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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Fred Dewhirst Yates
Marienbad (1925), Marianske Lazne CSR, rd 9, May-31
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-25-23  Retireborn: A critical moment occurs after 18...c4?, when 19.f5!! wins outright. The main variation is 19...dxe5 20.Nxf7 Kxf7 21.fxg6+ Kxg6 [21...Ke6 22.dxc4] 22.dxc4 Rf8 23.Qd3+.

18...f6 (or still better, 17...f6) was necessary.

After 19.dxc4 Nxc4 20.Nxc4 Bxc4 the game is more or less level and drifts to a draw.

Nimzowitsch went on to share first place with Rubinstein, but his results as White, as here, were not very impressive. It was his wins as Black against Janowski, Opocensky, Reti, Rubinstein, and Thomas, that carried him to the front.

Black was OK for him!

Apr-26-23
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  Chessical: <19.f5!!> disintegrates Black's kingside defences. White's Rooks storm in along the <f> file and Black's pieces cannot manoeuvre effectively.


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For example:

19. f5 gxf5 20. Nxf5 Bh8 21. Nh6 Kg7 22. Ne6+ Qxe6 23. Qg5+ Qg6 24. Rxf7 mate.


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Or

19. f5 f6 20. exf6 exf6 21. fxg6 fxg5 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rf7 Rg8 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Raf1 Qg6 26. R1f6 and wins.


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These variations with their pinning motifs are not trivial to calculate over the board. It is understandable that Nimzowitsch made a practical decision and did not go all in and burn his boats.

Apr-26-23  Retireborn: <Chessical> Thanks for that. I've added your variations to my database.

I agree that it's understandable, but I do wonder if a modern player would be more likely to see the move, if not be any better to calculate it, simply because of experience with closed Sicilians with f4.

The game

Adams vs D King, 1997

is an example of what I mean.

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