| Mar-21-05 | | TheWhiteRider: I think this game is great… Shouldn’t this game be among Lesiege notable games? |
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| Mar-21-05 | | hintza: <TheWhiteRider> A player's "notable games" are the games that appear most in game collections of chessgames.com users. To "vote" for this game you can add it to a collection. |
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Jun-02-11
 | | OhioChessFan: Wow, what a King chase. No wonder the Black King lost the race to the f file. He was worn out from all his previous moves. |
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| Apr-20-12 | | wordfunph: Lesiege - Kozul
after 17...Kxf7
click for larger viewcool 18.Rxe7+! |
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| Apr-20-12 | | Granny O Doul: I was wondering what happened on 21...Kf7, but then I saw it. |
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| Oct-11-13 | | GumboGambit: The Black King certainly got a workout in this game. Could not prevent White from seizing the victory. |
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| Nov-20-13 | | fref: What would be the refutation of 20...Kf7? |
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| Nov-20-13 | | fref: Nevermind, I found out :3 |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Brenin: It was not hard to see 18 Rxe7+ Kxe7 (otherwise 19 Qe2) 19 Bg5+ Bf6 20 Qe2+. This gives White a clear advantage no matter how Black replies, e.g. 20 ... Be4 21 Bxe4 Bxg5 22 Bxa8+ or 20 ... Kf7 21 Bxf6 Kxf5 22 Qe5+, or 20 ... Kf8 (best) 21 Bh6+ Kf7 22 Re1 Nc6 23 Qe8+ Qxe8 24 Bxd5+ Qe6 25 Bxe6+ Ke7 26 Bc8+ and 27 Bb7, winning the N. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | jrredfield: 18 Rxe7+ was my first impulse, with 19 Bg5+ following, but I have to admit I wasn't totally sure. I see where through a well thought-out combination, White can grab the Black rook, but it's not an obvious win to me. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Granny O Doul: "LESIEGE" appeared in a Wonderword (word search) puzzle a couple of weeks ago. The theme was the durian fruit. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Brenin: White won the exchange with his sacrifice 18 Rxe7+, but Black's three connected passed pawns on the Q-side made him work hard for the win, with his own three connected K-side passed pawns eventually proving too much for Black's K+B. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | jrredfield: Black was besieged by Lesiege. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | boz: Lesiege had talent. He left the game for poker I think. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Refused: 18.Rxe7+ Kxe7 19.Bg5+ Bf6 20.Qe2+ has to be the starting the sequence. a) 20...Kf7 21.Bxf6 with a split
a1)21...Kf6 22.Qe5+ Kg5 (Kf7 23.Qxd5+ and the rook on a8 will drop after the queens come off) 23.Bxd5 is +- the threats of Bxa8 and Qf4+ are a bit too much.
a2) 20...Qxf6 21.Bxd5+ and a8 drops again
There are no good alternatives, as Bxd8, Qe7+Qg7# and Bxd5+Bxa8 are legit problems. b) 20...Kf8 looks more resilient. 21.Bxf6 or 21.Bxd5 don't like they are going anywhere. Thus 21.Bh6+ spoke Zarathustra
b1)21...Kf7 22.Re1 and black is in a world of hurt as e6 and e8 are terminally weak.
