Friday, March 12, 2010

"The BDG, a natural brilliancy"

From the October 1965 issue of Nick Kampars' Opening Adventures:

In the July,1965 issue of "Chess", edited by B.H. Wood, a contest for brilliant games was terminated with the following comment: "Our second great contest for brilliant games of 25 moves or less drew 129 entries from all parts of the world.... we have decided to divide the two cash prizes between three competitors,all from overseas: Dr. R. Cherubim,Saarland, Germany; D. Gedult,Paris,France ; and K. Winterton, Ottawa,Canada" . The following game from this contest was a BDG., a "natural" brilliancy. It was played at the Cercle Cassia, Paris,in March, 1965. Notes are by the winner.

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Gedult, David - Mazzoni, Dr. N.
1-0 (Cercle Caissa, Paris) 3/1965
[#] 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 d5 3.e4 Transposing into the BDG, which I never fail to employ--at least for the first time--when playing against a master; and it has scored at least 90% for me. 3...dxe4 4.Nc3 e3 A master knows when to hand back the pawn--which he does not need for winning a game against an obscure opponent... 5.Bxe3 Now see how the bishop and f-pawn are badly placed, aren't they? 5...Bf5 6.Bd3 Not because I really intended exchanging pieces, but, as in most such games, when I castle queen's side, I didn't want his bishop staring at my c2, which after 0-0-0 becomes a weak point... 6...Bxd3 7.Qxd3 g6 8.O-O-O Bg7 9.Qd2! Just to disquiet him a bit. 9...h6 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Kb1 e5 12.d5 g5 After all, he would like to castle. 13.Ng3 O-O 14.Nf5 Nh7 He smells a rat and would be glad to change the bishop for that damned knight, but I'm not in a hurry. 15.h4 f6 16.g4 Nb6 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Rxh7 Kxh7 20.Ne7+ f5 21.Rh1+ Bh6 22.Nxf5 Resigns. [1-0]

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

The Blackmar-Diemer in Iran

According to TWIC (what a great resource), "The 18th Fajr International Chess Open Tournament took place February 19th-28th 2010 in Mashhad - Iran. 11 rounds Swiss System 90 minutes for the whole game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1."

And what turns up there? An Iranian FM playing (and winning) a BDG. See for yourself:

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Abbasifar, H. 2333 - Marfavi, J. 2100
1-0 (18th Fajr Open) 2/21/2010
[#] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 Nf6 5.g4 Bg6 6.g5 Nh5 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Bb4
[8...h6 9.Nf3 Bb4 10.Qe2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Nf4 12.Qb5+ c6 13.Qxb7 cxd5 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Qxa8 Bxe4 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.O-O Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Ke7 19.Bd3 hxg5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4+ Qe6 22.Qxe6+ fxe6 23.Nxg5 e5 24.Rae1 Nc6 25.Rxf4 Kd6 1-0 Purser,T-Anonymous/Internet Chess Club 1998.]
9.Bg2 O-O 10.Nh3 f5 11.gxf6 Qxf6 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.Qd3 Nd7 14.O-O-O Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.d6 Nc5? +1.33
[16...Bxc3 17.Qc4+ Kh8 18.Qxc3 cxd6 19.Rhf1 Bh5 -0.60]
17.Qc4+ Bf7 18.Nd5 Qxd6? +2.38
[18...Bxd5 +1.33]
19.e5 Qxe5 20.Bxf4 Qh5 21.Qxb4 Na6 22.Qxb7 Nc5 23.Qc6 Ne6 24.Bg3 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 h5 26.Rhe1 Rae8 27.Re5 Qg4 28.Bf3 Qh3 29.Ne3 Nd4 30.Rxd4 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Bxa2+ 32.Kxa2 Rxf3 33.Rd8+ [1-0]