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| RookFile: I wasn't aware that anybody needed to apologize for losing a game to Reshevsky. Certainly, Lasker, Capablanca, Euwe, Alekhine, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Fischer, etc. did not. |
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Sep-04-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: Another kibitzer (<Phony Benoni>) posted the following comment regarding this game at Reshevsky vs Haller, 1920: “The game was played against a relatively weak opponent at the end of a tournament where Reshevsky had already clinched first prize and deliberately went into the game intending to have fun. But it shows the sort of play he was capable of when in the mood.” |
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Sep-04-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: Here is a game that the "relatively weak" (see preceding post) Vasconcellos (as Black) won from Erich Eliskases, so he could not have been too weak a player: Eliskases vs F Vasconcellos, 1952
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| Sep-04-07 |
| RookFile: Well, since this tournament was the US Open, and this was the last round, we can surmise that Vasconcellos had a score second only to Reshevsky's, going into this round. |
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Sep-04-07
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| Resignation Trap: <RookFile> The 1944 US Open was an 18-player round robin: Game Collection: US Open 1944, Boston . Vasconcellos was near the middle of the crosstable at the end. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| SouCapi: I played against the black player (F. Vasconcellos) in a State Championship in Brazil back in 1976 and ... lost!
I ended up in 5th because of that defeat. He was a very nice and easy going guy who loved to give free chess lessons and advices to young player. |
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Jul-21-08
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| Check It Out: This seems like a game from the 19th century.
In the advanced French, taking the pawn on c5 looks unusual; but maybe opening theory at 1944 was not that advanced. Would this be played now? Of course the knight sac at move 12 is great, but the move that attracted my attention was the quiet 16.Bh4. Down a piece, this move is beyond me. 19.Bxg7 then 20. Rxb7 is incredible.
Reading the posts of Reshevsky cutting loose because the game wasn't critical to the tournament makes me wonder how many phenomenal games we've missed due to tournament results being so important. Probably the most brilliant games will never see the light of day. Just imagine Kasparov playing without a care in the world. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| Kafkaesque: Some background information to further illuminate this great game: it's featured in Reshevsky's book, "Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess." Regarding the US Open Championship in Boston, 1944, he says that "during the summer of 1944, I happened to be in Boston on a vacation just at the time the U.S.C.F Open Championship was being held. There didn't seem to be any harm in competing in this one tournament so, after a brief argument with my conscience concerning the wisdom of spending a vacation playing chess, I entered." He only lost one game during this tournament to Walter Suesman, which I cannot find in the chessgames.com database. If anybody has a link to this game, please provide. I would be interested in seeing it, as he says he narrowly lost the endgame. He concludes with: "my last round game with Vasconcellos confounded the critics who frequently said I didn't and couldn't play imaginative chess. I cut loose with a hair-raising sacrificial attack which had the spectators (and my opponent) gasping. I consider it one of my best games." I, for one, am happy that Reshevsky decided to play chess during his vacation, and it encourages me to play when my mind and body protest. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| Chessdreamer: <Kafkaesque> This is the game Reshevsky lost to Suesman: [Event "US Open"]
[Site "Boston"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Suesman, Walter"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.O-O a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qb6 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Rfd8 14.Bc2 Rac8 15.a3 h6 16.h3 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Nc5 18.e4 b4 19.axb4 Qxb4 20.Qe3 Qb6 21.Rd2 a5 22.Ba3 Bf8 23.e5 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rad1 Rcd8 26.Nf3 Rxd2 27.Nxd2 Qc6 28.Nf3 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qd5 30.Bc2 Nd7 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Qc3 Qc5 33.Qxc5+ Nxc5 34.Nd2 Bd5 35.f3 Ke7 36.Kf2 Kd7 37.Ke3 Kc6 38.Kd4 Kb5 39.Kc3 Nd7 40.f4 Bxg2 41. Nc4 Bxh3 42.Nd6+ Kc5 43.Nxf7 Nb6 44.f5 Bxf5 45.Bxf5 exf5 46.Nd8 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 g5 48.Nf7 Ne7 49.Nxh6 Kd5 50.Nf7 g4 51.Ke3 Ke6 52.Nd6 Nd5+ 53.Kf2 Kxe5 54.Nc4+ Ke4 55.Nxa5 f4 56.Nb7 g3+ 57.Kg2 Ne3+ 58.Kh3 Kf3 59.Nd6 g2 60.Kh2 Ng4+ 61.Kg1 Nf2 62.Kh2 Nh3 0-1 :-) |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| Kafkaesque: Thanks Chessdreamer! |
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Jul-21-08
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| RedStarRising: 21. Qh5!, for 21...Bxb7? leads to checkmate in a few moves. 22. Qf7+ Kh6 23. Ng4+ Kg5 24. Qg7+. Now, 1) If 24...Kf5, mate follows in two
moves, with 25. Nh6+ Kf4 26. Qg4#
2) If 24...Kf4, mate follows in two
moves, with 25. g3 Kf5 26. Nh6#(or
25...Kf3 26. Re3#)
3) If 24...Kh5 (or 24...Kh5), mate
follows in three moves, with 25.
