The game was one that Najdorf, who knew a brilliant game when he saw one, called one of the most brilliant games he had seen in years. What more can you say?
Regarding Fuderer, a Chess Review article on the tournament noted that it was O'Kelly's bad luck (he lost only to Fuderer) that he had to play "this inconspicuous youngster, hardly Reshevsky's size, in the second round before knowing his size is as misleading as Reshevsky's."
In his game against Fuderer, Tartakower, as he often did, conducted a reckless experiment, but even so, Fuderer deserved high praise for the ingenuity with which he took advantage of his opponent's play.
As for the tournament, it was strong, but there were some issues.
Before the tournament there was speculation that some of the leading Yugoslav players, say Gligoric or Trifunovic, and maybe some stronger foreign players would be participating, but that wasn't to be. Then in a curious mix up, a few days before the event the organizers received a telephone call from Herman Steiner stating that he would not be playing, but it was reported as Gideon Stahlberg's acceptance of his invitation and he would be there!
As it ended up, the tournament had just the right mix of strong and not so strong players that favored Najdorf's style...holding his own against the top contenders and scoring well against the lesser lights.
Argentina's Herman Pilnik, in spite of claiming he was in poor form, played extremely well to take second place. After a bad start O'Kelly settled down and played with great steadiness.
Something of a surprise was the performance of the 19-year old chemistry student, piano player and chess master, Andrija Fuderer who at the time was still undecided as to which career he should pursue (he later chose chemistry).
His main problem at Bled was that being from Subotica he had not had the opportunity to meet any really first class opponents such as he met in Bled. Additionally, he probably hurt his chances somewhat because of the speed at which he whisked through many of his games.
Tartakower's lack of success was blamed on old age...he was 63 years old. Tailender Borislav Rabar withdrew after only seven rounds due to illness and although he is shown in the crosstable, his score did not count. His illness was not specified, but it should be noted that he had poor eyesight and he only had half of his stomach.
On to the game. Of course engines have found a few improvements for white along the way, but it doesn't matter because Fuderer's attack is still brilliant.
Andrija Fuderer - Savielly Tartakower
Result: 1-0
Site: Bled
Date: 1950
Ruy Lopez
[...] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5 a6 4.♗a4 ♗b4 This rare move does not have much to recommend for it. 5.O-O ♘ge7 6.c3 Demonstrating the flaw in black's 4th move. 6...♗a5 7.d4 exd4 8.b4
23.♗b3 b5
8.cxd4 was better. 8...d5 9.exd5 ♕xd5 10.♗b3 ♕h5 11.d5 ♘e5 His best try was 11...Na7, but white would still enjoy a nice advantage. 12.♘xe5 ♕xe5 13.♘c3 O-O Prokes,L-Alapin,S/Prague 1908. White has the advantage.
8...♗b6 9.cxd4 O-O
9...d5 is correct because then after 10.exd5 ♕xd5 11.♘c3 can be sufficiently met by 11...♕c4
10.d5 ♘a7 This is inconsistent with 3...a3 the point of which is to create a retreat for the B at a7. Therefore, the best retreat is 10...Nb8 although it, too, would leave black with a miserable position.
10...♘b8 11.d6 cxd6 12.♘c3 and for his P white has good scope for his pieces while black is cramped and will have difficulty getting his pieces into play.
11.♘a3 Also good was the immediate 11.d6 11...c5
11...d6 is met by 12.♘c4 ♗g4 13.♘xb6 cxb6 14.♗b2 with the better game by far. Even so, this was better than allowing white to advance his d-Pawn.
12.d6 ♘g6 13.♘c4 cxb4 14.♗g5 f6 15.♘xb6 ♕xb6 16.♗e3 ♕d8 Clearly white has the better of it, but Fuderer's coming attack is a masterpiece. 17.e5 Equally forceful was the advance of his h-Pawn 17...♘xe5
17...fxe5 18.♗b3+ ♔h8 19.♘g5 h6 20.♕h5 ♕f6 21.♗c2 ♘f4 22.♗xf4 wins... for example 22...exf4 (22...♕xf4 23.♕g6 and mate follows) 23.♘h7 ♕f7 24.♗g6
18.♘xe5 fxe5 19.f4 e4
19...exf4 20.♕d5+ ♔h8 21.♗xf4 and black is hopelessly outnumbered on the K-side.
20.f5 ♘c6 21.♕d5+ ♔h8 22.f6 Ruthless. 22...gxf6
22...♖xf6 can be met by 23.♖xf6 gxf6 24.♕xe4 and even though black is two Ps up his position is hopelessly lost. For example... 24...b5 25.♗c2 ♕g8 26.♗h6 ♕g6 27.♕h4 f5
27...♕f7 28.♖f1 White has a sacrificial attack that mates in 7 28...b3 29.♗xb3 ♕g6 30.♖xf6 ♕xg2+ 31.♔xg2 ♗b7 32.♗g7+ ♔xg7 33.♕h6+ ♔h8 34.♖f8+ ♖xf8 35.♕xf8#
28.♖f1 ♕xd6 29.♖xf5 White mates in 11. 29...♗b7 30.♗e3 ♕e6 31.♖f8+ ♔g7 32.♖f3 h6 33.♗xh6+ ♕xh6 34.♖g3+ ♔f7 35.♕xh6 ♖f8 36.♖g7+ ♔e8 37.♕g5 d6 38.♕g6+ ♔d8 39.♕xd6+ ♔c8 40.♕c7#23...♘a5 24.♗d4 ♘xb3 25.axb3 and black is facing a mate in 8... 25...h6 26.♖xf6 ♕xf6 27.♗xf6+ ♖xf6 28.♕d4 ♔h7 29.♕xf6 b5 30.♖f1 e3 31.♕f7+ ♔h8 32.♖f6 ♗b7 33.♖xh6#
24.♖f4 ♗b7 25.♖h4 Threatening mate. 25...f5
25...♘a5 A pass to demonstrate the mate. 26.♖xh7+ ♔xh7 27.♕h5+ ♔g7 28.♕h6#
26.♖h6 Now the threat is 27.Bd4+ 26...♔g7 27.♖f1 ♖f6 28.♖xf5 ♖xh6
28...♖e6 29.♖xe6 dxe6 30.♕xe6 ♕h4 31.♖g5+ ♕xg5 32.♗xg5 ♖f8 33.♕h6+ ♔h8 34.♕xf8#
29.♗xh6+ ♔h8 (29...♔xh6 30.♖h5+ ♔g7 31.♕f7+ ♔h8 32.♕xh7#) 30.♕f7 ♕b6+ 31.♔h1 ♕d4 32.♕f8+ Black resigned Powered by Aquarium
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