Chess

Former world champion Vasily Smyslov honored the Mechanics' Institute Chess Room in San Francisco with a 30-board simultaneous display, Mar. 20. The four and one-half hour exhibition produced some unexpectedly tough opposition from three talented youngsters. Victor Baja (2052), 16, San Francisco, Randy Fong (1921), 17, Hayward, and Jay Whitehead (2175), 14, San Francisco, all of whom scored victories against the genial Soviet grandmaster.

Draws were achieved by nine of the combatants: Russell Bartoli, San Francisco, Gary Berry, San Francisco, Mike Dyslin, San Francisco, Pamela Ford, San Francisco, Barry Kraft, San Francisco, Charles Moore, San Bruno, Rodney Phillips, San Francisco, Peter Stevens, San Francisco, and Ted Zwerdling, San Francisco.

The remaining eighteen players were defeated in the style to which Smyslov has long become accustomed.

Here are some notable games from this signal event, recorded in streamlined coordinate chess notation (files lettered "a" to "h", ranks numbered "1" to "8," always counting from White's lower left corner regardless of whose turn to move; pawn captures designated by file letters only).

White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Jay Whitehead. Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. King's Indian Defense. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Nh5 12.g3 Bh3 13.Rfe1 f5 14.Nh4 f4 15.Bc5 dc 16.Ng6 fg 17.hg Qg5 18.Bh5 Qh5 19.Nh4 Rf4 20.Re3 Qg4 21.Nf3 Qg6 22.Ne2 Raf8 23.Nf4 ef 24.Nh4 Qg4 25.Rf3 fg 26.Rf8+ Kf8 27.fg Qg3+ 28.Ng2 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Bf2 30. Resigns.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Victor Baja. Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. Sicilian Defense. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cd 5.Nd4 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Nd4 8.Qd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.0-0 a6 12.Bh6 b5 13.Bg7 Kg7 14.cb ab 15.a3 Qb6 16.b4 Rfc8 17.Rfc1 Rc7 18.Bf3 Rac8 19.Ne2 Rc4 20.Rxc4 Rxc4 21.Ng3 Qc7 22.h3 Rc2 23.Qe1 Be6 24.Nf1 Rc3 25.Ne3 h5 26.Qe2 Rc1+ 27.Rc1 Qc1+ 28.Kh2 Bc4 29.Nc4 bc 30.b5 c3 31.b6 c2 32.e5 Qb2 33.ef+ ef 34.b7 c1Q 35. Resigns.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Randy Fong. Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. Queen's Gambit Declined. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cd ed 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 0-0 8.dc Be6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Nd4 Nce4 12.Ne4 Ne4 13.Be7 Qe7 14.f3 Nf6 15.Qd2 Rfe8 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Rc8 Bc8 18.Rc1 a6 19.Bd3 g6 20.a3 Kg7 21.Kf2 Qe5 22.Kg1 Qe3+ 23.Qe3 Re3 24.Bf1 Bd7 25.Rc7 b5 26.Kf2 Re8 27.Ra7 Bc8 28.b4 Nd7 29.Nb3 Nb6 30.Nc5 d4 31.Na6 Re3 32.Nc5 Nc4 33.a4 Ra3 34.Rc7 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 Bf5 36.ab5 Ne3 37.b6 g5 38.Ne6+ Be6 39.f4 Nf1+ 40.Kf3 Bd5+ 41.Kg4 Ne3+ 42. Resigns.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Pamela Ford. Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. Vienna Game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.ed e4 6.Qe2 cd 7.Bd5 Bd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Bc6 bc 11.d3 c5 12.Nb3 Bg4 13.Qe1 0-0 14.de c4 15.Nd4 Bc5 16.Nc6 Qc7 17.de Rfe8 18.Be3 Nd5 19.Nd5 Qc6 20.Qa5 Qd5 21.Qc5 Drawn.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Mike Dyslin, Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. Vienna Game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 4.d3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.ed Nd5 7.0-0 Nc3 8.bc Bd6 9.f4 Nc6 10.f5 Be7 11.Ng3 b6 12.Ne4 Bf6 13.g4 h6 14.Qf3 Bb7 15.Be3 Na5 16.Bb3 c5 17.c4 Be4 18.Qe4 Qd6 19.Ba4 Rac8 20.Rf2 Nc6 21.Bc6 Qc6 22.Qc6 Rc6 23.Rb1 Re8 24.Re2 Bg5 25.Bg5 hg5 26.Rbe1 f6 27.Kf2 Rd6 28.Re4 Red8 29.Kg3 Rd4 30.h4 gh+ 31.Kh4 Re4 32.Re4 Rd4 33.g5 Kf7 34.Rd4 fg+ 35.Kg5 ed 36.a3 a6 37.a4 a5 38.Kh5 Kf6 39.Kg4 g6 40.fg Kg6 41. Drawn.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Gary Berry. Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. Sicilian Defense. 1.c4 g6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cd 4.Nd4 Nc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nd4 8.Qd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.0-0 Rc8 12.b3 a6 13.Rad1 Re8 14.f4 Qa5 15.Kh1 Bd7 16.Bd4 Bc6 17.Bf3 Red8 18.Bf6 Bf6 19.Nd5 Qd2 20.Nf6+ Kg7 21.Nh5+ gh 22.Rd2 Rc7 23.h4 Rdc8 24.Re1 Kg6 25.f5+ Kf6 26.Bh5 b5 27.c5 dc 28.e5+ Kg7 29.Kh2 Rd7 30.Rd7 Bd7 31.g4 c4 32.bc bc 33.Bf7 Drawn.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Alan Piper, Simultaneous exhibition, San Francisco, March 20, 1976. King's Indian Defense. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.0-0 c5 9.a3 Nf4 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bf1 Nf6 12.Bf4 ef 13.e5 Ng4 14.ed Qd6 15.Ne4 Qc7 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Qf4 Nf3+ 18.Qf3 Bb2 19.Rad1 Bd4 20.d6 Qc6 21.Qf4 Bf5 22.Rd4 cd 23.Nf6+ Kg7 24.Qe5 g5 25.Ne8+ Resigns.

