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Glucksberg    Miguel Najdorf

  Site: Poland  Warsaw
  Event Date: ~1930


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Polish Immortal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Polish Immortal





The Polish Immortal is the name given to a famous chess game between Glinksberg and Miguel Najdorf played in Warsaw. Some sources give its date as 1930 or 1935, and give the name of the player of the white pieces as "Glucksberg". Garry Kasparov gives the date of the game as 1928, and the name of Najdorf's opponent as "Glinksberg," attributing these facts to Najdorf and his daughter. In this game Black sacrificed all four of his minor pieces.


The Moves

1. d4 f5

2. c4 Nf6

3. Nc3            (Dutch Defense with 2.c4 & 3.Nc3, A85)

3. ... e6

4. Nf3 d5

5. e3              Savielly Tartakower suggests 5.Bf4

5. ... c6

6. Bd3 Bd6

7. 0-0 0-0

8. Ne2            Tartakower recommends 8.Ne5 followed by 9.f4, "countering the Stonewall with another Stonewall".

8. ... Nbd7

9. Ng5?           This move looks like an elementary blunder, losing a pawn, but in fact the position is more complicated than that.

9. ... Bxh2+!

10. Kh1!?        After 10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kh1 Qxg5 Black is up a pawn for nothing. After 10. Kh1, White threatens both Nxe6,
                        winning material, or to trap Black's bishop with g3 or f4.

10. ... Ng4!

11. f4              Defending White's knight on g5 and cutting off the escape route of Black's bishop; not 11. Nxe6? Qh4!

11. ... Qe8

12. g3 Qh5

13. Kg2           White has surrounded Black's bishop and threatens to win it with Rh1, Nf3, and Nxh2 (see diagram).

13. ... Bg1!!     Sacrificing the bishop in order to continue the attack on White's king.

14. Nxg1         Not 14.Kxg1? Qh2#, or 14.Rxg1? Qh2+ and 15...Qf2#

14. ... Qh2+

15. Kf3 e5!

16. dxe5 Ndxe5+

17. fxe5 Nxe5+

18. Kf4 Ng6+

19. Kf3 f4!!     Threatening both 20...Ne5# and 20...Bg4+.

20. exf4          If 20.Bxg6 Bg4+ 21.Kxg4 Qxg3+ 22.Kh5 hxg6+ 23.Kxg6 Rf6+ 24.Kh5 Rh6#

20. ... Bg4+!!

21. Kxg4 Ne5+!

22. fxe5 h5#

Unless otherwise specified, notes are based on those by Kasparov in My Great Predecessors, Part IV

 

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