David Howell vs Boris Gelfand (2010)

David Howell vs Boris Gelfand
Rising Stars vs Experience (2010) · Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42) · 0-1

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Aug-12-10		HeMateMe: a rare 4 Queen position! Howell is a fighter. This one isn't as good as the 4 queen game, Fischer v. Korchnoi.

Aug-12-10		Eduardo Leon: The 4 queen game was Fischer vs Petrosian.

Aug-12-10		tpstar: Game Collection: Multi-queens!

Aug-13-10		whiteshark: According to the technical department <55.Qg8+> was the only move for Howell to draw the game. click for larger view

Aug-13-10		wordfunph: <whiteshark: According to the technical department <55.Qg8+> was the only move for Howell to draw the game.> ...but i believe he was in time trouble as always! and he missed that drawing line.

Aug-13-10		whiteshark: "For David Howell it will not have come as a surprise that Boris Gelfand defended himself with the solid Petroff Defence. After all the Israeli grandmaster is one of the world’s greatest experts in this opening that makes many fans yawn. However, Petroff supporters have often pointed out that the game can become very sharp and today Gelfand demonstrated that his pet defence can also lead to other problems for White. When he liquidated to a queen ending many spectators believed that we would soon see a draw, but Gelfand felt that he had chances because of the weaknesses in the white pawn army. Patiently and with a lot of creativity he kept posing White problems and Howell could be forgiven that at some point he collapsed under the pressure. With <55.Qg8+> he could still have fought on, but after the immediate 55.h8Q he ended up in a mating net and soon had to resign." -- Round 1 report http://nhchess.com/RoundReport1.html

Aug-13-10		Dr. Funkenstein: 64. Qg4 Qxf3+ 65. Kh2 (Kg4 Q-either-g4#) Qee2+ 66. Kg1 (Qg2 Q(either)xg2#) Qef2# is a fun finish solely to write on the scoresheet. How often to do you have to specify which queen you are talking about?

Aug-13-10		culei: What happends if 55 qg8+ White cannot draw because of kc2 wins for black

Aug-13-10		whiteshark: What happens if 55 qg8+ kc2 Black cannot win because of qg2+ draws

Aug-20-10		culei: You are right I tried to find somethibg but couldnt

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