Fischer also lost a lawsuit against Life magazine and writer Brad Darrach, for violation of a contract. After that Fischer stopped paying his income taxes. Darrach's book, Bobby Fischer Vs. the Rest of the World, was good reading.
We lost two players that year. Donald Byrne died at the age of 45 from lupus on April 8, 1976. Lupus is an ugly disease that occurs when the body's immune system attacks its own tissues and organs. It can affect joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart and lungs. There is no cure. Also, IM Jozsef Szily (1913-1976) dies in Hungary on April 26th.
The big news story took place on July 27, 1976. The world's number two ranked player, Viktor Korcnoi, defected from the Soviet Union and asked for political asylum in The Netherlands.
His wife, Bela, and their 17-year-old son, Igor, were at home in Leningrad and both claimed they had no idea that that he was going to defect.
In 1977, after becoming the challenger to Anatoly Karpov, he took the occasion to appeal
again to Russian authorities for the release of his family. It wasn't until 1982 that his wife, son and step-mother arrived in Vienna after being released by the Russians.
Igor had spent 2 years in a Siberian prison for refusing military service and had been served with another draft notice when word came the family could join Korchnoi in Switzerland. Igor claimed he had refused to be drafted for fear that contact with military secrets would mean an automatic denial of permission to emigrate for at least 10 years.
Back in April of this year I posted a game that was lost by Roberto Kaimo, and today's game features one he won. To reiterate, Roberto "Bobby" Espina Kaimo passed away at the age of 72 in South Plainfield, New Jersey on July 28, 2016 at the JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey.
Born in Surigao City, Philippines he worked for Dyco Paints, but in 1974, he quit his job in order to play in the Philippine Championship and was among the leaders for much of the tournament, but ended up in 7th place with a score of 11-9. As a result, he was just a half a point short of making the country’s Olympic team.
Soon after this tournament he moved to the United States where he worked for Troy Chemical Company in Newark, New Jersey as an Inventory Manager; he retired from there in 2006.
Kaimo was a communicant, meaning he was entitled to partake of the Eucharist, of The Church of the Sacred Heart in South Plainfield. And, besides being an International Master, Kaimo also enjoyed bowling, singing, dancing and was known for his outgoing personality.
While I would hesitate to call the following game a four Rook ending, but like the previous game, four Rooks figure prominently.
[Event "Manhattan CC International"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1976.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roberto Kaimo"]
[Black "Julio Kaplan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 15"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Life & Rev"]
{Sicilian Scheveningen} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6.
Be2 Be7 7. g4 {White has delayed the Keres Attack (6.g4) by one move. Black
has a number of reasonable replies, but the best is probably 7...d5} a6 {
Inviting 7...g5. but the game would then have followed a path very similar to
what actually happens.} (7... d5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {Black is
better. Sampaolesi,N (2200)-Garcia,R (2455) Buenos Aires 1975}) (7... Nc6 {
is advantageous for white.} 8. g5 Nd7 9. h4 O-O 10. Rg1 {Ostojic,P (2385)
-Mainka,R (2355) Dortmund 1987. The position is equal, but white wpi;d have
stood well after 10.Be3}) 8. Rg1 Nfd7 {He still should have played 8...d5} 9.
g5 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 Qb8 {his is not an
especially good square for the Q. Either 13...Qc7 or 13...O-O would have been
better.} 14. Qd4 O-O 15. h5 {Announcing his intention to attack!} Rc8 16. g6 {
White wastes no time, but he might have done better to first connect his Rs
with 16.O-O-O} Bf6 {The fact that black has his move available keeps the
chances even.} 17. gxh7+ {This is the wrong capture. Either 17.gxf7+ or 17.e5
were better.} (17. gxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qd2 a5 19. Bg5 {equals}) (17. e5 Nxe5 18.
gxh7+ Kh8 (18... Kxh7 19. O-O-O Nd7 20. Qg4 Ne5 21. Qf4 {White is better.}) 19.
Qf4 Nd7 {and white's attack is pretty much at a standstill.}) 17... Kxh7 {
here, too, it would have been better to place the K on h8} 18. e5 {A nice move
opening up the position for attack.} Nxe5 19. Qf4 {Again, 19.O-O-O would have
been even better.} d5 20. Bd4 (20. O-O-O Nd7 {results in unclear complications
after} 21. Rxg7+ Bxg7 22. Qxf7 Ne5 23. Qxe6) 20... Kh8 (20... Nd7 {gains a
slight advantage.} 21. Qg4 Bxd4 22. Bd3+ Kh8 {Strange how the K is safer here
than on g8 in these variations.} (22... Kg8 23. Qxd4 Qe5+ 24. Ne2 Qxd4 25. Nxd4
) 23. Qxd4 Qe5+ {with the advantage.}) 21. Qg3 {This is a serious inaccuracy,
but Kaplan fails to take advantage of it.} (21. Qe3 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23.
