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| Mar-23-07 |
| TylerD: Did not know Ponomariov had such play in him. A grand one. |
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Mar-23-07
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| aragorn69: Wow! What a piece struggle at the center of the board! |
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| Mar-23-07 |
| matysso: Ponomariov's best game. |
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| Mar-28-07 |
| BadTemper: this game makes no sense to me whatsoever |
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| Mar-28-07 |
| BadTemper: the more i look at this game the more i get depressed that i dont understand chess at all |
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| Mar-29-07 |
| BadTemper: plz someone help me understand this crazy game |
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| Mar-29-07 |
| SniperOnG7: <BadTemper> This game is truly quite a masterpiece. I'm not sure if I really understand it myself but here's my thoughts:
After 12...Bc5, I thought to myself "Mmm, what is White's least active piece...definitely Be2." Though I did not seriously consider Bxc4, it made sense to me. These are the immediate advantages the sacrifice gives:
1. Prevention of castling due to advanced Pd5.
2. Immediate recapture of 2 pawns which supply the compensation.
3. Quick reduction of Black's active pieces by the Na5 fork.
4. In comparison, all of White's minor pieces are developed while Black has one undeveloped. In addition, due to the open lines, White's rooks can be quickly activated while neither of Black's can for the moment. Ie LEAD IN DEVELOPMENT. This led Pono to carry out the sacrifice. However, as the game progressed, other advantages also revealed themselves: even though both Bishops are active, WHite's is able to target f6 and maybe destroy the Black King's defensive position, while Black's is unable to hit anything. Basically, the sacrifice is done to obtain activity and the initiative. |
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| Mar-29-07 |
| SniperOnG7: Though up in material, Sokolov is playing at least one rook down, if not more... |
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| Mar-29-07 |
| SniperOnG7: Speak of the devil, this is the quote for 2day:
"Move that one of your pieces, which is in the worst plight, unless you can satisfy yourself that you can derive immediate advantage by an attack." --- Anderssen
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| Mar-29-07 |
| BadTemper: <SniperOnG7>
Thanks for the trying to help. P.S. going to change my name to "AssasinOnH6" |
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Mar-29-07
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| outplayer: What is the threat after 30.Qf5? |
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Mar-30-07
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| aazqua: Indeed an amusing game. Black needs to find a way to stop gobbling up material and setting himself up for the fall. |
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| Mar-30-07 |
| Avarus: <CRWynn>'s words exactly. Moves from 22. to 28. make black look like he doesn't have an idea what's going on. Not that I would have from move 15. |
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| Mar-30-07 |
| SniperOnG7: <BadTemper>
Haha. Bet you love spoil people's fun by kicking their fianchettoed bishops off the board. |
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| Mar-30-07 |
| BadTemper: <SniperOnG7>
yep, they are tasty morsels of delight.
hungry hungry hippo! |
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| Mar-30-07 |
| SniperOnG7: So where did Black go wrong here? IMHO, as an ex-QD player, I loved it when the oppenent tried to take and hold the c-pawn. Really, a bad choice of opening variation for Sokolov.
For example, only from Move 7 onwards does Black develop his Kingside in order to try and castle. By Move 9 White has done this and thus White attacked first with d5! This meant that Black has to cope with the d5-d6 threat which hung over his head till the end of move 12. However, by that time, it is too late to castle and Pono neatly finished Sokolov off. |
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| Mar-31-07 |
| SniperOnG7: QD? sorry i mean QG |
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| Apr-04-07 |
| BadTemper: <SniperOnG7>
i used fritz annotate ill send it to you after. going to sleep. i think i have the flu.it's really too complicated for me to analyse manually. i tried. |
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| Apr-06-07 |
| SniperOnG7: <BadTemper> Get better soon! |
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| Oct-09-07 |
| sanyas: This is the game of the year. With the possible exceptions of Kramnik vs Anand, 2007, Anand vs Carlsen, 2007 and I Rogers vs R Berzinsh, 2007. |
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| Oct-09-07 |
| vlado23: <outplayer: What is the threat after 30.Qf5?> maybe simply Qg4 |
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| Nov-20-07 |
| zealouspawn: how often do you see a bishop take a knight on f6, then return to safety, and then do the exact same thing a couple moves later? |
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| Mar-18-08 |
| PAWNTOEFOUR: <BadTemper>...........80% of the members on this site don't understand 90% of these games but they're fun to play over......so don't feel bad,just keep on playing.....like i do |
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May-22-08
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| KingG: Very nice game, but I'm quite surprised such a strong GM as Sokolov would try to hang on to the pawn like that with 3...b5. I know it's probably not losing, but it certainly appears risky. |
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sac: 13.Bxc4
