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Lubomir Ftacnik Amazing Immortal! Luzern Olympiad 1982 - English (A30) - Brilliancy!
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Lev Polugaevsky vs Lubomir Ftacnik
"The Hedgehog that Roared" (chessgams.com game of the day Sep-30-12)
Luzern olm ;BIG 1982 · English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Hedgehog Defense (A30)
[Event "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Site "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8 12. Bb2
O-O 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 h5
18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 d5 20. cxd5 h4 21. Nxh4 Nxh4 22. gxh4 Qxf4
23. dxe6 fxe6 24. e5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Qxh5 Qg3 27. Nd5
Rxd5 28. Rf1 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ 0-1
Annotated PGN
[Event "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Site "Luzern olm ;BIG"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]
{ubomir Ftacnik was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Awarded the IM title
in 1977 and the GM title in 1980 he was European Junior Champion in 1976-77
and Czechoslovak Champion in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. His major tournament
victories include 1st= at Cienfuegos 1980, 1st= at Dortmund 1981, 1st at
Esbjerg 1982, 1st at Trnava 1983, 1st at Altensteig 1987 and 1st at
Baden-Baden Open 1987. He was a member of the Czechoslovak National Team that
won silver medals in the Luzern Olympiad in 1982 and in 1987 he drew a match
with Kiril D Georgiev.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 {Lev Abramovich Polugayevsky was born in
Mogilev on November 20, 1934. In 1953, he he took second place in a strong
Russian tournament, gaining his master norm.Two times Soviet Champion 1967
http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/1... 1968 http://al20102007.narod.ru/ch_urs/
1... He participated in five Candidates matches and won 2 silver and 2 gold
medals in USSR Championships. He had an excellent record in the Olympiads as
well. He was one of the most influential theoreticians of his day and
contributed heavily to the development of the Sicilian Najdorf. One of the
most complex variations in it bears his name, the Sicilian, Najdorf (B96)
Polugaevsky variation: 1.e4 c5 2.f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 a6 6.g5 e6 7.f4
b5. He passed away in 1995 in Paris, France from a brain tumour.} 2. c4 {1 GM
Karpov, Anatoly 2700 1 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 1 1 1 61/2 8 5 3 0 81.3 2548 2799
2 GM Kasparov, Garry 2675 1 1 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1 1 1 1/2 81/2 11 6 5 0 77.
3 2554 2765 3. 3 GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2610 1 1 1 0 1/2 1/2 1 1/2 1/2 6 9
4 4 1 66.7 2478 2603 9. 4 GM Beliavsky, Alexander 2620 1 1/2 1/2 0 1 1 1
1 1/2 1/2 7 10 5 4 1 70.0 2457 2606 3. 1 res. GM Tal, Mikhail 2610 1 1/2
1/2 1 1 1 1 1/2 61/2 8 5 3 0 81.3 2456 2707 2. 2 res. GM Yusupov, Artur} c5
3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. b3
Nbd7 11. e4 Qb8 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd2 (13. Ba3 Nc5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5) 13...
Rd8 14. a4 Qc7 15. Qe3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. h3 h5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 d5 20.
cxd5 h4 21. Nxh4 (21. Qe3 Bc5 22. Nd4 e5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd3 hxg3) 21... Nxh4
22. gxh4 Qxf4 23. dxe6 (23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Rd3 Qxh4 25. Qg2 Be5) 23... fxe6 24. e5
Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 26. Qxh5 Qg3 27. Nd5 (27. Bxb7 Qxh3#) 27... Rxd5 28. Rf1 Qxg2+
29. Kxg2 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Rg2+ 31. Kf4 Rf8+ 32. Qf7+ Rxf7# 0-1 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq
Ftacnik
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