Hugh Edward Myers vs Tirso Alvarez (1966)

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Hugh Edward Myers vs Tirso Alvarez
Santo Domingo (1966), Dec-24
Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit (A00) · 1-0

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Mar-11-12		YoungEd: Black's unending hunger for pawns does him in! After something like 7...Nf6, I can't see that White really has compensation for the lost pawns and exposed king.

Mar-11-12		Shams: <YoungEd> Can Black get away with 7...Nf7 allowing 8.e5<?>

Dec-31-15		siegbert: <younged> has a point. at some point black has to say enough is enough. I don't need to keep taking these pawns.

Dec-31-15		siegbert: 7NF6 is playable. Black has to decide at some point not to keep taking the poisoned pawns that are offered.

May-16-16		FSR: 17.Ne6+ Nxe6 18.Qxf7#

May-16-16		Cheapo by the Dozen: Clearance and mate.

May-16-16		Penguincw: Ooh, Monday puzzle. And yes, I got it. My solution was 18.Ne6+ Kg8 19.Qxf7# 1-0. Full credit will also be given to those who got 18.Ne6+ Ke8 19.Qxf7# 1-0. Took me a bit of time to realize Qxf7 was mate, but I got it. I did see 18.Ne6+ in a heart beat though, as a fork seemed logical, I guess. But still, Monday puzzle with a <knight> sac?! Hmph. Too bad the queen must be used to mate, so no queen sac today. Another week with puzzles out of order perhaps? Well, it might be, but at least I got the Monday puzzle this time.

May-16-16		Cheapo by the Dozen: 6 gambit pawns. Wow.

May-16-16		offramp: I can hardly believe white gave away so many pawns so quickly. It's like a magician's disappearing act.

May-16-16		An Englishman: Good Evening: A six pawn sacrifice in the opening? I am impressed.

May-16-16		CHESSTTCAMPS: I like the recent trend in Monday puzzles - no automatic queen sac, but a quick win nonetheless. In this case, the prosaic 17.Qxa8 should win easily enough, but there is a forced mate to be had by 17.Ne6+ Nxe6/Ke8/Kg8 18.Qxf7#.

May-16-16		jith1207: A Royal Fork threat, whether accepted or not, to force his opponent make way for a checkmate in same place in front of the king.

May-16-16		dfcx: <CHESSTTCAMPS: I like the recent trend in Monday puzzles - no automatic queen sac, but a quick win nonetheless. In this case, the prosaic 17.Qxa8 should win easily enough,...> 17. Qxa8 Qxa8 18.Nxa8 Nd3 will give black a very good chance to draw. The sixth pawn is poisonous, had black played any development move 10...Be7/Nc6. it would be an even game.

May-16-16		stst: White must use the Q asap, else the Black N will take it. So the first move is to give a check: 17.Ne6+ NxN or fxN 18.Qxf7#

May-16-16		agb2002: White is four pawns down. Black threatens 17... Nxb7. The knight knight blocks 17.Qxf7#. Hence, 17.Ne6+ and mate next.

May-16-16		RookFile: When somebody plays a move like Nh3, you're doing him a favor by playing ...Bxh3. The knight on the rim is his problem, not yours.

May-16-16		AlicesKnight: Ne6+ and the fork of K and Q is not needed - after NxN or a K move, Qxf7 mates. Where does it start to be unavoidable? For White to play 11.Qf3 instead of taking the c-pawn is brave, but can Black avoid 11.... Be7 from where the sequence looks at least semi-forced? <YoungEd> and others similar are correct.

May-16-16		patzer2: Black's final decisive mistake was 13...Nxd7? allowing 14. Bxe7 (+1.82 @ 17 depth, Deep Fritz 15). Instead, 13...Kxd7! 14. Qb5+ c6 (-1.22 @ 15 depth, Deep Fritz 15) allows Black to consolidate with advantage. Earlier, the silicon monsters prefer 10...Be7 to (-1.54 @ 26 depth, Stockfish 130514SE) over 10...dxc2? which allows 11. Qxc2 (+1.67 @ 18 depth, Deep Fritz 15). P.S.: In working with my Grandsons who are competing against other kids using chess computers and databases, I realized they needed a Chess database to store and analyze their games and related master games in their openings. After looking at the options available, I settled on SCID vs PC for windows which is free and has a strong 3300 plus rated Stockfish analysis engine. Once you figure it out, it's easy to copy the PGN from selected games here and import them into files created on SCID vs PC.

May-16-16		leRevenant: A good Monday puzzle.

May-16-16		Once: So that's how you play chess? I've been doing it wrong all these years. It will be 1. Nh3 for me from now on.

May-16-16		morfishine: <17.Ne6+> and mate next move I guess Philidor was wrong all along *****

May-16-16		whiteshark: <17.Ne6+> clears the way to #sqf7.

May-16-16		whiteshark: Btw this is game #15 in H.E. Myers' book <Exploring the chess openings> It has been played 'the night before Christmas'. <"As is fitting for the use of this variation, it was a skittles game played at a party and I, at least, had imbided several glases of rum"> --H.E.Myers

May-16-16		Sally Simpson: Hi Whiteshark, The Rum incident is also quoted here in an obituary from Chessbase. ‘I was drinking rum before and during the game’ http://en.chessbase.com/post/hugh-m... I'm thinking the Pun Punters could do something here. Played on Christmas Eve... How about simply 'Yo Ho Ho.' ('Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Rum.')

May-16-16		whiteshark: Fine link. Thanks, <Sally Simpson>. ʘ‿ʘ

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