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| chesswhizkid: Actually, GM Timman found the fine 9.Bg5! Which avoids the huge mess that Beliavsky went through. Timman vs Nunn, 1985 |
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Jan-10-05
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| patzer2: For want of a better classification, I'm adding 12...Rxf3! to my "demolition of pawn structure," via sacrifice on f3/f6, collection. Technically, however, 12...Rxf3! is only a pseudo-sacrifice, as White cannot afford to accept it because of 13. Rxf3?? Nxf3+ forking King and Queen. Instead, White accepts Black's real sacrfice offer after 11...Rxf5 12. g4 Rxf3!, which is the Knight on h5. Nonetheless, 13...Rxf3! gxh5 has the effect of the typical demolition combination in sacrficing a piece to wreck the opponent's pawn structure and iniate a decisive King hunt (pursuit). |
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Jan-10-05
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| patzer2: <Tamar> Thanks for the link with GM Nigel Short's annotations. The 15. Qe2! "defensive combination" possibility, leading to an even position, was particularly instructive. |
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Jan-10-05
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| patzer2: After the brilliant "obstruction" move 20...Nd2!! I can imagine the sound of a loose wrench tearing up an engine (perhaps even some Chess programs crashing trying to figure out the complications). |
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Jan-10-05
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| kevin86: Beliavskii most have have felt like he had his hand hit by a strap. (Nun(n)s have been known to do that.) Strange,white's king is chased by seeral pieces,while black's is not even touched-though somewhat exposed. |
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| Jan-10-05 |
| Andrew Chapman: Note how black prevents white from castling by 13..Qf8 which both holds the king to defending f2 and supports his bishop going to h6. |
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Jan-10-05
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| patzer2: Short gives 14. Ne4! as a best defensive move for White, indicating one article is not enought to explain the complex reason why this is so. However, daring to go where a GM is reluctant to tread, may I be so bold as to suggest that perhaps one reason 14. Ne4! is best here is that the alternative 14. Rh2!? Bh6 15. Qd1 Qf4 16. Rg2 Bf5 17. Nge2 Qxc4 18. Ng1 Qb4! 19. Nxf3 Qxb2 20. Nb1 Qxa1  is a win for Black. |
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| Apr-03-05 |
| dac1990: A very tactical and imbalanced game. Say, does anyone know if being a doctor of something makes you better suited for this kind of play? |
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Sep-10-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: Is this Dr. Nunn's best game???
(If not, I would like to see a better one!)
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Sep-10-05
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| TheAlchemist: <AJ> Probably. Even the pun says so. :-) |
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| Sep-10-05 |
| aw1988: [Diagram?] |
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Sep-11-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: This game is now posted on my website, if you are curious. (Feedback would be welcome.) |
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Sep-11-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: <tamar> Thanks for the Short link, i used it on my web page. Very helpful! |
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Sep-12-05
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| LIFE Master AJ: My analysis ... in case you are interested, is http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| Poisonpawns: Definetly Nunn`s greatest game! without a doubt!! |
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| Apr-18-07 |
| PEANUTS: Is 14.. Bh6 that clear? It could be that 14.. Qf5 is better. Black keeps a clear advantage after 15. Ng3 Rxg3 16. Bxg3 Qe4+, while the more critical 15. Ng5 Bh6 16. N1xf3 Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 should see the queen dominate the white army, especially after the developing Bf5. In any event, this looks superior to the chosen move after 14.. Bh6 15. Qe2 Nd3 16. Qxd3 Rxd3 17. Bxd3 Qf4 18. Rd1. |
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| Apr-18-07 |
| PEANUTS: After 20.Qc3 Bg7 21.Qb3 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe1+ 23.Kc2 Qxa1 24.Qxf3 Qxb2+
25.Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Nc1 Bh6 27. Qa3 Rf8 28. Be2 b5!, Black should win.
