by greenpawn34 on Oct 07 2011 11:42 | 19927 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Sep 19 2018 23:50
Hi
I have decided that I want pictures of chess players playing chess
at a railway station. I’ll start.
This is me playing chess at Waverley Station.
The picture was taken by a train spotter. His mate was too shy to be in the picture
so that is me playing over the moves from a book of the 2011 Austrian Chess
Championships that was sent to me recently by my good friend Flo Konig.
The book is actually all the printed bulletins bound together.
It’s a clever piece of kit. Really solid and book like.
The lad even downloaded all the games in PGN and placed them on a CD
which has it’s own folder at the back of the book.
Perhaps an idea for future writers. They could add a CD with bonus games for
you to look at.
I know he reads this so please allow me to use our space to say thank you.
(I’ve no idea what I’ll send in return….I could print out all the blogs and
selotape them together.)
So we kick off with very slight change of format this week.
Three Over the Board Games. All from the recent Austrian Chess Championships.
Well to be exact, two positions and a game from Austria.
Oh yes!
M. Ernst (2146) - H. Kummer (2362) Austrian Ch. 2011
Black to play
12…Bb4
(er…cannot White just take that Bishop?.................Russ)
Yes and that is just what White did and after 13 Nxb4 Black resigned.
Warning lads. If a 2362 OTB player can blunder like that…….
Maybe Bb4 is a universal blind spot.
louisXIV - jayaitch RHP 2006
Black played 9…Bb4
(er…cannot White just take that Bishop?.................Russ)
Yes indeed. 10.Nxb4 1-0.
A good piece of OTB play this time. OK boys thinking caps on
Emanuel Frank - Reinhard Bachler, Austrian Ch.2011
White to play and mate in 4. (answer at the bottom).
Now a game from the winner of the Austrian Women’s Championship
Eva Moser (2432) - Maria Horvath (2020) Women’s Austrian Ch. 2011.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 {I recently posted a game I played 30 odd years ago with this exchange. If Black thinks the game is over and drawn then that is what you want them to think.} 3...exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Nc3 0-0 7.Be2 c6 8.0-0 h6 {Difficult to say about this. I only like to play this type of move is there is something it hits. I am loathe to point to it and say this is why Black lost. It was not but I don’t think it was needed It looks nervous. 8..Re8 developing was a move.} 9.Bf4 Be6 10.c5 {That's a decision. Never routine this type of move. It's either good or bad. I'll let you decide. Certainly White had to do something with the c-pawn, move it or defend it.} 10...Ne4 {It’s a series of wee moves like this that puts Black into difficulties. I’d stick by the rule of thumb about not moving one Knight till the other one is developed. The e2 Bishop gets a more active square with tempo.} 11.Bd3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.cxb6 axb6 {Black just needs to tread very carefully to get back into the game.} 14.Re1 Nd7 15.Qd2 {White is lining up for sac on h6. Careful now.} 15...Nf6 {15...Re8 leaving the d7 Knight covering e5 gives White some work to do.} 16.Ne5 {OK the Knight lands on e5 with a tempo, now what?} 16...Qc8 17.Bxh6 {Game on and it's not bad. Black has to find some only moves to stay on the board. She has given herself a difficult position to defend.} 17...gxh6 {Best appears not to take it. 17…Re8 and Bf8 and live with the pawn down. The bulletin suggests 17…Ne4 but still gives White a plus. White now glides in. The Rook lift e1-e3-g3 is coming.} 18.Qxh6 Ne4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Re3 Bg4 21.Rg3 f5 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Nxg4 fxg4 24.Qh5+ Kg8 25.Rxg4+ Qxg4 26.Qxg4+ Kf7 {It's over. Black makes a few token moves but it's hopeless.} 27.Qxe4 Rfc8 28.Re1 Bf6 29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Re3 {The second Rook lift ends it.}
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Qd2 h6 {Forcing White's hand, how can he resist?} 8.Bxh6 gxh6 9.Qxh6 Ne4 {Black has a cunning defence in mind.} 10.Nxe4 {Now 10....dxe4 11.Bxe4 f5 and White a perpetual check with Qg6+ -Qh6+} 10...Re8 {A good instructive move. If White now plays the obvious 11.0–0–0 then 11...dxe4 and 12...Bg5+ wins the Queen. 11.Nf6+ meets 11...Bxf6+. White's best move is 11.Kf1. when the game is still in the pot. Instead he finds....} 11.Ng3 Bg5+ 12.N1e2 Bxh6 {White resigned.}
Again the French Defence again with the Bxh6 idea this is the Scholars Mate version.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bd3 h6 {When playing this Bishop kick one always has to consider Bxh6 - here it just wins.} 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Qxh6 {Black now played Bg7 and was mated next move. It is infact mate in four against any defence.} 11...Re8 12.Bh7+ Kh8 13.Bg6+ Kg8 14.Qh7+ Kf8 15.Qxf7
Now What?
Here is a picture of a film ticket.
Good film. Every Chess player should see it, especially those who were not
around in 1972 when the whole world went Chess Daft.
The conclusion is that Bobby went off the rails due to the fact he gave his
childhood to Chess. I agree. He just never grew up, a man with a lonely child
trapped inside. A sad end.
But as Larry Evans says at the end of the film; ”He left us his games.” and the
least we can do is appreciate these games that Bobby sacrificed his childhood for.
A few years ago full of apprehension I bought ‘Bobby Fischer Rediscovered’ by
Andrew Soltis. The author looks at Fischer’s games after a 30 year gap from first
playing over them. He is looking at them through a better players eyes.
My fears were Soltis would mangle these masterpieces through Fritz and change
the garbage Fritz comments into understandable prose.
Fears unjustified.
