Oct-11-02 | | pferd: pferd's Game of the Day! |
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Oct-11-02 | | drukenknight: 9...Rd1+ looks stronger, that would gain tempo. Pushing c pawn twice also loses tempo. Gee how many tempos did black lose in the opening anyhow? |
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Oct-11-02 | | drukenknight: ALERT NOTATION ERROR; 9...Re8+ looks stronger, that would gain tempo. Pushing c pawn twice also loses tempo. Gee how many tempos did black lose in the opening anyhow? |
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Jan-08-08 | | sambo: If I was sure that all the moves after white's 23rd were best play or forced, I would say this is the most diabolical Sunday puzzle imaginable. I'm nowhere near good enough to say, but someone else might weigh in. |
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May-03-11 | | bengalcat47: This game is featured in Reinfeld's book "Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters." |
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May-19-13 | | backrank: This extraordinary game is featured in several books, e.g. Chernev: The bright side of chess
Fine: Chess marches on
Vukovic: The art of attack
Certainly it deserves to be better known. |
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May-19-13
 | | FSR: Wow. An amazing game, which I'd never seen before. Please make this GOTD ASAP. |
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May-19-13
 | | FSR: Najdorf normally <owned> Pilnik. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Not this time, obviously. A beautiful and very impressive game. Houdini 3 indicates that the game was very well played by both sides. 18...fxe4 looks a little odd, but Najdorf must have played it because he didn't like 18...Qxe4 19.Nxg6! Qxh4 20.Nxh4 when Black's pawn structure is ugly, although Houdini thinks Black has a tenable ending after 20...Be6. After 18...fxe4, Houdini takes a while to see 19.Nxh5! Houdini considers Najdorf's 21...Kf8? the only serious mistake by either player. He should have played 21...e3! 22.Rxd6 exf2+ 23.Kf1 Bg4! 24.Qg5+ Qxg5 25.Bxg5 Ne5 26.Bd5 Nd3 27.Be4 Nc5 28.Bc2 Re8 29.Rd8 Rxd8 30.Bxd8 Kg7 with a tenable ending. |
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May-20-13 | | sleepyirv: Wow,<FSR> they responded very quickly to your request. |
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May-20-13
 | | FSR: <sleepyirv> Indeed. I had no idea I had such clout. :-) |
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May-20-13 | | newzild: What's wrong with 24...Qxc4? To me, it seems to offer Black better chances than he gets in the game. Eg: 25. h3 e3 26. hxg4 exf2+ 27. Qxf2 hxg4, and the White king is exposed to checks. |
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May-20-13
 | | FSR: <newzild> 24...Qxc4 25.Qf4 looks crushing. |
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May-20-13 | | King Sacrificer: Was this gem hidden since 2002? Congrats <backrank> for finding it. |
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May-20-13 | | scormus: A great game by Pilnik, all the more so that he won on move 32 against Najdorf who wasn't playing all that badly. Thanks <FSR> for getting this game posted. |
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May-20-13 | | backrank: <King Sacrificer> You're welcome :) It's been only recently that I've found it in 'Chess marches on' by Reuben Fine. I fell in love with this game instantly. I like 19 Nxh5!
20 Bf6!!
and especially
22 b4!!
as a preparation to
23 Qg3!!
(the black knight had to be deflected from d8 to make this possible)  click for larger view |
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May-20-13 | | backrank: And of course, many thanks to <FSR> for liking it and making it GOTD. |
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May-20-13 | | RookFile: Najdorf was playing for a win, of course, but Pilnik rose to the occasion and made a feast out of his kingside attack. |
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May-20-13
 | | kevin86: everybody see white's 23rd and black's 27th? Both sides offer the queen at the sting of a mate. |
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May-20-13 | | scormus: <FSR: <sleepyirv> Indeed. I had no idea I had such clout. :-)> Is your uncle named Sir Robert Walpole? ;) |
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May-20-13 | | Ezzy: Najdorf won the tournament with 13.5/17, his only loss was this game against Pilnik. Pilnik was joint second with Stahlburg on 13/17. |
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May-20-13 | | Mendrys: For some silly reason I initially thought that the game ended with 31...Rc3+ 0-1 and couldn't for the life of me figure out what black was supposed to do to prevent mate on d8 after 32. f3. After about minutes I rechecked the game score and was a bit relieved to see that I wasn't losing my mind! |
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May-20-13
 | | FSR: <scormus: <FSR: <sleepyirv> Indeed. I had no idea I had such clout. :-)> Is your uncle named Sir Robert Walpole? ;) > No, I'm not <quite> that old. :-) |
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May-20-13 | | The silent man: He should have played the Najdorf! |
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May-21-13
 | | FSR: <The silent man: He should have played the Najdorf!> Indeed. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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