Keres was probably the strongest player who never played for the world championship and he has beaten nine world champions during his career.Here is a miniature against Arlamowski.
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To Mm40 .......... actually you missed 5...g6 , 5...g5 , 6.NxNf6 ++
i thought Keres played Botvinik for championship?
Yes of cource, it was big mistake...
Arlamowski - Rubinstein:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d3 Qe7 8.a4 a6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Be6 11.Na3 0-0 12.Qe1 Rad8 13.Nh4 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nf3 Nf6 16.d4 e4 17.Ng5 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 h6 19.Nh3 b5 20.Nd2 Nd5 21.Nb3 Nb8 22.Nc5 Rd6 23.Rf5 Nd7 24.Nb7 Rb6 25.Rxd5 Rxb7
26.Qg3! Qe6? 27.Nf4 Qc6 28.Nh5 g6? (28...Qg6) 29.Rxd7 Kh7 ("Szachy" 1948, z. 4-5, p. 83-84) 1-0.
I use this game to teach students to always look at the last move made by the other player. Black simply did not look at the move Keres played and how it should have changed Black's preselected move.
I think that this game shows more of an epic blunder than any brilliant play by Keres.
5... Nbd7 deserves a ??????????????????. This was the worst possible move because it was one of the three that allowed checkmate next move. The other two were 5...Nfd7 and 5...Bd7. Both those also deserve ??????????????????.
LOL knight's mate at that level..
WOW
According to Chessmetrics at 1950 Arlamowski was #214 at world rating with a rating of 2168.He has won Rubinstein at 1938 and has played with some great players,even if he lost (but not in six moves)!
Of course he played wrong,but that's why some players are better than others:Keres just saw his mistake and punished him properly..
Huh, now thats something..and, yes, Keres was and still is a real chess guru..
how strong was his opponent usually?
Keres was a great player !!!!
But in this game, black made a real fatal mistake at move 5
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