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May-11-05
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| AgentRgent: <Owl: The first sacrifice that Smyslov made with his bishop was not correct> If you are referring to 22. Bxh6 it's not really a sacrifice, since Black CANNOT accept i.e. 22...gxh6?? 23. Qxf7# |
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| May-14-05 |
| Everett: OH MY GOODNESS! What a sacrificial orgy! From Smyslov! Smyslov sometimes got caught napping against ultra aggressive players (for some reason, I remember some beatings at the hands of Tal) but once he gets going, YIKES! |
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| May-14-05 |
| aw1988: A sacrificial orgy. Now that's a term that's not in a Pandolfini book. |
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May-14-05
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| Boomie: <Everett> Smyslov's record against Tal (in this database) is 5-3-21. Not too shabby. |
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| May-17-05 |
| Everett: <Boomie> Thanks, and I have no doubt how good Smyslov is, but these two games leave an impression. Can't help it. Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 |
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May-25-05
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| Honza Cervenka: <AgentRgent, Owl> And if 23...gxh6??, then 24.Qxh6+ Ke8 or Kg8 (24...Bg7 25.Qxg7+ Ke8 26.Nf6#) 25.Nxf6#.:-) |
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| Jun-11-05 |
| aw1988: By the way, Ribli was no pushover. He was one of the top Canadidates Tournament players in the 80's. |
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| Oct-21-05 |
| Runemaster: Spectacular. It's interesting to note that Smyslov's only win in his drawn match against Hubner the same year was also a very complex tactical game. It's as if, faced with a younger generation of players, (both of them fundamentally positional players like himself) the old titan was able to change his game to a more dynamic style to combat them. But the Candidates final in 1984 against Kasparov was a bridge too far. |
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| Nov-10-05 |
| Kaspy2: this game is also analysed in an exercise book by GM Mikhalchishin "isolated pawn". Also in Baburins book on pawn play it is analysed. see also:
http://niggemann.com/detail/buecher...
comparison to CD ROM annotations of this very game |
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| Nov-10-05 |
| Kaspy2: Ribli resigned without knowing move 41, after postponement (Haengepartie) |
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| Nov-10-05 |
| Kaspy2: russian school holds that you can accept the white d4 isolated pawn if you like in this game, have better activity. White attacks in move 17, ever after which the isolated pawn was hardly a problem. |
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| Jan-18-06 |
| Jim Bartle: I'm surprised that Smyslov had time on moves13-16 to reverse the order of his bishop and knight along the b1-h7 diagonal. Did Ribli really have to let Smyslov do this without paying a price in development or position? |
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Jan-18-06
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| euripides: <Jim> it would at least be worth playing 13 Qe4 and seeing whether the opponent noticed it is illegal. |
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| Jan-18-06 |
| Jim Bartle: I think I said moves 13 thru 16. My point is it took four moves to rearrange the pieces to get the queen in front. Then Ribli messed up with 16...Ba4. |
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Jan-18-06
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| euripides: <Jim> I understood. It was a joke, not intended at your expense. |
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Jan-18-06
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| euripides: It's not clear at which stage Smyslov decided to play Qe4. He could play 13 Qe2 and follow with Qe4. The way he plays it looks slower, but both 13 Bc4 and 15 Qe4 gain a tempo by attacking d5. 14 Ne2 is a bit surprising, but perhaps Smyslov already foresaw he would need the knight on h5 for the attack to work. Coud Ribli stop it ? 14...Na5 might be an improvement, though White can still play the bishop to a2 and b1. 13...Nxd4 needs analysis; perhaps 14 Nxd4 Bxd4 14 Bxd5 exd5 16 Nxd5 Qc5 17 Qxc5 Bxc5 18 b4 (Bf4 ?) Bd6 (or ...Bb6 19 Nxb6) 19 Nb6 and white looks better after 19...axb6 20 Rxd6 or 19...Be5 20 Nxa8 Bxa1 21 Bxh6. But there may well be a mistake in this. I think I've read somewhere that Qh7+ in this kind of position is or was not usually considered all that dangerous, so it seems quite likely Ribli underestimated it. The final combination reminds me of one of the famous Kasparov-Karpov games where Karpov's queen drops to a discovered check. |
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Jan-18-06
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| euripides: Some classic examples where Qh7+ goes wrong:
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858
Karpov vs Miles, 1980
Geller vs Euwe, 1953 |
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| Aug-19-06 |
| Petrocephalon: I liked the way the B-Q battery was accomplished: although it was performed in three instead of two moves, as <Euripides> points out there was no loss of tempo. I also liked Qh7+, because it looks like a dubious move. |
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Jul-18-07
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| whiteshark: Brilliant breakthrough with <26. d5!>
click for larger view<26. Re5!> would have been another story... |
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| Jul-29-07 |
| Poisonpawns: A great attack from Smyslov |
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Nov-16-07
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| tpstar: Fritz 7 loved this game, assigning zero "?" and four coveted "!" (28. Rxe6+!, 30. d6+!, 31. Nd5+! & 38. Rxe5!) yet no punctuation for 22. Bxh6 or 26. d5 where most human annotators would say "!" already. Suggested improvements for Black:
1) 20 ... Qb6 21. Qh8+ Ng8 22. Ne4 =
2) 21 ... Nge7 22. Nh5 Nf5 23. b3 Qxb3 24. a4 Bxe5 25. dxe5  3) 36 ... R8d6 37. Qc3+ Ke7 38. Rc4
4) 37 ... Ke7 38. Qg7+ Nf7 39. Qg6
5) 38 ... Rc8 39. Qa1 Rxe5
6) 39 ... Rg8+ 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Qxe5+ Kd7 |
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| Nov-18-07 |
| Jim Bartle: Interesting. What did Fritz say about white's idea to set up 17. Qh7+ and black's allowing it, thinking he might trap white's queen. Seirawan gave 16...Ba4 a ?, the only one until move 36, when it was already decided. For white, Seirawan gave !! to 23. Nh5 and 26. d5, and ! to 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, and 30. Black received ! for 12, 14, 18, 23, and 24.
This was in a book for inexperienced players, so he was probably more generous with the praise than he might be in a serious magazine, for example. |
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| Apr-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: 40...Nxe5?! |
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Apr-22-09
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| Sneaky: <WhiteRook48> 40...Nxe5 41.f4 1-0 |
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| Jul-01-09 |
| mjmorri: Ribli annotated this game for the Massachusetts state chess magazine "Chess Horizons". He said that it was a huge mistake to allow 17.Qf7+, and a good indication that he was not in good form for this match. He also criticized his 20th move saying Ng8 (adding protection to the h6 pawn) was far better than trying to trap the Queen with Ng6. He also miscalculated on his 26th move (Qxb2), which allowed Smyslov to play a beautiful combination. |
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sac: 28.Rxe6+
