Siegbert Tarrasch vs Carl Walbrodt (1894)

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Siegbert Tarrasch vs Carl Walbrodt
Tarrasch - Walbrodt (1894), Nuremberg GER, rd 6, Aug-08
French Defense: Classical Variation. Richter Attack (C13) · 1-0

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Sep-22-07		keypusher: I showed this game to Fritz 5.32 and made some interesting discoveries. 11. f4? is an inaccuracy that can be strongly met by 11....Qa5, and Fritz thinks 12. 0-0-0 d4 13. Nb1 Qxa2 is the best White can do. 12. Kf1 is strongly met by 12....Qb4. 20. Qg2 is certainly not a bad move, but Fritz finds 20. Nxh7 Rxh7 21. Rxg6+ Kh8 (21....Rg7 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qh5 wins at once) 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxc6 winning another piece, since if 23....Be7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxf5+. By move 30 White is clearly winning, but Fritz's 30. Be4!! is much stronger than Tarrasch's 30. c3. Of course you could say I was being absurdly critical of a well-played game, and you'd be right. But about this match, Tarrasch said: <I played with such a level of correctness that never has been reached in any other sequence of games that I know of. Apart from the first game where I made an incorrect move to avoid a draw, I have in these games of in all more than 300 moves not just avoided to make one single mistake, but in at most three cases have I not played the strongest move.> So I thought it was worth a look.

Sep-22-07		percyblakeney: Looks like Tarrasch exaggerated a bit... Walbrodt was a very strong player for a short while. Already in 1892 he was undefeated in Dresden (where Tarrasch scored two points more and won), and also won 6-2 against von Bardeleben in a match. He wasn't yet 21 then. In Budapest 1896 Walbrodt even ended up ahead of Tarrasch, and beating him with 7.5-0.5 in a match was clearly a very good result in 1894, probably the reason Tarrasch saw his own play as even better than it was.

Sep-22-07		keypusher: <In Budapest 1896 Walbrodt even ended up ahead of Tarrasch, and beating him with 7.5-0.5 in a match was clearly a very good result in 1894, probably the reason Tarrasch saw his own play as even better than it was.> Of course he had every right to be proud of this match. I have played over three of the games so far and each one is like a model out of a textbook. Not many ever played like this.

Apr-02-22		Sally Simpson: All the games in this match show a Tarrasch at what he considers his best. He puts this down to the time control...there was none! The committee said no clocks but if the games were taking too long then they would impose a 12 moves per hour time limit and even then the player would not lose on time provided on move 12, 24, 36...they caught up and made the required number of moves inside 5 minutes. (the first use of an increment? If you lose on time you have 5 minutes not to lose on time.) This rule was not used in the match, the longest game was the last game which lasted 11 hours. Tarrasch said unfettered by time he played some of his best ever chess. Games stated at 9 am to 1pm. and resumed at 4 pm till they finished.

May-16-24		offramp: <keypusher:...By move 30 White is clearly winning, but Fritz's 30. Be4!! is much stronger than Tarrasch's 30. c3...> click for larger view Mr (or Mrs) Keypusher opened a can of worms (no doubt gasping for oxygen), about Tarrasch's 30. c3. It is a case of TWO BALD MEN FIGHTING FOR A COMB. In that position Tarrasch had a mate in 4: click for larger view 30. a4!! Qxa4 31. Nc3!! dxc3 32. Bxb5+!! click for larger view Double check!! 32...Ke6 33. Qf6#!! So put <that> in your meerschaum and SMOKE IT.

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