Re: Blindfold Chess - the book
As I and probably other have no brain power to follow all the game without the board, there goes the help
Pillsbury - E. Cohn Hanover 1902 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Qc8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nc3 Na5 16.Bc2 g6 17.e5 Nh5 18.Be4 Qc8 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Ng5 Ng7 22.exd6 cxd6
Pillsbury builds a commanding position out of the opening but here fails to pull the trigger. This is a rich position for analysis with several attacking continuations and possibilities. That Pillsbury did not choose any of these is further evidence that he was having a bad day. Instead he transposes to a long ending a pawn up which he fails to win. This was the longest game of the simul.
23.Bb1 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.g4 Be6 26.Qf3 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Bxg5 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Bxg5 Kg7 30.Qxd6 Qe6 31.Qxe6 fxe6
This ending is worthy of study to determine better possibilities for White.
32.Be3 Na5 33.Kf1 Nc4 34.Bc1 Kf6 35.Ke2 e5 36.Kd3 Ke6 37.dxe5 Kxe5 38.f4+ Kd5 39.Kc3 Kc5 40.b3 b4+ 41.Kd3 Na5 42.Be3+ Kd5 43.Bd2 Kc5 44.f5 gxf5 45.gxf5 Kd5 46.Bxb4 Nxb3 47.Bc3 Nc5+ 48.Ke3 Ne4 49.Ba1 Nd6 50.Kf4 Nf7 51.Bb2 Nd6 52.Kg5 Ke4 53.f6 Nf7+ 54.Kg4 Kd5 55.Kf5 Nd6+ 56.Kf4 Ke6 .5 - .5 (draw)
Hans, where do you get game scoresheets? (the standard PGN would give O-O for a castling. I corrected in this post)
As I and probably other have no brain power to follow all the game without the board, there goes the help
Pillsbury - E. Cohn Hanover 1902 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Qc8 13.axb5 axb5 14.Rxa8 Qxa8 15.Nc3 Na5 16.Bc2 g6 17.e5 Nh5 18.Be4 Qc8 19.Nd5 Nc6 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Ng5 Ng7 22.exd6 cxd6
Pillsbury builds a commanding position out of the opening but here fails to pull the trigger. This is a rich position for analysis with several attacking continuations and possibilities. That Pillsbury did not choose any of these is further evidence that he was having a bad day. Instead he transposes to a long ending a pawn up which he fails to win. This was the longest game of the simul.
23.Bb1 Nf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf5 25.g4 Be6 26.Qf3 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Bxg5 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.Bxg5 Kg7 30.Qxd6 Qe6 31.Qxe6 fxe6
This ending is worthy of study to determine better possibilities for White.
32.Be3 Na5 33.Kf1 Nc4 34.Bc1 Kf6 35.Ke2 e5 36.Kd3 Ke6 37.dxe5 Kxe5 38.f4+ Kd5 39.Kc3 Kc5 40.b3 b4+ 41.Kd3 Na5 42.Be3+ Kd5 43.Bd2 Kc5 44.f5 gxf5 45.gxf5 Kd5 46.Bxb4 Nxb3 47.Bc3 Nc5+ 48.Ke3 Ne4 49.Ba1 Nd6 50.Kf4 Nf7 51.Bb2 Nd6 52.Kg5 Ke4 53.f6 Nf7+ 54.Kg4 Kd5 55.Kf5 Nd6+ 56.Kf4 Ke6 .5 - .5 (draw)
Hans, where do you get game scoresheets? (the standard PGN would give O-O for a castling. I corrected in this post)
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