Lev Milman vs Joseph Fang (2005) Defanged

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Lev Milman vs Joseph Fang
"Defanged" (game of the day Jul-26-2009)
7th Foxwoods Open (2005), Mashantucket, CT USA, rd 6, Mar-26
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18) · 1-0

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FEN COPIED

Given 2 times; par: 23 [what's this?]

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Jun-16-05		sharkbenjamin: This game is amazing. White, Lev Milman, sacrifices his pawn, then his rook, then his queen, and finally his bishop. This is one of the best games of the year.

Jun-16-05		pawnstar3: milman is a very tactical player- he's beaten quite a few gm's- this is definitely one of his best games- the queen sac is awesome

Jun-16-05		RookFile: Great game, and it's not like Fang played poorly, aside from the eccentric looking 11.... Bb4+, it's not immediately obvious what he did wrong or what he might have done differently.

Jun-18-05		ConspTheory06: Well even Bb4+ had a purpose..he knew that c3 was going to be played and that was his reasoning he wanted white to commit his pawns to a structure so that he could attack them later.

Jun-18-05		notsodeepthought: Beautiful combo. I wonder if black's best defense might not have been simply 26 ... Q:f5 27 Q:f7 B:g7, and now it's unclear (to me) whether white's queen, rook and two extra pawns can get the better of black's two rooks and two pieces (after the black king goes on h8 and the black bishop on e5).

Jun-18-05		aw1988: This is absolutely amazing. My god. It's like Morphy-Consultants. White didn't even need the pawn. In essence he mated with rook and knight, as opposed to Morphy's rook and bishop.

Jun-18-05		midknightblue: Milman is awesome. I saw him at the HB global where he was the only non-GM to finish near the top. He had some amazing draws and wins against a super-strong field of players (there was 50 GM's there, and I think he finished ahead of about 40 of them). Awesome player. This game is unbelievable. I didnt understand half of it, til I saw it come together in the end.

Aug-11-05		ConspTheory06: 26...Qxf5+ also loses 27.Qxf5 Bxg7 28.h6! And now the black bishop is lost, its only square where it cant be captured is h8 but after 28...Bh8 29. h7+ Kg7 30. Qg5# (27...Kxg7 loses to 28.h6+ which drops the bishop and mates in 2)

Aug-12-05		perfidious: <RookFile> When I played through this game, I was more than a bit surprised at Fang's choice of a Caro-Kann; never in twenty-five years of playing tournaments with him had I seen anything but 1....e5, c5 or g6. It's possible that his lack of experience of this opening told here.

Sep-03-05		Benzol: A nice finish from Milman. Fang just couldn't get his teeth into this one. :)

Dec-03-05		DAL9000: I hope this is a game of the day sometime. It's even easily punnable.

Jan-01-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: 21.Bxh6!? a classic Bishop sac.25.Qxd5! This Rook sac took guts,instead of going for the draw.26.Bxg7! This looks like a Bishop sac.29.Qg6+!!a brilliant Queen sac. 30.Hxg6! sacs the final Bishop for mate.For the Record Milman sacs a B,R,Q and B for mate.An impressive game from the young American FM.I love this game.

Jan-01-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: This is a great collection of games by The Alchemist- BrilliancIes By "Unknowns".

Aug-08-06		An Englishman: Good Evening: This is a game they'll play and study a few centuries from now. From what I've been able to dig up in a Wikipedia article on the Caro-Kann Defense, Milman seems to think that Black's 15th and 16th moves are the mistakes. 11...Bb4+; 12.c3,Be7 is theory, though I always preferred 11...Qa5+, where best is 12.Bd2,Qc7. Note the repetition of moves. I wonder if Milman was saving time on the clock prior to seeking the winning continuation.

Aug-09-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: 21.Bxh6!- B sac!,25.Qg4!!- R sac!! 26.Bxg7!!- 2nd B sac!! 28.Ne7+!!- Q sac!! 29.Qg6+!! -2nd Q sac!! 30.hxg6!! -3rd B sac!!. 6 sacrifices!!!!!!

Sep-05-06		pawnstar3: how do you think milman's victory against the caro kann in this game compares with carlsen's victory against ernst's caro kann in 2004: Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004

Sep-11-06		Timothy Glenn Forney: <pawnstar3> Thanks for posting that game by Carlsen,just amazing.Both are great games.

Sep-18-06		thesonicvision: after 21. Bxh6!, 21..gxh6 loses to 22. Rd6 w/ threats of Rxf6 followed w/ unstoppable mating combinations.

Sep-29-06		kitloveschess: Milman´s game remind me of Rudolf Spielmann´s brilliant attack!

Jan-02-07		e4Newman: i'm happy he got to play it out

Mar-28-07		chancho: White is left with two pieces to Blacks five and yet White wins and beautifully too boot. Mind over matter.

Aug-18-07		Silverstrike: Fantastic game, quite similar to Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004.

Jun-03-08		MrMelad: Yes, fantastic game! 25. Qg4!! When I first saw that move it surprised me, I thought of the text continuation which seems natural, white is giving up a rook threatening discovery-checkmate only that I realized black has 26..Qd3+ and 27..Ne5 that seems to force the queen off the g file, which will end the attack, or force the night to e7 (28..Bxe7 not allowed because of the discovery-checkmate), but it didn't seem to lead anywhere! Then I saw the rest of the moves and after 29.Qg6+! it all seemed so easy… Great play!

Dec-18-08		notyetagm: 25 ? click for larger view This position is puzzle #207 in the new edition of <John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book>. BOOK url: http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/nu... PDF url: http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/035... 25 ♕e4-g4! (Nunn) click for larger view <MrMelad: Yes, fantastic game! 25. Qg4!! When I first saw that move it surprised me, I thought of the text continuation which seems natural, white is giving up a rook threatening discovery-checkmate only that I realized black has 26..Qd3+ and 27..Ne5 that seems to force the queen off the g file, which will end the attack, or force the night to e7 (28..Bxe7 not allowed because of the discovery-checkmate), but it didn't seem to lead anywhere! Then I saw the rest of the moves and after 29.Qg6+! it all seemed so easy… Great play!> Indeed.

Dec-18-08		notyetagm: 29 ? click for larger view 29 ♕g4-g6+!! click for larger view and then we end with the incredible mating pattern 31 ♖h1-h7#!. 31 ♖h1-h7#! click for larger view From 25 ♕e4-g4! to 29 ♕g4-g6+!!, this is one of the very best combinations that I have ever seen.

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