| May-06-03 |
| bishop: Judit spotted the 17th move Queen sacrifice when she made her 14th move. |
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| Jan-18-04 |
| d4Nf6Bg5: Almost seems obivous what was intended after 14.Rae1 The opponent reacted as if she made a blunder and got materialistic. Before playing Bxc3 and winning the bishop, I think it is unwise to assume the GM just hung the bishop. They seldom make such mistakes (I hope). |
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| Feb-12-05 |
| Noyan: One of those "watch your back rank" games. By move 15, Angelova was probably feeling so good about the game, being a piece and a pawn up. That is until Judit uncorks the queen sac just one move later... |
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Sep-06-05
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| patzer2: Polgar's 17. Qxf8+! is an excellent example of the decoy tactic, forcing the King to f8 for 17...Kxf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Re8#. |
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| Nov-04-05 |
| thesonicvision: the tactic had to prepared as early
as move 13. there are 2 keys to
seeing the forced win for white if
black gets greedy:
1- white must threaten mate with
Qh6 before Bf6 or else Qh5 after
Qxb5 becomes an option.
2- after Re4 the black queen MUST be on
f5 to guard against the mate threat.
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| Dec-20-05 |
| DeepBlade: And because Angelova lost, she had to write the opening name thousand times :P |
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Dec-20-05
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| beenthere240: What's the continuation if black retreats with 14...Bg7? I was thinking 15. Nd5. |
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Dec-21-05
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| crafty: 14... g7 15. xc6 bxc6 16.  e4 d5 17. f6+ xf6 18. xf6  (eval 1.12; depth 14 ply; 500M nodes) |
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| Dec-21-05 |
| DCP23: And if Black defends against 17. Bf6 with 16. .. f5, then White can STILL play 17. Bf6, and if 17. .. Rxf6, then 18. Re8+ Kf7 19. Qf8# |
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| Jan-01-06 |
| DeepBlade: 17. ... Kxf8 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Re8#
Just love the finish. |
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| May-09-06 |
| Sularus: <d4Nf6Bg5>
she wasn't a GM yet at that time. |
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| Dec-11-06 |
| mcgee: This game appeared in Chess magazine in the UK in 1988, selected by readers and GMs as one of the best games in the Olympiad. I think the article author wrote that the most up-to-date book on the Rossolimo prior to this game (yes, prior) analysed up to move 15 as in this game, showed a diagram of the position and pointed out that White was threatening 16Qxf8+.. |
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Jul-18-07
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| aazqua: "Judit spotted the 17th move Queen sacrifice when she made her 14th move." Obviously as otherwise she just drops a piece. Certainly is a nice theme to remember highlighting the importance of retaining the fiancettoed bishop. |
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Nov-29-07
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| notyetagm: Judit Polgar vs P Angelova, 1988 Position after 17  h6x f8+! 1-0:
click for larger viewPolgar's 17 h6xf8+! is yet another addition to my Game Collection: QxR! removes the guard of the back rank. Once again, as in the other examples in the game collection, we see that the <REMOVE THE GUARD> tactic is made possible due to the threat of x! not being taken seriously because White will "lose" for in the process. Black was oblivious to the fact that her <BACK RANK> would be undefended after the exchange 17 h6xf8+!  g8xf8, mainly because Black has not developed her c8-bishop, while the White e1-rook cannot wait to lunge down the e-file to the weakened back rank. |
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| Jul-18-08 |
| The Ninth Pawn: From Game Collection: Periodic Table of Tactical Elements: Decoy (D) : In Judit Polgar vs P Angelova, 1988 , White plays 17. h6xf8+, LURING the king onto f8 and playing next 18. g5-f6+ and 19. e1-e8++. |
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| Jan-16-09 |
| WhiteRook48: why did black never develop the QB? |
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sac: 15.bxc3
