U.S. Championship Games
by
Samuel Reshevsky
Edited by Tartajubow
U.S. Championship Games
by
Samuel Reshevsky
Edited by Tartajubow
(1) Horowitz,Israel -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B15]
New York USA 1 (4),
29.04.1936
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 h5 6.Qd3
h4!? 7.Ne4 Nxe4 8.Qxe4 Nd7
9.Bg5?! Qb6! 10.0–0–0 Qa5!
Black gains a pawn. 11.Nf3
Qxa2 12.Bd3!? Qa1+ 13.Kd2
Qa5+?!
He
should
have
captured a second pawn. 14.c3
h3 15.Rhe1!? Nf6 16.Qf4 Nd5
17.Qg3 hxg2 18.h4 g1Q
19.Qxg1 b5 20.Ra1 Qb6
21.Ne5 White has sufficient
compensation for the pawn.
21...b4 22.Rac1 bxc3+ 23.bxc3
e6 24.Qg4 Bd6 25.h5 Bxe5?!
26.Rxe5 Rb8 27.Bh4 Kf8!
28.Qg3!
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f6??
Reshevsky
collapses.
[Correct is 28...Qa5! 29.Rxd5!?
Rb2+ 30.Ke3!? Qxd5 31.Rg1
Ke8 32.Qc7 Qd7 33.Qe5 Qd5
34.Qc7 and a repetition of
moves.] 29.Rxd5! e5 [The
pointe is 29...cxd5 30.Rb1 Qxb1
31.Bxb1
Rxb1
32.Qc7!]
30.Rxe5! Ba6 [Or 30...fxe5
31.Qf3+ Ke8 32.Bg6+ Kd7
33.Qf7+ Kd6 34.Qe7+ Kd5
35.c4+ Kxd4 36.Qd6#] 31.Rb1
Qd8 32.Rxb8 Qxb8 33.Rc5
Qb2+ 34.Bc2 Reshevsky lost in
the third and fourth round, so he
made a poor start. 1–0
(2) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Denker,Arnold [D34]
New York USA 1 (5),
30.04.1936
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5
4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3
Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 9.dxc5
d4 10.Na4 Bf5 11.Ne1 Be4
12.Bxe4
Nxe4
13.Qc2!?
[Known is 13.Nd3] 13...Qd5
14.Nd3
Rac8
15.f3
Ng5
16.Qb3 Qd7! 17.Bd2 Rfe8
18.Rae1 Bf6 19.Nf4 Rcd8
20.Kh1 Be5 21.Nh5!? Nh3
22.f4?! Bc7?! [22...d3! 23.e4
Bd4 gains a plus.] 23.Qf3 Ba5
24.Rd1 Qf5 25.g4!? Qc2!
26.Qxh3 Qxa4 27.f5?! Rxe2
28.Bg5!?
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Rde8? The tables turn by a
tactical
trick.
[28...Bc7!
29.Bxd8 Rxh2+ 30.Qxh2 Bxh2
31.Kxh2 Nxd8 favours Black.]
29.Nxg7! R8e3 [The pointe is
29...Kxg7
30.Qh6+
Kg8
31.Bf6]
30.Bxe3
Rxe3
31.Qh6?!
[31.Qh4!
Kxg7
32.f6+ Kf8 33.Qxh7 wins
quickly.] 31...Bc7? [31...Qc2!
32.Rxd4! Nxd4 33.Qxe3 Bc7!
34.Qg1 Qe4+ 35.Qg2 Qxg2+
36.Kxg2 Kxg7 defends well.]
32.Nh5 Be5 33.f6 Reshevsky
achieved a score of 50%. 1–0
(3) Hanauer,Milton -
Reshevsky,Samuel [A28]
New York USA 1 (6),
02.05.1936
1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5
h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne5
9.e3
0–0!?
10.Be2
Ng6
11.Bg3!? Ne4 12.Qc2 Re8
13.0–0 d6 14.Rab1 c5 15.Nf3
b6 16.Nd2 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Bb7
18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Nxf3 Qf6
20.Rbd1 Qe6 21.Rd2 Red8
22.Rfd1 Rac8 23.Qd3!? Rc7
24.Qd5 Qf6 25.Rd3 Ne7
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26.Qh5!?
Qe6
27.g4
f6
28.Qh2?! [Correct is 28.Nd2!]
28...Rcd7 29.Qg3 Nc6 30.Rd5
Na5 31.Qf4 g5! Black has the
initiative. 32.Qh2 Kg7 33.Nd2
Nc6 34.Nf1 Ne7 35.R5d3 d5
36.cxd5 Nxd5 37.Ng3 Ne7
38.Nh5+ Kf7 39.Rxd7 Rxd7
40.Rxd7 Qxd7 41.Qg3 Qd5
42.a3 Qe5?! 43.Qxe5 fxe5 The
exchange
of
queens
has
decreased the black advantage.
44.e4? [44.Ng3! Ke6 45.Kf1
Kd5 46.Nf5 Ng8 47.Ke2 Kc4
48.Kd2 Kb3! 49.Nd6 defends
well in the knight ending.]
44...Nc8 45.f3 Nd6 46.Kf2 [Or
46.a4 a5] 46...Nb5 47.Ke3
Nxa3 48.Ng3 c4 49.Kd2 a5
50.Nf5
Ke6
51.Kc1
b5!
52.Nxh6 b4! 53.Nf5 Kd7
54.Kb2 Kc6 55.Ng7 Nb5
56.cxb4 axb4 57.Ne6 Nd4
58.Nxg5 c3+ 59.Kb1 b3 60.Nf7
c2+ 61.Kb2 Ne2 62.Nxe5+
Kb5 63.Nd3 Kc4 64.Ne5+ Kd4
65.Nc6+ Ke3 Reshevsky kept
on winning. 0–1
(4) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C45]
New York USA 1 (8),
04.05.1936
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3
Nge7 7.Qd2 Bxd4 8.cxd4 d5
9.Nc3 dxe4 10.d5 Ne5!?
[10...Nb8 was played in Paulsen
-
Schottlaender,
Nürnberg
1883.] 11.Nb5! White gains a
plus. 11...0–0! 12.Nxc7 Rb8!?
[12...Bf5 13.Nxa8 Rxa8 14.Rd1
Nd3+ 15.Bxd3 exd3 also brings
compensation
for
the
exchange.]
13.Bxa7
Bg4
14.Bxb8 Rxb8
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15.Nb5? [Preferable is 15.Rc1
N7g6 16.Rc3 Nf4 17.Qe3
Ned3+ 18.Kd2 Nxb2 19.Qxe4]
15...N7g6! 16.Rc1 Nf4 Black
attacks. 17.Rc3 Ned3+ 18.Bxd3
exd3! 19.0–0?? [19.f3 Nxg2+!
20.Kd1 Qxf3+ 21.Kc1 Nf4
brings
a
great
advantage
(Reshevsky).] 19...Qg5! 20.h4
Nh3+! 21.gxh3 Qxd2 22.hxg4
Qe2 23.Rc4 d2 24.Rd4 Qxb5
25.Rd1 Re8 26.R4xd2 Re4
27.f3 Re2 28.Rc1 h5 29.Rcc2
Qb6+ Kashdan was eliminated
in the race for the first place. 0–
1
(5) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Treysman,George [D35]
New York USA 1 (12),
10.05.1936
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3
Be7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Bd3 0–0 9.Nf3
Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6!?
12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.0–0 Be6
14.Rfb1!?
He
takes
the
initiative on the queenside.
14...Re7!? 15.b4 Rc7 16.Qd2
Qe7 17.Qc2 Ne8 18.a4 Nd6
Black does not counter on the
kingside. 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Qb2
White does not hurry either.
20...Ng6 21.b5! The minority
attack
functions.
21...Qf6?
[21...c5! 22.dxc5 Rxc5 almost
equalises.]
22.bxc6
bxc6
Reshevsky has gotten a target.
[22...Rxc6!? 23.Nb5! Rxc1+
24.Rxc1 Nxb5 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8
26.Qxb5 Qd8 also brings a hard
defence.] 23.Ba6! Rd8 24.Nb5!
Nxb5 25.axb5 Rb8? [25...c5!
26.b6 Rb8! 27.bxa7 Rxb2
28.a8Q+ Nf8 29.Rxc5 Rxc5
30.dxc5 Rc2 fights for the last
chance.] 26.Qa3 Bf5 27.Rc5
Qd6 28.Qa5 Be6 29.Rac1!
Pawn c6 is going to fall.
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29...Rb6 30.bxc6 Rbxc6 [Or
30...Rcxc6 31.Bd3 a6 32.Bxg6
hxg6 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Rxc6
Qxc6 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Ng5+
Kh6 37.Nxf7+! Bxf7 38.Qh4#]
31.Bb7 Rxc5 32.dxc5 Qe7
33.c6! Bc8 34.Bxc8 Rxc8
35.Qxd5 Qe6 36.Qc5 Rc7
37.Nd4 Qe7 38.Nb5! Sammy
defeated a main competitor. 1–0
(6) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kevitz,Alexander [D05]
New York USA 1 (14),
13.05.1936
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5
4.Bd3 d5 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2
cxd4 7.exd4 Bd6 8.0–0 0–0
9.Re1
Qc7
10.Qe2
b6!?
[10...Re8 was played in Colle -
Schubert, Scarborough 1928.]
11.Ne5 Bb7 12.f4 Rfe8 13.g4!
Nf8!? 14.g5 N6d7 15.Nf1!?
[15.Qh5! f5 16.Ndf3 charges.]
15...Re7 16.Ng3 f6 17.gxf6
gxf6? [Correct is 17...Nxf6]
18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Nh5! He
attacks the open kingside.
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19...Rf7 20.f5! exf5 21.Bxf5
Kh8 22.Bh6! Bc8 23.Rf1 Qe7
24.Qxe7!? [24.Qf3 continues
the
offensive.]
24...Bxe7
25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rf5! Rd8
27.Nf4 Ng6 28.Nxd5 White has
gained a pawn.
28...Nh4
29.Nxe7 Rxe7 30.Rf4 Ng6
31.Rxf6 Rg8 32.Kf1 Re4
33.Rf2 Nh4 34.Bf4 h5 35.Bg3
Reg4 36.Re1 Ng6 37.Rf3 h4
38.Bf2 Kh7 39.h3 Rf4 40.Re7+
Kh8 41.Rxf4 Nxf4 42.Re3 Rf8
43.Rf3 Kg7 44.Be3 Reshevsky
had scored 91/2/10 after a poor
start. The top became at the end
of the penultimate round:
Reshevsky
and
Simonson
11/14, Treysman 101/2, Fine
91/2. 1–0
(7) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Treysman,George [E11]
New York USA 2 (3),
04.04.1938
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+
4.Bd2 Qe7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.Nf3 d5
7.Qc2 Ne4 8.0–0! White gains
an edge. 8...Nxd2 9.Nbxd2 c6
10.e4! He grabs the initiative.
10...Bxd2?! [10...Ba5 11.e5
Bc7 keeps the strong bishop.]
11.Nxd2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nd7
Black has a problem in
development on the queenside.
13.c5! e5!? 14.dxe5 Nxe5
15.Rfe1 Ng6?! [Preferable is
15...Ng4!? 16.Nd6 Be6 17.f4
Qc7] 16.Nd6! Qc7 17.f4 Bd7
18.f5!
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Nh8 A knight has to move
offside. 19.Re7 b6 20.b4 bxc5
21.Qxc5 Rad8 22.b5 Qb8!
23.a4! The restriction increases.
23...cxb5 24.axb5 Bc8 25.Rc7
Qb6 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Rc6 g6
28.g4 h5 29.h3 hxg4 30.hxg4
Kg7 31.Kf2 Bd7 32.Rxb6 Rb8
33.f6+! Kh6 [Or 33...Kxf6
34.Ne8+! (Ryumin).] 34.Kg3
Kh7 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.g5! Rb6
37.Ra6 Rb8 38.Bc6 Bf5
39.Ra8 Rxa8 40.Bxa8 Bd3
41.b6 Ba6 42.Bb7 Black has
been humiliated. 1–0
(8) Dake,Arthur -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C79]
New York USA 2 (9),
13.04.1938
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.Bxc6+
bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Qe2 f5
9.dxe5 d5 10.Nbd2!? [10.Rd1
was
played
in
Wolf
-
Rubinstein,
Wien
1922.]
10...Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.Be3 c5
13.Nfd2 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 0–0
15.f4 a5 16.Rf3 Ba6 17.c4 a4
18.Rc1
Qe8
19.Qe1?!
[Preferable
is
19.Bf2
d4
20.Bh4] 19...d4! 20.Bf2 Ba5!
Black has the initiative.
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21.Qd1 Rb8 22.b3 Bb7 23.Rg3
Bc6 24.Be1 Ra8 25.Nf3 Bxe1
26.Nxe1
axb3
27.Qxb3?!
Connected pawns would have
been stronger. 27...Be4 28.Nd3
Ra5 29.a3 Qe7 30.Re1 Qe6
31.Nf2 Bc6 32.Qa2 h6 33.Rc1
Kh7 34.Nd3 Rfa8! 35.Qe2 Be4
36.Nf2 Bc6 37.Nd3 Rb8!?
38.Qh5!? Be8 39.Qd1 Rb6
40.Qd2 Rba6 41.Qc2 Bd7
42.Qb2 Qb6 43.Qe2 Qe6
44.Qb2 Qe7 45.Ra1 Be6
46.Qc1 Qf8! 47.Nb2 Qa8 48.a4
Rb6 49.Qc2 Rb4 Reshevsky
has manoeuvred well. 50.Rb3?
[50.Re1! Qb7 51.Qd2! Qb6
52.Re2 keeps the heavy black
pieces out.] 50...Qe4! 51.Qxe4
Other moves cost matter.
51...fxe4 52.Rxb4 cxb4 53.h3
h5 54.Re1 e3 55.Kf1 g5 He
opens the defence. 56.Rd1 c5
57.fxg5 Kg6 58.Ke2 Kxg5
59.Rf1
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Rxa4! A rook sacrifice opens
the queenside. 60.h4+! Kg4!
[60...Kxh4?
61.Rh1+!
Kg4
62.Nxa4 Bxc4+ 63.Ke1 b3 will
be hard to win.] 61.Nxa4 Bxc4+
62.Ke1 d3! [62...Bxf1 63.Kxf1
(Soltis) 63...c4! 64.e6 c3! also
wins for Black.] 63.Rh1 d2+
64.Kd1 Bb3+ 65.Ke2 Bxa4
66.e6 Kf5 67.e7 Ke4! 68.Rb1
Bb5+ 69.Kd1 Kd4! White
cannot stop the pawns. Hodges
and Marshall will have enjoyed
this game as spectators. 0–1
(9) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Cohen,Sam [D34]
New York USA 2 (10),
14.04.1938
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0–0
Be7 8.Nc3 0–0 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Ne4 12.Rc1
Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4
Qa5 15.a3 Rac8 16.Nc3 Nd6?!
[16...Nxc3 17.Bxc3 Qb5 drew
in Koenig - Tarrasch, Wien
1922.] 17.Qd3 Nc4 18.Rc2?!
[18.b4! Qxa3 19.Ra1 Qxb4
20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxd5 gains
an
advantage.]
18...Rfd8
19.Rfc1 Rc6 20.Rb1 Rd7
21.Rbc1 a6 22.h3 White
hesitates. 22...b5 23.e3 g6?!
[More solid is 23...f6] 24.g4!
h5!? 25.Bf3!? Qc7?! [Better is
25...Qd8! 26.Ne2 hxg4 27.hxg4
Bd6] 26.Ne2 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bg5
28.Kg2 f6?? 29.Qxg6+ Kf8
30.Bxf6 Bxf6 31.Qxf6+ Rf7
32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Nd4 Rd6
34.b3 Bxg4 35.Bxg4 Rg6
36.Qh4+ Ke8 37.Qh8+ Rf8
38.Qh5 Qf7 39.Rh1 Rfg8
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40.Kf1?? Sammy is plagued by
time
pressure
in
this
tournament, because he has to
play 40 moves in two hours.
[Correct is 40.bxc4 Rxg4+
41.Kf1] 40...Nxe3+! 41.Ke2
Nxc2 42.Nf5 Nd4+ 43.Kd3
Nxf5 44.Bxf5 Rf6? [44...Rg1!
45.Bd7+ Kf8 ends the game.]
45.Qe2+?! Qe7? [45...Kf8!
46.Rh7 Qe8 47.Qc2 Qc6 closes
the position for intruders.]
46.Qh5+ Kd8 47.Rc1 Qe5
48.Rc8+ Ke7 49.Qh7+ Rf7
50.Qh4+ Rf6 51.Qh7+ Rf7
52.Qh4+ Reshevsky draws by
perpetual check. ½–½
(10) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Santasiere,Anthony [D83]
New York USA 2 (13),
18.04.1938
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5
4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0–0 6.Qb3 dxc4
7.Bxc4 Nbd7!? 8.Nf3 Nb6
9.Be2 Be6 10.Qc2 Nfd5
[10...Rc8!? will be played in
future games.] 11.Be5 Rc8
12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7
14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb2 Nc4 16.Qb3
Nb6 17.Qc3 Qd6 18.a3 Nd5
19.Qb2 Bg4 20.0–0 c6 21.Rfc1
White has a plus. 21...f6 22.Rc5
e6 23.Rac1 a6 24.a4 Qb8?
Black gets a passive position.
[Preferable is 24...Nb6!] 25.h3!
Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Rfd8 27.Qb3 f5
28.g3 Kf6 29.Kg2 h6 30.h4
g5?! He weakens his kingside.
31.e4! fxe4 32.hxg5+ hxg5
33.Bxe4
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Ke7?! The king becomes a
target. 34.Re1! Kd6 35.Bxd5
exd5 36.Re5 Rg8 37.Rcxd5+!
cxd5 38.Qxd5+ Kc7 39.Qc5+
Kd7 40.Qe7+ Kc6 41.Qe6+
Reshevsky and Fine shared the
lead.[41.Qe6+ Qd6 42.Rc5+
wins a queen.] 1–0
(11) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E03]
New York USA 2 (15),
21.04.1938
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3
dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6
7.Qxc4 c5!? [7...b5 8.Qc6 Ra7
happened in Capablanca -
Reshevsky, Nottingham 1936.]
8.0–0?! [The main line will
become 8.Qc2!? cxd4 9.Nxd4]
8...b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.a4 b4
11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc5
13.Qh4
0–0
14.b3
Nd5!
15.Qxd8 Rfxd8 Black has a
plus. 16.Bb2 Nc3! 17.Rfe1
Rac8 18.Rac1 Nf6 19.e3 Ba7
20.Nc4 Nce4?! [20...Nfe4!?
21.Ng5 (Euwe) 21...Bd5 keeps
an edge.] 21.Ng5 Bd5 22.Nxe4
Nxe4 23.Red1 f6 24.Kf1?!
[24.h3!? h6 25.a5 makes
appropriate waiting moves.]
24...Kf8 25.Bd4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4
Nd2+! 27.Rxd2 Bxg2+ 28.Ke1!
Rxd2 29.Kxd2 Bd5 Black
exerts some pressure in the
endgame. 30.Kd3 e5 31.e4 Be6
32.Rc2 Ke7 33.Nd2 Rxc2
34.Kxc2 Kd6 He has the better
bishop in the ending. 35.Kd3
Kc5 36.Ke3 g6 37.Kd3 f5
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38.f3? Kashdan misses the
forced draw. [Correct is 38.f4!
exf4 39.gxf4 fxe4+ 40.Kxe4
Bf5+ 41.Ke5! Bc2 42.Ne4+
Kc6 43.Nd2 and White escapes
from the potential zugzwang.]
38...f4! Black controls square
e3. 39.gxf4 exf4 40.h4 h6!
Black has achieved zugzwang.
