Jan-09-07
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| amuralid: He plays very well indeed. |
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Jan-09-07
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| al wazir: What does black do after 51. Rc5 ? If 51...Rb1+ then 52. Rcc1 Rdb3 53. Nd2. Now what? BTW, this looks like a two-dog night. |
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Jan-09-07
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| al wazir: I guess 51...Rxf3, followed by 52...Rxh3 is enough to win. |
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Jan-09-07
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| dzechiel: As I played over the game I thought that white should have played 34 Nxb3 and traded down the the bad side of R+4P v R+3P. I think he had real drawing chances after that, as all pawns are clustered in the K-side. |
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| Jan-09-07 |
| syracrophy: The first Game of the Day, that has been played in the 2007! Very nice one! In my opinion, Howell plays very well :-) |
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| Jan-09-07 |
| Silverstrike: Are those avatars of golden retrievers? |
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| Jan-09-07 |
| somitra: <dzechiel: As I played over the game I thought that white should have played 34 Nxb3 and traded down the the bad side of R+4P v R+3P. I think he had real drawing chances after that, as all pawns are clustered in the K-side.> If black takes the  with the  then only what you say is valid. But I think black wins with 34 Nxb3 Rc2+ and then 35 ... Rb2By the way, are <amuralid> and <al wazir> relatives. :D |
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| Jan-09-07 |
| Ashram64: good action from the newest 1/2 asian GM of 2007. that one pawn handicapped 1/2 white's army for half of the game |
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Jan-09-07
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| kevin86: For over half the game,the white rook is helplessly handcuffed to a1-to hold off the black pawn at a2-in addition,much of white's other play focused on that same corner. In such a weakened state,white's game was destined to go down. |
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| Jan-09-07 |
| Themofro: The course of the entire game was decided by black's very good and very energetic handling of the opening, though white made some errors in the opening, u must applaud blacks play. |
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