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Aug-18-15
 | | playground player: As long as we're striking puns off Edgar Rice Burroughs' immortal ape-man, I suppose it would have been ungenerous to invoke the title of the 8th book in the series... which would give us "Tarjan the Terrible." |
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| Aug-18-15 | | kevin86: Black will pick up a rook and be a bishop ahead. |
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Aug-18-15
 | | MissScarlett: <What a pun.>
It was: G F Kane vs Tarjan, 1973 |
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Aug-18-15
 | | eternaloptimist: Sweet! I voted for this game in the Pun Voting Booth not too long ago. I gave it the highest grades for the pun & the game (mainly b/c it's interesting). 1 thing I noticed about this game is that Tarjan didn't pay enough attention to the flanks of the board. He didn't do a good job of anticipating of what could happen on them. He concentrated too much on the center. Of course controlling the center is 1 of the most important aspects of chess but moves like 9.♗xf6 & 17.♙g4 neglected the ♔side. I think it would have been better to keep the DS♗ on the board & retreat it to e3 if ...♕b6 to cover the a7 -> g1 diagonal. That would've kept the ♕side, center & ♔side in mind. 17.♖hf1 would've prevented ...♕f2. 9.♗xf6 & 17.♙g4 weren't bad moves but eventually b/c of inaccuracies by Tarjan, expedited his demise on the board. Larsen did a good job of controlling space & key squares on the board. It's good to know that after a 30-year hiatus, Tarjan started playing in tournaments again last year! |
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Aug-18-15
| | eternaloptimist: <MissScarlett> Actually <aw1988> made this kibitz back in '05 on the 1st page of Tarjan's profile section: "Me Tarjan. You Jane." That was way before <RedShield> made his kibitz in '14. |
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| Aug-18-15 | | Jim Bartle: <eo><Redshield> and <MissScarlett> inhabit the same body. |
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Aug-18-15
| | eternaloptimist: <JB> No, that's not true! http://media.photobucket.com/user/I...
😃 |
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Aug-18-15
 | | plang: Is it possible that this game was chosen so the pun could be used rather than the game quality? |
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| Aug-18-15 | | beenthere240: Quality? I loved this game. I thought that 18...Qf2?!? was a very gutsy and clever move that threw white completely back on his heels. It's the essence of the Sicilian. It's also not what one thinks of Larsen's game and sheds new light on his style, which is linked with the b3 f4 flank opening that sometimes bears his name. |
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| Aug-18-15 | | LivBlockade: Here's another former GOTD E Torre vs Tarjan, 1983 "Me Tarjan, Eugene". I actually submitted A Lein vs Tarjan, 1981 as "Me Tarjan, You Lein" |
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| Aug-19-15 | | morfishine: <ajile> Nice post! The theme I was pondering but yours is a better move-order and implemented earlier |
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| Aug-20-15 | | ajile: <morfishine:>
:o) |
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Dec-22-16
 | | Fusilli: <plang: Is it possible that this game was chosen so the pun could be used rather than the game quality?> That is often the case, but this game is very instructive to say the least. GM Yermolinsky uses it in a lecture on an ICC video, calls it one of his favorite games. |
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| Dec-05-23 | | Brenin: 33 ... Rxc1+ 34 Qxc1 Bd3+ 35 Ka2 Qxc1 36 Rxc1 Bxc1 wins a piece. I love the word and concept of zwischenzug. |
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| Dec-05-23 | | Mayankk: Black light-squared Bishop is threatened but there are better uses for it instead of a retreat. 33 ... Rxc1+ 34 Qxc1 Bd3+. White probably didn't expect this intermediary move and now it will be down a minor. 35 Ka1 Qxc1+ 36 Rxc1 Bxc1. We are up a Bishop, have successfully locked the opponent King in a corner with no counterplay and can take our own time in promoting a few pawns. Time to nudge our opponent to resign. |
