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| Aug-12-04 | | patzer2: <Gypsy> I understand and wish to clarify that I actually enjoyed the analysis. I was amazed that you actually had <Tamar>, a Master, working with you and communicating with Kasparov on the variations after 38. Bd5 Rxa2(concerning one of Kasparov's books in progress I assume). I had though White could win in the line 38. Bd5 Rxa2 39. Bc4!?, but several hours of analysis only produced unclear and complicated positions (usually with tough Queen endings) with drawing chances for Black. |
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Aug-13-04
 | | tamar: <patzer2> This game was covered in Part 1 of Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors. He has an arrangement with Chessbase for readers to send in corrected analysis, verified by computers, that will be included in the next editions. The question was whether after 38 Bd5 Capablanca had a draw with 38...Rxa2
39 Rh6 Rc2 40 h5 a3. Kasparov says yes, and Black is even much better after 41 Re6 Rc5! (page 201), but the move 41 Rh8! seems to win in all variations.
However it is a minor flaw in the annotations because I was not able to find a win against the equally plausible 40...b3, although the lines are incredibly complex. Most fascinating of all is the pawn race recommendation of 40 g4 (Calli) which is very close to winning, but beyond my software's capabilities to prove. I spent a couple of days looking at it, and I just gave up in exhaustion looking at queen endings. |
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| Oct-04-04 | | ArturoRivera: why didnt Capa resigned in move 17?, in my point of view he hhas a lost game, he is a paawn down and has an isolated pawn, taking out the rooks, he is in a final of bishop vs knight, why didnt he just quit? |
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| Oct-04-04 | | Kean: For what happened in the game he went until there were really no salvation at all, and he managed to create a threat with his queenside pawn superiority. Some of his loses are precisely of that kind, maybe he tried, when faced with such situations, to present the better defense knowing that there are many subtleties in chess and being him an almost perfect player. |
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| Feb-01-05 | | sammy desandoli: G. Abrahams "The Chess Mind" has some good observations on move 38. |
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Feb-01-05
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Both of my remaining synapses seem to be fried. After 40.Bxc6, Black can't play 40...a3-a2 because of 41.Rb5+,Kxc6; 42.Ra5 or 41.Rb5+,Ka6; 42.Rb8, correct? Fried synapses, mmmmmmm... |
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| Feb-01-05 | | delterp: How do you spell defeat? Get into a theoretical endgame with Rubinstein. Nobody did it better. Ever.
The single most greatly over looked chess genius, in my opinion. If not for the mental issues, an equal to Capablanca and Alekhine. |
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| Feb-01-05 | | Broon Bottle: ArturoRivera, you forgot to mention Geller having Fischer 'in his pocket'. |
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| Feb-12-05 | | sammy desandoli: Move 38, ...RxRP! if BxR white will promote a pawn |
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| Apr-24-05 | | Boomie: <tamar> Though it is true that the line 38...Rxa2 39 Rh6, etc. is charming, I think that <patzer2> has hit upon an elegant solution. As Poe said, the best place to hide something is out in the open. Why not 39. Bc4 if it was such a good move before? White seems to be winning after this move. 38... Rxa2 39. Bc4 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. Bd5 a3
