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[govert]

Un chapitre (# 7), du livre magnifiquement illustré par Govert Westerveld sur Baba Sy, a été completé et peut être lu dans: http://www.damasweb.com/spanish/capitulo7.pdf

Plus d'informations sur les chapitres qui suivent dans:
http://www.damasweb.com/spanish/

[govert]

Un capitolo (# 7), del libro splendidamente illustrato da Govert Westerveld su Baba Sy, è stato completato e può essere letto in: http://www.damasweb.com/spanish/capitulo7.pdf

Ulteriori informazioni sui capitoli:
http://www.damasweb.com/spanish

[Hanco Elenbaas]

Sportpaleis de Jong, april 1998, video by Kees Brouwer.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjgUY57Xv8A[/youtube]

[AngelKill878]

Hi guys I'm a newbie here and I don't have enough knowledge about this. can you please guide me here guys I see more fun here.
about BABA SY who was that I never heard about him?

[Hanco Elenbaas]

Baba Sy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baba Sy (1935-1978) was a Senegalese draughts player and the first world champion from Africa. He is said to have been "discovered" by a French player.... is that true?

Yes, it's true. Monsieur Emile Biscons brought Baba Sy to France in 1959. Baba Sy immediately became champion of France, and qualified for the World championship 1960, in which he finished 2nd, behind Shchogolyev, but before defending champion Kuperman, both from the USSR.

In the video below, from 5:53 Ton Sijbrands is telling a bit about the manuscript Emile Biscons left us on Baba Sy, 'Les Secrets d'un Grand Maître International'.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjgUY57Xv8A[/youtube]

[Rein Halbersma]

Baba Sy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baba Sy (1935-1978) was a Senegalese draughts player and the first world champion from Africa. He is said to have been "discovered" by a French player.... is that true?

Yes, it's true. Monsieur Emile Biscons brought Baba Sy to France in 1959. Baba Sy immediately became champion of France, and qualified for the World championship 1960, in which he finished 2nd, behind Shchogolyev, but before defending champion Kuperman, both from the USSR.

In the video below, from 5:53 Ton Sijbrands is telling a bit about the manuscript Emile Biscons left us on Baba Sy, 'Les Secrets d'un Grand Maître International'.

Devauchelle,B. - Sy,B. Lucas Bols, 27-12-1961
1.31-27 17-21 2.37-31 19-23 3.41-37 14-19 4.33-28 10-14 5.34-30 21-26 6.30-25 11-17 7.27-22 18x27 8.31x11 6x17 9.36-31 12-18 10.31-27 7-12 11.46-41 17-22 12.28x17 12x21 13.39-33 20-24 14.33-28 15-20 15.38-33 5-10 16.43-38 10-15 17.44-39 24-29 18.33x24 20x29 19.49-43 15-20 20.41-36 18-22 21.28x17 21x12 22.39-33 20-24 23.33-28 12-17 24.43-39 17-21 25.40-34 29x40 26.35x44 1-7 27.39-33 14-20 28.25x14 9x20 29.28-22 20-25 30.33-28 3-9 31.37-31 26x37 32.42x31 9-14 33.31-26 7-12 34.26x17 12x21 35.36-31 2-7 36.31-26 7-12 37.26x17 12x21 38.45-40 14-20 39.44-39 24-29 40.39-34 20-24


This diagram appears on the video, and Sijbrands explains that he never quite understood how black managed to win this game. Below a short analysis with the help of Kingsrow.

41.40-35 29x40 42.35x44 25-30 43.47-42 30-35 44.48-43 23-29 45.42-37 24-30 46.50-45 30-34 47.37-31 21-26


White makes a first and immediately fatal mistake here. After 48. 22-17! 26x37 49. 32x41 13-18 50. 41-37 4-9 51. 37-32 9-13 52. 43-39 34x43 53. 38x49 white would have secured a draw. In the game black blocks square <17>, reducing white's left wing to ruins.

