Swedish exercises.
Quote from www.lask.se :
| Alexander Johansson turneringssegrare |
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| Bland de 31 deltagarna i Ebbe Cup var det bara en som uppnådde 4½ poäng. Det var Alexander Johansson, LASK. Grattis! |
Quote from www.schack.se :
14 februari - Starkt startfält i Påskturneringen
När det återstår drygt 5 veckor till starten av årets upplaga av Påskturneringen i Norrköping ser det ut att bli ett riktigt imponerande gäng på startlinjen. Vad sägs om nedanstående förteckning!?
| 1 | GM | Tiger Hillarp Persson | SWE | 2630 | |
| 2 | GM | Stellan Brynell | SWE | 2602 | |
| 3 | GM | Ralf Åkesson | SWE | 2537 | |
| 4 | IM | Hans Tikkanen | SWE | 2497 | |
| 5 | Axel Smith | SWE | 2463 | ||
| 6 | FM | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2363 | |
| 7 | Michael de Verdier | SWE | 2253 | ||
| 8 | Alexander Johansson | SWE | 2173 |
12 februari - Skol NM startar på torsdag
På torsdag startar årets emotsedda upplaga av individuella Skol NM. Tävlingarna avgörs i Tjele efterskole, belägen i Viborg kommun i Danmark. Sverige brukar ofta vara bästa nation i dessa sammanhang, men norrmännen stormar fram på bred front och Sverige har fått återbud från både Alexander Johansson (91-92) och Nils Grandelius (93-94). Det blir en tuff, men stimulerande utmaning för medföljande tränare Joel Åkesson och lagkaptenen Hans-Eric Vaarala att återupprepa de senaste årens framgångar.
11 februari - Alexander Johansson segrade i Ebbe Cup
Inte helt oväntat blev det LASK-junioren Alexander Johansson som segrade i Ebbe Cup. Turneringen har avgjorts i Göteborg Schackcentrum under helgen. Arrangerande SS Manhem kunde glädja sig åt nytt deltagarrekord och fina tävlingar. Resultat: 1. Alexander Johansson, Lunds ASK 4½; 2. Mattias Zachrisson, Lundby SS 4; 3. Lennart Uvhagen, Uddebo SK 4 poäng (31 deltagare).
8 februari - Ebbe Cup startar i Göteborg
Under fredagskvällen startar den 17:e upplagan av Ebbe Cup. Arrangerande SS Manhem hoppas på omkring 30 deltagare. Turneringen avgörs över fem ronder. Betänketiden är 40 drag/2 timmar och därefter 30 minuter för resten av partiet. Bland de föranmälda finns det tre spelare med rating över 2100. Det är Alexander Johansson, LASK 2173, Ture Lehtonen, Lundby SS 2154 och Mattias Zachrisson, Lundby SS 2103
Hola tíos, primos y amigos!
Manhem Open is a tournament for the best players 15 years old or younger, from Sweden and neighbouring countries and is organized by the dynamic chess club SS Manhem of Gothenburg. This year two Polish wonder kids were invited: Dariusz Swiercz with a rating of 2274 at the age of 13 (!) and Aleksandra Lach with 2021 at 12 and the European champion among girls of her age and younger. After defeating second rated Simon Hänninger Dariusz had to give away half a point to our Alex defending himself diligently against the latter's attack. Winning his last game convincingly, however, against young Anderljung, at the same time as Hänninger and Alex defeated the local guy Johan Hansson and Lach respectively they crossed the finishing line in this order:
1. Dariusz Swiercz, Polen 6½
2. Simon Hänninger, Rockaden Stockholm 5½
3. Alexander Johansson, Lunds ASK 5
For a report in Swedish please go here and for complete results visit this site.
The competition distingushed itself positively for having a large board of results filled in beautifully, for starting each round on time and for giving out more beautiful and special trophies than in most cases. Another great plus (sincerely!) was they invited a young, low rated (1059) player to fill up the starting field in order to get even pairs. Mistakedly, however, this player, Polish-speaking Daniel Skorczynski happened to steal away toatally no less than two points from three different opponents! I can guarantee you he was not sad Saturday afternoon.
November 5th 2007
Hello uncles, aunties, cousins and friends! We have some good news for you here.
