{"id":1305,"date":"2011-10-25T17:18:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kszgk.com\/iccf\/?page_id=1305"},"modified":"2011-12-11T20:23:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T19:23:03","slug":"finland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kszgk.com\/iccf\/?page_id=1305","title":{"rendered":"Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name of Federation<\/strong>: Suomen Kirjeshakkiliitto<\/p>\n<p><strong>Year of Foundation<\/strong>: 1961<\/p>\n<p><strong>ICCF Delegate &amp; E-Mail contact<\/strong>: Esko Nuutilainen (<a href=\"mailto:esko.nuutilainen@pp.inet.fi\">esko.nuutilainen@pp.inet.fi<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shakki.net\/liitot\/skl\/\">http:\/\/www.shakki.net\/liitot\/skl\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Article provided by<\/strong>: Esko Nuutilainen<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>The Finnish Correspondence Chess Federation (FCCF) was founded on January 4, 1961, although CC activity in Finland dates back to the 19th century. The activity, however, was managed by private individuals. The reason for organising the activity was the need to participate in international tournaments, which was made possible by affiliating to the ICCF.<\/p>\n<p>The FCCF has been very active in ICCF. We have organized the ICCF Congress three times: 1979, 1991 and 2011 and every time in J\u00e4rvenp\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n<p>Raimo Lindroos and Ragnar Wikman have worked in ICCF as vice Presidents and in many other positions.<\/p>\n<p>We have also four ICCF Honorary Members, more that any other country in the world: Eino Heilimo 1967, Raimo Lindroos 1991, Ragnar Wikman 1999 and Esko Nuutilainen 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The FCCF has organised the following international tournaments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-10, 1971-1974<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Janis Klovans (SU) 11\u00bd (14); 2\u00b0. Sandor Brilla-B\u00e1nfalvi (HUN) 11\u00bd; 3\u00b0. John Kellner (AUS) 11; 4\u00b0. Milan Weiner (CS) 9\u00bd; 5\u00b0. Unto Ven\u00e4l\u00e4inen (SF) 8; 6\u00b0. Erik Svensson (SVE) 7\u00bd; 7\u00b0. Reino Miettinen (SF) 7; 8\u00b0. Hagen Tiemann (DDR) 6\u00bd; 9\u00b0. Stevan Letic (YUG) 6\u00bd; 10\u00b0. Walter Muir (USA) 5\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Veli-Matti Huuskonen (SF) 5; 12\u00b0. Felix Grzeskowiak (D) 5; 13\u00b0. Armas Bj\u00f6rkqvist (SF) 5; 14\u00b0. G\u00f6ran L\u00e5gland (SF) 3; 15\u00b0. Usko Koskinen (SF) 2\u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eino Heilimo Memorial I, 1977-1982<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Juhani Sorri (SF) 10 (14); 2\u00b0. Pentti Palmo (SF) 9\u00bd; 3\u00b0. A. den Ouden (NLD) 9\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Peter Markland (GB) 9; 5\u00b0. Risto Kauranen (SF) 9; 6\u00b0. Hans-Joachim Hecht (D) 9; 7\u00b0. \u00c5ke Backlund (SF) 8; 8\u00b0. Heinz-Wilheln D\u00fcnhaupt (D) 8; 9\u00b0. Adrian Hollis (GB) 7\u00bd; 10\u00b0. Pertti Lehikoinen (SF) 7; 11\u00b0. Alex Siklos (CAN) 6; 12\u00b0. Gy\u00f6z\u00f6 Forintos (HUN) 5\u00bd; 13\u00b0. Matti Piuva (SF) 3\u00bd; 14\u00b0. Paul Diaconescu (ROM) 3\u00bd; 15\u00b0. Reino Miettinen (SF, +) 0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eino Heilimo Memorial II, 1977-1982<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Duncan