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Volume 143
APRIL
2023
NIGEL SHORT
OPENS UP ABOUT THE
1993 MATCH FOR THE
WORLD TITLE
I HAVE
A LOT OF
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
ABOUT THE MATCH.
LOSING TO KASPAROV
WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE
A CLASH OF
PERSONALITIES
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHESS:
SPACE, TIME AND DISTANCE IN THE CHESS ECO-SYSTEM
THE
ASTANA
MATCH:
IMPRESSUM
Contents
BRITISH CHESS MAGAZINE
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200
Nigel Short
speaks to BCM about what it
means to play in a World
Championship Match
207
The run-up to the
1993 World Championship
By GM Raymond Keene OBE
214
European Individuals 2023:
Young players dominate
By GM Aleksandar Colovic
226
SPACE, TIME AND DISTANCE IN THE
CHESS ECO-SYSTEM
By Peter O’Brien
231
Next Year in Jerusalem
By Alexis Levitin
235
Openings for Amateurs
Nightmares in the Najdorf, Part IV
Another Unexpected System
By Pete Tamburro
239
Oxford University v Cambridge University:
The 141
st
Varsity Chess Match
By IM Shaun Taulbut
244
“FITS,
STARTS AND CONTINUITIES:
CHESS TOURNAMENTS IN THE USA”
By Peter O’Brien
248
Quotes and Queries
Sultan Khan’s British chess legacy
By Alan Smith
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THE ASTANA MATCH: THE 17
TH
WORLD CHAMPION
THE CLASH OF CHALLENGERS
By GM Aleksandar Colovic; Photo: FIDE/ Stev Bonhage, David Llada
After a long time we have a match not between a defending Champion we’re used to
seeing, but between two Candidates. In a way, we’re back in 1974 and the Karpov-
Korchnoi match. But there is more to the Astana Match than meets the eye
I read somewhere that the upcoming match in Astana (9-30 April) will be
“the
least
anticipated World Championship match.” This statement clearly indicates the public’s
dissatisfaction with Carlsen’s decision to abdicate, as we have got used to seeing the
Champion (and the best player in the world) play the best Candidate. What we get instead,
is a match between two Challengers.
In a way, we have a similar situation to 1974, when Karpov and Korchnoi played the final
Candidates match. The difference is that they didn’t know that Fischer wouldn’t play. In
Astana, both players will know that a win will crown them a new, 17
th,
World Champion.
Another similarity with recent history is with the 90s when we had a clearly best player
in the World, Kasparov, and a FIDE Champion, first Karpov and then Khalifman. After
Astana, we will have Carlsen as a clear number one and a new FIDE Champion.
We will see what implications this will have on the direction chess will take in the near
future. Now, let’s turn to the analysis of what we can expect in Astana.
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IAN NEPOMNIACTHCHI:
THE “SENIOR” PLAYER
Even though neither of the players
is a defending Champion, I see
Nepomniachtchi more as the
“senior”
in this match. The reason for this is his
previous experience of having played a
World Championship match.
Nepomniachtchi was badly beaten by
Carlsen, but in spite of that he exuded
supreme confidence after the match in
Dubai. He understood that he lost not
because he was a bad player, but due to
factors and mistakes that he can avoid in
the future. With that realisation he was
able to use all the work that went into
his preparation and this resulted in a new
level of consistency.
I had a chance to observe him closely
during the Candidates Tournament in
Madrid last year and his demeanour during
the games looked like what Botvinnik
called
“slight
irony” towards the opponents.
It was another way of demonstrating his
confidence and it paid dividends – he won
the tournament convincingly.
An important factor in his victories
was the stability of his repertoire with
the black pieces. The Grünfeld and the
Najdorf made way for the Petroff and the
combination of Queen’s Gambit Declined,
Nimzo-Indian and Semi-Tarrasch. This
raised level of opening preparation as a
result of his preparation for the match
with Carlsen helped Nepomniachtchi feel
at ease when playing with Black, thus
saving a lot of nervous energy for the
battle after the opening.
Nepomniachtchi reached a new level after the
match with Carlsen. And here lies a possible
danger for him in the upcoming match.
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What if he remains on that level and has
already reached his maximum? What if
the repertoire he prepared for Carlsen and
has used since is what he is comfortable
with and lacks the element of surprise?
The risk for Nepomniachtchi is to remain
the same, known, force. If he remains
predictable and content with his current
level, that level was sufficient to win a
second Candidates in a row, but to win a
World Championship match a player must
raise the level even higher.
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