Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov (1958) "Nezhmet Kismet"

Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov
"Nezhmet Kismet" (game of the day Jan-07-12)
Sochi 28th RSFSR ch 1958 · Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian Variation (A54) · 0-1

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Jan-07-12		Once: An inspiring and complicated game. Don't know whether it is the game of the century but it's exciting to play through and any of us would have been proud to have played it. The innocent reader might stumble upon this gem and notice with approval that it has 15 pages of kibitzing. Such an innocent might reasonably speculate that this depth of commentary would be worth reading. He (or she, for innocence knows no gender boundaries) might fondly dream that the kibitzing contains such pearls of chess understanding, deep insights, the wisdom of crowds and the ageless knowledge of wise men (and women, for wisdom like innocence knows no ...etc, etc, etc.) And, indeed, there are such pearls in those 15 pages. But there is an awful lot of rubbish too. My advice? If you haven't read the kibitzing before I wouldn't bother now. And if you were one of the contributors to the earlier debate, please, please, please don't reopen it. Let the past be the past.

Jan-07-12		abuzic: <20.Bc2> Is 20.Nxc7 sound here? I think not: 20.Nxc7 Rxf4 21.gxf4 g3 22.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 23.Kh1 Qh4+! 24.Kg1 <24.Kg2? Bh3+ forces mate)> 24...Bh3 25.Qe2 Bxf4 26.Nd5 Kh8 27.Nxf4 Rg8+ 28.Kh1 Bg2+ 29.Kg1 Bxf1+ <or 29...Bf3+, 29...Bxe4+ also win> 30.Kxf1 Rg4 31.Bxe5+ Nxe5 is winning for black.

Jan-07-12		FSR: This glorious masterpiece, one of the most celebrated games of the 20th century, is only now GOTD? Hard to believe.

Jan-07-12		Phony Benoni: <FSR> It was also GOTD, with the same pun, on June 30, 2006. The rerun is probably justified.

Jan-07-12		FSR: <Phony Benoni> Thanks, I feel better now.

Jan-07-12		abuzic: <Tigranny: ...... I also watched a video on YouTube that said that 26...Bg7 was an inaccuracy, and White could wriggle out with 27.Ng1. What would happen if 27.Ng1 instead of 27.a4?> from past contribution, deserves reviewing. <26...Bg7!> 26...c5+ or 26...c6 are also strong alenatives: 26...c5+ 27.dxc6 b5 28.Bd3 Nexc6+ 29.Kc3 Bg7+ 30.Kd2 Rxd3+ 31.Ke1 Bxb2 32.Kf1. after 26...Bg7 does 27.Ng1 draw? 26...Bg7 27.Ng1 Rxg3! 28.Ne2 Rf3 29.Ng1 Ned3+! 30.Kc4 <30.e5? Bxe5+ (a marathon king hunt starts!) 31.Kc4 <(31.Ke4 Nc5#)> 31...Rf4+ 32.Bd4 <(32.Kb5 a6+ 33.Ka4 <[33.Ka5 Nc6+ 34.dxc6 b6#]> 33...Nxc2+ 34.b4 <34.d4 c5+ 35.a5 b6#> 34...Nc5+ or...Rxb4+ 35.Ka5 b6#)> 32...Rxd4+ 33.Kc3 <(33.Kb5 a6+ same mate theme)> 33...Nxd5+ 34.Kd2 Bf4+ 35.Ke2 Re8+ 36.Kf1 Ne3+ 37.Ke2 Nxd1+ 38.Kf1 Ne3+ 39.Ke2 Nc1+ 40.Rxc1 Nf5+ 41.Kf1 Ng3+ 42.Kg2 Rd2+ 43.Ne2 Rexe2+ 44.Kg1 Rxh2 45.Bxh7+ Rxh7 46.Rc3 Rh1#.> 30...Nxb2+ 31.Kxb4 <31.Kb5 Bc3 and now 32...a6 followed by 33...b6# cannot be defended> 31...Bc3+ 32.Ka3 <32.Kb5 a6#> 32...b5 (threatening ...b4#) 33.Qd4 <33.b4 a5 wins> 33...Bxd4 34.Nxf3 Bc3 (the threat is still there) 35.b4 Nc4+ 36.Kb3 Bxa1 black should win.

