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Milan Matulovic vs Bozidar Gasic
"Gasic Pickle" (game of the day Aug-07-04)
Sarajevo 1972  ·  Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B96)  ·  0-1


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Aug-07-04
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  suenteus po 147: Would 38. Qe5 work? I'm guessing probably not, since 38...Nb3+ looks bad.
Aug-07-04   Eric6312: It seems as if White miscalculated the strength of his attack. He has to trade off all his attacking pieces and ends up with a terrible endgame.
Aug-07-04   minimaxing: 38. Qe5 does look much stronger than 38. b6. White must have overlooked the fork or hoped his opponent would.
Aug-07-04
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  crafty: 38. Qe5 Nxb5 39. Qxb5+ Ka7 40. Qb6+ Ka8 41. Qg6   (eval 1.97; depth 16 ply; 750M nodes)
Aug-07-04   molinov: i bet white was in time troble.
Aug-07-04   ArturoRivera: white must have been in time trouble, plus he played like if he were Mikhail Tal, and we all saw that he wasnt, however, it is almost a rule that two rooks and a minor piece will win against a king unlss the player with the queen has a some desicive passed pawns. Time trouble was logical the reason 38.-b6?
Aug-07-04
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  kevin86: "Gasic Pickles" I bet that was a hard one to get out of the pun jar!

White's play was rather sour-the attack gained him the queen-at the expense of two rooks and a knight. Then he trapped one of the rooks in a sweet series of moves--only to feel the vinegar in the eye- of a knight fork on his poor queen.

Did anybody ever notice that pickles are packed MUCH tighter than sardines?-maybe we ught to change the metaphor.

Aug-07-04
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  artemis: White's three passed pawns are all connected, allowing the knight alone to blockade them, if need be, as only two of them were advanced. Two rooks vs. a queen is a win, as long as the possessor of the rooks is very careful with them. The oversight with the queen could very well have been due to time trouble.

<Kevin86> I absolutely love puns, and make many obscure ones of my own, with very little connection to a relevant theme, but that is really stretching it;)

Aug-08-04   xiaolin: nice game he should have tried being more careful with his queen

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