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Date: 13 Feb 2008 06:46:23
From: RookHouse
Subject: Rook House Trivia
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Name the five chess players in this photo:
http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=124
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Date: 17 Feb 2008 17:36:13
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 17, 3:12 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 16, 6:47 pm, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > What do we know about Tolush, other than he was Spassky's mentor and
> > won the 1953 Bucharest tournament??
>
> From the Oxford Companion (2nd edition):
>
> Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich (1910-1969): Soviet player, GM 1953,
> ICCM 1965, chess journalist. Though he was an outstanding master of
> attack, his play was never sound enough for the highest honors. A
> citizen of Leningrad, where he coached Spassky from 1951 to 1961 ...
> The best of his ten attempts to win the USSR championship were: 1950,
> second (+9 =6 -3) equal with Aronin and Lipnitsky, after Keres; 1952,
> fourth (+8 =7 -4) equal with Boleslavsky, after Botvinnik, Taimanov
> and Geller, ahead of Bronstein; and 1957, fourth (+10 =6 -5) equal
> with Spassky, after Tal, Bronstein and Keres.
>
> Sunnucks' encyclopedia says that he made Soviet national master in
> 1938, served in the Red Army in WW II, then really blossomed, winning
> the Leningrad Ch 1946 and 1947.
>
> Elo sets his peak 5-year rating at 2560.
>
> Soltis' "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" has many references to Tolush, far
> too many to cite here. He studied under Peter Romanovsky, and
> "eventually adopted Romanovsky's love of combinations and tactics and
> passed it on to his students, principally Boris Spassky." Soltis
> mentions that Tolush could have stayed exempt from military service
> due to circulatory problems in his legs, but he nevertheless
> volunteered and earned the rank of lieutenant.
> He features an interesting game from the 13th Soviet Championship,
> in which Tolush beat Botvinnik using a 19th-century opening:
>
> [Event "URS-ch13"]
> [Site "Moscow"]
> [Date "1944.??.??"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
> [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "C22"]
> [PlyCount "111"]
> [EventDate "1944.??.??"]
> [EventType "tourn"]
> [EventRounds "17"]
> [EventCountry "URS"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
> O-O-O d6
> 8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13. Qf2 Bg4
> 14. Re1 Rd8
> 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6
> 21. Bd3
> Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27.
> Qxd3 h6 28.
> Nf7+ Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4
> Qe4 34.
> h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37. hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7
> 40. Qb3
> Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7 43. Qe4
>
> At this point Soltis comments "Tolush had whispered his slogan,
> 'Forward Kazimirich!' as he tightened the net around the black king.
> Botvinnik, in severe time pressure, rushed to make the control at move
> 56."
>
> 43...Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3
> 47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4 Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7
> b6 53. Nh4
> Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0
>
> "You're mated, Mikhail Moiseyevich!" Tolush announced loudly.
> (Soltis)
>
> To play in this event, Tolush had been given a break from front-line
> duty fighting the Germans. I guess he had to go back to the front when
> the tournament was over. Shows how much the Russians valued chess!
Talking of old-fashioned openings.... Here is the great Botvinnik
losing an Evans Gambit game in 19 moves!
[Event "Odessa ch-SU"]
[Site "Odessa ch-SU"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.a4 a6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nd5
Nxe4 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 Nf6 10.Bg5 d6 11.Nd2 Bg4 12.Bxf6 Qc8
13.Nxb6 cxb6 14.f3 Be6 15.Bh4 Nxb4 16.Be7 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Rfe8
18.Ne4 Qc6 19.Bxd6 1-0
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Date: 17 Feb 2008 15:00:07
From:
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 17, 11:44=A0am, RookHouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Feb 17, 10:12=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 16, 6:47=A0pm, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > What do we know about Tolush, other than he was Spassky's mentor and
> > > won the 1953 Bucharest tournament??
