FIDE Trainer Awards - Annually Contest

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1 A Chess Odyssey By Efstratios Grivas Journey An educational journey to chess knowledge and training FIDE Trainer Awards - Annually Contest Concept FIDE (World Chess Federation) and the FIDE Trainers Commission (TRG) have an annually contest concerning trainers achievements in various subjects. The seven medal categories that have been approved in 2009 are as follows: 1. Botvinnik Mikhail medal for men s trainer or captain, for best results in men competitions where World Championships and Olympiads are valued foremost, to be considered too are long standing high results. 2. Furman Symeon medal for women s trainer or captain, similar to Botvinnik medal but applicable to women s competitions. 3. Euwe Max medal for juniors trainer, for best results in junior competitions, to be considered are world and continental championships plus founder of famous chess schools, training programs, and academies. 4. Boleslavsky Isaac medal for best book which instructional values are remarkable, and to be considered are also series of articles, instructional computer software, and programs for development of players. 5. Petrosian Tigran medal for a special achievement over the last years. 6. Razuvaev Yuri medal for education of trainers (from 2012). 7. Hall of Fame medal for honouring old or passed esteemed colleagues (3). Every year nominations are made by June middle usually and then an approved panel of seven important figures with reputation and knowledge in the field of training are voting for the medals. The Tree of Chess Trophy Each member of the judges panel is voting for each of the seven categories separately. He has the right to vote for three persons, giving three (3), two (2) and one (1) point respectively. In case of a tie for the first place, two or more winners are announced equal first. For the Hall of Fame, the three first trainers are accepted. Nominations can be made by FIDE office bearers, TRG, and Federations. Only FIDE Senior Trainers and FIDE Trainers in exceptional circumstances can be nominated and a special form has to be filled in. For the Boleslavsky medal TRG invites book publishers and chess software FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 1

2 developers as well, to make nominations in this specific category. Prizes will be announced together with the results. Chess Publishers or any sponsor, who is interest on the subject, can offer his views and sponsoring to the TRG. More info can be founded in fide.com/awards-hall-of-fame.html. JUDGE PANEL OF FIDE TRAINER AWARDS 1. Nigel Freeman (Bermuda) - FIDE Treasurer & Executive Director (Chairman) 2. Ali Nihat Yazici (Turkey) - FIDE Vice- President & CIS Chairman 3. Israel Gelfer (Israel) - FIDE Vice- President 4. Adrian Mikhalchishin (Slovenia) - GM/FST * TRG Chairman TRG 5. Jovan Petronic (Serbia) - IM/FST * Councilor 6. Alonso Zapata (Colombia) - GM/FST * TRG Member 7. Smbat Lputian (Armenia) - GM/FST A historical photo from the Khanty Mansyisk Olympiad - Awards 2010 (l to r): Uwe Boensch, Efstratios Grivas, Adrian Mikhalchishin, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Zurab Azmaiparashvili and Arshak Petrosian. FIDE