ARNO NICKEL (born Feb-15-1952, 73 years old) Germany [what is this?] Arno Nickel is a well-known Correspondence Grandmaster, promoter of "Freestyle Chess" (similar to Advanced Chess) and publisher of chess books. He was co-editor of a chess journal called Schach Heute (1980), founded the popular Edition Marco (1983), and was editor of Schach Journal alongside Alexander Koblents (1991). After achieving the Grandmaster title in 2001, he qualified for the Final of the 21st ICCF World Championship (2005-2008), where he finished 5th, beating World Champion Joop van Oosterom in their individual game. In 2004/05 he defeated the supercomputer Hydra (Computer) in a correspondence match, 2.5 to 0.5. He was the first Correspondence Grandmaster to accept the Chessgames Challenge in 2006. He played against 2617 players, and lost an exciting Sicilian game with the black pieces. In 2008/09 he had a rematch against the World Team and drew. Later in 2009 Nickel won the very strong invitational Simon Webb Memorial, a category 15 event, ahead of 12 other grandmasters. In 2012 he won the ICCF gold medal with the German Olympic team, that is going to set up a new record with another gold medal in 2015 (surpassing former Soviet Union and Russia in the All-time tables of olympic medals). Nickel is currently no. 16 in the ICCF world rank list. Recently he started promoting 'Lasker Chess' with the idea of reducing the draw rate in correspondence chess. In view of the increasing draw rates he refers to Emanuel Lasker's old suggestion, promoted also by Richard Réti and other grandmasters, to introduce "stalemate wins" und "stalemate losses" counted as 3/4 and 1/4 points or at least as first tie-break method instead of Buchholz or Sonneborn Berger scores. Wikipedia article: Arno Nickel Last updated: 2017-07-27 07:28:06

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page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 381  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Holl vs A Nickel 0-1 23 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 2. G Reichenbacher vs A Nickel 0-1 54 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 3. W Schoen vs A Nickel ½-½ 50 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 E41 Nimzo-Indian 4. A Nickel vs W Schubert ½-½ 57 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 A15 English 5. A Nickel vs R Schmedtmann   0-1 45 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 A09 Reti Opening 6. A Nickel vs U Mueller 1-0 26 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 A30 English, Symmetrical 7. A Nickel vs W Heyland 1-0 41 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 A15 English 8. A Nickel vs H Gnirk 1-0 22 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 A04 Reti Opening 9. K Kaehler vs A Nickel   0-1 48 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 B15 Caro-Kann 10. R Genannt vs A Nickel 0-1 22 1986 FRG jub40 qg16 corr8687 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 11. W Moser vs A Nickel   0-1 22 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 12. M Holzhaeuer vs A Nickel 0-1 24 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 13. R Helmreich vs A Nickel   ½-½ 35 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 14. W Homuth vs A Nickel   ½-½ 41 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 15. P Wahlbrink vs A Nickel   0-1 36 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 16. E Neumann vs A Nickel 0-1 25 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 17. A Nickel vs M Hass   1-0 65 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 18. A Nickel vs H Kock 0-1 55 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 19. A Nickel vs W Reher 1-0 32 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd A37 English, Symmetrical 20. A Nickel vs H Bua   ½-½ 34 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd A22 English 21. A Nickel vs M Dreyer   0-1 42 1988 Schleswig Holstein-ch 43rd A16 English 22. A Nickel vs Richter   1-0 34 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 A10 English 23. A Nickel vs A Nowak ½-½ 50 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 A21 English 24. A Nickel vs H Leserer 1-0 41 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. A Nickel vs H Kaiser 1-0 26 1988 FRG jub40 sf2 corr8889 A17 English  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 381