>
> > =A0 From the Oxford Companion (2nd edition):
>
> > =A0 Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich (1910-1969): Soviet player, GM 1953,
> > ICCM 1965, chess journalist. Though he was an outstanding master of
> > attack, his play was never sound enough for the highest honors. A
> > citizen of Leningrad, where he coached Spassky from 1951 to 1961 ...
> > The best of his ten attempts to win the USSR championship were: 1950,
> > second (+9 =3D6 -3) equal with Aronin and Lipnitsky, after Keres; 1952,
> > fourth (+8 =3D7 -4) equal with Boleslavsky, after Botvinnik, Taimanov
> > and Geller, ahead of Bronstein; and 1957, fourth (+10 =3D6 -5) equal
> > with Spassky, after Tal, Bronstein and Keres.
>
> > =A0 Sunnucks' encyclopedia says that he made Soviet national master in
> > 1938, served in the Red Army in WW II, then really blossomed, winning
> > the Leningrad Ch 1946 and 1947.
>
> > =A0 Elo sets his peak 5-year rating at 2560.
>
> > =A0 Soltis' "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" has many references to Tolush, far
> > too many to cite here. He studied under Peter Romanovsky, and
> > "eventually adopted Romanovsky's love of combinations and tactics and
> > passed it on to his students, principally Boris Spassky." Soltis
> > mentions that Tolush could have stayed exempt from military service
> > due to circulatory problems in his legs, but he nevertheless
> > volunteered and earned the rank of lieutenant.
> > =A0 He features an interesting game from the 13th Soviet Championship,
> > in which Tolush beat Botvinnik using a 19th-century opening:
>
> > [Event "URS-ch13"]
> > [Site "Moscow"]
> > [Date "1944.??.??"]
> > [Round "?"]
> > [White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
> > [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
> > [Result "1-0"]
> > [ECO "C22"]
> > [PlyCount "111"]
> > [EventDate "1944.??.??"]
> > [EventType "tourn"]
> > [EventRounds "17"]
> > [EventCountry "URS"]
> > [Source "ChessBase"]
>
> > 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
> > O-O-O d6
> > 8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13. Qf2 Bg4
> > 14. Re1 Rd8
> > 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6
> > 21. Bd3
> > Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27.
> > Qxd3 h6 28.
> > Nf7+ Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4
> > Qe4 34.
> > h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37. hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7
> > 40. Qb3
> > Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7 43. Qe4
>
> > =A0 At this point Soltis comments "Tolush had whispered his slogan,
> > 'Forward Kazimirich!' as he tightened the net around the black king.
> > Botvinnik, in severe time pressure, rushed to make the control at move
> > 56."
>
> > 43...Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3
> > 47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4 Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7
> > b6 53. Nh4
> > Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0
>
> > =A0 "You're mated, Mikhail Moiseyevich!" Tolush announced loudly.
> > (Soltis)
>
> > =A0 To play in this event, Tolush had been given a break from front-line=
> > duty fighting the Germans. I guess he had to go back to the front when
> > the tournament was over. Shows how much the Russians valued chess!
>
> Thanks for the info. =A0I actually own the Soltis' "Soviet Chess
> 1917-1991" book, but have not looked through it yet.
It is a very good book. Not stringent in terms of scholarlship, but
a good overview and quite adequate for most reference purposes.
Definitely one of Soltis' best efforts. I reviewed it several years
ago:
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/sovietchess.txt
> I have this bad habit of buying chess books faster than I have time to
> actually read them.
That is not at all a bad habit. I probably already own more books
(on chess and many other topics) than I will ever read, but that does
not stop me from buying more. To paraphrase the Fabulous Furry Freak
Brothers, books will get you through times of no money better than
money will get you through times of no books.
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Date: 17 Feb 2008 08:44:34
From: RookHouse
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 17, 10:12=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 16, 6:47=A0pm, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > What do we know about Tolush, other than he was Spassky's mentor and
> > won the 1953 Bucharest tournament??
