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Jacques Mieses vs Mikhail Chigorin
"For, Thou Betraying Me, I Do Betray" (game of the day Mar-26-2025)
Ostend (1906), Ostend BEL, rd 3, Jun-07
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C23)  ·  1-0

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May-26-07
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  Chessical: As Lasker said - "any defence of the <g> pawn but this"<4...Qf6?!> to protect the K-side (4..g6 or Bf8).

Chigorin fell victim to a Mieses speciality variation which proved to be too involved for him to analyse out correctly at the board.

Mieses had prevously used this variation against: Teichmann, Cohn (twice), Marshall and Mortimer (twice) in the period 1895 - 1906, which illustrates the difference in dissemination and study of opening variations in those days compared to our digital age.

<10...Na5?> described at the time as the decisive error.

He had to play <10...Qf2> which threatens <Nd4> Thus, <11.c3 Nf6 12.d4 Bxd4 13.Rf1 Nxe4 14.Qd7> (Lasker). After <13...Nxd4!> play is very complex, but White appears to have an advantage, e.g. <14.Be3 Qf5>

If <15...Ne7 16.Bg5>, and if <15...g6 16.Bh6+ Nxh6 17.Qg7+ Ke8 18.Nf6+ Kd8 19.Qd7> mate.

Aug-25-17  borabc: ...Qd4 was a mistake, ...h5 keeps a slight edge for white.
Jun-06-19
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  Fusilli: The position after 10...Na5 was a puzzle in the February 2016 issue of Chess Life:


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I could not solve it. I got stuck in the idea of trying to trap the black queen, which is impossible.

Mar-26-25
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  Korora: Ah, the immortal Bard. Good choice.
Mar-26-25
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  sleepyirv: The engines don't quite believe it, but Black is already in trouble after 3...Bc5?! 4. Qg4! as Black's g-pawn weakness is gonna cause a bad move.

As someone who isn't great at openings, the 4...Qf6 5. Nd5 Qxf2... line is basically the closest I come to having a trap opening. It's absolutely fatal in blitz. Black has to play very precise, invest a lot of time in playing precise, and will likely be behind the material at the end of it anyways. And a short engine analysis a person online might run after losing a blitz game suggests they might have something, so I often had people try it against me multiple times! Truly a fun time at the board.

Mar-26-25  goodevans: Fab game. It's not as if Black was devoid of devilish tactics himself. Just that White's were bigger and better.
Mar-26-25
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  TheDestruktor: Similar game:

I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940

Mar-26-25
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  perfidious: Even a legend plumped for this line, though avoiding 4....Qf6: A Hennings vs Korchnoi, 1969
Mar-27-25
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  Sally Simpson: <Perfidious>

Hi, That was a last round game and Korchnoi had already had the tournament won Sarajevo (1969)/Viktor Korchnoi if needed I suspect he would he would have used a French like he did in round 8 when he produced one of his famous mini masterpieces L M Kovacs vs Korchnoi, 1969

If Morphy had played the French Defence more often some of the games would have looked that one.

Mar-29-25
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  Chessical:


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<13... Nxf6?> 14. Rxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16. Qg7 or Qe6 mate

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