Bamberg 1968, Round 13: Draws on top boards

by Klaus Besenthal
7/5/2020 – In the thirteenth round of the Bamberg Jubilee Tournament, almost all games ended drawn — and some of them were very short. Only the Bulgarian grandmaster Milko Bobotsov (photo: Dutch National Archive) achieved a victory against Jürgen Teufel from Bamberg. But, since these two players are in the bottom half of the standings table, their decisive result had no influence on the fight for first place: with two rounds to go, Paul Keres still has a one-point lead over World Champion Tigran Petrosian.
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International Jubilee Tournament in Bamburg

Have the Soviet players Keres and Petrosian possibly even agreed on a “non-aggression pact” regarding the awarding of the first places? It almost looked that way yesterday:

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qc7 10.Bd2 e6 11.0-0-0 0-0-0 12.c4 Ngf6 13.Kb1 ½–½
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Westerinen,H-Petrosian,T-½–½1968Bamberg13
Donner,J-Keres,P-½–½1968Bamberg13

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So far, no one has managed to beat Keres or Petrosian in this tournament, so the two actually seem to control the field at will. The one closer to the Soviet duo is Lothar Schmid, who with a win over Laszlo Szabo of Hungary could have benefited from the situation, as he was only half a point behind Petrosian in third place before round 13. Although Schmid had a temporary (space) advantage against the Hungarian, this was probably not enough to win the game — Szabo is, after all, one of the strongest grandmasters in the world.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.f4 0-0 11.Bf3 Qc7 12.Nb3 Rac8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nb8 15.c3 Ba4 16.Nd4 Nd7 17.Rac1 Nf6 18.c4 Bd7 19.h3 Rfe8 20.Rfd1 Qb8 21.b4 e6 22.dxe6 Bxe6 23.Nxe6 Rxe6 24.Bd4 Ne4 25.Qb2 Bxd4+ 26.Qxd4 Rce8 27.Rc2 Qc7 28.Re2 Ng5 29.fxg5 Rxe2 30.Bxe2 Rxe2 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Rxa2 33.Rb6 Rc2 34.c5 ½–½
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Bamberg 1968

The game between Bobotsov and Teufel showed once again how pleasant it is to play when the opponent suffers from a lack of space and is condemned to persistent passivity:

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.e4 0-0 6.Nf3 Ne8 7.h3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Bd3 Qd7 10.Be3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qf5 12.Qxf5 Rxf5 13.Ke2 Nd7 14.Nd2 Rf7 15.f3 Nf8 16.h4 h6 17.Nde4 Nf6 18.b4 a5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.a4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Nd7 22.g4 Nf8 23.Bd2 Ra7 24.h5 Nh7 25.Be3 b6 26.a5 Rxa5 27.Rxa5 bxa5 28.Ra1 Bg5 29.Rxa5 Bxe3 30.Kxe3
Despite his apparently totally passive position, Teufel defended himself excellently against the well-known Bulgarian grandmaster for a long time. The German even exchanged the bishop standing on the "wrong" colour. 30...Ng5?! But now follows a subpar move. The already existing "hole" on f5 becomes an even more attractive target for the white king due to the weak pawn that appears immediately on g5. With 30...Kf8 or 30...Re7 Black could just wait and see.. 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.Ra6 Rd7 34.Ke4 g6 35.hxg6+ Kxg6 36.c5 Kf6 37.Rc6 Kg6 38.Ra6 Kf6 39.Ra8 dxc5 40.Ra5
Viewed objectively, Black was not yet lost here, but the matter was quite an ordeal for him, because there is almost no way for him to attack White's weaknesses. 40...Re7 Black misses the opportunity to play 40...Rd6! to finally get active. 41.Rxc5 Ra6 42.Rxc7 Ra4+ 43.Ke3 Rd4 It's not easy for White to make progress. 41.Rxc5 Kf7 But this is the decisive mistake: now the white king moves to f5. Afterwards, the attacker has an easy game. In case of 41...Rf7! 42.Rc6+ Kg7 43.Re6 Kh7 White would also have had a clear advantage, but he would have needed to first get a passed pawn. 42.Kf5 Ke8 43.Kxg5 Rf7 44.Rc3 Kd7 45.Kh6 Kd6 46.g5 Rf8 47.g6 1–0
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Bobotsov,M-Teufel,J-1–01968Bamberg13

