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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Zdenko Kozul
World Cup (2007), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 2, Nov-27
King's Indian (E61)  ·  1-0

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Nov-27-07  bogo78: I look again and again at whites 26 move and I can't understand it, besides being tempted not to believe my eyes... Its one of the funniest and strangest positions I have seen. Can anyone tell me why the white ♕ can not be captured, please?
Nov-27-07  aragorn69: Because the moves are wrong, simply. I hope <chessgames.com> will be able to find the correct gamescore...
Nov-27-07  SickedChess: bad choise to play the Grunfeld against the expert Shak!
Nov-27-07  ZIgurat: Just assume black played 23... Bd4 and the game continued logically with 24. Qf5, Qf6 25. Be4, reaching the same position as after white´s 27th move.
Nov-27-07  ZIgurat: This game is as whacky as it is awesome. Sacrificing the d pawn in order to scoot the king over to e1 is outrageous. However, black´s king is stuck in the center. Kozul survives the onslaught to reach an inferior endgame and then falters with Rd5??, but Mamedyarov once again proves that he is a truly original player.
Nov-27-07
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  tamar: Even when I corrected the moves, I had to blink to orient myself. Mamed plays a game with which I am not familiar...
Nov-27-07  notyetagm: Black resigns because the following position can be reached by force:


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And now White wins a critical <TEMPO> by capturing the Black d5-rook with his White d4-rook, not(!) the White b3-bishop.


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Then after Black plays ... ♖d8x♖d5, White gains the winning <TEMPO> by -not- capturing the Black d5-rook immediately but instead first playing ♔e1-e2!, since the <COMPLETELY PINNED> Black d5-rook is not going any where.


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White then has a winning pawn ending after the exchange on d5, since his king is on e2 instead of e1, thanks to the <TEMPO> from the <PIN>.

This example could come right out of Nimzowitsch's "My System".

Nov-28-07  ahmadov: <notyetagm> Good analysis and nice game by Shark... I also hope that the moves will be corrected soon... 26.Bf3 is obviously a wrong one...
Nov-28-07  notyetagm: <ahmadov: <notyetagm> Good analysis and nice game by Shark...>

This winning idea, using a <COMPLETE PIN> to gain a <TEMPO> and win a pawn ending with the single extra tempo, comes straight from the pages of Nimzowitsch's "My System"!

I've never actually seen it OTB before, until now. Thanks, Shark! :-)

Dec-28-14
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  Sargon: Any luck finding the REAL moves starting from, say, White's 26th? Or earlier?
Apr-28-20
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  Tabanus: What about
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[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakriyar"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[Source "http://portablegamenotation.com/Tou..."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bf4 h6 9. O-O Be6 10. Qc1 g5 11. Be3 Bd5 12. Rd1 e6 13. h4 f6 14. Bd2 g4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne1 Nxd4 17. Kf1 c6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Be3 f5 20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qd6 c5 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxf5+ Qf6 25. Bxe4 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Ne5 27. Nc2 Rd8 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Rac1 Kg7 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Bd3 Rb8 32. Be4 Rhd8 33. Rh7 Nf7 34. Bc2 Rd5 35. Rxf7+ 1-0

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