Bamberg 1968, Round 3: Keres and Petrosian take the lead

by Johannes Fischer
6/25/2020 – Tigran Petrosian and Paul Keres are the favourites at the jubilee tournament of the SC Bamberg and after three rounds the two Soviet players have indeed taken the lead. In round 3 Petrosian won with a fine exchange sacrifice against Andreas Dückstein, while Keres won a long, technical but basically unproblematic game against Jürgen Teufel, who blundered in the opening. Keres and Petrosian thus share first place with 2½/3 each, while Milko Bobotsov, Borislav Ivkov and Jan Hein Donner follow half a point behind with 2.0/0 each. | Photo: Tigran Petrosian (Archive)
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World Champion Tigran Petrosian is known for his caution and his defensive skills. But he is also famous for his exchange sacrifices. In round three Petrosian had Black against Andreas Dückstein and was happy to try his trademark sacrifice once again. Dückstein did not know what to do with his material plus and was gradually outplayed.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.a4 h6 10.Be3 Ne5 11.Ba2 Neg4 Black can be happy about the opening: after the exchange on e3 Black is fine. 12.0-0 Bd7 13.h3 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Be7 15.f4 0-0 16.Kh1 Rac8 17.f5 Rxc3!? Petrosian's trademark: the exchange sacrifice. Black gets play against the weaknesses on e4, c3, c2 and a4. 18.bxc3 e5 19.Ne2 Rc8 20.Rfd1 Rc5 21.Rd3 White has problems to find an active plan and restricts himself to defending his weak pawns. Kf8! Now Black threatens to take on a4 because White no longer has a discovered check. 22.Bb3 Bc6 23.Ng3 b5 24.Bd5 Be8 25.Qf3 bxa4 26.c4 Qb4 27.Nh5 Nxd5 28.cxd5?! Better was 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 After 28...Rxc4 White has the dangerous break 29.f6 29.cxd5 and the rook exchange helped White - the white pawns are now less vulnerable than before. 28...Bg5 29.Qg4 Rc4 30.Ng3?! Too slow. White wants to play h4 to chase the bishop away and return with his knight to h5. However, White has no time for such maneuvers. Better was 30.f6! gxf6 31.Rdd1! Rxe4 32.Qf5 with a complicated position with chances for both sides. 30...Rxc2 31.h4 Bf6 32.Nh5 Rc4 33.Re3? Better was 33.Nxf6 gxf6 34.Re3 and White is still in the game. 33...Rc3 34.Rxc3 Qxc3 35.Ra2 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qxh4+ 37.Qxh4 Bxh4 Black now has three pawns for the exchange and is winning. 38.Ng3 Bd8 39.Ne2 Ba5 40.Kg3 Bb4 41.Kf3 0–1
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Dueckstein,A-Petrosian,T-0–11968B94Bamberg3

Paul Keres won in an entirely different way. He played with White against Jürgen Teufel and after an opening inaccuracy by the German Keres was soon two pawns up. Teufel managed to regain one of the pawns but wound up in a cheerless knight ending which Keres patiently converted to a win.

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.e3 Be7 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Bg4 9.b3 c6? Allowing White a tactical shot. Better was 9...Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Qd7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 c6 13.Bb2 with a slight plus for White. 10.Nxe5! Bxe2 11.Nxc6 Bxd1 12.Nxd8 Bg4?! Black gives a second pawn to muddy the waters. After 12...Bxb3 13.axb3 Rfxd8 14.Rd1 a5 15.Bb2 White is clearly better but at least Black managed to regain the pawn. 13.Nxb7 a5 14.Ba3 Ra6 15.c5 dxc5 16.Bxc5 Bxc5 17.Nxc5 White is a pawn up and winning. In the further course of the game Black wins one of the pawns back but winds up in a lost knight ending. Rc6 18.N3a4 Be2 19.Rfe1 Bb5 20.a3 g5 21.Red1 Rb8 22.Rab1 Bxa4 23.Nxa4 Rc2 24.b4 axb4 25.Rxb4 Rxb4 26.axb4 Rc4 27.Rb1 Nd5 28.Kf1 Rxb4 29.Rxb4 Nxb4 30.Ke2 Kg7 31.Nc5 g4 32.Nd3 Nc6 33.Nf4 Kf6 34.Kd3 Ke5 35.h3 gxh3 36.Nxh3 Kf5 37.Nf4 Ne5+ 38.Kd4 Ng4 39.f3 Nf6 40.Nd5 Nd7 41.Nf4 Nb6 42.Nd5 Nd7 43.g3 f6 44.e4+ Kg6 45.Ne7+ Kf7 46.Nf5 Ne5 47.f4 Ng6 48.Kd5 Nf8 49.Kd6 Ng6 50.Nh6+ Kg7 51.Nf5+ Kf7 52.Nh4 Ne7 53.Kd7 h5 54.Nf3 Ng8 55.Nd4 Nh6 56.Nc6 Ng8 57.Na5 Ne7 58.Nc4 Ng6 59.Nd6+ Kg7 60.Ke8 Kh7 61.Nf5 Nh8 62.Kf8 1–0
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Keres,P-Teufel,J-1–01968A54Bamberg3

