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| MaxxLange: <rexeterna> vichissoise: fish soup (French). Anand's nickname: Vishy |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| samikd: <if you pay attention, you'll see games like this all the time in blitz on the internet. I've had games like this played against me on more than one occasion> you forgot one little point, so let me remind you. You are not Karpov ! So achieving something against Anatoli Karpov is slightly more praiseworthy than achieving the same feat against you.> <Who's to say that if he had more time, he wouldn't have found a refutation of Anand's sacrifice> and why do you think he didn't have more time ?
<the sacrifice on h7 was fairly obvious> well it wasn't obvious to Karpov, otherwise he would have prevented it. And it wasn't obvious to Anand either, because according to Andrew Soltis's article in ChessLife, this move was Anand's 2nd choice, and he decided to go for it only after long consideration. May be you are smarter than Karpov and Anand ? |
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Nov-01-05
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| al wazir: <iron maiden: Karpov was reportedly reaching to play 36...Kc8 as his flag fell.> 36...Kc8 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. Rg8+ Nd8 (38...Kc7 39. Rxa8) 39. Rxd5. Karpov was probably better off losing on time. |
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Nov-01-05
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| jahhaj: <MaxxLange> Where I come from Vichissoise is cold leek soup. |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| EmperorAtahualpa: Nice GOTD! Here is some interesting information I found: "Few people realize that Vichyssoise, the cold potato leek soup with the French name, was invented, not in Paris or Lyons or even in Vichy, France, but in New York City at the beginning of the 20th Century. It was 1917 and the fashionable Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue at 46th Street was about to open a new roof garden restaurant. The head chef was a Frenchman named Louis Diat (1885-1957). He often made a potato and leek soup from a recipe given him by his mother, Annette Alajoinine Diat, and he was preparing to serve it at a party celebrating the opening of the roof garden. Whether, according to legend, the soup, prepared in advance, wasn't re-heated in time to be served as a first course, or whether the day was warm and Chef-de-Cuisine Diat felt culinarily creative, he added cream to his mother's soup recipe and served it cold, sprinkled with chopped chives. He called it Creme Vichyssoise Glacee, or Chilled Cream Vichyssoise, in honor of the town where he was born." More information and a recipe can be found at http://members.cox.net/jjschnebel/v... |
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Nov-01-05
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| aragorn69: Nice story, thx <EmperorInca> ! |
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Nov-01-05
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| alphee: <MaxxLange> <rexeterna> interesting pun in French. Vichy was the place of the french government in the so called free zone during WW2 and ... from this perspective "fish soup" can make sense.Compared to Anand their tactic and strategic vision was poor. In a french dictionnary Vichyssoise mean "which got old" and Le Louvre is probably the largest french museum and it is also the place where Dan Brown's Da Vinci code begins. |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| Bobwhoosta: <Mr Sifter> Karpov was known to succumb to time pressure throughout his 1985 (? maybe 1984) match with Kasparov. As it was a factor that allowed Kasparov to escape from worse positions on a number of occassions, I would say it was not for show. Also, did he decide losing on time was going to be his out from the start, planning to lose to Anand in this way by beginning the game with 1:40 taken for the first 16 moves? |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| DanRoss53: What? Nobody has yet to point out the missed mate? Oh well: 33.  c7+  c8 34. b6  e5 35.  xc6+ b8 36. c7+ b7 37. b1+ b5 38. xb5+ c8 39. a5+ c7 40. cxc7+ d8 41. d7# |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| The17thPawn: <Spitecheck> - I think you may want to revisit the Khalifman - Ivanchuck 1994 game you mention in the database. <fatbaldguy> makes a good point and I believe white missed a saving move. Thanks for turning me on to this game it was fun to analyze. Bye the way, Great handle! |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| MaxxLange: <jahhaj> Well, potatoes and leeks it is, then. Cold. Sounds tasty! I thought they were criticizing Karpov's play with the "fish" reference, but I guess not. Maybe in some language they call weak chess players "leeks"? I also find it hard to understand why Karpov played ...dxc4, if (as it seems) he was so unfamiliar with e4 lines in the QGA. |
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Nov-01-05
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| kevin86: I wonder if Vichyssoise tastes better with Idaho potatoes.lol A good game,white first gotcontrol of h7,then the h-file,then the seventh rank---chess surgery of the highest type. |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| alexandrovm: Anand played very well using the bishop sac on h7, nice game! |
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| Nov-01-05 |
| Al Notation: Typical QGA-like game...hard for Black to get his queenside marching. I am disowning the QGA. Looking at the Chigorin Defense. Any ideas, guys? |
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| Nov-02-05 |
| alexandrovm: <Looking at the Chigorin Defense. Any ideas, guys?> I'm not really into it, but I'll try to look it up when I have some time... |
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| Nov-02-05 |
| bishopawn: <Al Notation>, try looking into the Slav family. |
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Nov-02-05
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| amuralid: Karpov was an extremely disciplined player who rarely faced time trouble. I think he was so far ahead of the rest of the world that he 'slacked' (relative to his immense talent)and was usually a little over confident. Kasparov helped him reach great hieghts by challenging him. I wish Fischer had also pushed him in the 70's. |
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| Mar-23-06 |
| Therry Dewallef: Black may have lost on time, but seemed at a loss anyway. White has a safer king, and three passed connected pawns. Black's pieces are scattered, his king is exposed, and there is not much he can do about it. |
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Mar-24-06
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| plang: "36...Kc8 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. Rg8+ Nd8 (38...Kc7 39. Rxa8) 39. Rxd5. Karpov was probably better off losing on time. " Well, obviously if he loses on time he is 100% certain to lose the game. If he plays ...38 Kc7 Anand still has to make some good moves. |
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| Jan-17-07 |
| sitzkrieg: I nor fritz6light see a win or even an advantage for white after 23..f6. Anyone? |
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| Apr-12-07 |
| object16: Analysis of this game in ChessCafe column The Instructor, Mark Dvoretsky, "To Take a Pawn or Attack", Sept. 2006.
http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/a... |
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| Apr-19-07 |
| PEANUTS: In the variation 23.. f6 24. Rh3 fxe5 25. dxe5 Qc4 26. Re1, Black plays Qb4 to draw (Gurevich). The line 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. e6+ Kf6 28. Bg5+ Kxe6 29. Re1+ Kd7 30. Qxg7+ Kc6 31. Rc3 is a better winning try, though I might prefer the pawn advantage after 21. Rxd5 --- with Karpov in time trouble, 21. Bxh7+ looks good. |
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| Apr-19-07 |
| bvwp: Karpov played quickly when young and, as often happens, got slower as he grew older. The thinkers seem to slow down. Mine were never anything to shout about, but they're awful slow now. |
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| Aug-18-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: what is more unbelievable, that Karpov spent so long on the first few moves, or that he played QGA??? |
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