Kindred’s Special: A Rare Gem From the Gruenfeld Defence

Rarely do I feature my prowess for attacking chess.  At my age you can understand that my own talent seemed to reach the clouds in my 40s where I reached 2350 and 2210+ but my victories waned as I turned to journalism and writing that included a few poems and short stories with one novel I had started as a series.  As time goes by on the chessboard of Life, so too, the old noggin just seems to falter at the climax.  I rarely tackle the computer and last a 10-game match I managed a couple draws and wins against a GM training him for a Dubai Open he entered. I lost that one pretty bad for a 10-gamer but my wife dislike the long hours spent so I tried to hurry to my chagrin.  Over-the-board just got too much with the faster time-controls that crippled my nerves finally and I looked at myself in the mirror and simply said, “what am I doing this for because I can’t enjoy the fight anymore.”

On a rare occasion I get the bug again and torment my foes who never know when I shall play above my current rating skill of class A.  Maybe my game analysis of Paul Keres’ game review of his masterpieces turned on the light–at least just one more time!  For this game, I hope you excuse my reinstating my expert classification.

White:     Don  Reithel  (Expert)             vs.    Black:    Mr. T. (2200+)               Opening:    Gruenfeld Defence

1. d4  Nf6  2. c4  g6  3. Nc3  d5  4. cxd5  Nxd5  5.e4  Nxc3  6. bxc3  Bg7  7. Bc4  e5  8. Ne2  exd4  9. cxd4  c5  10. Be3  Nc6  11. d5  Bxa1  12. Qxa1  Nd4  13. Bxd4  cxd4  14. O-O

 O-O  15. Qxd4 Bd7 16. f4 b5  17. Bb3  Bg4  18. Ng3  Qd6  19. h3  Bd7  20. e5  Qe7  21. Ne4  Rfc8  22. Nf6+  Kf8  23. d6  Qd8  24. Nxd7+ Qxd7  25. e6  Qxd6  26. Qxd6  Kg7

 27. Qe7  Rf8  28. f5  a5  29. exf7  Rab8  30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. Qf4+  g5  32. Qg4  Rb6  33. h4  gxh4  34. Qxh4+ Kg7  35. Qg5+  Rg6  36. fxg6  hxg6 37. Qe5+ White wins.

Enjoy!