Peter Lukacs vs Janos Flesch (1975) The Way of All Flesch

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Peter Lukacs vs Janos Flesch
"The Way of All Flesch" (game of the day Dec-05-2023)
Szolnok (1975), Szolnok HUN, rd 11, Oct-??
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54) · 1-0

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Apr-04-15		fispok: IQP tactics at their finest- a lovely tactical pin

Jul-09-19		fredthebear: If instead 22...RxNf7, the blockade 23.Qf6 maintains the pinned, backward f7-pawn and threatens Qxg6+ (robbing the pinned defender) followed by Ng5, etc.

Dec-05-23		FSR: It took 9 years, 3 months, and 4 days for chessgames to use my pun. That eclipses my prior personal best (or should that be personal worst?) of 9 years and 26 days for T Palmer vs W Surlow, 1998. <Garech> may hold the absolute record for Martin Perez vs Catalan, 1981, which he may have submitted 11 years, 10 months, and 7 days before it became GOTD.

Dec-05-23		Honza Cervenka: 19...Bxg5 20.Rxd8 Nxd8 21.Qg4 Bf6 was the last practical chance to defend the black position.

Dec-05-23		goodevans: <fredthebear: If instead 22...RxNf7, the blockade 23.Qf6...> I struggled to make sense of this at first (and <FTB> generally makes sense even if we occasionally disagree) until I hit upon the idea that the move in question was <22...Rxe7> upon which <23.Qf6> is indeed the only way to maintain a winning advantage.

Dec-05-23		morphynoman2: A different version of this game on Chess Informant: [Event "Szolnok 20/533"] [White "Lukacs,P"] [Black "Flesch,J"] [Date "1975"] [Annotator "Florian,T"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO "E 57"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bc4 c5 6. O-O cd4!? 7. ed4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. a3 (9. Qe2!?) (9. Bg5) 9... O-O 10. Re1 a6 (10... b6) 11. Bd3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3! 13... Rc8? (13... g6! Ue 20/(533)) 14. d5! 14... ed5 15. Bg5 Ne4 (15... g6 16. Re7!) 16. Ne4 de4 17. Qe4 g6 18. Rad1! (18. Be7 Qe7 19. Qe7 Ne7 20. Re7 Bf3 21. gf3 Rc2∓) 18... Qc7 19. Qh4 Rce8? (19... f6!? 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Nd4±) 20. Bb3 h5 21. Be7 Ne7 22. Ne5! 22... Rd8 (22... Bc8 23. Nf7!+-) (22... Nf5 23. Qf6+-) 23. Rd8 Qd8 24. Nf7! 24...Rf7 25. Qe7 1-0

Dec-05-23		An Englishman: Good Evening: Better late than never, <FSR>.

Dec-05-23		louispaulsen88888888: Yeah, good one.

Dec-05-23		HeMateMe: Does this come from a movie?

Dec-05-23		louispaulsen88888888: It’s a classic novel, which means I never read it and have no idea what it’s about.

Dec-05-23		HeMateMe: <FSR: It took 9 years, 3 months, and 4 days for chessgames to use my pun> My Harry Golombek v. Savielly Tartakower was in the pun cue for ten years or so <When Harry met Savielly>

Dec-05-23		OhioChessFan: Pretty good pun.

Dec-05-23		FSR: I knew of the phrase, obviously, but have not read the novel in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_W....

Dec-05-23		offramp: The gruesome title <"The Way of All Flesch"> brings back very sad memories about the great Janos Flesch, <Mr Memory>, who could play 52 boards <blindfold> who flew from Budapest to London to perform a memory feat (NOT the 52-board feat) which was so incredible that the event was on Radio 4 but the problem was that he was listening to the report on the radio of his <rented car> as he was driving on the Victoria Embankment <BUT> he turned <LEFT> onto Westminster Bridge THEREFORE into oncoming traffic <BUT MR MEMORY FORGOT THAT BRITISH PEOPLE DRIVE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD> and poor <MR MEMORY WAS SQUASHED INTO THE SIZE OF A SATSUMA> which in the UK is a tangerine. Sad story.

Dec-05-23		FSR: <offramp> Very sad. When I learned that Flesch had died in a car accident in England, I actually wondered if it had occurred because he forgot that in Britain they drive on the left side of the road. It's called the "right" side of the road for a reason. Why can't Brits understand that?

Dec-05-23		FSR: Bill Wall actually compiled a page on <Chess Accidents>. http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/a...

Dec-05-23		MissScarlett: If Brits drive on the wrong side of the road, why don't they all keep crashing into each other?

Dec-05-23		stone free or die: <MissScarlett: If Brits drive on the wrong side of the road, why don't they all keep crashing into each other?> Because two wrongs don't drive on right?

Dec-05-23		MissScarlett: Flesch and his wife died on the Thanet Way, one of Britain's most dangerous roads: <Three roads in Kent have been named among the UK's ten most dangerous rural roads for young drivers. The A299, known as Thanet Way, and the A2 were ranked first and second respectively in terms of crash density.> https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent... They were on their way back from London to Ramsgate where Flesch had been competing in a tournament. The crash happened outside Whitstable.

Dec-05-23		stone free or die: Since you brought it up, where on A299 did he die? https://www.google.com/maps/place/A...

Dec-05-23		MissScarlett: I'll transcribe a newspaper report on his main page.

Dec-06-23		stone free or die: < The crash happened outside Whitstable.> Wiki, and his <CG> bio, say it was inside Whitstable.

Dec-07-23		HeMateMe: Weren't some of the ripper murders in Whitstable?

Dec-07-23		stone free or die: <HMM> White Chapel is what you're thinking of, I believe. Here's some updates about the location, and details, of the accident, mostly due to <Missy>. Janos Flesch (kibitz #33)

Dec-08-23		perfidious: Indeed it is Whitechapel, London.

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