Edward W Formanek vs Joseph M Bradford (1979) "Tour de France"

Edward W Formanek vs Joseph M Bradford
"Tour de France" (game of the day Nov-12-09)
Lone Pine (1979) · French Defense: Advance Variation. Main Line (C02) · 0-1

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Nov-12-09		ounos: If 32. ...Qh8+? click for larger view 33. Be8+! click for larger view

Nov-12-09		RandomVisitor: 4 minutes per move: Edward W Formanek - Joseph M Bradford [C02] Lone Pine op Lone Pine op (3), 1979 [Rybka 3 ] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.g3 last book move 8...0-0-0 0.53/18 [Rybka 3 : 8...Na5 9.Rb1 Be7 10.Be2 Bd8 11.0-0 Ne7 12.Ne1 Rc8 13.Ng2 0-0 14.Nf4 Bc7 15.Re1 Qc6 16.Kg2 h6 17.Bh5 -0.12/20 ] 9.Bh3 -0.32/20 [Rybka 3 : 9.b3 cxb3 10.Nxb3 Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.a4 h6 13.Qb3 Kb8 14.Bd3 g5 15.0-0 g4 16.Nh4 Rc8 17.Bd2 0.53/18 ] 9...f5 0.35/19 [Rybka 3 : 9...Na5 10.Ng5 Nh6 11.0-0 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Ngf3 Nf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Nh4 f4 16.Ng2 fxg3 17.fxg3 h5 18.Qf3 Qc6 19.Qxf6 Bd6 20.Rb1 Rde8 21.Nf3 Ref8 22.Qg5 Rhg8 23.Qxh5 Bg4 24.Qh6 Bf5 -0.32/20 ] 10.Ng5= -0.04/20 [Rybka 3 : 10.b3 Na5 11.bxc4 dxc4 12.0-0 Ne7 13.Bg2 Nd5 14.Qc2 Qc6 15.a4 h6 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 g5 18.Rb1 Qc7 19.Ne1 Nb6 20.Qb2 0.35/19 ] 10...Nh6 0.14/19 11.0-0= -0.14/22 [Rybka 3 : 11.b4 Nxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd4 13.Ra2 Qxe5+ 14.Kf1 Qf6 15.Ndf3 Ng4 16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 e5 18.Ndf3= 0.14/19 ] 11...Be7 0.01/21 12.f4 -0.37/21 [Rybka 3 : 12.Ndf3 Na5 13.Rb1 Be8 14.Bg2 Ng4 15.Ne1 Nb3 16.h3 Nh6 17.Bf4 Nf7 18.Nef3 Nxg5 19.Bxg5 Bxg5 20.Nxg5 Kb8 21.Qc2 Bh5 22.h4= 0.01/21 ] 12...Bxg5 -0.37/23 13.fxg5 -0.37/22 Nf7 -0.37/20 14.Kh1 -0.37/21 h6 -0.32/20 15.gxh6 -0.59/21 [Rybka 3 : 15.g6 Ng5 16.Bg2 Be8 17.h4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qe2 Qa6 20.h5 Qa4 -0.32/20 ] 15...Rxh6 -0.59/21 16.Bg2 -0.71/20 Rdh8 -0.45/21 [Rybka 3 : 16...g5 17.Nf3 Rg8 18.Rb1 Na5 19.Qe2 Kb8 20.Be3 Rhg6 21.Qc2 R6g7 -0.71/20 ] 17.h3 -0.92/18 [Rybka 3 : 17.Nf3 g5 18.Qe2 R6h7 19.Be3 Qd8 20.Kg1 Qg8 21.h3 Ne7 22.Kf2 Rg7 23.Rg1 Ng6 24.Bxg5 Ngxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxg5 26.h4 Ne4+ 27.Bxe4 fxe4 28.Raf1 Qh7 29.Rh1 Rhg8 -0.45/21 ] 17...g5 -0.73/16 18.b4? -2.29/17 [Rybka 3 : 18.Qe1 f4 19.gxf4 g4 20.a4 Rg6 21.Rg1 -0.73/16 ]