On October 14th 2007, in the beautiful city of Linköping, Alex became this year's Swedish school champion among students born in 1991 or 1992 having played convincingly right from the very first game. If you'd like to watch an appallingly good report (produced by the young and enchanting Krzymowska sisters) from that event please go to http://www.mittischack.se/ click on the link "Tidigare avsnitt => TRYCK HÄR" and then ""Episode: 169". Now click on the start button a couple of times, and on the cc button if you want English subtitling. To get directly to the event Skol SM just drag the slider to 11 minutes and 8 seconds. Alex will appear for he first time at about 12.22 wearing his brown leather jacket. NB. The above instructions have been changed on Oct 30th at 17:57.
For further info please see the organizers site at http://lass.no-ip.com/LASS/resultat/2007/skolsm/ Click on "Bilder" to see the pictures.
The event was echoed by six references on Google searching for Dammhagsskolan, which is the scool he attends currently.
October 26th 2007
Six points out of ten at Politiken Cup in Helsingör and officially back in Sweden from August 1st. Not so bad a thing neither of them! It is possible to examine all of Alex' games at http://politikencup.dk/ Just click on Gennemspil Partier up to the right and then choose round and player in the box below rhe chess board. Of special interest could be his encounter with world no. 42, Gabriel Sargissian, in the first round. A game which also was emitted directly over the web. Also the four won games against Wiwe, Flindt, Vas and Christensen were good examples of Alex' aggressive style at it's best.
As he was still registered as Italian his adventures was followed at a distance also from down there. The signature CrazyHorse at www.scacchierando.net wrote: "Torneo eccellente per l'altro italiano Johansson (anche se qualcosa mi dice che vanta origini straniere...): terza posizione nel suo raggruppamento di Elo e sei punti finali. "and later: " Gli altri italiani: Alexander Johansson con un ottimo 2/2 negli ultimi turni contro due avversari più quotati arriva a 6 punti in 30-51esima posizione. Nell'ultimo turno giocherà contro l'olandese Van Eijk, 2274; ultimo scoglio per un torneo da incorniciare.
August 19th 2007
In this year's Festival Weekend of Bergamo Alex got in as number 5 out of 56 players and 4½ points from 6 possible ones. To be honest with a much weaker starting field than last year. Bad luck against young Stella but good luck against Marrone who made a fatal mistake under time pressure and finally a good humoured and tired draw in the last round. Alex was even mentioned in the 'Eco di Bergamo', here related for those who wish to test their Italian: "Presenti anche una decina di giovani rappresentati da Alexander Johansson, classe '92, svedese, residente con la famiglia a Leffe". Winner of the tournament was Alex' mysterious club pale Capata.
Verona Open, during the firsta days of the year, was an extremely well organized competition. After defeating a sad opponent in 19 moves in the B-tournament, unusuallay allowing paluers up to ating of 2250, Alex was put against one of those terribly stubborn players and finally got just a draw after 49 tiresome moves and got out for a hasty lunch with fever and throat ache. He himself proposed to retire from the competition, which seemed to be the best solution. Outstanding winner was the formidable Coratella, who is capacitated to magically transform any lost game into a win.
Riva del Garda offered a tournament between X-mas and New Year's Eve. The strating field was stronger than expected though no masters had been invited. Four points out of seven was OK though also five or should have been within reach. Not winning the game he should have won, against the Swiss Walter Trumph, he probably bled ELO-rating. At least he defeated his first WFM, though the latter somewhat on the decline. But it was like walking on dynamite, Alex said afterwards.
Alex started out the Crespi tournamnet in Mailand splendidly with his first win against a 2200 player and a superfast draw after 13 moves against Nanelli, 2189, in the second round and a new win against Barberi, 2149. In the fourth round be was unable to hold strong against the master Gazzaniga however and also young Magrini got his revenge for Aosta in the fifth round. So after a final draw in the sixth round he returned home with just three poor points. Winner of the competition was the suave Philippino Roland Salvador.
January 23rd 07
1. After losing the first game against a "beginner" five points out of six in a rapid chess (in this case 30 minutes for each player) competition in the village of Piadena was not bad at all.