Suttles (CAN) 12 (16); 2\u00b0. Olli Koskinen (SF) 10\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Pavao Keglevic (YUG) 10; 4\u00b0. Kaarle Ojanen (SF) 10; 5\u00b0. Kornelis Dirk Mulder van Leens Dijkstra (NLD) 9\u00bd; 6\u00b0. Gustavo Bart\u00eds (ARG, +) 9; 7\u00b0. Matyas Berta (YUG) 8\u00bd; 8\u00b0. Walter J. Mooij (NLD) 8; 9\u00b0. Juliane Hund (D) 8; 10\u00b0. Manfred M\u00e4dler (D) 7\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Igor Morosov (SU) 7\u00bd; 12\u00b0. Kalevi Kaunonen (SF) 7\u00bd; 13\u00b0. Torsten Hultquist (SVE) 7; 14\u00b0. Stevan Letic (YUG) 6; 15\u00b0. Lucius Endzelins (AUS, +) 6; 16\u00b0. Fazil Atabek (TRK) 6; 17\u00b0. Pekka Nikkanen (SF) 3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-20, 1981-1984<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0.Abram Khasin (SU) 12 (13); 2\u00b0. Laszlo Barczay (HUN) 8\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Klaus Engel (D) 8\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Peter Markland (GB) 8\u00bd; 5\u00b0. Pentti Palmo (SF) 8; 6\u00b0. Eero Hintikka (SF) 7; 7\u00b0. Kaarle Ojanen (SF) 6; 8\u00b0. Ilkka Kanko (SF) 6; 9\u00b0. Sandor Brilla-B\u00e1nfalvi (HUN) 5\u00bd; 10\u00b0. Pauli Aulaskari (SF) 5\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Olli Koskinen (SF) 5\u00bd; 12\u00b0. Milan Weiner (CS) 5; 13\u00b0. Hagen Tiemann (DDR) 4\u00bd; 14\u00b0. Dusan Rajkovic (YUG) \u00bd; Peter Clarke (GB) withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KIRJESHAKKI-25 GM group 1987-92<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0.Csaba Meleghegyi (HUN) 12 (14); 2\u00b0. Douglas Bryson (SCO) 9\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Heinrich Burger (GER) 9\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Matti Piuva (FIN) 8\u00bd; 5\u00b0. Kier H. Nienhuis (NLD) 8; 6\u00b0. Sakari R\u00e4ty (FIN) 8; 7\u00b0. Jovan Kondali (JUG) 8; 8\u00b0. Mladen Gudjev (BLG) 7\u00bd; 9\u00b0. Norbert Karker (GER) 7\u00bd; 10\u00b0. Igor Morosov (URS) 7\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Fritz Baumbach (GER) 6\u00bd; 12\u00b0. Stevan Letic (YUG) 4\u00bd; 13\u00b0. Olli Koskinen (FIN) 4; 14\u00b0. Eero Hintikka (FIN) 3\u00bd; 15\u00b0. Kalevi Kaunonen (FIN) \u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>KIRJESHAKKI-25 IM group 1987-92<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0.Ronald Overveld (NLD) 10\u00bd (14); 2\u00b0. William Maillard (USA) 10; 3\u00b0. Dag Orseth (NOR) 10; 4\u00b0. Georg \u00d6sterman (FIN) 9\u00bd; 5\u00b0. Vitali Gusakov (RUS) 9; 6\u00b0. Ljubin Radulov (BLG) 9; 7\u00b0. Jose Pereira dos Santos (POR) 8; 8\u00b0. G\u00f6ran L\u00e5gland (FIN) 7\u00bd; 9\u00b0. A.M. Notten (NLD) 7; 10\u00b0. Kalman Mosonyi (HUN) 7; 11\u00b0. Roland Beyen (BEL) 6\u00bd; 12\u00b0. Hagen Tiemann (GER) 5\u00bd; 13\u00b0. Frans Larsen (NOR) 4\u00bd; 14\u00b0. Felix Grzeskowiak (GER, +) 1; 15\u00b0. Celso Sanchez Pouso (VEN) 0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-30 GM group-1, 1991-1996<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0.Gert J. Timmerman (NLD) 12\u00bd (14); 2\u00b0. Jozef Franzen (SLO) 9\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Hannes Olafsson (ISD) 9\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Juan S. Morgado (ARG) 8\u00bd; 5\u00b0. Ken McAlpine (SCO) 8; 6\u00b0. Horst Rittner (GER) 7\u00bd; 7\u00b0. Matti Piuva (FIN) 7\u00bd; 8\u00b0. John