Maia Lomineishvili vs Natalija Pogonina (2009) Pogo Sticks

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Maia Lomineishvili vs Natalija Pogonina
"Pogo Sticks" (game of the day Sep-26-2009)
10th EU-ChW playoffs (2009) (blitz), Saint Petersburg RUS, rd 3, Mar-20
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) · 0-1

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Sep-26-09		andymac: 28. Nxe7 looks OK, but either way, it's hardly a great game as White plays pitifully. I also just don't get why a 2400+ player would move Rd1... Why not just resign?

Sep-26-09		Check It Out: Could've been due to time pressure.

Sep-26-09		Gouvaneur: Ridiculous, this simply may not be a GOTD. In my opinion both players played just bad. The black exchanges on c4 did only favor white, Td1 is a cheap blunder, the exchange sac...well, interesting, but seriously not enough for a GOTD.

Sep-26-09		Natalia Pogonina: It's very nice to be featured on the GOTD. However, this game is far from perfect. We played it in blitz after a few hours of exhausting tie-break matches. Thus, please don't be surprised by the blunders - the tension was really high...

Sep-26-09		RandomVisitor: <Natalia Pogonina>Thanks for that insight. 34.Rc4? was perhaps the losing move, overlooking a knight fork, perhaps 34.Re1 was better.

Sep-26-09		millsms: Real stupid question because I am new to this. Why doesn't any of these games go all the way to checkmate?

Sep-26-09		Open Defence: <millsms: Real stupid question because I am new to this. Why doesn't any of these games go all the way to checkmate?> actually not a stupid question at all, at this level the players recognize when their position is lost so they dont play it out until mate

Sep-26-09		kevin86: It is a paradox that the better a player is,the more likely he is to resign-it's just a tradition of chess. In virtually every other activity,players play to the finish-or you will be called "a quitter".

Sep-26-09		kevin86: An ugly finish-a onepenny pitfall.

Sep-26-09		PinnedPiece: An excellent example of one player seeing the board a lot better than the other. At all levels, that's why there's a winner and a loser. It's a fun game to try and "guess the move" because you just might come up with a better line than one of the two sides here! Natalia, does anyone call you Pogo??? .

Sep-26-09		Primoman: The way kingscrusher explained the game in the video, I think this is a very good game. Great thinking Natalia, on a deep level to sacrifice the rook for a knight and deadly passed pawn structure. Nice win.

Sep-26-09		millsms: Open Defence: Thank you all for your response. I hope to begin to understand this game in full. Possibly the most complex and mentally satisfying game I have played yet.

Sep-26-09		Natalia Pogonina: <PinnedPiece> Haha, no, never. Sounds fun though, so you may be the first one to "officially" call me Pogo. :-)

Sep-26-09		kingsindian2006: <natalia> forget about the game, tell me all about chess kama sutra...cause ure a hottie...:)

Sep-26-09		Eisenheim: One has to respect blacks closed defense in which she was willing to trade down the exchange and later the ironic black knight invading to even it out. 39 Rd1 is just ugly - in contrast to the gracious, attractive defender. not really a GOTD though

Sep-26-09		achieve: <Pogo> Just read the CG Newsletter, and looking forward to you joining us at the Live Page for the upcoming Pearl Spring tournament! And I like "Pogo" actually - though I feel more at ease at the moment with WGM Pogonina. ;)

Sep-26-09		JManRio: what a shame, going so well, then 34 Rc4 ??

Sep-26-09		Domdaniel: An excellent GOTD choice: an object lesson in the relative powers of rook and knight, and a reminder that winning the exchange is a long way from winning the game. White had chances after winning the exchange, but could never quite get a good position. Is there an expectation that a GOTD should be a timeless classic? I'm happy with an interesting struggle, like this.

Sep-26-09		birthtimes: Yes, a nice struggle that Lasker would very much enjoy, and excellent penetration by a queen and rook combo to finish off in a mating net...

