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Jun-27-06
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| mccarthpm: smyslov crushes him with raw power-he was the strongest player of the fifties-ask Fischer! |
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| Mar-12-07 |
| erad1288: I have a question, what would happen on 36. ... Be6 instead of 36. ...Bxb5? It seems like white would be in trouble then. |
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Jun-02-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: Growing up, I was a great admirer of Smyslov's handling of flank openings; for many years, my favorite opening as White was the Reti-Smyslov (1.Nf3,Nf6; 2.g3,g6; 3.b4). I can't remember where I first saw this game (possibly Keene's Flank Openings?), but it remains very impressive work. |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| Rod Serling: Im a big fan of the English, alot of players consider it dull but it allows WHT to control space, can limit BLK's pieces good squares and gives you plenty of time to conjure up a lethal attack. |
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Jun-02-08
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| jessicafischerqueen: good afternoon.
I think it very appropriate that <An Englishman> is commenting on the <English>. Also, it's very nice of <Rod Serling> to compliment <An Englishman> as well: "I'm a big fan of the Engilsh." |
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Jun-02-08
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| Phony Benoni: Smyslov is not usually associated with "brilliancy", but you don't become world champion without the ability to pull off a real rip-snorter from time to time. You might check out Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983 as well, played when Smyslov was 62--and in a Candidates Match, no less! |
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Jun-02-08
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| whiteshark: <An Englishman <(possibly Keene's Flank Openings?)>> Perfectly possible. The book contains a useful 'Index of annotated games' on pages xiii-xiv. Or you directly flip the book open on page 72. :D |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| Oxford: The opening of this game is a Closed Sicilian with colors reversed, which is quite interesting since Smyslov often played the Closed Sicilian as white! (The position after 10-11 moves is very similar to Closed Sicilian positions that occurred in the Spassky-Larsen match in 1968.) |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| ezmerin: White Bishop on g2 is so terrific that I eternally hate it when I play Black against English or King's Indian Attack. The another example of his devastating power is famous Fischer - Myagmasuren game. However, the way White are switching play from Queenside (moves 1-21) to the Kingside (22-23), back (24-26) and forth again (27-41) impresses me. This is the advantage of Grandmasters over other good players. |
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Jun-02-08
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| patzer2: Wow! After 25. Ned4! Smyslov does indeed appear to have a positionally won game in a "properly played English" opening. In a desperate attempt to create counterplay
Black tries the sacrifice 25...Nfxd5?!
Now Smyslov could have won immediately with a pinning combination after 26. Rf2! Nf6 27. Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Nxf5 Bg6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Raf1 Re5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Bd5  . However, he chose instead to play 26. cxd5!? Bxd5, to set up two amazing Queen sacrifice offers with 27. Nxf5! and 28. Bxg7! The tactics are complicated and the "Queen sacrifices" seem to actually work out to a rather even exchange of Queen for a Bishop, Rook and pawn. Yet, this game illustrates, at least for me, the difficulty of play for the side with the Queen after one of these so called even 9-point exchanges. Black plays carefully, and seems to be holding, but is slowly but surely slipping into a lost position. Then he makes a decisive blunder with 37...Qb1?? (37...Qa1 38. Rxb5  would have held out longer) and after 38. Bd5+! finds himself a victim of a Smyslov minor piece mating attack. |
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Jun-02-08
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| kevin86: In this game,the rook,bishop,and long diagonal are far stronger for white than the queen he sacrified. In the end,whether or not the rook is taken,white still mates. After 21... d3 22  xe8#. Both checking pieces are undefended and en prise,but both cannot be taken at once. |
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Jun-02-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: I’m starting to think that if black had played Qe6 one move earlier, on move 30 instead of 31, it just might have been enough to hold white off.
click for larger viewNow black probably has to play 31 Bd4+ in order to prevent Qxe3+. Now black can play 31…Ng6 and could be OK. 
