| Jan-11-03 |
| ughaibu: Here's another Schiffers-Chigorin game, famous for Chigorin missing a beautiful winning combination. The opening is normally called Damiano's Gambit. |
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Jan-12-03
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| Honza Cervenka: Yes, he missed 22...Rh1+!! 23.Nxh1 Bh2+! 24.Kxh2 Rh8+ 25.Kg3 Nf5+ 26.Kf(g)4 Rh4#. |
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| Jan-12-03 |
| mdorothy: I saw this as a puzzle after Qxa7 before, and I thought on it for a while, but never got it quite right.. so I can completely understand him missing it. |
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| Jun-14-03 |
| Jonber: What a peculiar game. First Chigorin blunders with Qg6, then he finds the brilliant equaliser Nf3+, only to miss the forced mate. It’s as sign of weakness on Schiffers part that he lets Chigorin back into the game so easily though. |
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Aug-22-03
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| patzer2: The following web site contains a complete analysis of this game, along with a draw by an amateur in simul against Fischer using this opening, Damiano's gambit: http://www.chesscafe.com/mcgrew/mcg... |
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Feb-13-04
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| InspiredByMorphy: What a game! Not only does Chigorin achieve a draw using the Damiano, but does it after losing his queen in the opening! Black had 9.Qe6 or e7. The outcome of this game doesent totally surprise me though, as I have always thought Chigorin was genius. |
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| Feb-13-04 |
| catfriend: Yet pity he didn't find the absolutely stunning combination to win this mad game. |
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| Feb-13-04 |
| capanegra: And he missed it twice! After 23. e3 he still could have played  h1+!! |
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| Feb-14-04 |
| catfriend: Thanks! That's something I didn't notice before! |
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Feb-16-04
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| sisyphus: Of course, White still should have won. 31.  e3 h3+ 32. d4 d2+ 33.  d3 and White is still ahead. |
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Apr-28-04
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| Calli: "No one knows how many liters of vodka the combatants had consumed
before coming to the board..." Tim MrGrew in the Chess Cafe article. I'll post a new link because it has been moved to a PDF.
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgre...
<sisyphus> 30.Kf4 Rh4+ 31.Ke3 Rh3+ 32.Kd4 Rd2+ 33.Kc5 Rxc2+ is drawn. |
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Apr-28-04
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| Calli: OOPS Actually <sisyphus> is correct 30.Kf4 Rh4+ 31.Ke3 Rh3+ 32.Kd4 Rd2+ 33.Qd3! and white should win |
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| Aug-26-04 |
| BadTemper: How in the hell did Schiffers accept a draw? What a wimp. |
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Aug-26-04
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| acirce: Urgh.... Chigorin is well-known enough and Schiffers is #18 on the Chessmetrics list of 1897. Imagine Dreev-Kramnik playing such a stupid game. |
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Sep-11-04
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| Knight13: 9...Qg6 is blunder. |
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| Nov-17-04 |
| DanielBryant: What the heck is Chigorin doing playing Damiano's Defense? |
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| Nov-17-04 |
| Whitehat1963: A wild game that features the opening of the day. |
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| May-04-05 |
| schnarre: <DanielBryant> Good question! I doesn't seem to fit his style. |
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| Nov-02-05 |
| knightsillver: the opening
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 f6??
is the easiest way to win
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| Jan-13-06 |
| schnarre: <knightsillver> Missing some text?! |
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Mar-05-06
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| patzer2: The move 22...Rxh1+! is a decoy tactic Chigorin failed to play for a mate-in-six, as pointed out by <Honza Cervenka>. The combination with 22...Rxh1!+ is listed as the solution to number 1170 in Chess Informant's 1980 "Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames," and is categoriezed there as a decoy (spelled "dicoying" in this multi-language reference book). Black's first two moves are decoys in the combination <22...Rxh1+! 23. Nxh1 Bh2+! 24. Kxh2 Rh8+ 25. Kg3 Nf5+ 26. Kg4 Rh4#>. P.S. Black also missed this same mate by not playing 23...Rxh1+! |
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Feb-23-07
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| beenthere240: Or is 9...Qg6 a deep deep sac? Black sure gets a lot of play for his queen vs B + N. Psychologically whte has to feel like he has a win. Chigorin certainly had all the fun in the game! |
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| Jul-05-09 |
| sileps: I found the forced mating combination after around 10 minutes with my board. It's an absolutely priceless combination, it's a pity it wasn't played. This is one of the best examples of how a puzzle-state of mind can outplay the best. I'm 100% positive that chigorin is a much better player than I am, but because he was unaware that there existed a mating combination he didn't bother to look for an alternative to his actual move! |
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| Jul-05-09 |
| sfm: 14.Ne4 looks like a mistake. 14.Bf4 seems to be the way. |
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