by greenpawn34 on Jun 20 2013 07:00 | 9123 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Jun 22 2013 02:29
(And who is this?..................Russ)
That is the Bulgarian Chess Player Borislav Ivanov.
A 2200 player who has suddenly started knocking over GM’s like nine pins.
The accusations of cheat were not slow in coming and proof in the shape of
his play apparently matching up with the chess program Houdini is being
touted about to anyone who will listen.
But nobody knows how is he is cheating.
He is producing these moves at 10 seconds a pop under the most the most careful scrutiny.
He has been stripped, searched, showered and scrubbed..…..nothing.
Of course the great and the good have come out with their own theories.
He has a computer up his bum. (that is one of mine.)
He is a hologram. (also mine.)
He is using a Time Machine. (not mine but it will be last week.)
Hypnosis. (I’ve somehow been told to type that.)
He has fake ears and a glass eye. (another one of mine.)
These games are all rigged and it's one massive advert for Houdini and
Valeri Lilov's DVD's (Valeri is one of Borislav’s chief accusers.) That too is one of mine.
This is not happening and we all imagining it. (I imagine that is mine as well.)
But at last I think I have it cracked.
The Chess playing program Houdini has metamorphosed into a human form.
That can happen - look at caterpillars and butterflies - you would never believe it
until you actually saw it.
The Houdini clone has the real Boris held captive somewhere.
(Now where would a metamorphosed chess program hide it's human copy?)
Well it's called Houdini......so....
Boris is obviously being held upside down in chains in a huge glass tank filled with water.
The RHP 2013 Championship statistics.
White wins so far 447
Black wins so far 363
Draws = 11
White Checkmates = 193
Black Checkmates = 130
Stalemates = 1
24 pawns have been promoted to a Queen. (no under promotions.)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 g5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Nxf7 {5.Bxf7+ and Bd5 puts Black into the swamp.} 5... Qf6 {Rule of Thumb No.986. Never take an Rook until you have castled. 6.0-0 and 7.d3} 6. Nxh8 Qxf2
Melina67 (1660) - dwainer (1048) RHP Ch. 2013
White takes a Rook, Black takes a King. Part II
(Will you lot please stop taking useless undeveloped Rooks and watch your King!)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 g5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nxe5 Qf6 6. Nxf7 Bxd4 {Rule of Thumb No.986. Never take an Rook until you have castled. Infact it is no longer a rule of thumb. Consider it an illegal move.} 7. Nxh8 Qxf2
oljohnsoniv (1364) - harmany (1426) RHP Ch. 2013
White takes a Rook, Black takes a King.
Slight change of blunder. This time White takes the a8 Rook. Same result.
FEN
r3k2r/2pqppb1/pp5p/3NP2n/3P4/1Q2Bp2/PP3P1P/2R1RK2 w kq - 0 20
[FEN "r3k2r/2pqppb1/pp5p/3NP2n/3P4/1Q2Bp2/PP3P1P/2R1RK2 w kq - 0 20"]
20. Nxc7+ Kf8 {White can now play e6! stopping Qh3+ and then take his precious Rook.} 21. Nxa8 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Qg2
When entering an early middle game with the Heavy Pieces still on the board.
(the Queen and Rook are called the Heavy Pieces.)
Not only is it a good idea to create luft (an escape hole for your King) it
is an absolute necessity you give your King a window to jump out of.
jertamev (1750) - adybay (1720) RHP Ch.2013
White left the window closed and his King was muffed.
Muffed is new chess term. It is when you have back rank mated..
You have been Muffed, I have been Muffed, Everybody has been Muffed.
