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| Walbrodt |
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| Golmayo |
The winner was the German player Carl Walbrodt (1871-1902) who was born in Amsterdam, He learned to play chess from his father. Walbrodt was German co-champion with Curt von Bardeleben in 1893. Gor a while he erved as editor of Berliner Schachzeitung.
Regarded as a talented player, Walbrodt died in Berlin at the age of 30 from tuberculosis. Chess metrics estimates his highest rating to have been 2706 in October of 1893, ranking him #5 in the world behind Lasker, Tarrasch, Chigorin and Steinitz.
[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1899.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manuel Golmayo"]
[Black "Cark Walbrodt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO ""]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1899.??.??"]
{C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defense} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5.
Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. f4 {While this is not bad it has an element
of risk because it opens up the K-side. Capturing twice on c6 is rock solid.}
O-O 9. Nxc6 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. f5 Rb8 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Kh1 Bf8 {Black is better.
Almasi,Z (2650)-Kulashko,A (2390) Elista ol (Men) 1998}) 9... Bxc6 10. Bd3 {
Apparently white has dreams of attacking on the K-side and so places his B
where it aims at h7. While 10.Bd3 is hardly bad taking on c6 was more prudent.}
Qd7 11. Kh1 {So as to advance the g-Pawn.} Rae8 12. h3 {This is part of his
strategy to advance the g-Pawn, but black seized the initiative with his next
move. White's safest course of action was to play the banal 12.Bd2 completing
his deveelopment and connecting his Rs. The great Australian teacher C.J.S.
Purdy used to remind his readers that one's development was not complete until
the Rs were connected.} d5 {There is no really good way to meet this.} 13. e5 {
White does not recover from this.} (13. Nxd5 {Capturing with the P simply
transposes.} Nxd5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Qf3 Qa5 16. Qg3 Bf6 {with an excellent
position.}) 13... d4 {White may not have expected this.} 14. Kh2 {This gets
the K out of the line of fire of the B and prevents ...Qxh3+, but white has
paid a high price for his indiscretion ay move 12.} (14. exf6 {gets him mated.}
Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Qxg2#) (14. f5 {Blocks ...Qxh3+, but it's no better. After} dxc3
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rb1 Qd5 {White is also facing insurmountable
difficulties.}) 14... dxc3 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. bxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 128] Watch
black's attack grow!} 17. Rb1 Qd5 18. Qg4 (18. Qf3 {hoping black will grab the
useless a-Pawn is a better defense.} Qxf3 {But he wouldn't.} (18... Qxa2 19.
Bxh7+ {Ths doesn't equalize, but it's the best white has.} Kxh7 20. Qxc3 $19
Qd5 21. Rf2 {Black is clearly better.}) 19. gxf3 Rd8 {and at least white is
holding on.}) 18... f5 19. Qg3 Rf6 {Black still refrains from grbbing the
a-Pawn and instead stoke the fire on the K-side.} 20. Qf2 {At this point white
is completely busted.} Be1 {[%mdl 512] Of course the Q cannot abandon its
protection of g2.} 21. Rxe1 Rxe1 22. Rb4 {Threatening to pin the Q.} Rxc1 23.
Bc4 {Has black blundered?} Rg6 24. Qd2 (24. Bxd5+ Bxd5 {White has no way of
defending g2 and the Q cannot afford to move out of danger.} 25. Rb2 (25. Qc5
Rxg2#) 25... Rxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 b6 {Black has a won R+P ending.})
24... Rd1 (24... Rxg2+ {Also wins...} 25. Qxg2 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 c6 {
with a won ending.}) 25. Qxd1 (25. Bxd5+ {is equally hopeless.} Bxd5 26. Qe2 (
26. Qxd1 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Rd2+) 26... Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 b6) 25... Rxg2+
26. Kh1 Rd2+ {[%mdl 64]} 27. Qf3 Qxc4 {White resigned.} (27... Qxc4 28. Rxc4
Bxf3+ 29. Kg1 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Be2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxc4) 30... Rxc2+) 0-1
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