Nov-24-11
 | | FSR: An interesting fight, though far from perfect. I greedily grabbed a pawn in the opening at the cost of allowing White a big center, spatial advantage, and lead in development. When I analyzed the game with Fritz later, it showed many improvements on my play, some involving castling in the vicinity of moves 12-17. I didn't because I was afraid Pupols, a strong attacking player, would get a big attack and mate me off the board. My 17...Kf8? was creative but weak, intending to castle by hand with a later ...g6 and ...Kg7. That never worked out and I had to defend a bad position with my pieces undeveloped and my rooks disconnected. Fortunately for me, Pupols missed the crushing 37.Rg3!, which my friend John Gossage pointed out immediately after that game. By move 37, I was in serious time pressure and Pupols was not. Oddly for such an experienced player, my time pressure seemed to make him nervous and he played the weak 37.Qe7+? That enabled me to go into an ending down the exchange for a pawn. I played actively and fanatically exchanged pawns, and was able to hold the draw without much problem. Luckily I had some experience in this exact ending (R+N+pawns vs. R+R+one pawn less), having twice successfully defending it in correspondence chess games arising from this line of the Richter-Rauzer: Opening Explorer |
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May-10-22
 | | Williebob: <FSR>, I checked out this game after seeing your kibitz at (and playing through) young Fischer's only game against Pupols:
Fischer vs V Pupols, 1955
Enjoyed looking at your game, and was impressed with how you held the draw.
And did you happen to notice another connection to Fischer? Your game was played on Bobby's 54th birthday! |
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| May-10-22 | | 0ZeR0: <FSR: An interesting fight, though far from perfect.> To be fair if we are judging our own games based on their perfection than nearly all of my own games are also "far from perfect." I appreciate your analysis and exactitude when looking at your own games. I agree with <Williebob>. This is a nice game against a formidable opponent. |
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May-13-22
| | FSR: Thanks, <Williebob> and <0Zer0>. No, I don't think I'd noticed that it was played on Fischer's birthday. I did notice that about this game played by the other Robert J. Fischer: F Edel vs R Fischer, 2016. |
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May-03-24
| | FSR: My plan, such as it was, was to provoke 6.a3, respond with 6...Bd6, and head for the line seen in Pachman vs T Siaperas, 1968, Larsen vs A Bisguier, 1969, and the games collected at https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che.... All I knew of this line was that Larsen had mentioned it in the book <How to Open a Chess Game>. After Pupols' 6.Bd3, 6...Nbd7 would have been a more sensible response than my 6...Ne4?! |
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May-03-24
 | | perfidious: <FSR....After Pupols' 6.Bd3, 6...Nbd7 would have been a more sensible response than my 6...Ne4?!> Which would, of course, have been a direct transposition to the Romih line. It is surprising really that Pupols overlooked the switchback 37.Rg3 while having plenty of time on his clock. |
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May-04-24
| | FSR: <perfidious> Indeed. I was very lucky. |
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