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May-18-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Club champs table at http://members.optusnet.com.au/loga... |
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Jul-18-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Bennet,P - Sarfati,J [B70]
Winter Cup, 18 July 2008
1.e4 c5 2. f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 g6 6. e2 g7 7.f3 mixing the systems; there is no need for e2 if there is a  on f3 7...0-0 8.e3 c6 9. d2 d5
White would rather have 0-0-0 already played than e2. 10.xc6 bxc6 11.0-0-0 a5 12.h6 xh6 13.xh6 dxe4 14.fxe4 e6 15.a3  ab8 16.h4 xb2! 17. xb2 b8+ 18.c1 [18.b5 cxb5 would last longer, but Black still has a strong attack after the coming ...b4;
18.b5 xe4! (18...cxb5 19.f4 c8 also gives a strong attack) 19.xe4 xb5+ 20.c1 xa3+ 21.d2 d5+ 22.e1 xd1+ 23.xd1 a1+ 24.c1 g4+ 25.d2 d4+ 26.e1 xe4  +] 18...xc3 19.d3 a2 mates in 4 0-1
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Aug-14-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Jonathan Sarfati v Jonas Muller
Ruth Coxhill Memorial
14 August 2008
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d3 O-O 7.ge2 c6 8.O-O e8 9.f3 b6 10.a3 e7 11.e4 dxe4 12.fxe4 g4 13.e5 d5 14.c2 g6 15.xd5 cxd5 16.f4 d7 17.e3 g5 18.ac1 a6 19.f2 a7 20.xd5 xd5 21.xg5 b5 22.f4 e6 23.f6 1-0 |
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Aug-15-08
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| Richard Taylor: <Jonathan Sarfati: Bennet,P - Sarfati,J [B70]
Winter Cup, 18 July 2008 >
Hi Jonathan. This is a good game! I prefer 6 Bc4. But a nice sac with Rxb2 Is that Paul Bennett of formerly Upper Hutt NZ? If so say hello, as I stayed at his place once and we had a game at the 78 /79 Congress - it was a draw (I played the English) But it may not be him of course! |
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Aug-16-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Thanx Richard
I agree that c4 is better.
This was Phil Bennet with one T, originally from South Australia. I remember Paul Bennett in Wellington; very nice bloke with a vast knowledge of chess history. My only serious game was a win about the same year you played him. I haven't heard from him for ages. Last night I played a simul at my club, and this Phil Bennet was one of the two winners (+16 =1 -2). |
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Aug-16-08
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| Richard Taylor: <Jonathan Safarti> Thanks for that. You are playing some good chess. Good result in the simul! I know Paul is or was in Aussie but probably doesn't play chess these days... I also have tried the Levenfish v the Dragon. Regards, Richard |
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Aug-26-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: I gave an 8-board blindfold simul at the Manly Warringah Leagues Club Chess Club, on Monday 25 August, scoring +6 -2. The list was:
1. Glenn Foong +
2. Tristram Wright +
3. Jack Mejzini +
4. Steve Vegh -
5. Steffen Bayani -
6. James Burt +
7. Anton Vladimirovich Smirnov +
8. Jozsef Gonda +
I seemed a bit forgetful in places though. Board 5 was lost because I somehow got the idea that a Sicilian was a Najdorf instead of 2... c6, and I played f3 and left the d4 hanging. The other loss (Board 4) was forgetting that I had played h1, so played f2 where it was no longer protected by the . One of the stronger players (Board 3) thought he could confuse me by playing a highly irregular opening, but this only compromised his game while making it easier to remember simply because it was more distinctive. Board 7, against an upcoming young prodigy, went:
1. c4 e5 2. c3 c6 3. g3 f5 4. g2 f6 5. e3 c5 (exposes the bishop to "biffing", as C.J.S. Purdy put it, by a future d4) 6. ge2 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 b4 9. 0-0 0-0 10. d5 xd5 11. xd5+ h8 12. a3 (winning a piece) a5 13. b4 xb4 14. axb4 xb4 15. g2 c6 16. b2 (since this has no opposite number, and Black's diagonal is compromised because of ...f5, this is the place for it) 16... a5 17. d2 e7 18. fe1 f7 19. c3 d5 20. xd5 g6 21. f4 f6 22. e6 xe6 23. xe6 g5 24. f4 g4 25. f3 h3 26. d5 (winning another piece) (1-0) |
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Aug-26-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Board 1 was:
