Chess Informator No1. (and it's Hall of Doom)

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1.	e4	e5
2.	Nf3	Nc6
3.	Bb5	a6
4.	Ba4	Nf6
5.	O-O	Be7
6.	Re1	b5
7.	Bb3	d6
8.	c3	O-O
9.	h3	Bb7
10.	d4	Na5
11.	Bc2	Nc4
12.	b3	Nb6
13.	Nbd2	Nbd7
14.	b4	exd4
15.	cxd4	a5
16.	bxa5	c5
17.	e5	dxe5
18.	dxe5	Nd5
19.	Ne4	Nb4
20.	Bb1	Rxa5
21.	Qe2	Nb6
22.	Nfg5	Bxe4
23.	Qxe4	g6
24.	Qh4	h5
25.	Qg3	Nc4
26.	Nf3	Kg7
27.	Qf4	Rh8
28.	e6	f5
29.	Bxf5	Qf8
30.	Be4	Qxf4
31.	Bxf4	Re8
32.	Rad1	Ra6
33.	Rd7	Rxe6
34.	Ng5	Rf6
35.	Bf3	Rxf4
36.	Ne6	Kf6
37.	Nxf4	Ne5
38.	Rb7	Bd6
39.	Kf1	Nc2
40.	Re4	Nd4
41.	Rb6	Rd8
42.	Nd5	Kf5
43.	Ne3	Ke6
44.	Be2	Kd7
45.	Bxb5	Nxb5
46.	Rxb5	Kc6
47.	a4	Bc7
48.	Ke2	g5
49.	g3	Ra8
50.	Rb2	Rf8
51.	f4	gxf4
52.	gxf4	Nf7
53.	Re6	Nd6
54.	f5	Ra8
55.	Rd2	Rxa4
56.	f6

1.	e4	c6
2.	d4	d5
3.	Nc3	dxe4
4.	Nxe4	Nd7
5.	Bc4	Ngf6
6.	Ng5	e6
7.	Qe2	Nb6
8.	Bd3	h6
9.	N5f3	c5
10.	dxc5	Bxc5
11.	Ne5	O-O
12.	Ngf3	Nbd5
13.	a3	a5
14.	O-O	b6
15.	c4	Ne7
16.	Rd1	Qe8
17.	Bd2	a4
18.	Bc3	Nf5
19.	g4	Nd6
20.	g5	hxg5
21.	Nxg5	Bb7
22.	Bc2	g6
23.	Nd7	Qxd7
24.	Bxf6	Qc6
25.	Rd5	exd5
26.	Qh5	Bxf2
27.	Kxf2	Ne4
28.	Nxe4	gxh5
29.	Rg1	Kh7
30.	Nc5	Kh6
31.	Bg7

1.	Bxb4	Bh6
2.	Qxh6	Qxf2
3.	Kh1	Qf3
4.	Kg1	Qf2
5.	Kh1	Rc2
6.	Qh3	Qf3
7.	Kg1	axb4
8.	Ne2	Qe3
9.	Kh1	Rxe2
10.	Qg4

1.	Rd4	Ra8
2.	Kf1	f6
3.	Ke2	Kf7
4.	Kd3	Ke8
5.	d7

1.	Nxc3	Qxc3
2.	Kg2	Rxf3
3.	Qxf3	Qc2
4.	Kh3	Qxb1
5.	e5	Ne8

1.	Rxc4	Ra8
2.	d5	Rf6
3.	Ng4	Rf5
4.	Nh6

1.	Qxc7	Nf4
2.	c5	Ne2
3.	Kf1	Qxb2
4.	Qxf7	Rxf7
5.	Rd8

1.	Nxd5	Bxd5
2.	Rxd5	cxb3
3.	Qa7

This is the first Informator

They are currently up to Informator 128

Before databases and the internet this was only real way to keep up with the
games latest theoretical wrinkles and what openings the top players were using.

Five of Fischer’s Informators are in the American Hall of Fame.

Here is a picture of Fischer working with an Informator.