(41... b3 42. Bxb3 axb3 43. Rxb3 Ne5 44. d4 Ng4 45. Rf3 Rd2 46. Rf4 Ne3+ 47. Kf3 Nd1 48. Ke4 Kd6 49. h5 Nc3+ 50. Kf5 Ne2 51. h6 Nxf4 52. h7 Ne6 53. h8=Q) 42. h5 a2 43. Bxa2 Rxa2 44. h6
(44. g4 Ra3 45. g5 Rxd3 46. g6 Ne7 47. g7 Rd4 48. Kg3 Rd7 49. Rxb4 Nf5+ 50. Kg4 Nxg7 51. h6 Ne6 52. f4 Nf8) 44... Ra8 45. g4 Rd8 46. f4
(46. g5 Rd4 47. h7 Rh4 48. g6 Ne7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rc4+ Kd7 51. Rd4+ Kc7 52. g7 Rxh7 53. Rg4 Ng8 54. d4 Kd6) 46... Rxd3 47. h7 Rd8
(47... Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Rd8 49. g5 Ne7 50. f5 Kc6 51. Re5 Nxf5 52. Rxf5 b3 53. Rf2) 48. g5 Ne7 49. f5 |
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Apr-24-05
| | tamar: <Boomie> This is just a fabulous game to analyse. The laws of chess don't seem to be operating normally! 39 Bc4 (after 38...Rxa2) should be examined very closely. If any line could win that is it. Look at 44...Ra6 in your line (instead of 44...Ra8) which Capa gives as a drawing resource. The idea is to play Rb6 and exchange rooks and make it a queen duel. Here is Capablanca's note with Garry's additional variation after 38...Rxa2: "White's best continuation then would have been
39 Bc4 (39 Bxa2? b3) 39...Rc2 40 Rb5+ Kc7 41 Bg8 a3 42 h5 a2 43 Bxa2 Rxa2 44 h6 Ra6! (but not 44...Ra8 45 g4!) with excellent chances for a draw." Capablanca Kasparov then continues: "The computer confirms this evaluation 45 g4 Ne7 46 g5 (46 h7 Ra8) 46...Rb6 47 Rxb6 Kxb6 48 f4 b3 49 h7 Ng6 50 f5 b2 51 fxg6 b1Q 52 h8Q Qc2+ 53 Kf3 Qxd3+ 54 Kf4 Qd2+ 55 Kf5 Qc2+ with a draw." OMGP page 201 |
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| Apr-25-05 | | Boomie: <tamar> This is truly the position that would not die. After closer inspection is appears that 39. Bc4 is a draw. The most amusing line is 47. h7. 49. Rf8 got an exclam, not only because it's such a cool move, but because I found it, not Herr Fritz. Alas it all seems to come to nothing. 38... Rxa2 39. Bc4 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. Bd5 a3 42. h5 a2 43. Bxa2 Rxa2 44. h6 Ra6 45. g4 Ne7 46 g5 Rb6 47. h7 Ng6 48. Rf5 Rd6 (48... b3 49. Rf7+ Kb8 50. Rg7 Rb7 51. Rxg6 Rxh7 52. Rb6+ Rb7 53. Rxb7+ Kxb7 54. g6 b2 55. g7 b1=Q 56. g8=Q Qxd3 57. Qf7+ Kb6 58. f3) 49. Rf8!
(49. Rc5+ Kb7 50. Kg3 Rxd3+ 51. Kg4 Rd7 52. Kf5 Nh4+ 53. Kf6 Rxh7 54. Rb5+ Kc6 55. Rxb4 Kd5 56. Ra4 Nf3 57. g6 Rh6 58. Kg7 Rh2) 49... b3
(49... Rd8 50. Rg8 Nh8 51. Rxh8 Rxh8 52. g6)
50. h8=Q Nxh8 51. Rxh8 Rxd3 52. Rh4 Rd5 |
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Jun-15-05
 | | offramp: Could someone please explain something to me? I got Sorokhtins analysis of this game from here: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Sorokhtin and Kasparov give !s and ?s like so for the opening: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Be6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 Rc8 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bh3 Qe7 13.Bg5 0-0?! 14.Bxf6 Qxf6? 15.Nxd5! and Kasparov now says that 15...Bxf2+! is "=". ie level. So black played one doubtful move (13...0-0) and one bad move (14...Qf6), and white played one good move (15.Nd5). Yet on the 15th move black can play a move that levels the game completely. So where between moves 1 & 13 had Rubinstein gone so badly wrong? |
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| Jun-15-05 | | Calli: OMGP stands for "Oh My God Probably retire on millions that I make from these slipshod books." Garry's thinking "Heck, my seconds write them and then I have amateurs around the world correct all the mistakes. I've got it made. Why work for a living?" |
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| Aug-12-05 | | dac1990: <Calli> You can hardly expect any book to be perfect, especially with so many moves in the detailed analysis. |
