Rare Movietone footage from 1937 showing 11-year-old Elaine Zelia Saunders (later Pritchard) playing blindfold chess.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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贵族政治
Paul Charles Morphy – C. A. Seguin
Eight-board blindfolded simultaneous exhibition; Paris, September 27, 1858
Philidor C41
Eight-board blindfolded simultaneous exhibition; Paris, September 27, 1858
Philidor C41
Notes by Johann Jacob Löwenthal, “Morphy’s Games of Chess”, New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1860, pp. 227-229, and by Philip W. Sergeant, Morphy’s Games of Chess, New York, Dover
Publications, 1957, p. 185.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. f4 c5. Black leaves himself with a weakness which costs him dear. (Sergeant). 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nb4 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. b3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rfe8 17. d4 Qc6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5!! Morphy has now shifted his opponent’s weakness from the Pd6 to his Pc5, and is willing to exchange Queens in order to win the latter – and with it the game. (Sergeant). 19. ... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Nh7 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Bf2. Not only to enable him to push on the Pf4, but also to bring the Rf3 to attack the adverse Pc5. (Löwenthal). 23. ... Rbd8 24. Nb6 Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Rc8 26. Rc3 Rc7 27. Nxf8 Nxf8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Ne6 30. Be3 g6 31. g4 Nd8 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Ke2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Ke4 Kd7 38. Kd5 Nd8 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 h5 41. Bb6 Nb7 42. e6+ fxe6+ 43. fxe6+ Ke7 44. Kc6. This game does not, on the whole, exhibit such numerous points of interest as many of the foregoing, contested on the same occasion; but is yet worth studying, as Mr. Morphy’s accuracy is most remarkable, and without that winning would have been no easy task. We give a diagram of the position after Black’s 43rd move:– (Löwenthal).
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 0-0 7. f4 c5. Black leaves himself with a weakness which costs him dear. (Sergeant). 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. 0-0 Bg4 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 h6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nb4 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. b3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rfe8 17. d4 Qc6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5!! Morphy has now shifted his opponent’s weakness from the Pd6 to his Pc5, and is willing to exchange Queens in order to win the latter – and with it the game. (Sergeant). 19. ... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Nh7 21. Rd7 Rab8 22. Nd5 Bf8 23. Bf2. Not only to enable him to push on the Pf4, but also to bring the Rf3 to attack the adverse Pc5. (Löwenthal). 23. ... Rbd8 24. Nb6 Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Rc8 26. Rc3 Rc7 27. Nxf8 Nxf8 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Ne6 30. Be3 g6 31. g4 Nd8 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Ke2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Kd3 Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Ke4 Kd7 38. Kd5 Nd8 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 h5 41. Bb6 Nb7 42. e6+ fxe6+ 43. fxe6+ Ke7 44. Kc6. This game does not, on the whole, exhibit such numerous points of interest as many of the foregoing, contested on the same occasion; but is yet worth studying, as Mr. Morphy’s accuracy is most remarkable, and without that winning would have been no easy task. We give a diagram of the position after Black’s 43rd move:– (Löwenthal).
Position after 43. ... Kd7-e7
44. ... Nd8+ 45. Bxd8+ Kxd8 46. Kd6 Ke8 47. e7 1 : 0. Ed. Note; For if 47. ... h4 then 48. b4 or, viceversa, 47. ... b4 48. h4. The
game lasted ten hours!
Morphy’s eight boards blinfold simultaneous exhibition
Paris (Café de la Régence), September 27, 1858
Paris (Café de la Régence), September 27, 1858
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Il bacio della donna ragno
Pechino (12-19 dicembre 2012)
scacchi alla cieca
Hóu Yìfán – Dronavalli Harika
Pechino, 19 dicembre 2012
Spagnola C63
1. e4 e5 2. Cf3 Cc6 3. Ab5 f5. La Variante Jänisch. 4. d3 fxe4 5.
