Benjamin Lin May 26 1992, 2:12 pm show options Newsgroups: rec.games.chess From: l...@d5900.ucs.orst.edu (Benjamin Lin) - Find messages by this author Date: 27 May 92 01:33:54 GMT Local: Tues, May 26 1992 6:33 pm Subject: Chess Bits issue 3 Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse [ Chess Bits Issue 3 May 26, 1992 stuff: I decided to get this out early this week because I'm going to be busy later this week. However, the minimum of 10 games has barely been met. This issue features Howard Wachtel's upset of James Ellis and other related games in the Gruenfeld by Leonid Bass. I would also like to draw attention to my analysis of a very "ripe" position! Please go over it and let me know what you think. The position is quite interesting. Remember how I said it would be nice to send in one game per month, well Dennis Baker fulfilled his quota for the year by sending in 4 of his email games. It's nice to get games from new submitters. other stuff: I doubt anyone is using Notation or anything else to go over this stuff, but I will continue to put those brackets in. If you send in a game, please brackets all your comments. Let's get some more stuff for next week, OK? contents: Cover Page 4 Email games by Dennis Baker DT-IM Ginsburg game on ics (Pirc/Modern ?) Game by Jeff Golds (Sicilian Dragon) 3 Games from Howard K. Wachtel (Gruefeld 4 Nf3) Analysis of a position by Ben Lin (Dutch Classical ?) ] [ -------------------------------------------------------------- ] [ Games by Baker -> D...@canal.crc.uno.edu ] [ Bitnet Team Tournament ] [ USA-A vs. Canada-A Match ] [ Alekhine's Defense ] [ NM Dennis Baker 2258 (U.S.A.) - NM Maher Saleh 2302 (Canada) ] [ Bd.1 E-mail, 1/25-3/16/91 ] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 c6 6.O-O Bg7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nbd2 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 O-O 11.Re1 e6 12.Bg5 b5 13.Bb3 Nd7 14.a4 b4?! [ Christiansen; 14...c6 with the idea N7b6, c5. ] [ must mean 14...a6. I can't believe this is still book! -ed ] 15.Qd2 [ Christiansen-Vaganian, New York Open 1990, 1-0 in 33 -- 49/157 ] 15...Rfc8 [ Vaganian played 15...a5. ] 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Rad1 Rab8 18.h4 c5 19.Qe2! cxd4 20.Nxd4 [ Threatening Nxe6! ] 20...Nc5 21.Nb5 [ +/- ] 21...Qb6 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Nb7 24.Re5! 24...Qd8? [ 24...Rf8 BOX ] 25.Nxa7 Bxe5 26.Qxe5 f6 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.Qf7 Rc7 29.Bg7 [ mate ] [ Excuse my ignorance, what does "BOX" mean? I've seen this before. -ed ] [ Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Bc4 ] [ NM Dennis Baker 2258 - FM Ron Buckmire 2433 ] [ E-mail, 4/5-8/13/91 ] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 Qc7 9.f5 e5 10.Nde2 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Nc5 [11...O-O 12.g4! ECO] 