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Koltanowski - Le Roy Thompson, Washington D.C. Jan. 24, 1945 1 of 8, 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Qg4 Kf8 6.Bd2 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qf4 f5 9.h4 Nge7 10.h5 Bd7 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Rc8 14.Rd1 Na5 15.Nd4 Nec6 16.b4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Ne7 18.Bb2 Rxc4 19.g4 Qd8 20.Rd3 Rg8 21.Rg3 a6 22.Rc3 Qc7 23.Rxc4 Qxc4 24.Rh4 Ke8 25.gxf5 exf5 26.e6 Bb5 27.Qb8+ Nc8 28.Nxb5 Qxh4 29.Nd6+ Kd8 30.Qxc8+ Ke7 31.Qd7+ Kf8 32.Qf7# 1-0 One of the other two French Defences in this amazing exhibition referred to in the post above. Also one of Kolty's most stunning blindfold games. The depth of Kolty's conception 22.Rc3 would be profound in a normal tournament game but here it is played while contesting seven other games blindfold simultaneous! The idea is to remove the powerful black Rc4 before embarking on a breakthru. Kolty creates black square geometry with his pieces after 24.Rh4 supported by profound tactical variations such as 24...g5 25.hxg6 Nxg6 26.Qh6+ Rg7 27.gxf5! Nxh4 28.f6 and Black's response is to create white squared geometry by his pieces which allows the break thru 28.Nxb5.
Koltanowski - Paul Poschel, Chicago, February 10, 1946, 1 of 8, 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 d5 4.f3 Bf5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.Qd4 Ng6 9.Ng3 e5 10.Qf2 Bd7 11.Ngxe4 Bb4 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.0-0 Bxc3 14.bxc3 0-0 15.Ng5 Qe8 16.Ba3 h6 17.Bxf8 Nxf8 18.d6+ Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kh7 20.dxc7 Qe7 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nd6 Rxc7 23.Bd3+ Kh8 24.Ne4 N8h7 25.Qxa7 Bc6 26.Qb8+ Nf8 27.Nxf6 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 gxf6 30.Rxf6 Rg7+ 31.Bg6 1-0 Paul Poschel was a noted US master for many years and already quite strong when this game was played. Wiley Kolty issues a surprising gambit (doesnt recapture the pawn on d5 by 4.Qh5+!) and his best move in the game is 14.bxc3 allowing the Bc1 to enter the game on the critical diagonal a3-f8. The very nice 15.Ng5 adds pressure and the black position collapses.
Koltanowski - NN, Great Falls, Montana, October 19, 1946, 1 of 8, Kolty prefaces this game with: "I have probably seen more of my adopted land than any other chessmaster in the world. Such is the way of a worshiper of Caissa - I go where the goddess finds her devotees. And in my travels I meet the strangest towns - strange in name if in no other way. For example, have you ever heard of the town of Rattlesnake, Montana, or Black Eagle, Central Park, Goldcreek, and Race Track in the same state? Well, I've been to such places, and every little town boasts a few chess players who are proud of the game. Great Falls, for example, contains less than 2000 inhabitants, but has a lively chess group which I visited." 1.e4 c5 2.b4 e6 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.e5 Bc7 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.h4 Nxe5 12.h5+ Kf5 13.g4+ Nxg4 14.Qf3+ 1-0 (after move 11 white threatens 12.h5+ Kf5 13.g4#!) or (12...Kf6 13.Nh7+ Kf5 14.Qc2+ Nd3+ 15.Qxd3+ Kg4 16.Qf3#) Kolty's theme for this game (and the next few) is the Bxh7+ sacrifice.
Koltanowski-Kosa, Sharon, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1946 1 of 8, 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nbd2 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Bxe4 f5 10.Bd3 e5 11.Bc4+ Kh8 12.Ng5 Qf6 13.Nxh7 Kxh7 14.Qh5+ Qh6 15.Bxh6 gxh6 16.Bf7 Ne7 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Rae1 Bf6 19.Rxe7 Bxe7 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.Qxh6# 1-0 Black avoids the Bxh7+ sacrifice with the brutal 9...f5 and e5 but missing Bc4+ and Ng5. The breakthru on h7 and the H-file is just another way to attack in the Colle System.
Koltanowski-Weig, Rochester New York, October, 1945, 1 of 8, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 a5 9.Qe2 h6 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Bxh6 gxh6 12.e5 Nh7 13.Qe4 f5 14.exf6 Rf7 15.Qg6+ Kf8 16.Qxh6+ Kg8 17.Qg6+ Kh8 18.Qxf7 Nxf6 19.Ne5 1-0 Kolty demonstrates another kingside attacking sequence, this time the against the pawn weakness h6. 11.Bxh6 seems surprising unless you see deep enough. (the old saying comes to mind: easy if you know how) 14...Nxf6 gets refuted by 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Qxh6+ Kg8 17.Ng5!
Koltanowski-Arthur Bisguier, New York, December 1946, 1 of 8, 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bd2 b6 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Rad1 c5 12.Bc1 cxd4 13.exd4 Rc8 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.Rfe1 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qc6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qc7 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.e6 Qc6 21.exf7+ Rxf7 22.Rxe7 Qf6 23.Rxf7 Qxf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Be3 Ke6 26.Rc1 Rd8 27.b3 Bb2 28.Rc6+ Kd5 29.Rc7 Ke4 30.Kf1 1-0 Kolty prefaces this game with:"My 1946 exhibition at the Manhattan Chess Club was against a group which included several of New York's most promising players. It was quite an evening - for me, a successful one. I lost only one game, to the Cuban expert, Juan Gonzalez, and played some of the best blindfold chess of my career on the other boards. Here, for example, is the game against Arthur Bisguier, Champion of the Manhattan Chess Club, and now Champion of the United States! A very nice game by Kolty!
