Dec-10-03
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| Calli: The story goes that, as the game was being adjourned, Kotov pointed out the variation 41...Ke7 42.Re6+ Kf7 43.Rxe8 Kxe8 44.Re6+ Kf7 45.Rxe4 and White wins. Lambert resigned on the spot. Later that evening he realized that he could have won! |
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| Dec-10-03 |
| fatbaldguy: To follow up on the previous post: the point is that after 43 R:e8, black would not play K:e8, but 43 ... g3!, and white cannot stop the g pawn from queening (with mate or with further loss of a white rook). |
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| Aug-10-05 |
| prinsallan: Heres where I found the game so I could send it in:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/...
The game was adjourned in the position of the diagram. Lambert offered a draw, which was stupid enough, but when Kotov told him his sealed move was 42.Re6+ and the intended continuation 42...Kd7 43.Rxe8 Kxe8 44.Re6+ followed by Rxe4 and Rxg4, he even resigned. Kotov's great authority may have helped him to miss that with 43...g3, instead of recapturing the Rook, he could have won - the adjourned position was a forced win for him. |
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| Aug-10-05 |
| perfidious: This position was discussed in Chess Life and Review not long after the game was played; though I don't recall which issue, Lambert proposed a draw at some point near the end, which infuriated Kotov, as he believed the game was won for him in short order. |
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| Aug-10-05 |
| prinsallan: <perfidious> Dont miss my collection of all the "Ultimate Blunders", its hysterical ^^ Game Collection: The Ultimate Blunders |
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| Aug-10-05 |
| pantlko: yes ... what a blunder by black..43..g3 was of course winning!! |
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| Dec-09-08 |
| Sacsacmate: What if Rg7+.... king has to go to d8 then R:a6 is not that concluding or am I missing something ?!! |
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Dec-09-08
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| SwitchingQuylthulg: 42.Rg7+ Kd8 43.Rxa6 Re7 is still winning for Black. Eventually, White'll run out of checks, and then the three connected advanced passed pawns will be decisive. |
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