Chessable The Complete Chess Swindler by GM David Smerdon by Unknown

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Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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[White “17. Part IV - Stalemate”]

[Black “Robert Huebner vs. Andras Adorjan”]

[Result “*”]

[FEN “6R1/p1r5/1p3k2/1P4R1/7p/7P/r5K1/8 w - - 0 1”]

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{ The next game features one of the most consequential stalemates in chess history. In the 1980 Candidates quarterfinal, the Hungarian Grandmaster Andras Adorjan found himself one point behind the great Robert Hubner with two games left to play. However, the author of the book Black is OK ! had reached a winning Rook endgame with the Black pieces and looked set to level the scores. Objectively, 62. Kh1 lasts the longest, but against such a passive King, the win is not too difficult. Instead, Hubner spots a brilliant swindling opportunity from afar. He invites Black to calculate a short, direct line that seemingly trades off all the Rooks. }

1. Kf3 Rc3+ 2. Kg4 Rg2+ 3. Kh5 Rxg5+ 4. Rxg5

{ All natural and forced. And here, Black can secure the win with 65.Rxg5 Rxh3 , which is two pawns too many for the Rook endgame. But with both players having blitzed out the previous sequence, Adorjan did not even pause before playing the ‘clinical’ }

4… Rc5 { Do you see it ? } 5. Kxh4

{ A brutal stalemate that Hubner had envisaged some five moves earlier. } 5…

Rxg5

{ Saving this draw won Huebner the match and would ultimately lead him all the way to the final against Kortchnoi. Adorjan, sadly, never again reached the same heights. With the potential of a World Championship Match at stake, Huebner needed no further motivation to look for every last swindling opportunity in the position - and he was rewarded for his efforts. In our own games, we have to make our own motivation, staying optimistic using the tips and tricks outlined earlier in this book. The classical masters were extremely good at this, delaying resignation whenever they spotted a chance to make their opponents find one last, accurate move. }

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[Event “?”]

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[Date “????.??.??”]

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[White “17. Part IV - Stalemate”]

[Black “Joseph Henry Blackburne vs. Szymon Winawer”]

[Result “*”]

[FEN “2Q5/1P4pk/5pn1/5B2/5q1p/7P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1”]

[SetUp “1”]

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