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Chris De Ronde vs Hendrik Hermanus Kamstra
"The Dutch Evergreen" (game of the day Jun-22-04)
Amsterdam Dutch Ch Prelim. 1938  ·  King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E80)  ·  1-0
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Jun-22-04
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  Eatman: Amazing last part of the game!
Also interesting that is it one of the early Kings Indians (Zurich 1953 is considered time when KID really came into its own) played outside of URSS.
Jun-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eatman: Unfortunately Chessical is right though, black did not play the best defense at end, still does not detract much from the beauty of the game.
Jun-22-04
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  Calli: Tim Krabbe unearthed the details of this game which was long listed as DeRonde-NN.

Krabbe comments:
"There are many moves that would have stopped the adventure short; 32...Bxb5, 33...Bxb5, 34...Bxb5, 38...Ne6, 39...c5, 40...Kf8 and 45...Kh6, to mention but a few."

You can read the whole story and mystery of De Ronde at

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/d...

Jun-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eatman: Thanks Calli! Sad but fascinating story.
Jun-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  kevin86: Most of what we see as "beauty" is often so-because of its flaws.How about these comical ones:

Mona Lisa-a great picture-NO WAY-couldn't DaVinci get a model that can smile properly?

Whistler's Mother-a great picture-NO WAY-everybody knows that aside from the Turner Classic Movie channel,black and white is OUT!

Monet:trees,flowers,water-what aren't people good enough for him?!!

Jun-22-04  MatrixManNe0: <kevin86> eh... okay...

I can see what you're getting at - no chess game can be won without the blunder of the other player.

Jun-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Whitehat1963: Love it. One unexpected move after another.
Jun-22-04  GoodKnight: Wow. Truly incredible game. Amazing sacrifices.
Jun-22-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  iron maiden: Looks like it should have been played about a hundred years earlier.
Jun-22-04  Tigran Petrosian: Beautiful.
Jun-22-04  Chesspatch: I disagree. Many holes in the game.

34 ... Bxb5 and black wins by material

38 ... Nd3 dispels the mating net. I'm sure there's more but I've gtg.

Jun-22-04  themindset: not a very instructional game, i would seek to hide games like this from my students.
Jun-22-04  Nimzoid: 38 ... Ne6 and white can resign
Jun-22-04
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  midknightblue: i found the game quite impressive. there maybe some missed opportunities, I didnt spend enough time to know. The sacs and complexities were wild though
Jun-23-04  blitzkrieg: i appreciate the game so much..even though there are lots of holes, the "pressure-cooker" feeling that De Ronde had felt during that time created such a marvelous and incredible game.. i love chess because of the thrill..
Jul-26-04
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  aw1988: Many holes, but very fun to look at!
Nov-04-04
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  sneaky pete: <salokin> Born Schiedam 1912, died 1996 Buenos Aires, according to Renzo Verwer in latest issue Schaakmagazine. His son Chris junior now lives in Brussel.
Nov-04-04
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  mack: Gulp. This is one of those lovely games which seem to tell a story, an interactive story which you can get into. I'm explaining this in the least eloquent way possible, but perhaps my favourite 'story' on the chessboard is this: Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960
Apr-07-06  DeepBlade: When I see games like this, my hate for closed games increase. I have zero understanding for closed positions.
Jun-06-06  neosystems: This is what Deep Fritz 8 thinks (10 sec/move for analysis, had to hurry, since Leno's on :P):

E80: King's Indian: S舂isch: Lines without early ...0-0} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 b6 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nge2 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qc2 Nb8 13. O-O-O Nba6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Nc1 Qe7 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Rdg1 Qd8 19. h3 Consolidates g4 Qc8 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Rh2 Qb7 22. Bd3 Nxd3 23. Nxd3 Nc5 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nf2 Na6 26. Qd1 Nb4 27. Nb5 Qb7 28. Bd2 Na6 29. Qe1 Nc5 30. Be3 (30. Qd1 $142 $11 and White can hope to live) 30... Nxa4 $17 31. Ng4 (31. Nd1 $142 $5 $17) 31... hxg4 $19 32. hxg4 Ree8 ( 32... c6 33. Qh4 Bxg4 34. fxg4 $11) 33. Qh4 $2 (33. Rgh1 $142 $5 $17) 33... Kf8 (33... Nc5 keeps an even firmer grip 34. Rgh1 Kf8 35. Qe1 $19) 34. Qh7 (34. f4 exf4 35. Bd4 Re5 $19 (35... Rxe4 $4 leads to mate in 3 36. Bxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qh8#)) 34... Nc5 35. Nd4 (35. Rgh1 $19) 35... exd4 36. Qxg7+ (36. Bf2 does not solve anything Qa6 37. Rc1 a4 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 $19) 36... Kxg7 37. Bxd4+ Re5 38. f4 Nxe4 (38... Qa6 $142 and Black has reached his goal 39. Rc1 Nb3 40. fxe5 Nxd4 41. e6 $19) 39. fxe5 Nxg5 (39... c5 $142 and Black wins 40. dxc6 Qxc6 41. e6+ f6 42. exd7 Nxg5 $19) 40. e6+ f6 (40... Kf8 $5 and Black can already relax 41. exd7 Ke7 42. d8=R Kxd8 43. Bf6+ Kc8 44. Bxg5 $19) 41. Rf1 Rf8 (41... Ne4 42. g5 Kg8 43. exd7 $19) 42. exd7 Qb8 43. Rxf6 Demolition of pawn structure Rxf6 Decoy theme: f6 44. Rf2 Ne4 (44... Nh7 $5 makes it even easier for Black 45. Rxf6 Qd8 46. g5 $19) 45. Rxf6 Qd8 $4 Black loses the upper hand (45... Kh6 $142
would have given Black the upper hand 46. Re6 Qd8 47. Rxe4 Kg5 $19) 46. g5 $11 Nxg5 $4 Black has let it slip away (46... a4 $142 $11 and Black hangs on) 47. Rxd6+ $18 Kf8 $2 (47... Kf7 48. Bf6 Ne6 49. Bxd8 Nxd8 $18) 48. Bf6 cxd6 ( 48... Qxf6 what else? 49. Rxf6+ Ke7 50. Rxg6 Nf3 $18) 49. Bxd8 Nf7 50. Bf6 ( 50. Bf6 Kg8 51. b3 $18) 1-0

Dec-18-06
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  Rubenus: Interesting. 'Kamstra' must be a really weak player. Even the Immortal Game is more sound than this super unsound attack.
Mar-13-09  Andrijadj: Well,up to move 30,this is one of the most boring games ever...I reckon they both were in time scramble,and De Ronde outblitzed his opponent...
Mar-29-09  WhiteRook48: Kamstra is kind of dumb
Aug-10-10  Grantchamp: really lame
Apr-11-11  rich187113: well played
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