O-O-O Qa7 {and now white must get really aggressive with} 24. h6 g6 25. Rxd4
Qxd4 26. Qxf7 Rf8 27. Qxe6 Rf6 28. Qe7 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Rg8 {with unclear
complications.}) 21... Nf3+ {Not really bad, but 21...Nc4 was much better.} (
21... Nc4 22. Bxf6 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 gxf6 24. Bxc4 bxc4 {with a decisive endgame
advantage despite his bad B.}) 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. h6 g6 (23... Qh2 {looks
inviting, but runs into disaster after} 24. hxg7+ Kg8 25. Rh1) 24. O-O-O {
[%mdl 128]} (24. Qxf7 Rf8 25. Qxg6 Qf4 26. Rf1 Bxf2+ 27. Kd1 Rf7 28. Bd3 Rg8 {
and white is doomed.}) 24... Qe5 25. Qxf7 {As bad as things look for black he
can save himself with 25...Bxc3} Ra7 {But after this unfortunate move he is
lost. Kaplan was in serious time pressure at this point and so with little
time to think, he protects the 7th rank.} (25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxc3 27. Qxg6
Qxa3+ {draws.}) 26. Qxg6 Bxf2 (26... Bxc3 {is no longer sufficient.} 27. bxc3
Qxc3 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 {and black cannot save the game. For example...} Qe5
30. Re3 Qf5 31. Qg3 d4 32. Re5 Qh7 33. Rh5 {and white has a forced mate!} Bg2
34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qxc8+ Kf7 37. Rxg2 d3 38. Bxd3 Kf6 39. Bxh7 Rxh7
40. Qf5+ Ke7 41. Qxh7+ Kd6 42. Rg6#) 27. Rg4 {[%mdl 32]} Qf5 28. Bd3 (28. Qxf5
{would be very bad because the position black equalizes after} exf5 29. Rg7 (
29. Rg6 d4 30. Na2 Be4 {is very good for black.}) 29... Rxg7 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Nxd5) 28... Qxg6 29. Rxg6 a5 30. Rf1 Bc5 {Black lost on time.} (30... Bc5 31.
Nxb5 Bxb5 32. Bxb5 e5 33. Kb1 {Theoretically white has a decisive advantage,
but black would certainly be justified in playing on! Here's the game
continuation by Stockfish.} e4 34. Rg5 d4 35. Rff5 Rac7 36. Rd5 Bb6 37. Rge5
Rc5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Re7+ Kh8 41. Be2 d3 42. cxd3 Rc6 43. dxe4
Rxh6 44. Rb7 Bd4 45. Rd7 Bg7 46. Bd3 Rb6 47. Rd8+ Kh7 48. e5+ Kh6 49. Rd5 Kg5
50. Rxa5 Kf4 51. b4 Bxe5 {White has a theoretical win.} 52. Ka2 Rd6 53. Bc2 Rc6
54. Bb1 Rh6 55. Kb3 Rh3+ 56. Kc4 Rc3+ 57. Kb5 Bd6 58. Ra8 Rg3 59. Kc4 Ke5 60.
Re8+ Kf6 61. a4 Be7 62. Rb8 Rg4+ 63. Kc3 Ke5 64. a5 Bh4 65. Bd3 Kd6 66. a6 Bf2
67. Kb3 Rg1 68. Rd8+ Ke7 69. Rh8 Rd1 70. Bc4 Rb1+ 71. Ka4 Kd6 72. Rf8 Bg1 73.
Kb5 Bd4 74. Rd8+ Ke5 75. Ka4 Ra1+ 76. Kb3 Rc1 77. b5 Rb1+ 78. Ka3 Bb6 79. Rd7
Rc1 80. Kb4 Rb1+ 81. Bb3 Ra1 82. Rd5+ Ke4 83. Rd6 Bf2 84. Re6+ Kf5 85. b6 Bg1
86. b7 Bh2 87. Kb5 Rb1 88. Re3 Bg1 89. Re8 Rxb3+ 90. Kc4 Rxb7 91. axb7 Bh2 92.
Rh8 Bc7 93. Kd5 Kg6 94. Rc8 Bf4 95. Kc6 Bh2 96. Rc7) 1-0
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