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| Jul-19-06 | | KingG: Typical early-80's Kasparov game. From playing through his games, it's striking how little fear he has in advancing the pawns in front of his king, and how effectively he uses the pawn storm. Kasparov vs Csom, 1980 is an even nicer example. 28.g6! was a nice shot, could make a nice puzzle someday. One of the possible finishes is 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.f7 Qf8 33.Rf6  |
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| Jul-19-06 | | whatthefat: Kasparov's play in the early 80's often reminds me of Alekhine. |
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| Nov-24-06 | | ToTheDeath: At this point he was heavily influenced by Botvinnik as well, the f3 e4 and general kingside advance being a trademark of his. |
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| May-06-08 | | KingG: <whatthefat>, <ToTheDeath> Both excellent points. I also believe Botvinnik and Alekhine's influence is most clearly felt during Kasparov's play in the early 80's. <At this point he was heavily influenced by Botvinnik as well, the f3 e4 and general kingside advance being a trademark of his.> Not just that, but also early g4 advances, for example Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 and Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963. |
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| May-06-08 | | RookFile: Considering that Kasparov was Botvinnik's student, this may not be too surprising. |
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| May-06-08 | | scouze: 24.Qe3 is a nice move, allowing 25.Be2 and the breaking of the pawn structure protecting the black king. |
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| May-08-08 | | KingG: <RookFile> <Considering that Kasparov was Botvinnik's student, this may not be too surprising.> Of course not, but it's still nice to see such a direct influence on Kasparov's play. |
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Apr-10-13
 | | FSR: I'm thinking 29.Rxh5! (threatening to force mate with either 30.Qh6 or 30.Rh8+) gxh5 (29...Kf8? 30.Rh8#) 30.Qh6 Qf8 31.Qxh5! (eliminating ...Bg4 as a defense to Rg1+) Qd6 32.Rg1+ Kf8 33.Qh8#. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Bartimaeus: An interesting middlegame position. White has a strong position and is looking to get through to the king. There are some nice candidates here : Qh6 threatening mate in 1, Rxh5 opening up the h-file and Rxe6 opening the path for the f-pawn. Looking at each in turn, Qh6 can be met by Qf8. Rxh5 can again be met by Qf8. Then the Queen can't proceed to h6 or h3 as both of these squares are protected by the Black Queen and bishop. White will need to waste more tempo to build the attack. Of course black can't take the rook : 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Rg1+ and mate to follow. Finally, we come to 29. Rxe6. Now 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qh6 is won for white as it's mate or loss of Queen. Thus, we have 29. Rxe6 gxe6 30. Qh6 (threatening mate and Qxg6+) Rd7 / Rb7 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. f7 and white should win A good puzzle to solve, highlighting the power of a pawn on a square like f6 in front of the castled king. Literally, like a bone choking the windpipe. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | pokerplayer: FSR's line doesn't deal with the defense 31.. Rd4 (instead of Qd6), which sets up a block of the g file. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | lost in space: I have nothing to add to the post of <Bartimaeus> |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Bartimaeus: <FSR> I don't think 29. Rxh5 will work. Looking at it again, it seems black can take the rook and survive. 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh5 Rxd4 32. Rg1+ Rg4 and it seems black will live to fight another day. Game line seems best. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | M.Hassan: "Medium/Easy"
White to play 29.?
White is a pawn down.
29.Rxh5!
<if...gxh5 30.Qh6 Qf8 31.Rg1+ Qg7 32.Qxg7#> 29...........Qf8
30.Rg1
<if....Bf5 31.Rxf5 Bishop cheaply lost>
30...........Rxb2
31.Rxg6+ fxg6(forced)
32.Qxe6+ Qf7
33.Rh8+ Kxh8
34.Qxf7 Rg8
35.Qe6 threatening mate on h3
35...........Rf8 opening room for King
36.Nxd5 Rb7
Black can check the White King several times but no progress will be made in terms of defending his Black King. 37.Ne7 Rxe7
38.Qxe7
1-0
Time to check |
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| Apr-10-13 | | M.Hassan: In my line:
<31.Rg1+ Bg4(I did not see this move)
32.Qxh5 Rxd4>
And mate does not take place.So, the line 29.Rxh5 does not work and the game line is the only and best way |
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Apr-10-13
 | | al wazir: OK, I'll bite: 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. f7 Rbb8. Now what?
