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| Apr-30-04 | | karlzen: 34.g7+ Kxg7 35.Rxh7+ and mate in two. 34...Kg8 35.Qb3+! Rf7 (35...Qd5 26.Rd2!) 36.a4! (escape square for the king) followed by Rxh7 and white wins. The best move, which is simple enough is: 34...Rxg7 and white has no threats. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | ruylopez900: Nice ending, White to move wins,Black to move wins...must have been VERY tense for the players leading up to that moment =) |
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| Apr-30-04 | | kevin86: Here's my take on the above feud:chess is a game of mistakes;it is often the small,dumb mistakes that eventually make us into champions. A young Russian chess player actually stalemated his opponent in a ♔+♕ vs ♔ endgame He turned out alright-his name:Garry Kasparov. Another Russian lost a game on a very simple trap in about five moves-Boris Spassky. I rest my case |
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| Apr-30-04 | | patzer2: <karlzen> After a deeper look, Fritz 8 concedes 20...fxg5 does not solve Black's problems and White has much the better game, even though I suspect the move actually played is not any better. Using a move-by-move deep analysis, Fritz 8 now gives 20...fxg5 21. Nf3 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Qd2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 g4 25. Rxg4+ Kf8 26. Qd2 Qc5 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Rg2 d5 29. exd5 e4 30. Ne5 with a winning White advantage (+1.47 @ 14 depth & 669kN/s). Perhaps Black has to go back to the idea of 9...Be7 in the opening for a significant improvement? |
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| Apr-30-04 | | eainca: Another comment regarding Ferocious Beasts' statement, Dinstuhl has been rated as high as 2412 and he didnot see the combination. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | ChessTeacher: This combination is actually quite long and goes back to Black's 25...Bxe2? Based on the position, the knight is not very active - so why take it? A defensive move such as 25...Rg8 makes more sense. The move 4. Qxd4 really seemed to put Black out of his game plan. Black is sputtering on moves 14 and 15. Black's 14...Rfd8 and 15...Bd7 do not really support any solid attacks or defense. A play of 14...d5 to stabilize the center (my first choice) or even 14...b5 to make his pawn disrupter on the queen's side - while unsexy would have bought Black more time. White essentially wins this game because of a tempo gain. The move 27. Rd2 not only ends up equalizing material, but also gives White a tempo to set-up the crushing triple battering ram. I also agree that 20...fxg5 is better than 20...Kh8. Black probably had tunnel vision in his concern about 20...exd4; 21. gxf6+ with the loss of the bishop. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | Bobsterman3000: <FerociousBeast> 2700 USCF? Likely story. You must be giving yourself 1350 USCF points every time you make a self-inflating comment... |
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| Apr-30-04 | | mkochhal: Well then according to FerociousBeast, then I dont need to goto USCF and get a rating. I am 1300+ beast rated :-) |
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| Apr-30-04 | | ruylopez900: If what ferocious beast says is true (prob not but...) then he is one of six people currently rated 2700+USCF Kaidanov, Gregory (2749)
Novikov, Igor (2726)
Onischuk, Alexander (2707)
Gulko, Boris (2705)
Shabalov, Alexander(2701)
Goldin, Alexander (2701) |
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| Apr-30-04 | | gilbertv: I got it in 15 seconds but I was distracted by my kids does that count. Well I guess I should give up I have a third on the way. So long everybody. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | Lawrence: <gilbertv>, don't go, we need you. Teach your kids to play chess and they'll be quiet as mice--for 5 minutes at least. (Better than nothing.) |
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| Apr-30-04 | | ChessTeacher: Dear Lawrence,
I teach chess to 15 kids on a weekly basis. I have yet to see them be quiet for more than a few seconds. But, I still have found that teaching is one of the greatest joys in my life, and it has greatly helped me in my ability to play - I have many "little" reasons to prepare. This website has been and still is an excellent resource. I greatly appreciate insights posted on this site. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | PAWNTOEFOUR: matein8.........thanks,man...i'll take that under advisement...again,i failed!......honestly,i thought the whole thing started with pxp..but since i dont' play chess for a livin,does anyone really care! i couldn't imagine ferocious beast teaching this game to anyone....i don't think he has the patience lol |