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| Aug-12-05 | | Kriegspiel: Why not: 17...Rxd5 instead of exd5? Then Black is a piece up, and controls another open file, as well as being able to swing this rook across the fifth rank, perhaps to h5. I expect I'm missing something, but go ahead and tell me what, if so. |
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Aug-12-05
 | | beatgiant: <Kriegspiel: Why not: 17...Rxd5 instead of exd5?> White has 17...Rxd5 18. Qxh6 gxh6 19. Bxe6+ forking king and rook. |
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Aug-12-05
| | tamar: <offramp> asks earlier where is Rubinstein's mistake in the first 13 moves after several celebrated moves if 15...Bxf2+ is no more than a draw. That is a very good question, and I am beginning to feel both players played raggedly in the opening. The existence of the saving line 15...Bxf2+ 16 Kg2 Qe5! suggests to me that Rubinstein's overplayed his hand with 12 Bh3-given an exclam in almost all annotations- tried for too much, and should have tried normal build-ups such as 12 e4. |
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Aug-13-05
| | offramp: Rubinstein moved two pieces twice in the first 12 moves - Ng1-f3-g5 and Bf1-g2-h3. Capablanca had moved one piece twice - ...Bf8-e7xc5. So logic says that the position should be about level, and Kasparov says that
13...Rd8!? is 'unclear'.
Instead of 13...Rd8 black castled, and it would be surprising if such a natural move in a fairly normal position would lose; so that even though Capablanca (presumably) missed 15...Bxf2, he still should have ended up about level, and I think that the position after 18.Qxc5 is equal. White has an extra pawn but black is ahead in development. As <tamar> says, <both players played raggedly in the opening>, but it ended up level in the end. |
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| Aug-13-05 | | RookFile: I remember that Capa said he had overlooked 16. Kg2. |
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| Mar-22-06 | | DiceToThat: What if 40...a2? How can white stop that pawn from queening? |
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| Mar-22-06 | | Fan of Leko: <DiceToThat> 41 Rb5+ Ka6 42 Rb8 Ka7 43 Ra8+ |
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| Nov-15-06 | | Archives: <Qc1> is Akiba's inevitable 'Spear of Destiny'. |
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| Feb-18-07 | | Archives: Not sure if this analysis has been refuted or anything, but it is what is in "Akiva Rubinstein: Uncrowned King" <38...b3?>
Here all the annotators are in agreement that Capablanca missed the strongest continuation, <38...Rxa2>, some of them even claiming that this move leads to a draw. Later analysts held that in this case White wins by <39.Bc4 <(not 39.Bxa2?? b3)> 39...Rc2 40.Rb5+ Kc7 41.Bg8! a3 42.h5 a2 43.Bxa2 Rxa2 44.h6 Ra8 45.g4, etc. > However, after <44...Ra6!> (instead of 44...Ra8) Black still has good chances for a draw; for example, <45.g4 <(45.h7? Ra8! and ...Rh8)> 45...Ne7 46.g5 Rb6! 47.Rxb6 Kxb6 48.f4! b3! 49.h7 Ng6 50.f5 b2 51.fxg6 b1=Q 52.h8=Q Qc2+> and Black forces a draw. However, the following analysis by Vladimir Vukovic, which isn't so well known, suggests that Rubinstein was still winning. He gives the path to victory as: <39.Rh8! b3 40.h5! Ra1 <(if 40...Nb4 41.h6! or 40...Rc2 41.h6! b2 42.Ba2 etc.)> 41.Bxc6 Kc7 <(not 41...Kxc6? 42.Rb8 Kc7 43.Rb4 and wins)> 42.Be4 b2 43.d4 a3 44.Rh7+ Kd6 45.Rb7 a2 46.Rxb2 Rg1+ 47.Kxg1 a1=Q+ 48.Rb1 Qxd4 49.Bf3,> and White's position is winning. Without doubt this controversial position will be the subject of further examination. |
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| Feb-18-07 | | Archives: Interesting that Kasparov never mentions <38...Rxa2 39.Rh8> in OMGP. I don't suppose any strong endgame players here would like to take a look at it? |
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