Georgi Tringov vs Viktor Korchnoi (1972)

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Georgi Tringov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Skopje Olympiad Final-A (1972), Skopje YUG, rd 4, Sep-30
French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation (C19) · 0-1

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May-04-11		perfidious: According to Robert Wade in Korchnoi's 400 Best Games, White failed to place the scoresheet with his sealed move in the envelope at adjournment.

Jul-02-11		paul1959: A dramatic and controversial game. On their book on the Olympiad, Keene and Levy give the adjourned position as the one after Black 41st but with the players on the wrong side! Tringov's sealed move was not found when the game was resumed. At that point the Soviets were trailing the match 1.5-0.5 and neither this game or Tal-Radulov were showing hope of a win. Worse , they were were having a terrible start in the Olympiad and were already trailing the Yugoslavs by 2.5 points after three rounds. With this forfeit and with Tal pulling a fine ending, the Soviets won the match and eventually the Olympiad by a narrow margin.

Jul-02-11		paul1959: The problem here is why did the players continued for eleven moves after the 41st (time control ) in such an important game and why do we have the supposedly missing sealed move (52 Rc6)? The final position is a draw according to my old BCE. The Black King cannot come to help his passed pawn without losing the K-side pawns or allowing a perpetual check.

Sep-17-12		wordfunph: according to IM Malcolm Pein in his book The Guide to Chess.. <...Also spare a thought for the Bulgarian GM Tringov, playing Korchnoi in the 1972 Olympiad, who sealed in an equal position. Both players analysed into the small hours, but on resumption the envelope was found to contain...nothing. Tringov forfeited the game, and Bulgaria lost the match 2.5-1.5. He later found the scoresheet in his jacket pocket!> :(

Mar-07-15		cunctatorg: 25... Rxd6? 26. Bxg7! Kxg7!? 27. Qe7+ with a clear pawn advantage. I guess that the Black King has to capture the Bishop otherwise 26... Rf7 27. Be5 Re7 (27... Re6? 28. f4?? Rxf4; 28. Qg4 Rg7 29. Qxg7#; 28... Kf8 29. Bd6 Ke8 30. Rxe6 Kd7 31. Re8 ) 28. f4 -> I hope that I didn't see "phantoms"!

Mar-08-15		cunctatorg: No use of any Silicon Beast, that is...

Jul-28-22		sachistu: To address the question raised by <paul1959> several years ago, the game did NOT continue for 11 more moves. When Tringov's sealed move (42) was not found, he was forfeited. Keene/Levy in their book of Skopje 1972 devote several paragraphs to the incident. The moves given here starting with 42.Qe5 are Tringov's analysis of the likely continuation had the game continued. Like others, Tringov assessed it as a draw. Tringov's notes (e.g. 42. Qe5 etc) are given in Chess Informant #14 game 239 and in Tringov's games book (by S. Sergiev) p293. The score also stops after Black's 41st in Korchnoi's Games book by Levy and O'Connell. At least one online database added those 11 moves of analysis to the game score. This may also be the source of the score that found its way to this site. I'll submit a correction slip.

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