| May-24-11 | | Rob Morrison: Very nice game. White, at the time only 15, keeps a cool head throughout, calmly trading pieces off and yet never giving black a chance to equalize. As soon as white's knight goes to f5 on move 28 it's probably over. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | Brenin: 34 g5 forces 34 ... hxg5 35 fxg5 Qxg5 36 h6 (better than 36 Rg2), e.g. 36 ... g6 (36 ... gxh6 39 Rg2 wins Q for R) 37 Nxd6 Rxd6 38 Qe8+ Kh7 39 Qxf7+ Kxh6 40 Rh2+ Qh5 41 Rxh5+ with a clear win (the Black R is also picked up). Alternatively 34 ... Qf4 35 hxg7 Qxe4+ 36 Rxe4 and the threats of Rg4 and Nh6+, or of Rh4 and Rh8+ are overwhelming. |
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Jun-05-22
 | | Diocletian: Easy, like Tuesday. |
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Jun-05-22
 | | harrylime: you Trollin with this Mister ? |
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| Jun-05-22 | | Brenin: <Rob Morrison>: True, the N on f5 was a monster, but I think that Black was hanging in well until 33 ... Kg8, when Bc5 would have kept him alive, e.g. 34 g5 hxg5 35 fxg5 Qxg5 is now safe for Black. It seems that I missed the game line 34 ... c3, but Black is still losing. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | mel gibson: I must be a genius -
I solved an insane Sunday puzzle in under 10 seconds.Stockfish 15 says:
34. g5
(34. g5 (g4-g5 h6xg5 f4xg5 ♕f6xg5 h5-h6 ♕g5-f4
h6xg7 ♕f4xe4+ ♖e2xe4 ♗d6-f8 g7xf8♕+ ♔g8xf8 ♖e4-h4 ♔f8-g8 ♔b1-c2 f7-f6
♔c2-c3 ♔g8-f7 ♔c3-d4 ♖d8-b8 ♖h4-h1 a7-a5 ♘f5-d6+ ♔f7-g7 ♔d4-c5 ♔g7-g6
♘d6xb5 a5-a4 d5-d6 a4-a3 ♘b5xa3 ♖b8xb2 ♘a3xc4 ♖b2xa2 d6-d7 ♖a2-a8 ♖h1-f1
♖a8-d8 ♔c5-c6 ♔g6-g5 ♘c4-d6 ♔g5-g4 ♖f1xf6 ♖d8xd7 ♔c6xd7 ♔g4-h3 ♖f6-f1
♔h3-h2 ♘d6-f5 ♔h2-g2 ♘f5-e3+ ♔g2-h3 ♖f1-f5 ♔h3-h4 ♖f5-f8) +9.52/35 104) score for White +9.52 depth 35. |
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Jun-05-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: This looked impossible, but with one last effort, *finally* realized that the Black Queen had no moves and the White Rook had access to g2. 6/7 for the week, but this time, that counts as a dismal result. Flubbed Monday. You read that right--flubbed Monday. Sigh. Is it next week yet? |
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Jun-05-22
 | | HeMateMe: Mach·i·a·vel·li·an
[ˌmäkēəˈvelēən, ˌmakēəˈvelēən]
ADJECTIVE
cunning, scheming, and unscrupulous, especially in politics: Seems to go hand in hand with good chess results, yes? We had to write an essay on <The Prince>, in high school. I suppose nowadays you'd just steal the essay off of the internet and put your name on it. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | Brenin: <HeMateMe: I suppose nowadays you'd just steal the essay off of the internet and put your name on it.> There is widely-used software to detect that sort of cheating. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | 1stboard: So what is the continuation if Black plays 36 .... g6 instead of the text move ? and does black hold the position ? |
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| Jun-05-22 | | Brenin: <1stboard>: 36 ... g6 37 Nxd6 Rxd6 38 Qe8+ Kh7 39 Qxf7+ Kxh6 (Kh8 40 Qg7 mate) 40 Rh2+ Qh5 41 Rxh5+ and however Black recaptures on h5, 42 Qf3+ will pick up the Black R. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | agb2002: White has a knight for a bishop.
The black queen lacks mobility. This suggests 34.g5 hxg5 35.fxg5 Qxg5 (35... Qe5 36.Qxe5 Bxe5 37.Rxe5 wins a piece) 36.h6 with attack (36.Rg2 Qf4 and White seems unable to avoid the trade of queens [37.Rxg2+ Kh8 38.Qc2 Qf1+ 39.Qc1 Qxc1+ 40.Kxc1 Bf4+ 41.Kc2 Rxd5]): A) 36... gxh6 37.Rg2 wins decisive material.
B) 36... g6 37.Nxd6 Rxd6 38.Qe8+ Kh7 39.Qxh7 Kxh6 (39... Kh8 40.Qg7#) 40.Rh2+ Qh5 41.Qf8+ wins Black's remaining pieces. C) 36... Qf4 37.hxg7
C.1) 37... Qxe4 38.Rxe4 f6 39.Rh4 Kf7 40.Rh8 wins decisive material (40... Re8 41.Rxe8 Kxe8 42.g8=Q+). C.2) 37... b4 38.Qe8+ Rxe8 39.Rxe8+ and mate in two. C.3) 37... Qg5 38.Qe8+ Rxe8 39.Rxe8+ Kh7 40.g8=Q (40.Rh8+ Kg6 41.g8=Q+ Kxf5 42.Qxf7+ looks winning but more complex) 40... Qxg8 41.Rxg8 Kxg8 42.Nxd6 wins a piece and the endgame. D) 36... Bf8 37.hxg7 Bxg7 (37... Bd6 38.Re1 followed by Rh1) 38.Rg2 is winning. E) 36... c3 37.hxg7 cxb2 (threatens 38... Qc1#) 38.Re1, with the double threat Qe8+ and Rh1-Rh8#, looks winning. F) 36... Qg1+ 37.Re1 only seems to accelerate the defeat. |
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Jun-05-22
 | | chrisowen: U jocky it ie a g5 fluff v it ablush lunch no it gave add barnaby g5 lax at bet :) |
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Jun-05-22
 | | PawnSac: This game was played November 10, 2005
Karjakin's FIDE in October 2005 was 2658.
2 years later, October 2007 it was 2694.
January 2008, after 36 games, it was 2732!
He broke the 2700 barrier by storm.
That's a 38 point rating increase in 36 games.
A high win ratio.
It reminds me of our young Pragg from India.
A youngling of impressive skills. |
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| Jun-05-22 | | henilsson: Chris : even if it is Sundby you should restrict your drinking |
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Jun-07-22
| | PawnSac: 25. ...f6 would prevent the Be5 pin.
73/66 58:46:50 115,792,639k 547k 0.00
< 25.Bc3 f6 > 26.Ne4 Rf7 27.a4 b6 28.g4 Nd6 29.Nxd6 Bxd6 30.Re1 Bxf4 31.Re8+ Rf8 32.Re6 Bd6 33.Qf5 Rf7 34.Kc2 Qd7 35.Qe4 Re7 36.Rxe7 Qxe7 37.Qxe7 Bxe7 38.a5 Kf7 39.Kd3 Ke8 40.a6 Kd7 41.Ke4 Ke8 |
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