| Jan-19-07 | | dbquintillion: This was a pretty interesting game. |
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Jan-19-07
 | | tamar: Both players overlooked winning shots on the same square. Motylev had 28 Re1 
click for larger view with unbearable pressure against e6 and e7, but chose the trickier 28 g4 which had a hole. Carlsen had 35...Re1+ simplifying into a winning endgame, but missed it as well 
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| Jan-20-07 | | Elixir of Life: Bad time management on both sides. Motylev got himself in time trouble, and Carlsen, instead of thinking long and hard, chose to blitz things out. |
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| Jan-20-07 | | notyetagm: <tamar: Both players overlooked winning shots on the same square.> Very nice lines, pointing out the two winning moves on the e1-square. I am still amazed that Motylev did not play the straightforward 28 ♖e1, with unbearable pressure from his trebled White heavy pieces down the e-file against the Black e6-bishop and e7-knight. What in the -world- was Magnus thinking doubling his minor pieces on an open file? Motylev needs to read more Capablanca. I saw one Capablanca win over Marshall in which he played a simple winning line when he also saw a longer, more spectacular winning line because he feared he had miscalculated the latter, like Motylev did today. Why play a complicated line when there is a simple win right in front of you, Capablanca thought. If Motylev had done what Capablanca did, he would have won today. |
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| Jan-20-07 | | notyetagm: <Elixir of Life: Bad time management on both sides. Motylev got himself in time trouble, and Carlsen, instead of thinking long and hard, chose to blitz things out.> Very poor time managment this tournament by Magnus.
He missed a win against Navara when thought for only 30 seconds after Navara made a move that demanded a tactical refutation and here he misses a straightforward tactical liquidation shot, again moving quickyly in his opponent's time trouble. If he had used -his- time better, he would have two wins right now. |
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| Jan-20-07 | | Rolfo: Do we have any comments from the players themselves yet? |
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| Jan-20-07 | | Elixir of Life: <Rolfo> Yes
Motylev: I was never in time trouble alone. Whenever I was in time trouble, Magnus is also practically in time trouble. If I play hurriedly, he follows my blitz speed too. Thus, in a practical view-point, I was never in time crisis. Magnus Carlsen: My orange juice went bad. My rasins had maggots in it. And my girlfriend just dumped me. |
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| Jan-20-07 | | Elixir of Life: I was just kidding. But really, even I, as a die-hard Magnus fan, am very angry at his time-management. |
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| Jan-20-07 | | notyetagm: <Elixir of Life: I was just kidding. But really, even I, as a die-hard Magnus fan, am very angry at his time-management.> Magnus' time management is atrocious.
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| Jan-20-07 | | sharkw: Have to leave a small comment - I don't think it was a case of Motylev choosing a complicated "winning" line over a the simple 28. Re1: rather, he simply probably saw 28...Nf5 in reply and didn't leave himself enough time to see what I assume is the refutation 29. Rxe6 Nxd4 30. Re7+. I guarantee you that any player from 2000+ would play this line had they seen it, this doesn't excuse his horrendous mismanagement of time. |
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| Jan-21-07 | | notyetagm: 17 ♘c5! is a nice tactical way to develop in style. The point is that 18 d2-d4 will <GAIN TIME> on the Black h6-queen by threatening 19 ♗c1x♕h6, a <DISCOVERED ATTACK>. This <TEMPO> from the unmasking of the White c1-bishop along the c1-h6 diagonal means that the White d2-pawn can move <FOR FREE>. <Hence it is as if the White d2-pawn was already on d4>, controlling the c5-square, so that the White knight is not -really- en prise after 17 ♘c5!. |
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| Jan-25-16 | | KBA3UKBA3UMOgO: Turkish Delight (1993)
Halil Basoren - Yakup Bayram, Turkish Ch., Istanbul 1993
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 0-0 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 c6!!? ("Turkish Delight": name given by GM Raymond Keene) 9. 0-0 Ne8 10.Kh1 d6 11.ed6 Qh4 12.d7 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be6 14.Nf3 Nf3 15.Qf3 Bc7 16.g3 Qh3 17.Kg1 Bg4 18.Qg2 Qh5 19.Re1 Qf3 20.Qf1 Nf6 21.d4 Ng4 22.h4 Qh4 (0-1) |
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