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| Chess report III : amateur versus professional | | | Author: | | | IP: | s045.parXXXX | | Date: | 02/08/00 03:02 | | Game Type: | Other | | Labels: | none | | Report Rating: , # of Ratings: 1, Max: 9, Min: 9
Lifetime Rating for PHEben: 8.5000 |  | Welcome to my third battlereport !
This game is one of my favorites : you will understand why at the end of the report...
It was played in 1899 at Toronto by the american genious Harry Nelson Pillsbury (white) and an anonymous amateur (black).
The game is a bit one-sided, although Pillsbury had a big handicap.
Queen's pawn game.
1.d2-d4 d7-d5
This opening usually leads to a closed center, unlike e2-e4 e7-e5.
2.Ng1-f3 e7-e6
3.e2-e3 Ng8-f6
Both players choose a similar development, reinforcing their queen pawn.
4.Bf1-d3 Nb8-d7
5. 0 - 0 b7-b6
6.Nb1-d2
Pillsbury places his bishop and his 2nd knight in order to defend the e4 square : he clearly wants to play e3-e4, thus making the center explode. He also castles king-side. His opponent wants to develop his c8 bishop in b7, but when he sees that Pillsbury is ready to open the center ...
6. ... Bf8-d6
7.e3-e4
... he moves out his king bishop, because he wants to castle too. The white king pawn is pushed, threatening a double attack (e4-e5).
7. ... d5*e4
8.Nd2*e4 Bc8-b7
Black is forced to take the pawn. White takes again with his knight, but black adds pressure on e4 with his bishop, because he doesn't want an enemy bishop or knight to stay on this good square.
9.Ne4*d6+ c7*d6
10.Bc1-f4
But Pillsbury has an other plan in mind. He takes the bishop, creating a weakness in the black position in d6 when black takes the offending knight with a pawn. White immediately sends his bishop to threaten the isolated pawn.
10. ... Bb7*f3
11.Qd1*f3 d6-d5
12.Bf4-d6
Black exchanges his bishop then moves his pawn forward, because he sees that his b7 bishop would have been blocked after d6-d5. The white bishop penetrates the black camp, preventing black from castling king-side (You can't castle if your king must jump over a threatened square).
12. ... Ra8-c8
13.Rf1-e1 Rc8-c6
14.Bd6-a3
Black must dislodge the bishop! He moves his rook next to Pillsbury's bishop, while Pillsbury moves his rook on the semi-open e file. The white bishop stays on the a3-f8 diagonal, where it still prevents black from castling.
14. ... a7-a5
15.c2-c4! Nf6-e4
Black moves his a pawn, maybe preparing to push his b pawn to b4.
White won't let this happen ; he wants to finish what he started : the destruction of the black center. Black's d pawn is immobilized because of the f3*c6 threat, that's why he can't just take the c4 pawn. He moves his knight to the center, hoping that the white bishop takes it (after d3*e4 d5*e4 f3*e4 the c6 rook can take the c4 pawn, thus allowing black to push his b pawn and dislodge the a3 bishop).
16.c4*d5 Ne4-g5
Pillsbury takes the d pawn, creating a decisive weakness in the black defence. If black takes again with the e pawn, the centralized knight is immobilized in front of his king by the white rook! Black prefer to move his knight out of this dreaded file.
17.Qf3-g3 Rc6-c8
18.d5*e6 Ng5*e6
Pillsbury moves his queen on a safe square, and so does black with his rook. White finishes the demolition of the black center, and sees a nice combination ...
19.Re1*e6+! f7*e6
20.Qg3-g6+! h7*g6
Black has no choice : he is forced to accept both sacrifices.
21.Bd3*g6++
Echec et mat !
Lessons learned :
-Castle before it's too late !
-Having a strong center helps a lot.
Oh, i forgot to tell you what kind of handicap had Pillsbury : well, this game was one of twelve chess and four draughts simultaneously blindfold !
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