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| Jun-27-10 | | vonKrolock: <17.♕e4> (analysis) 17...♖h6!? 18.♗e3 (one of the possibilities) ♖xa2!? 19.♘xd5 ▢ !! ♖ha6!? 20.♔d1 !! (or 20.♘c7+!?) 20...♖a1+ 21.♔e2 ▢ ♖8a2+ 22.♗d2 
click for larger view well, white is somewhat tied up, but no immediate decision perceptible |
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| May-19-11 | | Salaskan: 17.Qe4! Ba3+ 18.Kd2 Nxb6 19.Qxb7 Bc5 20.Nd5 Rxa2+ 21.Kd1 0-0 22.Nxb6 Bxb6 23.Qxb6 Nc6 
click for larger viewHere black has only a rook and a pawn for the queen but a large positional advantage and this is analyzed to a draw by Nunn. Awesome. |
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| Mar-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Jimfromprovidence> As it relates to the puzzle you posted on Vitacek vs Duras, 1900, I'm liking <25...Rxa2! 26. Rxf5> [26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Nb4+ 29. Kb3 (29. Kxc3 Ra3+ is even better for Black) 29...Ra3+! 30. Kxa3 (30. Kc4 Nxd3 leaves Black a R up) 30...Nxc3+ 31. Kb3 Nxe5 and Black emerges a piece and two pawns up.] <26...Nb4 27. Kb1>
(27. Bd3 Ra1+ 28. Bb1 c2! and Black wins)
<27...c2+ 28. Kc1 Ra1+> and 29...c1=Q+ is unstoppable. LTJ |
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| Mar-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Jimfromprovidence> Keeping with the puzzle you posted on Vitacek vs Duras, 1900 (i.e., the position after 25. Rf1 - my solution of which can be found there, yet I have reposted on here for the sake of completeness), I would like to mention that 27. Qa5 came as quite the surprise for me. I wound up going with the straightforward 27...Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Nd5 (forcing 29. Bd3 or 29. Kb1) when Black emerges ahead in the force count - although admittedly there is still play in the position. (This said, I'm still liking Black a lot as he has the ...Ba3 and ...g6 idea, followed by activitating the R). Khalifman's immediate 27...g6 is a lot clearer though as, at the very least, Black will emerge the exchange and a pawn ahead. LTJ
PS. I would like to add that I just noticed 27...Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Nd5 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Bb4 31. Bxb4 Nxb4 when Black is winning. Analysis diagram: Position after 31...Nxb4
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Mar-17-12
 | | Jimfromprovidence: <sevenseamen> <Do you have a link to the game with Nunn's annotations, may be video link.> I don't know of any video link, only the annotations from the book itself. |
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| Mar-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Jimfromprovidence> I've started analyzing the position with Stockfish. It corrects my 27...Rxa5 28. Bxa5 Nd5 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Bb4 with 31. Bf3! when a draw is indeed most probable. I'm currently analyzing with Stockfish to see what improvements it comes up with. I'll post it when it's complete.
LTJ |
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Mar-17-12
| | Jimfromprovidence: <LTJ> yes, you nailed it. First, 25...Rxa2 threatens mate in two.
Then after 26 Rxf5 to stop that threat, black institutes a mate in one threat with 26...Nb4. 
click for larger viewYes, white surprises with 27 Qa5 instead of 27 Bd3, but black refuses that "offering" and delivers the even nicer 27...g6 
click for larger viewThat last move opens up ...Bh6 so white is caught between a rock and a hard place. And notice that the DSB never moved from its original square. |
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| Mar-17-12 | | LoveThatJoker: <Jimfromprovidence> Stockish has completed its analysis on 27...Rxa5 28. Bxa5. This is what it gives: (-4.16) 27...Rxa5 28. Bxa5 g6 29. Rf1
[(-3.55) 29. Bxb4 gxf5 30. Bxc3]
29... Bh6+ 30. Kb1 c2+ 31. Kb2 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Bxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nc6 LTJ
PS. You're right! It's cool how Black's DSB has never moved from its original square. I just wish I would have found ...g6 myself without having referred either to Khalifman or Stockfish. That said, it is a really instructive move and thank you for posting a really instructive puzzle and game once again! |
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| Mar-17-12 | | sevenseaman: <jimfromprovidence> Having slept overnight and remembering nada from the game I got this. (I see first few moves happen to be same as in the game, and I am yet to peruse <LTJ>'s solution). <25...Rxa2 26. Rxf5 Nb4 27. Qa5 g6 28. Rg5 Rxa5 29. Bxa5 Bh6 30. h4 Nd5 31. Kc2 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Ne3+ 33. Kd3 Ng2 34. Bxc3 Nf4+> And Black has a choice of giving up his N for the LSB to then move his K up, freeing his R or take the N to e6 and bring out his K and R. 50/50 but I will toss for the latter. Here; 
click for larger view--w
No engines with me but Black looks to win. I may have gone wrong somewhere. So what is your solution? |
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Mar-18-12
| | Jimfromprovidence: <sevenseamen> <So what is your solution?> I'm not quite sure what you mean but based on your continuation I would simply play 30...Bxg5+ instead of 30..Nd5. 
