James Mason vs Simon Winawer (1881)

James Mason vs Simon Winawer
Berlin (1881) · Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00) · 0-1

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Feb-02-06		Autoreparaturwerkbau: Most humiliating game for The Great-M.

Apr-14-10		Domdaniel: Up to 3.Bb2 these guys were playing first-rate post-hypermodern chess: Van't Kruijs transposing to a Nimzo-Larsen from White, and an Owen's/English from Black. Then they start to spoil it, showing scant understanding of key square complexes. Black's 3...d6 is positionally dubious, and White's 4.d4, blocking his Bishop, is worse. He probably thought he had to prevent ...e5, but that's a dangerous luxury when you open 1.e3. Downhill from there, mostly. Still, you'd think Mason or Winawer would have the opening named after them for playing it at such an early date. Instead we wait for Nimzowitsch and Larsen in the 20th century, who played it with a coherent plan.

Apr-14-10		Domdaniel: Funny how Winawer, as Black, gets the sort of position that arises for White in the closed line of the French Winawer, eg 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bf8 ... Mason may have been tired and emotional, however. What his contemporaries called 'an hilarious condition'; the current technical term is 'sozzled'.

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