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| turkishgrandmaster: I like when people use the London system |
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Jan-15-08
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| WannaBe: On behalf of Chessgames.com, I want to say: "Salwe, very, very Salwe that the pun is so bad/good"... Definitely my nominee (or one of my nominee) for 2008 Caissar. Personally, I'm just glad they got away from picking on Wabbits. |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| areknames: Very, very solid performance from Salwe. This game was played almost a century ago, yet Black's approach is unquestionably modern. In the end White's pieces have nowhere to go. Well done! |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| UdayanOwen: Possibly the least kibitzing interest ever for a game of the day? I don't know, haven't been at CG long, but certainly its the least interest I've seen in that time by far. I can see why this solid positional display hasn't inspired many people. I do like the way the black pieces eventually become so dominant though. |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| patzerboy: The game is interesting, but the puns rule!
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| Jan-15-08 |
| mistreaver: can some1 tell what does the word "pun" mean?please |
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Jan-15-08
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| tpstar: <mistreaver> A pun is a play on words, usually clever and hopefully funny. Here the stock phrase "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" becomes a pun by using the player's name. Sometimes these jokes backfire after learning the correct pronunciation in their native language, like Euwe and Pirc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pun |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| mistreaver: <tpstar> thanks |
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Jan-15-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: This match left me perplexed. I stared at the board after 34 Bd1 and said why not simply 34 e4? That appears to completely stop black's attack.
click for larger viewAnd 38 Rc1? is indefensible. It immediately loses a piece by 38... Qb2 39 Be2 Qxe2. 38 Ra2 again stops black from gaining additional material. Black keeps just a slim one-pawn advantage. 
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Jan-15-08
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| Chessmensch: <UdayanOwen> That's because of the live games. |
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Jan-15-08
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| kevin86: It seemed like white had a fixation for pawn moves. The problem with this idea is that pawn advances lead to weaknesses such as holes. Black was able to focus his pieces deep in white territory and the necessary pawn defenses were nowhere to be found. |
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Jan-15-08
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| ajk68: <Jimfromprovidence> My only guess is that e4 was seen to create too many weakness in white's pawn structure. Black's knight will certainly become dominant in one of the holes. If white trades the dark squared bishop for the knight, then he suffers a bad bishop and a dark square weakness. At some point, black could demolish the kingside pawns with a raging attack. |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| zb2cr: <Jimfromprovidence>, re: your suggestion of 34. e4. This really reduces White's light-squared Bishop to impotence. Remember that Black is already up a Pawn; Black could just play 34. ... a4 and make sure White's now-bad Bishop stays locked up forever. |
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| Jan-15-08 |
| D.Observer: White surrendered <because a  <will be captured> and <there's no way to guard it>.> |
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Jan-16-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: <zb2cr> <re: your suggestion of 34. e4. This really reduces White's light-squared Bishop to impotence. Remember that Black is already up a Pawn; Black could just play 34. ... a4 and make sure White's now-bad Bishop stays locked up forever.> Not really. If black plays 34...a5 (not a4) white simply plays 35 b4! 
click for larger viewNow, if white captures the pawn at b4 white will follow with 36 Bb3, pinning black's queen. The queens must be exchanged and white's bishop is freed. If black does not capture white's b pawn then he loses his a pawn. |
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Jan-16-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: A correction to my last post.
Now, if <BLACK> captures the pawn at b4 white will follow with 36 Bb3, pinning black's queen. The queens must be exchanged and white's bishop is freed. |
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