Andreas Gulbrandsen vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (1937)

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Andreas Gulbrandsen vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
Stockholm Olympiad (1937), Stockholm SWE, rd 5, Aug-03
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D13) · 0-1

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Feb-06-19		Phony Benoni: By the way, note the heroic work of the bishop on h7. It's why the White rooks is sitting exposed on a2 rather than being safe on b1.

Feb-06-19		Penguincw: <There>'s the queen sac of the week.

Feb-06-19		stacase: Bam bam bam White loses a Knight, a Rook and the Queen in the blink of an eye - Cool

Feb-06-19		agb2002: Black has the bishop pair for both knights. The knight on c3 protects the rook on a2. Therefore, 27... Rxc3: A) 28.Qxb3 Rxc1+ followed by Rxb3 (or Rxd1) wins a rook and a knight. B) 28.Rxc3 Qxd1+ wins decisive material. C) 28.bxc3 Qxa2 wins a knight. D) 28.Raa1 Qxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxb2 wins a knight and a pawn. E) 28.Rca1 Qxd1+ wins a knight at least (29.Rxd1 Rc2 30.Rb1 Rxf2 31.Nf5 Bxf5 32.gxf5 Rxf5, etc.).

Feb-06-19		al wazir: Easy. White could have held his losses to a ♘ by playing 28. Rca1 -- a ghastly move.

Feb-06-19		saturn2: I saw 27...Rxc3 28. Qxb3 Rxc1+ (Rxb3 is also enough) 29. Qd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxc3 Qxd1+ 28. Raa1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Rc6

Feb-06-19		Walter Glattke: 27.-Rxc3 28.bxc3 Qxa2 taking the guard of Ra2

Feb-06-19		amadeus: Easy one, 27... Rxc3

Feb-06-19		patzer2: Solving today's Wednesday puzzle was easy for me. The Rook on a2 is under-protected and guarded by only one piece. Remove the guard with 27...Rxc3 -+ and White is busted. So where did White go wrong? The clear losing move was 27. Qd1??, allowing 27...Rxc3 -+ (-8.44 @ 33 ply, Stockfish 10). Instead, 27. Rca1 ∓ to -+ (-2.09 @ 30 ply, Stockfish 10) protects the Rook on a2 and gives White practical drawing chances by making the win much more difficult for Black. Earlier, instead of the tempo wasting 12. Ng5?! h6 13. Nf6 Nh5 ⩱, I like developing with 12. 0-0 =. Even earlier in the opening, instead of the rarely played 9. a3 =, I prefer the popular move 9. h3 = as in White's win in N Zhukova vs V Gunina, 2013.

Feb-06-19		eblunt: Strange how White decides to give Rook and Knight away, rather than just the Knight. Or was he going to resign anyway if he just lost the Knight ?

Feb-06-19		Carlos0012358: White taking the Black Queen instead of 28.Rca1 was a horrific move.

Feb-06-19		Cheapo by the Dozen: As others have said, really easy for a Wednesday. Just chop the defender and check that White doesn't have any interesting Zwischenzueger or other counterplay.

Feb-06-19		drollere: what was the point of 27. Qd1, unless trading off the Q's? that seems like the losing move.

Feb-06-19		Bubo bubo: <Removal of the guard> with 27...Rxc3 is so easy for a Wednesday that it is almost difficult again - I wasted some time searching for some hidden snag.

Feb-06-19		whiteshark: 27...Rxc3 wins a piece, and that's it.

Feb-06-19		saturn2: Why did not black choose 26...Rxc3?

Feb-06-19		moronovich: <saturn2: Why did not black choose 26...Rxc3?> Because the white queen covers Ra2.

Feb-06-19		ChessHigherCat: It's kind of cute because white has several options (all of them bad) 27...Rxc3 is the first move you think of because it leaves the R on a2 hanging but then you see it's even better because if 28. Qxb3 Rxc1+ 29.K... Rxb3 with a whole rook up or if 28. Rxb3 then Qxe1+, so white can't win for losin'...

