Tylkowski - Wojciechowski, Poznań 1931
Tylkowski - Wojciechowski, Poznań 1931 is a game of chess in which one of the most spectacular combinations in chess history was played. Curiously, the same motif appeared a little later in the game Ortueta - Sanz, Madrid 1933 . The latter game went around the world as early as the 1930s (see, for example, Alexander Kotow : Textbook of Chess Tactics ), while Tylkowski - Wojciechowski was not published until 1952 in the Polish magazine Szachy .
The game was probably played in a friendly match between the two Polish champions Tylkowski and Wojciechowski in 1931. Antoni Wojciechowski was considered one of Poland's leading players from 1935 to 1938. Because of the poor sources, there are doubts as to whether the part was actually played or was composed afterwards . After intensive research, the chess historians Tim Krabbé and Tomasz Lissowski consider the game to be authentic.
Notes on the game
- 1. f2-f4 d7-d5
The Bird opening .
- 2. e2 – e3 c7 – c5 3. Ng1 – f3 Nb8 – c6 4. Bf1 – b5 Bc8 – g4 5. 0–0 e7 – e6 6. d2 – d3 Bf8 – e7 7. Nb1 – c3 d5 – d4 8. Nc3 – b1 Ng8 – f6 9. e3 – e4 0–0 10. Bb5xc6 b7xc6 11. c2 – c3 d4xc3 12. Nb1xc3 Bg4xf3 13. Rf1xf3 Nf6 – g4
Qd4 + threatens with a gain in quality .
- 14. Kg1 – h1 Qd8 – d4 15. Qd1 – g1 Qd4xg1 + 16. Kh1xg1 Be7 – d8?
The pawn sacrifice 16.… c4 was better ! with destruction of the pawn structure . Now White could with the intermediate move 17. h3! Nf6 18. Be3 get a more pleasant game.
- 17. Bc1 – e3? Ng4xe3 18. Rf3xe3 Bd8 – b6
Now the withdrawal attack threatens c4 along with an increase in quality of the tied rook.
- 19. Ra1-d1 h7-h6
19.… c4 now becomes d4 with 20.! Rfd8 21. Ne2 answered.
- 20. e4 – e5? f7 – f6?
Instead, 20.… c4 promised! 21. d4 Rad8 good game, now that 22. Ne2 c5! no longer works, and after 22. Re4 the white rook is very passive.
- 21. e5xf6 Rf8xf6 22. Re3 – f3 c5 – c4 + 23. d3 – d4 c6 – c5 24. d4 – d5 e6xd5 25. Rd1xd5 Kg8 – h7 26. Rd5 – d7 Ra8 – d8 27. Rd7 – b7 ?!
27. Re7 is more precise.
- 27.… Rf6 – g6 28. Rf3 – g3?
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F5 with the prospect of Ne4 or f6 was preferable.
- 28.… Rg6xg3! 29. h2xg3 Rd8 – d2! 30. Nc3 – a4?
Probably would have saved 30. a4! Rxb2 31. a5!
Also 30. f5! Rxb2 31. f6 Kg8 32. fxg7 could have been a draw.
- 30.… Rd2xb2 !! 31. Sa4xb2 c4 – c3 32. Rb7xb6! c5 – c4 !!
32. Sd3 loses the discovered check c4 + 33. Txb6 cxd3 !, because the connected passed pawns on the third rank win against the tower .
- 33. Rb6 – b4?
Here was 33. Nxc4! c2 34. Rc6! c1D + 35. Kh2 still good chances of rescue.
- 33.… a7 – a5 !!
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Absolute triumph of the peasants ! The conversion can no longer be prevented.
- 34. Nb2xc4 c3-c2!
The passed pawn controls all white pieces.
- 35. Sc4xa5 c2-c1D + 36. Kg1-h2 Dc1-c5
The lady holds her fork breakfast with the uncovered figures .
- 37. Rb4 – b2?