1.e4 d6 2.d4 f6 3.c3 g6 4.e3 g7 5.d2 0-0 6.h6 c5 7.d5 b6 8.xg7 xg7 9.0-0-0 bd7 10.h4 e5 11.h5 xh5 12.e2 g4 13.f3 [13.xg4 c4 looks strong but White can save himself with 14.a4] 13...d7 14.g4 h8 Desperation. There was no need to panic yet; Black can still fight with [14...f6 15.h6+ h8 16.h3 g8 17.g5] 15.gxh5 a5 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.xh8 xh8 18.f4 g4 19.f3 b4 20.g1 f2 21.a3 b6 22.f5 c4 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.g5 g4 25.xe7+ h6 26.g2 e3+ 27.b1 xf3 28.xf3 xf3 29.g5+ g7 30.xg6+ f8 31.g7+ e8 32.xh8+ e7 33.h4+ f7 34.xf2 1-0 |
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Aug-27-08
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| Richard Taylor: <Jonathan Safarti> Some good games. In that Pirc (or the Modern also) it often (or sometimes) pays for Black to delay castling or en castle Q side if possible. As in Kasparov's immortal game where Topalov played a Pirc - I actually think he (Top) got quite a good position from the opening...despite what ensued. |
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Aug-27-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Thanx <Richard Taylor>. Yes, Black should definitely not castle if White is lining up h6, h4 etc. |
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Aug-27-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Nakauchi,G (2093) - Sarfati,J (2262) [A57]
Ruth Coxhill Memorial, 2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 g6 8.a5 Qb4 [To provoke White's next, in the hope that the R would be displaced.] 9.Ra4 Qb7 10.e4 Bg7 11.Be2 [11.h3 is more in the spirit of the variation. White's Ps box Black's pieces in, as long as none are exchanged. But if Black can exchange some minor pieces, then the remaining pieces are not so cramped, and White's structure looks loose. Compare V Small vs J Sarfati, 1992 11...0-0 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Nd2 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Nbd7 15.0-0 Ne8 16.Nc4 Nc7 17.Bg5 Rfe8 18.Ra3 Nb5 [See, with fewer minor pieces on the board, Black can work around White's cramping Ps and exploit the holes.] 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.Rb3 [20.Nb6 b4] 20...Qa6 21.Na3 b4 22.Qxa6 Rxa6 23.Nc4 Ne5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Be3 [25.Ra1 Rea8! 26.Bxe7? f6!  trapping the B in my web] 25...Rxa5 26.f4 Bg7 27.Rc1 Rea8 28.Kf2 Ra1 29.Rc2 f5 [a typical move in Benko endgames, undermining the Pd5] 30.exf5 [30.e5 Rd1] 30...gxf5 31.Bc1 Rb1 32.Ke2 Ra2 33.Kd3 Raa1! 34.Kd2 Bh6 [To provoke White's next, denying the R access to the K-side. But even if White had played Rf3, this would have been tied down and Black could run the K over to the Q-side as per the game continuation] 35.g3 Bg7 36.h3 h5 37.Re3 Kf7 38.Rb3 Bf6 39.Re3 Ke8 40.Rd3 Kd7 41.Re3 [41.Rb3 Kc7 42.Rxb4? Rxc1!] 41...Kc7 [As usual with Benko endgames, }Black's P base on e7 is very safe, while White's Ps are weak.] 42.Rb3 Kb6 43.Re3 Kb5 [with the deadly threat of ... c4 then ... b3] 44.b3 Bc3+ 45.Rexc3 [45.Kd1 Bb2] 45...bxc3+ 46.Rxc3 Rxc1 [simplest] 47.Rxc1 Rxc1 48.Kxc1 c4 49.Kb2 cxb3 50.Kxb3 Kc5 0-1[/pgn] |
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Sep-07-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: My club is having its annual handicap tourney. In the following game, my opponent has 43 min + 10 sec increment while I have 7 min + 4sec. He unwisely went into a Marshall and played a very old line: 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 e7 6.e1 b5 7.b3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 xd5 10.xe5 xe5 11.xe5 c6 12.d4 d6 13.e1 h4 14.g3 h3 15.xd5 cxd5 16.f3 f5 17.xd5 ae8 18.e3 h5 19.f3 [19.f3 g6 with the unstoppable double threat of ... xb1 and ... xg3.; 19.xd6 h3 20.f3 xe3 21.xe3 xf3]
19...xf3 20.xf3 e1+ 21.g2 e4 22.d2 c6 23.b3 fe8 24.e3 xa1 25.xa1 f6 26.b3 g5 27.h3 h5 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 f5 30.d2 fxg4 31.xg5 gxf3+ 32.xf3 f8 another pinned piece dies, so resigns |
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Sep-20-08
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Ruth Coxhill Memorial final results:
1= Jonathan Sarfati FM and Gene Nakauchi FM, 7/9
3 Sam Grigg 6.5
4= Peter Froehlich IM and Matthew Sonter, 6.
