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| Feb-12-11 | | Karpova: From the obituary in the August 1967 BCM (pages 230-231). Harry Golombek: <‘... It is apparent that he was one of the most active and successful tournament players of our time and certainly the most successful Swedish player of all time. But more important is the style in which he played and achieved these results. Style is the operative word in his case; elegant, cultivated, correct, and always with an additional spice of imagination and originality, his was a style that was at once pleasing and effective.’> Found in Chess Note 6947
Link: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Feb-12-11 | | Shams: In his Zurich book Bronstein speaks approvingly of Ståhlberg's pet queen pawn defence, involving an early...Nb8-d7-f8-e6. Has anyone else of note played this system? |
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| Feb-13-11 | | unsound: <Shams> It seems to have been played earlier by someone of note, on an important occasion: Botvinnik vs Keres, 1941
And then it's perhaps unfair to mention Ian Rogers in that company: Kaidanov vs I Rogers, 1988 |
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| Jan-26-12 | | brankat: R.I.P. GM Stahlberg. |
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| Oct-12-12 | | master of defence: About Stahlberg, someone knows if there is this position in a game of him? 
click for larger view
Ps: It´s turn of white, and was played 1.h4 a5 2.h5 a4 3.Kd2 b5 4.d5+ Kd7 5.h6 a3 6.Kc2 b4 7.hxg7 b3+ 8.Kb1 a2+ 9.Ka1 c3 10.g8=Q 1-0 |
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Oct-12-12
 | | Phony Benoni: <master of defence> This source: http://energetika.13s.hu/pub/csabin... Gives the position as coming from a game Stahlberg - Tartakower, Offhand game, 1934, but does not give the full score. The story actually begins on the previous move, in this position with Black to move: 
click for larger viewTartakower played <1...dxc4?>, leading to the position you posted, and lost to the line you gave. Black also loses after <1...a5? 2.h4 a4 3.cxd5+ Kxd5 4.Kd3 a3 5.Kc3 a2 6.Kb2 Kxd4 7.h5 Ke5 8.h6 Kf6 9.h7>. However, Black should win with <1...Kf5! 2.cxd5 Kxg6> followed by Kf7-e7-d6. I haven't found the score in a quick sweep; perhaps one of our more assiduous searchers can help. However, it's possible that Tartakower used the position as an example in something he wrote, and that the full game was never published. |
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| Jan-26-14 | | waustad: Here is the game Domdaniel mentioned at olimpbase http://www.olimpbase.org/pgn4web/an... It is now available here too: E Keogh vs Stahlberg, 1964 |
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| Jan-26-14 | | railway: french defense player |
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Jan-26-14
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. GM Gideon Stahlberg. |
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| Jan-26-14 | | parisattack: His little book - 'Chess and Chess Masters' is an excellent read! The original is htf but it was reprinted a few years back. |
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| Sep-26-14 | | Mr. V: I can't quite describe why - perhaps another Stahlberg enthusiast understands - but I find his games have a mysterious beauty to them. |
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| Jan-26-16 | | TheFocus: <Aug-12-07> <brankat: B.Larsen called G.Stahlberg the best "combination" player ever. According to Larsen, nobody combined Chess and alcohol like Stahlberg did :-)> Happy birthday, GM Stahlberg!! |
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| Jan-26-16 | | waustad: He was a much stronger player than Heikki Westerinen, who also has such a reputation. Most of out 107th b'days will not be remembered. |
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| Jan-26-17 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Gideon Stahlberg.
