Showing posts with label Jón Gudmundsson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jón Gudmundsson. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Eidetic memory

Ancora una “primizia” di Mauro Berni, il quale, sulle colonne del solito giornale islandese Visir Sunnudaösblad (anno 1938, rubrica scacchistica di Jón Gudmundsson), ha riesumato un’altra partita – a tutt’oggi non nota – dalla vii Olimpiade (Stoccolma, 1937).

Sturla Pétursson (Islanda) – Markas Luckis (Lituania)
Stoccolma, 7 agosto 1937
Nimzo-Indiana E23

Il virgolettato è di Jón Gudmundsson.

1. d4 Cf6 2. c4 e6 3. Cc3 Ab4 4. Db3 c5 5. dxc5 Cc6 6. Cf3 Ce4 7. Ad2 Cxc5 8. Dc2 0-0 9. a3 Axc3 10. Axc3 f5 11. b4 Ce4 12. Ab2 b6 13. g4!? Ab7. Per 13. ... Cg5 cfr. B. Möller – Mežgailis, Stoccolma, 3 agosto 1937. La risposta più probante è tuttavia 13. ... Cxf2! 14. Rxf2 fxg4 15. Tg1 Dh4+ 16. Re3 Dh6+ 17. Rf2 Dh4+ 18. Re3 Dh6+ 19. Rd3 d5! 20. Dc1! dxc4+! 21. Dxc4 Td8+ 22. Rc2 Ab7 23. Dxg4 Cxb4+! 24. axb4 Tac8+ 25. Ac3 Txc3+ 26. Rxc3 De3+ 27. Rb2 Td2+ 28. Cxd2 Dxd2+ 29. Rb1 Dd1+ 30. Rb2 Dd2+ ½ : ½ Botvinnik – Mjasojedov, Leningrado 1930. 14. Tg1 Tf7 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Ah3! Df8. “Si imponeva 16. ... Ce7!”. 17. Cg5. “17. Axf5 Cxb4 18. axb4 Dxb4+ 19. Rf1 Txf5 20. Txg7+ Rf8 21. Txd7 era molto più forte”. 17. ... Cxg5 18. Txg5 Ce7 19. Rd2 Ae4 20. Dc3 d5! 21. Tag1 Cg6 22. f3 d4! 23. Db3 Ab7 24. Axd4 Td8 25. e3 Ce5 26. Rc1 Txd4 27. exd4 Cxf3 28. Dc3 Cxg1 29. Txg1 a5 30. c5 axb4 31. axb4 Ae4 32. Ag2 Axg2 33. Txg2 f4 34. Df3 bxc5 35. Ta2! De7 36. Ta8+ Tf8 37. Dd5+ Rh8?? “Necessaria 37. ... Df7, ma il Bianco sta comunque meglio”.


38. Txf8+? “38. De6! vinceva”. Se infatti 38. ... Dxe6 allora 39. Txf8+ Dg8 40. Txg8+ Rxg8 41. b5 finis. 38. ... Dxf8 39. Dxc5 Da8 40. d5 h6 41. Rd1? “Probabilmente 41. d6 vince”. 41. ... f3 42. Re1 De8+ 43. Rf2 De2+ 44. Rg3 Dg2+ 45. Rf4 h5 46. d6 f2 47. Dxh5+ Rg8 48. De8+ Rh7 ½ : ½.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Lost and Found

Mauro Berni ci ha cortesemente inviato, desunta dal giornale islandese Visir Sunnudaösblad (anno 1938, rubrica scacchistica di Jón Gudmundsson) – un’inedita dalla vii Olimpiade degli scacchi (Stoccolma, 1937). I contendenti sono lo scozzese John Montgomerie e lo stesso Gudmundsson.

John Montgomerie (Scozia) – Jón Gudmundsson (Islanda)
Stoccolma, 7 agosto 1937
Olandese A84

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Cc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Cf3 Cd7 6. Ad3 Df6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Dc2 Ch6 9. Ad2 Ad6 10. 0-0-0 0-0 11. h3 Te8 12. g4 fxg4 13. Axh7+ Rf8 14. Ce1 Cb6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Cxe4 Txe4 17. Axe4 gxh3 18. Rb1 Ag4 19. f3 Ae6 20. Cd3 Cf5 21. Cc5 Ac8 22. Db3 Cg3 23. Thg1 h2 24. Tge1 Cd5 25. f4 Cxe4 26. Cxe4 Af5 27. Ra1 Dg6 28. Df3 Ab4 29. Cc3 Axc3 30. Axc3 Rf7 31. Dh1 Th8 32. Td2


32. ... Ae4 33. Txe4 Dxe4 34. Dxe4 h1=D+ 35. Db1 Dxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Cxf4 37. Tf2 g5 38. Rc2 Td8 39. Rb3 Rg6 40. Rc4 Rf5 41. Ad2 Re4 42. Axf4 Txd4+ 43. Rc3 Td3+ 44. Rc4 gxf4 45. Txf4+ Rxf4 46. Rxd3 Re5 47. Rc4 Rd6 48. b4 b6 49. a4 a6 50. b5 axb5+ 51. axb5 c5 0 : 1.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Le temps retrouvé (et bientôt oublié)

We sincerely thank Mr. Mauro Berni for having found out between the pages of an Icelandic newspaper – namely, Visir Sunnudaösblad (most likely 1938, chess column by Jón Gudmundsson) – a noteworthy game (not yet known) from the 7th Chess Olympiad (Stockholm 1937).

[Event "7th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1937.08.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Ojanen, Karl"]
[Black "Möller, Baldur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Gudmundsson, Jón"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qc2 a6 9.Nd4 Re8 10.f4 Bd6 11.O-O-O

({Better} 11.O-O)
11...e5 $1 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h3 Ne4 $1 16.Rhf1
(16.Nxe4 $2 Bxf5)
16...Bxf5 17.Rxf5 Rc8 18.Bd3 b5 19.a3 Bxa3 {It was probably stronger to play before ... Ne5xd3+ or ... b5-b4.} 20.Bxa3 Qa5 21.Bb2 b4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qxe4 bxc3 24.dxc3 Qc7 25.c4 $2 {The disaster.} 25...Nxc4 $1 {Diagram #} 26.Qxc4 Qb6 27.Rd4 Rxc4+
({It was stronger to play before} 27...Qb4 {with a position clearly winning.})
28.bxc4 Rb8
({Better} 28...Qb4)
29.Rf2 a5
({Better} 29...Qb4 {!})
30.Rc2 h6 31.c5 Qb3 32.Kd2 Re8 33.Rd3 Qb4+ 34.Kd1 Qe4 35.Ra3 Qc6 36.Bd4 a4 37.Rb2 Rd8 38.Ke1 Rxd4 {Black accepts the draw, as sufficient to surpass Belgium.}
({It was required} 38...Qe4 {and if} 39.Kf1 {then} 39...f5)
39.exd4 Qe4+ 40.Kf1 $1 Qxd4 41.Rba2 Qxc5 1/2-1/2