[BrianWall-ChessList] Nunn-Smeets 2006 Rising Stars Amsterdam,
Holland Brilliancy with a glitch
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Mon Aug 28 18:38:24 MDT 2006
No matter how many times I play over the games of the
2006 Rising Star tournament, I just confirm to myself
that this game will have no equal.
Nunn, 51 is month older than me -
Brian - 3-26-1955
Nunn - 4-25-1955
Jan Smeets, 21 -
April 5, 1985
IM Bill Paschall pronounces Jan's name as
Smeets-
Smates-
Smades-
Sweetwagon-
Smellwagen-
Smellwagen
Stellvagen.
I think Smates comes closest to the Dutch.
Nunn was exuberant at the press conference,
all smiles and Smates was almost silent,
tall, blonde, a bit awkward.
If it was Denver, you would swear it was
Brian and Chris Peterson doing the postmortem.
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[Event "Rising Stars vs Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Nunn"]
[Black "GM_Smeets"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "06:44:28"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5
5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7
22 minutes taken for this move but remember-
we do have relay bot breakdowns sometimes.
8. h3 a6 9. Ba4 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7
11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6
18 minutes.
13. Ng3 c6 TN
Theoretical Novelty by Smates.
John Nunns sips his Diet Coke from a wine glass.
Here are the webcam links so you can watch too.
: http://nhchess.quinsy.net/ (English)
: Webcams: http://www.bestuuronline.nl/nhchess/
14. d4!
The Ruy Lopez edge -
the nice center.
14 ... Qc7! 15. Be3!
Developing and supporting the center,
the kind of sappy annotations patzers love to be comforted with.
15 ... Rfe8
Interesting moment,
Fritz 8 prefers 15 ... c5!,
clarifying the center but
when Smeets tried this 3 moves later,
Nunn said in the postgame press webcam conference -
18 ... c5 is asking too much of the Black position.
Fritz loves space and demands
12 ... a5!!, 13 ... a5!! and 15 .... a5!!
Fritz also likes 14 ... c5!!, 15 ... c5!!, 16 ... c5
but not 18 ... c5.
Bobby Fischer -
Of course - Timing is everything.
16. Qd2
Fritz 8 -
16 Qd3, Qd2, Nd2, Rc1, Qc2
Human terms - just mobilze behind the
comfortable center and hope for the best.
16 ... exd4!
18 minutes.
17. Bxd4! Bxd4! 18. cxd4! c5?
" Asking too much from the Black position. "
Dr. John Nunn.
Fritz 8 -
18 ... Be6
19. Rac1
19 Qc2!!! and Bc2! are good too.
19 ... b6! 20. Qc3
8 minutes
20 Bc2!!, Bc4!! and Qd3!! are good too.
20 ... Qb7
20 ... Bc6 is a hair better
21. dxc5!! dxc5
21 ... bc! 22 e5!! is bad too.
22. e5!! Nd5! 23. Qd2!!
The more mobile Ruy Lopez pawn center is
rolling and Smates is getting pushed around.
23 ... Ndf4
14 minutes
24. Rc4??
9 minutes
IM Will ( Beely - Vesna Kelleher's pronunciation )
Paschall and I were calling for the obvious 24 Ne4!!
live on our webcast -
Nunn in his exuberance called 24 Rc4?? -
" the best move of the game! ",
claiming it stopped all the g2-h3 nonsense.
In reality, it encourages it.
24 Rc4 Nh3+!! 25 gh Q:f3 26 Q:d7 N:e5!!
is better for Smates.
As Nunn said in his intro to HIS
LOGICAL CHESS, MOVE BY MOVE
- It's very hard to find a Grandmaster
game that stands up to computer scrutiny.
Nunn's "best" move was actually his worst,
giving Smeets his only chance of the game.
Fritz doth make fools of us all-
Brian Wall
Computers are making people lose respect for Grandmasters-
Kramnik.
23 ... Ne6??
