Lombardy Memorial Tournament to be Held by the Marshall Chess Club, 11/28

William Lombardy Memorial and Blitz

WhenTue, November 28, 5pm – 10pm

DescriptionJoin us to celebrate the life of GM William Lombardy. Memorial and reception: 5-7pm Blitz tournament: 7-10pm In memory of one of the greatest legends of American chess. 9-SS, G/3 +2. FIDE Blitz Rated. $2500 Guaranteed! $600-450-350-250-150; top U2400/unr, U2200, U2000, U1800: $100 each; Top Senior (born in/before 1955): $100-50; Top Junior (born in/after 2001): $100-50. EF: $25; Non-MCC Mbr: Additional $25 Mbr Fee. GMs Free. Reg: 6:15-6:45pm. Rds: Begin at 7pm and continue ASAP. Max three byes; request at entry. Register online: www.marshallchessclub.org/register. 23 W 10th St / NYC / 212-477-3716. Made possible by the Marshall Chess Foundation.

A Blast From the PastGligoric vs. Lombardy

Gligoric doesn't like Lombardy's 10...c6, a pet move of Lombardy's at the time. Both Gligoric and Rybka prefer 10...c5

[Event "Munich ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Lombardy, William James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ""]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Classes "0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[GameID "0"]
[Remark ""]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]

{Game analysis^13 ^10 Processor: AMD A6-7310 APU with AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
(@2.00GHz)^13 ^10 Engine(s): Deep Rybka 2.3.2a x64^13 ^10 Analysis time:
0:07:54} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c6 {[%t Val] :}{[%t Shrt] N} (10... c5 11. d4
Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Bd7 14. b3 Na5 15. Nbd2 {...1-0, Anand Viswanathan 2792
- Hjartarson Johann 2619 , Reykjavik 3/15/2006 It "Glitnir Blitz"})(10... Bb7
11. d3 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Qc7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bh6 {...1/2-1/2, Ciric
Dragoljub M 2395 - Karpov Anatoly 2725 , Groningen 1988}) 11. a4 Rb8 {[%t
Val] =} 12. axb5 {[%t Val] <} 12... axb5 13. d4 Nd7 {[%t Val] A} 14. Nbd2 Bf6
15. Nf1 {[%t Shrt] N} 15... Nc4 (15... Bb7 16. Ne3 Ra8 17. Qd3 Ra6 18. Bd2 Qb6
19. b4 Nc4 {+0.50}) 16. b3 Ncb6 17. Ne3 g6 {[%t Val] I} 18. Ng4 Bg7 19. dxe5
Nxe5 20. Nfxe5 dxe5 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22. Bxh6 Re8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Bg5 Re8 25.
Red1 Be6 26. Rd6 c5 27. Be3 Rec8 28. Ra7 {[%t Val] D} 28... Kf8 {?!}{[%t Val]
O} (28... b4 {!?} 29. Ra6 Nd7 30. c4 Ra8 31. f3 Kg7 32. Kf2 {+0.67}) 29. Bd1
h5 30. g4 hxg4 {?!}{[%t Val] Z} (30... Kg8 {!?} 31. gxh5 gxh5 32. h4 Rd8 33.
Rb7 Nd7 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 {+1.18}) 31. Bxg4 Bxg4 32. hxg4 Kg7 33. Bg5 Re8 {[%t
Val] ^94 } 34. Bf6+ Kf8 35. Rd3 Re6 36. g5 Kg8 37. Rh3 Rxf6 38. gxf6 c4 39.
bxc4 bxc4 40. Kg2 Rc8 41. Re7 Na4 42. Rxe5 1-0