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Gilles Andruet vs Boris Spassky
"Don't Do It Andruet" (game of the day Feb-05-2017)
Bundesliga (1987/88), FRG
Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation (E11)  ·  0-1

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Jan-30-16  vajeer: I think 25. Ndf1 was a mistake. 25. Nb3 should have kept White in the game.
Oct-31-16
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  Sally Simpson: Hello,

This game was actually played in the 1988 Bundesliga match Koblenz v Solingen. Not the 'Ch FRG (1988)'.

Correction slip submitted.

Oct-31-16  RookFile: Wow, I didn't see this coming, and think white can be forgiven for missing it too. The amazing imagination of Boris Spassky!
Feb-05-17  AlicesKnight: 26.... c5 looks so innocent as a deflection; it looks as if he had seen the gift at once after Nf1? when he played ...Ra3 with threats of ....Rxd3 and ...Qxf2, and White in covering this missed the gem.
Feb-05-17  erimiro1: Kind of James Bond move, so I prefer the name "THUNDERBALL". It also brings me to the Kronstien-McAdams game from "From Russia with love", that also was based on Spassky (Spassky-Bronstien, of course.
Feb-05-17  Sularus: What a money shot! reminds me of that game where the players were allegedly showered with gold pieces.
Feb-05-17  morfishine: Another gem of a game scarred by having a dump truck load of manure (= game title) dumped on it

truly sad

*****

Feb-05-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: Morfishine the Punjabber.
Feb-05-17  Rubenchik: Imagination=Spassky !
Feb-05-17  RandomVisitor: After 23...bxc6


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Komodo-10.1-64bit:

<+0.48/34 24.Nb3> Qf6 25.Qd2 Qd6 26.Ra1 Rab8 27.Rfb1 Bf5 28.Nc5 Rxb1+ 29.Rxb1 Bxd3 30.Nxd3 Nf5 31.Nf1 Nf6 32.Qc2 Rc8 33.Rb7 Kg7 34.h3 Nd7 35.Ra7 Ne7 36.Qc1 Rc7 37.Ra6 Rb7 38.Nd2 Rb5 39.Ra8 Rb8 40.Ra7 Nc8 41.Ra6 Ncb6

Feb-06-17  kevin86: A "Quiet" mate threat!
May-26-18  takchess: So is this game a modern immortal game ? Thoughts ?
May-26-18  Isilimela: 28 ... Qf3!! is a lightning strike / bolt from the blue! Bravo Boris!
May-27-18  takchess: http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/2018...
Mar-29-19
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  fiercebadger: useful plan against a minority attack,hover the knights near enemy king the add in the Queen
Mar-29-19  sudoplatov: Did the spectators shower the board with Euros?
Nov-27-19  Elidrissi: I love it ,genius
1.........Qf3
2.gxf3....Nf3+
3.Kh1.....Bh3
3.Bxe1....Bg2#
Jul-18-21  sudoplatov: Spassky did suggest erecting a statue to Frank Marshall (and probably Morphy). Andruet joins Janowski and Paulsen. I don't know of other games with the Queen sacrifice on f3 (of f6) to force mate; Fischer's game against Benko comes to mind.
Dec-14-22  Brenin: 28 ... Qf3 is so tempting. Mate on g2 is threatened, and if 29 gxf3 then 29 ... Nexf3+ 30 Kh1 Bh3 and Bg2 mate. White can only postpone the end momentarily with moves like Qe4 dxe4, or Qxg6+ fxg6.
Dec-14-22  jrredfield: Black needs to get his Bishop to h3 to create the inescapable mating net with his two Knights. So 28 ... Qf3 eventually will lead to White capturing with the g pawn allowing 30 ... Bh3. Mate follows a few moves later.
Dec-14-22  saturn2: It has to start with 28...Qf3. If instead 28...Bh3 white has the one and only one 29.f4. Otherwise it would be the same trick.
Dec-14-22  King.Arthur.Brazil: I went wrong with: 28...♘ef3+ because after 29. gxf3 ♕xf3, there's no way to avoid the check-mate. So the answer will be: 29. ♔h1 ♗h3 30. ♗xe8 (or other similar moves) 30...♗xg2#. The remaining answer is 30. gxh3 ♘e1 31. ♖exe1 ♕f3+ 32. ♔g1 ♕g2# or White will lose the ♕ (you know: the King loves to capture the opponent's ♕: 31. f4 ♘xc2 32. ♗xe8 ♘xe3 33. ♘xe3 ♕e6 34. ♗b5 ♖xe3 35. ♖xe3 ♕xe3 and check-mate in 2. The 28... ♕f3! is wonderful, I didn't see it.
Dec-14-22  Cheapo by the Dozen: Fun one.

It's easy to see that Black can enforce a knight at f3, but that does nothing on its own. A little more poking around confirms that White has a solid defense on the dark squares, and any mate will have to focus heavily on the light ones.

From there the solution is easy.

Dec-14-22  saturn2: White can desperately try e4 followed by Ne3. But this comes one move too late and Black can als take the Ne3 with the rook.
Dec-14-22  ycsidney: It’s surreal!
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