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 17 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-11-09    DanLanglois: 17 ply +0.03 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.Nxb3 a4 30.Nd4 Bb7 31.Re1 Rh5 32.e5 dxe5 33.fxe5 Nd7 34.Nxe6 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 Nxe5 36.Ng5 a3 37.b3 Re8 38.Be4 Bxe4+ 39.Nxe4 Nc6 40.Nd6 Rd8 41.Kc2 May-12-09    DanLanglois: seems like, keeping w/White's themes, he plays 28. Nf3 & I have to admit, it seems at least pretty good. even w/28...Rb8 29. Qd4 Qxd4, &queens exchanged at this juncture, it seems pretty good 4 White. May-13-09    Arno Nickel: # 10. Exchanging queens after 27...♔g8 might be a possibility for White, but that's hard to assess. I think, I would prefer 28.a3, and according to Rybka 3 (d=23) 28...♕b8 29.f5 e5 30.♘f3 ♘d7 (0.33) could follow. Pretty good for White. More challenging looks 28...♕c5, but Rybka thinks, it is worse because of 29.♖c1 (threatening 30.e5 and 31.♗h7+ etc.). So it gives 29...♔f8 and only now 30.♖e1 with an improved position for White, Black wasting time with 'null moves'. click for larger view Black to move after 23.♕d2 a5 24.f4 b4 25.cxb4 ♕xb4 26.♕e3 ♗a6 27.♖ed2 ♔g8 28.a3 ♕c5 29.♖c1 ♔f8 30.♖e1. May-16-09    DanLanglois: 23.Qd2 a5 24.f4 b4 25.cxb4 Qxb4 26.Qe3 Ba6 27.Red2 Kg8 28.a3 I had a notion (for this) of 28...Qb7 29. Nf3 d5 30. Ne5 Rb8 31. Qc3 Rh5 32. Ka1 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rd7 Qb3 May-16-09    DanLanglois: as per usual, I'm looking to exchange queens May-18-09    Arno Nickel: # 11. <DanLanglois>, after your <28...♕b7 29.♘f3 d5 30.♘e5 ♖b8 31.♕c3 ♖h5> click for larger view I think, the active 32.exd5 is better than the passive <32.♔a1>. If, after 32...♘xd5 33.♕d4, Black wants to exchange queens by 33...♕b6, White should get a very promising endgame after a complicate tactical battle, for example: 34.♕xb6 ♖xb6 35.♖c1 ♖b8 36.♘c6 ♖e8 37.♖d4 ♗b7 38.♗d1 ♖f5 39.♘xa5 ♗a8 40.♗a4 ♖f8 41.♖c5 ♘e3 42.♖xf5 ♘xf5 43.♖d2 ♖c8 44.♗d1 ♗e4+ 45.♔a2 ♘e3 46.♗f3 ♗xf3 47.gxf3 click for larger view and according to my further analysis White has a superior ending here. May-18-09    DanLanglois: i'm inclined to buy that.. Aug-06-09    Dredge Rivers: His game isn't worth a dime! :) Nov-25-09    hedgeh0g: He looks like Lars Ulrich of Metallica in that photo. Feb-15-10    whiteshark: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, GM Nickel! (Lust auf eine weitere Partie?) Feb-15-10    Karpova: Happy Birthday, GM Nickel! Feb-15-10    Stonehenge: Happy Birthday :) Mar-05-10    OhioChessFan: <DanLanglois: I've tried a couple of 26th moves, not liking the result. How about: 23. Qd2 a5 24. f4 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Qe3 ..> In a later post, he suggests: <26...Ba6 27. Red2 Kg8 > I am not a tactical player at all, but I think this is on the right track. Ba6 is a clearance move to get the Rook to b8. I am with Arno in that I think 25...axb4 is correct. I also see the point of the Bishop clearance, but I wonder if that is to the wrong square, ie, 23. Qd2 a5 24. f4 b4 25. cxb4 axb4 26. Qe3 <Ba8> The Bishop on the long diagonal has his eye on f3 and g2, has a chance to get to d5, and still clears b8 for the Rook. My intuition tells me this is playable, though I can't get much farther than that. I have asked <RandomVisitor> to have Rybka take a look at it. click for larger view I will note that there are indeed a lot of "null moves" for Black after 23. Qd2, as Arno has suggested. It reminds me of a Team Game where White got overextended, and the whole