Thursday, December 26, 2024

Josef Krejcik



Chessfriend and blog contributor Yury V. Bukayev recently asked
Could you remember, please, if it is not so difficult, does any chess engine with the following "style" of play exist? Thus, this "style" is to get a maximum possible material without care of its own King. Have you ever met such chess program (without the word "bot" in its name, preferably)? 

While I was searching, Yury added

Thank you! These hours I have found such one (I have checked first two games in this database, the first of them is Jeromeish!):  https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=177398 ! Probably, it is not bad to play JG against such style. The next question for me is: where is it available for free playing? 

The game mentioned at ChessGames.com is 

R Arnold vs Mephisto Polgar (computer), offhand game, 1990

Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation. Krejcik Gambit

1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4 Nxe4 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qh5+ Kf6 5.Qf3+ Ke5 6.d4+ Kxd4 7.Ne2+ Ke5 8.Bf4+ Ke6 9.Nd4+ Kd5 10.Nc3+ Kxd4 11.Qxe4+ Kc5 12.Be3+ Kd6 13.O-O-O#

The Krejcik mentioned is Josef Krejcik (1885 - 1957), an Austrian chess master known for his chess writing, including three books.

The sacrificial attack can be drawn from one of Krejcik's games

Krejcik - Gottleib, Germany, 1922 

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe4 e5 6.Qf3+ Kg8 7.Qb3+ Be6 8.Qxe6# 

See also "I Want My Jerome Gambit!", "Another Krejcik" and "Jerome Gambit Inspired Play (Parts 2 and 6)"

Yury suggested that the Mephisto Polgar computer would fit his criteria, and we will look at that tomorrow.

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