Following up on David’s recent post on Wolfgang Heidenfeld’s outstanding result in Johannesburg 1955, a tournament report has been added here, including all games from the event.
Heidenfeld’s result, finishing joint first in the event, ahead of Max Euwe in third place, and winning their individual game, was extraordinary. But the most memorable aspect of all was the game he lost, Heidenfeld – Wolpert, round 1.
For this report, Kurt Dreyer’s complete annotation from the tournament book have been added. The reader is invited to play through the game and compare notes with Dreyer. For example, how would you assess the position in the note to White’s 13th, after 17. Qxb7 ? And similarly, how would you assess the position in the note to White’s 18th, variation (a), after 22. Kxe4 ?