Richard Rapport vs Lajos Portisch (2010)

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Richard Rapport vs Lajos Portisch
Gotth' Art Cup GM (2010), Szentgotthard HUN, rd 9, Mar-03
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Reshevsky Variation (D36) · 0-1

White to move.

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Jun-12-10		GrahamClayton: This games was played in the last round, and Rapport ignored his trainers advice to play for a draw. He played for a win, lost and finished out of the placings. He should be congratulated for playing such positive chess.

Aug-09-10		sbevan: Well my impression of the game is that Black outplayed White. But that's only IMHO

Mar-17-19		andrewjsacks: Lovely closing with geometric features.

Mar-17-19		devere: It's remarkable how helpless White is after 33...Qxe6. The two bishops reign supreme.

Mar-17-19		An Englishman: Good Evening: Saw the first few moves, but with so many variations to examine, not sure how much credit to claim, if any. Just out of curiosity, what was wrong with 18.d5?

Mar-17-19		Stale.Mate: Talk about a backstabbing. Wow!

Mar-17-19		ChessHigherCat: I've created a monster: 32...a5 33. Qxb5 Ba6 34. Qc6 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Bb6 36. Nd1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Bxf2 38. Nxf2 Re2 39. Qc5 Kh6 40. Qd4 Kg7 41. Qc5 Re8 42. Qa7+ Kh6 43. Bf5 Rxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Re2 let's see if it works...

Mar-17-19		ChessHigherCat: : It works at being a monstrosity, anyway. I thought about RxB but it was just too hard to get the Q on the diagonal.

Mar-17-19		Walter Glattke: Proposal for 35.-g4 36.Nd4 Kf7 37.Rxf6+ (37.-Bb6? 38.Qe7+ Kg7 39.Qxf6+) Bxf6 38.Kf2 Qg2+ 39.Ke3 Re8+ 40.Kd3 Qxf1+ or 36.-gxf3

Mar-17-19		mel gibson: I saw that move but discounted it as it looked too risky. Stockfish 10 agrees with the text but plays a lot harder: 32... Rxe6 (32. .. Rxe6 (♖e5xe6 d5xe6 ♕e3xe6 ♖f2-e2 ♗d8-b6+ ♖f1-f2 ♕e6-c6 ♖e2-e7+ ♔g7-g6 ♕b4-e4+ ♕c6xe4 ♘c3xe4 ♗b7-d5 ♘e4-c3 ♖a8-d8 b2-b3 a7-a5 ♔g1-f1 b5-b4 ♘c3xd5 ♗b6xf2 ♔f1xf2 ♖d8xd5 ♖e7-e2 ♖d5-f5+ ♔f2-g2 ♖f5-c5 ♖e2-d2 h7-h5 ♔g2-f3 ♔g6-f5 ♖d2-f2 ♖c5-c3+ ♔f3-g2+ ♔f5-e5 ♖f2-e2+ ♔e5-d4 ♖e2-f2 ♖c3-c1 ♔g2-h3 ♖c1-c6 ♔h3-g2 ♔d4-e4 h2-h3 ♔e4-d3 h3-h4 g5-g4 ♖f2-f5) +2.38/37 87) score for Black +2.38 depth 37

Mar-17-19		Walter Glattke: After 32.-a5 black can get very nasty with 33.Qg4, possible continuation was 35.-b4 36.Qh5 bxc3 37.Qf7+ Kh6 38.Qf8+ Kh5 40.Bf7+ Kg4 41.h3+ Kxh3 42.Qh6#, or 33.Qg4 Rxe6? 34.Qxe6

Mar-17-19		agb2002: Black has the bishop pair for a bishop and a knight. White threatens Qxb5. The bishop on d8 is tied to the defense of e7 and the white bishop doesn't allow Black to maneuver freely. Therefore, 32... Rxe6 33.dxe6 Qxe6 with the threat Bb6 followed by Qc6. That's all I can do today.

Mar-17-19		Cheapo by the Dozen: This is the second straight puzzle in which the engine isn't all that impressed with the winner's moves. But this time it at least agrees the game moves were the correct ones.

Mar-17-19		Walter Glattke: corr. 33.-b4 and so on, the Option was 33.-Bc5 34.Nxb5 Qd3 35.Qh5 Rf8 36.Nd6 Bxf2+ 37.Rxf2 Rxd5 38.Nf5+ Rxf5 39.Bxf5 white semms to win then.

Mar-17-19		goodevans: <An Englishman: ... Just out of curiosity, what was wrong with 18.d5?> Nothing as far as I can tell. At first glance it looks really, really good for white but black has a couple of strong moves that keep things balanced. The following is almost forced: <18.d5 c4! 19.dxe6 Qxe6! 20.Nd4 cxd3 21.Qxd3> So 18.d5 was a perfectly reasonable alternative that would have led to a roughly level position with chances for both sides. Much as with the game continuation.

Mar-17-19		goodevans: White missed <26.Bxh7+>. 26...Kxh7? 27.d6 would be curtains.

Mar-17-19		drollere: i looked this over and decided it had something to do with Rxe6 (clearing the long diagonal) followed by Bb6. but i couldn't find any forced W moves, if there are any, so i couldn't find a clear line.

