Author: Albert Silver
Date: 15:54:15 12/26/04
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On December 26, 2004 at 18:34:58, Uri Zlatnik wrote:
>On December 26, 2004 at 18:24:36, Stephen A. Boak wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm missing the same game.
>>I have Powerbook 2002, plus TWIC files/games since then.
>>
>>Thanks for sharing that amazing game!
>>
>>--Steve
>
>The good part is that if you already have Chessbase 8/Fritz 8 you can directly
>upgrade to Mega Database 2005 (DVD)
Only if the good part also means it includes the game. I just checked Mega 2004
and it isn't there, nor is it in my Chess Assistant 7 database. A curious
omission, as it really is quite a famous game.
Still, it is interesting to note that the position before the sacrifice was not
new:
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Los Angeles (USA)"]
[Date "1961"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer Robert J (USA)"]
[Black "Reshevsky Samuel H (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Eco "B35"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.Qxg4 Nxd4 10.Qh4 Qa5 11.O-O Bf6 12.Qg4 d6 13.Qd1
Nc6 14.Qd3 b6 15.Qd2 Ba6 16.Rfd1 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne5 18.Bd4 Nc6
19.Qh6 Nxd4 20.cxd4 Rac8 21.Re1 e5 22.dxe5 Qxe5 23.Rad1 Bc4 24.Qd2
Bxb3 25.cxb3 Rc6 1/2-1/2
and that even after, I have two games played shortly after, in 1963 and 1965, in
which black won after the very same sacrifice:
[Event "Ch DDR"]
[Site "Aschersleben (Germany)"]
[Date "1963"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pietzsch Wolfgang W (GER)"]
[Black "Maedler Juergen Dr (GER)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B35"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.Qxg4 Nxd4 10.Qh4 Qa5 11.O-O Bf6 12.Qxf6 Ne2+
13.Nxe2 exf6 14.Nc3 d5 15.Nxd5 Be6 16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Bd4 Kh6 18.h4
Rfd8 19.Bc3 Qb5 20.g4 Rac8 21.g5+ Kg7 22.Rad1 Bh3 23.Nd5+ Rxc3
24.Nxc3 Qa6 25.Rfe1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 h6 27.Rd3 Bg4 28.Nd5 hxg5 29.hxg5
Qa5 30.Kg2 Qe1 31.Nf6 Be2 32.Rd7 Qf1+ 33.Kg3 Qg1+ 34.Kf4 Qc1+
35.Kg3 Qxg5+ 0-1
[Event ""]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj (Poland)"]
[Date "1965"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Serwinski Benedykt"]
[Black "Grabczewski Romuald (POL)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "B35"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Bb3 Ng4 9.Qxg4 Nxd4 10.Qh4 Qa5 11.O-O Bf6 12.Qxf6 Ne2+
13.Nxe2 exf6 14.Nc3 d5 15.Nxd5 Rd8 16.Bd4 Rxd5 17.exd5 Kg7 18.Rae1
Bf5 19.Re3 b5 20.Rfe1 Rd8 21.h3 h5 22.c3 Qc7 23.Re7 Rd7 24.Re8
a5 25.Ra8 a4 26.Ree8 Re7 27.Rg8+ Kh6 28.Rh8+ Kg5 29.h4+ Kf4 30.Be3+
Rxe3 31.fxe3+ Kg3 32.Rhe8 axb3 33.axb3 Qc5 34.Rad8 Be6 0-1
Albert
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