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Aug-01-12
 | | OBIT: <MrSpock: <OBIT> my Houdine thiks it is mate in 14 :-)>Your Houdini is better than my Houdini. Humans are more efficient, though - Hou resigned. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | tpstar: Congratulations Bologan!
Great struggle. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | blazerdoodle: He went out punching it out. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | whiteshark: A reversal of trend: First win for Bologan! |
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| Aug-01-12 | | eternaloptimist: Yes!! It's great to c that bolo FINALLY got a win!! He finished this game off w/ great concentration & didn't fall for any cheapos. |
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Aug-01-12
| | OBIT: No need for Hao to give up... he can still win the tournament if Carlsen and Giri draw when they play each other tomorrow. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | blazerdoodle: Bologan has played some interesting chess, despite his losses. Go Bologan! |
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Aug-01-12
 | | Pedro Fernandez: Kudos for GM Bologan! He deserves win this game vs the leader since he saved of big troubles this tournament and he was not prepared for to play this tournament. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | chancho: <OBIT> Carlsen plays Bacrot tomorrow. Hao plays Giri, I believe... |
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| Aug-01-12 | | blazerdoodle: Yes, it appear Bologan is a Sportsman - and putting himself on the field unprepared shows that, and he has played some fascinating chess anyway. Can't wait till tomorrow, all the best to everyone, because I'm wallowing in the mists and it's amazing watch those that know the game work it out. |
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Aug-01-12
| | OBIT: <chancho>Oh, right... Giri played Carlsen today, Hao tomorrow. Giri and Hao have to throw caution to the wind and hope for some help from Bacrot. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | Wild Bill: It's good to see Bolo win one. We have to appreciate someone who makes himself available on short notice as he did. Just a note to all: The name of the Black player in this game is Mr. Wang, not Mr. Hao. It is a very common family name in China and pronounced Wong. All of the Chinese Americans of that name with whom I grew up in Stockton, California spelled it with an o rather than an a. |
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Aug-01-12
 | | Eyal: <45...Bh6 loses to 46.Nxf5!!; that was also quite tricky to see.> To elaborate: 46...gxf5 47.Bxf5+ Kg7 48.Bxf6+ Kxf6 49.Qxh6+ Kxf5 50.Qe6+ winning the black queen after a few more checks (of course, just exchanging queens is also enough); or 47...Kg8 48.Be6+ Kh7 49.Qd3+ Kg7 50.Qxf3 killing Black's threats (50.Bxf6+ also wins, but requires more calculation). After 40...Ne5? and especially 42.Bd4 White's win might look obvious and the computer evals show big numbers, but actually there were a lot of tactical tricks that White had to be careful of (like those following 43.Qxb2? Nfg4!) and the whole thing required quite a lot of careful calculation. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | zozon: So what was wrong with 32 fe5. Truly superior move! |
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Aug-01-12
 | | David2009: Well, you could hardly want a better or more enjoyable example of fighting chess than this. Here's one of many critical positions (White to play):
click for larger view (V Bolognan vs Wang Hao 2012, 36?)
with a link to Crafty End Game Trainer: http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... 36 d6, 36 Nc6 and 36 Bb3 all keep up the pressure, but try the fun insane line 36.Nxg6. Fritz 12 beats Crafty EGT in this line but that does not tell us much about its soundness. The line starts 36. Nxg6 Kxg6 37. Rxf5 Kxf5 38. Bxe4+ Nxe4 39. Qxh5+ Kf6 40. Bd4+ Ke7 41. Rxe4+ Kd6 42. Bxg7 Kc7 but Fritz 12 thinks that the EGT could have defended better. Instead 36...c5 seems to relax the pressure and with Black to play we reached
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when Fritz 12 finds 40...Ne8!! equalising. However Wang Hao went for the combinational defence 40...Ne5?! 41.Rxb2 forced 41...Rxb2!? (41.Qxb2 42.Qxb2 Rxb2 is a pedestrian loss according to Fritz). Here Bolognan had a long think before deciding that 42.Bd4 Qg3 43.Bxb2 did indeed win, and interestingly Wang Hao also had a long think before playing 43...Qg3. I suppose in these very rich tactical positions it is always worth looking for more, and Wang Hao presumably re-analysed the main line (to a loss) whilst Bolognan was having his long think before playing 42.Bd4 Congratulations to both players! |
