| Nov-30-03 |
| Spitecheck: This game was played before the Tal game I mentioned against Paetz :), anybody notice the similarities? Spitecheck |
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| Dec-17-04 |
| ArmyBuddy: It's still beautiful |
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| Feb-02-06 |
| MorphyMatt: 17. Bh8!! also works well |
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| Jun-27-06 |
| Eggman: <<17.Bh8!! also works well>> 17. h8? f6 (the move that 17. f6!! was designed to prevent) 18.xf6  xf6 19.xf6 d5 and White has nothing better than perpetual check. |
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| Jun-27-06 |
| Eggman: <<Chessgames.com>> The position after 14...Qxg2 would make a good puzzle of the day. It is found in Informant's Anthology Of Chess Combinations. |
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Jul-02-06
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| aazqua: What was black possibly thinking here? This guy wasn't able to see two obvious moves ahead? Is he even rated? |
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| Nov-11-06 |
| ChessDude33: <aazqua> he probably just overlooked 17. Qf6. I don't think mental slips can be limited to only "non-rated" players. |
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| Jan-30-07 |
| BadTemper: what can white possibly play after 16..Qc6 |
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Jan-30-07
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| keypusher: <what can white possibly play after 16..Qc6> 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Re1 looks pretty good. |
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| Feb-01-07 |
| BadTemper: ooooooooooo i didnt see 18. Qh8+
whoopsies |
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| Feb-07-07 |
| zitadelle: I do not see anything special with it. It should be a draw no? |
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Feb-28-07
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: In his book Tal's Winning Chess Combinations (written with Victor Khenkin), Tal generously thanks Gaprindashvili for her "active appearance" at the Les Halles tourney where he beat "Petz" with the same line, crediting her with forcing him "to commit plagiarism." That guy had quite a sense of humor. |
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| Jul-19-07 |
| ALEXIN: Both Qd4 and Qf6 punish black side for weakening his dark squares. |
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| Oct-22-07 |
| patzerboy: I have some chess friends who would look at this final position (or its near descendant after mate is actually delivered) and they would say, "Wow! Black was doing so good, up until then!" |
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| Jul-04-09 |
| backrank: It should be noted that, in the final position, Black's attempts to achieve a draw by perpetual check must fail, e.g. 17. ... xa2 18. h6 a5+ 19.  c1 a1+ 20. c2 a4+ 21. b1 or 19. ... e1+ 20. d1, and in neither case Black has any further check at his disposal.The Tal game mentioned above by <Spitecheck> and <An Englishman> is Tal vs T Paehtz Sr, 1974. It shows what (roughly) could had happened here if Black hadn't swallowed the second rook. |
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| Jul-04-09 |
| levizki: Classic "Take My Rooks" example. I'm pretty sure I saw almost similar game from one of the Polgar sisters (as far as I remember it was Judit). Anyone can post it here? |
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Jul-04-09
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| whiteshark: <14...Kxg7 15.0-0 d6> was surely the less worse continuation. |
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| Jul-05-09 |
| backrank: <levizki> I only remember Judit Polgar's double bishop sacrifice (rather than a double rook sac) against Karpov (actually, she didn't sac the 2nd bishop, since Karpov resigned before): Judit Polgar vs Karpov, 2003 <whiteshark> You're surely right, but the black position is awful then. So Black rather decided on taking his last meal ... |
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