Jan-07-12		lentil: I think that if I had been White, I would have allowed the mate.

Jan-07-12		RandomVisitor: <Rybka4.1 setting: 3 minutes per move> (1) Lev Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov [A54] Sochi 28th RSFSR ch Sochi 28th RSFSR ch, 1958 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 0�0 last book move 9.Bd3 -0.15/19 Ng4= 0.04/19 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 9...Nd7 10.Nge2 Nc5 11.0�0 Be6 12.Rad1 a5 13.f4 Bg4 14.h3 Bxe2 15.Bxe2 Re8 16.Bf3 Nd4 17.f5 Qh4 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Qf2 Qxf2+ 20.Rxf2 Nxf3 -0.15/19 ] 10.Nge2 -0.43/17 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 10.Nf3 Nge5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.h4 Nd4 13.h5 a5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.Kf1 Bg4 17.Kg1 Bf8 18.c5 Ne6 19.Nd5 c6 20.Ne3 Bxc5= 0.04/19 ] 10...Qh4= -0.04/18 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 10...Nce5 11.h4 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bxh4 13.0�0 Bg5 14.f4 Bh6 15.g3 Re8 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Kg2 Nf6 19.Rh1 Neg4 20.b4 Bg7 21.c5 Qe7 -0.43/17 ] 11.Ng3 -0.97/17 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 11.g3 Qh6 12.Qxh6 Nxh6 13.Nf4 Bg4 14.h3 Bf3 15.0�0 Nb4 16.Rae1 Nxa2 17.Nxa2 Bxb2 18.Re3 Bh5 19.g4 Bxg4 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.Rg3 h5 22.Ne2 Ne5 23.Nac3 Rae8 24.Bc2 c6 25.f4 Ng4= -0.04/18 ] 11...Nge5= -0.23/18 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 11...f5 12.exf5 Nb4 13.Be4 Bxf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Bd5+ Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Rae8+ 18.Kf1 f4 19.h3 Ne3+ 20.Kg1 Nxd5 21.cxd5 f3 22.g3 Qg5 23.Rd1 Re2 24.Qd4 Rxa2 25.Kh2 Qe5 26.Rhf1 Qxd4 -0.97/17 ] 12.0�0 -0.35/19 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 12.Be2 Bh6 13.Qd1 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Qd5+ Kh8 16.Nb5 f4 17.Ne4 Nb4 18.Qd1 Bf5 19.Bf3 Qe7 20.0�0 Bg7 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Qd2 Bxe4 23.Rae1= -0.23/18 ] 12...f5= 0.00/18 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 12...Ng4 13.h3 Nxf2 14.Rxf2 Qxg3 15.Nd5 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Ne5 17.Be2 Bxh3 18.Nxc7 Rad8 19.Raf1 Kg7 20.Qd2 h6 21.Nd5 Be6 22.Nf6 b6 23.Qb2 Qe3 24.Rd1 Qc5 25.Qd2 -0.35/19 ] 13.f3 -1.07/19 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 13.exf5 Qd4 14.Rad1 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qxd3 16.Rxd3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Rd2 Re8 19.Nd5 Bxb2 20.Rxb2 Rf7 21.f3 Kg7 22.Rd1 Ne5 23.Kf2 Ng4+ 24.Kg3 Nf6 25.Rc2 Nxd5 26.cxd5= 0.00/18 ] 13...Bh6 -1.09/17 14.Qd1 -1.07/15 f4= -0.22/22 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 14...Be3+ 15.Kh1 f4 16.Nge2 g5 17.Bc1 Bf2 18.Ng1 Bd4 19.Qd2 g4 20.Be2 g3 21.h3 Be6 22.Bb2 Be3 23.Qd1 Bxg1 24.Kxg1 Bxh3 25.Qd5+ Kg7 -1.07/15 ] 15.Nge2 -0.22/20 g5 -0.19/20 16.Nd5 -0.19/18 g4= -0.05/18 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 16...Rf7 17.Rf2 g4 18.Nexf4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 gxf3 20.g3 Qg5 21.Kh1 h5 22.Qc2 h4 23.Rg1 Bg4 24.Nd5 a5 25.Bc1 Qg6 26.gxh4 Nd4 27.Qd2 Nxd3 28.Qxd3 Ne2= -0.19/18 ] 17.g3 -0.05/17 fxg3= 0.00/19 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 17...Qh3 18.Nexf4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4 Rxf4 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.gxf4 Nxf3+ 22.Kf2 c5 23.Rh1 Nd4 24.f5 Bd7 25.Qf1 Qf3+ 26.Ke1 Qe3+ 27.Kd1 Nf3 28.Kc2 Qd2+ 29.Kb1 Re8 30.Qd1 Qc3= -0.05/17 ] 18.hxg3 0.00/19 Qh3 0.00/19 19.f4 0.00/18 Be6 0.00/16 20.Bc2 -0.53/16 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Kf2 Qh2+ 22.Ke3 Qh3 23.Nxc7 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Bxf4+ 25.Nxf4 Qxg3+ 26.Kd4 Qxf4 27.Nxa8 Qf6 28.Ke3 Qh6+ 29.Kd4 Qg7 30.Ke3 Qh6+ 31.Kd4 Qg7 32.Ke3 Qh6+ 33.Kd4 Qg7 34.Ke3 Qh6+ 35.Kd4= 0.00/16 ] 20...Rf7= 0.06/18 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 20...Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Rf7 22.Bc3 Kf8 23.Rad1 Re8 24.Bxe5 Rxe5 25.Qd3 Rh5 26.Kf2 Ne5 27.Qe3 Qh2+ 28.Ke1 Qg2 29.Kd2 Rh2 30.Bd3 Kg8 31.Kc2 Nxd3 32.Kxd3 Bg7 33.Rg1� -0.53/16 ] 21.Kf2= 0.00/17 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Kf2 Qh2+ 23.Ke3 Bxd5 24.cxd5 Qh3 25.Kd2 Nf3+ 26.Kd3 Qh5 27.Rh1 Qg6 28.Ke3 Qf6 29.Kf2 Bg7 30.Rc1 Re8 31.Kg2 Ng5 32.Rh4 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxg4 Rfe7 35.Nc3 Re1 36.Qc2= 0.06/18 ] 21...Qh2+ 0.00/19 22.Ke3 0.00/17 Bxd5 0.00/19 23.cxd5 0.00/18 Nb4 0.00/17 24.Rh1??�+ -2.83/17 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 24.a3 Nxc2+ 25.Qxc2 Raf8 26.Rh1 Rxf4 27.Rxh2 Rf3+ 28.Kd4 Be3+ 29.Kc3 Bc5+ 30.Kd2 Be3+ 31.Kc3 Bc5+ 32.Kd2 Be3+ 33.Kc3 Bc5+ 34.Kd2 Be3+ 35.Kc3 Bc5+ 36.Kd2 Be3+ 37.Kc3 Bc5+ 38.Kd2 Be3+ 39.Kc3= 0.00/17 ] 24...Rxf4 -2.71/17 25.Rxh2 -2.83/16 Rf3+ -2.83/15 26.Kd4 -2.83/15 Bg7 -2.83/15 27.a4? -#8/22 [Deep Rybka 4.1 x64: 27.Bd3 c5+ 28.Kc3 Rxd3+ 29.Qxd3 Nexd3+ 30.Kd2 Nxb2 31.Rah1 Nxa2 32.Rxh7 Re8 33.Nf4 Rxe4 34.Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.Kc2 Na4 36.bxa4 Rxa4 37.Rh4 Nb4+ 38.Kb1 Kf6 39.Rxg4 Ke5 40.Rg6 Ra3 41.Kb2 Rf3 42.Re6+�+ -2.83/15 ] 27...c5+ -#79/4 28.dxc6 -#7/24 bxc6 -#6/23 29.Bd3 -#6/22 Nexd3+ -#5/24 30.Kc4 -#5/29 d5+ -#4/7 31.exd5 -#4/28 cxd5+ -#3/11 32.Kb5 -#3/44 Rb8+ -#2/7 33.Ka5 -#2/56 Nc6+ -#1/1 0�1

