| Jan-01-08 | | Alphalegacy: Nice attack |
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| Jan-01-08 | | Sularus: welcome 2008! |
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| Jan-01-08 | | Amarande: 19 ... Qxd7 holds out longer, and prevents the immediate mating attack since after 20 Nxd7 Rfe8, White's Queen cannot hold the f6 square (Black can play either Be7 or Re6). But after 21 Nxc5 bxc5 22 Qxf5 Rac8 etc. White is bound to win anyway with the two extra pawns and the fact that all of Black's remaining pawns are weak. |
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| Jan-01-08 | | think: 17. Bxf5! setting up Rd7 a couple moves later was a great move. Even though White would probably win with moves 17 and 18 reversed I like the played move order because the mate threat forces Black's hand, eliminating all possible counterplay. |
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| Jan-01-08 | | zdigyigy: White develops with threats in this game and wins time. 7.Ne5 threatens 8.Bb5+. Black has to play 7...a6 and whites' Knight is posted at e5 with no loss in time. Nice to see open lines early on in the French. |
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| Jan-01-08 | | sallom89: nice castling king attack :O |
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| Jan-01-08 | | CapablancaFan: 11...Qc7? This was the first indication, IMO, of black going down the wrong path. The simple and humble 11...Be7 with 12...Qc7 next move and black is fine. |
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| Jan-01-08 | | patzer2: Wow! White was 10-years-old and Black was 12-years-old when this was played. The winning clearance pseudo sacrifice 17. Bxf5!!, however, is anything but a "baby move." Maybe we've witnessed the play of a future world champion for this "New Year's Day, Jan 1, 2008, Game of The Day." Happy New year!! |
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| Jan-01-08 | | xrt999: black is ignoring the fact that white is going to play BxN, which he does on move 14, opening up the kingside, leading to a strong attack. After 14.Bxf6, you can see that black is going to lose quickly. 12.b6 is black's major blunder, he probably should have played 12.Nd5 or 12.Be7, although with white's 2 bishops bearing down on the kingside and the queen mobilized, this might not be much help. |
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Jan-01-08
 | | Jimfromprovidence: I wish black had played 13...Nd5 followed by white's 14 Bxh7+?! Then after 14...Kxh7 there would have been some real fireworks to that match! |
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| Jan-01-08 | | Andrew Chapman: Isn't 19.Rd3 simpler? |
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| Jan-01-08 | | black knight c6: With white's pieces unchallenged in the centre, it's a horrible mistake for black to leave his knight unprotected, and therefore allow a break in the kingside pawns (and following attack) with 11. ... Qc7 <Andrew Chapman> Rd3 looks very cool there, but after 19. ... f4
20. Qxf4 Rfd8
I can't find a decisive mating attack for white yet... maybe a computer can though. It doesn't <seem> to work quite as well as Rd7 though. |
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| Jan-02-08 | | kevin86: White pieces "crashed the gate doin' 98".-Convoy,a song of the 1970s (Could it have been this long ago?) Black's resignation has the same effect of the coyote putting up a small parasol to stop a 10 ton bolder landing on him (in a Road Runner Cartoon). lol |
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| Jan-13-08 | | Tuatara2: Lol, hello, I guess this is a bit unusual but the black player in this game is here, at your service. I do not agree with the comment about doubling the f pawns. It is quite standard in this opening, just I made a misttake, and should have played Rd8 instead of Bb7. Ilya and I went over the game afterwards, and he agreed he had nothing in this case. Still, it was a very nice combination and took me completely by surprise. |
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| Apr-14-08 | | Autoreparaturwerkbau: <Tuatara2: Still, it was a very nice combination and took me completely by surprise.> True, he sure showed talent there. |
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| Sep-06-08 | | MostlyAverageJoe: <Tuatara2: I made a misttake, and should have played Rd8 instead of Bb7. Ilya and I went over the game afterwards, and he agreed he had nothing in this case.> Rd8 is a bad move, too. 13. ... Rd8? 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bxh7+! 
click for larger viewThe bishop on h7 is untouchable (otherwise a forced mate). About the best that black can do is: 15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Be4
click for larger viewand the rook will get exchanged in the next move with an assured win for the white. After either 13...Nd5 or 13...Be7 there would be plenty of game still left. The lines above were verified with Hiarcs12.1. |
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| Mar-14-24 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: Here, the order of the moves seems fundamental: 17. Bxf5 exf5 (to stop Qxh7#, when 17... f6 18. Rd7 and Qhh7# is unstoppable.
