The chess games of Anton Thaler

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Anton Thaler

Number of games in database: 104
Years covered: 1997 to 2019
Last FIDE rating: 2085
Highest rating achieved in database: 2191
Overall record: +32 -28 =44 (51.9%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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B33 Sicilian (14 games)
E81 King's Indian, Samisch (9 games)
D70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense (7 games)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (5 games)
A10 English (4 games)
A81 Dutch (4 games)
A57 Benko Gambit (3 games)
A04 Reti Opening (3 games)
A40 Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
D53 Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)

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ANTON THALER
(born Mar-11-1959, 66 years old) Switzerland
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Anton (Toni) Thaler is a GMC.

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. A Thaler vs G Welling		0-1	56	1997	Zurich Christmas	D02 Queen's Pawn Game
2. C Cranbourne vs A Thaler		½-½	16	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
3. A Thaler vs A Praznik		1-0	27	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line
4. A Thaler vs H Lueers		1-0	34	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted
5. A Thaler vs P Lopepe		½-½	17	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
6. A Thaler vs M Kurtz		1-0	41	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
7. A Thaler vs R Butze		1-0	41	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
8. P Spitz vs A Thaler		½-½	54	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	B33 Sicilian
9. W Mueller vs A Thaler		1-0	67	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	B33 Sicilian
10. M Hafner vs A Thaler		½-½	45	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	A15 English
11. R P DuCret vs A Thaler		½-½	24	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
12. K Chorfi vs A Thaler		0-1	35	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	B33 Sicilian
13. C A Blanco Gramajo vs A Thaler		1-0	55	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
14. F Atakisi vs A Thaler		1-0	40	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1
15. A Thaler vs W Rohde		1-0	39	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
16. A Thaler vs S Teichmeister		½-½	52	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6
17. A Thaler vs G Solis de Ovando		½-½	25	1999	W-ch19 q06 corr	E15 Queen's Indian
18. A Thaler vs M Pavlovic		0-1	31	2000	Biel MTO op	E81 King's Indian, Samisch
19. P Konguvel vs A Thaler		1-0	25	2001	Biel MTO Open	B33 Sicilian
20. A Thaler vs A Scetinin		0-1	43	2001	Biel MTO Open	A57 Benko Gambit
21. A Ramaswamy vs A Thaler		1-0	61	2001	Biel MTO Open	B33 Sicilian
22. A Thaler vs R Costantini		0-1	25	2001	Biel MTO Open	D53 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. A Adly vs A Thaler		0-1	43	2001	Biel MTO Open	A10 English
24. F Balabaev vs A Thaler		½-½	36	2002	Martin Christoffel mem Gold corr	B33 Sicilian
25. C Issler vs A Thaler		½-½	7	2002	Martin Christoffel mem Gold corr	A04 Reti Opening


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Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: Correspondence GM Thaler has arguably played stronger games than Gary Kasparov and Fischer. Why you ask? Because moves are researched for days - each move. He is also one of the most dynamic correspondence GM's that are around. Here is how he recently smashed up an entire "Rest of World" team with a triple pawn sacrific. GM Thaler vs Rest of world match www.Chessworld.net 2004 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 a6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Ne4 Qb4 14.Qg4 Bf8 15.a3 Qb3 16.Bd2 Qxb2 17.Bc3 Qb6 18.Rab1 Qa7 19.Bd4 c5 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.exd6 cxd4 22.Qxg7 Rf8 23.Re1 1-0

Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: BTW, If chessgames.com readers want to be blown away by some analysis - the likes of which will never be seen for an over-the-board game - he did annotate this ROW match game for the Chessworld.net site. The analysis is awesome. Here it is:- (Part 1 of 5) [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "ICGM Thaler, Anton"] [Black "Rest of World"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E04"] [Annotator "Thaler, A (Knobel, R)"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] [SourceDate "2003.06.01"] The following game is tactically very interesting. It has countless pretty twists in side variations, too. The game shows once againt that material shold not be overestimated. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 My first try with the Catalan. I wanted to try something new. Umansky and Elwert play this opening with success. The advantage of this variation is that it is not analyzed a deeply as ♕ueens or ♘imzo Indian. The possibly arriving complex middlegame positions fit to my personal style. d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 The main variation. 5. Nf3 a6 (Or 5... c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qd3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 $14 *) 6. O-O Nc6 The present fashion move in this position. (6... b5 was another possibility. 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Qa1 Nbd7 15. d5 1/2-1/2 ♖adjabov,T-Topalov,V/Linares ES♙ 2004/The Week in Chess 487 (23) *) (6... Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3 Nd5 9. Nxc4 $14) 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 I liked this position very much already. Be7 (Or 8... b5 9. d5 (9. Qe2 $5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bg5 Bb7 $13 ♗urger - Sanakojev, von Massov (corr) 2002)

Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: Part 2 of 5 9... Nb4 10. b3 $44 *) 9. Qe2 $1 (Less powerful is * 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ne5 exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. a3 Nd3 13. Nxc4 Nxc1 14. Rxc1 O-O $11) 9... Nxd4 $6 This variation was used by black several times in the strongest correspondence chess tournament (von Massov Memorial) by strong players. However, it is leading black into the danger zone. In my opinion this variation is very risky and therefore doubtful. (9... b5 { looks best here even though white obtains the better chances in ths variation. For example 10. Rd1 Nb4 (10... O-O 11. d5 exd5 12. e5 $14 *) 11. Ne1 (11. Ne5 Nd7 $13) 11... Bb7 12. a3 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Nxd5 1-0 Avrukh,♗-♔osyrev,V/♗iel SUI 2004/The Week in Chess 508 (29) *) 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e5 $1 (12. Be3 Qb4 13. Bf4 e5 $5 14. Bxe5 Bg4 ♗urger-Franzen, von Massov (corr) 2002, does not reach much.) 12... Nd7 Diagram # 13. Ne4 $1 This move seems to refute the variation. ♗lack could keep up after (13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rac1 Qa5 $5 $13 Umansky - Franzen, von Massov (corr) 2002.) 13... Qb4 ♗lack faced the choice here. (13... Qxe5 would have forced me to prove immediately the correctness of the white play 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Qxc4 e5 16. Bg5 $1 is the decisive improvement over (16. Bd2 $2 Qb6 17. Be3 c5 $17 0-1 ♔linger,J-♗oensch,U/Lugano 1989/TD (40))

Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: Part 3 of 5 16... f6 { and one variation for illustration 17. Be3 Nf8 18. Rac1 c6 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Bf5 21. g4 Qc7 22. Rcd1 Bg6 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6+ $18) (13... Qb5 $5 is perhaps more promising 14. a4 $5 * (14. Bf4 O-O 15. Rac1 $44) 14... Qb3 (14... Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. Qxc4 e5 17. Bg5 b5 18. Qc2 $5 f6 19. Be3 O-O 20. Qc6 $16) 15. Bd2 O-O (15... Nxe5 16. Bc3 Nd3 17. Bxg7 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... Rg8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rg6 20. Ra3 Qb6 21. Raxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 $16) (15... Qxb2 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qxc7 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qxc7 19. Bxc7 Rb7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Rb6 22. Bc7 $16) 16. Bc3 -- 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nxc4 $14) (13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. a4 (15. Bf4 $44) 15... Qxb2 16. Qxc4 c5 17. Bc3 b5 18. Qd3 Qb3 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Rb6 21. Qc7 O-O 22. Ba5 Rb8 23. Bc6 $16 ) 14. Qg4 $1 Aiming for g7 immediately. Bf8 $6 A difficult decision. The position is so complicated that it is challenging for both sides to keep the overview. (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Qxg7 Ng6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Nxh7 Rh8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Bd7 20. Bg5 Qb5 21. Be4 Rh7 22. h4 $18 **) (14... Kf8 $5 { seems to be best. Compared to the alternatives most interesting looks 15. Qe2 $5 (15. a3 Qb5 16. Bg5 Qxe5 17. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $13) (15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Kg8 $13)

Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: Part 4 of 5 15... Nxe5 (15... h5 16. h4 $16) 16. Bf4 Nd3 (16... f6 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rac1 b5 19. a3 Qa5 20. Qf3+ Ke8 (20... Kg8 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxg5 $18) 21. Ng5 $5 Bf6 22. Qh5+ g6 23. Qh6 Ke7 24. Nxh7 $18) 17. Bxc7 Ra8 18. b3 f5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6+ Qxd6 21. bxc4 Kf7 (21... Qc7 22. Rxd3 Kf7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh6 $14) 22. Rxd3 Qc7 23. Qh5+ g6 24. Qh6 Bd7 25. Rad1 Ba4 26. R1d2 Rae8 27. Rd6 $16) 15. a3 Qb3 Diagram # Other moves are hardly better. (15... Nxe5 $2 16. Qg5 $18) (15... Qb5 16. a4 Qb3 17. Bd2 $16 * Nxe5 18. Qf4 f6 19. Bc3 $16) (15... Qb6 * 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bd4 Qb3 (18... Qb5 19. a4) 19. Qe2 $16 *) 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Be3 $5 is interesting, too but the text move seems even stronger.) 16... Qxb2 $6 ♙awn number three is grabbed but for what a prize. (16... Qb5 is more tenacious 17. a4 (17. Qe2 $5) 17... Qxe5 18. Bf4 with a strong attack Qa5 19. Qe2 $16) (but not 16... Nxe5 $2 17. Qf4 f6 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Qxe5 $18) 17. Bc3 Qb6 The alternatives are no better (17... Nxe5 $2 18. Qg5 $18) (17... Qc2 $6 18. a4 h5 19. Qg5 Qe2 20. h3 h4 21. g4 $18 ) (17... Qb3 $6 18. a4 h5 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qa7 21. Qxc4 b6 22. Ng5 Be7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Rh6 25. Qg8+ Nf8 26. e6 Rxe6 27. Bxg7 $18 ) 18. Rab1 Qa7 $8 Looking at this position it is obvious that all white pieces are developed optimally while the black ones are still in the starting blocks and have no perspectives. 19. Bd4 Haunting the poor queen again. c5 Diagram # This leads to a quick end. However, the alternatives are insufficient, too. (19... Nc5 $4 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxg7 $18) (19... h5 $2 20. Qf4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Nd3 24. Qxh8+ Ke7 25. Qf6+ $18 ) (19... Bc5 $4 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxg7 Nd3 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Ng5 $18) (19... b6 weakening the long diagonal 20. Ng5 $1 Be7 (20... Bb7 21. Qf4 $18) (20... Bxa3 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Be7 23. Bc6 $18) (20... Bc5 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc6 $18) 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (21... g6 $2 22. Bc6 $1 h5 23. Qh3 fxe6 24. Qxe6 $18) 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Bc6 $1 Rf7 (23... Bb7 24. Bc5 $3 study like! bxc5 25. Bxd7+ Kd8 26. Bc6+ Kc8 27. Qxe7 $18) 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25. Be3 $18 **) (19... Qa8 was just an agony with an odd queen position. 20. Ng5 $5 (20. Rbc1 $5) 20... Be7 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qxh7 a5

Jan-06-05		kingscrusher: Part 5 of 5 (23... Kd8 24. Qh6 c3 25. Rbc1 a5 26. Qxe6 Qa6 27. Qg4 $18) 24. Be4 Qa6 25. Qh5+ Kd8 26. Be3 Rg8 27. Qf7 $1 Rf8 28. Qg7 c5 29. Bg5 $18 *) 20. Nd6+ $3 A beatiful tactical decision! (20. Bc3 $16 would have won, too but not so directly and in style.) 20... Bxd6 { King moves are even worse (20... Ke7 21. Qg5+ f6 22. exf6+ gxf6 (22... Kxd6 23. Be5#) 23. Bxf6+ Nxf6 24. Ne4 $18 ) (20... Kd8 21. Nxf7+ Kc7 (21... Ke7 22. Bh3 $18) 22. Bc3 $5 b5 23. Qxe6 Rb6 24. Qe8 Kb8 25. e6 $18 **) 21. exd6 This pawn transforms to a giant, too. (And not 21. Qxg7 $2 Bf8 $1 22. Qxh8 cxd4 $17) 21... cxd4 What else to prevent ♗xg7 and ♕h4? (21... Rg8 22. Bxg7 $18) (21... Nf8 22. Bxg7 $18) 22. Qxg7 Rf8 ♘o alternative to prevent ♕xh8. ( 22... d3 23. Qxh8+ Nf8 24. Qf6 Ng6 25. Be4 b5 26. Rbc1 $18) (22... Nf8 23. Qxh8 b5 24. Qf6 Ng6 25. Rxd4 $18) 23. Re1 $1 Diagram # 1 - 0. The silent final move. The manace 24.♖xe6 cannot be prevented sensibly. So, the uncoordinated black position falls into pieces. (23. Re1 $1 Qc5 (23... Kd8 24. Rxe6) 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Rbe1 Qh5 26. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 27. Qxf7 Rxf7 28. Re8# A pretty variati on which shows what rooks and pawn can achieve with ideal coordination against a whole armada of wood.) 1-0

Feb-24-05		Republic of Texas: Hello, K! :-)

Dec-07-05		StraightLarsen: Hi K, who cares about the game. PS. you gave bad anno

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