Nov-12-09		RandomVisitor: continued: 18...g4 -1.15/18 [Rybka 3 : 18...Nxd4 19.cxd4 Qxd4 20.Ra2 g4 21.Qe1 -2.29/17 ] 19.h4? -3.21/18 [Rybka 3 : 19.Nb1 Rxh3+ -1.15/18 ] 19...Rxh4+ -2.67/20 20.gxh4 -2.67/19 Rxh4+ -2.65/20 21.Kg1 -2.65/19 Nxd4 -2.55/18 22.Kf2 -2.55/16 Nxe5 -2.05/18 23.Kg3 -2.10/16 Qc7 -1.69/17 24.Nxc4 -1.40/16 Nxc4 0.00/20 [Rybka 3 : 24...Ng6+ 25.Bf4 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Nf3 27.Ne3 Rh2 28.Qe2 Rh8 29.Rh1 Rxh1 30.Bxh1 Ng1 31.Qf1 Nh3 32.Bxd5 exd5 33.Nxd5 Qe5 34.Qc4+ Kd8 35.Qd4 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Nxf4 37.Nxf4 Qh4+ 38.Kg1 Qg3+ 39.Kf1 b6 -1.40/16 ] 25.Kxh4 0.00/19 Qh2+ 0.00/20 26.Kg5 0.00/19 Nf3+ 0.00/18 27.Bxf3 0.00/17 gxf3 1.09/19 [Rybka 3 : 27...Qh8 28.Bxg4 Nd6 29.Bxf5 exf5 30.Re1 Qg7+ 31.Kf4 Ne4 32.Rxe4 fxe4 33.Bb2 Qh6+ 34.Ke5 Qg7+ 35.Kxd5 Bc6+ 36.Kc4 Qg8+ 37.Kc5 Qg5+ 38.Kd4 Qg7+ 39.Ke3 Qh6+ 40.Kd4= 0.00/17 ] 28.Qxf3 1.09/17 Ne5 1.50/16 [Rybka 3 : 28...Nd6 29.Re1 Ne4+ 30.Rxe4 dxe4 31.Qe3 b6 32.Qd4 Be8 33.Kf6 Bd7 34.Ke7 1.09/17 ] 29.Qh1= 0.00/20 [Rybka 3 : 29.Qh5 Qg3+ 30.Kf6 Ng4+ 31.Ke7 Qc7 32.Qg5 Bb5+ 33.Kf8 Qxc3 34.Bf4 Qh8+ 35.Kf7 Qe8+ 36.Kg7 Qd7+ 37.Kh8 Qe8+ 38.Qg8 Qxg8+ 39.Kxg8 Bxf1 40.Rxf1 e5 41.Bc1 f4 42.Kf7 Kd7 43.Kg6 Ke6 44.Kg5 1.50/16 ] 29...Qg3+ 0.00/20 30.Kf6 0.00/18 Ng4+ 0.00/20 31.Ke7?? -6.20/14 [Rybka 3 : 31.Kf7 Ne5+ 32.Kf6= 0.00/20 ] 31...Qc7 -5.92/14 32.Kf7? -#4/3 [Rybka 3 : 32.Bg5 Qd8 + -5.92/14 ] 32...Be8+ -#4/3 33.Kxe8 -#2/3 Nf6+ -#7/5 34.Kf8 -#7/6 Kd8 -#8/5 0-1

Nov-12-09		spotkicker: May be white made a mistake at the opening. 9.b3 instead of 9.Bh3. 9...cxb3 10.Nxb3 Ne7 11.Rb1 Is black good?

Nov-12-09		spotkicker: I think black should accept pawn exchange and open b file for white rook after 9.b3.

Nov-12-09		Samagonka: Bradford had something like a death wish - looking at where his king ended up in the final position.

