Zoltan Ribli vs Jozsef Pinter (1982)

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Zoltan Ribli vs Jozsef Pinter
Baile Herculane Zonal (1982), Baile Herculane ROU, rd 3, Jan-11
English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Keres Defense (A14) · 1-0

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Jun-26-04		fred lennox: 37.Bg7 Nice move. Ribli's delicate handling of the minor pieces is so often lovely and effective. After move 26 black's rooks awkwardly protect the Iso, allowing the white king to be an aggressor.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 26...Red7 click for larger view This game seems remarkable to me. At move 26 we have 2 strong GMs with a small plus to White. Black has an IQP which Black's Rooks are tied to defending and there is BvN. Surprisingly, it only takes 14 moves for Black to resign. Shereshevsky is insistent that on the transition to an ending you should stop and assess the position. Take some minutes, if you can. And _always form a plan before centralizing your King. I am guessing that here Pinter missed his single opportunity for counter-play by routinely centralizing the King without an assessment and plan.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 27.g4! click for larger view <The advantage of Bishop over Knight is fairly appreciable. The Knight is well placed but cannot assist the defence of d5 from e7 because of Ba3xe7. This ties the Black Rooks to the defence of the QP. So the Black King moves to assist the Rooks and White tries to prevent this with g3-g4 and f2-f4-f5, simultaneously gaining space and fixing Black's pawns to the dark squares.> Shereshevsky. The following potential tactic should also be noted. Suppose we arrive at a position something like this: click for larger view Now if ...dxe5; Ba3+ Ke8; Rxd7 Rxd7; Rxd7 Kxd7; Bf8 White wins easily click for larger view

Mar-31-19		manselton: 27...Ke7 click for larger view Black's only chance for counter-play is to open the h-file when the 2nd and 3rd ranks are exposed and abandon d5. To prevent or control this counter-chance White should advance h2-h4, and depending on circumstances maybe h5 or g5, before playing Kg3 and f2-f4-f5. Both sides appear to overlook this in the following moves.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 29.f4?! click for larger view Giving Black his moment. White's King has gone the wrong way. He is not defending h2 and h3. The second rank is exposed. Black defends d5 with his King for one move. But, he misses his chance.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 29...f5?! click for larger view Pinter must have played this with heavy heart. It is clearly compromising, giving up e5 to a future King invasion and increasing the scope White's Bishop. Shereshevsky suggests ...g6 but does not mention 29...h5! White has 4 replies a) 30.f5+ Kf7 31.gxh5 Rh8 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rxh5 click for larger view Or 31.h3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rh8 33.Kf2 (or 33.Bc3 Re7) 33...Rh3 click for larger view b) 30.Kf3?! hxg4+ 31.Kxg4 g6 Black has gained f5 for his Knight click for larger view c) 30.h3 hxg4 31.hxg4 Rh8 32.e4 Rh2+ click for larger view d) 30.e4 d4 31.gxh5 Rh8 32.Kf3 Rxh5 click for larger view In all cases in looks very even to me. b) may even be advantage Black.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 30.gxf5+! Kxf5 31.Kf3 Ke6 32.h4! click for larger view Restraining Black's exposed g7-pawn. 32...g6 is now bad due to 33.h5

Mar-31-19		manselton: 32...g6? click for larger view Overlooking White's reply. This smacks of time trouble. 34.h5 was no longer strong as Black takes with check but ...d5xe4 is no longer a check either.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 34...h5+? The losing move. click for larger view The losing move. Shereshevsky thought 34...Rfd8 was no help but that seems to be wrong. 35.exd5+ Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Rxd5 37.Rxd5 Kxd5 38.f5 gxf5+ 39.Kxf5 Nb4 40.a3 Nd3 41.Bh8 click for larger view And Black has a choice between ...Nc5-e4 and, perhaps better, ...a7-a5 and ...b7-b5-b4 both of which seem drawing to me.

Mar-31-19		manselton: 35.Kg5! click for larger view A bold move winning material due to a surprising, very strong and pretty move 37. The game continued 35...d4 36.Bxd4 Nd8 37.Bg7! Gotta be worth a FEN click for larger view

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