User Profile: 17.Bxg7

17.Bxg7
Member since Feb-19-06 · Last seen Apr-29-13

I am a fan of chess since a long time ago. I appreciate chess as a beautiful game with artistic and scientific connections ... but I devote a lot of energy to my other activities (math, computer science), so I cannot consider chess at the same level, my interest is more mundane and superficial. Nevertheless, I am following the most important tournaments during the year thanks to <chessgames> and learning some additional things in the process.
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1) My username? If you are an inexperienced player and want to be seduced into chess, I guess it is difficult to do that by appreciating a nice win after a long positional struggle, for example. So, probably most of the current fans were fascinated about chess because of being impressed by a special game or a special winning combination (even if their tastes changed with time as has happened to me).
In my case, the game Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 caused a big impression on me. This features the famous "Lasker Sacrifice" (in the category of double bishop sacrifices) and <MY USERNAME corresponds to Lasker's fantastic 17th move in that game>. What I got impressed in that time (I was 12 years old) is that the first bishop sacrifice 15.Bxh7+ is common in practice, but I suppose the second one was shocking for his opponent and ended in a spectacular victory.
After knowing Lasker's winning combination in that game, I became more interested in chess; of course, I also started to understand the beauty and value behind more sophisticated games.
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3) My favourite chess players in cronological order, are

Emanuel Lasker, Vasily Smyslov, David Bronstein, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Viswanathan Anand, Vassily Ivanchuk, Alexey Shirov, Vladimir Kramnik, Judit Polgar and Levon Aronian.

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Apr-29-13 Mamedyarov vs Nakamura, 2013

17.Bxg7: Another evidence for Mamedyarov lack of fighting spirit. It is very frequent for him to resign early just because "I was lost and it was difficult to continue". At least 10 times in the last five years you can find examples where Mamedyarov resigned early, just because he felt lost.

Jan-01-13 Magnus Carlsen

17.Bxg7: I found very interesting that Carlsen has been the best chess player in the world since 2009 and has defeated the best players in the world during that period in notable games, full of high quality moves and playing certainly at a much higher level than his games before 2009. ...

Dec-24-12 Santa Claus

17.Bxg7: Dear Santa, Almost every year since 2006 I have written here hoping for a free membership without success. The truth is that I was very busy in my teaching duties, so probably in you infinite wisdom, you thought it would be impossible for me to enjoy your gift. Well, next year I ...

Sep-28-12 FIDE Grand Prix London (2012)

17.Bxg7: <Right, Anand showed earlier this year that he's "clearly superior" to Gelfand...> You are right ... "on paper" is not in the same league of those players. But in reality, Gelfand is a top player whose achievements are not to be underestimated or diminished. He didn't won many

Jun-07-12 Tal Memorial (2012)

17.Bxg7: I guess only for a couple of players it was important win the blitz mini-tournament; the rest was just looking to get into the position they want for the tournament (more blacks or more whites), so it was almost pointless as an indicator of form from the competitive point of view. A

Feb-13-12 Le Quang Liem

17.Bxg7: <And again, this time even more surprising loss to Alsina Leal. After winning the event two years in row, Le is now getting his ass kicked seriously.> Not only that but also it is curious that after two second places in the last Dortmund editions (2010 and 2011), there is no ...

Feb-13-12 Fabiano Caruana

17.Bxg7: Caruana is playing too much recently and it is starting to show here. Now, the question is why he decided to enter this open when it is logical he needed a rest? The reason is that he seems to believe that despite his high rating and excellent performance in Corus (showing that he ...

Jan-25-12 Tata Steel (2012)

17.Bxg7: <I find it a pity, that Caruana's good performance is not really paid that much attention to.> I think you are right, but on the bright side, I like that in Caruana's benefit. We have got accustomed to inflate the egos of young prodigies to the point that we create such high ...

Jan-02-12 Hikaru Nakamura

17.Bxg7: I guess Naka is similar to Fischer in the sense that hate constitutes a powerful force to motivate themselves. Earlier comments from Carlsen about how Kasparov didn't have a great deal of respect for Nakamura's chess talent and then the end of Kasparov's cooperation surely motivates

Dec-05-11 London Chess Classic (2011)

17.Bxg7: <Daisuki: Anand is thus seeming to go down in history as one of the weaker world champions> I think you are confusing "weaker" with "not being dominant". We can't call Anand a "weak world champion" when none of the current players, including some outstanding ones like Kramnik,

Oct-10-11 4th Bilbao Masters (2011)

Jul-31-11 Viswanathan Anand

Jun-21-11 Bazna King's Tournament (2011)

