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| Nov-13-06 | | kevin86: Could black have suffered a temporary chess blindness-mistaken thinking that white's rook on d3 was a knight-and seeing the Nb4+ would fork the roon and king-resigned in panic? |
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Nov-13-06
 | | tamar: <Could black have suffered a temporary chess blindness-mistaken thinking that white's rook on d3 was a knight-and seeing the Nb4+ would fork the roon and king-resigned in panic?> Yes,he realized Legky was poised to capture his unguarded macaroon which was sitting outside the a5 square :) |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Petrocephalon: Why not 15..e4? |
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Nov-13-06
 | | Phony Benoni: If you're going to make a puzzle out of this, use the position before 16.dxe5, which sets up the painfully obvious 17.Bxh7+. In fact, I'll bet that's why Black resigned--once he missed 17.Bxh7+, he knew it wasn't going to be his day. |
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Nov-13-06
 | | al wazir: <eaglewing>: Yes the line with 37. Rxe3 Nxe3 38. Re5 d4 is a *lot* more complicated than I first thought. I've spent a couple of hours analyzing it. I'm still not sure whether it wins or loses, but I'm unsurprised that white didn't play it. |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Albertan: Negky could have played the move Bxh7+!? on move 11 with a possible continuation being: 17.Bxh7+!? Kxh7 18.Qh5+ Kg8 (the only move) 19.Ng6 Qe8 20.f5 Bxg3 21.hxg3 exf5 however despite this position looking dangerous for Black this only is an equal position according to the program Junior 9. |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Albertan: Fingerov's 15th move appears to be a mistake. He should have played 15...e4 and gained equality after which play might have continued 16.Be2 Rb8 17.b3 Rb7 18.Ba6 Rc7 19.Bxc8 Rcxc8 = Legky missed a stronger idea on move 18 (involving a combination using an exchange sacrifice) If 18.Bc2+ after 18...Kg8 19.Rxf6! Rxf6 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Bh7+ Kf8 (the only move) 23.Qxe5 leaving White up two pawns. |
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| Nov-13-06 | | black knight c6: someone put this through an engine and prove its a win for white.
Also Rd2... Probably good to swap them off |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Albertan: Another idea on move 22 is to play 22.Bf5 with this continuation possible: 22. Bf5 Bh5 23. g4 Bf7 24. Ng5 g6 25. Bd7 Be8 26.Be6+ Kg7 27. Rxf6 Rh8 (27...Rxf6? 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qg8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Kd8 31.Qxf6+ Kc7 32. Rd1) 28. Qf2  Legky could have been up a bishop if this continuation had been played (starting on move 26): 26. g4 Rxg5 27.Qxg5 Bxg4 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxg4
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| Nov-13-06 | | Albertan: Fingerov's 38th move gives White the advantage.Instead he should have played 38...Nh6 and gained an advantage after
39. Nf3 Rb8 40. Rf2 d4 41. cxd4 cxd4 42. Rh3 Kg8 43. Nxd4 Re1+ 44. Rf1 Re4 45. Nc2 Rxb2  A draw is possible if Black plays the move ...Rb8 on move 40 as this variation shows:
40... Rb8 41. Rhxd5 Rxb2 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Nf8+ Kh8 44. Ng6+ Kh7= |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Albertan: <black knight c6: someone put this through an engine and prove its a win for white. Also Rd2... Probably good to swap them off> Analysis using Junior 9 shows it is a draw after this possible continuation: 49.Rc3 a5 50. Rc5+ Kd6 51. Rg5 a4 52. Rxg7 Nf5 53. Ra7 a3 54. g4 Ra1+ 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Ne3 57. Nd2 Kd5 58. g5 Nc2+ 59. Ke2 Nxd4+ 60. Ke3 Nc2+ 61. Kf4 Nd4 62.Ra5+ Kc6 63. Nc4 Rg2 64. Ke4 Ne6 65. h4 a2 66. Kf3 Rc2 67. Ne3 Rd2 68. g6 Ng7 69. Kf4 Re2 70. Nd5 Rf2+ 71. Ke4 Re2+ 72. Kd3 Rh2 73. Rxa2 Rxh4 (73... Rxa2 74.Nb4+ Kd6 75. Nxa2 Ke5 =) 74. Ne3 Kc5 75. Ra5+ Kb6 76. Re5 Rh6 = |
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Nov-13-06
| | Phony Benoni: 49.Rd2 is certainly good for Black; he swaps rooks, grabs the d-pawn and has the advantage with his passed a-pawn. Though I usually trust strong players in their evaluations of these positions, this certainly looks worth playing out for Black. His king and rook are very well-posted, and the a-pawn can easily become a threat. It would be interesting to know the full story of the finish. |
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| Nov-13-06 | | Chess Classics: I don't see why you wouldn't play on-it's not as if the spectators are going to say, "Oh, look at that loser, he's playing on in a rook, knight and 3 pawn vs 2 pawn game. Haha!" Maybe black flagged? Regards,
CC |
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Nov-14-06
| | al wazir: <black knight c6: someone put this through an engine and prove its a win for white.> Prove? You are a trusting soul. You probably don't lose sleep over elections conducted with electronic voting machines or the vulnerability of Microsoft's operating systems. Until chess programs become strong enough to consistently beat all human opponents (it probably won't be long now), they will remain a tool, not the infallible judge of right and wrong on the board. |
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| Aug-03-07 | | sfm: Very fine defensive play by black, but, as suggested, probably at the expense of a running clock. |
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| Apr-11-08 | | NM James Schuyler: al wazir, you are amusing. Maybe if a presidential election were at stake, I'd worry about Crafty's assessments. As it is, few positions are resignable that can't be conclusively demonstrated by a computer. Besides, computer analysis can be checked by a person. |
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| Apr-12-08 | | euripides: According to <acirce> on the tournament page, this was a rapid tournament with 20 minutes per game. So I guess this was a loss on time. |
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| Nov-30-08 | | garrido: the white timeless very in win
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| Dec-08-24 | | mel gibson: I didn't know what to play.
