Gordon Thomas Crown vs R Lee Johnson (1946)

Gordon Thomas Crown vs R Lee Johnson
Nottingham-B2 1946 · Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31) · 0-1

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Jun-20-07		vonKrolock: Certainly one of the strangest Games in record! <17...g7-g5>? An attempt to attack in this way would hardly be justified in such a position. <22...g7>? Much better was 22...e6 <24.h4>! A nice way of winning a whole ... <28...d8>!? What? He did not resign - will play a piece down?! <38.h1> This was, for me, the first white move that can be criticized - with the black becoming very active, to corner his white equal in this way is an unnecessary self inflicted handicap - f3, with idea of f1 and e2 was in order, even at cost of the 'd' <43.xa7> Now the is out of play - something very odd is about to occur... <46...f2>! A fine move that secure at least a draw... <47.f3+>? A panic reaction - I can not say yet when white lost half a point (probably between moves 43 and 46) but now he throw away even the other half - a draw was at reach with 43.b3! (the only defense) xa2 44.h4! etc <48...g3>! And check mate in the next move

Jun-21-07		chocobonbon: How bad would 26.Qxh5 have been?

Jun-21-07		vonKrolock: <chocobonbon> Black would win back the piece, white still a up, but black with the line 'e' (so white not joining the attack at once - Crown's move seems to be better, winning a whole for nothing - unless that the other possibility contains some hidden combination, which I'm not seeing in moment.

Jun-21-07		chocobonbon: As I see it (mainly intuitive, a questionable tool in my case), after 26, ...Nxf5; 27.Qh8, Ke7; 28.Qh7, Kd8; 29.Qxd7, Kxd7; 30.Nxf5 White is happy enough. I don't see where Black has much room to vary. For instance, 27. ...Kf7; 28.Qh7, Ng7; 29.Nh5 has got to be "Black Tuesday".

Jun-21-07		chocobonbon: <vonKrolock> In that last line Black might try 29. ...Qf5 in which case White's Qxg7 seems forced and his Knight had probably return to g3. At any rate, doesn't White remain a Piece up & with a less passive position? In the actual game it looked to me like the player with the extra Piece let himself get pushed around. What do you think?

Jun-23-07		vonKrolock: <chocobonbon> Now it seems for me that white could take the 'h5' , and after x play to 'g4' again, pinning the black in 'f5', what would force xg3 xd7 e2+ followed by c1 - well, the game was easilly won in all ways - the actual score, Your lines, in this way above too... :)

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