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We have a full programme in this weeks radio show. We begin on the Isle of Man with the interesting game Yakovich-Shabalov.
Check out 17...Ne3!?
We cross the Atlantic for game two and pick up on Larry Christiansen, who plays as vitally and as aggressively as ever. His Sicilian vs Milman is of particular interest:
18 Qh6N
The final game comes from Sao Paulo and features the fantasy Variation of the Caro Kann. A. Rodriguez is completely fearless:
10 Qxc6!?N
Finally, we review no less than four new books from the prolific Everyman Chess. Oh, and the puzzle below is not quite as straightforward as it might appear. Be prepared for a long solution.
Kostic,B - Spielmann,R, Karlsbad 1911
The game concluded: 1...b4 2.cxb4 Kxb4 3.Kd3 a4 4.Kc2 Kc4 5.Kb2 Kb4 6.Kc2 Kc4 7.Kb2 and draw agreed! This should not have satisfied Black. Why not ?
Entries to andrew@andrewmartinchessacademy.com by 1900 hrs on the 4th October and see if you can win the prize this week. Congratulations to Luiz Camargo of Bexhill-on-Sea, England, for his win last week.
C.M. Bent
White to play and win
1.h7 Kb1 2.h8Q a1Q+ 3.Qxa1+ Kxa1 4.c7 b5 5.c8R!! [5.c8Q? Nc2+! 6.Qxc2 b4+=; 5.Kb4 Nd5+; 5.b4?? Nc4+ 6.Kb3 Nb6] 5...Kb1 6.b4+– intending Rc5xb5 with an easy win. 6.Kb4? Kb2= 7.Kxb5 (7.Rc5 Nc2+ 8.Kxb5 Kxb3) 7...Kxb3. 1-0.
As recommended in the training journals of Edmar Mednis, it is wise to go to the bathroom before the game.
Two eminent Grandmasters were seated in adjacent cubicles, when one of them noticed an abscence of toilet paper. Hearing the click of a pocket set next door he called out:
"Excuse me, do you have any loo paper to spare?"
A voice came back: "Sorry, I'm almost out myself."
"Any newspaper then, magazines?"
"No, nothing at all, I am afraid."
There was a short pause and then with increasing desperation:
"A handkerchief maybe, your tie... I am in very difficult situation."
"Sorry, no."
And then, after a slightly longer pause.
"Well, have you got change for a twenty?".....
The Radio Show will be on time this week: 21:00h GMT / 22:00 CEST on Wednesday, 4th October. See you there!
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Andrew Martin is 47 years old and lives in Sandhurst, England, with his wife and four children. His book King‘s Indian Battle Plans for Thinkers Press was an international best-seller.
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