Samuel Reshevsky vs Henrique Mecking (1967)

Samuel Reshevsky vs Henrique Mecking
Sousse izt 1967 · King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Positional Defense Main Line (E96) · 1-0

Given 6 times; par: 96 [what's this?]

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Jan-30-03		Kena: Game was very long - could less moves have been made to achieve the same?

Jan-31-03		mdorothy: There weren't a lot of repeated moves. It looked like a very strong game that just waited a little bit to trade everything off.

Jan-23-06		ianD: Mecking was 15 when he played this game. Reshevski was 50. Both were child prodigies in there own era.

Jan-23-06		ughaibu: Weirdest use of 'era' yet.

Jan-31-06		Whitehat1963: Excellent, complex, lengthy. A great game for detailed analysis! Check it out!

Feb-18-06		raydot: I don't know much about the King's Indian, can someone tell me what the point is of 8. ...a5 followed by 9. Bf1 ?

Feb-18-06		raydot: If fewer moves had achieved the same, it wouldn't have been this game! There's a discussion of this game and the ideas behind it in Reshevsky's book, "The Art of Positional Play."

Feb-18-06		sitzkrieg: I believe-may be wrong- a5 is (maybe more reasons) played because black wants to play exd4 and Nc5 with hopefully pressure on e4. By playing a5 black prevents b4 and makes sure c5 is free for the knight.

Feb-18-06		raydot: <sitzkreig>That makes perfect sense, and I think you're right, but then why 9.Bf1? To bring the rook to the defense of e4?

Feb-18-06		sitzkrieg: That seems logical. White probably wants to have free lines, and maybe wants to move his bishop to g2 since at e2 it is not doing much. At g2 it can maybe control the centre and help in the defense of the king since black will probably play f5 and attack sooner or later.

Feb-18-06		RookFile: Notice how Reshevsky waited for the black rook to go to e8, before playing d5. Then Mecking felt obligated to move it back to f8 before getting in his f5.

Sep-13-06		LIFE Master AJ: I think I annotated this game somewhere ... but I could not find my own webpage!

Aug-09-07		sanyas: <Kena> Yes, 34.c2 wins almost immediately.

Jul-24-09		WhiteRook48: 71...Rh1 72 d8=Q a1=Q 73 Qxa1+ Rxa1 74 Qh8+

Sep-15-09		whiteshark: <LIFE Master AJ: <I think I annotated this game somewhere ... but I could not find my own webpage!>> Hehe, such things just happen. :D LMAJ, I found it here: http://www.angelfire.com/planet/ajs... #4, but maybe you have annotated it in depth somewhere else...

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