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Douglas Gibson Hamilton vs Viktor Korchnoi
Siegen Olympiad qual-1 (1970), Siegen FRG, rd 1, Sep-05
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Modern Variation (B83)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Jul-06-10
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  GrahamClayton: Here is a description of the Australia v USSR match at the 1970 Siegen Olympiad, and specifically this game:

"Both teams fielded their first four boards...and a large crowd gathered to watch the champion team disposing of its opposition. However, instead of the expected massacre all games were fiercely contested and when Korchnoi lost a piece to Doug Hamilton the whole huge hall became electrified with excitement. The Soviet team went through without the loss of a single game at Lugano; will they start off with a loss in the very first round?

Doug can be excused for being excited. He saw visions of losing a won game and uncharacteristically chose a safe but not the best continuation which gave Korchnoi two pawns for a Knight and good drawing chances. The four games were adjourned and as the first round started one hour later than usual and we did not get to our billet until 11 pm, our analyses were not of the top order due to fatigue. In the morining Doug was tired and nervy and we decided to negotiate, hoping for three draws...."

Garry Koshnitsky, "Olympiad Report Pt 1", SA Chess Bulletin, October 1970, pp 113-115.

Jul-06-10  Shams: Hmm, so 19.Bxe7 is better?
Jul-07-10  ozmikey: 22. Ng3 looks a bit strange to me...maybe 22. Rb3 is better?

Odd fact about this game is that both players are still active! Doug played in the Australian Championships this January. He's a true gentleman and a very entertaining annotator as well as one of our best players of the 60s/70s/80s.

Jan-13-11
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  Benzol: Could White still try for a win here? Going after the kingside pawns with the knight seems a possibility without risking too much.
Feb-09-14
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  Jonathan Sarfati: Doug Hamilton's reminiscences about the game are on Chess Chat http://www.chesschat.org/showthread...
Feb-09-14  ozmikey: Nice recollections, thanks for the link. I like the Reshevsky story as well!
Apr-30-18
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  Stonehenge: In the second round Korchnoi had overslept and lost his game without playing.
Apr-30-18
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  perfidious: Hamilton's remark re computers' analysis should be required reading for a great many, here and elsewhere:

<The machine says this or that is irrelevant in the heat of a game!>

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