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| Apr-12-04 | | chessfected: 38. Qf2?? Perhaps White could have held on after 38. Kh1 since Black still needs to protect his own back rank even if White's emperor is without any clothes:) |
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| Apr-12-04 | | iron maiden: Interesting relationships between the six major pieces here. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | euripides: White always seems a bit worse after 9 Nxc6. Nice middle-game play by Black. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | caballos2: What's the reason behind the development of the knight to d2 instead of the 'normal' c3? |
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| Apr-12-04 | | mymt: think Nd2 is to allow c3 so ...Nxd4, can be answered cxd4 but it seems to get mislayed here,and c3 ends up guarding d4 |
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| Apr-12-04 | | karlzen: <caballos2>, Nc3 allows Bb4 and white did not like the pin. Actually the whole opening is very strange by today's standards, 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 would lead to the "normal" Sveshnikov system, obviously they didn't play such stuff in the early 1960's. White's set-up allowed an early d7-d5 which generally is considered good for black. <euripides>, you're right about Nxc6. I think white should still be equal after that but perhaps, 9.exd5 Qxd5 (9...Nxd4!?) 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 was safer. Then white would have the classical endgame advantage of three vs. two pawns on the queenside (= far side from the king's viewpoint) but it's too naïve to say that would proove decisive. Perhaps 18.Bxe7 was to be considered: 18...Qxe7 19.Ng3 Qf6 20.Ne4= or 19...f6 20.Be4 Nf4 21.Rd2. When going through today's game I discovered something interesting. Once again c3-c4 seems to be the reason of white's difficulties, allowing a beautiful combination once again (23...f3! 24.cxd5? fxe2 25.Qxc5 Qe5!). 23.Bg4 covering the f3-square naturally suggests itself. The opposite-coloured bishops was a big advantage for black, Bc5 was a giant! There is a rule of thumb that states that when there are o-c bishops on the board, the side with initative/attack is to be favoured, even if he's a pawn or two down. I don't think there's any way that white can get away from the three heavy black pieces, his king is, as <chessfected> stated, without clothes! 39.Qxc5 obviosuly leads to a quick mate with hogs on seventh and 38.Kh1 is no better for black wins after 38...Rh5+ 39.Rh2 Ree5! 40.Qd3 Qc6+ 41.Rf3 Re1+ 42.Kg2 Rhe5 with decisive threats because the f3-rook is pinned, or 40...Qe7 41.Rxh5 Rxh5+ 42.Kg2 Rg5+ 43.Kf2 (43.Kh1 Rg4) 43...Qe6! with the idea of Rf5+, Qg6+ and Rh5+ mating to name to variations. |
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| Apr-12-04 | | MoonlitKnight: Wow, talk about pinning! |
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| Apr-12-04 | | kevin86: "A pretty picture";"sometimes,even an unprotected pin will do the trick". Some of the words of Irving Chernev-some people learned to speak using the Holy Bible-I'm convinced I learned a large amount from Chernev's 1000 BEST SHORT GAMES OF CHESS |
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| Apr-12-04 | | Minor Piece Activity: Is this called a cross pin or is that something else? |
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| Apr-12-04 | | boobsmacfadin: a picture perfect ending to a beautiful game. |
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| Aug-14-04 | | patzer2: Black's 36...Rg5+! is listed as the solution to number 136 in Chess Informant's 1980 Encyclopedia of Chess Middle Games/Combinations under "Pinning." If 37. Kh2, then Black wins after 37... Rh5+! 38. Kg3 (38. Kg1 Rh1#) 38...Re3+ 39. Rf3 Rg5+ 40. Kf4 (40. Kh4 Rxf3) 40...Re8 41. Qc3 Qe4#. If white had played 38. Kh1!? he would have put up maximum resistance, but Black would have won anyway after 38...Rh5+! 39. Rh2 Ree5 40. Qd3 Qc6+ 41. Rf3 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Rhe5! [Karlzen's 42...Rg5+! 43. Kf2 (43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44. Rf5 Re3+ 45. Kh4 Re4+ 46. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 47. Rf4 Qxf4+ 48. Kh3 Qg4#) also works after Black plays 43...Qe8 44. Rfh3 Rg6 45. Rf3 Ra1! 46. Qd2 Rgg1 47. Qe3 Raf1+ 48. Ke2 Re1+ 49. Kd2 Rxe3] 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ g6! 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Qb6+ 47. Re3 Rd1! 48. Qe2 Qf6+ 50. Qf3 Rf5 . At the end of this analysis, Black "pins" the White Queen and wins the game. I found playing over this complex position (36...?)with an analysis board and Fritz 8 very useful in improving my understanding of the heavy piece (Q+R vs. Q+R) middle game. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | makaveli52: did not get it... really are hard puzzles this week. I was looking at 36...Qc5 and 36...Rh5, neither of which worked. dismissed the immidiate check rather quickly :/ |
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| Feb-23-06 | | AlexBabich: <makaveli52> did it occur to you that white is threatening mate if black plays 36...♖h5 with 37.♖f8+ ♖xf8 38. ♖xf8# I suppose 36...♕c5 is ok to tie white up temporarily but it is too passive for a puzzle.} I learned once that if you solve a puzzle you should look at how your king is doing, then look at all the chacks that you can make and then see if any of them have forces continuations. Forced continuations are the best to evaluate because they eliminate all the nonsense which confuses the player. In this case I calculated the game up until 38 ♕f2 but abandoned the line because I did not see that 38...♖e2 threatens mate. In any game or puzzle it is not how far you can see into a combination but how accurately you can evaluate the final position that matters. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | dzechiel: Well, there's checks-a-plenty in this position! The play is straight forward and much easier to find if you just start with the obvious check. This one took me several minutes because I was examining positions that never occurred in the game. This is a position where anyone should be able to find the right moves one at a time. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | patzer2: Here's an interesting position after 38. Kh1 Rh5+ 39. Rh2:
click for larger view[Find Black's best move?]
Solution: See my Aug 14, 2004 post. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | prinsallan: Missed. A very fine finish though. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | Father Karras: I imagined Re1 would win too. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | guybrush: I missed 38.. Re2!! A beautiful move |
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| Feb-23-06 | | Marco65: <patzer2> I thought that 39...Re3 wins, as 40.Rf8+ Qxf8 41.Rxh5 Qf3+ loses a piece, but then I couldn't find anything against 40.Qg2. Now I see the point of 39...Ree5!, after 40.Qg2 Rxh2+ White can't take with the queen. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | trumbull0042: I did not get this one. I played around with the first two text moves but it didn't seem to get me anywhere. I think the difficulty of the puzzle was underestimated by <Chessgames.com>; it seems pretty hard to see that Black still wins when White plays 37. Kh2, or 38. Kh1. Well, that's only my opinion. |
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| Feb-23-06 | | RodSerling: It kills you, looking at these linear motif puzzles--you know the answer is there, but can't quite find the thread.... |
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| Feb-23-06 | | jahhaj: I thought 36...Qc5 looked promising, what's White best defense? |
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| Feb-23-06 | | NotABanker: I thought it would tricky if I were playing.I won't have done that:} |
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| Feb-23-06 | | alphee: <chessfected> This was my first idea and I didn't try ♕f2. Here is what it gave 36. ... ♖g5+ 37. ♖g2 ♕c5+ 38. ♔h1 ♖h5+ 39. ♖h2 ♕c6+ 40. ♕e4 ♕xe4+ 41. ♖f3 ♕xf3+ 42. ♔g1 ♖e1#. White may have ways to escape but I didn't had the time to check and ended there. |
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