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John Powell vs Carlos Downing
"Rollin' Powell" (game of the day Aug-17-2004)
Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 10, Nov-04
Spanish Game: General (C60)  ·  1-0

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Aug-17-04
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  cu8sfan: Downing Carlos might also have been a pun for today. (-:

Good morning <xiaolin>! (-:

Aug-17-04  Shah Mat: what a beating.
Aug-17-04  iron maiden: <cu8sfan> Lol, "Downing Carlos" would have been more appropriate.
Aug-17-04  littleshiva: I really don't see the interest of that game.
Aug-17-04  xiaolin: good morning <cu8sfan> :D
Aug-17-04  checkpat: 3..Qf6 looks like a beginner move...
Aug-17-04  noone2: <checkpat> 3... Qf6 looks unorthodox - but the real mistake was 8...Q:c6

Instead 8 ... d:c6 was indicated after which 9 d4 Nd7 leaves white with a slight plus

Aug-17-04  xqdashi: I agree with littleshiva. The game is completely one sided and black's play looks very poor...
Aug-17-04  kevin86: If that was the "game of the day" it is a bad day indeed.First,black loses his queen to a fork-"regains" it-only to have it replaced by white.

Not since Henry Aaron's 715 (off Al Downing)-has a Downing been so down!

How about "the downing of Downing"?

Aug-17-04  Whitehat1963: Nice combination to fork over the queen.
Aug-17-04  white pawn: I like, "What was Carlos downing?" better.
Aug-17-04  ajile: crushed. black can't waste this much time moving the queen. plus he loses even more time when white attacks it with tempo.
Aug-17-04  patzer2: White's 15. e5!! wins with a "discovered attack and pin" threat, which occurs after 15...dxe5 [15...Ng4 16. f3! Nxe5 f4 ; 15...Nd7 16. exd6 ] 16. Bxe5! Ng4 17. Bd6!
Aug-17-04  patzer2: One pretty discovered possibility occurs after 15...dxe5 16. Bxe5! Qd8 17. Qd4! Ne8 18. Rad1 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. d6 cxd6 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Nxd6 Bg6 23. Ne8!(discovered attack threatening the Queen or Mate).

Note that after 15...dxe6 16. Bxe5! Qd8, White wins with simple positional moves to dominate the central files and squares. The combination flows naturally after Black concedes this huge space advantage and initiative.

Aug-17-04  patzer2: Notice that 24. Rg4! creates a "knight fork and pin" combination, setting up the decisive 25. Nf6+.
Jul-17-08  The Ninth Pawn: From Game Collection: The Ninth Pawn's Chess Course :

In J Powell vs C Downing, 1978 , the same two ideas are used by 24. ♖e4-g4 attacking the queen, and after 24. ... ♕g6-h5, the knight can again fork, this time at f6, because the g7-pawn is pinned.

Mar-30-09  WhiteRook48: 8...Qxc6 loses tempo
Oct-06-13  phil6875: There were some stronger moves that White maybe overlooked,

17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. dxc7 Qg6 19. d6 Bh3 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Qxb7 Rac8 22. Qd5 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Bc6 24. Re1 Rf8 25. Ne5 Bxd5 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Re7 Rc8 28. Bxg7

and even stronger is this one,

20.dxc7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 h5 22. Rd8+Kh7 23. Ne3 f6 24. Ree8 Qf7 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. Rxc8 Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Rxh8 28. Rxb7 -

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