Thursdays - Match of the week

11 Apr 2013

Thursday's will be this blog's match of the week.  I hope everyone that reads this blog will find the matches interesting and provide a bit of good insight in what is to be learned.  Also it should be noted that most of these matches will be provided by www.chessgames.com unless I find an interesting match elsewhere.

Today's match is provided by two of my favorite Grandmasters from an era long forgotten.  My only regret is I do not know how to get a pgn file to work on this yet - so please forgive me.  As soon as this problem is figured out the boards will be provided along with the annotation.  Until then I hope you decide to crack open a chessboard and digest the match provided.


GM Carlos Torre Repetto v. GM Emanuel Lasker
Moscow - 1925
A46 - Torre Attack

Match:

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. b4 Qf5 22. Rg3 h6 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qb5 25. Bf6 Qxh5 26. Rxg7 Kh8 27. Rxf7 Kg8 28. Rg7 Kh8 29. Rxb7 Kg8 30. Rg7 Kh8 31. Rg5 Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxf6 34. Rxh6 Kg5 35. Rh3 Reb8 36. Rg3 Kf6 37. Rf3 Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. Rf4 Nd7 42. Rxe6 Kg5 43. g3

Personal notes:

Roughly 20 years ago I found this game when I was a strict amateur playing the Stonewall Attack thanks to GM's I.A Horowitz and Fred Reinhold book, How to Think Ahead in Chess.  I found the Stonewall to be a bit stiff and the Torre to be very stylish in it's nature of attack.  This one match basically changed my perspective on chess and the Torre Attack has been a part of my arsenal ever since.  I hope everyone will digest this match and gain some critical knowledge from it.

Cheers,
James