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| May-31-06 | | Hongkonger: <PinkPanther: <Hongkonger>
"Not all prodigies make it to the top" is a stupid comment.> Pourquoi? Explanation please. It may be stating the obvious - but I don't understand what is "stupid" about it. |
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| May-31-06 | | deshad: <Hongkonger> Nothing is stupid about that comment other than PP's response. One of the most exciting things about watching young prodigies is that you never really know what they will amount to. You only have a vague idea of their real potential. |
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| Jun-01-06 | | MoonlitKnight: <Hongkonger> It's not a stupid comment at all. But I don't really like your examples. Kamsky rose extremely fast to the top, and could possibly have been world champ if he hadn't quit chess at a young age. And though Bacrot isn't the very best player in the world, he is among the very few who gets invited to the majour tournaments. |
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| Jun-01-06 | | Young Sun: The novelty 12 Bh4 was home preparation according to this Norwegian site - http://home.online.no/~eirikgu/ol20... |
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| Jun-01-06 | | aragorn69: For those who, like me, were wondering what exactly were the winning manoeuvers in the final position: a) 73.-Nxh4 74.Rg7+ Kf8 (74.-Kh8 leads to mate in two after 75.Kf7) 75.Rh7 wins the knight. b) 73.-Kh8 74.Be5! Be4 75.Ke6+ Kg8 76.Rd7 wins.
c) 73.-Nxd4 74.cxd4 c3 45.Rc7 wins of course easily... |
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| Jun-02-06 | | pavkata: <For those who, like me, were wondering what exactly were the winning manoeuvers in the final position: a) 73.-Nxh4 74.Rg7+ Kf8 (74.-Kh8 leads to mate in two after 75.Kf7) 75.Rh7 wins the knight. b) 73.-Kh8 74.Be5! Be4 75.Ke6+ Kg8 76.Rd7 wins.
c) 73.-Nxd4 74.cxd4 c3 45.Rc7 wins of course easily...> actaully 73. Nxh4 Ra8+ 74. Kh7 Kf7 followed by mate on h8..all lines lead to mate in a couple of moves |
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| Jun-06-06 | | GlennOliver: supertimchan: Isnt 27...Bb5 stronger?
Yes, significantly, IMHO.
With best play thereafter, not less than a draw for Black, and with possibilities to advance the a-file pawns for the Black win. E.g. 27. Rb1 Bb5 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kg2 e5 30. fxe5 Ke6 31. Bf8 g5 32. Bxh6
Bc6+ 33. Kf1 gxh4 34. Rb6 Nxe5 35. Bf4 Kd5 36. Bxe5 a5 37. Bd4 a3 38. Be3
a2 39. gxh4 a1=Q+
Doubtless, better analysis than that is possible, but 27...Bb5 is a strong move, to which White has no obvious winning response. |
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| Jul-27-06 | | ianD: 27...Bb5 looks so obvious...suprised adams rejected it. |
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| Oct-10-06 | | Dim Weasel: <<ianD> 27...Bb5 looks so obvious...suprised adams rejected it.>
Maybe Adams thought that B on b5 would look too much like the famous 'tall pawn' ;) |
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| Mar-22-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Tremendous game by the budding Super-GM!
LTJ |
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| Apr-18-12 | | rilkefan: Playing over the game I wondered about 27...Bb5. Since Adams didn't play it I guess the rook gets through on the kside and the bishop is a big pawn in the meantime. Ok, for what it's worth, stockfish chooses ...Bb5, evaluating it as +0.6 at a depth of 36 (1Gnode). I'm seeing what look like a lot of aimless moves in the main line, so ymmv. |
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| Apr-18-12 | | rilkefan: Also per sf, 17...Nc5 was rather better than ...fe: +0.3 at a depth of 26 after 18.ef+ Kxf7 19.e5 instead of +0.7 at the same depth in the game line. And it prefers black after 10...h6, avoiding the unpleasantness seen in the game - oops, no, now it's going for a Botvinnikesque setup with Bh4 and Nxg5 - nope, back to 11.Bf4 and -0.5 at a depth of 26 - and back to a very tactical Botvinnik with just a slight edge to black. |
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Apr-18-12
 | | AylerKupp: Pretty good predictions in May-2006 by <Mulholland>: 2007: Predicted = 2700, Actual = 2714 (Oct-2007)
2008: Predicted = 2750, Actual =2786 (Oct-2008)
2009: Predicted = 2800, Actual = 2801 (!) (Nov-2009) |
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| Apr-18-12 | | Qxf7: rilkefan: Stockfish (like most engines) is pretty useless at endgame analysis. The winning lines are typically beyond most engines event horizon, and the pruning makes matters far worse. Personally, I'd have played ... g6 at that point, aiming for ... Kd7 without dropping a pawn to Bf8. White's rook can get penetration on b8, but it can't do anything useful from there. And when you're playing for a draw you're trying to neutralize the threatening play, not the stuff that looks scary but is completely harmless. |
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Apr-18-12
 | | rodchuck: I am also astonished that Adams didn't play Bb5 on move 27. Fritz 11 recommends Bb5 with white at +0.21 (depth 23/24), but that's the computer. In this position I would want to stop the rook menacing the back ranks and both the bishop on b5 and the knight are well positioned to prevent this. |
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| Apr-18-12 | | Garech: Great endgame play from Carlsen. |
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| Apr-18-12 | | kevin86: White was able to turn his exchange ad into a victory... |
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| Apr-18-12 | | pericles of athens: oh wow a patch adams pun. nice! |
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| Apr-18-12 | | Edeltalent: The endgame reminds me a bit of Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990. Kasparov had a harder time penetrating with his king though. |
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| Apr-18-12 | | kelsoh: Carlsen's move to nab the rook starting at 19. bd8 was quite the nice tactical find! Would make a great addition to a tactical trainer. |
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Apr-18-12
 | | HeMateMe: That phrase "Dispatch Adams" is familiar. Where does it come from? |
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| May-27-16 | | cormier: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Houdini
1. = (0.00): 17...Nc5 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.e5 Bb7 20.Bh3 Bc6 21.Bg4 g6 22.Bf6 Rb6 23.Bd8 Rb7 24.Be2 Be4 25.Rd4 Bc6 26.Rdd1 Be4 2.  (0.31): 17...fxe6 18.e5 Nxe5 19.Bd8 Nd3 20.Bxc7 Rb7 21.Bxb7 Bxb7 22.a4 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Nb2 24.Rxa7 Nxd1 25.Rxb7 Re7 26.Rb8+ Kf7 27.Be5 Ne3 28.Rc8 Ng4 29.Bd4 e5 30.fxe5 Nxe5 31.Bxe5 Rxe5 32.Kf2 Ke6 33.Rxc4 Kd6 34.Kf3 Re1 35.h4 Rf1+ 36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Rc8 g6 38.Kf3 Rf1+ 39.Ke3 |
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| Jun-03-19 | | Cobax12: A great game by Magnus, winning the exchange quality, and winning a heavy grand finale vs a tough defensive knight and bishop by an interesting resistance from M Adams Rook and Bishop V Knight and Bishop ending ; ) |
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| May-14-21 | | move13: whats the consequence in move 18, ..Nxe5 ? i can see Rb6 to defend nxt moves. tnx cant keep up. |
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May-14-21
 | | chancho: 18...Nxe5 19. fxe5 g5. |
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