| Feb-22-07 |
| Alphalegacy: beautiful sacrifice to loosen up the kingside |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Brettwith2ts: I particularly liked moves 21.  f5, 22.xg6, and 24 xh7, opening up the king to an attack by white's queen. A good game, I think. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| think: Wow! Tactics, tactics, and more tactics! This is a great game, and definitely deserves more kibitzing and game of the day. 22. ... hxg6 loses to 23. Qxg6 as the queen and pawn are just enough to checkmate.
Some questions: why not 19. ... Qxf8? Can't black hold after 23. ... hxg6? i.e. 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Qf6+ Kh7. Whats the finish after 31. ... Ne5? |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| rookattack: Why does white not play 16.Bh6? Doesnt that imediately win a rok for a bishop |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| rookattack: <think> After 31..Ne5 Rxe5 results in black down two pawns and a rook for a knight.. After 23..hxg6 24.Qh4+ Kg7 25.Rf4 and mate folows
but wat abt 23..Nxg6 |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| greenrook: After 16.Bh6 comes ...Qxe5 which holds everything. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| laskereshevsky: A "chess-wrestling smack down" pun?!.....
( who remember:ANDRÉ THE GIANT, HULK HOGAN, ANTONIO INOKI, THE TIGER MAN....) Watching the pictures he dont appear like a out of the board giant...... |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| alfilbueno: <think,laskerreshevsky>
After 23... hxg6 24 Rae1 Bd6 25 Rxe5! (elimination of the defender) Bxe5 26 Qxg6 with the threats Nf5 and Rf3, and mate to follow in a few moves.
23 ... Nxg6 24 Qxc7, the knight on e5 cannot be moved (the same applies after 24 Rae1 in the previous line). |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| alfilbueno: <think> After 31 ... Ne5 32 Nh6+ Rh8 33 Rxf8+ Bxf8 34 Qg8 mate. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Simplification: I can't see how white's attack would continue after 17 ... Qd8. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| thegoodanarchist: nice nice nice gotd |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| moppa: <Simplification> I think after 17...Qd8 white could play 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Ne6 or 18.Bh6 with exf7+ to follow |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Anyi: What happens after 21. ... Ne5? A sacrifice back to save black for the moment or not?
Am studying the Sicilian Defense to play it with black. For me this was a good example how not to play it. Didn't Nb8 stay far too long on the back row? |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Dr.Lecter: Amazing moves to open up the kingside. I always liked Volokitn, and this game just shows why. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Stonewaller2: <laskereshevsly> I date myself but I remember The Crusher, Baron von Raschke, Mr. Fuji . . . |
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Feb-22-07
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| kevin86: As this one developed,it looked like the end would come when black's defenders were stretched too far. With a combination of yoga and pretzel-making,black seemed to hold things,but finally he had to leave a piece hanging. That was the end. |
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Feb-22-07
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| fm avari viraf: <alfilbueno> rightly points out the combo after 31...Ne5 if 31... Nd8 the same continuation will end Black's agony but 31...Nh8 then it's mate in one 32.Nh6#. |
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| Feb-22-07 |
| Themofro: great game by white, love the title given to the game, referring of course, to Andre the Giant himself, a great man and movie star who made the best of what life dealt him. |
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Feb-22-07
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| playground player: Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali, Andre the Giant vs. Chuck Wepner--now that's entertainment! Meanwhile, I think the move that set up the win for White was 15. Nc6. Black answers with exc6, and White's 16. e6 is a killer. |
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| Feb-23-07 |
| Simplification: <moppa 17 ...Qd8> 18 exf7 Rxf7 19 Ne6 doesn't seem to work after ... Qc8. However, your suggested 18 Bh6, though, seems like the best line. I was thinking 18 ...Bf6, defending g7, but White continues with 19 Bxg7 anyway ... Bxg7 20 Bxh7! Kxf7 21 Qf5+ winning - because he will capture on f7 and win the rook. |
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Feb-23-07
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| euripides: Very impressive and interesting. Black's problems may arise from playing b6 and Bb7 without Re8, leaving Be7 vulnerable, e6 underprotected, and tricks with Bh6 available to White. Volokitin's combination pulls all these ideas together. |
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| Feb-25-07 |
| laskereshevsky: Truth to tell, <Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali> was a massacre!!! poor Antonio.....After all Muhammad ali ( formerly well-know like Kassius klay) was a REAL FIGHTER-ATHLETE, and in the boxe no pre-arranged match (sic!!!) like in the wrestling at all...about <now that's entertainment!> i could agree remembering the epics: ANDRÉ THE GIANT VS HULK HOGAN....:) |
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sac: 16.Nd5
