Sunday, June 11, 2006

And I met a player on the lift

Today we are having four more samples of Grandmaster Hu Ronghua's endgames appreciation.

A Xiangqi player said to me when we met at the lift that Netherlands won today's match against Serbia and Montenegro by 1-0, adding that to win one is enough.



第十三局 Game No.13

Ji Benhan versus Hu Ronghua, 6 Provinces and Cities Xiangqi Festival Invitational Tournament, 1964 December 11th, Wenzhou.








Red resigned.






第十四局 Game No.14

杨官璘 对 胡荣华 Yang Guanlin versus Hu Ronghua, All China Best Six Invitational, 1964 December 25, Guangzhou.

Hu in his book 'My Best Games', said that Black should have played 1. ... N4+5, securing a draw. However, with 2 Rooks, Knight and Pawns, he felt he had enough fire power to continue the struggle, since an easy draw did not suit his character really.








Black resigned.






第十五局 Game No.15

胡荣华 对 蔡福如(象棋全国前六名名手邀请赛)Hu Ronghua versus Cai Furu, All China Best Six Invitational, 1964 December 26 Guangzhou.

Red to move. In the previous move, Black had played ... N1-3.








Black resigned.







第十六局 Game No.16

胡荣华 对 杨官璘 (象棋全国前六名名手邀请赛)Hu Ronghua versus Yang Guanlin, All China Best Six Invitational, 1964 December 30th Guangzhou.

Red to move, with victory in hand, having a majority of 3 Pawns.

Recalling about this game, Hu Ronghua said that it took nearly 7 hours for the contest to be completed, with a total of 106 monster moves.







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