Mikhail Chigorin vs Max Judd (1889) Simply Irresistible

Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players ·

Kibitzing

Mikhail Chigorin vs Max Judd
"Simply Irresistible" (game of the day Nov-08-2011)
6th American Chess Congress (1889), New York, NY USA, rd 25, Apr-24
King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Variation (C30) · 1-0

ANALYSIS [x]

FEN COPIED

Annotations by Wilhelm Steinitz. [129 more games annotated by Steinitz]

explore this opening	find similar games	1 more Chigorin/M Judd game
sac: 38.Rxg6	PGN: download \| view \| print	Help: general \| java-troubleshooting

TIP: The Olga viewer allows you to get computer analysis by clicking the "ENGINE" link on the lower right.

For help with this chess viewer, please see the Olga Chess Viewer Quickstart Guide.

PREMIUM MEMBERS CAN REQUEST COMPUTER ANALYSIS [more info]

A COMPUTER ANNOTATED SCORE OF THIS GAME IS AVAILABLE. [CLICK HERE]

Jan-11-08		spike4321: 37.Rxg6! looks like a winner.

Jul-17-09		Knight13: Judd must've had too high of a confidence that White wasn't gonna succeed in the kingside attack. Otherwise he would've countered with ...d5.

Jan-21-10		Richard Taylor: Yes - 37 Rxg6 looks good.

Sep-02-10		GrahamClayton: In the annotation to 23.f6, a better continuation may be 24.♕h7+ ♔f7 25.♕g6+ ♔g8 26.♖h5, with Black in a total bind, and White threatening Rg1-g3-h3.

Nov-08-11		al wazir: 38. h4 is also winning. For example, 38...Bxg7 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40. h5, or 38...Bxh4 (38...Nxh4 is worse) 39. Nxh4 Nxh4 40. Rh3 Ng6 41. Rxg6 fxg6 42. Rh8+ Kxg7 43. Rxd8.

Nov-08-11		Garech: Nice game; I agree with Steinitz in that black should have aimed for 0-0-0 at the correct time. As well as that, after 7.f5, which is a little dubious, ...g6 should definitely have been prepared and played at the appropriate moment to break down the white pawns. Cheers, -Garech

Nov-08-11		psmith: On 37. Rxg6 -- For what it's worth, Fritz 5.32 gives 37. Reg1 as its first choice and gives quite a few other moves, all winning, ahead of 37. Rxg6 (which is of course winning too).

Nov-08-11		hedgeh0g: <Nice game; I agree with Steinitz in that black should have aimed for 0-0-0 at the correct time. As well as that, after 7.f5, which is a little dubious, ...g6 should definitely have been prepared and played at the appropriate moment to break down the white pawns.> These positions are all about tempi: at move 6, Black has an important choice to make: should he play the immediate ...Bg4 and allow Na4, or should he save his bishop and allow f5? Unfortunately, he doesn't have time to do both. 7.f5! is the best test of Black's previous move, as it prevents the annoying pin which gives Black total control over d4 as well as giving White a strong bind in the centre. Since the Black DSB is locked out of the kingside, ...g6 at some point could be quite dangerous, since the white bishop is unopposed and can freely exploit the holes on the kingside. Black also has a dilemma in that his king isn't really safe anywhere on the board because of White's space advantage. The immediate 14...0-0-0, for instance, might be answered by 15.Qe3!, planning to answer 15...Kb8?! with 16.b5! and keeping the option open of playing Qa7 at some point. On the other hand, b5 is already threatened, so Black either needs to castle or move his rook off the a-file. A well-played game by White.

Nov-08-11		kevin86: Despite black ingenious move on his 24th turn,white's irrestable attack couldn't be halted.

Nov-08-11		Chessmensch: As is usually the case in these situations, the move that Steinitz describes as "ingenious" (24...Qh6) was found by both Deep Rybka 4 and Deep Fritz 12 in about a hundreth of a second (faster than I could move my eye to look at the finding).

Nov-08-11		sfm: Steinitz is being polite about 23.f6??, it is simply a major blunder, allowing Black to fight on. After his suggestion 23.Bg5,f6 24.Bd2 Black can safely resign, instead of playing e.g. 24.-,Bb6 25.g5,fxg 26.Nxg5. Real great game!

Nov-08-11		psmith: <Chessmensch> For all that, it is ingenious! That, after all, is a human term applied to human behavior.

Nov-08-11		Marmot PFL: The way white chooses also wins easily enough.

Oct-11-13		tranquilsimplicity: Rxg6 is a beautiful exchange sacrifice to wind up the game.

NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community!

If you already have an account, you should login now.

Please observe our posting guidelines:

No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language.
No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts.
No malicious personal attacks, including cyber stalking, systematic antagonism, or gratuitous name-calling of any gratuitous name-calling of any members—including Admin and Owners—or any of their family, friends, associates, or business interests.
Nothing in violation of United States law.
No malicious posting of or linking to personal, private, and/or negative information (aka "doxing" or "doxxing") about any member, (including all Admin and Owners) or any of their family, friends, associates, or business interests. This includes all media: text, images, video, audio, or otherwise. Such actions will result in severe sanctions for any violators.
NO TROLLING. Admin and Owners know it when they see it, and sanctions for any trolls will be significant.
Any off-topic posts which distract from the primary topic of discussion are subject to removal.
The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by Moderators is expressly prohibited.
The use of "sock puppet" accounts in an attempt to undermine any side of a debate—or to create a false impression of consensus or support—is prohibited.
All decisions with respect to deleting posts, and any subsequent discipline, are final, and occur at the sole discretion of the Moderators, Admin, and Owners.
Please try to maintain a semblance of civility at all times.

See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform a Moderator.

NOTE: Keep all discussion on the topic of this page. This forum is for this specific game and nothing else. If you want to discuss chess in general, or this site, visit the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors. All Moderator actions taken are at the sole discretion of the Admin and Owners—who will strive to act fairly and consistently at all times.

This game is type: CLASSICAL. Please report incorrect or missing information by submitting a correction slip to help us improve the quality of our content.

Featured in the Following Game Collections[what is this?]

New York 1889
by suenteus po 147

November 8: Simply Irresistible
from Game of the Day 2011 by Phony Benoni

ahmedlook2000's favorite games
by ahmedlook2000

zakir's favorite stenitz annotation
by zakir

KNIGHTS OWNED BISHOPS
from ZHVNE by ZHVNE

An instructive game- attack, defense, etc.
from Logical Chess by alligator