From info!dregis Wed Jan 29 13:41:21 GMT 1997 Article: 16115 of rec.games.chess.misc Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: HELP PLEASE: Unusual castlings Message-ID:Organization: University of Exeter, UK. Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:31:18 GMT I'm compiling a piece about castling and found a couple of nice examples in a book by Pfleger and Treppner. They gave only positions and I wondered if anyone has a genuine whole game scores for a game where we see an example of the trap e.g. 1 ... Rb8xb2? 2. Qd1xd8+! Ke8xd8 3. O-O-O+! winning the Rook. (I've seen it done, but don't have a complete score.) I would be very grateful if someone could post or forward a score for this. -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* Exeter Chess Coaching Page etc.: || \_/| = DrDave on BICS http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV "Contribute!" -- Doug Attig
Article 16494 of rec.games.chess.misc: From: mattg@indirect.com (Matt Guthrie) Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.misc Subject: Adams wins a rook by playing 0-0-0+ Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 13:36:14 UNDEFINED Organization: his hobbithole Lines: 56 Message-ID:NNTP-Posting-Host: phx-ts8-28.goodnet.com X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #1] Most Americans are probably unaware that Exeter, the home of frequent r.g.c.m contributor Dave Regis, is in Devon, the next county over from Cornwall, whence sprang GM Michael Adams. Clearly a conversation such as the following must have taken place at some West Country pub in the last few weeks: Dave: Mikey, I'm putting together a collection of games where one player castles long and attacks a rook on b2. Do you know of any? Michael: I can't think of any, but I'm off to Linares next week, so I'll see what I can do for you. Dave: Much obliged, old chap. I've asked on the internet, but haven't got too much response. Have another pint? Michael: Don't mind if I do. As luck would have it, GM Adams did not have to wait long to fulfill his promise. In the very first round he was paired against GM Alexey Dreev, a man with a reputation of never having met a b-pawn he didn't like... [Event "Linares 1997"] [Site "Linares, Spain"] [Date "1997.02.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Adams"] [Black "Dreev"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Be3 Rxb2 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Bb5 Rb4 15. a3 Rxb5 16. Nxb5+ Kb7 17. Nxa7 Bf5 18. Kb2 Ng4 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Rd2 Ka6 21. a4 e4+ 22. Bd4 Bh6 23. Re2 e5 24. Ba7 Rc4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Nd6 Rxa4 27. Be3 Bf8 28. Nxf5 Rb4+ 29. Kc1 gxf5 30. c3 Ra4 31. Kb2 Kb5 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Bg5 e3 34. Bxe3 Kc4 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Kxa1 Nd5 37. Kb2 Bd8 38. Kc2 Ba5 39. Rd1 h5 40. Bd2 Bb6 41. Be1 f4 42. Ra1 f3 43. Ra4+ Kc5 44. c4 Nf6 45. Ba5 Nd7 46. Kd3 f5 47. Bxb6+ Kxb6 48. Ke3 e4 49. Rb4+ Kc6 50. Rb5 Nc5 51. Rb8 Nd7 52. Rh8 Ne5 53. Kd4 Nd3 54. Rxh5 {Black resigned} 1-0 So: Did Dreev simply overlook White's 13th? Or did he decide that pitching the exchange to shatter Adams' Q-side pawns was his best drawing chance? Clearly for many months Dave Regis has been hiding from us all his major influence on the chess world. He has but to ask, and world-class GMs leap to do his bidding! Dave, can you please ask Kasparov to take up the King's Gambit? Miles to use the Birmingham again? Fischer to... nah, never mind, not even you have that much influence. Matt Guthrie Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic. (Thanks, Van)
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"THE KING The King himself is haughtie care, Which ouerlooketh all his men, And when he seeth how they fare, He steps among them now and then, Whom when his foe presumes to checke, His seruants stand, to giue the necke. THE QUEENE The Queene is queint, and quicke conceit, Which makes her walke which way she list, Ans rootes them up, that lie in wait, To worke hir treason ere she wist: Hir force is such against her foes, That whom she meets, she ouerthrowes... |
Nicholas BRETON (1542-1626), The Chesse Play. |