| Feb-20-09 | | LittleWing: Well played game by Grischuk |
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| Feb-20-09 | | Eyal: This is the second time in which Grischuk wins a great positional game against Wang Yue in this line (see Grischuk vs Wang Yue, 2008). |
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| Feb-20-09 | | whiteshark: Where did Wang went wrong? |
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| Feb-20-09 | | percyblakeney: Wang Yue was unbeatable for a while, and that against quite strong opposition, for example in Baku Grand Prix (2008)/Wang Yue and
FIDE Grand Prix (2008)/Wang Yue but now he has six losses in a couple of months. Tough to face so many strong players in event after event though, and he is still rather new to top ten opposition so there is certainly room for improvement. |
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| Feb-20-09 | | Bobsterman3000: 34... h5 seems like a mistake... it opened the scope of white's two bishops and ultimately deprived the black knight of good squares. Maybe retreating the knight with 40...Nd5 was a a better option? I don't have a board or engine right now to work it out... |
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| Feb-20-09 | | euripides: <Bobster> wouldn't 40....Nd5 41.Bxd5 give White an endgame like the game but with same-coloured bishops and rather worse pawns for Black ? At move 34 I think White is threatening to surround and win the d4 pawn. Possibly the idea of h5 is to protect the knight from g4 if it goes to f5. But I agree h5 becomes a crucial liability later. Rogozenko at move 35 suggests Black can't simply sit tight and gives a line: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...
The whole endgame looks good for white with the two bishops - I don't know where Black went wrong but perhaps White is already much better by move 22. |
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| Feb-20-09 | | Marmot PFL: Here is a good comment from that article - <8.Ne5 a5. A pet line of several Chinese Grandmasters, who show a stable belief in their beloved opening variations by using them again and again. This approach has advantages and drawbacks. One gets to know one's own variation in deepest details, but on the other hand one should always be ready to face very well prepared opponents>. His main recommendation is to play 10...Bxd3 instead of Be6. Makes sense to trade in a cramped position and this is what Bu plays. Maybe this ending could be drawn with perfect play but in practice is probably lost more often than not. |
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| Feb-20-09 | | shintaro go: At first glance, I would have exchanged the Knight for the White Bishop at move 35. But that's just me. |
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| Feb-20-09 | | euripides: <shintaro> interesting thought. After 35...Nxc4 36.bxc4 White will win by Kd3 and Bxd4 if Black allows him, but 36...d3+ 37.Kxd3 Bg1 is interesting. I think White can play 38.h3 to be followed by Ke4 and Bd4, when if Black goes after the g pawn White will get an extra pawn on the queenside. |
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| Feb-21-09 | | Gilmoy: At <10.Bd3 Be6> Black retreats first, ceding space and a tempo. <12..Nfd7> causes some congestion, and <13.Nf3 14.Ng5> Black accepts a doubled e-pawn as "bait" for his <14..cxd4> counter-thrust. Temporarily down a pawn, White ignores the material for an energetic sprouting: <16.Ne4! 17.Qg4 18.Qh3 Nc5> (Black must break up the Ng5 threat) <20.Qxe6+ 21.e4! 22.e5!> White has regained his pawn, and milked his threat-of-attack into the tempi to get a center pawn wedge. Black is left with poor N, blocked B, and toothless doubled Rooks. White's nasty BB denies all penetration, and makes Rook trades inevitable. Black's strong-seeming d4 pawn didn't move again until <41..dxe3>, and only because White gave it permission. <He who retreats first --> :) |
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| Feb-21-09 | | percyblakeney: Maybe 37. ... Nxh2 would have been an improvement. |
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| Feb-21-09 | | messachess: This was a nice win by Grischuk. I'm sure it's well worth studying for technique. |
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| Feb-21-09 | | euripides: <percy> 37...Nxh2 may indeed be better. I guess White saves the e5 pawn with 38.Bc1 Ng4 39.Bf4 and can then think about Bc6 and g6+. |
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| Feb-21-09 | | Silverstrike: What happens against 18.Ng5? |
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| Feb-21-09 | | euripides: <silverstrike> perhaps Black can sac the exchange with <18.Ng5> Nc5 and if 19.Bxf5 exf5 Black's pieces look very active. |
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| Feb-21-09 | | DoubleCheck: With regards to black's curious looking 17. ...Rf5
I was considering what whites chances are if he sacrifices his queen with;17. ...Rf5
18. Ng5 Nf6
19. Bxf5! Nxg4
20. Bxe6+ Kf8 (20...Kh8 21. Nf7+)
21. Bxg4 (22. Ne6+) ...Qd5
22. Nh7+ Ke8
23. Bd2 dxe3
24. Bxe3 Bd4
25. Bxd4 Qxd4+
26. Kh1 Qxb2
27. Rae1
So white has a bishop + rook for queen and co-ordinated pieces as compensation |
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Feb-28-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: So what's wrong with <Chinese Chess> these days? Do you think they should go back to checkers? |
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