Roesch - Schlage, Hamburg 1910
The chess game Roesch - Schlage, Hamburg 1910 was played in 1910 in the main tournament B (group 3) of the DSB congress in Hamburg .
The now forgotten player Roesch (the tournament book uses the spelling Rösch and states Munich as his origin ) led the white stones. The German chess master and trainer Willi Schlage (1888–1940) won with black .
The part went down in film history as the part Dr. Frank Poole - HAL 9000 in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 film : A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ).
Notes on the game
- 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. Bf1-b5
The much played Spanish game .
- 3.… a7 – a6 4. Bb5 – a4 Ng8 – f6 5. Qd1 – e2
That avoids the open defense .
- 5.… b7 – b5 6. Ba4 – b3 Bf8 – e7 7. c2 – c3 0–0 8. 0–0
Now the Worrall attack by the Closed Defense has surrendered.
- 8.… d7 – d5 9. e4xd5 Nf6xd5
Ortvin Sarapu led 9.… e5 – e4 with the idea of 10. d5xc6 Bc8 – g4! a. 10. Nf3 – g5 Nc6 – a5 11. Bb3 – c2 Nf6xd5 12. Ng5xh7 Kg8xh7 13. Bc2xe4 + Kh7 – g8 14. Be4xd5 Qd8xd5 15. Qe2xe7 Bc8 – b7 16. f2 – f3 Re8– e8 17. Qe7xc7 Re8– e8 e2 18. d2 – d4 evaded.
- 10. Nf3xe5 Nd5 – f4 11. Qe2 – e4 Nc6xe5!
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Position after Black's 11th move
A rook sacrifice, after which white is lost in all variants.
- 12. Qe4xa8 ??
This voracity of the lady takes bitter revenge; But White was also bad when he beat one of the knights, since Nd3 or Bd6 (tournament book) could follow . The position appeared several times in the master's practice after this game. Alfred Brinckmann played the correct move against Schlage in Berlin in 1928, 12. d2 – d4, followed by 12.… Nf4 – e2 +? 13. De4xe2 Ne5 – g6 14. Nb1 – d2 Bc8 – b7 15. Nd2 – f3 Be7 – d6 16. Nf3 – e5 Qd8 – h4 17. f2 – f4 Ra8 – e8 18. Bc1 – d2 c7 – c5 19. De2– f2 c5xd4 20. c3xd4 Qh4xf2 + 21. Rf1xf2 Ng6 – h4 22. Ne5 – d7 Ng4xg2 23. f4 – f5 Ng2 – h4 24. Bd2 – f4 Bd6xf4 25. Rf2xf4 Re8 – e2 26. Rf4xh4 and Brinckmann won. Instead, the correct answer was 12.… Bc8 – b7 !, as illustrated by the following master game played a good 70 years later: 13. Qe4xb7 Nf4 – e2 + 14. Kg1 – h1 Ne2xc1 15. d4xe5 Nc1 – d3 16. Qb7 – e4 Nd3xb2 17. De4– c2 Qd8 – d3 18. Nb1 – d2 Qd3xc2 19. Bb3xc2 Ra8 – d8 20. Nd2 – f3 Be7 – c5 21. a2 – a4 Nb2 – c4 with a draw in Cao Sang - P. Lukacs, Budapest 1995.
- 12.… Qd8 – d3!
This train is threatening 13 ... Nf4-e2 + 14. Kg1-h1 Se 2 g3 + 15 + 16 Kh1 h2xg3 Dd3xf1-h2 Se 5-g4 + 17. Kh2-h3 Df 1-h1 matt . Grandmaster Efim Geller also had this position on the board once. He preferred 12.… Nf4 – e2 + 13. Kg1 – h1 Qd8 – d3 14. Rf1 – e1 Ne5 – g4 15. Qa8 – f3 Qd3 – d6 16. g2 – g3 Ng4xf2 + 17. Kh1 – g2 Bc8 – g4 0–1 Kotelnikow - Geller, Moscow 1979.
- 13. Bb3-d1
13. Rf1 – e1 is followed by 13.… Bc8 – f5 14. Qa8 – b7 Nf4 – e2 + 15. Kg1 – h1 Bf5 – e4 with Black winning position.
- 13.… Bc8 – h3
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Position after Black's 13th move
Only this position is shown in Stanley Kubrick's film. Frank Poole, like Roesch, takes the pawn on a6.
- 14. Da8xa6 Bh3xg2 15. Rf1 – e1
In the English original of the film, HAL says at this point: "I'm sorry Frank, I think you missed it. Queen to bishop three (the game is played on a screen and the move is made - HAL just announces his moves), bishop takes queen, knight takes bishop, mate. " "Yeah. Yes, looks like you're right," replies Poole and gives up.
- 15.… Qd3 – f3!
With the threat of 16.… Nf4 – h3 mate. In the tournament book of 1911 this is stated as the last move in the game, some sources still give the moves 16. Bd1xf3 Ne5xf3 mate. The notation given by Stanley Kubrick, known as a perfectionist, caused confusion : "Queen to bishop three" in descriptive English notation means Qf6, Qf3 should have been "Queen to bishop six". The move 16. Bd1xf3 ("bishop takes queen") is also not yet forced. 16. Qa6 – h6 e.g. B. would have delayed the mate a little longer. These two points have been interpreted by some critics as a hidden clue to the malfunction of the computer, which later plays a large role in the film (an alternative interpretation is also that HAL wanted to test its opponent).
literature
- Rudolf Gebhardt (Ed.): XVII. Congress of the German Chess Federation, Hamburg 1910 , Coburg 1911, p. 181
- Irving Chernev : The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess , ISBN 0-671-53801-2
See also
Web links
- Tim Krabbé on Willi Schlage
- The game to replay (Java applet)
- Alias: Dr. Frank Poole vs. Hal 9000 (JavaScript) (German)