Joel Lautier vs Alexey Shirov (1990)

Joel Lautier vs Alexey Shirov
Manila 1990 · King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto. Panno Variation (E63) · 0-1

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Given 24 times; par: 39 [what's this?]

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May-16-04		Blumster: Why 8.h3? wouldn't the pawn thrust e4 have made more sense, grabbing up the middle for sure? Can't help but feel h3 closes a hole that didn't need filling.

May-16-04		Drstrangelove: Does anyone have a 5 pawns for a rook collection?

May-16-04		clocked: When you have questions like these, it helps to use the opening explorer. There you will see that h3 is the most played move in the position. Next you can see how black responds to e4 (with Bg4 of course!). One of the "whys" has to do with control of the e5 square. I think "The Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" by Sunil Weermantry covers this idea.

Oct-02-07		Jim Bartle: Shirov wrote that he was "obligated" to take the pawn on move 16 or he'd be admitting his play was all a bluff. He also said he really wanted this game because New in Chess had called him the "new Lautier" and he wanted to reverse that.

Mar-23-08		vanytchouck: it's not New in chess wich call Shirov a "new Lautier", but the french mag "Europe Echecs" wich saw Lautier as the next world champion at this time. p.s. even at this moment it wasn't relevant...

Aug-22-10		Lyink: Wow! Great game!

Sep-09-10		OneArmedScissor: more praise for this game!

Sep-09-10		freakclub: <OneArmedScissor> Indeed! I remember having a copy once of the book "Manila Interzonal Tournament (1990)", and this was one of my favorite games. Also look out for Miles vs. De Firmian, which was played during the same tournament, and also a fabulous game.

Apr-27-12		wordfunph: Fire on Board's 25...Bxg3+ hallelujah!!

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