But, what about Edward Hymes Sr.? He was born in Florence, South Carolina on September 13, 1871 and passed away in New York at the age of 66 on May 14, 1938. He was also was a New York attorney whose practice left him little time for competitive chess. His one major tournament saw him finish =3rd-4th with Jackson W. Showalter at 2nd City Chess Club Tournament, held at New York City in 1894, behind Wilhelm Steinitz and Adolf Albin but ahead of Harry Nelson Pillsbury.
Hymes, Senior also played in all eight Anglo-American Cable Matches from 1896-1903, scoring +1 -1 =6. F
In 1891, he graduated at the head of his class from Columbia College, the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City. In 1892 he graduated from the School of Mines at Columbia. While there he was a prize fellow in mathematics. Then in 1895, he graduated from Columbia Law School and began practicing law and soon became manager of one of the largest law offices in New York City.
When he was 13 years old he beat the champion checker player of New Jersey in a match match and two years later took up chess. He was the chess champion of Columbia College and of the Newark, New Jersey chess club.
The following game is from the 2nd Cuty Tournament that was held in New York City from October 20th through November 15th in 1894. It was held under the auspices of the City Chess Club. Pillsbury had won the previous 1st tournament in 189, but only managed an even score in this one. Especially noteworthy was that this was the first tournament since 1883 that had former World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz as a participant.
In the following games Hatmes smashes James M. Hanham (1840-1923, 83 years old) in a game un which Hanham used his own variation of the Philidor Defense
Edward Hymes, Sr.–James M. Hanham1–0C412nd City Tournament, New York City223.10.1894Stockfish/Komodo
C41: Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f3 d6 This defense is named after
Francois-Andre Danican Philidor who advocated it as an alternative to 2...Nc6.
His original idea was to challenge white's center by ...f7-f5. Today the
defense is considered as a solid, but passive. 3.d4 d7 Originally this was
known as the Lord Variation. The idea was to maintain a strong center. Today
it’s known as the Hanham Variation. 4.c3 The move 4.Bc4 is
almost universally played. c6 4...gf6 5.c4 e7 6.0-0 0-0 7.e1 c6 8.a4 is the main line and black can now play either 8...a5 or 8...b6 5.d3
Unusual. More aggressive is 5.Bc4 e7 6.e2 This is cumbersome and time
consuming,m but not bad. 6.0-0 gf6 7.e1 0-0 8.e2 e8 9.g3 f8 10.c3 is equal. Baramidze,D (2543)-Ponkratov,P (2413) Heraklio GRE 2004 6...gf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 e8 8...d5 This is more aggressive, but not necessarily
better than the move played. 9.g3 dxe4 10.xe4 10.xe4 is not quite so
good. xe4 11.xe4 f5 12.d3 e4 13.c4+ h8 14.e5 xe5 15.dxe5 a5 16.f4 b5 17.e2 e6 with a good position. 10...xe4 11.xe4 f5 9.b2 c7 10.g3 f8 11.c4 b6 12.d2 b7 13.fe1 It's hard to tell at this time,
but there is trouble brewing for black on the K-side and a better alternative
would have beem 13...g6 ad8 13...g6 White cannot now play Nf5 14.ad1 g7 Black is confined to a passive defense, but his position is quite solid. 14.f5 h6 Guarding against Qg5, but it weakens his K-side. 14...exd4 15.3xd4 c5 Fundamentally white has the better position, but black has
sufficient play. 15.h3 h7 16.g4 This is aggressive, but a bit premature.
16.Rad1 keeps the pressure on black. e6 16...exd4 is the right move
because after 17.3xd4 e5 18.f4 xd3 19.xd3 d5 Black has successfully
launched an equalizing counterasttack. 17.h1 Played in preparation of the
opening of the g-file. f6 17...d5 is still the right move., 18.xe5 xe5 19.f4 g5 20.dxe5 xh3 21.g3 g5 22.f4 xe4 23.xe4 dxe4 and it's
black who now stands better. 18.g1 h8 Both sides are fixated on the
opening of the g-file by white! Black still needed to play 18...exd4 18...exd4 19.xd4 e5 and it's hard to believe but white has no effective way of
strengthening his attack. The best line is... 20.g3 b5 21.xe5 dxe5 22.e2 g6 23.h4 c5 23...gxf5 24.gxf5+ h8 25.ag1 d6 26.f1 e7 27.g2 f8 28.c5 xc5 29.xe5 with a very strong bind. 24.g5 gxf5 25.gxf6+ h8 26.ag1 xf6 with equal chances. 19.g5 As dagerous as white's attack looks with
correct defense black can weather the storm...easier said than done! hxg5
This is not good. 19...xf5 is the magic move that leaves black with
nothing to worry about. 20.exf5 exd4 That move again! It doesn't look right
because it opens the diagonal fr the B. 21.c5 Keeping black's B out of the
game. 21.xd4 loses c5 21...xc5 22.gxh6 xd3 23.xd3 c5 24.g3 e8 25.ag1 e7 Black has quite enough compensation for the exchange. 20.xg5 g6 This loses quickly, but there was really nohing better. 20...exd4
Of course! This is still the only real alternative, but not it's lost its
effectiveness. 21.f4 21.xd4 xf5 22.exf5 c5+ Black is slightly better. 21...xg5 22.xg5 e5 23.xd4 xf5 24.xf5 g8 25.g3 e7 21.xh7 xh7 22.g5 c5 You would think that white should now open up the position by
exchanging Ps, but he has instead the surprising 23.d5! 23.d5
Immobilizing black's pieces. 23.dxc5 xf5 and black wins! 24.g3 xc5 23.dxe5 xf5 24.h4+ h5 25.g3 dxe5 Here, too, black is winning. 23...g7 23...xf5 no longer helps. 24.exf5 g7 25.g4 f6 26.fxg6 d7 26...xg4 27.gxf7+ mates 27.c1 fxg6 28.xg6+ h8 29.xf6+ g7 30.g6
Black gets mated. 24.g4 f8 25.h4+ g8 26.xg7 xf2 27.f5 e6 28.dxe6 xf5 29.h6 Facing mate in 4, black resigned. 1–0
No comments:
Post a Comment