| Jan-28-19 | | rogge: Great. Team Carlsen knows how to play a Sicilian :) |
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| Jan-28-19 | | epistle: Probably the best game of the tournament. A masterpiece. |
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| Jan-28-19 | | wordfunph: Grandelius, u made my day! |
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| Jan-28-19 | | Hokey pokey: They went toe to toe fo sho! |
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| Jan-29-19 | | jerry crus: minor setback, Go wesley! |
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| Jan-29-19 | | paladintanks: Move 19 red Rh1 for So better Na2 thats hard to see in a double edge position guess knight in the corner is not at all bad luck well rounded wesley is hard to see nowadays but hes better off in us than here in philippines he was seen drinking with chess buddies till dawn now those guys just tour ph tourneys for prize money even far flung barrios they definitely lost form due to bad habits guess this sport is hard to professionalize |
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| Jan-30-19 | | torrefan: Nils saw it |
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Jan-30-19
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If you saw this position you might think that the ♖a1 and ♘b1 have not moved. In fact they have both been out and come back. |
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| Feb-16-19 | | SugarDom: I'm still waiting for naunsyame's expert analysis of this game. It would have been fantastic if SO found a way to continue the attack. I guess he's not world championship material like Tal. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | agb2002: Black is a pawn ahead.
The black queen is trapped.
The only reasonable option seems to be 25... Bc5: A) 26.Rxa1 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 (due to Bxb2+ and Bxe3+) 27... Rxc4 and Black is still a pawn up. B) 26.Qxc5 Qxb2+ 27.Kd1 Qxb1+ and Nxc5 wins.
C) 26.Qe5 Bxe3+ wins. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | Brenin: 25 ... Qxb2+ also works: 26 Qxb2 Rxb2 27 Kxb2 Bxa3+ 28 Nxa3 dxc4 29 Nxc4 and Black is still a pawn up, though perhaps in a slightly less advantageous position than in <agb2002>'s line (A). |
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| Jun-14-20 | | Brenin: The win for Black in <agb2002>'s line (C) is not entirely obvious: for example, after 27 Rxe3, if 27 ... Rxc4 then 28 Ra3 traps the Q again, and Black needs Nf2 (threatening the fork Nd3+) 29 Qe2 Qxa3 30 NxQ Rxf4 to survive, with R+B+2P for the Q. Better for Black is 27 ... Nf6, e.g. 28 Ra3 Qxb2+ 29 Qxb2 Rxb2 30 Kxb2 Nxh5 31 Bxa6 Nxf4, and Black is two pawns up. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | mel gibson: It was obvious that a lot of swapping was needed to simplify the position and not lose
the Black Queen entirely.
Stockfish 11 says:
25... Bc5
(25. .. Bc5
(♗f8-c5 ♖a3xa1 ♗c5xd4 ♗e3xd4 ♖b4xc4 ♗d4-e5 ♘e4-f6 ♖h5-h3 ♘f6-d7 b2-b3
♖c4-e4 ♘b1-c3 ♖e4-e1+ ♔c1-b2 ♖e1xa1 ♔b2xa1 ♘d7xe5 f4xe5 ♗c8-d7 ♘c3-a4
♖e8-f8 ♘a4-c5 ♗d7-e8 ♖h3-g3 ♖f8-f5 ♘c5xa6 ♖f5-g5 ♖g3-c3 ♖g5xg6 ♘a6-c7
♗e8-d7 ♔a1-b2 h6-h5 ♖c3-h3 ♖g6-h6 b3-b4 h5-h4 b4-b5 ♖h6-h8 b5-b6 ♔g8-f7
♘c7-a6 ♗d7-c6 ♖h3-c3 ♗c6-a8 ♖c3-f3+ ♔f7-g6 ♘a6-c7 h4-h3 ♘c7xa8 h3-h2 ♖f3-f1
♖h8xa8 ♖f1-h1 ♖a8-h8 b6-b7 ♔g6-f5 ♖h1xh2 ♖h8-b8 ♔b2-c3 ♖b8xb7 ♔c3-d4)
+2.05/47 689)
score for White +2.05 depth 47. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | RandomVisitor: After 25.Ra3 Black has 3 choices:
click for larger viewStockfish_20061313_x64_modern:
<45/80 21:56 -1.80 25...Bc5 26.Rxa1 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxc4 28.Be5> Nf6 29.Rh3 Nd7 30.b3 Rb4 31.Bd6 Rb6 32.Bc7 Rc6 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Nxc3 Nf8 35.Kd2 Nxg6 36.Ne2 e5 37.fxe5 Nxe5 38.Nd4 Nf7 39.Ra5 Bb7 40.b4 Re7 41.Bb8 Ng5 42.Kd3 Ne4 43.Nf5 Re8 44.Bc7 h5 44/71 21:56 -0.75 25...Qxb2+ 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Kxb2 Bxa3+ 28.Nxa3 dxc4 29.Nxc4 Bd7 30.Kc1 Bc6 31.Ra5 Bb5 32.Ne5 Rc8 33.Kb2 Nd6 34.Ra1 Nc4+ 35.Nxc4 Rxc4 36.c3 Rc8 37.Bd4 Bd3 38.Be5 Rc5 39.Rg1 Be4 40.Kb3 Rb5+ 41.Ka3 Rb1 42.Rg3 h5 43.c4 Rc1 44.Kb4 h4 44/68 21:56 +0.01 25...Rxc4 26.Rxa1 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Nf6 28.Rh1 Nd7 29.Re1 Bd6 30.Be5 Bc5 31.Nc3 Nxe5 32.fxe5 Bf2 33.Rf1 Bd4 34.Na4 Bd7 35.Rf7 Rd8 36.Ra3 Be8 37.Re7 Bxg6 38.Rxe6 Bf5 39.Rd6 Re8 40.Rxd5 Bxe5 41.Kb1 Bg6 42.Rd1 Rc8 43.Nc3 Rb8 44.Re1 Bf6 |
