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Koltanowski-Mr. X, Providence, Rhode Island, 1940, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 b6 5.0-0 Bb7 6.c4 0-0 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 e6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Qd3 Kg7 13.f4 Be7 14.f5 g5 15.f6+ Bxf6 16.Rxf6 Qxf6 17.Rf1 Qe6 18.Bh3 Qxh3 19.Rxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qg6+ 1-0 An opening I teach my raw beginner students (until about move 10). Kolty adds his own flavour and certainly the F-pawn lever is a good attacking lesson. However 15.f6+ and 16.Rxf6 is rash even for Kolty but it works when his opponent takes the bait (Qxh3). Having said that the position has certain favourable attacking opportunities for White.
Kolty played many exhibitions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania over the years. They kept having him back. He prefaces the following game from his first exhibition with: "You check into a downtown hotel in the nation's steel center, wash and shave and get into clean clothes, and then you look for the Downtown YMCA. Sometimes of course you stop to eat something, but any chess player who visits Pittsburgh makes a bee-line for the Downtown "Y" Chess Club as soon as he can. Why not eat with this crowd of really fine fellows, if you want to eat after the chess fever of the "Y" building takes hold of you?
Bill Byland, quiet and capable, sets the tone at the "Y". Joe Firestone, one of America's biggest chess players, rotund and happy, is always there behind a big cigar. Cherington - "Cherry" to Pennsylvania's chess fans - cracks the best jokes and plays the most unpredictable games in America. Bob Reel is liable to drop in at any time to demonstrate some new line he has just uncovered. "Phlegmatic" Wagner sits there waiting for some opponent who mistakes his quiet attitude for the timidity of a novice and who, after playing a game, can only walk away shaking his head. I first played Wagner on October 18, 1940, and was fortunate in seeing him walk away after a game which gave him something to shake his head about."
Koltanowski-Wagner 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 c6 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Qb3 Qc7 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Bd2 Nc6 19.Ng5 Nd8 20.Rac1 Qd7 21.Kg2 Nf7 22.Nxf7+ Qxf7 23.Qxf7 Rxf7 24.Re6 Rf6 25.Rce1 Raf8 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Re6 Bc7 28.Re7 Bb6 29.Bc3 Rd8 30.Rxb7 Rd5 31.a4 h5 32.Kf3 hxg4+ 33.hxg4 Kg8 34.Ke4 Rd8 35.a5 Re8+ 36.Kf3 Bd8 37.Rxa7 1-0
In the game Kolty uncharacteristically misses 22.Ne6 and the game will be decided in the middlegame. The endgame is nothing noteworthy.
I included the preface because it reminded me of several YMCA chess clubs in my youth. Kolty new how to paint a flavor with a few well aimed words. Aaah the nostalgia!
Kolty-Webb, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania 1941, 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qd7 6.Nc3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 Qd7 10.Bxf7+ Kd8 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Bc4 Bg6 13.Be6 Qa6 14.Bd2 b5 15.Rc1 Be8 16.0-0 Qa4 17.Qxa4 bxa4 18.Ba5# 1-0 Black stops Kolty's favorite Colle setup with 3...Bf5 but then plays some ugly moves (Qd7? and b6?). Kolty alertly finds the breakthru by exchanging on d5 and completes full development while looking for the knockout. Black tries to exchange queens to ease the burden of defence but allows a surprising checkmate.
Koltanowski-Lockett, New Orleans, December 1941, 1 of 8, 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 f5 6.exf5 Bxg2 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Nge2 Bxh1 9.Nf4 Nf6 10.Qh4 Kg8 11.Qh3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Be4 13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.fxe6 Qe7 15.Qg2 d5 16.Nxd5 Qxe6 17.Nxc7 Qc6 18.Nxa8 Qxa8 19.Bh6 Qb7 20.0-0-0 Qe7 21.Re1 Qa3+ 22.Kb1 Nxc3+ 23.Kc2 1-0 Nothing like a good swindle. Kolty plays a terrible move in the opening (actually writes that he mixed up move order) and is down a rook. But I dont really think its a swindle, more so Kolty's opponent gets confused and makes a series of bad moves. The end of Kolty's commentary reads: " Lucky? I'm the luckiest chess player in the world!" One of Kolty's most famous sayings.
