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Zvonimir Mestrovic vs Svetozar Gligoric
"The Dark Knight Returns" (game of the day May-13-2016)
Hastings (1970/71), Hastings ENG, rd 9, Jan-07
Indian Game: General (A45)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)6...f5 was played in I Miladinovic vs Smagin, 2000 (0-1) 7.Qd5 e6 8.Qxe4 Qxc5 9.O-O-O f5 10.Qf4 Bg7 11.Nb5 Na6 = 0.00 (34 ply) ⩱ -0.94 (32 ply)better is 8.O-O-O Nc6 9.Bc4 Ne5 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.f3 Be6 12.Nge2 a6 ⩱ -0.76 (31 ply) ⩱ -1.26 (33 ply) 11...e6 12.b4 Qc7 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rad1 a5 15.Rd6 axb4 ∓ -1.72 (35 ply) 12.Nd5 Qe5 13.Rad1 e6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.b4 Qc7 = +0.13 (38 ply) 12...e6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Rad1 a5 15.Rd6 axb4 16.axb4 Ba6 ⩱ -1.48 (34 ply)better is 13.Rab1 a5 14.Nd1 axb4 15.axb4 Ba2 16.Rc1 e6 17.Bxc6 ⩱ -0.68 (32 ply) 13...a5 14.g4 axb4 15.gxf5 bxc3 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Kh1 Ne5 ⩱ -1.34 (33 ply) 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.g3 a5 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Nd1 axb4 18.axb4 = -0.19 (34 ply) ∓ -1.69 (36 ply) 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qg5 h6 17.Qe3 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 axb4 19.axb4 ⩱ -1.39 (36 ply)-+ -2.60 (36 ply) 18.Nbd4 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Qf6 20.Rfe1 e6 21.Rc1 Bd3 22.Rcd1 ∓ -1.92 (36 ply)-+ -3.85 (36 ply) 20...Qe6 21.Bd1 Qa6 22.Kh1 Qa2 23.b5 e6 24.Rg1 Qd2 25.Qh4 -+ -3.81 (36 ply)-+ -2.62 (36 ply) 22.Ng3 Qxa4 23.Rxc4 f4 24.Nf1 Qa2 25.Rc1 e3 26.fxe3 fxe3 -+ -2.60 (39 ply)-+ -4.37 (37 ply) 23.Ng3 Rxd4 24.Be2 Bxe2 25.Qxe2 Qxe2 26.Nxe2 Rxb4 27.g3 -+ -2.84 (30 ply)-+ -4.39 (29 ply)-+ mate-in-14 after 28.Qxf2 Bxd4 29.Qxd4+ Rxd4 30.Ra1 Qe1+ 31.Kh230.Kg1 Nxg3 31.Ng6+ hxg6 32.b5 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Nf1+ 34.Kh1 -+ mate-in-70-1

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Dec-22-02  refutor: lev alburt is a fairly famous GM, known for playing opening that aren't mainstream (benko gambit, alekhine's defense etc.)
Dec-22-02  refutor: Bronstein vs Fischer, 1960 ...bronstein drew fischer with it, which goes to show that any opening moves are playable at any level, as long as well you play well in the middlegame and the ending ;)
Dec-22-02  Sylvester: Maybe Fischer made a blunder.
Dec-23-02  PVS: He did, it was 19…Rxc2. See if you find the best move. Bronstein vs Fischer, 1960
Dec-23-02  Sylvester: I thought Fischer's move was okay, but I was wrong. My moves are on that game page.
Dec-23-02  AgentRgent: Lev Alburt is a former US Champion as well.
Dec-23-02  AgentRgent: http://www.uschess.org/news/bio/alb...
Dec-23-02  Sylvester: Thanks AgentRgent.
Jun-25-04  tomh72000: The opening is called the "veresov system"
Jun-25-04  acirce: "Every Russian schoolboy" knows that you can't block your c-pawn with your knight like that. The Veresov gives me the creeps!
Aug-01-04  kevin86: Of course,if black queens,he is mated in three via Qb8-the text turns the tables. Instead of gaining a queen at the loss of a game,the nascant knight CAPTURES a queen
Sep-11-05
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  nasmichael: A nice solution package from the author of "I Play Against Pieces" and "Shall We Play Fischerrandom Chess?", Gligoric is looking for all solutions, and I appreciate his fresh look at the "exchange rate" of the pieces on the board.
Sep-15-05  IT4LICO: I have found a fine underpromotion combination
http://scacchi.qnet.it/manuale/comb...
but it is only italian.
And i've found a Marshall's loss, not in the database

[Event ""]
[Site "Pistyan"]
[Date "1912"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sterk"]
[Black "Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. c3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. g4 h6 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Kh1 hxg5 19. Rg1 g4 20. Ba3 Nh6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rg2 Re8 23. f3 Qg5 24. Re1 Qe7 25. fxg4 Qa3 26. g5 Nf5 27. g6 Re7 28. Qh5 Nh6 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. gxf7+ Kh7 31. f8=N+ Kh8 32. Rg8# 1-0

Sep-15-05  Rama: Black's very nice centralization -- partly forced -- 15 ... Qe5, leads to control of the a-file and penetration with 22 ... Qa2, and 24 ... Qd2.

Question: can black play 25 ... Qxc1, and win a Rook?

28 ... Rxd4 also is very nice, especially after you realize it is protected by the Bishop!

Dec-27-11
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  Penguincw: You don't need a queen to win. A knight is perfectly fine, sometimes...
May-13-16
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  offramp: The game is really good. The title is fair.
May-13-16
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  al wazir: If 25...Qxc1, then 26. Qc4 Kf8 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Bc2 29. Qg4 Rxd4. The ♗ on d1 is dead, and black is a piece up.

What am I missing?

May-13-16  newzild: <<al wazir:> If 25...Qxc1, then 26. Qc4 Kf8 27. Qxg7+ Ke8 28. Ne3 Bc2 29. Qg4 Rxd4. The ♗ on d1 is dead, and black is a piece up. What am I missing?>

One possibility is a little intermezzo on move 28:

25...Qxc1
26. Qg4 Kf8
27. Qxg7+ Ke8
28. Qg8+! Kd7
29. Qg4

and the threat of the discovered check gives White time to unpin the bishop.

May-13-16  TheTamale: "The Dark Knight Returns." Good pun--he sure does.
May-13-16
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  perfidious: White's game is rendered horsie de combat at the finish.
May-13-16  kevin86: The new knight wins the queen with no questions asked.
May-13-16  beenthere240: Playing through the game I couldn't fathom the title since the black knight disappears fairly soon. Then in the last stages I saw how we were headed for an underpromotion.
May-13-16
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  al wazir: <newzild>: Thanks. Yes, I rejected 28. Qg8+ because it looked like the loss of a tempo.

And thanks for correcting my erroneous 26. Qc4.

May-14-16  newzild: <al wazir> Welcome.
Sep-02-17  Toribio3: Wow, the killing knight. A masterpiece produced by the great Yugoslav grand-master Gligoric!
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