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By Larry Parr
Chess Life Editor 1984 - 1988
Author
The
Uneasy Art of resigning a Lost Position (V)
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GM Miroslav Filip -
GM Klaus Darga Oberhausen, 1961
(Queen’s Pawn
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1. c4 g6
2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5
4. Nf3 Be7 5. 0-0 0-0
6. d4 c6 7. b3 Nbd7
8. Bb2 a5 9. Nc3 b6
10. Rc1 Ba6 11. Nd2 b5
12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 bxc4
14. bxc4 c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. e3 Nb6 17.
cxd5 Nbxd5 18. Nde4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 f5 20. Nxd5 Qg5
21. Nf4 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24.
Bd4
White is up the
Exchange and a pawn in a simple position where he stands better in
every
way.
24. ... Bd6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.
Bf6
Ah, chess is fun.
Black has had the good grace to hang on just long enough to permit this
little cutie. Now, there should be
some wood chopping on the central files and then resignation before move 30.
26. ... gxf6 27. Qxd6 Qb7
28. Qd8+
White loses this game because Black
does not want to resign after such a dismal, dull, dreary and depressing
performance. Too many people will
play through a game lasting less than 30 moves.
Klaus Darga
(to move)
Miroslav Filip
28. ... Kf7 29. h4
The time has come for finesse rather
than the unfeeling 29. Rc1 Bd7 30.
Rc7 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+
32. f3.
29. ... Qf3 30. Rc1
A major finesse.
White is not about to play such crude checks and captures as 30. Qc7+ Kg6
31. Rd8 Bb7 32. Rg8+ Kf5
33. Qxh7+ Ke5 34. Qc7+ Kf5 35.
g4+.
30. ... Bb7 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32.
Qg8+ Kf5 33. Qxh7+??
The final finesse.
33. ... Kg4, White resigns
If White grabs the Bishop, then
Black plays ... Kh3, forcing mate.
“Why didn’t you resign?” asked Filip querulously.
Darga was abashed.
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