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| Apr-24-03 | | popski: Heh, I like his brave & strange oppenings! I found this comment on net: Ultimate weirdo, IM Michael Basman. They feature his new Global Opening,
1 h3 intending 2 a3!, and the same moves reversed as Black. The logic
is that, in the opening, you are supposed to occupy the centre with
pawns, because they are your weakest pieces; Basman merely extends the
concept to putting NOTHING in the centre, because nothing is weaker
than a pawn.... |
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| Oct-28-03 | | sleepkid: Many unusual openings, played with a fair degree of success, though not against the leading lights of his day. Even though the database only has games for him through 1994 he still plays as far as I know. Born in 1946, the highest published rating I've seen for him was 2360. He won the 44th Richmond Rapid Play in 2002 with a score of 5/6 tying with WGM Harriet Hunt. |
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| Feb-10-04 | | shr0pshire: I try to emmulate Basman in my games. He is a very strong player, that went against theory, and showed that it can be played, and wrote a lot of his own theory. Basman, played the risky grob, and the super risky borg (reversed grob) many times through the 80s and 90s against sometimes very strong opponents. This shows the strength of his play, and should make one go back and think about if his hypermodern theories are that bad after all. I employ them in my games with strong success against strong players as well. There needs to be another strong player like Basman on the circuit now to stir things up with their theory. Sometimes I feel chess is bland due to the herd mentality, and how people follow what is trendy. Basman provides the spice to chess with his unusual openings and his powerful combinations that I love about chess. |
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| Mar-14-04 | | GoodKnight: I had the honour of shaking Mike Basman's hand when I came second in a chess tournament... |
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| Mar-14-04 | | Airlock: Basman played a game against Andersson (I think) which was called the immortal waiting move game in which he kept repeating moves until his opponent self destructed. I dont see it on this data base. Perhaps I got the players mixed up. |
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| Apr-18-04 | | Viking: I got lots of respect for players like Basman. He opens with the cursed 1 g4. and he's got a lot of success with it. I play 1. g4 in blitz games, and I think it is as good as any white opening. In games with longer time controls, I think it'z dubvious though. |
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| Apr-25-04 | | Carroll: Why isn't Basman's win against Mecking a notable game here? Why isn't the game even on this site. It is in my Keene book called "Battles of Hastings". I think it is Basman's most famous game. |
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| Apr-25-04 | | shr0pshire: <Caroll> Please submit the Mecking-Basman game. I would really like to see it! |
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Apr-26-04
 | | Benzol: Event : Hastings Tournament
Site : Hastings, England
Date : 1966/7
Round : 5
Result : 0-1
White : Henrique Costa Mecking
Black : Michael J Basman
1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bh6 6.Bd3 Bxc1 7.Qxc1 a6 8.Nge2 Qh4 9.g3 Qh3 10.f4 Nd7 11.Qd2 Ngf6 12.0-0-0 0-0 13.Rdf1 Kg7 14.Ng1 Qh6 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Kb1 exf4 17.gxf4 b5 18.cxb5 Nb6 19.Ng5 Ra7 20.bxa6 Bxa6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Nb5 Rxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Qe2 Nc4 25.Ka1 Ned2 26.Na3 Rxa3 27.h4 Nb3+ 28.Kb1 Ncd2+ 29.Kc2 Nd4+ 30.Kxd2 Nxe2 31.bxa3 Ng3 0-1. |
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| Apr-26-04 | | shr0pshire: Thank you Benzol! That is an excellent game. |
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| Jul-09-04 | | fgh: popski: Heh, I like his brave & strange oppenings! I found this comment on net: Ultimate weirdo, IM Michael Basman. They feature his new Global Opening, 1 h3 intending 2 a3!, and the same moves reversed as Black. The logic is that, in the opening, you are supposed to occupy the centre with pawns, because they are your weakest pieces; Basman merely extends the concept to putting NOTHING in the centre, because nothing is weaker than a pawn.... If do not put a pawn in the center, then he should at least control it;; |
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| Nov-04-04 | | WMD: Just learnt that Basman married a Bulgarian woman in 1971 and lived out there for a while. Michael, you old dark horse! |