b2)21...Bg7 22.Qe5!! is the killer. The cross pin is really cute. The Bishop can't capture on e5 because it is pinned by his counterpart on h6. It can't really capture on h6 because Qh8+ is just lights out. And with both Bishops hanging it's just dead. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Mayankk: The key weaknesses in Black's position are the undeveloped Rook and Knight. White needs a forcing set of moves to exploit this. 18 Rxe7+ Kxe7 ( 18 ... Qxe7 19 Bxd5) 19 Bg5+ Bf6 20 Qe2+ is one such idea. The key here is to see that 20 ... Kf7 fails against 21 Bxf6+ Kxf6 22 Qe6+). The alternative 20 ... Kf8 seems to restore material equality if 21 Bxf6 Qxf6 22 Bxd5 Nc6. I couldn't see further. The 21 Bh6+ Bg7 22 Qe5 idea, exploiting the g7 Bishop pin, was certainly beyond me. But happy to be able to find out the general idea in this position. |
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Dec-17-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: The endgame is just as interesting as the puzzle position--up an entire Rook, White has to give back all of his material advantage to retain his winning edge. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | mel gibson: I looked at 3 possibilities and
I wasn't sure about which was the best:
18. Rxe7
18. Ba3
18. BxB
Stockfish 15 says the first choice is by far the best: 18. Rxe7+
(18. Rxe7+ (♖e1xe7+ ♔f7xe7 ♗c1-g5+ ♗g7-f6 ♕d1-e2+ ♔e7-f8 ♗g5-h6+ ♔f8-f7 ♖a1-e1 ♘b8-c6 ♕e2-e8+
♕d8xe8 ♗g2xd5+ ♕e8-e6 ♗d5xe6+ ♔f7-e8 ♗e6-d5+ ♔e8-d7 ♖e1-e6 ♘c6-e7 ♖e6xe7+
♗f6xe7 ♗d5xa8 a6-a5 ♔g1-f1 a5-a4 ♗h6-c1 a4-a3 ♔f1-e2 a3-a2 ♗c1-b2 g6-g5
♔e2-d1 ♗e7-d6 ♔d1-c2 f5-f4 ♗b2-a1 f4xg3 h2xg3 ♗d6-a3 ♗a8-f3 ♔d7-c7 ♗f3-h5
♔c7-d8 ♗h5-g4 ♔d8-e7 ♔c2-d1 ♔e7-d6 f2-f4 g5xf4 g3xf4 ♔d6-e7 ♗g4-f3 ♔e7-d7
f4-f5 ♔d7-d6 ♗f3-h5 ♔d6-c7 f5-f6 ♔c7-b6 f6-f7 ♔b6-c7 ♔d1-c2 ♔c7-d7 ♗h5-g4+
♔d7-c6 ♔c2-d1 ♔c6-b7 ♗g4-f3+ ♔b7-c7 ♔d1-c2 ♔c7-d7 ♗f3-h5 ♔d7-c7 f7-f8♕
♗a3xf8 ♔c2-b2 b5-b4 ♔b2xa2 ♔c7-c6 ♗h5-f3+ ♔c6-b5 ♔a2-b1 ♗f8-d6 ♗a1-b2
♗d6-g3 ♗f3-g4 ♗g3-f2 ♔b1-c2 b4-b3+ ♔c2-c1) +5.24/60 823) score for White +5.24 depth 60. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Mayankk: On second thoughts, 21 Bxf6 Qxf6 22 Bxd5 Nc6 23 Qf3 may also work. Since 23 ... Rc8 fails to protect the Knight after 24 Rxa6, pinning the Knight again versus the Queen this time. So maybe the 21 Bh3+ idea is not integral to solving the puzzle. |
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| Dec-17-22 | | Refused: <Mayankk: On second thoughts, 21 Bxf6 Qxf6 22 Bxd5 Nc6 23 Qf3 may also work. Since 23 ... Rc8 fails to protect the Knight after 24 Rxa6, pinning the Knight again versus the Queen this time.
So maybe the 21 Bh3+ idea is not integral to solving the puzzle.> I am not sure why black would play 22...Nc6 tho. I dismissed that line, because I failed to see what to do after 22...Ra7 |
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| Dec-17-22 | | agb2002: White has a rook for a knight and two pawns.
The black queen is momentarily tied to the defense of the bishop on d5. This detail and the position of the black king suggest 18.Rxe7+: A) 18... Kxe7 19.Bg5+ Bf6 20.Qe2+
A.1) 20... Be4 20.Bxe4
A.1.a) 20... fxe4 21.Qxe4+ Kf7 22.Bxf6 Kxf6 23.Qxa8 (23.Qh4+ g5) + - [R vs n]. A.1.b) 20... Bxg5 21.Bxa8+ + - [R vs n+p].