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| Jun-14-20 | | oxoginkaput: Hahahahaha, ONE OF THE TWO SCALP /ambush games by Nils of the Great Kid Wesley ...where is the other one? Folks, dig it up and show it to these aspiring youngsters how beautiful chess tactics are to to best your much fancied opponent... Now is the right time, while we are in the midst of a pandemic, @home leisurely shuffling those pieces on your screens, and reshuffling them back.... |
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| Jun-14-20 | | Predrag3141: Trading queens is a puzzle? |
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| Jun-14-20 | | belgradegambit: This is not insane. Bc5 is an obvious move. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | morfishine: <belgradegambit: This is not insane. Bc5 is an obvious move> I agree, this game may have drifted into the "insane" category, but this move certainly isn't "insane" Good game, wrong move |
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Jun-14-20
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Jun-14-20
 | | Breunor: Agree this wasn't insane. I often miss Mondays and have a tough time by the time we get to Thursday puzzles, but for some reason I got this right away. |
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| Jun-14-20 | | RandomVisitor: A final, final look, after 25.Ra3. When the smoke clears black is up a pawn, but white has two underdeveloped pieces and vulnerable pawns. White must give up more material. My own choice without computer assistance was 25...Qxb2+ because I could calculate the next few moves, up to 27...Bxa3+.
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<60/82 9:47:48 -2.20 25...Bc5 26.Rxa1 Bxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxc4 28.Be5> Nf6 29.Rh1 Ng4 30.b3 Rc6 31.Kd2 Bd7 32.Rg1 h5 33.Rxg4 hxg4 34.Na3 Rf8 35.Rg1 Rf5 36.Rxg4 Be8 37.Rg3 Rh5 38.Ke3 Rh6 39.Kd4 Rxg6 40.Rxg6 Bxg6 41.c3 Be4 42.b4 Bg6 43.c4 dxc4 44.Nxc4 Kh7 60/86 9:47:48 -0.80 25...Qxb2+ 26.Qxb2 Rxb2 27.Kxb2 Nf6 28.Rh4 dxc4 29.Ra4 Be7 30.Bd2 Nd5 31.Rh5 Bf6+ 32.Nc3 Bd7 33.Rxc4 Bb5 34.Rc5 Bd4 35.Rcxd5 exd5 36.Kc1 Bxc3 37.Bxc3 Re6 38.Rxd5 Rxg6 39.f5 Rg5 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rc8 Rxf5 42.Rc7+ Ke6 43.Rxg7 Rh5 44.Rg6+ Kd5 59/92 9:47:48 +0.13 25...Rxc4 26.Rxa1 Rxd4 27.Bxd4 Nf6 28.Rh2 Bd6 29.Be5 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Nd7 31.Re2 Nf8 32.Rg2 Nd7 33.Nd2 Nxe5 34.Ra5 Rf8 35.Rg3 Nc6 36.Rc5 Bd7 37.c4 Nd4 38.Re3 dxc4 39.Rc7 Rd8 40.Nxc4 Be8 41.Ne5 a5 42.Ra7 Rd5 43.Ra8 Kf8 44.Nf3 Nb5 |
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| Jun-14-20 | | Jambow: At what point was Nils throwing a haymaker that landed? At what point did he see the unstoppable running back scoring a touch down on the sideline? FWIW I saw the first coupe of moves in seconds, and I'm ok with that as I doubt Stockfish saw the continuation at that point. The pacman knight munching delicious dots aka pawns brought back fond memories of thoughtless pattern recognition and quarters that had no home. Also reminded my friend being banned because drilled holes in quarters and dental floss showed a creativity and problem solving skill that was under appreciated. Sorry for dragging everyone else along as I reminisced... Interesting game Nils... |
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| Jun-15-20 | | agb2002: <Brenin: The win for Black in <agb2002>'s line (C) is not entirely obvious> You' re right. I stopped too soon. Also, after 27... Nf6 28.Rh4 Nd7 wins a piece at least. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 25...Bc5