Jul-01-22
 | | fredthebear: Petrov (C42) Kaufmann attack
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4
299 examples of 5.c4 in the database thus far: Opening Explorer |
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| Jul-01-22 | | Ulhumbrus: Firouzja conducted one of the best bullet chess style attacks in the world but unfortunately for him Nepomniachtchi conducted one of the best classical chess style defences in the world, sacrificing a piece for two pawns but also exposing White's position enough for White to be unable to defend it. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | DouglasGomes: I suspect Nepo will consider writing a another volume of Winning with the Petroff. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | ILikeKeres: 21...Nhxf4+ seizes the initiative and starts a nice attack. Nepo could have played 23...Bd8!!, where 24. Nxd6 Rxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Rc2 is completely winning. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | SChesshevsky: Think for those learning chess and looking to improve, a nice example of why king safety is a key chess principle. Also probably useful to note one reason Nepom has a big lead and is undefeated through 11 is likely his caution in expanding the pawn protection in front of his king. His exceptions usually when it gains a tempo plus good defence. Also when it obviously gains but still prudent. As per his game v. Duda. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | Messiah: Assblasted: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comm... |
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| Jul-01-22 | | 0ZeR0: <Messiah>
Yikes. I like online speed chess as much as the next guy, but perhaps it's not the best idea to stay up all night playing before an over the board classical game in the most important tournament of your life. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | Messiah: <0ZeR0: <Messiah> Yikes. I like online speed chess as much as the next guy, but perhaps it's not the best idea to stay up all night playing before an over the board classical game in the most important tournament of your life.> Incredible, isn't it? Almost like Vladislav Tkachiev who was so dead drunk that he passed out at board. I need to add, <Assblasteza> is a far better nickname for the guy than <Angry>. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | ndg2: I'm a Firouzja fan, but this attempt to stir up an attack "with the crowbar" only could fail. Certainly his weakest performance so far in the tournament. |
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| Jul-01-22 | | Messiah: 'A Blast From The Past' |
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| Jul-01-22 | | fabelhaft: Bg2 in the end and white has no problems. OK, one single move causes problems, but rather big ones. |
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| Jul-02-22 | | cormier: -1.22 18. a4 Nc4 19. a5 Nxa5 20. g5 Nh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. f4 Nxb2 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Rb1 Qa5 26. Rb3 Ng4 27. Ne6 h5 28. Rxb7 Nce5 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30. Qe4 Qxc3 31. Bf4 Qc2 32. Qxc2 Rxc2 33. Nd4 Rc3 34. Bg3 g6 35. Bb5 Bxb5 36. Nxb5 -1.9 18. g5 Nh5 19. Ne4 Ng6 20. Rg1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Bd8 22. a4 Re5 23. Be3 Nhf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qd2 Nxe2 26. Nxe2 Rc4 27. N2c3 Bf5 28. Raf1 Qb4 29. Qf4 g6 30. Rg3 Rd4 31. Rf2 Bb6 32. Re2 Qc4 33. Kh2 Bxe4 34. Rxe4 -2.01 18. a3
-2.14 18. Rg1 Nc4 19. g5 Nxb2 20. Qd2 Nc4 21. Qd3 Ne5 22. Qd2 Nh5 23. Ne4 Ng6 24. Ba3 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nhf4 26. Rab1 Qc7 27. Bf1 Bf8 28. Bb2 Qb6 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 Re5 31. Ba1 Qa6 32. Qb3 b6 33. Nc6 Rf5 34. Nd4 Rf4 35. Rg2 Stockfish 15, depth 27 |
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| Jul-02-22 | | cormier: -0.6 17. a4 Nc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. a5 Qc5 20. Bb2 a6 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. f4 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Ned7 24. Ra4 Bf8 25. Rf3 Ng4 26. Qd2 Ndf6 27. Rc4 Qxa5 28. h3 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bf1 b4 31. hxg4 bxc3 32. Bxc3 Qd8 33. Qg2 Ne4 34. Bd4 Qa5 -0.6 17. Nf5 Bd8 18. a4 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Qc5 20. Rg1 Kh7 21. Bd2 Ba5 22. Rc1 Qb4 23. Rg2 Qb6 24. Rb1 Bb4 25. Qg1 Qxg1+ 26. Rbxg1 Rg8 27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Nb5 Bc5 30. b3 Rh4 31. Bc3 Rf4 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rxg8 Kxg8 34. Kg2 Rxf5 -0.67 17. Nb3