FEN
r2q2k1/2p2pp1/p4n1p/1p6/1P3Q2/P1NrP3/5PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 21
[FEN "r2q2k1/2p2pp1/p4n1p/1p6/1P3Q2/P1NrP3/5PPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 21"]
21. Rfd1 {Black does not want to cede the d-file with RxR+ but this...} 21... Qd7 {...drops a pawn. Of course Black will argue that giving up the pawn was all part of the plan.} 22. Rxd3 Qxd3 23. Qxc7 Nd5 {A try at complicating things before White settles down to see if he can make anything of his extra pawn} 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Rc1 Rd8 {This a must-luft position I was talking about earlier. White has seen the threat of Qd1+ but Instead of playing h3 he brings his King into the game far too early. The King should stay out of the way whilst the Queens are on.} 26. Kf1 Qd3+ {And the game should have been drawn here with Ke2 Qd2+ and Qd3+. But White was not going to allow a draw. He's a pawn up.} 27. Kg1 Qd1+ {White resigned with his King battering his head against a wall of White pawns. Muffed.}
jertamev was not the first player to be back ranked mated and he won’t be the last.
Oops, here is another.
DidiSavoie (1190) - Knight Me (1775) RHP 2013
Very nearly a big upset here. The grading difference is 585 in Black’s favour
and Black hung a whole piece on move 6 with an incredible blunder.
Alas White hung his Queen a few moves later.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {The Scotch Game. There is an island of theory on this going on for, in some cases 20 moves. White comes out with a TN (Theoretical Novelty) on move 6. It completely throws Black off balance.} 4... Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 {Thus Black can capture back with either dxc6 or Qxc6.} 6. Qd5 {This is not in the books. (and there is a good reason why) Black can play 6...Qxf2+ and dxc6 with a great game in prospect. Instead...} 6... dxc6 {I've seen moves like this, we all have. I've played moves like this, we all have. But why White turned down a free hit on f2 is beyond me.} 7. Qxc5 {Black is now a piece down.} 7... b6 8. Qf5 {That must have brought a great sigh of relief to Black. He now plays it very carefully indeed. White should have played 8.Qg5 when Black is toiling to create chances to get his piece back.} 8... Bxf5 9. exf5 Qe5+ 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. O-O Rhe8 13. Re1 {White is threatening Ba6+ winning the Black Queen.} 13... Kb8 {Black has learned his lesson he is treating his opponent his moves respect.} 14. Bg5 {Black now spots the weak back rank.} 14... Ng4 {White should now play g3 but....} 15. Bxg4 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Rxe1
“I never seem to get better.”
Is a common post in the Chess Forum, usually adding: “...and I still make silly blunders.”
The good news is that the more you blunder the more you should learn.
(well that is the theory.)
You only think you are not getting better, you are a better player.
The bad news is no how better or good you get you will still blunder.
Grab a master at random. Akiba Rubinstein.
In 1911 Rubinstein was being put forward as a challenger to Lasker for the World title.
Infact a match was due to take place in 1914 but a certain WW1 interfered.
Between 1907 and 1912 Rubinstein’s tournament record was awe-inspiring, he was
head and shoulders above everyone during this period and produced many masterpieces
that have found their way into all the good text books.
Carlsbad 1911 Rubinstein finished a rare second behind Teichmann in a field of 26
players that included Spielmann, Marshall, Nimzovitch, Vidmar, Schlechter and a young Alekhine. Here are two Rubinstein episodes from this tournament.
