| Oct-26-10 | | Elsinore: Funniest pun ever, in my humble opinion. Whoever incorporates Vanilla Ice into the game deserves praise. |
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| Oct-26-10 | | Elsinore: What happens after 18. Kf8? I haven't really looked at it, but it seems white would have to begin pushing his pawns up, and Black can set up a defense. Qxd4 is met with Be5. Black's postion is tough no matter what, I was just wondering if move 18 was the best one. His kingside gets blown up anyway with the moves given. |
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| Oct-26-10 | | fanofchess82: For all its reputation as being a closed game, this line of Caro Kann shows how exciting a game can be in this game. White takes his time to castle, sets up a pawn roller in motion on the K Side and directs all his pieces towards the f7 square and the K Side in general. Good preparation by White.
The knight on h5 proves to be a thorn in the flesh and is ably supported by g4 and 0-0-0 nullifies the power of the Q side pawns that black hopes to set on roll.for a change a Knight develops into a corner and yet looks menacing. The flight of the b2 knight to h5 is quite instructive.
Two Bishops against two rooks aint an easy endgame. Again White cleverly exchanges the Black's White bishop for his dark squared bishop. In the endgame black finds himself wanting a light squared bishop to help the d pawn advance.
A very instructive game... And good pun... |
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| Oct-26-10 | | DarthStapler: The pun should have been about an Eis Berg |
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| Oct-26-10 | | AndreMorais: 17.Bxf7 its a beautiful and amazing sacrifice! 18...Kf8 is met by, for instance, 19.Nxg7! Worth calculating lines for yourself, White wins always. |
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| Oct-26-10 | | whiteshark: A noteworthy game! |
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| Oct-26-10 | | PierreTheLion: If there are any Simpsons fan on the kibbitz 17. Bxf7+ was McBain busting out of the ice sculpture and shooting up Mendoza's dinner party: "Eis to see you" |
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| Oct-26-10 | | kevin86: The entourage of pawns will soon overwhelm black...therefore,he resigned. |
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| Oct-26-10 | | rapidcitychess: I don't like this pun. I don't like the song either, so that might influence my decision. :) |
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| Oct-26-10 | | David2009: It is interesting to see the resources that a good player (Crafty End Game Trainer) can find in a lost ending. We join the game at move 34 where White (to play) is about to win a pawn with 34 Rh7:
click for larger view Eisenbeiser vs Berg 2007 34?
http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... In this unpromising position Crafty EGT finds the interesting plan 34...Bg5 35.Rxb7 Ke4+ 36.Kb1 a5 threatening nothing and keeping his powder dry and his King well placed. Can you find the win? I couldn't and gave up (setting the position up colours-reversed to find what Crafty EGT would have done as White). The White winning plan is logical and yet I missed it completely.
Colours-reversed link if you get stuck trying to win the original position (which can get very frustrating!) http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... |
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| Oct-26-10 | | Elsinore: <AndreMorais> 19.Nxg7 was the move in the text, so no need for the !. I know that black is in a tough spot no matter what, but if Kf8, Nxg7, Kxg7, Qxd4+, Be5, g5xh6+, Kh8. Then what? It just seems on its face that black, now being up 2 minor pieces after the bishop and knight sacrifices, can formulate a defense. I don't use a computer to check moves, so maybe one of my moves is off or I missed something obvious, but black giving up his rook like that and ending up in relatively the same position as it seems it would have been w/ Kf8 seems foolish. |
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Oct-27-10
 | | Sastre: If 18...Kf8, then <19.gxh6 g6 20.Ng7 Re4 21.Ne6+ Rxe6 22.Qxe6 Qe7 23.Qxe7+ Bxe7 24.Bg5 Bc5 25.c3> looks decent for White. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 17.Bxf7+