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| Nov-01-05 | | hayton3: What a great "single bullet to the head" finish. Can you blame black for not sensing the danger in this usually soporific line of the Sicilian? In the Middle Ages white would have been burnt at the stake for uncorking this combination. |
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Nov-01-05
 | | WannaBe: Hehehehe... Take the knight, mate in 2... Good puzzle from 19. White to move. =) Nice find <hayton3>. If you don't take the knight, you lose a rook for knight. |
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| Nov-04-05 | | SEMENELIN: <In the Middle Ages white would have been burnt at the stake for uncorking this combination.> I agree with you. =)
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| Jan-01-06 | | kidster: I like this game |
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| Apr-19-06 | | thundershock2k: WOW!!!! that was crazy! (and also amazing) |
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| Dec-03-06 | | NOKRO: So, this game is GM Antonio's version of the Immortal Game!! 19.  xg7 is one of the sublest move ever |
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| Dec-04-06 | | Isolated Pawn: That is a splendid finish. Would this make a good Friday puzzle? I'm having a hard time figuring the difficulty that this would make at 19. White to play. |
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| Sep-06-07 | | Owl: I played two 5-min games with this games and we both shared a win. But I must this game reminds me of two of Alekhine games |
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| Apr-26-08 | | dadsespinosa: yeheyyyyyyyyyyyyy, so greedy... no i'm just kidding, i'm just looking around hehehe... nice game |
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| Feb-12-09 | | emate: What happens after: 20...Kg8 21.N:c7 Re7? The white knight is trapped and can be taken in a couple of moves.. Does all of this lead to only one pawn up after the knight on c7 sacrifices itself or is there a way to save it??? |
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| Mar-25-09 | | FiLiPiNoV: It's Antonio! |
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| Mar-25-09 | | nhat8121: <19. Qxg7 is one of the sublest move ever> what does this mean? |
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May-03-09
 | | Phony Benoni: <emate> After 20...Kg8 21.Nxc7 Re7, we have this position:
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Now, if nothing else, White can play 22.Nxa6 bxa6 23.Nc6, ending up the exchange and a pawn ahead. If Black tries 22...e5 23.fxe5 dxe5, then 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Nc7 and White will still keep his gains. Even better might be 22.Rg3, so that if 22...Rc8 23.Nd5 exd5 24.Nf5, threatening the rook on e7 as well as mate on h6. But that looks a little more complicated. 19.Qxg7+ is hardly one of the deepest moves ever played, but does show a lot of tactical alertness and originality. |
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| Jun-11-09 | | zanshin: <CG> account: User: gmjoey |
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Jun-18-09
 | | hedgeh0g: The final combination is very reminiscent of Sveshnikov vs R Sherbakov, 1991. |
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| Jun-18-09 | | WhiteRook48: see the plan |
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| Jun-29-09 | | backyard pawn: Dao! Dao. Daylight come and me want to go home. |
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Jun-29-09
 | | Once: Now that is so beautiful that we just have to see the finish: 20.Nd5 (all other moves allow the same finish or 21. Nxc7 and white is up a piece) exd5 21.Nf5+ Kg8 22.Nh6#
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click for larger viewBehold the power of the double check. Deeply deeply scary. |
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Jun-29-09
 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <Once ... 21. Nxc7 and white is up a piece> Actually, it is only gaining an exchange, not a full piece, at least not immediately. For example: 20.Nd5 e5 21.Nxc7 exd4 recovers the minor piece: 
click for larger viewbut will lose an exchange after Nxe5. And some pawns soon thereafter. The line above was verified with Hiarcs. |
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| Jun-29-09 | | Nf3em: IMO, it's more like a Tal's game!!! ... btw, it is GM Rogelio Antonio, Jr. -- for a GM like him, such combination is not so hard to find -- a move with "brute force"!!! ... |
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Jun-29-09
| | Once: <MAJ> You are quite right. In your line (which is probably the best) White wins the exchange plus two pawns. This is approximately worth a piece, but is not, strictly speaking, a piece. Well, not a whole piece. Just a piece of a piece. Or two. I stand corrected, abased, put in my place. Pies made from umbles (without the "h") will be duly eaten :-) |
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Jun-29-09
 | | whiteshark: <19.Qxg7+> was like a bolt from the blue. |
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| Jun-29-09 | | gofer: Hi <MostlyAverageJoe>, I agree! After 22 Nxa6, 22 ... e5 does cause some issues. So probably 22 Nxa6 is a little premature and white should wait until the knight is actually in trouble... But do you think that perhaps black was a little premature in resigning or do you think that 19 Qxg7 left them a bit shell-shocked and not really wanting to risk being beaten up even more! :-) |
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| Jun-29-09 | | newzild: A pretty finish, but not too difficult to spot for players familiar with the mating pattern involving a bishop on the long dark diagonal and a knight on h6. An experienced player familiar with this pattern would automatically ponder the queen sacrifice, given the latent firepower emanating from b2. From there, most would see the possibility of a Nf5 double-check and start looking for a line-clearing sacrifice of the Nd4. |
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| Jun-29-09 | | Notagm: Newzild: You say 'An experienced player familiar with this pattern would automatically ponder the queen sacrifice, given the latent firepower emanating from b2.' You seem to forget that Black is a 2600 rated GM, and didn't see it. I'm sure many an experienced player would have missed the combination. |
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