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Vol. 75 No. 2
en passant
Journal of The Pittsburgh Chess Club
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GM Rafael Leitão vs. Mario Vaz, Simultaneous Exhibition
Mario Augusto Vaz Junior, chess player since age 10, was Pirelli
Tires Chess Club founder and Director for 13 years, as well as
SESC São Caetano do Sul (São Paulo, Brazil) Chess Coordinator.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e4 e5 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 Qc7 8.0–0
0–0
GM Leitão opened with the Queen’s Gambit and I responded with the
Philidor Defense.
White seriously decided to attack on the queen side by move the “b” pawn
and I responded with the “c” pawn to close the center of the board.
The “c” passed pawn nearly guarantees equality. It is true that white also has
a passed pawn in “d” but with Bd6 I believe I can stop it.
16.Qd2 b5 17.a4 Bd6 18.Ra1 Bd7 19.axb5 axb5 20.Qc3 f6 21.Ra3 Rxa3 22.Qxa3 Rb8 23.Ra1 Be8 24.Nd2
Nd7 25.Nb1 Nb6 26.Bxb6 Qxb6 27.Nc3
White controls the “a” column but cannot make progress. The d6 bishop
prevents the advance of the passed pawn as well as attacks b4. The b4 pawn
cannot fall or else the black pawn on b5 and c4 may advance.
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27...Qc7 28.h4 Qe7 29.Rb1 Rb7 30.Bh3 Ra7
After 30...Ra7 I offered a draw and GM Leitão accepted. In the final position
black appears to be a bit better but a draw is satisfactory given I was playing
against seven-time Brazilian champion (1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2011, 2013
and 2014).
½–½
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Be7
GM Mekhitarian (twice Brazilian champion: 2012 and 2015) opened with the
Kings Pawn and I responded with the Modern Philidor Defense.
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bg6 12.Qd2 0–0 13.Rae1 Rae8 14.Qh2 Qb4 15.Bc1h6 16.a3 Qb6 17.Kh1 d5?
I attacked the center with the queen’s pawn (a mistake). I previously thought
about 17....a6 as I believed he would play e5. A possible sequence would be
18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Bxg6 fxg6 but the correct response for black was
actually 17...c5 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Bxd3 20.cxd3 Nh7.
18.e5 Bxd3 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.cxd3 Bxd4 21.Qd6 Rxe1 22.Rxe1 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Qf2 24.Qf4!
24.Qxd7?? would be a blunder and would give black a draw after 24...Qxf3+
25.Kg1 (25.Kh2?? Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Qxe1+ 27.Kg2 Re8) 25...Qg3+ 26.Kf1 Qf3+
27.Kg1 Qg3+ 28.Kf1 Qf3+ 29.Kg1
24...Qc2 25.Qd2 Qa4 26.Qf4 Qc2 27.Re7 Nc5 28.Qd2 Qb1 29.Re1?
I made my move and offered a draw. After thinking for a moment GM Krikor
accepted. This outcome was due to his loss of the d3 pawn. ½–½ ▀
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BOOK ‘EM
Bent Larsen
By Steve O’Connor
Jørgen Bent Larsen was a Danish grandmaster and author. Known for his imaginative and unorthodox
style of play, he was the first Western player to pose a serious challenge to the Soviet Union’s
dominance in chess. He is considered to be the strongest player born in Denmark and the strongest
from Scandanavia until the emergence of Mangus Carlson.
Larsen was a six-time Danish Champion and a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on four
occasions, reaching the semifinal three times. He had multiple wins over eight World Champions: Max
Euwe , Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky, Bobby
Fischer, and Anatoly Karpov.
Larsen was born in Tilsted, near Thisted in Denmark and was educated at Aalborg Cathedral School.
In January 1942 Larsen contracted a number of childhood diseases. Although none had any permanent
effects, it was during this period that Larsen discovered chess. He went on to represent Denmark twice
in the World Junior Championship, in 1951 at Birmingham (placing fifth) and in 1953 at Copenhagen
(placing eighth). He started playing seriously at the age of 17 when he moved to Copenhagen to study
Civil Engineering, but he never graduated choosing instead to play chess professionally. He became an
International Master at the age of 19 in 1954, from his bronze-medal performance on board one at the
Amsterdam Olympiad. He won his first of six Danish Championships in 1954 repeating this feat in
1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, and 1964.