J. Carleton (ENG) 7; 9\u00b0. Pentti Palmo (FIN) 6; 10\u00b0. Petko Slavtschev (BLG) 5\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Robert Kiviaho (CAN) 5; 12\u00b0. Eero Hintikka (FIN) 5; 13\u00b0. Gheorghe Rotariu (ROM) 4\u00bd; 14\u00b0. Adolphe Viaud (FRA) 4\u00bd; 15\u00b0. Ernst Eichhorn (SWZ) 4\u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-30 GM group-2, 1991-1996<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Csaba Meleghegyi (HUN) 12\u00bd (14); 2\u00b0. Auvo Kujala (FIN) 11\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Rodolfo A. Redolfi (ARG) 9\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Joseph DeMauro (USA) 9; 5\u00b0. Alois Lanc (SLO) 9; 6\u00b0. Mihai Breazu (ROM) 8\u00bd; 7\u00b0. G\u00fcnter Jan Ballon (NLD) 7; 8\u00b0. Vladimir Sagorovski (RUS, +) 7; 9\u00b0. Ralph Mallee (GER) 6\u00bd; 10\u00b0. Keith Richardson (ENG) 6\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Gerhard Zecha (GER) 5\u00bd; 12\u00b0. Giancarlo Santoro (ITA) 4; 13\u00b0. Allan Jensen (DEN) 4; 14\u00b0. Sakari R\u00e4ty (FIN) 2\u00bd; 15\u00b0. S. James Henri (AUS) 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-30 IM group, 1991-1997<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Ove Kroll (DEN) 11 (14); 2\u00b0. Jaakko Kivim\u00e4ki (FIN) 10\u00bd; 3\u00b0. Tero Kokkila (FIN) 10\u00bd; 4\u00b0. Pekka Kauppala (FIN) 9; 5\u00b0. Clemens Werner (GER) 8\u00bd; 6\u00b0. Gary Kubach (USA) 8; 7\u00b0. Helmut Glaser (SIP) 7\u00bd; 8\u00b0. Kevin Embrey (USA) 7\u00bd; 9\u00b0. Josef Spodny (CZE) 7; 10\u00b0. Ossi Koskivirta (FIN) 6\u00bd; 11\u00b0. Jorge Llorente Galardy (CUB) 6; 12\u00b0. Kalle Tanni (FIN) 4\u00bd; 13\u00b0. Victor Malcoci (GER) 3\u00bd; 14\u00b0. Dave Dempster (AUS) 2\u00bd; 15\u00b0. Brian Martin (SCO) 1\u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Per-Erik Ekblom Memorial 1996-2000<\/p>\n<p>1\u00b0. Jens Kl\u00fcgel (SWZ) 11\u00bd (14); 2. Jari Mannermaa (FIN) 11; 3. Heikki Arppi (FIN) 9\u00bd; 4\/5. Jan Pletanek (CZE) and G\u00fcnter Weinitschke (GER) 9; 6. Hermann Rhode (GER) 8\u00bd; 7. Oluf \u00d6e (DEN) 8; 8. Kalle Tanni (FIN) 6\u00bd; 9. Teemu Kilpi (FIN) 6; 10. Seppo Lyly (FIN) 5\u00bd; 11\/12. Reino Kotka (FIN) and Heikki Brusila (FIN) 5; 13\/14\u00b0. Robert Callerg\u00e5rd (SWE) and Jaakko Juntunen (FIN) 4\u00bd; 15\u00b0. Antti Nokso-Koivisto (FIN) 1\u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-40 email, 2001-2002<\/p>\n<p>1.Tony Hedlund (SWE) 8\u00bd\/12, 2. Bo J\u00e4derholm 8, 3. Sergey Sabaev (RUS) 8, 4. Dov Rozenberg (ISR) 7\u00bd, 5. John C.Knudsen (USA) 7, 6. Jose A.Barrios Troncoso (ESP) 7, 7. J\u00fcri Siigur (EST) 6\u00bd, 8. Heikki Rissanen 6, 9. Pentti Klemettinen 5, 10. Tapani Sammalvuo 5, 11. Taisto Koskela 4, 12. Olavi Neuvonen 3\u00bd, 13. Yrj\u00f6 Oksanen 2.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-40 email-B, 2002-2004<\/p>\n<p>1.Bo J\u00e4derholm 10\u00bd\/14, 2. Ville Ketola 10, 3. Arif Kucuqali (TUR) 10, 4. Kari Kolehmainen 9\u00bd, 5. Taisto Koskela 9, 6. Giora Peli (ISR) 8\u00bd, 7. Erkki K. Koskinen 8, 8. Stefan And\u00e9er (SWE) 7\u00bd, 9. Heikki Rissanen 7\u00bd, 10. J\u00fcri Siigur (EST) 7, 11. Tomi Tocklin 6\u00bd, 12. Telmo Sebastio Bueno (BRA) 5, 13. Matti Vainio 3, 14. Henry Lagergren 2\u00bd, 15. David Overton (ENG) \u00bd.