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| Jun-25-09 | | Eisenheim: Chess Carnival - Yes, it is true as you remind me, luck can play a part. I won a game in Central Park and the sun was in the eyes of my opponent. One time there was a minor earthquake in California during a tourny and my opponent straightened out his queen and was forced to move it and lose it. and for bad luck, I was beating user TopalovRybka at an online blitz game and my server crashed forcing a loss to two (or is it one) of the greats. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | randomsac: Bf7... OUCH! That's one of the best moves I've seen immediately before a resignation. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | YetAnotherAmateur: The interesting thing here is that positionally Ivanchuk has the game pretty well in hand by move 18 or so. The reason for this is that the black queen is completely paralyzed on b8, while the white queen roams fairly freely on the kingside. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | zealouspawn: of course there is luck in chess. I'm willing to bet that all of us who have played OTB tourneys have calculated out a variation, and about halfway through playing the combination out you realize there's some defensive resource you didn't see earlier and you should lose. Then you notice you have one obscure counter-resource to make the combination work again. You're lucky that resource exists, because it doesn't always and you just went from losing to winning. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | kevin86: White threatens mate at two squares!
Talk about a dog that tried to catch two rabbits! |
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| Jun-25-09 | | jepflast: That's a first-rate pun! |
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| Jun-25-09 | | Geronimo: Wow. That's a lot of game. Moves like 20.g4 and 34.Bf7 just kill me. Ivanchuk is one of the most creative forces in contemporary chess, even when his loony antics and time controls get him in trouble. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | njchess: Ouch! This is one impressive display by Ivanchuck. Morozevich doesn't get even a whiff of counterplay. I love the almost comical position of Black's pieces by move 22. |
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| Jun-25-09 | | lzromeu: Why 31...Qb8?
The last mistake.
Maybe 31...Bd7 was better |
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| Jun-25-09 | | WhiteRook48: Better luck tomorrow against my blasted cursed chess computer that I discarded a few seconds ago |
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| Jun-25-09 | | Pawnage: One thing I've noticed about Ivanchuk is his knowledge of when to trade bishops for knights. From what I've seen he exchanges them more than any other GM and the results are almost always good. |
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| Nov-17-09 | | technical draw: Hmmm, I wonder if this is one of my puns. An also ran. |
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| Oct-13-10 | | sevenseaman: Excellent hold on the center. Ivanchuk simply refuses to loosen the grip. The game ought to be ultimate dare for 'guess the move' addicts. For me, even finding 16. Bxb6 was a task too big. Others that astound me are 29. Nh6 and 34. B f7. That is why I find this game an absolute topper, sublime. I think it is the sheer volume of traffic that becomes a handicap for aficionados in seeing beyond 'Game of the century' et al. I would have liked a much bigger tribute to Ivanchuk's genius as displayed in this game. Here on I'll remain a fan. |
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| Oct-14-10 | | Sacsacmate: What a gem from Chuky ! After move 27 he makes a series of jaw-dropping moves..god-like ability to conduct an attack ! Rg3 was a stunner..threatening mate on h7..Poor Moro. Bronstein seems to have passed the buck to Chuky. |
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| Apr-30-24 | | Mayankk: White can checkmate at g7 if his light-squared Bishop vacates the g file. But should it do that, the Knight is exposed and can be captured, rendering mate at g7 not possible. So what do we do? Well we threaten mate at 2 squares, both with vulnerable pieces. 34 Bf7 and now mate can arrive either at 35 Qg8# or 35 Qg7#. Black can only nullify 1 threat and so game over. |
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Apr-30-24
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Two minor pieces en prise threatening two checkmates on two squares. Elegant. |
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Apr-30-24
 | | takebackok: Easy Tuesday 34 Bf7 & its lights out. |
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| Apr-30-24 | | mel gibson: I saw that but it took me about 30 seconds
as 2 checkmate positions had to be allowed for. |
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| Apr-30-24 | | parch3: 34.Bf7 wins
Black just has 34...Rg6 35.Q:g6 Bc5+ (35...B:f7 36.Qg7#)
36.bc5 B:f7 37.Qg7# |
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| Apr-30-24 | | saturn2: 34.Bf7 threatens Qg7 mate and Qg8 mate |
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Apr-30-24
 | | chrisowen: Gi mc jufa q bricks its oy put its hew its v land Bf7 its hub acrid mid dug its choice its dug its aof jif affable puff afford its poof Bf7 ae its o |
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| Apr-30-24 | | landshark: Today I saw that in a glance. |
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| Apr-30-24 | | jffun1958: 34. Bf7 is mate-in-4:
34.Bf7 (threatening 35. Qg7# _AND_ 35. Qg8#) Bg5 35.Qxg5 Rg6 36.Qxg6 Nd8 37.Qxh5# 34. Bxf8 is also possible, but now Black has 34. ... Rxe6
and there is no immediate mate:
For example: 34. ... Rxe6 35.Bxh5 Rh6 36.Qg4 b5 37.Rd3 Qf8 38.Kg2 Bd8 39.Bg6 Bb6 40.Rh3 Nxe5 41.Rxh6+ Qxh6 42.fxe5 |
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| May-01-24 | | TheaN: Bit late to this one, but I did instantly saw the double threat of Qg7# and Qg8# in case of Bh7 or <34.Bf7!>. Then it's just a matter of finding the right one and it's the latter, because it blocks the bishop going to g6. Black is left with just spite checks or interposing: <34....Bc5+ 35.bxc5 Rg6 36.Qxg6 Bxf7 37.Qg7#>. Pretty easy. |
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| Aug-03-24 | | JacobKerr: What an amazing game! Ivanchik is truly on another level! |
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