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| Posted by dozer uskidscompute.com 8/22/2002 03:47:04 |  Subject: Superb strategy by Schlechter!!Message: I have started study chess just recently, and I allways favored those tactical games with fancy sacrifices and such, but now I found out the beauty of pure strategical combat!! Check this classical game I found in a book about Chess strategy (annotation is from that book)... Look how White brings the opponent to his knees with clear strategical planning, the main strategy is the control of the e5 square. Also creating weaknesses in opponents position and using those weaknesses plays a part in this game. C. Schlechter - John, Barmen 1905 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. e3! Nf6 (control of the e5 square!) 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. g3! 0-0 (White sticks to his plan, control of the e5 squre) 9. 0-0 Ne4 10. Qb3! Kh8 11. Rac1! Bxf4 (according the book 11 - Qe7 is better) 12. exf4 Qf7 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Bxe4! fxe4 15. f3! exf3 (White gets rid of his doubled pawns and Blacks e4 pawn) 16. Rce1! Qc7 17. Qa3! Kg8 18. Rxf3 Na6 19. b3 Qd8 20. c5! Nc7 21. Qb2 Bd7 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Ref1! Rae8 24. g4! Bc8 25. Rh3! g6 (White's idea is to weaken squares f6 and h6) 26. b4! Qf6 27. Rhf3 Re7 28. a4 a6 29. Nd1! Rg7 (g5 and the squares h6 and f6 are Whites! But before that Ne3 to take f5 from Blacks Queen, then Knight goes to Blacks position through g4) 30. Ne3 Qe7 31. g5 Bd7 32. N3g4 Be8 33. Nh6+ Kh8 34. Qe2 Qd8 35. Neg4! Bd7 36. Qe5 Ne8 37. Rh3 Qc7 38. Nf6! Qxe5 39. fxe5 Re7 40. Rhf3 Nxf6 (Threatened 41. Nxe8 with mate to follow) 41. Rxf6 Rxf6 42. exf6 Re8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Ne5 Rd8 45. Kg2 Kf8 (King stirs awake) 46. h4 Be8 47. Kf3 Bf7 48. Kf4 Ke8 49. Rb1 Kf8 50. b5 1-0 (50. -axb5 51. axb5 Be8 52. bxc6 Bxc6 53. Nxc6 bxc6 54. Ke5) I think this game was just beautiful. It really influenced my way of thinking about chess! I also think that these strategical games are more useful to study for beginners, since they teach simple planning: creating positions with sacrifieces involved are very difficult to beginners (there are usually nasty surprises!). What do you think of this game? |
| Posted by peppe_l uskidscompute.com 8/22/2002 07:48:20 | This game... Message: Is brilliant, one of my all-time favourites (not that I know so many in the first place!). I, too played some games trough from the book of Thomas Ristoja (a Finnish player...I assume this game is from his book?) and I recall this being the most impressive of them all. The way Schlechter first weakens his opponents position to gain outposts for his knights is magnificent. IMO its hard to find a game that teaches both the concept of strong&weak squares and long-term planning as well as this one. Play this one trough ppl, its well worth it! |
| Posted by macheide uskidscompute.com 8/22/2002 16:21:14 | dozer Message: Dear friend, The game is a wonder. If you are a beginner and want to know more about positional game. I heartly recommend you 2 books: "Logical Chess, Move by Move" by Irving Chernev "Amateurs Mind" by Jeremy Silman But, don´t make the common mistake to forget tactics!!. Even the best plan will fall down because of a simple tactical blunder. Best wishes, macheide. P.S.: You can find these books in amazon.com ——— Bobby Fischer, Cold Warrior of the Chessboard — Bobby Fischer was born today in 1943. Here are 43 facts you might not know about him and the "Match of the Century" that made him famous. 1. Robert James “Bobby” Fischer was born in Chicago on this day 1943. He grew up in Brooklyn. 2. Boris Spassky was six years older and hailed from Leningrad. 3. In the USSR, chess was state-subsidized, with the best chess players being awarded generous grants and becoming national heroes. 4. The Soviets dominated international chess, winning 24 consecutive world championship titles. 5. Largely indifferent to chess, the U.S. had only ever had one world chess champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, a naturalized citizen who won in 1888. ... |
| Posted by dozer uskidscompute.com 8/22/2002 22:53:44 | You are right peppe_l Message: This game is from that book! As I read the book this game just hit me. I'm glad here on GameKnot are some good players from Finland too! Thanks for those recommendations Macheide, those books might come in handy. Regards Teemu ——— On Chess: Point guards are like grandmasters — The mental requirements of athletes - particularly point guards in basketball - and chess masters aren't as disparate as they might seem. Success in either case depends heavily on decision-making. Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today recently heralded contemporary NBA basketball as a "golden age" for point guards. "They run the offense on one end of the court and often provide the first line of defense on the other," he wrote, "doing it with spectacular athleticism and high IQs." All-Star Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns explained: "It's about ideas, thinking ahead. Are you creative? Are you willing to read, react, adapt and improvise? You're anticipating and you feel like you can ... |