Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 15:45:40 09/13/03
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On September 13, 2003 at 17:23:08, Roy Eassa wrote: >On September 13, 2003 at 14:16:52, Dana Turnmire wrote: > >>[d] 3r1rk1/1b3p1p/p2q1Pp1/np2Q3/2p4R/6NP/PBB3PK/8 w - - > >That's an interesting position! > >1.Bxg6! > > [1.Qxd6 Rxd6 2.Nf5 Rfd8! > (2...Rd7? 3.Nh6+! Kh8 4.Bxg6 b4 5.Bxh7 Kxh7 6.Nxf7+ =) > (2...gxf5? 3.Bxf5 =) > 3.Ne7+ Kf8 4.Rxh7 Ke8 5.Bc3 Rxf6! -+] > >1...Qxe5 > > [1...h6 2.Qxd6 Rxd6 3.Nf5 fxg6 4.Nxh6+ Kh7 5.Nf5+ Kg8 6.Nxd6 Rf7 7.Nxf7 Bd5 > (7...Kxf7 8.Rh7+ Ke6 > (8...Ke8 9.f7+ Ke7 10.Ba3+ mates) > 9.f7 +-) > 8.Ng5 +-] > > [1...hxg6 2.Qg5 Qd2 3.Nf5! Rfe8 4.Ne7+ Rxe7 5.fxe7 and mates] > >2.Bxh7+ Kh8 3.Bf5+ Kg8 4.Bxe5 Bc8 5.Bh7+ Kh8 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Bf5+ Kg8 8.Bh6 Ne5 >9.Bg7 Ng6 10.Bxg6 fxg6 11.Ne4 Kf7 12.Ng5+ Ke8 13.Bxf8 +- This position is found in Fred Reinfield's "The Complete Chess Course." It is found on page 447 under the chapter entitled "Half a Point is Better Than None." Here is his analysis. The book was compiled between 1953 and 1959. "In Diagram 17 the play is even more exciting. White is the great Professor Anderssen, one of the finest attacking players in the history of the game. The Black pieces are played by Zukertort, his most brilliant pupil. Both of these masters of sparkling combinative play outdo themselves in conjuring up magnificent resources. White begins an extraordinarily brilliant attack with: 1.Qg5! This threatens 2.Qh6 followed by mate. What is Black to do? 1...Q.d2! A superb defense which parries White's threat and in turn threatens...Qxg2#. At this point, most players handling the White pieces would resign. But White finds an amazing resource: 2.Nf5!! A move that sparkles with pretty possibilities..." His analysis is correct. The only problem is Anderssen had a better move that instead of drawing, leads to a win for White. 1.Bxg6! I have heard many people put down Fred Reinfield but overall his instructional books for beginning chessplayers were I believe excellent. I doubt too many players today could do much better than he did without the aid of modern computers. I remember the first time I ever saw a book in algabraic notation was in the middle 80's when I was in my 30's. I went to the library and checked out a book of games by Smyslov without even looking inside it and when I got home I couldn't understand the notation and immediately took the book back. It took several years before I ever got comfortable with the new fangled notation and I would always make sure any book I ordered specifically said Descriptive Notation.
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