: FORMER MEN WORLD CHAMPION AND CURRENT WOMEN WORLD
CHAMPION
The greatest chess player of all time, former world chess champion Garry
Kasparov, standing, watching the game of current world women champion Hou Yifan
of China during the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway where Palau was
able to send an Open and Women team for the first time.
(Photo by Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps)
BUY THE BOOK
(Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games)
Volume 1
(July 22, 2005) --SLOVAKIAN Grandmaster Igor Stohl, the
runner-up in the 1982 world junior championship, is a noted opening
theoretician whose annotations frequently appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach,
Informator and Chess Base Magazine. He is also the author of “Instructive
Modern Chess Masterpieces” (Gambit, 2001), which won the U. S. Chess Federation
Cramer Award for best book.
Recently,
Gambit Publications announced the availability of Stohl’s latest opus, “Garry
Kasparov’s Greatest Chess Games Volume 1.” The 320-page book cost $35. You can
place your order through http://www.badbishop.com/gambit/index.html.
The shipping cost for Northern Marianas is $7.
Here’s
what Chess Base says about the book: “It is very well produced. It’s a sturdy
hardback which, for the most part, lies flat for easy reading; the layout is
clear and easy to read. It’s an entertaining book and provides excellent
coverage of the games of a player who is arguably the greatest of all time.
Kasparov’s career up to 1993 is covered in this volume; let’s hope we don’t
have too long to wait for the second volume, which deals with the remaining
years.”
During
the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, Garry Kasparov is running for
FIDE presidency against incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. One of his campaign
strategies is giving away the 2nd volume of this book together with
“Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess/ Part One/ Revolution in the 70s” to the
prospective voters like Palau.
When
Joselito Marcos, Papua New Guinea’s official Delegate, saw the Volume 2, he
asked Roberto Hernandez if he can have it as he doesn’t have it yet. Roberto
willingly gave it to him and Joselito has one more request—he wants Roberto to
approach Kasparov during the Olympiad games and have him sign it.
During
the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mantiysk, Russia, Joselito borrowed
Roberto’s Chessmates Magazine given to him by USA and Philippine Chess Master
Almario Marlon Bernardino in Sept. 2006, during the inaugural Palau
Invitational Chess Championship. The cover of the magazine was Asia’s first GM “Eugene
Torre: Athlete of the Millennium.” Joselito asked Eugene to sign it, which he
did on Sept. 19, 2010.
When
Roberto asked Garry Kasparov to sign that book in the middle round of the
Olympiad, he gave Garry his card with his name also written in Russian. Garry
have a good look at the card especially the “Palau Chess Federation – General
Secretary and FIDE Instructor.” Roberto said to him, “We talked on the phone
using Congressman Pichay’s cell phone in July 31, 2014 before our flight to
Norway.”
In
their conversation on the phone, Garry said he will visit Palau with his family
in December 2014. Roberto featured an article about his visit which didn’t
happen.
GARRY KASPAROV ON MODERN CHESS--PART
ONE--REVOLUTION IN THE 70s
This book—the first in a brand
new series—follows on from My Great Predecessors and sees chess legend Garry
Kasparov reflecting on a pivotal time in chess history. Bobby Fischer’s spurt
towards the chess summit (1970-1972) marked the approach of a new era affecting
all aspects of the game and opening theory in particular. Fischer demonstrated
the need for deep preparation with both colors, expanded the range of openings
knowledge and laid the foundations for present-day professional chess.
The
leader of the new generation, Anatoly Karpov, fully reaped the benefits of the
Fischer revolution by mastering the lessons of his great predecessor. Of the
players of the older generation, only Viktor Korchnoi was able to achieve such
a high level of professionalism.
Alas,
Fischer then left the chess stage. However, the tectonic shifts he had brought
about led to the beginning of a genuine revolution in opening theory—a
revolution that overturned traditional impressions about many typical positions.
Between 1972 and 1975 alone, progress in the field of opening theory was more
significant than in the entire preceding decade! Under Fischer’s influence,
chess was radically regenerated—a process which then continued to accelerate.
As a result, from the 1972 Fischer-Spassky world championship match to 1984 and
the Kasparov-Karpov matches, the overall picture of chess openings changed
almost beyond recognition.
This
fascinating book tells the story of this opening revolution. This story is told
not only with the insight of Garry Kasparov, but also as seen through the eyes
of the leading players who were at the forefront of the development of chess
theory during those key years. The reader will witness at first- hand how
rapidly and inexorably chess development approached the coming computer era.
Solution
to last week’s puzzle No. 3749: 1. Qxh6+!! Kxh6 2. Rh3+ Bh4 3. Rxh4 mate.
This
week’s puzzle No. 3750: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)
Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
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Volume 24
Issue 58
June 22, 2015
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