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Nov-14-05
 | | Hesam7: IMO 23... g5 is the main mistake on Black's side. Before that Black's position is difficult but not lost. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | Daodejing: Also a "classic"!
Korchnoi has a lot of fun by analysing this game in his lesson on Fritz 9. |
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Jul-19-06
 | | notyetagm: Korchnoi playing the Korchnoi Gambit against the French. This game is a pinning masterpiece. I particularly liked 29  g4-h4!, with a wicked <CROSS-PIN> of the Black e7-bishop. |
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Jul-19-06
 | | keypusher: Wow, what a game! I didn't know there even WAS a Korchnoi Gambit -- usually Korchoi grabs pawns rather than giving them up. 23. Qh4 is indeed amazing. |
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Jul-20-06
| | notyetagm: <keypusher: Wow, what a game! I didn't know there even WAS a Korchnoi Gambit -- usually Korchoi grabs pawns rather than giving them up. 23. Qh4 is indeed amazing.> Yes, this is a really great game by Korchnoi.
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Jul-20-06
 | | diagonal: (usually) Victor Korchnoi grabs pawns rather than giving them up *lol* - and he paid a lot for grabbing (poisoned) pawns. Well, contrary to many other players Korchnoi is NOT looking for the rules (to a routine down to perfection), he is looking for the "exception of the rules": This game is most certainly one of VK's top-ten ever. |
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| Jul-20-06 | | A.Alekhine: GM Larry Christiansen annotated this game in Chessmaster 10th edition.. |
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Oct-02-06
| | notyetagm: This game should be called <The Immortal Pinning Game>. Never before have I seen a game in which there is simply pin (22  b4 g6 23 h4! <pile on the pinned Black e7-bishop>) after pin (25 b5+ d7 26  xe6! <take what the pinned Black d7-bishop doesn't defend>) after pin (30 xh6 xb5 31  g3 <pile on the pinned Black g7-rook>). An incredible pinning masterpiece. |
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Mar-23-07
| | tatarch: notyetagm--I totally agree. Black has a piece or pawn pinned, more or less, on every single move for his last 10 moves. Fundamentals! |
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Apr-25-07
| | SNoland: 13...Nc5 instead of 13...h6 seems to solve some of blacks issues. If 14. Bh7 then Qh4 for black. |
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Aug-07-07
 | | whiteshark: From the <My Life for Chess> CD Kortchnoi starts to replay his white game against Mijo Udovcic, which begins 1.d4 e6 2.e4 : <Well, some time ago the then world champion Mikhail Botvinnik said that a young player had to arrange his opening repertoire in a way that he would never have to play against himself. What does it mean? It means that if I play the Grunfeld with black against d4 and the French Defence against e4, I should not play against the French myself. Somehow I had to avoid openings which I play myself. But I got tired of playing closed openings and decided to take the challenge. The guy wanted to play the French against me, I take it! But if possible I would avoid the most modern lines.> |
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| Sep-11-08 | | jovack: udovic just got completely stranded with his pieces clumsily defending |
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Jan-21-09
| | notyetagm: A <PINNING> masterpiece. |
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Jan-21-09
| | notyetagm: 23 ?
click for larger view23 g4-h4! <pin: f8>
click for larger view23 Qg4-h4! Black e7-bishop pinned against Black f8-king. |
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| Apr-21-09 | | Alphastar: <notyetagm> It's the pinnacle of Korchnoi's career! |
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| Jun-30-09 | | WhiteRook48: 23 Qh4!! the e7-bishop is also pinned to the black queen |
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| Dec-10-09 | | SPINK: combo after combo after combo |
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Jan-08-10
| | Bolgoljubov: Notes from Victor Korchnoi:
This tournament was one of two held in the honor of the 50th Anniversary of the USSR. The strongest took place in Moscow and was won by Leonid Stein. The second took place in Leningrad and was won by Victor Korchnoi with Ratmir Kholmov in second. Korchnoi said there was some talk of Bobby Fischer being invited to play, but that it would have been ideologically disastrous if Fischer or another westerner had won a tournament to commemorate the founding of the Soviet Union. So he/they were not invited. -----
Korchnoi said he wanted to avoid playing the main lines of the French, so as to avoid playing against himself. (Botvinnik's coaching advice) 8. 0-0 cxd4 Korchnoi said sacrificing the pawn here was Efim Geller's idea and that Geller had played it previously against him in blitz games. A similar game played that year was:
Furman vs Uhlmann, 1967
13… h6 More accurate was g6.
20. Ba5 Paul Keres suggested 20. h4 followed by h5 so as to prevent black from freely playing g6 and Kg7. Korchnoi’s idea was to play Nd4 followed Nb5 blockading the black queenside then slowly preparing the attack on the kingside. 22. Bb4 if 22… Bxb4 23.Qxb4 Qe7 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Rxc8+ Qe8 27. Rxe8+ and white has a won position. 24. Qh4 "and black is bound arm and foot", according to Korchnoi. With the threat of Bxg6 and Qf6+. If 26… Bxb5 27.Ng7+ Kf8 28. Nf5 and the bishop can’t be defended. 28… Nc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Bxe7+ Kg8 (30… Ke8 Nd6+) 31. Qg4+ 31. Rg3! And the rook can’t be defended. If 31…Qe7 32 Qh8+ Source: "My Life for Chess" by Victor Korchnoi - Chessbase DVD Lecture Series, 2005 |
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Jan-08-10
 | | Benzol: Game Collection: Moscow 1967 |
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Jan-08-10
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Somehow, the American pop song "Needles and Pins" comes to mind. |
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Jan-08-10
| | Bolgoljubov: More notes from Victor Korchnoi
In a subsequent lecture Korchnoi says that fans of the French Defense should not be discouraged playing against Gellar's pawn sacrifice idea. "When I play the French Defence I don't try and grab the pawn d4", says Korchnoi. He gives the following example:
Navara vs Korchnoi, 2004
In it he recommends declining the sacrifice and building up pressure on the white queen side. He notes that the configuration of the white knights, on f3 and d2, are reinforcing each other and are therefore the "least active". The black position is quite active. Source: "My Life for Chess" by Victor Korchnoi - Chessbase DVD Lecture Series, 2005 |
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| Apr-13-12 | | Tigranny: Whenever my opponent plays this opening as Black against me in a quick game, I use Korchnoi's gambit. |
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| Apr-13-12 | | King Death: There's also the idea 13...Nc5 that was played in these games. Chiburdanidze vs P Vezzosi, 1990
D Sgnaolin vs C Vernay, 2010 |
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Jun-09-12
| | notyetagm: Game Collection: PINS! PINS! PINS! PINS! PINS! PINS! PINS! PINS! |
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Jun-09-12
| | notyetagm: Game Collection: PIN CUSHIONS: A WHOLE BUNCH OF PINS |
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