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Dec-05-23
 | | takebackok: Looked at 33...Rxc1+ and Qxc1+ picked Rxc1+ easy peasy Tuesday. |
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| Dec-05-23 | | mel gibson: I wasn't sure - I thought maybe 33. .. bxa3 ep
. Stockfish 16 follows the game line Black wins _mate in 18: 33. .. Rxc1+
(33. .. Rxc1+ (Rc5xc1+ Qd1xc1 Bb5-d3+ Kb1-a1 Qf4xc1+
Rg1xc1 Bg5xc1 Ka1-a2 a6-a5 Bf5-h3 Bd3xe4 Bh3-f1 h5-h4 Bf1-b5+ Ke8-f8 Bb5-f1
d6-d5 Bf1-h3 d5-d4 Bh3-f1 d4-d3 Bf1-h3 d3-d2 Bh3-g4 h4-h3 Ka2-a1 h3-h2
Ka1-a2 h2-h1Q Bg4-h5 Qh1-g1 Ka2-a1 Bc1xb2+ Ka1xb2 Qg1-b1+) +M18/98 99) If I force SF to play my idea White is still toast: 33. .. bxa3ep
(33. .. bxa3ep 34. Ne2 (Nc1-e2 Qf4-d2 Qd1xd2 Bg5xd2 Ne2-c3
Bb5-d3+ Kb1-a2 a3xb2 Nc3-a4 b2-b1Q+ Rg1xb1 Bd3xb1+ Ka2xb1 Rc5-c1+ Kb1-b2
h5-h4 Na4-b6 Rc1-h1 Nb6-d5 a6-a5 Kb2-c2 Bd2-b4 Nd5-f6+ Ke8-e7 Nf6-h5
) -8.34/43 317)
score for White -8.34 depth 43. |
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| Dec-05-23 | | saturn2: Got Rxc1 followed by Bd3. The king cannot cover c1 and black remains a piece up. |
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| Dec-05-23 | | SchwartzSpringer: After the exchanges, black is even more than a piece up: White's king is hopelessly bottled up. Black is free to march the h pawn, forcing white to surrender his bishop, or to have his king leisurely saunter down to c2, have the bishops gobble the b pawns, and deliver mate. |
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Dec-05-23
 | | chrisowen: Eon its hi v its yum Rxc1+ adrift nip its hub axiom ji fab duck bubbled its vid box bath its c fag Rxc1+ flubb; |
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| Dec-05-23 | | TheaN: The text moves are kind of obvious and Black comes ahead a piece and an otherwise easy position. <mel gibson> I'd argue you're not allowed to play 33....bxa3 ep! Jokingly, of course, because it's purely from a puzzle point of view. In retrograde you're allowed to castle but not en passant, unless proven specifically that 33.a4 was the last move which you can't just from the frontpage. Point is a bit moot if you play through the game up to this point which you're able to do on CG... the fact that I never do is irrelevant :> |
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Dec-05-23
 | | scormus: <mel: 33....bxa3 ep>
Perhaps you noticed the <last> note on the puzzle page. Reminds me I should always check.
Though today it wouldn't have made me change my mind about 33 ... Rxc1+ |
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| Dec-05-23 | | Damenlaeuferbauer: After long pondering, the eternal Bent Larsen, one of the world's best players in the 1960s and 1970s, finally found the nice exchange sacrifice 33.-,Rxc1+! 34.Qxc1,Bd3+ 35.Ka1/Ka2,Qxc1(+) 36.Rxc1,Bxc1, winning a piece and the game! |
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| Dec-05-23 | | mel gibson: <<mel gibson> I'd argue you're not allowed to play 33....bxa3 ep! Jokingly, of course, because it's purely from a puzzle point of view. > I always make the window half it's height and
then go ctrl+ to increase the size before making the game appear on another tab. Then I use the left arrow key to go one ply backwards. That way I can't see the solution and then I try to work it out. I will sometimes go back many more moves if I need to know if castling is an option. |
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Dec-05-23
 | | Honza Cervenka: It looks like white missed a win after 20.fxe5! Qxe2 (20...Bxe2 21.exf6 Rc8 22.g6 fxg6 23.f7+ Kd8 24.Rdf1 Qa7 25.Qxe2 +-; 20...fxe5 21.Qd5 Ra7 22.Ng3 Qb6 23.Nf5 Bd7 24.Bf3 Be6 25.Qd2 with overwhelming advantage of white) 21.Qd5 Rc8 22.g6 Qc2+ 23.Ka1 Qc7 24.exd6 Bxd6 25.gxf7+ Qxf7 26.Qxd6 and white has decisive advantage. On the other side 29...Qxe2! was an instantly winning shot missed by black. |
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