There have already been a couple of events to celebrate the anniversary, and Estonia have commemorated Keres by issuing a 2 euro coin with his picture on it (he previously appeared on the Estonian 5 Krooni note)
He first became widely known at the 1935 Olympiad, with his win over William Winter being quite well known. However he scored a number of brilliant wins at this event, including the following game against Gideon Stahlberg.
Keres,Paul Petrovich - Stahlberg,Gideon [C02]
Warsaw ol (Men) Warsaw (18), 1935
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Re1 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. h4 Qc7 13. Qe2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf4 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. fxg7 Nde5 17. Qe8+ Kxg7 18. Rxe5 Bh3 19. Qxa8 Nxe5 20. Qe8 Nc6 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kf6 23. Nxh3 Qxh4 24. Re1 g5 25. Nd2 Qh6 26. Nf3 g4 27. Nfg5 Qh5 28. Nxh7+ Kg7 29. Nf4 Qh6 30. Ng5 Qd6 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Re6 Qb4 33. Bg6 Ne7 34. Rf6+ Kg8 35. Bh7+ 1-0
1 comment:
Awesome game by Keres - the Black queen and knight are no match for the four co-ordinated White pieces.
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