Julian Hodgson vs Yasser Seirawan (1986) Emperor Julian

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Julian Hodgson vs Yasser Seirawan
"Emperor Julian" (game of the day Dec-07-2016)
Hoogovens (1986), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 8, Jan-26
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) · 1-0

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Feb-21-09		KERESOV: Now that's a very nice King's Indian Attack game by the highly original Trompowsky Archpriest GM Julian Hodgson ... surprisingly it's not even included in one of the KIA books. The move 10. a3 and 11. exd5 is worth studying ...

Jun-18-11		DrMAL: Agreed, Hodgson's games tend to involve originality and this early one is brilliant especially since Seirawan is at his peak. Play is creative from the start. Hodgson has amazing talent for spotting nice sacs on the move that they become feasible. This is the case here with first mistake 16...Bd8 (instead of Bf8). The 17...Kxg7 line plays out (an alternate starts with 17...Nf3+) to a winning position with black's king exposed and the knight on e5 in a double pin, which black then plays to get out of. In doing so, black loses further ground. 21...Qd7 to immediately unpin instead of 21.Nxe3 was a second mistake in allowing 22.Nxg4 and one of several finishing combinations depending on how black chooses to lose.

Apr-08-12		Everett: Seirawan gives up the f5 square and then castles short, asking to receive a withering attack. Hodgson obliges.

Sep-20-15		ToTheDeath: Great stuff! Nxg7 was inspired as was the rest of the attack.

Nov-08-16		paavoh: Should be a GOTD someday. I know a pun was submitted way back, obviously a better one is needed.

Dec-07-16		offramp: <paavoh: Should be a GOTD someday. I know a pun was submitted way back, obviously a better one is needed.> And one was found. Today's pun is "Emperor Julian". He was the Roman emperor who revised the rubbishy old calendar invented by his predecessor Julius Caesar. His new calendar allowed chess players to have 10 more rest days.

Dec-07-16		ajile: This looks like a good solution to annoy your local French opening player.

Dec-07-16		offramp: <ajile: This looks like a good solution to annoy your local French opening player.> Yes. Fischer, who did not get on well against the standard French, played this. Mainly when he was young, but also when he was ascending Rum-Doodle: Fischer vs Panno, 1970

Dec-07-16		Ironmanth: I'm not a great enough player to provide cogent analysis, at least without more time over morning coffee, though it seemed to me on first play-through that Black's Qd7 somehow looked wrong; the queen ends up dying there. Great attack by Julian!

Dec-07-16		ossipossi: <offramp> well well well, not actually. The Julian Calendar takes its name from Rome dictator Julius Caesar himself (46 BCE), it was revised by Papa Gregorius XIII (1582 CE). As regards Imperator (et philosophus) Flavius Claudius Julianus (330-363 CE),he was the last pagan emperor. If we can use expressions like "CE" and "BCE", we owe in part to him.

Dec-07-16		Honza Cervenka: Instead of 16...Bd8 it was better to play 16...Bf8. Then 17.d4 Nh5! or 17.Nxh6+ gxh6 18.Qxf6 Nxd3 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bxh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 d4! gives black playable game.

Dec-07-16		catlover: <offramp> This emperor came to be known as "Julian the Apostate" because he eventually gave up chess and took up checkers.

Dec-07-16		kevin86: Nice game knight seems to point everywhere.

Dec-07-16		JSYantiss: Am I missing something? What's the follow-up for 27...Kf8...

Dec-07-16		Sally Simpson: Hi JSYantiss, click for larger view 27...Kf8 28.Re7 Qxe7 29.Nxe7 Kxe7 and under normal circumstances Black has enough for the Queen to fight on but then White has the Queen fork 30.Qh7 hitting the now unprotected g7 Bishop and the d3 Knight. That looks terminal. 27...Kf8 28.Rh6 also looks like a shot but no need to go there, 28.Re7 is good enough, that looks all forced.

Dec-07-16		JSYantiss: Thank you, <Sally Simpson>. Guess I need more practice if I missed that one.

Dec-07-16		newzild: <JSYantiss> <Sally Simpson> White also has the simple 27. Rxb6, leaving him up by an exchange and two pawns.

Mar-23-19		An Englishman: Good Evening: Hodgson probably foresaw the possibility of the Knight sacrifice as soon as Black played 11...exd5. I would have played 11...Nxd5 even if objectively inferior--never could tolerate a Knight on f5.

Mar-23-19		al wazir: Why didn't black play 23...Rxh6 ? If 24. Qxh6 (24. Bxh6 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf6) Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bc7, white is a ♙ up, but I don't see a mate threat.

Mar-23-19		ChessHigherCat: After playing around with Nh6 for a while, I saw it had to be Nxg7, if for no other reason than if black threatens the queen, white can always play NxR and threaten Black's queen. Also, Qxh6 looks like a very strong move. So I quickly got the first couple moves but then fizzled out. Conclusion: Damn dat Hodgson guy good!

Mar-23-19		Walter Glattke: Al Wazir, I think for 24.Bxh6 Nxe1 25.Rxe1 Bf6, and then 26.Bh3 Qd8 27.Be6! bishop sac. 27.-fxe6 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Rxe6 d4 30.Rxf6 Qxf6 31.Qxf6+ and mate next. 27.-Qe8 28.Qg6+ Kh8 29.Qxf6+, so, what playing, e.g. 26.-Qxh3!? should win for white either. But a good defense, only Be6! is stronger then.

Mar-23-19		mel gibson: I knew that Knight on f5 had to move and take either of the pawns in front of the King. Stockfish 10 says: 17. Nxg7 (17. Nxg7 (♘f5xg7 ♘e5-f3+ ♕f4xf3 ♖e8xe1 ♘g7-f5 ♕c7-c8 ♘f5xh6+ ♔g8-h7 ♕f3-f4 ♕c8-d7 ♕f4-g5 ♗b7-c8 c3-c4 ♕d7-e8 ♘h6-f5 ♗c8xf5 ♕g5xf5+ ♔h7-g7 ♗g2-f3 ♖a8-a7 c4xd5 ♖e1-e5 ♕f5-h3 ♕e8-h8 ♕h3xh8+ ♔g7xh8 ♘f1-e3 ♖a7-d7 b2-b3 ♖e5xd5 ♗f3xd5 ♘f6xd5 ♗c1-b2+ ♔h8-h7 ♖a1-d1 ♔h7-g6 ♔g1-f1 ♘d5xe3+ f2xe3 f7-f5 ♔f1-f2 ♗d8-f6 ♗b2xf6 ♔g6xf6 h2-h4) +2.75/38 157) score for White +2.75 depth 38.

Mar-23-19		goodevans: <al wazir: Why didn't black play 23...Rxh6 ? If 24. Qxh6 (24. Bxh6 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf6) Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Bc7, white is a ♙ up, but I don't see a mate threat.> White can quickly generate not one but two mate threats with the manoeuvre <26.Qg5+ Kf8 27.Qf6>. Black cannot counter both <28.Bh6+> and <28.Re7>.

Mar-23-19		jffun1958: Stockfish: 27...Kf8 28.Rh6 Qxf5 29.Qxf5 Bxh6 30.Bxd5 Bxd5 31.Qxd5 Re8 32.Qxd3

Mar-23-19		malt: Got as far as 17.N:g7 K:g7 18.Q:h6+ Kg8 19.Bf4 Nfg4 20.Qh5

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