Yury Shulman vs Alexander Shabalov (2006)

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Yury Shulman vs Alexander Shabalov
United States Championship (2006), San Diego, CA USA, rd 4, Mar-06
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. General (A70) · 1-0

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Mar-07-06		midknightblue: this game is kib worthy

Mar-07-06		Jim Bartle: Is that related in any way to "sponge-worthy"?

Mar-07-06		Jim Bartle: Plagiarism 101 (tpstar's analysis on the US Championship page): Shulman-Shabalov after 41. Rfe3: 41 ... Rxh6 42. Rxe5+ Qxe5 (42 ... Kf7 43. Qxd7+; 42 ... Kd6 43. Qxc5#) 43. Rxe5+ Kxe5 44. Qxd7: Now the top priority for White is the Pg3 = 44 ... Rd6 45. Qe7+ Be6 (45 ... Re6? 46. Qxc5+) 46. Bxb7 and now 46 ... f4 loses to 47. Qg7+ Kf5 48. Qg4+ Kf6 49. Qxf4+ & 50. Qxg3 and the pressure's off.

Mar-07-06		chesstoplay: Shulman is all alone at 5.5 out of 6 and is really at the top of his game after the world championship cycle effort where he was a giant killer knocking out Kalifman. Yury is kib worthy!

Mar-07-06		chesstoplay: OOps, way too excited for Shulman, correction 4.5 out of 5... sorry all for my typo.

Mar-08-06		tpstar: <Jim Bartle> Thank you for recopying it. Remember analysis could always be incorrect, so please review it for improvements or holes. Also, if you directly quote the author, that isn't plagiarism. =) No disrespect intended, but I wouldn't have blamed Black for playing on a tad further, as long as White's weak back rank persisted where a Rook check might win the Bg2.

Jan-18-07		RandomVisitor: Rybka2.2n2 analysis: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. g3 Bg7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ng5 f4 (last book move) 16. Ne6 0.05/17 fxg3 0.05/14 17. f4 $15 -0.40/12 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. a5 Bd4 19. e3 Be5 20. Qb3 Qh4 21. Qa4 gxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qg3 23. Qe8 Qh2+ $11 0.05/14) 17... Rf7 $15 -0.54/12 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 17... c4 18. Nxf8 $15 -0.40/12) 18. e4 $17 -0.78/14 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 18. Qb3 Nf8 19. Nxg7 Rxg7 20. Rf3 c4 21. Qa3 Rf7 22. e4 Qh4 $15 -0.54/12) 18... Bd4+ -0.76/15 19. Kh1 -0.80/13 Ndf6 $15 -0.53/14 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 19... Nb6 20. f5 Nc4 21. Qe2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Bg7 23. Qg5 Rf6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Rxf6 $17 -0.80/13) 20. f5 -0.54/13 Ng7 $15 -0.30/14 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 20... Bd7 21. Bh6 Be5 22. Bf3 Kh8 23. Qb3 $15 -0.54/13) 21. Bg5 -0.23/15 Be5 -0.26/13 22. Qb3 -0.30/12 Qe8 -0.35/12 23. Ne2 -0.36/13 Nxe4 $11 0.11/15 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 23... Nfh5 24. N2f4 Bxf4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Nxf4 Qe5 27. Nxh5 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nxh5 29. Bh6 b5 $15 -0.36/13) 24. Bxe4 0.13/15 gxf5 0.26/15 25. Bg2 0.13/14 Nxe6 0.30/17 26. dxe6 0.32/16 Bxe6 0.33/15 27. Qc2 0.31/13 Rg7 0.29/16 28. Bh6 0.29/14 Rg6 0.24/14 29. Be3 $11 -0.02/13 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 29. Bf4 Qd8 30. Ra3 Qb6 31. Rxg3 Re8 32. Rg1 Qxb2 33. Qxb2 Bxb2 34. Bxb7 Bc4 $11 0.24/14) 29... Qf7 0.00/15 30. Nf4 0.04/15 Bb3 0.05/16 31. Qd2 0.03/14 Rg7 0.05/15 32. Nd3 0.03/12 Re8 0.08/14 33. Rae1 0.07/14 Bc4 $14 0.30/14 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 33... Bxa4 34. Bf4 Bd4 35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Bxd6 Bc6 37. Bxc5 Bxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Bxc5 39. Nxc5 Qc4 40. b4 $11 0.07/14) 34. Bf4 0.30/14 Qf6 $16 0.84/15 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 34... Bd4 35. Rf3 Rxe1+ 36. Nxe1 Qe6 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Bxg3 d5 39. Nc2 Bxb2 40. Ne3 Bd4 41. Nxc4 $14 0.30/14) 35. Rf3 0.82/15 Ree7 $2 $18 3.22/16 (♖ybka 2.2n2 mp : 35... Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Kh8 37. Bxg3 Qg6 38. Re2 Re6 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rff2 f4 41. Qxg6 hxg6 42. Rd2 $16 0.82/15) 36. Nxe5 3.35/17 dxe5 3.48/16 37. Bh6 3.48/16 Rg6 3.81/14 38. Qd8+ 3.81/19 Kf7 3.81/14 39. Qf8+ 3.69/5 Ke6 3.69/15 40. Qc8+ 3.69/19 Rd7 3.69/15 41. Rfe3 3.69/15 1-0

Jan-18-07		RandomVisitor: A deeper analysis recommends the following improvements in Shulman's play: Rybka 2.2n2 mp : 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Qc2 Be5 19. Ra3 Bd4 20. e3 Bf5 21. Qd1 Be5 22. e4 Bd7 23. Qf3 c4 0.05/18 Rybka 2.2n2 mp : 29. Bf4 Qd7 30. Ra3 Qg7 31. Rxg3 c4 32. Qd2 Kh8 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Bf3 b5 35. Rxg6 hxg6 0.32/18 Rybka 2.2n2 mp : 30. Ra3 Re8 31. Bf4 Kh8 32. Rxg3 Bxf4 33. Rxg6 Bb3 34. Rf6 Qxf6 35. Qxb3 Rxe2 36. Rxf4 Rxb2 0.23/19

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