Wednesday, July 17, 2024

MÜRGINE ETTUR

1972 kaotas nõukogude maletaja Spasski maailmameistri tiitli Ameerika maletajale Fischerile.

Spasski sekundanti Iivo Neid, Eestist, kahtlustati, et ta müüs Gelleri avangu-uuendused LKA-le, kes need Fischerile edastas.

Kahe aasta pärast, 1974, pidi toimuma Spasski ja Fischeri kordusmatš.

Seepärast ei lastud Iivo Neid kaks aastat järjest enam välismaale.

Kuna Fischer ei saanud enam Gelleri avangu-uuendusi kätte, loobus ta maailmameistri tiitlist, et mitte häbisse langeda.

Ent siis sai KGB teada, et Paul Keres müüb LKA-le Gelleri avangu-uuendusi.

Lisaks otsustas Nõukogude Liidu spordijuhtkond, et tuleb takistada vanema põlvkonna nõukogude maletajate pretendeerimist maailmameistri tiitlile.

Ka Spasskit peeti liiga vanaks, ent tema langes ise konkurentsist välja, kaotades 1974 pretendentide matši Karpovile.

1975 kevadel kuulutati tiitlipretendent Karpov male maailmameistriks, sest Fischer loobus oma tiitlist.

Kaks kuud hiljem, 1975 suvel, mõrvas KGB Paul Kerese - Helsinkis, kus Keres peatus tagasiteel Kanadast Eestisse.

Selleks kasutati närvimürki Novitšok, mida määriti Kerese malekomplekti ühele malendile.

Selle operatsiooni varjunimena kasutas KGB väljendit "Mürgine ettur".


Mürgise etturi variant


Ka Kortšnoid taheti mürgitada. Selle operatsiooni koodnimeks oli "Eutanaasia". 

Ent 1976 põgenes Kortšnoi Nõukogude Liidust välismaale.

1978 kaotas Kortšnoi maailmameistri matši noorema põlvkonna nõukogude maletajale, maailmameister Karpovile. Kerese surma ja Kortšnoi läände põgenemise tõttu ei saanud Kortšnoi enam kätte Gelleri avangu-uuendusi.

Tõsi küll, KGB oli Kortšnoilt avanguteooria loa ära võtnud juba enne tema läände siirdumist. Ent veel Nõukogude Liidus elades sai ta tutvuste kaudu siiski üht-teist teada.

"Jefim Geller" on varjunimi. Selle isiku tegelik nimi on Jefim Killer. Ta oli KGB analüütik, kes nõukogude maletajaile avanguteoreetilisi uuendusi välja mõtles.



Monday, June 24, 2024

PAUL KERES IS TOO EXPENSIVE

Famous Estonian chess grandmaster Paul Keres has been hardcovered. Four volumes. Four thousand pages. Eight kilograms.


Adams, Jimmy

"Paul Keres"

2024

https://mailchi.mp/newinchess.com/paul-keres-4-volume-set?e=c3c0e02253


As an Estonian chessplayer and an admirer of Paul Keres and his talent, I should be happy. But I am not.


The work is too expensive for me. The retail price is 250 euros, and even the pre-order price of 200 euros is too expensive.


I am also worried about the politicization of chess.


I have seen too many nasty tricks in the attempts to convince the publicity that now, finally, it has been scientifically proven and without reasonable doubt that the Soviet regime blocked Paul Keres from becoming the world champion. Up to outright forgeries.


And now, I have seen too much of how sports, including chess, have been heavily politicized, in the most biased manner, concerning the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war. I have also seen how, in Estonia, during that war, in a hurry, one more movie was made about Paul Keres and the Soviet regime.


Therefore, excuse me, but I will not pay 200 euros to check the quality and objectivity of the four volumes.


I am prepared to pay some money only if I know beforehand that it is not yet another work containing political propaganda and demagoguery.


Wednesday, June 12, 2024

BLACK TO MOVE

Find the only winning move for Black.

Black to move and win


From the Chesstempo rapid game Paldrick - Nanomaster, I had black pieces.




Tuesday, May 14, 2024

PAUL KERES DID NOT MAKE IT

In the 1962 game Keres—Benko, Benko made a grave mistake 30...Bb8xg3??, and the following position was on the board (see below). Then, Keres also blundered, and Benko again made a mistake. Finally, Keres still won the game.

Can you win the position after 30...Bxg3??

Keres - Benko 1962. White to move.

If you are not a grandmaster, you may expect that if you do not move the pieces on the board and if you try to spend only 10 minutes on the solution, you will fail somewhere. 

Thus, relax and take it as a correspondence chess position: PUZZLE.

On Chesstempo's tactics section, this puzzle has the number 143468


A HINT: After the obvious 31 Qxg3! consider the replies 31...Qd5 and 31...Qe4.









In the present post, the Apronus chess software was used.