C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo
1.e4
e5
2.Nf3
Nc6
3.Bc4
Bc5
4.0-0
Nf6
5.Nc3
d6
6.d3
0-0
7.Bg5
Be6
8.Rb1N
[8.Ne2
Bxc4
9.dxc4
h6
10.Bh4
g5
11.Nxg5
hxg5
12.Bxg5
Kg7
13.Ng3
Kg6
14.b4
Bb6
15.Bxf6
Kxf6
16.Qf3+
Ke7
17.Nf5+
Ke8
18.c5
dxc5
19.Ng7+
Ke7
20.Rad1
Nd4
21.Qh5
Rg8
22.bxc5
Kf8
Kolisch-Paulsen/London 1861/1-0; 8.Nd5
Bxd5
9.Bxd5
h6
10.Bh4
Rb8
11.c3
Qe7
12.d4
Bb6
13.Re1
Nd8
14.a4
c6
15.Ba2
Bc7
16.h3
Ne6
17.Nh2
g5
18.Bg3
Nf4
19.Ng4
Kg7
20.Ne3
Kh7
21.Nf5
Qd7
22.h4
Rg8
Vassiljev Arseni-Jarnefelt Wilhelm/MatSK 1995/1-0 (39); 8.Bb3
Qe7
9.Nh4
h6
10.Nf5
Bxf5
11.Nd5
Qd7
12.Bxf6
Be6
13.Qh5
Kh7
14.Kh1
Bxd5
15.exd5
Nd4
16.f4
Qf5
17.Qxf5+
Nxf5
18.fxe5
Ne3
19.Be7
Nxf1
20.Rxf1
Rae8
21.Bxf8
Rxf8
22.c3
Re8
Kolisch-Paulsen/London 1861/1-0 (51); 8.Bxe6
fxe6
9.Bxf6
Rxf6
10.Na4
Nd4
11.Nxc5
Nxf3+
12.gxf3
Rh6
13.Nxb7
Qh4
14.Re1
Qh3
0-1 Schumann-Speakes/Missouri 1982; 8.Nd5+/=
]
8...Bxc4
[>=8...h6!?
must be considered 9.Bxf6
Qxf6=
]
9.dxc4+/-
Re8
10.Nd5
Re6
[10...a5
11.Bxf6
gxf6
12.Nh4+/-
]
11.Bxf6
gxf6
12.b4
Bb6
13.b5
[13.Nh4!?
Kh8+-
]
13...Nd4
14.Nxd4
Bxd4?
[14...exd4
15.Rb3
c6
16.Qg4+
Kh8
17.Rg3+/-
]
15.Qg4+
[>=15.Qh5
seems even better 15...c6
16.Rb3
cxd5
17.cxd5+-
]
15...Kh8+/-
16.Qh5
Qg8
[>=16...Bb6!?+/-
]
17.Nxc7+-
[Rine:...And the little snot pulls out the teddy bear to bear witness to my stupidity.]
17...Rc8
18.Nxe6
fxe6
19.Rb4
Qf8
20.Ra4
d5?
[>=20...f5
21.exf5
exf5+-
]
21.exd5
exd5
22.cxd5
Rxc2
23.h3
[>=23.Qf5
might be the shorter path 23...Rc7+-
]
23...Qc5?
[23...Qd6
24.b6
Qxb6
25.Qe8+
Kg7
26.Qe7+
Kg6
27.Ra3+-
]
24.Qf3
[24.Qf7
Qd6
25.b6
a6
26.Qxb7
Qxb6+-
]
24...Kg7
[24...Qd6
25.h4+-
]
25.d6
[>=25.Qg4+
makes it even easier for White 25...Kf8
26.Qf5+-
]
25...Qxb5??
an oversight. But Black was lost anyway. [Rine: Enter Leonardo the Ninja Turtle!] [25...Qxd6
26.Qxb7+
Qc7
27.Qxc7+
Rxc7+-
]
26.Qb3
[>=26.Qg4+
and White has it in the bag 26...Kf8
27.Rxd4
exd4
28.d7+-
]
26...Qxb3+/-
27.axb3
Kf7
28.Rc4
[28.Rxd4!?
exd4
29.Rd1+/-
]
28...Rxc4=
29.bxc4
Ke6
30.Rb1
b6
31.Rb5
[31.Rb3
Kxd6
32.Kf1
a5=/+
]
31...Bc5
32.Rb3
[32.Rb2
a5=
]
32...Kxd6
[32...a5
33.d7
Kxd7
34.Rb2=/+
]
33.Rd3+
Bd4
An ideal square for the black bishop.
