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NBC Millennium Email

Tournament

Introduction by GM Hans-

Marcus Elwert:

Page 2

All the winnerÔs games:

Pages 3-23

The Total Marshall

News about the forthcom-

ing Chess Mail theory CD.

Pages 24-29

Kosenkov Memorial

Russian GM event ends.

Pages 30-32.

Endgame Clinic

Bishop and wrong RookÔs

Pawn. Pages 33-36.

Star Guide to National

CC websites

Forty correspondence

chess sites rated.

Pages 37-41

Games Section

Pages 42-46

Battle of the Chess

Analysis Engines

Shredder 6 against the

rest. Pages 47-53

ICCF Results

Pages 54-63

World Championship

starters, ECO index

Page 64

Book Reviews

Inside back cover

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ware is that it tends to file incoming mes-

sages in order of the date and time stamped

on them by the serverÇs software. The most recent

messages should be at the top of your inbox (or the

foot, if you work that way around). However, we

have recently had emails from two people whose

computer had the date set completely wrong.

In one case the opponentÇs clock was about

14 days slow. You can see how this could lead to

disputes in email games.

It is easy to overlook a move from an opponent

whose clock is incorrectly set, because it is buried

in mail that has already been read. I pointed out

the discrepancy several times to my opponent (in

the ICCF free email event) but he has not corrected

the problem. More than once, I sent him a rep-

etition and he replied that he sent his move long

before. Only by re-sorting the inbox by sender

and hunting through all the correspondence was

I able to find it.

The other case is bizarre. An Irish player with

a non-Y2K compliant computer has its date set

for 1992. He says he cannot do anything about it,

and so he cannot comply with the TDÇs request

that he complete his remaining games in the 6 th

European Team Championship by email.

T HE U.S. Mail seemed to have its own date

problem at the turn of the year, with many

subscribers not receiving their issue 8/01

until February (if at all). It seems that several

US mail centres were closed after Christmas for

decontamination, because of the anthrax scare,

and any mail that was not priority class was left

locked inside. One Irish player in NATT5 refuses

to play his American opponent by post for fear of

anthrax. I told him there was no risk but after hear-

ing the above story, I am not so sure any more.

Tim Harding, Editor

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S TARTING on January 1, 2000 the

updated monthly. There is still one

game in progress after more than

two years: Andersson is trying to win

against Bang in a Queen and Pawn

ending but it is not clear whether he

can succeed.

Last year the principal placings

were decided: Elwert wins with Dr

Harald Tarnowiecki second. We are

delighted to present all the winner Ô s

games, kindly annotated by GM

Hans-Marcus Elwert.

The Millennium Tournament

any chess player to participate in

this category 19 tournament Ã the

strongest correspondence tournament so

far. My surprising win, one point ahead,

is the highlight of my chess career.

The opening preparation has again

proved to be a very important factor.

This time Ã compared to the Capa-X Ã I

had been lucky in getting ÄmyÅ opening

systems on the board.

During the middle of the tournament

I got an optimistic feeling about my

placement, but still I was not expecting

to reach the first place, only my dreams

told me something about it.

You can see a lot of very hard fights

and, as I think, some very well played

games too in the ÄMillenniumÅ.

Before the tournament started,

most people would have expected Ulf

Andersson or Gert Timmerman to win,

but the other players had the abilities to

win such a strong tournament too.

After the start of the tournament I was

playing 45 correspondence games, 20 of

them against players of at least 2600 Elo.

The German proverb ÄYou never can

dance in two weddings at the same timeÅ

proves to be right here. My performance in

some Änon-MillenniumÅ games was rather

disappointing to me, but the victory in the

Millennium Tournament was a more than

sufficient compensation for this.

I have to thank my opponents, the

arbiter Mr. Nol van Æt Riet and, last but

not least, the sponsor (and opponent)

Mr. van Oosterom for this harmonious,

exciting and interesting tournament.

(Translated by Rdiger Breyther)

2/2002

Dutch CC federation NBC began

the strongest email tournament

ever played up to that time. All six

competitors in the double-paired

event are highly rated grandmasters.

The tournament director is Nol van Ó t

Riet and the sponsor is Joop van Oos-

terom, also one of the competitors.

