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Lang-Stefan Lind, Sontheim Germany, Nov. 26, 2011, World Record Blindfold, 1 of 46, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 d3 7.b4 Bb6 8.e5 d5 9.exf6 dxc4 10.b5 Nb8 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.Bg5 f6 13.Re1+ Kf7 14.Ne5+ Kxg7 15.Bh6+ 1-0 Marc Lang plays into a typical Max Lange gambit position in the opening ( a nice wrinkle and transposition) and finds creative attacking moves (b4 and b5, Bg5 and Ne5, and the finishing Bh6+ to win the queen!) to produce a brilliant finish.
Some of the games must have been fun to play. How often do you get to play Nd5 on the white side of a King's Gambit and it works out to be the highlight piece? The following example illustrates: Marc Lang - Groemme, Cevik Sontheim Germany, World Blindfold Record, Nov. 26th, 2011, 1 of 46 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bd7 10.0-0 h6 11.Qe1 Qe7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Nd5 Qc5+ 14.Be3 Qc6 15.Qg3 0-0-0 16.Rxf7 g5 17.Rxf8 1-0
Two more fun games by Marc. Lang - Kuebler/Schmitt, Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011, World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qe5+ 4.Be2 Bg4 5.d4 Qe6 6.d5 Qe5 7.h3 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 c6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Bf4 Qf5 11.Bxb8 Rxb8 12.Qd4 cxd5 13.Qxa7 Qe5 14.Nb5 e6 15.f4 Bc5+ 16.Qxc5 Qxe2 17.Rae1 Qc4 18.Nd6+ 1-0 Black deserves to have his queen pushed around after the computer like 3...Qe5+ but the actual finish is both funny and tragic. Lang - Holger Nolte, Sontheim Germany, 1 of 46, 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 a6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nd4 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Rd3 f5 18.Rdc3 fxe4 19.Bg4 h5 20.Bxc8 Ne2+ 21.Kf1 Nxc3 22.Be6+ 1-0 White calmly maintains a strategic advantage after queen exchange in the Kings Indian. Black decides to make a tactical point but when you indulge in tactics its wise to see all the tactics. The humour? The "dead" Bf3 that the Nd4 has been staring at for some moves comes alive and wins the game! Note that capturing the Bf3 with the knight was strategically bad because black loses the pawn c7.
Marc even prepared against 1.g4! Angelo Missione - Lang, Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011, World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.g4 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6 7.Nxd5 Nd4 8.Qc4 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Kf1 Rc8 12.Qa4+ b5 13.Qxa7 Qd5 14.f3 Qc6 15.Qa5 Nc2 16.Rb1 Bb4 17.Qa7 0-0 18.Qf2 Qd5 19.b3 Bxd2 20.Bxd2 Qxd2 21.Kg2 Ne3+ 22.Kg3 Nxg4 23.Qb6 Qf4+ 24.Kg2 Qf5 25.Nh3 Rc2 26.Rhf1 Re2+ 27.Kg3 Ne3 28.f4 Qg4# 0-1
First the white queen gets harassed, then the white king. White is curiously helpless. Finally White gets fully developed (awkwardly) only to get checkmated. What a game!
Mehmataj - Lang, Sontheim, Germany, Nov. 27, 2011, World Blindfold Record, 1 of 46, 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bf5 7.Ne2 e6 8.h4 h6 9.Rb1 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Be7 12.g3 0-0 13.Rg1 Bg4 14.Be3 f6 15.f4 fxe5 16.dxe5 Na5 17.Qd2 c5 18.a4 Rb8 19.Kf2 bxa4 20.Ba2 Qc7 21.Kg2 Nc4 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Kh2 Rfd8 24.Rxb8 Qxb8 25.Qe1 a3 26.Qf2 a2 27.f5 Bxf5 28.Rf1 Qb2 0-1 A nice strategical game by Marc Lang. A bit of humor too with the two sets of doubled pawns and one threatening to promote. Try as he might, White cannot escape the bind.
Lang-Jarchov, Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011, World Blindfold Record, 1 of 46, 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Nd5 8.Bc4 c6 9.0-0 e6 10.Ne4 Ne7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Nf6+ Bxf6 13.Bxf6 Nd7 14.Bh4 Qe8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Rae1 Nf5 17.Bf2 Rh8 18.Nh4 Nxh4 19.Bxh4 Nb6 20.Bd3 Nd5 21.Re4 Ne7 22.Bf6 Rg8 23.Qxh6+ Kxh6 24.Rh4# 1-0 Another fun kingside attack. Black insists on reposting a knight on d5 (and then retreating to e7) resulting in 9 black knight moves. White continues setting up his kingside attack. Just when the black knight threatens to go to f5 defending, White unleashes his checkmate combo.
