| Nov-07-10 | | goodevans: Stockfish liked the R-sac <39 ... gxf4 40 gxh4 f3 41 Qb2 Ba7+> but I'm not sure it's sound. |
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| Nov-07-10 | | Eyal: <Stockfish liked the R-sac <39 ... gxf4 40 gxh4 f3 41 Qb2 Ba7+> but I'm not sure it's sound.> Yes, it is - the (spectacular) point being that after 42.Kf1: 
click for larger viewBlack has <42...Qg3!!> and taking the queen leads to mate. Mamedyarov also missed a winning attack a move earlier with <38...Rxf4!> 39.Nxf4 Qxf4 40.g3 Nxg3 41.Qf2 Qg5 42.h4 (or 42.Qg2 d4) Qg4. Luckily for him, immediately after Shirov managed to equalize with 40.Qg4, followed by the queen exchange, he blundered with the too-clever-for-his-own-good 42.Bd7? Of course an immediate 42...Rxd7 is met by 43.Rc8+ & 44.Rxb8, but after 42...Kf7 White is suddenly in trouble, since Black threatens both the bishop and ...gxf4, when White cannot recapture and open the g-file because of ...Rg8+ with decisive attack. |
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| Nov-07-10 | | Eyal: ...But apart from those tactical shots that he missed on moves 38-39, quite an impressive game by Mamedyarov - very energetic play all the way through. |
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| Nov-07-10 | | messachess: This was a very good game by Mamedyarov, and Shirov played well and hard. |
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Nov-07-10
 | | tamar: <Eyal> <Mamedyarov also missed a winning attack a move earlier with <38...Rxf4!> 39.Nxf4 Qxf4 40.g3 Nxg3 41.Qf2 Qg5 42.h4 (or 42.Qg2 d4) Qg4.> Wow! Such a rich game. A pity it finished late and there was no postmortem by Mamed. 
click for larger viewHere the only move for White is 43 Bd7 to divert the Queen, but 43...Qxd7 44 Nxg3 Ba7 is still crushing. |
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| Nov-07-10 | | whiteshark: Sergey Shipov's round-up:
<When two creative and aggressive players engage in an all-out fight you get a game that’s insanely complex and where the spectators, as a rule, understand nothing. Today even the technical equipment went crazy! The official broadcast came to a crashing halt and I couldn’t obtain an adequate game score before the deadline. Shirov, as I see it, had an edge after the opening, and then… In general it’ll take time to understand what really happened in this game. One thing’s clear – Alexei needs to be rescued. Such an unsuccessful start from one of the most respected tournament players is the main negative surprise so far.> Source: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... translated by User: polarmis |
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| Nov-07-10 | | whiteshark: Mamedyarov's ♖b8-b4-f4 manouvre is most impressive. It activates the last piece that hadn't any direct influence on the center or on the kingside. After arrival of ♖f4, Shirov was (felt) obliged to place his 2 knights on the backrank, which really looked ugly. With the wisdom of hindsight <28.exd5 cxd5 29.Bb5> would at least have avoided this rook fatal transfer.
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| Nov-07-10 | | Eyal: <Mamedyarov's ♖b8-b4-f4 manouvre is most impressive.> Yeah, and an important tactical point is that once it gets to f4 it cannot be chased away by 32.Ne2 because of 32...Rxf3! 33.gxf3 d4 followed by ...Ng5. I suppose Shirov was worried about such Rxf3 possiblities when he played his knight to e1. |
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| Nov-07-10 | | woodthrush: In instant classic brawl. When a rook roams the middle of the board its like having an extra minor piece. Catch me if you can. |
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| Nov-13-10 | | checkmateyourmove: Best game of the tourney for me. This is why we follow chess, to see classics like this played. fire on board! |
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| Nov-13-10 | | ozmikey: Terrific game. What happens after 41. f5, I wonder? Obviously 41...Rxh1+ 42. Kxh1 Qxf5 is one idea, but does Black have anything better? |
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Nov-14-10
 | | Sastre: Maybe <41.f5 Qb6+ 42.Kg2 Rxh1 43.Rxh1 Nxg3 44.Rh3 d4+ 45.Kg1 Bf4>. |
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Nov-16-10
 | | Honza Cervenka: Wow, it reminds me Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908 a bit. |
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Mar-15-11
 | | Penguincw: Without looking at Shirov's other games or score from this tournament,I can tell it's going to be a bad tournament for Shirov. |
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