34.Kf1
Kc5
35.Rf3?
[>=35.Ra3!?
should be investigated more closely 35...a5
36.Ra4=/+
]
35...Kxc4-/+
36.Rxf6
b5
37.Ke1
[37.Rc6+
Kd3
38.Rc7
b4-+
]
37...b4
[37...a5
38.Rc6+
Kb3
39.Rc1-+
]
38.Kd1
Kb3
[>=38...a5
39.Ra6
Kb5-+
]
39.Rc6?
[39.f4
a5
40.fxe5-/+
]
39...Bxf2
[>=39...a5
40.f4
exf4-+
]
40.Kc1??
White crumbles in face of a dire situation [>=40.Ke2
Bd4
41.Ra6-+
]
40...a5
41.Rc2
[41.Rf6
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 41...Bd4-+
]
41...Bd4
42.Kb1
[42.g3
hardly improves anything 42...a4
43.Kb1
a3-+
]
42...a4
43.Rd2
a3
44.g4
Kc4
[44...Bb2
45.Rd3+
Bc3
46.Kc1
a2
47.Kd1
a1Q+
48.Ke2
Qe1+
49.Kf3
e4+
50.Kf4
exd3
51.Kf3
d2
52.Kg2
d1Q
53.h4
Qxg4+
54.Kh2
Qexh4#
]
45.Rc2+
Bc3
46.Ra2
Bb2
47.h4
[47.Rxb2
is no salvation 47...axb2
48.Kxb2
e4
49.g5
b3
50.Kc1
e3
51.g6
hxg6
52.Kd1
Kd3
53.Ke1
b2
54.Kf1
b1Q+
55.Kg2
e2
56.h4
Qf1+
57.Kg3
e1Q+
58.Kg4
Qf5#
]
47...b3
[47...Kb3
48.g5
e4
49.Rxb2+
axb2
50.g6
hxg6
51.h5
e3
52.hxg6
e2
53.g7
e1Q#
]
48.Rxb2
axb2
49.Kxb2
[49.g5
doesn't change anything anymore 49...e4
50.Kxb2
e3
51.Kc1
b2+
52.Kc2
b1Q+
53.Kxb1
e2
54.Kc2
e1Q
55.Kb2
Qf2+
56.Kc1
Kc3
57.Kd1
Qf1#
]
49...e4
50.h5
[50.g5
does not improve anything 50...e3
51.Kc1
b2+
52.Kc2
b1Q+
53.Kxb1
e2
54.Kc2
e1Q
55.Kb2
Qf2+
56.Kc1
Kc3
57.Kd1
Qf1#
]
50...e3
51.g5
[51.Kc1
is not the saving move 51...Kd3
52.g5
e2
53.Kb2
e1Q
54.Kxb3
Qc3+
55.Ka4
Kc4
56.g6
Qa1#
]
51...e2
52.g6
e1Q
53.gxh7
[53.h6
doesn't do any good 53...Qd2+
54.Kb1
Qc2+
55.Ka1
Qa2#
]
53...Qe5+
[53...Qd2+
54.Kb1
Qc2+
55.Ka1
Qa2#
]
54.Kb1
[54.Kc1
does not win a prize 54...Qc3+
55.Kb1
Qc2+
56.Ka1
Qa2#
]
54...Qh8
[54...Qe4+
55.Kb2
Qc2+
56.Ka1
Qa2#
]
55.Kc1
Qxh7
[55...Qc3+
56.Kb1
Qc2+
57.Ka1
Qa2#
]
56.Kb2
[56.Kd2
is not much help 56...Qd3+
57.Ke1
Qc2
58.h6
b2
59.Kf1
b1Q#
]
56...Qxh5
[56...Qc2+
57.Ka1
Qc1#
]
57.Kb1
[57.Kc1
doesn't change the outcome of the game 57...Kc3
58.Kb1
Qd1#
]
57...Qh2
58.Kc1
[58.Ka1
cannot change destiny 58...Qa2#
]
58...Qc2#
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