Make the Best Move! (Part 2)

 

Make the Best Move! (Part 2)

(by Yury V. Bukayev)

Every chess beginner should learn strong combinations before learning to make risky attempts to use psychological blows sometimes. Here is my second and a very short lesson on the first moves of such combinations - the best first moves - where each such move is a King's Bishop sacrifice (or a pseudosacrifice).

In this part I should give both easy and enough difficult tasks already. They are here.

Task 1.
(McDonnell A. - La Bourdonnais L., London, 1834, https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1001157 :

Find the best move.

Solution: 9.Bxf7+!

Note: Compare this game, please, with the game (2016) between the top GM Vachier - Lagrave M. and the top GM Nakamura H. (https://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/2021/11/jerome-gambit-origins-part-1.html )! Unfortunately, in 2021 both Rick Kennedy and I didn't know about this game of 1834, where a very strong Jerome-ish blow was made in a "World Championship Match" (roughly) game between two strongest players of that time - it's, probably, a record for very strong Jerome-ish opening blows ever.



Task 2.
( Petrosian T. - Korchnoi V., Curacao, 1962, https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1081437 )

Find the best move.

Solution: 15.Bxf7+!

Note: It was a game of the Candidates tournament, and this tournament point was very important for the top GM Tigran V. Petrosian who won this tournament and then won the World Championship Match.



Task 3.
( Petrosian T. - Korchnoi V., Curacao, 1962, https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1081437 )

Find the best move.

Solution: 12.Bxf7+!

Note: This move wasn't found by White during the game.



Task 4.
( de Castellvi F. - Vinyoles N., Valencia, 1475, https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1259987 )

Find the best move.


Solution: 6.Bxf7+!

Note: This move wasn't found by White during the game. It's the first known quasi-modern chess game! Consequently, 5...Bg4? in it is the first known serious mistake in quasi-modern chess! That's why the first Jerome-ish very strong opening blow in history could be made as a result of this first mistake. I'm congratulating all lovers of Bxf7+ with this fact!


Contact the author: istinayubukayev@yandex.ru .