| Jun-30-05 | | Brown: In the final position 42.Qh8+ Kxh8 43.Rf8# is threatened. If black moves the bishop to cover f8 with the rook: 41...Bf7 or Bd7 42.Qg7#
41...B (any other) 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Qf6 followed by Qxd8 Finally 41...Rf7 42.Rxf7 Bxf7 43.Qg7# or 42...Kxf7 43.Qe7+ Kg8 44.Qg7# |
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| Aug-23-08 | | ToTheDeath: Another exciting episode of Karpov the Grunfeld Slayer. <21.Rxb2> Here Black is almost forced to sacrifice his queen, since 21...Qc7 22.Nf7+ Kg8 23.Rc2! is most unpleasant, as is 21...Qf6 22.f4 with a completely passive position for Black. <26.Ra1> White begins to round up Black's only source of counterplay, the a pawn. If now 26... a3 27. Qb3 Bf5 28. h3! (28. Rxa3? Rab8! wins for Black) 28... Rfb8 29. Rxa3!! Rxb3 30. Rxa8+ Bf8 31. Bh6  Kamsky blundered with 32...Ra6? but his position was already bad. Interestingly Karpov could have played Rf3 two moves earlier but missed it in time trouble. |
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May-25-12
 | | LoveThatJoker: GOTD: Tolya Tuffy the Gruenfeld Slayer
LTJ |
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| Aug-20-12 | | whiteshark: Karpov analyzes this game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQ3... |
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| Sep-08-12 | | Everett: 33.Qc4 splat! |
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| Nov-22-15 | | Jim Bartle: <33.Qc4 splat!>
Karpov says the queen is then attacking both rooks, two pawns, and the black bishop is pinned. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | Saniyat24: In the novelty it is given 20.QXb6, but Kamsky played 19...QXb6 and Karpov played 20.Qd2...! |
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| Jun-14-25 | | Cecco: <LoveThatJoker> (or whoever): does the word "Tuffy" have some other meaning that I don't get or is it just similar to "Buffy", plus alliteration with "Tolya"? Not that it wouldn't be a good pun in this case. Just wondering. |
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Jun-14-25
 | | Sally Simpson: Good game this one.
I'm happy I spotted two tricks. (this is how I qualify a good game, two movers involving Queen sacs which I'm sure I would have seen OTB) I was wondering why Black cannot play 27...Rfb8
click for larger viewThen you spot 28.Rxa4 Rxb6 29.Rxa8+ Bf8 and Bh6. And here, I see someone has mentioned Karpov was in time trouble. (but I did see it.) 
click for larger view39.Rf3 with the idea of Qh8+ and Rf8 mate.
Going back to the first diagram, Karpov and Capablanca's games hide dozens of these wee tricks. Though this one is very basic. Sometimes you have to dig deeper. Yes they appear in other players games but in K and C games they are set coincidentally and even unintentionally, not played hoping for an outright blunder, a double reasoned move where a trap is a mere sideline, therefore they are cloaked much better. Writers fawn and gush so much over these the two they don't stoop to mention them or have even missed them. Computers won't point them out because it will involve a bad move, it takes a required skill to spot them. But they are there. Trust me. Basically I'm saying, Karpov and Capablanca are not a couple of 'Coffee House Hackers' but up market Ritz Hotel Hackers. |
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Jun-14-25
 | | offramp:
There is a wall in my house. The wall is a simple wall, I've measured it from side to side, it's eight feet tall, and fifteen feet wide, it sits in a corner in the basement.
It has been painted beige, with a few coats to cover up the bumps and scratches from coats before.
It has its idiosyncrasies - the way the light jumps off the paint, the uneven drywalling underneath.
Stare at it long enough, and it begins to speak to you, or at least allows you to speak to it.
Maybe there's something to the wall or maybe it's just my romantic illusions of inspiration and contemplation that bring life to it.
My point is this: staring at that blank wall for two hours is far more inspiring, interesting and enlightening than watching even just two minutes of the chessic colonoscopy that is <"Tolya Tuffy the Gruenfeld Slayer">.
A pun so awful, so ridiculous and so void of substance - its very existence is an affront to chess, wordplay and language.
Unless you're a fan of <so bad it's good> puns, stay away.
This is a watershed moment in <chessgames> history. |
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Jun-14-25
| | Sally Simpson: <Hi offramp>
I share your view 100% however we must not blame <LoveThatJoker> he was after all...joking. The person who allowed it to slip through is at fault.
They have done this on purpose because they know it will cause an adverse reaction.
This troll like attitude and behavior is due to the fact the person permitting this codswallop to deface a very good game takes a perverse delight in watching us trying to make sense of the nonsensical. Nice wall, I must come round and watch it sometime. |
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Jun-14-25
 | | MissScarlett: <There is a wall in my house. The wall is a simple wall, I've measured it from side to side, it's eight feet tall, and fifteen feet wide, it sits in a corner in the basement. It has been painted beige, with a few coats to cover up the bumps and scratches from coats before.> I'm getting definite <John Reginald Halliday Christie> vibes. No offence, of course. <does the word "Tuffy" have some other meaning> I suspect <tuffy> = <toughie>. |
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Jun-14-25
| | Sally Simpson: <John Reginald Halliday Christie> vibes. Yes, a pity the pun was not submitted by User: goodevans and again I could say; 'Not Guilty' |
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Jun-14-25
| | Sally Simpson: Just watched this from the link <whiteshark> supplied, Brilliant and Nostalgic. Yes Karpov was in T.T. when he missed Rf3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQ...
Well worth a view. |
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| Jun-14-25 | | Cecco: Thanks, <MissScarlett>. <offramp>, <Sally Simpson>: I apologize, but I can't help but like the pun. Now that "Tuffy" has a meaning (at least for native English speakers), it seems even better. Of course, I had also really liked the TV series. |
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Jun-15-25
 | | perfidious: There is also Tuffy Rhodes, former MLB and Japanese League player. |
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