TRG Trainers Awards Medals Botvinnik Mikhail Petrosian Arshak Azmaiparashvili Tukmakov Petrosian Arshak (Men Trainer) Armenia Zurab Georgia Vladimir Ukraine Armenia Furman Symeon Ye Jiangchuan Ye Jiangchuan Dokhoian Yury Dokhoian Yury (Women Trainer) China China Euwe Max (Juniors Trainer) Boleslavsky Isaac (Author) Mikhalchishin Mikhalchishin Bykhovsky Adrian Slovenia Adrian Slovenia Anatoly Jussupow Artur Germany Grivas Efstratios Greece Dvoretsky Mark Grivas Efstratios Greece Aagaard Jacob Denmark Petrosian Tigran Lputian Smbat Nikitin Aleksandr Illescas Miguel Psakhis Lev (Special Achiev.) Armenia Spain Israel Hall of Fame Botvinnik Mikhail Bondarevsky Igor Chebanenko Razuvaev Yuri Soviet Union Soviet Union Vyach. Moldavia Boleslavsky Issac Bykhovsky Anatoly Koblenz Shamkovich Leo- Soviet Union Aleksandr Latvia nid US America Gurgenidze Furman Sumeon Zaitsev Igor Podgaets Mikhail Bukhuti Georgia Soviet Union Ukraine Geller Efim Soviet Union Nikitin Aleksandr Kart Viktor Ukraine Jack Collins US America Samarian Sergiu Romania FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 2

3 An Instructive Bishop Ending Concept Bishop endings, as almost any other ending, should be studied in depth. The truth is that nearly nobody loves to study, as playing is preferable, but life is certainly not fair In this survey we will examine an instructive bishop ending, where no material defi- better king, are prominent in this type of cit exists, but only a positional advantage Strategic elements, such as a passed pawn, better pawn structure, better bishop and ending (and not only). The following example is indicative of the ability of the bishop in the endgame. Example 1 - Grivas k+( 7+-vl-+pzp-' zp& 5zp-+-zp-+-% 4Pzp-+P+-+$ 2-vL-+-zPPzP" mK-! 2. Activate his bishop. 3. Move his king to the kingside, trying to penetrate. 4. Use his kingside pawns to breakthrough in the kingside. Let s examine it in practice: 1.Kf1 Kf8 2.Ke2 Ke7 3.Kd3 Kd6 4.Kc4 Kc6 (D) 7+-vl-+pzp-' 6-+k+-+-zp& 5zp-+-zp-+-% 4PzpK+P+-+$ 2-vL-+-zPPzP" Forced. Allowing the white king to enter the queenside is an instant lose: 4...g6 5.Kb5 f5 6.Bc1 f4 7.f3 Kd7 8.Bd2 Kd6 9.Be1 Kd7 10.Bf f4! The first breakthrough. It is important for White to create some more weakness in Black's camp. This can only be the g7-pawn, so White planned f4-f5 to fix it as a target of This type of endgame is always very his darksquared bishop. pleasant for White. Black's bad bishop and 5...f6 his weak a5 and e5 pawns make his life 5...exf4 loses in a quick fashion: 6.Bxg7 h5 miserable and put him in long defensive 7.e5 Bb6 8.Bh6 Be3 9.Bg5! Bb6 (9...Bd2 duties. White is not risking at all losing 10.Bd8) 10.Bxf4 Bc7 11.Kd4. Then White (only if he overdoes it!) but of course the will create a passed pawn on the kingside. main question is if he can win. In such 6.f5 endgames it is hard to claim that White is Fixing the new weakness, the black g7- better; it must be proved that he either wins pawn, as well the light square weaknesses in or draw. In my opinion White wins, the kingside. Now all the black pawns are following a four-step plan: placed as potentional targets of the 1. Activate his king and place him in c4- darksquared white bishop. square, from where he will threat to 6...Bb6 7.Bc1 Bg1 8.h3 Bf2 9.g4 penetrate Black's camp, through the weak White is preparing the second breakthrough: light squares. g5. FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 3

