Apr-23-07 | | Chessmensch: Commentary on this game in Watson--Mastering the Chess Openings, Vol I, page 42. |
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Dec-07-08 | | notyetagm: <Chessmensch: Commentary on this game in Watson--Mastering the Chess Openings, Vol I, page 42.> IM Sam Collins says in one of his books that this brilliant win by Yusupov is basically the most instructive IQP game there is. |
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Sep-08-10 | | whiteshark: <basically the most instructive IQP game there is.> Two posts say something entirely different. Well, three now. |
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Dec-04-17 | | sensex: Mastering the Nimzo Indian-Kosten...Game 2 |
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Jan-05-25 | | Mayankk: Another day where the sacrifice feels rather irresistible. 20 dxe6 Rxd3 21 exf7+ Kg7 22 fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 23 Rxd3 Nxb3 24 Rde3 sacrifices the White Queen for two Rooks (note that the e7 Bishop is a dead piece). It needs some conversion from here, but even the simplistic 24 ... Kf7 25 Rxe7+ Qxe7 26 Rxe7+ Kxe7 results in White being a pawn up. I am sure White can do better than this given how good the position feels after 24 Rde3. |
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Jan-05-25 | | mel gibson: I chose 20. dxe6 but only because it was so cheeky to sac the Queen. LOL Stockfish 17 says:
20. dxe6
(20. dxe6 (1.dxe6 Rxd3 2.exf7+ Kg7 3.fxe8Q Qxe8 4.Rxd3 Nxb3 5.Rde3 Kf7 6.Bxf6
Kxf6 7.Ng5 Nd4 8.Nxh7+ Kf7 9.Ng5+ Kf8 10.Ne6+ Nxe6 11.Rxe6 Bc6 12.Rxe7 Qc8
13.R7e6 Kf7 14.Rd6 Bxg2 ) +5.35/50 426)
score for White +5.35 depth 50. |
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Jan-05-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Maybe, this time the king succeed: 20. dxe6! Rxd3 21. exf7+ (Kf8 22. Bh6#) Kg7 22. Kg7 22. fxe8=N+ Qxe8 23. Rxd3 Nc6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nd5+ Kg7 26. Nxe7 Nxe7 27. Rde3 Kf8 28. Ng5 must win. |
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Jan-05-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Bit too easy for a Sunday (i.e., solved it), but still managed to flub 3 this week. Sigh. 16.Bg5 creates a lot of subtle problems for Black, because he can't redeploy with ...Be7-f8-g7. White's 16th is one of those quiet little preparatory moves that all violent attacks need. |
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Jan-05-25 | | vajeer: Solvable Sunday today. After 20. dxe6 Rxd3 21. exf7+ Kg7 22. fxe8=Q Qxe8 23. Rxd3 Nxb3 24. Rde3 Kf7
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White should avoid the temptation of playing Rxe7 immediately which leaves him with only pawn up. But after 25. Bxf6 Kxf6 26. Ng5 threatening Re6+, white gets to claim h7 pawn as well.
After 26...Nd4 27. Nxh7+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ Kf8
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Here I would have happily played Rxe7 to eliminate black queen and have two knights against knight and bishop end game with two pawn advantage. |
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Jan-05-25
 | | scormus: At the end of my rather mediocre week, I'd like to think I got this one. Not that 20 dxe6 and the next few SF moves <thanks, mel> were particularly hard to find. Nor for that matter the continuation after the rather surprising 20 ... Nxb3 (21 exf7+ Kxf7 22 Qc4+ etc). However, I wasn't so sure about 24 Rxd8. The immediate 24 Qxf7+ look right to me, getting the WQ into the heart of he battle and keeping options open as regards what to do with the Rs on the centre files. Checking with SF, looks like 24 Rd7 was better. |
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Jan-05-25
 | | chrisowen: Int its cog marbles its vow its q peaky its huff dj u dxe6 its abe its leeway its affable its packforth its ie dxe6 cinch! |
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Jan-05-25
 | | scormus: Transcription error, sorry. Should have written 25 (not 24) Rd7 (after 24 Qf7+). The SF continuation goes 25 ... Rxd7 26 Nxd7 Qc8 27 Nf6 and B's goose is cooked |
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Jan-05-25
 | | chrisowen: Yeah spreading paste x |
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