Michael Adams vs Alexey Shirov (1991)

Michael Adams vs Alexey Shirov
Biel 52/211 1991 · Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. General (B70) · 0-1

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Given 49 times; par: 30 [what's this?]

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Jul-06-06		mack: As featured in a 1991 CHESS magazine 'Test Your Chess' article by Danny King. 10...Kxf7 is remarkably deep - the point being White can't play 13.Bc5 as the rook and queen are connected.

Jul-30-06		wlod: Thank you mack for the explanation. GM Shabalov has written in: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... or http://tinyurl.com/qhybm that 10... Kxf7! was conceived by GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz, when A.W. was serving his term in a Soviet prison.

Aug-11-06		mack: <that 10... Kxf7! was conceived by GM Alexander Wojtkiewicz, when A.W. was serving his term in a Soviet prison.> That's right - given that he's just passed away, it's nice to 'remember' him through games like this.

Aug-03-08		Chessmensch: See the following article re the "Prison Novelty" and an obit on Wojtkiewicz who died at 43. http://main.uschess.org/content/vie... Also written up in Paul Hoffman's "King's Gambit," page 250, which by the way is a very interesting book about chess and chess players (not about the King's Gambit).

Aug-10-12		LoveThatJoker: Guess-the-Move Final Score: Adams vs Shirov, 1991. YOU ARE PLAYING THE ROLE OF SHIROV. Your score: 52 (par = 29) LTJ PS. I demolished par.

Aug-10-12		rogge: Wow, that's fantastic!

Aug-10-12		LoveThatJoker: <rogge> Thanks, man! One of my top two GTM performances for sure. :) I'm really happy about this one! LTJ

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