Koltanowski-Avram New York, December 1946, 1of8, 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 Nxe5 4.f4 Ng6 5.Be3 Bb4+ 6.c3 Ba5 7.Bc4 c6 8.Bd4 Nf6 9.e5 Ng4 10.Qxg4 d5 11.Qf3 dxc4 12.Ne2 Be6 13.0-0 Nh4 14.Qg3 Nf5 15.Qf2 0-0 16.Na3 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bb6 18.f5 Bd5 19.f6 gxf6 20.exf6 Kh8 21.Qh4 Rg8 22.Rf2 Qd7 23.Nac2 Rg4 24.Qh6 Bxg2 25.Rxg2 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rg8+ 27.Kf1 Bxd4 28.Nxd4 c5 29.Nf3 Qg4 30.Kf2 Qg2+ 31.Ke3 Qxb2 32.Re1 Qxc3+ 33.Kf2 Qc2+ 34.Re2 Qf5 35.Re8 Qc2+ 36.Re2 Qa4 37.Ng5 1-0 Kolty survives his opponent's tricky play in the opening and plays the patented Alekhine F-pawn lever to tear open the black kingside. His opponent Herbert Avram, a master strength opponent, then finds a timely counterattack on the G-file against the white king. However Black blunders with 27...Bxd4 (c5 wins a piece) and Kolty turns the tables surviving a scary king position! Black further blunders with 36...Qa4 and its immediately over.
My last "big" one was in Ottawa in October 2006, I did 8 boards. The young star (prodigy) was Karoly Szalay and he whipped off a bunch of games against government ministers (I was the guy hiding in the corner). Miladin Djerkovic was playing speed chess against all comers. It was a great event but for me personally it was a version of hell. The guy on the mike was blasting announcements every two minutes (about 10 ft away loud enough to vibrate in my skull). About an hour into the simul I froze up and forgot all the moves on all the boards. I then had to painfully reconstruct all the positions in my mind to proceed. I managed to survive with a final score 4 wins 2 draws 2 losses but the going was very slow (one of my opponents was Maher Saleh). Since then Ive done one or two a year, usually 5 boards. In Toronto 2010 the organizers of the Toronto International wanted me to do a 5 board simul. The games are still in the Mon Roi archives. My last one was in 2011.
Koltanowski-Finkelstein, Endicott, New York, Jan. 17, 1947, 1of8, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.0-0 d6 5.d4 Bg4 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Be2 Nxf3+ 8.Bxf3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bf6 10.Nc3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 f6 12.f4 Qd7 13.e5 Qc6 14.Qxc6 bxc6 15.b3 h5 16.Bb2 0-0-0 17.exf6 Nxf6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rae1 Rde8 20.Kf2 Kd7 21.g3 f5 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Ke6 25.Ke2 c5 26.h3 d5 27.Kf3 a5 28.g4 h4 29.g5 Kf7 30.Ke3 Ke6 31.Kd3 Kd6 32.Kc3 d4+ 33.Kb2 Ke6 34.Ka3 Kd5 35.Ka4 Ke4 36.g6 Kxf4 37.g7 Kg3 38.g8=Q+ Kxh3 39.Qg5 1-0 Kolty plays another nice endgame. The only question is why oh why does Black exchange the last rook? It would be interesting to see Kolty's winning attempt with single rooks on, although with the Black king cut off from the E-file and White's pawn majority on the kingside there are good chances.
Now I am going to post a few games by GM Reuben Fine. Although GM Fine never did more than 12 boards blindfold simultaneously the quality of his blindfold play was as good as anyones ( including Alekhine - although some of Alekhines blindfold games were amazingly brilliant). One incredible feat that GM Fine accomplished was 4 blindfold simultaneous games at 10 seconds a move (Ive done two blindfold speed games (5 min) simultaneous) but 4 is (besides GM Fine) unheard of. Here is the first against Robert Byrne (yes that Byrne although not yet a GM already a strong master).
GM Reuben Fine - Robert Byrne, New York, September 1945, 1 of 4 at 10 seconds a move. 1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.0-0 Nbd7 6.b3 0-0 7.Bb2 c5 8.Nbd2 a6 9.Qe2 b5 10.c4 cxd4 11.exd4 bxc4 12.bxc4 Nb6 13.Rab1 Na4 14.Ba1 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Be6 16.Nce5 a5 17.Bb5 Nb6 18.Nc6 Qd6 19.Ng5 Bg4 20.Qxe7 Nc8 21.Qb7 h6 22.Qxa8 hxg5 23.Ne5 Bf5 24.Rbc1 Ne7 25.Qxa5 Nfd5 26.Bc4 Nf4 27.Qc5 Qd8 28.Rfe1 Qa8 29.Bf1 Ned5 30.f3 Rc8 31.Qb5 Rf8 32.a4 Kh7 33.a5 f6 34.Nc6 g4 35.fxg4 Bxg4 36.a6 Nc7 37.Qb7 Nfd5 38.Qxa8 Rxa8 1-0
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