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Oct-19-05
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| Benzol: Trying to use the new position feature <capanegra>'s post (see above) should look like this
Teichmann - Amateur Zurich 1920
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| Feb-19-06 |
| Jim Bartle: When I hear about Teichmann, I always remember something written by Robert Bynre in the NY Times. A member of the Manhattan Chess Club (Oscar Tenner) used to go on and on about how great Teichmann was, and always ended by saying, "And remember, he only had one eye!" Byrne writes: "Hearing (this) for the thousandth time, I was sortly tempted to inquire which squares Teichmann could not see..." |
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| May-28-06 |
| WTHarvey: Here are some puzzles from Teichmann's games: http://www.wtharvey.com/teic.html |
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Oct-03-06
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| Plato: <capanegra> Thank you very much for that beautiful Teichmann-NN combination. The only problem with it is ... Black has a defense! Of course, it is highly plausible that Black would resign in the final position, particularly if he was an amateur, since it appears as though mate is unavoidable. But Fritz shatters everything with an astounding defense that not only saves the game, but gives Black an objectively winning position. After 1.Rxh6! Nxh6, 2. Qg5! Nf7, 3.Qd8ch!! Nxd8, 4.h6: 4... Qd4!
5.h7ch Kf7!
(Black only has two moves, but it's interesting how most humans, IMO, would discard this possibility without even examining it [hence the resignation]) 6.g8Qch Ke7
7.h8Q
(White has two queens, but Black is still better!)
7.... Kd6!
(All of Black's moves have been forced, all others lose) 8.Bxe6 Ndxe6
An incredibly unique position has been reached in which White has two queens and a rook and four pawns against Black's Queen, rook, two knights, bishop, and five pawns. The position sends my head spinning, but Fritz evaluates it at -2, i.e., ultimately winning for Black, and I must agree...Black's king is actually quite safe, and the sheer number of extra pieces should give him excellent winning chances. I don't think the second queen can be as useful as the three minor pieces (plus pawn). Please let me know if you find anything wrong with either Fritz' analysis or the initial position (perhaps it was somewhat different?). I would love to find a way for White to forcibly win after such a beautiful combination ... but Black seems to have a Houdini-like escape. |
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| Oct-03-06 |
| capanegra: <Plato> Outstanding continuation!! Yes, it appears that Black escapes, and none of this figures in my books at least. I'll take a look at it later and tell you, but at first glance it looks like Black is winning after all. Very good idea by your part to test the final position with Fritz! I (and many others for sure) admit that never crossed my mind the possibility of a salvation, especially with two white Queens on board! Position after 8…Ndxe6
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| Oct-29-06 |
| McCool: What happened to his eye? |
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Nov-15-06
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| notyetagm: How exactly did Teichmann lose the use of his right eye? |
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| Dec-24-06 |
| sucaba: <Teichmann - Amateur, Zuerich 1920-1921> discussed above is a remarkable game of today's birthday child.
After 7. _  d6 the position is:
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Instead of 8.  xe6, White has the perhaps better try 8.  f8+ c7 9. xd8+ b7 10.  g3 bxc4 11. bxc4.
Here Black can play 11. _ c5 12. b3+ c6, and now both 13. xc8+ xc8 14. xc8+ d6 15. f8+ e7 16. f6+ e6 17. f8+ and 13. a5 g1+ 14. b2 d4+ b1 lead to a perpetual. |
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Feb-03-07
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| Plato: <sucaba> Very good find. But I think Black can retain a solid plus: After 7...Kd6, 8.Qf8+ Kc7, 9.Qxd8+ Kb7, 10.Rg3, instead of 10...bxc4 he can play 10...Qf2! and now: A) 11.Bxe6 Qe1+, 12.Kb2 Ne2!, 13.a4 Qc1+, 14.Ka2 Qxc2+, 15.Ka1 Qc1+, 16.Ka2 Qxd2+, 17.Kb1 Qe1+, 18.Kb2 Qxg3  , e.g. 19.Qa5 (defending against ...Qc3+) ...Nd4, 20.axb5 Qf2+, 21.Ka1 Qf1+, 22.Kb2 Qe2+, 23.Ka1 Qd1+, 24.Kb2 Qc2+, 25.Ka1 Qc1+, 26.Ka2 Nxb5 B) 11.Qhh4! bxc4, 12.bxc4 Qf1+, 13.Kb2 c5! 14.Rb3+ Kc6 15.d3 Rg6, 16.Qa5 Rg1, 17.Qf6+ Ne6, 18.Qxf1 Rxf1, 19.Qd2 Rf4 with a healthy advantage for Black, because the rook, knight and bishop should eventually outpower the queen. |
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| Feb-03-07 |
| sucaba: <Plato>, sure, the concerted action of Black's and  in your line A) after 7. _ d6 8. f8+ c7 9. xd8+ b7 10. g3 f2 is devastating.In my notes from December, <B) 11.Qhh4! bxc4, 12.bxc4 Qf1+, 13.Kb2 c5! 14.Rb3+ Kc6 15.d3 Rg6> is followed by 16. hh8. For some reason, the analysis stopped there, though White is still struggling for a draw.
