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Jan-23-05
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| Chessical: Nezhmetdinov establishes a powerful position by sacrificng the <a> pawn to play <27.e5>, but then he cannot break through Ujtelky's defences. It is certainly not easy to see where Nezhmetdinov goes wrong, but I believe (but cannot prove) it is between moves 30-36. Neither of the two possible obvious alternatives seem to lead to quick wins for Nezhmetdinov: <30.h5!?> Rd7 31.hxg6+ Nxg6 32.Bxh6 Rh8 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Nc5 Rf7 35.Qd2 Kg8 36.c3 Rg7 37.Bc2 <32.Nc5!?> Nf8 33.Ne1 Kg8 34.Qd2 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Qxc5 36.Qxh6 Qa7 37.h5 c5 38.Nf3 c4 39.Ba2 Nc6 40.c3 The plan with <35.c3> and <36.Ne1> seems rather too slow at a critical juncture, (and at least 36.h5 would not permit <36...Bxe5!>); perhaps Nezhmetdinov could have played <Qd8> instead? After Ujtelky's <63...c3!> Nezhmetdinov could have resigned then and there. |
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| Jan-23-05 |
| TheSlid: Indeed an odd game. "The Modern Defense" by Keene & Botterill includes 2 further annotated and eccentric performances by Ujtelky. (Sadly my copy is in English descriptive notation.) The games are "a crazy game by Ultelky...a unique phenomenon stemming from a highly individualistic style" - Kluger - Ujtelky Rubenstein Memorial 1966. Also Filipowicz - Ujtelky from the same tournament "an example which is recalcitrant to even the loosest of classifications". |
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Jan-23-05
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| IMlday: 26.Bf4 looks weaker than 26.e5 with some edge. |
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| Jan-23-05 |
| aw1988: What a strange game. This looks like something Duncan Suttles might play. |
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| Jan-24-05 |
| offramp: I suppose the Rat Opening was a good choice against Super-Nezh. It was bound to wind him up a bit and indeed he over-did it. |
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| Feb-20-05 |
| Saruman: <erimiro1> As we say in math y=6. |
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| May-13-05 |
| lentil: no, aw1988, even suttles would not have played like this |
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| May-13-05 |
| Larsker: <erimiro1: Look at the Black pawns after the 18th. move. Indeed the game is strange.> I sort of expected 28...h6-h5 - just for the sake of symmetry :-) Anyway - sticking to the tone of the game - white resigns immediately after queening. |
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| May-13-05 |
| aw1988: I did not necessarily mean Suttles has this much strength, however. |
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| Aug-08-05 |
| lentil: <aw1988> let's not forget Suttles is a GM; Ujtelky only reached IM |
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| Dec-13-05 |
| svbabu: In my childhood, I used to play like Mr. Ujtelky, organizing my soldiers in a row going one step at a time. Also, I didn't learn about castling at that time. This game rekindles my old memory. Anyways, the middle and end games are completely different though! |
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Feb-22-06
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: You would think there was something wrong with an opening classification system which calls this a "Standard Defense." |
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| Jun-18-06 |
| Xuorarch: It seems to me that after move 8, Black's kingside light squares were weak. White might play 9.h6 g5 10.Bxg5!? hxg5 11.Nxg5, sacrificing a bishop in order to emphasize Black's weaknesses on e6 and f7. If play continued according to Black's orignal plan, e.g. 11... b6?, White can play 12.Bxe6! fxe6 13.Nxe6, picking up the queen in exchange for 3 pawns. Or if 12... c6 13.Bxf7+ Kf8 14.Ne6, again winning the queen (this also works if Black plays 12... Bb7). Alternatively, after 11.Nxg5, Black can attempt to block out the bishop with 11... d5. However, 12.exd5 exd5 13 Bxd5 takes advantage of White's queen on e2 and destructive tactics insue. There's also 11... Rf8, but this still allows 12.Bxe6 and threatening 13.Bxf7+ Rxf7 14.Ne6. Playing 12... Rf8 in the 11... b6 variation simply makes this forced. Relatively best for black is 11...Nb6, where Black's possition is reinforced and a knight developed at the cost of a tempo for White, but I think White's attacking possiblities on the kingside make up for his material disadvantage. |
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| Jun-20-06 |
| Xuorarch: Actually that sequence might be better with 11.h6 because the b6 pawn blocks the knight, and the light square bishop can't protect the e6 pawn. I also think White should have played 10.0-0-0 instead of 10.Rd1, connecting the rooks while castling and protecting the b2 pawn. |
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Nov-05-06
