Milan Matulovic vs Vladimir Sokolov (1953)

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Milan Matulovic vs Vladimir Sokolov
Italy (1953)
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Classical Formation (B21) · 1-0

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Nov-29-05		Holden: Yes, pieces are hanging everywhere, but is it for a good reason? What is wrong with 13...exd6? or even 14...exd6? or 18...axb5?

Apr-18-07		Manic: Well, here is my patzer analysis: 13...exd6 14.hxg4 Qxg5. Black will have trouble finding a safe place fore his king to hide. The isolated d-pawn is also target for the white pieces as well. 15.e5! looks to be a good move to exploit black's vulnerable king, creating open lines for the major pieces. A bishop sac on f7 also looks worrying for black. 14...exd6 15.exf6+ and after the king moves white has many options with which to continue the attack. 16.Ne4 aiming for the d pawn and perhaps followed up by piling major pieces to aim at the d pawn.. 16.Qe4 Or Nd5 if the king moves to d7 also looks good for white. 18...axb5 19.Qxb5+ and if 19...Qd7 20.Rxe5+ dxe5 21.Qxe5+ Be7 (21...Kd8 22.Rd1) and it looks like 22.fxe7 and Nd5 or 22.Nd5 wins. I probably missed something so maybe you should put it through an engine.

Apr-18-07		Quintiliano: This is the great Matulovic for you. One the greatest attacking palyers ever.

Apr-18-07		Quintiliano: In Italian chess books it's called the Matulovic gambit.

Nov-18-11		transpo: After 8.Rd1 instead of 8...Qc8, much better is 8...e6. By blocking the WKB Black creates a real threat of 10...Ne5

May-02-13		PawnSac: That's because Matulovic did a lot to advance the theory of the Morra gambit

Dec-23-19		gambitfan: Milan Matulovic is one of the big shots of the Smith-Morra Gambit, with David Esserman...

Jun-27-23		TichFreeman: Beautiful final move, intending to follow up with checkmate the next move. In fact, Matulović’s sharp, attacking style of chess is avidly visible throughout, but the final blow, imo, was extremely pretty.

Nov-04-24		mel gibson: Too easy - LOL.

Nov-04-24		Mayankk: My solution was 29 Rxb7+ Bxb7/Kc8 30 Qc7# Nice game. Attack and immediate counterattack is always good to see.

Nov-04-24		takebackok: No think or half a think Monday?! what do you like 29. Rc8+ and/or Rxb7+ it's 30. Qc7# next.

Nov-04-24		Korora: Bye-bye birdie, and lights out next move.

Nov-04-24		geeker: I went for 29. Rc8+ as first candidate, saw that it worked and never noticed that Rb7+ also won easily. There seemed to be a "J'adoubovic" week not that long ago...surprised to see him again so soon.

Nov-04-24		stacase: Spent a few seconds looking at White's Knight covering a7 & c7 and Black's Pawn sitting on b7 to no avail. And the the obvious: 29. Rc8+ Kxc8 30. Qc7#

Nov-04-24		King.Arthur.Brazil: Mondays: 29. Rc8+ Kxc8 30. Qc7#.

Nov-04-24		saturn2: Qc7 would be mate so I started with 29. Rxb7+.

Nov-04-24		saturn2: The engine CG surprisingly took Rc8. I thought they are greedy like me and want to get the Pb7 before mate.

Nov-04-24		TheaN: Monday King magnet time, <29.Rc8+ Kxc8 30.Qc7#>. Only in hindsight I realized 'just' 29.Rxb7+ with 30.Qc7# works as well; that's a purer mate as the rook on a8 is crucial.

Nov-04-24		TheaN: Also, typical Morra onslaught where White fired when he first could. Black's h5-h4 setup is odd but somehow works, as he could have returned the favor with 12....Bxf3 13.Qxf3 g4! ∓. Instead gave White the option 12....h4? 13.Bxd6 ⩲ and White never relented after. Haven't checked if everything was completely sound, but it generally works just because Black is very far from their comfort zone.

Nov-04-24		chrisowen: Appy its q born i joey its u v fizz its Rc8+ its awooga job doh its axiom juggle its boff tiff Rc8+ dear x

Nov-04-24		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the later Serbian GM Milan "J'adoubovic" Matulovic, with whom I played the 3rd Schlosspark Open 1983 in Wiesbaden/Germany, finally found the mate in 2 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 29.Rc8+!,Kxc8 30.Qc7#. I love Mondays!

Nov-04-24		Shrinarayanan: Easiest Monday!

Nov-04-24		Teyss: Count me in the 29.Rxb7+ crowd. Since it's working I didn't even consider 29.Rc8+. As Sally Simpson once said here, it's easier to spot sac with capture or checks than without. Here it's both so I fell for it.

Nov-04-24		al wazir: Contrarian that I am, my solution was 29. Rxb7+ Kc8/Bxb7 30. Qc7#

Nov-05-24		tamar: Is it mate or ja’doubomate?

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