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| May-08-04 | | ajit: Hey where's FB?? And what rating puzzle is this??:-) |
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| May-08-04 | | Minor Piece Activity: I tried 30. g4 too and it seems like it works. 30. b4 is more cute though. =D |
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May-08-04
 | | RayFchess: Wow, ok you got me too. I also saw g4, but you're right, it only gets white back to even, even though I thought white had a slightly better end game after that. White has to be careful that the black queenside pawns don't break through. This is the first one I didn't see in about a month. I think it is one of the most subtle moves I have ever seen. |
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| Jul-06-04 | | duboy77: what happens if 22. ... bxc4 |
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| Jul-06-04 | | duboy77: OH... now I see. The threat of the rook on e7 and the win of the exhchange on g8 if the rook moves to protect. |
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| Feb-22-05 | | aw1988: Oh, that is absolutely terrible. |
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| Feb-23-05 | | Saruman: <duboy77> Actually the variation could have gone as follows;
22.-bxc4? 23. e7 g8 24. xg8  xg8 25.e8! [I/II]
I)25.-b7? (25.-xe8?? 26.xe8#) 26.xb8! (the tricky point) xb8 27.e7 f8 28.xb7  . II) 25.-f5 26.xg8+  xg8 27.e7 .
Note; other moves than 25.-f5 are possible although they may not hinder great loss of material. |
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| Feb-24-05 | | Saruman: It is incredible that Bagirov is able to create such a powerful zugzwang with so many pieces left on the board. |
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| Mar-26-05 | | aw1988: Black has only two moves in the final position: if he plays c3, white plays a3, if he plays a3, white plays c3. Ouch! |
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Jul-29-05
 | | patzer2: Bagirov's 22. Rae1!! offers the Knight as part of a combination to overwhelm Black's weakened castled position.
Here's some analysis with Fritz 8:
<22. Rae1!! Qf6> This move is practically forced, as other options lose quickly (22... bxc4?? 23. Re7 ; 22... b4 23. Qb2 ). <23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Re8+! Nxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kg7 26. Rg8+! Kh6 27. Ne3 a5> No help for Black is 27... b4 28. h4 Rf5 (28... c4 29. Kf2 c3 30. Bf3 Rb5 ) 29. Kf2 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Ra8 31. Nc7 Rb8 32. g4 Bxg4 33. Rxb8 . <28. h4! a4 29. Kf2> Perhaps even stronger is 29. Bf3! Rf7 30. g4! 1 Bxg4 31. Nxg4+ Kh5 32. Rxb8 . <29... c4 30. b4! 1-0> Black resigned in the face of this strong zugzwang move, but play might have continued 30...c3 31. Bf3 Rf7 32. g4 . |
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Sep-01-08
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: This is an amazing Zugzwang. |
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Sep-01-08
 | | Phony Benoni: Looks more like a case of the cat being unable to get out of the bag. |
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Sep-01-08
 | | sleepyirv: It isn't really the Zugzwang (Black still has a few moves), but the fact White is about to mate Black or Black loses in material. |
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Sep-01-08
 | | al wazir: White had the final Zugzwang position in mind several moves earlier -- else he would have played 28. Ng4, which ensures material equality. |
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| Sep-01-08 | | erimiro1: Bagirov follows Nimzowitch! Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 . Zugzwang is one piece of art, and I like this concept more than many amazing sac combinations. |
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Sep-01-08
 | | maxi: Wasn't this a correspondence game? |
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| Sep-01-08 | | backyard pawn: This is a remarkable position. I can't stop looking at it. Beautiful. |
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Sep-01-08
 | | Jack Kerouac: Now Karen as a Russian name is male I take it: though I might expect Karin is the more familiar version.
And don't forget to read 'The Subterraneans' between training sessions;) |
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| Sep-01-08 | | CrystalFrost: Bagirov simply blocked each of his choices one by one
Seems to be that he foresaw it way before the end |
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Sep-01-08
 | | Once: I'm confused. It seems that the position after 30. c4 was a Saturday puzzle back in May 2004. But Fritz 11 finds at least four winning lines from that position: 30. bxa4 bxa4 31. g4 Rxf4+ 32. Kg3 Rxg3+ loses a shedload of material or 32. ... Rf6? 33. g5+ Kh5 34. Rh8 and black has no real defence to the threat of Rxh7#. 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. g4 then continue as above.
30. g4 Rxf4+ then continue as above.
30. b4 (as played in the game)
Stunning zugwang, but it seems that it was not the only way to win. |
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Sep-01-08
| | al wazir: <Jack Kerouac: Now Karen as a Russian name is male I take it> Grigorian is Armenian. |
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| Sep-01-08 | | apple pi: Beautiful - amongst the most perfect zugzwangs ever - on the level of Saemisch - Nimzowitsch immortal game! |
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| Sep-01-08 | | Davolni: Bagirov must have been a strong player back then, because Karen Grigorian was doing fine those years I think, draws with Spassky, Petrosian, nice wins over Tal... interesting zugzwang indeed!!! |
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Sep-02-08
 | | kevin86: Rare is it,in an open game that black has ten pieces and ZERO good moves. Most zugzwang situations happen in endings or very cramped positions.Here is a very rare exception. |
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| Sep-03-08 | | symmer17: This position is beautiful. That takes amazing ability to see that on the board, |
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sac: 24.Re8+