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| percyblakeney: Winner of Chesspro's Game of the Month award for March, ahead of Gelfand vs Anand, 2008 and Kramnik vs Anand, 2008 http://chesspro.ru/_events/2008/bes... |
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May-10-08
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| notyetagm: Position after 36  c5-e4
click for larger view<jheiner: Wow. Move 36.Ne4 threating forks with both Rooks on opposite sides of the boards and the King! How rare must a position like this be? What a gem of a game.> A -superb- illustration of the power of a <CENTRALIZED KNIGHT>, this White e4-knight <CENTRALIZED> right smack in the middle of the board. As <jehiner> said, the White e4-knight threatens <FORKS> involving both the Black g8- and b1-rooks, which are on the opposite sides of the board! 
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May-10-08
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| notyetagm: <Joshka: ... Also on page 44 of this issue they give analysis of the Amber win by Ivanchuk over Karjakin and call it the novelty of the year. Believe it's John Nunn doing the analysis. Yes the subscription is expensive, but it's by far the best chess mag out there, IMHO.> Yes, I fully expect Ivanchuk's brilliant 14  e3xe6+!! queen sacrifice against Karjakin to win a Chess Informant Best Novelty prize when the time comes. Too bad Ivanchuk did not save it for a more important tournament. Could you imagine the sensation it would have created if Ivanchuk had unleashed 14 e3xe6+!! against Topalov's Sicilian at M-Tel? |
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May-15-08
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| Ulhumbrus: On 14 Qxe6+ Kf8!! White's N on d4 is attacked and threatened with capture in addition to White's Q |
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| May-26-08 |
| progrock64: 14...Kf8 15.Bxf6-Nxd4 (15...Bxd4 16.Nd5 with a winning attack) 16.Be5-fxe6 17.Bxc7-Bg2 18.Rhg1-Bc6 19.Be5 with a very promising ending for White. Note by John Nunn in New In Chess 3/2008. |
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May-26-08
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| Ulhumbrus: <progrock64: 14...Kf8 15.Bxf6-Nxd4 (15...Bxd4 16.Nd5 with a winning attack) 16.Be5-fxe6 17.Bxc7-Bg2 18.Rhg1-Bc6 19.Be5 with a very promising ending for White. Note by John Nunn in New In Chess 3/2008.> In this variation an alternative to 17...Bxg2 is 17...Nxb3+ 18 axb3 Ke7 and Black may end up with the advantage |
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| May-26-08 |
| progrock64: I don`t see how black can be better in that variation after 18...Ke7. There are also alternatives for white like 16.Bxg7+ or 15.Nxb5 that look promising at first sight at least.
Wonderfull positon to study and analyze. |
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May-26-08
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| kamalakanta: Ivanchuk played this game like a future World Champion. |
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| Jul-22-08 |
| Mr Apples: Fritz 11 analysis on best 2 moves
1.  (-0.36): 13.Qe3xe6+ Depth=23
2. (-0.40): 13.Bg5xf6 Depth=23 |
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| Aug-18-08 |
| Smothered Mate: Shouldn't black have played 15... Qe7 ?
This protects g7, and if 16. Re1 Qxe6 17. Rxe6+ Ne7 |
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Aug-24-08
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| Ulhumbrus: <progrock64: I don`t see how black can be better in that variation after 18...Ke7. There are also alternatives for white like 16.Bxg7+ or 15.Nxb5 that look promising at first sight at least. Wonderfull positon to study and analyze.> On 18...Ke7 in return for the pawn Black has the bishop pair and a King that is developed better. one variation is 19 f3 g5 20 Be5 Rhg8 21 h3 Raf8 22 Ne4 Bxe4 23 fxe4 Rf2 24 Rhg1 Rgf8. On 16 Bxg7+ Kxg7 17 Qg4+ Kf8 18 Rxd4 Bxd4 20 Qxd4 Rg8 attacks the g2 pawn. On 15 Nc3xb5 axb5 16 Bxb5 Qe7 White gets three pawns for a piece but it may be insufficient. |
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| Oct-25-08 |
| Ladolcevita: Ivanchuk is very deep in abilities and talents. |
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| Oct-25-08 |
| tonsillolith: Ivanchuk, I do not understand your games. You can take that as a compliment. |
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Nov-01-08
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| notyetagm: <tonsillolith: Ivanchuk, I do not understand your games. You can take that as a compliment.> No one does, since there is only one player from <Planet Chucky>. 14 ?
click for larger view14 e3xe6+!!
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| Jan-17-09 |
| cornholio denali: i dont see anything about the queen sac. can anyone tell how it works? |
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Jan-23-09
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| notyetagm: This superb win by Ivanchuk was just voted the Best Game of Chess Informator 102. http://www.chesscafe.com/informant/... |
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| Jan-24-09 |
| ronaldducalang: How do you pronounce <Ivanchuk>? Ivan-chook
Ivan-chuck
ee-van-chuck
ee-van-chook
I dunno... |
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| Jan-24-09 |
| Jim Bartle: Won the Informant vote in a landslide. Every judge had it first or second except one, who placed it third. |
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Jan-24-09
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| notyetagm: <ronaldducalang: How do you pronounce <Ivanchuk>? Ivan-chook
Ivan-chuck
ee-van-chuck
ee-van-chook
I dunno...>
Chucky :-) |
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| Jan-24-09 |
| Akavall: Amazing queen sacrifice, much like in this game:
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996
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| Apr-16-09 |
| WhiteRook48: unfathomable! |
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Apr-17-09
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| kamalakanta: This game reminds me of the following game by Tal:
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 |
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Apr-17-09
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| kamalakanta: <Akavall: Amazing queen sacrifice, much like in this game:> Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996
Amazing! |
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| Nov-17-09 |
| spotkicker: This game has changed people's opinion about Flank variation. Until this game was played, the practitioners had liked this variation; especially with 9...Qc7. But now 9...Qb6 is preferred more than that. 9...Qc7 10.e5 Bb7 11.ed6 Bd6 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.0-0-0 Nc6 14.Qe6!! has changed everything! |
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| Nov-17-09 |
| Plato: <ronaldducalang: How do you pronounce <Ivanchuk>? Ivan-chook
Ivan-chuck
ee-van-chuck
ee-van-chook
I dunno...>
ee-VAN-chook |
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