64 Great Chess Games

GREAT CHESS GAMES Masterpieces of Postal and E-Mail Chess Tim Harding Chess Mall 64 Great Chess Games Instructive classics from the world of correspondence chess by Tim Harding With contributions by grandmasters Alexander Baburin, Hans-Marcus Elwert and Jorn Sloth Edited by Jonathan Tait Chess Mail Ltd., Dublin 2 64 Great Chess Games First published in 2002 © Tim Harding 2002 ISBN 0953853640 The right of Timothy David Harding to be identified as the sole author of this work has been asserted under the laws of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher, Chess Mail Ltd., 26 Coolamber Park, Dublin, Ireland. Editor-in-Chief: Tim Harding Sales and distribution enquiries (other than USA) to the publisher at +353 1 4939339 (fax/phone) or [email protected] (email) USA sales and distribution enquiries to ChessCafe.com, PO Box 30, Milford, CT 06460 USA Toll-free: 1-866-301-CAFE Fax: 1-309-273-0302 Information about this book is available on the Internet at: <http://www.chessmail.com/great_64.html>. Printed in Ireland by Leinster Leader Ltd., Naas, Co. Kildare. Acknowledgments Numerous people have sent in games or notes, or provided facts or transla- tions either specifically for this book or for my ‘Chess Mail’ magazine and my ‘Megacorr’ series of database CDs. To thank everyone who has assisted me in various ways during the three years this book has been gestating would take too much space and I would be sure to forget some names. So please forgive me if you did assist but do not see your name below. Many masters and grandmasters provided notes to their games or permission to quote from their published notes, and are acknowledged in the introductions to the games concerned. However, I particularly want to mention here Volker- Michael Anton, Alexander Baburin (for more than one game), Hans Berliner, Hans-Marcus Elwert, Peter Hardicsay, Olita Rause, Jørn Sloth, Gert Timmer- man, Mikhail Umansky and Max Zavanelli. In particular, Elwert and Sloth have essentially contributed original notes to their games especially for this book. The book you are now going to read will, I hope, become a classic of chess literature; if it does, much of the credit will be due to my editor CC-SIM Jonathan Tait who has made countless improvements to my analysis and raw text. When I invited him to perform this role, I expected a keen eye for detail and rigorous checking of my analysis, but his contribution has been immense and far beyond the call of duty. Any mistakes that still remain are entirely my fault. Philip Penney gets the credit for the cover design. Finally, I wish to thank my wife Joan and daughters, Angela and Claudia, for tolerating my long disappearances into the study over a period of many months. 64 Great Chess Games 3 Contents Introduction 5 Symbols and Abbreviations 8 1 J.J.van Oosterom—G.J.Timmerman, Wch15 Final, 1996 9 2 City London—City Vienna, intercity, 1872 13 3 G.Nielsen & W.Nielsen—A.van der Linde, friendly, 1875 19 4 W.Steinitz—M.I.Chigorin, thematic match, 1890 24 5 G.Maróczy—A.Csipkés, Hungary Ch, 1893 30 6 K.K.Betins—E.Shiffers, Shakhmatny Zhurnal, 1894 33 7 J.S.Hale—M.Morgan, Continental tourney final, 1896-7 36 8 R.Mikulka—F.Chalupetzky, Schweizerische Schachzeitung, 1910 40 9 A.Becker—F.Redeleit, Wiener Schachzeitung, 1914 44 10 T.Demetriescu—F.Becker, friendly postal, 1919 48 11 Alekseev—V.V.Ragozin, USSR, 1929 52 12 R.Rey Ardid—H.Geiger, IFSB Ch, 1932 56 13 N.Johansson-Tegelmann—R.Rey Ardid, Sweden-Spain, 1933 60 14 P.Keres—E.Weiss, IFSB Ch, 1935 66 15 C.Meyer—G.Stalda, Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1936 70 16 P.Keres—E.Dyckhoff, IFSB EU-OL, 1935-37 74 17 F.Herzog—M.Vidmar, IFSB ch, 1936-37 82 18 G.Barcza—J.Balogh, Hungary Jubilee, 1943 86 19 C.J.S.Purdy—M.Napolitano, Wch1 Final, 1950 90 20 T.Sanz—K.Gumprich, Dyckhoff Memorial, 1954 98 21 Y.B.Estrin—H.R.Rittner, Ragozin Memorial, 1963 105 22 P.Dubinin—A.M.Konstantinopolsky, Ragozin Memorial, 1963 109 23 M.Jago—J.E.Littlewood, England tt, 1964 114 24 A.Sundin—E.Andersson, WT/M/974, 1964 120 25 Y.B.Estrin—H.Berliner, Wch5 Final, 1965 124 26 H.R.Rittner—V.Simagin, Eberhardt Wilhelm Cup Final, 1966 135 27 C.H.O’D.Alexander—P.H.Clarke, England tt, 1969-70 140 28 R.Z.Altshuler—S.Gilezetdinov, USSR Cht, 1971 144 29 T.Mueller—N.A.Preo, NAICCC-1, 1971 147 30 H.Heemsoth—C.S.Hunter, CCOL7 Final, 1973 150 31 V.Zagorovsky—E.Arnlind, Wch8 Final, 1975 156 32 