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| Mar-14-06 | | mormonchess: It may not be the "most amazing move of all time"..and I agree it isn't.....nevertheless, it's a beautifully artistic sacrifice that brings Black the victory. |
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| Mar-14-06 | | Cerebrum Of Tal: Bh3!! is wonderful and logical but I still prefer the Nezhmetdinov Queen Sac ( Qxf6!!) which is just outrageous.I'm hoping Shirov to shape up sooner and see more wonderful games from him. |
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| Mar-15-06 | | mormonchess: Yeah...good old Nezh. Going through his games, once is amazed by his speculative and usually quite effective sacrifices. |
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| Mar-15-06 | | itz2000: WOW! Great game!
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| Mar-15-06 | | HannibalSchlecter: One thing I notice about Shirov and Topolav's games is both players often like to ignore the obvious recapture with an intermezzo move or counter sacrifice. You can feel the will of both players wanting to mark their own territory. |
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| Mar-15-06 | | mormonchess: <HannibalSchlecter>: Very true, and it's a marked tendency that I have noticed in the games of Tal as well. It gains tempi and initiative in many cases, and for players like these, it's often all they need. |
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| May-22-06 | | thathwamasi: The debate of the best move keeps coming often...U cannot particularly pinpoint a move and say this is the greatest ever, bcos of the oceanic proportion of this game. In my opinion, some moves that baffled me are as follows.. Petrosian vs spassky round 10 1966, Qh8+. This is a stunning move.... Nigel short's kingwalk against timman...Anand's recent..against karjakin at wijk aan zee 2006...24...Nc7..Anand's rook sac against sokolov 14 yrs back..etc.. |
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| Jun-29-06 | | Poisonpawns: One way to jugde the greatness of a move is to list the circumstances around the game.That is usually exciting..i.e a must win situation,a WC match.Even though it is unsound I think Kasparovs early d5?! in the Sicilian in gm 16 1985 WCC was one of the greatest moves ever because of the circumstances,the opponent,and the gall to play something totallt new and untested against such an esteemed rival and the proceed to beat the CRAP!! out of him in what will be forever known as
the "Octopus Game" |
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| Jun-30-06 | | Bobwhoosta: <Poisonpawns, "The Octopus Game"> You know, I read through that game only recently, and it gave me a new sense of what space is. I'd like to say that Bird vs. Morphy, Qxf3!! has always been one of my favorites, but you can't really cite any of Morphy's games if you look at the circumstances surrounding them (every one of them would go something like this "Morphy easily the favorite, against a scared opponent who feels somewhat like a child in his presence"). |
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Jun-30-06
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Or this one?
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 |
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| Sep-02-06 | | Albertan: Shirov had this to say about the move 47...Bh3!!:
"The idea of giving up the bishop in order to gain the necessary tempo seems very logical and easy to find..." , Ulf Andersson, would be able to rise to the challenge....' and goes on to explain that Andersson had played a similar move against Shirov 7 years before in this game on move 44: Shirov vs Ulf Andersson, 1991
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| Sep-14-06 | | Topista: Could Topalov play30.Nf5?
It would may be lead to a draw.
What was te right way to play for Topalov? |
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| Dec-14-06 | | sfm: This is as pretty as it gets. |
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| Apr-15-08 | | IMFSTJP: 47..Bh3! is really pretty, there is no doubt about that! However, there is at least one another way to win using "normal moves". The second solution was tested for hours, even played many times against Fritz 10, with the engine always losing as White. The 2nd (normal) way to win was found and demonstrated by Greece multiple junior champion Haralabos Skoulakis (http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?...) back in 2005 who kept all analysis then made. We will know the truth only after too-many-men tablebases have been generated. |
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| Apr-28-08 | | zoat22: why has this never been the game of the day?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! |
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| May-13-08 | | apexin: even when black was two pawns up the draw was probable, so shirov gets rid of a bishop making the so called immortal bishop sacrifice. |
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| Jun-14-08 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: silman's endgame course pp460 47...Bh3!! |
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| Jun-14-08 | | danielguo999444: I don`t get it.If Topalov is a really good player,why do other good players <always> beat him?Seriously. |
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| Jun-19-08 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: topalov understands imbalances and positional exchange sacs better than anyone check out his games. |
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| Jun-20-08 | | offtherook: <I don`t get it.If Topalov is a really good player,why do other good players <always> beat him?Seriously>
They don't. Topa wins some and loses some, like any other human. Of course, being among the strongest players alive, he tends to win more than he loses. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | ravel5184: <to all> I A Nataf vs Chabanon, 2005 42. Kb5!! |
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| Jun-25-08 | | vanytchouck: Somehow, i find Kb5 easier to find, because it's clear that any black pawn can pass and that the white king is faster than the black one. I even remember playing a move like that against Fritz 10 (playing from a position of a game between GMS). |
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| Jul-02-08 | | Timothy Glenn Forney: <ravel5184> thanks for game link, a great endgame to study. |
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| Jul-10-08 | | arsen387: yeah, Bh3! is really an impressive move. Other moves look like drawing, as the white K will have a superior position |
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| Jul-30-08 | | ravel5184: <Timothy Glenn Forney> Well you're welcome! Finally, some positive feedback! :) (<- note the smiley) |
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