Koltanowski-Solomon, Tampa, Florida December 8, 1941, 1 of 8, 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.axb4 Bxb4+ 7.c3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Ne2 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11.f4 0-0 12.0-0 Qe8 13.Nd2 Ng4 14.Nf3 Bd6 15.h3 Nf6 16.Ne5 Qh5 17.Qe1 Rad8 18.Ng3 Qe8 (Kolty gives the line of analysis 18...Qh4 19.Nf3 Qh6 20.f5 Bxg3 21.Qxg3 Qh5 22.fxe6 Bxe6 23.Ng5 Bd7 24.Ba3 Rfe8 25.Rxf6! gxf6 26.Ne6+ Kf7 27.Qg7+ Kxe6 28.g4 Qh4 29.Bf5#!) 19.Ra2 a6 20.Re2 g6 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Nh1 Rde8 23.Qh4 Nd8 24.g4 Qc7 25.Bd2 Rf7 26.Qh6 Bf8 27.Qh4 Bg7 28.g5 Nd7 29.Nf2 Ref8 30.Ng4 Qd6 31.Rff2 Nc6 32.Qg3 Nd8 33.h4 Re7 34.h5 gxh5 35.Nf6+ Nxf6 36.gxf6 Rxf6 37.Re5 Nf7 38.Rg2 Nh6 39.Rg5 Rff7 40.Rxh5 Nf5 41.Qh3 h6 42.Bxf5 exf5 43.Rxh6 Rf6 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.Rxg7+ Ke6 46.Re8 1-0 if Rxe8 Qe3 will checkmate. The best Black can do is trade off all the major pieces leaving White a piece ahead. Kolty uses the Wing Gambit to conduct a classic kingside attack. The outpost square on e5 gets well used first by the knight and then as a transfer post by the rook to the G-file. Facing tough defence Kolty opens the G-file and triples on it and then needs both the G and H files as a base of operation on his way to the breakthru against the king position.
Koltanowski-Hoyt, Cleveland, Ohio October 14, 1942 1 of 6, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.c3 Nc6 9.f5 Qe7 10.Bg5 Bd7 11.b4 a6 12.a4 0-0 13.Qf3 b5 14.Bb3 Nb8 15.a5 Bc6 16.Nd2 Nbd7 17.g4 Bb7 18.Bh4 h6 19.Qg2 c5 20.g5 hxg5 21.Bxg5 c4 22.Bc2 Rfd8 23.Rf3 Qf8 24.Rh3 Qe7 25.Qg3 Nf8 26.Qh4 N8h7 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qxh7+ Kf8 29.Rg3 Ke7 30.Qxg7 Qxg7 31.Rxg7 Kf6 32.Rg3 d5 33.exd5 Bxd5 34.Ne4+ Kxf5 35.Rd1 Bxe4 36.Rf1+ Ke6 37.Bxe4 Ra7 38.Rgf3 Rg8+ 39.Kh1 Rg7 40.Rf6+ Ke7 41.Bd5 Kf8 42.R6f5 Re7 43.Re1 1-0 I had never seen the Max Lange Attack played in a closed manner until this game. Lots of pawn play and I like Kolty's simple plan of eventual attack on the H-file winning a piece. He makes it look easy.
Koltanowski-Dr. Scott, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 19, 1942, 1 of 8 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.0-0 Bg7 6.c4 0-0 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.h3 dxc4 9.a4 Re8 10.Be3 e5 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nb6 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Bh6 Qd7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Kh2 Nbd5 17.e4 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Qe7 19.f4 Rad8 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nxf5+ Bxf5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Rxf5 Rd3 24.Qxc4 Rd2 25.Qc3 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Qxe4+ 27.Qf3 Qe7 28.Rf4 Kg6 29.Qd3+ Kg7 30.Qf5 Qe6 31.Qg5+ 1-0 From the most mechanical of openings Black plays solidly enough to hold but then allows the exchange of his fianchettoed bishop. A basic mistake as the bishop is needed not only as a powerful fianchetto but also in defence of the king. What is interesting is how Kolty plays to win afterwards.
Koltanowski-Tucci, Silverstein, Schlaifer 1 of 5 teams, New York University, December, 1942 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.f4 Be7 7.Nf3 c5 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nfd7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Be3 a6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Bf2 0-0-0 14.0-0 h6 15.a3 g5 16.Nd5 exd5 17.cxd5 Ndxe5 18.fxe5 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd5 20.Nf3 Qc6 21.Be4 1-0 When Black starts a kingside attack with 15...g5 Kolty answers with 16.Nd5 A lot of psychology and shock value behind that move. Black should have answered with the cautious 16...Qb8 and there is no clear follow up. Instead Black accepts and captures on d5 and his entire position collapses. Still a nice try and nice timing by Kolty.
Koltanowski - Rumsch, Sollfrey 1 of 5 teams New York University, December 1942. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.f5 d5 11.Bxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Ne7 13.Qg5 h5 14.f6 Ng6 15.fxg7 Rg8 16.h3 Be2 17.Re1 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Bb5 19.Bf6 Kd7 20.Na3 Bd3 21.Bxe5 Nxe5 22.Rxe5 Bg6 23.Rae1 Rxg7 24.Re7+ Kd6 25.Nc4+ Kxd5 26.Rxc7 Be4 27.Rd1+ Ke6 28.Rd6+ Kf5 29.Rc5+ Kf4 30.Rf6+ Kg3 31.Ne3 Bd3 32.Rxh5 1-0 If continues 32...Be2 then 33.Nf1+ Bxf1 34.Rf3 checkmate. One of my favorite Kolty blindfold games! Grab a refreshment, sit back, and enjoy!! The Black team tries to play it safe and finally corrals the g7 pawn. Kolty has the fun (and hard work) of manufacturing a nice king hunt!!! Blindfolded with other games to work with, of course!!!!