This move is a retraction of the 11th, reinstalling the idea d8xc8+. The game could continue 16. _ e2 17. a3 b7 18. xa8 xa8 19. xa8+ d6 20. d5+ e7 21. xe5+ f7
22. d5+ g7 23. xd7+ f7 24. xf7+ xf7 25. b7+ and after 26. xa7, with +4 s against ++, White can hope for a draw. |
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Mar-12-08
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| Knight13: That picture makes him look like a pirate. |
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Mar-12-08
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| Resignation Trap: I just finished compiling my latest collection, based on a book by Jack Spence: Game Collection: The Chess Career of Richard Teichmann . |
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Mar-17-08
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| brankat: <Resugnation Trap> A fine collection indeed. Thank You. |
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May-04-08
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| Pianoplayer: wth is the eyepatch for? |
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May-05-08
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| Phony Benoni: <Pianoplayer> An eye disease cost him the vision in his right eye. It's mentioned in his biography. By the way, I'm going to do a little research into that "Richard V" thing mentioned there. I've just been re-reading Assiac's <The Delights of Chess>, where he states that the nickname was "Richard III." |
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May-05-08
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| Benzol: As far as I know the nickname of "Richard The Fifth" came from the number of fifth placings he had. See :
<Feb-06-04
Benzol> <Teichmann won fifth prizes in the following events: Monte Carlo 1903
Vienna Gambit 1903
Hamburg Jubilee 1905
Ostende 1905
Vienna 1907
Vienna 1908
Prague 1908
Hamburg 1910
After his fine Carlsbad 1911 win he also came fifth in the Budapest (theme) tourney of 1912.> posted earlier. |
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May-05-08
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| Phony Benoni: <Benzol> Thanks. And here I am muttering at all the people who ask questions without reading the earlier kibitzes. Physician, heal thyself. |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Richard Teichmann
Born: 1868-Dec
Died: 1925-Jun
Best World Rank: #5 (19 different months between the August 1906 rating list and the May 1912 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2744 on the January 1912 rating list, #5 in world, age 43y1m Best Individual Performance: 2767 in Karlsbad, 1911, scoring 11/16 (69%) vs 2660-rated opposition |
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May-16-08
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| keypusher: <Knight13> What in the hell are you doing? And will you stop doing it, please? |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: <keypusher> Funny. Always when I try to type stuff in your forum, says you put me on ignore list, yet you can still read and respond to many of my posts.... |
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May-16-08
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| brankat: <Knight13> Do You realize that the "statistics" You provided is meaningless? |
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May-16-08
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| alexmagnus: Chessnetric numbers say not more than FIDE Elos. They are not inflating, but they are not stable too. A chessmetrics Elo, of, lets say, 2800, is just an empty, nothing-saying number if you don't know the (Chessmetrics)-Elos of contemporaries. Just as the FIDE-Elo. |
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May-16-08
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| alexmagnus: To underline my point, here are two random chesmetrics lists:
January 1880:
1.Zukertort 2732
2.Winawer 2679
3.Blackburne 2664
4.Paulsen 2661
5.Mackenzie 2637
6.Englisch 2637
7.Potter 2628
8.Mason 2618
9.Bird 2581
10.Rosenthal 2577
January 2000:
1.Kasparov 2868
2.Anand 2810
3.Kramnik 2796
4.Shirov 2761
5.Morozevich 2748
6.Ivanchuk 2746
7.Leko 2739
8.Bareev 2738
9.Adams 2736
10.Topalov 2731.
Now you chessmetrics freaks, how are these two lists comparable?:))) |
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May-16-08
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| tpstar: <eyepatch> The movie about his life will be rated RRRRRRR. <A chronic kidney and heart complaint overcame him> Yet another victim of organ-ized crime. A splendid miniature = Teichmann vs NN, 1914 |
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May-16-08
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| keypusher: <Knight13: <keypusher> Funny. Always when I try to type stuff in your forum, says you put me on ignore list, yet you can still read and respond to many of my posts....> I put you on ignore whenever you go on one of your periodic spamfests, so that if I look at the kibitzing page I can see what people other than you are saying. I don't have you on ignore as a general rule. |
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