41.a5 Bd7 42.Kc2 Kd4 43.Nc4
Be6 44.Nd2 Ke3! 45.Kd1 Kf2
46.Kc2 Ke2 47.Kc1 h5 48.e5
g5 49.Ne4 gxh4 50.Ng5 h3
51.Nxe6 h2 52.Nxf4+ Kxf3
Reshevsky remained one point
ahead of Fine. 0–1
(12) Fine,Reuben -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E22]
New York USA 2 (17),
23.04.1938
Fine needs a win for the
championship. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 Nc6 5.Nf3
a5!? 6.a3 a4 7.Qc2 Bxc3+
8.Qxc3 h6 Reshevsky shows
prudence. 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5
Na5 11.d6!? Fine wants the
initiative. 11...cxd6 12.Bf4 0–0
13.Rd1 Re8 14.e3 Ne4 15.Qc2
Nb3 16.Bc4?! [16.Bxd6 Nxd6
17.Rxd6 Re6 brings equality.]
16...Qa5+! 17.Kf1 b6 18.Kg1
Ba6 19.Rd5?! [19.Bxb3!? Rac8
20.Qb1 axb3 21.Nd4 slightly
favours
Black.]
19...Nbc5!
20.h3 Fine deliberates forty-
five minutes. He has a poor
position.
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20...Bxc4 21.Qxc4 b5 22.Qd4
[Simonson suggests 22.Qe2!]
22...Nb3 23.Qd3 Nbc5 24.Qe2
b4 25.axb4 Qxb4 26.Bxd6
Nxd6 27.Rxd6 Rab8 28.Rd2
Ne4 29.Rc2 Rec8 30.Kh2!?
Rxc2 31.Qxc2 d5 Reshevsky
offers a draw. The final
standings became: Reshevsky
13/16 ($600), Fine 121/2
($400), Simonson 11 ($250),
Horowitz 10 ($150), Kashdan
91/2 ($100), Polland and Dake
9 ($72), Kupchik 81/2 ($68),
Bernstein 71/2 ($60), Santasiere
and Treysman 7 ($56), Hanauer,
Cohen and Reinfeld 61/2 ($52),
Shainwit 51/2 ($44), Morton 5
($40), Suesman 2 ($16). The
USA dominated the Olympiads
during the thirties. Fine and
Reshevsky competed in AVRO
1938. It were heydays for
American chess.[31...d5 32.Ra1
Qxb2 33.Qxb2 Rxb2 34.Rxa4
Nxf2 35.Rd4 Rb5 plays for a
win.] ½–½
(13) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Woliston,Philip [C10]
New York USA 3 (3),
29.04.1940
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6
6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5
Bxc5 9.0–0 0–0 10.Bg5 b6
11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc7!?
[12...Qe7 happened in Maroczy
- Von Bardeleben, Wien 1908.]
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Be4 Rad8
15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Nd2 Be7
17.Ne4 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8
19.Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.Qd3 Be7
21.h3 Qc7 22.Qg3+ Qxg3
23.Nxg3 A knight versus bishop
ending has been reached
quickly.
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23...Kf8 24.Kf1 Ke8 25.Ke2
Kd7 26.Kd3 Kc6 27.Ne2 Bc5
28.f4 b5?! [28...f5! 29.Nd4+
Kd7 30.g4 fxg4 31.hxg4 h6
defends well.] 29.g4! Now
White has pressure on the
kingside. 29...a6 30.Ke4 Bf8!?
31.Nd4+ Kd6 32.Nb3 Be7
33.Nd2 Bf8 34.c4! Kc5 35.cxb5
axb5 36.Nb3+ Kd6 37.Nd4
Kc5?! [37...b4! 38.f5 Bh6
39.Nb3
e5
resists
more
actively.] 38.f5! e5 39.Nf3 h6
40.h4
Be7
41.h5!
White
threatens g5. 41...Bd6 42.a3!
b4? [42...Bf8! 43.b3 Bg7
44.Nd2 Bf8 offers a strong
resistance.] 43.a4!? [43.g5!
wins at once.] 43...b3! 44.Nd2
Kb4 45.a5! Kxa5 [45...Kb5!?
46.Nxb3 Bf8 47.Kd5 Bb4
48.Nc1 Kxa5 49.Nd3 Bf8
50.g5!
breaks
the
pawn
structure.] 46.Nc4+ Reshevsky
won a fine endgame. 1–0
(14) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Denker,Arnold [D55]
New York USA 3 (5),
02.05.1940
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6
4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 0–0 6.e3 Ne4
7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Qc2 c6 9.Nxe4
dxe4 10.Nd2!? [The alternative
is 10.Qxe4 Qb4+ 11.Nd2 Qxb2
12.Qb1 Qxb1+ 13.Rxb1 (Flohr
- Thomas, Margate 1936).]
10...f5 11.c5 Nd7 12.Bc4 Nf6
13.0–0 Kh8 14.f3 e5!? 15.fxe4
Ng4 16.Qc3 f4! Tactics have
started.
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17.exf4 exd4! 18.Qd3! [Not
18.Qxd4? Rd8 19.Qc3 Qxc5+
20.Kh1 b5!] 18...Ne3 19.Rf2
Qxc5 20.a3 b5 21.Ba2 Qb6
22.Nf3 c5 23.b4 c4! 24.Qxd4
Rxf4 25.h3 Bxh3!? [25...Bb7!
26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Nd4 Rxe4
28.Nxb5 Bc6 favours Black.]
26.Qxb6 axb6 27.Ng5! Rxf2
28.Kxf2 Rxa3? [28...Ng4+
29.Kg1 Ne5 30.gxh3 Rxa3
31.Rf1 g6 32.Ne6 h6 about
equalises.] 29.gxh3 h6 30.Nf7+
Kg8? [30...Kh7! 31.Rc1 Rc3!
32.Rg1! Nc2 fights for the last
chance.] 31.Nd6! Nd1+ [Or
31...Nc2
32.Nxb5!
Rxh3
33.Bxc4+] 32.Rxd1 Rxa2+
33.Ke3! Rb2 34.Nxb5 Rxb4
35.Nc3 Rb2 36.Rb1 Rh2
37.Rxb6 Rxh3+ Reshevsky has
gained material. 1–0
(15) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Hanauer,Milton [E43]
New York USA 3 (9),
08.05.1940
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e3 b6 5.Nf3 Bb7 6.Bd3 0–0
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.0–0!?
Qe7 10.Re1 Ne4 11.Bxe4 Bxe4
12.Nd2 Bb7 13.e4 e5 14.Nf1
Nc6 15.Ne3 exd4 16.Nd5! Qh4
17.cxd4 Rae8 18.Bf4 Re6?!
[18...f5! 19.Re3!? Rxe4 20.Rh3
Qd8 21.Qh5 Nxd4 22.Qxh7+
Kf7 23.Qh5+ leads to perpetual
check.] 19.Bg3 Qd8 20.Qd3
Na5 21.Nb4 c5 22.d5 Ree8
23.Nc2 Ba6 24.Ne3 Qf6
25.Red1 Rd8 26.Rac1 Rd7?!
[26...Bc8! prevents the next
move.] 27.Nf5! Re8? [27...Qd8
defends pawn d6.] 28.Nxd6!
Rxd6 29.e5 Rxd5 [Or 29...Bxc4
30.exf6 Bxd3 31.Bxd6] 30.cxd5
Bxd3 31.exf6 c4 32.d6 gxf6
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33.d7! Rd8 34.Rxd3! cxd3
35.Rc8 d2 36.Rxd8+ Kg7
37.Rg8+! Reshevsky ended the
game by a 'petite combination'.
1–0
(16) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C86]
New York USA 3 (13),
21.05.1940
Again
the
problems
for
Kashdan started during the last
part of the championship. 1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 0–0 10.h3 Bh5
11.d3!? [11.g4 Bg6 12.d3 drew
in Kashdan - Horowitz, New
York 1938.] 11...Na5 12.Bc2 c5
13.axb5 axb5 14.g4 Bg6
15.Nbd2 Qc7 16.Nh4 d5!
17.Ndf3 dxe4 18.dxe4 c4!
Black takes the initiative.
19.Nf5 Nb7 20.Rxa8 Rxa8
21.Nxe7+ Qxe7 22.Nh4 Nc5
23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5
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e4! An attack in the centre
starts.
25.Rd1?!
[More
appropriate is 25.f3!?] 25...Re8
26.Rd4
h6
27.Be3
Nd3
28.Bxd3?! cxd3?! 29.Qd1 Nd7
30.Kg2 Nb6 31.Qb3! Nc4
32.Qxb5 Nxe3+ 33.fxe3 h5?!
[33...Rd8 keeps an edge.] 34.f6
gxf6 35.Qxh5?! Rd8! 36.Qa5
Rxd4 37.cxd4 Qb7! 38.Qd8+?!
Kg7 39.g5 f5 40.Kf2? Qxb2+
Black has a won queen ending.
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41.Kg3 Qb7! 42.Kf2 Kh7?
43.h4? [43.Qf6 draws.] 43...f4
44.exf4 d2? [44...Qb2+! 45.Kg3
d2! 46.g6+ Kg7 47.h5 Qa3+
48.Kh2 d1Q wins for Black.]
45.Ke2
e3
46.Qf6
Kg8
47.Qd8+ Kh7 48.Qf6 Qc7
49.g6+ fxg6 50.h5! Qc4+
51.Kxe3 d1Q 52.Qe7+ Kh6
53.Qg5+ Kg7 54.Qxg6+??
[54.Qe7+!
Qf7
55.h6+!
(Reshevsky) 55...Kg8 56.h7+
Qxh7 57.Qe8+ Kg7 58.Qe7+
leads to perpetual check.]
54...Kf8 55.Qd6+ Ke8 Kashdan
was out of the race by a blunder
at the end. 0–1
(17) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kupchik,Abraham [E09]
New York USA 3 (16),
18.05.1940
1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3
Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 c6 7.Qc2
b6 8.Nbd2!? [8.Ne5 was played
in
Fine
-
Ragozin,
Semmering/Baden
1937.]
8...Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4
11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Qc7
13.b3 Nf6 14.Qe2 Rad8
15.Bb2 c5 16.dxc5 Bxf3?!
[16...Bxc5 keeps the equality.]
17.Bxf3 Bxc5 18.Qe5 Qe7
19.Kg2 h6 20.Bc3 Rxd1
21.Rxd1 Rc8 22.Rd3 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.b4 Bd6
25.Qe2 Qc7 26.Qd3 Nd7
27.Qe4 Ne5 28.Be2 Qc6
29.Qxc6 Nxc6 White has a
better ending due to the two
bishops.
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30.a3
Kf8
31.f4
e5?!
[Preferable is 31...a5 32.b5 Nb8
33.Bb2 Nd7] 32.Bf3 Nd4
33.Be4 f6 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3
Ne6 36.fxe5!? fxe5? All black
pawns become weaknesses.
[36...Bxe5!
37.Bxe5
fxe5
exchanges bishops.] 37.Bb1
Nd4 38.Ke4! Gaining a pawn
draws. 38...Ke6 39.Ba2 Kd7
40.Bb1 Kc6 41.g4 a5 42.Bd3
axb4 43.axb4 Bc7 44.Ke3 Bd6
45.Bg6 Kd7 46.Be4 Ke7 47.h4
g5 48.h5 Kf6 49.Kd3 Ke7
50.Bb7 Ke6 51.Bd2 Be7
52.Bc8+ Kf6 53.Bd7 Bd6
54.Ke4 White has entered the
hostile position.
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54...Ke7 55.Bc8 Nc2 56.b5!
Nd4 57.Be3 Kf6 58.Bf2! Bc7
59.Kd5! Bd8 60.c5 bxc5
61.Kxc5 Be7+ 62.Kc4 Nxb5!?
Black could have given up.
[62...Bd8 63.Bg3 Bc7 64.Kc5
Ne2 65.Bh2 Nd4 66.b6 slowly
wins for White.] 63.Kxb5 Ba3
64.Kc4 Bc1 65.Kd5 Ba3
66.Bc5 Bb2 67.Bb6 Bc1
68.Ba6 Bb2 69.Bd8+ Kg7
70.Ke4 Bc3 71.Kf5 e4 72.Kxe4
Bd2 73.Kf5 Bc1 74.Bf6+ Kg8
75.Bd4 Ba3 76.Kf6 Bf8 77.Ke6
Bb4 78.Bd3 Bf8 79.Bc2 Bb4
80.Kf6
Be7+
81.Kg6
Reshevsky could take the sole
lead, because Fine drew. 1–0
(18) Fine,Reuben -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C59]
New York USA 3 (17),
19.05.1940
Fine has to defeat Rehevsky in
the last round. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 He
surprises his opponent. 4...d5
5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6
bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5
Bd6 11.f4 Qc7 12.0–0 0–0!?
[12...Bxe5 13.fxe5 Qxe5 14.d4
Qd6 was played in Leffmann -
Schallopp, Nürnberg 1883.]
13.Nc3 Bxe5 14.fxe5 Qxe5
15.d4 exd3 16.Qxd3 White has
returned the pawn and gained a
plus.
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16...Ng4?! 17.Bf4?! [17.Rf4!
Qc5+ 18.Qd4 Qxd4+ 19.Rxd4
brings a superior endgame
(Reinfeld).] 17...Qc5+ 18.Kh1
Nf2+ 19.Rxf2 Qxf2 20.Rf1
Qh4 21.Qd6?! [21.Qe4! Bd7
22.Bd3 f5 23.Qb4 achieves an
edge.] 21...Bg4 22.Ba6 Bc8
23.Bd3 Be6 24.Qb4 Qh5?
Reshevsky blunders. [24...Nc4!
25.Bxc4 Bxc4 26.Qxc4 g5 leads
to the game.] 25.Bc7! Nc4!?
26.Bxc4 Qh4 27.Bf4? [27.Rf4!
Qe1+ 28.Bf1 conquers the title
for Fine.] 27...Bxc4 28.Qxc4 g5
29.g3 Qg4
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30.Qxc6!? [Fine notices the
escape 30.Ne4 Qe6!! 31.Qd4
f5! 32.Nc5 Qe2 33.Rf2 Qe1+
34.Kg2 gxf4 35.Qxf4 and
equality.] 30...gxf4 31.Rxf4
Qe6 32.Qf3 f5 33.Qd5 Rae8
34.Kg2 Qxd5+ 35.Nxd5 Re2+
36.Rf2 Rxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Kf7 The
endgame will be defendable
easily. 38.c4 a5 39.b3 Re8
40.a3 Rc8 41.Nc3 Ke6 42.Ke3
Ke5 43.Kd3 Rb8 44.Nb5 Rd8+
45.Kc2 h5! 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4
h4 48.c5 hxg3 49.hxg3 Kd5
50.Kd3 Rg8 51.Nc3+ Kc6
52.Ne2 Rg4 53.Kc3 Kd5
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54.Nf4+ Kc6 55.Kc4 Rxg3
56.b5+ Kd7 57.Kd5 Rg1
58.Nd3 Rd1! 59.Kc4 Rb1
60.Nf4 Rb2 61.Nd5 Rb1
62.Nb6+
Kc7
Reshevsky
prolongated his title after seven
hours of play. The final
standings became: Reshevsky
13/17, Fine 121/2, Simonson
11, Horowitz 10, Kashdan 91/2,
Polland and Dake 9, Kupchik
81/2, Bernstein 71/2, Santasiere
and Treysman 7, Hanauer,
Cohen and Reinfeld 61/2,
Shainswit 51/2, Morton 5,
Suesman 2. ½–½
(19) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Horowitz,Israel [E72]
New York USA 3 (5),
11.05.1941
When
the
biannual
championships
began,
it
remained possible to challenge
the champ for a title match.
Horowitz could not participate
in
1940
and
challenged
Reshevsky. They played a
match of sixteen games in New
York and nearby cities from 4
until 29 v 1941. The prize fund
was $5000. It started with four
draws. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 e5
7.d5 a5 8.Nge2 Na6 9.0–0 Nc5
10.h3 Ne8 11.Be3 f5 12.exf5
Bxf5 13.f4!? b6!? 14.fxe5!
Bxe5 15.g4 Bd7 16.Rxf8+
Kxf8 17.Qd2 Kg8 18.Nd4
Rc8!? 19.Ncb5 Nf6 20.Na7
Ra8 21.Nac6 Qe8 22.Nxe5
Qxe5 23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.Bd4
Nfe4! 25.Qe3 White has little
advantage. 25...Qg3 26.dxc6
Qxe3+ 27.Bxe3 Re8 28.Re1
Kf8 29.Bd4 g5 30.Re3 Re7
31.b3 h6 32.Kf1 Rf7+ 33.Ke1
Re7 34.Kd1 Kf7 35.a3 Nf6!?
[Even better is 35...Nf2+!
36.Ke2 Nfd3] 36.Rf3 Nce4
37.Rf5 Kg6 38.Kc2 h5 39.Bxe4
Nxe4 40.Rf8 hxg4 41.hxg4
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Rh7? Horowitz makes a fatal
error. [Right is 41...Nc5! 42.b4
Ne6 43.Rf6+ Kh7 and Black
will draw.] 42.b4! a4 43.Kd3
Re7 44.Rg8+! Kh6 45.Rd8 The
black pieces are misplaced.
45...Ng3 46.Rd7 Re1 47.Bxb6!
Ra1 48.Rxd6+! Reshevsky took
the lead. 1–0
(20) Horowitz,Israel -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C97]
New York USA 3 (8),
17.05.1941
The games six and seven were
drawn. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7
6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5
9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 0–0
12.a4 Bd7 13.axb5 axb5
14.Nbd2!?
[14.dxe5
dxe5
15.Nbd2
was
played
in
Reshevsky - Adams, New York
1940.] 14...Nc6 15.Rxa8 Rxa8
16.d5 Nd8 17.Nf1 c4 18.g4 Ne8
19.Ng3 g6 20.Kh2 Ng7 21.Rg1
f6! Black play passively but
defends well. 22.Be3 Nf7
23.Qc1 Kh8 24.Ne1 Qa5
25.Ng2 b4 26.cxb4 Qxb4
27.Bd2! Qc5
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28.f4!? Horowitz starts a risky
attack. 28...exf4 29.Nxf4 Ne5
30.Rf1
Ne8
31.Bc3 Ng7
32.Nfe2 Kg8 33.Qf4 Qc8
34.Rg1
h5!?
35.Nf5?!
[35.gxh5!? g5! 36.Qf1 Bxh3
37.Qxh3 Nf3+ 38.Kg2 Nh4+
leads to perpetual check by
Black.] 35...gxf5 36.gxh5!?
Kf7!?
37.Bxe5!?
fxe5
38.Qh6?! White does not
compromise.
[38.Qg3!
Bf6
39.h6 Ne8 40.Qg8+ Ke7 41.h7
aims at equality.] 38...Qh8?
[38...Bf6! 39.Rg6 Qd8 40.exf5
Bxf5 41.Bxf5 Nxf5 42.Qh7+
Ng7 tries to win.] 39.Qg6+ Kf8
40.h6 Ne8 41.h7 Nf6 42.Qh6+
Kf7 [Not 42...Ke8? 43.Rg7 Kd8
44.Qg6] 43.Qg6+ Kf8 Perpetual
check by White ends the game.
Reshevsky kept the lead. ½–½
(21) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Horowitz,Israel [D36]
New York USA 3 (9),
18.05.1941
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
4.Bg5 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.cxd5
exd5 7.Qc2 Be7 8.Bd3 0–0
9.Nf3 Re8 10.0–0 Nf8 11.Ne5
Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nxg4
Bxg4 14.Ne2 Rad8 15.Ng3
Qh4!? [15...g6 drew in Flohr -
Ragozin,
Leningrad/Moscow
1939.] 16.b4 Rd6 17.Bf5 Rf6
18.Bxg4 Qxg4 19.Rab1 White
prepares a minority attack.
19...a6
20.a4
b5?
Black
weakens his queenside. [Right
is 20...h5!] 21.axb5 axb5
22.Ra1! Ng6 23.Ra6 Rc8
24.Rfa1 h5? This blunder costs
a pawn. 25.h3! Qd7!? [The
pointe is 25...Qg5 26.Ra8! Rxa8
27.Rxa8+
Kh7
28.Rc8]
26.Nxh5 Re6 27.Qc5 Qe8
28.Qc3 Kh7 29.Ra7 Re7
30.R7a6 Re6 31.Ng3 Nh4
32.Qc2+ Rg6 33.Ra7 f5?!
