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| Aug-19-09 | | birthtimes: Beautiful example of the power of the 2 Horrwitz bishops with a queen battery and attack on weak point f7 with the assistance of a rook...wonderful coordinating of the pieces by White. |
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| Aug-19-09 | | leow: did 22 ..Ne6 have any merit? |
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| Aug-19-09 | | randomsac: Great play weathering the storm then delivering a crushing blow. Actually, the title reminds me of Barry Manilow. |
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| Aug-19-09 | | screwdriver: I thought Korchnoi was winning this game until the very end. I expected to see 26... N(g4)e3+ instead of Korchnoi's 26... Nh4+. If white captures the Knight on e3 with his pawn on f2, then 27... Qxg3mate. White can take the knight on e3 with his queen , but then 27...N(f5)xe3+ and this opens up the d2 and c6 squares for the attack. If white doesn't take with the queen on move 27 then black can just play Nf1+ and possibly pursue the attack further or just repeat moves for the draw. I haven't analyzed it all the way through or checked on Fritz. |
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| Aug-19-09 | | kevin86: A fantastic game! White was to win,if the king suevived his troubles-and he did. The lethal discovered check-like Christmas in THE GRINCH-did come. |
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| Aug-19-09 | | pimbo: 20...Kf8 looks good to me |
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| Aug-19-09 | | pimbo: In the end if 34...Rxg5 35.hxg5 Qxb2 isnt bad or im wrong? |
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| Aug-19-09 | | YetAnotherAmateur: His name was Boris. He was a GM.
With two bishops on a line, and a double check in mind.
He'd do the king walk, and the queen sac.
Another brilliancy prize, and surprise in Korchnoi's eyes.With apologies to Barry Manilow. |
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| Aug-19-09 | | estrick: pimbo: In the end if 34...Rxg5 35.hxg5 Qxb2 isnt bad or im wrong? 36. Bf2+ wins for White |
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| Aug-19-09 | | YetAnotherAmateur: <estrick> I think you'd do better with a move that's actually legal, like 36. Rxb7+ |
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| Aug-19-09 | | WhiteRook48: or even 36 Rxg7+?!?! |
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| Aug-19-09 | | whiteshark: Shashin said it's his best game. <Probably, the best game of a chess player is his best business card> You'll find his annotations here: http://www.gmchess.com/gmschool/tea... |
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Aug-19-09
 | | Annie K.: Alright, who's responsible for this pun?!
Inquiring minds want to know. :p |
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| Aug-19-09 | | Dr. J: <al wazir> <leow> 22 ... Ne6 loses to 23 Bxe6 fxe6 24 Rxg7+ |
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| Aug-20-09 | | Manic: <Dr. J> Black can play 23...Rd1+ 24.Kh2 Qd6+ picking up the rook. Can't see anything that good for white here. White is going to have to worry about this trick and the dangerous position of his rook. |
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| Aug-20-09 | | YetAnotherAmateur: <WhiteRook48>36. Rxg7+ is legal, but allows white to end up with a marauding queen after 36. ... Kf8 37. Rg8+ Ke7 ... Whereas after 36. Rxb7+, the queen must be sacrificed to prevent Rb8#. 36. Rf2+ also works, but costs white his bishop. |
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| Aug-28-10 | | sevenseaman: <screwdriver> valid analysis. White is forced to capture N with the Q. If not 27. Kh2 Nfi+ 28. Kg2, N5e3+ with the same dilemma or the N goes to d5 to cut out the B on a2. Either way Korchnoi wins. |
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| Oct-25-10 | | sevenseaman: The game is like a tightrope balance. 25. g3? 25. Qe5 keeps things simpler; all ccntinuations favor White. |
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| May-29-11 | | RWood: Coming in rather late - better than never! I saw this game analysed by the late Attila Schneider in the BCM December 1988 magazine. He also quotes the "better try" as per aulero above - 29... ♖e1+ 30.♔d5! and continues to the checkmate conclusion above. However, it immediately occurred to me at the time that instead of 30... ♘e3+ Black has the much better 30... ♘f6+!?. The last time I checked on Fritz (some while back now), this was not a clear win for White, if indeed a win at all! If this is not a win for White, then 24...♕d6+ is not a fatal error at all! Comments? |
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| Feb-28-14 | | LIFE Master AJ: This should have been the GOTD years ago ... |
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| Feb-28-14 | | LIFE Master AJ: http://www.angelfire.com/games3/lif... My web page on this game. |
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| Mar-31-14 | | Granny O Doul: In a book, yeah, I think it was Soltis's "Chess to Enjoy". |
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| Jan-20-15 | | RWood: @screwdriver: 26..S(g4)e3+ loses to 27.Kf3, followed by Ke4. Fritz has this as hopelessly lost for Black. |
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| Apr-07-16 | | ToTheDeath: Quite a little masterpiece. |
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May-19-16
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In the game, Kortschnoi played 29...Qe2+.
He says that he should have played:
29... Re1+
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30. Kd5 the following might have happened: 30...Ne3+ 31. Kd6 Nc4+
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32.Qxc4 Rd1+ 33.Kc7 Qb6+ 34. Kb8 Rd8+
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35. Qc8 Qd6+ 36. Rc7+ Check! At last!
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36...Kf8 37. Bxg7+ Ke8 38. Bf7#
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Would you ever believe that that final position could be reached through normal play? |
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