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320 SPIELMANN VARIA''ION<br />
25 . . . Bxc4 26 Rre4 Rfi+ 2, BxIl RrIl+ 23 KC2<br />
Qr2+ 29 K Rn] 30 RB Qrh2+ :rl KC4 Qh5+ 12<br />
Kl.1 Oh6+ 33 KB4 g5 34 Rxe6 Qxe6+ 35 Rf5 h6 36<br />
Qd3 Kg7 17Kf]Rfl+ 38OxIlQxli+ 39K32Qxf1+<br />
10 Kxll 164 4l axb4 Kl6 42 Kc h5 white resisns.<br />
SPIELMANN VARIAI'ION, 665 in the ALEGINE<br />
D.r.NcE, l.om the 3rd match Bane sPielna.n-<br />
Landau. 1933: 148 in the NrM<br />
played rbree times <strong>by</strong> SPTELMANN at the Carlsbad<br />
<strong>to</strong>urnament 1929. but known since the gane<br />
Griinfcld-Siimhcb, Vienda 1922. (See Bocor.-<br />
played in lhe Parn ch<strong>amp</strong>ionship In 1929 Lazard<br />
recalled a gameplayed against a ttrong playca in<br />
1922:1d4ds 2b3Nt6 3Nd2e5 4dxe5Ng,l 5h3<br />
Nc3 White resigns, bLt his mcmory Nas prob.bly<br />
at fauh InJunc 1921 zNos@-BoRovs( reporled a<br />
sxrrrl* game played in Pa.n ilast yeaar I d4 d5 2<br />
NBBg4 3Ne5NI6 4Nxg,l Nxg4 5Nd2e5 6h3<br />
Ne3 Whneresi8ns. Tbis naybe tbelrue ve6ion.<br />
Gibaud recalled playinC a gamc likc this in which<br />
hk atrenlion sas monentaily dive.ted <strong>by</strong> the<br />
a.nval ol his friend Muftang. Somelimes a Eame is<br />
'improved' <strong>by</strong> a player <strong>to</strong> provide a more artislic<br />
finish. For his books aLEXHTNE doclored scrcral of<br />
SPI(E OPEMNC,697, Braphic nane Ior the croB<br />
SPIIE CHEC(, a chcck given <strong>by</strong> a player as a<br />
means oI delaying tbe checkmate ofhis king and<br />
usually haing no other purposeibur on occasion<br />
SPURIOUS GAMES, eamcs lhal are wholly or<br />
partly unauthentic. <strong>The</strong>se are not a recent phenonenod.<br />
conpiles oi MANsaBir collecrions in<br />
the 9th and l(]th centuries frequcnlly claimed that<br />
their compositions occu.red in play, and lhe<br />
lTih-century games given <strong>by</strong>GEco maybeequally<br />
liclirious. (By adding lo his opening vanadons <strong>to</strong><br />
nake conplele gades his ranuscriptswould have<br />
become more sal€able ) Mo.e .ep.ehensible are<br />
the clains nade<strong>by</strong>Deacon and cos$inlhe 19lh<br />
cenlury. <strong>The</strong>y would analyse Nirh grear 6as1es<br />
testing various lines oI p1ay. would select one of<br />
thcse. doclor it, and p.eseni it as a game won<br />
against a lanous player.In ihis hander Fre d enck<br />
Dea.on (1.i860) claimed vic<strong>to</strong>ries against MoREy<br />
and srErNrrz lhus bccoming both nolorious and<br />
unpopular. <strong>The</strong>.e have been many sho.t and<br />
bnliadr spunous ganes. P.ince Andr! Dadian of<br />
Mingrclia (1850-1910) published many wins<br />
against well known and usuatly impe.unious<br />
nastes ot his dne At lea( he paid for his games<br />
Acasualgame J H. Blakej. A. Hooke played id<br />
1888 probably at thc City ol London Cluh and<br />
published in the Gl6g,, W.ekly H ald a Sepr.<br />
1888 went as lollows:1e4e5 2NBd6 3Bc4f5 4<br />
d4 Nf6 5 Nc3 crd4 6 Oxd.l Bd7 7 Ng5 Nc6 8<br />
Bfl+ Ke? I Qd5 h6 l08g6 Nes l1 b3 hxg5 12<br />
Qxe5+ dxe5 138a3+Ke6 14exf5mate Innead<br />
ol9 Od5 whilecouldhaveson <strong>by</strong>9OxI6+ Kxi610<br />
Nd5+ Ke5 1l NA+ Kxe4 l2Nc3mate.andthis<br />
sbortened ve$ion appeared in nany olledions<br />
alrhoush Blake himsef never claimed 10 have wo.<br />
this way. A well knoM BREUE I d4 Nf6 2 Nd2 e5<br />
3 dxe5 Ng4 4 h3 Ne3 White resigns is said in nany<br />
books <strong>to</strong> have beenplayedbetseenA. Gibaudand<br />
F. LazardintheParisch<strong>amp</strong>ionshipl924.Gibaud<br />
did not play these mo,es. nor was such a same<br />
Seve ral renarkable INTEMEREN cE vanations occu.<br />
aflerl...Oxb4+ 2Bxb4Rd2: loxd2Nc2+ 4<br />
Qxc2 axb4 ute, 3 Rxd2 ab4 natc. and 3 Bxd2<br />
Nc2 maie. Tbis wid ely pu blished 6nish was said ro<br />
have been played in a game Koskincn-ksanen,<br />
Hchinki. 1967. Thc playeB later admitted that lhe<br />
given position was 'composed irom a simila.<br />
siluation that arose in a inendly enmunler.<br />
No1 <strong>to</strong> be outdone <strong>by</strong> ALEXHTNE\ spunous clain<br />
<strong>to</strong> hav€ playcd a game with 6ve queeos on lhe<br />
bnTd (M, B8r Gan6 of Ches 1908-1923.p.69)<br />
sone membeB of lhe Sydney University <strong>Chess</strong><br />
Club publisbed the follo ng gahe, allegedly<br />
playcd betsecn Sumpter and King in 1965.1e4 d<br />
2Nl3Nc6 3d4dd4 ,lNxd,le6 5Nc3Qc7 6Be2<br />
a6 700b5 8 Khl NI6 914b4 10 e5 bxc3 li<br />
exl6 cxb2 12fxB7bxa1=O 13gxh8=OOxa2 14<br />
OxhT a5 15 h4 a4 16 h5 a3 17 h6 Obl 18 Og8<br />
a2 19h7a1=Q 20h8:QQb4 21Be3Nxd,l 22<br />
Bxd4 Q1a3 23 Bb5 d5 2,1 f5 Ba6 25 lxe6 0-0 0<br />
26 RxtT Oca5 27 c3 Od6 28 Bs4 Re8 29 e7+<br />
Kb8 30 exf8=Q Black resigns. Thisganc.later<br />
admnted <strong>by</strong> ns inven<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> be spurions, appeared<br />
in several publications inctuding l. Chernev s<br />
wohde^ and cunositics af chas (1974). somctines<br />
a player invedr . finisb <strong>to</strong> a non-exislenl<br />
game, as was probably rue of Labone\ pos ion<br />
givcn under FAMTLY.HE.K.<br />
Claims that a sruDy has occured in play are<br />
palpably i.lse. <strong>The</strong> chances ofthh happening are<br />
ininitesimal, <strong>to</strong>. the exceptional play tbat char<br />
acterizes agood siudy occurs inodly one of nany<br />
millions ol sinilar-looking posilions.
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