Piece Sacrifice for Two Pawns

Miyoko Watai Ruled Bobby Fischer’s Legal Heir

Reykjavík District Court determined yesterday that Miyoko Watai, late chess grandmaster Robert J. Fischer’s wife, is his legal heir.

Fischer’s nephews, Alexander Gary and Nicholas William Targ, had doubted that Watai and Fischer were legally married and claimed to be his closest relatives. Fischer’s nephews are to pay the widow over ISK 6.6 million (USD 57,000, EUR 41,000) in legal costs, Morgunbladid reports.

After Fischer’s death in 2008, Watai demanded that she be recognized as his legal heir. The case has been circulating through the Icelandic courts since then and has been taken to the Supreme Court more than once.

According to ruv.is, the case recently reopened in Reykjavík District Court in light of new evidence.

Fischer became an Icelandic citizen a few years before his death. He died in Iceland and is buried in a cemetery in the southern part of the country.

In addition to his widow and nephews, a woman who claimed her daughter was Fischer’s legal heir was also involved in the legal battle until Fischer’s body was exhumed and a DNA analysis confirmed that Fischer wasn’t her daughter’s biological father.

Reykjavík District Court’s verdict has concluded that the document submitted by Watai confirmed that she and Fischer were legally married on September 6, 2004.

She is said to have submitted sufficient proof to that account at the time of his death and is therefore his legal heir.

Watai is a pharmacist and the chairperson of the Japanese Chess Association. She said she and Fischer met in Japan in 1973.

http://www.icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/Miyoko_Watai_Ruled_Bobby_Fischer%E2%80%99s_Legal_Heir_0_374804.news.aspx

Piece Sacrifice for Two Pawns

In closed positions such as those that often arise from the Ruy Lopez or King's Indian, Black occasionally manage to demolished his opponent's center by sacrificing a piece for two pawns occupy the center and compensate for the opponent's material advantage while at the same time restricting the movement of the enemy piece.

Piece Sacrifice for Two Pawns

Piece Sacrifice for Two Pawns

I read the articles of Ronan Bennett and Daniel King The Guardian, Tuesday 1 March 2011 regarding Anand sacrifice ala David Bronstein sacrificing a piece for two pawns.

RB: I would never have the nerve to make the kind of positional sacrifice Anand has made here, no matter how unimportant the game. The only way I can think of to try to make something of the impressive central pawn phalanx is to push the pawn – 1 d5. Wait a minute! Doesn't that regain the piece at once? If Black tries to retreat the bishop with 1...Bc8 the d-pawn will cause mayhem: 2 d6 and Black will be forced to take with the rook (or 2...Qb8 3 dxe7): 2...Rxd6 3 Rxd6 and everything's rosy in the garden. It can't be this easy. What am I missing? What if 2...Bxd5 3 exd5 Nxd5...? Material is now equal, but I really don't like White's position. So maybe the immediate pawn advance isn't a great idea.

DK: I have shown this position to several of my pupils and, without exception, they all reach for the d-pawn, eager to win back their piece. It's easy to get carried away with the attractive variations after 1 d5 Bc8 2 d6, forgetting that Black can improve his play right at the start. Ronan hits upon the problem: 1...Bxd5 returns the piece under favourable circumstances.

Ultimately, White wants to roll the pawns down the board, but he has to prepare the way first. Once again Anand displayed confidence and control, appreciating that he had time to manoeuvre. He played 1 Bf2, threatening Bg3. The two bishops are so powerful, slicing across the board from positions of total safety. The game continued 1...a6 2 Bg3 Qc8 3 Bf1. Now if 3...Nac6 4 Bd6 and then d5 really is crushing.

Instead came 3...b6 but 4 Rab1 undermined the knight's support and Black had to give back material. After 4...Nb3 5 Rxb3 Bxb3 6 Qxb3 bxc5 7 d5 White still had the massive pawn centre and the two bishops, and the small material deficit was irrelevant. See the diagram above for the finish of the game

GM So remains undefeated in Charter Day Chess C’ship 2011

TOP-seeded grandmaster (GM) Wesley So remained unbeaten after four rounds in the Cebu City Charter Day Open Chess Championships at the Elizabeth Mall activity center.