Results of Round 13

Board Name Result Name
1 Lothar Schmid  ½ - ½ Laszlo Szabo
2 Heikki MJ Westerinen  ½ - ½ Tigran V Petrosian
3 Roman Toran Albero  ½ - ½ Hans Guenter Kestler
4 Jan Hein Donner  ½ - ½ Paul Keres 
5 Wolfgang Unzicker   ½ - ½ Borislav Ivkov
6 Milko Georgiev Bobotsov 1 - 0 Juergen Teufel 
7 Rudolf Teschner   ½ - ½ Klaus Klundt 
8 Helmut Pfleger  ½ - ½ Andreas Dueckstein

Standings after Round 13

Bamberg 1968

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Ba2 Rc8 13.Qd3 Re8 14.Ne5 g6 15.Bg5 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ne3 b4 19.Ne4 Nf6 20.Nc4 Rcd8 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Nd6 Re7 23.Rad1 Be8 24.Nxe8 Rexe8 25.Qa6 Nxd4 26.Qxa7 b3 27.Bb1 Nc2 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rf1 Qxb2 30.Qb6 Rd5 31.a4 Qc3 32.h3 Kg7 33.g3 Ra5 34.h4 Rxa4 35.h5 gxh5 36.Qd8 h6 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Szabo,L-Petrosian,T-0–11968E57Bamberg1
Ivkov,B-Pfleger,H-1–01968D37Bamberg1
Teschner,R-Unzicker,W-½–½1968B13Bamberg1
Keres,P-Schmid,L-1–01968B21Bamberg1
Klundt,K-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968B34Bamberg1
Westerinen,H-Donner,J-0–11968B09Bamberg1
Dueckstein,A-Teufel,J-½–½1968B53Bamberg1
Kestler,H-Bobotsov,M-0–11968E92Bamberg1
Bobotsov,M-Keres,P-½–½1968D25Bamberg2
Schmid,L-Ivkov,B-½–½1968A42Bamberg2
Szabo,L-Dueckstein,A-1–01968A92Bamberg2
Donner,J-Teschner,R-½–½1968D19Bamberg2
Toran Albero,R-Westerinen,H-½–½1968D91Bamberg2
Teufel,J-Kestler,H-½–½1968B35Bamberg2
Pfleger,H-Klundt,K-½–½1968E61Bamberg2
Petrosian,T-Unzicker,W-½–½1968D40Bamberg2
Keres,P-Teufel,J-1–01968A54Bamberg3
Ivkov,B-Bobotsov,M-½–½1968A35Bamberg3
Kestler,H-Szabo,L-½–½1968B99Bamberg3
Unzicker,W-Donner,J-½–½1968B09Bamberg3
Dueckstein,A-Petrosian,T-0–11968B94Bamberg3
Teschner,R-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968E99Bamberg3
Westerinen,H-Pfleger,H-½–½1968B17Bamberg3
Klundt,K-Schmid,L-0–11968B87Bamberg3
Teufel,J-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg4
Bobotsov,M-Klundt,K-½–½1968D94Bamberg4
Szabo,L-Keres,P-½–½1968E45Bamberg4
Toran Albero,R-Unzicker,W-0–11968E54Bamberg4
Schmid,L-Westerinen,H-1–01968A54Bamberg4
Pfleger,H-Teschner,R-½–½1968A30Bamberg4
Dueckstein,A-Kestler,H-½–½1968C44Bamberg4
Petrosian,T-Donner,J-½–½1968D14Bamberg4
Keres,P-Dueckstein,A-1–01968C08Bamberg5
Kestler,H-Petrosian,T-½–½1968E92Bamberg5
Unzicker,W-Pfleger,H-½–½1968D34Bamberg5
Westerinen,H-Bobotsov,M-1–01968B61Bamberg5
Klundt,K-Teufel,J-0–11968B53Bamberg5
Ivkov,B-Szabo,L-½–½1968C67Bamberg5
Donner,J-Toran Albero,R-1–01968E92Bamberg5
Teschner,R-Schmid,L-½–½1968C09Bamberg5
Szabo,L-Klundt,K-1–01968E70Bamberg6
Kestler,H-Keres,P-0–11968E15Bamberg6
Petrosian,T-Toran Albero,R-1–01968E66Bamberg6