Koltanowski - A Trio of NN's, Jamestown, New York, Jan 11, 1943, 1 of 4 teams, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.f4 c5 8.c3 Rc8 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.0-0 Be7 11.Rf2 cxd4 12.exd4 0-0 13.g4 Ne8 14.Nf1 f6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Bd2 Nd6 17.Ng3 f5 18.gxf5 Nxf5 19.Re1 Bh4 20.Rg2 Rce8 21.Qh5 g6 22.Nxf5 Bxe1 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Qe5+ Qg7 25.Bxe1 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Rf3 27.Rg3 Ref8 28.Ng4 R3f7 29.Nf6 Rg7 30.Bd2 Rb8 31.Rh3 Bc6 32.Bh6 Rf7 33.Bxg6 Rxf6 34.exf6 Rg8 35.Bg7+ Rxg7 36.fxg7+ Kxg7 37.Bxh7 1-0 This was one of Kolty's favorite openings and he referred to it as just another variation of the Colle. When I first started tournament chess in the early 1970's one of my first books ( I think it was Point Count Chess by IM Horowitz) called this opening the Stonewall Attack - the idea of the Colle with the extra f4 push and then g4 - g5 or the Nc1 eventually going to g5. Kolty plays it in this game with the Nc1 going to d2-f1 and keeping a careful inner eye on the center (a different wrinkle in a dynamic attack). According to Kolty Black should have played for e5 on move 17 and Bxg3 on move 21, as well as Rxg3 on move 28. Nevertheless an interesting game with attacking ideas. Near the end if 34...hxg6 35.f7 and 36.Bf8 is checkmate.
Koltanowski - Berliner, Washington D.C., Jan. 24, 1945, 1 of 8, 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Qa4 Bd7 7.Qd1 e6 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 cxd4 10.exd4 Qc7 11.Re1 0-0-0 12.Qe2 Be8 13.Ne5 Nd7 14.f4 f6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Qxe6 Bxf4 17.Nf1 Bd6 18.Be3 Kb8 19.Bf2 Nf8 20.Qxe8 Rxe8 21.Rxe8+ Kb7 22.Rae1 g6 23.Bg3 h5 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.R1e7+ Kb6 26.Rf7 g5 27.Ree7 Qb8 28.a4 Qc8 29.Rxa7 c5 30.a5+ Kc6 31.Ra6+ Qxa6 32.Bxa6 cxd4 33.cxd4 Nd7 34.Bb7+ Kxb7 35.Rxd7+ Kc6 36.Rf7 Rb8 37.Rxf6+ Kd7 38.Rb6 Ra8 39.b4 1-0 Kolty introduces this game with: "Young Hans Berliner, the finest junior player to be developed by the Washington Chess Divan, is at once a source of joy and annoyance to his fellow Divanites. He is one of their poudest achievements, and his fine showing in the National Juniour tournaments, the U.S. Open, the Yankton International Tourney, and the Masters Reserve section of the 1946 U.S. Championships clearly mark him as one of America's great players of the future. At the same time, young Hans is one of the most self-assured players in the world. He plays with such coolness that his opponents have more than once lamented their inability to ruffle him. In fact, I can justly claim to be one of the few players who have ever unnerved this young master. The occasion was an 8-board blindfold exhibition on Jan. 24, 1945, in which I gave Hans every opportunity for an early draw, and in which he finally succumbed to one of my deepest blindfold combinations." After Kolty's queen sacrifice 20.Qxe8!! part of his comment was: " the move played was a great surprise to Black; it left him with an advantage in material, but a position requiring the most careful defense. It's always advisable, you see, to play a surprise move, especially when the resulting position leaves the pull in your hands. If I could only have seen Hans' face!"
Koltanowski - Kirsher, Washington D.C. Jan 24, 1945, 1 of 8. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Ne2 Nf6 6.Bf4 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.c3 b6 9.Nd2 Re8 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Ng3 Nc6 13.Nf3 h6 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.f4 f6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Bg6 Bf7 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Nf5 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Re8 21.Qg3 Rg8 22.Re1 Kf8 23.Qg6 1-0 This game is from the same exhibition as the above Berliner game. In a rare moment Kolty in the notes to this game reveals blindfold exhibition strategy: "I decided to play this (an exchange French) in as simple a manner as possible, and to accept a draw as soon as the other two French Defence's began to confuse me." What makes this game particularly impressive is that the game seems deceptively simple until move 20 but Kolty, the maestro, had already sniffed a weakness (13...h6) much earlier and was proceeding with a forcing combination which (tho looking innocent) results in a deadly kingside attack and another nice miniature.
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