It's ... the Andrew Martin Radio ChessBase Show
William Shakespeare never fails to attract attention and his famous quote,
'Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war', could well apply to our first game
this week, where Peter Sowray unleashes a completely new gambit against Arkadi
Naiditsch:
Naiditsch,A (2654) - Sowray,P (2317) [B28]
8th ch-Euro Dresden GER (2), 04.04.2007
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.c4 e6!?
We are in Hamburg, always a pleasure, demonstrating the way for Black on DVD
against all those damned annoying QP Openings, such as The Trompowski, the Torre
Attack, London System, etc.,.etc. In a sneak preview we show you interesting
options against the Stonewall:
Godoj,V (2113) - Andersson,U (2528) [D00]
8th ch-Euro Dresden GER (2), 04.04.2007
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nd2 Bg7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Qc7 7.Qf3 Bf5
Against the London System:
Fatzer,E (2114) - Cebalo,M (2471) [A46]
Hilton Open Basel SUI (1), 01.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 Be7
8.0-0 d6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.h3 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 Re8 13.c3 Bf8
And against the Torre Attack:
Georgiev,Ki (2660) - Ftacnik,L (2573) [D03]
8th ch-Euro Dresden GER (5), 07.04.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 0-0 6.b4 a5 7.b5 c5
This week's puzzle
The puzzle will not trouble you, so we want big entry this week!
Volovik-Kozlov, USSR 1987
It's White to play and force mate
Solution to last week's puzzle
For better or worse the game begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 Ba7 7.d4 Nxe4?! 7...b5 8.Bb3 Qe7 is more circumspect.
8.Qd3!? [8.Re1] 8...f5 9.d5 Ne7. 9...Nc5 is
answered by 10.Qxf5 d6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh6 when White has a very dangerous attack.
10.Nxe5 0-0
What's the best continuation for White and why?
Solution: 11.d6!! Jamming Black's development. 11...Nxd6
12.Bb3+ Kh8 13.Bg5! With the idea of Bxe7 followed by Ng6+ 13...Rf6
[13...g6 14.Qh3+–] 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qxd6! and Black resigns,
as played in Kozurenko-Shvidersky USSR 1965. A rather dashing miniature.
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on the Candidates in Elista!
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Andrew Martin, chess trainer and teacher
He is not some unknown in the world of chess. Andrew Martin was the star commentator
in the 2000 London match between Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, and he
gained recent international fame and popularity with his live audio commentary
on Playchess.com during the FIDE world
championship in San Luis.
Andrew is also a prolific chess trainer, not just live in British scholastic
circles, but also in a series of training DVDs he has produced for ChessBase,
taking full advantage of our Chess Media System. His lively, entertaining style,
combined with a good dash of humour, makes any lesson with him a delight to
follow.
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.
Each week Martin will cast his eye over the contemporary chess scene, presenting
a veritable pot-pourri of interesting topics. We look forward to the pleasure
of your company.
Andrew Martin: The Trompowsky – The easy way
