King-Side Murder

Submitted by kenytiger on Tue, 07/08/2008 at 11:05am.

In the following Ruy Lopez, Sidney Norman Bernstein of New York (1911-1992), author of "Combat: My 50 Years at the Chessboard" gives us a tasty demonstration of his amazing chess abilities. After move 16, he manages to separate the White King from his pieces, then prepares and carries out a merciless King-side onslaughter. Poor Donovan never had a chance.

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by WILDOLIVE_OM - 3 months ago
mexico,pampanga Philippines

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I was amazed of black execution of his king side attack.

by KillaBeez - 3 months ago
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6. Qe2 is the Worrall Attack. It is mainly for club players who do not have the time to learn all of the theory of the Re1 lines. Although Nigel Short played it against Karpov, (Na2! anybody?) it has never really lifted off the ground among grandmasters.

by BasicLvrCH8r - 3 months ago
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I've never seen 6. Qe2, but I never play the Ruy as White, and I never play 1... e5 as black. White should have accepted the Marshall-like gambit, rather than 9.d3.

by Larryplayschess - 3 months ago
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Nice and precise!

by Dragonknightx - 3 months ago
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Black sacrificed a pawn for excellent counter play

by Albert-Pasaribu - 3 months ago
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White is better lost its R to get black's B, but this is a game.

by tick_tack - 3 months ago
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awesome match

by chessdadx2 - 3 months ago
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Nice post

by AlexCn - 3 months ago
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Good Thanks for posting

by santiR - 3 months ago
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no, its right.

by Housewrecker - 3 months ago
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I think it's supposed to be 23. Rh8+, not Rh6+

by Fellippo - 3 months ago
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That's great game, poor white, he couldn't do anything due to his damned pawns.

by Harry07 - 3 months ago
NSW Australia

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nice tactical play!

by hero_asad - 3 months ago
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good

by Nraja - 3 months ago
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interesting

by EagleHeart - 3 months ago
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An excellent study on both sides of the board! IMHO, White's opening was played much too conservatively. I believe that 8. c3 was a mistake in that it occupied the Queen's Knight natural developing square. Also, 9. d4 would have been preferred to 9. d3. Black's play was aggressive and flawless. A very interesting game.

by grey_gorilla - 3 months ago
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white's move 9 defined the outcome IMO

by amrita1 - 3 months ago
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A superb win & a great attacking skill by black!!!

Thanks for the post!

by gdadson - 3 months ago
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And to think... the King appeared to be secure!

Thanks for the posting... quite informative!

by saponaro - 3 months ago
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Its definitely irony. Look up the definition. The point of castling over there was to feel safe and secure with plenty of defense. But what really happened is there was no defensive pieces, the king was helpless.

In fact, he used irony correctly, which is very rare now-a-days.

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