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.com Tel: 01628520065 Web:http://www.bucksvoice.net/bourneendchess - starts 10:00AM ends 7:10PM.Now in its 41st year, this is a rapid play tour-nament with 45 minutes on each clock.A cafe and a bar will be open for refreshments.Prize giving is at approximately7.30 p.m.Entry forms will be on the Bourne End Chess Club web site from late January.19Russian Revengein ReykjavikSome 43 years after the Match of the Century, Russian players returned to the sameReykjavik venue and were very successful in the European Team Championships.Englandteam member Kanwal Bhatia reports, while Malcolm Pein annotates the key gamesFor a small nation that has never featured A bold move declaring that the bishop will 22 Ìxb7??too competitively on the international stage, retreat only to a7 not c7.22 Íe2 Î8d7 23 Îd1 Îxd1 24 Íxd1Iceland has a surprisingly strong history of 11 Ìc4 Ía7 12 a4 0-0 13 Íg5 h6 Ëc1 25 Íb3 Ëxe1 26 Îxe1 Íxb3affection for chess.The country famously 14 Íxf6?! 27 Ìxb3 Íxf2 28 Îb1 is somewhat bettergave sanctuary to an outlawed Bobby Fischer, A questionable decision, as Black becomes for Black, but this was White s best.at a time when he had little to offer in return extremely active with two bishops and a roving 22.Íc4!! 23 Ìxd8 Íxf1 24 Ëxf1 Îxf2in terms of chess.Of course, by then, Fischer queen, while the white knight is out of play for 25 Ëg1 Îa2! 26 Îxa2 Íxg1 27 Êxg1 Ëc1had already made his contribution.The much of the game.14 Íh4 was better.27.Ëxd8 28 Íe2 Ëb6+ 29 Êf1 Ëe3Laugardalshöll arena in Reykjavik played host 14.Ëxf6 15 Ìxa5 d5! 30 a5 Ëf4+ 31 Êe1 Ëxe4 32 Îa1 Ëc2to the 1972 Match of the Century ; in 33 Êf1 Ëxc3 also wins.November, chess returned to the same venue 28 Êf2 Ëxd1 29 Ìxc6 Ëb3 30 Îd2for the 2015 European Team Championships.Ëxc3 31 Îd6 Ëb2+ 32 Êe3 Ëa3+England were represented (in board order) 33 Êf2 Ëxa4by Michael Adams, David Howell, LukeMcShane and Nigel Short, and by JovankaHouska, Dagne Ciuksyte, Sabrina Chevannes,Zivile Sarakauskiene and myself, in probablythe strongest teams in a recent years.DavidOpenshaw captained the Open team, withPeter Wells accompanying as coach and trainer,while Jonathan Speelman was in charge of thewomen s team.Scotland were the only otherhome nation represented, with StephenMannion, Alan Tate, Graham Morrison, AndrewMuir and Andrew Burnett in the Open.In these events, it is customary for the host 16 Íc2nation to be allowed more than one team to 16 exd5 cxd5 17 Íxd5 Ëd8! 18 Íxb7 Íxb7even numbers (the 2010 Olympiad in Khanty- 19 Ìxb7 Ëc7 20 Ëf3 Îab8 wins the knightMansiysk included three Russian teams!).and White s pawns are insufficient compensation.Instead of a more predictable team of up-and- 16.dxe4 17 dxe4 Îd8 18 Ëe1 Ëg5! There is no time to construct a fortress.coming youth, Iceland chose to honour itsIntending.Îd2 and.Íh3.The queen feasts.legends.All players were over 50, with former19 Êh1 Îd2 20 Íd1 Íe6! 21 b4 34 Ìxe5 Ëc2+ 35 Êf3 f5! 36 Îd3 fxe4+FIDE President GM Friðrik Ólafsson belying his21 Ìxb7 Íc4 wins as f2 falls.37 Êxe4 Ëxg2+ 38 Ìf3 Ëg4+ 39 Êe380 years to play board five.Other notable21.Îad8 g5 40 Êf2 Ëf5 41 Îd8+ Êg7 42 Êg2 g4participants were the team from Kosovo43 Ìd2 Ëe6 44 Ìf1 Ëc6+ 0-1making their debut, and a Norwegian teamThe quickest win.The rook falls afterheaded by the current world champion, who45 Êg3 Ëc7+ or 45 Êf2 Ëb6+.was rather out of sorts, blundering againstThe Russian contingent is, of course,Yannick Pelletier and also going down againstalways noteworthy for its sheer strength.one of his main rivals at the top of the rating list.Aside from the players themselves, you couldform a competitive team from theirM.Carlsen-L.Aronianaccompanying seconds (and there wereNorway vs Armenia enough of them present).Despite this, anddespite their invariable top seeding, the lastRuy Lopeztime Russia won the Open section was in1 e4 e5 2 Ìf3 Ìc6 3 Íb5 Ìf6 4 d3 Íc5 2007.The women s team on the other hand5 0-0 Ìd4 6 Ìxd4 Íxd4 7 c3 Íb6 has dominated this event, with three golds8 Ìa3 c6 9 Ía4 d6 10 Íb3 a5! and one silver over the same time period.ThisJanuary 20168year, however, without the Kosintseva sisters,they were seeded only second after Georgia.The tournament format has remainedconsistent over recent years matchesfeature teams of four players, chosen from asquad of up to five, with the order set at thestart of the tournament.The final rankingafter nine rounds is based on team matchpoints.In four-board matches this meansthat every game has a significant impact and,to do well as a team, not more than oneplayer can be out-of-form
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