The book is interesting in that Coles wasn’t looking for brilliant, well played games by the greats of the chess world. He was looking for hard fought games that were simply enjoyable to play over.
The game between Olaf Ulvesatd and Fred Reinfeld from that tournament fits the bill. Both players were awarded a special prize for a game that was the “showpiece of the tournament and for the originality, resourcefulness and the will to dare” on both their parts.
Olaf Ulvestad (1912-2000) was an original player who Chess metrics estimated to have a high rating of 2533 in 1956. Fred Reinfeld (1910-1964) is estimated to have had a high rating of 2532 in 1942.
Olaf Ulvestad–Fred Reinfeld½–½A13Ventnor CityVentnor City, NJ USA14.07.1939Komodo Dragon 3
A13: English Opening 1.f3 f6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 d5 4.b2 e6 5.e3 c6 6.d4 cxd4 Reinfeld execute some Pawn exchanges in order to leave white with
hanging Ps which could prove a weakness, but they also gives white attacking
potential. 7.exd4 The other alternative is the immediate 7...Bb4+ dxc4 8.xc4 A new move. White always plays bxd4 with hanfinf Ps. b4+ Now one
would expect white to play 9.Nc3 followed by castles. 9.e2 A real Ulvestad
move! Rather than interpose a piece which could result in simplification he
prefers to take a chance that his K won't get into trouble in the center...
risky business! 9.c3 e4 10.c1 a5 11.d3 xc3 12.xc3 xc3+ 13.xc3 xc3+ 14.xc3 This position might suit the staid Reinfeld, but not the
plucky Ulvestad. 9...d5 10.c1 An odd place fpr the Q, but je wants to
bring the R to d1, Placing the Q on c2 would accomplish the same thing. 0-0 11.d1 d7 12.a3 d6 ...Rc8 is a strong threat. 13.c3 Ulvestaf quickly
gets into trouble after this. Safer was 13.Kf1 13.f1 Even gere black is
in good shape after c8 14.bd2 b5 15.xb5 a5 16.c4 b5 17.c2 b6 18.g1 bxc4 19.bxc4 xc4 20.xc4 xc4 Positionally nlack is better. 13...c8 Reinfeld has set a sly trap, but Ulvestad avoids it. 14.e4 14.xd5 exd5 15.xd5 e7 16.c4 b5 17.f1 17.xf7+ xf7 18.d2 f4 19.d3 f5 20.xb5 c2+ and black is winning. 17...bxc4 18.bxc4 Black has pocked
up a B for two Ps 14...f4 15.b1 f5 With this black's advantage
disappears. 15...a5 keeps up the pressure. but calculating the
possibilities is not so easy! 16.c5 c6 17.d3 b6 18.b4 bxc5 19.dxc5 a4 20.xh7+ h8 21.c2 b5+ 22.e1 c4 with the advantage. 16.c5 a5
It would have been interesting to see what would have happened after the
equally good 16...g5 17.g3 d6 17...c6 Now white has to play 18.Kf1 with
about equal chances, but he must not play 18.gxf4 xf4+ 19.f1 xc4 20.bxc4 xf3 and black is winning. 21.c1 21.d2 g5 wins 21...e2+ 22.e1 xd1 23.xf4 xd4 and wins. 18.d3 Black should now play 18...Bc6 and be
satisfied with a slight advantage. Instead be makes a rash attempt to continue
the attack. b5 19.xd5 exd5 20.ac1 f4 The idea is to open the f-file and
then pin the N with ...Bg4 21.xd7 Now the pin is not possible. xd7 22.e5 xe5 He wants to be able to play ...Qg4+, but 22...Rce8 serves the same
purpose and strengthens the attack. 23.dxe5 xc1 24.xc1 fxg3 25.hxg3
The multiple exchanges have left black in a position where he has to defend
his d-Pawn with the passive 25...Qf7. Instead he mistakenly tries to attack. g4+ 26.f3 xg3± 27.xd5+ h8 28.f7 This threatens mate and Ulvestad
must hve been very optomistic because Reinfeld had 13 only a matter of seconds
to reach the time xontrol at move 40! g2+ 28...xf7 29.c8+ f8 30.xf8# 29.e3 Playing for a win, white must bring his K out in the onen. g5+ 30.f2 This should have lost, but in his time scramble Reinfeld
missed the win. 30.e2 would draw after g2+ 31.e3 g5+ 32.e2 32.e4 d8 33.d5 h4+ 34.e3 f4+ 35.d3 xb3 and black wins. 36.xb3 xf3+ 37.c2 e4+ 38.d3 f2+ 39.c3 f3 32...g2+ Threefold repitition. 30...d2+ 30...d8 Hard to see in terrible time pressure! Black is winning. For
example... 31.h5 31.e6 xf7 32.exf7 f8 31...d2+ 32.g3 xb2 31.g3 g5+ 32.h3 There is no perpetual, but the fraw is still there. d8
Found it! 33.d1 c8+ 34.d7 xf3+ 35.g4 f8 Black has managed to obtain
enough counterplay for a draw. 36.d8 f4+ 37.h5 f5+ 38.g4 f4+ 39.h5 f5+ 40.g4 h5+ After having reached the time control, instead of taking the
draw Reinfeldm being a P ahead, decided to play on. Even so, his game is
difficult because his N is unfer attack and white's passed e-Pawn needs
watching. 41.h4 There is no longer a perpetual check and Reinfeld still
has some problems to solve. g8 This moveholds everything. The threat
against black's N turns out to be no threat at all. 41...f4+ is a dead
end. 42.xh5 f5+ 42...g8 This must be played anyway and a draw is stil
probably. 43.g6 and white wins. 42.e6 42.xa5 loses. f4+ 43.h3 f5+ 44.h2 h4+ 45.g3 g4+ 46.h3 f3+ 47.h2 g2# 42...c6 With the
centralization of black's N and K and this move which prevents the advance of
the e-Pawn white can make no progress. 42...xb3 would lose. 43.e7 c5 44.exf8+ xf8 45.e7 f4+ 46.xh5 g6+ 47.h6 h4+ 48.xh4 e6 49.f6
mate in 2. 43.xf8+ xf8 44.d7 e8 45.xg7 d8 46.xa7 xe6 Draw
agreed. 46...xe6 Here is Komodo Dragon 3's continuation. 47.c3 f4 48.b4 g6+ 49.g3 e5 50.h7 d3 51.c3 c5 52.h4 xb3 53.xh5 xh5+ 54.xh5 d7 55.g6 d6 56.f5 d5 57.f6 d4+ 58.xd4 xd4 59.e6 c3 60.d5 b3 61.c5 xa3 62.xb5 ½–½
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