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gives the date of the game as 1928, and the name of Najdorf's opponent as "Glinksberg", attributing these facts to Najdorf and his daughter.
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Some sources give the date of this game as 1930 or 1935, and give the name of the player of the white pieces as "Glucksberg".
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This move looks like an elementary blunder, losing a pawn, but in fact the position is more complicated than that.
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After 10.Kxh2 Ng4+ 11.Kh1 Qxg5 Black is up a pawn for nothing. After 10.Kh1, White threatens both Nxe6, winning
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Defending White's knight on g5 and cutting off the escape route of Black's bishop; not 11.Nxe6? Qh4!
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Tartakower recommends 8.Ne5 followed by 9.f4, "countering the Stonewall with another Stonewall".
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White has surrounded Black's bishop and threatens to win it with Rh1, Nf3, and Nxh2.
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14... Qh2+ 15. Kf3 e5! 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4!!
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If 20.Bxg6 then 20...Bg4+ 21.Kxg4 Qxg3+ 22.Kh5 hxg6+ 23.Kxg6 Rf6+ 24.Kh5 Rh6#.
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Sacrificing the bishop in order to continue the attack on White's king.
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Position after 13.Kg2; Black begins a series of sacrifices to
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First day cover showing the moves in "La Inmortal Polaca"
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chess
Miguel Najdorf
Warsaw
minor pieces
Garry Kasparov
algebraic notation
Opening
Dutch Defence
ECO
Savielly Tartakower
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!?
material
hunt White's king
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0–1
Peruvian Immortal
Uruguayan Immortal
Chess Notes by Edward Winter – note 3615
I.A. Horowitz


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Edward Winter
The Polish Immortal
First day cover showing the moves in "La Inmortal Polaca"
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