2. 3,5 points out of six in an extremely hot Bergamo Alta was still better and surely gave Alex feeling of being on the go. http://www.chesslab.bergamo.it/bgOpenA.pdf
3. And finally 5 points out of 9 in Conca de la Presolana, Bratto, fulfilled that same impression. For the first time winning against players rated higher than 2100 and making a draw against a player of 2200. http://www.scaccobratto.com/cgi-bin/turni2_2006.cgi?&numero=11875&tipo=t
4. Invitation accepted to train with the Swedish top players under 20.
5. New Swedish rating from Septemebr 1st 2006: 2169. September 2nd 06
Alex celebrating his 14th birthday with an Easter menu at a restaurant in Bratto, provincia di Bergamo, Italy. Excellent! To be recommended.
LATEST CHESS PICTURES: CERIANO LAGHETTO (MI) APRIL 1st 2006.
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Alex opening with d4 in his last, remarkable game at the first table: Johansson,A (1850) - Marrone,V (1865) [D17] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 e6 8.f3 Be7 9.e4 Bg6 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Be3 Rfd8 13.Qb3 b6 14.Rac1 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.f4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Bh5 18.Bxh5 Nxh5 19.e5 Qc8 20.Qe2 g6 21.f5 Bc5 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.f6 Rd4 24.Ne4 Qb8 25.Nxc5 Qb4 26.e6 Re8 27.exf7+ Kxf7 28.Qxe8+ Kxe8 29.f7+ Kf8 30.Ne6+ Ke7 31.f8Q+ Kxe6 32.Qe8+ Kd5 33.Qxc6+ Ke5 34.Rc5+ 1-0 |
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http://www.scacchiceriano.it/fw%20class%202006.htm and for a better photo with all the winners please go to http://www.scacchiceriano.it/fw_foto%202006.htm
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Alex won the B-tournament for players rated below 2000 at Ceriano Laghetto close to Saronno (MI). After a couple of mediocre tournaments he was very pleased to have won five games out of five against qualified opponents. This was only the second time, however, he stood as the final and total winner in a competition for adults. March 30th to April 1st 2006.
A game to be remberered played as a part of the "campionati italiani a squadre" in Bergamo Alta: I would call this THE OPPOSITE OF A MISTAKE!
Pino,N (1832) - Johansson,A (1850) [B21] Lombardia, 12.02.20061.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.d3 Qb6 8.a3 Be7 9.Ng3 0-0 10.Be2 d5 11.e5 Nd7 12.0-0 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bg4 e5 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxc8 Raxc8 17.Rb1 g6 18.Bf4 Bg7 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bf4 h5 21.Bxe5 Bxe5 22.Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.Qe1 Qc7 24.Nf1 Rf5 25.Qe2 Qd8 26.Re1 Qh4 27.g3 Qg5 28.Qg2 Bd6 29.Re6 Bf8 30.Qd2 Rxf1+ 0-1
Accidentally STROLLING ALONG THE WEB we fell on the FIDE Online world chess ranking where we found there is a Johansson, Alexander with world rank 49 956 and national rank (Italy) 1222. Not easy to know if that is good or bad. One thing for sure, however, is that he would not get on the last bus home if all those persons were lined up before him. On the other hand it's a releif to a father's heart he got in among the first 50 000!
FREEZING COLD AT THE PREMISES OF CS EXCELSIOR in Via Borgo St. Cateherina, Bergamo. Due to the exceptionally cold Italian winter the water pipes had frozen on Sunday of the first weekend when the players came back for round two and three. This explains jackets, scarves and caps. Alex ended up with 3½ points loosing to Philippine FM Salvador (below) and hard fighting Vincenzo with roughly speaking the same rating as himself and making a technical draw with Impellizzeri (opponent's time but no pieces left). This after a serious mistake. The two latest mentioned games after having implied strong attacks all the way, as so many times before. Jan 14th/15th and 21st/22nd
Roland Salvador opening with d4.
FOUR POINTS WITH THE FLU. Out of seven in rapid tournament (2x15 min). The new year started out badly. Arriving at picturesque Castagneta, close to Bergamo Alta, what was believed to be a simple cold turned out to be a genuine influenza with high fever and cold sweats. In spite of this and in spite of being one bishop up Alex agreed on a draw with Italian wonder boy an year mate Alsecchi rated close to 2000 (below) both players having just seconds left. Jan 6th 06.
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CONGRATULATIONS. Finally got his well merited FIDE ELO today:1850; Swedish rating by Jan 1st: 1889; Italian Semi lampo rating (rapid): 1908. Jan 4th 06.
