| Mar-23-06 | | fgh: No kibitzing yet, how surprising :-) This game can be easily regarded as Leko's revenge for his loss in Linares with black. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | Kelvieto: The move 10.f4 is interesting considering he used an english setup. Do we have kibitzers who knows about this line? |
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| Mar-23-06 | | fgh: 10. f4 is, from my own experience and study not so uncommon, but it seems to create to many weak points in white's position. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | aw1988: "revenge" is hardly the word in an offhand blindfold game. |
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| Mar-23-06 | | KYENNY 1 3 9: Blindfold chess is silly...<fgh> what is linares? |
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| Mar-23-06 | | fgh: <aw1988>: Blindfold games are not silly, I know that well since I have played them a few times. These guys have such memory, visualization and playing ability that when they play blindfold, it's almost the same for them as playing a normal game. <KYENNY 1 3 9>: Very briefly: It's an anual tournament, in general regarded to be the strongest tournament in the world in modern chess history, and it is played every year in Linares, Spain, althought this year the first half was played in Morelia, Mexico. |
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| Mar-24-06 | | Hidden Skillz: very clever of leko playing first Bxg5.. the intention is to promote to a queen without white mating on h8 and to capture whites queen with a check by the knight if 26...h1=Q 27.Rxh1 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 (doesnt work)
so if 26...Bxg5 27.fxg5 h1=Q 28.Rxh1 Rxh1 29.Rxh1 Nd2+ 30.Ka1/Kc2 Nxe4
whites sac Bxg7+ would fail too
its fascinating how they see all of this blindfolded
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| Mar-24-06 | | russep: What woul dhappen if white took the bishop with the f pawn on move 27? |
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| Mar-24-06 | | LoFarkas: Entry fee is a 2730 FIDE rating or higher. Then they invite you and even pay your expenses. Now go troll elswhere. |
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| Mar-24-06 | | lopium: Yes, what's wrong with 27.fxg5? |
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Mar-24-06
 | | LIFE Master AJ: <all>
Its by invitation only.
Rating is only part of the equation.
(Nielsen is obviously not a 2700+ player.)
If the guy who pays all the bills likes you, you have a good chance of coming back. But no one is getting invited anywhere until their rating is 2600 or even 2650+, so this kid can talk all he wants, he isn't going anywhere. |
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| Mar-24-06 | | russep: What would happen if white took the bishop with the f pawn on move 27? |
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| Mar-24-06 | | you vs yourself: <russep> If white takes the bishop on move 27, Topalov would've won. But since it's a blindfold game, Topalov feared that Leko might've seen something he didn't see. So, he declined the sac and lost. Full analysis is given by <babakova> here: Amber Blindfold (2006) |
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| Mar-24-06 | | aragorn69: For the sake of simplicity, here is the on site report, with analysis of (the apparently winning) 27.fxg5 (by Anand !) : <<Peter Leko played his first ever Najdorf in his blindfold game against Veselin Topalov and for a while he was not sure if he should be happy or filled with regrets. White was clearly better, but Black had his trumps, a knight on c4 and a wondrous pawn on h2 that played a pivotal role in all calculations. The ‘crisis’ in the game came when Leko struck back with 27…Bxg5, which was either winning for Black, if White declined the offer, or losing, if the tactics worked for White. Afraid that he missed something, Topalov declined the offer, which he might have accepted. As Vishy Anand pointed out in the hospitality room White wins after 28.fxg5 h1Q 29.Bxg7+ Kg8 30.Rxh1 Rxh1 31.Bf6!, as now 31…Rxd1 hits on 32.Qh4 and Black will be mated. Now in the game Black had the fine manoeuvre 29…Qd7 followed by 30…Qh3 and soon Topalov’s position collapsed.>> |
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| Mar-25-06 | | cjrubiks: I agree with you, Hidden Skillz: 26 ... Bxg5 was very clever, as it prevents the mate after 27. fxg5 h1=Q 28. Rxh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1. But the cleverness fails, because 29. Qxh1 avoids the knight fork. It appears as if both players missed this! |
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| Mar-25-06 | | cjrubiks: Oops! Never mind: I'm the one who missed the white pawn on g2! Sigh. |
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Apr-01-06
| | LIFE Master AJ: <all>
(I saw this repeated more than once.)
"Very briefly: It's an anual tournament, in general regarded to be the strongest tournament in the world in modern chess history, and it is played every year in Linares, Spain, althought this year the first half was played in Morelia, Mexico." <<Monte Carlo, city, Monaco, on the Mediterranean Sea, adjacent to the city of Monaco. Famous for its gambling casino, Monte Carlo is one of Europe's leading tourist resorts. Within the casino is the Opéra de Monte Carlo, an opera and ballet house and the headquarters of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. In 1861 a 50-year concession to operate the gaming rooms was granted to a private individual. Since 1898 the concession has been operated by the Société des Bains de Mer, a private company, in which the government now holds a majority interest. This corporation also owns the principal hotels and clubs of the commune that serve the tourist trade. The citizens of Monaco are exempt from taxes, and they are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms. Population (1982) 13,154.>> © 1993-2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Anyone who remembers (GM Y. Seirawan's) "Inside Chess" will remember what a great event this is, it used to get a terrific spread in that magazine. Morozevich and Anand won this event, the final CB report can be found on their website. (http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...) By the way, it says "Monte Carlo, MNC" at the top of the page ... |
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