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May-01-04
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| kevin86: of course if 23... e7 24  h8# |
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| May-01-04 |
| boobsmacfadin: i remember once when i sacrificed two rooks in a similar posititon, of course i didn't calculate it right and i lost. |
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May-01-04
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| iron maiden: Anyone else think this game is maybe a bit too well-known for the daily puzzle? |
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May-01-04
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| acirce: Nope. I'm sure the big majority of chessgames.com's visitors haven't seen it. I didn't recognize it. |
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May-01-04
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| iron maiden: John Nunn, in World's Greatest Chess Games, makes the point that "incredibly, 22 1/2 of Keres's 23 moves are towards the enemy king (the 1/2 is 8. 0-0-0)." |
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May-01-04
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| kevin86: Mr. Nunn probably has come up with the oddest stat I've ever seen. It is as correct as it is unusual. |
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Aug-27-04
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| patzer2: White's 21. Rxg7 is the solution to number 4896 in Laszlo Polgar's 1994 book "Chess." If 22...Kg8, then 23 Qh6 Qe5 24. Bh7 Kh8 25. Bg6 Kg8 26. Qh7 Kf8 27. Qf7# If 23...Re7, then 24. Qh8# |
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| Aug-28-04 |
| Whitehat1963: Doesn't the simpler 20. Qxh6 work just as well? |
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| Aug-28-04 |
| sneaky pete: <Whitehat1963> No, it doesn't after 20.Qxh6 Qxe5 |
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Aug-28-04
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| iron maiden: <Whitehat1963> 20. Qxh6? is refuted by 20...Qxe5! |
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| Sep-01-04 |
| Giancarlo: To Clairfy the game:
<21.rg7!> Kg7 22.Qf6 Kf8** **If 22..Kg8 then 23.Qh6 Qe5 24.Bh7 Kh8 then 25.Bg6 Kg8 26.Qh7 Kf8 and finally 27. Qf7# 23.Bg6** 1-0
** Now 23.re7 losses to the obvious 24.Qh8 #MATE |
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Jan-31-06
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| notyetagm: An outstanding example of Keres demolishing the Sicilian like he usually did. Keres was one of the all-time great White Sicilian players. He was not referred to as the "Sicilian Killer" for nothing. |
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| Jan-31-06 |
| hayton3: The Richter Rauzer is arguably the sharpest variation of the Sicilian for both sides. One false move and it's curtains. This game instructively demonstrates the razor like quality of this opening. |
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Jul-10-06
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| notyetagm: <iron maiden: John Nunn, in World's Greatest Chess Games, makes the point that "incredibly, 22 1/2 of Keres's 23 moves are towards the enemy king (the 1/2 is 8. 0-0-0)."> Yes, a great statistic for this game.
I really like how the game ends. With 23  g6! White exploits the absolute <PIN> of the Black f7-pawn to the f-file to threaten 24 xf7#. In trying to meet this threat with 23 ... e7, all Black really does is <SELF-BLOCK> this flight square that the Black f8-king needs to get off of the back rank, allowing the snap <BACK RANK MATE> 24 h8#. |
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| Nov-11-06 |
| Sularus: i wonder if 15... Qa5 did it for black seeing that after 15. Rh3, the white pieces are moving towards the black king. of course that threatens the e5 pawn but then again, i still think the queen leaving her post did black in. i don't have an engine to verify this though.
