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Dec-08-06
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| whatthefat: Respect, Bronstein. Respect. |
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Dec-08-06
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| cu8sfan: Here's to a great player! R.I.P., David Bronstein.
(I was wondering if and when cg.com would honor him by making him PotD or choosing a GotD) |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| Archives: <cu8s> From the CG chessforum, "We are however planning something special, later this month, to celebrate Bronstein's life." |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| chessmoron: Deep Blue shuts down after a winning advantage and gave the 72-year old the win. *The Blue Screen of Death*
Deep Blue vs Bronstein, 1996 |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| thegoodanarchist: Wow Wow Wow, one of the most impressive games I've ever seen. Much better than Anderssen-Kiezeritsky, IMO. You must have cajones to play this way against a GM when you are 24 years old, let alone 48 years old, as Bronstein was. |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| Confuse: A fitting tribute to a great player. You will be missed sir. Great game and nice story in the forums. |
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Dec-08-06
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| Eyal: Here is the preface to this game from Jonathan Speelman's "Best Chess Games 1970-80": <Both of these players have a strong element of fantasy in their play. They are quite prepared to reach sharp unclear positions in which the game will be decided primarily by tactical ability. That is certainly what happened in this game! Ljubojevic revived an unclear variation of Alekhine's Defence which leads to immense complications. Bronstein sacrificed a rook and his quite slow but truly formidable attack carried the day. For a long time this game was the last word on this variation and it was considered completely unplayable for Black. However there is an improvement and six years later in the Riga Interzonal of 1979 Ljubojevic again risked this variation and in fact beat the Israeli Grünfeld (Y Gruenfeld vs Ljubojevic, 1979)Apart from its theoretical interest and the sheer joy of the tactics, this game has historical interest in that following it Ljubojevic dropped right out of the running and ended half way down the tournament. If he had beaten Bronstein, or at least drawn with him, then Ljubojevic might well have stayed in serious contention for one of the qualifying places to the Candidates Tournament> This game has - not surprisingly - been heavily analyzed by several excellent commentators, including Speelman and Timman (in his "Het groot analyseboek"). |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| michiganling: Possibly my favorite chess game of all time. |
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Dec-08-06
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| kevin86: There is a lot to this game,to say the least:king hunts (by both sides),queen sac and promotion,superior endgame play,etc. I really fun game to play. |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| HannibalSchlecter: I have only seen David Bronstein once, in the early 1990's at the National Open in Las Vegas but I'll never forget it. He entered the playing room with Viktor Korchnoi and the crowd gave them both a standing ovation. Bronstein immediately started applauding back as if to say "I'm no more worthy of applause than you." Not knowing who he was at the time I liked him immediately and only later discovered how enjoyable and brilliant his chess play was. Anyway, that's my Bronstein anecdote. Rest in peace David and thanks for the great games. |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| DanRoss53: I think 25. e3!! deserves a bit more credit. According to Toga II it's the only winning move:+4.58 25.e3 h5 26. xh5  xb3+ 27.axb3 d5+ 28.d4 e6+ 29.xd5 gxh5 30.xh5+ g8 31.g4 xg5 32.xg5+ h7 33.e7 b5 34.d7 g6 35.f6+ h7 -0.30 25.f2 d3+ 26.g1 c5+ 27.g2 e1+ 28.xe1 d4 29.h4 xh4 30. xh4 g7 31.d5 d7 32.a4 b5 33.f6+ xf6 34.exf6+ h6 35.xb5 -0.46 25.d1 f1+ 26.d2 d3+ 27.e1 b1+ 28.f2 h5 29.xh5 d3+ 30.e2 e1+ 31.xe1 xe1 32.f6 xf3 33.xf3 g7 34.e3 |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| Chess Carnival: oh my god ! |
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Dec-08-06
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| Sneaky: I would include David's book "200 Open Games" in a list of "top 10 chess books" without hesitation. He really makes you enjoy chess, which is the #1 prerequisite for playing strong chess. |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| thegoodanarchist: White's king just casually walks into Black's position! Beautiful!!! I know this is my second post praising this game, but I cannot stop marveling at it. |
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Dec-08-06
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| Eyal: The beauty of the move is that after 25...Qd3+ 26.Kf2 the coordination between the black queen and knight is ruined - the queen occupies the square from which the knight should have given check. |
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| Dec-08-06 |
| Holmstrom: Impressive game, so critical. |
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| Dec-09-06 |
| Fisheremon: <csmath: Critical, missing from analyses is the following (given just briefly by Bronstein): 18...Qc5 19. Ne4 Qd4 (anything else loses too)
20. Rd1 Qxb2 21. Nf6!! Kh8 22. Rd2 Qc1 (see further for 22. Qa1)
23. Kg2! Bc5 24. Ne4!! Nbd7 25. Bf6 Nxf6 26. Qxf6 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4
28. Bb4 Qe5! 29. f5 exf8Q+ 30. Rxf8 Nf6 31. Rxf6 d7! and black does not have much to hope for. Or black has probably a better option in
22...Qa1 23. Bd1!! (covering a-rank) ... Be3 (this is sorry choice but there is nothing better) 24. Qxe3 Nc4 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4> In your lines some typos and missing moves. In the line with 22...Qc1+ 23. Ke2 Bc5 White could finish with a mate attack 24. Qh4, so a better choice for Black is 23...Qc5, then 24. Kf1 leads to a fierce attack. In the line with 22...Qa1! (marked by Bronstein), he noted 23...Be3!! forces Queens exchange, and a further analysis shows White loses. So Bronstein proposed 20. Kf1 with compensation, but in most of lines I realized White could have just a draw. |
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| Dec-13-06 |
| DHW: This is such an amazing game! David Bronstein had nerves of steel to sacrifice material like this especially as it looks like the white king becomes exposed to blacks queenside pieces. Just spectacular! |
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Dec-14-06
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| IMlday: All the regular chess columnists had to pick a favourite Bronstein game to go with his obituary. I'd used this one already in a 'pick the game of the century' poll so went with Bronstein-Tal Falkbeer Counter-Gambit 1968 instead. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| lionel15: what a truly marvellous game. I remember going through his match v Botvinnick when I was younger in the early 50's, but at that time I never saw a game like this. |
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| Feb-19-08 |
| jovack: very good game
even though ljubo lost, i enjoy his exciting style of play
a overlooked a few of bronstein's moves which ended up in his loss |
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Aug-29-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-... My attempt at analyzing this wonderful game ... |
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| Oct-28-09 |
| Bryce101: "The final clock times were 2.29 : 0.55!" page 108 of Jonathan Speelman's "Best Chess Games 1970-80": |
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| Nov-07-09 |
| WhiteRook48: nice sacrificial game |
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Nov-07-09
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| parisattack: This wonderful game is analyzed in multiple sources - the most recent of which is in The Giants of Power Play by Neil McDonald. "Bronstein isn't just willing to give up a knight for the sake of his pawns. ...he sacrifices a rook to keep them intact." |
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