davidmoodychess (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davidmoodychess) wrote,@ 2007-01-22 21:22:00 |
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Chess for no good reason, part 39
Here's a game that's famous, all right, but for an unusual reason:
Frank Marshal - Amos Burn [D55/06]
Paris, 1900
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qxg6+ Bg7 16.Ng5 Qf6 17.Rh8+ 1-0
Very bright and attractive play by Marshall. However, the game is most famous for the notes Marshall wrote for it in his autobiography, "My Fifty Years of Chess".
Almost all of his notes dealt with Burn's difficulties in getting his pipe lit. By the time Burn was puffing away, Marshall had played 17.Rh8+ and it was all over.
Marshall concluded: "Poor Burn, I think I swindled him out of that one. If he could only have gotten his pipe going, it might have made all the difference. He took it good-naturedly and we shook hands. Then his pipe went out."
After reading that story, you can be sure I would remember the combination if the opportunity ever arose!
Royal Franklin (1514) - David Moody (1576) [D00]
2nd Quick Quad Fairfax, Va. (1), 18.08.1976
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Bb4
I can't find any other games with this move, but I don't know why. After all, the Slav is considered fine for Black, as is the Nimzo-Indian. Why not blend them?
6.Bd2 Nf6 7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nh4 Bc7
With White having already planted his crops on the kingside, maybe I should have played 10...Bg6 to get the open h-file if White takes the bishop. As it happens, I do get the file open eventually, but it takes a lot of trouble.
11.Nxf5 exf5 12.c5
Relieving the Nf6 of guard duty, turning it into a frisky little critter.
11...h5 13.Bf3
I guess White was already planning to play g3 and Bg2, but pushing pawns on the kingside here is playing with fire.
13...Ng4 14.g3 0-0-0 15.b4
Optimistic. If Black just won't do anything for the next half-dozen move, White might be able to light some sparks on the queenside.
15...Nxh2!?
Definitely playing with matches. Who will get burned is uncertain at this point.
16.Kxh2 h4 17.Kg2 hxg3 18.fxg3 Rh2+?!
A conflagration strikes, but Black is running low on wood for the fire.
19.Kxh2 Qh4+ 20.Kg1 Qxg3+ 21.Bg2 Rh8 22.Rf3?? Rh1+ 0-1
Poor Franklin. I think I swindled him out of that one. If he had just found 22.Rf4!, it might have made all the difference.
Here's a game that's famous, all right, but for an unusual reason:
Frank Marshal - Amos Burn [D55/06]
Paris, 1900
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.h4 g6 11.h5 Re8 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15.Qxg6+ Bg7 16.Ng5 Qf6 17.Rh8+ 1-0
Very bright and attractive play by Marshall. However, the game is most famous for the notes Marshall wrote for it in his autobiography, "My Fifty Years of Chess".
Almost all of his notes dealt with Burn's difficulties in getting his pipe lit. By the time Burn was puffing away, Marshall had played 17.Rh8+ and it was all over.
Marshall concluded: "Poor Burn, I think I swindled him out of that one. If he could only have gotten his pipe going, it might have made all the difference. He took it good-naturedly and we shook hands. Then his pipe went out."
After reading that story, you can be sure I would remember the combination if the opportunity ever arose!
Royal Franklin (1514) - David Moody (1576) [D00]
2nd Quick Quad Fairfax, Va. (1), 18.08.1976
1.d4 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Nf3 Bb4
I can't find any other games with this move, but I don't know why. After all, the Slav is considered fine for Black, as is the Nimzo-Indian. Why not blend them?
6.Bd2 Nf6 7.a3 Ba5 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Nh4 Bc7
With White having already planted his crops on the kingside, maybe I should have played 10...Bg6 to get the open h-file if White takes the bishop. As it happens, I do get the file open eventually, but it takes a lot of trouble.
11.Nxf5 exf5 12.c5
Relieving the Nf6 of guard duty, turning it into a frisky little critter.
11...h5 13.Bf3
I guess White was already planning to play g3 and Bg2, but pushing pawns on the kingside here is playing with fire.
13...Ng4 14.g3 0-0-0 15.b4
Optimistic. If Black just won't do anything for the next half-dozen move, White might be able to light some sparks on the queenside.
15...Nxh2!?
Definitely playing with matches. Who will get burned is uncertain at this point.
16.Kxh2 h4 17.Kg2 hxg3 18.fxg3 Rh2+?!
A conflagration strikes, but Black is running low on wood for the fire.
19.Kxh2 Qh4+ 20.Kg1 Qxg3+ 21.Bg2 Rh8 22.Rf3?? Rh1+ 0-1
Poor Franklin. I think I swindled him out of that one. If he had just found 22.Rf4!, it might have made all the difference.
