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Feb-08-08
 | | pkulonghorn: admit it guys, you chose this for gotd mainly for the pun :) |
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Feb-08-08
 | | tamar: Clever but a bit of a stretch. |
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Feb-08-08
| | JG27Pyth: I'd prefer a worse pun with a better game. |
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| Feb-08-08 | | Jarlaxle: I think black could have resigned much earlier then that. |
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Feb-08-08
| | Morten: Nice pun. Shame about the game. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | WannaBe: Errrr... I'm the <Winsome> guy... I've got women falling over heads over heelsw over me. =) |
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| Feb-08-08 | | Cibator: Enough Fischer-related necrophilia already! |
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| Feb-08-08 | | ex0duz: Was the position after 32.Ke4 already won for white? If not, what was the earliest position that would be considered a won game for white? Cheers. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | leow: i think after exchange of all pieces white has an easily won position due to his superior pawn structure |
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| Feb-08-08 | | patzerboy: Speaking of outrageous puns:
I played chess with a coworker in the break room after work yesterday. As we finished, I overheard a rather attractive young lady who works there complaining of chest congestion, so witty Me remarks, "Chess congestion? Take a pawn and call me in the morning!"Badabump!
She thought it was funny, poor girl.
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Feb-08-08
| | percyblakeney: 22. ... Rxd6 is not a good move. The same thing could be said of the next two, and by then it's over for black. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | Richard Taylor: Stretch was from NZ - I recall playing in tournaments she was in. Wiser here for Black to keep more pieces on, and yes 22 ... cxd6. |
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Feb-08-08
| | Richard Taylor: 16 .. Bxc3 and then Bf5 may have been better. |
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| Feb-08-08 | | drpoundsign: king and pawn endgames...YAWWWNNN |
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| Feb-08-08 | | Riverbeast: I like her name - Winsome Stretch |
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| Feb-08-08 | | Avarus: This has to be the week of the worst puns ever. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | kevin86: Reuben Fine pointed out that the winning chances in a straight pawn game are related to the amount of pawns on the board-thus the maxim: If you are ahead in material or position,exchange pieces but not pawns;if you are behind in material or position,exchange pawns but not pieces. By that,I could tell from the start that black with the doubled pawns,was a dead duck. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | Jimfromprovidence: 23...Bf5 (not Be6), seeing 24 Re5 Kf6, will give black excellent drawing opportunities.
click for larger viewEven 24... fxe6 instead of 24...Rxe6 might have drawn. 
click for larger view |
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Feb-08-08
 | | Chessmensch: Does this game have any redeeming feature? I see that the only collection it is in is one of puns. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <chessmensch: Does this game have any redeeming feature? I see that the only collection it is in is one of puns.> Well, it's a good illustration of dangers in a pawn structure such as this, where only one player is capable of creating a passed pawn. |
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Feb-08-08
| | DarthStapler: According to the database, he has never won one |
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| Feb-08-08 | | jovack: White absolutely destroyed black in the endgame.
Excellent job on white's behalf on deciding it was time to simplify. |
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Feb-08-08
| | Jimfromprovidence: A no-brainer move that black should have played was 22...cxd6 not ...22 Rxd6, thus avoiding the doubled c pawns.
click for larger viewNow white has no advantage. Besides this unforced error, the last bishop and rook exchanges were likely avoidable as well. I disagree with <jovack>. Nothing white did forced black's questionable play from move 22 on; it was just lousy chess on black's part. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | Shams: certainly the pawn ending was obviously hopeless for black, so he should have kept the rooks on even at the expense of further abuse to his pawn structure. <Jimfromprovidence> you really think white has no advantage in that position? After 22...cxd6 23.Re7 Rf8 I would think white is significantly better. |
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Feb-08-08
 | | Benzol: <shams> You've regenerated. You'll have to cut down on watching Dr Who. |
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