Bamberg 1968, Round 8: Eight wins, one draw

by André Schulz
6/30/2020 – Round 8 of the Jubilee Tournament in Bamberg saw bitter fights and eight of the nine games ended with a decision. Paul Keres won the top encounter against Borislav Ivkov and with 6½/8 he is now sole leader. The best German players are Wolfgang Unzicker and Lothar Schmid with 5.0/8 each. | Photo: Marketplace in Bamberg
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The only draw of round eight occurred in the game between Jürgen Teufel and Wolfgang Unzicker who discussed a line of the Spanish Exchange Variation.

Before the round, Paul Keres and Borislav Ivkov shared the lead with 5½/7 each and this made their game the top encounter of the round. Ivkov had Black and went for the French in which he soon had to defend an isolated queen pawn on d5. However, Ivkov failed to create enough counterplay to compensate for his weaknesses and finally lost the pawn and the game.

 
Keres-Ivkov

45.Qe3 Qa5+ Exchanging queens does not help Black but in view of the battery Qc3 and Bb2 it is hard to avoid. 46.Qc3 Qxc3+ 47.Kxc3 Ne5 48.Ba3 Ne8 49.f4 Ng6 50.Ne2 Nc7 51.f5 Nh4 52.Kd4 The king decides the game. 52...b6 53.Ke5 Nf3+ 54.Kd6 Ne8+ 55.Kxd5 Ng5 56.Nf4 1–0

The talented Helmut Pfleger is an amateur and studies medicine but he still has good chances to become Grandmaster. However, in his game against World Champion Tigran Petrosian he suffered a setback. 

 
Petrosian-Pfleger

38.Rb8 g6 38...Bd7 was the better alternative. 39.Bd3 Rc5 39...Rc7!? 40.Kh2 Ne6 41.Bb5 Now Black loses the pawn on a4 and the game is practically over. 41...Nc7 42.Bxa4 Kh7 43.Bxe8 Nxe8 44.Qb4 White gradually increases the pressure. 44...Nc7 45.Rb7 Kg7 46.g3 Qf8 47.Qb6 Qe7 48.Kg2 d4

 

49.e6 49.Nxd4 Qxe5 would have brought Black some relief. 49...fxe6 50.Nxd4 Kf6 51.a4 Rc4 52.Qb2 52.Nc6 was also strong. 52...Kf7 53.Nf3 Rc5 54.Ne5+ Kg8 54...Ke8 55.Rb8+ 55.Nxg6 1–0

The shortest game of the round was the encounter between Andreas Dückstein and Heikki Westerinen. In a line of the Alekhine the Austrian grabbed a pawn an a7 which, however, turned out to be a mistake.

 
Dückstein-Westerinen

Black now played 16.Rxa7 and White resigned. After 18.Qxa7 Bf8 the long diagonal turns out to be fatal for White.

The game between Hans-Günter Kestler and Klaus Klundt lasted only a bit longer. 

 
Kestler-Klundt

Black's set-up is less than ideal and White quickly outplays him on the queenside. 21.Ra1 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Ne6 22...Ne8 to defend d6 was slightly better. 23.Ra8 Qc7 24.Nc4 Attacking d6. 24...Nd4 25.Ba5 What to do with the queen? 25...Qd7 26.Nb6 Qe6 27.Ncd5 Now Black loses a piece. 1–0 This was Kestler's first win.

Milko Bobotsov won against Jan Hein Donner and Lothar Schmid won against Roman Toran.