34.Qd1?! White could capture
pawn f5. 34...Rh6 35.R1a3 Rd8
36.Kh2 Rd7 37.Qa1 Rxa7
38.Rxa7 Qe6 39.Qc3 Rg6
40.Qc2 Qf6 41.Kh1 Qe6
42.Qb1 Kg8 43.Ra8+ Kh7
44.Rf8 Rf6 45.Rb8 g6 46.Rb7+
Rf7 47.Rxf7+ Qxf7 48.Ne2 g5
49.Ng1 Kh6 50.g3 Ng6 51.Kg2
Qe6 52.Nf3 Ne7 53.Nd2 f4!?
54.exf4 gxf4 55.Nf3! Qe4
56.Qc1! Ng6!? 57.Qxc6 fxg3
58.Kxg3!
Black
has
no
perpetual check.
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58...Kg7 59.Qd7+ Qe7 60.Ne5
Qxd7 61.Nxd7 Ne7 62.Nb6
Kf6 63.h4 Ke6 64.h5 Kf5 65.f4
Nc6 66.Nxd5 Nxd4 67.Ne3+!
Kf6 68.Kg4 Nc6 69.Nd5+ Kf7
70.Kf5 Kg7 71.Kg5 Nd4
72.h6+ Kh7 73.f5 Nf3+ 74.Kh5
Ne5 75.Nc7 Nf7 76.Nxb5 Nxh6
77.Nd6 Ng8 78.Ne8 Nh6
79.Kg5 Nf7+ 80.Kf6 Kg8
81.Ke7 Ng5 82.b5 Reshevsky
increased his lead. 1–0
(22) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Horowitz,Israel [D18]
New York USA 3 (11),
24.05.1941
Game ten was drawn. 1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4
5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7
8.0–0
Be7
9.h3!?
[More
enterprising is 9.Qe2 (Ed.
Lasker - Horowitz, New York
1931).] 9...0–0 10.Bd3!? Bxd3
11.Qxd3 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5
Rad8 14.Qe2!? exd4 15.Nxd4
Rfe8 16.Qc2? Bd6? [16...Ng4!
17.hxg4
Bxg5
takes
the
initiative.] 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bh4
Be5 19.Nde2 Nf8 20.Rxd8
Qxd8 21.f4 Bd4+?! [Preferable
is 21...Bxc3! 22.Nxc3 Ng6! and
equality.]
22.Nxd4
Qxd4+
23.Bf2 Qb4 24.e5 Nd5 25.Ne4
White attacks. 25...Ne6 26.g3!?
Nd4 27.Qd3 Nf5 28.b3 g6?
[Better is 28...b6!] 29.Bc5?!
[29.Bxa7! b6!? 30.Qc4! Qa5
31.Qxc6 Rd8 32.Nf6+ Nxf6
33.Bxb6!
gains
material.]
29...Qa5 30.g4 Ng7 31.Bd6
Qb6+ 32.Kh1 a5 The game is
adjourned at 1:45 AM. They
have a supper with Marshall,
Hodges and other guests. The
resumption starts at 3:30 AM!!
[32...Ne6!?
33.f5!
Nef4?
34.fxg6! Nxd3 35.gxf7+ Kg7
36.fxe8Q also wins for White.]
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f6 36.Bc5 Qa6 37.Qf3 Rg8
38.Rg1 Ne8 39.Qh5 Rxg1+
40.Kxg1 Ng7 41.Qxh6+ Kg8
42.Bf8 Reshevsky led by 7–
4.[Horowitz notices 42.Bf8
Nxf5 (42...Kxf8 43.Qh8+ Ke7
44.Qxg7+ Ke8 45.Qf7+ Kd8
46.Qd7#)
43.Qg6+
Kxf8
44.Qf7#] 1–0
(23) Horowitz,Israel -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C83]
New York USA 3 (12),
25.05.1941
They had some hours to reach
Woodside and started game
twelve. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4
6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.c3 Be7 10.a4 b4 11.Nd4
Nxe5 12.f4 Bg4!? [12...Nc4
occurred in Euwe - Alekhine,
World
Championship
1935
(16).] 13.Qc2 c5 14.fxe5 cxd4
15.cxd4 0–0 16.Be3 Be6!?
17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 f6
19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Qd3 Qb7
21.Bc2 g6 22.Bh6 Rf7 23.Qg3
f5 24.Bb3 White has the
initiative. 24...Bd8 25.Bg5 Qa7
26.Rcd1 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 Rc8
28.h4 Kg7 29.Qf4 h6 30.Qf3
Qb7 31.Qe3 Qe7 32.Qf3! Qb7
33.Rc1 Rfc7?! [Preferable is
33...Qb6]
34.Rxc7+
Rxc7
35.h5! gxh5 [The pointe is
35...g5!? 36.g4! f4 37.Qd3!]
36.Qxh5 Kh7 37.Rxf5! Bxf5
38.Qxf5+ Kg7 39.Qf6+ Kh7
40.Bc2+! Rxc2 [Or 40...Kg8
41.Bf5!] 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Qxc2
White has an extra pawn in the
queen ending. 42...Qd7 43.b3
a5 44.Qc5 Qd8 45.Kf1 Kg6
46.Qd6+!? The pawn ending is
won, if White plays accurately.
46...Qxd6 47.exd6 Kf6 48.Kf2
Ke6 49.Kg3 Kxd6
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50.Kg4? He misses the win in
the pawn ending. [Right is
50.Kh4! Ke6 51.g4!
Kf6
52.Kh5 Kg7 53.g5] 50...Ke6
51.Kh5 Kf5! 52.Kxh6 Ke4!
53.g4 Kxd4 54.g5 Kc3 55.g6
d4 56.g7 d3 57.g8Q d2 58.Qd5
Kc2 59.Qxa5!? [59.Qc4+ Kb2
60.Qd3 Kc1 does not win for
White, because the opponent
controls c3.] 59...d1Q 60.Qxb4
Kb2 It has become a theoretical
draw. 61.Kg6 Qc2+ 62.Kg5
Qg2+ 63.Kf6 Qc6+ 64.Kf7
Qd5+ 65.Ke7 Qe5+ 66.Kd7
Qf5+ 67.Kc7 Qf7+ 68.Kb6
Qe6+ 69.Ka7 Qd7+ 70.Qb7
Qd4+ 71.Qb6 Qd7+ 72.Ka6
Qd3+ 73.Qb5 Qd6+ 74.Ka5
Ka3 75.Qc4!? [75.b4 does not
help either.] 75...Qd8+ 76.Kb5
Qb8+ 77.Kc5 Qc7+ 78.Kd5
Qd8+ 79.Ke4 Qe7+ 80.Kd3
Qh7+ 81.Qe4 Qf7 82.Qc4
Qh7+ 83.Kd2 Qh6+ 84.Kc2
Qh2+ 85.Kc3 Qh8+ 86.Qd4
Qc8+ 87.Kd2!? Kxb3 88.a5
Qc2+ 89.Ke1 Qf5 90.Qb6+
Kc4 91.a6 Qe5+ 92.Kf1 Qf5+
93.Qf2 Qb1+ 94.Kg2 Qg6+
95.Kh2 Kb5 96.a7 Qh7+
97.Kg1 Qg7+ 98.Kf1 Qa1+
99.Ke2 Qa2+ They were
obliged to play sixteen games.
Hereafter, four dull draws
completed the match (91/2–
61/2). Reshevsky remained the
champion. ½–½
(24) Seidman,Herbert -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C86]
New York USA 4 (1),
10.04.1942
The United States Chess
Federation considered to cancel
the fourth championship due to
the war. Later it was thought to
be good for morale. The event
was played at Hotel Astor in
New York from 10 until 30 iv
1942. Fine could not participate.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5
7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 0–0
10.h3 Bh5 11.Rd1!? b4! 12.d4
bxc3 13.g4? [13.bxc3! Rb8
14.Bc2 equalises.] 13...Qb8
14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bg6
16.bxc3 Na5 17.Nbd2
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exd4!? Black sacrifices a piece.
18.Qxe7?
[Preferable
is
18.Nxd4 Re8 19.Nf5 Bf6
20.Qf3] 18...Re8! 19.Qg5 dxc3
20.Nh4 [The pointe is 20.Nf1
f6! 21.Qf4 Re4 22.Qg3 c2
23.Rd3 Qb1! 24.Rda3 Nb3 and
Black wins.] 20...f6 21.Qf4 Bc2
22.Nf5!? Bxd1 23.Ne4 Rxe4!?
24.Qxe4 Qe8! 25.Qb4 Nb3
26.Rb1 Nxc1!? [26...Qe1+!
27.Kg2 Bc2 ends the game.]
27.Rxc1 c2 28.Qb7 Qd8
29.Qb3 Rb8 30.Qa2 h5 31.Nd4
hxg4 32.hxg4 Qe8 33.Nxc2
Qe2 34.g5 fxg5 35.Qa3 Bxc2
36.Qc3 Be4 37.Qxc7 Qg4+
Sammy delivers mate in two. 0–
1
(25) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Denker,Arnold [E49]
New York USA 4 (6),
17.04.1942
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 0–0
7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3
cxd4!? 10.exd4 b6 11.c4 Qd6
12.0–0 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Bb2
Rfd8 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.f3 Rac8
17.Qe2 Qd6 18.f4 Reshevsky
has the initiative.
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18...g6 19.Rae1 Re8 20.Rf2
Nh5 21.Qg4 Ba6 22.Rc1 Re7
23.c5! bxc5 24.Bxa6 Qxa6
25.dxc5 Rec7 26.Qg5 f6
27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Qxf6 Rxc5
29.Rxc5 Rxc5 30.Qd8+ Kf7
31.Qd7+ Kf8! White has little
advantage. 32.h3 Qb6 33.Kh2
Rc1 34.Re2 Qg1+ 35.Kg3
Rc3+ 36.Kh4 Qc5 37.Qxh7
Qe7+? [37...Qd4! 38.Qh6+ Kf7
seems to draw.] 38.Qxe7+
Kxe7 39.a4 Kf6 40.Re4 Ra3
41.g4? [41.Kg4 Ra2 42.g3 a5
43.h4 Ra3 44.Rc4! Ra1 45.h5
plays for a win.] 41...a5 42.Rc4
Rf3 43.Rc5!? Rxf4 44.Rxa5
g5+? 45.Kg3? [45.Rxg5 Rxa4
46.Kh5! takes advantage of a
blunder.] 45...Rb4 The time
scramble had ended in a drawn
position. When the arbiter could
not see the consumed times, he
placed the clock at the other
side!
Then,
one
player
overstepped the limit. The
arbiter concluded: "Denker has
lost on time!" So Reshevsky
gained half-a-point. Denker
was out of the race for the first
place. 1–0
(26) Hahlbohm,Herman -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C34]
New York USA 4 (11),
24.04.1942
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Ne7!?
[Theory is the sharp line
3...Qh4+ 4.Ke2 d5] 4.Nf3 d5
5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd5 7.Qe2?!
[More solid is 7.Bc4 Be7 8.0–0]
7...Bb4+ 8.c3 0–0! Reshevsky
plays like a Calabrean. 9.cxb4
Re8 10.Ne5?! f6? [10...Nc6!
11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Kf2 Bf5
13.Kg1 Rxe4 regains a piece in
a won position.] 11.Qh5! g6!
[The point is 11...fxe5?! 12.Bc4
c6 13.0–0 and White has the
initiative.]
12.Qh4
fxe5
13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.dxe5
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Bf5?! [14...Kg7! 15.Nf6 Nxb4
16.Kf2 Nc2 17.Rb1 Ne3 favors
Black.] 15.Nf6+! Nxf6 16.exf6
Re8+ 17.Kf2 Nd7 18.Bc4+
Be6! 19.f7+ Kxf7 20.Bxe6+
Rxe6 21.Bxf4 Rae8 22.Rhe1 c6
23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Re1 Rxe1
25.Kxe1 Ke6 26.Kd2 Kd5
27.Kd3 a6 28.a3 Nf6 29.Bc7
Ne8 30.Bb8 Ng7 31.Ba7 Ne6
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32.Be3 b5 33.Bd2 h5 34.Be3
g5 35.g3 Ke5 36.h3 Kf5 37.Bf2
Ke5 38.Be3 Kd5 39.Bf2 Nd8
40.Bb6 Ne6 41.Be3 Ke5
42.Ba7 Kd5 43.Be3 Ke5
44.Ba7 Kd5 45.Be3 Ke5
Reshevsky did not utilize his
chances in an interesting
opening. ½–½
(27) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Horowitz,Israel [D36]
New York USA 4 (15),
29.04.1942
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3
c6 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4
0–0 10.Nge2 Re8 11.0–0–0!?
Reshevsky plays for a win.
[Known is 11.h3] 11...Qa5
12.Kb1 b5 13.Ng3!? Bf8
14.Nge2!?
Bb7
15.Rc1?!
[Preferable is 15.Nc1] 15...b4!
Horowitz takes the initiative.
16.Na4 Ne4 17.b3 Rac8?!
[17...c5! 18.dxc5 Rac8 keeps an
edge.] 18.f3! Nd6
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19.Nc5? This move loses a
pawn. 19...Nxc5 20.dxc5 Nb5
21.Bxb5 cxb5 C5 falls. 22.Qd3
Rxc5 23.Rxc5 Bxc5 24.Nd4
Qb6 25.Bf2 a6 26.Rc1 Bc8
27.Qc2 Bxd4 28.exd4 Qf6
29.Ka1 Bf5 30.Qd2 Qg5?!
31.Qxg5 hxg5 Black has an
additional pawn in the endgame.
32.Re1 Rc8 33.Be3 Rc2 34.g4
Bg6 35.Bxg5 Rxh2 36.Be7 Rf2
37.Bxb4 Rxf3 38.Re5 Be4
39.Re8+ Kh7 40.g5 Rf1+
41.Kb2 Rf2+ 42.Ka3!? Bb1!
43.Ba5 Rxa2+ 44.Kb4 Kg6
45.Bd8 Bf5 46.Rg8 Kh7
47.Rf8 Be6 48.Be7 Rd2 49.Kc5
b4!? 50.Ra8 Rd3
51.Kxb4!? Rxd4+ The two
extra
pawns
have
little
importance due to the bishops
of a different color.
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52.Kc5
Rd3
53.b4
Ra3
54.Kb6!? d4 55.b5 Rb3!
56.Rxa6 d3!? 57.Ka5? [Right
is 57.Ra4! d2 58.Rh4+! Kg6
59.Rd4 Rb2 60.Ba3! drawn.]
57...d2!
58.Rd6
Bc4?
[58...Ra3+! 59.Kb4 (59.Kb6
Ra2 60.Kc5 Bb3) 59...Ra7!
60.Bd8 Rd7 would have costed
Sammy the championship.]
59.Rxd2!
White
survives.
59...Rxb5+
60.Ka4
Rb7
61.Bd8 Kg6 62.Rd4 Be6
63.Ka5 Rb8 64.Be7 Re8
65.Bd8 Rxd8 66.Rxd8 Kxg5
67.Kb4 Kf4 68.Kc3 g5 69.Kd2
g4 70.Ke2 g3 71.Rd4+ Ke5
72.Rh4 The final standings
became:
Reshevsky
and
Kashdan 121/2/15, Denker and
Pinkus 101/2, Steiner 10,
Horowitz 9, Seidman 7, Levin
and Levy 61/2, Chernev and
Pilnick 6, Baker and Lessing
51/2, Altman, Green and
Hahlbohm 4. A playoff between
Reshevsky
and
Kashdan
became necessary. ½–½
(28) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kashdan,Isaac [D83]
New York USA 4 playoff (1),
07.10.1942
The playoff match happened in
the New York region from 7 x
until 27 xii 1942. Four games
happened in Army bases. Game
one occurred in Fort Jay on
Governors Island. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0–0
6.Qb3 c5 7.dxc5 Ne4 8.cxd5
Qa5 9.Nge2 Nxc5 They follow
Capablanca - Flohr, AVRO
1938. 10.Qd1!? [Known is
10.Qc4] 10...e5 11.Bg5 f6
12.a3! A battle rages. 12...Ne4?
[Better is 12...fxg5 13.b4
(Alekhine) 13...Qd8! 14.bxc5
Na6! and Black attacks the
centre.] 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 f5
15.f3! Nxc3 16.Nxc3 f4 17.Bf2
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e4! 18.Rc1! Reshevsky defends
well. 18...Bf5!? Kashdan tries
to create chaos. 19.Be2 exf3
20.gxf3! fxe3 21.Bxe3 Nd7
22.0–0?! [22.Rg1! h6 23.h4
takes over the attack.] 22...Rae8
23.Bd4 Ne5 24.Kh1 a6 25.d6
Kh8 26.b4! Qd8 [26...Qxa3?
27.Nd5
Qa2
(Reshevsky)
28.Rc5! wins for White.]
27.Nd5 g4? [27...Qxd6 28.Bc5
Qh6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Ne3 Bd7
offers a strong resistance.]
28.Nc7 gxf3 29.Bxf3! Nxf3
30.Bxg7+
Kxg7
31.Nxe8+
Qxe8 32.Rc7+ White plays
elegantly. 32...Kg8 33.Re7 Qg6
34.Qd5+
Kh8
35.Rxf3
Kashdan oversteps the time
limit in a lost position. 1–0
(29) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C75]
New York USA 4 playoff (2),
10.10.1942
The second game happened in
Camp Upton at Yaphank. 1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4
d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
h6
8.Be3
Ng6!?
[8...g6
occurred in Teichmann -
Steinitz, Hastings 1895; 8...g5
9.Bxg5!? hxg5 10.Nxg5 d5 led
to a spectacular draw in Ahues
- Rubinstein, San Remo 1930.]
9.Nbd2 Qf6 [Usual will become
9...Be7!?] 10.Qe2 Be7 11.0–0–0
Nf4 12.Bxf4 Qxf4 13.Kb1
Na5!? [The natural move is
13...0–0] 14.Bc2 0–0 15.Nf1
Bb5 16.Bd3 f5! Reshevsky
takes the initiative. 17.dxe5
Bxd3+ 18.Qxd3
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fxe4? Black overestimates his
chances. [18...Qxe4! 19.Ng3
Qxd3+ 20.Rxd3 brings equality
(Kashdan
and
Alekhine).]
19.Qd5+! Kh8 20.Rd4 dxe5?
[20...Rad8
21.Rxe4
dxe5
22.Rxf4 Rxd5 23.Rxf8+ Bxf8
24.Ne3 Rd6 25.Nxe5 Kh7
offers
more
resistance.]
21.Nxe5! Rf6 The rest is agony.
22.Rxe4 Qxf2 23.Qxa5 Rb6
24.Nd3 Qxg2 25.Ng3 Bd6
26.Re2 Qc6 27.Ne5 Qe8
28.Qd5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qg6+
30.Qf5 Qd6 31.Rhe1 Rg8
32.Re8 Qg6 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8
34.Qxg6 Rxg6 35.Re7
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Rc6 36.Kc2 g6 37.Kd3 h5
38.Ne4 a5 39.Kd4 a4 40.Ke5
Rb6 41.Rxc7 Rxb2 42.Kf6
Rb6+ 43.Kg5 Kf8 44.a3 Rb3
45.Kxg6 Ke8 46.Rxb7! Rxa3
47.c4 Reshevsky resigned on
the next day. It was his first loss
in the US championship since
1936. 1–0
(30) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kashdan,Isaac [D81]
New York USA 4 playoff (3),
13.10.1942
Game three was played in Pine
Camp at Great Bend. 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4
5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qd3!? [Usual
was 6.Qb5+ Nc6 7.Nf3] 6...Bg7
7.e4 c6 8.Nf3 0–0 9.Be2 Ne8!?
10.0–0 Nd6 11.Qc2 Bc4 12.Bf4
Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Qb6 14.Rad1
Qa6 Black wants to exchange.
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15.Rd3! Black avoids the plan
and continues the development.
15...Nd7 16.e5!? Nb5 17.Ng5!?
Nxc3 18.bxc3 h6 19.Ne4
Reshevsky prepares an attack
on
the
kingside.
19...c5!
Kashdan counters in the centre.