One feature they started with Vol 4 was voting on the best game in the issue.
The first to win this honour was Fischer v Stein at the Sousse 1967 Interzonal.

R. Fischer - L. Stein, Sousse (Tunisia) 1967
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1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6
8. c3 O-O
9. h3 Bb7
10. d4 Na5
11. Bc2 Nc4
12. b3 Nb6
13. Nbd2 Nbd7
14. b4 exd4
15. cxd4 a5
16. bxa5 c5
17. e5 dxe5
18. dxe5 Nd5
19. Ne4 Nb4
20. Bb1 Rxa5
21. Qe2 Nb6
22. Nfg5 Bxe4
23. Qxe4 g6
24. Qh4 h5
25. Qg3 Nc4
26. Nf3 Kg7
27. Qf4 Rh8
28. e6 f5
29. Bxf5 Qf8
30. Be4 Qxf4
31. Bxf4 Re8
32. Rad1 Ra6
33. Rd7 Rxe6
34. Ng5 Rf6
35. Bf3 Rxf4
36. Ne6 Kf6
37. Nxf4 Ne5
38. Rb7 Bd6
39. Kf1 Nc2
40. Re4 Nd4
41. Rb6 Rd8
42. Nd5 Kf5
43. Ne3 Ke6
44. Be2 Kd7
45. Bxb5 Nxb5
46. Rxb5 Kc6
47. a4 Bc7
48. Ke2 g5
49. g3 Ra8
50. Rb2 Rf8
51. f4 gxf4
52. gxf4 Nf7
53. Re6 Nd6
54. f5 Ra8
55. Rd2 Rxa4
56. f6
0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. b3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. b4 exd4 15. cxd4 a5 16. bxa5 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxa5 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. Nfg5 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 g6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Qg3 Nc4 26. Nf3 Kg7 27. Qf4 Rh8 28. e6 f5 29. Bxf5 Qf8 30. Be4 Qxf4 31. Bxf4 Re8 32. Rad1 Ra6 33. Rd7 Rxe6 34. Ng5 Rf6 35. Bf3 Rxf4 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nxf4 Ne5 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Kf1 Nc2 40. Re4 Nd4 41. Rb6 Rd8 42. Nd5+ Kf5 43. Ne3+ Ke6 44. Be2 Kd7 45. Bxb5+ Nxb5 46. Rxb5 Kc6 47. a4 Bc7 48. Ke2 g5 49. g3 Ra8 50. Rb2 Rf8 51. f4 gxf4 52. gxf4 Nf7 53. Re6+ Nd6 54. f5 Ra8 55. Rd2 Rxa4 56. f6

Which is pretty funny because officially this game does not exist.
Fischer walked out of the tournament before finishing at least half
of games so all his previous results were annulled and did not count.

I’d thought I’d select my best game from Volume One...a game that does exist!

H. Hecht - R. Keene, Switzerland, 1966

This is an inspired classic by the player of the White pieces.
The final combinations revolve around this mating pattern

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1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nd7
5. Bc4 Ngf6
6. Ng5 e6
7. Qe2 Nb6
8. Bd3 h6
9. N5f3 c5
10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Ne5 O-O
12. Ngf3 Nbd5
13. a3 a5
14. O-O b6
15. c4 Ne7
16. Rd1 Qe8
17. Bd2 a4
18. Bc3 Nf5
19. g4 Nd6
20. g5 hxg5
21. Nxg5 Bb7
22. Bc2 g6
23. Nd7 Qxd7
24. Bxf6 Qc6
25. Rd5 exd5
26. Qh5 Bxf2
27. Kxf2 Ne4
28. Nxe4 gxh5
29. Rg1 Kh7
30. Nc5 Kh6
31. Bg7
0

