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Zsofia Polgar vs Joshua Waitzkin
It (a), II, Bermuda 1995  ·  King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Modern Transfer (C32)  ·  0-1


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sac: 63...Rxc3 PGN: download | view Help: general | java-troubleshooting

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Jun-15-04   Whitehat1963: A throwback to an earlier century.
Dec-24-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: Good attacks, Joshua. You gotta be proud of your self beating Zsofia Polgar!
May-15-05   black knight c6: I'd say that was mediocre play by josh after he got the queen. was it really that hard to trade off to Q vs R?
Jun-14-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Knight13: Man. Both players kept playing in-between moves. It's pretty interesting. Good game!
Aug-25-05   turkishgrandmaster: Waitzkin 's endgame knowlegde has won the game
Feb-08-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  I3illieJoe: I always thought Waitzkin was overated...
Feb-08-07   jtd200: "I always though Waitzkin was overated..."

I really haven't heard anyone ever talk about him... There was a movie about him, but that was justifiable; he was a prodigy. He never became anything spectacular in his later years, though, and noone really disputes that.

Feb-08-07   jtd200: Really, though, although she was very young, this game falls under that borderline "disrespect" category, with no resignation after such a drastic material difference without positional compensation...
Feb-08-07
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  CoryLetain: I'm less impressed with Zsofia's game here.
Jul-01-09   WhiteRook48: 41...Qxb7 and 63...Rxc3 were strange ending sacs
Jul-01-09
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  Knight13: <He never became anything spectacular in his later years, though, and noone really disputes that.> Waitzkin himself justified that with the argument that he was receiving too much media and pressure to "have to win." He said he couldn't really focus and develop his game under it, so he gave up. He couldn't simply enjoy chess because of his father.

Could you use a little magic in your chess?
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