>
> =A0 From the Oxford Companion (2nd edition):
>
> =A0 Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich (1910-1969): Soviet player, GM 1953,
> ICCM 1965, chess journalist. Though he was an outstanding master of
> attack, his play was never sound enough for the highest honors. A
> citizen of Leningrad, where he coached Spassky from 1951 to 1961 ...
> The best of his ten attempts to win the USSR championship were: 1950,
> second (+9 =3D6 -3) equal with Aronin and Lipnitsky, after Keres; 1952,
> fourth (+8 =3D7 -4) equal with Boleslavsky, after Botvinnik, Taimanov
> and Geller, ahead of Bronstein; and 1957, fourth (+10 =3D6 -5) equal
> with Spassky, after Tal, Bronstein and Keres.
>
> =A0 Sunnucks' encyclopedia says that he made Soviet national master in
> 1938, served in the Red Army in WW II, then really blossomed, winning
> the Leningrad Ch 1946 and 1947.
>
> =A0 Elo sets his peak 5-year rating at 2560.
>
> =A0 Soltis' "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" has many references to Tolush, far
> too many to cite here. He studied under Peter Romanovsky, and
> "eventually adopted Romanovsky's love of combinations and tactics and
> passed it on to his students, principally Boris Spassky." Soltis
> mentions that Tolush could have stayed exempt from military service
> due to circulatory problems in his legs, but he nevertheless
> volunteered and earned the rank of lieutenant.
> =A0 He features an interesting game from the 13th Soviet Championship,
> in which Tolush beat Botvinnik using a 19th-century opening:
>
> [Event "URS-ch13"]
> [Site "Moscow"]
> [Date "1944.??.??"]
> [Round "?"]
> [White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
> [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "C22"]
> [PlyCount "111"]
> [EventDate "1944.??.??"]
> [EventType "tourn"]
> [EventRounds "17"]
> [EventCountry "URS"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
> O-O-O d6
> 8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13. Qf2 Bg4
> 14. Re1 Rd8
> 15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6
> 21. Bd3
> Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27.
> Qxd3 h6 28.
> Nf7+ Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4
> Qe4 34.
> h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37. hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7
> 40. Qb3
> Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7 43. Qe4
>
> =A0 At this point Soltis comments "Tolush had whispered his slogan,
> 'Forward Kazimirich!' as he tightened the net around the black king.
> Botvinnik, in severe time pressure, rushed to make the control at move
> 56."
>
> 43...Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3
> 47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4 Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7
> b6 53. Nh4
> Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0
>
> =A0 "You're mated, Mikhail Moiseyevich!" Tolush announced loudly.
> (Soltis)
>
> =A0 To play in this event, Tolush had been given a break from front-line
> duty fighting the Germans. I guess he had to go back to the front when
> the tournament was over. Shows how much the Russians valued chess!
Thanks for the info. I actually own the Soltis' "Soviet Chess
1917-1991" book, but have not looked through it yet.
I have this bad habit of buying chess books faster than I have time to
actually read them.
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Date: 17 Feb 2008 07:12:33
From:
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 16, 6:47=A0pm, RookHouse <[email protected] > wrote:
>
> What do we know about Tolush, other than he was Spassky's mentor and
> won the 1953 Bucharest tournament??
From the Oxford Companion (2nd edition):
Tolush, Alexander Kazimirovich (1910-1969): Soviet player, GM 1953,
ICCM 1965, chess journalist. Though he was an outstanding master of
attack, his play was never sound enough for the highest honors. A
citizen of Leningrad, where he coached Spassky from 1951 to 1961 ...
The best of his ten attempts to win the USSR championship were: 1950,
second (+9 =3D6 -3) equal with Aronin and Lipnitsky, after Keres; 1952,
fourth (+8 =3D7 -4) equal with Boleslavsky, after Botvinnik, Taimanov
and Geller, ahead of Bronstein; and 1957, fourth (+10 =3D6 -5) equal
with Spassky, after Tal, Bronstein and Keres.
