[Event "Interzonal-08"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1970.12.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[Annotator "Reeh, Oliver"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1r1k1/1p3pb1/p2p1n1p/2pP2p1/P2qP3/2N2P2/1PQBB1PP/4RR1K b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1970.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 0,21,49,17,-29,-46,-46,-25,-28,-40,-52,-39,-52,-59,-50,-61,-20,0,-40,0,
0,0,-256,-267] [#]} 19... Nh5 {[%tqu "En","~/=?1/2?³?h><ž<<+/=????????-/
+1/2??Q????|??/+?<<+/=?????,"","","c3b5","Definitely creative!
If nothing else, 20.Nb5 axb5 21.Bxb5 forces Black (Fischer) to react precisely.
Have you seen how?",1,"De","Hier verfiel Wei?(Gligoric) auf eine
?erraschende Idee: 20.Sb5 axb5 21.Lxb5. ?erlegen Sie in Ruhe, was davon zu
halten ist. Wenn Sie soweit sind, f?ren Sie bitte 20.Sb5 aus.","","","c3b5",
"Allemal kreativ! Auf jeden Fall zwingt 20.Sb5 axb5 21.Lxb5 Schwarz (Fischer),
genau zu reagieren. Schon gesehen wie?",1]} 20. Nb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 {[%CAl
Rb5e8]} {[%tqu "En","How must Black react?","The Re8 is hanging. What else
does White threaten?","","d4e5","Exactly! White had two threats, and this
queen retreat parries both.",3,"De","Wie muss Schwarz reagieren?","Der Te8
h?gt. Was droht Wei?noch?","","d4e5","Genau! Wei?hatte zwei Drohungen, und
dieser Damenr?kzug pariert beide.",3]} Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%CAl Ge5e8]} (21...
Rf8 {[%tqu "En","For the record, please show White's idea.","","","d2c3",
"Trapping the queen!",1,"De","Der Vollst?digkeit halber kurz die wei? Idee,
bitte.","","","d2c3","Damenfang!",1]} 22. Bc3 {[%csl Gc3,Rd4][%CAl Rc3h8]
??????,??????????????????} {
Stockfish 14:} Rxa4 23. Bxa4 Qc4 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ f6 27. g3
Bh3 28. Rf2 Qd7 29. Bd1 b5 30. b4 c4 31. Ra2 Kg8 32. Ra6 Ng7 33. Qd4 Qe7 34. f4
Rf7 35. Qe3 h5 36. Rb6 f5 37. e5 dxe5 38. Rb8+ $18) 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Bxe8 Qxe8
24. Bxg7 {[%tqu "En","_|?1/2?????????>???Q?","","","g8g7","Exactly -
Black's knight on h5 is heading for f4! This position was practically forced
after 20.Nb5. White has rook + pawn for two minor pieces and a healthy
structure. But Black is definitely better. The game was decided by a gross
tactical blunder... See you later!",2,"h5g7","Putting the knight on a bad
square.",0,"De","Bitte den richtigen Schlagzug auf g7, dann ziehen wir Bilanz.
","","","g8g7","Genau - der schwarze Springer h5 soll ja nach f4! Diese
Stellung ergab sich praktisch forciert nach 20.Sb5. Wei?hat Turm und Bauer
f? zwei Leichtfiguren und eine gesunde Struktur. Aber Schwarz steht auf jeden
Fall besser. Die Partie wurde jedenfalls durch einen groben taktischen Fehler
entschieden... Bis gleich!",2,"h5g7","Stellt den Springer auf ein schlechtes
Feld.",0]} Kxg7 {[%csl Gg7][%CAl Gh5f4]} (24... Nxg7 $6) 25. b4 {[%csl Gb4]
[%CAl Gc2b2,Gb2g7]} cxb4 26. Qb2+ Qe5 {[%csl Ge5]} 27. Qxb4 ({Perhaps the
endgame was a better chance: Vielleicht war das Endspiel eine bessere Chance.}
27. Qxe5+ dxe5 28. Rb1 Rxa4 29. Rfc1 Bd7 30. Rc7 Bb5 31. Rxb7 Bd3 {[%tqu "En",
"","","","b7b4","",2]} 32. R7xb4 $1 {Stockfish 14:} Ra2 ({Stockfish 14:} 32...
