The Pawn Power, Eduard Gufeld vs Lubomir Kavalek
Pawn Power
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Eduard Gufeld vs Lubomir Kavalek
"Kavalanche"
Student Olympiad (1962), Marianske Lazne CSR, rd 7, Jul-20
Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Cordel Gambit (C64) · 0-1
The power of the pawns is not to be underestimated.
23...Rxd2 is very plausible move. Very imaginative thought by Kavalek but nothin near marvel or what, it just a very good move. White down a knight, right, but f2 pawn is defended by rook and bishop. And the f2 pawn is now same as strong as a rook soon would be defended by e-pawn, after 23.Ke2, the white knight is a threat bcoz it could move to c4. But only from now, Kavalek considered his pawn as a rook that had to be protected by bishop. 23...Rxd2 and now black f2 pawn strong as hell, b6 bishop could be preserved relentlessly. Say, if white 25.c4 (instead Bf8) then 25...Bd4 26...Rg4, again Kavalek foresaw the 27.Bc5, and again, to protect the bishop.
So maybe 27...Rxc5 looks very miraculous for some of readers. But again we got the benefits of whatever our predecessors have done /said. They say the connected passed pawns at 6th pawn same strong as rook and we got a pawn chain even better it touches the 7th rank (stronger than rook). After 27...Rxc5 28.bxc5 Bxc5, square e3 defended by bishop and soon the black pawn would go there and thats why white done 31.Rd4 to prevent white dominated the e3 pawn.
But its too late, after 32...Kf4, e3 square dominated by black, and remember connected passed pawns at the 6th rank same as strong as a rook. Beside that white has 3 more pawns compared black 5 pawns. It loss for white.
Of course a GM like Kavalek foresaw those possibilities when 23...Rxd2. But it could be explained by logics and that shows he knows the theory and applied it in the game. He considered f2 pawn as his weapon same as a rook; he didn't mind sacrificed another rook for a bishop (27...Rxc5) because he considered his 7th rank pawn as a rook; he knew to protect his "rook", he had to protect the bishop; and finally at the end of the game, he had more pawns than his opponent, moreover his opponents rook weaker than his "rook" because it touched the 7th rank.
So it really how the way you see your pieces, one of my ex-teachers (2400+ FIDE) always emphasized that kind of thought. So when theres a theory, theres a reason behind that, better we believe those and apply it in the game. Some players failed to be a GM (i know some users though), they just achieved "a weak master" or they changed the profession because they very stubborn to learn it and even they devoured the theories but they underestimated most of them
It's easy to sit at your seat home, drink a cup of coffee and go over multiple lines over the day as you bask in the sun. Unfortunately that's not the case for grandmasters. To take such a huge risk by sacrificing both rook is terrifying. You sweat profusely, you are constantly distracted by the violent beating of your heart, and then you sit there and go over line over line with maybe 30-40 minutes on the clock. And right just before you make your move you have to ABSOLUTELY certain that everything works as you planned.
This kind of experience is something the at-home analyzer does not have to worry about.
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