tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post2993403885775671539..comments2024-01-29T13:41:11.764-05:00Comments on Blunder Prone .... Imagination, Inspiration and Improvement: Zurich 1953: Laszlo Szabo, Attack with Flair!BlunderPronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-66465613959551265922009-05-13T20:03:00.000-05:002009-05-13T20:03:00.000-05:00@linux: Thanks again, your comments add to my unde...@linux: Thanks again, your comments add to my understanding as well as adds to the overall experience for everyone. I mirror this as well on chess.com and a discussion came about on how Szabo was responsible ( negatively) for Pal Benko's deflection. <br /><br />As for the comments, I paraphrase mainly because 1) copywrite laws and 2) it's not my intent to copy the book here only the essence. <br /><br />Again, this is an exercise for ME to work on my positional understanding. I import a raw PGN database of the event with no annotations. I play over the game and make my own comments and variations ( mine begin with GD: and where Bronstein's variations are different, they begin with DB:). Then I look at teh book and add Bronstein's comments and variations where they make sense. It's like taking a lesson form Bronstein himself but in a message in a time bottle sort of way.BlunderPronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-49356401463264128562009-05-13T18:40:00.000-05:002009-05-13T18:40:00.000-05:00:-)
The funny thing is that the Dover edition tou...:-)<br /><br />The funny thing is that the Dover edition tournament book reads:<br />38. Qf2:f5 Qg5:e3+<br /><br />I guess it's positional notation, or something like that, because algebraic would be 38. QxB. There are no 'x' capture marks in the game scores, just to the coordinate of the landing square. This would make replaying the game more prone to making that sort of mistake.<br /><br />The Dover ed. notes are a little better. The ones you give are Bronstein's, but somewhat cleaned up from Jim Marfia's Russian translation, and a little bit of the message seems to have been lost in each of his comments on your gamescore.<br /><br />Kasparov loved this book, which is interesting because Bronstein does have a bit of a subjective take on things (which is hard not to notice, if you've followed Bronstein). I could have met him once, so I sort of regret it now that he has passed.<br /><br />I met Gufeld and had him autograph a book, he played in some tournaments in Los Angeles. It's funny how so many of them came here at some point. Could have met Karpov in Vegas, etc., but now the heyday of chess is gone and so are some of these personalities.<br /><br />It's funny how this book sort of immortalizes Szabo. hehe. He actually ended up in 12th place, ahead of Gligoric (surprising), Euwe, and a much more distant back Stahlberg.linuxguyhttp://linuxguyonfics.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-20461173940997469112009-05-13T17:19:00.000-05:002009-05-13T17:19:00.000-05:00Thanks Linuxguyonfics. What a friggin hiccup that ...Thanks Linuxguyonfics. What a friggin hiccup that was. When I analyzed the gaem the correct move order was in place. I had a system issue when that game was opened and the only thing I can think of is that somehow affected 33...Bf5 in that game. <br /><br />It's corrected. Thank's for beta testing :)BlunderPronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316158004635698398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-49432470965696066272009-05-13T06:09:00.000-05:002009-05-13T06:09:00.000-05:00Please correct the game/move score. It is 33. Bf5...Please correct the game/move score. It is 33. Bf5, not 33. Bf7 (which leads to a comical result anyway as Black is up +18 at one point, according to Crafty).<br /><br />I am looking at the actual tournament book of Zurich 1953. The game does seem to get brilliant for both sides around this point and thereafter, and Bronstein correctly points out a missed win by Szabo on move 48.linuxguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-48711712677438662172009-05-12T16:56:00.000-05:002009-05-12T16:56:00.000-05:00In the Taimanov game, Taimanov makes a horrible bl...In the Taimanov game, Taimanov makes a horrible blunder with 38.Qf5 instead of QxB+, which gives White the edge. I had to play through it just to see if the game was recorded right.<br /><br />Were these guys fried by round 22, or is it just me? It could be insane time-trouble, as often happened before move 40. There were some players even in those days who went into extreme time-trouble before move 40. I think Reshevsky and/or Nimzovich may have been two of them, perhaps Taimanov or Szabo were frequently as well.<br /><br />Taimanov is usually a great player. 21. axb wins the b-pawn, and even Crafty gives it the nod, that is like a full point difference between 21. a5. At least Szabo I can say perhaps he was intimidated, maybe they both were(?)linuxguyonficshttp://linuxguyonfics.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-4112603134225342982009-05-11T14:43:00.000-05:002009-05-11T14:43:00.000-05:00i'd like to see you analyze szabo vs fischer game....i'd like to see you analyze szabo vs fischer game.<br /><br />great blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-18830869492520543862009-05-11T05:55:00.000-05:002009-05-11T05:55:00.000-05:00Heard the name but never saw some of his games. Th...Heard the name but never saw some of his games. Thanks for that!<br /><br />Btw the mate in two is: 1. Qxg6+ (f7 is pinned by the bishop) Kh8; 2. Bxf6#From the patzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499383398575774704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075362.post-55822931950977234192009-05-10T10:14:00.000-05:002009-05-10T10:14:00.000-05:00I had never heard of him, but that dude could play...I had never heard of him, but that dude could play! Thanks for the annotated games. :)Blue Devil Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045468316613818510noreply@blogger.com