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| May-24-14 | | Once: <Madman99X> Some random thoughts that may or may not help... Here's the position just before 19. Rc1
click for larger viewWhite is already in trouble. It's not yet fatal, but it's certainly unpleasant. His main problems are that he can't castle and his queen has to stay in touch with e2 to prevent a mate. Add to that the fact that the board is fairly open and black has the bishop pair (which tends to do well on an open board). His Bf4 is staring at a pawn's bottom - it is effectively a tall pawn. My (admittedly ancient) Fritz 11 reckons that white is struggling whatever he plays from here. His top five suggestions (including 19. Rc1) range in awfulness from -0.6 to -1.0. At the moment (8 minutes in), he has 19. Rc1 at number five in his list of choices with an eval of -1.0, but that's not such a clear blunder because the other moves are not much better. It's hard to put a finger on a definite blunder here. If we do want to look for where white went wrong, my suggestion would be that he needed to find a way castle before black made it impossible. For example, here's the position after 14...f6
click for larger viewFritzie doesn't much care for 15. f4 (trying to hold the e pawn) because that allows the game continuation which strands the white king in the middle of the board. Instead Fritzie likes 15. Be3 followed (when possible) by 0-0-0. |
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| May-24-14 | | agb2002: Black has the bishop pair for a bishop, a knight and a pawn. TThe uncastled white king invites to sacrifice a piece on e5 to pave the way for the remaining pieces. This and the defenseless rok on h1 suggest ... g5 now or after ... Bb4+ to connect the rooks. An interesting detail is that 21... Bb4+ 22.Kf2 discards pin tactics along the e-file. Therefore, 21... g5 22.Bxg5 (22.g4 gxf4 wins a piece) 22... Rxe5 23.Qxe5 Bg7: A) 24.Qxg7 Qe2#.
B) 24.Bf6 Re8 25.Bxg7 (25.Qxe8+ Qxe8+ followed by the capture of the white bishop - +) 25... Rxe5+ 26.Bxe5 Qxe5+ B.1) 27.Kd1 Qe2#.
B.2) 27.Kd2 Qe2+ 28.Kc3 Qe3+ 29.Kb4 (29.Kc2 Qd3#) 29... Qb6+ B.2.a) 30.Ka3 Bc4 with the threat 31... Bxb3 32.axb3 Qa5# looks winning. B.2.b) 30.Ka4 Bc4 again with the threat 31... Qb5+ 32.Ka3 Bxb3. B.2.c) 30.Kc3 c5 mobilizing the central pawns while pursuing the white king looks very good for Black. B.3) 27.Kf2 Qxb2+
B.3.a) 28.Ke3 Qxa2 and 29.Rxc6 is not possible due to 29... Qxb3+. B.3.b) 28.Kf3 Qe2+ 29.Kf4 Qe4+ 30.Kg5 Qe5+ 31.Kg4 (31.Kh6 Qf6+ 32.Kxh7 (32.Kh5 Qg6#) 32... Bd3+ 33.Kg8 Bg6 34.Rhf1 Bf7+ 35.Kh7 Qg6+ 36.Kh8 Qg8(h6)#) 31... Be2+ 32.Kh3 Qf5+ looks winning. Fir example, 33.Kh2 Qf2+ 34.Kh3 h5 and White can't avoid Bg4#. B.3.c) 28.Kg1 Qxa2 and 29.Rxc6 is still impossible due to 29... Qxb3 30.Rxa6 Qd1+ 31.Kg(h)2 Qe2+ and 32... Qxa6. C) 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Be7 (25.Qxe8+ Qxe8+ and the attack against the white king is more powerful due to the bishop pair) 25... Bf6 looks winning. For example, 26.Kf2 Rxe7 27.Qf4 Be5 28.Qf8+ Kxa7 29.Qxe7 Qe2+ 30.Kg1 Qe3+ and 31... Qxg3#. |
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| May-24-14 | | agb2002: My move 22... Rxe5 loses to the rather simple maneuver 23.Qxe5 Bg7 24.Qe6 Re8 25.Be7. Better luck next Saturday. |
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| May-24-14 | | TheBish: Timman vs Karpov, 1984 Black to play (21...?) "Very Difficult", Black is down a pawn. Black maximizes his forces with 21...g5! 22. Bxg5 Bb4+ 23. Kf2 Rhf8+ and now if the bishop blocks on the f-file, 24...Rxe5 will be very strong, or if 24. Kg1 Rf3 followed by 25...Rxg3+. So 24. Kg2 Rxe5! 25. Qxe5 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 (or 26. Kh3 Bc8+) Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Bc8+ 28. g4 Rf3+ and mates. |
