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Gata Kamsky vs Peter Svidler
"Sviddy Cent" (game of the day Sep-08-11)
World Cup (2011)  ·  Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78)  ·  0-1
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Sep-08-11  zanza: I saw the game with Houdini's analisys at chess.ugrasport.com/houdini.html and I didn't realize immediatly :-) Really astonishing move by Svidler... Very well played: Re2!!!
Sep-08-11
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  dotsamoht: I do not get the pun. Magnificent? Sviddy cent?

Far-fetched and unbefitting a wonderful game.

Sep-09-11
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  WannaBe: Not to nit-pick, but shouldn't that be ++ ?
Sep-09-11  arnaud1959: The Qg3 (Qg6) idea is well known (Another exemple would be: S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978) and I'm sure a player of Svidler's level was already imagining the queen at g3 after 19.Bxh6. The brilliancy comes especially from the correct move order. If 26-Qg3 27.Nc6 Re2 28.Qc3 with the double threat of Qxf6+ and the exchange of queens.
Sep-09-11  indoknight: 18...g6!? interesting gambit!
Sep-09-11
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  Peligroso Patzer: <BobCrisp: [26.] ...Re2 is a nice move, but nothing special.>

The move strikes me as rather special.

It reminded me of <23. ... Rd2> in Rubinstein's Immortal: Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907. Admittedly, the full scope and range of the tactical sequence in the Rubinstein game are more impressive than this game, but it seems harsh and curmudgeonly to dismiss Svidler's <26. ... Re2> as "nothing special".

Sep-09-11  BobCrisp: If you've got raking bishops honing down on f2 and g2, then ...Qg3 isn't a particularly difficult idea. Then all you need is to find the deflection tactic. <Alekhine> would have dreamt it in his sleep. I can't in all good conscience give it anything more than a !
Sep-09-11
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  hms123: <dotsamoht>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent

His name is pronounced <fiddy cent> for some unknown reason.

Sep-09-11
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  SuperPatzer77: Remember about the game between Ossip Bernstein (White) and José Capablanca (Black) played in Moscow, Russia in 1914. Capablanca made a brilliant move - 29...Qb2!!! - Thunderbolt!!!

Now Peter Svidler's move - 26...Re2!!! - a THUNDERBOLT!!!

SuperPatzer77

Sep-10-11  scholes: What if 26 Be3
Sep-10-11
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  kdogphs: <chancho> Oops... never mind...
Sep-10-11
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  Hesam7: 20. exd6


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<It seems that this is the move that loses white the advantage not that it was possible to tell that over the board. [Mark Crowther]

[20.Qe4 dxe5 21.dxe5 Nf6?! (Not the best suggestion by Svidler, 21...f5 or even 21...Nxe5 need looking at) 22.Qe1 (22.Qh4 is the critical continuation which Svidler was pushed to discuss by Landa. 22...Nxe5 23.Bg5 when Svidler's immediate suggestion of 23...Nxf3+ loses out of hand. 24.Nxf3 Kg7 25.Qh6+ Kg8 26.Bxg6) 22...Nd4]>

More analysis based on Svidler's own comments after the game can be found here: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne...

Sep-12-11
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  Hesam7: A 40 minute analysis of this game can be found here: http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/vie... (it requires registeration but it is free). The most critical moment after <20. Qe4 dxe5 21. dxe5>


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gets ample coverage in the video. My sense is that even if Kamsly had ana advantage at some point it was not that great. Black always comes up with some resources to defend himself. Case in point is Dennis Monokrouses coverage of <21. ... Nxe5> in the above diagram, a move I had not looked at. <22. Nxe5 f5 23. Qe2 Kh7 24. Ndf3 Kxh6>


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<<A> 25. Nf7+? Kg7 26. Nxd8 Rxe2 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 >

<<B> 25. Qxb5 Rxe5! (25. ... Kg7 is fine but weaker) 26. Nxe5 Qf6! 27. Nf3 (27. Nd7? Qg5 28. Nxb8 Nf4 and Black is mating) 27. ... Nf4>


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<<B1> 28. Qe5 Qxe5 (forced) 29. Nxe5 Bxg2 30. Rd1 Re8=>

<<B2> 28. Qb3 Bc6!

<B21> 29. Kh2 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 Bc5 31. Qc3 (31. Qxb8? Qg5+ mates in 2) 31. ... Qg5+ with perpetual

<B22> 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Qc1 g5! (Black threatening ... Ne2+; this is equal objectively but in practice playing White would be a lot harder)>

Sep-14-11
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  sevenseaman: This game should be a front-runner for the game of the tournament.
Sep-23-11
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  Ulhumbrus: 26..Re2!! serves to displace the White Queen from her cover of the point c6 after 27 Qxe2 so that after 27...Qg3! the threat of 28...Qxg2 mate can no longer be answered satisfactorily by 28 Nc6 in order to obstruct Black's QB on the long diagonal
Oct-04-11
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  notyetagm: Game Collection: SUPPORTED INTERPOSITION REQUIRES *TWO* DEFENDERS

Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011

<Ulhumbrus: 26..Re2!! serves to displace the White Queen from her cover of the point c6 after 27 Qxe2 so that after 27...Qg3! the threat of 28...Qxg2 mate can no longer be answered satisfactorily by 28 Nc6 in order to obstruct Black's QB on the long diagonal>

Oct-04-11
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  notyetagm: Game Collection: THE UNDERRATED REMOVAL OF THE GUARD -- Heisman
Oct-05-11
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  notyetagm: Game Collection: FIDE WORLD CUP 2011 TACTICS
Oct-05-11
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  notyetagm: Game Collection: GRISCHUK & SVIDLER REMOVE THE GUARD
Oct-10-11
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  notyetagm: Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011

Game Collection: DRAWBACK CHESS: OPENING LINES: EXTENSION 26 Nc6xRb8? extends b7-bishop to g2 for crushing 26 .. Re8-e2!!

Oct-14-11
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  notyetagm: Game Collection: DAHFG - DEFENDERS ARE HUGE F***ING TARGETS

Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011 26 ... Re8-e2!! attacks White c2-queen supporting defender

Dec-03-11
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  notyetagm: <Carlsen vs Howell London Chess Classic (1) 2011>

33 ?


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33 Rc7-c8! <attack defender: d8> (Svidler)


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<GC: THE UNDERRATED REMOVAL OF THE GUARD>

<GC: GRISCHUK AND SVIDLER REMOVE THE GUARD>

<GC: CARLSEN TEACHES TACTICS>

[Event "ICC 120 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Carlsen"]
[Black "*GM_Howell"]
[Result "*"]
[ICCResult "Game in progress"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "13:09:35"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 Rd6 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. h3 Rad8 24. Kh2 Qa4 25. Rb4 Qa3 26. Rb7 R6d7 27. Qf3 Qa4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Qe3 Red7 31. Qc5+ Rd6 32. Rxc7 Qc2 <33. Rc8> Rd7 Game in progress *

Jan-19-12  Nemesistic: This really is brilliant chess..It takes a lot for me to spend an hour or two just going through a single game (whearas i normally just have 5 minute "scans" till something really grabs my attention)..I don't know where to start,so i won't just now!! And whoever said 18..g6 was an interesting gambit,surely had their tounge firmly in their cheek??

Even though it worked out fine lol!

May-28-12  qqdos: <Chess Informant 113> Best Game award!
Jul-09-12
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  notyetagm: CHESSPRO.RU <2011 GAME OF THE YEAR>

http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2012...

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