| May-15-11 | | falso contacto: Leinier had a solid position at the beginning of the middlegame, then something went wrong. |
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| May-15-11 | | Gilmoy: Black pushes d5 to equalize in Sicilian. Maroczy Bind plays c4 to prevent that. Andreikin continues <21..Rc5!>, offering an exchange for <many free tempi>, which he uses for <22..d5!> to blow up the center, and the vastly irritating <24..h3>. <26.Bxc5> grubs the material, but it looks like a strategic blunder: Black's recapture <26..Bxc5> wins a tempo <and> controls g1, with myriad smothering, parallel-diagonals, and (after <29..Nd1>) discovery/windmill threats. White's heav(ier) pieces are no match for Black's swarm of gnats. Conjecture: Black's Bb7 was the strongest minor piece on the board <because> it moved the least number of times: <12.Bb7> once. |
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| May-15-11 | | DanielBryant: I'm sure this is a really basic openings question, but I'm curious as I don't play the Sicilian: Why didn't he grab the pawn with 7...Bxc3? |
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| May-15-11 | | bronkenstein: For example, 7. ...Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxe4 9. Qg4 Nxc3 10. Qxg7 etc . |
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| May-15-11 | | DanielBryant: <bronkenstein> Thanks. |
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| May-15-11 | | hedgeh0g: Moving the f-rook to c1 looked slightly suspect to me. Surely it makes more sense to move the a-rook to the c-file and the f-rook to the d-file to pressure d6 and keep d5 under control. The way the game went, White relinquished control over d5 and allowed the break. |
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May-16-11
 | | HeMateMe: Wonderful, deep combination by black. |
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May-17-11
 | | beenthere240: It took white 5 moves to accept the exchange sacrifice on c5. |
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May-19-11
 | | tpstar: Great game by Black. The h Pawn advance really disrupted White's Kingside, then the Two Bishops were all powerful. An instructive exchange sacrifice. |
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| Jan-19-12 | | parisattack: Nicely played Kan. Shows how Black can get play all over the board in this variation. |
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| Jul-09-12 | | fisayo123: Sweetness! |
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| Dec-04-21 | | Brenin: I can see themes, but not a convincing win for Black, starting with 27 ... Nxc3, e.g. 28 Nxc3 Bd4 looks good for Black, or 27 ... Rxd8+ Qxd8 28 Qxe5 (28 Nxc3 Qd4) Nd1 with threats of Ne3 or a windmill Nf2+. |
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| Dec-04-21 | | mel gibson: Another one which Stockfish 14 is calling a draw: 27... Nxc3
(27. .. Nxc3 (♘d5xc3 ♘b5xc3 ♗c5-d4 f3-f4 h3xg2+ ♗f1xg2
♗b7xg2+ ♕g3xg2 ♗d4xc3 ♖d1xd8+ ♕b8xd8 ♖a1-c1 ♗c3-b2 ♕g2xb2 ♘e5-d3 ♕b2-d2
♕d8-a8+ ♔h1-g1 ♘d3xc1 ♕d2xc1 ♕a8-e8 ♔g1-f2 g7-g6 ♕c1-c7 ♕e8-e6 ♕c7-d8+
♔g8-h7 ♕d8-d3 ♕e6-c6 ♕d3-c4 ♕c6-f6 ♔f2-g3 ♕f6-f5 h2-h4 ♕f5-d7 ♕c4-e2 ♕d7-d4
h4-h5 ♕d4-d5 h5xg6+ ♔h7xg6 ♕e2-e3 ♔g6-f5 ♕e3xb6 ♕d5-d3+ ♔g3-f2 ♕d3-d2+
♔f2-f3 ♕d2xf4+ ♔f3-e2 ♕f4-e5+ ♔e2-d3 ♕e5-d5+ ♔d3-c3 ♔f5-e4 b3-b4 ♕d5-d3+
♔c3-b2 ♕d3-d2+ ♔b2-b3 ♕d2-d1+ ♔b3-b2 ♕d1-e2+) 0.00/51 203) score = draw 0.00 depth 51. |
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Dec-04-21
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White threatens Qxh3. The black queen is overburdened with the defense of rook and the knight on e5. A quick scan yields lines like 27... Nxc3 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Nxc3 Qd4. Or 29.Qxe5 Nd1 30.Be2 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Nd3+.
Or 30.Qe2 Nf2+ 31.Kg1 hxg2 32.Bxg2 (32.Kxg2 Qg5#) 32... Qh4 33.h3 Ng4+ 34.Kh1 Qg3 35.hxg4 Qh4+ 36.Bh3 Qxh3+ 37.Qh2 Bxf3#. However, White can play 28.Nxc3.
I don't know. I'd try 27... Nxc3 and reserve hxg2+ for a better moment. |
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Dec-04-21
| | GufeldsVengeance: How is this a tactic? White has to blunder for this to be a "win." mel gibson is right. |
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| Dec-04-21 | | 1stboard: Looks like White's move 35 ... any and blacks 35th move is Qd3 |
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Dec-04-21
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| Dec-04-21 | | Brenin: Despite the praise for Black's exchange sacrifice and later combination, as <mel gibson>'s Stockfish analysis shows, after 27 ...Nxc3 28 Nxc3 Bd4 29 f4! (the response I underestimated, protecting White's N on c3 and attacking Black's N on e5) hxg2+ 30 Bxg2 Bxg2+ 31 Qxg2 Bxc3 32 Rxd8+ Qxd8 33 Rc1 Bb2 34 Qxb2 Nd3 (forking Q & R) 35 Qd2 (pinning the N) Qa8+ (unpinning the N) 36 Kg1 Nxc1 37 Qxc1 it is a dead draw, with Q+4P on each side. This is another POTD in which the solution succeeds OTB by giving the opponent the opportunity to miss the best defence, rather than by forcing mate or resignation. |
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| Dec-04-21 | | mel gibson: <Brenin -
This is another POTD in which the solution succeeds OTB by giving the opponent the opportunity to miss the best defence, rather than by forcing mate or resignation.>Yes - Black to move and make such a complicated
situation that White can easily make a mistake. |
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| Dec-04-21 | | olinart: I thought that White missed equalizing with
33. Qe8+ Qxe8
34. Rxe8+ Kh7
35. Ne4
However Black has
..Nxe4
36. fxe4 hxg2+
37. Kxg2 Bc6
which picks up the K pawn and a pretty clear win. |
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Kibitzing
sac: 25...Nxd5