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| Jan-29-06 | | Mating Net: I think this is a really cool game with several interesting maneuvers by White. To begin with, he shuts out the Knight on a6 with 14.a3 and 15.b4 which causes Black to play 15...c6 to recycle the piece back into play. By doing so, Black weakens the d6 square and White's Queen's Knight maneuvers there nicely. Lesson being, look for a strong outpost that one of your pieces can occupy for the long haul when key squares are weakened. Once the Knight is sitting pretty on d6, supported by several pieces, White maneuvers in for the kill. The Queen sac, 31.Qxd7! caught me off guard because White was so much better off it was just a matter of time before he won. Fittingly, the wonder Knight assists in winning the pinned g7 Bishop when mate is inevitable. A really nice finish for the star of the show. This Knight outpost reminds me of the classic Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 when Black had wonder Knight deep inside enemy territory. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | posoo: EZ. Got this in like .000000000008 seconds. Smirin must be a real dolt to fall for trapz like dis. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | Googleandchess45: Interesting, and yes this was rather easy. Usually I don't like to say this since we are given the luxury of knowing there is a tactical stroke, but there should of been better defense from a 2640 rated player. Considering the strong placement of both the knight and rook, coupled with the weakened kingside, this was rather obvious. Not to mention calculation would be rather easy since most of black's moves are forced. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | Fezzik: I sense this easy feeling we have is going to turn into a sinking feeling when we find out the sack was unsound. My first inkling to sac the White Queen came when I realised I had a hard time figuring it out what the heck it was doing. White's Rooks and Knights are doing all the work in the position, so the sacrifice itself was easy to see. I still don't know what the best defense was, but I don't think Smirin played it. I'm holding my breathe while someone else finds the flaw in White's brilliancy. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | dzechiel: White to move (31?) Black is up a pawn. "Insane."
I'm loath to spend a great deal of time on an "insane" position, so I'm going to go with my gut instinct here. The white queen is under attack. We have a choice here, retreat and give black another move, or attack and see what happens. Let's attack. 31 Qxd7 Rxd7
Black doesn't really have a choice here, it's take the queen or go down a piece. 32 Rxd7
Material-wise, white gets a rook and knight for the queen. But white also has good prospects position-wise. The black e-pawn is en prise, and white is threatening to double rooks on the seventh rank. Notice that the black bishop on g7 is pinned, but that even after the black king moves, it will be difficult for black to move the bishop once the rooks are doubled. If black tries to prevent the doubling with
32...Rd8
white can play
33 Re7
and double up next move. The rook is fairly immune to attack on this square. I don't know how black will choose to try and defend this position, he has many tries here, however it really appears that white is the player with the initiative. That's it for tonight. Time to check. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | crwynn: It seems like Sunday isn't what it used to be. But last time anyway there was a tricky defense, here 31.Qd7 is pretty obviously winning, after you see that White can double on the 7th because the kt controls c8 & e8. White's material deficit is quite nominal - rook and kt are worth more than pawn and queen when the difference in activity is as huge as this. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | lost in space: Haven't got it this time.