Larsen defeated Fridrik Olafsson in an exhibition match at Oslo in 1955 by 4½–3½. He won at
Copenhagen in 1956 with 8/9.
Around this time Larsen diversified his style, switching over to risky and unusual openings in some of
his games, to try to throw his opponents off balance; this led to the recovery of his form and further
development of his chess. He finished 2nd at the 1963 Halle Zonal with 13/19, behind winner Lajos
Portisch, to advance to the Interzonal the next year. At Belgrade 1964, he shared 5th–6th places with
10/17. He tied for 5th–7th places at Beverwijk 1964 with 9½/15. Larsen's unusual openings were on
full display at the 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal, where he shared the 1st–4th places on 17/23 with Boris
Spassky, Mikhail Tal, and Vassily Smyslov, advancing as a Candidate.
In the 1965 Candidates' matches, he defeated Borislav Ivkov at Bled by 5½–2½ but lost a hard-fought
semifinal, also at Bled by 4½–5½ to former World Champion Mikhail Tal, who won the tenth game
with a complex speculative knight sacrifice in the center. Larsen won a playoff match for alternates, an
eventual third-place Candidates' position, against Efim Geller by 5–4 at Copenhagen in1966. In 1967
he won the Sousse Interzonal with the score of 15½/21 after Fischer withdrew; this placed him 1½
points ahead of the field. He then won his first-round match against Lajos Portisch by 5½–4½ at Porec
in1968. At Malmo, however, he lost the semifinal by 2½–5½ to Boris Spassky, who went on to win the
title.
In 1970 he shared 2nd in the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, on 15/23, behind Bobby Fischer. He
reached his top rank in the Elo Rating System at the start of 1971, equal third in the world (with
Korchnoi, behind Fischer and Spassky) with a rating of 2660. He then defeated Wolfgang Uhlmann by
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5½–3½ at Las Palmas in 1971. But then he lost the semifinal 0–6 at Denver to Fischer, who also went
on to win the title.
Larsen later claimed that his one-sided loss to Fischer was due in part to his condition during the
match: "The organizers chose the wrong time for this match. I was languid with the heat and Fischer
was better prepared for such exceptional circumstances... I saw chess pieces through a mist and, thus,
my level of playing was not good."[4]
In 1973 he failed to advance from the Leningrad Interzonal; he tied for 5th–6th places with 10/17, with
Karpov and with Viktor Korchnoi winning. In 1976 he won the Biel Interzonal, but lost his 1977
Candidates' match, a rematch of their 1968 encounter, to Lajos Portisch by 3½–6½ at Rotterdam. At
the Riga Interzonal of 1979, Larsen scored 10/17 for 7th place, and did not advance.
Starting in the mid-1960s, Larsen enjoyed a very successful run in major tournaments around the
world, and he and Fischer became the two strongest players outside the Soviet Union. Larsen played in
a lot of strong events, at least as many as any other top player, and repeatedly finished ahead of the top
Soviet players. He won at Le Harve 1966 with 9/11, ahead of Lev Polugaevsky. At Santa Monica in
1966, he placed third with 10/18, behind Spassky and Fischer. He won at Havana 1967 with 15/19,
ahead of a strong group that included Mikhail Taimanov, Smyslov, Polugaevsky, Gligorić, and
Miroslav Filip. He shared 2nd–3rd places at Dundee in 1967 with 5½/8. At Beverwijk in 1967, he was
4th with 8½/15. At Monte Carlo in1967, he shared 3rd–4th with 6/9. He shared 1st–2nd at Winnipeg in
1967 with 6/9, along with Klaus Darga ahead of Spassky and Keres. He won at Palma de Mallorca
1967 with 13/17, ahead of Smyslov, Botvinnik, Portisch, Gligorić, and Borislav Ivkov. He was
awarded the first Chess Oscar in 1967.
Somewhat unusual for the late 1960s, Larsen—as one of the world's top players—often entered large
Open tournaments run on the Swiss system, and had plenty of success. He won the Canadian Open at
Toronto in 1968 and St. Johns in1970. He also won the U. S. Open Championships at Aspen, Colorado
in 1968 and Boston 1970.
