Silvino Garcia Martinez vs Vasily Smyslov (1974)

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Silvino Garcia Martinez vs Vasily Smyslov
Chigorin Memorial (1974), Sochi URS, rd 13, Sep-??
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation. General (B60) · 1-0

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Given 11 times; par: 32 [what's this?]

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Jan-20-10		elohah: Notes to puzzle #14 in John Nunn's Puzzle Book (Garcia-Smyslov; Sochi 1974): This is a messy, MESSY puzzle, and it is ENRAGEING to include it in any puzzle book! (giving alternative move to Garcia's 24 Bxa6?) 1 Na5! '1...Qa7 loses to 2 Rc7.' No further comment here. Apparently it is obvious that after 2...Re8, that 3 Nc6? wins. Yet Black has 3...bxc6! 4 Rxa7+ Kxa7 with sufficient material for the Q, indeed one can go so far as to state that BLACK is better here, with a strong compact pawn mass, two potentially very powerful bishops (notice White's 3(!) weak isolated pawns!) and moves like ...c5 and ...f5 upcoming. So it's 3 Qa4 then, right? (after 2...Re8) Doesn't that easily win a piece? Yet Black has 3...Qb6!, when after 4 Rxb7 Bxb7 5 Qxe8+ Ka7 6 Qxe7 Qxa5 7 Qxf7 Qe5 White also doesn't have enough to crow about. 3 Qc4--? - trapping a bishop? No, 3...Qb8! defends that. (Not 3...Kb8? 4 Nc6+! now wins.) A final try would be 3 Bb5 This move seems to be the only real winning attempt after some further complications: 3...axb5 4 Qxb5 Qb8? 5 Rc4 wins. 3...axb5 4 Qxb5 Rg8 5 Rxe7 Qa6? 6 Qxa6 bxa6 7 Rxd6, White will win with Rb6 followed by Nc6. Or 5...Qc5 6 Qa4 Kb8 (6...Qa7 7 Rxd6 f5 8 Qb5 overwhelms b7) 7 Rd4! (On 7 b4?, Black has the annoying 7...Rxe4! as a response) and the winning Rb4 is unstoppable.

Jan-20-10		elohah: Also after 1 Na5! (This is alternative to Garcia's 24 Bxa6?, which Nunn refutes), Black can try 1...b6 Nunn again: 2 Nc6 (the most convincing, altho 2 Be2 is also quite good)' No comment from Nunn on Black then playing 2...bxa5! White still wins after 3 Qxa5 Qa7 4 Rc7 or, what is much more difficult to see, 3...Qf2 4 Rc7! (Not 4 Bxa6? Qa7) Qxe2 (4...Kb8 5 Rxe7 or 5 Rd3 is effective) 5 Qb6! Qxd1+ 6 Ka2 wins. But was any of this obvious? Was 5 Qb6! - saccing another rook with check- obvious? Remember that Nunn have no further commentary at all after 2 Be2 ! I at first thought that 2...bxa5 had been missed by Nunn. Actually, maybe it was. But White wins anyway. Remember that this is supposed to be a puzzle. It is instead an actual game, and a messy one at that. Finally, after 1...b6 2 Nc6 Bb7 3 Be2 Qf2, Nunn gives 4 Bxa6, even giving it an exclam, tho the move does nothing more than desperado the bishop after 4...Bxa6 5 Nxe7. Of course, much better is simply 4 Nxe7 Re8 (4...Qxe2 5 Rxd6) 5 Rxd6! (was this missed?) Qxe2 6 Qxb6, winning, or 5...Rxe7 6 Rd8+ Ka7 7 Qxe7 Qxe2 8 Rcc8 b5 9 Qc5 mate, OR 5...a5! 6 Qb5 Rxe7 7 Rd8+ Ka7 8 Rcc8! with mate or decisive material gain. So in conclusion, this 'puzzle' (in fact an actual, shamelessly messy game) has required quite a bit of cleanup.

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