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| Jan-12-08 |
| popski: Oh, another great win by Carlsen! |
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Jun-10-08
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| hedgeh0g: It's MC vs Hammer...or MC - Hammer.
Who can see where I'm going with this?
Oh, and if you don't like the pun, please feel free to say "STOP!" |
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Jun-10-08
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| Calli: Please Carlsen, Don't Hurt 'Em |
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| Jun-10-08 |
| Jim Bartle: Learn something from Hammer, Magnus--how not to manage your money. |
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| Dec-17-08 |
| emayev: Hammer to fall is a good one :)
Joel Benjamin suggests "Shakh Mama" for Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.. (as opposed to Shaq Daddy) |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| Kangaroo: Breakable Hammer! |
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Aug-03-09
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: This is actually the Geller System vs. the Pirc/Modern complex (most usually 1.e4,d6; 2.d4,Nf6; 3.Nd2), and it's amazing how a very solid and safe variation gets overrun so quickly. |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| BraveUlysses: Great, game-appropriate pun... as MC Hammer would say. "Proper!" <technical draw: I forgot Jan "the man" Timman> How about Jan "If I only had a heart" Timman. |
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Aug-03-09
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| SuperPatzer77: <jaime gallegos: 13th years old ! amazing > The game was played on October 23, 2003 before it was Magnus Carlsen's 13th birthday on November 30, 2003. That means that he was 12 years old on October 23, 2003 - not 13 years old. <Jaime Gallegos> Of course, he was truly amazing!!!! SuperPatzer77 |
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Aug-03-09
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| martin moller: <technical draw> how about Bent The Bandit Larsen ?? |
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Aug-03-09
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| dx9293: Amazing...this is another game that I sometimes show to my students, believe it or not. Recently, Kuemin-Staechelin was GOTD and I use the position before the finale of that game for instructional purposes as well! |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| YetAnotherAmateur: I think it's safe to say that this game was Carlson's "stop Hammer time". Now on to the actual game: It looks to me like Hammer walked right into a prepared opening trap on move 9. Either that or MC's 9. ... Nf4 was very well thought out, because it immediately ended white's hopes for a closed game (at least, it seems like that was the plan by his first 8 moves). |
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Aug-03-09
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| birthtimes: It has been said that Nimzowitsch's concept of overprotection does not really apply to today's players. However, this game seems to counter that claim. By move 9, Carlsen is overprotecting the e5 square with his knight, pawn, and bishop. On move 11, Carlsen's queen establishes contact with e5 that will continue until the game is over. And on move 15, Carlsen moves his a8 rook to d8, where four of his pieces are overprotecting e5. As Nimzowitsch states, "strategically important points, should be overprotected. If the pieces are so engaged, they get their reward in the fact that they will find themselves well posted in every respect...the reward came in the form of a large radius of activity for the pieces [so] engaged." As long as the rules of chess remain the same, overprotection will always be a valid and applicable concept. |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| slomarko: <It has been said that Nimzowitsch's concept of overprotection does not really apply to today's players.> by whom? |
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Aug-03-09
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| birthtimes: "The trouble, as John Watson pointed out, is that overprotection has been the least influential of Nimzowitsch's ideas, because it turns out to be the least useful in practical play." From "One Hit, One Run, One Error" by Derek Grimmell on a ChessCafe.com book review. 02/26/2005 |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| slomarko: well but there is a difference between "the least useful of Nimzowitsches ideas in practical play" and "it does not really apply to today's players". |
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Aug-03-09
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| birthtimes: So I will amend my statement to say, it has been said that Nimzowitsch's concept of overprotection has been the least influential of his ideas, because "it turns out to be the least useful in practical play." However, this assertion stems from an interpretation of overprotection which is both incomplete and inaccurate--and which is proven false in so many of the games of today's and yesterday's grandmasters. |
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Aug-03-09
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| birthtimes: In other words, Nimzowitsch's statements concerning the importance of overprotection will remain valid for as long as the rules of chess remain the same. Therefore, those who say that overprotection is the least influential or least useful of his ideas, need to re-examine and re-evaluate the overwhelming preponderance of evidence to the contrary. |
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Aug-03-09
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| kevin86: What a twist! The sac is in the gotd,rather than the puzzle-I guess the pun is better here-like the joke: Where did you lose your watch? under the bed. Then why are you looking for it in the kitchen? Because the light is better there. |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| True2theGame: You NEVER see this mating pattern in OTB play! It seems more rare than smothers mates... Wow a text/puzzle book mate at Expert + level play... What's next? |
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Aug-03-09
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| Lucid Faia: Wow, owned. |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| SamAtoms1980: This (17....?) should have been today's puzzle :-O |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: white should have played 17 g3 |
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| Aug-03-09 |
| newzild: <jaime gallegos: It looks to me like Hammer walked right into a prepared opening trap on move 9. Either that or MC's 9. ... Nf4 was very well thought out, because it immediately ended white's hopes for a closed game.> I'm not so sure, Jaime. The position at this stage is related to another chess theory - that of defining the centre. At move 8, white has an ideal and mobile centre. Black must find a way to force white to stabilise the centre, which is the main motivation for 8...Nh5 (exerts pressure on d4). White can either then exchange (as in the game) or advance the d-pawn, leading to a position similar to a KID. After 9.ed, 9...Nf4 is a zwischenzug (in-between move) which is quite easy to spot in the position because the bishop is undefended. |
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| Aug-04-09 |
| tacticalmonster: great use of the Anastasia's mate! |
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