UNEXPECTED CHECKMATE||A Karu vs Paul Keres|| correspondence||1933

Описание: UNEXPECTED CHECKMATE||A Karu vs Paul Keres|| correspondence||1933

A Karu - Paul Keres 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit (D08)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qb5 a6 7.Qa4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc4 9.a3 b5 10.Qc2 Nd4 11.Qe4+ Be7 12.Nf3 c5 13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Qb1 Qd6 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0 18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Qf3 Re8 21.b3 d3 22.e4 Bc3+ 23.Bd2 Qd4 24.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.Rd2 Rxe4+ 26.Qxe4 Qc1+ 27.Rd1 d2#0 0-1

Paul Keres was an Estonian grandmaster and chess author. He was born on January 7, 1916, and he passed away on June 5, 1975. From the middle of the 1930s through the middle of the 1960s, he was one of the best players in the world and five times came very close to playing in a World Chess Championship match. Due to the successive invasions and occupations of Estonia during World War II, Keres was compelled to compete internationally for both Nazi Germany (1941–1944) and the former Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–75).

As a result of Keres' victory in the AVRO 1938 chess competition, talks for a title match against Alexander Alekhine, the current World Champion, were pursued; however, the match was never held because of the start of World War II in 1939. In the years 1953–1962, Keres finished second in the Candidates Tournament four times in a row.

Many chess historians regard Keres as one of the best players in history and the strongest player who never won the world championship because of these and other impressive performances.

The phrase "super grandmaster" is used colloquially to describe the best players in the world, who are typically contenders for the World Championship. Keres fits this definition. Paul the Second, The Eternal Second, and The Crown Prince of Chess were some of his nick names.