Larsen won at Monte Carlo 1968 with 9½/13, ahead of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Vlastimil Hort, Robert
Byrne, Portisch, and Pal Benko. This completed a string of five consecutive clear wins of major
tournaments, a feat that had not previously been accomplished in modern chess. Larsen shared 2nd–
3rd places at Palma de Mallorca in 1968 with 13/17, along with Spassky; Viktor Korchnoi won. In a
playoff match for third place in the Candidates Tournament, he defeated Tal at Eersel 1969 by 5½–2½
in a rematch of their 1965 encounter. He won at Palma de Mallorca in 1969 with 12/17 ahead of
Petrosian, Korchnoi, Hort, and Spassky. There was a further victory at Busum1969 with 11/15 ahead
of Polugaevsky. At San Juan in 1969, he scored 9/15 for a shared 6th–7th place. He defeated Hekki
Westerninen by 6–2 at Helsinki in 1969 in a match in which every game was decisive.
Larsen won at Lugano in 1970 with 9½/14, ahead of Olafsson. In the USSR vs. Rest of World match at
Belgrade in 1970, he played first board for the World side, ahead of Fischer, and scored 2½/4 against
Spassky and Leonid Stein. At Leiden in 1970, he shared 3rd–4th places with 5½/12. He defeated
Lubomir Kavalek in a 1970 exhibition match at Solingen by 6–2. He won at Vincovici in 1970 with
10½/15, ahead of David Bronstein, Hort, and Gligorić. At Palma de Mallorca in 1970, he shared 6th–
7th places with 9/15. Larsen shared 8th–9th places at San Antonio in1972 with 8½/15. He won at
Teeside in 1972 with 11/15, ahead of Ljubojević and Portisch. At Las Palmas in 1972, he shared 2nd–
3rd places on 11/15.
Larsen won at Hastings in 1972–73 with 11½/15. At Bauang 1973, he scored 6/9 for 4th place. Larsen
won at Grenaa in 1973 in the Nordic Championship with 8½/10. He won again at Manila in 1973 with
12½/15, ahead of Ljubojević and Kavalek. In 1975, Larsen defeated Danish Champion and future
International Master Gert Iskov at Gellerup by the score of 5½–½ and lost a match to GM Ulf
Anderssen by the score of 5½–2½ at Stockholm the same year.
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He represented Denmark six times in Chess Olympiad play, always on first board, and compiled an
aggregate score of 75/109 (+61 −20 =28), for 68.8%. He always played a very high number of games
and in 1954 played a maximum of 19 games. He won three board medals, one gold and two bronze.
Amsterdam 1954, board one, 13½/19 (+11 −3 =5), board bronze medal;
Moscow 1956, board one, 14/18 (+11 −1 =6), board gold medal;
Munich 1958, board one, 13/19 (+11 −4 =4);
Havana 1966, board one, 11/18 (+9 −5 =4);
Lugano 1968, board one, 10½/18 (+8 −5 =5);
Siegen 1970, board one, 13/17 (+11 −2 =4), board bronze medal.
In 1988 he lost a game to Deep Thought in the Software Toolworks Championship, becoming the first
Grandmaster and, at the time, the player with the highest Elo rating (by then 2560) to be defeated by a
computer in tournament play. In 1993 Larsen won a return match against the supercomputer Deep
Blue in Copenhagen by 2½–1½.
Despite his advancing age, Larsen continued to play in tournaments. In 1999. he finished 7th out of 10
in the Danish Championship, but in the 2000 event he was forced to withdraw when he became
seriously ill with an edema which required brain surgery. Thereafter he only played a few tournaments
in Buenos Aires. He was 4th in the 2002 Najdorf Memorial knock-out. In the April 2009 FIDE list, he
had an Elo rating of 2415.
Larsen's final tournament was Magistral Internacional Ruibal 2008 in Buenos Aires. He delivered a
poor performance and lost all nine games he played.
His health had been poor for some considerable time and he had been virtually inactive for years. He
died in Buenos Aires in 2010
Larsen was known as a deep thinking and highly imaginative player, more willing to try unorthodox
ideas and to take more risks than most of his peers. This aspect of his play could even manifest itself in
his choice of openings. He is a firm believer in the value of surprise. Consequently, he often resorts to
dubious variations in various openings. He also likes to complicate positions even though it may
involve considerable risk. He has a great deal of confidence in his game and fears no one. His unique
style has proven extremely effective against relatively weak opponents but has not been too successful
against top-notchers.
