Nov-18-06 | | syracrophy: 34.♔g3 ♗e5+! 35.♕xe5 ♘xe5 wins easily for Black |
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Dec-13-11
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Jan-18-16 | | jerseybob: 18.a3? is either based on the mirage that after 19.Nc3 the queen is trapped - overlooking 19..Qa6! - or it's just a fingerfehler and he meant to play 18.b3, which is much better. |
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Feb-16-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: Perhaps, though 24. Ndb5 is a blunder. The sacrifice Nf5 is much better. |
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Feb-16-16 | | jerseybob: <WorstPlayerEver:...24. Ndb5 is a blunder. The sacrifice Nf5 is much better.> After 24..Bxf5, what next? |
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Feb-17-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: 25. ef5 gf5 26. Bf2 Bc3 27. bc3 Re4 28. h4 Rae8 29. Re4 Re4 30. Bh3 Or 29... fe4 30. Rb1
Or 29... de4 30. Qa2 |
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Feb-17-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: Weird thing is: Stein is mentioned with his first name while Leonid Goltsov isn't! What's even weirder: this is the only Goltsov game I could find in this database! |
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Feb-17-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: And it gets weirder: Denis Goltsov (IM) also has no games in this database! |
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Feb-17-16 | | jerseybob: <WorstPlayerEver: 25. ef5 gf5 > What I had in mind was 25..Re3!? 26.Re3,Bd4. |
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Feb-18-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: @jerseybob
Nice, but I think the point of this position is that the BQ is not doing much. So White is going to blast through the center, because the BK is not defended very well.
After 27. Qe2 Be3 28. Qe3 White already has some awful threats. |
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Feb-18-16 | | jerseybob: <WorstPlayerEver: After 27. Qe2 Be3 28. Qe3 White already has some awful threats.> But black doesn't have to take the rook immediately. After 27..Nc4 (a)28.Nd5,Ne3 29.Ne3,Qd8 30.Qc4+,Kh8 and (b)28.Rd4,Ne3 black seems to survive. (I'm trying to channel Stein here, without of course his talent!) |
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Feb-18-16 | | jerseybob: <WorstPlayerEver: After 27. Qe2 Be3 28. Qe3 White already has some awful threats.> But black doesn't have to take the rook immediately. After 27..Nc4 (a)28.Nd5,Ne3 29.Ne3,Qd8 30.Qc4+,Kh8 and (b)28.Rd4,Ne3 black seems to survive. (I'm trying to channel Stein here, without of course his talent!) |
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Feb-20-16 | | jerseybob: <WorstPlayerEver:> Alright, I've changed my mind and I'm ditching my suggestion of 24..Bxf5; line (b)in my last post seems too risky. I don't see why black can't answer your suggested 24.Nf5 the same way Stein answered Goltsov's 24.Ndb5, namely with 24..d4. Then 25.Nd6 transposes into the game, and after 25.Ng7,Kg7 I can only see the sacrificial 26.Rd4,cd 27.Bd4+, when Kg8 seems to hold. |
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Feb-21-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: Ok, first things first: 24. Nf5 Bf5 25. ef5 Be3 26. Re3 Bd4 27. Qe2 Nc4 28. Rd4 Ne3. Did I not point at the position of the BQ already?
Follows: 29. Ra4 Qd8 30. Ra8 Qa8 31. Qe3 and White is a piece up and still has the same threats I mentioned before. |
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Feb-21-16 | | WorstPlayerEver: @jerseybob
24... d4 seems a good catch indeed.
However, after 25. Ng7 Kg7 White has a nasty 26. Bd2 which leads to -at least for me- mind boggling variations.
Anyway, I like your approach to this game; it certainly is breathtaking! :) |
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