BCC PRESENTS: LEGENDS OF CHESS // RASHID GIBIATOVICH NEZHMETDINOV // SATURDAY // JULY 9, 2014 // 4SS // 60/SD // CASH PRIZES //

BOYLSTON CHESS CLUB 

LEGENDS OF CHESS

IM NEZHMETDINOV

Rashid was born in the city of Aktyubinsk (now:Aktobe) in Kazakhstan in 1912,

in what was then "Russian Empire."

featuring: queen sacrifice

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov, position after White's 24th move

Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov, 28th RSFSR Championship, Sochi 1958 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nge2 Qh4 11.Ng3 Nge5 12.O-O f5 13.f3 Bh6 14.Qd1 f4 15.Nge2 g5 16.Nd5 g4 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Qh3 19.f4 Be6 20.Bc2 Rf7 21.Kf2 Qh2+ 22.Ke3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nb4 24.Rh1 Rxf4!! 25.Rxh2 Rf3+ 26.Kd4 Bg7!! A "quiet" move, threatening 27...b5! and 28...Nec6#. 27.a4 c5+ 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.Bd3 Nexd3+ 30.Kc4 d5+ 31.exd5 cxd5+ 32.Kb5 Rb8+ 33.Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1  [Chessmetrics has his highest rating as: 2578. Rashid would have become a GM had his chess career not be put on hold by WW II.]

Correct pronunciation of Rashid's name (listen)

WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP, 1960

Nezhmetdinov was Tal's 2nd in Misha's quest

for the World Chess Championship which Tal

won vs Mikhail Botvinnik, in Moscow 1960.

NEZHMETDINOV MEMORIAL

KAZAN (TARTASTAN) RUSSIA

Nezhmetdinov-Tal, Baku 1961 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O a6 8.f4 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nc5 12.Qe2 e5 13.Nf5 g6 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nh6 Ne6 16.Bg2 Bg7 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qf2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Re1 f6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Rf5+ gxf5 27.Qxh8+ Ke7 28.Qg7+ Ke6 29.gxf5+ 1-0

LEGENDS OF CHESS: NEZHMETDINOV // THE FACTS

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