As an innovation, the games have

been shown on the ICCF website

Ñ live Ò but with a 3-move delay, games

By Hans-Marcus Elwert

I T IS a great pleasure and honour for

NBC Millennium Email Chess Tournament

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All the winnerÔs games

Annotations by GM Elwert,

translated by Rdiger Breyther

b) 14...Ëb6 15 Ëxe5!? is an interesting

idea: 15...Ëxc4 16 Ëxc4 ¯e6 (16...g6 17

Ëe5È) 17 Ëe5 èfe8 (17...¯d5 18 ¢h5)

18 f4 èad8 19 f5 ¯c8 20 ¯c2 (20 f6!?)

20...f6 (20...¢f6?! 21 b4È) 21 ¯b3+ ¡h7

22 ¢h5! fxe5 23 ¢g6+ ¡h8 24 f6 gxf6 25

¢xh6+ ¢h7 26 ¢xf6+ ¢g7 27 ¢h4+ =.

This position demands more analysis.

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Queen Ô s Gambit Declined (D56)

Ulf Andersson (SVE) Ï

Hans-Marcus Elwert (GER)

Millennium Email Tournament, 2000

1 d4

What should you play against Ulf

Andersson with Black? It is not an easy

job. Every child heard about his positional

strength, but he has shown his impressive

tactical abilities in many games too (e.g.

the NPSF-50 tournament) .

1...Ëf6 2 c4 e6 3 Ëf3 d5 4 Ëc3 ¯e7 5

¯g5 h6 6 ¯h4 0Â0 7 e3 Ëe4!?

The old Lasker Defence. After look-

ing at many games with this variation,

I think that these positions are OK. for

Black. The main alternative, 7...b6, was

played in Andersson-Tarnowiecki. That

game was drawn in 54 moves.

8 ¯xe7 ¢xe7 9 èc1 c6 10 ¯d3 Ëxc3

11 èxc3 dxc4 12 èxc4

I would prefer 12 ¯xc4 but this is a

matter of taste.

12...Ëd7 13 ¯b1!? e5 14 0Â0

14 ¢d3!?.

14...exd4

a) 14...e4!? is probably playable but the

structure would completely change.

15 Ëxd4

a) 15 èxd4 would be more natural,

in my opinion, but Black should have

no problems too. 15...Ëf6 (15...Ëe5!?)

16 ¢d3 (16 ¢c2 c5) 16...c5 17 ¢a3 (17

èd6? ¯f5Â+) 17...¯g4 18 èf4 b6ó.

b) 15 ¢d3 g6! (15...Ëf6? 16 e4! g6 17 e5

Ëd5 18 èxd4Ð) 16 ¢xd4!? (16 exd4? Ëf6

17 èe1 ¢d6. The pawn on d4 is rather

weak here.) 16...Ëf6 17 ¢f4 (17 ¢h4 ¡g7

18 èd1 ¯e6) 17...¯e6 18 ècc1 ¡g7=.

15...Ëf6 16 ¢c2 èe8

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BlackÇs position looks rather passive,

but this is deceptive. The plan ...¯d7, ...c5

is rather obvious (and gives an harmoni-

ous position). The position of the rook at

c4 seems to be a little bit unlucky.

Maybe 16...èd8.

17 h3

17 èe1!? to carry through e4 more

quickly.

17...¯d7 18 èe1 èac8

18...èad8!?.

19 e4

19 b4 ècd8 20 e4 (20 f4 Ëe4) 20...

¯e6=.

19...c5 20 Ëf3 Ëh7!

Any White initiative is prevented. I felt

quite well in this position: I think Black is

slightly better now.

20...¯c6 21 èe3!ò (21 èxc5 ¢f8!) .

21 èc3 b6 22 e5 Ëf8

The attack is stopped with only one

piece.

23 Ëd2 ècd8 24 èce3

24 Ëc4 ¯b5ó.

24...¯f5

24...¯c6!?.

25 ¢c1

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but the open d-file and some ideas to

activate my pieces told me to play on.

If 25 ¢xf5 èxd2 26 è3e2 èed8 27 èxd2

èxd2 28 b3 ¢d8 with a nice position for

Black.

25...¯xb1 26 Ëxb1 ¢e6

26...Ëe6 is playable too, but I thought

it would be better to place the queen at

e6 and the knight at g6.

27 Ëc3 Ëg6 28 èe4

28 ¢c2ó.

28...èd4

Very unusual in this variation: Black

controls the d-file.

28...èd3!?.

