| May-14-06 |
| hayton3: What a nice game - revealing a series of thunderbolts by Black so typical of the nasty tactical surprises that come bundled with the fearsome weapon that is the King Indian's Defence. |
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May-17-06
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| notyetagm: Yes, <hayton3>, this game won a Chess Informant Best Game Prize and is included in "The World's Greatest Chess Games". 30 ...  g2!! is wicked.
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| May-17-06 |
| aw1988: It's a fine move, but it's not too difficult at all to find. |
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| May-18-06 |
| hayton3: <aw1988> You're right - it's not at all difficult to find this once you've been given the preceeding 5-6 moves. 30...Kg2 is the cherry on the cake. If you still think it's not difficult to find 5-6 moves out, I'll put up $2,000 to buy you a 2700 rating and then throw in $1,000,000 for your match against Topalov. As a bonus I'll toss in $5,000 for Kasparov's opening book - and I expect a return on my investment. |
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May-19-06
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| notyetagm: <hayton3> Yes, and hindsight is 20/20. I still remember the fool who said that Anand's ... c7!! against Karjakin at Corus 2006 was obvious. Yes, once someone has shown you why it works! :-) And in this game 23 ...  h3!! and 30 ... g2!! were so outstanding that this game won a Chess Informant Best Game prize and was included in the 2nd edition of The World's Greatest Chess Games. I do not think 2700+ rated Gelfand would have missed these incredible tactical ideas if they were "easy to see". That's not how you get a 2700 rating. |
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May-19-06
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| notyetagm: <hayton3: <aw1988> ... If you still think it's not difficult to find 5-6 moves out, I'll put up $2,000 to buy you a 2700 rating and then throw in $1,000,000 for your match against Topalov.> You are too funny, Winston.
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| May-20-06 |
| zev22407: What would be if white plays 28)h3 how can black attack? |
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| May-20-06 |
| abcpokerboy: <zev>, Nh4 followed by Qxh3 looks promising... |
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Jul-13-06
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| notyetagm: 30 ... g2!! is one of the best examples I have ever seen of <INTERFERENCE>. The Black g2-knight <BLOCKS> the line of life-giving force from the White e2-queen to the h2-mating focal point, creating the threat of 31 ...  xh2#. |
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| Oct-03-06 |
| THE pawn: reminescent of this game:
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991 |
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| Oct-03-06 |
| Starf1re: what's wrong with 35) q g2 -- are the passed pawns too strong? |
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| Oct-04-06 |
| NBZ: 35. Qg2 Nh2+ wins the errant queen |
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| Jun-01-08 |
| Xeroxx: I enjoyed this kings indian. |
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