Jan-07-12		Penguincw: 24...Rxf4 hangs the rook and queen. Where have I seen this before? 22...Rxc3 click for larger view Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907

Jan-07-12		kevin86: White resigns just in time-mate in three ways next move.

Jan-07-12		playground player: It doesn't look like Nezhmetdinov ever gave his opponents time to get their thoughts together.

Jan-07-12		MyDogPlaysChess: It got my attention how quickly Black comes out from an Indian defense. Lev was 24 at the time, Nez 28. Noticing Lev's age, it make me wonder if Rh1 was a miscalculation from a great tactician or a dare. Nez had defeated Lev in 1954 in another sharp game (Lev played a Sicilian) in 34 moves, although the game was decided much sooner. I love the idea of two tacticians daring each other! Lev was a good player already. Winning against very good players but the cream of Soviet chess. He beat Korchnoi for the first time in Sochi! Next time Lev-Nez meet, in 1959, Lev goes into a Sicilian looking to avoid complications ... and they draw. Thanks for the you tube link. I was familiar with <kingscrucher> video but have forgotten it. I enjoyed his videos. <http://www.youtube.com/user/jessica...> has a biography about Nez. Her videos are great too. I plagiarized these quotes from Wikipedia: * "Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov." Mikhail Botvinnik * Nezhmetdinov is "the greatest master of the initiative." Lev Polugaevsky * "His games reveal the beauty of chess and make you love in chess not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this particular world." Mikhail Tal * "Rashid Nezhmetdinov is a virtuoso of combinational chess." David Bronstein Wikipedia also quotes Yasser Seirawan, Combinations, Gloucester Publishers, 2006 - Polugaevsky is quoted as saying, "I must have beaten Rashid a dozen times. But that one loss was so good I would have traded them all to be on the other side of the board."

Jan-07-12		ZeejDonnelly: Seen this one many times -- Nezhmetdinov has a lot (really) of other excellent games, perhaps <Chessgames> can share some of the others soon.

Jan-07-12		RandomVisitor: Deeper analysis of this game posted at http://mysite.verizon.net/vzesz4a6/...

Jan-07-12		Cibator: The position around move 15 is reminiscent of the famous game Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922. White's pieces are all in play, sort of, but they're not really doing anything. The bishops in particular are just gesturing vaguely at the Black K-side.

Jan-07-12		LIFE Master AJ: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... My analysis of this game, if you have never seen it.

Jan-07-12		RandomVisitor: I've taken a look at LMAJ's link above and I have to say that he went out of his way to document every move of this game, including what published commentary has been made by others. It really is worth a look, so go ahead and see what he has put together. Oh, and my link above has deep Rybka analysis, so you can compare.

Jan-07-12		LIFE Master AJ: RV's work is ALWAYS valuable!!! Thanks dude for posting it! BTW, if you don't mind - and if your page is permanet - I will post a link to your page. (I think computer analysis is an advance that must be taken seriously ... and I have been doing it for close to 20 years now.)

Jan-07-12		RandomVisitor: <LMAJ>Yes, the page is permanent and you can post a link to it.

Jan-07-12		LIFE Master AJ: Thanks.

Jan-07-12		LIFE Master AJ: Link posted ...

May-28-12		Cemoblanca: It's always a pleasure to play through this game from time to time! RIP Great Nez!

May-28-12		kamalakanta: MyDog, Nez was 46 years old when he played this game! He was born in 1912!

May-29-12		lost in space: yeah, you are aright. Very young for such a brilliant game.

Apr-21-13		Conrad93: <An inspiring and complicated game. Don't know whether it is the game of the century but it's exciting to play through and any of us would have been proud to have played it. The innocent reader might stumble upon this gem and notice with approval that it has 15 pages of kibitzing. Such an innocent might reasonably speculate that this depth of commentary would be worth reading. He (or she, for innocence knows no gender boundaries) might fondly dream that the kibitzing contains such pearls of chess understanding, deep insights, the wisdom of crowds and the ageless knowledge of wise men (and women, for wisdom like innocence knows no ...etc, etc, etc.) And, indeed, there are such pearls in those 15 pages. But there is an awful lot of rubbish too. My advice? If you haven't read the kibitzing before I wouldn't bother now. And if you were one of the contributors to the earlier debate, please, please, please don't reopen it. Let the past be the past.> Are you trying to sound pretentious?

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