48.44-39? 26x37 49.39x30 35x24 50.32x41 8-12! 51.41-37 24-30


Here white could have put up a much stronger defense. Black can then only win with the help of some very non-obvious moves (53... 4-9! and 56.... 30-35!! in variant 2.2.2).
52. 43-39 29-34 53. 39-33 (53. 37-32? 34x43 54. 38x49 30-34!)
1) 53... 30-35? 54. 37-32! (with the threat 22-18 and 32-27=) 12-17 55. 22x11 16x7 56. 27-21 19-24 57. 28-23 13-19 58. 23x14 35-40 59. 33-28 40-44 60. 28-22 44-50 61. 14-10 50x26 62. 10-5 =.
2) 53... 4-9! 54. 37-32 12-18
2.1) 55. 27-21 (the most logical) 16x27 56. 22x31 19-24 (56... 30-35? 57. 33-29!! and 58. 31-27 =) and the threat 30-35-40-44-49 cannot be answered in time.
2.2) 55. 33-29 (still a losing move but with a nasty trick) 34x23 56. 22-17
2.2.1) 56... 30-34? (this seemingly strong move is a draw) 57. 28-22 34-39 58. 45-40 19-24 (58... 23-29? 59. 27-21! =) 59. 17-12!! (59. 27-21? B+) 18x7 60. 22-17 and even with 2 men behind white still obtains a draw.
2.2.2) 56... 30-35!! (delays getting a king but anticipates catching a future white king on 2) 57. 28-22 19-24 58. 17-12 18x7 59. 22-17 13-19 60. 17-11 9-14 61. 11x2 23-28 62 32x23 19x28 63. 2x30 35x24 B+

52.37-31? 29-34! 53.38-32 12-17 54.22x11 16x7 55.27-22 30-35 56.31-27 35-40 57.27-21 40-44 58.21-16 34-39 59.43x34 44-50 0-2

[Rein Halbersma]

Here white could have put up a much stronger defense. Black can then only win with the help of some very non-obvious moves (53... 4-9! and 56.... 30-35!! in variant 2.2.2).
52. 43-39 29-34 53. 39-33 (53. 37-32? 34x43 54. 38x49 30-34!)
1) 53... 30-35? 54. 37-32! (with the threat 22-18 and 32-27=) 12-17 55. 22x11 16x7 56. 27-21 19-24 57. 28-23 13-19 58. 23x14 35-40 59. 33-28 40-44 60. 28-22 44-50 61. 14-10 50x26 62. 10-5 =.
2) 53... 4-9! 54. 37-32 12-18
2.1) 55. 27-21 (the most logical) 16x27 56. 22x31 19-24 (56... 30-35? 57. 33-29!! and 58. 31-27 =) and the threat 30-35-40-44-49 cannot be answered in time.
2.2) 55. 33-29 (still a losing move but with a nasty trick) 34x23 56. 22-17
2.2.1) 56... 30-34? (this seemingly strong move is a draw) 57. 28-22 34-39 58. 45-40 19-24 (58... 23-29? 59. 27-21! =) 59. 17-12!! (59. 27-21? B+) 18x7 60. 22-17 and even with 2 men behind white still obtains a draw.
2.2.2) 56... 30-35!! (delays getting a king but anticipates catching a future white king on 2) 57. 28-22 19-24 58. 17-12 18x7 59. 22-17 13-19 60. 17-11 9-14 61. 11x2 23-28 62 32x23 19x28 63. 2x30 35x24 B+

After a little research in the Volkskrant archives, it turns out that this game was also analyzed by Sijbrands in the Volkskrant of 14/02/1998. His analysis is essentially correct, but the estimated win in the variation 52. 43-39 29-34 53. 39-33 is for the wrong reasons. The suggested move 53... 30-35 is actually a database draw, but according to Kingsrow 53... 4-9 still saves the black win in that variation.

[Hanco Elenbaas]

[Hanco Elenbaas]

[Hanco Elenbaas]

In Memoriam BABA SY (1935-1978) by Ton Sijbrands; 23 pages from Draughts Magazine DB, nov 1978 & january 1979, downloadable at:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/46141243/In-M ... v-Dec-1978

[Hanco Elenbaas]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjZyP6VmyuA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRCl5ftr5AM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZjtjpKn6xw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukE_11qh9JI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyEWn-ZJysg[/youtube]

[Hanco Elenbaas]

Slava Shchogolev, Baba Sy & fan, Moscow 1961.

[louisdeconte]

Wow. Great pictures. Wonderful historical information. Hats off to everyone

[Gerard de Groot]

http://www.denhaagdirect.nl/uit-de-oude ... udio-1962/

[Hanco Elenbaas]

Govert Westerveld uploaded several videos about Baba Sy on his YouTube channel.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zo-63uLuj4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6PZmEr0eyw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79o3GqluDBA[/youtube]