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.O-O Bg5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Ng3 Bd7 16.Qh5 Nxb3 17.axb3 h6 18.h4! Bf6 [ 18...Bxh4 19.f6 ] 19.Qg4 Rg8 20.Nh5 Bxh4 21.Nxg7+! Kf8 22.Qh5!! Qg5 [ 22...Kxg7 or 22...Rxg7, 23.f6 ] 23.Ne6+! Bxe6 24.Qxg5 Bxg5 25.fxe6 Rg7 26.Rf3 [ 26.Rf5!? Re8 27.e7+! Kg8 28.Rxg5! ] 26...Re8 27.e7+! Bxe7 [ 27...Kg8 28.Rc3 +/- ] 28.Nc7 Bd8 29.Nxe8 Kxe8 30.Kh2 Rg4 31.Raf1! Rg7 32.b4 Bg5 33.Kh3 Ke7 34.b5 axb5 35.Rb3 Kd7 36.Rxb5 Kc6 37.Rb3 b6 38.Rc3+ Kb7 39.Rd1 Be7 40.b4 Rg5 41.Rf1 Rh5+ 42.Kg3 Rg5+ 43.Kh2 Rg7 44.b5 f6 45.Rc6 Rg8 [ 45...Rg4 46.Rf3! with the idea of 47.Rg3 ] 46.Rf3 Rg7 47.Rh3 Bf8 48.Rxh6 Rf7 49.Rh4 Be7 50.Rh3 Rg7 51.Rh6 Rf7 52.Kg3 Bf8 53.Rh5 Rg7+ 54.Kf3 Rf7 55.Kg4 Rg7+ 56.Kf5 Rxg2 57.Rh7+ Bg7 58.Ke6 [ 1-0 ] [ Bitnet Double Elimination Tournament 1991 ] [ KID: Samisch ] [ Alfredo Abbud - NM Dennis Baker 2258 ] [ rd.1 E-mail, 3/12-3/18/91 ] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O b5!? 9.cxb5 axb5 10.Bxb5 Na5 11.Kb1 Ba6 12.Bh6 Bxh6! 13.Qxh6 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 Qb8 15.Nc3 Nc4 16.Qc1 Qb4 17.Rd3 Rfb8 18.Nd1 Qa4 19.Qc3 Qxa2+ [ 0-1 ] [ Isn't 8...b5!? the move that Herman Chiu claimed Gufeld (sp?) stole from him? -ed ] [ Black's 8...Nxe4?!! CAN'T be good. Yet it worked!? Still, I ] [ would keep this sacrifice out of the hands of children :) ] [ Trompowski's Opening ] [ FM Ron Buckmire 2424 - NM Dennis Baker 2247 ] [ E-mail, 8/91 - 2/92 ] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Nc3 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qh4 d6 6.e4 Be6!? 7.O-O-O Qa5 8.f4 Nxe4?!! 9.Nxe4 Qxa2 10.Bd3 f6 11.Nf3 O-O-O 12.f5 fxg5 13.Nexg5 Bg8 14.Rhe1 g6! 15.fxg6 Bg7 16.c3 Na5 17.Qb4 Kb8 18.Nd2 hxg6 19.Ngf3 Nc6 20.Qg4 Rh5! 21.Nb1 Bh6+ 22.Nbd2 Rc8 23.Kc2 Rc5! 24.Rb1 Ne5! [24...Rxc3+!? 25.Kxc3 Bg7+] 25.Nxe5 Rxc3+ 26.Kd1 dxe5 27.Qxg6? [27.Qe4 Rxd3!! 28.Qxd3 Bxd2 29.Kxd2 Qa5+! -+] 27...Rd8 28.Qxh6 Rcxd3 29.Ke2 Rxd2+ 30.Qxd2 Rxd2+ 31.Kxd2 Bh7 [ 0-1 ] [ ------------------------------------------------------------------ ] [Deep Thought-IM Mark Ginsburg] [ICS 1992] [game score courtesy of Murray Campbell] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. o-o Nf6 6. h3 Bf3 7. Bf3 Nc6 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qd1 Nf6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 fe4 17. Be4 Nf5 18. Bf5 gf5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Bd2 Qf7 21. Qf3 Qg6 22. Nb5 Ne4 23. Be1 Rf7 24. Rc1 ab4 25. ab4 Bh6 26. Rb1 Rg7 27. h4 Bd2 28. Rb2 Be1 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Kh1 Qh6 31. g3 Ng5 32. Qg2 f4 33. Rb3 fg3 34. fg3 Rgf7 35. Rb2 Kh8 36. Qd2 Rf4 37. Qe3 Nf3 38. Ree2 Rh4 39. gh4 Qh4 40. Rh2 Nh2 41. Rh2 Qc4 42. Rf2 Qd5 43. Kh2 Rg8 44. Qh6 Qb5 45. Qf6 Rg7 46. Rg2 [1-0] [A tragedy! Black could have won brilliantly with 39...Rg8!! - M.G.] [ ------------------------------------------------------------------- ] [Jeff Golds (1550) - David Dean (~1650)] [1992 Columbus] [Game/60] [Notes by Jeff] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 [I was expecting a Dragon or a Classical, and I wanted to place my Bishop on e3 without any hassle from Ng4] g6 [A-ha!] 7. Be3 Qb6!? 