20.Rfd1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8
22.Qd2 Rfd8 23.h4 [The pointe
is 23.Bxh6?! Nxe5! (Alekhine)
24.dxe5 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3
26.Rxd3 Bxh6 and equality.]
23...Kh7 24.h5 g5 25.Bg3 Rc4
26.f4 f5! 27.Nc3!? Sammy
keeps the game going. 27...gxf4
28.Bxf4 e6?! Black blocks the
protection of the kingside by his
queen.
29.Rg3!
Nf8?
[29...Rdc8! 30.Rb1 Qc6 31.Rb3
Nb6 counters on the queenside
and keeps the answer available.]
30.Rxg7+! Kxg7 31.Bxh6+
Kh7 32.Qg5 Rd7 33.Bxf8
Rxc3 34.Qg6+ Kh8
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35.Qe8? The players miss a
trick during the time pressure.
[Better is 35.h6! Rcc7 36.Bg7+
Rxg7 37.hxg7+ Kg8 38.Qh6
Rxg7 39.Rc1! b5 40.d5! and
White has a decisive attack.]
35...Rcc7?
[35...Rg3!
36.Be7+!?
Kh7
37.Qxd7
Rxg2+! 38.Kxg2 Qe2+ 39.Kg3
Qe3+ leads to perpetual check.]
36.Be7+ Kg7 37.Qf8+ Kh7
38.Qf7+ Reshevsky delivers
mate. He led by 2–1. 1–0
(31) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C72]
New York USA 4 playoff (4),
15.10.1942
The fourth game occurred in
Plattsburg
Barracks
at
Plattsburg. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bd7
6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4
Nxd4 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4
Be7 11.0–0 0–0 12.b3 Rfe8
13.Bb2
Bf8
14.Rad1!?
[14.Rfe1 occurred in Keres -
Thomas,
Hastings
1937.]
14...Re6?!
Black
has
a
crammed position. [Preferable
is 14...c6!? 15.f3 Qc7 and the
black queen moves to a better
square.] 15.Rfe1 Rae8 16.f3
Kh8?! A useless move. 17.Ne2!
Qc8 18.Qf2!? Nd7 19.Nd4
R6e7?! [19...Rg6! 20.Nf5 Be7
tries to counter.] 20.Qg3 f6
21.Nf5 Re6 22.h4 Black has
been outplayed. 22...b5 23.cxb5
axb5 24.h5 Qa6 25.a3 c5!?
26.Rd5 Ne5 27.Red1 Nf7
28.Qh4 Ne5 29.f4 Nf7 30.h6!
g6!
31.Bxf6+ Kg8
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32.Ng3? [Better is 32.Bg7! gxf5
33.exf5 Bxg7 34.fxe6 Rxe6
35.hxg7 and White wins.]
32...Bxh6 33.Bb2 Bg7 34.f5
Bxb2! 35.fxe6 Rxe6 36.Qg4
Re8 37.Qd7 Rd8 38.Qe7 Rf8
39.Rf1 Be5? [39...Qa8! 40.Rd3
Qe8 moves the black queen to
e8 timely.] 40.Rd3! Qc8
41.Rdf3! Qe8 42.Rxf7! Qxe7
43.Rxe7 Bxg3 44.Rxf8+ Kxf8
45.Rb7 c4 46.bxc4 Kashdan
equalized again. The soldiers
had seen fighting chess. 1–0
(32) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kashdan,Isaac [E29]
New York USA 4 playoff (5),
15.11.1942
The match was resumed in the
Marshall Club after a month. A
crowd
of
200
spectators
followed game five. 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+
5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 0–0 7.Bd3 Nc6
8.Nf3 d6 9.Qc2 e5 10.d5!? Ne7
11.0–0 Kh8?! Black loses time.
[11...e4!?
12.Bxe4
Nxe4
13.Qxe4 Bf5 14.Qf4 Bd3
15.Rd1 Ng6 16.Qg3 (not
16.Qg4? Be2 17.Rd2 Ne5)
16...Bxc4
about
equalises.]
12.Ne1 Ne8 13.f4! exf4 14.exf4
g6!? 15.Nf3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5
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17.g4! The attack begins.
17...Nh6!? 18.f5?! Reshevsky
makes a risky pawn sacrifice.
[18.h3 f5 19.g5 Nf7 20.h4 Ng7
equalises.] 18...Nxg4 19.h3 Ne5
20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bh6 Rg8
22.f6 g5?! [22...Nd6! 23.Bg7+
Rxg7 24.fxg7+ Kxg7 leads to a
black plus.] 23.Qf5 Rg6 24.Bf8
Nd6!? [More solid is 24...Nxf6
25.Qxe5 Qxf8 26.Rxf6 Rxf6
27.Qxf6+ Qg7 (Reshevsky).]
25.Bg7+!?
Kg8!
26.Qxe5
Qd7?! [26...Nxc4! 27.Qe2 Nd6
harvests a pawn.] 27.Rae1 h5?
[27...Rd8! 28.Qe7 Qc8! defends
carefully.]
28.Qe7!
Qxe7
29.Rxe7 Rd8 30.Rfe1 Kh7
31.Kg2 g4? Kashdan allows an
attack on his king. [31...a6!
32.Rc7 b6 resists strongly.]
32.R1e5! gxh3+ 33.Kxh3 Rg1
34.Rxh5+ Kg6 35.Ree5 Rh1+
36.Kg4 Ne4? Time pressures.
[36...Rg1+ 37.Kf3 Rf1+ 38.Kg2
Rf5
(Reshevsky)
39.Rhxf5
Nxf5 40.Kf3 Rd7 41.Kf4 Nxg7
42.fxg7 Kxg7 tries to survive in
a rook ending.] 37.Rxh1 Nf2+
38.Kf4 Reshevsky led by 3–
2.[The point is. 38.Kf4 Nxh1
39.Rg5+ Kh7 40.Rh5+ Kg6
41.Rh6#] 1–0
(33) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kashdan,Isaac [E34]
New York USA 4 playoff (7),
13.12.1942
Game six ended in a draw. 1.d4
Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2
d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5
7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nc6 9.e3 0–
0 10.Rd1!? Qxa2!? [10...cxd4!
11.Nxd4 e5 12.Nf3 Qxa2
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Be6
equalises.]
11.dxc5
White
controls
more
territory.
11...Nd5 12.Be2 Ncb4 13.Qd2
Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nd5 15.Qd2 b6
16.cxb6 axb6 17.0–0 Bb7
18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Ne5 Nf6
20.Nc4 Qb3 21.Qd4 Rc6?
[21...Qb4!?
22.Nxb6
Qxd4
23.exd4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Ra2
25.Nc4 Kf8 creates sufficient
counter-play.] 22.Nd6 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Bxd5
25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Nxc8 Kf8
27.Nxb6 White has gained a
pawn. 27...Bb7 28.f3 Ke7
29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Nc4 f6 31.Ke1
e5 32.Kd2 Nc7 33.Bd3 h6
34.Na5 Bc8 35.Bc4 Kd6
36.Kc3 Nd5+?! The exchange
helps White. 37.Bxd5 Kxd5
Sammy has a won knight versus
bishop ending. 38.e4+ Ke6
39.Nc4 Ba6 40.Ne3? [40.Kb4!
Kd7 41.Kc5 wins for White.]
40...h5? [40...g6! 41.Kb4 Kd6
42.Nc4+ Kc6 hinders the white
king.] 41.Kb4! g6 [The point is
41...Kd6? 42.Nf5+] 42.Kc5! f5
43.b4! fxe4
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44.fxe4? He blunders a pawn.
[44.b5! Bb7 45.Kb6! Ba8
46.Ka7!
ends
the
game.]
44...Bd3 45.b5 Bxe4 46.g3 Bf3
47.h3 Bh1 48.b6 Ba8 49.Nc4
Kf5!? [49...Bh1! keeps the
white king out.] 50.Kd6! h4?
[50...e4! 51.Ne3+ Kf6 52.Nc2
Kf5 leads to a black escape.]
51.gxh4 e4 52.Ke7! Bc6
53.Kf7! Bd5+ 54.Kg7 Ba8
55.Kh6 Bc6 56.Na5 Bd5 57.b7
Bxb7 58.Nxb7 e3 59.Nc5 Ke5
60.Nd3+ Ke4 61.Ne1 Kf5
62.Kg7 e2 63.Nc2 Reshevsky
increased his lead. 1–0
(34) Kashdan,Isaac -
Reshevsky,Samuel [D93]
New York USA 4 playoff (10),
24.12.1942
The games eight and nine were
drawn. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3
d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 0–0
7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.0–0
Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd5
12.Be5 Bf5 13.Qb3 Qb6
14.Bc4!?
[14.Nxd5
Nxd5
15.Bc4 happened in Chernev -
Kashdan, New York 1942.]
14...Nxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4 16.Qa3
Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qc7 18.Rad1
Nd6 19.Bb3 a5! Black threatens
..a4. 20.Qc1 a4 21.Bc2 c5!?
[More solid is 21...Be6 22.a3 f6
23.Nd3 b6]
22.Bxf5 Nxf5
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23.e4!? White weakens the
centre.
23...cxd4
24.Ng4!?
[24.exf5 Qxe5 25.fxg6 hxg6
26.Rxd4 exchanges towards
equality.] 24...Nd6 25.Rxd4
Rac8 26.Ne3?! The exchange
of pawns draws. 26...Nb5!
27.Rc4 Qe5 28.f4!? Alekhine
considers the situation as
desperate. But White can still
resist. 28...Qe6!? 29.f5! Qb6
30.Rxc8?
[30.Rb4!
Nxc3!
31.Rxb6 Ne2+ 32.Kf2 Nxc1
33.Rxb7 Nxa2 34.Nd5! escapes
from a difficult position.]
30...Rxc8 31.c4 Nd6 32.Kh1
Nxe4 Black has gained a pawn.
33.Nd5?! Qd6! 34.fxg6 hxg6
35.Qb1 Rxc4 36.Qxb7 Nf2+!
37.Kg1 Ng4 38.Nxe7+ Kg7
39.Qb2+ f6 Reshevsky won
game eleven too. The standings
became 7-1/2 to 3-1/2 (+6, =3,
-2). Kashdan could have
continued for another three
games, but he resigned the
playoff. 0–1
(35) Denker,Arnold -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E35]
New York USA 6 (3),
28.10.1946
Sammy had started by two
draws. Thereafter, he became a
winning machine. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5
exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.a3!? Bxc3+
8.bxc3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 0–
0 11.Nf3 c4! 12.Be2 Bf5
13.Qb2
Qb6!?
[13...Nd7!
14.Qxb7?! Qd6 15.Qb2 Rab8
shows
more
aggression.]
14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Nd2 Re8
16.0–0 Ra5 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.e4!
Bxe4
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19.Bxc4! Denker liberates his
game. 19...Rc8 20.Bf1!? Bf5
21.c4!? [The alternative is
21.Re3 Rca8 22.c4] 21...Ra4!
22.Rec1 Be6!? 23.cxd5! Rxc1
24.Rxc1
Bxd5
25.Bc4?!
[25.Rc8+! Kh7 26.Nc4 b5
27.Ne3 Rxd4 28.Bxb5 Be6
equalises.] 25...Nf6! 26.Bxd5
Nxd5 27.Nc4 b5! 28.Nd6 Rxa3
29.Rc8+?? White leaves the
first rank unprotected. [Right is
29.Nxb5 Rb3 30.Nd6 and White
draws easily.] 29...Kh7 30.h4
b4 31.Rb8 b6! 32.Nc4 Ra1+
33.Kh2 b3 34.Rd8 Nc3 35.d5
Ra4 36.Nxb6 Rb4 37.Nd7 h5
38.Nf8+ Kh6 39.Nd7 b2
40.Ne5 Rxh4+ 41.Kg3 b1Q
42.Rh8+ Kg5 43.Nf3+ Kf6
44.Nxh4 Ne4+ 45.Kh2 Nxf2
46.Rxh5 Qh1+ 47.Kg3 Ne4+
48.Kf4 g5+ Reshevsky defeated
the defending champion. 0–1
(36) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Steiner,Herman [E49]
New York USA 6 (7),
01.11.1946
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 0–0
7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2
Nc6 10.f3 [Kashdan played
10.0–0 in round one.] 10...Re8
11.0–0 Qc7!? 12.Rb1 Bd7
13.Qe1 Rad8 14.g4 Reshevsky
advances on the kingside before
he marches in the centre. 14...h6
15.Kh1 Bc8 16.Rg1 g5?!
17.Qg3!
Qe7!?
[17...Qxg3
18.Nxg3 b6 also favours
White.] 18.Qf2!? [More direct
is 18.h4!] 18...Kg7
19.Ng3 Rh8!?
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20.Bf5! He plans to exchange
bishops before the knight goes
to f5. [20.h4!? Rdg8! defends
the king.] 20...Be6! 21.e4! Kf8?
[21...dxe4 22.fxe4 Bc4 resists in
the central area.] 22.e5! Ne8
23.Bxe6 fxe6 24.f4! Sammy
opens the defence line. 24...gxf4
[Or 24...Rh7 25.fxg5+ Rf7
26.Qc2 hxg5 27.Nh5 cxd4
28.Qg6 Nxe5 29.Qh6+ Ng7
30.Qh8#]
25.Qxf4+
Kg8
26.Nh5 Rh7 27.g5! hxg5
28.Rxg5+ Kh8 29.Rxb7! Nc7
[The
point
is
29...Qxb7
30.Qf8#] 30.Rxc7! White will
mate soon. 1–0
(37) Sandrin,Albert -
Reshevsky,Samuel [C77]
New York USA 6 (8),
02.11.1946
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nc3
Bc5 7.0–0 Qe7!? 8.d3 Bg4 9.h3
Bh5 10.Qe2 h6 11.Be3 Bb4
12.Kh2?! g5! Black takes the
initiative on the kingside.
13.g4!? Bg6 14.Kg3?! The king
becomes a target.
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14...0–0–0! 15.Bd2?! White
loses time. 15...Nd7! 16.a3 Bd6
17.Nd1 Nf8 18.Ne3 Ne6
19.Nf5? [Preferable is 19.Nc4!
h5 20.Nxd6+ cxd6 21.Rh1]
19...Bxf5
20.gxf5
Nf4!
21.Qe1?!
[21.Bxf4
exf4+
22.Kg2 h5 23.f6 Qxf6 24.e5
Qe6
25.Qe4
offers
more
resistance.] 21...h5 22.Rh1 g4!
23.hxg4 Rdg8 24.Nh2 hxg4
[24...Qh4+! 25.Kxh4 hxg4+
26.Kg3 Rh3# ends the game
elegantly.] 25.Nxg4 Qg5 26.f3
Rxh1 27.Qxh1 Nh5+ Sandrin
failed to organize an active
defense. 0–1
(38) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Kashdan,Isaac [D13]
New York USA 6 (19),
13.11.1946
Reshevsky led on Kashdan by
one-and-a-half point at the
start of the last round. So the
championship was decided,
when the stars met. 1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5
5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Be7
8.Bd3 b5 9.Rc1!? [9.0–0 0–0
10.Ne5 drew in Bernstein -
Kashdan, New York 1940.]
9...Bb7 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 Nc6
12.Nbd2 0–0 13.0–0 Nh5!? [A
solid move is 13...Rc8] 14.Be5!
f6?! [14...Nxe5 15.dxe5 g6
avoids
the
following
complications (Soltis).] 15.Ng5!
Qe8! 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bb1!
fxe5 [17...fxg5? 18.Qc2! Rf5
19.g4 gains material.] 18.Nxe6
exd4? 19.Nxf8? [19.Nc7! Qf7
20.Nxa8 Bxa8 21.Rxc6 Bxc6
22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Qxc6 wins a
pawn.] 19...Bxf8 20.exd4 Nf6
Reshevsky has a rook and two
pawns for two minor pieces.
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21.Re1 Qh5 22.Qxh5+ Nxh5
23.Nf3 Reshevsky has achieved
a better endgame. 23...Nf6
24.Re6 Rc8 25.Bf5? Ne7?
[25...Nxd4! 26.Rxc8 Nxf3+
27.gxf3 Bxc8 (Soltis) 28.Rxf6!
gxf6 29.Bxc8 a5 draws.]
26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Ne5 Kg8
28.Ng6 Nd6 29.Bh3 Nc4 30.b3!
Na5 31.Rb6 Kf7 32.Nxf8 Kxf8
33.Rxb4 Bc6 34.Rb6 Be8
35.Rxa6 Nxb3 36.a5 Ke7
37.Re6+ Kd8 38.a6 Kc7 39.a7
Kb7 40.Rb6+! The final
standings became: Reshevsky
16/18,
Kashdan
131/2,
Santasiere 13, Levin 121/2,
Denker and Horowitz 12,
Steiner 11, Pinkus 101/2,
Kramer
91/2,
Sandrin
8,
Ulvestad 71/2, Rubinow 7,
Adams, Dicamillo, Rothman
and Suesman 61/2, Drexel 5,
Fink 4, Kowalski 31/2. 1–0
(39) Horowitz,Israel -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B73]
New York USA 8 (1),
05.08.1951
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2
Bg7 7.Be3 0–0 8.0–0 Nc6 9.f4
Qb6 10.Qd3 Ng4 11.Nd5 Bxd4
12.Nxb6 Bxe3+ 13.Kh1 Bxb6
14.Bxg4 Bxg4 Black has gained
three minor pieces for a queen.
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15.f5 Bh5 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.Qh3
f6!? Reshevsky has a plus.
[Theory is 17...Rac8 (Ahues -
Richter, Berlin 1930).] 18.Qh4
Bg4 19.Rf4?! [The pointe is
19.h3!? g5 20.Qg3 Bh5] 19...h5
20.fxg6 Nxg6 21.Rxg4 hxg4
22.Qxg4 Kf7 Now Black has a
rook, bishop and knight for a
queen. 23.Rf1 Rh8 24.Qd7
Rac8 25.c3 Rc7 26.Qb5 Rc5
27.Qd7 Rc7 28.Qb5 Rc5
29.Qd7 Rch5! 30.h3 Rb8!?
[More active is 30...Rh4!
31.Qxb7?! Nf4] 31.Qa4 Ne5
32.Qd1 Rg5 33.a4 Rbg8
34.a5!?
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Be3! 35.Qd5+ Kf8 36.Qxb7
Rxg2 37.Qa8+ Kf7 38.Qd5+ e6
39.Qb7+ Ke8 40.Qc8+ Ke7
41.Qc7+ Nd7 42.e5 fxe5
43.Qb7 R2g3 Reshevsky had a
good start against an old
opponent.[43...R2g3
44.Kh2
Bf4! wins quickly.] 0–1
(40) Mengarini,Ariel -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B71]
New York USA 8 (7),
12.08.1951
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6
7.Be2
Qb6?
Reshevsky
blunders in the Sicilian Defense
against a cut-throat player.
[Theory is 7...Bg7] 8.Be3! Bg7
[8...Qxb2? 9.Ndb5! Qb4 (Soltis)
10.Bd2
brings
a
horrible
position for Black.] 9.e5! Nd7
[The
pointe
is
9...dxe5?
10.Nxc6
Qxe3
(10...Qxc6
11.Bb5)
11.Qd8#
(Soltis).]
10.Nf5! Qxb2 11.Nxg7+ Kf8
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12.Bd2? Sammy gets a new
opportunity. [12.Nb5! Kxg7
13.Bd2! Nb4 14.Bc3 Qxc2
15.exd6+ Nf6 16.Bxb4 crushes
the resistance.] 12...Nd4! 13.0–
0!? Qxc2 14.Qe1 Kxg7 15.f5
dxe5!? [15...Nxe5 16.f6+! exf6
17.Bh6+! Kxh6 18.Qh4+ Kg7
19.Qxf6+ leads to perpetual
check.] 16.Bc4! Qb2 17.fxg6
Nf6? He had a bad day. [17...f5!
18.gxh7 Qb6 defends properly.]
18.gxf7 Be6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6
20.Rb1! Qa3 21.Rxb7 Rhf8
22.Kh1?! Rxf7 23.Qxe5 Rd8?!
