| Dec-31-04 | | acirce: Tony Miles on this game, with a slightly eccentric opening: <So, what is the point? Indeed, is there any point? Well, Na6 is a
developing move, and if white adopts the e4 d4 c4 centre its quite
easy to reach a respectable Kings Indian set up. If white avoids c4
then black gets a slightly odd Modern (or 'Rat' as it was christened
in Canada when Suttles played it 30 years ago). A curious feature,
which is my main donation to the line, is the possibility of
developing the g8 knight on h6 and playing a Basmaniac Dutch
with f5.
My first serious attempt with it was against Gufeld in Beijing
96.The opening went 1 e4 c6 2 d4 Na6 3 Nf3 g6 4 c4 d6 5 Nc3
Bg7 6 Be2 Nc7 7 0-0 Nh6 8 d5 0-0 9 Bf4 f5 10 Qd2 Nf7 11 ef Bf5
12 Rad1 e5 13 de Ne6 14 Be3 and now after ...Qf6 black stands
well, though I went on to lose. What really sticks in my mind,
though, is that at breakfast the next morning Gufeld spent fully two
hours yelling at me "I hate you, my friend". (Honestly!!) "You are
destroying chess with your stupid ideas!"
You may think that I exaggerate, but there were several witnesses!
You may also wonder at my sanity for listening, which I would
understand, but frankly I was so shocked I just sat transfixed. Goof
has not spoken a civil word to me since, and at our only subsequent
encounter even the customary handshake was missing. Such a
reaction is surely testament to the openings surprise value...
Heaven help me if I had have won. I would probably not still be
alive...>
It is quoted in Hans Ree's http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans6... but Miles' original column can be downloaded together with all his other ones at http://www.chesscafe.com/zip/miles.... |
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| Jan-26-11 | | wordfunph: game sidelights..
GM Anthony Miles was black and started 1.e4 c6 2.d4 Na6. Miles got a decent position but lost the game. The next day, Gufeld saw Miles at breakfast. Gufeld said: "I hate you, my friend. You are destroying chess with your stupid ideas." Gufeld kept shouting for two hours and later he never said a polite word to Miles.
When they met at the board again, there was no handshake. |
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| Jan-27-11 | | pulsar: <acirce, wordfunph> Very interesting revelation. <"Heaven help me if I had have won. I would probably not still be alive"> |
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| May-04-14 | | GumboGambit: Gufeld sounds like a fool.
In case anyone wonder why chess is not more popular with women, youths, minorites, etc, just look at this story. The landscape is filled with these bitter crotchety old men, who throw temper tantrums when things dont go their way. |
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| May-04-14 | | RedShield: I recently uploaded three Kasparov simul games he played against juniors in 2012. Maybe ...Na6 vs the Caro-Kann will become a new trend: Kasparov vs E Goltseva, 2012 |
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| May-04-14 | | GumboGambit: Well, that is nice to see: younger players progressing outside bookish openings to make the game more engaging, as opposed to stodgy old grumps following memorized formulas. That she earned a draw speaks to youthful ingenuity. I certainly hope Kasparov reacted in a more mature manner than Gufeld. |
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May-05-14
 | | yiotta: <GumboGambit>From my slight acquaintance with GM Gufeld while he lived in Los Angeles, as well as my impression of him from his entertaining books, I would certainly not consider him a fool. Highly emotional, yes...in love with chess, and maybe a little bit of a primadonna, but he was a great player among the second tier of brilliant Soviet players. He was not bitter and crotchety, and this "tantrum" was thrown when things HAD gone his way. Perhaps we could say, a little eccentric? |
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May-05-14
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May-05-14
 | | FSR: Joel Benjamin had very unflattering words about Gufeld, who he said had tried to cheat against him. |
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| May-05-14 | | RedShield: <What really sticks in my mind, though, is that at breakfast the next morning Gufeld spent fully two hours yelling at me "I hate you, my friend". (Honestly!!) "You are destroying chess with your stupid ideas!" You may think that I exaggerate>
Yes. |
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