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Chess WondersLast edited: 07/05/01 On this page we intend to show curious chess positions - missing brilliancy, lucky escapes, unusual situations, etc. - everything which makes chess so fascinating. If you have something to contribute to this page, please contact us and perhaps you position will be posted here. Chess Wonder No. 3>Queens Gambit Declined is a solid opening, but sometimes most unusual things happen in it too. Just look at our next diagram! V. Smyslov – L. Pachman
This picturesque position arose after 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 d4 d5 4 cxd5 exd5 5 Bg5 c6 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 Bf5 8 Qf3 Qb6 9 Qxf5 Qxb2 10 Qc8+ Ke7 11 Nxd5+ cxd5 12 Qc1 Qb4+ 13 Ke2 Qb5+? (better was 13...g5! 14 Bg3 Ne4 15 f3 Qb5+ 16 Ke1 Qb4+, with equality) 14 Kf3! Qd7 15 Bxf6+ Kxf6. In the diagrammed position White is better, because he has more solid pawn structure. The game continued: 16 g3 Qf5+ 17 Kg2 Bd6 18 Qd1 g6 19 Bd3 Qe6 20 Rb1 Nc6 21 Rxb7 Rab8 22 Rxb8 Rxb8 23 Ne2 Kg7 24 Qa4 Ne7 25 Rb1 Rxb1 26 Bxb1 Bb8 27 Bc2 h5 28 Qb5 Bc7 29 h4 a6 30 Qb7 1-0 Later theoreticians discovered that White could play better: 11 Rb1! Qxc3+ 12 Kd1 g5 13 Bg3 Ne4 14 Nf3 Bg7 15 Rxb7+ Kf6 16 Be5+ Kg6 and now comes amazing 17 Nh4+!! gxh4 18 Qe6+! fxe6 19 Rxg7+ Kf5 20 g4+ hxg3 21 Bh3#. Great stuff! Chess Wonder No. 2F. Vallejo Pons (2554) – D. Bunzmann (2484)
This curious position, with White’s king walking in the centre, arose after 1 c4 b6 2 d4 e6 3 a3 f5 4 g3 Bb7 5 d5 b5 6 b3 Nf6 7 Bg2 bxc4 8 bxc4 Na6 9 Nh3 Bd6 10 0-0 0-0 11 Nc3 Nc5 12 Rb1 Rb8 13 Be3 Ba6 14 Rxb8 Qxb8 15 Bxc5 Bxc5 16 Qa4 Qb6 17 Rb1 Qd6 18 Nf4 Bd4 19 dxe6 dxe6 20 Nd3 c5 21 Nb5 Bxb5 22 Rxb5 f4 23 Nxf4 Ng4 24 Bf3 Nxf2 25 Kg2 Kh8 26 Qxa7 Be3 27 Qb6 Qd2 28 Nxe6 Rg8 29 Rb1 Nd1 30 Qb3 Nc3 31 Rb2 Qe1 32 Kh3 Qf1+ 33 Kg4 h5+ 34 Kf5 Qh3+ 35 Ke5 Re8 36 Bd5 Bd4+ 37 Kd6. It’s amazing that White survived here! The game went: 37...Ne4+ 38 Kd7 Nf6+ 39 Kd6 Ne4+ 40 Kd7 Nf6+ 41 Kd6 Qf5 42 Nxd4 cxd4 43 Qb7 Ne4+ Perhaps, here better was 43 ..Nxd5 44 cxd5 Qf8+ 45 Kc6 Rc8+ 46 Kb5 Rb8-+. 44 Bxe4 Qe5+ 45 Kd7 Re7+ 46 Kc8 Re8+ 47 Kd7 Re7+ 48 Kc8 Rxb7 49 Bxb7 d3!
50 exd3 Qxb2 It seems that Black is winning, but nothing is clear yet: 51 c5! Qxa3 Also after 51...Qxh2 52 c6 Qxg3 53 c7 Qxd3 54 a4 it is not over for White. 52 c6 Qf8+ 53 Kd7 Qf5+ 54 Kc7 Qe5+ 55 Kc8 Kg8 56 Ba6 Qa5 57 Kb7 Qb4+ 58 Ka7 Qd6 59 Kb7 Qb4+ 60 Ka7 Qc5+ 61 Kb7 Qb4+ ¸-¸ Chess Wonder No. 1T. Georgadze - V. Faibisovich, USSR Students' Ch, Odessa, 1968
Black to play White has just played 63 d6 and after a long thought Black replied with 63...Rc3?, after which the game eventually ended in a draw. However, Black could have won on the spot with the brilliant 63...Rf3!!, where checkmate is inevitable. Please note that another spelling of GM Tamaz Georgadze's name is also common - Giorgadze. |
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