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| Jun-02-08 |
| marko nissinen: One of the best games I have ever seen. |
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Jun-02-08
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| PinnedPiece: AAARon gets the thumbs down button. (Ignore.) Bye bye!!! To do this, everybody, click his name, and find the ignore button near the bottom of the page. |
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Jun-02-08
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| whiteshark: <(possibly Keene's Flank Openings?)>
Oops, it's on page 33-34. Mixed it with Smyslov vs Simagin, 1966 |
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Jun-02-08
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| JG27Pyth: Incredible... Smyslov, top of everyone's 'World Chess Champions nobody cares to mention list' proves here that actually, there are no mediocre World Champions. |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| Cactus: <JG27Pyth> There was this man named Kasparov... :P |
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| Jun-02-08 |
| psmith: <JimfromProvidence> Playing around with old Fritz it looks like in your line 32. Ra3 Bc4 33. Rc3 might lead to a plus for White, for example 33... Ra8 34. Rxc4 Ra1+ 35. Bxa1 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 Qd3+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qxg5 39. Bf1 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Qxb5 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Rxc7 Qb1 43. Bc4+ Ke8 44. Bf6 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qd1+ 47. Be2 Ne5+ 48. Bxe5 Qh1+ 49. Kg4. |
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Jun-02-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: <psmith> <Playing around with old Fritz it looks like in your line 32. Ra3 Bc4 33. Rc3 might lead to a plus for White, for example 33... Ra8 34. Rxc4 Ra1+ 35. Bxa1 Qxe3+ 36. Kf1 Qd3+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf3 Qxg5 39. Bf1 Qf5+ 40. Kg2 Qxb5 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Rxc7 Qb1 43. Bc4+ Ke8 44. Bf6 Qe4+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qd1+ 47. Be2 Ne5+ 48. Bxe5 Qh1+ 49. Kg4.> My engine prefers 39…d5 in your continuation.
click for larger viewThen after 40 Rc3, 40…Qf5+ seems to eventually lead to a draw by repetition. Having said that, on further review, I cannot justify my original post because, if after 30…Qe6, white plays 31 Bh6+ instead of 31 Bd4+, then, after 31…Ng6 32 h4 Qxe3+, the position transposes to the text. Now I’m thinking that the key move was 36…Bxb5, where 36…Be6
looks much better for black.
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| Jun-02-08 |
| ricardolopez: <Jimfromprovidence> In your line: case of 30...Qe6 then: 31.Nxe7+,Rxe7; 32.Bd4+, Kf7; 33.Bc6 and White wins |
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Jun-02-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: <ricardolopez> <In your line: case of 30...Qe6 then: 31.Nxe7+,Rxe7; 32.Bd4+, Kf7; 33.Bc6 and White wins> Black should play 32...Kf8 in your continuation, so his rook on e7 can assist in his defense. |
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Jun-03-08
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| zenpharaohs: Liberzon seems OK until 36 ... Bxb5? and then Smyslov puts him on the spot with 37 Bd2, and then Liberzon commits suicide with 37 ... Qb1?? After this, mate is forced. But it looks like 36 ... Be6 and 36 ... Kh8 could survive. |
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Jun-03-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: Games like this are excellent candidates for computer analysis, but any improvements found by the silicon monsters do not diminish the excellence of the organic critters that had to sit next to the loudly ticking chess clock and rack their poor little brains as best as they could. The best part of computer analysis is that we can finally learn the truth about a game. |
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Oct-06-08
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| Fusilli: <<Phony Benoni>: Smyslov is not usually associated with "brilliancy", but you don't become world champion without the ability to pull off a real rip-snorter from time to time> Absolutely true, although, personally, I do associate him with brilliancy. From well-crafted positional and strategic superiority, flashy combinations and forceful attacks naturally arise (I think Fischer said something like that once). You gave an example of brilliant Smyslov at 62. Here's an example of brilliant Smyslov at 18: Averbakh vs Smyslov, 1939
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| May-28-09 |
| WhiteRook48: brilliant play by Smyslov! |
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