Sep-26-09		felixd: Wow, why is their game here? I could have play better than them... First, the plan to win the exchange was just bad, it gave black very good counter-play. Then, Rc4???? was just ridiculous. Rd1 was bad, but in every single variation black was winning so let's not count it. It still is a very bad game for both of them, but particularly for white. Nice pun though.

Sep-26-09		felixd: Oh, sorry, I just read the comments above. If it was a blitz game well ok, it clarifies everything. And if in addition to that there were all the tension of a tie-break match, I need to apology. But I do think that blitz games should not (except from rare exceptions) be the ''Game of day''.

Sep-26-09		RandomVisitor: 3 minutes a move: Maia Lomineishvili (2437) - Natalia Pogonina (2467) [A46] 10th EICC w t/b Bronze St Petersburg RUS (3.3), 20.03.2009 [Rybka 3 ] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.b3 -0.10/17 g6= 0.16/17 [Rybka 3 : 5...Nc6 6.0-0 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.a3 d5 10.dxc5 dxc4 11.bxc4 Bxc5 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qa4= -0.10/17 ] 6.Bb2= -0.08/16 [Rybka 3 : 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c4 0-0 8.Bb2 e6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Be2 Rad8 12.d5= 0.16/17 ] 6...Bg7= 0.16/17 [Rybka 3 : 6...cxd4 7.exd4 Bh6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c3 Rc8 11.Nbd2 d5 12.Qe2 e6 13.h3 Qc7 14.Nf1= -0.08/16 ] 7.Nbd2= -0.20/17 [Rybka 3 : 7.0-0 0-0 8.c4 e6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Rc1 Qe7 11.Be2 d6 12.Qd2 Rfd8 13.h3 Rac8= 0.16/17 ] 7...0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.c4 last book move 9...Nbd7 0.14/16 10.d5= -0.09/17 [Rybka 3 : 10.h3 e6 11.a4 a5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Rad1 Nb8 14.Bb1 Rd8 15.e4 Nc6 16.e5= 0.14/16 ] 10...b5= 0.20/16 [Rybka 3 : 10...Re8 11.Qc2 e6 12.dxe6 Rxe6 13.h3 Re8 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Bc3 Rad8 16.a3 h6 17.Rfe1 Qe6= -0.09/17 ] 11.e4= -0.05/16 [Rybka 3 : 11.Qc2 b4 12.a3 a5 13.h3 h6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bxe4 Nf6 17.Bd3 Qb6 18.Rfe1 Nd7= 0.20/16 ] 11...bxc4 0.27/16 [Rybka 3 : 11...b4 12.Re1 a5 13.Qc2 e5 14.a3 Qb6 15.a4 Nh5 16.h3 Qd8 17.g3 Qe7= -0.05/16 ] 12.Nxc4 0.21/17 Ba6 0.39/15 [Rybka 3 : 12...Qc7 13.Re1 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.h3 Ngf6 16.Qd2 Ba6 17.Qc3 Rfd8= 0.21/17 ] 13.Qc2= 0.19/16 [Rybka 3 : 13.Nfd2 Nb6 14.Qe2 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 Qc7 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Kg8 0.39/15 ] 13...Nb6 0.46/16 [Rybka 3 : 13...Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Ng4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.h3 Nge5 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Be2 Nf6 19.f4 Ned7 20.g4 h6 21.g5= 0.19/16 ] 14.Nfd2= 0.21/14 [Rybka 3 : 14.Rab1 Qc7 15.Rfe1 Rab8 16.Ne3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Nbd7 18.Bc3 Nh5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Nc4 Nhf6 21.h3 Rfd8 0.46/16 ] 14...Nxc4 0.39/16 [Rybka 3 : 14...Qc7 15.Rae1 Rab8 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Bc3 Ng4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.h3 Nf6 20.Ne3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nbd7= 0.21/14 ] 15.Bxc4= 0.19/17 [Rybka 3 : 15.Nxc4 Qc7 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ne3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Kg8 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.Nc4 Nf6 22.Rcd1 Rfe8 0.39/16 ] 15...Bxc4 0.45/17 [Rybka 3 : 15...Bb7 16.Nf3 a5 17.Rfe1 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rab1 f6 20.h4 Qb6 21.h5 g5 22.Qe2 Rad8= 0.19/17 ] 16.Nxc4 0.38/15 Nd7 0.45/18 17.Bxg7 0.45/17 Kxg7 0.45/16 18.f4 0.33/16 Nb6 0.51/16 [Rybka 3 : 18...Qc7 19.Rae1 f6 20.Re3 a5 21.f5 a4 22.bxa4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Ra3 gxf5 25.exf5 c4 26.Kh1 Qc5 27.Rc3 0.33/16 ] 19.Ne3 0.29/16 [Rybka 3 : 19.Na5 Qc7 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.Rad1 Rac8 22.f5 Nd7 23.Nc6 Nb8 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Na5 Nd7 0.51/16 ] 19...Rc8 0.57/15 [Rybka 3 : 19...Nd7 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.e5 a5 22.Ng4 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Nxf6+ exf6 25.Rae1 a4 26.b4 cxb4 27.Qxb4 Ra5 28.Qd4 0.29/16 ] 20.Qc3+ 0.43/16 Kg8 0.63/16 [Rybka 3 : 20...f6 21.Rf3 c4 22.Qd4 Qc7 23.Rc1 Qc5 24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.bxc4 e6 27.Qf2 exd5 28.f5 g5 29.Nxd5 0.43/16 ] 21.Rf3 0.44/17 [Rybka 3 : 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.f5 f6 23.Qe1 g5 24.h4 gxh4 25.Qxh4 Rf7 26.Rf3 Rg7 27.Rd3 Nd7 0.63/16 ] 21...f6 0.84/15 [Rybka 3 : 21...Nd7 22.Rd1 Rb8 23.e5 f5 24.Nc4 Nb6 25.Na5 Qc7 26.Rh3 Rbd8 27.Rhd3 Qc8 28.h3 0.44/17 ] 22.Rc1 0.56/15 [Rybka 3 : 22.Rg3 c4 23.Qd4 Qc7 24.f5 g5 25.h4 h6 26.Qd1 Rf7 27.bxc4 Qc5 28.Rc1 0.84/15 ] 22...Nd7 0.96/17 [Rybka 3 : 22...Qd7 23.Qc2 Qb5 24.h4 Qb4 25.h5 Rcd8 26.Rg3 Kf7 27.e5 Rg8 28.e6+ Kf8 29.hxg6 0.56/15 ] 23.Nc4 0.53/18 [Rybka 3 : 23.h4 Qb6 24.h5 c4 25.b4 Kf7 26.Rh3 g5 27.fxg5 fxg5 28.Rf1+ Nf6 29.Kh1 Ke8 30.Nxc4 Qc7 31.Rc1 g4 0.96/17 ]

