H W Craig vs Frank Marshall (1915)

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H W Craig vs Frank Marshall
Simul, 16b (1915) (exhibition), Topeka, KS USA, Mar-10
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Variation (A02) · 1-0

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Jun-05-09		WhiteRook48: this happened?!

Sep-03-12		YoungEd: Am I missing something, or is 31. ...♘c4+ just a bit "oops?"

Jan-16-13		FSR: <YoungEd> Sure looks that way.

Mar-25-14		Morphized: <YoungEd 31... Nc4 Highly suspicious indeed, I don't get it either. Marshall kinda spoiled a great game here...

Feb-03-17		DoktorH: It was simul. So even Champions blunder.

Feb-26-19		Phony Benoni: The Topeka Daily Capital" of March 11, 1915, describes the blunder as simply "...a hasty move of which Craig took full advantage." It should be noted that Marshall won the other 15 games in the simul, but as so often happens none of these got published. H. W Craig was described as "...Topeka's Grand Old Man of chess", having played the game for thirty years. He was no pushover, having to his credit a draw with Emanual Lasker in a 1907 simul. And he certainly wasn't losing this one when Marshall blundred.

Oct-09-21		whiteshark: <Craig's list> Until someone proves me wrong, he is also the namesake for <5. d3!>, a move not mentioned in any book on the From's Gambit that I know of. <"...Topeka's Grand Old Man of chess", having played the game for thirty years. He was no pushover, having to his credit a draw with Emanual Lasker in a 1907 simul. And he certainly wasn't losing this one> Another unknown treasure, like so many here on this site ;)

Feb-28-22		FSR: <whiteshark> I just discovered last night that the engines think that 5.d3!? is a pretty good move, but with the idea of 5...Qh4+ 6.g3! Bxg3+ 7.hxg3! Qxh1 8.Bf4! with advantage rather than Craig's 6.Kd2!? I submitted a recent game featuring that line to chessgames.

Feb-28-22		whiteshark: <FSR> This is a very interesting exchange sacrifice - there are similar ideas for Black in the Latvian Gambit (yes, I was young, back in the 70s...) or the Tarrasch French. <6...Qh4+ 7.g3! Bxg3+ 8.hxg3! Qxh1 9.Bf4! with advantage> click for larger view Black to move 1) +0.71 (35 ply) 9...Ne7 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Nb5 Na6 12.N1c3 O-O 13.O-O-O Ng6 14.Bh6 Qh2 15.d4 f5 16.d5 Bd7 17.d6 c6 18.Nc7 f4 19.Bxf4 Nxf4 20.Nxa8 Ng6 21.Nc7 Qxg3 22.Nxa6 bxa6 23.Qd4 Qf4+ 24.Qxf4 Rxf4 25.e3 Rf8 26.Ne4 h5 27.Bc4+ Kh7 28.Rh1 Kh6 29.Nc5 Ne5 30.Be6 Bxe6 31.Nxe6 Rh8 2) +0.89 (35 ply) 9...Qg1 10.e3 Qh2 11.Bxc7 Nc6 12.Nc3 Nge7 13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Be6 15.Bg2 h5 16.Rh1 Kf8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Be5 Rh6 19.Bf4 Rh8 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.Ne2 Bd7 22.e4 Ng7 23.Nf4 Ne6 24.Nxe6+ Bxe6 25.c4 Re8 26.e5 c5 27.Bf6 Rh6 28.Be4 Rb8 29.b3 h4 30.gxh4 Bd7 31.h5 Rb6 3) +1.27 (35 ply) 9...h5 10.Qd2 h4 11.Nc3 hxg3 12.Bxg3 Na6 13.O-O-O Bd7 14.e3 O-O-O 15.Bg2 Qh6 16.Nd5 Bc6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Nf4 Ne7 19.Qa5 c5 20.Qb5 Qb6 21.Qc4 Rd7 22.Qxf7 Nd5 23.Qf5 Nxe3 24.Qe5 Nxg2 25.Qxh8+ Rd8 26.Qe5 Qc6 27.Rg1 Nxf4 28.Qxf4 Qf3 29.Rf1 Qe2 30.a3 Kb7 31.Rg1 Qf3 32.Qxf3+ gxf3 33.Rf1 c4 34.dxc4 Rd4 35.Be5 Rxc4 36.Rxf3 Rg4 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

Mar-01-22		FSR: <whiteshark> Matvey Galchenko vs Omer Faruk Ozer, 2021.

Mar-01-22		perfidious: <whiteshark....(yes, I was young, back in the 70s...)...> So were we all. (laughs) The irony of the lines presented in this offer of the exchange is that Black plays the From (as I did in bygone days) for speedy development, yet it is his opponent who obtains excellent play after the ropey-looking 5.d3.

Mar-01-22		Dionysius1: So can maybe one of the historians tell me when the convention came in that in simuls the star has white on all boards?

Mar-01-22		FSR: <Dionysius1> Dunno. Lasker often took Black on many of the boards.

Mar-01-22		Granny O Doul: Maybe White-on-every-board was instituted to foil the 50% variation where two adjacent players make the master play against himself. Bobby Fischer occasionally played at a handicap of pawn (Black's f pawn) and three moves, with the proviso that White can't move beyond the fourth rank. So White would often go 1. e3, 2. Bd3, 3. Qg4, which wins another pawn, and then try to win the ending after ...d6 4. Qh5+ Kd7 5. Bf5+ e6 6. Qf7+ Qe7 7. Bxe6+ Kd8. Which often didn't prove so easy. This may or not be reported in Asa Hoffmann's upcoming book; I have not seen it.

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