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Michael Basman vs Thomas Keith Hemingway
St Albans (1989), St Albans ENG, Aug-04
Grob Opening: General (A00)  ·  0-1

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Jun-10-08
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  keypusher: Thanks for adding this, cg.com!

May-24-10
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: TK is an extraordinary player. Evidently just an amateur, but capable of stunning, Tal-like attacks and huge upset victories. If it hasn't happened already, I think the chap is due for a Player of the Day honour.
Aug-12-11  sfm: Well said, A-E.
A move like 23.-,c5!! and the following attack is as brilliant as it gets. Deeply impressed.
Nov-24-12
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  perfidious: Black's 23....c5 introduces a sharp attack which points up his opponent's backward development.

Basman must have rejected 24.Qxa7 because of 24....cxd4, when he remains in difficulties. The opening thrust 1.g4 haunts his king for the rest of its days in this complex struggle.

Feb-05-14  Wyatt Gwyon: Yeah who is this guy?
Oct-04-18
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  keypusher:


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Here's the position where Hemingway launches his combination: 23....c5! 24.bxc5 Rxe3+, with the point that 25.fxe3 Bg3+ wins the queen. But there's a lot more to the combination than that. After 25.Kd1 Black promptly offers his other rook with 25....Rb1+!!. Now 26.Nxb1 Qxf3 is hopeless, while if White tries the tricky 26.Kc2, Black has 26....Qf5+ 27.Be4 Rxe4 28.Rhxb1 Rxd4+ 29.Kc1 Rxd2!! 30.Kxd2 Bf4+ 31.Kd1 Qxh3 and White, two exchanges up, is defenseless. Who knows how much of that Hemingway had worked out, but deeply impressive nonetheless.

So, Basman plays 26.Rxb1 Ba4+ 27.Rb3 (27.Kc1 Rxc3+ 28.Kb2 Qxd4 forces mate) 27....Bxb3+ 28.Kc1 (28.Nxb3 Qxf3+) Rxc3+ 29.Kb2

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Here Stockfish likes the hard-to-see 29....Rxc5 30.Nxb3 Rc4, and White can't handle the dual threats of ...Ba3+ and ...Qxf3. But Hemingway's 29....Rxc2+ 30.Kxb3 Rxd2 31.Bxd5 Qxd4 32.Qc4 Qb2+ 33.Ka4 Rd4, winning the queen, is more than good enough.

At the end there is one more combination: 48.Kd6 Qxc6+ 49.Kxc6 h1/Q+ skewering the rook.

Really a wonderful game; I'm happy that I was the one to upload it. It's a grand combination over the whole board, reminding me of V Wendel vs Nimzowitsch, 1921


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or Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925


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...but to me it's more impressive than either one. I think Hemingway was with us briefly (User: teacake).

Oct-04-18  WDenayer: Very nice game, 23. ... c5 is great, but did anyone understand the skirmish in the opening on the Kingside? It didn't bring White anything. I think White should play 8.h4.

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