4 9...Bc5 (D) Black cannot keep his bishop in the e1-h4 diagonal: 9...Bg3 10.Be3 Bf4 11.Bc5 +-, as Black cannot protect his a- and g-pawns at the same time zp-' 6-+k+-zp-zp& 5zp-vl-zpP+-% 4PzpK+P+P+$ 3+P+-+-+P# 1+-vL-+-+-! 26.Ke6 Bg5 27.Bf2 +-] 15.Bg7 Be7. White should avoid an early exchange in f6 at any cost) 13...Be7 14.Ke2 Kd7 (14...fxg5 is not helping: 15.Kf3 Kd7 16.Kg4 Ke8 17.Bxg5 Bc5 [17...Bxg5 18.Kxg5 Kf7 19.Kg4 Kf6 20.Kh5 Kf7 21.Kg5 Ke7 22.Kg6 Kf8 23.f6 +-] 18.Kh5 Bb6 19.Kg6 Kf8 20.f6 gxf6 21.Kxf6 Bd4 22.Ke6 +-. The same goes on for 14...Kc5 15.Be3+ Kc6 16.Kf3 Kd7 17.Kg4 Ke8 18.Kh5 Kf7 19.Bb6) 15.Be3 Bd8 16.Kf3 Ke8 17.Kg4 Kf7 18.Kh5 Bc7 19.Bc5! Bd8 20.Bd6 Bb6 (D) kzp-' 6-vl-vL-zp-+& 5zp-+-zpPzPK% 4Pzp-+P+-+$ 10.Kd3! It is too early to advance the kingside pawns with 10.h4? Bf2 11.g5 and now: a) 11...fxg5? 12.hxg5 hxg5 (12...h5 13.f6 g6 14.f7 Bc5 15.Bb2 +-) 13.Bxg5 Bb6 14.Be7 +-. b) 11...Bxh4? 12.gxh6 gxh6 13.Bxh6 Bg3 14.Bg7 Bh4 15.Bf8 Bg5 16.Be7 Kd7 17.Bc5 White succeeded in entering with his bishop Kc6 18.Bf8 Bh4 19.Kd3 Kd7 20.Ke2 Kc6 in the critical a3-f8 diagonal. Why this 21.Kf3 Kd7 22.Bg7 Ke7 23.Bh6 Kd7 diagonal is so critical? Because from there 24.Be3 Kc7 25.Kg4 Be1 26.Kh5 +-. the white bishop can attack the weak g7- c) 11...hxg5? 12.hxg5 Bc5 (12...Bh4 13.g6 pawn (in case the black king goes to the Bf2 14.Bh6 +- or 12...Bg1 [the most queenside) and in the same time the d6- stubborn defence] 13.Bd2! Bf2 [13...Bd4 pawn (in case of a future...fxg5) or the a- 14.Kd3 Kd7 15.Ke2 Ke7 16.Kf3 Kf7 pawn (in case the black bishop leaves the a5-17.kg4 Bf2 18.Kh5 Bg1 19.Be1 Be3 20.Bh4 d8 diagonal). This means that the white king transposes to the main line] 14.Kd3 Kd7 is free to act: 21.Kg4! (returning to the 15.Ke2 Bg1 16.Be1 Ke7 17.Bh4 +-) 13.Kd3! queenside!) 21...Ke8 (alternatives as 21...g6 (now, as there is not much hope in the 22.gxf6 Kxf6 23.fxg6 Kxg6 24.Bxe5 +- or queenside, the white king starts his journey 21...Bd8 22.Kf3 g6 23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Bc7 +- in trying to enter the critical g6 square. After are easily losing) 22.Kf3 Bd8 (22...Kd7 13.g6? Black is holding as there is no 23.Bf8 fxg5 24.Bxg7) 23.Bc5! (putting entrance for the white king in the kingside. Black into zugzwang. Wrong would be the The same applies for 13.gxf6? gxf6 14.Bh6 attractive 23.g6? Be7 24.Bc7 Bd8 =) Bd6! [14...Be7? 15.Bg7 Bd8 16.Bf8 +- or 23...Bc7 (D) 14...Bf2? 15.Bf8 Bh4 16.Kd3 Kd7 17.Ke2 Unfortunately for Black he cannot go on Bg5 18.Kf3 Bh4 19.Bc5! {19.Kg4? Bf2 with the bishop's exchange: 23...Be7 20.Kh5 Ke8 21.Bd6 Kd7 22.Bf8 Ke8 =} 24.Bxe7 Kxe7 25.Kg4 and the pawn ending 19...Kc6 20.Be3 Be1 21.Kg4 Kb7 22.Kh5 is won for White, as now his king can enter Kc6 23.Kg6 Bh4 24.Kf7 Bg5 25.Ba7 Bh4 the g6 square. FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 4

