Pindar got a won position in which the engine assigned him a near 5 Pawn advantage, but he blew it and a seesaw of blunders ensued. At the end, he still had an advantage, albeit a much smaller one of a Pawn and in the final position it was probably not enough to win. Like Znosko-Borovsky, Pindar appears to have also lost on time.
Hardman Philips (Phil) Montgomery (September 25,1834 – January 22,1870, 35 years old) was the youngest son of the Postmaster of Phildelphia. After entering the University of Pennsylvania as a Sophomore in 1851, Montgomery's talent for chess and mathematics was soon spotted by one of the professors.
From 1852 onward, Montgomery quickly rose among the ranks of players at the local chess club. His play was described as brilliant, but nervous and fast. He was a member of the successful Philadelphia team beating New York in two correspondence games in 1855-1856. Montgomery was the sole Philadelphia representative in the 1st American Chess Congress (1857) in New York, beating William S Allison before succumbing to Louis Paulsen. After having lost two games to Paulsen, Montgomery was summoned to Philadelphia, before he could finish the match.
When the Philadelphia Chess Club was founded Montgomery was its first president. In 1861, Montgomery lost a match to New York's Theodore Lichtenhein by a score of +2 -7 =1. After that he practically retired from serious chess.
After retiring from play, Montgomery practiced law in Philadelphia and New York before moving to Marysville, California where he died. He was stricken with paralysis first on Christmas day and then a second stroke proved fatal.
His opponent in this game was Edward Pindar (1828-1892, 63 years old) appears to have been something of a vagabond. He was born in Russia, grew up in what is now Estonia and returned there in later life.
A strong, but not very well known player, from 1856, Pindar was a force in the Manchester Chess Club where won the club's championship in 1861, defeating Bernhard Horwitz 3.5-1.5.
It's not clear at what time he was living in New York/
Pindar was not very well known but he was a strong player who was active in the mid 19th century. Pindar was a language teacher and in 1877, while acting in that capacity, he attacked and seriously injured a female student who rebuffed his offer of marriage. He was sentenced to five years, and upon release faded into obscurity.
[Event "possibly Philadelphia"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1854.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edward Pindar"]
[Black "H. Philips Montgomery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1854.??.??"]
[Source "The Chess Handbo"]
{C10: French Defense} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {The Exchange Variation makes
no effort to achieve more than equality and is sometimes played with the hopes
of obtaining an early draw. Black usually prefers the more solid 3...exd5, but
the text, while riskier, is not as drawish.} Qxd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3
c5 {This is risky; 6...b6 is usual.} (6... b6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Re1
Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bb7 {Ziatdinov,R (2460)-Rogers,I (2565) Biel 1992. White is only
very slightly better.}) 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 c4 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3
Nd7 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 {White can claim a modest advantage here
owing to black's weakened c-Pawm and his difficulty in getting his remaining
pieces into play as well as his bad B.} Qc6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Ne4 {This P offer
is not bad because white gets active piece play. There is no harm in black's
taking it. but 14...O_o was probably more prudent.} Nxa4 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rb5 f5
19. Ng3 Rb8 {In returning the a-Pawn, black hopes to generate play on the
b-file by the advance of his b-Pawn.} 20. d5 Qd7 21. Rxa5 b5 {This is
understandable as it isolates the R, but it allowsd white a free hand to
generate play on the K-side/} (21... b6 {keeps things equal.} 22. Rb1 bxa5 23.
Rxb8 Bb7 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 22. Qf4 Qb7 {[%mdl 8192] Placing his Q on the B's
diagonal is an obvious mistake. 22...Rb6 was est.} 23. dxe6 Qb6 24. e7 {
White has a huge advantage, even winning according to Stockfiss, but it's not
so simple for humans.} Re8 25. Re1 Be6 26. Rxa4 {There was absolutely no
reason to play this as it loses all of his advantage.} (26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bd5+
Kh8 28. Qxf5 {is winning. Black has to play 28...Qf6, but not} Qxa5 29. Be4 Kg8
(29... g6 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Bd5#) 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Qg6+ Kxe7 32. Bc6+ Kd8 (
32... Kf8 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qxe8#) 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qd7#) 26... Rxe7 {[%mdl
8192] A huge counter-blunder! The P is not worth more than the R!} (26... bxa4
{leads to a draw after} 27. Kf1 (27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28. Qxf5 Rxe7 {favors black.})
27... a3 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Qxf5 a2 30. Be4 Rxe7 (30... Qh6 {avoids the draw
and offers equal chances after} 31. Qa5 Qxh2 32. Qxa2) 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+
Kf7 33. Qh5+ {draws}) 27. Nxf5 Rf7 {This pin in the N looks powerful, but
white can establish a wimnning position if he funds 28.Rxe8 or 28.Ra6 or even
28.Qxb8} 28. Nd6 {[%mdl 8192] A gross blunder that hands black the win.} (28.
Ra6 Qc7 (28... Qxa6 29. Qxb8+ Rf8 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Qc7 {White is winning.}) 29.
Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Raxe6) (28. Rxe6 Qd8 (28... Qc7 29. Ra8 Qxf4 30. Re8+ Rf8 31.
Bd5+ Kh8 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxf8#) 29. Bd5 Kh8 30. Qxb8 Qxb8 31. Ra8) (28.
Qxb8+ Qxb8 29. Ra8) 28... Rf6 {...but black didn't find it and now it's back
to equal chances!} (28... Rxf4 {What kind of hallucination caused black (and
probably white) to miss this?!} 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Rb4 Rxf3 31. Rxb5 (31. gxf3
Qg5+) 31... Rxb5 32. gxf3 Rg5+ 33. Kh1 Bh3 {is hopeless for white.}) 29. Ne4 {
[%mdl 8192] What? Again? Both players have missed that ...Rxf4 wins.} Rf5 {
The only possible explanations for both players missing ...Rxf4 is severe time
pressure ot some kind of he idée fixe that it can't be played.} 30. Qg3 {
Yet another bad move!} (30. Qxb8+ Qxb8 31. Ra8 Qxa8 32. Nf6+ Rxf6 33. Bxa8 {
equals}) 30... Rd8 {[%mdl 8192] Guess what? This is a game losing blunder.} (
30... bxa4 31. Nd6 Rf6 {and white simply does not have any compensation so
black should win.}) 31. Ng5 {Very weak...retreating the R to any safe square
keeps the win in hand.} Bd5 {Slap a question mark on this move, too. 21...Rxg5
probably would not save the game, but it was better that the text.} (31... Rxg5
32. Ra6 (32. Qxg5 {gives black some play after} bxa4 33. h4 Bf7 34. Re7 Re8)
32... Qxa6 33. Qxg5 Rf8 34. h4 {with a strong initiative.}) 32. Bxd5+ Rdxd5 33.
Ne6 {Question mark!} (33. Ra8+ Rd8 34. Re8+ {AS familiar pattern, see the note
to move 28} Rf8 35. Qf3 Rdxe8 36. Rxe8 Qf6 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Nf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxf7)
33... Qxe6 {[%mdl 32768] Loss on time!?} (33... Qxe6 34. Ra8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Qf3+ Qf5 {It;s unlikely that white's extra P will be enough to win/})
0-1
No comments:
Post a Comment