| Jul-20-05 |
| Montreal1666: "The Viorel's Immortal" |
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| Jul-20-05 |
| Quant: wtf is wrong with 49. b8=Q? It seems that white had a decent advantage. |
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| Jul-20-05 |
| cade: This endgame is incredibly exciting to analyse. Very unusual to see 2 Queens for such a long time. |
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| Jul-20-05 |
| pawnstar3: 73.Qcc3 was the obvious mistake - shabalov should've definitely won this game had it not been for that mistake-maybe it was time pressure that contributed to that - either way it was a great game |
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| Jul-20-05 |
| Montreal1666: Very unusal to see that Shabalov with two Queens not only didn't achieve a
win, he ended up losing the game!!!!! Not even a perpetual. |
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| Jul-20-05 |
| Pawsome: <pawnstar3>73, Qcc3 is definitely a loser, but how does white win? A sample line 73.Qce3 Bd5 74. Qe7+ Bf7 75. b7 Qb1+ 76. Kh2 Qc2+ 77. Kh1 Qc6+ 78. Kg1 Qb6+ 79. Kh2 Qb2+ 80. Kh1 Qc1+ 81. Qg1 Qf4 82. Qd1 Qg3 83. Qd2 Nh7 84. Qee3 Qb8 85. Qh3 Qb7+ 86. Qhg2 Qg2+ 87. Qg2+ Ng5 and black's fortress seems to unassailable. Can anyone out there with the appropriate technology "Fritz" this and find a clear win for white? |
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Jul-21-05
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| al wazir: <Pawsome>: My answer is 55. Qdd4. Then A) 55...Qg7 56. Qh4+ Kg8 57. Qd8+, winning; B) 55...Qf8 56. Qxf6, winning; C) 55...Kg8 56. Qd8+ K moves 57. Qa8 (guarding against ...Nf3+), followed by 58. Qfb8, winning; D) 55...Kg7 56. Qh4 Bh5 57. Qd7+ K moves (57...Nf7? 58. Qxh3) 58. Qc8+ K moves 59. Qb7+ K moves 60. Qa8+ K moves, 61. b4, and the pawn marches (finding a win for white with three queens is left as an exercise for the reader). 55...Bh5 transposes into one of the other lines; any bishop move along the a2--g8 diagonal allows the forced exchange of queens following 56. Qh4. |
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| Jul-22-05 |
| Tigran Petrosian: Here it is. The MOST AMAZING GAME EVER. |
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| Jul-22-05 |
| Montreal1666: There is a brief analysis here:
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
<One of the most memorable games from the tournament occurred in the fifth round. In a game that lasted over six hours, GMs Shabalov and Bologan were both going for the kill, and the game took many interesting twists and turns. At one point, Shabalov had a material advantage of a queen against two minor pieces, while there was still another pair of queens and some pawns on the board, however Bologan had a safer king, and in time trouble at the end of the game, Shabalov fell into a trap and wound up losing. The players and fans watching the game appreciated the fighting spirit of the two players so much that they erupted into applause once the game was over.> <44)...g5
This Black's move has given White excellent chances to win this game. And he goes about it in a systematic way.> <"White is winning, in spite of Black's constant harassment. But the 73.Qcc3 is a decisive mistake (73.Qf1 or Qd1 or Qce3 was required)>. |
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| Jul-25-05 |
| DanRoss53: <Quant> <wtf is wrong with 49. b8=Q?> Nothing as far as I can see: 49. b8= g1=+ 50.  xg1
 xh3+ 51. f1 f3+ 52. e1 e3+ 53. d1 f3+ 54. c2 e4+ 55. b3 f8 56.
bd6+ g8 57. 7e6+ xe6+ 58. fxe6
Can anybody dispute this? |
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| Jul-25-05 |
| DanRoss53: 76... xb6+ 77. g3 e4+ 78. h4 xc3 is much better. <Pawsome> I agree that it looks drawish. Crafty shows (all of your moves up to 83 it agrees, then) 83. Qf1 Kh7 84. Qfe2 Kg7 85. Qd2 Kh7 86. Qde2 Kg7 87. Qf1 Kh7 88. Qd7 Qe5 89. Qf2 Kg7 90. Kg1 Qa1+ 91. Kh2 Qe5+ 92. Kh1 Qe4+ 93. Kg1 Nf3+ 94. Kf1 Qb1+ 95. Ke2 Qe4+ 96. Qe3 Ng1+ 97. Kd2 Nf3+ 98. Qxf3 Qxf3 99. b8=Q Qg2+ 100. Kc3 h2 101. Qbb7 Qg3+ 102. Kc2 Qf2+ 103. Qd2 Qxf5+ 104. Kb2 Qe5+ 105. Qc3 Qe2+ 106. Qc2 Qe5+ 107. Qc3 Qe2+ 108. Qc2 Qe5+ 109. Kc1 h1=Q+ 110. Qxh1 Qa1+ 111. Qb1 Qc3+ 112. Kd1 Qd4+ 113. Kc1 Qc3+ 114. Kd1 Qd4+ 115. Kc1 Qc3+ 116. Qc2 Qa1+, but some of those moves are questionable. It looks like a draw-by-threefold would be probable with perfect play, although I can't say that definitively. |
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| Aug-09-05 |
| DonMac: This game was so exciting that while I sat watching it at home on my computer (after midnight), my wife, who is basically uninterested in chess, watched over my shoulder. She couldn't believe that Bologan was able to come back and win after Shabalov secured an extra queen. A fried on mine who played in the tournament told me that after the game Bologan went out for a beer, understandable. |
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| Dec-02-05 |
| itz2000: geniously finish by black! |
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Jan-02-06
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| OhioChessFan: How about 60 Qdg3 or Qxh3? Both look pretty good to me. |
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Jan-02-06
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| MichaelJHuman: Can anyone explain 46. Nf3 to me? |
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| Jan-18-06 |
| aw1988: White has to prevent g3 mate somehow, so Nf3 leaves g1 open. |
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Mar-15-06
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| kevin86: White has the choice of two forks to be a victim of:77 g3 e4+ Or 77 g1 f3  either way,a queen is lost for a knight. |
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Mar-05-07
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| Gregor Samsa Mendel: After 77 Kg1 Nf3+ 78 Qxf3 Bxf3 79 Qg3+ white snags the bishop and draws! Better seems to be 77 Kg1 Qb1+ and then ...Qxb6+ as suggested by <DanRoss53> above. |
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| Mar-06-07 |
| dejavu: Viorel has a knack for producing long games with black which turn out to be a brilliancy, e.g. Kotronias vs Bologan, 2007, which is no less a stroke of genius than this. what is amazing is the same wonderful coherent coordination of bologan's pieces against the heavy pieces of his opponent. alas viorel has dropped from the top ten and is not doing really well as of late. |
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Nov-07-07
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| sallom89: when i saw 2 queens i totally thought its a win for white!
but well played game. |
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| Dec-14-07 |
| sambo: Player of the day's game of a lifetime. |
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| Dec-14-07 |
| keklik: Pins are everywhere!
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Apr-20-08
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| aazqua: What an incredible screwup by Shabalov. |
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| Jan-21-09 |
| WhiteRook48: wow, I thought White was going to WIN! But then...
"Game Score: 0-1"
White blew this?! |
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| Oct-25-09 |
| AuN1: incredible tenacity on the part of bologna |
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