I feel I have to play 31.Qxd7 (as this is the only logical consequence out the fact that this position was selected as puzzle. But I haven't managed to win this position. After 31...Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rd8 33. Ra7 Be2 34. Rcc7 Ra8 I see no winning contiuation. And the other Q moves (Qa4, Qc6) are no changing the position, threatening nothing. 31. Qxa5 is leading to a o.k. position for white, but not winning. 31...Be2 32. Qc3 Qe6 33. Rc2 Ba6 4. Rd2. From my point of view white is a bit better and I would have played like this OTP. Lets see, how White can win after 31. Qxd7. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | vanytchouck: Too bad, i've studied that (fantastic) game and i know the blowing move : 31. Qxd7 !! Rxd7 32. Rxd7 and the idea is that nothing can prevent the withe from doubling the rooks on the seventh rank. Adding the pin of the Bg7 and the action of the Nd6 and the Ba3, the end is very close. This game is really worth studying :
it starts with a patient positionnal battle for weak squares on the queen side and suddenly end up with a decisive attack on the black king castle. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | lost in space: Impressive game. And I agree with <vanytchouck>: seems worth studying much more in depth |
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Jun-29-08
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: I saw the key move, but thought it was one of those "judgment" sacrifices we see so often on Sundays: the sort where the sac is best but does not lead to a forced and/or quick win. I was quite surprised to see the game end so soon. As usual, what looks like a speculative sacrifice to me is just another combination for a GM. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | lost in space: If you look a bit deeper into the position even with the less strong move 33. Ra7 (instead of Re7, allowing Nxe5) the position is won: 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxd7 Rd8 33. Ra7 Be2 34. Rcc7 Ra8 35. Rxg7! |
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| Jun-29-08 | | Bobsterman3000: I got this one immediately, but only because I once read John Nunn's lengthy analysis of this game in "Understanding Chess Move by Move." Obviously, the d6 knight outpost is key, but the Qxd7 sacrifice allowed white to maximize piece activity - all pieces menace the white king directly or control pivotal squares. Black is left scrambling to reinforce various weak squares, to no avail. As Kasparov once said, a knight that can make it to d6 can almost decide the game by itself. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | Confuse: Typical Sunday queen toss. Not challenging at all! <sarcasm> The ending position is a keeper. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | Bobsterman3000: Actually, 28. Rdc1 was probably the first strong move leading to the final attack. It's a far superior move that reinforces the outpost them. Option #2 would have been 28.Qc2, still possibly winning but less potent... |
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Jun-29-08
 | | al wazir: I saw the ♕ sac, not the follow-up. But I think 33...Be2 is a weak move, since it chases a piece to where it was going anyway. And 32...Rd8 wasn't so great either. After 32. Rxd7 Qa2 33. Rcc7 Rg8, 34. Nxe5 fails because of 34...Qa1+ 35. Bc1 (or Kh2) Qxe5. I don't see a win. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | vanytchouck: After 32. Rxd7 Qa2 33. Rcc7 Rg8,
Maybe 34. Ne8
The Knight can't be taken because of a Mate by Rxg7+, Rh7+, Rg7 #. 24...Qxa3 25. Nxg7, and the threat Ne6 followed by a mate is too strong. 24...Bd6 25. Nf6 + Kh8 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27. Rc8 + Rg8 28. Rxg8 + Qxg8 29. Nxg8 and a totally won endgame. I may have missed something... |
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| Jun-29-08 | | vesivialvy93: Bizarre CM10th still play Qa4 after 6 minutes....i am waiting for stronger comp analysis , Shredder , Rybka please !!! |
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| Jun-29-08 | | vesivialvy93: ...probably an easy position for Hiarcs... |
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Jun-29-08
| | al wazir: <vanytchouck: After 32. Rxd7 Qa2 33. Rcc7 Rg8, Maybe 34. Ne8> 34...Bb5 35. Rxg7+ (35. Nxg7 Bxd7) Rxg7 36. Nxg7 (36. Rxg7+ Kh8, and a LOT of white pieces are hanging) Qxa3, and I still don't see a mate. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | vesivialvy93: CM10th thinks that 33...Be2 is the losing move for black |
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| Jun-29-08 | | whiteshark: I saw the key move to double ♖♖, too. I couldn't see any good defence for black afterwards, just staying passive. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | patzer2: <al wazir> White will mate or quickly win decisive material after <32. Rxd7 Qa2 33. Rcc7 Rg8>, <vanytchouck>'s 34. Ne8!>, your <34...Bb5> and 35. Nf6+! The computer indicates mate-in-twelve after 35. Nf6! Kh8 36. Nh4!  . White can also win with 35. Nf6! Kh8 36. Re7 (or 36. Nxe5 or even 36. Rxg7! ). |
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| Jun-29-08 | | patzer2: <al wazir> However, after 33...Qa2 or 33...Qb3 White's win is not quite so clear. |
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| Jun-29-08 | | LaFreaK: 32...Qe6,does it makes sense? |
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| Jun-29-08 | | LaFreaK: 33.Rcc7 Rg8 34.???? |
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