Miguel Najdorf vs Hans Ree (1971)

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Miguel Najdorf vs Hans Ree
Hoogovens (1971), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 3, Jan-14
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. Czerniak Defense Tal Line (A77) · 0-1

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Jan-23-05		BaranDuin: Something amusing happened when Ree played c1=Q+. As there was no queen in the vicinity of his board he put the pawn on c1, wrote c1=q+ on his scoresheet, pressed his clock and went looking for a queen. When Najdorf returned to his board , he claimed that ree had chosen not to promote his pawn by pressing his clock. This started a humorous discussion which took a week to be solved, so the last move of this game was played eight days after the rest of the moves.

May-14-08		apexin: with the queen or without looks like white is somewhat lost

Jan-13-13		IndigoViolet: <went looking for a queen> Maybe he thought Hubner could give him one. <When Najdorf returned to his board , he claimed that ree had chosen not to promote his pawn by pressing his clock.> Apparently, his beef was that as Ree pressed his clock without nominating a piece, then it was now his, Najdorf's, right to choose for him. <This started a humorous discussion which took a week to be solved.> Did it really take that long!? I think any comic value would have been long exhausted by then. Sounds more like Najdorf was being a @#$%. There's a discrepancy over the game score between the 44...Kg6 given above and 44...Kg8 that appears in the <BCM>. I think the latter is more likely because 44...Kg6 45.Rb6 allows ...Kxh5. The problem, however, is that after 44...Kg8 45.Rb6 c1=Q is a blunder because the f6 pawn falls after 46.Bxc1 Nxc1 47.Nxf6 and Black's advantage is gone.

Jun-29-14		Stonehenge: <44...Kg8 that appears in the <BCM>.> Also here: http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=d...

Jun-29-14		thegoodanarchist: VERY interesting plan by Ree. I have played at least 2 dozen blitz games on gameknot against the Classical Benoni, winning most of them, and I have never seen this plan from Black before. Despite my success, I think if I had seen this plan for the first time on gameknot, instead of here on chessgames, I doubt I could have survived against it. What a delight to find this game, just by chance. Thanks to <Stonehenge>

Jun-29-14		slapwa: Can white play 23. h3? If 23 ..., Ne5, 24 Bf6+, Kf8 25 Bh7. If 23. ... Be5 24. Bf4. Am I missing something?

Jun-29-14		Fusilli: Position after 23...Re3!: click for larger view If 24.Rfxg4: 24... Rxd3 25.Bf6+ Bxg4 26.Rxg4+ Kh7 27.Bxb2 Rd2 click for larger view Black wins. So, better 25.Rxd3 Bxg4 click for larger view 26.Rg3 Bxe2 27.Bf6+ and 28.Bxb2 and black is better, but I wonder if white has more drawing chances than in the game, with the opposite color bishops and the long diagonal under control. Am I missing something?

Sep-25-21		sachistu: Am curious about the origin of the score given here (esp. the move 44...Kg6). Every source I've checked has 44...Kg8. That includes the British Chess Magazine, Chess Informant #11, the Dutch newspaper referenced by <Stonehenge> and the tournament book. I'll submit a correction slip. Also, I cannot agree with the earlier kibitz (from 2013) that after 44...Kg8 45.Rb6 ...c1Q+ is a blunder. It certainly seems Black is still winning despite the loss of the f-pawn.

Sep-25-21		Honza Cervenka: <Also, I cannot agree with the earlier kibitz (from 2013) that after 44...Kg8 45.Rb6 ...c1Q+ is a blunder. It certainly seems Black is still winning despite the loss of the f-pawn.> Well, how is black going to win after 44...Kg8 45.Rb6 c1Q+ 46.Bxc1 Nxc1 47.Nxf6? click for larger view After 47...Kh8 48.Ng4 Bf4 49.Re6 Bf5 50.Re8+ Kh7 51.Re7+ black must go for draw by repetition, as 51...Kg6?? 52.h7 or 51...Kg8 52.Nf6+ Kf8 53.h7 are not viable options. And if 47...Bxf6, then 48.Rxf6 Nb3 49.Kg1 Bc2 50.Kf2 d3 51.Rd6 and the ending looks like a dead draw again, as black has a bad Bishop and white must just eliminate d-Pawn and Knight to reach safety.

Sep-27-21		sachistu: Thanks for your feedback <Honza Cervenka>. In the last line you gave, I had considered a different order e.g. 48...Bc2 (instead of ...Nb3), but then wasted a move by playing Rxa6 (and then returning to d6 after ...d3) instead of just bringing the King over. Your analysis is convincing, but I'm wondering now why Najdorf resigned after all the 'controversy' was resolved. Surely, he must have seen the drawing ideas you listed.

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