Frank Marshall vs Oldrich Duras (1912) Swindler's List

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Frank Marshall vs Oldrich Duras
"Swindler's List" (game of the day Mar-18-2010)
San Sebastian (1912), San Sebastian ESP, rd 9, Mar-01
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation (D20) · 1/2-1/2

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Jun-30-04		Gypsy: Going back from avatars to this end-game theme: If Marshall and Topalov can go wrong (the latter on two consecutive moves) it must be an easy error to make. Do you know of other instances of it, <Poohavez>, and/or of instances where the player went right?

Jul-01-04		Poohavez: <Gypsy> These two games are only cases that I know. I will try to find some nicely-played ones.

Jul-01-04		Gypsy: Thanks, I will also be on a lookout.

Jul-01-04		suenteus po 147: <Gypsy> Nice catch in your own line! I was actually frustrated by your line because it looked solid, that's why I went back a couple of moves and amended 58.Kh3+. <Chessical> You're right about the quicker win. I didn't catch it because my line was solid as is and I didn't see the need to find anything quicker. I'm a slacker at heart ;)

Oct-09-04		aw1988: Kd2??

Oct-09-04		mack: Surely 17.Nxg5 is winning?

Oct-10-04		sneaky pete: <mack> Winning for black, you mean?

Oct-11-04		mack: Er, yes. Indeed. I'm sure there was a bishop in there last time I looked at the position.

Nov-01-09		WhiteRook48: Marshall probably hadn't encountered this ending before

Mar-18-10		RandomVisitor: 7.Qe2+ would be a good try for an improvement. So would 14.Qb3 and 19.Rac1.

Mar-18-10		chesswatcher1: If you look at the Nalimov tables 53. Rg5 is the only winning line with 53...Kh2 losing in 7 moves min and 53...Kf3 or 53...Kf2 losing in at least 21 moves

Mar-18-10		ounos: <21. Rf7+> a refreshing, rare piece of tactics. The swindle was nice too :)

Mar-18-10		whiteshark: Any idea what is meant by <Purdy's rule>?

Mar-18-10		drpoundsign: why didn't black not fork the rook and queen? he would have had to dodge a check when white took the rook on Eight but still a good move no?

Mar-18-10		kevin86: Marshall coughed this one. It looked as if he was ahead in material all the way through. The rook vs pawn ending is a draw as the rook must give itself up for the pawn.

Mar-18-10		chrisowen: Of the old rich games, should have given him an oscar. The facedown 53.Rg5 polishes off his resistance. Take stock of white's provisions after the rook cary 50..Rf5. Grant the pawn cashes in and slavishly another lift 51..Rxa5 the win is now due. It was the golden factor i.e. shunt it down the capital aim.

Mar-18-10		Chessmensch: Purdy's Rule: When Kings are on opposite sides of the pawns’ file, the King who can first attack the enemy pawn from the rear wins the enemy pawn and saves his own.” See http://www.gmsquare.com/Reviews/Ald...

Mar-18-10		MarbleSkull: At first I thought 20. Rxe4 was game, as ...dxe4 21. Rf7 leads to mate pretty quickly, but 20.Rxe4 Rxf1 is a pretty simple refutation.

Mar-18-10		Egghead: I second drpoundsign's question: Why didn't Duras play 19. ... Rxe1+, with a fork at d2?

Mar-18-10		Shams: <egghead> after the fork white has Qxb7 hitting black's rook.

Mar-18-10		Egghead: Ah! Thanks.

Apr-09-10		whiteshark: Thanks <Chessmensch>, and for the link! :D

Apr-28-11		morphynoman2: 36. Ra5 must win.

Jul-14-14		mccraw54: As N Minev showed, Black slipped up w/ 51...Rxa5? Instead, Rf8! would draw: 52.a6 Rc8+ 53.Kd4 Ra8 54.a7 Kh2! (waiting for Wh Kg to advance--Rd8+ Kc5 would lose) 55.Kc5 (g4+ Kg3 g5 h3 g6 h2 Rxh2 Kxh2 59.g7 Kg3 Kc5 Kg4 61.Kb6 Rg8!=) Rxa7! 56.Rxa7 Kxg2 57.Rg7+! Kf3 58.Rh7 Kg3 59.Kd4 h3 60.Ke3 Kg2! (...h2? would get into zugzwang after 61.Rg7+ Kh3 Kf2! h1N Kf3 Kh2 Rg8) 61.Rg7+ Kf1! [] (corner would lose) 62.Rf7+ Kg1! 63.Ke2 h2 64.Rg7+ Kh1= whew!! (analysis quoted in Y Seirawan, Winning Chess Endings, pp.114-5)

Apr-18-18		Straclonoor: I add some more from Lomonosov TB7 44... Ke3 45. Rf1 Ra8 46. Rf5 Rxa4+ 47. Kxh5 Ra8 48. g4 Rh8+ 49. Kg5 Rg8+ 50. Kh4 Rh8+ 51. Kg3 Ke4 52. Rc5 Rf8 53. Rb5 Rf7 54. Kh4 Rh7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kh5 Rg8 57. g5 Kf4 58. Ra5 Rd8 59. Kg6 Ke4 60. Kg7 Rd7+ 61. Kh6 Rd8 62. g6 Rh8+ 63. Kg7 Rh3 64. Kg8 Rg3 65. g7 Rd3 66. Rh5 Rd8+ 67. Kh7 Rd7 68. Kh8 Rd8+ 69. g8=Q Rxg8+ 70. Kxg8 Kd4 71. Kf7 Kc4 72. Re5 Kb4 73. Rd5 Ka4 74. Rd4+ Ka3 75. Ke6 Kb3 76. Kd5 Kc3 77. Kc5 Kb3 78. Rc4 Ka3 79. Rb4 Ka2 80. Rb5 Ka1 81. Kc4 Ka2 82. Kc3 Ka1 83. Kc2 Ka2 84. Ra5#

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