click for larger viewThen, after 31 hxg5, either 31...Na2+ or 31...Nd5 leaves black comfortably ahead. Then Black can move his king to e7 to activate his rook. |
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Mar-18-12
 | | Penguincw: Ouch. Last move, both of white's heavy pieces are hit. |
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| Mar-18-12 | | cunctatorg: Victor Korchnoi was also very fond of Alexander Khalifman's chess (and game-style) and he had made his usual tough remarks by means of which he was (is?) expressing his great expectations from Khalifman... Alas, Alexander Khalifman didn't make too much, some express FIDE WCC and particularly many greatest games aside... |
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| Mar-29-12 | | wordfunph: "I'm especially proud of the positional move h7-h5!, which I found over the board after forty minutes' thought." - GM Alexander Khalifman
from the book Interview with a Grandmaster, he considered this game as his best ever. |
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| Feb-14-14 | | wordfunph: "Decisive. Here my opponent punched the air in triumph, like a footballer." - GM Bogdan Lalic (after 26...Nb4!)
Source: BCM March 1997 |
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Oct-05-17
 | | Domdaniel: A quite incredible game. |
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Dec-01-24
 | | Korora: "Take my wife -- please!" |
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Dec-01-24
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Couldn't solve it any way, any time, anyhow. Wow. Just plain W-O-W. Even if White could have conducted a better defense. |
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| Dec-01-24 | | mel gibson: I didn't see that - the Black Queen is trapped. Stockfish 17 says it's a draw:
15. .. Qxc3+
(15. .. Qxc3+ (1. ... Qxc3+ 2.bxc3 Nxd5 3.Qe4 Ba3+ 4.Kd2
Nxb6 5.Qxb7 Bc5 6.Nd5 Rxa2+ 7.Kd1 0-0 8.Nxb6 Bxb6 9.Qxb6 Nc6 10.f4 Rfa8
11.e6 fxe6 12.Qb7 Ne7 13.Qxd7 Rb2 14.Kc1 Rf2 ) 0.00/59 50) score = 0.00, it's a draw.
When White resigns:
28. Rg5
(1.Rg5 Rxa5 2.Bxa5 Nc6 3.Bxc3 Bh6 4.Bd2 Bxg5 5.Bxg5 0-0 6.Bf4 Re8 7.Bd1 Nxe5 8.Kd2 f6 9.Bb3+ Kg7 10.h4
Rc8 11.Bg3 Rc5 12.Bf2 Rb5 13.Kc3 Nc6 14.Be3 Rf5 ) -5.32/37 41 score for White -5.32 depth 37. |
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Dec-01-24
 | | piltdown man: WOW indeed! |
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Dec-01-24
 | | scormus: It must be tough if SF needs to go to d=33 before it decides that 25 Qxc3 is the best. And a bit deeper to rate it as level. Not sure that I'd consider level and drawn as exactly the same. After 20 moves (each side) of SF, I can belive a level eval, but a win or loss for either side is possible. I'd reckon that agreeing a draw would make sense |
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| Dec-01-24 | | Messiah: wew |
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Dec-01-24
 | | chrisowen: I query its job love its c gm Qxc3+ its arrived its odd good its account mc its ear Qxc3+ flick; |
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| Dec-01-24 | | whiteshark: cHoly Moly this Rrussian dude knows hhow to thrreat you. |
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| Dec-01-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: The king saw this line, but I don't think it is "insane", therefore, must be wrong. 15...g5 16. Nh3 Bh6 17. g4 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd4 Rxa2 20. e6 Ra1+ 21. Kc2 Qb3+ 22. Kd2 Nc6 23. Bxh8 Ncb4. On 15...g5 16. Rxb5 Nbc6 17. Rxb4 Nxb4 18. Qxc4 Nxa2+ 19. Kc2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 gxf4 |
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| Dec-01-24 | | alshatranji: So after a good deal of thinking, I was certain that Black at some point has to play Qxc3 for rook and knight vs queen and an active position; otherwise he would be in trouble in any variation. But I wasn't sure when. The best line, apparently, would have been 15...Bxd5 16. Nfxd5 Qxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nxd5, but clearly White wouldn't have to go this way. Still, Qxc3 directly didn't seem active enough, so I couldn't make up my mind. Perhaps this is the difference between short-term tactical and thinking and strategic insight. |
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sac: 15...Qxc3+