Oct-07-09
 | | luzhin: 18.d6!! is a fabulous move. Once Svidler gets his knight to d5, Black's entire position drops off. |
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| Oct-07-09 | | DCP23: A photo from this game:
http://www.ecc2009.com/pic/oct07/oc... |
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| Oct-08-09 | | returnoftheking: Thanks for that. What happens after 9..exf4?
Take with pawn or knight? |
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| Oct-08-09 | | positionalgenius: wow. what a game |
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Oct-08-09
 | | notyetagm: Brilliant game by Svidler. |
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Oct-08-09
| | notyetagm: 18 ?
click for larger view18 d5-d6!! <clearance: d5>
click for larger view<luzhin: 18.d6!! is a fabulous move. Once Svidler gets his knight to d5, Black's entire position drops off.> 20  c3-d5
click for larger view |
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| Oct-08-09 | | Andrijadj: Svidler was surely cheating.I mean:to beat Shakh in 24 moves without comp...that's simply impossible... |
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| Oct-11-09 | | manakin: one has to assume you're joking, <Andrijadj>... svidler is in tremendous shape of late, and if anything, this game might just serve as an example. |
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| Oct-11-09 | | ILikeFruits: joking is...
what joker...
does... |
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| Oct-11-09 | | Chicago Chess Man: <returnoftheking> I would play 10.gxf4 followed by moves like Qd2 and 0-0-0 with plans for a nice kingside attack fueled by eventual control of both the g and h files. |
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| Oct-12-09 | | returnoftheking: thanks for your reply. It seems a reasonable plan, but I wondered about the h6 c1 diagonal after gxf4...Qh4+ Bf2 Q or a later Bh6 |
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| Oct-12-09 | | Chicago Chess Man: <return> I don't know. I would put a big question mark behind Qh4+. Black simply wastes a tempo with this move. After Bf2 (which you mentioned) the black queen would probably move back to d8 since black's plan will eventually hinge on a kingside attack after 0-0-0. Placing the queen on the f or h6 squares seems dangerous and illogical since you typically don't want to place your pieces where the other side has a spatial advantage. As for the c7h1 diagonal, I don't see any danger for white. Especially if black wastes time with Qh4, white has plenty of time to play Qd2, 0-0-0 and then return the bishop to e3 to counter any danger on c7h1. Just my humble opinion. |
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| Oct-13-09 | | returnoftheking: Makes sense. I think I hallucinated of ideas with Qe7 and f5, fxe and pressure on f4 |
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| Oct-14-09 | | Andrijadj: Of course I am joking. |
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| Oct-14-09 | | returnoftheking: He was referring to this game
Mamedyarov vs I Kurnosov, 2009 |
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