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| Feb-03-06 |
| ughaibu: I thought Kubrick was dead? |
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| Feb-03-06 |
| EmperorAtahualpa: <ughaibu> Everybody except EricCartman thinks so. |
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Feb-03-06
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| Caissanist: After going through Opening Explorer 3...c6 doesn't look like the terrible blunder that Chernev says, since black can transpose into what seems to be a perfectly respectable line of the Caro-Kann with 5...dxe4 6.Nxe4 Ngf6. 5...Be7 looks like a mistake though, it seems too early to commit the piece. Perhaps black's fatal error was his reluctance to break with c5. Of course playing c5 means admitting that Be7 was an error. |
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| Feb-18-06 |
| HannibalSchlecter: <jackmandoo> Handy I can totally see the influence. Kubrick?! I didn't know Kubrick was funny, but I know he liked chess. You also write a bit like Woody Allen but on crack. |
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Jul-02-08
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| An Englishman: Good Evening: It's always nice to revisit this game. I try to figure out where is the latest point where Black can put together some sort of resistance, but he appears to be a goner at a very early point. Maybe 10...c5 or 11...c5 were his last chances. One move which now looks like another error is 4...Nd7. Yes, 6...dxe4 is an awful concession, but 6...Nf6 simply begs for 7.e5. If Black had played 4...Nf6, at least he could retreat the Knight to a decent square at d7 (after e5) and then follow up with ...c5. However, this leaves him a tempo down in certain critical lines of the Steinitz Variation (3.Nc3,Nf6; 4.e5), so it's still a struggle to equalize. |
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| Jul-02-08 |
| Jim Bartle: "I didn't know Kubrick was funny..."
Never saw "Dr. Strangelove," apparently... |
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Jul-02-08
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| patzer2: What a brilliant, delightful and amusing game! Following the initial clearance sacrifice 21. Nd7!!, Samisch follows up with a brilliant variety of tactics. I suppose I'll put it in my discovered check collection since the combination sets up two key discovered checks. The first is 25. Rg4+! to set up a winning pin and the second one is a key part of the mate threat 36...Qc6 37. Rf6+ Kg5 38. Rg7+ Kh4 39. Rf3# which forced Black's resignation. However, it integrates so many interesting secondary tactics (such as clearance, decoy, deflection, double attack, mate threat, pin, Queen sacrifices and a defensive combinations) I was tempted to include it in my combined operations collection. P.S. The brilliant defensive move 36. Kg1! makes for an interesting double attack defense and attack. It avoids Black's double attack threat 36. Kxg2?? Qc6 37. Kg1 Qxd7  , and also establishes a double attack for Black, simultaneously threatening the capture of the opposing Queen with 37. Bxb6 and mate (as described above after 36...Qc6 37. Rf6+  ). |
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| Jul-02-08 |
| NewLine: I can't believe Black just sat back and watched White placing his queen and rook on the battlefront, while he just toying with his queen-side pieces! Yet I couldn't believe how hard and furious would the punishment be! |
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Jul-02-08
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| Once: A brilliant game, but I can't help thinking that white had such an advantage by the 19th move that he did not need all of the fireworks. |
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Jul-02-08
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| whiteshark: <26.Re1!! > looks like back rank mate in 1 move but it isn't.
click for larger view While  d3 is necessary for mating  f1 is not. |
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Jul-02-08
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| arsen387: This game is a beauty! |
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| Jul-02-08 |
| eaglewing: <whiteshark: 26. Re1> So far true but what is your line? The same reaction like in the game to 26. ... h5 leads to: 26. Re1 h5 27. Rg7+ Kh6 28. Rxe4
but now 28. ... de 29. Bxe4 with the uncoverable mate threat on h7 has the problem Rd1#. 26. Re1 h5 27. Rxe4 dc and the bishop is under threat and square d1 weak. What did I overlook? |
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| Jul-02-08 |
| eaglewing: While the Qxh6+ attack and the end are nice, did Black have something better inbetween? I do not see the need for 29. ... b5. Knowing e5 and especially e6 to come would the Black moves on 29./30. not have been better Rd3 and Bc8 (I'm not sure which one first). The e6 attack is not possible then.