Qh6+ Kxg4 26. h3+ Kf5 27. g4#
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| Jul-21-08 |
| realbrob: Black's mistake was that he kept on advancing on the queenside and didn't care enough about his king.. Until it was too late. e.g 16..Nb4 at first glance looks like a weak move to me, offering the e5 square to the white N. Maybe Black should have tried to connect his rooks and challenge White's domination over the "e" column. Or something like that. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| RookFile: Well, Reshevsky's play was awesome - black must have figured it was good to get rid of the powerful bishop on d3, but along comes Bxg7+ and Rxb7+ - very nice tactical shots, not bothering to even recapture on d3. |
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Jul-21-08
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| kevin86: A quick knockout by Sammy R.The white pieces came at black from all directions... |
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Jul-21-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: I kind of like 16 Bd6, preventing the knight check on e5.
click for larger viewThe position is very dynamic; it's hard to tell who has the edge. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| zb2cr: <Kafkaesque> quotes Reshevsky thusly: "I cut loose with a hair-raising sacrificial attack which had the spectators (and my opponent) gasping. I consider it one of my best games." No wonder. 5 moves offer sacrifices. As others have pointed out, 21. Qh5 is the most astonishing, offering either Rook as a passive sacrifice, while the (protected) Knight is also <en prise>. Looks like Black suffered from the "sacrificial shock" alluded to by Spielmann and failed to find the best defense early on, though. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| birobidjan: Great game ! That's why I love to play chess again and again... |
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Jul-21-08
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| al wazir: 15...Kf8 would have been better for black. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| HannibalSchlecter: Bravo Sammy! Beautiful! |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| Talis: User: al wazir: 15...Kf8 looses too:
16. Ng5 Bg4 (16... Qxa2 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19.Ne6+ Kxf7 20. Nxc5) 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Be5 Ne7 20. Qa1 Nh5 21. Nxh7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bb2 Qa4 24. Rbxe7 |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| Talis: <psmith>: <Egghead> I think that 16...Qxa2 looses too. White play
17. Ng5+ Kf8 (17... Kg8 18. Nxh7 Bxf2+ 19. Bxf2 Rxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Bh4 Ng4 22. Qd3+ g6 23. Qg3 Qc4 24. Qc7+ Kh6 25. Re8 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Kh5 27. Bg3 Nf2+ 28. Bxf2 Qxf2 29. Qh7+) 18. Nxh7+ Nxh7 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qxh8+ Kf7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxe5 |
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Jul-22-08
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| al wazir: <Talis: 15...Kf8 looses too: 16. Ng5 Bg4 (16... Qxa2 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Rxb7 Bxb7 19.Ne6+ Kxf7 20. Nxc5) 17. Rxb7 Nd4 18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Be5 Ne7 20. Qa1 Nh5 21. Nxh7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Bb2 Qa4 24. Rbxe7> Bxe7 25. Rxe7, I suppose. Now what? Also, I don't see why black chose to make the moves in your very computerish line. For example, why not 16...Qa4 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Qe5 Qc6 ? |
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| Jul-22-08 |
| Talis: <al wazir: Also, I don't see why black chose to make the moves in your very computerish line. For example, why not 16...Qa4 17. Qe2 Nd4 18. Qe5 Qc6 ?>
18....Qc6 looses because of 19.Rb6!! Qd7 20.Rd6!
Perhaps black survive after 18...Qd7 19. Bxh7 Nc6 (19... Rxh7 20. Nxh7+ Kxf7 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. Qh5+ Kg7 23.Re8 Bf8 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. Rbe1 Qf7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qh5+ Kg7 29. Re8) 20. Qf4 Be7 21.Ne6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Bxe6 |
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Sep-24-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: After 22...Kh8, all four of White's pieces are en prise. Even Morphy would have gasped at this game. |
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| Jan-04-09 |
| WhiteRook48: didn't even notice all of white's pieces were en prise! What an amazing game!
(and pun) |
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