J.S.Morgado—Y.B.Estrin, Wch10 Final, 1978 159 33 J.A.Muhana—J.S.Morgado, Wch10 Final, 1978 164 34 I.A.Kopylov—S.I.Korolëv, Dobrovolsky Memorial, 1981 167 35 H.Tiemann—A.Khasin, Finjub-20, 1981 171 4 64 Great Chess Games 36 E.Arnlind—K.B.Richardson, Axelson Memorial, 1984 175 37 M.Neumann—G.Lambert, WT/M/GT/221, 1987-90 179 38 J.Penrose—R.Goldenberg, Wch13 Final, 1989 183 39 O.Ekebjærg—G.J.Timmerman, NBC-25, 1991 188 40 P.J.Sowray—G.C.van Perlo, CCOL11 Final, 1992 191 41 J.Sloth—K.Honfi, CCOL11 Final, 1992 195 42 G.Gottardi—V.N.Gritsaenko, Konstantinopolsky Memorial, 1993 198 43 G.J.Timmerman—U.Andersson, NPSF-50, 1994 202 44 V.Milvydas—S.Muravyev, EU/MSM/V prelims, 1994 206 45 G.K.Sanakoev—T.Õim, Wch14 Final, 1994 210 46 H-M.Elwert—H-E.van Kempen, Wch ¾-Final, 1995 213 47 M.M.Umansky—H.Burger, H-W von Massow Memorial, 1996 218 48 V-M.Anton—D.D.van Geet, H-W von Massow Memorial, 1996 221 49 E.B.H.Bang—M.M.Umansky, H-W von Massow Memorial, 1996 225 50 J.R.Vitomskis—J.J.Carleton, Wch15 Final, 1996 228 51 J.J.van Oosterom—R.I.Reynolds, Wch15 Final, 1996 232 52 C.Léotard—G.Rotariu, Amici Sumus GM, 1998 237 53 J.Hector—C.Hansen, Korning Memorial, 1998 241 54 P.Hardicsay—H-W.May, Hungary-Denmark, 1999 246 55 M.Zavanelli—J.Canibal, Reg Gillman Memorial E, 1999 251 56 G.Kasparov—The World, MSN Internet Challenge, 1999 257 57 A.Haugen—C.A.McNab, EU Cht6 preliminaries, 1999 265 58 V.V.Palciauskas—V.Andriulaitis, LIT-USA, 1999 270 59 I.Firnhaber—D.Schade, German CC League, 1999 275 60 T.Hamarat—E.B.H.Bang, Wch16 Final, 1999 278 61 O.V.Rause—R.Álvarez, CAPA-X, 1999 284 62 H.Tarnowiecki—J.J.van Oosterom, Millennium Email, 2000 289 63 Yin Hao—The World, Internet, 2001 293 64 T.D.Harding—A.P.Borwell, ICCF Officials IM-A, 2001-2002 298 Select Bibliography 302 Index of Openings 303 Chess Mail Publications: Information 304 Dedication This book is dedicated to the memory of my mother Sandra Harding (1916- 2002), who died when it was nearing completion. Introduction This book presents 64 exciting and requirements of championship play by instructive chess games played by cor- the end of the present decade. respondence. Many of these games have Traditionally, CC players may con- extraordinary depth, subtlety and beauty; sult chess literature and they enjoy the some are lighter but have moments of liberty to move the pieces on the board high drama. What makes all the games while analysing and make notes of different is that they were played over their calculations. These factors and the a period of weeks and months between absence of the clock beside the board opponents who were not seated facing enables the CC player to create games one another. of a much higher standard than he or she Chess has been played by correspond- might be capable of in an ordinary club ence since the 18th century, with the or tournament context. Deep strategies postal service being the usual method of or complex sacrificial combinations can transmitting moves between distant op- be worked out in detail, sometimes over ponents. The actual method of sending days or even weeks, and the intended the moves does not change the essential move double-checked for blunders be- nature of correspondence chess (CC) as fore it is sent to the opponent. a mode of play where hours or even days I have aimed to make this book acces- may be spent in analysing the position sible to chess players of all standards, and and selecting the best move. to be valuable even to those players who Many active OTB players participate do not play CC. When analysing games, in CC too, but correspondence play par- original annotations (where available) ticularly suits people with heavy business were critically re-examined both by me or family commitments, or who live in and the book’s editor and we made many remote locations far from opponents of new discoveries, in some cases overturn- their skill level. The drink in the pub af- ing the accepted view of what was going ter the game is replaced by international on in some famous games. friendships that develop with messages The book would be over 400 pages accompanying the moves. long if I retained in the text all the open- In recent years, email has become the ings research and critical variations primary method of sending CC moves (at which we examined when trying to find least in international competition), mak- the truth about many of these games.

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