5 8-+-+k+-+( 7+-vl-+-zp-' zp-+& 5zp-vL-zpPzP-% 4Pzp-+P+-+$ 3+P+-+K+-# 24.gxf6! gxf6 25.Ke3 Kd7 26.Kd3 Bd8 (26...Kc6 27.Be7) 27.Kc4 Kc6 28.Bf8! (D) 8-+-vl-vL-+( ' 6-+k+-zp-+& 5zp-+-zpP+-% 4PzpK+P+-+$ And Black is in zugzwang. Either he will lose his f6-pawn or he will allow the entrance of the white king. In both cases White will easily win. It must be noted that even if it was White's turn to play, Black could not avoid defeat: 29.Bh6 Bc7 30.Bg7 Bd8 31.Bf8. The above analysis is very important, as it will guide us to the winning process, used in the correct line with 10.Kd3. d) 11...h5! (this saving resource cannot be underestimated. The white king loses his entrance in the kingside) 12.g6 Bc5 13.Bh6 Bf8 14.Be3 Be7 =. But now, after 10.Kd3, the white king intents to enter h5-square, from where he will help the advance of his kingside pawns Be7 'Forced', as after 10...Bf2? 11.Be3! Bxe3 (11...Bg3 12.Kc4 Bf4 13.Bc5 +-) 12.Kxe3 White wins the pawn ending as he has kept two tempos in hand (h4 and h5). 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Ke2 Bf8 13.Kf3 Be7 14.Kg3 (D) 7+-+-vl-zp-' 6-+k+-zp-zp& 5zp-+-zpP+-% 4Pzp-+P+P+$ 3+P+-vL-mKP# 14...Bc5 The key to this ending lies in controlling the important g1-a7 diagonal. If White gets it, he is winning. So, Black's try is understandable. 15.Bf2! (D) 15.Bd2 seems also to be winning: 15...Kd7 (15...Bd4? 16.Kh4 Kd6 17.Kh5 Ke7 18.Kg6 Kf8 19.h4 +-) 16.Kh4 Ke7 17.Kh5 Kf7 18.h4 Bd4 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 (D) kzp-' zp-+& 5zp-+-zpPzPK% 4Pzp-vlP+-+$ 2-+-vL-+-+" 20...Bc5 (20...fxg5 21.Bxg5 Bb6 22.Bh4 Bc7 23.Bf2 Bd8 24.Be3 Bc7 25.Bc5 Bd8 FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 5

6 [25...Kf6 26.Ba7 Kf7 27.Kg4 g6 28.Bf2 Bd8 29.Kf3 Bc7 30.Bh4 Bb6 31.Bg5 Bc7 32.Ke3 Bb6+ 33.Kd3 Bc7 34.Kc4] 26.Bd6 Kf6 27.Kg4 and the white king comes back to c4, entering the queenside) 21.Be1 Be3 22.Bh4 Bc5 23.Kg4 Ke7 24.Kf3 Bb6 25.Ke2 Bd8 26.Ke3! (D) 8-+-vl-+-+( 7+-+-mk-zp-' zp-+& 5zp-+-zpPzP-% 4Pzp-+P+-vL$ 3+P+-mK-+-# (26.gxf6+? gxf6 27.Ke3 [27.Bf2 Kd6 28.Kd3 {28.Kf3 Bc7 29.Kg4 Ke7 30.Kh5 Kf7 31.Bc5 Bd8 32.Kg4 Ke8 33.Kf3 Kd7 {33...Be7 34.Bb6 Bd8} 34.Ke2 Be7 35.Bb6} 28...Kc6 29.Kc4 Be7 30.Be3 =] 27...Kd7 28.Kf3 Ke7 29.Bf2 Bc7 30.Bc5+ Kd7 31.Ke3 Bd6 =) putting Black into zugzwang: 26...Kd7 27.Kf3 Ke7 28.Bf2 and we get one of the well-known winning positions, examined previously zp-' 6-+k+-zp-zp& 5zp-vl-zpP+-% 4Pzp-+P+P+$ 3+P+-+-mKP# vL-+" 15...Bd6 Black cannot keep his bishop in this diagonal anymore: 15...Bd4 16.Kf3 Kc5 17.Be3 Kc6 18.Ke2 Bc3 19.Kd3 Bb2 20.Kc4 Bc3 21.Bc5 +- or 15...Kd6 16.Kf3 Bd4 17.Ke Kh4 Bc5 17.Bg3! Kd7 18.Kh5 Ke8 19.Kg6 Kf8 20.h4 (D) mk-+( zp-' zpKzp& 5zp-vl-zpP+-% 4Pzp-+P+PzP$ 3+P+-+-vL-# Now White is ready for the g5 breakthrough Be3 23.Bxe5 21.g5! hxg5 22.hxg5 Bxg5 And White wins. 1-0 Chess Analytics: Training with a Grandmaster (August 2012) - by Efstratios Grivas Russell Enterprises Inc. (320 pages mm by 170 mm) enterprises.com/ A Chess Odyssey is not copyright by Efstratios Grivas and not protected intellectual property under the International Copyright convention. Subscribers are allowed to non-commercially distribute copies of A Chess Odyssey at their chess club, chess tournaments and via (on an occasional basis). Any other use and distribution (reproduction, via print, electronic format, or in any form whatsoever), as well as posting on the Web, is allowed without written permission. FIDE * Efstratios Grivas * A Chess Odyssey 06 6