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| Dec-13-04 | | azaris: <immortal waiting move game> Might this be it? I've submitted it already: [Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1974.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson,Ulf"]
[Black "Basman,Michael J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E18"]
1.Nf3 b6 2.g3 Bb7 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 d5 5.c4 Nf6 6.d4 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Ne5 h6
9.Bf4 a6 10.Rc1 Ra7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qb3 Ba8 13.Rfd1 Kh7 14.h3 Kg8 15.Kh2 Kh7 16.g4 Kg8 17.Bg3 Bb7 18.e3 Ba8 19.a3 Bb7 20.f4 Ba8 21.Rd2 Qd6 22.f5 Qd8 23.Bf4 Bb7 24.Rg1 c6 25.Bf3 Nh7 26.Rc1 Bd6 27.Na4 Bc7 28.Kg3 Nf6 29.h4 Nfd7 30.Nxd7 Nxd7 31.Re2 Re8 32.Kh3 Bxf4 33.exf4 Rxe2 34.Bxe2 Qe7 35.Bf3 b5 36.Nc5 Bc8 37.Qd3 h5 38.gxh5 Qf6 39.Kg3 Nxc5 40.Rxc5 Bxf5 41.Qc3 Bd7 42.Qd3 Ra8 43.Rc1 Re8 44.Qc3 c5 45.Qxc5 Qf5 46.Qxd5 Qh3+ 47.Kf2 Qh2+ 48.Bg2 Qxf4+ 49.Bf3 Bg4 50.Rc3 Qh2+ 51.Bg2 Qxh4+ 52.Kg1 Re1+ 53.Bf1 Bh3 0-1 |
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| Dec-13-04 | | sneaky pete: Thank you, <azaris>! A few month back I was searching in vain here for this fantabulous game. Andersson got what he deserved! |
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Dec-22-04
| | Benzol: Michael John Basman
Born 16th March 1946 St Pancras in London
Awarded the IM title in 1980 he came 1st= in the British championship 1973 but lost the playoff to Bill Hartston. |
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Jan-09-05
 | | redlance: Is Michael still playing? I used to
have some of his cassettes.
He should put out DVDs now. |
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| Jan-09-05 | | WMD: Those cassettes from the 1970s are an interesting part of English chess history and could be made available as audio files over the Internet. Ray Keene did a few, I know. Tony Miles, I think. |
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Jan-09-05
| | redlance: I have one Ray Keene did,
Also several by Basman. |
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| Feb-20-05 | | WMD: Selected answers from the Kingpin questionnaire, Autumn 1993: Q: Which living player do you most admire?
B: Me.
Q: What/who is your favourite band/music/composer?
B: Sandy Denny and the Fairport Convention.
Q: What is your most unappealing habit?
B: Urinating on my opponents during chess games.
Q: What is your favourite televison programme?
B: I don't watch television. Television is for people too lazy to find something to do. Q: What was your most embarrassing moment at the chess board? B: Sitting in front of the audience at my first Hastings Premier. Q: Have you ever been the victim of cheating at a tournament? B: Yes, but it was self-inflicted.
Q: Who is the most irritating opponent you have ever faced? B: Florin Gheorghiu at the Varna tournament in 1971. Every time he made a good move he would slam his pop bottle down on the table. Q: Are there any other sports/activities at which you excel? B: No. |
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Feb-20-05
| | Benzol: I wonder how many people remember that Sandy Denny sang on Led Zepplin's "Battle Of Evermore"?
It's a pity she passed away so young. |
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| Feb-20-05 | | schnarre: Basman: a founding father for the less than orthodox, or not at all orthodox. |
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| Feb-20-05 | | Abaduba: I think of Basman as the result of someone taking Tony Miles to the next level. Miles cracks wise, Basman cracks wiser. Miles opens weird, Basman opens weirder. The major difference is that Basman is not as strong as Miles - and he's still alive. |
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| Feb-21-05 | | schnarre: <Abaduba>Alas poor Miles! |
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Feb-21-05
 | | ray keene: it is my opnion that basman was a tremendously strong strategic player with a very fine feel for the attack and initiative, but not a good calculator and he believed -possibly wrongly-that he had a poor memory. i think he handicapped himself by playing his weird openings and was in fact more dangerous when using orthodox systems.
amongst his best games are ones v
mecking
botvinnik
savon
hartston
and he also scored wins v speelman nunn and miles |
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| Feb-21-05 | | schnarre: <ray keene> Could it be said that "handicapping" by playing unorthodox openings is a form of odds-giving?! |
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