Monday, July 8, 2013

Ukrainian Championship Produces 210-Move Win

By , About.com GuideJune 27, 2013

The Ukrainian Chess Championship is strong -- this year's round-robin features notables like Ruslan Ponomariov and Pavel Eljanov, among others -- but it's not "super-tournament" strong, which explains why it usually passes by without much attention being given to it from the outside chess world. But one peculiar game has generated plenty of interest: a 210-move win by IM Stanislav Bogdanovich, a 20-year-old player who was facing off against veteran GM Valeriy Neverov, winner of the national championship in 1983, 1985, 1988 and 1996. Both are in the bottom half of the 12-player field (Neverov is actually in last place with one round to go), but a game that passes the 200-move mark is going to attract attention even at the bottom of the standings.
You can play through the entire game here. In summary: Bogdanovich managed to win a pawn with the black pieces, but was still in a very drawish endgame, holding a rook, knight and three pawns against a rook, knight and two pawns, with all the pawns connected and on the kingside. With a secure advantage and virtually no risk of losing, he pressed on, hoping for a mistake from his opponent. On multiple occasions, Bogdanovich appeared to be making no progress when he pushed a pawn before the 50-move rule could be invoked. Finally, Neverov gave up his knight for Bogdanovich's final two pawns, eventually reached a king, rook and knight vs. king and rook endgame that was theoretically drawn, but not easy to hold. After defending accurately for over 30 moves and with the finish line in sight, Neverov blundered, walking into a mating net, which forced his resignation.
Four players, including Ponomariov, remain in contention for the Ukrainian championship with one round to go.

http://chess.about.com/b/2013/06/27/ukrainian-championship-produces-210-move-win.htm?nl=1


Neverov, Valeriy2515Bogdanovich, Stanislav25670–1D56Kiev UKR5.619.06.2013Alex Baburin
1.c4 e6 2.f3 d5 3.d4 f6 4.c3 e7 5.g5 h6 6.h4 0-07.e3 e4 8.xe7 xe7 9.b3 xc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.xc4b6 12.a4 b7 13.a3 c5 14.a5 d7 15.e2 e5 16.0-0 fd817.fd1 f8 18.b2 exd4 19.cxd4 f6 20.h3 g8 21.b3cxd4 22.exd4 f8 23.axb6 axb6 24.xa8 xa8 25.d5 g626.g3 d6 27.c4 b7 28.e1 f5 29.d4 xh3 30.f3 d731.b5 xd5 32.d1 e6 33.f1 e5 34.c3 c6 35.xd7xd7 36.d1 f8 37.d5 b5 38.f1 e6 39.c7 c4 40.b1e6 41.xb5 xf1 42.xf1 The drama begins: Black is a pawn up and determined to win. d5 43.c3 d7 44.g2 g6 45.d1b7 46.d5 g7 47.e3 b2 48.c1 h5 49.c2 b1 50.c4b5 51.c2 d5 52.e3 a5 53.c2 e5 54.a2 e4 55.a7d4 56.a2 h4 57.c2 hxg3 58.fxg3 Now it is R, N and two pawns vs R, N and one pawn. d3 59.f1 a3 60.b2 d461.d2 f5 62.f2 b3 63.f3 b1 64.f2 c1 65.f3 e166.f2 b1 67.g2 a1 68.f2 d6 69.e2 c1 70.a2 e471.e2 c5 72.a2 e1 73.b2 e4 74.a2 f6 75.a6+e5 76.a5+ d4 77.a4+ d5 78.a5+ c4 79.a4+ c380.a3+ d4 81.a4+ d5 82.a5+ c5 83.a2 d384.a5+ c4 85.a4+ c5 86.a5+ b4 87.a7 e5 88.a2c5 89.c2+ d6 90.d2+ e6 91.a2 c4 92.f2 c193.e3 d6 94.g2 f6 A pawn push 14 moves short of the 50-move rule. 95.e2 f7 96.a2 b1 97.f1 b3 98.e2 f599.a2 g7 100.a7+ h6 101.a2 g5 102.d2 c3103.a2 d3 104.a5 b3 105.a2 h6 106.d2 a3107.b2 d6 108.d2 c4 109.c2 e5 110.f2 g7111.b2 c3 112.b7+ h6 113.b2 d3 114.a2 b3115.g1 b6 116.g2 d6 117.g1 c6 118.g2 c1119.e3 e1 120.f2 d3+ 121.f3 b1 122.g2 b5123.g4+ g5 124.e3 e5 125.f1 b3 126.d2 e3127.f1 d3 128.h2 c4 129.f1 c3 130.e2 h6131.a2 d6 132.d2 e4 133.e2 c5 134.a2 g5135.e2 a3 136.c2 e4 137.e2 f5 Next pawn push, seven moves before the fifty that would give White a draw. 138.b2 a1139.c2 f6 140.c6+ f7 141.c7+ e6 142.c6+ d6143.c2 d5 144.d2+ e5 145.b2 e4 146.d2 d6147.f3+ f6 148.d2 d1 149.a2 e6 150.f1 e4151.a6+ f7 152.a7+ f6 153.a6+ g5 154.a2 e1155.h2 f6 156.f1 e5 157.a5+ d4 158.a4+ c5159.a2 b4 160.c2 b3 161.c6 e2+ 162.g1 g5163.c8 b4 164.f8 d6 165.g8 g4 166.h2 c4167.xg4 Chess engines like Deep Fritz and Houdini advocate giving up the knight for two pawns fxg4 168.xg4 c3 169.f4e3 170.f8 d3 171.f7 g2+ 172.h1 xg3 The endgame R+N vs. R isn't nearly that dangerous for the defender as the endgame R+B vs. R. Even though the white king is badly placed, the endgame is still drawn. 173.h2 g5 174.h3 f5 175.a7e4 176.a4+ f3 177.a3+ e3 178.h4 b5 179.c3 f4180.a3 e5 181.a4+ f3 182.a3 b5 183.c3 f4184.a3 f5+ 185.h3 b4 186.g2 e3+ 187.h3 f3188.a8 f4 189.a3 e4 190.a8 d5 191.a3+ e3192.a8 e5 193.f8+ f5 194.a8 e3 195.f8 e4+196.h2 f4 197.f7 g4 198.g1 f3 199.f8 f4 200.g8+h3 201.h8+ h4 202.a8 g3 203.g8+ f3 204.a8 f5205.f8 e2
Neverov was probably tired after a very long game. Almost any rook move would hold the draw, but not 206.h2?? f2 Whoops!207.h8 Only move to stop mate but now there is no escape for the king g4 208.h7 g2+ 209.h3 g3+ 210.h2 d4White resigned because of 210...d4 211.f7+ f3+ 212.xf3+xf3 213.h1 h3# 0–1