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| May-24-14 | | patzer2: The 21...g5! solution to today's Saturday puzzle uses the decoy, deflection, clearance, pin, pursuit and double attack tactics to force White into a mating web: 1. Deflection, decoy, clearance and pin: The sham sacrifice 21...g5! forces 22. Bxg5, decoying the Bishop to g5 and deflecting (also clearing the f-file) it away from f4. The Queen's pin on h4 makes 22. hxg5? Qxh1+  a bad option for White. 2. Deflection and clearance: The follow up 22...Bg5+ deflects the King to f2 and clears the f8 square for the Rook check. 3. Deflection, Pin, Pursuit and Double Attack: After 22...Bg5+ 23. Kf2 Rhf8+ 24. Kg2, the Rook occupies the cleared f8 square and deflects the King to g2. If 23. Nd2, then
click for larger view23...Rxe5! (position above) 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 26. Kf2 Qe2+ uses the pin tactic to exchange two Black Rooks for the Queen and open up the position to pursue and mate the exposed White King. If 24. Kg1, then
click for larger view24...Rf3! (position above) creates a wining double attack which wins the Queen (e.g. 24. Kg1 Rf3! 25. Qf5 Rxf4 ) or forces mate-in-four after 24. Kg1 Rf3! 25. Qd4 Rxg4+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kf2 Qf3#) 26...Qf3! 27. Rc2 Rh3+ 28. Kg1 Rxh1#. 4. Decoy and deflection combined to force mate: The sham sacrifice 24...Rxe5! decoys the Queen to e5 and deflects her from f3, allowing mate-in-six after 24...Rxe5! 25. Qxe5 Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qf2+ 27. Kh3 Bc8+ 28. g4 Bxg4+ (or 28...Rf3+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3#) 29. Kxg4 Qf3#. |
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| May-24-14 | | patzer2: <Once><The management should point out that other forms of relationship (other than prince and princess) are also available and are equally valid. And that we cannot sanction kissing 118 year old ladies in their sleep. Or trespassing in someone else's domicile. Or wilfully destroying your neighbour's garden plants.> Great stuff today! I can just imagine the Prince consulting a lawyer and getting this advice before kissing and awakening Sleeping Beauty. Perhaps DreamWorks should consider the idea for a funny bit in a Shrek sequel. |
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May-24-14
 | | naresb: omg. great stuff today. |
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| May-24-14 | | Nick46: <parisattack: ... the 'good little Communist'>
Yes, when Kasparov dethroned Karpov the former was wearing the white Stetson and the latter the black. But now ??? |
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| May-24-14 | | Patriot: Black is down a pawn for the bishop pair.
21...Rxe5
22.Qxe5 Bb4+ and 23...Re8
22.Bxe5 Bb4+ 23.Kf2 Re8 is an interesting attack. 24.Rhe1 Bd6 |
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| May-24-14 | | Patriot: 21...Rxe5 22.Qxe5 Bb4+ 23.Kf2  I really miscalculated that one. |
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| May-24-14 | | kevin86: Syntax is important here: chase away 5the bishop, check with the black bishop, check with rook, etc No need to give up much, but the attack comes slower than expected. |
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May-24-14
 | | Sally Simpson: A really good game. I see ages ago a poster was reflecting that Kaprov was never really popular with the masses. I've never bought into that, this must be a modern way of thinking. After proving by OTB play he was a worthy champion I used to read nothing but praise for him. Of course Kasparov's style of play over-shadowed him entertainment wise but Karpov has some truly wonderful games of chess on his CV and this is one of them. |
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| May-24-14 | | Rook e2: Very nice game. I play scotch myself and the Mieses always gave me trouble. Sometimes it seems like white has to remember all the lines and black can just pick one to specialize in.. |
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May-24-14
 | | Jimfromprovidence: This was a beautifully set up attack.
White should have played 24 Kg1 to avoid the queen check on f3 but that still loses neatly to 24...Rf3!
click for larger viewThe queen is trapped and lost. If white tries to move the queen to the only safe square with 25 Qd4 black has a forced mate beginning with 25...Rxg3+. 