Bxb1 33. Rxa4 Nf4 34. Kg1 h5 35. Kf2 g4 36. Kg3 gxf3 37. gxf3 Kf6 38. Ra6+ Ke7
39. Ra7+ Ke8 40. Kh4 f6 41. Rb7 Bc2 42. Kg3 Bd1 43. Kf2 Ba4 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. Rb8
Bd7 46. Rh8 Bb5 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Rh7+ Ke8 49. Rb7 Bd7 50. Kd2 Ke7 51. Rb8 Bh3
52. Rb5 Bd7 53. Rb7 Kd6 $11 {[%eval 14,36] [%wdl 46,933,21]}) 33. Rg1 Rd2 34.
Rb8 Nf4 35. h3 h5 36. Re8 Ng6 37. Rc8 g4 38. Rc5 Nf4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. d6 Kf6
41. Ra1 gxf3 42. gxf3 Be2 43. Rc3 Rxd6 44. Ra2 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Kg5 46. Kg3 Rg1+
47. Kf2 Rg2+ 48. Ke3 Bxf3 49. Rxg2+ Bxg2 50. Rc5 Kf6 51. Rc2 Bh3 52. Rf2 Bg4
53. Rb2 Be6 54. Rf2 Kg6 55. Rf1 Nh3 56. Ra1 f6 57. Ra5 Ng5 58. Ra7 Bg4 {
[%eval -350,36] [%wdl 0,3,997]}) 27... Nf4 28. Rd1 b6 29. Rf2 $4 (29. Qxb6) {
[%tqu "En","Black to play and win.","","","f4d3","A fork, supported by the
super queen on e5!",2,"De","Schwarz zieht und gewinnt.","","","f4d3","Eine
Gabel, gest?zt auf die Superdame e5!",2]} 29... Nd3 $1 {[%csl Gd3][%CAl Gd3f2,
Gd3b4]} 30. Qxb6 (30. Rxd3 {[%tqu "En","Just for the record...","","","e5a1",
"So many white major pieces, and none of them can do a thing. Back rank
mate!",1,"De","Nur der Vollst?digkeit halber...","","","e5a1","So viele wei?
Schwerfiguren, und keine kann etwas ausrichten. Grundreihenmatt!",1]} Qa1+ {
[%csl Yb4,Yd3,Yf2,Rh1][%CAl Ga1h1]}) 30... Nxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxa4 $19 32. Kg1 Ra1
33. Qe1 Ra2 34. Qg3 Qb2 35. h4 Ra1 0-1
[Event "Biel (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Arapovic, Vitomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Rogers,Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1nqbr2/ppp1n1bk/6p1/3Pp1Pp/4P3/1BN1BPN1/PP4Q1/1K1R3R w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "148 Article by Rogers"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
[SourceDate "2021.06.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.06.19"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{[%evp 0,11,86,-28,-32,-28,205,228,716,883,29991,29992,29993,29994] Rogers
Reminiscences The Past is a Foreign Country ***The Torero Thief*** Biel 1985
and 1986 My situation was looking bad. I could see that the two police
interrogators did not believe in my innocence, given that I had admitted
helping to carry the valuable Torero out of the playing venue and into the
getaway car. I understood that Switzerland probably had the nicest jails in
the world, but that did not make a possible stay at the Biel watch-house any
more attractive... ***** 1985 The Biel Chess Festivals of the 1980s were
full of excitement and innovation. Not content with bringing up to 1,000
participants to the small northwestern Swiss town for a variety of GM, open,
women's, senior, junior, rapid and blitz tournaments, the organisers tried new
ideas almost every year: from offering a Swatch - one of Biel's most
celebrated exports - to the player that have travelled the furthest, to
devising a seating pattern which enabled hundreds of blitz players to complete
their 18 player round robin preliminaries almost without arbiter intervention.
The fun continued - in fact stepped up a notch - after the games were over.
