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Kurt Richter vs Geza Fuster
Hungary-Germany, Karlsbad (1939), rd 2, Apr-16
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)  ·  1-0

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May-12-23  Alan McGowan: The position after White's 9.g2-g4 was later seen in the famous game Nezhmetdinov-Tal. R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961
Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: An extremely annoying move, g2-g4. 9. d5 was my initial thought, counterstriking in the center, as one should do in the Scheveningen. After 10. e5, Ne4. 11. c3. Bc5. 12. Kh1!?. looked incredibly complicated: White now has f5, but Black has the active bishop pair after Bb7.
Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: But 10. exd5! would scatter Black's center. Thus another move had to be found. So I looked at 10. exd5. e5!?. Sacrificing a pawn. 11. fxe5. Nxe5. 12. Bf4. Bd6?!. 13 g5. Nfd7. 14 Ne4 looked complicated, but better for White.

Another idea I came across was 10. exd5!. e5. 11. Ne6!?. fxe6. 12. dxe6!. Bc5. 13. Kh1 and White can keep pushing his kingsidepawns: also, Black has severe weaknesses and big holes in his position, so another interesting option.

As a final move I looked at 11. fxe5. Qxe5?!. 12 Bf4?. Qxd4!!. 13. Qxd4. Bc5!. 14. Qxc5. Nxc5, with some play for Black, who may pick up the d-pawn.

Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: The move 9. g4. Nc5!. looked like the best move, attacking the center. But I saw for White 10. e5!?. dxe5. 11. fxe5. Qxe5??. 12. Bf4!. and Black can resign. So what if after 11. fxe5. Nfd7. 12. b4!? and the knight is trapped, but Black gets some play: 12. b4!?. b5. 13. bxc5. Bxc5. and White has to guard the e-pawn from the Queen.

10. e5!?. dxe5. 11. fxe5. Ng8? 12. Bf3?!. Qxe5?. 13. Bf4!! (If Black takes, Bc6+!. forces resignation) Qf6. 14. g5. Qe7? 15. b4!. Nd7. 16. Nd5! (Does this work?, only looked it OTB) and I don't see any way out of this. So again, Black has to play active.

10. e5!?. dxe5. 11. fxe5. Ne4. looked like the best way to continue. 13. Qd3. Qxe5. 14. Bf4. Qxd4+!!. 15. Qxd4 Bc5!. 16. Qxc5. and once again, Black is fine, and up a pawn. So Ne4 looked best.

Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: However if White would go, now that I analyzed it more deeply, 11. fxe5. Nfd7. 12. b4!? Nb3? sacrificing the knight. And suddenly the whole position becomes a mess. So conclusion of this opening. With interesting pawn sacrifices, this opening should be the perfect venom for any Scheveningen player, resulting in complicated and tactical positions that normally don't arise after move 15.
Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: Btw, at the time Kurt Richter was rated ~2410 and Geza Fuster ~2310. Kurt Richter won both his games against Geza Fuster.
Apr-10-25  DutchDefensefromNL: As I said, it is just losing. in every case for Black. 9. d5. = +0.9 in Whites favour, while the pawn sac after d5 e5 is given +1.8. As <Alan McGowan> showed in the Nyezhetmetdinov game, b5 is the only move for black to equalize.

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