He was one of the very few modern grandmasters to have employed Birds Opening (1.f4) with any
regularity, and had a long-term association with the move 1.b3, a system commonly known as Larsen’s
Opening or the Nimzo–Larsen Attack. He played the Dutch Defense with success at a time when the
opening was rarely seen at the top level. He revived the almost dormant Bishops Opening (1.e4 e5
2.Bc4) with success in 1964 and explored new ways for Black to seek activity in the Philidor Defense
(1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6). Indeed, he wrote a short monograph on the Philidor, Why Not The Philidor
Defense?, in 1971. He was also the first top player to successfully use the Grand Prix Attack against
the Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5 2.f4), spurring a sudden and sustained gain in its popularity. In the mid-
1960s, he showed surprising faith in Alekhines Defense (1.e4 Nf6) and even employed it on important
occasions. He played the rare Scandanavian Defense 1.e4 d5 to defeat World Champion Anatoly
Karpov in 1979, sparking renewed interest in that variation. A favourite line in the Caro-Kann (1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6) is co-named for him and David Bronstein; the idea is to
accept a weakness to the Black pawn structure in exchange for an unbalancing of the position and
retaining the bishop pair. ▀
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Kleyton Lima, Tournament Director,
Coach, and Player for the Espaço Xadrez
Total/Corinthians in São Paulo, Brazil.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5
After two years of study I found this line and played it against the strong GM Robert Hungaski.
7...a5 (7...Nbd7 the idea was to quickly play Nc5 without wasting time with a5 so that white would
have to protect e4).
11...f5 (11...Bh3! prevents the h-pawn advance but I did not see that
during the game so my opponent took advantage of my imprecision to
quickly play h4).
15...Qxc8 16.f3 Rd8 17.a4 Bf8!? The plan is to move the knight to g7 and the bishop to d6.
18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Qg2 Ng7 20.Qg4 Rd7 21.Ra3 Qe8 22.Rb3 b6 23.Nf1 Nh5 24.Nh2 Rf7
25.Qg1? (25.Qe6! giving g4 to the knight! 25...Bg7 26.Qxe8+ Rxe8 27.d6 giving d5 to the knight!
27...Re6 28.dxc7 Rxc7 29.Ng4 Rd7 30.Nd5+– white has decisive advantage.
26.Ng4 Rd7 27.Rh2 Rb8 28.Rd2 c6? (An unnecessary move that
hugely increase white’s advantage. (28...Ng3 makes black better but
not enough to gain the lead)
30...Rbd8 From now on, low on time, I was unable to stop GM Hungaski from winning without much
effort.
31.b3 Qe7 32.Raa2 h6 33.dxc6 hxg5 34.Nd5 Qe8 35.c7 R8d7 36.hxg5 Re6 37.Qh3 Kf7 38.Nh6+
Kf8 39.c8Q 1–0 ▀
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FROM THE BATTLEFIELD
I’ve been playing in PCC championships since I moved to Pittsburgh. It’s the most
prestigious tournament to win, and usually the most challenging of all. In 2010, the
first year I played, I actually came very close, with a half point lead going into the
last round, only to lose the last game and the championship title. Just a couple of
years ago, I shared first place with Kevin, who’s been playing excellent chess
recently. But this time, I was hoping for clear first place. Having done a 6-0 run in
the last tournament, I was feeling in tip top shape for the crown!
In the first round of the tournament, I met my friend Alex Sax. His knowledge of the game is significantly
above his rating, and he can challenge anyone on a good day. After a few mutual inaccuracies in the opening, I
won a piece in tactical complications, which decided the game shortly after.
Next five rounds, I played four experts and a master. +3 =2 proved just enough to clinch the title, although it
was far from easy. The second round, I was paired against Joe Winwood. After a slow, manuevering
middlegame, I lost my edge from the opening and looked like I was losing control. We exchanged queens,
where I was clearly playing for two results. I assessed the position as much better for me, and much easier to
play, but I couldn’t decide if I was winning. Kevin, who was watching on and off, thought my advantage was
decisive. He was right – the engine gives about +2 here (see diagram 1, below).