can someone pls evaluate the position after black's 15th move? thank you so much. |
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Nov-11-06
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| Eyal: <Sularus> According to my engine, Qa5 is quite ok for black. His big mistake was rather 19...h6?; after 19...g6, my engine gives a slight edge to black. Furthermore, 20.Qf4 wasn't such a great move by Keres, because instead of 20...Kf8??, which loses immediately, Szabo could have played 20...Qc5, and after (e.g.) 21.Qf6 Qe3+ 22.Rxe3 gxf6 23.Ne4 white might have an edge, but not an immediate win. Also, the combination Keres played in the game doesn't work now, because after 23.Bg6 black has 23...Qe3+ 24.Kd1 Qg1+ 25.Kd2 Qxg2+ 26.Kc1 Qxg6. Instead, my engine recommends 20.Qe4! (20...g6 21.Rxg6+ Kf8 22.Qf4; 20...Kf8 21.Rxg7 Ke7 22.Rxf7+) |
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Nov-11-06
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| outplayer: What's the aim of 14.Qe3? Is there a better move tham 13...Rb8? is 10.e5 the main line? |
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| Nov-11-06 |
| ex0duz: outplayer, 14.Qe3 defends the pawn on e5, and puts the queen on the 3rd rank allowing for transfer later to the kingside for a decisive attack as shown later in the game. As for a better move than 13.Rb8, i'm also stuck to find a better one.. all blacks pieces are locked down tight, and his pawns arent going to threaten anything anytime soon, only the A-pawn can be a threat but requires too much time, and needs reinforcements from the minor pieces to be a credible threat. Short answer, i dont think so. =) |
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Nov-11-06
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| Eyal: <outplayer: is 10.e5 the main line?> The database I checked shows that this game is actually the first where 10.e5 was played as a reply to 9...a6; after that - and this game has probably a lot to do with it - 9...a6 went out of fashion, and 9...Nxd4 or 9...h6 became the "main lines". |
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Nov-11-06
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| kevin86: Evidently,this one is a re-run. Keres enters his opponent's vitals through a keen pair of rook sacs at g7 and d7. The attack is inescapable. |
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| Nov-11-06 |
| Joshua01: Boy, Keres is just simply brutal.
Systematically brutal. And blunt.
Amazing how naked Black's kingside is after Rxd7.
Jeeze, you gotta wonder what kind of world champ he would have made. |
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| Nov-12-06 |
| Sularus: <Eyal> thank you! im going to get my own engine this christmas =) |
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Jul-05-08
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| ToTheDeath: Trading queens after e5 with only a slightly worse endgame might have been wiser. <Eyal> if you take those engine lines further you will find White's attack is still quite strong after 19...g6 20.h5! E.G. 20...Rf8 ( 20... Qb4 21. hxg6 Qxb2+ 22. Kd2 fxg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Qg5 is a grisly justification for White's brutal sacrifices; 20...Qb6 21.Qh6 Qg1+ 22.Nd1  .) 21. Qg5 Be8! (21...Qb6 22.hxg6! followed by sacing on g6 is similar to the above line) 22. Qf6 Qd8 23. Ne4 Qxf6 24. Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bc4 with enough compensation for the exchange. There's little chance Szabo could have found this difficult defensive line with ...g6, Rf8 and Be8-- which leads to only equality with best play. Even after the better try 20...Qc5 (instead of Kf8) 21. Ne4! Qg1+ 22. Kd2 Kf8 23. Rxg7!! Kxg7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 (24... Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ Kf8 27. Ng5 Qxg2+ 28. Kc3 ) 25. Qxh6 Qxg2+ 26. Kc3 Qg7 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxd7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Qe3 Rbd8 31. h5 followed by 32.h6 leaves Black in a crushing bind. A very deep and beautiful game, which rewards careful study. |
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| Jul-21-08 |
| littlefermat: This a very instructive to play over. Playing the Sicilian with black pieces is always a risky choice because it demands such precision, and this game is a perfect illustration of just how quickly things can go wrong with one small slip. According to J. Nunn's annotations, 9....a6 is a mistake. Although this move is completely natural, it's a clear error. Keres' 9 e5! is absolutely correct. <The centre breakthrough creates dark-square weakenesses in Black's position, which is rendered more serious by the inevitable exchange of the d.s. bishops.> --Nunn As <Eyal> mentioned, the main lines are: A) 9..Nxd4 10 Qxd4 Qxa5
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B) 9..h6 10Bh4 e5
both of which lead to double-edged play.
<outplayer: What's the aim of 14.Qe3?> Also, prevents 14..Qb6 and any mating threats along the b-file. |
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Jan-01-09
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| notyetagm: 23 d3-g6! <pin>  f6xf7# 1-0
click for larger view<patzer2: White's 21. Rxg7 is the solution to number 4896 in Laszlo Polgar's 1994 book "Chess."If 22...Kg8, then 23 Qh6 Qe5 24. Bh7 Kh8 25. Bg6 Kg8 26. Qh7 Kf8 27. Qf7# <<<If 23...Re7, then 24. Qh8#>>> > Black resigned after 23 d3-g6! as the only way to meet the threat 24 f6xf7# is to <DEFEND> the f7-square with 23 ... e8-e7. (CONT)
23 ... e8-e7 
click for larger viewBut 23 ... e8-e7 <SELF-BLOCKS> the e7-flight square of the Black f8-king, leaving His Majesty mated on the <BACK RANK> after 24 f6-h8#. (CONT)
24 f6-h8#
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