Iris Katsikarou

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Age: 21 to 25
Occupation: Engineer
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I play chess whenever I have time, being an arbiter too is better sometimes!

Απο σκάκι όποτε έχω ελεύθερο χρόνο -σπάνια- αλλά από διαιτησία σχεδόν πάντα!

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Player, National Arbiter

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S.O. Katerinis

From:

Pieria

Greece

I Enjoy Playing:

Scandinavian

King's Indian

And My Favorite Game Is:

[Event "53rd Masters"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Müller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 Rc8 14. Rc1 c5
15. dxc5 g5 16. Bg3 Rxc5 17. Ke2 Nbd7 18. b4 Rcc8 19. Rfd1 Nf8 20. Be5 Nd5 21.
Bb2 Ng6 22. Nd4 Qb7 23. Kf1 a6 24. b5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Ra5 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Rc1
Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 f5 30. f3 Ne5 31. e4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Nf6 33. Nd6 Kf8
34. Be3 Ke7 35. Nc8+ Kd8 36. Nxb6 Nxe4 37. Bd4 Ng6 38. Nc4 Kc7 39. g4 Kc6 40.
Bg7 Kb5 41. Ne5 Nf4 42. Bxh6 Ka4 43. h4 Nh3 44. Kg2 gxh4 45. Kxh3 Nf2+ 46. Kxh4
Nxg4 47. Kxg4 Kxa3 48. Kg5 Kb3 49. Kf6 Kc2 50. Kxe6 Kd1 51. Kd5 Ke2 52. Ke4 Kf1
53. Kf3 Kg1 54. Bf4 Kh1 55. Nd3 Kg1 56. Nf2 {[%csl Rg2,Rh1,Rh2]} Kf1 {The
W-manoeuvre  The only way to mate the opposing king with a knight and a bishop
is in the corner which is controlled by the bishop. This means that the
W-manoeuvre by the knight  is of fundamental importance:} 57. Bh2 {[%csl Rg1,
Rg2][%cal Gf2e4,Ge4d2,Gd2c4,Gc4b2]} Ke1 58. Ne4 {The first step.} Kf1 ({After} 
58... Kd1 59. Ke3 Kc2 60. Nd2 Kc3 {then} 61. Bd6 {[%csl Rb3,Rb4,Rc4,Rd4]
prevents the king from slipping away in the direction of the a8-corner and
White wins, e.g.} Kc2 62. Be5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3,Rc3,Rd3]} Kd1 63. Kd3 Ke1 64. Bg3+
{[%csl Re2,Rf1,Rf2] and we have reached the position from the game after the
move 62.Bg3+}) 59. Nd2+ {[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Gd2f1] The second step. The
knight tekes control of the f1-square, thus preventing the king from
returnning into the h1-corner.} Ke1 60. Ke3 {[%csl Rf1,Rf2]} Kd1 61. Kd3 Ke1
62. Bg3+ {[%csl Re2,Rf1,Rf2]} Kd1 {[%csl Re1,Re2]} 63. Nc4 {[%csl Re1,Re2]} Kc1
64. Bh4 {The bishop is in charge of the tempo-winning moves.} Kd1 65. Nb2+ {
[%csl Rc2,Rd2,Re1,Re2][%cal Gf2e4,Ge4d2,Gd2c4,Gc4b2] This completes the W and
the black king is shut into the a1-corner.} Kc1 66. Kc3 {[%csl Rd1,Rd2]} Kb1
67. Kb3 Kc1 68. Bg5+ {[%csl Rc2,Rd1,Rd2]} Kb1 69. Nc4 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2,Rc1,Rc2]}
Ka1 70. Bh6 Kb1 71. Na3+ Ka1 72. Bg7# {You should practise this mate until you
are satisfied you can master it even with limited time available to you.} 1-0

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