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Glenn Flear vs Nick de Firmian
"Flear the Worst" (game of the day Oct-16-2014)
Lost Boys Open (1994), Antwerp BEL, rd 7, Aug-12
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)  ·  0-1

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Nov-19-08  ruzon: I don't quite see the win. 65. ♔f2 ♕d2+ 66. ♔g1 ♕xb4 and then the connected passed pawns can't be stopped? The Black king is pretty exposed.

25...? would make a good Saturday puzzle.

Nov-19-08  Jim Bartle: I think 65...Qf1+ leads to a mate.
Oct-09-14  zanzibar: A beautiful king hunt takes place at the end of this game. Let's look at Black's 61th move, after White's ill-advised pawn grab.

(Pre-move: 60...Kxg6 61.Qxa7)


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After 61...Qg1+ 62.Kd2 Qf2+ White finds himself with three choices basically, 63.Kc3, 63.Re2 or 63.Kd1.

Both of the first two are truly great examples of a pattern I call Q+B Escalator (see this collection for more Game Collection: Q+B Escalator Mates).

The play after 63.Kc3 continues around all four turnstiles (i.e. diagonals off the bishop) and into a mate where the queen hops off at the end:

63.Kc3 Qc2+ 64.Kd4 Qc4+ 65.Ke5 Qd5+ 66.Kf4 Qg5#

Flear actually choose 63.Kd1 leading to this position, where a beautiful M-7 resides:


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(Black to move and win - can you visualize it start to finish?)

Oct-10-14  zanzibar: According to <MillBase> this game was from:

<Antwerpen open: Antwerpen Open (1) 1994.08>

Oct-16-14
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: Very interesting game, esp. for the multitude of sacrifices that both players declined, starting with 10...e5!?, looking toward 11.Bxe4,fxe4; 12.Qxe4,Bxh3, shattering the pawn formation.
Oct-16-14
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  al wazir: I think 25...Be4 would have won faster. If 26. Rxe4, then 26...Qg2+ 27. Kb3 Qxh1 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Qxe5 Qd1+ 30. Ka2 Qc2+ 30. Ka1 (30. Bb2 Qxc4+ 31. Ka1/Kb1 Rf1+) Qc1+ 31. Ka2 Rf2+ 32. Bb2 Qxc4+ 33. Ka1/Kb1 34. Rf1+. If 26. Rhg1, then 26...Qxh2+ 27. Ka1 Rf2 28. Bb2 Rd2 29. Qc3 Rd3 30. Qc1 Rd2, and now not 31. Bxe5 because of 31...Ra2#. White is terribly squeezed and his ♕ has almost run out of moves.
Oct-16-14  Ratt Boy: <ruzon>:
64.♔f2,♕f1+ 65.♔g3,♕g1+:
66.♔f4, ♕g5#
66.♔h3, ♗f1+ 67.♔h4, ♕g5#
66.♔h4, ♕g5+ 67.♔h3, ♗f1+ and mates.
I think that's right :)
Oct-16-14  hcgflynn: very interesting game, a case study for what happens when you don't play your opening well. black is really-really good after move 10, and poor choices come by white. however, after 17. fxe3, i'm a bit puzzled. i think this is (or in the next 3 moves) when white can still save the game.

i'm not sure about 18. rdg1, but might be playable, offering a counterplay by making g6 superweak. and this is why i'm not sure about 20. bxg6, seems early. i know black is threatening with 20. - bf5, but maybe there is a better continuation. giving up the strong bishop pair seemed fatal.

i also feel weak 24. rde1.

Oct-16-14
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  Penguincw: Must be a tough day for the white king, who was checked 25 times (23 by the black queen).
Oct-16-14  kevin86: Ring around the rosy. The queen and bishop worked better than the queen and rook. The pawns were inconsequential.
Oct-16-14  hcgflynn: i gave some more thought: 18. rdg1 unfortunately doesn't work due to 18. - qf4 19. fxe3 qxe3+ 20. kb1 qxd3!

20. bxg6 and 24. rde1 are weak indeed: 20. rdf1 gives more chance to white, while 24. rhe1! almost equalizes, because black's 23. - re5 is a dubious move.

Oct-16-14  zanzibar: A couple of challenge positions:

First, for White, which rook to contest e-file? (move 24):

(Pre-move: 23.Qd2-d4 Re8-e5)


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Next, for Black, how to crack White's position best? (move 25):

(Pre-move: 25...Bf5-c2 26.Bb2-c3)


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Oct-16-14  patfoley: 66 ...Kg5 will be key to the mate.
Oct-16-14  patzer2: The finish per Fritz 12 is 65. Kf2 Qf1+ 66. Kg3 Qg1+ 67. Kh4 (67. Kh3 Bf1+ 68. Kh4 Qg5#; 67. Kf4 Qg5#) 67... Qg5+ 68. Kh3 Bf1+ 69. Kh2 Qg2#.

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