|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
| Jan-04-12 | | hedgeh0g: A very nice game; I'm surprised I never heard of it until now. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | whiteshark: Crisis takes a much longer time coming than you think, and then it happens much faster than you would have thought. |
|
Jan-04-12
 | | bright1: Quite possibly the greatest pun in the history of chessgames.com |
|
Jan-04-12
 | | Penguincw: Would anyone say that 19.Qxc2 is a queen sac? |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | Garech: Great game from Gelfand; he'll have to pull off similar tricks if he wants to take Anand out. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | twin phoenix: i would definately categorize 19. Qxc2 a sac. perhaps the prettiest kind. (1. mating sac 2.temporary sac that eventually leads to a material advantage 3. positional sac) i would call this a purely positional sac as the queen gave her life not for mate or a forced win of material but simply because it leads to what <once> compared to infantry storming the artillery emplacement. i agree with <bright1> an awesome pun! |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | solskytz: I can see a clear tendency here to show Gelfand at his best, with exhibited games that show his daring, his attacking style, the phenomenal coordination of his aggressively-posted pieces a-la 'game of the century'... as if this is to say - "Gelfand, not what you thought' - not a boring player (of course we remember his win against Grischuk...), and not necessarily cannon-fodder for Anand... ok I got your optimistic message... we wait and see (when is that match taking place anyway?) |
|
Jan-04-12
 | | maxi: This is mainly a theoretical game. It is very possible that the Queen sac was also homework. Anyway, it´s great chess. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | kevin86: White wins back the queen with a winning advantage. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | rapidcitychess: The fact that the pawns can push back any piece shines in this game, with Black looking like he was trying to play the Hedgehog. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | nolanryan: gelfand is nasty. I'll be rooting for him in the WC! |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | checkmateyourmove: I dont know whats better the game or the pun... I vote for both !!! |
|
Jan-04-12
 | | WannaBe: So far, best pun of the year for 2012... Granted the year just started. |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | LoveThatJoker: Great game! Good job by Gelfand for sure!
LTJ |
|
| Jan-04-12 | | standardwisdom: What is white's continuation after 21.. Rxc4 |
|
| Jan-05-12 | | JohnBoy: <standard> - probably 22.bc4. What is your intention? 22...Bd3 23.c5 and white is doing just fine. |
|
| Jan-16-12 | | notyetagm: Wow, I just love this game by Gelfand.
It's hard to imagine beating a 2700-rated player like Jobava in such a one-sided fashion. |
|
| Feb-13-12 | | PinnedPiece: GTM score: 49 Par: 44
Last few moves for white were surprisingly forcing.
I missed exchanging Q for N---how on earth did Gelfand figure that was a winning move? Luck borne of Desperation? What happens after 25...Qxd6?
26. Ra6 or e5?
A curious fact about the Guess the Move database, it seems to me that most games with Gelfand in them have him losing. Not this one, though. . |
|
| Sep-20-12 | | nnnnnnnn: One of the greatest Queen sacrifices in the history of chess! Completely out of the blue. |
|
| Jun-26-13 | | notyetagm: Gelfand vs Jobava, 2011 Game Collection: NOTYETAGM'S ABSOLUTE FAVORITE GAMES |
|
| Jun-26-13 | | Gilmoy: Not even a sac; it's just a straight trade of Q for BN+PPP. That's good for the Q iff she can fork unprotected stuff (in which case it's not really a straight trade after all), and bad for the Q if everything is protected. Here <17.b3> completes the P-B shield pair (the smallest possible fully-protected chain), after which the Bc4 is just too strong: it holds the center and blockades c. The retreat with tempo <20.Bd4> is a 2nd key feature, which should kick all your calculating hats into gear. The worst case for the Q is where everything is protected and <mobile> -- then Tetris happens, as here. It was brave (or inexplicable) of Black to hang 3 pawns for almost nothing, and then offer two more pieces. Surely he was aware of the possibility, but perhaps he was already seeking complications to confuse a bad opening. On 19.Ke2 Nxe3 <not sure which one is better> mayhem ensues, but it still doesn't look worth 3 pawns. |
|
| Oct-29-13 | | engineerX: White has a crushing initiative, from move 19.Qxc2 until 29.Bg5 he is always threatening something and black has few options, with only one exception: 21.O-O |
|
| Apr-16-14 | | CP6033: I would have loved to see Jobava's face after Qxc2!!, maybe he saw it though..... |
|
| Apr-09-17 | | morfishine: <bright1: Quite possibly the greatest pun in the history of chessgames.com>...and this is quite possibly the dumbest post in the history of cg lol
***** |
|
| Feb-05-22 | | Jambow: Amazing queen sack for a central pawn storm with minor pieces and pawns threatening forks at almost every move until the queen herself has but nothing left. So my favorite Gelfand game... |
|
 |
|
|
< Earlier Kibitzing · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·
Later Kibitzing> |
Kibitzing
