Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 18:22:31 12/03/03
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On December 03, 2003 at 20:08:19, Rick Rice wrote:
>I still haven't figured this out. When you go through a chess book you have
>annotations going like this:
>
>4.) Bd4 ??
>
> Player A - Player B in 1954, Dortmund went 4.) Bd4 Be5 .... 20.) Ra1 Re7
>
>with advantage for white.
>
>
> Player X - Player Y in 1978, New York went 4.) Bd4 Ra5 ....
>
>with advantage for black.
>
>I mean, how do they recollect that there was a similiar line in a game 20 years
>ago? How do they remember that the exact moves? Even if they were referencing
>some book, that would require a lot of sifting through.
>
>Rick
Chess Software today, like Chessbase 9 ( among others) allows you to "sift"
through millions and millions of positions in a few seconds - usually <1 minute.
It is lot better (easier) than the old days. Many professional chess players
have a very high retensive memory and can remember whole games played years ago.
Bobby Fischer to not only remember the games he played, but also the games he
studied and the variations.
Taimanov,M - Fischer,R [E51]
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (9), 04.07.1960
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6
9.Nb5 Be7 10.h3 a6 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.e4 e5 13.Be3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Bd7 15.Re1 Qe7 16.Bg5
Nxd4 17.Nd5 Qe5 18.f4 Nf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 21.hxg4 Qxc4 22.b3 Qb5 23.a4
Qa5 24.Red1 Bc6 25.e5 Bb4 26.Qe4 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Qb6 28.f5 Bc3 29.Rc1 Bb2 30.Rb1
Bc3 31.Rc1 Bb2 32.Rc4 Rae8 33.f6 c6 34.fxg7 cxd5 35.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 36.Qxh7 Bxe5
37.Rf4 Qe6 38.Rf1 b5 39.axb5 axb5 40.Bd2 Ke7 41.Bb4+ Kd8 42.Rxf7
{
[d]3kr3/5R1Q/4q3/1p1pb3/1B4P1/1P6/6P1/7K b - - 0 42
}
The game at adjournment. This game is almost lost for black and everybody was
anticpating that Bobby would lose. GM Taimanov is quoted in the book "Russians
vs Fischer", pg 57, (great book btw, out of print but they are still found in
specialty shops),"Fishcer was groping and teetering... but when the climax came,
he produced almost 15 'only correct moves' in less than a minute...I was
stunned. "Bobby, how did you manage to save the situation and do it so
quickly?", I asked.
Bobby's reply, "I didn't have to do any thinking. Seven years ago your
magazine, Shakhmaty SSSR, printed a detail analysis of this endgame and I just
knew all the variations".
This game was played when Bobby was 17 years old. In the 12 ensuing years,
Bobby's brain turned into carbon chess computer machine the like of which has
never been seen before or since. His retentive memory, and visialization
skills, IMO, have been unmatched by any other player ever. Was it any wonder
that Fischer destroyed Taimanov in 6 straight games in 1971. Taimanov must have
been thinking he was playing God, one who sees and knows all and psycologically
beat before he played. He played so badly, that he ws suspect of throwing the
match as act against his own state. He was kicked off the USSR national team
with dire financial consequences, not allowed to published any games and banned
from performing as a concert pianist (his other job). In his words, he was a
"civic execution". It only died down after after Fischer beat Larsen 6
straight.
The rest of the game.
42... Rh8 43.Rf8+ Rxf8 44.Bxf8 Qf6 45.Bc5 d4 46.Kg1 Qf4 47.Qe7+ Kc8 48.Qf8+ Qxf8
49.Bxf8 Bg3 50.Kf1 d3 51.Bb4 Kd7 52.Be1 Bf4 53.Bc3 Bg3 54.g5 Ke6 55.g6 Ke7
56.Be1 Bf4 57.Bh4+ Kf8 58.g3 Bd6 59.Kf2 Bc5+ 60.Kf3 Kg7 61.Bg5 Kxg6 62.Bf4 Kh5
63.Ke4 Kg4 64.Kxd3 Kf3 65.Bc7 Bf2 66.Bd6 Be1 67.Kd4 Kg4 68.Kc5 b4 69.Kb5 Kf5
70.Kc4 Ke6 71.Bc7 Kf5 72.Kd3 Kg4 73.Bd6 Bc3 74.Kc4 Be1 75.Bxb4 Bxg3 76.Bc3 Bd6
77.Kd5 Be7 78.Bd4 Bb4 79.Kc4 Ba5 80.Bc3 Bd8 81.b4 Kf4 82.b5 Ke4 83.Bd4 Bc7
84.Kc5 Kd3 85.Kc6 Kc4 86.Bb6 Bf4 87.Ba7 Bc7! ½-½
[d]8/B1b5/2K5/1P6/2k5/8/8/8 w - - 0 88
I could not see 15 straight correct moves - but the moves between 60 and 75 were
critical. 75 Bxb4 leads it into a 5 man EGTB draw.
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