D Shirley vs John Kay (1983) And Don't Call Me Shirley

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D Shirley vs John Kay
"And Don't Call Me Shirley" (game of the day Nov-16-2024)
Xenia (1983), Xenia, OH USA
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) · 1-0

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Feb-09-04		Just Jim: An older line which is extremely risky for black. All the pins in the game eventually defeated black horribly.

Feb-09-04		technical draw: Amazing number of pins. I wonder what the record is?

Apr-13-05		al wazir: I think 10...Qc7 holds out a little longer. With the same moves 11 and 12, if white plays 13. O-O-O black can answer 13...Bd6 and is one tempo better off than in the game. Now if white continues 14. Rhe1, then 14...Rd8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kf6 17. Bxe5+ Bxe5 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rxd8 with an eventual win. Of course on move 13 white can capture on d5 instead of castling. That leads to a win too.

Apr-05-06		blingice: God I hate this opening when I'm playing black. I want to slap the other person and say "PLAY CHESS NOW!" My problem is, I don't really know how to refute it. This resembles what happened to me at FICS today, and I lost in 14 moves.

Apr-06-06		MackTheTemp: look on chess.fm for video lectures on how to play the 2 knights game if u want to play this as black. it's not difficult to refute but can lead to a fairly equal and sharp game

Apr-11-06		moppa: As the Opening Explorer says, the blunder was 5. - Nxd5, white winning 83%. Two Knights is best as a gambit, and black should play 5.-Na5, b4 or Nd4

Sep-01-06		lopium: moppa, 5...b4? Do you mean b5? Seems losing a N to me, isnt it?

Oct-11-06		Leviathan: <lopium: Seems losing a N to me, isnt it?> Not really but the Ulvestad variation (5. exd5 b5?!) is surely one of the sharpest ways to handle the two knights defense. I used to play this variation almost exclusively against 4.♘g5 in blitz because black usually answers naturally to it with 6.♗xb5(?) and then 6. .. ♕xd4 forces the bishop's retreat 7.♗f1 or the loss of the g2 pawn, and black has a sharp attack in any case. I gave up playing it after a few losses in the 6.dxc6(!) bxc4 variation in which black's attacking chances seem too vague compared to the severe positional weaknesses he has to deal with. For example: 1. e4 e5 2. ♘f3 ♘c6 3. ♗c4 ♘f6 4. ♘g5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. dxc6 bxc4 7. ♘c3 ♗c5 8. ♕f3 O-O 9. O-O ♗g4 10. ♕g3 and black has very little. I'd rather stick to the good old Giuoco piano against 3.♗c4 :)

Feb-04-08		Autoreparaturwerkbau: <technical draw> Is it possible to reach more than 5 pins, this is with Q, 2R, 2Bs? I mean, are other pieces piningable? Ok, of course you can have more queens than one...

Feb-05-08		technical draw: <Auto> You could probably set up a board with more than five pins, but I doubt it would occur in regular play.

Sep-18-12		Phony Benoni: For absolute pins (a pin of a piece against the king), the limit would be four with the regular complement of pieces since both bishops cannot execute an absolute pin at the same time. Something like this: click for larger view After <1.Qe1+>, Black must walk into the fourth pin by interposing his bishop. He may have compensation, however.

Feb-02-21		belgradegambit: And don't call me Shirley.

Nov-16-24		An Englishman: Good Evening: Surely you can't be serious...

Nov-16-24		tamar: Shirley you joust!

Nov-16-24		FSR: And Don't Call Me Shirley. 'Kay.

Nov-16-24		igiene: The unfamous Fegatello Attack

Nov-16-24		Teyss: Eating an unproperly fried liver can cause food poisoning. I had lasagna. This attack was another GOTD recently with instructive comments from <FSR>: R Barnett vs H Gwinner, 1887. In short 5...Nxd5 is not good (Na5 is standard, or b5 or Nd4) and 8...Ne7 makes it worse (Ncb4).

Nov-16-24		goodevans: Why is this game even in the database? <belgradegambit> might have chosen one of Shirley’s other two games, D Shirley vs B Ellena, 1981 or D Shirley vs R Bullock, 1983. The best that can be said about any of them is that they’re mercifully short.

Nov-16-24		igiene: Properly, the Polerio Variation of Fegatello Attack

Nov-16-24		igiene: They call me Mr. Shirley!

Nov-16-24		offramp: <igiene: Properly, the Polerio Variation of Fegatello Attack.> Nowadays it's called the Fgatllo Attack.

Nov-16-24		igiene: Name doesn''t really matter . Also Mr. Pink was a very tough guy, indeed.

Nov-16-24		Saniyat24: ...and John Kay says, "Okay I give up...!"

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