I was the only undefeated player, but scored too many draws. Everyone else lost at least two games. |
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Apr-25-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: My last club game for the year:
Sarfati,J - Surridge,J [A57]
Logan Allegro, 2008
1.d4 f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.f3 bxc4 5.c3 g6 6.e4 d6 7.xc4 g7 8.f4 bd7 9.h3 h5 [driving the to a safer square] 10.h2 a5 11.0-0 xc3? [this grab is far too risky in such a position, losing lots of time and the valuable g7] 12.bxc3 xc3 13.c1 a5 14.e5 c7 15.exd6 exd6 16.e1+ d8 17.e2 b6 18.b5 d7 [18...a6 19.e8+ xe8 20.xe8#] 19.e7+ c8 20.a6+ b8 21.xd6 1-0 |
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Apr-25-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: The following rapid game shows White putting up fairly good resistance, but the pair eventually costs him, by the common method of swapping one for a at the right time. Stewart,C - Jan 2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 b6 4.Bf4 [a come-and-get-me type of opening, quite solid but doesn't really put much pressure on Black either] 4... Bb7 5.e3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.h3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Nbd2 Rc8 10.e4 [allows Black to win the B-pair] 10... cxd4 11.cxd4 Nb4 12.Qb3 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Rac1 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Rc1 h6 20.Rxc8+ Qxc8 21.Qc1 Qxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Kf8 23.g3 Bc4 24.b3 Bd3 25.Nd2 Ke8 26.f4 f5 27.Kf2 Kd7 28.Ke3 Be4 29.h4 Ke8 30.Nf3 Bb1 31.a3 Bc2 32.b4 Kd7 33.Kd2 Be4 34.Ne1 Kc6 35.Kc3 Bh1 [I touched it so had to place it somewhere not en prise ...] 36.a4 a6 37.Ba3 b5 38.a5 Be4 39.Nc2 Bxc2 40.Kxc2 Kd7 41.Kd3 Ke8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Kf3 Kg6 44.g4 fxg4+ 45.Kxg4 h5+ 46.Kg3 Kf5 47.Kf3 Bf8 (Zugzwang) 0-1 |
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Apr-25-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: A couple of club games this year with a fairly standard ...xc3 sac in the Dragon: Bennet,P - Sarfati,J [B78]
Logan, 2009
1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 g6 6.e3 g7 7.f3 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.d2 d7 10.0-0-0 c8 11.b3 e5 12.h6 xh6 13.xh6 xc3 14.bxc3 a5 15.e2 c8 16.d2 b5 17.e3 c4+ 18.xc4 xc4 19.c1 d5 20.e5 d4! [exploiting all the pins] 0-1 In the next game, White tried not recapturing on c3, but it leaves too little firepower for either defence or attack. Vasilakos,C - Sarfati,J [B78]
Logan Chess Club Champs
R1, 17 April 2009
1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 g6 6.e3 g7 7.f3 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.d2 d7 10.0-0-0 c8 11.b3 e5 12.h6 xh6 13.xh6 xc3 14.h4 xb3 15.xb3 b6 16.df1 c4 17.e1 a5 18.h5 a4 19.g4 axb3 20.a3 bxc2 21.b4 d4 22. xc2 a4+ 23.c1 b2# 0-1 |
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Apr-25-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: This game shows how dangerous a weak colour complex can be, as well as a lack of space and counterplay Sarfati,J - Flynn,C [E85]
Logan club champs
R2, 24 April 2009
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 g7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.e3 c6 7.ge2 e5 This doesn't work so well with ... c6 in the Sämisch. Play one or the other. 8.d5 Ne7 9.g4 Ne8 This might become an attacking move, but sometimes its main purpose is to restrict Black from gaining a huge -side space advantage. 10.d2 f5 11.h3 Displaying White's intention, for now, of just holding the fort on the -side while storming the -side. 11...f4 While this stops White's attack on the -side,it helps White's fort-holding. 12.f2 f6 13.0-0-0 White's is well protected by the space advantage, but it temps Black to play some "attacking" P moves, which help White more. 13...Qe8 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Nc1 a5 16.c5 Nc8 17.Bc4 Kh8 18.Qe2 dxc5 19.Bxc5 Nd6 Now White begins the conquest of the light squares. 20.Bxd6 cxd6 21.Bb5 Rf7 22.Bxd7 Qxd7 23.Qb5 Qxb5 Avoiding this exchange was better. White wants to remove the guardians of the light squares. 24.Nxb5 Bf8 25.a4 Ne8 26.Nb3 Nc7 27.Nxc7 White has no objection to the swap 27...Rxc7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rh2 b6 30.h4 Mainly to close the K-side, but White won't mind if it leads to new black targets. 30...Be7 31.h5 gxh5 32.Rxh5 Rg8 33.Nd2 Rb7 34.Nc4 Ra8 35.Na3 Black probably should have tried for ...b5 earlier, since there was nothing to lose. White won't give him any more chances for that. {35...Bf8 36.Rc6 Kg7 37.Kc2 Kg6 38.Kd3 [38.Rxe5] 38...h6 39.Rxe5 But even without this loss of a P, with more to follow, Black couldn't prevent White's K march to b5, then Nc4,when Black's -side is overwhelmed. 1-0 |