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ENCHANTED AT NICE. Startled out of his dedicated studies Alex came to Nice and fell in love with the setting of that city. Maybe this contributed to loosing his first three games. After a coldish and expensive tour on top of a double decker and a ride on the big wheel of Jardin Albert 1er close to the hotel, he won the remaining four ones, however. Most remarkable was the very last one where his opponent’s plus 200 rating was of no use. Alex was in command all through the game. Dec 26th through 30th 05.
Preparing for an impressive win in the last game at Nice
Johansson,A (1834) - Willermoz,R (2037) [B22]:Nice (7), 2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.c3 Nc6 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Na4 Nxa4 13.Qxa4 Rc8 14.Bxc6 Rxc6 15.0-0 e6 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Kh1 0-0 18.Qb3 Bb8 19.Rfd1 Rd8 20.Rd2 b5 21.d5 exd5 22.Rad1 Qc7 23.g3 Qb7 24.Kg1 Rc4 25.Qd3 g6 26.b3 Rc7 27.Bg5 Rdd7 28.Qe3 Rc8 29.Qf3 Rd6 30.Re2 f6 31.Bf4 Rdd8 32.Bxb8 Rxb8 33.Rde1 Rd7 34.Qxf6 Rf8 35.Re8 Rdf7 36.Qd6 Rxf2 37.Rxf8+ Rxf8 38.Re7 Qa8 39.Qe6+ Kh8 40.Qe5+ 1-0
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It was not the first time Alex was CONFRONTED WITH AN IM but the first time he was close to defeating one. Sitting down to his first game without having checked on whom he was to encounter, just supposing it was a guy from the “upper half”, he started out with a laid back attitude and was apparently winning till he made a mistake after having exchanged most pieces. The German IM, worth 2352 rating points, took a deep breath and lost no time bringing the game home. Nov 18th 05.
Johansson,A (1809) - Weindl,A (2352) [B60]; Lugano, 2005:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Bc4 Rc8 8.Bb3 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.0-0 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qc5 12.Rfd1 Rg8 13.Nd5 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 Bg7 15.Rb4 Bc6 16.Ba4 Kd8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Ne3 Kc7 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Rc4 Rb8 21.b4 e6 22.Nd4 Rb6 23.Rc3 Rg4 24.a4 Rxe4 25.a5 Rxb4 26.Nxc6 Rbc4 27.Nxa7 Rxc3 28.Nb5+ Kb8 29.Nxc3 Rb4 30.g3 d5 31.Ra2 Ka7 32.Kg2 Ka6 33.Kf3 Bc5 34.Na4 Ba7 35.Nc3 Rc4 36.Ne2 Rc5 37.Nf4 e5 38.Nh5 Rc3+ 39.Kg4 e4 40.Nf4 Rc5 41.Kf5 Bb8 42.h4 Bxf4 43.gxf4 h5 44.Kxf6 d4 45.f5 Rxa5 46.Rb2 Rb5 47.Ra2+ Kb7 48.Kg5 Re5 49.Kf4 f6 50.c3 dxc3 51.Rc2 Rc5 52.Kxe4 Kc6 53.f4 Rc4+ 54.Kd3 0-1
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At Corsico, all surrounded by SUBURBAN MAILAND, and possessing an impressive modernistic church, Alex played one of his more impressive games ever giving evidence of what use knights are as well as the meaning of sacrifice. Unfortunatley loosing a top game on table nr 1 of the B-group, agreeing on two draws in one of which he traded his stronger position against his lack of time, he came in as nr. 6 out of 38 in a tournament he “could as well” have won. Oct 1st 05 and onwards.
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Johansson,A (1809) - Gerali,P (1707) [B42] (2), 2005: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.e5 Nd7 10.f4 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 0-0 12.b4 Bxb4 13.Qe4 g6 14.Qxb4 b5 15.f5 c5 16.Qh4 exf5 17.Rxf5 Nxe5 18.Nc3 Bxf5 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.Nf6+ Kg7 21.Bh6+ Kh8 22.Bxf8 1-0 Picture: de Massis vs Johansson |
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In the extremely WELL ORGANIZED COMPETITION AT BRATTO, one of the last towns of prealpine Val Seriana, and which extended over not less than eight days, Alex, after an initial draw, applied the method loose-win-loose and thus toook 3,5 points out of eight. It might be he got a bit confused by the presence of the Italian Campeonato Femminile nearby:-) The B tournament essentially comprised players rated between 1800 and 2000 but was tremendously strong within that layer. Most remarkable for Alex was a won game that ended after just 13 moves. Aug 29th 05.