1. e4 c6 {I recently read Ray Keene saying he had lost only two games as Black with the Caro Khan. This one and one in a University match.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 {Now timid moves like 7..Be7 and 7...h6 which have both been played on RHP get thumped with 8.Nxf7 and Qxe6+} 7... Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 13. a3 {So far all 1966 theory. This move stops Nb4 from hunting down the d3 Bishop. 13 c3 is also playable.} 13... a5 14. O-O b6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Rd1 {Spot the trap. Bh7+ winning the Black Queen.} 16... Qe8 {The other choice was 16...Qc7 but then 17.Bf4 with Ng6 threats on the board.} 17. Bd2 a4 18. Bc3 Nf5 19. g4 {The burning of the bridges. There is no going back after this one. Game On.} 19... Nd6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5 Bb7 22. Bc2 g6 {This natural looking defensive move opening the a1-h8 diagonal and weakening f6 has (in hindsight) been deemed an error with 22,,,Nf5 being cited as a better move. Now the fun begins.} 23. Nd7 {If 23...Nxd7 24.Qh5 and the mating pattern shown at the start of this game is popping up.} 23... Qxd7 24. Bxf6 Qc6 {This is the defensive resource Black was counting on. Mate on h1 or g2 is threatened.} 25. Rd5 {And this is the attacking/defending shot White saw when setting up this attack.} 25... exd5 {A defence was to had with 25...Ne8 but Black has another defensive idea he is relying on.} 26. Qh5 {26...gxh5 27. Bh7 mate is the mating pattern I told you to look out for.} 26... Bxf2+ {Not desperation, part of the plan. The Bishop has to be taken.} 27. Kxf2 Ne4+ {This check stops the c2 Bishop from going to h7 to deliver the mate.} 28. Nxe4 gxh5 {Black has taken the Queen with no Bh7 mate.} 29. Rg1+ {OOPS! where did that Rook come from.} 29... Kh7 30. Nc5+ {The checkmate is not coming with Bh7 but....} 30... Kh6 31. Bg7 {...Bg7.}

A good game and as 99% of you will not have a copy of Informator Vol 1,
you cannot argue with my choice for this being the best game in that issue.

Of course Informator should have a ‘Blunder of the Book’ much like we do
here with our ‘RHP Hall of Doom’. but I fear some blunders may not make
it into the publication. A lot depends on who is playing, who is blundering.

R. Keene - M. Botvinnik, Hastings (round 3), 1966

This game did not make Informator (it should have been in Vol.2)

FEN 2r2rk1/1p4bp/1q1p4/p2Pp3/Pn2p3/1PB3P1/3Q1P1P/1RN1R1K1 w - - 0 26
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1. Bxb4 Bh6
2. Qxh6 Qxf2
3. Kh1 Qf3
4. Kg1 Qf2
5. Kh1 Rc2
6. Qh3 Qf3
7. Kg1 axb4
8. Ne2 Qe3
9. Kh1 Rxe2
10. Qg4
0

[FEN "2r2rk1/1p4bp/1q1p4/p2Pp3/Pn2p3/1PB3P1/3Q1P1P/1RN1R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
26. Bxb4 Bh6 {Botvinnik played 30.Ba3 in a famous win over Capablanca in 1938, Here he plays a mirror of Ba3 from the Black side.} 27. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Qf2+ {Botvinnik has a perpetual but declines it.} 30. Kh1 Rc2 31. Qh3 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 axb4 33. Ne2 {The ex World Champion can just take on e2 with the Rook but first tries....} 33... Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Rxe2 {And now takes it.} 35. Qg4+ {OOPS! Botvinnik has just dropped a whole Rook, he slapped his forehead (he really did) and resigned.}

So without further ado a section to give us patzers hope as we visit...

We start with a bad blunder. Black resigned the moment they played it.

