| Jan-08-18 | | Delboy: So why is this now the Game of the Day? The routine way in which white exploits weak opening play and the resulting space advantage? The complete lack of fireworks or other points of interest? The poor pun that could have been used for hundreds of more intersting games by players actually called "George"? Very disappointing |
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Jan-08-18
 | | al wazir: 31...Qxg7 32. Rxg7. Not 32. Nxg7 because of 32...Nd5, winning back a piece. But how does white win after 30...Nd5 ? |
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| Jan-08-18 | | Doniez: IMHO the real advantage for white is because black pieces are trapped in the last 2 ranks and white pawns are strong. By force white can win. I won't check the engine analysis but I'm all but convinced I'm right. BTW happy new year to all of you! |
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Jan-08-18
 | | FSR: I agree with <Delboy>. Feeble opening play by both sides, especially Black. After the inferior 4.c3 (4.dxc5! is the critical move), Black should have played 4...Nc6 and if 5.Nf3, 5...Bg4. 4...cxd4? was premature, giving White the c3 square for his knight. After 5.cxd4 Nc6 6.Nf3 and the sad 6...e6, Black reached an Advance French where he (a) had exchanged on d4 prematurely, allowing White to develop his knight on c3 and (b) was a tempo down, having played 1...c6 and 3...c5. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | goodevans: <al wazir: ...But how does white win after 30...Nd5 ?> 31.Nxg7 Nxe3 32.Qxc6. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | Angsthyrkh: I think it's a good thing that this site chooses various types and levels of games as game of the day - the users of the site are of varying skill, after all, and many of us are here to improve. If it were only stated that black's opening play is weak, a lot of players might not get a lot out of it. However, with additional analysis of more experienced players, as to _why_ exactly the play is weak, many lower-level players will find this game instructive. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | lentil: It's because at that time Cori was 14; i.e., "boy George". |
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| Jan-08-18 | | TheTamale: So, a weak GOTD and a Monday puzzle rehashed from two weeks ago. I blame the Freemasons, of course. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | morfishine: Deep Politics control everything |
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| Jan-08-18 | | AlicesKnight: Is this a 'pun' that only "works" in written form? Not too sure about the game's distinction.... |
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| Jan-08-18 | | rea: Young Cori would become an exceptionally young GM later that year . . . |
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| Jan-08-18 | | Cibator: The pun shouldn't work at all if the name is pronounced even half-correctly. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | ChessHigherCat: It's a "sight pun", like "sight rhymes" (which have always driven me crazy by the way):
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
I supposed some Scotsman might pronounce "eye" as "ee" (as in meet) but it's far-fetched. |
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| Jan-08-18 | | ravadi: I think 30..Nd5 can be dealt with using something like 30...Nd5 31. Nd6 Qg8 32. Nxc8 Nxe3 33. Qxc6 |
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Jan-09-18
| | al wazir: <goodevans: 31.Nxg7 Nxe3 32.Qxc6.> Yes, that works in all variations. Thanks. It's hard for me to imagine that white saw ahead to that when he played 29. Nf6, but he must have, |
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