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Carel van den Berg vs Jan Hein Donner
"Blitzin' Donner" (game of the day Dec-30-2024)
Noteboom Memorial (1965), Noordwijk NED, rd 7, Feb-28
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)  ·  1-0

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Jan-27-08  sneaky pete: Carel van den Berg vs Jan Hein Donner, Veenendaal 1955, had (after the same first 11 moves) continued 11... Be7 12.e5 b4 13.exf6 bxc3 14.Nxe6 1-0. 11... b4 was of course not a prepared improvement. Donner, with his legendary self-conscious attitude towards the rest of the universe, had erased the earlier game from his memory.
Mar-01-09
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  FSR: Well, you can hardly expect their second game in this line to be a marathon like the first one.
Sep-17-12  Olavi: Isn't this the game after which Donner said, yes it looked somehow familiar but I thought that was because your moves were of classic beauty.
Oct-23-12  newzild: 13. Bxa6 would make a great puzzle - maybe for a Thursday.
Oct-10-13  Abdel Irada: Mighty obliging of Donner to play 11. ...b4, more or less forcing the winning knight sac that Van den Berg already had in mind.

Apr-12-14  sneaky pete: Black could have spoiled everyone's fun by playing 12... Qc5


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when it's not clear if and how white can win.

Feb-13-21  nezhmet: 12...Qc5 13. Nb3 is easily winning for white. Earlier the terrible move 9...Rb8?? could have been punished immediately by 10. e5! and white is much better. One amusing example: 10. e5! dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Nh5 13.Ndb5! and white wins.
Dec-17-22
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  FSR: Blitzin' Donner.
Dec-30-24
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  OhioChessFan: Nice pun.
Dec-30-24
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  Teyss: How not to play the Najdorf. Only four games with 9...Rb8, all White wins (9...Be7 is the standard move of course): https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

12...exd5 13.exd5+ Be7 14.Nc6 is a massacre but 12...Qc5 would have limited the damage (+2.8 at 33 ply).

The pun: is it a reference to Santa Claus' reindeer Blitzen and Donner? If so, nice seasonal one. If not, nice one.

Dec-30-24
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  perfidious: <Teyss: How not to play the Najdorf. Only four games with 9...Rb8, all White wins (9...Be7 is the standard move of course)....>

Used to play this for Black in the late 1970s via the normal order of moves, then at the suggestion of Edmar Mednis in 1977, picked up something other than the Najdorf.

Dec-30-24
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  FSR: <Teyss: . . . The pun: is it a reference to Santa Claus' reindeer Blitzen and Donner?>

Yup. There is no shortage of games that could be so designated. The database has 19 games that Donner lost in between 10(!) and 20 moves. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

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