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Apr-26-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: R1 of the Queensland Interclub was played today in the always pleasant Gardiner Centre, which has a couple of nice recent extra touches: a double door to the playing room to keep out noice better, and giant pieces and board out the back. Stawski,N - Sarfati,J [C33]
QLD Interclub R1,
Bullwinkle v Logan Board 2
26 April 2006
1.e4 e5 2.f4 [already the decisive mistake, joked IM Solomon] 2...exf4 3.c4 f6 4.c3 c6 5.f3 d5 6.exd5 d6 7.ge2 [7.e2+!÷ NCO] 7...g4 8.f2 b5 9.d3 [9.b3 b4 10.a4 e4 11.d4 h4+ 12.g3 xg3 ] 9...e7 10.dxc6 [10.h3 h5 11.dxc6] 10...a6! 11.c7 c6 12.h3 d7! 13.f3 0-0 14.d5 now White will never get a chance to castle, and he is overwhelmed in the centre while his wing pieces remain helpless onlookers 14...xd5 15.xd5 b4 16.d4 c5 17.xf4 xd3+ 18.cxd3 fe8 19.e4 d6 20.f3 c6 21.f1 xd3 22.d1 e4 23.h2 d6 24.g3 xg3 25.xg3 c2+ 26.e1 g2+ 27.e2 f3! most efficient, coordinating the remaining pieces 28.xe8+ xe8+ 29.f2 d3 30.a4 b7 [30...b4 might have been even better] 31.a3 d6 32.c3 [32.d4 xd4+ 33.e3 xb2+] 32...f4+ mate in 3 0-1[/pgn] |
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Jul-20-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Oops, of course it was 26 April 2009. |
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Jul-30-09
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| DanielLam: Hi Jonathan. How are you? This is Daniel Lam, who used to study under Ortvin Sarapu. |
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Aug-17-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Hi Daniel
The name sounds familiar. I'm actually in NZ for a month. How are things where you are? |
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Aug-18-09
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| DanielLam: Hi Jonathan. I no longer live in New Zealand. I am back in Hong Kong now. Things are OK --- I did not play chess from 2001 until July 2007, when I started competing again with good results in Singapore. I then moved back to Hong Kong in Sep 2008 and have started to compete again. Hope all is well with you. |
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Oct-21-09
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| Richard Taylor: <Jonathan Safarti> How are you? I'm preparing for the Merv Morrison over here - played on our Labour weekend... I saw Solomon and Johanssen here as I played in the Qualifiers to the George Trundle - I didn't do very well (on paper as they say!) . However I learnt a lot I hope - I missed some very good chances. I had Bruce Wheeler killed but stuffed it as I did Goodhue and I had a good position v Hilton Beenter and also Helen Milligan* but I lost my way...I didn't manage my time very well, and didn't play well when things "reversed"....but my opponents also played resourcefully so...there it goes! * She played quite an imaginative and courageous defence involving a sac which had me totally confused -I meant to do that kind of thing!! (Which was another problem - I started thinking of myself as only an attacking or tactical player but positional chess integrates with tactics...and not all games are or need to be "sharp") Repeat one thousand times "I am not only a random tactical player." ... "Manage your time." "Don't be too down cast when things start to go bad after being good" "Beware of errors in unfamilar lines." and so on!! |
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Oct-30-09
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| Jonathan Sarfati: Hey <Richard>. That Trundle qualifier was quite strong. I know what you mean about preconceived ideas about whether one is a "mini-Tal" or "a little bit of Karpov", for example. The main tournament was pretty strong; much stronger that the tourneys when I was in NZ. I haven't played that much chess except for the local club. Off to Singapore next month for work, for about 10 days. |
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Nov-08-09
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| Richard Taylor: <Jonathan> All the best for your work trip. It was tough and I was not prepared really. But considering I have made my way from say NZR 1500 [~FIDE 1700 to 1900..] to NZR 1700+ (not as quickly as some of the juniors of course) I am doing quite well.
I need to "even out". Partly for that reason I am studying more openings but also endgames and techniques. Cheers. |
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