| Feb-20-14 | | Karpova: Postal game between Adolf Zinkl of Vienna and Rupert Huber of Unterammergau (Bavaria). The game lasted from March 20 to July 17, 1897. Annotations (condensed):
14.h4 <! If 14.0-0-0 then 14...Nb4 and Black has the attack. The text move has the intention of a ♘ sacrifice on g5.> 14...Nb4 <Stronger was ...Bd7.> 15...Nxg6 <Better was ...Re7/...Rc7.> 17.Ng5 <!>
17...Bd7 no annotation, but I think it is worth having a look. To me it seems, that the prior criticism of Black's moves was unjustified as Black played fine. 14.h4 doesn't appear that strong and rather deserves a ?!, than an !. Now, 16...d4 looks interesting for Black as he clears the way for ...Qd5 with tempo. 19.0-0-0 <Decisive. 20.Rh8+ Kxh8 21.Qxf7 etc. is threatened.> 19...d4 <! A most interesting position. White wins in brilliant style.> 20.Nd5 <!! If 20.Ne4 then Black wins by 20...Nd3+ 21.cxd3 Ba3! 22.bxa3
Rc8+ etc..>
23.Qxf7 <Checkmate or loss of the ♕ is unavoidable.> Source: Pages 14-15 of the January 1911 'Wiener Schachzeitung' |
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May-27-14
 | | Phony Benoni: 20.Nd5 is a move worth remembering. Another point, in addition to the one given by <Karpova>, is to block Black's ...Bc6 defense to the final combination. |
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May-27-14
 | | offramp: The pun refers to 5 of the three Marx Brothers. |
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May-27-14
 | | naresb: 8…f5 proved worst for Black. |
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| May-27-14 | | malkabir: A name like Adolf Julius and we base the pun on the Surname ?? |
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| May-27-14 | | morfishine: If <CG> is "family friendly", then stop scaring the children! |
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| May-27-14 | | mrknightly: I assumed that the pun referred to the children's tune, "Twinkle, twinkle little star," but we don't know if Zinkl was little or a star. |
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| May-27-14 | | kevin86: Mate will follow on the H(uron) file. |
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May-27-14
 | | Domdaniel: Yet another kingside mating attack demolishes the French. Sigh. We know this happens. But the opening also leads to Black wins (if it didn't, who'd play the French?). So why don't we see black wins in the French as GOTD? |
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| May-27-14 | | Peter Nemenyi: <Domdaniel: So why don't we see black wins in the French as GOTD?> Perhaps because Black's aim in the French is better pawn structure for the endgame, so that his wins aren't very exciting? I base that just on old-school generalizations, not statistics, but I think it's part of the answer. |
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May-27-14
| | Domdaniel: <Peter Nemenyi> You're probably right. Playing the French, I tend to win quite a few games against players rated up to 2200 ... but many of these depend on pawn structure, as you say. And, though I win some games more quickly, stronger players are unlikely to lose in this way. The generalization seems to be accurate -- at GM level, wins for the French are usually in the endgame. |
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| May-27-14 | | Wyatt Gwyon: I'm not sure that's a satisfying explanation. It's not hard to find exciting Black wins in the French. |
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| May-27-14 | | colin8128: Just out of curiosity, couldn't white have played Rh8+ on move 20? |
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May-28-14
| | Phony Benoni: <colin8128> 20.Rh8+ doesn't work:
click for larger viewBecause after 20...Kxh8 21.Qxf7, Black has the defense 21...Bc6 stopping the check on h1. |
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| May-31-14 | | Everett: < Wyatt Gwyon: I'm not sure that's a satisfying explanation. It's not hard to find exciting Black wins in the French.> Exactly. The slugfests between Smyslov and Botvinnik come to mind, and countless others. |
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| Jul-17-18 | | Jean Defuse: ...
"A short but brilliantly contested correspondence game in Austria recently between Messrs. Zinkl and Huber resulted in a victory for the former. Huber adopted the French Defense, but failing to select the strongest moves, his game became inferior. Zinkl was enabled to establish a powerful kingside attack, which he enforced by means of a brilliant sacrifice of a knight on the seventeenth move. The decisive play was made on the twentieth turn, when Zinkl gave up another knight, and subsequently a rook in order to bring about a mating position. Three moves later Huber was obliged to surrender. He then was unable to guard against a threatening mate, without the loss of the Queen." Philadelphia Public Ledger, April 20, 1898; Notes by Kemeny. ... |
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Kibitzing
sac: 17.Ng5
