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Gata Kamsky vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Linares (1991), Linares ESP, rd 2, Feb-24
Gruenfeld Defense: Opocensky Variation (D94)  ·  1-0

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Sep-04-05  Jim Bartle: Ljubojevic plays on for 21 moves with rook vs. queen. Isn't this rather insulting to Kamsky? I would any GM would know how to mate with queen vs. rook.
Sep-04-05
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  Eggman: I recall that Kamsky was criticized by many players for resigning too late in his games, so conceivably this could have been some kind of retort on the part of Ljubojevic.

In any event Queen vs Rook is an interesting battle, and a lively final act to the game. Even if one is sure that a Super-GM like Kamsky would know how to win it, why not play it out just the same? The game is made into that much more of an epic.

Sep-04-05  dac1990: Many games like this are resigned too early, which makes knowledge about how to win these games useless. Therefore, all the more reason to keep playing on in case your opponent has forgotten this information due to lack of use.

That didn't make a lot of sense, but oh well.

Sep-04-05  Jim Bartle: This was a second-round game. Maybe it tired Kamsky out, contributing to his disaster string of 80-move losses in this tournament.
Sep-04-05
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  Eggman: <<I would (think) any GM would know how to mate with queen vs. rook.>>

I don't know what the clock situation was in the game Gelfand vs Svidler, 2001, but obviously Black had at least enough time to make 50 moves in this ending, and was nevertheless unable to win.

Also, borderline SuperGM Walter Browne failed to win this ending against a computer programmed to play it perfectly (don't know the year).

Sep-04-05
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  Eggman: This may be of interest. It chronicles Browne's attempts (the second was just barely successful) to win this ending: http://gopher.quux.org:70/Archives/..., even giving the moves.
Sep-13-05  Jim Bartle: I guess I stand corrected.
Nov-21-11  nolanryan: this must be why they call him Drawta Kamsky
Nov-11-19
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  woldsmandriffield: Kamsky did not demonstrate model technique despite winning the Q vs R ending. This is a good training position to show juniors:


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Here 93 Ke5 is convincing.

Now a) 93..Rh5+ allows White to push Black into his grave: 94 Ke6 Rh6+ 95 Kf5 Kf8 96 Qd7 Kg8 97 Qe7 Rh7 98 Qe8+ Kg7 99 Kg5 Rh1 100 Qe5+ and the Rook falls.

So best is b) 93..Rg6 and now White breaks the third rank defence by ‘crossing the T’: 94 Qc4+! Ke7 95 Qh4+ Kf7 96 Qh7+ Rg7 97 Qf5+ Kg8 98 Ke6 Rh7 99 Qd5 Rf7


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the diagonal but White needs to transfer the move to Black, so: 100 Qc4 Kf8 101 Qc5+ Kg8 102 Qd5Z Rg7 103 Kf6+ Kh8 104 Qe5


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Another diagonal: 104..Kg8 105 Qh5 reaching the Philidor position where all Rook moves lose quickly.

Nov-11-19
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  woldsmandriffield: In the first diagram, Ke5 takes the distant opposition. When the Queen controls a central square on the 8th rank, this move always breaks the 3rd rank defence provided the stronger side knows how to ‘cross the T’.

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