All,
When I first saw Paul's post, I remembered an interesting game I saw nearly 2
decades ago whilst living in Germany. At the time, a good friend of mine and I
had decided to play in a big international chess tournament and were debating
whether to go to the Bled Open or another one. As it turned out, we forgone
Bled and attended the Czech Open in Pardubice, where I actually played
relatively well. Must go back and have a look at my games from that tournament
and see if any of them are worthy of annotation...
Anyways, later that year, I flicked through some of the published games from
the Bled Open and found the below game. As Tyson says, these types of games are
entertaining to play through, but don't spend much time studying them!
This opening is a side-line of the Bennoni. An interesting twist, where black
develops the dark-squared bishop in the usual fashion, instead of fianchettoing
it. A similar idea can be seen in the Czech-Bennoni too. Very interesting
concepts.
Cheers,
Chris
[Event "Bled op 21st"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2000.04.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brumen, Dinko"]
[Black "Jurkovic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. e4 Bf6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Nge2
Ng6 9. Ng3 Bg5 10. O-O Bxc1 11. Rxc1 O-O 12. Kh1 Nf4 13. Bb1 Nd7 14. Nce2 Qf6
15. Qd2 Nxe2 16. Nxe2 b6 17. f4 Ba6 18. Rf3 Rae8 19. Rcc3 Qd8 20. Ng3 Bc8 21.
Rce3 Nf6 22. h3 Re7 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Rf1 b5 25. b3 Qb6 26. Rfe1 h5 27. e5 c4
28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Qc2 g6 30. e6 Kf8 31. exf7 Rxe3 32. fxe8=Q+ Nxe8 33. Rxe3
Qxe3 34. Qxg6 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4 36. Qxh5 Ke7 37. Qh7+ Kd8 38. Qxa7 Nf6 39. Qa5+
Ke7 40. Bg6 Bd7 41. Qe1+ Kd8 42. Qa5+ Ke7 43. Qc3 Kd8 44. a4 Nxd5 45. Qa5+ Nc7
46. Qb6 d5 47. a5 Ke7 48. Qb8 Qd6 49. Qg8 Ne6 50. a6 Nc7 51. a7 Bc6 52. Qf7+
Kd8 53. h4 c3 54. h5 Kc8 55. h6 c2 56. h7 c1=Q 57. h8=Q+ Kb7 58. a8=Q+ Kb6 59.
Qhb8+ Kc5 60. Qa5+ 1-0
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Sent: 23 September 2019 13:51
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Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: a game worth studying, especially for us
Caro-Kannites
Hello everyone.
This is one of the very few grandmaster games that features four Queens on the
board all at the same time. For this reason it gets very complicated towards
the end. One commentator describes the play as "rich and strange". It is
included in Fischer's book "My 60 Memorable Games."
The direct link is http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106430 ;
It would definitely be wrong to call this game stodgy, but because the centre
is locked from 10 onwards most of the action is on the wings. There is nothing
brilliant about 8...d4. It's a routine closing of the centre that involves the
exchange of White's better Bishop. The other one remains blocked up on the
Kingside for the rest of the game, particular after 10...e5.
After Petrosian's 11...c5 one could say the position, especially the Pawn
structure, is akin to a King's Indian Defence reversed, which could also be
regarded as a King's Indian Attack. In 1959 and thereabouts Petrosian was
pioneering the Petrosian variation against the KID; 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bd7
4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0-0 6 Be2 e5 7 d5 and then 8 Bg5. To a certain degree one could
say that here he has played his system with reverse colours!
So from an openings perspective if you have an interest in the King's Indian,
let alone the Caro-Kann, then this game is worth a look.
However, when the four Queens arrive things get very complex and some lines are
very difficult to evaluate. I recall a remark by an experienced local player in
a game where four Queens were on the board at move 15. He said "I was very
blase about the position. Who cares if I lose a piece? I've still got two
Queens!" Good point.
My own point is that four Queen games are so rare that they are fine to marvel
at, but a devil to study. From move 36 onwards in Fischer-Petrosian I would
marvel, but I would save the energy for serious study for positions and
scenarios that are more likely to happen.
Regards,
Tyson
On 23 September 2019 at 00:06 David Rosenkoetter
<davidrosenkoetter260@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey, everyone.
I came across this gem from chessgames.com this morning. Of course,
some may accuse us who enjoy playing the black side of the Caro-Kann
of being stodgy and unimpressive. Well, this game between a young
Bobby Fischer and Petrosian will blow that myth out of the water. The
brilliancy of 8....d4 and subsequent follow-up moves shows how fluid
and fighting the Caro can be when played well.
The game follows my signature. Enjoy!
David
[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.04"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6
7. g3 Bb4 8. Bd2 d4 9. Nb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 e5 11. Bg2 c5
12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. f4 O-O-O 15. a3 Ne8 16. b4 cxb4
17. Nc4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. axb4 Nc7 20. Na5 Nb5 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Rf2 g6 23. h4 Kb7 24. h5 Qxb4 25. Rf7+ Kb6 26. Qf2 a5
27. c4 Nc3 28. Rf1 a4 29. Qf6 Qc5 30. Rxh7 Rdf8 31. Qxg6 Rxh7
32. Qxh7 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 a3 34. h6 a2 35. Qg8 a1=Q 36. h7 Qd6
37. h8=Q Qa7 38. g4 Kc5 39. Qf8 Qae7 40. Qa8 Kb4 41. Qh2 Kb3
42. Qa1 Qa3 43. Qxa3+ Kxa3 44. Qh6 Qf7 45. Kg2 Kb3 46. Qd2 Qh7
47. Kg3 Qxe4 48. Qf2 Qh1 1/2-1/2
