Then & Now
" Under these conditions, the " theory " I developed was to hold a Steinitzian strong point, delaying castling, and then attack on the Kingside. Other than as an illustration of this, my last round win over Tautvaisis was pedestrian. As I got older, I got more logical in looking for a winning positional strategy, but my Kingside attack against Povilas was more energy than logic."
Despite Nedved ' s modesty, the game is well worth looking at, and not just for its " energy ". The brief notes are from Nedved ' s scoresheet.
Kimball Nedved- Povilas Tautvaisis [ C77 ] Illinois Championship( 7), 1951 1. e4 e5 2. �f3 �c6 3. �b5 a6 4. �a4 �f6 5. �e2 b5 6. �b3 �c5 7. c3 0-0 8. d3 d6 9. �g5 �e7 10. �bd2 �b6 11. �f1 �d8 12. �e3 c6 13. h3 �e6 14. �f5 �d8 15. �e3 �f4 16. �xf4 exf4 17. g4 fxg3 18. �xg3 �e6 19. h4 �g4 20.0-0-0 �h5 21. d4 �f6 22. �f5 �ae8 23. �d3 �f4
24. �e3 �xf5 25. �xf4 �xe4 26. �d2 d5? 27. �e5 �c8 28. f3 �f4 29. �xc6 �xf3 30. �xd5 �f2 31. �g5 �c7 32. �e7 + �h8 33. �xf6 �xf6 34. �xc8 �xc8 35. �hf1 �f4 + 36. �c2 �d8 37. �de1 g6 38. �b7 �d7 39. �xa6 �xa6 40. �xf4 �xa2
41. �e8 + �g7 42. �b8 Wins. 42... b4 43. �xb4 �a5 44. c4 Passed pawns must be pushed! 44... f5 45. c5 h6 46. �c3 �a6 47. �c4 �f6 48. d5 g5 49. c6 �d8 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. �b7 + �g6 52. �f1 f4 53. c7 �c8 54. �c5 �f5 55. d6 �e6 56. �e1 + �f7 57. d7 �f5 + 58. �d6 �a8 59. c8� �a6 + 60. �c7 1-0
The following year Nedved would again win the Illinois State Championship. Continuing the pattern of 1951, and consistent with the previous championship, Nedved wound up playing games against his brother-in-law Roy Berg, John Tums, and Angelo Sandrin on his way to the title.
In later years Nedved would add the Championship of Philadelphia, the US Amateur Championship, and the US Amateur Team Championship to these two Illinois titles. But those are other milestones, for reflections on another day.
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