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-40 postal, 2001-2004<\/p>\n<p>1.Yoav Dothan (ISR) 11\/15, 2. Hans-Joachim Hofstetter (GER) 10, 3. Horst Staudler (GER) 9\u00bd, 4. Heikki Pigg 8\u00bd, 5. Markku Pukkila 8\u00bd, 6. Teijo Oikamo 8\u00bd, 7. Georg \u00d6sterman 8, 8. Pentti Palmo 7\u00bd, 9. Joseph Mercadal Benejam (ESP) 7, 10. Harri Fr\u00f6berg 7, 11. Lars Hyldkrog (DEN) 6\u00bd, 12. Per S\u00f6derberg (SWE) 6\u00bd, 13. Juri Seljodkin (EST) 6\u00bd, 14. Pentti Lehtinen 5\u00bd, 15. Matti Huuskonen 5, 16. Pauli Aulaskari 4\u00bd. Eckhard L\u00fcers (GER) withdrew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB-45 server, 2007-2009<\/p>\n<p>1.Wim H. Pommerel Brouwer (NED) 9\u00bd\/14, 2. Lars Hyldkrog (DEN) 9\u00bd, 3. Moshe Glazman (ISR) 9\u00bd, 4. Teijo Oikamo 9, 5. Bo Bredenhof (SWE) 8, 6. Bo J\u00e4derholm 7\u00bd, 7. Adri de Groot (NED) 7\u00bd, 8. Alpo Vornanen 7, 9. Reijo Hiltunen 7, 10. Heikki Arppi 7, 11. Pauli Hietanen 5\u00bd, 12. Jukka Joutsi 5, 13. Christian Jepson (SWE) 4\u00bd, 14. Ville Ketola 4\u00bd, 15. Risto M\u00e4ntyl\u00e4 4.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FINJUB 45 postal, 2007-2010<\/p>\n<p>1.Per S\u00f6derberg (SWE) 8\u00bd\/12, 2. Jorma Koponen 8, 3. Heikki Arppi 7\u00bd, 4. Wim W. J. Rakhorst (NED) 7, 5. Pentti Lehtinen 6\u00bd, 6. Abir Har-Even (ISR) 6, 7. Jukka Joutsi 6, 8. Raimo Sutela 5\u00bd, 9. Sverrir Nordfj\u00f6rd (ISL) 5\u00bd, 10. Pauli Aulaskari 5, 11. Heikki Brusila 5, 12. Tonny Christiansen (DEN) 4\u00bd, 13. Pentti Saarinen 3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Achievements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The principal achievements of Finnish CC players are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8211; Pertti Lehikoinen 1st place in 20th World Championship final 2004-2011<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; Risto Kauranen 3rd place in 12th World Championship final 1984-1991<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; X OL-final 1987-1995 Finland 9th<\/li>\n<li>&#8211; XVI OL-final has started in 2010 with 13 teams, among them Finland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>World record match Finland \u2013 Sweden 1994-1999 in 579 boards ended 282 \u2013 282 (wits 15 games not played to the end).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Besides that the Finnish players have won many international invitational tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The national champions since 1961 are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1961-62: G\u00f6ran L\u00e5gland; 1962-63: G\u00f6ran L\u00e5gland; 1964: G\u00f6ran L\u00e5gland; 1965 Arno Sauso; 1966 Leo H\u00e4llstr\u00f6m; 1967 Armas Bj\u00f6rkqvist; 1968 Usko Koskinen; 1969 Aarne Ruotanen; 1970 Unto Ven\u00e4l\u00e4inen; 1971 Olavi Lampela; 1972 Unto Ven\u00e4l\u00e4inen; 1973 Aarne Ruotanen; 1974 Juhani Sorri; 1975 Kalevi Kaunonen; 1976 Pertti Lehikoinen; 1977 Pekka Nikkanen; 1978 Erkki Havansi; 1979 Olli Koskinen; 1980 Timothy Binham; 1981 Jouni Yrj\u00f6l\u00e4; 1982 Jorma Paavilainen; 1983 Jyrki Auvinen; 1984 Olavi Airas; 1985 Kari Tikkanen; 1986 Veijo M\u00e4ki; 1987 Auvo Kujala; 1988 Mika Ebeling; 1989 Hannu Salokangas; 1990 Seppo Rastas; 1991 Tero Kokkila; 1992 Reijo Hiltunen; 1993 Asko Linna; 1994 Kimmo V\u00e4lkesalmi; 1995 Asko Linna; 1995 Jari Mannermaa; 1996 Veli-Matti Huuskonen; 1997 Heikki Pigg; 1999 Bo J\u00e4derholm; 2000 Pentti Lehtinen; 2000 Matti Huuskonen; 2001 Taisto Koskela; 2002 Pekka Asom\u00e4ki; 2002 Bo J\u00e4derholm; 2005 Bo J\u00e4derholm; 2005 Jyrki Lehtosaari; 2006 Sakari Pesonen; 2007 Pauli Aulaskari; 2007 Alpo Vornanen; 2008 Auno Siikaluoma; 2009 Olof Strengell; 2010 Pentti Lehtinen; 2011 Teijo Oikamo.