Luke McShane vs Ivan Cheparinov (2009)

Luke McShane vs Ivan Cheparinov
17th European Team Championship 2009 · Sicilian Defense: General (B20) · 1-0

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Oct-24-09		luzhin: Surely Cheparinov had to try recapturing on g6 with his Knight: perhaps he had missed the force of 19.Bb3! After 18...Nxg6 19.Qg3 Rxc3! 20.bxc3 Nxe4! Black would have counterplay. Extraordinary how a very strong GM was blown away by such primitive methods--more like a game between 2100 players in a weekend tournament.

Oct-24-09		john2629: totally agree.This game looks like an internet game berween 2100 players with an early resign.

Oct-24-09		Refused: I dunno, this game looks more like it was over, before it really started. I just played over that game and have not deeply analyzed it. but after a first glimpse I have really disliked Cheparinov's whole gameplay here. Esp. 12...Qb6 13...Qa6 simply looks ugly. The queen is so terribly misplaced there. Maybe 12...Nd4 would've been a better choice. I think by 18...fxg6 black already was in trouble.

Oct-26-09		firebyrd: Mig: "Nothing like watching an Englishman trot out the Grand Prix and then a Blunt Force Trauma Attack straight out of the Julian Hodgson handbook. 13.Bd1 14.Rf3 is very classy caveman chess. Black deserved the pain for that spectator queen on a6" <http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...;

Oct-26-09		Phoenix: Long live coffeehouse chess!

Oct-26-09		ShadowRider: What's wrong with 20... Ke8 ? What's the continuation for the win ?

Oct-26-09		tpstar: 20 ... Ke8?! 21. Ba4+ & 22. Bb5 wins the Nd3. Brutal.

Nov-01-09		alexrawlings: This game was in Leanord Barden column in the Guardian this weekend. He said that 'White will win with a sacrifice on f6'. Can anyone elaborate on this for me please? What if 20.. Ne5?

Nov-01-09		Eyal: <alexrawlings: What if 20.. Ne5?> Well, 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxf6+ is indeed winning: if 22...exf6 then 23.Qxf6+ Ke8 24.Qe6+ Kf8 (or 24...Kd8 25.Nd5 Rc7 26.Qg8+ Kd7 27.Qg7+ with mate shortly to follow) and here a nice finish would be 25.Qg8+ Ke7 26.Qg7+ Kd8 27.Nd5 Nc6 (defending e7) 28.Ba4! Qxa4 (or 28...b5) 29.Rf1 (now that the black queen doesn't keep an eye on this square anymore). Or else 21...Nxf3 22.Bxe7+ Ke8 23.gxf3, and Black is helpless against a multitude of threats such as Ba4+, Rd1, Nd5, and Qf4-f7+.

Nov-07-09		Nina Myers: Of cource, God is Bulgarian, why doesn't he understand or respond to our prayers?

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