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| Jan-03-08 | | Bobsterman3000: Tiviakov spent half his energy trying to exchange dark-squared bishops, which don't even affect the final mating sequence... |
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| Jan-03-08 | | Bobsterman3000: Qd6 is a very common line in the Scandinavian, to my knowledge. It's as good as any other line for black in the Scandinavian, for whatever that's worth... |
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| Jan-03-08 | | A.G. Argent: UdayanOwen, <To be utterly confusing yet still very funny is a good art to master>, Dude, while I agree with the funny part, to say it's utterly confusing is a bit understated, don't you think. Could be it's just what happens to some chess people after too much coffee, what with the fertile, imaginative minds and all but there's also a dash of clinical insanity tossed into that there particular recipe/post. No offense whatsoever, Big Jack, I like it. Don't ever change. |
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| Jan-03-08 | | drpoundsign: The art of the sacrifice is well demonstrated here. As a beginner I think I play a sort of semi-Scandinavian by accident when my opening falls apart. lol |
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| Jan-03-08 | | UdayanOwen: <A.G. Argent: UdayanOwen, <To be utterly confusing yet still very funny is a good art to master>, Dude, while I agree with the funny part, to say it's utterly confusing is a bit understated, don't you think. Could be it's just what happens to some chess people after too much coffee, what with the fertile, imaginative minds and all but there's also a dash of clinical insanity tossed into that there particular recipe/post. No offense whatsoever, Big Jack, I like it. Don't ever change.> Yes, jackmandoo's post was a gem. When I said confusing, I meant confusing for the reader... I'd be interested to see him decipher it for us, because I imagine his metaphors can be unravelled from that wild mind to reveal an actual sensible explanation for his feelings about the game!! Keep it up Jack |
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| Jan-03-08 | | be3292: <jackmandoo> if you mean "wooly," I agree with everything you said. |
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| Jan-29-08 | | aazqua: What's wrong with 9 bc4? I don't see how that isn't game over for black. |
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Jan-29-08
 | | Phony Benoni: <aazqua: What's wrong with 9.Bc4? I don't see how that isn't game over for black.> Not exactly. Black can actually force the win of a piece after 9.Bc4 Qe4+ 10.Be3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxc4. White can make it interesting by offering the other bishop with 10.Qe2 Qxf4 11.Nxf7 Rg8 12.Nd6+ Qxd6 13.Bxg8, with rook and pawn for two pieces. But if Black finds that line too speculative, he can just play 10...Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Nxe5 or 11...e6. |
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| Mar-02-08 | | you vs yourself: <UdayanOwen: <jackmandoo:> I have no idea what you are trying to say in your last post but the sheer, outrageous creativity makes it very entertaining nonetheless.> So the cg.com legend is making a comeback? Very nice! |
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| Mar-02-08 | | Atking: Where is the opening refutation that I heard from another site? Nothing wrong for Black after simple exchanges 29...Nxd5 30.BxNd5 exBd5 31.Rxd5 Raa8 and 32...Qc6. Tiviakov tried to keep the position complex and lost. |
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| May-18-08 | | engineerX: <UdayanOwen: Sure 40.Qf6 wins but unless I've missed something, it is nowhere near as good as the game continuation.> You are missing 40.Qf6 Ke8 41.Rg8+ Bf8 42.Bb4 with a forced mate, e.g. 42...Rd6 43.Qxe5+ Re7 44.Rxf8+ Kd7 45.Bf5+ or 42...Qd6 43.Qxe5+ Kd8 44.Rxf8+ |
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| May-28-08 | | Whitehat1963: Friday puzzle after 35...Ra6. |
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| Jan-04-09 | | larsen959: nobody wrote: 41..Bxa3(forced) 42.d6+!! Kxd6(forced) 43.Bxe5+ and white wins the Queen! |
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| Mar-10-09 | | blacksburg: over a year later, and as far as i know, 3...Qd6 is still doing OK. or at least i still play it sometimes, but i'm a scrub :( |
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Mar-01-18
 | | FSR: 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.Rg4+ Ng6 (37...Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Qg7#) 38.Bxg6 looks crushing. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | areknames: <Whitehat1963: Friday puzzle after 35...Ra6.> Yes, pretty hard for a Thursday. Got the first 3 or 4 moves but couldn't visualize clearly after that. 41.Bg6 is a veritable gem of a final move. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | SpamIAm: <zb2cr>, methinks that after 38...fxg6 that 39.Qxg6+ is one move faster, e.g. 39...Kf8(h8) 40.Qg8#. |
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Mar-01-18
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Pity that White didn't have a Knight at the end of the game--could have written that "A Knight of Ni Melts Defense." |
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| Mar-01-18 | | agb2002: White has the bishop pair for a bishop and a knight. Black is about to play f6, reinforcing g7.
