| Sep-21-04 | | Rowson: lol nice ending here... 34...Rc8 seems to be wiating to lure the opponent into his final mistake. |
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| Dec-22-08 | | KokeFischer: The final position shows an odd similarity to www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1141193 Life is usually richer than fiction. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | whiteshark: Game of the Day
<KokeFischer <an odd similarity>> At least from the remained material point of view ... :) S Maus vs Tal, 1991 |
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| Apr-21-10 | | Jamboree: Up until his very last move, 35. cxb6???, I kinda preferred White's position. Black was obviously just trying to lay back and induce White to blunder, killing time until the opponent's self-destruction. Instead of the game-ending 35. cxb6???, what if White had continued constructively--for example, setting up play on the weak undefended black f-pawn, with something like 35. Rf1, followed by 36. Be3!?, trying to crack open the f-file and Black's King. Hell, anything is better than what he played, and almost any non-blunder leaves White with a pretty good-seeming position. Even 35. g3 is interesting, accelerating the f-file attack. Or does Black has some sneaky unstoppable tactic I'm missing? |
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| Apr-21-10 | | TheChessVids: Why did white resign? Can't he play Qf1? |
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| Apr-21-10 | | patzer2: The final 35...Rc2! makes the White Queen a helplessly overworked piece. If 36. Qxc2??, then it's 37. Qxe1#. If 36. Qf1, then 36...Qxd4  snares the Bishop for an easy win. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | patzer2: Instead of 35. cxb6?, the alternative 35. Kh1 Rd8! 36. Re4! = appears to give White at least a draw. If 35. Rf1, then 35...Rd8! 36. Ba1 Qf3 37. Qxc5+  is good for Black. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | drleper: <TheChessVids> 36. Qf1 Qxd4+ looks like a rout. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | Chessmensch: I have limited understanding of the rating system. Can someone explain how Maus, with a record of one win, ten losses and four draws can be an IM with a rating of 2410? His one win was against a player rated 2250. Thanks. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | Abdooss: <Chessmensch> Nothing is perfect. No one (or nothing) can claim it has all the games ever played on Earth, not even <Chessgames> ! :) |
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| Apr-21-10 | | psmith: <Chessmensch> Or in other words Maus has probably played hundreds, if not thousands, of rated games not included in the database. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | Chessmensch: <Abdooss> and <psmith> Thank you for the responses. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | whiteshark: <chessmensch> for most players here chessgames database is incomplete...
He played from 1987 to 1993 in the German Bundesliga and also a lot open tournaments in Europe in his active time.... |
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Apr-21-10
 | | maxi: Possibly he has many games against other highly-rated vermin. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | Chessmensch: <whiteshark> and <maxi> Thank you, also. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | shatranj7: Wow! One of my most hated realities in chess. No matter how hard you play, one blunder can cost you the game. White had a relatively decent game here, and ruined it all with 28.Bb2 and 35.cxb6. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | shatranj7: Oh, my bad. I meant 28.Bb2? and 35.cxb6?? |
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| Apr-21-10 | | PierreTheLion: This is a foray into 1100 level non cpu analysis but how about 36.Bc5
Or did I miss something blunderifically huge with that idea |
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| Apr-21-10 | | shatranj7: 36...Qxc5 still wins. After winning a whole piece, black still manages to pin whites queen, forcing him to trade into an endgame. The rooks and the knight can stop the b6 passer, destroying all hope for white. Your post, PierreTheLion, was no foray into 1100 level analysis. 36.Bc5! seems to give white the best chances, considering the position. |
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| Apr-22-10 | | kevin86: The trap snaps on Maus-if the name is pronounced like "mouse". |
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Apr-22-10
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May-02-12
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S Maus vs Vaganian, 1992.
YOU ARE PLAYING THE ROLE OF VAGANIAN.
Your score: 64 (par = 61)
LTJ |
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