| Jan-18-04 | | Fisto: Well played. |
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| May-08-05 | | soberknight: Wahle played. Spielmann had a Wahle of an attack. |
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| May-08-05 | | Everett: Spielmann Wahled on him.
This really is a nice, clean attack. No obvious mistakes by black here. |
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| Jul-16-05 | | bomb the bishop: I really enjoy uncomplicated open games where tactical sight jumps up to create beautiful treasures such as this game, it is no surprise that Spielman carries the white pieces |
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| Jul-16-05 | | Brown: Guess 12...0-0 is the mistake. Be6 instead? |
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| Nov-17-05 | | LondonSystem: 12.Rxe7!! What a fantastic move! |
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| Nov-17-05 | | Averageguy: What's the point of 9...g6 ? |
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Nov-21-05
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| Jan-13-06 | | karlth: The g6, c6 combo killed black. Especially the former. |
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| Feb-26-06 | | LluviaSean: <karlth> Former what? |
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| Jun-10-07 | | mattbeckwith: Amazing combination. First sacrifice the exchange, then sacrifice a whole piece. |
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| Aug-18-07 | | Manic: <Averageguy> I think the point of 9...g6 is to prevent the knight from coming to f5, although your probably right in implying it is a mistake. It looks like <karlth> is right in pointing out that g6 and c6 killed black. |
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| May-21-09 | | randomsac: ... which is why you don't castle when the bishop isn't covering those pawn holes. |
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| Dec-08-09 | | pts92: I tend to often arrive at this kind of position, but rarely do I play such a nice clean combination. Maybe I should learn more from Speelman. Kind like a Morphy win against the lesser oponents he faced in general. |
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| Jan-11-10 | | zanshin: <Brown: Guess 12...0-0 is the mistake. Be6 instead?> I guess so ... would never have guessed though. Black to play move 12 comparison of <12....0-0> and <12...Be6> (Rybka 3): 
click for larger view [+0.31] d=19 11...Be6 12.Nce2 Nd7 13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Nf4 Bxf4 15.Bxf4 O–O 16.h3 Re8 17.a4 a5 18.Rad1 Qh4 (0:24.11) 187703kN [+1.44] d=19 11...O–O 12.Rxe7 Qxe7 13.Qf3 Bg4 14.Qxf6 Qxf6 15.Bxf6 Rae8 16.h3 Bd7 17.Nf1 Re6 18.Be5 f6 19.Bf4 g5 20.Bg3 Rfe8 (0:26.16) 205422kN |
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| Sep-28-11 | | SeanBurdine: Actually, the mistake is not 11... O-O, it's 9... P-KN3??? which irreparably weakens the K-side. At the end Black has no adequate way of stopping 18 Q-R6 -- which would nver have come up without 9... P-KN3??? |
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| Aug-09-12 | | e4 resigns: 9...PN3 or g6 does not lose immediately. Don't give it a ??.
It was the inaccuracies of 9...g6 10...c6 and 11...0-0, all which could be given a ? or ?!, |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Balmo: what's the point if 9...g6? Still confused... Nice finish by Spielmann no doubt. How to take advantage of a pin. |
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Apr-10-13
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sac: 12.Rxe7