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Kristian Seegert vs Martin Matthiesen
"A Spoonful of Seegert Makes the Matthiesen Go Down" (game of the day May-15-2013)
Politiken Cup (2009), Helsingor DEN, rd 5, Jul-21
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Variation (B97)  ·  1-0

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Mar-02-11  YouRang: A well-played game overall, until black made a couple blunders. First, a serious blunder and later a deadly blunder.

The serious blunder happened on move 59 [diagram:black to move]


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Black's g-pawn is a goner, but black can at least have some say about the resulting position after it's gone. He could play 59...Rh8!, so that he can give check from a distance and guard against promotions.

If white then proceeds with 60.Rxg2, then Rf8+! 61.Kg1 Bxg2 62.Kxg2 Rf4 [diagram]


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White's e-pawn will fall, and with the the rook keeping the white K away from the pawns, black should have no trouble holding a draw.

Or if white pushes the b or c pawn, black has ...Rf8+, forcing the king away, and keeping white's rook tied to stopping the g-pawn, and again black should hold.

However, black instead played the inferior <59...Rh4?>, evidently thinking that <60.Rxg2 Bxg2> [diagram] would be followed by 61.Rxd4.


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But Rh4 was bad for two reasons:

(1) The rook is too close to give check (60...Rf4+? 61.Ke3! and the white K and N are well-positioned to push the 3 passed pawns to glory).

(2) The rook at h4 is in position to be forked, as seen in the game continuation:

<61.Nf5+! Kxe6 62.Nxh4 Be4> and now white has a knight and a connected pair of passed pawns vs. a bishop. The white king and knight can get into position to help push pawns.

It continued <63.Ke3 Kd5 64.Nf3 Bg6 65.Nd4 Kc4 66.c6 Be8 67.b5 Kc5 68.Ke4> [diagram]


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Even here, black can hold the draw by keeping pressure on the pawns and preventing white's K from advancing. This would most effectively be done with 68...Kd6, and then white has nothing better than 69.Kf5 Bf7 70.b6 Bd5 71.c7 Bb7 and white can make no more progress.

But then came the deadly blunder: <68...Bh5??> giving white's c-pawn a free pass: <69.c7! Bg4> and then came the simple reply that black obviously overlooked: <70.Nf5! 1-0>.

Mar-02-11  YouRang: BTW, I made a Poppinsesque pun submission for this game. :-)
Mar-02-11
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  Phony Benoni: <YouRang> I just saw it in the Pun Voting Booth. Brilliant.
Apr-27-12  AlonzoMosely: Thanks for commenting on my game (I am Martin Matthiesen).
Apr-27-12  SimonWebbsTiger: @<Alonzo>

hehe, somebody has to be one of the M and Ms. (You know me!)

May-15-13
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  Phony Benoni: Somebody has to say this, and since I think I know how to spell the word:

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

May-15-13  andrewjsacks: Truly clever, inspired pun. Well done.
May-15-13  The Last Straw: A few errors near the end led to black's downfall.
May-15-13
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  Check It Out: "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down."
May-15-13  SamAtoms1980: Long, but good...
May-15-13  PhilFeeley: Worst pun ever! Way to go <CG.com>!
May-15-13
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  Eggman: Yes. Nice pun, <YouRang>.
May-15-13
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  piltdown man: An outstanding pun!
May-15-13
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  scutigera: Best pun in a long, long time; congratulations!
May-15-13  catlover: Is there some reason that black didn't play 20...Bxd6, 21. Pxd6 Kxd6?
May-15-13  kevin86: A long pun with a long ending...too bad the play wasn't up to the quality of the pun.
May-15-13  YouRang: Hey, surprise, surprise! One of my puns is being exposed to the world! It's probably safe in small doses.

As anyone can tell, I adhere to <the worse the better> philosophy of punmanship. Thanks for all the nice comments. ;-)

May-15-13  Gilmoy: And in a way that mostly exploited the weak light squares!
May-15-13  BlackSheep: <AlonzoMosely> Thank you for contribution to the pun :)
May-15-13
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  ajk68: Awesome pun!

Nice obstruction at the end too!

May-15-13
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  Phony Benoni: <catlover: Is there some reason that black didn't play 20...Bxd6, 21. Pxd6 Kxd6?>


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I suspect not playing the line was an attempt to retain the bishop pair while maintaining pressure on WHite's kingside. After 20...Bxd6 21.exd6+ Kxd6 22.Rd1+ and 23.g3, that pressure has been dissipated and White may even have a bit better of the ending.

After 20...Bb6 in the game, Black was still sure of regaining his pawn while keeping the bishop pair, at least for a while. White was able to find a good plan afterward, but at the time Black possibly thought it the best way to keep the position difficult and play for a win.

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