| Sep-19-04 |
| WhoKeres: This game should be counted among Cardoso's most famous games, as it cost Bronstein a place in the 1959 Candidates Tournament. A thunderstorm struck the playing hall somewhere around move 27, and when play resumed Cardoso took advantage of Bronstein's weak defense and won. It also didn't help that Bronstein stayed up all night before the game, playing skittles with Tal! |
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| Apr-19-05 |
| TedBundy: Bronstein was never the same again after this loss. |
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| Feb-05-07 |
| wilfrid46466: Bronstein, during the Interzonal 1958 tournament, commented that some participants did not deserve to be in this elite group of players. Cardoso, being the 19th of 21 players, probably felt alluded to and took Bronstein's condescending remarks personally. That must have motivated Cardoso to fight ferociously. |
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| Jun-22-07 |
| Petrosianic: >>
This game should be counted among Cardoso's most famous games, as it cost Bronstein a place in the 1959 Candidates Tournament.
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It is Cardoso's only famous game, but did it really cost Bronstein a shot? I believe that under the rule limiting the number of players from the same country, Bronstein would have had to have won the game to have even a chance at the Candidates. I think even a win would have put him in a tie, requiring a playoff. |
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| Oct-05-07 |
| sanyas: I declare the position after 29... a1 as <<<<>>>Strategically Bizarre> |
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| Oct-05-07 |
| Aurora: <sanyas> <<<<>>>Chess is imagination>
- David Bronstein |
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Oct-15-07
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| plang: 9..Rb8 with the idea of..b5 would have been more active. 11 Nd1 was clever aimed at preventing Bronstein from playing ..b5. Perhaps Bronstein should have played 14..Bxe2 first and then ..h5 trying to keep the kingside closed. The pawn casrifice 18..c3 prevented Cardoso from activating his bishop with c3 and Bb1. 21 Nd1 would have maintained Cardosos advantage. After 21..g5! Bronstein was back in the game. The answer to 23 Bxg5 would have been 23..f6!. After Cardosos error 26 Bd2? (instead of 26 Kd2) Bronstein should have won which would have qualied him for the candidates tournament. However 3 consecutive errors by Bronstein turned the game back in Cardosos favor. First, 27..Rxa4 allowed Cardoso to activate his bishop. Instead, Pachman gave 27..Bxd3 28 cxd..Rxa4 29 Rc7..Rd8 as maintaining Bronsteins advantage. Second, 28..f6? was an oversight overlooking Cardosos clever reply 29 Ng7!. Pachman recommended 28..Rc4. Lastly, 29..Ra1? was just a blunder costing Bronstein the exchange and the game. |
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| Eyal: <Petrosianic: did it really cost Bronstein a shot? I believe that under the rule limiting the number of players from the same country, Bronstein would have had to have won the game to have even a chance at the Candidates. I think even a win would have put him in a tie, requiring a playoff.> I think that the rule limiting the number of players from the same country wasn't relevant in this case, because it still allowed for 3 players - as in Amsterdam 1964 (http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/646...), where Smyslov, Tal and Spassky qualified for the Candidates but Stein and Bronstein were left out even though they finished 5-6. In Portoroz 1958, Tal and Petrosian were the only Soviet players who qualified from the first 6 spots, so there was still a place left for another Soviet player if he could make it. The final standings were: Tal 13.5, Gligoric 13, Petrosian & Benko 12.5, Olafsson & Fischer 12, with Bronstein finishing in a group of 5 players who had 11.5 points. So a draw in this game would probably have led to a 3 players playoff between him, Olafsson and Fischer (like the one between Reshevsky, Hort and Stein that took place after Sousse 1967); whereas a win would have guaranteed Bronstein a place in the Candidates and sent Olafsson and Fischer to a playoff match. Btw, this was Bronstein's first-ever loss in an Interzonal, after 58(!) games in which he went undefeated - the 19 games of Saltsjobaden 1948 (http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/495...), 20 games of Goteborg 1955 (http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/555...), and previous 19 games of Portoroz (http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/586...). And he never made it into the Candidates again. |
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| Sep-20-08 |
| Amulet: <Petrosianic:
It is Cardoso's only famous game, but did it really cost Bronstein a shot?> Here's another one:
R T Cardoso vs Fischer, 1957 |
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| Jan-19-09 |
| alexandrovm: Because of this game Bronstein lost it's place to play a very important tournament for which Fischer played. |
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| Jan-19-09 |
| Ychromosome: If 42...Nxg5 43.Bxg5+ Kxg5 44.h7 Kg6 45.h8=Q |
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| Jul-17-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 42...Ndf8 doesn't give enough compensation for the Exchange |
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Could you use a little magic in your chess?
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