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| patzer2: Kasparov returned the favor with 33. Nf5!?, when he should have played the immediately decisive 33.Bxc2! Qxc2 34.Ng4! Qd2 35.Nf5 gxf5 36.Nh6+ Qxh6+ 37.Qxh6 Nc5 38.Qg5+  (Fritz 8 assesses + 3.19 @ 15 depth).Now it appears Black might just hold with 37...Qf2! 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.Nxf7+ Rxf7 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qg5+ Kf8 42.Qd8+ Kg7 43.Qg5+ and a draw by perpetual. After 37...f4? 38. Qxf4, Kasparov sets up the winning solution to today's puzzle with the decisive deflection 40. Rg3+!, followed immediately with the clearance sacrifice 41. Nf7+! to set up a back rank mate after 42. Qb8+ . |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| tal1982: Quite an easy puzzle, but what a game! I admire Kasparov's ability to keep his cool in such tension. Does anyone know what was Stuart's later lot as a chess player? |
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| patzer2: <DWINS> <cjhasbrouck> After 40.Qg4+ Kh8 41.Rg3 Qg5?, (better is 41...Qh6+! 42.Rh3 Qg5! 43.Ng6+ Kg7 44.Qxg5 fxg5 45.Nxf8 Nd2 46.Ne6+ Kg6 47.Nf8+ Kg7 48.Ne6+ Kg6 49.Nf8+ Kg7 = with a draw by perpetual) 42.Nf7+ Rxf7 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.Rxg5+ fxg5 45.Qg4 Ba4 46.Qxg5+ Kh8 47.Qg4 White wins (unless Black avoids 41...Qg5? and plays 41...Qh6+! with an apparent draw). |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| cjhasbrouck: Thanks <DWINS>.
<cu8sfan>, you speak as though Kasparov retired from Chess??? |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| cjhasbrouck: Thanks <patzer2>.
I completely omitted the c1 - h6 diagonal. =( |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| gidguy2000: I always have difficulty following positions with counter-attacks and hanging pieces. Specifically in this game, why is 20... b4 a good move when it drops the exchange? And why is 23...bxh3 ok? Any specific explanation or general advice on understanding such positions would be appreciated. Thanks |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| Shams: <tal1982>no, but here`s another nice game of his:
Kudrin vs Rachels, 1989 |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| hintza: <cjhasbrouck> Were you joking? If not, then I have to tell you that Kasparov has indeed retired from professional chess very recently. |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| RookFile: Yeah well, Kasparov will get bored
in 6 months. He'll be back. |
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| patzer2: Here at http://www.bradpriddy.com/rachels/s... is a little information about Stuart Rachels. |
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| patzer2: <gidguy2000...why is 20... b4 a good move when it drops the exchange?> According to Fritz, 20...b4! 21. Bxe4!? immediately winning the exchange leads to equality, which is better than Black gets after 20...Rg5!? [not 20...Re8? 21.Bxf6 ] 21.Nge2 Nh5 22.Be3 Re5 23.Nd4 Nb3 24.Bxb3 cxb3 25.Ndxb5 Qe7 26.Ba7 Rf5 27.Bxb8 Rxf3 28.Rxf3 Qg5 29.Bd6 Bb7 30. Re1  (+1.00 @ 13 depth per Fritz 8). <why is 23...Bxh3 ok?> Rachel's 23...Bxh3!! is winning outright! However, he started to drift with 27...Rf8!? missing a sure win with the followup 27...g5! 28.Qe3 (28.Qe5 Nfe4–+; 28.Qxg5 Qxd4–+) 28...Re8! 29.Qg1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Nxd5 –+. He continued to drift with 29...Rb3!?, when he could have won easily with the solid positional 29...Rc8! 30. Re2 Qa3!  . He then gave up his clear advantage with 30...Bb5?!, when 30...Qd2! 31. Qxb4 Nb4! would have given him strong winning chances.
Finally, as noted above he missed two subsequent drawing chances in overlooking 31...Qd2! and 37...Qf2! P.S.: Still it is an interesting and highly instructive game. I'm sure both players learned a lot from it. Rachels went on to tie for first in the U.S. Championship in 1990 and Kasaprov didn't allow too many chances like this in subsequent play. |
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| patzer2: <Markkalafatas> Based on my look with Fritz 8, 24...Qxb2! is correct, but 29...Rb3?! throws away the Black win and 31...Bxf6? loses. |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| hsbsitez: I was thinking more to the line of, Qg4, Kh8
Ng6+, If he does not take the horse, then I get Rook, otherwise, I use the rook for mate.Rh3 |
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| kevin86: Black's attack has quick start,but is bungled-white is just the opposite,he brings his home. I missed b8-I was looking for a mate on the g-h files by Ng6+ but it blocks the rook and allows an escape. |
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| patzer2: <hsbsitez> After 40.Qg4+ Kh8 41. Ng6+? hxg6 , Black wins. |
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| YouRang: Similar to yesterday's problem, with the rook taking the knight at f7, which allows a back-rank type of mate. |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| hsbsitez: Thanx Patch, it skipped my mind, that the pawn will be blocking the g-file after taking the horse.... |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| brainzugzwang: <Zaius> I also looked at 40. Qg3+ Kh8 41. Nf7+ Rxf7 42. Qb8+, at first not seeing ... Kg7. But I think the win might still be there (just a lot more work than Garry's solution): 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Rg3+ pretty much forces ... Qg5 (... Kh6 44. Qg8) 44. Rxg5+ fxg5 45. Qd5+, and depending on Black's response, it seems White can at the very least give a Q check with a fork on the b-pawn, picking up that and whichever b-file piece Black decides not to protect, leaving a Q vs. R+piece endgame. With the advanced d-pawn and dominating Q, I would think White would have good chances - still, mating is better, yes? |
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| Richard Taylor: beautiful finish - but easy to see - but the point is Kasp had to foresee probably quite early or at least that he had such things - he was probably aware he could do it well before c2 happenned - great Tal-like mayhem - a game with lots of possibilities - both sides had to keep attacking each other if black retreated Kasp overhwelms black in the centre and gets the King. Both played well. |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| Garland356: Wow, I wish I could make the other person move the way I wanted like Kasparov does! |
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| Mar-22-05 |
| KibitzerX: Beautifull!! That was such an awesome move!! |
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| Nov-14-05 |
| JYMMI: GREAT! IT'S ONE OF KASPAROV'S GAMES THAT SHOWS Y HE WAS THE BEST CHESSPLAYER OF THE WORLD.
AH! RACHELS SHOULDN'T MOVE gxf5 because that pawn was the main defense of the king so without that pawn kasparov's rook had free way to defend his queen to make the mate. |
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| Jan-19-06 |
| LluviaSean: amazing...simply amazing... |
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| Apr-21-06 |
| LluviaSean: Still...amazing.. |
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| Apr-21-06 |
| TylerD: The master of chaos, as he called himself ones, displaying the meaning of the words. Quite beautiful. |
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sac: 33.Nf5