Reykjavík World Cup, October 1988- 7th-round , GM Andrei Sokolov (then USSR, now France) and World Champion Garry Kasparov. Sokolov won this game in 44 moves.
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☑️ Reykjavik World Cup (1988)
⚪️ Andrei Sokolov
⚫️ Garry Kasparov
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93)
Result : 1-0
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⚪️ Andrei Sokolov
⚫️ Garry Kasparov
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Variation (B93)
Result : 1-0
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✅ #about_Donner
🔹Jan Hein Donner
🔹Dutch chess grandmaster and writer
🔰Johannes Hendrikus Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959.
🔘Full name: Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner
🔘Country: Netherlands
🔘Born: July 6, 1927 / The Hague
🔘Died: November 27, 1988 (aged 61)
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1959)
🔘Peak rating: 2500 (July 1971)
🔰 Jan Hein Donner played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads 11 times (1950–1954, 1958–1962, 1968, 1972–1978). He was the uncle of the former Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Piet Hein Donner.
On August 24, 1983 Donner suffered a stroke, which he wrote happened "just in time, because when you are 56 you do not play chess as well as you did when you were 26". After surviving the stroke, he went to live in Vreugdehof, which he described as "a kind of nursing-home". He was unable to walk, but had learned to type with one finger, and wrote for NRC Handelsblad and Schaaknieuws.
🔰Donner was also a chess columnist and writer. He was famous for his outspoken and often outrageous columns about subjects such as women, politics, and fellow Dutch grandmaster Lodewijk Prins, whom Donner claimed "cannot tell a knight from a bishop".
🔰In 1987, the book De Koning ("The King") was published, which contained 162 of his chess columns, all but the last written between 1950 and 1983, collected by Tim Krabbé and Max Pam. Also in 1987, Donner received the Henriёtte Roland-Holst Prize, one of the Netherlands' most prestigious literary awards, for Na mijn dood geschreven ("Written after my death"), a selection from the mini-columns he had written for NRC Handelsblad. On November 27, 1988, Donner died of a gastric hemorrhage. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
♦️A memorable game by Jan Hein Donner👇
🔸Boris Spassky vs Jan Hein Donner
🔸Amsterdam IBM (1973), Amsterdam NED, rd 9, Jul-27
🔸Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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🔹Jan Hein Donner
🔹Dutch chess grandmaster and writer
🔰Johannes Hendrikus Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959.
🔘Full name: Johannes Hendrikus (Hein) Donner
🔘Country: Netherlands
🔘Born: July 6, 1927 / The Hague
🔘Died: November 27, 1988 (aged 61)
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1959)
🔘Peak rating: 2500 (July 1971)
🔰 Jan Hein Donner played for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads 11 times (1950–1954, 1958–1962, 1968, 1972–1978). He was the uncle of the former Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, Piet Hein Donner.
On August 24, 1983 Donner suffered a stroke, which he wrote happened "just in time, because when you are 56 you do not play chess as well as you did when you were 26". After surviving the stroke, he went to live in Vreugdehof, which he described as "a kind of nursing-home". He was unable to walk, but had learned to type with one finger, and wrote for NRC Handelsblad and Schaaknieuws.
🔰Donner was also a chess columnist and writer. He was famous for his outspoken and often outrageous columns about subjects such as women, politics, and fellow Dutch grandmaster Lodewijk Prins, whom Donner claimed "cannot tell a knight from a bishop".
🔰In 1987, the book De Koning ("The King") was published, which contained 162 of his chess columns, all but the last written between 1950 and 1983, collected by Tim Krabbé and Max Pam. Also in 1987, Donner received the Henriёtte Roland-Holst Prize, one of the Netherlands' most prestigious literary awards, for Na mijn dood geschreven ("Written after my death"), a selection from the mini-columns he had written for NRC Handelsblad. On November 27, 1988, Donner died of a gastric hemorrhage. He is buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.
♦️A memorable game by Jan Hein Donner👇
🔸Boris Spassky vs Jan Hein Donner
🔸Amsterdam IBM (1973), Amsterdam NED, rd 9, Jul-27
🔸Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)
♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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16... Nxb4?
A wrong combination.
16... f6 17. Ne3 Qf7= would be better.
