Bogolyubov - Tarrasch
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[A.J. Goldsby I]
Chernev writes:
"With the aid of a brave pawn, White gets a powerful grip on the game. It is
clear he will win, but there are piquant points in the way he does it."
[ See the book, {The}
"1000 Best Short Games of Chess,"
by (the late, great) Irving Chernev.
Game # 826, page # 440-441. ]
A great game by Bogo. He played very energetically and accurately.
1. e4
Nf6; 2.
e5
Nd5; Black has chosen the Alekhine's Defense, a seemingly
radical opening for the, "The Father of Classical Chess" to employ.
3. Nf3
d6; 4.
d4
Bf5!?; Not bad. Black is at least developing.
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The 'book' line is:
4...Bg4; 5.Be2
e6;
6.0-0
Be7; 7.c4
Nb6;
8.Nc3
0-0;
9.Be3
d5;
10.c5
Bxf3; 11.gxf3
Nc8;
12.f4
Nc6; 13.b4!,
("+/=")
White is slightly
better. (See the
diagram directly below.)
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White {obviously} has a significant spatial advantage. ].
5. Bd3!, Easily the best move.
It is also the most logical, seeking to exploit the light squares.
[
5.Nh4!? ].
5...Bg6!?; (Maybe - '?!')
Black sets himself up for a combination.
[
The move 5...Bxd3; was probably forced... and best. ].
6. c4
Nb6?!; (Maybe - '?')
An error.
[
6...Bxd3; 7.Qxd3
Nb6;
8.e6
f6; 9.Nc3,
("+/=") ].
7. Bxg6
hxg6; Black looks OK here, but falls prey to a [now] common
device in these types of positions.
White's next move is the only
one to get an exclam from
Chernev in this game.
8. e6!
f6; Sad. But probably forced.
[Black
could have also played: 8...f5?!; 9.Ng5
Rh4;
10.g3
Rh5; 11.Bf4,
("+/")
Or 8...fxe6?; 9.Qd3,
"+/" (Maybe "+/-".) ].
9. Qd3
Qc8; 10.
Qxg6+
Kd8; 11.
Qf7
Nxc4; 12.Nbd2, ('!')
A very good move.
[Chernev writes:
"If at once 12.Nh4!?
d5;
13.Ng6
Nd6; and the
Queen has no retreat."
(Chernev fails to point out
that 13. Bf4! is best and probably
winning for White.);
The simplest is:
12.b3!, ("+/-") ].
12...Nxd2; 13.
Bxd2
g5; 14.
d5
c5; 15.
Bc3
g4; 16.
Nh4
Rxh4; Best?
Chernev says this move is forced.
Chernev writes:
" What else can he do to
White's proposal of playing
17. BxP/f6,
or 17. N-N6 (Ng6) ? "
[16...Bh6; 17.Nf5, ("+/-") ].
White now pursues Black's King across the board.
17. Qxf8+ Kc7; 18. Qxe7+ Kb6; 19. Qxd6+ Kb5; 20. a4+ Kc4;
21. Qf4+ Kxd5; 22. 0-0-0+, Black RESIGNS, 1-0
("As mate follows next move," writes Chernev.)
A very good game by Bogo, but
hardly Tarrasch's best effort.
(Tarrasch may even may have been the victim of an opening trap.)
A pretty game, but hardly one that inspires us with awe at its unbelievable brilliance.
1 - 0
I
wanted to add the following info on Tarrasch: (A short biography.)
Siegbert Tarrasch - - (1862 - 1934) was one of the greatest chess
players who ever lived. ("He was one the four best players in the world,
for over 20 years." - The Oxford Chess Encyclopedia.) He won several
(5) international tournaments in a row. (Breslau, 1889 to Leizpig, 1894.) During
his lifetime, he won dozens of tournaments and matches. During the period
1892-1894, Anne Sunnucks says he was playing better than anyone else in the
whole world. He drew a match with the great Russian, Mikhail Tchigorin when he
was probably at the height of his chess-playing abilities. He was scheduled to
play a match for the World's Championship with Lasker in 1903, but he fell and
injured himself in a skating accident. When Lasker refused to postpone the
match, it was canceled. Tarrasch belongs to a very small group of players,
(The others are: Pillsbury, Rubinstein, Fine, Flohr, Keres, and Korchnoi.); who
were easily World Championship strength, but a match failed to materialize at
the proper time.
Thus the great Tarrasch was denied a real shot at the title.
In Ostend, 1907; the organizers created a quadruple round-robin tournament which
Tarrasch won. This tournament was supposedly for, "The Tournament World's
Championship." But Lasker scoffed at Tarrasch's claims. (No one else really
recognized them either.) In 1908, Lasker played Tarrasch, but Lasker won a
decisive victory. There were many factors for this, poor Tarrasch was recovering
from a long illness; but it is highly possible Emmanuel Lasker was simply the
stronger player at this point.
(Lasker was also one of the greatest players who ever lived. Lasker may deserve
the title as the all-time best tournament player.)
I consider Fred Reinfeld's book of Tarrasch's games to be one of the best
collections of ANY player, and also one of the best books for the aspiring
student to learn from.
***
S.
Tarrasch was also one of the greatest chess teachers who ever lived. His
writings were vast - for the period. (Newspapers, magazines and books.) His
book, "Die Moderne Schachpartie," (a collection of 200 carefully
annotated games); is still one of the finest chess books ever printed. His book,
"The Game Of Chess,"
has been translated into MANY languages, and continues to sell, even in the
year; 2002. Tarrasch
was called, for his ability to inspire whole generations of chess players,
......
"PRAECEPTOR GERMANIAE."
(This title could be best interpreted into English as, "The Greatest Chess
Teacher, ...
and Grandfather of {of chess-players in} Germany.")
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