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Alexey Shirov vs Valery Salov
Hoogovens Group A (1998), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 12, Jan-30
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. English Attack Anti-English (B90)  ·  0-1

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May-10-06
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  Mateo: Succesful suicide attempt for Shirov running wild. 27. h4? was completely unecessary. Better 27. Nc6 .

29. R3f2? was another bad move. Somewhat better would have been 29. Bh6 Nf3 30. Rf3 Ke7, with some hopes of a draw because of the opposite colour Bishops.

And 30. Rf6? wad the final touch to this brilliant suicide.

May-05-08  sitzkrieg: For those interested in the subject:
I just read that Kasparov stated that 12. Bxd4 was a "homosexual move" (timman, power chess with pieces) I never knew these moves existed in chess, but I have to admit 12 Bxd4 looks queer at first sight. However, the most likely explanation is that Kaspy -who was always picking on Salov- just liked him a lot and was teasing him again.

Kasparov himself "improved" with e6 which however went quickly out of favor as well.

Oct-14-08
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  plang: Played in the 12th round; had Shirov converted his promising position he would have been tied for first. He finished in a three way tie for third with Timman and Adams a point behind the joint winners Anand and Kramnik. Salov had never played the Najdorf prior to 1998. He considered his choice to be a modest tribute to Najdorf who had recently died. 11..hxg was relatively new at this time. Shirov spent half an hour considering 12 Nd5 but talked himself out of it. 12..Bxd4? was a response to the threat of Nf5 and Qxg4 but it has not been repeated. Kasparov introduced 12..e6 against Shirov at Wijk-Aan-Zee 1999 and then the further refinement 12..Nc6 against the same opponent at Sarajevo 1999. Shirov played for the attack with 20 f4! as after 20 Bxb8?..Qxd8 his king would have been defenseless. Salov defended carefully and was close to equality when Shirov pressed to hard for the win at the end.
Sep-13-15  Howard: Yes, I was just looking through Timman's Power Chess With Pieces the other day, and noticed the same strange (to put it mildly) comment that someone else referred to, in 2008.

Why would Kasparov have said something like that ?!

Sep-13-15
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  perfidious: <sitzkrieg: For those interested in the subject: I just read that Kasparov stated that 12. Bxd4 was a "homosexual move" (timman, power chess with pieces) I never knew these moves existed in chess, but I have to admit 12 Bxd4 looks queer at first sight....>

Come again?

While I had long known that Kasparov and Salov had little use for each other, whatever their reasons, this jibe is bizarre indeed.

Sep-13-15  Dr. Overlord: <I just read that Kasparov stated that 12. Bxd4 was a "homosexual move">

The most homosexual move in chess is Bishop takes Bishop.

Sep-13-15
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  perfidious: With, presumably, queen takes queen running a close second.
Apr-13-20  Everett: Might just be a translation error
May-27-25  ColdSong: ''The good as you move''.

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