| Dec-04-04 |
| kostich in time: A very early game by the player of the day. Here, he subjects the perennial Irish champion to a sustained attack right out of the opening. |
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| May-10-05 |
| Stacy Tsang: i like this opening ! what if ...
8 ...Nxc3 ? |
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| May-10-05 |
| Granite: Hrmm well if 8. ... Nxc3 then I like bxc3 and if Bxc3 then Qb3 threatens the bishop and the f7 pawn which is going to expose the king, a bad position. Instead the Bishop would have to retreat, probably to e7, and then white still has some compensation for the pawn like he did in that game. |
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| Jul-12-05 |
| fgh: Nice miniature. |
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| Jul-12-05 |
| DanRoss53: Does anybody know more about 14.  xh7!? in regards to the validity of the move? In the chessgames.com database, White is +5 -1 =2; at chesslive.de, White is +54 -47 =60, but a lot of those games were played by ametures. |
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| Jul-12-05 |
| fgh: <DanRoss53>: After playing carefully thrue this game, I will say that 14. Nxh7 is sound. I don't see any significant blunder my black. Could you suggest any improvement for black? |
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| Jul-13-05 |
| DanRoss53: Maia Chiburdanidze played 14...  f5!? in this position and won (D Pirrot vs Chiburdanidze, 1987); after 15.  h4 e8 16.  h5 g6 17. d4 e5 18. f4 the position looks drawn to me (in the only other game in this database, Ulf Andersson beat Jan Johansson with it: Ulf Andersson vs Jan Johansson, 1969)Using the database at chesslive.de (which, again, contains some less-than-master-level games) and correcting my numbers from my previous post, White is +54 -48 =61 (51.8%) after 14. xh7!? When Black responds with 14... f5!, White is +12 -14 =16 (47.6%), while with 14...  xh7, White is +41 -34 =45 (52.9%). The only other response Black used was 14... g6 which does not appear to be very well thought out. I would say that 14... f5! is the better move, but I can't be 100% positive. Either way, I like the opening for White... it's probably a good way to get Black into uncharted territory when playing against somebody at my level. |
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| Jul-28-05 |
| DanRoss53: If Euwe instead plays 17. h7+ f7 18. h6 g8 19. e1, I believe at least a draw is guarenteed with 19... f8 20. b5 h8 21. xh8 gxh6 22. h7+ f6 23. xe7 c6 24. dxc6 xe7 25. xh6+ f7 26. h7+ f6 27. h6+ f7 28. h7+ f6 29. h6+ 1/2-1/2 -- winning lines for other moves are as follows: |
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| Jul-28-05 |
| DanRoss53: 19... d7 <similar for 19... b8> 20. ee6 xe6 21. dxe6+ e8 22. g6 d5 23. xg7 d6 24. xg8+ xg8 25. xg8+ e7 26. f7+ d8 27. b5 c6 28. g8+ c7 29. xa8 cxb5 30. xa7 xe6 31. c5+ c6 32. xc6+ xc6 1-0 19... d7 20. he6 e8 21. e2 xe6 22. dxe6+ xe6 23. h5+ f6 24. xe8 1-0 19... f8 20. h3 d7 21. he3 b5 22. b3 c8 23. c2 g6 24. h4 a6 25. h5 g7 26. h8+ g8 27. h6+ g7 28. hxg6 e6 29. xe6 e7 30. xe7 xe7 31. xe7 xe7 32. xg7+ e8 33. f7+ d8 34. g7 c5 35. g8=# 1-0 |
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| Jul-28-05 |
| DanRoss53: This isn't to say that 17. e1 is questionable... I just haven't exhausted that line yet. =) |
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| May-07-07 |
| iccsumant: How come I don't get my Q becoming [queen pic.] and others? Is there something wrong? |
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| May-07-07 |
| PolishPentium: PP wonders if there is any merit to Black playing 20...Kf7, rather than the given Kf8. |
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| May-07-07 |
| sneaky pete: If 20... Kf7 21.Rh6 .. wins. |
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