Every balmy summer evening the mezzanine level of the Biel Kongresshaus,
ostensibly an analysis area, would be filled with blitz contests, many for
stakes. Some hustlers would be content with taking small sums from players -
like me - who thought they were better at blitz than they were. However the
true blitz experts - like Eric Lobron, Josef Klinger and multiple speed kings
from Jugoslavija - would play late into the night for serious money, rumoured
to be as high as 1,000 Swiss francs per game. In 1985, to liven up the
daytime hours as well, the main organiser Hans Suri decided to encourage
adventurous play by introducing a new Torero Prize. (Previously Biel had
offered 1st, 2nd and 3rd brilliancy prizes, decided after the tournament was
concluded.) A Torero Prize was to be be awarded for the most exciting game
of each day, from any of the classical tournaments, with both the winner and
the loser enjoying a gourmet meal at the Kongresshaus Restaurant. (The winner
of the Torero game of the day would also pocket 100 Swiss francs.) The idea
worked better than Suri could have been imagined, the incentive of a fine meal
inspiring many more spectacular games than usual. (Torero dinners happened
every three nights, and six person banquets were a wonderful change from
shared pizzas - in expensive Switzerland all many non-hustlers could afford.)
Even better from the organisers' point of view, every day the bulletin editor
had a wide choice of Torero Prize entries to publish. (Previously, most of the
best games from the various open tournaments were lost to history.) I recall
being certain of a Torero prize when I played the following queen sacrifice in
the third round of the Masters Open, only to learn that Tony Miles had chosen
the same day to uncork something even more beautiful... Black is almost ready
to blockade on d6 but finds himself one tempo short... Diagram [#]} {[%tqu
"En","","","","d5d6","",10]} 23. d6 $1 {[%mdl 736]} Nxd6 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d1g1","",10]} 24. Rdg1 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Nxe4 $5 {[%tqu "En","","","","g3h5","",
10]} 25. Nxh5 $1 {[%CAl Rh1h7][%mdl 736]} Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 gxh5 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","g5g6","",10]} 27. g6+ {[%mdl 704]} Bxg6+ {With check! Has White
miscalculated?} {[%tqu "En","","","","g2g6","",10] Diagram [#]} 28. Qxg6+ $3 {
[%CAl Rg6g7,Rh1h5][%mdl 704]} (28. Qxg6+ Nxg6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h1h5","",
10]} 29. Rxh5+ Bh6 {[%tqu "En","","","","h5h6","",10]} 30. Rxh6+ Kg7 31. Rgxg6#
) 1-0
[Event "Biel (open)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Rogers,Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/1q3pp1/1pbppn2/p1b5/2P1PPP1/PPNQ1B1p/1B5P/3R1R1K b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "148 Article by Rogers"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
[SourceDate "2021.06.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.06.19"]
[SourceQuality "2"]
{White has just lashed out with 21.g4, giving Miles a chance for a spectacular
pawn break - which seems at first sight to be impossible. Diagram [#]} {
[%tqu "En","","","","d6d5","",10]} 21... d5 $3 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6][%CAl Rc6h1,
Rb7h1][%mdl 48]} 22. cxd5 (22. e5 $4 {Stockfish 14:} dxc4 23. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 24.
Qf3 Rxd1 25. Nxd1 Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rd8 27. Nc3 Ne4 $19 28. Rxh3 Nf2+ 29. Kg2 Nxh3
30. Kxh3 Rd3+ 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 $19) 22... exd5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5
{[%tqu "En","","","","d8d5","",10]} Rxd5 $3 {[%mdl 672]} 25. Qxd5 $5 {The best
chance,} ({since} 25. Bxd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","e8d8","",10]} Rd8 $1 {[%CAl
Rd8d3,Rc6h1][%mdl 224]} 26. Bxc6 Qxc6+ $19 27. Qf3 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6f3",
"",10]} Qxf3+ (27... Rxd1 $5 28. Rxd1 (28. Bd4 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1 Qg2# (29... Rxf1#)
(29... Qxf1#)) 28... Qxf3#) 28. Rxf3 Rxd1+ $19 {and mate is Miles' key idea.}
29. Rf1 Rxf1#) (25. Qc3 {[%CAl Rc3g7] loses similarly to} {[%tqu "En","","","",
"d5d4","",10]} Rd4 $3 {[%mdl 576]} 26. Rxd4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c6f3","",10]}
Bxf3+ $1 27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Rxf3 {[%tqu "En","","","","e8e1",", again mating
on the back rank.",10]} Re1+ {, again mating on the back rank.} 29. Rf1 Rxf1#)
25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5 {[%tqu "En","","","","b7a6","",10]} Qa6 $1 {[%CAl Ra6f1]
[%mdl 1184]} 27. Rfd1 Re3 28. Rg5 {Diagram [#]} {[%tqu "En","","","","a6d3","",
10]} Qd3 $3 {[%CAl Re3e1][%mdl 576]} 29. Rxg7+ Kf8 0-1