Black’s bad bishop and the backward d6 pawn spell doom, sooner or later. I
improved my pieces and increased my advantage gradually: 1..Ra8 2.Bb3
Nc6 3.Rc7 Nd8 3.Nc4 Ra6 4.Bd2 Re8 5.Ne3 Bf8 6.Bc4 Ra3 7.Rb8
Kevin played the opening very well, and it's a little embarrassing that I had a
completely lost game by the tenth move! Disgusted with my position, I hung on just by the skin of my teeth,
when Kevin decided on a more positional approach to decide the game. Somehow it became double edged,
when all three results were possible. Being worse or outright lost for almost the entire game, I now had a
chance, with a knight sacrifice on f4 (see diagram 3, below).
Of course the sacrifice is completely winning. The game continued 1..Nf4!
2.gxf4 gxf4+ 3.Kf3 Rh8 4.Rxe5 Rh3+ 5.Kxf4. Having used up my entire
remaining time to see all the way to the end, I let my clock run down to 1
second (!). We do have the 5 second delay, but can you find the mate in 6
seconds here? (diagram 4, right)
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Well, I hallucinated. I thought this was mating: 5..Qf6+?? 6.Rf5 Qh4+ 7.Ke5 (this was what I missed), so I
took the perpetual with 7..Qe7+ 8.Kf4 Qh4+ etc. Immediately after the
game, Kevin showed me the winning line: 5..f6! 6.Re7+ Kf8 and the mate
would be unstoppable. Since he missed several wins earlier in the game, I
thought a draw was a fair result.
Next two rounds, I beat Narkeeran Narasimhan and Kurt Wallnau in fairly
uneventful games. Things were pretty quiet, until I managed to make
something out of nothing, to get two wins in a row.
Going into the climactic last round, I found myself tied with Kevin at 4.5 / 5
each. He was playing Narkeeran in the last round, who had 3.5. My opponent
was Ed this time, who also had 3.5, within striking distance. Would I be able
to deal with the pressure and take home the title?
Things didn’t exactly go as planned. I half sacrificed, half blundered a pawn against Ed for an attack, to soon
discover that it was completely unsound. Having to go into an ending with dwindling winning chances, the
situation was looking grim, when I thought Kevin had a big, possibly decisive edge over Narkeeran. What
turned the tables was Narkeeran’s amazing endgame play, when he suddenly obtained a winning position with a
knight sacrifice for a few pawns. Now, all I had to do was to get a draw for clear first. I kept playing for the win,
as there weren’t any real risks involved. Ed played well to keep me at bay, eventually sacrificing his knight to
transition into a completely drawn R+N vs. R ending. I played on for a miracle, as anything was possible, when
I had only 8 seconds remaining, to Ed’s 3. We moved back and forth without making any headway, and just
when I was about to offer a draw, I blundered my rook! We agreed to a draw right away, which made me PCC
champion. What a funny way to end a tournament, you give away a rook but you still win the whole thing.
So this is how it happened: +4 =2, with a performance rating of 2327. I am now on a 14 game unbeaten streak at
PCC, with only 22 points separating me from the master title. It’s been a magical ride so far this year. The next
step is Pittsburgh Open, looking forward to it! ▀
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Chess is 99% Tactics
Find the best winning line. Some positions may have a number of winning lines but
the answers given are those that the chess engine Houdini 4 evaluates as best and
will have a valuation at least 2 – 3 points higher than the next best.
SOLUTIONS
#1 -299 1... Nxb3+ 2. Kb1 (If 2 ab then 2…… Qa3+ and mate on b2 follows) Nd4+ 3. Kc1 Qb2+ 4. Kd1 Qa1+ 5. Nb1 Qb1#
#2 +8.32 1. Rxf6 Qxf6 2. Nf5+ Qxf5 3. exf5 Be7 4. Qg3 Bf6 5. Be4 Red8 6. h4 Rh8 7. Rf1
Rcd8 8. Qf2 Rd6 9. Qc5 Rhd8 10. Kg3 Be7 11. Qxc4
#3 +4.15 1. Nxe5 Bxe5 (if 1….. Be2 then 2. Qa4+ followed by Nd7+, and Na8 wins material) 2. Bxg4 h5 3. Be2 h4 4. Be3 Kf8
5. Qd2 Nf6 6. f3 a6 7. Kf2 Qc7 8.Bd3 Rc8 9. Rae1 Nd7 10. Ne4 h3 11. g3 Rh5 12. f4 Bg7 13. Be2
#4 +299 1. Rxh7+ Rxh7 2. Rxh7+ Kh7 3. Qh1+ Kg7 4. f6+ Kf8 (if 4……Kf6 5. Nd7+ forking the king and queen) 5. Qh7 Bh3+
6. Kh1 Qc7
#5 +5.14 Black just played Ne4 forking the queen and rook, looks good but surprise surprise 1. Nxf7+ Rxf7 2. Qxg7+ Rxg7 3.
