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| Jan-17-14 | | haydn20: Condign punishment for White. Black counters a premature K-side attack with countermeasures in the center. Then he gives back the ex to blunt the attack further. It took nerve, but he did mate in the end. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | Octavia: Dominguez won again . 2 in a row! |
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| Jan-17-14 | | Edeltalent: I really admire Rapport's guts and don't intend to be mean, but if I didn't know who was playing, moves like g4, h4, Bxc6, f4, Rh2 would give me the impression that White actually had no idea what he was doing :-) |
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Jan-17-14
 | | Penguincw: < "In the battle between Richard Rapport and Leinier Dominguez, the former once again displayed his creativity when he opted for 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g4!? The Cuban, surprised by this choice, had a deep think before he acted out his battle plan. According to Dominguez, Rapport 'probably overestimated his chances' in the middle game, not realizing the danger his king was in. After 19.Nb3? Dominguez immediately capitalized with (see diagram) 19. …Bxe2! launching a decisive attack on the Hungarian’s king." > http://www.tatasteelchess.com/tourn... 
click for larger view3.g4 is probably the earliest "<cg>" novelty in this tournament yet. Opening Explorer |
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| Jan-17-14 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Why didn't Black interpose the rook on Move 28? It looks like the same thing with an additional tempo -- what am I missing? |
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| Jan-17-14 | | twinlark: There was nothing wrong with 3. g4. All he is giving away is the luxury of the theoretical advantage of White having the first move. Many such oddball opening variations by White do so, and generally at worst they are no worse than an even game. Someone with some prepared variations in such openings can pull off many a surprise win, although to continue to attempt to do so against top flight players starts to get risky. Still, it wasn't the opening that lost Rapport his game. 9.f4 conceding g4 against his uncastled King didn't look too flash given he'd exchanged his LSB a few moves earlier. Like any innovator he'll win a few lose a few with his risky choices. But that seems to be who he is, and is part and part of the parcel that makes him one of the top GMs in the world at the age of 18. I see him in the same category of risky, eccentric and exciting players as Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Shirov, and Sutovsky. At the same time, kudos for Dominguez for thinking it through and creating a masterpiece. He's like a fine old wine, he keeps improving with age. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | Jim Bartle: Similar to Morozevich, it seems. Good or not, this is the first time 3. g4 has been played in the cg database. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | twinlark: <Cheapo by the Dozen: Why didn't Black interpose the rook on Move 28? It looks like the same thing with an additional tempo -- what am I missing?> <28...Re7 29. Qxe7+> avoids the attack that took place. This is completely won for Black but Dominguez's choice is more elegant, mating the White king rather than reducing the game to brute material advantage of Q vs R. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | notyetagm: R Rapport vs L Dominguez, 2014 This looks like <NN vs Dominguez Tata Steel simul 2014>. :-) |
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Jan-17-14
 | | Domdaniel: White's opening was admirable and original. Sadly, that doesn't seem to be good enough against top players. |
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| Jan-17-14 | | mrbasso: Even without 9.f4?! black has no problems and a nice square on f5.
The black King is very secure and if white tries Ne4,Bd2,Bc3 then black always has e6-e5.
The opening experiment was hardly a success. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | twinlark: Dunno about that. 15. 0-0 is a real double edged dog fight, the kind that Rapport was looking for. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | FairyPromotion: I agree with those who admire Rapport's play. Sure he played some non-principal moves right out of the opening, but that's who he is. Let's take a look at the interview he had after the 3rd Round: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tm55o6BU... If someone does not now when the interview was held, they might think that it was after the first round of an open tournamet. This was after he had drawn his game against the highest rated opponent he has ever played (Aronain), yet he is dissapointed, because after the opening the game was "boring." To me this is quite telling about Rapport's mindset: He loves chess, and wants to have fun playing. This many times leads to him weakening his position, just for the sake of making the games more double edged. Sure it is flawed, and sure he will eventually learn not to ask for more than the position offers, but I don't think he should hurry for the change. He is still 17, and has room to improve his game in some other areas. Once he will be ready to fight with World Championship level opponents, he will let go of some of these bad habits. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | mrbasso: 15.0-0 Bg4...
I can understand why he played 15.Qa4.
He planned to stay with his King in the center behind his pawns and keep h4 protected for the time being. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | mrbasso: He is Hungarian. He doesn't get "infinite" chances like Giri. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | twinlark: <15.0-0 Bg4 16. Qe1> and they've both got squares and weaknesses around the board that would make an unpredictable game: 
click for larger viewIf <16...Re8 17. Qf2> or <16...Bh3 17. Rf2 Nf5 18. e4! and White's in great shape> Also White's king has almost all his pieces available to plug the gaps opened up by the advanced pawns, or more positively to take advantage of the space they created. Problem was Rapport distracted himself with the failed queen side strategy when a castled king side strategy might have yielded more. Difficult game, chess. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | mrbasso: <twinlark>
This is just scarry for white, no matter what the Computer engine tells you.
There are humans playing and they do not like playing with an open King or having gaping holes in their position.
Besides: Black is objectively OK. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | twinlark: <mrbasso>
And the position he actually played with the king in the middle and with pieces unable to defend it wasn't scary? Rapport was looking for scary positions and he found one, just not one that he could use very effectively. <There are humans playing> I'll take your word for it...
<and they do not like playing with an open King or having gaping holes in their position.> How would you describe the position he ended up in? He deliberately created holes and left his king in an open position where he was assassinated from the front and the side. <Black is objectively OK> So is White, better than in the game as it transpired. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | mrbasso: I don't think so. His play would have been justified, if not for 19...Bxe2. Look at the alternatives!
Most probably he didn't see this move at the time he played 15.Qa4. |
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Jan-18-14
| | Domdaniel: <FairyPromotion> Excellent comments. Before this tournament, I feared that Rapport would just be outplayed by everyone else. But I've been highly impressed by his play, even if the results haven't always matched his ambitions.
A few years ago, Nakamura was regarded as 'too eccentric' - and look at him now. |
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| Jan-18-14 | | wtwz: For those who are interested, Rapport applied the same idea as black against Granda last year: http://www.chessfaros.com/english/i... Rapport didn't win the game (it ended in a draw), but the opening was a success for him. |
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| Jan-19-14 | | FamilyTree: Playing those opening is only cool when you don't lose. |
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| Jan-20-14 | | Ulhumbrus: 8 Bxc6 concedes the bishop pair although it doubles Black's c pawn. 11...Bxc3 returns the bishop pair instead of keeping it. Perhaps Leiner Dominguez Perez does not want White to prosecute a Nimzovich style attack against his doubled c pawn. |
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| Mar-25-18 | | aberdeengrad: Something wrong with 20 Rxe2? What am I missing? |
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Mar-25-18
 | | OhioChessFan: <ag> I'm wondering the same thing. Seems obvious.
20. Rxe2 Qg4 21. Be5 and White is fine. |
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