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| FSR: This turned out to be a brilliant choice against Nezhmetdinov. He couldn't figure out a way to punish Ujtelky, so he went berserk sacrificing everything. Nezhmetdinov was a tactical genius, but not exactly a well-rounded player. |
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Nov-05-06
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| Sneaky: < went berserk sacrificing everything> Yes! That pretty much sums it up! |
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| Nov-15-06 |
| GrandPatzerSCL: What the heck is this?? I go through all the chess books at my public library, and they tell me to "develop the pieces first", "castle quickly", "control the middle of the board", "don't move the same piece more than once in the opening"... If I wanna be a bloody grandmaster, I gotta come up with this nutty stuff?? Simple enough!!! |
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| Nov-28-06 |
| Maatalkko: I've been browsing throught this kind of stuff for the past week and I've developed a working hypothesis: It's impossible to break a Black pawn wall without inserting some well-timed pawn advances to chew Black's structure. I also think that the d4,e4,nc3,nf6 setup is a bit passive against the hedgehog. If my hypothesis holds true, then White will have to play e5/d5 to break the center open, but these moves aren't always well-supported. Of course White can always try to open a rook-file, but the Black king doesn't even have to castle! The only setup I am scared of against the Hippo is f4, e4, d4. This can always lead to a pawn roller. Any thoughts on this? Is it possible to break Black's wall without creating pawn storm? |
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| Jan-05-07 |
| Rubenus: see http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_b... for analysis and more information about the Hippopotamus defense. |
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Jan-06-07
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| WarmasterKron: <Rubenus> Andy Martin is no stranger to eccentricity, and has actually written a book on the Hippo. |
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Jan-20-07
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| notyetagm: <erimiro1: Look at the Black pawns after the 18th. move. Indeed the game is strange.> Position after 18 ... c6:
click for larger viewWow. |
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Jan-22-07
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| whiteshark: <'Devious chess'> is an invitation from the Israelian chess master and compositor into the world of fascinating chess moves and extraordinary chess games. The author (Master chess psychologist <Amatzia Avni>) takes you from the main road into the world of unexplored lands so as the play of the Czech Maximilian Utjtelky who enjoyed to creep around the edges of the chess board. Avni describes Utjtelky as followed in his devious chess: 'The Czech IM Maximilian Ujtelky made a living out of bizarre formations like the "hippopotamus", consisting of placing his pawns along the third rank. Basically, Ujtelky was provoking his opponents to the extreme and was waiting for them to have nervous breakdown. Sometimes he was slaughtered, at other times his scheme paid dividends.' By the way the great Andrew Martin describes the "hippopotamus" as: 'The idea is that black develops within his own first three ranks at the beginning of the game. He will construct a solid, stable yet flexible position, wait to see what white is doing and react accordingly' ('The Hippopotamus Rises', Batsford 2005). Avni gives a nice example in this book of the game Nezhmetdinov - Ujtelky, Sochi 1964, where the master of attack Nezhmetdinov obtained a won position but than freaked out, sacrificed a lot of material and went down in 75 moves.
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Interesting is the tip from Amatzia Avni to search for hidden treasures in offbeat magazines and on obscure web sites, run by average club players. Games played on the Internet are also a major reservoir of devious chess but when you take up this book from Avni it is nearly impossible to put it down! Conclusion: A fascinating read! With kind permission of the author John Elburg (www.chessbooks.nl)
http://niggemann.com/detail/buecher...
More on Ujtelky see
http://www.chesscafe.com/kaissiber/... 27th Dec 2006 |
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| Dec-27-07 |
| klon3: this game is strange.
where did Nezhmedinov go wrong? interesting how black advances every pawn in the camp. |
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| May-20-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Certainly one of the most interesting games of the Player of the Day. |
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| Oct-07-09 |
| GrahamClayton: Imagine if Ujtelky played Black against Boris Alterman? B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000
There would be pawn walls on the board! |
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