Whit can pick off the h-♙ anytime, but then black has ♖ vs. ♘+♙ -- and the ♘ isn't doing anything useful. Where's the win? |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Bartimaeus: <al wazir> 32.. Rbb8 is nice which suggests improvements earlier. Lets see : 30.. Rb7 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Rg1 threatening mate in 1 and forcing black to sacrifice his rook. Black will soon lose the other rook too when white queens the pawn and white should win comfortably. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Omnias: An interesting find with the engine in FSR's line is 29. Rxh5 gxh5 30. Ne4! which disrupts the rook from coming to the defense. It appears this line also wins. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | agb2002: White has a knight for a bishop and a pawn.
Black threatens ... Rxb2 and is about to play ... Re8, reinforcing e6, which looks like a strong point but it is not because the black queen can't defend it due to White's Qh6 and a capture ... fxe6 allows a probably lethal f7+ and leaves g6 undefended. These details suggests 29.Rxe6:
A) 29... Qxe6 30.Qh6 Qxf6 31.Rxf6 + - [Q+N vs R+2P].
B) 29... fxe6 30.Qh6
B.1) 30... Qf8 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 33.Rg1+ and mate in two. B.2) 30... Qd7 31.Qxg6+ Kf8 (31... Kh8 32.f7 and mate soon) 32.Qh6+ Ke8 (32... Kf7 33.Qg7+ Ke8 34.Qg8#; 32... Kg8 33.Rg1+ Kf7 34.Rg7+ Ke(f)8 35.Qh8#) 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Qg7+ Ke8 35.Qg8#. B.3) 30... Qc7 31.Qxg6+ Kf8 (31... Kh8 32.f7, etc.) 32.Rg1 Qf7 33.Qh6+ Ke8 34.Rg7 looks crushing (34... Qf8 35.Qxh5+; 34... Qxg7 35.Qxg7; 34... Rd7 35.Qh8+ Qf8 36.Rg8 Rf7 37.Rxf8+ Rxf8 38.Qg7 Rf7 39.Qg8+ Rf8 40.Qxe6+). B.4) 30... Rd7 31.Qxg6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8 32.Rg1 Rxf6 33.Qxf6+ Ke8 34.Rg8+ Kd7 35.Rd8+, etc.) 32.Qxh5+ Kg8 (32... Rh7 33.Qe8+ Qf8 34.Qxf8#) 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.Qh8+ Kf7 35.Rg7+ Kxf6 36.Qh6+ Kf5 37.Qg5#. B.5) 30... Rb7 31.Qxg6+ is similar to B.4.
C) 29... Qf8 30.Re7 followed by Re1 and Nxd5, etc. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | dufferps: I'm looking for some analysis of
29. Rxe6 Qxe6.
It is a whole new chess game. I'm guessing it is a trade of the black queen for the Rook and the f-pawn. And I don't see any sure win for Kasparov with a Queen, One Rook, a Knight, and 2 Pawns vs 2 Rooks and 5 Pawns. But he being Kasparov it was probably a sure win after move 1. |
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Apr-10-13
| | FSR: <Bartimaeus> You are quite right. As I often do, I made the mistake of analyzing the position in my mind without looking back at the diagram. As such, I overlooked that Black could use his rook to defend along the fourth rank. |
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Apr-10-13
 | | offramp: If 29...Qxe6 then Qh6 looks good. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | cocker: White still has to find the right moves in the final position, so far from medium/easy for me. |
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| Apr-10-13 | | morfishine: I don't see a defense after <29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qh6> 31.Qxg6+ can't be prevented opening the door for the remaining rook to enter <FSR> I too was intrigued with 29.Rxh5, hoping it resulted in "Also winning is blah, blah,...", but it comes up short, barely |
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| Apr-10-13 | | zb2cr: Count me too as having been seduced by the shot 29. Rxh5. I saw the move, said, "That has to be it!" and never even considered 29. Rxe6! |
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| Apr-10-13 | | Rhialto: I think Black resigned less in view of 31.Qxe6+? which makes the win unnecessarily complicated (for instance 31.Qxe6+ Kf8 32.f7 Rbb8) than 31.Rg1 which as far as I can see, contains an unstoppable threat of 32.Rxg6+ Kf7 33.Qh7+ Ke8 34.Rg8+ winning. After 31.Rg1 Kf7 (to meet 32.Rxg6 with 32...Ke8), 32.Qg7+ wins the rook. |
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sac: 29.Rxe6