team knew we were crushed long before the engines did. We had no break moves at all. Mar-05-10    OhioChessFan: If anyone is trying to decipher my last post, don't bother. I managed to combine 2 totally different lines. The diagram isn't close to what the typed out lines would lead to. I will look again and try to rehabilitate the post. Mar-06-10    OhioChessFan: Okay, the diagram was what I was after, not the line I posted. So, after 23. Qd2 a5 24. f4 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Qe3 Ba8 click for larger view And now what? I thought 27. a3 Qb7 and I don't see much of a plan for White. <RandomVisitor> said Rybka went for 27. a3 Qb8 and again, I don't see much for White. Red2 is the strong move in the 26...Ba6 line that <DanLanglois> proposed, and I think 26...Ba8 negates that completely. Mar-06-10    OhioChessFan: FWIW, another non-null move for Black in the 23. Qd2 line is Rh5. Feb-15-11    Stonehenge: Happy Birthday :) Feb-15-11    Penguincw: Happy 59th birthday <Arno Nickel>. Feb-16-11    whiteshark: Many happy returns of the day, GM Nickel! Feb-18-11    Penguincw: I wonder when <Arno Nickel> will visit chessgames.com again.He hasn't played any games recently nor has he visited recently. Feb-26-11    lost in space: A bit late?! Happy 59th birthday Mar-20-11    YourNickname: Can he beat Rybka or Houdini in Correspondence chess? I wish he tryed, it would be a great game. Apr-08-11    Arno Nickel: Thanks all for your warm greetings and be sure I am still playing chess and enjoy reading here... Chessgames.com has recently updated my biography and is also going to update my database. Just now I am playing 4 ICCF tournaments, two of them close to be finished (this year), Olympiad 17 final, Champions League A, which is the top group (my team renamed to "Trojanische Schachautomaten Berlin", in English: Trojan Chess Automats...), and two other, which started in 2010 and will last for a while: WC30/ct03 (=WCC candidates) and MT Keres 95, which is an invitational. In total that means 35 games, which is a bit too much, but about 9 of these games don't require that much time (effectively won or dead draws); so the "feeled" number is around 25. As the engines get stronger and stronger from year to year, opening preparation and opening choice become more and more important. You also have to be ready to take chances, if you want to win a tournament (and hope that some of your opponents feel the same or don't understand what's going on). I can still find a lot of positionally weak or at least questionable moves in engine evaluations - so there won't be a "Remistod" (death by draws) of correspondence chess in near future. Sometimes inner dialogues while analysing critical positions remind me on our battles here, when it comes to the point of decision - you have to move (or vote) even, if you couldn't find absolute clearness. This shows how great chess is - a never ending story full of miracles and surprises. All the best, Arno Apr-08-11    OhioChessFan: <GMAN: As the engines get stronger and stronger from year to year, opening preparation and opening choice become more and more important.> Do you mean searching for Opening Novelties, or being careful what Opening you play against certain players? Or something else? Apr-09-11    myschkin: . . . Der Fernschachmeister als Schach-Forscher ".. Um im Fernschach heutzutage zum Erfolg zu kommen, muss man Leistungen und Vorgaben («Eröffnungstheorie») aus dem Nahschachbereich kritischer denn je analysieren. Viele Erfolgsrezepte und -konzepte aus dem Nahschach überzeugen im Fernschach nicht, weil der strenge elektronische Sekundantenstab sich zu Recht unbeeindruckt von ihnen zeigt, nicht zuletzt auch weil Nahschachspieler insgeheim immer ein wenig auf die menschlichen Schwächen ihrer Gegner spekulieren, was aber im Fernschach selten funktioniert. .." http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/... 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