Grandmaster Smyslov was persuaded to conduct another simultaneous exhibition at the site of the CCCA team championships in Walnut Creek, Mar. 21. On this occasion, no player managed to win. 21 lost and only two emerged with draws: Hans Poschmann, Fremont, and Martin Sullivan, San Leandro.

White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Martin Sullivan. Simultaneous exhibition, Walnut Creek, March 21, 1976. English Opening. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cd 4.Nd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Bf6 gf 10.Na3 f5 11.g3 Be6 12.Bg2 Qg5 13.0-0 h5 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.Qb3 Nd8 16.Qb6 Bd5 17.cd h4 18.e3 Be7 19.Rfc1 Rc1+ 20.Rc1 hg 21.hg f4 22.ef ef 23.Qd4 Qf6 24.Qf6 Bf6 25.Nc4 fg 26.fg Bd4+ 27.Kf1 Rh6 28.Bf3 f5 29.Kg2 Rg6 30.Rc2 Be5 31.Ne5 de 32.Kf2 e4 33.Be2 Nf7 34.Bh5 Rf6 35. Drawn.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Hans Poschmann. Simultaneous exhibition. Walnut Creek, March 21, 1976. English Opening. 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bc3 9.bc Qc7 10.cd ed 11.Nh4 Be6 12.f3 Rfe8 13.Bd2 Ne7 14.g4 h6 15.Ng2 Ng6 16.Qe1 Qd7 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.a4 a6 19.a5 Re7 20.h4 Rae8 21.h5 Nf8 22.Nf4 Qc7 23.Kg2 N8h7 24. Drawn.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Randy Fong. Simultaneous exhibition. Walnut Creek, March 21, 1976. Albin Counter Gambit. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.de d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bg4 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.0-0 h5 8.Nbd2 0-0-0 9.a3 d3 10.ed h4 11.Re1 hg 12.hg Qd3 13.b4 Nd4 14.Bb2 Nc2 15.Rc1 Ne1 16.Qe1 f6 17.c5 Qh7 18.c6 b6 19.Rc4 Be6 20.Rh4 Qc2 21.Rh8 Qb2 22.ef Ba2 23.Qe2 Qa3 24.fg Bg7 25.Rh7 Bf6 26.Nf1 Bd5 27.Ne1 Qa2 28.Qg4+ Be6 29.Qf4 Be7 30.Nf3 Bd6 31.Qh4 Rf8 32.N3d2 Qb2 33.Bh3 Bh3 34.Qh3+ Kb8 35.Qe6 Qb4 36.Rf7 Rc8 37.Ne4 a5 38.Rg7 Nh6 39.Rg6 Nf7 40.Qf7 Qe4 41.Rd6 Rh8 42.f3 Qc2 43.Qf6 Qc5+ 44.Kg2 Rh7 45.Rd2 Qh5 46.Qd8+ Ka7 47.Qc8 Resigns.

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White: Vasily Smyslov, Black: Tom Dorsch. Simultaneous exhibition. Walnut Creek, March 21, 1976. English Opening. 1.c4 g6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 cd 5.Nd4 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.b3 a5 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.Qd2 Nc5 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ne6 Ne6 14.Nd5 Bb2 15.Qb2 Nb4 16.Nc3 Nc6 17.f4 Nc5 18.Bf3 Rc8 19.e4 Qe8 20.Nd5 Rd8 21.Rfe1 f6 22.a3 e5 23.b4 ab 24.ab Ne6 25.f5 Ned4 26.Bg4 h5 27.Be2 Ne2+ 28.Re2 Nd4 29.Rd4 ed 30.Qd4 Kg7 31.Nc7 Qe7 32.Ne6+ Kh7 33.fg+ Kg6 34.Qd5 Rg8 35.Nd8 Rd8 36.Rf2 Qe5 37.Qb7 Qa1+ 38.Rf1 Qd4+ 39.Kh1 Qc4 40.Rd1 Re8 41.b5 Qe4 42.Qe4+ Re4 43.Rb1 Re7 44.b6 Rb7 45.Kg1 Kf5 46.Kf2 d5 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.g3 Ke6 49.Kd4 Kd6 50.h4 Kc6 51.Rf1 Rf7 52.Rf5 Kb6 53.Kd5 Rg7 54.Rh5 Kc7 55.Ke6 Rg3 56.Rf5 Kd8 57.Kf7 Rd3 58.h5 Rd7+ 59.Kg6 Ke8 60.h6 Resigns.

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