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| Mar-22-09 |
| Freakio: I wish i could do it like that. Is Ivanchuk the Ronnie O'Sullivan of Chess?? |
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| Apr-16-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 25...Qb6?? |
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| Apr-27-09 |
| WhiteRook48: can someone explain why 21 Qg7 is so good |
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| May-01-09 |
| Mikhail Tal fan: or a while, i tought that white is Shirov, to find suddenly that roles are inversed !!wow! |
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| May-19-09 |
| Kinghunt: While 21. Qg7 is a beautiful move, wouldn't 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg7 be even stronger? |
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Jul-06-09
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| chessgames.com: Credit for today's pun goes to User: Kingsung. Well done pun, and a topical choice for GOTD. |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| SimonWebbsTiger: a big apropos yesterday's game at Dortmund! Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2009
click for larger viewhere white has played exchanges on c5 and Qg7; but suggested as strong is the double exchange followed by Rfe1 instead of Qg7. Very complex stuff. |
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Jul-06-09
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| whiteshark: <Étude in g7> is indeed a successful pun. :D |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| schroedingers cat: So <CG.com> listened tpstar's advice :) |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| Valmy: A pun in french, funny! |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| Mikhail Tal fan: the pun isn t only a french pun, but .. a very famous novel.. "une etude en rouge" of Sherlock Holmes :A study in Red, i read the novel, wonderful! |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| levelzx: <In the closing conference, Ivanchuk said this was his best game ever,because he figured out 21.Qg7 over the board.> Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991
Did he forgot about this? |
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Jul-06-09
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| Domdaniel: I had a feeling this game might turn up here after yesterday's 'discussion' between Bacrot and Carlsen. Judging the value of a queen relative to other pieces is among the most difficult things in chess. Initiative is essential (I've lost with a queen against two bishops, and won with a queen against rook, bishop and knight). But these imbalances also make for the best games, and beautiful concepts like Ivanchuk's. |
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Jul-06-09
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| Domdaniel: Compare J Augustin vs Nunn, 1977, where Nunn sacs his queen for two knights and an attack. As in today's game, the attack recovers material and eventually the enemy queen is outgunned. |
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Jul-06-09
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| hedgeh0g: 21. Qg7 is absolutely jaw-dropping. I'm not sure whether it's technically sound or not and perhaps Rybka would find the refutation, but the problems Ivanchuk managed to create over the board completely overwhelmed Shirov, it seems. The queen sac for the initiative reminds me of Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008 |
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Jul-06-09
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| acirce: 23..Rxg7 is the "refutation", not sure if it's better for Black or just equal with best play. But Pono lost Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2009 (Shirov's "revenge"), and of course Bacrot came close to losing Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2009 |
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Jul-06-09
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| kevin86: A wild move,that  g7!?
Not a bad pun,either. |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| drpoundsign: gotta start sacking my queen and the whole army. lol King (and Queen) position is the theme of this game |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| WhiteRook48: lol funny pun |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| tivrfoa: wow. Ivanchuk is really a master!
Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 1999
look the sac Oo |
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| Jul-06-09 |
| chillowack: <Kinghunt: While 21. Qg7 is a beautiful move, wouldn't 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qg7 be even stronger?>
It would not be as forcing: the rook can escape in your variation, whereas here it is trapped, and so Black's reply is forced. |
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Jul-06-09
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| MostlyAverageJoe: According to my silicon monster, 23...Rc7 should draw. Improvements for white needed:
Here's the entire game for easier copy/paste.
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7
Bxg7 22. fxg7 Rg8 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxa7 Rxg7 26. Rfd1 Rg5 27. Bd4
Qc6 28. Be3 Rh5 29. Bf3 Rf5 30. Bg4 Qg6 31. Bxf5+ Qxf5 32. Ra5 c3 33. bxc3 bxc3
34. Raxd5 c2 35. R1d4 Qf3 36. Rd8+ Kc7 37. R8d7+ Kc6 38. R7d6+ Kc7 39. Rd7+ Kc8
40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. R8d7+ 1/2-1/2 |
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Jul-06-09
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| Peligroso Patzer: <acirce>'s post from earlier today has two links to Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2009, played Sunday (5.7.2009) in Dortmund. I believe the first link was intended to be to this game: Ponomariov vs Shirov, 2003 |
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Jul-06-09
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| acirce: ??? Of course, thanks. Can't believe I didn't catch that. |
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| Nov-03-09 |
| Blunderdome: Beautiful. |
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