Any clear busting of this Bc8 defense? |
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Jul-02-08
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| kellmano: Having played through this, I am surprised I have not seen it before. Fantastic stuff. My favourite move is probably 21. Nd7 leaving a choice of four captures. |
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Jul-02-08
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| whiteshark: <eaglewing: ... <26. Re1 h5 27. Rxe4 dc and the bishop is under threat and square d1 weak. What did I overlook?>> If 26.Re1 h5 27.Rexe4! dxc4 28.Re8+ cxd3 29.Rh8# Rosition after 27.Rexe4: 
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Jul-02-08
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| patzer2: Here's my computer checked look at Samisch's combination. <21. Nd7!!>
This brilliant decoy clearance (sham) sacrifice exposes Black's weak and underprotected castled King to a decisive attack. <21...Rdxd7>
Whether Black accepts or declines the decoy Knight sham sacrifice, he loses: If 21... Qxd7, then Wins after 22. Qxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6+ Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxh6+ Kh8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bf6+ Kf8 28. Bh7 Qg4 29. Rxg4 Ke8 30. Bf5 Re6 31. Rg8+ Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kc7 33. Bxe6 ; If 21... Nxd7??, then 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qh7# follows. If 21... Rexd7, then White wins quickly with 22. Qxh6+ gxh6 23. Bxf6+ Bg7 24. Rxg7 Qf4 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8#. Declining the offer with 21... Qf4 is relatively better, but White still wins a piece with a clear winning advantage after 22. Nxf6 Bc8 23. Rf3 Bxh3 24. Rxf4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 Be6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxg4 . <22. Qxh6+! gxh6 23. Bxf6+ Bg7 24. Rxg7> Here, the discovered check threat leaves Black with nothing but losing options. <24...Re4 25. Rg4+!> Watch out Black! There goes that first dicovered check to force your next move. <25...Kh7 26. f3!?> This clever pinning combination wins slow but sure, but IMO makes it more difficult than necessary. White can win quicker and easier with the strong reply 26. Re1!, when play could continue 26...Rde7 27. Bxe4+ dxe4 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Ba6 (29... Qf4 30. Rd8+ Re8 31. Rxe8#) 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rxe7 Qb8 32. Rdd7 Qf8 33. Rg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7+ Kf8 35. b3 Bc8 36. Rxa7 . <26... h5 27. Rg7+ Kh6 28. fxe4 dxc4 29. Bb1 b5> Black can put up much more resistance with 29... Rd3, but White still wins after 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Rg3 Bc8 32. Bg5+ Kh7 33. Rf6 Bg4 34. Rxd3 b5 35. h3 Be6 36. Bf4 Qb6+ 37. Kh2 Kg7 38. Be5 Kh7 39. Rg3 Qd8 40. Rg5 Qd1 41. Rf3 Kh6 42. Rg8 f5 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Rg3+ Qg4 (44... Kf7 45. Rg7#) 45. hxg4 . <30. e5 Rd3 31. e6 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 fxe6 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rd7 c5 35. Bd8 Bxg2+ 36. Kg1! 1-0> This final move refutes Black's attempt at a double attack swindle with 36. Kxg2?? Qc6+ 37. Kg1 Qxd7 and establishes a decisive double attack threat for White (Black must surrender the Queen for decisive material loss or get mated). So, Black resigned in lieu of facing 36... Qc6 (36... Qxd8 37. Rxd8 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 c4 39. a4 a6 40. Rd6 ) 37. Rf6+ (here's that strong discovered check tactic again, helping force mate) 37...Kg5 38.
Rg7+ Kh4 39. Rf3#.
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Jul-02-08
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| patzer2: <eaglewing> You make a good point. If 29...Rd3, Black can put up more resistance and preserve some hope for a draw in case White makes a mistake. However, after 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Rg3 Bc8 32. Bg5+ Kh7 33. Rf6  White's advantage should be enough to win. Yet White could have side stepped this complication altogether with the stronger 26. Re1!, when the win is never in doubt. P.S.: For more detailed analysis, see my previous post. |
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Jul-02-08
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| TheBB: There aren't enough days in the week for Nd7 to ever be a puzzle... |
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Jul-02-08
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| patzer2: <TheBB> Actually we've had much tougher puzzles than 21. Nd7!! on both the Saturday and Sunday selections. |
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Jul-02-08
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| kevin86: It did seem like fate dictated a white win. I don't think there's that many windmills in all of Holland,or even Iowa,for that matter. |
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Jul-02-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: Black needed to get rid of white's well-posted knight on e5. So, he could have prevented this mess he got himself into with 18...Nd7. 
click for larger viewNow if white follows with 19 Rg3, then 19...Nxe5. White cannot continue with 20 Qxh6 because of 20...
Nxd3. |
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| Jul-02-08 |
| crwynn: Although the winning combination was quite different, some of the piece manuevers remind me of the Kramnik-Van Wely game a few days ago, both games featured a decisive blow with Nd7, uncovering the bishop on the long diagonal. |
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Jul-02-08
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| FSR: Beautiful game! Somehow I'd never seen this one. |
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Jul-02-08
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| TheBB: <patzer2> Well, I wouldn't be able to judge. |
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| Jul-03-08 |
| Lutwidge: What tournament is this from? I've somehow never seen this game before. Btw, Samisch was in some ways the Topalov of his time, a strong player with a remarkable wealth of beautiful losses to his colleagues, including Nimzo (of course), Alekhine, Capablanca, and probably several others to boot. |
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sac: 22.Qxh6+
