Hunting for Mistakes * me vs. KISS, Albert
"5r2/1p6/1Pp1k1b1/p1PpPpp1/P2P2P1/5R2/5K2/1B6 w - - 0 44"
After Black's last 43..h6xg5it is White to move
The game was played in an open tournament in Berekfürdő, Hungary, on Sep-11, 2009.
I was the first player and did not find the winning plan. (As it turned out later, this was neither the first nor the last opportunity for the victory, thanks to the weak opposition, but I was extremely exhausted that morning, that's why I failed to find the moves, and even lost the game eventually due to a horrible blunder in an equal queens endgame after hours of play...)
Try and guess the strategy that wins the game for White. (please write your solution as a comment to this entry)
Labels: 90 minutes for the whole game, me as White, open tournament, puzzle solving
posted by HóemberChess @ 6:12 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
This is a very interesting position and it was a pity that White loose this game, but on the other way congratulations for creating such positions in your games, because it is a very good sign of strong positional play. I analysed gxf5 but White can only achieve a draw because it is impossible to grab the opposition because of the blocked nature of the position. A typical tactical motive in such positions could be the sacrifice of the bishop (Bd3-b5 or a6) to gain a passed pawn but I think there is no time.
My choice and my guess is a quiet move: 1.Kg2 with idea of Rh3-h6 pinning the bishop. Looking at Black position they are almost in zugzwang and uncoordinated with litle squares to go and both bishop and rook undefended. I cannot see how Black could defend against this plan.
Mortal Games
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@Mortal_Games:
Yes, that's exactly the good plan:
moving the white king out of the way of any discovered attack by the black rook on the f-file (Black, of course, would love to break the pin on his f-pawn at the first opportunity) and then penetrate with the rook on the h-file (Rh3-h6), pinning the bishop against the king.
(This all is possible because Black is in a kind of zugzwang in the diagrammed position. He has little room for manouvering and his king is almost nailed to e6. Black's f5 pawn is in the center of everything. It is pinned and attacked several times and when it is lost, the game is lost as well.)
Yes, losing the game was a painful experience after achieving this great position. I had the strong feeling during the game that it was high time to work hard and calculate, but I wasn't able to and after a long "thinking" I missed the victory with "1.g4xf5?".)
(A very similar thing happened in my game against FM Rat, also with a position amongst the puzzles to solve: I had been extremely exhausted by the time of the game and was not able at all to focus my attention to calculate concretely, and accepted a draw in a completely winning position.)
So, I don't think either that there is any way out for Black from his "zugzwang misery". :)
Our first move is
1.Kf2-g2 //moving out of the way of Rf3-h3 and off the f-file
For example:
a)
1...Rf8-f7 //What else?
//(the e6K is stuck to the defense of the f5P;
//the g6B has only 1 square left, h7, where it is still defending the f5P;
//the f8R has also only 1 square, f7, where it is still defending the f5P
//=> there are only 2 moves lefr for Black that don't lose right away)
2.Rf3-h3 //"en route" to h6
2...Rf7-g7 //2...Rf7-h7?? 3.g4xf5+ +- (game over)
3.Rh3-g6 +- //Game over. Black is helpless against material loss.
b)
1...Bg6-h7
2.Rf3-h3 //2...Rf8-f7 3.Rh3xh7! +- winning a piece (game over)
2...Bh7-g6
3.Rh3-g6 +- //Game over.
//Black is helpless against material loss.
//(for example, 3..Ke6-f7 4.g4xf5 +- the bishop drops off)
Yes, your variations a) and b) was exactly what I saw. It´s interesting to see that after a quiet positional move like 1.Kg2 with idea of Rh3-h6 more tactics appear in the position because White changed the direction of attack and these oportunities are always the cause of good positional moves.
Take care of your phisical shape or bring an energetic bar to your games! :-)
Now I will put your next position on my travel board to analyse between my reading of Wojo´s Weapons (very good book of a repertoire of a technical player). In april Lars Schandorf book on the Caro-Kann will be out and could be the best so far.
- Mortal Games
@Mortal_Games:
Wojo´s Weapons? What kind of repertoire book is that? 1.d4? Is there any thread about it in the ChessPub forums?
A new Caro-Kann book in April!? For Black? (The C-K is my 1st defence against 1.e4.)
I appreciate that you are giving feedbacks to the puzzles--they are inspiring.
It´s about A. Wojkiewicz repertoire with White based on 1.Nf3 by IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton. https://mongoosepress.com/newsite/
Volume 1 have the open and closed Catalan, Slav with 4.Qc2 and other defences like QGA and Tarrash etc. It´s positional (more technical) for experts who like to become masters. Treatment of middlegames and endgame ideas. It is possible to use this repertoire with others like Avrukh (1.d4). For players who do not like to study lot´s of theory and prefer to force opponents onto they kind of positions is an excellent book. If you like Caro-Kann and Nimzo with Black, this can fit very well. On Chesspub forum there is a thread in d4 d5 section under the name: Another repertoire book on the Catalan.
Yes, in april Quality Chess will put a Grandmaster Repertoire for Black by GM Lars Schandorff on the market.
Thanks, your puzzles are inspiring too because of same style of play and for working on exercises as a way of improving and developing chess intuition.
-Mortal Games
A. Wojtkievicz - chessgames.com
Well, I don't know.
But, as White, I wouldn't like to give up on my 6.h3 against the Kings's Indian.
And I don't especially fond of Hedgehog formations as White. I better like to gain space by answering an early ..c5 with d5. (Consequently, this repertoire is not for me on the whole.)
@Mortal Games:
I am writing another answer to you via ChessPub direct message, because it is private, concerning repertoire issues...
At Fri Mar 05, 06:50:00 PM 2010, Blogger Hóember said...
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I am not fond of the Maroczy Bind as White, I mean.
@Mortal Games:
I hope you will come back one day and restart solving the puzzles..
:P
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