MVL - Vishy: Sinquefield, 2016.....and a bit more!
"The film artist's job was to learn his principles from a profound investigation of all arts and all levels of life, to measure these principles against an unfaltering understanding of himself, and if he then did anything less than create - with bold, living works that moved their audiences to excitement and understanding - he was neither good artist not positive member of society." - Jay Leyda
The strong words are that of the American film maker - who lived in first three quarters of the last century - on introducing the works of the great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
Will there ever be a second opinion on that....!? Filmmaking is for the audience and if it does not reach....regale and enrich them....then what for!?
.....but, a filmmaker should never forget that he is primarily an artist.....and what he creates is an expression of himself....he pours him into his creation....flows with his inner urge, instincts....and with the times that he lives in....without getting himself entangled in its clutches!
My anguish is.....why..... Chess, now has to suffer......suffer from the monster called "engine"..... reducing the human beings to automaton.... recalling on board what the monster regurgitated....and if they succeed then they "win".....fortunately there are many occasions when they forget.....
MLV - Vishy for a change was out of book by 8th or 10th move.... a good sign!!
The first World champion Steinitz was fond of great experiments....which prompted Alekhine - the first theoretician, in modern sense - comment, "That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game, when he was at his best, is very remote to all our home-bred chess philosophers..."
6.....e6
A normal response....but for some reason,, this was never thought of, until 1990's! The position gets a flavour of French defence when and if Black plays a subsequent .....c5....of course not now and here....after e6.
Earlier, they were playing an immediate ....c5, which probably fell out of fashion as Black had some peculiar problems with that Knight on e4!
In Nezhmetdinov - Kamyshov, Gorky, 1950; after 6.....c5 7.dc5 Qc5 8.Ned4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.OO Ne5?! 11.Ne5 Bb5 12.Nb5 Qb5 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Bg5 e6
at last, Black remembered that he should be developing his Kingside too!!
15.c4!!
A fine move which exposes Black's lack of concern for developing his Kingside. The pawn cannot be grabbed because, after 15.....dc4? 16.a4! will kick the Black Queen from defending that vital d7 square and then grab that Knight on f6.
15.....Qa5 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Nf7!! Kf7 18.Qh5 Ke7 19.cd5! e5 20.f4!
What is beautiful to notice in this game is the economy of moves by Nez!
20.....Qd5 21.fe5 f5 22.e6!!
Watch that little pawn on e6! The other Rook on a1 has not budged yet.....yet Black is finished!
22......Kf6 23.h4 Bc5 24.Kh1 Qe6 25.Qh6 Resigned
will you not fall in love with this little game!?
In the same opening, Sokolsky - Kholmov, URS Ch, 1949; varied with 9.Be2 (instead of Bb5) Bg4 10.OO Nd4 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 e6 13.Be3 Qc7
14.c4!!
Similar theme!
14.....Qc4
If 14.....dc4 15.Qa4 wrecks Black's Queenside pawns which gives White, along with his lead in development, a strong initiative!
15.Rc1 Qb5 16.Rc7 Bc5 17.Nd4! Qa6
A very human move....!
18.f3?
18.Ne6!
18.....Bb6 19.Qc2??
18.f3 spurned the initiative and this one....equality!
19.....Bc7??
19.....Nd2! exploits the undefended Rook on f1! That is why 19.Qc1! was required.
20.Qc7 Qd3 21.Re1 Nd2!
22.Ne6?? fe6??
Is it difficult to see the moves in reverse order!?
Ratmir Kholmov is known for his dogged defence! .....and in this position...
22.....Nf3!! wins on the spot as 23.gf3 allows fe6 24.Bc5 Qg6! and Qg7; whilst 23.Kh1 gets mated.
23.Bc5 Nf3 24.Kh1! Black Resigned!
Oh.....I forgot...I started this essay with MVL - Vishy....
.....yes.....!
I wanted to deal with Fischer - Olafsson, Candidates - 1959; a game which has some beautiful geometrical patterns in the manoeuvre undertaken by Fischer.....but that will take us further away from the title.....!
so......
7.Nfg1 f6 8.f3 Ng5 9.ef6 gf6 10.f4 Ne4 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Ne4 de4 13.c3 Na6 14.Qh5 Kd8!
Vishy takes his King for a walk to the Queenside, while focussing on maintaining the equilibrium.
15.Bc4 Kc7 16.a4 c5 17.Ne2 Rd8 18.Be3 f5 19.OO Kb8 20.Qf7 Nc7 21.a5 Qc6
Black has some lack of space and difficulty in completing his development....but the strong d5 square and the e4 pawn and the uncoordinated White pieces, renders this insignificant.
Vishy finds a nice way to deal with this issue.
22.Qf6 Bd6! 23.dc5 Bc5 24.Nd4 Qd6 25.b4 Qe7! 26.Qh6 Bd6
27.Rad1 Rhf8!
Another ingenious resource!
28.Bf2 Rf6 29.Qh4 Nd5!
Now 30.Bd5 maintains equilibrium! But.....
MVL blundered now with....
30.Ne6?? Be6 31.Bd5 e3!
Was this move overlooked!? It is amazing how even a top master's mind can miss something as trivial.....