Feb-06-19		ChessHigherCat: <Moro> means 26. Rxc3? 27. bxc3 and the Q covers the R

Feb-06-19		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 <d 22 dpa done 1. = (-0.19): 18.Bh7+> Kf8 19.Ng6+ Bxg6 20.Bxg6 Nc4 21.Rb1 Qa5 22.Bh5 Kg8 23.0-0 Rc7 24.Qe2 Rac8 25.Bg6 Bf8 26.Bd3 a6 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Rfc1 Qc7 29.Ra1 Bd6 30.Rc2 e5 31.dxe5 Bxe5 32.Rac1 d4 33.exd4 Bh2+ 34.Kh1 Rxd4 35.Qe6+ Kh7 2. = / + (-0.44): 18.Ng6 Bxg6 19.Bxg6 Nc4 20.Rb1 Qa5 21.Qb3 Rab8 22.Ke2 b5 23.Rhc1 Rc6 24.g3 a6 25.Bd3 Rbc8 26.Bxc4 Rxc4 27.Ra1 Qc7 28.Kf1 Qd7 29.Qd1 Bd8 30.Qd3 e5 31.dxe5 fxe5

Feb-06-19		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 <d 22 dpa done 1. = / + (-0.41): 17...Rc7> 18.0-0 Nb3 19.Rb1 Rac8 20.Qd1 Na5 21.Qe2 a6 22.Qc2 Nb3 23.Qd1 Bd6 24.Nf3 g6 25.Bc2 Na5 26.Bd3 Nc4 27.Bxc4 Rxc4 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Qc7 2. = / + (-0.37): 17...Bd6 18.Nf3 Rc7 19.Rb1 Rac8 20.Qd1 f6 21.Nd2 a6 22.0-0 Bf7 23.Qc2 Qc6 24.Ra1 b5 25.Bh7+ Kh8 26.Bg6 Bg8 27.Rfc1 Qb7 28.Re1 Qc6 29.Qd3 Qb6 30.Rab1 Nc4 31.Nxc4 Rxc4 3. = / + (-0.31): 17...Qb3 18.0-0 Qxc2 19.Rxc2 Nb3 20.f4 Bd6 21.Kf2 Rc7 22.Ne2 Rac8 23.Rxc7 Rxc7 24.Rh1 f6 25.Nf3 Kf7 26.Nh4 Bd7 27.Bg6+ Kg8 28.Bb1 a6 29.Ng6 Be8 30.Bd3 Rc8

Feb-06-19		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 17.0-0 Rc7 18.Qe2 Rac8 19.Rb1 a6 20.Rfd1 Bd6 21.Nf3 Bd7 22.Rdc1 Nb3 23.Rc2 Be7 24.Nd2 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 Qd6 26.Rbc1 Bc6 27.Qe2 g6 28.Qf3 h5 29.Be2 e5 30.g4 exd4 31.exd4 = / + (-0.38) Depth: 24 dpa

Feb-06-19		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 <d 22 dpa done 1. = (-0.22): 16.g4> Qb3 17.Bh7+ Kf8 18.Bd3 Qxc2 19.Rxc2 Kg8 20.Ne5 Be8 21.f4 f6 22.Ng6 Bd6 23.Kf2 Rc7 24.g5 Bxg6 25.Bxg6 fxg5 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Bh7+ Kf7 28.Nb5 Rxc2+ 29.Bxc2 Be7 30.Ke2 Nc4 31.Rf1+ Bf6 32.b3 a6 33.bxc4 axb5 34.cxd5 Rxa3 2. = / + (-0.29): 16.0-0 Nb3 17.Rb1 Bf6 18.Nh2 Rc7 19.Ng4 Be7 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Qd1 Na5 22.Qe2 Bd6 23.Nf3 Rac8 24.Nd2 a6 25.Rfc1 Nc6 26.g4 Ne7 27.Rc2 Bc6 28.Qf3 f6 29.Rbc1

Feb-06-19		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 <d 22 dpa done> 1. + / = (0.30): 12.h3 Na5 13.0-0 Qb3*T) 14.Ne5 Qxc2 15.Rxc2 Nb3 16.Bh2 Be8 17.f4 g6 18.g4 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.f5 Bg5 21.Re2 Na5 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Be5 Rf8 24.e4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Rf8+ 26.Rf2 Nc4 27.exd5 Nxb2 2. + / = (0.29): 12.0-0 Na5 13.h3 Qb3(T)

Feb-07-19		TheaN: Wednesday 6 February 2019 <27....?> Bit late, but alas. This is one of those 'remove the defender whilst defending an en prise piece' tactics that are so popular in Puzzle Rush it hardly becomes a no-brainer. After <27....Rxc3> Black takes out the defender of Ra2 simultaneously defending Qb3. I actually sort of stopped here, realizing Black will at least win a piece, but White's peril is even worse as he can't even take with a piece with more losses: 28.Qxb3 Rxc1+ with 29....Rxb3 or 28.Rxc3 Qxd1+ with 29....Qb1. So that leaves <28.bxc3 Qxa2 -+> and Black also has all the activity.

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