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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: Basmania |
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I see that Chessville's Clyde Nakamura has published 2 articles in
this week's edition. The first includes zipped pgn file containing 743
chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Secondly, Clyde provides a general appreciation of Michael Basman's
contribution to Opening Theory, especially wing openings and gambits
in another article:-
"Michael J. Basman (born in 1946 at St Pancras, London, England) is an
English chess player, and International Master, who is a prolific
writer, chess teacher, chess coach and an organizer who has made many
contributions to the field of unorthodox flank chess openings..."
The downloads are free.
Cordially, Phil Innes |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On Nov 18, 6:59 am, "chessf...@gmail.com" <chessf...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I see that Chessville's Clyde Nakamura has published 2 articles in
this week's edition. The first includes zipped pgn file containing 743
chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Secondly, Clyde provides a general appreciation of Michael Basman's
contribution to Opening Theory, especially wing openings and gambits
in another article:-
"Michael J. Basman (born in 1946 at St Pancras, London, England) is an
English chess player, and International Master, who is a prolific
writer, chess teacher, chess coach and an organizer who has made many
contributions to the field of unorthodox flank chess openings..."
The downloads are free.
Cordially, Phil Innes
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Mr Basman has played against a few superstars! Love my man Leonid
stein as you know.USA whitewashes Hong Kong.Let's see how they do on
Wednesday.Thanks for posting the Kramnik game...E-JAY |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:19 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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| Quote: | chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
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Did he manage to win or draw any of them? |
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Taylor Kingston
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On Nov 18, 9:19 am, Offramp <alaneobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Did he manage to win or draw any of them?
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Casually checking my database for Basman games, and looking for
opponents who have been among or semi-close to the world's elite, I
find Basman wins against Timman, Miles, Andersson, Nunn, Adorjan,
Benko, and Mecking, and draws against Botvinnik, Tal, Hort, and
Gheorghiu. Overall, though, his record against top GMs is not all that
good. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On Nov 18, 9:19 am, Offramp <alaneobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Did he manage to win or draw any of them?
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Laugh! Yeah - that is exactly the right question. Apparently not, and
he seemed to surprise the hell out of serious opposition much in the
style of Tony Miles, who took it up a notch, and as you know once
opened 1. ... b5 against Karpov [and won] I once thought Basman went
the whole distance to gaining his IM status by only playing
1. g4 or
1. ... g5
But that is actually not true.
I never met Michael in person, but I believe our own Sam Sloan here
did, and taught him everything he knew :)
Cordially, Phil Innes |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On Nov 18, 2:16 pm, "chessf...@gmail.com" <chessf...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | On Nov 18, 9:19 am, Offramp <alaneobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Did he manage to win or draw any of them?
Laugh! Yeah - that is exactly the right question. Apparently not, and
he seemed to surprise the hell out of serious opposition much in the
style of Tony Miles, who took it up a notch, and as you know once
opened 1. ... b5 against Karpov [and won]
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Not quite. The game actually opened 1.e4 a6. Miles played b7-b5 on
his second move:
[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1980.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4
bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 O-O
19. Ng5 h6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Qxb2 25. Re1 Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Rc8
30. Ne2 g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6
36. Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2
Rh2 42. g3 Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3 46. Ra8 Bc7 0-1 |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On Nov 18, 2:20 pm, taylor.kings...@comcast.net wrote:
| Quote: | On Nov 18, 2:16 pm, "chessf...@gmail.com" <chessf...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Nov 18, 9:19 am, Offramp <alaneobr...@gmail.com> wrote:
chess games & lines by IM Michael Basman, including such opponents as
Leonid Stein, Robert Huebner, Vassily Smyslov, Anthony Miles, Svetozar
Gligoric, John Nunn, Nigel Short, Stefan Buecker, Michael Adams, etc.
Did he manage to win or draw any of them?
Laugh! Yeah - that is exactly the right question. Apparently not, and
he seemed to surprise the hell out of serious opposition much in the
style of Tony Miles, who took it up a notch, and as you know once
opened 1. ... b5 against Karpov [and won]
Not quite. The game actually opened 1.e4 a6. Miles played b7-b5 on
his second move:
[Event "EU-chT (Men)"]
[Site "Skara"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1980.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 a6 2. d4 b5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 e6 6. a4 c5 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Nbd2 b4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. c4
bxc3 14. Nxc3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Be4 O-O
19. Ng5 h6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Ne4 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1
Qxb2 25. Re1 Qxe5 26. Qxd7 Bb4 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Bxd5 29. Nc3 Rc8
30. Ne2 g5 31. h4 Kg7 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Bd3 a5 34. Rg3 Kf6 35. Rg4 Bd6
36. Kf1 Be5 37. Ke1 Rh8 38. f4 gxf4 39. Nxf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Rh1+ 41. Kd2
Rh2 42. g3 Bf3 43. Rg8 Rg2 44. Ke1 Bxe2 45. Bxe2 Rxg3 46. Ra8 Bc7 0-1
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Did you ever see the final of BBCs Master game? The absolute best
chess tv series ever made. Unfortunately you can't even get it as DVD
from BBC anymore since they sold the rights to some outfit who then
went bust. Walter Browne, I know, has a copy - anyone else here ever
seen it?
The final pitted Miles and Karpov together, and the result never
appeared because of a BBC strike. If you want the score for that game
try Ray Keene ;)
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Andrew B.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:17 am Post subject: Re: Basmania |
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On 18 Nov, 19:34, "chessf...@gmail.com" <chessf...@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Did you ever see the final of BBCs Master game? The absolute best
chess tv series ever made. Unfortunately you can't even get it as DVD
from BBC anymore since they sold the rights to some outfit who then
went bust. Walter Browne, I know, has a copy - anyone else here ever
seen it?
The final pitted Miles and Karpov together, and the result never
appeared because of a BBC strike. If you want the score for that game
try Ray Keene 
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They made six series, and there are two books giving the games and the
players' commentaries (see http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/glynns/034486.shtml).
IIRC, the first two series were British players only (have a feeling
Hartston won them both) and Karpov won series 3. Short won a later
series when he was about 15. |
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