| Dec-29-02 |
| ughaibu: She really can play. |
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| Sep-08-03 |
| jaime gallegos: how this players can imagine movements like these ! Bravo Judit ! |
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| Sep-09-03 |
| seoulmama: I agree ughaibu; though I myself defend with the Mod quite often, I can't get enough of this little piece of art. Note: Shirov is defeated in his own game, where he himself is playing the part of the hunted. |
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| Sep-09-03 |
| Brian Watson: On playing 15.Nxd6 she'd have to have seen that 16...Qxd5 (opening the d-file for the rook) is all but forced; on playing 19.Rd7 she had to have seen that 20...Kxe7 only loses further material to Nc5+ and Qxa8 |
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Sep-09-03
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| Honza Cervenka: 20...Bb7 seems to be better, although white has clear advantage. |
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Jul-26-04
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| notyetagm: Anyone know how this game finished in the Informant Best Game Prize competition? I know that this game made Nunn's 101 Brilliant Chess miniatures. |
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Jul-27-04
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| notyetagm: 15 Nxd6!! - Wow, it's not often you see "Mr. Tactics" Shirov <tactically demolished> in 21 moves. |
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| Aug-10-04 |
| resty: 15.Nxd6! Genius. Beauty. Judit. |
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| Sep-21-04 |
| francescog: What if 14 ... Ne7 ? Black is cramped but maybe not in a hopeless manner... I can imagine something like 14 ... Ne7 15 Bg5 Nf5, but my imagination is not very good, I'm sure. In this way Black could castle, and he has always that extra pawn. Why did Shirov decided against it? |
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| Sep-21-04 |
| samvega: After 14..Ne7 white could play 15.Nf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxf6 and black can't castle anyway. Also, white can play the same combination as in the game, but to even better effect. 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 and white can't play Qxd5 due to the knight fork, or Qc7 due to the pawn fork, and if eg Qb8 white has Bxd7+ followed by Qxf7. |
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| Sep-22-04 |
| francescog: <samvega> thanks, I had thought 14 ... Ne7 (which I disliked, but I was searching an alternative to Shirov's move) 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxf6 but I had not seen that now 0-0 is impossible because of Bh6. |
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| Jan-26-05 |
| GreenDayGuy: Black seemed to have over-extended his pawn structure, but Judit exploited it brilliantly. |
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Apr-21-05
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| notyetagm: Anyone know how this game finished in voting for the Chess Informant Best Game Prize? |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| harcee sarmiento: shirov thinks poorly and he is overconfident! i dont find him smart! |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| Jim Bartle: This game was ranked #6 in Informant 64. Chandler voted it best game, Gurevich and Korchnoi ranked it high, and the rest of the jury more or less ignored it. |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| Whitehat1963: Is 17...N8f6 playable for Shirov? Doesn't get him out of trouble, but he's badly undeveloped ... |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| Jim Bartle: While I was checking this game's voting in Informant 64, I noticed something curious: 7 of the 9 judges rated the famous Kasparov-Anand game 10 as the best, Chandler rated it 3rd best, and one judge left it off the list entirely. Who was that last judge? Alexei Shirov. |
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| Feb-03-06 |
| Jim Bartle: From "Fire on Board" (p. 155): "I was crushed with incredible speed." |
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| Feb-04-06 |
| JoeStrummer: He has loss(es) in this famous book? Very modest fellow. I havent read F on B, but figured it was a collection of his Tal-like kills, didn't think there would be any losses included. |
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| Feb-04-06 |
| Jim Bartle: There are some losses included in "Fire", mainly in the Botvinnik Anti-Meran variation, but this isn't one of them. The comment about being "crushed" by Polgar is in the analysis of a win against Nunn (Bundesliga 1995) which followed the same line through move 9. But yes, Shirov is modest and particularly generous in his book, giving credit for many of his innovations to other players, such as Yusupov and Shabalov. |
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| May-24-06 |
| michiganling: The one thing I love most about this game is that when I play it through my copy of Crafty, it essentially reads the entire game as "book" until the final move, where it spits out a mating variation! Now THAT is an influential game. Just beautiful chess by the greatest woman chess player of all time. |
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| Feb-11-08 |
| piroflip: the "monkey's bum" variation? |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| Bobsterman3000: This opening by Shirov seems a little foolish since Judit is known for her hyper-agressive attacking play. He invited the big attack with his turtle slow development... |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| chillowack: I agree, Bobsterman3000: Shirov neglected his development, left his king in the center...it's like he wanted to be crushed. |
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| Aug-30-09 |
| ILikeFruits: by a woman...
no doubt...
:) |
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sac: 15.Nxd6