| Jul-19-03 | | refutor: White played a very fine game here |
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| Jul-20-03 | | ksadler: When I play through a game I always wonder about a few moves, and this is no different. Why does White do the Rook-lift on the 15th move (other than the obvious reason of inflicting pain on Black). That was one of the few moves that when blitzing through this game made me say "Huh?" |
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| Jul-20-03 | | refutor: On 15.Ra3, Baretic controls the open rank with his rook. this limits access by opposing pieces and plus allows him to swing the rook over to the kingside if necessary |
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| Dec-08-05 | | makaveli52: 15.Ra3 allows the rook to come into the king side attack, as seen by 21.Rg3, it was probably the best and msot effective way to activate that rook and gain a powerful attack, very well played game. I enjoyed watching it. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | blingice: Why couldn't it continue ...♘c8, ♙dxc8..♖c8? |
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Dec-08-05
 | | TheAlchemist: Nxc8 then d8=Q |
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| Dec-08-05 | | Waffles: Does anybody know what the pun is for "blind ambition"? Or - is it not a pun this time? :) Waffles |
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| Dec-08-05 | | Waffles: Oh, nevermind. Dragoljub Baretic is blind, how obvious. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | PaulLovric: good stuff |
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Dec-08-05
 | | WannaBe: It is, perhaps, too bad that Ray Charles never had a chance to play him. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | sucaba: Before the rook sacrifice I would prefer the black ♘s to the white ♗s. I think black could win with 26. _ ♘d3. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | EmperorAtahualpa: Magnificent game! Nice pun too! I have much respect for Baretic. <sucaba> Yes, I was going to ask the same question! Why 26...Nf3? |
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| Dec-08-05 | | dakgootje: <sucaba><EmperorAtahualpa> well the meaning of 26. ...♘f3 would be that 27. ♖xf3 is impossible to 27. ...♕e1 and with the text move, white blocks the f-line partly so the black king is able to get away...I think...However indeed maybe 26. ...♘d3 could save blacks day....dunno for sure |
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| Dec-08-05 | | zhentil: <sucaba>I don't see how 26...Nd3 27.g3! changes the evaluation. Quick analysis, I'm at work.
26... Nd3
27.g3 Nf2+
28.Rxf2 Ng4
29.Bxe7 Nxf2+
30.Kg2 Nxh3
31.Bh4 and the knight is trapped, leaving white with a substantial material advantage. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | Castle In The Sky: A very graceful game with two, count them, two sacrifices! Especially instructive is the use of pins and opening the "g" file in kingside castling games. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | kevin86: Just think,white had two pawns on the seventh-another square and he could have qualified for last week's games,lol. Ray Charles vs Baretic-boy I would have loved to SEE that one! If they had played in Atlanta,I never could have gotten GEORGIA not "on my mind". |
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| Dec-08-05 | | chessic eric: <zhentil> if 26...Nd3 27.g3?,Nf2+ 28.Rxf2?? then Qe1+ wins. 26...Nd3 is interesting precisely because it opens black's e-file creating back rank threats. For example, white's pin on f6 - the sole trump card from the sacrifice - cannot be cashed in after ...Nd3:
26...Nd3
27.Bxf6+?,Qxf6!
28.Rxf6??,Re1#
26...Nd3 also accomplishes the following support of f6:
27.Qc2 (defending f2)
27...Nc5! (f6 immune due to back rank)
28.Qc1 (protecting back rank and thereby re-instating f6 capture)
28...Nce4!
and black looks fine with the extra rook. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | chessic eric: White obviously has options other than 28.Qc1 in the line I mention below, one of which is 28.Qf5, but since black has manuevered into a position to play 28...Nce4! i think black should win and that the sac was unsound. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | sucaba: <zhentil>, on 26. _ ♘d3 27. g3 Black has big advantage with 27. _ ♘c5, idea ♘c5-d7. I now think that 26. _ ♘f3 gives an equal position.
40. ♖c1!, followed by 43. ♗d4! was a deep trap of Baretic.
By playing 40. _ b5 , Black might have first traded some ♙s before invading with ♖ and ♕ . 51. ♖g7  would have fixed ♔ and ♘ on the eighth rank. Black could hold the game with 53. _ ♖d8. |
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| Dec-08-05 | | weisyschwarz: Cafferty was "blind" in that he thought Baretic was simply into pawn grabbing. All the while, White was making his way (48. Bxc7, 48. Bxd6 and 49. Bf8) to pinch black with the bishop and rook. |
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| Dec-09-05 | | zhentil: <chesseric>Where exactly is black's win after 27.Rxf2?? (your marks) Qe1+ 28.Rf1 ? |
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| Dec-09-05 | | chessic eric: <zhentil> somehow I saw your move as b3 not g3; you are right that in that case Rxf2 does not deserve ?? since the rook is protected on f1 (when I thought g3 was b3 obviously Rf1 failed to Qxf1#). But after 26...Nd3 27.g3 does not deserve ! and what does deserve ?? is 27...Nf2+. It does nothing except drop a piece since 28...Ng4 doesn't break the f6 pin with any particular force. The only point of Nf2+ was to clear the back rank for mate threats in lines without 27.g3. 26...Nd3 does change the analysis, and 27.g3 is not white's best reply, since it allows black to break the f6 pin with 27...Qe4+ 28.Bg2,Qe2 29.Bxf6+ at which point black is up the exchange, his queen dominates white's, he owns the e-file, and can play either agressively with 29...Kg6 or passively to consolidate his material/positional advantage with 29.Kf8 or 29.Kg8. The other alternative response to 27.g3 is the line from <sucaba>: if 26...Nd3 27.g3?,Nc5 28.Qd1,Nd7! and 29.Bxd7 fails to the same problem, namely that g3 opened lines to the white king, allowing a queen check to break the f6 pin with force as in 29.Qe4+. <sucaba> Note that in the line I provided below 26...Nd3 27.Qc2 (not g3) ,Nc5! 28.Qd1,Nd7 fails to 29.Bxd7,Qxd7 30.Bxf6+,Kf(g)8 31.Qh5 and therefore 28...Nce4 is the better support of f6 if white plays differently than g3 on his 27th. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 24.Rxg7+