Rxd7 Qg8 4. Bxg7+ Qxg7 5. Rxg7 Kg7 6. Rd7+ Kh8 7. Rxb7 Nc3 8. Bf3 Nxa2 9. Rd7 Re8 10. Rxa7 Nc3 11. Rd7 Rf8 12. Rd3
Na2 13.Rd6 Rb8 14. g3 b5 15. Rd5 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rc8 17. Rd7 Re8 18. Kg2 Nc3 19. Rc7
#6 +299.0 1. Bb3 (seemingly an easily parried attack on the rook. Unfortunately any move by the rook to save itself makes the
real venom behind 1. Bb3 evident, as after 2. Rd6+ the black king cannot get to c4 and after the forced 2…… Ke4 it is mate after
3. Bc2#) Kd2 2. a7 Rbd8 3. Bxg8 c2 4. Bd5 b5 5. Rxc2+ Kc2 6. a8=Q Rxa8 7. Bxa8 f3 8. gxf3 Kc3 9. Ke3 Kc4 10. d8=Q Kb4 11.
Qb6 Ka3 12. Qxb5 Ka2 13. Kd3 Ka1 14. Kc2 Ka2 15. Qa6#
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31.Nh5+ gxh5. 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.e7 Qc1+ 35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3
Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Qe4+ 38.Kxh5 Qe2+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+ 40.g4 Qe1+ 41.Kh5
and Capablanca resigned.
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Game analysis
By Peter Jansen,
Pittsburgh Chess Club Member.
Ne7?
Jeff makes a provocative, but thematic sacrifice of the IQP.
It would have been best for black to accept it now rather
One of the main lines (the so-called Nimzowitsch than on the next move, as after the queen sacrifice with 15.
variation) of the Bogo-Indian defense. But both players … Qxd4 (Nxd4?? 16. Rd3! pins and wins the N) 16. Rd3
step away from the well-trodden paths immediately. Qxe5! 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 it isn’t all that easy for white to
5.Nc3 c5?! prove his advantage!
Definitely leaving book as played by top GMs (who go for But now Jeff launches an absolutely spectacular and
5. … b6 or 5. … O-O in this line). amazing attack on Joe’s king!
6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4
h6?! 16.Qc1! Qxd4?! 17.Rd3! Qb6
In a game Nascimento – Taha at the 1984 Olympiad, black
won after 10. … a6. However, probably better is 10. … The queen sac is of course no longer possible.
b6(N), with standard play against the isolated queen pawn The “art of attack” – White to play and win!
(IQP) and an approximately equal position. Joe’s 10. …
h6 seems to waste a tempo with respect to this plan, while
providing white with a target!
*diagram on column to the right.
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Continued from previous page…
Indeed, what can black do about the quick mate with 26.
Qg6+ followed by 27. Re4 ?
18.Bxh6!! Nf5 25. … Rf7!!
Accepting (18. … gxh6 19. Qxh6) is suicide. Maybe 18. … That! (but nothing else, e.g., 25. … Kg7? 26. Bd3! f5 27.
Ne8 held out longer. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Be2! +- )
19.Bxg7!! 26.Qg6+ Kf8!
Blow after blow!
19. … Nxg7 20.Qh6! Nfh5 21.Rh3! f6!
Winwood the fighter wakes up!
22.Ng6! Bd7!?
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GOLDEN TRIANGLE RESULTS: HELD ON APRIL 20TH, 2019.
SwissSys Standings.
12.e4
After 12.Rfe1 g6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bf6 16.b4 Bg7 17.d5 cxd5 18.cxd5 exd5
19.Bxd5 , a draw was agreed upon, ½–½, in Gustafsson-Bischoff, Austrian Team ch 2006.
12...dxe4 13.Nxe4 Rfd8?