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| Jul-27-04 |
| BluE DicE: I knew this reminded me of an old Blackburne game for some reason ;). |
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| Jul-27-04 |
| alexandrovm: My Yahoo rating is 1400, but I don't play there regulary.
People like to answer puzzles because it's fun. |
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Jul-27-04
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| Sneaky: Wow, the theory runs really deep on this opening: look at Games Like G Burgess vs W Watson, 1989 |
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Sep-17-04
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| Knight13: Really nice puzzle. |
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| Dec-23-04 |
| GreenDayGuy: That must ahve been nice for Watson to create a pawn mate. Still, it looked nice. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| NewLine: It feels like White didn't do much to avoid his fate... |
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Jun-25-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: A couple of key moments in this game (among many more, of course): with 19...Bxb5!?, Watson gives up his best minor piece for the King side attack. How come this works for him and not for us lesser mortals? The second moment is that after 32.Nf2,h3, White does not play 33.Nxh3. How would Black have continued after the Knight capture? |
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Jun-25-08
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| patzer2: After the blunder 37. Rc3??, the family fork 37...Ne2  wins easily. I think maybe Burgess played 38. Bh1 just to allow the pretty two-move mate that follows and end the game quickly. Instead of 37. Rc3??, the alternative 37.
Qd1 = appears to give White just enough play to hold the position. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| jovack: cool game |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| jovack: 22. why not take the pawn?
i mean white is perfectly safe with black's pawn shielding his king... but I tend to avoid such situations due to potential complications. also i understand he probably wanted to keep black's pawns locked in to avoid knight invasion, but still, he eventually took the pawn anyways on 26.. im just not liking that34. Bf1.... why???? he just put himself completely on defense, which means he relegated himself to nothing better than draw, i would have developed queen or rook 36. Qc1... just bad
Black played a strong game, you cant blame white for making some mistakes, especially since he also dealing with real life game pressures. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| Manic: Yes I too wonder why white played Rc3.. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| lentil: i suspect that W saw the mate and allowed it, because it's so cool. (i would have.) |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| gtgloner: 38. ... Qg3+! What a beautiful kill! |
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Jun-25-08
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| Marmot PFL: Almost looks like a composed game, as stupid as some of white's moves appeared. |
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Jun-25-08
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| Richard Taylor: Very aesthetic finish! |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| splatty: Nice game. Black's thematic attack worked. |
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Jun-25-08
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| patzer2: <jovack> What improvements do you have for White's 34th and 36th moves? Since
37. Qd1= and 37. Rc7= seem to hold, are those previous moves really so bad? |
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Jun-25-08
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| kevin86: It looks like this was a recycled puzzle-a good one. Black not only gave up the queen,but mated with a pawn as well. A great daily double. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| steveoho: What I'm trying to figure out is why 38. Bh1. It seems to me that he is trying to force the knight to take the rook and thus alleviate pressure, but it led to mate immediately. Is there a better move? |
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Jun-25-08
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| patzer2: <steveoho> After 37. Rc3?? Ne2 White is decisively lost no matter what move he makes. Other moves only delay the inevitable mate. White has to make the improvement by his 37th move. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| AAAAron: I think another cool title could be Graham Crackered, or What Son?, and finally, Kid Rock. |
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| Jun-25-08 |
| AniamL: Interesting note: the first queen move in this game was on move 24. |
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Jun-25-08
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| PinnedPiece: <Marmot PFL: Almost looks like a composed game, as stupid as some of white's moves appeared.> Burgess is a chess author. Wonder if he explains his thinking in this game anywhere. Other than "Let's see how many blunders it will take before Watson can find a mate here." |
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Jun-25-08
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| tatarch: I also don't like 22.Bg1, seems too fearful. Why not take the black pawns w/ 22.hxg3 and 23.Bxg3 and put the pressure on Black to make the attack work. 23...h4 and 24...Nh5 are ominous after, but they don't look like the end of the world for white. Something about this game in general seems fishy, cool mating position but White basically worked for it. But both these guys are better than I am so whatever... |
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Feb-19-09
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| KingG: 19...Bxb5!, a very concrete move. In slightly different circumstances this would be positional suicide, but Black sees that White won't be able to get his f2-Bishop out of the way of his advancing pawns. Had Black for example weakened the b6-square with a6 at some point before that, then 20...g4, could simply be met with 21.Bb6, and if White ever plays g3, Black simply responds with h3, since he no longer has to worry about Bishop sacrifices on h3. Of course, this move was theory at the time, but it's still a nice move nevertheless. |
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sac: 38...Qg3+