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| Apr-30-04 | | talchess2003: <matein8: For anyone who is not aware of the ignore feature: If a certain member of our community annoys you, you have the power to filter our their kibitzes entirely so that you never need to read their messages again. To do this, simply click on their name and visit their profile, then follow the link at the bottom that reads "IGNORE all kibitzing by _____". They will be added to your ignore-list.> well done! |
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| Apr-30-04 | | matein8: If I was helpful to anyone, I'm glad. These puzzles are here to be enjoyed by people of varying levels of skills and I think it's stupid for anyone to set up benchmarks on them. |
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| Apr-30-04 | | talchess2003: and just for clarification, however pompous ferocious beast may be, puzzle-solving ability is simply a skill that you pick up with experience in puzzles. Eventually, after solving such puzzles for awhile, the mind picks up patterns in positions, subconsciously. So when someone says they saw a puzzle in 3 seconds, theyre no genius, and theyre not necessarily a potentially more tactically efficient player than you are... just more experienced at puzzles.. when the flag is up, and you have a winning position before you, all it takes to find the win is experience in such mattters. But where the real skill comes in is getting to those positions, and in those positions, finding a win when you are not flagged... |
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| Apr-30-04 | | talchess2003: yes, such people as ferocious beast are unknowingly remarking on their own ignorance... t.T |
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| May-01-04 | | karlzen: <ChessTeacher>, 26...Rg8 27.Rh1 Rg7 28.f6 or 27...f6 28.gxf6 Qf7 29.Qxh7+! Qxh7 30.Rxh7 Kxh7 31.Rh1#. 14...d5 or 14...b5 then 15.e5 wins. Therefore, 14...Rfe8 may have been best. |
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| May-04-04 | | ChessTeacher: Karlzen,
Thanks for catching my mistake. I don't use computers for my calculations simply because I find it better to be in practice to calculate with your head - even, if I do make mistakes from time to time. Your suggestion of 14...Rfe8 looks good. Then, Black should try to stabilize the center or make a queen side attack. Black simply can not just allow the pawn unslaught with open lanes on his king - this was really the point of my post. |
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| May-04-04 | | ChessTeacher: Karlzen,
Good analysis about 26...Rg8. I think this shows that Black is clearly losing though many beginners may not realize it. Basically, hitting the panic button (26...Rg8) does not help. I still stand on my comments about the bishop capture, and honestly I can not see a solid response for Black to try. |
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| May-05-04 | | FerociousBeast: <talChess2003> Its clear that you were one of the kids in the chess club who was picked on and made fun of for not being able to figure any of the chess puzzles out.. So your parents & || Chess Coach made up that story so you did not feel like you were stupid... And yet again you are using the story to justify to urself why you were unable to solve the problem in the time limit that I put.
FB |
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| Sep-01-04 | | Giancarlo: <Ferocious Beast>
1) shut up
2) shut up some more
3) if you've got nothing good to say, shut up.
4) Do us all a favour and never speak again. |
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| Sep-01-04 | | Giancarlo: Oh ya, and which of the 6 2700+ USCF embers are you FB? Just curious :-) |
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| Sep-01-04 | | Giancarlo: Your profile says you have better things to do, but I'm sure those 6 are dedicating there lives to chess to be that good, and they sure as hell wouldn't be as ignorant as you are. |
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| May-09-05 | | Backward Development: < Here's my take on the above feud:chess is a game of mistakes;it is often the small,dumb mistakes that eventually make us into champions. A young Russian chess player actually stalemated his opponent in a K+Q vs K endgame He turned out alright-his name:Garry Kasparov. Another Russian lost a game on a very simple trap in about five moves-Boris Spassky. I rest my case >
Very well put. |
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