,eyeing the white kingside) 10 exd5 Ëxd511 Îe1 Íd4 12 Ìxd4 exd4 13 Íf1 Whitewas a touch for choice with his bishops andwent on to win in Giri-Adams.6 0-0 d6 7 a3 Kramnik’s following Four Knightsesque playclearly made an impression on Giri for he laterpreferred 7 Îe1. He was still met with 7...Ìe7in Giri-Caruana, London (rapid) 2014, and after8 Ìe2 d5 9 Ìg3 dxe4 10 Ìxe4 Ìg6 11Ìxf6+ Ëxf6 12 c3 Íd6 13 Íe4 Íf5 14 d3Íxe4 15 dxe4 Íc5 the game was alreadyhinting at the draw it would become.7...Íxc3 8 dxc3 Ìe7!

The knight sets off for the kingside. Whitecan gain plenty of space on the queenside,but Black will obtain sufficient counterplay.9 a4 h6 10 a5 Ìg6 11 c4 Íe6 12 Íe3Ìd7 13 b4 Ìf4 Both sides have pursued their respective plans,but now Giri must look after his king for a bit.14 Îe1 Ëf6 15 Íf1 g5!? Black wants to use the g-pawn as abattering ram.16 Êh2! Êh8 One point of White’s calm last was to meet16...g4 with 17 hxg4 Íxg4 18 g3. That said,this position isn’t so clear after 18...Êh7!when 19 gxf4?! exf4 20 Íd2?? (muchbetter not to take on f4 or here to return thepiece with 20 Íd4 Íxf3 21 Ëxf3 Ëxd4 22Íh3) 20...Ìe5 21 Íe2 Îg8 would leaveWhite about to be embarrassed on h4.17 g3

17...Ìxh3? Big Vlad suffers a rush of blood to the head.Perhaps he hadn’t yet consumed enoughcaffeine or maybe he’d had too much. Whateverthe case, Black should have preferred 17...Ìg618 Ìd2 Ìe7 with a long struggle in prospect.18 Íxh3 g4 19 Íg2 gxf3 20 Íxf3Íxc4 Black has opened the kingside and baggeda pawn, but Giri has seen the deeper into theposition. It’s now Black’s king which will provemuch the more exposed.21 Êg2 Êg7 22 Îh1 Îh8 23 Îh4 White methodically builds up and alreadyit’s hard to offer Black good advice.23...Ìf8 24 Ëd2 Ìe6 25 Ëc3! Íb5 26 Îah1

26...Êf8 The king won’t manage to run away, but26...Ìg5 27 Íxg5 hxg5 28 Îxh8 Îxh8 29Îxh8 Êxh8 30 Ëxc7 Ëe6 31 Ëxb7 a6 wouldjust have been a pretty miserable endgame.27 Íg4 Íc6 This attempt to plug the c-file won’t saveKramnik, but 27...Êe7 would have beencleaned up by 28 Îxh6 Îxh6 29 Îxh6 Ëg730 Íxe6 fxe6 31 Ëxc7+.28 Íxe6 Ëxe6 29 b5! Giri is relentless in his quest to rip openlines towards the hapless enemy monarch.29...Íxb5 30 Îxh6 Îxh6 31 Îxh6 Ëg4 32 f3 Keeping it simple, although Black actuallyhas nothing devastating after 32 Îh8+ Êg733 Îxa8 Ëxe4+ 34 f3.32...Ëg7 33 Ëxc7 a6 34 Ëxd6+ Êg8 35 Îh5 1-0 To conclude, a few other highlights fromthe impressive multitude of games.

J.Cobb-M.AdamsRound 3

Adams had long ago sacrificed theexchange to obtain a queenside majority andnow continued to prioritise those pawns.54...Ìxc3! 55 Îxc3 b4 56 Îc1 c3

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Youth triumphed over experience in this heavyweight encounter from round 6. Anish Giri (left) ended up finishing a half point ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (right)

to take sole second place and with it a cheque for £5,000.

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57 Êe4 Êc4 Black’s onrushing pawns look very dangerous,but there is a way to draw. Can you spot it?58 Êe3? White must get his rook round the backand so 58 Îg1! b3 (the other important lineto spot is 58...c2 59 Îxg7 Êc3 60 Îc7+,and if 60...Êd2 61 h5 b3 62 h6 b2 63Îxc2+ Êxc2 64 h7 b1Ë 65 h8Ë) 59 Îxg7was indicated. After 59...b2 (59...c2? 60Îc7+ Êb4 61 Êd3 wins for White) 60 Îc7+Êb3 61 Îb7+ the pawns are stymied andBlack should return with his king to c4, as heeven loses if he tries 61...Êc2? 62 Êd4!.58...b3 59 Îg1 b2 0-1