I. Ney - K. Langeweg, Beverwijk 1966

FEN 1rrb2k1/5ppp/3Pp3/8/p7/Bp2N1P1/5P1P/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 29
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1. Rd4 Ra8
2. Kf1 f6
3. Ke2 Kf7
4. Kd3 Ke8
5. d7
+1

[FEN "1rrb2k1/5ppp/3Pp3/8/p7/Bp2N1P1/5P1P/1R1R2K1 w - - 0 29"]
29. Rd4 Ra8 30. Kf1 {Black now thinks it is a good idea to get the King to d7 to block the passed d-pawn.} 30... f6 {This has to be played to open a route to d7 as going to f8 drops the c8 Rook to the discovered check d7. } 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke8 {The next move was to be Kd7. Unfortunately a pawn gets there first.} 33. d7+ {Black actually resigned before this was played.}

C. Partos - M. Matulovic, Bucuresti 1966

If we must watch out for our unprotected pieces, then so do the good guys.

FEN 5rk1/2n5/3p2p1/1p1P3p/1PpqP3/2n2BPK/4Q2P/1R1N4 w - - 0 41
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1. Nxc3 Qxc3
2. Kg2 Rxf3
3. Qxf3 Qc2
4. Kh3 Qxb1
5. e5 Ne8
0

[FEN "5rk1/2n5/3p2p1/1p1P3p/1PpqP3/2n2BPK/4Q2P/1R1N4 w - - 0 41"]
41. Nxc3 Qxc3 42. Kg2 {OOPS! Rf1 was better. The b1 Rook is unprotected.} 42... Rxf3 43. Qxf3 Qc2+ {And the unprotected Rook falls off the board.} 44. Kh3 Qxb1 45. e5 Ne8

V. Antoshin - L. Schmid, Venezia 1966

Black makes an exchange dropping blunder.

FEN 2rb2k1/5p1p/1p1pr1p1/8/R1pP4/2P1N3/1P3PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 28
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1. Rxc4 Ra8
2. d5 Rf6
3. Ng4 Rf5
4. Nh6
0

[FEN "2rb2k1/5p1p/1p1pr1p1/8/R1pP4/2P1N3/1P3PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 28"]
28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. d5 {Now Re5, Re7, or Re8. One move I have not mentioned is....} 29... Rf6 30. Ng4 {And there goes the exchange. Black resigned. If....} 30... Rf5 {...then.} 31. Nh6+

The Romantics from the 1850 and 1860’s showed us how Black must always
watch the tender square f7 .They also left us hundreds of examples of what can
happens if Black carelessly grabs the QNP. Put these two together and we have:

D. Janosevic - K. Honfi, Sarajevo 1966

A well known pattern, years ago I fell for a shot like this in a league game.

FEN 5rk1/2p2ppp/p4qn1/2Q5/1pP5/1B5P/PP3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 23
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1. Qxc7 Nf4
2. c5 Ne2
3. Kf1 Qxb2
4. Qxf7 Rxf7
5. Rd8
0

[FEN "5rk1/2p2ppp/p4qn1/2Q5/1pP5/1B5P/PP3PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 23"]
23. Qxc7 Nf4 24. c5 {It is this move opening up the hit on f7 that does the damage.} 24... Ne2+ 25. Kf1 {How about Nd5 going for that b3 Bishop.} 25... Qxb2 {OOPS!} 26. Qxf7+ {Yes it works. Black resigned.} 26... Rxf7 27. Rd8 {That is checkmate.} 1-0

I have saved the best till last. This really is alert play.

D. Minic - K. Honfi, Vrnjacka Banja 1966

We expect to be back rank mated every game but not the good guys.
When it does happen to one of them, it happens with a piece of class.

FEN r2r2k1/2q2ppp/4b3/pp1pP3/2p2N2/1PP1Q3/1P1R1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21
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1. Nxd5 Bxd5
2. Rxd5 cxb3
3. Qa7
0

[FEN "r2r2k1/2q2ppp/4b3/pp1pP3/2p2N2/1PP1Q3/1P1R1PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21"]
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 {Black should swap on d5 and then play cxb3.} 22... cxb3 {Now comes a finish reminiscent of another famous Capablanca game.} 23. Qa7 {White wins the Queen or is back rank mated. Brilliant.}

Apart from my copy of Informator One The rest of pictures used came from:

Chess Informant Website

The thread accompanying this blog is Thread 169391

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