Nov-01-03
 | | Open Defence: Is he the forgotten champion ? Khalifman may not have dominated chess by any stretch of the imagination, but he plays great chess. This is a nice technical win over Lputian in the Slav |
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Aug-31-07
 | | SuperPatzer77: I tipped my hat off to Alexander Khalifman. I analyzed the great Bishop vs Knight endgame between Lputian (White) and Khalifman (Black). After 55...Nf7, what happens if White's h-pawn moves to h6? Black makes a powerful reply to 56. h6: 56...Nxh6!!, 57. gxh6 gxh6, 58. Bf1 a5, 59. Be2 h5, 60. Bf1 h4, 61. Bh3 a4, 62. bxa4 Kxa4, 63. Bd7+ Kb4, 64. Bh3, Kc3 (ready to attack White's bishop), 65. Kxa3 Kd2, 66. Kb3 Ke1, 67. Kc3 f1=Q, 68. Bxf1 Kxf1, 69. Kd3 Kg2, 70. Ke3 h3 (Black's h-pawn goes queening)  . Kudos to the great Alexander Khalifman - one of my favorite chess players. |
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Sep-01-07
| | SuperPatzer77: Why Lputian (White) resigns after 56...Nh6 is because Black's pieces are on the dark-colored squares - safety points and White's light-squared bishop is not able to attack any enemy pieces on the dark-colored squares. See that --- 57. Bf1 a5, 58. Bh3 a4, 59. bxa4 Kxa4, 60. Bd7+ Kb4, 61. Bh3 Kc3 (ready to attack White's bishop) 62. Kxa3 Kd2, 63. Kb4 (trying to attack Black's g-pawn) Ke1, 64. Kc5 f1=Q, 65. Bxf1 Kxf1, 66. Kd6 Kg2, 67. Ke7 Kg3, 68. Kf8 Nf5, 69. Kf7 Kg4, 70. h6 (forced to move) gxh6, 71. g7 Nxg7, 72. Kxg7 h5 (Black's h-pawn goes queening) . If instead of 70. h6, 70. Ke6 (trying to attack Black knight on f5), Nh6 (avoiding White King's attack) and then Black forces White to lose two pawns. White has no choice so, White's h-pawn is forced to move to h6 in despair after 69...Kg4. That's why Lputian (White) resigns. Well, just tip our hats off to Alexander Khalifman. I wish he could be a World Chess champion. |
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| Sep-06-08 | | just a kid: <Open Defence>Yes.He does play great chess! |
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