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Jan Timman vs Cornelis Van Wijgerden
Rotterdam 1979  ·  Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (E90)  ·  1-0


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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-14-03   Qian: this is checkmate... isnt it?
Dec-14-03   Spitecheck: Yep it definitely is
Dec-14-03
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  kevin86: The pinned knight is the final touch. It is checkmate
Dec-14-03   music man: Why is checkmate sometimes denoted with (say) a Qh8+ instead of a Qh8# ?
Dec-14-03   music man: if 23...Qxf6 then 24. Rxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qf7# (,Yo creo.)
Dec-14-03   thesonicvision: technically, "++" is equivalent to "#",
and "+" is only check.
Dec-14-03   Halfpricemidge: This is a cool one.
Dec-14-03   youngplayer11: i saw Ne5 but dxN i thoght white would play 22.d6 qd7 23.Qh7Kf8 24.Rxf6+ leads to mate.its not the Quickest mate but its mate. Right?
Dec-14-03   Replic: Yes youngplayer, it is a workable mate. The only way out is a queen sacrifice on black, and he'll be open for some pretty heavy attack afterwards.
Dec-14-03   Spitecheck: I had that impression of "++" meaning checkmate as well, but I've also seen it used to denote double check.

Spitecheck

Dec-14-03   Eggman: Chessgames.com, the score contains a slight error: 24.Qh8+ should instead be 24.Qh8#
Dec-14-03   Marnoff Mirlony: Spitecheck, "++" does mean Checkmate... at least in Canada. I've seen U.S. Annotation sheets that declare it double check, however.
Dec-14-03   jaime gallegos: another good game is Gerardo Barbero vs Rueetschi Urs, 1987, see what happens after 23... Qd6 ( nice combination!!! )
Dec-14-03
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  talchess2003: <music man: if 23...Qxf6 then 24. Rxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qf7# (,Yo creo.) >

More concise is 23... Qxf6 24. Qf7+

Dec-14-03   MoonlitKnight: What's more concise about it? Both are forced mates in the 25th move. Perhaps you mean more beautiful?
Dec-14-03   trguitar: I'm not sure 21. Ne5 is the best move in view of 22... hxg5. 22...dxe5?? is a major error. I think I would have opted for 21. Qh7+.
Dec-14-03   Eggman: 21...hxg5 22.Qg6+ Kh8 (22...Kf8 leads to mate: 23.Rxf6+ Nxf6 24.Rxf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxf6+ Kg8 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Ng6#) 23.Nf7+ Qxf7 24.Qxf7 and White emerges with a Q+P vs N+N+B, where Black's abysmal development should be decisive, e.g. 24...Bd7 25.Rxf6 is devastating.
Dec-14-03   dlanoj: what if black plays 20. ... f5 instead of Kg7.What is white's next forceful continuation?
Dec-14-03
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  technical draw: 21.Nh4+
Dec-16-03
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  talchess2003: "concise" = straightforward
Dec-24-08   WhiteRook48: amazing Timman. But then again he's a GM. sacrifices. Probably a bunch. First bishop sac, then knight sac, argh...
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