Billy Colias vs Edward Friedman (1985) "A Blast from the Passed"

Billy Colias vs Edward Friedman
"A Blast from the Passed" (game of the day May-22-07)
Chicago 1985 · Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93) · 0-1

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Billy Colias"]
[Black "Edward Friedman"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 {Notes by Eric Schiller, from the book Saving Lost
Positions, Batsford 1987.} c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 b5 8.a4 b4 9.Nb1 Bb7 10.Qe2 Nbd7
11.O-O g6 12.c4 Bg7 13.Nb3 O-O 14.N1d2 e5 15.f5 a5 16.g4 Rfc8
17.g5 Nh5 18.f6 Bf8 19.Nf3 Nb6 20.Be3 Bc6 21.Qf2 Nxa4 22.Rfc1
Qd7 23.Kh1 Qh3 24.Ra2 Nxb2 25.Rxb2 a4 26.Nbd2 a3 27.Ra2 d5
28.Bf1 Qe6 {Black offers another piece!} 29.cxd5 Bxd5 30.Rxc8
{? 30.exd5 was better, because the exchange of rooks brings
another attacker to c8, but White has lost the defender. Qxd5
31.Nc4 and White is comfortably ahead. The young master was
overconfident, and, assuming that two extra pieces woukld be
more valuable than three pawns, followed the dictum "simplify
to win", which we discuss elsewhere in the book.} Rxc8 31.exd5
Qxd5 32.Bc4 {?! This would have been more effective with the
rook at c1, as mentioned in the previous note.} Rxc4 {!}
33.Nxc4 Qxc4 34.Rc2 Qe6 {The two passed pawns on the queenside
are almost equivalent to a rook. In the endgame section, we
show that these pawns, if they both reach the 6th rank, are
even stronger than a rook!} 35.Bc5 b3 36.Bxf8 bxc2 37.Bxa3
{White has given up the rook, but has a bishop for two pawns,
and the pawns do not appear to be strong. Ah, but they are!}
Qd5 {!} 38.Kg1 {? White naturally wants to break the pin,
especially since he was in deep time trouble. 38.Qe3 Nf4
39.h3! was best. I am sure Friedman would have tried 36...h6
here, with an unclear position. If White doesn't preserve some
pawns, it will be hard to win the endgame.} Qd1+ 39.Qf1 e4 {!}
40.Ne5 e3 41.Nf3 e2 42.Qe1 {White covers all the promotion
squares, but in the end it costs him a piece.} Qd3 {?! Good
enough, but there was a simpler win. 42...Nf4 followed by
...Nd3 would have finished White off immediately.} 43.Qb4 Qe3+
44.Kg2 Nf4+ 45.Kg3 e1=Q+ 46.Qxe1 Ne2+ 47.Kg2 Qxa3 {A thrilling
contest to the end!} 0-1

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Annotations by Eric Schiller. [184 more games annotated by E Schiller]

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May-22-07		GreenCastle: Very entertaining game!

May-22-07		Duque Roquero: Nice game and comments. At once I believed that 48. Qxe2 threatened mate at e8, but the black Queen result to be beautifully posted on that a3-f8 diagonal, then 48. … c1=Q without a problem.

May-22-07		iccsumant: Why didn't chessgames.com post the title as "Edward fried a man"?

May-22-07		jmrulez2004: yeah.,.. edward really fried this dude! beautiful game!! enchanting it is!

May-22-07		Mizerak: I met Billy Colias during my years in the Midwest. He seemed the type to keep attacking, sometimes beyond prudence, but his games were pretty exciting to see, whether he won or lost. I hope they have some of his wins on chessgames.

May-22-07		psmith: A couple of notes after running through this quickly with Fritz 5.32. Fritz doesn't like 24... Nxb2. It thinks that 24... Nf4 secures equality for Black. 27. Ra2? looks like a mistake. Fritz thinks 27. Rxb4 is winning for White, for example 27. Rxb4 a2 28. Nb3 d5 29. c5 d4 30. Bd2 and apparently Black doesn't have enough for the piece. After 27. Ra2 Fritz prefers all of 27...Nf4, 27... Rcb8, 27... h6 and 27...Ra4 to the move played, 27...d5. This move should lose, as Schiller notes, after 30. exd5 (rather than 30. Rxc8?) In Schiller's line 38.Qe3 Nf4 39.h3!, Fritz indicates that rather than 39...h6, Black should play simply 39... Qd3 40. Qxd3 Nxd3 41. Kg2 e4 42. Nd4 c1/Q 43. Bxc1 Nxc1 44. Kf2 h6 with at least a draw for Black.

May-22-07		ray keene: is anyone still in contact with edward friedman?i played him in the same event and its one of my few score sheets which i have mislaid-i wd very much like to contact him to see if he kept the moves-help anyone!!

May-22-07		kevin86: Those powerful pawns! The a and b- pawns cost white a rook and then the e-pawn cost him his queen. With all of that power,black could sac a piece now and then-no trouble. Note the quaint set up after move 41-Not only is the p p q Q setup funny,but note all pawns are on opposite color squares-8/8

May-22-07		fm avari viraf: An appropriate pun "A Blast from the Passed". Indeed, the passed pawns played havoc in this thrilling encounter.

May-22-07		gBizzle: i love you, edward friedman

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