A Factory Worker Beats 10 Grandmasters
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In 1969, the first Vidmar Memorial Tournament was held in Ljubljana. It featured 10 Grandmasters—including the legends of Yugoslav chess Svetozar Gligoric and Aleksandar Matanovic, one of Germany’s strongest players, Wolfgang Unzicker, and Romanian champion Florin Gheorghiu, who had defeated the great Bobby Fischer just three years before.
Alongside them were 3 International Masters and 3 untitled players.
Of course, everyone expected one of the Grandmasters to win. But first place was taken by a 25-year-old untitled player who worked in a local bicycle factory.
Every day, after finishing his hard day's work at the factory, he hurried to the tournament and defeated one Grandmaster after another, creating one of the biggest sensations in chess history.
That player was none other than one of the most creative chess players ever—Albin Planinc.
In this video, we’ll examine one of his most spectacular games from that tournament, which he won in just 28 moves.
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Planinc vs Matanovic, Vidmar Memorial 1969
1.e4 e5 2.f4ex f4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qf3 Ng6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qe7 10.Bxf4 Nxf4 11.Nxf4 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Nfe2 Be6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Nf4 Qe7 17.c3 Bd6 18.Rae1 Qd8 19.Qh3 Be7 20.Nh5 Nd7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qxd7 gxh5 23.Qh3 h4 24.Rf5 Kh8 25.Ref1 Qd7 26.Qd3 Qe6 27.Re5 Qd7 28.Rxe7 1-0
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Kf3 Bg4
Kg4 Re4 and the other bishop falls too.
A Factory Worker Beats 10 Grandmasters
Chess Wisdom
67,568 views
In 1969, the first Vidmar Memorial Tournament was held in Ljubljana. It featured 10 Grandmasters—including the legends of Yugoslav chess Svetozar Gligoric and Aleksandar Matanovic, one of Germany’s strongest players, Wolfgang Unzicker, and Romanian champion Florin Gheorghiu, who had defeated the great Bobby Fischer just three years before.
Alongside them were 3 International Masters and 3 untitled players.
Of course, everyone expected one of the Grandmasters to win. But first place was taken by a 25-year-old untitled player who worked in a local bicycle factory.
Every day, after finishing his hard day's work at the factory, he hurried to the tournament and defeated one Grandmaster after another, creating one of the biggest sensations in chess history.
That player was none other than one of the most creative chess players ever—Albin Planinc.
In this video, we’ll examine one of his most spectacular games from that tournament, which he won in just 28 moves.
Support the Channel: Patreon: ChessWisdom
Planinc vs Matanovic, Vidmar Memorial 1969
1.e4 e5 2.f4ex f4 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qf3 Ng6 6.d4 Bb4 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Qf6 9.e5 Qe7 10.Bxf4 Nxf4 11.Nxf4 d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Nfe2 Be6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Nf4 Qe7 17.c3 Bd6 18.Rae1 Qd8 19.Qh3 Be7 20.Nh5 Nd7 21.Qg4 g6 22.Qxd7 gxh5 23.Qh3 h4 24.Rf5 Kh8 25.Ref1 Qd7 26.Qd3 Qe6 27.Re5 Qd7 28.Rxe7 1-0