So defeated National Master (NM) Rodrigo Atotubo in the fourth round yesterday to secure his fourth straight win in the scheduled nine-round Swiss format.

So’s first the victims were Jeremy Bajo, Joel Pacuribot and NM Fernandito Pialan, respectively.

Meanwhile, second-seed GM Rogelio Antonio suffered a shocker after bowing to 89th-seed Jimson Bitoon in the fourth round. Antonio was also defeated by 47th-seed NM Roger Sarip in the third round.

Third-seed GM John Paul Gomez, on the other hand, also logged his fourth straight win after beating 20th seed NM Jayson salubre in the fourth round.

The fifth round was still being played as of press time yesterday night. The tournament resumes today starting at 9:30 am.

The tournament is sponsored by the Cebu City government and Rose Pharmacy. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/sports/view/20110228-322667/GM-So-remains-undefeated-in--Charter-Day-Chess-Cship



Severino, Enriquez share top honors in Bombi Aznar chess Feb 23, 2011

FIDE MASTER Sander Severino and National Master Rogelio Enriquez shared top honors in the Bombi Aznar Open Chess Tournament last Monday at the Elizabeth Mall.

Severino, a wood pusher from Silay City, Negros, and Enriquez, head coach of the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) chess team, both finished the nine round Swiss system tournament with eight points to win the three-day tournament held in honor of the late Bombi Aznar.

Severino drew Kim Steven Yap in the last round after 65 King Indian's move on board one while NM Enriquez snatched a win over NM Merben Roque with 40 Slav defense moves.

Johnnel Balquin had 7.5 points along with International Master Barlo Nadera. Balquin defeated Voltaire Sevillano in 34 Queen's Pawn moves while Nadera beat Jayson Salubre after 31 French Defense moves.

Meanwhile, Eden Tumbos of Bacolod City scored six points in nine games to top the distaff side. The top kiddies player was Rhenzi Kyle Sevillano, who also scored six points in nine games.

NOTABLE GAMES: Rogelio Antonio Jr

Rogelio Antonio Jr. (born February 19, 1962) is a Filipino chess player. Affectionately known as "Joey" Antonio or GM Joey, he was conferred the grandmaster (GM) title in 1993. As of July 2009, his ELO rating was 2557, making him the 3rd highest ranked player in the Philippines and number 357 in the world. Antonio is a member of the Philippine chess team for the November 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He participated in the men's individual and the men's team events.

Olympiad Team Veteran

As an experienced professional, he has played many times for the Philippines Olympiad team, mostly on board 2, behind Asia's first ever grandmaster Eugenio Torre, for many years the Philippines number one player. Antonio's tally in this arena has never fallen below 50% and in 2000, at Istanbul, he scored 7/10 with a performance rating of 2682. His favorite openings are the Sicilian Defense and Caro-Kann Defense.

Fearless Play

Antonio has a reputation for being fearless in his style of play as well as one of the best-dressed grandmasters on the tournament circuit. His most contemporary results include 3rd at the Manapla, Negros Occidental event in 2001, 2nd= at the Leuven Open 2003 and 2nd at the Malaysian Open of 2005. Also in 2005, he took a bronze medal at the blitz event of the South East Asian (SEA) Games and a (board one) gold medal at the National Open Team Championship for club side Tagaytay City, with a fine score of 6/7. Less memorable was the Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Cup in 2006, when he had to retire through illness and the Phu Quoc (Vietnam) Zonal in 2007, where he finished a disappointing 12th, only the top 2 qualifying for the latest FIDE World Chess Championship cycle.
Journalist and chess expert Bobby Ang has many praiseworthy comments about Antonio's play, but equally, he fears that his weaknesses have not yet been addressed and this may be holding back his further progress. As a creative, attacking player, few would doubt his abilities, which are evidenced by the games below.











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Typical attack in the Sicilian

Some openings have their own tyical methods of attack. For example, it is possible to say that some sacrifices are typical and can be executed in many cases in intuitive way. In the open Sicilian there are frequently sacrifices on e6, f5, d5, and b5.