In 1960 Bobby Fischer visited Bamberg. Here he analyses with Kestler and Schmid while Pfleger is watching.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Qa5 8.Qxa5 Nxa5 9.Bb2 f6 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Be2 Bg7 12.Nd5 Kf7 13.0-0 h5 14.Rac1 b6 15.b4 Nb7 16.Nd2 e6 17.Ne3 Ne7 18.Nb3 e5 19.Rfd1 Bc6 20.Nd2 Rhd8 21.Rc3 a5 22.bxa5 Nxa5 23.Nb3 Bh6 24.Nxa5 bxa5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.cxd5 Bd7 27.Ba6 Rxc3 28.Bxc3 Rb8 29.Bd3 a4 30.Kf1 f5 31.Rb1 Rc8 32.Bb4 Ke7 33.Ke2 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Bxc1 35.f3 Bb2 36.a3 Bd4 37.Ba6 Bg1 38.h3 Bd4 39.Kd3 fxe4+ 40.fxe4 g5 41.Kc4 g4 42.hxg4 Bxg4 43.Kb5 Kd7 44.Ka5 Bf2 45.Bd3 Bd1 46.Kb5 h4 47.Kc4 Bd4 48.Be1 Bc5 49.Bxh4 Bxa3 50.Kc3 Bc1 51.Bc4 a3 52.Be1 Ke7 53.Kd3 Bb2 54.Bb4 Ba4 55.Kd2 Bb5 56.Bxa3 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Dueckstein,A-Teufel,J-½–½1968B53Bamberg1
Ivkov,B-Pfleger,H-1–01968D37Bamberg1
Keres,P-Schmid,L-1–01968B21Bamberg1
Kestler,H-Bobotsov,M-0–11968E92Bamberg1
Klundt,K-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968B34Bamberg1
Szabo,L-Petrosian,T-0–11968E57Bamberg1
Teschner,R-Unzicker,W-½–½1968B13Bamberg1
Westerinen,H-Donner,J-0–11968B09Bamberg1
Bobotsov,M-Keres,P-½–½1968D25Bamberg2
Donner,J-Teschner,R-½–½1968D19Bamberg2
Petrosian,T-Unzicker,W-½–½1968D40Bamberg2
Pfleger,H-Klundt,K-½–½1968E61Bamberg2
Schmid,L-Ivkov,B-½–½1968A42Bamberg2
Szabo,L-Dueckstein,A-1–01968A92Bamberg2
Teufel,J-Kestler,H-½–½1968B35Bamberg2
Toran Albero,R-Westerinen,H-½–½1968D91Bamberg2
Dueckstein,A-Petrosian,T-0–11968B94Bamberg3
Ivkov,B-Bobotsov,M-½–½1968A35Bamberg3
Keres,P-Teufel,J-1–01968A54Bamberg3
Kestler,H-Szabo,L-½–½1968B99Bamberg3
Klundt,K-Schmid,L-0–11968B87Bamberg3
Teschner,R-Toran Albero,R-½–½1968E99Bamberg3
Unzicker,W-Donner,J-½–½1968B09Bamberg3
Westerinen,H-Pfleger,H-½–½1968B17Bamberg3
Bobotsov,M-Klundt,K-½–½1968D94Bamberg4
Dueckstein,A-Kestler,H-½–½1968C44Bamberg4
Petrosian,T-Donner,J-½–½1968D14Bamberg4
Pfleger,H-Teschner,R-½–½1968A30Bamberg4
Schmid,L-Westerinen,H-1–01968A54Bamberg4
Szabo,L-Keres,P-½–½1968E45Bamberg4
Teufel,J-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg4
Toran Albero,R-Unzicker,W-0–11968E54Bamberg4
Donner,J-Toran Albero,R-1–01968E92Bamberg5
Ivkov,B-Szabo,L-½–½1968C67Bamberg5
Keres,P-Dueckstein,A-1–01968C08Bamberg5
Kestler,H-Petrosian,T-½–½1968E92Bamberg5
Klundt,K-Teufel,J-0–11968B53Bamberg5
Teschner,R-Schmid,L-½–½1968C09Bamberg5
Unzicker,W-Pfleger,H-½–½1968D34Bamberg5
Westerinen,H-Bobotsov,M-1–01968B61Bamberg5
Bobotsov,M-Teschner,R-1–01968D42Bamberg6
Dueckstein,A-Ivkov,B-0–11968B06Bamberg6
Kestler,H-Keres,P-0–11968E15Bamberg6
Petrosian,T-Toran Albero,R-1–01968E66Bamberg6
Pfleger,H-Donner,J-1–01968E61Bamberg6
Schmid,L-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C87Bamberg6
Szabo,L-Klundt,K-1–01968E70Bamberg6
Teufel,J-Westerinen,H-0–11968C69Bamberg6
Donner,J-Schmid,L-½–½1968A55Bamberg7
Ivkov,B-Kestler,H-1–01968A37Bamberg7
Keres,P-Petrosian,T-½–½1968C13Bamberg7
Klundt,K-Dueckstein,A-½–½1968C00Bamberg7
Teschner,R-Teufel,J-1–01968A25Bamberg7
Toran Albero,R-Pfleger,H-0–11968A14Bamberg7
Unzicker,W-Bobotsov,M-1–01968B92Bamberg7
Westerinen,H-Szabo,L-1–01968B94Bamberg7
Bobotsov,M-Donner,J-1–01968E88Bamberg8
Dueckstein,A-Westerinen,H-0–11968B02Bamberg8
Keres,P-Ivkov,B-1–01968C08Bamberg8
Kestler,H-Klundt,K-1–01968A26Bamberg8
Petrosian,T-Pfleger,H-1–01968C99Bamberg8
Schmid,L-Toran Albero,R-1–01968B36Bamberg8
Szabo,L-Teschner,R-0–11968D17Bamberg8
Teufel,J-Unzicker,W-½–½1968C69Bamberg8

Standings after round 8

Rg. Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts.
1 Paul Keres   ½ 1 1     ½       ½ 1 1     1 6.5
2 Tigran V Petrosian ½       ½       1 ½ 1 ½     1 1 6.0
3 Borislav Ivkov 0     ½     ½   1   ½ 1 1     1 5.5
4 Lothar Schmid 0   ½   ½ 1   ½   ½       1 1   5.0
5 Wolfgang Unzicker   ½   ½     1 ½ ½ ½     ½   1   5.0
6 Heikki MJ Westerinen       0     1   ½ 0 1   1   ½ 1 5.0
7 Milko Georgiev Bobotsov ½   ½   0 0   1   1   1   ½     4.5
8 Rudolf Teschner       ½ ½   0   ½ ½ 1   1   ½   4.5
9 Helmut Pfleger   0 0   ½ ½   ½   1       ½ 1   4.0
10 Jan Hein Donner   ½   ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0           1   4.0
11 Laszlo Szabo ½ 0 ½     0   0       ½   1   1 3.5
12 Hans Guenter Kestler 0 ½ 0       0       ½   ½ 1   ½ 3.0
13 Juergen Teufel 0   0   ½ 0   0       ½   1   ½ 2.5
14 Klaus Klundt       0     ½   ½   0 0 0   ½ ½ 2.0
15 Roman Toran Albero   0   0 0 ½   ½ 0 0       ½     1.5
16 Andreas Dueckstein 0 0 0     0         0 ½ ½ ½     1.5

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