| Jul-02-03 |
| gilk: This is the most amazing game I've ever seen! Don't miss this game! |
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| Jul-02-03 |
| gilk: yes, that is the right score, 1-0. |
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| Aug-15-04 |
| WMD: You have to say that's beautiful. |
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Aug-15-04
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| Calli: Black can play 30...f4, no? |
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Aug-15-04
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| percyblakeney: Yes, 30. ... f4 and for example 31.Qxa7 c5 and black should be much better. |
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| Aug-15-04 |
| Deck: What a finish -- a work of art! Black, of course, made a few slip- ups, the least of which was 30...Qe6? but Schlechter's final vision is highly effective and picturesque. He may have been more noted for his many draws and gentlemanly behaviour, but his technique talent were incredible to match. |
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| Mar-24-05 |
| Whitehat1963: A fantastic finish in a game that probably deserves a lot more notice! |
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| Aug-01-06 |
| AniamL: Oh, wow! I can't believe this hasn't been thoroughly kibitzed! |
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Aug-01-06
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| keypusher: <Oh, wow! I can't believe this hasn't been thoroughly kibitzed!> It's an ordinary game with an extraordinary queen sacrifice at the end. Once you've said that, there isn't much more to say. Should there be 20 pages of kibitzes saying "Oh wow!"? Would that make you happy? |
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Aug-01-06
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| keypusher: It's not even Schlechter's best game against Meitner. Schlechter vs Meitner, 1898 |
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Aug-01-06
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| keypusher: It's not even his second-best game against Meitner.
Meitner vs Schlechter, 1899
Not his third-best, either!
Meitner vs Schlechter, 1895 |
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| Aug-01-06 |
| Tommy Jensen: I suppose those were different times. Nowadays you get the impression that if black had been really serious about trying to win it, he would have already played 14.-,Nc5! instead of the awkward 14.-,Nf6?! I know that Meitner couldn't have been reading Nimzowitsch or anything like that, but to anyone alive today this would just seem like the logical move, I suppose. Except you probably say now that he would be afraid of 14.-,Nc5! 15.Ne6?! Though if you start thinking about it, then you see 14.-,Nc5 15.Ne6,Nxe6 16.dxe6,d5! 17.Qb3,Re8! 18.Re1,c6 19.Bf4,b5 after which the pawn on e6 is definitively lost, white can resign, and we all can go home early to have a nice cup of tea. Alternatively we hang out for a while more, have a few beers and some laughs when we look at the bunch of silly moves that white made to lose this game. |
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| Nov-07-06 |
| Deefstes: I have to add my "Wow!" also. I don't care if this is not his best game but that clmination of 34. Kh2 sure is beautiful. How about 31 and white to move for a puzzle? |
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| Dec-17-06 |
| nesnej2: what if black didn't play 31...fxg4 but 31...Kh4 instead? all i can find for white is 32.Kg2 but that is met with 32...Ne3+ thoughts anyone? |
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Dec-17-06
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| Phony Benoni: <nesnej2> If 31...Kh4, can't White just go in for the game continuation with 32.Qxh6+ Qxh6 33.Kh2? |
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Dec-14-07
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| whiteshark: Oh, wow! |
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Dec-14-07
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| suenteus po 147: Nice queen sac by Schlechter. It's one of those interesting moves that "reveals the truth of the position." Only here it's in a dazzling way. Black's king is trapped, and ain't nothing he can do about it. |
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| Dec-17-08 |
| thebribri8: This is the most beautiful mating attack I have ever seen. I have only said that once before. |
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Dec-17-08
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| sleepyirv: It's a very striking mate- I don't think I've seen a King stuck quite like that. |
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Dec-17-08
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| refutor: <keypusher> *maybe* his second best game (above) is nicer than that one but this game is much nicer than the other two you listed... |
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| Dec-22-08 |
| Autoreparaturwerkbau: 33.Qxh6+! wins my vote for the most unbelievable queen-sac i've seen in my 30 years. It literally took my breath away. I was in "huuuuuu-uuuuuu-uuuh"-state for - like - 10 seconds... |
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| Dec-23-08 |
| DwayneMeller: This must be the first of this type of mate...I've only seen this type of trap once before...Kasparov Topalov 1999...and it did not even happen it was only in the air then....28...Bxd5?? 29Kb2 with 30Qb3+ Bxb3 31cxb3# of course that did not happen because of 28...Qxd5 but it was a possibility. |
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| Aug-12-09 |
| bengalcat47: I remember seeing a position smilar to this one in the out-of-print book Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated. In that instance White has only the dark-squared bishop, 2 pawns and king against the Black queen, 2 pawns and king. Yet Black has his king trapped on the side of the board (on the h-file) where it cannot escape mate. |
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sac: 33.Qxh6+
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