Gösta Stoltz
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Gösta Stoltz

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  • 1928 Bogoljubov, Efim vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Vienna Game: Stanley Variation 20 moves Triberg Training Triberg 1928, a training game from the months Stoltz spent with Efim Bogoljubov, who played Alekhine for the world title in 1929 and 1934. Black gives up a pawn with 9...b5 and a knight with 14...Nc6 15.dxc6, and the attack runs 15...Rae8 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Nd6+ Kg8 18.Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.g3 Qh3+, where the game ends.
  • 1930.11 Stoltz, Gosta vsKashdan, Isaac 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Maróczy Attack 38 moves Match Stoltz-Kashdan +2-1=3 Stockholm 1930. Isaac Kashdan had just won the Collijn jubilee tournament half a point ahead of Stoltz and Bogoljubov; in the match that followed Stoltz beat him +2 −1 =3. 16.Nxg6 fxg6 17.Ne4 Nxf4 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.Rxf4 Qxf4 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.cxd6 gives White a passed d-pawn that reaches d7 at move 24, and 36.Qxg6+ Qxg6 37.Rxg6 decides.
  • 1930.11.17 Spielmann, Rudolf vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation 28 moves Match Stoltz-Spielmann +2-1=3 Stockholm 1930, the fifth game of the match with Rudolf Spielmann, which Stoltz won +2 −1 =3. 13...exf3 leaves the queen to be taken: 14.Bc7 Nf6 15.Nxg7+ Kf7 16.Bxb6 Bg4 17.g3 Bh3+ 18.Kg1, and with White's rook shut in on h1, Black's minor pieces and rooks win by move 28. Spielmann compared the game to Anderssen's Immortal Game; Ruslan Ponomariov later named it the best game he had ever seen.
  • 1931.07.14 Kostic, Boris vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense 22 moves Olympiad-04 Prague Olympiad 1931, where Stoltz won the individual gold medal on second board with 13½ points from 18 games. Against Boris Kostić, 15...e5 16.Nxe5 Qxd4 17.Rc7 Nd5 18.Qc1 Nxc7 19.Qxc7 Bxe4 wins the exchange and a pawn, and 22...Qe4 ends it at move 22.
  • 1931.09.02 Stoltz, Gosta vsNimzowitsch, Aron 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann Variation 37 moves Bled International Bled 1931, where Stoltz shared fourth place behind Alekhine, Bogoljubov and Nimzowitsch, against Aron Nimzowitsch in the Spielmann Variation of the Nimzo-Indian. 28.fxg5 opens the f-file, and 34.Rxf5 Qg7 35.Rcf2 Bxd1 36.Rf7 Bh5 37.Rxg7+ wins the queen for a rook.
  • 1931.09.03 Pirc, Vasja vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Berlin Variation 33 moves Bled International Bled 1931 with Black against Vasja Pirc, a study player here. 18...Nxc4 19.Ba3 Nxa3 20.Qxc8 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Bh5 22.Qxf8+ Kxf8 trades both rooks and a knight for White's queen, bishop and a pawn; then 24...Bxf3 25.gxf3 Qg5+ goes after the king, 29.Rxc3 dxc3 leaves a black pawn on c3, and White resigns at move 33.
  • 1932.01.01 Stoltz, Gosta vsMenchik, Vera 1-0 French Defense: Chigorin Variation 54 moves Christmas Congress 1931/32-12 Premier Hastings 1931/32 against Vera Menchik, the reigning Women's World Champion and a study player here. 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Nd3 20.f6 drives a pawn to f6 that stays there until 37.fxe7+ Kxe7; White's knight and king then go after the kingside pawns (48.Kf4, 52.Nxg6+), and the game ends at move 54.
  • 1932.06.22 Stoltz, Gosta vsSaemisch, Friedrich 1-0 King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, Rubinstein Variation 19 moves Swinemuende Swinemünde 1932, a tournament Stoltz won, against Friedrich Sämisch, a study player here, in the Kieseritzky Gambit. The queens come off at move 12, and 15.Nb4 Nf6 16.Bb5+ Bd7 17.Rae1+ Kd8 18.Bg5 Bxb5 19.Rxf6 finishes it in 19 moves.
  • 1932.12.09 Stoltz, Gosta vsSpielmann, Rudolf 1-0 King's Gambit 33 moves Match Spielmann-Stoltz +4-1=1 Stockholm 1932, a match game against Rudolf Spielmann, who meets the King's Gambit with 2...Bc5. 9.Nf7 Qe7 10.Nxh8 takes the rook in the corner; after 11...Bf2+ 12.Kxf2 Qc5+ 13.Be3 Qxc4 the queens come off with 22.Qxe4+, Black wins back the knight with 24...Rxh8, and White is still the exchange up when the game ends at move 33.
