| Aug-12-02 | | morphynoman2: 13. Bd3! Development is all. All white's moves are, as in Morphy's games, simply development, in spite of material and ephemeral success. |
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| Aug-12-02 | | bishop: Out of the first 15 moves of the game Black played 11! pawn moves and 3 queen moves! no wonder he got crushed. |
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| Apr-04-05 | | EmperorAtahualpa: What happens if 22...Nd7? |
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| Apr-04-05 | | Cyphelium: <EmperorAtahualpa> 22.- ♘d7 23. ♖xe7+ ♖xe7 24. ♕h8+ wins; 24.- ♔f7 25. ♕xh7+ or 24.- ♘f8 25. ♗c6+ ♔d8 26. ♕xf8+ ♔c7 27. ♖d1. If white doesn't find a mate somewhere, in both cases it's an easily won endgame. |
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Apr-04-05
 | | Chessical: Balashov's <13...f5> seems too ambitious. The line for Black is extremely rare, but: <13...Be7> 14.Nf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Rg8 16.Qxe5 Nd7 17.Qe3 (threat Be4) Nc5 may be playable for Black. |
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Apr-04-05
 | | Honza Cervenka: <Chessical> After 14.Nf6+ Bxf6 15.Qxf6 Rg8 16.Qxe5 Nd7 17.Qe3 Nc5 18.0-0-0 Nxd3+ (18...Rxg2? 19.Be2!  threatening 20.Bf3) 19.Qxd3 white looks still much better. |
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Apr-04-05
| | Chessical: <Honza Cervenka> I must agree with your conclusion. I was simply trying to find a better continuation than Balashov's <13...f5>. In the end, however, it looks like the <10..Qb7> line is effectively refuted by <11.Ne4!>. |
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Jan-03-16
 | | Penguincw: Parma's only win of the tournament, and it's against a guy who finished half a point better than him. Parma finished with 6/17. |
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| May-10-24 | | mel gibson: Didn't see that today.
Stockfish 16.1 says:
14. Nxe6
(14. Nxe6 (1.Nxe6 Bb4+ 2.c3 fxe4 3.Bxe4 Qf7 4.Bxa8 Qxf3 5.Bxf3 Bxc3+
6.bxc3 Bxe6 7.a4 Ke7 8.axb5 axb5 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Rfb1 Rb7 12.Bxb5
Rc7 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Ra5 Rxc3 ) +4.96/56 814)
score for White +4.96 depth 56. |
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May-10-24
 | | perfidious: Parma was always theoretically well prepared and did not shrink from going in for razor-sharp lines, but this strikes me as being more a Sunday POTD than typical Friday fare. That said, not a snowball's chance I would have conjured up something from this mess, either as a puzzle or during the game, even in those days when I could actually play a little. |
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| May-10-24 | | Mayankk: There are two primary themes for White to pursue in hopes of a victory. It can try out 14 Qh5+ and Nf6 later to push Black King on the d file, castle long to bring his Rook on the d file, sacrifice the d4 Knight via Nxe6 and then threaten discovered checks via its Bishop. But it doesn't look concrete. Or it can play 14 Nxe6 instantly. Now Black is in a bind. If it takes 14 ... Bxe6 then 15 Nf6+ picks the Black Queen. And if it takes 14 ... fxe4 then 15 Bxe4 skewers Black Queen and Rook, opens the d file for White Rook to continue its attack while the e6 Knight remains at large. So we choose the second line. I couldn't foresee how Black will respond after 15 Bxe4 but it seemed like a tough defense regardless. It is not easy to defend when both your King and Queen are vulnerable at the same time. One sample line where White emerges an exchange up plus 2 pawns is 14 Nxe6 fxe4 15 Bxe4 Qe7 16 Nxf8 Rxf8 17 Qh5+ Qf7 18 Qxe5+ Qe7 19 Qxe7+ Kxe7 20 Bxa8. |
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May-10-24
 | | scormus: 14 Qh5+ (always a favourite move of mine in positions like this) was tempting, but I decided on the text, following the same reasoning as <Mayankk>, though I wasn't at all sure. "Got" most of the rest too but again without being sure, except I picked 16 Qh5+ over Nxf8. My difficulty throughout was trying to guess what B was going to play, and whether what he did play was right. Checking with SF suggests 14 or 16 Qh5+ wouldn't have made much difference compared with the text. How did B get into this mess anyway? The previous move, 13 ... f5, was judged "very ambitious" in <chessical's> much earlier post. SF gives 13 ... exd4 (14 Nf6+ Ke7 15 Be4 Qc7 16 O-O Ra5 17 Nd5+ exd6 18 Qf6+) and rates it level, though I can't say that looks very appealing for B either. |
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| May-10-24 | | Teyss: For info there is only one other game in the Db with 10...Qb7 (10...d5 and 10...Bb7 are more common in this rare line) but it's not really relevant because White completely messed it up: D Jabot vs K Weber, 1998 Amazing combination where White finds the best moves to the end. This side line is especially beautiful: 18...Re7 
click for larger view Ah, the WQ is attacked and if it moves the B is pinned so what can White do? 19.Qh8+ (of course) Kd7 (...Kf7 20.Rf1+ Ke6 21.Qf6+ Kd7 is worse) 20. O-O-O+! and Black has to give up the Q else 20...Kc7 21.Qd8# I always liked checking castles. Agree with <perfidious>, this is more Sunday level. It's easy to see with the <Mayankk-meter>: if the post shows no detailed lines, it's complex. |
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May-10-24
 | | chrisowen: I faith dj bag its owe q prickly its v u Nxe6 its a cuff muff its hoh its adagio its nug its a fetch its photon beam Nxe6 did; |
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| May-10-24 | | TheaN: Saw the point behind <14.Nxe6>: 14....Bxe6? 15.Nf6+ with Qxb7 +- and it plays itself from there: <14....fxe4 15.Bxe4 +-> and White can keep up pressure whilst eyeing at Ra8. Black actually could have survived this bizarre line with 13....exd4! (something about a sac should not be refused etc) 14.Nf6+ Ke7 15.Be4 Qc7 16.O-O (Bxa8?! Qe5+ 17.Ne4 f5 ∓) Ra7=:
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Now White can play the crazy looking 17.Nd5+ exd5 18.Qf6+ Ke8 19.Bxd5! Be6 20.Qxh8
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But 20....Qc5! =, of all moves, keeps it even.
Instead, 13.Nxe6! +- would have decided straight away, as Black doesn't have much else then to accept 13.....fxe6 14.O-O-O Nc6 15.Kb1 (avoiding Bh6+) +-
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And Black is surprisingly stuck, whilst White threatens Rd6 or simply Be2 with Rf1. Best 'attempt' is 15....Nd4, but this leaves e5 undefended: 16.Qh5+ Qf7 17.Qxe5 +-. White's simply overdeveloped, but 13.Nxe6! was the way, not Bd3. Paid off, anyway. |
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| May-10-24 | | GoldenKnight: 22...Qa7 looks like it may hold out but falls to 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qh8+ Kd7 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. Qd8# Also, 22...Nd7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ wins. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 14.Nxe6