REMINISCENT

In chess annotations, the annotator sometimes uses the word reminiscent to describe the similar or same typical or same thematic situation that had previously happened in a game before the current game he is annotating.

This time I would like to present a few examples of my personal games which is very relevant with the word 'reminiscent'. I choose the games from my own games in my personal database so that I can avoid any kind of plagiarism act, or simply re-representing what had others had presented.

Before that, I shall offer my sincerest apology to the 'victims' involved in my topic of discussion. I hope this shall be regard as chess academic discussion, not the forum to defame or downgrade the others.

The first type of reminiscent had happened when meeting the same opponent despite, it comes from two completely different openings.

[Event "BPM Allegro Sunway"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Nik Ahmad Farouqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Qd2 c5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.O-O-O Qa5 9. Kb1 b5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxc5 a5 14.Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Be7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. h4 Be6 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. h5 Rec8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rc7 23. g4 Rac8 



Here I produced a spectacular sacrificed which I believe, Nik Ahmad Farouqi himself would nowadays (He is currently a very strong player and with a higher rating than myself) find it with greatest of eased...
24. Bg7!! Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kf6 26. g5+ Kf5 27.Bd3+ Kf4 28. Qh4+ Kxf3 29. Rh3+ 1-0
and black resigned




Amusingly he had been suffered (the topic sentence: reminiscent) the similar type of Bishop sacrificed 2 years before.

[Event "Sabbaruddin Chik Trophy"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Black "Nik Ahmad Farouqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qf3 Nf5 14. Qh3 Kg7 



15. Bg8!! Rxg8 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Qxf7# 1-0






There is another story related to the 'reminiscent' theme. This time involve another strong player. This time the reminiscent is connected to the famous theme of "pawn is a pawn is a pawn is a pawn...". This time I shall take a master game briefly (Sorry, I cannot avoid it) 

[Event "London m4 ;HCL 18"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "62"]
[White "Alexander McDonnell"]
[Black "La Bourdonnais"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 0-1
 
The final position is the most astounding moment.
 






Now, back to my own game, with the reminiscent of the ancient game above
[Event "National Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.06.18"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Marzuki Mat"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. e4 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Qb6 14. Nd2 Nd3 15.Rf1 Nb4 16. Bb2 Rac8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. a4 Nh5 19. Kh1 f5 20. f3 Qc5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Ba3 Bh6 23. Bc1 Bxc1 24. Raxc1 Ne8 25. Bh3 Rf7 26. Qd2 Qd4 27. Qxd4 exd4
28. Ne2 Nd3 29. Rcd1 Ne5 30. Nxa5 d3 31. Nd4 Rc7 32. f4 fxe4 33. Ne6 Rc3 34. fxe5 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bxe6 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Nc4 h5 38. Re1 



With mutual time scamble I suddenly noticed that I could repat the same thing I did to my very same opponent, 4 years before
38...Rxc4!! 39. exd6 Nxd6 40. bxc4 d2 41. Rd1 e3 Here they come! (this time only 2 pawns but, these are enough to win)
42. c5 e2 



 43. Rg1 e1=Q 0-1






My opponent could only complaint: "Kena dengan cara yang sama" which means "beaten with the same style"









This was the game played 4 years before this tragedy:


[Event "MAKSAK, Kuala Lumpur"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marzuki Mat PERLIS"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal KLUMPUR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nde2 Nc5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. f4 b5 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. a3 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 a5 18. Kb1 b4 19. Nb5 Qc6 20. a4 Qxe4+ 21.Qxe4 Bxe4+ 22. Ka2 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bf3 24. Rd2 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 d5 26. Rc2 Rac8 27.Rgc1 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 d4 29. Na7 h6 30. Nc6 Rd5 31. Rd2 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Rf2 Kg7 34. Kb1 e5 35. Rg2 e4 36. h4 Kg6 37. hxg5 



Here, I blundered horribly by 37...Bxg5?? 38. Ne7+ Kh5 39. Nxd5 d3 I was  considering to resign but suddenly I somehow overheard "pawns Rizal" and it was another reminiscent, involving a different opponent. (I shall tell the story after this)
40. Nxb4 f5 41. Nd5 f4 42. Nc3 e3 43. Rh2+ Kg6 44. b4 axb4 45. a5 bxc3 46. bxc3 e2 47. Rh1 d2 0-1












The said reminiscent game after the blunder tragedy above involve another very strong player, NM Kamalarifin. It is very rare indeed for me to defeat him. The game was actually should be winning by him, but, seeing the coming of connected passed pawn, adding with the fact of severe time trouble, he panicked and did not able to consider how a knight could easily stop the 2 passed pawns.
[Event "MAKSWIP, Putrajaya"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "NM Kamal Ariffin DBKL"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal KASTAM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Ne5 12. Nf2 Bd7 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Bg5 Qa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f4 b5 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Ncd1 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 bxa4 20. Bxa6 Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 22. Ke3 f5 23. Rhb1 f4+ 24. Kf3 Rb4 25. Bb7 g5 26. Nd1 Rb3+ 27.
Rxb3 axb3 28. Nb2 g4+ 29. Kf2 Bb5 30. Ra5 g3+ 31. hxg3 fxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Bf1 33.Ra4 Rb8 34. Kf2 Bb5 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Bxa8 c4 37. Bc6 c3 38. Bxb5 c2 39. Nd3 b2 0-1














Some time after this game, Kamal told me that he had been practising the 'knight jumps' to hold my pass pawns.


Another perspective of 'reminiscent' was when I learnt something by watching a blitz game between our no.1, IM Mas Hafizulhelmi against the strong Mohd Saprin Sabri


[Event "Blitz (unofficial)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saprin Sabri"]
[Black "Mas Hafizulhelmi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f3 Nc5 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O b5 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. g4 Qc7 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Qg2 Bf8 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h4 b4 19. Nce2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 Nb6 21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Nf5



Now beginning with 22...exf5! The journey of this pawn which was masterly displayed by Mas Hafizul, had really impressed me. When I return to my notebook, I quickly keyed in this particularly blitz game.
23. Bxb6 fxe4 24. Rc7 exf3 25. Rxd7 fxg2+ 26. Kh2 Rxd7 0-1



 
I did not have to wait for long before borrowing the devastating idea

[Event "Merdeka"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Muhd Akmal Sealine DBKL"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal UIA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Rizal,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f3 Qb6 8. a3 Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. Na4 Nd7 13. O-O b5 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Kh1 Nb6 16. Qc1 Rad8 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nbc4 19. Bf2 Bg5 20. Ncb1 d5 21. b3 Nxd2 22. Nxd2 dxe4 23. Be1 exf3 24. gxf3 Nxf3 0-1







And I was lucky enough to repeat the 'reminiscent' in the very same tournament against another very strong local player



[Event "Merdeka Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aziz Jaafar  BSN"]
[Black "Rizal A Kamal  UIAM 'A'"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Nb3 b6 14. f5 Ne5 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bc1 e5 17. Nde2 Bb7 18. b3 Na5 19. Bg5 Rbd8 20. Rc1 d5 21. Bxf6 dxe4 22. Bxe7 Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 exf3 24. Bd6 Qc6 0-1






(C) Copyright to Rizal Ahmad Kamal 2010