A. Rubinstein - S. Tartakower, Carlsbad, 1911
FEN
5rk1/p5p1/1p1p2r1/2p5/2P2q1p/2PR1PP1/P3R1KP/3Q4 w - - 0 28
[FEN "5rk1/p5p1/1p1p2r1/2p5/2P2q1p/2PR1PP1/P3R1KP/3Q4 w - - 0 28"]
28. Re4 {Black should just pull back the Queen. Instead Tartakower sacs a whole Rook.} 28... Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kf1 h3 31. Qe2 Rf6 32. f4 Qh4 33. Qh2 Qh7 34. Rde3 Rh6 {White should play Re8+ then Re3-e7+ Qe2 and mate with Qe6. Instead he allows an instructive twist.} 35. Qg3 {You can see the relaxed idea. Re8+ Re3-e7+ and Qg5 mate. Tartakower pulls a rabbit out the hat.} 35... Qxe4 {Eh?} 36. Rxe4 h2 {The point.} 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ g6 39. Re7+ Kh8 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Re7+ Kh8 {White is two pawns down. He cannot going into an ending hoping to win it with Qd5 so he had to settle for a draw.}
[FEN "1r6/4k2p/6p1/p2pP3/b7/5PP1/2P1NK1P/4R3 w - - 0 34"]
34. Ra1 {We now see a class blunder, the kind of blunder only a very good player will make. Rubinstein a pawn down comes up with a beautiful idea. but it has a hole, a huge hole.} 34... Bxc2 35. Rxa5 Ke6 36. Nd4+ Kxe5 {Black has got back his pawn but is giving up that Bishop.} 37. Nxc2 Rb2 {Does this pin win it back?} 38. Rc5 {No.} 38... Kd6 39. Rc8 Kd7 40. Rc3 d4 {The idea Rubenstein must have seen when he played Bxc2. It really quite a deep way to save a lost game.} 41. Rc4 d3 42. Rd4+ Ke6 43. Rxd3 Rxc2+ 44. Kg1 {That is a draw. 3 pawns v 2 pawns on the same side of the board usually are.}
So where was the blunder?
Remember this position?
Instead of taking the Bishop White can play Nc6+ winning the Rook.
Rubinstein allowed it and Kostic missed it.!
Rubinstein’s games are sprinkled with ingenuity and intense calculation.
This is what I meant about a blunder only a good player would make.
Most of us would not have seen the idea.
Hmmmm……
That little piece was meant to give us all hope and expectation.
It has not worked has it.?
Never mind. The RHP player 2advent will cheer us up.
Sorry 2advent, who ever you are, but I make this your 3rd appearance on here.
You must have an incredible sense of humour.
I hope so, here is a reminder of 2advent’s previous pieces of joy.
Kresten - 2advent RHP 2009
FEN
2b3k1/6q1/2p1p2b/p1P5/Pp1P4/3Q2N1/1Pn3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1
[FEN "2b3k1/6q1/2p1p2b/p1P5/Pp1P4/3Q2N1/1Pn3PP/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
1. Nh5 {You have to admire the hope that went into this move. Instead of resigning White sets one last trap. Black is now meant to save the c2 Knight with 1...Qh7 when 2.Nf6+ wins the Queen.} 1... Qxg2+ {Black losses his Queen alright...} 2. Kxg2 Ne1+ {But so does White.}
[FEN "8/3Q4/8/8/4q1p1/2p3P1/1p4PK/2k5 w - - 0 94"]
94. Qc7 b1=Q 95. Qxc3+ {Now Qb8-c7 and the White checks will dry up. But Black, who has been battling for the past 50+ moves to get two Queens on the board relaxes.} 95... Kd1 96. Qd2+ {And the fact Black has a promoted Queen on the board allows White to draw.} 96... Kxd2 {Stalemate.}
This third appearance which will be a new addition for the Blog readers
is I think the best of the lot.
Bobby Chess - 2advent RHP 2009
FEN
8/5r2/pnn1p1pk/1p1pPp2/1P1P1P1P/2K4R/4B3/8 w - - 0 40
[FEN "8/5r2/pnn1p1pk/1p1pPp2/1P1P1P1P/2K4R/4B3/8 w - - 0 40"]
40. Bd1 Nc4 41. h5 {Black a cosy piece and pawn up can do anything he wants here. Well not quite anything....} 41... Rg7 {....because this allows mate in 3.} 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 {Only move.} 43. Bh5+ Kh7 {Or Kh6 it makes no difference.} 44. Bf7 {And that looks like checkmate.}
Hi Greenpawn, I'm still banging my head over that game. Its not "But White was not going to allow a draw. He's a pawn up.", its "I can't manage more than about 8 games at a time.". I just did not see the draw chance. 🙁. Thanks for the lesson though. I love the blog. I always learn something.
There are two kinds of chess players:
"Those that have been back rank mated and those that will be bank rank mated." Russian Proverb.
It has happened to us all.
I allowed a back rank mate in one move after a 5-10
minute thiought in a real game.