| Jun-19-05 | | offramp: Another flight of fantasy from the great Kavalek.
Huebner plays 12...c5 so as to clear away the central pawns. Kavalek replies by first offering a pawn, 14.d5 - which is undoubtedly correct - and then a whole rook. But is the minor-looking error of 12...c5 enough that black should lose the game? It turns out that it is. Kavalek makes a big mistake in swapping off his suprb knight for the unmoved rook on h8. Instead he could have played the normal developing move 21.Re1 when play might have gone 21...Re8 22.Ne5+ Kg8 23.Qg6 Bf8 24.Nf5 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Qd7 26.Re7 Qxe7 27.Nxe7+ Bxe7 28.Bxh6 when surelt white is winning. |
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| Nov-05-05 | | offramp: After 14. Rxe6. In another context Kortschnoi says that you should always have a good reason to give up a minor piece, but rooks you can give away with abandon.
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After 20...Kf7
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Kavalek's Fingerspitzengefuhl goes wrong and he - probably with huge reluctance - gives up his knight for the unmoved rook. As I said earlier, Re1 might well have won. |
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| Mar-13-08 | | soberknight: Interesting. |
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| Sep-04-09 | | offramp: Amazing. Thirty years since this game was played. Now there is a Tournament of Stars Memorial Tournament. |
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Sep-04-09
 | | whiteshark: You <21.Re1!> line is quite conclusive, <offramp>. |
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Sep-04-09
| | whiteshark: Yes, <12...c5> is an error. Black should complete its development with <12...Be7> or <12...Qc7> first. |
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Sep-05-09
| | whiteshark: <12...c5> followers: 
click for larger view[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Mendoza"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "London, Dimitri"]
[Black "Molina, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d5 Nxd5
15. Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Qxe6 Nc7 18. Qf5+ Nf6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Ng6+ Kf7
21. Nxh8+ Kg8 22. Ng6 Bf8 23. Qe5 Ncd5 24. Nf5 Qe8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Nxf8 Rxf8
27. Nd6 Rd8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Nf6 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Bc3 Qf5 32. b3 Qxf2 33. Qf7 Rg8 34. Re6 Qf4+ 35. Kb2 Qg5 36. Rxf6 1-0 |
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Sep-05-09
| | whiteshark: <12...c5> followers II:
click for larger view[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Babaev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ali, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
13. Bc3 Nd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qb5+ Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Ne4 N7f6 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. g4 Kh7 22. g5 Bd6 23. Rh4 Rad8 24. Rg1 Bc5 25. Rg2 Ne7 26. gxh6 gxh6 27.
Bc3 Nf5 28. Rc4 Bb6 29. Bf6 Rc8 30. Rf4 Rg8 31. Rxg8 Rxg8 32. Ne5 Bd4 33. c3
Bxe5 34. Bxe5 Rd8 35. c4 Rd3 36. c5 Rd5 37. Bd6 Kg7 38. Rb4 Nxd6 39. cxd6 b6
40. Ra4 a5 41. Kc2 Rxd6 42. Rc4 Rd5 43. Rg4+ Rg5 44. Rxg5+ hxg5 45. Kc3 f5 46.
Kc4 g4 47. Kd4 f4 48. Ke4 e5 49. a3 Kh6 50. b3 Kxh5 0-1 |
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Sep-05-09
| | whiteshark: <12...c5> followers III:
click for larger view[Event "NED-chT 9596"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[White "Schendstock, Bernard"]
[Black "Fokkink, Wan"] (What's his name?)
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Qe2 O-O 15. c4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Bc3 Rac8 18. b3 Bb4 19. Bxb4 Qxb4 20. Kb1 a5 21.
Nb5 a4 22. Qd2 Rxc4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Nd4 axb3 25. Nxb3 Nc5 26. Kb2 Nxb3 27.
axb3 Rb5 28. Rh1 Rc8 29. Rh4 Kf8 30. Rd2 Ke7 31. Rc2 Rxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rd5 33. Kc3
Kd6 34. b4 Kc6 35. Rh1 b6 36. Rh4 Rg5 37. Rc4+ Kb5 38. Rh4 Re5 39. Rh1 Nd5+ 40.
Kb3 Nxb4 41. Rh4 Nd5 42. Rg4 Rg5 43. Rxg5 hxg5 44. Ne4 f6 45. Nd6+ Kc5 46. Ne8
Nf4 47. Nxg7 Kd6 48. g3 Nd3 49. h6 Ne5 50. f4 Nf7 51. h7 gxf4 52. gxf4 f5 53.
Kb4 Ke7 54. Nh5 Nh8 55. Kb5 Kf7 56. Kxb6 Kg6 57. Ng3 Kxh7 58. Kc6 Kg7 59. Kd6
Kf6 60. Nh5+ Kf7 61. Kd7 Ng6 62. Kd6 Ne7 63. Kd7 Ng8 64. Kd6 Nf6 0-1 |
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