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| May-28-07 | | nimzo knight: whts the need of 53.. g6. White seems to win a pawn by Rxf3 straight away |
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| May-28-07 | | euripides: <Nimzo> 53...Rxf3 54.Kc5 and if 54....Ke6 then 55.Bxg7 and if 55...Rxg3 then 56.Bxh6. After g6 BLack can meet Kc5 by Ke6 and Rc3+ |
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| May-28-07 | | euripides: It was bold of Gurevich to play this line, as after Kramnik vs Leko, 2006 Leko was sure to have analysed it carefully. |
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| May-28-07 | | amuralid: Nice technique. From move 33 onwards Leko bull dozes his way into White's position. He converts a queen side majority into a gain of exchange and wins. I liked the move 24. ... Rf7. It is simple, effective but still something the club level player would probably have not played. Other moves like 18. ... f5 are and 19. ... Nf5 are too deep for me. While in hindsight I try and rationalize them, there is no way I would have played them OTB. |
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| May-28-07 | | amuralid: <nimzo knight> It is important for Black to keep pawns on the board. The fewer the pawns the better White's chances. White's pawns will eventually fall. There is no hurry for Black to go grabbing right now. I think the plan for Black will be to play h5, R on c file and use it to block the White king and free his own and/or attack the k side pawns if White plays f4. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: From http://www.chessbase.com:
<Gurevich-Leko opened with a tabiya endgame from the 4.Qc2 Nimzo, where White has the bishop pair and a small edge. In this line, Black is supposed to suffer and be grateful if he gets half a point, but Leko had clearly not read the script and soon took the initiative with 17…c4 and 18…f5. A time-troubled Gurevich saw his position decline sharply between moves 30-40, notably thanks to the neat tactical blow 37…Bb3+. The passed c-pawn cost White an exchange, and Black won soon thereafter> As FM Giddins writes above, 37 ... ♗d5-b3+! is indeed a "neat tactical blow", based upon the tactical idea that <THE KING IS TOO VALUABLE TOO COUNT HIM AS A DEFENDER>. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: 37 ... ♗d5-b3+! is even nicer tactically than I initially thought. The main point is <38 ♔c2x♗b3? c3-c2! 39 ♔b3-b2? c2-c1=♕+!!> and the White b2-king will be mated on the open a-,b-files by the Black c8-,c7-rooks after one of the White rooks captures the new Black c1-queen. 39 ... c2-c1=♕+!! is a brilliant move in this line. It's point is simply to get rid(!) of the passed Black c2-pawn that White can use to shelter his exposed king from the Black rooks. Once the Black pawn is out of the way, the exposed White king will be mated. White needs the Black c-pawn on the board to shelter his king to avoid a <CORRIDOR MATE> from the Black rooks so Black gets ride of this "shelter", with gain of time to boot. This line is not forced but simply shows what happens if White makes obvious moves. Someone please check this because this analysis was all done in my head. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: (VAR) Position after 38 ♔c2x♗b3? c3-c2! 39 ♔b3-b2? c2-c1=♕+!!
click for larger viewPossible continuation showing mating idea:
click for larger viewThis variation is the best example I have ever seen showing how dangerous it is to have your king exposed on open files when the opponent has a pair of rooks. Here Black sacrifices a piece -and- his glorious advanced passed c-pawn to create a <CORRIDOR MATE> on the open a-,b-files. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: http://www.crestbook.com/?q=node/450 gives Leko's 37th move the !!-mark, 37 ... ♗d5-b3+!!. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: (VAR) I just love how 39 ... c2-c1=♕+!! gets rid of <The Sheltering Pawn>. |
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| May-28-07 | | Illogic: Great line! Makes Bb3+ all the more impressive. |
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| May-28-07 | | notyetagm: <Illogic: Great line! Makes Bb3+ all the more impressive.> For another great example of the move ... c2-c1=♕+! as <CLEARANCE>, see my comments on the first page of B Predojevic vs Carlsen, 2006, in the game continuation 40 ... ♗xb2+! 41 ♔c1xb2 c2-c1=♕+!. |
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| May-29-07 | | notyetagm: <Illogic: Great line! Makes Bb3+ all the more impressive.> It really is amazing how Leko came up with the idea of creating a <CORRIDOR MATE> on the open a,b-files with his doubled b7-,b8-rooks in order to help push(!) his advanced passed pawn home. |
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| May-29-07 | | Knight13: <It really is amazing how Leko came up with the idea of creating a <CORRIDOR MATE> on the open a,b-files with his doubled b7-,b8-rooks in order to help push(!) his advanced passed pawn home.> No wonder why he's rated 2763? :-) This game is amazing. |
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| May-29-07 | | Scarecrow: <Chessbase ...Leko had clearly not read the script> Or maybe it was Gurevich who hadn't. His 16. 0-0-0, a novelty, in a way exposed his King to all those attacks <notyetagm> is so enthused by (even to the extent of including this game in no less than FIVE collections :)). It would have been wiser to steer for a slow manoevering game by means of 16. Ne2. See (of course) Kramnik vs Leko, 2006 |
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May-31-07
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| Sep-05-11 | | montree: 53...g6! Accurate till the end!
