[Event "Weekend Tournament"]
[Site "Holland"]
[Date "1983"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Van de Loo"]
[Black "Hesslin"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.
Ke3 Qe7 8. c3 Nd4 9. Kxe4 Qh4+ 10. Ke3 Qf4+ 11. Kd3 d5 12. Bxd5 Bf5+ 13.
Kc4 b5+ 14. Kc5 Qh4 15. Nxe5 O-O-O 16. c4 Rxd5+ 17. cxd5 Rd8 18. Nc3 Nc6
19. Qa4 Qe7+ 20. Kxb5 Qxe5 21. Qc4 Nd4+ 22. Ka4 Bd7+ 23. Ka5 Nc6+ 24. Ka6
Nb8+ 25. Kxa7 c6 26. Nb5 Bf5 27. d4 Rd7+ 28. Ka8 Qe7 29. dxc6 Be4 30. d5
Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Na7+ Kd8 33. Kxb8 Qc7+ 34. Ka8 Ra5 35. Bg5+ Rxg5 36.
Rad1+ Ke8 37. Rhe1+ Kf8 38. Rd7 Qxh2 39. Ree7 Qxg2 40. Rb7 Rc5 41. c7 Qg4
42. Rf7+ Ke8 43. b4 Rc2 44. a4 h5 45. a5 h4 46. b5 h3 47. Nc6 h2 48. Rxg7
1-0
Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficswow, send me the annotations!
[pgn] [Event "Weekend Tournament"] [Site "Holland"] [Date "1983"][Round "-"] [White "Van de Loo"] [Black "Hesslin"] [Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3 Qe7 8. c3 Nd4 9. Kxe4 Qh4+ 10. Ke3 Qf4+ 11. Kd3 d5 12. Bxd5 Bf5+ 13. Kc4 b5+ 14. Kc5 Qh4 15. Nxe5 O-O-O 16. c4 Rxd5+ 17. cxd5 Rd8 18. Nc3 Nc ...[text shortened]... . Rf7+ Ke8 43. b4 Rc2 44. a4 h5 45. a5 h4 46. b5 h3 47. Nc6 h2 48. Rxg7 1-0 [/pgn]
This is pre-computer chess. Please don't over analyze it with a computer and ruin it. Just play through it with a board, study it, and be amazed. 🙂
Here are some of the annotations from GM Andy Soltis.
I'm going to put * where I cut him off.
7. Ke3
" If you haven't seen them before, the numerous sacrifices from moves five through 18 are hard to believe. But they are the latest word in theory of an amazing opening. Over the last hundred years, much of this theoretical work has been done by the players of the Wilkes-Barre Chess Club in the Pennsylvania city of the same name.
The position after 7. Ke3 recalls Bobby Fischer's adventure with this line in his first U.S. Junior Championship. After seeing Black's apparent blunder at move four, he "nearly laughed out loud" before realizing his difficulties. "Afterwards," wrote Bobby, "I showed ... (opponent) a forced win that he had missed. The game was actually drawn on my request. I had no chance for first place and my trophy for the best scoring player under 13 was assured already, since I was the only one under 13!"
7. ... Qe7 !
"State-of-the-art analysis. Older books have 7. ... Qh4 * "
Qe7 threatens Qc5+
9. Kxe4 !!
( 9. Nxh8 Qg5+ 10. Kxe4 d5+ / 9. cxd4 exd4+ 10. Kf3 d5 11. Bxd5 0-0 !! " The white king usually lands up getting mated in such lines as 12. Re1 Qe5 13. Qb3 Qf5+ 14. Ke2 Qf2+ 15 Kd1 Bg4+ 16. Kc2 Qxe1"😉
10. Ke3 !
11. ... d5 !
14. Kc5
" I hate to spoil some of this game's charm, but you ought to know that this is still "book." You'll probably not find it floating in the alphabet soup of ECO and BCO, but this has all been analyzed in Kenneth Williams' wonderful pamphlet. The Real American Wilkes-Barre."
15. Nxe5 !
(15. Bxa8 Qe7+ 16. Kd5 Qe6+ 17. Kc5 Qc4 mate)
16. c4 ! (16. cxd4 Rxd5+ ! 17. Kxd5 Rd8+ "wins easily"
16. ... Rxd5 + !
18. ... Nc6 !! 19. Qa4 !!
" This is probably the most stunning Theoretical Novelty on record. Williams gives the position (before Qa4) as a win for black.
I. 19. Nxb5 Qb4 + 20. Kxc6 Bd7 + 21. Nxd7 Qc4 + 22. Nc5 Qxd5 mate
II. 19. d4 Qe7 + 20. Kxc6 Qb4 21. Ne4 a6 threatening Rd6 Nxd6 Qxd6 mate.
III. 19. a3 Qd4+ 20. Kxb5 a6! and Black will end it next move.
19. ... Qe7 + ! (19. ... bxa4 20. Nxc6 ! with lots of comp.