24.Qxe6 Rxd2 25.Ne4 Qe3
26.Rxe7 Rd7 27.Qxf7+ Evans
led on Reshevsky by one-and-
a-half point. 1–0
(41) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Seidman,Herbert [A52]
New York USA 8 (11),
19.08.1951
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4
4.e4 Nxe5 5.f4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ng6!? Black
has a cramped position in the
Budapest. 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nf3 0–0
10.Bd3 Nd7 11.0–0 Nc5 12.Bc2
a5 13.Nd4 f6!? 14.Rae1 Bd7
15.Kh1 Re8 16.Re3 Bc6 17.b3
Nf8!? 18.a3 Kh8!? 19.Rfe1
Qe7 20.f5!? He opens square
e5. 20...Ncd7! 21.Nd5 Qd8
22.Nf4!? Ne5! 23.Qe2 Qe7
24.Rh3 Qf7 25.Nde6 Rac8?
[Correct is 25...Nxe6 26.fxe6
Rxe6 27.Nxe6 Qxe6] 26.b4? It
takes
some
time
until
Reshevsky finds the right move.
26...Bd7?
27.Nxf8!
Rxf8
28.c5? Again Sammy needs
time. 28...dxc5? 29.bxc5? a4?
30.Bb1? Qe8?
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31.Ng6+! He finds the decision
at last. 31...Nxg6 32.Rxh7+!
Kxh7 33.Qh5+ Kg8 34.fxg6
Rf7 35.e5! Be6 36.Qh7+ Kf8
37.Qh8+ Ke7 38.exf6+ Kd7
[Or 38...gxf6 39.Qh3 Qd7
40.Ba2]
39.Qxe8+
Rxe8
40.gxf7 Bxf7 41.Bf5+! Sammy
won the last four games, but it
was not enough for the
championship.
The
final
standings
became:
Evans
91/2/11, Reshevsky 81/2, Pavey
7, Seidman 61/2, Horowitz
51/2, Bernstein and Santasiere
5, Mengarini 41/2, Shainswit 4,
Hanauer, Pinkus and Simonson
31/2.
Evans
became
the
youngest champion at nineteen.
1–0
(42) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Denker,Arnold [E17]
New York USA 10 (2),
19.12.1957
Reshevsky played ten games
against Bisguier in the summer
of 1957. It was not a
championship but a training
match,
financed
by
the
American Chess Foundation.
The Foundation was allowed to
transform its fourth Rosenwald
tournament into the tenth US
championship. It happened in
New York from 17 xii 1957
until 7 i 1958. The event
became annual and the financial
basis was solid. All important
players participated. They were
invited on the basis of rating.
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7
4.0–0 e6 5.d3 d5 6.c4 Nbd7!?
[Usual is 6...Be7] 7.cxd5 Nxd5
8.e4 N5f6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Re1 0–
0 11.d4! White occupies the
centre. 11...Bb4 12.Qc2 h6!?
13.a3 Bxc3!? 14.bxc3 e5?!
[Preferable is 14...c5! 15.e5
Nd5 16.c4 Ne7!? 17.Ng5 hxg5
18.Bxb7 Nf5! 19.dxc5 Rb8
20.Be4 Nxe5 and an interesting
position has arisen.] 15.Nxe5
Nxe5
16.dxe5
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Ng4? Denker starts incorrect
tactics. [Better is 16...Nd7!
17.f4 Qe7] 17.f4! Qe7 18.h3
Qc5+ 19.Kh1 Qf2 [19...Nf2+
20.Kh2 will also cost a piece.]
20.Re2! The knight is lost.
20...Qxg3
21.hxg4
Rad8
22.Be3 Qxg4 23.Ree1 f5
24.Qe2!? Qh4+ 25.Kg1 fxe4
26.Rf1 Rf5 27.Bf2! Qxf4
28.Bh4! Qxh4 29.Rxf5 e3
30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Bxg2
32.Kxg2 Qe4+ 33.Qf3 Qc2+
34.Kg1 Qc1+ 35.Qf1! Qxa3
36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Rf3 b5
38.Qf1 Kg8 39.Rxe3 Qc5
40.Qf2 a5 41.e6 Qe7 42.Qf5 c6
43.Rf3 Reshevsky was the
favorite for the title. 1–0
(43) Fischer,Robert James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B41]
New York USA 10 (3),
20.12.1957
The
14–years-old
Bobby
Fischer was regarded as an
outsider, because he had shared
the first place in the Open US
with Bisguier A great test
occurred in round three. 1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6
5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3
Qb6?! [Usual is 7...Nc6] 8.Be3!
Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.0–0! d6
[Not 10...Qxc3? 11.e5!] 11.c5!
Qc7?! [Correct is 11...dxc5
12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bxc5 Nbd7
14.Ba3 b5] 12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.f4
Qe7 14.c4?! [14.Qf3! e5
15.fxe5 Ng4 16.Bf4 favors
White.] 14...e5!
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15.Nb3 Nbd7 16.fxe5!? Nxe5
17.Bc5
Qd8?!
[Better
is
17...Qc7]
18.Bd4!?
Qc7
19.Qd2 Be6 20.Qf4?! [20.Be2!
Nfd7 21.Qg5 0–0 22.Nc5! keeps
the initiative.] 20...Nfd7 21.Be2
f6 22.Bh5+ g6 23.Be2 0–0
24.Rac1 Rac8 25.c5 Nc6
26.Qe3 Nde5 27.Bb2 Rcd8
28.h3
Rd7
29.Kh1
Qd8
30.Rfd1 Rff7 31.a3 Rxd1+
32.Rxd1 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7
34.Nd4 Nxd4 35.Qxd4 Qxd4
36.Bxd4 Kf7 37.Kg1 Bc4
38.Bxe5 Bxe2 39.Bd6 The rest
is simple. 39...Bd3 40.e5 f5
41.Kf2 g5 42.g3 Be4 43.Ke3
Bd5 44.Bc7 Ke7 45.h4 f4+
46.gxf4 gxh4 47.f5 h3 48.Bd6+
Kf7 49.Kf2 Be4 50.Kg3!? Bxf5
51.Bc7 Bd7 52.Ba5 Ke6
53.Bb4 Kxe5 54.Kh2 h5
55.Kg3 Kd5 56.Kh2 h4 57.Kg1
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Bobby survives against Sammy,
because he can stop the black
pawns on both flanks. ½–½
(44) Turner,Abe -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E66]
New York USA 10 (6),
25.12.1957
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 c5 9.0–0 e6!?
10.Qc2 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8
12.Nb3 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 a6!
14.Bg5? [More useful is 14.a4]
14...h6! 15.Bf4 b5! 16.Rfe1
Ra7 17.h3 g5! 18.Bc1 Rae7
19.a3 Bf5 Black controls the
position.
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20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Qd1 Nb6 22.e4
Bg6 23.g4? [Better is 23.f4!
gxf4 24.Bxf4 f5 25.h4 and
White has some counter-play.]
23...Nc4!
24.Qc2
Nxd2
25.Qxd2 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Bxe4
Black has gained a pawn.
27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4
29.Rd1 Qe7 30.Qa5 Re2
31.Qc3 Qe5 32.Qa5? Qf4
33.Rf1 Rxb2 34.Qxa6 Rb3
35.Re1 Rxh3 36.Qc8+ Kg7
37.Qd7 Qf3 Reshevsky had
scored 51/2/6, one point more
than Fischer. 0–1
(45) Bisguier,Arthur -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B46]
New York USA 10 (8),
29.12.1957
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3
Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.0–0 Nf6
9.Qe2 d6!? [Usual is 9...d5]
10.f4 Nd7 11.Be3 Be7 12.Rf3
Rb8 13.Na4 Bf6 14.Rb1 a5
15.c4 Ba6 16.Rc1 h5 17.Rff1!?
The players hesitate. 17...Be7
18.Bd4 e5 19.Bc3 exf4!?
20.Bxg7 Rh7 21.Bc3 Ne5
22.Bd2 [Preferable is 22.Kh1!
h4 23.Bd2] 22...Qa7+! 23.Kh1
Qd4!
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24.Rf3! Bisguier has to sacrifice
an exchange. 24...Nxf3 25.Qxf3
Rh6 26.Bxf4 Rf6 27.g3? He
weakens his defense. [Better is
27.b3
Bc8
28.Qe3
Qxe3
29.Bxe3]
27...Bc8!
Black
prepares
..Bg4.
28.Kg2?!
[28.Re1 Bg4 29.Qe3 Qxe3
30.Rxe3 prolongs the game.]
28...Bg4!
29.Qf1?!
h4?!
[29...Rxf4! 30.gxf4 Qe3 31.Re1
Qd2+ 32.Be2 Bh4 ends the
game.] 30.b3?! hxg3 31.hxg3
Kd7 32.Be2 Bxe2 33.Qxe2
Rxf4! 34.gxf4 Rg8+ 35.Kf3
Bh4! Reshevsky kept the lead.
0–1
(46) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Berliner,Hans [D48]
New York USA 10 (9),
30.12.1957
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.0–0 c5
7.Nc3 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.a4 b4
10.Ne4 Bb7 11.Ned2 Be7 12.a5
0–0 13.Nc4 Rc8!? [13...Qc7
happened
in
Alekhine
-
Bogoljubow, Germany 1934
(2).] 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Nfe5 cxd4
16.exd4 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qd6
18.Rd1 g6 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Bh6
Rfe8 21.Be4 f5!? 22.Bf3 Bf6
23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Nb6 Rc7 25.h3
Nxb6 26.axb6 Rd7 27.Bxb7
Rxb7 28.Rxa6 Rxb6 29.Rxb6
Qxb6 The exchanges have kept
the equality. 30.d5! Rd8?
[30...Qd6!
31.dxe6
Qxe6
draws.]
31.Ra1!
Qd6?!
[Preferable is 31...Rd6! 32.dxe6
Rxe6 33.Qc4] 32.dxe6 White
has an extra pawn. 32...Re8
33.Re1 Qd5 34.Qc2
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g5?! [34...Be5! 35.f4 b3 36.Qc1
Bd6 offers more resistance.]
35.Qc7! Sammy gives the pawn
for a decisive attack. 35...Rxe6
36.Qc8+ Kf7 37.Qf8+ Kg6
38.Qg8+! Kxh6 39.Qxe6 Qd4
40.b3 f4 41.Qf7 Reshevsky
stayed ahead of Fischer. 1–0
(47) Sherwin,James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E87]
New York USA 10 (10),
02.01.1958
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5
Nh5 8.Qd2 a6 9.0–0–0 f5
10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bd3 Qe8!?
12.Nge2 Nd7 13.Rde1 Kh8?!
Sammy has a hard time in the
Sämisch Variation. [Better is
13...Ndf6]
14.Bc2
Nc5?
[Correct is 14...Ndf6! 15.Bg5
b5]
15.f4!?
Qe7?!
[The
alternative is 15...e4!? 16.b4!
Nd7 17.g4 fxg4 18.Nxe4 Ndf6]
16.Ng3! Nxg3 17.hxg3 Bd7?!
[17...b5!? starts a counter.]
18.g4! Rae8 19.gxf5 Qf6
20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Ne4 Qb6
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22.f6! Rxf6 [The point is
22...Bxf6
23.Nxf6
Qxf6
24.Rxh7+
Kg8
25.Rxd7]
23.Nxf6 Qxf6 24.fxe5 Rxe5
25.Rxe5 Qxe5 26.Bxh7 Bf6
27.Kb1 Kg7 28.Qh6+ Kf7
29.Qh5+ Qxh5 30.Rxh5 Bg4
31.Rh1 Be2 32.b3 b5 33.Re1
Bg4 34.Bd3 Bd7 35.Kc2 b4
36.Rf1 Kg7 37.Bf5 Be8 38.g4
a5 39.Rh1 Kf8 40.Rh7 Bg7
41.Kd3 Fischer overtook the
lead from Reshevsky. 1–0
(48) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Lombardy,William [E99]
New York USA 10 (13),
07.01.1958
Bobby Fischer leads by half-a-
point, when the last round
begins. He plays a quick draw
against Abe Turner and waits
for the result by Reshevsky.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0–
0 Nc6 The Mar del Plata
Variation of the King's Indian
Defence happens. 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4
12.Bd2 g5 It is still difficult to
analyse this line by a computer.
13.Rc1 Ng6 14.Nb5 a6 15.Na3
Nf6 16.c5 g4 17.cxd6 cxd6
18.Nc4 g3 They attack on
different
flanks.
19.h3?!
[19.Ba5! gxh2+ 20.Kxh2 Qe7
occurred
in
Rabar
-
Smailbogovic, Sombor 1957.]
19...Bxh3! 20.gxh3?! [Better is
20.Ba5!? b6 21.Bxb6 Qd7
22.Ncxe5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 dxe5
24.Rc7 Qd6 25.Rc6 Qd7
26.Qc2] 20...Qd7?! [20...b5!
charges on both sides.] 21.Nf2
gxf2+ 22.Kh2!? Qe7 23.Rxf2
Nh5 24.Bb4 Rad8 25.Qd3?!
[25.Ba5 counters.] 25...Nh4!
26.Rg1?! Ng3! Bobby watches
the game at about this time and
notices
the
favorable
developments.
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27.Bf1 Rf6! 28.Rc2 Rg6!
29.Be1 Bh6 30.Nb6?! White
stops
defending.
[30.Bxg3
fxg3+ 31.Kh1 offers more
resistance.] 30...Kh8! 31.Bg2
Rdg8 32.Rc8 Bf8! 33.Rc2 Qg7
34.Na8!? Qh6! 35.Bf1 [The
pointe is 35.Bh1 Nxh1 36.Rxh1
Rg2+ 37.Rxg2 Rxg2# (Soltis).]
35...Nxf1+
36.Rxf1
Qg7
37.Qe2 Rg2+ 38.Qxg2 Nxg2
39.Rg1 Nxe1 40.Rxg7 Bxg7
The final standings became:
Fischer 101/2/13, Reshevsky
91/2, Sherwin 9, Lombardy
71/2, Berliner 7, Feuerstein,
Denker and Mednis 61/2,
Seidman 6, Bernstein and
Bisguier
5,
Turner
and
DiCamillio 41/2, Kramer 3.
Bobby's championship was the
greatest sensation in American
chess since Morphy. The
tournament was a zonal event
for two places. Reshevsky
refused to go, but Fischer and
Sherwin went to the Interzonal
in Portoroz. 0–1
(49) Weinstein,Raymond -
Reshevsky,Samuel
New York USA 11 (5), 12.1958
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
4.Bg2 0–0 5.Nf3 c5 6.d5 d6
7.Nc3 Na6 8.0–0 Nc7 9.Bf4 a6
10.a4 Rb8 11.a5 b5 12.axb6
Rxb6 13.b3 Nh5!? [Known is
13...Bd7] 14.Bd2 e6 15.dxe6
Bxe6 [15...fxe6!? will be tried
in a future game.] 16.Ng5 Bd7
17.Na4 Rb8 18.Ra3 h6 19.Ne4
f5 20.Nec3 Be6 21.e4?! This
pawn is going to hinder white
pieces. [21.Qc2 Qe7 22.Rd1
keeps an edge.]
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21...f4! 22.g4? He allows a
mate
attack.
[Correct
is
22.Nd5!] 22...f3! 23.Bxf3 Qh4!
24.Kg2 [24.gxh5 Be5! leads to
mate.] 24...Nf4+ 25.Bxf4 Rxf4
26.Be2 Be5 27.h3 Rbf8 Sammy
competed with Bobby again. 0–
1
(50) Fischer,Robert James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B35]
New York USA 11 (6), 12.1958
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3
Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 Na5?
9.e5 Ne8? [Reshevsky, as usual,
was not current on theory. A
very embarrassing blunder.]
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10.Bxf7+! Bobby knows the
theory. 10...Kxf7 [Or 10...Rxf7
11.Ne6!]
11.Ne6!
Black
resigned
in
Bastrikov
-
Shamkovich,
Sochi
1958.
11...dxe6!?
12.Qxd8
Nc6
13.Qd2 Bxe5 14.0–0 Nd6
15.Bf4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Bxf4
17.Qxc4 Kg7 18.Ne4 Bc7
19.Nc5 Rf6 20.c3 e5 21.Rad1
Nd8 22.Nd7 Rc6 23.Qh4 Re6
24.Nc5
Rf6
25.Ne4
Rf4
26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qa3 Nc6
28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Bf5
30.b4 Rff8 31.b5 Nd8 32.Rd5
Nf7 33.Rc5 a6 34.b6 Be4
35.Re1 Bc6 36.Rxc6 bxc6
37.b7 Rab8 38.Qxa6 Nd8
39.Rb1 Rf7 40.h3 Rfxb7
41.Rxb7+
Rxb7
42.Qa8
Reshevsky tried to decrease the
humiliation by lengthening the
game. 1–0
(51) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Lombardy,William [E69]
New York USA 11 (9), 12.1958
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2
Nbd7 7.0–0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3
Qb6 10.Rb1!? exd4 11.Nxd4
Nxe4?! 12.Nxe4 Bxd4 13.b4!
[13.Nxd6!? will become the
alternative.] 13...Ne5? 14.c5!
White is going to win a piece.
14...dxc5 15.bxc5 Qd8 [Or
15...Bxf2+
16.Rxf2
Qxb1
17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Qd2] 16.Bh6
b5 [The point is 16...Re8
17.Bg5!] 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.Qe2
Qe7 19.Rfd1 Bxc5 20.Nxc5
Qxc5 21.Rbc1! Nc4 22.Rd8+
Kg7 23.Qe8 Qa3 24.Re1 Nb6
25.Qh8+
Kh6
26.Rg8!
Lombardy will be mated. 1–0
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(52) Sherwin,James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E81]
New York USA 11 (10),
01.1959
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.f3 0–0 6.Be3 Nbd7
7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 a6 9.Nc1
cxd4 10.Bxd4 Ne5 11.Be2!?
Qc7 12.b3 Nc6 13.Nd5 Qd8?!
[Preferable is 13...Qb8] 14.Bb6!
Qd7 15.Rb1 e6! Black has to
liberate his crammed position.
16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.0–0 d5!
18.cxd5
exd5
19.exd5?!
[19.Rd1! keeps a plus.] 19...Ne7
20.d6 Qc6! 21.Bf2 Rd8!
22.Rd1?! Bf5! 23.Nd3 Rxd6!
Sammy has regained the pawn
cleverly and pressures on the
open d-file. 24.Rbc1 Qd7
25.Bc5 Rd5 26.Qe3 Rc8
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27.Nf2? [27.Kh1! b6 28.Ba3
Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Bd4 30.Qf4
defends properly.] 27...Bb2 He
wins material. 28.Rc4!? b5!
29.Qxe7 bxc4 30.Rxd5 Qxd5
31.Bb4
c3!
32.Bc4
Qd7
33.Qxd7 Bxd7 34.Nd3 Bf5
35.Bxa6 Ra8 36.Bc4 c2 37.Bd2
Reshevsky gained the second
place on Sherwin. 0–1
(53) Bernstein,Sidney -
Reshevsky,Samuel [A63]
New York USA 12 (1),
18.12.1959
The twelfth US championship
was played in New York from
18 xii 1959 until 5 i 1960.
Fischer protested against the
drawing of lots in private.
Although the procedure was not
repeated
in
public,
he
participated. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6
6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0–0
9.0–0 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bf4
Qe7 12.Qc1 Re8 13.Bh6!? Rb8
14.Bxg7
Kxg7
15.a5
b5
16.axb6 Nxb6 17.Nd2 h5 18.h3
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Na8?!
[More
active
is
18...Bb7!? 19.e4 Nfd7] 19.Nc4!
Nc7 20.Qf4?! [20.e4! Nd7
21.Na5! takes the initiative.]
20...Rd8
21.Ra3?!
Rb4!
22.b3?! Nb5! 23.Nxb5 axb5
Reshevsky has strengthened his
queenside.
24.Qe3
Qxe3
25.Nxe3 Rd4 26.Ra8!? Re8
27.Rb8? Rb4?
[27...Bxh3!
28.Rxb5 Bxg2 29.Kxg2 Nxd5
gains a pawn.] 28.Rb1 Bf5!?
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29.Nxf5+
gxf5
30.Rb6?!
