| Dec-08-11 | | whiteshark: Snowdrop´s captain Michal Konopka was dissapointed after the openings: „Snowdrops are out of their preparation again. Tania Sachdev expected Queen Gambit (Stonewall was played instead), <Eva Kulovaná> Sicilian game (Pirc defense was played).“ <Robert Hübner> had favorable position against <Eva Kulovaná>. <Kulovaná> played patiently and equalized her position. But <GM Hübner> complicated the game by a queen sacrifise, <WGM Kulovana> made a mistake in the complicated position and lost. Tournament page: http://praguechess.cz/index.php?mod... |
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| Dec-09-11 | | shakespeare: As we can see - Germanys Top player of the 80s can still play phantastic chess - the old hand really shattered the snowdrop :-) |
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| Dec-13-11 | | xthred: Could 53 Qg3 allowed white to promote a pawn? |
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Dec-13-11
 | | NM JRousselle: I don't understand the 20 moves of maneuvering between 18 and 37. |
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Dec-13-11
 | | HeMateMe: Old shatterhand? |
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| Dec-13-11 | | ossipossi: At a very first glance (maybe not the best) it looks like White has no plan and waste a lot of tempos(e.g.better 13 Bf3 waitng for WQueen to go elsewhere than d2). |
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| Dec-13-11 | | paavoh: @HeMateMe: Check out Wikipedia. A fiction character by Karl May, "[Old Shatterhand] was able to knock his opponents unconscious with a single punch from his fist aimed at the head (specifically the temple)." Fascinating reading from the Wild West for 8-year old boys, as I recall. |
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| Dec-13-11 | | erniecohen: White is stretegically lost if Black skips the tempo-wasting 42...♕a8 and goes straight for the throat with 42...♕e4 43. ♗f2 (to prevent ♘e3) 43...♗e3. The ♕ sac didn't actually buy much; the game was basically even at that point, and after 50...d3 51. ♘f6 ♗e3+ 52. ♔f3 ♔g7, white has nothing better than a perpetual. And 50...bg7 was a big mistake, giving white time to blockade the d-pawn, centralize her ♕ and advance her queenside pawns. But she got greedy and tried to push the c-pawn without properly defending her own position. |
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| Dec-13-11 | | kevin86: Black will promote the d pawn next. |
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Dec-13-11
 | | Domdaniel: It's hardly a Queen 'sacrifice' when you pick up Rook and two minor pieces. It can be an interesting imbalance, though, as it is here - where the Queen is active and Black's Knights are miserable, apart from defensive duties. |
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Dec-13-11
 | | Penguincw: Black's fortress pretty strong. |
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| Dec-13-11 | | Galaxy7: I love the galloping Knight moves by GM Huebner ! |
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| Dec-13-11 | | Oceanlake: I prefer 8. h3 to d5. Restrict the Bishop; develop before advancing. |
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| Dec-14-11 | | King Death: <Oceanlake: I prefer 8. h3 to d5. Restrict the Bishop; develop before advancing.> Your move is playable but why lose a tempo when Black will often play ...Bf3 anyhow? The old main line was 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Rad1. This game was a nice win for Black in that line, even though I think his play was improved on later: Karpov vs Azmaiparashvili, 1983. |
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| Dec-14-11 | | Ulhumbrus: Instead of 8 d5, 8 Qd2 connects the rooks.
8...Bxf3 concedes the bishop pair. Instead of this on 8...Ne5 9 Nxe5 Bxe2 19 Qxe2 dxe5 the N on f6 may head for d6. It may be more advisable to follow a conservative policy on the King side by 11 f3 than it may be advisable to play 11 f4 if White is going to play for a queen side poawn advance. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 44...Qxe1