Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Three games where I need the full score

Troitzki - Focht, 1896

FEN: 2kr4/1ppb1pp1/1b4r1/pP2p3/P3P3/5qN1/2Q2P1P/2R1B1KR

1.Rd1!! Bh3? 2.R:d8+ K:d8 3.Qd1+! Q:d1 stalemate
 The game looks fake but I have seen the full game score at some point in my life, unfortunately I have no idea where. It might be in a book of the East Berlin "Sportverlag", possibly translated by Bodo Starck.

Source: Jugendschach 4/1994, "Teste dein Rechenvermögen" column by Bodo Starck

Simagin - Bronstein, Moscow 1947

FEN: 8/6k1/3b1p2/7p/5P2/2P5/PPKQ4/2B4q

1.-h4? 2.Q:d6 Qg2+ 3.Kb3 h3 4.Qd7+ Kg8 5.f5 h2 6.Bg5!! h1Q 7.Qe8+ Kg7 8.Qg6+ Kf8 9.Q:f6+ Kg8 10.Qd8+ Kg7 11.Qe7+ Kg8 12.Qe8+ 1-0
Simagin noted that his opponent could have probably drawn by 1.-Qe4+!. When and where was this game analysed by Simagin?

Source: Jugendschach 10/94, "Teste dein Rechenvermögen", column by Bodo Starck 

Volpert - Zatulovskaya 1960 (?)

FEN: 8/3k1p2/5p1p/2K1p2P/4P1P1/5P2/8/8

41.-Ke7 42.Kd5 Kf8 43.Kc6!! Kg7 44.Kc7 Kh7 45.Kd7 Kh8 46.g5! h:g5 47.Ke7 f5! 48.e:f5 e4? 49.f:e4 g4 50.K:f7! g3 51.f6 g2 52.Ke8 g1Q 53.f7 "and White won"

Black could have drawn with the phantastic 48.-Kg8!!

Source: Shakhmaty v SSSR 2/1961, "Etjudnoe okonchanie". Article by Igor Bondarevsky.


In all cases, the full game score is sought!

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