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Pogonina.com offers you a selection of some of the most informative chess tweets from last week. All the fresh chess news in one short post:
How will Viswanathan Anand perform in his first event after the World Chess Championship match? Good luck to the newly-elected title-holders! Ahead of Jobava, Areschenko, Malakhov, Nisipeanu and Atalik The USCL is one of the most exciting US chess events Interesting poll of top players on classical, rapid, blitz and sudden death time controls Chinese League - don't miss it! Money doesn't smell Interesting interview with winner of two Olympic gold medals Women's FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in Ankara Back to school
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Here is the description of the lot (almost 8 days left until the end of the auction; current price - £2167):
To whom it may concern,
These are 36 original handwritten pages and 3 photocopied pages of Bobby Fischers analysis of several chess games held in Herceg Novi in Yugoslavia in 1970. I found these notes amongst my Fathers belongings after he passed.
My late father Slobodan Bodo Stojnic was managing director of the company that organized the tournament and paid the prizes. The company (original name: ZAVOD ZA IZDAVANJE UDZBENIKA SR BiH) published school books and a couple of chess books. Bobby Fisher, Mihail Talj, Tigran Petrosyan, Bronstein, Gligoric and others were regular visitors in our home.
One time, in our home in Sarajevo, there were four of us in the dining room; Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosyan, my father and me. Tigran was pretty much deaf and he wore a hearing aid, a huge one for todays standards. Tigran and Bobby started a blitz match. In the middle of the match, when the board was still full, Bobby went to the kitchen for a glass of water, and Tigran took the opportunity to steal one of Bobbys pawns. I then witnessed something unbelievable: on the way back, when Bobby was more than two meters away from the chess board, he noticed that the pawn was missing!
After that, my father asked Bobby to put his signature on the wall of my sister's bedroom. There was a square, maybe 10 x 10cm with wallpaper removed. The signatures of Petrosian, Tal, Bronstein and others were already there. Although there was enough space in the lower part of the square, Bobby refused to sign BELOW the others, he said "I AM THE BEST AND I CAN SIGN ONLY ABOVE THE OTHERS". I then had to take off a few centimetres of wallpaper from the top of the square, and Bobby put his signature there. Unfortunately, this wall was destroyed during the war in Bosnia. A book containing all matches from Hercegnovi tournament was published and if I remember correctly, Bobby was paid 2 million Yugoslav Dinars for his part.
I confirm these pages are genuine as written by Bobby Fischer.
You can view all the other pages here - it's a great read!
World Chess Olympiad is one of the most exciting and classical tournaments. Its importance is overshadowed only by the individual World Chess Championship. It is both a fantastic festival and a place where serious confrontations take place, while each half-point can affect the final standings of the team. Nearly 160 federations, thousands of players this is an amazing event! In fact, there are two Olympiads Open and Womens. The winners in each of the sections are called Olympic champions and win medals and a cup. There is also a special trophy awarded to the strongest chess nation Gaprindashvili Cup (based on the sum of points of the countrys teams in the Open and Womens sections). Also, there are board prizes and category awards for teams within a certain average rating bracket that didnt win the main trophies. I will describe that in detail later.
For us the Chess Olympiad started in advance. From the 16th to the 27th of August we had a training session in Moscow Oblast at an Olympic base which is usually used by swimmers and gymnasts. Along with us some members of the Paralympics team were training there too. For me the main goal was to relax after the Russian Superfinal and polish some of the opening variations. As a fan of active sports, I had many ideas in mind, but they were unrealized. The reason was that I managed to injure my foot while playing soccer, and I am still suffering from it. I was taught to walk using crutches. Thanks to the doctors of the gymnastic team, I didnt miss the Olympiad, although I was walking like a lame duck in the playing hall. Anyway, the assistance of the medical workers has helped me more or less avoid unnecessary anxiety and psychological discomfort.
We arrived in Istanbul on August 27th. The hotel where we stayed was located near the airport. At first I was afraid that noise would be a problem, but the opportunity to watch the planes was more than a sufficient compensation
Shown is a stone, to the right of which is a spade stuck in the ground.
Can you pick up the stone and add one straight line to the picture to show that the spade has sunk deeper into the ground?
What is a Chess Olympiad? Why was Judit Polgar the only woman who could compete on par with male grandmasters? What thoughts do chess players have at the board? Do chess players need muscles? Was Robert James Fischer mad? Answers to these and other questions can be found in an interview of grandmaster and two-time Olympic champion Natalia Pogonina
STRIKING WITH THE TAIL
European Team Chess Champion and Vice-Champion of the World Team Chess Championship, grandmaster Natalia Pogonina recently returned from the Chess Olympiad with two gold medals. Our womens chess team has achieved a team victory for the second time in the Russian history (not counting the Soviet victories Pogonina.com).
- Natasha, what do the chess players themselves consider to be more prestigious the Olympiad or the World Championship?
- Being called a World Champion is obviously more prestigious. However, if we take team events, then the Olympiad is unmatched.
- Chess Olympiad what is it?
- On the one hand, its a great festival. On the other hand a tense and exciting tournament. It is very important. Almost 160 countries participated in the Olympiad at Istanbul, including New Zealand, Uganda lets say, most of the nations from all over the globe. There were a few thousand participants.
- And what about the Olympic slogan: Taking part is more important than winning?
- For such countries as Russia there is always only one goal: to win. Thats the reason why we all feel the responsibility and cant relax even for a minute. Losing focus can quickly lead to forgetting about your dreams and ambitions.
- Has this goal (gold) been formulated for our chess players since the times when Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov were sparkling?
- Yes. But nowadays the competition is much tougher, especially in the Open section. The chess world is generally more condescending towards women. Men are more competitive, and they take losses more personally.
- And what about the competition in the womens chess?
- Our main rivals are usually the Chinese ladies. In Istanbul they had the reigning Womens World Chess Champion Hou Yifan on board 1. She is widely considered to be a chess prodigy: she won the title when she was only 16. Now Hou is 18. Also, there are other teams that have traditionally been strong: Ukraine, Georgia, USA
- What board did you play on?
- I was a reserve player. We have the 4+1 system, meaning that the reserve player can appear during any round, but only on board 4. Overalltherewere 11 rounds. Ihaveplayed 8 games; othermembersoftheteam 9.
- You had the best performance on your board, right?
- Yes. The best result among reserve players, 6.5/8. Hence, I now have two Olympic medals: a team one and an individual one. The same result was demonstrated by another girl from our team Nadezhda Kosintseva. She earned gold on board 3. Alexandra Kosteniuk won bronze on board 4. So, speaking figuratively, we stroke with the tail. This skill is very important in chess. Most countries can find one or two strong players, but very few are capable of allocating five stars. I guess we won the Chess Olympiad in Istanbul due to having a strong tail.
