Play the Author - Theme tournament with Spyridos Kapnisis

by Arne Kaehler
6/18/2021 – Our ChessBase Magazine subscribers recently received a particularly interesting offer: a theme tournament with Spyridos Kapnisis! "Play the Author" lets readers play against their favourite author in a round-robin tournament. Another attraction is the set opening that is played in each round. In this "Play the Author" episode, the Richter-Rauzer Variation in the Sicilian was the chosen setup.
This DVD offers Black a complete repertoire against all weapons White may employ on move six. The recommended repertoire is not as risky as other Sicilians but still offers Black plenty of counter-play.

Play the Author - Spyridos Kapnisis

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5

Just like in the last two events, seven players signed up for the tournament, and more than 50% of the players were German.

But compared to the other events with Robert Ris and Christian Braun, in the majority of the games, White succeeded. Apparently, "Turborossi" was the happiest to play against the Richter-Rauzer opening, since he won all three games as White, and lost his other four games as Black. Only seven games ended with a win for Black, two games were drawn, and in seventeen games White made the full point.

 
maximumchess - Turborossi

In one of the games, White had the chance to checkmate the Black king! Can you find the combination?

The Greek GM won the tournament smoothly, with 6½ out of 7. Most players had a real Elo rating of just beneath 2000, so Kapnisis had to deal with a couple of tough situations.

All the games played can be viewed and replayed here.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 5 8.0-0 2 Be7 3 9.f4 0 0-0 4 10.Bxc6 7 bxc6 5 11.Rf3 13 c5 22 12.Nde2 2 Bc6 4 13.Bxf6 10 Bxf6 3 14.Rh3 1 Rb8 8 15.Qd3 7 Rxb2 0 16.e5 3 dxe5 3 17.Qxh7# 2 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Zurubang21889Anatman18561–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Turborossi1768Tartarian15291–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
oscaridle1645maximumchess1878½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem7
Anatman1842Turborossi17821–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
maximumchess1896Zurubang218710–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
greatkaspy2165oscaridle16521–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem6
greatkaspy2158maximumchess19021–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Pectaras1704Anatman18310–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Turborossi1758Zurubang218941–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
oscaridle1590Tartarian15431–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem5
Zurubang21885Pectaras17131–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Tartarian1544greatkaspy21560–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
maximumchess1891Turborossi17691–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
Anatman1822oscaridle16261–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem4
oscaridle1620Zurubang218790–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Tartarian1548maximumchess18860–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Pectaras1691Turborossi17911–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
greatkaspy2149Anatman18271–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem3
Zurubang21867greatkaspy2170½–½2021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Turborossi1781oscaridle16201–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
maximumchess1877Pectaras17001–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
Anatman1821Tartarian15541–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem2
greatkaspy2163Turborossi17851–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
oscaridle1620Pectaras17221–02021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
Tartarian1559Zurubang218620–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1
Anatman1836maximumchess18620–12021Zurubang's Swiss sytem1

With the Playchess video & audio function, you don't need to wear a mask. But still, one player from Cyprus had to wear one, since he wasn't home.

After the tournament, Spyridos Kapnisis gave a small lesson on ChessBase, where all the players could ask questions.

If you want to learn more about the opening, check out the ChessBase Magazine #201

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.

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