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Dec-26-04
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| iron maiden: I too can't believe that move hasn't gotten more attention. Black's rook sacrifice to gain a tempo for the pawn resembles Spassky's stunning 14...Rh1!! from the famous Larsen vs Spassky, 1970. |
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Dec-26-04
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: I had rejected this entire line because I didn't see the last move. Awesome. |
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Dec-26-04
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| tamar: Wow. How far back did Averbakh have this planned? Did he see two pawns making it to the second rank when he played 36...a3 Geller said about Averbakh in his autobiography: "Averbach was equally quick in analysis, but his main strength was his striking knowledge of the endings. In quite complicated middle game positions he could discern the outlines of the approaching endgame and knew what to play into. Petrosian and I always enjoyed it when in the midst of joint analysis of some game, Averbach would suddenly say, 'I know this position. Here you have to exchange queens and play the pawns thus... and the ending is an easy win'". |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Helloween: 41...Qf5 also wins very easily. The position after 45...bxc3, even without 46...Rd1, is an elementary win(e.g. 46...Ra8). |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| flamboyant: I was like a thousand miles away to find it lol! wonderful finish!!! |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| be3292: <aw1988> amen. |
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Dec-26-04
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| rndapology: I had brief problems with this problem until I saw all those black pawns on other side of the board - then saw the rook capture and looked at the rook check and stopped looking because it's really hopeless for white. |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Novice713: <Helloween> 41...Qf5 was the move that occurred to me. (Prepares the b-pawn to queen). Very interesting puzzle! |
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Dec-26-04
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| donhart: <chessgames.com> chesslab.com identifies this opening as the Sicilian Defence (B30), not the Reti. |
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Dec-26-04
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| who: What a way to come out of adjournment. |
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Dec-26-04
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| alphee: 41  xe5 was easy to spot but I could not see a positive outcome for Black after the Queens exchange. The Black pawn on second row looked valuable and came up with something like 41... xe5 42.  d2 xe1+ 43. xe1 xd4+
44.  h1 d1 45. xd1 xd1+ 46. h2 b1= 47. g3  e5+ 48. g4 f5# |
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Dec-26-04
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| kevin86: Even two rooks are no match for the two semi-trucks passing as lowly pawns. The third pawn is just a diversion-to keep the rook away rom the c file. |
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Dec-26-04
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| kevin86: Nice Boxing Day puzzle-watch as the pawns exchange their jobs for the job of being a queen. |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Rama: This was a great puzzle.
Note that 44 Rxb2 Bxc3, is a double attack that wins back the exchange and leaves black with R against R plus 5 (!) passed pawns. I was looking at 42 ... Rd3 (instead of Q-takes) for a while but that doesn't work. After 43 Qxd3 cxd3, 44 exf6 bxc3, 45 fxg7 ... white has h6 for a protected passer of his own on the 7th, plus the extra rook. |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Dick Brain: So close. I got all the way to 46. Rb5 as one of my variations, but then instead of the elegant shot ...Rd1! I thought of the plan for Black to play 46...Ra8 followed by a later ...Ra1 (or ...Ra2). |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Slayer772002: 27. Be3 !! ... after 27 moves, the bishop finally leaves his home 4 a walk, was the wheater that bad, Geller ? |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Lord Nikon: ok... I am a super-newbie student of the game. Can someone please finish the line of attack for me cuz I don't see it. |
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Dec-26-04
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| iron maiden: <Lord Nikon> Hello, welcome to chessgames.com. 47. Rxd1 c2 and Black will queen a pawn however White plays. |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| Lord Nikon: thanks iron maiden... I love this site. It rocks |
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Dec-26-04
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| JohnBoy: <Lord Nikon> Not only does a pawn queen, but white must give up a rook to keep both pawns from queening. |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| weev: the power of a posse of pawns near the finish line! great play!! |
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| Dec-26-04 |
| KKW: Brilliant finish! I wasn't even close to solving today's puzzle |
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Nov-01-06
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| Timothy Glenn Forney: One of the deepest combinations I've seen yet,I can't believe this endgame,it is just amazing. |
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| Dec-01-06 |
| Microbe: ......Wow. Absolutely stunning. Not much more I can say than that. Superb play from Averbakh. |
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| Apr-25-07 |
| Plato: Given the tournament title and venue, this can be GOTD: "Averbakh in the USSR." |
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sac: 41...Rxe5