(e.g. 18... Rf7 19. Rxf7 Qxf7 20. Nxf7+ Kg8 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Nh6... ). Following: 18. Qf6+ Kg8 19. Rd7 Qc8? 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Rxf7 (threats 22. Qg7# and 21... Rxf7? 22. Nxf7# ) Rg8 22. Qf6+ Rg7 23. Qxg7#. Therefore, 19. Rd7 Qb8. Now the attack changes to: 20. Nxf7!
For 20... Qf4 and similar, 21.Qh8#, while 20... Bd4 (Qe5) 21. Nh6#. Then, 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxh7#. Demolishing atack. |
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| Mar-14-24 | | mel gibson: I saw that but I wasn't sure.
Stockfish 16 sacs the Black Queen and says:
17. Bxf5
(17. Bxf5 (1.Bxf5 exf5 2.Qf6+ Kg8 3.Rd7 Qxd7 4.Nxd7 Be4 5.Qg5+ Kh8 6.Nxf8 Rxf8 7.Rd1 Re8 8.Rd7 Bd5
9.Rd8 Rxd8 10.Qxd8+ Kg7 11.Qxd5 a5 12.Qe5+ Kg8 13.Kh1 h6 14.Qxf5 a4) +6.01/42
158)
score for White + 6.01 depth 42.
if Black doesn't sac the Queen 19. .. Qb8
it's mate in 6:
17. .. exf5
18. Qf6+ Kg8
19. Rd7 Qb8
20. Nxf7 (20. Nxf7 (1.Nxf7 Qxh2+ 2.Kxh2 Bd6+ 3.g3 Bxg3+ 4.fxg3 Rxf7 5.Qxf7+ Kh8 6.Qxh7+) +M6/127 9) White wins_ mate in 6. |
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| Mar-14-24 | | jffun1958: Better 11. ... h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 = |
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Mar-14-24
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Mar-14-24
 | | scormus: <mel> Interesting that SF16 follows the text through 19 Rd7. SF14 did the same, rating ca. +7.3 to W after ... Qxd7.
When I forced the straightforward 19 Rd3 (my pick), SF14 rated it ca. +9.2 to W after ... Qxe5. I sometimes notice SF persists with it's first choice of best move, but if an alternative is forced it rates that higher. I don't know what depth it would have needed to choose 19 Rd3, but I didn't think it needed much work to find. My SF14 generally tends to be more "generous" with it evals than your 16. |
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| Mar-14-24 | | TheaN: I played this slightly different, correctly mind you: <17.Bxf5 exf5 18.Qf6+ Kg8> was obvious to get the rook into the game, but here I went with <19.Rd3!> which imo makes more sense in a king side attack:
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If you play this though, you have to prepared for a few tricky lines: 19....Rfe8?! is surprisingly best but it falls quickly after 20.Rg3+ Kf8 21.Qg7+ Ke7 22.Qxf7+ Kd8 23.Rd1+ Bd6, now 24.Rg7! +- is best but Rxd6+ or Rgd3 win rather easily too. Instead <19....f4 20.Ng4!> aiming on h6 with checkmate forcing the rook to move, and after <21....Rfe8 22.Nh6+ Kf8 23.Qh8+ Ke7 24.Re1+ Be3>:
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This was the point I ended up at and I wasn't entirely sure what would be best: I saw that at least <25.Nf5+ Ke6 26.Ng7+ +-> would win back material and keep the queen safe. At least four more moves win: Rc3?!, Rexe3+!?, Qxh7! but the strongest is 25.Qg7!, not allowing Black to protect f7 with 25....Qc4, but what else (Rf8 is +13)? 26.Nf5+ Ke6 27.Rd6+! Kxf5 28.Qf6+ Ke4 (Kg4 29.h3+ #1):
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To finish up this beauty: 29.Rxe3+ fxe3 30.f3#. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 17.Bxf5