Aleksandr Shimanov vs Gata Kamsky (2013)

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Aleksandr Shimanov vs Gata Kamsky
World Cup (2013), Tromso NOR, rd 2, Aug-15
King's Gambit: Accepted. Bishop's Gambit Bledow Countergambit (C33) · 1-0

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Aug-15-13		EvanTheTerrible: This was just blunder after blunder after blunder.

Aug-15-13		DcGentle: Apparently Garry Kasparov twittered: <If the score of Shimanov-Kamsky is correct, amazing. You usually only see games go from totally won to lost over & over in kids' games!> Maybe the first really decisive move missed by Kamsky was <20... Qxh2+!!>. Here there are some mate lines: [Event "World Cup, Variants not played"] [Site "Tromso NOR"] [Date "2013.08.15"] [EventDate "2013.08.11"] [Round "2.2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Aleksandr Shimanov"] [Black "Gata Kamsky"] [ECO "C33"] [Annotator "DcGentle"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2b2rk1/b4ppp/7r/pp2N2n/3PPp1q/2PQ4/BP3RPP/R1B3K1 b - - 0 20"] {Kamsky played 20... Ng3 missing victory.} {<} 20... Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 ({<}21. Kxh2 Ng3+ 22. Kg1 Rh1#{>}) 21... Bxd4 22. cxd4 Ng3+ 23. Ke1 Qg1+ 24. Rf1 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 Qxd4 26. Nf3 Qxe4+ 27. Kf2 Qf5 28. Qd1 Bb7 29. Qd4 Bxf3 30. Qxf4 ({<}30. gxf3 Rh2+ 31. Ke1 Re8+ 32. Be6 Rxe6+ 33. Qe5 Qxe5+ 34. Be3 Qxe3+ 35. Kd1 Qe1#{>}) ({<}30. Kxf3 Qh5+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qg3 33. Bxf7+ Rxf7 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Ke2 ({<}36. Qf3 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe1+ 38. Kd3 Qe6 39. Kc2 Rc8+ 40. Qc3 Rxc3+ 41. bxc3 a4 42. Rxa4 ({<}42. Ra2 Qb3+ 43. Kd3 Qd5+ 44. Kc2 Qd1+ 45. Kb1 Qxc1#{>}) 42... bxa4 43. Bxf4 Qe2+ 44. Bd2 Qe4+ 45. Kb2 Qb1+ 46. Ka3 Qb3#{>}) 36... f3+ 37. gxf3 ({<}37. Kd2 Rd6 38. Kc2 Rxd5 39. Kb1 Qg6+ 40. Ka2 Qc2 41. Be3 Rd3 42. gxf3 Ra3+ 43. Kxa3 Qa4#{>}) 37... Qg2+ 38. Ke3 Rxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Re6+ 40. Kf4 Rf6+ 41. Ke5 Qxf3 42. Ra3 Qg4 43. Ra4 Qf5+ 44. Kd4 Rd6+ 45. Ke3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Rd1#{>}) 30... Qc2+ 31. Qd2 Qg6 32. Qg5 Qe4 33. gxf3 ({<}33. Qf4 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 Qxg2#{>}) 33... Qc2+ 34. Bd2 Rh2+ 35. Kg1 Rxd2 36. Rf1 Re8 ({<}36... h6 37. Qh4 Qxb2 38. Kh1 ({<}38. Bb1 Rc8 39. Qf4 Qc1 40. Bd3 Rg2+ 41. Kxg2 Qxf4 42. Be4 Rc1 43. Rxc1 Qxc1 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg3 a4 46. Bb1 Qe1+ 47. Kg4 Qxb1 48. Kf4 a3 49. Ke5 a2 50. Kd4 a1=Q+ 51. Kc5 Qa7+ 52. Kd5 Qd3+ 53. Ke5 Qae3#{>}) 38... Qxa2 39. Rg1 Rc8 40. Qxh6 Qb2 41. Rxg7+ Qxg7 42. Qxd2 Qg3 43. Qd1 Rc4 44. f4 Rc6 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Qxh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxf4 48. Kh3 Qg5 49. Kh2 Rh6#{>}) 37. Bb1 Qxb2 38. Qg3 g6 ({<}38... Qd4+ 39. Kh1 a4 40. Qg4 Qxg4 41. fxg4 a3 42. Rg1 b4 43. Rc1 b3 44. Rf1 b2 45. Bf5 a2 46. Be6 b1=Q 47. Bxf7+ Kh8 48. Bc4 Qe4+ 49. Rf3 Qxf3+ 50. Kg1 Qg2#{>}) 39. Be4 Re5 40. Rf2 Qd4 41. Kf1 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Qh4 Rg1+ 44. Kh3 Qd1 45. Rg2 Qf1 46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Kg3 Qxg2+ 48. Kf4 Rd1 49. Qh4 Qd2+ 50. Kg4 Rg1+ 51. Qg3 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qxg3# {>} 0-1 You can copy & paste the above text into a PGN viewer like http://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer.html Ģ

Aug-15-13		Marmot PFL: 19 Bxf7+ Rxf7 20 Nxf7 Kxf7 21 Qb3+ Kg6 22 Qxb5 looks hopeless for black. Bronstein or Spassky would probably play that in seconds. On move 20 it also works. 20 Rf2?? now Qxh2+ 21 Kf1 Ng3+ 22 Ke1 Qg1+ should win, instead 20...Ng3 21 Nf3 and white is winning again. The mistakes didn't stop there, but it was the most exciting game of the day.

Aug-15-13		actinia: awesome post dcgentle thanks

Aug-15-13		Libispusher: Pretty much like a football match where both teams back and forth missing with their penalty kicks. Imagine the number of oohs and aahs this game must have gotten from the spectators starting at move 2.

Aug-15-13		builttospill: That 2. f4!? is a nice weapon to have in the toolbox. I believe it was Kramnik who said he just doesn't understand the appeal of the King's Gambit -- how white can justify giving up a pawn and compromise king safety for extra control of the center. That's one reason this opening is such a strong psychological weapon for white. It's just not supposed to be good. It was like Kamsky was baited into trying to play brilliant original chess to show how black is better from move 2 onward, and he used up all but 20 minutes on his clock playing that somewhat dubious queenside pawn storm. Kamsky is a fantastic player, but when you have to play about 30 moves in rich tactical positions with 20 minutes on the clock, and your opponent has 40, you're likely to run into trouble.

Aug-15-13		Marmot PFL: White needed to create an unbalanced position with chances to win. A loss was no worse than a draw, and Kamsky has faced hundreds of Ruys over the years. I don't trust the King's Gambit against a well prepared opponent but it is still a good surprise weapon.

Aug-16-13		Fish55: 31...g2? was the last and maybe worst blunder, immediately refuted by 31. Rf2. 31...Bh3 was winning, threatening to occupy f1 without losing control of the f2 square. Perhaps Kamsky was out of time at this point?

Aug-16-13		PhilFeeley: A game of the day certainly. I've seen a lot of wild King's Gambits, and this one lives up to that reputation.

Aug-16-13		The Long Diagonal: According to the Opening Explorer, Shimanov is a regular d4 player: out of 168 games with white he has played 1.e4 only ten times. And the only 1.e4 e5 was a Ruy Lopez Berlin variation. So, given the circumstances and Shimanov's must-win-situation, KG looks like the perfect opening surprise. This probably explains why Kamsky put himself into such a time trouble at a very early phase of the game. Hard to believe he had been doing much preparations for this line; meanwhile he must have been worried that lurking behind the corner there might be some nasty novelty found be his opponent.

Jul-26-14		Xeroxx: Double question mark.

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