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Jul-30-02
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| Feb-25-03 | | GregorMendel: It seems to me that because of White's subsequent gxh3, White is forever prevented from having anything resembling a passed pawn. Because White can't get a passed pawn, Black has no troubles and calmly marches his King to the queenside, where one pawn must promote. |
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| Feb-25-03 | | aulero: In my opinion it is mainly a question of time. 47...Bh3!! gains the extra time that prevents white to reach the e3 square with the King, where he can control all white defensive line up. |
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| Feb-25-03 | | Cyphelium: Mark Dvoretsky analyses this endgame in one of his online columns.
According to him, 47.- Bh3 was actually the ONLY way to win. Check out http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvore...
for some interesting analysis!! |
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| Feb-25-03 | | morphynoman2: There are 9 legal moves after 47. Kg1. How many players in the world would play Bh3??? |
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| Feb-25-03 | | morphynoman2: This is the analysis by Dvoretsky:
1. ... Bh3!!
This bishop sacrifice gains Black a vital
tempo to break into the queenside with
his king.
2. gh3
2. Kf2 Kf5 3. Kf3 doesn’t help, in view
of 3... Bxg2+! 4. Kxg2 Ke4-+.
2. ... Kf5 3. Kf2 Ke4! 4. Bxf6
After 4. Ke2 f5, Black has just too many passed pawns. 4. ... d4 (intending 5...a3-+) 5. Be7 Kd3 (now intending 6...Kc2 and 7...d3-+) 6. Bc5 Kc4! (6... Kc3? 7. Ke2) 7. Be7 Kb3 (or 7...Kc3), and White resigned. |
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| Feb-25-03 | | Cyphelium: Yup, but he followed up with more analysis proving that moves other than 47.- Bh3 just draws, which answers Sneaky's question. |
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| Feb-09-04 | | Flyboy216: Several sources cite this as "The Most Amazing Move of All Time." I'd say pretty good. |
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| Feb-09-04 | | AdrianP: Try this one of Shirov's as well: 31 ... Re4!!
Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 |
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| Apr-24-04 | | hickchess99: i count 13 legal moves |
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| Apr-24-04 | | kevin86: At first look,I thought that black had blown the game but after:
54 ♔e2 ♔c2 55 ♗b4 d3+ 56 ♔e1 a3 and queens the a pawn or if captured,the d pawn. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | capanegra: 47... Bh3!! Is an amazing move, which does not seem to make any sense. The point is that Black's king needs to support the 'd' and 'a' pawns as soon as possible. The bishop on f5 was on his way. By going to h3, Black attacks the 'g2' pawn, so he wins a tempo. The reason why he is not afraid to lose the bishop, is because this bishop would not help him to advance the queenside pawns anyways. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | capanegra: http://www.sfu.ca/~rjiganch/course/... |
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| Apr-30-04 | | Lawrence: <capanegra>, in your first post you should have mentioned that it was a quote from Roman Jiganchine but I'm glad to see that you acknowledged Roman in your second. Roman put "The bishop on e4 was on his way" and you were right in changing it to "f5" but Roman makes another mistake--not "on his way" but "in his way." |
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| Apr-30-04 | | capanegra: Thanks <Lawrence>, also for the correction of my lousy prepositions. I had forgotten to cite the source, that’s why I posted it later. :o) By the way, I think I’ve found a game that should belong to your “little miracles” collection: Rusakov vs Verlinsky, 1947 |
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| Jul-16-04 | | aw1988: Shirov found a fantastic resolution of the position. 47...Bh3!! The bishop is sacrificed for a single tempo- the one needed for the king to get to e4.
["Normal" play would bring White the draw without too much trouble, for instance: 47...Kd6? 48. Kf2! Simplest. (Although White also does not lose after 48. Bxf6!? Kc5 49. Kf2 d4 50. Ke2 Kc4 51. Be7 Kc3 52. Kd1=) 48...Kc5 49. Ke3=; 47...Be4? 48. Kf2 Kf5 (plan 49...Bxg2!) 49. g3! a3 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Bxf6 Kxg3 52. Kd2 Kf4 (on 52...d4 53. Bxd4 Kxh4 54. Kc1 g5 55. Bc5 a2 56. Kb2= White need only to give up his bishop for the g-pawn.) 53. Be7! (while there's time, it's useful to force the enemy pawn onto the same color square as his bishop) a2 54. Bf6 Bf5 55. Bg7 Ke4 56. Ba1 d4 57. Bb2 (with the pawn at a3, White would risk falling into zugzwang here) d3 58. Bc3 Kf4 59. Bb2 Kg4 60. Bf6 a1Q 61. Bxa4 Kxh4= and we have transposed into the Berger-Kolterman ending.] 48. gxh3 [48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Kf3 would not help in view of Bxg2+! 50. Kxg2 Ke4  ] 48...Kf5 49. Kf2 Ke4! 50. Bxf6 [After 50. Ke2 f5 Black has too many passed pawns.] 50...d4 (plan a3) 51. Be7 Kd3 (plan Kc2, d3) 52. Bc5 Kc4! [But not 52...Kc3? 53. Ke2] 53. Be7 Kb3 Now the king must reach c2, which gives us the "pants" situation we spoke of in Chapter 4, Bishop vs. Pawns. [53...Kc3 is just as good.] 0-1 |
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| Sep-06-04 | | lao tzu: just played over Keres vs Tal, 1957 cant help but wonder if Shirov knew Tal's 39...Bxf3 vs Keres.... |
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| Feb-03-05 | | kostich in time: for my money,this is the most startling sac ever made in an endgame..or at least one of the top five. |
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| May-08-05 | | aw1988: This is one of those games which describes a tendancy of the world's top players. You can have great positional sense, and great tactical sense, but without nerves you won't make it. I would never play Bh3, just because it would be too complicated for someone my level. |
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| Jun-06-05 | | kcb: Is 30.Bg5 some kind of a turning point in the game?could white do it better? |
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| Jul-30-05 | | ARTIN: Just beautiful, but I'm sure Topalov saw it coming that why he played h4 previously |
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| Oct-21-05 | | Poisonpawns: 47..Bh3!! Simply one of the greatest moves in history.period |
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| Jan-29-06 | | morpstau: 47..Bh3!! Simply one of the greatest moves in history.period |
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| Jan-31-06 | | Poisonpawns: Topalov is a lightning rod for players to play their "immortal games" against. Kasparov played his against Topa in 1999,Karpov played his against Topa in 1994,and this is Shirov`s immortal game! 47..Bh3!! One of the best moves in History! Its a shame to see shirov playing so badly now.I have one question for all chess fans out there: Forget about the players for a sec: If you could name the 5 greatest chess moves in history what would you pick? examole: 47..Bh3! Topalov-Shirov,Qg3! Levitsky-Marshall,18..Rxd4 Kasparov -Topalov etc So many great games and moves out there to choose from WOW! |
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| Mar-13-06 | | MrMojoRisin: <47..Bh3!! Simply one of the greatest moves in history.period> <Several sources cite this as "The Most Amazing Move of All Time."> It wouldnt even make my "top ten moves of all time" list. Granted, it is sort of a hard move to find, it isn't really that surprising though (Black was already two pawns up!). |
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