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| Oct-04-06 |
| Confuse: ....
sorry if this comment seems useless. i am stunned at whites graceful assault : ) |
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Oct-04-06
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| al wazir: Why didn't black play 35...Nxc6 ? |
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Oct-04-06
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| WannaBe: "Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird you can not change."
Apologies to L.S. :-) |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| Tenderfoot: Well, I have to admit, moves 30 & 31 by Bird have me a little lost...what am I overlooking? |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| Gowe: <Al wazir>: If 35..., Nxc6 there is a pretty combination.
36.Rxe8 Qxe8 37.Rxc6 <Not Qxc6 because 38.Ne7+> Now, the threat is Rc8! winning the queen, because, Qxc8 Ne7+, the same pattern.
Then, black is in mate position, because if Queen moves away, Rc8+ will take to mate in f8 or h8. So, now i can continue:
37...Qb8+ 38.Kh3 Kf7 <Only move because the threat Rc8 is too strong> 39.Ne5+ <Not Kf8 because Nd7+ winning the queen> <Not Ke7 because 40.Rd6+ Kd8 or Kf8 41.Nd7+ winning the queen> I think there is a draw because after 39.Ne5+ Kg8 is only move and then Ng6 <again the same position> should get to only a draw. |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| Gowe: <Tenderfoot> You are overlooking moves, that's true.
30...Qxa5?? Nxc6
And 31, well, you have the rest of the match that shows you one winning line. |
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Oct-04-06
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| keypusher: "Free Bird" -- Henry B. and Ronnie Van Zandt must both be turning in their graves! Great choice, cg.com.
For anyone who has the book (and if you don't have it, what are you waiting for?), this game is annotated in Tartakower and Du Mont's <500 Master Games of Chess>. |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| rookattack: Why doesn't black play 34...Qxa6 |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| sneaky pete: If 35... Nxc6 36.Rxe8+ Qxe8 37.Rxc6 Kh7 black should win. 34... Qxa6 35.Nxe7+ Kh7 36.N5g6 .. is very dangerous. The threat is Nxd5 .. with Re1-e8-h8#. 34... Re8 is safer and should refute the attack. |
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Oct-04-06
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| kevin86: How about:Mason Jarred...?
What a sad finish for Mr. Mason-even Perry Mason couldn't save his case after: 50... g7 51  xe7+ -f8 52 xc8 and white is up a mere two rooks and a knight!! Other moves are even worse-but they do put him out of his misery. 51...xh6 52  g6#;or h8 52 xh7# |
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Oct-04-06
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| Jack Kerouac: Charlie Parker,"Who looked like Buddha."
He was also known as 'Bird'. |
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Oct-04-06
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| al wazir: <Gowe>: So, if I follow you, black can draw with 35...Nxc6. That was my conclusion. Probably black didn't play that because he thought he was winning. |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| blakjak: omg that was one of the most brilliant games i've ever seen. the queen sacrifice, the genius postional play truly a classic |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| WarehouseMan: If I were black, I would of tried:
25. ...Rxe5 26. dxe5 Nf3+
So you've won back the material invested,
doubled whites pawns (at the cost of developing a rook) but you've removed the dangerous knight on e5. Anyone ? |
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| Mar-05-07 |
| Themofro: Beautiful! Strong aggressive play early on in the middle game, the offered rook, the queen sacrifice, the subtle almost gentle play after that point all culminate to make a brilliant game played masterfully by Bird. |
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| Jul-29-07 |
| sanyas: <fred lennox> <TrueFiendish> What are you guys talking about? A mistake is a mistake, and the idea in chess is to try and play good moves, not bad ones, Of course in that sense every move in chess is a risk, a gamble on your own abilities, but if a move loses by force then it is fair to say that you were mistaken in playing it, if there was a better alternative. One must not play bad moves and 'risk' the fact that the opponent may find the correct reply. We cannot blame Bird for missing the tactic, but we cannot advocate the move either, any more than we can advocate Mason's 43... e4+ (43...e7 was winning). You have to play the best move you can, but if analysis shows you were wrong, you have to take it in good grace. Here for example 29.d3 might have been the right move, though even better was 28.f4.<WarehouseMan> 25...xe5 26.dxe5 f3+ 27.h1 xe1 28.f5 (28.xe1 e8 29.xe8 xe8  ...g5 holds things up) 28...c7 29.xe1 h8 30.e6 g8 31.xh6 gxh6 32.xg8+ xg8 33.e7 |
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Feb-23-08
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| Knight13: This game won Bird the Brilliancy Prize in 1876.
Fantastic indeed.
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May-06-08
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| whiteshark: It is said that the Brilliancy Prize given for this game was the first ever in chess history. |
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| Aug-28-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Instead of 52.Nc8, White can mate with 52.Rg6#. |
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| Sep-02-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Source: CN 1062 Edward Winter, "Chess Explorations", Cadogan 1996 |
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| Dec-08-08 |
| eightbyeight: Hey everyone, if 30. ... Qxa5 31. Nxc6?? Qc7+ loses. The correct continuation after 30. ... Qxa5 is 31. Ng6!, winning the knight on e6. |
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| Jan-04-09 |
| WhiteRook48: what a Bird! |
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| May-22-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 50. Ng6+! |
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| Jun-15-09 |
| LaFreak III: like a birdgin.. |
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Jul-14-09
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| brankat: Certainly J.Mason could have defended better, but still a wonderful game by H.E.Bird! |
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