Day 18: Blitz in Gorky Park
At the chess tables of Gorky Park in Minsk, a confident university student asks an old man for a game of blitz.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый день, сыграете со мной блиц? По пять минут на партию, только, чур, без обид.
Good afternoon, will you play me at blitz? Five minutes a game, only, mind, no hard feelings.
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B
Отчего ж не сыграть. Садись, расставляй, белые твои, раз ты такой прыткий.
Why not. Sit down, set them up, you take white, since you're so quick off the mark.
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A
Тогда начну с королевского гамбита. Вы такое, наверное, только в старых учебниках видели?
Then I'll open with the King's Gambit. You've probably only seen that in old textbooks?
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B
Видал я и не такое. Ходи, не торопись: поспешишь, людей насмешишь... Ну вот, ферзя и зевнул.
I've seen worse than that. Move, don't rush: more haste, less speed... There you go, you've blundered your queen.
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A
Случайность, на голубей отвлёкся. Давайте вторую, теперь всерьёз.
A fluke, I got distracted by the pigeons. Let's play a second, seriously this time.
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B
А вот и вторая: мат, а у тебя ещё две минуты оставалось. В цейтноте люди ошибаются, а ты и без него управился.
And here's the second: mate, and you still had two minutes left. People blunder in time trouble, but you managed without it.
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A
Я просто не разогрелся. Давайте третью, решающую, и теперь я каждый ход буду обдумывать.
I just hadn't warmed up. Let's play a third, the decider, and this time I'll think over every move.
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B
Обдумывай, обдумывай... Я сходил конём, и снова мат. Не горюй, за одного битого двух небитых дают.
Think away, think away... I've moved my knight, and it's mate again. Don't be sad: one beaten man is worth two unbeaten.
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A
Продул три партии подряд, всухую... Вы, наверное, мастер спорта или где-то всерьёз занимались?
Three games lost in a row, a clean sweep... You must be a master, or did you train somewhere seriously?
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B
Я, сынок, в шахматной школе при Доме офицеров учился, а в семьдесят пятом у самого Таля в сеансе ничью сделал. Приходи в субботу, покажу ту партию.
I studied at the chess school at the Officers' House, son, and in seventy-five I drew with Tal himself in a simul. Come on Saturday, I'll show you that game.
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