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| Jun-11-06 |
| EmperorAtahualpa: I chose to start this puzzle at move 23, because it is part of the queen trapping idea. Of course it's not a miracle if you find 23...Qf4, but I would have REAL respect for you if you found 24...Rh8!! |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| Raskolnikov: I get it!! (my post Nr. 200 <<!!>>) God bless Jürgen Klinsmann! |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| chessfreako: <urpppppp> Yes I meant 25. Re3.. Made a mistake thx for correcting it :). <The17thPawn> Thx for the compliment... :> |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| wolverine199: well... at least i got yesterdays puzzle :( |
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Jun-11-06
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| Marmot PFL: <al wazir> 24 Bc4 Nxc4 25 gh6 g6 and the queen still can't escape as black threatens mate on g2. Easy puzzle except for Rh8!! which I missed. |
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Jun-11-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: <<Easy puzzle except for Rh8!!>> I would not call this puzzle "easy," and if you missed ...Rh8!!; then: a.) You did not correctly solve the puzzle.
b.) You missed the point of the whole problem.
c.) I also found ...Qf4; but missed the idea of trapping the Queen.
(With the amazing ...Rh8!!)
d.) To me, it is an extremely unusual idea, the "slow-motion" idea ... and the fact that White is so helpless to prevent it. |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| Georgie Dubb: May be we COULD have found Rh8 if we had lacked the laziness to visualise the position more than 1 ply after 24. ...g6 (i.e. after 25. xh6+ g8). |
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Jun-11-06
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| al wazir: <Marmot PFL>: Right you are, there's a mate on g2. And yes, 24...Rh8 is a beautiful move. |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| independentthinker: wow - very nice queen trap. I should have realised that was the motif, espeically after reading the Alekhine example in "secrets of chess perfection" where he allows his Bishop to become trapped. Instead I looked at candidate moves QG6 and RG8 (Which I really wanted to play) but instead gave in realising neither was very good. |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| independentthinker: Sorry I meant the book "Search for chess perfection" by Purdy. Not "secrets" |
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Jun-11-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: . Z. Domnitz (2350) - GM Ludek Pachman (2510)
[C75] / Netanya-A, (R9) / 1973.
1.e4 e5; 2. f3 c6; 3. b5 a6; 4. a4 d6!?; 5.c3 d7; 6.d4 ge7; The Steinitz Defense, (Opening Explorer
) - to the RL.
(The improved of 'deferred' version, as many books like to call it. See
MCO-14, beginning on page 53; for more details.)
7. b3 h6; 8. bd2 g6; 9. c4,
<(White is better.)> 9... e7;
All this has been played ...
many times ... (before and since this game was played). There are 114 games in the CB on-line DB with this position. For an example of a good way to play this line for White, please see
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948. 10.dxe5 dxe5; 11. e3 g5; 12.0-0 xe3; 13. xe3 f6; 14. d2, White had a big edge out of the opening, but now it has almost completely evaporated. < [Maybe better was 14.Bd5 or 14.Ne1.] > 14... f4; 15. xf4!?,
White gives Black a doubled pawn, but loses a lot of his ability to control the dark squares with this move. < [ Maybe better was:
15.Bd5 0-0-0!?; 16.Qb3, (uclr)
when White might have a slight edge. ] >
White now gets adventurous with his Queen. (When it works, it is praised as bold; when it fails; it is condemned as foolish.) 15...exf4!; 16. h5!? 0-0; 17. f3 fe8; 18. fe1,
Lackluster.
< [ Better was: 18.Rad1!, which is slightly in White's favor. ] > |
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Jun-11-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: Continuing my earlier post:
18... e5!!;
Not even most programs will seriously consider this deep exchange sacrifice. An early version of Fritz considers 18...Ne5 to be nearly forced here,
that line may have only resulted in a draw.
19. xe5 xe5; 20. d1!?, ('?!')
In my mind, this is probably dubious, 20.h3 looked like a simpler solution. (It is also this one clumsy move that is at the root of all of White's problems in this game.) 20... d8; 21. e2?!,
This is probably the losing move of the game. White already has some difficulties, but would avoid the loss of his Queen by withdrawing it to the e2-square. ("24.Be2?" - D. Minic, Informant # 16.)
21... h7!; 22.g4 f3; 23.g5 f4!; 24. f1 h8!!; " "
White resigns. (The WQ is doomed.)
For example: 25.Rad1, g6!; 26.QxP/h6+, Kh8.
A pleasing miniature. - A.J. Goldsby
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| Jun-11-06 |
| Major Dude: Raymond Keene wrote a book about Nimzowitsch where he talks about Nimzo's ambush. This reminds me of some of those games. The opponent is carefully setup for a major blow. |
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Jun-11-06
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| jahhaj: I would not not have seen this in a million years. I doubt I would have seen it if the board had been set up after White's 24th. |
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Jun-11-06
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| dakgootje: Great puzzle! I can proudly say i... completely missed it ;-) Well no, not completely as i looked for a second, maybe 10 but not much more, about trapping the queen but soon left the idea. Instead i went for 23. ...g6. If gxf6 then gxh5 and white probably has to give up his bishop due to the threat of Rg8. If 24. Qh4 then fxe2 with the threat of Nf3. Someone else got this idea (probably wrong though as its too late to calculate properly)? |
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Jun-11-06
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| dakgootje: ah yes, when taking a second look i realise the g-pawn was defending the h-pawn and because of my 23. ...g6 that defence is gone with 24. Qxh6 Kg8 25. gxf6 something and 26. Qg7 mates... |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| jajaja: missed this one :-( |
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| Jun-11-06 |
| Halldor: Gave this around 40 minutes and used nearly all of the time working on the position before Black's 24th move, LOL! And of course I didn't get it. I wanted to trap the queen somehow with the bishop and the knight but couldn't find a way for it, and g7-g6 seemed impossible without defending h6 first... (The closest I got to the solution was maybe in lines involving gxh6 gxh6 and the rook to g8 on an open g-file.) - But I was lightyears away from the solution all the time. |
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Jun-11-06
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| kevin86: I thought there was going to be a queen trap-I just couldn't put it together! The masterful end Rh8-was a very deep conclusion. |
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Jun-11-06
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| RandomVisitor: <LMAJ>Nice analysis. |
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Jun-12-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: <RV> Thanks. :)
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Jun-15-06
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| LIFE Master AJ: BTW, one small error in my post above.
<(The improved of 'deferred' version, as many books like to call it. See MCO-14, beginning on page 53; for more details.)> The "of" here - in the above passage - should (obviously) be "or," I hope that did not throw anyone off. CG staff - Any chance of ya'll just fixing the original post? ... (you could then delete this one, to avoid any confusion.) |
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Jun-21-06
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| patzer2: After the casual developing move 21. Be2??, it's hard to believe that Black now wins with 21...Kh7! Yet, that's the case here as the followup 22. g4 f3! sets up a Queen trap after 24...Rh8! 25. Rad1 g6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 . |
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Jun-21-06
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| patzer2: Instead of 21. Be2??, White holds a slight advantage with 21. h3 Kh7 22. Bd3 g6 23. Qe2 . |
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| Oct-13-07 |
| Antiochus: Nimzo inspired him:
Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923 |
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