Only the black king protects the square g7. Therefore, 36.Rxg7+ Kxg7 (36... Kh8 37.Qf6, followed by Qxh6, wins) 37.Rg4+ Ng6 (37... Kh8 38.Qf6+ Kh7 39.Qg7#) 38.Bxg6: A) 38... fxg6 39.Qxg6+ Kf(h)8 40.Qg8#.
B) 38... Kf8 39.Bh7
B.1) 39... Rd7 40.Qf6 followed by Rg8#.
B.2) 39... Re8 40.Qf6 as above.
B.3) 39... f6 40.Rg8+ Kf7 41.Qg6#.
C) 38... Kh8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Bxf7+ Kf8(h7) 41.Qg7#. D) 38... Qd7 39.Bxf7+ Kf(h)8 40.Rg8#.
E) 38... f6 39.Bh7+ Kf8 (39... Kf7 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Qg8#; 39... Kh8 40.Rg8#) 40.Rg8+ Kf7 41.Qg6#. F) 38... Rd7 39.Bh7+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 40.Rg8#) 40.Qf6 as in B.1. G) 38... Re8 39.Bxf7+ Kf8 (39... Kh8 40.Qf6+ Kh7 41.Qg7#) 40.Rg8+ Ke7 41.Rxe8#. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | agb2002: I stopped calculation too soon in my line B.1, since after 40... Ke8 41.Rg8+ Black has 41... Bf8. However, 42.Bb4 looks crushing (42... Rxf6 43.Rxf8#). <An Englishman> Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I had a good laugh. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | wtpy: I went with 39 Qf6 and while that may not be quite as good as text after 39 ..Ke8 40 Bf5 black is done. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | AlicesKnight: Saw a lot but missed the pretty point 41.Bg6. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | 5hrsolver: Good analysis <agb2002> I too went with 40. Qf6
<engineerX> gives a good continuation to 40.Qf6 back in 2008 <engineerX: <UdayanOwen: Sure 40.Qf6 wins but unless I've missed something, it is nowhere near as good as the game continuation.> You are missing 40.Qf6 Ke8 41.Rg8+ Bf8 42.Bb4 with a forced mate, e.g. 42...Rd6 43.Qxe5+ Re7 44.Rxf8+ Kd7 45.Bf5+ or 42...Qd6 43.Qxe5+ Kd8 44.Rxf8+> <larsen959> Gives the finish to the game line back in 2009 <larsen959: nobody wrote: 41..Bxa3(forced) 42.d6+!! Kxd6(forced) 43.Bxe5+ and white wins the Queen!> Makes me wonder if black saw this line before he resigned. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | saturn2: After the distruction Rxg7 black is in trouble. <36... Kh8 37.Qf6, followed by Qxh6, wins>
I would prefer 37 Rg4 because after 37..Bc5 the rook on a6 attacks the queen and defends h6. |
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| Mar-01-18 | | gofer: I imagine we all got the first couple of moves, but then I went wrong (or at least not
the accurate line played)...
<36 Rxg7 ...>
The sacrifice cannot be ignored.
36 ... Kh8?
37 Qf6! Bc5
38 Reg4! Bxf2+
39 Kh1 Ng6 (Rxf6 40 Rg8+ Kh7 41 R4g7#)
40 R7xg6+ Rxf6
41 Rg8+ Kh7
42 R4g7#
<36 ... Kxg7>
<37 Rg4+ Ng6>
<38 Bxg6 Kf8>
<39 Bh7 Rd7!>
<40 Qf6! ...>
Okay, not anywhere as good as <40 Rg8+ Ke7 41 Bg6 mating>, but still pretty strong! <40 ... Ke8>
<41 Rg8+ Bf8>
<42 Bb4! ...>
Now the mating threats still all exist because Rd7 is blockin any escape for the
poor king!
click for larger view42 ... Re7
43 Rxf8+! Kd7 (Kxf8 Qh8#)
43 Qxe7#
42 ... Rdd6 mate in 10 starting with Qxe5+
42 ... Qd6 mate in 8 starting with Qxe5+
42 ... Rad6 mate in 7 starting with Qxe5+
~~~
I see I am covering old ground, but not alone in mssing the best continuation... |
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sac: 36.Rxg7+