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| Oct-09-05 | | notsodeepthought: The position at move 46 would make for a nice Monday puzzle... |
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| Oct-09-05 | | cade: Uhh not really. More like move 45. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | Queens Gambit: Beatifull game of Rustam Kasimdzhanov, i know Polgar blundered a lot, but Kasim played very nice. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | euripides: 21...f5 resembles 25...f5 in Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985. But Kasparov's pieces were better prepared. Karpov took en passant and I'm not sure whether Kasparov would have taken with the e or g pawn after exf5. In this game 22...exf5 would have given White a powerful attack after 23 Nd5 followed by the knight exchange and Bd5+. But gxf5 left Black loose. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | srtor: Well done Kazim!! The 'cool' master strikes back!! |
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| Oct-09-05 | | fgh: 47. Qb1+! is an excellent find. |
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| Oct-09-05 | | Ezzy: Kasimjanov has amazing calculating abilities, but in this game they let him down quite considerably. He had lots of opportunities to finish the game in style, and he nearly let the win slip away. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.0–0 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nb3 b6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.g4 Bc8 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bg2 Re8 16.Rf3 Bf8 17.Rh3 g6 18.Qe1 Nb4 <Popovych v Kirov Hamburg 1977 went 18...Bg7>. 19.Qf2 Rb8 20.Rf1 f5< Fritz thinks this is the best move. Grandmaster Yasser Seirawen, says that this is a terrible move, and black is basically struggling to survive after this! Very interesting!. Is this one of those positions where computers cannot see the long term problems of a specific move. Would 'Hydra' play 20...f5?> 21.exf5 gxf5 <[21...exf5 22.Nd5 Qxc2 23.Qh4 h5 24.Nxb4 Qxb3 25.Bd5+  ]> 22.Bd4 <Already threating 23 g6 34 g7 with devastating effects>. 22...Re7 23.Re1 e5 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Bc3 Bb7 27.Bxb7 Qxb7 28.Nd4 Rf7 29.Qh4 b5 30.Nxf5 d5?? 31.g6?< Because 31 Qh5! wins on the spot. [31.Qh5 Qb6+ <(31...Nf6 32.Bxe5 Re8 33.gxf6 Bc5+ 34.Kf1 d4 35.Nh6 Qh1+ 36.Kf2 d3+ 37.Ree3 Bxe3+ 38.Rxe3 Ref8 39.Nxf7+ Rxf7 40.Rxd3 and mate cannot be avoided)> 32.Kh1 Kg8 33.g6 Qxg6 34.Rg1 Pure carnage.]> 31...Qb6+ 32.Kh1?? <[32.Kf1 Stiil wins comfortably 32...Qxg6 33.Rxe5 Bg7 34.Nxg7 Nxe5 35.Bxe5 Qe4 36.Nf5+ Kg8 37.Rg3+ Kf8 38.Qh6+ Ke8 39.Rg8+ Rf8 40.Qxf8+ Kd7 41.Qd6#]> 32...Qxg6 33.Rxe5? <[33.fxe5 Qxf5 34.e6+ Bg7 35.exf7 Bxc3 36.Rxc3 Qxf7 37.axb5 axb5 38.Qd4+ And white should win]> 33...Nxe5 34.Bxe5+ Bg7 35.Bxg7+ Rxg7 36.Nxg7 Qxg7 37.axb5 axb5 38.c3 Qg6 39.f5 Qg7 40.Re3 Ra8 41.Qe1 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qg7 43.b4 h6 44.Qe1 Ra7 45.f6?? Qxf6 46.Re8+ Kh7 47.Qb1+ 1–0 |
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| Oct-10-05 | | csmath: <<20. ... f5. Fritz thinks this is the best move. Grandmaster Yasser Seirawen, says that this is a terrible move, and black is basically struggling to survive after this! Very interesting!. Is this one of those positions where computers cannot see the long term problems of a specific move. Would 'Hydra' play 20...f5?>> Shredder thinks this is a badmove too. 1 for Seirawan. Shredder's choice was Bg7.