Sunnucks' encyclopedia says that he made Soviet national master in
1938, served in the Red Army in WW II, then really blossomed, winning
the Leningrad Ch 1946 and 1947.
Elo sets his peak 5-year rating at 2560.
Soltis' "Soviet Chess 1917-1991" has many references to Tolush, far
too many to cite here. He studied under Peter Romanovsky, and
"eventually adopted Romanovsky's love of combinations and tactics and
passed it on to his students, principally Boris Spassky." Soltis
mentions that Tolush could have stayed exempt from military service
due to circulatory problems in his legs, but he nevertheless
volunteered and earned the rank of lieutenant.
He features an interesting game from the 13th Soviet Championship,
in which Tolush beat Botvinnik using a 19th-century opening:
[Event "URS-ch13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7.
O-O-O d6
8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13. Qf2 Bg4
14. Re1 Rd8
15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6
21. Bd3
Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 h6 28.
Nf7+ Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4
Qe4 34.
h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37. hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7
40. Qb3
Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7 43. Qe4
At this point Soltis comments "Tolush had whispered his slogan,
'Forward Kazimirich!' as he tightened the net around the black king.
Botvinnik, in severe time pressure, rushed to make the control at move
56."
43...Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3
47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4 Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7
b6 53. Nh4
Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0
"You're mated, Mikhail Moiseyevich!" Tolush announced loudly.
(Soltis)
To play in this event, Tolush had been given a break from front-line
duty fighting the Germans. I guess he had to go back to the front when
the tournament was over. Shows how much the Russians valued chess!
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Date: 16 Feb 2008 15:47:54
From: RookHouse
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 15, 11:05=A0pm, "Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)"
<[email protected] > wrote:
> On Feb 13, 6:46 am, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> >http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D124
>
> I've instantly have recognized the three WChs,
> they were with me virtually throughout all my life,
> but I never confined to my memory the faces
> of the other two great grandmasters.
>
> I still have Boleslavky's "Selected games"
> (exactly 100 of them), published in Russian,
> in 1957, and that's the year I'd bought the book,
> alas it has no picture of Boleslavsky.
>
> It's amazing how modest and unassuming Boleslavsky
> was. The book has an intro just a page and one third
> long, the commented 100 games, the index of games
> and openings, and nothing else. If you want to learn
> from this book about Bleslavsky's chess tournament
> achievements, you will not. His authobiographical
> record, half a page long, ends in 1939, when he
> got the master title. By that time his experience
> was unubelievably limited to 2 meetings of masters
> (perhaps just 2 games), and up to 20 games
> against A-players (Soviet 1st class players - but
> most likely they were as good as USCF masters).
>
> Bleslavsky was as profound chess thinker as any
> but he was otherwise an opposite of Fischer -
> "Oh, you need a draw? Ok, I will not checkmate you
> in two, I agree to draw." I am exaggerating but very
> slightly. Boleslavsky indeed was like that. If you were
> attempting to overcome him in the tournament, in
> the last round, he would still assist you in
> analyzing the ending of your adjourned game
> against another player.
>
> Regards,
>
> =A0 =A0 Wlod
What do we know about Tolush, other than he was Spassky's mentor and
won the 1953 Bucharest tournament??
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Date: 15 Feb 2008 20:05:15
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 6:46 am, RookHouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=124
I've instantly have recognized the three WChs,
they were with me virtually throughout all my life,
but I never confined to my memory the faces
of the other two great grandmasters.
I still have Boleslavky's "Selected games"
(exactly 100 of them), published in Russian,
in 1957, and that's the year I'd bought the book,
alas it has no picture of Boleslavsky.
