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Apr-09-11
 | | perfidious: <MaxxLange: I wonder if this was before or after Korchnoi hired Yasser as a training partner?> Korchnoi made Seirawan the proposal after Wijk aan Zee 1980. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Llawdogg: Good choice for Game of the Day honors! |
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Apr-09-11
 | | profK: Surely 12...Na6 is a pretty ordinary move! All Blacks white square problems stem fron this. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | KKDEREK: Awesome game..To beat Karpov in that fashion on 1982 (!) shows hows super strong Seirawan was.. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | puzzlepatzer: According to Seirawan's winning chess brilliancies, after black resigned,<Suddenly I was showered in warm applause and received a mighty embrace from Korchnoi, who had watched the whole game. I was immediately enrolled in the rather exclusive $400 Club. To become a member, you have to beat Karpov in tournament play. A check for $400 then arrives with compliments from Victor Korchnoi.> |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Wyatt Gwyon: I recall the rook lift being Korchnoi's idea |
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Apr-09-11
 | | kevin86: Karpov was the champ at the time.
Did anyone see the 1986 Masters show the other day (this is the 25th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus' final major.---Its title was referring to Vern Lundquist's call on the 17th hole:"Yes,sir!" |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Penguincw: Somehow,I don't get the pun. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Greengrass: <penquin> It is from a song: "Yes sir, that's my baby.
No sir, I don't mean maybe." |
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Apr-09-11
 | | FSR: This is the ninth pun I submitted that CG has used, all since December 14. Later in the same year as this game, Karpov improved with 13...b5!, winning crushingly in Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982. |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Gilmoy: <slowrobot: [Seirawan's] talk of his material advantage is confusing to me, because ... he's only up a pawn after he sacrifices the exchange ...> He had B+N vs. R, and Black's d5-pawn is weak. So Black can't just defend, and must seek complications somewhere. <... and material is dead even after black's pawn capture on b2.> But Black paid a heavy strategic price for it: he didn't have the tempi to steal a pawn <and> dodge the Nd4-Nc6 tour. Then b2 was just a slo-mo trade for a7, so he's still down a pawn, his Rs are split, his back rank is messed up, and White's a-pawn looms as an even bigger problem. Note how White's Bf3 hasn't wasted a single tempo through all this. When White shifts to K-side, Black is left stranded, with all his pieces just awful: the Qa7 doesn't even have a spite check. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Everett: <FSR> Yes, that's true, but Seirawan helped by going wrong immediately in that game with 14.Qa5, where 14.Qd1 would keep white with a good game. |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Domdaniel: <FSR> Yes, Karpov had a lethal improvement ready when Seirawan played the same line a few months later. It was in a tournament filmed by the BBC, where the players recorded their thoughts and ideas straight after the game, as if it was live commentary. Seirawan's stream-of-consciousness was brilliant - the best bit of chess TV I've seen, and among the best TV of any kind. Something like ... "I don't believe this, he's playing the same line I beat him with ... but I've been through this so many times, showing it off ... how could anything go wrong? I'm going to beat Karpov again. Uh-oh, he varied with ...b5. But it must be a bluff. I just carry on, and oh no. No no no. I'm lost. It's so hot in here. Why did I wear a tie?" A great performer, Yasser. And not just on the chessboard. |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Check It Out: Yasser's visiting the local chess club here in Seattle tomorrow for a lecture and book signing. Think I'll go <check it out>. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Penguincw: < Greengrass: <penquin> It is from a song: "Yes sir, that's my baby.
No sir, I don't mean maybe." >
Well thanks for telling me. |
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Apr-09-11
 | | maxi: The opening of this game confuses me in the peculiar way Karpov screws up the opening. Still at move 13 Karpov was fine: 13. a4!  b7 14. e3 g4+ and Black is perhaps even better. Then Karpov sacrifices a piece for a Pawn, but has nothing to show for it. Seirawan's 20.f3 is the safest move, but it is one of several good ones; he is in no danger. And then his Kingside attack is very elegant. But, what did Karpov miss?? Why the sacrifice? Does anybody know? |
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| Apr-09-11 | | James Bowman: <maxi> I'm with you Karpov either drops a piece or plays a dubious sacrafice, other than that Yasser's play was good if not exceptional IMHO. Interesting game but not worthy of being added to a game collection. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | ROO.BOOKAROO: After 31...Rg7, what is the effective continuation for White? |
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Apr-09-11
 | | Phony Benoni: <ROO.BOOKAROO: After 31...Rg7, what is the effective continuation for White?>
click for larger view32.Qe8, threatening 33.Qh8#. Aside from spite checks Black's only defense is 32...g5, but then 33.Be4+ Rg6 34.Qxg6# finishes him off. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | sergeidave: Why did Karpov drop that Knight??
GM Seirawan coming to our chess club in Seattle, tomorrow!!! Yes! |
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| Apr-09-11 | | Jim Bartle: Apparently Karpov hadn't seen 20. Bf3, protecting the weak pawn on e2. At least that's what Seirawan thought. |
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| Apr-09-11 | | WhiteRook48: Seirawan is a good player... he also beat Kasparov, but only because Kasparov was trying too hard to win |
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| May-31-11 | | Lil Swine: I remember finding this game in "Winning Chess Brilliancies" by Yasser Seirawan, who happened to be playing the game, hehe. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | AnalyzeThis: <ConLaMismaMano: This was the first tournament victory by an American over a reigning world champion since Dake defeated Alexander Alekhine at Pasadena in 1932.> Almost as interesting as Reshevsky's match victory over Botvinnik in 1955. |
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| Oct-07-11 | | Old King Cole: With white's threat of Qg8 mate, after 31 ... h5, look at the white rook's Ra8, "mating" the queen who's standing around like a king. |
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