| Nov-19-02 |
| pferd: Thanks for putting this up. It's a good old timer. |
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Nov-19-02
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| chessgames.com: Yes it is, and thank you for submitting it! |
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| Dec-18-02 |
| muayad ali: 16.R8e outstanding move!!!! |
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| Dec-23-02 |
| GregorMendel: This was rightly a Brilliancy Prize game...honestly, I don't know how Schiffers found the brilliant 16. Re8, sacrificing the Exchange, emphasizing Black's underdevelopment and slaughtering Harmonist. |
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Nov-18-03
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| patzer2: In a game that won a brilliancy prize, white's 26. Ne4! is a crushing quiet move that provides a nice followup to the brilliant combination starting with 16. Re8!! However, white wins a little too easily after getting minimal resistance with 26...Qd8. Black should have put up tougher resistance with 26...Nd3 or 26...b6 Anyone care to venture a guess as to the refutations of 26...Nd3 and 26...b6? Hints: The refutation of 26...b6 is a quiet move leading to a mate in 15! The refutation of 26...Nd3 involves a double attack combination that either wins the queen or mates in four moves. |
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Nov-19-03
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| Calli: On 26...Nd3 27.Qg7+ Kd8 28.Nf7+ looks resignable. I don't know that it qualifies as "tougher resistence" 26...b6 is probably what Schiffers expected when he played Ne4!. Most likely he disappointed when black did not continue 26...b6 27.Ng4! Bb7 28.Ngf6+ with a mating net. Harmonist spared himself the agony. |
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Nov-19-03
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| patzer2: <Calli> Congratualations for finding the correct continuation for both 26...Nd3 and 26...b6. Looking at Schiffers winning percentage, I'm not so sure he saw all of this over the board. I figure he prepared the line in advance after previously analyzing 16. Re8!! In response to 26...b6, 27. Ng5! is indeed a difficult quiet move to find over the board. Both lines here are worth analyzing or plugging into the computer just to see the myriad of possibilities for mating or winning decisive material with Q + Ns versus an exposed king position. |
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| Nov-30-03 |
| MoonlitKnight: Black never lived up to his name. |
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Dec-13-05
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| OhioChessFan: Wow. Re8. I agree that Qd8 was weak, but it doesn't detract from White's achievement. |
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Feb-27-07
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| percyblakeney: Pretty combination by Schiffers, while Harmonist goes wrong with 18. ... Ne2+, after h6 instead white is better but there is much left to play for. |
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sac: 18.Bxe8
