| Mar-11-03 |
| Rookpawn: After 51. Rxc7, all the pawns on the board are passed! |
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| Feb-15-04 |
| GoodKnight: Wow! The black king is totally boxed in!!! |
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| Feb-16-04 |
| catfriend: It seems that pictoresque position are a hot theme lately:) Well, I have nothing against that! Here the mate comes like that: 61.. e3 62.f6+  h7 63.f7 d5+ 64.d8 c7 65.f8= :e6+ 66. :e6 a2 67.g6# |
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| Feb-16-04 |
| GoodKnight: <catfriend>
Almost as hot as letter width ;) |
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| Feb-16-04 |
| catfriend: Maybe we can combine the two in some way:) Any suggestions? |
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| Feb-16-04 |
| GoodKnight: Hmm... Can't think of anything |
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| Feb-07-05 |
| yoozum: This game was especially well-played by Short in the sense that he never seemed to relinquish his initial advantage. That and a few notable blunders by Gelfand. |
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| Feb-08-05 |
| Poisonpawns: Gelfand vs Short, 1990 devestating win from short over gelfand, |
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| Aug-17-05 |
| Jim Bartle: Analysis of this game by Yasser Seirawan now at chesscafe.com |
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| Sep-27-05 |
| aw1988: I do not like Seirawan's analysis. He dubs the entire Berlin defense as "bad". I will not trust someone like that. |
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| Sep-27-05 |
| hayton3: Objectively speaking the 'Berlin' is "bad" from a positional point of view and it's not surprising for a positional player like Seirawan to say this. This is not to say that the opening is unplayable; it can be very frustrating for the dynamically inclined to play against. In the context of Seirwan's full quote it is difficult finding reasons not to agree with him:- After 9.Rd1+
"For some reason many GMs have
Black’s position as a part of their
repertoire. Why? It’s bad. White’s
better structure, lead in development,
and kingside play make White an easy
choice." Yasser Seirawan |
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| Sep-27-05 |
| aw1988: Objectively speaking. But we all know the Berlin is a wonderful system full of resources, as brought back to life by Kramnik. I know this, and I'm not even a grandmaster. So, what's his excuse? |
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| Sep-27-05 |
| hayton3: He doesn't need one in the same you don't when you post your opinions |
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| Sep-27-05 |
| aw1988: But it seems... to have a modern day grandmaster say bad things about a good defense... I know it's an opinion, but geez. |
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| Jun-21-06 |
| McCool: The game looked more like the Berlin wall attack. |
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| Nov-23-08 |
| Jim Bartle: The famous "eight passed pawns" game. |
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| Jan-24-09 |
| WhiteRook48: and a great game. Did we expect the game to be Short? |
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| Feb-08-09 |
| WhiteRook48: king enveloped in a bunch of pawns at the end is amazing |
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| Feb-22-09 |
| WhiteRook48: best Short game ever |
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| Mar-30-09 |
| WhiteRook48: I don't get 45...Bxa3. 45...Be7 pins the white rook. |
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| Oct-08-09 |
| GrahamClayton: <WhiteRook48>I don't get 45...Bxa3. 45...Be7 pins the white rook. WhiteRook48,
Short doesn't need to worry about the pin, eg 45.... e7 46.g6 f6 47.ef6 g8+ 48.h6, and Black is helpless against the advance of the f-pawn. |
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