A.Mortazavi-F.CaruanaRound 3

Ali Mortazavi is something of a speeddemon and in trademark style had thrown thekitchen sink at Caruana. Moreover, Black’sdefence in a tricky situation hasn’t been asgood as it might have been and now Whitecould have scored an upset, but how? 38 Îf1? Ëd6! 39 Ëh4? e3 40 Ëh5Ëxg3! 41 f6+ Êh8 42 Ëh6 Ëxg2+ 43Êxg2 Îg8 was a tragic end to the game. However, with the simple 38 fxg6 hxg6 andthen 39 Îxg6+! White might have decidedproceedings. It’s not clear what the English IMmissed as this sort of tactic is normally breadand butter to him. Here 39...Êxg6 40 Íh3+!(even stronger than the mundane 40 Ëxf8)40...Êh5 (40...Êh7 41 Íf5+! mates) 41Ëxc5+ Îd5 42 Ëxd5+ f5 43 Ëd7 would haveleft White with every chance of converting hisextra piece and far safer king position.

S.Williams-L.Van WelyRound 10

Queen’s Gambit, Vienna variation

1 d4 Ìf6 2 c4 e6 3 Ìf3 d5 4 Ìc3 dxc45 e4 Íb4 6 Íxc4!? Typical Williams, avoiding the main lines ofthe Vienna and giving the game a certainfeeling more common to the Open Games.6...Ìxe4 7 0-0 Íxc3 Black doesn’t have to relinquish the

bishop-pair and, indeed, 7...Ìxc3 8 bxc3Íe7 was preferred in the main event. Anand-Giri continued 9 Ìe5 0-0 10 Ëg4 Ìc6 11Îe1 f5!? 12 Ëf3 Ìxe5 13 Îxe5 Êh8 14 h3Íd6 15 Îe2 when White’s pressure fullycompensated for the pawn.8 bxc3

8...0-0 Remarkably this is new, but one can quiteunderstand why the Dutchman didn’t fancy8...Ìxc3 against such an attacking player asWilliams. After 9 Ëb3 Ìd5 10 Ía3 c6 (10...f6is ugly, but may be best as 10...Ìc6 11 Îfe1Ìce7 ran into 12 Íxe7! Ìxe7 13 d5 inPedersen-Nielsen, Faaborg (rapid) 2007, asshown by one of Ward’s co-authors in DangerousWeapons: The Queen’s Gambit) 11 Ìd2 Ìe712 Ìe4 0-0 13 Ëb4 Ìg6 14 Ëd2 Ìe7 Whitewent back to b4 and repeated moves in Ward-Wells, Southend 2008, but he might have tried15 Ëg5!?, and if 15...f6 (or 15...Ìf5 16 Íxf8Ëxf8 17 a4) 16 Ëc5 Ìg6 17 Ìd6.9 Ëd3 Ìf6 10 Íg5 Ìbd7 11 Îfe1 b6 12 Ìe5 White’s pieces flow to good squares.12...Ìxe5 13 Îxe5 c5? An attempt to obtain some counterplay,but there’s no time for this. Van Wely had tobe brave and go 13...h6, since 14 Íxh6?gxh6 15 Ëg3+ Êh8 16 Ëf4 Ìg8 doesn’tgive White enough for his piece.14 Ëh3! cxd4 15 Íd3!

All of a sudden White is winning.15...h5 Desperate stuff as 15...g6 16 Ëf3 wouldhave been a rather strong fork and 15...h6 16Íxh6 gxh6 17 Ëxh6 would have led to mate.16 Íh7+! Êxh7 Black must give up his queen as 16...Êh817 Íxf6 Ëxf6 18 Îxh5 g6 19 Íxg6+ Êg720 Îh7+ Êg8 21 Íe4 isn’t something onecan contemplate.17 Íxf6 Ëxf6 18 Îxh5+ Ëh6 19Îxh6+ gxh6 20 Ëd3+ Êg8 21 Ëxd4 Black has rook and bishop for the queen,but crucially his king remains exposed.21...Ía6 22 Îd1 Îac8 23 Ëf6 Íe2 24Îd2 Íh5 25 Ëxh6 Íg6 26 h4! Îxc3 27h5 Íf5 28 Ëf6 Îc4 29 f3 Êh7 30 Îd7Îc1+ 31 Êh2 Îc2 32 h6 1-0

Leading Scores:1 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 9½/102 Anish Giri (NED) 8½3-12 Fabiano Caruana (ITA), Vishy Anand (IND),Vladimir Kramnik (RUS), Nigel Short (ENG),Aleksandr Lenderman (USA), Eric Hansen (CAN),Daniel Naroditsky (USA), Nick Pert (ENG), AlonGreenfeld (ISR), Simon Williams (ENG) 813-21 Michael Adams, Matthew Sadler, LukeMcShane, James Adair, Lawrence Trent (allENG), Simen Agdestein (NOR), AlexanderCherniaev (RUS), Ioan-Cristian Chirila (ROU),Jonathan Dourerassou (FRA) 7½.

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IM Ali Mortazavi (left) pictured here with Jon Speelman (centre) and Nigel Short (right)came close to causing the upset of the event by defeating Fabiano Caruana.

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