[30.Rxe8 Nxe8 31.Kf1 grabs
the last chance.] 30...c4?!
31.Rxd6?! Rxb3! 32.Rxb3
cxb3 33.Rb6 Nd7! Reshevsky
played
a
smart
endgame.[33...Nd7
34.Rxb5
Rb8 leads to an unstoppable
pawn.] 0–1
(54) Seidman,Herbert -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B93]
New York USA 12 (4),
22.12.1959
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5
7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bc4 Be7 9.0–0 0–
0 10.fxe5!? dxe5 11.Kh1 Qc7
12.Qe2 b5 13.Bb3 b4 14.Nd5
Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 [15...Bb7]
16.Bg5 Nb6 17.Bb3 Ra8
[17...Bb7] 18.Qf2 Bd6 19.Qh4
[19.c3 bxc3 20.Rac1] 19...Be6?
[19...Nc4 20.Bh6 f6 21.Qg3]
20.Bf6! gxf6 21.Ng5! fxg5
22.Qxg5+ Kh8 23.Qf6+ Kg8
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24.Rf3! White wants more than
perpetual
check.
24...Rfe8
[24...Bg4 25.Rg3 Qd7 26.h3
Be7 27.Qxb6] 25.Qh6! Bg4
26.Rg3 Qd7 27.Rf1! Bf8
28.Qg5+ Kh8 29.Rxg4 Qxg4
30.Qxg4 Bh6 31.Bxf7 Rf8
32.Qe6 Bg7 33.Qxb6 Rac8
34.Bc4 Rfd8 35.Bd3 h6 36.h3
Re8 37.Qg6 Red8 38.Rf7 Rg8
39.Rf5 Rgf8 40.Rh5 Rf1+ He
has reached the time control.
41.Kh2 Reshevsky did not
compete for first place. 1–0
(55) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Saidy,Anthony [E62]
New York USA 13 (8),
28.12.1960
1.c4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 d6
4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 Nc6
7.0–0 Bg4 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5
10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 a6 12.b3 b5
13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Rab1 Qc7
15.e4 bxc4 16.bxc4 This
opening's scheme was popular
in the sixties. 16...Rb7!?
17.Rfc1 Rfb8 18.Nd1 Ne8
19.Bxg7
Kxg7!?
20.Rxb7
Rxb7
21.Nb2
e5
22.f4
Reshevsky takes the initiative
on the kingside.
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22...f6 23.Nd3 Rb6 24.g4 h6
25.Qd1 exf4? [25...g5! closes
the kingside.] 26.Nxf4 Rb2
27.Rc2 Rb6 28.Qf3 Bc8
29.Qd3! White threatens 30.e5.
29...Qf7! 30.Nf3 Nb7 31.Rf2
Nd8 32.Nh4! g5 33.Nh5+ Kg8
34.Nf3 [34.e5! dxe5 35.Nf3
Qh7 36.Nxe5 Qxd3 37.Nxd3
gains a positional advantage.]
34...Qg6
35.Qc3!
Nf7!?
36.Nd2! Ne5 37.Qa5! Nd7
[37...Rb8 38.Qd8! completes an
encirclement.]
38.e5!
dxe5
39.Be4 Qf7 40.Bf5! Rd6
41.Ne4! White pieces blockade
black pawns on four squares!
Reshevsky produces a moderate
result in this tournament. 1–0
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(56) Fischer,Robert James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B90]
New York USA 15 (5),
22.12.1962
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 g6
7.g4 Bg7 8.g5!? Nh5 9.Be2 e5
10.Nb3 Nf4 11.Nd5 Nxd5
12.Qxd5 Nc6 Black is okay.
13.Bg4 Bxg4 14.hxg4 Qc8!
15.Qd1 Nd4? [15...d5! 16.exd5
Nb4 17.c3 Qc4! 18.cxb4? Qe4+
favours Black (Fischer).] 16.c3!
White takes the initiative.
16...Nxb3
17.axb3
Qe6
18.Ra5! f6?! [Fischer prefers
18...0–0 19.Rd5 Rad8] 19.Qd5!
Qxd5 20.Rxd5 Kd7 21.gxf6
Bxf6 White has a better
endgame. 22.g5! Be7 23.Ke2
Raf8 24.Be3 Rc8 25.b4 b5?!
He has weak pawns on a6, d6
and h7. 26.Rdd1 Ke6 27.Ra1
Rc6 28.Rh3! [Not 28.Rh4? h5!]
28...Bf8 [28...d5? 29.exd5+
Kxd5 30.Rah1 costs a pawn.]
29.Rah1 Rc7
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30.Rh4!
Black
has
been
manoeuvred in a position of
zugzwang. 30...d5?! [Better is
30...Rc4! 31.f3! Rc7 32.Ra1
Rc6 33.Rd1 Rc7 34.Rdh1!
(White has lost another tempo)
34...Rf7 35.Ra1 Be7 36.Rxa6
h5 37.Rb6 Rhf8 38.Rh3 Ra8
39.Rh1 Raf8 40.Rf1! He is
going to win another pawn and
the
game.]
31.Ra1!
Rc6
32.exd5+ Kxd5 33.Rd1+ Ke6
34.Rd8 Kf5 35.Ra8 Re6
36.Rh3! Bg7 37.Rxh8 Bxh8
38.Rxh7 Re8 39.Rf7+ Kg4?!
40.f3+ Kg3 41.Kd3?! [41.Kf1!
plays for
mate.]
41...e4+
42.fxe4 Rd8+ 43.Bd4 Kg4
44.Rf1
Be5
45.Ke3
Bc7
46.Rg1+ Kh4 47.Kf3 Rd7
48.e5 Rf7+ 49.Ke4 Rf5 50.e6
Bd8 51.Bf6! Bxf6 52.gxf6 Rxf6
53.Kd5 Rf2 54.Re1 Fischer
defeated
his
competitor
Reshevsky in a great ending. 1–
0
(57) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Berliner,Hans [D35]
New York USA 15 (8),
27.12.1962
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5
4.d4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 c6
7.Qc2 g6 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3
10.Qxd3 Nh5?! [Usual is
10...Nbd7]
11.Bh6!
Bf8
12.Bxf8 Kxf8 13.b4 Qe7 14.0–
0! The attack starts by a pawn
sacrifice. 14...Qxb4!? 15.Rab1
Qe7 16.e4! dxe4 17.Nxe4 Kg7
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18.Rfe1! Rd8? [18...b6! 19.d5
cxd5 20.Qxd5 Na6 offers more
resistance.]
19.Ng3!
Qf6
20.Nxh5+ gxh5 21.Re5! Nd7
22.Rf5 Qd6 23.Ng5 f6 24.Ne4
Qe6!? 25.Rxh5 Nf8 26.Nc5
Qe8 27.Rxb7+ Kg8 28.Qg3+
Qg6
29.Ne4!
Nd7
[Or
29...Rxd4
30.Qxg6+
Nxg6
31.Nxf6+]
30.Rxd7!
Rxd7
31.Nxf6+
Kf7
32.Rxh7+
Reshevsky came back in the
championship. 1–0
(58) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Addison,William [A29]
Los Angeles Playoff third place,
02.1963
Addison, Evans and Reshevsky
carried out a playoff for the
third place in February 1963.
Addison
had
defeated
Reshevsky
during
the
tournament. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5
3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2
Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.b4 a6 8.0–0
g6 9.a3 Bg7 10.Bb2 0–0 11.d3
Nf5 12.e3!? Nd6 13.Qc2 Bf5
14.Nh4 Bd7 15.Na4 g5!?
16.Nf3 a5 17.bxa5!? Rxa5
18.Nc5 Bc8 19.Nd2 Ne7
20.Rac1 c6? [20...b6! 21.Ncb3
Ra7 leads to equality.] 21.Ndb3
Ra7 22.d4 exd4 23.Nxd4 b6!?
24.Ne4 Nxe4 25.Bxe4 White
gains a pawn. 25...c5
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26.Bxh7+ Kh8 27.Nb5 Bxb2
28.Qxb2+ Kxh7 29.Nxa7 Bh3!
30.Qe2! g4 31.Nb5!? Nc6?
Black should capture the
exchange. 32.Rfd1 Qa8 33.e4!?
Ne5 34.Rc3 Rd8 35.Re3!?
Rxd1+ 36.Qxd1 Qh8 37.Nc3
Nc4
38.Qd7!?
Nxe3!?
39.Qxf7+ Kh6 40.Qf4+ Kg6
41.Qxe3 He has two extra
pawns. 41...Qe5 42.a4 Kg7
43.Qd3 Kh6 44.f4 gxf3 45.Kf2
Bg4 46.Qd2+ Kg6 47.Nd5
Qxe4 48.Nxb6 Be6 49.a5 c4
50.Na4 Qf5 51.h4 Kh7
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52.Nc3? It is hard to win a won
game. [52.a6! Qb5 53.Qd6 Bd5
54.Qe7+ Kg6 55.Qg5+ Kh7
56.g4 favors White.] 52...Qxa5
53.Kxf3 Qf5+ 54.Qf4 Qd3+
55.Qe3 Bg4+! 56.Kf2 Qc2+
57.Ke1 Bf5 58.Qa7+ Kg6
59.Qa6+ Kh5 60.Qxc4 Bd3!?
61.Qd4 Qc1+ 62.Nd1 Qa3?
[62...Bc2! 63.Qd5+ Kg4 64.h5
Qxd1+
65.Qxd1+
Bxd1
66.Kxd1 Kxh5 draws.] 63.Qe3
Qa5+ 64.Kf2! Ba6 65.Kg1 Kg6
66.Nf2 Qa1+ 67.Kh2 Qa2
68.g4! Kg7 69.Kg3 Qa1
70.Qe7+ Kg8 71.Ne4 Qg1+
72.Kf4
Qc1+
73.Kf5
Reshevsky defeated Addison
and Evans with White during
the double rounds. So Fischer,
Bisguier
and
Reshevsky
qualified for the interzonal
event. Eventually, Reshevsky
and Evans participated in
Amsterdam 1964. 1–0
(59) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Fischer,Robert James
[D32]
New York USA 16 (5),
21.12.1963
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 d5
7.cxd5 exd5 8.Be2 Bd6 9.0–0 0–
0 10.Nf3 Bg4!? 11.g3?! White
creates a weakness. [Theory
will become 11.b3!?] 11...Bb4
12.Bd2
Ne4
13.a3
Bxc3
14.Bxc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rc8
16.Rb1 b6 17.Rb5 Qe7 18.a4
Be6 19.Qa1 Qf6 20.Kg2 Na5
21.Nd4 Nb7 22.Rb4 Nd6
23.a5! Ne4 24.axb6 axb6
25.Qb2 Nxc3 26.Ba6 Rc5
27.Kg1
Bh3
28.Ra1
b5
29.Bxb5 Nxb5 30.Rxb5 Rxb5
31.Qxb5 Qe5 32.Re1 h5
33.Nc6 Qc3 34.Rb1 Qc2
35.Ne7+ Kh8 36.Nxd5 Rc8!
Black threatens 37...Qc1+.
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37.Nc3??
[37.Qb4!
Rc4
38.Qe1
draws.]
37...Rxc3
38.Qxh5+ Kg8 39.Rb8+ Rc8
40.Rxc8+ Bxc8 41.Kf1 Ba6+
42.Ke1 Qc3+ 43.Kd1 Qd3+
44.Kc1 Qc3+ 45.Kd1 Bc4
46.Qf3 Bb3+ 47.Ke2 Qc4+
Bobby will mate soon. He had
defeated five strong opponents
in a row. 0–1
(60) Evans,Larry -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E54]
New York USA 17 (6),
20.12.1965
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0–
0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7
10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Bd2 cxd4
12.exd4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Ba6!?
[13...Bxf3
14.Qxf3
Qxc4
15.Qxa8 Nc6 16.Qb7 Nd5
17.Rac1 Rb8 18.Qd7 Rd8 drew
in Lenguel - Flesch, Budapest
1965.] 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3
Nbd7 16.c4 Qb7 17.Rac1 Rac8
18.Rc2 h6 19.Rdc1 Rfd8
20.Qb3 Nb8 21.h3 Qa6 22.Be3
Nc6 23.a4 Qb7 24.Qb5 Ne7
25.c5?! [25.a5! Nd7 26.axb6
Nxb6 27.Rc3 keeps an edge.]
25...Nfd5 26.c6? He weakens a
pawn. 26...Qc7 27.a5 Rd6
28.Bd2 f6 29.axb6 axb6
30.Bb4!? Rxc6 31.Rxc6 Nxc6
Black has gained a pawn.
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32.Ba3 Qb7 33.Kh2 Na7
34.Qe2 Qd7 35.Re1 Re8 36.g3
Nb5 37.Bc1 Nd6 38.Nh4 b5
39.Qg4 Qf7! 40.Bf4 h5 41.Qf3
Nc4 42.Ng2 e5 43.Bc1 Nc7
44.dxe5 Nxe5 45.Qd1 Qd5
46.Kh1 Ra8 47.Be3 Qxd1
48.Rxd1 b4! 49.Nf4 b3 50.Rb1
Rb8 51.Nxh5!? Nd5 52.Bd4
Nc4 53.Kg2 b2 54.h4 Rb3!
Black threatens 55...Nc3.
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55.Bxb2 Rxb2 56.Rxb2 Nxb2
57.g4 Kf7 58.Kf3 Nd3 59.Ke4
g6 60.Ng3 N3f4 61.Nf1 Ke6
62.Nd2 Ng2 63.Nf3!? Nc3+
64.Kd3 Nd1 65.Ke2 Nb2 66.h5
g5 67.Nd2 Nf4+ 68.Kf3 Ke5
69.Kg3 Kd5 70.f3 Nc4 71.Ne4
Ke5 72.Nc5 Nd2 73.h6! Ng6
74.h7 Nh8? 75.Nd7+ Ke6
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76.Nxf6?! White sets a trap.
[76.Nc5+! Kd6 77.Nd3 Kd5
78.f4 offers more resistance.]
76...Nf1+! [76...Kxf6? 77.f4!
Ng6 78.fxg5+ Kxg5 79.h8Q
Nxh8 leads to a theoretical
draw.] 77.Kf2 Kxf6 78.Kxf1
Kg7 79.Kf2 Kxh7 80.Ke3 Ng6!
81.Ke4 Kg7 82.Kf5 Kh6
83.Ke4 Nf4 84.Kf5 Ne2 85.Ke5
Kg6! 86.Ke4 Kf6 87.Kd5 Nf4+
88.Kd6 Ng6 89.Kd5 Ke7
90.Ke4 Ke6 91.Kd4 Nf4
92.Ke4 Nd5 93.Kd4 Nf6 94.f4
gxf4 95.g5 Nh5 96.Ke4 Kf7
97.Kf3 Kg7! 98.Kg4 Kg6
Reshevsky played a solid game.
0–1
(61) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Fischer,Robert James
[E43]
New York USA 17 (9),
26.12.1965
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 0–0
7.0–0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Be4 9.Qc2
Bxd3 10.Qxd3 d6 11.e4 e5?
The black kingside becomes a
target. [Known is 11...Nc6
12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 (Minev -
Hecht, Varna 1962).] 12.Bg5
Nbd7 13.Nh4! h6 14.Bd2 Re8
15.Rae1! Nf8 16.Nf5! Ng6
17.f4! exd4 18.cxd4 White has
an impressive pawn structure.
18...c6 19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 Ne7
21.Ng3 Rc8 22.Bc3 Ng6
23.Bd4 Kh7 24.Nf5 Rc7
25.Kh1
Rg8?!
26.Re3?!
[26.Bxf6! Qxf6 27.e5! wins
quickly.] 26...Nh5 27.Ref3 Nf6
28.Rh3! b5!? 29.g4! He opens a
file.
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29...Nxg4 30.Qg3 Qe8!? A last
try. 31.Nxd6 Qe7 32.e5 Nf6
33.f5! Nxd5 34.fxg6+!? [Even
better is 34.e6!] 34...fxg6
35.Nf7 Qxf7 36.Rxf7 Rxf7
37.e6 Rf1+ 38.Kg2 Rf5 39.Rh4
Re8 40.Qd6 Ref8 41.h3 Rc8
42.Re4 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Rd2
44.e7 Rg5+ 45.Rg4 Nxe7!?
46.Rxg5 hxg5 47.Qxe7 Rxd4
48.Qxa7 Rf4 Fischer has
achieved a fortress.
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49.Qe7 Rf5 50.Qe8! It is
zugzwang. 50...Rc5 51.Kf3 The
king moves to the queenside.
51...Rc2 52.Qe6 Rc1 53.Qb3
Rc5 54.Ke4 Rf5 55.Kd4 Kh8
56.Kc3!! Kh7 [The point is
56...Rf3+
57.Kb4
Rxb3+
58.Kxb3 (Reshevsky).] 57.Kb4
Re5 58.a3 Kh6!? Otherwise the
queen is going to capture on b5.
59.Qg8! g4 60.h4! He continues
the mate threat. 60...g5 61.h5!
Fischer was shocked, because
he had lost two games in one
tournament. 1–0
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(62) Fischer,Robert
James -
Reshevsky,Samuel [B81]
New York USA 18 (10),
29.12.1966
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 d5?
Reshevsky
counters
prematurely.
7.exd5
Nxd5
8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Nxd5 exd5
10.Qe2+ Qe7!? [Known is
10...Be7 11.Nf5 Kf8] 11.Be3
g6?! [11...Nc6!? 12.0–0–0 g6
will be tried later.] 12.Bxd7+
Nxd7 13.Nb5! Ne5 14.0–0–0
Bg7 15.Rxd5 0–0 16.Rhd1 a6
17.Nd6 Qh4 18.f3 b5 19.Bd4
Nc4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Nxc4
bxc4 22.Qxc4 Qxh2 23.Rd7
Rac8
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24.Rxf7+!?
Rxf7
25.Qxc8
Qf4+ 26.Kb1 Qxf3 27.Rc1
g5!? 28.b3 Qe2 29.Qc3+ Kg6
30.Qh3 h6? [30...Kg7 31.Rh1
Kg8 offers more resistance
(Müller).] 31.Rh1! Rh7 32.a3
Rh8 33.a4 Rh7 34.Rh2 Qe1+
35.Ka2 Qe4 36.Qh5+ Kg7
37.Rd2 Qe7 38.Qh3 Kg8
39.Qf3 Rf7 40.Qa8+ Kg7
41.Qxa6 Qe4 42.Qe2 Qf4
43.Rd5 Reshevsky played a
poor tournament. 1–0
(63) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Rossolimo,Nicolas [A65]
New York USA 19 (3),
17.07.1968
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3
Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 0–0 7.h3 e6
8.Nge2 exd5 9.cxd5 Na6 10.0–0
Nb4!? [Usual is 10...Nc7]
11.Bb1 Rb8 12.a3 Na6 13.a4!?
Ne8 14.Be3 Nb4 15.Qd2 b6
16.Bg5 f6 17.Bh4 Ba6 18.f4
Bh6 19.Nd1 Bc8!? Rossolimo
has no plan. 20.Ra3!? Rb7
21.Raf3 Rbf7!? Black copies
the adversary's idea. 22.Nec3 a6
23.Ne3 Qc7 24.f5 gxf5 25.exf5
Bb7 26.Qd1 Re7
27.Re1
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Bxe3+? Black gives up the e-
file. [27...Kh8!? makes a fine
waiting move.] 28.Rfxe3 Rxe3
29.Rxe3 c4? [29...Ng7! 30.Qe2
Rf7 31.Bxf6!? Rxf6 32.Re7
Qc8 33.Ne4! Nxd5 34.Nxf6+
Nxf6 35.Rxg7+! Kxg7 36.Qe7+
Kg8 37.Qxf6 Qf8 38.Ba2+ d5
39.Qxb6
Qe7
defends
stubbornly.] 30.Qe2! White
controls an open file. 30...Ng7
31.Re7! Qc8 32.Qg4 Rf7
33.Bxf6 Rxe7 34.Bxe7 Nxd5
35.Nxd5 Bxd5 36.Bxd6 White
has an extra pawn and a
decisive attack. 36...Kf7 37.Be5
Qg8 38.Qd4! Sammy delivered
a positional attack. 1–0
(64) Reshevsky,Samuel -
Burger,Dr. Karl [E56]
New York USA 20 (1),
30.11.1969
The twentieth US championship
was a zonal event. Fischer
wanted it to last 22 instead of 11
rounds.