Sep-26-09		RandomVisitor: continued... 23...Nb6 0.53/17 24.Na5= 0.20/17 [Rybka 3 : 24.Qd2 Nxc4 25.Rxc4 Qb6 26.Rg3 Rf7 27.Qe2 Rb8 28.Ra4 a5 29.Qd2 Ra8 30.f5 Rg7 31.Qe3 0.53/17 ] 24...Qc7 0.82/17 [Rybka 3 : 24...f5 25.Qd3 Qd7 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Rce8 28.e5 Rb8 29.Qd2 Rfe8 30.Re3 Red8 31.Re1 Re8= 0.20/17 ] 25.Nc6= 0.07/17 [Rybka 3 : 25.f5 gxf5 26.Rxf5 Nd7 27.Nc4 Ne5 28.Rh5 Rf7 29.Ne3 Kf8 0.82/17 ] 25...e6 0.47/19 [Rybka 3 : 25...f5 26.Qe1 Qd7 27.exf5 Nxd5 28.Rd1 Qxc6 29.Qe6+ Kg7 30.Rxd5 Rce8 31.fxg6 Rf6 32.Qe4 e6 33.Re5 Qxe4 34.Rxe4 hxg6 35.Rd3 d5 36.Rxd5 exd5 37.Rxe8 Rxf4 38.Ra8 Kf6 39.Rxa7 Ke5 40.Ra6 c4= 0.07/17 ] 26.Nd4 0.47/19 exd5 0.47/20 27.Ne6 0.47/18 d4 0.47/19 28.Qd3 0.47/19 Qe7 0.47/19 29.Nxf8 0.47/18 Rxf8 0.60/18 30.b4 0.37/17 [Rybka 3 : 30.Rff1 Kg7 31.Rfe1 h6 32.Qb5 Rb8 33.Qa6 Re8 0.60/18 ] 30...Re8 0.52/18 [Rybka 3 : 30...Kg7 31.Rff1 Na4 32.bxc5 dxc5 33.Rfe1 Rc8 34.e5 Rc7 35.g3 f5 36.e6 Rc6 37.Qc4 Nc3 38.Rxc3 dxc3 39.Qxc3+ Kg8 40.Qc4 Rb6 41.Qd5 0.37/17 ] 31.bxc5 0.52/19 dxc5 0.52/18 32.Rf2= 0.00/17 [Rybka 3 : 32.a4 Nd7 33.Qb3+ Kg7 34.Qd5 Rb8 35.Rff1 Rb6 36.a5 Re6 37.Rfe1 Qd6 38.Qxd6 Rxd6 39.Kf2 g5 40.g3 Kf7 0.52/18 ] 32...Kg7= 0.12/16 [Rybka 3 : 32...Rd8 33.Rfc2 c4 34.Rxc4 Nxc4 35.Rxc4 Qd6 36.g3 g5 37.fxg5 fxg5 38.Rc1 h6 39.a3 Kg7 40.Rc2 Qe5 41.Rc4 Rd7 42.Rb4= 0.00/17 ] 33.Rfc2= 0.05/18 [Rybka 3 : 33.Rff1 Rc8 34.Qa3 Rc7 35.Rfd1 Kg8 36.Qa5 Kg7 37.Rc2 Qd6 38.Qb5 Rc8= 0.12/16 ] 33...Na4 0.55/17 [Rybka 3 : 33...Rc8 34.Rd1 Rc7 35.Qa3 Kg8 36.Qc1 Qd6 37.a4 Kg7 38.Qa3 Nd7 39.g3 Rc8 40.Qd3 Re8= 0.05/18 ] 34.Rc4?? -2.67/18 [Rybka 3 : 34.Re1 Nc3 35.e5 Qf7 36.Rxc3 dxc3 37.exf6+ Kf8 38.Rxe8+ Qxe8 39.Qxc3 Kf7 40.a3 Qe6 41.g3 c4 42.Kf2 Qb6+ 43.Ke2 Qc6 44.Qe5 Qg2+ 45.Ke3 Qg1+ 0.55/17 ] 34...Nb2 -2.52/16 35.Qc2? 0.40/12 [Rybka 3 : 35.Qe2 Nxc4 36.Rxc4 Qd6 37.Qc2 Qxf4 38.Rxc5 Qe3+ 39.Qf2 Qxe4 40.h3 Re7 41.Qf3 Qxf3 42.gxf3 d3 43.Rd5 Re1+ 44.Kf2 Re2+ 45.Kg3 d2 46.f4 -2.52/16 ] 35...Nxc4 -5.76/13 36.Qxc4 -6.13/14 Qxe4 -5.90/12 37.Qxc5? -17.00/12 [Rybka 3 : 37.h3 d3 -5.90/12 ] 37...Qe3+ -16.53/13 38.Kf1 -16.42/12 Re7? -8.49/12 [Rybka 3 : 38...Re4 39.Qc7 + -16.42/12 ] 39.Rd1? -#8/3 [Rybka 3 : 39.Qc4 d3 -8.49/12 ] 39...Qe2+ -#8/3 40.Kg1 -#7/3 Qxd1+ -#7/3 0-1

Sep-26-09		WhiteRook48: I thought 39 Rd1 was erroneous

Mar-09-10		soothsayer8: whiterook48 -- I think you'd be right, I don't see it being forced at all, and it certainly loses the game for white.

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