After 37.Ra4 Qb5? 38.Ra3? Qb4 the rook is lost. But with 38. Re4 White can move the rook to f3 and take a fortress . So Black should go after 37.Ra4? Qh5 + 38. Kg1 Qd1 + incorporate the rook again.
The passive knight sacrifice 37.Rb3 Qxa5 offered a chance of salvation for White . After 38. Rf3 White has built a fortress that is probably difficult to storm. After exchanging the pawns a2, f4, g3, g7 and h6 there is a theoretical draw on the board.
Even after 37. Rb3 Qh5 +! 38. Kg1 Qxa5 39.Rf3 Qxa2 40. f5! White can wait and draw with king moves on g1, h1 and h2 or rook moves on f1, f3, f4 and h4. If Black brings the king too far forward, White can sacrifice the f-pawn with f6 and thus achieve a theoretical draw position in which he can swing the rook between f4 and h4. Another change in the pawn structure, say 40. g4? Kg6 41.Kh2 Kf6 42.Kg3 De2 43.Kh3 De1 44.Ra3 g5 45.Ra6 + Ke7 46. fxg5 hxg5 47.Ra7 + Ke6 48.Ra6 + Ke5 49.Kh2 Qh4 + 50.Kg1 Qxg4 would win Black.
- 37.… Qc5xa5 38. g3 – g4 Qa5 – e1 39. g2 – g3 h6 – h5 40. g4xh5 Kh7 – h6 0: 1
White gave up on move 55. The rest of the game is presumably not recorded.
successor
Madrid, 1933
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According to a testimony, this game, played between Martin de Ortueta and José Sanz in the Castilian championship at the Centro Cultural de los Ejercitos y la Armada de Madrid in April 1933 , was published in the chess magazine Ajedrez Español in March 1936 with comments by José Raúl Capablanca . However, Capablanca only annotated this game in detail with two diagrams until move 17 and did not specifically mention the combination that had become famous.
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Bb4 6. Bd2 0–0 7. Nf3 f6 8. d4 c5 9. Nb5 fxe5 10. dxe5 Rxf4 11. c3 Re4 + 12. Be2 Ba5 13. 0–0 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Rf5 16. Bd3 Rf6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21.Rf1 De7 22. Bh7 + Kh8 23. Qg6 Bd7 24.Rf7 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.Rxd7 Kxh7 27.Rxb7 Bb6 28.c4 dxc4 29.Nc3 Rd8 30.h3 Rd2 31.Na4
See diagram.
Now almost the same position is reached by a completely different sequence of moves and it follows:
31.… Rxb2 32. Nxb2 c3 33. Rxb6 c4 34. Rb4 a5 35. Nxc4 c2 and White gave up three or four moves later.
In the Brno Daily Messenger of April 14, 1934, the combination was attributed to the Swedish master player Ored Karlin . However, it is considered likely that Karlin, who played in the same tournament, passed the combination of the game between Ortueta and Sanz on to the columnist, who then incorrectly assumed that Karlin played it.
literature
- Tim Krabbé: Chess Specials Volume 2 , ECON Taschenbuch Verlag, 1986, ISBN 3-612-20336-3 .
- Alexander Kotow: Textbook of chess tactics , Volume 1, Sportverlag Berlin, 1981, 4th edited edition, page 123f
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the first publication of the complete game in August 1953 it was stated that the game had been played at the city championship of Poznań in 1931. However, Harold van der Heijden's research did not provide any evidence for this. The alleged first print in 1931 in the chess column of the local newspaper Dziennik Poznański can then be ruled out with great probability. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/diary17txt.htm (entry 327).
- ↑ Analysis of the game on Tim Krabbé's website, see http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/rxb2.htm
- ↑ The "Ortueta vs Sanz" position . According to JP de Arriaga, Madrid. In: EG 62, pp. 353–354 ( EG online archive ( Memento of the original dated December 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )
- ↑ Tim Krabbé: Open Chess Diary . Entry 396 from September 14, 2014 plus additions up to September 30, 2015. Accessed July 1, 2016
