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May-24-09
 | | Phony Benoni: <26...?>
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Shades of Reti vs Tartakower, 1910! |
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Jul-11-09
 | | al wazir: OK, I'll bite. 28. Kd2 Bb4+ 29. Ke2. Now what?
If 29...Bxf3+ 30. gxf3 Bxe1 31. Kxe1, black is a ♙ up. Granted, after 31...Rc2 32. Rb1 d3, white is in pretty dire straits, but why not make black work for the win? |
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| Jul-11-09 | | jokerman: al wazir => 28. Kd2 and Rc2 mate. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | MostlyAverageJoe: The title pun reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxh5... Enjoy! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | backrank: I don't understand the pun here, but the finish is stunning. Queen sac followed by a double discovered check - a frequently recurring combination motif. Here it leads to two particularly lovely mating patterns: I 28. ♔c2 ♖c2#
II 28. ♔b3 ♗c2#
Some kind of echo: In the 1st variation the rook mates supported by the bishop, while in the 2nd variation the bishop delivers mate on the same square, now supported by the rook! A perfect team. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Gilmoy: <backrank: Some kind of echo: ...> Sure, that always follows from a double-check. Both checking pieces can go to the King's square next move, by definition of check. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | UnsoundHero: This game reminded me of the anonymous game 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Qd3 e5? 6 dxe5 Qa5+ 7 Bd2 Qxe5 8 0-0-0 Nxe4? 9 Qd8+! Kxd8 10 Bg5+, and mate with either Rd8 or Bd8. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | backrank: <Gilmoy> You're right, that's the logical explanation (which I had missed)! However, in many cases, only one of those possibilities is actually used, see e.g. Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1864 <UnsoundHero> The game you mention is in fact the Réti-Tartakower game cited by Phony Benoni! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | whiteshark: You can't say you didn't see it coming, can you? |
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| Jul-11-09 | | randomsac: Somewhat surprising white didn't see it coming, but maybe he was low on time or something. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Chess4Life99: I loved how black played so defensively until the last like five moves when he won. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | backrank: <Chess4Life99> Interesting observation. True, it's surprising how quickly Black switched from defensive to mating attack. White must have been very bewildered at what happened to him. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | johnlspouge: < <MostlyAverageJoe> wrote: The title pun reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxh5... > Thanks, <MAJ>. I watched the video, and my older daughter just wandered away, muttering "Why are you so weird, Daddy?" If my younger daughter had said it, I would be <really> worried ;>) |
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| Jul-11-09 | | A.G. Argent: Cheers, <M.A. Joe>, very funny. Gonna send that to some Seattle chums. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | nevski: The pun is completely adequate.A ferocious, tenacious and beautiful fight! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | Googleandchess45: I was a Nirvana fan back in the day, never thought it would be associated with chess though. Nice pun, great game. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | kevin86: This is yet another brilliant variation of the Reti-Tartakower theme. This time,the play is on the second rank. Black will mate after:
28 ♔d2 ♖c2# or
28 ♔b3 ♗c2#
A crossfire mate with bishops or with rook and bishop-take your choice Mr. Parma-a cheesy one at best. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | jeeky1996: The pun is from the title of the last episode of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Series : "Smells like Team Spirit" Super lol |
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| Jul-11-09 | | goodevans: <Chess4Life99: I loved how black played so defensively until the last like five moves when he won.> Although the finish was very nice indeed, I wasn't impressed by black's play prior to ... 0-0-0. I think if white had been a little more wary then he could probably have enjoyed a comfortable middle game. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | WhiteRook48: white should have played 25 Qd2!!
or 7. f4!! |
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| Jul-11-09 | | just a kid: A pun that I actually get!
Nirvana is a good band.Too bad the singer killed himself. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | dzechiel: When I was playing through this game, I strongly wanted to play 20 Bxd5 Bxd5 21 Nxd5 exd5 22 Re1+ Kd8 (or 22...Kd7) 23 Qe4 with a lot of pull for the sacrificed bishop. Black must have better responses. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | goodevans: <dzechiel: When I was playing through this game, I strongly wanted to play
20 Bxd5 Bxd5 21 Nxd5>
Nice idea, and possibly what white had in mind when playing 19 Be4. Perhaps he was worried about 20 ... 0-0-0. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | goodevans: <WhiteRook48: white should have played 25 Qd2 ...> More to the point, in my opinion he shouldn't have played Rg7 so soon. This weakened the fourth rank at a critical moment. |
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| Jul-11-09 | | newzild: Black gets a position similar to those in the poisoned pawn variation of the Sicilian Najdorf - except he doesn't have an extra pawn. |
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