ROYAL BATTLES OF THE CHESSBOARD (8)
ROYAL BATTLES OF THE CHESSBOARD (8)
By Julian Corfield
Blog 8 20220116
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( A rook against five passed pawns )
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One of my favourite books is N R Cole’s “Battles Royal of the Chessboard”, published in 1946. This contained complicated, not to say wild, games that featured material imbalances, with pieces scattered all over the board. What the games lacked in accuracy they more than made up for in excitement. My blog will be based on the same criteria, with more recent games.
I shall only supply light notes, as I’m assuming that readers have easy access to chess engines. In addition, I’m not too bothered about the opening theory of the era, as I’m sure that readers will be able to consult modern book lines, should they wish.
This famous World Championship match, considered to represent East and West, created a storm of interest throughout the globe and inspired thousands to take up chess. The 13th game of the match has always been my favourite because of it's length and complexity.
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B Spassky (Russia) GM Born 1937
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I would like to thank KeSetoKaiba for his generous help in setting up this blog. See his informative blog for the general principles of chess openings.
Comments, corrections, and improvements are always welcome. In particular, if you can suggest unbalanced games for me to examine, featuring such as Q vs BBN or RR vs BB + pawns, I would be most grateful. Nigel Short played a game in which he had five passed pawns and his opponent three! I also saw a game in which White briefly had quadrupled pawns, on f4, f5, f6, f7 and one that featured five queens! These oddities are what I’m looking for.