Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 23:16:47 01/07/00
My only win agains GM (then IM), Michael Rohde... Tamarkin,L - Rohde,M [A01] Chess Center, 1983 [ (30s)] 1.b3 e5 [1...Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.Nc3 Ndxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.0-0 f5 12.Qd2 1-0 Haessler-Tamarkin/MCC Futurity 11/10 1990 (53) The position may have been equal, but I have had problems with it in practice.] 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bb5N [5.c4 A) 5...Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.exd4 (7.Nxd4 Nxd4 8.Bxd4 c5 9.Bb2 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Bf3 Rb8 12.Nc3 0-0 13.0-0 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Qd5 Rc7 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Rd2 Qe6 21.Rfd1 g6 22.Qxe6 fxe6 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 b5 25.Rxe6 bxc4 26.bxc4 Rb7 27.g3 Rb4 28.Rxa6 Rxc4 29.a4 Rb4 30.a5 Ra4 31.Ra7 Ra1+ 32.Kg2 c4 33.Rc7 Rxa5 34.Rxc4 h5 35.Rc7 Re5 36.h4 Re4 Iacono,R-Salazar,Y/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02/0-1 (53)) 7...d5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.0-0 Bf5 11.Re1 Nb4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.a3 Na6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Iacono,R-Abbasi,R/Dubai olw 1986/TD 86\02/1-0 (39); B) 5...g6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Qc2 Re8 11.Bd3 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.0-0 c6 14.Rac1 Qd6 Chaves,J-Landry Vuorenpaa,S/Thessaloniki olw 1984/BIG 80/½-½ (109); 5.Be2 a6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c4 Bg4 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.exd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 0-0 12.d5 Nd7 13.Nd2 Bf6 14.Ne4 Bxb2 15.Qxb2 Qh4 16.f4 Rae8 17.Qd4 f5 18.Ng5 Re2 19.Ne6 Rf7 20.Rf3 Rf6 21.Rg3 Rf7 ½-½ Braeutigam,H-Recknagel,T/PF-op Eisenberg 1993/GER 05] 5...Be7 'Not completely free of problems is,' [5...a6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.0-0 g6 8.c4 Bg7 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.Ne2 Bxb2 17.Qxb2 Qh4 18.c5 Re5 19.Rd4 Qf6 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Qd2 d5 22.Rc1 h5 23.Qb4± 1-0 Schaefer,N-Krueckeberg,B/Hessen qual-D (09) ;GER 02 1988 (41) With an enduring advantage.] 6.Bxc6+ [6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qf3 d5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Qxf5 0-0 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.0-0 Is in the Fritz powwr book. 13...Qd7] 6...bxc6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c5 9.d4 '!' 9...cxd4 10.exd4 e4 11.Nfd2 Re8 12.Nc3 Bf8 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Nf1 c6 15.Ne3 Bg6 16.d5 c5 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Nf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 '!' 'A key exchange, white's positional control is complete.' 19...Rxe5 20.Ng4 Re8 21.f3 Bf5 22.fxe4 Bxe4 23.Ne6 '!' ' [D]r2qrbk1/p4ppp/3p4/2pP4/2P1bNN1/1P6/P5PP/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 23 The best move of the game. It gives me an iron grip on the light squares.' 23...fxe6 24.Rxe4 e5 25.Qf3 Qg5 26.Ne3 Be7 27.Rg4 Qf6 28.Qe4 h5 29.Rf1 Qxf1+ 'Black's position is berift of posibilities. If,' [29...Qh6 30.Nf5 Qh7 (30...Qf6 31.Rg6!+- is cute.) 31.Rxg7+ Qxg7 32.Nxg7 Kxg7 33.Qf5 Rf8 34.Qxh5 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Rf8+ 36.Ke2 …37.£g4+ to d7 win easily enough.] 30.Kxf1 hxg4 31.Qxg4 Rf8+ 32.Ke2 Bf6 33.h4 Rae8 34.Qg6 Re7 35.Nf5 Rd7 36.g4 e4 37.h5 Be5 38.g5 Rff7 39.Nh6+ 'Michael Rohde, one of the best players in the country now borrowed the prize I won in this tournament to play in the on going pokar game at the chess center. He promptly lost the $40 dollar prize! '[39.Nh6+] 1-0 (used software to post, ChessBase 7.0) Larry T. P.S. - Note in the previous posted diagram, Jay Bonin need not have resigned. I was, and am not certain of my technique in the Q vs. R ending:)
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