Dec-09-03
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| kevin86: last round rematch,another good one |
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| Dec-09-03 |
| Eggman: Should Black be resigning just yet? 21...Qf8 22.Rxf8+ Kg7 23.Rxc8 Kxf7 24.Nxd5 a5 25.Nc7 Ra7 26.Rxb8 ... Hmmm ... Yes, I suppose Black will lose the second Knight in a couple of moves, and can indeed resign in good conscience after all. Strange to see a endgame position (after Black's 23rd move, above) in which one side, a piece up, most lose two pieces and so emerge a piece down. Very nice game! |
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Dec-10-03
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| kevin86: a masterful escape,EGGMAN;however,black will be down a piece in a somewhat hopeless position. But, f8 is good! |
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Oct-20-05
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| dakgootje: Yeah very nice game. Brilliant played by Rudolf Rezso Charousek, Wollner just got smashed off the board :)
GOTD? *HINT* ;-) |
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Oct-20-05
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| OhioChessFan: The 19th Century was the good old days. Everyone played a King side attack as soon as possible and games were over in 25 moves. |
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| Dec-30-06 |
| Rubenus: <OhioChessFan> I agree with you. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Why did black play 18...Qg8? After for example 18...Qf7 I fail to see how white wins. |
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Dec-30-06
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| Peligroso Patzer: <Rubenus: *** Why did black play 18...Qg8? After for example 18...Qf7 I fail to see how white wins.> White has a very dangerous attack from the combined threats of his Queen, Rook and f6-pawn. The suggested 18. ... Qf7? is not sufficient to defend successfully, for example: 18...Qf7? 19.Re1 h5 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Re8+ Qxe8 22.Qg7#. It does seem, however, that Black can barely defend and eventually convert his material advantage in a line such as the following: 18...Nc6 19.Re1 b6 20.Re8 Ba6+, and Black is winning. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| think: Why was 13. Nf5 necessary? What is wrong with just continuing with Bg5? |
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Sep-07-07
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| crafty: 13.  g5 f6 14. exf6 xf6+ 15. xf6  xf6+ 16.  f3 c6  (eval -1.20; depth 13 ply; 50M nodes) |
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Sep-07-07
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| al wazir: 18...d6 19. Re1 Be6! 20. Rxe6 Nd7, and now if 21. Re7, then 21...Qxf6. After white wins the at h1, material is even. (If 22. Qxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxb7?, then 23...Ng4, followed by 24...Ngf2.) |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| hkannan2000: This one of the few games where the endgame commences with 1.e4 ! |
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Sep-07-07
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| Sneaky: After 19...Qxg5
click for larger viewIt almost looks like a composed position. White is down a queen, a bishop, and a knight, but will regain every bit of sacrificed material, and then some more. Outrageous. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| xKinGKooLx: o_0 Wow! THERE'S something you don't see everyday! That has to be one of the best games I have ever seen! If only I had the courage and skill to play like that! Kudos to you, Charousek, you are a brilliant chess player. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| capanegra: Yes <al wazir>, 18…d6 would have been Black's salvation. Fortunately he didn't play it!! Can you imagine a classic romantic finishing with a bored Knight and Rook ending? ;) This game could be in a "Top 10 Romanics" collection. |
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Sep-07-07
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| chrisowen: You'd think it had potential - almost an old game of Halma or race at the Kentucky Derby for black's night after Bc4, e7, d4 played there. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| Zzyw: 18...d6 19. e1 e6 20. xe6 d7 21. xf5 leaves black little hope as d5 and h1 will soon fall, leaving white up in material with a commanding position. 18...c6 seems to refute white's sacrificial play as pointed out above. White could have won on the spot with 12. f3! as black cannot reasonably parry the threat of 13. g5. |
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Sep-07-07
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| kevin86: I really enjoyed seeing this one again. I notice in my above comment that I suggested 21...f8 was a good move-obviously,I meant f8. To everyone who hasn't seen-please play the other game with these two players-and if possible,read the great short story-based on that game. It is called, THE LAST ROUND. |
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Sep-07-07
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| Phony Benoni: For those interested, here is the other game:
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893 and the story:
http://www.wtharvey.com/lastrd.html |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| EmperorAtahualpa: About where this game was played:
Kaschau is the German name for Košice, the second biggest city of Slovakia. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| marekg248: <EmperorAtahualpa> Yeah, right, Košice is where I come from! Cassovia is another, latin name for Košice. |
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Sep-07-07
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| Peligroso Patzer: <think: Why was 13. Nf5 necessary? What is wrong with just continuing with Bg5?> The idea was to divert the Black pawn from the g6-square, so that the White Queen defends the f6-square. Thus, after 16. exf6, Black cannot sensibly continue with 16. ... xf6 [Compare: 13.g5 f6 14.xf6 xf6+ 15.exf6 xf6+ with an equal game.] 13 f5 was a brilliant concept, enabling White to continue a dangerous attack, even though it could have been refuted if Black had found 18...c6!! 19.e1 b6!! 20.e8 a6+!!  . |
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