Nov-10-24
 | | DaltriDiluvi: A very nice attacking game by Mr. Hector. |
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Dec-16-24
 | | HeMateMe: Would this be an Iliad pun? Very creative! |
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| Dec-16-24 | | Cassandro: Plato didn't' come up with the right ideas for this game. |
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| Dec-16-24 | | areknames: Congrats <DaltriDiluvi>, fantastic pun. It takes more than a sexy name to beat Jonny Hector, though. |
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Dec-16-24
 | | igiene: If I'm not mistaken, the motto should originate from Plato's Symposium. |
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| Dec-16-24 | | goodevans: Hard to believe that White was the higher rated player here (by some margin). Having got himself into trouble, he didn't do anything terribly imaginative to rescue the situation. Mate-in-1 threats like <29.Qa4> don't really cut the mustard when they're so easily rebuffed. In contrast, something like <25. Nb5+ cxb5 26. Qa7+> may still have lost... 
click for larger viewbut at least it would have given Black an opportunity to go wrong. As it was, Black got the job done in a manner that was both efficient and entertaining. |
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Dec-16-24
 | | perfidious: It might be said that Hector found his opponent's Achilles heel. |
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| Dec-16-24 | | Arlekhino: <goodevans: Hard to believe that White was the higher rated player here (by some margin).> On the other hand, Johnny Hector´s highest rating achieved is 2558, and he won the Swedish Championship in 2002, at the age of 38. His opponent here was born in 2003, and also has 2558 as his highest rating achieved. Such a sharp game, in which experience triumphed over youth. I think only in chess we can see a 60-year-old go as boldly for it as a 21-year-old would be expected to do. Fascinating (as Spock would say). |
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Dec-19-24
 | | Honza Cervenka: 13.a5 was maybe a bit premature (13.0-0 is more solid) but 17.Nxe5 and 19.Qxf5 were serious mistakes. It was better to play 17.Rxa6 with idea 17...bxa6 18.Nxe5, and instead of 19.Qxf5 maybe 19.Nxc6+ bxc6 20.Qxg5 was a lesser evil, though 20...Nb4! 21.Qxf5 Bxf2+ 22.Qxf2 Nc2+ 23.Kf1 Nxa1 black keeps some advantage. Also 20.Qxf8 Rxf8 21.Nd3 could have been practically less grave for white. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | TheaN: I went a different route which works, but was a bit messy on the complications. I played <26....Qe3!?> first, creating the threat of Qf2# and Rxf3+ White has to answer. Point is that in this case the bishop's just as much pinned as after g4, but the direct threat is worse. What I played a bit sloppily is that after 27.Nb5+ cxb5 (anything else is a draw here due to either Ra7+ or Nxd4) 28.Ra7+ you need to see 28....Kd6! -+ and because the queen moved up the board everything's neatly defended:
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I played 28....Kb8 as it's safe if the knight's not captured but now 29.Ra8+ Kc7 30.Ra7+ just repeats, so Black will have to find Kd6 anyway. What I did spot correctly is if 27.Ra7+ first, 27....Nb7 is fine as 28.Nb5+ Kb8! -+ and the knight, rook and king are hanging. If White neglects the counterattack (or does it later, it doesn't change) the defense fails: <27.Kg2> is the only move that defends against both threats: 27.Nd1 Rxf3+ -+ is done quickly. <27....g4> and now this works just as well given 28.Bxg4? Rf2+ 29.Kh3 (Kg1 Rf1+ 30.Kxf1 Qf2#) Qh6+ 30.Bh5 Qxh5#. So <28.Rhf1 gxf3+ 29.exf3 (Rxf3 Rxf3 -+) Bxc3 -+> and Black ends with a fairly simple simplification and White's attack is completely gone. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | TheaN: In fact, given the last sentence of my original post, I'd argue White should <definitely> try Nb5+ with Ra7+ somewhere along the line, because if you allow an eventual gxf3+ everything fizzles out and White's just lost. Best moves on paper, but that doesn't swindle games. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | mel gibson: I chose 26. .. Qe3
Stockfish 17 chose the same ply as per the game: 26. .. g4
(26. .. g4 (1. ... g4 2.Ra7+ Nb7 3.Nd5+ Qxd5 4.Qe7+ Qd7 5.Qxd7+
Rxd7 6.Kg2 gxf3+ 7.exf3 Bxb2 8.h4 b5 9.Ra2 Bc3 10.Re2 Kb6 11.Re3 Bd4 12.Re6
Bf6 13.Re2 Nc5 14.Rc1 Rd3 ) +7.67/41 302)
score for Black +7.67 depth 41.
