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Mystery game #24: Scoring potential of a rare variation (B01)
Mystery game #24: Scoring potential of a rare variation (B01)
Here is the score of an interesting game. You can offer commentary and alternative variations, guess as to strengths of players, format of game, time controls, era, etc. I will supply the data in a few days. Enjoy!
GM Mark Tseitlin (2524) -- Frank Dixon (1984), Canadian Open, Kapuskasing 2004, simul, played 2004-07-15, 12 boards.
This was my only actual chess played, across 11 days in Kapuskasing!! I was an arbiter on the Canadian Open staff, organized and directed the blitz tournament on the first Saturday night, created the Canadian Open database with about 250 games on chessbase, attended two days of CFC Governors' meetings, attended GM Kevin Spraggett's excellent lecture the day before this simul, and wrote articles for the October magazine on the 2004 CYCC and Canadian Open tournaments.
Winning this game against GM Tseitlin is one of my biggest thrills in chess. By move 32, the GM had defeated ten of his twelve opponents, and was winning against NM Raja Panjwani on the adjacent board to mine. I needed to get dinner, and then prepare for the evening round of the Canadian Open, so I offered the GM a draw after playing the strong move 32...Rb2!, in a position where White has no more than a slight edge. I would have been very satisfied with a draw, from both the competitive and creative standpoints. However, Black does have some tactical threats, with his doubled rooks on the b-file, his strong queen position on f6, and White's recently air-conditioned king position. Mark sneered at me, declined the draw, and then straightaway played the blunder 33.Qd3?? He had to play 33.Qc1 or Qd1, whereupon I would exchange rooks on e2, and should be able to hold the draw. After I played 33...R8b3!!, his face fell. He tried a swindle with 34.d6!?, since he could regain his material if Black blunders with 34...Rxd3 35.dxe7 Rxe2??, with 36.e8Q+ Kg7 37.Rxe2.
The opening variation, a rare one in the Scandinavian, with the Marshall retreat of the N/d5 to f6, after the often-seen c2-c4 by White, is one which I have played with success; it is really not covered in depth anywhere I have seen, even in the recent in-depth Scandinavian book by GM David Smerdon of Australia. The usual move is ...Nb6.
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