| Nov-04-03 | | suenteus po 147: Larry Evans explains this game in his book of Ten Most Common Chess Mistakes under impulsiveness: "The time scramble was over and both sides had just passed the control at move 40 but Black, still caught up in the heat of battle, hurriedly played 41...R6xe2+?!? All White had to do was recapture 42. Rxe2 Bxh4+ 43. Ke3! remaining an exchange ahead. But they both overlooked this resource. Darga thought that 43. Kg2? Rxe2+ was forced and extended his hand in resignation. A moment later he struck his forehead and exclaimed: 'My God, I have a winning position!' But it was too late. He had already conceded." |
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| Aug-25-04 | | countnefarius: Somehow it was the most obvious move but no one saw it?! |
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| Aug-25-04 | | Lawrence: <countnefarius>, welcome to our group of avid chess fans. |
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| Mar-07-05 | | soberknight: Stranger things have happened. Since White gave this one away, I nominate is as a GOTD for December 25, with the pun "A gift from Santa Klaus." Hey, if that's what you see in 10 months, you will know, soberknight was here. :) |
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| Aug-10-05 | | prinsallan: Black played 41...R6xe2+, and White resigned. Both players overlooked that after 42.Rxe2 Bxh4+, 43.Kg2 is not forced; 43.Ke3 is possible. Perhaps it was logical to miss that, e3 being so very inaccessible to the white King before (Ke3-f2 had been White's last move.) |
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| May-24-07 | | vonKrolock: <SwitchingQuylthulg> Thank You for the attention - well, here the chessgames.com's habitués comments again very enlightening too |
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| Feb-24-08 | | whiteshark: Another case of resignation due to a sacrificial shock, focussing only on <42.Kg3 Rg1+ 43.Kh3 Rh1 44.Kg3> (if 44.Kg4 h5+ 45.Kg3 Bxh4#) <44...Bxh4+ 45.Kg4 h5#> |
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| Aug-01-10 | | whiteshark: <soberknight <was here>> Maybe this year. :) |
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Dec-12-10
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| Jun-13-12 | | vinidivici: beautiful finish from 39...f4+ 40.gxf4 Re6+ 41.Kf2 R6xe2+ 42.Rxe2 Bxh4+ 43.Kg2 Rxe2+ and white down a bishop |
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| Jun-13-12 | | JohnBoy: <vinidivici: beautiful finish from 39...f4+ 40.gxf4 Re6+ 41.Kf2 R6xe2+ 42.Rxe2 Bxh4+ 43.Kg2 Rxe2+ and white down a bishop> - read the earlier posts! Black does not come out a piece ahead. |
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| Jun-15-12 | | vinidivici: <JohnBoy> ooops, my bad. but thats just because this is a GM game...how many GMs that posting to kibitz this game, and aint noone. The one thing to blame is the time trouble. Even a GM made this silly mistake. |
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| Jan-23-14 | | sfm: <vinidivici: beautiful finish...>
You are excused. I also reached the same conclusion, before seeing <suenteus> post. LOL! |
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| May-09-14 | | Howard: The late Larry Evans, in fact, presented the ending of this game in his monthly column for "Boys' Life" magazine back around 1974 (approx). That's how I first heard of this remarkable example of a world class player resigning in a WON position. |
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| May-24-23 | | generror: The funny thing is not so much that a GM resigned in a won position (I'm sure there are more examples of this), but that the move he resigned on was actually the losing blunder. One may call it the greatest swindle ever :) |
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Kibitzing
