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Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers vs Mathias Gerusel
FRG-NED 1969  ·  Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation. Main Line (B29)  ·  0-1
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Oct-29-11  qqdos: <The Librarian> There is a mystery about this game, played at Krefeld in round 2, and a companion game played by the same players in round 1, but with colours reversed. This (second) game is important theoretically and was won by Gerusel (0-1) in 37 moves. The oddity is that the second game followed the first, move for move, for 24 moves - 24.Rxb6 Rfc8 (1-0) suggesting that Kuijpers resigned after (?) playing his 24th move as Black. In the very next round Gerusel (as Black) allowed his opponent to repeat the identical moves and at the critical moment made Kuijpers play on with the white pieces. There followed the moves 25.Rxb7 Rc2+; 26.Ke3 R8c3+; etc winning (for Black) in 11 more moves. This seems very implausible. Can anyone clear up this conundrum?!?
Oct-29-11
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  Phony Benoni: <qqdos> I can't solve the mystery entirely, but here are some suggestions.

Just to be clear, we are dealing with these two games:

Round 1: M Gerusel vs F Kuijpers, 1969

Round 2: F Kuijpers vs M Gerusel, 1969 (this page)

First, that they played two rounds in a row with reversed colors is not a problem, since this was from a team match where they would reversed colors in each round.

Now, as to the duplication in scores, I agree that this is too much of a coincidence. Looking at the opening repertoires of the two players indicates that this round 2 score is probably correct, since Gerusel often played the Nimzowitsch Variation (2...Nf6). On the other hand, the Round 1 score is the only game we have where Kuijpers used the variation, so if either score is wrong that would be the suspicious one.

Also, the supposed final position from round 1:


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is hardly resignable for Black, as Geusel shows here.

So I feel we probably have an incorrect score for round 1, but finding the correct score would take a bit of research.

Oct-30-11  qqdos: <Phony Benoni> thanx. I agree the first game is under a cloud. Why would Black resign after playing his 24th move? Perhaps Tim Krabbe can help?!
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