<\/p>\n<p>Email tournaments: 2002 Pertti Peuraniemi; 2004 Bo J\u00e4derholm; 2004 Taisto Koskela; 2006 Ville Ketola, Bo J\u00e4derholm;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presidents of FCCF:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1961-68 Eino Heilimo;<\/li>\n<li>1969-73 Matti Uitto;<\/li>\n<li>1974-79 Raimo Lindroos;<\/li>\n<li>1980-83 Leo Lahdenm\u00e4ki;<\/li>\n<li>1984-90 Raimo Lindroos;<\/li>\n<li>1990-91 Heikki Brusila;<\/li>\n<li>1992-93 Erik Wahlberg;<\/li>\n<li>1994-2009 Heikki Brusila.<\/li>\n<li>2010- Heikki Arppi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Honorary Members of FCCF:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1968 Eino Heilimo<\/li>\n<li>1971 Usko Peltonen<\/li>\n<li>1974 Matti Uitto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editors of Kirjeshakki:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1961-70 Usko Peltonen<\/li>\n<li>1970-71 Aimo Lehtinen<\/li>\n<li>1972-2002 Esko Nuutilainen<\/li>\n<li>2003- Heikki Arppi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ngg-breadcrumbs\">\n    <\/ul>\n<div class=\"ngg-albumoverview\">\n\n\t<!-- List of galleries -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ngg-album-compact\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-album-compactbox\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-album-link\">\n                                    <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/kszgk.com\/iccf\/index.php\/nggallery\/finland\/finland?page_id=1305\">\n                        <img class=\"Thumb\"\n                             alt=\"Finland\"\n                             src=\"https:\/\/kszgk.com\/iccf\/wp-content\/gallery\/finland\/cache\/raggejk.jpg-nggid0275-ngg0dyn-240x160x100-00f0w010c011r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\/>\n                    <\/a>\n                \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n                <h4>\n            <a class=\"ngg-album-desc\"\n               title=\"Finland\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/kszgk.com\/iccf\/index.php\/nggallery\/finland\/finland?page_id=1305\"\n               style=\"max-width: 260px\">\n                Finland            <\/a>\n        <\/h4>\n\t\t<p class=\"ngg-album-gallery-image-counter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>5<\/strong>&nbsp;Photos\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n    <br class=\"ngg-clear\"\/>\n \t<div class='ngg-clear'><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<div class='chessboard-wrapper'><textarea id='pgn4web_6b662c88' style='display:none;' cols='40' rows='8'>   [Event \"Potter-memorial\"]  [Site \"Microsoft\"]  [Date \"1974\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Messere, Ken\"]  [Black \"Kauranen, Risto\"]  [Result \"0-1\"]  [ECO \"B21\"]  [Annotator \"Kauranen \/ Messere\"]  [PlyCount \"130\"]  [EventDate \"1974.??.??\"]   {[Notes by Kauranen \/ Messere]}   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.  Qe2 Be7 9. Rd1 e5 10. Be3 {A new move to me, but seems very playable. Theory recommends 10.h3.} O-O {  Black invites white back into the book, an offer he rightly declines.