4/17/2013 – Last Friday we had to pass on the sad news that the great American chess player, academic and writer Robert Byrne had passed away, just days before his 85th birthday. Our eulogy was followed by a tribute from his friend Lubomir Kavalek. Today we bring you a number of games of the master, annotated by GM Alex Baburin (Chess Today), Tryfon Gavriel and Andrew Martin, the latter two with videos.
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GM Robert Byrne, April 20, 1928 – April 12, 2013
Robert
Byrne and his younger brother Donald were among the talented young “Collins
Kids” who developed under John W. (Jack) Collins in the mid-20th century.
Between 1952 and 1976, he won seven medals over the course of nine Olympiads,
attained the U.S. Open title in 1960, and participated in several team matches
between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
However, academic pursuits limited his opportunities for competitive play.
After graduating from Yale in 1952, he went on to become a professor of
philosophy at Indiana University, where he spent several years before gradually
turning professional in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Besides his Olympiad
participation, he tied for another U.S. Open title in 1966 and scored victories
at the 1972 U.S. Championship and the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal.
Known for his contributions in several opening systems, preparing for a
match against Byrne was always a challenge. His competitive play tailed
off during the 1970s after succeeding Al Horowitz in 1972 as chess columnist
for the New York Times, a position he held until his retirement
in 2006. He contributed frequently to Chess Life and released three
books. He also worked with the U.S. Chess Federation in an administrative
role, chairing the committee on masters’ affairs and serving as one
of the organization’s vice-presidents. – Source: World
Chess Hall of Fame
The editor of Chess Today provided
analysis of the following exciting game from fifty years ago:
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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nc3d54.cxd5Nxd5This move was recently used by Kramnik against Svidler -
yet another example of how theory develops in spiral. 5.Nf3c56.e3Nc67.Bc4cxd48.exd4Be79.0-00-010.Re1Diagram # This position
is typical for both the Semi-Tarrasch Defence and the Panov Attack of
the Caro-Kann. Another very popular version of this system is where White
has his bishop on d3.Nf6The most popular move is10...Bf6 Black
also often plays10...Nxc311.bxc3b6Note that the immediate10...b6?!leads to a passive position after11.Nxd5!exd512.Bb5Bb713.Bf411.a3!White prevents ...Nb4 and prepares Qd3 and Bc4-a2-b1.b612.Ba2Bb713.Qd3Rc814.Bg5Diagram #Re814...Qd715.d5!exd5?15...Nxd516.Nxd5exd517.Bxd5±16.Bb1!g617.Rxe7!Nxe717...Qxe718.Nxd5Nxd519.Bxe7Ne520.Qd1Nxf3+21.gxf3Nxe7±18.Bxf6+-Zhukova-Muhren, Wijk aan Zee 2005 (CT-1531)It made sense to clarify the situation with the g5-bishop -14...h6!?15.Bh4Nh515.Rad1Nd516.Ne4Houdini 3 promises White clear
edge after16.Nxd5Bxg517.Nc3Bh618.d5exd519.Rxe8+Qxe820.Bxd5but in the resulting position White's advantage can easily fizzle out.16...h6It might be better to exchange bishops - after16...Bxg517.Nexg5g618.h4White has some initiative, but Black is doing OK.17.Bc1Bf818.Bb1g618...f519.Nc3Na519.Ne5Nf6??Diagram
#Black loses the game in one move - he should have got rid of the
e5-knight. After19...Nxe520.dxe5Qh4!?Black would have decent
counter-play.20.Nxf7‼Qe7Black is also doomed after20...Kxf721.Ng5+hxg522.Qxg6+Ke723.d521.Ned61–0
The author of the following videos is Tryfon Gavriel, also known as "Kingscrusher"
on the Internet. He is a FIDE Candidate Master (CM), British Regional Chess
Master, and has run a popular Youtube
channel for many years. He also does the weekly "Kingscrusher Radio
show" on Playchess.com
on Tuesday evenings at 21:00 GMT. Kingscrusher is also the Webmaster of
the correspondence style chess server Chessworld.net.
Fischer vs Byrne, US Championship 1965
Byrne vs Larry Evans, US Championship 1965
Twenty years later: Byrne vs Joel Benjamin, US Championship 1984
Svidler plays the Byrne system
Following his recent tribute to Robert
Byrne Andrew Martin shows us a game from the present day between two
for the world's top players, in which it seems like they have transported
Byrne's ideas from the 1970s and 80s into the year 2013. The game shows
us that the King's Indian Defence is still in business!
Caruana-Svidler Russian Team Championships 2013
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Green Hilsmark Kingfisher, previously for the Camberley Chess Club. Martin
received his IM title in1984. He earned his first grandmaster norm in the
British Championship of 1997 in Brighton. Martin was a commentator on the
chess world championship between Kasparov and Kramnik in 2000.
On the 21st February 2004 Martin set a new world record for simultaneous
chess. He faced 321 chess players at the same time. His result was: 294
wins, 26 draws and only one loss. Martin is known as a professional chess
teacher and head trainer of the English youth team. He trains eight schools
(Yateley Manor, Aldro, Millfield, Sunningdale, Waverley School, St Michael’s
Sandhurst, Wellington College, Salesian College). Martin is a chess columnist,
an author of chess books and the author of various instructional videos.
He was the publisher of the series Trends Publications. Martin lives in
Sandhurst, England, is married and the father of two daughters and two sons.
His present Elo rating is 2423 (as of July 2009).
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