Master or Patzer?

Tennessee Chess News - Volume 24 No 4, Aug/Sep 1982

A TEST OF YOUR CHESS AWARENESS

by Jack Smith

Before you begin to go over these games sit down, take a deep breath, and prepare to be amazed, delighted and frustrated. . . eleven of them are widely renowned brilliant games from throughout chess history.  Another is a Grandmaster win that doesn't have the same status but should be distinguishable from the rest of the games which are local amateur contests.  

Match the letter of the game score to the questions; answer anything else asked; and mail to the Editor (of TCN), Gary Pylant.  You can win - $15 worth of chess books from Gary and I.

You must be a TCA member to win.  You may send your dues and your entry to Harry Sabine then he'll forward your entry to us.  DEADLINE – September 15, 1982. In the event of multiple correct entries, we'll draw the winner. 

Even if you don't want to enter, these games are fantastic! Try them!

Match the letter, indicating the game scores to the questions (1-12):

1. The Evergreen Game won by Anderson.

2. The Immortal Game won by Anderson.

3. The Immortal Zugzwang Game won by Nimzowich.

4. The Game of the Century won by Fischer.

5. Marshall was "showered with Gold pieces" for this win.

6. This may be the most famous game of all time - two vs one during an Opera.  Who won?

7.  The loser tosses three tempi - and is crushed - Rubenstein's Masterpiece.

8. Lasker had to be brilliant to win this one from ______________?  (See Sept. 1982 Chess Life.)

9.  Fischer beats another Byrne brilliantly.  The assembled kibitzers thought Byrne had the better game, until he resigned.

10.  Reti and Alkekhine created this mind-boggling game.  Which one won?

11.  Steintz's opponent just up and left forever leaving the student to find the forced mate.

12.  This one is Grandmaster Mariotti of Italy vs. IM Bohm.  

You'll just have to figure out which one of the remaining games was between two masters.

a.

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 a6 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qd2 Qe7 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. O-O Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bc7 18. e4 Rac8 19. e5 Bb6+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21.
Be4 Qh4 22. g3 Rxc3 23. gxh4 Rd2 24. Qxd2 Bxe4+ 25. Qg2 Rh3 0-1

b. 

1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. b5 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. d3 Qe8 8. c4
dxc4 9. dxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. Ndf3 Nfe4 14. Qd4
Rf6 15. Nd3 Na4 16. c5 Naxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Ne5 Qxe2 19. Rfe1 Qxb5 20. g4
Qa4 21. Nc4 e5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nd3 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Qxc7 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Bxd7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. gxf5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rd1 Nb4 31. a3 Nd5 32. Na5
Rc8 33. Nxc6 Rxc6 34. Rxd5 Ra6 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. Kg2 Ra5 37. Rh3 1-0

c. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rac8 20. Qg4 g6
21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ 1-0

d. 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Kh2 Nh5 16. Bd2 f5 17. Qd1 b4 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Qxh5
Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 0-1

e. 

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. dxc5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bg4 Qd6 13. Bh3 Rae8 14.
Qd2 Bb4 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Qe2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Rxd5 Nd4 20.
Qh5 Ref8 21. Re5 Rh6 22. Qg5 Rxh3 23. Rc5 Qg3 0-1

 

f. 

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8.
Nh4 Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 10. Rg1 cxb5 11. g4 Nf6 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 Qg5 14. Qf3 Ng8
15. Bxf4 Qf6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Bd6 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Bxg1 20. e5 Na6
21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7# 1-0

g. 

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 Ba6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1
Nd3 15. Qc2 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 Nxg2 19. Kxg2 d4 20. Nxd4
Bb7+ 21. Kf1 Qd7 0-1

h. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7
8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7
14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0

i. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O d3 8.
Qb3 Qf6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Re1 Nge7 11. Ba3 b5 12. Qxb5 Rb8 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. Nbd2
Bb7 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Bxd3 Qh5 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. exf6 Rg8 19. Rad1 Qxf3 20.
Rxe7+ Nxe7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Bf5+ Ke8 23. Bd7+ Kd8 24. Bxe7# 1-0

 

j. 

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. e5 e6 5. a3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. f4 Qb6
9. axb4 Nxb4 10. O-O f5 11. Na3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Ne7 13. c4 Qd8 14. Nb5 Nc6 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Ba3 Be6 17. Bd6 Kf7 18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. Rfb1 b6 21. Rc1
Rg8 22. Rc3 Rc8 23. Rxc6 Qxc6 24. Rxa7+ Bd7 25. gxf5 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qb2+ 27. Kh3
Ke8 28. Rxd7 Kxd7 29. e6+ Kd8 30. f6 Bxd6 31. Nxd6 Rc2 32. e7+ Kc7 33. Qxc2+
Qxc2 34. f7 Kxd6 35. fxg8=Q Kxe7 36. Qxd5 1-0

k. 

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8.
e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 Na4 12. Qa3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Bxe7
Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1
Nxd4+ 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3
Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8
b5 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+
39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

l. 

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4 Nbxd5 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14.
Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Nc5 Bh3 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1
h5 21. b4 a6 22. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re3 27.
Nf3 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Nc3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2 Ne4 32. Rc4 Nxf2
33. Bg2 Be6 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+ 36. Kh2 Rxf3 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Ne3+
39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3 Nd4 0-1 

m. 

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qd3 d5 12. Nb5 c6 13. Nd4 Qa5 14. cxd5
Qxd5 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Nb3 Qh5 18. Qd3 Bg4 19. Nc1 Qa5 20. Qd4 Rad8
21. Nb3 Qxa2 22. Nc1 Qc2 0-1

n.

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. g4
O-O 9. g5 Ne8 10. h4 Nc7 11. f4 e5 12. Nde2 d5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15.
Nf5 Nxc3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. h5 Re8 19. Bc5 gxh5 20. Bc4 exf4 21.
Bxf7 Ne4 22. Bxe8 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+ 24. Kf1 Bg4 25. Bxh5 Bxh5 26. Rxh5 Ng3+
27. Kg2 Nxh5 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Rb3 Bg7 30. Rh3 Ng3 31. Kf3 Ra6 32. Kxf4 Ne2+ 33.
Kf5 Nc3 34. a3 Na4 35. Be3 1-0

Master or Patzer Revisited

The Answers:

1.  The Evergreen Game: i

2.  The Immortal Game: f

3.  The Immortal Zugzwang Game: d

4.  The Game of the Century: k

5.  Marshall's: e

6.  Morphy - Allies: h

7.  Rubenstein: a

8.  Lasker out-brillianced Napier: n

9.  Fischer - Byrne (#1 All Time?!): g

10.  Reti - Alkekhine: l

11.  Steintz's Combo Classic: c

12.  Mariotti - Bohm: j

Game b is Jack Smith - Sid Pickard.  Sid Pickard says the game was drawn in the final position, but he lost on time.


Game m was Joe Sentef - Randy Cope, an upset seen in the Music City Chess newsletter.