Semyon Furman vs Boris Spassky (1958)

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Semyon Furman vs Boris Spassky
USSR Championship (1958), Riga URS, rd 5, Jan-??
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) · 0-1

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Mar-20-13		JohnM: Vs Abe 1/2013 through moves 5. I played 6Nf3 snd eventually lost to the young Expert

Apr-03-15		A.T PhoneHome: Am I wrong or does Spassky win by playing ...Rd2 etc.? And... Short description of Semyon Furman for those who are interested: He was a noted theoretician and the one to train Karpov, with deep emphasis on opening preparation since Karpov wasn't such a hard worker before Furman started to coach him. Furman's advice and instructions led Karpov to work on those small details in his positional play to make him a serious World Championship contender. Furman received his International Master title in 1954 and Grandmaster title in 1966. While not the most successful of top-flight players, he did have some notable tournament performances such as: His only podium finish at the USSR Championships, 3rd place - USSR Championship (1948) - Field was pretty strong, only missing Mikhail Botvinnik, newly crowned World Champion Another 3rd place performance here - Madrid (1973) - Strong international field, including Anatoly Karpov, Vlastimil Hort and Lajos Portisch Yet another 3rd place finish! - Bad Lauterberg (1977) - Formidable field, Anatoly Karpov leading the bunch once again

Apr-04-15		Howard: Furman died in 1978, shortly before Karpov's WC match against Korchnoi that year. He was only 58. His premature death was hard on Karpov, and understandably so. Karpov mentions in a memoir that he wrote that attending the burial was emotionally difficult.

Apr-04-15		A.T PhoneHome: Remarkable man, even more remarkable is that Furman put his significance into efforts to make someone ELSE a better person or player. That is really selfless. I like to think that Furman wanted to make Karpov into a great player also because while Furman himself was theoretically very strong, he didn't necessarily have such stamina or other ingredient. I like Karpov because he is really honest about things. He's not the type to create fascinating images around himself. It's really hard when someone close to you dies out of a sudden and you are left feeling that things were left unsaid and undone.

Apr-04-15		Howard: Karpov was certainly more modest than Kasparov, as far as how he viewed himself---no doubt about it.

Apr-04-15		A.T PhoneHome: Indeed, I don't deny Kasparov's achievements, but there is a great deal of self-promotion behind what he does and says. I saw one interview of him and he said that once he calculated 48 moves ahead. He also highlights how supposedly his opponents never blunder and he himself loses only due to said blunders. I am aware of the dispute between fans regarding Karpov - Kasparov World Championship Match (1984), Karpov was such a difficult opponent for Kasparov. Part of me thinks that Karpov wasn't as serious as he would've been against Fischer, even when first nine games clearly demonstrate Karpov's massive chess power. Fischer was the man of his time and Karpov couldn't play him. Then after two matches against Korchnoi, Karpov's new challenger was a boasting, arrogant 21-year-old.

Sep-10-16		zydeco: Spassky did a lot for the Queen's Gambit Declined, which was out of favour in the '50s. I've never seen a QGD reach this sort of wild middlegame: Spassky hides his king behind the pawn triangle in the centre and chips away at white's position on both wings. 37.Ndxe6 is really unfortunate, giving up a beautiful knight for the big pawn on e6, but it looks like the only defense. It's pretty creative how Spassky pitches the h-pawn to get an open file. 49...h1=Q+ keeps the king from hiding on h1. Of course if 55.Nxd5 Rh2#.

May-04-17		edubueno: 5...Ae6! parece de principiante, pero es salvajemente buena.

Dec-29-19		Honza Cervenka: 50.Rxh1 would have been better. 35.Qd3! (with intention Qa6) 35...Rgg8 36.b4! gives white huge advantage.

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