Martin Ortueta Esteban vs Jose Sanz Aguado (1933) Pwned

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Martin Ortueta Esteban vs Jose Sanz Aguado
"Pwned" (game of the day Mar-28-2009)
Madrid (1933), Madrid ESP, Jun-??
French Defense: King's Indian Attack (C00) · 0-1

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Jun-19-09		D.Observer: If Black pwned here, White had massive pwnage at S Erenburg vs D Fridman, 2005.

Jul-16-10		sambo: If 33. Nd3 c4+ 34. Kf1 black has just enough time: 34...cxd3 35. Ke1 c2 36. Kd2 Be3+! wins, or 34...c2 35. Ke1 Ba5+ 36. Ke2 cxd3+ Really cool!

Aug-04-11		50movesaheadofyou: Petrosian mentioned this endgame as having made a great impression on him.

Nov-20-11		Eduardo Bermudez: Wonderful finish !!

Nov-20-12		reti: Ortueta might have said this after the game: "The pawns, the pawns."

Jan-25-13		SirChrislov: This game was anticipated by an almost identical combination played two years before in the Poznan Championship: Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931 Ortueta-Sanz got all the publicity because Capablanca gave it worldwide attention in 1936. The game contains many errors. White wins quickly after 17.Qh5!, Capa said. and 29.Nd6 should have drawn, but instead the blunder 29.Nc3?? allowed it to become immortal.

Jul-20-13		kia0708: The mightest C-PAWN in chess history :-)

Jul-21-13		Benzol: Philidor would've smiled.

Nov-24-13		pilobolus: Kasparov and Judith Polgar writen with admiration in their books about this position. Anyhow, I will miss to wake up tomorrow and not to wait to see result from WC.

Nov-24-13		offramp: Is there a reason for 28...dxc4 instead of the more obvious 28...d4?

Nov-24-13		Blunderdome: chess

Nov-24-13		diagonalley: truly astonishing

Nov-24-13		LoveThatJoker: I know this by heart. The position was featured by WC Petrosian himself in the posthumously published book entitled "Petrosian's Legacy". <31...Rxb2! 32. Nxb2 c3 33. Rxb6> (33. Nd3 c4+! wins) <33...c4!> Now, as WC Petrosian stated, we have a most interesting position in which a major piece and a minor piece are no match against against isolated doubled pawns!! It should be stated that the point of Black's last move is so as to prevent the N from landing safely on d3, preventing promotion. <34. Rb4> The only remaining try for White. <34...a5!!> The culminating point - White is entirely defenseless. <35. Rxc4> (35. Nxc4 c2!! is even more impressive) <35...cxb2> 0-1 LTJ

Nov-24-13		M.Hassan: "Insane" Black to play 31...? Black is up by 2 pawns 31.........e5 32.Nxb6 Rxb2 33.Rxa7 c3 34.Rc7 Rb5! 35.a4 c2 36.axb5 c1=Q+ Now that Black has a Queen and 2 passed pawns, can take care of the game 0-1

Nov-24-13		detritus: "Is there a reason for 28...dxc4 instead of the more obvious 28...d4?" I think there are two reasons for doubling the c-pawns: 1. It opens the d-file for Black's rook both to cut off White's king in assisting against the advance of Black's c-pawns and to swoop down to the seventh rank. 2. The doubled pawns create a "rook shadow" along the c-file that hampers White's defense.

Nov-24-13		Overgod: Took me about 5 minutes to find and calculate all the way to the end. gg.

Nov-24-13		devere: The famous chess mystery associated with this game constitutes evidence for Carl Jung's collective unconscious, which British biologist Rupert Sheldrake has formalized into a profound neo-scientific theory: http://www.sheldrake.org/Articles%2... http://www.sheldrake.org/Articles%2... http://www.sheldrake.org/Articles%2...

Nov-24-13		FSR: Who can forget this famous combination: 31...Rxb2!! 32.Nxb2 c3! 33.Rxb6 (33.Nd3 c4+ 34.Rxb6 cxd3 ) c4!! 34.Rb4 a5!! 35.Nxc4 (35.Rxc4 cxb2) c2! and wins. Still hard to believe.

Nov-24-13		Morten: It's like a magic trick.

Nov-24-13		agb2002: A most famous ending. I have nothing to add.

Nov-24-13		JohnBoy: One of the needs the title "Pawnslaught".

Nov-24-13		morfishine: I was clueless when viewing this position from the White side, but saw the solution quickly when viewed from the Black Side The pawn is stronger than the Knight 31...Rxb2 32.Nxb2 c3 33.Nd3 c4+ 34.Kf1 (34.Nf2 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 c2)...cxd3 *** PM: <FSR> Well, as for me, I haven't seen this game but have seen this theme. What I did forget was to include the continuation after 33.Rxb6 :( ***

Nov-24-13		perfidious: Would have been, at best, unlikely to nail the solution without having long been aware of the finish, a masterpiece of combination.

Nov-24-13		Penguincw: Ha! A rook, knight and pawn can't stop 3 non-connected passed pawns (of course depends on position).

Nov-24-13		FSR: The <really> crazy thing is that an almost identical combination had been played two years earlier in a much less well-known game, Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931. See Tim Krabbé's discussion of the twins at http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/r....

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