Schmid,L-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C87Bamberg6
Teufel,J-Westerinen,H-0–11968C69Bamberg6
Pfleger,H-Donner,J-1–01968E61Bamberg6
Dueckstein,A-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg6
Bobotsov,M-Teschner,R-1–01968D42Bamberg6
Klundt,K-Dueckstein,A-½–½1968C00Bamberg7
Keres,P-Petrosian,T-½–½1968C13Bamberg7
Donner,J-Schmid,L-½–½1968A55Bamberg7
Teschner,R-Teufel,J-1–01968A25Bamberg7
Toran Albero,R-Pfleger,H-0–11968A14Bamberg7
Unzicker,W-Bobotsov,M-1–01968B92Bamberg7
Ivkov,B-Kestler,H-1–01968A37Bamberg7
Westerinen,H-Szabo,L-1–01968B94Bamberg7
Dueckstein,A-Westerinen,H-0–11968B02Bamberg8
Schmid,L-Toran Albero,R-1–01968B36Bamberg8
Teufel,J-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C69Bamberg8
Bobotsov,M-Donner,J-1–01968E88Bamberg8
Szabo,L-Teschner,R-0–11968D17Bamberg8
Keres,P-Ivkov,B-1–01968C08Bamberg8
Kestler,H-Klundt,K-1–01968A26Bamberg8
Petrosian,T-Pfleger,H-1–01968C99Bamberg8
Westerinen,H-Kestler,H-1–01968B17Bamberg9
Teschner,R-Dueckstein,A-1–01968C18Bamberg9
Klundt,K-Keres,P-0–11968C73Bamberg9
Toran Albero,R-Bobotsov,M-½–½1968E52Bamberg9
Ivkov,B-Petrosian,T-½–½1968C88Bamberg9
Unzicker,W-Szabo,L-1–01968B64Bamberg9
Donner,J-Teufel,J-1–01968A55Bamberg9
Pfleger,H-Schmid,L-½–½1968D75Bamberg9
Kestler,H-Teschner,R-½–½1968D12Bamberg10
Teufel,J-Toran Albero,R-1–01968B35Bamberg10
Keres,P-Westerinen,H-1–01968B09Bamberg10
Bobotsov,M-Pfleger,H-0–11968D55Bamberg10
Dueckstein,A-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C95Bamberg10
Szabo,L-Donner,J-0–11968A69Bamberg10
Petrosian,T-Schmid,L-½–½1968A37Bamberg10
Ivkov,B-Klundt,K-1–01968E66Bamberg10
Donner,J-Dueckstein,A-½–½1968D22Bamberg11
Teschner,R-Keres,P-½–½1968C71Bamberg11
Schmid,L-Bobotsov,M-1–01968B61Bamberg11
Pfleger,H-Teufel,J-1–01968E61Bamberg11
Toran Albero,R-Szabo,L-½–½1968A34Bamberg11
Unzicker,W-Kestler,H-½–½1968B64Bamberg11
Klundt,K-Petrosian,T-½–½1968B87Bamberg11
Westerinen,H-Ivkov,B-1–01968B06Bamberg11
Szabo,L-Pfleger,H-½–½1968D63Bamberg12
Keres,P-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C84Bamberg12
Ivkov,B-Teschner,R-0–11968A09Bamberg12
Petrosian,T-Bobotsov,M-1–01968A33Bamberg12
Kestler,H-Donner,J-½–½1968B09Bamberg12
Dueckstein,A-Toran Albero,R-1–01968B34Bamberg12
Klundt,K-Westerinen,H-½–½1968C87Bamberg12
Teufel,J-Schmid,L-0–11968B43Bamberg12
Schmid,L-Szabo,L-½–½1968B74Bamberg13
Westerinen,H-Petrosian,T-½–½1968B19Bamberg13
Toran Albero,R-Kestler,H-½–½1968E92Bamberg13
Donner,J-Keres,P-½–½1968E41Bamberg13
Unzicker,W-Ivkov,B-½–½1968C93Bamberg13
Bobotsov,M-Teufel,J-1–01968A53Bamberg13
Teschner,R-Klundt,K-½–½1968D67Bamberg13
Pfleger,H-Dueckstein,A-½–½1968E11Bamberg13

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