29 f4

29 èxd4? cxd4Â+.

29...èed8ù 30 è1e2 h5 31 èf2

31 ¢e3!? ¢f5!.

31...èxe4 32 Ëxe4 èd4!

This keeps the advantage. The d-file

is still decisive for this game.

32...¢xa2? is a mistake which would

offer unnecessary chances for White: 33 f5

Ëxe5 34 ¢g5 èd1+ 35 ¡h2 ¢b1 and:

a) 36 Ëf6+!? ¡f8 37 Ëxh5 (37 Ëh7+

¡e8 38 ¢xg7 èh1+ 39 ¡g3 ¢e1!Â+)

37...èh1+ 38 ¡g3 ¢d3+ 39 ¡h4 g6È.

b) 36 èe2! Now all white pieces har-

monize:

b1) 36...¡f8 37 f6! (The black queen is

out of play now, while the white pieces

are very well placed for attack.) 37...èh1+

38 ¡g3 Ëg6 39 fxg7+ ¡xg7 40 ¢f6+=.

b2) 36...èh1+ 37 ¡g3 ¢d3+ 38 èe3

(BlackÇs possibilities are rather restricted

now.) 38...h4+ 39 ¡xh4 ¢d4 40 ¢e7 f6

41 ¢e8+ ¡h7 42 ¢h5+ ¡g8 43 ¢e8+=.

This would be a rather sad conclusion of

a nice game.

33 ¢b1?

White offered a draw. It was rather

tempting to have an easy draw with Black

against the favourite of the tournament,

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This shortens the game, but I think

Black has big advantage after other moves

too. If 33 ¢e3 ¢xa2.

33 Ëc3!? does not solve WhiteÇs prob-

lems: 33...¢f5 (33...¢d7ú) 34 Ëe2 èd3 35

Ëc3 (35 ¢c2 ¢d7) 35...¢d7 (35...h4!?) 36

f5 Ëxe5 37 ¢g5 ¢d4 38 f6 Ëg6 39 fxg7

¡xg7ú or Â+.

33...Ëxf4!!Â+ 34 èxf4

34 Ëg5 ¢xe5 35 Ëf3 Ëe2+ 36 ¡f1 (36

èxe2 ¢xe2 37 Ëxd4 cxd4Â+) 36...Ëg3+

37 ¡g1 ¢e3Â+.

34...¢xe5 0Â1.

If 35 g3 h4!Â+.

The Players

Hans-Marcus Elwert

(Germany, 2687)

earned the distinction

of being the first

player to defeat Ulf

Andersson in a

correspondence game. He is now

playing in ICCFÔs Jubilee Elite

email tournament.

Dr Harald Tarnowiecki (Austria,

2692) won second

prize in the Millennium

Email. He is also

currently competing in

the ICCF Jubilee Elite

tournament.

Joop van Oosterom (Netherlands,

2714) was the sponsor

of this and many top

CC events. He won the

Korning Memorial and

will take a high placing

in the 15th World

Championship. He is now playing

in the Elite event.

Ulf Andersson

(Sweden, 2731) is a

well-known FIDE

grandmaster. His great

success at CC was

winning NPSF-50. This

was his first email event.

Gert Jan Timmerman

(Netherlands, 2734) is

the current CC World

Champion and top-

rated ICCF player. See

CM 1/2002.

Erik Bang (Denmark, 2658) won

several big tournaments and was

runner-up in the 13th

World Championship.

He is currently playing

in the 16th Final and

the Elite tournament.

English Opening (A32)

Hans-Marcus Elwert (GER) Ï

Erik Bang (DEN)

Millennium Email Tournament, 2000

1 Ëf3 Ëf6 2 c4 e6 3 Ëc3 c5 4 d4 cxd4

5 Ëxd4 ¯b4 6 ¯g5 h6!

6...¢a5 7 ¯d2ò Elwert-Bock, corr

1999.

7 ¯xf6

7 ¯d2 Ëc6 8 e3 0Â0 9 ¯d3.

7...¢xf6

7...¯xc3+ 8 bxc3 ¢xf6 9 g3 (9 e3!?)

9...Ëc6 (9...0Â0 10 ¯g2 Ëa6 11 0Â0ò) 10

¯g2 0Â0 11 0Â0È.

8 èc1 Ëc6 9 e3 0Â0 10 ¯e2 d5!

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