Johansson,A (1800) - Cambieri,M (1826) [A29];
Bratto, 2005
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Be6 7.Qc2 Bc5 8.Qa4 f6 9.Qb5 Bd6 10.Nxe5 Nxc3 11.Bxc6+ Ke7 12.dxc3 fxe5 13.Bg5+ 1-0
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Alex’ FIRST GENUINELY INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT after almost three months without competing. After three wins it took the final winner Marco Brugo to stop him. Following this he maybe got too hot against experienced player Giovanni Brunelli who could settle a chess mate moving his rook to line 8 while Alex had eyes exclusively for the attack of his own. After a win in the final round he ended up with four points out of 6 and postition nr 7. July 29th 05.
Brunelli,G (1938) - Johansson,A (1798) [B85] Bergamo (5), 2005: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Nf3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.Qe2 Rfd8 15.h3 d5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Kh2 g6 18.Nd4 Bh4 19.Rf3 g5 20.g3 Nxg3 21.Rxg3 Bxg3+ 22.Kxg3 gxf4+ 23.Bxf4 Nxd4 24.Qg4+ Kh8 25.Qh4 Rg8+ 26.Kf2 f5 27.exf6 Qf7 28.Re1 Ba8 29.Re5 Nf5 30.Bxf5 1-0
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In his LAST SWEDISH TOURNAMENT at Laholm, which town has the advantage of letting me visit my young aunt Greta, Alex with more than 300 more in rating took “just” 3 points compared to last year’s 4. That’s chess I suppose! One of those 3 in a game which could very well have won a beauty prize, had there been one, against Anders Hansen. Also a memorable lost game against Anders Sandström, where two rooks applied a waist-lock on each other squeezing a tiny pawn into lemonade in between and where a double pawn turned out to be the way to victory for the chess playing journalist. Also remarkable to us hooligans and to many players was the participation in this tournament of former world nr. 4 Ulf Andersson. I so much regret my camera did not have time to come with us.
Johansson,A (1798) - Hansen,A (1618) [B47] 2005: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 b5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Kh1 Nf6 10.Be3 Na5 11.f4 Nc4 12.Bc1 Bb4 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Nde2 Bc5 15.h3 0-0 16.a4 Bc6 17.b3 Nb6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Qb8 20.Ba3 Bxa3 21.Rxa3 d5 22.e5 Nfd7 23.Na7 Rc7 24.Nd4 Ba8 25.Ndb5 Nc5 26.Qd4 Ne4 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Nxc7 Qxc7 29.Nb5 Qc6 30.Qd6 Qxb5 31.c4 Nxc4 32.Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rxa8+ Ke7 34.bxc4 Qb7 35.Rfa1 e3+ 36.Kg1 e2 37.Kf2 Qb6+ 38.Kxe2 Qb2+ 39.Kf3 Qc3+ 40.Kg4 h5+ 41.Kh4 g5+ 42.Kxh5 Qf3+ 43.Kh6 Kd7 44.R1a6 gxf4 45.R8a7+ Ke8 46.Rb6 1-0It is possible play through this game from round 6 plus another one from round 1 at http://deltaliftopen.deltalift.se/2005/index.php
1) Black against Swedish wonder boy Alfred Krzymovski, born in 92.
