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| al wazir: Black did not have a clear win until he pushed the h-P, so this appears to be at least a ten-move combination. I don't do well on ten-move combinations. Why can't white improve with 27. Rd3 ? |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| Zabranolog: This is probably one of the most famous moves in chess history, and certainly in the history of the King´s Indian Defense. For the first time, Bronstein demonstrated why, in such positions, the black-square bishop was much more important than a rook -- this move rearranged everyone's understanding of the KID (hence the "explosion"). It's interesting that Bronstein then exchanges his own black-square bishop immediately afterwards, and subsequent play turns on white squares as well... Bronstein played a similar rook sac against Zita in the same match (Moscow vs. Prague, 1946). For what it's worth, the game was played in Czechoslovakia, not the Czech Republic (which didn't come into existence until 1993)! |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| dassy: Whats the continuation here? |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| NBZ: 27. Rd3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qb2+ picks off the loose rook on a3. Also 26. Rd3 fails to 26. Qc1! |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| NBZ: here's a possible continuation 32. Kf3 Qf6+ 33. Ke3 Ne6 when Black's threats appear irrestible- if the rook moves, Black plays Ra3+ Rd3 Qf4# or Ra3+ Kd2 Ra2+ winning the queen. If 32. Kh2 or 32. Kg3 Qe5+ picks off the rook on d4; if 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 h2 is perhaps the simplest win. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| Fisheremon: <beatgiant: <knightnblue>
<what's wrong with 23. R-b1> On 23. Rb1 Qxd4.> 24. Rxb3 Qxf2 gaining two pawns. Abit better for white was 23. Rd2. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| tallinn: Fritz 8 defends as white against Rxa1 Rxa1 Bxd4 Rxd4 Nxb3 with 23. Rxh4!? and considers itself (white!) in a favourable position although being a pawn down (Fritz 8 eval: + 0,72, best black moves here: Nh7 and Qd8 to defend against the mate on h8 and neutralize whites play on the diagonal, playable in any order). I am playing the kings indian myself on a regular base and found that it is most often worth a piece for either side to control the a1-h8 diagonal. Any comments on this? |
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Dec-31-06
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| dakgootje: <tallinn> Didn't you forget a pawn on e4 while putting the position in Fritz? |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| Atking: <Tallinn> This game is a classical one many GM have analysed it. This sacrifice is particulary famous and still looks very good. May be you forget the pawn e4 in the position you ask to F8. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| TrueBlue: I saw most of the moves, of course, in the wrong order :) |
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Dec-31-06
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| Phony Benoni: And now for your supplementary Sunday puzzle, from several rounds later in the same even: BLACK TO PLAY
F Zita vs Bronstein, 1946
click for larger view17...?
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Dec-31-06
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| cu8sfan: I found the first couple of moves rather easily. Straight forward tactics. Of course, one needs to finish the job afterwards. That's what turns this tactic into a Sunday puzzle. |
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Dec-31-06
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| blair45: Happy New Year to all! I didn't have a clue on this one. I've certainly got a much better appreciation of Bronstein than I had two weeks ago. (Too bad you have to die to be appreciated.) Chernev judged him to be the 10th greatest player of all time. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| melv: I got the first three moves. I am very proud. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| ax2kool: Hey people.....i have been lurking in chessgames for like a year now....finally decided to post...HEY HOWZ IT GOIN??? |
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Dec-31-06
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| greensfield: Didn't even consider the move played 20...Raxa1. Starting moves considered were 20...Be5, hxg3, & Ncd7. So missed this one |
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Dec-31-06
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| playground player: I was about as far from solving this puzzle as I am from being elected Pope. |
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Dec-31-06
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| awfulhangover: Crazy. My tiny little dumb brain wasn't close to thinking of the right moves. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| aldehyde: oh man, what a match. well, i got the start pretty well, but i ignored the d6 and f2 pawns. i was still wandering for a piece advantage. pretty sad for me. but whatever, just look at the board at the end. black wiped out almost all whities that began with a small sac. KOOOL |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| Archives: Missed this one by a mile. |
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| Dec-31-06 |
| haha: 20. ...  xa1!!
Never saw it coming. |
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| Jan-01-07 |
| tallinn: As several have pointed out the position I played against Fritz indeed lacked the white pawn on e4. Thank you for the correction. And I failed the "setup a position after watching it 5 minutes" test miserably :-) Looks like still a long way to go to achieve GM performance at least in this discipline :-) |
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Jan-01-07
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| hitman84: Great game by Bronstein! |
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Jan-01-07
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| kevin86: Bronstein's twentieth move turns white's stable position into a pile of manure.lol |
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| Aug-14-07 |
| wolfmaster: Great puzzle. |
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sac: 20...Rxa1
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