A.1.c) 20... Ra7 21.Bd5+ (21.Bxf5+ Kf8 22.Bh6+ Bg7 only seems to recover the material) 21... Kf8 (21... Kd7(6) 22.Qe6+ Kc7 23. Bxf6 wins a piece) 22.Bh6+ Bg7 23.Qe6 Bxh6 24.Qg8+ Ke7 25.Re1+ Kd7 26.Qxh7+ Kc8 (26... Kd6 27.Qxa7 Kxd5? 28.Qc5#) 27.Qxa7 wins decisive material (27... Qxd5? 28.Re8+ Qd8 29.Rxd8+). A.2) 20... Kf7 21.Bxf6
A.2.a) 21... Qxf6 22.Bxd5+ and 23.Bxa8 + - [R+B vs n+p]. A.2.b) 21... Kxf6 22.Qe5+ Kg5 (22... Kf7 23.Bxd5+ wins decisive material) 23.Bxd5 Ra7 24.Qf4+ Kf6 (24... Kh5 25.Bf3#) 25.Qh4+ g5 (25... Kg7 26.Qxd8 wins) 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Re1+ Kd7 28.Qxh7+ as in A.1.c. A.2.c) 21... Qd7 22.Bxd5+ Kxf6 (22... Qxd5 23.Qe7+ Kg8 24.Qg7#) 23.Bxa8 as in A.2.a. A.3) 20... Kd6 21.Bf4+ Kc6 (21... Kd7 22.Bxd5 Ra7? 23.Qe6#) 22.Qe6+ Kb7 23.Bxd5+ Ka7 24.Bxa8 Kxa8 25.Bxb8 and 26.Rxa6 wins decisive material. A.4) 20... Kd7 21.Bxd5 Bxf6 (21... Ra7 22.Qe6+ Kc7 23.Bf4+ wins) 22.Bxa8 wins decisive material. B) 18... Kg8 19.Re8+ Qxe8 20.Bxd5+ Kh8 21.Bxa8 wins decisive material. C) 18... Kf8 19.Ba3 Kg8 (due to Rd7+) 20.Re8+ as in B. D) 18... Kf6 19.Qe2
D.1) 19... Qxe7 20.Bg5+ wins decisive material.
D.2) 19... g5 20.Qe5+ Kg6 21.Qxg7+ Kh5 22.Qh7+ Kg4 23.h3# (or 23.Qh3#). |
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| Dec-17-22 | | agb2002: I can't explain why I overlooked 20... Kf8. |
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Dec-17-22
 | | chrisowen: Nab its cheque god z its joy Rxe7 abridge log dud axiom jack gem Rxe7 edict :) |
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| Dec-17-22 | | stone free or die: <boz: Lesiege had talent. He left the game for poker I think.> I tried to find some info on him as a poker player (nothing on his wiki page), but didn't come up with much. I did find this snippet: < was googling myself the other day when I came across a reference to myself in a discussion about the World Poker Tour (WPT). Even though I have never played poker, I wasn't overly surprised by this connection, because poker has become a lucrative way for chess players to monetize their aptitude for mindless games. (A half-decent poker player can make a lot more money than a chess master. Both British Columbia's former #1 chess player Gary Basanta and former Canadian #1 GM Alexandre Lesiege no longer play tournament chess because they can't justify giving up their poker time.).> https://www.chess.com/blog/sunloong... . |
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Dec-17-22
 | | perfidious: Got to play some blitz with Lesiege in Montreal at odd intervals from 1989 into the late 1990s, but have never seen him on the live tournament poker circuit, or Basanta either; they either play cash games or are online pros. No hits in the Hendon Mob DB, which would certainly list them if they had any live tournament play. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 18.Rxe7+