If I force SF to play my choice it's still good but not quite as strong: 26. .. Qe3
(26. .. Qe3 27. Kg2 (1.Kg2 g4 2.Ra7+ Nb7 3.Nb5+ Kb8 4.Nxd4 Qxd4
5.Qxd4 gxf3+ 6.exf3 Rxd4 7.Ra3 Rd2+ 8.Kh3 Rxb2 9.Rd1 Kc7 10.Kg4 b5 11.h4
Re2 12.Kh5 b4 13.Ra4 c5 14.g4 Kb6 ) -4.95/43 339) score for White -4.95 depth 43. |
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Feb-13-25
 | | scormus: The key point about this position is the pin on W's Bf3, but I rather lost my way through the tactical minefield, concerned about W's counterplay against the BK. First thoughts were 26 ... Bxc3 or ... Nd3, but in the end settled on ... Qe3. I wasn't sure which, if any of them, would come out in B's favour but according to SF they all do. Even the immediate 26 ... Rxf3 is good. However, I didn't see the strength of 26 ... g4. I'll take some consolation that SF also needed some time before settling on that. Credit to both plays, with W putting up a good fight before eventually succumbing. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | mel gibson: < scormus:
Even the immediate 26 ... Rxf3 is good.>Yes - you're right:
SF17
26. .. Rxf3+
(26. .. Rxf3+ 27. exf3 (1.exf3 Qe3 2.Kg2 Bxc3 3.Ra7+ Nb7 4.Qe4
Qxe4 5.fxe4 Bxb2 6.Rf1 Rd7 7.Rf5 Re7 8.Ra6 b5 9.Rxg5 Bd4 10.Rh5 Nd8 11.Ra8
Ne6 12.Kf3 Kb7 13.Rg8 Nc5 14.Rd8 Be5 ) -5.42/40 302) score for White -5.42 depth 40. |
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Feb-13-25
 | | chrisowen: I jaw its sh its q ron its guy its g4 file its accord moce its aad dank its duck its dice its huck its coffin its abe its leeway its dub its chi its ho its g4 its aka; |
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| Feb-13-25 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Maybe someone prefers to play the sac first, the king chose to force the defensive move: 26...Qe3 27. Nd1 Rxf3+ 28. exf3 Qxf3+ and B wins. Following game way: 26...Qe3 27. Ra7+ Nb7 28. Nb5+ Kb8 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Ra1 g4... |
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Feb-13-25
 | | al wazir: I liked the straightforward mate threat 26...Qe3. A) 27. Ra7+ Kd6 28. Ne4+ Qxe4.
B) 27. Kg2 g4 28. Bxg4 Rf2+ 29. Kh3 Qh6+.
C) 27. Ke1 Qf2+ 28. Kd1 Bxc3+.
D) 27. Nd1 Rxf3+ 28. exf3 Qxf3+ 29. Ke1 Re8+ 30. Kd2 Re2+ 31. Kc1 Qd3 32. Ra7+ Nb7 33. Qa4 Bxb2+ 34. Nxb2 Qd2+ 35. Kb1 Qxb2#. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | ndg2: Platon was deep in the cave here, looking at shadows. |
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| Feb-13-25 | | Whitehat1963: Wow! What a game! |
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Feb-13-25
| | chrisowen: Jai ho catch 22 bishop xxx |
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| Feb-14-25 | | Tiggler: Rxf3+ right away on move 26 avoids all those threats and checks from W. Better to keep the initiative imo. |
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