2 minutes -
12 left for 17 moves
25. Ne4!!
Back on track.
25 ... Qc7! 26. Nf6+!!!
OK, Fritz corrects the Grandmaster on move 24
but now the good doctor corrects the contraption.
26 Nd6!! or Rc3! are good but
Nunn's move is grrrrrrrrrrreat.
You can't really ignore the knight because he
attacks d7 and e8 but now the
Incredible Green Hulk smashes in on h6.
" It was very pleasant to make this move! ",
beamed Nunn.
26 ... gxf6! 27. Qxh6!!!!
20 seconds.
We didn't predict 26 Nf6+!!, I'll admit,
but I DID predict this one.
Fritz is starting to catch on to the horror of
27 ... Qd8 28 Rg4 or
27 ... fe 28 Rg4
27 .... f5! 28. Nh4!!!
4 minutes.
John is calculating faster than Fritz.
28 Rc3 is second best.
28 ... Bb5
8 minutes spent and
2 minutes left to move 40.
Nunn has 36.
Doctor/Grandmaster John Nunn admitted with a smile
he hadn't considered this defense but -
" All my pieces are attacking the Kingside and
Smates has trouble getting his pieces back to defend"
and waved at the a8-rook, c7-Queen and d7-bishop.
Smates waited for a better game to go over.
Later I heard Smeets go over his endgame
victory over Ulf Andersson in Dutch.
28 ... Bc6!! or ... Ne7!
are both successfully met by 29 Re3!!
29. Nxf5!!!
11 minutes.
Nunn continues to drag Fritz 8
kicking and screaming to victory.
29 ... Rad8
Nothing works.
Ask any chip.
30. Rg4!!!!!!
30 Rce4 is a distant second best.
30 ... c4! 31. Bc2
Fritz 8 -
31 Rg5!!!!!!!!, Bc2 !!!!!, R:g6+!!! and h4!! all win.
Of course the Kib-Fr-itzers online
were all screaming for 31 Rg5-h5
31 ... Rd5
20 seconds with 57 seconds remaining.
Even the best 31 ... Rd3 fails to many moves like
32 Rg5!!!!!, Ree4!!!!, h4!!!! et. al.
32. Rh4
mate in 5
{White wins}
1-0
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[Event "Rising Stars vs Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM_Nunn"]
[Black "GM_Smeets"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "06:44:28"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8.
h3 a6 9. Ba4 Ba7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ng3 c6 14. d4 Qc7
15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. Rac1 b6 20. Qc3 Qb7
21. dxc5 dxc5 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qd2 Ndf4 24. Rc4 Ne6 25. Ne4 Qc7 26. Nf6+ gxf6
27. Qxh6 f5 28. Nh4 Bb5 29. Nxf5 Rad8 30. Rg4 c4 31. Bc2 Rd5 32. Rh4
{White wins}
1-0
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[Event "Krasnodar"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beshukov,Sergei"]
[Black "Aleksandrov,Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.Bb3 Ba7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 d6
9.h3 Ne7 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Nf1 h6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.d4 Qe8 14.Nh2 Rd8 15.Ng4 Nxg4
16.hxg4 exd4
17.cxd4 c5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 cxd4 20.Qh5 Be6 21.Nf5 Bxb3 22.Bf6 Qe6 23.Bxg7 Bc2
24.Qh6 Rd7
25.Bxf8 f6 26.Bxd6 Qe8 27.Be7 Qf7 28.Qd2 Qe6 29.Qxc2 Nxe7 30.Qb3 Qxb3 31.Nxe7+