Lothar Schmid scored the third win of the day after beating Klaus Klundt in a wild tactical battle.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.f4 Nbd7 10.Be3 b4 11.Na4 Bxe4 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.a3 bxa3 14.Nc3 Bb7 15.f5 e5 16.Rxa3 Qc7 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Ne6 Qc6 21.Ra4 Rc8 22.Rf3 Nf8 23.Rg3 Nxe6 24.fxe6 Kf8 25.Rh4 h6 26.Qf2 Rc7 27.Rhg4 g5 28.h4 Ke8 29.Rb4 Rf8 30.Qf5 Bc8 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rb6 Qc4 33.Rb8 Kd8 34.Bxg5 Rb7 35.Ra8 Rxb2 36.Bxf6 Bxf6 37.Rg8 Rxg8 38.Qxf6+ Kc7 39.Qf7+ Kb6 40.Qxg8 Qd4+ 41.Kh2 Qh4+ 42.Kg1 Rxc2 43.Rb8+ Ka5 44.Rb1 Bxe6 45.Qg6 Qd4+ 46.Kh2 Qxc3 47.Qxe6 Rxg2+ 48.Kxg2 Qc2+ 49.Kf3 Qxb1 50.Qxd6 Qf5+ 51.Ke2 Qe4+ 52.Kf1 Qc4+ 53.Kg2 e4 54.Kf2 Ka4 55.Qd1+ Ka3 56.Qd6+ Kb2 57.Qb6+ Kc2 0–1
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Klundt,K-Schmid,L-0–11968B87Bamberg3

Tactics also dominated the game between Heikki Westerinen and Helmut Pfleger – but this game ended peacefully.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Nd3 Bd6 13.Nf3 Qc7 14.Bd2 0-0 15.g4 e5 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nxg5 e4 18.Nxe4 Re8 19.f3 a5 20.Qg2 a4 21.Rg1 Bf8 22.Bh6 Nxe4 23.fxe4 Qc6 24.Bxg7 Qxe4+ 25.Kd2 Qxg2+ 26.Rxg2 Bxg7 27.Rag1 axb3 28.Rxg7+ Kh8 29.axb3 Nf6 30.Rxf7 Ne4+ 31.Kd1 Ra1+ 32.Nc1 Ra6 33.Rf4 Rh6 34.h4 b6 35.Nd3 Ba6 36.c4 Bb7 37.Kc2 Nd6 38.Kc3 Rhe6 39.Kb4 Kh7 40.Rd4 Nf5 41.Rd7+ R8e7 42.Nf4 Re3 43.Rgd1 Bf3 44.R1d3 Nxh4 45.Kb5 Rxd7 46.Rxd7+ Kh6 47.Rd3 Re4 48.Nd5 Re2 49.Nxb6 Rxb2 50.b4 Nf5 51.Kc5 Be2 52.Rc3 Kg6 53.Nd5 Kf7 54.Nf4 Ke7 55.Nxe2 Rxe2 56.b5 Nd6 57.Kc6 Re6 ½–½
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Westerinen,H-Pfleger,H-½–½1968B17Bamberg3

