Nov-20-03
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| AdrianP: This is a really mad endgame...! |
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| Mar-01-04 |
| Bears092: I put this in fritz, since no human can really analyse this in a reasonable amount of time. White is better after Kg7...Qxe7, and then white queens both pawns. However, after 69. Qg6, black can't stop white from getting a new queen |
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Dec-15-04
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: For all its flaws, is this the wildest draw in chess history? Alekhine seemed to be in a state of shock while writing his annotations to the tournament book. |
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Dec-15-04
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| euripides: This is absolutely magnificent. One small point that I like is Janowski's exchange sacrifice liberating the pawns on move 53. Is this a throwback to the nineteenth century when both these players started, or a prophecy of Soviet dynamics ? |
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Dec-15-04
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| paulalbert: This game is from the 21st Round of the great 1924 Int'l Tournament in NY won by Emanuel Lasker ( reference to New Orleans Wch ? strange ).
As mentioned in prior post, tournament book by Alekine has extensive notes on this game. Edward Lasker also discusses this game in his book Chess Secrets which I got him to autograph for me in 1980 when he was over 90 yesars old. Edward says Janowski wins with 69. Kg6 instead of Ke6. Paul Albert |
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| Dec-15-04 |
| dickweed: What about 40. Rb7 winning the pawn? |
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| Feb-21-05 |
| aw1988: <dickweed> 40. Rb7... I will not give variations (that is pretty hard in this game!) but white played g3 to stop Qh4. In any case Rb7 would not stop Qh4 and *maybe* create difficulties. Stay sharp. |
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| Apr-22-05 |
| Shokwave: Wow. I am in awe of Janowsky. I am not worthy!!! |
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| Apr-22-05 |
| Shams: ok, somebody show me the draw. I'm missing it. 72.Kg7 and: i.) 72...Qxe7? 73.d8=Q+ Qxd8 74.f8=Q
ii.) 72...Qg5+ Kf8 and 73.Qh6+ is bad
iii.) 72...Qd4+ Kg8
where is black's draw? |
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| Apr-22-05 |
| sneaky pete: <Shams> "If now 72.Kg7 Qxe7 73.d8Q+ Qxd8 74.f8Q Qd7+ and .. Qxa4 etc." Alekhine in the tournament book. |
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| Jun-07-05 |
| farrooj: I never knew such a game existed... such beauty! This is the only exciting draw i've ever seen. |
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| Jun-07-05 |
| ughaibu: How about 66.Kf6? |
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| Jul-08-05 |
| farrooj: <TheAlchemist> this should be in your collection, its a spectacular draw! |
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| Aug-23-05 |
| avidfan: Why did White not play
51.Nxc4 Qxc4 52.e5 Qc2+ 53.Kg3 then Black's queen would have a hard time against rook, knight and 3 united passed pawns since if 53...Qxb2 54.d5+ (discovered) 54...Kb5 55.f7 wins and if 53...Qg6+ 54.Rg4, Black is on the defensive with no harassing checks
54...Qc2 55.f7 Qf5 56.Rf4 Qg6+ 57.Kh4 Qh6+ 58.Kg4 Qg6+ 59.Ng5 wins. |
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| Sep-02-05 |
| gauer: This has got to be one of the best classics of the stonewall attack ever. The ending is a pure classic, and there's not much to compain about the middlegame, either. I don't have the Alekhine reference, but which opening references would one study for trying to transpose to or refute this opening (ie and not the anti-Dutches, such as the Staunton Gambit, etc) move-order, and/or colours reversed (as I'm a Stonewall player, too, and ECO codes aren't really too useful for describing opening set-ups)? |
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| Sep-11-05 |
| fgh: Extraordinary! The opening and the middlegame are easy here, but the endgame... Oh, the analysist's pleasure. |
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| Oct-22-05 |
| avidfan: Position after 50...Bd3-c4
click for larger viewand after 67.e6-e7
click for larger view |
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| Feb-02-06 |
| Eatman: Alekhine says in his notes that white were busted in the opening, and white were lucky to get a chance to sac the queen.
Acording to AA, also 36. Rb8! (instead of 36. a4) was winning much quicker. It could go like this 36. Rb8 (threat is Nxc4+ axb4 mate) 36. ... bxa3 37. Nxc4+ Kb4 (else its mate again) 38. Nxa3 a6 39. Nxa6+ Ka5 (else white is just up ridiculous amount of material) 40. Nc5 threatening Rxb5 or b4X |
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| Feb-25-06 |
| MorphyMatt: K Kokolias vs F Sigalas, 2005 |
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| Feb-25-06 |
| MorphyMatt: MacDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 |
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| Sep-03-07 |
| lennox888: This is really a draw. After White Queens both pawns at the 7th rank Black exchanges Queens. And Black's King could capture the remaining pawn in the a-file. |
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Sep-17-07
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| dabearsrock1010: Now added to Game Collection: Sac-ing the exchange for powerful pawns |
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| Apr-18-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Three pawns traveling together |
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| Sep-12-09 |
| WhiteRook48: now this is really great |
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