Nov-12-09		kellmano: That's a great game and one that i haven't seen before. Very nice final mating pattern.

Nov-12-09		spotkicker: Samagonka! Please look at that game: Taimanov-Larsen(Havana,1967) You'll have fun. Because there is a white king on the Black's side too!

Nov-12-09		stoy: I see zero moves. Please fix this problem. Thanks.

Nov-12-09		miseiler: That looked fun.

Nov-12-09		Phony Benoni: <stoy> Are you using the MyChess Java viewer? If so, it has a bug that prevents display of a game where a king reaches the 8th rank. (This has been a long-standing problem; see the first few kibitzes on this page.) The other Java viewers seem to work fine, so just switch to one of them for this game.

Nov-12-09		sac2win: very rightly called "tour de france" as white king has toured entire chess board before getting mate by queen and knight combination. really nice sacrifices by black to make such tour possible for white king!!!! lol

Nov-12-09		WhiteRook48: 35 Qxd5+ exd5 36 Re1

Nov-12-09		goodevans: Very strange and interesting game. When I played through it I thought white was totally busted after <19 ... Rxh4+> so I was amazed that Rykba even had white ahead after <28 ... Ne5>. Ultimately it was only white�s blunder with <31 Ke7?> that cost him the game (with <32 Kf7?> hastening his demise).

Nov-12-09		goodevans: <WhiteRook48: 35 Qxd5+ exd5 36 Re1> 36 ... Qh7 does the trick I think.

Nov-12-09		chillowack: I enjoyed Black's swashbuckling chess, but I'm wondering why White didn't play the simple 25.Bf4? It seems like then he would have been fine after 25...e5 26.Qd4. Is there some other line I'm missing?

Nov-12-09		Once: <chillowack> I think White had a number of chances to survive the attack. Your 25. Bf4 seems to hold out quite well, although I'd still be a little worried about the black passed pawns. Fun game to play through, if not entirely sound.

Nov-13-09		RandomVisitor: After 19.h4? 1: Edward W Formanek - Joseph M Bradford, Lone Pine op 1979 click for larger view Analysis by Rybka 3 : <21-ply> <1. (-3.48): 19...Nxd4> 20.Kh2 Nc6 21.Nb1 R6h7 22.a4 Nfxe5 23.Bg5 Ng6 24.Qe1 Nce5 25.Qe3 Qxe3 26.Bxe3 Nd3 27.Bg5 f4 28.gxf4 Nxh4 29.Bxh4 g3+ 30.Kxg3 Rxh4 31.Na3 R4h7 32.Kf3 2. (-3.03): 19...Rxh4+ 20.gxh4 Rxh4+ 21.Kg1 Nxd4 22.Kf2 Nc6+ 23.Kg3 Rh7 24.Nxc4 dxc4 25.Bf4 Nfxe5 26.Qd6 Nd3 27.Qf8+ Nd8 28.Rae1 Rf7 29.Qh8 Re7 30.Re5 Bc6 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.b5 Qb6 33.Kg2 Rf7 34.Bg3 Rd7

Nov-13-09		TheTamale: Can someone please show me why White didn't simply play 22. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rf2? I can't see the follow through for Black. Thanks!

Nov-13-09		AnalyzeThis: <TheTamale: Can someone please show me why White didn't simply play 22. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rf2? I can't see the follow through for Black. Thanks!> Don't have a chess board in front of me, but it appears that after 22. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rf2, black can choose between 22.....g3 or 22. Qxa1.

Nov-14-09		kevin86: A dep attack ending with a great king chase.

Nov-15-09		WhiteRook48: then white can sac a rook w 37 RE8+ and still hope to last, but he is losing

Nov-17-09		TheTamale: Thanks, <AnalyzeThis>... can't believe I missed the hanging rooks. :-(

Jan-26-10		jackpawn: Wow, this is a fun game.

Apr-17-13		AlbertodaCruz: Excuse, now I see that the full name of the variant, this one in the top of the page.

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