Mar-17-19		landshark: my idea was 32...Rxe6,33.exd6 Qxd6 and let that imposing Bishop pair rule the board - I didn't bother calculating past that because I saw that White's doubled rooks on the f-file would be neutralized by the bishops. In casual guess-the-move mode I strayed promptly with 34...Bb6, figuring 35. Nd4 Qe4 and I ought to be able to win this OTB - But the engine disagreed with me, with 35.Qd6 = So I had a good sense of the position but didn't work hard enough at the details today -

Mar-17-19		Breunor: As Goodevens said: 1) +3.28 (20 ply) 26.Bxh7+ Kf8 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Qh5 f6 29.Nb5 Qg7 30.Nxd4 Be7 31.Nf5 Rxf5 32.Rxf5 Rd8 33.a3 Bc8 34.Rff1 Ba6 35.Bd3 Bxd3 36.Rxd3 Kg8 37.Rf5 Qf7 38.Qh6 Qg7 39.Qxg7+ Kxg7 40.Kg2 We see that starting with white's 26, White misses his best move and goes from a +3 to even over 3 - 4 moves: After 26 Nd4 white is still better but is not necessarily 'winning': 1) +1.37 (22 ply) 26...cxd4 27.Nb5 Qe7 28.Rdf1 f6 29.d6 Qg7 30.Re2 Rxe2 31.Qxe2 Qf7 32.Bc4 Bd5 33.b3 Bxc4 34.bxc4 d3 35.Qxd3 a6 36.Nc3 Rc8 37.Nd5 Kg7 38.h4 Qg6 39.d7 Rc5 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.hxg5 fxg5 Best was 27 Nb5: 1) +1.30 (20 ply) 27.Nb5 Qe7 28.Nxd4 Bxd5 29.Nf3 Bxf3 30.Qxf3 Rc8 31.Qh5 f6 32.Rxf6 Qxf6 33.Qxh7+ Kf8 34.Rf1 Rc1 35.Qh8+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg7 37.Rxc1 Qh6 38.Qf3 Qf6 39.Qb7+ Qe7 40.Qxe7+ Bxe7 41.Rc7 Re3 But after 27 Q x d4 white's advantage starts to diminish: 1) +0.68 (19 ply) 27...f6 28.d6 Qd7 29.Bb5 Qc8 30.d7 Qc7 31.Qc4+ Kg7 32.Qxc7 Bxc7 33.Bc4 Rd8 34.Nb5 Rc5 35.Nxc7 Rxc7 36.Be6 Rc5 37.Re1 h6 38.b4 Rc7 39.Bg4 Rdxd7 40.Bxd7 Rxd7 41.b5 Missing 28 d6! costs white any advantage: 1) +0.16 (22 ply) 28...b5 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Nxb5 Qb6 31.Qb4 Kg7 32.Qc4 Be7 33.Qc7 Qxc7 34.Nxc7 Rd8 35.b4 Bd6 36.Rc2 Kg6 37.Rc4 h5 38.a4 Bc8 39.Rdc1 Bxe6 40.dxe6 h4 41.Kf2 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 He starts losing with 30 Rfd1: 1) -1.49 (19 ply) 30...Qb6 31.Qg4 Be7 32.b4 Rf8 33.a3 f5 34.Qd1 f4 35.Ne2 Rxe6 36.dxe6 Qc6 37.Rf3 g4 38.Nd4 Qd5 39.Nf5+ Rxf5 40.Qxd5 Bxd5 41.Rxf4 Rxf4 42.gxf4 Bd8 43.f5 Bb6+ 44.Rf2 Bxf2+ 45.Kxf2 30 Ne4 maintains equality: 1) +0.08 (21 ply) 30...Qc4 31.Qxc4 bxc4 32.Nd6 Ba6 33.Rc2 Rb8 34.h4 Bb6+ 35.Kh1 h5 36.a3 Bc5 37.Nxc4 Bxc4 38.Rxc4 Bf2 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg5 Rxg5 41.Rxg4 Rxg4 42.Bxg4 Rxb2 After 34 Nxb5 white is totally lost: 1) -6.73 (26 ply) 34...Qd5 35.Rf3 Bb6+ 36.Kg2 Bc5 37.Qc3 g4 38.Nc7 gxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Qxf3+ 40.Qxf3 Bxf3+ 41.Kxf3 Rc8 42.Nd5 Kf7 43.a3 Bd4 44.b3 Rc2 45.Ke4 Bc5 46.b4 Bd6 47.Ne3 Rxh2 48.g4 Ra2 49.Nc4 Bc7 50.Kd5 Bg3 Instead 34 Re2 keeps him in a difficult game: 1) -1.37 (24 ply) 34...Bb6+ 35.Rff2 Qc6 36.Re7+ Kg6 37.Qe4+ Qxe4 38.Nxe4 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Rc8 40.Re2 h5 41.Kg2 Bxf2 42.Rxf2 a5 43.Kf3 a4 44.Ke4 Rc4+ 45.Kd3 h4 46.gxh4 Rxh4 47.Ke3 b4 48.Rd2 a3 49.bxa3 Rh3+ 50.Ke4 Rxa3 So an interesting story. I usually deride the idea that a player can match a computer, but a player of Rapport's strength doesn't usually get such a string of bad moves. But let's put in kudos for Portisch, an all time great, could still be devastating at that age!

Mar-17-19		BxChess: I thought the key move in the puzzle was 33...Qxe6. Prior to settling on it I tried to make 33...Bb6 work, before conceding that 34. Qe7+ lead to perpetual check. I was reluctant to make 33...Qxe6 because it meant giving up the pin on the rook, but eventually I realized that even if the rook moved, it could do little damage, and ...Bb6+ would reinstate a pin.

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