I'm going to take a short brake here. Converting to algebraic is a little taxing. Be back in a few.
Ok ... Just got up and walked around a minute. Feel better. Here we go. I hope you guys are enjoying this.
20. Kxb5 !
21. Qc4 ?!
" White might have saved himself a lot of grief with 21. Qa6 + Kb8 22. Qxc6 , when black must accept the queen sacrifice by playing Bd7.
Black would then have to prove that his attack still lives. After the move played, Black implicitly offers a draw with a series of checks."
23. Ka5 ?!
(23. Ka3 Nc2+ 24. Kb3 Nd4+)
24. Ka6 ??
25. ... c6 ? (threatens mate 26. ... Qc7+ but 25. ... Qd6! is the move, threatening Qb6 and Qb7 mate)
26. Nb5 ! " All of a sudden, White has the extraordinary threat of 27. Kb6 !! and Na7 mate. White should now win, but there are still some twists left."
28. Ka8 (28. Kb6 "is very strong"😉
29. dxc6 ?? ( 29. d6 !!)
31. Qxd5 !
33. Kxb8 ?! ( " White misses, perhaps, a forced win with 33. Bf4!. If Black meets the threat of c7+ with 33. ... Na6, White wreaks havoc with his connected Rooks in the line 34. Rhe1 Qb4 35. Bg5+ ! Rxg5 36. Rad1 +. On the other hand, don't bet on this analysis."
33. ... Qc7 + ??
" IM Anthony Saidy, who found this game in a Dutch chess magazine, wondered if it were real or something composed. I thank that the number of blunders by both sides proves it's genuine. Here, for example, Black could save the game with 33. ... Qe5 + ! , since 34. Ka8 ? loses to Kc7 !, which threatens Rook or Queen mating checks. Hence White would have nothing better than to accept the perpetual after 34. Kb7 Rb5+ 35. Nxb5 Qxb5 +. "
Be back with the stunning conclusion in a few minutes. 🙂
34. ... Ra5
" Black's last move looks like a game ender. Neither 35. Be3 Qc8 mate! nor 35. Rd1 + Ke8 36. Re1+ Kf8 offers White any hope at all. Still, given White's stunning 35th move, Black should have played the subtle 34. ... Ke8 ! wit its threat of 35. ... Rd8+ 36. Nc8 Rxc8 mate.
White might then have seen the complications offered by 35. Bg5 !. Would you have?"
35. Bg5 + !! Rxg5 "Black must capture the Bishop because 35. Ke8 loses the queen to 36. Rae1+ Kf7 37. Re7+. Or if 36. ... Kf8 Rhf1+. But now White frees his king and rooks for a decisive final attack."
42. Rf7+ !! " Yet another brilliant shot. The rook can never be taken because white will queen with a discovered check."
44. a4! h5!
47. Nc6 !
48. Rxg7 !! Black Resigns " The main threat is 49. Rb8+ Qc8 50. Rxc8 mate. Of course, if 49. ... Qxg7 50. c8=Q mate. "
" A minor immortal game."
To say the least that is what it is. 🙂
I hope you have enjoyed this rare game and all the annotations. This is back when chess was heavy analysis, and computers were week. If you put this in a program, no doubt you will find many many errors. That's not the point. It's about the heat of over the board battle and the beautiful game it produced. This game will always be one of my favorite games. I hope you enjoyed it too.
Source
Chess Life Magazine
March 1985
Chess To Enjoy
By Andy Soltis
I was 3 when the game was played. This article was referenced years later in a Wilkes-Barre played in Alex Dunn's column. I asked a friend to show me the game, and he did.
🙂
Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficsWow, that's one nice game
34. ... Ra5
" Black's last move looks like a game ender. Neither 35. Be3 Qc8 mate! nor 35. Rd1 + Ke8 36. Re1+ Kf8 offers White any hope at all. Still, given White's stunning 35th move, Black should have played the subtle 34. ... Ke8 ! wit its threat of 35. ... Rd8+ 36. Nc8 Rxc8 mate.
White might then have seen the complications offered by 3 ...[text shortened]... d in Alex Dunn's column. I asked a friend to show me the game, and he did.
🙂
Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficsWhat a mental game!! Thanks for that 😀
[pgn] [Event "Weekend Tournament"] [Site "Holland"] [Date "1983"][Round "-"] [White "Van de Loo"] [Black "Hesslin"] [Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Ke3 Qe7 8. c3 Nd4 9. Kxe4 Qh4+ 10. Ke3 Qf4+ 11. Kd3 d5 12. Bxd5 Bf5+ 13. Kc4 b5+ 14. Kc5 Qh4 15. Nxe5 O-O-O 16. c4 Rxd5+ 17. cxd5 Rd8 18. Nc3 Nc ...[text shortened]... . Rf7+ Ke8 43. b4 Rc2 44. a4 h5 45. a5 h4 46. b5 h3 47. Nc6 h2 48. Rxg7 1-0 [/pgn]
