Author: Bobby Ang
Date: 16:37:58 09/11/01
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Hi all! As many Filipino players know I had started writing a book with Eugene Torre on his best games. This project has been temporarily shelved due to some problems which I don't really want to go into, but I'd like to correct a mistake here. Torre is god in Philippine chess, but it is true that he has a horrible score against some players, for example Anthony John Miles, Jan Timman and Ulf Andersson. Against Ulf Andersson the score is something like +1 -5 =10. Torre is very fond of that one win, and insisted that it be included in the selection of his best games. It is the game which Mr. Fabiano Mendes quoted. In short, Torre was black in that game, and Andersson resigned on the 34th move after around 45 minutes of thought - he could not find a way to save his rook. Here is the complete score with some commentary: Andersson,U - Torre,E [A05] Biel, 1977 [Bobby Ang] 1.Nf3 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.0-0 Be7 This is Eugene's current pet line against the Reti and English systems. It has been very successful. Its victims include Furman and Keene, among others. 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e4 7.Ne1 d5 8.c4 c6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb1 0-0 11.Nc3 a6 12.Qb3 Nb6 13.Nc2 Nc4! offering a pawn for development. 14.a4 [14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Qc3 Rc8 18.Qd2 f5©] 14...Be6 15.Rd1 [15.Qxb7?? Na5] 15...Qd7 16.Bg5 Rfc8 17.Ne3 h6! 18.Bxf6 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Bxf6 20.a5 Bd8! 21.Na4 Qb5 22.Qxb5 axb5 23.Nc5 [23.Nb6 Bxb6 24.axb6 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Rc6 wins the pawn] 23...Rxa5 24.Rac1 [24.Rxa5 Bxa5 25.Nxb7 Bb4 White must lose a pawn to retrieve the knight] 24...Raa8 25.h4 Be7 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Bh3 Kf7 29.Rf1+ Bf6 30.Ra1 Bd8 31.Ra7 Rb8 32.Ra3 …Rb3 32...Ke7! An innocent-looking move that conceals a very clever trap. 33.Rb3? b4! [33...b4 34.Rxb4 b5! 35.Rb3 b4 36.Kf2 Ba5 37.Ke1 Rb6 38.Kd2 Rc6! and with the rook cutting off the king and defending the e-pawn, White will mark his king all the way to a4 and capture the rook.] 0-1 bobby ang On September 11, 2001 at 09:04:45, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > Torre vs Andersson,Biel 1977 > [D]1r6/1pb1k1p1/4p2p/1p1p4/3Pp2P/1R2P1PB/1P2PK2/8 b > In this position Black played 34...b4!! and GM Torre resigned. > Black threatens 35...Bd6,and if 35.Rxb4 then 35...b5! 36.h5 Bd6 > 37.Rb3 b4! [followed by Re8,Kd7-c6-b5-a4.] > Very unusual,can the chess programs find that surprising pawn move? > Source[in Italian]:"Giocare Bene per Giocare Meglio" by Enrico Paoli, > page 163,Mursia 1982,third edition > "la piú imprevista e la piú perfida mossa del torneo dei GM in Biel" > [the most unexpected and the most perfidious move from the Biel GM tournament]
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