Otherwise
chance
would be too big. This proposal
was too expensive for the
USCF. The potential world
champion refused to participate.
Twelve other men played in
New York from 30 xi until 17
xii 1969. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0–0 5.Bd3 c5
6.Nf3 d5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.a3 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Ba5 10.Bd3 Qe7
11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bb6?!
The
bishop
hinders
the
development of the queenside.
[12...Bc7 drew in Gligoric -
Puc, Novi Sad 1965.] 13.dxc5!
Qxc5 [13...Bxc5!? 14.b4 Bd6
will be played in Furman -
Wade, Tallinn 1971.] 14.b4
Qc4?!
[More
natural
is
14...Qe7]
15.Nd2!?
Qc3
16.Ra2 Rd8 17.Rc2 Qe5
18.Bb2 Qg5 19.Qe2
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20.Rfc1 Bf5] 20.f4! Qh6
21.Nc4! f5 22.Nxb6 axb6
23.Rc7 fxe4 [Or 23...Rd7
24.Rxd7
Bxd7
25.Bxb7]
24.Rxe7 Rd7 25.Re8+ Kf7
26.Rh8! Reshevsky made a
good start. 1–0
(65) Saidy,Anthony -
Reshevsky,Samuel [A72]
New York USA 20 (9),
14.12.1969
1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5
d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.e4 0–0 7.Be2 e6
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 exd5 10.cxd5
g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Nd7 14.g4 Ne5 15.f3
a6 16.a4!? [16.Qc2 was played
in Bertok - Stupica, Kragyjevac
1959.] 16...Bd7! 17.a5 b5
18.axb6 Qxb6 Sammy has an
edge. 19.Ra2 c4! A semi-
sacrifice
increases
the
advantage.
20.Nxc4
Nxc4
21.Bxc4 Rfc8 22.Bd3 Bxc3+
23.bxc3 Rxc3
24.Qd2 Rac8! He dominates
the queenside.
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25.Ra1? [25.Rb2 Bb5 26.Bxb5
axb5 27.Ke2 avoids a disaster.]
25...Bb5!
26.Bxb5
Rc2!
27.Qd3 Qf2+ 28.Kd1 R8c3!
29.Qe2 Qd4+ Reshevsky led by
half-a-point on Addison. 0–1
(66) Evans,Larry -
Reshevsky,Samuel [E12]
New York USA 20 (11),
17.12.1969
Reshevsky led the field, when
the last round began. He offered
a draw during the opening, but
Evans refused. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5
6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 0–0 8.Rc1
Ne4!? 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.cxd5
exd5 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2
Rc8 13.Be2 Nd7 14.0–0 c5
15.dxc5?! [More solid is
15.Nb3
cxd4
16.Nxd4]
15...Nxc5
16.Nb3
Rd8!
17.Qc2?! [17.Nd4! prevents the
next move.] 17...Nd3! Sammy
has a positional advantage.
18.Rcd1 Rac8 19.Qb1 Rd6
20.Nd4 Rxd4!? 21.exd4 Nf4
Black has a strong attack.
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22.Rfe1? [Correct is 22.Rde1!
Qg5 23.g3 e3 24.f3 because f3
gets protection.] 22...Qg5 23.g3
e3 24.f3 Nxe2+ 25.Rxe2 Bxf3
26.Rc1?!
[26.Ree1
Bxd1
27.Qxd1
offers
more
resistance.] 26...Re8 27.Ree1
Bb7?! [27...Ba8! wins at once.]
28.Rc7! Qd5 29.Rxb7 Qxb7
30.Qd3 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Rxe4
32.Kg2 f5 33.Kf3 Kf7 34.Rxe3
Rxe3+! 35.Kxe3 Black has the
distant passed pawn. 35...g5
36.h4 h6 37.d5 Ke7 38.Kd4
Kd6 39.hxg5 hxg5 40.a4 a5
41.b3 g4! He avoids the last
trap in the pawn ending.
[41...f4?? 42.gxf4 gxf4 43.Ke4
f3 44.Kxf3 Kxd5 45.Ke3
draws.] 42.Ke3 Kxd5 43.Kd3
Kc5 44.Ke3 Kb4 45.Kf4 Kxb3
46.Kxf5 Kxa4 47.Kxg4 Kb4
The final standings became:
Reshevsky 8/11, Addison 71/2,
Benko 7, Lombardy 6, D.Byrne,
Evans, Mednis and Zuckerman
51/2, Bisguier, R.Byrne and
Saidy
41/2,
Burger
2.
Reshevsky was 57 years of age,
when he became US champion
for the last time. The top three
qualified for the interzonal
tournament. Benko gave his
place to Fischer for a fee.
Bobby could begin his battle for
the world championship. 0–1
(67) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2565) -
Lombardy,William
(2520) [A30]
New York USA 21 (3),
26.04.1972
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6
4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0–0 Be7 6.b3 0–0
7.Bb2 c5 8.d4 cxd4 9.Qxd4
Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.Nc3 Qxf4
12.gxf4 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rab8!?
[Theory is 13...Na5] 14.Ne5 a6
15.Rd2 Na7!? 16.Rad1 Bxg2
17.Kxg2 Rb7 18.Kf3 Kf8 19.e4
b5 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Nd3 d5!
Black
escapes
from
the
pressure. 22.e5 Nd7 23.Ne2 b4
24.f5 exf5 25.Nd4 g6 26.Rc2
Nb5?! [26...Ke8 27.e6 fxe6
28.Nxe6 Rc8 improves the
black position.] 27.Nc6! Rc8
28.Ndxb4 Bxb4 29.Nxb4 Rxc2
30.Nxc2 White has two passed
pawns
on
the
queenside.
30...Nc7 31.Ne3 Ra7 32.a4
Rb7
33.b4
Nc5!
34.a5?
[34.bxc5! Rxb2 35.Nxd5 Ne6
36.c6 Rc2 37.a5 Rxc6 38.Ra1
plays for a win.] 34...f4??
Lombardy misses a trick.
[Correct is 34...Rxb4 35.Ba3
Rb5] 35.Nxd5! Nxd5 36.Rxd5
Rxb4 37.Bc
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3! Rc4 38.Rxc5! He gains a
piece. 38...Ra4 39.Rc7 g5
40.Kg4 h6 Reshevsky and
Kavalek competed for the first
place. 1–0
(68) Feuerstein,Arthur
(2395) -
Reshevsky,Samuel (2565)
[A05]
New York USA 21 (6),
01.05.1972
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 Nc6
4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.0–0 Bg7
7.Re1 0–0 8.Nbd2 e5 9.c3!?
Re8 10.a3 b5 11.a4 b4 12.Nc4
Rb8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6
15.Ne3 bxc3 16.bxc3 Be6
17.Nd2 Bg5 18.h4?! [Preferable
is 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5]
18...Bxe3!
19.fxe3
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Rb2! Black attacks on the
queenside.
20.Qc1
Qb6!
21.Re2 Rb8 22.Qf1!? h5!?
23.Bh3? [More useful is
23.Rf2! Qa6 24.c4] 23...Bxh3
24.Qxh3 Qa6! 25.c4 Qa5
26.Rd1 Qc3 Pawn d3 cannot be
defended.
27.Rf2
Qxd3
28.Rxf7!? Kxf7 29.Qd7+ Kg8
30.Rf1 Qxe3+ 31.Kh1 Qxd2
32.Qe6+ Kh8! The black king
moves to h6 and Black mates.
Reshevsky led by 51/2/6! 0–1
(69) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2565) -
Kavalek,Lubomir (2555)
[D76]
New York USA 21 (7),
03.05.1972
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7
4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 0–0 6.cxd5
Nxd5 7.0–0 Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.e4 c6 11.Nd4 cxd5
12.exd5 e5 13.Nb3 Nac4 14.a4
Nd6! Kavalek blockades the
passed
pawn.
[Known
is
14...Bf5] 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Rd1
Qc7 17.Be3?! [Preferable is
17.Nd2
Rac8
18.Nde4]
17...Qc4! 18.Bc5 Rfd8 19.Bxd6
Rxd6 20.Na5 Qxe2 21.Nxe2
Rd7
22.Nc3
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Nc8?! [22...Re8 keeps a plus.]
23.d6?
Sammy
wants
to
exchange pawns. [23.Nc4 Nd6
24.Ne3 equalises.] 23...Nxd6
24.Rd2
[Reshevsky
had
calculated 24.Nxb7!? Nxb7
25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Bxb7 but
26...Rb8!
costs
a
pawn.]
24...Rad8 25.h3?! [25.Rxd6!
Rxd6 26.Nxb7 regains the
sacrifice.] 25...e4 26.Rad1 b6
27.Nc6 Nc4 28.Rxd7 [28.Rd5!
Rxd5 29.Nxd5 Rd7 30.b3 offers
more resistance.] 28...Rxd7
29.Rxd7 Bxd7 30.Bxe4 Nxb2
31.Nb5 a5! 32.g4 Nxa4 33.Kf1
Nc3 34.Nxc3 Bxc3 35.Ke2 Be6
36.Kd3 Bf6 37.Kc2 h5 38.Bf3
Kg7 39.Na7 Kh6 40.Nb5 Kg5
41.Nc7 Bc4 42.Bd5 Bxd5
Reshevsky and Kavalek shared
the lead. 0–1
(70) Byrne,Robert (2560)
- Reshevsky,Samuel
(2565) [C42]
New York USA 21 (9),
07.05.1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4
4.Nxe5 d6 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 Be7
7.0–0 Nc6 8.Re1 Nd6 9.Bf4 0–0
10.c3 Be6!? [Usual is 10...Bg4]
11.Nbd2 Qd7 12.Nf1 f5 13.Qe2
Ne4 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6
16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.f3! White has
pressure in the centre. 17...Nd6
18.Qc2 Re8 19.Re5 g6 20.Rae1
Bf7?! [More active is 20...Nf7!
21.R5e2 f4!] 21.Ne3 c6 22.Qf2!
Kg7 23.g4! Ne4? [23...Rfe6!
24.gxf5 Rxe5 25.dxe5 Rxe5
defends properly.] 24.Qg2!
[24.fxe4 fxe4 25.Qh4 exd3
26.g5 Rf3 27.Ng4 brings less
advantage.] 24...f4
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25.Nf5+?!
[25.Rxe8!
Bxe8
(25...Qxe8 26.Nd1) 26.Nf5+!
gxf5 27.gxf5+ wins for White.]
25...gxf5
26.gxf5+
Kh8
27.Rxe8+ Qxe8! 28.fxe4 Rxf5!
29.Qg4 Bg6 30.Kf2! Rf7!?
[Byrne
analyses
30...dxe4
31.Bxe4 Rf8 32.Bxg6 Qxg6
33.Qxg6 hxg6 34.Re7 and
White reaches a won rook
ending.] 31.exd5 Re7 32.Bxg6
Robert Byrne got the beauty
prize for this game. Kavalek led
by half-a-point on Byrne and
Reshevsky.[32.Bxg6
hxg6
33.Qh4+ gains a rook.] 1–0
(71) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2565) - Byrne,Robert
(2560) [E92]
Chicago USA 21 Playoff (3),
15.02.1973
The championship had been
played in the spring and the
playoff was postponed for a
long time. Fischer became
world champion during the
summer of 1972. The playoff by
Byrne, Kavalek and Reshevsky
occurred in Chicago from 3
until 11 ii 1973. Games 1 and 2
were drawn. 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7
3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0
6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bc1 f5!? 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.dxe5
Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.exf5
Qxf5 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Qd2 Be6
16.0–0
Rae8
17.b3
Bc8
18.Rad1 Qf7 19.Nd5 b6 20.f4!
White has the initiative.
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20...Nd8 21.Bf3 Ne6 22.Bg4!
Nc5 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.f5! gxf5
25.Rxf5! Qd7 26.Rdf1 Rxf5
27.Rxf5
Reshevsky
plays
elegantly. 27...c6? [27...Ne6!
28.Qf2 Rf8 29.Rxf8+ Nxf8
makes a useful exchange.]
28.Bxc5
Kh8!?
[28...bxc5
29.Nf6+ Bxf6 30.Rxf6 leads to
a white plus (Trifunovic).]
29.Ne7! Qxe7 30.Qxd6 Sammy
has won a pawn. 30...Qe2
31.Rf2 Qh5 32.Be3 Re8 33.Rf3
c5 34.h3 Qh4 35.Bf2 Qe4
36.Re3! Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Rg8
38.Bg3 Qxa2?! 39.Be5?? The
tables turn during time pressure.
[39.Re7! threatens 40.Rxg7 and
wins for White.] 39...Qxg2+!!
40.Kxg2 Bxe5+ Byrne gains a
bishop and the game. 0–1
(72) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2565) -
Kavalek,Lubomir (2555)
[B37]
Chicago USA 21 Playoff (4),
07.02.1973
1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2
d6 7.e4 Nh6 8.Be2 f5 9.h4 fxe4
10.h5 Bf5!? [10...Qa5 drew in
Pirc - Krepinsek, Maribor
1967.] 11.hxg6!? hxg6 12.Ne3
Nf7!? 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.g4
Be6 15.Qc2?! [Preferable is
15.Nxe4
Qa5+
16.Kf1!]
15...Ng5! 16.Nxe4
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Nd4! Kavalek attacks in the
centre.
17.Qd3
Ndf3+?!
[17...Ngf3+! 18.Kf1 Qc8 gains
an advantage.] 18.Kf1! Qa5
19.Bxf3!? Nxf3 20.Bd2 Nxd2+
21.Nxd2 Bxb2?! [21...0–0–0!
keeps a plus.] 22.Rb1 Be5
23.Rxb7
Kf7?
[23...Qxa2
24.Nf3 Bf7 defends well.]
24.Nf3!?
Rh8
[24...Bf6
25.Qxd6 opens the defence line
(Trifunovic).] 25.Ng5+ Kf6
26.Nxe6 Rh1+!? [Or 26...Kxe6
27.Qxg6+ Bf6 28.Nd5! and
White threatens Rxe7#.] 27.Kg2
Rh2+ 28.Kf3! Rh3+ 29.Ke4!
Kxe6
30.Qd5+
Qxd5+
31.Nxd5! Kf7 32.Rxe7+ Kf8
33.c5 Ra3 34.c6! Ra4+ 35.Kf3
Rc4
36.c7
Bf6
37.Rd7
Reshevsky organized a fine
counterattack. 1–0
(73) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2550) - Browne,Walter
(2575) [B36]
Chicago USA 23 (5),
18.07.1974
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6
7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Bg5
0–0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5
12.f3 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.Na4
Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Rc6 16.Be3
Nd7 Browne offers a draw
during the opening. Reshevsky
refuses because he wants to
hunt for weaknesses. 17.Nc3
Rac8!? [Known is 17...Kf8]
18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Bc3+
20.Kd3 R6c7 21.f4 Bb2
22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.Rb1 Bg7
24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 The two
bishops bring little advantage in
this ending. 25...Nc5+ 26.Ke3
a5!? 27.Bd1!? b5 28.a3 a4
29.bxa4 bxa4 30.Bd2 Bb2
31.Bb4 Bc1+ 32.Kf3 Kf8 33.h4
h5 34.e5 f5 35.exf6 exf6 36.g4
Sammy wants to attack on the
kingside. 36...hxg4+ 37.Kxg4
f5+!
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prevents
38.f5.
38.Kg5?? White should retreat
and
draw.
38...Kg7!
He
threatens
39...Ne4
mate.
39.Bc3+ [39.Bxc5 Bb2! leads to
mate on f6.] 39...Kh7 40.Bc2
Ne4+ 41.Bxe4 fxe4 42.Bb4 e3!
Browne led by 4/5. 0–1
(74) Rogoff,Kenneth
(2445) -
Reshevsky,Samuel (2550)
[C68]
Chicago USA 23 (12),
30.07.1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Qd6 6.c3
Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 0–0–0
9.Qxf7 Nf6 10.Qc4 b5!?
[10...Qd3 11.Qxd3 Rxd3 drew
in Commons - Bisguier (round
1).] 11.Qe2 Qd3! Black has
sacrifice a pawn for the
restriction. 12.Re1 Bc5 13.b4!?
Bb6 14.Qxd3 Rxd3 15.Na3
Rf8
16.Nc2
Nh5
Black
threatens ..Ng3. 17.Ne3 Nf4
18.a4 Kb7
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19.c4? [More useful is 19.f3
Rfd8
20.Kh1]
19...bxc4?!
[19...Bd4! 20.Ra2 Rb3 gains
more advantage.] 20.Ra2?!
[Not 20.Nxc4? Nxg2! 21.Kxg2
Rxf2+ 22.Kg1 Rg3+ 23.Kh1
Rxh3+ 24.Kg1 Rg3+ 25.Kh1
Rf4 and Black mates (R.Byrne
and Mednis).; Preferable is
20.Rf1! Ne2+ 21.Kh2 Bxe3
22.dxe3]
20...Rd4?!
[Even
better is 20...Rb3!] 21.Ba3
Rfd8 22.Nf1 Rd3 23.Bb2?
Rogoff should have played a
waiting
move.
23...Rxd2!
24.Nxd2 Rxd2 25.Rea1 c3
26.Ba3 [Or 26.Bxc3 Ne2+
27.Kf1 Rxa2 28.Rxa2 Nxc3]
26...c2! 27.Kh2 Nd3! 28.f3
Rd1 Black threatens 29...Bd4.
Reshevsky won in the last three
rounds and ended at +1. 0–1
(75) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2530) - Grefe,John
(2470) [A89]
Oberlin USA 24 (7), 19.06.1975
1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
4.Bg2 g6 5.0–0 Bg7 6.c4 0–0
7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5
10.Qc2 a6 11.b3 Rb8 12.Bb2
b5 13.Rab1 Bd7 14.e3 Qc7
15.Ne2 Rb6?! [15...Nb7 16.Nf4
Nd8 17.h4 Nf7 drew in
Averbakh - Spassky, Riga
1958.] 16.Bc3! Nb7 17.Nf4
Rb8 18.Rfe1 Ng4? [18...b4!
19.Bb2 Nd8! 20.e4 Nf7 defends
the kingside timely.] 19.Bxg7
Kxg7 20.e4 Nd8! 21.exf5 Bxf5
22.Be4 Bxe4 23.Nxe4 Ne5
24.Ng5
Qc8!?
25.Nfe6+
Nxe6!? 26.Nxe6+ Kf7 27.Qc3!
White threatens 28.f4. 27...Qh8
28.cxb5 axb5 29.f4! Ng4
30.Ng5+
Kg8
31.Qf3!?
[31.Qxh8+ Kxh8 32.Rxe7 wins
easily.] 31...Qd4+ 32.Kg2
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Nf6?!
[32...Ne5!?
33.fxe5
Qd2+ 34.Re2 Qxg5 35.Rf1 Qf5
36.Qxf5 gxf5 37.Rxf5 costs a
pawn.] 33.Rbd1 Qb2+ 34.Re2
Qa3 35.Qe3!? Qa8?! 36.Qe6+
Kh8 37.Qxe7 Rf8 38.Ne6!
Reshevsky produced a positive
score. 1–0
(76) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2490) - Grefe,John
(2425) [E12]
Mentor USA 25 (1), 25.09.1977
John Grefe expected to go apple
picking in California. Instead,
he played chess after a
surprising invitation and made
more money. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6
3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6
6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 Nxg3
9.hxg3 Bg7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.g4
Qe7 12.a3 0–0–0 13.Qc2!?
[Usual is 13.Qa4] 13...h5!
14.gxh5
g4
15.Nd2
f5!
16.Ne2?! [Preferable is 16.0–0–0
Qg5 17.Kb1] 16...Qg5! 17.0–0–
0 Rxh5 18.d5!? Ne5! 19.Nf4?!
[Better is 19.Rxh5 Qxh5 20.Nf4
Nxd3+ 21.Qxd3] 19...Nxd3+
20.Qxd3 Qf6!? 21.Qc2!? Rxh1
22.Rxh1
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Bh6! 23.dxe6? [23.Rh5! Bxf4
24.exf4 defends well.] 23...dxe6
24.Rh2 [Or 24.Rg1?! Bxf4
25.exf4 Qd4 (R.Byrne and
Mednis).] 24...Bxf4 25.exf4 g3!
