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Sep-24-07
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: 15...Nxf2!? is just the beginning of a deep, brilliant and quite accurately conducted attack against White's weakly protected king. However, in a game like this there are just too many possibilities available and White might have been able to find a better defense somewhere. In particular, I wonder if Black has a win against the silicon suggestion of 25.Rc3:
click for larger view The brilliant winning method used in the game won't work then, and indeed I can't see anything better than perpetual for Black (25...Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Bf4 is adequately defended by 27.Qxe3! Bh2+ and White escapes with a perpetual again). I'm not mad enough to try and analyse the position after 25...Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Rxf3?! 27.Bxf3 Qxd2 28.Rxd2 with 2R+B vs. Q+4 passed pawns on kingside: 
click for larger viewThis, naturally, let me to wonder if Black couldn't have improved earlier, and my first idea was another bishop move, namely 24...Bxd4!. 
click for larger view Now 25.Rc3 is not available (25...Qh1+ 26.Kf2 Rxf3 is a picturesque mate) but the sacrifice can perhaps be accepted: 25.Qxd4 Qxe2+ 26.Kg1 Rxf3 27.Qh4
click for larger viewI felt Black could still win here, but I failed to find it myself. Crafty, however, is a much better analyst than me and its suggestion of 27...f4! seems to be the solution. After 28.Re1 Qd3 Black is winning, as Black threatens ...Rxh3+ and 29.Kh2 Qd2+ 30.Kh1 Rf2 forces White to give up his queen to stop disaster on his second rank. I'm too lazy to put enough human effort in to reach a full conclusion of all the variations present, but it seems to me that 24...Bh6 was the one inaccuracy in Sadler's attack and 24...Bxd4! was required to win. Someone with more energy and better software will probably prove me wrong... Unless I'm very much mistaken, this crazy game won a brilliancy prize in the Elista Olympiad. |
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| Sep-24-07 | | Shams: great stuff switch, thanks |
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| Nov-11-08 | | notyetagm: OH MY GOD! What a *brilliant* attack this is by GM Sadler. GM Franco in his GAMBIT book "Art of Attacking Chess", page 74: <In the opinion of the author, this is one of the most beautiful attacking games in chess history, despite the error on move 24. Once we get over the feeling of euphoria inspired by like 21 ... Rxf3+!!, 23 ... Qh2!!, 28 ... Re4!, etc. ...> |
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| May-05-09 | | whatthefat: Very nice analysis <SwitchingQuylthulg>, thanks! |
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| Jan-18-10 | | rune ohlsson: Now - 15. h3 is a blunder. With 15. Nd5 White would avoid all problems. Anyway, 17. g3 Qxh3 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. d5 White can save the game in an unbelievable way |
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Jun-20-10
 | | plang: This is a really nice attack. The piece sacrifice 15..Nxf2 was probably not that hard to find, probably 21..Rxf3+ also but 28..Re4 is really pretty and my favorite move was 23..Qh2 which was far from obvious. |
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Nov-12-13
 | | offramp: Very surprising attack. It seems to come right out of the blue. |
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Nov-12-13
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Superb example of the speculative sacrifice. Looking at 25.Rc3,Rxf3+; 26.Rxf3,Bxd2; 27.Rxd2 leaves White with 2R & B vs. Q, and maybe Black has to take the perpetual, if it exists. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | Moszkowski012273: Sound attack, yet black did blunder into what should of been a draw with 24...Bh6. 24...f4 with the idea of swinging the bishop over to h4 is absolutely crushing. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | Ponte Garibaldi: "rune ohlsson: Now - 15. h3 is a blunder. With 15. Nd5 White would avoid all problems.
Anyway, 17. g3 Qxh3 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. d5 White can save the game in an unbelievable way" I do not see how this is good for white, maybe you could explain. After 19d5 that Bh6 you propose takes on e3 with + covered by the rook and then Qh1+ , black B takes that Rc1 and either a bishop or a knight with the Q leaving a completely exposed king. What you set up seems to me completely lost for white, please explain. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | hedgeh0g: <should of>
should have = should've |
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| Nov-12-13 | | Ratt Boy: <rune ohlsson: 17. g3 Qxh3 18. Nf3 Bh6 19. d5 White can save the game in an unbelievable way> Yeah, that is unbelievable: 19...♗xe3 20.♔e1, ♕xg3 mates. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | hellopolgar: 15 ... Nxf2 is not a sound sacrifice per se, but against someone 150 points lower, it is. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | TheTamale: Super fun game. For a while I didn't think Sadler was going to pull it off. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | kevin86: It looks like a game Bobby Boucher would play-or some reckless hockey player. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | Balmo: This reminds of me of Tal's classic game against I think Gurgenidze, although I can't remember what year. It came from a Benoni defence. |
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| Nov-12-13 | | Balmo: If I'd been White I'd have tried 24. Ke1. However there seems to be an interesting line (which is probably deeply flawed) that goes... 24. Ke1 Bh6! 25. Rd3 (trying to create an escape square) Qg1+ 26. Kd2 Rxe2+! 27. Kxe2 Qg2+ 28. Kd1 Qf1 mate. |
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| Aug-04-16 | | tigreton: There's a very nice variation. After 24 Rd3, trying to exchange the monster Rook on e3, Black could play 24 ... Bf6! and if 25 Rxe3 Qh1+ 26 Kf2 Bh4#. Great attack by Sadler, I think most of the moves are very difficult to find. |
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Aug-30-16
 | | Phony Benoni: A tribute to the late Gene Wilder, who passed away yesterday. |
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Aug-30-16
| | An Englishman: Good Evening: Pun on "Blazing Saddles." Very nice way to remember the late Gene Wilder. |
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| Aug-30-16 | | AlicesKnight: Agreed <PB> and <Englishman>. 14....Ng4 produces a dangerous attack almost out of thin air and white fails to prevent the entry of the black R (17.g3: Qxh3; 18.Nf3 threat Rh1 looks a possibility); 28.... Re4 is beautifully calm but deadly. |
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Aug-30-16
| | offramp: Blazing Saddles included a very good chess scene. |
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Aug-30-16
 | | HeMateMe: here's the board, the Waco Kid has been checkmated. I don't think there's a mate on the board. Another warped Hollywood chess scene *sigh*. <https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.co...> here's video of the chess scene:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr9...> There's another reference to chess in the movie--a well known line. Anyone know what it is? |
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| Aug-30-16 | | weary willy: I can't work out the position, but isn't there a bishop on a6 controlling f1, a rook on the second rank and a rook shooting down the e-file? |
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| Aug-30-16 | | LivBlockade: Olympiad week continues with a tribute to Gene Wilder. |
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