Unless you are an expert on 20th Century Hungarian chess history, the name Arpad Foldeak likely doesn’t ring a bell. In my personal library, I am fortunate to have two notable books by Földeák. The first is his groundbreaking treatise on the Chess Olympiad entitled “Chess Olympiads 1927-1968.” The second book is a really excellent study guide to theoretical rook endgames written in German and titled “Ein Vierteljahrhundert Turmendspiele, Theorie und Praxis.” So I was surprised to find that this acclaimed Hungarian chess author, journalist and historian only has one game in my database. But for only having one recorded game, at least Árpád Földeák’s play was quite noteworthy.
A copy of Árpád Földeák’s Chess Olympiads 1927-1968.
There is one aesthetic and one practical reason why I really enjoy Földeák’s chess game. Aesthetically, it is very interesting to see White’s Knights occupying the starting squares for Black’s King and Queen in the opening phase of the game. For practical purposes, this miniature makes a great addition to my crime and punishment lesson series involving the crime of moving the f-pawn one square forward and the punishment of an impending checkmate.
[Event “Budapest”]
[Site “Budapest HUN”]
[Date “1942.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Arpad Foldeak”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[Black “F Nagy”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Result “1-0”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 Nd7 8.Be2 g6
9.Nd5 f6 10.Ne6 Qa5 11.Ndc7+ Kf7 12.Nd8+ Kg7 13.Ne8+
1-0
Another chess game worth sharing.