Nigel Short vs Jeroen Piket (2001)

Nigel Short vs Jeroen Piket
Korchnoi Birthday Gp A 2001 · Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Pierce Defense (C52) · 0-1

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Aug-12-05		samvega: Whose stupid idea was it that you have to develop your pieces?

Aug-12-05		offramp: A weird one. Black seems to break a load of opening rules but white has no killer blow. I can't see where Short went wrong - except 31.Ng5 (obviously a bunder). One move that looks suspicious is 18.Rae1, as it fairly soon lost the exchange. Perhaps Qb4, threatening mate, was better.

Aug-13-05		samvega: As far as I can see, white is already (strangely) in a spot by move 18, as black threatens to win a piece with ..Qxc3. You may be right that 18.Qb4 is an improvement, play perhaps continuing 18..Nh3+ 19.gxh3 c5. 18.Rc1 would of course lose the exchange in the same manner as the game.

Aug-13-05		sneaky pete: There is no reason or justification for white to sacrifice a second pawn on move 14 (he might play 14.Qd3 .. with 15.Nc3 ..). After that, Short's desperate attempts to avoid the exchange of Queens only make matters worse, so I think after 14... Qxd5 he is already lost. 17.Nxd5 Nxe2+ 18.Kh1 .. is relatively best. 20... Nd3 allows 21.Qe2 ..; black should have played 20... Bd4. I suppose this is a rapid game, but still it's embarrassing to see how little modern masters understand of the venerable Evans gambit. Morphy would have cleaned out the entire Linares/Dortmund-gang in one (blindfold) simul.

Sep-19-09		Phony Benoni: That's what you get for playing the Evans Gambit at a tournament honoring Viktor Korchnoi.

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