Well played Leko! |
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| Dec-02-18 | | Walter Glattke: Maxim Dlugy, born January 1966 in Soviet Union, is Grandmaster, lives in USA, says Wikipaedia, if itself, then a qualified comment.
Logical move is 37.-Bb3+, 38.Kxb3!? Rb8+ 39.Ka2!? Rb2+ 40.Ka3 Ra7# 39.Kc2 Rb2+ 40.Kd3 Rd2+ 41.Ke4 c2 42.Rac1 Nd5 43.g4 Nc3+ 44.Kf4 Nxe2+ wins.
So 38.Kc1 as in the match. |
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| Dec-02-18 | | malt: 37...Bb3+ 38.Kc1
(38.K:b3 c2 39.Rec1 Rb7+ 40.Bb5 R:b5+ 41.Ka4 Rb7 42.Be1 Ra8+ 43.Ba5...Nc6 ) (38.K:b3 c2 39.Ba6 Rb8+ 40.Ka4 Ra7 41.Ka5 Nc6+ ) 38...Nd5 (38...Rb7 ) |
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| Dec-02-18 | | hoodrobin: The Nutcracker. |
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| Dec-02-18 | | ChessHigherCat: <Walter Glattke: Maxim Dlugy, ...if itself, then a qualified comment.> Thanks for the refutation of the dubious German maxim "less is more"! According to my Ouija board, that's supposed to mean that "if the above kibitzer with the user name Maxim Dlugy is really Maxim Dlugy, then his comment is respectable". |
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| Dec-02-18 | | agb2002: Black has a bishop and a knight for the bishop pair. Black can remove the blockade of the c-pawn with 37... Bb3+: A) 38.Kxb3 c2
A.1) 38.Ra(e)c1 Rb7+ 39.Bb5 (39.Ka2(3,4) Ra8+ 40.Ba6 Rxa6#) 39... Rxb5+ 40.Ka4 Rb2(7) 41.d5 Ra8+ 42.Ba7 Rxa7#. A.2) 38.Be3 Rb7+ as in A.1.
A.3) 38.Kb2 c1=Q+ 39.Ra(e)xc1 Rb7+ and mate in two. A.4) 38.Ra8 c1=Q 39.Rxc1 Rxc1 with a won ending. B) 38.Kb1 Nd5 with the idea Nb4, c2, Na2.
C) 38.Kc1 Nd5 as in B.
D) 38.Kd3 Nd5 as in B and also trying to exploit the airy position of the white king. For example, 39.Be3 Nb4+ 40.Ke4 Nc2 41.Rab1 Bd5+ 42.Kf4 Nxe1 wins decisive material. |
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| Dec-02-18 | | drollere: i got the line 38. Kxb3 c2 39. Kb2 but missed the very gratifying 39. .. c1=Q+ with mate to follow. |
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| Dec-02-18 | | cormier: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Houdini 4 d 26 dpa done
<1. = / + (-0.26): 35.Bg3> Rd7 36.Bc2 c3+ 37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Rab1 Nc6 39.h5 Kg8 40.Bg6 Ra3 41.Rec1 Rd8 42.Bc7 Rda8 43.Be5 Nxe5 44.dxe5 Rd8 45.Ke2 Ra2+ 46.Rc2 b3 47.Rcb2 Kf8 48.Ke3 Ke7 49.g4 Rc8 50.Be4 Bxe4 51.Kxe4 Rxb2 52.Rxb2 Rc3 53.Rd2 Rc2 <2. = / + (-0.49): 35.Kc1> c3 36.h5 b3 37.Bg3 Rd7 38.bxc3 Rxc3+ 39.Kb2 Rd3 40.Bf4 Rxd4 41.g3 Nc6 42.Be2 Nb4 43.Red1 Rxd1 44.Rxd1 Ra7 45.Kc3 Nc6 46.Rd2 Ra2 47.Be3 Rxd2 48.Bxd2 b2 49.Kxb2 Nd4 50.Bd1 Bxf3 51.Bc3 Bxd1 52.Bxd4 Bxh5 53.Kc3 Bf3 54.Kc4 h5 55.Be5 g5 56.Kc5 h4 57.gxh4 gxh4 |
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| Dec-02-18 | | cormier: 
click for larger viewAnalysis by Houdini 4 d 24 dpa done
<1. = (-0.11): 33.h5> Rb7 34.Bg1 Nf5 35.Bf2 Rd7 36.Rac1 Bb7 37.Kc3 Ne7 38.Bf1 Bc6 39.Kc2 Nf5 40.Kc3 Ne7 41.Kc2 2. = (-0.17): 33.Kc2 h5 34.Bg3 Rd7 35.Bf2 Nf5 36.Bf1 Rh8 37.Re5 g6 38.Be2 Kg7 39.Rc1 Rb7 40.Rf1 Ra7 41.Re1 Rf7 42.Bd1 Rhf8 43.Be2 Rd8 44.Rd1 and 3. = (-0.22): 33.Bf1 ... |
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