He says “five young, ambitious, and active tournament competitors will be overseeing this section. They are the crème de la crème of Serbian chess: GM Ivan Ivanisevic (peak rating 2664), GM Bojan Vuckovic (2640), GM Dragan Solak (2630), GM Robert Markus (2625), and GM Milos Perunovic (2589).”
Asiks adds, “Ranging in age between twenty-seven and thirty-three, these professionally oriented young guns are friendly rivals who are willing to share some of the secrets that they have found during endless hours of preparation.”
Game of the week. Here’s an excerpt from Perunovic’s first column. Milos, says Asik, “is the youngest of the five Lab members. Born in 1984 in Belgrade, he began his career as a prodigy, and received training from well known representatives of the Soviet school of chess: Alexander Nikitin, Orest Averkin, and Andrey Zontakh. He won the Serbian individual championship in 2005 and 2007, and was a member of the national team for the Chess Olympiads in 2004 and 2008, and the European championships in 2003, 2005, and 2009.”
The players are ex-FIDE world champ Topalov’s second, Ivan Cheparinov of Bulgaria, and Romanian GM Mircea Parligras.
White: I. Cheparinov (2664)
Black: M.E. Parligras (2598)
Sicilian Scheveningen, Keres Attack
European Ch, Aix-les-Bains 2011
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 e5 8.Nf5 h5 9.g5 [9.gh5 d5! and Black is slightly better; Pikula – V.Jakovljevic, Jugoslavija 1996; 9.Bg5 hg4 10.Nd5 Bf5 11.Bf6 gf6 12.ef5 Nd7 unclear; R.Swinkels – Palac, Dresden 2007] Ne4 10.Ng7 Bg7 11.Ne4 d5 12.Ng3 12…e4!? [12…d4 13.Bd2 a) 13…h4 14.Nh5 Qd5 a1) 15.Ng7 Kf8 16.f3 Kg7 17.Bd3 Nd7 18.c4 (N.Nestorovic – Tukhaev, Plovdiv 2008) Qe6 unclear; a2) 15.Rg1! Qe4 16.Qe2 Qe2 17.Be2 Rg8 18.Bd3 Nc6 19.0-0-0 and White is superior; b) 13…Nc6 b1) 14.Nh5 Qd5 15.Ng7 Kf8 16.f3 e4! 17.Nh5 (G.Halvax – S.Stanojevic, corr.2009) e3 18.Ng3 Qe5 19.Qe2 ed2 20.Kd1 Qg5 21.Qd2 Qf6 with compensation; b2) 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.Qe2 Qc7 (16…Qb6 17.0-0 h4 18.Ne4 0-0-0 19.b4 f5 1/2 : 1/2 Bodnaruk – Shomoev, Saint Petersburg 2009) 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.0-0-0 0-0-0 unclear; b3) 14.Bg2!? Bg4 15.Bf3 b31) 15…d3 16.cd3 Qd3 17.Bg4 hg4 18.Bc3 Qc4 19.Qe2 Qf4 20.Qe3 Qe3 (20…Qc4 21.Rc1 and White is slightly better) 21.fe3 and White is slightly better; b32) 15…Qd7 16.h3 Bh3 (16…Bf3 17.Qf3 and White is slightly better) 17.Nh5 Kf8 18.Nf6 Bf6 19.gf6 Qf5 20.Qe2; c) 13…Qd5 c1) 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Be4 Qd7 16.f3 Be6 unclear; M.Lagarde – V.Stephan, France 2008; c2) 14.Be2 e4!? unclear; N.Yordanov – G.Grigorov, Plovdiv 2008; c3) 14.Rg1 Bg4 15.Be2 Nd7! 16.Bg4 hg4 17.Qg4 Rh2 18.Qe4 (18.Bb4!? unclear; J.