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Gawain Jones vs Dean Ippolito
Smith & Williamson Young Masters (2001), Witley ENG, rd 2, Jul-14
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3...c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a4 Bb4+ 7.c3 Bd6 8.O-O = -0.11 (39 ply)= +0.40 (36 ply)better is 4...h6 5.c3 g5 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Nxe4 9.d5 = 0.00 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.56 (41 ply)better is 7.Re1 a5 8.h3 h6 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qb8 11.Nf1 Qa7 ⩲ +0.54 (32 ply)better is 7...a5 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.d4 Bb6 11.Bd3 Ng6 12.Be3 = 0.00 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (35 ply)better is 8...h6 9.Re1 Ba7 10.Nbd2 Nh5 11.Nf1 Qf6 12.Bc2 Re8 = +0.02 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (34 ply) 12...h6 13.Qc2 Qd7 14.b4 Rfe8 15.a4 Rbd8 16.Bd2 b5 = +0.06 (35 ply)better is 13.Bd2 Qf6 14.Qd1 Rfe8 15.Bg5 Qg6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Nxe3 ⩲ +0.82 (30 ply)= +0.15 (33 ply) 14.Nxe3 Nf4 15.d4 exd4 16.cxd4 Re8 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 ⩲ +0.61 (33 ply)= -0.21 (28 ply) after 14...Ne7 15.a4 c5 16.Qc2 Qc7 17.a5 Nc6 18.b4 cxb4 19.cxb4 better is 17.Re2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Rf1 Qf6 20.Qc4 Qh6 21.h4 f4 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩱ -0.58 (33 ply)better is 18.d4 fxg4 19.hxg4 Qd7 20.Nh2 Na5 21.Qd5 b5 22.dxe5 Nc4 = 0.00 (35 ply) ⩱ -0.60 (23 ply) 19.Kg2 Qf6 20.d4 Qh6 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Qd5 f4 = 0.00 (36 ply) ∓ -2.49 (34 ply) 21.Qc2 Rxg4 22.Qh2 Qg8 23.Kh1 Ne7 24.Nh4 Qe6 25.Rf3 Rg8 ∓ -1.92 (35 ply)-+ -3.64 (29 ply) 23.Qc2 Ne6 24.Nf5 Nxf5 25.exf5 Rxg4+ 26.Nxg4 Qxg4+ -+ -3.76 (33 ply)-+ -6.79 (33 ply)37.a6 h3 38.Qxh3+ Qxh3 39.a7 Qf1+ 40.Kc2 Qf2+ 41.Kb3 -+ mate-in-160-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-10-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  fredthebear: Give a rook 23...Rxg4+ to get a rook 29...QxRa1.
Jan-25-24  TheaN: Honestly didn't see this Thursday in full, but I'd play this on instinct. <23....Rxg4+ -+> makes so much sense because White will be left with a bare king only up an exchange that is Ra1 compared to the strong knights.

The game line is kind of forced though, evaluating -6: the attempt 30.Nc1 is interesting but not enough.

Jan-25-24
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  perfidious: In my mind, this would qualify as a Sunday POTD, if an unusual one; while the initial line is obvious and forcing, Jones' try with 30.Nc1 requires more foresight on Black's part and raises the level of the puzzle well beyond that of a midweek affair.
Jan-25-24  mel gibson: I saw the first few moves straight away
but I wasn't sure if White had a good defence.

Stockfish 16 says:

23. .. Rxg4+

(23. .. Rxg4+ (1. ... Rxg4+ 2.Nxg4 Qxg4+ 3.Kf2 Rf8+ 4.Ke1 Rxf1+ 5.Kxf1 Qf3+ 6.Ke1 Qh1+ 7.Kf2 Qxa1 8.d4 Qh1 9.dxe5 Qxe4 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Qf7 Qf5+ 12.Qxf5 Ngxf5 13.Nf4 Kg7 14.Kf3 Kf6 15.Kg4 Ng7 16.b3 Ne6 17.Nd3 b5 18.Nf2 Kg6 19.Ne4 d5 20.Ng3 d4) +5.59/43 362)

score for Black +5.59 depth 43.

Jan-25-24
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  LIFE Master AJ: I got this one in under 5 minutes. It was a pretty simple forcing combination .... the ultimate target was the rook on a1.
Jan-25-24  Mayankk: Black Rook is en prise. But instead of it being martyred on its current square, we use it to demolish White King's protective net.

So we have 23 ... Rxg4+ 24 Nxg4 Qxg4+

A) 25 Kh1/Kg1 Qxe2 seems a straightforward finish. Black has 2 Knights and a pawn for a Rook but more importantly the White King is still at the mercy of Black Queen. Ideas like Rg8 and Qh5+ present themselves.

B) 25 Kf2 Rf8+ 26 Ke1 Rxf1+ 27 Kxf1 Qf3+ 28 Ke1 Qh1+ 29 Kd2 Qxa1 is a forcing combination where Black emerges a Knight up. Should be winning.

Jan-25-24  TheaN: <perfidious: (...) Jones' try with 30.Nc1 requires more foresight on Black's part and raises the level of the puzzle well beyond that of a midweek affair.>

Does it <really> though? 30....Qb1 perhaps, to prevent White from containing the Black queen perpetually by Kc2 and the queen's free. After that:


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White pinned down his own pieces. The queen will need to keep tabs on b2, the king can't move because of the knight (well, d1, but what does that accomplish) and the knight can't move because of the first rank. Meanwhile, Black just marches the h-pawn down the board and plants the knights on the g-file protecting the king. I do agree it shouldn't be part of a Thursday puzzle, but it looks way more complicated than it is.

Jan-25-24  TheaN: In fact, even 30....h5 -+ is clearly won after 31.Kc2 Ng6! 32.Qxb7 Nf4 33.Qxc7 Ng2!:


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SF just readily gives away pawns to force an otherwise trivial endgame: 34.Qxd6 Ne3+ 35.Kd2 Qxb2+! 36.Kxe3 Qxc1+ -+


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And again the h-pawn will decide. Not sure if Black wants to play into this though without analyzing at least up to here.

Jan-25-24
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  chrisowen: Garbled i q with pans its jock fame its u v cozy its Rxg4+ affable its off duh its axiom juggle its bob go veg buddy its exodus its Rxg4+ fib
Jan-25-24  jffun1958: Black pawn h4 will queen and W has nothing but giving away the Q for that pawn.
The result is a hopeless position for B.
Jan-26-24  whiteshark: Thank you to all the <voices of reason>!
Jan-26-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  fredthebear: You're welcome, whiteshark. This was my source, but you're not forced to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR2...

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