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A J Goldsby vs Ulric Everard Aeria
Space City Open (2000), UAH; Huntsville, AL, rd 3, Apr-29
Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06)  ·  1-0

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May-02-08  positionalgenius: Nf5+ is an interesting sacrifice in this game. Nice ending,but was it sound? Looks like it was...
May-03-08  ToTheDeath: 21...gxf5 22.Qg5+ Kh8! (Goldsby only gives Kh7 on his page, which drops the f pawn with check) and I don't see how White has more than perpetual check.
May-03-08  capatal: <LMAJ>
I am sitting in the smallest room in the house. I have your brilliancy prize analysis on paper in front of me. Soon it will be behind me.
May-03-08  ToTheDeath: Goldsby: "Black should probably NOT play: 24...Kh8; 25.Qh6+,(25.Rh3!?) 25...Kg8; 26.Qg5+, (Maybe also playable are: 26.exf5!?; or 26.Rh3!?), 26...Kh8; "~" "∞?" "

After 21...gxf5 22.Qg5+ Kh8! 23.Qxh5+ Kg7 24.Qg5+ Kh8 we have transposed to the above line.

Now White has a few plausible tries:

1. 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.Rh3 Nxe4!

2. 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26.exf5 Ne4! again black is slightly better.

3. 25.Rh3!? (Maybe best) Nxe4! 26. fxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Re3 Qg4! =

So with best play Nf5+ only draws.

Jan-25-09  WhiteRook48: well, great endgame play
Feb-01-09  WhiteRook48: great game
Jul-29-09
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  LIFE Master AJ: Thanks, WR48.
Apr-05-11  picard: Terrible play by both players
May-06-11
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  perfidious: Once Black plays 4....Nf6, this a Pirc, not a Modern.

White's 5.f3 is not a good fit with Bc4; 5.Qe2 is stronger, after which would follow 5....Nc6, with plenty of complex play to come.

The move 21.Nf5+ suggests itself to an experienced player; as to its soundness, I'm not sure one way or another.

Black missed a chance at his 33rd move, as noted above, in ....e4. This gives White a chance, at the very least, to go wrong. The rook ending, while possibly defensible, was a tough proposition.

May-19-11
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  LIFE Master AJ: (e-mail) I just looked at this game again tonight. (No engine used, I wanted to just clear my head and take a good look.)

I see no win after 29...f5. I also see lots of other possibilities.

I am still proud of this game, the organizers awarded a "Brilliancy Prize" at the end of the tournament. (Several other masters also submitted their game, but only this one won the judging.)

Of course in 2000 engines were not nearly as strong as they are today.

Nov-10-11  Rob Lob Law: AJ, with all due respect you should look again at Nf5+. If black takes white must settle for a perpetual - for example, 21...gxf5 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qxh5+ Kg7 AND now if white tries, say, 24. Rh3 Black has Nxe4+! 25 fxe4 then its Qxe4+ and black is much better! If 24. Qxf5 its Rh8 Qg5+ Kf8 Qd2 and your attack is over and black is ahead.
Nov-10-11  Rob Lob Law: Otherwise, its a great game. Im a big fan of yours Mr. Goldsby and I am looking foreward to you getting a FIDE rating and playing in big tourneys!
Nov-10-11
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  OhioChessFan: <The move is...29...f5! An example variation runs: 30.Qc4 Kh7 31.f4 Qh8! (a very difficult move to find) 32.Re3 >

A quick play through and I also saw 29...f5

I wouldn't have found it, but Fritz says <32. Qc7> is a better move for White in that position. I don't know what Black's plan is, but it looks drawish.


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Nov-10-11  SimonWebbsTiger: @<OCF>

In bad, passive positions I think the best plan is to sing a song (internally, of course) and hope for a the best/a draw.

<Viva Las Vegas> is a good one from time to time. ;o)

Nov-10-11  King Death: <SimonWebbsTiger> That's a great idea if you're an ordinary player like us. Petrosian would have hummed a tune and kicked the table. He'd have gotten away with it too.
Nov-10-11  SimonWebbsTiger: @<KingDeath>

I met up with some old friends prior to the 1st round of a tourney. They sang the American Rapper Chamillionaire's hit "Ridin'" . I got an awful, lost I think, position in round 1. All of a sudden, the variations were replaced by: "they see me rollin', they hatin', try to catch me ridin' dirty'". No way I wanted my opponent catching me ridin' dirty! I fought on and found a good defence. I held the draw.

Nov-12-11  Nemesistic: Is 21.Nf5+ a shot at a draw by perpectual by White,as there's no Mate as far as i can see,even if Black takes the "Sacrificed Knight" and White plays 22.Qh5+ 22..Kh8 23.Rh3 23..f6 and the threat of Mate is gone as Blacks King can escape to e8 or d8 keeping the Knight for the loss of a Pawn?
Nov-17-11
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  FSR: Capablanca's 14th move in Capablanca vs Rather, 1936 is a blatant ripoff of AJ's 21st move in this game.
Nov-17-11  Nemesistic: <FSR> Impossible! No human can see that move,AJ say's so in his own annotations of this game..although Capa stealing Mr Goldsby's move's and tactics seems feasable,for he is a Genius
Nov-17-11  Patriot: <<Nemesistic>: Is 21.Nf5+ a shot at a draw by perpectual by White,as there's no Mate as far as i can see,even if Black takes the "Sacrificed Knight" and White plays 22.Qh5+ 22..Kh8 23.Rh3 23..f6 and the threat of Mate is gone as Blacks King can escape to e8 or d8 keeping the Knight for the loss of a Pawn?>

In your line, 21.Nf5+ gxf5 22.Qg5+ Kh8 23.Rh3 f6 24.Qxh5+ Kg8/Kg7 25.Rg3 is mate.

Nov-17-11  Nemesistic: Ahhhh,Mr Bond iv'e been expecting you :)..Sorry i missed out R.g8 at some point i think,im trying to remember this game and position,but i'm only a Human,unlike your Friend Mr Goldsby/FF !!!! ( i'l give my Oversight 4 exclams)
Nov-18-11  iking: the 21. Nf5+ is a daggerlike sac by Goldsby .... deep insight on the position.
Nov-21-11  King Death: < iking: the 21. Nf5+ is a daggerlike sac by Goldsby .... deep insight on the position.>

Hate to break it to you, but this idea is thematic and needs to be considered at every move.

Some of the comments I see in various games in praise of <AJ>'s play blow my mind. You'd think he played the Game Of The Century again or something.

Nov-21-11  diceman: <King Death: You'd think he played the Game Of The Century again or something.>

Definitely the game of 4-29-2000.

Nov-21-11  King Death: < diceman: Definitely the game of 4-29-2000.>

That's about the size of it.

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