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May-24-14
 | | Domdaniel: <Madman99x> -- <how does one avoid such a tactical onslaught as this?>
Basically, one can't. Sorry to sound so pessimistic, but there isn't really any useful advice that works against strong GMs. I've played a few of them, and found they can whip up winning complications in most positions -- and in the others, they find a safe positional route to a win. There are openings that make a tactical onslaught less likely, but then you're always liable to find yourself in a lost ending. |
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| May-24-14 | | BOSTER: This is the pos. white to play 12.
2kr1b1r/p1ppqppp/1np5/2P1P3/4Q3/8/ PP1N1PPP/R1B1Kb1R Who knows, maybe it'd be nice if chess Rules permit to play 12. 0-0 with Rxf1, and we come bere.
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| May-24-14 | | Marmot PFL: <<Madman99x> -- <how does one avoid such a tactical onslaught as this?> The simplest way is to avoid unnecessary complications and develop rapidly. For example 5 Nc3 Bb4 6 Nxc6 bc6 7 Bd3 and 0-0 soon. White plays a more aggressive line (6 e5) but also riskier as it loses time and may over-extend the pawn. |
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| May-24-14 | | BOSTER: My guess that PIN program can not understand why bishop f1 changed his colour. |
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| May-24-14 | | Once: <BOSTER> Your FEN problem is that there is an extra space for the second rank. I think this is what you wanted:
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| May-24-14 | | Madman99X: So Timman was in deep doodoo before 19... Ka8. That was simply the move where it becomes apparent to the casual observer. |
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| May-24-14 | | BOSTER: < Once >.
Thanks for correct FEN. |
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May-24-14
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May-25-14
 | | Richard Taylor: < parisattack: An amazing display by Karpov. I continue to find it surprising his games are not more popular and he is somewhat 'under a cloud' with chess fans. Perhaps he is too much remembered as the 'good little Communist' of some such. Better than Kramnik and equal to Kasparov, IMHO. > I agree. But the "good little communist" is stupid as the USSR had long abandoned Communism: they had moved to in fact a kind of military dictatorship at least by the time Stalin was the leader. They could be said to have been "socialistic" at the most. The US in the 20s and even now wasn't radically more "democratic" and in fact the record of the US support for non democratic nations is well documented. Karpov was no more in the wrong than Kasparov who didn't ever advocate any radical positions: once he made big money he forgot how terrible Karpov was. Meanwhile English chess players recall enjoying Karpov's company (playing friendly bridge games). Korchnoi of course made a big fuss in an effort to gain attention or throw Karpov off his game but he failed. They may as well have said that Fischer was a good little (or big!) Capitalist - but when he decided to think for himself and buck the system the heavy Government beauracracy descended on Fischer whereupon he spat on the Government notice and cursed the United States. (But in his earlier years that individuality was amazing and unique, no matter what nation we are talking about: he refused to bow in many cases to rules, and pushed for better money, better lighting (no trivial issue), better conditions, and much else. Of course until he retired he had played some great games so it was a pity Karpov didn't or wasn't able to play a match with Fischer (both wanted a match but both agreed the conditions weren't very good so the proposed match was abandoned). His mother had been a radical and was closer to being a "communist" than Fischer or Karpov ever dreamed of becoming. The fact is he was one of the best players in the world in the late 70s and the 80s and for good reasons kept his "position" and income. He certainly wasn't or isn't anti-Russian! By contrast, yes, Fischer was the archetypical mad genius who was great when young but slowly drifted into a kind of madness as he got older. But that doesn't detract from his (Fischer's) great abilities. As Karpov was less "dramatic" the assumption is he wasn't capable of great chess by many - whereas in many ways his style has similarities with Fischer's (e.g. his great way, like Capablanca, of playing the Ruy Lopez). Now he chugs on at a lower rating level and enjoys the game. |
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May-25-14
| | Richard Taylor: I say all this as for a long time I didn't understand Karpov's play and I decided to play through many of his games. Many seemed "dull" as I preferred Tal and even Fischer etc but playing over Karpov's games helped my chess (in the 80s). Of course playing over and studying all the other great masters helped also. But I had a book of ALL his games (more or less, at the time) and that gives more of an overall picture of how GMs play and some idea how a club player such as myself might improve, which I did a bit. |
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| Feb-18-15 | | carpovius: how to kill Timman in 26 moves) |
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