It's amazing how modest and unassuming Boleslavsky
was. The book has an intro just a page and one third
long, the commented 100 games, the index of games
and openings, and nothing else. If you want to learn
from this book about Bleslavsky's chess tournament
achievements, you will not. His authobiographical
record, half a page long, ends in 1939, when he
got the master title. By that time his experience
was unubelievably limited to 2 meetings of masters
(perhaps just 2 games), and up to 20 games
against A-players (Soviet 1st class players - but
most likely they were as good as USCF masters).
Bleslavsky was as profound chess thinker as any
but he was otherwise an opposite of Fischer -
"Oh, you need a draw? Ok, I will not checkmate you
in two, I agree to draw." I am exaggerating but very
slightly. Boleslavsky indeed was like that. If you were
attempting to overcome him in the tournament, in
the last round, he would still assist you in
analyzing the ending of your adjourned game
against another player.
Regards,
Wlod
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Date: 14 Feb 2008 19:05:02
From: RookHouse
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 2:38=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> =A0 It's interesting that these were the top 5 finishers. Their scores:
>
> Tolush 14-5
> Petrosian 13-6
> Smyslov: 12=BD-6=BD
> Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo: 12-7
>
Another game from this 1953 tournament (Spassky's first encounter w/
Smyslov):
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6
7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5 Nbd7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. O-O Ng6
12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. Nxg3 Ne5 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3
Qh4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qa4 Bc8 20. e4 Qg4 21. Qc2 h5
22. Rf2 b5 23. e5 h4 24. Nf1 Bf5 25. Qd2 dxe5 26. fxe5 Bg6
27. Re1 h3 28. d6 Be4 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Rf4 Bxg2 31. Nf5 Rfe8
32. Re3 Rad8 33. Nxg7 Rxd6 34. Nxe6 Rxd2 35. Rg3+ 1-0
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 12:37:26
From: RookHouse
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 2:38=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 13, 11:31=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > On Feb 13, 9:46=A0am, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> > >http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D124
>
> > =A0 Left to right: Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tolush, Spassky.
> > Taken at Bucharest 1953. Tolush won, probably the greatest triumph of
> > his career.
>
> =A0 It's interesting that these were the top 5 finishers. Their scores:
>
> Tolush 14-5
> Petrosian 13-6
> Smyslov: 12=BD-6=BD
> Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo: 12-7
>
> =A0 One of the clearest examples of the Soviet hegemony in the 1950s.
> Szabo (of Hungary) was the only non-Soviet in the top six. Overall the
> Communist-bloc countries dominated; the only Western player with a
> plus score was O'Kelly (Belgium) at 11-8. Other Westerners: Barda
> (Norway) 8-11, Stoltz (Sweden) 7-12, Golombek (GB) 6-13.
> =A0 Tolush was a highly variable player; later in the year managed to
> come only =3D4th-7th at Hastings. Generally he was not in the same class
> as the other Soviet GMs at Bucharest; he was helped somewhat by the
> fact that most of the field was well below their level.
> =A0 Tolush had an interesting soubriquet, "the g7 specialist," because
> of his penchant for attacks and mating threats aimed at that square.
> Here is an example from Bucharest:
>
> [Event "Bucharest"]
> [Site "Bucharest"]
> [Date "1953.??.??"]
> [Round "4"]
> [White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
> [Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [ECO "E81"]
> [PlyCount "59"]
> [EventDate "1953.??.??"]
> [EventType "tourn"]
> [EventRounds "19"]
> [EventCountry "ROM"]
> [Source "ChessBase"]
>
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Re8
> 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. g4 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. h4 Nbd7 13. h5 Ne5
> 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.O-O-O b5 16. cxb5 c4 17. b6 Qxb6 18. Nh3 Rb8 19. Rh2
> Nfd7 20. Rdh1 Nc5 21. Nf2 Bd7 22. Bh6 Bf6 23. Nfe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxg4
> 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bg7! -- The tradek move. -- 26...Nh5 27. Rxh5
> gxh5 28. Bd4 Qd8 29. Qh6 Re5 30. Rxh5 1-0
>
I have the PGN file for this entire tournament. Let me know if anyone
is interested and I can e-mail it to you.
