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| Aug-06-06 | | reynolds: what about 20..Bxb5 21. axb5 a4 22. Nc1 a3 ? |
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Aug-06-06
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click for larger view<reynolds><20...Bxb5 21.axb5 a4 22.Nc1 a3> OK, except that White would probably play 22.Nxc5 instead, following with 23.c3 and the knight is in trouble. |
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| Oct-21-06 | | vertho: According to Fischer, his filosophy against the dragon was "sac, sac, mate". Why did fischer have so little respect for the dragon? what makes this variation different to other fianchetto variations? Why not "sac sac mate" in every fianchetto on the king side? |
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| Oct-21-06 | | Benzol: <vertho> Didn't Fischer also say that when thumbing through an edition of Informator there was a high percentage of White wins and that amateurs were beating Grandmasters with it when the Yugoslav Attack first made it's appearance. Of course there were other games like this one
Fischer vs C Munoz, 1960 and the game against Charles Powell which is discussed in the thread of the Munoz game. Don't know about other Sicilian fianchetto systems though. |
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| Jul-28-07 | | Helios727: Ironically, this was not a Yugoslav Attack. White transposed into the Classical Dragon. |
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| Feb-09-09 | | Eyal: Olafsson could have tried 34...Kg7/h7 (releasing the f pawn from the diagonal pin), but then White wins by 35.Ra8 Qd6 (35...Qe7 36.R1a7 and 37.Rxf7+) 36.R1a6 (36.R1a7? Kh6! 37.Rxf7 Qb6, and now 38.Rh8+ Kg5 39.Bc4 loses to 39...Bf4!) 36...Qe7 (36...Qd7 37.R6a7 Qb5 38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.Rh8+ Kg5 40.h4+ Kg4 41.Be6+ and mate - that's why the black queen has to stay on 6th rank; 36...Qc7 37.R6a7 Qb6 38.Rb7! Qd6 39.Rxf7+ etc.) 37.R6a7 Qd6 38.Rxf7+ Kh6 39.Rh8+ Kg5 40.Bc4! and now the threat of Be2&h4+ is decisive: 40...Qd1+ Rf1; 40...Bf4 41.Be2 (defending against the mate threat on d1). In addition to the 2 Rooks vs. Queen imbalance, it's worth noting the role played in the final sequence by the bishops of opposite color - an example of their presence actually being an anti-drawing factor which helps the attacker, since the opponent's bishop cannot defend the squares his bishop is attacking |
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| Oct-09-11 | | DrMAL: Here is third much simpler example showing importance of deep opening preparation. After 8.O-O black can try to win pawn with 8...Qb4 via 9.Bb3 Nxe4 expecting 10.Nxe4 recapture. If 10.Nxe4 white still can get full compensation for pawn but instead white can play 10.Nxc6! dxc6 11.a3! nearly decisive. With less understanding of opening 8...Qb4 could be considered novelty perhaps even trap, it is avoided here because players know better or they can sense the error and figure out simple refutation here OTB. The better one knows openings, their many hows and whys, the easier it becomes to make correct assessments and good plans when new move is encountered. In game both players created and sustained nearly equal double-edged game from strong understanding and accurate play. Black finally made one slip-up with 31...Qf8?! (instead of Qe8 or Qd8) and Fischer took maximal advantage of it, enough to win. |
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| Mar-14-12 | | jerseybob: As awful as it looks,what is the refutation of 18..gf?! |
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| Nov-14-12 | | Garech: Man, what a game!! I submitted the pun "Heracles and the Hydra" - get voting guys! -Garech |
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Nov-14-12
 | | Honza Cervenka: 31...Qf8 was an unfortunate slip from black's part. After 31...Bd7 or 31...Qd8 32.Bd5 Bc6 black is hardly in any real danger of the loss despite of slight material advantage of white. 35.Ra7 is better than the text 35.Rf1. |
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May-24-15
 | | Tabanus: Picture from this game: http://sah.hr/forum/index.php?actio... |
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| Jul-05-18 | | ChessHigherCat: SF seems a bit skeptical of 36...Bxg3?