With one round left to play here are the current standings in the 2013 Ukrainian Championship:
Full information can be found on the official web site.





















Tuesday, July 2, 2013

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Scientists Work to Protect Earth's Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms

I love Yahoo when They put such news for us to read

Scientists Work to Protect Earth's Power Grids from Extreme Solar Storms
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Tools on the ground are helping scientists learn more about the threat solar eruptions on the sun pose to life as we know it on Earth.
Experts with the British Geological Survey (BGS) have started collecting data from three research sites in the U.K. to determine the effects of massive solar storms on the Earth's electric power grids.
Although coronal mass ejections — giant sun eruptions of super-hot plasma that hurl charged particles across the solar system — are notoriously difficult to predict, scientists are trying to understand the best way to protect the power grid from an overload caused by extreme solar weather. [The Worst Solar Storms in History]
"Society depends on an intricate set of electrical and electronic systems, many of which are vulnerable to adverse space weather," BGS scientist Gemma Kelly said in a statement. "By measuring exactly what happens during a major storm event, we can work on better protection for our infrastructure and reduce the damage to the technology we rely on."
Kelly presented her work at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy Meeting 2013 this week in the U.K.
There is always a small amount of natural electricity running through the ground. Under most circumstances, this electricity is harmless; however, a solar storm can exacerbate the currents underfoot, possible wreaking havoc on electrically linked systems around the world.
When solar storms hit the Earth in a certain way, it can disrupt the Earth's magnetic field, allowing strong electric currents in the upper atmosphere to induce currents on the ground, BGS officials said.
"The size of the electrical currents generated depends on a number of factors, such as the local bedrock type and the amount of water within the ground," BGS officials said in a statement. "The ground currents can become large enough to potentially cause problems to technology, such as high-voltage power grids, railway switches and long pipelines."
The three research sites set up at Shetland, the Scottish Borders and Devon in the U.K. will give Kelly and other researchers the first long-term continuous measurements of the ground current in the country, according to BGS officials.
"The electric field measurement system consists of sites of two pairs of electrodes, perpendicular to each other and spaced 100 meters apart," Kelly said in a statement. "Each electrode is buried one meter below the surface and the voltage is measured across each pair."
Kelly and her team will use the data collected during their survey to create better models that could help them better understand and predict the effects of solar weather.
Scientists estimate that an extreme solar storm only hits the Earth once every 100 years or so. The last documented severe solar storm that impacted the planet happened in 1859 and is known as the Carrington Event. Particles from a coronal mass ejection caused paper telegraphs to catch fire as the charged particles overloaded the wires.
A more minor solar event caused a large-scale blackout in Quebec, Canada in 1989. Six million people lost electricity for about 12 hours when a transformer was damaged because solar storm-bolstered ground currents overloaded the system, BGS officials said.
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