Jul-19-04 | | Tennyson: I would like to draw everybody's attention to this game's fantastic rook sac converted into a king hunt/mating net, resulting in a smothered mate. Black had chances to avoid mate, but would have had to give back plenty of material to do so. |
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Jan-28-06 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: This is an absolutely BRILLIANT game,I'm shocked this has not been kibitzed on more.It is the best anti-French Winwer Advance I have ever seen.The Rook sacrifice is shocking and I have never seen a smothered mate in the French before. |
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Jan-28-06 | | notsodeepthought: I'm not taking anything away from white - very nice ending and all - but I would argue that it wasn't a "real" rook sacrifice (which might explain the relatively little kibitzing), since the black rook was en prise too. If e.g. 23 ... g:f4 (to prevent 24 Ne5) then 24 g:h5 and white still has the edge. Also, the final smothered mate is pretty, but obviously even 28 Nf4+ followed by 29 N:h5 would have won handily. |
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Jan-28-06 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: It is more of a Zwischenzug than a sacrifice I was thinking of calling it that.He could have saved the rook at e4. |
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Jan-28-06 | | notsodeepthought: Agreed - don't get me wrong, it was very well played by white. |
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Jan-28-06 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: I've never seen a smothered mate on the b1 h7 diagonal like this either.This man had great perception. |
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Jan-29-06 | | LluviaSean: what the heck is a Zwischenzug??? |
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Jan-29-06 | | sneaky pete: <LluviaSean> It's an in-between move. |
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Jan-30-06 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: <Jan-29-06 LluviaSean: what the heck is a Zwischenzug??? >If you want know what Zwischenzug is check this game out,its loaded with them Browne vs Kneebone, 1985 |
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Jan-30-06
 | | Eric Schiller: <Lluviasean>I prefer the term intermezzo, it is much easier to handle than zwischenzug. |
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Jan-07-07 | | jackmandoo: I can literally hear that king gasping for air. Its been like 54 years, die already king. |
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Apr-09-09 | | tommy boy: Fantastic combination. The rook sac is realy unexpected. just brilliant |
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Apr-09-09 | | whiteshark: 'zwischenzug' definition and examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwisch... |
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Sep-23-10 | | theodor: in italian this mate is called 'affogato'(suffocated). in english - 'what a hell of a squeez'! |
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Apr-14-15 | | mikealando: Awww wowowowow! That's chess greatness. Patzer me would first have grabbed the queen after the 27. Ng6 royal fork. |
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Apr-14-15 | | mikealando: Simply takes the breath away this. Blown away. |
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Jan-27-17
 | | offramp: <Sämisch Last Cheer>. Sämisch's chess career runs from 1920 to 1972 but this is his last win, in 1953. The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?
The same procedure as every year, Sämisch! |
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Jun-19-19
 | | fredthebear: Originally, FTB saw this as a sideways Philidor's Legacy (RxQ sac on the edge draws the rook next to the cornered king, and then the N#). However, it now seems to be Greco's Mate w/a pawn substituting for the bishop to prevent escape from the corner. Take your pick either way -- it's a beauty!! |
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Oct-21-19 | | sea7kenp: Over the board, I might have sold myself short, and settled for Black's Queen (28 Nxf4+), with Black's Rook as a bonus. However, the actual play was, just Beautiful! |
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