Illinois Chess Bulletin Julio - Agosto 2002 | Page 16

Then & Now

18.exf5 Knowing full well it gives up part of the center and
creates a potentially dangerous file, but I thought the weakening
of the Kingside would be worth it. 18...gxf5 19.d5 'f7
20.'ae1 'e8? 20...7xc4 is best. There is nothing to fear from
21.0xe7+ followed by Nxg5. The move is weak. 21."c3 "xc3
22.(xc3 'g7? A natural move, but losing directly. 23.)g1 h6
If 23...0f6 24.1xf6 24.'xe7 24.7xe7 1g6 25.0f6+ 1xf6
26.7xe8+ I think this is a decent example of the gain given
White by the Maroczy Bind. 1-0
Chess Life, February 20 1950

13.(g4 With many future conniveries in mind. 13...g5?
13...4h7 was undoubtedly more secure. 14.f4 When in doubt,
sack! 14...gxh4 There is no way to decline. 15.f5 h5 16.(g5
xf5 17.(xf5 (e7 Black must lose, his King position is
irredeemable. 18.'f4 b4 This is an attempt to shut the awful
Bishop diagonal. 19.d5 "xd5 20."xd5 c6 21."b3 'ad8
22.(xh5 d5 23.'xh4 'fe8

In the issue of Chess Life following the front page announcement
of his win, October 5, 1951, Nedved annotated a game from the
championship, a crisp attacking win against Burton Dahstrom
.
Kimball Nedved − Burton Dahlstrom [C70]
Illinois Championship, 09.1951
Notes by Kimball Nedved
1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3."b5 a6 4."a4 b5 Now starts a line which
aids Dahlstrom's combinational flair, but does not hold water
positionally. 5."b3 "b7 6.0-0 g6 7.d4 exd4 8.xd4 "g7
9.xc6 At this point [in] the Factor Memorial Tourney, Chicago
1950, I "maintained the tension" with 9..e3 0ge7 10.f4 0a5
11.f5 0xb3 12.axb3 gxf5 13.exf5 0d5 14.f6 .xf6 15..h6 1e7!
16.7e1? .xd4+ 17.4h1 .e5 18.c4 1e6 19.cxd5 1xh6 20.1d4
0-0-0 21.7xe5 7he8 22.7xe8 1c1+ with an endgame that was
effortlessly won a few moves later. 9..."xc6 Black has a
dedicated pawn structure and a restricted center. White has a
healthy break−through potential via f4. 10.c3 e7 11."g5 A
rasping pin. 11...h6 But this is no way to cure it. 12."h4 0-0

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With small nonsense on the last rank. 24.'f1 'd7 25.(h7+ )f8
26.'g4 (c5+ 27.)h1 (d4 28.(f5 Opens the diagonal and ends
the game. 28...'ee7 29.exd5 (xb2 30.d6 'xd6 31.(c8+ 1-0
Chess Life, October 5, 1951
The final round of the championship brought together Nedved
and Povilas Tautvaisas, the former Chicago Champion and
"displaced person" from Lithuania. The game, described as a
"bitter struggle" in Chess Life, clinched the win for Nedved.
When I spoke with Nedved recently, he described his mental
approach for the entire tournament:

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