dxe4 Cf6 6. Dd3 Ac5 7. 0-0. “Yìf Yìf” non copia “Fab
Fab”! Cioè: 7. Cc3 d6 8. Ag5 0-0 9. 0-0-0 Ae6 10. Ac4 De8 11. Axf6 Cb4
12. De2 Txf6 13. a3 Cc6 14. Axe6+ Dxe6 15. Cd5 Tf7 16. Dc4 Dh6+ 17. Rb1 Cd8 18.
Cxc7 Tc8 19. Cd5 Cc6 20. b4 b5 21. Dxb5 Axf2 22. Thf1 Ab6 23. Dc4 1 : 0 Caruana
– Bravo, 40ª Olimpiade, Istanbul 2012. 7. ... Cd4 8. Cxd4 Axd4 9. Cd2
a6 10. Aa4. L’alternativa è 10. Ac4 De7 11. Cf3 Aa7 (Svidler –
Radjabov, Baku 2008) dopodiché 12. Ag5 d6 13. Ch4 con prospettive
d’iniziativa (Svidler). 10... b5?! Peter Svidler preferisce 10.
... 0-0 11. Cf3 Aa7 12. Cxe5 De7 (12. ... De8 13. Af4) 13. Ab3+ (13. Af4 d6)
13. ... Rh8 14. Cf3 [14. Dg3 De8! (14. ... Cxe4?? 15. Cg6+! e matto in due) 15.
Cf7+! (dopo 15. Cf3 Cxe4 16. Dh4 d6 il Bianco è in imbarazzo) 15. ... Txf7 16.
Axf7 Dxf7 17. Dxc7 De8 18. Ae3 Ab8 19. Db6 d5∞] 14. ... Cxe4 (oppure 14.
... Dxe4 15. Te1 Dxd3 15. cxd3 con preferenza per il Bianco) 15. Ae3 Cc5 16.
Axc5 Dxc5 17. Tae1 d6 18. Dd2 Af5 19. Cg5 h6 20. Ce6 Axe6 21. Txe6 Df5 22. De2
con un “più” per il Bianco. 11. Ab3 Ab7 Se 11. ... c5 allora
12. c3 c4 13. Cxc4 bxc4 14. Dxc4 d5 15. exd5 Ab6 16.d6± (Svidler). 12. a4
c5 Oppure 12. ... Ac6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Txa8 Txa8 15. Dg3± (Svidler) 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Txa8 Dxa8 15. Dxb5 Cxe4 16. Cxe4 Axe4
17. c3 Axg2 18. cxd4
Axf1? Un pernicioso automatismo. Avremmo preferito l’intermedia 18.
... Ah3!, benché dopo 19. f3! Axf1 20. Dxc5! Ad3 21. Dxe5+ Rd8 22. Rg2! il
Bianco serbi un vantaggio solare. 19. Dxf1 cxd4? È se non altro meno
compiacente 19. ... De4! 20. dxc5! (20. Db5 De1+ 21. Rg2 Dxc1 22. Db8+ Re7 23.
Dxe5+ Rd8 24. Dxb8+ Re7 25. Dxh8 Dg5+ è controversa) 20. ... Tf8 21. Dd1! Tf6
22. Ad5 Tg6+ 23. Rf1
+-. 20. Db5+- (Δ
Ac1-g5) 20. ... Da1 21. Dxe5+ Rd8 22. Dg5+ Rc8 23. Dc5+ Rd8 24. Rg2 h6 25.
Af4 Da8+ 26. Ad5 Da6 27. Dc7+. Un altro modus mattandi è 27.
Ad6!+- (Δ Dc5-c7+). 27. ... Re7 28. De5+ Rd8 29. Db8+ Dc8
30. Ac7+ Re7 31. Db4+ 1-0. Giacché se 31. ... Rf6 allora 32. Dd6+ e matto
in quattro.
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
The Golden Girl
Pechino (12-19 dicembre 2012)
Awarding Ceremony Blindfold
侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
The Golden Girl
The Golden Girl
Foto: Anastasiya
Karlovich
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