Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:45:09 12/27/04
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On December 27, 2004 at 14:18:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>On December 27, 2004 at 13:10:52, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On December 27, 2004 at 12:31:55, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>Korchnoi, 73, vs. Carlsen, 14
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?section=SPORTS&oid=65683
>>>
>>>interestingly Victor Korchnoi once played Grigory Levenfish who once played Amos
>>>Burn who once played Henry Bird who once played Howard Staunton.
>>>
>>>In this game, Levenfish was 64 years young and Victor was 22.
>>>
>>>[Event "Leningrad"]
>>>[Site "Leningrad"]
>>>[Date "1953.??.??"]
>>>[EventDate "?"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[Result "0-1"]
>>>[White "G Levenfish"]
>>>[Black "Viktor Kortchnoi"]
>>>[ECO "D94"]
>>>[WhiteElo "?"]
>>>[BlackElo "?"]
>>>[PlyCount "84"]
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7
>>>8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfd1 Nd7
>>>14. Be1 Qe7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Qb1
>>>Nb6 20. Nb3 Nd5 21. Nc5 Rcd8 22. a4 Bf8 23. Qb3 Bc8 24. Ra1 Qg5 25.
>>>axb5 axb5 26. Ra3 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Bg4 28. Bxg4 Qxg4 29. h3 Qe6 30. Rd4
>>>Ra8 31. Bc3 Ra4 32. Rxa4 bxa4 33. Qc4 a3 34. Ba1 Nc7 35. Qxe6 Nxe6 36.
>>>Rd6 Rd8 37. Bf6 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Nf8 39. Kf1 Nd7 40. Bd4 f5 41. Ke2 Kf7
>>>42. Kd2 Ke6 0-1
>>>
>>>Another game played Korchnoi may be the quickest recorded loss by a future World
>>>Champion
>>>
>>>[Event "Leningrad"]
>>>[Site "Leningrad"]
>>>[Date "1948.??.??"]
>>>[EventDate "?"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[White "Viktor Kortchnoi"]
>>>[Black "Boris Spassky"]
>>>[ECO "B71"]
>>>[WhiteElo "?"]
>>>[BlackElo "?"]
>>>[PlyCount "24"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg4 7. Bb5+
>>>Nbd7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qd3 e5 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qg4 12. Nd5 1-0
>>>
>>>[d]r3kb1r/pp3p1p/3p1np1/4p3/4PPq1/2N2Q2/PPP3PP/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 12
>>>
>>>Qg4 was a first rate blunder -- what's the winning move before you check it with
>>>your computer.
>>
>>Check with the computer... A nice sense of humor. It took about 2 seconds to
>>see, I can't imagine giving it to the computer on top of it. :-)
>
>Maybe it is better if you check with a computer because it is not so simple.
>seeing Nd5 is easy but did you see the computer move after Nd5?
>
>Uri
Ok, I spent a couple of minutes analyzing, without a computer, and it's true
there is no piece win after 1.Nd5 Kd8!
However, it still looks completely winning to me after 2.Nxf6 Qh4+ 3.Qg3 Qxf6
4.0-0! and I don't see how black avoids material loss, not to mention the king
stuck in the center and numerous threats.
All the same, I was a bit quick in my analysis, and you were correct to make me
look deeper.
Albert
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