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Aug-01-12
 | | perfidious: After the rather large talk that Bologan doesn't belong in this company, ad nauseam, good to see him pull off a win with typical sharp, tactically-oriented play. Just a reminder that he can play a little. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | dagwood2005: People need to ease up on Bologan...he agreed to play in a high-level tournament at a moment's notice with absolutely no preparation whatsoever. He's a generally well-regarded player, but the circumstances would be difficult for anyone. Good to see him win one at last. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | 5hrsolver: I would play
49.Qh6+ Kg8 50.Ba2 Qe5 51.Bxd5+ Qxd5 52.Ne7+ Kf7 53.Nxd5 keeping it simple. |
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Aug-01-12
| | Eyal: <<45...Bh6 loses to 46.Nxf5!!; that was also quite tricky to see.>
To elaborate: 46...gxf5 47.Bxf5+ Kg7 48.Bxf6+ Kxf6 49.Qxh6+ Kxf5 50.Qe6+ winning the black queen after a few more checks (of course, just exchanging queens is also enough); or 47...Kg8 48.Be6+ Kh7 49.Qd3+ Kg7 50.Qxf3 killing Black's threats (50.Bxf6+ also wins, but requires more calculation).> In the post-game analysis with Klaus Bischoff Bologan mentions another line, perhaps the prettiest one (he says that Wang Hao showed it to him after the game): 45...Bh6 46.Nxf5 gxf5 47.Bxf5+ Kg7 48.Bxf6+ and now 48...Kf7 49.Be6+ Ke8: 
click for larger view50.d6!! (the only winning move); if 50...Be3+ (50...Bxd2 51.d7+ leads to immediate mate) 51.Kf1! (51.Kh1?? fxg2+ 52.Qxg2 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 Bf4+) 51...fxg2+ 52.Qxg2 Qf4+ 53.Ke2 Qxf6 54.Qg8+ etc. |
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| Aug-01-12 | | csmath: As every Najdorf player knows it is impossible to calculate everything in Najdorf. Thus it is hard to criticize Wang Hao on strategic merit. Personally I dislike his exchange of white-colored bishop in 10th move. Looks like Bologan's advantage was just slipping away exactly in time Wang Hao blew his chances with 40. ... Ne5 clogging the diagonal. Optically Ne5 looks good until you realize how important that diagonal is. |
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Aug-01-12
| | Eyal: Bologan mentioned that he played just a few weeks ago, in the Turkish league, a game against Baris Esen (missing from this db) where the earlier phase was very similar to this one; after 20 moves they've reached, by a somewhat different move order, the same position reached here after 18.Na3:
click for larger viewand from there it went 20...Nh7 21.Nb5 Qe7 22.b3 f5 23.Bd1 Bf6 24.Bc2 Rad8 25.Rce1 Ng5 26.a3 Nf7 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Nd7 29.Na7 Ra8 30.Nc6 Qe8 31.g4 with big advantage to White, who went on to win. As Bologan points out, he should have played in this game g4 as well - on move 25, as a logical continuation of h3 - and this might have won more easily, giving Black considerably less chances for counterplay. The "active" plan of advancing the f-pawn doesn't seem to work very well for Black in this setup. |
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Aug-02-12
 | | Wyatt Gwyon: <dagwood2005> Agreed. Class act. Anyone know what Bologan's getting paid? |
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Aug-02-12
| | Eyal: Another couple of lines worth mentioning:
43.Qxb2? Nfg4! 44.hxg4 Nf3+! 45.Rxf3 exf3 (Black is threatening both Bxd4+ winning and Qe1+/h4+ with perpetual check) 46.Kf1 Bxd4 47.Nxf5 (only move) gxf5 48.Bxf5+ Kg8! 49.Qd2 fxg2+ 50.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 51.Kxg2 hxg4 52.c6 Be5 with a blockade on the dark square and a draw (take away black's pawn on g4 and it's a TB draw). 43...Bh6 44.Bxe5! Qxe5 45.Qc4 Be3+ (45...Qxe7 46.d6) 46.Kh1 Ng4 47.hxg4 Qg3 
click for larger viewBlack is threatening mate on h4, and White is saved again by a knight sac, this time on g6 rather than f5: 48.Nxg6!! (defending h4) and after 48...Kxg6 White gains a vital tempo for clearing the 4th rank: 49.gxf5+ followed by 50.Qxe4, defending h4. |
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| Aug-02-12 | | Mudphudder: This was a great game.
We need to see more games like this (regardless of who wins/loses) in the world championship matches. |
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| Aug-02-12 | | Jaburu: 16.Na1!! Stratagem of Makogonov. That Na1 has a brilliant and decisive participation for the whole game. |
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