Glucksberg vs Miguel Najdorf

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { var selector = '#' + "rpbchessboard-64760f79a51ba-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor'; RPBChessboard.renderPGN($(selector), {"pgn":"[Event \"Warsaw\"] [Site \"Warsaw POL\"] [Date \"1929.??.??\"] [Round \"?\"] [White \"Glucksberg\"] [Black \"Miguel Najdorf\"] [Result \"0-1\"] [ECO \"A85\"] [Annotator \"Mac\"] [PlyCount \"44\"] [EventDate \"1929.??.??\"] [SourceDate \"2014.01.17\"] 1. d4 {This game was played in Warsaw, Poland in 1929. The little known player Glucksberg is featured with the white pieces and the legendary Miguel Najdorf was playing the black pieces. Najdorf had a storied career and this was one of the crown jewels.} (1. e4 {Najdorf is best known for creating a brilliant variation of the Sicilian defense which can be found after the following moves. } c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 $1 {The Najdorf! Black can shoot for e7-e5 with active play in the center and queenside. Champions like Kasparov and Fischer made it their signature openings.}) 1... f5 $5 {As I mention in the video, this is considered a speculative move and doesn’t have a lot of advocates at the GM level but it’s a fine opening for amateurs or club players. One of the benefits for black is that it helps control the e4 square which can hopefully at some point be used as an outpost for one of black’s knights.} 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 {[#][%cal Yf8b4]} 4. Nf3 d5 $6 {We wouldn’t have this brilliancy if black didn’t play this move but objectively this is not a good version of the Stonewall here.} (4... b6 {[%cal Yc8b7,Yb7e4]}) (4... Bb4 { [%cal Rb4e1]}) 5. e3 $6 (5. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf4e5,Gf3e5]}) 5... c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 {[#][%cal Yd6h2]} 7. O-O O-O (7... Nbd7 $6 {This would also be a normal move but it loses some control over the f5-square which is important here.} 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... cxd5) 9. Bxf5) 8. Ne2 (8. b3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yc1b2,Yd1c1, Yb2a3] This is also a pretty normal plan as well.} Ne4 $5 $13) 8... Nbd7 9. Ng5 $2 {This was a case of white outcalculating himself. The knight is loose on g5 and there is no doubt white must have understood this. Perhaps he though he was baiting Najdorf into a trap by taking on h2 but it’s really the other way around.} Bxh2+ {[#][%csl Rg5]} 10. Kh1 {More testing than the alternative but it ends up failing miserably in the end.} (10. Kxh2 $5 {[%csl Rg5]} Ng4+ {[%cal Yd8g5,Rg4h2]} 11. Kg1 Qxg5 {With an extra pawn and free attack against the white king, black has it made.} 12. Nf4 Qh4 $15) 10... Ng4 11. f4 {[%csl Yd8] [%cal Yh5h1]} Qe8 {[%cal Ye8h5]} 12. g3 Qh5 {[#][%cal Yh5h1]} 13. Kg2 {[%cal Yf1h1]} Bg1 $3 {[#][%csl Rg1][%cal Yf1h1]} 14. Nxg1 Qh2+ 15. Kf3 {[%cal Yd7e5, Yg4e5]} e5 $3 {[#][%cal Re5e4]} 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 {[%cal Yf3f4]} f4 $1 {[#][%cal Yf4g3,Yc8g4]} 20. exf4 (20. gxf4 Ne5#) 20... Bg4+ 21. Kxg4 Ne5+ 22. fxe5 {[%cal Yf8f1]} h5# {This game has been dubbed the Polish Immortal Game. We don’t see many Dutch defenses in games of such high quality but this game definitely earns it’s title!} 0-1","nboSquareSize":50,"idoSquareSize":50,"nboCoordinateVisible":true,"idoCoordinateVisible":true,"nboColorset":"greenvintage","idoColorset":"greenvintage","nboPieceset":"new-set-mac","idoPieceset":"new-set-mac","nboAnimated":true,"nboMoveArrowVisible":false,"nboMoveArrowColor":"b","pieceSymbols":"native","navigationBoard":"frame","withFlipButton":true,"withDownloadButton":true}); });