17. axb4 Bxb4+ 18. Nfd2 Rxa1+ 19.Bxa1 Qa6 20. O-O Nf4 21. Qe3 Bh3 22. Rb1 1-0
A wrong combination.
16... f6 17. Ne3 Qf7= would be better.
17. axb4 Bxb4+ 18. Nfd2 Rxa1+ 19.Bxa1 Qa6 20. O-O Nf4 21. Qe3 Bh3 22. Rb1 1-0
4... Qe7!
A typical maneuver in the Carlsbad structure. Black intends to transfer his knight to the ideal d6-square, in order to control the e4 and c4 squares and prepare ...Bf5 as well.
15. b4 Ne8! 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. a4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5=
A typical maneuver in the Carlsbad structure. Black intends to transfer his knight to the ideal d6-square, in order to control the e4 and c4 squares and prepare ...Bf5 as well.
15. b4 Ne8! 16. Nc5 Nd6 17. a4 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5=
46.Ne5?
White should hurry to exchange off pawns to hold the game.
46.h4! Rxf2 47. h5 Ne4 48. hxg6 hxg6 would have put up more stubborn.
46... Rxf2 47. Ned3 Nxd348. Nxd3 Ra2 49. h4 Kf6 50. Ne1 Kf5 51. Nf3 Kg4 52. Ng5 Kxh4 53. Nxh7 Rf2 0-1
White should hurry to exchange off pawns to hold the game.
46.h4! Rxf2 47. h5 Ne4 48. hxg6 hxg6 would have put up more stubborn.
46... Rxf2 47. Ned3 Nxd348. Nxd3 Ra2 49. h4 Kf6 50. Ne1 Kf5 51. Nf3 Kg4 52. Ng5 Kxh4 53. Nxh7 Rf2 0-1
39... Ra7?
39... Bxh3!!
A very strong move to gain the initiative.
40. gxh3 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ and now:
A) 44. Kf4 Rc3
A1) 45. Qb8 Rf6+ 46.Kg5 Rg6+ 47. Kh5 Rc8 48. Qe5 Rf8 =
A2) 45. Qh8 45... Rg8 46. Qh6 Rg6 =
A3) 45. Nf5 Rf3#
A4) 45. f3 exf3 46. Nxf3 Rc7 -/+
B) 44. Kd2 Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Rxf2=
40. Qb8 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Nc6 42. Qf8 Nxd4 43. Qxh6 +-
39... Bxh3!!
A very strong move to gain the initiative.
40. gxh3 Rg6+ 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ and now:
A) 44. Kf4 Rc3
A1) 45. Qb8 Rf6+ 46.Kg5 Rg6+ 47. Kh5 Rc8 48. Qe5 Rf8 =
A2) 45. Qh8 45... Rg8 46. Qh6 Rg6 =
A3) 45. Nf5 Rf3#
A4) 45. f3 exf3 46. Nxf3 Rc7 -/+
B) 44. Kd2 Ra2+ 45. Kc3 Rxf2=
40. Qb8 Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Nc6 42. Qf8 Nxd4 43. Qxh6 +-
27...Bc8!
All of Black's attacking moves in this game have a very modest appearance. Black creates a threat to the h2-pawn after 28...Bb7.
Worse was 27...Rxb2 28.Bb3 and 29.Na4.
28.Rcd1 f5!
The move 28...f5! makes use of the rook on h6 for defense as well as attack. It also has the added benefit that Black's dark-squared bishop comes to life.
29.Rhe1
Still trying to fight for the initiative.
29...Bd7!
After this move, which simultaneously attacks and defends, White's position suddenly falls to pieces.
30.Bxd7 Kxd7
All of Black's attacking moves in this game have a very modest appearance. Black creates a threat to the h2-pawn after 28...Bb7.
Worse was 27...Rxb2 28.Bb3 and 29.Na4.
28.Rcd1 f5!
The move 28...f5! makes use of the rook on h6 for defense as well as attack. It also has the added benefit that Black's dark-squared bishop comes to life.
29.Rhe1
Still trying to fight for the initiative.
29...Bd7!
After this move, which simultaneously attacks and defends, White's position suddenly falls to pieces.
30.Bxd7 Kxd7