I have been reviewing some of his games. |
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| Jan-26-17 | | Nosnibor: I understand that he was diabetic but never took care of his health by imbibing in drink. R.I.P. GM Stahlberg. |
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Nov-02-17
 | | perfidious: <waustad: (Stahlberg) was a much stronger player than Heikki Westerinen, who also has such a reputation....> Stahlberg was indeed a tough out for even the top players in his best days. |
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Jan-28-19
| | Penguincw: Surprised this guy has no "Notable Games". He seems famous enough to have a bunch of his games in many game collections. |
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| Jan-28-19 | | vonKrolock: Penguincw <"Surprised this guy has no "Notable Games". He seems famous enough to have a bunch of his games in many game collections."> Sure, for instance this one
Stahlberg vs Najdorf, 1947 |
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| Jan-28-19 | | vonKrolock: And more, for instance here
Game Collection: IGM Gideon Ståhlberg |
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Feb-01-19
| | Penguincw: <vonKrolock>
Ah yes, I see that. Unfortunately, they're not popular <enough> for <cg> to automatically trigger the "Notable Games" feature. Seems to be the same case for players like Georges Koltanowski as well. |
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| May-28-23 | | Synchsynch: I thought his most notable win in fact, was Bronstein vs Stahlberg 1950, Budapest Candidates. Because it's often quoted in openings manuals. Where Stahlberg used a supposedly inferior line of the French defence, and won, though Bronstein was clearly better according to Stockfish. Alekhine said he liked to exchange pieces off, and then use his skills in the defence of more simplified positions. |
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May-28-23
| | perfidious: <Synchsynch>, notability here at CG is a function of how many members' collections have a particular game in them. Bronstein-Stahlberg appears in 18 game collections, whilst the last listed game above is in 23 such collections. |
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| Aug-03-23 | | Olavi: "Stahlberg was a gentleman who also had another quality that I always find irresistible: that kind of cool sense of humor that often leaves you puzzled as to whether he is serious or only seems so. Once, during the Candidate's (sic) Tournament In Zurich 1953, a very bad position in which Najdorf found himself was being analyzed by a few
idle experts. While pacing back and forth as he always did, Stahlberg threw a glance at the position and remarked before walking away: "Yes, that's a bad position indeed, but not so bad for Najdorf." Nobody could say with certainty whether he was paying a compliment to Najdorf's tactical abilities or whether he was actually being sarcastic about Najdorf's inabilities." Radojcic, Chess Life 8/1967 |
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Sep-06-24
 | | offramp: A new book has just been published.
<<Gideon Ståhlberg> - An Epoch in Swedish Chess.
Volume I: The Musketeer Years 1908–1939
Author: Peter Holmgren>
This book is in English. It has 582pp and costs £50. <Publisher: Verendel Publishing
Format: hardcover book
Pages: 582 pages with numerous photographs, illustrations, and tables>
<<ISBN: 978-91-527-3514-5>
Item weight: 2116 g
Dimensions: 29.5 x 23 x 3.5 cm>
I read the full précis at
https://chess.co.uk/collections/new...
Here is the first paragraph:
<Gideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967) reigned among the world’s best chess players for over three decades, leaving an indelible mark on the Swedish chess scene. This captivating biography chronicles his extraordinary journey from humble beginnings in a village outside Gothenburg to global acclaim, marked by triumphant matches against formidable adversaries like Rudolf Spielmann and Aron Nimzowitsch. Alongside fellow countrymen Gösta Stoltz and Erik Lundin, known as "The Three Musketeers"; Ståhlberg later elevated Sweden to chess supremacy, securing podium finishes in several Olympiads. However, Ståhlberg was not only a strong grandmaster but also a prolific writer of books and newspaper articles. His reputation and popularity made him a natural choice as an arbiter in several world championship matches...> For me, £50 is a bit pricey. If there were another 2 or 3 volumes in this series, that comes to a lot of money. |
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Sep-09-24
| | offramp: Richard Forster bought out a huge book about Amos Burn. I reviewed that book in a bad way:
<Amos Burn (kibitz #63)> <"I have seen Richard Forster's book on Amos Burn but there is no way I would ever buy it. It is almost as directionaless and futile a waste of resources and brainpower as the autobiography of Pal Benko.All Amos Burn needed was a 32-page A5-sized home-printed smudgy crappy-diagrammed buck and a half paperback, on yellow paper that looks like toilet paper. Nothing more."> Eventually I <did> buy that <directionaless> book. THERE WAS SOMETHING funnier than the review of the review: Mr User: LIFE Master AJ reviewed the Amos Burn thuslywise: <LIFE Master AJ: Got a big book on this player recently ...>
End of review. |
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