| Mar-30-03 | | Rookpawn: If 39... Qxe2, then 40. Rb8+ Nxb8 41. Qe8+ and Black cannot stop mate. |
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| Mar-22-06 | | Ulhumbrus: 39 Ne2 is a preparation for the sacrifice 40 Rb8+ followed by 41 Qe8+. Its purpose is to draw the Black queen off the g file so that on 39 Ne2 Qxe2 40 Rb8+! Nxb8 41 Qe8+ Kh7 42 Qf7+ Black's queen lacks the resource of ...Qg7 and the Black king has to move therefore to either h8 or to h6 whereupon White's Queen moves to the g file and mates either at once, or merely almost at once, depending upon whether the Black King goes to h8 or to h6.On 42...Kh8 43 Qg7 is mate and on 42...Kh6 43 Qg7+ Kh5 44 Qg5 is mate. |
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| Oct-04-09 | | ozmikey: 36. a3! is a very clever move, providing the king with some luft for the final combination. There's a nice logic to this game, especially the 19. Bxc5! and 20. Ba4 plan to simplify the position in White's favour. A real classic. |
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Jul-17-15
 | | plang: 11..f4 seems illogical reducing Blacks chances for active counterplay. The move has not been repeated; 11..a5 and 11..a6 are usually played. In playing 12..a6? Szabo probably intended 13..b5 but then realized that White could respond 14 b4 and 15 c5. 18..Bh4? was a positional error allowing 19 Bxc5..bxc where the open knight file did not prove useful for Black and the a-pawn was very weak; Bronstein recommended instead 18..a4 preventing the exchange of light-squared bishops. Szabo had no choice but to play sharply with 30..Qh1 as positionally he was busted. Kotov's finish starting with the clever 35 Rd3 was quite impressive. |
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Jan-23-23
 | | GrahamClayton: 39. Ne2 sidesteps 39. Qxd7 Qxb2+ 40. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 41. Ka1 Rb7+ 42. Ka2 Rxd7 and wins. |
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| Dec-15-23 | | joeld: I propose that this game be given the title "Opposite Day". It's this game that kids play where everything is opposite. In this game, the kings are castled on opposite sides, but instead of each side pushing the pawns on the wing of their opponent's king, they open lines on the side with their own king! |
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| Jan-19-25 | | FM David H. Levin: When I showed this game to Ed Allen, he felt that 31...gxf3 was a mistake because it eliminated White's weak g-pawn, and that Black should play 31...Be1 immediately.
click for larger viewWe were unable to find a win for White after that move. Fritz 11 assessed that position as equal, giving 31...Be1 32. Qc2 Ra7 33. Ne6 g3 34. Rd3 (Enabling White's queen to roam without permitting ...Bd2.) 34...Bf2 35. Qa4 
click for larger view35...Be3 36. Qc2 Bf2, with a repetition.
On 35...Qxg2 from the above diagram, I imagine it would go something like 36. Qc6 Qh1 37. Qxd6 (Threatening 38. Qb8+.) 37...Rf7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Ng5+ Kg7 40. Nxf7 g2 41. Nxe5 g1=Q 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qxf6+, 
click for larger viewwith an unusual material imbalance in which White seems to be at least holding his own. |
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| May-19-25 | | joeld: I was reading Chris Ward's It's Your Move! and the first puzzle he has is from https://www.365chess.com/game.php?g.... It reminded me of this game, because in that game too, he advocates pushing pawns on the side he's castled in an opposite-side-castling situation. |
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| May-19-25 | | unspiek: <FM David H. Levin> From the 35. ... Qg2: variation, following it to the diagram you provide, wherever Black's King goes, 44. Rd1 wins for White. |
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| May-20-25 | | FM David H. Levin: <<unspiek>: <FM David H. Levin> From the 35. ... Qg2: variation, following it to the diagram you provide, wherever Black's King goes, 44. Rd1 wins for White.> Nice shot. It's good that I wrote that White seemed to be "at least" holding his own. 8^) |
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| May-20-25 | | unspiek: <FM David H. Levin> This is one of my favourite games from that tournament; thanks for reminding me! |
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