May-19-11 World Championship Candidates Final (2011)

May-09-11 World Championship Candidates (2011)

Jan-29-11 Tata Steel (2011)

Nov-18-10 World Blitz Championship (2010)

Nov-12-10 Garry Kasparov

Feb-24-10 Linares (2010)

Jan-31-10 Corus (2010)

Jan-29-10 Corus (B Group) (2010)

Jan-14-10 Vladimir Kramnik

Jan-10-10 Aronian vs Kotronias, 2010

Jan-10-10 World Team Championship (2010)

Jan-07-10 Sasikiran vs V Gashimov, 2010

Dec-21-09 Kibitzer's Café

Dec-21-09 Nakamura vs Dlugy, 2006

Dec-14-09 London Chess Classic (2009)

Dec-14-09 World Cup (2009)

Nov-28-09 V Gashimov vs Li Chao, 2009
Nov-27-09 Gelfand vs Judit Polgar, 2009

Nov-17-09 World Blitz Championship (2009)

Nov-14-09 Tal Memorial (2009)

Nov-11-09 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2009

Nov-06-09 48th World Junior Championship (2009)

Nov-05-09 Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2009

Oct-29-09 17th European Team Championship (2009)

Oct-29-09 Martin vs Pompei, 1955

Oct-09-09 European Club Cup (2009)

Sep-10-09 Aronian vs Grischuk, 2009

Sep-07-09 2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final (2009)

Jul-27-09 Biel International Chess Festival (2009)

May-16-09 L Dominguez vs Ivanchuk, 2009

Apr-21-09 4th FIDE Grand Prix (2009)

Apr-12-09 Foxwoods Open (2009)

Apr-10-09 Tatiana Kosintseva

Apr-01-09 Kenneth Rogoff

Feb-25-09 Linares (2009)

Jan-31-09 Corus (2009)

Dec-19-08 Levon Aronian

Nov-25-08 Jaime Alexander Cuartas Medina

Nov-25-08 Olympiad (2008)

Oct-20-08 Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)

Oct-15-08 Russian Superfinals (2008)

Sep-17-08 Women's World Championship (2008)

Sep-12-08 Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008)

Aug-21-08 Tal Memorial (2008)

Aug-01-08 FIDE Grand Prix (2008)

Jul-31-08 41st Biel International Chess Festival (2008)

Jul-14-08 Poikovsky Tournament (2008)

Jul-05-08 Sparkassen Chess Meeting (2008)

May-24-08 Argentine Championship (2008)

May-17-08 M-Tel Masters (2008)

Apr-28-08 Baku Grand Prix (2008)

Mar-26-08 Amber Tournament (Rapid) (2008)

Mar-22-08 Giuoco Piano (C50)

Mar-06-08 Morelia-Linares (2008)

Feb-17-08 Anand vs Aronian, 2008

Jan-30-08 Scandinavian (B01)

Jan-26-08 Corus (2008)

Jan-22-08 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008

Jan-21-08 Uncommon Opening (A00)

Jan-21-08 Nigel Short

Jan-21-08 Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008

Jan-20-08 Corus (Group B) (2008)

Jan-13-08 Peter Leko

Dec-29-07 Russian Superfinals (2007)

Dec-15-07 Shirov vs Kamsky, 2007

Sep-29-07 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)

Jun-30-07 Wang Yue

Jun-30-07 Dortmund (2007)

Jun-08-06 Vladimir Akopian

May-29-06 37th Chess Olympiad (2006)

May-29-06 Nadezhda Kosintseva

Mar-31-06 Thomas Johansson

Mar-27-06 Francisco Vallejo-Pons

Mar-27-06 Amber Blindfold (2006)

Mar-27-06 Tigran Nalbandian

Mar-27-06 Alexey Shirov

Mar-20-06 Morozevich vs Gelfand, 2006

Mar-20-06 Veselin Topalov

Mar-20-06 Alexander Grischuk

Mar-18-06 twinlark chessforum

Mar-16-06 chessgames.com chessforum

Mar-16-06 Judit Polgar

Mar-08-06 Robert James Fischer

Mar-04-06 Linares 2006 (2006)

Mar-03-06 US Championship 2006 (2006)

Mar-03-06 Leko vs Vallejo-Pons, 2006

Feb-26-06 L Krizsany vs H J Federer, 2001
Feb-26-06 Etienne Bacrot

Feb-26-06 Alexandra Kosteniuk

Feb-26-06 Gildardo Garcia

Feb-25-06 Topalov vs Vallejo-Pons, 2006

Feb-25-06 Anatoly Karpov

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