Lang-Siegert, Sontheim Germany, Nov.27, 2012, World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 Nd7 11.b3 Rb8 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.Qe3 Re8 14.Rad1 b6 15.Nd5 Ne6 16.Bh6 Bh8 17.f4 f5 18.Nb4 Qd7 19.Bc6 Qd8 20.Bd5 Qd7 21.g4 Bg7 22.gxf5 gxf5 23.Qg3 Kh8 24.Bxe6 1-0 After almost the driest opening imaginable (Symmetrical English) fireworks erupt. White's last ten moves must have been fun to play. On closer examination 14...b6 and 17...f5 are really weakening the position. I would call them positional blunders.
Lang-Wagner, Sontheim Germany, Nov.27, 2012, World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.Qxd4 e6 7.e4 h6 8.e5 Nh7 9.Bd3 d6 10.Bf4 dxe5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.Bxe5 f6 13.0-0-0 fxe5 14.Bxh7+ Bd7 15.Be4 Rb8 16.Rd3 Kc7 17.Rhd1 Bc6 18.Bxc6 Kxc6 19.Rd7 g5 20.Ne4 a6 21.Rf7 Bc5 22.Rdd7 Rhf8 23.Rh7 Kb6 24.Rxh6 Bxf2 25.Rxe6+ Ka7 26.Rxe5 1-0 Black plays ugly moves in the opening (8...Nh7, 12...f6), White finds the direct 13.0-0-0 and the white rooks dominate first the D-file and the seventh and eventually the black side of the board.
Lang-Mayer, Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011 World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.Nc3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nd7 8.Qd3 b6 9.0-0-0 Bb7 10.h4 Bxe4 11.Qxe4 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bb5 Bxb2+ 14.Kxb2 Rb8 15.Qc6 Rb6 16.Rxd7 Qf6+ 17.c3 Rxc6 18.Bxc6 0-0 19.Rhd1 h6 20.Be4 Qf4 21.R1d4 cxd4 0-1 One of two losses in the exhibition, after incredible mistakes due to relaxing vigilence and lack of awareness of danger. As Marc Lang says in the above game he relaxed after 11...c5 because he knew it was a bad move and then 13.Bb5?, 14.Kxb2??, 15.Qc6?, 16.Rxd7??, followed and finally the hallucinating 21.R1d4?? Ouch. Blindfold chess is not easy and it can be hard to recover from such disasters. That Marc did shows his character as a chess fighter.
Mueck - Lang Sontheim Germany, Nov.27, 2011 World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Qb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.Qxb7 Nbd7 9.d4 Rb8 10.Qc6 Rb6 11.Qa4 Qb8 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Ne5 Rb4 14.Nc6 Rxa4 15.Nxb8 Rxd4 16.Nc6 Rc4 17.Nxa7 Be5 18.Bd2 0-0 19.Rc1 Rb8 20.b3 Rc5 21.Na4 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Rb7 23.Be3 Rc7 24.Kd2 d4 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Nb5 Be5 27.Nxc7 Bxc7 28.Rc1 Ba5+ 29.Kd1 Kf8 30.a3 Ne5 31.Rc5 1-0 The other loss. A quality fighting game where Marc gradually outplays his opponent but in one move gives away his advantage with 24...d4? (The accurate 24...Bg6 (if 25.Rc1 then 25...d4 wins a piece) according to Marc on his blog seals his opponents fate.) After this mistake Marc needs to play carefully as the passed A and B pawns means his opponent is better, but then he blunders with the impulsive 30....Ne5.
Lang-Romes,Buck Sontheim Germany, Nov. 27, 2011 World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 f6 4.Bc4 Nge7 5.dxe5 fxe5 6.Ng5 d5 7.exd5 Na5 8.Qf3 Nf5 9.Bd3 g6 10.0-0 Bh6 11.b4 Bxg5 12.Bb5+ c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Bxc6+ Ke7 16.Bxa8 Nc4 17.Nc3 Nd2 18.Qd5 Nh4 19.f4 Qf6 20.Qxd2 Nf5 21.Nd5+ Kf7 22.Nxf6 1-0 Not all the wins in this exhibition were smooth. In the opening White thought he was winning but apparently it was not at all clear. With 11.b4? Marc missed a hanging piece and then the counter threats kept coming. 19.f4?? hung the queen to 19...Ndf3+ as 20.Rxf3 Qxg2 # but the sighted players had to see it. As played a wild game and great entertainment.
Lang-Fruehsorger, Sontheim Germany, Nov.27, 2011 World Blindfold Record 1 of 46, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Ne2 Na6 9.Bf8 Ne7 10.Bxg7 Nb4 11.Bxh8 e5 12.Qb3 Nc2+ 13.Kd2 Nxa1 14.Qd3 Qxd3+ 15.Kxd3 Bf5+ 16.Kc3 0-0-0 17.Ng3 Rxh8 18.Nxf5 Nxf5 19.Bd3 Nh4 20.g3 Nf3 Agreed drawn. A spectacular game! White's inspired but odd looking 9.Bf8 (Kxf8 10.Qd8#) starts incredible tactics. The square b4 is the focus for much dynamic play and counterplay. White survives the counterattack by exchanging queens and is better in the resulting endgame but agrees to a draw because of the potential of a strong black knight outpost on d4. More great entertainment!
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