-C.Koch – Andruet, Marseille 1989) Qe4 19.Ne4 Ke7 20.0-0-0 Rc8 21.Rge1! Ke6 unclear; Hracek – D.Solak, Calvia (ol) 2004; c4) 14.c4 c41) 14…dc3 15.Bc3 Be6 (15…Qd1 16.Rd1 h4 17.Ne4 Nc6 18.Bg2 and White is superior; Cs.Balogh – D.Doric, Boswna i Hercegovina 2007) 16.Qd5 Bd5 17.Rg1 Nc6 18.Be2 and White is superior; Joseph Sanchez – Rabadan Velasco, La Roda 2008; c42) 14…Qc6 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Qc2 Nd7 (16…Bf3 17.0-0 Nd7 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Nh4 Nc5 20.Rae1 and White is superior; Sutovsky – M.Hoffmann, Plovdiv 2010) 17.Be4 Qc7 (Sivokho – Vl.Fedoseev, Saint Petersburg 2008) 18.Nf5 Bf8 (18…Bf5 19.Bf5 Nc5 20.0-0 Rd8 21.Rae1 d3 22.Qd1 and White is superior) 19.h3 Bf5 20.Bf5 0-0-0 21.b4 (21.c5 Kb8; 21.0-0-0 Kb8 22.Kb1 Nc5) c421) 21…e4!? c4211) 22.Be4 d3 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Bf5 Kb8 25.Qc3 (25.Qg3 Bd6 26.Qb3 Rhe8 27.Kf1 Ne4 28.Be4 Re4 with compensation) Bb4 26.Qb4 Qe5 27.Be3 (27.Kf1 Qf5) Qa1 28.Bb1 Ne4 unclear; c4212) 22.Qe4 Bb4 23.Bb4 Rde8 24.Be7 Kb8 25.0-0 Nc5 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.f4 and White is slightly better; c422) 21…Kb8 22.c5 e4 c4221) 23.Be4 d3 24.Qc3 Rg8 (24…Bc5!?) 25.Rc1 Bg7 with initiative; c4222) 23.Qe4 Bc5 24.0-0 Rhe8 25.Qg2 Bd6 and White is slightly better] 13.c3 [13.Nh5 Bb2 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Rb1 Bc3 16.Bd2 Be5 17.h4 (17.f4 ef3 18.Bf3 Qc7 19.Bg4 Be6 and Black is slightly better) Qc7; 13.Bd4 Qg5 14.h4 Qh6 15.Bg7 Qg7 16.Qd5 Qb2 17.Rd1 (17.Qe4?! Be6 18.Rd1 Qc3 19.Rd2 Nc6 and Black is slightly better) Qc3 (17…Qb4 18.Rd2 Qb1 19.Rd1 Qb4 equal; 17…Nc6 18.Ne4 Be6 unclear) 18.Rd2 Qa1 19.Rd1 Qc3 20.Rd2 Qa1 21.Rd1 1/2 : 1/2 Cs.Balogh – P.Negi, Peristeri 2010] Nc6 [13…Bg4 14.Be2 Nc6 15.Bg4 hg4 16.Nf5 Rh7 17.Bf4 Be5 18.Qg4 Qc7 19.Be3 Rh2 20.Rh2 Bh2 21.0-0-0 Nb4 22.g6 0-0-0 23.Ng3 f5 24.Qf5 1-0 P.Bobras – Gumula, Polska (ch) 2010] 14.Nh5 Be5 15.f4 [15.h4 d4 16.cd4 (16.Bf4 Rh5 17.Be5 Ne5 18.Qh5 Nf3 19.Ke2 Qd5 20.Qh8 Ke7 21.Qf6 Ke8 equal) Nd4 17.Bg2 (17.Bd4 Bd4 18.Qa4 b5 19.Bb5 ab5 20.Qa8 Bf2 21.Kf2 Qd4 22.Kg2 Qd2 equal) Qa5 18.Bd2 Qb5 19.Be4 Bf5 20.Bf5 Nf5 21.Rc1 Rd8 with compensation; 21…Kf8 with compensation; 15.Bg2 Be6 16.f4 ef3 (16…d4?! 17.fe5 de3 18.Ng7 Ke7 19.Ne6 fe6 20.Qd6 Qd6 21.ed6 Kd6 22.0-0-0 Ke7 23.Rde1 and White is superior) 17.Qf3 d4 18.Rd1 Qa5 a) 19.Nf6 Kf8 20.b4 Qa3 21.cd4 Nd4 22.Qe4 (22.Bd4 Qb4 23.Rd2 Bd4 24.Qb7 Rb8 25.Qb4 Rb4; 22.Rd4 Bd4 23.Bd4 Qc1 24.Ke2 Bc4 25.Kf2 Qd2 26.Kg3 Qd4) Nc2 23.Kf2 Ne3 24.Qe5 Ng2 25.Kg2 Qa2 26.Kg1 Bh3 27.Nd7 Kg8 28.Nf6 Kf8 equal; b) 19.b4 Qa2 20.cd4 0-0-0 21.de5 Rd1 22.Kd1 Rh5] ef3 16.Qf3 d4 17.Bc4? [17.0-0-0 Be6 18.g6 (18.Nf6 Kf8) Qh4 a) 19.g7 Rg8 20.Bd4 0-0-0 21.Ba6 (21.Be5 Ne5 22.Rd8 Rd8 23.Qe3 Qh5 24.Be2 Qf5 25.h4 with compensation) Bd5 22.Qf5 Be6 23.Qf3 equal; b) 19.cd4 Rc8 20.Kb1 Qh5 21.Qh5 Rh5 22.de5 fg6 23.Bf4 (23.a3 Re5 equal) Nb4 24.a3 Bf5 25.Ka1 Nc2 26.Ka2 Rh4 27.Bg5 Ra4 (equal) 28.h4 Nb4 29.Ka1 Nc2; c) 19.Nf4! Ba2!? 20.gf7 Bf7 21.cd4 Bf4 22.Bf4 (22.Qf4 Rc8 23.Qh4 Rh4 24.Kb1 Bd5 25.Rg1 Nb4 equal) 0-0-0 23.Rg1 Rd7 and White is slightly better] Qe7 18.0-0-0 de3 19.Rhf1 Be6 and Black is winning. 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe3 Bxf6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf6+ Ke7 0-1.
Puzzler.
White: Ka5, Nb5, Qc1, Bd3, pawn on d4
Black: Kd5, Ne5, pawns on a6 and f3
White to play and mate in three moves.
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