See Here, Private Serper
October 11, 2015
There are some people who can effortlessly write good, interesting articles about chess. One is Gregory Serper. His latest is about the Soviet School of Chess but I prefer to think of it as a story about chess in the army, hence the title that echoes that of the humor classic See Here, Private Hargrove about the author’s experiences in becoming a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War II.
http://www.chess.com/article/view/th...et-chess-scool
Grigory Serper (born September 14, 1969) is GM (1992). He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (present Uzbekistan). At age 6, he learned to play chess from his grandfather. In 1985, at age 16, he started studies at Moscow's famous Botvinnik-Kasparov Chess School. In 1992, as a member of the Uzbekistan team, Serper won the silver medal in the 30th Chess Olympiad. In January 1996 he moved with his family to the United States.
Of the following game, Yasser Seirawan wrote, “Can you imagine a game in which you sacrifice all your pieces? Toss in the promotion of two pawns as well and you have a game to last."
Chigorin Memorial, St. Petersburg 1993
Serper, Grigory – Nikolaidis, Ioannis
E70 King’s Indian, Kramer System
1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nge2 Nbd7 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 h5 9.f3 b5 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.O-O h4 13.Nh1 Nh5 14.Qd2 e5 15.Nf2 Nf8 16.a4 b4 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.d6 Qc6 20.Bb5 axb5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.Rxa8 Qc6 23.Rfa1 f4 24.R1a7 Nd7 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd5 fxe3 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Rxd7 exf2+ 29.Kf1 Qe8 30.Rf7+ Qxf7 31.Qc8+ Qe8 32.d7 Kf7 33.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 34.Qb7+ Re7 35.c6 e4 36.c7 e3 37.Qd5+ Kf6 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qd5+ Kf6 40.Qd6+ Kf7 41.Qxe7+ Kxe7 42.c8=Q Bh6 43.Qc5+ Ke8 44.Qb5+ Kd8 45.Qb6+ Kd7 46.Qxg6 e2+ 47.Kxf2 Be3+ 48.Ke1 1-0
Other Serper articles are Hard Candy, posted 21.03.2009 on chess.com on his difficulty of playing chess against an attractive girl, Hard Candy, Part Two discussing the hidden danger of innocent-looking openings (28.03.2009) and Colle System (21.03.2010). The best way to read them is to use the SEARCH function on chess.com.
http://www.chess.com/news/introducin...ry-serper-2602
October 11, 2015
There are some people who can effortlessly write good, interesting articles about chess. One is Gregory Serper. His latest is about the Soviet School of Chess but I prefer to think of it as a story about chess in the army, hence the title that echoes that of the humor classic See Here, Private Hargrove about the author’s experiences in becoming a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War II.
http://www.chess.com/article/view/th...et-chess-scool
Grigory Serper (born September 14, 1969) is GM (1992). He was born in Tashkent, in the former Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union (present Uzbekistan). At age 6, he learned to play chess from his grandfather. In 1985, at age 16, he started studies at Moscow's famous Botvinnik-Kasparov Chess School. In 1992, as a member of the Uzbekistan team, Serper won the silver medal in the 30th Chess Olympiad. In January 1996 he moved with his family to the United States.
Of the following game, Yasser Seirawan wrote, “Can you imagine a game in which you sacrifice all your pieces? Toss in the promotion of two pawns as well and you have a game to last."
Chigorin Memorial, St. Petersburg 1993
Serper, Grigory – Nikolaidis, Ioannis
E70 King’s Indian, Kramer System
1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nge2 Nbd7 6.Ng3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.Be3 h5 9.f3 b5 10.c5 dxc5 11.dxc5 Qc7 12.O-O h4 13.Nh1 Nh5 14.Qd2 e5 15.Nf2 Nf8 16.a4 b4 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.d6 Qc6 20.Bb5 axb5 21.axb5 Qxb5 22.Rxa8 Qc6 23.Rfa1 f4 24.R1a7 Nd7 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Qd5 fxe3 27.Qe6+ Kf8 28.Rxd7 exf2+ 29.Kf1 Qe8 30.Rf7+ Qxf7 31.Qc8+ Qe8 32.d7 Kf7 33.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 34.Qb7+ Re7 35.c6 e4 36.c7 e3 37.Qd5+ Kf6 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Qd5+ Kf6 40.Qd6+ Kf7 41.Qxe7+ Kxe7 42.c8=Q Bh6 43.Qc5+ Ke8 44.Qb5+ Kd8 45.Qb6+ Kd7 46.Qxg6 e2+ 47.Kxf2 Be3+ 48.Ke1 1-0
Other Serper articles are Hard Candy, posted 21.03.2009 on chess.com on his difficulty of playing chess against an attractive girl, Hard Candy, Part Two discussing the hidden danger of innocent-looking openings (28.03.2009) and Colle System (21.03.2010). The best way to read them is to use the SEARCH function on chess.com.
http://www.chess.com/news/introducin...ry-serper-2602
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