26.fxg3 Qd4! 27.Rh1!? Bxg2
28.Re1 Qf2 29.Qd1 [29.Rxe6
Be4 30.Nxe4 Qe1+ leads to
mate.] 29...Bf3 30.Rf1 Rxd2!
Grefe scored an excellent result
in his last championship. 0–1
(77) Fedorowicz,John
(2440) -
Reshevsky,Samuel (2490)
[B42]
Mentor USA 25 (2), 27.09.1977
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.c4 Bg7
7.Nc2 d6 8.0–0 Nd7 9.Nc3
Ngf6 10.Be2!? [Known is
10.Bf4] 10...Qc7 11.Be3 Ne5
12.b3?! [12.c5! dxc5 13.f4
Ned7 14.e5 Ng8 15.Ne4 gains
an advantage.] 12...b5! 13.f4
Ned7 14.Qd2 bxc4 15.Bxc4
Nc5 16.Bxc5?! [16.Bb5+! Kf8!
17.e5 Nce4 18.Qd4 keeps the
initiative.] 16...Qxc5+ 17.Kh1
Bb7! 18.Rae1 0–0 19.f5?
[19.Bd3! Rac8 20.Nb1 d5 21.e5
Ne4 22.Qe2 defends the centre.]
19...exf5 20.exf5 d5! 21.Bd3
Rfe8 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Na4 Qc7
24.Ne3?! Re5!? 25.Rc1 Qe7
26.Nc2
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Rh5! An attack starts on the
kingside.
27.Rce1
Ne4!
28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Ne3 Be5
30.h3 Rd8 31.Qf2 f5! 32.Qc2
f4 33.Ng4 Rc8 34.Qb1 Qg5
35.Nxe5 Qxe5 36.Re2 Qf5
37.Kg1 f3 38.Rb2 Rg5 39.h4
Rg3 40.Qe1 Qh3! 41.Rff2 e3
Reshevsky still competed at the
top level. 0–1
(78) Kudrin,Sergey
(2465) -
Reshevsky,Samuel (2470)
[C55]
South Bend USA 28 (1),
10.07.1981
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d3 Kudrin avoids the sharp
lines. 4...Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.Bb3
d6 7.c3 Na5 8.Bc2 c5 9.Re1 b5
10.Nbd2 Nd7 11.Nf1 Nb6!?
12.Ng3 Re8 13.h3 Nc6 14.d4
cxd4 15.cxd4 exd4 16.Nxd4
Nxd4 17.Qxd4 g6 18.Nh5!?
Suddenly Kudrin strikes in a
risky way. [18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Qb4
keeps an edge.] 18...gxh5
19.e5!? Bf6? [Right is 19...Bh4!
20.Bf4 (20.Qe4? f5!) 20...dxe5
21.Rxe5! Qxd4 22.Rxe8+ Kg7
23.Be5+ Bf6 24.Bxd4 Bxd4 and
Black has an advantage.]
20.Qe4! Rxe5 21.Qxh7+ Kf8
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22.Bh6+?
[22.Rxe5!
Bxe5
23.Bh6+ Ke8 24.Qg8+ Kd7
25.Bf5+ Kc7 26.Rc1+ wins for
White.] 22...Ke7! 23.f4 Re6
24.Bf5 Qh8! 25.Bxe6! Kudrin
has a strong attack. 25...Bxe6
26.Rxe6+! Kxe6 27.Re1+?
White misses a peaceful finish.
[27.f5+! Kd7 28.Qxf7+ Kc6
29.Rc1+ Nc4 30.Rxc4+! bxc4
31.Qxc4+ leads to perpetual
check.] 27...Be5! 28.Qc2 Qxh6
29.fxe5 Rc8 Sammy has gained
a knight.
30.exd6+ Kxd6! The king
survives in the open field.
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31.Qd3+ Nd5 32.Rd1 Qg5
33.h4!? Qe5! 34.Qxb5 Qe3+
35.Kh1 Qe4! 36.Qa6+ Rc6
37.Qa3+ Ke6 38.Qxa7 Rc2!
39.Qa6+ Ke5 40.Qf1 Re2
41.Rxd5+!? Kxd5 42.Qxf7+
Kd4 43.Qg7+ Qe5 44.Qd7+
Ke3 45.Qd1 Qxb2 46.Qg1+
Ke4 The old Reshevsky fought
like a young lion and competed
among the leaders. 0–1
(79) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2470) -
Christiansen,Larry
(2575) [E91]
South Bend USA 28 (14),
27.07.1981
Reshevsky and Christiansen
battled for the third place. 1.d4
Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.c4 Bg7
5.Nc3 0–0 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 e6 8.0–
0 Re8 9.Nd2 Na6 10.Re1 Nc7
11.Bf1 b6!? [11...Rb8 12.a4 b6
was played in Geller - Suetin,
Kislovodsk 1972.] 12.Nf3!?
exd5 13.cxd5 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3
15.Qxf3 Nd7 16.Bf4 Ne5
17.Qg3 Bf6 18.a4 a6 19.Qe3
Rb8 20.Rab1 b5 21.b4 c4
22.Qd2 bxa4 23.Nxa4 Nb5
24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Bxc4 White
has gained a pawn. 25...Qf6
26.Qd3 h5
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27.g3?! h4! 28.f4? [Correct is
28.Kg2! and White defends his
kingside.] 28...hxg3! 29.Rf1
[The pointe is 29.fxe5 Qf2+
30.Kh1
Qh2#]
29...Bxf4
30.Bxb5 axb5 31.Nc3 Qg5
32.Kg2 Be5 33.Rbe1 Kg7
34.Nxb5 Rh8! 35.Rh1 Rh4
[Even better is 35...Rb6! 36.Re2
Rhb8] 36.Nd4 Rxb4 37.Nf3
Qf6 38.Rhf1 Rf4 39.Re2 g5
40.Qc2 Rb8! 41.Qd3 Rh8
42.Ree1 g4! 43.Nxe5 gxh3+
44.Kg1 h2+ 45.Kh1 g2+!
46.Kxg2 h1Q+ 47.Rxh1 Rf2+
Christiansen
and
Kavalek
occupied the third place. 0–1
(80) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2470) - Kogan,Boris
(2440) [A33]
South Bend USA 28 (15),
29.07.1981
[JvR]
Christiansen and Kavalek drew
their mutual game in the last
round. So Reshevsky had to win
his game. 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6
3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4
e6 6.g3 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb4 8.Bg2
d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.0–0 Nxc3
11.Qxd8+ Nxd8 12.bxc3 Bxc3
13.Rb1 a5 14.Rd1!? [14.Nc5
Bb4 15.Na4 drew in Tukmakov
- Tal, Yerevan 1980.] 14...f6!?
15.a3 Rf8?! [Better is 15...0–0
16.Nc5 Be5] 16.Nc5 White
counters on the queenside, as a
compensation for the pawn.
16...Rf7
17.Bf4
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g5? [17...e5! 18.Be3 (R.Byrne
and Mednis) 18...Bd4 19.Bxd4
exd4 20.Rxd4 Rc7 returns the
pawn for a proper defence.]
18.Bd6! e5 19.Bd5!? Bd4!
20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.e3 Bxc5
22.Bxc5 Sammy has gained an
exchange. 22...Bg4 23.Rdc1
Bf3 24.Bb6 Ne6 25.Rb5 a4
26.h3 h5 27.Ra5 Rxa5 28.Bxa5
Bc6 29.Rc4 Ng7!? 30.Bb6 Nf5
31.Bc5 Ke6 32.Rb4 Nh6 33.f4
g4 34.h4 Kf5 35.Bd6 Nf7
36.Bc7 Nh6!? 37.Kf2 Ng8
38.e4+! Bxe4 39.fxe5 Bc6 [The
pointe is 39...fxe5 40.Rb5!]
40.Rc4 Ke6 41.exf6 Nxf6
42.Bf4 Nd7?! [42...Kd5 43.Rb4
Kc5 delays the advance of the
white king to the centre.]
43.Ke3! Kf5 44.Kd4! Kf6
45.Bg5+ Kf7 46.Rc1 Nf8
47.Ke5! Kg6 48.Be7 Nd7+
49.Ke6 Nb6 50.Rc5 He hunts
the black king. 50...Bd7+
51.Kd6 Bc6 52.Bd8 Nc8+
53.Ke6 Kh6 54.Bc7 Reshevsky
has caught up. The final
standings became: Browne and
Seirawan 9/14, Christiansen,
Kavalek and Reshevsky 81/2,
Shamkovich 71/2, R.Byrne and
Peters 7, Lein 61/2, Alburt,
Kogan and Tarjan 6, Benjamin
51/2, Fedorowicz and Kudrin 5.
Browne and Seirawan shared
the title and qualified for the
interzonal events. Three men
had to carry out a playoff. 1–0
(81) Reshevsky,Samuel
(2470) -
Kavalek,Lubomir (2595)
[E12]
Jacksonville USA 28 Playoff
(4), 10.1981
The playoff between Kavalek,
Reshevsky and Christiansen
occurred
in
Jacksonville,
Florida, x 1981. The games in
the first cycle were draws
without a fight. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4
e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 c5 5.d5 Ba6
6.Qc2 exd5 7.cxd5 Bb7 8.e4
Qe7 9.Bd3 Nxd5 10.0–0 Nc7
11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bf4!?
Ne6!? 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Bg3 Be7
16.Bc4 Qc8 17.Rad1 Ba6
18.Rd2 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Bd8
20.Rfd1 0–0 21.Ne3 Ncd4?!
22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Rxd4! Qxc4
24.Rxc4
Reshevsky
has
regained the pawn with a
positional plus.
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24...Rf7 25.Nf5 b5 26.Rc2 a6
27.Rdc1 Rf8 28.Rd1 g6 29.Ne3
Bb6 30.Nd5 Bd4 31.h4 Rf7
32.Bd6 Be5 33.Bb4?! [33.Nb6!
Ra7 34.Rcd2 makes a effort to
win.] 33...Nd4 34.Rcd2 a5
35.Bc3 Nb3 36.Rd3 Nc5
37.Re3 Bxc3 38.Nxc3 b4
39.Nd5 bxa3 40.bxa3 Rb8
41.e5
fxe5
42.Rxe5
The
chances are almost even in the
endgame. 42...Ne6 43.Ne3 Nf4?
[Correct is 43...a4] 44.Ng4! Kf8
45.Rxa5 Sammy grabs a pawn.
45...Ne2+ 46.Kh2 Rf4 47.Kh3
Rb3+ 48.f3 Rd4 49.Rxd4 Nxd4
50.Rd5 Nc6 51.Nf6 Rxa3
52.Nxh7+ Ke7 53.Ng5 Ra5
54.Rd2 Nd8
55.Kg4 Ne6
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56.f4?! Ng7?! He should
exchange. 57.Nf3 d6 58.Nd4
Rc5 59.Rd3 Kf7 60.Kf3 Ne8!?
61.g4!
Ng7
62.Ra3
Rc1
63.Ra7+ Kf8 64.h5? [64.Rd7!
Rf1+ 65.Kg3 Rg1+ 66.Kh3
Rh1+ 67.Kg2 Rxh4 68.Kg3 Rh1
69.Rxd6 g5! 70.fxg5! seems to
be won for White.] 64...gxh5
65.g5 Rf1+ 66.Ke4 Re1+
67.Kd5 Rf1 68.Ke4 Re1+
69.Kf3 Rf1+ 70.Kg3 Rd1
71.Nf3 Rd3 72.Kf2 Rc3!?
73.g6! Rc4 74.Rf7+ Kg8
75.Ng5 h4 76.Kf3 Rc3+
77.Kg4 Rg3+ 78.Kxh4 Rg1!
79.Rf6 Ne8 80.Rf7 Ng7 81.Rd7
Nf5+ 82.Kh5 Ng7+ 83.Kh4
Nf5+ 84.Kh3 Rg3+ 85.Kh2
Rg4 86.Rf7 Rxf4 87.Nh3 Rg4
88.Rxf5 Rxg6 89.Ng5 Kg7
90.Kg3 Kavalek had escaped.
Reshevsky
drew
against
Christiansen in the fifth round.
Therefore he did not qualify for
the interzonal event. Sammy
had played his last game in the
US championship. The next
month he would become
seventy. ½–½
Samuel Reshevsky, 1911–1992
Samuel Herman Reshevsky, born Szmul
Rzeszewski on November 26, 1911,
Ozorków near Lódz, (today Poland), died in
April 1992 in New York City. "Sammy", as
was always simply known, was possibly the
greatest child prodigy in the game. He
learned chess at the age of four, and at
eight was giving simultaneous exhibitions
and beating masters with ease. When he
was eight his parents took him to the U.S.
to make a living exhibiting their child.
Reshevsky played thousands of games in
exhibitions all over the U.S. At eleven he
played in the New York Masters, the
youngest player to compete in a strong
tournament. He did not attend regular
school as a child, but from the age of 13
gave up competitive chess for seven years to
complete his secondary education. In 1934
he graduated from the University of
Chicago with a degree in accounting and
from then on supported himself and his
family by working as an accountant. He
married Norma Mindick and the couple had
three children. Reshevsky was a devout
Orthodox Jew and did not play on the
Jewish Sabbath – his games always had to
be scheduled accordingly.
Sammy Reshevsky won the U.S.
Championship for the first time in 1931 at
Tulsa, at the age of nineteen. He shared the
1934 title with Reuben Fine at Chicago, and
then went on to win the U.S. Championship
in 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946,
and 1969. He competed in a record 21 U.S.
Championships, and also holds records for
most finishes in the top three places (15),
most games played (269), and most games
won (127).
Reshevsky's international career began in
1935 with a trip to England, where he won
at Great Yarmouth with 10/11. He then
won first place at the Margate tournament
where he beat, among others, former world
champion José Raúl Capablanca, and in
1938 shared fourth in the famous AVRO
tournament in the Netherlands, which
featured arguably the eight strongest
players in the world. Reshevsky won his
third U.S. Open title at Boston 1944.
Reshevsky was a serious contender for the
World Championship from roughly 1935 to
the mid 1960s. He finished joint third (with
Keres, behind Botvinnik and Smyslov) in
the World Championship match
tournament in The Hague/Moscow 1948, a
tournament organized because World
Champion Alexander Alekhine had died
while holding the title. In the Zurich 1953
Candidates he finished in joint second
place with David Bronstein and Keres, two
points behind Smyslov. Bronstein wrote in
his last book, Secret Notes (2007) that the
nine Soviet grandmasters (out of 15 players)
were under orders from both their chess
leadership and the KGB to not let
Reshevsky win the tournament under any
circumstances, with Smyslov being the
preferred victor. When Reshevsky
maintained his strong contention late into
the two-month event, Bronstein claims that
the Soviets prearranged several results in
games amongst themselves to successfully
prevent Reshevsky's overall victory, while
also ensuring that Reshevsky faced the
maximum test in his own games against
the Soviet players. Reshevsky qualified for
one more Candidates' in 1967, but lost the
subsequent quarterfinal match to Viktor
Korchnoi the following year.
Rivalry with Fischer
After his debut at age 14 in the US
Championship in 1957–58, Bobby Fischer
began to dominate, winning on each of his
seven attempts, leaving Reshevsky, the
seven-time former champion, in the chasing
pack. There was little love lost between the
two players. Ahead of the Buenos Aires
1960 tournament, Reshevsky reportedly
said, "I would settle for 19th place – if
Fischer placed 20th." In the 1967 Sousse
Interzonal, Fischer turned up 53 minutes
late (only seven minutes short of an
automatic time forfeiture) for his game with
Reshevsky, and made his opening move
without a word of apology. Reshevsky, who
had been convinced that Fischer had
withdrawn from the tournament, lost the
game badly and complained furiously to the
organizers. He refused to play for the U.S.
team in the Chess Olympiads of 1960, 1962
and 1966 because Fischer was chosen
ahead of him for the top board. He did,
however, finally consent to play on a lower
board in 1970, the only time the two men
appeared in the same team.
Although Reshevsky and Fischer had one of
the fiercest rivalries in chess history,
Fischer greatly respected the older
champion, choosing in a 1964 article as the
"ten greatest masters in history" Paul
Morphy, Howard Staunton, Wilhelm
Steinitz, Siegbert Tarrasch, Mikhail
Tchigorin, Alexander Alekhine, Jose
Capablanca, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal
and Samuel Reshevsky. Note that Fischer
left out Lasker, Rubinstein and Petrosian,
the reigning world champion at the time, in
favor of his rival.
Here are some lesser-known facts about
Samuel Reshevsky
The six highest-rated octogenarians
in history are Samuel Reshevsky,
Vassily Smyslov, Svetozar Gligoric,
Antonio Medina, Stuart Wagman
and Viktor Korchnoi.
Samuel Reshevsky had a terrible
memory, according to some of the
New York players, who would show
him games that he would not
remember, even if he had played
them just a few months earlier.
There is a story about someone
showing Reshevsky a game, and
Reshevsky said that the players
"weren’t very good" and that the
game was uninteresting. It was one
of Reshevsky’s own games!
He admitted that he never studied
middle or end games, just calculated
over the board. He spent all his time
trying to memorize openings,
without great success.
When a Russian official asked him
"How are you?" right before the
1948 World Championship
Tournament, Reshevsky answered:
"Fine," throwing the entire Russian
delegation into a panic. The
explanation: the official's command
of English was limited and he had
meant to ask "Who are you?" The
panic was caused by a rumor that
Reuben Fine, his great American
rival who was had declined to
contend for the world
championship, had arrived and was
going to play after all!
In the 1942 US Championship
Reshevsky's clock ran out in his
game against Denker. Tournament
director Walter Stephens came up
from behind the clock, turned it
around, and forfeited the wrong
player! Despite violent protestations
Stephens refused to change his
decision, which ultimately gave
Reshevsky the title (instead of GM
Isaac Kashdan).
Grandmasters Samuel Reshevsky
and Miguel Najdorf exchanged
punches on at least two occasions in
two different tournaments.
Reshevsky and Reuben Fine nearly
got into a fistfight in Nottingham
1936, one of the greatest
tournaments of all time, when Fine
became increasingly upset at
Reshevsky’s attempts to win a dead-
drawn endgame.
During a Fischer-Reshevsky match
in 1961, on a particular hot day,
Fischer demanded a fan, but
Reshevsky declared that the sound
of a fan prevented him from
concentrating. The arbiter decided
to turn the fan on during Fischer’s
move, and then switch it off during
Reshevsky’s.
New York Times Obituary
Samuel Reshevsky Is Dead; Chess
Grandmaster Was 80
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Published: April 07, 1992
Samuel Reshevsky, the Polish-born chess
prodigy and grandmaster who astounded
the world with his feats as a boy and
dominated American chess for nearly four
decades, died on Saturday at Good
Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, N.Y. He was
80 years old and lived in Spring Valley, N.Y.
Mr. Reshevsky, who had been semi-retired
for many years but still appeared
occasionally at tournaments and
exhibitions, died of a heart attack, said
Rabbi Harvey Waxman of Congregation
Beth Medrosh in Monsey, N.Y., who
presided at a funeral on Sunday at
Congregation Kehilath Israel in Spring
Valley.
From the moment he sailed into New York
Harbor on Nov. 3, 1920, an 8-year-old
prodigy in blond curls and a sailor suit,
little Sammy Reshevsky was the sensation
of American chess. From that time until
Jan. 7, 1958, when he was eclipsed by the
14-year-old Bobby Fischer, he was the top
name in American chess. The Enchanted
Early Years
As a child, he first dazzled the capitals and
courts of Europe, then amazed Americans
with triumphant coast-to-coast tours,
taking on and setting down 40 to 75
opponents at a time. He emerged as a major
celebrity of the 1920's, dallying in
Hollywood with Charlie Chaplin, Jackie
Coogan and other stars and enchanting
millionaires by defeating them in their
living rooms