Krzymovski, A (1938) - Johansson, A (1714) [B42]
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1.e4 c5 Following e4 I did my favourite opening 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 Here I played favourite variation of the Sicilian defence: the Kan variant. 5.Bd3 Prepares for castling and at the same time the bishops develop into an aggressive square aiming at an attack on the King's wing. 5...Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 Altenatively you can move the bishop to E7. 7.Qg4 Nf6 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qh6 Bxf2+ Here I was in doubt if to do Txg2 or Lxf2.I did Lxf2 however, because that way my opponent gets an open position of the king and at the same time a weak pawn on E4. Anyway there's no way he can strike the bishop on F2. 10.Kf1 Nc6 11.e5 Nxe5 12.Bxh7 I did not expect this move 12...Rh8 13.Qf4 Neg4 14.Bd3 Ba7 15.h3 Qb6 16.Nc3 Nh5 17.Na4 After the game Bo Plato told me I was in for gaining his queen after 17.Sh2 but I can find no solution after 18. Ke1. Instead I here did 17.Df2 since I believed that would lead me to a win after 18.Dxf2 Sxf2 19.Th2 Sg3 17...Qf2+ 18.Qxf2 Nxf2 19.Rh2 Ng3+ 20.Ke1 Nxd3+ maybe I should have done Sg4 but I would not know what to do after Lf4 I21.cxd3 Bg1 22.Bf4 Bxh2 Here I failed to see the alternative Sb6 23.Nb6 Rh5 24.Nxa8 Rf5 25.Bc7 Rf1+ 26.Kd2 Rf2+ 27.Ke3 Rf5 28.Nb6 Nf1+ 29.Rxf1 Rxf1 Afterwards I got to think of Lxc7 30.Bxh2 1-0
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2) Black against group C winner Brezinski who afterwards said: "It's not easy to win on command". Indeed! Alex came in third in the group before the one year younger Nils Grandelius who nevertheless had defeated him.
Brzezinski,A (1793) - Johansson,A (1783) [B22]
Lund Open, 2005
1.e4 c5 2.c3 I had prepared for he Najdorf variation of the Sicilian defence. So this was quite a surprise to me. 2...d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5 The sharpest variation since it, if white striking the peasant on e5, will be followed by e.g. 7.dxe5 Dxd1 8.Kxd1 Lg4 then long castling and an awful pressure on the peasant of e5. 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Be3 I had in mind something like 8.Ld2 Lxc3 9.Lxc3 exd4 10.Sxd4 Sf6 and a liquidation where subsequnet developing moves arise. 8...exd4 9.Nxd4 Nf6 10.a3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 0-0 Here I used several moves according to the rule for searching for weaknesses of the opponent's position and I then found the following Te8,Sg4,Dxg2,Dxf2# and then saw that white's weaknesses were f2 and g2 though c3 and a3, too, are weak points. I also noticed there was an open centre and where I know these pieces are of greater importance. White will get problems developing his forces and find a secure place for his king at the same time as my half open d and e lines look unpleasant for him. 12.Be2 Qxg2! I was very pleased with this move since the opponent's king gets exposed in the centre without castling yet and no longer having a secure place to castle to. 13.Bf3 Qh3 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxc6 Bg4 16.Qd4 Rac8 17.f3?? Rfd8! In order not to let the king escape via d2. 18.Qf4 Rxc6 19.fxg4 Re6 0-1
Historical photos (just to exaggerate a bit)
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David vs Goliath? At least if you consider nr. 8 player in HSK compared to the guys on the left hand side of the table. Maybe also chesswise. But this time Goliat (Manhem 1) just got stung in his heel. Alex, at the top table, is to steel away a point from Simo Panas, and Axel Larsson half a point from the opponent of his. Viking Sigesgård whose feet do not reach down to the floor, is to loose here but reached four giant points in the tournament as a whole. |
A 12 year old district champion in 2004: absence of the best players, good form, a bit of luck and some group psychology. Celebrating at home late at night. NB. the lamp must be drunk! |
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Two "apasionados" in Stoby: Alex, HSK, and Tim Johansson, Linköpings SS. After an intense tournament they sit down to the chessboard just gotten home. The lamp keeps celebrating! Between the two of us: It always does (or did). |
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Johansson,A (1774) - Karlsson,L (2564) [B24], Karlstad (1), 27.12.2005: 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.d3 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Re8 10.Bf4 Be6 11.h3 d4 12.Nb5 Rc8 13.a4 Qd7 14.Kh2 Bd5 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Na3 g5 17.Bd2 Qf5 18.Kg2 Bd6 19.Nc4 Bc7 20.g4 Qf6 21.Ng3 Bxg3 22.Kxg3 Ncb4 23.Bxb4 Nxb4 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Nd2 Qf4+ 26.Kg2 Nxc2 27.Rc1 Ne1+ 28.Kg1 Nxd3 0-1 |
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Three youngsters at hotel Gustaf Fröding in Karlstad dec. 04: 1) The very cool Alex of Skåne, b 92 2) The very happy Levi André Tallaksen of Sørlandet, Norway, b 91, who defeated Alex 3) Our very funny room mate Pontus Löfgren of Västergötland, b 92 |