What Fritz's version are you using.
This game is a blunderfest by both of the players. Not a good game at all. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | khense: This game looked like Judit was dragged through town by a horse. Hopefully Judit can recover to score 1 1/2 or 2 more points before the tournament is over. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | thomaspaine: I'm running Fritz 8, and at 14-ply, it gives:
1. Bg7 (+1.35)
2. Be7 (+1.38)
3. Kh8 (+1.40)
However, the move f5 might not be the ultimate problem. It looks that e4 might have been the bigger problem. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | euripides: Thinking more about the K-K game I mentioned earlier: it was said tha Karpov should have played f5 at various stages and that Kasparov should perhaps have played f5 earlier to stop him. Perhaps that experience informed Polgar's earlier f5. Kasim's beautiful 28 Nd4 was a critical moment, keeping the attack alive by finding a neat way to bring another piece in. If the position is already very bad for Black by move 21, this is quite surprising as Polgar is very experienced in this kind of Scheveningen and this sort of position is absolutely typical. But the computer evaluations may not mean all that much here. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | euripides: Nigel Short on chessbase mentions the K-K game and thinks Kasim accelerated the attack by avoiding Kh1. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | SEMENELIN: nice fork at move 34 by kasim !!!! |
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| Oct-10-05 | | chessnewbie: can someone explain why polgar resigned? Can't she play 47...Qg6? |
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| Oct-10-05 | | Ziggurat: <can someone explain why polgar resigned? Can't she play 47...Qg6?> 47...Qg6
48 Rh8+
If 48...Kxh8
49 Qxg6
If 48...Kg7
49 Rg8+
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| Oct-10-05 | | csmath: That would promptly lose a queen. |
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| Oct-10-05 | | Resignation Trap: Kamikaze Kasim has found his form for the last half of this tournament. |
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| Oct-12-05 | | capablancakarpov: Apart from 31.Qh5, 31.exf5 also wins.Main line given by Fritz 6: 31.exf5 Qb6+ 32.Kg2 Qe6 33.Nd4 Qg6 34.e6 b4 35.Bd2 Re7 36.exd7 Rxd7 37.Re6 Qg7 38.g6 Bc5 39.Nf5 Qf8 40.Qf4 Kg8 41.gxh7+ Rxh7 and mate in 6. Polgar´s position was so bad that 31.Rxe5 wins too, but with more work: 31.Rxe5 d4 32.Rxb5 axb5 33.Bxd4+ Ne5 34.Bxe5+ Kg8 35.g6 Bc5+ 36.Ne3 Rg7 37.Bxg7 Qxg7 38.Qxh7+ Qxh7 39.gxh7+ Kh8 40.axb5 Rxb5 with 5 extra pawns. |
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| Oct-14-05 | | ReikiMaster: Probably helps to be physically fit in such a tournament. Judith certainly anticipated it to be strenuous. |
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| Oct-20-05 | | pointguard: i'm not sure anyone knew this , but Polgar toook @45 seconds to 1 minute to decide on moves until move 13. I think 13. g4 stunned her because she took @ 10-15 minutes to respond. Granted that anything else could have explained the delay of the flow of her moves at this point, i would like to believe that she was shocked by the move because i certainly was. |
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Mar-23-06
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| Mar-23-06 | | yataturk: BRAVO Kasimcan... |
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| Mar-23-06 | | yataturk: This was indeed a HARD puzzle...
Great combo.. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | The17thPawn: This one seemed easier than yesterday. At least the critical variations didn't seem to be as deep. Maybe I'm just making excuses because Wednesday's puzzle skunked me. Well at least I got the first three moves right in this one. The finish seems to suggest itself. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | RandomVisitor: 45.Re8+ Kh7
46.f6 Qxf6
47.Qb1+ Qg6
48.Rh8+ Kxh8
49.Qxg6 also wins... |
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sac: 33.Rxe5