Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 22:16:27 09/11/01
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On September 11, 2001 at 19:37:58, Bobby Ang wrote: >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. This is correct. The tourney was won by Miles, 11/15. Andersson came 3rd and Torre finished 6th. It was a category 9 tournament. Sune > >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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