Stockfish 17 chose a different ply:
26. g4
(26. g4 (1.g4 Rxg5 2.Qxg5 Bf7 3.Rf2 Re8 4.Ref1 Qe5 5.Rf5 Qxe3+ 6.Qxe3
Rxe3 7.g5 Be6 8.gxf6 Bxf5 9.Bxf5 gxf6 10.Bd7 Kf7 11.Kf2 Rd3 12.Ke2 d4
13.Bf5 Re3+ 14.Kd2 c5 ) +5.22/46 283)
score for White +5.22 depth 46.
If I force SF to play the game ply it's a draw:
26. Qxh5 Nxh5
(26. .. Nxh5 (1. ... Nxh5 2.Bh7+ Kh8 3.Nf7+ Kxh7 4.Nxd6 Re6
5.Nf5 Nf6 6.b3 cxb3 7.axb3 Ree8 8.Ra1 a5 9.Ra4 Ne4 10.Rfa1 Nxc3 11.Rxa5
Rxa5 12.Rxa5 Kg6 13.Nd4 Rxe3 14.Nxc6 Kg5 ) 0.00/56 199) score = 0.00, it's a draw. |
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| Dec-08-24 | | mel gibson: It looks like Black foolishly resigned.
When Black resigned - it's close to a draw.
49. Rc3
(1.Rc3 a5 2.Rc5+ Ke6 3.Ng5+ Kd7 4.Kh2 a4 5.Ra5 a3 6.Ne4 Ke6 7.Nc3 Rd2 8.d5+ Ke5 9.d6+ Ke6 10.Rxa3 Rd3
11.d7 Nf7 12.Ra6+ Kxd7 13.Ne2 Ke7 14.Rg6 Kf8 ) +0.14/51 148 score for Black +0.14 depth 51. |
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Dec-08-24
 | | scormus: Couldn't see a way for W to force a win. Looking at it as if it were a "normal" puzzle, I got interested in 26 Rxf6 Qxf6 27 Qxh5 Rxg5 28 Qh7+ Kf8 29 Rf1, winning. However, that doesn't work if B plays 27 ... Qxg5 . W can make some threats with 28 Q or Bh7+ followed by 39 Rf1+ or Qf3+ and the BK can wriggle out and come away with R for B+p. Looks like I was right not to consider 26 Qxh5 as a winning possibility <mel/sf>. But I completely missed the natural winning move, 26 g4! No credit for me today. |
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| Dec-08-24 | | vajeer: Somehow I found g4 to be an obvious move. Black's bishop is blocking h7 and knight is overloaded and potentially pinned after king moves to f file. Not insane imo. |
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| Dec-08-24 | | sfm: Nice combi.
But actually it is 26.QxB??
While 26.g4! is totally winning, as Mel Gibson gives. Also Stockfish tells me that, but Stockfish has no understanding for the elegance in 26.QxB(!!) |
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Dec-08-24
 | | chrisowen: I so mr q crown july its v up dane its Qxh5 aca ma its chi go do imbibe its afc puck its Qxh5 its ed x |
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| Dec-08-24 | | vajeer: <sfm: but Stockfish has no understanding for the elegance in 26.QxB(!!)> A good player needs to attempt yo resist the temptation of elegance if it is not effective. To give an analogy in bridge - finesse looks very elegant. But the success rate of finesse is many times only 50% and many times it is correct not to take finesse but some other "cold" play gives better chances of success. |
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