click for larger view1) +132.67 (37 ply) 37.Ra8+ Qf8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Rxf7+ Ke8 40.hxg3 g5 41.Rc7 Kd8 42.Rxc5 Kd7 43.Bf7 Kd6 44.Rd5+ Kc6 45.Rxe5 Kd6 46.Rxg5 Ke7 47.e5 Kd7 48.e6+ Ke7 49.Bh5 Kd6 50.e7 Kxe7 Some one recently said that that's the highest possible score, meaning that 1) mate is certain according to the tablebase but 2) SF doesn't know in exactly how many moves. Maybe I'm misquoting but that seems self-contradictory to me. If mate is certain it must either be known in the tablebase or else SF has calculated it out, and either way the number of moves until mate is known. |
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| Oct-13-23 | | andrea volponi: 31...Qd8! -Bd5 Bc6 -Rxd4 exd4 -Bxf7+ (=). |
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Dec-05-24
 | | WannaBe: Two years later, <Garech> got voted in. |
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Dec-05-24
 | | perfidious: <WannaBe>, looks as though the count was twelve years, which has got to be one of the longest waits in recorded history. <Garech> has not posted here in several years, but has visited as recently as day before last. One imagines he will be pleased. |
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| Dec-05-24 | | Granny O Doul: This reminds me of that Fischer-Sherwin game, except that Olafsson kept the material in better balance. |
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Dec-05-24
| | WannaBe: <perficious> Oooops... 🤦♂️🤷♂️ |
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Dec-05-24
| | perfidious: <WannaBe>, not to worry: I have been called many things. (laughs) |
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Dec-05-24
 | | HeMateMe: This pun is deep waters, Watson... |
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Dec-05-24
| | HeMateMe: Age 18 here. Geez... |
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Dec-05-24
 | | Teyss: Cool game.
Re the pun, Herakles = Strong = Fischer and Hydra = Dragon, is that it? I was expecting something of a relentless attack by either side and when Fischer would take a piece, the opponent would be coming back with another one. |
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| Dec-05-24 | | goodevans: <Honza Cervenka: 31...Qf8 was an unfortunate slip from black's part…> White’s response, <32.Bd5>, was entirely predictable so my guess is that it was his reply to the subsequent <32...Bh6> that he underestimated. 
click for larger viewThe skewer on White’s Rd2 looks pretty unpleasant. Was he expecting <33.Bxf7+> so that after <33...Kxf7> White would have <34.Rf2+> to get out of it? That would have been fine for Black or he could have got a perfectly reasonable game by simply declining the B with <33...Kg7> to maintain the skewer. I reckon Bobby’s <33.Rxd4!> would have come as a bit of a shock. |
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| Dec-05-24 | | Garech: Wow! That was certainly a surprise. 12 years, eh? I'm now living in a different country, and working in a different industry - a completely different person from when I submitted the pun, but of course the game is still as spectacular. I recently accessed my account for the first time in many years, perhaps that has something to do with how the algorithm works with regard to cycling my puns through the offerings? In any case, this one was simply meant to say that of course Fischer is our hero Heracles, and here he faced the "Dragon" Hydra. Epic game; pulled up the engine and took a look at some lines. I wanted to see why 24. Qxc5 was not played (it's because ...Bxa4 and the idea of a later Bf8 can be troublesome, I believe), and also wanted to see if the final position is a forced mate - and it doesn't seem to be, which is somewhat surprising. But perhaps I need a stronger chess engine, lol. Cheers |
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Jan-17-25
 | | plang: 12 Nd5 had been played in Kofman-Gufeld Kiev 1960 where White went on to win; 12 a4 was new.
16 Rxd6? would have been punished by 16..Nxc2!. 20..Bxb5 21 axb (threatening 22 Nxc5 and 23 c3)..Nxb3 22 Bxb6 would have cost Black material. 24 b3 would have been an improvement. 27..Rb8 28 Nxe8..Qxa8 29 bxa would have strongly favored White. |
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| Apr-07-25 | | stone free or die: <tab>'s old link to a photo from this game is now, sadly, stale. Can't be sure, but I think it's likely this photo: https://en.chessbase.com/portals/al... https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-c... The photo is White-to-move after 13...e5, as you can see by the clock, and the fact the two White bishops are on the same file. (RIP GM Olafsson)
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