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King's World Tour: Bohan Bao 1/2 Kleinman, Kingston 2016
King's World Tour: Bohan Bao 1/2 Kleinman, Kingston 2016
I've come across a fascinating game, which I will be posting here this week.
It is the encounter Tony Bohan Bao vs. IM Michael Kleinman, Kingston, January 2016, from the final round of the University Team Championship, which wound up drawn. This was the board one (of four) game, between Queen's University (Bohan Bao) and McGill University (IM Kleinman). Organizer: Queen's University CC, Simon Gladstone; Head Arbiter: Tyler Longo; Assistant Arbiter: NTD Frank Dixon.
What makes the game very rare is the tour of White's King across all 8 ranks and all 8 files. I have played through thousands of games in my life, and played probably a couple thousand games myself. But I don't recall a game like this! That is why I am calling it 'King's World Tour'!
Tony Bohan Bao (1999), Queen's University 'A' -- IM Michael Kleinman (2372), McGill University 'A'
Kingston 2016, played Jan. 10
University Team Championship, Championship section, rd. 5 of 5, bd. 1 of 4
Organizer: Queen's University Chess Club, Simon Gladstone
Head Arbiter: Tyler Longo; Assistant Arbiter: NTD Frank Dixon
Time control: G/75' + 30"
English, Symmetrical, A36
Notes by Frank Dixon
[I am going to keep my comments reasonably light, since in a game of this complexity between strong players, one an IM, a third person like myself, although present and a decent player, cannot really do justice to the game's true essence. And I did have trouble deciphering the one scoresheet I had available, so the post represents my best attempt, after many hours, across ten years, to discover and then present the true path; there were some missing moves, errors, and column crossovers. I hope I have it right!! No carbon scoresheets were used in this national event.]
1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.a3 d6 6.Rb1 Bf5
[Tony was on board one for Queen's, although his rating at 1999 was a lot lower than board two Simon Gladstone (2152), who also had head organizer responsibilities. I have faced Tony, then a first-year Business student, at the Kingston Chess Club, and knew him to be a strong, talented player with a sometimes quirky opening repertoire. Here, however, the game heads into the Symmetrical English, a heavily analyzed line popular at all levels. Tony has been quite a busy player in recent years, pushing his rating over 2200 for the first time in October 2024.]
7.d3 Qd7 8.e4 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Nge2 Bh3 11.O-O Bxg2 12.Kxg2 e6
[Black moved his light-squared bishop five times in the first 11 moves, trading it for its counterpart. Classical theorists like Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934), also a world-class player, would no doubt be horrified, but chess has changed and developed to a huge extent in a century!]
13.b4 Nge7 14.Be3 Nd4 15.Qd2 h5 16.h3 b6 17.Bg1 d5 18.exd5 exd5 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Ne2 dxc4 21.dxc4 Nf5 22.Nf4 O-O
[So far the game has been fairly conventional for this variation. Black is perhaps slightly better, in a fairly balanced position. Black, however, is about to inject enormous complexity!! I think his strategy is somewhat reminiscent of a young GM Duncan Suttles!! And of a young IM Lawrence Day!! And, in more recent years, IM Deen Hergott peak strength, FIDE 2480, circa mid-1990s!!]
23.g4 Nh4+ 24.Kg3!? Be5!?
[Black is offering the sacrifice of a full piece, and follows up by tossing in a couple of pawns, for good measure! In exchange, he draws White's King to the h4 square, where it will be very vulnerable!!]
25.Kxh4 g5+ 26.Kxg5 Qe7+ 27.Kxh5 Qf6 28.g5 Qf5 29.Qd3 Qd7
[Here, 29...Qxf4!? would have been interesting! Both players were already getting into time pressure, and with the increment format, and no second time allotment, this would persist to the end of the game. Also of importance, on board two of the four-board match, Gladstone for Queen's was on his way to an upset victory as Black over NM Keith MacKinnon of McGill.]
30.Qe4 Bxf4 31.Qxf4 Qxh3+ 32.Qh4 Qf5 33.Qg3
[On 33.Bxd4 Qh7+ 34.Kg4 f5+! is a fascinating line.]
33...Kg7!?
[Black plays provocatively and imaginatively, aiming to lure White's Queen forward, while opening lines for his own rooks]
34.Bxd4+! f6! 35.Qc7+ Rf7!!
[Threatening 36...Rh7#!]
36.Bxf6+! Kg8 37.Qxf7+! Kxf7
[White surrenders his Queen to forestall Black's attacking plans, but he now has his bishop posted very strongly at f6, which creates mating net chances for him!! Talk about a double-edged position!]
38.Kh4 Re8! 39.Kg3 Re3! 40.a4 Qc2! 41.c5 Re2!
[Black is now trying a new attacking strategy, infiltrating his majors deep into White's camp, to drive the White monarch forward, towards Black's own forces, and hopefully mate! It almost succeeds! A few times, White's King will only have one escape square!]
42.Rbc1 Rg2+ 43.Kf4 Qd2+ 44.Ke5
[White's King has now crossed over into Black's territory, for the first time.]
44...Re2+ 45.Kf5 Qd5+ 46.Kg4 Qd7+ 47.Kg3 Qd2 48.Rg1! Rh2 49.c6!
[This move, advancing the passed c-pawn, serves as a reminder to Black that he is not the only one with winning chances!!]
49...Qf2+ 50.Kf4 Rh4+ 51.Kf5 Qxf3+ 52.Ke5 Qe3+! 53.Kd6
[This further trek adventure is necessary, since 53.Kf5?? Rf4#!!]
53...Qe6+ 54.Kc7
[White's King gets a new file, and a new rank, to tour!!]
54...Kg8
[Watching the game, I was wondering about 54...Kg6!?]
55.Rh1!
[With the strong threat of a rook check on h8!]
55...Rxb4 56.Rb1 a5! 57.Kb7
[Another new file to visit for White's King!]
57...Rc4 58.Rbc1 b5?
[Doesn't 59...Qxc6+! just win!? Easy for a spectator, without a hanging flag, to say!!] By now, late in the round, several players whose games were complete were gathered around, watching!!]
59.Rxc4 bxc4 60.Rh8+
[Now White gets in on the fun, with some dangerous threats!]
60...Kf7 61.Rh7+ Kg6 62.Rh6+ Kf7 63.c7!? Qd5+ 64.Kc8
[Hitting the last, unexplored eighth rank!!]
64...Qe6+ 65.Kb8 Qb6+ 66.Ka8!
[And the last, unexplored a-file!!]
66...Qa6+ 67.Kb8 Qb6+ 68.Kc8 Qe6+, 1/2--1/2.
[One final macabre touch: 69.Kd8?? Qe8#!!]
[And I have come up with a unique name for this unique game (and for those, very few, like it): I am calling it a 'Magellan'. White's King visited all the files, from a to h, and all the ranks, from 1 to 8!! Spanish mariner Ferdinand Magellan was the leader of a 16th century ocean voyaging expedition, from 1519-1522, to circle the globe for the first time, in the service of the Spanish Crown. And Spain was arguably the world center for chess in that era!! The expedition, leaving from Spain, and sailing continuously westward, was eventually successful, travelling through what became the stormy Magellan Strait, south of the South American continent, and then across the Pacific Ocean, but Magellan himself was killed in 1521 in the Philippines. Several of his crew members did return to Spain the next year, crossing the Indian Ocean, and then south of Africa, however, to great acclaim!!]
[What would be really great now would be to have the players, Tony and Michael join the discussion, and jointly annotate this exceptionally interesting game!!]
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