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Topic: Chess Curiousities
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Post here everything about chess,
which has a kind of curiousity value.
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Double Swindle
Marshall`s ingenious escape!
Marshall - MacClure
New York, 1923
1/2-1/2
1.Rh6 Rxh6 2.h8Q+ Rxh8 3.b5
with an inevitable stalemate!
after
3...Rd7 4.cxd7 c6(c5) 5.bxc6 Kb8 6.Kxb6
and white even wins.
other tries don´t work
1.Rxe7 Re8 2.Rf8 Rxf8 3.h8Q+ R8xh8 4.b5 Rxb5
...........2.h8Q+ Rhxh8 3.Rf8 Kb8 4.b5 Kc8
1.h8Q+ Rxh8 2.Rxf7 Ree8 3.Rf8 Kb8 4.b5 Kc8
............2.Rh8 Rxh6 3.b5 Rxc6
but:
1.Rg6 fxg6 2.h8Q+ Rxh8 3.b5 with stalemate
......Re8 2.Rg8 Rb8 3.b5 with stalemate
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No thanks!
a very late castling....
NN - Macieja
Poland, date ?
0-1
1.Rxb7 and white offered a draw
1...Nc5+ 2.dxc5 O-O-O+ 0-1
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Macieja? He was born in 1977.
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Sorry, I posted a lot of games today, got some dates mixed up.
But it is indeed the Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja,
and this game he played in a simultanian session,
thats probably why his opponent is unknown.
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Stalemate Trap
can`t refuse such an opportunity...
Max Euwe - NN
simul-game, Hilversum, 1969
1/2-1/2
1.Bg1 -if taking the bait-
1...Bg2+ 2.Kf2 Qxe5 3.a6+ and next move stalemate!
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