Kf7 32.axb3 Kxe7
33.Red1 Ke6 34.Ra5 Rc7 35.Rh5 Rc2 36.Rh7 Ke5 37.Re7+ Kf4 38.Rd3 Bb8 39.g3+ Kg4
40.Kg2 Be5
41.Rg7+ Kh5 1-0
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[Event "Bunratty Masters op"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "1998.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ryan,Joseph"]
[Black "Fox,Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.0-0 Ba7 8.Nbd2 0-0
9.h3 h6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.Nh2 Qc8 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Qxh5 Be6
16.Bxe6 Qxe6
17.Qf5 Nh4 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Qf5 Nh4 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Re2 Rf7 22.Kf1 Raf8 23.f3 Ng6
24.g3 Kh7
25.Kg2 Ne7 26.Bd2 Ng6 27.Rf1 Ne7 28.h4 Ng6 29.h5 Ne7 30.Ng4 Ng8 31.Bc1 Nf6
32.Nxf6+ Rxf6
33.a4 g6 34.hxg6+ Rxg6 35.Ree1 Kg7 36.Rh1 Bb6 37.Rh3 c5 38.Reh1 Rh8 39.b4 cxb4
40.cxb4 Bd8
41.Bb2 Bg5 42.Rf1 Rc8 43.f4 Rc2+ 44.Rf2 Rxf2+ 45.Kxf2 Bf6 46.fxe5 dxe5 47.Rh1
Bg5 48.Bxe5+ Kh7
49.Ke2 Rg8 50.Rf1 Kg6 51.d4 Rc8 52.Kd3 b5 53.axb5 axb5 54.Bd6 Ra8 55.Re1 Ra3+
56.Kc2 Ra2+
57.Kb3 Rf2 58.Be5 Rf3+ 59.Kc2 Rf2+ 60.Kd3 Rf3+ 61.Ke2 Rb3 62.Bd6 Re3+ 63.Kf2 Rd3
64.Bc5 Bf6
65.d5 exd5 66.e5 Bg5 67.e6 d4 68.e7 Bxe7 69.Rxe7 Rd2+ 70.Kf3 1-0
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[Event "CHN-chT (Women)"]
[Site "Suzhou"]
[Date "2001.03.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhou Guijue"]
[Black "Ruan,Lufei"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "C54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.0-0 h6 8.h3 0-0
9.Re1 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 c6 15.d4 Qc7
16.Bc2 Rfe8
17.Qd2 d5 18.Qf2 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 f5 21.Bc2 e4 22.Nd2 Rf8 23.c4 Kh8
24.Rad1 Rad8
25.Nb3 Be6 26.Nd2 Qe7 27.Bb3 Qg5 28.Kh2 c5 29.d5 Bc8 30.Bc2 Ne5 31.Qf4 Qf6
32.Rf1 Nf7
33.b3 Qd6 34.Rde1 Qxf4+ 35.exf4 Nd6 36.Re3 b5 37.Rb1 a5 38.Bd1 Ba6 39.Be2 1/2
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[Event "HeiBei zt 3.3 (Women)"]
[Site "HeiBei"]
[Date "2001.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wang Yu"]
[Black "Ruan,Lufei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "C54"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.0-0 h6 8.Nbd2 0-0
9.h3 Ba7 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.d4 Re8 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Bc2 Qc8 16.Qc1
Kh7
17.a4 Bd7 18.Kh2 Be6 19.a5 Ng8 20.Bd3 c6 21.Qc2 Qc7 22.Nd2 N8e7 23.b4 f6 24.Nb3
Kg8
25.Kg1 Bf7 26.Rab1 Red8 27.Ne2 d5 28.c4 exd4 29.Bxd4 Bxd4 30.Nexd4 Ne5 31.cxd5
Nxd3 32.Qxd3 cxd5
33.Nc5 Qc8 34.Rbc1 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Qxc6 36.e5 fxe5 37.Rxe5 Re8 38.Rce1 Rxe5 39.Rxe5
Qd6 40.Qd4 Rb8
41.Re3 b6 42.Rg3 Bg6 43.Nxa6 Rb7 44.axb6 Rxb6 45.Nc5 Kh7 46.h4 Qe7 47.Re3 Qf6
48.Qxf6 gxf6
49.Re7+ Kg8 50.Rb7 Rd6 51.Kf1 d4 52.Ke1 d3 53.Rd7 d2+ 0-1
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