Thanks,
Morphy
http://www.rookhouse.com
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 11:38:43
From:
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 11:31=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 13, 9:46=A0am, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> >http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D124
>
> =A0 Left to right: Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tolush, Spassky.
> Taken at Bucharest 1953. Tolush won, probably the greatest triumph of
> his career.
It's interesting that these were the top 5 finishers. Their scores:
Tolush 14-5
Petrosian 13-6
Smyslov: 12=BD-6=BD
Boleslavsky, Spassky, Szabo: 12-7
One of the clearest examples of the Soviet hegemony in the 1950s.
Szabo (of Hungary) was the only non-Soviet in the top six. Overall the
Communist-bloc countries dominated; the only Western player with a
plus score was O'Kelly (Belgium) at 11-8. Other Westerners: Barda
(Norway) 8-11, Stoltz (Sweden) 7-12, Golombek (GB) 6-13.
Tolush was a highly variable player; later in the year managed to
come only =3D4th-7th at Hastings. Generally he was not in the same class
as the other Soviet GMs at Bucharest; he was helped somewhat by the
fact that most of the field was well below their level.
Tolush had an interesting soubriquet, "the g7 specialist," because
of his penchant for attacks and mating threats aimed at that square.
Here is an example from Bucharest:
[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ROM"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Re8
8. Qd2 Qa5 9. g4 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 a6 12. h4 Nbd7 13. h5 Ne5
14. hxg6 hxg6 15.O-O-O b5 16. cxb5 c4 17. b6 Qxb6 18. Nh3 Rb8 19. Rh2
Nfd7 20. Rdh1 Nc5 21. Nf2 Bd7 22. Bh6 Bf6 23. Nfe4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxg4
25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bg7! -- The tradek move. -- 26...Nh5 27. Rxh5
gxh5 28. Bd4 Qd8 29. Qh6 Re5 30. Rxh5 1-0
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 11:32:22
From: RookHouse
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 11:31=A0am, [email protected] wrote:
>
> =A0 Left to right: Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tolush, Spassky.
> Taken at Bucharest 1953. Tolush won, probably the greatest triumph of
> his career.
Wow. You guys are good. Bucharest 1953 was one of the first foreign
tournaments in which several Soviet chess players participated. The
five Soviet players in the picture finished at the top, along with
Laszlo Szabo. Tolush gained the title of international grandmaster and
his pupil (Spassky) became an international master.
1. Tolush 14
2. Petrosian 13
3. Smyslov 12=BD
4. Spassky 12
5. Boleslavsky 12
6. Szab=F3,L 12
Morphy,
http://www.rookhouse.com
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 10:49:02
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 9:31=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On Feb 13, 9:46=A0am, RookHouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> >http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D124
>
> =A0 Left to right: Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tolush, Spassky.
> Taken at Bucharest 1953. Tolush won, probably the greatest triumph of
> his career.
Well done.
Bye
Sanny
Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 08:31:12
From:
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 9:46=A0am, RookHouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=3D124
Left to right: Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tolush, Spassky.
Taken at Bucharest 1953. Tolush won, probably the greatest triumph of
his career.
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Date: 13 Feb 2008 08:07:13
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: Rook House Trivia
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On Feb 13, 2:46 pm, RookHouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> Name the five chess players in this photo:
>
> http://www.rookhouse.com/blog/?p=124
All Soviets are they?
Well Petrosian in the middle and Spassky at the fare right are easy to
spot. That looks like Boleslavsky at the far left. Could be Smyslov
without glasses next to him. The other one - I dunno - Tolush?
I'll say the tournament was Bucharest 1953.
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