8. Qd2!? [I looked at 8. ... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bb5 etc. and it seemed I would get great development of my pieces for just a pawn, so I ignored the threat] Bg7 9. O-O-O Qc7 [A wasted tempo, this will really show in a few moves] 10. Bc4 [I still wanted a Yugoslav-like attack, the B appears to be safe here, e.g. 10. ... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh5 12. Qd3 and things are okay, white's queen is not exactly on the best square, but neither is black's knight] a6 11. h4 O-O 12. Bb3 [I figured I had a tempo or two to play it safe, and decided to tuck the B out of harm's way] Nd7 [This seems to remove one of black's king's defenders WITH loss of time, h5 comes into mind, maybe even after white's h4] 13. h5 Nc5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nxc6!? [I wanted to eliminate any counterplay on the d4 sqaure. My plan was to put the B on h6, pinning the "dangerous" Dragon B against a rook] Nxb3+ 16. axb3 bxc6?! [This move eliminates any Black counterplay on the c file, Qxc6 must be better.] 17. Bh6! Be6 [Too late, white is way ahead. Sounds Kamsky-ish doesn't it? ;-) Actually, I don't see any way for black to avoid mate. ] 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh6+ Kf6 20. e5+ dxe5 21. Ne4+ Kf5 22. Qg5 [mate!] [Not a bad showing after over a month of inactivity.] [ Notes by Golds -> jgo...@function.mps.ohio-state.edu ] [ -------------------------------------------------------------------- ] [Games received from Howard K. Wachtel -> U13...@UICVM.CC.UIC.EDU] [ Leonid Bass(2472) - Dr. Eugene Martinovsky(2365) ] [ Western Open, Milwaukee, WI July 1981 ] 1. d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Qb3 dc4 6 Qxc4 O-O 7 e4 Bg4 8 Be3 Nfd7 9 Rd1 Nb6 10 Qb3 Nc6 11 d5 Ne5 12 Be2 Nxf3+ 13 gf3 Bh5 14 Rg1 Qd7 15 Rg3 e6 16 a4 a5 17 Bxb6 cb6 18 Bc4 e5 19 d6 Rfd8 20 Bb5 Qe6 21 Qxe6 fe6 22 Bc4 Bf8 23 Bxe6+ Kg7 24 Nb5 Kf6 25 Bh3 Bh6 26 Ke2 Rf8 27 Bg4 Bf4 28 Rg2 Bxg4 29 fg4 Rac8 30 Nc7 Rfd8 31 g5+ Kf7 32 Rgg1 Rd7 33 Rd3 h6 34 gh6 Bxh6 35 Rh3 Kg7 36 Ne6+ Kh7 37 Rgg3 Rc2+ 38 Kf1 g5 39 Nf8+ [1-0.] [ Leonid Bass(2472) - James Ellis(2302) ] [ Janesville, WI November 1981 ] 1. d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Qb3 dc4 6 Qxc4 O-O 7 e4 Bg4 8 Be3 Nfd7 9 Rd1 Nb6 10 Qb3 Nc6 11 d5 Ne5 12 Be2 Nxf3+ 13 gf3 Bh5 14 Rg1 Qd7 15 a4 Qh3 16 Rg3 Qxh2 17 Bf1 Kh8 18 Ne2 Nd7 19 Bf4 Be5 20 Rh3 Bxf4 21 Rxh2 Bxh2 22 Ng3 Ne5 23 Be2 f6 24 Kf1 c5 25 f4 c4 26 26 Qa3 Nd3 27 Bxh5 gh5 28 Rxd3 cd3 29 Nxh5 Rg8 30 Qxd3 Rac8 31 Qh3 Rc1+ 32 Ke2 Rc2+ 33 Kd3 Rxf2 34 d6 e5 35 Qh4 [1-0.] [ Howard