| Feb-22-04 |
| unclewalter: what a strange game |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| notsodeepthought: After 16 Nd6 black cannot avoid the loss of the exchange. If e.g. 16 ... Na5 (instead of Bc8) then 17 N:b7 N:b7 18 Ne5 Rb8 19 Nd7 |
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Feb-22-04
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| Calli: <notsodeepthought> Very good point. Later on, what about 24...Ne3! How does white dislodge the knight? |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| Lawrence: This one only took me 7 seconds....(to discover that I was never going to solve it). |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| karlzen: I'm not impressed by 7...e6?!. It gives white a simple road to the advantage by 8.Bg5! which is a standard plan in the English to gain control of the d5-square. It's hard to suggest improvements for black after this, 8...Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qb3 Re8 11.e3 Ne7 12.Nd2 and again black is in trouble. As in the game ...d4 at some point only allows Ne4 with a great position for white. 10...Bxc3 11.bxc3 exd5 12.d4 c4 and white can choose between 13.Ne5, Nd2, Re1 and Rb1, all with advantage. 11...Be6 is answered by 12.d4! cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nc6 and here white can again make a choice between two good lines, 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Qd6 16.Qc2 Qe5 17.Rfe1 Rfc8 18.e4 Qh5 19.Nc5 or 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4! d4 16.Na4 Be7 17.e5!. I wonder what Tseshkovsky had in mind on 7...d4. Perhaps 8.Na4 Na6 9.e3 or the typical 8.Ne4!? Nxe4 9.dxe4 Nc6 10.Ne1! Qd6 11.Nd3 e5 12.f4 b6 13.b3 Bb7 14.f5 Ne7 16.g4 and white will soon play the freeing e3 with the better prospects.
14.Qd5! is very beautiful and it takes advantage of black's loss of a knight on f6. <notsodeepthought>, just to add to your piece of analysis, 18...Re8 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Nc4 Rxb7 21.Nd6 and again white wins the exchange. <Calli>, 24...Ne3 or 26...Ne3 is indeed a good idea that both players seemed to have missed. I think white actually played pretty poor after he won the exchange. He missed 21.b4! for example. I guess he was afraid of opening up the position and giving black the bishop-pair, but that scenario must be much better than getting an unremovable knight on e3. It's also strange that Savon, such a great player, didn't take his chance of drawing the game. |
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Feb-22-04
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| patzer2: After 31...Bf6!?, 32. Re5! looks practically forced, but it is still a very good defensive and attacking move combined. White's endgame play looks convincing enough that after the exchange pseudo-sacrifice, the White single pawn plus is enough for a win. |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| karlzen: Yes, indeed. With two connected central pawns, active king and much better minor piece, it all looked like sheer joy for white. |
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Feb-22-04
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| kevin86: Nice combo to win the exchange-then white gives it up to gain a pawn-then he gets the exchange up-then he (will) give it up to gain the lethal passed pawn!! |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| karlzen: Yes, two losses of the exchange and two exchange sacs! Ironic indeed. |
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Feb-22-04
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| midknightblue: Lawrence, same here!
By the way, why does it say white to move and win, I am pretty sure the game is not over after this slight advantage gained by rook for minor exchange. I think black still has chances. |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| masterwojtek: How about this midknightblue...
White to move and win: Answear: 1.e4! |
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| Feb-22-04 |
| erikcu: midknightblue, you are correct. The trick is maintaining the slight advantage once you get it, that is probably why black did not concede until the 53rd move. There were plenty of opportunities for white to lose it. I think the crux of this problem was to realize the peril that the rook was in once black moved 13. b6, and to see the immanent knight fork. |
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| Jan-14-08 |
| D.Observer: 54.  xb3  xb3 55.  xb3 and <White is assured of a  >. |
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| Sep-25-08 |
| tacite: <Calli : what about 24...Ne3! How does white dislodge the knight? > 25. Nc4 and you force the exchange or the black Knight goes some where else. |
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sac: 32.Re5