-0.77 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Ndxb5 Rfe8 19. a4 Nc4 20. a5 Nxa5 21. Qd4 Rc5 22. Rxa5 Rxb5 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rxa7 Nd7 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rc2 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Be3 Rb3 31. Bf4 Rxc3 32. Rb1 Rxf3 Stockfish 15, depth 28, |
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Jul-03-22
 | | HeMateMe: Nepo dazzling in tactical complications. |
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| Jul-20-22 | | saturn2: <fabelhaft: Bg2 in the end and white has no problems> In case you mean 36.Bg2 mate follows at once. |
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Aug-01-22
 | | Sally Simpson: Kramnik on Firouzja:
"..very weak understanding of chess...His play against Nepomniatschi (h4, g5) was a disaster, 2200-2300 ELO level play. Young players make a lot of positional mistakes, haven't any chess concept, their openings are random. Probably too much online blitz." Vladimir Kramnik (kibitz #42548) I cannot agree with Kramnik about young players making positional mistakes. I would not know what a positional mistake looked like. In one of my score books after I had been playing for about 6 years a move is marked with a ! and a note. 'my first positional move!' (true!) I played a pawn move for no other reason that to make my opponents bishop bad....and I won. I was actually showing it to people like you would a grand combination. They must have thought I was a right knob. But agree that too much online blitz screws you up. The flimsy 'this might work' blitz ideas creep into to main game. Retired good payers make good reading, provided they do not hark on about the good old days. They have nothing to hide or prove and speak wisdom without fear of upsetting people. You either take it onboard or sulk and keep sulking till eventually you take it onboard. (I must dig out my positional move and submit it here, you will be well impressed.) |
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Aug-01-22
 | | perfidious: <Geoff....I cannot agree with Kramnik about young players making positional mistakes. I would not know what a positional mistake looked like....> I would not know what a positional <move> looks like. |
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Aug-01-22
| | Sally Simpson: I'll post the one I played at 21:05 on the 4th May 1983 in a league match.
It should have been the start of a wonderful career but the next game I was back to playing the Latvian Gambit, saccing pawns, swindling wins and forgot all about my newly acquired skill. I feel some Bob Dylan coming on...
"There are some moves that you never forget,
even though you had never played them before,
Now I'm old and my chess has gone cold,
I can still remember playing pawn to c4."
Actually it was c5 but I could not think of anything to rhyme. |
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Aug-03-22
 | | MissScarlett: <Actually it was c5 but I could not think of anything to rhyme.> Beehive, of course. |
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Apr-07-25
 | | 6t4addict: The Petroff Defence |
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| Apr-07-25 | | catlover: Great game (at least for Nepo) but the pun is a bit obscure. |
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Apr-07-25
 | | Teyss: Hi catlover,
See the link provided by Messiah: "Alireza Firouzja finally logs off of Lichess at 5:45am after spending 12:45am to 5:45am the night before his game against Ian Nepomniachtchi (3pm) playing 30s bullet chess. This included a 3.5 hour 250 game match against Daniel Naroditsky that Firouzja lost 108-142." Maybe Firouzja considered this to be part of his training or a way to relax, but it didn't work. The game looks like the domination of positional chess, whatever that means, over attempts at easy tactics. 'Train to Nowhere' is also a song by Savoy Brown, don't know if the reference is intended. At the end after 36.Kh2 (not 36.Kg1? Ra3+ or Re2+ or Re1+) Bxd5 threatens both the Ra2 and the Nb7. |
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| Apr-07-25 | | stone free or die: Good explanation by <Teyss>, and a good pun imo. |
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| Apr-07-25 | | catlover: Got it. Thanks for the explanation, <Teyss>. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 21...Nhxf4+