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Evans On Chess. November 12, 1993. Copyright by GM Larry Evans.
USA TEAM STRIKES GOLD
The first Chess Olympiad in 1927 drew 16 countries. Today it is held every
two years with over 100 teams, plus a separate section for women.
The USA dominated world chess in the 1930s. Yugoslavia won the first postwar
Olympics in 1950, but a Soviet team made its debut in 1952 and won 12 times
running. America triumphed in 1976 when the Communist and Arab bloc boycotted
the site in Israel. Since then the USSR won the gold seven more times, except
when Hungary aced them in 1978.
The collapse of the Soviet Union dramatically changed the chess map, and some
of their top players scattered to the four winds. Four of them led the USA to
a solid victory at a 10-nation Team Championship in Lucerne, Switzerland.
This interim contest is held every fourth year, but it offers a preview of
the new world chess order.
As in the olympics, four players are picked each round from a roster of six.
The American squad featured six grandmasters, ranging in age from 19 to 46:
Gata Kamsky, Gregory Kaidanov, Alex Yermolinsky, Boris Gulko, Joel Benjamin
and Larry Christiansen. The sextet won five matches and drew four vs.
Ukraine, Russia, Latvia and Iceland.
Can America retain its supremacy? What will happen at the '94 Olympiad when
world champion Gary Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, who detest each other,
rejoin the Russian juggernaut?
The indomitable Viktor Korchnoi, 62, played all nine rounds without a rest on
top board for Switzerland, posting two wins and seven draws. He defected from
the USSR in 1976; his family was released only after he lost two bitter title
matches to Karpov in 1978 and 1981.
This key win by Gata Kamsky, 19, over Vladimir Kramnik, 18, enabled America
to hold Russia 2-2 in their individual match. Both teenagers, already in the
top ten, are serious contenders for the crown next time around in 1995.
Black should try 13...b5 right away. On 23...Qxe6 24 Rc2! sets up the double
threat of Qxa7 or Rxb2. Two pawns down, Kramnik guit without waiting for the
crushing 37 Nd5.
Final Standings
1. USA 22.5 - 13.5
2. Ukraine 21
3. Russia 20
4. Armenia 19
5. Iceland 18.5
6. Latvia 18.5
7. China 18
8. Uzbekistan 16
9. Switzerland 13.5
10. Cuba 13
White: GATA KAMSKY (USA) Black: VLADIMIR KRAMNIK (Russia) Queen's Gambit
Declined 1993
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 e6 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bxf6 Qxf6 7 e3 Nd7 8 Bd3 g6 9
0-0 Bg7 10 e4 dxc4 11 e5 Qe7 12 Bxc4 0-0 13 Qe2 b6 14 Rfe1 a6 15 Bd3 Bb7 16
Be4 Ra7 17 Rac1 b5 18 Qe3 c5 19 d5! Nxe5 20 Nxe5 Bxe5 21 dxe6 Bxe4 22 Nxe4
Bxb2 23 Rxc5 Bg7 24 Rc6! fxe6 25 Nc5 Qf7 26 Nxe6 Re8 27 Qb3 Kh8 28 g3 Qf5 29
Re2 Rae7 30 Rxa6 Bf6 31 Re3 Kh7 32 Rf3 Qe5 33 Nf4 Qxb2 34 Qd3 Re4 35 Kg2 Qd4
36 Qxb5 R8e7 and Black Resigns