Bamberg 1968, Round 4: Lothar Schmid wins miniature!

by Johannes Fischer
6/26/2020 – Round 4 of the jubilee tournament in Bamberg was a round of short games: Szabo and Keres drew after twelve moves, Petrosian and Donner made two moves more, but the result was the same. Schmid and Westerinen made 17 moves but this game ended with a win for Schmid. Unzicker and Ivkov also scored full points: Unzicker won a fine positional game against Toran and Ivkov defeated Teufel with patience and good technique. | Photo: Lothar Schmid (Gerhard Hund, Archive)

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Lothar Schmid wins in 17 moves

Lothar Schmid began the tournament in Bamberg with a loss against Paul Keres and a draw against Borislav Ivkov. But in round three he defeated Klaus Klundt in a difficult game. This seems to have inspired Schmid and in round four he defeated the Finnish grandmaster Heikki Westerinen in only 17 moves.

 
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 e4 This move has a bad reputation because with a knight on f6 Black cannot support the pawn on e4 with f7-f5. 5.Ng5 Bf5 6.g4! Energetic - White gives the g-pawn and gets the e-pawn - which is good for White. Bxg4 7.Bg2 Nc6 7...Be7 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 c6 might be slightly better though White still has an advantage. 8.Ngxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Qd7?! Better was 9...Be7 10.h3 Bf5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.h4 h6 13.Qb3!? Nxd4!? After 13...Rb8?! 14.Be3 Black has trouble to defend his queenside pawns. After 13...0-0-0 White is better but still has to convert his advantage into something tangible. 14.Qe3+ Ne6 15.f4 f5? This loses. The best defense was probably 15...Qa4!       after which it is not easy for White to demonstrate a clear advantage, e.g. 16.Bd2 16.f5 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qa5+ 18.Bd2 Qxf5 19.Bxb7 Rb8∞ 16.b3 Qa6 17.Bd5 Qb6! 18.f5 c6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Be4 20.Bxe6 Bh7! 20...d5 21.cxd5 Bd6!∞ 16...d5! 17.f5 17.cxd5 Bc5 18.Qc3 Bd4∞ 17...Bc5 18.Qc3 Bd4 19.Qf3 0-0 with a complicated position. 19...Bxb2 20.fxg6 0-0∞ 16.Bxb7 Rd8 17.Bc6! A nice tactical touch at the end. Notes after hints by Lothar Schmid. 1–0
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Schmid,L-Westerinen,H-1–01968A54Bamberg4

Wolfgang Unzicker, Germany's number one, demonstrated against Roman Toran why the pair of bishops is usually much better than a pair of knights.

 
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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 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Qe7 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rd1 Rd8 11.Bd3 h6 12.a3 Ba5 13.Bc2 Bd7 14.Bd2 cxd4 15.exd4 Be8 16.Be3 Rac8 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Ng3 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bb6 20.Rac1 Rc7 21.Qe4 g6 22.d5 exd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Qf6 25.Re1 Re7 26.Rxe7 Nxe7 27.Qxb7 Kf8 28.Qa8 Qxb2 29.Ba4 Nc6 30.Bxc6 Qc1+ 31.Nf1 Qxc6 32.Qxc6 Bxc6 33.Ne5 Bb5 34.Nd2 Bc5 35.Nec4 Ke7 36.Ne4 Bd4 37.Ncd2 Bb2 38.Nb1 Bd3 39.Nec3 Kd6 40.f3 Ke5 41.Kf2 Kd4 0–1
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Toran Albero,R-Unzicker,W-0–11968E54Bamberg4

Borislav Ivkov scored the third win of the round – he won with Black against Jürgen Teufel.

 
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1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 Nd7 6.0-0-0 b5 7.f3 Bb7 8.h4 h5 9.Nce2 c5 10.Nh3 Qc7 11.Ng5 Ngf6 12.Kb1 Rc8 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nf4 Qb6 15.g3 Rb8 16.Qg2 Bc8 17.c3 a5 18.Qc2 b4 19.cxb4 axb4 20.b3 Ba6 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 0-0 23.Rh2 Rfc8 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Qxc4 Nd7 26.f4 Qb5 27.Qxb5 Rxb5 28.Rc2 Ra5 29.Bd4 Bxd4 30.Rxd4 Nb6 31.Rd1 c4 32.Rd4 Rca8 33.bxc4 Na4 34.e5 Nc3+ 35.Kc1 Rxa2 36.Rxa2 Rxa2 37.Ne4 Ra3 38.exd6 exd6 39.Nxc3 Rxc3+ 40.Kb2 Kf8 41.f5 Rxg3 0–1
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Teufel,J-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg4

After four rounds Ivkov, Keres and Petrosian now share the lead with 3.0/4 each. Bobotsov, Donner, Schmid and Unzicker follow half a point behind with 2½/4 each.

Results

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

Standings after round 4

Rg. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts.
1 Paul Keres       1   ½   ½             1   3.0 / 4
2 Tigran V Petrosian         ½   ½ 1               1 3.0 / 4
3 Borislav Ivkov       ½   ½       1         1   3.0 / 4
4 Lothar Schmid 0   ½                   1 1     2.5 / 4
5 Wolfgang Unzicker   ½         ½   ½   1           2.5 / 4
6 Milko Georgiev Bobotsov ½   ½                 1 ½       2.5 / 4
7 Jan Hein Donner   ½     ½       ½         1     2.5 / 4
8 Laszlo Szabo ½ 0                   ½       1 2.0 / 4
9 Rudolf Teschner         ½   ½     ½ ½           2.0 / 4
10 Helmut Pfleger     0           ½       ½ ½     1.5 / 4
11 Roman Toran Albero         0       ½       ½ ½     1.5 / 4
12 Hans Guenter Kestler           0   ½             ½ ½ 1.5 / 4
13 Klaus Klundt       0   ½       ½ ½           1.5 / 4
14 Heikki MJ Westerinen       0     0     ½ ½           1.0 / 4
15 Juergen Teufel 0   0                 ½       ½ 1.0 / 4
16 Andreas Dueckstein   0           0       ½     ½   1.0 / 4

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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
Toran Albero,R-Unzicker,W-0–11968E54Bamberg4
Bobotsov,M-Klundt,K-½–½1968D94Bamberg4
Szabo,L-Keres,P-½–½1968E45Bamberg4
Petrosian,T-Donner,J-½–½1968D14Bamberg4
Dueckstein,A-Kestler,H-½–½1968C44Bamberg4
Pfleger,H-Teschner,R-½–½1968A30Bamberg4
Teufel,J-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg4
Schmid,L-Westerinen,H-1–01968A54Bamberg4

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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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