Jun-26-04
 | | patzer2: The move 17. Bxf7+ is the solution to number 1624 in the Batsford Encyclopedia of Middle Games (Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sacrifice on h7). Note that if 19...Qc7, then White wins with 20. Qg4 with the idea of Rd2  to follow. If 19...Qc8, then 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Rd6 is winning for White. |
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| Oct-04-04 | | gadfly: Good sacs!!! Love that game. |
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| Jul-20-05 | | aw1988: How about 19...Nd4 returning material? |
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Apr-26-06
 | | acirce: Great combination. When playing 15.fxg7! Lilienthal, of course, had to see 17.Bxh7+! in advance because otherwise it's all pointless and Black is at least equal. |
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| Aug-28-06 | | bleedingpack: <aw1988> According to Vukovic, 19...Nxd4 20.cxd4 cxd4 21.Rfe1! Nf6 22.Qe5 Kf7 23.Rxd4 and White wins. |
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May-11-10
 | | Once: Amateurs think mostly about things that they can see and touch - the number of pieces on the board, doubled and isolated pawns, the opponent's threats. Great players think more about things that cannot be seen - open lines, tempi, vulnerable enemy kings, the initiative. Perhaps the space between pieces is as important as the pieces themselves? Today's game sees Lilienthal sacrifice repeatedly to draw the black king into the open and rip away his pawn cover. In some ways. black's game falls apart because he doesn't have a defensive knight on f6 - the greatest defender against the greek gift sac. |
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| May-11-10 | | Albertan: According to Deep Rybka 3, Najdorf should have played 14...Nxf6 instead of ...e5:
click for larger viewAnd play might have continued:
15.Qc2 e5
click for larger view16.Bg5 h6
click for larger view17.Bh7+ Kh8
click for larger viewDeep Rybka gives a bad evaluation to Najdorf's 19th move of 19...Qf6?! instead 19...Qc7 is better: 
click for larger viewDeep Rybka 3 evaluates Najdorf's 20...Kf8 poorly. Better is 20..Kg8:
with this continuation possible:
(20... Kg8 21.Rxb7 Rd8 22. Rh7 Ne7 23. Re1 Ng6 24. Rxa7 Ng7 25. Qf3 Kh7  ) 23...Rb8? was a mistake.
click for larger view Better was 23...Rc8 with this continuation possible:
24.Re1
click for larger view24...Nc7
click for larger view25.Qd2
click for larger view25..Rd8!?
26.h3 Ne8
click for larger view |
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May-11-10
 | | kevin86: Black's demise is imminent |
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May-11-10
 | | RandomVisitor: Adding to what <Albertan> has mentioned above, black has better 14th moves:
click for larger view Rybka 3:
[+0.23] d=20 14...Nxf6 15.Qc2 e5 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh7+ Kh8 18.Rad1 Qe7 19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Be4 [+0.23] d=19 14...Qxf6 15.Qc2 Kh8 16.Rad1 e5 17.Bc1 h6 18.f4 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Be4 Nd6 21.Bd5 Rad8 |
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May-11-10
 | | Chessmensch: <Once> Note the parallel with 2 Corinthians 4:18. |
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May-11-10
| | Chessmensch: This was a massacre. It's interesting that Deep Fritz 12's preferred ending is exchanging off all the pieces and cruising to victory with white's pawn majority (three unopposed pawns on the kingside). |
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| May-11-10 | | screwdriver: Nice attack! |
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May-12-10
| | Once: "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." |
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Jul-07-10
 | | GrahamClayton: This game won the First Brilliancy Prize. |
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sac: 17.Bxh7+