  • 1935.08.18 Marshall, Frank James vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Slav Defense 30 moves Olympiad-06 Warsaw Olympiad 1935, where Sweden won the team silver medals and Stoltz the individual bronze on second board, against Frank Marshall, a study player here. 23...Qh3 24.Rxd4 Rg6+ 25.Qg3 f5 26.Rfd1 f4 27.Qxg6 hxg6 costs White the queen for a rook, and 29...g4 30.fxg4 f3 leaves mate on g2 threatened.
  • 1941.09.16 Rabar, Braslav vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System 57 moves Europe Tournament Munich 1941, the tournament Stoltz won with 12 points from 15, a point and a half ahead of Alexander Alekhine and Erik Lundin. Against Braslav Rabar, Black's queenside pawns decide a long ending: the king walks in with 43...Kb3 44.Rd4 Kxb2, the a-pawn reaches a2 at move 51, and White resigns after 57...Rd2.
  • 1941.09.18 Stoltz, Gosta vsRichter, Kurt Paul 1-0 Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack 30 moves Europe Tournament Munich 1941 against Kurt Richter, a study player here, in the Panov Attack of the Caro-Kann. 17.Rd3 and 18.Rg3 swing a rook toward the king, 22.Ng6 Nf6 23.Nxe7+ removes the dark-squared bishop, and 25.d5 and 28.g4 Ne7 29.g5 hxg5 30.dxe6 end it in 30 moves.
  • 1946 Gligoric, Svetozar vsStoltz, Gosta 0-1 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 30 moves Prague Treybal Memorial Prague 1946, where Stoltz shared second place behind Miguel Najdorf, with Black against Svetozar Gligorić, a study player here. Black pushes the h-pawn (12...h5, 13...h4) and posts the rook on h7; 22...Ng5 23.Bb5+ Kf8 24.Bc6 Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 wins the queen for a knight and a pawn, and 30...Rh4 ends it.
  • 1948.07.19 Stoltz, Gosta vsRagozin, Viacheslav 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System 57 moves Interzonal-01 Saltsjöbaden Interzonal 1948, the first FIDE Interzonal, against Viacheslav Ragozin, a study player here. The queens come off at move 12 in a Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein System. The rook ending turns on the c-pawns: 48.Kxc5, then 50.c5, 53.c6 and 56.c7, and 57.Rc3+ ends it.
  • 1952.05.05 Stoltz, Gosta vsBogoljubov, Efim 1-0 Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation, Center Variation 48 moves Belgrade Belgrade 1952 against Efim Bogoljubov, twenty-four years after their training games at Triberg, in the Stoltz Variation of the Semi-Slav (6.Qc2). White castles long; 28.Rxe4 Qxd2+ 29.Qxd2 Rxd2 30.Kxd2 fxe4 takes the queens off, and in the rook ending 38.Rxb7 and 41.Rxa7 win pawns and the a-pawn reaches a6 at move 48.
  • 1952.08.27 Stoltz, Gosta vsEvans, Larry Melvyn 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations 39 moves Olympiad-10 Final A Helsinki Olympiad 1952 against Larry Evans, a study player here. 23.Bxf7 Kxf7 24.Nxg4 Bxg4 25.Nxe5+ Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Bxd1 leaves White's queen against rook and bishop; the e-pawn runs to e6 at move 37 and 39.Qh8+ ends it.
  • 1952.09.19 Stoltz, Gosta vsSteiner, Herman 1-0 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian 34 moves Interzonal-02 Saltsjöbaden Interzonal 1952 against Herman Steiner, a game Sam Copeland included in his Chess.com lessons on the ten best games of the 1950s. White castles long and gives a bishop with 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6, then lets the queen go: 23.Qg5 Rg6 24.d5 Rxg5 25.hxg5. The rooks break in with 28.Rxh7+ and 29.Rxg7+, and 33.Bf6 Qxf6 34.Rxf6 ends it.
  • 1952.10.08 Stoltz, Gosta vsWade, Robert Graham 1-0 French Defense: Classical Variation 32 moves Interzonal-02 Saltsjöbaden Interzonal 1952 against Robert Wade, in the Classical Variation of the French Defense. 21.Nxb7 wins a pawn, and 27.Rxe4 dxe4 gives up the exchange to clear the d-file: 28.Rd1, 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.Bxe6+ Rf7 31.Bxf7+ Kh8 32.Bd5, and Black resigns.
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