} 11. Rac1  Bg4 ({better is} 11...Ng4 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Ng5 Nxf2 15.Nxe6 Qc8 16.Nxf8 Nxd1  {with advantage to black.}) 12. h3 Bxf3 {After this black loses control of d5  and white can attack as he wishes.} ({better is} 12...Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 {with equality.})  13. Qxf3 Rc8 14. a3 a6 ({Black holds stubbornly on to his extra pawn, rather  than giving it away by} 14...Nd4 15.Bxd4 Rxc4 16.Bxa7 with advantage to white.})  15. Ba2 b5 $2 {Black deliberately weakens his queen's wing.} ({better is} 15...Nb8\u00a0Nbd7  ) 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qa7+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 {Although black has his  knight on the e5 stronghold, his problems are by no means over. There remains  the weak d-file, the isolated d-pawn and above all the fact that d5 is firmly  controlled by white. Consequently black has to remain passive and await  white's attack.} 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Rcd2 Re8 $2 ({better is} 21...Rfc8.) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23.  Bxd5 Bf8 24. a4 Qb8 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qf2 Rec8 27. b3 Qe8 {  Black also has problems on the king's file and already has a lost game.} 28.  Ra1 $2 ({better is} 28.Ra2.) Nd7 $1 29. Qd4 $4 {  After this move black escapes an almost certain loss.} ({better is} 29.Re2.) g5 $1 30. Bh2  Bg7 31. e5 Nxe5 $2 {Black goes wrong again.} ({better is} 31...Rc1+.) 32. Re1 Rc1 33. Rdd1  Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qd7 {Just as black seems to have got over the worst, he makes  another serious error.} ({better is} 34...Rc7.) 35. Rf1 Rf8 {An unfortunate necessity.} 36.  Rf2 Qb5 37. Rd2 $2 {Now the black rook can free itself from its unpleasantly  passive protective role. White had to enforce this passivity, in which case it  is not easy to see how black could win the game.} Rc8 38. Be4 Qb4 39. Bc2 Rc6  40. Rd4 Qa3 41. Rd2 h6 42. Qe1 Qb4 43. Qe2 Kf8 {One of the most curious moves  of this game, which shows that black still can't find the way to win.} 44. Rd1  Qb5 45. Qd2 Kg8 46. Be4 Rc7 47. Bd5 (47.Qxd6 Rd7!) a5 48. Bg1 a4 49. bxa4 Qxa4  50. Rb1 Ng6 51. Bb3 Qc6 52. Bd5 Qc3 53. Qa2 Bd4 54. Bxd4 Qxd4 55. Bf3 Ra7 56.  Qb2 Qxb2 57. Rxb2 Ne5 {  Now that black has got rid of the queens there are no more serious problems.}  58. Bd5 Ra5 59. Rd2 Ra1+ 60. Kh2 Kf8 61. g3 Ke7 62. Kg2 Ra4 63. Bb3 Ra3 64. Ba2  h5 65. Bd5 h4 {(Messere) This was the game I was most annoyed about losing  because at one stage it seemed won, but, despite inaccuracies on both sides,  it remained of absorbing interest, and I only just failed to save it.  Certainly the Morra gambit comes out unscathed, and this was my first loss  with it. The winner's annotations are excellent and I add here just a few  supplementary observations. As regards White's annotations to move 11. ... Bg4,  if black had played 11. ... Ng4, white would have preferred 12. Bc5 and 13.h3.  11. ... Be6 is perhaps best, after which 12.b4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Rc8 14.Qb3 gives  white enough for the pawn according to Matulovic. Also I doubt whether 12. ...  Bh5 would have equalised.17.f4?! was premature, as I think white would have  got an even greater opening advantage by playing 17.Kh1 first. 