Jun-04-08 | | whiteshark: Edward Winter wrote: "
It may seem paradoxical to describe as ‘little known’ a game published in a book by Reinfeld and Chernev, but the encounter between Flamberg and Levitzky, St Petersburg, 1914 is seldom seen nowadays. Yet when they published it on pages 43-44 of their book Chess Strategy and Tactics (New York, 1933), the Americans wrote by way of introduction: < ‘The Polish master Alexander Flamberg was a highly gifted player with profound and original ideas. Chronic ill-health prevented him from ever asserting his full powers. Concerning one of his notable games – one of the most significant in the history of chess – his countryman Przepiórka has commented as follows: “When one examines the opening moves and the subsequent course of the game, it is almost incredible that it was played in 1914 ... The double fianchetto of the bishops, the operations on both wings, and later on the manoeuvers with the black knights and the posting of the queens on the long diagonal – all these ideas are, as we know, considered the very latest achievements of the Hypermoderns.”’> " Source: <Chessnote 3692 <Early hypermodernism>> http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Jan-20-13 | | bengalcat47: In the book Chess Strategy and Tactics this game is given being played out to mate. After White's move 35.Kf1 the continuation is 35... Re3; 36.Ng4+(this move is given an exclamation point in the book), 36.fxg4; 37.Qg7#. |
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Jan-20-13
 | | Phony Benoni: <bengalcat47> There's two possibilities here. 1) One is that the game was actually played out to mate. 2) The mating variation was given in a note when the game was published, and later mistakenly incorporated into the score. This happened frequently in the Bad Old Days before <chessgames.com>, when people couldn't ask "What's the finish?" and expect an answer. Seriously, I believe that in general 1) is very rare and 2) is far more likely, meaning the score as given is probably correct. Of course that's not proof, but I'd want to see some more evidence before asking that the score be changed. |
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Jun-09-13 | | Karpova: The 1926 'Wiener Schachzeitung' gives the game on page 34 played out until mate (35...Re3 36.Ng4+ fxg4 37.Qg7#). Btw, this is also where the annotations of Przepiorka appeared (see <whiteshark>'s post citing Edward Winter). |
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Jul-18-16
 | | plang: Interesting early Queens Indian game. Black's decision to avoid the queen exchange with 27..Qc8? is hard to understand. Nice concluding attack. |
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Sep-18-24
 | | takebackok: Had to think a bit Wednesday, first few easy 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kh8 or as played 32...Kh6 can't be good. 33. Nxf6 i had 33...Rxe2+ 34. Kxe2 Qe6+ 35. Kd2 Qxf6 36. Qe3 with the King on h6 the end is soon. |
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Sep-18-24 | | mel gibson: I wasn't sure if it was 31. Nxf6 or 31. Rxg7.
Stockfish 17 says:
31. Rxg7
(31. Rxg7 (1.Rxg7 Kxg7 2.Rg3+ Kh6 3.Nxf6 Rxe2+ 4.Kxe2 Qe6+ 5.Kd3 Qxf6 6.Qe1 d5
7.cxd5 Rd8 8.Rh3+ Kg7 9.Qg1+ Kf8 10.Qd4 Qg7 11.Qxg7+ Kxg7 12.Kd4 h5 13.Rxh5
Kg6 14.Rh3 a6 ) +6.83/46 721)
score for White +6.83 depth 46.
31. Nxf6 is close to a draw. |
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Sep-18-24 | | saturn2: 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Rg3+ Both Kh8 and Kf7 seem hopeless. I did not know <Phony Benoni> further but got scared when he mentioned health issue which did not allow him to play tournaments with many people around. The more it was sad to hear of his death later. RIP |
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Sep-18-24
 | | chrisowen: I cloppy it is ant job um Rxg7 it is abridge it is lib ie it is aed odd bide it is Rxg7 it is effort :) |
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Sep-18-24 | | Andrew Chapman: I didn't see 34. Rg5 because was obsessed with Rh3+ Kg6 Qg3+ Kxf6. Turns out that is also winning after Rxh7, but scary to go a whole rook down. After Qg5+ it is a draw according to the computer (fascinating position emerges with R and Q on 7th and black tied down) while black wins if Rxh6+. |
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Sep-18-24
 | | chrisowen: Levitsky going on up :) |
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Sep-18-24 | | TheaN: Whilst it seems obvious the king side pressure should be the end for Black, how to execute? The knight's too valuable later on in the combination, the h-rook is providing firepower over the h-file that's currently still not accessible and the queen either joins over the diagonal or the g-file. In case of the latter we want her behind the rook, so the key move shows itself by elimination: <31.Rxg7>. Not that much Black can do: White is now lethally aiming at both f6 and h7. In case of a knight move: 31....Nxd5 32.Rxh7+ is double check so 32....Kg8 33.Qg7# and 31....Ng4+ 32.Rxg4+ +-. The queen check on c5 is pointless due to Kf1. So that leaves accepting: <31....Kxg7>:
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We sacced a critical rook but made f6 perpetually weak and the knight's now absolutely pinned. After <32.Rg3+ Kh6> is the only logical move as 32....Kf7? 33.Qxf6# and 32....Kh8 33.Nxf6 +- is just way worse <33.Nxf6>. Black missed a tactical shot here to level material and give some glimmer of hope with <33....Rxe2+! 33.Kxe2 Qe6+>
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I missed this opportunity. White is winning, but you'll have to find proper ways to contain the Black king and increase pressure. Best is <34.Kd3!> though 34.Kd2!? Qxf6 35.Qe3 +- works too (allowing checks on b2!). After <34....Qxf6 35.Qe1 +-> White is preparing Qf1-h3, has the e-file and the king's surprisingly safe. As said, missed this myself: checked the initial move to see how critical it is, but as 31.Rxg7 is +5 and second best is 31.Nxf6 at 0, seeing up till 33.Nxf6 is enough as it's the only route to advantage. |
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Sep-18-24
 | | al wazir: 35...Qe3/Re3. Now what?
I think you have to have foreseen this and have an answer to it to claim a solution. My (belated) answer is 36. Ng4+ fxg4 37. Qg7#. |
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Sep-18-24
 | | NM JRousselle: It was amazing how quickly Black's game went downhill. I was looking at the position after 27 Qb1. My 1st thought was that Black should trade queens and play f5. The "fish" says that was the best path forward. |
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Sep-18-24 | | TheaN: <NM JRousselle (and plang in '16)> both colors made mistakes at that juncture, as it's kind of complicated. 27....Qc8? was a mistake but paid off as 28.Qd3? is also: 28.Rh3 Qe6! 29.Qe3 ± gives White a minor advantage, whereas 28.Qd3? f5= is even: risky, but 29.Qc3 Qd8 30.Rg5 Nf6 and White has nothing, 31.Nxf6+ Rxf6 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Qxe3 h6=:
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Temporary control of the e-file does nothing. Instead, Black got scared and made it way worse with 29....Kh8?!, missing the combination. After 30.Rh3 only 30....Qe6 ± could salvage it a bit. |
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