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| Apr-18-08 |
| samikd: <.10.Qf6> is not a forced win even though it looks like one at the first glance. According to Fritz, <14. b4> is the losing move and indeed, it seems to be a terrible idea to play a pawn move when your entire K-side is undeveloped. I dont know how a player of Sokolov's level could play that ugly move. <14. e3> is much better, and after <14..0-0 15. b4 Ne4 16. Qd4 > which might be just fine. Fritz gives white some advantage, but thats probably because of the extra pawn. I would say the position is dynamically balanced between White's extra pawn and blacks extra development |
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Apr-18-08
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| Domdaniel: Funny, I'd looked this game up just a couple of days ago. <samikd> is right - the losing move is 14.b4. Although I don't think this whole Bxb8 line is really playable anymore. |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| Azo: 13 ...Ne4 |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| Samagonka: Black was over-confident. |
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Apr-18-08
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| sallom89: <Black was over-confident.> agreed! |
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Apr-18-08
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| deadlysin: Qf6 was a brilliant move,
i have this game in one of my books |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| zev22407: 14) b4 was the losing move ,better was 14)Nf3 |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| drpoundsign: he left the bishop en prise...
but won anyway |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| Marvol: "OK so who's the funny guy that glued all my kingside pieces to their squares?" |
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Apr-18-08
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| kevin86: White must have been an expert an nondeveloped pieces-first,he captures the knight at b8 and then retreats the bishop-wasting two tempi. Then he goes the ENTIRE game without a single move of ANY piece on the right side of the board. Clearly,white's "chess brain" has suffered a stroke on its left side. 2676-I bet the rating suffered by this fiasco! |
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Apr-18-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: I kind of liked 10 Bxb8 because it contained a sneaky threat. If black had played 10...Rxb8??, then 11 Qa4+, below, wins a piece. 
click for larger view |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| jovack: white is just hopelessly entangled
things just turned sour very quickly for him |
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Apr-18-08
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| Honza Cervenka: This pretty game somewhat resembles Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941 |
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Apr-18-08
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| JG27Pyth: Aronian has future World Champion written all over him IMO. Bobak Zahmat says "He can become a legend" ... time will tell, but I agree. |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| DarthStapler: Oh wow |
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Apr-21-08
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| Domdaniel: <Kevin86> -- <2676-I bet the rating suffered by this fiasco!> Unfortunately, the fiasco-ness of a game has no effect on the players' ratings. Neither does the brilliance of a win. A win is a win, a loss is a loss, a draw is a draw, and the system doesn't care how they were achieved. In this case, Aronian was rated nearly 100 points higher. GMs use a low K-factor - the part of the equation that dictates how many points can be won or lost per game. Very roughly, I'd say Aronian gained about 6 points for this; and Sokolov would've dropped from 2676 to 2670. It would be interesting to have a rating system with bonuses for brilliancies, or even for winning with Black. But if it gets down to extra punishment for blunders, I'd be in real trouble... |
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| May-22-08 |
| justapatzer: would'nt 13...Na2 be a killer and end the game? |
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| Jun-06-08 |
| ezmerin: Yes, justapatzer, it would. 13...Na2 14. axb4 and Black can resign. Nothing Black ever looked for. |
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| Jan-27-09 |
| RobertLangdon: If not a chess player Aronin could be someone like Einstien(Actually his get up,attitude tells that).Pure genius! |
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Feb-20-09
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| notyetagm: <LIFE MASTER AJ ANNOTATES>: http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... |
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Mar-08-09
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| LIFE Master AJ: Haha! A fan just sent me an e-mail about this game. I thought it looked familiar ... (I honestly did not remember annotating this particular game!). |
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Oct-10-09
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| seagull1756: My God, is Qc2 Nimzo refuted? :)))) |
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| Oct-24-09 |
| AuN1: poor sokolov, playing aronian and giving him king's bishop, knight and rook odds. |
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sac: 17...Qc6
