Aron Nimzowitsch vs William Winter (1927) Winter Wonderland

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Aron Nimzowitsch vs William Winter
"Winter Wonderland" (game of the day Dec-14-2004)
London (1927), London ENG, rd 8, Oct-19
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01) · 0-1

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Dec-07-03		totoma: why didn't nimzo played 7.Qxf6?

Dec-07-03		Shadout Mapes: 7.Qxf6 Rf8 followed by 7...Bxf2+

Dec-07-03		euripides: Nizowitsch gets mauled by the bishop pair which he never thought much of.

Dec-16-03		ruylopez900: 38. c4 is a mistake, saving a pawn to lose the knight...

Dec-16-03		Calli: Well, 38.Na6 actually loses faster than c4 because the rook gets to d2. 37.Na6 Rxd5 (threatening mate with f2, Rd1, Rg1) 38.Ra1 Rd2 39.Nc7 Re2+ 40.Kd1 Kg7! avoiding the knight check 41.Nd5 Bg5 with f2 to follow.

Dec-14-04		DanielBryant: 2...f6 is one of those crude moves that you know is squirrely but is nevertheless annoying to face.

Dec-14-04		An Englishman: Good Evening: Instead of 32.Ne6+, should Nimzo have followed his own advice and played Nf3 to blockade the f-pawn, even if it means giving back the d-pawn?

Dec-14-04		CHEG: Any thoughts on 12 Bxe5 ? Opens e-file for a possible discovered check?

Dec-14-04		Shams: well put <DanielBryant>. I have blitz games that run 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 (Ponziani?) and white is better, I know, but I never play very convincingly.

Dec-14-04		AgentRgent: <Shams: I have blitz games that run 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 (Ponziani?)> That is the Damiano defense not the Ponziani (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3)

Dec-14-04		caballos2: No, 1..e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 is Damiano.

Dec-14-04		tpstar: <Shams> If you like the Damiano as Black, you might enjoy this previous group discussion = King's Knight Opening (C40) Start at the bottom of that page. ;>)

Dec-14-04		Shams: no no NO, I would never play such a garbage opening. I`m just agreeing with DanielBryant, it`s annoying to see ...f6. I`m probably not the only one on this board who has lost with white to the Fred defense: 1...f6 and 2...Kf7

Dec-14-04		drukenknight: Shams: the fred defense is 1 e4 f5, most black players will not follow up w/ 2...Kf7 but rather 2...Nf6 seems mandatory. there is also discussion of this defense somewhere in the site.

Dec-14-04		Shams: well I`m getting my names very confused today. thanks druk

Dec-14-04		drukenknight: heres the original fred defense, 2..Kf7 is not recommended. Pillsbury vs Magana, 1902

Dec-14-04		kevin86: It looks like Nimzo underestimated black's bishops in this one-not to mention the lone f pawn.Facing the loss of his rook-and nothing left to bring home the connecters-he strikes his colors.

Dec-14-04		kevin86: I noticed the snowman-a nice addendum to the Winter pun.

Dec-14-04		kostich in time: Nimzo had quite a tendency to fall victim to blacks bishop pair..see his losses to Vidmar at New York 1927 and to Pirc at Bled 1931. I may be wrong, but ithink Nimzo was playing a b3 system in those games as well

Dec-14-04		Andrew Chapman: <Any thoughts on 12 Bxe5 ? Opens e-file for a possible discovered check?>I think this would be met by 12..Nxc2+

Dec-14-04		aw1988: <Nizowitsch gets mauled by the bishop pair which he never thought much of.> Then again, he crushed his opponents with the knight pair they never thought much of. :)

Dec-15-04		patzer2: Winter's 35...Rb5! is a neat deflection. It threatens to win immediately with the capture of the White pawn on d5, and thus forces contorted moves by the Black Knight, leading to it becoming a trapped piece after 37...Ke7! (e.g. 38. Ng7 Rxd4 39. Ra1 Kf7 ).

Dec-15-04		Aron Landau: Can the community tell me why almost every scoresheet which I see when Nimzowitsch is playing, does not mention the date when the particular game was played? This game was played on 19th of October 1927.And this game was, according to Rubinstein, without any doubt, the suprice of this 8th round because the Englishman Winter won against a Grandmaster.

Dec-16-04		Aron Landau: Suddenly the scoresheet shows in stead of ??.??. 1927--,27.10.1927 (I use the in Europe usual "day"-"month"-ÿear"). I based the date on a booklet published by M.A. Lachaga, Argentine with the title: "Internationales Schachmeisterturnier London 1927 des British Empire Club".The date is in this booklet: 19-10-1927.

Sep-20-06		ismetov: move_30 Nimzo kill himself.

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