For instance, 29. cxb5 c4 30. Kc2 Qe5, then 31. Rd1 Rf2 32. Kb1 Rxe2,
while 31. Rf1 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qxd5+ 33. Kc2 Rxf1 34. Bxf1 Qf5+ forces Bd3,
and 31. Bf3 Be3 and the f3 bishop goes. After 29. Kc2 Qe5 it is similar,
with 30. Re1 bxc4 31. Qc3 Qe4+ 32. Kd1 Qxd5+ and the pawns win, while
30. Rf1 Rxf1 31. Bxf1 Qe1 32. Bd3 b4 33. Qb2 Bxc1 34. Qxc1 Qc3+ wins.
I don't see how White can meaningfully vary before move 29. |
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Jul-03-08
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| arsen387: 8..Ne5 could seem a little odd move from first sight moving the same piece twice in the opening but it really accomplishes much. It discourages 9.Nge2 (Nxc4) and 9.f4 (Ng4 trading his N for the whites strong LSB). 9.h3 tries to take under control the g4 square (to continue with f4 and now Ng4 isn't possible) but it weakens another square g3 and Nunn threatens to exploit that weakness with great 9..Nh5 and now f4 will be met with Ng3! Then 11..Rxf5 offering a piece for an attack against the uncastled K, I think no one but Nunn will do such thing. The rest is too much complicated for me because of the vast number of possible lines, but anyway it looks great. |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: and not Nunn worse |
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| May-03-09 |
| ROO.BOOKAROO: Nobody has mentioned that this game is included in THE WORLD'S GREATEST GAMES (112 of them) by Graham Burgess, John Nunn himself, and John Emms. This is game #78 in the collection, with a 6-page analysis. It also concludes after a 17-move-deep review that 20. Qc3 would have been the best defense for White instead of 20. Nec1.
Note that John Nunn is honored with a second game in this collection, game #104 John Nunn-Igor-Alexandre Nataf, French team Championship 1998/9, where however Nunn loses. Nunn vs I A Nataf, 1999 |
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| May-03-09 |
| Jim Bartle: Also one of the twelve games in Seirawan's "Winning Chess Brilliancies," his twelve favorite games since 1972. |
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Jun-10-09
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| hedgeh0g: Nunn is/was a tactical genius. |
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| Jul-01-09 |
| mjmorri: One of the few games played where almost every move is a pin, a sacrifice, or a hammer blow! |
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| Jul-28-09 |
| offramp: Here is a similar game:
[Event "U.S. Junior Closed "]
[Site "(Milwaukee, Wisconsin"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Liu, Elliot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "OBrien,Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.31"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 (5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5
8. d5 Ne5 9. h3 Nh5 10. Bf2 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. g4 Rxf3 13. gxh5 Qf8 14. Ne4
Bh6 15. Qc2 Qf4 16. Ne2 Rxf2 17. Nxf2 Nf3+ 18. Kd1 Qh4 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nec1 Nd2
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bg2 Nxc4 23. Qf2 Ne3+ 24. Ke2 Qc4 25. Bf3 Rf8 26. Rg1 Nc2 27.
Kd1 Bxd3 0-1  eliavsky,A (2635)- unn,J (2615)/Wijk aan Zee 1985/MCL) 5... O-O
6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. Nd2 e5 9. d5 Nh5 10. g4 Nf4 11. Qf3 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5
13. Bxf4 fxe4 14. Ndxe4 Rxf4 15. Qg3 Nb4 16. Kd2 Qf8 17. Be2 Bf5 18. f3 Kh8 19.
a3 Bh6 20. Kd1 Na6 21. b4 c6 22. Kc2 Nc7 23. Rad1 a5 24. Kb3 axb4 25. axb4 b5
26. dxc6 bxc4+ 27. Bxc4 d5 28. Nxd5 Bxe4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. Qe1 Bxc6 31. Rg1 Qf6
32. Qf2 Ba4+ 33. Kb2 e4+ 34. Kb1 Bxd1 35. Qa2 Bc2+ 0-1 |
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Sep-01-09
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| aazqua: White's king side pawn moves are just ridiculous. First, weaken every dark square. Then waste time while your opponent develops. Finally, get the snot beat out of you. |
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