Vishy went on to win in another dozen plus moves.....and that is the only solace in this "not so pleasant game...... from artistic point of view......"
The strong words are that of the American film maker - who lived in first three quarters of the last century - on introducing the works of the great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.
Will there ever be a second opinion on that....!? Filmmaking is for the audience and if it does not reach....regale and enrich them....then what for!?
.....but, a filmmaker should never forget that he is primarily an artist.....and what he creates is an expression of himself....he pours him into his creation....flows with his inner urge, instincts....and with the times that he lives in....without getting himself entangled in its clutches!
My anguish is.....why..... Chess, now has to suffer......suffer from the monster called "engine"..... reducing the human beings to automaton.... recalling on board what the monster regurgitated....and if they succeed then they "win".....fortunately there are many occasions when they forget.....
MLV - Vishy for a change was out of book by 8th or 10th move.... a good sign!!
The first World champion Steinitz was fond of great experiments....which prompted Alekhine - the first theoretician, in modern sense - comment, "That which Steinitz gave to the theoretical aspect of the game, when he was at his best, is very remote to all our home-bred chess philosophers..."
Position after 6.d4
A normal response....but for some reason,, this was never thought of, until 1990's! The position gets a flavour of French defence when and if Black plays a subsequent .....c5....of course not now and here....after e6.
Earlier, they were playing an immediate ....c5, which probably fell out of fashion as Black had some peculiar problems with that Knight on e4!
In Nezhmetdinov - Kamyshov, Gorky, 1950; after 6.....c5 7.dc5 Qc5 8.Ned4 Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.OO Ne5?! 11.Ne5 Bb5 12.Nb5 Qb5 13.Re1 Nf6 14.Bg5 e6
at last, Black remembered that he should be developing his Kingside too!!
15.c4!!
A fine move which exposes Black's lack of concern for developing his Kingside. The pawn cannot be grabbed because, after 15.....dc4? 16.a4! will kick the Black Queen from defending that vital d7 square and then grab that Knight on f6.
15.....Qa5 16.Bf6 gf6 17.Nf7!! Kf7 18.Qh5 Ke7 19.cd5! e5 20.f4!
What is beautiful to notice in this game is the economy of moves by Nez!
20.....Qd5 21.fe5 f5 22.e6!!
Watch that little pawn on e6! The other Rook on a1 has not budged yet.....yet Black is finished!
22......Kf6 23.h4 Bc5 24.Kh1 Qe6 25.Qh6 Resigned
will you not fall in love with this little game!?
In the same opening, Sokolsky - Kholmov, URS Ch, 1949; varied with 9.Be2 (instead of Bb5) Bg4 10.OO Nd4 11.Nd4 Be2 12.Ne2 e6 13.Be3 Qc7
14.c4!!
Similar theme!
14.....Qc4
If 14.....dc4 15.Qa4 wrecks Black's Queenside pawns which gives White, along with his lead in development, a strong initiative!
15.Rc1 Qb5 16.Rc7 Bc5 17.Nd4! Qa6
A very human move....!
18.f3?
18.Ne6!
18.....Bb6 19.Qc2??
18.f3 spurned the initiative and this one....equality!
19.....Bc7??
19.....Nd2! exploits the undefended Rook on f1! That is why 19.Qc1! was required.
20.Qc7 Qd3 21.Re1 Nd2!
22.Ne6?? fe6??
Is it difficult to see the moves in reverse order!?
Ratmir Kholmov is known for his dogged defence! .....and in this position...
22.....Nf3!! wins on the spot as 23.gf3 allows fe6 24.Bc5 Qg6! and Qg7; whilst 23.Kh1 gets mated.
23.Bc5 Nf3 24.Kh1! Black Resigned!
Oh.....I forgot...I started this essay with MVL - Vishy....
.....yes.....!
I wanted to deal with Fischer - Olafsson, Candidates - 1959; a game which has some beautiful geometrical patterns in the manoeuvre undertaken by Fischer.....but that will take us further away from the title.....!
so......
7.Nfg1 f6 8.f3 Ng5 9.ef6 gf6 10.f4 Ne4 11.Ng3 Bd7 12.Ne4 de4 13.c3 Na6 14.Qh5 Kd8!
Vishy takes his King for a walk to the Queenside, while focussing on maintaining the equilibrium.
15.Bc4 Kc7 16.a4 c5 17.Ne2 Rd8 18.Be3 f5 19.OO Kb8 20.Qf7 Nc7 21.a5 Qc6
Black has some lack of space and difficulty in completing his development....but the strong d5 square and the e4 pawn and the uncoordinated White pieces, renders this insignificant.
Vishy finds a nice way to deal with this issue.
22.Qf6 Bd6! 23.dc5 Bc5 24.Nd4 Qd6 25.b4 Qe7! 26.Qh6 Bd6
27.Rad1 Rhf8!
Another ingenious resource!
28.Bf2 Rf6 29.Qh4 Nd5!
Now 30.Bd5 maintains equilibrium! But.....
MVL blundered now with....
30.Ne6?? Be6 31.Bd5 e3!
Was this move overlooked!? It is amazing how even a top master's mind can miss something as trivial.....
Vishy went on to win in another dozen plus moves.....and that is the only solace in this "not so pleasant game...... from artistic point of view......"
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