Dec-03-04
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| Knight13: Good endgame players and pieces wins. |
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| Apr-15-05 |
| asuka: 57...Nd8?? why not Kxa5? black could not hope for a win with a knight. why not take the pawn to tie the game? |
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| Apr-15-05 |
| RookFile: Well, I suspect that he's lost
after 57.... Kxa5. Although king
and knight are a draw against
King and rook, it is a requirement
that the knight be close to the
king. My suspucion is that an
endgame whiz can find a win for
white after 57... Kxa5 |
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Apr-15-05
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| Swapmeet: After 67...Kxa5? The knight is lost by force.
68. Rf5+ and now
68. ... Ka4 69. Rf6 Nc7 (the only way to stop Ra6#) 70. Rc6 and the knight cannot move because of Ra6# 68. ... Ka6 69. Rf6 and bye bye knight |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| avilovi: I think that after 67...Kxa5 the knight is lost after 68.Kd5 |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| Manic: Both <Swapmeet> and <avilovi> are correct in that 67...Kxa5 is met by 68.Rf5+ or by the more aesthetically pleasing (to me) 68.Kd5 as after 68...Nd8 comes 69.Rd7 and the knight is lost. |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| realbrob: Nice game, it looks quite modern if one thinks it was played in 1843. White accepted to play with an isolated pawn, and when you do you're supposed to keep the initiative and attack. This is why I think that around move 15 Black was better: he had set foot in the centre of the board and White didn't have a lot of initiative. |
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Jul-28-07
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| Chessmensch: Very much worth playing through the endgame as a learning exercise by example. |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| tacite: 79 moves, it's a long run. My guess is that both players cheated and took some streroids or had a blood transfusion for this Tour de France. |
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Jul-28-07
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| meloncio: <Tour de France> Nice pun today! |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| Themofro: It's sad really to see what's happening in the new "Tour de Farce". Several teams quit due to doping scandals, police were waiting at the finish line for this one guy and arrested him soon as he crossed the finish line (accused of taking testosterone, rest of the team promptly resigned as well), the lead guy wearing the yellow jersy was suspended by his team when there was like four days left, a lot of the clean riders held a protest at the beginning of the race and waited at the starting line, holdinh up the race for 13 minutes, etc. It's pretty much been a nightmare for all involved. That being said, nice game and pun. |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| vizir: guys,
57...Kxa5 wasn't better due to 58. Rf5+ Ka4 (Ka6 or Kb6 is followed by Rf6  ) 59. Rf6 Nc7 60.Rc5 pretty good technique by Saint Amand, I like this game |
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| Jul-28-07 |
| Alphastar: what's the pun? did one of these 2 players use dope for this game? |
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Jul-28-07
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| fm avari viraf: Definitely, a sweating "Tour De France" for Saint Amant with some interesting combinations. |
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Jul-30-07
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| kevin86: TOUR de FRANCE- A real shame-A race that once stood for great endurence and courage is ruined by cheating-and the media's bloodthirstiness for scandal. |
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| Sep-12-07 |
| capanegra: Nice picture! If you look closely at the chessboard, the position would appear to be more or less after move 65. |
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| Sep-12-07 |
| drukenknight: This must have been one of those all marathon games w/ no clock because doesnt St Amant through the "W" away w/ 43 Kd3?? |
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Oct-15-07
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| nimh: Rybka 2.4 mp, AMD X2 2.01GHz, 10 min per move, threshold 0.33. De Saint Amant 6 mistakes:
18.Ne5 0.30 (18.g4 0.82)
21.Rd2 0.29 (21.Nxg6 1.40)
28.f4 1.99 (28.e6 2.76)
32.Kf2 1.67 (32.Rxd5 2.64)
55.Kf5 1.63 (55.Kxd5 5.63)
70.Kb5 18.59 (70.a6+ #20)
Staunton 15 mistakes:
14...h6 0.64 (14...Re8 0.24)
17...c6 0.82 (17...Re8 0.34)
18...Qc7 1.30 (18...a5 0.30)
21...a5 1.89 (21...c5 0.29)
25...Nd3 2.73 (25...Ra7 2.10)
28...Re8 2.72 (28...c5 1.99)
32...Rc8 2.27 (32...Ne7 1.67)
41...g5 1.98 (41...Kd7 1.08)
52...Nf6 3.23 (52...Kc6 1.92)
53...Ke7 5.65 (53...Ne4 3.23)
55...d4 2.67 (55...Kd6 1.63)
57...d3 5.02 (57...Kd6 2.27)
58...d2 9.94 (58...Kd7 5.96)
64...Ne6+ 23.56 (64...Na6 16.45)
70...Na7+ 23.57 (70...Nd4+ 18.59) |
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Nov-10-08
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| gambitfan: Endgame  + 3 (6.25) //  + (6)
51... xg4
click for larger viewwhite to play
Endgame + (6) // + 2 (5.25)
57... d3
click for larger viewwhite to play |
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| Apr-11-09 |
| Fanacas: Great endgame and bigg diffrence in mistakes i see. |
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sac: 44.h5
