Maurits Wind vs Gert Timmerman (1981) A Mighty Wind

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Maurits Wind vs Gert Timmerman
"A Mighty Wind" (game of the day Dec-19-2019)
NED-ch11 corr8183 (1981) (correspondence), Netherlands
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. General (B30) · 1-0

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Feb-17-09		whiteshark: Gone with the Wind

Jun-15-12		FSR: Gert Jan Timmerman, the loser of this game, became the World Correspondence Chess Champion in 2002.

Jun-15-12		paavoh: Against the Wind?

Jun-15-12		master of defence: What´s the finish?

Jun-15-12		hedgeh0g: I don't think White's advantage is decisive yet, but I think a continuation like: 17...Kf8 (17...Bd7 18.Qc5 Bf8 19.Qxd4 ) 18.Qc5+ Kg8 19.Bf6 leaves White with a large positional advantage. I'd imagine the fact it was a correspondence game had something to do with the early resignation, although one does wonder how a strong correspondence player could allow his position to deteriorate to such an extent in the space of 16 moves.

Dec-19-19		andrewjsacks: <hedgehOg> Good comment, I'd say.

Dec-19-19		newzild: <hedgeh0g> or 19. f4 (instead of 19. Bf6) at the end of your line, defending the pawn on e5 before grabbing on d4.

Dec-19-19		spingo: "Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the mountains of the earth?" "No - it will not be quite as mighty as that - that is why we have come up on the mountain, you stupid nit." - Peter Cook.

Dec-19-19		HeMateMe: Pretty funny movie, circa 2000, a send up of the 60s folkies [Peter paul and Mary, etc).

Dec-19-19		goodevans: <hedgeh0g: [...] one does wonder how a strong correspondence player could allow his position to deteriorate to such an extent in the space of 16 moves.> After the exchange of pawns on e5 white is threatening a nasty pin with <10.Rd1> (which is why black can't just win the e-pawn). click for larger view <9...e6> is a fairly natural looking response to that threat but it creates holes on d6 and f6 that will be a source of later worries. <9...Nb6> would have been better. Maybe the worry of white planting a N on d6 is what decided black against <12...O-O> (e.g. 12...O-O 13.Nb5 Qb8 14.Nd6 or 14.Rad1 a6 15.Nd6) when actually that wouldn't have been too bad. Or maybe it was the worry of white planting his B on f6 (also not that dreadful). Or maybe it was both. In any case, getting the K out of the centre with 12...O-O would have been a better plan. The worry of white planting a N on d6 is most probably also what led to black choosing <13...Qb8> when preventing the eventual <17.Qb5+> (with <13...Qb6>) was much more important. Black gave himself a couple of weaknesses and he ended up making weak moves as a consequence. <<hedgeh0g: [...] I'd imagine the fact it was a correspondence game had something to do with the early resignation...> The cost of postage before the www was definitely a disincentive to playing on poor positions. I've been there more than once.

Dec-19-19		mrknightly: "They call the wind Maurits"

Dec-19-19		monopole2313: If it were OTB I'd guess that the mighty wind came from a burrito he ate that morning. I might've resigned, too.

Dec-19-19		RandomVisitor: After 4.e5 click for larger view Stockfish_19121008_x64_modern: <49/79 58:32 -0.43 4...Ng4 5.b4 Ngxe5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.bxc5 Nc6> 8.d4 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.d6 Qa5+ 11.c3 Nxe2 12.Qxe2 Qxc5 13.Ba3 Qd5 14.0-0 Qe6 15.c4 Bxd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Nc3 0-0 18.Rfd1 Qe6 19.c5 b6 20.Rd6 Qe8 21.Nd5 Bb7 22.Nc7 Qe7 23.Nxa8 Rxa8 24.Re1 Re8 25.Red1 Bc6 26.cxb6 axb6 27.f3 Qg5 28.Re1 b5 29.a3 Qe7 30.Qd2 Ra8 31.Re3 f6 32.Red3 Ra4 33.h3 Rc4 34.Kh2 e4 35.Rxd7 Bxd7 36.Rxd7 Qe5+ 37.f4 Qc5 38.Rd8+ Kf7

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