Einar Valdimarsson vs Nils Grandelius (2016)

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Einar Valdimarsson vs Nils Grandelius
Reykjavik Open (2016), Reykjavik ISL, rd 1, Mar-08
Queen Pawn Game: Hübsch Gambit (D00) · 1-0

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Mar-10-16		Troller: Quite a scalp for White here. 44..Kg4 is the losing move, after 45.Kf2! White is threatening mate as well as the rook.

Nov-02-17		dfcx: 45.Ke2 wins the rook If the rook moves to a square other than h1, mate follows. 45.Ke2 Ra1/b1/c1/d1 46.h3+ Kf4 (Kh5 47. g4+ Kh4 48. Rxh6#) 47.Ng6+ Kf5 48.g4# To save the king black must give up its rook. 45.Ke2 Rh1 46. h3+ Rxh3 47.gxh3 +-

Nov-02-17		lost in space: Haven’t found it.

Nov-02-17		Walter Glattke: 47.Ng6+ Kf5 no 1-0 45.Kf2? Rb2 46.h3+ Kh4 no 1-0 45.h3+! Kg3 46.Nf5+ Kxg2 47.Rb2+ Kxh3 48.Rxa2 +- 46.-Kh2 47.Kf2 Rc1 48.Rb2 Bxc4 49.Nxh6 +- little advantage

Nov-02-17		Cybe: Why do not 44... Ke5! ?

Nov-02-17		areknames: Unusually straightforward for a Thursday. Grandelius is caught in a punishing mating net.

Nov-02-17		SpamIAm: "Hubsch Gambit"?! It wasn't all that pretty...

Nov-02-17		malt: <45.Kf2> (threatens the rook and 46.h3+)

Nov-02-17		malt: 45.Kf2 Rc1 (45...Rb1/Rd1) 46.h3+ Kf4 (46...Kh4 47.R:h6#) (46...Kh5 47.g4+ Kh4 48.R:h6#) Looked at 47.g3+? Ke5 47.Rb5? Rc2+ 47.Ng6+ Kf5 48.g4#

Nov-02-17		agb2002: White has a knight for a bishop. Black threatens Rxg2+ and Bxc4. The white king can close a mating net with 45.Kf2. For example, 45... Rc1 46.h3+ Kf4 (46... Kh4 47.Nf5+ Kh5 48.Rxh6#; 46... Kh5 47.g4+ Kh4 48.Rxh6#) 47.Ng6+ Kf5 48.g4#.

Nov-02-17		patzer2: For today's Thursday (45. ?) puzzle, I missed White's winning 45. Kf2! +- (+65.35 @ 41 depth, chessgames.com Stockfish 8 engine). I examined the move, but stopped calculating after 45. Kf2! Rc1 46. h3+ Kf4 because I figured Black's King had escaped out in the open. What I missed was White's neat middle of the board, two-move mate 46...Kf4 47. Ng6+! Kf5 48. g4#. Instead of 45. Kf2!, I went for pushing the passed pawn with 45. c5 which is apparently only good for equality after 45. c5 Rxg2 46. Rxh6 Rc2 = (0.00 @ 40 depth, chessgames.com Stockfish 8 engine). P.S.: Black's decisive mistake was in playing 44...Kg4? which also misses White's winning move 45. Kf2! +-. Instead, 44...Ke5 = (0.00 @ 24 ply, chessgames.com Stockfish 8 engine) keeps it level.

Nov-02-17		morfishine: Simple enough, Tuesday-ish *****

Nov-02-17		patzer2: <Cybe: Why do not 44... Ke5! ?> I suspect this may be a case of the higher rated player pushing too hard for the win with 44...Kg4? and missing that 44...Kg4? 45. Kf2! +- puts him in a mating net. Instead, 44...Ke5 holds it level after 44...Ke5 45.Nc6+ Kd6 46.Na5+ Kc5 47.Rb5+ Kd6 48.Rb2 Bb1 49.Rb6+ Kc5 50.Rb5+ Kd6 51.c5+ Kd5 52.c6+ Kd6 53.Rb7 Rc1 54.Kd4 Rd1+ 55.Ke3 Rc1 = (0.00 @ 24 ply, chessgames.com Stockfish 8 engine).

Nov-02-17		dorsnikov: I'm surprised no one investigated the many possibilities of 45. R x ph6 !? Just my opinion.

Nov-02-17		clement41: 45 h3 Kg3 (else mate follows) 46 Nf5 Kh2! is only equal with equal chances. While analysing it is easy to miss Kh2 by only evaluating 46...Kxg2? 47 Rb2 +-

Nov-02-17		cormier: 1) -0.47 (22 ply) 5.Be3 Bf5 30 second analysis by Stockfish 8

Nov-02-17		Inedit2: Nils was 14 years old ...

Nov-02-17		cormier: 1) -0.68 (35 ply) 5...Nc6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bb3 Bf5 8.Ne2 e6 9.a3 Bd6 10.Ng3 Qf6 11.d5 Na5 12.Ba2 O-O-O 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd2 b6 15.Bxa5 bxa5 16.c3 Be5 17.O-O g5 18.Bc4 Kb7 19.Rb1 Ka7 20.Qa4 Qb6 21.b4 Bxc3 22.Rfc1 axb4 23.axb4 2) -0.50 (35 ply) 5...Bf5 6.c3 Nd7 7.Qb3 e6 8.Qxb7 Bd6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.Qc6 Rb8 11.b3 Nb6 12.Bf4 h5 13.h4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Bg4 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.O-O c6 17.Ng3 f6 18.Bd2 f5 19.Bg5 a5 20.Ne2 f4 21.g3 f3 22.Nf4 Bf5 23.Nxh5 3) -0.38 (35 ply) 5...e6 6.c3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Rad1 Ne5 13.Bf4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 a6 15.h3 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Bxc8 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Bc7 e5 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Na5 b5 21.Nc6 Bc5 22.Bd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Bxa2 24.Rxe4 60.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 8

Nov-02-17		Skakalec: <Inedit2> <"Nils was 14 years old ..."> What? In 2016 he was 23.

Nov-02-17		patzer2: <dorsnikov: I'm surprised no one investigated the many possibilities of 45. R x ph6 !?> According to our chessgames.com stockfish 8 engine, 45. Rxh6 allows Black to equalize: 45. Rxh6 Bxc4 46.Kxe4 Re1+ 47.Kd4 Rxe7 48.Kxc4 Re2 49.g3 Rc2+ 50.Kd4 Re2 51.h4 gxh4 52.Rxh4+ = (0.00 @ 27 ply).

Nov-02-17		Bubo bubo: At the very first glance 45.h3+ looks promising in view of 45...Kh4/h5? 46.Kf2, winning the rook thanks to the mate threat on the h-file. But of course Black will answer 45...Kg3 instead, and White has nothing. Therefore we must invert the move order and start with 45.Kf2!, covering g3 and attacking the rook. If the rook retreats, then 46.h3+ works now and leads to mate: a) 46...Kh4 47.Rxh6# b) 46...Kh5 47.g4+ Kh4 48.Rxh6# c) 46...Kf4 47.Ng6+ Kf5 48.g4# (a cool mate!)

Nov-03-17		kevin86: Wgite needs to bring in the king first to keep black's away.

Jun-18-18		Inedit2: Skalalec: Nils is born Jun-03-1993, the month of the game (Mar-2008) he was still 14 years old.

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