Hans-Günther Kestler, who played with White against Laszlo Szabo, also had to content himself with a draw – after missing a couple of good chances to beat the Hungarian Grandmaster.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.Bd3 g5 12.fxg5 Ne5 13.Qe2 Nh7 14.Nf3 hxg5 15.Bg3 Nf8 16.Qe3 Nfg6 17.Kb1 Nxf3 18.gxf3 Bd7 19.Be2 Qc5 20.Qd2 Ne5 21.Qe1 b5 22.a3 Rb8 23.Bf2 Qc7 24.h4 gxh4 25.Bxh4 Ng6 26.Bxe7 Rxh1 27.Qxh1 Kxe7 28.e5 d5 29.Rxd5 b4 30.axb4 Rxb4 31.Qd1 Nxe5 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.Qg5+ f6 34.Qg7+ Nf7 35.Rh5 Qb8 36.Rh7 Be8 37.Rh8 Rxb2+ 38.Kc1 Rb6 39.Kd1 f5 40.Bd3 Qe5 41.Qf8+ Kf6 42.Rh7?! White misses a study-like win. 42.Rh6+ Kg5 43.Rh7! Kf4 44.Qg8! Qxc3 44...Qe3 45.Qg7-+ 45.Rh4+ Ke5 46.Qg7+ winning the queen. 42...Qe3 43.Qxe8 Qg1+ 44.Kd2 Qg5+ 45.Kd1 Qg1+ 46.Kd2 Qg5+ 47.f4 Qxf4+ 48.Kd1 Qg4+ 49.Ne2 Rb1+ 50.Kd2 Qg6 51.Rh3? White again misses a good opportunity. After 51.Nd4! Qxh7 52.Qxe6+ Kg7 53.Nxf5+ White wins material. After the text-move the game quickly peters out to a draw. 51...Qg5+ 52.Re3 Rb6 53.Nd4 Rd6 54.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 55.Kxe3 Rxe6+ 56.Qxe6+ Kxe6 57.Bxa6 ½–½
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Kestler,H-Szabo,L-½–½1968B99Bamberg3

Results

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

Standings

Rk. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts.
1 Tigran V Petrosian             1   ½             1 2.5 / 3
2 Paul Keres     ½     1                 1   2.5 / 3
3 Milko Georgiev Bobotsov   ½   ½               1         2.0 / 3
4 Borislav Ivkov     ½     ½         1           2.0 / 3
5 Jan Hein Donner                 ½ ½       1     2.0 / 3
6 Lothar Schmid   0   ½                 1       1.5 / 3
7 Laszlo Szabo 0                     ½       1 1.5 / 3
8 Roman Toran Albero                   ½     ½ ½     1.5 / 3
9 Wolfgang Unzicker ½       ½         ½             1.5 / 3
10 Rudolf Teschner         ½     ½ ½               1.5 / 3
11 Helmut Pfleger       0                 ½ ½     1.0 / 3
12 Hans Guenter Kestler     0       ½               ½   1.0 / 3
13 Klaus Klundt           0   ½     ½           1.0 / 3
14 Heikki MJ Westerinen         0     ½     ½           1.0 / 3
15 Juergen Teufel   0                   ½       ½ 1.0 / 3
16 Andreas Dueckstein 0           0               ½   0.5 / 3

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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
Keres,P-Schmid,L-1–01968B21Bamberg1
Teschner,R-Unzicker,W-½–½1968B13Bamberg1
Kestler,H-Bobotsov,M-0–11968E92Bamberg1
Dueckstein,A-Teufel,J-½–½1968B53Bamberg1
Klundt,K-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968B34Bamberg1
Ivkov,B-Pfleger,H-1–01968D37Bamberg1
Westerinen,H-Donner,J-0–11968B09Bamberg1
Petrosian,T-Unzicker,W-½–½1968D40Bamberg2
Bobotsov,M-Keres,P-½–½1968D25Bamberg2
Donner,J-Teschner,R-½–½1968D19Bamberg2
Pfleger,H-Klundt,K-½–½1968E61Bamberg2
Toran Albero,R-Westerinen,H-½–½1968D91Bamberg2
Teufel,J-Kestler,H-½–½1968B35Bamberg2
Schmid,L-Ivkov,B-½–½1968A42Bamberg2
Szabo,L-Dueckstein,A-1–01968A92Bamberg2
Keres,P-Teufel,J-1–01968A54Bamberg3
Ivkov,B-Bobotsov,M-½–½1968A35Bamberg3
Unzicker,W-Donner,J-½–½1968B09Bamberg3
Westerinen,H-Pfleger,H-½–½1968B17Bamberg3
Teschner,R-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968E99Bamberg3
Kestler,H-Szabo,L-½–½1968B99Bamberg3
Klundt,K-Schmid,L-0–11968B87Bamberg3
Dueckstein,A-Petrosian,T-0–11968B94Bamberg3

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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