29.Qd4?? was a  horrible blunder which turned a probable win into a probable loss. My  opponent's 28th arrived on the morning of the beginning of a three-week summer  holiday period, and realising I would have so many games to cope with on  return, I thought I could settle at least one. But clearly it was perverse to  throw away so many hours of work and involve oneself in so many hours of  unsuccessful salvaging afterwards! I had completely overlooked the obvious 29.  ... g5 and the black diagonal menace in the half hour that I examined the  position. The other crucial decision, for which I can offer no such excuse,  was at move 37, and I am now inclined to agree with my opponent that moving my  rook off the f-file was suicide. In view of the ... Nd3 threat I could find  nothing better, but perhaps 37.Rf5 offered some drawing hopes. After 37. ...  h6, I could find no satisfactory move for white. My resignation was indecently  late - after 64. ... h4! another pawn must fall - but was prompted by  annoyance at my earlier errors and the fact that at least the queen's side  pawns had been eliminated, so that some hopes of a swindle remained.} 0-1   [Event \"Potter-memorial\"]  [Site \"Microsoft\"]  [Date \"1974\"]  [Round \"?\"]  [White \"Kauranen, Risto\"]  [Black \"Enzelins, Lucius\"]  [Result \"1-0\"]  [ECO \"C19\"]  [PlyCount \"47\"]  [EventDate \"1974.??.??\"]  [SourceDate \"2011.10.27\"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7  {I prefer this  flexible approach to the more forcing lines emanating from 6. ... Ne7 and 6. ... Qa5.}  7. Nf3   {White decides to play positionally. Probably a wise decision  as current master praxis by no means demonstrates the superiority of}   (7.Qg4\u00a0{Black can the either revert to main line}   (Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 {by means of 7. ... Ne7, or try 7. ... f5.})   {Both moves have been heavily analysed and are well  documented. There is a third, virtually untested, alternative}   (7...f6!?\u00a0{recommended by the Irish international John Moles. It is certainly a logical  try, and if sound, means Black will not have to \"mug up\" the proliferation of  sub-variations leading from the two main lines. Examples from master play are  severely limited; perhaps the most important game is Matulovic - Byrne, Sousse  1967, which went:} 8.Nf3 (8.Bb5+ Kf8! {Moles})   ({A) The alternative has not worked\u00a0out so well:} 8...Nc6 {?!} 9.Qg3 {also} (9.Bb5 Qf7 {as in Del Corral - Keene,\u00a0Montilla 1974,} 10.dxc5 {followed by c4, which Maric assesses as to White's\u00a0advantage})   9...Qf7 10.dxc5 Nge7 11.Bd3 fxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxe5 {with\u00a0advantage to White, Smyslov - Botvinnik, match 1957;})   ({B)} 8...c4! {cuts out\u00a0Queen's side play by White via dxc5, and prepares ... 0-0-0, which can make  White's Queen a target on g4.} 9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Qf7 11.Qh3 {?!} Nge7 12.a4 Bd7 13.  Ba3 0-0-0 14.a5 h5 {and ECO assesses this position as equal.}))   7...Ne7 8. a4 Nbc6  (8...b6 {has become a popular alternative over the last few years: e.g.} 9.Bb5+  ({worthy of note is} 9.Ba3 {!?} {since White obtains a good ending after} 9...cxd4 10.  Bb5+! Bd7 11.cxd4 Qc3+ 12.Ke2 Bxb5+ 13.axb5 Qc4+ 14.Qd3)   9...Bd7 10.Bd3 Nbc6\u00a011.0-0 h6 12.Ba3 Na5 {as in Hartston - Portisch, Nice 1974:} 13.Nd2! 0-0 14.dxc5  bxc5 15.Nb3 {with an unclear position, although I would tend to favour White's  bishops on a fairly open board.})  9. Be2  (9.Ba3 {is probably too direct:} 9...  cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Nf5 {(Bat\u00edk - Lundqvist, cr 1957) with  approximate equality, since Black will be able to obtain compensation for  White's bishops through ... Na5-c4, and play on the white squares.}  Bd7 10. O-O    f6  {The main alternative is} (10...b6 {when White can revert to Hartston -  Portisch above by} 11.Bd3. {However, the first player can also try to make  something of the tempo at his disposal: e.g.} (11.Re1 0-0 (11...Na5 {?!} 12.Qd2 h6  13.h4 c4? 14.Qf4 Bc6 15.h5 Qd7 16.Nh4 Bxa4 17.Bd1! b5 18.Re3 {with advantage to  White, Richardson - Hawkes, cr 1970}) 12.c4 {!?} dxc4 13.dxc5 c3 {?} 14.Ba3 {when  White is better, Richardson - Sarink, cr OLY-7 Final 1972-75.}) ({After} 11.Re1,  Black probably does best to play the waiting move} 11... h6 {, which prevents  Ng5, and takes the sting out of Qd2, since the queen can then only go to f4  rather than g5.})  11. Re1  {A more logical exploitation of white's bishops is  demonstrated by} (11.exf6 gxf6 12.c4! 0-0-0 13.Ba3 Nf5! 14.Bxc5 dxc4 15.Bxc4  Ncxd4 16.Bxd4 Qxc4 17.Bxf6 Bc6! 18.Ne5! Rxd1 19.Nxc4 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 {(Gufeld -  Bagirov, Vilnius 1960) with advantage to white, although the opposite coloured  bishops hamper the realisation of the extra pawn.}  fxe5 12. dxe5 O-O-O {?!}  $6 {  The wrong side! Black has an easy game with} (12...0-0 13.Bd3 h6 14.c4 Rad8 15.  Be3 b6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bd2 Be8 {Gipslis - Khasin, USSR 1961.})  13. Ba3  $1 {  An improvement on} (13.Be3 Na5 14.Ng5 Rdf8 15.f4 {with a slight edge for white,  Panov - Bondarevski, USSR 1948. The black king now comes in for some unwelcome  attention.})  Nxe5  $2 {This injudicious capture, simultaneously opening the  position further for white's bishops and allowing the removal of an important  defensive pawn, is already a decisive error. Panov assesses} (13...Na5 {(!)} 14.  Nd4 {as slightly better for white, although with the black king position under  fire, white's advantage could well be more marked. Certainly black would have  to defend carefully to reach equality.})  14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxc5 Nc6 16. Qd2  {  A useful move which connects the rooks and prepares to bring the queen into  attack on the black squares.}  Qc7 17. a5  $1 {White carefully maintains the  bishop on c5 by preventing at a stroke such moves as ... b6 or a prepared ...  Qa5 or ... Na5.}  Kb8  {The king walks into the attack, but the black squares to  safety on the other wing are all covered by white's huge bishop; indeed I  consider black's position is bankrupt of any useful plan. 17...Nxa5? fails  against 18.Bxa7 b6 19.Rxa5! for if 19...bxa5 20.Ba6+.}  18. Reb1 Bc8  {  After 18...Nxa5 black has no adequate answer to 19.Qe3.}  19. Qe3 e5  {Black atte  mpts a belated diversion in the centre, but whilst all white's pieces are  participating, black plays without his king's rook.}  20. Bb5 d4 21. Qe4  {  Threatens to win a piece by 22.Bxc6.}  Nxa5  {Black must have captured this pawn  with extreme reluctance; it opens another file on to his king. Even more  unpalatable alternatives are: 21...Ka8 22.Bb6 winning; 21...Bd7 22.Ba6 Bc8 (22.  ..Nxa5 23.Rxa5) 23.Bxb7! Bxb7 24.a6 Na5 25.Rxa5 winning.}  22. cxd4 exd4 23.    Bxd4 Ka8  {  To avoid the embarrassing pin 24.Be5, but white plays the move anyway.}  24. Be5  {The bishops rule. After 24. ... 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