Wachtel(2142) - James Ellis(2302) ] [ Janesville, WI September 1981 ] 1. d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Qb3 dc4 6 Qxc4 O-O 7 e4 Bg4 8 Be3 Nfd7 9 Rd1 Nb6 10 Qb3 Nc6 11 d5 Ne5 12 Be2 Nxf3+ 13 gf3 Bh5 14 Rg1 Qd7 15 Rg3 f5 [This move was given a "TN" in Sosonko-Timman, Informant 33/587, although this game was played earlier] 16 d6+ Kh8 17 dc7 Qxc7 18 Nb5 Qb8 19 Bd4 [Here Sosonko played 19 ef5 and won on move 30] 19... Qf4 20 Bxg7+ Kxg7 21 Nd4 Kh6 22 Ne6 Qh4 23 Nxf8 Rxf8 24 ef5 Rxf5 25 Qe3+ Kg7 26 Qd4+ Qxd4 27 Rxd4 [and White won on move 49.] [ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ] [ Imagine yourself playing the tournament of your life! I entered the 1989 Oregon Open as a Class 'C' player and after 3 rounds, I had a performance rating of almost 2300. Then I started getting cocky. In the 4th round, I was paired against a 2100 player who I thought would be a piece of cake! Two days ago, I would have been scared just to play him. I was so cocky, I decided to sac in the opening. It was the famous "Greco sacrifice" on h2. Anyways, just as I was about to mop him up, the TD comes by and says the pairings are going to be changed. AAAAAAAAh! Afterwards, my opponent shows me that what I had planned was quite dubious ?! In a state of shock, I blunder away my official game for that round. Anyways, at home I analyzed a variation that might redeem my sac. Here's the position to analyze. I had planned 11...Qg5 here, but after 12 Nf3! Bxf3 13 Kxf3! White seems fine. What I found later was 11...Ne5!!? A very interesting move. --------------------------------- 1 | | | R | | Q | B | | R | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 2 | | P | P | | N | | P | | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 3 | | K | | P | B | N | | P | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 4 | | *N| | | P | P | | | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 5 | | | *P| | | | | *P| |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 6 | | | | *P| | | *P| | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 7 | *P| *P| | | *P| *P| *B| | |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---| 8 | | *K| *R| | *Q| | *N| *R| --------------------------------- h g f e d c b a diagram from ics text board! Black to move: After 11...Ne5 White also has a very interesting move in 12 Nde4! I think that is almost forced. then 12...fxe4! Check this out for yourself. Let me know what I missed. The rest is my old chicken scratch analysis: (A) 13 Nxe4 Nxd3 14 Qxd3 d5 15 cxd5? Ba6 (if 15 Nd2 Qg5+ 0-1) (B) 13 Bxe4? Qg5+ 14 Kh3 Bxe4 15 Nxe4 Qf5+ 16 Kh2 Qxe4 17 dxe5 Qxe5+ wins (C) 13 dxe5! Qg5+!? 14 Qg4 Qxg4+ 15 Kxg4 exd3 (a) 16 g3? Bg2 (b) 16 Kg3 Na6 (if 17 Na4? Bc6, other moves 17...Rf5) (c) 16 Kh3 Rf5 17 f4 Rh5+ 18 Kg3 Na6 (if 18 Kg4 Rh2) Don't be shy. Criticize this faulty analysis. Something must be wrong. ]