After 30 years Soltis has learned how to write and how to note up a game. Each
game is given an honest and instructive work over with human sweat.
Soltis reckons some of Fischer’s games are overrated but many more are
underrated and barely known to the average player.
For overrated read over exposed. Chess writers copy from each other.
(I stole this from Schiller who nick it from Keene who nicked it from….)
Chess players copy each other’s moves, so why not copy their choice of
examples and re-hash each others the notes as well?
The ‘Game of the Century’ Byrne v Fischer (13) New York 1956. is a perfect
example. How many times have you seen that?
One place you won’t find it is in 'Fischer’s 60'. Apparently Bobby did not rate it all.
Bill Hartston in ‘Soft Pawn’ reckoned Fischer fans will no longer quote
Fischer games by who he played but by the game number in Wade & O’Connell’s
book of 'Fischer’s Collected Games'.
“That attack was like game 13 with a bit of 245 and a 661 finish..”
“Yeah. a 345 pawn structure always fails in a 513 ending.”
So now the challenge is for me to drop in a relatively unknown and underrated
Fischer game . For that where better than to look inside 'The Unknown Bobby Fischer'
by Donaldson and Tangborn. I’ll give two games from this book.
R. Fischer - Altusky, skittles game, New York 1954/54
1. d4 {It's not often you see that on move one with Bobby as White. “1.e4 Best by Test.” came later, Back then this was “Truth by Proof.”} 1... g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9. Nd5 Ngxe5 10. Nxe7+ Kh8 11. Nxg6+ hxg6 12. Bxd8 {Good game. Soon to be appearing in a book of opening traps at a bookshop near you! }
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 b5 8.Re1 Bb7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. a4 b4 {Of course 11..bxa4 12.Rxa4 the lone a-pawn on an open file and c4 coming. Black tries to keep it closed as he is lagging behind in development. } 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nc6 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qa7 {An automatic reaction when a Rook x-rays a Queen, most likely the correct decision. Now all of White's pieces come alive. } 16. c3 bxc3 17. Rxc3 {This is a Fischer alight. All the pieces active and ready to swing to either side of the board. The Queen sits out of it waiting for the minor bits to give her a call.. } 17... Bc5 18. Be3 0-0 {Castling into it. Chopping the d4 was Knight was called for. Now it all kicks off. } 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxe6 Qa5 21. b4 {The wee bit of Fischer class that sprinkles all through his games. The action is to take place on the Kingside so he forces another piece to the Queenside. } 21... Nxb4 22. Nxf8 Nd5 {A good try. The threat of the fork (Nc3) plus the weak white back rank could have diverted the attention of the player giving the simul from the Kingside. } 23. Nxd7 Nc3 24. Qg4 Rc6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 {Now who has been paying attention. Knights and Rooks near a King. Are there any Hook Mates.} 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. Rg8+ Ke7 29. Re8
This week’s cartoon comes from a position that ends with an uncommon setting.
Kardia - AmidaTong RHP 2007
FEN
8/1p3p1Q/3p2R1/4pP2/4Pk1q/P2P1n2/KP6/2r5 w - - 0 1
[FEN "8/1p3p1Q/3p2R1/4pP2/4Pk1q/P2P1n2/KP6/2r5 w - - 0 1"] 1. Qxf7 Qe1 2. Qg7 {There is nothing to be done. White awaits his execution.} 2... Ra1+ 3. Kb3 Nd4+ 4. Ka4 {Now 4....b5 is checkmate. Black misses it.} 4... Qd1+ 5. Ka5 Nc6+ 6. Kb6 Rc1 {White has won the lottery. He now has mate in four ending in an amusing position.} 7. Qh6+ Kf3 8. Qh3+ Kf2 9. Rg2+ Ke1 10. Qh1 {Black has been checkmated. The game ends with Black's King on the White's King's square and the Black Queen on White's Queens square.}
The solution to the Emanuel Frank - Reinhard Bachler game.
FEN
1rb1kb1r/1p1npp1p/3p1p2/pQ1N4/2BNPP2/q7/2P3PP/1R2K2R w Kk - 0 1
That is interesting that Bobby Fischer against the World was in theaters there. I held a party at my apartment, when it debuted here in June on HBO, and wrote about it on my blog: http://tacticstime.com/?p=604
Another interesting chess movie I recommend is "Queen to Play". I wrote a review of it on my chess blog, http://tacticstime.com/?p=1039
Idea for pictures: People playing chess in their Halloween costumes! Always fun! I am planning on dressing up as Robin, The Boy Wonder, from "Batman and Robin", so I am planning on taking a picture of me playing chess in my costume. Robin's opening? What else? The Bird!
or anywhere odd - ANYWHERE BUT A CHESS CONGRESS.
I have set up an email account for you send pics to:
redhotpawnblog@hotmail.co.uk
I'll check it out 2-3 times a week.
The rule is you MUST be in the picture.
Shouldn't you have been playing the Scotch on Waverley Station?
That is interesting that Bobby Fischer against the World was in theaters there. I held a party at my apartment, when it debuted here in June on HBO, and wrote about it on my blog: http://tacticstime.com/?p=604
Another interesting chess movie I recommend is "Queen to Play". I wrote a review of it on my chess blog, http://tacticstime.com/?p=1039
Idea for pictures: People playing chess in their Halloween costumes! Always fun! I am planning on dressing up as Robin, The Boy Wonder, from "Batman and Robin", so I am planning on taking a picture of me playing chess in my costume. Robin's opening? What else? The Bird!
Is this the reason for the chess being played in the station? We need someone in a station Down Under - The AusTrain Station....
I'll get my coat.
And why not? You could make a real book of them. I bet you could sell more than a few copies at the next Embra Chesse Faire.