Igor V Platonov vs Nicolaas Cortlever (1970)

Igor V Platonov vs Nicolaas Cortlever
Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) 1970 · Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77) · 1/2-1/2

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Dec-01-05		PivotalAnorak: http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/admag/k... For those who understand Dutch. For the others: Krabbé says Platonov was once given the chance (by the soviet chess federation) of playing a tournament in the Netherlands, but failed badly. He never got a second chance. Cortlever could sympathize with his opponent who, having obtained a winning position, blundered. So Cortlever offered a draw... in a winning position. In the final position (after Re8+), Black wins a whole rook.

Nov-18-11		Caissanist: Krabbe on this game in English, from Lubosh Kavalek's column at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubom...: <"We think that Cortlever's sportsmenlike reaction deserves respect and admiration," Barry Withius wrote in the tournament bulletin. "Personally, I despise this sort of chivalry," wrote Krabbé. "It's in the spirit of all sports to take advantage of your opponent's weaknesses within the rules. Sport is hard, sport is cruel, sport is about taking advantage of mistakes, making the opponent look pathetic -- not about moral excellence. It should be no different in chess." He concluded: "Cortlever should have been thrown out of the tournament.">

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