Geller's Trap and the Dive Bomber

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My Christmas present, 2 bottle of aftershave, had run out.

So I skip merrily into Boots the Chemist and a bored but pretty looking
girl directs me to the shaving shelf where the aftershave is displayed.

We dive in for a closer look.

Lured by the romantic pirate sounding name I buy the Bay Rum aftershave.

Time passes...

You can see that the Bay Rum aftershave has been used. For 5 days
I splashed this stuff on my face. I was wondering why I was getting
funny looks at work and the scent was not a normal aftershave smell.

Time to read the label of the back of the bottle.

It’s for people with nits!

I took it back to Boots and the pretty girl behind the counter
collapsed into a hysterical fit of laughter. and tells her chums.

I was given a proper bottle of aftershave and told I
could keep (more giggles all around) the Bay Rum.

Greenpawn Tip No. 136.
Read the labels of things before you splash it on your face.

this is actually trap No1 in…

Next week we do Trap 2, the week after that Trap 4 and so on.

(Wait a minute....what about Trap 3?……..Russ)

No, that is part of my main repertoire, I’m not giving that one away.

OK. Let us now take a look at this Geller Trap.

J. Adamski - Y. Geller Olympiad 1968

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qd2 e5 8.Nf3 c6 9.0-0 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.f3 Nfxe4 {This is Geller’s trap. It nets a pawn or gives Black a superb position. Two rounds later and Sejer Holm walked into the same trap and resigned here. Ah. The fun to be had in the old days before live games and instant databases.} 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.fxe4 Bxd4+ 14.Qxd4 Qxg5 15.Qxd6 Qe3+ 16.Rf2 Be6 17.Qf4 Qxf4 18.Rxf4 Rad8 {and Black went onto to win easily.}

1968 was not over when Geller sprang the trap again. Geller won,
but had to go through a severe attack. WHite had an improvement.

I. Chikovani v Y. Geller Karseladze memorial 1968

16. Kh1 here instead of 16.Qxd4.

The King is tucked away and White has a tempo on Black’s Queen. 16…Qb6 17.Rd1.

Geller played 15…Be5 weathered the attack and scored a hat trick with
this trap. Here is how it went. The lesson is cold bloodied defending.

Poor defending is rife at the lower levels. I’m having to use a top
class game because examples on the 1400-1900 DB are hard to find. 🙂

FEN r1b2rk1/pp3p1p/1qpp2p1/6B1/2PbP3/8/PP1QB1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1

[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3p1p/1qpp2p1/6B1/2PbP3/8/PP1QB1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1"]
1. Rad1 Be5 2. b3 Re8 3. Rf4 Be6 {Black does not want the exchange as he losses his dark squared defender and White keeps his.} 4. Rdf1 Qd4 {Geller wants the Queen's off to make defending easier.} 5. Qe1 {But White is having none of that. He is a pawn down. At that level a pawn is enough. He has to keep the Queens on.} 5... a6 {Now trying to get something going on the Queenside to distract White.} 6. a4 {White stifles that idea.} 6... Qc3 {Back to Queens off again.} 7. Qf2 Bd4 8. Bf6 {A good try. keeping the pressure on by ridding Black of the dark square defender.} 8... Bxf6 9. Rxf6 Re7 10. Qh4 Rae8 11. Qh6 Qxb3 {All the bases are covered. Black picks off the pawns.} 12. h4 Qg3 13. h5 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxe4 15. R1f4 {That e2 Bishop is not helping at all so White offers it as a sacrifice. If QxB hxg6 and White still have the ashes of an attack. Geller declines the offer.} 15... Qe5 16. Bf3 Bxc4 17. Be4 Qd4+ 18. Kh2 Rxe4 {It's over. There is no way in. White resigned.}

36 years later. Y. Kuzubov - Y. Visser Groningen 2004

White to play move 16.

Remember how useless that White light squared Bishop was? Infact
White was trying to sac it and Geller chose to decline to take it.

Instead of 16.b3 which happened in the previous game. White did a clearance sacrifice. 16.c5!
and with c4 now available for the light squared Bishop the attack on f7 really means something.

It’s also a trap within a trap.

Should Black play 16…Qxc5 then 17.Be3 traps the Queen.
(Black has to play 17…Bc3 to free e5 for the Queen.)

FEN r1b2rk1/pp3p1p/1qpp2p1/4b1B1/2P1P3/8/PP1QB1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1

[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3p1p/1qpp2p1/4b1B1/2P1P3/8/PP1QB1PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 1"]
1. c5 dxc5 2. Bc4 {Now it's a different game. Black reacts as soon as possible. No time trying to get the Queen side pawns rolling. This is getting critical.} 2... Bg4 3. Rxf7 {The old sac- pin and win back trick.} 3... Rxf7 4. Rf1 Qxb2 {White has no qualms about swapping Queens this time because he has....} 5. Qxb2 Bxb2 6. Rxf7 {.....A discovered check. The discovered check is the Dive Bomber of the Chessboard - Ruben Fine said that.} 6... Be2 {Black defends against the Dive Bomber with The Shadow. Don't you just love these chess terms.} 7. Be6 Bg4 {It's a method of defence v a discovered check. Hit the checking piece and provided there is no double check it works.} 8. Bb3 Bd1 9. Bc4 Be2 10. Be6 Bg4 11. Bc4 Be2 12. Bb3 Bd1 13. Be6 Bg4 {The game was declared drawn ages ago I’m just having fun...Me and My Shadow.}

Years passed... and in 2008 A lad on here sprung the Geller Trap.
The RHP player showed the planet a whole new pitfall to fall into.

Man O War - Richardt Hansen RHP 2008.
FEN r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/2pp1np1/2n3B1/2PNP3/2N5/PP1QBPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1

[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp3pbp/2pp1np1/2n3B1/2PNP3/2N5/PP1QBPPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1"]
1. f3 Nfxe4 2. fxe4 Bxd4+ 3. Kh1 {The crucial difference is White did not take on e4 with the c3 Knight. } 3... Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nxe4 {White resigned.}

Anybody with nits want half a bottle of Bay Rum?

Geller's Trap and the Dive Bomber

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